The Whispering Verses Chapter 1248: Ouija board statue and camera
Chapter 1248 Ouija Board Stone Statue and Camera
"Louvia, give you a towel, what happened?"
"Still can't see clearly."
The hair on her forehead was wet and stuck to her skin. Luvia shook her head:
"This is no longer interference from the miraculous element. I suspect that it itself has the ability to counter divination."
"You take a rest first, and I'll give it a try through channeling."
For souls who have not yet reached the end, channeling is usually simple and effective, but that is limited to ordinary souls. But this time, Shade's "soul echo" didn't work at all for the first time. He didn't know that he failed to communicate with Mr. Thomas Granger at all, or that the other party rejected Shade's "invitation."
"It doesn't matter, there is a way."
Luvia thought carefully for a while:
"Use a Ouija board."
“But what’s the use of a Ouija board if you can’t communicate with spirits?”
"No, no, it's not a Ouija board for communicating with souls, it's communicating with corpses."
She rummaged through the suitcase she brought and found the oak wood board, which was not very large. Twenty-nine Kasenrik letters were engraved on the board, and the etching marks were painted with red paint. . Matching the Ouija board is a wooden pointer with a round glass ball in the center. With the combination of the two, you can play simple psychic games.
"I learned a new skill from the Seer Association in Randall Valley, and it's time to give it a try. Shade, don't you know how to do puppetry? Now let the skeleton sit up."
So Shade controlled the skeleton to sit up, stretched out the skeleton's right arm, and pressed the index finger bone and Luvia's finger on the Ouija board. Shade lit Luvia's special spice on the side, and the dark green smoke immediately filled the inside of the skeleton, as if filling it with muscles.
As the diviner recited the incantation, the skeleton controlled by Shade started to tremble. Then the skeleton's head was raised, and a gray mist appeared in the eye sockets.
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Luvia asked immediately, so the small pointer of the Ouija board, which was pressed by both the dead and the living at the same time, quickly pointed to three letters, which together meant "yes".
"Where has your soul gone?"
Luvia asked again, and the pointer quickly changed its position again, spelling out the word "I don't know".
"As expected."
Luvia whispered softly and asked her real question:
"Where are the clues to the location of your soul?"
This time the small pointer of the Ouija board did not move immediately. It took half a minute before the fingers of the dead and the living were slowly moved to different letters.
Shad put those letters together and they mean:
【I-guard-protect-this-big-land, I-will-appear-in-the-crazy-place-of-the-big-land. 】
"In other words, we still need to find the local Crazy Land?"
Xia De asked:
"Miss Benenice's manor, the petrified area in the creek forest outside the city, and St. Perry's Cemetery. I encountered three crazy lands in the Randall Valley, but I didn't encounter Glen in any of them. Mr. Jay."
The girl with purple eyes raised her eyebrows:
"This is easy to explain, because the problems in these three places are not serious. In the first place, Miss Lassers often cleans up the evil spirits caused by the land, so the pollution is constantly weakened. In the second place, the petrification The performance of the forest is the weakest. It seems that the problem has just arisen. Even the petrified corpse will take a long time to be swallowed. Although the third place is dangerous, it is still restricted and sealed by Saint Perry, so in theory it is the most vulnerable. Safe."
"It makes sense. The problem I encountered in the Emerald Dream was serious enough, so Mr. Granger took the initiative to show up. Next, I still have to find the craziest one that already exists locally. A piece of land? ”
As Xia De was talking, he suddenly felt that the trembling force of the bones became stronger, and he could hardly control it:
"We can't ask any more questions. If we continue to ask questions, this skeleton will turn into an undead creature. Mr. Thomas Granger most likely died for noble reasons, and we cannot desecrate his body."
Luvia nodded, and Shade controlled the bones that were about to lose control and lay back in the coffin. He quickly closed the lid of the coffin, and then placed the round emblem on his chest on the lid. The round emblem is used to detect witches, and the surrounding bone white border is a top-level alchemical magical item made by Priest August, which can effectively inhibit the generation of undead creatures.
"Can you divine the location of the Crazy Land within the Randall Valley?"
"Oh, Shade, I've said it many times, don't think that divination is omnipotent. Besides, Crazy Earth is the influence of the deviation of the earth's essence. Why do you think that my divination can It should be possible to do this kind of divination with special coins, but we don’t have any coins now.”
"Then just wait. At least the final goal has been determined. Just wait for Mr. Granger to appear."
Xia De sighed slightly, and the clue was interrupted, but the interruption was not complete.
While talking, out of the corner of his eye he looked at the middle-aged stone statue next to Xiao Mia:
"Louvia, what do you think of this stone statue?"
