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Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:47 am**

The investigators make it safely to the airship. There is no sign that anybody else survived the disaster on Bear Island. The official story, from both sides of the Iron Curtain, is that it was an volcanic explosion. U.N.C.L.E. considers the situation closed. Some skeptics publish articles in the underground press, or make broadcasts on pirate radio stations, that "the Man is covering something up."

During the necessary period of rest and recreation after this tiring adventure, Zara grows increasingly agitated. With trembling hands, she produces a sketch of herself and the others seated around a large round table, upon which stands a single candle in the middle of a five-sided star. Each person has a dagger by his or her side, along with a small bowl.

Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:23 pm**

Having made his own discreet enquiries into the nature of the facilities they recently had to evacuate, P spends the rest of his downtime examining the airship.

His curiosity remains unsated, however, and so he views Zara’s drawing with interest.

“Fascinating. You have a lot of explaining to do young lady. For whom are you required to collect our blood?”

Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:46 pm**

"This looks like a standard occult ritual," says Liz. "The entity in question obviously wants our blood for some nefarious purpose. It's easily done, but I'm concerned that giving it our blood will give it some sort of power over us."

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:56 am**

"Sometimes I draw things that are going to happen," Zara says to P. "Always heavy stuff, never anything good. That's how I met Liz - she'd heard about me, and came to Venice Beach to check me out. There was a guy killing girls - it was the first thing we went up against together, with Tony, and a couple of others. But there's this spirit too... I guess it's interested in what I can do, but I dunno why. I can always feel it there."

In response to Liz's observation, she adds, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have agreed. I just couldn't think of any other way we were doing get out of there. Maybe you should say no - it told me not to fail it, which sounds like it can't make you, or do anything to you if you refuse."

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2021 8:28 am**

P ponders on this for a moment.

“I would like to converse with this entity; ask it its intentions.”

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:49 am**

In response to this inquiry, Zara suddenly enters into what seems to be a trance, and alters the drawing so that a large black X appears on the image of P.

The others then witness her let out a cry of pain and fall to the floor, but she seems to recover fully by the time they try to help her.

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:39 pm**

Liz rushes to help Zara, though she no longer needs it. "It appears that the entity does not wish to be questioned," she says. "While my knowledge of the paranormal can provide some temporary protection, we may in the end need to do as it wishes. It does, after all, have you as a hostage, Zara."

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:10 pm**

"Hmm, most disconcerting..."

Seemingly oblivious to Zara's plight, P is lost in his own thoughts.

"Of course the answer may lie in blocking out the malign psychic influence altogether... Perhaps some kind of dampening field could be erected around the girl's head? A helmet maybe? Yes, I'm sure I could turn my hand to that..."

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2021 4:47 am**

"And I guess this means it can hear anything you say to me," Zara says weakly. "Well, let it hear this. I'm not going to ask you to go through with it."

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:11 am**

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:54 am**

Zara shakes her head. "And for the carrot, it's reminding me that it promised 'no harm would befall you.'" - her tone making it clear she's quoting. "I don't know what to do. I'm pretty sure it can't make you do anything. And obviously it knows anything I say and hear. So maybe I should spend the rest of the cruise locked away in the one of the cabins."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:32 am**

"A dampening field is a good idea," says Liz. "Maybe a hat would be less obtrusive than a helmet, not to mention more fashionable. Lining the inside of the hat with aluminium foil could act like a Faraday Cage, protecting Zara's head from electronic interference. But would this influence be stopped by it? My protection ritual should work too, but it's only a temporary measure. I could try to banish it as well, but that won't always work. More research and experimentation is clearly in order. Of course, the entity may have other means of projecting its influence. Do you know its name, by any chance?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:10 am**

"No. I'm not even sure it's always the same one. Captain Palliser haunted me too."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:48 am**

“I’ll get to work,” says P, with more enthusiasm than is perhaps proper considering Zara’s predicament.

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:25 am**

While these preparations are being made, the entity seems to have withdrawn for the moment. Zara receives no message, produces no arcane artwork, and suffers no headaches. All would seem to be well, were it not for a disturbing newspaper article in the Venice Evening Vanguard. It seems that a number of schoolchildren have been hospitalized with unexplained anemia. Some members of the local nonconformists are blaming it on pollution being dumped into the ocean.

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 3:59 pm**

"This could be the work of a vampire," says Liz. "There could be other explanations too, but we won't know until we investigate. We can start by visiting the children in hospital, examining and interviewing them."

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:47 pm**

P looks up from his work on Zara’s hat.

“A trip to Venice would be most stimulating, especially if you throw in some vampires.”

He chuckles to himself.

“I suppose stakes and garlic are in order. Hmm, there must be a scientific basis to such legends…”

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:09 am**

"Being killed by a sharp bit of wood through the heart doesn't need that much explanation," Zara says drily. "I wonder if it's related to the spirt's demand."

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:26 am**

After quickly pointing out to P that the Venice mentioned in the newspaper is the city of that name in California, and not the Italian original -- Zara's hometown, for that matter -- the investigators make their way to the only hospital in the area with a pediatric intensive care unit.

"May I help you?"

The receptionist at the main desk of the hospital is a very professional-looking woman of middle years. Not far away is a security guard, who keeps a close watch on everyone coming and going.

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:05 pm**

"Good day," says Liz with a smile. "I'm Dr. Liz North, of Cambridge University. My colleagues and I have heard about the anemia that is afflicting the children, and we'd like to lend our assistance and scientific expertise to help them."

