Thread #01 Winter Wonderland.Welcome to /un0/, an RP thread for playing a World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness Hunter. For any OOC questions about WoD/CofD, check the official general. >>97089644Rules:>We are acephale. There is no storyteller, we are not a quest. >This thread is based primarily but not exclusively in the nWoD/CofD game Hunter: the Vigil. However, Vigil is defined by being highly setting agnostic, with a system for creating entirely custom monsters that do not exist in other WoD/CofD games. Thus, you have significant freedom in what you want to play and what you want to hunt. Feel free to play a member of the Society of Leopold, or a member of the Lucifuge hot on the tail of a Lasombra. >Namefagging is encouraged but by no means mandatory. >Keep in mind that even highly experienced Hunters typically only have fractured pieces of the puzzle, and every table has their own canon. The night is dark and full of misinformation.>/un0/ is conceived of as an experimental end to end encrypted program that is very hard to compromise, retains very little data and purges that data regularly. Please play an actual Hunter. >Spoiler any OOC discussion.Happy hunting.
>>97090196Hello and welcome all to the first public test of the Network 0/Union End to End Encrypted hunter messaging program. If all works out, we'll have a way to unilaterally share information on the forces of evil without having to fear data breaches! I'm GNP, a member of Network 0 that has nothing to do due to being snowed in and in near-perpetual darkness! So I'll be in the thread to answer any questions and see how the launch goes. Even us, the people running the service don't have any information on you, so you should be safe. Still, things can always go wrong so please, don't Doxx yourself!
Hello fellow candle holders, how have your nights been? I'm on shift but im hoping my neighborhood is quiet this weekend, me & by teammate are cold as hell so being the stereotypes we are cooked up some chilli & were drinking hot cocoa
Stop making RP variants of your general. We don’t need half a dozen WOD threads like we don’t need half a dozen CYOA threads.
Oh what a fascinating program. Hopefully it can hold up while out in the boonies. Lord and Lady knows trying to find a signal in the mountains is murder but it's so fun having a party at a remote mountain cabin. It's so festive that I'm thrilled whenever I imagine it.>>97090204You should turn on some lights as you while away the hours. It can't be doing you good sitting there in front of a screen.>>97090349Positively dreadful. There's no airstrip anywhere close to where I'm headed so I've had to take a train and the blasted thing doesn't have any first class seating. I feel myself coming down with something if any more kids keep running throughout these halls. Anyway I hope your shift is manageable. Nothing like boredom to kill one quicker.
Neat program though I'm not exactly sure what these forces of evil are, my little group has been looking for someone to help us understand why our big game hunts seem to be unprofitable. Recently came to Florida hunting around local rumors but everytime we think we got someone, it turns out to be some native running around the Everglades. We would go during the day where things are easier to identify but sadly, our type of activity isn't exactly "legal" and python hunting has been boring us to death. We can tell there's something out there, but unfortunately we've ended up killing some guy instead chasing the rumors provided to our group. May have to lay low for a little bit.>>97090349Pretty good, pretty good. Always sunny out here now despite being a bit cold as of late. Beats England though.>>97090464>Taking a trainThank god for driving, might never go back to England at this rate except if I get deported for killing that rather muscular native
>>97090349Boring. My work keeps me in the middle of nowhere for most of the year and unfortunately I'm like 90% sure my cell took out all of the problem spookies in the area. On the plus side though, said job also comes with a building that was already halfway to a safehouse before I got to modifying with it. Was a sweet gig even before I became a hunter. Unfortunately now that I know what's out there, anime and video games no longer take the edge off the way they used to. I'm on radio scanners or doing research pretty much every night. Got a lot of pet projects all simmering. I helped a little bit on the coding end of /un0/ but it's not my forte, so I'm here volunteering.>>97090464Most of the lights in this building are old ass incandescents. So it'd be dim AND a waste of good energy. Especially since I'm running a generator. I was more referring to the outside anyway. I'm in spitting distance of the arctic circle, I take vitamin d tablets.But it's not all bad. I converted an old room I never used into a gym. I do sets of bodyweight exercises once every hour when on the computer.
>>97090567Damn, must suck to not get generous stipends from your group but I understand we can't all be rich. Still, it seems comfy. I heard this so called "hellscape" I reside in is unbearably hot but thankfully it's the winter time. Also, nice work out schedule, a gym would be preferable but the snow does get in the way sometimes. I had a home gym back in England but my friends and I had to move after the incident. Thankfully our lifestyle keeps us pretty fit and healthy until it doesn't, but them's the stakes
>>97090567Oh my. Well that's definitely far further north than I imagined. I hope you're returning in time for spring. Good on you for keeping the exercise regiment up. It's so tedious trying to find the motivation for it. At least when it's something other than cardio.>>97090545Chin up, chap. You'll find your quarry. Have you done the old bait trick or are those rumors terribly varied?Also I wish I could never go back to England. Thankfully, I'm away. Being on the continent and all, but I still have some ancestral property I can't shake so I'll probably be back by the middle of spring. Always better to spend Winter away from that horrid little island. There's never anything interesting anymore.
I feel luckier than most of you then, we may be in the cold but at least the fires of St Florian can help us.>>97090545What are you hunting exactly, our MO is to find its lair, set the place on fire when its at the most disadvantage, then show up & kill it with out axes, & blame it all on a rogue cigarette cherry or bad wires.
>>97090889Hope so, we're not really getting paid for this one without proof since as the buyer really fancies himself one of those pelts. I actually like the British weather myself, but unfortunately driving is a bit of a chore over there and it's best me and my group stay away for now. Not entirely our fault it happened but these rich old sods have such demands we had to break a couple of laws and may be wanted until the boss can pay off the authorities.>>97090951Boss man says we're supposed to find some of the native dogmen and skin them but we can't seem to find any after a while. Maybe Nitro Express Rounds are not the solution, our previous mutant hunt worked out well with them but it seems these dog people are evasive if nothing else. Our informant says "They're definitely people that look like dogs" but ugly as the natives are I don't really think they qualify. I feel bad murdering some poor guy the way we did but who asked him to be out at night?
I've been hunting some thing odd in my neck of the woods for a while; serpentine, caustic spit, & it changes shape, some times its a lizard, sometimes its a fish, sometimes its a snake, like it can choose what sort of limbs & the number of limbs it wants. It's scales are downright bulletproof. Seems to prefer slinking around a state park. I tracked it to a drainage pipe but it flung itself into the lake when I attacked, molted to gain six flippers, & then disappeared my familiar lost the scent so I'm gonna be doing patrols til we pick it up again
>>97090196This seems interesting, a bit more practical than going through the hassle of having to shedule a meeting and making sure security is tight. Anyway, hope all of you are doing good out there. The cold is going to be a pain but it's a lot easier to conceal weapons under a winter jacket. Keep fighting the good fight and may God be with you all.
>>97091354Might want to wear some protection, I've never been asked to go chase something with acid spit but that sounds pretty dangerous, possibly more of a hassle than it'd be worth. Beggars can't be choosers though, at least you aren't trotting through a swamp every couple of nights>>97091569Likewise nameless friend
>>97091131Tsk tsk, such odd employers. They should be considerate enough to cover fallout of your hunt. Like why else would they continue living? If you didn't kill it, they'd be dead. Well most of the time, those guys sound odd.>>97091354Oooh that sounds deliciously exotic. Has it changed to anything warm-blooded? Temperature difference is so fun to toy with and caustic liquid can give such a nice tingle.>>97091569Stay safe out there
>>97091659I have a spell for that, protects better than tactical gear when it works, & a chemically treated poncho just in case it doesn't work. I'm more worried about hurting it than it hurting me. Hit it with the ol' Evil Eye but it keeps running & regenerating.
>>97091747No. It seems strictly cold-blooded/primordial reptilian. It molts quickly to heal or change shape, but generally keeps it's sinuous form & a shitton of teeth.
>>97091354What calibers and ammo you try against this thing? Also I'd consider adding a gas mask to your redundancies if you really want to cover all your bases. The air outside might disperse the acidic fumes, but indoors you'll be rubbing your eyes and coughing your lungs out. I sure hope that spell of yours is reliable.
>>97091747Yeah well like I said, beggars can't really be choosers and we're already getting some nice pay out due to the unfortunate circumstances of England>>97091756Yeah the boss says some cells have guys that can use magic but we don't really know any of that so it's good old human ingenuity that keeps us mostly alive. Good luck with your reptile, most of the ones around here are more annoying than they are dangerous
>>97090375Isn't this the kind of shit that /qst/ was made to contain?
>>97090632>>97090889As a job, it's actually pretty good for being a hunter, with the caveat that I can't travel much. Without saying too much, I'm a meteorologist that works for the government. This predates my being a hunter and has nothing to do with my hunter work. Basically, there was this old weather research building in the ass end of nowhere that was going to shut down if they couldn't find someone to keep the lights on and record the data its collecting. So, they were offering stupid amounts of money for the job, since few people want to live in a remote cold war era bunker. But I was fresh off getting my doctorate and I was always a homebody so it seemed like a good fit. I basically got to live in something mansion sized all alone with a steady, high-speed internet connection and a gun, doing work that's in my field if a little beneath me, but making way more money than most in my field do.Several years later I learn the supernatural is real when what I can only describe as an innuit lich was finally unfrozen due to several warm winters. He wanted to wipe out all life in the area but we put a stop to that. I keep digging, mostly online and that's where Network 0 picked me up. Mr. Venture, I'm slightly confused. You're a big game hunter that graduated to hunting the paranormal for profit?And D. Grey, I don't get a lot of vacation time, but when I do I usually spend it still on the hunt, due to limited opportunities up here I sometimes feel like a benchwarmer ya know? I live and breathe the hunt, it gave my life a purpose beyond collecting a paycheck and finding dopamine hits. We're in a war dating back to the stone age that most people aren't even aware of. I never worked out before, now it's like a ritual. >>97090951We talking fire axes or do you guys have battle axe money?
>>97091946I carried light when I first went hunting. Just a 45. But even with a shotgun or my magic it takes minimal damage then slithers off. I'm gonna have to find a way to trap it so I can overwhelm it's defenses or else find it's kryptonite. Problem being it can melt it's bindings
>>97092119Dig a big ass hole?
>>97092135Can't do that without drawing way to much attention to myself. It's a state park. It also sticks near the lake, so I'd be digging in mud & hoping I could steer it toward the hole & not the water.>>97092033Yeah I worked with a Hammer of the church before & he used prayer so I know Christ our Lord really does work through his children, & I've heard of other cells out there with all kinds of strange tricks, but me I'm just a sorcerer. Nothing demonic or anything understand, I can manipulate space & time, use some other magics too. Started off with just a rifle & fear sweat, but I've always been interested in the occult, once I realized things actually DO go bump in the night I started applying some knowledge I picked up from old book & what would you know? Magic is real for those who have the spark. Still it's better to shoot something than try to hit it with magic
>>97091770>>97092119That sounds tricky, how hot does it get in your area? The cold-blood may allow for some kind of freezing agent alongside the trap, though it's kind of annoying to find liquid nitrogen. Might have a concern about shattering the reptile if you do procure the means to freeze.>>97092117A lich frozen in the tundra? Fascinating. Thank you for putting a stop to it. Sounds like a wonderful set up you got going on though I can understand feeling antsy. It is why I'm stuck on this train. Lord and Lady knows going through old tomes looking for answers drives me up the wall, but my estate is the only occult archive for the county it is in. Boredom sets in quickly, simple mundane pleasures become like ash after the hundred thousandth time, though it sounds like you're spared that particular brand of suffering Net0. In any case, you're doing good work. This program thing sounds great. Have you properly armed your premises against intruders? Could help the feeling of not doing enough.>>97092033Right right, very understandable then. Hopefully your luck can turn around. Any new rumors spring up for ya?
