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Koln
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Looking around the wine cellar reveals nothing out of the ordinary. The old wine bottles stopped shaking and there doesn't seem to be anything else of interest in the room. When you climb into the wine shaft you immediately realize that only one person at a time can possibly fit in this thing. You push a button that you saw on the wall before you entered the shaft and shut the doors. The elevator silently brings you up through the shaft which looks like the inside of a castle, there are sconces on the wall holding flaming torches and small windows carved into the stone where you can see the night sky. As the elevator reaches the top of the shaft you can hear chanting, like some cult ritual of some sort. You come to the other door at the top of the shaft which is made out of wood as opposed to the metal doors at the bottom. Through the crack in the two doors you can see light piercing through, candlelight, with many people in robes huddled around what looks like a man's body lying on the floor.
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Cue Koln's theme music!
After carefully mapping out a cunning plan he nods, whispers to Socrates, "Ok, I know EXACTLY what to do. Follow my lead..." With that Koln cocks his gun, swings open the door, pointing his weapon at the crowd, and roars out, "Alright, step away from the human sacrifice you damned heretics. I am here to kick ass and serve Communion, and I'm all out of Blessed Host!"

Listen Check! With Koln's heightened senses he's listening for their heartbeat, if there are any to hear. This will help me figure out what my next cunning move will be.
1d20+8+4[15,8,4] = (27)
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The Emerson Estate

Clover walked back over to Ruby, looking at her watch and saying quietly as she did, "It's 2:43, Ruby. We shouldn't stay here much longer, if we know what's good for us." She frowned as she stepped up beside the Amish girl (who looked just slightly more confused than she did) in front of the boiler. Now why had this silly thing turned off in the first place? Was it out of fuel?
Shrugging, she searched the piece of machinery, hoping to find the ON switch to play with. Just for good measure, of course.

Searching for the ON switch!
1d20+11 → [20,11] = (31)

Clover
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You look at all the confusing controls on the boiler system. You see a key that looks like it starts the actual engine and a lever that controls the pressure. The lever for the pressure is in the down position giving no pressure to the engine. There is a small diagram showing where to raise the pressure valve to get the boiler started.
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Clover has to make a Wisdom check. (roll 20 and add your Wisdom bonus)
 


The Emerson Estate

Cue Koln's theme music!
After carefully mapping out a cunning plan he nods, whispers to Socrates, "Ok, I know EXACTLY what to do. Follow my lead..." With that Koln cocks his gun, swings open the door, pointing his weapon at the crowd, and roars out, "Alright, step away from the human sacrifice you damned heretics. I am here to kick ass and serve Communion, and I'm all out of Blessed Host!"

Listen Check! With Koln's heightened senses he's listening for their heartbeat, if there are any to hear. This will help me figure out what my next cunning move will be.
1d20+8+4[15,8,4] = (27)
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Koln
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You can't hear heartbeats from anyone but you can see their breath in the smokey air. There are five robed figures huddled around a man lying on the ground. They are chanting in some sort of archaic language in what seems to be some kind of ritual. They don't pay any attention to you when you enter the room shouting, they seem intent on whatever ritual they are partaking in. You go to grab one of them and your hand goes right through him like he's some kind of apparition. The man in the middle rises off the floor as the chanting gets louder. He gets on his feet and you can see that he is an average looking man in a blood stained business suit.

He screams holding his head saying "No! Get these lunatics away from me!"

The five robed figures turn to you and produce little daggers dripping with blood. They continue to speak in their strange language as they close in around you.
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The Emerson Estate


Clover experiences a small burst of mechanical genius and realizes that the pressure on the boiler needs to be raised slowly after the power is turned on. She switches the boiler on and slowly raises the lever up and soon the boiler is rumbling with life. Ruby and Clover are about to leave the room when they both see a man through the pipes in the middle of the room. He is an older man in tattered clothes seemingly looking for a place to hide. He moves slowly in towards the pipes, his back to them.
 

Clover experiences a small burst of mechanical genius and realizes that the pressure on the boiler needs to be raised slowly after the power is turned on. She switches the boiler on and slowly raises the lever up and soon the boiler is rumbling with life. Ruby and Clover are about to leave the room when they both see a man through the pipes in the middle of the room. He is an older man in tattered clothes seemingly looking for a place to hide. He moves slowly in towards the pipes, his back to them.
Ruby's eyes light up as she saw the man in raggedy clothes. She slinked over slowly towards the man in a catlike manner. "Excuse me sir, are you alright? It will be ok" she tried to assure the seemingly frightened man. She was hoping he wasn't another apparition.
 

Koln
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You can't hear heartbeats from anyone but you can see their breath in the smokey air. There are five robed figures huddled around a man lying on the ground. They are chanting in some sort of archaic language in what seems to be some kind of ritual. They don't pay any attention to you when you enter the room shouting, they seem intent on whatever ritual they are partaking in. You go to grab one of them and your hand goes right through him like he's some kind of apparition. The man in the middle rises off the floor as the chanting gets louder. He gets on his feet and you can see that he is an average looking man in a blood stained business suit.

He screams holding his head saying "No! Get these lunatics away from me!"

The five robed figures turn to you and produce little daggers dripping with blood. They continue to speak in their strange language as they close in around you.
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Koln's ego is a bit hurt as he's ignored. He lightly attempts to grab one of them but his hand passes right through the figure. He stands there confused until they finally acknowledge his presence, turn and draw daggers at him.

