Apr 21, 2025 12:50 am
Alex devours the offered soup hungrily, then inspects the family photos.
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Happy to make a 1 pt Photography spend if needed.The Watchman Watches in Vain
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Apr 21, 2025 10:27 am
Hare feels reassured by Clancy’s professional air, so relates his experience.
Last night, he explains, he saw an airplane circling over the Merchant District, in full view of his living room windows. The pilot seemed interested in the city block right at the edge of the cemetery. Then made a couple of passes over the old cemetery itself. On the last pass it was very quiet, as though the pilot had switched off his engine. It stalled above the cemetery, tried to pull out, but then turned over and dropped slowly into the river. He guesses few city folk saw the crash as their view was blocked by Hangman’s Hill. Or heard anything since the plane was without power.
He called the police, then drove his tractor to the turnpike to spot the crashed plane. By the time he arrived it had sunk or drifted downriver into the city proper. He saw a couple of motor boats come out from the Docks, the warehouse area just east of the Merchant District, as though they may have been picking up something from the river. They were far away, but he noticed the boats were painted rusty red.
Hare nervously pauses for a while, before relating a further detail.
"Just as the pilot was trying to pull out of its final stall I saw the aircraft engulfed in a pale green light. A ghostly light. It caused the pilot to lose control…"
He looks around timidly to see how the guests respond to the strange detail. Seeing that Melody is still shaken by her encounter with the farm’s giant hog, he brings her a blanket.
Emma finds an interesting but unnerving passage in one of Hare’s books. Superstitious locals believe that the old cemetery teems with ghouls, who appear at dusk and roam the place after dark. While everyone gives the unpredictable creatures a wide berth, some Arkham families seem to identify certain ghouls as their beloved ancestors. And expect that those born into certain old Arkham bloodlines might become ghouls after or close to their deaths. Families in the Merchant District in particular hold to this macabre idea.
Last night, he explains, he saw an airplane circling over the Merchant District, in full view of his living room windows. The pilot seemed interested in the city block right at the edge of the cemetery. Then made a couple of passes over the old cemetery itself. On the last pass it was very quiet, as though the pilot had switched off his engine. It stalled above the cemetery, tried to pull out, but then turned over and dropped slowly into the river. He guesses few city folk saw the crash as their view was blocked by Hangman’s Hill. Or heard anything since the plane was without power.
He called the police, then drove his tractor to the turnpike to spot the crashed plane. By the time he arrived it had sunk or drifted downriver into the city proper. He saw a couple of motor boats come out from the Docks, the warehouse area just east of the Merchant District, as though they may have been picking up something from the river. They were far away, but he noticed the boats were painted rusty red.
Hare nervously pauses for a while, before relating a further detail.
"Just as the pilot was trying to pull out of its final stall I saw the aircraft engulfed in a pale green light. A ghostly light. It caused the pilot to lose control…"
He looks around timidly to see how the guests respond to the strange detail. Seeing that Melody is still shaken by her encounter with the farm’s giant hog, he brings her a blanket.
Emma finds an interesting but unnerving passage in one of Hare’s books. Superstitious locals believe that the old cemetery teems with ghouls, who appear at dusk and roam the place after dark. While everyone gives the unpredictable creatures a wide berth, some Arkham families seem to identify certain ghouls as their beloved ancestors. And expect that those born into certain old Arkham bloodlines might become ghouls after or close to their deaths. Families in the Merchant District in particular hold to this macabre idea.
Apr 21, 2025 10:41 am
Alex, having a background in photography and physics, guesses that the pilot stalled his plane to take an aerial photograph. Older aerial cameras still require very slow airspeeds to reduce photographic blur. However, as to why the pilot switched off his engines for the final pass, he can’t guess.
…or maybe he can!?
You have probably got all the key clues you need from this scene.
There are a few options now: go to Arkham Airfield to look things over and interview Harrington’s mechanic? Go to the Docks to identify the motor boats that Hare described? Do something else?
Please, 1. Finish off the interaction with Hare, asking a question or two if you wish and 2. discuss your next move in or out of character
@Lemming23 Alex's inspection of the photos reveals little of interest to the investigation, but it was a good call (no spend).
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…or maybe he can!?
You have probably got all the key clues you need from this scene.
There are a few options now: go to Arkham Airfield to look things over and interview Harrington’s mechanic? Go to the Docks to identify the motor boats that Hare described? Do something else?
Please, 1. Finish off the interaction with Hare, asking a question or two if you wish and 2. discuss your next move in or out of character
@Lemming23 Alex's inspection of the photos reveals little of interest to the investigation, but it was a good call (no spend).
Apr 21, 2025 12:54 pm
Clancy gives no outward expression that the ghostly green fire was any stranger a detail than the others. This has been very informative, Mr. Hare. This green light, did it look like fire? Was it in the cockpit or did it engulf the entire plane?"
Apr 21, 2025 1:06 pm
"Why, thank you Mr. Hare, most gentlemanly of you," she says when the man offers her a blanket.
These country folks can be surprisingly kind. More so than some high society fellows I met, for sure...
She settles to follow the reporter conversation with the farmer.
These country folks can be surprisingly kind. More so than some high society fellows I met, for sure...
She settles to follow the reporter conversation with the farmer.
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would say to investigate the Docks/rusty red motor boats angle next, while the incident is recent.Apr 21, 2025 4:47 pm
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Good question about the green light. I’ll answer all the questions in the same post, where possible. Please do your player posts all together rather than worry about stepping on each others’ toes :).
Apr 21, 2025 6:39 pm
Emma reads the strange passage about ghouls closely, scribbling the relevant facts in her notepad. She returns the book to the shelf in its proper place and spends a moment straightening the rest of them, as if this were a library or bookstore and she an employee.
Eventually she turns and stands, her hands clasped in front of her, waiting for the conversation to complete.
Eventually she turns and stands, her hands clasped in front of her, waiting for the conversation to complete.
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Docks next works for me. If we have to go to the cemetery at some point, we should try to do so during the day, tho! To avoid the ghouls...Last edited April 21, 2025 6:41 pm