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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 18, 2016 15:58:53 GMT
"Sure, mon ami," The Leading Man answered. "But how do you know she has it in for you? And who is this other man?" They were out the door and headed, "Liam" guessed, to Henri's car. "If I get you outta this stew alive, you have to agree to come with me to someplace safer than this burg." Henri let "Liam" accompany him back to his house. En route, they talked more. Liam drove, actually, as Henri was almost four sheets to the wind. Half the time Henri was talking in French now, but would repeat everything in English. His accent was more pronounced the longer the drink affected him, so that soon he was losing his 'th' sounds entirely. "I do not know who zis other man iz..." Henri said. "If I did, I would kill him myself. But no, zhat seems to be my wife's goal. My housemaid, she warns me not to trust what my wife serves me to drink anymore. I cannot drink in my own home now and must go to ze club for it!" The lights were on in the Deselles home when they got there, late that night. " Oui, oui, I will go anywhere with you, my good friend...whatever your name iz..." Henri practically stumbled out of the car. "Jean, she must be home! Now we will confront her and learn who zis other man izz!"
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 18, 2016 16:11:15 GMT
Howard picks the pillow up carefully to not disturbing the burn marks or destroying the hole. He places the chimp hair on the pillow and says to the night watchmen" please call the police. There has been a break in the case to sid's death. After that call the ventriloquist and his chimp and have them come back to the theater. Tell them there has been a break in their dressing room. I know this is a lot but we just solved this murder." (Ooc this changes if the the ventriloquist is here then the conversation changes. ) Also Howard will try to have Veronica either go home or go back in. Howard did not have a pillow yet, only the case, but with some more searching he was able to find a couch pillow that had a fresh case on it. Taking off the fresh case, he could see the hidden case matched up with the hole shot through this pillow. Veronica was happy to go back to their hotel. She called a cab. Chris called the police, so Howard could only hear Chris' side of the conversation, which mostly went "Yes...uh-huh...yes, sir. They're coming, Mr. Feinstein!" Chris called Roscoe Ball for him too. Chris got to the "He's coming, Mr. Feinstein!" part even faster this time. In fact, Roscoe and Billy the Chimp were so fast getting back to the theater that they beat the police there. "What's the big emergency, Howard?" Roscoe said, Billy coming into Sid's dressing room behind him. "How did you get into Sid's room?" (( rolls: 9+1, 11+1))
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Post by majorvictory on Jul 19, 2016 2:52:39 GMT
Shedding of his trenchcoat Captain Avenger stood in all his patriotic glory. He then climbed to look in the window of the garage.
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Post by theleadingman on Jul 19, 2016 4:18:20 GMT
The lights were on in the Deselles home when they got there, late that night. " Oui, oui, I will go anywhere with you, my good friend...whatever your name iz..." Henri practically stumbled out of the car. "Jean, she must be home! Now we will confront her and learn who zis other man izz!" "We will see, Henri," The Leading Man said. "Maybe she's just waiting up late for you. Let's just see what's going on here." "Liam" helped Henri up the steps and used the Frenchman's keys to let them in. He then said, "Which way, Henri?"
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 20, 2016 15:54:32 GMT
Shedding of his trenchcoat Captain Avenger stood in all his patriotic glory. He then climbed to look in the window of the garage. Captain Avenger patriotically snuck up to the windows and peeked into the garage. Inside were three men in suits and a woman in a dress. They talked for a minute longer and then the man who was with the woman stepped onto a platform with her over a pit. One of the two remaining men pulled a lever and the platform descended into the pit. After that, the two men talked and lit cigarettes. Then one of them fiddled with a radio while the other one sat down.
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Post by dtspurrier on Jul 20, 2016 19:00:25 GMT
Howard in his performance tone " gentlemen all will be explained. I have solved the mystery of sid's death and we will wait for the police to show up. I can at least give a littletter teaser table death was not suicide but murder."
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 20, 2016 19:37:03 GMT
"We will see, Henri," The Leading Man said. "Maybe she's just waiting up late for you. Let's just see what's going on here." "Liam" helped Henri up the steps and used the Frenchman's keys to let them in. He then said, "Which way, Henri?" Henri said to use the front door in the middle. Since there was only one front door, The Leading Man tried that. It was locked, but Henri had the key. The Leading Man just had to fish it out of his pocket as Henri leaned on him. The house looked as it had this morning, except there was a light on in the sitting room adjacent to the entry foyer. Henri barged in. "Well? Is he here?" Henri asked loudly. Jean Deselles (The Leading Man recognized her from photos seen in the house earlier, including in Henri's desk drawer) was standing in the sitting room, holding a cocktail glass of her own (the Deselles had so much in common!). Their conversation quickly jumped to French, though, and was too quick for The Leading Man to clearly follow. It was a heated argument for certain, though, and The Leading Man had to wonder if they would come to blows.
