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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Professor Armitage ponders about that for a moment, he seems to try to recall his meeting with Haverson as good as he can

The tiny tattoo was on the inner face of his left wrist...it was a black tree with large roots. The whole thing might have had the size of a dime. If I could only access my notes back in my office at the Miskatonic University...I have minutes of all of our meetings.


Male Human Defensive Option

"Good afternoon Mrs. Hobbes. I do apologise for keeping what I am sure are most delightful sandwiches waiting, but we got a tad distracted on our return journey from the bus and ended up stopping in at Mr Osbourne's establishment for a bite to eat. Perhaps you could save the sandwiches for later? It appears that our little group may be staying in Dunwich a little longer than expected and I am sure we will grow peckish later in the day."

James studiously ignores the mention of police sirens, not wanting to have to explain their source.

"While our dietary needs are for the moment met, but perhaps Mrs. Hobbes you could help us in another fashion? As we are remaining in Dunwich for at least another day we are in somewhat dire need of a telephone. Unfortunately there appears to have been some form of mishap with the distributing centre and the phonelines are down. Would you happen to know where in the village said distributing centre is, so that we might enquire as to the timeframe for its repair?"


"Well I'll have one of those sandwiches if it's all the same, but the location of that centre would sure be dandy to know"


Mrs Hobbes gets up and while saying something to Mr. Cheeps you cannot comprehend, he gets the plate with sandwiches for Murphy.

Here you are Mr. Murphy. Turkey with corn and lettuce. The telephone distributing centre is at Mrs. Cranes home. She is responsible for it. But I do also have a telephone...but I use it very rarely, tee-hee...whom should I call...

She appears a bit sad now and walks over to Mr. Cheep's cage.


"You have a phone too? You're a real life saver lady!"


I do. It's in the hallway under the doily.


Male Human Offensive Option 3

Daniel put his best 'chivalrous love' face on - he really starts to get into acting again, and he enjoys it despite the dark circumstances:
"Mrs Hobbs, you must be an Angel. What would we do without you"
He also crosses fingers that this phone isn't dead...


Male Offensive Option

YAY! Power's back! Going through 8 billion posts but I'm back!


Hey that's cool! I hope you made it through the storm otherwise unscathed.

Mrs Hobbes arches an eyebrow

I guess we should try it.

She walks inside, lifts the receiver and looks puzzled

Just one high pitched tone?!


"Doesn't sound good..." Charlie mumbles. "I'm starting to think we should be worried. We need somewhere safe to stay the night, and I'd rather not do it in this town. Is there a car to be had around here?" He looks to Cummings, who drove them around earlier that day.


I don't think they will just let us leave...but maybe we should find out if the car is still there, Charlie shall we check that while the others try to find a working telephone?


Male Offensive Option

Victor looks grave before saying This seems a bit too much happening at once to be coincidence. I suggest several rules from here on out if everyone is amenable. One, no one goes anywhere alone. Two, when we do go anywhere at least one person needs to be armed. I am not trying to be an alarmist but I firmly believe that luck favors the prepared. Also, does anyone have any skills with radio operation? Perhaps we can get some insight into the town and it's activities if we can monitor the radio bands?


"Yeah, 'cause if the car is still there... and we can sneak to it and make a break for it, that might solve everything. Just so you guys know, I can drive like the devil when I need to. Did a lot of work on car chase scenes back in the day..."

Charlie stands as if to go, then turns to the group, "Alright, Victor. Those sound good. Who wants to go look for the car with Mr. Cummings and I? If not, who wants to lend us a weapon? I'm afraid I haven't got one, and his got confiscated back at the general store."


Male Human Offensive Option 3

[b]"Very good, Dr. Alden. I was just thinking of proposing remarcable similar 'rules' myself. Unfortunatly I have neither experience with radio operations, nor am armed. Still, I will accompany whichever band thinks it can need my purely untrained help best."[b]
Just collapsing after a 39 hour work day. Sorry if there are any grave errors in thi post...


Murphy pulls his pistol out of his bag and collects his spare magazines.

"I'll come along, I hate waiting around"


Male Offensive Option

Perhaps we should all go. If we find a car we dont want to have to come back do we? Victor will grab his rucksack, which had all his items in it anyway, and follows Murphy, Daniel and Charlie. James? How bout it old boy? Victor says with a grin.


