Play@YSDC

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:44 am**

Two days latter...
You are aboard a small passenger airplane, a few minutes away from landing at an airstrip near the headquarters of the military command in charge of enforcing the quarantine. The equipment (including lot's of food and water in bootles) is strapped in at the rear of the compartment.
Mount Kinabalu rises towards the sky to the left of the airplane as it darts through low cloud cover.

OOC: Everybody makes a spott hidden roll.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:09 am**

Harry can't see much through the clouds.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:25 am**

OOC: Hard Success.

Crowley, as ever, is much cheerier while on an aircraft in flight. His eyes gleaming with excitement, he peers attentively out of the windows. Periodically, he comments of the attributes of the party's aircraft and the pilot's style.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:43 am**

Father Malone is also happier to be back out in the field. Any excuse to get away from the stuffiness of the university. He studies the Borneo jungle below, it seems more like home to him now than the bustle of New York.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:49 pm**

Butch is watching out the window and sees nothing but jungle below and clouds above and around.

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:05 pm**

Suddenly, the colour drains from Crowley's face.

OOC: Hard Success.

OOC: Fail.

"Dear god in heaven! We must get down! Pilot! Get us down near the ground, below the clouds! Now! We're about to be intercepted!" Crowley rushes forward to speak to the pilot.

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 4:44 am**

Harry grabs a parachute and slips it on, just in case, positioning himself near the door and bracing himself. "Intercepted by what?" he asks. "Don't tell me the Luftwaffe's here."

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 5:44 pm**

When Crowley is almost near the pilot, you all feel a shock, like if something had crashed in it.

Butch: you see suddenly a head in the window... without a face. No eyes, no mouth.
Roll sanity. If fail, loose 1d6. If you pass, loose 1 point.

Crowley sees two creature breaking the window of the cockpit makimng the pilot and co-pilot fly away...
Another creature smashes in the rear, where all the equipment is...
And you hear several creatures in the ceiling of the airplane.

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:18 pm**

“Christ almighty!” Jan watches aghast as the two pilots disappear into the sky. She leaps from her seat, drawing her large field knife for protection.
“Can anyone fly this thing?” She roars.

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:48 pm**

Crowley yells back to Jan in irritation, "You do realise I was a captain in the Royal Flying Corps?!"

Frantically, he dives into the pilot's now vacated seat and takes the controls. "Someone come and shoot these bat creatures while I try to get us below the clouds!"

Posted: **Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:46 am**

"Holy Christ!" Butch yells and grabs for his machete. He will strike at any that manage to break into the plane.

Posted: **Fri Nov 04, 2022 3:54 am**

Harry draws his revolver and runs for the cockpit to start shooting at the creatures.

Posted: **Fri Nov 04, 2022 5:11 pm**

Everyone (except Crowley and Butch) make a sanity roll. If It fail, loose 1d6. If pass, loose 1 point. Then make a mythos roll.

Harry: shoot.
Butch: strike.
Crowley: fly
Jan: use the knifes
Alex: what do you want to do?

Posted: **Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:38 pm**

As the windows smash and something starts to take the plane apart, Alex shakes his head, 'Why am I not surprised?' He pulls out a hip flask and takes a quick pull. Then draws his revolver and heads into the back of the plane. He catches a sight of whatever it is attacking the rear of the aircraft and shudders involuntarily, 'Lord above, what is that?'

Posted: **Sat Nov 05, 2022 1:55 am**

OOC: Fail.

Crowley frantically tries to wrestle the currently uncontrolled aircraft into obedience, without much luck.

Posted: **Sat Nov 05, 2022 4:28 am**

Harry has no idea what these things are, but he hopes he can kill them and opens fire.

Posted: **Sat Nov 05, 2022 8:51 pm**

Desperately ripping open his bag, Alex locates his shotgun. Aware he doesn't have time to load it, he tries his best to steady his trembling hands and draws a bead with his .38 revolver, snapping off three rounds in quick succession that ineffectually ricochet off the fuselage.

Posted: **Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:29 pm**

Jan feels the panic rising as she feels the plane buck and dive, she swings the knife at some scaly claw as it reaches through the window next to her but the swerve of the plane causes her to miss.

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:33 am**

Butch swings at one of the creatures assaulting the plane but is unable to hit as the plane rocks out of control.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:51 pm**

The plane starts falling in direction of the ground; Harry it at the faceless creature blowing up the head and it started to fall dead; Alex sees another the creature falling in direction of him, having lost its balance.

Everyone make a dodge roll please.

Jan recognize immmediatly those creatures: they are Nightgaunt, creatures supposed to live in the land of dreams and protecting it from intruders but never going to the land of those awaken. It is indeed odd (beside the fact that you can see that they actually exist!).

