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dc_eldritch ([info]dc_eldritch) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2009-12-17 15:09:00


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Entry tags:cait curry, dinadan palmer, npc - batman, plot - "call of cthulu", tyler darnell

The next dream
The world knew about the strange dream that had over taken the world. Some people had actually woken up with white hair though their bodies had not aged like they had in the dream. They felt very tired though and had been taken with the sudden urge to create strange images that if looked upon too closely it made even the most well grounded man feel as if something was watching him.

Then things seemed safe. For a week there were no strange dreams or mass hysteria in the night. But then it happened again.

At first it seemed so innocent. The dreamers had visions of clear skies and pleasant things that made them feel better. Other dreamers who were not quite human could smell a sweet smell in their dream that caught their attention. They couldn't help but wander away until they found themselves walking and talking together happily as they walked through a strange market place.

What was strange was the people. They spoke to the dreamers in many languages and often strange beings with tentacles over their mouths and in place of their hair kept trying to offer the dreamers shining beads and crowns of gold.

Finally they make it to a far too bright shore and they see a tower that is unnaturally white. On the tower stands a figure dressed in yellow. They are suddenly aware that this figure is far too beautiful and far too horrifying to be seen. It must never be named but from the tower it watches them with it's eerie yellow body and it does the most terrible thing that it could it does not stare at them with hatred but with amused affection.

"This will be your end if you do not stop it. Awaken dreamers, for Cthulu lies dreaming in R'lyeh." Another message is spoken to a select few.

"Read the diary of Randolph Carter if you wish to save your people," a voice whispers to the few who have the journal who are among the people who were taken into this dream.

And so anyone who is not human awakens knowing something more. This time while they are left with a sense of wrongness in the world they know they have a piece of the puzzle.

For the rest they are dragged into another horrifying night. Snakes and cultists hunt them and a terrible burning eye watches them. Some are taken to the temple and fed to the terrible thing that they have burned into their memory. Others find themselves fed strange and terrible things knowing it is a twisted form of what they used to enjoy eating and upon waking will swear off their favorite foods forever. The chants are heard and a few people wake up having written the chant down. They smile knowing their god has chosen them for a great thing. The Church of Dagon has risen once more! All fear Cthulu's might!



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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-20 08:37 pm UTC (link)
Ty has the same information Cait has read so far. Then on the next page is a sketch of Cthulu. What is interesting is it looks like so many of the pictures of the creature that circulate in the media.

There is a caption.

Cthulu, The Great Devourer.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 08:41 pm UTC (link)
He's passingly familiar with the mythos, one of the many things he's read over the years, and he knows plenty of places he can get more. Meditating on the image a little, he brings one of the passages to mind, word for word, read years ago, speaking out loud as he takes advantage of the wonders of the Calculator's brain.

"Nor is it to be thought, that man is either the oldest or the last of earth's masters, or that the common bulk of life and substance walks alone. The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them, They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen. Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread. By Their smell can men sometimes know Them near, but of Their semblance can no man know, saving only in the features of those They have begotten on mankind; and of those are there many sorts, differing in likeness from man's truest eidolon to that shape without sight or substance which is Them. They walk unseen and foul in lonely places where the Words have spoken and the Rites howled through at their Seasons. The wind gibbers with Their voices, and the earth mutters with Their consciousness. They bend the forest and crush the city, yet may not forest or city behold the hand that smites. Kadath in the cold waste hath known Them, and what man knows Kadath? The ice desert of the South and the sunken isles of Ocean hold stones whereon Their seal is engraven, but who hath seen the deep frozen city or the sealed tower long garlanded with seaweed and barnacles? Great Cthulhu is Their cousin, yet can he spy Them only dimly. IƤ! Shub-Niggurath! As a foulness shall ye know Them. Their hand is at your throats, yet ye see Them not; and Their habitation is even one with your guarded threshold. Yog-Sothoth is the key to the gate, whereby the spheres meet. Man rules now where They ruled once; They shall soon rule where man rules now. After summer is winter, and after winter summer. They wait patient and potent, for here shall They rule again."

"Its from the Dunwich Horror, by Lovecraft."

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 08:47 pm UTC (link)
Cait blinked. That all went completely over her head by a mile. "Okay." What she did know that this was not good for the world and for Atlantis.

"We have some money in the book fund, but we can also go to the library."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 08:56 pm UTC (link)
He blinks a couple times. "No... they won't have what I need at the library. Uhm... I'm sure all the Titans got this dream too." Suddenly his mind is racing like crazy. So much to do. "See if they can maybe loan me some money? I need to go to England... Germany... probably the Middle East. I'll need copies of the Book of Eibon, Unaussprechlichen Kulten - erm, yeah. No, the library won't have those. Only really specialized bookstores and collectors."

