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located in The Over-Seas Explorer's Clubhouse, a part of The Jungle: Illusions of the Inca, one of the many universes on RPG.

The Over-Seas Explorer's Clubhouse

The headquarters of a brotherhood of explorers and a gentleman's club

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April 28th, 1896, London.
7:13 in the evening.
Second floor sitting room.


"A pair of tens"

"You've beaten me again Colonel" said Arnold Meyer, in a rather lackluster voice, as he placed his cards on the small table. The highest cards in his hand were a lowly pair of sevens. He had been hoping, that he would've gotten something to complement the king spades or the ace f hearts that he had held onto. No such luck and a lost of fifteen shillings. Maybe it was sign, that when coupled with his boredom, that he really did need to get out of England for a while. Add it to the most unusual mail he had received this morning and maybe it was God (or some messenger angle) telling him to so somewhere sunny and warm for a bit.

"Have no fear Lef-tenant" chortled Colonel Goodman, an old and rather portly gentleman who had served in India, "Play a few more hands and your luck will turn."

The old man, who had retired from all things (save for drinking, cards and more meals then was good for him), was one of the few members of the Over-Seas Explorers Club, who could be constantly found at the meeting house. There were a few others, who had likewise grown too old to head out into the field and spent most of their time swapping stories or staring wistfully at the large world map, where other members of the club had mark the general area of the world they had headed off to. The number of actively exploring members at the meeting house was always in flux, save for their probationers, who would always be at the clubhouse. After their first exploration while in the club, they become full-fledged members.

"Excuse me sirs" announced Johnson, a youthful but professional butler, as he handed a packet to Arnold, "My lord, I have examined the map as you asked me to and it appears genuine but given how you came by it, I would suggest sending for a professional."

"Thank you Johnson" said Lord Meyer.

"What have you got there Lef-tenant" inquired Goodman, looking up from his glass of Port and the deck of cards he was reshuffling.

"A rather interesting map Colonel" answered Arnold, "Which I have acquired from an unknown benefactor."

"Indeed" said Goodman, leaning his considerable bulk across the table and peering at the plain brown paper, which concealed the map, "And what are you going to do with it?"

"Well" said Lord Meyer, raising his voice so the rest of the room could hear him, "The map claims to lead one to a great Incan treasure in South America. I was considering going down and having a look around."