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:09 am**

Seeing what is clearly some kind of demon swooping towards him, Alex lets out an involuntary shriek and tries to twist out of the way, shouting 'With the finger of God I cast out devils. The kingdom of God is come upon us,' wrestling in his clothes for a vial of holy water.

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 3:28 am**

Harry easily dodges out of the way.

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:57 am**

OOC: Fail.

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:46 pm**

“Usiku kucha!” These are the demons out of the stories the villagers used to frighten the children with.
“These are nightgaunts!” She cries to the others.
Jan is so amazed to see them in reality she forgets to duck.

Posted: **Thu Nov 10, 2022 3:43 am**

Posted: **Thu Nov 10, 2022 5:05 pm**

OOC: Hard Dodge Success

As the plane lurches towards the ground, Butch is easily able to maintain his footing in his fight against what he now hears is a nightgaunt.

Posted: **Thu Nov 10, 2022 9:54 pm**

Luckily, the plane bounced, sending Jan sprawling and narrowly missing certain doom.

Posted: **Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:10 am**

Alex and Crowley cannot avoid the creatures that have lost their balance and hit them with the force of their bodies now that the plane is doing a descent abruptly. Crowley is now sit in the comands with a creature in his back that is trying in the small cockpit to put her feets in the ground of the plane (a dificult thing since the plane is falling but doesn't seem to notice that a human being is behind her).

OOC:
Alex and Crowley roll 1d4 of damage

New turn: Crowley you can try to fly.
Everyone else act.

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:07 am**

Harry empties his revolver into the creatures.

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:47 am**

OOC: Can Crowley madly throw his all into a crazed fight with the controls and "push" the skill for a second roll?

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:02 am**

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:31 am**

Butch hangs on and swings his machete at the creature nearest him, dealing a solid chop into the it.

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:46 pm**

Jan claws her way down to the cockpit to help Crawley either by keeping the creatures clear of him or mopping his brow.
“What can Ido to help?” She shouts over the engine whine.

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:22 pm**

With the dark monster falling through the air, Alex can do little but scream before its body thumps into him. Knocking him against the fuselage, still gripping his shotgun. He cracks it open and struggles to load a shell, before firing at the creature at point blank range. He braces himself for the explosive impact, turning his head away from the creature. But the sound never comes, he's fired the wrong barrel.

Posted: **Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:54 am**

Eyes on the controls, Crowley yells back at Jan, "Start shooting those bloody things before they attack me again!" He is dripping blood in various directions dependent on the movement of the aircraft.

Posted: **Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:29 am**

Harry blows the head of one of the creatures and Butch cuts the appendage of another who abandoned the plane.

The creature that is facing Alex decides to attack him.

Attack: 45%

Posted: **Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:31 am**

And fail!

OOC: Everyone can act now.
There is only one creature still in the plane (the one facing Alex in the rear of the plane).

Posted: **Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:37 am**

OOC: Success at last! GM, let me know if is worth spending 6 luck to make it a Hard Success.

Crowley manfully wrestles with the controls while dripping blood and perspiration. "For the Flying Corps!" he yells in defiance, his face a rictus of pain and concentration.

Posted: **Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:19 pm**

Ducking just in time to avoid a slashing claw that skims his hair. Alex shoves the barrel of the shotgun into the creature.

With his other hand he grips a vial of holy water and flicks off the lid. Splashing it across the infernal creature. And then pulls the trigger.

'Depart ancient serpent, the power of Christ compels you!'

Posted: **Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:59 pm**

“There’s just one left, in the tail. Just focus on flying!” Jan shouts to Crawley. She clambers to the copilot chair with her knife in hand in case any more attack the cockpit.

Posted: **Tue Nov 15, 2022 7:08 am**

Harry quickly reloads his revolver.

Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:02 pm**

The ground was getting dangerously near when Crowley managed to control the plane and straighten up; suddenly Crowley sees a dirt runaway with what seems a camp.

OOC: Everyone can act. Crowley, no rolll needed.

Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:10 pm**

Click. His shotgun fails to fire again, he pulls the other trigger. Click. 'This is getting ridiculous.'

Alex casts the shotgun to one side and levels his revolver at the dark, slippery monstrosity. He closes his eyes as he empties the gun, bang, bang, bang.

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:33 am**

Harry fires three more bullets into any remaining creatures.

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:22 am**

Crowley heads for the dirty runway, trusting the team will do away with the beast. "Are we down to just one of those things?"

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:16 pm**

The last creatures seems that doesn't like getting hit and abandon the plane and fly away to join it's companions..

Crowley: make a roll to land the plane.

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:07 am**

Seeing no threats to the plane from the beasts, Butch moves to the back of the plane where the cargo is and grabs onto something to brace himself for the last threat...a bumpy landing.

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:38 am**

Harry also braces himself, anticipating a bumpy landing, and reloads his revolver again in case those things come back.

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:20 pm**

OOC: Crowley will spend 10 Luck to make that a success if that's OK.

