Play@YSDC

It is around 8:30 pm when you pull up 2 houses down from your destination, 224 School street. The home of Nathan Rice the city hall worker who is deaf.



It is dark outside, and you can see the lights on in the house. Even a shadow moving inside through the white curtains.

OOC,anyone who wants can make a spot hidden check.

Eddie takes a good look around.

"There are at least two people moving around inside," says Eddie. "Do you know if Mr. Rice has a family?"

Charles feel a bit nervous but shakes it off. He looks around

Richard touches the pendant that Loosa gave him that he is wearing around his neck as he looks around to see who is following them as he fully expected to be followed by someone who was watching the house they came from

Spot hidden roll,[dice]0[/dice] didnt work let me try again [dice]1[/dice]

Ben,sorry but when I went back the first time it showed a '0' which is what I get with a mistake in systax, after I added the second dice roll the original one showed correctly so not sure what is going on with this

Richard,you see no cars around like anyone followed you, but you see multiple shadows in the windows.

Everyone hears a scream from the house.

"Oh my," Says Norman. "Perhaps we should call the police."

"I am the police," says Eddie. He runs towards the house, drawing his pistol as he goes. Seeing Richard's action, he rubs his own pendant with his free hand.

Richard follows Eddie towards the house.

As you get to the door you can see it has already been busted open, and then closed again.

Richard burst through the broken door

Eddie also rushes inside through the door.

As you rush into the front living room, you can see through an open door way into the kitchen in the back. 2 Men in robes are standing over a 3rd man laying on the ground. The kitchen floor is covered in blood and you hear one man say, "Where is it?" as you rush into the house. The 2 men turn to look at you as you rush in.
One of them is holding a very bloody long knife.

They turn to run.

Norman follows the others into the house, gasping in horror at the scene before him.

Richard follows chases the men pulling out one of his pistols and takes a shot when he has on.

Richard sprints after them pulling a pistol. As he enters the kitchen you see them going out the back door.

OOC: you may take 1 shot, roll to hit.

"Stop or I'll shoot!" shouts Eddie, bringing up his revolver to aim at the other man and pulling back the hammer.

OOC,Do I have time to take a shot as well?

Norman rushes to help the man on the ground, attempting to ascertain his condition.

First Aid 30
[dice]0[/dice]

Rubbing his pendant with his off hand, Eddie takes a shot at one of the fleeing killers, the one with the bloody knife. He aims low, hoping to hit him in the legs and keep him from fleeing even if he withstands the wound.

OOC,Handgun roll (60% skill) shooting at the killer. [dice]0[/dice] Damage to fleeing killer from .38 bullet [dice]1[/dice]

Eddie pauses the chase for a second to take the shot. He realizes that trying to hit the leg of a running man is nigh impossible. But rubbing his good luck charm he takes the shot.

dodge chance,[dice]0[/dice]

The bullet strikes but not in the leg, more upper buttocks area. You hear a yelp but he continues to run into the darkness.

Norman gets to the body and tries to stop the bleeding from the dozen cuts he has on him, all bleeding out. He coughs and blood spurts out of his mouth.
Despite all that he smiles.

He pushes your arms away and rolls onto his side, he tries to raise his arm but cannot seem to get it higher than his chest. He groans, and winces in pain.

OOC:   Once Richard posts his shot, we can move forward. Or anyone else can make an action. I know its been a bit slow, hopefully things will pick up now.

Richard slows down to take the shot, but hits the door frame right where the robed men was at. They run into the darkness.

Having paused to take the shots, they have gotten a bit of a lead on you.

You can continue to give pursuit. You also know at least one of them was hit. You also aren't sure if there are anymore in the house.

You see the man on the floor groan, he reaches his hand out and draws in his own blood. He draws an arrow, then looks deep into Norman's eyes. You see him mouth the words, "get them," and then slumps to the ground.

Eddie races after the fleeing men, hoping that the blood dripping from the one he wounded will make it easier to follow him.

Richard continues on a full speed after the men after taking the shot

Charles tries to take a look around in the rooms around the body when he gets back from the first shock of the sudden events. He looks out to where the others ran off and tries to help Norman with whatever he can.

You both shoot and run out the door after the 2 fleeing men. One obviously injured but still running. By the time you get across the kitchen and out the back door you can see them running to the left through some back yards.

You sprint after them and appear to be gaining on them. Because of the high speed and trees you do not have a clear shot.

