Play@YSDC

Posted: **Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:45 pm**

You are traveling in the jungle accompanied by doctors, nurses, and mules carrying supplies along a path through a wooded area. It is very hot and the place is infested with (small) mosquitos. You cannot see more that a couple of metros with all that vegetation and the road is very small.
The leader of the expedition is an italian doctor called Ursini and he is been very nervous in this last two days since you left civilization.

Posted: **Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:35 pm**

June thought she was used to heat because of her early years in Egypt, but Bolivia's air feels very different from that. She's looking forward to whenever the group can stop (and wondering how some of the others seem to be able to handle it so well).

Posted: **Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:16 pm**

After the last expedition in Antarctica, Butch thought it might be nice to go someplace warm. He is having some serious misgivings about that now as he swats bugs and tries to stay on the narrow path. This isn't what he imagined. He does wonder why Dr. Ursini has been out of sorts and decides to move up closer to him so he can ask.

"Is there something on your mind Doctor? You seem like you're waiting for something bad to happen."

Posted: **Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:00 pm**

Jan strides forward with her rifle perched on her shoulder. She constantly scans the bushes either side and the trees above, marvelling at the luxuriant growth and the myriad insect life. She catches up with June,
“This is amazing; look at these lianas, they’re huge, must be a hundred years old. Look! I’ve never seen a frog like it- bright blue, probably poisonous. Pity we’re making so much noise; scaring away the big stuff; tapir, jaguar, anaconda; I can’t wait.”
She’s too excited to be bothered with the heat.

Posted: **Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:06 pm**

Father Malone is well used to the jungle and he trudges on, seemingly unaffected by the heat and humidity despite his impractical looking priest's garb, dog collar and all.

He looks around at his companions, and the two new recruits from the university...women, huh, how the world changes. Still, they look a bit tougher than those male academics he's been on the last two expeditions with.

As they have walked deeper in the jungle he's been feeling increasingly uneasy. Nothing he can put his finger on but things just don't seem right. Given what has happened the last two times he went into the Amazon perhaps it is no surprise he is concerned.

Alex absentmindedly fingers the ugly idol he carries in his pocket. A memento from his time as a missionary deep in the Brazilian Amazon.

He studies Dr Ursini, something seems to be troubling him too.

Posted: **Sat Jun 12, 2021 2:38 am**

Harry Smith hacks his way through the jungle with his machete. "I'd rather not meet an anaconda," he says. "I hate snakes."

Posted: **Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:10 am**

Crowley:

Crowley, pipe clenched between his teeth, is fuming. He had been, not for the first time, reading to his companions the various letters of rejection he had received from various pulp magazines.

"They had the gall to say my Antarctic adventure lacked the lurid descriptions of scantily clad native women common to my other writing! The cheek!"

"And do they not understand the distinct lack of scantily clad native women in the Antarctic? Penguins, yes, zombie Nazis, yes, women, no. It is too much! I may as well resign myself to a life of lecturing and occasional exploration. Clearly, my writing talents will not be recognised until long after I'm dead."

Posted: **Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:54 am**

aine wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:00 pmShe catches up with June,
“This is amazing; look at these lianas, they’re huge, must be a hundred years old. Look! I’ve never seen a frog like it- bright blue, probably poisonous. Pity we’re making so much noise; scaring away the big stuff; tapir, jaguar, anaconda; I can’t wait.”

June makes an effort to sound enthusiastic. "It is beautiful here. I just wish the air were a little drier. I can't tell whether I 'm wet or sweating."

Posted: **Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:35 pm**

"I like scantily clad native women as much as the next fellow," says Harry, "but they don't fit in Antarctica. It's too cold to go around wearing next to nothing, and no natives live there."

Posted: **Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:21 am**

Crowley:

"Exactly! There were none actually there, and even with poetic licence it would have made no sense."

"Those pulp magazine editors have no taste."

Crowley glares at the Bolivian undergrowth angrily. "Last time I was here, a local sold me a huge furry spider on a leash. Blasted thing ate through the leash while I wasn't looking, then ran off with the roasted tree frog I was about to eat."

Posted: **Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:20 pm**

"Did he just say what I thought he said?" June asks Jan.

Posted: **Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:29 pm**

“I’m beginning to wish the blasted spider had bitten him instead.” Jan smiles and rolls her eyes at June.
“If we are now savagely ambushed by nubile Amazonian warriors, do you think Crowley’ll die happy?”

Posted: **Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:27 am**

Crowley:

Crowley looks over at Jan and raises an eyebrow.

"I doubt it madam. I shall die unhappy but by no means surprised."

"Traditionally, every member of the fairer sex I have become 'acquainted' with has subsequently been revealed to be a murderous devotee of Kali, a member of the modern day Hashishim, or her female flatmate turns out to be from the Andaman Islands."

"I do not have a lot of luck with ladies. Or big South American spiders."

He seems quite serious.

Posted: **Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:32 am**

"I... see," June says. "Well, let's hope no one gets savaged by anyone."

Posted: **Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:22 pm**

“Well, Mr Crowley, I cannot answer for Miss Hopkins here but I’m afraid you will find my company mundane after your adventures with such exotic villainesses.
I wear sensible clothes and sturdy shoes and I like to go to bed early.” Jan replies.

Posted: **Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:41 pm**

Overhearing Fr Malone says 'There were no nubile young beauties in the Antarctic but that's not to say there was no connection to our current situation. We ran into followers of the obscure entity Druaga there, a deity I first encountered here in the Amazon.'

Posted: **Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:00 am**

"How did they get there? Why did they get there?" June asks.

Posted: **Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:41 am**

"I hope there aren't Nazis again this time," says Harry. "I hate those guys."

Posted: **Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:50 am**

"Well I must admit that what is written and what happens is never the same." Butch chimes in while waiting for Doctor Ursini to respond to his concern. "Though I do enjoy a good pulp read when I'm not busy living the truth of what is out there."

Posted: **Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:24 pm**

“Druaga? I’ve never heard of that one. Mind you, I never got to know all the myriad African deities either. Some of them are very powerful though.” She finishes darkly and then falls into deep thought as she strides along.

Posted: **Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:32 pm**

'How did they get there? Well since we found Druaga imprisoned in the ice city I suspect it was Druaga himself that drew them there to free him' says Alex. 'It's a small world after all.'

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:30 am**

"Oh, that's what that was," says Harry. "I was too busy to ask him his name."

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:43 am**

Crowley:

Crowley itches the jagged scar running down his right cheek.

"That whatever-it-was giant slug thing taught me one useful lesson: bombs made from large quantities of dynamite can be quite dangerous."

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:42 am**

Usini starts talking to Butch:
"Well, you see, the last time I tried to contact the base we going there wasn't..."
And suddenly several bullets are shot against Ursini and at least one hit him in the head killing him immediatly!
Everyone makes a spot hidden roll.

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:41 am**

June's head is spinning from the story she's been hearing, but the shots kick her back into awareness.

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:00 am**

Crowley:

Spoiler:

Irritated, Crowley draws his trusty Webley revolver. "Now what?"

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:47 am**

'And this seems even more familiar...' says Malone.

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:49 pm**

Even though she has been thinking, Jan is unconsciously scanning the surroundings, searching for wildlife.

Posted: **Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:05 pm**

Butch is shocked when Doctor Ursini is shot while in conversation but quickly moves into action, dropping to the ground and rolling to the side into the vegetation next to the road. He looks around to see if he can see who is attacking as he pulls out his rifle.

Posted: **Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:04 am**

Harry hits the dirt and takes cover while drawing his revolver, but he can't see from where the shots are coming.

Posted: **Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:17 pm**

As soon as she hears the shots, Jan dives for cover behind a large fallen tree. She swings round her rifle and cocks it ready.

Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:00 pm**

To those who had a hard success:

To those who had a normal success

Everyone who passed the spot hidden roll can shoot

Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:50 pm**

Alex draws his revolver and takes a wild shot at the Germans.

Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:11 pm**

Jan aims at the man with the strange face; he looks like trouble.

Posted: **Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:52 am**

Crowley:

"More Boche! For the Flying Corps!"

Crowley stands side-on, arm outstretched, and lets weird face man have it with three shots from his trusty Webley.

Posted: **Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:06 am**

June doesn't have a gun and just takes cover behind the nearest tree.

Posted: **Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:25 pm**

Butch spies the men firing and fires back.

Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:41 am**

The strange men is hit and and vanish. But the others continue shooting.

soldier nº1

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Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:45 am**

Soldier nº3
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Everyone rolls luck please.

Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:57 am**

Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:25 am**

Crowley:

Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:00 pm**

Jan can’t believe her eye when the strange man vanishes from her sight. “Am I shooting at shadows?” She wonders, shaking her head.

Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:35 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:34 am**

Harry's luck holds.

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:32 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:06 pm**

Corrected:
Both June and Butch are hit by random bullets.
(June, loose 7 HP and Buth loose 10 HP, Crowley looses 12 HP)

After a while, you can identify in the jungle where the enemies are, they had lost the advantage of surprise, and everyone is able to shoot at them.
(New turn and everyone can shoot now, no spot hidden roll needed).

Posted: **Sat Jun 26, 2021 6:20 pm**

Jan stays hidden behind her log and then leans out to shoot the nearest SS.

Posted: **Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:16 pm**

Harry opens fire on the Nazis, hitting twice.

