Gameplay

Calvin steps onto the shells and gravel with a crunch and Martha gets onto the ladder, making her way down, followed by Jeffrey.

As Reggie scans around, he notices trace amounts of blood spatter on some of the jars and cans on nearby shelves. The small amount of blood appears consistent with the account of the murder, as the vast majority of blood was spilled on the floor. What's strange though is that he has still not seen any trace of blood on the floor.

It's a simple matter for Samuel to grab the shovel and he passes it down the ladder.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey reaches the bottom of the ladder and moves over to the shelving to take a look at the nick nacks.

Looking through, he spots the blood splash that Reggie spotted but the walls are congested with useless junk.

As you failed the roll, you have a couple of options. You could use Luck, which removes points from your Luck pool to get a success. Alternatively, you could try to push the roll, meaning you do something extra, which you describe. The Push will give you another shot at the roll but a failure results in something bad happening. In this case, it might be something like moving things around to get a better look which may result in things falling causing noise and you to potentially get hurt. You cannot use Luck on a Pushed roll.

Calvin has pulled up a handkerchief to cover his mouth as he begins to search further into cellar assuming Jeffery is starting pretty close to the ladder. The goal is the meet him in the middle. Calvin is looking for the ring Author mentioned in the recording, checking shelves as well as for places it could have fallen or bounced.

As Calvin searches, he finds on one of the shelves a moldy old wooden box, 18" by 12" by 8" that looks interesting. Pulling it out carefully, he opens it to reveal it contains:

A small painting: depicting a stern-looking man in Puritan clothing - an ostentatious black-jeweled ring on one of his fingers immediately catches the eye.
A very old-looking hand written-journal A scrap of paper at the bottom of the box

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