Strange Remnants

A cosmic alignment is coming, bringing with it humanity's doom. Singer Marie Lambeau, astronomer Norman Withers, politician Charlie Kane, and bounty hunter Tony Morgan must work together to try to save the world.

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Turn 8 - Encounter Phase

[dice]0[/dice] - success on the Lore Check

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Turn 8 Encounter Phase
Tony Morgan finally locates a seedy dive bar late at night and makes his way inside past two musclebound goons flanking the entrance. He had been told that he might find information here, but it would cost him. He makes his way to the back, where there is a curtained archway guarded by another pair of thugs. They block his path. "I'm here to see the boss," he says.

"Nobody sees the boss," says one.

"I've got money."

The guards look at each other. "Let's see it."

"I don't have it with me."

"Then you don't get to see the boss."

"But he's expecting me." The goons guffawed. "What? What's so funny?"

"You. You're an idiot. If you really knew the boss, you'd know that she's a lady."

"Oops."

"Now we're gonna beat you to a jelly!" They both grab him and raise their fists.

"Wait!" says a woman's voice from behind the curtain. An elegant arm reaches out and beckons. "I'll see him. If I'm not pleased with him, you can have him when I'm done."

The guards shrug and shove him through the archway into a private office. A beautiful blonde woman in a little black dress stands before him. "Have a seat, Mister..." She gestures to a luxurious armchair facing a mahogany desk.

"Morgan. Tony Morgan," he says. What have I gotten myself into? he thinks, gulping. He sits down, figuring it's best to do what she wants. "Why did you decide to let me in, Miss..."

"Jacqueline Bauer." She steps behind him and rubs his shoulders. "Let's just say I have a soft spot for handsome idiots...as long as they have money. You mentioned having money."

"That's right. I'm looking for information."

"Well, you've come to the right place. I run this town."

"The mayor might beg to differ."

She laughs gently. "That joker? He does what I tell him. And if he ever stops, I just replace him with a new joker. So, what do you want to know?"

"There's all sorts of weird stuff going on in the world. Some sort of astronomical alignment that threatens everything. Apparently the only way to stop it is to find a bunch of ancient relics and...do stuff with them."

"You're very articulate, Mr. Morgan."

"Thanks." Her sarcasm completely goes over Tony's head. "I took lessons."

"I might be able to help you out...but it'll cost you."

"How much?" She whispers a figure into his ear, and his eyes go wide. "That much?"

"Can you pay or not?"

"I can. I have a Swiss bank account with just enough funds in it to cover it." He gives her the number of the account that the mysterious benefactor had given him.

Jacqueline strides over to her desk, picks up the telephone, dials it, and speaks. "I need you to transfer some funds into my account from the account I give you." She rattles off the number. "Let me know as soon as the wire goes through." She waits for a minute. "Cheers." She then hangs up the phone and walks back over to Tony. "The money was there all right. That means you get to live...and I'll tell you what you want to know." She leans over his shoulder and whispers in his ear again.
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Turn 8, Encounter Phase, Lost in Time and Space

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The silhouette of a man towers before Marie, standing behind a veil of shimmering stars. She hears the being's voice in her mind, offering an escape from this emptiness.

"If you will gain a Dark Pact--" the silhouette begins, but it stops after reading her aura. "Singer from the swamps, you already have a hex on you. I cannot help you, Marie Lambeau. You will return, but not to a place of your choosing."

She falls, but not to the ground, upwards, beyond the green, ethereal planets and further into nothingness. Marie glides by a huge insect who is propelling itself through space with powerful wings and buzzing like a dread whisper, and then she is lying upon a sidewalk with a crowd of faces staring down at her.

"Señora , ¿estás bien?"

Spawn Gate: Buenos Aires (blue constellation) and

ImageImage and Omen advances by 1 (blue constellation [left hand]). Edit: Doom advances 2 (11 down to 9)--that's London and Buenos Aires.
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Turn 8, Mythos Phase

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Advance the Omen: green comet. Doom advances by 1 (11 down to 10). Edit: Doom advances 1 (9 down to 8).

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Spawn Clues: Tokyo and space 17.

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Turn 9 Action Phase - Istanbul

The Turkish police picked up Norman at the train station and took him in for quesitioning. Norman could not understand why they wanted him and after 8 hours of interigation he still didn't know. They then threw him in a cell for two days before releasing him with out a explanation.