It never fails to surprise me how so many things that bump in the night also tend to use modern technology. The amount of nasty critters who we've tracked down thanks to them having Bluetooth headsets or earbuds and/or phones is staggering.>>97092192>though it's kind of annoying to find liquid nitrogen.Could rig up something using compressed air canisters. Not the easiest method, but easier to obtain and at worst you just look like a tweaker when you buy them in bulk. Not to mention they are under pressure and can be used as n explosive as well, which is always helpful.
>>97092117I suppose as far as "hunter" work it's pretty safe. Have never really been anywhere too cold for comfort after a little temporary job in northern Scotland in the winter. Something about a night time predator but we just torched their hideout during the day, not too complicated. At least it pays well. Well, as the name implies, I had a fun little hunting party originally before I decided to start investing in some businesses that went under. We were just the sort of lads to run around hunting elephants or hippos, but out boss decided he would pay off our debts if we did some style of hunting for him. You know at first I thought it was just fun and games he wanted some trophy hunting done for nice pelts.Then we actually met the clients and they started saying some crazy lunacy about nocturnal blood drinkers and golems that drain the energy of a land or something and their aspirations to steal their power for themselves or something. A lot of bullshit I figured but it paid off my assets and the stipends and budgets were pretty impressive compared to my rather ordinary hunting expeditions. Of course then I had to actually hunt the damn things and then I saw why the paranormal stayed paranormal when a regular guy walked off from a batting to the head. I think I'm in over my head at this point since this is basically just "need to know information" and clearly, my group and I are just here to shoot the things and deliver them to the clients. Pay is good though, don't have to really worry about taxes now that I'm apparently an international criminal>>97092170Sounds like a bunch of nonsense but well, I suppose dogmen and night crawlers are some nonsense too. Maybe I'll see about picking up one of these occult tomes to help out as good old hunting might not make it far enough. I don't want to be forced to evict another place because a client got impatient again
>>97092221There's some guys who not only hunt monsters, but EAT them to gain their power. Lucky you just found the weirdos who just see it as extra exotic hunting & not the cryptid culinary creeps>>97092206>>97092192Eh, I'm gonna have to experiment that's for sure
I hope your nights, evenings, days, mornings, or what have you continue going splendidly. The train I’m taking proves to be a study in the torture known as boredom though...I shall give them points for points for supper. There was a most succulent rabbit dish the cook was able to make. It was positively mouthwatering, roasted to perfection, and it smelled divine when it was placed in front of me. I cannot place the sauce used, but it was delectable! I need to remember to ask the cook about it. Anyway. As the rabbit did its level best to distract me from those awfully sticky children, a most charming character decided to introduce herself to me. She said her name was Mel, I’m sure it stands for something but I dare say she enthralled me right then. She has the most gorgeous head of dark hair I have ever seen, like the finest obsidian sanded into strands that stretched to the middle of her back. Eyes of dark amber. They seem to be almost molten, no matter the lighting she’s in. I dare say I’m envious. Her nose. It is quite lovely and rather straight. It’d make a right triangle flattered with how her nose mirrored such a hypotenuse and the most fitting pair of lips I’d ever seen in this hemisphere. Painted like her hair, it made her perfect ivory teeth stand out all the more.I must have looked like a right fool being captivated by a face, no matter how ravishing. Something brushed against my leg, I never found what, but it pulled me from her spell. After profusely apologizing for my rudeness, and introducing myself, we found some common ground. She’s apparently traveling to visit some family near where the cabin resides, so I asked her about the area. The way she talks of it is rather charming, and we talked so much that time flew by. We’ve been having drinks in her cabin for the past little while, though I feel the night lengthening. I should say my goodnights. Thank you all for helping with my boredom.I shall be at the cabin tomorrow. Hopefully.
>>97092119I'd like to suggest adding some explosives to the mix (I'm a fan of the overwhelming firepower method). A crate of dynamite is usually solution, even if it doesn't kill the thing it should hurt it. Remember, every good ambush starts with a bang! If the thing doesn't die and you know you can't kill it? Use the confusion to get out of dodge. I'll warn you, they're not as easy to source as a gun, you need to know a thing or two about them and you definitely do not want to get caught with a trunk full of stolen dynamite.
>>97092117Special blessed fire-axes. My group are all firefighters & sworn to St. Florian. We come from an ancient order. Fight fighting makes for a alibi for killing monsters. Got a vampire sleeping in its lair? Send the rookie to set the house ablaze & we go running. Holy water in the hose, silvered fire axes ready to chop. Most monsters hate fire, & we know how to use it. We've got brigandine & kevlar sewn into our bunker gear so were almost as armored as soldiers. Fire covers up most of our work too & the local government is sort of clued in & doesnt ask questions if we do things discreet
>>97092367>Eat themWell, I mean. When in Rome am I right? I've been given multiple assurances these things we're hunting aren't actually people so I guess eating not-people would be fine in an emergency. Still would be rather difficult to stomach, I mean would you eat a human shaped cow?>>97092409Careful there with the dame, that level of captivation seems pretty out there. But I'm glad were enjoying yourself in conversation. Just careful around the cabin.>>97092484Very cool to see modern day Knights Templar in action, a bit heavy on the arson though I think. Some of these properties could still have value to someone
Out of curiosity...do any of you have a preferred weapon of choice?
>>97093019Axes and Fire>>97092825Order of the Knights of Florian, in point of fact
>>97092192Oh this place is so fortified at this point. I updated all of the old CCTV cameras to something a lot crisper with my own money. It already came with storm shutters on all the windows capable of withstanding a category 5 storm, which we don't even get up here in the first place. There's a courtyard sorta place I double fenced in with concertino wire. When the weathers' nice I grill out there too. I even increased the armor of the wall itself in some sections with sheet metal, all peened by hand! I've got my command room which is the observation deck I do most of my work in, but it doubles as a good computer room in general because even with the heater on its freezing. Obviously I can't go around placing bear traps, there's a town nearby, but I have a bunch of traps and barricades down in the basement for a worst case scenario. Yep. Fort GNP is all but impenetrable. >>97092206Yeah, and their opsec is usually shit. Like normie shit. But according to some of my Net0 buddies there's a minority of them that have scary good opsec. Like, not only can you not break in good opsec, but by the time you get back to base it's been ransacked good. So keep your guard up. >>97092221Dang man. Do they have you ever do capture bounties or is it dead only?>>97092367>EAT them to gain their power.Who the fuck is going dungeon meshi on the monsters?!>>97092484You ever run into a monster that approach struggles against?>>97093019My hunting rifle. It's an old wood and steel bolt action but it was free, it's accurate, and it hits hard- from a distance. Also as long as you're not in a big city nobody looks at you weird for having one.
>>97093019Well, our more classic approach to hunting with elephant guns did not go unnoticed by the boss. Unfortunately and unlike >>97092440 my grandfather never quite taught me to make explosives. Very unfortunate I'll never get to blow things up but that gets much more attention. And when the elephant guns fail, we have a couple of Beretta's. More than likely though we're probably dead>>97093113See, that's what we're trying to figure out. Most of the time we're just killing some nuisances but recently these clients have it in their head that they want some pelts from dog people and well I can't exactly say no. Maybe we try a live capture soon, but my group and I should do more research. Wouldn't want to nail another native again lol
>>97092409This is a textbook case of being charmed, take notes everyone. Whatever that thing was, it wasn't human.
>>97093019Depends on what the target is. I'm a generalist so the usual go-to is a reliable semi-auto / pump action shotgun. Multiple types of ammunition are great when you have no idea what might jump you. A good handgun and a knife are also important. If I was going after something a bit meaner than your average bloodsucker I'd try to requisition a USAS 12 or something that goes bang. >>97093644The Devil's minions can take many shapes and forms. Be wary of anyone suddenly taking interest in you for seemingly no reason.
>>97092440It's a state park dude. I mean, I know how to make them, but I prefer not to.>>97093113I think it stems from Mummy eating cultures & guys like who Venture Cap is working for. They kill some bygone cryptid & think, "After I stuff it's head on the wall, I might as well make a nice steak out of the flank"
>>97093019Going loud, stealth, or tactical?Like I've said before, if I'm just poking around & I don't want civies to see me or the monster to catch on that a hunter isnt afoot, I have my .45. For when I know what I'm hunting I use a shotgun & usually some specialized rounds. Smoke grenades mixed with incense or holy water mist & other specialty grenades for damage & warding. I also have a few transmutated item combinations. Magic is of course always an option.
I finally found you! It's been weeks following the clues, the number on the billboard, the license plate on my neighbours car, the sounds in the radio static! 97090196! I've been humming the tune all week, it's driving my partner crazy! I normally don't go in for puzzles, but this ARG was intense! People have been visiting me about it, someone even called the police! He looked important, called himself Mr White. Didn't look like Brian Cranston though. They were all after the code I was working on, but winner takes it all! I did have some help, shoutout to the guy at the coffee shop who helped me when I was going off on a tangent.Holy shit it's even in the captcha!
>>97094095What about Harvey Keitel?
>>97093274Pelts from dog people? Did they give you any real information about what you're hunting? I've heard campfire stories about werewolves before and they're supposed to be real nasty business. If these dog people you're after are shapeshifters, those guys tend to turn back into humans when you kill them. So you'd have to skin it alive, which is pretty f-ed up. >>97094030That's disgusting.
Dreadful news friends. I finally got off that horrid train and reached the cabin. When I find the cleaning staff responsible for its upkeep, I shall extract my vengeance from their hides. Dust everywhere, and there are still covers on all the furniture! It is like no one planned for our arrival. I went to find the host, a Dr. Green, of this little party to properly complain about the state of things. Instead you know what I find? A dashing if forgettable man. I think he said his name was Nate Grant. Who has two first names? Ridiculous. Anyway that’s not the cause for concern. The concern stems from the fact that Dr.Green invited that Babylonian whore that considers herself my rival! Bonnie Russa, with a delectable little peach hanging off her by the name of Melissa Plum. Oooh I feel myself catching fire recalling Bonnie’s smug smile as she showed her invitation. Apparently, the good doctor was hosting this party to try and hunt down a local...hell, what do the youth call it? A “kryp-did.” Supposedly a local legend that’s active in the winter but Dr. Green hasn’t yet arrived.I felt my sanity slipping away at this news, so I’ve retreated to a room that is now mine to recover and to formulate counter plans to Bonnie’s tricks.>>97093644>>97094001Now now. Not everyone that approaches us is a demon. Quite a few women, and men, approach me and they tend to be human when we start having rough relations. Although I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to make sure. Some warlocks only start writhing after blood’s been spilled.>>97093019I have a most wonderful leaver-action gun I take on hunts. I was privy to a witch hunt about a decade ago and I was able to pilfer some metal ingots from their hut. Wanting to do my due diligence, I sent them to a contact in Italy and commissioned them to make me a work of art out of the metal. They sent the gun back and it works like a dream.
