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Bellum Anon (bellum_anon) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-05-18 10:00:00

Entry tags:

cheshire cat, dr. watson, frog prince, will moran

Group E: Dr. Watson, Cheshire Cat, Frog Prince, Jack of Tales

The plaque on the wall says:

the beast in the deep feeds on the dark
and in order to wake him, to give him that spark
The invisible cat must hold the book
and read his crimes in the chant
while the man who's a frog,
quite at home here, I feel
must follow him after, but rant

then comes the catalyst, brave, yet a fool
who will read to us all whom he left to die
and last but not least, the man jack will then school
us all the things that made beauty cry.

The participants will find themselves in a dark room lit only by the aquarium that makes up all four walls. It is filled with exotic fish and plant life, and the water seems to go on forever, like they've been dropped into a glass box at the bottom of the ocean, though the ceiling and floor are both plain, opaque plaster. The plaque is on the floor. If they look carefully, they might see a hint of a shark out there.

...Or something more sinister. On a stand in front of one of the walls, there is a heavy book bound in what is (hopefully) leather, emblazoned with runes. Underneath the runes there is an English translation: 'NECRONOMICON'

Each of the first four pages has information on it about the people in the room, and they have to read their information in the correct order. Rick has to open the book and read out a list of his crimes, written right there on the first page. Then Stefan has to read a list of his own (on the next page), but he has to shout them. Micah will then have to read an account of how, exactly, he left his parents to die, and Will has to follow with an account of what he did to make Ella cry.

Once this has been completed, the summoning will commence, and the great Cthulhu will come out of the murk. The ocean around them will get darker and darker, as if night is falling, and then the old god will swim around the room three times, glowing eyes peering at them as it does so, feasting on the darkness within their souls.

And then the door will appear in one of the glass walls, and they will be permitted to leave.

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acatalyst
2010-05-19 01:47 pm UTC (link)

Micah had actually stopped tracking the maybe-shark, maybe-something-worse with his eyes when Rick began talking. By the time Stefan had started he actually turned around and stared.

They were all criminals? Fantastico.

He moved over to Rick and his book. "Anyone ever tell you that grin is completely fucking unsettling?" he asked the man, looking down at the book and turning the page. It only had two words on it - they weren't names, which he'd hoped they would be - and his jaw tightened.

His gaze slipped back to the glass, back to the book, then back to the men. "Who says we want to summon that thing? We're just reading a fucking plaque left here by some insane building and believing everything it says. What if we finish, and that thing comes through the glass and kills us all?" he asked.

Yes, he was trying to get out of this. Fuck. The words on the page taunted him, as did the bravery claim on the plaque. He was tired of this fucking shit.

	acatalyst 2010-05-19 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	"What the fuck makes you think getting eaten by jaws is going to be a good alternative?" Micah asked, and he considered throwing a punch. He considered it a moment longer, and then he did it, sending his fist flying into Will's jaw. A fight always made him feel better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	acatalyst 2010-05-19 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Micah didn't have to look at the damned book or the damned page. "My parents," he said, shoving the thing closed in Rick's hands even as he said the words and then striding away from them to look out at the water, arms crossed over his chest, jaw taut and face unreadable. "Next." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	acatalyst 2010-05-19 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	"That's it?" Micah asked incredulously, distracted enough that he forgot about the thing in the water. "We have dead people and jail-able offenses, and you cheated on a girlfriend?" The damned building was deranged, Micah decided. There was nothing for it. "Oh, also, you're a bastard." It was an afterthought, clearly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unimpressive 2010-05-20 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Stefan hopped onto Will's hand, not needing to be told twice. He wanted out of there as soon as possible too. He heard Micah's worry, but he and Will were already making their way out of the lobby. "Nothing's ever right around here," he reminded him and then Stefan wasn't around to hear the rest. (Reply to this) (Parent)