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Loch Mullardoch

2006-07-23T06:05:25Z

203.211.88.240:

[[Image:loch_mullardoch.jpg|right|300px]]

Loch Mullardoch lies 8 miles to the West of the small village of Cannich, 30 miles or so South of Inverness, Scotland. Its Eastern end is surrounded by the private Mullardoch Estate and the former hunting lodge called Mullardoch House lies there. The Loch is 8 miles long and a little less than a mile wide at its broadest. It runs roughly East to West.

On the North shore lies the East Benula Forest and the mountain slopes of Sgurr na Lapaich and An Riabhachan. To the South are the peaks of Beinn Fhionnlaidh, Tom a Coinich and Toll Creagach. At the Eastern end is Mullardoch House and the road to Cannich, at the Western end is the West Benula Forest. The mountains that surround the Loch reach up to 4000 feet.

[[Image:mullardochhousex.jpg|left]]

[[Montague Edwards]] styles himself 'Laird of Mullardoch' and he chose the Loch as the site to bring the city of [[Carcosa]] to Earth in December 1928, taking [[Alexander Roby]] there to aid him.

The [[Hastur]] Cult that had gathered around [[Bacon]], and [[Edwards]] were told to meet in Inverness on December 5th. By December 10th, Carcosa had appeared spread around the Loch, although it could not be seen from a distance. Instead one found oneself already surrounded by the city without ever having knowingly entered it

[[Image:mulloch.jpg|centre]]

Session 7

2006-07-23T06:04:36Z

203.211.88.240: /* Monday 10th December */

==Session Report - Played Monday 17th July, 2006==

===Saturday 1st December===

''--- Continued ---''

As the shock of the latest revelations soak in, the investigators begin to discuss their next move. It is agreed that Roby must be located, and that the authorities would not be able to grasp the nature of the threat. Various lines of research are suggested, but no clear strategy is formulated.

Everyone goes home to sleep on it.

===Sunday 2nd December===

The Sunday papers report the discovery of the bodies of 2 vagrants in the area of the Regent Canal, and thoughts initially turn to [[Lawrence Bacon]] and his victim of Tuesday night, but the facts of the story do not fit this idea. Both men had been freshly murdered, and the killing of the second victim apparently witnessed, though details were sketchy.

With all offices and libraries closed, the investigators spend the day with family, or in private study.

===Monday 3rd December===

The "London World" this morning carries a lurid description of 'The Canal Monster', claiming that the witness who saw the second killing described a vaguely humanoid creature that walked with a wet sloshing noise which tore out the tramp's insides. The story was written by a reporter called [[Cec Watts]].

[[Withers]], wanting to be sure that neither victim was [[Lawrence Bacon]], while secretly fearing that the killer WAS him, calls the police with a story of a missing friend and visits the Islington police station where investigating officer DI Hodges is based. Hodges reveals little, and the sketches of the victims' faces show non-descript middle-aged men unknown to Withers.

Meanwhile [[Saunders]] follows up [[Edwards]]' application to the British Library and discovers that his references for a reader's ticket were [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and Dr Schwabe of the Slade School of Fine Arts. Saunders contacts Schwabe who has clear memories of Edwards as a young artist who showed talent but no desire for fame, or even success, and who left Slade without completing his degree. He also reveals that as a keen amateur archaeologist it was Schwabe who told Edwards of the 1907 dig at [[Springer Mound]], and showed him slides of the site. He remembers Edwards being very inetrested in the place, for reasons that were never clear. Schwabe has no idea where Edwards might be.

[[Browne]] calls [[Cec Watts]] at the London Globe with an offer of information about the Canal Killings. They arrange a meeting in a pub the following day.

[[Saunders]] tries to find familiar names in the Tewkesbury phone book. he contacts a couple of W Gresty's only to discover thats its a common name in the region, and neither know a Wilfred.

===Tuesday 4th December===

In Brazil a seaplane carrying a dozen eminent scientists crashes during a flypast to honour the eminent aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont with the loss of almost all on board.

[[Browne]] meets [[Cec Watts]] in a pub and gives him an edited version of [[Vincent Tuck]]'s statement about [[Lawrence Bacon]], along with Tuck's name, in return for a promise to share information. Browne is hoping that Watts will come to suspect Bacon of the canal murders and will be able to find out more without directly involving the investigators. Browne gives Watt a PO Box number to contact him through.

===Wednesday 5th December===

A day spent watching, waiting and worrying. [[Bartlett]] places a small ad in an attempt to contact [[Wilfred Gresty]].

===Thursday 6th December===

The newspapers report the discovery of the body of [[Cec Watts]], found floating the previous day in Regent's Canal, an apparent victim of the Canal Killer.

[[Browne]], knowing he's been seen with Watts, visits the police and spins a tale to DI Hodges inventing an innocent explanation for the contact involving a story that he was writing, Hodges seems to buy the story. As Browne goes to leave, Hodge asks if the name Lawrence Bacon means anything to him. Browne manages to stop any shocked reaction from showing on his face and replies that he doesn't think so. Hodges says that Bacon's address was found of a slip of paper in Watts' possession and lets slip that Bacon's shop was visited by the police and found to have been thoroughly ransacked by unknown hands.

===Friday 7th December===

[[Dr. Highsmith]] phones [[Doctor Bartlett]]. He has been able to talk to [[Lucius Harriwell]], now under close confienment and in a straitjacket, but back at St Agnes. Harriwell told Highsmith a tale of overhearing the Devil talking with [[Alexander Roby]] about leaving with him to 'complete the work', shortly after which Harriwell heard terrible sounds from the next cell. The Devil then entered Harriwell's room, covered in blood and deep cuts. He threw one of his 'hands' (apparently a knife) to Harriwell and said '''"seven days for his work, Lucius, then five for mine."'''

Highsmith has told the police that he believes Harriwell met the real murderer, but Atkins is certain Lucius was the asylum killer, and would not listen.

The investigators think that it's possible that [[Edwards]] has taken [[Roby]] back to [[Springer Mound]], and as they have no other current leads jump in their cars and drive to Suffolk as fast as they can. At [[Long Melford]], asking about recent strange activity in the area they are told of trucks that arrived at Harold Jennings' old farm one evening, a week or so after Jennings' died.

