[Keeper]: The mansion raiders have just returned to Ipswitch
[Keeper]: There are no trains until morning
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): And you two had just finished looting Gavigan's house
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): And you two had just finished looting Gavigan's house
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I don't think there's anything else for us here.  Lets go."
[Alexander St. James]: "Blast.  I'm getting tired of this place."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Whats the time?
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Let me wash my hands first. Stupid coal-bin."
[Sebastian Dark]: OK, so we got lots of dead cultist, a burning mansion, a big monster and a dead dog
[Allen Speight]: Are we all together then?
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I think we should get out of here.  I have a bad feeling."
[Early Hutz]: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
[Keeper]: Yes, your group is
[Eric Macaulay]: "I'm pretty damn tired as well."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Well, then let's get going."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Should we set a watch?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I am going to head out, inconspicously.
[Alexander St. James]: "Probably a good idea."
[William Hollis]: "i think that would be a good idea as well"
[Allen Speight]: Let's all stay in the same room then, even though it may be cramped
Alexander St. James checks the time.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I'm going out the way I came in, quietly.
[Keeper]: It's just after 2 am for you guys
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Okay, the streets are still dead at that hour of the night
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Okay, the streets are still dead at that hour of the night
[Allen Speight]: Back to our inn
[Sebastian Dark]: what times does the first train arrive?
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): its not 2 for us, is it?
[Keeper]: First one goes out at 8:04
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): It's closer to 4am for you guys
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): It's closer to 4am for you guys
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I'm heading back to my place. I need some sleep. It HAS been a long night."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I think we should go back to your place for the night.  When the morning comes I want to store this stuff in a box."
[Allen Speight]: Why don't we drive the truck to London? ;P
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I hope you do not mind me coming along.  I should be able to get some money from the bank and get a hotel room for tomorrow."
[Alexander St. James]: ooc It's still in one piece.  I don't want to take chances.
[William Hollis]: "any suggestions where we could spend the next five hours? is it really worth renting a room for another night?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Not a problem at all. I have a spare mattress for just such an occasion, or if you prefer, a nice leather chair."
[Allen Speight]: WE already have, rented one, that is
[Keeper]: Well, you already rented a room
[Eric Macaulay]: "need sleep."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Anything will do after that cell."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "You said it. Let's find a cab."
[William Hollis]: "well, then i suppose we should head back to the room. not much else to do..."
Sebastian Dark needs rest. Insert more quarters for more rest. ;)
Eric Macaulay nods
[Allen Speight]: Can we all fit in one room?
[Alexander St. James]: "Well, sleep sounds good.  I'll volunteer for first watch, though."
[Keeper]: There are seven of you
[Keeper]: It would be very cramped to do that
[Allen Speight]: Hmm, yes -- I'll wake up the innkeeper and ask for a second room
[Allen Speight]: Adjacent to ours, if there are any
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): It takes you some time to locate a taxi, but you do eventually
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): It takes you some time to locate a taxi, but you do eventually
[William Hollis]: how late is the tavern open?
[Keeper]: The tavern has closed
[Keeper]: They don't post hours on the door, so it's likely to be whenever the owner is there that it's open
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): It's an uneventful drive to Chris's flat
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): It's an uneventful drive to Chris's flat
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Do you have any good hiding places in your apartment?  I want to keep this stuff safe until mornig."
William Hollis goes to the room they rented and finds a spot to rest
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "There's a stongbox behind a false panel in my closet. That should do."
[Allen Speight]: Does the innkeeper have a second one for us?
[Alexander St. James]: He's probably asleep
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "excellent"
[Keeper]: The innkeeper is willing to rent another room, but he wants twice as much for it since you woke him up
Eric Macaulay follows william and gets some rest
Allen Speight pays him and apologizes
[Allen Speight]: I'll go to the second room then -- who else?
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc is Early already asleep?
[Keeper]: Early hasn't woken up yet
[Early Hutz]: Early is still passed out
[Eric Macaulay]: ah
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): When we get to Chris's apartment I will put all of Gavigan's papers, the gems, the note, etc in the safe.
Sebastian Dark goes up to the second room.
Eric Macaulay gets up and figures they might need some help moving Early to a room
[Keeper]: Who's keeping the first watch?
Alexander St. James helps carry Early up the stairs.
[Alexander St. James]: I am, I think.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "We should get to the station when we wake up. If those guys survived, we'll have a lot to tell eachother."
Eric Macaulay moves Early to the first room, or which ever is closer
[Allen Speight]: We need two watches, one for each room then
[Sebastian Dark]: I'll watch
[Allen Speight]: Alright, wake me when it's my turn
Eric Macaulay is done with Early, goes to bring James up
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Like I told them, I don't think there's any chance they survived.  I plan on putting this stuff in a safe box in a bank and getting some money.  Do you need to go to work or alert your family now that you are back?"
[Eric Macaulay]: once Eric is done moving, he will go to sleep
Alexander St. James wonders if he can rig some kind of rudimentary alarm system.
[Early Hutz]: ooc - where's Nick's EDS when you need it?
Eric Macaulay wonders if he ever picked up Nick's EDS system schematics, or if anyone did
[Allen Speight]: Push the bureau in front of the door
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I should get in touch with my uncle, that should be enough. I don't talk to my parents for weeks at a time. I should probably ask him for some spare money."
[Alexander St. James]: too much work
Alexander St. James sits down facing the door with his revolver at the ready.
Allen Speight snores with little snuffling noises
[Keeper]: If everyone's out...
Sebastian Dark places a chair facing the door and sits with his pistol drawn
(Keeper whispered to Alexander St. James): You hear someone shouting for help outside
(Keeper whispered to Sebastian Dark): You hear someone shouting for help outside
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Well, we can take care of that tomorrow.  I can help you with any immediate money troubles you may have once I get to a bank."
Sebastian Dark gets up and taps on Alexs door
[Sebastian Dark]: "Its sebastian."
Alexander St. James looks out the window, then hears the tap at the door.
Alexander St. James lets Sebastian in.
(Keeper whispered to Alexander St. James): There's a man in the street running through the village shouting for help
[Sebastian Dark]: "Do you hear the yelling too?"
[Alexander St. James]: "Yes, there's some guy running through the street.  Should we wake the others?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I may as well compose a letter now. I can have it mailed tomorrow. After that, I'll hit the sack."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Probably just in case."
[Alexander St. James]: "We should check it out first."
[Alexander St. James]: "I'd hate to wake everyone up for nothing."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Very well.  If it is aceptable to you, I will try to get some sleep now."
[William Hollis]: ooc- famous last words
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Go right ahead."
[Alexander St. James]: "Let's wake one up to keep an eye out, and we'll go check it out."
[Sebastian Dark]: "True, but I'd hate to not wake anyone else up and then have them get ambushed in their sleep."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I'm going to get some sleep
[Sebastian Dark]: "Alright."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Lets wake Will."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I'll write a short letter to my uncle saying how sorry I am for not stopping by lately, but that I had been indisposed for a short while with a trip to the coast. I'll tell him more later.
Alexander St. James shakes William awake, "Looks like you get an early shift on watch."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): And off to bed wth me.
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc lol
William Hollis wakes up and looks up at Alex "already? what time is it?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): You two don't get much rest since you've gotten to bed so late.  Chris wakes first at about 9 am
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): You two don't get much rest since you've gotten to bed so late.  Chris wakes first at about 9 am
William Hollis checks his watch
[Keeper]: it's about 4am
Sebastian Dark goes downstairs.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Zzzz..."
[William Hollis]: "is anything wrong Alex?"
[Alexander St. James]: "Wake someone else up if necessary.  We heard someone outside, and we're going to take a look."
William Hollis looks out the window
Alexander St. James goes downstairs and outside.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I'll get up and apply the stamp to the letter, then head off into my small kitchen area to prepare a can of soup for my breakfast.
Sebastian Dark follows Alex outside.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): After dressing, of course.
[Keeper]: Several of the townspeople are gathering around the man who is out of breath.  This person has short, dark hair, very pale skin, and is dripping wet as though he recently went for swim with all of his clothes on
Alexander St. James approaches and stands at the edge of the crowd.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I am asleep, tossing fitfully and mumbling pitifully on ther couch.
[Keeper]: "I was at a party at the Gavigan estate outside of town, when about midnight a band of armed men attacked us!"
Sebastian Dark lights a cigarette and moves toards the outside of the crowd.
[Keeper]: "They burned down the house, killed many of the guests, and fled in this direction!"
Alexander St. James mutters, "oh hell," under his breath.
Sebastian Dark makse his way back to the inn.
[Keeper]: Someone in the crowd speaks: "Some strangers came through town last night headed in that direction."
[Keeper]: "There's two of them!  Get them!"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I'll eat my soup and get some money out of my box. Along with my gun, of course. After this I'll try to wake up Roland.
[Alexander St. James]: "Hold it right there!"
Alexander St. James holds out his hand.
[Keeper]: Okay, Alex is surrounded by a hostile mob of villagers
[Keeper]: No pitchforks and torches, though
[Alexander St. James]: "This man is lying to you.  I think you'll want to hear what I have to say."