>>97094398Damn, I don't know if I really have the stomach for torture like that if that's the case but maybe we can just pawn it off on someone else. I mean, they aren't people-people but I'm not animal torture enthusiast. Maybe we'll try our hand at capturing one live and then doping it up on horse tranq. Hopefully, we aren't leaving any swamp fertilizer this time>>97094423Never heard of Ulysses S. Grant? Grant can be a last name sometimes. It is pretty unlikely, this Nate guy seems strange. Anyway good luck on this kryp-did hunt, Lord knows there's some strange things out there
>>97094466I've got a bad feeling about your employers giving you very little information about what you're hunting alongside very specific demands and hush money. No offense, but it sounds like you don't even have enough information to reliably identify your targets in the first place. That's a recipe for disaster. If you're lucky, your dog people aren't the werewolves I've been told about, but something else entirely. If they are werewolves, silver bullets are the only reliable way to kill them, so I have been told. Still, I'd have an exit strategy if I were you.
>>97094527There's nothing that can't be done with the right amount of excessively large cartridges I'm sure, but I'll keep in mind having an escape route for my group and eye. These swamps get rather annoying to run through. As for the employers, they're paying me pretty well and I already signed the contract so it is what it is. Apparently they've been eyeing us for a promotion but we'll have to get them something that isn't the charred remains of the formerly-paranormal. Surely nothing can go wrong, surely. Though, maybe I should keep some silver on me
Friends, what are some items you consider absolutely essential for your safehouse. Food, weapons, game, anything. I need to hit a general store and I am drawing a blank on what is best gotten for the coming nights.>>97094466>>97094863You may want to get your hands on some elephant tranq as a back up. You can never be too careful, though skinning's easy. Just close your eyes and pretend its a deer or other game you've skinned before. Watch your fingers naturally, and keep pumping that tranq. It'd be just awful if it woke up halfway through the degloving. Oh also consider purple flowers. They could help if you're reaching for the silver.>GrantOh yes, I remember that general from the Americas. Seemed like a tough sort from what history has on him. Much different than the Grant I'm currently stuck with. He came to check on me, in his cute little way, after some time had past. Apparently he's a friend of the Doctor's and had been hoping to meet him. He wanted to return a little white lotto ball he had drawn from the last party he was at. It was remarkably familiar, I think I have a similar one somewhere.
>>97094987Well for food, I'm quite the pasta fiend. It keeps well, is very filling, hard to mess up cooking, and you can make a lot of different tasting dishes with pasta. The only nitwits who think carbs kill are tren-bloated gymrats who think grotesque muscles and no fat is peak human physique. Real athletes carb-load. I don't exactly have the best variety out here, but both meat and seafood are plentiful. Don't knock caribou until you've had it. As for weapons, I've slowly been building up a stockpile. I got my hunting rifle, a couple of cheap pistols, several knives of various sizes including some mall ninja shit I regretted buying immediately, a shovel, a fire axe, and a flare gun. The flare gun is massively important. I'm also trying to DIY a reloading bench to save on ammo costs. I play a lot of video games, but I'm not sure if that's your style. Probably the biggest recommendation I would give if you're gonna be isolated for a while is a good internet connection. I'm not gonna pretend it's the same as face to face conversation, but it can do wonders for alleviating any cabin fever. Though in your case you seem to have plenty of company. So you and this grant kid won a lottery when you got to this meet-up? That's odd. Is this a hunter affair or just a rich person's getaway?
Update on the hunt. After some research it might be a lindwyrm. You ever wonder why all those Scandinavian drakes & snakes have so many different limbs & stuff? It's this motherfucker here, sometimes he has legs, sometimes its fins, etc, but that's because they molt to match their needs. Also explains the scales protecting it so well even against magic. Something is wrong with this one though cause it shouldn't molt so fast. Back to the research>>97094987Magical wards in every flavor & power you can get. Your safehouse should be spiritually & supernaturally impregnable. After that, it needs to be as materially & physically impregnable as possible while remaining discreet. As for what goes inside? Back up power in two varieties, weapons & ammo, clothes, food & if possible, ways to create more food, a greenhouse/in door greenhouse, chickens, etc. A bolt hole to the outside. Books. Recreational material. Your loved ones.
>>97095563You know there's nothing wrong with having some muscles on you in a fight, as long as you don't loose flexibility. But I eat like trash. Fast food & cheap crap. I don't have the cash to buy good food or the taste buds to do that chicken & rice wrap every day.
>>97094987>Friends, what are some items you consider absolutely essential for your safehouse. Food, weapons, game, anything. I need to hit a general store and I am drawing a blank on what is best gotten for the coming nights.Weapons are a must and I mean it. Proper weapons - automatics, precision rifles, grenades, blessed tools and holy artifacts (if you can get your hands on one call us, we'd be very interested in those), cheap hutning rifles and .38 revolvers won't do. Make sure you have spares (especially if you're operating in a group!). After you're done with making sure you're hidden and proper security measures (even simple tripwires are better than nothing) are in place you can get food. MREs are great for stockpiling but you'll probably need some normal food too. Depending on how you operate you'll need a way to communicate, secure channels (must for me) are preferable. Get some holy wards if you can, it may sound silly to some but once you see faith, true faith in action you'll quickly change your mind. Here's a thought...we've been debating using explosives to rig the place to blow in case it ever falls into the hands of our enemies. We can't exactly leave evidence of our existance to these wicked beasts and their servants.
>>97095563Ah no. The night I got my little white ball, I ended up hosting a party later in the week. Killed some tit party crasher that said he was a vampire. Shame he just couldn't quite pull himself back together after being quartered though his dying torso spiced up the party some. Quite a few ladies got to ride him through death throes before we tossed him onto the bonfire. They were rather sated after, said it was much better than other times they've ridden vampires. Dead fish that they are.Grant had mentioned how he was at a uni party with Dr.Green earlier in the week when he drew the ball. I suppose this whole little party I've been invited to should be hosted by Grant but I think Green forgot to inform him of his duties. I suppose I should help the little puppy out. Gotta get some fun out of this disaster of a trip.>>97095563>>97095960>>97096071Pasta's an inspired choice. I gotta remember to stock up so my rival will have her favorite spaghetti whenever I have to cook. Hopefully they have. From what Mel told me, the area's other plentiful in game so meat will be a non-issue. Suppose I should make a day or two of it, drag Grant along. See if the lad can properly shoot. Lord and Lady knows Bonnie can't. The little battle bunny prefers things nice and personal. I should...check with her, see if she brought all her weapons. It'll shorten up the shopping list if I don't have to get axes. Thinking on that, I should see if there's an armory tucked somewhere in this cabin. Mel had told talked about how it was a hunter lodge in seasons past. Hopefully they updated it to modern weaponry before it fell into disuse.Right outside of a full kitchen restock. I think I'll look into flares, flare guns, typical emergency supplies. Shovels. I should stop by the butcher. See if I can't get all the blood he has on hand or arrange for its delivery, the applications one can do with it is always surprising. Candles, gotta have candles. Maybe hit up the church too.
>>97095960A lindwyrm sounds properly alien. You ever come across evidence of it eating? I imagine all the limbs allow it to tear its prey to shreds.
>>97095991Muscles I'm fine with. Trying to put some on. I have any issue with weird roidfreaks.>>97096398Wait, what the hell? Am I reading this right? Am I having a stroke? You guys ripped the limbs off of someone who was probably a vampire and then doinked the torso before killing him?! What. Why? What's wrong with you guys? Why do that?
>>97097038Not all who hunt do it for altruistic reasons. Sometimes you're gonna run into some degenerate seeking thrills.
>>97097038Pretty sure. There was quite a large amount of substances at the party. It was kind of a potluck situation, I provided mostly pretty things alongside alcohol, a decent stash of uppers, and other guests brought more substances and/or liquor. As for why, well, the guy came in ruining the fun! Shouting about the help I hired. That I had apparently ripped him off. Or that they had stolen from him previously. I believe I was coming down from something so my memory’s hazy. First off, that’s ridiculous. I pay for goods fairly and considering they were temporary hires for the party, it was clearly his personal problem. He should’ve waited until after the party if he wanted to rough them up. I tell him as such and then, being the magnanimous person I am, I asked if he wanted to partake. He was clearly high-strung after all. The brute roared in my face, throwing some friends to the ground when they tried to restrain him, and began to strangle me. It was quite a sight, so I’ve been told.He was shouting something about how he was gonna take his time killing everyone there starting with me. Bit into my neck and I am brave enough to admit I think I died a little when he began sucking my blood. Jokes on him though, my blood was likely 150 proof with the way I was preparing to celebrate.The liquor and residual uppers must’ve hit him all at once, cause about (eh) thirteen seconds later he stumbles off me. Someone hands me their cane, I push it through the dude’s chest and he falls over. He appears frozen giving us time to get a several axes, and as we are rendering him invalid, some of the ladies notice his stiffy and made jokes. Really brought some levity to the situation. Near-death attacks are a downer.Once the quartering was done, I apologized for the interruption and we resumed the party. I cannot rightly tell you why the ladies gave him a try. Again not nearly alive enough to be worth it, if you ask me. Werewolves on the other hand, they tempt me.
These Werewolves might actually be a bit of trouble. Going through the market today and from the distance I could have sworn I saw the same guy we shot a few nights ago right as rain. May be in over our head but now we know where he shops. Still a bit unnerving.>>97094987Always have a bit of that cheap dollar store ramen for when funds run low, but generally just enough ammo to not get outgunned. I'll be taking that tranquilizer suggestion, I'm not sure anyone capable of living through having their shoulder torn off like that will be easy.>>97095960So this is like a shapeshifting lizard? Our current quarry of shapeshifter seems relatively squishy by comparison though I'm sure your affinity towards magic might help you out there>>97097038I thought about roiding once but then I got inducted into this crazy shit and going through the motions of hunting while managing the gym and the whole cycle process seems like a pain. A bit dangerous too, arguably reminds me too much of the whole providing geriatrics with the secrets of the paranormal>>97096398Is this a sex thing?
>>97097394>degenerate seeking thrillsI'm no stranger to thrill seeking for sure but there's trill seeking and then there's finding out fairy tale monsters are real and want to eat you>>97097395Oh so it is a sex thing.>Werewolves on the other handWhy? Granted I've only partially met the one, but this seems a bit freaky. I'm not sure I want to be thinking about that, considering what the clients may have planned with the creature after we skin him. My boss has told me a few stories of what they did with the previous mutants and it was very much not wholesome hunting
Hi, I’m a new here. Got some experience hunting, but it’s the first time I’m trying to socialize with other hunters.I’ve done plenty of work in the past, mostly been employed by leeches, hunters and dogs.
