London 1802: Through the Mind's Eye

Monday October 18, 2010 at 5:30pm world of darkness, london 1802, game session notes Comments (0) »

The rains continued as the group went about their day, more than a little bewildered by the events of the previous 24 hours.  Robert told the others that he had some things he needed to take care of and headed out into the city just after noon.  Molly was busy taking care of some housekeeping after the previous night's disturbance.  Gerald had received word of some additional "strange cases" at the hospital and he decided he should go check on them.  Katherine wanted to visit the cemetery on the north side of town.  George decided he would go with them.

The three hired a coach to drive them to the area of town.  Gerald and George got out near the hospital and let it take Katherine the rest of the way to the cemetery.  Shortly after their parting, George decided they shouldn't have left Katherine alone with all the crime that'd been happening, so he split up with Gerald and began walking toward the cemetery to meet Katherine.

When Katherine arrived, she found a quiet spot under a couple of trees (which partially sheltered her from the rain), spread out an old blanket Molly had given her, and sat down.  Closing her eyes and reaching out into the Twilight, Katherine called for Elston.

George happened upon Katherine as she was meditating there.  He attempted to talk to her, but she repetatively told him she was concentrating and not to disturb her.  At that, he took a few nips from his flask and settled down to nap.

Elston eventually responded to Katherine's summons.  He seemed somehow less "healthy" than before - looking somewhat emaciated - and his ghostly clothing bore marks and tears where before it looked neat and well-groomed.  During their conversation, Elston told Katherine that the city was becoming more dangerous - both in her world and his.  He also told her that there was some malevolence inhabiting the far east side of the city.  Katherine asked him directly about a name she'd heard - a person called Sophia.  Elston told her he was unable to tell her much about this entity, but he did caution her saying - "What you must understand, Katherine, is that some spirits are very old, and very bitter."

At the hospital, Gerald was observing the 8 new patients.  While they seemd "less far along" than the original 4, there was little different about them.  All of the patients had some skin discoloration, a rather slow heartrate, and were inexplicably catatonic.

Back at the bathhouse, Molly was visited by one of the Bow Street Runners.  The man seemed obviously exhausted.  He informed Molly that there had been a rash of break-ins the previous night and he understood her establishment was one of the targets.  He asked her a few questions about the incident.  As he left, she noticed another man standing just inside the door.  He was a nobleman, but the look of him.  He was looking around the room with an expression of disgust.  To noone in particular, but obviously intending Molly to hear it, he said "I can remember a time when the Malloy family was possessed of much more honor and dignity."  He then turned to walk away.  As he was in the doorway, he said to Molly over his shoulder: "You need to remember your name, Miss Malloy"  Indignant, she demanded his name.  He replied he was called Lord Caspar.

It was a few hours later when the group got back together at the bathhouse.  They spent some time discussing their respective experiences that day and more about the day before.  George, of course, continued to think that they were either putting him on about certain things, or potentially going mad. 

The following day, George set out on an errand for something Gerald had requested, while the other three went to the hospital.  Gerald wanted Katherine to look at the sick patients.  Since she seemed to have some kind of second sight, he hoped perhaps she might be able to perceive something he could not.  Unfortunately, however, apart from the fact that their souls seemed somehow fainter than normal, she could determine very little.  Molly, however, decided to try something else.

Sitting down beside one of the beds, Molly took the hand of one of the patients - a young man.  Stroking his hair, she began speaking to him very lowly - asking him to tell her what happened to him.  Suddenly, jarringly, she began to see flashes of memories through his eyes.  She saw unnatural shadows, glimpses of spirits and monsters, and scenes of dark terrors this individual had encountered.  The suddenness of the images flooding into her mind from this man strained her physically.  Katherine who had been watching through the Twilight saw her spirit shudder as she broke the connection with the man.  Shaking, she turned to Gerald, "I know what happened to him."

The following day, the group was still trying to formulate some sort of plan of action.  They all felt inextricably linked to the events of late, but the clues they had gathered seemed to link only to ghosts in the fog.  One fact seemed sure: things were getting worse.  As if further proof was needed, Molly dropped the day's print of the Register on the table.  The headline read: "Bishop of London Murdered"!

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