ENTRY 21: AND NOW, OUR TROUBLES CONTINUE...
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We join our friends in various places,
all reeling from the shock of
recent events......
(At this point, Elizabeth was working
out the aforementioned deal with
her father.)
Adrian, after releasing himself from
prison, got in touch with
everyone and arranged for a meeting
at his flat later that
afternoon. He then went to Smythe's
flat (planning on getting Smythe
some reading material). He discovered
that it had been broken into,
and that the book Smythe had been
reading was gone (though other
valuables remained). The frightening
part was that the apartment had
been broken into through the window,
and it was a 3rd floor flat. He
then went to the hospital, to inform
Smythe.
He then went back to his own place
(4th floor), where he discovered
that it, too, had been broken into.
And his book, as well, was
missing. The entire window was missing.
He called the police, who were
less than helpful. ("Wow, this was
a first rate job....")
Vincent went back to the priory, where
he learned that someone had
attempted a break-in the night before
there as well. (Unsuccessfully.)
He then went to visit Elizabeth, and
they went to a tea shop before
heading to Adrian's; they felt like
they were being watched. Elizabeth
went back to her place and checked
with Charles about attempted
break-ins; none had happened. She
warned him about the possibility,
and learned that Jonathan (the house-boy)
had died from
complications. Still feeling that
they were being watched, Vincent and
Elizabeth walked to Adrian's.
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Katya called Don from a pay phone,
and asked him to tell the others
(in a place where he wouldn't be overheard)
that she would be at the
Blue Pyramid later that night. He
then went to Adrian's flat.
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At Adrian's flat..... Everyone shared
information. Eventually, the
group decided to hire a Pinkerton
to follow the truck, which may be
showing up that night. His name was
Trevyn McDowell.
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Later that night, at the Blue Pyramid....
The Pinkerton, Trevyn, took Elizabeth,
Vincent, and Adrian with him
in the car. He parked it in a dark
alley with a view of the bar. The
total darkness freaked Vincent out,
at which point he left the car,
and ran into Don, going into the bar
with Arissa (his Egyptian
hooker). Everyone else in the car
waited. And waited. And waited.
Katya found a good vantage point on
the roof, and after some
difficulty saw Trevyn's car. She then
waited. And waited. And waited.
Don and Vincent saw the woman that
Elizabeth and Vincent had talked
to, dancing, and they requested her
in a private room again. Vincent,
once again, freaked out. Through Arissa,
they managed to figure out
that the dancer had nothing more to
tell them, though Vincent managed
to get her to arrange to meet him
at the Soup Kitchen at 5:30 that
morning. After that, she continued
stripping. Vincent continued
praying in the corner.
Eventually, Katya sneaked down to Trevyn's
car. He noticed her, and
acted on that in a very impressive
and sly way. Elizabeth motioned for
her to go inside, and she did. The
group in the car left, arranging to
meet again the next day.
Once there, she and Vincent talked
for a little while, catching up on
what happened. Don gave her a note
from Elizabeth. Don and Vincent
left with Arissa separately from Katya.
Katya successfully evaded pursuit on the way home.
Vincent and Don caught up with Elizabeth,
and everyone there went to
the priory, where Vincent told Elizabeth
about the meeting with the
dancer. Elizabeth and Vincent decided
to stay up for that. Everyone
else wisely slept.
Not much new information was gained
from the meeting with the
dancer. She said that the truck drove
up to the back, and that when it
did, many men left the back room and
got into the truck. She told
Vincent and Elizabeth that there was
no organized resistance; everyone
was too afraid. She extracted a promise
for the head of whoever killed
her boyfriend, Abahij Nafir.
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Sometime during that night, Smythe
had a visitor, who caused him
excruciating pain. He told it the
following:
- Question: Where were the artifacts stolen from Tewfik's?
- Bank of England. Smythe said
that Dr. Essex probably had the
key.
When Smythe woke up, he had forgotten
everything about the visit
except that it had happened, and that
he had told someone or something
the above. He was also covered in
1st and 2nd degree burns from head
to toe.
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The next day, Don took a trip to the
Naze, and scouted around
Gavigan's estate. It was huge, with
a stone fence and a guard house.
Elizabeth got a letter from Smythe,
informing her of the information
leak. She went to the British Museum
to meet with Adrian. Eventually,
all but Katya met to decide what to
do.
And that's where we left it!