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Topic: Borden Murder Case Investigation
Subject: Discovery
Murder Most Foul
92 Second Street – Borden Home
11:10 AM
Lizzie Andrew Borden stepped into the sitting room and her eyes moved immediately to the figure of her father laying on the sofa. His head rested against the arm rest, and it was bleeding profusely. Blood was splattered over the wall and even on the ceiling above him, he did not call out for help.
“Maggie! Come quick, someone has killed father!” her voice broke the silence of the house as she ran out of the sitting room into the kitchen.
A moment later ‘Maggie’ came running down the stairs and into the kitchen.
“Don’t go in there Maggie!” waving her hand toward the sitting room door, Lizzie exclaimed, “We need a doctor, go get Dr. Bowen.”
‘Maggie’ paused for a moment then nodded, almost absently, “Yes, Lizzie” and went to the side door of the house, grabbed her shawl from a peg next to the door and headed across the street.
At the Bowen home ‘Maggie’ pounded on the door furiously. Mrs. Phoebe Bowen answered the door.
“Dear Bridget, what is it?” she asked looking surprised to see the girl at her door.
“Something’s happened, we need Dr. Bowen…” she quickly spit out.
“He’s not here dear, but he should be home soon, I’ll send him over as soon as he gets home. Everything will be fine dear.” Phoebe tried to reassure the girl who almost seemed to be shaking.
Bridget nodded a moment then dashed back across the street, she went up the side path and up to the side door. Lizzie was standing at the screen door, looking outside dazed, a tear running down her cheek.
Without going in ‘Maggie’ told Lizzie the news.
“Dr. Bowen is out, Phoebe said she would send him over as soon as he got home.”
Then she stood there waiting to see what Lizzie would say.
Lizzie blinked a moment, glanced back into the house and responded, “I can’t be alone Maggie, go find Alice Russell and ask her to come.”
‘Maggie’ nodded and headed off toward Borden Street where Mrs. Russell lived.
It took her only a few minutes to get to the Russell house, where she again pounded on the door frantically. Mrs. Russell answered, wearing a simple house dress.
Bridget again spilled out the news, “Something’s happened, Lizzie wants you to come over quick.”
“Come in, what’s happened? Let me go change…” Alice went upstairs without even waiting to hear the response and slipped into a more appropriate dress for making house calls.
Downstairs Bridget called up, “Do hurry, Lizzie said she thought there was a murder.”
“A murder! How dreadful!” Alice called back down, and a few minutes later came down the stairs in her fresh dress. “Well what are we waiting for? Lizzie must be in a terrible state…” And the two headed back to 2nd Street.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Adelaide Churchill, who lived next door to the Borden’s, returned from grocery shopping and noticed the commotion out her kitchen window. Going to her kitchen door she called out to Lizzie who she saw standing just inside the side door. “Lizzie, what is the matter?”
“Oh, Addie, do come over! Someone has killed father!” Lizzie called out, sounding a bit relieved finally.
Leaving her groceries Addie rushed over, Lizzie let her in. “Where is he?” She immediately asked.
“He’s in the sitting room, it’s awful Addie… just awful.”
“Where were you when it happened?”
“Out in the barn, looking for a piece of iron, when I came back the screen door was open, and I found him.” She shook her head a little.
“And where is Abby?”
Lizzie shook her head again, “Not here, she had a note to see a sick friend…”
“Addie can you see if Dr. Bowen is back yet?”
“Of course…” And she hurried out of the house.
Outside she ran into John Cunningham, she told him that there had been a murder at he Borden house and could he call the police or a doctor. Cunningham ran off to find a phone, he did, but first he called the Fall River Globe to tell them to get a reporter down to the Borden home immediately. He then called the police station.
Marshall Hilliard had just finished a patrol of Main Street, he stepped into the coolness of the police station, and the phone rang, noting that the clock on the wall said 11:15 he answered it.
“Marshall Hilliard here…”
“Marshall, there has been a row at the Borden house.”
“I’ll send someone over.” He hung up the phone and looked over at Officer George Allen, who was typing up a report in the corner.
“Alright, you’re up. Second Street, the Borden’s go find out what is going on.”
“Kay boss…” George got up, put on his hat and started out the door.
