DM Zyren's Heart of Madness (Inactive)

Game Master Zyrenity

A broken tyre forces a group of travellers to be stranded in Dunwich a nice village...at first sight...but pretty soon they find out that there are some strange things going on...


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Joe Osborn nods to Charlie and says

Fancy clothes myster. Also wan' a pop? Nauow, iv I may ask, wha' brings such fine foulks te Dunwich?

Perception Charlie and Daniel DC 15:

You spot a newspaper article that rouses your attention, headed with "Dunwich Horror!!!" in the Arkham Investigator, that lies on a counter.

Grats, first page accomplished^^


Murphy continues lining up photos, and taking notes in his journalists notepad, inspired by the unusual suggestion for a column...


Male Human Offensive Option 3

Daniel looks one last time if his fellow travellers come in, if not, he lets go of the door after Mr Poolsworth is through.
"Thank you, sir, I would love something cold to drink
Turning tom the newcomer
"Of course I do not mind. There is much truth in the saying 'The more, the merrier´, don't you think?"
Perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Seems that Danies Senses are still a bit clouded from the heat and the awful smell along the road.


Post monster has been eating my posts tonight!

Murphy continues to take photos in the street, making notes in his journalists pad. Strangely inspired by the unusual suggestion for a new news column by the stranger.


Male Human Defensive Option

James steps willingly into the relative cool of the shop and selects a cold glass bottle from the cooler and holding it against his forehead as he looks with vague interest around at the shop.
Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Not seeing anything of particular interest, James fishes a 5 dollar bill from his wallet and places it on the shop counter before turning back to the rest of the group.

"After a long walk in such unbearable heat I think it only fair that our little group is properly refreshed so I'll take it upon myself to buy a round of tasty beverages, help yourselves."

Pulling another bottle from the cooler, James carries it outside and offers it to Murphy as he busily snaps photos of his surroundings.

Just looked up the price of coca cola in 1927 and discovered that the price of coke remained at 5 cents per serving for the first 70 years of its existence. I find that very strange but quite cool.

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"Thank you so much, good sir"
Daniel takes a bottle of coke from the cooler opens it and, after a while of coughing for drinking the cool liquid much to fast, continues sipping with less haste.
Daniel starts looking through the national magazines for something like Picture Play, Screenland, Motion Picture Play or even Moving Picture Stories and Police Gazette.
Being out of the business for a few years left him longing for at least stories of the glamorous world of stage and screen, and since he is going back to NY, what does it hurt to get up to date?


Outsiders visit Dunwich as seldom as possible, and since a certain season of horror all the signboards pointing towards it have been taken down. (taken from: "The Dunwich Horror" by H.P. Lovecraft)

@ Those in the store:

Joe Osborn nods and takes the five dollar bill and returns aprpriate change.

An' haow do yew plan tew precede? Di' yew meet Jed ou'side?

And before you can answer one of the other men chimes in

As long as they don' see Wilbur the'll think this was a nice playce, heh.

@ Murphy:

Only now, through the focus of the lens, your realize that the large store building must have once been the village's church and that there is no church anymore in Dunwich which is totally strange for such a place in New England.


"Now there's an oddity..." he mutters to himself.

Finding this odd, he looks around the buildings around him to see if there are any hidden signs; the symbols of the Masons, the Green Man, or any other curious religious iconography he might be familiar with.


Male Human Defensive Option

Not wanting to interupt the other man's work James stands quietly waiting for his to finish. He raises an eyebrow at Murphy's muttering and turns himself to look back at the shop to try to work out what he found so odd.

"Oddity? What in this particularly rundown example of a town do you find so strange to label it an oddity?"

James hands Murphy a cool bottle and takes a gulp from his own, still looking around with interest and trying to pin point what the other man found so strange.


Male Offensive Option

Victor is continuing to look at the town. He is getting a queer feeling about it. He has been in many dangerous places and has learned to trust his instincts, but still there is nothing going on at the current moment that he can see but there is something strange about this village. When Murphy mentions an "oddity" he will attempt to find out what he meant.

What is it Murphy?


