The Darkness Beneath the Hill

Harmon looks at the shoe now pointing at him, then back at the portal.

The image of Max is now holding up his gun before placing it on the floor. Then his knife. Then stepping back, beckoning you to come his image is swallowed by shadow leaving the image of far off grassy hills.

Harmon steps forth and is sucked into the wall.

Leland and Gregory are left. The colours on the wall begin to fade, the portal is closing! The small creature start to come out of the cage, emboldened by your reduced numbers, a glint of hunger in their eyes.

Leland stumbles through the wall and into another cave but there is a clear exit revealing sunny countryside beyond. He sees some of the others, Percival and Harmon. Josh is on the ground, curled into a ball, Max is outside and there's no sign of Pablo.

Seconds turn to minutes and Gregory does not come through the portal. Perhaps he chose not to return, perhaps the portal closed, or maybe the small humanoid creatures prevented his exit. Either way, there is no way back through the wall and only by entering through Josh's house once more could an expedition return to find him.

And so, the men trudge onwards, out of the cave and to Providence. Everything seems as you left it, despite the theories presented by some of you that it might be some alternative reality, though your realities are forever changed, at the knowledge of this race of serpent beings that perhaps once existed here and perhaps still do.

Josh is institutionalized in the Dexter Asylum in Providence, his mind broken by his time as a prisoner compounded by the terrifying journey through the portal, visions of which haunt him day and night.

Pablo too finds himself in a padded cell, his screams of terror keeping fellow inmates awake through the night. Thankfully within months he returns to society, though never quite the same again.

Leland recovers from his physical wounds though mentally he is scarred and is often seen preaching in a public square, at first glance one might take it for a conversion to God but often mentions of otherwordly deities enter his sermons.

Percival and Harmon were relatively unscarred by the events though thoughts of the terror of those subterranean caves sometimes enter their dreams.

As for Max, he is just glad to be alive. His eyes opened to a new reality and eager to learn more.

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Good job everyone! You made it. There is an opportunity to advance your characters somewhat. Skills that you successfully used without the aid of Luck, a Push or Bonus Dice have the potential to advance (see below) Roll 1d100. If you get higher than your skill, gain 1d10 points. You can all also do this for your current Luck scorGregory - Occult
Spot Hidden
Photography
Handgun

Harmon - Library Use
Appraise
Listen
Climb
Spot Hidden

Percival - Library Use
Handgun

Leland - Library Use
Spot Hidden
Navigate

Max - Pick Lock
Climb
Psychoanalysis

Pablo - brawl
listen
Climb

In addition, for escaping you gain +1d3 to your current sanity. Also Pablo and Leland gain another point of Cthulhu Mythos for that last bout.

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Let's try if Max can get anything