With morning and the coming of the cocks crow came the breaking of fast and the counting of heads.
After the events of the last evening and some of the sounds in the night it was expected that this morning might be more somber than most ... but that was before anyone had left their cabins.
The mood in the passageways was mixed while some moved as if the gallows awaited them while others seemed positively giddy ... something was amiss.
It became apparent that Hipatitis! had gone missing in the night as soon as the Arboretum had been reached for strewn across the central table were many jars and retorts bubbling and hissing with all his disparate pieces contained therein and tubes aplenty connecting them to one another ... but it appeared that even the Clockwork Killer could not keep the head alive long enough to greet us .... but appearances can be deceiving.
As the table is approached the eyes of Dr. Hipatitis! opened wide and the mouth began to work as a faint sound built in volume until the macabre visage of Dr. Hipatitis! lip syncing to a recording of Ms. shiney things singing an aria had so completely overwhelmed the senses as to make madness a preferable alternative to a sane and rational perception of the world and its multitudinous horrors.
Dr. Hipatitis the Innocent will not be with us anymore.

But as the barkers of Piccadilly Square are wont to say ... "But Wait! ... there's more."

And then the incongruities of the Arboretums decor begin to strike home as it is noticed that there appears to be a more mechanical theme to this part of the ship than is it's usual case.
Near every surface of the superstructure is covered in gears of various sizes as well as the pinions and struts of a complex device.
Apon examination it is seen that these artifacts are adhered to the surfaces via a simple wheat paste which is more than competent to hold such delicately machined contrivances aloft for perusal.
In exploring the decor certain discoveries are made which begin to lead the eye upwards to where the main trusses beneath the crystalline dome converge and suspend the chandelier ... and there is discovered what remains of Mr. McBitch aka the Clockwork Killer , for his head has been suspended from the central shaft of the chandelier and clock hands affixed to his face as some morbid pun ... a pun that plays out too far when his mouth opens to reveal a stuffed canary sewn to his toungue and the sound of the hour being struck arises from somewhere within his skull.
KylemcBitch the Clockwork Killer hath expired.
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Hipatitis!............Innocent Killed by Clockwork
13ullet...............Luddite Killed by Clockwork
Jewbacchus......Investigator Spaced by majority
Stratafyre...........Son of Martha Killed by Luddites
Context..............Innocent Killed by Luddites
BlackMage.........Consultant to Royalty
skainsmate.........Assistant Engineer
qtemo.................Innocent Killed by Clockwork
eightysix.............Physical Phillosopher from the Royal Academy
fedhax................The Hunter Spaced by majority
oranges..............Son of Martha Killed by Clockwork
kylemcBitch........Clockwork Killer Killed by Luddites
shiney things.......Handgun Owner Spaced by majority
DeadAlbino.........Innocent Spaced by majority
DefianceFalcon...War Hero
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Day 1:http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/66781
Day 2:http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/66813
Day 3:http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/66859
Day 4:http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/66883
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