Posted: **Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:09 am**

June screams as she's hit - not having a gun, she stays in cover, and tries as best she can to staunch her bleeding.

Posted: **Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:21 am**

Crowley:

"Take that Boche! For the Flying Corps!"

OOC: All misses.

Posted: **Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:28 am**

Alex fires three well aimed shots at their attackers, 'There's too many of them, we have to get out of here!' he cries and ducks back behind a tree.

Posted: **Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:51 pm**

Crowley:

Cursing, Crowley realised he had been badly winged and was leaking blood.

Posted: **Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:32 pm**

Butch stifles a cry at being hit as his instincts take over and he adjusts his cover and fires back at the soldiers.

OOC: Hard Success Hit for 9 damage

Posted: **Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:48 am**

Soldier nº1

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Posted: **Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:37 am**

OOC: The great old ones are smiling to you! The soldiers missed all the shots. It is your turn.

You all hear the enemies shooting at you, but now that they lost the effect of surprised and you are covering, they failed to hit you (and you also killed and wounded seriously several soldiers).

Posted: **Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:53 pm**

Harry empties his revolver into the Nazis, hitting with two more shots.

Posted: **Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:19 am**

Hitting with his last shot, Butch trains his sights on the next target and squeezes off a shot.

OOC: A narrow miss

Posted: **Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:46 am**

Crowley:

Uttering vile oaths in Latin, Crowley drops his Webley and yanks the Colt Detective Special out of his ankle holster. He stands side-on and lets fly with the little revolver.

"Up the Flying Corps!"

OOC: Normal hit.

OOC: Miss.

OOC: Normal hit.

Posted: **Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:55 am**

Seeing his comrades carrying on the fight Malone unslings his shotgun and fires both barrels.

Posted: **Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:18 pm**

You manage to kill two more soldiers, you hear an order being given in german and they leave the field, vanishing in the jungle.

Posted: **Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:41 pm**

Harry reloads his empty revolver and goes to help his injured friends.

Posted: **Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:17 pm**

Jan pokes her head over the log.
“They’ve gone, just like that!”
She walks over to their fallen friend and looks at him dispassionately.
“Do you think they were after him particularly or was he just very unlucky?”

Posted: **Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:36 pm**

Father Malone walks over to Usini's body and crouches down beside him. Seeing there is nothing material he can do to help he repeats a quiet prayer and scatters some holy water, 'Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.'

Then he reloads his weapons and takes out the medical kit. 'Was anyone else injured?'

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:29 am**

Crowley:

"Monk, I could use a few minutes out your time." He is holding his side and is clearly leaking blood everywhere.

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:36 am**

"I was grazed by one of the bullets also. It's only a flesh wound but I'd still like it if someone could disinfect it and wrap it." Butch offers as he looks over the field of battle. "The Doctor was just about to tell me something about the camp we're going to when he was shot... And not just one shot. I believe we can assume that they meant to kill him, the question is why?"

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:23 am**

"Probably to stop him from telling us what he was about to say," says Harry, helping Butch with his wound while Alex deals with the more serious injury. "Maybe he had something written on him."

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:14 pm**

Meanwhile, Jan has moved on to examining the surrounding bushes and ground for signs of the Nazi soldiers and the direction they went in.

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:20 pm**

Alex sucks his teeth as he gently uncovers Crowley's wound, 'Nasty, nasty.' Tugging away the bloodied clothing he dislodges a clot and it starts to bleed profusely. 'Oh bugger...'

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:30 pm**

When Harry sees the condition Crowley is in, he rushes over to help Alex stop the bleeding.

Posted: **Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:41 am**

Crowley:

Crowley feels a bit faint after his colleagues' attempts at stopping the bleeding, and is forced to lean forward, hands on his knees for a few minutes to avoid passing out. Deep breaths, don't throw up...

"Thanks anyway, chaps."

Once his head stops spinning, Crowley discreetly takes a crack at rebandaging himself.

OOC: Fail.

Crowley sighs and accepts he will be bleeding for a while. Not the first time, won't be the last. Hopefully.

Posted: **Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:44 am**

"I need help too,," June says faintly from where she took cover. It's evident she was hit quite badly.

Posted: **Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:14 am**

Crowley:

"The good father here is the more skilled at bandaging, Miss, he's your man," Crowley says to June. "And you may find a firearm a useful accessory on this continent."

Reloading his armoury as he goes, Crowley limps over to look at the dead. "What do we have here?"

OOC: What can be seen from the assorted deceased?

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:18 pm**

OOC: Crowley, you loose 1 extra HP. And make a spot hidden roll.

You see that theys used some kind of colonial uniforms that you don't recognize. They don't have any obvious symbol (like a swastica) but they are all probably gemans soldiers.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:01 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:55 pm**

Harry goes over to help June.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:05 pm**

'If we can find somewhere a bit safer I can take another look at those wounds' says Alex.

