Matthew Hammer
  [private to  The Flaming One] We could always carry on in
  Private . .
The Flaming One
  [private]Why don't you do that...
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  The Flaming One] okay.
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] In private?
Dina O'Shire
  <looks increduously at sara, as if the answer was
  obvious> ta throw tha investigation off, o' course! so as
  we wouldnae be seein' wha' was really goin' on... them
  creepies didnae steal nufing, did they now?
Dina O'Shire
  [private]yeah, we can private if you like... how are you
  matt?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] You mean really? Or whether I
  can go on for a while. I probably can.
Dina O'Shire
  [private]yeah, i actually meant 'really'... we can go on
  as long as you like, and at the end maybe do an info
  download- i know dina will tell you everything and more
  that she's been up to!
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Of course. I should have
  known there was an explaination"
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<how's sara acting right now? pissed off, or
  annoyed, or like she's thinking about something else, or
  whatever?>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: Well, I've been better.
  My fever flared up really bad at work today. But at the
  moment I'm not dying. If space, time and sound start
  warping again, I'll let you know)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: and give me just a sec- i'm gonna get some
  more coffee and take a leak- >
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (She's acting short of
  patience. That and resigned)
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (K)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: i'm back... and shit- so you were dying
  too, huh? i thought i mighta had that west nile virus for
  a while there- they still don't know what was wrong with
  me>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] West nile virus? Uh been
  travelling lately?
Dina O'Shire
  [private]my father trains flight attendants in safety, so
  my family gets exposed to everything!
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] Suck. Sorry man.
Dina O'Shire
  [private]no prob man, i honestly think i was just alittle
  sick, but the cigarette withdrawals made it ten times
  worse- i had to go to the emergency room saturday ight...
  finally felt better yesterday, then i went and got really
  drunk and woke up with a killer hangover- i'm a very bad
  boy..
Dina O'Shire
  [private]so anyways, where were sara & dina?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] Sara has just made some snide
  comment about how conspiracy theories always have an
  explaination. Not that Dina might think it's all just
  paraniod fantasies.
Dina O'Shire
  [private]oh yess, so>>>
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<dina nods her head> eaxactly! see, i be knowin'
  whass up 'round 'ere... now we jus hafta prove it! <she
  nibbles her finger a bit and thinks a while, then shrugs>
  so wha' tha bloody 'ell 'ave ye been up'ta? finish tha
  book yet?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Still working on it. It
  doesn't all make sense yet. It is the journal of our
  corpse over there."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<dina looks very happy at this> aye! ye see! i
  tol' ye so! <she puases a second and stares at sara like
  'see, i know everything'> so did tha book 'ave anyfing
  abou' 'is condition in it?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "How do you mean?"
Dina O'Shire
  [private]ye know, wee bugger's all a-twisted an' such...
  <she pulls up a chair and sits next to sara> does 'is
  journal 'ave anyfing ta say abou' tha?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "I don't think he was born
  that way. And I think it affected him strongly when the
  deformity set in. Can you imagine what it must have been
  like for him back then? He might have thought he was
  cursed by God or something."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<she looks thoughtful at this> a-curs'd by tha
  lord, aye? <a slight look of fear crosses her eyes>
  hmmmm, so then why be buried in an abbey?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: Sara hates to give her
  half-maurader companion any _more_ ammunition)
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] :^)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: hey! hlaf-marauder indeed! if she even
  knew what that was, dina would be upset... ;) >
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "No no. I'm not saying he was,
  more how doubts might have gone through his mind. Who
  knows why he became deformed. Perhaps it was some
  aftereffect of a plague or something."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<hang on a sec, i'm gonna ask tj about that...>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: Yeah. As Dina locks and
  loads from my every word)
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] About what?
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<i just asked tj about any plagues or such dina
  knew about that could deform somone like that, or if dina
  had any evidence to refute or confirm that
  suggestion....>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (Ah, so what _does_ Dina
  think?)\
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<after a moment of thought, dina shakes her head
  a bit> hmmmm... mayhap it could be a plague tha caused
  all tha, but nah 'un i'm familiar wit'
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <Sara shrugs> "I don't know.
  We may never know. There's lots of things that could go
  wrong back then, and they didn't know enough for us to
  figure it out now. "
Dina O'Shire
  [private]true, all too true, buh i cannae still 'elp buh
  be a-thinkin' it were sumfing far more nefarious tha
  twisted tha wee deader... do ye e'en know 'oo 'e was a-
  fore all this a-twistin' 'appened to 'im?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "He was some sort of monk.
  Continued to be afterwards too."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]buh fer 'ow long? iff'n yer book be an eon older
  than 'is gravesite, mayhap 'e were moved after death, tha
  or e's one ol' bugger! <she winks at sara and laughs at
  her own joke>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <somewhat thoughtful now>"No,
  I'm pretty sure he was buried here when he died. The
  journal does tell of him coming here at the end of his
  life . . " <Sara trails off, thinking>
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<dina continues to look thoughtful as well> aye,
  now there's a bit o' a puzzle, eh? ye able ta pull any
  dates er places from yer text?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Um, no . . not  yet anyway. I
  haven't found any definate dates. "
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  The Flaming One] Hey TJ. The book was old,
  right. You had said that the book seemed significantly
  older than the gravesight, right? How did we know this?
