Masks of Nyarlathotep - Chapter 1: New York City

[Shapermc]

"Sounds like a plan bro'ter." Shorty replies still quite nervous.

 

[Festy_Dog]

"Well, we move tha slab den," Hamish says, he looks at the slab for a moment before continuing, "I'll push it."

Hamish rolls up his sleeves and unbuttons his coat for ready access to his pistol, then once everyone's ready he'll start pushing.

 

[Shapermc]

"Ok, ready... 3... 2... and ..."

 

[Yellow Sign]

With Thomas and Shorty pulling on the chain the slab lifts and Hamish strains and pushes the slab away from a hole in the ground that the slab covered. With loud band the slab hits the floor away from the 8 foot diameter hole. A long strangled cry is heard from the pit, followed by another and then another. Anguished cries begin to echo from the dark hole. Your first thought is that there are poor people down in the hole crying for help.

 

[Krug]

"Is there anyone down there?" says Thomas in a half-hearted shout. "Can we shine a light in there?" He keeps his pistol pointed down the dark hole.

 

[Festy_Dog]

"I'll get that lantern," Hamish says, and goes out into the hallway to unhook the lantern hung from the ceiling.

He returns to the room and dangles the light over the hole, trying to make out who's down the bottom.

 

[Shapermc]

Shorty nervously rubs his hands together and backs slowly and carefully away from the pit.

"B.b.bb.bbro'ter yo.yo.you got that under c.c.controll?"

 

[Yellow Sign]

As several of you are holding flashlights, it is unnessary for Hamish to get the lantern as it is unlite in any case. Everyone save Shorty who backs up from the hole peers down into the dark hole. Your flashlights illumiating the bottom which is about 15 feet down. Thats.........when.......you.......see.......it...............








.............with a strangled gasp you come out of the shock of seeing the thing at the bottom of the pit. Now you know what is making the anguished cries but your mind revolts against the knowledge. The crying THING is composed of dozens of human faces set into a thick wormlike mass of purple-veined muscle. The faces weep, shout, and cry out with great woeful feeling.

Professor Carter sways back and forth as his vision begins to fade in to darkness. His eyes flutter closed and he begins to pitch forwards into the pit. Hamish and Thomas while shocked hold on to their sanity.......just barely.


[OOC: Sanity loss....Carter 11 points and faints, Hamish 5 points, and Thomas 3 points]

 

[Yellow Sign]

Father Joe waits up in the shoppe. The others have been down the stairs for a while. The shapes of the African articles in the room have a whole new horrid appearence by the light of your lone flashlight. Suddenly you hear what sounds like cries of anguish coming from down the stairs. As you turn to investigate, you hear the noise of the lock of the front door to the shoppe being turned and then a second later you hear the door in the ajoining shoppe also being opened.

 

[Shapermc]

Shorty, seeeing the professor wobbeling, and not being to far away bolts forward to grab him. If he see's what made Carter feint, so be it, but safety is key.