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:00 pm**

Still sulking a little at not getting to visit the real Venice, P nods curtly to the receptionist as Liz does the introductions.

Posted: **Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:39 am**

After checking on her credentials, which are certainly impressive, Doctor North and her colleagues are introduced to a specialist in hematology, flown in from New England to consult on the case. Doctor Julia Hoffman is a serious, intense woman of middle years, whose only concession to fashion is a large, multicolored glass bauble she wears on a chain around her neck. She wastes little time on small talk, getting right to the point.

"I've never seen anything like this. There are no wounds, not even small ones, such as might be found on, for example, the throat. There is no sign of internal bleeding, no evidence of an autoimmune disorder, or some other way in which the red blood cells might be destroyed by the body itself. The staff here thought of pernicious anemia, of course, but injections of cyanocobalamin have been without effect. It's as if the children's blood were simply vanishing!

"Would you like to see the patients? I must warn you that they are very weak, and that the anemia has made them behave rather strangely."

Posted: **Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:27 am**

“By all means lead on,” P responds, his interest immediately piqued.

As they proceed, he whispers to Otto: “don’t be afraid; nothing can hurt you here. Please keep your senses alert: if you see, hear or smell anything wrong, let me know.”

Posted: **Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:43 pm**

"Thank you, Dr. Hoffman," says Liz, who is far more devoted to fashion. She currently wears a maroon minidress, in addition to her usual jewelry. "It isn't what I had suspected then." From Julia's statement, it was obvious that she too had suspected a vampire. "Yes, let's go see the patients. Examining them closely may reveal more information, and if they are communicative, their own observations may be invaluable."

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:34 am**

"Strange how?" Zara asks Dr Hoffman.

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:34 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:34 am

"Strange how?" Zara asks Dr Hoffman.

"I suppose I should be pleased by their state of mind," Doctor Hoffman answers, "but something about it disturbs me. Despite their condition, they all seem, well, happy."

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:34 am**

The pediatric intensive care ward is occupied by two little girls and one little boy. One of the girls is a blue-eyed blonde, the other is obviously of Asian ancestry. The boy is dark-skinned and has tightly curled hair. Obviously the disease has no preference for one ethnicity over another. All are confined to bed, due to the monitors that record their vital signs, and the intravenous lines that are currently transfusing whole blood into them. Despite this, they seem in good spirits.

Seeing Doctor Hoffman enter, the boy says "What's up, Doc?" in an artificially high voice and giggles. She glances at the visitors and whispers "If I had a nickel for every time he's said that, I could retire."

"I'd like you to meet some of my friends," she says to the children.

"Look at the funny man," the blonde girl says, pointing at Otto. The movement of her arm seems to be accomplished only with great difficulty, but it does not appear to change her mood. "I'm Susie, that's my best friend Ann Marie, and that silly boy is Petey. Are you the TV people?"

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2021 1:38 pm**

“TV people? Are you expecting to be filmed?” P asks.

“Otto is a funny-looking chap isn’t he? But he’s as gentle as a lamb really. Tell me: do you remember anything happening to you before coming to the hospital?”

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:24 pm**

"Hi, my name is Liz," Liz says to the children. "I'm chuffed to meet you. No, we're not the TV people. I'm a scientist, and I'm here to help Dr. Hoffman. Although people are always saying I ought to be on telly, or on film. Well, maybe I'll get my chance today. Who are the TV people that are coming?"

Posted: **Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:07 am**

"My name is Zara. I'm not in TV, but I am an artist. Do any of you draw?"

Posted: **Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:31 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 1:38 pm
“TV people? Are you expecting to be filmed?” P asks.

"The 'porters are coming," Ann Marie says, with a slight lisp.

“Otto is a funny-looking chap isn’t he? But he’s as gentle as a lamb really. Tell me: do you remember anything happening to you before coming to the hospital?”

"I got real, real sleepy, then I woke up here." Susie yawns widely.

Posted: **Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:34 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:24 pm

"Hi, my name is Liz," Liz says to the children. "I'm chuffed to meet you. No, we're not the TV people. I'm a scientist, and I'm here to help Dr. Hoffman. Although people are always saying I ought to be on telly, or on film. Well, maybe I'll get my chance today. Who are the TV people that are coming?"

"Chuff, chuff, chuff," says Petey, puffing his cheeks out and imitating a train. "Some grownup wanna --." He pauses for a bit. " -- inner-view us, or somethin'."

Posted: **Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:36 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:07 am

"My name is Zara. I'm not in TV, but I am an artist. Do any of you draw?"

Ann Marie raises her hand slowly. She points to a box of crayons sitting on the bed next to her.

Posted: **Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:19 pm**

“What we’re you doing before you felt sleepy?” P asks Susie.

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:32 am**

"Well, that should be fun," says Liz. "Which schools do you go to? Did you know each other before, or did you meet here?"

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 3:55 am**

"Can I see some if your drawings?" Zara asks. "You can see some of mine too if you want." (If Ann Marie says yes, Zara will show her some of her non-occult pictures of people - she's also interested in whether it looks like there are any pictures Ann Marie is reluctant to show her).

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:39 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:19 pm

“What we’re you doing before you felt sleepy?” P asks Susie.

"Playin' with Ann Marie and Petey and some other kids. Hopscotch, and drawin' on the sidewalk. You know."

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:54 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:32 am

"Well, that should be fun," says Liz. "Which schools do you go to? Did you know each other before, or did you meet here?"

"We all go to Broadway El'men'try. Second grade. Miss Alvarez's class. She's real nice."