The investigators head to Springer Mound and find that the [[Springer Mound monsters]] have gone, as have the nine stones - with evidence of trucks and heavy lifting equipment involved. [[Bartlett]] climbs the mound, smells the tar pit at its summit, has his dream come back to him anew - the smell of rotting fruit so terribly familiar - and insists on leaving.

In [[Clare Melford]], it is discovered that Dick Blair, the pub landlord who came to the village shortly after 'the night of the Curse' suddenly quit just after the trucks visited Springer Mound. The investigators return to London, feeling that events are moving on without them.

===Saturday 8th December===

The BBC and the morning papers report last night's killing of the supposed perpetrator of the Canal Murders by armed police in the railway engineering yard near Kings Cross Station. The details remain sketchy, but the police seem sure the killer is dead, though he has not been named and no picture has been released. The area remains sealed off.

The investigators gather at [[Bartlett]]'s home for lunch, but before he can leave barracks [[Withers]] is visited by [[Delia Hartston]] and his sister. Delia has just received a
[http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/16_Robys_Note.pdf note] from [[Alexander Roby]], asking her to meet him at [[Loch Mullardoch]] near Inverness, Scotland, where he will prove that he was 'not chasing the devil'. Delia has no intentions of going, but knows Withers was seeking Roby.

Meanwhile, on the tube train to Wimbledon, [[Browne]] is leafing through 'Occult Magazine', new that morning, and finds an [http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/17_Bacons_Obituary.pdf obituary] for [[Lawrence Bacon]] written by someone under the pseudonym 'Perdurabo' who clearly knows a lot about Bacon's past. The obituary is strange as Bacon is not officially dead, and useful as it refers to [[Montague Edwards]] as a mutual friend of both Bacon and the writer, and as the self-styled 'Laird of Mullardoch'.

With this new information, and the apparent timeline referred to by [[Lucius Harriwell]] the decision is made to travel as fast as possible to Inverness. A train leaves that afternoon, for an overnight stopover in Manchester and arrival in Inverness at 2pm the next day.

The investigators take that train, and spend a snowy night in Manchester.

===Sunday 9th December===

The train heads on Northwards towards Scotland. The investigators encounter a nervous passenger who is absently fiddling with a [[bone whistle]] just like the one they have. The turns out to be [[Henry Lister]], a pathetic excuse for a man whom Withers easily intimidates into telling all he knows.

Lister, who has been terrified of death all his life, joined an occult society that used to meet at [[Lawrence Bacon]]'s shop, because he had been told that Bacon knew the secret of conquering death. The society studied and eventually worshipped a being called [[Hastur]] who they endeavoured to return to Earth to bring about a golden age of art and wonder.

The order, or cult attempted to bring Hastur to earth at [[Springer Mound]], but Lister had backed out of the ceremony and saw nothing. He knows that not everyone returned from Suffolk, and that Bacon and [[Edwards]] were changed by the experience, and that [[Malcolm Quarrie]] left the order shortly afterwards.

After Springer Mound the cult began working towards a new end, of which he was told nothing. The great day was approaching, said Bacon, who still held meetings at his shop,though with much reduced frequency and attendance. Finally the members were told to travel to Inverness by December 5th, where they would be picked up at the station and taken to the place where Hastur would return to Earth.

Lister had dithered and prevaricated for days before finally deciding to travel to Scotland, several days late. However,the meeting with the investigators finally destroys his resolve and he leaves the train in the Lake District, abandoning his whistle and with it the Hastur cult.

The train arrives in a cold, snowy Inverness at 2pm. Saunders' relatives meet the inevstigators, who have no choice but to endure an afternoon and evening of Scottish hospitality. The decision is made to travel to [[Loch Mullardoch]] first thing on Monday morning. Heavy snow falls overnight.

===Monday 10th December===

(Although the investigators are unaware of it, today marks the debut of the character Tintin in the first of Herge's strips.)

The investigators drive to the village of Cannich, and beyond down the [[Loch Mullardoch]] road. They reach a gate marked 'Private Property' and pass through, but soon realise that with the heavy snow on the ground it is unsafe to attempt to take the car the whole way to the loch. They park the car as safely as possible and head towards the loch by foot.

The trees seem to be straining towards the loch, and as they get closer they seem almost to be creaking under some unnatural pressure. After a few miles, the sound of something large crashing through the treetops is heard and a creature somewhat like a living barrage balloon drags itself into view, using long tentacles to pull itself through the trees at treetop height. Its swollen body pulses and glistens. It is utterly alien and [[Bartlett]] thinks it beautiful, he has to be dissuaded from following it.

Shortly after the thing swims away through the air, the investigators encounter a clearing containing one of the monoliths from [[Springer Mound]], its top glistening with the slime of the alien creature.

With mounting trepidation the group trek on towards the loch, eventually cresting a small rise to see before them the dark surface of the water filling the valley ahead and at its near end the somewhat ugly 2 storey white hunting lodge that is Mullardoch House with a pair of snow-covered cars parked outside.

[[Image:mullardochhousex.jpg|right|Mullardoch House]]

The road dips back downwards, and the loch is out of sight. At this moment a mysterious mist or fog billows up from nowhere, cutting off visibility. They move forward a few steps, and out of the fog, between the investigators and the house, looms a large ornate marble archway that was not there a second ago. As the investigators stare open-mouthed at this wonder, the fog clears as quickly as it came, revealing that Mullardoch House and the investigators now stand in the midst of a vast city of baroque architecture which fills the valley behind them and ahead of them wraps around the shores of what was Loch Mullardoch, but which is now the Lake of [[Hali]].

Somehow each of the investigators knows the name of this place. It is the city of [[Carcosa]], and it has been brought to Earth!

''---to be continued---''

Session 7

2006-07-23T06:03:14Z

203.211.88.240: /* Tuesday 4th December */

==Session Report - Played Monday 17th July, 2006==

===Saturday 1st December===

''--- Continued ---''

As the shock of the latest revelations soak in, the investigators begin to discuss their next move. It is agreed that Roby must be located, and that the authorities would not be able to grasp the nature of the threat. Various lines of research are suggested, but no clear strategy is formulated.

Everyone goes home to sleep on it.

===Sunday 2nd December===

The Sunday papers report the discovery of the bodies of 2 vagrants in the area of the Regent Canal, and thoughts initially turn to [[Lawrence Bacon]] and his victim of Tuesday night, but the facts of the story do not fit this idea. Both men had been freshly murdered, and the killing of the second victim apparently witnessed, though details were sketchy.