You make it to a street and they run across the street and into another back yard, the one that was wounded is falling behind. He is still carrying the knife. There are very few trees in this backyard. Combined with the street, you have a clear shot if you want to slow down to take it. Its still at long range, but make-able.
The one in front is partially blocked by the wounded man. You could take a shot at him if you wanted to, but it would be very difficult shot.

Do you stop to take the shot or continue the pursuit? If you stop to take the shot, they will pull back further ahead and you will have lost the ground you gained on them.

Charles takes a quick look around the rooms and there is no one else in the house. You go over to Norman and the man laying on the ground. He appears to be dead. His blood is all over the floor. Tracks from several foot steps lead to the back door. The man appears to have at least a half dozen cuts on him. He has drawn an arrow on the floor in his own blood.

Richard pushes on as fast as he can seeing that he is gaing on the men.

Eddie also keeps running all out, hoping to close the distance.

You continue your sprint, now only 30 feet behind, but the blood lose is taking its toll. You continue through the back yard, and behind another building. Probably a movie house or theatre.

Here the 2 men turn left onto the road and cross school street, from the North side to the South side. You are almost on the injured man. The uninjured one reaches the doors of a church and opens the door. He turns to look and sees you only 10 feet behind his friend.

You see the man make a gesture and enter the church. The man you are chasing continues to run but looking over his shoulder he sees you are almost on top of him. You hear him say something and raise his knife to his throat...

Eddie rushes forward and leaps at the man with the knife, trying to tackle and disarm him before he can kill himself.

OOC,Grapple roll (55% skill) attacking the wounded man. [dice]0[/dice]

If I think I can get to him before he slices his thraot I will do that and tackle him hard, if I dont think I can close the gap I will shoot him in the arm with the knife

Roll for action,not sure which I am doing so I will just roll and you can apply it to the tackle or the shot which every ends up applying [dice]0[/dice]

Eddie leaps in front of Richard, and dives for the fleeing man, but he slips off his robes.
Richard reflexively aims and shoots, hitting the man right in the wrist causing him to drop the knife.

The robed man falls to the ground.

Richard,roll damage.

The bullet went through part of his face before hitting his hand. He collapses on the ground, Eddie falling on top of him and rolling off.

Eddie quickly cuffs the man's arms behind his back with the pair of handcuffs he carries and then does what he can to stop his bleeding. "Don't touch the murder weapon with your bare hands," he says. "It's got his fingerprints on them. Getting our own on there too would only confuse matters."

OOC,First Aid roll (55% skill) treating the man's wounded arm and face: [dice]0[/dice] HP restored to the man: [dice]1[/dice]

The man appears to be unconscious, but still breathing. You handcuff him and manage to stop him from bleeding to death.

A group of people coming out of the theatre you passed is coming over to see what is going on with the gun shot.

OOC:   For those still in the house, what are you guys doing?

Norman explains the arrow, trying to determine if it points to anything significant.

"My, how ghastly. and he mouthed 'Get them' before he died. What do you think he meant?"

The arrow is pointing to a cabinet in the kitchen. The door has been opened already. The whole room looks searched through, now that you look around.

Eddie stands up and addresses the gathering people with the voice of authority. "This man just committed a murder with that knife," he says, pointing out the prisoner and the weapon. "We pursued him and his accomplice, who fled into the church. We managed to capture this one and stop him from killing himself, but the other one is still at large and may have friends. It's not safe out here. Please return to your homes."

A few from the crowd rush away, but many others are still there. You hear murmurs of "Call the police", "I heard gunshots", "Look they have guns", "That poor man", "Someone get him to the hospital".

Someone steps forward from the crowd, "I'm a doctor let me help him." You see a young lady pulling on his arm, "don't get involved."

"Thank you, Doctor," says Eddie. "I was able to stop the bleeding, but he needs more help than I can give him."

Richard says, we have an audince now

Norman approaches the cabinet and looks through it carefully.

Ben,Invisible castle seems to be down so I made a roll with a dice and got 54. If you want a link and there is an alternative to invisable castle that you know of, please tell me and I'll post that instead.

Charles hums for him self while looking for something that might help.

Norman and Charles search the cabinet, but it appears the intruders had already gone through that cabinet as well as the ones on either side of it.

Richard and Eddie. As the doctor works on the man, he pulls out some wrappings from his bag and wrap up his multiple wounds. His wife pulls his car around.

"Here help me get him into my car and I'll get him to the clinic. I can help him more there." The doctor says.