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:58 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 3:55 am

"Can I see some if your drawings?" Zara asks. "You can see some of mine too if you want." (If Ann Marie says yes, Zara will show her some of her non-occult pictures of people - she's also interested in whether it looks like there are any pictures Ann Marie is reluctant to show her).

Shyly, Ann Marie takes some sheets of paper from the desk by her hospital bed. They depict the usual things you'd expect from young children; animals, houses, a smiling sun, and so on. Although definitely childish, they show signs of early artistic talent, in the use of balance and color. There are also purely abstract designs, of geometric shapes.

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:04 am**

While this goes on, there are some sign of commotion just outside the intensive care ward.

"Oh, dear." Doctor Hoffman winces. "That reporter is here. He's a nuisance, but his father is on the board of the hospital, so they have to let him in."

A husky man in T-shirt and jeans wheels in a large television camera, followed by a young man in leisure suit and tie, carrying a microphone. At a hand signal from the cameraman, he speaks into the camera.

"Good morning. This is John Shade, your host. Welcome to another segment of "Local Mysteries," where we explore the strange and the unexplained. With me today is our old friend, Doctor Julia Hoffman, along with some of her colleagues. Why don't you folks introduce yourselves, and tell us what you found out about the Venice Vampire."

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:24 pm**

Wanting to ask more about the sidewalk drawings, P tuts in irritation at the intrusion of the TV people.

“We have uncovered no evidence of such a thing,” he snaps. “I daresay you’ve done your own research, hm?”

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:07 am**

"They're really good," Zara tells Ann Marie. She too looks annoyed at the reporter's arrival.

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:40 am**

"I'm Dr. Liz North, from Cambridge University," says Liz, being more polite to the reporter. "I'm a Doctor of Science rather than a Doctor of Medicine, though I do know quite a bit about biology. My colleagues and I have only just arrived and have barely started our investigation, so we really haven't found out much as yet. I can say that I don't believe this is the work of an actual vampire in the traditional sense. No bite marks, for one thing, just a loss of blood."

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:05 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:24 pm

Wanting to ask more about the sidewalk drawings, P tuts in irritation at the intrusion of the TV people.

“We have uncovered no evidence of such a thing,” he snaps. “I daresay you’ve done your own research, hm?”

"Cut!" Shade gestures to the cameraman. "We'll edit out this guy and his bodyguard. Focus on the redhead. OK, roll 'em!"

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:07 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:07 am

"They're really good," Zara tells Ann Marie. She too looks annoyed at the reporter's arrival.

"Thank you. I can draw a star. See?"

Ann Marie, using a black crayon, very carefully draws a pentagram within a circle.

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:12 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:40 am

"I'm Dr. Liz North, from Cambridge University," says Liz, being more polite to the reporter. "I'm a Doctor of Science rather than a Doctor of Medicine, though I do know quite a bit about biology. My colleagues and I have only just arrived and have barely started our investigation, so we really haven't found out much as yet. I can say that I don't believe this is the work of an actual vampire in the traditional sense. No bite marks, for one thing, just a loss of blood."

Turning to the camera, Shade says, "That's right, folks. An exclusive interview with the lady scientist who knows all the secrets! OK, Liz, spill it; what do you know about what really happened in the Embalmer case? What is the government covering up? Is this the work of the same monster that terrorized the city last year? America wants to know!"

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:07 pm**

Having seen off the TV crew, P allows himself a small smile.

Filtering the word ‘star’ out of the hubbub, he focusses this smile on to Susie.

“Can you remember what you drew? Hm, child? Silly looking shapes perhaps?”

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:06 pm**

"Thank you, but I don't know as much as you think I know," says Liz. "One thing about science is that it's mind-boggling just how much we don't know. In spite of all my knowledge and education, I've only just scratched the surface of everything there is to know. As to the Embalmer, that was a long time ago, and I've seen nothing to suggest that has anything to do with this case. He was a madman and a murderer, but I don't know that there's anything to be covered up. Why do you ask? What have you heard?"

Posted: **Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:27 am**

"Groovy," Zara says of Ann Marie's pentagram drawing. "Have you ever seen anyone else draw a star light that?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 30, 2021 9:42 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:07 pm
Having seen off the TV crew, P allows himself a small smile.

Filtering the word ‘star’ out of the hubbub, he focusses this smile on to Susie.

“Can you remember what you drew? Hm, child? Silly looking shapes perhaps?”

"I guess so, mister. Lemme try to show you."

Sketching carefully with a black crayon, Ann Marie produces an odd symbol.

Posted: **Thu Sep 30, 2021 9:52 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:06 pm

"Thank you, but I don't know as much as you think I know," says Liz. "One thing about science is that it's mind-boggling just how much we don't know. In spite of all my knowledge and education, I've only just scratched the surface of everything there is to know. As to the Embalmer, that was a long time ago, and I've seen nothing to suggest that has anything to do with this case. He was a madman and a murderer, but I don't know that there's anything to be covered up. Why do you ask? What have you heard?"

"Plenty, lady." Shades faces the camera. "One. The Embalmer was never arrested, and, if he's dead, no body was ever found. Two, the cops have sealed the records on the case. Three, we have reason to believe the CIA was involved. So what's the real story?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 30, 2021 9:54 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:27 am

"Groovy," Zara says of Ann Marie's pentagram drawing. "Have you ever seen anyone else draw a star light that?"

"Yeah. The Sandman showed me how."

