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Mr-Culexus — CoC 1927: Scratching Three

Published: 2012-05-02 10:15:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 3179; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 30
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Description Cecil ran through the living quarters of the ship as fast as his stunted legs would allow.

"Twylla! Twyllaaaaaa!! Honeymelons! It's me! Are you there?"
he continued to call despite finding no purchase. he staggered around a corner and was nearly bowled by a sudden, enormous flash of light and a popping noise.

Cecil blinked and staggered as the silouettes of two people approached.

"Oh I DO beg your pardon. The little woman does love her photography. I swear, she snaps a few photos and then she thinks she can work for the newspaper. This is what happens when we give them the vote, am I right, chum?"

The male of the two spoke with a tone so self satisfied that the un-brokeness of his nose defied all reason. But Cecil, as a civilised gentleman, instead took the hand that the man had extended and shook it. "Cecil Twillsbury. I don't be believe we've met Mister...?"

"Garfield Hubert Cromwell Marmaduke Blanton the Third, Pulitzer prize winning writer and official biographer of Coolidge himself. I must thank you for living under a rock, allowing me the rare privellige of having to introduce myself. This fine thing on my arm is my wife, Alessa; she doesn't know her place but she's got it where it counts if you know what I mean."

Despite her expression, Cecil could see full well what this saucy fellow saw in the flapper next to him, but Garfield added in a growl with his tongue and an apalling claw motion so as to remove all ambiguity.

Cecil saw he was going to have to speak this twit's language.

"Ah..yeah! She's got it where it counts alright. I'm looking for my own wife truth be told. There was a great huloo over dinner and people started accusing her of being a murderer or something equally preposterous, based on circumstantial evidence that was sketchy at best. Between you and me..." Cecil puffed, giving Garfield a conspirational look "...she's not got enough between her ears to find the sharp end of a knife. Didn't exactly marry her for her brains if you take my meaning"

"High sign, friend - I do indeed!" Garfiled crowed making another motion with his hands that actually reperesented Twyllas figure very well. "We should spilit up, huh? But you go with Alessa - if me and her spend any more time together alone we'll never get anything done, am I right? Just don't do anything I wouldn't do."

As Cecil watched Garfield decent back into the corridors of the ship, he rather suspected that didn't include much.

"Let's find your wife then." Alessa finally spoke startling Cecil slightly.

"Yes....lets"
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Comments: 31

Raven913 [2012-05-06 17:53:07 +0000 UTC]

I wonder why Alessa married that chauvinistic twit... money? And the lack of a broken nose or black eye is indeed perplexing considering his precise level of arrogance and general douchebaggery. I'd love to give him a good smack.

Cecil seems likable, though. And Alessa's expression intrigues me... she looks like she knows something.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to Raven913 [2012-05-07 03:33:32 +0000 UTC]

She had a distinct air of not wanting to be there, but feeling duty bound. As the adventure progressed it became more and more apparent that there was much more to these two than anyone would have guessed. But both disappeared before anyone could get any real answers. Benny got some, but it just raised more questions.

Cecil...Cecil was basically an okay guy in the grand scale of things. A staunch capatalist and something of a deviant (he and his wife have that in common) but basically good. Chaotic neutral? No. Lawful Neutral? Iunno. The player may chip in, he tends to really think his characters through.

"Alessa looks like she knows something."

That is...freakishly astute.

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Raven913 In reply to Mr-Culexus [2012-05-07 04:21:21 +0000 UTC]

"An OK guy" is pretty good when it comes to Lovecraftian horror stories.

I spent a sizable chunk of last summer reading Agatha Christie novels and watching mysteries. It kind of put my brain in permanent deduction mode. One of my friends used to call me "Holmes" because of it.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to Raven913 [2012-05-07 07:15:50 +0000 UTC]

Well it's working out okay for you.

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TheEldarFarseer [2012-05-04 14:48:30 +0000 UTC]

Glad to see you back pal. With a lovely lady, as usual.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to TheEldarFarseer [2012-05-05 05:49:34 +0000 UTC]

Think so? Her expression unnerves me.

