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Look to the Future Part Four: February 12-13, 1926

February 12, 1926 Evening

Several members of the group spend some time on various personal
projects.

Judge Putnam and Johnny

At the judge’s request, Johnny finds an appliance repair
shop and drives the judge over there. The judge talks to the proprietor about
making an adapter for the drone power supply, only to discover that the proprietor
has one on hand. Apparently, several other people

Look to the Future Part Three: February 11-12, 1926

Vivian, Johnny, and Ron get dressed up and go to an evening
performance at the Boston Conservatory. Afterward, Vivian is introduced to the
director and his wife and makes important society connections, while Ron and
Johnny overhear two matrons of the upper-class twit variety discussing a small
flying machine called a “drone.” This drone was apparently purchased by one
matron’s husband, who is a

Look to the Future Part Two: February 10, 1926

Thursday morning begins quietly enough, with Vivian in the
kitchen drinking coffee and going over her notes from a return visit to the
museum. Her solitude is disturbed by Ron, who had gone out to “look at the
animals,” and is only coming home now because he met and spent the night with a
new friend—a waitress named Aoife. The Incomparable AoifeRon describes the location he went to as the “Game

Look to the Future Part One: February 6 and 10, 1926

NOTE: My Call of Cthulhu game resumes with the second adventure in the Shadows of Yog-Sothoth campaign, "Look to the Future." The text describes this as a quick, fun adventure that will take players one session to complete. My players have been playing for six sessions and there is no end in sight. To be fair, I have added on a lot of information, details, and activities to make the game world,

Call of Cthulhu Interlude: Autumn and Winter 1925-1926

Note: After the destruction of the Lodge and the conclusion of the last adventure, I decided to give my players a bit of a timeskip, so that their characters' lives could go back to normal for a bit. What actually constitutes "normal" for these characters varies wildly, but they were grateful for the time off and used the next few months to unwind, take care of themselves, celebrate the holidays,

Call of Cthulhu Part 14: October 22, 1925

The Night of October 22, 1925

"And now," as Majel Barrett would say, "for the conclusion." 

Recap

Mikhail, Angie, James, and Mrs. Dimathias all arrive at the judge's house as the
others enters the wardrobe. Mikhail and Vivian try to fill one another in after
Mikhail cuts his mom loose to explore the judge’s fancy house.

Meanwhile, the others (Johnny, Ron, Kane Eastman, Judge
Putnam, and Dr.

Call of Cthulhu Part 13: October 20-22, 1925

At the Judge’s House

Maximilian Reed--Reborn!Learning that Max Reed is
at his front door, the judge sends Vivian and Dr. Black to various points
throughout his palatial manse in order to 1) acquire accouterments for the
upcoming card game, and 2) get them out of the way while he speaks
to Max Reed. The others refuse to put up with this, and hide just out of
sight to eavesdrop. The judge notes

Call of Cthulhu Part 12: October 19-20, 1925

NOTE: This part of the adventure originally featured a new character, played by Ron's player, who decided to retire Ron after his marital issues had "resolved," see below. After a couple of sessions, Ron's player went back to playing Ron for a variety of reasons. In order to keep the narrative manageable for those who weren't present at the game, I'm going to carefully cut around the

Call of Cthulhu Part 11: October 18, 1925 (Late)

In which the longest day ever at last concludes...

Mikhail

After a harrowing journey that has taken its toll on
everyone who wasn’t Mrs. Dimathias (she slept through the whole
shooting/murder/drive away quickly scene like a champ), Mikhail and company
finally reach Ashby, MA. They meet Phillip (Ruth-Anne’s husband) at the
boarding house and get rooms for the night. Phillip is fine with having a

Call of Cthulhu Part Ten: October 18, 1925 (Night)

Ron and Vivian

Viv and Ron prepare to take Ron’s car out to Bayonne. As
they pull out of the driveway, they are startled to see Nathan Torpley
standing at the end of it. Nathan approaches the driver’s side of the car and
tells Ron, “I know you are off on an important errand, Mr. Deluca, and it is my
sincere hope that you succeed in your endeavors. I just wanted to let you know
that everything