Col. 2 Ch 9: Not All Mad Scientists Wear Labcoats

[albatross]

Gingerly ducking under the police tape, Bianca makes sure to check out any books in the room first, scanning the titles for anything interesting or out of place.

[Renekin Skywalker]

The place had clearly been assessed by the police. Inside, there was a door that lead upstairs with a brass "2" on it. Like some sort of accessory apartment.

The living room - the first room in - looked tossed a little, but frozen in time (you know, a room that doesn't get touched? no magic involved), showing signs of print dusting over top of the aparant fight or whatever, that happened.

Otherwise, it looked like a sort of retro-styled (as in, well-maintained 30-yr-old disco-era poly-weave furniture, and no the faux-retro you could buy today) bachelor's home. No evidence of anyone else living there.

Books were in a mess. Even for Bianca, it takes some time to get a handle on the titles.

NPCed, she says "A lot of summoning books. What's he up to? Oh. Here it is." And, she holds up the Pyramid book he had checked out.

[dakota]

Coop had sort of hoped it wouldn't be here. " Try not to touch too much, in case the police aren't done their investigation. Okay, so the professor is involved somehow. Sarah, do you have any spells that might be useful tracking him down? I don't think any of mine are good for finding people."

[Mierin]

Sarah answers quietly "Sorry, no, I don't really have very good tracking spells."

[Renekin Skywalker]

Bianca was idly flipping through the book. "So... We look for clues here, then?" She asks. "Or do we talk to Lieutennant Rozatonosky about what they found here?"

[dakota]

" I'd say we do both since we're already here. Try not to disturb too much. I'll start in the bathroom." He headed to the medicine cabinet to use an old trick his dad had taught him. He checked the medications for anything vital, knowing that idf the professor had left intentionally, he wouldn't leave anything important.

[Renekin Skywalker]

Coop finds the cabinet to be moderately well stocked, with many prescriptions of various ages in there, as if he rarely threw them out. It's ahrd to tell, though, what would be necessary. There were no conspicuous spaces in the cabinet, though.

What's Sarah doing?

[Mierin]

Sarah is standing around, feeling kind of useless not knowing if it is all right if she reveals herself or if she has to remain invisible.

[Renekin Skywalker]

With no-one in the house but them, I'm sure it's safe for Sarah to not have to use the cape.

[Mierin]

Sarah quietly slips the cloak off and looks around the professors apartment, looking for signs of what was involved in the fight (ie: demon blood) and asks Coop "Find anything of interest in there?"

[Renekin Skywalker]

Sarah found claw marks, for sure, but nothing that looked like blood. Mirrors all around the main floor of the house were smashed.

Which only left the closed door that leasd upstairs......

[dakota]

" Nothing out of the ordinary, other than Montrose could start his own pharmacy." Coop replied, closing up the cabinet.. " Doesn't look like anything missing."

[Mierin]

Sarah nods at Coop's words and tells him "I'm going to take a quick look around upstairs to see if there is anything there." She then starts to head in the direction of the closed door to head upstairs.

[dakota]

" Shout if you find anything." Coop replied, scratching his head as he tried to decide where to look next.

[Renekin Skywalker]

Upstairs, it seems to be a sort of one-room place, cordonned off from the rest of the house, in order to rent out.

On the walls, even in the dim light, Sarah can see, ceiling to floor, corner corner, on every verictle space, each inch taken up with images of Golthreia's pyramid.