WEBVTT 00:00:09.540 --> 00:00:10.500 Salutations, 00:00:10.619 --> 00:00:11.140 dear listeners. 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:14.319 This is Boneyards and Boojums, 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:18.360 an 1879 RPG actual play podcast. 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:20.420 Part 1. 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:21.959 All Hallows' Eve, 00:00:22.200 --> 00:00:23.420 1879. 00:00:23.540 --> 00:00:58.659 ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ Chapter One. 00:00:58.819 --> 00:01:00.500 It's Punky Night Tonight. 00:01:02.440 --> 00:01:03.580 27th of October, 00:01:03.959 --> 00:01:05.120 1879. 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:06.599 Madam, 00:01:06.839 --> 00:01:13.199 forthwith you are requested to investigate supernatural affairs encompassing the village of Bucklebury in Berkshire. 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:16.739 Discretion and secrecy are of utmost importance. 00:01:18.139 --> 00:01:24.419 Your findings are to be reported in writing to Miss Galvary Wells Morton of 47 Kings Road, 00:01:24.639 --> 00:01:25.000 Newbury. 00:01:26.139 --> 00:01:26.800 Gramercy. 00:01:45.080 --> 00:01:46.860 So out of the characters of Mrs. 00:01:46.860 --> 00:01:47.160 Cross, 00:01:48.160 --> 00:01:48.639 Manotrofini, 00:01:48.639 --> 00:01:49.120 Dr. 00:01:49.220 --> 00:01:49.379 Winter, 00:01:49.620 --> 00:01:50.139 and Amos, 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:54.819 which one would be the one who received this correspondence, 00:01:55.300 --> 00:01:55.699 do we think, 00:01:56.099 --> 00:01:58.000 who may have actively been looking for work. 00:01:58.360 --> 00:01:59.080 Not a... 00:02:00.459 --> 00:02:00.879 I mean... 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:01.900 Part member of the elite. 00:02:03.739 --> 00:02:05.059 Madame Trefini could, 00:02:05.260 --> 00:02:05.760 I mean... 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:06.059 Yeah, 00:02:06.199 --> 00:02:07.580 because that was my thought. 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:08.679 Madame Trefini is, 00:02:08.860 --> 00:02:09.139 like, 00:02:09.139 --> 00:02:10.820 probably seeking this stuff out. 00:02:11.460 --> 00:02:14.820 I'm going to say the individual looking to hire people is... 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:20.380 If you think your character would not normally do this thing or would not seek this out, 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:26.000 then this person has maybe blackmailed you or convinced you otherwise to take the job. 00:02:26.619 --> 00:02:29.539 You don't have to reveal what the situation is right now. 00:02:29.550 --> 00:02:30.320 We can get into that later, 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:32.600 but that's how I'm kind of seeing this. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:33.220 Okay, 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:35.020 because it's sort of up her alley anyways, 00:02:35.470 --> 00:02:36.660 investigating supernatural affairs. 00:02:37.399 --> 00:02:37.539 Yep, 00:02:37.539 --> 00:02:38.360 that's what I figured. 00:02:38.710 --> 00:02:40.160 She might be really interested in this stuff. 00:02:40.429 --> 00:02:40.660 Oh yeah, 00:02:40.779 --> 00:02:42.720 this is sort of up her alley, 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:44.000 her actual alley, 00:02:44.110 --> 00:02:47.919 as opposed to gamming people with, 00:02:48.119 --> 00:02:48.520 you know, 00:02:48.660 --> 00:02:49.479 the fake readings. 00:02:50.419 --> 00:02:50.679 Yeah, 00:02:50.779 --> 00:02:54.000 so was Madame Trefini like a false medium before this? 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:55.899 she was a, 00:02:56.149 --> 00:02:56.440 she like, 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:57.880 she's always been a medium. 00:02:58.380 --> 00:03:02.960 It's just that all of a sudden she actually does see things and know things. 00:03:03.190 --> 00:03:03.899 And she's a little bit, 00:03:04.289 --> 00:03:05.580 it was a little freaky at first, 00:03:05.929 --> 00:03:07.360 but she's gotten the hang of it. 00:03:07.429 --> 00:03:09.759 But she was totally like a charlatan before that, 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:10.699 you know, 00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:11.539 tarot cards, 00:03:11.839 --> 00:03:12.839 reading your palms, 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:15.039 looking into crystal balls, 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:17.020 reading tea leaves, 00:03:17.169 --> 00:03:17.360 you know, 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:17.759 that whole, 00:03:17.869 --> 00:03:18.559 the whole shebang. 00:03:19.600 --> 00:03:20.039 You know, 00:03:20.050 --> 00:03:22.979 the worked with somebody who like helped her, 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:23.500 Jimmy Rigg, 00:03:23.660 --> 00:03:25.000 like so the table would shake, 00:03:25.380 --> 00:03:25.960 things like that. 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:27.740 Okay, 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:33.759 so why don't I set a scene that you are all on the train bound for Reading, 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:34.419 UK, 00:03:34.600 --> 00:03:35.360 from London. 00:03:36.160 --> 00:03:38.259 You have all been organized in some way. 00:03:38.449 --> 00:03:38.960 We will... 00:03:40.399 --> 00:03:40.500 Pam, 00:03:40.600 --> 00:03:42.419 do you think Benotrophie would have hired us, 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:42.779 you know, 00:03:42.779 --> 00:03:44.199 organized things, 00:03:44.270 --> 00:03:46.740 or do you think you just showed up and these people were already there? 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:47.720 I mean, 00:03:47.720 --> 00:03:48.779 she's worked with Mrs. 00:03:49.179 --> 00:03:49.940 Cross before. 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:50.639 Okay, 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:51.160 excellent. 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:51.720 You know, 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:53.679 they worked together on something else before. 00:03:54.020 --> 00:03:56.039 So she would have gone to her friend, 00:03:56.160 --> 00:03:56.360 Mrs. 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:56.679 Cross, 00:03:56.779 --> 00:04:00.059 and tried to lure her in with the mystery. 00:04:00.679 --> 00:04:00.960 Oh yeah, 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:02.360 she's totally down. 00:04:02.679 --> 00:04:02.940 Absolutely. 00:04:03.619 --> 00:04:04.419 It gets her out of the house. 00:04:04.660 --> 00:04:05.000 Yeah, 00:04:05.059 --> 00:04:05.699 and probably, 00:04:06.059 --> 00:04:07.279 but she might not have, 00:04:07.339 --> 00:04:07.440 like, 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:09.679 organized the other two because she doesn't know them yet. 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:10.300 Okay. 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:11.399 And, 00:04:11.600 --> 00:04:11.779 uh, 00:04:12.020 --> 00:04:12.600 Amos, 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:14.639 how do you think you got into this situation? 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:15.500 I mean, 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:21.380 one of the others would understand that I am a hunter of beasts and men. 00:04:21.760 --> 00:04:21.940 Okay. 00:04:22.140 --> 00:04:24.160 And being as this is a hunt for something, 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:28.640 that they may have hired me for my services in order to find whatever it is. 00:04:29.919 --> 00:04:30.399 Mrs. 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:32.739 Cross is definitely into getting a bodyguard. 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:33.320 Yeah, 00:04:33.339 --> 00:04:34.720 we would have needed some help, 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:35.859 so maybe leave Mrs. 00:04:35.880 --> 00:04:39.859 Cross in charge of finding somebody a little more burly. 00:04:41.679 --> 00:04:43.119 Get much burlier than a dwarf, 00:04:43.339 --> 00:04:44.459 unless you go up. 00:04:46.320 --> 00:04:48.320 And for Dr. 00:04:48.619 --> 00:04:48.839 Winter, 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:52.140 who do you think would have introduced her into the group? 00:04:53.179 --> 00:04:54.320 Are you asking Dr. 00:04:54.559 --> 00:04:54.959 Winter? 00:04:55.420 --> 00:04:55.980 I don't know, 00:04:56.119 --> 00:04:56.739 I'm asking anyone. 00:04:57.580 --> 00:04:58.160 I mean, 00:04:58.239 --> 00:04:58.779 because we probably, 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:00.200 especially Mrs. 00:05:00.200 --> 00:05:02.660 Cross and Madam Trefini from last time, 00:05:03.019 --> 00:05:07.480 know that having somebody maybe with a little more medical knowledge could be useful. 00:05:08.119 --> 00:05:09.700 We got shot at a lot last time. 00:05:10.140 --> 00:05:11.019 Poor Charlotte. 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:12.980 Rest in peace. 00:05:13.119 --> 00:05:14.299 I don't know if she lived or not. 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:14.640 Yeah, 00:05:14.739 --> 00:05:15.940 I'm not sure if she made it out. 00:05:17.640 --> 00:05:22.140 But perhaps went looking for somebody who could help us with that. 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:24.480 Sort of on the sly. 00:05:24.980 --> 00:05:29.079 Because we obviously don't want to be too out and open with what we're doing. 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:29.640 Okay, 00:05:29.779 --> 00:05:30.820 so that makes sense. 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:31.899 So maybe we'll go with, 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:32.079 yeah, 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:32.880 Madame Truffini. 00:05:33.220 --> 00:05:36.000 You have been commissioned by whomever. 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.019 It's a bit of a mystery in this one. 00:05:38.700 --> 00:05:42.239 But you do know you're being paid quite well for this. 00:05:42.309 --> 00:05:47.279 So you're able to kind of split the amount amongst some other folks to get the job done. 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:53.619 And maybe they have interest or maybe they have interest in the cash that's being offered. 00:05:53.760 --> 00:05:56.760 Maybe they have interest in the supernatural affairs part of it. 00:05:56.899 --> 00:05:57.559 We're not sure. 00:05:57.890 --> 00:05:58.519 But I would say, 00:05:58.619 --> 00:05:58.739 yeah, 00:05:58.799 --> 00:06:00.739 you're able to organize everyone together, 00:06:01.019 --> 00:06:05.459 get them onto a train right away out of London, 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:06.980 heading towards Reading, 00:06:07.140 --> 00:06:07.399 UK. 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:08.160 And, 00:06:08.459 --> 00:06:08.760 um, 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:09.940 well, 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:10.779 we sort of seen as, 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:11.859 Hmm, 00:06:12.059 --> 00:06:15.100 would you probably take coach or coach class, 00:06:15.260 --> 00:06:18.359 but still have like a table and like a little booth or something like that? 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:18.640 Yeah. 00:06:18.700 --> 00:06:19.820 Like sort of like the, 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:20.640 the coach, 00:06:20.779 --> 00:06:21.679 but like our own little, 00:06:21.799 --> 00:06:24.760 cause a lot of the trains had their own little sort of units. 00:06:25.339 --> 00:06:25.440 Yeah. 00:06:25.899 --> 00:06:27.480 So imagine you're all sitting. 00:06:28.440 --> 00:06:28.760 Yeah. 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:29.920 So you're all sitting in a, 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:30.720 uh, 00:06:30.799 --> 00:06:31.000 yeah. 00:06:31.059 --> 00:06:31.679 One of those train, 00:06:31.760 --> 00:06:32.399 one of those units. 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:32.980 That's a, 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:34.320 that's kind of a booth. 00:06:34.640 --> 00:06:34.700 Yeah. 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:35.739 If you've seen Harry Potter, 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:37.200 you've seen what they are. 00:06:37.679 --> 00:06:37.700 Oh, 00:06:37.739 --> 00:06:38.000 yeah, 00:06:38.059 --> 00:06:38.279 okay. 00:06:38.760 --> 00:06:41.100 A lot of the older trains in Europe had that. 00:06:41.339 --> 00:06:42.279 That was how they were set up. 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:42.880 Okay, 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:44.380 so you got your own little private thing then. 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:44.799 Yeah, 00:06:44.880 --> 00:06:45.920 with the sliding door. 00:06:46.320 --> 00:06:46.500 Nice. 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:52.299 And maybe what we'll do is we'll go around the table and everybody describe what their character looks like around this, 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:56.160 in this little cubby. 00:06:56.380 --> 00:06:57.160 I don't know what they call it. 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:58.320 Let's start with Mrs. 00:06:58.339 --> 00:06:58.660 Cross. 00:06:59.459 --> 00:06:59.720 All right. 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:00.559 Mrs. 00:07:00.559 --> 00:07:02.260 Cross is a human. 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:12.839 So she'd be considered dressed smartly if she'd had a little more money to put into her outfit as it stands. 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:13.799 You know, 00:07:13.799 --> 00:07:15.359 everything's just a little bit dusty, 00:07:15.679 --> 00:07:16.940 a little bit wrinkled, 00:07:17.140 --> 00:07:18.940 a little bit well-worn. 00:07:20.559 --> 00:07:24.660 But she's sort of got a keen eye and stuff. 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:26.279 And how about Amos? 00:07:26.739 --> 00:07:29.540 Amos is a very well-dressed gentleman. 00:07:30.179 --> 00:07:31.320 When he walks in, 00:07:31.380 --> 00:07:38.200 he actually takes a large hunting rifle off of his shoulder and plunks it down beside him and flops down. 00:07:38.579 --> 00:07:41.380 He has a very well-trimmed beard, 00:07:41.679 --> 00:07:44.239 and he is extremely burly, 00:07:44.359 --> 00:07:46.540 but he is only four feet tall. 00:07:46.799 --> 00:07:47.519 And he's a Bujum, 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:47.839 right? 00:07:48.190 --> 00:07:48.779 He is. 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:49.720 He's a dwarf. 00:07:50.230 --> 00:07:51.119 So for those who are not aware, 00:07:51.149 --> 00:07:51.880 what Bujum means, 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.079 that's anyone who's transformed from human into either dwarf, 00:07:55.359 --> 00:07:55.600 elf, 00:07:55.760 --> 00:07:56.359 snark, 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:56.859 or troll, 00:07:57.119 --> 00:07:59.679 and survived the transformation at that. 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:01.559 suddenly two years ago, 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:02.920 or within the last two years. 00:08:02.929 --> 00:08:05.279 I think it's still spreading as kind of like a disease almost. 00:08:05.649 --> 00:08:06.359 As far as I recall. 00:08:06.880 --> 00:08:08.679 As he plunks down, 00:08:08.760 --> 00:08:09.079 he will go, 00:08:09.269 --> 00:08:09.380 Hmm, 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:10.059 how quaint. 00:08:11.380 --> 00:08:11.640 Ah, 00:08:11.640 --> 00:08:12.440 Madame Trefini. 00:08:12.619 --> 00:08:13.600 What does she look like? 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:16.000 She has dark hair. 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:22.920 Right now it's just sort of piled up and pulled up high with sort of a headscarf on. 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:25.940 She's dressed fairly well, 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.839 but in slightly brighter colors. 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:32.140 more to catch your eye. 00:08:32.520 --> 00:08:32.679 Like, 00:08:32.780 --> 00:08:33.659 the jewelry, 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:34.239 everything. 00:08:35.059 --> 00:08:35.179 Well, 00:08:35.260 --> 00:08:36.719 it probably isn't real. 00:08:37.380 --> 00:08:46.140 It's made to be eye-catching to draw you into her and keep your focus away from other things that she might be doing. 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:48.359 She's got a nice, 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:48.580 you know, 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:53.739 her coat is to the side and she's got her bag to the side, 00:08:53.760 --> 00:08:55.320 just a nice cloth bag. 00:08:55.799 --> 00:09:06.299 She kind of eyes the new people up as they come in and she's just idly has a deck of cards in her hand that she's just idly shuffling through. 00:09:06.419 --> 00:09:07.919 And how about Dr. 00:09:07.940 --> 00:09:08.239 Winter? 00:09:08.359 --> 00:09:09.280 What does she look like? 00:09:09.400 --> 00:09:09.780 Well, 00:09:09.900 --> 00:09:15.039 she has her hair parted in the middle and pulled back into a bun. 00:09:15.179 --> 00:09:19.419 And she just has a sort of slim fitting dress on, 00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:21.299 but quite long to her, 00:09:21.340 --> 00:09:24.320 to her feet and with a little bit of a puff sleeve, 00:09:24.739 --> 00:10:00.640 but very kind of demure and not showy because she wants to be seen as a professional and she has her doctor's bag with her which is like a black leather bag just filled with some supplies nice and uh yeah i'd imagine this is a few hours of a trip um along the western railway um the oh let me think here uh is there anything anybody wishes to do during the train ride i guess is what i'll ask at first or should we cut to approaching the station sort of as each person sort of joins them as she's like 00:10:00.640 --> 00:10:21.140 as they're moving along she'll pull out a card for eat you know she'll like first look at amos pull a card out just look at it herself put it down and repeat the process with all looking at each of the three other people okay so that's really interesting so i gotta hook on to that what do you think uh comes up comes up for amos let me just see do you have a deck of cards with you? 00:10:21.239 --> 00:10:21.760 I do. 00:10:22.599 --> 00:10:24.059 I knew you'd do that. 00:10:24.940 --> 00:10:27.960 I actually have a tarot card generator online. 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:28.559 Oh, 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:28.940 nice. 00:10:29.099 --> 00:10:29.479 But, 00:10:29.619 --> 00:10:30.020 yeah, 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.299 because I don't actually have cards in my house. 00:10:32.880 --> 00:10:33.539 That's neat. 00:10:34.020 --> 00:10:34.500 Yeah. 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:38.820 So for Amos comes the Page of Wands Reversed, 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.280 which is no new opportunities, 00:10:41.739 --> 00:10:42.780 no good foresight, 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:44.280 not focused on growth, 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:45.820 and no real passion. 00:10:46.020 --> 00:10:47.780 So she just sort of looks at him, 00:10:47.940 --> 00:11:29.099 looks at the card and tucks it away again appropriate and sort of looks over to dr winter flips up the seven of pentacles upright so patience like being patient waiting for the right moment and a little bit more neutral and has no no feel no need to rush things at the moment so again just sort of and then she looks at her good friend mrs cross and pulls the death card upright which does not always symbolize death itself it is a natural end a time for things to end the old needing to give way to the 00:11:29.099 --> 00:12:01.140 new and unstoppable change or perhaps liberation from something so again she just sort of looks at it smiles smirks and tucks it underneath just to get sort of to get her feel for each of her new her companions oh that's so nice um love it yeah especially the one for mrs cross because i think that's actually really appropriate i would i would assume that maybe she's trying to get out of the thumb of her employer somewhat out of the shadow yeah a little bit yeah and did we talk about who that was 00:12:01.140 --> 00:12:13.580 that you had been employed with um yeah It's actually my dearly deceased husband's cousin who essentially gave me the position because he was a soldier, 00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:13.940 etc. 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:15.859 I'm not going to go on and on about it. 00:12:16.359 --> 00:12:23.400 But now she's sort of building up herself and wants to get recognition for the things that she does. 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.359 She is an investigator. 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:26.400 Yeah. 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:27.260 Excellent. 