"Of course, Doctor," says Eddie, lending his considerable strength to help carefully lift the man and carry him to the car. "We need to watch this guy and make sure he stays restrained. He's a danger to himself and others. I'll use my handkerchief to pick up the murder weapon so I don't mess up the fingerprints. My name's Eddie Donovan, by the way. I'm a cop from Boston up here on vacation. Some vacation, huh?"

"Well my job is to keep him alive sir. Nice to meet you." As he gets the man into the car he shuts the door and gets into the driver seat. "You need to get that to the police. With all the gunfire going on, I'm sure they will be here soon."

Charles looks around if he finds anything else that can give them some kind of information.

Ben,Roll: 91

Richard gets into the car with the Doctor and his wife and says "I agree Eddie this guy can't be left alone with anyone we need to travel with the Doctor"

"Yes, we'd better go with you, Doctor," says Eddie. "I'm sure you're not afraid, but think of your wife's safety."

Richard says "There is no way this guy is leaving here with out either me or Eddie in this car with him, I will sit in the back seat and he can have his legs or head over my lap otherwise we put him in our car and we follow you"

Since Charles does not seem to find anything he looks over to Norman.

"Hm... What do you think we should do next?"

The doctor looks at Richard, "Fine, get in, but try not to move him much, but he isn't going to live if I don't get him to my clinic."

After Richard gets in, he drives off, leaving Eddie standing there holding a knife in one hand and his pistol in the other.

Eddie has the knife carefully wrapped in his handkerchief so that he doesn't touch it. He gets in his own car to follow the doctor.

"I suppose we could search the rest of the house. Though I'd feel better waiting for the others to get back here." Norman says, casting a nervous glance back at the body.

Realizing that he's not going to be able to find the doctor's clinic, Eddie instead carefully approaches the church where he saw the other killer enter, keeping his eyes and ears open for any sign of him.

OOC,In that case, I'd never find them. I just wish I'd had a chance to hand the knife off to [b]Richard[/b] before they drove off.

The crowd starts to disperse, as you approach the church, you don't see anything unusual. You do hear sirens in the distance.

Eddie,You remember something about 'don't trust the sheriff's office, they are in on it.'

Richard ask "How far to your clinic?" while silently making sure his gun is ready because at this point he does not trust anyone in this town and checking the way they are heading so he can find his way back if needed

Eddie hears sirens coming from the opposite direction of his car and the house.

Richard,go to this thread [url=http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/pbp/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=5458]here.[/url]

Eddie walks briskly towards the house and his car, not breaking into a run, which would appear suspicious, but making good speed nonetheless.

Charles turns to Norman. "Did you hear that? What should we do?"

"Hide," Norman suggests, looking around for somewhere to conceal them.

"If anyone comes, uh, in that we don't know, we assume they're with the cult and act accordingly."

"Seems like a plan" Charles looks after a place to hide while he feels the stress coming up.

The house has been gone through pretty well. There is overturned furniture as well as closets to hide in, or cabinets, as they have all had most of their items pulled out.

Eddie makes it to the car/house without incident.

"Why don't you go get the others, and I'll pull the car around back." Aunt Loosa says.

As you enter the house you don't see Charles and Norman.

Charles sees the others coming into the house before he and Norman has hidden anywhere. He turns to them looking distressed. "What happened? What was those noises?"

Hearing Charles speak, Eddie heads in that direction. "We have to go soon," he calls. "The lcoal cops will be here before long, and from what I've heard, they're in on it. We chased the killers down the street. The one I wounded tried to kill himself with the murder weapon, but Richard shot his arm so he'd drop it. We were able to capture him and keep him alive, but the other one escaped into the church. A huge crowd gathered and someone must have called the police. A doctor and his wife took our prisoner away in his car, and Richard went with them. I don't know where his clinic is, though. I did hold onto the knife, making sure not to get any fingerprints on it."

Charles looks from Eddie to Norman. "Where should we go then and how? We don't know where the clinik is but we need to get Richard don't we? Did you decide anything?" Charles sounds even more distressed.

"Back to the Woods House, in our cars," says Eddie. "They'll know where to find the doctor's clinic, and I wouldn't want to trust anyone else. I don't even know if we can trust the doctor, or if he's really taking them where he said he would. I do know he was going in the opposite direction from this house, the same way from which the police were coming."

Charles looks from Eddie to Norman again. "To the Woods House then! Quick. I agree that it seems like the only real choice at this point."

