London, 1923, January 7th. The investigators get to the Orient Express on time, packing their bags and taking their tools and weapons they might need. Any checked bags were given to the porters, and they stepped onto the train. Hazan Kaya and John Thompson decided to spend some time in the dining car. Isaac Marsh kept up to date on his notes, writing down anything important or that had happened in the past few days that were bizarre. He later joined Hazan and John in the salon car, the two of them already drinking some wine. Dennis chose some 50 proof whiskey, disdaining that it was not that strong. The train arrived at Dover at noon, lunch being served for everyone in the dining car. A lot of them decided to eat in the salon car as well, the investigators included. The train prepared to enter the Channel tunnel, taking on supplies needed and checking on the tunnel's situation Then it went off, departing into a black tunnel for the next few hours. The investigators spoke about their plans for Paris and the Simulacrum, discussing on how they should go about finding pieces of the statue or finding where they might have gone after the revolution. They elected to spend the necessary time in Paris to figure out what they could and set off when they knew much more. The train reached Calais without difficulty, customs being taken care of by the Wagon-Lits staff. The investigators, after taking a look around at the other passengers, spoke a bit with a man who owned a pug on the train. He introduced himself as Christopher Macias, and the pug as Winston. After that, more discussion in the salon car about Fenalik, the Revolution, and going over Beddows' notes again. With everyone else getting the luggage together, they decided to as well, going back to their cabins before the train finally pulled into Paris. The investigators booked a room at the Bristol hotel, lucky enough to have the well-off John Thompson as a friend. After dropping their items off, the four split up to explore their options a bit. Hazan and John entered the Bibliotheque Nationale, asking about entering the reading room and accessing research. The secretary explained that licenses were required, and luckily the investigators still had their licenses from the British Museum and Library. They still required a waiting period of three days though, and the two left to spend time at a cafe before they would meet back up with Isaac and Dennis. Isaac and Dennis, on the other hand, visitied the Louvre. After speaking with the help desk about the French Revolution and the periods right before and after, the two elected to visit a gallery containing portraits from the court of Louis XVI. After looking around for a bit, the two were alone in the gallery when they heard an odd laugh echoing throughout the corridors. Isaac located it, finding a very odd and unsettling sketch of a man from the collections of Marie Antoinette. Analyzing it with his keen art critic eyes, Isaac found that the artist must have been terrified, by the sketching's pencilling. Dennis called the subject of the sketch ugly, and the two left to regroup with Hazan and John. They had dinner and went to bed. The next morning, they woke up around 7 A.M. and 8 A.M. They went down to the hotel's restaurant, noticing two other passengers from the Express in the place. Breakfast was nice, and they discussed where they ought to go next. They elected to try to grease the wheels of bureaucracy, back at the Bibliotheque. John persuaded the librarian to quicken the acceptance of their applications to research, and after a few minutes of speaking with her superiors she was able to shorten the time to 2 P.M. later that day. Satisfied, the investigators decided to visit the Eiffel Tower next. After admiring the view for a bit, they went to the restaurant on the second floor, noticing the old british gentleman they had seen on the Express. Approaching him, he introduced himself as Colonel Neville Goodenough, "but my friend call me "Never."" The group had lunch with him, telling him about their research and cataloguing of various artwork from around Europe. He found it quite fascinating, and then regaled them with tales of the Great War and the Zulu Wars that he was a part of throughout the duration of the lunch. Done with that, he paid for himself as well as them, happy to make their acquaintance and hoping to see them once again. Since it was about the time that their licenses would be ready, the investigators returned to the library. The receptionist handed them to them and introduced them to a research assistant, Remi Vangeim. He explained he would do work for 20 francs and good work for 50 francs, and the investigators found that reasonable enough. He took them into the reading room of the Bibliotheque Nationale, and the investigators noticed both Turks and Frenchman there, researching. They also noticed, however, that the Turkish were watching them intently...