[Keeper]: They're not attacking... yet
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I wake up and for a moment stare wild eyed at Chris.  When I realize it is him I sober up.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Oh, good morning."
[Keeper]: Sebastian does manage to slip back to the Inn
William Hollis looks out the window again
Sebastian Dark goes back upstairs and wakes everyone.
Eric Macaulay was enjoying his sleep
[Sebastian Dark]: "We may have a problem."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "You sure didn't sleep well."
[William Hollis]: "what's going on Sebastian?"
[Keeper]: All William can see is Alex surrounded by the mob
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc are Early and James still out?
[Keeper]: You can wake Early at least
[Sebastian Dark]: "There's one of the men from the estate out there."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Could I trouble you for a glass of water?"
[Keeper]: Though he's likely to be confused
[Alexander St. James]: "I and my associates work for the government.  We're investigating reports that someone in the region is dumping toxic chemicals in the water."
[Sebastian Dark]: "He mentioned what we did."
[William Hollis]: but that's normal
[Alexander St. James]: "Probably killing all the fish."
[Alexander St. James]: "Tonight we found evidence that one Mr. Gavigan is responsible for this."
[Keeper]: "Let's see some ID, then."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I'll fetch Roland that water
[Allen Speight]: ooc did you leave it in your other pants?
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I take the water and go to the window.  I peer out to see if anything suspicious is going on outside.
[Alexander St. James]: "I'm afraid I'm not carrying it at four in the morning."
[Keeper]: "What part of the government do you work for?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "You never can be too careful.  Most of the buildings I've slept in here in England have burned down."
William Hollis keeps watching the scene below from the window
[Alexander St. James]: "But think for yourselves.  Why would we burn down his house and kill people?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): It's snowing lightly outside, but that's all that's going on out there
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): It's snowing lightly outside, but that's all that's going on out there
[Alexander St. James]: "At the very least, why would we be stupid enough to come back here if we had?"
[Allen Speight]: ooc that's a better question
Alexander St. James knows he's in a hell of a lot of trouble right now.
Eric Macaulay thinks Alex is actually doing alright
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "You and your friends are most fascinating. I'll let you clean up and then we can be off to the station. After finally getting a chance to shave, I feel like I could take on the world."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Looks okay outside.  Thanks for this..." I drink down the glass in one breath.
Sebastian Dark prepares o start blasting. ;)
[Keeper]: "I say we hold him and the other strangers until we can find out what's going on!"
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc killing innocents rocks...
Eric Macaulay makes way to the window to see what's going on
[Sebastian Dark]: how many people are outside?
[Keeper]: "Oscar can keep them at the inn until we know for sure."
[Alexander St. James]: "If you must.  But try to do so quickly.  We have an appointment we must make by noon in London."
[Keeper]: There's roughly twenty people outside
[Keeper]: Most roused in the middle of the night
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I think I'd rather get off to the bank and get things taken care of.  If you'd like you can go to the station and wait for them.  I can meet you there after I take care of my business."
[Sebastian Dark]: We can take them.
[Sebastian Dark]: if we need to that is.
[Keeper]: "Accusations of murder are serious business.  I think you'll be missing your appointment and quitely like any others you have for the next twenty years if they don't hang you."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Given what we've been doing, we probably shouldn't split up. I'll go with you to the bank. It'll give me a chance to mail my letter."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Okay."
[Eric Macaulay]: "I think we should be ready to sneak out."
[Alexander St. James]: "I have murdered no one!"
[William Hollis]: "to where?" 
[Eric Macaulay]: "The truck?"
[Keeper]: "We'll see about that."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I'm going to retrieve the materials from the safe and try to find a bank that will allow me to withdraw from my account in America."
[William Hollis]: "but where will we go from there, they are sure to be watching the train station if we do that"
[Eric Macaulay]: "what else are we supposed to do?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "What's in the safe, anyhow?"
William Hollis shrugs
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc er, that was an action, not a talk, bad habit with the "'s
[Sebastian Dark]: "There's the boats."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "The papers I got from Gavigan's office, those gems, and the note I found in his house."
[William Hollis]: "sneaking out might make us even more suspicious, but staying here isn't smart either"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Okay, you find that at the BoE they can make arrangements for that but it costs five dollars to have them wire the info back and forth across the Atlantic
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Okay, you find that at the BoE they can make arrangements for that but it costs five dollars to have them wire the info back and forth across the Atlantic
[Alexander St. James]: "The evidence will vindicate me.  I suggest that some of you drive out to the estate yourself if you doubt me."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Ah yes.How forgetful of me."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I will get enough money to pay for a few days living, hotel, food, etc, and some extra spending money.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I'll stop by the post office closest to the bank and have the letter sent off.
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc we are so screwed.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I also want to put all that Gavigan junk in a safe deposit box.
[Allen Speight]: ooc Consequence #1
[Allen Speight]: ooc aren't there 4 more waiting?
[William Hollis]: "anyone have any ideas? should we sneak out or stay here?"
[Alexander St. James]: ooc well, let's see 'em match fingerprints on yon dark awful thing
[Keeper]: "We'll do that, but we'll also call for a magistrate"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Okay.  How about money to mount a legal defense. ;) 
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Okay.  How about money to mount a legal defense. ;) 
[Eric Macaulay]: "I really don't know where we could go"
[Allen Speight]: We can't get away on foot, the train doesn't come until 8, I say we wait until morning at the very least
[Keeper]: The mob is entering the inn pushing Alex in front of them
[William Hollis]: "uh oh"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I have an idea...  We should make one more detour"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Where to?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I want to visit a friend of mine and give him some information."
[Keeper]: The real problem for you guys is that there's roughly fifty reliable witnesses against you...
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "The Scoop."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Off to the Scoop.
[Alexander St. James]: ooc weren't many of them eaten?
[Keeper]: Yes, but enough survived...
[Allen Speight]: We can't let them disarm us, or we'll be out of options
[Allen Speight]: We may need to take a stand here
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): After the long delay you get your money and then get to the Scoop office where you get a rather chilly reception
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): After the long delay you get your money and then get to the Scoop office where you get a rather chilly reception
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc you guys didn't burn down The Scoop, did you?
[Allen Speight]: no
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc okay
[Keeper]: The door to the first room opens and Alex is shoved through it
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I'd like to see the manager... Forget his name. McGilicutty or whatever
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Why are they so upset with you?"
[Alexander St. James]: Though we might want to give them a call.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I'm not sure.  One of those fools may have committed some faux paus when they last visited."
[Sebastian Dark]: does this place have a phone though?
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): You're shown to Mickey Mahoony's office.  He looks up from something he's typing.  "What do you want now?  Any more of my guys for your fodder?"
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): You're shown to Mickey Mahoony's office.  He looks up from something he's typing.  "What do you want now?  Any more of my guys for your fodder?"
[Keeper]: Not in the rooms
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I am sorry, but I do not know what you mean."
[Keeper]: One of the men in the crowd steps forward.  "You're all acused of arson and murder at the Gavigan estate.  You're to be confined here until someone can take a look into it."
[Keeper]: "There's going to be someone watching the doors and if you try anything we will shoot you."
[Early Hutz]: Am I awake?
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "One of my best men is dead thanks to that job you wanted done.  You could have told me how dangerous it was."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "One of my best men is dead thanks to that job you wanted done.  You could have told me how dangerous it was."
[Keeper]: Yes
[Early Hutz]: "The Gavigan estate?  Isn't that where those cultists who kidnapped and torturned James were?"
[ Wolfhound left the game ]
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Trust me, I did not know how dangerous it was.  My friend and I were both kidnapped by Gavigan.  He was going to sacrifice us in some ritual, but we escaped."
[Alexander St. James]: "Yes"
[Keeper]: "Cultists?  There are no cultists around here.  We've sent four men up there to take a look at your handywork and see if they can find any more survivors."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "The others in my party went there to rescue one we had to leave behind, but there were so many cultists there I do not believe they will have survived."
[Sebastian Dark]: is any of the mob armed?
[Keeper]: "If it was up to me we'd hang you now but enough people want a trial."
[Keeper]: Some of them
[Keeper]: Rifles, shotguns
[ Wolfhoundk joined the game ]
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I was just giving the editor our kidnapping story...
[Early Hutz]: "Can I have some water?"
[Alexander St. James]: "On what grounds?  You have one person who claims that someone committed a crime.  There's no evidence."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "That's something at least.  That I could use."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "That's something at least.  That I could use."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I've got more.  Here, take this."  I give him the safe deposit box key.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "What does he mean by 'fodder'? What happened between you guys and this paper?"
Alexander St. James wonders what the people will think when they find everyone at the estate in robes
Eric Macaulay searches for some water to give to Early
[Keeper]: Alex gets punched in the jaw for saying that
[Keeper]: There's no water in the room
(Allen Speight whispered to Keeper): Is there a window to my room?
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I've already been kidnapped once and it is possible it will happen again.  This key opens a safe deposit box in the Bank of England that contains a lot of Gavigan's papers.  It also contains a note that Gavigan wrote to Penhew himself!"
