"The Oubliette part 6"~ for the PicFic Tuesday Challenge 3/25

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Again the file is too large so this is broken up into Part 6 and Part 7


                                               

Napoleon slowly became aware of his surroundings. He was tied up; seated in an ornate, high-backed carved wooden chair.  Turning his head slowly from side to side, he saw he was in a large banquet hall; the walls covered with tapestries depicting Medieval scenes, along with countless hunting trophies of glass-eyed boar and deer heads.

There was nothing cheerful or warming about the room, as he noted two rather ferocious-looking gargoyle statues standing guard on either side of a large mantle that dominated the far wall; though there was a sizeable fire burning in the hearth, it did little to ward off the damp chill in the air.

Paintings dotted the other walls, some of which Solo recognized as works by several of the great masters and the last item of note was a grand piano nestled in one corner of the room, with the requisite silver candelabra gracing it’s shiny black top...all clues as to whose place this was.

Ghairovald Mephisto-Labé did have a flair for the dramatic, that was a given.

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"The Oubliette part 7"~ for the PicFic Tuesday Challenge 3/25

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Solo crossed the hall to his room, slowly opening the door before he stepped inside. It was caution out of habit he supposed, as why would Labé booby trap it when he went to all this trouble to bring them across the Atlantic ocean.

He found the tux exactly where Labé said it would be, but instead of changing, he wandered the room checking the walls as Illya had said.  Tapping and listened, looking for hidden levers but there was nothing, everything was solid. It was going to be harder than he first imagined...

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Siobhan part 2 for ficpic Tuesday 3/25

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"We have examined the human remains that you brought to our attention and have determined that, due to their age, this case is not within the jurisdiction of our forensics department to investigate," the chief police constable of Galway told Illya. "Rather, we have decided that the best course of action would be to turn them over to the archeology department of our local museum. They will determine their exact age and cause of death, if possible, and anything else that can be known about them."

"And what will happen then?" asked Illya.

"That will be the museum's decision to make," the constable replied. "They may be exhibited right away, or put into storage until a later date."

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It Was A Dark And Stormy Night, Part II - PicFic Tuesday 3/25/14

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Part I
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Part II: The Key, Mr. Solo, The Key

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