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:32.840 So maybe we'll skip ahead and say that you all have your pleasantries and light, 00:12:32.979 --> 00:12:33.900 simple discussions, 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:39.700 wondering what's going on in this town of Bucklebury or village of Bucklebury. 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:43.859 And when the train comes to a stop in Reading, 00:12:43.979 --> 00:12:45.640 it is late in the afternoon, 00:12:46.620 --> 00:12:49.940 probably an hour's ride to Bucklebury. 00:12:50.450 --> 00:12:55.859 All you know is some arrangement has been made by whomever this individual is that has left it. 00:12:57.419 --> 00:12:58.479 Madame Trefini, 00:12:58.659 --> 00:13:01.840 what is your assumption of who sent this message? 00:13:02.429 --> 00:13:02.979 I'm just curious. 00:13:03.169 --> 00:13:05.219 Let's take another look at the correspondence here. 00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:11.820 She has a feeling that it could potentially be the same group that they interacted with last time. 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:12.099 Okay. 00:13:12.280 --> 00:13:13.700 I can't remember what they were called now, 00:13:13.859 --> 00:13:14.200 but... 00:13:15.239 --> 00:13:15.679 Fagin? 00:13:16.099 --> 00:13:16.179 Yeah. 00:13:16.520 --> 00:13:16.799 Templars. 00:13:17.099 --> 00:13:17.859 The Templars. 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:18.200 Oh, 00:13:18.260 --> 00:13:18.859 the Templars. 00:13:18.880 --> 00:13:19.039 Okay. 00:13:19.630 --> 00:13:22.119 That perhaps it's somebody from within that, 00:13:22.260 --> 00:13:26.580 since maybe it's one that they can't interact with again themselves. 00:13:27.059 --> 00:13:57.460 that's her thinking on it alright I'm going to get you to roll since it has just an address and nothing else I'll get you to roll a perception check or awareness no no perception unless you have like knowledge of I don't know if you can argue that one of your knowledge skills will work for this let me just see I don't even remember what I have haggle and bribery my knowledge is occult I don't know not quite no there's no evidence Well, 00:13:57.619 --> 00:14:02.179 there's minor evidence that there's a cult involved here, 00:14:02.280 --> 00:14:03.840 but I'll get you to roll just a straight perception, 00:14:04.099 --> 00:14:04.340 I think. 00:14:04.520 --> 00:14:04.880 Okay, 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.780 so that is a step seven. 00:14:07.280 --> 00:14:08.659 That is a seven. 00:14:09.859 --> 00:14:10.219 One, 00:14:10.380 --> 00:14:10.679 okay. 00:14:11.210 --> 00:14:11.419 All right. 00:14:11.640 --> 00:14:17.219 I'm going to say there's a good chance that you're thinking that it was signed Grimersi at the end, 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:19.179 and you're thinking that might be a name. 00:14:19.419 --> 00:14:19.520 Okay. 00:14:21.219 --> 00:14:21.260 And, 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:21.640 okay, 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:26.460 to give you a sense of what I'll do on low rolls on investigation and perception in this game, 00:14:26.520 --> 00:14:27.219 I think I'm going to take, 00:14:27.380 --> 00:14:27.799 again, 00:14:27.859 --> 00:14:29.820 a cue from Monster of the Week and games like that, 00:14:30.280 --> 00:14:32.219 and basically say if you get a low perception check, 00:14:32.359 --> 00:14:34.619 I may or may not give you the truth of the situation. 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.320 Yeah. 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:36.359 So it might be right. 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:38.080 I'm not going to give you the wrong thing necessarily, 00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:41.000 but I'll give you something that you're not sure. 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.320 You're not going to be sure. 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:42.900 Yeah. 00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:44.659 Or if that's not possible, 00:14:44.859 --> 00:14:49.799 I'll give you a situation that is misleading in some way. 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:50.219 Okay. 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.700 So did you share this note with anyone else? 00:14:53.020 --> 00:14:53.299 I'm wondering. 00:14:53.819 --> 00:14:57.380 Probably on the train while we were talking about what we were doing, 00:14:57.760 --> 00:15:00.599 like having a little getting to know each other and talking a little bit. 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.400 We'd want to make sure people knew what we were up to. 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:03.900 Okay, 00:15:03.979 --> 00:15:04.479 excellent. 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:08.460 And if anyone wants to do anything with that or has any questions of me, 00:15:08.780 --> 00:15:09.140 let me know, 00:15:09.239 --> 00:15:11.080 but otherwise I'll just continue on. 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:11.719 All right, 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:12.219 sounds good. 00:15:12.739 --> 00:15:15.000 So when you're exiting the train, 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:19.000 you'll see there's a handful of people at the train station there, 00:15:19.140 --> 00:15:25.820 but only one that's carrying a really poorly lettered sign with your names sort of scrawled across it. 00:15:25.880 --> 00:15:28.219 Really not artistically. 00:15:29.099 --> 00:15:30.419 Very simple looking man. 00:15:31.760 --> 00:15:34.400 If he wasn't the only person with a sign, 00:15:34.479 --> 00:15:35.520 you probably would have missed him. 00:15:35.520 --> 00:15:36.400 You just blend right in. 00:15:36.979 --> 00:15:38.979 Looks kind of like a farmhand or something like that. 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.000 And you'll hear it coming from, 00:15:41.190 --> 00:15:41.299 Oi, 00:15:41.400 --> 00:15:42.080 you the people? 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:43.460 We are people. 00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:44.080 Right. 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:44.820 Come with. 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.719 I guess this is our ride. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:50.599 He's going to look at Amos and say, 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:56.659 I will come off the train with my large hunting backpack with me and my rifle slung over my shoulder and go, 00:15:56.890 --> 00:15:57.000 Ha! 00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.659 How quaint! 00:15:58.140 --> 00:15:58.380 Right. 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.320 Never said there were no boojums in this quarry. 00:16:01.599 --> 00:16:01.960 Well, 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.520 no matter. 00:16:02.880 --> 00:16:04.200 Eyes gets paid anyway, 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:07.099 so yous have business in Bucklebury? 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:07.700 Yes. 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:10.559 Seems like you're the cladestines types. 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:13.099 I'm not going to say anything beyond that. 00:16:13.359 --> 00:16:15.140 I'm just going to kind of stare at him. 00:16:15.479 --> 00:16:15.719 All right, 00:16:15.880 --> 00:16:16.239 come on. 00:16:16.239 --> 00:16:17.619 You're the one with their names on it. 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:20.219 And they say not to ask questions, 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:23.900 but I get so little entertainment in my life here. 00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:32.479 So he's going to lead you out of the station to what looks to be a quote unquote carriage. 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.559 It's a generous term for a carriage. 00:16:34.739 --> 00:16:35.900 It's a barely covered wagon. 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.119 That's going to greet you. 00:16:38.239 --> 00:16:40.380 But it is a solid enough ride. 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.739 It's not going to fall apart or anything. 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.260 It's just not going to be very comfortable. 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.979 I'm going to ask, 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:46.320 who do you report to, 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:46.599 sir? 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:47.260 Oh, 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:47.880 I, 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.200 uh, 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:49.059 Mrs. 00:16:49.780 --> 00:16:50.219 Grantham's, 00:16:50.280 --> 00:16:50.599 uh, 00:16:50.599 --> 00:16:50.919 ma'am. 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:52.179 And what does Mrs. 00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.780 Grantham do? 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.179 She, 00:16:53.359 --> 00:16:53.679 uh, 00:16:53.760 --> 00:16:54.840 uh, 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.640 manages the, 00:16:55.719 --> 00:16:58.000 the pumpkin operation in Bucklebury. 00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:58.760 And, 00:16:58.919 --> 00:16:59.179 uh, 00:16:59.239 --> 00:17:00.059 oh, 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.719 she said there was a special, 00:17:01.900 --> 00:17:02.159 uh, 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:04.319 need for transport to the town. 00:17:04.699 --> 00:17:05.060 Thank you. 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:05.699 And, 00:17:05.800 --> 00:17:05.959 uh, 00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:07.699 he'll set you all up and try to, 00:17:07.760 --> 00:17:09.880 he notices that probably Mrs. 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:14.939 Cross might be a little uncomfortable with the uncomfortability of the ride. 00:17:15.239 --> 00:17:18.619 and offer some extra hay or straw or something like that in a sack. 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.959 This cross is not fancy. 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:21.540 Oh, 00:17:21.540 --> 00:17:21.780 okay. 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.160 All right. 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.280 So if anyone is feeling a little uncomfortable or looking uncomfortable, 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:29.280 he will stuff a sack full of straw. 