The curse of the deadly gym

The Curse of the Deadly Gym part 4

I come back from paying the rent and close and lock the office door. I turn the sign on the door from open to closed. The last thing I want is for anyone to disrupt my concentration, while I get ready my tools ready for the investigation. Each tool has a purpose and when I handle each of them I take a moment to close my eyes and align with the energy of that tool.

First, I pick up a pouch of spectral dust. I use spectral dust when I don’t want to open my third eye. It helps me find supernatural emanations. It’s made of ashes and chalk dust.

Next I pick up a colored set of chalk. All the major colors are included in this chalk set. I can use the chalk to make a quick and easy evocation circle, or a sigil or whatever else I need to make on the fly for a magical working. When you’re a private occult investigator you don’t always have time to bust out the ceremonial tools and robes. Chalk like this makes the process a lot simpler.

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The Curse of the Deadly Gym part 3

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The next day I’m looking through a goat skinned grimoire on the Goetia, doing some research on a project of my on, when I hear a tentative knock at the door. That’ll be Ackerbee.

“Come in, Mr. Ackerbee,” I call out.

The door opens and Ackerbee sidles in, looking abashed.

“H-how’d you know it was me?”

“You did tell me you were going to let me know today if I had the case. I figured you’d either call to let me know I didn’t have the case, or stop by, with my retainer, if I did have the case.”

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The Curse of the Deadly Gym part 2

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Ackerbee looks sheepish and says, “I uh, stalked her one day. I followed her to gym and after waiting twenty minutes I went inside. There’s this one class she’s taking and you can watch the people exercising through the glass. So I watched her exercise. There’s this new instructor; he’s maybe only been there for two months at most, and that’s around the time she started being more tired.”

“Un hunh,” I mutter. I’m wondering if the reason she’s tired is because she’s busy doing the instructor after class.

“I’m watching these people exercise and the instructor starts yelling at them. And I see this misty light coming from the people as he’s yelling at them and it’s going toward him. This light comes off my wife and she looks paler and more unhealthy than before and the instructor suddenly looks healthy and flushed. I’d never seen anything like that before and that’s why I’m here, because I can’t explain it!”