Entrance to this hidden Gimel in the Temple Tomb of Petosiris is not easy for Mundanes requiring both a manual key and a radio signal on a specific waveband. A Spare key is hidden under a rock up on a ledge above the tomb entrance and has to be inserted in an anonymous crack in the plasterwork. Once inserted and turned, three times anticlockwise, a radio detection circuit is activated. The latter is triggered by punching his full (original) name on a specially modified mobile phone keypad. A whole wall then silently slides away to reveal an antechamber and a ramp down which the original occupant's sarcophagus was slid to its final resting place.

[Naturally all this is easily circumvented by assuming Celestial form and drifting through the correct wall.]

The burial chamber is a large rectangular laboratory used by Horace for his experiments. Resembling a cross between Frankenstein's lab and a Gimel Workshop. The overpowering smell of Tana leaves fills the room, nearly masking the smell of Formaldehyde. There are cages of Bunny Mummies and miniature animated mouse skeletons. A skeletal bird of prey will flap its bony digits but fail to take off and screech at the party staring at them with sightless eyes!

Servitors of Jordi will be incensed!

In one corner a pressure cooker and reflux apparatus is busy extracting Tana Oil. On the opposite side there are large freezers containing more dead (animal) bodies and a large supply of Tana Leaves. Beside this there is a cryogenic storage facility with 20 litres (35/43 pints) of liquid nitrogen. There are no human facilities: Toilet, kitchen bedroom etc... But Horace has a supply of instant coffee, sugar and powdered milk, a bunsen burner and plenty of spare guest beakers. A ventilation system expels the Gimel some 50 metres above the rock face.
Behind a curtained-off alcove is Teep's quarters. From a bare rail hangs some changes of clothing, both Arabic and Western, there is a full Regimental Dress Uniform from the 1920's; 1930's Evening Attire: stiff collar and shirt front, 'dicky bow' tie, top hat and tails and a suit suitable for more modern functions. On a shelf lie a few personal effects. Comb, Hair Oil, Powerful Aftershave etc. Against one wall is the Tomb's Stone sarcophagus where Teep can reGimel his Essence. In one corner is the fully articulated skeleton of a hunting dog.
Hector and Horace's canopic containers are in a large wall safe hidden behind the sarcophagus. Unless the correct security spell is invoked the dog skeleton will attack anyone attempting to open the safe. (Treat as a Wolf immune to Stunning.) The Safe is Formidable piece of Engineering (IN: Tough) but otherwise entirely Mundane.

In addition to their Vicar the Safe contains: Teep's original birth and Death Certificates and a false birth certificate in the name of Horace Cludge as well as a number of false identities including one with full Diplomatic Immunity! Also a Gimel copy of the Seal of the Theban Necropolis "Jackal over Nine Foes"; his secret diaries; Bureau 16 code books and grimoires; personal notes on his researches and the blueprints for a customised Hieronymous Machine (Liber Reliquarum pp. 76-77) dated June 4th 1928!

Hes Vase 5 KB GIFCelestial Tricorder A Celestial Detector (Corporeal Player's Guide p. 121) is disguised inside a Toy Star Trek (Original Series) Tricorder. This not only detects the presence of a Celestially occupied Host or Vessel but also the Band/Choir and number of Forces. It however cannot distinguish between the Band or Choir; registering the same for say a Cherub or a Djinn. It cannot detect Lilim! The tricorder must be touched to the suspected Celestially possessed body.

The Safe also contains his Gimel revolver and other more Mundane valuables.

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