Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

A student has gone missing and the investigators have been tasked to find him. What is the connection to the mysterious abandoned railway tunnel at Chapochaug, which is rumoured to be haunted?

Moderator: HoneyDog

User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

Image

After notifying Dr. Miller that she will be helping Dr. Winside, Alice helps Henry look through the journals, with better results.
OOC,Library Use roll (55% skill) looking through the journals: [dice]0[/dice]
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
User avatar
HoneyDog
Keeper
Keeper
Posts: 6122
Registered for: 7 years 5 months
7
Location: Yokohama
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by HoneyDog »

Alice finally finds something of interest from 1919. It is titled "Atypical Ascocarp Structures in Subterranean Fungoids" by Cornelia Price of Smith College. It describes highly unusual spores with rare, perhaps unknown properties, found in the Dunwich area. The article's contents are largely intelligible to a lay reader though, and the nature of the properties is not discussed.

The time is now 11.30.
innsmouth
Adept
Adept
Posts: 535
Registered for: 11 years 10 months
11
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by innsmouth »

Henry Glynn

"That's interesting. I'm not sure how it helps us yet but we should make a note of it. Let's call Isadora now. We can always come back later and do more research."
User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

Image

"Yes, let's call her," says Alice. "We might find more information in Albert's rooms, but I think Dunwich is most likely where he went, if that's where the fungi grow."
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
User avatar
HoneyDog
Keeper
Keeper
Posts: 6122
Registered for: 7 years 5 months
7
Location: Yokohama
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by HoneyDog »

OOC,Would Alice like to call Cornelia Price now?
User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

OOC,Yes, that's a good idea.
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
User avatar
HoneyDog
Keeper
Keeper
Posts: 6122
Registered for: 7 years 5 months
7
Location: Yokohama
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by HoneyDog »

Alice and Henry return to the reception desk where Alice borrows the phone and requests the operator to connect her to Smith College. She asks to be put through to Cornelia Price.
Alice,Roll Luck!
User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

Image

Alice is in luck.
OOC,Luck roll (65% stat) calling [b]Cornelia Price[/b]: [dice]0[/dice]
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
User avatar
HoneyDog
Keeper
Keeper
Posts: 6122
Registered for: 7 years 5 months
7
Location: Yokohama
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by HoneyDog »

Alice gets put through. The line rings, and a voice answers.

"Hello? This is Cornelia Price."
User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

Image

"Good morning," says Alice. "This is Alice Stanton. I'm the secretary of Dr. Miller at Miskatonic University, but right now I'm doing some work for Dr. Homer Winside, the botanist. I'd like to ask you some questions, if you don't mind, regarding a paper you wrote in 1919, 'Atypical Ascocarp Structures in Subterranean Fungoids.' Did you already happen to receive a call about this paper recently from a student named Albert Baumgartner, by any chance?"
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
User avatar
HoneyDog
Keeper
Keeper
Posts: 6122
Registered for: 7 years 5 months
7
Location: Yokohama
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by HoneyDog »

Ms. Price’s surprise is almost tangible.

“Why, yes” she says. Dr. Winside, you say? Yes, I actually met Mr. Baumgartner about three weeks ago. He came to talk to me specifically about my paper. What is this about, Miss Stanton?”
User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

Image

"He went searching for fungal samples," explains Alice, "and he has not returned. We believe he was looking for the samples mentioned in your paper, in the Dunwich area."
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
User avatar
HoneyDog
Keeper
Keeper
Posts: 6122
Registered for: 7 years 5 months
7
Location: Yokohama
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by HoneyDog »

“Oh”. There is silence on the line for a moment. Alice begins to wonder if Ms. Price is still there, then her reply comes.

“The samples I wrote about came from an abandoned railroad tunnel under Chapochaug Mountain. It’s south-west of Dunwich, between Aylesbury and Dean’s Corners. I told Mr. Baumgartner about the location. Of course, it’s possible that other samples exist elsewhere; indeed Mr. Baumgartner thought that there might be other locations, but it’s Chapochaug that we talked about.”

She pauses again. “Oh, I do hope nothing has befallen him. He’s an earnest young man, if possessed by some odd ideas regarding that fungus. Chapochaug is an eerie place, I can’t say that I relish the memory of it.”
User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

Image

"Thank you, what you've told me will be very helpful," says Alice. "Hopefully we can find him now that we know where he's gone. Out of curiosity, what were his odd ideas about the fungus?"
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
User avatar
HoneyDog
Keeper
Keeper
Posts: 6122
Registered for: 7 years 5 months
7
Location: Yokohama
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by HoneyDog »

“Well, the spores are very unusual. I’ve never seen anything like them, before or since. A unique cell structure. But Mr. Baumgartner ascribed possible attributes to them which were sheer conjecture, erm… he seemed to think that they might possess miraculous medical properties, including the ability to reanimate dead cells. I really can’t see how he could have come to that conclusion. Quite extraordinary! He seemed quite reserved up until he began talking about this idea.”

Alice can hear the astonishment in her voice.

“Well, the best of luck to you Miss Stanton. Please call me again if you or the police need my help. I hope you find him safe and sound.”
User avatar
Mr. Handy
Admin
Admin
Posts: 46364
Registered for: 17 years 5 months
17
Location: Philadelphia
Contact:

Re: Chapter 1b: A Request for Help (Alice & Henry)

Post by Mr. Handy »

Image

"Thank you again," says Alice. "Goodbye, and have a nice day." After Alice finishes the call, she fills in Henry and then calls Isidora to let her know.
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
Locked

Return to “The Chapochaug Tunnel Haunting”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest