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rt that was almost a month ago and alice hasn t heard from her since saturday after a four hour drive up from the southern more urban part of the state alice found herself driving past a sign for lauren mi pop 755 elk hunting capital of the midwest and a big statue of an elk the town was little more than a main street hemmed in by pine forest a diner a handful of bars a gas station garage two motels a hardware store and a big building emblazoned with wayland sporting goods on the side tired alice pulled into the parking lot of one of the motels and checked in as well she showed the receptionist the photo and asked if she d seen cheryl recently the response was cagey no the receptionist hadn t seen the wayland s daughter but alice was able to get the family s address she left some of her belongings in the motel room then drove out to the wayland s house on the edge of town the place looked to have once been a farm though not any longer with a sagging barn and big house built in the last century if not earlier alice parked on the verge and crossed through the gate walking up the long driveway to the house where a new truck and car were parked peering inside she didn t notice anything interesting in either and so walked up to the house itself to try and look in the front windows she d just caught a glimpse of a living room when an ahem turned her head a middle aged woman in a floral print dress and apron tradwife chic was standing on the porch looking down at alice with a suspicious expression alice introduced herself and explained she was a good friend of cheryl s and was looking for her the woman s face twisted into something like worry and she asked if cheryl was alright alice explained that the last she heard she was here with her family and things were going well but then there had been nothing but radio silence since then oh but she left weeks ago we had a big fight and she stormed out and well she doesn t ever call us this last part said with a note of accusation alice nodded along a boy shouted for mom from inside the house just one minute arthur jr well if you hear from her please call us with that patricia wayland cheryl s mother closed the door alice pretended to leave but in fact sidled up against the house to try and eavesdrop she saw patricia twitch the curtain aside to look out on the driveway luckily not noticing alice pressed up against the clapboard and then heard muttered conversation between patricia and a gruff voice mentioning her name cheryl and expressing concern alice decided to slip away and walk back to her car getting in she didn t yet start the engine but sat and watched the house for a while pretending to mess with her phone terrible signal out in the backwoods all was still nothing stirring eventually a police car with the words lauren county sheriff on the side came round the bend and slowly drove past alice took this as a sign and left driving back to the motel where she parked hungry it being mid afternoon she walked over to the diner a place which looked like a time capsule of the 50s inside there were one or two patrons and a waitress her name tag said mindy serving them while someone else worked a grill in the back alice ordered an egg toast and coffee and as she was being served showed the waitress the photograph oh my gosh you know cheryl we used to be best friends in high school mindy it turned out well used to be best friends with cheryl even if she did become a lesbo was she really missing i thought she was still at her family s yeah they had a fight cheryl had come into the diner crying afterward but her mother had come and convinced her to come back alice managed to convince mindy to meet with her after mindy s shift finished in two hours then she finished her meal and headed out at the gas station she poked the young clerk a little he vaguely remembered mindy from high school couldn t remember having seen her since but hey did you remember what car she drove i always remember cars and in fact he did remember seeing cheryl s car a few weeks back and it being towed later on when asked where car s got towed to in lauren he laughed and hiked a thumb at the garage next door only one place miss the garage unfortunately was closed it being a saturday she skulked around and looked into the fenced off lot there were several cars in varying conditions and few under tarps not immediately seeing cheryl s she tried calling the number on the garage s sign to get some one to let her in but got an automated message asking her to call back later moving on she walked down to the hardware store and after some fake browsing showed the old clerk a photo of cheryl he definetly recognized the photo but said he didn t as she was leaving she saw him picking up a phone and dialing it at wayland sporting goods which was open and the busiest place she had yet been to in lauren she found a clerk and went about purchasing a handgun after seeing her hesitancy about waiting for an id check the clerk offered a shady deal to get her one now which she went through with she d killed enough time by then and walked back towards the motel espying mindy leaving the diner as did and caught up with the latter after some cajoling she managed to convince mindy to come along with her and stake out the wayland s place they packed into to alice s battered white sedan and drove off they parked on the edge of a road a ways away and then walked through the woods till they came to the fence treeline of the wayland s place and hunkered down to watch the evening wore on and nothing much happened eventually they saw a man mindy identified him as arthur wayland come out of the house get in the truck and drive off a while after that around dinnertime they watched patricia wayland come out of the house carrying a big crock pot she walked across the yard and over to the barn and to a cellar door opened it and disappeared inside after a while she came back out with the crock pot and went back to the house i think they re keeping cheryl in there what mindy was incredulous why would they do that but alice had already gotten up and was creeping her way out of the woods and across the wide expanse of mowed lawn the house s windows watched her like blind eyes and she was acutely aware that any moment someone could look up and out and see her but she made it safe to the barn and around the backside to the cellar door which was out of view of both house and driveway said door was locked shut with a big padlock and chain unsure what to do at first she decided to creep around and slip inside the barn within she found some rakes shovels deflated inner tubes tools searching the last she turned up a hacksaw and crept back outside with it and back around to the cellar door she started sawing it was loud and tiring within minutes her arms ached she had gotten two thirds of the way through when she heard the sound of a car on gravel coming up the drive stopping she sidled over to the corner of the barn and peeked out coming up the driveway was arthur wayland s truck followed by the sheriff s car she watched five men in total get out of the two vehicles and go inside the house after a few minutes of silence alice returned to the door and began sawing again she had just finished the chain falling to the ground when she heard the slam of a screen door and voices again to the corner and peeking out the men were now dressed in white robes and followed by