>>97097604>>97097626Listen it's only kind of a sex thing. My Rival, curse her, boasted one time about choking a werewolf to death. She buried an axe in the fucker's throat and had to stay on top of him to keep the axe buried. Called it the biggest thrill of her life. I am pretty sure I chipped a tooth with how hard I was grinding my teeth that night. Also it's about the thrill. Playing the most dangerous game can get dull after a while. Isn't that why you moved onto "night" hunting? Fine. Okay, maybe, there is something about those big muscled forms that can get one all bothered and hot. It is not weird.My normal proclivities aside, I feel must mention again how weird I am finding your employer to be. I gotta imagine half the fun of acquiring the pelt is the hunt itself. The surge of energy and passion one normally gets from a hunt deepening into something more primeval as you rend the quarry's hide from slick and living body. In any case, I hope you were just imagining the guy in the market. It'd be quite frightful if something came back.>>97097793Hello. Always exciting to meet another hunter. Are you currently hunting anything?
>>97097604Yeah it's more of a snake thing. My magic isn't helping much at all, it's more utility than anything. Now that I got a lead I might be able to do something more effective.You might want to skip the tranqs & just blow that guy apart again but this time drag the body off to watch it for a bit>>97097626Probably those Ashwood freaks? Idk, they get their rocks off doing fucked up shit to monsters. It's best not to associate with these types. Especially when they can't even keep it in their pants on an online forum. Like, do we strangers really need to hear this guy gush & creaming his pants over some lady he saw on the train or at some party or whatever? I don't know about you but I ain't here to listen to voyeuristic bullshit.
>>97097876No, I’m currently looking for work after a leech prince tried to enslave me instead of paying me
>>97097793You were EMPLOYED by monsters? How's that work? You didn't hunt us did you?
>>97097793Welcome friend, I have had my own share of questionable employers don't you worry. Never one of the hunt targets though, sounds weird to work for something I might get asked to kill the next day.>>97097876Well, at least werewolves are alive compared to the other ones we can be running into. I haven't actually seen one do any shapechanger things except from a distance so I'm afraid I can't quite see the appeal, and I'm not really sadistic enough to go watch something bleed out on the floor that way. As for the clients, no clue what they are envisioning though seem rather insistent on living quarry. Maybe they're setting up some game reservation in some lawless land like Africa? I remember that being pretty popular in the trophy hunting circles I used to get dragged to in my childhood. My problem is more so trying to capture them alive without getting murdered or resorting to noticeable acts of terrorism.>>97097898I would but the clients really want either one alive or the pelt, and word of mouth around here is that you can't skin them after you kill them, bit of a conundrum. I hope I'm just imagining the market guy out of guilt or something, but it didn't seem to notice me so all should be good. I can't really speak as for Ashwood, the boss hasn't really told us much except he'll pay us to go hunt and kill. I have my suspicions though given the specificity of some of the requests but then again he could just be an independent like my group? The boss keeps mentioning an initiation if we're competent though. It does make me feel rather uneasy, I'm just hunting these spooks as a job. Not sure I'm ready to get dragged into some weird sex cult to get more funding but maybe it's just the boss's initiation and I can keep being impersonal. Anyway, good luck on your snake thing then. I suppose all this crazy shit would inspire someone to learn magic but for now all I I've needed are a few guns and a pipe bomb I bought off the market.
>>97097905Dreadful business. Sounds like you got away for the most part. Hopefully some work ends up in your lap soon.>>97098239Curiouser and curiouser. If you do not mind me asking how did your current boss contact you? Or did they give you a business card?>>97097898Tch, fair enough. I let myself get pulled into the story. I should've cut it short, I apologize. Hopefully something turns up for your wyrm.
>>97098296The boss found me at a bar, said he'd seen my skills at hunting and asked me if I would like to do some hunts "of a more grandiose kind" in exchange for helping my group's financial situation. I thought he meant we'd be hunting hippos, elephants, poachers. Not men who can literally turn into wolves or other weird things. The first red flag should have been when he said we could start the same day in Northern England. Ended up chasing down some fellow who looked like two to three dudes put together when we took off his trench coat. I might be in too deep
>>97098319Fascinating. I was thinking someone else might've reached out. Sounds like your first "grandiose" hunt was very intriguing. Was it particularly difficult to pull the coat off?
>>97097927Very rarely I think (not even sure that I remember if I’ve ever done it). Hunters are usually a pretty decent threat to manage for them, so they have no need to hire me to kill them when they can do it themselves. I did have to spy on a few cells, and even did some sabotage.>>97098239A man’s gotta eat, and when I’ve only learn how to hunt, then a hunter has to hunt.>>97098296Yeah, I am always prepared and constantly have a potion of speed, elixir of clear mind and smoke bombs just in case.Hope I’ll find work too. Leeches are incredibly hard to persuade to work for without having to sip their blood… though I did manage to fool them by asking the blood to be put in a container, which I later turned into an ingredient for said potion of speed.
>>97097394Yeah evi-fucking-dently. >>97097395Great. They're into necrophilia, you're into bestiality. I ask again. WHY?! This sounds like a rich and the beautiful people kinda situation so why the hell can't you just fuck each other? And kill the forces of darkness without engaging in... whatever the hell this is. >>97097793>>97099332Pardon my incredulity, I'm a bit frazzled as you might see. Putting aside the obvious immorality of working with those things, you must've only worked with the very stupid ones to still be breathing air. That one of them fell for the "oh just put it in this bottle, I'll totally get to it later" rigamarole would confirm it to me. I've lost net buddies who tried to infiltrate vampire society. Most go missing. One was left drained of blood on the doorstep of a safehouse. An obvious warning. I'm under the distinct impression that these monsters, like any enemy in a war, seek to deny their foe actionably information. >>97097604If you're pretty sure that it's Werewolves you're dealing with, yeah you're in a nasty situation. The only werewolf hunt I ever went on turned out to be a wild goose chase. We found something, but not a werewolf. Still, it was being led by this old, grizzled, live in the middle of nowhere stereotype kind of guy. And he gave us his best breakdown. We run in packs, they run in packs. The trick is to catch them alone. If you're lucky enough and are going after a solo wolf, that's the best case scenario. They can technically be killed through other means, but they're hard to put down for good. Either need to catch them before they shapeshift, or throw them into a woodchipper. Even getting hit by a semi truck won't usually take one out on its own. But a single silver bullet, well placed, in a decent caliber, can fell one same as a thirty-ought to the chest kills a man. Stay in groups, it helps you resist the absolute terror one feels when they transform.
>>97097604>WerewolvesSilver is what you need, that's their weakness. A well-placed shot with a silver bullet will put that beast down quickly. I would advise you to kill them before they transform. If they're pretending to be human then they must have a fake persona. Find out where they live, work, shop or even what they do for fun. Watch them and gather as much information as you can. They operate in pack so you'll need to single them out, it may take time but it's worth it. Once you know their routine you strike. Carbombs, arson or simply passing it on the street and unloading your gun into the back of it's head, as long as it gets the job done.
>>97099376>Rich and beautiful people. Lord and Lady knows I desire it to be so but only one of those applies from what I have witnessed. Thankfully, from what I hear, it is somewhat rare for that to happen in my neck of the woods. They just clean up vampires they discover. Being sporting and all via drugging blood or removing a limb before giving them a head start. I do believe the use of horses to chase the quarry is becoming a crutch. Anyway after the deed is done, they then subsume whatever business their targets had after death. All very mundane if you ask me.
>>97099376>>97099709I'll be needing to get some silver then. Hopefully we can get some info stalking the guy as to their number and if it's possible to capture them. If they're shape changers though wouldn't acquiring silver restraints be efficient? Not sure that's within our operating budget though, I'll have to consult with the boss and clients now that we found a potential target.>>97098589Well, we shot the guy full of holes and it was a tight fit but the coat ripped easy enough. I wouldn't say it was "intriguing". The guy basically gave off vibes that he wasn't normal. Hard to explain the sudden decline of the environment near him, or the sort irrational townsfolk behavior.>>97100566So the point is just to acquire wealth from the targets? The theatrics seem excessive if you're just doing a takeover.
>>97099709>>97099376I’m new to this whole thing, do you guys know if werewolves shed hairs while transformed? Woman was murdered here and according to a reliable source, there was basically no evidence. Pretty deep slashes on the victim but no fingerprints, no shoe prints, no hairs, no foreign clothing fibers apparently. Nothing under the girl’s fingernails either. Most of it must’ve washed away in the rain, but I find it hard to believe that there’s nothing or that the guy has no hair down to his asscrack and is butt-naked. I was thinking this is some sort of shapeshifter, something with big ass claws, but I need to figure out the whole hair thing. Maybe I’ve got it all wrong. Idk I gotta go back and check the photos again, there has to be something. Obviously it’s not a normal animal to just get that out of the way, and not a normal guy either, I saw the photos. He would have to be running around in the rain with a bunch of chainsaws nailed to his arms. Fuck, idk. Idk what I’m getting myself into but what I do know is that the cops don’t seem to know what’s going on either, and that’s all we have in this shit heap of a town.
>>97101395I believe you may have better luck questioning people or checking paw or foot prints than you would shed hair. Hard to really find any thing more than that in the rain but you'd think there'd be DNA evidence somewhere. I'm not really a werewolf hunting expert clearly, this was just a random woman?
Hello and good day friends. I hope all of our endeavors continue developing at a reasonable pace. I have had a most thrilling 36 hours. The shopping trip I went on was a success, for the most part. The locals in the villages are charming and courteous, humoring my desire for conversation. I wish I could say the same about Missy, my Rival’s little hanger on. I haven’t the faintest idea why she decided to tag along. Mousy little thing, I forgot she was there a few times but she, positively, would not stop trying to trace a kind of circle on my hand. She finally got the message after I slapped her hand away for the fifth time. The pout she gave me tested my iron resolve but if she was not going to use her words like a proper lady, I would not entertain it.As we were getting back to the cabin, and my sanity started to slip, GoD decided to soothe my troubles with a balm. Melanie Blackwood, Mel from the train, caught me on the way back and was amenable to having supper at the cabin. Outside of some weird little stare down whenever Mel was introduced, the night passed without much issue. How fortunate that the cabin has six bedrooms although we couldn’t unlock the door for the sixth one to confirm if it was such.The day has gone much better than the previous, besides an overnight snowstorm burying the path to town. Having woken up at dawn, I was able to do a preliminary search of the cabin’s rooms and discovered several interesting rooms. One armory equipped with a dozen rifles, about four shotguns of varying types, some daggers, and several cabinets of ammunition. I can only hope its about a thousand rounds of ammunition between them. Hopefully split between the gun types. Another has study, I only skimmed a few titles but it seems a decent enough collection if this cabin served as a chapter house. The basement looks to be a lab of some sort. There was what looked like a chemistry set and some equipment to maintain the guns in the armory. (1/2)
>>97102163(2/2). So those nine rooms alongside the kitchen, larder, lounge, foyer, and games room. Laying all that out helps me realize that this indeed must have been a chapter house, and I cannot help but speculate that my wayward host might’ve been seeking to restore it. We are nestled in a rather central location on the continent, secluded enough, and the station in town connects to the major lines.Anyway, I was able to take Grant out hunting. We needed meat and I could feel my hackles rise with the way Bonnie and Mel kept looking at me then each other, and Missy started up her tracing again. Long hunting story short: the lad is a fuck awful shot, forgive my language. He could not hit the elk we found at 10 meters, in an open clearing with nary a breeze. Never mind, that the elk seemed to be more ice than meat. Shot it dead since I brought along another rifle, though the ice worried me and we were lucky enough to find a normal elk.We got back to the cabin without incident and I am going to spend the rest of the day dressing and prepping the elks. It is a good day, if I do say so myself.>>97101361Intriguing preternatural effects. I hope to run into such a creature one day, sounds wonderful to study.Also I don’t believe it’s a take over, that’s more a side effect. I believe the hunt, or game, is the point itself which then makes me beg why hobble the target? In any case, I have fallen in with some old hens that make for delightful company at those bacchanals. I shall endeavor to ask them what the point is, when I talk with them next time.>>97101395Oh dear. They may shed from the little I observed but considering their mercurial state I cannot imagine it’d stay like fur. Try looking in on her social circle, perhaps she mentioned some oddity in passing to a friend of hers.
