Whispers by the Water

Myles will turn the infrared on his camera on and scan the deep shadows in this room.

Burly jumps on the floor and hears a crack, causing him to backpedal quickly. The floor holds, but he's now sure that any rigorous activity will risk a collapse.

Myles' scans reveal the shadows retreat (reluctantly? no, that's just your imagination). The infrared image turns out the building is cold, likely even colder than it is outside.

Blue focus on the shadows, looking intently, trying to recognise them from his studies..

Artur enters with a flashlight in one hand and a magnifying glass in the other, and starts searching the room for two things: signs of recent human presence (such as disturbed dust or footprints, and/or mud if it has rained recently), and signs of the mass murder of twenty years ago (such as bullet holes or bloodstains). Also, what kind of objects are there in the room?

Hoffmann stands right at his side, ready to stab any sudden attacker from the shadows in the eye with his screwdriver if they went for his son. They didn't call him the Workshop Menace in prison for nothing...

As the others start snooping around in various corners, Burt also does. The first item of business is: Have there been any other people around recently?

Russian Huerago isn't much of a man for checking things out (Investigation 0) but he does not stuff well. (Notice 5)

Myles will switch his camera from infrared to thermal to see if he can see any cold spots. From watching the shows he enjoys he know ghosts or spirits leave cold spots.

As you look around and listen, you begin to hear sounds. The Russian hears it first, a soft whispering from behind him, toward the lake he knows is nearby. He can't make out the words, but he thinks there are two different voices.

Hoffmann watches over Artur who searches around, quiet. There is nothing in the manor other than signs from old parties, but the small one does find a floorboard that he intrigues him. He lifts it out of place and finds a moldy book. A diary.

Burly is focussed on the party signs, but nothing about any of it tells him anyone came by recently. Well, maybe earlier in the season. There is dirt, leaves and mildew sufficient to tell him even the newest visit was months before.

Keen hearing Russian, "Quiet. I hear something from over there. Voices." He points in the direct he heard it at.

Myles will swing the camcorder the way Hugo points hoping to catch a heat signature or some sound.

Burt is both thankful and disappointed that there hasn't been anyone here in a while. It's always easier when there's a more straightforward explanation, he thinks to himself. He cocks his head to listen to the sounds. "Are you recording?" he whispers to the others.

Hoffmann and Artur try very hard to make out what words are being said. Artur has pocketed the moldy diary for later perusal.

Blue moves in direction the russian points out... he focus on the sounds now, in silence, trying to recognise their origin from any being or object from his studies..

Huerago whispers, "Let's check this out." as he moves with blue. Attempting not to draw notice to himself as he does so.

You leave the main building, heading toward the sounds Huerago heard. As you get closer to the water, you all begin to hear it. At first, it is indistinguishable from the sound of a breeze in the leaves of the trees.

In the darkness, your lights shining around, you see that the undergrowth was likely once trimmed back, but is filling the place between the trunks now. Anything you find in this darkness with be more difficult.

As you get farther, a pack of wild dogs is surprised, growling in protection of some feast they're zealously guarding.

What do you do?

Aspects: Darkest Night

Burth shines the light on the wild dogs and cautions the group. "They may bite if they think we're after whatever it is that they're crowded around. It might be a good idea to go around them for now. Can anyone see what they have with them?"

Huerago show no interest and getting himself attacked. "Yes. Let's leave them be." Can Huerago see what is being feasted on? Not like something you normally see everyday being done. Heuerago doesn't even have a pet fish little lone owned a dog. Huerago will give them lots of space.

"Maybe we should go back inside the house, and try to figure out why is it in such abandoned state. Right?"

Blue is also keen on leaving the dogs alone. Specially since dogs are not related to paranormal events, and they don't seem related to their investigation.