TOPIC: The Curse of Nineveh

I thought there was a bit of deja vu last night. We did the visit to the vault and investigation of British Museum tube station at the end of the previous rotation. My brief notes below include a meld of last night's session and some notes on the previous investigations in the vault following Clara Winstanley's disappearance.

MEMORIAL DINNER

Friday 13th February 1926

Memorial dinner for Theodore Price. Wentworth Club. Club rules require all members to attend formal functions unless they have a very good reason to be away.

Aloysius Delgardo is present at a table with Mafalda Violetta (his mistress), Odi Mortimer and a small entourage. Delgardo comes across to our table and introduces himself. He invites us to his house tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. Wants us to bring Horn of Alu. Tells us it’s dangerous and he wants to destroy it. He then leaves. Delgardo is about 45 years of age, slick, immaculate, cultured, sounds upper-class British.

Patrick Longton joins us next. He wants Horn of Alu and asks us to bring it to the museum tomorrow. He wants to study it. He’ll give us access to Campbell-Thomson’s almost finished exhibit – the reconstruction of the Temple of Nabu.

Sir Harding Bailey. A solicitor who acted as proxy for the Children of Tranquillity at Sotheby’s auction. Harry receives a note from Bailey, Finkel & Willaby Solicitors. They would like to buy the Horn of Alu from us.


ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE

Saturday 14th February 1926 A.M

Left club at midnight and went separate ways. Felix Züber accompanied Luca back to Chapter House. Luca has the Horn of Alu. At 2 a.m. Luca awoke to witness an Avatar of Alu manifest in his cell. Züber was asleep in chair. Züber awoke and fled (gained megalophobia - permanent phobia of large things). Luca ran screaming (gained Achluomania, temporary mania for darkness and shadow). Avatar rampaged through Chapter House and butchered many priests. Luca and Felix returned to house soon after to recover the horn and went to club to stay rest of the night.

Everyone met for breakfast then went to British Museum. Took a rubbing of the cuneiform on horn first.

Commotion at museum. Police at museum. Staff agitated. Hauntings have got worst. Objects, including heavy statues move around in vaults. Ralph Yates is head of security for the vaults, confirms a heavy statue of Nabu (1½ tonnes) seemingly moved on its own one night

Patrick Longton showed us to the vaults where Clara Winstanley disappeared and where Morris Gibbons was found with gouged out eyes (taken to Bedlam). Longton informs us this space is where Archie Glossop was murdered too. Clara was returning Greek scrolls to the vault when she disappeared.

We hear tapping sounds. Longton tells of strange sounds at night. Like scraping and tapping beneath the floor. Harry and Silvan investigate nearby British Museum Underground Station. A group of foreigners (‘arabs’) have been reported entering tunnels there (digging under vaults?).

Showed Longton rubbings and the horn. We’re then admitted to the unfinished exhibition being built by Campbell-Thomson. Thomson not there, Audrey Lester was there, plus lots of workmen constructing replica Temple of Nabu. As we entered the alter section Felix (who has the horn) has a vision in which he vividly experiences the last moments of Theodore Price. Chased from his home to the heath and killed by an Avatar of Alu. Very gruesome.

nice write-up paul. glad i wasn't going bonkers thinking parts of it felt somewhat familiar!

MellyMel wrote:
We've done this before...???

Great write up Paul , have 1 bonus dice each week for logs and extras , though could have done with that info week 1 .

A concise write up of notes

Saturday 14th February 1926 P.M.

Thomas Mountford
Collapsed in Great Hall of British Museum in opening hours. Blood soaked overcoat and loose bandages beneath which are deep open wounds, like large claw marks. Delirious, believes he’s in Bedlam looking for patient Lewis Wayne to confess he took the Eye of Lamashtu. He stole it for 'her’. We later realises ‘her’ is Edith Lewis. Paramedics remove Mountford to Charring Cross Hospital. A .38 revolver in his coat pocket, 2 live rounds and 4 spent rounds.
>Thomas Mountford, retired Det. Sgt ex of Croydon CID; 36 Festive Road, Upper Norwood, Croydon. Member of Croydon & Sutton Cat Fanciers Society.
>>Visited his home. Neat and tidy. Lives alone (evidence of former wife here). Four cats. When leaving, a large cat sits on lawn, looks quizzically at Harry and gives an almost mocking look before disappearing into thin air.

Eye of Lamashtu
Patrick Longton confirms the Eye was stolen from Assyrian Collection of British Museum over a month ago. An opal gem, the colour of which changes as you tilt it and view it. Unknown purpose.
>Lamashtu. A female Mesopotamian demon who kidnaps newborn children and devours them. Daughter of Anu, the sky god. Lamashtu is depicted as a hairy hybrid with the head of a lioness. She has equivalents in other ancient civilisations.

Lewis Wayne
At Bedlam. Lewis Wayne has a new cell. Accomplished artist it seems. Cell is decorated with his paintings – all of cats. Some are quite disturbing. We have the feeling of being watched and the painted cats moving in our peripheral vision. Lewis knows Mountford but his sense of reality makes it hard to question him. He thinks cats are clever. He seems worried they might have followed us. He asks if cats followed Thomas Mountford. He has letters from Mrs Edith Lewis, Chair of the Cat Fanciers Society. She visits Lewis Wayne sometimes. We learn of her address.

Edith Lewis
Described to us as late 50’s, well-spoken and well turned-out. Widow. Address 33 Hermitage Road, Upper Norwood, Croydon. Chair of the Croydon & Sutton Cat Fanciers Society. We suspect Thomas Mountford gave her the Eye of Lamashtu. We suspect, considering Mountford’s wounds, that she may know of, and possibly control, a demon-cat (Lamashtu or an avatar?)
>Called on her house. Housekeeper answers. Mrs Lewis is in London, visiting a friend in hospital. Could Mountford be in danger? Housekeeper is nervous, has ticks and twitches. Grand house but lots of cats scratching walls and furniture and running about.
>>Thomas Mountford is safe and relatively comfortable at Charring Cross Hospital. A nurse confirms a woman matching Edith Lewis’ description visited Mountford during visiting hours earlier in the day.

Croydon Murders
Croydon Advertiser 14 Feb 26, announces ‘Grizzly Find in Croydon Residence’. Three members of one family, Alfred and Enid Connitt and their daughter, all of Field End Road, Croydon, found murdered in their home. Extensive damage inside the property. Neighbours heard terrible screams and crashes. Detective Wiggins of Croydon Constabulary is leading the investigation.



Investigators prepare to attend their dinner invite at Aloysius Delgardo’s house…. …

Great write up as usual Paul , have a 4 - 6 skill increase , not myths .