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Post by Katerina on Mar 2, 2021 10:07:05 GMT
Alas Kat knows nothing of Alchemy nor the symbols involved in it. She wonders whether it is important though and keeps it in hand for when the Goddess has finished talking to whoever was on the Trump card thing that she showed Kat on the boat thing.
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Post by Eivor on Mar 2, 2021 19:10:42 GMT
Eivor nods. "Coy has covered his tracks quite effectively; his hosts the Delambres are missing, perhaps dead. There was a nasty guardian in the form of a servant which was consumed by wasp-like creatures before we could question it. There is one thing left behind: some signs of magic use, a pentagram and such, that your sister might find of interest."
She walks over and affords Benedict a view of the lab through the card.
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Post by Admin on Mar 4, 2021 5:41:13 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/DRmPnR2/benedict~jpg "Which one? I think that all of them spend time dabbling about with such forces these days.
"The Delambres. That's a family that used to be of some importance around the Golden Circle, trade and politics mostly. A few of them spent some time in Amber too and attended many soirees in the castle but fell out of sight a while back. Coy's appearance using the name was interesting, but other concerns precluded any investigation into his family situation. Until now."
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Post by Eivor on Mar 4, 2021 16:41:09 GMT
"It was my Aunt Fiona I was thinking of, but whichever is most inclined to help," Eivor replies. "Aside from academic interest it may provide some insight into Coy, his allies and the fate of the Delambres. I would suggest sooner rather than later. We are faced with a cunning foe and I would hate to let any opportunity slip. It is not my area of expertise."
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Post by Katerina on Mar 4, 2021 18:41:51 GMT
Seeing as the Goddess is talking about Coy's magic practices with whoever she is talking to, Kat moves up close to Eivor and shows her the fragment before whispering.
"Is this important?"
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Post by Admin on Mar 8, 2021 4:23:26 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/DRmPnR2/benedict~jpg "I will see which one is in the mood to work with you." Benedict says, then breaks the connection.
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Post by Eivor on Mar 8, 2021 22:31:39 GMT
Her conversation with Benedict concluded, Eivor studies the fragment.
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Post by Admin on Mar 9, 2021 5:57:34 GMT
Eivor has as little luck understanding the drawing as Kat did. Maybe...she had heard the Pattern's energy spreads through shadow in waves and that the power of the Logrus does the same - the wavy lines might be a representation of this force, but what could the geometric symbols mean?
Eivor then feels the pressure of an attempted Trump contact.
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Post by Eivor on Mar 9, 2021 18:28:19 GMT
Eivor shuffles through her own deck, attempting to identify the caller. Irrespective of success or failure, she accepts the call. It's just nice to know in advance who might be calling so one can greet them appropriately.
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Post by Katerina on Mar 9, 2021 20:01:43 GMT
Katerina watches the Goddess playing with the cards briefly, but since she's not involved she decides to go exploring the rest of the house, holding her nose as she does so. Coy could not have possibly removed everything from the place in the limited time he would have had to use his alchemy to get away.
She is particularly keen to look for any pictures that might give her some indication of what this Coy looked like in respect of his family. Should that not turn up any clues she decides to go and look at the mirrors and use her link with the Mirrormaze to see if she can gain any vision from them. The hall of Mirrors in the Godplace called Amber showed her ghosts and visions from the past. Could this perhaps be true here if someone were killed here and their memory imprinted on this place?
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Post by Admin on Mar 11, 2021 6:03:09 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/sbWWQDT/Fiona~jpg Eivor:The caller is insistent; by the time Eivor has found her deck, opened the lid and begun to shuffle through the cards, the pressure of the caller's mental force is blinding pain in her mind. Eventually, through double-vision sight, she detects the cold from Fiona's card. Princess Fiona steps through the connection with Bleys at her side. Eivor's uncle is unusually subdued and hangs in the background while her aunt waltzes around the room. "Rather rude of you to request my presence then try to block out my call while shuffling your deck. Rude and suspicious. Beware that I might shatter your skull next time if you're holding me off like that."She takes a big sniff with her small upturned nose held even higher. "Always take a big smell when coming across mystery magical places. There has been a lot of killing around here; your doing? No, these people have been dead for a long time, weeks and weeks, so not your handiwork."She makes a lap around the pentagram. "Coy's I presume? You were wise to inform Benedict of this. You may go now, Bleys and I can continue from here."
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Post by Admin on Mar 11, 2021 6:11:29 GMT
Kat:
The building looks to have purposely stripped of any pictures or images which might have identified Coy. Most must be of the Lord and Lady and their two adult children of the pictures that remain.
The mirrors display scenes of the staff going about their duties, occasional scenes of the family about the place with a few showing a man fitting the description of Coy, and then a series of images of the servant woman murdering the other staff by rolling pin.
The pictures are then obscured by few seconds of static across the mirror, followed by Kat's connection to the Mirrormaze being severed.
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Post by Katerina on Mar 11, 2021 7:54:13 GMT
Curiouser and curiouser. He didn't want to get his hnds dirty so he made the maid kill the other servants. She wondered who had severed her connection to the Mirrormaze and decided if there was someone still here who could do that, then she had better get back to the Goddess. It was good though to have a mental picture of the family as well just in case any of them were still alive by some chance.
Kat headed off back down to the summoning room and is surprised when she sees the newcomers there.
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Post by Eivor on Mar 11, 2021 19:42:47 GMT
Dear old Aunty. How nice to see you.
"I'm sure you would encourage caution when the king and his brother are so recently dead. I'll leave you to your studies," Eivor replies. She knows a dismissal when she hears it, and exits the room.
"Our presence is not required. Let's leave our Elders to their work," she suggests to Kat and makes her way out of the stinking rooms. "I think we should report back to Lord Hakker and Humphrey."
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Post by Admin on Mar 13, 2021 6:57:21 GMT
The carriage and driver wait for the ladies' return. If there is nothing else kat wants to discuss we can jump back to the city and the minister.
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