This part was told to me later. Rod-go gathered some of my friends for a rescue mission. Chuck (who I didn't know at the time) and father bill are the rescue team.
I awake tied on an old mattress. There are some people I don't recognize right off here with me. I finally recognize father bill. I get untied and look around for a weapon. I spot some weird contraption that one of the agents had used to shock me. I take it with me. We escape, and the Rod-go reminds me of the coming attack. We run back to campus. On the way I think I hear a gunshot. Perhaps the Rod-go couldn't live with being in a different body, but I don't know. I go off to the woods and investigate my new weapon. It appears to be a shock weapon, and has 8 remaining charges after testing.
We decide to meet at the library the next day. I refuse to hide as I know if they attack me in the open it will ruin their plans. Jon is here but will barely speak. I think he is losing his mind to all this. He does however tell that joseph has dropped out of school. There are so few of us left that know. Father Bill produces some books and a letter. I have copied it down here for further use.
I tell everyone present what I learned from the Rod-go. Then I go to see Dr. Armitage and warn him of the attack. I tell him I found the Mi-Go in my research. He knows better, but knows what the Mi-Go are. He also doesn't look to well. He goes to his private collection and grabs a tome called Nameless Cults. He gives me some gloves, and shows me this page in the book.
The image is carefully drawn in ink, credited to Khannea SunTzu. Much of the page is gibberish, or at least a language that Mathis does not recognise, but there are some scrawled notes in English. The "Mi-go" described as large, pinkish, fungoid, crustacean-like entities the size of a man; where a head would be, they have a "convoluted ellipsoid" composed of pyramided, fleshy rings and covered in antennae. They are about five feet (1.5 m) long, and their crustacean-like bodies bear numerous sets of paired appendages. They possess a pair of membranous bat-like wings which are used to fly through the "aether" of outer space. The Mi-go can transport humans from Earth to Pluto (and beyond) and back again by removing the subject's brain and placing it into a "brain cylinder" as an isolated brain, which can be attached to external devices to allow it to see, hear, and speak. The text also mentions a group called The Brotherhood of the Yellow Sign that hunt down the Mi-Go. There are also random notes scrawled, "Him Who Is Not to Be Named", Nyarlathotep and Shub-Niggurath.
He tells me the language of is sanskrit, and again asks how I know of the Mi-go. I took some notes for later translation.
(this is a placeholder for said notes, as they were never shown to me OOC)
I tell him I heard about it from a patient at the hospital that one of my friends is in. I then ask him about the Zoogs, and show him my sketch. He says to me "Listen very carefully Mathis, there are things stalking this land not of this earth and there are things waiting to come. Stay clear, for the sake of your mind, knowledge of these things can destroy you. Tell no-one of these things you have seen. Study if you must, but keep it to yourself, lest you end up in Arkham Asylum with your friend."
I leave, but go back and take a chance warning him about the attack on the library and lab. He gives me a revolver and says to do what we must.
When I come out I see my friend Alma Garvin in the library. I try to get her to leave as I know the attack is coming. Turns out angel who is in the hospital, was ranting about me. So she had to come check on me. (She is a nursing student) I try to tell her that what he was talking about was real. She obviously doesn't believe me. So I show her the weapon I stole and about the coming attack. She still won't believe. So I introduce her hoping the group can help convince her. Then I notice a strange women eaves dropping on our group. I confront her and she gets lippy. I call her on her BS, and tell her to either get in or get out. The sit down. Alma asks for the gun, so I give it to her. "Jane" is still be dodgy, but is sitting and listening. I begin by telling them about the mi-go and the men of leng. I tell them all about Mi-Go brain transplant agents. "Jane" wants to leave, and I warn her of the dangers. Alma stays. Most of the others think I am crazy as well. Boy will they only learn the hard way.
"Jane" talks to a library assistant and then to clive, and leaves. Alma goes back to her dorm to rest. We plan to meet at 7.
I continue to prepare for the attack. They go through the books found in blaine's room. In them they find a note about the mysterious ore. Atomic Weight: 322.430532 Atomic Number: 124
Specific Gravity: 31.4 (making it about 1.6 times heavier than gold or uranium).
Color: exhibits pleochroism, as it appears to have two colors, these being green and black.
Luster: metallic to pitchy and dull.
Texture: in its raw state it has a very rough texture reminiscent of sandpaper. In addition, it possesses a greasy feel, even after it has been worked into other forms.
Transparency: crystals are opaque. Crystal System: isometric, 6/m bar 4 3/m
Crystal Habit: large botryoidal, dark, lamellar reniform aggregates. De ned octahedral and cubic crystals are few.
Cleavage: rare in any direction due to the overall brittleness involved.
Hardness: on the Mohs scale of hardness it would rate greater than ten for its resistance to scratching—harder than diamond. (In the 1930’s, nothing known to man can scratch it.)
Malleability: the Brinell test is useless for determining its overall toughness as there currently isn’t a hard enough metal to make an impression in it.
Reactivity: it is unaffected by extremes of air, moisture, acids, or solvents. When exposed to detonation however, it undergoes a rapid chemical change followed by an explosive reaction.
Associated Minerals: none.
Melting Point: 8420° F (compared to the current record
holder Tungsten, which melts at around 6170° F).
Other Characteristics: non radioactive; very brittle, once its threshold for stress has been reached it shatters instead of bending. They think the metal is called Pasquallium.
As I continue around the library a plan begins to form. Chuck and Bill go back to blaines apartment on a hunch about some down feathers they find. They find the diary of daphne devine. In it is this letter.
Also is an important note to find Jethro Cratchett and ask about his fathers journals. They should have some relevant information. The rest of the journal is more local legends of cobbs corner.
We finish prepping for the attack, choosing to defend the library and not the science wing as it would spread us to thin. At 2200 things start going crazy outside. everyone starts fighting. During the distraction the main doors are blown off the building by some form of explosive. Then the Jason Trent suit wearing Mi-go agent steps in with the William Noakes look alike. They shoot some kind of ice gun at the guards, but fail to hit them. The guards loose the dogs to attack. One dog is down, and the guards continue the fight. Upstairs there are some gunshots and such, but we manage to defend the library.
We did note that their strange guns used extreme cold as a weapon. Both the guard dogs were frozen solid. It also was noted that it has a limited range. It appear as if professor harold was killed in the attack, as well as professor learnmouth. All his papers and minerals are gone, as well as his wife killed in their home. Alma was kidnapped and lost her mind. And the cops are investigating us. But it appears we are gonna be ok.
END CHAPTER TWO
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