Ch.11. Amesbury Re-visited (All)

[Philulhu]

The older cop nodded soberly. ”I’ll call it in. We’ll get the doc to come and see to her,” he said to Alex.

OOC,For everyone else in Mrs Webster’s house, can you please give me a Spot Hidden check?

[jp1885]

Spot hidden 65 fail,0

[Mr. Handy]

William can't find anything of interest.

OOC,Spot Hidden roll (60% skill) searching the downstairs rooms: 0

[Bullfrog]

Spot Hidden 26%,0

Nothing catches Lawrence's eye.

[Philulhu]

OOC,Just waiting for a spot hidden from Ivy.

[jp1885]

OOC,I did one (didn’t add Ivy’s photo so it’s easily missed). Alas it was a fail.

[Philulhu]

OOC,Sorry, I didn’t spot your Spot Hidden...

As Alex watched on, the cop put a call through to local station and asked for a medical examiner and a morgue wagon. “On their way,” he confirmed. “Anything else I can do for you while we wait?”

Inside, the three investigators explored the house further. Downstairs, William carefully searched the sitting room but found nothing of interest. He made his way back towards the kitchen, stepping over the body of Mrs Webster so he could see more of the room. As he looked around, he saw that Mrs Webster had been in the process of writing a letter, when she had presumably been disturbed. Dated seven days earlier, it was addressed to Emily’s mother:

Dear Mrs Livingstone,

I am sorry to have to write to you with bad news. As I said in my previous letters,
Emily took the news about James very badly. It upset her greatly.

She was very melancholy for a number of weeks, at least until recently. She said
she had some good news but didn’t explain, even though I asked her about it. She
just said that there she hoped to see James again. I would have told her that
it seemed very unlikely but her mood was so much improved that I didn’t have the
heart to.

Her mood seemed to last for a few weeks but then, when this good news failed to
include James returning home, Emily’s mood changed again. She became
melancholy again, started to refuse to leave her room, started to dwell on some
unfathomable things.

I felt that I had no option to to ask my doctor - Doctor Morris - for his advice. The
Doctor visited and spoke to Emily and he was extremely concerned about her.
He recommended a stay at Oakwood House, a small sanitarium to the North of

The letter ceased abruptly and William could only surmise that it was at this point that Mrs Webstermust have heard her mail being delivered and had gone to collect it.

Upstairs, Lawrence looked around Mr’s Webster’s bedroom. She had been a neat woman with few possessions so there was little to look at. On a bedside table there was a Bible and a framed photograph of an older gentleman. Unruly hair with wild eyebrows but a twinkling smile, the wedding band placed on the table in front of the photograph suggested that this may have been the late Mr Webster. Other than that, he saw nothing of interest in the room.

Ivy entered the small bedroom to the rear of the house. It was dark, with the drapes still drawn, despite the hour. Instinctively, she crossed the room to open them, letting light into the room. Blinking she looked around. On the dressing table in front of the window were a few cheap cosmetics and as Ivy ducked her head to take a close look, she caught sight of her reflection in the dressing table mirror. Looking over her shoulder was the old man she had seen at Fraser’s mansion and behind him, in a sickly green glow, was the symbol from the letter, writ large on the wall... ...

Ivy,SAN and POW checks, please.

[Mr. Handy]

William points out the letter to the others. "We need to find this Dr. Morris," he says. "He should be able to tell us about Oakwood House."

[Silver Priest]

"I think I should go back inside and make sure the others are doing okay and not too shaken up," Alex reports. "If you don't mind, could you wait out here until help arrives?"

Assuming this was agreeable, he heads back inside to see what the group found.

[Bullfrog]

"Do you suppose he could be the local doctor? Most people wouldn't travel very far to go see a doctor, unless it's absolutely necessary." Lawrence observes, having returned from Mrs. Webster's room after finding little of practical use.

[jp1885]

SAN 72 fail,0

POW 75 extreme success,1

Not for the first time today, Ivy yells in alarm at the sight of the reflected scene.

[Philulhu]

Ivy heard a dry chuckle from behind her. The older man winked in the mirror, turned and left the room.

Downstairs, Alex had just re-entered the house to see William and Lawrence discussing what they had found. Before they could even catch him up, they were disturbed by A scream of fright from upstairs...

[Mr. Handy]

When Ivy screams, William comes running.

[Bullfrog]

Lawrence comes rushing up the stairs as well, hot on William's heels.

[Silver Priest]

Alex also rushes up the stairs, gun already drawn.

[jp1885]

“Hey! Stay right there!” Ivy yells, spinning round and racing out in an attempt to follow the man.

[Philulhu]

Ivy ran from the room and almost collided with the others as they ran up the stairs. Of the man she had seen in the mirror, there was no sign.

[Mr. Handy]

"There's someone in the house?" asks William.

[jp1885]

“H-he was here, briefly,” Ivy stammers. “The man in my vision: I saw him in behind me when I looked in the girl’s mirror. The sigil from the letter was glowing on the wall behind.”

[Silver Priest]

"Are you feeling alright?" Alex asks. "It's possible you've been exposed to the same toxin that Mrs Webster was struck by." It's clear he thinks she suffered from a hallucination.