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Kidnapper

CESN

Nov 30, 2022 10:43 am
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So SavageBob just mentioned they're having some RL stuff to deal with so I'll just assume he bashes the bad guy :D

That would be a total of... 3 (+ bob's 1 ) success and the secret number was 2+2 🥳 Let's see if I don't forget anything
Kidnapper
As the Kidnapper steps towards Claire, Nathaniel quickly tries to stop him. As shouting doesn't seem to be enough, he looks around for alternatives...

The creature continues its march as Claire slowly steps back away from it in fear of the strange being that almost took her once already. meooooaaaaw The sound of a cat protesting against being thrown cuts through the cold night air, distracting the kidnapper for a second, a brief moment, but long enough for it to notice Nathaniel's arm dissolving into a pool of goo.
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Who said the cat was your ally? 😈
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"Mr. Meowgi!" the creature says as it notices the cat gracefully landing on its paws, almost magically so. The creature, ignoring everyone else looks up at Claire, but she is no longer there. "Where is the girl? What did you do?" he turns to ask Roderick.

Elias steps in, ready to fight this thing, but then Alexander jumps, bearing the pagan bust. The kidnapper looks at him wide eyed, parallelized as if haunted by painful memories. Alexander hesitates for a moment, but then lowers the heavy stone statue, crushing the creature's skull.

Still, he stumbles back, dizzy, but far less affected than one would expect. He points his bony fingers at Alexander and then at the statue "Brother!" and that's when the earth starts to shake, graves are lifted by the force of the awakened rocks that emerge from the underground. As sudden as it starts, it ends. The creature is quickly trapped in a stone cage and dragged down by through the soft mud, wailing as it is buried under the weight of rock and earth.
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Ok time for post-boss reactions and we will move to the final scene soon

No one can see/find Claire but she doesn't know that, she is just hiding behind a tombstone. Also, no one cares about it. She's not there because she was never there, otherwise where would she be?
Nov 30, 2022 5:27 pm
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So is the creature completely gone, or is it's head sticking out of the ground?
Nov 30, 2022 10:30 pm
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gone completely. The cat is still there though… probably staring at someone 🤣
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Dec 1, 2022 4:27 am
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The cat is still there though… probably staring at someone
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Not at me though. Since I was never there
Dec 1, 2022 8:41 am
Roderick leans against a gravestone to catch his breath. His left arm is limp, and a fixed wince on his face seems to indicate he is in some sort of pain.
Too spent to be able to speak, he tries to make sense of what just happened.
The creature... addressed me directly, twice... It called out Brother... what is the meaning of all this...

He tries to remember Lilith's voice, from decades before.
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Dec 1, 2022 7:13 pm
Alexander catches his breath. "What the Devil just happened?" He lets the pagan bust drop to the mud at his feet. "And what is this... thing I found?"
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Will do my best to post despite feeling sick!
Dec 1, 2022 8:45 pm
"I have no idea." Nathaniel is staring at his arm, which after letting that cat fly, has gone limp. His immediate assessment is that while the skin and possibly the muscles are still there, there isn't any bone. 'Fascinating as this is, it's going to make life difficult.' he thinks
Dec 4, 2022 12:51 am
Roderick starts at the thump made by the bust Alexander dropped. His eyes widen as he looks at the sculpture in the mud. A horrified expression distorts his features. It cannot be...

"Where... where did you find that?" he whispers pointing a shaky finger at the muddy pagan bust.
Dec 4, 2022 9:07 pm
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Quickly replying to the questions without breaking the PC's interaction. Would Claire like to do something by the way?
Dr_B says:
The creature... addressed me directly, twice... It called out Brother... what is the meaning of all this... .He tries to remember Lilith's voice, from decades before.
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It was not a female voice. ;)
SavageBob says:
Will do my best to post despite feeling sick!
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No worries! Take care of yourself and yours first :D
Dec 4, 2022 9:34 pm
Since Claire was never there, nobody is surprised that she's not participating in the conversation right now... She's probably just peacefully sleeping in her bed right now.
Dec 4, 2022 9:42 pm
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So... Who was the creature kidnapping? Or have we all got no memory of that, either?
Dec 4, 2022 9:43 pm
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Well, it suddenly showed up and attacked your family. The exact details are maybe a bit fuzzy but that's to be expected after such a stressful moment 😋
Dec 4, 2022 10:07 pm
Dr_B says:
So... Who was the creature kidnapping? Or have we all got no memory of that, either?
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This is a though one, but Claire's rolls means she was supernaturally "erased" from the scene (forgotten). Each one of you will need to reinterpret the situation without her presence.

So you were looking for clues and then the dogs found some people who may have been the ones trespassing at night. Maybe this was one of them? You found him trying to run away (now without Claire) and stopped him?

Roderick is probably too busy thinking about the "brother" thing, Alexander about the bust and Nathaniel about his arm xD There is also the strange woman that "was not" next to Elias, the cat and the two strange peasants. A lot to digest before on this scene :D

Claire is the only one that remembers everything so that is going to be fun :D
Dec 5, 2022 1:52 pm
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Dec 5, 2022 4:37 pm
Alexander shrugs at Roderick's question about the bust. The younger Rookwood flinches at Roderick's reaction to the bust. Is it... ire? "That statue was in the grave I fell into. Do you recognize it? The thing I clobbered with it seemed afraid of it, so maybe that will give us some clue who or what that thing was."
Dec 5, 2022 6:53 pm
Even considering the most chaotic day at the hospital, this is the most Nathaniel has had to deal with at one time. The creature seemed to be dealt with, but did it say the statue or old man was its brother? The undead help seemed to have sorted themselves out. Alexander is now a grave robber, or a cemetery archeologist? Also, he's pretty sure he made an enemy of that cat.
But the most pressing matter for him right now is his arm. He was smart, but had no idea what caused it. Could it be whatever caused the ground to tremble has also caused this? It just didn't make any sense. None of this did. Maybe one of his three cousins could provide answers. No wait, two cousins. He knew how many family members there were. Maybe one of the guys could explain this. "I know I haven't been to the manor in some time, but is this a normal occurrence? Also or concern . . . " he goes to raise his arm to show them, but can't, so raises it with his good arm.


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Dec 5, 2022 11:26 pm
Roderick sits heavily on the icy ground, as if burdened by a weight much too heavy for his elderly frame.
Alexander says:
That statue was in the grave I fell into. Do you recognize it? The thing I clobbered with it seemed afraid of it, so maybe that will give us some clue who or what that thing was.
"I... I..." he blabbers incoherently. Then a thought forms in his mind, perhaps triggered by Alexander's words. "It was afraid of the statue... it... called me brother... " he whisper hoarsely. Then he looks at the cracked ground under which the stones trapped the creature. "Zacharias?... Was it you, Zacharias?..." he murmurs, almost to self.
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the others will recognise the name as that of Roderick's brother, dead for more than a decade.
In the pale light, Roderick's face looks like it is made of stone. His body is limp, but one of his arms is rigid as if paralysed...
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Dec 6, 2022 8:34 am
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Oh nice, this looks like a good place for a clighanger if anyone is ok with chnaging scene :D
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