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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4006468" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Adventure #8: Hello, Cairo</span></p><p></p><p>March 7, 1925 </p><p></p><p>The session begins with the investigators asleep in bed the morning they are to sneak out of London. Thatcher has heard that Barrington is arranging new warrants for their arrest, but Thatcher has preemptively hired a boat to shuttle the PC’s out of the country. They will have new identities and passports to use in Cairo, another favor Thatcher procured through illegal avenues. He himself will stay and suffer the consequences of his actions.</p><p></p><p>However, Edward Gavigan holds one last trick up his sleeve. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/gavigan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Gavigan is aware of the theft from the Misr House, and with help from Tewfik al-Sayed and his Magic Mirror, these two sorcerers toss Sanity-shredding spells against the heroes, and each one is privately subjected to his own hellish experience. As if their experiences in the last chapter weren’t Sanity draining enough!</p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">[GM Note: I showed each player what was happening in his dream, and described it while the others wondered what he was looking at…and why they were gulping]. </span> </p><p></p><p>Bone-white children with horrible eyes and sharp fangs assault Morty. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/scary.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Arnold finds himself in a bloody morgue, a toetag on his foot, his intestines being devoured by a female ghoul. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/baddream.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Huey’s brain is sucked out by some amorphous abomination. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nightmare.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>David’s character is actually attacked by Ygolonac, the palms in his hands chewing up Chang’s face and swallowing his flesh</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/Ygolonac.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">[They all rolled VERY high Sanity loss scores in their dreams, but upon waking, and realizing it was just a dream, the losses were considerably lessened.]</span></p><p></p><p>Shaking from the nightmares, they assume that none other than Edward Gavigan could have done this to them. And the investigators aren’t ones to idly sit back! Searching through scrolls stolen from the Misr House, Huey is able to decipher a Latin manuscript detailing a spell called “HEARTSEEKER.” Directed at Gavigan by using some of his personal accouterments as a focus, Huey studies and casts the vile spell, hoping to kill Gavigan. The results are unfortunately unknown. </p><p></p><p>They decide to leave late that night before something else goes wrong. They’re under house arrest by Scotland Yard, but Thatcher arranges an elaborate diversion that allows the PC’s time to leap unseen into the back of a truck. Thatcher himself drives them to the docks where he bids them goodbye, good luck, and he exits the campaign permanently. They’ll need the luck. </p><p></p><p>It is the last contact they’ll have with Gavigan for a long, long time. </p><p></p><p>Within a week, they find themselves resting on the tranquil Isle of Patmos in the Mediterranean, the fabled place where St. John wrote Revelations. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/Patmos bay.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Patmos is a rocky place featuring goats and monasteries, <a href="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/seagullswavesbreaking.mp3" target="_blank">cawing seagulls and the gentle murmur of waves</a>, and for a short while the PC’s are able to regain fragments of their tortured Sanity. But then it’s onward to Cairo, where they suspect that the Carlyle Expedition unearthed more clues, and where Jackson Elias contacted someone named FARAZ NAJIR, an antiquities dealer. </p><p></p><p>Furthermore, the ledger obtained from Gavigan’s estate has addresses here in Cairo, as well as numerous other countries. Surely, some of these people must know something? And how involved are they in these murderous cults? </p><p></p><p>Current Leads (not including clues in several other countries):</p><p>1) Some guy named Brady, probably Jack Brady from the original expedition, has caused problems for Gavigan and Aubrey. According to Jackson’s Nairobi notes, Brady might be in China. </p><p>2) Faraz Najir, on the Street of Jackals, dealt with Jackson Elias buying items</p><p>3) The Penhew Foundation has financed digs in Egypt many, many times</p><p>4) The Carlyle Expedition passed through here and possibly left evidence</p><p></p><p>They arrive in Egypt near Port Said, and after unloading, secure a train to Cairo. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/port.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>They have managed to bring all of their trunks and luggage with them, and sneak past pesky customs officials, which was an adventure in and of itself. </p><p></p><p>It is March 18, 1925, approximately two months since their journey first began. </p><p></p><p>The weather is actually quite nice, with a few clouds scuttling across the sky. They pack themselves onto the <a href="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/train_whistle.wav" target="_blank">train for the half a day ride</a> into the city, absorbing all the new sights, but nothing has prepared them for the exoticness of Egypt. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/cairo map.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Arabic languages waft around them, and Huey is able to pick up a few words. The Academian in him proves useful sometimes! The train finally disembarks at Ezbekia Gardens, a huge central area not unlike Central Park in NY. The PC’s step off the train and are overwhelmed by the sheer size and bustling fervor of Cairo. It is home to over 800,000 people, and they all seem to be out at once! Animals and citizens flock through the streets, and the investigators are bowled over by <a href="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/CairoMarketplace.mp3" target="_blank">a wave of scents and sound foreign to them</a>, and not all pleasant.