IC: 6b: Thatcher Island: Eddie, Aunt Loosa, Alyssa

[BenTheRat]

"Yea, you can go up, just don't mess with the light. Enjoy the view, ain't nothin' else out here." he says as he lights his pipe.

[Mr. Handy]

"All right, thank you," says Eddie. When Alyssa and Aunt Loosa are ready, he goes with them to the nearer lighthouse.

[BenTheRat]

As you walk up the trail there is a light house. You can walk up the steps and open the door, it is unlocked. You see a spiral staircase that leads up to the top.

On the wall opposite you is a switch behind a locked cage. A big sign on it reads, 'Do Not Touch'.

[Mr. Handy]

"Sounds like good advice to me," says Eddie when he sees the sign. "Let's head on up."

[BenTheRat]

It's a long way to the top and Aunt Loosa struggles with it, but with your help she makes it to the top, even if a bit winded. From the top of the lighthouse, you can see for miles. You can spot the Woods house you are staying at and can see all of Thatcher island including the other light house.

[Mr. Handy]

"The inscription said 'Seekers should look between the Cyclops that were blinded for blood,'" says Eddie. "If the lighthouses are the Cyclops, then whatever we're looking for must be somewhere between them. A spyglass or something would be helpful, but we'll just have to use our eyes. If we don't see it from up here, we'll have to look for it as we walk to the other lighthouse." He focuses his vision on the area between the two lighthouses.

[BenTheRat]

It is not that hard to see the island clearly. You can easily see the path that leads between the 2. The only thing around what you would estimate would be in the middle of the trail is an old small tool shed.

[Mr. Handy]

"The clue must have been talking about that shed," says Eddie, pointing it out. "If it's not that, I can't imagine what it would be. When you're both ready, we'll go back downstairs and walk along the trail to the shed."

[DetectiveSocks]

Alyssa snaps a picture of the landscape between the two lighthouses. "As soon as Aunt Loosa catches her breath, I'm more then ready."

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[Papa Gateau]

Oh yes dear, there are a lot of steps for these old legs of mine. I'd just like to take in the view a little longer if I may she takes a slow walk around the perimeter of the lighthouse - looking for any landmarks, objects or buildings that could mark out the constellation shape. She imagines looking down from above, a birds-eye view, and whether the lighthouses and other features could be points on the constellation.

[BenTheRat]

Aunt Loosa,make a spot hidden, also, I need a building you would use as a starting or center point.

[Papa Gateau]

Spot Hidden,She'll use the this lighthouse and the next as the initial reference points: Spot hidden[75] [dice]0[/dice] [ooc]Do you have a picture of the constellation/pattern for us?[/ooc]

Aunt Loosa takes the sketch of the constellation from her bag, she looks out at various features and landmarks and tries to orient the map to these features, trying to align the lighthouses to the pattern.

[BenTheRat]

Papa,I'll try and get you one.

The Lighthouses seem too far away from any other buildings.

[BenTheRat]

[Papa Gateau]

Aunt Loosa walks back over Eddie and Alyssa

Well dears, apart from the view, which frankly isn't as inspiring as one would have hoped for, there doesn't seem to be much to see from up here. she waves her hand drawn sketch of the 'constellation' at them I was hoping that from up here we could see that various landmarks corresponded to the pattern of the stars or whatever they may represent but no matter how I hold the map, I can't make anything match up.

Shall we proceed to the other lighthouse - maybe a new perspective will help shed 'light' on our search she chuckles at her little joke and heads towards to the staircase.

[Mr. Handy]

"Or 'shed' light," says Eddie with a grin. "I think that shed between the lighthouses is what we came to find. It probably has the next clue. I have a feeling it won't be as simple as finding all the answers there." He helps Aunt Loosa back downstairs.

[BenTheRat]

You get to the bottom of the lighthouse and make the trek down the trail, about half way between the 2 light houses, a small shed is sitting just off the trail on the right. The grass around the building has overgrown. An old rusted chain is running through the handles on the door.
The shed looks weathered and the wood is rotting. Its a bit of a surprise its still standing.

A chill wind breathes across the back of your neck. A quick glance behind you reveals the line of black clouds in the distance.

[Mr. Handy]

"We'd better make this quick," says Eddie with a nervous glance at the incoming storm clouds as he tries to remove the chain. "We're not going to have time to go to the other lighthouse and back."

[Papa Gateau]

Yes dear, let's be quick. I don't fancy being in that little boat when the storm hits shore

[DetectiveSocks]

Alyssa buttons up her coat at the sight of the black clouds in the distance, "Are you gonna muscle that chain?" Alyssa stands on lookout by the lock, keeping an eye for any unwanted attention.