Meanwhile back on 2nd Street Mrs. Churchill had told everyone she could on the street and worked her way back into the house. Dr. Bowen had returned home and his wife sent him across the street, he found Lizzie and Addie in the kitchen.
“Lizzie, what happened?” He asked her as she let him.
“Oh, Dr. Bowen! I was out in the barn looking for iron, and came back in to find father murdered.” She spoke quickly, ushering him into the kitchen, then pointed at the sitting room door. “He’s in there Dr. Bowen, I just…”
“There, there, stay here and I’ll go take a look.” Dr. Bowen walked into the sitting room, and took a few minutes to exam the obviously dead Andrew Borden. He came back into the kitchen, finding that Bridget had returned with Alice Russell, and sighed sadly.
“He is gone Lizzie, is Emma still in Fairhaven?”
Lizzie sat down in a chair and nodded.
“Shall I send for her for you?”
Lizzie nodded again.
“Alright. Bridget, can we get a sheet to cover Mr. Borden up with?”
Bridget’s eyes widened a little and she started to shake her head “I’m not going in there…”
“I’ll go with you.” Mrs. Churchill offered quickly, the two women looked at each other then stood up.
“Thank you ladies, I’ll be back in a short while.” Dr. Bowen headed off with his medical bag to the telegram station a few blocks away, where he sent Emma a message telling her her father was dead and that she was needed back home.
In Fairhaven Emma received the message and immediately threw her things in her bag, rushing to the train station and just making the twelve o’clock train back to Fall River.
In the house Bridget and Mrs. Churchill went into the sitting room to get the key off the mantel, then hurried out again, going up the back stairs to the master bedroom. Mrs. Churchill unlocked the door and followed Bridget in who found a sheet in the linen closet. They came back down with it, then went back into the sitting room, quickly covered the body with the sheet and put the key back on the mantel.
Lizzie sat in the kitchen with Alice, who was offering to loosen her dress, “I’m not going to faint…” was her response.
While the ladies waited for Dr. Bowen to return Officer Allen appeared. News had been spreading already and a small group stood outside the house talking, they directed him to the side door. He knocked and Mrs. Churchill came to the door. He was directed by the ladies to the sitting room.
Walking into the room he noticed the body under the sheet, and lifted it to take a peek. The body was dead. Looking around Allen noted that there were no signs of struggle, the windows were closed, the furniture all appeared to be where it was. He did a quick inspection of the first floor, checking the dining room, parlour and finally the front entry way, finding the front door bolted. Returning to the kitchen he told the women to stay in the kitchen and that he would return with help.
On his way to the police station he found Charles Sawyer a local painter among the crowd outside, he deputized him and told him to stand guard at the side door, and to allow only police to enter and exit the house. He then ran back to the police station to get Marshall Hilliard.
In the house Lizzie asked the women around her, “You know, I’m almost certain I heard Abby come in, perhaps she went upstairs, should someone go check?”
“We should…” Mrs. Churchill agreed and looked at ‘Maggie’ again. Nodding a little the two women stood up.
Again they ventured into the sitting room and to the front hall, ‘Maggie’ leading the way. They mounted the front stairs, nearly at the top ‘Maggie’ paused for a moment, and let out a startled exclamation, and hurried the rest of the way up the stairs.
The guest bedroom door was open and ‘Maggie’ rushed in, she threw open the shutters on the window, and looked down at the body of Abby Borden, laying on the floor on the far side of the bed, face down, the blood pooling around her head.
“Abby too!” She called to Mrs. Churchill who stood on the stairs still. Paling considerably Mrs. Churchill beckoned to ‘Maggie’ to come back down, who came immediately and the two went back to the kitchen where they told Lizzie and Alice what they found upstairs.
A moment later Sawyer let Dr. Bowen back into the house, he went upstairs and looked at Mrs. Borden’s body, then came back down and asked Bridget and Mrs. Churchill to also cover her body with a sheet. The two went through the same procedure they had for the first body to do so.
Once Officer Allen arrived back at the police station he quickly informed Marshall Hilliard that Mr. Borden was dead. Hilliard shoved his hat back on his head and headed to 92 Second Street immediately.
The crowd outside the house grew, Sawyer managed to keep all but Dr. Bowen out of the house, but not necessarily the yard. One of the curious onlookers was Dr. Dolan, who had been in town on an errand. When he heard the rumours in the crowd that a murder had happened inside, he realized he was suddenly on duty. He rushed back to his buggy on Main Street to get his bag.
