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Darth_Bliss Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 1/19 4:50pm Subject: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre) - Date Edited: 2/9 4:38pm (4 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Bliss
	Title: "Summer in the City" Fandom: Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu/H.P Lovecraft Genre: Horror Characters: OC (C-Cell) Summary: C-Cell investigates an unusual death and get more than they bargain for... Author: Darth_Bliss Note: As English is not my first language there might be some grammatical errors in the text. I don't mind to have them pointed out so that I can correct them. Note: There might be some scenes that can be experienced as disturbing to sensitive readers. PM-list: Jedi_Perigrine Danaan ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Summer in the City 1. Sunset. The heat of the day was slowly fading away and the air at the middle of the bridge started to cool down. Miriam wished that she had a jacket to cover her bare arms with. Goosebumps appeared on her sunburnt skin and made it stretch uncomfortably. She should be well on her way home, taking a shower, putting on sun lotion, and heating up the leftover Chinese food from yesterday. Instead she was still standing here, three hours later, trying to think of nothing while watching the water lazily drifting away some twenty metres below her, brownish in colour. The city skyline on her left was reflecting the dying sun in glass and metal, but the city skyline on her right was already hid in shadow. A warm feeling of relief that she was heading towards the sunlit part of the city made her body relax and lured a satisfied smile to show on her lips. She turned her head to the left, followed every single skyscraper with her gaze, counting them as she always did when she took this way from work. Thirty two visible, all looking down at her. Miriam’s smile suddenly disappeared and a shiver ran through her body. The sound of the cell phone almost made her jump. She grabbed it hastily to silence it. “Yes?” “Claire?” Caesar’s deep voice caressed her. “Mhm.” “I need you down at the morgue. The autopsy is finished.” The air suddenly became yet cooler and she embraced herself to stop the hair on her arms from standing up. “Have you called Cyrus?” Her voice was calm and steady, much to her own surprise. “No. I wanted to let you know first.” “I’m on my way.” “I’ll call him. And Claire…?” Caesar’s voice became emotionless. “I hope you haven’t eaten.” -----signature----- This is the Cthulhu inspired story I'm writing on. Horror genre. Enjoy... ;-) http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/29704626/p1/?2
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Jedi_Perigrine Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/19 7:59pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	It's been a very long time since I read a horror story...Especially one so closely connected to Lovecraftian (I'm sure that's a word )themes. I'm looking forward to getting deeper into it. What an ominous first post! Knowing as little as I do about the Cthulhu genre, it might almost create more nervous anticipation for what comes next. Darth_Bliss posted: “I’ll call him. And Claire…?” Caesar’s voice became emotionless. “I hope you haven’t eaten.” I really liked that great line, it's so classic you can't help but wonder what's going on and just how messy things are going to be. Good stuff! Please send me a PM when you update this! -----signature----- Check out the Talons! They RULE! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28126755/p1 I can't believe Darth Writer's Block only abandons me for NaNo. Final NaNo word count: 54515
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Danaan Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/19 8:22pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	Jedi_Perigrine posted: It's been a very long time since I read a horror story...Especially one so closely connected to Lovecraftian (I'm sure that's a word )themes. I'm looking forward to getting deeper into it. What an ominous first post! Knowing as little as I do about the Cthulhu genre, it might almost create more nervous anticipation for what comes next. Darth_Bliss posted: “I’ll call him. And Claire…?” Caesar’s voice became emotionless. “I hope you haven’t eaten.” I really liked that great line, it's so classic you can't help but wonder what's going on and just how messy things are going to be. Good stuff! Please send me a PM when you update this! Indeed, Master Jedi_Perigrine. That was PRECISELY my reaction when I read the piece. But let me tellya - having insight into the Cthulhu Mythos is no comfort at all. In this case, ignorance is bliss...shudder Oh, and I certainly can't wait to read some more of this! I wanna be on the PM list, too, cuz, I...I dunno, like to get really spooked, I guess... -----signature----- Star Wars Episode 1: The Old Order - novellized on request (In progress) http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=29250109&brd=10476
