Paridon: The Dark Metropolis (Ravenloft)
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InVinoVeritas
Adventurer
She smiles. Her teeth are cracked like old bisque.
"I am Adalavas ko'Pigglemorth. Daddy raised me, all by himself. He taught me to be a good girl. He taught me how to make toys and dolls, how one gear pulls on another, how it is important that every gear is functioning perfectly, because every piece depends on every other piece. We all have rules to follow. Daddy taught me to follow him. I love my daddy."
"I am Adalavas ko'Pigglemorth. Daddy raised me, all by himself. He taught me to be a good girl. He taught me how to make toys and dolls, how one gear pulls on another, how it is important that every gear is functioning perfectly, because every piece depends on every other piece. We all have rules to follow. Daddy taught me to follow him. I love my daddy."
industrygothica
Adventurer
Darian paces the front room like a caged animal. "Where is that blasted guard with his report?" he screams. Finally, he heads to the top of the stairs. "How goes it?" he shouts down. "I've sent a guard to check on the father; something is most assuredly wrong in this place."
"Ah ... Ada ... do you know me? Templeton, do you know what became of him? What happened last night?"
Father Berman takes a breath, trying to stay calm, though it doesn't seem to help. If we handle this wrong, it will unleash the fury of the monster. But there's a chance - if it still has Ada's mind - that it might not need to attack people.
He calls up to Darian "We found Ada. She's wearing a new look if you know what I mean. Don't do anything to upset her."
Father Berman takes a breath, trying to stay calm, though it doesn't seem to help. If we handle this wrong, it will unleash the fury of the monster. But there's a chance - if it still has Ada's mind - that it might not need to attack people.
He calls up to Darian "We found Ada. She's wearing a new look if you know what I mean. Don't do anything to upset her."
Le Noir Faineant
Explorer
Calahan suddenly becomes very, very calm, and his hands fumble on the flame thrower...
Listen Check: Does Calahan get an idea that his friends are talking to a third person downstairs?
Listen Check: Does Calahan get an idea that his friends are talking to a third person downstairs?
InVinoVeritas
Adventurer
"You're the police. You protect good people and arrest bad people like Combledorns. Like daddy repairs the clock, you repair the city."
Ada stops a moment. Her head twitches once, twice. Her voice rises as her head starts scanning back and forth. "Is daddy in trouble? Are there Combledorns here? The Combledorns were melted down in the furnace like bad gears, yes?"
Calahan definitely heard that. He's also quite sure that the doll with the broken head in the window was facing the other way just a bit ago.
Ada stops a moment. Her head twitches once, twice. Her voice rises as her head starts scanning back and forth. "Is daddy in trouble? Are there Combledorns here? The Combledorns were melted down in the furnace like bad gears, yes?"
Calahan definitely heard that. He's also quite sure that the doll with the broken head in the window was facing the other way just a bit ago.
Ru Brike, barbaric human monk
Ru tenses again, and cautiously moves back toward the stairs. "We'd never do that," Ru calls back. "We'd just hate for her to miss seeing the lovely dress up here." He turns to the others upstairs with a futile shrug, whispering, "It's the only thing I could think of that might get her out of the cramped quarters before something else goes wrong."
kinem said:
Ru tenses again, and cautiously moves back toward the stairs. "We'd never do that," Ru calls back. "We'd just hate for her to miss seeing the lovely dress up here." He turns to the others upstairs with a futile shrug, whispering, "It's the only thing I could think of that might get her out of the cramped quarters before something else goes wrong."
InVinoVeritas said:
"Yes, we try to repair the city. You see, the bad people need to be dealt with, but only us police are supposed to do it - that's how the machinery of the city has to work, otherwise it will get all mangled up. Does your daddy know that?
There are no Combledorns here, but some of them survived. They might try to kill you. It's not safe for you here. We need to take you with us, and we need to find your daddy and talk to him. Will you come with us?"
Le Noir Faineant
Explorer
InVinoVeritas said:
Within all this horror, the Hunter again takes possession of Calahan's mind.
His eyes narrowing to small black slits, his skin pale like marble, and his greasy pony tail wipping up and down, the policeman turns around to the doll with the broken head.
If anyone of his colleagues is in range, he waves his hand and points to the construct,
while aiming at the doll with his gun.
Should the doll make any other move or show any signs of life, he'll just pull the trigger.
