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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: BIGDoor82 Date: December 2, 2024, 12:59 pm
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[center]Detective Nathan "Grim" Rhodes
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/>is a grim road.[/center][hr]
[br][br]The handshake surprises me. Most women her size are not
nearly that strong. I can see why Carter said she could handle
herself.[br][br]We reach the body first and it's as gruesome as
the last couple... I'm a homicide detective and this never gets
easier. I would say that Miss Prezley is my primary suspect, but
I see the fight that happened here. If she did this she'd be
covered in dirt and blood. Body's too fresh for her to have
cleaned herself up that well. I take the time to examine the
body as much as I can, and to take pictures of everything,
before I disturb it.[br][br][quote]Perception 3 + Investigation
3[br]3, 5, 5, 10, 4, 9[/quote][br][br]I don't find much. His
throat was torn out, but not with claws...with teeth...human
teeth. You can tell because of how lousy a job it is. The human
mouth and jaw aren't great at biting into another animal, even a
person. We weren't built for that. I also find the charcoal in
his hands. The rubbings are scattered around so they're not hard
to find. Honestly, aside from the his throat being poorly torn
out, I find little of value... However, she did say she saw
where the creature ran off too... [br][br]I turn to her "Show me
where it went after it failed to do this to you." I say as I
stand up from my crouched position. "I'm impressed you were able
to fight it off. You're tougher than you look, Miss Prezley." I
say with a smile that again doesn't actually reach my tired
looking eyes.
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 2, 2024, 1:05 pm
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[center]Abigail Prezley
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Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
“Thank you,” I curtsy ever-so-slightly with a big
smile. “Mister Carter wants me to train
self-defense.”
Not that I’ve had the time to do that. Being super strong
has definitely helped justify that little bit of laziness…
I walk Grim to the tomb I saw the monster crawl into.
“What do you think we’re dealing with?” I ask
as we walk.
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: BIGDoor82 Date: December 2, 2024, 1:20 pm
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/>is a grim road.[/center][hr]
[br][br]"No idea" I say as I pull a small, but sharp, pocket
knife out. I pierce my thumb with it, then place blood on both
eye lids and begin to focus with my eyes
closed[br][br][quote]Arete: 1 + WP (Forces 1 to see in the
dark)[br]6[/quote][br][br]When I open my eyes they glow a faint
green for a moment, then settle back to their natural brown, but
with a green pupil. I draw my pistol and enter the tomb. "Stay
close, Miss Prezley. I can't protect you if you get too far
behind...[br][br]The tomb is cold, and mostly empty. There are
alcoves for interring people on each side of the room, and one
large sarcophagus in the center, with it's lid pushes off the
side enough to squeeze into... I look down it. "No body." I
say..."But there's a whole leading down to some kind of catacomb
maybe?" I look at Abigale "Does this place have catacombs?" I
ask, wondering if that's even possible here? New Orleans is an
old city by American standards, but it's not THAT old...
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 2, 2024, 1:42 pm
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Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
“No idea,” I reply in turn. “Could be!”
What would catacombs be doing in New Orleans? People can’t even
have basements here because the ground is too untrustworthy.
Are… are we on an adventure?
Hooray!
[quote] Correspondence 1 + Entropy 1 + Life 1 + Mind 1 + Prime 1
+ Spirit 1: Personal radar
Arete 4: 10, 7, 8, 3[/quote]
I watch as Grim casts a small spell to see in the dark, and nod.
Maybe we don’t use flashlights here -- that way our hands stay
free, and it’s one less way monsters can tell if we’re coming!
I open my mind to the senses of Abbadon, and a little bit of him
leaks into the world. The temperature drops a degree or two, and
the shadows grow a little bit darker. Spooky vibes all around…
But now I can sense what He senses. If anything is thinking,
living, undying, spiriting, or magicking nearby, I’ll know.