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Darth_Bliss Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 1/20 3:45pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre) - Date Edited: 1/20 3:46pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Bliss
	Thanks for the nice words! You are of course both added to the PM-list. And here's another bit for you... ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The morgue was silent except for the never-ending buzzing from the air conditioner. Miriam fastened the last button on her FBI-jacket while she took the empty stairs down to the lower level where the autopsy room was located. Through the window she could see Cyrus leaning against the wall, arms crossed over his chest and his face as unreadable as always. His red hair had gotten a metallic lustre from the cold fluorescent tubes. She pushed the doors open and stopped abruptly, nearly choking. Her stomach took a turn and she swallowed hard to gain control over it. “Oh, my… What’s that smell?” A thick layer of something that felt almost visible hung around the room; a stench that resembled that of sour milk left in the fridge for weeks combined with rotten fish. Cyrus gave her half of a joyless smile. “Nice, eh. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it.” Miriam scoffed and didn’t really meet his gaze. Although Cyrus was 24 and thus six years younger than her, he always made her insecure and nervous. She wished for what time in the row that she could read him, but he kept his feelings tightly closed. “So…” She looked around the autopsy room, trying desperately to ignore the stench. The examined body of a young, extremely fat, girl lay on a bier covered by a sheet. On a metal table next to it were clean tools neatly organized in a line beside a big red plastic bucket that more seemed to belong in a cleaning closet than in a morgue. “Where’s Caesar?” “Buying donuts and coffee”. Miriam raised an eyebrow. Cyrus shrugged. “Don’t look at me. I’m not the one working in this stench.” He gave her another glance. “Did you hear that I went back to question her parents?” “Mhm. Did you get anything new?” Cyrus smirked. “They’ve moved out.” “What?” Miriam stared at him. “Moved out?” “Yep, the whole place empty as a mousetrap.” “Moved out?” she said again, unbelievingly. “But what about her?” She nodded towards the motionless body under the sheet. “Come on, Claire. The girl is dead. Apparently they didn’t care about paying for the funeral.” Miriam felt a lump in her throat that didn’t have anything to do with the smell. She had been working with crimes like this for eight years and she still didn’t understand how people’s minds worked. That’s why she just investigated the crime scenes and never questioned the persons involved. A deep sigh heaved her chest and she turned her back to the bier, grabbed the only chair in the room and sat down. Cyrus’ stare at the body was clinical and intense as if he could see through the sheet and into her dead mind, locating the secrets the girl had hidden. Maybe he could. Miriam looked at Cyrus; Cyrus looked at the dead girl. Silence fell in the room while they waited for Caesar to return. -----signature----- This is the Cthulhu inspired story I'm writing on. Horror genre. Enjoy... ;-) http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/29704626/p1/?2
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Danaan Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/20 4:04pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	First!! Darth_Bliss posted: He gave her another glance. “Did you hear that I went back to question her parents?” “Mhm. Did you get anything new?” Cyrus smirked. “They’ve moved out.” That's the sort of twist that makes this...Cthulhu...and should tell these people to leave well enough alone, cuz there is only bad things to find here. But no, they have to poke around...shudder -----signature----- Star Wars Episode 1: The Old Order - novellized on request (In progress) http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=29250109&brd=10476
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Darth_Bliss Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 1/20 4:31pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	-----signature----- This is the Cthulhu inspired story I'm writing on. Horror genre. Enjoy... ;-) http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/29704626/p1/?2
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Jedi_Perigrine Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/20 4:47pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	Danaan posted: First!! You my friend, have an EXTREMELY unfair advantage. What do I win if I somehow get first post before you? People always have to stick their nose into things that are much bigger than they are...curious people tend to work that way. You know the phrase "curiosity killed the cat"? Have you ever heard the second part of it? "but satisfaction brought him back." That may indeed be true in this case, only the cat would come back as a lumbering hulk of a mooshy rotting corpse. Another great, if stomach-churning post! The way Cyrus is looking at the corpse gives me the willies. I can only hope he's not reading her mind. That would be too weird. And gross. -----signature----- Check out the Talons! They RULE! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28126755/p1 I can't believe Darth Writer's Block only abandons me for NaNo. Final NaNo word count: 54515
