[D20 CoC] Beyond the Mountains of Madness - Chapter 1; Recruiting Alternate Players
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"Mother of God!" exclaimed Dr. Moore as he listened to Vitus and the the Gunnar brothers describe the missing dynamite, blasting caps and fuse. "This must be pure coincidence. Let me ring up the vendor."Watus said:
Doctor Moore rifled through a filing cabinet and retrieved a manila folder, then hustled down the hall and up a flight of stairs to the radio room, where you were confronted with a bewildering array of electrical equipment lining the walls and desks; metal panels with switches, knobs, meters, small colored indicator lights, wiring harnesses, and microphones adorned every surface. A sturdy chest in the corner contained several large lead-acid batteries. Following Dr. Moore into the room, you were greeted by a large man with dark hair, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and a French accent. "Bon Jour, Professeur Moore. May I help you?" he asked.
Moore responded, "Louis, please contact Giordano's Construction Company for me. Tell them it is urgent!" The Professor then paced the room while Louis worked the telephone switchboard to ring the company. Once a manager answered, Moore hurriedly told him of the missing items, asked a few questions and responded numerous times with "Yes, I understand,", then hung up.
"Well gentlemen," announced the Professor, "apparently the dynamite and blasting caps cannot be shipped to us until we obtain a New Jersey license. The manager mentioned that he sent several letters to Commander Starkweather advising him of this, but he has not responded. I'm afraid that I'll need to travel to Newark in the morning and fill out the appropriate paperwork.
"That does not, however, explain what happened to the coils of time blasting fuse which were shipped by Giordano's long ago to the dock. We'll need to investigate further," said Professor Moore with a puzzled look.
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Willard Griffith directs you back to the Ship's Mess to find Dr. Moore.Drowned Hero said:
As you walked back the room, Professor Moore looked up from his papers and seemed to notice your tired gait, saying "Ah! The returning warriors!" He then stood up, smiled, and asked, "So what have you boys found?"
ØYVIND'S RESULTS
After Øyvind told Dr. Moore of the missing generators, he looked through his files and located the order, then asked Louis to contact the Willard an Ball Agricultural Supply Company of Chicago, Illinois. He learned that the generators had not been shipped because payment for $370 was never received and Dr. Moore made a note to send them a check.
When Øyvind mentioned the missing cookset, Dr. Moore verified that they were indeed shipped to the docks. "Gentlemen, if we can't find these cooksets, then I'll need to pay for more. Any ideas?"
GEORGE'S RESULTS
After George mentioned the missing jars of sour cream, Dr. Moore checked his logs and looked puzzled. "These were definitely ordered and recieved. Are you sure that Øyvind didn't take them for a snack?"
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"So true, Martin, so true!" exclaimed Dr. Moore.Morpheus said:
After a long pause while he seemed to be studying Martin's face and pondering some imponderable, Moore then pulled Martin aside.
[Private Instructions for Martin]
[sblock] Moore then pulled Martin off to the side and said, "I've an important request to make. We have engaged the services of J. B. Douglas to captain the U.S.S. Gabrielle. Commander Douglas, you may know, was the master of the Miskatonic Expedition's vessel Arkham. We're delighted to have him, of course, but the Commander is a very private man and wants nothing to do with the press or the public view.
"What I would like you to do is to make yourself available to the Commander and see to any needs he may have. He is due to be arriving on September 6th, and has reserved rooms at the Westbury Hotel at 440 Scammel Street. if you would meet him there that evening, after he arrives, I should be most appreciative. We want to extend him every courtesy.
OOC - Today's date is September 2nd.
"Please don't tell anyone about the Commander. We have promised him that his accomodations will be kept from the press, and that no one will bother him before the expedition sets sail. Mr. Starkweather wishes to announce Douglas' hiring himself, but of course we're not going to do that until closer to departure.
"I trust that I can count on your help?"[/sblock]
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There has been much to do to get the expedition underway. Each day has started the same, breakfast in the Rose Room, followed by a meeting of the entire party at 8 a.m. Moore questions each person about their list--what is accomplished, what remains to do--and moves assignments around when anyone completes all tasks or falls behind.
Moore's overflowing clipboard becomes legendary amongst the crew and the list of tasks seems endless. Most of the work has been simple inspection, but a few tasks were quite special.
