(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

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Post by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:35 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

doctorx wrote:
Josiane watches after their departing companions ruefully, then follows Dorgan as he conducts his investigation into the tunnel mouths. She is not one to abandon a friend in a place of potential danger, however wise the counsel to retreat may seem...
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Post by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:25 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

rleduc wrote:
{By entryway, Guntrum means the foot of the stairs at the entry to the room with the statues. He is ready to go, but ready to assist if trouble arises.}
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Post by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:38 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

tonneau wrote:
Gustave watches the dwarf with a cryptic expression on his face and in rare silence. He makes no move to leave, but does not enter the chamber either.
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:35 am

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

waysoftheearth wrote:
Very good.

Dorgan takes the torch from Guntram, then treads about the antechamber so that its orange light spills a ways down each of the passages.

Josiane, meanwhile, examines the faces and motifs of the statues. All appear ancient and unrecognisable to her.

Both adventurers note the sharp chill upon the air down here... it is almost cold enough for their breath to frost before them. The air is otherwise still, and stale.

The narrower passages left and right are only wide enough for single file, and look a tight squeeze for a Man. Only blackness is visible down those.

The passage ahead is a wider avenue, and line on either side with stone coffins standing upright...
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:43 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

sulldawga wrote:
Dorgan stares at the upright coffins for a moment or two. He then turns back to address Josiane.

"I dunno too much of the habits of Men when it comes to burying their dead but it is normal to leave 'em standing up like that?"

He looks back and forth at the two narrow corridors and shakes his head, as if having a conversation with himself.

"Guess we better head back. This is about the point where I agree that we need more people here."
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:53 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

doctorx wrote:
Josiane gives an inward sigh of relief.

"Agreed. Back to the light. This place is heavy with the chill of the dead."
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:55 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

waysoftheearth wrote:
Very well... the company backtrack up the steep stair and emerge into the dazzling daylight in the cemetery. The afternoon is getting on now... and clouds are beginning to gather in the sky.

Other than yourselves, the cemetery is quiet and still.

What now?
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:58 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

ehiker133 wrote:
Desmond says, "Let's head back to the inn. I need a good night's rest!"
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:05 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

doctorx wrote:
"Agreed," says Josiane; "I have much to think upon."

She offers a grateful smile to all the members of the company; "I cannot thank you enough for your assistance, my friends. The Saint willing, tomorrow will bring us answers to this unholy puzzle. Now let us seal this tomb and disguise our presence here as best we may."

She scans the surroundings for black birds; "The fewer who mark our presence here the better."
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:32 pm

(031) A Cemetery Muckrake

waysoftheearth wrote:
Very good.

Any obvious evidence of your foray is disguised or removed, and the tomb is then sealed.

The company then gratefully head back to the Plough and Furrow, where they rejoin their companions in the common room for a meal, and an early night.

(Please head over to thread 32)
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