Under the Library – A Call of Cthulhu Podcast
On this episode of Under the Library:
Florence, Harold, Beau, and Jaker are at Potter's place deciding on a plan for the day. Quentin arrives and tells us about the corpse he discovered at the general store. Jaker immediately leaves to find the sheriff while Florence and Beau try to track down Philip.
Quentin and Harold return to the general store to find a crowd of gawkers and looters. They make their way back inside and examine the body. Harold is sure that it's Lloyd from the hair. Jaker wakes Sheriff Henry Stone, a well respected man revered not just in Bloodstone but around the country. Henry asks Jaker about the shooting in the square last night. He says that Jason Dudley might not make it even after Jaker's blood transfusion (and at this point his arm looks pretty bad). They head for Lloyd's store. Florence and Beau find Philip in the stables and they also head to Lloyd's. Philip threatens looters with a shot in the air and demands they stop stealing Lloyd's stuff. He ends up shooting a looter in the foot and Sheriff Henry praises his good work. Phil decides to bandage the injured man's foot. Florence and Beau visit Red's Health Emporium to check on the status of injured Jason. They find Red passed out inside the door and carefully push him aside to enter. Horrible smells assail them and Jason is a bloody mess on the table - clearly dead. Back at Lloyd's, Harold is unable to catch any cats to examine them so he heads home to build a cat trap. Jaker and Quentin explore the upstairs living area with the sheriff. Quentin convinces Sheriff Stone to give him a deputy badge and he takes over the case. Philip enters the general store and examines the scene, finding clear evidence of a struggle. Lloyd had tried to fend off cats with a broom, launching at least one into the wall. Quentin heads for the sheriff's office to pick up his badge but finds it empty. He finds a poster in the desk that says "WANTED Bobby McGlinn $100". Strangely, the picture looks a lot like Sheriff Henry Stone.