OOC: Harry's better at first aid than Alex but Alex has some medicine too, but that requires a longer period of time to work on it

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:43 pm**

"Thanks," June says weakly. "Who were those men? And where did they go?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:13 pm**

"You're welcome," says Harry. "They were Nazis. I don't know where they went, but they probably have a camp nearby. Maybe we can track them back to it, but we probably won't catch them before they reach it. Still, it might be our advantage to try to stop them, in case they have friends they want to warn about us. They knew we were coming, since they ambushed us. If they report back, the enemy will know we're still alive. They might guess that anyway if this bunch fails to report back, of course."

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:46 am**

"I don't mind getting tended to last but I do want some help getting bandaged up." Butch says as he makes his way over to the other wounded.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:47 am**

Crowley:

Crowley takes the time to fill and light his pipe, grunting in slight pain with every movement, as he looks over the bodies.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:21 pm**

Jan gives up poking in the bushes and returns to the others. She strides over to Butch,

Takes one look at his bullet wound, pulls out a knife, grabs him by the arm, flicks the bullet out of the flesh with the knife, tears off a strip of her ~~dress~~ shirt, binds it tightly and then shakes out her hair.
“That should do it.”

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:14 pm**

Crowley: you find the identification of the soldiers and no doubt they are germans. You also find a map of the region, with a X marked in several places (one of them is the camp you were going).

Jan: 1d4+1. And the enemy tracks are going to your objective, the camp.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:38 pm**

"Looks like they're targeting the camp where we're headed," says Harry when he gets a look at the map. "We need to get there fast and warn them."

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:29 pm**

Alex sighs and shrugs his shoulders, 'You young ones get going, I'll try my best to keep up.' He knocks back a few fingers of whiskey and draws his machete.

Posted: **Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:59 am**

June grimaces and gets up.

Posted: **Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:24 pm**

Crowley:

Crowley just nods, puffs away on his pipe, and heads off, limping somewhat.

Posted: **Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:05 pm**

Jan takes point as she is used to leading groups of tourists and hunters through the bush. She strides ahead, carrying her rifle and her eyes are darting everywhere as she keeps watch.

Posted: **Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:32 am**

You continue for another hour. Then, you notice that some spots of the forest have been clean and there is some farmland (but nobody is working), and the village is very near.

OOC: Butch: You recover 4 HP.

Posted: **Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:14 am**

"Let's make a stealthy approach," says Harry. "They may have already beaten us here."

Posted: **Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:59 am**

"Stealth I can do," June says.

Posted: **Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:20 am**

Crowley:

Crowley cautiously unslings his shotgun and starts treading carefully.

Posted: **Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:17 pm**

Jan accidentally steps on a rather crackly stick.
“Blast.” she whispers.

Posted: **Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:41 pm**

"Thanks for the bandage." Butch says to Jan. "I do believe we should have had bandages but I'll owe you a shirt."

Butch follows the others and as they get closer, he attempts to stealth but making sure to not re injure himself.

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 1:30 am**

Harry is only slightly quieter than a charging rhinoceros.

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:20 am**

Hearing the others crashing about up ahead, Alexc tries to keep up, stepping as gently as he can.

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:36 am**

Everyone except Alex:
So, as soon as you arrive, the soldiers get alerted and prepare themselves to a last defense; there are 7.
Make a spot hiddn roll

Alex:
You get very near, without being detected. You see the soldiers going to a perimeter of the base to defend it. There is one exception: one is left in the base and orders several civilian personnel (doctors and nurses) to go inside a tent. They are clearly prisoners, members of the Caduceus organization.
Make a spot hidden roll.

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 2:26 pm**

Crowley:

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 2:38 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:25 pm**

Jan stops to get a bug out of her eye.

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:25 pm**

Butch crouches down as the soldiers appear to notice them moving closer.

OOC: Extreme Success

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:12 am**

Harry doesn't notice any more details. He is too busy taking cover and drawing his revolver.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:01 am**

June doesn't see anything else.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2021 9:58 am**

Alex:
You see that the solitary guard has a weird face, even if you don't understand how.

Crowley and Butch:
You see that two of the solders are much behind the others, don't seem very interested to figth, and they have the strange faces, even if you don't understand how.

Al others: time to shoot!

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:46 pm**

Alex grumbles to himself, 'Time to step up old man.' He looks at the guard with his strange face. 'Something's not right here.'

