In which five Investigators, members all of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, dig deeper into the mystery surrounding the apparent Murder of John Bidwell – and discover that a Mind can be a terrible Thing to switch.
Present for this Session:
Celestia Adams (Jen)
Det. Sgt. Wesley Pike (Des)
Dr. Miles Hume (Bill)
Oswald Finnegan (Shal)
Padma Daschel (Jade)
And…Edie the Dog.
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[The Veil of Isis] Session Three: Eyes of a Stranger (Part II)
In which five Investigators, members all of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, dig deeper into the mystery surrounding the apparent Murder of John Bidwell – and discover that a Mind can be a terrible Thing to switch. Present for this Session:Celestia Adams (Jen)Det. Sgt. Wesley Pike (Des)Dr. Miles Hume (Bill)Oswald Finnegan (Shal)Padma Daschel (Jade)And…Edie the Dog.
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The Veil of Isis, a Cthulhu by Gaslight, Golden Dawn actual play, with David Larkins as the keeper of arcane lore. Yes, they used to sell those Lascals at Pier 1 and 4, if they were almost stuff, and they were solid glass, and a friend that collected them, they won, and every color was made. Oh, I'm sorry I missed that. How much were they? They were cheap, they were like 20. They got to be out of base. They got to be out of base. They got to be out of base. They were actually Aztec crystal skulls looted from pyramid. Right. Yeah. Wow. They came here track lighting. Everyone's enough. They're not gonna cross the glass. She had light shelves for these shelves. Wow. That's kind of it. Will you have your one, like, if I'm a Plexiglass or glass? Yeah, no, it's glass. Look at the glass one. Yeah. And I have the marble eyes, and you can't. Should I share it? Since we're talking about something. We have Bring it Adrienne. Bring out Scullia. It was a really a Scullia. Scullia. That's not a thing I meant. Oh, that's not quite the same. That's creepier than that. It is, isn't it? It is. They were mannequin heads. It was like. Yeah. It was Scullia. Scullia. No eye. Right. Yeah. So, here is the Plexiglass skull. Yeah. But then these, we got these marbles. They fit perfectly as well now. And they just happen to fit, like, in the, and these are really, really cool marbles. Yeah. Oh, that's just to share. You rather not. You rather not, like, touch them? That's nice. That's a cool skull. Isn't it neat? Yeah. They're really fun. I did. Pass it on. Anyway. You don't need to touch the eyes. Yeah. Okay. That's fun. Really? Just trying to establish some creepiness, apparently. Let's get you in the mood. Not a man. We're mental. Not a family eyes. Not a family. I'm just going to get through the thing. Yeah. I think I have a throat thing. Like, I can't, I can't deal with any, like, slash throats or peers throats or anything like that. I can't deal with those. I can't deal with things about eyes. Well, anything involving horror, I condition you. Welcome to Call of the Fool. Yeah. Let's see what the thing is like. Yeah. Our perception definitely have a lot more... Okay. Okay. Well... Oh, hold on a second. Horror role play. I don't know if I should show this right. I'm giving it one more shot. You're telling me to show this right. Alright. Are you serious? I am. Oh my god. Well, good. I inherited this phone from my girlfriend and there's a, maybe I shouldn't show it to you. But I... Well, I had a surgery on my back. Oh. Oh. But if I keep, yeah. Okay. Do you want to see it? You want to see it? Okay. Because it was kind of like, oh, you're scared of that? And we'll keep you up. Look at that. I love horror. Here, we'll look at it. I do too. It's kind of like medical things. Yeah. Okay. Well, you guys could look at this. I was... Don't the idea of the thing. I was going through this. I was going through this. And I was fighting it. Oh, no, I can't do that. Yeah. That's not for me. Yeah, I can't. No. I'm like... Eldritch tones. Is that it? Yeah, everything. Oh. Well, just like you threw pictures of like, oh, that's me. What happened? Oh, I had a, I had a tumor. Remove. Yeah, look at this. I did not mean to speak. Or do you have that done? Actually, I had it done here. In Santa Fe? No, I was out of Turkey. Oh, thank God. Whatever. I was good in New Mexico. It was like here. It's all one place. Yeah. I'm sorry. You guys all look the same. Yeah. There's a fine line indeed. It's so true. We can talk about medical things for the medical. Yeah, we're done. We can't. We can't right now. We still have a whole other session. Yeah. I think most of us have incision pictures on our phones. No. That's something or another. We can do that. I did on my old phone. I had some of those and then I had like, this is what it looked like for my giant blister pop. Oh. Okay. It was impressive. Well, you want to show us the people. Yeah. You're like, I heard you. I heard you. I heard you. I told them I had a three in wide blister like that. Oh, did you? Was that some dancing? No. It was burn. No. I got it one day at work. Just from walking and standing too much. What do you do? Yeah. I'm in cafe. It was when I was still working. You were working really hard. She's very dangerous. She walks about 50 miles. My foot was not happy that day. It was not. It was covered the entire back of my heel. It was really impressive. It almost takes forever to heal up. Yeah. I am going to tip better next time. I mean, you need to operate this in all days. No. I've had some really impressive foot things happen. Oh, really? That's a whole other session. Can't hold a section. We'll have a different session on incisions and then another one. I don't want to be. Yeah. Now practice the last thing. It's better. Nice. We'll show our settlement chicks. This one. This one. It might be yours. Yeah. That's one bit. Yeah. That's one bit. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So. Yes. We left off with a, not exactly a cliffhanger, but sort of a to be continued freeze frame last week. Oh. Where if you recall, I believe, uh, Pike and, um, uh, Finnegan were. What are we doing? What are they just doing? Oh snap. I'm remembering everything. Yeah. Oh my God. Okay. So basically we were like, how do you forget that? I still don't know. Yeah. You guys are about to engage at a foot. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. They tried to tell. They tried to tell. The person who was in the other person's body. That's right. The other woman was running away. And we were going to chase after her because the person was in her body. Right? Yes. So stealing. Well, the, the, uh, the Chinese woman, the Chinese woman was, was, yeah, she, she spoke with a, with a Cockney accent that matched the voice of the constables that you had talked to earlier. And the constable went herring away. Mm hmm. And, uh, and yeah, it's like, stop her or me. Yeah. Her or me. Oh God. So. So, yeah. Oh, really cool question. Is this too dark? It's fine for me. Yeah. Are you all good? No. I'm happy. Okay. Thank you. All right. Me can't just do it. I feel lonely. Um. Mm hmm. Christian. Christian. Christian. Yeah. All right. So, um, yeah. So you do intend to give chase then. Oh, yeah. Are you recording? Yes. Oh, yeah. You're alive. It would be really good for you if it were downhill, wouldn't it? Yes. I was happy. Yeah. Just send him along. Go ahead. Great. I'm not going to go anyway, but, uh, downhill. Yeah. So I'm going to, we're going to go. Well, Robin's pushing me, correct? Mm hmm. So I'm going to go after. Damn it, Robin. Earn your wage. That's right. You're back to work. I might go a little faster pushing myself. Yeah. So. Yeah. No, no, I don't know if it's, uh, the old ones really built with any kind of eye towards feet or not. No. Probably didn't have the ball bearings. I'm going to say, I'm imagining your wicker creaking. Yeah. It's the wicker creaking. Yeah. I'm like the stress of flying downhill. It's been exposed. I'm tired. Yeah. Either way. Now we're talking. Yeah. It's a combustible wicker meal. Okay. So give me your, um. Constitutions plus strength plus died. Well, we will. Constitutions. Constitutions. Yes. Um, that would be. Oh, it's text times two. Yes. The ball. Why don't you put anything in it? Good thing you're a math. Some of these seven for me. 77. Yeah. 30. Keep myself fit. 30. 30. Yes. Okay. All right. That's just three. Come on. That's true. And then, uh, and then for the wheelchair, you would cut that in half. So that would be 15. Oh my God. Really? Yeah. There's already a disadvantage though. All right. Well, there you have it. And we'll just see here. There's a danger. More of a disadvantage you have. Well, especially in this game. It's true. It's true. It's true. All right. You're so bad. Literally. Wow. Okay. So basically there's, um, when you're chasing after somebody, there's sort of like six range categories where you're either side by side, all the way out to escape. Okay. So this person had a bit of a head start. Yes. So they're an extended range. Okay. So what you're going to do is roll against that number. You just generated. 77 or 15. Are you going to roll? I rolled 11. I mean, yes. She rolled 11. Excellent. Inspector Pike. Yes. Detective. No. Okay. So, um, the, uh, the fleeing constable also made his role. Uh, I mean, the fleeing woman in woman constable person thing made their role. So, um, so that means that you remain neck and neck. Okay. Uh, normally for failing that role, uh, finicking would fall back a range, but you're at the range. Are these roles that you can push? These are roles you can push. Well said. No, it's for a member to push. Wonderful. Wonderful. Okay. So just, uh, making a roll. Missed? Yes. No pushing. You can push it. I'm going to push. 13. All right. So, you know, pushing if you try again and you fail, something terrible happens, which I would say would be, you know, you turn your heel or something to that effect. And you'll be at half decks for the next few days. Is that good? Nope. If she's running through Chinatown, why couldn't she run into a stand of fans? I think it's flying. It's probably, it has to be a good example. Pigeons? Or a cart full of a giant. There you go. There you go. Now we're talking. I ran into a cart full of China in China. Oh, yes. Made it. Made it. Made it. Yes. All right. All right. I almost think I turn my heel. That's a successful push. All right. Excellent. I know. I'm not your dog. All right. So, uh, Finnegan, you're calling behind your, uh, you're keeping, uh, keeping this person in sight, but I rolled a zero one for them. So they actually move ahead of category anyway. Yeah. All right. All right. Roll again. I make it four. Nice. Wow. That's exciting. Oh, no. Oh, it's not happening. All right. We could switch in a little bit better. Okay. So you are, you are actually gaining. Of course. Um, they cut down a side alley. All right. Okay. I know these alleys. I rolled a one. They got a 92. All right. So you're right on top of them. Yeah. What do you want to do? I'm going to grab. You're going to grab a roll. Oh, wait. It can barely get in over here. It turned out. It's a tad. Grab a little, no, fist. Actually, I can punch them. You're going to punch them? Yeah. I'm going to fist them. I'm going to fist them. I make it a five. Whoa. Your basic punch is a 50. So that's a, that's a critical actually. So you'll do double damage. 2d3. 3? Mm-hmm. D6 out. Oh. Tricky. No. One. And then two. You get 2d3. Seven. Seven. Wait. No. Four. Four. Okay. I'm sorry, everybody. No problem. Mm-hmm. All right. So you, you punched the constable on the back of the head. Well, I've done it above punching the back of your head. That's right. Happy. Okay. I'm going to give them a dex roll to keep it beat. And they do. Okay. So, they spin around. Mm. What is your power? Mm. Nine. Okay. I wish I were closer. My power is really, really lame sauce. Yeah. Mine is more than yours. Yeah. I'm not a very powerful person. Mm. Power has to do with what? You're forced to personality. And I'm a kind of built host. You're an organization. And so we're going to do this. It is. Be that way to get involved. I've been broken and built up again. Go along and get along. Exactly. Super fry. And that's all I have. All that garbage. Well done. Yes. Okay. Please step into the other room. Woo. Okay. It's going to go six. It's going to go six. Yeah. He made that up. Mm. Mm. I'm going to go. It takes her back there every time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So how long would it take you to finish a reasonably sized scarf? I guess. Mm. Gosh. I'm working on this for a long time. Really? Yeah. I have to go slow though because I've given myself a couple of times. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. So I would stay once in the race case. Mm-hmm. You don't want to get a splinter or? Yeah. It's hard to explain a knit again, Julie, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. So I've definitely done the thing from crochet, where my fingers don't want to uncurl. I make it really. Okay. Okay. Like it all too. It's nice. I like these yellow dice. They make me happy. Totally. Mm. Go ahead and give me an idea roll. Three. You made it in the roll? Oh my god. Yeah. All right. Geez. Sockies. It's so nice. Duh. Be. Duh. It's not time. Mm. Oh. It's getting good. Oh. This is awesome. Get your back. I've been working on them all week. Oh. Oh. It's so fair. You have to relax it. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. There'll be consequences if best you have a good time. That is true. Look at you with this thing. I know. You're such a badass. I tell you. I don't know what's coming next. What else does she get to freak out of her bag? Well, it's pretty. You know. No. I'm just saying. That's awesome. I want that. You know it's an actual legitimate compliment. No. I'm like that. I said that we live in a DNA tree. Yeah. Clearly. Just a DNA tree. Just a DNA tree. Just a DNA tree. Just a DNA tree. Just a DNA tree. Just a DNA tree. I don't see how people do that. People are annoying when they do that. They're like, "Bitch, it actually happens." I hate that this is news to you. I look by myself downtown. Come on. For real though. For real. All right. Holy... I carry a mace on it. Just not even going to be that mace. Just not even going to be that mace. Yeah. You know what? I know. I know. Yeah. But wait for me to just have a cute, really tiny little thing bear mace. It's adorable. Yeah. You know what? I don't care yet. And the mace comes out of the bear's mouth. No, no. It's mace four bears. Mace four bears. It's a little teddy bear. That'd be great if they had a teddy bear mace. Put teddy bear mace in it. I think it's up to us to make that happen. I think so. It's going to sell it with the kids. It's on record now. It's on record now. We can... It's on record right now. We can... It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. It's on record right now. We can... It's on record right now. It's on record right now. We can try to town alley with the laundry hanging across the upper story and so forth. Onings. And you see... Yes, monings. You see the constable... Like basically just kneeling on the ground. Sobing, crying, hysterical. Uh-huh. And no sign of pipe. What? No sign of pipe. What the hell happened here man? And I just laughed him out of it. Get a hold of yourself. Alright, so you slap him around a little bit and eventually the constable seems to come around. Oh yes. And, you know, I mean it's only a minute. That's what I'm trying to do. It's me, it's Pike. It's me. It's me. It's me, it's Pike. What the hell are you talking about man? [Laughter] I'll just slap him again. I guess the passion here would be... Get a hold of the constable better looking man Pike. [Laughter] Are we trading again? [Laughter] It was pin nagging that would matter. Is this a trade-up? Yeah. [Laughter] Do I just throw yourself a deal? It's me. It's Pike. Half eleven. I don't know. No. No. I have a six. Oh yeah! Wow. Why is that a six? [Laughter] Alright. It's not pin nagging. So, um... No, it's me. I got... I think I got... So I'm sobbing. I'm sobbing in that. I was switched. I was switched. I don't know what happened. I'm hysterical. Get him again. [Laughter] Just slap him again for that performance. [Laughter] No Oscar nom for you. Wow. Yeah. That's all I want to do. Get a hold of yourself. What's going on? I don't understand. I don't know. I don't know either. But I'm switched. My body was switched. The... Prove it. I'll do something in that pipe. Only pipe. [Laughter] How much do you know about me? I don't know. That's really nothing. We know. Okay, so I'm... I'm the type of sergeant Wesley Pike. I was... I was born in Bristol. Yeah, yeah. I didn't even know that. But Gloria was plus stylish. I'm telling you to think about the investigation. [Laughter] We were looking for, um... What are we doing? [Laughter] I'm so dazed. I don't know what we're doing anyway. I don't know what we're doing anymore. Um, um, um... We're looking for... We're looking for... Yeah, what... Yeah. Um, we were looking... What are we seeing? We're investigating the murder. We're investigating the murder of Bidwell. Bidwell, Bidwell. Um, I went to the... I went to the dinner. Um, he was murdered. Oh, yeah. Um, we're investigating it. Um, yeah. The... The buyer booker. [Laughter] The newspaper! Yeah, right? [Laughter] My partner is Detective Trout. Um... [Laughter] I was just mad, huh? Yeah. We put that one together. So I was fishy. [Laughter] Um, I'm really really awful. I can't even... I can't even think of one thing to reveal about myself that would really be awful. Interesting. That anyone else would know about me. What... I can't... I can't reveal that about myself. Um... Okay. Then where did your body go? That way. Not me. My body went that way. I'm in this body. I don't know why. I don't know what happened. I punched... I punched the... I punched the... Me. Cause the world had... [Laughter] It really hurts. Yeah. And... And then Pike went running... And then I went running the other... I don't... I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened. Interesting. So you should go after him or... I mean he's probably the last friend. [Laughter] It was my body! And I missed that mustache. [Laughter] That's totally clean jam. It's freaking me out. [Laughter] But seriously, like... Um... Yeah, I'm so sorry, you guys. I forgot about the murder. [Laughter] We went to the insane asylum. We went to the insane asylum. We went to the insane... I was really getting a character. We went to the insane asylum. And... We were all there. We were asking questions. And... Do you believe that it's me? So... It's a little... In fact, it is. It is. It is. [Laughter] You kept saying... [Laughter] I got it, Mike. It was you. [Laughter] [Laughter] There you go. [Laughter] See, a lot of time it can be said that Sifo saved the day. [Laughter] All right, so... We're about to slap you again with like... [Laughter] [Laughter] [Laughter] I don't know what to do. [Laughter] So what do we do? I can't... I don't know. I couldn't catch up with you guys. We need to go back to... We need to go to Padma's shop or to Celeste. We need to let them know what's going on. I mean, now I could be accused of something that I never did. No, I mean, you need to think that maybe the butler had a soul swap. Oh! And he was accused of killing when he really didn't. Because we found that body. We found the body. So now I'm thinking... I'm just talking out loud. It's very interesting though. I think we should get the group together though. [Laughter] That's what you're thinking about. I gotta modify some skills in action. Mortify it. I mean, whatever. [Laughter] Thank you. [Laughter] I did roll up Robin Ward in case anyone else dies or goes insane. Oh, very good. Nice. Yeah, so I'm in playing Robinette girl. No. I can be at your shop and we could be doing part of it. We should be together. We should be able to keep it together. You barely kept it together there. [Laughter] Yeah, it's only because you rolled a critical success on your sanity roll there. Can I say what your notes are? Yeah, sure. Okay, so he says... Well, he goes in there and he's like, "Okay, so your mind was swapped with the thing." He's like, "Oh, okay." [Laughter] Yeah, right. Lou Six-san reduced the physical and the stairs for 11 rounds. Oh! 11 rounds? But that's like the best possible scenario. So... That's a lot. That's a lot. The constable was inside the Chinese woman. He's never coming back. No, I'm good. Really? He's out to lunch. Wait, Pike is no more? No, no, no. I mean, the constable. The constable that you replaced. Who's mind is now inside the Chinese woman whose body you are now inhabiting? Uh-huh. His mind inside, you know, is broken. Wow. It's broken. Oh, so I can't even get my body back. No, because you guys... That's hard to keep up with. Already passed the Chinese woman. Yeah. You spoke with the constable voice and... Yeah. You know, so I'm not even ever gonna get my body back? No, no, I'm not saying that. Yeah, at least you haven't got completely entangled. Yeah, the constable's gonna go completely. Who's in Pike's body? The old Chinese woman inside Pike's body. No. Is that correct? No. The Chinese woman is inside Pike's body. Whoever was inside the Chinese woman's body is now inside Pike's body. Whoever was inside the Chinese woman's body is now inside Pike's body. Whoever was inside the Chinese woman's body was inside Pike's body. Whoever was inside the Chinese woman's body is now inside Pike's body. No. Yeah, well, that's what happened. I mean, I'm thinking that's what happened to Bidwell, too. Exactly. Just completely... That's what I'm thinking about. Oh, originally. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. Bidwell, we may be chasing Bidwell. Exactly. So we're having this retcon discussion, wonderful, juicy conversation... Yeah, we do a short cut to the back of the... We're in my shop. Yeah, absolutely. Was it night when there's half back? It was afternoon. It was afternoon. Well, where we go? Did you go back to this house? You know, he's already been on the land, though. Yeah. For a while. Yeah. I mean, he hasn't been in his house this whole time anyways. Well, he's been just running as the fuck over there. But he may eventually go back to the scene with us. She had been something in the house. I don't... I feel like it wasn't... It wasn't Bidwell. But it was some of who wanted to kill Bidwell. It was some things... During the sand, something entered Bidwell? No, before then. No. Or... But now I'm beginning to think, baby, somebody wanted Bidwell dead. Someone wanted Bidwell dead. So they can do this mind swapping, and they swapped him to his buttler's body to kill Bidwell, and then run off. And now he's switching bodies. Or she's switching bodies to get away. All right. It might not even be that. I mean, because this is the first time you really messed with that cube. Exactly. The cube steals souls, right? Isn't that the thing about the cube? Is if you stare into the cube, it steals your soul? The cube. The cube. The cube. That's true. There's that coin in the center of the cube. And if you look at that, you're toast. That's something to you. And then Bidwell... Do you have a cube? Then I'm keeping my pocket. Hey! Hey! Guys! There's no cube in your pocket. Guys! Guys! It's beeping. Don't on the window! Ah! So, yes. Because he had written in the journal for five years. I thought there was something that had happened. Something went on there. Well, he went to be in Santa's house for like five years. That's right. And then all of a sudden he was okay, right? Yeah, but he went to the coma and then he was... The coma. But something was occupying him during that time. So, not really even really that didn't know how to function. Yes! Exactly! He said it was absolved. So, maybe it was more than one. He probably didn't have access to the cube at that time, so... I know. That's another good point. But then remember, he found the cube again. Yes, he did. Oh, I found this cube. Right. That was after he was a little bit too much. So basically, your physical attributes changed when your mental ones didn't. So, you saw the same pal, intelligence, education. But your strength, con size. Is there different skills? No. Skills are... Skills are me. Okay, I'm gonna get some little here too. Please do. Um... Hey, six, I'm gonna look two and eleven. That's pretty awesome. I know. I'm hotter now. You are. This might be good. Your salary is probably lower. Um, that's true. Sorry, we're gonna have some up. I have to work. I have to work back up to my... I'm totally grown up. Yeah, work on that mustache and get back with us. Yeah, exactly. No, I think, um... Yeah. I think that basically... Are you okay? Yes. Are you sure? What? Why are you laughing? Because you... That's one of your trademark phrases. What? No, I think, um, yeah. You say it every night. Really? Interesting. Interesting. Let's translate that into land. That could be a lot of... That's my personal motto. I think, um, yeah. No, I think, um, yeah. Yeah. It's like you're agreeing with your process there. Um... Dammit. Okay, so now I'm very severely weird with it. Thank you. I will not say it ever again. Yes. Does anyone like a little pleep? Oh, I'm good. Okay. I'm going to. I'm going to. Okay. Okay. Hello. Mm-hmm. We are at Padma Shop. Yep. Trying to figure this out. Do you have a weather? Mm-hmm. I don't know. I don't know. I mean, we'd convene. I think I was just at home. I think we should, like, say send a messenger to tell you. At some point, I really need to look in on my practice. Maybe that's what you were doing. So you were out in the morning. Mm-hmm. Good afternoon. I'm going to be sure that I really should name the secretary because that's a lot of it. Mm-hmm. If you're going to keep a struggling work on Bartleby. Bartleby, okay. There you go. It's a secretary. Yeah. I'm a trust to Bartleby in your office. Yeah. I really need to. The long, suffering Bartleby. The long, suffering Bartleby. Well, I need to provide that even for referrals we need to collect if he runs. Oh, my God. Hey, there you are seeing the expertise of his recommendation. Oh, yeah. It's true. That costs money. Wow. Wow. And there's a curative effect to collect the fees. Oh, really? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That's actually straight from Freud's mouth. Oh, wow. Really? Yeah. Yeah. I love that. Interesting. It's awesome. It makes me sad, but also makes sense. Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I'm glad, I'm glad Freud told me to go to see someone, so it's helping you feel a lot better. Isn't it, though? Yes. All right. Okay. So, we're talking about all of this. Yes. Put it in pieces. Yeah. Try it too. Okay. Put it into a frame. Right. Mm-hmm. And then one. Well, what are you going to do about speaking of work? What are you going to do? Just take a few sec days. Just take a few seconds and a note. Yeah. How are they going to do? Do you think, do you think it will believe it? Right. Now Inspector Pike is missing. Who am I? You are, uh, Constable Thomas Baker. Do I know Baker? Thomas Baker. Mm-hmm. Very good. Very good. Oh. That's my name. I'm sending the keys. I'm sending the keys. So, do I know the constables? Mm-hmm. Well, um, no, because this is actually a completely different, um, London basically has two, London actually has two police departments. There's the Metropolitan Police, which are the Bobby's, which is founded by Robert Peeler. Mm-hmm. And then there's the Criminal Investigation Division, which is a part of the London, um, larger, um, London, you know, area, the greater London area. Right. And it's, uh, subordinate directly to the, you know, the national government basically. So, they're sort of like the city police, and then there's sort of a national, um, police investigative force. Okay. So, you're, you're actually in a completely different, you know, bureaucracy, essentially. I guess I could go in and explain that your help just won't allow you to come in. Thank you. Do I have my idea on this Thomas Baker? Oh, yes. Do you have the uniform? Oh, see who I am. This is who I am. See who you are. Oh, there's nothing about him. Smokin' hot life at home? Yeah. Oh. What role? [laughter] Like a gun, some other things. I fail. Oh, no. You're single. [laughter] That would have been him. Oh. That's true. He's so, it's better to be single. Is that what he means? An ugly nagging one? Yeah. I don't like so. My father mott my father. [laughter] My children. Oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh dear. Well, um. My father fumbled to me. I don't even know if it's the same way I did. [laughter] This is where I live. Where do you live? Uh, yes. It does. You're in a lower middle class neighborhood. And I have my keys on me? I have everything. Yeah. Oh, man. Well, I guess I should go and check out my new life. First Thomas Baker wasn't a member of the Golden Dawn. But you could always audit it, I guess. You guys got a mouthroof in. [laughter] I would be losing sand continually. [laughter] I'm still hysterical, I think. Yeah. But I know things about Golden Dawn. So they have to believe my story. I don't have to talk to somebody about it. Yeah. I'm not convinced, but I believe that you believe. [laughter] That's right. I'm getting so angry right now. You're good. You're really mad. I am convinced. Well, you know. I probably become convinced. Mm-hmm. I've spent all this time together already. Because there might be some things that are similar. I guess. We shot the eel together. No. That is memorable, and that's something that I don't like to think about. There you go. There you go. So I believe you. Okay. I believe I was free in. I think maybe after seeing the monster things come out of mouths and stuff, I could believe that. [laughter] Meghan probably even sees D.I. of that too. [laughter] Every one of the stages. Like the encephalus. Okay. It reminds me of that bit in X-Men. Provets you. You're a dick. [laughter] Mm-hmm. All right. So I'm going to go to my home. I guess I go to the yard and explain that-- I think it's very ill. He made it ill. He made it ill. He's just not himself. Oh! Not at liberty to discuss what it is, but it's very contagious. Mm-hmm. And it could be fatal. That's actually what we're going to do about your body running around wreaking, havoc and causing mischief. We're going to find it. Ooh, yeah. How do we find it? How do we find it? Well, you would think that if you went to the constables house, the constable-- It's going to my place. Yeah. Oh, it's going to my place. It's going to my place. Or you might go home. Yeah? Might go home. Should we split into two groups? Demon home. No. No. Oh! Never. That's one movie rule number one. Do not. I guess actually the first one is don't have sex. Right. That's right. Try not to be young and attractive. All right. So, let's go to, let's go to place. All right. So you, uh, you can be in a pattern of that evening, um, and after, um, you know, kind of filling in all the blanks and ascertaining that this isn't the pike inside the body of another person. You, uh, hail a--or what, I'm going to move your own. Take care of Dover to, uh, pikes residents south of the river. Um, and pulling up outside, you see that windows are dark. It doesn't appear to anyone else. Oh. What else would I go? Does a demon meet? I can't think. You don't really show me somebody. You don't really know it's in place. I'm going to go to pikes. I'm going to stay at my place. I have to break in. Wow. That's kind of neat. Mm-hmm. You're like smithing a hole. Well, actually, no, I have a key, but I keep hitting somewhere. Oh, I know that. Of course you do. Mm-hmm. All right. So you get it. I go into my key. I go into my thing. Mm-hmm. And I have a story that I can tell people are like, "Oh, you're not a pike?" Well, you said that you're both pickers. Oh, I made. Oh. Oh, yeah, I got pickers. Oh. Oh. They're the daytime staff. But the lights are out. There's no room. There you go. There you go. Or the little entrance. Uh-huh. Saying, "Sure, this is not neat until for the notice. It's gone on a trip." Well, it's sacked without a-- No, but it's a little-- Honey! Honey! It's fine, it's a little-- Okay. It's fine, it's a little money, too. You're jumping to conclusions. Am I talking really slowly about why I'm doing that? So, basically, I'll leave a little envelope of money. Yeah. And, all right, just lay low. Okay. There are pictures of you on the wall. Okay. [laughter] Show me your message. No, but I just don't know who-- I'm kind of thrown right now. No. Obviously, my body is not neat. Are we waiting in the carriage while it's just happening? So, I'm just having this apartment with this mustache, probably. Probably? Yeah. No, I'm gonna-- Maybe I should stay with you guys. Could I do something to try and calm her down? Yeah, you could do a psychology role. Okay. Oh, man. I'm nervous. [laughter] It's actually something you're pretty good at. [laughter] Well, we'll see. The only thing. Yeah. [laughter] It tries to find new people's wives. [laughter] Let's see. I made it, apparently. Okay. Yeah, so-- I got back to the carriage. Right. Right. So, you know, during the right back, you just, you know, you say a few words of comfort and, I don't know how the hell you would even-- [laughter] These things happen. These things happen. Yeah. Sometimes in our lives. Sometimes in our lives we fight, we switch bodies. Yes. Yes, it's-- Do you mean context in the upper order? In our order, Jim? That is a great idea. Certainly. Please get some advice. I think this is probably not something that happens frequently. I'm pretty sure that now to shed some light, hopefully. Absolutely. So, I suppose at the very least we contact Florence Barr since she is-- or some buddies with my dear Celestia here. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I'll send a letter to Mathers, but that won't be me. It won't be me. It'll be me. Yeah. It's more for your own-- [indistinct] You wouldn't have to. You wouldn't have to. Yeah. Good to be here. Fortunately, I was there. [laughter] And then, too, you were able to help. Yeah. So, I feel calmer because, I mean, this is just, I mean, I know that we're getting into, you know-- It's a great adventure. --the serious stuff. So, it was bound to happen eventually. And at least she got an upgrade from a father. Exactly. It might be good for me. [laughter] It might. It might. Maybe. Now, we are super sexist at this time, right? Sure. It's okay. Well, yes and no. Mm-hmm. Because you are golden-dawn, too. That's true. Yeah. Okay. I mean, society. On an individual level, you can make a choice. That's how you want to. I'm going to guess that you blend a lot of our reactions on hysteria. Okay. I choose me. I choose me. Well, this is Miles human talking. Right. [laughter] Oh. You can count yourself lucky that you didn't switch bodies with a woman. I don't know. [laughter] Actually, I can say it's a good point. Yeah, dealing with your first period at the age of 28. [laughter] It'd be awful. The wandering doom is a very difficult thing to treat. Thank you, Miles. I see it on your head. [laughter] All right. Wisteria is just not something I can handle. [laughter] Wisteria. I appreciate your opinion. [laughter] Thank you. All right. I can't do that. I can see your point. It could have been worse. I'm going to chin up on that. So. So is there anything else the rest you want to do this evening? I mean, you're dispatching letters to allies of various stripes. Mm-hmm. It's my ally inside of the Golden Dawn. He is. He's a bearage, Dr. Bearage. He's a holistic doctor. Fairly high rank. He's in the inner order. That could work. That'd be good too. He's a proponent of free love. [laughter] Yeah. Hell yeah. Of course I know. He looks like a walrus. He looks like a walrus? Yeah. You want a stream of stash? Oh, I told you. My shop's work. [laughter] He has tusks. No. All right. Only one is about to feed. Yeah. [laughter] He's aware of walrus. [laughter] Wow. That's badass. He doesn't have any advice. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Do that. Very good. So letters are dispatched. Yeah, maybe I'll try to look up Westcott again. Right. Oh, like a White House? Yeah. You have a Republican Snove. Yes. Absolutely. I can't do that. I can't do that. [laughter] Actually, that should be. [laughter] Yeah, I can't take a hit. [laughter] Oh, dear. Okay, I'll go back to Westcott's house. All right. Credit roll again. Oh. So I'm staying with the- This one I made. Okay. Okay. Okay. Did you make it by half of your credit rate? Um, this is where my poor math skills come in, uh, barely. Okay. Excellent. Yeah. So, uh, so Westcott is home and he will receive you. Okay. So you are- Yeah, I made it by one, only under my credit card. So you're- Yeah, there we go. You're shown to a parlor with, you know, the marble fireplace, private library and so forth. That's our- that's our walrus man. [laughter] That's a man right there. That's a man right there. And I- hold it up so quickly. [laughter] I can- I can give it the old fashion treatment like I did for Pike. [laughter] Please- Who's that? Who was that? Uh, somebody that randomly started talking to my friends was trying to grow the exact same lifestyle. Oh my God. [laughter] It's an actual person. I saw it like again, like slight lunches. Like Justin? Yeah. God. That's what he's going to do. He's talking to Justin, that's the real picture. [laughter] Wow. It's like I like your mustache, man. They're talking about mustache. I think they did, really. [laughter] It's a thing. I want to watch this. So, um- It's just shampoo. Yeah. Okay, so you're showing me who this parlor, uh, Westcott is there. Wow. He's uh, pulling up- You can't really- pulling up a copy of the evening time. Let me go. Yes, uh, please. I've been very worried about you. Dr. Westcott. What? Um, I have to say I've been doing much better. Well, perhaps some bad rare bit that I ate. You should look after a man. I'm not sure that he gave you my card the other night. [laughter] Oh, yes. I did get your card. I was, um, I was, uh, indisposed. I see. Um, well, um, so you're doing well then? It's still going so well. Okay. Let's talk about B. [laughter] Um, the bidwell matter. Oh, yes. First of all, I've, uh, I mean, you know why I was there? Yes. Um, I was wondering, um, is there anything in the quarters report or anything that actually maybe didn't make an end to the quarters report that, um, we should know about? It's become a matter of concern for some, uh, lesser colleagues of mine. Hmm. And, uh, well, um, I, uh, I personally examine the body. And, um, I have to say, I found nothing strange, um, about his, uh, condition. He was clearly killed by a stab wound to the heart. He seemed otherwise healthy. Um, no signs of a recent bout of malnutrition, but he, um, he was recovering from that. Mm-hmm. Okay. Um, well, there's this other matter. It's a small matter. But apparently, um, Detective Pike has switched bodies with somebody else. Yeah. [laughter] What? Oh? Did you hear that correctly? Which bodies do you think? Yes. I mean, this sort of thing happens, doesn't it? I've heard of the phenomenon, yes, but I've never personally experienced this. This is outrageous. Well, it's, um... Fascinating. How is he holding up? Well, thanks