  <whenever you get a chance>
Dina O'Shire
  [private]looks at sara pleadingly> now i be knowin' i
  asked ye abou' this a-fore, buh i'm a-gonna ask once
  more... i've got a friend 'ere abouts 'oo be knowin'
  'istory all o'er these parts... mayhap i could invite 'im
  'ere? by yer leave, of course...
The Flaming One
  [private]The book does seem older. It was a feeling you
  had. Materials looked that way (you're pretty familiar
  with text).
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] Who is he? And which 'parts'
  does he know the history of?
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<scowls a bit at sara> 'ey now! yer very
  perseptive an' all, buh this is nah jus' me excuse ta
  invite an ol' flame by, ye 'ear? <mumbles a bit to
  herself, 'talkin' abou' me parts an' all... 'ow rude...'
  then continues> buh, e's been 'ere in tha south o' france
  fer a long time an' knows o' all sorts o' goin's on- 'e
  was a 'istory professor fer a bit ta boot!
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "I didn't mean that. Geez. I
  meant what areas does he know? Though I don't know where
  the monk came from originally, he seems to have spent
  most of his life in Poland at some monastery."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<looks apologically at sara> oh, aye... sorry
  bou' tha- i'm jus in a bad mood is all, bit touchy, ye
  know? this place still be givin' me tha creeps... i
  donnae know wha 'enry knows abou' poland, though i
  imagine ev'ryfing, 'e's a blimey encyclopedia, 'e is...
  buh i do know 'e's very well learned in tha goin's on of
  religion an'na tha like... iff'n our deader's a monk,
  'enry will know abou' 'im, i'm sure...
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <warily> "Hmmm. Is he one of
  your friends who knows about evil and powers beyond human
  ken?"
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<looks a bit taken aback by this> ye makin' fun
  o' me again? i'm serious 'ere- there be evil abou' an' i
  know ye feel it too... <she's not angry here, just
  imploring sara to listen to her> so, aye, 'enry knows o'
  evil an'na such... an'na powers an' such too, e's a
  professor after all, e's got ta know abou' stuff like
  tha...
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Well, perhaps we should wait
  until we find out what the dig turns up tomorrow. It's
  not like we don't have a lot of professorial talent her
  right now.
  Hey, maybe we'll turn up twisted Nazi corpses as well."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<looks confused> wha' do ye mean by that? <ooc:
  if sara is willing, she can recount the szyminski
  conversations to dina here and that way dina will know
  what i do... your call...>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Oh, didn't I ever tell you
  what Mr. Szyminiski told us?"
Dina O'Shire
  [private]nay, ye didnae... i saw ol' size-wha-ski wit' ye
  tha day tha fortean times printed our story, buh ye've
  been 'ard ta track down since then... busy wit' tha book
  o' yers, aye?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "hmmm. Well . . ." and Sara
  launches into an explaination of what he said. Teddy, did
  you ever get a chance to read that bit?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: and like Sara, I had
  completely forgotten Dina didn't know)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<dina listens intently to sara>
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: and yeah, i read it, good stuff too- does
  sara add in her own discoveries from the book as well?>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <ooc: Nope. She still doesn't
  trust our little magically active terrorist>  :^)
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "So, the Nazi comment was from
  his little story."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<but whatever's not to trust about dina? not
  like she's broken into sara's room since she got to know
  her or anything! ;) >
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <ooc: Yeah, and she doesn't
  seem a paranoid fanatic who might get out of control in
  any way.>
Dina O'Shire
  [private]aye- now tha is interestin' stuff! <looks at
  sara quizzically> an' yer sure ye trust 'im? i' jus'
  seems a bit odd tha 'e showed up 'ere wit' tha
  information at jus' tha right time, aye?
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: unfortunately, i have no way of defending
  dina against that statement, it's all true! you win this
  round, hammer... ;) >
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Honestly, I don't know. Not
  that I think his 'information' is necessarily all that
  useful. A nice Nazi occult fantasy is what it seems."
  <sigh> "Though I do admit it did seem strange that he did
  appear here saying he knew about the corpse."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<smiles a bit, inwardly feeling like her
  paranoia has just been confirmed as possibilty> aye...
  an' 'is excuse fer showin' up- tha story in tha paper,
  aye? mayhap we should be a-lookin' inta 'is past abit,
  aye?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <ooc: Goddamnit! I'm rolling
  around on the floor here. NO matter what happens, I just
  seem to give you more ammunition. _I'd_ be sick of Dina
  if it weren't for the fact that this is TJ's game and
  she's likely perfectly justified.
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Okay, I admit I was thinking
  something along those lines at some point. ">>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <sigh> "Look, I'm not saying
  he's something sinister. But he also turned out to be
  extrodinarily helpful with the translation."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: well, dina does need reassurance, no
  matter how shakey it is! ;) >
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "And I was somewhat surprised
  with that."
