Masks of Nyarlathotep - Chapter 1: New York City

[Krug]

"I don't know Father," says Thomas. "Merely a coincidence? The man was too steeped in the occult things."

While Father Joe is speaking to Cowles, Thomas speaks to the pretty girl, using his cultured British accent to full effect. He will drop occasional praise for her beauty as he speaks. He tries to find out who she is. (Purely to fill the time, of course. )

 

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New York City Metropolitan Library
January 15th, 1926
08:15-10:40 PM

Hamish

When Hamish calls the number at Emerson Imports, a man answers in a foreign language (african?). After you state your business the line goes dead. Any calls to the number afterword are not answered.
You fine the number to the Widener Library at Harvard and you get hold of Miriam Atwright. She says "Yes, the book that Mr. Elias sought was called Africa's Dark Sects. The book mysteriously disappeared several months before Elias sought it. And by "mysteriously", I mean it just vanished. There was a unspeakable odor in the collection the day we noticed it was missing."

Shorty

The young librarian helps you with the photo of the ship and to find out about the Street of the Jackel in the Old Quarter. "Well first off, the picture is not taken in the New York. Our docks don't have trees by them and the boat in the foreground looks like something found in the far east. Hong Kong perhaps? You could go to the Port Authority but with out a name and a date it could be almost impossible to find if this ship ever docked here. As for The Street of Jackels in the Old Quarter, sound like some exotic place in the middle east. I would bet Cairo, Egypt. (OOC: the letter does show that it was mailed from Cairo )

Professor Carter

You find that the rune represents a cult thought to be descended from a sect driven out of dynastic Egypt. It is called the The Cult of the Bloody Tongue and that of late it has been centered in Kenya.
You find that the Penhew Foundation was set up by Sir. Aubery Penhew, a british noble and highly respected Egyptologist. After his death in Kenya while he was with the Carlyle Expedition, his vast fortune went to funding the Foundation. It underwrites several important researches in Britain and abroad, and it is responsible for the education of many brilliant but penniless scholars. Edward Gavagan is the current director of the Penhew Foundation.

 

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Schuyler Hall,NYU
January 15th, 1926
10:14PM

Professor Cowles

"Well luckly for us the bat cult that I spoke about disappeared hundreds of years ago, Father. Humm I am unfamilar with that symbol and the headpiece. The sign used by Cult of the Sand Bat was a circle with two sytlized wings coming out of it."

Thomas finds out that the very attractive woman is Cowles' daugther Ewa.

Thomas has a very nice chat with her and he can tell that she loves her father deeply but she cannot wait to be out on her own. While there are several young gentlemen trying to get Ewa's attention she seems happy to chat with you. She says that she and her father are going back to Austrila in a month or so.

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

"Thank you for your time, Professor Cowles, and for an enjoyable lecture," Joe says, shaking Cowles' hand. He then turns to Thomas and smiles upon seeing him in deep discussion with the pretty woman.

"Ready when you are Thomas. Are we to head to the library to meet up with the others?"

 

[Krug]

Reluctantly, Thomas turns back to the Father. "Yes. We must be going. Pleased to make your acquaintance Miss Cowles. May you have a safe trip back to Australia. New York will be a more cruel place without your presence," he says. He shakes both Cowles' hand, and leaves with the Father.

"Ah Father.. you... never know how to have fun." Thomas rubs his hands together. "Let's be off then!"

Looking like he has some world-saving duty to do, Thomas and Father march out of the lecture theater and hail a cab to meet the others.

 

[Festy_Dog]

Hamish goes back inside and informs the others of what he gathered from the phone calls.

"Someting might be wrong at da import place, whoever answered the phone did'na speak no english, then the line went dead. Sounds kinda..... bad," he says.

 

[VorpalBunny]

"Hmmm. We probably should pay a visit to Emerson Imports, as well as the current director of the Penhew Foundation, Mr. Edward Gavagan."

The professor pulls out his pocket watch. "The lecture should be over by now - the other are probably on their way. I'm curious to know what they found out."

 

[Shapermc]

"Were we supposed to meet them there or us meet them here? Hmmm. Well at least we got some leads." Short says to his brother and the Proffesor.

"We could do Egypt, Africa, or Hong Kong, see. These are not exactly close together and there do not seem to be to many leads in one direction, but the Import shop does seem to be the most garrenteed lead. You said they sounded African, right Hamish? And the name of the book was Africas Dark Sects that He was looking for at Harvard? And you Teach, something about tounges and Kenya? That is in africa isen't it? Here's a plan, see. We take a cruise to London and visit that Phnew Foundation out. Then Africa is a straight shot south of there isent it? Than if we find nothing in Africa, Cairo or Kenya, then we can just head straight for Asia. If we cant solve anything from those locations... we come back here, broke.

OOC: Yes I know that Egypt is in Africa

 

[VorpalBunny]

"A slow boat to London? Sounds like a good idea." Carter starts gethering his things and heads to the door. "We're to meet the others here."

"However, Emerson Imports is local. I think we should pay them a visit when they open tomorrow."

 

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With the library closing at 10:00, Professor Carter, Shorty, and Hamish find a Coffee shop across the street and wait there for the others to arrive (OCC: Is that where plan to meet?). Father Joe and Thomas arrive in a taxi about 10:40 at the library. Shorty notices their arrival and calls for them to come over to the Coffee shop