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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]young_swimmer
2009-12-18 04:33 am UTC (link)
Cait woke and was a little shaken by the second strange dream. Though not nearly as shaken as the dream she had last week. Just thinking about that one made her involuntarily shudder.

She closed her eyes for a moment and touched the mental link with Ty. Since last week's bad dream, she had maintained the link to remain in contact with Ty. They both needed the reassurance of each other's presence.

Cait opened her eyes and pulled out the small box from the nightstand drawer. Very carefully she opened it and took out the diary. She took a deep breath and opened the book.

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-18 04:41 am UTC (link)
January 2, 1938

Hello my friend. We have not met and I fear we never will. My name is Randolph Carter. My greatest hope is that you will pay attention to what I must tell you for you stand between great and terrible beings and the modern world.

I wish I did not have to put all of my faith in the strength of humanity in someone I don' know but I must. Caitlin Curry please keep the story I am about to tell you in mind. If I could spare you I would but alas fate is working against me, Miss Curry. You will need to understand what is going to happen and what has happened.

I will tell you first about a people you do not know about. Atlantis has never seen them as far as I know and for that they are lucky. I speak of the Deep Ones. You may have seen one of them in your dreams if they have begun before you have opened my journal.


It stops there for now.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-18 05:02 am UTC (link)
Cait got a bad feeling about this. This could not end well especially if it dealt with stuff in the ocean that the Atlanteans have not heard of.

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-18 05:30 am UTC (link)
Jan. 4, 1938

Terribly sorry about that. A problem came up that could not be ignored.

As I was saying they are an ancient race that descends from a race of beings from space called the Great Old Ones. The Deep Ones are characterized by the tentacles that cover their bodies and their wide bulbous eyes. They are a little stronger than a human out of water but they are much stronger physically than an Atlantean when they are in water as well as faster.

Be thankful though that their bodies are more squid like and are easier to damage. Make no mistake though Cait these beings wish to bring about the rise of the one who made their race. They tricked humans in the past and even today into interbreeding with their kind.

In 1929 in Insmouth, MA it was discovered the entire town was made up of such hybirds. The government stepped in to do something about it but most of them had already disappeared into the ocean the rest died in the fight.

There are other colonies of such beings but they tend to stay away from Atlantean influence for the most part. I do not know what it is like beneath the ocean Cait but be sure that the Deep Ones only wish to bring back Cthulu. Be weary of them.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-18 05:35 am UTC (link)
Definitely not good. Why did it have to be weird stuff? Cait grabbed a pen and small tablet from the drawer to take notes. She'd have to remember to ask Dad if he heard about any of this and do to some 'Net searches on this Cthulu.

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-18 06:22 am UTC (link)
On the following pages Cait will find a few big diagrams with labels that look fairly helpful.

Jan 5-10th 1938

Found detailed pictures of the underwater passages into a temple of Cthulu. I have not yet located the complete set but this seems straight forward enough. I have discovered aquatic life forms that have no outside influences are inclined to leave the area once the temple begins to rise. The rock it is made from has higher rates of calcium and sodium which is not that unusual but there is another unknown substance in the material that I speculate is extra-terrestrial.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-18 06:26 am UTC (link)
Cait ripped a small piece of paper from the tablet and put it in the diary as a bookmark.

Argh. Weird stuff. She hated weird stuff.

She kept reading.

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-19 04:49 am UTC (link)
The next pages are detailed accounts of people who had survived the last encounter with Cthulu. They had been sailors who had crashed upon an island in the Philippines. Cthulu had killed most of the crew before the Captain had found a silver key and locked Cthulu behind a gate.

The key Randolph entrusted Cait with. The key hums in the box with an unearthly power.

He goes on to tell Cait the key does not come from Earth. It was left behind on Earth by a witch who had served the haunter of the Dark only to used to be much bigger. It was split into pieces by the Captain and Carter was going to gather them and send them to people who would not be driven into madness by the dreams.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 11:25 am UTC (link)
Cait made notes, bookmarked pages and kept reading. She'd do some research on the names when she was finished.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 07:37 pm UTC (link)
This time, at least, Ty is somewhat calmer, having had this experience before. Though shaken at first, as soon as Cait touches his mind, he calms himself, and then does what he can to not only soothe her, but the city, broadcasting waves of calm and stability out from his location to all the minds within easy reach, slowly working up to extend his mind further and further.

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 07:39 pm UTC (link)
Cait smiled when she felt Ty's presence in her mind.

"Come here when you get a chance. Please."

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 07:43 pm UTC (link)
He focuses himself more for a while, until he can walk and maintain the calm at the same time, then makes his way into Cait's room.

"I'm here. Just felt like I should try and do something more productive this time."

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[info]young_swimmer
2009-12-20 07:46 pm UTC (link)
"Are you okay?" she asked, more concerned for him than about the situation at hand.

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[info]all_powerfull
2009-12-20 07:51 pm UTC (link)
"I'm fine. This time when it started, I managed to damp down the telepathy before I got caught up in it, and just tried to calm your mind down. It means I didn't see what everyone else saw, but I was in a better position to help. I don't sleep, most of the time, so consequently, I don't dream either."