00:17:29.300 --> 00:17:31.300 I take the sack full of straw. 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.060 I will, 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.660 I will, 00:17:33.760 --> 00:17:34.040 oh, 00:17:34.280 --> 00:17:34.800 oh no, 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.099 madam. 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.420 Here, 00:17:35.560 --> 00:17:36.119 use this, 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:37.699 and I will hand her my bedroll. 00:17:38.020 --> 00:17:38.119 Why, 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:38.599 thank you. 00:17:38.979 --> 00:17:39.780 And I'll take a seat. 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:45.719 So it's about a one-hour carriage ride from Reading Station to Bucklebury, 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:47.939 and as you're approaching the town, 00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.500 you'll hear, 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:52.619 and you'll find out this gent's name is Mr. 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.000 Godfrey. 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.859 That's all you really get from him. 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:56.800 And he'll say, 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:56.979 oh, 00:17:57.020 --> 00:17:57.119 well, 00:17:57.239 --> 00:17:58.199 tonight's Punky Night. 00:17:59.239 --> 00:18:00.640 Hope yous don't frighten easily, 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:04.239 as he kind of winks at Madam Trefini. 00:18:04.699 --> 00:18:05.959 And what's Punky Night? 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.760 Oh, 00:18:07.760 --> 00:18:09.359 it's a night when the children go around. 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:14.180 They march around with one of those jack-o'-lantern things, 00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:14.800 you know, 00:18:14.800 --> 00:18:16.319 the night before Hall Isles Eve. 00:18:17.300 --> 00:18:17.800 And yeah, 00:18:17.800 --> 00:18:18.339 I forgot to mention, 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:20.040 this is October 30th at this point. 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:21.760 Excellent. 00:18:21.760 --> 00:18:22.160 1879. 00:18:22.959 --> 00:18:31.359 And they go through the town and they kind of sing songs and ask for candles for their jack-o'-lanterns. 00:18:31.540 --> 00:18:33.880 And they, 00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:34.900 you know, 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:37.959 they'll get a little rough with people who don't offer them candles. 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:38.900 You know, 00:18:38.979 --> 00:18:40.040 not physical violence, 00:18:40.280 --> 00:18:43.939 but they might pelt you with eggs maybe or something. 00:18:44.040 --> 00:18:52.380 So I've got some candles in the back there if you want to have some with you so you don't get pelted. 00:18:52.709 --> 00:18:54.260 I would quite appreciate that. 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.459 I think we all would. 00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:59.760 And as you're approaching the village of Bucklebury, 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:01.540 which has a very small, 00:19:01.800 --> 00:19:05.119 very straight looking river passing through it. 00:19:05.239 --> 00:19:08.599 It's barely a river at all and more of a short, 00:19:08.739 --> 00:19:10.199 very narrow stream. 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:14.000 There's not going to be any kind of boat on this river, 00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:16.680 unless it's a toy boat or something, 00:19:16.780 --> 00:19:19.359 some tiny little thing. 00:19:20.699 --> 00:19:22.900 And there's a number of buildings, 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:27.680 most of which seem to be pretty inactive. 00:19:28.239 --> 00:19:30.400 And as you're approaching the town, 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:32.040 it's getting close to sunset, 00:19:32.199 --> 00:19:35.780 you're seeing a group of children marching around. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:38.400 They're all of the human type, 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:40.119 none of them are the Bujums. 00:19:40.739 --> 00:19:42.500 They're marching around with jack-o'-lanterns, 00:19:42.589 --> 00:19:43.599 and you can hear them singing, 00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:44.079 actually. 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:46.199 You hear this song that goes, 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.319 it's punky night tonight, 00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:48.319 it's punky night tonight. 00:19:48.540 --> 00:19:50.520 Adam and Eve would not believe it's punky night tonight. 00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:53.300 And then you start hearing, 00:19:53.479 --> 00:19:54.060 give me a candle, 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.660 give me a light, 00:19:54.699 --> 00:19:55.839 but if you haven't got a candle, 00:19:55.959 --> 00:19:56.800 a penny is all right, 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:58.680 as they approach the wagon. 00:19:59.239 --> 00:20:01.380 And what do you do as they're approaching the wagon? 00:20:01.699 --> 00:20:02.619 We're still moving, 00:20:02.800 --> 00:20:03.400 or has it stopped? 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:05.579 It's slowed down quite a bit, 00:20:05.699 --> 00:20:08.819 and Godfrey is kind of reaching out for some of those candles now. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:15.939 I'm going to just go and hop right off the back with a couple candles in hand. 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.319 Thank you, 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.420 miss. 00:20:17.780 --> 00:20:21.800 I will actually pull out my small change and we'll start handing out, 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:23.699 I believe they are the silver, 00:20:23.959 --> 00:20:25.140 not penny. 00:20:25.979 --> 00:20:26.380 Sorry, 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.060 what's the next one up? 00:20:27.219 --> 00:20:28.599 My brain's on a minute here. 00:20:28.959 --> 00:20:29.599 I don't even know. 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.219 Pounds, 00:20:31.219 --> 00:20:32.079 is it shillings? 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:32.859 Shillings, 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.099 yeah. 00:20:33.199 --> 00:20:34.060 And then pence, 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.300 right? 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:34.760 Yes. 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.040 Okay. 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:39.199 He will take out silver pence coins and hand them out instead of pennies. 00:20:40.920 --> 00:21:08.500 wow that's a 12 pence right i'm just good no no no the uh the small coin i believe it's a it's very small silver coin if i remember correctly i can't find my little cheat sheet here so yeah all right and they were going to be at first they were enamored with you just because you're a boojum you're a dwarf you look different um and they're a little afraid to approach but now with the coins uh now that hearing that you're handing out coins like that uh they're all just not afraid anymore. 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.560 I'm handing out candles. 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.459 I just don't have any smaller change, 00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.680 so this is the best I can do. 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.160 And Dr. 00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:18.300 Winter going to hand them a candle as well? 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.739 Yes, 00:21:18.800 --> 00:21:19.180 she is. 00:21:19.520 --> 00:21:19.800 Alright. 00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:22.180 I'll join the candle train. 00:21:24.020 --> 00:21:26.920 I do not have the ability to lose shillings. 00:21:29.520 --> 00:21:31.300 And as they continue on, 00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:35.880 in your approaching what appears to be the inn you're headed for, 00:21:36.020 --> 00:21:36.900 or tavern, 00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.380 actually, 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.459 this case you're headed for. 00:21:39.219 --> 00:21:41.680 There's actually another smaller group of children approaching, 00:21:41.910 --> 00:21:42.839 and they're all boojums. 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:45.260 Although one is big, 00:21:45.750 --> 00:21:48.260 and you're presuming this is the troll kid, 00:21:48.459 --> 00:21:49.839 5'6", 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:52.400 probably like 7 years old and 5'6". 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:54.319 I smile warmly at them. 00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:56.020 And they come by, 00:21:56.130 --> 00:21:57.719 and they actually come around Amos, 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.280 not knowing, 00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.719 of course, 00:21:58.739 --> 00:22:00.760 they don't know at all that you were handing out coins, 00:22:00.959 --> 00:22:04.420 but they do see you as another boojum and are like, 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.319 a candle, 00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:05.599 sir? 00:22:05.949 --> 00:22:06.780 I don't have the candles. 00:22:07.280 --> 00:22:08.739 I have this for you, 00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:10.180 and I will give them the same thing. 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.859 Yep. 00:22:11.260 --> 00:22:14.099 I move over and start to hand out some more candles for them. 00:22:14.300 --> 00:22:14.699 Thank you, 00:22:14.719 --> 00:22:14.839 miss. 00:22:15.300 --> 00:22:15.599 Of course, 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:15.959 of course. 00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:17.920 You need to have your candles, 00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.439 don't you? 00:22:18.739 --> 00:22:19.819 So as you're into this, 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.579 they move on, 00:22:20.699 --> 00:22:21.400 move along, 00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:22.619 and continue singing. 