Apr 30, 2024 2:25 pm
Derek perks up,
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Oh yeah! I had forgotten about that!Act 2 - Monday, August 31, 2015
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Apr 30, 2024 3:02 pm
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Yeah, this stupid video has brought back a whole ton of things I had happily forgotten. I am not a fan.So the yellow image gets a blue overlay, and there's a timestamp that doesn't make any sense. I think it says SEPT 23, 2324, but I'm not sure. I got tired of staring at it.
Anyway, there's a white screen, then a list of names:
Cal Diassa
Lila Mac
Rae Bilabass
Thoman F. Prutoth
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It’s written by the same person who wrote the note that was hidden in our invitation. Same B. Same M. Same D. Same T. Same person.The names bothered the shit out of me, so I threw them into an anagram solver.
Thoman F. Prutoth came up with a ton of stuff, like Fourth Month Tap, Phantom Fort Hut, and Phantom of Truth.
Rae Bilabass came up with Lair Ass Babe, and Barbie Salsa, which I thought was funny, but not really helpful.
Lila Mac could be Camilla.
Cal Diassa is fkin Cassilda.
T. Hou - I have no idea. Too short to do anything with that makes any sense.
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Thoughts?Last edited April 30, 2024 3:05 pm
Apr 30, 2024 3:18 pm
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So one of the names is Cassilda, Camilla was Cassilda's sister in the play, then they all are probably anagrams. And Phantom of Truth certainly sounds like something involved in this! I could run a background check on the names anyway if you want?Apr 30, 2024 3:34 pm
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Yes, please do. See if you can make any sense out of the T. Hou one, too.Quote:
So, here’s a picture of the secret part of the invitation we received. I guess it’s not such a secret since this is on YouTube.Quote:
Then another overlay of text, this time about Carcosa. There’s the sign there in the top corner, too. Good times. I didn’t translate out the whole thing this time because I was about to go blind staring at it all. Talks about a lake called Hali, I think. Reads a bit like a travel log. The thing at the top says No. 1895. Not sure if that’s Number 1895 or November 1895.Quote:
The next overlay is another handwritten note. I can’t make it all out, but it says something like "How Did You Find Me! Thought you had left, something any case something are still something something."Quote:
Anyone else want to try to read it?Last edited April 30, 2024 3:37 pm
Apr 30, 2024 3:52 pm
Henry squints at the screen.
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"In any case they are still here" is what I see or, maybe "beware". Yeah, actually I think it says both.Last edited April 30, 2024 3:58 pm
Apr 30, 2024 4:28 pm
Reg does his best Eddie Murphy from Trading Places imitation:
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Same year as the description of Carcosa from that previous image.Click
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There is a black screen with the word NOPE written in white.
He gives Derek a look.
Then we’re back to the spinning flower, then the sign is all over the place for an extended period of time. In a YouTube video. On YouTube. Visible to the public. Worldwide.He takes a moment to drain half his glass, giving everyone time to comment.
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So this next one is interesting, and pretty straightforward. It’s a Wanted poster for anyone who has seen the full play Le Roi en Jaune - Huck Finn - in Paris, August 1895. There’s a reward offered. Same year as the description of Carcosa from that previous image.
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Then a picture of the Chicago Sunday paper, with the sign on it, from August of some year I can’t make out.There is a black screen with the word NOPE written in white.
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Next was the image of the seal of the entity we don’t say the name of out loud, DEREK.Quote:
I took the image out.Then we’re back to the spinning flower, then the sign is all over the place for an extended period of time. In a YouTube video. On YouTube. Visible to the public. Worldwide.
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Apr 30, 2024 5:53 pm
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Right. So next is a Corporation for Public Broadcasting logo bumper. Someone please tell me that this hasn’t been airing on PBS for years and we didn’t see it….Quote:
Next is the lady doing the scarf dance, with a fixed camera. Not the best type of camera work for this sort of thing, since you can’t follow the performer. Anyway, yellow. Dancing. There’s a black screen at the end like maybe there is some missing footage, then the lady covers the camera with her last scarf.Quote:
Then this: The Mask Revealed A Volume Of Secret Faces, Like A Map Made Of Skin.Is this from the same book we saw the illustration in? Maybe it’s from the novel. I’m not sure. It’s obviously about Huck.
