The Mystery Of The Missing Heir
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<li>[[File:Pristy_Famish_(Christine_Romeo).jpg|200px|thumb|none|Pristy Famish, wealthy socialite]]</li> | <li>[[File:Pristy_Famish_(Christine_Romeo).jpg|200px|thumb|none|Pristy Famish, wealthy socialite]]</li> | ||
<li>[[File:Miyoshi_Livingston_(Miyoshi_Umeki).jpg|200px|thumb|none|Miyoshi Livingston, gardener for the Famish family]]</li> | <li>[[File:Miyoshi_Livingston_(Miyoshi_Umeki).jpg|200px|thumb|none|Miyoshi Livingston, gardener for the Famish family]]</li> | ||
<li>[[File:Jack_Tugdon_(Jim_Beaver).jpg|200px|thumb|none|Jack Tugdon, blue collar criminal]]</li> | <li>[[File:Jack_Tugdon_(Jim_Beaver).jpg|200px|thumb|none|Jack "Fingers" Tugdon, blue collar criminal]]</li> | ||
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Revision as of 16:20, 7 July 2016
The infant heir of the Famish family fortune has been kidnapped! Is Hideyori's aunt responsible?
Recording of game session, part 1 (YouTube)
Summary
(Spoiler alert: this summary reveals plot details of the adventure "The Kidnapping", by Gareth Hanrahan, from the Pelgrane Press sourcebook Arkham Detective Tales.)
Part 1
After traveling cross-country in Dusty's motorhome, and after several strange adventures, the Miskatonic gang finally arrives in San Fransisco to visit Hideyori's great-aunt Miyoshi. When Hideyori tells the gang who his aunt works for, Dusty immediately recognizes the family as being "old money", and one of the wealthiest of the West Coast "old money" families.
They arrive at Spreckels Mansion (front, back, above, plan) at around 10PM, and are met at the door by an elderly gentleman, Colonel Seyton Ethelquake. After being challenged by Colonel Ethelquake, Hideyori says that he is here to see his aunt, Miyoshi Livingston. Ethelquake tells the Miskatonic gang to follow him, and he storms back inside, expecting them to follow. Colonel Ethelquake leads them to a luxurious salon, where they meet Hideyori's aunt and her employers, Burling Famish, Jr. and Pristy Famish. Everyone seems upset, but at first it is not clear why.
Hideyori introduces himself and his friends to Mrs. Livingston in Japanese, and asks what has happened. She explains to him that Adam Famish, the infant son of Pristy Famish and Burling Famish, Jr., is missing. She was the only person home at the time, but she does not know what happened or how the infant was taken.
Meanwhile, Dusty takes the lead in trying to defuse the tension and get some straight answers (interrupted several times by Burling Famish, Jr., who demands to know why Colonel Ethelquake let the gang in, exclaiming several times, "Who are these people?!?"). According to the Famishes, the couple went to dinner, leaving Adam in the care of Mrs. Livingston. On their way home, they picked up Colonel Ethelquake, who asked to borrow a book. When they arrived home, Adam was gone. All of the doors and windows were locked, and Mrs. Livingston said it had been a quiet evening with nothing unusual. Burling Famish, Jr. expresses the opinion that it is a simple kidnapping for ransom, and that as soon as they receive the kidnappers' demands he'll pay them and everything will go back to normal.
Dusty urges the Famishes to permit Connie to look around the infant's room, to see if she can find any clues, and they agree. Connie confirms that the window is locked from the inside, but when she checks for fingerprints, she finds a man's fingerprint on the windowsill. Opening the window and looking outside, she sees that the shrubbery below the window is trampled.
Meanwhile, Dusty and D.J. explore the rest of the second floor. They find a locked library stocked with occult books, and a diary under a floorboard in Mrs. Livingston's room. The diary belonged to Maria, the nanny the Famishes had hired before Adam was born. According to the Famishes, Maria had left their employ shortly after Adam's birth, but the diary tells a very different story. Some passages are in Spanish, but several of the gang speak Spanish, so that is not an issue for them.
After exploring the second floor, the Miskatonic gang takes a look in the locked basement. The basement is stocked with professional quality but antiquated chemical equipment and supplies. They find a beach-ball-sized stone which is currently being inscribed with celtic runes. They also find a ceramic tub with the remains of caustic lye (sodium hydroxide) in it.
While the rest of the Miskatonic gang is exploring, Hideyori manages to get the truth out of his aunt. She says that the Famishes are demon worshippers, and that they did unspeakable things to Maria. Adam is not their child: he is Maria's, and Mrs. Livingston conspired with a handyman to have the child taken away and given to a good family. After getting a description of the handyman and the details of their plan, Hideyori urges his aunt to go far away. She says she will go back to Japan. Hideyori escorts her to a payphone down the block and waits with her until she is picked up by a taxi.
When the Miskatonic gang gets together and compares notes, they agree that the Famishes are terrible people. Based on what Dusty recollects from what his father has told him about them, they also deduce that Burling Famish, Jr., who appears to be in his 40s, should be at least twice that age. D.J. calls some contacts to see if there have been any complaints from their neighbors, and discovers that about six months ago, there were complaints of a loud bubbling noise, followed shortly afterward by a sound like a gunshot, and a few days later there was a horrific stench that lasted over a day.
When they return to the salon, Burling Famish, Jr. and Colonel Ethelquake are arguing over the quality of Scottish felt versus Dutch felt, while Pristy is reading a fashion magazine. The Miskatonic gang says that they should be going, but Burling Famish, Jr. insists that they stay the night, and tells them to have Mrs. Livingston (who has already left) prepare rooms for them. They reluctantly agree, but they keep one person awake and on guard all night.
The night passes uneventfully.
In the morning, D.J wakes first when someone comes to the door. It is Teak Armbruster, who was mentioned in Maria's diary as having "cruel eyes". He and Burling Famish, Jr. discuss the missing infant, as well as the strangely coincidental arrival of the Miskatonic gang, and it becomes clear to the eavesdropping D.J. that Teak Armbruster is a "get things done" type of individual -- and not someone to take lightly. D.J. retreats quickly to the upstairs, to warn and prepare the rest of the gang.
To be continued...
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