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): Yes
(Allen Speight whispered to Keeper): And no villagers in here?
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): They're not in your room, but they've openned th door and can see you
(Allen Speight whispered to Keeper): ok
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Chris, I asked Mr. Mahoony to have some of his employees track Gavigan and give us information.  Based on what he has said, I think they met a fate worse than ours."
[Early Hutz]: "Excuse me, sirs, but can I have some water?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "I'd wager that they wrote a lot of notes to eachother over the years.  So what?"
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "I'd wager that they wrote a lot of notes to eachother over the years.  So what?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Probably not like THIS one."
[Keeper]: "Go get him some water, Sue."
[Keeper]: A woman in the back of the crowd moves away
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "This was a new letter, in the process of being written, probably yesterday.  It means Penhew is alive!  Unfortunately there was no address."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Well, this is turning out to be a juicy story.  How much evidence do you have?"
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Well, this is turning out to be a juicy story.  How much evidence do you have?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Chris and I's testimony.  The note.  We were taken to Gavigan's estate and there were many cultists there preparing some ritual.  I do not know what happened to the others, but if they died there will be bodies."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Oh, and we know Gavigan had our hotels burned down."
[Sebastian Dark]: 
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): 
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): 
[Roland Windemeer]: 
[Keeper]: She comes back with a mug filled with water which she hands to Early
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc oops
Early Hutz drinks water quickly.
[Early Hutz]: "Thank you."
Eric Macaulay hopes Early is alright
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): If I can see the evidence and get the information from you this could make a good story for next week's edition.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): If I can see the evidence and get the information from you this could make a good story for next week's edition.
[Allen Speight]: Well then, if that's all, I'll be returning to my rest, sirs.
William Hollis sighs and looks out the window
Allen Speight closes the door to his room
[Keeper]: The door is closed behind them and you're now all locked into your room
Eric Macaulay checks his watch
[Keeper]: The crowd begins filtering out of the inn
[Alexander St. James]: "Okay, gentlemen.  Any ideas?"
[Keeper]: 4:30
[Early Hutz]: "What happened here?  Where are we?  Last I remember, we were crashing Gavigan's party."
[Sebastian Dark]: "You went a little nuts."
[Early Hutz]: "What did I do?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Well, I can tell you whatever you need to know.  You can hold onto that key but do not check out the box unless I disappear again.  If I make it safely for a few days I will retrieve the documents and let you look at them."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Ran screaming from a big monster."
[Alexander St. James]: "Yes.  Some horrible...  thing... appeared and started eating people."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I will give Mahooney whatever information he wants, hopefully Chris will do the same.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): Indeed I will
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I'll leave out the part where I beat up Gavigan, though
[Early Hutz]: "And now we're under arrest?  I don't get it."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Just say that we tied him up so we could escape.
[Alexander St. James]: "Yes, someone showed up from the party accusing us of murder and arson."
[Sebastian Dark]: "one of the cultist is acting innocent."
[Alexander St. James]: "Now, once the townsfolk check out the estate, our case should improve a little"
[Alexander St. James]: "Everyone there will be wearing robes, for one thing."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Umm, the cultist probably cleaned things up a little bit."
[Early Hutz]: "Unless they changed."
[Alexander St. James]: "I don't think they'd be able to recognize us."
[Alexander St. James]: "Into what?"
[Allen Speight]: They may very well be cleaning up the estate
[Eric Macaulay]: "Everyone at the mansion could be dead"
[Early Hutz]: "Judging from the crowd we just met, they're not looking for much proof to hang us."
[Alexander St. James]: "No, which is the problem."
[Sebastian Dark]: "I think some of the cultists are actually party of this village."
Allen Speight peers out the windows
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Mahoony is glad to have your statements and relishes every disturbing detail of Gavigan's involvement
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Mahoony is glad to have your statements and relishes every disturbing detail of Gavigan's involvement
[Keeper]: There's someone watching the Inn across the way, but otherwise you don't see any activity out there
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc we aren't all in this one room are we?
[Keeper]: Everyone in a hotel room roll
[Alexander St. James]: "I wonder if that.. thing.. will still be at the mansion when everyone shows up."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Okay, when we're done there I guess we'll head to the station and see when the next train is coming in from where we were.
DICE for Alexander St. James: (1d100) :  1d100=57  = [ 57 ]
DICE for Eric Macaulay: (1d100) :  1d100=83  = [ 83 ]
DICE for Allen Speight: (1d100) :  1d100=6  = [ 6 ]
DICE for Early Hutz: (1d100) :  1d100=45  = [ 45 ]
DICE for Sebastian Dark: (1d100) :  1d100=49  = [ 49 ]
DICE for William Hollis: (1d100) :  1d100=25  = [ 25 ]
[Keeper]: i don't think Eric is going to have a very long life span...
[Allen Speight]: They're not a paramilitary organization, they're just villagers.  Maybe we should make a move.
[Alexander St. James]: "They've still got guns and numbers."
[Early Hutz]: "We're not a paramilitary organization, either."
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc thanks
[Allen Speight]: But we're in practice ;)
DICE for Keeper: (1d100) :  1d100=16  = [ 16 ]
[Allen Speight]: And they are unschooled simpletons
DICE for Keeper: (3d6) : 3d6=5,6,6  = [ 17 ]
[Sebastian Dark]: "Famous last words."
[Alexander St. James]: ooc this doesn't bode well
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc 3d6 is bad...
[Keeper]: especially when you get a seventeen on them
[Keeper]: Eric let's out a bloodcurtling scream and then panics
[Keeper]: He collapses on the ground shaking
[Alexander St. James]: "Eric!"
[Keeper]: Blood is coming out of his mouth, eyes, and nose
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc Breakman shakes his head
Allen Speight drops to the floor and tries to treat him
[Allen Speight]: Hold him down!
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): I'm not so heartless as to kill you off hand like that
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): from one bad roll
Allen Speight checks the usual doctor stuff
William Hollis tries to hold Eric down
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): His pulse is highly erratic
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): I'm just shaking my head thinking unbelievable right now
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): And he's having convusions
[Allen Speight]: Someone bring me my medical bag!
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): I've come up lucky before! ;)
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): If you want a fresh character I can let him die
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): Or Allen can just barely save his life
(Allen Speight whispered to Keeper): Going to try to sedate him, if you think i have some of that on me
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): I'd like to see how lucky Allen gets
Alexander St. James hands Allen his bag.
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): When you arrive at the station you find that three trains have arrived so far this morning from that direction
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): When you arrive at the station you find that three trains have arrived so far this morning from that direction
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): Roll on your doctor skill
DICE for Allen Speight: (1d100) :  1d100=2  = [ 2 ]
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc yay doc!
[Chris Hyle]: ooc Go, doc, go!
DICE for Keeper: (1d6) :  1d6=6  = [ 6 ]
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I'll ask around to see if anyone saw people matching the descriptions of the others
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): Very lucky it looks like
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): wahoo
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "That's a good idea. I'll check the schedules and see when the remaining trains are coming in."
[Keeper]: The convulsions stop, but Eric is still unconcious
[Keeper]: (With a grand total of three hp...)
[Allen Speight]: Alright, he's sedated, for now
[Alexander St. James]: "What was it, doctor?"
[Allen Speight]: I have no earthly idea
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): It looked like a heart attack
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): Only much much worse
[Allen Speight]: It looked like some sort of heart attack, but like none I've ever seen before
[Sebastian Dark]: "Should we  move him to a bed?"
William Hollis looks out the window again
[Alexander St. James]: "I'll say.  Bleeding out the eyes is not generally a good sign."
[Allen Speight]: Yes, let's move him up onto the bed, carefully
Sebastian Dark helps move eric onto his death- er, regular bed.
[Allen Speight]: I have this odd feeling that there's a mouse with no heart somewhere around here
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): No one has seen your group; trains arrive on that line roughly every hour and a half until midnight, then they resume a little before ten in the morning
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): No one has seen your group; trains arrive on that line roughly every hour and a half until midnight, then they resume a little before ten in the morning
[Sebastian Dark]: "Me too."
[Alexander St. James]: "I was thinking the same thing."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): What time is it now?
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): About 1 pm
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): About 1 pm
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Or, how much time until the next train, anyway?
[Sebastian Dark]: "We need to get out of here."
[Early Hutz]: "Perhaps we should let our guards know about this development."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): The next train out there is in twenty; next train to arrive from there in about five
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): The next train out there is in twenty; next train to arrive from there in about five
[Allen Speight]: Yes, I can only do so much here.  There may be a doctor in the village with more supplies and equipment
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "If they aren't on the train after next, we might want to go back and check to be sure."
Alexander St. James pounds on the door
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "We should wait for this next train.  If they are not aboard, I say we should get some lunch.  I am starving."
[Keeper]: A young boy who might be about fifteen years old answers the door.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I'm not going back to that God forsaken place.  If there were all captured I fear what Gavigan may have done on that island.  The farther away I am from it the happier I will be."
[Alexander St. James]: "Is there a doctor in the village?  Fetch him, now!"
