Play@YSDC

Dunwich Museum- Dunwich, England
1:10 PM - Thursday, September 5, 1985

The bell above the door tinkled yet again, and Story walked inside. He could see Elizabeth, Lucius, and Brook at the back of the museum, chatting with Amelia Cressy. He also noticed that Valerie and Elliot were here, as were two men he hadn't met before (Chad and Raymond).

Hearing the bell tinkle Elizabeth turns round, and sees Story enter, and smiles. "We are nearly at the end of our tour," she says to him. "We have been learning much about Dunwich's history." Turning back to Amelia she asks "I don't remember you mentioning the Barne family before. Apologies if you did. Is their old manor house very old, and is it still standing?"

"It's been around for centuries, and, yes, it still stands," Amelia told Elizabeth. "Bertie Lake, the son of the late Josiah Lake, owns it now and lives there with his family. It's private property, and they don't much like visitors, but you can see it from the road if you go down Monastery Hill. If you go out the museum door and turn right, you can turn right at the intersection past the inn and follow the road. It's a short distance past the Priory Cottage where Virgil Soames lives. There will be a driveway leading off to the right, and you'll be able to see the old manor house at the end of it." She smiled at Story. "Welcome back, sir. Yes, our tour is just about concluded now, but I'm here to answer questions if you have any."

Chad to Amelia:
"Josiah Lake must have been pretty important to the town to come by a historic manor such as that. Is there anything here in the museum about Josiah Lake's contributions to Dunwich? "

"No, unfortunately," Amelia answered. "I'm afraid the last forty years are a bit too recent to be covered by the museum's exhibits. Captain Lake was important, a respected war hero. He was also very wealthy, which is how he was able to afford to buy the manor house from the Barnes."

Story returns the smile to Elizabeth and looks at Amelia as she speaks. In response to her question Story says, "I'll just listen and collect my thoughts for the moment." He looks over at Lucius and Brook and smiles upon seeing that everyone is safe.

Elliot speaks up, "I sure hope you found whatever it was you lost. It was a nice tour you missed here. I'm sorry I'm not sure I caught your name."

Brook smiles at Story and gives a little wave. Remembering that the TARDIS is still lost, her smile falters, and she looks concerned to her other companions.

Elizabeth sees Brooks's concern and reaches out to squeeze her hand. "It will be ok, don't worry."

Story looks at Elliot and says, "Oh that's okay. Perhaps you didn't hear when your aunt and I made introductions, I'm Professor Story." Briefly looks at Brook before returning his attention to Elliot. "Sadly I haven't found that which is lost. But it's only a matter of time...it always is." Looks around the museum before again looking at Elliot. "I imagine it was quite a good tour but luckily my friends were able to catch it."

Chad a bit crestfallen says, "Oh that's too bad, I was hoping to learn a little bit more about Lake."

Lucius nodded to Story, glad to see he had made it in one piece. He said "There doesn't seem to be any reference here to the legends about which Mr. Soames wrote. Most likely just large embellishments of the stories mothers told their children so they would behave. The fact that the city had fallen into the sea is still intriguing, and even more so now that I recognize a lot of the architecture used in their old buildings. It would be fascinating to swim about the submerged city - but probably too deep for such a thing without some air-hose."

Story turns to Lucius and says, "Sometimes the things under the waves are best left alone. After all I was recently told that the water was dangerous...especially to divers."

"It can be, yes," said Amelia. "If you want to find out more about Josiah Lake and how he became prominent, there are still people in town old enough to remember. Dr. Strong lives just down the street. Zeke Baker knows all kinds of things. This time of day, he's usually fishing. And of course Virgil Soames would have things to say, but he's hardly an unbiased source."

"Well we've spoken to Zeke Baker, and Virgil Soames already," muses Elizabeth. "Maybe we should go and talk to Dr Strong?" she ponders, turning to Story and the other TARDIS companions.

"Professor Story, that's right. I think I did hear that. I'm sorry." Elliot responds. "You know I've heard sometimes museums have strange collections of artifacts that they won't put in a regular displays because it throws off the narrative of the story they are telling. Somethings more along the lines of Mr.Soames stories."

"Yes, I've heard that too," says Elizabeth in response to Elliot. Turning to Amelia she continues "Is there anything like that here, perhaps something particularly interesting?"

Lucius shrugged to Story's comment about divers. Seemed to him there was danger everywhere... the water couldn't be too much different.