"Indeed. Let's get out of here," Norman says, still a bit shaken by the grizzly scene.

"The man drew an arrow in his own blood that led to a cabinet in the kitchen, but we were not able to find anything. And he mouthed' get them' before he died. I wonder what he meant."

"It must be important if he used his last breath to do it," says Eddie. "Where's the cabinet? Let me have a look before we go."

As the 3 of you go into the kitchen, you can still clearly see the arrow in the blood pointing at the cabinet that has been searched through.

OOC,All 3 of you may make a spot hidden check.

Eddie searches the cabinet, careful not to get his fingerprints on the contents, but he can't quite find anything, as he isn't sure what he is seeking.

OOC,Spot Hidden roll (55% skill) searching the cabinet: [dice]0[/dice]

As the 3 of you are searching around the cabinet Eddie notices a small panel under the cabinet that was knocked loose during all the searching.

OOC,yes I know you missed by 2, there was a 10% bonus because of the small area to search, knowing there is something there to see and its the 2nd time its been searched

"There's a hidden compartment here, behind this panel," says Eddie. Using a napkin to keep from getting any fingerprints on anything, he opens the panel fully and looks inside,

As you press on the panel it slides out and you see a small notebook inside. You can hear the sirens down at the theater now.

Eddie snatches up the notebook and elbows the cabinet door shut. "We got what we needed," he says, already running for the front door and his car. "Let's get out of here!"

As you run out the front door, you see the police car down at the end of the street, but your car is not out front.

Eddie spins around, remembering that Aunt Loosa said she would bring the car around back, and heads through the house to the back door.

As you run out the back door you see Aunt Loosa there with the car, the engine still running. "Let's get going now boys."

Eddie hurries for his car. "I'll drive," he says.

Aunt Loosa slides over and lets Eddie take the wheel.

Eddie slides behind the wheel. Once everyone is aboard, he pulls out and heads for the Woods House.

You get to the house ok, the cool night air blowing in through the windows. "What happened in there?" Aunt Loosa asked.

"The man we came to meet was being murdered by two guys when we arrived, with the knife I'm carrying," explains Eddie. "I wounded one of them as they fled, and we chased them down the street. We caught the wounded one, who tried to kill himself with the knife, but Richard shot him in the arm and he dropped it. Then I was able to handcuff him and keep him alive. The other one fled into a nearby church. A crowd of people gathered, including a doctor and his wife. They put the man in their car to take him to the doctor's clinic, and Richard got in with them, but they drove off without me. I had to get back to the house because the police were coming. Now we need to find out where the clinic is - if that's even where they really went. We can't really trust people in this town."

Oh my, I was so worried when I heard all that shooting, at least none of us is hurt. she turns to Eddie You're right, we need to find that clinic, Richard could be in danger.

Wake the cook, she seems to know what's going on in town, let's see if she knows where the clinic is.

I need to go to my room.

Ben,[b]Aunt Loosa[/b] will try a seance to locate the whereabouts of [b]Richard[/b]. I don't know her current magic points but today she has already done 1 seance and made 2 charms = min of (2d3 [charms] + 2[seance]) magic spent maybe more as we didn't play out the earlier seance so I don't know how many questions were asked (1 point/question). Do you want to run the seance via PM or shall we do it via Spoiler-buttons?

"All right," says Eddie. "We also recovered this notebook from the victim's house, but we haven't had time to read it yet." He knocks on the cook's door.

The door opens a couple mins later, she appears to have been preparing for bed. "Why yes, can I help you? Did you need a late night snack or somethin'" her southern twang coming out.

Aunt Loosa,we can do it by PM, or you can include the whole group. You are low enough you'd have to roll to be successful. Up to you. I'd rather do it by PM, so I can find it again if needbe. We do it by email and it will be lost.

"There's been a murder," says Eddie, and he quickly explains what happened. "Do you know if the doctor can be trusted and where his clinic is? I don't like the idea of Richard not having any of us with him."

"Oh my, doctor you say? There is no doctor or clinic in Rochester right now. You have to go to Gloucester to find a doctor," she said.

"I was hoping that wasn't the case," says Eddie. "The two of them came out of one of the nearby houses. They've got Richard and the killer we captured. The guy's hands are cuffed behind his back and he's seriously wounded, so I don't think he's a threat, but they could kill him to make sure he never talks. We need to find out where they've taken them." He describes the fake doctor and the woman with him, as well as their car, and tells her which direction they left.