00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:26.459 And this town or village is very small, 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:26.959 quaint, 00:22:27.060 --> 00:22:27.680 a number of homes, 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.239 workhouses, 00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:28.859 church, 00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:30.459 a few shops, 00:22:30.719 --> 00:22:31.300 and a tavern, 00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:34.400 which has the sign of the Knight's Rook. 00:22:35.739 --> 00:22:36.459 There are, 00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.500 yeah, 00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:40.099 and the wagon is going to come to a stop, 00:22:40.349 --> 00:22:41.180 and Mr. 00:22:41.199 --> 00:22:45.660 Godfrey will step off and help anyone who wants assistance off the wagon. 00:22:45.969 --> 00:22:46.420 What do you do? 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.439 I'm a pacer. 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.660 And, 00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.160 yeah, 00:22:49.219 --> 00:22:49.439 Mr. 00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:50.579 Godfrey will offer assistance. 00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:53.680 He'll pull out a crate so you can step down. 00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:57.219 I was already still off of the cart from handing out, 00:22:57.410 --> 00:22:59.040 just sort of walking along with it, 00:22:59.430 --> 00:23:02.319 with a bit more of a bounce to my step now after that. 00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:03.000 Excellent. 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:06.839 I just sling my bedroll back into my pack and jump off with my rifle. 00:23:07.060 --> 00:23:07.319 All right. 00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.000 Is Mrs. 00:23:08.020 --> 00:23:09.979 Cross hopping off or taking a crate? 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.219 Assistance with a crate? 00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.839 I'll take assistance. 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.719 Okay. 00:23:12.959 --> 00:23:13.780 And you'll offer that. 00:23:15.020 --> 00:23:17.400 I wish you well in Bucklebury, 00:23:17.479 --> 00:23:20.060 madams and sir. 00:23:20.959 --> 00:23:22.020 And with that, 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:26.660 he sets up his wagon again to take off to the north. 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.839 We'll throw him one of those coins as well and say, 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.359 thank you, 00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.680 good sir. 00:23:29.780 --> 00:23:30.060 Oh, 00:23:30.219 --> 00:23:30.719 well, 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.660 thank you, 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.119 Mr. 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.640 Um, 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.219 I didn't catch your last name. 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.260 Amos Blackstone. 00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.000 Blackstone, 00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.339 Mr. 00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:36.920 Blackstone. 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.180 Well, 00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:38.160 I will remember you, 00:23:38.199 --> 00:23:38.359 sir. 00:23:38.739 --> 00:23:39.500 Have a good time. 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.160 I shall. 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:40.699 Yeah, 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:42.400 let me see if I can find my note here. 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:42.900 All right, 00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.160 uh, 00:23:43.219 --> 00:23:45.219 everyone roll perception or awareness. 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:47.180 So that's in the Dice Rolls channel, 00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:48.060 for those who aren't aware, 00:23:48.280 --> 00:23:48.619 and, 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.099 uh, 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.900 ampersand, 00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:50.439 and then a step. 00:23:50.739 --> 00:23:54.020 So for Delia in your step sheet, 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.199 or on your character sheet, 00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.180 There is, 00:23:56.760 --> 00:23:57.819 on the left side, 00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.800 it says Dex Strength, 00:23:58.959 --> 00:24:01.140 or Dex Strength Toughness Perception. 00:24:02.520 --> 00:24:03.859 Unless there's a 16 and a 7, 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.760 it's actually the 7, 00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.699 the step thing. 00:24:06.739 --> 00:24:06.819 So, 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.680 ampersand 7. 00:24:08.479 --> 00:24:08.839 Excellent. 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:11.079 Rank in Awareness is 3, 00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.520 so that makes it 10. 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.060 All right, 00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:14.359 did I get everyone there? 00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:16.859 I forgot to draw a line here. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.099 Yeah, 00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:18.180 sometimes I can't tell. 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.640 Okay. 00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:19.540 I got a 21. 00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:19.920 Oh, 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.260 my. 00:24:20.290 --> 00:24:20.380 Oh, 00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:20.959 jeepers. 00:24:22.760 --> 00:24:41.939 Madame Trefini is the most observant who immediately your eye is caught to the poster that is on the signboard beside the entrance of the inn or tavern that is seeking information about a missing pumpkin. 00:24:43.040 --> 00:24:43.219 Apparently, 00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:44.880 as far as you can tell, 00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:48.000 a prize winning giant pumpkin has gone missing. 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.719 And if you have any information, 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.359 please go see Mrs. 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.520 Grantham at the Grantham Farm. 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:55.160 I'm going to look at Amos and say, 00:24:55.300 --> 00:24:56.020 how quaint. 00:24:56.719 --> 00:24:57.660 Amos is silent. 00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.520 Sorry, 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.300 that didn't work. 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:03.500 I actually grump a bit and go, 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.319 agreed. 00:25:05.239 --> 00:25:06.479 I'm going to just glance at them. 00:25:06.739 --> 00:25:07.640 I think it's charming. 00:25:08.260 --> 00:25:10.060 I've been brought here to hunt pumpkins. 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:14.319 You've been brought here to protect us and hunt local superstitions. 00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:17.180 Sometimes they turn out to be quite right. 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:20.979 and I'm going to head into the tavern. 00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:23.479 Everyone else going in the tavern? 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.300 The knight's rook? 00:25:24.739 --> 00:25:24.859 Yes. 00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.040 Alright, 00:25:27.040 --> 00:25:31.640 what you enter into is a fairly simple but very dusty space. 00:25:32.270 --> 00:25:34.339 It's got a simple bar area lit by a few candles. 00:25:35.020 --> 00:25:40.180 A few macabre decorative skulls have carved pumpkins and turnips around. 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.959 Kind of like jack-o'-lanterns, 00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.199 basically. 00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.819 There's a young man at the bar. 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.819 He's maybe 18, 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.780 but at most, 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.819 maybe younger. 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.420 He seems to be the barkeep, 00:25:51.479 --> 00:25:55.300 serving up only a couple of local men who look like they basically live there. 00:25:55.760 --> 00:26:01.839 And there is a very off-key trio of musicians in the corner trying to play sea shanties. 00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.060 We'll wince. 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:03.959 What was that? 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.640 I said, 00:26:04.760 --> 00:26:05.599 I will wince. 00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:09.459 But there is a table available if you wish to take it. 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.380 What do you do? 00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:15.319 I'm going to sort of do a glance around to see if it looks like it's the kind of place where you just grab it and go to the table. 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:18.359 Or if you sit at the table and they bring it to you. 00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:21.939 You probably have to go ask at the bar for stuff, 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.719 it looks like here. 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.420 Well, 00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:24.839 who's buying the first round? 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.760 I guess I might. 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.719 Excellent. 00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:32.500 I will go over and say to the barkeeper, 00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:34.359 I would like drinks at the table, 00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:34.640 please. 