Masks of Nyarlathotep: Session 9
The party consisted of:
Lillian Fogg- Museum Curator
Lydia Lisbon- Drug Dealer using Photographer as a cover
Chomden Tsomo- Mountaineer
Curtis Flanagan- Author
Violet Adair- Dancer/Occultist
Warning: If you’re planning on playing the campaign and not running it for others, you should stop reading now.
Getting back home to Lillian’s home the investigators meet the new head of security for the house, Charles Bronson. The place had been locked down tight and there hadn’t been any problems. Getting inside, they found that Rebecca had left a message. She was able to arrange a meeting with Hilton Adams the next day at 1 pm.
The investigators arrange rides to Sing Sing prison the next day, its oppressiveness felt before they even get on the grounds. Upon getting there, they meet up with Rebecca. A guard meets them outside the facility, where they’re given a terse rundown on everything that’ll cut the interview short. They’re given 30 minutes to talk with Hilton.
They’re lead to Hilton’s cramped, sparse cell. Hilton is polite, but is more than a little angry that Rebecca got his wife Millie involved. Rebecca informs him that Millie got Millie involved, which simmers him down some as he can see that happening.
Hilton gives the investigators the rundown on what landed him in prison: After he and other friends in the Harlem Hellfighters returned from the war, they noticed there was a troubling number of disappearances happening in Harlem on a monthly basis during the dark of the moon. Murders started occurring more frequently as well. He suspected they were connected, but wasn’t able to connected them right away.
He and his friends started patrolling the neighborhood at night to try to stop the crime wave, or at least be a known presence. They kept a map to note where the disappearances occurred and discovered an important clue: the disappearances or murders occurred within two blocks of the Ju Ju House. Hilton felt this confirmed his suspicions of evil doings occurring there. Hilton started casing the place and making subtle interrogations about it, but was almost unanimously told to stay away from it, as Mukunga M’Dari was not a man to be trifled with. He wasn’t able to get anymore information behind the name. When the investigators bring up that Jackson Elias had be murdered in the Chelsea, Adams remarks that he must have really scared them with something for them to kill so far outside their comfort zone.
Hilton was arrested before he could pursue the trail. He’s sure he was framed by the police for the eighth murder. He found the body of the eighth murder victim, and was a convenient distraction away from the police’s inability to make any headway with the disappearances and crimes. His army-issue knife was offered as evidence of the eighth murder, even though he never patrolled with it. After the interview was over, Violet was able to get info about Hilton’s lawyer, Perry Mason, so that Carlton may be able to help.
Getting back home, they set about a plan to get into the Ju Ju House, finally discover what’s going on and stop it. They started off with trying to figure out who they could call in to help. The remaining Harlem Hellfighters were in no way amenable to helping the investigators in what they saw as insanity. Inspector Poole was then considered, but with the investigators already on thin ice for him already helping to cover up a death they were involved in, asking him to assist with breaking and entering was probably a bridge too far.
In a fit of desperation, they asked their new home security head if he wanted to help. He had that night off with no plans, so with a mad gleam in his eye he told them he was in. He wasn’t going to help case the place, but he was down for any ultraviolence. This seemed like a odd prioritization, but the investigators were going to take what they could.
The dark of the moon was two days away. They would grab a bite to eat, then attempt to surveil the Ju Ju in the dead of night in Harlem. They’ll fit right in. Won’t look suspicious at all…