S-BNG-009
St. Valentine's Ledger
Patron: John Doe (Paid)
Date: Aug 5th, 1923 – White County
Location: Enfield, Illinois
Proprietor: Glass-Eyes
Found the wretch. The ██████ of Enfield. One of Old Scratch's little agents of fire and brimstone. A █████████████ terror, but nothing more than the lowliest of lower bastards in ████'s grand hierarchy. He did have something interesting to say which made this little trip worthwhile at least. Apparently, Old Scratch's kingdom isn't quite complete. Here's what was said, to the best of Agatha’s and my own memories.
"What do you know about Elliot Finch?" I asked.
"And who would want to know?" Snarled back the █████.
"The proprietor of St. Valentine's."
"Glass-Eyes? Oh, it is you. Finch, you said? Finch, Finch, Finch—Ah! The piss-poor would-be magician?"
"That's the one."
"Well, would-be ███████, from what I heard."
"Is that so? A ███████?"
"Would-be. He's dead by now I assume?"
"He is. So you know who did it?"
"I know who was supposed to do it. One of the █████. █████ called a meeting of all the ██████████ of ████. He's trying to stop something big from happening."
"Big?"
"Huge. A broken bridge is being repaired. A city sunken down to the depths of ██. The other half of Lord █████'s Kingdom."
"So, █████ is attempting to reunify his broken Kingdom?"
"Reunify?" The ██████ choked, something halfway between a laugh and yelp slipped out from his maw. I could hear his ██████████ shuffling in the dirt as he searched for the appropriate response. "No. I can't say much about it. But I can say █████ wants no part of the Kingdom he lost."
"Why is that?"
"I can't say. And haven't I said enough already? Look—Glass-Eyes—sorry for having a Blooded █████ enter into your establishment uninvited to do such a gruesome thing like that. But it's how Lord █████ works, you know that. But Finch, he was working a bad angle, that's all. Got in the way. The █████ got 'im and that's that. Nothing more you need to worry about, and I'm sure Lord █████ thanks you for your cooperati—"
"█████ did not take Finch."
"—on. What?"
"█████ did not take Finch. More than that, I can't say. Thank you, ██████. Next time you're in town, stop by for a drink on me."
The ██████ vanished before the morning light. No doubt running back to inform his Lord about the latest news this side. Why would █████ want his kingdom in pieces?
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