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[July 5. 1925] (In-person Session, May 27. 16:00)

The strange new drug on the Rhode Island College campus seems to have claimed its first victim. How will the investigators stop its spread?

• Dr. Evelyn Winters
• Rosalie McDoughan
• Frederick McCraken
• Augustus Thaddeus Johnson III.

After some planning at the Wild Colonial the investigators decided to approach the users of the new drug on campus, which would lead them to the dealer. Rosalie first sent the tiny drug sample they had found on Walter to Brighton for a magic assessment, before donning some hip clothes and going undercover on campus. Augustus joined her and was slightly distracted by her looks. Together they soon learned that a group of philosophy and history majors were seen as bad crowd and were sometimes found hanging out in a secluded corner of the campus.

Meanwhile, Dr. Winters investigated the timeline of Walter's fall into addiction. Apparently, he was starting to miss appointments and neglect his studies about 2 weeks prior to his death. Police questioned Evelyn about her discovery of the body and dropped that there had be another death at the same dormitory.

Fred's crawl through the college Speakeasies only turned up more rumors about the drug, but also pointed him to the arrogant philosophy group. Later that day, all investigators met at the “Wild Flower” to infiltrate the presumptive addicts. They seemed fresh out of supply, but the dealer was supposed to pass through campus within the next 2 days. Rosalie managed to score a date to have a free try of “the Black”, while Augustus overheard the Dealer name, “”.

They decided to tail the addicts and follow XXX to his base after the drug sell. Fred noticed several students “bumping” into the man, hiding the transfer of money and vials in plain sight. As he followed XXX, Fred also spotted two other men who seemed to be on his heels. At some point XXX accidentally dropped a note containing an address in East Providence. He was on the verge of going there by himself, but then decided to discuss the find with the rest of the group.

Meanwhile, Evelyn and Rosalie continued to infiltrate and observe the “bad” students without revealing anything new. Augustus had his PI tail XXX and attempted to enter his home in an upscale part of town while the dealer was away selling his stock. The break-in was thwarted by a concierge that wasn't keen on bribery. When XXX returned, he left his PI to stake the place out.

The investigators regrouped at the Colonial and discussing their plan to visit the abandoned factory in East Providence, the PI called in with a report. Two man that he identified as potential Irish mobsters had visited the dealer for about 20 minutes. When they left he followed them to the city border but then stopped to contact Augustus. They were heading in the direction of East Providence.

As the evening fog started to rise over Rhode Island the group decided to head to the factory building in Augustus Limo. On their way, two bodies dropped on the road, directly in front of them. They must have fallen quite some time, but no aircraft could be spotted through the haze. After examining the splattered corpses and identifying the Irish mobster attire, continued to the factory, leaving others to figure out what had happened.

What will they find in the derelict building?

[ to be continued ]