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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Byrons_Ghost" data-source="post: 1227758" data-attributes="member: 7396">First off, the last post reminds me of one of my favorite places to rip off creepy moments: old "Twilight Zone" episodes- the original b&w ones. I'm thinking of an episode (can't remember the name) which essentially postulated that everyone has a doppelganger- an evil double from nearby dimension, that sometimes can slip through and make a person's life hell.I'm reminded of this because the episode takes place in a bus station, with a woman waiting for the next bus. People accuse her of doing strange things- she'll go to the bathroom, then come back and find her luggage has been rearranged. Everyone else swears it was her that did it. One of the other passengers tries to help her out, figure out what's going on, but eventually the woman goes hysterical and gets carted away (or runs into traffic, or something). As the passenger is boarding the bus that's just arrived, he sees the woman's double sitting in the back with a wicked grin on her face.Or there's "The Hitchhiker"- a woman driving through a storm passes a hitchiker. Then she passes him again several hours later- and she keeps seeing him as she drives across country. And at every stop, regardless of the weather, he looks as if he's just come out of a heavy rain.Kipling- you may want to look at <a href="http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/newsdesk_info.php?newsPath=25&newsdesk_id=132" target="_blank">http://www.chaosium.com/catalog/newsdesk_info.php?newsPath=25&newsdesk_id=132</a> for some free short scenarios that could fit in to your side-treks. I'm pretty sure there's even a couple that start on buses. Also, if you can find an old copy of the modern adventure book "The Stars Are Right", I think there's a lot in there you could use. Such as a scenario in which a computer graphic artist creates an alignment of vectors to pierce the veil to another dimension. Or a radio telescope array that has picked up a signal from the star that will herald the End Times- and the reception is fast-forwarding the process.There's other alternatives besides the bus trip, too- the party could be some sort of group that travels a lot, such as entertainers. If you have access to HBO, try to check out the show "Carnivale", about a Depression-era travelling carnival that's involved in all sorts of unsavory supernatural events. They even have an episode with the ghost-town idea. Babylon, Texas was mysteriously deserted during the day, but when they set up the carnival mine workers still showed up- after sundown.Although it would take some adapting to work for Call of Cthulhu, the Second World website had an article called "Hitchikers" which was intened to keep the players moving around pretty much all the time. Check it out: <a href="http://www.second-world-simulations.com/WanderingDamage.htm" target="_blank">http://www.second-world-simulations.com/WanderingDamage.htm</a> I love the ideas with the ghouls and the rituals. Also the tcho-tchos- they could be behind a lot of the health or organic food drives, trying to "season" the populace...</blockquote>

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