He decides he needs to try and rescue the civilians. He swings round his shotgun and charges quietly through the camp until he is as close as he can get and fires at the soldier.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2021 4:24 pm**

Crowley:

"The Flying Corps!" Crowley fires both barrels of the shotgun at a German.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:25 pm**

Butch notices something unusual about a couple of the soldiers and will concentrate his fire at them but misses his first shot.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:40 pm**

Jan raises her rifle and takes a shot at the nearest soldier,

Posted: **Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:44 am**

Not being able to tell the difference between them, Harry opens fire on random Nazis. Two of his bullets strike home.

Posted: **Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:49 pm**

Crowley:
You see one soldier literally exploding in a mess of gore, and all the blood and human parts hit another soldier that starts panicking.
Jan kills another soldier.
Harry wounds 2 soldiers.
One of the soldiers, screams:
"Ich ergebe mich!"- throws his weapon and put his hand in the air.
And another starts running away.

Alex: the german is hit, and his skin torn apart, and you see a scally skin. He tries to run, but he is having a lot of dificulty, because he is badly wounded.

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:56 am**

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:07 am**

Crowley:

Dropping the shotgun, Crowley quickly draws his trusty Webley revolver.

"Hands up!" He yells, followed by the same in French, Spanish, and Latin for good measure.

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:55 pm**

Seeing the scaly German trying to escape Alex closes on him and calls out, 'Gib auf oder ich schieße!'

Posted: **Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:44 pm**

Butch will shoot again at one of the strange looking soldiers.

OOC: Extreme Hit for 13 damage

Posted: **Fri Jul 23, 2021 2:53 am**

Posted: **Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:03 pm**

To reinforce the message, Jan shoots at a soldier with deadly accuracy.

Posted: **Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:16 pm**

The soldier stop running as soon he hear Alex words.
Butch kills one of the strange soldier.
Jan kills the others strange soldier. The normal ones have their hands up
OOC I assume you are not shooting the ones with the hands up?

Posted: **Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:44 pm**

Approaching the strange, scaly soldier to get a better look, Alex keeps his shotgun leveled at him. 'Wo kommen Sie her?'

Posted: **Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:26 am**

Harry holds his fire, seeing that nobody else is shooting at them.

Posted: **Thu Jul 29, 2021 2:13 am**

Crowley:

"Hold your fire, ladies and gentlemen, it appears the Boche have surrendered."

Crowley starts herding the Germans into a group, making sure their hands are generally up, they are disarmed, and their weapons are nowhere near them. He will let any - who wish to - provide first aid to their comrades in need.

Posted: **Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:55 pm**

June comes out of cover, thinking to herself that maybe she should claim one of the bad guys' guns for herself.

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:36 am**

Butch will come out of his cover and approach the prisoners with his rifle ready. He will kneel and examine the strange scaly soldier to see if he can determine what exactly is going on with the man. He also goes through the soldier's pockets to see if he can identify him or why they killed the Doctor.

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:26 am**

Jan walks cautiously, keeping her rifle loaded and ready in case of German reinforcements. She heads over to look at the scaley man with Crowley.
“He looks like a lizard!” Fascinated she bends down for a closer look.

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:33 am**

Crowley:

SunlessNick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:55 pm June comes out of cover, thinking to herself that maybe she should claim one of the bad guys' guns for herself.

"I say, Miss June, why don't you grab a German's rifle and some ammunition? Or a Luger if you can find one, well made handgun although I hate to say it. Or in fact both?"

"As long as you are with us, you will find this sort of thing happens a lot."

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:47 pm**

Alex also tosses in a few words of Hyperborean to see if the scaly man recognises them.

Posted: **Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:18 am**

Jan:
The creature seems indeed more a a member of the snakes than the ordinary lizards. But with a bipedal position. And full legs and arms. Of course you need to make a full exam to be sure...

The others:
You get the weapons. And the germans seemed shocked to see what kind of creatures were leading them.

Posted: **Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:34 am**

Alex can see the creature is wary of him, but at least it is talking. 'Sie vermuten richtig. Du bist also aus Boston, genau wie ich. Aber warst du einmal ein Mensch oder bist du etwas anderes?' He keeps the shotgun trained on it.

Posted: **Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:27 pm**

He thinks for a second, 'Boston eh, so why are you pretending to be German?'

Posted: **Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:30 pm**

Crowley:

Crowley goes seeking medical attention for his quite serious injury from the actual medical staff.

Posted: **Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:30 pm**

June takes Crowley's advice and collects a rifle and handgun. She's unable to look away from the scaly creature, and watches the questioning of the prisoners.

Posted: **Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:12 am**

Harry will take a rifle if there's a spare one, along with some ammo. He's better with a handgun, but sometimes an enemy is too far away to hit with one.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:29 am**

Crowley:
You need to actually enter the camp (you are still outside).
The others: You get all the rifles, pistols and ammo you could dream for a while.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:18 pm**

Crowley:

Pausing the reload the shotgun, Crowley limps into the camp.

"I say, are there any doctors and nurses free who could spare a hand?"

