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IC: London: A Reunion?

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Here are the last IC posts from the two separate threads:
Elizabeth, Caroline & Timour’s thread wrote: “Ah yes, the Russian’s!”

The constable smiles, “Your friends are perfectly ok miss, in fact they are the heroes of the hour I think.”

“I’ll take you through to them now, although you may not be able to speak to them until the inspector has finished dealing with them.”

The constable turns towards the museum entrance and leads Elizabeth and Caroline inside, leaving his colleagues to deal with the crowd for now.

He leads the ladies through a few of the museum’s huge halls, as they enter the Egyptian exhibitions Elizabeth and Caroline spot Andrei, Maks and two others (one man and one lady), being led towards them by another uniformed police constable.

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Timour sneaks quietly through the west wing of museum, most of the halls are currently deserted, the few people (all policemen) that he does spot seem to be mostly heading towards one part of the huge building.

Following one of them as discretely as he can Timour finds himself inside the museum’s famous Egyptian exhibition. Across the hall he sees the same police constable that was outside leading Elizabeth and Caroline towards another group of people...

...a group that includes his brother and Andrei!
Andrei, Maksim, Nathaniel & Gwen’s thread wrote: Barrington agrees that Gwen will probably be safe with her rescuers.

“Ok you can all go for now then.”

He turns to the constable who has watched over the four investigators the whole time that they’ve been detained, “Davis escort these gentlemen and the young lady off the premises please.”

The constable nods and gestures in the direction of the museums main entrance, “Yes sir.”

PC Davis leads the investigators back through the Egyptian exhibition, towards the front of the museum, Alison’s body has been removed now, though the blood has not all been cleaned up yet.

As they near the end of the Egyptian exhibition, Andrei and Maksim notice another uniformed policeman leading Elizabeth and Caroline towards them, they both look rather worried.
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Please note: You are under no obligation to remain together, I manipulated things in order to resynchronise the times of the various IC threads, rather than with any intention of getting you back together, so have your characters react to each other however you desire.

The time sync problems came about because I allowed Andrei to do something too quickly early in his thread. I’ll be more careful in future.

Note about the museum: The police have closed the museum for the day (it would be closed to the public now anyway). They aren’t planning on allowing any of you to remain on the premises for any longer than necessary (Gwen included).

Once you’ve all made a couple of posts the cops will be escorting all of you (possibly excluding Timour) out of the museum.
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A genuine smile breaks across Elizabeth's face. Unless restrained by the police, she runs over to Andrei and Maksim. She pauses before them, looking momentarily confused, as if she had planned a further action but was now questioning its appropriateness. Nevertheless, she smiles again and says, "We were so worried about you."
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Caroline steps over to Maks, relief washing over her, the hard angles of her face softening. She reaches for his hand to squeeze it. "Yes, we were so worried. We ... oh, it's too complicated. Thankfully, you're all right."
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Andrei takes a few quick steps towards Elizabeth, then pauses when she hesitates. He's looking only at Ellie, wide-eyed. For the first time in a long time, his defences are down. The darkness of the past few weeks is momentarily washed away.

"A-Are you okay?"

He swallows hard and wipes his sweaty palms onto his trousers, still staring at her. It's impossible to misjudge his adoration for this woman.
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Elizabeth takes the last step forward, wraps her arms around Andrei's torso, and leans her head on his chest. "Yes."
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Andrei dips his head, smelling Elizabeth's hair, holding her. His heart is pounding.

"Everything is going to be okay," he gently whispers. "It'll be alright."

Elizabeth can't see it, but his eyes soon shift back into sadness and distance.

After a moment, he pulls away a bit, still holding Ellie by the shoulders. "They're here as well, Ellie. That cult. The police said they're going to do something about it." He swallows hard, suddenly remembering what happened to the police in New York.

His eyes widen.

"Oh Lord. Remember what happened last time, when the police invaded the Juju House in New York? The... the dreams? And Timour?" He thinks for a minute.

"It's in Soho, they know the place where the assassins are headquartered. The inspector said they'd take care of it!" He looks around wildly, panicking. His voice raises. "We can't hide, Ellie! They can get us in our sleep! What are we supposed to do? We need that book!"

He hesitates for a minute, then leans in close, and whispers excitedly into Elizabeth's ear...
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Nathaniel watches the reunion takes place and feels genuinely happy for all those involved. Alienated.... but glad. He moves closer to Gwen to get out of everyone's way. Once he feels as though everyone has sufficiently caught up, her interrupts.

So that's that then..... Mystery solved! I'm sure the inspectors will get what they need from the Arab to properly close the case. Unless you feel we're still in a spot of danger Andrei. Should I be concerned for Gwen's safety?
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Timour watches from the shadows as the group reunites. Seeing Elizabeth in Andrei's arms, and watching the two, his thoughts wandered to Anastasia, his missing bride-to-be, and he felt a peculiar twinge of jealousy. He begins to walk away, looking down the long hallways and wondering what secrets this ward may have that would help their group. Then, as an afterthought, he begins to whistle his favorite tune, knowing full well that Maks will hear it and know that he's safe and sound.

The museum must have some untold secrets related to these mysteries. Trying hard to conceal himself, he skulks around, watching the crowds and paying attention in particular to the police and their conversations.