Posted: **Thu Sep 30, 2021 1:37 pm**

P immediately recognises the symbol from his studies into the esoteric; it is the cross of Satan.

“And why did you draw this silly thing?” he asks, crouching down to the child so that the TV crew cannot hear him. “Have you seen it somewhere, or did someone show it to you?”

Posted: **Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:44 am**

"It sounds like you know a lot more about it than I do," says Liz. "All this is news to me. Well, I guess that's why you're a reporter."

Posted: **Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:01 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 1:37 pm
P immediately recognises the symbol from his studies into the esoteric; it is the cross of Satan.

“And why did you draw this silly thing?” he asks, crouching down to the child so that the TV crew cannot hear him. “Have you seen it somewhere, or did someone show it to you?”

"The Sandman told us to draw it when we want him to play with us. But we always get sleepy when he shows us," she says, with a big yawn.

Posted: **Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:06 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:44 am

"It sounds like you know a lot more about it than I do," says Liz. "All this is news to me. Well, I guess that's why you're a reporter."

"Cut!" Shade waves to the cameraman. "Well, that was a waste of time. Maybe we can fix it in post production. Come back later when the kids aren't being hassled by tourists."

The pair head away.

"Good riddance," Doctor Hoffman says. "Well, that's where we stand. I could try hypnosis," she continues, fingering the large medallion around her neck, "but that could be dangerous."

Posted: **Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:39 pm**

Sensing that his conversation with the child is coming to a sleepy end, P tries for one more question.

“And does the Sandman visit you in this hospital?”

Posted: **Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:43 pm**

"How did you meet the Sandman?" Zara asks, just loud enough that the rest of the children might hear too.

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:28 am**

"That's got rid of them," says Liz. "One skill I've learned from being in academia is how to use a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. They could just air that footage without the audio, and their ratings would be fine. The camera loves me, and I'm sure the male viewers will too." She tries to think of what she knows about occult references to the legend of the Sandman.

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:20 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:39 pm
Sensing that his conversation with the child is coming to a sleepy end, P tries for one more question.

“And does the Sandman visit you in this hospital?”

"Anywhere. Any time. There . . ."

Ann Marie drifts off into slumber, snoring softly.

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:32 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:43 pm
"How did you meet the Sandman?" Zara asks, just loud enough that the rest of the children might hear too.

"I was taking a nap," Petey say sleepily, "and I had a funny dream . . ."

He drifts off.

"Yeah," Susie adds. "A big white poofy cloud with big eyes . . ."

She too falls asleep.

After a moment, the children's monitors sound quiet alarms. Doctor Hoffman calls out, "More whole blood, stat!"

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:40 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:28 am
"That's got rid of them," says Liz. "One skill I've learned from being in academia is how to use a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. They could just air that footage without the audio, and their ratings would be fine. The camera loves me, and I'm sure the male viewers will too." She tries to think of what she knows about occult references to the legend of the Sandman.

The situation brings to mind the tale Der Sandmann (1816) by the German fantasist E. T. A. Hoffmann (no relation to the doctor, who spells her name differently.) Rather than the more benign versions of the legendary figure, who brings pleasant dreams, the character in that macabre tale is a sinister being. From an English translation:

He is a wicked man, who comes to children when they won't go to bed, and throws a handful of sand into their eyes, so that they start out bleeding from their heads. He puts their eyes in a bag and carries them to the crescent moon to feed his own children, who sit in the nest up there. They have crooked beaks like owls so that they can pick up the eyes of naughty human children.

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 11:53 am**

P steps back, allowing the hospital staff to attend to the emergency.

The child said ‘there’: was the Sandman actually present? While not particularly attuned to the supernatural (least not without specialist equipment), the scans the ward for anything unusual, bidding Otto to do likewise.

“Something is making these children draw occult symbols and draining them of blood in the process,” he whispers to his companions.

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 2:50 pm**

"And telling them it's a game," Zara says in a colder and more angry tone than either of the others have ever heard from her.

With the Sandman's influence active right now, she takes out a pad and starts to draw, hoping to capture something of its essence.

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:30 pm**

Liz quickly takes out her chalk and draws a circle around the children and herself, taking care to pronounce the words correctly. "Everyone in the circle!" she says. "It will protect those inside from evil."

Posted: **Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:13 pm**

P and Otto step smartly into the circle.

Posted: **Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:45 am**

Examining the room carefully, P is able to detect a thin mist, or vapor, lurking in a corner of the room, hardly visible, although, once one has detected it, one can see it change from nearly colorless to very, very pale pink. At the same time, Otto smells something living that wasn't there before.

Posted: **Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:49 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 2:50 pm
"And telling them it's a game," Zara says in a colder and more angry tone than either of the others have ever heard from her.

With the Sandman's influence active right now, she takes out a pad and starts to draw, hoping to capture something of its essence.

Her pen nearly breaks her wrist as it produces words on the page, in the manner of automatic writing.

you failed me and the innocent must pay

Posted: **Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:53 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:30 pm

Liz quickly takes out her chalk and draws a circle around the children and herself, taking care to pronounce the words correctly. "Everyone in the circle!" she says. "It will protect those inside from evil."

The crisis passes as the transfusion of whole blood restores the children's vital signs, at least for the moment.

Doctor Hoffman does not seem entirely surprised by Liz's action.

"I've witnessed the psychosomatic effect of symbolic rituals before," she says. "The problem is, we can't keep these children confined to a small, protected area forever."

Posted: **Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:30 pm**

P nods at the strange mist and scowls.

“There’s the fellow, over there in the corner.”

