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Chapters: 1/7 Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU), Crystal Palace (DCU), Niko Sasaki, Monty (Dead Boy Detectives), Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives) Additional Tags: they're back and the HR violations are worse than ever, I Lived It: My Bosses Got Together And It's So So Gross You Guys - the Crystal Palace story, untitled goose game: bowl with feet edition, Fencing, Fencing as Foreplay, Fencer Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Established Relationship, Magic and Rituals, Flashbacks, WWI themes, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Museum, Ephemera - Freeform, Switch Charles Rowland, Switch Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Loves Charles Rowland Series: Part 3 of Wunderkammer
Summary:
Psychomanteum, noun. A dimly-lit room containing a comfortable chair and a mirror angled so that it reflects only darkness, intended to communicate with spirits of the dead.
It is our privilege to welcome you back, one and all, for the Summer 2024 season at the London Athenaeum. As some of you will no doubt be aware, this past winter saw a spate of minor thefts, with one enterprising thief successfully removing a marble bust of the goddess Carpundia. We are pleased to report that the probate court proceedings are now complete, and all of the stolen artifacts have been returned to us. For safety reasons, we must now ask that all rosaries, japa mala, ojuzu, komboskini, misbaha and other similar prayer beads are left at the door and collected upon exit on account of one of our new acquisitions, a devil vitrified in a prism of glass, and the multiple recent incidents of attempted strangulation.
We are proud to present a slate of all new exhibitions and events, including the crown jewel of this season: an exhibition on the 170 year history of the Athenaeum itself by acting head curator Edwin Payne. This is the distillation of an extraordinary life’s work, and one not to be missed.




