00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:39.839 I will have an assortment of ales and a light snack, 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.780 as well as a decanter of wine. 00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.640 It's Punky Night, 00:26:44.760 --> 00:26:44.880 though. 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:47.439 Don't you want to try the pumpkin moonshine or pumpkin brew? 00:26:47.739 --> 00:26:47.859 Right. 00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.380 Yes, 00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:48.680 I would. 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:49.819 All right. 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.719 I'll bring some over. 00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.880 Would you like that other stuff, 00:26:51.979 --> 00:26:52.079 too? 00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:52.540 Yes, 00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.099 why not? 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.160 Just in case. 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:54.780 All right, 00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.040 sir. 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.900 Give me a few. 00:26:57.500 --> 00:27:03.079 And you'll notice that he's excited because this is the most orders he's gotten for anything in a long time, 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.400 probably. 00:27:04.760 --> 00:27:07.599 Other than just the couple local guys who drink there all the time. 00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:12.180 And he'll come over with the drinks later on, 00:27:12.250 --> 00:27:18.300 and he'll seem really unusually proud of his pumpkin drinks for those who will partake. 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:30.040 It seems they've been making use of the local pumpkin farm and fermenting them to make their quote-unquote pumpkin moonshine and another kind of pumpkin-ish flavor, 00:27:30.290 --> 00:27:31.660 but really it's quite terrible, 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:34.339 ale as well. 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.760 Can I get a tea? 00:27:37.939 --> 00:27:38.280 Yes, 00:27:38.479 --> 00:27:39.199 madam, 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:41.140 let me see. 00:27:41.430 --> 00:27:41.880 I will, 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.540 after I get these drinks, 00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.040 I'll do that. 00:27:44.239 --> 00:27:44.599 Thank you, 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:44.719 sir. 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.260 And he seems overwhelmed. 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:48.160 He doesn't have waitstaff or anything. 00:27:49.040 --> 00:27:54.619 And I'd imagine you spend some time here and just kind of relax and unwind kind of thing after a long day of travel. 00:27:55.140 --> 00:28:02.380 And as the musicians leave and the kind of couple barflies leave, 00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.959 Madam Traffini. 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.619 Yes. 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:11.920 You're looking around and then as you've gotten to know this barkeep a little bit, 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:14.560 his name is Timothy Tanner. 00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:20.479 And he generally seems pretty bored in general of this place. 00:28:21.219 --> 00:28:22.380 He was excited to see you folks, 00:28:22.520 --> 00:28:24.040 but generally he seems pretty bored. 00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:27.739 And you're kind of surprised as for a second there, 00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:29.260 you're kind of looking at the bar, 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.060 just kind of yourself, 00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:32.680 probably ready to sleep soon. 00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.920 and you see, 00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:38.140 I think you saw one of the bottles just kind of float from the bar, 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.420 behind the bar, 00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.359 over to the table. 00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:45.180 And that Timothy saw this and just seemed to not even blink. 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:49.680 I'm going to sort of look a little closer at that spot and then look at the others. 00:28:50.239 --> 00:28:52.060 I think the mystery begins. 00:28:52.810 --> 00:28:53.959 We have a floating bottle. 00:28:54.430 --> 00:28:55.760 Is there anything in the bottle? 00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.239 Well, 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.979 it stopped floating. 00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:02.280 What it did was it kind of flew from the shelf over and just landed on the bar. 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:05.099 Like it sort of floated over on its own. 00:29:06.239 --> 00:29:07.479 It looked like it was, 00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.099 you know... 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.119 Like somebody picked it up and... 00:29:09.329 --> 00:29:09.420 Yep, 00:29:09.479 --> 00:29:10.339 someone picked it up, 00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.239 set it down there. 00:29:11.760 --> 00:29:13.020 And Timothy was just kind of like, 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.160 yeah, 00:29:13.239 --> 00:29:14.800 that's normal. 00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:18.000 You mean that's normal. 00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:19.040 So I'm going to... 00:29:19.760 --> 00:29:20.280 Go ahead. 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.719 No, 00:29:20.760 --> 00:29:20.859 no, 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.099 go ahead. 00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:23.420 I'm going to get up and walk over to the bar. 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.280 Yes, 00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:25.640 madam. 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.000 Curious. 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.900 Do the bottles do that often? 00:29:29.459 --> 00:29:30.199 You saw that, 00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:30.459 didn't you? 00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.660 Gran, 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:44.160 you can come out now and you see this apparition up here of an old woman in what would be old garb for those days even probably 18th century outfit. 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.640 Why? 00:29:45.219 --> 00:29:46.180 I'm just gonna grin. 00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:51.260 I'm not even gonna like jump or anything like that at this because this is exactly my wheelhouse. 00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:53.680 And she will bow and say Oh, 00:29:53.719 --> 00:29:54.099 greetings. 00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.219 Oh, 00:29:55.280 --> 00:29:55.920 you're a medium. 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:58.260 Of course you saw that. 00:29:58.969 --> 00:29:59.979 Of course I saw you. 00:30:00.239 --> 00:30:00.819 Mrs. 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:03.640 Agnes Tanner is my name And you are? 00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:08.640 I am Madam Trishini Excellent Are you the folks that I sent for? 00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:14.920 Are you the one who asked for help with the supernatural occurrences? 00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:23.040 Yes There's something a might bit supernatural going on here And I don't mean me Don't worry Then that would be us indeed Ah, 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.699 good Yes, 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:30.520 I waited for the rest to leave before revealing myself I wanted to see what you lot would be doing what you're like. 00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.400 Tried to listen in, 00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:34.959 but there wasn't much of interest to me, 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.239 I guess. 00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.260 But anyways. 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.439 We're getting used to each other, 00:30:38.540 --> 00:30:39.099 some of us. 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.660 Yes. 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:44.660 Could I ask you to do something for me? 00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.579 Look into something. 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:45.979 Here, 00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.239 come. 00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.780 Sit. 00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.420 Join us. 00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:49.000 Tell the group. 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.760 Come on this way. 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.099 It would be quite silly of us to do. 00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.780 As I go and sit back down again. 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.359 Our employer is here. 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:57.900 Well, 00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.839 call me in. 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.199 What was that? 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:04.060 I sort of watch everybody's reactions to this Barrett employer. 00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.079 Isn't this interesting? 00:31:06.780 --> 00:31:07.979 Curiouser and curiouser. 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.719 And she'll say, 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:08.959 well, 00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:10.560 I'm not technically the employer. 00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:17.500 You could probably see that I don't have much in means of fortune or gold and silver, 00:31:17.760 --> 00:31:21.199 but I know people who know people, 00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:26.380 and I let it be known out there there's something worth looking into around these parts. 