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/crowds.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>A post office is nearby, as well as the American and British Embassies, so they register where needed and take time for some sightseeing. This plaza also houses nicer hotels, and financial institutions. They do have a few leads to follow up, but they have no idea where anyplace is, and the language barrier is becoming a problem. They realize they’ll probably need a guide, even though one member of their party speaks limited Arabic.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/embassy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/egypt2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But they don’t stay long in Ezbekia Gardens. They forge out into the city, dragging their trunks behind, drinking in the luxurious, fantastic Cairo, home to secrets millennia old. And they find that much of the city is terribly poor. Beggars stagger up to them, many with noses rotted away from syphilis. Dirty children run through the streets, and the eyes of thieves glare darkly from alleys.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/beggar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>They finally pick a hotel called The Broken Camel <span style="color: red">[GM Note: which has nothing to do with the Gas Camel; that doesn’t rear it’s ugly head until “Desert Assassins”]</span>, which doesn’t seem too bad, and fairly innocuous. That’s what they want, to blend in as well as they can. After the chaos in London they’re wary about starting gunfights in Cairo. They’re not even quite sure what the local laws are regarding foreigners and weapons. <span style="color: red">[They find out soon enough]</span></p><p></p><p>The hotel concierge points in the direction of several young men who will act as guides, introducing them to an innocent-looking ten-year old boy named Ma’Moud. They soon learn that Ma’Moud is homeless, impoverished, and desperate for companionship. He is more than happy to show the investigators around Cairo, and even though he speaks rudimentary English, they quickly come to like and rely on him. <span style="color: red">[And Ma’Moud enters campaign play as a long-enduring NPC]</span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/mamoud.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The Street of Jackals is still their biggest Cairo lead, and one Faraz Najir, who had some business dealings with Jackson Elias. </p><p></p><p>The streets are bustling with commerce and people, <a href="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/Cairocrowd.wav" target="_blank">the tide of noise and scents nearly overpowering</a>. The investigators have no idea where they are, so they trust Ma’Moud for guidance. The next day will test their determination, and force upon them the first death of the campaign. </p><p></p><p>In fact, the entire Egypt chapter racks up the body count. </p><p></p><p>The session ends with them overlooking the Nile River, the sun dipping into a molten horizon…</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sunset_nile.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4006468, member: 31465"] [size=3]Adventure #8: Hello, Cairo[/size] March 7, 1925 The session begins with the investigators asleep in bed the morning they are to sneak out of London. Thatcher has heard that Barrington is arranging new warrants for their arrest, but Thatcher has preemptively hired a boat to shuttle the PC’s out of the country. They will have new identities and passports to use in Cairo, another favor Thatcher procured through illegal avenues. He himself will stay and suffer the consequences of his actions. However, Edward Gavigan holds one last trick up his sleeve. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/gavigan.jpg[/img] Gavigan is aware of the theft from the Misr House, and with help from Tewfik al-Sayed and his Magic Mirror, these two sorcerers toss Sanity-shredding spells against the heroes, and each one is privately subjected to his own hellish experience. As if their experiences in the last chapter weren’t Sanity draining enough! [color=red] [GM Note: I showed each player what was happening in his dream, and described it while the others wondered what he was looking at…and why they were gulping]. [/color] Bone-white children with horrible eyes and sharp fangs assault Morty. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/scary.jpg[/img] Arnold finds himself in a bloody morgue, a toetag on his foot, his intestines being devoured by a female ghoul. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/baddream.jpg[/img] Huey’s brain is sucked out by some amorphous abomination. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nightmare.jpg[/img] David’s character is actually attacked by Ygolonac, the palms in his hands chewing up Chang’s face and swallowing his flesh [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/Ygolonac.jpg[/img] [color=red] [They all rolled VERY high Sanity loss scores in their dreams, but upon waking, and realizing it was just a dream, the losses were considerably lessened.][/color] Shaking from the nightmares, they assume that none other than Edward Gavigan could have done this to them. And the investigators aren’t ones to idly sit back! Searching through scrolls stolen from the Misr House, Huey is able to decipher a Latin manuscript detailing a spell called “HEARTSEEKER.” Directed at Gavigan by using some of his personal accouterments as a focus, Huey studies and casts the vile spell, hoping to kill Gavigan. The results are unfortunately unknown. They decide to leave late that night before something else goes wrong. They’re under house arrest by Scotland Yard, but Thatcher arranges an elaborate diversion that allows the PC’s time to leap unseen into the back of a truck. Thatcher himself drives them to the docks where he bids them goodbye, good luck, and he exits the campaign permanently. They’ll need the luck. It is the last contact they’ll have with Gavigan for a long, long time. Within a week, they find themselves resting on the tranquil Isle of Patmos in the Mediterranean, the fabled place where St. John wrote Revelations. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/Patmos bay.jpg[/img] Patmos is a rocky place featuring goats and monasteries, [url=http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/seagullswavesbreaking.mp3]cawing seagulls and the gentle murmur of waves[/url], and for a short while the PC’s are able to regain fragments of their tortured Sanity. But then it’s onward to Cairo, where they suspect that the Carlyle Expedition unearthed more clues, and where Jackson Elias contacted someone named FARAZ NAJIR, an antiquities dealer. Furthermore, the ledger obtained from Gavigan’s estate has addresses here in Cairo, as well as numerous other countries. Surely, some of these people must know something? And how involved are they in these murderous cults? Current Leads (not including clues in several other countries): 1) Some guy named Brady, probably Jack Brady from the original expedition, has caused problems for Gavigan and Aubrey. According to Jackson’s Nairobi notes, Brady might be in China. 2) Faraz Najir, on the Street of Jackals, dealt with Jackson Elias buying items 3) The Penhew Foundation has financed digs in Egypt many, many times 4) The Carlyle Expedition passed through here and possibly left evidence They arrive in Egypt near Port Said, and after unloading, secure a train to Cairo. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/port.jpg[/img] They have managed to bring all of their trunks and luggage with them, and sneak past pesky customs officials, which was an adventure in and of itself. It is March 18, 1925, approximately two months since their journey first began. The weather is actually quite nice, with a few clouds scuttling across the sky. They pack themselves onto the [url=http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/train_whistle.wav]train for the half a day ride[/url] into the city, absorbing all the new sights, but nothing has prepared them for the exoticness of Egypt. [center][img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/cairo map.jpg[/img][/center] Arabic languages waft around them, and Huey is able to pick up a few words. The Academian in him proves useful sometimes! The train finally disembarks at Ezbekia Gardens, a huge central area not unlike Central Park in NY. The PC’s step off the train and are overwhelmed by the sheer size and bustling fervor of Cairo. It is home to over 800,000 people, and they all seem to be out at once! Animals and citizens flock through the streets, and the investigators are bowled over by [url=http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/CairoMarketplace.mp3]a wave of scents and sound foreign to them[/url], and not all pleasant. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/crowds.jpg[/img] A post office is nearby, as well as the American and British Embassies, so they register where needed and take time for some sightseeing. This plaza also houses nicer hotels, and financial institutions. They do have a few leads to follow up, but they have no idea where anyplace is, and the language barrier is becoming a problem. They realize they’ll probably need a guide, even though one member of their party speaks limited Arabic. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/embassy.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/egypt2.jpg[/img] But they don’t stay long in Ezbekia Gardens. They forge out into the city, dragging their trunks behind, drinking in the luxurious, fantastic Cairo, home to secrets millennia old. And they find that much of the city is terribly poor. Beggars stagger up to them, many with noses rotted away from syphilis. Dirty children run through the streets, and the eyes of thieves glare darkly from alleys. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/beggar.jpg[/img] They finally pick a hotel called The Broken Camel [color=red][GM Note: which has nothing to do with the Gas Camel; that doesn’t rear it’s ugly head until “Desert Assassins”][/color], which doesn’t seem too bad, and fairly innocuous. That’s what they want, to blend in as well as they can. After the chaos in London they’re wary about starting gunfights in Cairo. They’re not even quite sure what the local laws are regarding foreigners and weapons. [color=red][They find out soon enough][/color] The hotel concierge points in the direction of several young men who will act as guides, introducing them to an innocent-looking ten-year old boy named Ma’Moud. They soon learn that Ma’Moud is homeless, impoverished, and desperate for companionship. He is more than happy to show the investigators around Cairo, and even though he speaks rudimentary English, they quickly come to like and rely on him. [color=red][And Ma’Moud enters campaign play as a long-enduring NPC][/color] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/mamoud.jpg[/img] The Street of Jackals is still their biggest Cairo lead, and one Faraz Najir, who had some business dealings with Jackson Elias. The streets are bustling with commerce and people, [url=http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sfx/Cairocrowd.wav]the tide of noise and scents nearly overpowering[/url]. The investigators have no idea where they are, so they trust Ma’Moud for guidance. The next day will test their determination, and force upon them the first death of the campaign. In fact, the entire Egypt chapter racks up the body count. The session ends with them overlooking the Nile River, the sun dipping into a molten horizon… [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sunset_nile.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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