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Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

Sorry for double post, but finally posted in the IC again.

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

Inspector Barry Lexington

“Fine. Fine, but no promises I won't have more questions later"

Within a matter of second, Barry was alone in the office. It was quiet, it was even more a mess, and somewhere in the back of Barry's mind he was half-waiting for something to jump on him out from hiding. With August and Dr. Dupree out of the room, Barry simply stood and looked around from the middle of the room for a moment; I really don't want to clean up this mess...Barry looked at the folder he still held in his hand, reading the title once and twice again, as if the answer would appear like an invisible ink.

Nothing happened, as one would expect. Well, except from the nagging feeling in his head, he felt as if he was being watched. "Oh to hell with this, I'm not dealing with this mess now...But I guess Dr. Steiner wouldn't mind some company?"

Barry closed the door behind him and tried to lock the door on instict. Realizing he had no key, he gave a quick around the corridor behind him, and walked away. Still holding the folder in his right hand, he began searching for the office to Dr. Steiner. Hopefully he would have some answers, or knew someone who had answers. Hell, as long as he could tell him Dr. Atkins' home-adress he'd be thankful.

The office was not difficult to find. Barry knocked on the door, waiting for a reply, and went in.

“Good morning, Dr. Steiner. Barry Lexington, Arkham Police Department. I need to talk to you about Dr. Atkins."

Dr. Arthur Steiner

Some time later...

Arthur was once again alone in his office; the chat he had had with Officer Lexington had been less that pleasent, but nothing Arthur wouldn't expect from the police these days. He had answered all of his questions as far as he could - and wanted to -, and the cop was happy with most of his answers. And when he wasn't, Arthur could see Lexington staring him down, hoping to intimidate him into answering. Lucky for Arthur, he was used to these kinds of staring-contests. Soon the officer was annoyed enough to give up, but he assured Arthur that “I'll be in touch until this case is closed and shut. Don't leave town, Dr. Steiner."

As soon as he was alone again, he pulled up the letter; F.D....Was it a name? The thought raced through his mind quicker than a speeding bullet. Even if it was so remote that even a Russian cossack hadn't plundered or terrorized it, Arthur felt an ever growing urge to find answers. He was about to get up from his chair and head to the library, when someone knocked on his door.

"Come in, the door's open."

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

Greetings friends and fellow investigators! I am now officialy done with my exams, and thank God it's over! Now I can finally return to the world of roleplaying, which I have solemly missed, I've missed you all!

Yes, do please create your own NPC's, it's a good way to flesh out the RP with possible plot-hooks, allies and enemies as it goes by.

I think I might push the time of day in the story a little bit, maybe have you all have some weird and spooky dreams?

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

Sorry for my absence, celebrated the exams with my class and drinking. I'm tired to say the least :P

@ONL Well I was going to post tonight but as I was rereading up to where we are it made me want to ask: Just what do you think Barry would do/say in regards to what Dupree just said(trying to excuse himself from the scene)? Feel free to shoot me a message on here or a PM-gonna hold off postin till I hear from ya.

@T Risket

I think he'd let Dupree go by now; he was with August and Barry when they kicked in the door, so clearly he couldn't have been the one making the mess. And he's answered all the question he's been asked so far, so in my mind he would let him go. And besides, Dupree is just as curious as to what the heck is going on there if you ask me, he'll come back to August for more answers.

@Eviledd1984 Not at all, as long as you don't mind me not making him be a big as Dr. Steiner in terms of content, I think we have enough professors as of now, haha. I'll get something up to have Johan react to. And just a thought, maybe Johan knows or bumps into Emil and Sean?

And what the heck, I'll open the RP officialy, I feel we could use more one more investigator here.

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

@Sigurd Nice one, I really like it! And it might fit into my plans all along! Excellent, the plot thickens!

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

Sorry for not having been active these days, had to get ready my exam. I got an A, so now I can celebrate with some roleplaying! Huzzah! :D

@Eviledd1984 Great that you posted, welcome aboard! Who is this Professor Masterson then?

I hate to admit it but Barry fucking cracks me up.

@T Risket

@T Risket Well thank you xD He's not really into universities and all that, especially paper.

@BurningCold I agree, I think and hope that with a few posts you'll get into it with the rest of us. But again we can't force you, so I'll might snatch your character as an NPC. Or go insane, that's cool too.

