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[6/29/2014 11:23:02 PM] Canto: When last we left, you had arrived in Boston, almost got kidnapped by a German who turned into an eagle, and brought a guy to a hospital.

[6/29/2014 11:24:53 PM] Josie: Josie preferred the new guy over the German.

[6/29/2014 11:26:10 PM] Canto: The new guy introduced himself as a Council agent named Dr. Theo Crafter. He was to be the one overseeing the dissection of the ghost engine you found in the theater back in LA.

[6/29/2014 11:28:59 PM | Edited 11:29:02 PM] Hank: ((skipping ahead or picking up in the car with Crafter?))

[6/29/2014 11:29:19 PM] Canto: You're driving to the chapterhouse with Theo.

[6/29/2014 11:29:44 PM] Josie: Josie drives! Fast and * efficiently*.

[6/29/2014 11:29:55 PM] Hank: So what kind of doctor are you, sir?

[6/29/2014 11:33:54 PM] Canto: Theo:  I have a doctorates in electrical engineering and arcanotechnology. Though I don't really tell folks about that last one.

[6/29/2014 11:34:57 PM] Josie: You're allowed to tell us. ... what university has a *doctorate* program in that?

[6/29/2014 11:35:21 PM] Canto: Theo:  Oxford.

[6/29/2014 11:35:39 PM] Canto: Theo:  They don't advertise it.

[6/29/2014 11:35:53 PM] Josie: I spent a summer there, when were you there?

[6/29/2014 11:41:01 PM] Canto: Theo:  Graduated in '31.

[6/29/2014 11:41:22 PM] Canto: Theo:  Started in... '25, I think?

[6/29/2014 11:42:15 PM] Josie: Mmm, before me, then.

[6/29/2014 11:42:50 PM] Canto: Theo:  Left here.

[6/29/2014 11:43:42 PM] Josie: Josie lefts! It may be a bit jarring; she only slows down a little bit.

[6/29/2014 11:44:18 PM] Hank: ...good thing I don't get seasick.

[6/29/2014 11:44:29 PM] Josie: Why?

[6/29/2014 11:44:55 PM] Hank: Turns might make a lesser man a bit green in the face.

[6/29/2014 11:46:37 PM] Canto: You spot the building! It's an old Masonic building -- a big brick edifice, perhaps a bit imposing but nothing special.

[6/29/2014 11:46:41 PM | Edited 11:46:47 PM] Josie: I learned from racers.

[6/29/2014 11:47:07 PM] Canto: Theo:  Right. Then there'll be a small alley on the left.

[6/29/2014 11:47:28 PM] Josie: Josie zips down the alley!

[6/29/2014 11:47:38 PM] Canto: It's a dead end!

[6/29/2014 11:47:42 PM] Canto: Theo:  Drive through that wall.

[6/29/2014 11:47:49 PM] Hank: What?

[6/29/2014 11:48:12 PM] Canto: Theo:  Drive through it. You'll be fine.

[6/29/2014 11:48:17 PM] Josie: Josie doesn't even hesitate, and goes straight into the wall.

[6/29/2014 11:48:23 PM] Canto: Theo:  Wait. Do you have any fillings?

[6/29/2014 11:48:23 PM] Hank: Hank braces.

[6/29/2014 11:48:41 PM] Canto: Theo:  Eh. You'll probably be fine. Just go.

[6/29/2014 11:49:10 PM] Canto: you pass through the wall!

[6/29/2014 11:51:24 PM | Edited 11:51:34 PM] Josie: ... that was a little worrying.

[6/29/2014 11:52:07 PM] Canto: You find yourself in a car garage!

[6/29/2014 11:52:26 PM] Hank: You were worried but still went full speed?

[6/29/2014 11:52:33 PM] Hank: Hank shakes his head.

[6/29/2014 11:52:41 PM] Ella Burke: Ella Burke isn't even going to question it. She's seen enough weirdness in such a short time, that if cthulu showed up in a top hat and started dancing to "ragtime gal", she would likely just wonder where his cane was.

[6/29/2014 11:53:10 PM] Canto: Theo:  Here we are.

[6/29/2014 11:53:42 PM] Josie: I value my teeth.

[6/29/2014 11:54:02 PM] Canto: Theo:  Unless you have fillings made of orichalcum, you're fine.

[6/29/2014 11:54:40 PM | Edited 11:54:53 PM] Hank: Ori-what? ...Never mind.

[6/29/2014 11:55:21 PM] Canto: Theo:  Sometimes there's a... reaction between the ori and the matter matrix of the wall.

[6/29/2014 11:55:46 PM] Josie: What kind of reaction?

[6/29/2014 11:56:10 PM] Canto: Theo:  Well, sometimes everything goes through the wall except for the fillings.

[6/29/2014 11:56:16 PM] Canto: Theo:  Which can get awkward.

[6/29/2014 11:56:25 PM] Hank: ....awkward.

[6/29/2014 11:56:48 PM] Josie: ... or horrifying and painful.

[6/29/2014 11:56:53 PM] Canto: Theo:  But then you guys are new to all this stuff, so you probably don't have fillings made of a rare and mystical metal.

[6/29/2014 11:59:04 PM] Canto: A woman walks up to the car! She's rather pretty, short and a bit stocky, with black hair cut unfashionably short and wearing clothes that look like they were made for a man. Suit jacket, dress shirt, tie, trousers, all of that.

[6/29/2014 11:59:36 PM] Canto: Theo:  I'm gonna go change. Anya will answer any questions you have, and I'll be back soon.

[12:00:11 AM] Canto: Anya: Mr. Fortunada wanted to see you, Prometheus.