I’m so used to sticking to the shadows that I even posted from a ghost proxy of /un0/https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97090196/#97099376_1And for those wondering why I am working with leeches, dogs, and other supernatural highest bidder… well I need money to restock my ingredients and tools, and I can’t turn lead into gold. Well I can, but it would destabilize the economy and make whatever I gain worthless. Plus expensive items like gold bars and diamonds have serial numbers in them, so it would be hard to sell those for the price they’re worth through legitimate channels.I do sell equipment to hunters too.
>>97101395What makes you think it was a werewolf? Sounds like a ghost or some other spirit spook, they can slice people up & leave no trace>>97098239If the guy you saw is that same guy you shot I'd say you're free to shoot him again Without worrying he's gonna die>>97102444That's odd. I pawn transmuted gold all the time. Telelort or drive to different places, no one sees my real face. Sometimes I'll transmute a kitchen knicknack so it goes from some cheap whistled dog to a gold statue. Sell it by weight & I'm good to go. Gotta pay the mortgage somehow. Makes taxes tricky though.
>>97102163>>97102170[spoilers] Hey anon, are you also Fox Catcher/Redpaw/Levinbolt etc? I don't want to come across as an asshole, so dont get the wrong idea but I wanted to say that you come across as a guy who obviously really wants to write a story, & im not trying to say youre bad or anything, but these long winded posts you make are maybe not the best medium for that. I get that you want to put on some theatre when you post. Heck i do it too, but it feels more like a blog/journal than a hunter.net post. Especially when you start start going off on sexual matters or just being catty about your characters day. It makes things pretty uncomfortable to read personally. I'm not telling you to stop. I'm just another anon like you, but I'm here to larp being a hunter, not read about any number of small vignettes that have nothing to little to do with the OP/theme of the thread & more like you're desperate to but on a "voice" for a captured audience [/spoilers]
>>97102535Is it real permanent gold? The leeches that can do magic once tried to pay me in gold. It turned back into junk the second I had people smelt it or make anything with it.I can turn lead, or anything really, permanently into pure gold. But like I said earlier it’s a hassle. For those interested I can also transmute silver into a form where it’s as hard as titanium. Made quite a fortune with that one. Though anyone here interested will have to wait on a list. Got half a dozen clients spending a lot on those strong silver bars.
>>97102620No, I'm not them but you make a good point. I'll go back to the drawing board and rethink things.
>>97102651What are you? What powers do you have? I'm just a sorcerer. So I have a spell for that. I can change & mold most objects, as long as im not making anything complex. I can also fuse objects together into new things. Like I made my fellow hunter a phone taser, so she could shock people without looking suspicious
>>97102163>>97102170That seems like a neat experience but I still haven't figured out what exactly you're currently meeting up over other than to have a big party before actually going on a hunt.As per your other statements, I'm sure you'll might run into one eventually given your group's eccentric behavior. DESU I get that guy's point though but I don't mind a few posts of setup myself>>97102444You sell any silver restraints friend? I may need a collar or some shackles to keep a dog-person still>>97102535I'm sort of worried it's either a manifestation of guilt or maybe an identical twin of sorts. I find it pretty hard to reconcile staying alive with missing body parts
>>97102620 Valid critique I feel though I wouldn't go chasing at spooks too early in the thread also >>97102651>>97102853Where'd you two learn magic to begin with? May have to get serious about this if my employer decides to keep withholding info and expecting miracle work
>>97102853>>97103058I am a Shinobi, a ninja if you want to use a more crude name. I am known in the Night World as the Salamander. Through generations my ancestors have pursued and perfected the techniques of ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu. My specialty is ninjutsu. I use concoctions and tools to achieve what many consider supernatural feats.>>97102910Depends. I can sell you homemade silver restraints, but it will cost you quite a lot. A single pair of shackles could easily go between 10-30k US dollars. The purity/integrity of the new metal is guaranteed to last up to six months. If you manage to provide me silver shackles, made ENTIRELY of silver, then the cost could be cut by half. Same guarantee as above. If provided with lesser quality, or regular irons then at best I can just reinforce it for a few days. Probably between 2-4k for the time and regents I had to spent on something trivial and subpar.
>>97101395Well, think it through logically. If it is a Werewolf, it'd leave hairs if it were in its man-wolf form. Or its wolf form. But as a man, it'd leave man hairs and so on. Unfortunately, I can attest that Werewolves aren't the only things with claws. Even big honkin' ones. It's probably because I mostly hunt in the ass end of nowhere, but actually a lot of the monsters I've hunted had big scary claws. Might be barking up the wrong tree trying to create a supernatural profile. You have a photo, and identified the killer as "not a normal guy, not a normal animal". Are there any identifying characteristics? Like, a hair color you can make out. Skin tone? Scars? Start from there. Will make tracking the guy down easier.
>>97102910I could make you silver shackles pretty easy, would you want them upgraded as well? My Transmutation don't fade. I can make them stronger, & maybe fuse it with something too. Like a high energy cattle produce to make a it a werewolf style shock collar.>>97103058I learned it from books. I might also be of a magical bloodline that gives you that little bit of special something that makes it all work. I draw upon Source & weave them into spells>>97103163I figured you were some sort of karate kid given the name, those jitsus sounds interesting
>>97103163 which endowment is that?
>>97103451Hedge Magic numina. I’m following Hunters Hunted
>>97101886>>97102170Yeah you guys were right, I asked around a bit to get an idea of what’s going in here. Girl was a teaching assistant, stay-at-home mother, father works at a mine nearby. Turns out the cops haven’t talked to them yet. Friend of the victim said the she was seen walking home alone after having dinner. That was around 6:30-7:00 pm. It was also raining and dark by then. I walked from the friend’s house over to the victim’s. Took me about 30 mins, walking quickly. The route takes me down a dirt road close to where they found her in a field, past the mine where the dad works, and then to another residential area where she lived. Farmer found her some time in the morning, cops arrived 20-30 mins later. It’s not much but I don’t got anything else. She didn’t say anything weird or act out lately, she was just a normal girl, and she didn’t seem to have any enemies. Could’ve been stalking her or just shit luck. God, idk. I also went back to the crime scene, which wasn’t cordoned off at all, and there was nothing useful there. My source told me the cops in this town aren’t used to shit like this and they showed up to the crime scene that had already been tampered with by the local farmers and kids unwittingly. I’m starting to get the feeling that this whole town is going to be a pain in my ass. >>97102535Maybe you’re right, I thought it was some sort of werewolf thing because of the wounds but maybe I shouldn’t jump the gun. The rain also makes me think has a physical form. Maybe it’s smart enough to attack when the evidence can be washed away. Also hard to see shit in the rain and with the sun setting early. It could be a coincidence. If it’s some kind of ghost, I’m even less prepared. I’m going to camp out on one of the buildings at this mine once everyone goes home. Good view of the fields from up here, maybe I’ll see something with my NVGs and rifle. Probably won't see anything, but I'd feel even shittier sitting at home.
>>97103307No photo of the killer, miscommunication, my bad. I have a photo of the victim's body and of the crime scene. Pretty bad wounds. Think something like an animal did it, with all the tearing and possible teeth marks. And it was big, but no normal animal would go around doing shit like this. Just doesn't make sense. So I got practically nothing. No hairs, no DNA, no footprints in the mud, I don't know what it looks like. All I got is 7:00-8:00 pm, raining and dark when it happened, and big fuck off claws and teeth-- or something that can emulate those types of wounds. I'm just stuck here waiting for it to pop up again, wishing I had fucking magical powers or some shit to lead me to whatever this thing is. I'll post again in the morning if I'm still alive.
>>97103607>>97103701The stakeout is a good idea, it might return to the area. If that turns up nothing, I'd suggest you start talking to people. If this is a small "golly gee whiz" kind of town (honestly, it's nice to hear those places still exist), people talk. I'm not very good at social maneuvering myself BUT, it's pretty much the only way to narrow down who could've killed her if you have no material evidence. Here's hoping you get a hit before this thing causes any more damage.
>>97103163>>97103349Interesting, I'll have to go see what else we can dredge up in relation to the quarry but I expect this may be one my group will have to plan for. Might be shit out of luck for magic if I don't know where to start and it seems like some heritage element I may be lacking. Back to good old gunfire then!>>97103607Pain in the ass it sounds like indeed. Maybe see what sort of things may lurk around the crime scene using a hidden camera or something. You're investigating this alone?
>>97103915 Sometimes we really do forget ourselves in the heat of passion
>>97103915Perform a séance. Anyone can do those. Ask around the spirit world, they'll talk about anything weird
>>97103607Always do your research before you commit to the hunt. Last thing you want is to be caught being unprepared. Remember, patience is one of your greatest weapons.
>>97103946How does one conduct a séance? Even more so with no dead body? Am I going to need Ouija boards? I'm hopelessly clueless when it comes to actual paranormal stuff other than shooting and stabbing things until it stops fighting back
>>97104538Ask around for a medium. They'll probably do one for a moderate amount of money. You also wanna be damn sure the medium closes the connection at the end. You don't want anything coming through afterwards.
>>97104538Whoops. I meant to reply to the guy with a corpse>>97103701My bad
>>97102910I was not certain what we were meeting up for either. Perhaps one of those dastardly Krampuses. However I have noted another snowstorm happened recently and the odd elk's meat was, in fact, purely ice...unmelting ice. Why I fear it might be some kind of spirit that stalks the area.>>97103607>>97103701Did the rain clear up sometime in the night or was it morning? For that matter, did anyone you speak with mention if the rain's appearance was sudden?
>>97102910If you're going to capture a lycanthrope you might want to think of a backup plan. You see, we have these special restraints made from some silver alloy. They'll amputate the beast's limbs if it tries to transform while restrained. I suggest you get all the informaction out of it on the spot, you won't believe how hard it is to smuggle something like that across the border and to a different continent.
Do you guys know if it's worth doing the prayer to make holy water 21 times or 28? It'll hurt the demons all the same in the end.