"Well these towns are normally good God-fearin' folks. What kind of Gof-fearin' folks go ahead and turn the Church into a General Goods store?, not like I see any other Church around here they'd frequent instead."


While you're still discussing, the strange fact that Dunwich's only church was remodeled to harbour the general store, Jed Blair returns.

He shrugs and explains

Myster, yew know, the tire thing does no' look very gewd, I o'ly got one for a smaller carr. I can phone Ar'ham, then they could bring us one temorro, if that's ok for ye.


His...his name was Murphy? Murphy O... what was the last name, I think I edited an article, is it him, or a shadow...

Oscar only follows, quietly twitching, his face a sad sight. The Church would have made for an interesting photograph: "There's...there's always an exception to the rule, right...?" he mutters to the man named Murphy. "Maybe...maybe they needed the space more..."


Male Human Offensive Option 3

If Daniel doesn't find anything of interest, he takes his coke outside to see, how Jed Blair is doing. Hearing that there is no spare tire to bring back to the bus, he sighs and turns to Mr Poolsworth.
"It seems, we are out of luck for today, but Mr Blair tries to get us a tire by tomorrow. I will see, what the others think of this."
Turning to Mr Blair (if no one else has answered him already)
Well, I gues we do not have much of a choice, do we? I appreciate your efford."
Since his fellow travellers seem to be close enough to the store,Daniel will walk up to them.
"I guess you have heard it, we will have to wait until tomorrow to get a tire. Do you think we should return to the bus or try to find a room for the night here in this [clears his throat]lovely town"
sorry for posting as feytharn earlier in the thread


Perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Charlie accepts the Coke gratefully, "Thanks, bud. I really appreciate it."

Rejoined with his other companions, "Well... depends on how much a room here would cost. And there's the folks we left back at the bus. Should we worry about them, or let them fend for themselves? I suppose they can always walk to the town, if they get bored or uncomfortable." Look about the peculiar small town, he says, "Perhaps a walk would do us some good? We could get to see the town a bit before it gets too dark."


Male Human Defensive Option

"You are most welcome and now that you have pointed it out, it is remarkable that such a town has re-purposed their place of worship into a place of commerce. I can only assume that it is a sign that the mindless following of a man in sky has been replaced with the cool logic of science. A phenomena that I hope will eventually spread across the entirety of this fair country."

James sighs in exasperation at the news about the tire and checks his watch to see if they have time to walk back to the bus before night falls.

"Well if we are to be stranded here for the night I'd much prefer to sleep in a bed than stay on the bus. I'll also need to make use of a telephone and I do not imagine I'll have access to one on a bus in the middle of nowhere."

Turning to Mr. Blair. [/b]"Are there perchance rooms available somewhere in Dunwich and a telephone that I can make use of?"[b]


Male Offensive Option

Yes but it does seem odd that the church is now a general store. I wonder how long it's been that way.


"Well I'm not walking back to that bus today; if there's a motorcar to take us thats one thing, but walking is quite another. A comfortable bed is my reward for pushing on, and I intend to have it"


When a traveller in North Massachusetts takes the wrong fork at the junction of the Aylebury pike just beyond Dean's Corners he comes upon a lonely and curious country. (H.P. Lovecraft, the Dunwich Horror)

Mr. Blair nods and replies to Daniel and James

We go' some telephones here, but they don' wor' as goo' as in the ci'y, ye know? I prepose ye speak te the Gar'ner Sister's, their house is just o'er there.
He points to a small dilapidated house next to the meeting house opposite the general store.

An' a room? There are se'eral people rentin' out rooms, ye know. Go ask Carter an' Mary Jackson, jus' follow Ri'er Road and ye find 'ere house.


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"So, Mr Chilcot, I propose, you make your phonecall, perhaps the others would accompany me to the homes of Mr? or Mrs Carter and Mrs Jackson so we can ask for accomodations. We could meet at the store afterwards and get a look of the town before it gets dark. I doubt I will see this place again, so a quick tour probably would not hurt, would it"?
Daniel remembers Mr Pine, who has been curiously silent on the matter at hand and turns to him.
" Sir, I'm sorry, it is not my intention to force you into anything. I hope you are alright with staying here for the night? If not, I would certainly accompany you back to the bus, you should not have to walk alone. If that is what you want, though, we should be on our way soon, as I would prefer a bed to the lousy accomodations a bus could offer."