The perspiration runs freely down Crowley's face as he battles to get his compatriots safely to the ground.

"I always dreamed of being in aerial combat again but this is not quite what I had in mind."

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2022 2:47 pm**

And Crowley lands... softly. It is amazing with all the damage it suffered.
You see the camp nearby with several buildings made of wood.
Several military soldiers (british) with an officer aproaches the plane with curiosity but with their guns ready just in case.
Shapiro runs to the back of the plane where the equipment is.

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:36 pm**

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Kota Kinabalu. Thankyou for flying with Nightgaunt Air. We trust you have a more pleasant onward journey.” Jan opens her eyes and breathes a big sigh of relief.

“Well flown, Crowley.”

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 4:57 am**

"Yes, well done," says Harry. "Who needs medical attention?"

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:19 am**

"We had a saying in the Flying Corps, any landing you can walk away from."

"In fact, Harry, I am badly in need of some medical assistance, thank you."

Crowley looks at the approaching soldiers. He calls to the officer, "Captain Crawley, Royal Flying Corps, retired. At your service."

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:15 pm**

Alex desperately reloads his revolver and shotgun before looking up to see what is going on around them. He pulls up his black shirt to reveal livid bruising from where the creature slammed into him. 'So those were nightgaunts you say? And what exactly is one of those when it is at home? Some sort of demon no doubt.'

He sees Harry going to help Crowley, who looks like he took a real battering from the fight. 'Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'll be right over.' He supposes the hero of the hour should get a bit of attention. Alex hauls the medical kit out of the wrecked aircraft and joins Harry to help him look at Crowley's injuries.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:42 pm**

Jan finds some rudimentary first aid kit strapped under the copilot’s seat.
She offers to help Alex with his own wounds.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:43 pm**

"Well I must say that went a whole lot better than I would have thought." Butch checks the cargo to make sure it's all still secure and nothing needs cleaning up.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:15 am**

"What were those things?" asks Harry, helping binding wounds, though his help isn't really needed.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:26 am**

Once he's finished helping Crowley, Alex gratefully lets Jan wrap some bandages and spread a bit of liniment. 'Thanks. That feels better.' He pockets his revolver but doesn't put down his shotgun. Waiting for the soldiers to introduce themselves.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:44 am**

Spoiler:

OOC: 3 HP recovered.

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:30 am**

You see several bootles broken, the liquid pouring in the floor,; it seems you will have to be careful with how much you drink. The can food has suvived a bit better.
Shapiro seems very agitated and says in a very low voice "We need to talk after we speak with the officer".

The officer and the soldiers are now trying to open the door of the plane to help you to get out.

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2022 7:34 pm**

Jan moves to unlock the door and unfold the steps. She’s the first down and is very glad to stand on the soil. She takes a deep breath of the moist, humid air.
“Hmm, jungle!” She exclaims. She turns and gives the officer an appraising look whilst she waits for the others.

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2022 3:31 am**

Not sure if the officer heard him through the shattered cabin, Crowley repeats his introduction as he staggers out of the aircraft. "Captain Crowley, Royal Flying Corps, retired. At your service."

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:47 am**

"Thank you," says Harry, following Jan out of the plane.

Posted: **Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:39 am**

"Captain Lencaster at your service"- he makes a quick salute to all, says "Maam" to Jan and then shakes Crowley's hand.
"It seems you had problems in your plane?"
He orders then one of the soldiers to help Jan

Posted: **Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:30 pm**

"A pleasure, Captain." Crowley waves at the plane and looks grim. "I'm actually a passenger, not a member of the crew. The aircraft flew into a flock of, ah, giant tropical bats or something at high altitude. When the windscreen was shattered, both the crew were whipped out by the wind, and I regret to say have most certainly been killed."

"I would be grateful if you could pass on their deaths to the relevant authorities."

Posted: **Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:13 am**

"Thank you, Captain," says Harry, shaking his hand next. "The remains of some of those creatures are also in the plane. They're a rather disturbing sight."

Posted: **Fri Nov 25, 2022 9:55 am**

"I will. Lately have suffered some strange... occurences. But come, I am pretty sure you want to refresh yourself and eat something. We will speak latter."
He sends some soldiers to help with the luggage. As soon as He leaves, Shapiro comes in near panic and says:
"We need to talk now".

Posted: **Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:23 pm**

"Yeah, I think so too," says Harry, following Shapiro.

Posted: **Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:43 pm**

Alex hauls himself up and follows Shapiro. 'And how do these nightgaunts connect to the yellow plague? Not in a good way I expect.'

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:06 am**

Crowley produces a small hip flask of single malt, takes a celebratory swig, and passes it around. "What's the news, Shapiro?"

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:17 pm**

Jan distracts the officer by hooking her arm in his and leading him away so Shapiro can talk.
“Captain Lencaster, tell me more about these strange occurrences.”

