The Winthorpe Institute For Dream Research
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Back to the Institute
Amy, Damien Gerald and Sebastian leave the cave. They wonder who the other masks figures were and how to identify them. It won’t be easy. Although Damien has seen their auras, they were mixed with animal spirit auras and they are likely to be hiding their power normally. He can’t just try to read everyone’s aura all the time.
Gerald drives them back to the Institute and they meet up with John. It is still early in the morning, but the staff at the Institute are now arriving and are realising there has been a power cut in the night, which has messed up their system.
Sebastian suggests that they should just leave now. Amy wonders if it is worth talking to Mr Winthorpe first and ask him more about SAVE. The others are fairly sure he told them what he knows, but it would be worth keeping in contact with him in the future.
The Crystal Shard
Damien tells Amy that the crystal shard that she picked up has a strange, multi-hued aura, which is something odd that he’s not seen all the colours together like that before. Amy remembers that the weird stars that the Thing turned people into had an odd, rainbow-like after colour. She is spooked by this and drops the shard on the floor.
Gerald picks it up. The crystal itself is dark purple, but when held up to the light, it is slightly transparent. He wonders if he has been broken off from something bigger. Sebastian suggests doing a tarot reading about the shard, so they go into a side room.
The cards tell Sebastian that it is dangerous, as the Tower card is revealed. It will attract problems and enemies, who wield great magical power. It is a two-edged sword. Enemies can track you using the shard, but the reverse is also true. Treachery comes up as well, possibly someone in the group is going to betray them.
Sebastian decides to keep the crystal shard himself.
Failed Bluff
Damien asks about the Wolf guy, Graham Mains, who worked at the Institute in the Dream Web tower. He wonders if it is worth trying to find more about him. John volunteers to try to get into the tower and bluff his way in. He has a pass that will get him through any door.
He puts on a white coat and gives it a try, but he is very quickly spotted and told to leave, because all the staff are focused on trying to deal with the power cut.
Visiting Winthorpe
They decide to go to see Mr Winthorpe. They reassure him that the cultists have left and everything is OK. They tell him about what happened at the waterfall. They ask him about Graham Mains, but he is not familiar with the junior technicians. He only knows the lead members of the research team.
He does ask Damien to return his pistol, so he can protect himself if the cultists return. They agree to keep in touch with each other, exchanging phone numbers.
Then the party leave the Institute and head home.