Turn 6: Don't Trust Anyone.
Try to figure out how the man? would react to being approached. If he would react violently/in a way harmful to myself, do not approach. If not, approach respectfully.
[4] - You figure out that they are probably in a very deep dream, yet you somehow feel they are alert. You aproach, but the person stays asleep.
One of the priests of The Black Pharaoh! Kill it while it's still dreaming!
When Mallo moves closer, the cultist quickly jumps and manages to get behind him, knife in his hand!
"A-Arkham? But how can we be somewhere that doesn't exist?
Go into the living room and read the newspaper
[4] - You follow Nathaniel and pick up the newspaper:
"Arkham Advertiser"
You find an article circled with a black marker. It talks about several students from the Miskatonic University going missing around what you feel that may be this area. The police already gave up on finding them and you think this may be why Nyarlathotep sent everyone here. Antioch return the book and decides to go outside.
Arkham? It certainly exists. I go to school there. That is, here.
In fact, if we get time, we should stop by the campus. I'm pretty sure we can get this— waving the Ivonis —translated there. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the library already has a copy.
"there's more than one way to skin a cat, friend. Sharing the book with the rest of us would probably be beneficial to it's translation."
Search for anything that might hint at the reason we are here. If I find nothing, wake the sleeping hooded man.
[1] - You don't find anything at all. When you go close to the dreaming person in the dark robes, it suddenly wakes up. Before you can react, the person with robes is already behind you with a decorated knife aimed at your throat!
Look inside the backpacks?
[1] - You open the backpacks. All of them are empty except from the last one.
That one had a dead rat inside. Ewww.
I feel your comadres are in danger! You must quickly go aid them!
Russell will try to use benefits of old school classical education( aka latin and ancient greek ) to translate latin book.
Try to remember scripture about dark pharaoh aswell.
( thought that talking counted as action )
[1] - You only manage to get a very nasty headache. Your head hurts badly and everything is spinning.
I am pretty sure, that I can help you with translation.
With a look of mild surprise at the sudden injection of another voice into his conversation, Antioch says Sure, knock yourself out. and hands over the book before stepping out the front door to get some fresh air and a view of the town.
[4] - Before the cultist thing happens, you return the book to Ryan. You decide to go outside and have a look around the area.
You quickly recognize the odd combination of tall, modern buldings with the more ancient relics of old times as the city you know as Arkham. The strange combination of modern architecture with old mansions and churchs has attracted quite a lot of tourists and curious scholars to the city these years. But in this sector, there is almost nobody currently on the streets. How strange...
Ryan and Nathaniel are confronted by the cultist, who has taken Mallo hostage. When it speaks, you realize the "man" is actually a woman.
"Who the hell are you p-people? Explain why you are here before I kill your friend!"You notice the cultist is hestiant.
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