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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4253779" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ADVENTURE #27: An Unexpected Detour</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>PART 1: The Deadfella Man</strong></p><p></p><p>The group has reached Australia and already managed to dig up trouble: the warehouse of Toddy Randolph smolders on the docks, and Lester Cobblebottom reels from his experience with a golden machine. Hans Hazzenbaum, German anthropologist and long-time resident of Port Hedland, has been recruited as a new member for the expedition, along with the slightly mad Chad Slambody (The Perfect Specimen of Necrophiliac Man), the duo-personality Lester Cobblebottom, Chan Chang, who has increasingly drowned himself in his cups to the point of ineptitude, Ma'Moud, the brave little Egyptian boy from Cairo, and Dr. David Dodge, archaeologist from Sydney.</p><p></p><p>So, August 9, 1925...</p><p></p><p>...finds the group (sans Ma'Moud, who has stayed at Hans’s house with Gi-Gi and the maid) clattering down the wooden railway between Port Hedland and Cuncudgerie, their final destination before they set out into the Great Sandy Desert. Hans possesses the coordinates to the Lost City, taken from the man who originally found it five years ago, one deceased Arthur MacWhirr. It is winter now, the sky clear and crisp but warm in the day and bone-chilling at night. The 14-hour train ride has lulled them into slumber, but Lester sleepily sees three rather large birds wheeling the distance.</p><p></p><p>Rather...large. Yes. He tries to note their location, but the landmarks are all nearly identical: scrub grass and rocks and more scrub grass. Hours later, the group pulls into the train station and they disembark into Cuncudgerie.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/cun.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And just as David Dodge warned them, it is a filthy rat nest of rowdy miners, surveyors, thieves and whores. Western Australia has recently hit somewhat of a Gold Rush, not unlike California in the 1800's, and an explosion of gold fever has prompted towns to literally develop overnight. Mangy dogs yelp in the streets; trucks rattle and belch fumes; the stink of bodies and liquor wafts from pubs lining the dusty dirt roads. The group's first order of business is to find a place to sleep for the night (The Oily Rag Motel! Named for its inevitable demise) and an outfitter to gear up, so Lester, Hans and Chad head that way while Dodge tries to recruit some Aboriginal labor workers and vehicles to take into the desert.</p><p></p><p>Wycroft Outfitters is the first one they stumble across, and entering, they soon find the proprietor, one Mortimer Wycroft, a tall Caucasian man with pale skin, sunken cheeks and long greasy gray hair. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/mort.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Wycroft is a...odd fellow…the group soon discovers. His questions about their journey are slyly answered by Hans as the group wanders the store, picking out rope and miner's helmets, tins of food and beans and medicine. Three Abo employees watch them, one of whom actually helps Chad Slambody pump extra gasoline into drums behind the building.</p><p></p><p>It is while pumping the gas that Chad notices a peculiar tattoo on the man's bicep, but he can't quite remember where he saw it...</p><p></p><p>Finished re-supplying (including a much-appreciated crate of dynamite) the group bids adieu to Wycroft and goes to find David Dodge. Dodge, in the meantime, has secured three Dahmler trucks and six Aboriginal workers who will accompany them into the desert. They're bringing enough food and water for about a month, and according to the rough map Dodge possesses of the nearby desert, their journey will take them roughly 4 days. They can leave in the morning, so in the meantime they relax at a nearby pub with the locals, where Hans and the others try to catch up on some of the local gossip.</p><p></p><p>After all, Lester and Chang have reason to suspect that another branch of Nyarlathotep, The Cult of the Sand Bat, is active in this region of the world, and it would behoove the group to know as much as possible about them. (Such knowledge was bestowed upon them by Dr. Anthony Cowles, David Dodge, and Ali Kafour)</p><p></p><p>So, four hours and several Gather Info checks later, the group has acquired the following tidbits of information:</p><p></p><p>a) Don't bother the Slatterly's near Dingo Falls! They're bad news</p><p>b) A bloke named John Carver took an expedition out east a "while back”, dug a big hole, and then fired the whole crew.</p><p>c) Mortimer Wycroft of the Outfitter is a weird fella also called "The Deadfella Man" behind his back because of his pale skin.</p><p>d) Big birds seen around the deeper desert</p><p>e) Strange, very emaciated Koori's seen in the desert too, taller than most folks</p><p>f) Strange disappearances and murders among the tribes.</p><p>g) There's a ghost been seen around Dingo Falls (actually, I forgot to drop this hint. Ignore it!)