Call of Cthulhju Episode #13...'The return of the revenge of the face of the curse of...the Dread Library of Chung Ling Soo'

 Having managed to persuade Karl Weiss, the suspicious German magician, that he knows a thing or two about magic...McDaid is brought to the house of Ching Lung Soo - the headquarters of the mysterious Inner Brotherhood of Magicians, with plenty of cult security.

'Show me the trick already!'

 Whilst waiting for an audience, he meets a less than stalwart English magician, and a more proficient American - called Will Crowther - who tells him that he knew the missing Phillip Leclair, and was convinced that the German was up to no good, and was stealing Phillip's new 'vanishing' trick...which, now he thought about it, seemed to have something to do with a book that the German had shown him.

Invited upstairs now, and a little nervous, McDaid performs his card trick in front of the old Chinaman and his retinue. 

 

'Actual Footage' from McDaid's magic trick. Now, I can not unsee someone saying: 'now that's magic!'

The Chinese Magician appears impressed ..., and invites McDaid to join the '1st level' of the order, and use the downstairs library and practice rooms, warning him...that one day soon, he may require a favour of his new found 'young apprentice'.

yeah - cuz that never goes wrong!

 As he leaves, the Chinese guard is distracted as Will Crowther beckons him toward the '2nd level library', the thought that Philip might have found something he shouldn't , clearly on his mind.

There, McDaid determines further evidence of the mysterious 'Cult of Lan Shee', convinced now from his Cthulhu Mythos knowledge, thet the entity is some sort of Star Vampire. As Crowther tells him that not only had Phillip disappeared after determining how the new trick might work, but that also he has heard that the Prime Minister himself is to be at the charity Magic Ball, the night after next... Of course, he borrows a book before he leaves...

Uhhh...

 McDaid slowly pieces it together, reasoning now that the heavy Police presence in Surbiton, has something to do with an unscheduled appearance...and the machinations of Ching Lung Soo...and the mysterious 'CULT OF LAN-SHE!' 

Big trouble in little London...

 He resolves to work on the inside, somehow trying to get a message to his friends...before it is too late.