Masks of Nyarlathotep - Chapter 1: New York City

[Shapermc]

"Me's neither Hamish." Shorty whispers to his brother.

Shorty walks to the front of the group and begins to smooth talk the man behind the counter. "Sir, like we stated previously we are associates of Mr. Elias and he had given us a shoping list of things to do for him. He very rarely states the specifics of them and there for we have lots of questions. Aside from that, the knife thing, we were curious because we say someone in Mr. Elias' company with one, hence why my frind no further pushed the topic when he found that the last purchaser was white. Now, you state that you do not have anything for Mr. Elias, then we will leave. Thank you for your time."

Shorty turns away from the front desk and then motions for everyone in the group to turn around. After everyone hopefully has he turns quickly back around to the man behind the desk. "I almost forgot..." Shorty then gets the image of the design that we know little about from who has it. "... do you know anything about this? Mr. Elias put it in with our laundry list of stops to make, see. We are still a bit uncertain about what it means? Perhaps you could fill in the clues?"

 

[Yellow Sign]

[OOC: I take by design you mean the symbol that was on Jackon Elias' forehead? Professor Carter has a piece of paper with the symbol drawn on it. (lets say the drew it himself when he was researching it at the library)]

The old man stares at you for a moment and then smiles. "I am sorry sir but I have never seen that design before. Is it a trademark or something like that?"


[OOC: Hoody Hoo!!! Over 200 posts. Great going guys!]

 

[VorpalBunny]

Professor Carter is standing quietly in the corner idly looking over the masks. As Mr. Anderson, Father Savino, and "Shorty" interrogate the shopkeeper, Professor Carter watches him, looking for any signs of nervousness or deception. [OOC: an untrained Sense Motive (+0) check on the shopkeeper]

 

[Yellow Sign]

Professor Carter standing back and taking in the situation notices nothing out of the ordinary until "Shorty" show the man the symbol. For a brief moment, the old man's left eye twitches and a hint of recognition flashes on his face before it changes to a look of innocent ignorance.

 

[VorpalBunny]

[OOC: Heh. I can't believe that worked... ]

Seeing the recognition in the man's face Carter casually walks over to the counter. "Are you sure this symbol does not look familiar to you, Mr...." he says.

[OOC: As Carter gets closer to the shopkeeper, he tries to take a good look at him (Spot +4, then appropriate Knowledge skill (occult?) if successful), looking for any tattoos or occult markings that would identify him as a member of the Bloody Tongue.]

 

[Yellow Sign]

"Silas N'Kwane......I am the owner of the Ju Ju House." He gives Professor Carter a studied look and rubs his chin. "No, I have never seen this symbol before. I so very sorry, Mister........?"


[OOC: Carter sees nothing on the man that would rise suspicion. Though Carters sees what looks to be a large brass key sticking out of the front of the man's vest. It looks to be attached to a chain around his neck]

 

[Shapermc]

Shorty glares at the professor. "Thank you for all your information, Mr. Silas, have a nice day. Teach, you know that we still have alot of places yet to check on our list..." he finishes as he grabs the Professors arm and heads out.

Under his breath he states to Professor Carter only, 'You got alot of balls to be talking to a Ju Ju man like that.'

 

[Yellow Sign]

As Shorty grabs the Professor and starts to pull him outside. Mr. N'Kwane says. "Sirs, Could I have one of your cards, if I should get some of those Masi masks in then I could call you."

 

[VorpalBunny]

Carter allows himself to be led outside by Shorty. When they get outside the door, Carter gently removes his arm from Shorty's hand and straightens his coat.

"Ji-ju man? Hrumph. Surely you can't be afraid of a superstition. Anyway, I'm pretty sure he's lying about not recognizing the symbol of the Bloody Tongue. There's more then meets the eye going on here, and I'm positive it involves Elias."

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Joe watches as Shorty leads Professor Carter to the door. When Silas asks for a card, Joe turns to him, feeling uneasy but doing his best to keep it bottled up.

"I have no card, sir," Joe says with a smile, "but feel free to ring Saint Catherine's Catholic Church in the village. They'll be able to contact me."

With that, Joe nods at the shopkeeper. "Good day Mr. N'kwane. Thank you for your time." Then, he follows the others out the door.