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <Sara runs her hands through
  her hair in exasperation/resignation>
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<grinning conspiratorily> aye, aye... we'll keep
  it being on tha down-low, aye? i be needin' ta do some
  other research any'ow...
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Other research? What else is
  going wrong?"
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<shaking her head> where ta begin... <dina
  downloads everything she's been through the past week,
  tailing william's chick (suggesting she's a baddun and
  'evil'), talking to cohen (though not about her stealing
  his wallet!) and talking with kittermer, as well as a
  sundry other things about who likes who in the camp and
  who cheats at cards and how dina is the best at cards and
  how the french have crappy cigarettes, etc, etc...>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "You still think that the
  Fortean Times was behind the break-in? That it wasn't
  anyone else?"
Dina O'Shire
  [private]so ye can see, we've a lot ta look inta!
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: Whoa, initiative. poor
  people.)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]aye, i do... again, i 'onestly believe it were
  jus' a stunt ta throw us interested parties off track...
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: yeah, i think we should be prepared for
  that too next session- i've got this funny feeling the
  shit is gonna hit the fan when this second dig starts...
  >
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: I wasn't actually paying
  attention to them, are they fighting something that might
  bother us?)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: well, the lady they're fighting has a
  french accent, although i think she might just be
  jamacian>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Well, since they didn't steal
  anything, just took pictures, they seem pretty benign.
  They are just some rag sheet after all. What harm can a
  couple of pictures do?"
Dina O'Shire
  [private]them pictures could be attractin' tha wrong sort
  o' folk 'ereabouts... anyfing from nazzi's ta twisted
  evil dogs ta twisted deader wershippers, ta name a few...
  an' i was a-tellin' ye 'ow cohen there 'ad sumfing big
  comin' up in this story o' 'is- we should be onna
  lookout!
Dina O'Shire
  [private]ann'a 'gain- where'd them'uns get them pics? i
  e'en suspect yer porter! 'e was with both o' us, afterall
  in tha rooms tha pics was taken in
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Oh, I didn't realize that.
  But even if Cohen does have a story, it could just be
  about the dig tomorrow. And I really don't think you have
  to worry about my porter. I've known him a while, and I'm
  pretty sure he's never met Cohen. But William is as
  likely as anyone else. I would still like to know when
  they got into my room. That does bother me."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<puts her arm around sara consolingly> aye- this
  'ole thing bothers me...
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Ugh, my head is muzzy. I feel
  that there is some explaination to all this, and I just
  can't bring it to the front of my mind."
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: Which would be literally
  what I'm feeling at the moment)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]aye- i'm sure there be as well, buh nufing tha
  makes any sort o' sense in tha normal way, ye know? well,
  i 'spect we be 'avin' a big day tomorrow, wha wit' tha
  new dig an' all... mayhap we should rest up a bit?
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: i think we've done a lot tonight! hope you
  feel better, buddy- take some days off!>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "Actually some of the things
  you said sparked an idea. I'm going to work on the Book
  for a while."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<again, consolingly and almost even motherly!>
  aye, ye do tha lass... i'm a gonna go do some thinkin'
  meself... donnae strain yer eyes too much tanigh', ye
  'ear?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] <wryly at the mothering
  tone>"Yeah, you get some rest yourself."
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<walking out of the room> gah-nigh', then, god
  be blessin' ye an' send ye off ta sleep... see ye brigh'
  an' early a' tha dig tomorrow?
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] "'Night"
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: how old is Dina?)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: cool- i think we wrapped that up nicely...
  dina is actually 30, but she's trying to act about 24...
  who knows how well she's doing- i leave that up to you!
  she does have a motherly side, her nature, believe it or
  not, is 'caregiver'! of course, her demeanor is bravo, so
  you can see the dichotomy which is dina begins at her
  very soul!>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: She is doing a good job.
  At this point Sara does think she's a "young'un".
  Probably only recently awakened and none to stable from
  the experience.)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: sara is very perceptive- that is the
  complete and total truth!>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: Oh come one, Dina's been
  around for a while. I remember Mirrors. She's even had
  time to be mindfucked by the technocracy.")
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: true, but it was in mirrors that she was
  actually awakened, and in her background for this
  chronicle, she's only been in full witch training for a
  year- and she's not a very good student- too busy playing
  with her bombs and pretending to be a sleeper... so how
  old is sara? 30ish, right?>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: seems late twenties,
  early thirties. She's 34)
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  Dina O'Shire] (ooc: right about that time
  you start to stop looking young and start looking like a
  real adult. Like the cast of Friends. :)
Dina O'Shire
  [private]<ooc: the cast of friends- ha! right on... so
  matt, how have things been with you? work still
  progressing?>
Matthew Hammer
  [private to  The Flaming One] Hey TJ, it looks like Teddy
  and I are done. I'll send the transcript later.
  As for tonight, Dina reminded Sara about the book being
  older than the grave. And this is really puzzling her.
  So, Sara is staying up with the book (probably against
  better judgement). She's looking for evidence of the
  journal covering a really long period of time. Also some
  indication of date that Mateusz coming to Poland. She
  could also start taking notes on the dialect to see if
  she can place the time period he learned it in, colloqial
  expressions, metaphors, etc.