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[b]THIS POST WILL BE EDITED AS THE STORY PROGRESSES[/b]
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[h1] Jeremy's House at First Glance [/h1]

[h2] The Neighborhood [/h2]

	Jeremy lives in a neighborhood that hasn't quite succumbed to the march of progress. All the homes for two blocks are single family homes, but since they are within the busier section of the city those two blocks are fairly surrounded by high-rises and the like.

[h2] Jeremy's home from outside. [/h2]

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	Jeremy's house should appear mostly normal from outside, though it does look generally worse than the other houses on the street. The lawn in dying and covered in moss, the paint is faded, and it's clear that the owner wasn't concerned about appearances.

[h2] The Inside [/h2]

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	It isn't quite this big of a mess, the stairs for instance are still largely intact, as well as the other doors and windows. Otherwise it does look as though it's been neglected and rotting for decades rather than only being twenty or thirty years old.
	Edit: Floorboards are rotting, can be dangerous.


Overhead View/Street Layout.

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[hider= Floor Layout]
[h3] Floor Layout [/h3]

	Apologies, the scale ended up kinda funky. Imagine it's actually square like the outside photo.
[h3] First Floor [/h3]
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[h3] Second Floor [/h3]
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[h4] Key [/h4]

1: Living Room
2: Kitchen
3: Storage Room
4: Library
5: Broom Closet
6: Pantry
7: Coat Closet
8: Plumbing Room
9: Hallway
10: [hider= Hallway]

First off the second floor is as rotten as the first, though all of the doors are a bit better than the ones downstairs. These one's only have mold and what not on them, but don't have holes or anything in them just yet. It's evident that there have been a number of people inside the building fairly recently, mostly due to the prints in the mold and dust on the floor. From what Richard can tell whoever was hear was very careful not to disturb anything. There's a fresh set of prints leading to the study. Richard might guess these belong to Val. A quick glance would show he'd been rummaging around a little in there.

The décor and furniture here is a world away from downstairs. Granted it's rotting now as well, but it's still obvious that it was all worth more than a few pretty pennies before the rot. There are a few pieces made of non perishable material such as gold that are still in good condition, at most having moss growing on them.

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11: [hider= Jeremy's Bedroom*]

The door to Jeremy's room is actually locked. If picked, or busted open the first thing anyone notice is that (aside from the decades of rot and decay) the room looks as though someone packed a bunch of necessities and left in a hurry. Normally it'd be obvious that Harry hadn't been allowed in the room since he started looking after the house. However now it'd be a little less clear. Jeremy only left two years ago, but even his clothes are rotting now. on the wall directly across from the door is a desk filled with maps and papers containing coordinates and scribbled notes. On the wall with the bathroom and closet doors there are pictures and papers pinned to the wall with red string connecting them. The papers in the desk appear to be the work of a man who knew what he was doing, and the string wall is clearly sensible. Whatever Jeremy was looking for he'd been doing a good job. If Richard were to analyze his deductions, he wouldn't be able to find any holes. However there are a few off hand references to some questionable things. On the back of some papers Jeremy scribbled things like, "watching?" with a doodle of dark eye's showing thru shadows, "seven months left till the turn over.", "How many men?" with a doodle of what might be a shipwreck, "Carcosa???", "(blurred writing) followed today. Years without suspicion but now...", "Gathers alive?", and you can fill in with some vague non specific references that sound mildly insane. The string wall seems to correlate with the papers in the desk somewhat. Certain coordinates coincide with newspaper clippings and pictures pinned to the wall, usually these clippings are about missing persons or parties. The string wall will appear mostly sane, but if inspected closely certain pictures will have a second smaller picture underneath the first, pinned using the same pin. These second pictures are around half also missing persons, with scribbled notes on the back about how Jeremy suspected that these secondary persons had something to do with the people on the first picture going missing. Nearly the other half are pictures of... well things. At first glance they're nothing of real interest, mostly people, some animals. If observed closely each one has something strange. Think Miss Perigins home for Peculiar Children sort of images. These photos are all connected to north Africa in one way or another by Jeremy's strings.
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12: Closet
13: Bathroom
(ignore the second 13)
14: Study*
15: Smoke Room*
16: Storage*
17, 18: Guest Bedrooms*
19: Closet
20: Bathroom
* = PM me before entering.

	The squares are various furniture as you'd imagine, but it's only the basics. Most things in the first floor should be normal everyday things, with little to no Eldritch connection's. The second floor is a bit touchier, as areas like Jeremy's bedroom, the Study, and the Storage room will contain various secrets and hints. On the surface however the only room that will seem strange is the second floor Storage room. The rest are in a general state of disarray and decay. Though to anyone paying attention it's clear someone recently left here in a hurry. Probably someone who had lived there a long time.
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[hider= Strange Symbol in the kitchen]
[h2] Strange Symbol [/h2]

	The image has disappeared. Anyone looking at the kitchen window, whether it be from the inside of the outside, will only see a normal glass pane window.

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[hider= Time Distortion]
Due to magic ceremonies performed within the house, the flow of time and space are being distorted. 
Right now only two things are happening due to the time distortions that affect our characters.


1. There's some stuff going on with characters INSIDE the house. Aka James, Ambrose, and Richard.
These characters are experiencing a strange occurrence! For reasons unclear to our investigators, these three can only be seen and heard by some of our characters
     >James and Ambrose cannot see or hear Richard. They can see and hear everyone else. They in turn can only be seen and heard by Alonzo. NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE OR HEAR THEM.
     >Richard cannot see or hear James and Ambrose. He CAN see and hear everyone else, and everyone else CAN see and hear him.
     >Alonzo can see and hear everyone, everyone can see and hear him.
     >Ferd, Val, and Dirk cannot see or hear James and Ambrose. They CAN see and hear Richard.
Those who can't see or hear someone also can't see them affect objects. If the unseen person picked up, nudged, or wrote on something then only those who could see or hear them would comprehend this happening. 
Alonzo is the exception. Everyone can hear and see Alonzo as he interacts with any unseen people. Only his end of the interaction though. Exe. If Alonzo where handed something by an unseen, it would suddenly appear in his hands to any who can't see the unseen person.

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