Resurrection City 2: The Adventure of the Iron Knives
- Thread starter Andrew D. Gable
- Start date
Andrew D. Gable
First Post
A large brick fireplace dominates the wall to Trevor's right as he pokes his head into the room. At the end of the room fronting onto Jermyn Street are two tightly shuttered windows with heavy drapes. The walls are taken up with bookshelves, crammed full of books of every size and description. A large space is empty on one of the shelves, evidently where the book Robinson had originally lay. A table sits in the middle of the room, a few books lying on it.
Trevor idly strolls over to the table and looks at the books on the table. One lies open - it is Lectures on the Origins of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic Heathendom, by Sir John Rhys. The others are Kepler's Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology and Secrets of the Pre-Adamites Revealed, no author given.
Jim, make a Spot roll for Trevor.
Trevor idly strolls over to the table and looks at the books on the table. One lies open - it is Lectures on the Origins of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic Heathendom, by Sir John Rhys. The others are Kepler's Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology and Secrets of the Pre-Adamites Revealed, no author given.
Jim, make a Spot roll for Trevor.
Last edited:
Old Fezziwig
this is a low-flying panic attack
"Walsingham, have you found anything?" Diggory pulls out his revolver and pokes his head into the kitchen as he asks this. If nothing's amiss in the kitchen, he looks out the window before following Trevor.
Karl Green
First Post
Pastor Andrew Miller
Pastor Miller follows Trevor into the study and looks around a bit, keeping a eye out for anything amiss...
Spot roll 16 +5 =21
Pastor Miller follows Trevor into the study and looks around a bit, keeping a eye out for anything amiss...
Spot roll 16 +5 =21
Andrew D. Gable
First Post
Nothing catches Diggory's eye as out-of-place in the kitchen. He walks back towards the door Trevor entered, pausing briefly to look out the opened window. It looks out into a narrow passage leading from the street into the garden. Immediately opposite, he can see the brick walls of No. 22.
Dr. Hewitt enters the room, followed by Sgt. Robinson. He walks over and leafs through the book that lies open, finding an underlined passage:
There still survives in some parts of England traditions of a spirit or faery called Dulcarnon, who bears a resemblance to the Roman Silvanus, or Pan. In olden times, the Dulcarnon was venerated by the Druids, who knew him as Cernunnos; it is said now that he sleeps under Silbury Hill, where he was banished by the wizard Merlin. It is said that he will one day return...
"Silbury Hill?" he asks of no one in particular. "Isn't that near Avebury?"
Miller also strolls into the room, scanning the walls, taking note of a cardboard box on one of the bookcases. He brings it to the table and finds a white label on the top reading 'John McCarthy, Chandler, 26 Dorset Street, Spitalfields'. Robinson looks at the label, a look of recognition on his face.
All four take note of an old, stale, rotten odor. It seems to be emanating from the fireplace.
I went ahead and rolled Trevor's Spot check.
Dr. Hewitt enters the room, followed by Sgt. Robinson. He walks over and leafs through the book that lies open, finding an underlined passage:
There still survives in some parts of England traditions of a spirit or faery called Dulcarnon, who bears a resemblance to the Roman Silvanus, or Pan. In olden times, the Dulcarnon was venerated by the Druids, who knew him as Cernunnos; it is said now that he sleeps under Silbury Hill, where he was banished by the wizard Merlin. It is said that he will one day return...
"Silbury Hill?" he asks of no one in particular. "Isn't that near Avebury?"
Miller also strolls into the room, scanning the walls, taking note of a cardboard box on one of the bookcases. He brings it to the table and finds a white label on the top reading 'John McCarthy, Chandler, 26 Dorset Street, Spitalfields'. Robinson looks at the label, a look of recognition on his face.
All four take note of an old, stale, rotten odor. It seems to be emanating from the fireplace.
I went ahead and rolled Trevor's Spot check.
Last edited:
Old Fezziwig
this is a low-flying panic attack
Diggory frowns. "What the devil is that?," he whispers to no one in particular as he starts to inspect the fireplace.
[Search check, roll of 15 on d20, +5 Search, total 20]
[Spot check, roll of 6 on d20, +6 Spot, total 12]
[Search check, roll of 15 on d20, +5 Search, total 20]
[Spot check, roll of 6 on d20, +6 Spot, total 12]
Andrew D. Gable
First Post
As Diggory nears the fireplace, he can tell that he has definitely found the source of the smell. It is nearly overpowering, and as he covers his nose with his shirt-sleeve and cautiously peers up into the fireplace, he places it. The stench of decaying flesh. He can see nothing that might be causing the odor, though. He can, however, see a bit of light (from another fireplace, presumably) about 15 feet up the chimney-shaft, on the second floor of the house.
"John McCarthy...that's the bloke I met earlier," Robinson says, half to himself.
"Dorset Street. I say, Inspector Diggory, wasn't one of those horrid Ripper murders there?" asks Dr. Hewitt, looking at the box Miller put on the table.
"John McCarthy...that's the bloke I met earlier," Robinson says, half to himself.
"Dorset Street. I say, Inspector Diggory, wasn't one of those horrid Ripper murders there?" asks Dr. Hewitt, looking at the box Miller put on the table.
ShortAssassin
First Post
Robinson's curiousity gets the better of him as he starts to open the box, anxious to see what is inside. "Hmm, this be interestin'. I have recent worked for this fellow. I be wonderin' what of his be inside?" He half turns towards Diggory to see what can be found in the fireplace.Andrew D. Gable said:
Last edited:
Andrew D. Gable
First Post
ShortAssassin said:
The box is full of candles - plain, thin white candles, like the ones used in church services. There are 36 of them in here, by a quick count.