[Keeper]: He dashes off for help
Sebastian Dark takes erics gun and hides it in his coat.
Keeper ponders if this would be a good time to have the eighty foot snake monster crash through the inn...
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I'm not saying we need to check tha mansion again. I'm saying we get off the train, ask some villagers if anything odd has happened, then get out of there."
[Alexander St. James]: ooc go for it!
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Do you remember the monsters that attacked us?  I am not going back anywhere near them."
[Keeper]: After a few minutes the boy returns with an older man still wearing his nightclothes but carrying a doctor's bag
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I have doubts that they would descend upon a populated town in broad daylight."
Allen Speight describes what happened to Eric
Allen Speight points out the blood, uses a few clinical terms
Sebastian Dark wonders to himself the value of hostages.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "It is possible the cultists have overrun the town.  Look, if you want to stick your neck out for some dead men then you can go ahead.  I think I will be of more use to them and their legacy alive."
[Allen Speight]: "What do you think, sir?  Some kind of poison?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "What can we do here, then? Have you any leads to follow up on? Anyone you can question?"
[Keeper]: "It could be.  I've seen gasses that have similar effect in the war..."
[Early Hutz]: "But it only affected him, so it probably wasn't a gas."
[Allen Speight]: This may lend a little more credence to our "cult" claims
[Sebastian Dark]: "He let out a loud scream and fell over."
[Allen Speight]: If we can make it seem plausible that they've tried to use poison on one of us
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I need to see if Mahooney comes up with anything.  We should report our kidnapping to the police and tell them the others went after James.  But is would be better to do that here than in that little town."
[Allen Speight]: "What treatment would you recommend then?"
[Allen Speight]: "Have you any remedies for this sort of thing?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Well, then, I suppose that's all we can do."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "I'm surprised he lived this long.  Best thing you can do is make sure his lungs aren't filling up with his own blood and keep an eye out for a relapse."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "I'm surprised he lived this long.  Best thing you can do is make sure his lungs aren't filling up with his own blood and keep an eye out for a relapse."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Okay.  We will wait for the next train to arive.  if they are not on it, we will get some lunch and then make a report to the police."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): sorry
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): sorry
[Keeper]: "I'm surprised he lived this long.  Best thing you can do is make sure his lungs aren't filling up with his own blood and keep an eye out for a relapse."
[Alexander St. James]: "Just great."
[Early Hutz]: "Doctor, these kinds of things are going to happen to more of us if we don't get out of here."
[Allen Speight]: Can we move him to your clinic?  An inn is no good for this sort of thing
DICE for Keeper: (3d6) : 3d6=5,3,3  = [ 11 ]
[Allen Speight]: And if it were to happen again . . .
[Keeper]: "My office is hardly equipped to deal with this.  And I don't think too many people here are worried about one of you dying."
[Allen Speight]: Doctor!  You're oath!
[Allen Speight]: your
[Alexander St. James]: "May I ask why they all just seem to assume we're guilty?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): As you might expect they're not on the next train either
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): As you might expect they're not on the next train either
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Damn. Well, let's go get something to eat."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Okay, we'll find a close restaraunt and I will treat Chris as I didn't actually treat last night because I didn't have any money.
[Keeper]: "You're the only strangers to come through town in a while, you borrow a car to go out there, you come and go at night.  It's an obvious conclusion."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): A nice, big salad and some chicken will do for me.
[Alexander St. James]: "But they don't even have proof that a crime has been committed, and they're ready to hang us anyway."
[William Hollis]: "doctor, do you know the man that accused us?"
[Keeper]: "Not him, but that group comes through town to Gavigan's place fairly regularly."
[Allen Speight]: Small fishing villages are not known for being sticklers for jurisprudence
[William Hollis]: "do you know what they do there?"
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc where's an 80 foot snake monster when you really need it?
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): The waiter at the working class tavern across the road from the trainstation bring Chris his bowl of rabbit food and Roland whatever he ordered
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): The waiter at the working class tavern across the road from the trainstation bring Chris his bowl of rabbit food and Roland whatever he ordered
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I thought British places didn't let you order food.
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc what you guys need is a tank! --fingers crossed--
[Alexander St. James]: ooc I don't think that's going to work this time
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc or a giant pillar of fire, but that didn't turn out so well last time
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc it worked for me...
[Allen Speight]: ooc maybe we should just set the inn on fire then
[Alexander St. James]: ooc That'll probably be taken care of for us
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc we need lightsabers!
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc lol
[Keeper]: Well, are you going to try anything?
[Early Hutz]: I was waiting for the answer to William's question
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): You found the tavern known as "The Keeper Trying to Move the Situation Along"
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): You found the tavern known as "The Keeper Trying to Move the Situation Along"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): They'll serve you there
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): They'll serve you there
Sebastian Dark moves in front of the door lighting a cigarette.
[William Hollis]: so was i...
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Okay, well we eat and then head off to the police station.
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Some kind of masonic group I believe."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Some kind of masonic group I believe."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): sorry
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): sorry
[Keeper]: "Some kind of masonic group I believe."
[William Hollis]: "how do we know it was not this other group who started the fire?"
[Keeper]: "Why would they burn down their own meeting place?"
[Early Hutz]: "They're a cult.  They were performing a ritual, and they were going to use our friend" points out James "as their sacrifice."
[William Hollis]: "maybe it was an accident, who knows what they were doing there...."
[Sebastian Dark]: is the door closed?
Alexander St. James mutters under his breath about Early negotiating.
[William Hollis]: "why aren't you at all suspicious of them?" 
[Keeper]: Yes, the door is closed
[Keeper]: "They've been good neighbors and you're strangers who are acting suspiciously..."
[Allen Speight]: And being poisoned
[Sebastian Dark]: is the kid still in the room, or is it just the doc now?
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): It's a few blocks to the Police station, but you locate it easily enough
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): It's a few blocks to the Police station, but you locate it easily enough
Alexander St. James looks at Sebastian, and shakes his head.
[Keeper]: Just the doc
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Listen Chris, don't mention our visit to the Scoop.  I have reason to believe that Gavigan may have some connections with the police.  I do not think he has the whole force under his control, but I don't want information getting into the wrong hands."
Sebastian Dark looks at Alex questioningly.
[William Hollis]: "I think you should question a member of that other group to see what they were doing up there, or allow us to question them"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "It wouldn't surprise me. Gavigan seems to be involved in any number of strange dealings."
[Allen Speight]: The magistrate will handle that
[Early Hutz]: "Look at what just happened to our friend.  His eyes started bleeding for no reason at all.  This could start happening to the rest of us if we don't get out of here."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Obviously we should also say we went directly to your place after out arrival last night"
[Alexander St. James]: "Can I at least ask why you think we would kill a group of people we don't even know?"
[Allen Speight]: We may all have been poisoned
[Allen Speight]: Only a matter of time
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Burglary would be a bad thing to admit to at a police station."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Okay, now that we know where we stand..."
[Keeper]: "Somehow I doubt that would occur."
[Early Hutz]: "Why would you doubt it?  It just happened."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I walk into the station and ask the first officer i see where I go to report a crime.
[Keeper]: "I don't know why you would kill them, maybe you do know them."
[Keeper]: "What are the odds of it happening twice?"
[Allen Speight]: "What are the odds of it happening once?  Clearly there is something deliberate behind it."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): You're directed to the desk sargent
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): You're directed to the desk sargent
[Allen Speight]: "It was not chance, but design."
DICE for Keeper: (1d100) :  1d100=9  = [ 9 ]
DICE for Keeper: (3d6) : 3d6=1,6,1  = [ 8 ]
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc this can't be good
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): I tell him what happened, starting with the first hotel fire, but leaving out the beating up Gavigan and the parts Chris and I discussed.
[Keeper]: The Doctor himself begins coughing and then thick, almost black colored blood comes spewing out of his mouth
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I make sure to let them know that I'd been held in captivity for more than a week after trying to stop them from beating someone else.
DICE for Allen Speight: (1d100) :  1d100=97  = [ 97 ]
[Alexander St. James]: "Bloody hell."
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc d'oh
[Allen Speight]: that was my attempt at a save
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc no luck there Allen
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc oh boy...  well that was a short lived character..
[Keeper]: Allen kills the doctor
[Eric Macaulay]:  ooc Allen just made it worse
[Sebastian Dark]: "crap."
[Allen Speight]: ooc Allen stabs the doctor by accident with his scalpel
[Sebastian Dark]: "We have no choice now, we got to fight our way out."
[Early Hutz]: "That can't be good."
[Early Hutz]: "Why not sneak instead of fight?"
[Keeper]: As allen reaches for the Doctor he gets a faceful of the hot liquid and then he collapses
[Alexander St. James]: "No.  We we're not responsible for this.  We even have a witness."
[Early Hutz]: "These villagers think they're doing the right thing, even if they're misguided.  They don't deserve to die."
[Sebastian Dark]: who? us?
[Allen Speight]: uh, the witness who just died?
[Alexander St. James]: "The boy."