With all offices and libraries closed, the investigators spend the day with family, or in private study.

===Monday 3rd December===

The "London World" this morning carries a lurid description of 'The Canal Monster', claiming that the witness who saw the second killing described a vaguely humanoid creature that walked with a wet sloshing noise which tore out the tramp's insides. The story was written by a reporter called [[Cec Watts]].

[[Withers]], wanting to be sure that neither victim was [[Lawrence Bacon]], while secretly fearing that the killer WAS him, calls the police with a story of a missing friend and visits the Islington police station where investigating officer DI Hodges is based. Hodges reveals little, and the sketches of the victims' faces show non-descript middle-aged men unknown to Withers.

Meanwhile [[Saunders]] follows up [[Edwards]]' application to the British Library and discovers that his references for a reader's ticket were [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and Dr Schwabe of the Slade School of Fine Arts. Saunders contacts Schwabe who has clear memories of Edwards as a young artist who showed talent but no desire for fame, or even success, and who left Slade without completing his degree. He also reveals that as a keen amateur archaeologist it was Schwabe who told Edwards of the 1907 dig at [[Springer Mound]], and showed him slides of the site. He remembers Edwards being very inetrested in the place, for reasons that were never clear. Schwabe has no idea where Edwards might be.

[[Browne]] calls [[Cec Watts]] at the London Globe with an offer of information about the Canal Killings. They arrange a meeting in a pub the following day.

[[Saunders]] tries to find familiar names in the Tewkesbury phone book. he contacts a couple of W Gresty's only to discover thats its a common name in the region, and neither know a Wilfred.

===Tuesday 4th December===

In Brazil a seaplane carrying a dozen eminent scientists crashes during a flypast to honour the eminent aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont with the loss of almost all on board.

[[Browne]] meets [[Cec Watts]] in a pub and gives him an edited version of [[Vincent Tuck]]'s statement about [[Lawrence Bacon]], along with Tuck's name, in return for a promise to share information. Browne is hoping that Watts will come to suspect Bacon of the canal murders and will be able to find out more without directly involving the investigators. Browne gives Watt a PO Box number to contact him through.

===Wednesday 5th December===

A day spent watching, waiting and worrying. [[Bartlett]] places a small ad in an attempt to contact [[Wilfred Gresty]].

===Thursday 6th December===

The newspapers report the discovery of the body of [[Cec Watts]], found floating the previous day in Regent's Canal, an apparent victim of the Canal Killer.

[[Browne]], knowing he's been seen with Watts, visits the police and spins a tale to DI Hodges inventing an innocent explanation for the contact involving a story that he was writing, Hodges seems to buy the story. As Browne goes to leave, Hodge asks if the name Lawrence Bacon means anything to him. Browne manages to stop any shocked reaction from showing on his face and replies that he doesn't think so. Hodges says that Bacon's address was found of a slip of paper in Watts' possession and lets slip that Bacon's shop was visited by the police and found to have been thoroughly ransacked by unknown hands.

===Friday 7th December===

[[Dr. Highsmith]] phones [[Doctor Bartlett]]. He has been able to talk to [[Lucius Harriwell]], now under close confienment and in a straitjacket, but back at St Agnes. Harriwell told Highsmith a tale of overhearing the Devil talking with [[Alexander Roby]] about leaving with him to 'complete the work', shortly after which Harriwell heard terrible sounds from the next cell. The Devil then entered Harriwell's room, covered in blood and deep cuts. He threw one of his 'hands' (apparently a knife) to Harriwell and said '''"seven days for his work, Lucius, then five for mine."'''

Highsmith has told the police that he believes Harriwell met the real murderer, but Atkins is certain Lucius was the asylum killer, and would not listen.

The investigators think that it's possible that [[Edwards]] has taken [[Roby]] back to [[Springer Mound]], and as they have no other current leads jump in their cars and drive to Suffolk as fast as they can. At [[Long Melford]], asking about recent strange activity in the area they are told of trucks that arrived at Harold Jennings' old farm one evening, a week or so after Jennings' died.

The investigators head to Springer Mound and find that the [[Springer Mound monsters]] have gone, as have the nine stones - with evidence of trucks and heavy lifting equipment involved. [[Bartlett]] climbs the mound, smells the tar pit at its summit, has his dream come back to him anew - the smell of rotting fruit so terribly familiar - and insists on leaving.

In [[Clare Melford]], it is discovered that Dick Blair, the pub landlord who came to the village shortly after 'the night of the Curse' suddenly quit just after the trucks visited Springer Mound. The investigators return to London, feeling that events are moving on without them.

===Saturday 8th December===

The BBC and the morning papers report last night's killing of the supposed perpetrator of the Canal Murders by armed police in the railway engineering yard near Kings Cross Station. The details remain sketchy, but the police seem sure the killer is dead, though he has not been named and no picture has been released. The area remains sealed off.

The investigators gather at [[Bartlett]]'s home for lunch, but before he can leave barracks [[Withers]] is visited by [[Delia Hartston]] and his sister. Delia has just received a
[http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/16_Robys_Note.pdf note] from [[Alexander Roby]], asking her to meet him at [[Loch Mullardoch]] near Inverness, Scotland, where he will prove that he was 'not chasing the devil'. Delia has no intentions of going, but knows Withers was seeking Roby.

Meanwhile, on the tube train to Wimbledon, [[Browne]] is leafing through 'Occult Magazine', new that morning, and finds an [http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/17_Bacons_Obituary.pdf obituary] for [[Lawrence Bacon]] written by someone under the pseudonym 'Perdurabo' who clearly knows a lot about Bacon's past. The obituary is strange as Bacon is not officially dead, and useful as it refers to [[Montague Edwards]] as a mutual friend of both Bacon and the writer, and as the self-styled 'Laird of Mullardoch'.

With this new information, and the apparent timeline referred to by [[Lucius Harriwell]] the decision is made to travel as fast as possible to Inverness. A train leaves that afternoon, for an overnight stopover in Manchester and arrival in Inverness at 2pm the next day.

The investigators take that train, and spend a snowy night in Manchester.

