[IC - LA] The UCLA (Clarence, Holly, and Chris.)
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You head back to Mrs. Burnish's and she grumblingly ("Well, guess he'd be too busy wasting his time on those dusty books of him to take you in person, eh?") takes you to a small room in an under ground floor where Ayers's stuff is stored, in half a dozen big cardboards boxes with his name written on, scattered among dozen more boxes with other names on them. She leaves the door open and says: "Good work. Please warn me when you leave, I need to close it again", before leaving.
The boxes are full of books and notes and folders - quite simply, kilograms and kilograms of paper. A quick survey of the books reveal no occult or strange stuff, or at least, nothing that one wouldn't be able to find on any university library. Apart from that, there are lesson notes, personal notes, letters, half-finished scientific papers, and other stuff. You realize you once again have long hours of searching and sifting ahead of you, and with a long sigh of resignation, you get down to it. Christopher looks in depth into the books and the academic material, while Holly looks at his letters and Clarence searches through his personal notes and notebooks.
It takes you more or less three hours to complete your work.
Holly discovers that, unsurprisingly, Ayers had epistolary exchanges with many History professors inside and outside the country. Most of them looks absolutely ordinary, but two letters manage to catch your attention, firstly because of their content, but also because they seem to be part of a much longer correspondence, and the other letters appear to be missing. They were sent from a Professor Bartolo Acuna. Yet more informations on the matter seems to emerge from some notes discovered by Clarence on a worn-out blue notebook.
Clarence also discovers the paperwork related to the trip to Ethiopia. The man seemed truly headed for Ethiopia, or otherwise he spent incredible effort and time to fake a significant amount of paperwork. According to what you find, Ayers left Los Angeles in late June 1924, that is, some weeks before the dramatic incident at the farm.
Christopher's analysis of Ayers's deranged work shows a man truly believing in the existence in this universe of all the pagan Gods and entities he speaks about. His work seems to be mainly focused on the old God known as Gol-Goroth, but it later seems to expand to include a second entity identified as The Liar, or The Liar from Beyond.
The boxes are full of books and notes and folders - quite simply, kilograms and kilograms of paper. A quick survey of the books reveal no occult or strange stuff, or at least, nothing that one wouldn't be able to find on any university library. Apart from that, there are lesson notes, personal notes, letters, half-finished scientific papers, and other stuff. You realize you once again have long hours of searching and sifting ahead of you, and with a long sigh of resignation, you get down to it. Christopher looks in depth into the books and the academic material, while Holly looks at his letters and Clarence searches through his personal notes and notebooks.
It takes you more or less three hours to complete your work.
Holly discovers that, unsurprisingly, Ayers had epistolary exchanges with many History professors inside and outside the country. Most of them looks absolutely ordinary, but two letters manage to catch your attention, firstly because of their content, but also because they seem to be part of a much longer correspondence, and the other letters appear to be missing. They were sent from a Professor Bartolo Acuna. Yet more informations on the matter seems to emerge from some notes discovered by Clarence on a worn-out blue notebook.
Clarence also discovers the paperwork related to the trip to Ethiopia. The man seemed truly headed for Ethiopia, or otherwise he spent incredible effort and time to fake a significant amount of paperwork. According to what you find, Ayers left Los Angeles in late June 1924, that is, some weeks before the dramatic incident at the farm.
Christopher's analysis of Ayers's deranged work shows a man truly believing in the existence in this universe of all the pagan Gods and entities he speaks about. His work seems to be mainly focused on the old God known as Gol-Goroth, but it later seems to expand to include a second entity identified as The Liar, or The Liar from Beyond.
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"Hey, look at this!" says Holly, pulling out the poster and showing it to the others. "This is Olivia Clarendon, before she was famous. The Woman in Black was one of her old silent films. There's her signature, and she's thanking Dr. Ayers for 'all the help.' I wonder how he helped her. Now we know something to ask her if we ever get the chance to talk to her. And these letters are interesting. I wonder who the E. was he was planning to ask for funding. The only person with that initial who involved in this that I can think of is Edgar Job, who used to be a student here, but he didn't strike me as rich or influential."
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"What was that hispanic sounding name again that started with an E ... Echevaria, it could be him I guess." Clarence adds. "Yes Ramon Echevaria, now he certainly had enough financial clout behind him."
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"Oh, of course!" says Holly. "Yes, that's got to be it! How could I forget?"
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Clarence laughs, the first real laugh he's had for a long while now.
"Well this case is certainly a lot more complicated than the usual cheating wives or husbands I'm used to dealing with, so letting something slip your mind for a moment is nothing to be ashamed of Holly, no ma'am." Clarences face suddenly takes a serious mein. "In fact it shows me something that I think we are all in danger of forgetting - just how human we are, able to make mistakes and carry on because we are all working together as a team." Clarence's face takes on an even sadder look as he turns away from the group.
