Okay so I'm running a wee bit late this week so it's just a short precis.
Our heroes meetup the next day for brunch with Dawson who seemed to have got some of his old aplomb back. Over a light meal they decided that more investigation was needed of the yacht club, the supposed underground caverns and whatever the link was with Diamond Walsh.
Dawson went out to do what he did best and soon tracked down one of the local mobs numbers runners to put the squeeze on. With a bit of intimidation he found that reports were that Walsh had been acting very out of the ordinary and it was affecting his business. He seemed obsessed with his new wife and something called the red box which seemed connected to 'Azathoths Tears'.
Shambles headed to the university to study up on caverns in and around Kingsport. Study showed that whilst the immediate area under the yacht club shouldn't have extensive caverns underneath there were many unexplored ones in the area and that they probably reached all the way up to Innsmouth. Exploration of the caverns had been abandoned after too many disappearances and losses of life over the years.
Kalabos took the bus out to Kingsport to lurk near the yacht club and talk to the seedier locals. Talking to the lowlifes he learned that the club generally kept at least three men and a couple of dogs around the property at night except on nights of the full and half-moon when there was no sign of the dogs. On those same nights a van was seen to visit at around 0100 and either drop sommething off or deliver it, it was hard to say. As it's Thursday the 27th of June 1935 it's only a few days until full moon.
Lady Letrauc-De'ath contacted the yacht club to start arrangements for her yacht, The Scarlet Bell, to be taken over to it's new berth with a full crew and for the party to have dinner their that evening.
Before heading to the yacht club Dawson stopped into his office. On entering the first thing he saw was his secretary Nacny in a chair against the opposite wall. From beside him a rather dangerous looking and slightly effeminate man held a gun. Introducing himself as Dock Vogan he sat our hero in a chair, explained that Diamond Shaw didn't like two-bit PI's looking into his business and left, only stopping to give Dawson a good wap across his shins with a baseball bat.
Meeting up later at the yacht club our intrepid group sat down for dinner. De'ath and Shaw hammered out the details of haveing the yacht at the club. Gardiner was willing to have it permanently staffed but only on the proviso that any staff were to stay on the boat at night so as not to disturb the guard dogs.
Dawson learned that Diamond Shaw was on the premises and asked a passing waiter to forward a note,
Mr Walsh,
Thanks for the delivery. Point taken.
I was sorry to hear about your wife. Hope she didn't drink the tears.
S.D.
Kalabos proved unable to get into the private room Walsh was using but swore to find out more.
Nearing the end of the night Dawson saw a familiar figure enter the mens room and went after him. Hitting Volgan in the back proved to be succesful but Walsh was unprepared for his adversaries willingness to pull a gun and pistol whip him. The doubts he put into the mans head regarding Walsh's sanity may prove to be worth the subsequent kick in the ribs.
The evening ended undecided with Dawson choosing not to reveal what had happened.
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