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 08:59 pm UTC (link)
Cait nodded. "I'll get money," she said. She wasn't going to ask the Titans to borrow money. She was going to go to a higher authority. Mom. She needed to warn at least one of her parents about this potential threat. Mom was still Queen of Atlantis. "Then we can go to all of those places."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 09:03 pm UTC (link)
Normally he'd object when he feels even the hint of her plan through their link, but not now. This is important. Really, earth-shatteringly important.
"Do that. I'm sorry to have to make you do that, but these books... won't be cheap. There's only a handful of copies. Collectors will have them, but they're old, rare, and probably really expensive. But they'll have the purest version of the information we need now."

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-20 09:32 pm UTC (link)
April 16, 1938

My friend I have taken another step into aiding you. Your friend Ty should as soon as you both know what you need to study on Cthulu and the rest of his ilk should head to the public library in Arkham, MA.

There will be a man in the basement who takes care of a private collection of books. Tell Ty to tell him that he is a friend of Randolph Carter. You will get a copy of the Necronomicon that people who are trying to save this world from being taken from us have used.

Use it well. Prepare for battle.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 10:05 pm UTC (link)
"It's okay, Ty. It's important and I need to warn Mom about the potential threat." Mom wouldn't have any problems with giving her money. Dad would be a different story. Though Cait was now regretting spending so much on Ty's Christmas present. "We can go to Massachusetts. You can get this book while I head to Poseidonis."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 11:13 pm UTC (link)
"Get ready to go, I'm teleporting us there as soon as you're ready." A secret library. This gets better by the moment.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 11:16 pm UTC (link)
Cait wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. She just wanted a moment with him before they left. She had a really bad feeling about all of this. "I love you," she said softly.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 11:19 pm UTC (link)
"I love you too Cait, more than anything. I know this all seems bad, but its going to be ok." For her, he can be reassuring.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 11:33 pm UTC (link)
"I know," she said but didn't release him. "I just never wanted to get caught up in all of this hero stuff."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-21 01:38 am UTC (link)
"I know, and I'm sorry."

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-21 03:53 am UTC (link)
"It's my own fault. If I wanted to stay out of it, I would have stayed in Poseidonis." She kissed his cheek. "I'm going to go change and then we can go."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-21 05:03 am UTC (link)
"Ok, I'm getting dressed and all, I'll be ready when you are. And I'm glad you didn't stay in Poseidonis, I just wish I could do more to keep you from having to get involved in this one, but it seems fate, and our mystery writer here, chose you for a reason."

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-21 05:56 am UTC (link)
"I'm glad I didn't stay in Poseidonis. I wouldn't have met you." She frowned when fate and being chosen was mentioned. "I'll get changed."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-21 05:59 am UTC (link)
Usually, he's not a big predestination fan. But given that she was mentioned by name in a journal written a long time ago, this has to be an exception.
"Yeah, I'll see you in a few minutes. This ought to be quite the trip."

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-21 06:02 am UTC (link)
She smiled a little. "Aren't they always? Go get changed."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-21 06:04 am UTC (link)
He nods and heads quickly back to his room to get changed and jot down a list of the things he'd need, off the top of his head. He's sure this secret librarian would know a bunch of things not on the list as well, but it was a place to start.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-21 06:06 am UTC (link)
Cait got changed and reluctantly put on her Atlantean clothes.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-21 06:11 am UTC (link)
He doesn't want her associating flying with anything bad when he's trying so hard to get her to share his joy of it. So instead, he zooms in on the locations they need to go to, and begins the quick teleport incantation.
"I'm sending you directly outside Atlantis, so don't panic when you're underwater, it'll be outside their warded areas. I'll be in Massachussets. Telepathically contact me when you're ready to be brought back?"

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-21 06:24 am UTC (link)
Cait nodded and kissed him. "Be safe."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-21 06:27 am UTC (link)
He kisses her back, briefly losing focus on the spell. He kisses her one more time, then starts over. A few seconds later, she's sent to Atlantis and he's sent to Massachussetts, specifically about a mile above his destination.

"Good luck, Cait. We all need it." he mutters under his breath, before descending down towards town.

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[info]dc_misc
2009-12-21 06:59 am UTC (link)
The city of Arkham is a rather strange town. It is a mixture of a strange New England gothic style and modern buildings that have tried to encroach upon them. The library is one of the oldest buildings in the city next to a terrifying looking Insane Asylum. Something about it said that much pain happened their.

The library just seemed subdued and very quaint.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-21 04:49 pm UTC (link)
Being that close to the Asylum, Ty shuts down his psychic senses other than his defenses. That's just asking for trouble right now - much as he'd love to scan the library ahead of time.

He checks his list again, then heads into the library and tries to find the way down to the basement.

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