"I'm not sure, but I don't go out much, I'm sorry I can't be of help." she responds.

"You've helped plenty just by knowing there isn't a doctor in town," says Eddie. "Now we need to discuss with everyone what the next step is and how to find Richard. Maybe this notebook will have some clues."

You all gather back into the main living room, with the exceptions of Richard and Aunt Loosa.

Eddie fills everyone in and looks through the notebook to see what useful information it contains.

You open the small notebook it says the following:

I am starting this journal because there are many unexplained occurrences in our fair village.

I have been able to draw the strange occurrences to coincide with the finding of an unusual cavern while digging in the quarries.
Many of the miners have been killed or fled the city.

The quarries have reduced their output, and have decommissioned the main quarry.

More people dying from "accidents" and "drownings".

Monsters reported off the shore, dismissed by the authorities.

Suspected Cult members:
Kevin Wright
Michael Dryver
Shawn Ross
Julian Johson
Rebecca Wood
Bradly Butterfill
Phil??

Eddie reads his findings out loud, especially the list of suspected cult members. "The only names on this list I recognize are Michael Dryver and Phil," he says, "and it's no surprise to see Phil there. I don't know who these others are." He looks over to the cook. "Are any of these names familiar to you? And do you know where the main quarry is?"

She takes the list and looks at it. "Of course, I know most people in this small town. Mr. Wright runs the Rockport Granite Company. You already know Mr. Dryer. I should have known with Mr. Ross. He runs the Art Association. Let me see, Oh no, not Mr. Johnson. He is so sweet. He runs the barber shop," she says shaking her head. She takes a second and continues, "Ms. Wood works up at the Train Depot, and finally father Butterfill is the leader of the Pigeon Cove Chapel. I don't know this Phil fellow."

"We know him...unfortunately," says Eddie. "As for the others, it does say 'suspected' cult members. We don't know for certain that everyone on the list is guilty, so maybe Mr. Johnson is jake after all - but I still wouldn't trust him. We need a lead on how to find Richard, and we need to go find him now. We can't wait until morning. He might not live that long. That church the other killer fled into could be an important location to them, but the cops will be crawling all over the area right now. The quarries are another possible place, but we don't know if they took him there. They drove down School Street away from 224 when they left, and the police came from the same direction. Do you know what lies that way? It's a shame there are no maps of this place available, but I think the cult likes it that way."

Richard walks through the front door and shuts the door behind him clearly still very cold in his soaking wet clothes and ask "Is everyone ok?"

"Yes, we're fine," says Eddie. "We were worried about you. That so-called doctor is a fake, and probably part of the cult. Where did he take our prisoner?" He fills Richard in on what they've found.

Aunt Loosa steps into the front room, she looks tired and drawn, the bright light that normally dances behind her eyes seems dimmed.

When she sees Richard she smiles warmly Oh Richard I am glad you are safe. I was so worried about you. I couldn't divine where you were and only received mixed messages as to your safety. she looks him over You're soaking and shivering with cold, you need to get out of those wet clothes. she turns to the cook Could you make a large pot of hot coffee dear?

She turns back to Richard Go on, go and get changed and then come and tell us what happened tonight

She moves slowly over to an armchair and lowers herself into. Within moments her eyes close and her gentle snores roll around the room.

Richard hugs his chest trying to draw warmth back into his cold body and says "Loosa is right let me go dry off and change clothes and then we can disgue everything that has transpired over a coffee"

Richard gets changed into dry clothes and soon everyone has a hot cup of coffee or tea.

"We have to make sure the man we caught doesn't escape or die," says Eddie. "Where did they take him?"

"I am afraid that he is gone, as I soon discovered after they took off in the car the couple was not a docotr and his wife but members of the cult. When Is tarted to resist the guy drove the car straight into the ocean at full speed. The driver jumped out before the car went into the ocean but the injured man and the woman did not make it out from what I saw. This all happened right in front of the chapel we heard about and the driver ran into the chapel after jumping out of the car." Richard tells the others, then he ask "So what did you guys find out?"

"The dead man drew an arrow with his own blood that helped us find this," says Eddie, showing Richard the notebook he had found. "It has some useful information and a list of suspected cult members."

When Richard returns and at the sound of the two men talking Aunt Loosa wakes up, though she still looks extremely fatigued and drawn.

I'm sorry boys, I drifted off there she gets up and pours herself a coffee, adding a good spoonful of sugar to the cup.