Late with my post, but I'm still alive. Some developments. Around 2 am I saw some people running from the edges of the field into town. Turns out the cops had the same idea as me and were hiding out around the crime scene. My source says they chased down kids apparently doing some ritual to find out who the killer is. One of the kids they caught said he needed dirt from the crime scene to figure out who killed that woman. Parents and cops are pissed to say the least. This had me thinking about the whole seance thing some of you mentioned. I used to work with someone more experienced with this spirit stuff. Might give them a call. We didn't part on good terms, but they'll understand and drive over. Hopefully.>>97103915Got a source tipping me off about the cops who doesn't really know what's going on and I guess I'm calling in a favor from an old friend. Working alone for now.Good idea with the hidden cameras btw. Still too much ground to cover, but it's better than nothing.>>97106783Rain cleared up in the morning. Nothing weird about it either imo. And apparently we're getting more rain in a couple days. If I'm right about this thing using the weather to its advantage, that means I have a deadline. If I'm wrong, well then fuck I'll really have to get that seance done.
>>97104710Yeah, went on a crazy goose chase over here for what I figured might be a bit of a scam so maybe I'll just home cook my own communications from a few books I may or may not have stolen. Hopefully, it goes well and one of us will be able to speak with whatever we contact.>>97105133Oh, that makes more sense. I thought it was a good recommendation though so I'll try it out all the same.>>97106783Venison turning into ice is certainly cause for concern, very weird. What the hell is a Krampus though? Like the Christmas thing? Would it be Krampuses or Krampi since the plural of fungus is fungi?>>97106790Yeah we managed to sort of figure out a time and schedule for our hunt though we haven't figured out if the potential werewolf is working alone. We'll try to see if we get any visual confirmation by stalking the guy. Transportation will be a challenge though, this isn't really a hunt meant for information. I'll save the talking for when we may have some ways to keep him still. I'm thinking my group could set up some Jigsaw-esque chair contraption that would propel a few silver cutlery pieces or knives into the creature if it transforms as a crude mechanism to hold it in place for questioning.
>>97109946You can actually make holy water? Like real holy water?>>97110002This is sounding like some scary stuff friend, you may have to see who else is willing to continue investigating this with you. As for the camera, I meant more so at the scene of the crime. Read somewhere that killers and other sorts of crooks revisit the scene of the crime either for assurance or in some sick self-pleasure attempt, unsure if this extends to the supernatural but might be helpful to consider this event from the psychological perspective. Anyway, those kids seem like they may know a thing or two and could be a good avenue for the investigation.
>>97110007Krampi sounds better, and yes like the Christmas beast. Rumor has it the claws make for good dagger blades. Though the permafrost venison troubles me, so I plan on trying to find more soon. Perhaps I'll run into the cause or a predator with any luck.>>97110002Ah, those little rascals. Hopefully they didn't see anything serious, one can never be sure with kids. A seance is sounding more and more like the right direction if nothing else pops up. Perhaps the mine and its road deserve a search too. From what you described it sounds close to where the victim was found.
Update on the lindwyrm.Apparently there is an inverse scale somewhere on it, the belly or the neck, that should be a place where it can be harmed without its usual protection. So now I just gotta thing of the best way to kill it without causing a ruckus.
>>97110276Good luck with the hunt then, sounds pretty serious. Is the blizzard particularly unnatural?>>97110354Maybe a bayonet or spear trap the way hunters, animal hunters I mean, used to kill bears? Just angle a spear-like contraption so that it stabs into the beast as it tries to attack you. Might be dangerous though.
>>97110860I am not certain. Both mornings the path has been covered in snow to the point that it is quite picturesque. Quite odd since the snowfall always sounded like a right storm with how the winds howled just before dawn. I will have to endeavor to get back before it sets in, though the hunt was a success. I found a rather striking wolf, icy growths in clumps on its joints, and some kind of fog surrounded it. Blasted thing dove into the fog, disappearing, after I fired my shot.>>97110354You could perhaps drug the creature if you came across its feeding grounds.
Sorry for the absence. The near total darkness has been hell on my sleep schedule. You'd think living up here for years would help but no. What is interesting is that for the past few days, I've been picking up signs of something abnormal in the water. Not too close to shore or anything. But the whales seem to be avoiding it, whatever it is. >>97110002Over-under on the kids being on to something with that ritual or just another potential risk factor? Might be worth confirming if this dirt thing is just a local legend. If it's not, it begs the question how a bunch of kids came to that conclusion in the first place. >>97110354If it's still an animal, I'm with the others, using the same sort of traps and bait as one would for a normal animal hunt should work. Get it fat and maybe drugged, spot the weak point, and then stab if there while it's in a food coma. Alternatively, if you think you can make a strong enough snare trap, that'd give you an opportunity to stab a belly uncontested.
>>97110031>real holy waterIf it's not, it's a damn fine imitation. The priest who taught me took three parts ethanol and four parts salt water, placed in a sealed container and then used one of them roman rite prayers for consecration. He was an odd duck but he was adamant that it'd do wonders against Eastern Orthodoxy demons.
>>97109946Real holy water requires having faith, true faith. Saying a prayer or two won't make it any different from tap water. Find someone blessed by God and ask him to bless some water for you. It won't be easy but it's the only way.
>>97111099If all the wildlife is getting icy I'd wager that's some blatantly supernatural shit going on.>>97111685All the whales? That does sound concerning. What about more predatorial sea life, like Orca's or Sharks?>>97113130>>97113777That's pretty cool, not sure how useful said holy water would be against a werewolf or something but if you're hunting something unholy I guess if it's real it would work. Wasn't sure demons were or are real, most of what I've seen pertaining to the supernatural has been pretty much just weird mutants or freaky animals so I'm told. But this is like from the Bible or like the exorcist?
>>97114050>That's pretty cool, not sure how useful said holy water would be against a werewolfNot useful. It's good against anything unholy and demonic, werewolves are a bit different (should be killed regardless). Drowning a vampire in holy water is comparable to dipping a person in acid, very good for extracting information.
>>97111685Whales avoiding something? Very interesting. You think anything strange has washed ashore?>>97114050Oh yes, very supernatural. The bugger snuck up on me and got a bite in on my arm as I was getting back. Made it pay for the privilege with some buckshot. In any case, I hope your wolf hunting is going well. Did you and your fellows decide on jury-rigging that restraining contraption you mentioned?>>97113777Sounds tedious if that is actually the case.
>>97114050I had considered that. I ran it by a marine biologist I know and she said it doesn't track to any behavior from whale pods she was familiar with. >>97114710It's still pretty far out, if something washed ashore it'd have been drifting for some time. I suppose I need an excuse to get out of the bunker for a little while, cold as it is. I'll go during midday, when we have a little bit of sunlight.
>>97114679Well, that's a bit of a shame. Have to be hedging my bets but I'll keep it in mind if I have to go find some vampires.>>97114710The arm bite alright? And yes, we found some hopefully silver knifes to strap onto some springs. Never know when you're getting scammed on the purity of the metal down here or if it's just a coating it seems.>>97114836Weird, any chance of exploring for it in the water or are you out of options with this group you're working for?
>>97111685>>97111099>>97110860I'm not gonna try to feed this thing, it hasn't really gone after wild life, it seems to be lethargic unless stalking human prey, or running from me. It's left a few moltings behind that I've gathered. Like I said, every time i try to hit it it molts & runs. But that seems wildly out of what I would assume normal behavior. You'd think it would try to eat me instead. My only guess is that's something is wrong with it or effecting it's environment? I'm moving out to hunt it tonight>>97114836Have you considered it's human/humanoid monster? Killer whales typically avoid human boats & give us a wide berth. Could even be Santa Claus up there prepping his reindeer. Got sonar?
>>97114836I recall you said you were in spitting distance to the arctic; are there any communities you're in regular contact with? Could ask if the fishing has been strange as well.>>97116156I almost wanna consider brumation because of the lethargy but if it's a lindwyrm it should be suited for the cold. If it is cold in your neck of the woods. Good luck on your hunt as well.>>97115826The bite is being strange. After getting my arm out, the wound area was covered in sheet of ice. Still is, and it's worrying, because my does not feel like it's getting frostbitten. However the ice has gotten bluer and I am about ready to stick my arm over a fire to try and get it off. If that does not work, then...I do not know. Maybe hit the books to try and find a ritual or spell that produces hell fire.
>>97116156Maybe you should try stalking it over a long time frame, from a distance to see if you can notice anything. You think there's anything weird about the environment?>>97116609Weird, if the circulation is still fine it might not be necessarily cause for concern but still something to look out over or take samples. I wouldn't know any magic though but I know using a hot knife to cauterize wounds might be an easy way to test. Not sure how a wound covered in ice would react though. This is some fairy tale sounding stuff but well so is people turning into dogs
>>97116609There's wicked powers at work here. If normal methods do not help I'd suggest looking for someone with knowledge on cleansing rituals. Perhaps you should consider an exorcism? Might help with more than your bite.
>>97115826>>97116609I do have a cell, there's a town nearby, several people in it are members. I could probably get a boat, but it'd take some time. >>97116156I don't know what it is, or even if it is anything. But it's the first hit I've had in some time. Yes, we have sonar. It helps determine currents, which is a part of the data I collect at the station. It's what's getting me these pings in the first place. Heading out to check the shore for anything, sent a message to my fellow hunters to catch them up.
>>97116609Yikes. Maybe cauterize with magic fire? I'd tell one of your companions & a doctor to keep tabs on you if you trust them>>97116861Be careful of shape-shifting dogs Net0 God help you if it's cthulhu>>97116730I don't know if I've got that kind of time. D.Grey has a point about winter & brumation, it's not my forte, I'm not a cryptozoologist. In my opinion it's like it wants to rest but can't it keeps raging & molting & melting stuff, it's carved out a niche in a cave by the lake, melted the stone & everything. That can't be normal right?
>>97116861Hmm, yeah. I don't know about you but if even the animals that live with these things are spooked you may need some more manpower than just you.>>97116964I'm not expert, no clue as to why it's trying to settle on a cave. I can only assume maybe it's preparing for offspring or something as certain animals tend to do when they get a cave ready. Maybe your lizard creature's having offspring? May explain the weird behavior. Not the molting though but I'm not an expert on reptile biology.
>>97117087Forgot my name again in my haste, apologies for that. Shouldn't multi-task while preparing for a hunt like this.
>>97116964>>97116730Right, yes, a heated knife is much more reasonable than sticking my limb into a fire. I think one of my companions has a copper knife I could utilize for the magic fire if normal heat doesn't work. Hopefully the one that has it is up for watching me test it.>>97116836Maybe but cleansing rituals always sting and give me bouts of lethargy. If the fire does not work, I shall consider it.>>97116964>keeps raging & moltingJust how many molts has it done recently? This fortnight if not month. If you happen upon the beast and cause it to molt again, maybe see if the fresh molt is shorter than the previous ones. Other than that, I am of a similar to mind to Unlicensed Venture Capitalist. Maybe it is preparing to lay a clutch?>>97116861Good luck on your walk. Hopefully it turns out to be benign.