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:16 pm**

June gives Crowley a sympathetic look, but she's not a doctor or nurse unfortunately.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:37 pm**

'So what's your agenda, what even are you?' Alex asks the serpentman.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:52 am**

"My doctorate's not in medicine," says Harry, "but I'm pretty good at patching up wounds. Maybe I can help."

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:13 am**

Crowley:

Crowley looks nervously back at his compatriots threatening him with more of their alleged first aid.

"That's alright people, I believe there are some actual medical doctors and nurses here. You know, people who have some clue what they're doing."

He hobbles away for all he's worth.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:46 am**

Crowley:
You see slowly several people to came out of the tents. As soon as they understand that you defeated the nazis, they seem relief and come to help you.
One of them presents as Dr. Rafael Gomez, he is a a thin, bespectacled man. He try to help you and...

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:47 am**

He fails. He asks terrible sorry and asks for a nurse to help him, Elena Barai.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:48 am**

She seems much competent for this kind of wounds than the doctor (maybe he is shock?).

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:54 am**

Actually she doesn't do a great job at all.
You all see Alex talking with... one of those things and you can hear them.

Alex:
"I belong to a very ancient race, older than humans, the serpentman. At least it is what they tell us. I am only 40 years old, but some of our leaders claim to be hundreds of years. I and my companions received instructions to find some ancient tomb. It has suposely a very ancient member of our race their sleeping. We should arrest hi, and convince him to join our group, or at least try to discover any secrets of our glorious past""

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:29 pm**

'Do you have a name?' asks Alex. 'I am Father Alexander Malone. So, what happens now?' he asks, gesturing to his armed companions who are now entering the camp.

Posted: **Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:14 am**

"I'm Harry Smith," says Harry after hearing the strange creature speak. "How did you get mixed up with the Nazis?"

Posted: **Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:34 pm**

Butch is interested in the conversation but he has some trust issues after getting shot.

"It appears that you were in charge of the Nazis and I'd like to know why did you kill Dr. Ursini?"

Posted: **Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:41 pm**

Alex gesticulates at his colleagues, 'Let him answer one question at a time.'

Posted: **Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:08 pm**

Posted: **Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:25 pm**

Mephistophilis wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:41 pm Alex gesticulates at his colleagues, 'Let him answer one question at a time.'

"Then I think he should start with the one about why he attacked us," June says.

Posted: **Sun Aug 08, 2021 3:22 am**

aine wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:08 pm
Dont forget Jan did an extreme success first aid on Crowley- surely that should count for something.

Spoiler:

Posted: **Sun Aug 08, 2021 3:26 am**

Crowley:

Crowley looks from the doctor to the nurse. "Do your speak English? What's been happening here?"

Posted: **Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:47 pm**

Jan kneels down to examine the snake man further; he is fascinating.

Posted: **Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:32 am**

Posted: **Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:12 am**

Everybody:

"I don't know why, just received the following orders: ambush any group that would come near this camp, shoot the leader because the rest would be disorganized and easy to defeat. Yeah sure. I was about 20 years, when the others found me. I had only knew my parents who were like me, and they had left me when I was 15, since I was supposed to been adult with that age. They had teach me how to pass as a human and some tricks that we use. Well, I had a job as a accounter, when I was aproached by others like me. I don't know how they identified me, probably by the scent, we have an excelent scent and we distinguisg individuals that way. Well they said that I was wasting my potential, and they had special plans that would allow us to recover our place in earth. I accepted, the paid was good. But since then, I have been attacked, shot, and done all kind of dangerous jobs, and I had enouth of that. My human name is Charles Bridge."

Crowley:
"Yes, I speak english"- says the doctor." I don't know how I can help you. Some days ago, a group of german soldiers came here and ordered us to be quit. They seem to be looking for something, a pyramide. They asked us for it."

Posted: **Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:17 am**

Crowley:

Suddenly, Crowley is interested. "Do you mean a real pyramid, in the jungle somewhere? The indigenous races of South America did build pyramids, I believe."

Posted: **Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:58 pm**

Jan gets up and goes to one of the nurses,
“What were you doing this far into the jungle? Are you missionaries?”

Posted: **Mon Aug 09, 2021 7:40 pm**

'Well pleased to meet you Charles Bridge. Forgive an old priest his preoccupations but what religious beliefs do your people hold, do you know of Jesus?'

Alex studies the strange snake man trying to see if he can determine whether he is being upfront with him.

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:38 am**

"What is a contablilist?" asks Harry.