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Danaan Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/21 7:32am Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	Jedi_Perigrine posted: Danaan posted: First!! You my friend, have an EXTREMELY unfair advantage. What do I win if I somehow get first post before you? People always have to stick their nose into things that are much bigger than they are...curious people tend to work that way. You know the phrase "curiosity killed the cat"? Have you ever heard the second part of it? "but satisfaction brought him back." That may indeed be true in this case, only the cat would come back as a lumbering hulk of a mooshy rotting corpse. I guess I do. Maybe you could win...honour, glory and wisdom?? I dunno...And I had not heard the second part, so I learned something new today - thank you! -----signature----- Star Wars Episode 1: The Old Order - novellized on request (In progress) http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=29250109&brd=10476
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Darth_Bliss Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 1/23 9:41pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre) - Date Edited: 1/29 11:35pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Bliss
	Jedi_Perigrine: I really liked that idea of the cat... Maybe I can use it... And I have to admit that I had not heard that second part of it either. And thanks for the nice words. I hope that you'll like the next part as well. Danaan: Yup, that it is. And without Cthulhu this wouldn't be much of a story, now would it? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Ten minutes later Caesar’s robust, comforting body was seen outside the window. He waved with a half eaten donut towards them, then swallowed it and gulped down the rest of the coffee before coming into the autopsy room. “Good!” he said to no one in particular. Then his eyes crinkled as he gave her one of his warm, pleasant smiles. He went to wash his hands at the sink and put on a clean laboratory coat. The white coat brought forward the silver tinges in his dark hair that Miriam thought made him look like an elderly hero in a Jane Austen novel. He handed over two other coats and a pair of latex gloves each to her and Cyrus. “Let’s get to work.” They all stepped up to the bier. Caesar’s sympathetic face lost its comforting empathy. The expression was replaced with a facade that showed only mild professional curiosity. He cleared his throat and removed the sheet from the dead girls face. “Sabrina Emilia Stevenson. Female. 10 years old. Caucasian. Parents: Robert and Stella Stevenson. Father called in evening July 9th to report his daughter’s death. We got our hands on it four days later, July 13th. She had not been examined at that time.” Caesar pulled up the girl’s right eyelid. Miriam gasped and felt a shiver run down her spine. “Holy…” Cyrus voice sounded shaken. He reached out a hand and touched the girl’s cheek only to quickly draw it back again. He looked urgently at Caesar. “It’s been four days. Why doesn’t she look dead?” Caesar nodded calmly towards him and held up his hand. As he continued Miriam couldn’t take her eyes from the girl’s face. She felt a sick kind of fascination, looking into that eye, so vividly alive in the dead face. It was as if the girl’s mind had not left her at death’s entrance, as if it was still there, trapped inside of her. “Henry Wittinger, FBI coroner, conducted the autopsy July 13th. I…Coroner Wittinger…” he corrected himself before continuing. “Coroner Wittinger noticed some very unusual things during the autopsy. The eyes were still moist and had not shrunk into their sockets.” Caesar let the girl’s eyelid close and took up an arm. He reached for a scalpel and a small metal bucket and made a diminutive incision at the wrist. Blood started to drip into the bucket. “The blood had not yet coagulated.” He put the arm gently back on the bier and started to pull the sheet down, but stopped and looked at Cyrus and Miriam. “Mr Stevenson said that Sabrina had started to complain about stomach pain when she came home from summer school. He had dismissed that since she used to experience psychosomatic response to schoolyard bullying. Two hours later Sabrina fell on the floor, screaming in agony, and before Mr Stevenson got to dial 911 she was dead.” Caesar paused and sighed before he pulled the sheet down and uncovered the enormous bluish white belly, clinically opened up, exposing the stomach and the intestinal. “I have not touched this area, because I wanted you to see this in situ. I have seen numerous strange things during my many