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<blockquote data-quote="rich_fiorella" data-source="post: 2119357" data-attributes="member: 30141"><p><strong>Dantalion's appearance (1)</strong></p><p></p><p>Hello All! </p><p></p><p>I play Rich in our terrifying little "Zombies" campaign and my GM asked me to post a bit of backstory here for your general enlightenment. Hopefully the dastardly intArweb will not eat THIS post; in order to try to avoid more wanton destruction, I'm going to break this post up into parts. So, here you go - Rich's first encounter with Dantalion: </p><p> </p><p>***</p><p> </p><p>It had only been by a concentrated effort of will that Rich had been able to keep from vomiting upon entering the crime scene. If this was what a promotion to detective meant, he wasn’t sure he wanted it. The girl’s parents (it was assumed) were on the walls. She herself had been laid out on the table and opened up. The inside of her was empty. Sixteen years old, maybe seventeen. There were pictures of her in the hall entryway: blow-dried hair and braces. </p><p></p><p>Everything pointed to cult activity. They’d found bodies buried in the basement. Rich had discovered a hidden room behind the fireplace (he couldn’t get over it, the whole thing like some b-grade horror movie) with a book in it: <em>The Necromicon.</em> Among the straightforward illustrations of horrific acts was one that looked identical to what had been done to the girl out in the living room. And then there was this that his partner Gabe had just discovered, beneath the charred patch of carpet. </p><p></p><p>Rich and Gabe bent in to look. “It’s a circle,” said Gabe. “Been carved into the floor.”</p><p></p><p>Rich shook his head. “Do you think—”</p><p></p><p>A girl’s voice:<em> LEAVE NOW.</em></p><p></p><p>“Did you hear that, Gabe?”</p><p></p><p>Gabe looked back at him, silent. </p><p></p><p><em>Get out! Get out! He’s coming! </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Rich stood up suddenly, away from the circle. The walls seemed to lurch at him again, as they had upon his entry. He was aware, in a way that he had not been before, that they were the only two here, taking a further look around after everyone else had taken off. It was quite dark outside. </p><p></p><p>“Hey, um, you know, it’s getting late and my brain’s feeling sort of fuzzy. You want to take a break, go grab a cup of coffee?”</p><p></p><p>Gabe stood and smiled at him. “No Rich,” he said. “I do not want coffee.”</p><p></p><p>Rich backed out of the room. Gabe’s voice seemed wrong. The girl was still screaming in his head: <em>What are you doing, you idiot? I told you, get out get out! Please, leave!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Sense (he was just getting freaked out by the blood on the walls, lack of sleep) warred with instinct (you survived that time in the swamp because you trusted your gut, <em>get out now</em>), and the detective lost to the animal. He turned and walked quickly down the hall. He had to get out of the house.</p><p></p><p>He was at the door; his hand was on the knob. He heard the click but by that time it was too late to avoid it: the thing that slammed into his shoulder, spraying blood across the white door in front of him. A tiny, strangely lucid part of him thought: <em>ah. Now I’m decorating the house too.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rich_fiorella, post: 2119357, member: 30141"] [b]Dantalion's appearance (1)[/b] Hello All! I play Rich in our terrifying little "Zombies" campaign and my GM asked me to post a bit of backstory here for your general enlightenment. Hopefully the dastardly intArweb will not eat THIS post; in order to try to avoid more wanton destruction, I'm going to break this post up into parts. So, here you go - Rich's first encounter with Dantalion: *** It had only been by a concentrated effort of will that Rich had been able to keep from vomiting upon entering the crime scene. If this was what a promotion to detective meant, he wasn’t sure he wanted it. The girl’s parents (it was assumed) were on the walls. She herself had been laid out on the table and opened up. The inside of her was empty. Sixteen years old, maybe seventeen. There were pictures of her in the hall entryway: blow-dried hair and braces. Everything pointed to cult activity. They’d found bodies buried in the basement. Rich had discovered a hidden room behind the fireplace (he couldn’t get over it, the whole thing like some b-grade horror movie) with a book in it: [i]The Necromicon.[/i] Among the straightforward illustrations of horrific acts was one that looked identical to what had been done to the girl out in the living room. And then there was this that his partner Gabe had just discovered, beneath the charred patch of carpet. Rich and Gabe bent in to look. “It’s a circle,” said Gabe. “Been carved into the floor.” Rich shook his head. “Do you think—” A girl’s voice:[i] LEAVE NOW.[/i] “Did you hear that, Gabe?” Gabe looked back at him, silent. [i]Get out! Get out! He’s coming! [/i] Rich stood up suddenly, away from the circle. The walls seemed to lurch at him again, as they had upon his entry. He was aware, in a way that he had not been before, that they were the only two here, taking a further look around after everyone else had taken off. It was quite dark outside. “Hey, um, you know, it’s getting late and my brain’s feeling sort of fuzzy. You want to take a break, go grab a cup of coffee?” Gabe stood and smiled at him. “No Rich,” he said. “I do not want coffee.” Rich backed out of the room. Gabe’s voice seemed wrong. The girl was still screaming in his head: [i]What are you doing, you idiot? I told you, get out get out! Please, leave! [/i] Sense (he was just getting freaked out by the blood on the walls, lack of sleep) warred with instinct (you survived that time in the swamp because you trusted your gut, [i]get out now[/i]), and the detective lost to the animal. He turned and walked quickly down the hall. He had to get out of the house. He was at the door; his hand was on the knob. He heard the click but by that time it was too late to avoid it: the thing that slammed into his shoulder, spraying blood across the white door in front of him. A tiny, strangely lucid part of him thought: [i]ah. Now I’m decorating the house too.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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