to me. He's doing rather well. [laughter] I was, uh, I was wondering, maybe you would, like, speak with, uh, with the Detective. Absolutely. No, I have to prepare you. This is, uh, not going to be the Detective Pike that you know. I see. Did you even know me? Yeah. He's, he's, he's at the very least, uh, having a good decency to pretend that he knew. [laughter] All right. No, he knows all the four, uh, members of, at least, you know, the ISIS-Iranian title. Oh, all right. I forget, where did you end up staying? Oh, you shoot back at your house. Yeah. Okay, well, then let's away. Yes, certainly. Um, yes. I assume you have a carriage. Oh, yes, let me, let me sail around for a few minutes. So, you know, I misplaced my carriage. [laughter] So he, um, yeah, he, uh, he begins, um, you know, sending word out, you know, excuse me a moment. I have to go, you know, changing. He was just in his ascot and robe, you know. So he, uh, he reappears ten minutes later. He's got his rock coat on, his hat. You come out, get in the carriage, head over to Pike's residence. Two gentlemen at the door for you. Hi, Chuck. I like to peek out this side. Oh, hello, Dr. Hume. Um, please come in. Who is this gentleman? Pike, are you familiar with Dr. Westcott? Oh, yes, I am. Please come in. So, I love it. Come in. And, uh... So, so Westcott's looking at you and, uh... I wish I could be more hospitable, but I'm a little... [laughter] Oh, just a little bit. I got the pie. Right now. This is, this is just, uh, remarkable. Remarkable. Yes, I am Pike. [laughter] So, um, you know, he, he just starts... You raised the mustache! [laughter] You raised the mustache! I raised the mustache! [laughter] All right, sorry, just notice it. So, um... So, I'm sitting down with Emmett and I try to get a T. So, you begin, he begins interviewing you, asking, you know, what happened and so forth, you know? Well, I, I just remember when I had body lit, bodily contact with, with the person that was running away from me. That's when I think this would happen. And then suddenly I saw my body running away from me. I see. It was very strange. That must have been terrible for you. But it was surreal. It still is. It's just happened. I, I don't believe... So, you, you just coined a term, sir. [laughter] It was super real. Aw. [laughter] So, um, he says, well, this is, uh... Super, super. Super real, yeah. Super real. [laughter] Um, I, uh, I'm going to have to go home and, and, uh, look for some of my literature. If you don't mind, I would, uh, um, at your earliest convenience, if you could come and see me. Uh, I would like to talk to you more, perhaps put you under noses. I can come over tomorrow morning. We'll come over tomorrow. Very good. Okay. Yes. [laughter] Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Awesome. Yes. We'll, we'll be by. Yes. Indeed. Um, we're, we're going to do, the order will do everything it can to, um... What? Make this, uh, experience, not as dreadful as I'm sure it has. Well, what we need to do is find out where Pike is. Yes. Yes. Starting with that. So, we need to know... I, I will put the word out tonight. Okay. Uh, all order members should keep an eye out for your body. Uh-huh. And, um, report it immediately, if seen. And if anything, this is actually a good thing because then we can maybe keep tabs on it. At least we know what body it's in right now. But maybe it's not. No. Not anymore. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Okay. So, um, so you'll escort Wescott home. Or... I'll escort Wescott home. Okay. So he just talks about it a whole time. Oh, this is remarkable. Remarkable. I actually, I'm sure I've read about this in several of my, uh, several of my films. But I shall write a letter to Mathers immediately. I know he, he may want to come from Paris to, uh, to talk to, uh, that poor man. I've already written a letter to Mathers. No good. Yes. Well, I shall write him as well. Uh, we're good friends. Mathers that I... Yes. There's an opportunity. But yes. Yes. He's up. Um, uh, yeah. Uh... What was the question? How was your wife, Dr. Wescott? Yeah. Oh no. What was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Uh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, what was the question? Oh, it was the question. that you're like, "It's real!" - Yeah, I don't have a list of this! - Oh! (laughing) - Your morning edition of whichever paper it is you've subscribed to is on the doorstep. - I'm gonna go pick it up. - Mm-hmm, it's up and through it. - Yeah, here it comes. - Do you wanna give me a sand roll? - Oh, wait a minute, save! (laughing) I fail. - Okay. - All right. - Oh, we'll send you the hand to pipe. - So, what is the, what's the phylic technique where you zoom the camera as you're pulling the dolly back? - Uh, dolly zoom? - Dolly zoom, sorry. - There you go. - So imagine you're reading the paper and then a dolly zoom as you see the headline, "Body of Scotland Yard Detective Sergeant Found in Tense." Oh, "Body of Inspector Wesley Pike "was pulled out of the Tense early this morning." - Okay. - Oh my god. (laughing) - You lose 13 sanity for that. - Oh, shit. - Is that all? (laughing) - You have to drop before you're like, well, kind of useless. - All right, I'm 18 sand. - So, you were at 31 to begin with? So, if you lose 20% of your current sanity in one game hour, and that was in the case, one game fraction of a second. - Yeah. - Then that is what's called indefinite insanity. What we had earlier was a pipe losing five or more sanity in one go, which is, and then making an idea role, meaning you realize the terror and horror of what happened. That's temporary insanity, which is just, you know, it can be hysterics or it can be, you know, any number of different sort of short-term-- - Just your garden variety. - Short-term freakouts, basically. But the indefinite insanity is the stuff you get committed for. - Okay. - So, yes, showing great character sheets. - So, let's wrap this up. - What happens? - Into the ether. - Yeah. - It has to pass down Robin and Warren Bay. (laughing) - The role I was born to play, baby. (laughing) - You couldn't resist it. I'm thinking Catatonia. - Okay. - Yeah. - I'm wide left. - Catatonic? - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah, I'm thinking I-- - This is too much. We checked out. - So, I think I'm gonna go off into... Where am I gonna go? - Wow. - I just thought I didn't hear from you the following morning since I went for you and they just found you rocking in fetal position. - Pretty much. - I was Catatonic. I was Catatonic. I was trying to think of what I would be thinking about in my Catatonia, but probably nothing. - Who can know? - I was just talking-- - Yeah, but the tea kettle's whistling. It's almost burned out, or almost evaporated all the water. - Yeah. - Actually, wait. I was gonna come by. - Oh, okay. - Okay, so-- - Okay, yeah. - So, you get a sanity roll for that, babe? - No. No. I've used to this sort of thing. - I was in that little, you were expecting as much. - His mind cracked some time in the night. - I caused it, offered enough. Oh, no. - So, I'm gone. - Well, I guess-- - So, I think there's no more. - Yes. - I'll take her down to Bartleby and say, please arrange to send her to whatever that asylum was that we visited. - Yes. - Oh, God, that one was horrible. (laughing) - I would-- - Alber. - Alber. - Yeah, I'd probably be willing to make sure that I ended up somewhere nice. - Really, there is nowhere nice. (laughing) - That works a well. - That works a well. - Wait a minute, is that true? - Yeah. - I think this was the golden era. - Not for a silence. - Yeah, I have a great book that's just, it's just photographs of all the silence. - It's not for another 30 years or so. - Okay. - The silence actually starts to be like treatment centers. That's supposed to just-- - Housing? - Put someone in there. - Yeah, storage, yeah. - Okay, it's like-- - Because you're like a nomadase, like-- - Yeah. - Like where the-- - Wearily started out really nice. - Yeah, oh, yeah. - Oh, yeah, yeah. - Well, a lot of, I mean, that's the way there's a lot of-- - I just want to just enter you so you can get that storage. (laughing) - What do you mean with the stick through the bars? Change my straw every day. (laughing) - It's not bacon. - It's basically-- - I think that's very sweet of you. (laughing) - All right, well, a bar will be give her some tea, and then give him some tea, and make sure he's well taken care of. - Mm-hmm. - Jindeed. - Jindeed. - Indeed. So, yes, Baker slash Pike is hacked off to-- - Aww. - Aww. - Wow, that's the first character I've had that like, went to, well, I've been gone into the dimensions, and, you know, but I've never actually gone into like an actual insane asylum. - Yeah, that's a classic Cthulhu page where you're there. - Oh, my first favorite. - My first favorite. - Yeah, my first favorite. - My first favorite. - You died of glowing fungus infection. - Yeah, yeah, that was horrible. - Oh, that was horrible. - Yeah, but this is, that's pretty classic. - That's interesting. - Okay, sorry, I just sat-- - All right, rather than the moment of silence for Pike. - I know, that's horrible. - Well, Pike was gay, by the way. - Oh. - That was a big secret. - That was a big secret. - No, but-- - Remember, we rolled that he hated something, like, unconscionable? - Yeah. - So he hated the dandies and the fox, like the Oscar Wilde's, because he was a self-18-clositive. - Oh, okay. - Okay. - Nice, good. - Oh, that's right, you saw that guy with the crushed velvet. - And I got me. - And I got me. - I don't know that. - You were just full of passion and jealousy, I was. - Didn't get a chance to come out, unfortunately. - That wouldn't happen for it, well. - So that was my secret. - So I am a youngster. - And a youngster. - Close doors. - Yeah. - What are you holding? - I'm 16. - Oh my God. - I am from Surrey. I am Robin Ward. I'm ready to push wheelchair to you. (laughing) - This is my lord. (laughing) - There you go. - I don't know where I'm going. (laughing) - I'm just kidding, it's Tommy Ward, Ward! He was like, "Oh my God, that's so..." No, actually, last thing's Ward. (laughing) - Just a quidsity. - Just a sapphire. - I don't have to, I don't call him Mr. Yay. - Well, I do push-ups. - He's a boy wonder. - I'm like, I'm into being fit. I have to push around that wheelchair. He's really heavy. - Yeah, well, we're doing it. - Good. - Yeah. - Yeah, roll those up. - Oh, thank you. - Great half the dice. - Nice. - All right, I am ready. - All of us. - What's your biggest skill? - My biggest skill looks like, listen, which I have to always constantly be paying attention. That's pretty good, and my luck is, and my idea is actually quite high. - Okay. - I'm ready. - Yeah, you're a sharp one. - I am. - Shop is attacked. - I'll go to West Cots and do a little bit, unfortunately, it's too late. - The inspector, Pike, Baker. Mine is gone. - So he, you know, takes a moment. That is understandable. These sorts of things rarely, if ever, end well. - I'm gonna ask him about the cube, if he knows anything about this cube, there's, I mean. - So you describe the cube, though? - Yeah. - I've never heard of such a thing. - Can I do like a psychology role to see if he's telling you the truth? - I don't know what to do. - I think that was a very-- - It's not so, you are not yet ready. - I made my psychology role. - Yeah, he's telling you. - Okay. - He seems genuinely puzzled. - It was an obscure cube from Australia, so. - It was a very obscure cube. - Says nobody. - It's right. - Says Pike's ghost. (all laughing) - It should be, yeah, that'd be weird. All right, so where are we? - All right, so I'll leave him there and there. All right, good day, doctor. - Okay. - And so-- - Is it forward to joining the inner order? - By the way. (all laughing) - Yes. - Fuck. (all laughing) - My man, I'll show you how. - Oh, yes. (all laughing) - So for the rest of you guys, how are you spending Friday, the 1st of December? - Cold day. - Cold day, I don't understand. - I'm going to go look at the body of Pike, if possible, and see if there is anything in the pockets of his garments that he was found with anything to lead us to the current horror that is still roaming free on the London streets. - So you meet with Inspector Trout? - Yes. - He knows you as an associate of Pike's. - Right too. - Padma, do you want to call it? - Oh yeah. - Let's go. - Let me-- - I can't at least, yeah. - Let me. (all laughing) - Yeah, yeah. - So is this thing the thing that committed the river moves? Wasn't that the right timing? - Yeah. - When it was, it was 1893? - Incinuated with that earlier, incidents had coincided with that period of time. - Bidwell had come back from Australia and then been committed to an asylum five months later and during that window was when the river murders occurred. - Right. - While he was at large, and you were determined he was amazing. - That's right, because of the rain. - It was so damn amazing. - I know. - All right. - So now we go to Trout's. - So you're in Trout's office and you know, it fixes you some tea and my condolences on the loss of our good friends, Inspector Pike. - My tea cup chatters on it's-- - Aw. - Yes, he was pulled from the river earlier this morning about 4 a.m. - Mm-hmm. - They're-- - They love the beautiful curves. - You're not-- - Well-- (laughing) - Some chunks taken out. - Whoa, yeah. - Some pikes were feeding on their own magic. - Ooh. - Too soon. - Mm-hmm. (laughing) - I don't think it pikes in the tabs actually. - Yes. - So he says, you know, we're awaiting the full coroner's inquest, which should be tomorrow, but preliminarily, we believe he was poisoned. - Poisoned? - How is he? - He's a bit of a shock. - He shows signs of poisoning. - And would we be able to view his effects? - Certainly. I feel just awake here. So he's gone about 20 minutes, comes back with a little cardboard box. - Uh-huh. - Opens it up, there's his badge, his revolver-- - His mustache. - Stop, no, stop. - He was feet. - They're so damn funny. (laughing) - It was, he's sitting there. - It's slightly dead. - That's moist. (laughing) - His water beaded up by him. - No. - I imagine it being in the case. (laughing) - There's a velvet mustache case. - Yes. - There's a velvet line. - Oh my god. - It's rude. - Horrible. - There's a, yeah, his badge, his revolver, he's got some spare chains, I'm not. - Pictures of many pictures of men. - There's no pictures of men. - Yeah, yeah, there's not much of men. (laughing) - Like Victorian style, like-- - Right. (laughing) - Yeah. - The safe ones. (laughing) - Wow. (laughing) - That's right. - That's right. - Wow. - She'd probably go to his apartment and check that out. - No. - No, you don't want it to work. - No, oh, okay. (laughing) Let's do not, your man was hiding for you. - Yes. - All right, so there's-- - That's like that joke, medical or bracelet that says delete my internet history. (laughing) - That's great. - That's why people just have an auto-deleted one. - That's right. - Well, of course. (laughing) - You never know that. - That means. (laughing) - So, yeah, I mean, the gun was not fired. - The shoes, what's on his shoes? (laughing) - Make some shit up, David. (laughing) - No, I'm thinking what would be out of shoes. - Yeah. (laughing) - I think, but I think-- - His shoes were relatively clean. - No. - Yeah. - That seems changed. - Well, he was found in a river. - He was dumped in a river. - Oh, that's true. - I'm saying, I'm pretty sure. - That's true. - Someone's washed away. - Is Wes kind of gonna be doing the-- - Definitely. - He's gonna be doing the autopsy? - Right. - I wonder if I could go back and ask him if I could sit in on that. - Ooh. - Oh, wow. - Give me credit rating, roll it in one corner. - That's intense. That's intense to see, like, an associate could open, like, their body. He's a medical professional. - No, I failed. - Okay. - Okay. - So, quite miserably. (laughing) - Yeah, you stole more than that one. (laughing) - For you. - Your lips are moving, but nothing's coming out. - Yeah. (laughing) - Oh, you're still here. - Nice. (laughing) - It's the breeze. (laughing) - All right. - All right, well-- - So, it's simple. He may have been poisoned, and that was interesting. Murdered. Murdered. - So, especially-- - I'm gonna spy, kind of, sort of-- - Suicide, perhaps. - No, but technically, murder. - Well? - If he was not himself. - No, he was not. - I wonder what circumstances would he have been able to have been to slip a poison? - And why? - Why? - With this little out of character. With this little take, with this little take, poison to kill the body off if it is gonna latch into some other body, to get rid of the other one, to jump into the next one. - Yeah, like as an orphan. - As a final act. - The old Chinese woman in the end. - Well, how do you know, I mean, that people are gonna look for this body? - Right. - How do you get rid of the soonest possible-- - Like a stolen car. - Yeah. - Exactly. - He's killing the body. - Yeah, like-- - It's just burning the car after you steal it. - Right. - Yeah. - Exactly. - That's why the butler guy, handsome, whatever he's gonna kill. - Right. - Bidwell. - Oh, dare. He jumped bodies and then killed them. - So, how are we ever gonna figure out where the soul is? - Exactly. I had a spare of solvings. - I think eventually they'll just start, I mean, if this thing was responsible for the Ripper murders, it's just gonna start doing something. - Right. - Can I win out? - Yeah. - What is it gonna-- - What do you think it'd be as messy as it was before? - Well, if you can drink the body count, add it to the spoon. - Yeah. (laughing) - Yeah, that's true. (laughing) - That's like, five, six people and a very good point. - A couple of days. (laughing) - My experience is that people will rarely get less crazy this time than a smart person. (laughing) - Just wait it out and see if they get less crazy. (laughing) - No, that's crazy. - A lot of people have tried that tactic, it doesn't work. - No, all right, all right, all right. - So, five people? - I just think we'd get smarter, like smarter about what it's doing, not as sneakier, or exactly as I'm talking about. And in that case, we'd be simply waiting for things to pop up in the newspapers or, I mean, the rules would be go. - Well, we could go to Whitechapel and lurk him out. - You perhaps could. (laughing) - Sure, you'll blend right in. (laughing) - I heard tellin' there be except, young boy, 16 years old, very strong, who could do this sort of thing. - Yes, who could perhaps put on a disguise and go amongst. (laughing) - What do you think? - Smoothing around, Oswald's machine. - Yeah, let's go, here we go. - Yeah, yeah, try it. - Go for it. - Okay. (laughing) - What are you doing? I don't even know what I just said. - Yeah, yeah, you should totally do it. - Yeah. (laughing) - He says things. - Yeah, should I kill myself? - Yeah. (laughing) - Do you want to go for it, man? - Well, it's your issue too, all right, your place discussing your options. A career arrives at the door. And that's the... - Oh, I open the door. - Yes. (laughing) Oh my God! (laughing) - Yeah. - So, a message for Mr. Oswald Finnequin and you, and, boy. - Okay, just a second, one more. Take the book, get to you. (laughing) - This is the interlude of you walking to get to the book. - Yes. (laughing) - Oh, there you go. - Do you miss this? (laughing) - Tell the career to do this, but it's-- - Yes. - Cut the squad out of it. (laughing) - All right, so-- - Now you have continued going about cruising. - Oh, yeah. (laughing) - Let's do your business, please. I hand the book to you. - Evelyn. - Evelyn, oh my God, this