[CoC: HotOE] The Fall of Makryat
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Dramatis Personae
The battle on the shifting coal in a speeding train had precarious footing, and both Elena and a cultist lost their footing in the chaos. She fired on the way down, but only grazed the cultist. A cultist ran at Yan, who shoved him into the wall of the tunnel and he was whisked away with a scream. Yan and Elena each squared off against a cultist, and while Elena took a wound in the stomach, she stabbed the cultist in the eye in response. Yan knocked the remaining cultist out, and the battle was over. The two tied up and gagged the remaining cultist and searched the engine. They found some kind of ritual had taken place, with bits of blood and skin remaining, but nothing identifying, so they set to work disrupting the ritual area, but the blue glow still persisted. With nothing else to do, they grabbed their captive and hauled him along the top of the train back to the sleeping cars, being extremely careful as the tunnel top sped by inches above their heads.
As they looked back, they saw that the engine seemed to be changing somehow, but in the dark they couldn't be sure.
Elena and Yan found the others in the salon car and explained what happened, and as they crossed border of Lausanne, there was a moment of stasis, like a second stretched out to eternity. When it ended, the investigators noticed a new car seemed to have been added. A cathedral made of stone, on wheels, with the smell of incense wafting through the air. After an incredulous moment, the party entered, and found a lushly appointed dining room filled with food and servants rushing here and there, and on a throne was the Jigsaw Prince. He was wearing only a loincloth, revealing the terrifying seams where the flesh of his body had been sewn together. He explained that he wanted the statue, and they wanted to live, and asked if they had a deal. After a moment of discussion, the professor agreed, and the Prince offered to teach them a spell that would reveal Makryat's presence. Yan refused, but the others listened to the Prince's words, and Elena, the professor, and Rosaline learned the words. Then they left. Rosaline and Elena demanded to know why the professor had made the deal, and the professor explained that the Prince had only contacted them while they were in Lausanne and that he probably had no power outside of it.
Afterward, they went to Rosaline's and Elena's room, where they had stashed the cultist, and Elena and the professor questioned him. He was arrogant, and condescending, and didn't reveal anything, and eventually the investigators threw him off the train.
With knowledge of the spell, the investigators decided to observe their suspects--the count and countess de Bruessy and Anton Szorbic. The count and countess were in the salon car, nursing large drinks, and when the countess Durnovo observed her she noticed that the countess de Bruessy's makeup was impressive. They went through to the dining car, where several people were talking. Lord Margrave, Sir Robert, and Ho-Tet were talking animatedly about who the investigators were looking for, since they had noticed the party's activities. When they noticed the investigators, they called them over and asked them who it was. Lord Margrave confidently accused the chef, who looked up in confusion, and after a moment the lord excused himself in embarrassment. Elena and the professor followed, shouting that they just wanted to talk. As Lord Margrave turned to open the door, the professor recited the words of the spell.
Lord Margrave--Makryat--fell apart into pieces, organs and body parts appearing in the professor's hands with a disgusting sound as the spell took effect. The professor felt a shock, and a dawning knowledge that this spell had taken Makryat's essence and transferred it into himself. He immediately entered Lord Margrave's room and looked through his personal effects, looking for the items of power that he knew must be there, but found nothing, and moved on to the Doña's room before he came to his senses. When the professor went back outside the room and found the others all gathered there, he explained what had happened, but then the investigators noticed a large man approaching from the far end of the car. The Jigsaw Prince demanded the simulacrum and would not accept their protestations that they were going to look for it, and so he drew a sword cane and charged.
Rosaline, the countess, and the professor got out of the way while Elena and Yan attacked, but bullets did almost nothing and Yan's knife just bounced off his skin. Realizing that they needed another tactic, the investigators tried to overbear him. The Prince stabbed Yan through, and smiled as he turned to the others. The professor crept forward and applied first aid to Yan while the countess, Elena, and Rosaline all rushed at the Prince and bowled him over. Even the Mims-Sahis would not cut his flesh, and it didn't seem like he could be suffocated, so they gagged the Prince, tied him up, and threw him off the train.
The train gradually slowed down, finally arriving back in Paris several hours before it was supposed to arrive, and doctors and police swarmed over the train. The investigators all received treatment, and the chef came to them and said that he knew they were looking for something and the staff would help however they could. The professor told them about the simulacrum, and the staff found it, in a box under the train, along with three more of the scrolls.
Knowing that they didn't have much time, the investigators immediately hurried on to Calais to make their way to London.
Next game is probably the last one of the campaign! We'll reach London, perform the ritual, and all go home happy. I'm sure that'll be the end of it and that nothing will go wrong on the way at all!