[Allen Speight]: not here
[Alexander St. James]: Or did he leave
[Early Hutz]: The boy's in the hall.
[Sebastian Dark]: "the boy isn't here"
[Alexander St. James]: Ah.  Never mind, then.
[Alexander St. James]: "What do we do, then?"
[Allen Speight]: Well we have to tell them
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): The police take your statements and begin interogating you two together.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): The police take your statements and begin interogating you two together.
[Sebastian Dark]: "we're being set up."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Why did you take so long to report the crime?
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Why did you take so long to report the crime?
[Allen Speight]: No, it won't stick -- one of our own goes down first . . .?  
[Sebastian Dark]: "I'm sure it's not a coincidence that one of the town folk left alone with us just died."
[Allen Speight]: If we wanted to kill him, he'd have a bullet in his head, not an illness
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "We just got back last night and we needed sleep. We were so tired we could hardly remember our names."
Allen Speight bangs on the door and screams about poison gas
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Why did you return to London first?"
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Why did you return to London first?"
[Keeper]: The boy opens the door again and sees Allen covered in blood with the Doctor dead on the floor
[Sebastian Dark]: "This isn't a good idea"
[Allen Speight]: 
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I wanted to be away from that place.  Those cultists could easily have come after us again."
[Keeper]: "" indeed
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Who knows what those kidnappers are up to in that town? There are enough of them that it might be a big mistake to hang around there. What if they came after us again? What if they had influence in the police?"
Sebastian Dark grabs the boy.
[Sebastian Dark]: "Calm down son."
[Allen Speight]: "The room has been poisoned!"
[Allen Speight]: "We must be let out of here!"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Well then, sir, this is really more of a task for the Yard.  We can't do anything really beyond our precient."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Well then, sir, this is really more of a task for the Yard.  We can't do anything really beyond our precient."
[Keeper]: The boy pushes Sebastian away and slams the door.
[Alexander St. James]: "I hope he'll at least get someone else."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Crap."
[Keeper]: You hear running and screaming
[Sebastian Dark]: "If they were ready to lynch us before then they're sure to do it now."
Allen Speight cleans his face off, and lays the doctor out on the bed
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "We will go there, then.  Thank you for your time."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "One of our cars can give you a ride over there if you like."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "One of our cars can give you a ride over there if you like."
[Allen Speight]: "I don't believe that.  This doesn't look like an attack on the doctor at all."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "That would be appreciated, thank you."
[Sebastian Dark]: "It doesn't matter."
[Sebastian Dark]: "The boy saw you with blood all over yourself."
[Sebastian Dark]: "They're going to shoot first and ask questions later."
[Allen Speight]: "Yes, and blood on our friend, and the blood on himself from his coughing . . ."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Copies of your statements to them are turned over to the officer who gives you two a ride to Scotland Yard.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Copies of your statements to them are turned over to the officer who gives you two a ride to Scotland Yard.
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): They don't let you run the siren. ;)
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): They don't let you run the siren. ;)
[William Hollis]: "i just hope he wasn't the only doctor in town..."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): Aw, nuts.
Sebastian Dark tries the door.
[Keeper]: It opens
[Sebastian Dark]: "nows our chance."
William Hollis looks out the window
[Alexander St. James]: "And what about the angry villagers outside?"
[Allen Speight]: "I'm staying here with my patient."
[Keeper]: The person who was watching the inn across the way is approaching
[Alexander St. James]: "We've got nowhere to go."
[Keeper]: Eric or the Doctor?
Allen Speight takes out his stethoscope and begins to tend to Eric again
[Allen Speight]: both I guess
[Allen Speight]: a postmortem is a kind of patient I suppose
[Early Hutz]: The doctor is dead, isn't he?
[Keeper]: Well, the Doctor is most definitely dead
[Sebastian Dark]: what time is it?
[Keeper]: Getting close to dawn
[Sebastian Dark]: "If we stay here we're going to be picked off one by one."
[William Hollis]: "we should decide what to do soon before all the villagers wake up"
[Alexander St. James]: "I think they're already awake."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): At Scotland Yard you meet with Inspector Tumwell who reads over your statements and occasionally asks questions about some point
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): At Scotland Yard you meet with Inspector Tumwell who reads over your statements and occasionally asks questions about some point
(Allen Speight whispered to Keeper): going to examine the doctor's body for any clues of what caused it -- same thing as Eric?
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Are you sure that it was Gavigan?"
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Are you sure that it was Gavigan?"
(Allen Speight whispered to Keeper): symptoms that is?
[Sebastian Dark]: "I say we steal a boat and get out of here."
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): You didn't examine him as closely, but the extreme hemroging is the same
(Keeper whispered to Allen Speight): You didn't check his heart beat when he was alive, though.
[Alexander St. James]: "Do you know anything about sailing?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Definite.  I met with him when I first came to London and spoke to him for about an hour.  I also saw him when he brought the cops around.  He was definitely the man I saw in the dungeon at the estate."
[Keeper]: "Is that so?"  The voice belongs to the angry man who locked you in your rooms last night.  He's standing in the doorway now
[Allen Speight]: "Stand back, sir, we have reason to believe there is some kind of poison in this room!"
[Allen Speight]: "Both our friend and the good doctor have been struck down by it."
[Keeper]: He steps into the room.  "You won't scare me with that kind of talk.  What did you do with Doctor Stratton?"
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): Is all this standing around killing me?
[Allen Speight]: "We did nothing, any more than we did to our friend."
[Sebastian Dark]: is he alone?
[Allen Speight]: "Look here, some kind of poison gas like they used in the war."
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): If they'd let the matter drop we'd move on...
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Interesting.  We've had a report that his estate burned down last night and the man himself was killed."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Interesting.  We've had a report that his estate burned down last night and the man himself was killed."
[Sebastian Dark]: 
[Keeper]: Yes
[Allen Speight]: "The hemmorhhaging, the heart attack . . ."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "What??"
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): any chance of me waking up this session?  Or am I out for a while?
[Allen Speight]: "This is not our doing."
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): If they'd move on I'd wake you up
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Killed how?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Jesus.  Something terrible must have happened.  Let me just say, there were all kind of people dressed up in robes and they had a huge altar set up.  They were doing something very strange out there."
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): lol, well I can't really say anything
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): Let's just have you regain conciousness in a few minutes.  The only thing you felt during the attack was something grabbing your chest.
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): I'll tell you when.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "And they had our friend kidnapped; the fire may have started when our other friends came.  God help their souls."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Right now we're being offed one by one."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): We'll need to investigate those claims
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): We'll need to investigate those claims
[Allen Speight]: "It's the cultists again, as we have already told you."
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): alright
[Allen Speight]: "Quickly, we must all leave this place before it happens to someone else."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Please do.  I want to know what happened to my friends."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I implore you, inspector, please be careful. Something very strange is happening and God only knows how many lives have been claimed. We were lucky to survive that place.
[Sebastian Dark]: can i position myself behind him?
[Keeper]: "You're not going to work that kind of trick on me.  I'm taking Dr. Stratton out of hear and then telling his wife and son how you killed him."
Allen Speight nods to Sebastian
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): Okay
Eric Macaulay moans
[Keeper]: Yes you can as he moves to pick up the doctor's body like he is now
Sebastian Dark Draws his gun and puts it to the mans head.
[Alexander St. James]: "But that's a lie!  We had nothing to do with his death."
[Eric Macaulay]: "I don't feel all that great"
Allen Speight bounds over to Eric, checks his pulse
[Sebastian Dark]: ""don't move."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Alex, close the door."
[Allen Speight]: "Don't get up."
Alexander St. James closes the door
[Allen Speight]: "You've had some sort of seizure, some sort of attack."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Now mister, sit in that chair over there."
[Allen Speight]: "Can you breathe freely?  Fluid in your lungs at all?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "We've also had a report that the ones who started the fire and killed him were all killed in a shoot out just before dawn."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "We've also had a report that the ones who started the fire and killed him were all killed in a shoot out just before dawn."
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): how am I?
Alexander St. James mutters about the negotiators on the team.
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): Coughing a lot and weak
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "How many were there, do you know?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc should I tell them that? heheh
Eric Macaulay coughs
Eric Macaulay coughs a lot
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Oh lord.  I told them not to go..."
Allen Speight brings a trash can over for eric to spit into
[Sebastian Dark]: does the man sit?
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Seven of them.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Seven of them.
[Keeper]: Yes
[Sebastian Dark]: "Alex, tie and gag him using some sheets."
Eric Macaulay carefully spits out what he can
[Keeper]: He also says "You won't be leaving this village alive and even if you do they'll find you and you'll hang your murders."
[Alexander St. James]: "Do you have some sort of plan here, or are you just winging it?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Damnit. We told them! Those fools!"
[Allen Speight]: "Sir, be reasonable.  If we'd wanted to kill the doctor, do you think we'd inflict him with a cough as our weapon?"
[Sebastian Dark]: "Do you really want me to answer that?"
[Keeper]: I can't speak for everyone else, but I keep having plans that get run over...
[Keeper]: To use a familiar phrase
[Allen Speight]: "What I told you before was the truth."