Meanwhile Hilliard arrived at the house and stepped into the kitchen. A moment later Dr. Dolan approached Sawyer with his doctors bag and explained to him who he was.
The time was 11:30 AM.
((OOC: I believe that explains where everyone is. Hilliard and Dr. Dolan have just arrived on the scene. Lizzie and Bridget along with Dr. Bowen, Addie Churchill and Alice Russell are in the kitchen. Emma is on her way, she will make the noon train and should be back in the house in an hour by my estimation.))
Posted on 2008-07-05 at 18:20:25.
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Topic: There's No Place Like Rome
Subject: Centurion
I know I've been quiet as of late... sorry been plotting out a murder, but that should be up this weekend and I'll make sure to have in my history to you on Monday at the latest.
Looking foward to putting on that cute little red skirt with you all soon! 
Posted on 2008-07-03 at 15:05:45.
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Topic: Borden Murder Case File
Subject: Borden Murder Case Investigation
I have opened up the gaming thread. However we are NOT starting yet. Just getting things ready. I just reposted the teaser blurb I had in recruitment up for now. You guys are likely going to learn that when it comes to something like this I can be a bit anal retentive and overly organized (but hey it just got me a promotion at work so... yah...), and I had to have something up there. I hope I don't drive you nuts, and if I do please feel free to axe me to stop... god that was bad, but I couldn't help myself. I'll stop rambling now
M.
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:54:45.
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Topic: Borden Murder Case Investigation
Subject: Borden Murder Case Investigation
August 4, 1892
Fall River Massachusetts
92 Second Street
11:00 AM
Fall River was a small town laying in the fertile lands surrounding Boston. Life moved slowly out there, and rarely did anything happen of note to the outside world. To its inhabitants things of interest were always happening, and they paid close attention to everyone’s actions. At noon the people of Fall River will find themselves suddenly plunged into a situation that no one predicted would happen, no one saw happen, and the whole world would find interest in.
92 Second Street was the home of the Borden family.
In the sitting room Andrew Borden, head of the Borden family and of several local banks, lay on the sofa. At first it would seem he was sleeping, his body casually reclined on the sofa, his feet on the floor and his hands draped across his body. However, he was most certainly not breathing, and the appearance of his head would explain this. Blood covered his face, his hair, and was dribbling down across the front of his shirt and then soaking into the cushions of the couch. One side of his face was completely smashed inward; his eye having popped out of its socket lay on his cheek staring into the depths of the afterlife.
Upstairs his wife lay in the spare bedroom. Abby Borden’s plump form lay face down on the carpeted floor, and there would be no mistaking her for being asleep. A dark ring of sticky blood pooled around her head. Deep wounds dug deeply into the back of her head and upper shoulders.
Besides the obvious brutality to the victims heads nothing else was disturbed. Andrew still had an expensive pocket watch on him, along with money. Abby appeared to lay exactly where she had fallen. The two bodies slowly starting to decay in the stifling August heat were the only traces of murder. The doors and windows were intact; there were no footprints, no weapon, and no witnesses. Two other people were in and around the house at the time and neither claimed to hear or see anything amiss, and yet two people have been murdered.
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:35:41.
Edited on 2008-07-01 at 00:50:07 by Merideth
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Topic: The Would You Rather Game
Subject: Shameless Plug 5
This is what I would rather, not what I am doing right?
Low pay job I enjoy...
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Solve a murder or commit a murder?
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:25:36.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: Shameless Plug 4
You do! Only it is possessed. It jumps out of your hand as soon as you leave the house and bounds off to kill an elderly couple in their home! That's it! Call Admiral we've found the killer.
I wish I wasn't this bored... lol
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:18:17.
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Topic: The One Word Game
Subject: better than...
morgue
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:10:54.
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Topic: What Should You Be Doing Right Now?
Subject: Shameless Plug 3
Reading up on Lizzie Borden for my new game...
btw... I throw Duncan into the pool! there you go!
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:09:28.
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Topic: The Morphing Game
Subject: what to do with this one...
sax
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:07:14.
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Topic: The Egg Tart Game
Subject: I'm ready for my....
Guitar solo!
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:05:39.
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Topic: Where are you from?