looks really exciting. Here you go. - Oh, oh, posh posh, I don't have time for it. Read it to me out loud. - Oh! (laughing) - Nice. All right, so it's just a simple handwritten note to Oswald from Inspector Trout saying that another body has been discovered. - Oh. - And that he would like your consulting expertise. - Let's go. - Yes! (laughing) - So where we're off. - All right. - So this would have happened a little later in the afternoon. Is there anything else the rest of you have been doing during the day? - I've been checking them. - I've been checking them, yeah. - I probably would be freaking out a little bit. - Quietly panicking. - Yep. - I don't think I need to go check in on my practice. I get scared of this update. - Do any practice? - Yeah. - I'm gonna, these 1100 pound annually you're gonna-- - Yeah, you gotta get that. - So you gotta get that meeting, for sure. - Stomping around. - Okay. - All right, so we're going off. All right, so Finnegan and Ward, off to the Lighthouse Basin of the region's canal. So it is sort of where you were intending to go. So of course, it's being December, it gets dark around four, I would think. - Yeah. - Maybe earlier. So it's, the darkness is already gathered and a light fog is settled over the city. (gentle music) - You make your way down to the Lighthouse Basin. It's basically down at the shipyards. - Okay. - Okay, so there's piers and giant cranes and-- - Where's the shipyard in relation to Chinatown? - East, east of Chinatown, but they're in the same general area. - So close. - Close line. - Yeah, for sure. - So yeah, so you make your way down there and you were given a pier number to meet trout at. So you, you know, you debark from your coach there and we'll need idea rolls from both of you. - Okay, close line. Okay, pass. - Okay, okay. So as Ward is wheeling you out onto this pier, you get a bad feeling about the whole situation because-- - That feeling about this Ward? - Because there's no one here and there's no sign of any police activity. - Oh my God. - Uh oh. - You may have been led into a trap, Ward. - Just as you say that, figures begin to emerge from a fog. - Oh my God. (laughing) - Don't get it, Ward. (laughing) - It was one. (laughing) - No, Radways. - If you're in your chair brandishing your sword cane. - Oh, or your gun cane, okay. - Yeah. - All right. - All right, I'm gonna whip it out, watch. - Okay. - Okay. - Eyes ahead of his weapons. I'm ready to direct you. - I'm ready to direct you. (laughing) - You have a gun turret? - Yeah, a gun turret. (laughing) - Wait, did you say that you were a military man? - Yeah. - Maybe? Should you be doing like the starboard and-- - Yeah. (laughing) - Starboard, that'd be great. - Yeah. - Starboard, Ward. (laughing) - Okay, I'd like-- - Yeah, that's a blossom, too. - All right, so, all right, so out of the fog emerged, at least a dozen Chinese men, all bearing clubs, cleavers, - Wow. - Three second on the staffs, that sort of thing. - I've had this character for 10 minutes. (laughing) - Actually, I've just been lost to you. - Are you gonna kill me already? - Well. (laughing) - What do you do? - Of course. - What do you want? I'm gonna yell at it. - Yeah, okay. - I'm there. - I'm so stalwart. I'm holding on to that chair. - They're just advancing on you menacingly. - They're gonna kill us. - It looks like they need to do extreme bodily harm. (laughing) - We didn't come here for fights. We're looking for someone. - You don't see any? - Yeah. - We're in a way. - We're in a way. - Okay. - Okay, so, we're gonna go the other direction. - Yeah. - All right, well, of course, they're coming out in a way as so as to sort of cut you off. - Oh no. - You're on the pier. - Warning shot over their heads? - Yeah. - Warning shot into their heads? - Yeah, exactly. - Don't waste a bullet. - It is just Chinese people. - That's true. - Oh! (laughing) - One English means we have 15 of their lives. (laughing) - Eight hundred, 18 hundred, yeah. - All right, so let's shoot away. - Yeah, let's go. - All right. - All right, I'm shooting at, is there anyone in particular that stands out? - Mm, let's see. Well, like I say, there's some with knives, some with swords, some cleavers, some with staffs. - And they're behind us too, trying to keep us from-- - They're sort of coming at you, like you were kind of out onto the pier and they're kind of coming out in a way to sort of cut you off basically. - From the pier? - Mm-hmm. - Well, no, from the street side of the pier. - From getting up, back up. - From where we were, basically. - Exactly. - Damn it. - This is for a dingy june jumping. - I'm gonna shoot my way off of this pier. - Yeah, let's go. - Okay. - I'll brace the chair. - So give me a shooting roll there, or whatever your skill is up here. - Uh... - Gun key. - Gun key. - Gun key. So, am I throwing these double? - Mm-hmm. - Let me have some some. - Pass. - Let me, okay. - Okay, let me see if they have a dodge or not here. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Is it double barrel? - Yeah. - Is it a single barrel? - Yeah. - Is it double barrel? - Yeah. - Is it double barrel? - Yeah. - Is it double barrel? - Yeah. - Is it double barrel? - Yeah. - So go ahead and roll damage? - Nice. - Damaged damage. - What's that? - I haven't used it yet, so I don't know. - Yes, I don't know. - 1d4. - Okay. - Wait, that's my damage bonus. - Yeah. - That's it. - Mm-hmm. - So dense. - I know. - I know. - I know. - I know. - And how many did you say there are? - At least it doesn't. - At least it doesn't. - It's too much. - It's too much. - Yeah. - Mm-hmm. - Is that too much? - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. - Trap. - You got set up. Here we go. - Oh shit. - I mean, I guess if there were a leader and you were to kill them. - Right. - A leader. - It's what you're hoping for. But there's nobody. - Yeah. - No. - There. - I'm just going to go the way after the peer here. - Mm-hmm. - Run like hell. - Okay. It's going to be a D8 there. - Roll like shuttle. - Nice. - D8s and D4s. - Mm-hmm. - Sweet. - Mm-hmm. - Six. - Nice. - Whoa. - Drill 2D4. - Mm-hmm. - Oh, it's actually just one D8. - Yeah, but he rolled two of those. - That changes the curve. It's just that's D8. - Mm-hmm. - What's a word to D8? - Mm-hmm. - That one's a D8. - Four. - All right. - Are you happy? - Ha! - Oh, my God. - I'm going in. - This is too high for having a little lower. - Uh-huh. - All righty. - That's how he rolls. - Yeah. - That's how he rolls. - So you fire your guncane. The report is loud in the fog. You wing one of the guys. You know. You see some blood. - Okay. - This actually just seems to encourage them. - No. - And I'll start rushing you. - Of course. - All right. - We gotta run. We gotta get out of there. - Oh, hold on one second here. What is your dexterity there, Ward? - My deck's is 11. - Okay. So, um, as you're preparing to run, as these guys are closing in on you, a couple more gunshots ring out from behind them. - Oh. - Oh. - Hmm. - Wow. Since the same as kind of... - I don't know if I keep rolling like this. - Exactly. - Mmm. - Yeah. - Okay. So, um... - At least my distractum. - Ooh. - Yeah. - All right. So you see, uh, you see one of the bug's heads to sort of, you know, vaporize about a quarter. You know, kind of pulverize with the impact of a bullet. - Sweet. - And out of the fog, you do see a man emerge with 38 revolvers in both hands, and a scarf over his mouth, and a hat pulled down low, so you can't really see who it is. But he's coming in both barrels blazing basically. - I'm feeling into this. - What kind of a health? - Oh, just a, just a bowler hat. - Would the scarf hold a thing like that? - Mm-hmm. - Interesting. - All right, so we should again. - Okay, so, uh, yeah. You're a dexterity 11, so you can go next. I don't have a gun or anything. I have nothing. - Right. - Do you want to push him into the river? - Yeah, and then run. - Yeah, push me into the river or push me through. - Do you want to push? Do you want to go through? What, what do you need? I will, I'll do it. - Yeah. - You know, he could always, like, swing mad when you're checking both of them. - So barrel through toward the gun, just putting me in. - Okay, sure. - Okay, sure. - So. - Is that shooting that? Is that shooting at the chain? - Right, right. So. - Okay. Um, give me, um, oh no, you're just pushing it forward. So that's fine. You don't have to be a roll player. - I push through. As fast as I can. - Yes. All right, so that'll bring up the thugs. Um. Let's see here. - Yeah. - You're pushing me into the new fool. - That's what you told me to do. - Ooh. Oh, that's not good. - Oh God. - Okay. - You don't want to hear that provide the screen. - No, no, no, no, no, no, no. - All right. So I got a critical success on a machete. - Oh. - Oh. - What the hell is that? (laughing) - Or to lost an arm? (laughing) - Oh no, this is aimed at Oswald. - That was my push at the ball. - So Oswald, you lose eight hit points. - Ooh. - How easy is that? - Another, if they take you in the ledge, it's not going to be that big of a deal. - Yeah. (laughing) - His legs do still work to a certain level. - Well, I lost him. - Eight hit points. - Eight hit points. - Okay. - Three. - Okay. - You're down to three. Okay, so give me a constitution times five roll please. (laughing) - Good. (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) (laughing) - A three-section staff is swinging your head. (laughing) (laughing) - Don't it, don't it. - I'm like, what? - I'm like, what? - I'm just gonna go forward. - Oh my god, my god. - All right, so I keep going. - Okay. - Keep going. - All right, so we would have Oswald up next, but he's unconscious. - Right. - All right, so then our gun toting maniac. - Uh-huh. - He's going to fire. Oh wow, so one of his guns jams, great. - Who's this guy that you created? Give us false hope. (laughing) - That laughs. - That laughs. - That laughs. - I know, it'll haunt your dreams. - I've been told I have an evil GM laugh. I can't help it. - Yeah, it's true. - All right, so he downs another one with his gun. - Okay. - So now you're down to like ten. - Yeah. - That was good. - Ten and... - And us guys. - Yeah. - Okay, so at this point, I'll need a dex times five roll to not get, oh, tripped up on the guys you're bowling through. - And make it seven. - Okay, that's the one. - You're almost there. - You're almost there with seven? - Yes, I did. - Oh wow. What's your dex time five? - It's 55. - Okay, so that's critical. - Yes. - All right, so you just like kind of leave between a couple of them. (laughing) You don't even hit any. You know. - Like that would. (laughing) - I feel like trying to ask him to jump one that's falling down. (laughing) - Almost sitting in a machete in his neck but it's okay. (laughing) - Hey, you really ought to give him a raise. (laughing) - Maybe adopt me. - Yeah. - Make it official. (laughing) - You did. (laughing) - Sir, before I pull the machete up, you should discuss my salary. (laughing) - I want to do it. (laughing) - I never had a coach. (laughing) - Never let me. (laughing) - Yeah, woo. - He may now have coach. (laughing) - All right, so a couple of them are armed with little Chinese crossbows. (laughing) So, one of them takes a shot at you. - Oh dear. - That's a hit. (laughing) - So, what would you lose five hit points? - Oh my God, where did you hit me? - Fortunately, you're a tank, so you're okay. (laughing) - Oh yeah. - And you got you on the torso. Just right in the torso. (laughing) So, yeah, you've got a little-- - It's a kidney. - Crossbow bolt sticking out of your back. - Okay, I think it's flushy. - It's flushy. - And then they're gonna fire at the gun towing me as well. - Okay. - And a hit. (laughing) - To his hand. - He drops one gun. - Yeah, he drops his, well, let's see, if it's a good gun. - Oh God. - He drops his good gun. - All right. - What the point of this guy? - All right, so-- (laughing) - I'm a little touchy. (laughing) - What are you? - What are you? (laughing) - You suck at your job. (laughing) You suck at being a proto-superhero. (laughing) - So, yeah, he drops one of the guns. You know, the bolt's actually through his hand, you know. But he, you hear him call out this way. - Okay. - And he runs off. - A follow-up. - All right, so he takes off at speed. He's not really waiting for you. - Right, no, I'm barely an after him. - All right, so, let's see, so your strength, your strength plus your con plus your dodge is-- - 50, wait, it's 50 too. - Okay, so make it-- - Wait, wait, I'm sorry. - Was your dodge? - No, no, no, no, no. - 72. - 72. - Okay, make a roll against that. - Okay, make a roll against that. (laughing) - Your dice have betrayed you, have they? - It's a critical moment. - Oh, 100. - Oh, three zeros in a row. - Oh, wow. - Well, I'm sold in 99 for them. - Oh. - So-- - Really? It sounds like maybe one of your meals popped off, but-- (laughing) - Yeah, I'm gonna hit them. (laughing) - I'm gonna say that, yeah, basically the wheelchair hit a pothole and just did an end over and sent Oswald flying. - Does that do more damage to him within the shedding? - No, it doesn't. He doesn't actually have machetes in his neck. But you're obliged to pick him up and carry him. However, since they're all 99 for them, I'm gonna say they've lost you in the fog. - Okay. - So you can hear them shouting. You can hear the clank of the cleavers and the machetes and so forth, but-- - This was true. You went down. - Mm-hmm. - Then-- - Yeah, into the fog. Yeah, I mean, and the guy had sort of led you down to a narrow side alley between two warehouses. - So, uh-huh. - All right, so I have firemen carry him out of there. - That's sad. - And now it's really stormy so much. - It does. - This thing is so much worse. - Is it burning out in the fog? - And spinning in the darkness? - Yeah. - Nice. - To be continued. - Yeah, right. - Oh, we're continuing. - So-- - Oh, moving on. Please don't leave it there. - So, uh, yeah. Yeah, you survived. Congratulations. - Yeah. - What did they catch up to their mastery, sort of almost taken? - Yeah, he's gone. - He's gone? - All right, so I'm gonna head back to-- - He hopped his wall somewhere, bro. - So look for somebody with a bandaged hand. - Exactly. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - We don't have to know where that was. - All right, so-- - Yeah, so what's up, Ward? You're gonna take him to the hospital? - I'm taking him, yeah. Take him to the hospital. - Mm-hmm. - He's sick. - Take him to the hospital. - He's sick. - I don't feel well. - I don't feel your-- - Mm-hmm. - Yes. - Your kids wounds. - Indeed. Off we go. - So, ooh, that was very good. So Oswald, at the hospital, they restore three hit points with their competent treatments. - Excellent. - I'm sure what happens to them. - Aw, that's a lot of vegetables too. - Mm-hmm. - Say what about my injuries? - I hate my injuries. - Oh, if you're gonna ward yourself, at least, it's on vegetables, right? - Yeah. - Oh, God, so much water. - Aw. (all laughing) - A lot of units for you right now, too. - Yeah, exactly. - I can't breathe. - All right. - All right. - So, in the hospital with Mr. Finnegan. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - That's what I am. - Okay. So, as far as the rest of you know, the thing unto word has happened. - That's right. We don't know anything about this. - I'm at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. - I'm gonna send a message. I'm gonna send it. - No, popularly, as parts. If the lady at the University of London. - I'm gonna send a message to everybody letting them know what happened. - Okay. - I'll go to the hospital immediately. - Mm-hmm. - This is like a bat. - This is horror. - Horror. - Horror. - Okay. So, you're all gathered around Finnegan's bed. - Somebody asked if anybody's coming with an injured hand. (laughter) - I'll show up and I'm like, "What, huh?" - It's your bed! - Dad, somebody! - Dad, somebody! - Yeah, it's all fine. (laughter) - It's okay. - The one thing that's kicked in already. (laughter) - Well, excellent. I see they've done medicine. (laughter) - They've got like a big battery. - All right. - Yes, yes, they have. No need to look at us there. (laughter) - Are you sure? - There's no more that can be done. - Yeah, it's that fine. - No more that can be done. - No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. - All right, so you guys want to ask around about the injured hand? - Yes. - Seems sensible. - Okay. - Do I know any doctors here? - Oh, sure. - Yeah, I mean it's the ability with the medical school, so... - Well, I went to King's College of London. - Oh, I went to King's College. All right, well, you know of some of them. - Okay. - In a sort of colleague sense. - A sort of colleague sense of game. - The wives only sort of dislike me. - Exactly. - I don't want you to hang out with that keen character. - Yeah, yeah. - Not blinds. - That tastes in my mouth. - That hair. (laughter) - All right, well, I'll ask around to the people that I know of, I guess. - Okay. - No reports of any injured hands coming in. - And I'm like a minor enough injury. You probably want to catch some stuff. - Well, I'll ask them to let me know if that happens. Anything unusual at all that showed up. Any, you know, dead prostitutes, city pig like that. - Always dead prostitutes. - Honestly, more than usual. - Or dead prostitutes than usual. - Mr. Finnegan's injury was definitely the most noteworthy case we've treated tonight. - Okay. Who would know they would be there? That's who the guy is? Who would know that they would be at the dock? - Okay. Well, trout. - Trout. So that was trout. - The thing is, the trout actually sent it out. - Yeah. - Trout, maybe trout. - Well, could you recognize his hand, right? - Oh, yeah. - Let's go visit trout and see what his hand looks like. - Yeah. - I have the note on my phone. - You have the note? Yes. - It shows everybody that anybody here would know. - No, they know I would have been the only one who would have been the only one. - He's a trained crawler with his feet. - Oh, terrible. - Oh. - Sad. - Sad. - All right. So, we have to see if trout is okay. I love you guys. - Yes. - Maybe, maybe. - Wait a minute. Who are you? - I'm a crawler. - He's been here all the time. - This is a straight line. - Yeah. - Yeah. - She's not something much for me. - I need my right hand hit. My right hand hit. - Yes. - What? - So, I have an idea. - Sorry. - How about, maybe trout, maybe trout is, maybe there's something, maybe somebody hurt trout. Or forced them to write that letter or you should check it. - Maybe that thing's inside of trout. - Okay. - What? - It's inside of trout. - I love it. - Could you check it out? - Yeah. - Let's go hit up trout. - Okay. - Can I go get my shotgun before I do this? - Yes. - On this point? - Yeah. - I'm going to make sure that I can do it for a day. - Always. - Always. - We'll try to- - He's probably still on duty. - As conspicuously as possible, I'll go and discover that you are carrying 20 gauge shots. - This is my giant shot. - Yeah. - Just do it. - Yeah, you got your frock toe. - You got stirs. - Yeah, exactly. You know, you're only a few years past tombstone here. - No, you do that. - And in the UK. - Well, if you're not a fop to your pants, we'll be that tight. - Okay. - That's true. - I'm not a fop. - Okay. - Okay, so yeah, trout is still on duty. And whoever wants to make a credit rating roll, get in the CM. - You should do that. - I have to do it. - You should do it. - I have 75. - I have 75. - Oh, you can credit. - Mine is 85. - Oh, well, okay. - Well, go for it now. (all laughing) - That's not good. - That's not good. - That's not good. - That's not good. - 82. - And out of 85. - Yes, they make it. - So, so you get a lot of cheek. - Probably because I'm a woman. - Yeah, I'm a small mixed race woman. - You're a small dark woman. But, you know, you sort of, you drop Pike's name, you know. - We're associated with Inspector Pike and my father's very rich. - Exactly. - And, exactly, particularly what I want. - So, so he's, I'll go see if he's available. So, you wait about a half hour out of the front. - Wow. - Well, no. - It's a lady's proposition tea, goodness. - No, no, no. - That looks very rich. - You just left to wait. - Very rich indeed. - But eventually Trout does come out. He looks pretty tired. - Does he know? - Yeah, he's been working on Pike's case all day. - How are his hands? - Unbandaged and unmuted. - Okay. - I'm not even surprised by that, though. - Okay. - So he looks tired. - Mm-hmm. - Well, can anyone else account for if you've been in the office all day? - Probably. Do you ask him that? - Sorry, can you say that slightly louder and slower, slowly? - I said, I said probably, but do you ask him that? - I wouldn't ask him that. I would probably ask if anyone else can account for his having been there all day. - You would have to have access to other people in the department. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - I think that-- - I'll, uh-- - Yeah, whoever I ask, I probably would have asked him. - Why are you waiting? - Yeah. - It's like, oh, his inspector trout been here today. - Yeah, he's been there. - Oh. - You, you, you call her a couple, um, a couple CID, you know, people coming-- - What's trout still there? - Yes. - Okay. - Yeah, he's just right in front of his tire, you know what I'm saying? - Okay. - Like in probably the half hour, it's been there. - Before then, yeah. - Yeah, he's been in all day. - Oh, as far as I know, he's been in his office all day, yeah. - Okay. So now he's appeared. - Mm-hmm, yes. - Mm-hmm. - Yes, uh, sorry to say there have been no further developments with Pike's murder. Um, that's what you're checking up on. - Um. - Now, have you heard, you might have called the inspector detective detective. - That's the same thing. - You're stuttering woman. - Certainly not. - Um. - Can we hand him the note? - Oh, yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Proof of his impersonation. - So he, uh, he looks at the note. - My goodness. - This is in my hand. - Okay. - Indeed, it isn't. - Oh. - Mm-hmm. - Can I do a psychology role to see if he's being honest? - I'm in the hospital still. - Okay. - You're down in the hospital. - I'm in the hospital. - Oh, I, I massively failed it. 98%. - Okay. - Ooh, you're pretty sure you're lying on it. - Hello. - Oh. - Oh. - Mm. - Mm. - You're so ridiculous. - You're so ridiculous. - Look, follow. - Sir, I have to tell you I'm a professional. I know when someone is not being forthcoming with me and you, sir, are hiding something. - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. - And what would that be, sir? - I don't know. You're hiding something. - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. - Oh, oh, oh, oh. - And what would that be, sir? - I don't know. - Oh, no, you're hiding it. - He, he, uh, reaches in his pocket and he, he produces a, uh, a, uh, lunch order that he had filled out, you know, for his lunch. - Oh, perfect. - In his hand. And he says, you can see there. That is, that is my handwriting. And it doesn't look a bit like the note. - Mm. - Mm. - Mm. - Mm. - Which we will need to come with me to my office. - Certainly not. [laughter] - You're under arrest. - We do. - Okay. Okay. Well, I can understand that the stress of losing pike has, uh, driven you to some behavior that you wouldn't ordinarily engage in, and I want to remind you that secrets are a terrible thing. [laughter] - Oh my gosh. - Is it a profession to suck out? - This is a spectrum. - Yeah. - Oh. Oh, Jesus, it's just awful. [laughter] - Good day, sir. [laughter] - Come, doctor. Let's away. - Oh, yes, sir. Please write in your mouth. - Yeah, no, no. - I probably said you should maybe come down and finish in his feelings. - It's such a terribly inappropriate man. - Maybe speak with him about what happened. - Um, absolutely. - I'm sure this is pertinent to the case at hand. - I know. - But now his. - Clearly, clearly there's something going on here, and I shall visit Finnegan in the morning. - Attempted murder. At least. - Well, cause people should probably go check out, I mean, there's a bunch of dead Chinese guys down at the docks. - Yeah. - That might be a big deal right now. - It might be. We'll send some of the metropolitan police around to check out London. - Hmm. - Okay. - So, is there only, how many hospitals are there in London? - Um... - I'm going to get your call. - Call out. - Quick. - I think there's going to be, um... - My girlfriend's getting ready for the GRE. She's like, "Could you not come back until 10?" [laughter] - Thanks. - Thanks. [laughter] - This is neat. - Okay. - Oh. - Oh. - I can see. - I can see. - There's the fear. There's just the one listed. - So, there's just, for purposes of the game, there's just one. - Okay. So, if somebody does come by, they're going to come by that one. - Right, exactly. - But, who knows? - Have we received any word back from our letters? - That we sent out. - I understand that. - Somebody's written back for chance. - Mm-hmm. - Uh, you sent those out about 24 hours ago? - Um, maybe, yeah. - And, uh... - It was longer. - So, what was the content... What was the content of the letter? You were just that looking forward. - Help. Pike has been... - Mm. - Mine switch. - I'm sure they've heard by now that he's been... - The Michael phenomenon or whatever. - Yeah. - Transubstantiation of souls! - There we go. - So, you've heard back from Florence. - Uh, anything? - You've heard back from Westcott. - Right. - They're scheduling a special meeting of the Dawn. - All right. - Um, for Sunday night. - Sunday night. - So, she hears back from Westcott. - No, you heard back from Westcott. - Oh, I heard back from Westcott. - Okay. - Okay. - I mean, we're from the EDI since he's the one who hooked up this crazy little misadventure. - What's he doing this way? - No, we just got invitations from Bidwell. - That was true. - Mostly he's the one who's gonna go all right. - He pulled together at the first place. - He invited to the party. - Yeah. - Well, yes, and he did. - Okay, we have a lead. Do you remember that police officer who showed up at the scene of the investigation? Do you remember him? - I remember him. - I remember him. - Yeah. - Mulver Hill. - Mulver Hill. - Mulver Hill. - I would say... - He's still suspicious. - She'll probably go see Mulver Hill. - Although now we've all started detecting and our inspector. - Mm. - Still. - I don't know. - Was Padme invited to this? - Yes. - Okay. - I was snubbed. - What? - Apparently. - Oh. - Because they had too much champagne and couldn't think of anything interesting to say. - Well, I'll still sit down now and let him know that my personal friend, Westcott, has invited me to this meeting and that I'd like to invite them to come with me. - Don't you cry. - Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. - Well, if it was a secret special meeting on Sunday, he's insinuating that. We would be in special gas that we would have not been bothered by the darkness. - Meanwhile, you guys received your invitation. - Right, exactly. - Well, it's Mulver Hill and he's a mason, remember? - Yes, he is. - He's observing that. - So we perhaps would like to filter that organization? - Check out him. - Yeah, he seemed to care about the case. - A bit more than... I don't know if we'll have to ask anything. - Really? - Mm-hmm. - Check his hand. - To Mulver Hill, where is he? - Good question. - Well, we know he's a cop, so we could probably, as long as we're still at the station, maybe we could look from Overhill. - And choir after him? - Mm-hmm. - We're there in the lobby. - Okay, inquire at the front desk. - Mm-hmm. - Um-hmm. - Uh, Mulver Hill, he is off today and tomorrow. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Okay. - That's convenient. - Mm-hmm. - Is there a telephone directory? - Is there telephones yet? - Yes. - Mm-hmm. - And there's directory? - Um... - If he has telephone. - That's right. - That's right. - That's good. - That we don't know. - Give me a library, useful. - All right. - I pass. 23. - Okay. - And 19. - Nice. - We find it. - No. - Or we are able to check the directory. - Yes. - Um, so you get... You find the listing from Mulver Hill, you get his home address. - Off we go. - Nice. - Although what time is it by now? - It is pushing for nine o'clock at this point. - P.M.? - Mm-hmm. - Perfect. - He'll be home. - All right. So you are being still escorted by Dr. Hume. - Of course. - Yeah, we'll be fine. - Okay. - So, I've still got my shotgun with me. - Right. - Of course. - Hoping, okay, naturally. - So, he lives a bit north of the city proper. So you make your way over there. Pulling up outside the building where his flat is located. And, uh, ascertaining lives on the third floor. - Mm-hmm. - And those are dark. - Hmm. Let's try and break in. Now's the perfect time to look at his effects when he's not there to lie. - I, as a lady, would be shocked, but I would probably be a little excited. - Absolutely. - All right. - Ooh, that's cute. (laughter) - That was fun. (laughter) - Such scandalous adventure. - It's the heckleage. - It's like a bird-like name. - All right. We've got locksmith. - I got 40. - Oh, for it. - Yeah. - That doesn't work. I have a shotgun. - Right, I know. (laughter) - As always. - 12. - Yeah. - Go ahead and check your locksmith. - Wow. - I'm kidding. - All right, yeah, you pull out a couple of hairpins and... - Mm-hmm. - I learned it in Italy. - Mm-hmm. - Italian friends. - Mm-hmm. - Call me a few tricks. - That's Italian. - Not to be trusted. - Mm-hmm. (laughter) - No. - No. It's dark as I open the door. - Mm-hmm. - Does it smell musty? - No. Smells of cigar smoke. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Let's wander over in the moonlight and draw the drapes. (laughter) - Let's go to the creepy place. (laughter) - This is creepy music. - Okay, so I'm drawing the drapes. - I'm drawing the drapes in the rocking chair. - Oh! - All right, okay. (laughter) So, I'm drawing the drapes. - I can't help again. (laughter) - Oh, wow. - Take a leapcake. (laughter) - Okay, so we draw the drapes. - The drapes are gone. - And then I can light the lamp. - All right, the lamp is lit. - What do we see? - You see a pretty typical bachelor's apartment. - Right, dirty. - Very simple. - No, actually, well-maintained. - Mm-hmm. - Now, this is a police officer. - Yes, let's hustle. - Okay, so if he comes over, we just broke into a police officer. - Yes. - And he's gonna be able to tell pretty easily that someone broke into his house. - Yep, yep, yep. - Okay. - All right, so. - Even if you leave. (laughter) - Yeah, exactly. - That's my table, anything in there? - You often give me spot-hidden tools. - Yeah, it's time to toss to your party. (laughter) - Cut the mattress open. (laughter) Smash the lamp. (laughter) - You missed. - Quickly. - Quickly. 98 again. (laughter) - You know what? Can I push this rule? - Yes. - Okay. - Push it. - What happens if you fail? - If you fail, Mulverhill's coming home. - Oh, just shoot him. - Do you want me to? (laughter) - Shoot him. - You don't even need to catch him. - Me, Kevin. - Me, Kevin. - And so he's... - No, we have to shoot him, so we'll shut up. That's the point of it. - Do you think I should? - Do you think I should? - I think it's familiar. - I failed mine. We have to push. - Okay. - We all have to push too. - I failed this by Spothead. - Oh, God. - I didn't put any points in it. - Well, I guess if all of us push... It can't... - I failed again. - Okay. - It's a 14 pass. - Well, he failed again. - Oh, he failed. - Oh, okay. - So you're, yeah, you're kind of talking loudly and going... - Yeah, yeah. - As we move over here. - Yeah. - Yeah. - But more opens. It's Mulverhill. - All right. What do we do? - You're okay. - Yes. (laughter) - Yes. - Yes. - Yes. - Okay. - Good Lord. Are you a right man? - Yes. - We can pick everywhere. - So he needs you sort of like... - Beautiful. - ...looks at you all. - Umm. - Everyone give me Spothead rolls. (laughter) - Fail. - Fail. - Fail. - Oh, my God. - No. - You want to push it? You want to push it? - Kind of. - Do it. - Do it. - I want to play this thing. - All right. - What would happen now? - If you fail, he's going to rest you. (gasps) (laughter) - I can afford to fail myself, right? - I got a one. - Yes! (laughter) (applause) - Yes! - Yes! - Check this fight. - Oh, my God. - Oh, my God. - Wow. All right. - That's so perfect. - Yes. - So, um... - You're a little like... (laughter) - Well, it represents... In this case, we represent a second look. You know, you're all staring back. You're all shocked. - Yeah. - You're all trying to... - You're all surprised. - You're like, "You're okay!" (laughter) You're trying to cover it. And instead of looking back to your friends, you keep looking at him. - Mm-hmm. - You see that he puts a right hand into his frock coat pocket. It's bandage and has fresh blood on it. - Oh! - And since you're all the one, I'm going to say you also smell cordite on the air. - All right. - Oh, my God. (laughter) - You were the shadow. (laughter) - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah, so he looks at all of you. Yes? Can I help you? - Oh, my God, you're okay. - Yeah. I'll use Persuade to sort of persuade him that we were just really worried about him because there's been this rash of strange things. - And I'll persuade him. - And Pike is dead. - Wherever has the higher... - Persuade? - My Persuade is how I got through med school. It's 60%. - Oh, meds 40. - Yeah. - Go for it. Let's see there. - Okay. - And I made it. - Yes. - Check your Persuade. - All right, so you spin this tail over, you know. Oh, well, with Pike's death, you know. - Mm-hmm. - And have you heard what happened to Finnegan? - Yes. - Yes. - Wings, wings, nuts, nuts. - Uh-huh. - Finnegan? - I'm sorry. - It was Finnegan. - Finnegan. - Finnegan. - So he just sort of listens to you and he says, "Just get out of my apartment. You're lucky I'm not arresting you." - Damn. - Okay. - All mine. - All mine. - Mm-hmm. - That's bad. - That's bad. - What happened to your hand? - I didn't see it. - I didn't see it. - I didn't see it. - Well, if you were to mention it. - Is he an inspector or detective or...? - He's an inspector. - An inspector. I hope you don't mind my asking. Are you all right? I couldn't help it notice. Your hand is injured. - Oh, yes. It got caught in a revolving door at Harrods. - What the heck? - Really? - That would actually just squash it. It wouldn't be a puncture wound. - Well, you can't see it's puncture when you just see it's bandages with some blood. - But, yeah. But to break the skin? - Yeah. It was a nasty cut. - Just right across the back of my hand. - The ghost of Pike. I'm sorry, it's heavy. [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] - I must have followed. - I can't. I'm just floating, must have. [laughter] - I'm just like going by yourself. - He's like your ghostly delight mentor. [laughter] - He'll go see mustache. - He's even stronger now. [laughter] [laughter] - My mustache will come back. [laughter] - Can I try to persuade him that he needs medical attention? - No. - Hmm. - That you might want to look at it? - Yeah. - Okay. - That's a doctor. - That's a doctor, aren't you? - Indeed. That's the thing. - We're about to have. [laughter] - I made it. I got a 40. - Okay. - So we made it by 20. - Uh-huh. - It's already been treated by my doctor, right? - Well. - He says just take it easy and don't overtax it. - I think I'll be fine now, please. - All right. - Hmm. - Hmm. [laughter] - He's an ally, so you know. - I get a crazy idea. - Oh. - I don't know. - Are you gonna start seducing him? - Yes! [laughter] - Oh my goodness. [laughter] - Oh my goodness. - Oh my goodness. [laughter] - I like it kind of like, like, shit. - I wish my eyebrows would like it. - I would like to leave my card. [laughter] - It's gonna be me or you. So, okay. So, I'm gonna leave my card. - I'm gonna leave my card. - No way, I'm gonna just leave my card and say, I consider an honor if you drop by for tea someday. Someday soon. - You just do. - Well, actually, give me an half-time spiral. - All right. - And by tea, I beat sex. [laughter] - Oh, and I fail. I fail. - So he just gives you a light look. - No. - No. - Damn. - That's right. - I'm gonna leave it to these people. - My app is nine. - Oh. - I'm okay. - Give it a go. - You're both gonna cruise them on your way. - No, seriously. - Geez. - Yeah, here's my card as well. - Yeah. [laughter] - Wow. - After five hours. - I do it in 60. - 60. - You're less hustle in the bus. - I make it. - Yeah! [laughter] - So, you give Celeste your blank look and then Pat me some other. [laughter] - Yeah. [laughter] - Oh, look at that. [laughter] - Fucking bother. - Is Dr. Team gonna try and do it? [laughter] - Right here is my card. [laughter] - Well, you know, it would want to be left out. - No. [laughter] [laughter] - Especially if he's being treated by one of your lesser colleagues. - Yeah. - That's true. - Sir, I'm fine that you might be treated by one of my lesser colleagues. Here's my card. [laughter] - Oh, yeah. [laughter] - Mm. - Mm. - Drop out of my office. - Me time. [laughter] - What's your app? - Yeah. - Oh. - What is 13? - Oh. - Oh. - Oh. - So, what do I? What? - What? - Why not? [laughter] - Just to see if you make a favorable impression on it. - Okay. So, so, what do I? - Love. - It'll be your app times five, so it'll be 70 or less. - Okay. - 78. - Oh. [laughter] - Well, they're certainly not sexually attracted. [laughter] - Get out of the house. - We should have done that with certain data. [laughter] - No, seriously. - The door is closed somewhat forcefully. [laughter] - Shh. - Well? - Everyone's been behaving so inappropriately today. [laughter] - The road on Mac. [laughter] - You got out. - Mm. [laughter] - Oh. - Maybe. - So, you've got 'til Sunday evening for the meeting with the order. - What day is it? - What day is it today? - This is Friday night. - I got a vacation. - You know? - I want to go. I have my friend Charles Hiremore. - Mm-hmm. - I attended to my sweating blood. - Yes. - Oh, yes. I'm gonna drop in on him and just ask if he's sort of anything unusual happening. I guess it would be what I have to go to his home, I guess. - Uh, Friday night? - Your testimony might as well. - His house later. - Like a mid-30 unafraid. - Excuse me, it's your husband, who? [laughter] - You know? We're still in the hospital. - You guys are in the hospital. - Definitely. - Yeah. - They're gonna hold you at least another day. - I will drop by and I'll tell him that I was concerned about my friend, Oswald Finnegan. - Mm-hmm. - Oh, I would appreciate it if he could drop by and look down at him because he was seriously wounded. Also, you know, since I'm here, you know, anything strange happening. Lots of dead prostitutes and people, you know, people with, you know, babbling about having their bodies switched. - Mm-hmm. - And their type of madness. - So this is also something you have to leave with the, with the front doormen. - Oh, okay. - Okay. - And take your part in your instructions and he assures you that the doctor will get back to you as soon as he's scheduled. - All right. The doctor's a busy man. - Well, I'm busy too. - Oh my God. Are you in the doormen? - You're arguing with the doormen. - I'm