When Elliot and Elizabeth press Amelia about more bizarre museum artifacts, Lucius tunes his attention in on that as well. "Or ... perhaps someone has offered something that just didn't quite fit in and was turned away?"

"No, there's nothing like that here," said Amelia with a grin. "This isn't exactly the British Museum. Everything we have is on display, and we don't turn down any artifacts that someone finds or donates. If it's an authentic part of Dunwich history, it belongs here. Now, Mr. Soames sometimes talks about lost treasures beneath the waves, but if he's ever found any, he never showed them to me."

"Well you know us conspiracy types, always looking. Thank you so much for the tour." Elliot strolls into the gift shop and grabs one of the small cameras. He takes a minute to look for anything else that might be useful to replace the gear he lost in the 'helicopter landing'. "How much for the camera?"

Lucius looked to Amelia one last time before bidding farewell and turning towards the door. His eyes landed on Story as he said "I'll be waiting outside."

"Two pounds fifty, please," said Amelia, "and you're quite welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the museum, and feel free to stop back in later. It's been a pleasure talking to all of you and showing you around. Enjoy your stay in Dunwich!"

The only other items in the gift shop that looked obviously potentially useful to Elliot were some lighters with an anchor on one side and the word "Dunwich" on the other in blue lettering.

OOC,Is everyone leaving the museum now? If so, please decide where you'd like to head next.

Seeing Elliot buy a camera, Brook whispers to Elisabeth:"We need to get some cash eventually. We don't know how long we're gonna be stuck here, and we're gonna need accommodations, and food and stuff."

Elliot picks up the lighter, "I'll take this also," and hands her the money. "Come on Auntie lets go." And Elliot leaves the museum.

OOC,Elliot needs some tools. A dark set of clothes and some lock pick tools. Since he did this sort of thing before he got into UNIT, he should know what else would work for him.

Chad:
Chad looks perplexed trying to remember who went where when and for what. Piping up he says. "It's been a pretty eventful day, maybe we should get together and discuss some of the interesting things we learned about Dunwich over a pint at The Ship Inn?"

Brook grins. "Sure. You buying?"

"Sure, we'll treat you," said Raymond, leaving the museum with the others. "Of course, you're too young for the strong stuff, Miss, so it'll have to be tea or soda pop for you."

Elliot Webb,Nothing here looks suitable for [b]Elliot[/b]'s purposes. The replacement shipment would contain what he needed, but that wouldn't arrive until tomorrow. However, [b]Valerie[/b] should have some knitting needles in her purse you could borrow that could do for lockpicks in a pinch.

"I could go for a drink. How about you Auntie?" Elliot says. "We never got a chance to settle into our rooms either."

Story nods at Lucius and then turns his attention to Elizabeth and Brook. "We really should take a moment to reconnect. However, there's plenty of time for that." Smiles. "That said, I do want to hear what you've uncovered but first I'd like to speak with Lucius. So perhaps we can meet up at the Ship's Inn in a bit?"

"Yes that sounds good to me," says Elizabeth to Story. "Is that ok with you Brook? And thank you very much for the offer of a drink," she says to Raymond and Chad. "That's extremely kind, and very welcome."

"Sure," Brook answers Elisabeth, and nods a bit when told it's tea or soft drinks for her. Wondering what Story has to discuss with Lucius and not with her or Elisabeth, she shrugs a bit, then heads out to the street. What had they discovered? Nothing much, as far as she could tell, and certainly nothing that would help them recover the TARDIS.

After failing to find what he was looking for, he heads back to the Inn. He heads upstairs, and intentionally passes by the room 104. If no one is in the hall, I'll try the door. If it is unlocked, I'll slip in.
If it is locked or if there are people in the hall, I'll just take a quick look at the door lock to see what I would need to get into it if it is locked, and head to my room.

"Good," says Elizabeth to Brook, as she follows her out onto the street.

Story smiles at his female associates and then walks outside to where Lucius went.

Tobias emerged from the museum a moment later and rejoined Chad, Raymond, Elliot, and Valerie. Raymond waved for him to join them as they walked towards the Ship Inn, while Story and his companions stood around outside the museum.

OOC,[b]Chad[/b], [b]Raymond[/b], [b]Elliot[/b], and [b]Valerie[/b] are moving to the thread linked below.

Return to the Inn

OOC,[b]Story[/b], [b]Elizabeth[/b], [b]Lucius[/b], and [b]Brook[/b] are moving to the thread linked below.

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