Sammy Jack and Joey have gone from being completely cut off from their creative skills for an entire day to having them restored, stronger than ever! Maybe even a little too strong…
The three of them work on adapting to this new normal, and also to Peter’s unexpected arrival at Jack’s.
“You’re right there’s something to do with music. But also acting. Performers on the radio struggled or simply didn’t work as well. I am worried about the state of any theatres in the city…” Joey said.
“Eh… might have different problems now…” Jack had started writing again. He needed his hands to be doing something. “If they’re going through what weare, they, uh… They…” Hm, what was a good synonym for ‘compelled’ to use for this line. Joey’s mention of it being more than musicians was interesting, too. Maybe he could link that in to this song and…
It was right after the masquerade, when the rise of the Yellow King had been averted, when it was all over and they made it back to their hotel room to finally actually rest, that Joey decided he needed more of Jack’s company, and Sammy agreed. They could all use a little closeness and help as they try to adjust to the changes and fears they’ve been left with after this encounter.
“Will you be good on your own? I’ll only take a few minutes, so I can head back after if you still need me.” Not wanting to bother Joey much longer, Jack turned to the door to leave.
Joey nodded, and managed to keep to himself up until he heard the click of the doorknob. And then there was a fumbling noise as he tried to get up off the bed far too quickly to chase after Jack, tripping over his own feet, as well as his shoes that he hadn’t noticed had been taken off, and landing on his knees and hands with a curse under his breath.
Though when Jack turned to look at him, instead of recognizing what had just happened, Joey simply gave a lopsided smile and said, “You don’t… have to give me privacy… if you don’t want to, of course…” A moment later his brain caught up to what he was saying, “Though I can understand if you have other matters to attend to, just, you’re welcome to stay… In here.”
Warning:This campaign is an edited version of Call of Cthulhu: Song and Dancescenario from the Tales of the Crescent City book. While a lot has been changed, there IS spoilersfor it throughout these posts. ALSO we are currently playing this, so please don’t spoil us either!!Thanks!
This one was delayed because I needed to make sure it was as cool as Henry was in this scene. It was a REALLY COOL SCENE… and uh, VERY FRIGHTENING,, Anyways, we’re in the thick of it now, boys!
ART CHANGES THIS SEASON!!@inkdemonapologist and I are collabing on all the art for these summery posts!! Shazz does lines, and I compose and colour the pieces.
TheCthulhu boys don’t really have a concept of LGBT Pride, and have few words for what exactly they are, but this 1930s animation studio full of queer folks finding a way to be who they are and make a life with the ones they love anyway has just… meant so much to me this past couple of years, I wanted them to be able to celebrate it too. Happy Pride, you guys!
appARENTLY astral projecting and running your ghost directly into ELDRITCH INK WITH A CONNECTION TO THE MASKED MESSENGER, MIGHT PUT YOU, IN CONTACT WITH THE MASKED MESSENGER
I would say Jack is Making Poor Choices here but the truth is… he just didn’t know enough. He didn’t know the danger in letting the Messenger figure out what he wanted most (to help…), and he didn’t know how to resist
SO a while back us(being the others in the motw game and I) and the CoC peeps were talking about… what if there was a crossover…
And obviously it would be super hard to coordinate so it likely won’t ever happen but it’s still fun to think about!! Especially due to how different the settings are, both in terms of tone and how the world works.
Anyway, there was an interaction that made me think of them so like. I had to!! Even in another universe Sammy is getting gently bullied.
CoC Sammy is played by Shazz @inkdemonapologist, CoC Jack is played by Mochi @whatyouwantedmetosee. More stuff for the BATIM CoC game can be found at @batimcthulhu, I highly recommend checking it out, it’s very cool!
Some, uh, very disparate doodles from recent Cthulhu shenanigans… Leon is an NPC we met recently! He’s a doctor and the boyfriend of one of the “muse”-possessed ladies we’re trying to find and seems VERY ANXIOUS; I don’t think he was prepared to be blindsided by two different batim boys with VERY STRONG PERSONALITIES coming out of the woodwork. we didnt mean to bully him i promise,
also recently Sammy had kind of an intense experience with encountering a Literal Muse and Prophet uh, just?????? showed up????????? he didn’t have any ink so his eyes didn’t fully Do The Thing….. tbh he was as confused about this as the rest of the boys
anyway just a small smattering of quotes this round under the jump!
The night before the contest where the gang hopes to locate Susie, Jack is still on edge from his hazy memories of whatever befell him while he was “asleep” at the Studio earlier. Peter is instructed to keep Jack from wandering off as a ghost, and is reminded that there are sometimes other ways to approach a problem than head on.
A lot had happened since Jack had “woken up” at the studio surrounded by alarmed faces. There had been so much going on— talk of Henry seeing his ghost embedded in a wall, of Joey finding stars in his eyes, a little like Sammy.
For how long his shadow has stretched over the other three boys ever since Haiti, Jack had never actually encountered the Masked Messenger himself… until now.
Jack hesitated between the two directions, and tugged at his shirt sleeves. Something in the back of his mind was yelling at him to take the upwards path, the path that was lighter. Light was safe. And yet… in spite of how much it scared him, he couldn’t help stare at the path downwards, towards the sound, and the slight shine within the suffocating blackness.
“Hah, yeah. Not exactly great for resting, when half of you is worried and the other half wants to be writing.” Jack sighed, resigned. He hadn’t missed the pressure of having to stop occult disasters, and everything else wasn’t helping matters.
“…Was kind of hoping that we’d be done with this stuff after last time honestly.” His voice got quieter, more hesitant. "But it’s not that simple, huh.”
the other day i had the sudden, extremely important realisation that Cthulhu AU Sammy and Henry, who care very much about each other but have no idea how to interact in day to day life, juST NEED TO PLAY SPORTS TOGETHER AND THEY’D HAVE A GREAT TIME??? they’re both pretty physically-inclined boys, they just need an outlet for it that they can both have fun with…. anyway then Thren mentioned the word “tennis” and i obviously DROPPED EVERYTHING TO DRAW THIS CONCEPT
Warning:This campaign is an edited version of Call of Cthulhu: Song and Dancescenario from the Tales of the Crescent City book. While a lot has been changed, there IS spoilersfor it throughout these posts. ALSO we are currently playing this, so please don’t spoil us either!!Thanks!
WOOOAAAAH WE’RE HALFWAY THERE WHOOOAAAH LIVING ON A– wait, PROPHET NO!!
(i’m not kidding we have like at least 8 more episodes to go.)
ART CHANGES THIS SEASON!!@inkdemonapologist and I are collabing on all the art for these summery posts!! Shazz does lines, and I compose and colour the pieces.
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