>>97110031>>97110276>>97111685Follow up on the kids. They said they got the idea from a movie. Don't think there's anything actually going on there.>mineIt should be closed off during the night, but I have a camera monitoring the gate and some of the surrounding area. There's just a lot of forest and farm land around the town that also needs to be watched and I don't have the manpower or resources. I also called my friend. She wasn't happy to hear back from me, to say the very least. Good news is she agreed to help. Bad news is she and her new team are busy with something pretty serious, and it looks like I won't be getting support for idk a week, two weeks? And I thought about telling the cops everything, but my relationship with the government isn't ideal right now, and I'd rather not risk any law enforcement seeing my face. Even more worried that I'll run into them or they'll find the trail cams and think I'm the killer. I debated if I should just leave this up to them, but at the same time I can't sit back and watch this unfold. They think they're looking for a pervert with a machete or something. Fuck. I gotta bring my A game tonight. There's not too many cops in this town. I'll lock down an area they're not patrolling and if they get in trouble I'll drive over and support them, at that point they'll just think I'm a good samaritan. Think I'll take a nap in my car. Cold as hell outside.
>>97117440Good plan for intervening. Though that town sounds like a hassle to canvas. Hopefully Lady Luck rewards your efforts with something.
Have everything and a schedule set up, will try going through with the hunt later today. The goal's going to be capture primarily, shouldn't be too hard I hope.>>97117148That sounds like a hassle, makes me glad everything I've dealt with has been mostly physical threats.>>97117440Be careful seeking answers alone friend, I understand wanting answers in a timely fashion but at times there's not much to be doing. If it makes you feel better, werewolves appear to be creatures of habit and with established territory so if your culprit really is one I doubt it'll escape the area.>>97119402It does, makes me curious what this guy has done to fear the government so much but then again I was also a wanted man briefly. Arson is no joke.
>>97117440>And I thought about telling the copsI'd avoid them even if you're not wanted for anything. They're either gonna wonder why some random guy suddenly took interest in this strange case or they're already working for something inhuman. Best to assume they're working against you and steer clear of them.
Friends, I cannot recommend ever dealing with supernatural ice. In the middle of shaving off icy layers with a heated knife, the whole thing came loose and I found root-like tendrils burrowed in my arm. Thankfully, my Rival had found some tweezers earlier and we were able to warm the roots up to the point of removal. Horrid experience. I cannot recommend it in good faith. >>97117440Good that the kids went no where and that your Friend's amenable. A right shame about her prior obligations. I hope your endeavor bears fruit.>>97120576I hope your hunt is successful as well. Hopefully there's just the one werewolf in the area
Any of y'all ever hear the turning of gears in the quiet moments? I wanna be damn sure it's not some kind of devil magic.
Posting from hospital.Lindwyrm dead.No offspring.Much much worse.Lake is bad bad bad.I lived bitch. Going back for more once these meds wear off.
>>97126423More of them in the lake? Or the lake itself? Get some rest and be careful. You seem a bit off.
>>97126423Good job on getting that freak and a speedy recovery! Also, what's wrong with the lake?
>>97126423Congratulations. May your recovery be quick and complete. Did the wyrm contaminate the lake?
No need to worry, I am back. Have been back from my patrol for a while ago but had to do a lot of stuff before I had time to post here. Hiked a few miles up and down the coast, came across a dead, beached whale. Something put this thing through the ringer before it expired, and the whale itself is a little weird. It looks like a humpback, but a near record-breakingly large one. It was completely devoid of barnacles or any other parasites. Whatever attacked it doesn't match orcas or fisherman. I doubt it was a colossal squid either, but I'm not the expert there. I informed the proper authorities after I informed my Cell. Already putting the feelers out, the beach is going to be busy while the state handles the disposal of the whale. Granted, there's so many holes in the thing that we don't have to fear it exploding. With this I think we can confirm that there's something big and unnatural in the sea nearby. >>97117440Good luck. >>97123892You mean wandering thoughts? That's nothing unnatural. Just drown it out with noise. Podcasts or music or watch a show. Play some video games. >>97126423You should probably get some backup.
>>97122609>>97120576>>97119402I fucked up. Car wouldn't start last night. Saw it on the trail cam in the forest. Tried running on foot but with all the mud and rain, it was fucked. Two girls near a dirt path. One of them not moving, the other propped up against a tree, looking up, eye's wide open like a calf's. Second I saw her eyes looking up, I just turned off and went on full autopilot-- spun around and fired off a few rounds into the trees. Don't think I hit anything. As for the girl, I couldn't just leave her there. Grabbed her and ran for it. Back of my neck kept tingling the entire time, begging me to turn around, that something was coming to get us, but we made it back to my car. Realized my shoe prints were visible in the light rain so I drove out of town. My source contacted me later on, asked me if I did it or if I was fucking retarded. Cops found my shoe prints all the way to my car's tire tracks. I've really fucked up this time.The girl's bundled up in the back seat. When she comes to, maybe she can tell me what she saw. Reviewed the footage from the trail cam. This thing's big. Like a mountain lion, but the torso and head are chunkier. Almost like a frog. Fast too. Whizzed past the upper edge of the camera, only time it pops up. Guess it likes leaping from branch to branch, doesn't have to make contact with the ground too much and the rain works as its accomplice. Bet if I went back to the first crime scene, I'll find the hay bales have some dents on top. Video's blurry but I think I can make out two legs and a tail? As for the color idk the night vision's in black and white, but it seems to blend in with the trees. Maybe it's brown or grey. I don't think this is a werewolf.
Gentlemen, my leg is broken but we got the bastard outside his "apartment". Holy fuck are those things scary! Nearly shit my pants trying to catch the one. Bastard threw a bloody tree at us, thankfully most of us escaped unscathed except for me. Those things sure can take a beating, kneecapped it twice with the guns but we didn't really carry enough silver to put him down. Tranqs worked though I'm a bit worried we overdosed it enough . Boss should be sending a discreet ship to take him overnight but for now the knife contraption would have to hold him in case he tries escaping.>>97126423What seems to be the case with the lake?>>97122609Thank you, went well other than the leg, hopefully I get a nice payout because I'm not affording a hospital trip in this country. I think next time, I'll have to tell the clients to fuck off if they don't include silver in the budget.
>>97127136Well, at least the whale seems easy to investigate. You have any experience with occultism or any friends well versed in the supernatural?>>97127392Doesn't sound like the werewolf I saw at all. I saw a legitimate big shaggy thing with a wolf's head. This freaky creature may be something else, or possibly some related family of mutant or paranormal entity. Anyway, good on you for saving one of the girls. You saw that the other one was dead? For what it's worth, the werewolf I was hunting didn't strike me as the violent type until we started chasing after it, so definitely weird this thing of yours is outright slaughtering the townspeople. In hindsight, I almost feel bad hunting this werewolf down but a paycheck is a paycheck.
>>97127392Mixed blessings, though it is good you are safe and whole after your encounter. The hale bales are a solid idea, despite maybe being inaccessible. Perhaps you could pass along some of the edited cam footage to distract the cops from your trail and all that. For what it is worth: you survived first contact. Good job. You confirmed its existence and know it can be studied. Anything that allows for study means it can be dealt with. Do you have any plans for the girl?>>97127136How peculiar. I dare to ask if there was any blood around the corpse or in it. What were the holes like? It sounds like whatever killed the whale did not actually part take of the whale, how odd.>>97127723It seems to be a day of successes and congratulations. Shame about your leg but I hope it is just a clean break. I also hope, and pray, your Boss has the wherewithal to expedite things. From the blood shed you've wracked up over the week, it sounds like that beast will need a constant tranq drip of some kind.
>>97127781>In hindsight, I almost feel bad hunting this werewolfThinking about mercy for these mosters is the first step to betraying your fellow man. The only mercy they deserve is a swift death. Make no mistake, these creatures are insidious, they'll make you think they're like you, that they can feel and think like a human. What are vampires? Demons inhabiting the bodies of their victims and mimicking their personality. Werewolves? A wile and wicked beast, born from sorcery. Looks like a man untill it doesn't, taints entier bloodlines. Give them no quarter, send them straight to the lake of fire.
Shot a man made of rabbits Rabbits live in my bed My wallsMy floorsMy ceiling My foodMy water My electronics All I can think of is rabbits in the woodsI'm angry I'm so fucking angry I love rabbits
>>97128721Do you eat rabbits?
>>97127903Thank you friend, I suppose it was somewhat successful. We're trying to keep it mostly tranquilized but once the ship swings by it isn't our problem any longer. Bossman said we'll properly be initiated now so my group will be seeing if this was worth it. Great payout though, maybe we can return to England one of these days. I'll miss the States though, can practically get guns on vending machines here!>>97128368I'm not really sympathizing with them but capturing them to probably get gutted, milked, skinned, for what mostly can pass as a human sort of doesn't sit the best with me. It won't be my problem for long but the wolfman wasn't entirely hostile. I don't believe in this spiritual hocus pocus really but I suppose I've seen enough proof.>>97128721Are you okay friend? You seem a tad rabbit obsessed.
>>97128786He's definitely got either a curse or looked at something bad
>>97127781The other girl was dead, just like the first victim in the field. It was bad.>big shaggy thing with a wolf's headHard to tell from the footage, but this thing doesn't look shaggy. Honestly I think it might not have fur at all. Cops also couldn't find any hairs or fur at the first crime. Originally I thought it was some kind of hairless werewolf or that the hairs on a werewolf don't shed, if either of those things can even exist, but idk feels less and less like either of thsoe theories. Maybe something will shake loose online.>>97127903I tried questioning her but I lost it and pushed her too hard. She's curled up in the back seat, staring into the wilderness. I don't know, I was asking her what happened and then I don't remember when but I got into the back seat and then I just I was yelling at her and she was cowering and screaming gibberish, kicking me away. I'm not cut out for this and I don't have time. This shit shouldn't be happening to kids, goddamn it. None of this should be happening at all. And it's g oing to happen again on Tuesday and Im sitting here in my fucking shit fuckcar with the cops on my ass and a giant fucking frog that ripspeople apartt at night and some retarded girl who can't even remember her own fucking nameFUCK FUCK FUCKFUCKFUCK
These are the hoof prints of a goat, right? I was inspecting the cabin's perimeter when I found them at the tree line. Most were the size of dinner plates, and the way they are spaced makes me think of a man's gait. I do not like the thought of such a beast lurking out there, so I am setting out to find the trail.>>97128995May be best to just drop her off at hospital and then hunker down in an actual room somewhere. Remind yourself of simple human things. Although I wonder where this the certainty regarding Tuesday is coming from?>>97128786Delightful news regarding the payout. Sounds like it might be worth stocking up on supplies if the armaments are that available.
