Chapter 2: The Search Begins

A student has gone missing and the investigators have been tasked to find him. What is the connection to the mysterious abandoned railway tunnel at Chapochaug, which is rumoured to be haunted?

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Henry manages to find an entry in a recent book on local history. Everyone crowds around to read.
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"My, that tunnel's dangerous!" says Alice. "I fear for what may have happened to young Albert Baumgartner, and did you notice it's supposedly haunted too?"
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Isadora reads through Henry's find, and peruses the library stacks some more...
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OOC Everyone,There are no more volumes in the History section, but I’ll let you carry Isadora’s successful roll if you can think of what other section you want to look in next. Alice already had an idea.
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"Let's check the periodicals section next," suggests Alice. "There could be reports in the newspapers about these incidents."
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Isadora helps Alice with the periodicals. Glancing to the side, and seeing Owens there too, she gets flashback to an old story about a haunted house that got her started down on this dangerous and mind-warping path...

Her fingers flip through the index cards and catalogs, and almost instinctively find something important.
OOC,Bringing over that roll to this action then! Thanks, HoneyDog!
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Owens looked around at the others who seemed busy and exhaled--due to his own lack of success.

"Anyone for refreshments," he offered.
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It takes some time, but Isadora finds something in an Aylesbury local paper from a few years back which references Chapochaug.
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OOC,I was actually referring to something Alice said earlier. The hint is in the words she used. But well done anyway. There's another section which should be of interest - if you can't think of what it is, roll Idea. You can have one more search before the library closes at 8.
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He returned from the cafeteria with a pot of tea, which he'd absentmindedly filled with sugar.
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Henry splutters on the sugary tea.

"Should we try the folklore section?"
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"That's as good an idea as any," says Alice. "There was something else I said earlier that may point us in the right direction, but I can't quite remember what it was."
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OOC,innsmouth is close enough.
Enquiring at the reception desk as to a section on folklore, Henry is told that there are sections for Mythology and the Occult on the third floor.
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Isadora’s nose for the occult soon turns up a reference to Chapochaug in a book on the supernatural in Massachusetts.
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"I think we've found everything we can," says Alice, "and not a moment too soon. Let's call it a night and set out in the morning."
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OOC,What do you all think? Do you want to call it a night and resume tomorrow, say over breakfast, or are you dying to plan your course of action now?
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OOC,We can plan over a light evening snack
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"Sure," said Owens. "This time I'll do a better job with the tea," he added hopefully.
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The heroes drive to Anton’s Restaurant in South Powder Mill Street. Anton’s is known in Arkham for its good but cheap Italian food, and Isadora is able to pick up a light but filling sandwich.

Armed with their new knowledge, the investigators are able to plan their next course of action.
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