patricia they were walking right toward the barn quickly alice ran to the cellar door opened it descended the steps and gently closed it again she was in darkness and spent a moment fishing out her phone and turning on its flashlight strange carven figures deer and beasts of the forest leapt out at her then she heard the rustle of cloth and swept her phone light around in the back corner was an insensate figure in dirty clothes leashed to the wall with a dog collar alice hurried over it was cheryl there was a dull glassy look in cheryl s eyes and she didn t really respond to movement some dirty plates sat on the floor nearby alarmed voices from the doors above alice quickly shut her phone light off and darted to the other side of the room the doors were wrenched open letting in the fading twilight then silence no movement alice slipped out her handgun down the stairs came the sheriff his gun out squinting in the light behind him another man alice waited a beat then aiming at the sheriff pulled the trigger the bark of the gun surprised her and the shot went astray in a snap the sheriff had twisted and shot back at her but missed she fired again and the sheriff dove for cover while the second man did the same quickly she spun and shot at where the sheriff dived and heard him yelp she shot again this time greeted with a meaty thud alice ran to where he had fallen in the shadows of the cellar but as she did the second man came barreling into her and they both hit the wall hard she kneed him in the groin and he keeled over moaning on her hands and knees she scrambled over to the sheriff he was dead shot twice in the chest and grabbed his handgun discarding her own now empty she spun and aimed at the doorway but there was only silence from up the steps a minute passed two she crept over and unhooked the leash from the wall and hauled cheryl to her feet putting her in front of her cheryl stumbled along mutely up the stairs one step at a time and then out into the fading daylight someone cried out don t shoot we need her to either side of the cellar door patricia wayland arthur wayland with a hunting rifle and the hardware store man holding arthur back alice demanded to know what was going on arthur said it was none of her goddamn business carefully alice began backing away keeping cheryl close to her the wayland s followed dogging her they contained like this around the edge of the barn and half way across the property again alice demanded to know what was happening arthur just told her that she d killed the sheriff and the state police would hunt her down like that the hardware man rambled something about god needing cheryl to save them all alice made a decision she put her gun to cheryl s temple and pulled the trigger a blossom of blood and cheryl s body fell to the grass arthur wayland bellowed in rage and another shot rang out this time alice fell the wind knocked out of her as she hit the turf it had gone through her shoulder a long stretched out moment she managed to look up and see and the wayland s advancing arthur working the bolt of his rifle raising her pistol she fired and caught him in the leg he fell to one knee cursing and the hardware man grabbed a hold of him again she fired and arthur toppled shot through the chest patricia screamed and the hardware man took off running patricia wayland ran to her husband grabbing at his body and screamed slurs and abuse at alice one last time alice demanded to know what was happening patricia screamed some more then began ranting about deer god s chosen prey the things in the dark of the woods her daughter being corrupted etc alice from the ground raised the gun again and shot her too silence the squeal of a car pulling out and hurtling away down the road mindy running out from the tree line hand over her mouth oh my god oh my god oh my god alice handed her the car keys and told her to go silence she checked to make sure she had a bullet for herself silence it was dark now and oddly peaceful the woods alive with animal song alice couldn t quite say how long it had been she stared up at the stars above they seemed to be blurring twisting in on themselves and performing a strange dance she couldn t tell if it was the bloodless or something else out from the tree line stepped tall shaggy shapes with thin limbs they were as tall as the pines one by one they came a closing circle till they stood nearly over her and cheryl like a ring of standing stones then there was a pressure like the pressure of a storm rolling in and the stars disappeared blotted out by some black descending form and for the briefest moment she felt its alien scrutiny then it passed the tall things turned and left in the distance a police siren could be heard quietly alice slipped from consciousness she would not wake up notes the main issue with things was that alice a pregen character i had thrown together about ten minutes before play and her skill set were a bit ill suited for the scenario likewise there weren t enough threads or leads for ww to pursue to learn more about the cult or interact with the locals but other than that it was a good time at august 15 2025 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags actual play adventure play report monday april 21 2025 i ran the ultraviolet grasslands session one another duet game played with m this time taking a break from the iron coral for some caravaneering the cast the decapolitina twins ala and juan both yellowlander climate migrants driven by dreams of machine demons and internal abnormalities origano a wine vampire priest with inebriated hypnosis powers indebted to juan and pursued by loving enemies his former coven it was early morning in the violet city and the party found themselves in a palatial chamber sitting upon an uncomfortably plush couch before them was a dais beneath a skylight through which they could hear the market bustle and distantly see the citadel and lounging on a cushion attended by glassy eyed servants sat brighteyes one of the city s mercantilist cat lords and current owner of the party s rather large debt of the three juan was standing pacing up and down the couch acutely aware of the burly enforcers guarding the door brighteyes explained with care that while she could simply have their knees broken she d much rather put healthy hands to good use as such she had a little task for them see her idiot nephew twinkles had gotten it into his head that he wanted to take a tour of the far grasslands and make a study of the strange fauna an aspiring natural philosopher what she wanted the party to do then was to be his escort and keep him safe to that end she had prepared mounts and supplies having little choice in the matter the party agreed wholeheartedly and one of the cat lord s lackeys led them out of the manor and down the violet city s twisting cobbled streets to a large caravanserai owned by brighteyes of course just beneath the city walls there they acquainted themselves with their caravan four mules a horse for the nephew seven sacks cheap supplies a vet kit and an adventure kitchen the party also invested in three cat rifles and a laboratory kit having looked over their little caravan they set out to find twinkles using the address brighteyes s manservant gave them shortly on a little alleyway off the rue des pattes they found the grinning moon bordello they entered with awkward nods to the half naked entertainers we re looking for the pussy and found the madame who w...