Squaring his shoulders, he points his pen towards it.

“Now then, explain yourself! What is the meaning of this nonsense? Tricking young children into drawing occult sigils and taking their blood: for shame I say. For shame!”

Posted: **Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:49 pm**

"Then let me see if I can banish it from this dimension entirely," says Liz. Focusing on the area where P has spotted the mist, she prays to send the entity back whence it came.

Posted: **Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:25 am**

Zara yelps at the pain in her wrist and drops her pad and pencil. She doesn't step into the protective circle, but instead turns to face the corner where the spirit seems to be. "You didn't give me time. We were still travelling when you did this to them."

Posted: **Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:54 am**

The mist-like entity does not appear to be effected in any way by the attempt at exorcism. If anything, it has grown large, more substantial, and redder in color, coming to form a vaguely humanoid shape. Extruding a finger-like protrusion from one of its limbs, it marks the wall with dark red letters.

fulfill the bargain

These prove to be written in fresh human blood.

Posted: **Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:01 am**

“Fascinating,” says P as the entity writes. “If the lives of children weren’t involved, this would be a most interesting phenomenon to study.”

“As it is, however, our options are reduced to fighting it or sating its appetite. Zara, if you like I could fetch the, erm, hat I’ve been working on; or we could simply roll up our sleeves and ask the good doctor to perform a blood letting.”

Posted: **Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:59 pm**

"Right," says Liz. "Let's do what it wants, then, but from inside the circle. Good thing my dress is sleeveless."

Posted: **Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:52 am**

Perhaps given certain prior experiences, Doctor Hoffman does not seem entirely shocked by what has happened, nor by the willingness of the investigators to become blood donors, so to speak. (It remains to be seen if Zara and Otto will both agree to do so, particularly the latter.)

While the donation is being set up, the children make a nearly miraculous recovery, and are discharged from the hospital in good health, to be monitored closely at home.

As a standard amount of blood is taken from the two volunteer donors, the fog-like entity grows darker in color, and more nearly human in size and shape. As soon as each bag is filled, it vanishes, leaving only emptiness behind.

Posted: **Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:06 pm**

P glares at the darkening mist.

“I take it you are satisfied, hm?”

Posted: **Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:54 pm**

"Well, that's a relief," says Liz. "I prescribe tea and biscuits for all of us. That'll help cope with the blood loss." She nods to Dr. Hoffman. "I see you already have some familiarity with the paranormal, Dr. Hoffman."

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:21 am**

jp1885 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:06 pm
P glares at the darkening mist.

“I take it you are satisfied, hm?”

Using the same method of communicating as before, a message appears on the wall.

not enough

The entity points a more distinct, but still poorly formed, limb at Otto and Zara.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:25 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:54 pm

"Well, that's a relief," says Liz. "I prescribe tea and biscuits for all of us. That'll help cope with the blood loss." She nods to Dr. Hoffman. "I see you already have some familiarity with the paranormal, Dr. Hoffman."

"I suppose that must be obvious. However, I haven't seen anything quite like this. A certain patient of mine . . . Well, let's just say he suffered from a similar affliction, but lacked this . . . being's evident malevolence. Not that I have encountered persons who were . . . less than benign, let us say.

"Shall I proceed?" Doctor Hoffman indicates that the next two donors should ready themselves, if they wish to participate.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:17 pm**

P lays a comforting hand on Otto’s arm.

“You don’t have to do this old friend, but if you donate a little blood; barely an armful; you’ll help young Zara and get rid of that beastly mist-thing… At least I hope so…”

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:31 am**

"If you'd rather, I can draw the blood for you, Otto," says Liz, "but it doesn't have to be me or Julia doing it if you don't want." She knows how Otto feels about scientists and people in lab coats, and while she isn't wearing one today, she knows he still may be aware of her profession.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:59 pm**

Zara agrees to have blood taken of course. "If Otto doesn't want to do it, can you take more from me?"

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:36 am**

A little friendly persuasion, coupled with the willingness of the others to make the same sacrifice, convinces Otto to donate as well, with some obvious distaste.

One the process is completed, the misty figure becomes more sharply defined and solid. It is now clearly that of a large humanoid figure, pure white save for glowing red eyes. Grinning widely, the being , still vague enough to suggest a huge man wearing a snowsuit, walks (or possibly floats) to the nearest window and leaps through it, smashing the glass into countless shards, and running (or possibly flying) off in the direction of downtown. It is last heard shouting "Free! Free!"

A little later, screams are heard from the same direction, as Doctor Hoffman struggle to clean up the mess ands tend to the disturbed patients.

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:40 pm**

Zara runs to the window, trying to keep the figure in sight for as long as possible. Once it's gone, she sinks to the floor. "I'm sorry," she says again.

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:04 pm**

P joins Zara at the window and sighs exasperatingly.

“Just for once I’d like to converse with a supernatural entity without some kind of complication,” he huffs.

He scans the view, trying to locate where the screams are coming from.

Posted: **Fri Oct 15, 2021 4:08 am**

Liz also runs to the window to look outside. "Oh, bloody hell," she says. "It's not your fault, Zara. It's that entity that is responsible. Unfortunately, supernatural entities are always complicated, and often malevolent. The only truly benevolent ones I know of are angels, and I've never met one as far as I know, though I have been mistaken for one."

