'The Strangeness of Hezekiah Mason' - chpt 1
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The girl ignores the detctives question paying him liitle attention other than a minute flinch as he steadies the bell rope. She continues to stare defiantly at Anne, as if being happy to indulge in a stare battle, "My name is Molly, not that it is of any business of yours. As to what I am doing here, that is my concern" For a brief instant her stare flicker from Anne to Tommy, in that brief instant he seems to feel an icy cold draught that comes from nowhere and dissipates immediately.
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Rebecca reaches the shed. The reporter starts looking for a crowbar or saw.
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Harry was slumped on one of the Churches cold hard seats. He felt cold. He felt a cold sweat on his brow.
He didn't speak. He hardly moved. Instead, he studied the girl with his fierce eyes. For all his blustering bulk, behind that cumbersome flesh was a sharp mind. A mind that knew people. That was how he wrote.
"Molly...Molly..." he whispered under his breath. How did she get here? Why that dress?
Why is a child ringing a church bell?
It was preposterous, the whole thing. But this was a preposterous night. Was there some symbolism to Molly, some reason for her insane appearance, not to mention demeanour? Harry had read plenty of superstitions, mythologies, and anthropologies. Hell, he had often recycled them in his novels...
He didn't speak. He hardly moved. Instead, he studied the girl with his fierce eyes. For all his blustering bulk, behind that cumbersome flesh was a sharp mind. A mind that knew people. That was how he wrote.
"Molly...Molly..." he whispered under his breath. How did she get here? Why that dress?
Why is a child ringing a church bell?
It was preposterous, the whole thing. But this was a preposterous night. Was there some symbolism to Molly, some reason for her insane appearance, not to mention demeanour? Harry had read plenty of superstitions, mythologies, and anthropologies. Hell, he had often recycled them in his novels...
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Anne is about to ask Molly how old she is, but then she thinks better of it. She has a feeling that she won't like the answer. The girl seems far more mature than her apparent age.
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The child, Molly, turns her intense stare to ech of you in turn. As she stares at each of you there is something deeply unsettling in it as if she is seeing through to the very core of your being. Then with a hint of venom that catches you all by suprise coming from a young girl, she hisses,
"No matter, they will be here soon so if you are gonna run you might start now" then she turns to the hulking form of Harry Blake still taking wracking breaths due to the climb up the stairs, "However running may not be such a good idea for a fat man like you". She smiles but it is not one born of pleasantness.
In the silence that falls following her acidic comment, you hear the sound of distant voices heading towards the church...
"No matter, they will be here soon so if you are gonna run you might start now" then she turns to the hulking form of Harry Blake still taking wracking breaths due to the climb up the stairs, "However running may not be such a good idea for a fat man like you". She smiles but it is not one born of pleasantness.
In the silence that falls following her acidic comment, you hear the sound of distant voices heading towards the church...
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Rebecca grabs the crowbar, cracks open the door, and sees if the coast is clear. If not, she stays until it is. If it is clear, she runs to the coffin and starts prying at the seams of the coffin where the measurements she took earlier showed a discrepency.
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"Nasty child!" said Harry, clenching his fists. "I may be to fat to run, but I'll tan your hide!" he said, aggressively. Still, he refrained himself. Hitting children was a step to far. Instead, he turned his attention to the bells.
"I wish there was a reverse signal. Stay away! Don't come here!" he suggested, and brushed his hand to the posts, and the word he had seen...
"I wish there was a reverse signal. Stay away! Don't come here!" he suggested, and brushed his hand to the posts, and the word he had seen...
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"You can't unring a bell," says Anne. "Come on, we have no reason to stay here any longer." She hurries down the stairs.
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Rebecca swears like a sailor. Clutching the crowbar, the dame reporter moves off into the night to avoid the approaching men.
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Rebecca peeks at the scene from behind a gravestone. She sees the man with the flashlight begin to search. The journalist throws the crowbar far to the right, hopefully creating a distraction, then crawls left keeping behind the row of concealing gravestones. She makes her way to the edge of the cemetary near woods and the road.
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Anne quickly looks around for another exit from the church, or failing that a hiding place, staying out of sight of the open door.
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At the sound of the voices Sister Frances Mary heads back towards the lich-gate. Seeing the flashlight and hearing the mention of the 'nun' she quickly looks for cover and somewhere to hide, shielding her face with the dark cloth of he wimple.
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Harry rued his ungainly physique as his "comrades" fled to hide. He could neither run fast, or far, and his belly would make many hiding places uncomfortable at best, and most likely redundant.
"Well this is a sorry state" he appealed to himself, before lumbering off to find some hiding place...
"Well this is a sorry state" he appealed to himself, before lumbering off to find some hiding place...
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Tommy left the girl, following Anne into the main body of the church. Looking around he quickly selected a hiding spot near to the main door where he would remain in the shadows. He planned to slip out the main door once those tasked with 'checking the bell' has entered.
Tommy left the girl, following Anne into the main body of the church. Looking around he quickly selected a hiding spot near to the main door where he would remain in the shadows. He planned to slip out the main door once those tasked with 'checking the bell' has entered.
OOC: It's normal for churches in England for the 'bell-ringers' to be on the ground level, is this the same in the USA? Or in this Church? Was the girl in this room, or up in the belfry itself? |
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OOC: It's normal for churches in England for the 'bell-ringers' to be on the ground level, is this the same in the USA? Or in this Church?
Was the girl in this room, or up in the belfry itself?
OOC: Good point, I hadn't thought about it, I just assumed that she was in a small room halfway up the tower just below the actual bellroom. |
"No worries boss, Hennesey and his scattergun will make sure we don't get any nasty suprises" The statement is followed by several barks of laughter showing that as well as this 'Boss' character there must be at least five people outside the door.
"Okay Orv take it slow" the cold voice speaks again, and the door slowly opens.
At that moment running feet crunch across the gravel, "Sherrif, Marv sent me to tell you that someone has dug up old Masons grave and scattered it to the winds"
In answer the icy voice raises "Shit, Orv you, Hennesey and Kilroy take a look inside. The rest of you come with me, and Murdoch tell me again about this nun you seen".
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