Riglet to the rescue before you can say Doctor Who

Got back safely to Paris and did plenty of retail therapy, then went to see my therapist. My psychologist was intrigued to hear about my Amsterdam murder mystery. When I told her about the magic mushrooms she wanted to know if they brought back any memories. Sadly I had to disappoint her. My mind is as blank as it ever was. The weather does not help either. On my return to Chateau Madeleine I was told that the harvest this year could be a little late and lower than usual because of the rains. This morning I decided to take another look at the time machine next to the library, curious to know if it was real. While I was fiddling around with the brass knobs and bells, my teddy bear, the little one hanging on my bag, decided to say good morning to me. That's all I need, I thought. Start hearing voices, why don't you. It turns out that the little bear is called Riglet and is a nanobot. Riglet offered her services to help crack the code of the time machine. She seems rather smart and much better at math than I am, so I said go ahead. If this works I'll be in 2012 before you can say Doctor Who. If not perhaps I need a reality check.
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Sarayu in need of retail therapy - please send chocolate

Yesterday we saw the Amsterdam police again. The agents investigating Bill's death told us that they were treating the case as a possible murder. They asked us whether we had known Bill for long. We said that we had only just met him. It was odd that one the detectives on the case was from SOCA in London, and he was curious to know what I was up to in Paris. When I said that I did not know, and that I was being treated for memory loss, he asked me if I did drugs. I replied maybe, but not since I lost my memory. That brought a nervous laugh into the room, a small office in the Raamport police station that was responsible for the Herengracht and the canal area. It seems that I am not known to them, which is a relief. At least I can see my psychologist this week with a clear conscience. It would be scary if I turned out to be some gangsta's moll on the run. Bill told us very little about his life, other than to say that he had fallen on hard times in Amsterdam. He had had a good job in the City in London, but developed an expensive heroin habit and came over to Amsterdam, where he worked as a cannabis breeder. That was how he met Aum Baba, and they fell out over money. He claimed that the Church of Aum had some curious links to the CIA and the Mossad, although much of what he said sounded a bit like the usual ganja paranoia. Perhaps there was a grain of truth in it. If SOCA new about him he must have been up to something, or on to something, that was serious. His 2012 theory does have one odd fact that concerns me. My name is mentioned in the Lost Symbologist philosophers stoned in Amsterdam in which I am supposed to be making a killing with the 2012 meme. I hope that does not come back to haunt me. How I wish I had the access code to Monsieur Bateleur's time machine. Then I could go forward to 2012 and find out what was about to happen. Anyway tomorrow I am off to Paris, and I am badly in need of some retail therapy to take my mind off all this serious shit.

A witch's brew at the Dutch Old Bill

Just spent a couple of hours with the Dutch Old Bill, being interviewed about Bill's death. It seems that he was poisoned and dumped in the Herengracht. The Amsterdam police found traces of a witch's brew of datura, henbane, deadly nightshade and mandrake in Bill's body. He must have had quite a trip before he shuffled off this mortal coil. The cops found my number in his mobile, and it seems that Simon and I were the last to see him alive when we met in De Balie the other day. We are not under suspicion but the police have asked us to stay in Amsterdam for a couple more days for some further questioning. They were curious to know more about Aum Baba and the wacky cult of the Church of Aum. When we told them about our recent psychedelic mushroom trip, they wanted to know more. It seems that Aum Baba is well known to them, and has a bit of Dutch previous.
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