Posted: **Fri Oct 15, 2021 9:34 am**

A quick glance through the broken window reveals what appears to be a massive traffic accident, with several vehicles involved and a few people lying in the street motionless. Sirens scream in the distance, rising in pitch as they approach. An ambulance races out of the hospital's emergency department to tend to the badly injured. Many overlapping voices are heard, saying things lie "multiple traumas" and "triage." A few seconds later, an explosion fills the air, and a tower of flame rises into the sky from a nearby gas station.

Posted: **Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:01 pm**

“It seems we’ve made a tactical error that we must rectify posthaste,” P declares as mayhem erupts before him.

“The thing clearly absorbs energy from blood. We must hurriedly invent a device to drain such energy.”

Posted: **Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:13 am**

"We can do that," says Liz. "There's a local laboratory I've used before. It should be no problem to get access to it. But do we really have time? That being is already causing all sorts of damage, and it shows no sign of stopping. Besides, if we let it get away now, we may have difficulty tracking it down later. The trail of destruction is still fresh. I tried banishing the Sandman earlier, but it was able to resist. I can still bless weapons or other objects, as I did with my carbine, which I still have. Perhaps we can also communicate with it. Maybe now that it's free, we can reason with it. It may be amenable to going back home."

Posted: **Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:40 am**

“You’re right, of course: speed is of the essence. Besides, it will give us another chance to study the entity up close.”

Posted: **Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:43 am**

Rushing outside hastily, the investigators can no observe that the entity has attained full resemblance to a large human being. (It may be of interest that it is neither male nor female, although perhaps there are other matters of greater importance. It is bright red in color, and is currently amusing itself by picking automobiles and police officers and tossing them about with seeming ease.

Posted: **Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:47 pm**

Liz begins by making another circle of protection from evil around herself and her companions, completing the ritual before trying anything else.

Posted: **Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:03 pm**

Asking Otto to pass his holdall, P fishes around for certain items of handheld equipment. Accompanied by a series of beeps, whistles and wobbly meter readings, he attempts to analyse the nature of the creature.

Posted: **Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:06 pm**

Zara has no idea what to do - she has her gun, but suspects that without a blessing like the one on Liz's carbine it won't do any good.

Posted: **Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:21 am**

P's equipment suggests that what appears to b e a physical being is in fact pure energy, of a particularly powerful nature. This may be further evidenced by the way in which streetlights flare brightly and then explode when it passes near them. For now, it pays no attention to the investigators and continues to create chaos.

Posted: **Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:37 pm**

“Clearly the absorption of blood has enabled the creature to convert the latent energy therein into electrical potential, as evidenced by its transmission into, and subsequent overloading of, the street lights,” postulates P.

“The fascinating vistas this opens up in the field of bio-electrical generation notwithstanding, a high enough resistive load should in theory siphon the entity of such energy, as one would discharge a capacitor.”

“Alternatively we could connect the energy source to ground and discharge to earth. Either way we would need a considerable amount of copper cable…”

“Hmm… perhaps the copper in one’s bloodstream is an important factor… Let’s us assume an average of 150 micrograms per deciliter, taking Otto into account…

Lost in thought, he begins making frenzied calculations in his notepad, suddenly oblivious to the carnage around him.

Posted: **Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:06 pm**

"Yes, of course!" exclaims Liz. "The iron in blood also has magnetic properties, which could be useful in containing the entity. We could use magnetic repulsion to restrict its movements." She hastily makes calculations of her own.

Posted: **Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:46 am**

Fortunately for the two scientists, Doctor Hoffman came to California with an extraordinarily advanced device. Amazingly, it weighs less that twenty pounds, and costs only several hundred dollars.

"They call it a 'programmable electronic calculator'," she explains. "Helps with all the tedious calculations."

This proves to be true. Its remarkable power to perform arithmetical calculations even faster than an abacus used by an expert (or for an 'electronic brain' the size of a building, for that matter) allow the investigators to determine that bringing the being in contact with conductive metal of the same mass as an average American automobile should drain its power. Notably, while engaged in its pranks, it is careful to avoid coming into contact with cars and other metal objects.

The question remains as to how this should be done.

Posted: **Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:50 pm**

Have any drivers just stopped at the chaos, rather than getting out of there? (Or are there any parked ones we can hotwire?)

Posted: **Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:52 pm**

P suggests making some kind of Faraday Cage suit for the putative driver. Perhaps a diving suit, suitably altered?

Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:34 am**

"Many cars are already practically Faraday cages," says Liz, "unless of course they're open-topped or a window is open. The rubber tyres are natural insulators, so if a car is hit by an electrical discharge, it will go into the ground without harming the driver. This is why they say that if there's a lightning storm, you're safer staying in your car and waiting for it to pass than being outside. Although a modified diving suit would help in case the car is breached. The only other thing we've got to do is find a suitable car - and find someone reckless enough to drive it. I'm a fairly good driver, but I'm not the best." She looks around outside for one.

Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:32 am**

“Excellent point. I dare say we are too pressed for time to find a suit. I too am not the best driver, but will step into the breach if need be. There must be a vehicle rental place nearby, hm?”

Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:02 am**

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:50 pm

Have any drivers just stopped at the chaos, rather than getting out of there? (Or are there any parked ones we can hotwire?)

Some people have abandoned their vehicles and run off in terror. Some of them have even been left with the keys in the ignition and the motors running.