not going to ask you. - I'm not going to ask you. - Are you sure you gave him my car? - Yeah. - Yeah. - Are you sure? - Oh my God. All of the servants in London know about you. - All right. Well, I guess if you feel that's best, I would tell you that. I will tell you how to do your job. - Thank you, sir. [laughter] - I was hanging my head in a shame in the door but he couldn't. [laughter] - I feel like full of odor in the care. - Yeah. - Slowly. - No, I'm not in there. - Just, just, just go. - Keep driving. Don't drive. - Please, Jack. - Yeah. - Drive on, driver. - Yeah. - All right. - Unless all our whole comes by for tea, I can't, I can't leave it until Sunday. - I actually want to investigate mesancloges to see Mulverhill perhaps or how many are in that area or something to trace them. - I guess mesancloges are definitely not going to be keen on having a young woman who's poking around. - I would be checking things at the library or written-- - Is that feasible? - Yeah. - Records of the greater lodges. - Well, it is a secret society. - Oh, okay. - So they don't really keep a member blog's poem. - Nothing like that. - Yeah. - Nuts. - But you could read up on mesan's, you know, in general if you wanted to. - Okay. Well, you see, there's no who wrote the note. - Yeah. - That's the question. - And then how did Mulverhill know about it? - Right. - And he knows it. - Right. - So there's like characters in there too. - What? - That was my joke. He was like, does it look like it could have been written by a Chinaman? - Oh. - It's like random characters. - He knows he's like one of those little stamps, you know? - Yeah. - That's not just characters. - Oh, no. - The paper? Should we investigate the type of paper? Does the paper look unusual in any way? Is there a watermark? - No. Just paper. It's piece of paper. - Is it cheaply made? - It's paper. - It's somewhat cheap, yeah. - Yeah. - All right. - Paper. - What's... - Is it paper? - You know, do Mason's have any particular feelings about the Golden Dawn? - Yeah, what's that relationship like? - Do we have any members in the Golden Dawn? - Good question. - I didn't... Well, it wasn't Westcott and Mason before... - You suspect that many of the male members of the Golden Dawn are also Mason's. But like I say, it's a secret society, so you don't know for sure. - It's a secret society. - I mean, your answer is right. - Bidwell was a Mason. - Right? - Right. - Motorhill investigated the house without any ado. - Should we go to the Mason's? - That's kind of where I'm... - Which lodge? - Right. - It should be either Oswald or myself, I would imagine. - Right, not maybe. - Yeah, there's no way. - I could put it on the couch. - Well, you can maybe... - No. - Well, you can maybe... - Hey! - You can take pipes and mustache and put that on. - No. - It smells a bit of rumble. - Oh. - Is she? - Was it on there? It was just a compass-like thing. - But isn't the lodge number supposed to be on the compass? - Well, I don't know. - On this one, it was just a small ring with the symbol on it. - It wasn't like an official... - It wasn't like an ownership ring. - It was just like a... - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. - Crap. - That's a good idea. - It was like a five-year anniversary ring. You know, it was just some random ring. - Yeah, yeah. - That he wasn't wearing. - So... - Mm. - That's true. - Maybe he had a father that was in the license. - Possibly. - Well... - I didn't go in the Conjector in the hospital. - Yeah. - Yeah, no, we're just hanging. - Your mind is racing. - Good idea. - The car's turning. - Facing. - Oh, good things. - Good things. - Morphe. - You're a great mustaches. (laughter) - That's true. (laughter) - That's true. - That's true. - That's a good lord. Mike was gay. (laughter) - Yeah. - There's a whole bunch of... - I'm sorry. (laughter) - No morphine, more morphine, please. - Bring it. - Okay. - Did you know that? (laughter) - No, sir. (laughter) - I don't know if you're happy with my nose. - Mm. - No. - I'm so sorry. - You must have known. - Yeah. - What are you applying, sir? - You're average looking. (laughter) - You're an average looking gentleman. (laughter) - Mm. - All right. So... (laughter) - I mean, nothing wrong, right? - I got nothing. (laughter) - All right. So, time passes as I just want to do. - Mm-hmm. - It is evening. There's a light fog. And you have all arrived outside. Not Mark Mason's Hall, but the Bidwell Manor. - What? - I wouldn't rather. - I wouldn't bring my shotgun to me. (laughter) - Wait, is that going up for auction any time, sir? - Yeah. - I'm not going to get piked. (laughter) - Two days. - Two days. - Two days. - Two days. - Wow. - 'Cause that's three days, man. - Come on. - Come on. - It's definitely not like they get piked. - One of the Bidwells plays the day every day, so. - So, yeah. (laughter) - Of course, in the interest of the Golden Dawn. - So, you're all outside the Bidwell mansion rather than the Mark Mason's Hall. - Mm-hmm. - But, um, there's a, um, a door man waiting at the front door to usher you in. - It's starting to hate these door men. (laughter) - So, you're all being ushered into the mansion here. It's still the same as it was when you saw it before. You know, ashes on the floor and the dishes unwashed. - Oh, no. - It's cold. - It's cold. - Yeah, funky. - You know, yeah, yeah. It is a bit funky. It's cold. The house hasn't been heated since Bidwell's death. But, from upstairs, you can hear talking voices. And so, heading up to the second floor, you find the library is occupied by many of the order members. There's Florence Farr, Dr. Westcott, DEDI. Another prominent member, you know, is FDR, for initials. There's Godfrey Williamson. - The psychic. - The psychic. Strangely, you also see some of the other people who are at the salons like Robert James V's and Annie Bessont are there as well. - Yeah. - They're not order members. DEDI has a tarot deck out on the table. And as you walk in, he's pulling a card and he sets it down and it's the hermit. He says, "Interesting. A recluse. A man who's abandoned the world and everything on it. A misguided soul lost to humanity." As you all enter, you're the last ones to arrive. You note that your five plus the other guests make twelve. - Oh no. - Oh no. - Not that we say yes. - And as you walk in the library door behind you closes. - Oh. - Oh. - Have we been compromised? - No. - No. - What about a shotgun? - I've got a shotgun. - Yeah. - I feel like I need to do it burnt by itself. - As you're all wondering what the hell's going on. The gas lamps on the walls spontaneously shut off. And at the exact same moment, the candles on the table spark to life of their own accord. - Wow. - Anyone else like freaking out or just us? - Oh yeah. I know you're all, everyone's sort of startled. - Okay. - Oh. - The doors to the adjoining den open and the roped figure comes in. Welcome. I'm glad you could all come. The voice is familiar to me. - Throwing back the hood, you see the roped figure is none other than John Bidwell. - What? - There are forces greater than life and death. - This is the strangest case of syphilis at all. - Oddly, of course. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Oh my God. - So he takes his place at the, he takes his place at the head of the table near the 13th seat. - Um, yes. - Sir, I think this bears an explanation, don't you? - Not that I owe you any, but I have summoned you all back here to show you the fruits of your labor. The seance you see was indeed a success. The produces the crystal cube from inside his room. - Look at everywhere for that. - The smoke from the candles begins to swirl and thicken, forming a funnel shaped cloud. Blue flashes spark through the alien crystal and the smoky funnel begins to twist and rise up and then the narrow end begins to press against the wall behind him and then into the wall. - So the funnel now forms an impossibly long black tunnel that stretches through the wall off into infinity. - Excuse me, sir. Could you please stop doing that? - Wow. - Very distracting. - Please quit opening portals to other dimensions. - Really? - Not that. - So, Bidwell steps to the wide mouth of the funnel, which is now over ten feet across, and displays the cube in the palm of his hand. And he says, "This is the key." Beyond, you now notice odd shapes moving down the black swirling tunnel. The shapes move closer, growing larger. - No, no. - Until they reveal to be enormous multi-legged worm-like creatures. - Oh. - Okay, well I'm gonna get my shotgun at the ready. - Yeah. - Stop this man. - Yes. (laughter) - Do we all shoot the kids together? - Just to be clear, Bidwell, are you a bad guy? - I'm confused. - The room is doing me all. - As if to answer your question, he says, "May I present your new masters?" - No. - No. - Okay, not the chief out of his hand. - Gun going off. - Shooting. - Shooting. - Shooting. - I'm shooting at Bidwell. - I'm shooting at Bidwell. - Yeah, I'm probably gonna-- - Fire away. - Fire away. - So, just my-- - My shotgun skill. - Shotgun skill? - Okay. - Oh, I do not make mine. - I barely failed mine. - Okay. - I'm gonna make mine. I'm gonna make mine. - I failed mine. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Dammit. - We're allowed to shoot again. - Uh, let me check your derringers. - Pass. - Makes it-- - All right, roll your damage. - Oh. - It's a D8, right? - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Eight! - Whoo-hoo! - Nice. All right. - So, you knock the cube out of his hand and you hit a worm. - Yeah. - Yes. - We hope we hope. - Yes. - No, you just-- you merely shoot him. - Yeah. - He's just dead. - Mm-hmm. - Well, yeah, you shoot him right between the eyes. - Mm-hmm. - With a shot. - Like-- - With a gun cane. - So, probably the top of his head is gone. - Well, yeah, the bullet hole and then just blood out the back. - Mm-hmm. - And then-- - Next, you run for the cube, run for the cube. - And he sort of stumbles back. - Don't touch him. - No, yeah. - And then stands up again. - Of course. - Yes. - And it is the face of Hanson Bartlett this time that looks at you. - Ah! - Everyone makes sanity rolls, please. - [laughs] - Of course. - You got a big problem. - I failed. - I failed. - I failed. - What's he feeling? - I got a 96. - Oh! - I got a 90 points. - Yeah. - I got a 34. - Oh, I got a 60. - I got a 60. - You made it. - I'm not. - How'd you do? - Not bad. - Not no fail? - Not fail. - I've lost like net sanity. - I know, you're-- - No, you're not. - Not rock. - Okay, so. - I failed. - The less dealers is one and Dr. Hugh loses two. - Oh. - And Robin. - Robin. - Robin. - You failed? - Yes. - You lose two as well. - Still doing pretty good. - I'm still there. - Okay. - All right, so not only is it the face of Hanson Bartlett, but he's laughing. - Of course he is. - What's everyone else doing? - There's just sort of general commotion. - I'm stunned. - Yeah, talking, commotioning. - So the giant worm creatures, no one else is doing anything to stop. - No, and they're sort of coming out from this portal area. - Of course not. - So I'll need another sanity roll for that. - Oh, fail. - Oh my God, I got 95. - Yes, I failed. - I failed. - Oh my God. - Wow, I got a 90. - 90. - That's bad. - Fails all around? - Yes, I guess. - Oh, very good. - All right, so Finnegan, you lose none. You're like, I'm not seeing worse. Dr. Hugh, you lose four. - Okay. - Let's see. Word, you lose one. - No. - Padma loses four. - Four. - And Celesteie loses two. - These things are crawling out. They sort of look like a combination of a sea anemone, a centipede and a lobster. - Oh. - It's all fishy things. - Ah. (laughter) - There it goes. - Oh. - Oh. - Oh. - This is why I'm afraid of the sea. - Yes. - Yes. - Oh my God. - That's centipedes. - Oh. - And they're just sort of like pouring out of this portal. - How big are they? Can they shoot some more? - They're fucking huge. They're size 44. - What? - So they are pouring into this room. One of them in its little claw-like appendages is holding this kind of relatively small for this thing, but large, but your perspective. - Mm-hmm. - Glowing silver ball. - No. No good. - No good. - No good. - No good. - Cute. - Cute. - The cute. - Cute. - Cute. - The cute. - Cute. - No, absolutely. - I'm knocking over the candle, Oliver. - Knocking it over? Okay. All right. Who's got the highest X? - Okay. - 9-11. - 9-10. - 5-10. - 16. - Oh. - I don't know. - You might actually... - I have a lock in three. - Oh God. - Oh, that's right. - Did you say 16? - I did. - Okay. The worm thing has a 17. - Damn. - Oh. - So as you rush bid well, it comes at you. All right. - Can I shoot at it for my friend? - Well, there's multiples of these things. - I'm biting it. I'm going for it. - I'm biting it. All right. So some tentacles sort of lash out at you, but nothing connects. - All right. - So make a grapple roll too, trying to grab this. Cute. Okay. - Nope. 74. - All right. So you have bid well. All right. So what are the rest of you doing? - There's a couple of these worm things forcing their way into the room. - Is this a new round? - Yes. - Well, this is the same round. It's just worm first, Celestia, and then the next highest decks. - Mine is so I'm going to start to try. I have nothing. - Come on, kiddo. - I'm going to shoot the cube or something. - I don't think so. - You do note that the door you came in has now opened. - Oh. - Oh. - Roll on. - I'm going to get wheeling us out. - Roll away. - Come on, sir. - Let's go this way. - I'm running out the door. - All right. - I'll remember you were by the doors. - Good luck with this. All right. - Okay. - Everyone else running? - Probably. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Running running. Okay. - I mean, if we're the last ones that are probably at the back of the room close to the door. Exactly. - All together. - Mm-hmm. - Did I ever knock over the candelabra? - You did. - Yeah, that would be. - I was hoping to catch something on fire. - Yeah. I don't think you're getting this estate. - Yeah. - I don't think you're going to want it anymore. - Yeah. - It's going to be. - My total blood was one thing, flooring from creatures. - Yeah. - I am. - Yeah. Okay. 11 points of damage. - Okay. - Oh. - As you were whacked, forcibly by a tentacle. - Skid dunes. - What did I knock you down to? - Three. - Okay. - Make it content by roll please. - What? - Pass. - Okay. So you're so conscious. - What about the pictogram ritual? - I thought of that, but I don't think we have time for that. - It does take a little while. - Okay. - Graphical roll. - Okay. - Eight. - Mm-hmm. - Fail. - Okay. - So the rest of you are booking it downstairs. You're helping. - Yeah. Well, I'm good at doing stairs. So. - Presumably you would have actually left the chair down in the bottom of the stairs. You would have just made your way up. What would you paint? - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. - So you're helping it downstairs I guess. - Yeah. - You just throw it over your shoulder. - Yeah. - Yeah. - You two are going to make it out the door first. You emerge onto a nightmarish vista. The streets are swarming with these worm creatures. People are running to and fro, screaming. - Oh my god. - Uh, buildings are on fire. - We're too late. - Oh, let me fail. - Okay. - Let me fail. - Run back up the stairs. [laughter] - Shit. Shit. - Shit. - What was the damn portal? - Yeah. - Yeah, exactly. - What was that portal? - Mm-hmm. - Yeah, okay, so there is of course the worm creature near the door. It lashes out at Padma and Misses, but does attempt to crush Dr. Cume under its large bulk. - Oh my god. - Oh no. - Just like. - Yeah. - Oh, this swings its ass. - This swings its ass. - Is that you? - Essentially, 16 points of damage. - Oh. That would kill me. - Okay. - So you were crushed under its bulk. - Oh. - Oh. - Oh. - Oh my god. - Oh my god. - What the? [laughter] - Oh. - Oh. - I regret that thing. - Okay. [laughter] - Oh my god. - Oh my god. - Oh. - I regret that. - Syphilis. - Syphilis. - It wasn't syphilis. [laughter] - That is the worst case of syphilis. - It's not the same. - There it is. - There it is. - There. - There it is. - All right, back to the top of the order. Okay. And she is. - I know. - 19 points of damage to syphilis. - Dead. - Okay. - Because I only have three hit points. - Indeed. - All right. - So that will do it. - How does it kill me? - Basically, you're still grappling with, you know, Bidwell/Hanson. - Uh-huh. - And he's just laughing at you the whole time. - Uh-huh. - And then you just feel a tentacle like wrap around your neck. - Uh-huh. - And pop. - All right. - This is gonna be a total card kill. - Oh no. So, in fact, essentially, those of you still in the building, you do. You hear the screaming from outside. You hear the screaming from upstairs. The building begins to fall down. - Wow. - Okay. - And it just comes down on top of you. - Okay. - You're crushed. - All right. - Padmo, you're either crushed by the building or by one of those worms. At this point, you all wake up. - Oh. - No. - It's like that season of Dallas. - I know. - I'd love to just get Dallas. - Yeah. - Tommy. - It was very real, though. Any sanity you lost, you still have lost. - It's lost, sorry. - But any hit points or anything like that, you have a problem. - Oh, thank God. It's bad. - Whoa. - So we wake up. Where? Where are we? - It is Saturday. It is Sunday morning. - Okay. - You haven't had the meeting yet. - Open up my window. You boy. What days? (laughter) - Oh, yes. - Oh. - Wonderful. - Yes. - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - Why are you so excited? - You're all in your own homes or in the case of... - Why are you so excited? - Wait, is Pike still alive? - No. In the case of Finnegan, you're still in the hospital. - So really, we just dreamed, just them. - Well, it was like a prophetic dream about what could happen. - Oh yeah. - It felt incredibly real. - It felt incredibly real. - So prophetic dream. - Prophetically real. - Oh, I'm not sure if I've got it. - Nope. (laughing) - Yeah. - We're going to this fucking meeting. - We're going to whip up in the shape. - I'll rush over to Celestia's house. - Oh, I'm telling you. - I had a remarkable dream. It was very, very funny. (laughing) - Yeah, you're still sweating. (laughing) - I'm probably, yeah, still hiding under my blankets. - How did you have a tincture for me, sir? (laughing) - I've been shaking to the cold. (laughing) - I'm desperate enough to ask for something. A simple. - Do you want me to try medicine, I guess? - Yeah, I'll do it for a stay. - Step back. - Yeah. - Step still, I'm going to do medicine. (laughing) - Oh. - Three, first aid is a, it's going to be a good day. Oh, I made it, actually. - Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, sorry. (laughing) - Sorry, it's under. - Oh, no, I failed. - Oh, oh, oh. - All right. - Put this leech on your forehead. (laughing) - Thank you, thank you. I needed something. - You smack. - Slam. - So you gotta leech on your head. (laughing) - I'm hoping to distract you, Elise. - Yeah, another knock comes at the door. It is Godfrey Williamson. - It's bad. (laughing) - He's looking quite distraught. - Welcome, sir. I trust you're in as bad a shape as the rest of us this morning. - You had the dream as well. - Indeed. - Oh, Lord have mercy on us all. - Whatever shall we do? - I have enough leeches for everyone. (laughing) - Oh, so he doesn't help himself to a leech, but rather some of your brandy. And has a heat on your-- - Who doesn't? All right, yes. - He has a heat on your shaped lounge and downs it quickly. He says this was just the culmination of a whole series of visions I've been having lately. - That's right. - I told you of the faceless-- - Yes, you did. - The faceless menace. I've been seeing that still, although now I see someone with blood on their hands, but every time I try to get a closer look, the other faceless people move to block my view. - Blood on their hands. - Mm. - And I've seen a, even worse, I've seen a great yellow dragon snorting fire and bathed and blinding smoke. - That's a whole other thing. (laughing) - That's unrelated. - I don't know, I'm thinking of issues. - Yeah. (laughing) - But it clearly sort of. (laughing) - Well, in the dream I had, these things had just taken over everywhere, so leaving town isn't gonna do any good. - Right. (laughing) - You know where he is. (laughing) - Should I leave town? - No. - Question one. - Does the name Mulver Hill mean anything to you? - No. - That hasn't come up in any of your-- - That means nothing to me. - Okay. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Okay. - Let's go to Padmas and then to the hospital. - All right. Round up. - Round up the gang. - Round it up. - Okay. - So, you step outside. - Very good. Well, it's house down. - I know, I thought of that too, but I don't wanna-- - I do. - You do? - Oh, we get to the hospital. - I don't know who it is. (laughing) - You step outside. - I listen to your visions. - Yeah. - We should burn-- - Well, okay, so when are we-- - You guys are arguing about-- - Well, because it sounds-- - Okay, yeah. Back in the hospital, yeah. - Yes. - Yes. - We have to burn that house down. Burn it to the ground. - Mm-hmm. - That's a very interesting idea. We should bring it to the gang. (laughing) - You are due to be discharged today, so. - Oh, okay, great. - Well, positive. - I get the feeling if they're gonna open this portal, they could do it anywhere. I mean, I don't think there's anything special about your house. - But that particular house. Although it would be nice to burn it down. - Well, but if this was hanging out there, then-- - We should go investigate the house before the meeting. Wait, wait, where is the meeting? - It's this evening at Mark Mason's Hall. - All right. But, yeah, so we are supposed to meet at Mark Mason. - Right. (laughing) Just to burn it down, I'm gonna burn it down. I'll do it. - Always with the arson. - Yeah. (laughing) - So we can regenerate. So back back it, yeah, that's what's just funny. - Yes. - You know, it's, you're in the part of London, there's no trouble hailing a cab. And so, as you're walking up God-free, and I presume Dr. Hume had out to hail a cab. - Okay. - Yes. - Please. - Okay. - I'm making sure that it leaves at the stove on. (laughing) - Do I turn? - Do I turn? - You're talking up, you know. So Williamson's kinda out ahead of you, and he's in the middle of the cab, I hope you know. Give me a spot, hit and roll. - Oh, this is so much, right on it. - Nice, good. - Okay, yeah. - Did you check that? - Yeah, 'cause you should, if you did. - I did, yeah. - You see there's a cab coming. It is coming at a breakneck speed, directly at him. - Oh! - I'll tackle them and get 'em out of the way, if I can. - Okay, give me dodge at half your chance. - Oh! - Okay. - So... dodge. - It is something times two. Dext times two. - Dext times two. - So it would just be... - Yeah, must have put any points in it. - Oh, shit, okay. - So it would just be your deck, so yeah. - Um, well, that failed, pretty bad. (laughing) - You got an 82 of it. - 82 of it. - Oh, no. - All right, saving for a 10. - Yeah. (laughing) - Pretty far away from a 10, you know. All right, so you were both hit by the cab. - Oh, no! - Well, it's called mad. - Williamson takes 13 points of damage. - Good game. - Dr. Hume. Oh, lucked out. What is that? Four plus five. Nine points of damage. - Wow. - Okay, so it's... - That's really lucky. - Could've been 24. - She plays. - Seven knocks me down to three. - Okay. - Content is five, please. - Okay. - Oh, maybe. Anyway. - So you're just excruciating, hey. - I'm a lot, like, of a wake to experience. - Yeah, basically, you are buffeted aside by the, by the carriage. Let me see. Now Williamson comes out. What'd I say, 13? Oh, yeah. Williamson is run down. - Oh, what? - He is actually run down. - Did you mean he's dead? - He's dead. - Dear God. - He's dashed beneath the hooves and wheels of the carriage. - That's a horrible, screeching, terrible noise. - Horrible. - And a faint. - Yes, it is quite the sea, quite the site to do. - Right, Mayor. - It's not in role for both of you, though. - All right. - Before I pass out. - That's what you jump out. - Or as you pointed it out of the way. - Oh, triple zeros. - You made it. - Okay. You note that the cab driver had a bandaged right hand and a scarf over his face. - Curiouser and curiouser. - What the fuck? Over hill? - I think it's a light. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Over hill. - Okay, well, I'll just have to talk to you about this later. (laughing) - I would never have to. - So you couldn't help but notice the other day. You read me over the carriage. (laughing) - Nearly killed. - Do we need to clear the air at some point? (laughing) - 'Cause this one kind of embers all the hostility you go in. - Have I attended your wife? (laughing) - All right. So. - Wow. - Yes. - Okay. Well, yeah, man, am I just incapacitated at this point? - No, no, 'cause you're one point above unconsciousness. Unconscious is it two. - Okay. - You made your con role to stay conscious when you took more than half your hit points and damage. So essentially you were hit and just thrown clear. So you're just gonna have a lot of bruises all over your body, basically. - Okay. - Probably smashed a small pig at fence. - There you go. - Yeah, okay. - Not defense over. - That's like brunch. - Personally, I could treat myself. (laughing) - No, well, actually I do better than that. - Yes. (laughing) (indistinct chattering) - Yes, Charles. - Pretty much aside from the only one who. - You're coming out smelling like a rose. (laughing) - Dr. Hume, you look beaten and bloody. (laughing) - You're just all excited, you're pretty swollen. (laughing) - I lost a couple to you. - Oh no. - It's the humblest I've ever seen. (laughing) - So, yeah, it's less to use, painted. - I fainted, but I'm not, you know, it's just a, I've got a leech on my head. - Yeah, that's true. (laughing) - I'm pulling the leech off before he kills me. (laughing) - Oh. (laughing) - Yeah, when they get really full, they just detach. - They just fall off? - They fall off. - It's a leech fainted when you did. - Yes. (laughing) - Well, that's way too much for me. - What's they done there work? (laughing) - Oh, and by the way, when Williamson's talking about his visions, both of you make an idea of roles. - Well. - I'm in it. - Okay. - Oh, wait a minute, though. You weren't down at the warehouse. - Come on. - Come on. - Oh, really? - The yellow dragon. The yellow dragon. I know about the fire breathing yellow dragon. - Yeah, what about it? - We have to figure out where we've seen that before or somewhere. That's a sign, it's a symbol, that's a trade thing. - Yes, it is. - Many things are possible. (laughing) - Everything is possible. - I'm gonna throttle you, Jim. - Yeah, pretty much. Just get into that point. - All right, does that give me an idea role, by the way? - So let's just think about the dragon. (laughing) - Yes. - Okay. So, you're all convening, I assume. - It's not going to be a clue. - Yeah, really. - Dear God. Yeah, we can get him a bed next to him. - Yeah. - Oh, that's so funny. (laughing) - Oh, dear, dear. - So you, you know, you're all informed of what happened to poor Godfrey Williamson. And once the topic of the yellow dragon is brought up, Williamson's vision, Oswald remembers, noting while you were down near that warehouse in Chinatown, a restaurant called the House of the Yellow Dragon. - Well, let's say this time. - Nearby to the warehouse. - All right, yes, absolutely, the dragon. - Oh, of course. - Breathing fire, it's breathing fire in his vision. - Mm-hmm. - Burning down. - Perhaps. (laughing) - Torch it. (laughing) - We're not burning low. - We're not burning low. - We're burning. - We're the deal, yeah. - Yep. - That's a good idea. - Yes? - You guys think? - I do, I do. - Definitely. - Are we going to protect you? - I'm out and about. - Oh yeah, let me give you your first aid here as the doctor's treatment. - I went first aid too. - Yeah, you want to live up to the doctor? - Right. - You get four points back. - Okay, a little bit right, a little feeling sound. - You feel better. - Thank you, doctors, not too shabby. (laughing) - Wow, I remember that's huge. - Whoa, she's a extravagant phrase. (laughing) - A little light of the leeches? (laughing) - He is really badly hurt. (laughing) - He maybe can trust. - Yep. - He's delusioning. - Okay. - To Chinatown. He's stuck in with Trout and see if he will accompany us as he is-- - It's up to you. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Well, I think I would ask him if Finnegan was his thought on that. 'Cause he is art. - It's all too good for him. - He would be okay for Trout to be part of an arson. - What are we? - Oh, we're definitely-- - We're going to the arson. - We're going to the arson. - Well, it's definitely an option. - Well, he can come away. He can come. - Well, Scotland Yard inspectors can hire themselves off out on their off days as private to blight fires. - Sure. (laughing) - Yeah, maybe when we're just maybe checking with him before we head down there and see-- - Oh, like updates or? - Yeah, with anything to happen. - Since we've all had these crazy visions. - Sure. - Should be something to do with it before we-- - Oh, he's working on it. - Okay. (laughing) - He's there. - Do you want to swim by? - Let's just swim by him again. - All right. - It's your carriage. - It's on the way. - Mm-hmm. - It's my carriage. (laughing) - Give me, give me a better rating roll again. (typing) - Aw. - I got a two. - Yeah. - Nice. - Check your credit rating. - Kaboom. - Mm-hmm. - All right. (laughing) So trout meet you very quickly this time. And it says, well, we got the coroner's report back on the pike. - Mm-hmm. - He was killed with cobra venom. - Oh, God. - Oh. - Oh. - Cobra's in my head. - Cobra's in my head. (laughing) - Not the best one with it. You can all give me a law role at one quarter of your normal scale. - It's like a one per cent. - That's what it would be. - Yeah. - Hey. - Mm-hmm. - I did just roll it to me. - Wow. I did roll a seven. - I did roll a seven. - Oh, I got a seventy for the babe. - I'm using that. - Mm-hmm. - Okay. - Mm-hmm. (whimsical music) - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Well, it was thirty-something. - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. - It was just you guys. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. (laughing) - We're gonna go. (laughing) - So, yeah, that that. - One question. - Yes? - Were there bite marks on the man? - No, it was ingested. - Ingest, did you say? - Indeed. - Mm-hmm. - Holy tight, we're there. The turtle smells that. - Mm-hmm. - I'm gracious. - That's diabolical. - That's disgusting. - Devious, repellent, repellent. - Oh, it's about my teeth. - Oh, I'm sorry. (laughing) - My teeth. (laughing) - I'm just, I'm just. (laughing) - That would've been good, I didn't. - Dastardly. (laughing) - COVID venom is poisonous, you say? (laughing) (laughing) - Hello. - Mm-hmm. - Someone's learning. - I knew that. (laughing) - Yeah, so he says that's, we have no leads on where that may have come from, unfortunately. - Mm-hmm. - Far East, just right. - Where was the last place he ate? Did anybody know? That's where he was. - Did he have Chinese food in his stomach? - Yes, he did, actually. - What? - Oh! - Excellent. (laughing) - Excellent. - Sorry, that was dumb. (laughing) - Score! - Yes! (laughing) - That was awesome. - We're sure we'll attack by a bunch of Chinaman. (laughing) - Yes? - Some of them. - Some of them are? - Yes, yes, we were. - Off to the golden yellow day either. - Not in Chinatown either. - Off to the golden yellow day. - No, they were at the docks, right? - The docks? - We still don't know who wrote that letter. - Yeah. - It's burned down Chinatown. (laughing) - That's what we do, just smoke out all the cobras. - Yeah. - It wouldn't be the first one to do this. - That's right. - Um, why would we go to this restaurant? - I think we have to. - Yeah. - Yeah. - It's actually the day. - Okay. - Go eat the dumplings. (laughing) - They got a kick. (laughing) - Do you mention any of this to try out or keep it to yourselves? - I think we're gonna keep it to ourselves. - Yeah. - Exchange some knowing glances. - Yeah, Chinese food you're saying. (laughing) - Rip the shotgun. (laughing) - All right. - Chinese food. - Off you go to Chinatown. It is a chilly December 3rd and you pull up outside the house of the yellow dragon feeling the stairs of the local residents as you disembark. You head in through a set of double doors and enter into a very sort of dimly lit, carpeted red and mahogany sort of decorated front room area. It smells pretty good actually. (laughing) - You gotta tell them to get you. - Yep, yep, yep, that's right. - A sort of slightly built, somewhat anxious looking, Chinese man transformed. Yes, can I help you? - Party of five. - Oh, very well. - Okay. - Full of it. - Hmm. - So he leads you down a side passageway. Basically, all the booths in this restaurant are enclosed with curtains, so they're all private booths. - That's... - That's pretty tricky. - It is. - That's how I know. - And shady. - It's a great place to be poisoned. - That's right. (laughing) - So he seats you in a booth and indicates that there's like a chalkboard on the wall that has the dishes, of course, it's all written in Chinese. If you have any questions, just let me know. - How do you reach our knees? (laughing) - I could bring you a sample platter, if you like. - That would be fantastic. - Let's just start with tea. (laughing) Could you hold the cobra venom? (laughing) - Very well, would you like that with cobra gun? (laughing) - Let's see that. (laughing) - I didn't even want to come in the front door. - Everyone give me a left roll. - Oh yeah. I didn't even want to come in the front door. - Make it, make it, make it, make it. - Make it. - I do not. - Did anyone roll less than 20% of airlock? - I don't know. - No. - Wait, so we're only above or below? - Below. - Oh yeah, no, I didn't. Six or five. I got easy for us. - You know, I have a 75% cooking skill. - Wow. - Can I notice if there's anything unusual about this food? - Wouldn't you know about Chinese food though? - Probably not. - Well, it's 75%. - That's like professional, you could be a professional chef. - Yeah! - Yeah, that was my trick. I think it's one of those. - I don't know about it. - Yeah. - Made it? 57? - Okay. - So he brings some tea and a little sample platter, you know? It looks legit. Looks well prepared, you know? But who made the luck rolls for this? - I did. - Okay, so Robin and Celestia, as you're seated on the same side of the booth and it's kind of on the side where the curtain was pulled. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. - And you see a couple occidental gentlemen making their way out of the restaurant area. You're seated at the back. So there's really no place for them to have come from. - I would like to follow these, man. - Oh my God. - You can see them from like, you can, what, yeah. - Yeah. - So, some guys are leaving, they all look like they belong here, so what's going on? (laughing) - I'm sorry, master. (laughing) - Well, if it's a fair weebig, and it seems like there's nowhere they could have come from. - They could have come from? - Downstairs. - A kitchen, some room, underneath, yeah. - Yeah, but then you should try to figure out where they came from, you know, if they're leaving. - Right, well, right. So they're leaving at the front door. - Yes, they're heading out the front. - So they must have come from the back. - So there's stuff behind us. - But you're basically in the back. - There's nothing behind us? Where's the kitchen? - There's only, probably on the other side of the building. - So there's a chapter where there's a-- - There's gotta be a way. - Yeah, because there's basically only two other booths. - All right, then. - Fair enough. Fair enough. - Is there some sort of secret entrance or? - You wanna go poke around? - Yeah, that's a poke around. - Ooh, let's. All right. So you can sort of just like get out of your booth and start peeking in the curtains of these other booths. Spot didn't roll the other one. - Make it. - Build. - I have a six. - Wow, did you check your spot didn't you? Is it not? - I did. - Okay. - So Padma, you check through, you know, the curtain of this one booth and you can see that, you know, there's wood paneling on all the walls, but this one booth has this sort of section of wood paneling that's kind of clearly cut out from the rest of it. It's about four feet square. - Whoa. - You're gonna dress your. There's something open. - Ah. - Robin. (laughing) - Some of the poke at it. - All right, it moves. - All right, so open. - Okay, you kind of push in and then sideways and then it'll slide. - And then look inside. - You see a long narrow hall beyond. There's a set of stairs leading up. At the base of the set of stairs is a very large, muscular Chinese man with his arms folded. - Does he see? - Yes. - Oh. - 'Cause the stairs are like right there. - Like clothes are really thick. - Really thick. - Okay. - Here's an underground club. - Is it cool? (laughing) - So I thought it was gonna just cougar at your face. (laughing) - He's Robin. All right, so basically, yeah, I had a closer than I told them when I saw. - Okay. - Okay. - Hmm. - You might be coming up there so we should probably go back to our table. - We should leave or check it out. - Well, we should leave and then go maybe up the drain pipe. - Maybe we hide in a different empty booth. That's not ours. - Mm. - And then-- - And then wait for them to leave. I don't know. Make them think that we were going and... - We've gotta go around another way. - But there's a secret entrance. - If there's a secret entrance through there, maybe while he's coming down to check something out, somebody can slide in. - What I want him to do is seduce him and then we'll go out. (laughing) - I ask you to take a lot to seduce him. (laughing) - You've seen it all. - Ooh. - Seize. - Seize. (laughing) - Stare-guarding is lonely business. (laughing) - Don't be professional. - We can just bum rush him. - No, it's a narrow-- - Five of those could take you. - A hallway though? We're only being able to get to him one at a time. - Mm-hmm. - Well, we can find-- - He's held the wheel in there. - So, it's actually about eight or nine feet across. - Okay. - So-- - We could plow him down with the wheelchair. - Well, you'd have to get the wheelchair through the trap door, which is set at the back of a booth. - We could just threaten him. I mean, I've got a shotgun. We could just-- (laughing) - We could just drive. - Do there. - Yeah. - Just be like. - Yeah. - Move it. - Move the side, Governor. - I'm not gonna do that alone. (laughing) - Could we just ask? - Right, exactly. - What's the word? Maybe we gotta say something and get past it. We should've followed those. - Probably in Chinese. - Okay, well it's-- - No, it's the Occadels who left. - That's weird. - Let's try and talk to him at least. - Okay, that's weird. - That's weird. - I'll try. - Okay. - Does he, I wonder if he speaks English. - So, you slide the panel back. He looks at you. - Uh-huh. - You, sir. (laughing) - No way to see if he responds in English. - He, he doesn't respond, but he just sort of nods. And sort of like, you know, just like. - Oh. - You know, come on. - Oh. - Okay, well, I'll walk up the stairs. - So, I mean, yeah, he just fades you by. - Wow, doesn't he know about it? - He must've heard of me. Okay. (laughing) - My reputation is standing. (laughing) - Oh, my God. - Let's talk about that. - Yes. (laughing) - Okay. And how about the rest of you? You see Dr. Doom disappeared through the trap door. - Yeah. - So, they will follow him? - Okay. - All of you and me. - Mm-hmm. - Okay. - Yeah. - Do you want to? - You got your tan. It sounds like you weren't hitting the legs, so you can still limp along. - Mm-hmm. - I don't want to help you. - Mm-hmm. - Yeah, absolutely. - All right. I kind of silently watches you all pass. - Mm. - Mm. - Mm. (laughing) - So, you get to the top of the stairs and they kind of come out at the far end of this other hall that goes back the other way and ends in the doorway. - Mm-hmm. - There's a, there's like a little sliding hat on there. - Another guard, all right. All right, let's open it up. - Mm-hmm. - So, knocking on the door. - Mm-hmm. - The hatch slides back and you see a Chinese eyes looking out at you. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - And, but in, you know, sort of accent and English, he demands a shilling each for passage. - Shit. It's fine. - Sorry. - So a lot? - Sure. - No, it's fine. - It's fine. - It's fine. - It's fine. - Yeah. (laughing) - It's a little light. (laughing) - I mean, this shotgun takes up all of my, (laughing) - I've put all the shillings into my shotgun. (laughing) - Hey, you say shotgun on the purse? (laughing) - On the purse. - My twinket wall. (laughing) - Two-wheeler wall. - You see it's very, very chest-proof. (laughing) - All right. - I love your face down. You guys do it. - Yes, indeed. - All right, so you're all paying the money? - Yep. - We did. - The door opens. - It's gonna be like a cock fight in there or something. (laughing) - I don't like it. - It's like we're kind of peep-shower walking. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah. - We'll see. - It's the room for tickle fetishists. - Oh. - Oh, it's awesome. - No, you are ushered through. There's another hall beyond with the door on the left hand wall this time at the far end. And in through that door, you enter into a very large room. - Mm-hmm. - Filled with a pungent smoke. There's dark recesses, large pillows. - It's an ope. - And pipes laid out on a central table. - So what's his name? - What's his name? - He was bringing an opium dream. - At the-- - Wasn't an opium vision. (laughing) - He's just an opium evidence. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Now there's a mixture of oriental and occidentals replying on pillows or in shadowy niches. - Okay. - There's a giant golden Buddha at the far end of the room looking benevolent. - Of course. - A couple of the more lucid customers give you the eye, but no one really does anything or does anything. - Do we recognize anyone? - Who's saying, give me a quarter of no rolls if you see the case. - A quarter of your-- - A quarter of your nose. - Oh, I know. - Eight. - A pass. - Oh, you pass. - Mm-hmm. - No. - All right, fail. - You actually spot one of your professors. - Oh, no. (laughing) - Okay. - One of your old professors from college. - All right, well, that's unexpected and unpleasant. All right. - He's totally out of it. - It's a no concern. - Just disappointed if nothing else. - Yeah, it doesn't. Okay. - Something's an opium then. - Good old fashioned. - Okay. - And everybody's just smoking, but we don't let them in. - Yes. - Mm-hmm. - It's making unusual. - Plenty of available pipes if you guys haven't taken out the tank. - I know. - I probably do. (laughing) - Look how I'm wealthy, my mom's from India. - You might. - Yeah. - It's well-throated. - With a pain in my leg. - Oh. - Yeah. - You know what? - You know what, I just got run over by a carriage. - There you go. - I don't think it's wise we all get doped up now. - It's all right. - It's all right. - It's a last day. (laughing) - So you're discussing the relative marriage that if you or shouldn't shoot. - If those warm things cut through, you're gonna regret smoking the opium. - Yep. (laughing) - At this point, the Buddha statue begins to slide. - I thought it was the Buddha statue. - To the side. - Okay. - Little door is revealed behind it. From the door, a couple of Chinese guys emerge and just walk out, walk past you out the door. - Mm-hmm, let's do it. - And the end of it. - Oh. - There's bodies, catacombs. - Yeah, this way, there's catacombs under there, like not working traveling. - Just scaring people's catacombs and stuff today. - No. - It's true. - You're right, well let's go examine the Buddha statue. - Okay. - Just cataphone. (laughing) - Well, but everybody's just really nice. - Nobody's gonna care. - It's true, it's nice. - So there's obviously a hidden trip mechanism that causes the statue to move. You can try and discover it with either a spot hidden roll at half or a successful mechanical repair roll. - Ooh, interesting choice. - Mm-hmm. - Do not look far hidden. - I have a ten-four repair. - Ooh. - Bye. - You have a little repair. - No. - It's a fail. - Yeah. - Can I do a spot hidden? - No, it's one of yours. - I'll do a spot hidden again. - All right. - But half. - All this spot hidden at half. - 20? - 20, but half would be minus 20. - I don't make it. - Half is 12. - All right. - One, two, spot hidden, half. - Nope. I didn't make it. - Anyone here to push? - Ooh. - Yeah. - I will. - So, can I go up here? - Okay. - I'm gonna break it. (laughing) That'd be cool. - Three away from succeeding. - Okay. - I'll push. - So nothing too terrible happened. - No. - No. - I mean, knock over someone who can. (laughing) - Yeah, yeah. (clapping) - I failed. - All right, I failed. - Oh, crap. - Anyone else want to push? - No, actually no. Here's the thing though. Sometimes even when you fail, you can still succeed. It just won't be a good success. - Right. - And so, you succeeded. 'Cause you were close enough. - Uh-huh. - You find the hidden catch. The boot of statue slides to the side. - Okay. - Beyond that, you see a strange tableau before you. Okay. Essentially, because you failed your push, I'm gonna say that there was a good chance this room would be empty. But instead, it's occupied. - No. - And things are going on. - No. (laughing) - Like. - Such as. - Oh dear God. - Basically, it looks like it was an office at one time. There's a cabinet, there's a desk. So on so forth. However, all that's been cleared to the side. And in the center is a large machine made up of various pipes and containers. It seems to be powered half by steam and half by electricity. There's various little dishes swinging, you know, pruelling around in various spots. And in the direct center of the machine is the cube. - Oh! - It is glowing. - Erayed around the machine, facing the firewall, or a bunch of these Chinese love characters. - Oh my God. - Okay. One of them is standing, and it seems to be operating the machine. - Oh no. - Okay. The dishes stop spinning, and I'll point to that firewall. Also, off to the left-hand side, occupying about a third of the room is that giant silver ball. - It's amazing. - Does it look like it's made out of metal? - It looks like it could be either metal, or electricity. - It's like, it's one of the... - It's substantial. - It's between those two forms. It's either pure energy or pure metal. And it's completely featureless, but you sense that it is looking at you. - Let's... - Turn it high. - So give me a month's manual. Everybody? Oh yeah, as you all sort of proud of it. - I make it. - Yeah, I make it too. - Oh, I don't. Not by the amount, though. - I made it. - I made it. - You made it? - Made it. - Okay, so Patna loses three. - Oh no, wait a minute. - I made it. - And also I'll lose with one. Now, everybody's attention is focused on this machine. So if you want to enter it, they haven't noticed that, you know, the thing is open. And if you want, you can try and sneak into the room by making hide rolls. - I think that's a good idea. - I'm gonna do that. - I make it. - I make it. - I make it. - Mine is super low. - Mine is the default. - Mine is the mine. - Mine is the mine. - Mine is the mine. - Mine is the mine. - Mine is the mine. - Mine is the mine. (laughing) - Very quietly entered the room. (laughing) It's making you with your team. - You're watching, you're watching. - I like the better that way. (laughing) - I'll figure you can check your hide skills out. - I had an A on my head. - There's gonna be a chance just to sneak up on the machine and grab the cube. - We cover it first, because to look at it. - Oh. - You remember? - Yeah. - We don't want to look at it. - Oh. - I was gonna say you have an Indian Jones thing or something of equal weight to life. (laughing) It's not a bad idea. - The thoughts are between you and the machine. - Right. - Probably the end and I threw the whip. - Yes, exactly. We have the Buddha. (laughing) - All right, so we're inching our way toward the machine. - Mm-hmm. Okay. What are you gonna do? Okay, so. - Okay. - So every, how many people are in this room? - There are, let's see. - 11 total plus the speed. - And they're all just really occupied with life. - Yeah, they're all kneeling and sort of like chanting under their breath. - Why don't you give me any weapons? - We have opium. - We have opium. - Yeah, I could shock them. - Well, I think we should smash the eye. - Well, is it smashable? - 'Cause we should check if it is. - But if it's metal, for instance, which it looks like it's not gonna be smashable and if it's energy, also not smashable. - Are they in like a circle around the machine? - Kinda semi-circle, yeah. - Should we shoot it? - I think we should shoot the machine. - Should we shoot the machine? - We should do. - Anyway, I have you. - I think that's right in the middle at all, is that a good idea? - The cube itself, I don't know, but the machine can be stopped. I'm thinking. - At this point, you're starting to see a little like miniature vortex opening up on that far wall. - Okay. - Oh my God. - The machine needs to be stopped. The machine needs to be stopped. So we need to shoot the machine to stop the mechanisms from doing whatever it is they're doing. - Wow, would you? - I don't have to. (laughing) - I don't have any guns, I just do it. - Don't pay for your opinions. (laughing) - I actually do. (laughing) - Shoot the machine! - Do it. - All right, so you yell out shoot the machine, that's gonna give you attention. (laughing) - Do you have the machine? - I guess I will at this point. - I'm just gonna get me. - Okay, with my awesome 30% skill. - Actually, there's no need to roll, it's big enough, and you're close enough, you're gonna hit it. So just go ahead and roll your damage on that shot. - Okay, what would that be? - That would be a 46 of this closely. - Nice. - Oh, nice. - Can I score for him? - Or closer than I thought it would be. - Right on. - Let's see, 11, 12, 17. - 17. - Nice. - You could fling the wheelchair in the machine. - I think I'm gonna shoot real terrorists downstairs. - Yeah. - Oh, crap. - I do have my gun, can I say? - Yeah, you should also treat it. - So there was a 17% chance of you destroying a machine with your shot, and I rolled a zero-two. Okay, nice. - So shoot the machine. - Huh? (laughing) - You hit it, like right in the center, it just starts sparking, fizzing the vortex disappears. - Yes. - Thank God I was here. (laughing) - Oh, God, it's gonna do for your ego. - Oh, no, no. Sand laws for sure. - It just, you know, kind of falls in on itself. The, the cube fades away. - What? - Oh. - What about the orb? - The orb is still there, but now it's just total bedlam in the room. - Uh-huh. - The worshippers all jumping up, running around. - Run away! - Yeah. - I wanna go through the orb. - Basically, they're running out. - I wanna go through the orb, running past me. - They're running past me. - You guys just see a bunch of these kind of thugs come running out. - They can probably just be reclining and pretend that we're right. - They're back like everybody else. - Yeah, they're just learning past you. - I'm next to my professor. (laughing) - Hey, so. - How's that syllabus coming? (laughing) - Yeah, let's check if we let them all run out. - Yeah. - Past me. - That's a good idea. - Go back in. - Go back to them. - But, you know, there's gotta be a reason they're running out. - Uh-huh. That's the point. - I'm going through the orb. - You're going through the orb. - As you run at the orb, it too sort of just shimmers out. - What? - Oh. - And then I run out of there. - Okay. - Okay. (laughing) - All right. One of the thugs alone has remained in the room. - Really? - And he is sort of looking around like he's incredibly confused. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - And he's like, (groaning) - And then, and that's the. - Oh no. - Oh no. - The spell's been broken. - Who is it? - It's their thing, yeah. - So he sees you, and he's like, it's you, and you recognize the voice as being John Bidwell's. - What? - Oh, we kill him. - John. - John. - John. - Don't touch him. - Don't touch him. - Don't touch him. - Mm-hmm. - He's up. - This new body doesn't have syphilis. (laughing) - Oh! - Talk about your syphilis. - Congratulations, sir. - That's right. - One way. - Ew. - All right. - Rather drastic measures. - We should take him out of there, I guess. - All right. He is like the reality is sinking in. - Mm-hmm. - He is starting to just get hysterical. He's screening. - Right. - Just at the top of his lungs. - Yeah. - Throat shreds for you. - Could I try to calm him down? - Um, yeah. - Machine's gonna explode. - I should just cuddle him and we'll drag him out of there. - Yeah, or make him smoke some opium or something. - Did I get him? - Just blow it in his face. - Okay. (laughing) - Good idea. (laughing) - He's screaming. - I mean, I guess he's hysterical. - Yeah. - In breath. (laughing) - Well, the, you know, you and Ward there can overpower him. - Okay. - So we're gonna grab him. - Yeah. - All right, let's get him out of here. - All right. So, um, so as you, as you, as you take the screaming bidwell in the Chinese person's body out of the opium den and downstairs the, the unctuous Chinese man is waiting for you at the bottom. - Uh-huh. - And he sees you and he just steps aside and he says the seat band will remember the favor you did for us. - The what? - Seat band. - Seat band. - Seat band. - Seat band. - The favor we did for then. - Sweet, we get a favor from an opium den. - Yes. (laughing) - The tongue was as a favor. - Awesome. (laughing) - All right, so we leave, we, I think we're leaving. We're out of there, right? - Yeah, you're out. (laughing) - Indeed. So essentially, what comes to light is that bidwell, do you deliver him to the dawn that evening? - Oh, I think the close chase, like we're right now. - Yeah. - Yeah, I would like to try and talk to him as we're. - He's just raving about, I didn't want to come back. And now I'm in an inferior body. - Yeah. - What are you talking about? - That's just all he'll say. I didn't want to come back. I didn't want to come back. Why am I in this body? No. - He should go to the inside side. - What happened to my body? So forth. - That's what I say. - Um. (laughing) - That's right. All day or day. (laughing) - Oh no. - Oh, shall I work? (laughing) - These things happen. There's plenty of good-- - These things happen. (laughing) - Plenty of good work. - All right. - Oh no. - So you meet with select members of the inner order, mostly the people from your dream, actually. - Uh-huh. - Have they also had the same thing? - They had the dream. - Um. - I can't, I'm just gonna pause. I'm sorry. I can't believe what you roll. I just can't believe you shot the machine. (laughing) - I mean, the percentage of that is so-- - Okay. - Very nice. - Thanks. - I'm amazed. - I'm quiet, too. (laughing) - You're like, oh, do you feel as if a stinker was hit? (laughing) - Well, I failed some pretty, I mean, it failed several pretty successful. - I know, I feel like this too. - Definitely, that's why I was just like, holy crap, I can't say. (laughing) - I have this really like weird look. They kinda like, I get really good, really bad. (laughing) - Um, so he's, you know, he's taken into the carrying custody of the higher order members who, you know, say, well, we'll do what we can for him, but hopefully we can-- - Just interrogate the bastard. - Talk to him. - Yes, before we turn him over to the authorities for-- - I'll ask him, I don't know about my colleagues, but could I, could I participate in this? - This will be dealing with secrets that you were not ready for yet. I don't remember the other one. - Tell him about the machine in the dump. (laughing) - I have a blue machine in the dump. - Can you see him? - If he was lying there, he would be out of the air and that would be good, right? - That's true. - Yeah, you're right. (laughing) - So basically-- - Never gonna have thought about it. - Never gonna have thought about it. - How many things do you shoot? - You're all quite smug in the knowledge that you've thwarted whatever Eagle plans were afoot there. Whether the reality of your dream wouldn't match the reality of what they are attempting to do with that machine remains to be seen, but you all get some sanity back. - Well, I'm good. - Oh, I never lost any. - Well, then you get two games left. - I'm gonna get some weapons. - Well, you can do that too. So, Dr. Fume gets 11 points. - Wow, all right, you saved the world. - Nice. - Seriously? - That's a nice change of points. (laughing) - That will take me, that can't take me - Yeah, above my mask. - Yes, it can't. - Your max is 99 at this point because you haven't gained any clue about those. - Okay, so I'm 16. - Ozzle Finnegan gains 13 points, say. - Wow. - Robin Ward gains 12. And the dash will gains 15. - Sweet. - Wow. - 15. - How many? - 13. - All right. - Wow, yeah. - Well done. - That's my previous-- - Mine too, I only lost one. - Why will write off to matters right away explaining how I saved the world? - Yes. (laughing) - And see here. - Is our beating that we were all called to still gonna go on as usual? - Yes, yes. - The post group will be like, I know I say that a lot, but really this time it happened. (laughing) - You can ask everyone else. - Yeah. - Like people live out for me. - And reflecting your cooperation with the police and the, sort of, orders goodwill as well. You gain some credit rating points. - Oh, that's true. - So that our team's gonna gain two points. - Oh, sweet. - As well, Finnegan gains five. Robin Ward gains four. - Time to adapt and gains a mere one. - Wow. - Sorry. - She's already got her all right up there. - Yeah. - And Celestia Adams gains four. - Huh. - Come on. - Four for you. That's a big deal. - I know. - People are taking notice. - They can notice. - Yeah, you can join the order now. It might not be a servant forever. - That's right. - What kind of thought is that? - Now you can serve to you if it's golden dog. (laughing) - Yeah. - Wow, I cannot believe it. - So that's that. - I cannot believe it. - Nice, yes. - That's just kind of really strange. It's not usual. - What, actually coming out on top. - Yeah. - Yeah, that's true. - I'm never being sandy. - Mm. - I was surprised with things turned out really well. - Oh, this thing I still had lost it. - Yeah. - I stayed at mine. Just kind of averaging a little time today, I think. - Yeah, it's not bad. - Now it's 68. - Nice.