Arthur Boff
All is not well at the Arkham Day-Care Center. The children who attend seem to have fun at the Centre, but recently they have been complaining of nightmares. The nightmares vary, but they all seem to be about Mrs. Mollse, the Center's nurse.
1 Mrs. Mollse is a member of the Arkham Witch-Cult. She has recently been given a mind-control spell by the Outer God Yitllicn, the Alterer of Thoughts. She is using it on the children under her care. Whilst under the spell's influence, they think all is normal, not knowing that they are really carrying out unspeakable tasks in the name of Yitllicn. When they sleep, however, the memories of what really happened seep through.
2 About a month ago, Cthulhu visited Mrs. Mollse in her dreams, "requesting" that she become one of her priests. Foolishly, Mrs. Mollse refused. The Dreamer in R'lyeh is now trying to incriminate Mrs. Mollse in a child-abuse case (the abuse is really being carried out by deep ones).
3 The nightmares are of Mrs. Mollse being torn up by awful dog-like beasts (experienced investigators will realize that these are the Hounds of Tindalos). Before she came to the Center, Mrs. Mollse was a New Age Traveller. Experimenting with a certain drug, she encountered the Hounds. She fled the New Age camp and became a kindergarten nurse, which she thought would be enough to give the Hounds the slip. The Hounds have not caught up with her yet, as she went quite far in time. The dreams are warnings, sent by arival species of angular time.
Copyright (c) 2007 Arthur Boff
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