After all the travel around the world, you ahve suddenly found your way to New Bedford MA, investigating the link between Manjiro, Toshimisku(sp) Japan, New Bedford, MA, Captain Whitfeild, Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain, and the large Portugese Community (I am not making this one up, your chracter fits really well into what is already fact. :lol: )

You investiagtion has led you to a strange old Billionairs. Dr. Phineus World. Dr. World has an extensive collection of art, artefacts, manuscripts, and such, which he refuse to let peruse, unless you enter his contest and win.

Oh yes the contest. Dr. World has this secret contest, in which he will give away his fortune to on lucky winner. You eventually relent and agree to enter.

You are in your hotel, the Comfort Inn, in Fairhaven, when a your recieve a letter:


Mr. Usagi,

It is the distinct pleasure of Dr. Phineus World to invite you to a formal party on (weekend date for the coming weekend), at his estate, Ry'leth Manor. RSVPs are required (Information about RSVP'ing follows). The purpose of the praty is for Mr. World to choose his heir. It is invitation only. We expect you there.

Best Regards
Ceril E. O'Leary, esq.

So it begins, this weekend?!?!

Please peruse the pinned topics of this forum before we begin.

You have a weeks of time before this meeting with Dr. World. In that time you at least need to RSVP. You may do whatever else you wish.

I continue the research funded by the Edo-Tokyo Museum on the connections between the above topics though it is greatly hindered due to Dr. World's conditions.

Sometime during the week, I sit down and write a return letter to Ceril E. O'Leary, RSVPing a spot with the required information as stated in the letter.

On my spare time, I do a little research on this Ry'leth Mansion, mainly on it's history, legends attributed to it, and anything odd that may be connected to it.

(it was not clear, but the RSVP request a call, which you do. You speak with a British gentelman who takes you name. He also tells you that there is a party this Saturday (it is Monday) at 7PM sharp, and it is formal. Also to brign your invitation.

You research the Manjiro/New Bedford link for the remaining 5 days, and find nothing further.

You do some research on Ry'leth manor, and come up with a number fo interesting things.

1. The Manor was orginally owned by "Sweet Daddy" Grace a minister and founder of the Church(Cult) of Sound and Light in the 1950's
2. The Manior was Originally built by Herman Melville (the Writer of Moby Dick, and Sold almost immediatly after being built in 1878
3. There are supposeded hauntings in the manor, one of the ghosts being John Borden (the father of LIzzie Borden)
4. Ry'leth is an ancient name of a continent similar to Atlantis (possibly Atalntis)

You may research any of these further.

Anything else you want to do in the days before the party?

*sigh* Not much else to do anyway...

I'll use the remaining time to get a proper suit for the party and continue other unrelated business I have with the Museum.

You have no problem acquiring the suite and spedn the rest of the week doing work related things. Saturday rolls around. Do you have anything else oyu would like to do before you head out?

I can't think of anything else that I should be doing in preparation for the party, so I guess nothing else before the party.

How do you dress and what exactly are you bringing with you to the party?

I will dress up in a black tux with a blue tie.

Inside the inside pocket would be a notepad as well as a pencil to jot down anything at the party, as well as the invitation in case there should be a problem with entering the estate.

(I assume your wallet also). You head over to the address in Dartmouth. It is in a very wealthy section of the town known as Padnaram. It is off Russel Mills Rd. It is a very wooded and farm like area. You get into the neighbor hood and are immediately taken aback by all the people and media on the sides of the road in the normally very quiet neighborhood. You head into the driveway of the manor and immediatlely flashbulb go off, and well wisher begin screaming. The drive way is lined with TV and Print media, and the deluge of lights continues. You are directed by man in a tux to a parking area. There are dozens of expensive cars parked there. An usher immeidately help you out of the car, and walks you to the front door. You are immedialty set upon by the media, and microphones are shoved in you face

"SIR, SIR, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" "PLEASE SIR TELL AMERICA HOW YOU FEEL!"

Yuki Usagi, archaeologist, feeling a bit tired and harassesed at the moment. No further comments. Bye.

*moves past them to enter the estate.

You are lead into a large Foyer and then through a door on the left.