[12:00:29 AM] Canto: Theo: My shirt's all bloody. I got stabbed with a charged athame.

[12:00:38 AM] Canto: Anya: Again? You hate that.

[12:01:12 AM] Canto: Theo: Yeah, yeah. I'll see Fortunada after I change. This is Dr. Black, Mr. Stevenson, and Miss Burke. Show them around, will you?

[12:01:46 AM] Josie: Prometheus?

[12:02:05 AM] Canto: Theo: Yeah. That's my name. Prometheus Crafter.

[12:02:17 AM] Canto: Theo: You can thank my folks for that.

[12:02:17 AM] Hank: That's a mouthful.

[12:02:26 AM] Canto: Theo: That's why I go with Theo.

[12:02:40 AM] Josie: Josie snrks.

[12:02:43 AM] Josie: Sensible.

[12:04:55 AM] Canto: Theo: Anya will look after you. I'll see you soon.

[12:05:02 AM] Canto: Theo leaves!

[12:05:22 AM] Josie: Josie nods.

[12:06:03 AM] Canto: Anya watches him go and looks at you guys, smiling. "Welcome to the Chapterhouse." She has a rather subdued accent, possibly russian.

[12:08:12 AM] Josie: Thank you. ... is there a library?

[12:09:47 AM] Canto: Anya: Oh, yes. Our library is unmatched as far as we know. At least in the United States.

[12:09:57 AM] Canto: Anya: Come, I will show you.

[12:10:02 AM] Josie: Josie beams.

[12:10:21 AM] Hank: Hank frowns a little but will follow.

[12:10:55 AM] Ella Burke: Ella Burke follows, looking afound curiously.

[12:12:20 AM] Canto: You go upstairs and find quite a few more people milling about! Really, it looks like a normal office building, except some of the employees have wands and staffs of intricate construction, and there are animated suits of armor positioned strategically around the place

[12:12:51 AM] Josie: I'm sorry, are those wands?

[12:15:03 AM] Canto: Anya: Wands and staves are still the most popular foci for the casting of spells, yes.

[12:16:32 AM] Josie: ... interesting.

[12:18:19 AM] Canto: Anya: Sorcery is steeped in tradition. Innovation isn't particularly welcomed when it comes to spellcasting.

[12:19:10 AM] Hank: Lots of people don't like change.

[12:19:19 AM] Josie: Josie nods.

[12:19:48 AM] Canto: Anya: This is very true.

[12:19:59 AM] Canto: She shows you to the liberry! It's HUGE.

[12:20:11 AM] Josie: It's necessary for progress, though... ohhh...

[12:20:16 AM] Josie: Josie gets big shiny Christmas eyes!

[12:20:28 AM] Josie: ((Bitches LOVE libraries!))

[12:21:06 AM] Canto: Stacks on stacks on stacs.

[12:21:45 AM] Josie: I... I don't even know where to start looking.

[12:22:10 AM] Hank: ...you got something you're lookin' for?

[12:22:11 AM] Canto: Anya: I would suggest choosing a subject, first.

[12:22:37 AM] Josie: Recent innovations in foci.

[12:23:14 AM] Ella Burke: Ella Burke squints at something in the distance.

"...is that the other wall way over there?"

[12:23:25 AM] Canto: Anya raises an eyebrow. "Any particular reason, doctor?"

[12:23:40 AM] Ella Burke: Nope, that's another bookshelf.

[12:23:49 AM] Josie: No, we were just talking about it. And it was the first thing that came to mind.

[12:24:50 AM] Canto: Anya: I suggest talking to Prometheus about it. Any papers we have on the subject were likely written by him.

[12:25:27 AM] Hank: Why's a guy like that sent on escort duty anyway?

[12:25:40 AM] Josie: He wasn't, remember?

[12:25:47 AM] Josie: He was supposed to disarm the thing.

[12:25:55 AM] Josie: The other man was on escort duty. Davey.

[12:26:05 AM] Hank: 's already disarmed. He was picking up the engine, I thought.

[12:26:39 AM] Hank: Escorting the engine.

[12:27:13 AM] Canto: Anya: He's our expert in arcanotech. He was sent to retrieve the ghost engine. David was to be your escort. What happened? Who stabbed Prometheus?

[12:27:28 AM] Hank: Fuckin' Germans. Pardon my French.

[12:27:55 AM] Josie: I'm afraid Mr. David was killed, I think.

[12:28:17 AM] Josie: Dr. Crafter was stabbed and we were deceived by a member of the Thule Society.

[12:28:29 AM] Josie: ... that's what I'd like to look up, far more useful. The Thule Society.

[12:29:10 AM] Canto: Anya nods, and points Josie in the right direction!

[12:30:22 AM] Josie: Josie zips over there!

[12:33:46 AM] Canto: Anya looks at Hank and Ella. "Anything you would like to see?"

[12:34:00 AM] Hank: Not particularly, ma'am.

[12:34:56 AM] Ella Burke: I'm not sure, I don't even know what there is to see.

[12:36:32 AM] Canto: Anya nods.

[12:36:41 AM] Ella Burke: For all I know, you have a room dedicated to storing sentient tubas.

[12:37:05 AM] Josie: (("We just call it "Hell.'"))

[12:37:13 AM] Canto: Anya: The sentient tuba room is off limits, I'm afraid.

[12:41:15 AM] Josie: ((Canto's interwebs just went out.))

[12:43:44 AM] Canto: Anya: You can just stay here while we wait for Prometheus, then.

[12:45:19 AM] Ella Burke: Ok then.