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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bruin" data-source="post: 1039177" data-attributes="member: 12587">Pickman's Model Revisited--Call of Cthulhu Being a short adventure in modern day Boston...<a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58624" target="_blank">OOC</a> <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59529" target="_blank">Props</a><a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58765" target="_blank">Cast</a> OODM: Short comments and stats (for attack, skills, etc.) are fine here as long as you indicate that they're OOC.  Longer questions should go in the OOC thread itself.  I prefer italics for thoughts and quotes to indicate speech, rather than colored text.IDM: It’s a busy day in downtown Boston as you head back to the lawyer’s office.  Fighting your way through congested traffic or sidewalks, you try to ignore the summer heat and the noise of the blaring horns.  Things have been normal, or at least as normal as they get around here.  In the paper this morning, you might have noticed a story about the young boy, age 10, who disappeared up around the North End several months ago; they’ve been looking everywhere but still can’t find him, much to despair of his parents and the locals.As you get to the lobby and the elevator, your mind strains for a moment.  Now what floor was that office on?   At the beginning of the previous week you saw an ad in the Globe: “Freelance investigators needed.  Flexible hours.  Require a variety of experience and expertise.  Willing to work with a group.  Inquire at Thurber and Associates xxx-xxx-xxxx.”  You called the number and spoke with a man named Gaines, who interviewed you here at the end of last week.  A small, nervous man, he conducted the interviews professionally but seemed irritated that he was being put in that position; apparently he was not part of human resources but somebody’s personal aide.On Monday, that is, yesterday, he called you back and set up an appointment for this afternoon.  He called it a briefing, so it looks like you’ve been hired.  The money’s excellent; Gaines said you’d receive several thousand for a week’s work of investigation, but didn’t go into the details much.  You finally press the right button and the elevator ascends 25 floors.You check in with the receptionist and you're directed to a small conference room.  Gaines appears again, offering you something to drink, and tells you that Thurber himself, head of the firm, will be briefing you on your assignment as soon as everyone arrives.  Everyone? you wonder, I guess there’s some others, like it said in the ad. You make yourself cozy in one of the chairs, waiting for the briefing to begin.OODM: Make yourselves comfy and chat as we wait for everyone to arrive.</blockquote>

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