The Dark Era GPSL

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You fall asleep tonight; easier than usual, even if you’re an insomniac, a child of the night. Head on your pillow, on graveyard dirt, on cobblestone, on a bar table—you’re out like a snuffed candle—wherever you are. Perhaps you even fall asleep happily, for the first time in ages. A troubled mind quieted by lucid images far-fetched good memories, or an unshakable mind merely reviewing the scenes of their gratitudes. But as you rest, something calls to you. Something crawls to you. Something reaches out to you in the the serenity of sleep and dreams; it seizes you. You awake in a different dream, precisely where you fell asleep. … but you know that this is somewhere different. You can feel it. Give in to what you cannot fight. WALK AMONG ( US )

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The chill of winter has not abated and it will hang onto March with its sharp talons this week. Bitter winds blow a sallow cloud of fog each evening starting the night of Friday March 20th. Thick as a soup, the lamp lights hardly do much good through sundown to sunup. When the light of morning comes, the sun seems to startle the thick fog and it dissipates until evening visits again.

A fog?… No doubt you think, How is this a curious thing for London?!? but you see, this fog is only a concealment for the horrors and wonders within it. Not that it reveals too much yet. It is dangerous because no one can see. Crime will flourish. People will be trampled.

While you walk through the moist air, you might have a feeling of dread come over you. Something waits in the murkiness - you are sure. Ladies will hold onto their gents arms tighter. Those alone will wish they weren't. If only in the thralls of your heart-beating fear you take the time to look, and some of you will look, no doubt will find wonders and horrors hidden within. It’s Luck of the draw what you may find.

If yours are the type to peep at the mysteries that this mist might hold, comment with their names here . You never know what they might find. But be warned - it might not be what they’re hoping for.

Headlines and Bits of interest for the week

Friday,March 20 -The Majestic Saigner: Theater of Frights opens its first show: Noir Sang

Saturday,March 21-Last nights Pea Souper was particularly troublesome in Brompton when two carriages collided. One horse was shot. One driver was crushed. The rest were brought to the hospital.

Sunday,Friday,March 22-Shocking murder in Surrey Square over a barrel of fish.

Monday,Friday,March 23-Gilbert and Sullivan: " Ruddigore," opens at Covent Garden. Perhaps you have tickets or if you are close enough you can hear some of the music.

Tuesday,March 24-

Wednesday,March 25-About the Elephant Man

Thursday,March 27-The Black Fog continues to permeate the evenings. Be wary and listen for approaching carriages. There have been misfortune and woe this past week, as the fog advances each evening and drivers are dazed by the muddle of the haze.


OOC: Original article about elephant man appeared in December 1886

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