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:42 am**

"We worship , the dweller of N’Kai. He is a being of imense power, and he give great powers to our ancestors who rebelled against Yig. Well, we are not missionary, but we are in a war against the organization you belong, the Caduceus. We are here to find the tomb with the body of a long-lost sorcerer. The sorcerer has knowledge of the lost continent of Mu, and have huge power, enouth to destroy any organization. We were suppose to find him and convince to join our organization. And we have spies in Caduceus that informed us that your group was trying to do the same, to capture the sorcerer. And yes, I have heard about Jesus. Look, please, just let me go: I'l run away and won't be back. My organization wil think that I'm dead with the others and won't bother searching for me and I can start a new life."

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:31 pm**

Lowering his shotgun slightly, Alex looks questioningly at his companions. Strange as this heathen creature is, he has no desire to kill him, and he doubts whether his fate would be any better if they decided to imprison him and take him back to the authorities.

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:02 pm**

Crowley:

Crowley continues to politely question the doctors and nurses. "Do you know where this pyramid is? It could be a fascinating archeological find."

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:16 pm**

Butch listens to the creature's story... Snake men in disguise amongst human population? Ancient sorcerers and the lost continent of Mu? He's not sure to make of it all.

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:21 am**

Mephistophilis wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:31 pm Lowering his shotgun slightly, Alex looks questioningly at his companions. Strange as this heathen creature is, he has no desire to kill him, and he doubts whether his fate would be any better if they decided to imprison him and take him back to the authorities.

"Killing him like feels like would be murder..." June says slowly. ""But how do we know you would not simply tell your organisation about us and attack us later?"

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:16 am**

"How many more like you are there?" asks Harry.

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:37 am**

"I don't know. Besides my parents, the two guys you just killed, I have only met three others that were our superiors. They say we are a big organization with thousands of members, but I never met anyone other of our kind besides this small group. Of course, they may be really lots of others and they are only keeping us in different cities. And we use humans as pawns to make the dirty work like here to find the tomb. About telling the others: well, all I can do is give my word, I'm not interested to risk my life anymore."

Crowley:
"One of the officers had a map, but it seems they had trouble to find the place. Archaeology isn't my specialty."- says the doctor

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:26 pm**

'I think he's told us all he can. Give him a canteen of water and let him go' says Alex.

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:22 pm**

“You can follow our trail back out of the jungle but try not to run into anyone.” Jan says to Charles. She too feels sorry for him.

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:51 pm**

Crowley:

Crowley pulls or the map he found on a dead German.

"Was this the map?"

Posted: **Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:37 am**

"The best of luck to you, Charles," says Harry, getting a full canteen from the supply tent and handing it to the serpent man.

Posted: **Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:47 am**

Crowley:
"Yes, that is the map."

This isn't exactly your traditional map...

Posted: **Thu Aug 12, 2021 10:03 am**

Charles thank you, makes a few steps but suddenly he returns and says this:
"I don't know if this will help, but all this started because there was some minor skirmish between the Bolivian and Paraguay armies. The natives got unrested latter because they said the armies had destroyed a small shrine who protects the pyramide. We didn't find anything, but I suspect that they are probably hiding something. If you can gain their trust, maybe they will tell you something more. They live at west, near the river. Or maybe it is only stories, I don't know".
He waves goodbye and enters the jungle.

Posted: **Thu Aug 12, 2021 3:50 pm**

Crowley:

Crowley heads over to the others. "Have you finished playing with the lizard? We have work to do."

He holds out the map. "This map may show where this pyramid is that the Germans are looking for. But what in blazes does it mean?"

OOC: Can Crowley make a History roll to identify the symbols on the map?

Posted: **Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:15 pm**

“Looks like a whole bunch of mumbo jumbo to me.” Says Jan.

Posted: **Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:27 pm**

Alex studies the map closely, 'This could be a river but these symbols and the way the circle is segmented, it doesn't resemble any map I've ever seen, it looks more like someone's geometry homework!'

Posted: **Fri Aug 13, 2021 2:11 am**

"Yes, I think that twisting line could be the river," says Harry, also examining the map. "It does look unusual. While there's no X on it to conveniently mark the spot, there is that circle in the middle. I think that point is significant, and we should find it."

Posted: **Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:59 am**

Butch watches until Charles disappears into the jungle. He doesn't like releasing him back into the wild when they know so little but there really is no way they can keep him prisoner either. Looking at the map the others are discussing, something pops into his head.

"Obviously I can't be sure but this sure looks like a grid. When I was in the army and we were mining an area, we would use a grid to show what was mined. That could be the scribbled out areas." Butch runs his fingers through his hair and and looks back down at the map. "On the other hand, if they are looking for something, this could be a search grid and they've already covered the area that is scribbled out. The only way to figure it out is to go down and see if we can see where the river is in relation to this map."

Posted: **Fri Aug 13, 2021 10:09 am**

The doctor goes to the radio to warn their superiors of what happened in the past few days.

