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[CoC] Nocturnum -- Part I - Chapter 1 Snowflake Valey [Completed]
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Hmm fugged up how many posts it takes to make a page... well I'll just start on this one then any way 
Start Nocturnum Campaign Chapter 1 Snowflake Valey. Have fun and keep your mind and wits about!
Start Nocturnum Campaign Chapter 1 Snowflake Valey. Have fun and keep your mind and wits about!
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The Forsaken One
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Flavor piece of tekst. Flavor texts are OOC information.
The old mans sniffs at the northern wind, narrows his dark eyes, and frows.
There is snow coming--lots of it--of this he is sure.
Snow, and a bad moon, for it is that time once again. The moon is nothing new, but this snow...He is an old man, and his bones are twigs in autumn; they ache already from the winter chill and no longer leap through the drifts like they used to.
Still, there is a bad moon coming and work to be done.
The old man licks his brown, cracked lips and squints at the eagle feather held aloft between his fingers. Knees popping, he kneels and traces a circle in the snow at his feet. He sings a song o himself softly, the song of futures not known, the song of things to come. He sings to the feather and to the snow circle. Raising his head, he sings to the mountains, to the sky.
He must know.
The ritual is simple: He sings the song twice more, then holds his arm out straight before him and drops the feather. If it lands in the circle, the Beast is coming once more, to feast by the light of the bad moon. If not...it means that their prayers are being answered, and the Beast will pass them by once more.
The feather drifts slowly yo the ground. The old man smells the smoke a moment before he an place the odor. By then the eagle feather is firmly planted in the center of the circle. It smolders another moment, then bursts into flame.
His eyes wide with surprise and fear, the old man jumps back from the burning feather. This omen is not good. Not good at all. he must go, he must warn the others. And he must hurry...
...For the snow is beginning to fall.
The old mans sniffs at the northern wind, narrows his dark eyes, and frows.
There is snow coming--lots of it--of this he is sure.
Snow, and a bad moon, for it is that time once again. The moon is nothing new, but this snow...He is an old man, and his bones are twigs in autumn; they ache already from the winter chill and no longer leap through the drifts like they used to.
Still, there is a bad moon coming and work to be done.
The old man licks his brown, cracked lips and squints at the eagle feather held aloft between his fingers. Knees popping, he kneels and traces a circle in the snow at his feet. He sings a song o himself softly, the song of futures not known, the song of things to come. He sings to the feather and to the snow circle. Raising his head, he sings to the mountains, to the sky.
He must know.
The ritual is simple: He sings the song twice more, then holds his arm out straight before him and drops the feather. If it lands in the circle, the Beast is coming once more, to feast by the light of the bad moon. If not...it means that their prayers are being answered, and the Beast will pass them by once more.
The feather drifts slowly yo the ground. The old man smells the smoke a moment before he an place the odor. By then the eagle feather is firmly planted in the center of the circle. It smolders another moment, then bursts into flame.
His eyes wide with surprise and fear, the old man jumps back from the burning feather. This omen is not good. Not good at all. he must go, he must warn the others. And he must hurry...
...For the snow is beginning to fall.
The Forsaken One
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And so it begins... Evening of Arrival--Day 0
You have been driving through the mountains all day. As the last rays of sun fade into darkness, the light snowfall that has been powdering the road all evening turns into a full-blown blizzard. High winds rocks your vehicles and blow steep drifts of snow across the road, making it difficult to stay on the road. Visibility is reduced to the narrow tunnel of light from your vehicle's headlights. As the drifts build up, the raod becomes narrower and rougher; it is soon nearly impossible to tell wether or not the vehicle is actually on the road.
[You two fight out what 2 vehicles you have with you, the front vehicle is in posession of Doc, the second is the property of James Hale.]
The further you press on into the snowy night, the more treacherous the driving becomes. The drifts grow until the vehicles are driving in narrow ruts, then is plowing through it own path; a semi truck nearly collides with your front vehicle; your front vehicle hits a patch of ice and slides momentarily out of control. A quick response from John Maguire who firmly claps the wheel of the front vehicle keeps it on the road.
It becomes very clear that to continue on would be a slow, dangerous proposition, and that you should turn off soon and look for shelter.
[Spot checks made for people in front vehicle the other 3 are in the second vehicle with James Hale at the wheel: Doc 11+7 =18, Jason Briggs 15 +1 =16]
A couple of miles down the road, Doc and Jason catch sight of a dark figure scuttling out of the woods and onto the road in front front of the vehicle.
[Drive check made for driver: Doc 4+7 = 11]
The figure is spotlighted in the headlights for a split second, then struck soundly by the right front bumper.
[Drive check made for driver: Doc 12+3 = 15]
Doc attempts to keep control over his vehicle after the collision with the dark figure, but his attemps are futile and the vehicle slides out of control and crashes head-on into a snow-covered embankment.
From here it's up to you. First guy that replies IC gets to pick the IC talk colour. All PC's use the same colour.