Nae, it's Car'er an' Mary Jackson, he's her husban'!

chimes Jed Blair in...


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"Thank you, sir, sorry I misunderstood."


Male Offensive Option

That sounds excellent Mr. Tauber. I would be happy to accompany you. He doesn't say it aloud but something is bothering him about this town. As an archaeologist he usually has pretty good instincts but this seems like such an innocuous town to warrant those instincts. I think I'm getting old. He says to himself with a chuckle.


Does anyone want to join them on their walk through Dunwich? Other plans?


Murphy head to the group, notepad in hand, camera slung... ready to take notes.

"Think I'll join you gentlemen for a stroll, especially if we can have a bit of a quick history of any key interests"


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"Well, the good townsfolk we met have been as helpful as they could, so maybe they will help us out with the history of their hometown, too"
Looks around
"Mr Poolsworth, Mr Pine, what about you? A walk through town will certainly be more jolly then just waiting for the sun to set and rise again."


Even though the sun still burns down on you, you're up for a walk through the village your still cold pops in hand.

Still the houses all look pretty much the same, you decide to pay the local cemetary a visit. The ground of the cemetray slope steeply uphill to the north and west, the higher potion containing the majority of older headstones. More recent graves dot the slopes, while the lower portion in the southeast corner near Mill Rod, where the ground is boggy seems to be deserved for poorer folks since the tombstones only consist of concrete blocks. The older protion of the grounds at the top of the hill are obscured from sight since a thick growth of brambles, saplings and rampant shrubbery has conquered this area a long time ago.

While you walk over the cemetary you all spot a man wearing a stra hat standing at the gate through which you entered, even though you can't see his face, his stance has transports a subliminal message of aggressiveness.

I'll scan a map of Dunwich village for tomorrow.


"S...sure." Oscar trails after the others, taking deep breaths on occasion. He does seem calmer than before, though the tics still remain.


Male Human Offensive Option 3
Oscar Pine wrote:
"S...sure." Oscar trails after the others, taking deep breaths on occasion. He does seem calmer than before, though the tics still remain.

"Sir, is everything O.K.? You do not look too good. If the heat or the exertion have been too much for you, do not hesitate to ask for help"

Daniel eyes Mr Pine, worried for his health. He remembers the rough times he has been through all too well and imagines that he himself must have looked pretty similar, so he tries to keep an eye out if this fellow might need his help.


Male Offensive Option

Dr. Alden declined the offer of pop, Most unhealthy, very bad for the libido. He says as he takes a small sip from a hip flask of what smells like brandy.


Charlie eyes the cemetery suspiciously, saying "I've never trusted these places. So much green grass, but it's not like the city parks where you find children playing in the sun or young couples reading and falling in love with each other. Cemeteries give me the creeps, and they seem to suck away happiness. Take a look at that fellow over there, for example," and he points at the man in the straw hat who is lurking at the gate.


Male Human Defensive Option

Jame's phonecall isn't overly important so I just skipped over it, hope I didn't miss anything interesting in doing so.

Having spent a few minutes making arrangements to begin his new job a few days later and giving profuse apologies over an extremely bad line to New York, James catches up with those taking a tour of the town and cracks open his second bottle of pop on the wall of the cemetery before rejoining them.
"How did you end up in a cemetery of all places? Odd spot to visit in a new town is it not? In fact that fellow in the straw hat does not look at all happy with us being here. Perhaps we should continue on before he does something about his displeasure?"


"Looks like he'd rather we leave. I suppose people being territorial is a common thing in the big cities too"


As you slowly leave the graveyard, the man still keeps his gaze focused on you. As you reach the cemetary gate, he says to no one in particular

Whatcha doin' her?

Village Map

You should be able to zoom in. The cemetary is quite central. For your further walk you can help me by giving the numbers of the places you want to visit.