Posted: **Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:19 pm**

Jan
"Well, at the beggining I dismissed as mere superstitions form the locals. But some strange plants have appear and my men have spoted strange animals. Any way, we have created a cordon in the area because of the disease and it is forbidden to leave it. We have convinced the locals to stay, even if we had to shoot several as a warning"

Shapiro:
"Well, we have an engine with us that would be used as last ressource to destroy the area in the case that we couldn't contain the disease in the area. And now... the device is in a countdown with 24 hours. It will burn everything in an area of 2 miles."

Posted: **Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:43 pm**

"A device? You're speaking of a bomb?" Butch says quietly. "Are you sure it cannot be deactivated? I happen to have some expertise in machinery, may I take a look at it?"

Posted: **Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:18 pm**

'Twenty four hours to cure the plague or you'll destroy everything and everyone. The white man's burden is heavy indeed,' Alex says sourly. He fishes out his whiskey and takes a long draught.

Posted: **Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:54 am**

"Why didn't you tell us this before we came here?" asks Harry. "It's just the sort of thing that would have been helpful to know."

Posted: **Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:36 am**

Crowley is looking unreasonably happy with life at the moment. "Oh well, we have twenty three hours to solve the problem and, failing that, one hour to find a fast moving boat." He pulls out his pocket watch to confirm the time.

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:50 am**

"Or repair the plane," says Harry. "Surely there's some way to stop the countdown in the event we do stop the problem."

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:31 am**

"Wait, it has a radius of about 3 miles, the area of the quarantine zone. We put the device in the central area and investigate what is the disease. If it is a normal disease, we evacuate everyone. If not... God may have mercy of those inside the area."

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:40 pm**

Crowley looks back at the aircraft. "I wouldn't count on that aircraft being in any state to fly in twenty four hours."

"I must say, Shapiro, your organisation has an odd, rather First Testament way of doing business. Was your original plan that we would be able to fly out, if we had to escape the explosion?"

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:55 pm**

"We were supposed to have two weeks. After, we could leave on foot if needed and walk 3 miles away from the device".

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:30 pm**

"So we need to get this into the center of the quarantine zone just in case." Butch will look at the crates in the back. "Which one of these is the bomb in?"

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2022 11:23 pm**

Alex gives a slightly manic laugh. 'Kill them all and let God decide?'

Posted: **Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:49 am**

"If we were supposed to have two weeks," asks Harry, "how did the countdown get down to one day?"

Posted: **Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:06 pm**

Jan looks around at the jungle.
“Are these plants and animals dangerous?” She asks the officer. Thinking that that would be the icing on the cake

Posted: **Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:58 pm**

Jan
"Well, yes, spiders, snakes and plants that would send you right to the hospital"

Shapiro:
"Some of those creatures must have broken it. What counts is that we are running out of time and we need to move fast".

Posted: **Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:45 pm**

"Very well," Crowley sighs, taking one last slug from the hip flask and putting it away. "Where do we start?"

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:25 am**

"Right, let's not waste any more time," says Harry.

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2022 6:43 am**

“No, not those I mean these weird animals and plants you’ve noticed recently.” Jan replies.

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:11 am**

Jan
"Well..." and here he hesitates "one of the creatures seems kind of an elephant with spikes in his backs and is green; peaceful thing my man said it was easy to kill. Then, there is a kind of rat, except it is the size of a dog, goes on packs and have a lot of tentacles from their snout and lot's of sharp teeths. Nasty thing. It seems there are other things too, but in the forest it's very dificult to spot them."

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:22 pm**

Taking another swig of whiskey, quite openly this time, Alex laughs some more. 'Tentacled rat-dogs. Of course, of course there bloody are.'

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:38 am**

Harry also has no idea what these things are.

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:11 am**

Crowley looks over at Shapiro impatiently. "So, first job is confirm this is your 'Yellow Death'. Second is to find some bad serpent people. Third is to stop them. All in 23 hours, allowing us flee in panic time if required."

"How exactly do we confirm the disease is this Yellow Death?"

"Not to be confused with either Little Death or Nasty Death."

OOC: Fail.

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2022 1:06 pm**

OOC: Sorry only Jan is hearing, but she can tell you latter.

Shapiro
We have another device that can analyze any samples of diseases and identify them. It was created by the serpent people and we captured it.

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:33 pm**

'Crowley, you forgot: Four - don't get infected.'

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:33 am**

"Well, on the bright side," says Harry, "we're not going to run out of food and water in 24 hours, so we don't have to worry about that so much. What's the first thing we need to do?"

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:03 am**

"Can we transport the bomb outside of the camp so that if it does go off, it won't kill everyone here? Butch says.

"We should also ask the commander if he has any infected quarantined that we can begin analyzing for the Yellow Death."

Posted: **Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:06 am**

"The Captain," Crowley corrects testily. "But, yes, let's go and ask him."

