I'm Not Home Right Now, Please Break In and Leave a Message...

[notary_puz]

[Offscreen, Puz has invited Mlle. Beringer to a leisurely boat-cruise "in the near future".

Puz needs to learn to follow-up his invites much more briskly. Especially ones made to impetuous women.

An Active RP where Cecile sneaks into Puz's house while he's hiding (unbeknownst to her?) at the Brass Embassy. Warning: Secrets abound.]

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[notary_puz]

The outer facade of this domicile on Saffron Street is nothing exceptional; a typical middle-class townhouse in London. It is on the end of its row, so the entire East side of the row belongs to this residence... it bears windows on both the ground floor and the second story; Some clothes-lines are anchored to this side, and span the narrow street to the block of homes on the opposite side. There is, it should be noted, a curious lack of drainpipes on this building

[cecile_beringer]

Slow. For a man who owes her many many favours, she'd have expected a reply faster than this! She was so sneak onto another ship, steal their research notes! But no, she waited for this awful but wonderful man--

That's fine. She'll just go visit.

The first thing she notices is the lack of drainpipes. A small difficulty, but no challenge. Should she go through the window, so obviously opened? Or the front door?

She removes a rope and hook from under her skirts and throws it, aiming to enter through the window. When she's on the edge, she'll look inside.

Welcome to the Top Floor

[notary_puz]

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[cecile_beringer]

Carefully shuffling to the edge the the windowsill, holding the top of the window, she looks around. The first thing she notices is the odd arrangement of strings. Are they for laundry? She waves at any ravens who dare to look at her, and shushes them.

A lamp! Good, then, she doesn't have to get her own. She prefers to save her things when she can handle it. Without any special care of where she walks, she heads directly to pick up the lamp.

Only one of her feet make a slight noise when she walks -- the sound from the other taken by Mr. Sacks. Annoying, but it does mean that her 'silent' foot has a heavier shoe, one with good grip.

[notary_puz]

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[cecile_beringer]

"How does he LIVE in this home? Has he died getting those English Crumpets?!" She yells out down the stairs, pointing for emphasis. Still, the old woman can jump still in her age -- she did spend those five years learning to be an acrobat, didn't she? She runs down the stairs and moves to jump over the dangerous blockage in her path.

[notary_puz]

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[cecile_beringer]

Cecile claps at her own success, walking to the hallway. She glances around, and decides to check the room counterclockwise -- starting from the room just ahead of her.

"And this is the room you keep your riches, non?"