IC: Ch 4g. Off to find the Records, Eddie, Scott and Richard

[BenTheRat]

He ignores your question and continues to read his book. The only acknowledgement he gives is to clear his throat.

[jbibblesworth]

Scott gives Colonel Hall a curt nod and turns away, drawing his companions in close.

"That was certainly an odd reaction." he whispers. "Town records might still be worth checking out. But I'm thinking the others' hunch about Pigeon Cove might be a bit closer to home than I might've thought."

[Mr. Handy]

Eddie shrugs. "This is the first I've even heard of it," he says. "In any case, we're clearly not welcome here. We know who owns the place now, so it should be a simple matter to find him. Of course, the records might reveal how he came by the place and who owned it before him."

[DrVendetta]

Richard replies "I would preffer to check out the town records first as well, I would like to know more before going there."

[jbibblesworth]

Seemingly all in agreement, the trio climbs into their automobile once more and heads off in direction of town hall. As Broadway[/b] swings into view, their destination is easily enough discernible. Parking in front of the building, Scott steps out of the car and heads into the front door.

[BenTheRat]

It is easy enough to find the impressive town hall. You followed Main street back to the hardware store and made a left onto Broadway. You went back down Broadway, it was almost like turning around as you were heading back to the ocean. Everything on Broadway is residential homes except for the Post Office that you see on the right, and then the town hall on the left.



As you walk into the impressive building you see a man in his late 30's or early 40's, brown hair that is heavily grayed, sitting behind a counter at the back of the room. There are several benches in this room. There are 4 doors leading out of this room besides the one you came in. One on each side and 2 at the back. One of the doors at the back of the room, has a sign that says Court Room above it. He looks up when you walk in, but then lowers his head and continues what he was doing.

[jbibblesworth]

Scott approaches the gentlemen at the desk and clears his throat.

"Good afternoon sir." he says through a well practiced smile. "We were interested in looking through any records you may have relating to the old barn down by the wharf."

OOC:   I typically use imgur.com

[BenTheRat]

The gentleman looks up as you approached the desk. After your request he grunts, not looking real happy about your interference.

He reaches into a desk drawer and pulls out a form.

REQUEST FOR CITY RECORDS

NAME:
DATE:

REASON FOR REQUEST:

[Mr. Handy]

"Well, that looks like a simple enough form," says Eddie to Scott. "The reason is historical research, of course."

OOC,You don't even need to host the picture. You can right-click the picture on the web page and select Properites, then copy and paste the URL into a set of img tags. I've done that for The Shadow Over Dunwich with various pictures of the town, and with the character portrait above.

[jbibblesworth]

Scott nods at Eddie's prompting and jots down his particulars on the small notecard on the counter. Satisfied, he slides it to the churlish figure on the other side without a word.

[BenTheRat]

The man takes the paper from you, looks at you, and grunts something unintelligible. Then points over to the door to his left.

[jbibblesworth]

Ignoring the clerk's surly behavior, Scott proceeds to the door on the left, opening it and stepping within.

[BenTheRat]

As you go to turn, he makes another comment you can't make out and his hand makes some gesture.

When you walk into the room, there is file cabnets in this very large room. Lots and lots of file cabnets.

[jbibblesworth]

Scott begins the arduous process of attempting to determine how the files are categorized.

Spoiler:

LIBRARY USE - 25% - 1d100 → [39] = (39) FAIL

After several minutes of fruitless study he turns to his companions.

"I can't make heads or tails of these files. Can either of you?" his eyes dart maliciously back towards the clerk. "Maybe I should ruin that nitwit's day."

[DrVendetta]

Richard replies "Hang on let me look it over because I will have another property for us to check out while we are here"

Ben,Library chance = 65% [dice]0[/dice]

Richard chuckles to himself after looking over the filing system "Nope your right this filing system makes no sense we will have to go back out and ask him how to find things in here"

When the group goes out Richard will fill out a form for the Tupper house and also any birth/arrest/court/death records for Dr Tupper, Deandre Karlin, & Elizabeth Procter.

[BenTheRat]

As you return to the desk, and you ask for another form, he shrugs his shoulders and hands you one.

After you fill it out, (with the info you listed above), he takes the form and mumbles something uninteligible and points at the room again.

[jbibblesworth]

Scott, watching from several steps behind Richard, now pushes forward and leans over the counter, hovering inches from the clerk's face.

"Speak. Up." he demands, enunciating both syllables with simmering frustration.

[BenTheRat]

The man stands up and looks at you in the eye. He says something that again seems to make no sense, he is audibly mumbling. It sounds like English but you can't make it out. He then starts making several motions with his fingers and hands.

ooc,make an idea check.

[jbibblesworth]

Scott frowns at the seemingly nonsensical gestures.

Spoiler:

IDEA CHECK - 75% - 1d100 → [14] = (14) SUCCESS

"Please tell me you're not deaf." he mutters miserably.

[BenTheRat]

Scott,ding, ding. Despite not knowing the language you can tell he is obviously using sign language.