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc sure, run over one dog and your marked for life.
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc at least we keep you on your toes
[Allen Speight]: "Our friend was stricken with the same attack."
William Hollis checks his watch
[Sebastian Dark]: "Someone search him."
[Keeper]: It's 6:30 in the morning
[Eric Macaulay]: "how am I doc?"
[Allen Speight]: "You need rest, but it looks like you'll live, if you don't  have another attack."
[Allen Speight]: "You're very weak.  I don't think you can travel."
[Eric Macaulay]: "That definitely was not pleasant"
[Sebastian Dark]: is anyone tying this guy up?
[Allen Speight]: ooc lol
[Alexander St. James]: "How are we supposed to get out of here?"
[Allen Speight]: "Look, I'll stay here with Eric and this fellow, take our chances with the magistrate.  The rest of you can make a run for it, if you wish."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "It was a terribly tragedy, perhaps the greatest crime spree ever on British soil."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "It was a terribly tragedy, perhaps the greatest crime spree ever on British soil."
[Sebastian Dark]: "We sneak out.  The point is we're not going to get a fair trial here."
[Allen Speight]: "But Eric is not going to be running anywhere, and I'll not leave my patient."
[Alexander St. James]: "Sneak out to where?"
[Alexander St. James]: "We're in the middle of nowhere."
[William Hollis]: "how are we going to sneak out with all the villagers around?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Gavigan's dead, our friends are dead...I can't believe this."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Well, if I say anymore we are going to have to kill this guy."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Are there any outside right now?"
[Early Hutz]: "We're not killing anyone!"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I assure you that my friends were not the instigators of the crime.  They simply went to rescue James.  Poor, valiant James..."
[Sebastian Dark]: "And somehow I have a feeling if we search this guy we might find something interesting."
[Allen Speight]: "Maybe the best plan is to hold this man hostage as protection against a lynch mob, and then explain ourselves to the magistrate when he arrives."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "If you knew them we'll need someone to identify the remains when they're returned in a day or two."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "If you knew them we'll need someone to identify the remains when they're returned in a day or two."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "Of course."
Eric Macaulay doesn't think we have a very strong case
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "With any luck, there's been a mistake."
[Early Hutz]: "We may not live if we wait for a magistrate.  It's not the townsfolk I'm worried about."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Not at the rate they're going. ;)
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Not at the rate they're going. ;)
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I can do that.  Is it possible you could assign a guard to my hotel tonight?  What with the last two burning down I'd sleep easier if I knew there was already a police presence."
Eric Macaulay agrees
[Allen Speight]: I prefer the magistrate to the village streets at this point
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc a little birdy told me you guys should be careful
[Sebastian Dark]: "So you just want to stay here and drop off one by one?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I'd like to join you in the hotel. Who knows who else knows where I live now?"
[Alexander St. James]: "We have no other realistic option."
[Allen Speight]: "Since I don't understand how we're being attacked, I don't see how moving improves our chances."
[Alexander St. James]: "There's nowhere to go from this town."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Alex, just search this guy."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "I suppose your name and address will be available in a public registry.  Did you ever give your name to your captors, though?  They may not know it."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "You are certainly welcome to stay with me in the hotel, though."
Alexander St. James looks over the captive
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): "I can't remember. They were beating me and those first days are a blur now. I might have spilt something. If I had, though, we might already be dead."
[Alexander St. James]: "What do you expect to find on him?"
[Keeper]: He's carrying a few shillings in his pockets and there's a small pocket knife as well
[Sebastian Dark]: "is the knife bloody?"
[Keeper]: No
[Sebastian Dark]: "Well, if someone is doing to us what they did to Alex they have to be close by."
[Sebastian Dark]: "more than likely."
Keeper is now taking bets on people surviving this session
[Keeper]: Sebastian pays 10-1 if he lives...
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc put me down for 10 against
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc I think I'm doing okay...
Alexander St. James notes that the odds aren't good
[Chris Hyle]: 10 bucks on All Killed and Mangled
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc we can always kick this off with a bang ;)
[Allen Speight]: "Well then someone help me move Eric into the next room at least, if we think proximity is the issue, but he's in no condition to sprint through the town square."
[Alexander St. James]: ooc  Well, I'm betting everything I have on me surviving.  Nothing to lose, really.
Alexander St. James helps Allen move Eric
Eric Macaulay is worried, very worried
[Allen Speight]: So are we all
[Allen Speight]: Rock and a hard place
William Hollis opens the door to the room and looks into the hallway
[Early Hutz]: "If we take you to the Gavigan estate, and you see the evidence that clears us, will you let us go?"
[Keeper]: "We've already sent men out there to look.  I think we have a fairly good idea of what they'll find."
[Keeper]: The hallway is empty
[Early Hutz]: "How long 'till they return, do you guess?"
[William Hollis]: "If they really think we are murderers, why did they just have a boy guarding our room?"
[Keeper]: "They should be returning any time now."
[Keeper]: "He can fire a gun as well as anyone."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Inspector Tumwell agrees to call you once the remains arrive for you to identify
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Inspector Tumwell agrees to call you once the remains arrive for you to identify
Eric Macaulay mumbles we should leave
[Sebastian Dark]: "I agree with Eric."
Eric Macaulay is willing to hobble along
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Was he going to assign an officer to us
William Hollis thinks the men sent out aren't going to return
Eric Macaulay thinks the same thing
[Alexander St. James]: "Okay, then.  Where do we go?"
[Allen Speight]: "Where will we go?  Sit on the platform and wait for a train?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Yes, he assigns two men; one to go with you immediately and one to take over for him in later on in the night.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Yes, he assigns two men; one to go with you immediately and one to take over for him in later on in the night.
[Sebastian Dark]: "We get the truck.  We still have the keys, right?"
[Allen Speight]: We should
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Okay, we will see about getting a hotel.
[Allen Speight]: Haven't returned them yet
[Keeper]: Why yes you do have the keys
[Alexander St. James]: "What about the villagers?"
[Keeper]: Nothing like adding Grand Theft Auto to a murder charge, IMO
[Alexander St. James]: ooc don't forget arson
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc doesn't the car have to be worth a lot before its a grang theft?
[Sebastian Dark]: "We get the truck, drive out of here.  Will, do you see anyone on the streets?"
William Hollis looks out the window, yet again
[Early Hutz]: breaking & entering, kidnapping . . . we've done it all!
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc well we're about to add another muder charge here soon.
[Allen Speight]: We need a little vandalism to round out our portfolio
[Alexander St. James]: "I'm not killing anyone, and neither are you if I can help it."
[Early Hutz]: "No murder.  We are not murderers."
[Keeper]: William's handled that already
[Sebastian Dark]: "I don't plan on killing anyone unless I have to."
[Keeper]: Some people are heading down to the fishing boats to get a start on the day's work
[Sebastian Dark]: "The longer we argue the more people are going to be up and about."
[William Hollis]: "i say we should wait until most of the fishing boats are out to get out of here"
[William Hollis]: "i think most everybody is up and about by now"
[Sebastian Dark]: "By the way, whats your name sir?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "There was this great hotel down the street, only it burned down the other day..."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "There was this great hotel down the street, only it burned down the other day..."
William Hollis walks out into the hallway and listens for any other voices
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Oh yes, I remember that one.  Maybe we can get one with a lot of asbestos in the walls..."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Tom."  He's glaring at Sebastian like he would rip his head off if his arms were free
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Tom."  He's glaring at Sebastian like he would rip his head off if his arms were free
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): sorry
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): sorry
[Sebastian Dark]: 
[Keeper]: "Tom."  He's glaring at Sebastian like he would rip his head off if his arms were free
[Keeper]: No voices or signs of people in the Hall
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "I know a place just packed solid with asbestos!"
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "I know a place just packed solid with asbestos!"
[Sebastian Dark]: "well Tom, I'm sure we both wnt to live though this.  Don't we?"
[Keeper]: "You'll be swinging by nightfall."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): "Great, take us there!"
William Hollis goes back into the room
[William Hollis]: "okay, so do we have a plan yet?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc they didn't find out about asbestos until the 40's or so, right?
[Sebastian Dark]: "Tsk tsk, and you'll be dead by noon if you don't cooperate. Understand?"
[Early Hutz]: "Well, Sebastian's plan is to threaten Tom here until we get into even more trouble."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): ACtually, I think it was the seventies when a lot of buidling that used asbestos quite a bit started getting torn down
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): ACtually, I think it was the seventies when a lot of buidling that used asbestos quite a bit started getting torn down
[Allen Speight]: No, no plan, just more winging it
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): It's the dust from it, not the stuff itself that is dangerous...
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): It's the dust from it, not the stuff itself that is dangerous...
[Early Hutz]: "I'm not sure if we've progressed beyond that, yet."
[William Hollis]: "then let's get going soon..."
[Sebastian Dark]: "No, but I want Tom here to understand the gravity of the situation."
[Alexander St. James]: "I'm quite sure that he does."
[William Hollis]: "I don't think he ever will Sebastian"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "Kill me and you won't even leave this inn alive."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "Kill me and you won't even leave this inn alive."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): ACK!