You enter a large library where 2 other and a butler are conversing. One if a plain looking man, the other a fairly attractive woman.

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You wake up in a dark 10 x 10' room, on a bed. You are dressed in a Black T-Shirt, camouflaged cargo pants, and military style boots. There is a back pack at the base of the bed. There is a door, directly across form the bed, with a large manilla envelope tacked to it. There is also a small but high window above your head. You are obviously in a basement.

(Oh by the way, you can raise you level)

**Level up! +1 Endurance! May Malach adjust my stats?**

That's odd. *looks at his current outfit*

*Yuki checks the backpack at the base of the bed to see what is in it, then the manila folder at the door, carrying the backpack with him*

(Level up complete)

The back pack contains the following:
- A Maglite (Large Black Steel Flashlight like police carry)
- A Gerber Multi-tool and case (Pliers, several screwdrivers, a knife, saw, can opener, and bottle open, in one tool)
- 20 Power Bars
- A full 1 gal Canteen
- A bottle of Water Purification Pills
- A Pen
- A Small Pad
- A wind/water resistant fleece lined jacket (Camouflage)
- Water resitant gloves
- Compass
- Watch (it is 3:00AM)

The manilla envelope contains a letter:

Dear Contestant;

The Contest begins now in Earnest. You are on a island. Somwhere on this island is a cell phone. The first contestant to reach the cell phone and dial 9, will be the winner of the contest. Good Luck and Godspeed

*looks at his surroundings*

Oh. We're suddenly in a reality TV show... :lol:

Well, no time to waste.

*Grabs his backpack and opens the door*

You open the door, and are in a very dark hall. You can see very little.

*takes out his maglite and shines down the hall as he goes through it*

The Hall goes for about 50'. There is a door in the left wall about half way down, another door in the right, across from that door, and a stair going up at the end of the hall.

*Yuki checks the door on the left*

It is unlocked.

*Opens the door*

The door opne up to a large room. YOu shine the flash light around, and see a large furnace, and a dozen or so boxes. The left corner of the room is blocked by a hangin sheet. Everything in here is old, dusty, and smell moldy.

*Checks to see what is inside of the boxes while holding his shirt over his mouth*

You begin to search the boxes . . . They contain the following whch is interesting:

Several dozen books
Some childrens toys.
Some old clothes
Some kicthen untensils

As you are looking through the boxes, a stange sound, of mumuring voices comes from the corner of the room where the sheet is.

*Yuki, curious as usual, lifts the sheet to see who is behind there..*

You turn your attention to the sheet, and the murmuring begins to sound like a large crowd, suddenly the sheet, begins to glow, and images appear on its surface.

The images begin to take form they quickly three people appear, dressed in the black robes with the sun and the mask, they stare at you with red eyes. They each pull a cruved dagger, and then the image abruptly disappears (you lose 2 sanity)

Okay I'm out of here.

*Slams the door shut behind him as he leaves the room and breathes heavily*

What kind of place is this?

*Checks the door on his right*

You bolt out of the room, breathless. You regain you composure a bit. Must be whatever knocked you out, making you hallucinate. The right door is locked, but the door seems weak.

*Yuki attempts to kick the door down by hitting it right where the locking mechanism should be*

Using your stereotypical Asian Karate Kick, you manage to knock the lock off, and the door blast open. This is a old workshop, tools, building material, and such (all old), are about the room, neatly stacked. There is a tarp covering something in the middle of the room.

Oh god. I bet the same thing is going to happen...right?

*Just to get it over with, he quickly removes the tarp and turns the other way, then slowly turns to see what he has uncovered*

There is a black coffin under the tarp

*Does the same little "I'm not going to look...but oh what the heck" dealie and opens the coffin*

The coffin is nicely lined, and has the sun symbol on it. In the center of the coffin is a curved dagger with the sun carved into it's hilt

"Curious..."

*reaches to pick up the dagger*

The dagger looks very old, it is razor sharp. It is curved in the Flamberge style (wavy). It looks French or German.

I think I'll keep this handy...

*Seeing as he has no sheath for it, he just places it in his backpack.
He exits the room and checks out the stairs*