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Moore's overflowing clipboard becomes legendary amongst the crew and the list of tasks seems endless. Most of the work has been simple inspection, but a few tasks were quite special.
- The entire aircraft crew traveled to Trenton, New Jersey, where the three Boeing aircraft were waiting at an airfield. Douglas Halperin (Starkweather's pilot), and Patrick Miles (the ship's aircraft mechanic) were amongst the crew who departed to handle this assignment.
- Professor Moore did not trust the loading of delicate scientific instruments and glassware to the stevedores and asked all scientific members of the crew [including George Barrow and Vitus] to inspect and load these items.
- The expedition's dogs required settling [with Øyvind's help] into cages in the number five tween-deck hold. The cages were rather sturdy solid wooden boxes with barred fronts, custom-made to hold the huskies comfortably on their long voyage south. The cages arrived in pieces and required assembly.
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Øyvind Raknes Sled driver
'This late days have been quite boring don't you think George?' Øyvind looks at the scientist as he measures the newcomer dogs and himself completing the last cage to the dogs 'have you settled down with your laboratory?' I saw the big amount of equipment you got in' 'seems you are undertaking a huge recollection of information'
'Yes yes its a lot of tings thats for sure' 'i don't think we are setting up all, it would take to much time and to much space' 'better to set up as we need it' he scribbles the last numbers on the scheme and closes his notebook 'I'm quite worried about the the padding of the glass equipment''i think i must let Dr. Moore set a buying order for a lot of hay''that man must hate me I have been asking him for so many little things these last days' he pats the dog and gives it a peace of meat from a little bucket Øyvind always have near to reward good behavior of the dogs
'crazy days you too i see... I've seen you all over the ship' he looks at the big female dog 'Ive been looking at the dogs lately and i think i have picked my crew of dogs' 'I'm taking eight and designating the other lead dogs for the rest of the spans' he takes the dogs to the new cage and lock her in. He starts to carve the names of the dogs he wants and says to George as the scientists starts to walk towards Rose Room 'hey George save one of those big peace of meat to me will you?' he laughs thinking in the many times he he find the meals quite spartan 'just joking George but do tell the Dr that I wonder how many spans he wants to organize' ' ask that for me, please'. He returns to his carving and taking a better looks at all the dogs.
I must get of this floating thing to get me a real meal and real entertainment
'This late days have been quite boring don't you think George?' Øyvind looks at the scientist as he measures the newcomer dogs and himself completing the last cage to the dogs 'have you settled down with your laboratory?' I saw the big amount of equipment you got in' 'seems you are undertaking a huge recollection of information'
'Yes yes its a lot of tings thats for sure' 'i don't think we are setting up all, it would take to much time and to much space' 'better to set up as we need it' he scribbles the last numbers on the scheme and closes his notebook 'I'm quite worried about the the padding of the glass equipment''i think i must let Dr. Moore set a buying order for a lot of hay''that man must hate me I have been asking him for so many little things these last days' he pats the dog and gives it a peace of meat from a little bucket Øyvind always have near to reward good behavior of the dogs
'crazy days you too i see... I've seen you all over the ship' he looks at the big female dog 'Ive been looking at the dogs lately and i think i have picked my crew of dogs' 'I'm taking eight and designating the other lead dogs for the rest of the spans' he takes the dogs to the new cage and lock her in. He starts to carve the names of the dogs he wants and says to George as the scientists starts to walk towards Rose Room 'hey George save one of those big peace of meat to me will you?' he laughs thinking in the many times he he find the meals quite spartan 'just joking George but do tell the Dr that I wonder how many spans he wants to organize' ' ask that for me, please'. He returns to his carving and taking a better looks at all the dogs.
I must get of this floating thing to get me a real meal and real entertainment
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George Barrow Scientist
George walks away from Øyvind and bumbs into Dr.Moore that is holding a piece of paper in his hand. The doctor distractd on something just pass him by giving him the list and refering to the the missing jars of sour cream "These were definitely ordered and recieved. Are you sure that Øyvind didn't take them for a snack?" 'we can never know for sure can we doctor?' 'by the way Dr' 'I just saw Øyvind and he wonders how many span he is to organize' 'just take not Dr. and think on it later when you got more time The good Doctor bows a short bow and rushes towards whatever that man was doing doing his 24hr a day effort in getting the ship ready to leave dock.