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Then there’s an absolute ton of butterflies or some other kind of flying thing. They swarm all over the place.Quote:
Then this slide that says A Bookstore, A Hotel, The End Of The World Of The End.What’s this? A bookstore to buy Huck? Or where those books ended up from that one guy we were investigating? A Hotel, like the Broadalbin? Or something like the MacAlister? The end of the world? Well we can imagine what that means.
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Then there’s more bugs or grass or something….Apr 30, 2024 6:39 pm
Reg sets his empty glass down and stuffs his hand in his pocket. A muffled click-snap, click-snap can be heard, which at least Derek knows is the sound of a zippo lid being opened and shut, quickly and nervously.
After a few moments, Reg clicks to the next image.
His voice is tense, and he doesn’t elaborate.
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White letters on a black screen:
THIS IS NOT YOUR CUE
Reg says nothing. The click-snap of the zippo continues. He lingers on the screen for a moment, then moves to the next.
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The image shows what seems to be instructions for the summoning ritual.
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A yellow line pouring into an ocean of bubbles.
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Something dark rising.
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The risen thing is lit in yellow. A jagged collection of glass, or butterflies, or some unknown substance.
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The screen is black, the presentation over. Reg says nothing. The soft click-snap stops.
After a few moments, Reg clicks to the next image.
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This is the summoning ritual.Click
White letters on a black screen:
THIS IS NOT YOUR CUE
Reg says nothing. The click-snap of the zippo continues. He lingers on the screen for a moment, then moves to the next.
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The image shows what seems to be instructions for the summoning ritual.
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A yellow line pouring into an ocean of bubbles.
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Something dark rising.
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The risen thing is lit in yellow. A jagged collection of glass, or butterflies, or some unknown substance.
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The screen is black, the presentation over. Reg says nothing. The soft click-snap stops.
Apr 30, 2024 6:48 pm
Stevie looks over at Henry,
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Isn't that what you remember hearing on the playground when we were kids? "It's not your cue"?Apr 30, 2024 7:13 pm
Henry looks at Reg and sits the coffee cup he has been using to block the screen down.
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Do you think that this means they are summoning, or have summoned, something? I'll look and see if I can find something on the imagery of the butterflies.Last edited April 30, 2024 7:14 pm
Apr 30, 2024 7:17 pm
Reg has wandered off into the bedroom, and addresses Henry over his shoulder.
I guess I just should have bit the bullet two decades ago and summoned me up some demons, too.
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Yes, I think they've been summoning all along. We found the seal in that girl's apartment. I got all of my summoning books from the Night Floors. The seal is on the hidden document in our invitation, and also in the video.I guess I just should have bit the bullet two decades ago and summoned me up some demons, too.
Apr 30, 2024 7:23 pm
Henry laughs then shakes his head.
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Just remember that the DM is encouraged to twist your wish so that you are never happy with the result.Apr 30, 2024 7:25 pm
Reg snorts and walks back in, heading to the table to pour himself yet another drink.
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Ha! Yeah. Also, they are actually fucking DEMONS. Like I'm that stupid. There's no way in hell, no pun intended, that I'm going to summon Satan to a tea party so I can ask him for a favor.Apr 30, 2024 7:36 pm
Henry imitates Austin's voice and mannerisms.
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Regdalf the Wiseass you become conscious, sitting slumped over a table, laying face down on a bowl of melted ice cream. You hear the hordes of hell, cackling around you only held back by the Barrier of Protection, you, yourself have placed to seal your dining room away from intruders both mundane and extraordinary. What, do you do?Apr 30, 2024 7:37 pm
Reg chuckles.
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I pull out my Portable Hole, climb inside it, and pull the edges in after me.Apr 30, 2024 8:21 pm
Derek chuckles at Reg and Henry,
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I don't know about any of this, other than we are being called back into this madness. And it says a map made of skin? That is nasty!load next