The World is coming to and end and we go sight-seeing!

It’s been a while since my last entry. To bring things up to speed, our bold investigators managed to stop the blasphemous rites that were to be performed by Kharkov in the desert. After saving the world, the tired and weary band travelled via London to New York with a side trip to the Dreamlands to meet with a dead person called Sir Nicolas. They are currently at the Smithsonian.

We are at the Smithsonian to look at finds and pictures from a Temple in South America. While looking at the pictures, everybody but Dr Leicester realises that the constellation in the picture is basically the same as the one we saw in Egypt, with the only difference being the position of the stars relative to the top of the temple. The constellation seems to be Orion with an extra star present.

We are brought a book which is similar to the one we found in the Middle East, but instead of having a Star of David on the front there is an eight-pointed star which is obviously the locking mechanism. We are also brought a ‘music box’. Unlike the first book, when we touch it we do not sense anything or get a ‘shock’. Wooster manages to open the ‘music box’ which we think is the key for the books lock. We try various ways of using it but fail to open the lock. The book was donated by Professor Morgan amongst a lot of other items, in return for ‘borrowing’ some items (which we believe are magical) of the Institutes for a private display. On closer inspection we determine that the book is a copy.

Meanwhile, a spate of murders has been occurring with the first reported cases being within Hooverville (a shanty town that exists within Central Park) but then they expanded to Harlem. The most recent murder occurred close to the 100 Street ‘barrier’ on Manhattan Island. These murders are reminiscent of the ‘Ripper’ murders of late 19th Century London, with the main difference being that the victim’s hearts are either missing or damaged.

Captain Cullen went into the Dreamlands to talk to Sir Nicolas, and while he was there he noticed that the Orion constellation was the pattern on the floor of his room. The ‘missing’ star from Orion was still missing in this pattern, but where is should have been was the exact centre of the floor. During that night the curator that we are working with at the Smithsonian also seems to have gone missing.

The next day Dr Leicester decides that he would like to spend the day sight-seeing. The world could be coming to a bloody end and the old fart want to go sight-seeing!!! He says that he would like to visit the Statue of Liberty and Captain Cullen mumbles that it is because ‘it’ll be the first woman he has entered in years’.