Post by Dunwik on Apr 10, 2022 16:19:45 GMT
Doctor Ian Watson was a Dunwikki physician turned detective turned author from Providence, and had attained fame and acclaim for his detective murder mysteries, often following the elaborate cat-and-mouse schemes between the sharp-eyed detective Alfred Homes and his genius outlaw arch-nemesis Sammael Hyd. While some critics panned his work as formulaic, the populace loved the devious and clever schemes, often hinging on the cutting-edge of medicine and technology, his daring and imaginative combat sequences, and the charming eloquence of his prose. Hopes were high as he had announced the beginning of a new manuscript.
However all of that suddenly changed when Watson was found dead in his home, with not a single scrap of paper to be found. There was plain evidence of a fight - Watson had killed a man before being shot to death by at least two others, based on the variety of bullets and casings found in his home. Two coats were discarded and a window was broken, with shattered glass lining the streets.
A colleague of Watson's, Detective Wyatt, performed a thorough investigation. What was most interesting to him was a bloody thumbprint he found on the throat of Watson's corpse. This was carefully recorded and cross-referenced with both Watson's body, and the body of the assailant he found. Inside the discarded coat pocket were found a ticket from a steamer going from Sheen to Miskatonic, and a train ticket from Miskatonic to Providence - both in the name of a man named Henry Bainwright.
With these clues in store, Wyatt began his investigation, deciding to head first to Sheen to search for any evidence of a Henry Bainwright.
However all of that suddenly changed when Watson was found dead in his home, with not a single scrap of paper to be found. There was plain evidence of a fight - Watson had killed a man before being shot to death by at least two others, based on the variety of bullets and casings found in his home. Two coats were discarded and a window was broken, with shattered glass lining the streets.
A colleague of Watson's, Detective Wyatt, performed a thorough investigation. What was most interesting to him was a bloody thumbprint he found on the throat of Watson's corpse. This was carefully recorded and cross-referenced with both Watson's body, and the body of the assailant he found. Inside the discarded coat pocket were found a ticket from a steamer going from Sheen to Miskatonic, and a train ticket from Miskatonic to Providence - both in the name of a man named Henry Bainwright.
With these clues in store, Wyatt began his investigation, deciding to head first to Sheen to search for any evidence of a Henry Bainwright.