===Sunday 9th December===

The train heads on Northwards towards Scotland. The investigators encounter a nervous passenger who is absently fiddling with a [[bone whistle]] just like the one they have. The turns out to be [[Henry Lister]], a pathetic excuse for a man whom Withers easily intimidates into telling all he knows.

Lister, who has been terrified of death all his life, joined an occult society that used to meet at [[Lawrence Bacon]]'s shop, because he had been told that Bacon knew the secret of conquering death. The society studied and eventually worshipped a being called [[Hastur]] who they endeavoured to return to Earth to bring about a golden age of art and wonder.

The order, or cult attempted to bring Hastur to earth at [[Springer Mound]], but Lister had backed out of the ceremony and saw nothing. He knows that not everyone returned from Suffolk, and that Bacon and [[Edwards]] were changed by the experience, and that [[Malcolm Quarrie]] left the order shortly afterwards.

After Springer Mound the cult began working towards a new end, of which he was told nothing. The great day was approaching, said Bacon, who still held meetings at his shop,though with much reduced frequency and attendance. Finally the members were told to travel to Inverness by December 5th, where they would be picked up at the station and taken to the place where Hastur would return to Earth.

Lister had dithered and prevaricated for days before finally deciding to travel to Scotland, several days late. However,the meeting with the investigators finally destroys his resolve and he leaves the train in the Lake District, abandoning his whistle and with it the Hastur cult.

The train arrives in a cold, snowy Inverness at 2pm. Saunders' relatives meet the inevstigators, who have no choice but to endure an afternoon and evening of Scottish hospitality. The decision is made to travel to [[Loch Mullardoch]] first thing on Monday morning. Heavy snow falls overnight.

===Monday 10th December===

The investigators drive to the village of Cannich, and beyond down the [[Loch Mullardoch]] road. They reach a gate marked 'Private Property' and pass through, but soon realise that with the heavy snow on the ground it is unsafe to attempt to take the car the whole way to the loch. They park the car as safely as possible and head towards the loch by foot.

The trees seem to be straining towards the loch, and as they get closer they seem almost to be creaking under some unnatural pressure. After a few miles, the sound of something large crashing through the treetops is heard and a creature somewhat like a living barrage balloon drags itself into view, using long tentacles to pull itself through the trees at treetop height. Its swollen body pulses and glistens. It is utterly alien and [[Bartlett]] thinks it beautiful, he has to be dissuaded from following it.

Shortly after the thing swims away through the air, the investigators encounter a clearing containing one of the monoliths from [[Springer Mound]], its top glistening with the slime of the alien creature.

With mounting trepidation the group trek on towards the loch, eventually cresting a small rise to see before them the dark surface of the water filling the valley ahead and at its near end the somewhat ugly 2 storey white hunting lodge that is Mullardoch House with a pair of snow-covered cars parked outside.

[[Image:mullardochhousex.jpg|right|Mullardoch House]]

The road dips back downwards, and the loch is out of sight. At this moment a mysterious mist or fog billows up from nowhere, cutting off visibility. They move forward a few steps, and out of the fog, between the investigators and the house, looms a large ornate marble archway that was not there a second ago. As the investigators stare open-mouthed at this wonder, the fog clears as quickly as it came, revealing that Mullardoch House and the investigators now stand in the midst of a vast city of baroque architecture which fills the valley behind them and ahead of them wraps around the shores of what was Loch Mullardoch, but which is now the Lake of [[Hali]].

Somehow each of the investigators knows the name of this place. It is the city of [[Carcosa]], and it has been brought to Earth!

''---to be continued---''

Session 4

2006-06-02T10:24:46Z

203.211.88.228: /* November 11th 1928, Remembrance Sunday */

==Session Report - Played Monday 29th May, 2006==

===November 9th 1928===

After dinner - the investigators decide what to do next. They have leads to [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and [[Edwards]] and have been told of the 'Nine Teeth' prepared at [[Clare Melford]]. Over port and cigars they make their plans.

[[Withers]] offers to set his private detective the task of checking up on Edwards, Bacon and Quarrie - to see if their current addresses match those given by [[Vincent Tuck]].

The decision is made to drive to [[Clare Melford]] on Saturday.

===November 10th 1928===

In Japan, the Emperor Hirohito is enthroned. In England, the four investigators drive, in Saunders' Cowley, to Suffolk. The day is cold, but clear, with snow on the ground. They stop in Clare for lunch at the Plough Inn before heading into [[Clare Melford]].

In Clare Melford they visit the Railway Inn and meet the landlord, Dick Blair. He only moved to the village in early 1926, so is no help with regards to the events of late 1925, so they start to talk to the locals.

Talking to one of the locals, Saunders and Browne hear of [[Springer Mound]], and another team of archaelogical students who visited it in the pre-war years. They find out that Springer Mound is on the land of [[Harold Jennings]], who has kept a part of his land uncultivated and does not take kindly to strangers.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] asks Blair, the publican, if he remembers anything peculiar happening in the December of 1925, but it turns out that he did not move to the town until some months later. One of the barmaids, however, overhears the conversation and approaches the investigators' table to tell them of 'the night of the curse' on New Year's Eve 1925, when 5 locals (4 elderly and 1 small child) all died of apparently natural causes. None of those who died were in good health, but that they all died in one night is particularly odd. [[Browne]] asks whether any strangers were seen to visit the town on or near that night, but none is remembered.

It is decided that a walk past [[Jennings]]' land on the public footpath is in order. While examining Springer Mound from a distance, the investigators encounter the bellicose Jennings and his large, vicious looking dogs, Henry and Lucas. Jennings is unfriendly and basically warns them off.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] spots two dark shapes circling high above the mound - others look at them through [[Withers]]' binoculars, but the best guess is that they are some kind of bat or large bird.

The group drives to nearby [[Long Melford]] and finds rooms for the night at the Ox Tavern. There they find locals who remember a large bearded man fitting the description of [[Lawrence Bacon]] who stayed in the village with a group of 'well-to-do Londoners' at New Year 1925. These men left the village on the evening of New Year's Eve and did not return. That night five people died in [[Clare Melford]].

===November 11th 1928, Remembrance Sunday===

[[Withers]] has to leave for Windsor first thing on Sunday to be back for the Armistice day ceremonies. he catches the train from Sudbury with [[Bartlett]] and the two men spend their day with Withers' regiment at both the ceremony and the extended drinking session that follows.

