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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Baumgartner seems to have had no kind of filing system at all. Luckily, there are no fungi growing in dark corners though. Isadora finds a photo of Baumgartner with a morose looking couple, who judging by their looks must be his parents. But there is nothing untoward about his belongings, it seems.
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Henry locates a state survey map of north-eastern Massachusetts. Baumgartner has made numerous markings on sites east of Aylesbury, but one location is circled – Chapochaug Mountain.
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Alice tsks. "So disorganized!" she exclaims. She searches around, but she can't make sense of anything, as there doesn't appear to be any sort of system.
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He looked at Isadora's find. "Did they appear morose already or is that due to their son, I wonder?" And he also scrutinised Henry's map, "I love maps" he stated.

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"A reflection of the man himself, Miss Stanton?" said Owens. He frowned at the clutter, "So much mess, it's like searching a haystack and we're unsure that there is a needle."
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Henry shows the map to Owens.

"Know that area at all?"
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"Hmmm, let me take a closer look." Owens smoothed the counterpane and lay the map upon the bed.
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Chapochaug is in a location not far from the hamlet of Dean’s Corners, although the larger town of Aylesbury is also nearby. Referred to as a mountain, the map shows that it is in fact a ridge. The port of Dunwich is to the north-east, and the Miskatonic River is to the north. A tunnel is marked on the map, as is a disused trunk line. It seems that the new line parallels the Aylesbury Pike, but the tunnel is located not too far from a nameless access road which runs off the Pike.
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"Most likely, Mr. Owens," says Alice. "I think that map is the only needle we're likely to find in all this mess."
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"This tunnel marked on the map" said Owens, studying it carefully "points us directly to the place. 'X' marks the spot."
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OOC Everyone,No, she doesn't know anything. She only cares about her rent. Unfortunately, your rolls mostly haven't been so good. You'll all have to act on the information that you have now, unless you can dig up more somewhere else.
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"Shall we see if we can learn anything more about Chapochaug and its history at the library?" suggests Alice.
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Isadora Carmichael

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Henry Glynn

"Alice can get us in almost anywhere at Miskatonic"
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"They won't mind," assures Alice. "They let Henry in there earlier."
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Suitably informed, the heroes leave the dismal lodging house and it's grumpy landlady, and return to Miskatonic. The sun is beginning to set and the temperature is dropping as they enter the library and go to the history section on the first floor. There are some volumes on local history included.
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Alice can't find anything on Chapochaug.
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"I had hoped that my university days were behind me," said Owens to Isadora as they entered the Miskatonic.

He started to leaf through any almanacs regarding the county, looking especially for mention of Chapochaug and its tunnel.

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