George keeps the days going setting up the laboratory with Vitu's and Dr. Moore, looking after the other items padding them as good he could going trough each transport box that was received at the boat Vitu's would you help me calibrate this weight? I can't get it right' 'those three over there need some oiling too i do that tomorrow' he looks around 'seems to that all the tings Dr. Moore pointed in the list is here. Some tings needs to the calibratied but that wont take us that long I think' he looks at the brown haired physician you got all the medisin and bandages you ordered?' 'I just was at the five tween-deck hold looking at Øvind's dogs' 'I saw one of the smaller boxes there, the ones with some large bandages, or is that something you gave Øyvind?
After the work days is over for the most lucky of the crew George walks to the dock going at his favorite restaurant at the place ordering the days menu that three times a week is fish, twice its chicken and on Saturdays the meat special. Some of the crew liked to come here and drink a cold bear. This night he had no appointment he just eat his late meal and drank up his bear thinking on the journey that was ahead and the long time he was supposed to be far away from all his bellowed ones.
George walks away from Øyvind and bumbs into Dr.Moore that is holding a piece of paper in his hand. The doctor distractd on something just pass him by giving him the list and refering to the the missing jars of sour cream "These were definitely ordered and recieved. Are you sure that Øyvind didn't take them for a snack?" 'we can never know for sure can we doctor?' 'by the way Dr' 'I just saw Øyvind and he wonders how many span he is to organize' 'just take not Dr. and think on it later when you got more time The good Doctor bows a short bow and rushes towards whatever that man was doing doing his 24hr a day effort in getting the ship ready to leave dock.
George keeps the days going setting up the laboratory with Vitu's and Dr. Moore, looking after the other items padding them as good he could going trough each transport box that was received at the boat Vitu's would you help me calibrate this weight? I can't get it right' 'those three over there need some oiling too i do that tomorrow' he looks around 'seems to that all the tings Dr. Moore pointed in the list is here. Some tings needs to the calibratied but that wont take us that long I think' he looks at the brown haired physician you got all the medisin and bandages you ordered?' 'I just was at the five tween-deck hold looking at Øvind's dogs' 'I saw one of the smaller boxes there, the ones with some large bandages, or is that something you gave Øyvind?
After the work days is over for the most lucky of the crew George walks to the dock going at his favorite restaurant at the place ordering the days menu that three times a week is fish, twice its chicken and on Saturdays the meat special. Some of the crew liked to come here and drink a cold bear. This night he had no appointment he just eat his late meal and drank up his bear thinking on the journey that was ahead and the long time he was supposed to be far away from all his bellowed ones.
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Ship's Captain Hired
The below newsclipping was circulated amongst the crew at breakfast the next morning, September 3rd.
Professor Moore mentions Douglas in his morning speech. "This is, of course, a wonderful opportunity for us," Moore says. "My colleagues who went on the Miskatonic Expedition spoke very highly of the man. He will be a real asset."
"I do know that Captain Starkweather has spoken to him on the telephone, and that they have exchanged a number of letters. Mister Douglas has asked that he not be disturbed by the press or the public, so be will not be joining us here at the hotel, but will be meeting with the crew of the Gabrielle on his own schedule."
Moore's announcement and the newspaper article comes as quite a surprise to everyone and causes a lot of talk over breakfast.
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The below newsclipping was circulated amongst the crew at breakfast the next morning, September 3rd.
Professor Moore mentions Douglas in his morning speech. "This is, of course, a wonderful opportunity for us," Moore says. "My colleagues who went on the Miskatonic Expedition spoke very highly of the man. He will be a real asset."
"I do know that Captain Starkweather has spoken to him on the telephone, and that they have exchanged a number of letters. Mister Douglas has asked that he not be disturbed by the press or the public, so be will not be joining us here at the hotel, but will be meeting with the crew of the Gabrielle on his own schedule."
Moore's announcement and the newspaper article comes as quite a surprise to everyone and causes a lot of talk over breakfast.
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An Unruly Awakening
Early in the morning, sometime before sunrise during the morning of September 4th, you're awakened from sleep in your room at the Amherst Hotel by a loud pounding out in the hallway. You then recognize Starkweather's voice (though it has a frenzied edge that you've never heard before) in the hall as he shouts "Moore! Blast you, man, I want you awake! Moore!"
