Chapter 5: The Search for Answers

[andyw666]

Harry heads around to the front of the Club, pulls out his pipe, fills and lights it while he waits for the others. He disappears into a cloud of expensive and aromatic smoke.

[HoneyDog]

OOC,Who wants to try and get the address?

[Rooter]

Dr. Francis Preston

Preston thanks Norton before heading after the others.

[andyw666]

OOC,I think Helena was going to put her spook skills to use badgering the front desk for Gower's address?

[HelplessBystander]

Helena walked to the front desk and made a professional smile towards whoever happened to be manning the desk at that moment. "Good evening, sir. Do you mind if I could ask a question?"

[HoneyDog]

"How may I help you Miss?" says the gentleman.

[HelplessBystander]

"An acquaintance of Mister Norton's had visited from out of town recently. He wasn't much of a gentleman and had asked me to help him get in contact with him again? I do apologise for any implied rudeness, but may I inquire after the residence of Mr. Norton? I was under the impression that he was an employee here and that you could help me with the issue at hand." Helena said, waving a fan in front of her face, feigning a confused expression whilst making eye contact with the gentleman in front of her. For good measure, she pretended to blush.

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[HoneyDog]

The man looks confused. "Norton has a room here. Haven't you just spoken to him?"

[HelplessBystander]

"I see. He lives on the premise? That's very helpful. You have my gratitude, good sir." Helena said, "That said, it is a very good question, I'll admit that, my kind sir, the dialogue we had exchanged were interesting as well, Mr Norton was a perfectly kind and helpful gentleman, though he did seemed to be awfully lax and inattentive about his work shifts. Are all employees here as inattentive and absent-minded as Mr Norton were during work?"

[HoneyDog]

The man's face turns red. "That's a rather rude assertion. You do realize that women aren't allowed into the club, don't you?"

He turns to the male companions present. "Please escort your lady friend from the premises,sirs." he says, with an edge in his voice. "Goodnight to you all."

[HelplessBystander]

"I don't imagine I'll need anyone's help to leave. My good sir. And I don't recall having ever suggested that I wanted to enter the club?" Helena said politely, "As I had suggested, I was merely enquiring after Norton's place of residence as a favour for an acquaintance. Of course, however, one would assume that someone working in your position to be more understanding of the demands of customers and other such matters. It would appear that I was proven wrong."

[HoneyDog]

OOC,I don't follow this - what exactly are you trying to achieve here by insulting this man? I think Harry is outside, are Reg and Preston present?

[HelplessBystander]

OOC:   I wasn't actively trying to insult the man. I was simply attempting to divert attention away from the fact that I was doing something suspicious beforehand (i.e. talking to Norton and such matters), furthermore, I was just trying to find where the person's bottom line was and whether there's anymore information that I could pry out of him by being passive-aggressive. I apologise if my intention wasn't conveyed correctly. I didn't take the consequences of antagonising him and by extension the club, seriously because I could always roll for disguise and have Helena conduct the investigation under a different identity. I think I could use this opportunity to clear up some previous incidents of miscommunication as well, since I got the feeling that we aren't communicating as effectively as I would like to hope. My reasoning for originally planning to do a disguise roll and attempt to enter the club was because of the fact that I assumed it was to be a very important location that I would like to gain more information on, and I was somewhat confused by the fact that you had then said there was no point to the actions as there's nothing of interest there. It legitimately confused as to what you would've liked me to do at that moment, since you seemed to have stressed the importance of several interactions many times, I would've assumed that you would want me to be there during those interactions. I was, apparently, wrong. I hope that you could understand my line of thought and that we attempt to make sure that similar confusion doesn't come in the future. I hope that I didn't offend you or anything by coming off as a bit strange. I would hope to communicate more efficiently with you, the KP.

[andyw666]

OOC,Yup, Harry is outside the front of the Club, puffing away contentedly. Actually, my interest was in Gower's address.

[Rooter]

Dr. Francis Preston

Preston steps forward. "Our pardons, I believe the lady is overemotional following the recent tragedy involving Major Gower. I was the attending physician at the scene and require his address for the records and the official death certificate. Perhaps you have the house number, I am already aware he lived somewhere on Belgrave Square." He gives his professional credentials.

[HoneyDog]

"Goodnight, sir" says the man firmly. He snaps his fingers and a burly-looking thug appears.

OOC:   Okay to address your points. Maybe you need to think a bit more carefully about what you write, and pay attention to what you read: 1. They wanted Gower’s address, not Norton’s. Everyone had already been freely directed to Norton by the reception and had talked to him together, so why you determine that to be suspicious I don’t really understand. 2. Your character was rude and insulting in her insinuations. Being passive-aggressive is being rude. Do you not understand that? 3. I said at the very beginning that everyone should make a character who is an army officer, as we would be setting scenes at this club. You chose to ignore that and made a female character. At that point in the game when the characters first went to the club, they only went to chat with Major Gower. There was no real reason to suspect any conspiracy at that point. There is nothing to find at the club. No clues, no cult activities, just contacts – Gower and Norton. That's why I advised you not to go deeper. Disguising yourself and risking exposure could have put your character out of the game. And I’m sure you’re aware that these games take months to play – why do we have to construct weeks of dialogue for scenes which don’t go anywhere? Guys, there is nothing to find at Major Gower's, so there is no point in getting his address. This thread is finished now. I could start a new one for the next day but I don't think I'm doing a very good job in keeping this flowing so maybe let's just finish the game here. I'm busy and I can't be arsed dealing with all this passive-aggressive nonsense. Sorry for wasting your time.