Sunday, June 28
Shadows: Part 1 – Great Room
The main floor of the Cresh House was in a deplorable state. The walls, once covered in paper, were torn and peeling. Water had stained, cupped, and warped the wooden floors, a testimony to the leaks from the floor above.
They were in a massive room with a polished marble floor that still shined even with all the grime and debris littering it. Two large fireplaces, each big enough for a grown man to stand inside, flanked the sides of the room. Instead of the expected curios and portraits that normally adorned such mantles, there were rats’ nests, chunks of fallen plaster, and filth. Across the room were several windows, though wooden planking concealed whatever lay beyond.
“Tell me something,” said Vlad. “You’ve been seeing this Countess woman for years…and you never suspected she was from Carcosa?”
Kham shrugged. “How should I know? She’s a madam. She always wore a mask.”
“And you didn’t find that strange,” Beldin stated matter-of-factly.
“No.” Kham peered into one of the fireplaces. “In fact, that’s what I was paying for.”
“You PAID her?” asked Vlad. [MORE]
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