Subject: More Midwesterners
Alabama: t_catt11 (Birmingham), Duncan74 (Decatur)
Arizona - Longshadow (Apache Junction)
California Dragon Mistress, Brianna (mile from Disneyland) / Driztts San Diego (just miles away from Sea World), Syanide Shadowalker, Santa Ana, Oko
Florida - Admiral (Tampa) Ruler of the Shadows (Tallahassee, Fort Myers)
Indiana - Longshadow (Lost Wages [Vegas] )
Missouri- JenthLiadon (Columbia); Merideth (St. Louis)
Michigan: Drakar(St. Joesph) Fallen Mistress (Holt)
Nevada Reno; Greygrey, Snake/Wolfy (Lovelock)
New York: Jozan1 ( Fort Plain )
North Carolina. Lyskhala (Originally); Fantasy (Originally. Cherokee County)
Ohio: Eol Fefalas (New Carlisle), Lyskhala (currently Dayton)
Texas: Tann'Talas (San Antonio, Home of the Alamo); Rystefn K'ryll (Houston area), DarkAutumn (Corpus Christi)
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Canada
Alberta - Sibelius Eos Owm (Calgary), SilentOne (Wetaskiwin), Philosopher (Calgary)(Born in Winnipeg), Longshadow (Cold Lake), Purplepseudodragon(Leduc) and her husband to soon join her, Snake, aka Wolfy, Aardvark (Calgary)(also born in Winnipeg)
Manitoba - Vilyamar (Winnipeg)
Nova Scotia - GRUGG (Kinsac)
Ontario - Alacrity & Vanadia (Toronto), Tempest (Brooklin), cdnflirt (30 mins from Windsor and ambassador bridge)
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Overseas
United Kingdom - Ginafae (Edinburgh), Septimus Sandalwood (born in Boston M.A, but grew up and is now living in London), TheRealStGeorge, Cheshire Cat,
Iceland - Skari-dono
The Netherlands - Fantasy & Almerin ('s-Hertogenbosch)
Sweden - Scarab (Jönköping)
Finland - Raven (Oulu)
Australia - Guenhwyvar
Spain - Longshadow (Torrejón)
Posted on 2008-07-01 at 00:02:50.
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Topic: Question and Answers Game
Subject: Shameless Plug 2
A 70's band member in a double wooded situation.
_______________________________________________
In the conservatory, with Professor Plum and a candlestick... no wait, an ax
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 23:57:51.
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Topic: There's No Place Like Rome
Subject: Okay
by me. Oh... Is Loki gonna join? Awesome.
Next week would be great, that will give me time to start my murder mystery...
*shameless plug moment*
which btw I still have open spots in... 
*end shameless plug*
M.
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 23:50:08.
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Topic: Silverwolf enters!
Subject: What!?
How many people have welcomed Silverwolf but failed to tell him not to Feed The Grugg?
I'm surprised...
Well... anyway. Welcome Silverwolf, and don't feed the Grugg, and for that matter don't feed Eol either 
See you around!
M.
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 21:35:03.
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Topic: Grugg and Other Grugg Go To Europe
Subject: Gruggy Gone...
Well we will miss you, but you'll come back. I'll refrain from the usual and just give you this bit of advice, which I learned the hard way while in Europe myself... naked beaches are not all they are cracked up to be... usually because of the crack and other things... just beware
M.
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 21:29:19.
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Topic: There's No Place Like Rome
Subject: Still here
Even if you don't want to hunt down murderers with me ... jk of course I'm still in.
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 21:18:57.
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Topic: yet another movie thread...
Subject: I'll put in my two cents:
actually my husband I were discussing the Batman issue just the other day (I guess with the new movie coming out everyone is...). Bale makes a great Bruce Wayne, no doubt about it... and Keaton makes a great Batman, hands down. So I need a movie with Bale playing Bruce and Keaton in the batsuit.
Batman, however, does tie with Hellboy as the coolest superhero of all time.
As for Bond... I like Craig, but I'm not a huge Bond watcher so that's not a very educated opinion, he's just so bad *tooshie* it's great.
M.
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 21:00:56.
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Topic: A Shadow Over Drasnia Q&A
Subject: LMAO
“Mmm,” Nyx nodded, his gaze sliding over the not-unattractive illusion, snickering softly as he imagined Cay toying with a similar spell and transforming herself into a male of the species, “I wonder what parts she would hew away, then?”
