SESSION 2
Synopsis
Having reached the subway surface platform, the trolley passengers were rounded up and shuttled off to the nearest police precinct. There, while everyone was divided into smaller groups to await questioning, the investigators were placed in a holding room with an NPC from the trolley, a man named Eric Garfield.
Before long, a strange man wearing a grey suit, fedora, bow tie, and eyeglasses (one lens darkened to cover a missing right eye) came to speak with them. He introduced himself as "Mr. Porter," and offered to get everyone in the room out of trouble with the police, provided they accompanied him for an hour. After sneaking out of the station, he escorted the investigators to an empty restaurant where he made them an offer. He would handle any issues they had with the police if they would assist him by looking into and resolving a problem: David McCullough, a West Philly landlord and associate of Mr. Porter's, managed a house in which recent tenants had developed violent tendencies and gone mad. Also present at the restaurant was a young man who had previously been a passenger on the trolley, involved in the strange encounter with the old woman, and who, it was now clear, was associated with Mr. Porter. The investigators agreed to look into the incidents and report back.