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[info]newimprovedbat
2009-12-21 01:12 am UTC (link)
"The hell?" Terry sat up in bed, sweating profusely. "Where the fuck is it...." That book that that women had left him. Groggily, he climbed out of his bed, and grabbed the unopened package lying on his night-stand. Turning on his bedside lamp, he crawled back under the covers and began to read.

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[info]sonoftheatom
2009-12-21 09:22 am UTC (link)
Dinadan rolls out of bed again, but this time with a purpose. Though it'd be a lie to say he's not shaken. Part of him worries that it's some kind of trick, that reading the diary is going to be what brings this end about -- but most of him is too worried that not reading it will mean exactly what the dream says it will. His gut says "read", so that's what he's going to do. If that's the wrong answer, well, he hopes his friends can stop him.

He runs down the hall and half-falls down the stairs, gripping the end of the banister with both hands so that he can turn to the labs without slamming into a wall. Down that hall and through the doors, around a bench and off in a corner, there's his prize. He fumbles the fume hood open with trembling fingers, extracting the diary and clasping it to his chest with trembling hands. He hoists himself up onto a tabletop, flicks on a light, and begins to read.

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-21 06:50 pm UTC (link)
January 1, 1938

I woke up from a strange dream last night. I never sleep easy but I feel better about the future. I can make sure that what I saw does not come to pass. Things That Were shall not walk the earth after they have consumed the society that has been built after the foundation of the Old Order has faded into nothingness.

I'm quite sorry Mr Palmer. I do not mean to prattle on. I dreamed of your father first. I thought he would be the one I sent this to at first but I was wrong. I counted the dates and the stars. It is you I must rely on for this.

I have begun to search for the maps and designs for the temple. You must be ready where others will not be. I will prepare the way for you but it is you who will be traveling the road and not I.

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[info]sonoftheatom
2009-12-21 09:58 pm UTC (link)
"I'm not offended," Dinadan mutters. His dad is a scientist, a long-time cape, and something of a warrior-king. So far, Dinadan's primary claim to fame is that he's his father's son. "I'm kind of surprised it's me to. And I'm talking to myself again, and if you start responding to that, Mr. Carter, I'm going to be even more creeped out than I already am."

He takes a couple deep breaths. "Okay. Okay. I can be ready. Being ready is my hobby."

He turns the page.

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[info]dc_eldritch
2009-12-22 09:35 pm UTC (link)
There is a diagram of a seal drawn on the next page.

January 5, 1938

I have discovered that this seal is able to repel some of the creatures that are employed by the Cults. I have found tht in my adventures that this can some in handy Mr Palmer.

I am pleased to say I have narrowed down just where the temple of Cthulu will rise. It can not be prevented if he is to be put back into a deeper sleep.

Keep your eye on the news. The creatures in the bay they will select will disappear. They will not be able to stand the presence of evil and will choose to leave. Even simple creatures like fish will move out which I can not desern why since they do not seem to be bothered by good or evil.

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[info]sonoftheatom
2009-12-23 03:04 am UTC (link)
No response to Dinadan's own chatter, that's reassuring. He grabs a pad of paper and tears off a strip so that he can mark the page with the seal on it. He'll come back later to work on memorizing it, so that he can copy it out on things. He's going to need to pick up chalk and spray paint too.

"I have to let the temple rise so that he can be put back to sleep?" he mutters, frowning. "I hope it falls too, when we're done."

He can pay attention to the news. He can even do one better -- he scribbles out a note on his notepad to get in touch with Cait and ask her about the fish.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-01-01 08:36 am UTC (link)
"I'm ready to be picked up if you are done with your research," Cait sent along the link with Ty.

Things with her mother went rather well. Once Cait explained what was happening, Mera was more than willing to give Cait the funds necessary to provide Ty with the books he needed for research. She had seen her father, but Mera hadn't told him about the needed funds. Father had believed Cait was there just for a social visit.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-01-01 09:22 am UTC (link)
This entire place, this entire experience manages to be wondrous and terrible, in the truest sense for the latter, all at once. He's had an entire library of a subject he's barely touched on to study at his maximum time dilation and super speed - he's absorbed, in less than a day what could take a skilled researcher years to digest. His brain is buzzing as facts, theories and new concepts collide with scientific theory and history in a fantastic internal monologue. It seems so unreal, and yet so much what he was meant for, to study the unknown and pierce its mysteries.
And yet the unknown is dark and horrifying and almost hopeless. Everything here leads to the most terrible kinds of armageddon. He's almost stopped, tempted to flee, screaming, a few times. He's even near manifested a time or two, before just finding it too absorbing - books, somehow, make it possible to grasp and study.

"I've learned everything I can here. Including about a dozen directions I need to go now to research further. I'll be right there to pick you up."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-01-01 09:25 am UTC (link)
"I'll be twenty kilometers south of the city," she sent back. She didn't want to antagonize her father with Ty's presence. Daddy still didn't like the idea of her having a boyfriend.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-01-01 09:27 am UTC (link)
He teleports directly to her, switching to moving underwater fairly readily.
"Ready to head home, or you up for doing some book hunting with me?"

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-01-01 09:29 am UTC (link)
Cait smiled when she saw him. "Let's go hunting," she said as she wrapped her arms around him.

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