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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4090958" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><strong>The Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep, updated 3/6/08</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Adventure #19: Flames on a Train</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Part 1: Train Trouble</strong></p><p></p><p>After demolishing a warehouse in Mombasa, the investigators have boarded the Ugandan Railway to Nairobi. The tranquil landscape slides by, including frosty Mt. Kilimanjaro, immense golden savannas, and lakes dotted by pink flamingos. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/kill.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/cheetah.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/pink.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The investigators discuss their objectives and pore over notes gained from Dr. Ali Kafour, as well journals from others who perished in the battle against Chaos. They have a few people in Nairobi to contact, but more importantly, they are nearing the massacre site of the Carlyle Expedition, and closer to unpeeling another layer of the mystery that surrounds them. </p><p></p><p>And somewhere in this country, a child of Nyarlathotep is destined to be born.</p><p></p><p>This event must be stopped at all costs. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nightrain.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Day dwindles into night, and the investigators are lulled to slumber. Darkness fills their carriage, the White Car, which is at the very end of the locomotive. A dining car separates them from the Brown Car, where the middle class sits, which is separate from the Black Car where the Negroes and the poorest of the poor are relegated. The baggage car, flat cars and engine are further up the line.</p><p></p><p>A noise besides the rhythmic rattle of the train wakes Lucifer Lardlover. Rubbing his eyes and yawning, he stumbles to the dining car, empty and silent as a grave this time of night, but then he hears it again: an eerie, ululating whine from somewhere in the browncar, and seconds later he hears panicked screams!</p><p></p><p>The door between the carriages flings open and terrified people pour inside, overturning tables, chairs and carts in their haste. Lucifer sees the source of their fear: a pulsing, sparking, swirling core of bright plasma, spitting droplets of flame in all directions, igniting everything it touches, and it bobs straight toward him! Even worse, Lucifer spots a second flaming creature behind it as both burn through the carriage doors and surge into the dining car. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/vampire2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>“Ugh…this bodes ill. GENTLEMEN! AWAKE! AT ONCE!”</p><p></p><p>Lardlover flees back to his comrades, urging them to gather their belongings. </p><p></p><p>Chang is unfortunately wallowing in the depths of drunken slumber and impossible to rouse. <span style="color: red">(GM Note: Dave is absent again and we have to work around it, so Chang is frequently drunk, mourning, or unconscious, although sometimes pushed to the forefront if needed).</span> </p><p></p><p>Chad Slambody, The Perfect Specimen of Man, grabs his shotgun and wrap his loins in a towel (he always sleeps nude) and leaps into action, attempting to disable the pin between the dining carriage and the whitecar. He fails, and the pin remains stuck. Sparks shoot forth from the living ball of fire, searing him, sucking away his very will to live [Constitution Damage], while a mind-shattering burst of alien intelligence overcomes his senses [Bad Spell]. He is filled with unbearable fear of fire, and in panicked flight, drops his gun, flings open the back door, and LEAPS from the train, the towel around his ample manhood fluttering into the night.</p><p></p><p>He strikes the ground hard, jumps up running, naked again, as far and fast as he can.</p><p></p><p>The others are trapped at the end of the train, debating if they should fight or flee. From the other side of the car, someone throws a bucket of water at one of the flaming spheres, severely damaging it. Steams hisses forth and the creature screams in its peculiar voice. As Lester Cobblebottom attempts to flee, a fire creature lobs sparks at him him, burning his hands and hair. Shrieking and batting the flames out, Cobblebottom throws Chang's unconscious body from the train.</p><p></p><p>The Chinaman strikes the tracks face first, bounces, rolls, and lays still. Cobblebottom follows him, twisting his ankle upon impact, and rolls to a painful halt. A few other passengers cower in terror, but the spheres seem to be targeting the investigators and no one else. Lucifer ducks and dodges, about to leap off, when Mamoud cries: "Master! Master! Da sand! Da sand!" An ashtray is filled with sand, and both he and Mamoud began scooping handfuls of the stuff at the living fire, trying to suffocate it. One of the creatures is extinguished in the dining car by water, while Mamoud and Lucifer finally force the other to retreat.</p><p></p><p>Two of the cars are on fire, smoke and flames belching forth, and the train slowly grinds to a halt as bewildered passengers pour out. Miraculously, no one died in the conflagration.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/burning.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Several hours pass. Chad Slambody finally stops running, regains his composure, and walks back to the train, feeling somewhat embarrassed and unmanly. Cobblebottom and Chang gather enough nerve to return as well, while Lucifer Lardlover contemplates the beings encountered. He deduces from his Mythos knowledge that they were probably fire vampires, denizens from a distant star system and servants to Outer Gods that can only be brought by summoning and binding magic.</p><p></p><p>Exactly WHO summoned and bound them is unknown. </p><p></p><p>Passengers are questioned about how the fire started, but there is no clear-cut answer, and the odd sparking balls are dismissed as anomalies, and certainly nothing supernatural. Suspicious eyes are turned to the investigators, but they do not offer input and keep knowledge of extraterrestrial demonic entities to themselves. The train starts up again and finally crawls into Nairobi about two in the morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4090958, member: 31465"] [b]The Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep, updated 3/6/08[/b] [size=4]Adventure #19: Flames on a Train[/size] [B]Part 1: Train Trouble[/B] After demolishing a warehouse in Mombasa, the investigators have boarded the Ugandan Railway to Nairobi. The tranquil landscape slides by, including frosty Mt. Kilimanjaro, immense golden savannas, and lakes dotted by pink flamingos. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/kill.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/cheetah.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/pink.jpg[/img] The investigators discuss their objectives and pore over notes gained from Dr. Ali Kafour, as well journals from others who perished in the battle against Chaos. They have a few people in Nairobi to contact, but more importantly, they are nearing the massacre site of the Carlyle Expedition, and closer to unpeeling another layer of the mystery that surrounds them. And somewhere in this country, a child of Nyarlathotep is destined to be born. This event must be stopped at all costs. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nightrain.jpg[/img] Day dwindles into night, and the investigators are lulled to slumber. Darkness fills their carriage, the White Car, which is at the very end of the locomotive. A dining car separates them from the Brown Car, where the middle class sits, which is separate from the Black Car where the Negroes and the poorest of the poor are relegated. The baggage car, flat cars and engine are further up the line. A noise besides the rhythmic rattle of the train wakes Lucifer Lardlover. Rubbing his eyes and yawning, he stumbles to the dining car, empty and silent as a grave this time of night, but then he hears it again: an eerie, ululating whine from somewhere in the browncar, and seconds later he hears panicked screams! The door between the carriages flings open and terrified people pour inside, overturning tables, chairs and carts in their haste. Lucifer sees the source of their fear: a pulsing, sparking, swirling core of bright plasma, spitting droplets of flame in all directions, igniting everything it touches, and it bobs straight toward him! Even worse, Lucifer spots a second flaming creature behind it as both burn through the carriage doors and surge into the dining car. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/vampire2.jpg[/img] “Ugh…this bodes ill. GENTLEMEN! AWAKE! AT ONCE!” Lardlover flees back to his comrades, urging them to gather their belongings. Chang is unfortunately wallowing in the depths of drunken slumber and impossible to rouse. [color=red](GM Note: Dave is absent again and we have to work around it, so Chang is frequently drunk, mourning, or unconscious, although sometimes pushed to the forefront if needed).[/color] Chad Slambody, The Perfect Specimen of Man, grabs his shotgun and wrap his loins in a towel (he always sleeps nude) and leaps into action, attempting to disable the pin between the dining carriage and the whitecar. He fails, and the pin remains stuck. Sparks shoot forth from the living ball of fire, searing him, sucking away his very will to live [Constitution Damage], while a mind-shattering burst of alien intelligence overcomes his senses [Bad Spell]. He is filled with unbearable fear of fire, and in panicked flight, drops his gun, flings open the back door, and LEAPS from the train, the towel around his ample manhood fluttering into the night. He strikes the ground hard, jumps up running, naked again, as far and fast as he can. The others are trapped at the end of the train, debating if they should fight or flee. From the other side of the car, someone throws a bucket of water at one of the flaming spheres, severely damaging it. Steams hisses forth and the creature screams in its peculiar voice. As Lester Cobblebottom attempts to flee, a fire creature lobs sparks at him him, burning his hands and hair. Shrieking and batting the flames out, Cobblebottom throws Chang's unconscious body from the train. The Chinaman strikes the tracks face first, bounces, rolls, and lays still. Cobblebottom follows him, twisting his ankle upon impact, and rolls to a painful halt. A few other passengers cower in terror, but the spheres seem to be targeting the investigators and no one else. Lucifer ducks and dodges, about to leap off, when Mamoud cries: "Master! Master! Da sand! Da sand!" An ashtray is filled with sand, and both he and Mamoud began scooping handfuls of the stuff at the living fire, trying to suffocate it. One of the creatures is extinguished in the dining car by water, while Mamoud and Lucifer finally force the other to retreat. Two of the cars are on fire, smoke and flames belching forth, and the train slowly grinds to a halt as bewildered passengers pour out. Miraculously, no one died in the conflagration. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/burning.jpg[/img] Several hours pass. Chad Slambody finally stops running, regains his composure, and walks back to the train, feeling somewhat embarrassed and unmanly. Cobblebottom and Chang gather enough nerve to return as well, while Lucifer Lardlover contemplates the beings encountered. He deduces from his Mythos knowledge that they were probably fire vampires, denizens from a distant star system and servants to Outer Gods that can only be brought by summoning and binding magic. Exactly WHO summoned and bound them is unknown. Passengers are questioned about how the fire started, but there is no clear-cut answer, and the odd sparking balls are dismissed as anomalies, and certainly nothing supernatural. Suspicious eyes are turned to the investigators, but they do not offer input and keep knowledge of extraterrestrial demonic entities to themselves. The train starts up again and finally crawls into Nairobi about two in the morning. [/QUOTE]
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