years at C-cell, but this…” The stench was stronger here and Miriam took involuntarily a step back, but Cyrus frowned and bent over the stomach, apparently oblivious to the odour. “What am I looking at, C?” “She has been eaten alive from the inside.” Cyrus froze. Then he turned his head toward the elder man and looked at him. “You are sure of this?” “Yes.” Caesar reached for the red plastic bucket that was still standing on the metal table, and removed the lid. Something made a splashing sound from it. Miriam gave up a nervous giggle. “Do I want to see this?” Her voice expressed only a little tension. “No.” Caesar gave her a sympathetic look, but didn’t impose. Cyrus took the few steps to the bucket, looked down and then hastily stepped back again, his face suddenly pale. Miriam sensed that well-known feeling of fear grabbing her by the stomach as she forced herself to come closer. “They were wriggling around in there when I opened her up, ferocious in their hunger, trying to eat anything they could get at.” Caesar had that emotionless voice again. “Strangely enough they haven’t eaten each other. I thought they would.” At last she got to the bucket and had a reluctant look at the interior. Five, or were they seven, dark green eel-like creatures swam around in water that had the consistency of mucus. The stench almost threw itself on her. She choked, gasping desperately for air, and Caesar put the lid on again. He looked gravely at them. “I want you to go home now, take the evening free from work, but try to think about if you have seen something similar to this – at all – somewhere in your previous cases. Cyrus, I’m thinking especially of you here, since you were transferred from N-cell and have investigated cases Claire and I have not been involved in.” Cyrus nodded slowly. “Yes, sir. I will do my best.” He glanced back at the red bucket. “How the hell did they get in her?” “I don’t know. Maybe she was taking a swim somewhere and they drilled into her body, just after hatching. I’ve heard of something similar happening in Egypt, or was it India? But that was some other kind of creature.” He sighed and for once he looked his actual age, tired and wrinkled. “You don’t have your car today, Claire?” Miriam shook her head. “I’ll drive you home. Let me just clean up in here and we’ll be on our way.” -----signature----- This is the Cthulhu inspired story I'm writing on. Horror genre. Enjoy... ;-) http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/29704626/p1/?2
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Danaan Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/23 10:47pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	Great stuff! Now we all want to know how they got there! Or...do we...? Darth_Bliss posted: Miriam gave up a nervous giggle. “Do I want to see this?” Her voice expressed only a little tension. Why is this such a typical reaction for Delta Green agents who have seen a few missions? -----signature----- Star Wars Episode 1: The Old Order - novellized on request (In progress) http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=29250109&brd=10476
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Jedi_Perigrine Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/24 4:13pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	What a great update! I love it. Darth_Bliss posted: Miriam gave up a nervous giggle. “Do I want to see this?” Her voice expressed only a little tension. Why is this such a typical reaction for Delta Green agents who have seen a few missions? [/quote] The real question is, why did she have to ask? I'm sure you develop a "nose" for that sort of thing. Er...ick. I love the challenge these agents are undergoing, and I'm really looking forward to more of the story! Keep it going! -----signature----- Check out the Talons! They RULE! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28126755/p1 I can't believe Darth Writer's Block only abandons me for NaNo. Final NaNo word count: 54515
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Darth_Bliss Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 1/29 11:32pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre) - Date Edited: 1/30 11:07am (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Bliss
	Danaan: "Why is this such a typical reaction for Delta Green agents who have seen a few missions?" I would never guess that you've played Delta Green before... Jedi_Perigrine: "The real question is, why did she have to ask? I'm sure you develop a "nose" for that sort of thing. Er...ick." Heh, funny... Well... Sometimes you need an assurance or an affirmation that your "nose" is actually telling you what you think, but not want to think or believe... "I love the challenge these agents are undergoing, and I'm really looking forward to more of the story!" Thank you. It'll be an... interesting... journey for these poor agents before the end, that's for sure. Here's a new piece for you, a little milder in its appearance. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Night had fallen a few hours earlier. It was that kind of warm, velvety night that only July could provide. Miriam stood at the open window, taking deep breaths of the gentle, inviting air. A light brown strand of hair had escaped from the hairpins and rested on her sunburnt shoulder. As she let her thoughts wander old memories of childhood pleasantries showed up; sleeping in the hammock on the veranda under the stars, swimming in the balmy lake with its deep, deep green water, taking walks in the nearby wood with Petronilla, her beloved golden retriever… A soft smile lit up Miriam’s face, smoothed it out and made it look as young and naïve as it used to look like six years ago. Behind her the whole apartment was lit up by numerous soft table lights and the mild scent from the twenty or so different potted plants filled the air. Classical music on low volume wrapped around her like a warm blanket. Miriam felt perfectly happy. She didn’t want to go to bed just yet, even though it was two o’ clock in the morning and she was supposed to get up in just four hours. She could see the contour of Henry’s body under the bed quilt, and she was very relieved that he was there this night. He was such a safe and tender embrace to hide in and tonight she needed that. Sometimes he was so engaged in the cases that he never stopped being the C-cell agent Caesar and at those times she felt lonelier than ever. Her thoughts wandered unwillingly back to the dead girl lying alone in the cold, dark morgue with her lifelike eyes closed, and she shuddered. Miriam swept the soft red nightgown closer around her in an attempt to quiet her pounding heart. This was another weird case that they had got transferred from the local PD and she didn’t like the feeling of it one bit. The thin fleece embraced her soothingly and with a deep reassuring breath she managed to calm down again. The CD had played the last track. She could hear the disc buzzing some short seconds before replaying the first track again. When was it that she stopped putting out the lights and started to play classical music on repeat throughout the whole night? It must have been the second case as a C-cell, or was it the third? No matter. The important thing was that it helped her relax and sleep without nightmares, and if any kind of unwelcome nightly visitors decided to show up she would not be taken by surprise. The soft smile returned when she looked at Henry, this gentle, affectionate and loving man. How he could still be that way after nearly twenty years as a part of Delta Green, she could not understand, but the fact that he was filled her with hope and a great deal of respect. When she got recruited to Delta Green and entered C-cell as agent Claire six years ago, he had treated her as a friend, while Cecilia and Conrad had ignored her at the best and treated her with suspicion at the worst. It had taken a year to come close to Cecilia and she never really got to know Conrad. They were both gone now. Cindy had replaced Conrad. She lasted two years. Miriam had visited her once at the Lincoln Asylum. Seeing her in the white straightjacket was like seeing an image of herself five, ten or maybe even as many as twenty years from now. She never went there again. Cyrus got transferred from the shattered N-cell after Cecilia… drowned… last summer. Miriam didn’t know how long he had been at N-cell, but his strained and controlled personality made her believe that he wasn’t a beginner. And through all the horror and grief Henry stood steady and safe and she just loved him to bits. Miriam forced herself to let go of the dark thoughts. Another deep sigh of comfort made her body totally relaxed and she could finally curl up behind Henry’s broad back and fall asleep. -----signature----- This is the Cthulhu inspired story I'm writing on. Horror genre. Enjoy... ;-) http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/29704626/p1/?2
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Danaan Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/30 6:13am Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	Awww, they are so sweet! Darth_Bliss posted: Danaan: They were both gone now. Cindy had replaced Conrad. She lasted two years. Miriam had visited her once at the Lincoln Asylum. Seeing her in the white straightjacket was like seeing an image of herself five, ten or maybe even as many as twenty years from now. She never went there again. Cyrus got transferred from the shattered N-cell after Cecilia… drowned… last summer. DG turn-over rates sure are high... Awesome moment! -----signature----- Star Wars Episode 1: The Old Order - novellized on request (In progress) http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=29250109&brd=10476
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Jedi_Perigrine Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 1/30 9:22am Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre)
