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[Mr. Handy]

"Let's tie these guys up, search them, and find somewhere to lock them," says Patrick. "They'll need to be guarded constantly until we can turn them over to someone else."

[Dave Syrinx]

"Might be a good time to bug out of here. I´m not entering that place over there. Isn´t it a way to shut it down from a distance? Tactical measures or something..." Vance is not keen on finishing this gig at this point. Too high stakes. "Who´s picking us up?"

Keeper:

Spoiler:

I´ve not read all the back-story so I don´t know the objectives. We arrived here and investigated the site. Took photos and eliminated the opposition. Th students and scientists are freed. We stumbled upon a horror in the temple. What are our objectives in this situation. I´d go for sealing the temple so that nothing escapes and no one enters.

Is this location the casue of the climate shift? If so we should send in some heavier cavalry to deal with the anomaly. We seem too small to have any effect.

"I say we seal this whole site and bury it in ice. Any suggestion how to accomplish that? Man, I don´t need to get no scrolls from some creepy old city. Man, let´s skip this cold hole."
Vance looks harried by the turn of events in the temple.

[kabukiman]

OOC: The objectives of the expedition were:
1º Discover who built the city (vikings, inuits or any other)
2º Discover it's cultural signification and relevance (I read it in a an archeology book, didn't invented)
3º Recover the maximum artifacts to make trends of fashion
4º Elaborate a cronology of the city.

By the way, you may want to read this dialogue you "had" in the mound...
http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtop ... 4&start=80

Of course, all this was before the attacks and to discover the "thing", so things may change...

One of the professors heard your words and then says:
-Bury the entire site? Don't you think you are overeacting? All we have to do is avoid the temple. The others parts seem to be safe.

[Mr. Handy]

"Well, we've made a good start," says Patrick. "That chest we brought back from the ruins is a significant artifact, and it may provide us with more clues. The main problem we have is dealing with these mercs we've captured and whoever sent them. I traced them back to Detroit, but nothing more specific than that yet."

[Dave Syrinx]

"That might be true. Let´s stay clear of the temple and do some further cursory documentation. I saw a projection over at the mound earlier. Before the mercs arrived. There was a recording from another organization. It told about lost Atlantis and wizards and such. It seems someone wants us to believe this is a fairy land. Let´s see if we can bring back enough samples to run tests on - then we can determine if the time line is a match for the tales of myths." He waits a little then adds. "I didn´t find any projector though. It looked like a hologram, evidently the organization is well funded."

[Mr. Handy]

"The mound sounds like a good place to start then," says Patrick. "If we can find this projector, that may give us some more leads. The scientists should also examine this chest thoroughly for any indication of its origin."

[kabukiman]

OOC: It is still night (11PM), and you will have to make check constitutions because your hurt, to get to the place..

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,I had no idea what time it was. Can't we sleep now and go there in the morning?

[kabukiman]

OOC,yes, you can

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,Then that's what I'd like to do, if [b]Vance[/b] agrees.

[Dave Syrinx]

"Well, we can´t do much in our exhausted state. I´ll take the first watch. Sweet dreams, all!" Vance pats Patrick on the back.

[kabukiman]

You all sleep well and recover 1 HP.
The weather is getting worse, with dark clouds appearing and the temperature is droping: 5º celsius (41º fahrenheit).

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,That leaves me at 9 out of 11 HP.

Patrick eats breakfast and gathers his gear. "Okay," he says. "Let's see if anyone wants to come with us out to the mound."

[kabukiman]

OOC: By the way, the teachers ask that you warn arkham so youthey may send help.
Nobody shows much entusiasm. Just Professor Derby (who wants to see if he can bring someting more from the the place) and Tobias accept.

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,Yes, we'll contact Arkham. We could have done that last night, actually, if they told us then. Maybe they can also send someone to take the captured mercs into custody so we don't have to keep babysitting them. There's also [b]Jason[/b] that we left locked up in the ruins. We can put him with the others in the meantime.

[kabukiman]

You contact Arkham that get's very worried, and they promiss to contact the police imediatly to send help. You take care of the (survivant) mercs and go to the mound. You arrive after a smal trip and put away the materials you put to hide the hole in the ceiling.

[Mr. Handy]

"You were here before," Patrick says to Vance. "Where did you find the hologram?"

[Dave Syrinx]

Vance shows the way through the mound. Then down the holes they climbed and repelled earlier. Finally after several descents they arrive at the sarcophagi and finally finds the wooden statue where the projection was seen.

[Mr. Handy]

Patrick takes a good look around the room for anything unusual or interesting.

[kabukiman]

When you touch the statue, the image of the man that Vance saw before, materialize before your eyes. He starts talking... in a language that you don't recognize but you still understand somehow.
-So, you have come back? Have you decide to learn about some spell? I have a huge knowlege, and was considered one of the mightiest wizard of all time, even before I killed the worm.