Crowley beetles over to catch up to Captain Lancaster, to ask about possible infected patients.

Posted: **Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:10 am**

“Watcha, Crowley.” Jan drawls as he scurried over. “Guess what, we’ve got Mythos creatures crawling all over the place.”

Posted: **Thu Dec 15, 2022 12:55 am**

"Ah, indeed?" Crowley furtively looks around for more attackers.

"Capt Lancaster, do you have an infirmary or something similar with some of the infected patients? We have some excellent new medical kit that can help identify the disease, and we're keen to test it out as soon as possible."

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:41 pm**

Jan walks back to the others,
“We’ve got another problem.”

She takes a swig from her hip flask. “The locals have seen some weird animals about the place and I recognise the descriptions from the Fukarwi witchdoctors’ trances back in Rhodesia.
There are large rodents called Zoogs and then there are some elephant type ones, Buopoth the tribe calls them.”

“Now, I know you’re all wondering, what are African animals doing in Borneo.”
Jan takes another swig.

“Well, they aren’t from anywhere on this Earth but from a dream world. They shouldn’t be able to survive here.”

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:48 am**

"In a little less than a day, they won't," says Harry. "Neither will we if we're still here then."

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2022 2:53 pm**

Crowley shrugs. "One problem at a time." He looks over to Captain Lancaster. "Captain, your patients? We need to conduct testing on a patient with the fever."

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:59 am**

"We don't have any patients here. My orders were very strict: all the people from the quarantine area sick or not, couldn't leave that area. With some shot we were able to dissuade them. I'm afraid you will have to enter that place if you want to do any testes. But after you enter, it will be 2 weeks until you can leave that area."

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:54 pm**

'But how can we wait two weeks if your bomb goes off in twenty four hours?'

Posted: **Wed Dec 21, 2022 3:39 am**

"We're going to have to do something about that bomb first," says Harry. "Where exactly is it located?"

Posted: **Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:42 am**

OOC: It was the captain Lancaster that said about the 2 weeks of the quarantine; he doesn't know anything about the bomb.

Posted: **Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:34 am**

"Don't worry Captain. If we can identify the disease, we can cure it and we won't need to quarantine anymore." Butch replies. "But we do need to get to where the infected are in order to identify the disease."

Posted: **Sat Dec 24, 2022 2:21 am**

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2022 11:44 pm**

'Ah yes Captain, I misspoke, no bombs here, it's been a stressful few hours!'

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2022 7:51 am**

“And I would like to track down some of these animals, Captain- to see where they have come from.” says Jan with a glint in her eye.

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2023 11:06 am**

Captain Lancaster
"Well, if you go inside the perimeter, as soon as you get out, I will have to getb you detained for a while to be sure you haven«t got anything.. And I'm sure you will find lot's of strange animals".

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:57 pm**

Fr Malone looks nervously at his companions. 'Given the time pressure perhaps we should get going sooner rather than later?' he notes. 'Maybe someone with more technical skills could remain behind with Dr Shapiro and help him with his...little problem.'

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:41 am**

"Yes, let's go," says Harry. "We don't want to waste any more time."

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:40 am**

"I'm ready to go." Crowley is still happy from being able to pilot again.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:23 pm**

"I don't think we should leave anyone behind. We need to take Shapiro and our... research device... with us. Let's not spend time shuttling around."

Butch turns to the Captain. "Do you have a vehicle we can use?"

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:12 am**

"Yes, you can take a car. But careful that the roads are vey bad."

Posted: **Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:32 pm**

“Let’s take shovels, ropes and such in case we need to repair the road.” Jan adds.

Posted: **Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:07 pm**

"Repairing the roads? That is why God invented porters. We just need a few. Mind you, traditionally they always betray and try to murder me. Which is why I have shot so many. It does make it harder to hire more..."

Spoiler:

Posted: **Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:18 pm**

Caotain Lancaster:
"Well, come with me, I'l just take you to the vehicle. I'l send some men to unload the plane, but you must be careful: between your all group, you cannot take much material."
Shapiro says:
"Well, hum, I'l drect some of the men to take the two devices we have... to the vehicle"

Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2023 5:51 am**

Harry follows at a brisk pace.

Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:15 pm**

After taking a slug of drink from a brown coloured bottle, Alex follows behind muttering to himself. 'Oh sure, bring it with us. Great plan.' A little more loudly and slightly hysterically he says, 'Oh no, no bombs here!'

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2023 4:42 am**

"If it goes off, it won't really matter how close we are to it," says Harry. "At least if it's with us, it might be possible to disable it."

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:53 pm**

“A bomb?!” Jan whispers furiously. “And you want to put in the back of a car bouncing around on these roads?!” She looks round to check that the officer can’t hear them.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:41 am**

They bring you two Ford model A open-cab pickup truck; it is a model from 1929, very solid and in good shape; each one can take two passengers (the extra person will have to go with the material).

