CHAPTER 2: IC - Death of a Sea Captain [George & Martin]

[BenTheRat]

We head on in "hello there sir," as Martin pass by on the way to room 21.

ooc,do I happen to know this cop?

Once in room 21, I'll search the room for anyway to get into room 23 quietly.

[Anatomist]

"hello there Sir

George nods to the policeman, touching the rim of his hat. 'Good day to you sir'

[Job]

We head on in "hello there sir," as Martin pass by on the way to room 21.

OOC with Job Response,QUESTION from MARTIN: do I happen to know this cop? ANSWER from Job: No, you've never seen this policeman before. He appears to be a low-level grunt.

George nods to the policeman, touching the rim of his hat. 'Good day to you sir'

After looking you over for a moment, the policeman seems disinterested in your passing, straightens the fold of his newspaper and returns to reading it.

Once in room 21, I'll search the room for anyway to get into room 23 quietly.

You unlock the door to room twenty-one, enter, and close the door. The room appears to not yet have been cleaned; it includes an unmade bed, a chair and table, an empty pitcher and basin, and a cracked mirror. And also a locked door along the wall adjoining room twenty-three, connecting the two rooms.

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Anatomist]

George moves to the window and checks if there is a balcony.

[Job]

9:00 a.m. (EST) – Thursday 7th September, 1933

George moves to the window and checks if there is a balcony.

There is no balcony or fire escape. The drop to the alley below is about fifteen feet from the window sill.

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Job]

Martin moves over to the adjoining door and places his ear against it, listening. Moments later, he drops to his knee and looks through the keyhole. He looks over at George and shakes his head.

He stands up and gently turns the doorknob, then gives it a slight tug, but frowns. The door did not budge. He next examines the hinges on the door, then slowly turns to look over at George with a mischievous grin.

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Anatomist]

Martin moves over to the adjoining door and places his ear against it, listening. Moments later, he drops to his knee and looks through the keyhole. He looks over at George and shakes his head.

He stands up and gently turns the doorknob, then gives it a slight tug, but frowns. The door did not budge. He next examines the hinges on the door, then slowly turns to look over at George with a mischievous grin.

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Job. (the tortured one)

'oh, dont say...'

[Job]

'oh, dont say...'

Martin moved next to George, leaned in and said in a low voice, "The hinges. The wood is old and dry and I think that we can pry them off, but we need a tool..." Martin then began looking around the room.

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Anatomist]

'oh, dont say...'

Martin moved next to George, leaned in and said in a low voice, "The hinges. The wood is old and dry and I think that we can pry them off, but we need a tool..." Martin then began looking around the room.

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Job. (the tortured one)

George starts looking and dont spot anything quite useful.

[Job]

Opening a drawer in the room's small desk, Martin pulled out a metal letter opener and shrugged, whispering to George, "I guess that this will have to do."

He went back to the door that connected this room with Captain Douglas' room and started chipping at the wood around the hinges. "I hope that the cop in the hallway doesn't hear this."

Ten minutes later, Martin was able to pry the top of the door away from the doorframe, but the wood suddenly split and produced a loud cracking sound, causing Martin to grimace. He immediately stopped his efforts at forcing the door out and returned to digging the hinges free.

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Anatomist]

'When your almost done ill go outside and distract the cop' 'i got a plan'

[Job]

9:10 a.m. (EST) – Thursday 7th September, 1933

Martin stopped chiseling at the door's hinges for a moment to listen, then looked at George in concern and said, "You'd better use your plan now then, because I hear the patrolman in the hall moving towards our room!"

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Anatomist]

Martin stopped chiseling at the door's hinges for a moment to listen, then looked at George in concern and said, "You'd better use your plan now then, because I hear the patrolman in the hall moving towards our room!"

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Job. (the tortured one)

George walks quite fast to the door opening it and stepping outside. 'Officer, Sir' 'Carl Julius here' 'excuse me Sir, but why are you guarding this floor, Sir?' 'I do a lot of studying and if this is going to be a loud floor i rather change Hotel' As he said this he moved towards the top of the stair standing there leaning his weight on the railings.

[Job]

George walks quite fast to the door opening it and stepping outside. 'Officer, Sir' 'Carl Julius here' 'excuse me Sir, but why are you guarding this floor, Sir?' 'I do a lot of studying and if this is going to be a loud floor i rather change Hotel' As he said this he moved towards the top of the stair standing there leaning his weight on the railings.

The policeman stops in midstride as he was walking towards George, and says, "I am here on police business, Mr. Julius, that is all that I can tell you. I heard a loud noise down this hallway, just as you did. I'll check the other rooms."

He walks past George (and past George's room 21) and starts knocking on doors further down the hallway.

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Anatomist]

George will wait and see what the Cop does further down the hall.

[Job]

The policeman used his keys to open the door across the hall and entered that room. He did not seem to be interested in George, or George's room. After a minute, the policeman emerged back out into the hallway, closed and locked the room's door, and looked up at George, asking, "Is everything OK?"

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Job. (the tortured one).

[Anatomist]

The policeman used his keys to open the door across the hall and entered that room. He did not seem to be interested in George, or George's room. After a minute, the policeman emerged back out into the hallway, closed and locked the room's door, and looked up at George, asking, "Is everything OK?"

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Job. (the tortured one).

'Yes yes' 'im just curious' '...and i dont feel very well i rather lean on to this railway'

[Job]

'Yes yes' 'im just curious' '...and i dont feel very well i rather lean on to this railway'

The cop stood there for a moment, eyeballing George, then turned and continued down the hall, knocking on the next room's door, opening it with his key, and entering. The policeman seems to have been fooled by George's ruse because he passed by their room and continued down the hall.

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Job. (the tortured one)

[Job]

After the policeman moves further down the hallway, the door to George's room cracks open an inch and George sees Martin LeBlanc waving at him to come back into their room.


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Job. (the tortured one).

[Anatomist]

George walks into the room ad while turning to see the door he asks 'did you already enter the neighbour room?'