CH3-04 Down by the shore

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POW Roll,here it goes. [dice]0[/dice]
OOC:   damn, just missed.  
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Greg texts his companions and then gets straight down to translating the script he quickly getting drawn into the process.
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Mr Handy,You get the impression that even someone like Westerlund wouldn't automatically get access, or he might but he wouldn't be able to provide enough in the way of bona fide to get you access. Do not worry there is not much significant detail down this trail beyond the fact that Verbti is probably their name for Cuthugha.
PRIVATE: Greg,Greg finds himself completely engrossed by the translation and the details it reveals so much so that he pretty much forgets everything else that he's doing beyond eating when he's hungry and drinking when he's thirsty. Greg estimates the murals are made up of twenty distinct sections serving as a visual representations of the demands Verbti makes on his worshipers, as mnemonic devices, and as teaching tools to inform the illiterate of the Verbetoi beliefs and stories. The murals present a vast compendium touching on nearly every aspect of the Verbetoi religion including charts and star maps. The writing which accompanies the murals would best be compared with Hindu or Buddhist Sutras, some are concise texts intended to be memorized by students studying their scripture, some are poems, some instructional texts giving practical advice as to how a good Verbetoi should go about his life and others describe important events in their history including the Verbetoi’s interaction with other Mythos entities or their cults. Basically to decipher the Tome (the murals are effectively one great massive Mythos tome) and understand the murals would probably take Greg a couple of years (100 weeks), but he can try and identify sections and look for details (5 weeks for each 1 of the 20 sections for simplicities sake) However, at the moment Greg is so caught up with the idea of translating and understanding this tome he's not doing anything else but studying!!!
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OOC,We should still all meet with [b]Westerlund[/b] so that we can compare notes and coordinate our research.
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Reading and making the connection that the 'living fire' has some sort of mystical connection gives Andy nightmares, he dreams of vast distances, a gigantic malevolent ball of fire hurtling through space that is somehow a star and also a terribly ancient alien being. The living flames confined to a remote part of the cosmos but waiting, waiting for release from its bindings, yearning for the time when once again it can rain fiery destruction upon all of creation. Like a baleful eye moving across the night-sky Verbti calls out across the vastness of space and time, calling to those foolish enough to believe its promises...

Waking with a thumping headache, feverishly hot the meaning of his nightmares evaporate, leaving him with just a lingering dread and a sluggishness, sapped of energy. After drinking some water and swallowing a couple of paracetamol for his throbbing head he tries to get back to sleep, dozing fitfully not quite falling into deeper slumber, mercifully spared more feverish dreams.

Waking at 7am, Andy drinks coffee and eats his breakfast, he still feels hot, he's coming down with a cold.

Later on he phones Liz and they discuss their research again, filling in little points here and there but it's apparent that without being able to gain access to the mysterious restricted books they aren't going to get much more information. The conversation moves onto joining up and meeting with Westerlund it's then that they realise that neither of them had heard from Greg in fact it become apparent that they have both tried his phone on a few occasions without getting through to him.

Making arrangements to meet later on and to go and visit the American, Andy promising to get in tough with Jacob and trying to get him along as well.
OOC:   So, basically I'm proposing we three meet up and then go visit Greg to see why he's be out of touch for a few days.  
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"I hope nothing's happened to Greg," says Liz. "We'd better go see him quick."
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Greg,no change. he will eat, use the bathroom, and only sleep as much as he has to. Otherwise keep working on it. This is fascinating and nothing is going to get in his way right now.
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OOC:   Having not heard from Royya for some time. I'll give him a couple of days to respond after which I will run him as an NPC.  
Andy and Liz's calls to Greg go straight to answerphone.


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Jaco responds confirming he is staying with relatives in Israel he confirms he's on the way back and has conducted some research in his absence:

He found references to Shem as a place covering what is now Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and Arabia. In the Bible, Shem is Noah's eldest son, the ancestor of the Hebrews, Arabs, and Assyrians; hence, the modern "Semite" and Semitic languages (via Greek Sem), used properly to designate the family of languages spoken by these peoples as the script and apparently the spoken language bear no resemblance to Hebrew or any of the other Semitic languages. There are however references to The Waste, a barren, desolate desert in eastern Shem, he's even found a quote "the dusty red valley appears is the bed of an ancient dead sea. It stretches dead flat from the near vertical base of the jagged peak. Across the waste, shards and monoliths lie scattered like toy idols. At the base of the Desperation chain is an oasis called Tal'ib, the "City in the Waste". Jacob wonders whether that dead sea might now be the Mediterranean?
OOC:   Jacob is back as of this post so feel free to progress as you see fit.  
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OOC,I think we should all go to [b]Greg[/b]'s place to check up on him.
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When they arrive at Greg's hotel the hotel receptionist rings up and gets no answer. Andy, Liz and Jacob, however, are able to sneak up to Greg's room where they find a Do not disturb sign on the door and a pile of plates and cutlery by the door
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"Uh oh," says Liz. "You don't suppose he's gone doolally like Maria did? Well, at least he's remembering to eat." She raps on the door. "Greg, are you in there?"
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BenTheRat,Its entirely up to you how you handle things Greg really doesn't want to be disturbed, but he's not been driven over the edge like Maria was this is something different he simply wants to be left to discover the secrets of the Murals ("mythos tome")
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You hear a muffled voice from the other side of the door, "Just leave the food by the door." Having not remembered really if he had ordered it or not. Whatever it was, it could wait. This part was particularly tricky and Greg needed all his attention.

Things had become a blur over the last few days, things were moving so fast, his head was spinning. He would stop on occasion to make sure he didn't go bonkers like the others, get some sleep and eat. This part was too important to stop on right now.
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"I suppose he'll open the door eventually when he gets hungry," says Liz, "but that could take hours." She raises her voice. "Greg, it's us! Let us help you!"
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Greg closed his eyes, "Jesus, can't a guy have a minute alone?" he yelled out. What was wrong with these people?

Greg jerked the door open with an emphatic, "What the hell do you want?" but the end of the sentence trailed off as the faces of his friends, the ones he had faced life and death with came into focus. Greg look haggard, worn, tired and dirty. He hadn't bathed or even changed his clothes in several days. His beard didn't help things either since it was patchy and ill formed.

"Liz, Andy, Jacob, of course come in." he says backing away. The weariness of the last few days catching up to him all at once, making him weary.
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Andy tries to keep the look of shock off his face at seeing Greg's condition, the guy looked a mess.. he must have been affected just as Maria had been. This was more than obsession it was obvious that Greg wasn't taking care of himself if the ripe odour coming off of him was anything to go by.

"Hi Greg, good to see you.. Andy says warily, scanning his friends face for any sings that he might be unstable...
OOC,Andy is worried that Greg might have gone too far (like Maria) and be a danger to himself or others in his single mindedness. He'll suggest Greg get shaved and showered and then they all go eat...
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Liz follows Andy inside. "Hey, Greg," she says. "You look like you've been busy. What have you been up to?"
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So Greg has clearly been entirely preoccupied with feverishly translating/researching the photos (Using the three distinct dedications on the plinth of the statue of Alexander at the beginning of the maze in Albania as his 'Rosseta Stone'). Greg appears fatigued and unkempt but does seem rational. At this point, he has broken up the murals into 20 separate 'chapters' and after a week is well on the way to completing the first of those.
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