Call of Cthulhu - The Island - Gameplay

Test post.

All of you begin the game in a rustic wooden tavern, located in the midst of a small fishing village, on this bleak rocky island in the North Sea. It is a dark and stormy night. You're all drinking your ale and smoking your pipes in peace, when the tavern door suddenly swings open. Framed in the doorway, you see a slim young woman in a torn white dress. None of you have seen this woman before. She's soaked to the bone, her blonde hair plastered across her face. She looks extremely distressed.

She croaks out "they came from the sea, the sea" and then crumples to the ground, just outside of the doorway.

What do you want to do?

Dressed in a long weaved suit pants and matching waist coat, a colourful loose dress shirt with rolled sleeves offset by a pair of work boots, his vacant eyes made the other locals not approach him this evening. None wanting to get trapped in conversation about his flight of fancy beliefs. Sterling sat alone attempting to get himself into a dulled state using the cheap red they sold, but it wasn’t coming and his thoughts went back to the beautiful dark reds he had drunk back in University.

His melancholy broken but the noise of the door opening and a croaky ring to her voice. Getting to his feet Sterling waves his hands toward the door, "You two don’t just sit there help her." in a surprisingly strong voice for such a slim frame.

As they attend the newcomer Sterling moves to assist by fetching his jacket, giving it to the lady for warmth.

The woman is carried inside, taken over to the fire, and covered up. Her skin is wet and ice-cold to the touch, as if she's just stumbled out of the freezing sea surrounding the island. Her head lolls loosely as she's brought inside, and she appears to be semi-conscious. As she's set down in front of the fire, she draws in a great shuddering breath, and her slim hand grips Effie's arm, surprisingly hard.

She gasps out "the black water all around me, it was horrible, and there was things in there".
She then closes her eyes, and seems to lapse into unconsciousness. It looks like she's still breathing, albeit shallowly.

What do you want to do?

Sterling floated around the group watching fuss over the girl, sort of waiting the encounter out. "I can look her over, Dad was a Doctor and taught me a little." He says finally. "But getting her into something warm first would be best."

Sterling turns his back as instructed by Effie, she was a woman not to trifle with and probably twice as strong. He does spy Argus and gives a wry smile at the man’s bravery.

To answer your questions, this woman definitely didn't sound local when she spoke, and there is a lighthouse on the island. None of you recognise her, and her dress looks very expensive. There's dirt on her feet, like she's walked across the island barefoot.

You are able to get her out of her soaked dress, and the innkeeper brings over some blankets. The stranger is soon swaddled in front of the fire, wrapped in blankets. She's still unconscious, but seems to have stabilised.

What do you want to do from here?

"This will be a better way to spend my evening then drinking into oblivion, besides this time of night who knows what we may see." Sterling picks up his discard jacket and pauses to examine the discard dress of the young lady. "Was there anything in her pockets, Effie? Or a tag with a name?"