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): ACK!
[Sebastian Dark]: "Here's my plan, we go get the truck and head out of here, taking Tom here as insurance or at least sedating him so he can't alert anyone to our plans."
[William Hollis]: "Tom, when did you say those men that were sent would be back?"
[Early Hutz]: "If we're going to break for it, let's do it now.  Otherwise, we might as well wait this out."
(Allen Speight whispered to Keeper): "Someone else will be watching the building."
[Keeper]: "Kill me and you won't leave this inn alive."
Eric Macaulay mumbles we go
Eric Macaulay mumbles don't kill him
[Allen Speight]: "Someone else will be watching the building."
[Alexander St. James]: "Frankly, I wonder if waiting this out isn't the best idea."
[Sebastian Dark]: "well, you're assuming we're going to kill you inside the Inn."
[Early Hutz]: "No one's going to kill you, Tom.  I know you don't believe it, but we're not murderers."
[Early Hutz]: 
[Early Hutz]: "Not even Sebastian."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): You find a comfortable hotel that's moderately priced  and get a room
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): You find a comfortable hotel that's moderately priced  and get a room
[Early Hutz]: "Although he's doing his best to convince you otherwise."
Eric Macaulay mumbles to Early, "well we don't really know that, we just met him"
[Early Hutz]: "Well, I haven't seen him murder anyone."
Allen Speight feeds Eric a mumbling remedy
[Sebastian Dark]: "Yet..."
[William Hollis]: "i'm thinking maybe we should wait for those men to return, if they do at all...."
Eric Macaulay just doesn't want to use to much energy
[Alexander St. James]: "We've got nowhere to go, and Eric isn't in condition to travel, no matter what he says."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Okay.  I'll get settled in.  Once that's done I'll see if I can go out and replace some of the things that were stolen, toothbursh, etc.
[Allen Speight]: "I agree, I think making a run for it is a mistake."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): The man from Scotland Yard, Constible Groom requests that you stay in the room for now.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): The man from Scotland Yard, Constible Groom requests that you stay in the room for now.
[Sebastian Dark]: "We could always wait for the train to arrive, make a break for the station and hijack it."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): I relax in the room and catch up on some of my reading.
[Eric Macaulay]: "Why would we need to hijack the train?"
[Keeper]: 20-1
William Hollis thinks maybe Sebastian is the one who should be tied up
[Alexander St. James]: "Hijack the train?  That's just lunacy!"
[Allen Speight]: hehe
[Early Hutz]: "Are you actually being serious?"
[Sebastian Dark]: "Well, only if necessary."
[Early Hutz]: "What good would hijacking the train do?  It's pure insanity!"
Allen Speight thinks Sebastian has seen too many movie pictures
[Eric Macaulay]: "why wouldn't it take us away either?"
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): Okay, I stick around.
[Sebastian Dark]: "I meant hijack it only if they stopped it somehow."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Boy, watching them try to kill themselves is entertainment unto itself, isn't it
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Boy, watching them try to kill themselves is entertainment unto itself, isn't it
[Sebastian Dark]: what time is it now?
[Early Hutz]: "We know we're not guilty of these crimes, but if we hijack a train, we will be guilty."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): 7 am
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): 7 am
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): err
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): err
[Keeper]: 7am
[Sebastian Dark]: "Um Early, ... never mind."
[Early Hutz]: "Plus, it's a known commodity where the train will stop.  The police will be waiting for us there."
[Eric Macaulay]: "Still another hour before the train comes anyways"
[Alexander St. James]: "Or if we shoot Tom here.  Hell, I'm not at all happy about being an accessory to kidnapping here."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Isn't it amazing no one else has fallen over while we got this guy here?"
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): ooc That there is one swiftly-sinking ship.
[Eric Macaulay]: "That's why we shouldn't kill him"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): At this point I've given up trying to keep them alive.  I'm going to keep the peices I've set in motion moving and whatever they do, they do and suffer the consequences
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): At this point I've given up trying to keep them alive.  I'm going to keep the peices I've set in motion moving and whatever they do, they do and suffer the consequences
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc with our testimony they might have been able to get off if they had sat tight
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Yes, it would have with just a little bit of trouble
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Yes, it would have with just a little bit of trouble
[Sebastian Dark]: "is there a phone in the Inn?"
[Keeper]: Not upstairs
[Sebastian Dark]: "Does anyone want to check downstairs for a phone?"
[Allen Speight]: "Who would you call?"
[Early Hutz]: Ghostbusters!
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): ooc Did you give up on them before or after letting us know they got ventilated in a firefight?"
[Sebastian Dark]: "Do we have a number for the Scoop or Roland ?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): That was the point I gave up
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): That was the point I gave up
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): If they escape it was a group of cultists who were still crazed.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): If they escape it was a group of cultists who were still crazed.
[Allen Speight]: "I'm surprised we haven't been overrun yet -- where did that boy get to?"
[Early Hutz]: "Who knows where Roland is.  The folks at the Scoop probably want to see us dead, anyway."
[Eric Macaulay]: "really?"
[Sebastian Dark]: "I thought we had friends there."
[Alexander St. James]: "One of their reporters got killed following up leads for us."
[Early Hutz]: "One of their reporters was killed by Gavigan's thugs.  They're mad at us for it."
[Eric Macaulay]: "I just didn't want to say it out loud"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Maybe the Scoop will burn down too now. ;)
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Maybe the Scoop will burn down too now. ;)
[Allen Speight]: "If we go downstairs we'll end up having to kidnap the innkeeper as well just to keep him quiet."
[Sebastian Dark]: "I say we make a run for the train when it gets here.  Thats my plan."
William Hollis is keeping watch out the window of the various goings on
[Keeper]: More people heading to the fishing boats
[Keeper]: The docks are nearly empty now
[Alexander St. James]: "Mr. Dark, I'm sorry, but you're not allowed to do any more planning."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc  that would be well within the theme of this adventure
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): ooc I think you should start thinking about how to fit their re-rolled new characters into the story.
[Sebastian Dark]: "ell any plan is better than staying here and getting lynched by the villagers."
[Alexander St. James]: "We'd never make it to the train, and even then we'd have nowhere to go."
[Early Hutz]: "They would have the police waiting at every stop along the way."
[Allen Speight]: "Well Tom, you thought your men would be back by now -- what do you suppose has happened to them?"
[William Hollis]: "Do what you like Sebastian, but i think i am going to stay here"
[Alexander St. James]: "We'd be seen as wanted criminals.  The police would hunt us down."
[Alexander St. James]: "Our only chance is to stay here and clear our names."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc you could have their new characters be the villagers and make them act out killing themselves
[Sebastian Dark]: "So we may as well shoot oursleves and get it over with.  On one hand we have death by lynching and on the other we have possible death by running and getting out of the country."
[Keeper]: "No idea.  You have any friends still out there?"
[Allen Speight]: "No.  You still have any cultists out there?"
[Roland Windemeer]: ooc you guys could hitch a boat and head for france...
[Sebastian Dark]: ooc exactomundo
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Even assuming they survive the initial legal trap they set for themselves (never do anything nasty in a real world based game unless you're certain there's no way you'll be blamed for it), they're continuing to dig themselves a pretty deep hole
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Even assuming they survive the initial legal trap they set for themselves (never do anything nasty in a real world based game unless you're certain there's no way you'll be blamed for it), they're continuing to dig themselves a pretty deep hole
[William Hollis]: ooc-yeah isn't that where we hid one of the keys for that deposit box anyway?
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc is mildly confused
[Allen Speight]: "I think perhaps, Tom, that we should make our own trip out to the estate to see what has happened."
[Sebastian Dark]: "So Tom, what do you thinks going to happen at the trial?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "They'll bring a few witnesses, find you guilty, and then kill you."
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "They'll bring a few witnesses, find you guilty, and then kill you."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Sorry
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Sorry
[Keeper]: "They'll bring a few witnesses, find you guilty, then kill you."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc maybe Chris and I will stage an elaborate prison break...
[Sebastian Dark]: "So it's pretty much a foregone conclusion?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Please don't.  That's all I need are all the characters removed from the game.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Please don't.  That's all I need are all the characters removed from the game.
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): ooc ...wouldn't that leave us with a whole new set of problems?
[Keeper]: "You're not exactly providing yourself with a good defense, here."
[Alexander St. James]: "I have to agree with Tom on that one."
[Sebastian Dark]: "So should we let him go?"
[Early Hutz]: "But, Tom, the entire case against us is one guy claiming we did all this stuff!  And you want us dead because of it!"
[Keeper]: "You've committed the worst crime ever in these parts.  You'll get what's coming to you."
[Early Hutz]: "And what is the worst crime ever, Tom?"
[Sebastian Dark]: "What, pissing of Nyalrothep?"
[Keeper]: "Burning down that house and killing over a dozen men."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): I decided to drop the pregnent women who were in the house when they set it on fire...
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): I decided to drop the pregnent women who were in the house when they set it on fire...
[Early Hutz]: "You don't know that we did that!!!!  If we were murderers, you'd be dead right now!"