Now Richard did I hear right or I was still dreaming and you said the man drove the car into the ocean with his wife still inside? she shakes her disbelievingly How did you get out of the car? Are you hurt? Do you need to see a doctor? A real one?

Charles gets up from his seat. "Do you need anything else to gather some warmth Richard?"

"If that even was his wife," says Eddie. "He lied about everything else, why should we believe him about that?"

Richard responds "I don't think it was his wife and I jumped out of the car just as it was hitting the ocean. Did the notebook say anything about the chapel or anything other than a list of suspects? Was the woan from the hardware store on the list of suspects?"

"There was more in there," says Eddie, showing him the notebook and explaining what he found.

OOC,You can see it in [url=http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/pbp/viewtopic.php?p=171856#p171856]this post[/url].

Richard looks over the notebook and then looks up and says "Well I see our friend Phil is listed here, but I am concerned about this name here" and he stops short to look up to see if Angela is anywhere around.

Angela is not in the room with you. You can see her bedroom door from the living room, and it is closed.

After seeing that Angela is out of ear shot Richard ask "So what do you make of Rebecca being on this list?"

"Remember, she's just a suspect," says Eddie. "Her inclusion on this list doesn't necessarily mean that she's guilty, but we should be careful. We can't trust Rebecca unless we can clear her of involvement."

Charles turns to sit down again since he got no response. "Do you think we should go to the chapel or search for more information first?"

Aunt Loosa tries to stay engaged in the conversation but the day's events and whatever else she has got up to have taken their toll. Once again her gentle snores roll around the room.

"There could still be quite a crowd around the church tonight," says Eddie, "but night may be the best time to go inside unnoticed, and the longer we wait, the colder the trail will get."

"Aunt Loosa looks beat, but I am up for whatever we decide to do tonight or in the morning." Richard adds.

"Perhaps it is too risky to go back there tonight," says Eddie. "Besides, I think we're all exhausted. Better to get some sleep now. Maybe our dreams will give us some more clues."

As everyone heads off to their rooms, sleep comes in fits and spurts. You wake up during the night several times.

All of you have the same 2 dreams:

1. A spider web stretches across the land, with spiders crawling back and forth while their prey fly above it unaware of the danger. You are moving among the flies, and while you see the spiders below you they do not appear to be a threat. The spiders jump up from their web pulling you down to their web, and while you are laying in their web trapped, the spiders all gather around you, and begin to eat...


2. You are standing in a room holding a small candle. It's small flickering flame barely illuminates the area around you. It is fighting the opressive pressure you feel and the darkness that is trying to grab at you like tentacles. You almost run into a corner of the room that is jutting out towards you. You realize this room is unlike any you have been in before. You hear a rustling noise to your left. You turn to see but whoever or whatever it is, but you see onlyt the black. It is hidden in the dark crevices of the rooms archetecture. You feel the goosebumps on your skin, a chill runs up your back and the hairs on your neck stand to attention. You can hear the thing moving, sliding along the rocks, like a snake might move. You hear a raspy voice, deep and disturbing, not quite in the audible range of your ears. "help me" it says...

You wake covered in sweat, a chill from the morning air has seeped into the room, the sun is up and you can smell biscuits cooking in the house.

Eddie takes a quick shower and gets dressed, then follows his nose down to the kitchen. He hopes that Aunt Loosa can interpret the dreams, because he isn't sure what they mean.

Richard wakes up tired from a bad night of sleep with the nightmares. He gets up takes a shower and goes down to the kitchen for breakfeast with the others.

Richard sits down at the table and joins Eddie for breakfeast. "So how did you sleep last night?"

"Not really," says Eddie, deadpan, "but that's normal after witnessing a murder. What's not normal are the dreams I had, although considering the dreams we all had last night, that's becoming normal now too." He describes his two odd dreams. "Did everyone else have the same dreams again?"

Richard says "Yes I had those same dreams, I did not sleep well at all"

"We should visit the church today," says Eddie. "The crowd will be gone by now, and maybe we'll find some clues by the light of day that we wouldn't have been able to see last night."

Charles comes down to the breakfast table and sits down with his meal. "I had such terrible dreams tonight again" he says with a sigh before listening in to the otheres around the table.

Richard replies "I agree visiting the church would be a good idea"

"Yes, so did I," says Eddie. "I think we all had the same dreams again. We should go to the church as soon as we're done breakfast."

Richard ask "Are the others coming down this mornning or did they leave early to check other things out?"