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After breakfast, we head to the docks to visit [[Randolph Shipping Company]]. It's Sunday and the place is pretty empty. [[Toddy Randolph|Randolph]] eventually comes to the door, and after a confusing conversation in which it becomes clear that the investigators didn't really have a plan, [[Edith Jackson|Edith]] mentions hearing about strange things going on at his company. He denies it and shuts the door. Looking around, [[Lloyd Gribble|Lloyd]] sees boxes on the dock matching the description of the prior investigators.

We head to the dockmaster. [[Chun Li]] charms<ref name="charm" /> the man working there and gets the names of the last 3 ships that come into [[Randolph Shipping Company]] - the Poseidon (from [[Kolkata, India]]), Speckled Magpie (from [[Shanghai]]), and the Keeper's Discretion (from [[Cape of New Hope]]). [[Lloyd Gribble|Lloyd]] spots<ref name="spot" /> the manifest and sees that the next shipment scheduled to come into [[Randolph Shipping Company]] is from [[Ho Fong Imports]] in [[Shanghai]] aboard the Margaret and listed as mining equipment en route to [[Cuncudgerie]].

[[Charles St. Dennis|Charles]] talks to other dockworkers and learns that [[Cuncudgerie]] is a gold mining town. Seems like things come into [[Randolph Shipping Company]], go to [[Port Hedland]] by sea from there, and then make their way inland to [[Cuncudgerie]] by rail. He also learns that the other bar in town is the [[Outback Inn]].

[[Lloyd Gribble|Lloyd]] visits the local constabulary saying he's new in town and asks about the strange murders. The constabulary says that local aboriginals are talking about a cult that has awoken, but don't know that they believe that. Seems like victims were hit with club with a hook or spike on it repeatedly puncturing them. Victims come from all walks of life. [[Charles St. Dennis|Charles]] intimidates<ref name="intimidate" /> someone into revealing that they've heard a white madman is leading the new cult.

[[Chun Li]], [[Edith Jackson|Edith]], and [[Gurumarra]] canvas the non-white section of the city. They hear that there's a great city buried in the desert. [[Buddai]], a great old man, sleeps with his head in his arms and snores beneath it. One day, [[Buddai]] will arise and devour the world.

That evening, [[Edith Jackson|Edith]] rents a boat and we row it toward the [[Randolph Shipping Company]] dock. [[Charles St. Dennis|Charles]] ties up the boat, [[Chun Li]] unties it for a quick getaway, then eventually they agree to leave it tied and move with the group up the docks. We find crates marked with the [[Cult of Sand Bat|sign]] of the [[Father of all Bats|Sand Bat]] that came from the [[Penhew Foundation]]. Opening one, we find a wooden statue of the great [[Cthulhu]] about 3' tall<ref name="sanity" /><ref name="mythos />. [[Gurumarra]] opens another crate (loudly), from [[Ho Fong Imports]] in [[Shanghai]]. This one contains engine pistons. We move to the doors and [[Edith Jackson|Edith]] gets us in<ref name="mechanical" />. Unfortunately, there's no partitions within the warehouse, and we wake [[Toddy Randolph]]. [[Gurumarra]] throws a spear at him and then stabs him, killing him<ref name="sanity" />. [[Lloyd Gribble|Lloyd]] plays lookout<ref name="spot" />, and announces that it doesn't seem anyone is nearby or coming. [[Gurumarra]] finds a key on the body that opens the desk in the room, along with a flask that he pours out over the body to make it more flammable. [[Chun Li]] checks out the desk and finds a ledger for the current year. The ledger mentions multiple shipments to [[Mortimer Wycroft]] in [[Cuncudgerie]] that are also marked with the [[Cult of Sand Bat|sign]] of the [[Father of all Bats|Sand Bat]], scheduled to go by boat to [[Port Hedland]] and then by rail. Other shipments marked with the [[Cult of Sand Bat|sign]] of the [[Father of all Bats|Sand Bat]] are for [[Ahja Singh]] in [[Mombasa, Kenya]]. Additional shipments to [[Ho Fong Imports]] in [[Shanghai]] also have the [[Cult of Sand Bat|sign]] of the [[Father of all Bats|Sand Bat]], and earlier in the year, some shipments routed to the [[Penhew Foundation]] in [[London]]. In a newer looking, unmarked crate, [[Charles St. Dennis|Charles]] finds a 2' tall, 1' wide strange device made of rods, wheels, and mirrors. [[Edith Jackson|Edith]] and [[Lloyd Gribble|Lloyd]] check it out<ref name="intelligence" />, and [[Edith Jackson|Edith]] comments that to examine this further a laboratory is needed. The group agrees to pack it away and take it with them.
Planning to burn the building down, [[Gurumarra]] drags the [[Cthulhu]] statue inside so it burns too. The group takes the device to the boat, sets the building on fire, and then sails away.

We return to the hotel to sleep... as much as we can after the evening's events.

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'''Skill Checks'''
<references>
<ref name="charm">Charm check</ref>
<ref name="mythos">Cthulhu Mythos check</ref>
<ref name="intelligence">Intelligence check</ref>
<ref name="intimidate">Intimidate check</ref>
<ref name="mechanical">Mechanical Repair check</ref>
<ref name="sanity">Sanity check</ref>
<ref name="spot">Spot Hidden check</ref>
</references>

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