In Suffolk, [[Saunders]] and [[Browne]] decide to take a walk to [[Springer Mound]] from the [[Long Melford]] side. Trudging through fresh snow, they climb the hill where they discover a viscous pool of tar-like liquid that smells like rotting fruit.

Browne puts his foot in a hole hidden under the snow and falls heavily, spraining his ankle. The hole proves to be large enough to have held a standing stone. Looking down into the heavily overgrown area on the other side, Saunders sees several large stones lying on their side amongst the bushes and goes down to examine them, leaving Browne to rest.

There are nine stones, each a large granite obelisk of recent manufacture, engraved with lines of poetry, or ritual, in English. Saunders has just noticed a reference to '[[Hastur]]' when an angry [[Harold Jennings]] appears, with his dogs and starts waving his shotgun at Saunders.

As Saunders puts his hands up and tries to explain himself, Jennings fires - either a warning shot or an accidental discharge - and hits one of the stones. Saunders turns and runs. At this point, one of the two [[flying creatures]] seen above the Mound on the previous day, drops like a stone from the sky, straight past Saunders and [[Browne]], and swoops towards Jennings.

[[Harold Jennings]] screams, tries to raise his gun and is hit by a horror beyond imagining. Saunders stops running, turns around, and gets a clear view as the monster rips Jennings' throat out in front of him. Saunders continues his flight towards Browne, shouting 'Run, run!'

The thing that kills Jennings is taller than a man, part insect, part reptile, with huge leathery wings, sharp claws and a head like the skull of a horse, yet filled with knifelike teeth.

As Saunders and Browne flee across the snow, Browne hobbling on his bad ankle, the creature rises into the air, circles once then flies back down in the direction of Jennings' farm. Browne and Saunders make it to the Inn in [[Long Melford]] and immediately ask for a doctor.

They are directed to the local GP, Doctor Elsworth. On [[Saunders]]' frantic insistence Elsworth calls the local constable, PC Smith, who arrives in minutes. Saunders tells him that [[Harold Jennings]] has been attacked, maybe killed, by his own dogs. Smith borrows a shotgun from Elsworth and saks Saunders to direct him to the site of the attack.

On Jennings' land, they locate the corpse of the farmer, and almost immediately hear howls from the barn. Smith hurries towards the noise, but Saunders, who is unarmed, hangs back out of fear. He sees the policeman enter the barn, hears a gunshot, a scream and several indescribable noises - then flees in terror back to the village.

This time the police are called in force. Arriving within half an hour from Sudbury they hurry to the farm and discover the corpses of [[Jennings]] and Smith, as well as those of the two dogs. They conclude that the dogs killed each other after killing Smith, although there is some suspicion that a third animal may have left the scene and is now wandering the countryside.

[[Saunders]] and [[Browne]] are allowed to leave, and they drive back to London, badly shaken. On arrival they contact their friends and arrange to meet for lunch the next day. That night, both Saunders and Browne dream disturbing dreams.

Meanwhile, high above [[Springer Mound]], two black shapes resume their tireless circling.

===November 12th, 1928===

[[image:dogattack.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]

In the morning, [[Withers]] instructs his private detective, Walsh, to confirm the background information learned about [[Edwards]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and [[Lawrence Bacon]], to check which if any of them remain at their former addresses.

At lunch, [[Saunders]] and [[Browne]] describe the Suffolk horror, and the [[flying creatures]] to their friends. [[Bartlett]] offers Saunders a 'professional session' in the afternoon.

That afternoon Saunders visits the Tavistock Institute and talks to Bartlett. Bartlett ends the interview convinced that Saunders is telling the truth, and shaken by the details that match the dream he had in Herefordshire - the smell of rotten fruit and the nine stone obelisks on [[Springer Mound]].

Meanwhile, [[Withers]] returns to barracks to be confronted by a drunken, incoherent [[Peter Morrison]]. Morrison seems unsure what he wants, and leaves, but Withers realises that he very probably got Withers' card from [[Delia Morrison]] by force.

Session 3

2006-06-02T10:19:24Z

203.211.88.228: /* November 9th 1928 */

==Session Report - Played Monday 22th May, 2006==

===November 6th 1928===

This is the date of the Presidential election in the USA. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover Herbert Hoover] wins by a large margin. The BBC is reporting blizzards across Scotland, and London itself wakes up to an unseasonally sharp frost. Its more like January than November. The Met Office is predicting that the snow will move south in the next few days.

[[Saunders]] calls the police to report last night's incident with [[the Tall Man]] and [[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]] asks him to come in and make a statement.

[[Bartlett]] and [[Withers]] decide to catch a train to Hereford and visit [[St Agnes Asylum]].

[[Browne]] is looking in bookshops for a copy of [[The Walker by the Lake]] when he is threatened by [[the Tall Man]], who claims responsibility for the murder of [[Frederick Long]].

Saunders gives his statement to Taylor.

Browne calls the police and also visits DI Taylor. He gives a statement during which he informs Taylor of the murder of Long. Taylor phones the Herefordshire police. Browne helps to make an identikit picture of the Tall Man.

Bartlett and Withers are delayed by snow and spend the night in Hereford. Bartlett calls the asylum and is told that the police are limiting access, but Highsmith will be able to talk to him tomorrow.

===November 7th 1928===

[[Bartlett]] and [[Withers]] visit [[St Agnes Asylum]]. They meet Inspector Atkins of the Herefordshire police, an unpleasant and arrogant man who seems to have a problem with army officers and the insane (he strikes Withers as the 'Bad NCO' type). The meeting with [[Highsmith]] is not very fruitful, but Bartlett arranges to have lunch at the Wheatsheaf pub with Nurse [[Price]].

Price meets with Bartlett and Withers and tells them about his discovery of [[Long]]'s body and the circumstances of the murder, which does indeed seem very similar to the [[Cuthbert Yates]] case.

Bartlett and Withers return to London, arriving home very late. London is snowbound.

===November 8th 1928===

[[Browne]] calls [[Bartlett]] to discuss events since Bartlett left town. It is agreed that everyone will meet at Bartlett's home for dinner on Friday.

Withers phones the private detective he hired and learns [[Delia Hartston]]'s last known address - Withers also asks about [[Vincent Tuck]] and is told he's a reasonably good man, except for his drink problem.