Spoiler:

Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:18 am**

The vehicles:

1. A dark blue delivery van ("The Jolly Baker Bread and Snack Cakes")

2. A bright orange Bentley (good grief, what were they thinking with that paint job?)

3. A white convertible with the top down (looks like a car for Barbie)

4. A turquoise Rolls Royce (does it belong to someone traveling with the driver of the Bentley?)

5. A personal van, with a very nicely spray-painted image of a dolphin jumping over the ocean on one side and frolicking mermaids on the other side (The "Son of a Beach" and "If this van's a-rockin' . . ." bumper stickers don't add anything to the effect)

6. A shiny gray convertible (Ken's?)

Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:11 pm**

“We should borrow a car each to increase our chances,” P declares. “I will take the Rolls.”

Posted: **Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:28 am**

"The convertibles are right out," says Liz. "We need enclosed vehicles. The vans are probably our best bets. I'll take the delivery van, if I can."

Posted: **Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:03 am**

The two vehicles are simple enough to operate. The bakery van is full of extremely soft white bread and a wide variety of snack cakes, so there's not much room for anything else. The passenger seat and back seat of the Rolls are covered with ordinary cardboard boxes, also limiting the room. As one would expect, the van runs nosily, while the Rolls whispers like a dream.

Meanwhile, the being steps off the road and into a nearby park, chasing people away from picnic tables and knocking down palm trees with apparent glee.

Posted: **Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:40 pm**

Zara takes the other van. She also tries to get ahead of the others - if anyone is to take the risk of driving into the thing it should be her.

Posted: **Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:31 am**

Liz makes sure the doors and windows are fully closed before starting the motor. She remembers that people here drive on the wrong side of the road, which is to say the right side, as she follows Zara's van toward the creature.

Posted: **Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:36 pm**

Watching the girls driving off towards the entity, P starts the Rolls and drives off on a slightly more circuitous route. If the creature tries to dodge Zara or Liz, then hopefully P ‘can cut him off at the pass.’

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:32 am**

Spoiler:

Somewhat taken aback by what some American has done to the Rolls -- good grief, are those fuzzy dice? -- P winds up stalling the engine. Meanwhile, Liz and Zara successfully surround the entity, driving the vehicle into the grassy park, dodging bushes and trees with great skill. Zara, in particular, is able to drive into the thing, which sends a bolt of lightning-like energy bursting into the sky, and cutting the size of the being in half. It lets out a roar of pain. So far, so good, but the downside is that the effect also kills the vehicle's motor completely; Zara is unable to move it in any direction. Is it safer to stay inside it, or jump out and run away?

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:55 pm**

"Stay in the van!" Liz calls to Zara. "The electricity can't get you in there!"

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:13 pm**

Tearing down the fluffy dice and muttering curses in Latin, P restarts the engine. Hopefully he can catch up with the girls and continue with his outflanking manoeuvre!

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:14 pm**

Liz tries to drive into the entity without colliding with Zara's van, hoping to finish the thing off completely.

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:36 am**

Zara remembers the point of taking closed vehicles and doesn't get out of the van. But she does yell "It's me!" hoping to distract the thing and stop it hurting anyone else.

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:45 am**

Spoiler:

Determined to teach this grotesquely decorated vehicle who's master, P is able to gain control of the Rolls and make his way to the other side of the being, which seems to take no notice.

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:47 am**

Spoiler:

While attempting to reach the entity, Liz runs over the curb separating the street from the park at a bad angle, causing one of the tires to burst and getting the van stuck halfway up the sidewalk. The being pays no attention.

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:51 am**

Spoiler:

Zara's shout draws the attention of the being. It draws near the vehicle, careful not to touch it. It communicates with her through some sort of telepathy.

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:39 pm**

Swinging the Rolls so that it faces the creature, P accelerates towards it.

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:44 am**

Seeing that the creature is safely ignoring her, Liz goes back for another vehicle. It will have to be the Bentley, as the remaining two are convertibles and won't offer protection.

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:52 am**

VictoriaSilverwolf wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:51 am
Child! Do you not know that there are far worse things than I waiting for you? Only I can protect you from them. Come to me!

"Now you tell me," Zara mutters, before shouting "Why would I believe you? You've poisoned my whole life!"

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:50 am**

Clearly frustrated by the situation, the being emits a blast of blue-white energy.

Spoiler:

The lightning-like bolt strikes the ground in an uninhabited area, turning the grass to ashes but doing no further harm.

Meanwhile, P tries to steer the vehicle towards the being.

Spoiler:

It's difficult to steer the car on the grass, so it doesn't quite reach the thing before its front end falls into a ditch.

Spoiler:

Liz is able to approach in the other car, but, as luck would have it, it runs out of gas just before reaching the being.

There's something of a Mexican standoff; the creature is surrounded by cars, so it can't get by, but none of them are touching it, and are not if full operating condition.

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:28 pm**

As long as the being continues to ignore her, Liz siphons some gas from one of the other disabled vehicles into the Bentley.

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:13 pm**

Grumbling in frustration, P jams the gear stick into reverse and, revving the engine furiously, back the car out of the ditch.

Posted: **Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:13 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:28 pm
As long as the being continues to ignore her, Liz siphons some gas from one of the other disabled vehicles into the Bentley.

Easy enough to do, but it takes some time to perform the "transfusion," if you will.

Posted: **Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:14 am**

Spoiler:

P struggles to get the Rolls out of the ditch, but with little success. Black smoke starts to come out of the exhaust pipe.

Meanwhile, with no other direction to go, the entity directs a blast of energy at the ground directly below itself.

Spoiler:

It successfully blasts away enough earth to form a deep hole, into which it disappears.

Posted: **Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:56 am**

Zara risks leaning out of the van, trying to see where the creature went.

Posted: **Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:00 am**

“Confounded vehicle!” shouts P as he emerges from the stricken Rolls.

