Casual Meeting

Philipp Mählmann

It’s a mild, quiet evening - a perfect time for a little walk...

While walking and chatting, suddenly a man crosses the character's way: he’s clothed in a dark robe, ornamented with strange symbols and soiled with blood. In one hand he holds a long bloody knife, in the other a long stick with a goat head on top. His voice constantly changes between insane laughing and loud cries, while constantly shouting: “Iä! Iä! Shub-Niggurath!”

Possibilities

1     The man is just a ‘normal’ guy - who just comes from a Cthulhu-Con, where he won the first price for his costume. He's so happy, drunk and probably on drugs, that he’s totally into his role now.

2     The man is a worshiper of Shub-Niggurath. During the cult's current ritual something went wrong and a portal opened, transporting the worshiper from to this place. He’s still a bit disoriented, and it takes a few more minutes, before he clearly acknowledges, where he is. The portal is probably still open…

3     The man is not a cultist – but nearby is a sorceror’s apprentice, who is trying out hallucination and fear spells. The apprentice still has a lot of ideas of other hallucinatons he can create...

Copyright (c) 2008 Philipp Mählmann


Philipp is a law student from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - tries to improve his English, just stumbled across the site, and, well, decided to give it a try...

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