</p><p></p><p>So, with their newly acquired knowledge, the group rises the next morning, slogs some coffee, load the trucks and then set off into the horizon.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/outback.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4253779, member: 31465"] [SIZE=4]ADVENTURE #27: An Unexpected Detour[/SIZE] [B]PART 1: The Deadfella Man[/B] The group has reached Australia and already managed to dig up trouble: the warehouse of Toddy Randolph smolders on the docks, and Lester Cobblebottom reels from his experience with a golden machine. Hans Hazzenbaum, German anthropologist and long-time resident of Port Hedland, has been recruited as a new member for the expedition, along with the slightly mad Chad Slambody (The Perfect Specimen of Necrophiliac Man), the duo-personality Lester Cobblebottom, Chan Chang, who has increasingly drowned himself in his cups to the point of ineptitude, Ma'Moud, the brave little Egyptian boy from Cairo, and Dr. David Dodge, archaeologist from Sydney. So, August 9, 1925... ...finds the group (sans Ma'Moud, who has stayed at Hans’s house with Gi-Gi and the maid) clattering down the wooden railway between Port Hedland and Cuncudgerie, their final destination before they set out into the Great Sandy Desert. Hans possesses the coordinates to the Lost City, taken from the man who originally found it five years ago, one deceased Arthur MacWhirr. It is winter now, the sky clear and crisp but warm in the day and bone-chilling at night. The 14-hour train ride has lulled them into slumber, but Lester sleepily sees three rather large birds wheeling the distance. Rather...large. Yes. He tries to note their location, but the landmarks are all nearly identical: scrub grass and rocks and more scrub grass. Hours later, the group pulls into the train station and they disembark into Cuncudgerie. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/cun.jpg[/img] And just as David Dodge warned them, it is a filthy rat nest of rowdy miners, surveyors, thieves and whores. Western Australia has recently hit somewhat of a Gold Rush, not unlike California in the 1800's, and an explosion of gold fever has prompted towns to literally develop overnight. Mangy dogs yelp in the streets; trucks rattle and belch fumes; the stink of bodies and liquor wafts from pubs lining the dusty dirt roads. The group's first order of business is to find a place to sleep for the night (The Oily Rag Motel! Named for its inevitable demise) and an outfitter to gear up, so Lester, Hans and Chad head that way while Dodge tries to recruit some Aboriginal labor workers and vehicles to take into the desert. Wycroft Outfitters is the first one they stumble across, and entering, they soon find the proprietor, one Mortimer Wycroft, a tall Caucasian man with pale skin, sunken cheeks and long greasy gray hair. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/mort.jpg[/img] Wycroft is a...odd fellow…the group soon discovers. His questions about their journey are slyly answered by Hans as the group wanders the store, picking out rope and miner's helmets, tins of food and beans and medicine. Three Abo employees watch them, one of whom actually helps Chad Slambody pump extra gasoline into drums behind the building. It is while pumping the gas that Chad notices a peculiar tattoo on the man's bicep, but he can't quite remember where he saw it... Finished re-supplying (including a much-appreciated crate of dynamite) the group bids adieu to Wycroft and goes to find David Dodge. Dodge, in the meantime, has secured three Dahmler trucks and six Aboriginal workers who will accompany them into the desert. They're bringing enough food and water for about a month, and according to the rough map Dodge possesses of the nearby desert, their journey will take them roughly 4 days. They can leave in the morning, so in the meantime they relax at a nearby pub with the locals, where Hans and the others try to catch up on some of the local gossip. After all, Lester and Chang have reason to suspect that another branch of Nyarlathotep, The Cult of the Sand Bat, is active in this region of the world, and it would behoove the group to know as much as possible about them. (Such knowledge was bestowed upon them by Dr. Anthony Cowles, David Dodge, and Ali Kafour) So, four hours and several Gather Info checks later, the group has acquired the following tidbits of information: a) Don't bother the Slatterly's near Dingo Falls! They're bad news b) A bloke named John Carver took an expedition out east a "while back”, dug a big hole, and then fired the whole crew. c) Mortimer Wycroft of the Outfitter is a weird fella also called "The Deadfella Man" behind his back because of his pale skin. d) Big birds seen around the deeper desert e) Strange, very emaciated Koori's seen in the desert too, taller than most folks f) Strange disappearances and murders among the tribes. g) There's a ghost been seen around Dingo Falls (actually, I forgot to drop this hint. Ignore it!) So, with their newly acquired knowledge, the group rises the next morning, slogs some coffee, load the trucks and then set off into the horizon. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/outback.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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