Masks of Nyarlathotep: Chapter 1 (New York City)

[Vendetta]

Jack Chance moves very Deliberately toward the umbrella stand and the sleeping man by the front door, humming the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Gomez:

Spoiler

Jack wants to 1) gague the reaction of Mr. N'Kwane 2) look at the "sleeping" man for signs of A) a weapon for which the "sleeping" man might get the drop on him and 3) watch to see if the man tenses at all as his hummed song gets closer. Jack will finger his hidden pistol... uh... actually, we never did gear for him. Maybe I assume too much but seems to me that he would have some kind of pistol and if not, some other kind of weapon to defend himself with. He's not exactly the kind of guy people adore and probably always needs to have something on hand for emergencies. He'll do large movements with his other hand, touching merchendise or pointing at something or scratching his head... anything to help take attention away from his primary hand. Nothing overt, mind you, but even a fraction of a second of distraction can make all the difference in the world. Needless to say, Jack doesn't think the man is really asleep, and in fact, thinks that this man was the same man that used that lovely African war club sitting in the umbrella case.

 

[Gomez]

Mr. N'Kwane looks up from wrapping the knife as Jack walks towards the man sleeping by the front door. He calls out in some heathen tongue and the young man sits up and look at Jack and then the shopkeeper. A idiotic grin spreads on the young man's lips.

"Please my excuse my nephew, sirs." says N'Kwane. "He likes to keep me company but he works a night shift at the docks." The shopkeeper then speaks a few more sentences in his African dialect and the young man turns to go out the door. You think you hear a slight bit of urgency in the shopkeeper's voice.

Jack: [sblock] The young man stands up and gives you a fierce grin. But after hearing what the shopkeeper has to say he starts for the door. His right hand is noticably in his coat pocket.

OOC: Yes Jack would carry a pistol in his line of work. So you have one. [/sblock]

 

[Gomez]

ooc: Jibril may well have seen this first hand, having schooled in Cairo - it's only a few miles away - I'll leave that call to Gomez, though.

Jibril knows of the Bent Pyramid but has never been there. It is about 35 miles southwest of Cairo.

 

[Ashy]

"Hmm... some kind of intermediary between one world and the next. If it's not the Black Man, perhaps it is some kind of Egyptian deity? That might be worth pursuing. But the Bent Pyramid... yes, that fits rather well. Is there a picture or drawing of it?" Miriam inquires.

Charles begins leafing through some of the books, trying to recall if there was a picture... "I do not seem to recall....let me see....hummm...."

OOC: DM???

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"And wasn't there a book here on Egyptian deities, or was I imagining things?" Miriam mutters to herself, and dives back into the book pile, looking for Egyptian gods of magic, darkness, or evil.

 

[Ashy]

"I believe so, yes, yes - check under the third pile there...", Charles grins. "There are only the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. I have many more back at the shop - I only brought a little 'light reading', you see." The meek shopkeep puffs a bit with pride at his collection...

 

[Gomez]

Charles begins leafing through some of the books, trying to recall if there was a picture... "I do not seem to recall....let me see....hummm...."

OOC: DM???

OOC: Ask and you shall recieve.

 

[Gomez]

"And wasn't there a book here on Egyptian deities, or was I imagining things?" Miriam mutters to herself, and dives back into the book pile, looking for Egyptian gods of magic, darkness, or evil.

Set, Egyptian God of Evil and Darkness

Though he is depicted as a animal headed man.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"A rather impressive collection indeed, dear Charles," Miriam says, smiling at the bookworm. "Well, Set may be an animal, but Heaven knows that the old gods could take on any form they choose. Just look at the Greek gods! Turning into bulls and clouds and trees and whatnot. Probably doing a bit of looking about in Set and his rituals might give us some of the symbols they used. And if we do get to Egypt, we should have an idea of where to go aside from the Bent Pyramid."

 

[Ashy]

Charles nods, "I can start compiling an explorer's journal immediately! I will be sure and cross-reference it where needed, of course and, oh, yes, I can provide an area for off the cuff note-taking- that would be supreme! And of course I'd have to..." Charles wanders off, blithering to himself and scribbling notes down as quickly as his fingers can move...