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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ion" data-source="post: 2999380" data-attributes="member: 16028">Over the radio you hear your reply. “10-4 Officer Bates, Sergeant Byrd is on his way.  We'll let you know when we get a hold of a medical examiner.”The longer the crowd of people mill about in the locker room, the more details of the crime scene change.  Several people are opening and closing lockers, trying to get clothes to put on over their practice gear.Dr. Henderson's Office, Rm 212 Curtis Hall, 7:30pmChristian:  The latest puzzle to cross your desk was given to you by the anthropologist Dr. Francis Carey.   He gave you several pictures of an artifact he acquired in Egypt the week previous.   The object itself is a cylinder two feet long with a diameter roughly the size of a dinner plate and looks to be cast out of a single piece of metal.  The cylinder is engraved with an angelic and demonic motif, and lines of script are written lengthwise along the body.  The characters are Aramaic, but it seems to be written in some sort of code.Analysis so far suggests that the engravings might be some sort of ancient skull and crossbones, but it's been a hard weeks work and writings are still refusing to unveil their secrets.[sblock=skill checks](take 10)Knowledge (theology and philosophy) 14 = 10 + 4 Decipher Script 18 = 10 + 8[/sblock]</blockquote>