[D20 CoC] Mountains of Madness - Chap 4: Departure; Recruiting Alternate Players

[Job]

As the U.S.S. Gabrielle's stern cleared the burning dock, two tugboats could be seen approaching to help her.

After a second sweep of the deck with the fire hose to extinguish a few remaining flickerings, James Starkweather signaled to shut the water down.

A loud series of cracks and poppings erupted from the dock and reverberated across the harbor, then a large section of the pier shed roof collapsed in a shower of sparks.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[OnlytheStrong]

'I NEED A DOCTOR OVER HERE! FAST FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!'[/COLOR] he screams so loud as possible to fetch the attention of the other persons in the area.

Wade hears the scream and rushes over to the man. Even for the experienced ER doctor, the sight was shocking. He hurrys and attends to the injured.


Heal check (1d20+13=33)

 

[Job]

Wade hears the scream and rushes over to the man. Even for the experienced ER doctor, the sight was shocking. He hurrys and attends to the injured.

Heal check (1d20+13=33)

Silently to himself, Wade quickly inventoried the man's injuries:

- third degree burns visible across face and neck;
- severe blistering within the man's mouth and tongue, bloody foam flowing from the man's nose and up his throat as he breathed; rattling, bubbling breath; likely critical lung damage from the explosions and fire;
- Wade peeled back the man's burned shirt and saw multiple contusions and cuts, likely from flying debris;
- a 2-inch puncture in the man's chest wall, bleeding profusely, with no visible item protruding from it. It was either from a flying glass shard, or large wood splinter that the man pulled free...
...or a knife wound? Wade quickly pressed his hand to the open wound to temporarily staunch the bleeding.

The man had little time left.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[OnlytheStrong]

"Get help now. He needs to get to the hospital now." Wade knew his words were lacking, this man would never make if off the ship.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

He looked down at his saturated papers and clipboard, then across the main deck towards the docks, watching the rising smoke and fire crews jumping from their pumpers and hurrying to battle the blaze. "...but Miskatonic University is far away, my friend."

Indeed, but leave this to a cup of tea … now you and others need help.

Rucker will guide him to a safe place and then he will go to see if he can help other who needs it.

*Heal +3

 

[Job]

"Get help now. He needs to get to the hospital now." Wade knew his words were lacking, this man would never make if off the ship.

Enke and Olav responded quickly to Wade's request, bringing a pallet with them and placing it next to the suffering man, but then stopped to stare at Dr. Watkins, eventually saying, "Doktor? Bring this man to the ship's hospital? Yes?"

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Indeed, but leave this to a cup of tea … now you and others need help.

Father Rucker's comment jolted the professor back from his reverie to focus on the problems at hand. He grabbed Father Rucker's arm, pointed at the deck, and said, "Yes professor Rucker, you are quite right about my need for help. Do you see my eyeglasses anywhere?"

A brief search of the deck area near the main gangway turned up nothing.

Moore rubbed his forehead and said, "Well, I'll be back in few minutes after I retrieve my spare set. Thank you for your help, professor, and since it appears that you won't be disembarking any time soon, please seek me out once we've addressed our more pressing concerns." He turned away and slowly walked towards the aftercastle stairway.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[OnlytheStrong]

"Yes, until we can call an ambulance."

 

[Taokanf]

*** Errant post ***

 

[Job]

"Yes, until we can call an ambulance."

The two men carefully lifted the man, but the movement caused him to groan loudly and then fall silent. They gently placed him on the litter and picked it up, but looked nervously at Dr. Watkins.


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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Father Rucker

Father Rucker strides to where help is most needed.

 

[OnlytheStrong]

The two men carefully lifted the man, but the movement caused him to groan loudly and then fall silent. They gently placed him on the litter and picked it up, but looked nervously at Dr. Watkins.


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Job (the tortured one).

Wade shook his head at the two men, but he couldn't really blame them. They probably had no medical experiance at all, and as long as they were helping...... then who could complain?

 

[Job]

Father Rucker strides to where help is most needed.

Quickly looking around the main deck, the priest notices a few situations that might require his assistance. There are three stevedores struggling to tie down a load of large wooden beams. A drum of oil is lying on its side near the railing and is spilling liquid into the river. And a red-underwear-clad crewmember is sitting on the stairs with his head in his hands.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Wade shook his head at the two men, but he couldn't really blame them. They probably had no medical experiance at all, and as long as they were helping...... then who could complain?

The two Norwegians looked at each other, shrugged, and slowly carried the stretcher up the stairs towards the ship's mess and the medical facility.

When Wade turned to look back at the other two burned men, he saw that someone had covered them with a tarp. Completely.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[OnlytheStrong]

"Get the dead off this boat as soon as humanly possible. I don't want disease starting to spread." Without the slightest hint of sorrow in his voice, he continued on looking for more injured.

 

[Job]

A loud series of cracks and poppings erupted from the dock and reverberated across the harbor, then a large section of the pier shed roof collapsed in a shower of sparks.

As the Gabrielle idles out in the harbor about 50 yards from pier, awaiting the tugboats, the three boxcars on the pier edge rumble down the explosion- and heat-buckled tracks and into the river. Starkweather shouts and grimly watches the 3-foot wave of water expanding from the dock.

At about the same time, James Starkweather pulls a set of field glasses from a nearby crewmember and examines lights of another ship departing down-river, towed by tugboats. George and Father Rucker both hear him furiously mutter "The Tallahassee! The bitch has beaten me!"

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Father Rucker

Quickly looking around the main deck, the priest notices a few situations that might require his assistance. There are three stevedores struggling to tie down a load of large wooden beams. A drum of oil is lying on its side near the railing and is spilling liquid into the river. And a red-underwear-clad crewmember is sitting on the stairs with his head in his hands.

Not wanting to add more menace, Father Rucker decides to be helpful where he is most needed. And comfort is one of his specialties.
Walking to the stairs where the man sits, Father Rucker lays his hand on the man's shoulder.
Are you all right son?

 

[Drowned Hero]

Øyvind Raknes Sled Driver

"The Tallahassee! The bitch has beaten me!"

'Who sir has beaten you?' 'Is that a ships name?' George strains his eyes in the darkness to see the ship or the thing Starkweather is looking at.

 

[Job]

"Get the dead off this boat as soon as humanly possible. I don't want disease starting to spread." Without the slightest hint of sorrow in his voice, he continued on looking for more injured.

The ship had pulled away from the dock, so removing the dead would have to wait.

In looking around the ship, Dr. Watkins found a number of stevedores and crewmen with serious burns, deep cuts, and broken bones. Wade provided what assistance he could on deck, but sent many to the medical room knowing that Dr. Greene would capably handle the rush.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Walking to the stairs where the man sits, Father Rucker lays his hand on the man's shoulder.
Are you all right son?

As Father Rucker approached the crew member, he noticed the man's burned hair and blackened face and hands. The man's hands were trembling and his shoulders shook. The priest could hear him repeating words in a foreign language with a cadence that sounded like prayer:

"...orar para nós sinners, agora e à hora dos nossos morte..."

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Job (the tortured one).