(PC) Let's Play Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst Part 12
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Entry #12 (Strange Behavior)
June 21, 1895
Charles’ absence has become increasingly commonplace. Although he benevolently tends to me, he is often away from the house for extended periods and returns with the most unusual oddities. One such example is the ever expanding library on the floor above my quarters. Though it is progressively exhausting for me to climb the stairs, I push myself so I can properly investigate it during his various jaunts.
He has taken up an affinity for compiling an extensive assortment of books and manuals whose subject matter would chill your very heart. Great tomes on topics including dark magic, voodoo, and witchcraft have exceeded shelf space and must be piled waist high. I was aware of Charles’ penchant for the written word, yet his theme of choice is most unsettling.
Time Limit (Standard/Relaxed): 33 minutes/66 minutes
Required Items: 38
Total Items: 40
LOCATIONS
Entry: 8
Garage: 8
Guest Bathroom: 8
Servant’s Quarters: 8
Widow’s Walk: 8
THE LOCKSMITH
Chapter 12 – Consumption
During his days as a longing bachelor, Charles had often wondered what the nature of his proposal to his hypothetical wife would be. Though it took years to refine how he would actually execute it, he immediately knew that he would hold it at his private Welsh cottage, having inherited it from the Lanswillers following their untimely deaths. It was only until he was months into his courtship with Emma when it dawned on him to hold it during the spring. The reawakening wildflowers, in their embryonic elegance, would be an excellent accompaniment for his proposal.
Despite the fact that he and Emma were together for barely five months, Charles decided that the perfect time to ask her if she wanted to marry him was fast approaching. As with his prior gifts, he had decided to pull out all the stops with his wedding bands. For the gemstone, Charles thought that Emma deserved something more than just a measly diamond. Thanks to his mining associates in Ceylon, he was given preferential treatment when a 14-carat velvet blue sapphire went on auction. He was sold immediately when he had heard the gem was mined in 1872, ignoring the rock’s dizzying price. Even the metals used exuded wealth, with both bands made of sterling Australian silver. Even a cursory estimate of Charles’ purchase made one conclusion obvious: his wealth was as formidable as his love for Emma. Just as he was prior to the Autumn Formal, his conviction was as resolute as platinum.
However, all the money Charles had was not enough to convince Emma to marry him on March 14, 1895, having delivered her response just days after his proposal. The most obvious reason why was undoubtedly because of how rapidly he had progressed their relationship, waiting for just under half a year to ask the question. Another factor that influenced Emma’s decision was the nature of her childhood. Her mother had often retold the story of how she and Samuel fell in love, emphasizing that they had bonded over mutual interests and pure passion. In their scant conversations, Charles had only gotten to know the basic elements of her history, as was the case with her idea of his past.
Though she was young enough to not have the palate to discern a suitor from a charlatan, Emma was old enough to realize that she was not ready for the prospects of matrimony and maternity, which she could clearly read between the lines of Charles’ romanticism. Still, she tried her hardest to state her decline in the gentlest diction possible, belaboring the point of friendship to show that she wasn’t disinterested, just not ready to tie the knot.
Though he responded with melancholic understanding, Charles’ psyche was in crisis. He had never faced a disappointment of such severity before in his life. Though he wondered if he needed to double his dose of armerizide to balance his brain, a neglected notion that aroused during the mourning of his adoptive parents’ demise, Charles thought it was a good idea based on how the drug had helped him in the past. Still, that did little to abate his pain, supplementing his medicine with frequent visits to Merrow’s Cove. He hit the bottle heavily, to the point of even alarming his bartending best friend, Reginald, and arousing compassion from his wife, Rose. His griping and sobbing were far more pathetic than hostile, so Charles was allowed in the pub to converse and cope. His friends there were likely the only thing keeping him total ruin, but even then his demeanor caused their sympathies to erode.
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