[Sodium_noir] Hell is other people

[Eric]

Dr. Lazarus, 'Sandra Scoland'
  Mage, Bastet
    Lady Sinclaire's Mansion
  
  [Hiram]
  "So, if I interpret what you're telling me correctly," he went on,  pushing his glasses back up onto the bridge of his nose, "you know  someone who has this artifact in their possession as we speak?"
  
  [Sandra] 
  "Not at this time, no. But honestly, my client never told me one way or the other," 'Sandra' said.
   
  Which is technically the truth, she  thinks to herself.  Her friend and mentor Naglaa Habib El Zahlawi  with the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities never did tell her  whether he was in possession of the Hand of the Guardian before she was  contacted by him to come out to Alexandria.
   
  And technically she didn't know of  anyone else who had it their possession either as she and Dr. Lazarus  spoke.  She had it stored away in a safe place away from prying  eyes... and hands. And she wasn't about to carry it with her to a party!
  
  [Sandra] 
  "I was mearly asked to research it and get back to them if and when I  came up with anything.  Naturally you were at the top of the  list," she smiles charmingly with a slight wink as she takes another  sip of her drink.
   
  "Did either Professor Carter or Dr. Tweaksbury ever come up with  anything on it? I know that Carter was supposed to have some  interesting theories on egyptian legacy ties between Egypt and Meso  America. Would it's background have played any part in that research?"  she asked.
  
  [Hiram]
  "Carter only scratched the surface," Hiram said, his tone mirthful,  "Reg was the one who really got the ball rolling for that kind of  research in the community." He took another drink. "Gotham Museum  actually has a team down in Peru right now. An old correspondent of  Reg, Dr. Ruth Shady, is one of the leading archeologists in the region  and she has found something absolutely spectacular at a site she called  Caral. My assistant Cate is heading up the team. Though very little has  yet been uncovered at this site, other less aged cities in Mexico have  revealed some collation between Egypt, the Americas, and even the Rama  empire to the far east."
  
  He finished his drink, and took an uncomfortable scratch at his collar  line. ('Sandra' rolls Perception, diff; 8, scores: 9, 5. She notices a  glint of gold under Hiram's collar)
  
  [Sandra]
  Sandra discreetly catches a glimpse of the gold under Hiram's shirt.  The man certainly didn't impress her as one for flaunting jewlry, so  why wear the necklace under a shirt and out of view? She chides herself  that she's reading way too much into things, but then again, first  impressions can sometimes be decieving. She 'files it away' for future  reference.
  
  [Hiram]
  "In all cases there are particular notes on a 'guardian' in temple  carvings and papyruses in Egypt, as well as tablets found in Mexican  and South American pyramids, and ancient Sanskrit poems from India."
  
  [Sandra]
  "Really?" she asks, sincerly interested in more. "I'm familiar with a  few digs around Peru, but I've never heard of 'Caral'. I've seen Dr.  Shady's name referenced a couple of times, but never really explored  her work indepth.  What is this 'absolutely spectacular something'  she found there?"
  
  ~ A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and Tagging.
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