By comparing the strange map with an actual map, you see that the position of the river is similar.

OOC: Everyone can make an occult roll

Posted: **Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:22 pm**

Crowley:

OOC: Fail.

Weirdly, blood loss and injury notwithstanding, Crowley is looking very enthusiastic. He happily pulls out his pipe and lights it up.

"I love a historical puzzle to solve."

Posted: **Fri Aug 13, 2021 5:02 pm**

'There's something familiar about these symbols, if I could just put my finger on it...' says Alex.

Posted: **Sat Aug 14, 2021 3:10 am**

Strangely, some of the symbols look familiar to Harry.

Posted: **Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:42 pm**

Jan still shakes her head.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:59 am**

June has no idea what the symbols mean.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:33 am**

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:00 am**

The writing is in strange hieroglyphics similar to those used by the Mayans, but it is not exactky the same. You identify the central point as the one you must achieve, but there are several others that are marked also for some reason. The closest seems just sligthly at west if the river.
Meanwhile, the doxtor returns and says:

-I have contacted New York and spoke with doctor Shapiro, the organizer of the expedition. He asked to speak with doctor Ursini, but I told him he was dead, so he wants to speak with someone else.

OOC: Harry and Alex win 1 mythos point each.

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:54 pm**

'Perhaps this nearest location represents the shrine mentioned by our reptilian friend' says Alex. Hearing the news about Shapiro he adds, 'I suppose that "someone" is us, lead on.'

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:50 am**

Crowley:

Crowley shrugs. "Let's go talk to this chap on the radio."

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:29 am**

Harry nods and goes along.

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:39 am**

June goes too.

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:09 pm**

You all arrive at a tent with a radio. The doctor says to Doctor Shapiro presents you as the people who came with Ursini. He then speaks:

"You’ve probably guessed by now that Caduceus does more than provide humanitarian aid and cultural expeditions. Our teams also seek out threats against humanity and deal with them. You are one such team. Ursini was supposed to explain this to you all. On March 4th, an artillery shell hit a site of interest near to the aid camp you are now in. Some kind of ancient guardian was released and may still be at large. We don’t
know what it is, but we consider it to be dangerous, so be careful. We’re interested in what this guardian is protecting. We believe that you’ll find a temple in the local area. Inside the temple, you’ll f ind a mummy. Your job is to bring the mummy back to us. Alive! If you need any special equipment, we can drop it by plane".

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:24 pm**

"Wait, the mummy is alive?" Is all Butch says as the words from the radio sink in.

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:07 pm**

'A reanimated mummy sounds more like a work of popular fiction than a humanitarian mission!'

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:06 pm**

“Yes, out of one of those crummy fantasy novels everyone is reading in lectures.” Jan agrees.
“I expect it’s just a man dressed up. This guardian sounds interesting though; might be some sort of yet undiscovered animal!”

Posted: **Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:13 am**

"Suppose the mummy doesn't want to come with us?" asks Harry, realizing the same thing Butch did.

Posted: **Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:01 am**

June opens her mouth to say something, but decides to hold her tongue until the radio is no longer transmitting.

Posted: **Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:29 am**

Crowley:

Crowley glares at the radio.

"Who do you Caduceus people work for? A government? A big company? A university?"

Posted: **Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:37 am**

"It is Joshua Meadham who created the foundation. It seems he had some experience some years ago who convinced him that some supernatural enteties were menacing humanity and he decide to use his fortune to create the foundation to save humankind. About the mummy, well don't risk too much your lives, but we think that the creature is still sleeping, so it shouldn't bring too much trouble"

OOC: Make a History roll

Posted: **Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:44 am**

Posted: **Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:12 am**

Posted: **Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:57 am**

Something about this sounds familiar to Harry.

Posted: **Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:30 am**

Crowley:

OOC: Fail

Blood loss is making it hard for Crowley to concentrate.

Posted: **Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:54 am**

Joshua Meadham made his fortune in the pharmaceutical business. And suddenly in 1912 he sold the pharmaceutical empire he had built up over the previous thirty years. Joshua Meadham took the proceeds of the sale and used them to found a charitable organization devoted to providing emergency medical care across the globe, especially for those areas affected by epidemics, natural disasters, and war. He called this organization Caduceus (pronounced cad-OO-see-us or cad-U-see-us), after the staff of Hermes.

Posted: **Fri Aug 20, 2021 5:11 pm**

Butch doesn't know much about governmental or charitable organizations. He's more focused on the fact that the man on the radio wants them to find a sleeping mummy.

"If we do find this mummy, where are we supposed to bring it? I can't see us hiking out of the jungle carrying a sleeping mummy on a stretcher!"

Posted: **Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:13 am**

Crowley:

"Well, I live to find lost cities and temples. I'm in."

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