"Ok... NOW SOCRATES! ...Er.. NOW SOCRATES!... Hm, one moment." Koln raises a finger at the cloaked dagger-wielding specters, indicating for them to wait a sec while he has a chat with his rodent friend.
"Er, what's up, why leave me hanging? Well I now look like a fool. I don't care if you think it's funny, these guys obviously wanna make me into swiss cheese. No, you cannot eat me when they're done. I don't care if you're hungry... Alright alright, I'm sorry! In a bit, before dawn, I will get something for you to nibble on, ok. Now, the plan Socrates! Ohhh.. I see.. yeah... the closet is indeed dirty... deck of cards and a banana in a cup of orange juice... puzzle is no good half undone, yah say no more, I get it, on my own here."

Koln quickly contemplates his next move. Shooting them will probably do no good, his hand passed right through, and he needs to conserve ammo. He could try to retreat back inside the elevator shaft, but he would quickly be cornered as they take turns stabbing him. He could hide in the shadows after leaving this room, but he needs to help this man. Hm, it might work, his rounds are blessed after all... And maybe he'll get lucky and the gunshots will alert people outside the house whom will call the police to hopefully help this man in time.
He sighs, aiming his gun at the nearest specter. "Do me a favor my good man, pray the Lord's Prayer in the way our Lord showed us, as hard as you can."

Koln raises his weapon. "Five of you? Eight rounds in this magazine. Leaves a remainder of three... Three... THREE?!" Koln quietly chuckles to himself of the irony of the Trinity and the three vampires in the house, himself and his friends, whom the bullets should probably be meant for. It is not long before he is filling the room with his laughter, wiping what he feels to be a tear away from his cheek, "Ah, this shows promise of being a Holy night!"

Initiative roll. (Yah, Koln can take em! ...please dont make me fight! >,<! I blame Clover. "Oh let's split up she says." Yah, and by split up she means, "Oh, Koln go off by yourself and get gutted while me and my cute sidekick Amish McStrongarm go look for clues, grr!)
1d20+2 → [6,2] = (8)
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The Emerson Estate

Ruby's eyes light up as she saw the man in raggedy clothes. She slinked over slowly towards the man in a catlike manner. "Excuse me sir, are you alright? It will be ok" she tried to assure the seemingly frightened man. She was hoping he wasn't another apparition.

The man doesn't acknowledge Ruby when she approaches him. Instead he continues to look around the room nervously. Ruby can see that his clothes are not only tattered but they have bloodstains on them as well. You hear heavy footsteps coming from upstairs, the man looks up and whispers "Oh God, he's coming! He's coming!"

The man runs out of the room and down the hallway as the footsteps get closer and closer. The noise stops as soon as the man disappears in the hallway.

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The Emerson Estate

Koln raises his weapon. "Five of you? Eight rounds in this magazine. Leaves a remainder of three... Three... THREE?!" Koln quietly chuckles to himself of the irony of the Trinity and the three vampires in the house, himself and his friends, whom the bullets should probably be meant for. It is not long before he is filling the room with his laughter, wiping what he feels to be a tear away from his cheek, "Ah, this shows promise of being a Holy night!"

Initiative roll. (Yah, Koln can take em! ...please dont make me fight! >,<! I blame Clover. "Oh let's split up she says." Yah, and by split up she means, "Oh, Koln go off by yourself and get gutted while me and my cute sidekick Amish McStrongarm go look for clues, grr!)
1d20+2 → [6,2] = (8)
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Koln
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It looks like you are in big trouble as the cloaked figures lunge at you with their daggers. All of a sudden the room starts shaking and the floor collapses around you opening up into an abyss. The cloaked figures all fall into the darkness with the crumbling floor and you jump back into the shaft to save yourself.

The rumbling continues and you wake up back in the Emerson House again, Socrates climbing on your face saying "Wake up! Evil spirits are about! Wake up!" You figure that you must have fallen asleep inside the wine shaft and now it really is moving upwards through the shaft.

The elevator reaches the top and the doors open. You find yourself inside a rather ornate room with fancy furniture and an oriental rug on the floor. The lights are off but the little bit of light pouring in from the window reveals a few pictures hanging on the wall, a king sized bed with a canopy overhead, and a wooden dresser. The dresser has another old looking newspaper lying on it. When looking out the window you can see that you are on the second floor of the house.
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Koln's map
 

Koln
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It looks like you are in big trouble as the cloaked figures lunge at you with their daggers. All of a sudden the room starts shaking and the floor collapses around you opening up into an abyss. The cloaked figures all fall into the darkness with the crumbling floor and you jump back into the shaft to save yourself.

The rumbling continues and you wake up back in the Emerson House again, Socrates climbing on your face saying "Wake up! Evil spirits are about! Wake up!" You figure that you must have fallen asleep inside the wine shaft and now it really is moving upwards through the shaft.

The elevator reaches the top and the doors open. You find yourself inside a rather ornate room with fancy furniture and an oriental rug on the floor. The lights are off but the little bit of light pouring in from the window reveals a few pictures hanging on the wall, a king sized bed with a canopy overhead, and a wooden dresser. The dresser has another old looking newspaper lying on it. When looking out the window you can see that you are on the second floor of the house.
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Koln's map

Wow, kickass Dave!


Koln carefully enters the room, his gun at the ready where ever he looks. In the corner! At the floor! The ceiling! The other corner! The ceiling again! The other corner!
The floor! The other corner! The other corner! The other corner! The other corner! The large purple anthropromorphic gerbil serving snow cones to school children inside a cave at the bottom of an ocean of turmoil and mulicolored rubber balls! Oh look it's snowing... The other corner! The floor!

Feeling confident of his thorough sweep of the room, Koln walks over to the newspaper, flipping by a tv advert for "Fannie Fang's Horror Hour" and "LeRoy Smith's 'Get your Baskeball on!' DVD Series" he scans the pages for the funnies, he could use a good laugh. He then blinks... realizing the newspaper has changed in his hands suddenly, the soft white pages turning a crisp tired yellow. Reading the paper...


 

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