Male Human Defensive Option

"I had thought I'd go have a looksee at the distribution centre, bit of a dab hand with electronics y'see. But if everyone else is going off to find a car I don't wish to find myself stranded in dunwich alone, so I think I'll join you." James picks up his briefcase and follows after the rest of his new found companions in weirdness.
"My tools remain in my trunk, which remains on the bus anyway. So there was probably very little I could have done with the phonelines."


Together you decide to leave Mr. Hobbes' house and walk back to the store, where Cummings left his car.

And indeed, staying in a safe distance of about 200m you spot Cummings' Ford which is still standing in front of the store.

We won't fit all into the car I guess?

Cummings remarks. The professor harrumphes and answers

I don't think I'm in danger. I will stay here until the investigation is over then.


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"Are you sure that would be a good idea? Many people have seen us together, including the detective you identified as one of those cultists - and told we were on a field trip together. I am afraid, if we are in danger through this folk, so are you, Professor."
Daniel looks worried at the car, trying to figure out a way to fit six passngers onto its seats.


You mean they would...

The professor seems a bit concerned now...do you think they know that Mr. Haverson visited me?


"I don't think anything about what they may or may not do, we don't wven know who they are at this point. Lets get over to that motor quick smart eh?"

Murphy holds his pistol in his hand, and lays his coat over his arm to conceal it.


"One of us could fit in the trunk, perhaps?" Charlie offers. He glances around the street, "We could probably steal a car, if it came down to it, but I've never done something like that before."


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"Stealing a car might give us more trouble than it is worth. Remember Miller is a Lawman. Right now he could have persecuted us as suspects, right after we flee the town. If we are straightup criminals, he might have too easy a time to persuade policemen across the country to use force to stop us - and if we do make it out of here, we would have a much harder time persuading a judge or an attorney, that we were just fearing for our lives when we ran from a detective."
Turning back to the Professor, Daniel thinks a moment.
"They might even know that. They knew without doubt, he was talking to somebody. No way to know what they did to him before he died, but he could have spilled who it was. One more reason you, of all, should not stay here."


The professor nods thoughfully

I have another idea. The Whateley farm...or rather Old man Whateley, the people fear him, think he was kinda spooky. If he would help us, maybe drive us to Arkham, I think they wouldn't interfere...I somehow have the feeling that even the believers fear him?!


"Well how do we get out there, then? We still don't all fit in the car... is it a walkable distance?"


The professor's gaze wanders to the hills

Well...if you got good shoes...it's about two hours from here I guess.


"Hmmmm... either way, I don't think it's a good idea to leave the car. If it's going to work, we're going to want it. Let's at least see if the car is safe." Charlie follows behind Murphy on his way to the car.


Murphy takes his cue and continues to move toward the car, keeping an eye out for trouble, and a finger on the trigger.


Male Offensive Option

Sounds like this farm is the place to go then chaps. No need for someone to sit in the trunk, someone could always stand on the running boards. I saw them do that in the moving pictures once. Charlie you ever do anything like that?


"Well, actually no, but that does spark an intriguing idea. My passion was driving, but I can be pretty quick on my feet when I need to; we could take a looksy once we get there and see what's plausible."


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"If the road is not to bad and we do not go to fast, it should not pose a problem, Actually it is a common way of public transports in parts of New York"


As Murphy and Charlie reach the car, Miller steps out of the shadows of a !pile of tyres! on the backside of the store you had not noticed by now.

He grins and points at the car

You don't want to leave us, do you? I said four days, remember?


Dm Zyren / Heart of Madness wrote:


You don't want to leave us, do you? I said four days, remember?

"Well we figured a drive for some country air might do us the world of good there Jack, so thats just what we are intending on doing. Any law against going for a relaxing country drive in your fine locality? News stories don't write themselves, and this man has an honest living to learn looking for more stories around here eh?"


He grins like a cheshire cat and with honey in his voice says

I would love to see you going on a drive through the countryside, but sadly Jed found a hole in your petrol tank...I guess the car has to be fixed before you can drive anywhere, Jack.


