Episode 1 - What hath night to do with sleep?

[aine]

Louis nods and, looking at his compass, starts leading the way. “South east?”

[Philulhu]

”South,” said Charlie firmly. ”Look just follow the path and nobody wander off and we’ll be fine.”

[BoyBlunder78]

"Everyone should at least have eye contact with someone else, and if anyone sees, hears or even thinks of something odd, no matter how bat crap it may seem, you tell someone!! Do not leave the group!!" Darrensays sternly as he looks arujdat everyone.

[Mephistophilis]

With Louis's compass you're able to find the path south, back towards the entrance. Back towards the Merry-Go-Round. The fog is thick and you can make out little beyond the dim glow cast by your flashlights - it's like walking through a tunnel - whatever is beyond the light is nothing but muffled sounds and faint sense of dread. You don't see or hear any sign of Dirk, even repeating his name out loud - as loud as you dare. As annoying as he is you don't want to lose Dirk in the darkness of the park.



When you find the carousel you begin to make out shapes in amongst the broken poles and stacks of mirrors. There are figures standing on the carousel. One of them is a child and the other looks like Mr Fun, but he's gone before you can reach him. Getting closer to the ride, it's Dirk. He's standing directly in front of a large mirror. Looking into it. Inside there's one of those grey shapes, formless hands pressed up against the glass.

Dirk's just standing there. Staring. He looks...different somehow. Smaller? Paler? Drained?. That relentless cheekiness, cheeriness, the zest for life. It's gone. He's just staring into the mirror. And whatever that is in the mirror is looking back. Tipping its ill-defined head to one side, like it's trying to communicate in some way, clawing at the glass, trying to get out. A great gaping emptiness opening in the face, like a mouth...like a scream. And Dirk's just muttering. 'He said you gotta give up your lies. Give up your lies Dirk. I told him, I told him something about Richie. I told him something. What was it?'

You're sure that was Mr Fun. How many other creepy clowns can there be here? But he didn't look right. Well, even less right than he looked before. There's was something odd about him. His shape. You only got a glimpse through the mist but there seemed to be shapes behind him. Like machinery, coming out of him.

OOC:   Another SAN check - 0/1d3

[Philulhu]

Charlie paused. He wasn’t in a rush to get too close, given his previous experience with mirrors. ”What’s he doing?” he whispered.

[Mr. Handy]

"It's Mr. Fun!" cries Harry, alarmed. "There's something strange about him. There are machine parts sticking out of him, like he's a cyborg or something!"

Notice Stuff roll (43% skill) at the merry-go-round:
d%
Sanity roll (current level 28) for seeing Mr. Fun:
d%
Sanity loss:
1d6/2

[Snapper]

1d%FF40%

Fail.

"Great Scott!" Max looked in alarm from Dirk to Harry and back. He looked about wildly for the clown for a few seconds then focused back on the more immediate problem.

"Legends say mirrors can trap souls. Could Dirk's soul have been trapped?"

[Philulhu]

Notice Stuff (60) 1d100

Edit: SAN check (73) 1d100

”How do we break the spell?!” asked Charlie. ”I want to get outa here before that creepy clown come back!”

[Mr. Handy]

"Maybe get between him and the mirror," says Harry, "without looking at it ourselves. If he can't see it, maybe that will snap him out of it."

[Snapper]

OOC:   Are there any skill rolls the PCs could make that might assist? Spooky Stuff? Science Class even?

[Philulhu]

”How about we cover his eyes instead?” suggested Charlie. ”That seems safer than getting any closer to that mirror!”

[Mr. Handy]

"That could work," says Harry.

[BoyBlunder78]

"Maybe put your mirror in between Dirk and the oher mirror?" Darren says to Max, "But be careful approaching him, sont wanna give him too big a shock! We need to keep Bozo the clown there distracted!"
Even as he was saying this, he couldn't take his eyes of Mr Fun, he looked odd, moving like a marionette he thought as he saw what he thought were mechanisms coming out of his back.

[Mephistophilis]

OOC:   Are there any skill rolls the PCs could make that might assist? Spooky Stuff? Science Class even? You suggest something and roll - I'll tell you what you think of.

[Snapper]

1d%pFF60%

Fail.

None of his horror comic collection had a good suggestion for this current situation. Max decided to go with the earlier idea. He pulled out the wing mirror and held it between Dirk and the big mirror, reflecting the spooky mirror monster thing back on itself.

Spoiler:

The wing mirror reflective face is pointing to the other mirror.

[BoyBlunder78]

Darren walks slowly to Dirk, placing himself between him and Mr Fun.

[Mr. Handy]

Reflection and refraction of light is simple physics, thinks Harry. I should know the best way to do this.

Science Class roll (80% skill) about reflections:
d%

[aine]

Louis sticks close to Darren. He nods to Dirk, “Who is he?”

[BoyBlunder78]

"Dirk 'the dirt he's just a
lad from school, likes to think he's the class clown , about as funny as being kicked in the nards. He wasn't invited here, he just turned up trying to frighten us. Doesn't deserve this though. " Darren replies , not taking his eyes from the clown.

[Mephistophilis]

It stands to reason that if Dirk is entranced or distracted by whatever is in the mirror then putting something between him and the mirror should break that. When Max swings the wingmirror in front of Dirk he seems to stir, blinking, turning away.

As Darren tries to place himself between Dirk and Mr Fun, he looks around and finds the clown has disappeared again. There's no sign of him in amongst the mirrors and wooden horses of the carousel.

We gotta get outa here,' Dirk says, pointing back down the gravel path to the south. The mist has cleared slightly but all you can see is the latticework of the rollercoaster stretching in all directions. 'Look, that way,' he says and starts walking away, towards the rollercoaster struts.