You have been driving through the mountains all day. As the last rays of sun fade into darkness, the light snowfall that has been powdering the road all evening turns into a full-blown blizzard. High winds rocks your vehicles and blow steep drifts of snow across the road, making it difficult to stay on the road. Visibility is reduced to the narrow tunnel of light from your vehicle's headlights. As the drifts build up, the raod becomes narrower and rougher; it is soon nearly impossible to tell wether or not the vehicle is actually on the road.
[You two fight out what 2 vehicles you have with you, the front vehicle is in posession of Doc, the second is the property of James Hale.]
The further you press on into the snowy night, the more treacherous the driving becomes. The drifts grow until the vehicles are driving in narrow ruts, then is plowing through it own path; a semi truck nearly collides with your front vehicle; your front vehicle hits a patch of ice and slides momentarily out of control. A quick response from John Maguire who firmly claps the wheel of the front vehicle keeps it on the road.
It becomes very clear that to continue on would be a slow, dangerous proposition, and that you should turn off soon and look for shelter.
[Spot checks made for people in front vehicle the other 3 are in the second vehicle with James Hale at the wheel: Doc 11+7 =18, Jason Briggs 15 +1 =16]
A couple of miles down the road, Doc and Jason catch sight of a dark figure scuttling out of the woods and onto the road in front front of the vehicle.
[Drive check made for driver: Doc 4+7 = 11]
The figure is spotlighted in the headlights for a split second, then struck soundly by the right front bumper.
[Drive check made for driver: Doc 12+3 = 15]
Doc attempts to keep control over his vehicle after the collision with the dark figure, but his attemps are futile and the vehicle slides out of control and crashes head-on into a snow-covered embankment.
From here it's up to you. First guy that replies IC gets to pick the IC talk colour. All PC's use the same colour.
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Argent Silvermage
First Post
Space Ray!
Ray gets out of the second Vehicle and runs to toward the dark shape in the road. James! Call 911! Doc I can't see to well can you give me a hand?
Ray gets out of the second Vehicle and runs to toward the dark shape in the road. James! Call 911! Doc I can't see to well can you give me a hand?
Festy_Dog
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"Holy f
!" James yells as he brings his Hum Vee to a halt and jumps out.
"They went off into the embankment!" he yells.
"S, s, s," he mutters as he starts dialing 911, trying to remain cool in an emergency situation without an enemy.
OOC: He's assuming it was an animal that caused the accident but if he spots the man obviously he'll change his mind.
Edit: Argent posted before I finished mine.
!" James yells as he brings his Hum Vee to a halt and jumps out."They went off into the embankment!" he yells.
"S
, s, s," he mutters as he starts dialing 911, trying to remain cool in an emergency situation without an enemy.OOC: He's assuming it was an animal that caused the accident but if he spots the man obviously he'll change his mind.
Edit: Argent posted before I finished mine.
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Shapermc
First Post
Ross gets out of the second vehicle while James is dialing the phone to go check on the other vehicle. He sees that Ray is already on his way and follows him. When it looks like Ray is fully capable of handeling the situation with the first car turns his attention towards the dark colored animal 30ft in front of the car.
He covers his neck from the blowing and whipping wind and snow with the colar of his jacket. Ross pulls the snow hat lower around his ears and pushes his sunglases closer to his eyes to prevent the glare from him seeing the animal. He slowly aproaches with his hand held above his eyebrows to block some of the glare of the bright white reflecting snow. . .
He covers his neck from the blowing and whipping wind and snow with the colar of his jacket. Ross pulls the snow hat lower around his ears and pushes his sunglases closer to his eyes to prevent the glare from him seeing the animal. He slowly aproaches with his hand held above his eyebrows to block some of the glare of the bright white reflecting snow. . .
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The Forsaken One
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1[Ross is in the second vehicle, if you read the post correctly there are 3 people in James his second vehicle and Doc and Briggs are in the front vehicle.]
2[Argent, Ray is in the second vehicle and with James and Ross and are all ok and presumed to have stopped their car where the other car slipped off the road.]
3[The dark figure is about 30 feet away from the front vehicle, it's actions will be resolved when everyone has had a chance to post.]
4[The wind is blowing very fierce and the snow drifts are impeding your movement. Movement is restricted to base speed per round.]
5[911 is unreachable, it seems your cell phone doen't have any signal at this place. Maybe it's just the blizzard, maybe...]
6[Waiting for the posts from the 2 people who crashed, they are both ok, no damage, the snowbank broke the speed of the car so it crashed gentle and their safety buckles saved them from harm.]
7[Please edit your posts accordingly after this update.]
2[Argent, Ray is in the second vehicle and with James and Ross and are all ok and presumed to have stopped their car where the other car slipped off the road.]
3[The dark figure is about 30 feet away from the front vehicle, it's actions will be resolved when everyone has had a chance to post.]
4[The wind is blowing very fierce and the snow drifts are impeding your movement. Movement is restricted to base speed per round.]
5[911 is unreachable, it seems your cell phone doen't have any signal at this place. Maybe it's just the blizzard, maybe...]
6[Waiting for the posts from the 2 people who crashed, they are both ok, no damage, the snowbank broke the speed of the car so it crashed gentle and their safety buckles saved them from harm.]
7[Please edit your posts accordingly after this update.]