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TheEldarFarseer In reply to Mr-Culexus [2012-05-05 11:38:22 +0000 UTC]

Really? I think she's just annoyed.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to TheEldarFarseer [2012-05-05 11:45:13 +0000 UTC]

True. I mean, who wouldn't be?

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TheEldarFarseer In reply to Mr-Culexus [2012-05-05 11:49:47 +0000 UTC]

With an husband like that? Every single woman, my dear.

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randomeye713 [2012-05-04 06:21:30 +0000 UTC]

I'm guessing garfield's player was thoroughly enjoying the ...freedoms.... allowed in the 1920's

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Mr-Culexus In reply to randomeye713 [2012-05-04 06:58:15 +0000 UTC]

Garfield was an NPC so played by me. Yes, it was fun.

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imric1251 [2012-05-03 20:40:34 +0000 UTC]

i loled most heartly at the "this is what happens when you let them vote" comment.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to imric1251 [2012-05-04 04:18:46 +0000 UTC]

It was a delight to play the character and see everyones faces warp in a mixture of amusement and outrage.

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imric1251 In reply to Mr-Culexus [2012-05-04 16:28:38 +0000 UTC]

those are always fun moments

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Mr-Culexus In reply to imric1251 [2012-05-05 05:50:08 +0000 UTC]

Yes. It was hard not to laugh when I was being him.
Its fun doing voices as a GM, even if they're not great.

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imric1251 In reply to Mr-Culexus [2012-05-05 06:20:26 +0000 UTC]

I need to do that more myself. I tried doing a cajun accent for a protean witchdoctor thy just encountered but i failed horribly

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Mr-Culexus In reply to imric1251 [2012-05-05 06:29:10 +0000 UTC]

Failing is fine. My voices tend to be:


Val Jack: Bad Vincnet Price
Dr Barrows: Bad John Vernon
Garfield: Bad Michael McConnahey
Police Chief: Bad Morgan Freeman
Hank Jones: Bad Tom Waits
Gavin Papas: Bad Gary Busey


I'm sure you can see a theme.

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monkeypants2 [2012-05-02 22:44:27 +0000 UTC]

His nose may be unbroken now but, knowing CoC, it shan't stay that way for very long.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to monkeypants2 [2012-05-03 03:41:46 +0000 UTC]

CoC is full of nose breakage?

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monkeypants2 In reply to Mr-Culexus [2012-05-03 15:45:09 +0000 UTC]

Nose breakage, face breakage, soul breakage, and other various forms of breakage, yes.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to monkeypants2 [2012-05-04 04:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Seems likely doesn't it?

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hrhtomas [2012-05-02 21:24:01 +0000 UTC]

So there are two other people named Garfield Hubert Cromwell Marmaduke Blanton.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to hrhtomas [2012-05-03 03:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Yes.

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ReldenCalder [2012-05-02 17:18:08 +0000 UTC]

"The male of the two spoke with a tone so self satisfied that the un-brokeness of his nose defied all reason."
Out of curiosity, how the high-flying hell HAS his nose remained unbroken for however long he's been alive?

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Mr-Culexus In reply to ReldenCalder [2012-05-03 03:41:29 +0000 UTC]

He's good at dodging.

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SillyMadman [2012-05-02 13:59:38 +0000 UTC]

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annemarie [2012-05-02 13:06:29 +0000 UTC]

This couple looks like trouble through and through.

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Mr-Culexus In reply to annemarie [2012-05-02 13:32:37 +0000 UTC]

So very much trouble.

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Trocadero [2012-05-02 12:46:48 +0000 UTC]

She look awfully unimpressed

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Mr-Culexus In reply to Trocadero [2012-05-02 13:01:22 +0000 UTC]

She has been listening to that voice for years.

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Turcano [2012-05-02 11:08:43 +0000 UTC]

"Autobiographer of Coolidge"

Uh, ghost writer?

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