I'll wait for August and Emil to do their shit before I post as well.

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

Dr. Arthur Steiner

"...Remind me to give an A on your next assignement, Herr Günther..." Arthur said out between his heavy breaths, having done something he though he'd never do again in his entire life; climbing. Those intense minutes before their escape had really sharpened Arthur's senses, to an extent that he turned his head towards any kind of moment, even figures that could only have been his imagination, those black figures that always lurked in the corner of one's eyes. These though didn't dissappeare as soon as you saw them, these remained for a second and stared back at you, before vanishing with a blink.

Their escape had been a narrow one indeed; Emil had barely managed to open the stuck window when the second loud banging on the door began, and then they were outside. Emil had climbed down first, quickly followed by Arthur just as the door burst open and they could hear someone shout "Police!". The soft snow underneath did it's job to easen the last bit of fall, even though Arthur's old body still felt the impact. He cursed under his breath, trying to keep quiet until the coast was clean.

A few second later the figure that had stared out of the window and proved to be August, Private Snoop and Marxist, disappeared and left the two men alone outside in the snow. "Seems that I should head to my office, before their find it suspicious not to find me there. You should head to your room, Herr Günther, and think about all of this. We've done enough for now, but we need to get back into Atkins' office, preferably without them snooping around. Quick, before we're seen together."

Arthur got back onto his feet, wiped the snow of his clothes and quickly jogged (another thing he hadn't done for years) back around the building and eventually to his office. The letter was still in his pocket, and he took it out as he sat down at his desk, lighting a pipe and reading the content again. "F.D. ... Arkham Sanitarium...Maybe I should attend one of the Psychology's field-trips to the mad-house after all?"

Inspector Barry Lexington

"Police!"

The room was as empty as negro's pocket, and just as much a mess as their hair. Whoever had been here, had left by now, seen as August came back without anything to say from the window. The look that Barry saw August have as he scanned the room said it all; this had just become far more complicated. "Shit, thing are never as simple as they seem, are they? Take a look around; if someone took the time to check through this mess, it must mean that there is something of importance here. I'll take that permission of yours, Dr. Dupree, if you don't mind."

But what the hell was he supposed to look for? Papers? Shit, this institution didn't contain anything BUT papers! Books? Ever more books than papers. Clues? Well what kind of clues does a alleged suicide-victim - if it even was a suicide - leave behind? These thoughts bothered Barry heavily, until he stumbled upon something. At first it was just, well more paper and shit like everything fucking else in that office, but Barry's gut told him that this had been dropped just recently. By the intruders maybe?

"Well what is this? My strange days in Belgian Kongo...How long is it since Dr. Atkin's was in Africa, Dr. Dupree?"

...?...

There hadn't been much time. The two men had exited through the window just before they came into the room. They looked for It, It that belonged to them, something that would help them more than anything else in the universe. But they couldn't find It, this room was too full of all these papers and books, and they had too little time.

They left the same way as they came in, somewhere they couldn't be seen or caught, at least not fully comprehencible.

Then the door was kicked in and two more men entered. It would seem that more than just a professor and a young student was looking for It as well. Too bad they would all die in the process. Everyone who didn't worship It or Him would perish in a blaze of the apocolyptic return of the Great One; The Deep One, The Master, Him.

They would all submit or die.

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

@Eviledd1984 I see, don't know who that is. But he's probably awesome since he's a fellow Scandinavian ^^
Looking forward to seeing him in action.

And I'm writing my own post for Barry and Steiner...and more maybe?

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

@Sigurd I see, great! Drama!

@Eviledd1984 Well if he's a student, he'd probably seen or heard what had just happened, and want some answers from his teacher/friends. Maybe he sees those ghosts you talked about? And okay, your avatar just fooled me then.

Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

@Eviledd1984 Well as long as more of your character's backstory is unrevealed throughout the RP, he's welcome. Post the Character sheet in the Character Section, and get down with posting! Looking forward to seeing Johan Meyers in-game! And silly question on my part, but you don't happen to be Swedish?

@Sigurd Great post as always, just two things; 1. They're not in Dr. Steiner's office, but Howard Atkins' office :P 2. What does Emil mean by "That letter is really heavy"? Did he mean it litterarly that's heavy, or that the content of it blew his mind?

@T Risket Better late than never ;) I'll post sometime tonight, just need to read some more for my exams!