“Are we gonna go down there?” I ask, my voice not filled with
trepidation but with curiosity and excitement. It’s like I
didn’t even notice the spooky vibes at all.
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: BIGDoor82 Date: December 2, 2024, 1:58 pm
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[br][br]"I seems we are." I say as I climb down into the hole...
I put my hands up to help Abigale down. Getting out will be the
hard part, but not impossible. The tunnel is dark, but my
ability to see in the dark makes that not a problem. I assume
the temperature drop was Abigale casting something.[br][br]The
walls of the tunnel aren't mud, nor are they concrete or
anything I recognize. Some kind of hard yellow substance that
smells of...animal? I can't really tell... I try to scrape a
piece off and put it into a small evidence bag... It flakes off
a bit, but not much... [br][br]Storyteller[br]As Abigale senses
begin to take in the things around her, first she senses
animals, then insects, and as she goes down into the hole she'll
sense the creature, right at the very edge of her senses,
pacing...waiting...
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 2, 2024, 3:05 pm
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Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
I sense the undead at the periphery of my radar, and put a hand
on Grim’s shoulder to make sure he doesn’t walk into a trap.
“It’s here,” I whisper, and close my eyes for a moment. It’s
undead - cursed, evil, destructive. The domain of Abbadon. I
reach out with His tendrils of power using my mind and try to
snip-snip the powers-that-be that animate the creature.
[quote]Correspondence 3 + Entropy 3: Un-Animate the Un-Dead
Arete 4: 4, 10, 6, 6[/quote]
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: BIGDoor82 Date: December 2, 2024, 3:20 pm
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[br][br]I aim my gun in the direction she indicates, but then
there's flashes of green and black and purple, the sound of the
creature howling as the magicks holding him together begin to
unravel him. Then... a voice.
[br][br][center]Storyteller[/center]
[hr]
[br][br][quote]Arete 4[br]4, 5, 10, 9[/quote][br][br]"YOU
RAVENOUS CUNT! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" A deep, demonic sounding,
voice bellows from all around our two explorers. The cool
tunnels go silent. It seems the pair have made an enemy.
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[br][br]"Well fuck." Is all I can really think to say. We're not
done here though. The tunnels seem stable, for now, but I don't
know how long that will last. We need to investigate further,
so, I start down the hall, looking for anything of use to us.
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 2, 2024, 3:29 pm
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Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
I look around to try and find the source of the voice, but I
can’t locate it. I slump a little.
“That was unnecessary and mean.” I frown.
I follow Grim deeper into the catacomb, keeping my senses keenly
attuned to my Radar.
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: BIGDoor82 Date: December 2, 2024, 4:35 pm
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[br][br][quote]Perception 3 + Investigation 3[br]4, 6, 6, 4, 5,
9[/quote][br][br]It's not a long corridor, and it ends in a room
filled with body parts. Not whole body parts. Parts that have
been bitten or ripped off of victims. There is evidence that the
tunnel has shifted and moved over time. It hasn't always went to
the Two Rivers Graveyard. The leftover bits of the creature are
on the floor here. Mostly rotting flesh that is quickly rotting
away and turning to ash and dust. There are wicked implements
here, rusty tools. It's not a pretty or nice place. In the
creatures remains I find a strange blood red crystal. The edges
of each facet are frosted in some black substance. To Abigale's
senses it radiates dark magick... something akin to that of
Abaddon, but not totally the same. In a word...demonic.
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Re: Trouble at the Two Rivers Graveyard
By: Evil Squeegee Date: December 2, 2024, 4:52 pm
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Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
“Magic connects this hallway to this chamber,” I tell Grim,
looking around at the piles of body parts. “Someone has been
tampering with space, I think.”
Whoever did this was a sick, sick person. Or a desperate,
hungry, man-eating monster. Either way, they need to be stopped.
I kneel down with him to examine the crystal. I don’t touch it,
but I do examine it.
“Demons,” I say with confidence. “I don’t like demons.”
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