With his back to Holly and Chris he says, "You know, I am not used to working as part of a team, always working alone, me against the world. Well this little jaunt has shown me how much stronger we all are for being part of a team, and I'm not sure I want ..." He leaves the sentence hanging in the air as he stares down the corridor.
"Well this case is certainly a lot more complicated than the usual cheating wives or husbands I'm used to dealing with, so letting something slip your mind for a moment is nothing to be ashamed of Holly, no ma'am." Clarences face suddenly takes a serious mein. "In fact it shows me something that I think we are all in danger of forgetting - just how human we are, able to make mistakes and carry on because we are all working together as a team." Clarence's face takes on an even sadder look as he turns away from the group.
With his back to Holly and Chris he says, "You know, I am not used to working as part of a team, always working alone, me against the world. Well this little jaunt has shown me how much stronger we all are for being part of a team, and I'm not sure I want ..." He leaves the sentence hanging in the air as he stares down the corridor.
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"Thank you, Clarence,"says Holly, relaxing. "Go on, finish your thought. I think you're saying something important."
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Clarence's shoulders slump a little and he says in a low voice;
"All this wasted time, chasing after some pipe dream ..." Then he paints on a smile and turns back to Holly and Chris ,,, "Nah, I was just thinking out loud Holly. Right where to next?"
"All this wasted time, chasing after some pipe dream ..." Then he paints on a smile and turns back to Holly and Chris ,,, "Nah, I was just thinking out loud Holly. Right where to next?"
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"While we're at UCLA," says Holly, "we should see what we can find out about Edgar Job and his time here, and if there's any connection between him and Dr. Ayers."
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"Yes. That was the Mathematics department if I remember right?" Clarence's eyes regain a little of their focus as he get's back on the case once more. He turns back to Holly and Chris.
"Any idea where the Maths department lies? Perhaps we could impose on Mrs. Burnish as we have to tell her when we are done here anyway."
"Any idea where the Maths department lies? Perhaps we could impose on Mrs. Burnish as we have to tell her when we are done here anyway."
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"Good idea," says Holly. "Let's go."
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Christopher places a reassuring hand on Clarence's shoulder "Don't worry... we'll see this through." he briefly locks his gaze with the other man.
"Gosh, I'd forgotten that Job was a student here... stands to reason that they must have had some interaction. It's not too big a stretch of the imagination to think that Ayers with his occult interests was the person that introduced Job to Echevaria." Christopher rubs his chin, obviously thinking about something; he picks up some of the paper "hmm... yes this does 'ring bells'..."
Christopher places a reassuring hand on Clarence's shoulder "Don't worry... we'll see this through." he briefly locks his gaze with the other man.
"Gosh, I'd forgotten that Job was a student here... stands to reason that they must have had some interaction. It's not too big a stretch of the imagination to think that Ayers with his occult interests was the person that introduced Job to Echevaria." Christopher rubs his chin, obviously thinking about something; he picks up some of the paper "hmm... yes this does 'ring bells'..."
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You inform Mrs. Burnish that your search is complete, then follows her instruction to reach the Math building, just one of many similar buildings that were built - or are being built - inside the campus. The atmosphere is quieter here, and you see less students wandering around, or studying under the spring sun.
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"We should go see the head of the department really, to see what he remembers of Edgar. Either that or he will be able to send us in the right direction of someone who was here back when Job was." Clarence offers.
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"That sounds good to me," says Holly. "Let's go."
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The head of the Mathematics department is an old professor called Arnold Miller, snow-white hair and a penetrating gaze, with a slow way of talking that gives you the impression every sentence has lasted minutes. He listens to you with interest, his curiosity piqued by your strange request. Still, without prying too much, he gives you access to the department archives.
Edgar Job was an undergraduate from 1918 to 1922, even before the Department moved to this building in the new campus. There are not many informations on him regarding this period, except a few documents reporting his grades - which were mediocre.
On 1923, he was admitted to a graduate program of mathematical study. His advisor was a professor called Stuart Tichener, who appears to still be teaching at the UCLA. Job's traces in the university's records disappear the following year.
Edgar Job was an undergraduate from 1918 to 1922, even before the Department moved to this building in the new campus. There are not many informations on him regarding this period, except a few documents reporting his grades - which were mediocre.
On 1923, he was admitted to a graduate program of mathematical study. His advisor was a professor called Stuart Tichener, who appears to still be teaching at the UCLA. Job's traces in the university's records disappear the following year.
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"We need to go talk to Professor Tichener next," Holly says to her friends.
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