"Oh, I'm doing amazing!" Shen Qingqiu responds, laughing with just a trace of deflating hysteria in his voice. "I have evidence that Elias Coldwood does have ties to the cult of Nyarlathotep! And! He's keeping some kind of eldritch monster in his basement!"

He laughs a second time, psyching himself up again. "Where are you? We should make our next move as swiftly as possible, he's home right now and I might have left a sealing talisman in his basement to keep the beast from getting out. I don't think we want to give him a chance to go into hiding!"