Opening your door a crack to look out into the hall, you see James Starkweather in a robe and pajamas, standing before the door to Moore's room. His hair is disheveled and he is unshaven. One fist beats furiously on Moore's door while a newspaper is crushed in the other.
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Early in the morning, sometime before sunrise during the morning of September 4th, you're awakened from sleep in your room at the Amherst Hotel by a loud pounding out in the hallway. You then recognize Starkweather's voice (though it has a frenzied edge that you've never heard before) in the hall as he shouts "Moore! Blast you, man, I want you awake! Moore!"
Opening your door a crack to look out into the hall, you see James Starkweather in a robe and pajamas, standing before the door to Moore's room. His hair is disheveled and he is unshaven. One fist beats furiously on Moore's door while a newspaper is crushed in the other.
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Although Professor Moore initially seemed frustrated at George's many requests for additional equipment and supplies, within a day or two he began to compliment George on his attention to detail. In fact, George then began to receive requests from Moore to examine other equipment, such as the radio gear, so that he could assure himself that they would be best prepared for the voyage ahead.Drowned Hero said:
The cages had arrived in pieces, so Øyvind had to locate some carpentry tools to assemble them. Unfortunately, you soon discovered that the cages were each two inches too wide to fit between the metal bars of the frame that was intended to hold them. When you brought this problem to Dr. Moore's attention, he blinked once, frowned, and sighed, then said, "Then I suppose you'll have to fix them. Go find Fiskarson, the other dog man, and see what he thinks."Drowned Hero said:
[OOC - Actually, at this point in the adventure, everyone is still sleeping in rooms at the Amherst Hotel. You get up every morning and attend a group breakfast and meeting at the hotel, then take cabs or walk to the docks to begin your work each day to prepare the ship. At night, everyone returns to the hotel.]Drowned Hero said:
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Martin arrives at the Gabrielle and immediately sets to work on his manifest list. Each item that he physically sees and touches, he crosses off. When he finishes and comes up from the 'tween, he is drenched in sweat.
OOC: What is still missing or unaccounted for on my manifest?
OOC: What is still missing or unaccounted for on my manifest?
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Dr. Moore looks puzzled for a moment, then says, "I'm not sure what you mean by "span", but if you're asking how many sled dogs Øyvind would need to organize, then the answer is simple. He just needs to select his own dogs that would pull his own sled. Since Øyvind is very experienced with these sorts of expeditions, he should also get to know the other dog wranglers, Enke Fiskarson and Olav Snabjorn. I'm sure that they'll welcome Øyvind and will benefit from his help."Drowned Hero said:
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At the end of the day, Pierce Albemarle was redfaced and looked on the verge of collapsing from having followed Martin around. Dr. Moore greeted the two with a smile, saying "Excellent work, gentlemen! I'm impressed with your dedication to seeing the job through to completion. Mr. Albemarle, you look a bit exhausted and may want to check in with Doctor Greene before returning to the hotel."Morpheus said:
[OOC - Morpheus, you have either found every item on your manifest or have arranged for replacing those that were missing!]Morpheus said:
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You have never seen James Starkweather like this and have been obviously stunned into inaction...Job said:
After a moment, Starkweather gives up his pounding and slams against Moore's door, bursting it open with a loud crash and storms inside. From your vantage point in the doorway of your room, you hear bellows from James Starkweather accompanied by sounds of Dr. Moore scrambling inside his room.
"It's her, Moore! All the time it was her! I should have known! Who else could it have been? The conniving witch! I should have suspected her hand in things from the beginning! Blast it, Moore, listen to me! How else could she stop me? Who else would have taken our sour cream and sleds and boards? Who else could've switched those wrenches and hidden Martin's photography supplies? Who else has the money to spy on us? To throw things in our way? Ruin our goods! Sabotage the dog cages! Delay our trains! Poison the minds of trusted employees? To bribe, to steal, to throw barricades before us for her own spiteful little reasons!
"I won't allow it, Moore! Not this time! She won't get the upper hand this time! I'll prove to everyone that she's nothing more than a--"
Starkweather stopped in mid-sentence. "Advance the schedule, Moore! We're leaving on the 9th. The 9th, Moore! See to it!
"And Moore ... get me a woman!"
