August 1893, on board the Orient Express... The baron asks the party if they know anything about the Whispering Fez book. They all claim to not have it or have heard of it. He says he will speak to his contacts in Munich about the fez cultists who were arrested. After speaking with them for a while, the baron excused himself to the dining car. Saroch noticed that the Eastern lady at the bar was listening in on their conversation. The 5 investigators left to the sleeping car, and the baron spoke to them there, away from the Lady. He claimed that he recognized her, though was not certain where from. He asked that they remain with him, and they agreed. Saroch, Amelia, and Banks went to the salon car with him again for coffee. Professor Worth tried to make some sense of the Fez, using gloves to inspect it and try to figure it out a bit. Thanks to what he knows of the Mythos, he found that it referred, in some ancient language, to a 'Father of Sorcerers,' though was uncertain of the exact wording. He recalled that this was the term used for the deity Yog-Sothoth. Meanwhile, the baron excused himself to the water closet, secretly entering the cabin with Polat and Worth. The two of them had an argument with him, where he tried to get Worth to get the Fez for him and hand it over. He was clearly very agitated. Luckily, the Lady from earlier was listening in, and with the help of Banks, they got into the cabin. She jumped on the baron, putting a cloth over his nose and mouth and a hypodermic needle in his arm. He thrashed around, but eventually passed out onto the floor. Polat thanked her and went back to reading. She took off her disguise, revealing she was the woman who the baron was arguing with at Vienna station. She and Banks brought his body back to her cabin, where she settled him in. She explained that she was his daughter, Ilsa von Hofler, and had been worried about her father for a while. She said she would take him to the doctors, and help him to get better, as he was very erratic and insane. With the baron out of the way, everyone went to bed. Saroch and Amelia, going to their cabins later, noticed that the lights across from the Myers cabin were flickering. In the morning, Saroch checked up on them, and Mrs. Myers explained she thought that the shadows were flickering or dancing, but she couldn't tell and it may have been the Fez or her imagination. Regardless, everyone went to breakfast. There, they had a Serbian breakfast, as the train had stopped in Belgrade earlier that morning. They ordered a platter of bacon for everyone, and the waiter brought out an insane amount for all of them. The Count left breakfast early, and in a bit the Countess approached, interrupting their conversation. She spoke about her lover becoming boorish and threatening, and wished for someone to intermediate between the two of them. Saroch seemed very angry at a woman cheating, and threatened to tell her husband, but was shut down by Amelia (for now). Amelia offered to be the one to mediate, and the Countess brought her over to Pytor, her lover. She explained that she wanted to end the relationship, regardless of the times they had together. He made to angrily stand up, but Amelia shoved him back into his seat (successful Intimidate roll), and made him silent as the Countess bid him goodbye. Everybody successfully managed to finish up the platter of bacon, and none was left by the end. They all went to do various things on their own- reading, drinking, smoking, etc. In the evening, after a day of uneventfulness, they all gathered outside the Myers door in order to cast the necessary spell once more...