Lancaster:
"So, you are all my guests to a dinner this night. You can leave tomorrow morning if you want."

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2023 4:56 am**

"Do we have that long?" asks Harry. "Maybe we should start tonight."

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:00 pm**

'Oh we're ready and raring to go,' hisses Alex, through gritted teeth.

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:58 am**

"Any other time and I'm sure we would be delighted, Captain," Crowley replies. "Unfortunately, time is of the essence. Lives at stake and all that. I do hope you will accept our apologies."

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2023 6:56 am**

"Indeed Captain. Can we take you up on that dinner on our way out? We must deal with the outbreak first before any more are infected." Butch says, and then to the others. "I'll ride in the back with the cargo."

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:45 pm**

“I will ride shotgun.” Jan states and turns away to ready her elephant gun and her other kit.

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:44 pm**

You have everything loaded, a map and you are in the trucks preparing to leave-~

Please make everyone a spot hidden roll.

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:25 am**

OOC: Fail.

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2023 5:12 am**

Harry is too distracted to notice anything.

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:00 pm**

Jan is too busy swigging from her hip flask to notice anything.

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:24 pm**

OOC: Normal Success

Sitting in the back, Butch has a good view of the surroundings.

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:14 am**

Alex sits in the back of the truck, knees curled up, shotgun across his lap, muttering unintelligibly to himself. His eyes dart back and forth, scanning the countryside. A haunted look, like he senses there is something out there, something malevolent. His hand goes to the strangely carved idol in his pocket.

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:13 am**

Everyone notice suddenly a local women (malayan?). She appears to be in her late 20s and her dress is tattered and bloodstained. She is
running and screaming something; the soldiers shot in the air as warning, she ignores them and then they shoot at her and she falls.

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:57 pm**

"WOAH! They just shot one of the infected people." Butch stands up in the back of the truck and shouts. "Why are you killing the infected? We are here trying to see if we can cure them!"

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:39 pm**

Alex turns away as he sees the woman die. 'It wasn't the bullets that killed her,' he says gruffly. 'She was too far gone, see how those boils ruptured when she fell.' He shudders at the memory. 'We need to be very careful around the infected. If those pustules rupture we could easily be infected.' Then he recites a prayer under his breath and makes the sign of the cross.

Posted: **Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:27 am**

"Yeah," says Harry, "or it might be us they shoot next."

Posted: **Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:37 am**

Crowley grimaces. "The soldiers were just doing their job. This is what controlling a plague looks like."

He looks over at Shapiro. "Shapiro, can you do your test of her remains or did you need live ones?"

Posted: **Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:42 am**

"Sorry, the test need a patient alive. The person must drink a mixture and after 1 minute if the tongue turns yellow, the person is infected, if not, she is clean. So, it is very simple, but we cannot use in that victim".

Posted: **Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:36 pm**

“Could we take some of that potion? Might be useful- in our mission.” Jan remarks.

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:58 pm**

'Let's keep moving.'

Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:27 am**

"That requires getting close enough to administer the test," says Harry, "but if they're already at the stage where they're coming at us, the test wouldn't be necessary. Of course, we could just put it down and move away, then have the person come forward to drink it."

Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:09 am**

"My recollection is that a test has to be conducted to confirm this is the snake people's manufactured disease. This 'Yellow Death'. That's one of the tasks Shapiro needs to accomplish."

Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:45 am**

"In that case, that's what we'll need to do," says Harry.

Posted: **Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:33 am**

Shapiro.
The machine can actually create a cure if the person is in stage 1 of the disease. If she is in stage 2 or 3 the antidote cannot do anything; only a process of hybridization will save the person. but of course, we don't know how to do it and I doubt anyone would be interested in that.

Posted: **Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:43 am**

"Thank you, that's even better," says Harry. "Do we need to put anything into it to make a cure? Can we make some in advance?"

Posted: **Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:42 am**

"No, you must first be with detected the disease and only after you can create the cure".

Posted: **Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:19 pm**

"Every minute we waste here is more people advancing to later stages and dying. We need to go find the source of the infection."

Posted: **Sat Jan 28, 2023 6:32 am**

"Right," says Harry. "Let's get moving."

Posted: **Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:25 pm**

“Come on then, who’s driving these buses?” Jan asks.

Posted: **Sun Jan 29, 2023 2:09 am**

"Butch is the one with an affinity to all things mechanical. I assume you are going to be our best driver."

"And speaking from experience, running over the locals is generally frowned upon, however much they might deserve it."

Posted: **Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:31 am**

"Okay, if you want me driving and not watching the machinery in the back, I'll take the wheel." Butch says and jumps out of the back of the truck and climbs into the drivers seat. "Let's go."

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:40 am**

Harry quickly hops on board, riding shotgun.

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:27 am**

Crowley wastes no time getting in.