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Turn 9, Action Phase, Buenos Aires

Action 1: Bone Pipes vs. Mi-go.

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Lore 3 +1[improvement] [dice]0[/dice] Marie spends 1 Sanity and the Mi-go loses 2 Health.

Action 2: Travel to space 8 -> Ship Ticket to Arkham.

Extra Action: Component Action, Bone Pipes vs. Spinner of Webs (Cast Voice of Ra, spend 1 Health to do so.)

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Lore 3 +1[improvement] [dice]1[/dice] Marie spends 1 Sanity (3 down to 2) and Spinner of Webs loses 2 Health (4 down to 2).

Marie is helped up off of the sidewalk and walked over to a low brick wall by a friendly pedestrian.

"Muchas gracias," she says.

She sits hunched, feeling disorientated and tired, so tired. She wants to give up this quest and stay in bed for a week. Marie thinks of grand-mère's green tomato chutney liberally spread over slabs of cheese inside soft white bread . . . I wish I could stop and go home, but not yet, "not yet," she says aloud, a passerby gives her a "look."

Help her, help Diana. The one who helped her in Arkham is in Buenos Aires too, and Diana must face the huge insect. Determinedly, Marie grabs the Bone Pipes and blows into it, her eyes screwed-up in concentration, and produces a sweet tune.

Happy and feeling reenvigorated, alive again, she boards ship for Bermuda and then Arkham, where she'll play the Bone Pipes to hurt the Spinner of Webs.
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Turn 9 Action Phase
Before Tony leaves, Jacqueline tells him where to find the local chapter of the Silver Twilight Lodge and gives him a letter of introduction. Dropping her name and Carl Sanford's gets him through the door and into the office of Rebecca Waite, a researcher for the Lodge. After exchanging secret handshakes, Tony fills her in on the threat to the world.

"That certainly is of concern," Rebecca says. "We are aware of the impending alignment, and what you've told me makes sense. I'd been meaning to go to India to hunt for ancient relics that I've got a few leads on, so our interests do coincide. Besides, I wouldn't want the world to be destroyed. That's where I keep all my stuff! I'll work with you, in exchange for a favor to be named later."

"Sure," says Tony. "Sounds reasonable." He has no idea what she might want, but he doesn't see any problem. They're both members of the Lodge with a common interest in saving the world, so it never occurs to him that the price might be too high to pay. Besides, he's a sucker for a pretty face.

"Excellent." Rebecca tents her fingers in a way that would seem ominous to Tony were he paying attention. "I can be packed and ready to leave on a ship bound for India at dawn. We'll meet at the docks. A pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Morgan."
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Turn 9, Action Phase, space 7

Action 1: gain a Train Ticket.

Actin 2: Travel to Buenos Aires.
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Turn 9 Encounter Phase
After Tony and Rebecca check into their hotel in Calcutta, Tony retires to his room and has an extremely disturbing dream about an ancient civilization fighting unspeakable horrors. Their fight is in vain, however, and the civilization is destroyed. He awakens in a cold sweat, wondering if the same thing will happen to modern civilization.
OOC,[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4885740/]Lore roll (2 dice) during Research Encounter, Turn 9 (2d6.hits(5)=0)[/url]. [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4885741/]Reroll of Lore roll die during Research Encounter, spending 1 Focus, Turn 9 (1d6.hits(5)=0)[/url]. [b]Tony[/b] loses 2 Sanity. D'oh! :cry:
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Turn 9 - Encounter Phase

Cast Wither Spell - [dice]0[/dice] - Pass

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Horror test: [dice]1[/dice]

Combat Mi-go - - 3 successes
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Horror test, Diana vs. Mi-go: [dice]0[/dice]
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Turn 9 Encounter Phase - Istanbul

Seyit Cabuk had been locked up in the Turkish prison for over a week ever since he was arrested in connection of the death of several respected businessmen. While the police had actually gotten something right for a change and arrested the right man, they were wrong about the dead men. In fact they were not men at all. But a pack of flesh eating ghouls that impersonated men. Seyit had hunted them down and finished them off only to run into the group of police. Seyit looked at the tattoos that crisscrossed his body. To a laymen's eyes they were just interesting designs to but to him they were protective charms against evil. Seyit thought about escaping but that would require him to use his special talents to kill the innocent and that was something he could not do. Was this the end for him.

