The Case of Cairo - History
Synopsis
Calendar of Events
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Log of Events
Cairo, Egypt
June 21, 1925
The investigators (Charles St. Dennis, Dr. Victor Lester, and Father Quinn) arrive in Cairo. Victor feels an intense pull at his chest. Emerging from the alleyway we teleported into, we encounter Alister Trimble, who introduces himself and says that Omar al-Shakti wants to meet us. We're all very skeptical, especially since Victor remembers this man dying in London. He motions to his vehicle, a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, and we reluctantly get into the car. We're driven out the city to plantation mainly focused on cotton, away from the pull Victor feels. We're taken up to the house, a very nice Egyptian home. Servants greet and welcome us, offering tea that everyone but Victor declines. We're escorted upstairs. The decor is wealthy Egyptian with lots of antiques. Quinn looks around and spots a marine chronometer among the items in the room along with 2 crossed scepters mounted behind the desk. Victor notices a photograph[1] that includes a woman, Zahra al-Sayed, from Empire Spices - the spice shop in London owned by Tewfik al-Sayed. al-Shakti attempts to dissuade us from our path. We roughly refuse in various ways. He offers us gifts and power if we cease our attempts to thwart his master. Father Quinn dismisses it all as lies from the devil. Victor claims to already have everything that al-Shakti is offering. Charles won't forsake the life of his cousin by treading down this path. Omar al-Shakti tells Charles that Carl Stanford retained Elise's spirit, preventing her from moving on to the promised afterlife. Charles wants to hear none of it though. Attempts to engage Alister Trimble don't get far, and he doesn't seem to remember anything about his days among the living. The group tires of being toyed with and leaves, going back to the car.
We're taken to the Shepheard's Hotel, where we unload our trunk and watch Alister Trimble drive off with Victor's car. There at the bar we meet Gunter von Schreiber who says he knows his way around Cairo. We agree to meet the next day to head to the local newspaper office.
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