Posted: **Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:28 pm**

Sliding back into the rear of the vehicle and pulling up his knees, Alex continues muttering quietly to himself. 'Oh let's go towards the yellow plague, oh yes, what could go wrong...'

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:28 am**

You start the travell. The road is bad, but you have already seen worst. Its is a boring trip, but after 30 minutes, you see a track of fallen trees crossing the road like if elephants had passed and tear down the trees.

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:38 am**

"Come on Butch! Give it some stick, we haven't got all day!"

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2023 6:29 am**

"Are there any elephants in Borneo?" asks Harry. "Or is there some unknown monstrosity here that caused that?"

Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:30 pm**

"Driving over downed trees with a bomb on board is not something I'd recommend."

Butch will drive up close to see if there's a way around the downed trees or if he can see what caused them to fall.

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:59 pm**

You follow slowly, avoiding the trees, but you can resume after a while in the normal speed.
The dirt track comes to an end, and you see a farm with a plantation. Tents and other makeshift shelters are huddled around a plantationstyle house that overlooks the tobacco fields, which are surrounded on all sides by the forest. At the side of the building sits an old truck. Approximately two hundred local people remain in the camp. A (probably) middle east man, with a high-quality suit in good condition, wide brimmed hat, neat hair, followed by several worker come in your direction.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:49 am**

"Let's find out if there are any sick people here," says Harry.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:30 am**

"Well, the good news is we won't have time to die of the disease."

Posted: **Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:34 am**

"Hello there, my name is Kazi, and I'm the owner of the farm. I presume you are the team that was sent to help with the epidemy?"

Posted: **Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:07 pm**

“I’m not sure we want to be roped in to play at nurses.” Jan whispers to the others. “Frying bigger fish for starters.”

Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:52 am**

"Hello, my name is Harry," says Harry. "Yes, that's us. Has anyone here been infected?"

Posted: **Sun Feb 12, 2023 4:39 am**

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:25 am**

"Yes, I have several workers and villagers sick. That is bad, less people working. I hope you cure them quick. By the way, there is a camp nearby with people from the company doing a survey to find diamonds and other things useful and that is a real mess"

OOC: Yes, you can.

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2023 2:42 pm**

OOC: Crowley will spend 3 Luck to make that a success.

Crowley studies the foreman with interest.

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:27 pm**

Alex stays quiet but observes the owner, trying to evaluate just how scared he is of this infection, and also any signs that he might be infected himself.

Posted: **Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:40 am**

"We'll see what we can do," says Harry. "How long have they been sick, and what condition are they in now? What are their symptoms?"

Posted: **Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:14 pm**

"About 4 days. They are covered with some nasty pustules and coughing their lungs. Ate the begining they were only feeling weak, I thougth it was about the weird fruits and crops, but then they got worst and it seems really serious; a medic said it must be hepatitis A."

Kazin seems perfectly well. But in the first stage, there isn't any symptoms...
He doesn't seem worried, more anoyed.

OOC: Middle east. Syrian maybe?

Posted: **Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:30 am**

"Ah, forgive my curiosity but I've spent a lot of time in the Middle East. Are you Syrian, Kazi?"

Posted: **Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:57 am**

"We have a test we can administer to determine if someone has the disease," says Harry. "If we can catch it in the early stages, we may be able to produce a cure. What about these weird fruits and crops? They might be the cause. What's weird about them, and how long have they been like that?"

Posted: **Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:44 am**

"Yes, I am from Syria, Damascus to be more precise. Well, about a month ago, the team doing the survey in the mountain to find minerals, used too much explosives and they were killed in a landslide. Some days latter before even a new team arrived, there was an eartquake. After that, strange flowers bloomed and the trees bearing fruit previously unseen in the area appeared. The locals even if they are converted to christianity and to islam, started to say it was a bless from the god of the mountain, Well, a new team arrived, and before they could even mount their stuff, the fruits started to wither; the locals blamed the new team saying they were responsible for the anger of the god. And some days ago, people started to get sick. The people of the company was also blamed for it but they said it was hepatitis and asked your help and here you are. So if you have a cure, just start making it, ok? I'm loosing money"

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:19 am**

"I suspect that it's this new fruit that is the source of the illness," says Harry. "Have you eaten any of it yourself? Is there anyone who has eaten some but has not gotten sick yet, or only a little sick?"

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:13 pm**

"How far away did this occur? Can we drive there or have someone guide us to that location?"

Posted: **Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:48 pm**

“Yes, we should go straight away. Can you take us to the earthquake area?” Jan asks him.

Posted: **Sat Feb 18, 2023 2:05 am**

Crowley is still idly curious. Looking back at Kazi, he asks, "What brought you all the way from Damascus to here?"

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:04 pm**

'Well hepatitis is usually transmitted through the faeco-oral route,' he notes wryly. 'So it isn't inconceivable that it could be carried through contaminated fruit. Hepatitis, or another infection. It would be helpful to take a sample from someone who is in the very early stages of the disease, to try and analyse the organism. Someone not yet infectious, for safety reasons, you understand.'