Luvia turned around and looked at the sitting stone statue:
"This?"
She put her hands on the shoulders of the stone statue, waited for a moment and said to Shade:
"Just an ordinary stone statue."
"Is it possible that this is also a corpse, and that it is an innocent person who died because of the curse of the crazy earth?"
Xia De asked, making sure that the coffin was no longer shaking before coming to the stone statue:
“When I first saw this sitting stone statue, I felt something was wrong with it. After all, the wrinkles on the character’s face, the details of the hair, and the marks on the clothes caused by sitting down were all too realistic, and The expression on the stone statue's face was too real. I couldn't even imagine this expression of regret, relief, and pilgrimage out of thin air. When I first came to Randall Valley, I didn't know about the Crazy Land, so I didn't know it at the time. It is speculated that this is a stone statue made of a living person."
"I can't divine it. It's not a corpse at all. It's just a stone."
Luvia frowned:
"If you directly divine the source of the stone, the only result you can get is the earth. Your guess may be correct, but I prefer to investigate it as a real statue."
"You mean, Randall Valley Masons?"
Luvia nodded:
"Investigate it as a corpse. We have no clues for the next step. If you are interested in this, it is better to go to the local masons' association to find out the information. Such a lifelike and perfect stone statue, if it is the work of local masons, it will definitely not be There will be no record."
Shad also agreed with this view, and he had plans to go to the Masons' Association. Margaret was dealing with a decades-long debt dispute between the Masons and the Anjou family. There was also a strange local legend that the Masons could make "movable stone figures". Since the clues about "Thomas Granger" have been temporarily interrupted, it is better to go to the Masons' Association to investigate. At least this will not be a complete waste of time.
The sitting stone statue is almost completely integrated with the stone chair under the body. Shade does not want to damage either of them, nor does he want to move the stone statue, which may be a corpse, out of the church. So he suggested renting a camera, taking photos of the stone statues, and then taking the photos to the Stonemasons Association to inquire.
The use of cameras in this era is far more complicated than the "point-and-shoot" cameras used by outsiders in their hometown. Not only are the flash bulbs of magnesium lamps disposable, but you also have to consider bulb replacement when setting up a flash. The most troublesome thing is actually the focusing of the lens.
Nowadays, there is no automatic focusing technology. The camera operators need to squint behind the black cloth and look at the lens to adjust the focus. This requires quite professional skills.
To ensure safety and concealment, Shade plans to rent a camera from Tobesk. He took the photos himself, and he didn't need to be very skilled, as long as he could capture the general appearance of the statue.
So Shade took Mia back to Tobesk, and agreed to meet Luvia at two o'clock in the afternoon.
After returning to Tobesk, I originally planned to go directly to the photo studio to inquire about the rental, but after I left home, I thought of another way, so I went to Quill Street to find Dorothy.
"You want to rent a camera from Steambird Daily?"
The writer's "Hamilton Detective Stories" was serialized and distributed through the channel of "Steambird Daily", not to mention that her father, Professor Louisa, is also one of the shareholders of "Steambird Daily".
She originally planned to finish writing the manuscript for next week's serialization at home this morning. Since Shade rarely came to ask for help, Dorothy was happy to take Shade to the newspaper office of "Steambird Daily".
Now she is the most important contributor in the "Steambird Daily" newspaper. After coming to the door, she directly took Shade to find the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Newcastle, a half-bald man who looked to be in his forties, Mr. Sman.
After explaining his purpose, Mr. Newcastleman behind the desk enthusiastically said that he could help:
"Detective Hamilton, instead of renting a camera, it is better to buy one. The newspaper office has some old cameras that have been eliminated. Although they can still be used, they are rejected by our reporters because they are too old. Since Mr. Hamilton is here for investigation As for renting a camera, you might be able to use it in the future. It’s better to buy a used one from us. I can give you a very cheap price.”
Although it was suspected of clearing inventory for the newspaper company, Shade felt that this proposal was not bad. He and Dorothy then went to the warehouse to check on the old cameras. Although they are old models, there is no problem in using them.
Xia De then made up his mind to buy it, but developing the film still required a darkroom and chemicals. So after negotiating the price, Shade bought the York II camera produced in 1845 at the lowest price of 15 pounds, and got three additional rolls of film and a box of replacement spotlight bulbs.
In addition, he can go to the "Steambird Daily" newspaper office to purchase camera supplies at any time in the future, and he can learn camera technology and film development technology here today. The latter was a craft that photographers used to make a living, but for Dorothy's sake, Shade was allowed to learn it.