August 22, 1999
Both of the teams following Colm and Drinkwater report they leave at their usual times. Bhrunt sleeps in. He's yet to get up from his bed when the agents receive a call from Wu at noon. Just as he had promised, the letters have been translated.
A half hour later the team finds themselves back at the museum. The same friendly guard from before leads them down to Wu, who ushers them into his office.
"This was a bit more difficult than I was anticipating," he begins. "My German is rather rusty, and it was not helped by the fact that these letters were written in an older dialect. Very formal, as well. Still, I believe I've created a rough translation of the contents." He slides the translations over and encourages his guests to take a look.
The letters begin about a year ago. They start by complementing Colm and the Review in general, then ask historical questions about the war and Nazi policy. The first of these questions are simplistic things that even Nik and Vanessa may have been able to answer, but within the next few letters the questions get more and more obscure. Each new letter does bring with it compliments for Colm and his cleverness, so apparently he passed whatever test was being posed to him.
By the middle of the letters the agents notice that Hitler and the Nazi party's fascination with the occult has been brought up. Readign between the lines the writer seems to be hinting that he has firsthand knowledge of the subject, though he never comes out and says as such. The tone of the letters also becomes more aggressive, with viscous anti-Semitism liberally sprinkled throughout the text. There's also no longer any questions about the Review or even the subject of Holocaust denialism. Instead the author seems to be focused on the occult and flattery towards Colm.
The last letter reads as follows.
You are a wise man, Stephen, and truly an exceptional scholar. There are many of us who think as you do. The modern media and American brainwashing would have you believe that we believers in the Third Reich are vanquished, but nothing could be further from the truth. for the past sixty years we have been gathering our strength within the shadows, and very soon we shall strike. Our glorious fuehrer entrusted my organization with carrying on his work, and you my friend would find a valued place within us.
I know this is much to take in, and perhaps you are yet skeptical. We will meet soon, face to face, before your annual conference. I will show you something of the upmost importance and prove to you that everything I have spoken of is the truth. And afterwards, if you are convinced, I hope that you will join our crusade. With you in our ranks we can turn the Review to more productive ends, and come one step closer to ultimate victory. I will contact you with a place and time. Until then, act as if nothing is amiss.
Until then,
Walther
"Quite concerning." Wu says. "And I have researched much of his historical allusion, and it was all accurate. I'm afraid this is not some crank, but something potentially much worse." For once, he is not smiling.
OOC: Make an unnatural San roll 0/1 for this disturbing new information. |
