"A Deadly Discovery" is the second mission of A Study in Ichor.
A chance encounter reveals a dark secret in the tunnels under London.
Cast[]
- Samuel Yao
- Dr. Paula Cohen
- Lord Ernest Van Ark
- Phil Cheeseman
Plot[]
Stop Those Rumours[]
You see the workers from a window - they look fine. As you wait to see Sam's uncle, Van Ark, you overhear him talking with a scientist about the Crystal Palace Exhibition. The scientist begs Van Ark to let her help someone called Maxine, but is refused. Sam tells Van Ark he's heard rumours of missing workers, and is told to quash them.
London Inquirer[]
You and Sam are shown to the excavation site, which is fume-free and not the main tunnel. Someone is hit by falling stones and you go to check if he's safe. You discover he is Phil, an undercover reporter. You cover for him when the overseer confronts him, then let him know you are looking for the missing workers too.
Masks On[]
Phil shows you and Sam to the main tunnel. He tells Sam he knows Van Ark isn't his biological uncle, but worked with his parents before they died and then became his guardian. Phil has been told to pursue a story a story on a hypnotized workforce. The air begins to smell, so you all don breathing masks.
That Horrible Tune[]
The smell in the tunnel is terrible. You find unresponsive workers beating pickaxes in unison to a horrible tune. Phil thinks they might be hypnotized by the music so you decide to find it and shut it off.
Blocking the Tunnel[]
You find the music box playing the horrible tune and turn it off. The workers drop their pickaxes and advance on you. Their flesh is rotten. The overseer arrives and confronts you, but is bitten by a worker. She throws a wrench at the worker's head, but misses. You all run away down the tunnel.
Transformation[]
You barricade yourselves behind a door, but the risen dead workers are pounding on it, shaking the supports. The overseer tries to convince you to cut off her bitten arm. She says the plague is in her blood, passed on through the bite. It overtakes her, and you flee.
London Could Be Doomed[]
There's a ladder up ahead. You realise that if you let the undead out, the plague will spread through London. The undead bring the tunnel down on themselves as you escape up the ladder to safety. You vow to find out more, and put a stop to it.
Codex[]
Artefact[]
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations CRYSTAL PALACE 1851
A pamphlet advertising the Great Exhibition, which is being held at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park this summer. The Exhibition was opened by Queen Victoria herself, and promises to showcase the achievements of nations. What can Van Ark have to do with it?
Supplies[]
The following supplies can be found in this mission.
(List may be incomplete.)
Axe
Bandages
Baton
Board game
Boiled Sweet
Bonbons
Book
Boot Polish
Boots
Bottle of Gin
Brooch
Candles
Cricket bat
Cutlery
Dress
Firewood
First Aid Kit
Handkerchief
Hatpin
Horse shoe
Lock pick
Matches
Money
Notebook
Oyster Shell
Pamphlet
Playing cards
Pocket Mirror
Pocketbook
Pocketwatch
Purse
Rope
Scent Bottle
Sewing Kit
Shirt
Silk Top Hat
Snuff Box
Sovereign Coin
Stylish Lady's Hat
Trousers
Umbrella
Whisky
Wind-up Toy
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