At that moment the cell door opened and a guard and a elderly white gentlemen looked at him. "Mr. Cabuk. I am Norman Withers." the old man said holding a piece of paper in his hands. "I have gotten you released. Though it did cost me." The man smiled. "Let's get you out of here and I will explain everything. I need your help in a very important matter."
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Turn 9, Encounter Phase, Arkham

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Marie touches the $20 check--she was paid it for a cabaret job in the Philippines, which is inside her parka pocket. The queues to either side of her advance steadily toward their bank teller, but her's is like a rock on the shoreline. A strange man, wearing a striped corduroy jacket, stomps away from the teller at the top of her queue and halts beside Marie.

"No more credit," he mutters, "I have literally nothing to eat!" Marie cannot help but overhear.

"These are tough times, sir. I'll buy you a sandwich, if you like," she offers.

When the strange man bites into his sandwich slices of onion and dollops of mayonnaise fall to the floor. Between chomps he slides over a tatty book. "You're into witchery and all that, I can tell. Persuade me to sell to you this."

Influence 4 [dice]0[/dice]

Edit: I forgot the -1 penalty for the test, but Marie still passed.

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Turn 9 - Encounter Phase - Other World Encounter

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Lore Check - [dice]0[/dice] - Pass

Confidence Check - [dice]1[/dice] - Pass - Close Gate!! :)
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Turn 9, Mythos Phase

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Advance the Omen: blue constellation [right-hand side]. Advance Doom by 1 (8 down to 7)--would've been by 2, well done to Diana for closing the Gate.

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Hunting Horror flies to Istanbul and attacks Norman Withers. :!:

Mythos cards in play:

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Tony Morgan at space 17 and Norman Withers at Istanbul test Observation.

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Turn 9 Mythos Phase

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[dice]0[/dice]

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Flip and Discard to place Eldritch Token on Relics of the World

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Horror Check [dice]1[/dice] Lose 3 Sanity
Combat Check [dice]2[/dice] Hunting Horror takes 1 damage. Norman takes 1 Health Damage.

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Observation Check [dice]3[/dice]
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Turn 9 Mythos Phase
In the morning, Tony and Rebecca set out from their hotel, only to bump into a squad of Indian soldiers led by a British officer that he somehow had failed to notice. "You will come with us, please," says the officer in a tone that makes it clear that this is not a mere request.
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Flip and Discard to place Eldritch Token on Relics of the World
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Tony Morgan is detained by the British Raj.

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"Patrolling the Border" Observation 3 [dice]0[/dice]

Diana Stanley is detained by the Argentinian Junta.

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"Patrolling the Border" Observation 2 [dice]1[/dice]

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Lore 3 +1[improvement] [dice]2[/dice]

1-2: Stress and fatigue wears at you. Lose 1 Sanity. (2 down to 1.) :!:

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[dice]3[/dice]

Tony Morgan's Debt Condition flipped:

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Hmmm. Doom is dropping fast, but we've nearly solved the 2nd Mystery . . . I reckon he should gain a Dark Pact?


[I'll finish resolving the Mythos card later on.]
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Spawn Gate: San Francisco (green comet) and ImageImage Giant Penguin to Antarctica.

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Turn 9 Mythos Phase
The soldiers escort their prisoners through the alleys of Calcutta. Tony hears a ticking sound nearby, and a man in a fine black suit stands in the shadows. "I can help you," he tells Tony. "All you have to do is repay me, with a favor to be named later."

Tony frowns. "I don't know about this..."

"The stakes are too high," Rebecca tells him. "We need all the help we can get. Take him up on his offer. Sometimes sacrifices must be made."

"Well...all right, what's one more favor I owe? Hey, if the world is destroyed, I won't have to pay anyone back."

The man vanishes back into the shadows. If the soldiers had seen him, they gave no sign. Soon they arrive at the local prison, where they take their captives to a cell block. They lock Rebecca in one cell and Tony in an adjacent one. A priest sits on a cot in the cell on the other side, and Tony recognizes him instantly. "Father Merluzzo!" he exclaims, turning to Rebecca for a moment. "He's my old Sunday school teacher! Father, what are you doing here?"

"I believe the expression is 'cooling my heels,' my son," says the priest.
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