00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.300 Here to look. 00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.140 Well, 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.140 there's, 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.660 I have to say, 00:31:30.719 --> 00:31:34.040 there's something a might-bit supernatural going on in this town. 00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:36.479 And outside of this building, 00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:36.760 though, 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.859 clearly me in here, 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.160 yes, 00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:38.819 that's supernatural. 00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:41.219 But I'm talking about more troublesome affairs. 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:44.800 Not just some spirit roaming about, 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.900 but some harm being done. 00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:52.040 Can you describe what is being done in more detail? 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.040 Here's the thing. 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:55.920 I have to kind of get this information secondhand. 00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.880 People come in here, 00:31:56.979 --> 00:31:57.400 they talk, 00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:57.859 I hear. 00:31:58.280 --> 00:31:58.640 You know, 00:31:58.780 --> 00:31:59.939 I hide in here. 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:02.380 And after what I heard, 00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:04.040 I really didn't want to be leaving this building. 00:32:04.280 --> 00:32:06.439 I don't want no sorcerer possessing me, 00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:07.920 or banishing me, 00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:09.739 or making some kind of thrall of me, 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.599 or whatever they do. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.560 So I figured I was safe here. 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:16.579 But I may not entirely be safe in here, 00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:19.099 because there's a room upstairs I cannot enter. 00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:21.540 And it doesn't matter what anyone does, 00:32:21.589 --> 00:32:22.060 you open the door, 00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.359 whatever, 00:32:22.520 --> 00:32:23.459 I can't go in there. 00:32:23.489 --> 00:32:24.119 It just burns. 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.359 I don't like that. 00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:27.739 And that's everything then? 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:30.219 Or you said that there's something outside of here? 00:32:30.760 --> 00:32:30.900 Well, 00:32:31.020 --> 00:32:35.859 there's some nasty sights coming from the direction of the old Bucklebury Boneyard. 00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:42.439 And then I hear today that his donkey has gone missing too. 00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:45.939 The old bench from the Bucklebury estate. 00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:49.500 And they've been missing. 00:32:49.760 --> 00:32:55.680 Livestock has gone vanished the last few weeks in rather mysterious circumstances. 00:32:55.699 --> 00:33:25.599 at first we thought somebody was just stealing it but um the traces left behind that i hear are rather more of the predator uh type but too big to be anything natural excellent this sounds more of my interest well i dare say we start upstairs while it's late and get some rooms on the way and we can start outside tomorrow is the room that you can't enter currently occupied by somebody or is it free? 00:33:26.239 --> 00:33:29.520 As if we have customers here. 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.439 Excellent. 00:33:30.739 --> 00:33:31.719 I'd like to get that room, 00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:32.020 please. 00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:33.219 Excellent. 00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:35.719 So few come to Bucklebury anymore, 00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:39.719 especially with all these disappearances and things, 00:33:39.760 --> 00:33:44.099 so we don't want these rumors to be spreading more about that, 00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.839 if it's true. 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.800 So yeah, 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:48.040 she'll actually kind of float away, 00:33:48.260 --> 00:33:53.500 and I don't know which of your characters have even seen apparitions or anything of that manner yet. 00:33:54.560 --> 00:33:59.560 the whole opening of the rabbit hole and all that was only two years ago, 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:02.619 so your character may or may not have had time to see apparitions. 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.180 Other than Madame Trefini, 00:34:04.260 --> 00:34:04.479 obviously. 00:34:05.219 --> 00:34:06.300 That's what she deals with. 00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.540 That's what she deals with. 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.360 Yes, 00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:10.239 I would assume I've seen some as well, 00:34:10.399 --> 00:34:12.159 being as I am a Bousham as well, 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.399 so. 00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:12.919 Yeah. 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.919 What about Dr. 00:34:13.919 --> 00:34:14.100 Winter? 00:34:14.350 --> 00:34:14.800 Do we think Dr. 00:34:14.879 --> 00:34:17.939 Winter has seen a ghost before or has this just freaked her out? 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.219 I think given that, 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.739 you know, 00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.899 I'm pretty practical, 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:23.820 this is kind of a little bit outside of my real house. 00:34:24.919 --> 00:34:25.219 So, 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:28.560 keeps that neutral look about, 00:34:29.209 --> 00:34:29.500 I guess, 00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.340 just like the tarot card said. 00:34:31.770 --> 00:34:33.879 My eyes a little bit popping out of my head, 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.719 seeing this apparition kind of floating away here. 00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.899 And what about Mrs. 00:34:37.899 --> 00:34:38.199 Cross? 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:40.719 She's never seen an apparition. 00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:44.100 May have come across weird things before, 00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.719 and she's, 00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.360 you know, 00:34:45.520 --> 00:34:46.679 wearing her poker face, 00:34:46.959 --> 00:34:48.600 but she's a little unnerved. 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.139 Alright. 00:34:51.979 --> 00:34:52.899 She'll lead you upstairs, 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:57.399 and there's only about four rooms here anyways. 00:34:58.419 --> 00:35:03.080 She will point at the one in the northeast corner of this floor, 00:35:03.810 --> 00:35:05.939 and the door's open, 00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:07.000 but she says, 00:35:07.070 --> 00:35:08.840 I can't enter there, 00:35:08.959 --> 00:35:09.679 I don't understand. 00:35:10.520 --> 00:35:11.439 I'll take that one. 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:14.000 I'm going to just walk straight towards it. 00:35:14.459 --> 00:35:14.540 Okay. 00:35:15.419 --> 00:35:16.219 Are you going to walk right in? 00:35:16.629 --> 00:35:16.800 Yep. 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:20.979 I'm going to stop first at the door and kind of look over it, 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:53.060 just on the off chance that anything was like marked onto it somehow like the door frame and things like that okay and i am going to reach into my backpack and grab my goggles and i will put them on top of my head and okay go ahead as well you're gonna go into the can't read room the ghost can't enter it room do you of course but yes okay and uh do you does madam trefini have anything like evidence analysis or anything like that uh no evidence analysis i've got um just wondering if you had any no 00:35:53.060 --> 00:36:09.659 yeah we could go straight perception here it's a knowledge of cult right yeah knowledge of the occult oh okay roll that how about that okay i'm just because i didn't mark in the attributes what do you anyone would be perception perceptions So that would be a seven. 00:36:10.020 --> 00:36:11.979 That would be a nine. 00:36:12.229 --> 00:36:12.340 Okay. 00:36:14.100 --> 00:36:14.540 Okay. 00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:18.520 That's enough to know that you think you, 00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:23.000 the first thing that comes to your mind is you might be looking for some salt on the floor. 00:36:23.379 --> 00:36:23.540 Okay. 00:36:24.020 --> 00:36:25.120 And lo and behold, 00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.320 you do see the remnants. 00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.899 There's not much left, 00:36:28.060 --> 00:36:29.719 but of a salt line on the floor. 00:36:30.040 --> 00:36:30.280 Okay. 00:36:30.459 --> 00:36:38.280 I'm just going to like crouch down right away and just lick my finger and run it along to try to get as much of the salt up as I can. 00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.020 And yeah, 00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:40.639 you're able to kind of scatter that. 00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:43.439 Do a little taste test to make sure it was salt. 00:36:44.020 --> 00:36:44.199 Yeah, 00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.979 definitely salt. 00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:47.639 It's an odd flavor for salt. 00:36:47.919 --> 00:36:49.340 There's something else mixed into it too, 00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:49.659 you think? 