[Keeper]: "Then who was it?  No one else came through this town last night."
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): ooc Thats right. The pregnant women, the 20 orphans, and the litter of baby kittens. Those bastards!
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc Worst of all, my notebook!  I'll kill them if they live...
[Early Hutz]: "They were performing some kind of ritual out there.  Perhaps things got out of hand and they started the fire."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Oh if only you went left instead of right when you escaped. ;)
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Oh if only you went left instead of right when you escaped. ;)
[Sebastian Dark]: "What if we told you it was a large monster summoned from another plane of existence?"
[Allen Speight]: ack
[Allen Speight]: ooc lol
[Sebastian Dark]: does anyone have any of those books?
[Allen Speight]: ooc so it's the insanity defense we're angling for, is it?
[Alexander St. James]: "What books would those be?"
[Keeper]: "I'd think that you were a far greater fool than I already do."
[Early Hutz]: aren't the books in the bank?
[Alexander St. James]: ooc I was wondering
[Sebastian Dark]: "One of those interesting one in english that we found."
[Allen Speight]: ooc do we want to give him Cthulhu Mythos?
[Keeper]: "Joke's on you; I can't read."
[Alexander St. James]: "They're not here."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc maybe you should advance time on them or something...  they're just spinning with nothing to do.
Eric Macaulay checks his watch
[Sebastian Dark]: "But you can see pictures."
[Early Hutz]: "Forget the monster thing.  Who knows what their cult was about, and why they were doing what they were doing."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Damn."
[Keeper]: It's now 8am
[Early Hutz]: "They were going to kill our friend James, so we went to rescue him.  There was some sort of ceremony going on.  They probably got carried away and burnt down their own damn house."
[Alexander St. James]: "Shouldn't your men have been back by now?"
[Allen Speight]: "Those men still aren't back -- let's take Tom with us out to the estate, and see if we can find something to clear ourselves."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): That's at least a better idea then they've had in days.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): That's at least a better idea then they've had in days.
[Allen Speight]: 
[Sebastian Dark]: "Well that involves leaving the inn and so far no one wants to do that."
[Keeper]: "they should.  What do you know about what happened to them?"
[Allen Speight]: "We're not making a run for it, we're trying to find out what happened."
[Sebastian Dark]: "Well, lets go then."
[Allen Speight]: "I'm not proposing we sneak away, but that Tom, and his interest in the welfare of his men, go with us out there to see what's happened."
[Alexander St. James]: "I think whatever happened to Gavigan and his friends happened to them.  And it wasn't us, since we're here with you."
Eric Macaulay doesn't really want to go back to the mansion
[Allen Speight]: "Will you come with us Tom?  To go find out the truth?"
[William Hollis]: "Tom, are you willing to go out there with us?"
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): "I'll go, but I want his weapon." He nods at Sebastian
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): "I'll go, but I want his weapon." He nods at Sebastian
[Allen Speight]: "I will remain here with Eric as hostage if you wish, and the rest of you can go with Tom or a group of villagers."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): ARG!
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): ARG!
[Keeper]: "I'll go, but I want his weapon." He nods at Sebastian
[Sebastian Dark]: "Uh, no."
[Allen Speight]: "Sebastian . . ."
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc just hit esc before every comment...
[Alexander St. James]: "Sebastian..."
Allen Speight raises an eyebrow pleadingly
Eric Macaulay thinks Sebastian should do it
[Allen Speight]: "We need to show him that we believe we're innocent."
[Sebastian Dark]: "If we're going there I'm not going un armed plus I don't think this guy is very fond of me."
[Allen Speight]: "Some gesture on our part . . ."
Keeper wonders why
[Early Hutz]: "Take the bullets out and give it to him for safe keeping."
Sebastian Dark looks innocent.
[Alexander St. James]: ooc no he doesn't
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): I'm going to have to stop in a minute anyways guys
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): I'm going to have to stop in a minute anyways guys
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): If you want to leave we'll pick up with something minor for you to do next week.
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): If you want to leave we'll pick up with something minor for you to do next week.
[Eric Macaulay]: ooc far from it
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Of course, if you want to stay and watch to see if something horrible happens in the next fifteen minutes...
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Of course, if you want to stay and watch to see if something horrible happens in the next fifteen minutes...
Allen Speight reaches out his hand, asking for Sebastian's gun
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc okay, as long as its not burning down the hotel to give me something to do again...
(Chris Hyle whispered to Keeper): ooc I'l stick around.
(Roland Windemeer whispered to Keeper): ooc I'll just be fooling around on the internet anyway, I don't mind seeing what happens.
[Sebastian Dark]: "Sorry Allen, no deal.  We all no what we saw out there."
[Allen Speight]: "Yes, we do, but if you don't surrender that gun we may as well have been already eaten by it."
Eric Macaulay thinks shooting at a large shadowy thing really isn't a good idea anyways
[Alexander St. James]: "We also know what we saw here.  You won't be alone.  We're all armed."
Sebastian Dark leaves the room.
Allen Speight unties Tom
[Keeper]: Tom gets up and looks around
Sebastian Dark stands in the hallway looking at the door.
[Eric Macaulay]: "I wouldn't mind getting my gun back"
[Keeper]: Tom walks out into the hall
Allen Speight follows
[Keeper]: "Who's going?"
[Alexander St. James]: "Okay, Tom.  If we're going to go, why don't you get a few friends.  You'll feel safer, and there'll be witnesses to the effect that we aren't murderers."
[Allen Speight]: "We want to get to the bottom of this just as you do -- shall we take the truck?"
[Alexander St. James]: "I'm going."
Eric Macaulay wants his gun back
[Allen Speight]: "How do you feel eric?"
[Allen Speight]: "I think you may want to stay behind."
Sebastian Dark hands Eric his gun/
(Eric Macaulay whispered to Keeper): am I feeling any better?
[William Hollis]: "i'm going as well"
(Keeper whispered to Eric Macaulay): A bit, but you're unsteady on your feet.
[Eric Macaulay]: "You aren't armed though are you doctor?"
[Early Hutz]: "I'll go, as long as this is not a lynching of us."
[Allen Speight]: "No, not with a firearm."
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): I recommend you guys get out of the country now instead of later
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): I recommend you guys get out of the country now instead of later
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): Flee from them
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): Flee from them
(Keeper whispered to Roland Windemeer): ;)
(Keeper whispered to Chris Hyle): ;)
[Eric Macaulay]: "Exactly, if we stay here, I want some protection."
[Eric Macaulay]: "that is if anyone decides to face us head on"
[Allen Speight]: "Fair enough ;)  Shall we stay behind then?  Sebastian gave you his gun."
[Sebastian Dark]: no i didn't
[Allen Speight]: Oh, your gun
[Sebastian Dark]: I gave Eric his gun
Eric Macaulay had no plans on going back there anyways, one frantic swim away from the island was enough
[Sebastian Dark]: i still have mine.
[Eric Macaulay]: "I'm content with staying right here."
[Allen Speight]: OK, Eric and I will remain here
Eric Macaulay puts away his gun
[Keeper]: "Then let's go."
Sebastian Dark puts his gun away.
[Alexander St. James]: "What do you have for transportation?"
[Keeper]: "My boat will work well enough."
[Alexander St. James]: "Won't that take considerably longer than a car would?"
[Keeper]: That's it guys, I have to quit for the day
[Keeper]: I've got things to do
[Allen Speight]: ok
[Eric Macaulay]: ok
[Sebastian Dark]: wow, we all survived.
[Allen Speight]: so far . . .
[Alexander St. James]: Yes, I'm rather surprised by that.
[Keeper]: Remember, don't do ANYTHING illegal unless you know you won't get caught
Eric Macaulay is very happy
[Roland Windemeer]: you should have heard what went on in the whispers today
[Roland Windemeer]: you guys are going to get a kick out ofthe log...
[Early Hutz]: It's only a matter of time.
[Keeper]: Leaving fifty witnesses to your crimes alive is a bad things
[Roland Windemeer]: especially since Chris and I might have saved your asses
[Early Hutz]: I'm sure there was plenty of mockery for our indecision.
[Alexander St. James]: I didn't think they had seen us
[Eric Macaulay]: I don't think we were prepared to execute 50 people
[Sebastian Dark]: see I told you guys we needed to kill them all.
[Roland Windemeer]: 
[Alexander St. James]: they were rather busy running from some horrible monstrosity
[Early Hutz]: I think Sebastian takes the psycho mantle from Early
[Keeper]: Just to quote from the log: "We've also had a report that the ones who started the fire and killed him were all killed in a shoot out just before dawn."
[Alexander St. James]: I concur
[Allen Speight]: The loony torch is passed
[Keeper]: so long guys.
[Eric Macaulay]: bye
[Alexander St. James]: Later
[Sebastian Dark]: hey, I was trying to bluff him.  plus Joel gave us plenty of chances.
[Roland Windemeer]: haha
[Early Hutz]: bye
[Roland Windemeer]: bye
[Sebastian Dark]: cya
[Chris Hyle]: Bye