It seems they've saved the best for last. The story Edwin conjures is a harrowing tale of archaeology gone wrong. Many years ago, the museum obtained a relic of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, but after the mysterious deaths of everyone involved in its discovery, it was left in the basement and forgotten. Then, thirty years ago, it was rediscovered and put on display, but its curse continued. People began to see a shadowy, inhuman figure in dark corners of the museum. Nothing seemed to get rid of it, not even hiding it in the basement again, not even calling in an exorcist. Over the years the entity grew bolder and bolder. Horrible screams would be heard from the room where they'd displayed it. Employees would find bloody scratches on their bodies and not know how they got there. It culminated in an incident where the director of the Egypt exhibit was pushed from a balcony and broke both her legs. Shortly after that, they moved the museum to where it is now, but no one's been allowed inside since, and it's said that the pharaoh's curse still lingers, along with all the souls it's claimed...
... Anyway! That's the end of the tour. There's a shuttle van that can take you back downtown if you're done. But Ami sticks around, squinting through the fence at the darkened windows. What's she looking at? Well, she'll tell you.]
There's somebody in there. Can you see them?
[But there's no one there... except a ghostly figure, if you can see those.]
((ooc: this is the part for sneaking into the museum! it'll be like a mini adventure; they'll need to sneak past one guard and find a way inside, but neither task will be difficult.))
OLD MUSEUM - EXTERIOR
It seems they've saved the best for last. The story Edwin conjures is a harrowing tale of archaeology gone wrong. Many years ago, the museum obtained a relic of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, but after the mysterious deaths of everyone involved in its discovery, it was left in the basement and forgotten. Then, thirty years ago, it was rediscovered and put on display, but its curse continued. People began to see a shadowy, inhuman figure in dark corners of the museum. Nothing seemed to get rid of it, not even hiding it in the basement again, not even calling in an exorcist. Over the years the entity grew bolder and bolder. Horrible screams would be heard from the room where they'd displayed it. Employees would find bloody scratches on their bodies and not know how they got there. It culminated in an incident where the director of the Egypt exhibit was pushed from a balcony and broke both her legs. Shortly after that, they moved the museum to where it is now, but no one's been allowed inside since, and it's said that the pharaoh's curse still lingers, along with all the souls it's claimed...
... Anyway! That's the end of the tour. There's a shuttle van that can take you back downtown if you're done. But Ami sticks around, squinting through the fence at the darkened windows. What's she looking at? Well, she'll tell you.]
There's somebody in there. Can you see them?
[But there's no one there... except a ghostly figure, if you can see those.]
((ooc: this is the part for sneaking into the museum! it'll be like a mini adventure; they'll need to sneak past one guard and find a way inside, but neither task will be difficult.))