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[July 1. 1925] (In-person Session, May 12. 18:00)

Summer break has kicked in for students of the schools and colleges of Providence. Between the summer courses they spend much time on recreation, but some students have taken up a troubling new hobby…

• Dr. Evelyn Winters
• Rosalie McDoughan
• Frederick McCraken

With the hidden message of the Brighton P.I.s revealed (“6/6 11pm Dock 12”), Evelyn and Fred head to the meeting while Augustus stays behind as contingency. At Dock 12 they meet a man named Bill a member of Brighton explaining to them that the agency is a loosely connected network of mythos encounter survivors that with the common goal of limiting the impact magical events have on the regular world. Since the investigators have started to actively look into forgotten lore, they were scouted and offered to work with Brighton (see Brighton P.I.). As an act of good faith Bill reveals that Brighton has been covering some of the tracks of the Lighthouse and Farm incidents. They also offer to take Ibnhotep's soup pot prison for safekeeping. After some discussion, Fred and Evelyn agree to work with Brighton when future problems are at hand.

July starts and Providence's colleges enter the summer term, when Providence Journal reporter Rosalie McDoughan receives a tip from fellow Brigthon member Andrew. The somewhat mysterious “Oracle” of the P.I.s has sensed some wide spread magic disturbance in the north-western part of Providence. She is sent to investigate together with the newly recruited members. Several rumors quickly lead them to Rhode Island College, where a new drug is supposedly making it's rounds. The Investigators split to cover a wide range of leads, from student gossip, speak-easy chatter, to insights of local faculty.

Evelyn figures that there is a connection between the drug and a missing chemistry student that was supposed to work at her library over the summer. She soon finds Walter Rezznik's haggard corpse at his dorm room, with a tongue colored black as tar and small vial of grayish liquid. After a quick search through the room, she takes the vial before alerting the authorities to the situation.

A chemical analysis of the liquid shows that it is a solution of 20% alcohol in water, also containing organic matter. The black pigment in the solution seems to be dead, coagulated blood cells. Though, Evelyn is convinced she saw some of the cell clusters move at least once.

Independence Day slowed down the investigation, but gave the group time to think about the next steps…