Male Human Offensive Option 3

" I am sorry, good sir. We did not intend to bother you. We were just on our way to find accomodations for the night when we wondered about the cemetary lying in the yard of the general store. We were just curious, that is all."
Daniel tries his best to look just like a baffeled, insecure tourist to dilute the possible anger about the tresspassing the stranger might feel.


Oscar tunes in to the banter of the others, though he stays entrenched in the background. His breathing has gone down to normal, and he seems almost relaxed - though his eyes dart in every direction, trying to spot something - anything - that's out of place...

Perception check to soothe paranoia: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9


The man takes his straw hat off and replies

De general stor' once was de church ye know. An' I'm also sorr, didn' wanna be rude, but we ha' these strange guys here las' week, an' they ask'd a lo' of questions, ye know?


Charlie downs the rest of his Coke in one big gulp, then wipes his mouth and says, "Really? Well, don't worry, we're not big question askers. What type of questions were they askin'?"


Male Human Defensive Option

James nearly chokes on the last of coke at Charlie's words, spraying a fine mist of sugary liquid across the grass as he tries to stop himself laughing.
"Sorry, sorry..heh .. It was just the way you said we weren't curious types and then followed it up directly with a question. Anyway, don't mind me, I have an odd sense of humour."
Wiping the spilled drink from his moustache with a handkerchief before tucking it back into a pocket, James finishes his bottle and tries to keep himself from making any more outbursts


Still with his notebook in hand, and the odd whistle of admiration, Murphy keeps an ear on the discussion and prepares to take notes of what the strange fellow says...


Male Offensive Option

Victor chuckles as he watches the interaction. Did you build a new church then somewhere? He looks around at the gravestones, trying to see how long they've been there.


@ Victor:

Here, close to the gate, the headstones are of newer date, all tombstones howing death dates of the last five years.

@ All:

They came from Ark'am, from a newspaper...I think the investiga'or. They as'd questions abaout the hills an' such...then they made a up a big story abaout the "horror in the hills", what a s@@%...My name's Bert, Bert Sumpter, misters, an' if you need a place to stay, two of you could stay at me house.


"Horror in the hills, you say? I wonder what they could have heard. It sounds like it could inspire a good motion picture, I say. Maybe all I need is a hit script..." Charlie trails off, distracted by his own thoughts a moment.

"Well, it's true we were looking for a place to stay," his gaze wanders over the nearby sights of the town as he speaks, "but I think we'd like to explore the town before bunking down for the night. If you give us an address, or perhaps accompany us on our little walk, we could take you up on your generous offer a little later in the evening?"

What time is it at this point, anyway?


"Arkham... horror in the hills...spoke to Bert Sumpter." Murphy notes down. "Pardon me mister, but what was the story those hacks cooked up? What sort of ghost story did they make for their publication?"


I dunno, someone in Osborne's store said sumthin' abaout strange noises, up in the hills...dun' ask me. Wha' kinda story? A cock and bull story...hav'n' read it, but Osborne has surely kept the ar'icle to impress tourists. Yeah, ye can just come over to aour haouse, in the ev'nin', kay? It's right behin' the cemetary (MAP 32). An' a new church? No, surely not, heh.


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"What do you think? Should we secure rooms for the rest of us first? I would hate to stress the patience of such helpful folk by rapping their doors too late in the evening."
Daniel looks back at the general store.
"We could then ask Mr Osborne for that article before we continue exploring the town. In a small town like this a 'Ghost Tour' might make for the most entertaining afternoon"


"Yeah, that sounds pretty fun. If he's really got a copy of the article, we should probably read it. It might even be a pretty good kick, haha!" Charlie heads back to Osborne's store, looking about for evidence of the article.


Male Offensive Option

That sounds like an excellent idea. It seems we may be here for a little while so we may as well make ourselves comfortable. Victor will follow Charlie, he is interested in this article as well.


You walk back, skirting the cemetary on its southern side to find a car standing in front of Osborne's store. The dark and dusty Model A Ford is momentarily gassed up by Jed Blair who grins as he notices you approaching and calls

Dat's Mister Cummings' car, nice, isn't it?


"Swell, and sure beats walking"

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