July 12th, Gamealogical Desk – Summersville Times
The rain cascading down the large windows of the third floor was washing away the last of the town’s dust and grime. While I’m sure the view would be improved when the sun returned, presently it was preventing me from leaving, as previously planned, to have lunch with a Mr. “Bob Jones”, obviously an alias, but he claimed he had a potential lead on Mister X. I was just reaching for the phone to postpone the appointment, thereby also casting away a chance to eat at Sloppy Joe’s, when the phone rang.
“Mr. Biscotti?” came an excited female voice which is always an intriguing start to a conversation.
“Yes, but just call me Scoop”.
“Mr. Bis, uh, Scoop, it’s Inga. From the Institute. Do you remember the Al Uqsar scrolls we were reviewing a few weeks ago?”
Well, the intrigue was gone, but there was sure to be a story here. “Yes, of course Professor Binder. What is it?” Inga went on to tell that the scroll designated #2 had been treated long enough to be opened. While there was a good bit of text there was also what seemed to be a map. Though upon further study, and not being able to synchronize the map with any known location on the earth, they had concluded it was actually a game map or game board of sorts. Now the question was of course whether it related to the Scarabs and Scorpions game or was a different game altogether.
“Mr. Scoop, I just can’t tell you how exciting this is that we are finding so much out of just one delivery from Mister X. Who knows what else there may be? Well, I must get back to work, I’m sure I will unravel this soon. I just knew you would want to know. Bye.”
And there it was; a tip on a potential new game and another, though unintentional, jab that I still don’t know anymore about Mister X than I did the day before. I suppose the clouded view out the window was appropriate after all.
Scoop Biscotti
