Shadowlands - A Victorian Era Supernatural GPSL

Who: Bertram Eden & Bedelia “Biddie” Linden (NPC!Cameo: Archie Curtis)
What: Bertie begins his private “tutoring” with Biddie.
When: March 20, 1889 [backdated]
Where: Linden Residence
Rating: PG-13

( Do you know the difference between sharpening and honing, Eden? )

Who: Maggie Swinton & Bedelia “Biddie” Linden
What: Explanations
When: 20 January 1889 (backdated waaaay back during this)
Where: The Black Park London Home
Rating: Low

( He seems harmless enough )

Who: “Mr. Merrick” & Bedelia “Biddie” Linden
What: The Interview
When: mid-February 1889 [backdated like woah]
Where: MPC London HQ
Rating: None

( Welcome to the family. )

Who: Gabriel Allen, Biddie, Archie(NPC), Graham(NPC)
What: A negotiation and an ultimatum
Where: MPC’s warehouse
When: 9 February, 1889
Rating: PG

( Go to hell )

Who: Zipporah Bakst, Biddie, Archie(NPC)
What: Zipporah has a request
Where: A Turkish Teahouse in Whitechapel
When: 8 February, 1889
Rating: PG

( Eden is fodder )

Who: Biddie, Bertie, Maggie, Lucien, and various NPCs (including Matthew and Jamie)
What: The Black Park London House gets a retrofit with Biddie's help, has a party to celebrate, and Bertie comes by for MAXIMUM AWKWARD.
Where: The Black Park London Home
When: 20 January 1889 [slight backdate]
Rating: PG

( Oh, Lordy be )

Who: Adrien Green & Bedelia “Biddie” Linden (Bonus NPC: Justine Moritz, “Hannibal”)
What: Adrien visits a sick friend; Biddie fails to suffer gracefully. BONUS: Never trust a swan.
When: January 10th, 1889 [backdated]
Where: Curtis estate (“Wit’s End”) Yorkshire
Rating: PG

( ...everyone else called the place Wit's End. )

Who: Biddie, Captain Petrotavich (NPC), Bertie Eden, Kathleen O’Wells (NPC)
What: The last supper flight of The Winged Sandals… [Part I]
When: December 22nd [backdated]
Where: Somewhere real and somewhere less real.
Rating: PG [indicators of upsetting events/violence]

( It is not an easy thing, sometimes, for to separate the waking from the sleeping, the living from the dead.  )

Who: Zipporah Bakst, Captain Petrotavich (NPC), Kathleen O’Wells (NPC). BONUS: Archie Curtis (NPC)
What: A man is haunted, a witch is consulted, and a ghost is territorial.
When: 6 December 1888 [Backdated]
Where: Zipporah's flat
Rating: PG-13

( You have been marked by a powerful and vengeful spirit )

Who: Leah Allen & Archie Curtis (NPC)
What: A light evening of music, chat, and potential espionage.
When: November 30th 1888 (backdated)
Where: Private box at the opera.
Rating: Low

( paint me a picture )

Who: Bertie Eden & Biddie & Gabriel Allen
What: The Masquerade’s final Russian guest arrives. He’s rather late.
Where: Hotel Imperial
When: October 21, 1888: Olympian Masquerade (The Midnight Waltz) [backdated]
Rating: PG

( Why were the useful ones so often so *blasted* inconvenient? )

Who: Adrien Green and Biddie
What: Shake it 'til the moon becomes the sun...
When: October 21, 1888: Olympian Masquerade [backdated]
Where: Hotel Imperial ballroom
Rating: PG-13

( Thank God for vodka. )

What: Olympian Masquerade: Masks! Music! Necromancy! Marmalade!
Who: MPC guests (incld. NPC!Byestro members and Winged Sandals crew)
Where: Hotel Imperial
When: Saturday, October 21, 1888: afternoon to evening
Rating: TBD

( Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Olympian Masquerade! )

Who: Bertie and Biddie (and NPC!ghosts)
What: Biddie asks Bertie to interview “witnesses” to the fire.
When: October 13th, 1888
Where: MPC London workshop (West)
Rating: R
Warning: Includes lying liars who lie, la!

( Is anyone there? )

Who: Zipporah Bakst and NPC!Archie
What: Archie decided to invest in some education.
When: October 11, 1888 [backdated]
Where: Zipporah's house
Rating: G


( The note beneath the pretty box was blunt: I am alone and only wish to talk. Please. )

Who: Gabriel Allen & Biddie
What: In the aftermath of the MPC fire, two parties consider their dinner options.
When: October 11, 1888
Where: MPC Airship, Concordia
Rating: R
Warning: Mention of bodily harm, implications of cannibalism. Lemonade.

( Gabriel came to consciousness sluggishly. )

Who: Lou Parkinson and Bedelia “Biddie” Linden
What: Lou delivers.
When: 3 October 1888 (BACKDATED)
Where: MPC London HQ
Rating: G

( Then this is a happy visit, after all. )

Who: Gabriel Allen & Biddie (+NPC!Archie)
What: The airship competition...heats up.
When: October 9th, 1888
Where: MPC London workshop (West)
Rating: R
Warning: Descriptions of harm and mild gore.

( Cliched though it was, the loudest thought in Archie’s head was: *this can’t be happening*.  )

Who: Una Nicnevin, Cassius Corbet, & Biddie
What: A dinner invitation and a business proposition. Also, tea.
When: September 28th, 1888 [backdated]
Where: Biddie’s home
Rating: R

( It’s rather amazing what people get up to when brains and money share a room. )

Who: Severina and Biddie (+NPC: Archie!)
What: Archie’s “god(less)aunt” visits; Archie’s godmother growls.
When: August 17th, 1888 [backdated]
Where: Biddie’s home
Rating: PG
Warning: The leading parental influences in Archie’s life don’t get along easily.

( And yet, pie. )