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Elizabeth looks up at Andrei with concern. Her frown deepens as she sees the look in his eyes. But she cocks her head to the side and takes a deep breath. "I believe you." She glances at 'Gwen', back at Andrei, and returns her attention to Gwen and the man beside him.

"I'm sorry, I don't believe I've made your acquaintance, I am Elizabeth and this is my friend Caroline." She indicates the woman with her. She judges the distance to the nearest police officer and steps closer to the man and woman. "Yes, sir, I do not know how you have been involved in this so far, but it is very possible you may both continue to be in danger." She sees the constables politely, but determinedly, waiting to escort them from the building. "Perhaps you would like to come with us and learn more?"
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"This is my dear wife," said Maksim cheekily, wrapping an arm around Caroline's shoulders and giving her a playful, albeit somewhat rough, hug. He is clearly in an affectionate mood -- though the hug seems more brotherly than husbandly.
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Davis, the constable who was accompanying Andrei, Maks, Nathaniel and Gwen indicates Maksim and says to Caroline, “Your husband is a very brave man marm. He and his friends certainly saved this young lady’s life,” he points to Gwen, “and they appear to have solved the ‘Egyptian Murders’ case.”

He coughs then continues, “Unfortunately I’ll have to continue escorting you all outside now, I’ll be for it if the Inspector finds you all still in the museum.”

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I’ll post for Timour’s listen roll once the rest of you leave the museum (assuming you do), as he’s hanging back and snooping on the cops.
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"That, uh, sounds like my husband, all right," Caroline says. Maks's rather forceful embrace puts her in an ill humor. I'm genuinely worried about him, and he just wants to ham it up, the oaf.
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Andrei follows everyone out of the museum, sidling up closer to Gwen and Nathaniel. Once out of earshot from the police, he speaks, with exaggated confidence.

"No, I'm afraid this isn't over yet. The police only know a small part of the story, and one of them got away. Who knows how many others are living in London. These are the same people that have been hunting us for weeks. They're probably hunting you, now, too."

He pauses for a minute to let this sink in.

"One of them had a card, what did it say again, Nathaniel? The Blue Pyramid Club, in Soho..."


His voice loses a bit of confidence, and he looks nervously towards Gwen without making eye contact. "Madam... do you know why they attacked you? Did they say anything about a.. an... an artifact, or a book, or anything?"

He stuffs his hands into his pockets and guiltily surveys his companions, as though he just said something inappropriate.
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Elizabeth follows along, looking pensive.
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Nathaniel nods his head and smiles cheerfully.

Nathaniel Moore....The pleasure is all mine Miss Caroline.. Miss Elisabeth... I was beginning to worry about Andrei and Maksim. I wasn't quite sure they were on the up and up if you catch my meaning? Having a few rightous birds on the roster somehow adds a bit of creedence to these sinister blokes wouldn't you say Elisabeth?

Nethaniel smiles at both ladies in a gentlemanly fashion and then looks back to Andrei. He starts to fiddle with his crossbow, awkwardly trying to put it back into its case while walking.

It would seem to me that if this book you've been going on about is important enough to bring you and your mates to london and to force this dream cult out into the open, then we should probably get our hands on it now shouldn't we?

Nathaniel continues talking as they walk.

We're onto something big here Gwen. You got to get us back into the stacks... we need to get access to the Museum's private collection.
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"Mr. Moore," Caroline says, acknowledging his greeting. "I'm afraid I may need to hire a translator for your 'lingo.'" She smiles briefly, then frowns again. "The sooner we're in some place of relative safety, the happier I'll be."
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OOC: Sorry for the delay. I got stuck in a long transit and then had a couple missions once I got settled.

IC: Gwen is a bit taken aback with the situation. So many new faces and a dangerous new reality make her slow to respond as gracefully as she'd like.
To Nethaniel: I don't think it a good idea to linger here. Let's go someplace public. I am famished! We can all talk there."
To Elizabeth and other new people: Hello. I'm Gwendolyn Everettson. I've been helping Nethaniel with his research into cults, specifically Aegyptian cults. Very pleased to meet you all. Let's get out of here. I'd like to hear more of what's going on. Where are you people from?
To Andrei: They didn't say anything! They just attacked and were dragging me out of the building. It might have been about one of the books in the restricted section that I have access to. We could come back tomorrow and check. Are you interested in a particular book?
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OOC:
Spoiler:
Will you all be following Gwen’s advice and leaving the Museum immediately? I assume you are, but I’d rather check before posting that your characters are outside.

Jtull, I’ll PM you with additional details about accessing the sealed library.

Trixie, I’m starting a private thread for Timour in the Private Threads(ch2) sub-forum.
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OOC:
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Leaving’s fine with me--Caroline would feel the need to assess the situation before taking the next step.
(OK, so the text doesn't go between the tags? What am I missing here.)
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Decrepit wrote:OOC:
Spoiler:
Leaving's fine with me--Caroline would feel the need to assess the situation before taking the next step.
(OK, so the text doesn't go between the tags? What am I missing here.)
You can't use other bbtags (ie )inside the spoiler.

You also need to use 'curly quotes' rather than straight ones, which is a pain if you're using the forum to type your post, rather than a word processor or something.

Grafster's started using exclamation marks within spoilers instead of quotes (ie Leaving!s, rather than Leaving's).

I fixed your spoiler tags, but if using them is a pain then you don't need to bother.
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