PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS INC. - "The Case of Castle Frankenstein"

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PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS INC.

"The Case of Castle Frankenstein"

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You are all sitting comfortably in a sofa in Van Helsing's sitting room. It's dark inside, although
it's a bright day outside, but all the windows have been concealed by large thick curtains. The
fireplace is hot and in flames, which gives the room a creepy atmosphere, especially
because of all the occult relics which hang on the walls, as well as crucifixes and mirrors.
There's a single tall electric lamp in front of the fireplace, which seem oddly out of place.

Van Helsing, old and grey, arrives, pushed around in his wheelchair by Jeeves, his butler.
Jeeves positions the chair under the lamp, explaining the lamp's odd placement. Van Helsing
coughs violently into a handkerchief and Jeeves hands him a oxygen mask, from which
Helsing takes a deep breath.

"Jeeves, tell Doc that our guests have arrived will you. Tell him to grab the Van Krieger file
with him.
"

Jeeves nods and leaves the room. Van Helsing struggles to turn the chair to face you, but
rebukes violently any attempts to help. After scanning you all with his eyes for a moment he
gets straight to business.

"You have all read Mary Shelley's excellent book 'Frankenstein' have you not? Or at least
seen the moving picture from a couple of years back? Yes? Well, the book is not all fiction.
Actually from what I've been able to dig up quite a lot of it has strong ties in reality. From
what I can tell Mary Shelley, or Mary Wollstonecraft as she was known as then, travelled a lot
with her young lover, a poet named Percy Shelley. On one of those trips the sailors told her
the story of a man they saved while stuck in ice in the arctic sea and his terrifying monster.
"

Just then Jeeves walks back into the room, closely followed by the man known only as 'Doc'.
He is often present at these briefings but rarely speaks. When he does, he does so with a
thick east coast yankee accent. He always dresses the same, in a white suit and hat, the only
colour contrast being his black tie and shoes as well as dark round shades. Even his hair is
white. He always stays in the shadows and non of you have ever seen him up close.

Doc hands Jeeves a file folder, who puts it into the hands of Van Helsing.

"Thank you Jeeves."

After browsing through it a little he pulls out a old tarnished photo of a young man which he
throws in your general direction. You take turns in studying it.

"This, my friends, is the real Victor Frankenstein. Dr. Victor Van Krieger. Born in 1768 in
Geneva, Switzerland. Vanished in 1802, 34 years of age. Unlike his counterpart Frankenstein,
from the novel, he never came to Britain, but lived his whole live in Switzerland, although he
travelled around continental Europe in his younger student years./[COLOR]

"After he finished school he returned back to Geneva, where he drowns himself into research
about death and immortality. He became obsessed with it. As his family became more and
more bothered about it, he moved from the city to a large estate out of town, where he made
his studies and lived with his wife and three children until 1802, when his wife and younger
twins died violently and he disappeared a month later. The only one left alive was his oldest
son Ludwig, who was away at the time with his uncle.


"The house was abandoned and has been left alone empty until two weeks ago, when Victor
Van Krieger, a young medical student and the original Victor's great-grandson, moved back
into the house and has not been seen since.


"I want to know what's happening. Jeeves will drive you tot he airport, where the plane is
ready to go. I want to know what's happening over there. If the young boy is uncovering his
great-grandfather's secrets, I want to know and if necessary stopped. The sooner the better!
"

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We will not go forward until everyone has posted at least once.

All IC dialogue in "quotes".

Red text for rule stuff and green for OOC talk.

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Let's get going!
 
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"I do hope you plan to put us up at a comfortable establishment this go-'round. Fleas and moths are less conducive to a good study."

Dr. Percivale looks around at those he is seated with, waiting to guage their reactions. As for the old man himself, he seems to not be put off in the least or even surprised. His demeanor is enigmatic and wise.

Do we know each other? Where/what is this place? How long have we worked for PII?
 

It's Van Helsing's manor, just outside Oxford.

You've all worked together before on some occasion in the past.
You all got hired at about the same time, little less than a year ago, when the old team died.
 

"Fleas and moths," Pete muttered. "I think I've had my share of fleas and moths and then some." Pete looked despondent for a moment, and suddenly snapped out of it. "Do you have any intelligence aside from this picture? Will we be able to locate plans for the house? What would make it necessary for us to put a stop to his research?" Pete gazed intently at Van Helsing, awaiting a reply to his barrage of questions.
 

Steve sits back in his chair, his two 911's shining on his lap. He wipes one with a rag and smiles. "If there is anything to stop, that shouldn't be a problem. He smiles, picks up his guns and holsters them underneath his arms, inside his brown leather jacket.
 

David glances over at Steve. "Just remember, ask questions before you use those things. Or rather, let me ask questions," he says. David flings one of his legs over the arm of his chair and waits for the answers to Pete's questions.
 

Van Helsing coughs into his handkerchief before responding to the questions:

"You will find some additional info in this file folder, about the house and the Krieger family. We don't have much information which can be thought of as important in this case, which is why I am sending you. If I had the facts, I would not need to send you! We do not even know if the tale of Frankenstein has any foundation in truth, although I firmly suspect so."

"As of on what point during the investigation it is deemed complete, I do not know. I am leaving that up to you. If it turns out that the boy is simply having fun with one of Geneva's many prostitutes, there is no need for concern. If on the other hand it turns out that not everything is as expected, just try to get your hands on whatever information you can and eliminate whatever paranormal threats youmight encounter."
 

"A vacation, is it then? I should assume he will not be expecting us, and that the utmost care should be taken in exercising our less descript talents. Standard protocol, as it were. I shall have to refresh myself on my Swiss customs. I must admit, I am looking forward to this excursion and the prospect of discovering something that may be somewhat of an asset down the line, hmm?"

Dr. Percivale leans back in his seat and begins pondering, mumbling to himself from time to time.
 

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Pete crossed the room, charting a path that took him as close as possible to 'Doc', but not close enough to spook the spook, and collected the dossier from Van Helsing. He carefully opened it, and began to slowly scrutinize the contents.
 

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