	What a great update! Way to give true personality to these characters, now that they're not face-to-face with the grimness of their jobs. I really like this! I really enjoyed the extra touches you put in...like the poor sop who ended up in the psycho ward. I imagine I'd end up there eventually too, though. Very nice! Keep up the good work, oh dark happy one. -----signature----- Check out the Talons! They RULE! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28126755/p1 I can't believe Darth Writer's Block only abandons me for NaNo. Final NaNo word count: 54515
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Darth_Bliss Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 2/2 3:14pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre) - Date Edited: 2/4 10:19pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Bliss
	Danaan: Awww, they are so sweet! As long as it lasts... Jedi_Perigrine: I imagine I'd end up there eventually too, though. Then there's two of us... And to both of you: your lovely words warm my heart. After that peaceful little scene, the ball is set in motion... Enjoy. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. The sun was abundantly drenching the small briefing room in light this lunch hour. Cyrus was standing at the window, looking out over the river and Caesar was laying the cloth covered table. The aroma from the Indonesian food that filled the room made Miriam’s mouth water and her stomach growl. “So, team,” said Caesar when everyone was seated with a food filled plate in front. “What have we got?” Cyrus waved with his fork while chewing. He swallowed and took a mouthful of ginger ale. “I made an experiment this morning.” he said at last. “I went to the butcher and got myself some intestines: sheep, cow, pig and hen.” He put another mouthful in and started to wave with the fork again. “First I fed the eels, or whatever they are, the cow intestines. Nothing happened.” “They didn’t eat it?” Miriam asked surprised. “No. Cow was not what they wanted.” The way Cyrus said that made Miriam freeze for a second and the hair on her arms stand up. Caesar watched Cyrus with concentration. “So I tried sheep and hen. Same result. My suspicion was then starting to turn to certainty.” “What about the pig?” asked Miriam and didn’t really want to hear the answer. “Oh, that worked all right, I guess.” said Cyrus with a strange kind of smile. “But what they really wanted was… this.” He held up his finger where a band-aid was put on. “I dripped some of my own blood into that bucket and they went totally berserk.” Silence filled the room for a moment. “So…” Caesar said slowly. “They can feed on pigs because of their similarity to humans, but humans are their hosts. That’s why they didn’t feed on each other.” “Right.” Cyrus’ voice was filled with dark humour. “And we don’t know how they spread, so we really need to find the girl’s parents. Who knows, they might carry around on those things as well. Heck, we might all need an X-ray, as far as I know.” Miriam scoffed. “That’s ridiculous! We weren’t even near those creatures. If they don’t spread by merely looking at us I wouldn’t be concerned.” Caesar interrupted smoothly. “And what about you, Claire? What have you got?” She gave Cyrus a last annoyed glance before turning mostly to Caesar. “I contacted Alphonse this morning with a description of the eels and how they were found. He gave me the contact information to a biologist who is a friendly to Delta Green. I will meet him after lunch and get his professional opinion. Alphonse also gave me very brief information about two other apparently similar cases, one in India and one in Finland.” Cyrus frowned. “Huh. Interesting geographical spread. India, Finland and US. And “apparently similar”?” “Yes, Delta Green didn’t get to see the cases themselves, so it’s only testimonies from the locals that we have to work with. Sorry.” Cyrus shrugged. “Well, why should it be easy?” Miriam couldn’t help smiling. “Wanna come too?” she said to him with a conciliatory gesture. “Or do you have something else to work with?” “Nah, I can come. Could be interesting hearing this guy’s opinion.” “Good.” Caesar started to rise. “I’ll work more with the girl. Don’t take all of the eels with you. Leave me a couple to dig into.” -----signature----- This is the Cthulhu inspired story I'm writing on. Horror genre. Enjoy... ;-) http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/29704626/p1/?2
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Jedi_Perigrine Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 2/2 4:05pm Subject: RE: [Delta Green/Call of Cthulhu] Summer in the City (Horror Genre) - Date Edited: 2/2 4:07pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Jedi_Perigrine
	FIRST POST FIRST POST! Nya Nya! Now I'll go read the story and comment Awesome work! I really like how you cleaned the post up...now it's really good! Extremely enjoyable and building the tension nicely. I'm still looking forward to where you're going with this. -----signature----- Check out the Talons! They RULE! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28126755/p1 I can't believe Darth Writer's Block only abandons me for NaNo. Final NaNo word count: 54515
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