Eol! You shouldn't make me laugh so hard, especially not at work, when I've drank alot of tea...!! 
M.
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 20:40:05.
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Topic: Borden Murder Case File
Subject: Links
Websites of Interest
Lizzie Andrew Borden Virtual Museum and Library has a very extensive, and well organized, collection of everything. Their is probably more information on this site than you could ever need. I will be using their house diagrams, so everyone needs to get familiar with them.
Oddly enough the diagrams of 92 Second Street on this site sometimes appear as a sidebar link, and sometimes don't... just adds to the mystery I suppose. So I've added this link to go directly to the page, instead of watching to see if the link appears on its own
Crime Library by Court TV has two sites, one gives a nice general overview of the case, and the other deals with hauntings (that one is just kind of funny to read).
The Fall River Historical Society has a decent timeline, and a small collection of photos (but most can be found on the first site).
Borden B&B in case anyone wants to go on vacation . But there are some more neat pictures and information here, and besides it is entertaining, one day I’ll spend the night, don’t know if I am brave enough to stay in the guest room though.
That should be a good start on websites. Like I said I haven’t read every word on every one of these pages, so please ask before using questionable material. I am going to post up ‘gossip columns’ throughout the game, any information in these is public knowledge (or at least public gossip) that your characters will simply know due to their involvement in the Fall River community, however like gossip don’t take it at face value.
M.
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 18:02:13.
Edited on 2008-07-03 at 14:04:53 by Merideth
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Topic: A Shadow Over Drasnia Q&A
Subject: ahhh...
Alright, sounds good to me!
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 15:33:14.
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Topic: Borden Murder Case File
Subject: Our Cast
Lizzie Borden: Merideth (GM)
Emma Borden: Lyskhala
Bridget Sullivan: Reralae
Dr. William Dolan: Septimus Sandalwood
Rufus Hilliard: Admiral
If you know of anyone else willing to play I would be pleased to have John Morse, Alice Russell, and Dr. Bowen join in the fun as well.
M.
P.S. Links coming soon!
Posted on 2008-06-30 at 15:06:41.
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Topic: A Shadow Over Drasnia Q&A
Subject: Rolling Along
Huh... I didn't realize that most DM's on the forums do the rolling for chars. I've only done tabletop play and there I've always had to roll my own dice. So... yeah if I screwed up I appologize, or... if I did unknowingly what I was supposed to... great! lol...
Posted on 2008-06-29 at 22:17:49.
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Topic: A Shadow Over Drasnia
Subject: Payment
"I'll tell you this," she says, "And you'd better pay for it. He's staying on the third floor, the top one. The nobleman's suite at the end of the hall, to the left. On the west side of the Goblin. And that's all I know."
While Ovelia was speaking Cay kept one interested eye on her, and the other on the alley, trying to make sure they were not being watched or overheard. A smile played with the corner of her lips as the girl spilled out what she knew, the night was getting much better. The hand inside her cloak had been fishing out a few coins silently from the inner pocket. When she appeared to be finished Cay brought out the hand and grinned at her.
"Very nice... " and dropped four shiny golden coins into the other girls hand. A fifth coin stayed lodged between her middle and ring finger, which she raised up between them and fiddled with it a little.
"So... that's all you know?" Cay eyed Ovelia once more with a grin, holding up that last bit of gold between them and waited to see if the girl's memory might be jogged by the pretty shinies in front of her.
Posted on 2008-06-28 at 15:01:30.
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Topic: yet another movie thread...
Subject: Wall-E
Took my family out to see Wall-E last night. Fabulous. Pixar has again made a delightful film. I was laughing half the time and the other half I was holding my breath for the little robot. There are some odd inconsistencies (pay attention there are only middle aged adults and babies... no kids and no senior citizens... odd), and I think they stole some of their ideas from Idiocracy, but it is a kids movie, so I'll cut them slack for that.
All in all we all loved it, and if you go and liked 8-Bit, stay for the credits, you'll be amused.
BTW, yes Equilibrium is awesome too!
M.
Posted on 2008-06-28 at 14:51:27.
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Topic: Rhyme time!
Subject: Ryhmy
Intruder.
New Word:
Chrysanthemum
Posted on 2008-06-27 at 18:11:23.
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