Starkweather storms out through the door, brushing roughly past onlookers and, ignoring everyone, stomping up the stairs and disappearing into his room.
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'Ah Span' 'it's just another word for sled' 'Yes yes Enke and Olav has been great help with the fixing of cages had never thought that those two could be so skillfull with tools' 'we got the cages fixed in no time' 'we where thinking on hitting the nighclubbs next weekend to know each other a bit better'
[sblock] are Enke and Olav norwegians? And sorry aboout the span ting, i dont know wy i thought that was synonym with dog sled
[/sblock]Job said:You have never seen James Starkweather like this and have been obviously stunned into inaction...
After a moment, Starkweather gives up his pounding and slams against Moore's door, bursting it open with a loud crash and storms inside. From your vantage point in the doorway of your room, you hear bellows from James Starkweather accompanied by sounds of Dr. Moore scrambling inside his room.
"It's her, Moore! All the time it was her! I should have known! Who else could it have been? The conniving witch! I should have suspected her hand in things from the beginning! Blast it, Moore, listen to me! How else could she stop me? Who else would have taken our sour cream and sleds and boards? Who else could've switched those wrenches and hidden Martin's photography supplies? Who else has the money to spy on us? To throw things in our way? Ruin our goods! Sabotage the dog cages! Delay our trains! Poison the minds of trusted employees? To bribe, to steal, to throw barricades before us for her own spiteful little reasons!
"I won't allow it, Moore! Not this time! She won't get the upper hand this time! I'll prove to everyone that she's nothing more than a--"
Starkweather stopped in mid-sentence. "Advance the schedule, Moore! We're leaving on the 9th. The 9th, Moore! See to it!
"And Moore ... get me a woman!"
Starkweather storms out through the door, brushing roughly past onlookers and, ignoring everyone, stomping up the stairs and disappearing into his room.
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'wow! He is really pist off!' Øyvind stands in the door opening in his underwear scratching his head 'sour cream thief, photoghraphy stealer, spy, dog cages sabotage .... what in earth is the man talking about' he says out loud looking at Martin, George and the others that stands in the hallway. He walk to the room to Dr.Moore 'Hey dock... what was all that about? Are we being sabotaged by some woman? Who is this lady? And what can i do to help?'
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George awakenes with all the fuzz from Dr. Moore's room and sits up in the bed. After getting his slippers and his dressing gown he puts on his glasses and peeks out of the room
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He walks over to Øyvind and Dr.moore as the big Norwegian starts asking questions 'calm down Øyvind, let Dr. Moore get a chance to respond' 'are we in trouble Dr.Moore?'
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Moore sits quietly in his room while the small group of team members gather in the doorway. At first, he seems as confused as everyone, then bends over to pick up a crumpled newspaper on the floor and glances at the front page. He goes quite still for a moment, then sighs.Drowned Hero said:
Looking up at everyone, he straightens his glasses and says with deadpan composure, "Gentlemen, you heard Mister Starkweather. The schedule is advanced; we now leave on the 9th, just 5 days from now. We'll have to work a bit harder, I'm afraid.
"And from this article," he says, holding up the newspaper, "you'll see that our Commander has apparently decided that Acacia Lexington will not steal the headlines from him again. He has asked that we locate a female team member. Mr. Barrow, I'll need your help with this. We originally had a female apply for the expedition, but she was turned down by Mr. Starkweather." Dr. Moore then turns and opens a drawer in his desk, searches through some manila folders and pulls out a few typewritten papers. "Ah! Here she is: Camille Bardier, a pilot. She was staying here at the hotel in room 305. Please see if she's still there and do everything within reason to get her to join our expedition. If you have trouble, come back and see me.
Camille Bardier's Letter of Application
And now, gentlemen, if you'll excuse me, I must dress. I shall see you at the breakfast."
He hands you the newspaper and says nothing more as he ushers you all out of his room, closing the broken, now-unlockable door as best he can.
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George stays in the hall a few moments before he walks to his room. He takes a long shower and walks slowly to the room 305. At arrival he knocks on the door to Ms.Bardier 'Miss Bardier escuse me, my name is George Barrow and im here to talk to you about your integration to the Starkweather—Moore Expedition, miss you there?' George will insist some moments and if the lady open the door, he will invite her to breakfast at the hotel restaurant so they can talk over a meal.
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