Withers sends a telegram ahead to Delia announcing that 'Captain Withers and Doctor Bartlett' wish to visit her tomorrow.

[[Saunders]] and [[Browne]] visit Tuck at his office in Wapping, ostensibly to have him investigate [[The Tall Man]]. Browne, unaware of exactly why they are seeing Tuck (he thought they were just vistiting any old private eye), unwittingly reveals the connection to [[Alexander Roby]] causing Tuck to become suspicious and defensive. Finally, however, after some cajoling, he agrees to tell them what he knows if they leave him alone.

He tells then that he followed Roby for 3 weeks in November 1925, during which time Roby spent most evenings in the company of [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and a man called [[Edwards]]. He provides addresses and background information for these 3 men.

Tuck seems to be holding things back. He invites Browne and Saunders to the pub, where after several pints he decides to tell them the 'whole truth'. returning to his office, he gives them a typed report, tells them not to read it until they have left, and wishes them goodbye.

[[Vincent Tuck's report]] turns out to describe Lawrence Bacon's apparent use of black magic to kill a vagrant. Its clear that this incident scared Tuck badly, and may have precipitated his heavy drinking.

===November 9th 1928===

[[Delia Hartston]]'s mother calls [[Withers]] to inform him that her daughter is now living in Enfield, is married and is called [[Delia Morrison]]. Withers asks if she can possibly call him. Delia phones shortly after this, and impressed by the credentials of an army Captain and an eminent Doctor agrees to meet them that afternoon at her home.

Delia proves to be beautiful and petite, and to have an apparent bruise under her makeup. Taking into account some pictures on the wall which show Delia almost pulling away from her husband and her desire to not have them in her house when he returns [[Withers]] concludes her husband, [[Peter Morrison]], beats her.

Asked about [[Alexander Roby]], she explains that they split up over his association with [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and [[Edwards]], who she knew only by their surnames, and never met, and also mentions a fourth man she did meet, a thug called [[Coombes]] who seemed to work for Bacon and who fits the description of [[the Tall Man]].

She gives Withers a copy of Roby's book, '[[The Walker by the Lake]]' and says that shortly before they split, Roby kept talking about 'an event' due to take place in December 1925 in a Suffolk village called [[Clare Melford]], and that 'nine teeth' had been prepared on a hill for this 'event'. The 'teeth' appear to have been standing stones.

That night, everyone meets at Bartlett's house to discuss what they have learned and to decide on their next steps. Saunders gives Roby's book to [[Browne]].

Thinking about the 'nine teeth' at Clare Melford, Bartlett remembers a dream that he had in [[Weobley]] and, shaken, recounts it; himself walking and a vast, indescribable creature appearing to him within a circle of nine standing stones.

==Audio Recording==

[http://www.tentaclesandunderpants.info/downloads/download.html;jsessionid=7duhot47agb8?id=15159 Audio Recording of the Third Session]

Session 3

2006-06-02T10:14:03Z

203.211.88.228: /* November 6th 1928 */

==Session Report - Played Monday 22th May, 2006==

===November 6th 1928===

This is the date of the Presidential election in the USA. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover Herbert Hoover] wins by a large margin. The BBC is reporting blizzards across Scotland, and London itself wakes up to an unseasonally sharp frost. Its more like January than November. The Met Office is predicting that the snow will move south in the next few days.

[[Saunders]] calls the police to report last night's incident with [[the Tall Man]] and [[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]] asks him to come in and make a statement.

[[Bartlett]] and [[Withers]] decide to catch a train to Hereford and visit [[St Agnes Asylum]].

[[Browne]] is looking in bookshops for a copy of [[The Walker by the Lake]] when he is threatened by [[the Tall Man]], who claims responsibility for the murder of [[Frederick Long]].

Saunders gives his statement to Taylor.

Browne calls the police and also visits DI Taylor. He gives a statement during which he informs Taylor of the murder of Long. Taylor phones the Herefordshire police. Browne helps to make an identikit picture of the Tall Man.

Bartlett and Withers are delayed by snow and spend the night in Hereford. Bartlett calls the asylum and is told that the police are limiting access, but Highsmith will be able to talk to him tomorrow.

===November 7th 1928===

[[Bartlett]] and [[Withers]] visit [[St Agnes Asylum]]. They meet Inspector Atkins of the Herefordshire police, an unpleasant and arrogant man who seems to have a problem with army officers and the insane (he strikes Withers as the 'Bad NCO' type). The meeting with [[Highsmith]] is not very fruitful, but Bartlett arranges to have lunch at the Wheatsheaf pub with Nurse [[Price]].

Price meets with Bartlett and Withers and tells them about his discovery of [[Long]]'s body and the circumstances of the murder, which does indeed seem very similar to the [[Cuthbert Yates]] case.

Bartlett and Withers return to London, arriving home very late. London is snowbound.

===November 8th 1928===

[[Browne]] calls [[Bartlett]] to discuss events since Bartlett left town. It is agreed that everyone will meet at Bartlett's home for dinner on Friday.

Withers phones the private detective he hired and learns [[Delia Hartston]]'s last known address - Withers also asks about [[Vincent Tuck]] and is told he's a reasonably good man, except for his drink problem.

Withers sends a telegram ahead to Delia announcing that 'Captain Withers and Doctor Bartlett' wish to visit her tomorrow.

[[Saunders]] and [[Browne]] visit Tuck at his office in Wapping, ostensibly to have him investigate [[The Tall Man]]. Browne, unaware of exactly why they are seeing Tuck (he thought they were just vistiting any old private eye), unwittingly reveals the connection to [[Alexander Roby]] causing Tuck to become suspicious and defensive. Finally, however, after some cajoling, he agrees to tell them what he knows if they leave him alone.

He tells then that he followed Roby for 3 weeks in November 1925, during which time Roby spent most evenings in the company of [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and a man called [[Edwards]]. He provides addresses and background information for these 3 men.

Tuck seems to be holding things back. He invites Browne and Saunders to the pub, where after several pints he decides to tell them the 'whole truth'. returning to his office, he gives them a typed report, tells them not to read it until they have left, and wishes them goodbye.

[[Vincent Tuck's report]] turns out to describe Lawrence Bacon's apparent use of black magic to kill a vagrant. Its clear that this incident scared Tuck badly, and may have precipitated his heavy drinking.