Fluffy dice clenched in his fist, he strides to the hole and flings them in before peering downwards.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:09 am**

Liz continues siphoning fuel, so that she'll be ready in case the entity returns.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:13 am**

Both Zara and P can tell that the hole goes down quite a long way, and that there's a dull amber glow at the bottom. There's no sign of the entity at the present time. A distant rumbling sound emerges from the pit, then slowly fades away; at the same time, it changes its apparent position, from the center of the pit to the side, and then, seemingly, moving away from it in the same direction, until the sound disappears entirely. A eerie silence follows; then, a few seconds later, the sound of many wings as a large flock of starlings flies away from a wooded area of the park at full speed, heading in the opposite direction from the pit. Simultaneously, there is he chittering of squirrels as they, too, flee the area.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:11 pm**

"Sounds like it headed over in that direction," says Liz. "We'll need to get these vehicles moving again so we can go after it."

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:59 pm**

“I concur,” replies P. “Assuming I can extricate that blasted Rolls… Where the devil is Otto? He’ll help.”

Posted: **Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:35 am**

"I think this one's had it," Zara says of the van.

Posted: **Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:48 am**

While discussing the situation, the investigators see that, one by one, the trees in the area from which wildlife fled topple over with loud crashing sounds. With his mighty strength, Otto is able to pull the Rolls out of the ditch. It's the worse for wear, but drivable. With gas in the tank, the bread van is operable, but Zara's vehicle is out of commission, as she suspected. There's still the Bentley and the two convertibles.

Enough time has gone by for somebody to inform the authorities. Ambulances, firetrucks, and police cars show up, sirens blaring and lights flashing. The responders seem bewildered by the situation. Seeing that Otto is the only one around not currently inside a vehicle -- everybody else fled on foot -- they ask him "What in blazes is going on here?"

Posted: **Tue Nov 02, 2021 7:44 pm**

"Looks like we have to help Otto out," Liz says to P. "I'm the best at talking to people - particularly men - so I should probably take the lead here. We should couch what we say in scientific terms, so we can tell the truth without them understanding a thing we say. If they did understand it, they'd probably have us committed."

Posted: **Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:06 pm**

"Otto will be very glad of your assistance Dr. North," says P gratefully. "I will take to the wheel once more and try to catch the entity when it surfaces."

With a curt nod, the scientist clambers back into the Rolls - hopefully the creature won't give him the slip!

Posted: **Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:21 am**

Spoiler:

A combination of scientific knowledge and personal charm allow Liz to completely sway the responders to her side. Their general attitude is "OK, what can we do to help?"

More trees topple over, and water bursts from the ground, apparently the result of an underground pipe being broken open.

"Oh-oh," says one of the firefighters. "If this -- what did you call it, Doc? -- gets to the natural gas line, it could cause big trouble."

The cops are busy holding back a crowd of reporters and the curious. (Among the former is John Shade and his crew.) The ambulance workers are treating a few folks for minor injuries, mostly from falls and the like while fleeing the being. A couple of people can be heard saying things like "Hey! That's my car! Who's been messing with it?"

"This is John Shade, with a special report from Local Mysteries. Did three self-styled psychic investigators release a monster from Hell? Stay tuned!"

Posted: **Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:52 pm**

Zara will go with P, in the hopes that another vehicle will be available to grab at the destinaion.

Posted: **Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:54 pm**

"What you need to do first is evacuate the civilians and secure the perimeter," Liz tells the responders. "That includes the reporters. They're only putting themselves in danger by their presence here. Then we'll need to neutralise the entity by running into it at speed in a vehicle. The vehicle has to be completely enclosed, as there will be an electrical discharge. The rubber tyres will keep the vehicle grounded, so that the occupants will be unharmed. You have the authority to commandeer any vehicles we need." She then joins the others at the Rolls. "Let's get after it. Maybe one of us should drive."

Posted: **Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:30 pm**

“Quite so, let’s continue the hunt,” P replies. “I will stay behind the wheel if you like.”

Posted: **Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:06 pm**

"It's probably better if Zara drives instead," says Liz. "She had the most success behind the wheel."

Posted: **Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:32 am**

“Considering my recent driving record, I cannot in good conscience disagree to that.”

Posted: **Fri Nov 05, 2021 4:48 am**

Zara takes the wheel and heads in the apparent direction of the entity. We're still in the park, so she keeps an eye out for rough ground.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:47 pm**

While the emergency personnel are getting the onlookers under control, Zara grabs the wheel of the Rolls.

Spoiler:

With unerring skill, she drives the vehicle directly towards the point where the entity is heading, dodging trees and bushes with ease. Her excellent sense of direction allows her to reach the exact place where the thing is just about to emerge and . . .

ZAP!

With a sudden blaze of bright white light and a sound like thunder, it pops up and immediately vanishes. The silence that follows is almost eerie, compared to the former chaos. Zara feels a strange sense of being a vacuum that is going to be filled soon.

Meanwhile, there's a lot of cleanup to do, a lot of people to confront, and a few vehicles that are much the worst for wear.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:21 pm**

“Capital driving Zara; the entity appears to be neutralised,” enthuses P, loosening his white-knuckle grip on the sides of the passenger seat and straightening his tie.

“Now, I suggest we abandon ship, collect Otto and make ourselves scarce.”

Posted: **Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:25 am**

"Well done, Zara!" cheers Liz. "I am in part responsible for the damage to the vehicles. It's only fair that I pay to compensate their owners. I can certainly afford it."

Posted: **Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:13 am**

Spoiler:

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