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:04 am**

"I was in the army in the Great War but was put in service duty here. My father was a merchant and when he died I returned here and with my part of his fortune I decide to buy this property that was near bankrupt; the owner spend all his money in gambling, women and liquor; it wasn't very dificult to make this profitable. Well, if you want to test people, you have a lot of my workers, you can make all the tests you want, just solve this mess".

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:32 pm**

“Can you show us where the earthquake was worst?” Jan presses him.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:35 pm**

"Let's start administering the tests," says Harry. "Time is of the essence."

Posted: **Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:58 pm**

"Shapiro, can you do your test here first? There are workers right here who are sick, apparently."

Posted: **Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:47 pm**

"Very well, I'l do it iimediatly. just help me bring the machine".
With your help, he bring it from the box.

At first glance, it appears to be a confusing mass of glass pipes and tubes woven through a system of gears and brass apparatus, with a large control panel on top. On the control panel is a row of ten small glass-lined indentations resembling Petri dishes, each a couple of inches across.
The workers are lined in front of the machine. Some seem completly healthy (like the first one), others are in terible shape, coughing and even vomiting; the ones that are worst, are in barracks.

Hee asks for a sample of the saliva of the first one who is very suspicious, but comply. Shapiiro puts it in a dish. A large button at the end of the row of dishes initiates the testing process. The sample is then run through a different series of tubes connecting to varying apparatus to test for an array of criteria. 10 minutes latter a green light appears and means that the analysis is complete and a series of numbered wheels (in groups of three, in three rows, on the far side of the panel from the dishes) turn to show a series of numbers. These numbers are then referenced in a manual compiled by Caduceus. The manual is spread over several 1,000- page volumes, each of densely printed type. The resulting numbers reveal the technical specifications of the infectious subject (lethality, stages of infection, time-spans, and so on), as well as the chemical formula for an antidote (including an assessment if its effectiveness). Another 10 minutes latter he finally says with a somber voice:
"The machine has identified the sample as yellow death, stage one. I'l manufacture a cure immediatly for everyone. I won't bother to test everyone, it will take too much time. Those that are still in stage one will be cured, the others are dooned anyway. About those that are in the barracks, I can only assume that they are already in the phase 2 or 3 and we cannot do anything for them, better to let them die in peace."
He starts immediatly working.

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:52 am**

"Is there anything we can do to help?" asks Harry.

Posted: **Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:36 am**

"Jolly good," Crowley still looks pleased, despite the death and misery. "That ticks off one of our tasks, does it not, Shapiro? Yellow thing confirmed."

"Now, we need to find out if the opposition are here in Borneo, do we not?"

Posted: **Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:10 pm**

"How fast can you manufacture the antidote? Can we bring it to the other people or shall we bring the people here to be inoculated?" Butch asks as he watches the machine work and tries to figure out the mechanics of it.

Posted: **Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:55 pm**

'And how much can you manufacture?' asks Alex, keenly aware that they are all getting very close to this novel disease.

Posted: **Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:00 am**

"Mount me please a tent and then I'l start to create the maximum I can; I don't know how many, this has never been tried at this scale. Then try to ask the locals everything you can to detect who is the agent from the organization responsable for this; the disease was created by a serpent man and we must try to discover him."

Posted: **Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:13 pm**

"That's more like it! Something we can shoot, at last." Crowley's eyes gleam with enthusiasm.

Posted: **Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:06 am**

"We have to identify the enemy before we can shoot him," says Harry, helping to pitch the tent. "How can we tell if someone's a snake man in disguise?"

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:37 pm**

"Jusr ask for someone acting strange lately. Or the people that is working in the camp doing the survey, maybbe one is a serpent men inflltrated Now, let me work".

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:53 pm**

“You could ask everyone who wants the antidote to take their shirt off. We can then look for scales. If someone refuses- then that in itself is suspicious.”
Jan suggested.
“I want to take a walk round the area- check out these strange beasts and flora- make sure the bad guys don’t get the jump on us.”

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:22 am**

'How about this?' says Alex and he stands in the middle of the camp and shouts out 'Come and show yourselves,' in his best Nahacal.

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2023 6:21 am**

"Looking them in the eyes might help too," says Harry.

Posted: **Sat Mar 04, 2023 7:22 am**

Crowley contents himself with starting to put up the tent for Shapiro.

Posted: **Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:24 am**

You quickly mount the tent and Shapiro dismiss you and start working.

OOC: So, what is your next action? Going to to the survey camp? Asking the locals? Analysing the fauna/flora?

Posted: **Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:02 am**

"Well, shall we go speak to the survey camp team? At least we'll all speak English and they'll be educated." Crowley has no problem with sweeping racism and snobbery.

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