===November 9th 1928===

[[Delia Hartston]]'s mother calls [[Withers]] to inform him that her daughter is now living in Enfield, is married and is called [[Delia Morrison]]. Withers asks if she can possibly call him. Delia phones shortly after this, and impressed by the credentials of an army Captain and an eminent Doctor agrees to meet them that afternoon at her home.

Delia proves to be beautiful and petite, and to have an apparent bruise under her makeup. Taking into account some photo's on the wall which show Delia almost pulling away from her husband and her desire to not have them in her house when he returns [[Withers]] concludes her husband, [[Peter Morrison]], beats her.

Asked about [[Alexander Roby]], she explains that they split up over his association with [[Lawrence Bacon]], [[Malcolm Quarrie]] and [[Edwards]], who she knew only by their surnames, and never met, and also mentions a fourth man she did meet, a thug called [[Coombes]] who seemed to work for Bacon and who fits the description of [[the Tall Man]].

She gives Withers a copy of Roby's book, '[[The Walker by the Lake]]' and says that shortly before they split, Roby kept talking about 'an event' due to take place in December 1925 in a Suffolk village called [[Clare Melford]], and that 'nine teeth' had been prepared on a hill for this 'event'. The 'teeth' appear to have been standing stones.

That night, everyone meets at Bartlett's house to discuss what they have learned and to decide on their next steps. Saunders gives Roby's book to [[Browne]].

Thinking about the 'nine teeth' at Clare Melford, Bartlett remembers a dream that he had in [[Weobley]] and, shaken, recounts it; himself walking and a vast, indescribable creature appearing to him within a circle of nine standing stones.

==Audio Recording==

[http://www.tentaclesandunderpants.info/downloads/download.html;jsessionid=7duhot47agb8?id=15159 Audio Recording of the Third Session]

Session 2

2006-06-02T10:07:59Z

203.211.88.228: /* October 31st 1928, Halloween */

==Session Report - Played Monday 15th May, 2006==

===October 31st 1928, Halloween===

Halloween. The four friends meet at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s Wimbledon home on Wednesday evening, for a game of bridge. The house has been dressed with pumpkins and other spooky accoutrements by Mrs Bartlett. Dr Bartlett raises the subject of the [[play]] and mentions that he recently encountered references to various elements of its contents during a professional consultation.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] explains that such elements have already been published as part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers Chambers'] work and that this would explain where Bartlett's patient most likely encountered it.

===November 1st 1928===

[[Dr Bartlett]] meets [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in his London home. Trollope describes the [[Roby murders]], and explains that he does not think [[Alexander Roby]] is now, or ever will be, fit for release.

Trollope seems drained and preoccupied.

[[Nathaniel Browne]], desiring to peruse a copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', calls [[Talbot Estus]] and reveals what he has so far discovered about the roots of the [[play]]. Intrigued by names in the play turning up in the [[works of Ambrose Bierce]] and thus having a possible source which predates 'Le Roi en Jeune', Estus arranges for Nathaniel to visit him for lunch the following day.

On his return home, Bartlett discovers that a man claiming to be a taxi driver was looking for his house earlier in the day, but never called. This appears to be [[the Tall Man]], who makes more appearances later on.

===November 2nd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] keeps his lunch date with [[Talbot Estus]]. Arriving at the home of Estus and [[Michael Gillen]], Nathaniel finds that Gillen is away on business. Over lunch, Browne and Estus describe their mutual enthusiasm for '[[the King in Yellow]]'. Estus is surprised and offended by Nathaniel's insistence that the [[play]] was not performed as written, but nonetheless is persuaded to lend Browne his copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]'.

[[Dr Bartlett]] visits [[Grahame Roby]] who is belligerent and unhelpful, but does mention [[Delia Hartston]].

Roby clearly does not have the slightest intention of consenting to [[Alexander Roby]]'s release.

That evening, Bartlett dines with [[Withers]] and tells him what he has learned about the Roby case. Withers offers to attempt to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

===November 3rd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] begins his own translation of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', finding that it differs from [[Talbot Estus]]'s play in some significant ways.

Withers, prompted by [[Bartlett]] engages a private investigator, by telephone, to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

As evening falls, [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] is murdered in St James's Park.

===November 4th 1928===

The [[Daily Express Reports]] the murder of [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in [[St James' Park]], one of the suspects matches the description of [[the Tall Man]].

A man, possibly [[the Tall Man]] delivers a housebrick to [[Captain George Withers]] at Victoria Barracks, in what appears to have been an exercise to confirm Withers' billet. Withers arranges to change his accomodation in reaction to this.

Later, [[Dr Bartlett]] recieves a posthumous letter ([http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_1.pdf page 1], [http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_2.pdf page 2]) from Trollope, mentioning [[Delia Hartston]], [[Lawrence Bacon]] and [[Vincent Tuck]]. The letter appears to predict, in exact detail, the circumstances of Trollope's death. Trollope also reveals that Roby once had a book published - '[[The Walker by the Lake]]'.

That afternoon, Bartlett receives a visit from [[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]], investigating the Trollope murder, who is interviewing all those who had appointments with Trollope in the days before his death. Bartlett is reasonably open with Taylor, mentioning the mysterious activities of [[the Tall Man]] and the possible connection to [[the Roby Murders]].

===November 5th 1928, Guy Fawkes' Night===

Fireworks at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s house. They discuss the events of the last few days, during which it becomes clear that everyone knows that Bartlett has been consulting on the case of [[Alexander Roby]].

[[Bartlett]] discusses the fact that he has been somewhat disturbed by his current work and that a friend of his ([[Dr. Lionel Trollope]]) has not only been murdered, but apparently predicted the exact circumstances of his demise in his letter to Bartlett. He urges [[Browne]] to find a book called '[[The Walker by the Lake]]' which may be pertinant to the case. Browne agrees but is frustrated by Bartlett's unwillingness to share details of the book such as its authorship.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] reveals the copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' that he borrowed from Estus. The [[Yellow Sign]] on the cover seems to writhe and move upon the page, disturbing [[Withers]] and bringing back memories of bad dreams for [[Andrew Saunders]]. This dream was the mirror of Saunders' previous doppelganger dream. in this version Saunders was the armed version of himself, attempting to seize a crown from his unarmed self.

Browne reveals what he has discovered about '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' and its differences from [[Talbot Estus]]'s [[play]].

After [[Bartlett]]'s wife calls everyone outside for the fireworks (during which [[Browne]] sees the [[Yellow Sign]] formed by one of them, but the others do not), Bartlett recieves a frantic phone call from Nurse [[Price]] at the asylum, announcing the murder of [[Frederick Long]].

On the way home, [[Saunders]]' cab is cut off by a black car and Saunders is threatened by [[the Tall Man]], who warns Saunders to tell his friends to 'drop this matter'.

==Audio Recording==

[http://www.tentaclesandunderpants.info/downloads/download.html;jsessionid=1orm91qo6l1al?id=14004 Audio Recording of the Second Session]

Session 2

2006-06-02T10:07:33Z

203.211.88.228: /* October 31st 1928, Halloween */

==Session Report - Played Monday 15th May, 2006==

===October 31st 1928, Halloween===

Halloween. The four friends meet at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s Wimbledon home on Wednesday evening, for a game of bridge. The house has been dressed with pumpkins and other spooky accountrements by Mrs Bartlett. Dr Bartlett raises the subject of the [[play]] and mentions that he recently encountered references to various elements of its contents during a professional consultation.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] explains that such elements have already been published as part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers Chambers'] work and that this would explain where Bartlett's patient most likely encountered it.

===November 1st 1928===

[[Dr Bartlett]] meets [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in his London home. Trollope describes the [[Roby murders]], and explains that he does not think [[Alexander Roby]] is now, or ever will be, fit for release.

Trollope seems drained and preoccupied.

[[Nathaniel Browne]], desiring to peruse a copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', calls [[Talbot Estus]] and reveals what he has so far discovered about the roots of the [[play]]. Intrigued by names in the play turning up in the [[works of Ambrose Bierce]] and thus having a possible source which predates 'Le Roi en Jeune', Estus arranges for Nathaniel to visit him for lunch the following day.

On his return home, Bartlett discovers that a man claiming to be a taxi driver was looking for his house earlier in the day, but never called. This appears to be [[the Tall Man]], who makes more appearances later on.

===November 2nd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] keeps his lunch date with [[Talbot Estus]]. Arriving at the home of Estus and [[Michael Gillen]], Nathaniel finds that Gillen is away on business. Over lunch, Browne and Estus describe their mutual enthusiasm for '[[the King in Yellow]]'. Estus is surprised and offended by Nathaniel's insistence that the [[play]] was not performed as written, but nonetheless is persuaded to lend Browne his copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]'.

[[Dr Bartlett]] visits [[Grahame Roby]] who is belligerent and unhelpful, but does mention [[Delia Hartston]].

Roby clearly does not have the slightest intention of consenting to [[Alexander Roby]]'s release.

That evening, Bartlett dines with [[Withers]] and tells him what he has learned about the Roby case. Withers offers to attempt to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

===November 3rd 1928===

[[Nathaniel Browne]] begins his own translation of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]', finding that it differs from [[Talbot Estus]]'s play in some significant ways.

Withers, prompted by [[Bartlett]] engages a private investigator, by telephone, to trace [[Delia Hartston]].

As evening falls, [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] is murdered in St James's Park.

===November 4th 1928===

The [[Daily Express Reports]] the murder of [[Dr. Lionel Trollope]] in [[St James' Park]], one of the suspects matches the description of [[the Tall Man]].

A man, possibly [[the Tall Man]] delivers a housebrick to [[Captain George Withers]] at Victoria Barracks, in what appears to have been an exercise to confirm Withers' billet. Withers arranges to change his accomodation in reaction to this.

Later, [[Dr Bartlett]] recieves a posthumous letter ([http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_1.pdf page 1], [http://www.artistmonkey.com/Downloads/09_Letter_from_Dr_Trollope_part_2.pdf page 2]) from Trollope, mentioning [[Delia Hartston]], [[Lawrence Bacon]] and [[Vincent Tuck]]. The letter appears to predict, in exact detail, the circumstances of Trollope's death. Trollope also reveals that Roby once had a book published - '[[The Walker by the Lake]]'.

That afternoon, Bartlett receives a visit from [[Detective Inspector Andrew Taylor]], investigating the Trollope murder, who is interviewing all those who had appointments with Trollope in the days before his death. Bartlett is reasonably open with Taylor, mentioning the mysterious activities of [[the Tall Man]] and the possible connection to [[the Roby Murders]].

===November 5th 1928, Guy Fawkes' Night===

Fireworks at [[Dr Bartlett]]'s house. They discuss the events of the last few days, during which it becomes clear that everyone knows that Bartlett has been consulting on the case of [[Alexander Roby]].

[[Bartlett]] discusses the fact that he has been somewhat disturbed by his current work and that a friend of his ([[Dr. Lionel Trollope]]) has not only been murdered, but apparently predicted the exact circumstances of his demise in his letter to Bartlett. He urges [[Browne]] to find a book called '[[The Walker by the Lake]]' which may be pertinant to the case. Browne agrees but is frustrated by Bartlett's unwillingness to share details of the book such as its authorship.

[[Nathaniel Browne]] reveals the copy of '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' that he borrowed from Estus. The [[Yellow Sign]] on the cover seems to writhe and move upon the page, disturbing [[Withers]] and bringing back memories of bad dreams for [[Andrew Saunders]]. This dream was the mirror of Saunders' previous doppelganger dream. in this version Saunders was the armed version of himself, attempting to seize a crown from his unarmed self.

Browne reveals what he has discovered about '[[Le Roi en Jeune]]' and its differences from [[Talbot Estus]]'s [[play]].

After [[Bartlett]]'s wife calls everyone outside for the fireworks (during which [[Browne]] sees the [[Yellow Sign]] formed by one of them, but the others do not), Bartlett recieves a frantic phone call from Nurse [[Price]] at the asylum, announcing the murder of [[Frederick Long]].

On the way home, [[Saunders]]' cab is cut off by a black car and Saunders is threatened by [[the Tall Man]], who warns Saunders to tell his friends to 'drop this matter'.

==Audio Recording==

[http://www.tentaclesandunderpants.info/downloads/download.html;jsessionid=1orm91qo6l1al?id=14004 Audio Recording of the Second Session]