00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:53.060 Nothing that causes any pain or poison or anything, 00:36:53.189 --> 00:36:54.820 but you're wondering, 00:36:55.120 --> 00:36:55.280 okay, 00:36:55.379 --> 00:36:56.159 what else is in this? 00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.760 I don't know. 00:36:57.080 --> 00:36:57.800 Maybe ash, 00:36:58.040 --> 00:36:58.540 you think? 00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.439 Hmm. 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:02.179 I'm going to collect as much of it as I can, 00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:04.840 get a little hanky and fold it up for later. 00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:11.020 I'm going to crawl down on the floor and flip down my goggles and start crawling around looking, 00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:13.139 seeing if there's any interesting sign. 00:37:13.580 --> 00:37:13.659 Okay. 00:37:14.370 --> 00:37:16.840 How about I almost roll perception or awareness? 00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.620 Okay. 00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:17.899 Basically, 00:37:18.100 --> 00:37:20.679 I'm looking for any signs of tracks or anything like that. 00:37:20.810 --> 00:37:20.959 Oh, 00:37:20.979 --> 00:37:21.219 okay. 00:37:21.330 --> 00:37:21.439 Yep. 00:37:22.080 --> 00:37:23.780 Should I just use perception or tracking? 00:37:24.590 --> 00:37:25.780 I think tracking, 00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:28.120 you have to know who you're tracking first. 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:28.739 Okay. 00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:31.199 You've already found the tracks that you're tracking. 00:37:31.419 --> 00:37:31.739 Yeah. 00:37:31.899 --> 00:38:00.780 six okay that's pretty good it's yeah you don't think there's necessarily tracks here but you do while you're looking through here uh you're able to detect that there may have used to have been some kind of sigil drawn on the ground with this salt and um ash mixture on closer look it appears there used to be some kind of sigil here would this be something you would know of madam trefini i'll go to try to see if i can sort of with his help pointing it out see if i can figure out what it was or at 00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:27.379 least part of it and trace and copy it out yeah maybe i'll get you to roll um again perception on this one we'll go with the actually go occult occult with it actually yeah oh 14 okay that's a lot uh you're thinking this has to do with a mage um something involving a mage uh probably a ritual of some kind was done here you have no idea what the reason might be but there's definitely some magic has been active here. 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:27.840 Okay. 00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:31.280 And maybe you presume with the word at the door, 00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:34.459 they didn't want to be seen or interfered with by spirits. 00:38:35.330 --> 00:38:35.679 Fair enough. 00:38:36.209 --> 00:38:37.479 So I'm going to glance back. 00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.860 Mrs. 00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:39.219 Tanner, 00:38:39.399 --> 00:38:40.979 would you be a dear and try coming in? 00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:42.600 It should be fixed now. 00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:46.899 And she's going to sort of wince to Brace going through this, 00:38:47.010 --> 00:38:48.500 and then it goes through no problem. 00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:48.739 Oh, 00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:49.179 well, 00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.959 what did you do? 00:38:50.419 --> 00:38:51.540 There was salt on the floor. 00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.520 Well, 00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:54.800 is salt a problem? 00:38:54.939 --> 00:38:55.179 I mean, 00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:56.580 we use it in our food here sometimes. 00:38:56.979 --> 00:38:57.520 With the food, 00:38:57.560 --> 00:38:58.139 it should be fine, 00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:03.020 but one can place a line of salt to protect against spirits, 00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:04.860 or prevent spirits. 00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.860 Okay. 00:39:06.100 --> 00:39:06.439 Huh. 00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.520 Well then, 00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:09.540 I'm glad that mystery is solved, 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.020 but... 00:39:10.560 --> 00:39:15.239 I would suggest perhaps the floors be swept a little more thoroughly, 00:39:15.600 --> 00:39:18.179 if you notice a problem like that. 00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.959 Just have someone sweep the floors a little more thoroughly. 00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:26.060 And you see her kind of disappear through the floor go downstairs basically just right through the floor and yell, 00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:44.139 Timothy you need to clean more And yeah she'll come back up and say well thank you for this Feel free to stay here the night It's a modest place and no charge but we will, 00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:46.100 do you need anything else from me? 00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:50.100 I don't tend to like coming out in the day so I don't have any questions Madam, 00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:54.639 might I ask who had this room last before this happened? 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.199 Well, 00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:57.320 we haven't actually had any customers staying over, 00:39:57.379 --> 00:40:01.500 so someone must have just kind of snuck in during the day and done this. 00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.860 That's never nice. 00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:12.459 Is there anybody in town who might be of the sort who would draw sigils on floor? 00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.239 Heavens no. 00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:15.000 We have nothing like that around here. 00:40:15.419 --> 00:40:20.899 Hence why I wanted to alert certain individuals who want to know more about the supernatural. 00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:29.679 I'd like to relieve ourselves of the more unsavory types that get attracted to the supernatural in exchange for those who, 00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.399 you know, 00:40:30.399 --> 00:40:33.120 are just curious and not meaning harm, 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:34.000 if you know what I mean. 00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:35.340 I know exactly what you mean. 00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.760 Then have you had any... 00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.300 you say you've had no travelers recently either. 00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:39.919 Well, 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.679 not no travelers, 00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:42.080 but no one who stayed overnight. 00:40:42.419 --> 00:40:44.899 Certainly there's travelers through town now and again. 00:40:45.040 --> 00:40:47.419 for various reasons and businesses. 00:40:48.359 --> 00:40:52.360 And how many days has it been since you haven't been able to get into this room? 00:40:52.479 --> 00:40:52.639 Ooh, 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.760 it's been, 00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.120 uh, 00:40:54.550 --> 00:40:54.679 oh, 00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:55.979 when did I send the note out? 00:40:56.080 --> 00:40:56.360 It was, 00:40:56.479 --> 00:40:56.760 oh, 00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.840 at least a couple weeks now. 00:40:58.429 --> 00:40:58.540 God. 00:40:58.939 --> 00:40:59.219 All right. 00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:01.360 Or just moved to a different area. 00:41:02.419 --> 00:41:02.780 Possibly. 00:41:03.040 --> 00:41:04.600 Anyone else have questions for Mrs. 00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.580 Agnes Tanner? 00:41:06.449 --> 00:41:06.899 At the moment, 00:41:07.020 --> 00:41:08.139 at least I am. 00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.840 Everybody else? 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:09.840 Last question. 00:41:10.149 --> 00:41:12.580 How might we reach you if we do need you during the day? 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:14.320 During the day? 00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.139 Well, 00:41:15.399 --> 00:41:16.459 talk to Timothy. 00:41:16.729 --> 00:41:18.620 He can help with that. 00:41:19.020 --> 00:41:20.800 I prefer not to come out during the day, 00:41:20.899 --> 00:41:21.840 but if you must. 00:41:22.540 --> 00:41:27.100 And anyone else doing anything tonight before we move on to the next day? 00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.219 Nope. 00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:33.560 I'm going to still stay in that room and do a look around. 00:41:34.060 --> 00:41:37.780 Just a general look around the room once I've settled in and shoot everybody out. 00:41:38.560 --> 00:41:39.060 I mean, 00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:39.820 you can take this room. 00:41:39.939 --> 00:41:40.659 There's only four anyway, 00:41:40.899 --> 00:41:41.060 so. 00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:41.639 Yeah, 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:45.419 I'm planning to take the room because I think it would be lovely to stay there. 00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:49.500 And you'll find the bedding isn't actually too bad here. 00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:53.000 Made a good goose down or something like that. 00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:58.500 Until next time, 00:41:58.540 --> 00:41:59.040 dear listeners. 00:42:00.060 --> 00:42:01.419 Blessings and good health. 00:42:02.979 --> 00:42:08.540 Salutations and valedictions for the Boneyards and Boojums podcast are narrated by Andromeda. 00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:12.120 To learn more about the 1879 RPG, 00:42:12.560 --> 00:42:14.500 please refer to the episode notes.