Wilson thanks Sumners as he gets down from the truck and approaches the well-dressed man. He decides to take it fairly easy on the greeting and not press too hard at this point.
"Good day, sir. My name is Guthrie Wilson, and these are my associates, Forest Roosevelt, Chang Cain, Kwan Ho, Father Murphy, and Jake Westfield. We rang ahead from the town this morning and hope our visit won't intrude too much on castle hospitality. May we come in?"
"Fine, fine...come in if you want. My name is Sir Author Vane and this, as you probably know, is Plum Castle." With that Sir Author motions for you to follow him as he leads you through the Main Hall into a smaller room, full of bookshelves and comfortable chairs and ottomans. Sir Author, takes a seat behind a large oak desk and looks at each of you in turn. "Now then, what is it that you want?"
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"I"ll get right to the point, sir. We are independent investigators on the trail of a group of brutal murderers. We came to Lesser-Edale because the news coverage of the attacks here suggested they may be related to our own investigations. Your vicar assured us they could not be related, but we did hear quite a howling noise at this end of the vale. We accompanied your town constable as he set out to look into the matter, but he didn't seem to keen on getting up this way. So, we took it upon ourselves to see how things are up here."
Jake approached to shake the man's hand with a grin.
"Jake Westfield, actor and producer. My card." He said, producing it like a magic trick.
"Honored to make your acquaintance. We were travelling these parts, looking into a mystery in this area and I couldn't help but notice this magnificent castle!
"Once we're done here and I return to Hollywood, there is a film I would like to produce that Plum Castle would be a perfect set for. I hope I might call upon you then.
"But I digress. I hope you could find it in your heart to help us with our little inquiry; I am positive it is in the name of justice and of service to the community here." He inquired earnestly.
He paused, noticing Sir Author's appearance.
"I hesitate to ask sir, but are you feeling alright? Should we get a doctor out here?" He inquired.
Kwan simply reviews the surroundings looking for sources of danger, and silently surveying the walls for hand and foot holds etc.
"Should we slap the man? He looks frozen in shock!" Whispered Jake to the others.