- Elena Costanza, British Agent of the Crown
- Luc Durand, French Professor of Linguistics
- Rosaline St. Clair, American Antiquities Dealer
- Valentina Durnovo, Russian Countess/Gentlewoman
- Yan Nikolaev, Bulgarian police inspector
The battle on the shifting coal in a speeding train had precarious footing, and both Elena and a cultist lost their footing in the chaos. She fired on the way down, but only grazed the cultist. A cultist ran at Yan, who shoved him into the wall of the tunnel and he was whisked away with a scream. Yan and Elena each squared off against a cultist, and while Elena took a wound in the stomach, she stabbed the cultist in the eye in response. Yan knocked the remaining cultist out, and the battle was over. The two tied up and gagged the remaining cultist and searched the engine. They found some kind of ritual had taken place, with bits of blood and skin remaining, but nothing identifying, so they set to work disrupting the ritual area, but the blue glow still persisted. With nothing else to do, they grabbed their captive and hauled him along the top of the train back to the sleeping cars, being extremely careful as the tunnel top sped by inches above their heads.
As they looked back, they saw that the engine seemed to be changing somehow, but in the dark they couldn't be sure.
Elena and Yan found the others in the salon car and explained what happened, and as they crossed border of Lausanne, there was a moment of stasis, like a second stretched out to eternity. When it ended, the investigators noticed a new car seemed to have been added. A cathedral made of stone, on wheels, with the smell of incense wafting through the air. After an incredulous moment, the party entered, and found a lushly appointed dining room filled with food and servants rushing here and there, and on a throne was the Jigsaw Prince. He was wearing only a loincloth, revealing the terrifying seams where the flesh of his body had been sewn together. He explained that he wanted the statue, and they wanted to live, and asked if they had a deal. After a moment of discussion, the professor agreed, and the Prince offered to teach them a spell that would reveal Makryat's presence. Yan refused, but the others listened to the Prince's words, and Elena, the professor, and Rosaline learned the words. Then they left. Rosaline and Elena demanded to know why the professor had made the deal, and the professor explained that the Prince had only contacted them while they were in Lausanne and that he probably had no power outside of it.
Afterward, they went to Rosaline's and Elena's room, where they had stashed the cultist, and Elena and the professor questioned him. He was arrogant, and condescending, and didn't reveal anything, and eventually the investigators threw him off the train.
With knowledge of the spell, the investigators decided to observe their suspects--the count and countess de Bruessy and Anton Szorbic. The count and countess were in the salon car, nursing large drinks, and when the countess Durnovo observed her she noticed that the countess de Bruessy's makeup was impressive. They went through to the dining car, where several people were talking. Lord Margrave, Sir Robert, and Ho-Tet were talking animatedly about who the investigators were looking for, since they had noticed the party's activities. When they noticed the investigators, they called them over and asked them who it was. Lord Margrave confidently accused the chef, who looked up in confusion, and after a moment the lord excused himself in embarrassment. Elena and the professor followed, shouting that they just wanted to talk. As Lord Margrave turned to open the door, the professor recited the words of the spell.
Lord Margrave--Makryat--fell apart into pieces, organs and body parts appearing in the professor's hands with a disgusting sound as the spell took effect. The professor felt a shock, and a dawning knowledge that this spell had taken Makryat's essence and transferred it into himself. He immediately entered Lord Margrave's room and looked through his personal effects, looking for the items of power that he knew must be there, but found nothing, and moved on to the Doña's room before he came to his senses. When the professor went back outside the room and found the others all gathered there, he explained what had happened, but then the investigators noticed a large man approaching from the far end of the car. The Jigsaw Prince demanded the simulacrum and would not accept their protestations that they were going to look for it, and so he drew a sword cane and charged.
Rosaline, the countess, and the professor got out of the way while Elena and Yan attacked, but bullets did almost nothing and Yan's knife just bounced off his skin. Realizing that they needed another tactic, the investigators tried to overbear him. The Prince stabbed Yan through, and smiled as he turned to the others. The professor crept forward and applied first aid to Yan while the countess, Elena, and Rosaline all rushed at the Prince and bowled him over. Even the Mims-Sahis would not cut his flesh, and it didn't seem like he could be suffocated, so they gagged the Prince, tied him up, and threw him off the train.
The train gradually slowed down, finally arriving back in Paris several hours before it was supposed to arrive, and doctors and police swarmed over the train. The investigators all received treatment, and the chef came to them and said that he knew they were looking for something and the staff would help however they could. The professor told them about the simulacrum, and the staff found it, in a box under the train, along with three more of the scrolls.
Knowing that they didn't have much time, the investigators immediately hurried on to Calais to make their way to London.
Annals of the FallenThat went much better than it could have, though Yan almost became another casualty on the list! Good thing the professor has trained up his first aid over the course of this game.
- Gianni Abbadelli, Italian Vatican Parapsychologist, arm torn off by čudovište in Vinkovci, February 8th, 1923.
- Demir Sadik, Turkish Revolutionary/Field Medic, devoured by the living lair of the Baba Yaga in the forests outside Orašac, February 13th, 1923.
- Jazmina Moric, Croat Linguist, killed by a thrown grenade during a battle with the Butchers at Sofiiski Universet, February 15th, 1923.
- Radovan Venclovic, Romani Ex-Soldier, driven to madness by the beast of flesh in the cemetery at Üsküdar, February 20th, 1923.
Next game is probably the last one of the campaign! We'll reach London, perform the ritual, and all go home happy. I'm sure that'll be the end of it and that nothing will go wrong on the way at all!
