London, January 1923. The investigators finish reading the 1893 diary of Professor Smith on Tuesday. Dennis Mark is haunted by what he sees, gaining an intense fear of hats (particularly fezzes) and running out of the Oriental Club. Hazan Kaya takes the book for a bit, learning the spell contained inside. Back on Saturday, where we left off, the group had met with Professor Smith in a dingy apartment on Cheapside. He had been burned terribly, but still sat up to tell them everything. He told them about the Sedefkar Simulacrum, a terrible statue of occult power that he was intending to destroy. Pieces were scattered across Europe, in Paris, possibly Milan, Venice, Trieste, possibly Belgrade and possibly Sofia. Finally, he explained that the Sedefkar Scrolls would contain a ritual that could destroy the Simulacrum, that must be performed in its original home in Constantinople. His notes were destroyed by Turkish assassins, who burned his home down and almost killed him (Beddows managing to save him). Finished, he urged them to find it and destroy it, since he no longer could. Beddows was the one to speak up next, Smith lying back down on his bed. He gave them the notes he had been taking about the Simulacrum, as well as a valise with 200 5pound notes- 1000 in total. He explained that Smith had been planning on using the Orient Express, before he was attacked and his home burned down. Leaving them at Cheapside, they entered a restaurant to have lunch and speak about their possible trip. The 3 who were there agreed they would undertake this journey, and they also recalled that the name Makryat had been in both Smith's diary as well as the newspapers that morning. They had their lunch, then made their way to the British Museum and Library. There, they searched for information on the Sedefkar Simulacrum, Sedefkar Scrolls, and the stops they would be going to. They found mention of an illuminated manuscript called the Devil's Simulare, which they might be able to find in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. They also discovered that the Scrolls might be in the Topkapi Museum in Constantinople, as they were there before the Great War. They learned a little about Paris, Trieste, Milan, and the other stops, notably the political situation in Italy regarding fascists and anarchists. Finally, John T Thompson met up with them and they caught him up on what they had decided regarding their trip and what they had found out. He agreed to go as well, and in the evening, when finished with the library, they made their way to the train station. There, they distributed the money in the valise amongst themselves, then bought their tickets on the Orient Express. The clerk explained that the Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-Lit prided itself on helping their passengers, and they could help with finding hotels on each stop as well as anything else they needed. He also explained that they could use the tickets at any point before their expiration date, not needing to have a specific time they would get on the train or remain off the train. Finding there was one departure at midnight and one Sunday morning, they elected to go on Sunday morning. They departed from each other's company and set off for their own hotels, to get some rest before they left.