Shadow and Noir 8

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Letter 8: Maxwell to Price

Maxwell,

I found the missing notes but it's too late. I saw them as they writhed and chanted in Sycamore Woods. I fear that they succeeded where Jemima failed and now we are all in danger.

I paid off a useless cop from Arkham who gave me the lead. For a few months the locals had been reporting strange lights and sounds in the woods. The law were refusing to investigate so I saw a chance to do some digging.

I rented a room in a boarding house and befriended the landlady. There's a field north of the woods where the local dogwalkers go. So I offered to take the landlady's spaniel for a stroll as cover to go check out the woods.

Well, I found the source of the lights and chanting - circle of ten people performing the Vir Stellas ritual. They were covered with the same symbols as Jemima, but their ritual was working. Amidst the spiteful gloam I saw a tall gentleman looming over them.

I couldn't draw my eyes away from him - he was at least eight feet tall and dressed in immaculate finery. As the ritualists chanted and danced around him he cackled at them. This "Mans from the Stars" is a threat and we must stop this ritual from ever being performed again.

Agnes.