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Post by majorvictory on Jul 21, 2016 14:21:42 GMT
Quietly opening the window Capt. Avenger stealthily dropped down inside the warehouse. He then calmly walked over to the two men waiting. He then stated with a small smile on his face. "Gentlemen, I would like to have a word with your boss, now you can either cooperate with me or I can find him myself, he then paused, your choice."
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 21, 2016 14:32:03 GMT
Howard in his performance tone " gentlemen all will be explained. I have solved the mystery of sid's death and we will wait for the police to show up. I can at least give a littletter teaser table death was not suicide but murder." Chris the Night Watchman, not sensing any danger, wandered off, leaving Howard and his prime suspect and his prime suspect's pet chimp all alone in the hallway outside Sid's dressing room.* ((*I'd previously said they were in Sid's room, but Chris would have locked the room back up by now.)) The police should be arriving any minute now, but Roscoe Ball seemed impatient. "Why wait?" he asked, looking nervous and trying to conceal it. "Why don't you tell me what you know now? I'm real curious."
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Post by theleadingman on Jul 21, 2016 15:01:13 GMT
The Leading Man stepped forward and interposed himself between the fighting French.
"Forgive me, Madame Deselles. We have not yet been introduced. I am Liam Mortimer, glad to make your acquaintance. Ol' Henry here invited me over to meet you. And whatever is going on between the two of you, it's time we talked about saving your lives."
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Post by dtspurrier on Jul 21, 2016 20:43:55 GMT
Howard says " a good magician never reveals his secrets. Besides I am also waiting for AL, June and the rest of the cast. My assistant is gathering themy now. It is a shame telling her that Sid 'S death is not suicide. She will miss him dearly. You think they were more then just working friendso possiblyou romantically involved?"
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 22, 2016 16:26:13 GMT
Quietly opening the window Capt. Avenger stealthily dropped down inside the warehouse. He then calmly walked over to the two men waiting. He then stated with a small smile on his face. "Gentlemen, I would like to have a word with your boss, now you can either cooperate with me or I can find him myself, he then paused, your choice." The window was locked from the inside, so Captain Avenger had to break it. He shattered the glass by jumping through! He found he was inside, not a warehouse, but a garage. Both men drew pistols from shoulder holsters as Captain Avenger calmly walked towards them. They pointed their guns at him, but didn't fire. Yet. Captain Avenger made his polite request. The two men exchanged glances at each other. Then one of them said, "Throw your weapons on the ground first." (( rolls: 2, 11, 3, 3, 4))
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 22, 2016 16:42:03 GMT
The Leading Man stepped forward and interposed himself between the fighting French. "Forgive me, Madame Deselles. We have not yet been introduced. I am Liam Mortimer, glad to make your acquaintance. Ol' Henry here invited me over to meet you. And whatever is going on between the two of you, it's time we talked about saving your lives." The Leading Man was in the middle of his speech when Jean Deselles pulled a .38 revolver out of her purse and pointed it at them. Henri backed up by The Leading Man, so they were both 10' from her. "Oh, how I hate you, Henri! Why couldn't you have just drank what I gave you and died peacefully in your sleep? Now you force me to 'zis. But...maybe I am lucky you brought a friend home, no? Maybe I can shoot you both, but make it look like Henri surprised a burglar?"
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Post by majorvictory on Jul 22, 2016 19:07:21 GMT
Quietly opening the window Capt. Avenger stealthily dropped down inside the warehouse. He then calmly walked over to the two men waiting. He then stated with a small smile on his face. "Gentlemen, I would like to have a word with your boss, now you can either cooperate with me or I can find him myself, he then paused, your choice." The window was locked from the inside, so Captain Avenger had to break it. He shattered the glass by jumping through! He found he was inside, not a warehouse, but a garage. Both men drew pistols from shoulder holsters as Captain Avenger calmly walked towards them. They pointed their guns at him, but didn't fire. Yet. Captain Avenger made his polite request. The two men exchanged glances at each other. Then one of them said, "Throw your weapons on the ground first." (( rolls: 2, 11, 3, 3, 4)) Drawing himself to full height Cap raised his two fist, "These are the only weapons I have and they will take you out before you ever have a chance to fire (I hope), so how about you put away those toys and let me get some information. I just want to ask you about the Nazi gang the Silver Shirts that's been terrorizing both the city and your people."
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 23, 2016 17:37:56 GMT
Howard says " a good magician never reveals his secrets. Besides I am also waiting for AL, June and the rest of the cast. My assistant is gathering themy now. It is a shame telling her that Sid 'S death is not suicide. She will miss him dearly. You think they were more then just working friendso possiblyou romantically involved?" "Possibly? Possibly romantically involved?" Roscoe Ball echoed. "They were engaged, you dolt! She was going to marry him, when there were men right in front of her who loved her more! I--" Mr. Feinstein!" Chris called out from down the hall. "The police are here now!" Roscoe looked scared all of a sudden. "Billy, come!" he shouted. He ran away down the hall towards the back door, with Billy the Chimp coming behind him.
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