"Say, that's pretty unlucky. Guess we might have to just settle ourselves with a nice walk then eh? Be a shame to spend a day wasted indoors when there are so many sights to get a look at."


Oh yeah, you should really do that, but beware of black bears and lynxes...or even pumas...wanderers have been killed by those animals, you know...unarmed wanderers like you...


Male Offensive Option

Victor narrows his eyes at the man. How dare they keep us here! Hole in the gas tank indeed! What sort of fool does he take us for.

Oh well it looks like the fates are conspiring against us my friends. Thank you ever so much for find out about the hole in the gas tank. That would have been a problem to find out about on the road. Come on lads lets head back, maybe we can take a stroll around town instead. Victor will start heading back into town, hoping the others will follow after. Once they are out of earshot and eyesight of Miller he will stop them and have a quick conversation.

Well if we didn't know before that we were being kept here against our will we sure do now. This just got a lot more serious boys. We need to figure out what's going on and quick. Professor, my apologies for involving you in this.


No worries, this turns out a lot more interesting than I had thought...this cult of Believers might be a real and palpable threat to the whole region...if Miller is really one of them - what other public positions have they already infiltrated?


"Well now what do we do? With the car out of the question... we could walk to that farmstead you mentioned, Professor, or we could find somewhere safe to spend the night. I'm feeling more and more uncomfortable about spending another night in this town, though, especially now. It might even be a good idea to go into hiding."


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"I agree, I do not want to spend another night here, but where would we hide? simply in the open under some tree, I have my doubts that would be any safer - and after what happened in that cellar, I am not sure I want to look for a cave or grove ore something like that. I spend a good deal of my late years looking for some dry and safe place to lie down"
- Danile takes a deep breath, realizing what he just admitted in front of a group of more or less strangers - "but I never felt so lost and scared as I do now.

Dr. Alden, you look a bit like the adventurer type I used to portrait, back in the days. Do you have any idea where we could find a place to hide? While I do think taking a visit to that Whati...Whatsy...Whatever Farm is a good idea, I somehow doubt our worries and our stay here will end there..."


The professor chimes in

The Whateley Farm.


Male Human Defensive Option

"I'd add my vote for heading for the Whateley Farm, staying in a building with lockable or at least barricadable doors sounds a much better idea than camping out in the woods somewhere. As to our 'troubles' as you so delicately describe them Daniel, I don't think they'll be ending until we finally find a way to leave Dunwich."


"They chase us out into the woods with a bad intent then it won't just be gas tanks full of holes" Murphy mutters in a threatening and ominous tone to himself.


Cummings shakes his head...obviously uncertain what to decide

If we go now, we won't reach the farm before dusk...I have the bad feeling that shooting "some shady figures in the dark", could exactly be the thing Miller has imagined for us...


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"Staying here, we are an even better target. Dusk could be a problem, but once it IS dark, think of it as protection. We are pretty far from the big city, here, dark means dark.As long as we don't carry light, they will have trouble shooting us.
Anyway, once we are out of sight for possible villagers that are not part of the problem, it will not even matter to Miller under which circumstances he shot us - if he intends to do so - who would check if he makes up a story where he shot shady figures in the night to find out he really did it in broad daylight? Probably no one."


"Daniel is right, we need to move somewhere and use darkness as our cover."


Cummings and the Professor nod and the elderly man adds

I left some things at Mrs. Hobbes' house...shall I get them now? What do I tell the friendly lady, where we go to?


Male Human Offensive Option 3

"Take only what is necessary. We do not want to look as if we are laving town, after all. I know, it is easy to say for someone who owns little more then what fits in a small suitcase, but I really think it would be best.
What should you tell her? Perhaps something about that field trip? The less know about our destination, the better it is. Sure, they will probably figure it out or even follow us, but there is no need to voluntarily increase that chance."


"Just be careful. There's no reason for us not to trust Mrs. Hobbes, but at the same time Miller might have everyone in this area in his pocket. You never know what someone in a position of power like his could convince good folks to do with a bit of intimidation and threats."


Male Offensive Option

We should go together. We can tell her we were going back to the bus to get some things we had left. Since I don't believe that is in the direction of the Whately Farm we should be able to circle around to go in our true direction, hopefully throwing them off our trail for a little while.

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