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I am on my last official day at my current job. tomorrow i turn in all my equipment (monitors/laptop/etc)...it's kinda sad, but I start a new adventure on Monday!

Needless to say, I got totally swamped today and have no idea what's happening.

so @Dothracki PE I cast a random vote for @jean15paul_PE

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Day 2

On the road, again @SaltySteve PE put the Houses of the Holy cassette in the deck and enjoyed driving on the highway. This time they were heading to Virginia to Roanoke where teenagers were reported missing after they went into an abandoned house in the woods on a dare. @SaltySteve PE said these kids will never learn that it pays to just stay away from places like this. Usually they are abandoned for good reason. @tj_PE

After the team finally arrived after what felt like days driving, they checked into the motel and immediately went to work. "Now that we have one of these under our belt, everyone but @tj_PE and I will go to the library to find any information on the house.", said @salty. "What will you two do?" @jean15paul_PE prodded wondering what crazy scheme @SaltySteve PE had planned. "@tj_PE and I are going undercover once again. This time we will be FBI agents assisting on the investigation. I'll be Agent Page, and you will be Agent Nicks.", @SaltySteve PE said as he pulled out two legit looking FBI badges from his bag. @tj was shocked at his plan. She asked, "Won't they know that we aren't real agents if we just show up out of the blue?" "Not if we have a cover supervisory agent who can vouge for us. My friend, Special Agent Osborne, will be able to cover in the event someone asks questions.", explained @SaltySteve PE who went through this routine many times.

After the teams mobilized, @salty and @tj_PE pulled up to the house, this time in @SaltySteve PE's impala. " Follow my lead", said @SaltySteve PE as he walked up to the police caution tap, flashed his badge at the police officer standing by who lifted the tape to let them through. @SaltySteve PE walked up to the detective in charge of the scene and said, "I'm Agent Page and this is my colleague Agent Nicks. We were sent here to investigate the disappearance of these kids. My supervisors say that the circumstances are similar to a cold case that happened many years ago. " Whatever I can help you with, please let me know", the detective asked, "Is that your vehicle over there? Is that standard issue for FBI?" "Impounded vehicle that was never claimed", said @SaltySteve PE, "We are usually undercover agents, but we were in the area. We are going to take a look inside, if that's alright?" The detective nodded signaling them to proceed inside.

The house was a lavish house, at least it was at one time. There was a large ballroom entry space, a grand staircase leading to many rooms. The house was very dusty and the wallpaper had fallen off most of the walls revealing old rotted wood behind it. As they went down the basement they started to get a chilling sensation, similar to the plantation house in Georgia. @SaltySteve PE pulled out his EMF meter and once again heard the whir and saw flashing lights from the meter. They had what they needed. So they headed back to regroup with the rest of the team. At the library, the other half of the team had made good progress.

"So get this", said @structurenole15, " the home was formerly owner by a Dr. Andrew Webber who in the early 1900s conducted illegal experiments on psychiatric patients trying to reset the brain, if you will." He was eventually caught and was given the death penalty for murdering many of his patients. But there is a snag. The death certificate said that the body was cremated." "There must be something else keeping the doctor here then", said @SaltySteve PE, " The house has sat abandoned for many years so maybe there is some object stashed somewhere. There's only one way to find out."

Later that night, the group got in their vehicles and parked far away in order to sneak onto the property. There were no police around, but the police tape was still around.

They made their way inside and split up in order to speed up their search. The group least by @tj_PE first went into the basement where they had gotten the EMF spikes earlier. They searched the basement, which was dark and dingy with mostly junk and handtools. There was a room that was locked and would not move. It had frosted glass winow panes. @djl PE, being impatient, grabbed a nearby hammer and smashed the glass allowing them to unlock the door from the inside. Inside they found what appeared to be a surgical room with medical instruments, an operating table and some machinery nearby. "Maybe this is what he is attached to", suggested @tj_PE. I wonder what this does, said @FlangeheadPEAZ as they begin to push some of the buttons and turn dials on the machine. Little did they know that they were messing with an ancient defibrillator, set the current to strong and electrocuted themselves on the machine.

@FlangeheadPEAZ was lynched by the town, they were a regular hunter.
 
Night 2

"I cannot believe it", said @JayKay PE, "They were not even killed by a monster." "She's right", added in @tj_PE, "Hunting things is a dangerous job, the world they surround themselves in is dangerous and if you aren't careful, you could be next." Just then there was a chill in the room as the ghost of the doctor appeared laughing as he charged at them. With a swing of their iron rod, @JayKay PE swatted them away. "What do you think he would be attached to here?", @structurenole15 asked in a panic. "Maybe his surgical tools?", suggested @tj_PE pointing to the tools that were neatly laid out on the tray as if they were ready for surgery. "It's worth a shot, quick grab that gas can from the other room and bring it over. We have to destroy them." @vhab49_PE ran over to grab the gas can while @JayKay PE followed with their iron rod to cover them. @vhab49_PE opened the lid and doused the surgical tray on the crate with gas. Just then the spirit of the ghost appeared and knocked the can of gas out of the way splashing the liquid onto them. But it was to late as @tj_PE had already thrown the lighter at the tray causing a large inferno that engulfed both the tray and @vhab49_PE.

As the tools started to melt, the ghost of the doctor also burst into flames with a scream and then vanished into thin air. Just then one of the bookshelves in the room swung open and three teenagers appeared, thankful to be free. "Thank you for saving us", the one boy said, "he was keeping us locked in there. We could not open the door no matter what we did."

The rest of the group who was upstairs heard the commotion and ran in to find two bodies and the children who were reported missing. "What the hell happened?" asked @SaltySteve PE. @tj_PE explained the story realizing there was nothing that could be done for @FlangeheadPEAZ or @vhab49_PE. "Such is the life of a hunter I guess", she said, "At least they dies trying to do the right thing."

Just then @JayKay PE suddenly screamed, and then nothing. She stated back at the group and grinned with an evil smirk on her face. No longer holding the iron rod, she ran and grabbed an axe that was on the wall and charged at @djl PE with unhuman-like speed. Nobody was able to react in time before @JayKay PE suddenly chopped @djl PE's head clean off. @SaltySteve PE ran up to her and hit her with the iron rod as she screamed and started panicking. "What just happened? I felt some weird sensation like I was suffocating, and then nothing. How did I get over here. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO @djl PE?" @SaltySteve PE shook his head, "You were possessed by a powerful ghost", he said as he noticed the ectoplasm oozing from her eyelids. "It will pass", he explained, "I'll need to get everyone salt necklaces he said bringing out his own to show them. It prevents you from being possessed. Seems something might be attached to us, but I don't know what."

"Where to now @SaltySteve PE?" asked @structurenole15. "The next entry talks about a bear attack near Bristol, Tennessee on the Appalachian trail. The only problem with that story is the report states only the victim's heart was gone."

@vhab49_PE was nightkilled by the monsters

@djl PE was haunted by the hunter ghosts
 
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I don't want to forget to vote again. So putting in a placeholder early. (Funeral in the AM, then driving through the torrential rail in the afternoon. Will post more in the evening. )

My reads are unchanged for the time being. But the town should consider their own feelings and analysis and not necessarily blindly follow my lead.

@Dothracki PE I vote for @beccabun PE
 
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