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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]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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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-22 04:33 am UTC (link)
A wise choice on his part.

Finding the way there should be easy. There is a sign pointing to the door that leads down there.

There is a funny looking man sitting at a table reading silently in the basement. He has very big glasses and seems mostly harmless behind him is a large gate that is locked with quite a few very old looking books behind the gate.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-22 04:43 am UTC (link)
Well, this looks like the place. "Carter's diary instructed me to come here, said you could help?"

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-22 04:46 am UTC (link)
He didn't say he was a friend of Randolph Carter though. The man looks up silently and stares. His eyes from behind the big thick glasses look almost bug like and inhuman as he watches Ty.

Words are important.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-22 04:51 am UTC (link)
Oh, right... exact wording. He blushes. "I'm a friend of Randolph Carter's."

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-22 04:54 am UTC (link)
The man nods finally. "Next time say it first boy. If you hadn't I would have sent you on a trip you would never forget."

He makes a noise then stands. "You are here for the book then? I've been waiting since that first night. Gives me chills to think about it."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-22 04:59 am UTC (link)
"I'm sure of that. I haven't dealt with a lot of this, I'm sorry. And yes, I'm here for the book."

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-22 05:02 am UTC (link)
He nods and pulls a key ring out of his waist coat. The man is dressed in a rather old fashioned manner but that doesn't matter. He goes up to the door and unlocks it. He paces around searching silently before he pulls down a thick book that looks to be the oldest book of the bunch.

Then he comes back and puts it down on the table. "Are there any other things you are looking for? I can narrow the search down for you, lad."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-22 05:10 am UTC (link)
"Significant other things, I'm certain. Unfortunately, I'm not well read enough yet to know everything I'm missing. I am fairly certain that I would be able to make excellent use of Ludvig Prinn's De Vermis Mysteriis and Friedrich von Junzt's Unaussprechlichen Kulten. I speak both languages, so I don't need any translation. If there's anything else you can recommend on the topic, I'd be grateful. I have a photographic memory and unlimited retention, but I'm not currently an occultist."

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-22 09:52 pm UTC (link)
"Excellent my dear boy. Not enough people study the classics anymore. Of course if you are to study this kind of thing you really need to be careful about. Try this," he pulls out a think red book from one shelf. "This is a codex I was able to acquire a few years ago. It has some interesting perspectives on the Cult of Dagon and what you may expect if they appear."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-22 10:46 pm UTC (link)
If this guy is going to be their hope in the darkness, with his resources, then Ty has to trust him. He makes sure no one else is watching, then shows the man just why he was sent on this research gathering mission alone.

He reaches into Zoom's powers and bends time so that he appears to be moving with Flash-level super speed. Then he actually does use Black Adam's somewhat less impressive but still substantial super speed, hands blurring as he flips through the pages, committing every one to perfect word for word memory in instants. The entire codex takes less than a minute, he could possibly take in the whole library in a day if he had to.

"I understand the need for caution, especially as this isn't my forte. I'm primarily a rocket scientist. But the need is also... well, you know."

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(no subject) - [info]dc_eldritch, 2009-12-22 10:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]all_powerfull, 2009-12-22 11:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dc_eldritch, 2009-12-22 11:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]all_powerfull, 2009-12-22 11:25 pm UTC

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