>>97128795Hope it isn't too bad, I've started to believe in all the craziness. Man sounds obsessed though.>>97128995Well, maybe just try again and be gentler next time. Sounds like a fucked situation though. Best you might be able to do is see if you can help your associates resolve their problems earlier if you can. If you have no hope of that then, yeah just do what you can. Maybe try to see if you can find it or if it has any weaknesses? This stuff is pretty outside of my expertise but frogs are kind of wet-ish so perhaps try salt? Should dry them out a bit, maybe not as badly as a slug but could be helpful. Some large salt circle around the town maybe, even if a bit ridiculous.>>97129625They seem goat-ish yes. I doubt I'll be doing any more hunting with this leg for a while but maybe I can get myself some training in this magic bullshit. Initiation is soon though once they get the werewolf. Hopefully it stays still long enough to transport but once it's on the boat it stops being my problem
>>97129625>size of dinner platesif the hooves are that large, the creature itself must be huge
>>97129625I think you're gonna need some big fucking guns to kill whatever that might be.
Thank you all for the well wishes. Ribs & leg bone cracked. I was able to point blank the inverted scale with a shotgun, but then the thing died & fell on top of me. Guess I'm a dragonslayer now.Used my familiar to look into the thing's cave. It's a passage to somewhere else. Spirit energy bleeding through. I think the lindwyrm was possessed by something on the otherside & was struggling with control. If I could absorb the energy I think thats why it kept molting, it was extra juiced & half mad. When I slew it, I think I saw an entity fly out of it. But I can't say for sure cause I got bodyslamed by 500lbs of snake thing immediately after. Now I'm laid up for a bit with even more of a problem sitting there open to the world. I'm calling in reinforcements, but do any of you have experience in other realms?>>97129625Deer moose, caribou, pigs, goats, minotaur, satyr, krampus, satan? Cloven hooves could be a lot of things
>>97131579I've only ever seen physical threats, the closest I've seen something outright exhibiting some otherworldly nature was the Scotland freak making plant life die around him. Sounds rough though, may be a bit beyond a single person to solve. You said you had some practice with sorcery before though right?On some good news, finally got the dog on the boat and paid. The clients said I'll get sent an invitation later on for the initiation so I think overall job well done. Not entirely sold yet though
I return with knowledge. The beast lurking around is indeed big. The bastard is about three meters, perhaps, and has the build of a werewolf. Hooves instead of paws, draped in a light coat of snow, claws that sliced through the rifle I brought, and it makes its nest in a cave where the ruins of a military camp are. I discovered a pile of unusual bones among the ruins, nicked one, and that was when the beast found me. Needless to say there was a scuffle. I shot a several rifle rounds into it that earned me a few cracked ribs and then I ran for my life. Whatever it is, I think the forests slow it down. It almost caught me again, right as I crossed the cabin treeline. Its eyes. They are dark amber but there is an intelligence behind them. I am sure of it.>>97131579If you are concerned about otherworldly things, I suggest looking into the history of the lake. Any sort of massacres, graves, and the like could attract such attention. It might not even have to be negative. I recall you mentioned a state park, is the lake used for any local events?>>97129737Perhaps Fortune will favor your boldness and something will turn up to help with your desire for magic. Good to hear that the werewolf hand off went without a hitch though.
>>97131579Collapse the cave and sanctify that place. Who knows what monsters live on the other side, better safe than sorry.
>>97131579>I'm calling in reinforcements, but do any of you have experience in other realms?You know...I think there was a group that's all about gathering weird and occult knowledge. I think they were called The Archivium or something like that/ No clue how to contact them, they're pretty secretive.
>>97132523Yeah that sounds quite dangerous, still I've never known anything to manipulate the weather so best of luck. As to my magical conundrum, the clients said they might get me set up as a reward while I'm unable to participate due to the broken leg. They offered a bit more but I'm unsure if I want to be taking on more emotional debt than I already have.>>97132956This sounds like a good idea but who knows if he'll need to go in there again in case the monster finds another target to possess.>>97134316Where'd you hear about them?
>>97127136>wandering thoughtsNo no. I got an internal narration going on. I sound like I'm crazy but no. The gears are too metered. Like a metronome. The faint ticking of a clock in a silent room.>>97135459Have you talked through joining with your friends? Might find the others are on the fence like you
>>97135459I heard about them a while ago. I happened to team up with some other hunters since we were hunting the same vampire. They were pretty good, clearly knew what they were doing. We did some scouting and all that, I suggested we simply burn the building down. They were against it, said there were some valuables inside. We waited for the right time, got inside and disposed of our undead friend. While I was busy looking for any jewels and stuff like that I overheard them talking about some book they found and that the group I mentioned might be interested.
>>97134316>The ArchiviumDo not mention them here, they don't deserve to be posted in a place dedicated to hunters. They're the types to have an interview with a vampire as oppsed to dusting it. They're not even good for getting information with how stingy they are with sharing anything of value.
>>97136199We've mulled it over a bit and we're all around a wait and see portion. Getting paid more sounds good but if the initiation is some freaky shit we're prepared to shoot our way out. I'm doing some questionable things, but I'm not damning my soul for 25% more pay and to shag undead women.>>97136533>>97137457Interesting perspectives. These guys are just more knowledge hoarders? Nothing my group has hunted has ever really had occult tomes or other weird things with power in it but we're not really the sensitive type for these things.
>>97135459Thank you. After bringing my Rival up to speed, we have come up with a plan involving the cabin's border and the forest. Soon the beast shall be dead.Also it is wise to be wary. From what you have mentioned of the group they seem rather callous when it comes to you and your group's health.>>97134316That collection of dull sophists and miserly bores? Perish the thought. One would gain more ground hunting a witch.
>>97129625Yeah, I know it's just it gets to you when you're always too late. Before I got to this town, when I was working with others, it wasn't as bad but idk I'm just sick of picking up the pieces. If only I hadn't fucked things up back then. I should've never left the team.Anyhow, the girl said something coherent that I need to look into. Something about 'following the pink fairies.' Not entirely sure what she meant but it's something. I dropped her off near town with some cash. Called the cops and watched them take her away. She's had enough.>Although I wonder where this the certainty regarding Tuesday is coming from?The two attacks so far have occurred during rainy evenings. It's going to rain again on Tuesday-- tomorrow. At this point I have to believe it's deliberate. >>97129737It just reminds me of a frog, if frogs had claws and sharp teeth. I have tonight and tomorrow morning for last minute research, and then that's it. If I can't think of anything I'll go in again with my rifle. Better than nothing.
>>97138556Well, we're sort of just guys working under contract. We get paid and only really get told what we need to know. Good luck on your creature, it actually seems dangerous for the environment.>>97139430I feel like leaving the girl alone is only going to leave her exposed to whatever was targeting her earlier. She seems to know more too, regardless best of luck there. If you say it reminds you of a frog maybe you can get some salt to distract or bother it? I know frogs hate salt, and if the shoe fits then I guess we can assume your beast hates salt too. I'd still caution you against hunting alone though, especially if this thing is a lycanthrope(anurathrope?). I might not have lived through that hunt I did alone.
>>97140577I suppose so. Hunts are a source of camaraderie for me, I forget that they can be rather mercenary. We are going to set off soon, when we are the only people awake. I hope, and pray, to the Lord and Lady both that this beast's weather manipulations stays confined to snow.>>97139430Sound reasoning with the rain. It may be worth it to try and talk your Source into getting the police to watch the girl's place. If that's feasible. The frog could try and finish what it started. That said, if you can get to the trail cams you could reposition them to watch the canopies for a better idea of the beast. The pink fairies is rather unusual, have you asked your source about them?
More like Unlicensed VENTRUE Capitalist!
>>97139430Perhaps she knew more than she was letting on. Could have gone a bit harder with the questioning. I happen to know some very effective methods for extracting information.
>>97140804 This is more Vigil and Reckoning I would never, I just wanted to make an inept businessman with more dakka than economic sense. That said though, you just made me realize Ventrue comes from venture. I feel kind of retarded at this realization
Made some calls.I've never heard of these Archivium guys, I called some guys I've always worked with before. two Iraqi vets, innawoods boys, a gun nut prepper, & an construction worker that to be honest scares the shit out of me. We work sort of solo most of the time, the vets are a two man team, the innawoods guys just sort of do whatever, the gun nut is the guy who brings us all together cause he supplies us & joins in when he can. The construction worker... I don't think there's a beast that goes bump he couldn't kill, including me if I ever used my magic on the innocent.One of the innawoods guys does rock climbing so he's teaching us how to spelunk real quick. As you can see from that picture I posted the entrance to the little cave part is about as wide as a man so it's easy enough to climb in. Inside the cave was the den/nest. I think it's been hibernating her for a real long time, set as guardian to the portal(?) passage(?) Gate(?) whatever you want to call it. That's where the problem begins. We're essentially going into an alien world so we are taking as much precautions as we can. I haven't been able to post much because beyond taking time off to heal, I've been sourcing the lindwyrm for reagents. I've also been attempting to make armor from it's scales. Those things are crazy strong
>>97141090Here's the finished product. Haven't tested it much. I want to enchant it first. Hopefully I'll be able to wear it during the expedition.
>>97140770Best of luck yeah. I'm not really here for any ideological purpose I just got my debts paid off and frankly a much nicer payout than more normal jobbing.>>97140824I feel as if she may be holding out as well but you can't reasonably expect young girls to be fully responsive after a traumatic experience like that. Time is of the essence though, he may end up underprepared for the beast's next attack.>>97141090Might want to watch out and plan something like a drone expedition before you end up in a one way portal to Agartha or some place like that. Sounds cool though, cool work on the armor. Hopefully it helps but do remember armor doesn't protect you from blunt force trauma. That armor likely wouldn't have helped with getting crushed by a huge lizard though I expect the magical resistance it has may help out a bit. Unless it stops you from walking through the portal or something, that'd be funny.
>>97141454 I'm building this as a Relic, Protection Charm ; Lethal Damage (5 dots) Unbreakable (3dots) Alternate Cost (Source) Discount (3dots ; Ritual, the Ritual is that you got to say a magic chant while donning the armor.)This should make it pretty hard to harm anyone wearing it & replicate the [Unbreakable] Dread Power from page 198 of God Machine Chronicle, though I'm wondering if it'd just be okay to allow it to grant the dread power for x amount of turns instead of jumping through all those hoops making something similar
>>97141224>Haven't tested it much.Then get to it, we're all eager to find out whether it works or not. Make sure to do the usual routine of shooting it, stabbing it and burning it.
>>97144869Ive done all that. The scales took no damage. I just haven't worn it while testing it to see how it feels, since you know, my ribs are still tender.>>97141454Drone is a great idea. I was thinking of sending in my familiar first but drones are much more expendable
>>97145023Make sure to bring more than one drone, just in case.
I found something online. I was thinking about the pink fairies comment the girl made, thinking maybe it's like an angler fish or something. Found an old case, April 25, 1973. Approx. 10 pm, man said he heard scratching at his front door. When he looked outside, he saw something he thought might be a bear. He took a gun and flashlight outside and saw a creature in between two rosebushes. Apparently it had "3 legs, a short body, two little short arms, and 2 pink eyes. 2 pink eyes as big as flashlights. Standing 4 1/2 ft tall and grayish colored." Sounds a bit familiar, no? He shot it but it "hissed at him and jumped fifty feet in three jumps." The man, Henry McDaniel, said in an interview "If they do find it, they will find more than one and they won't be from this planet, I can tell you that." On May 6th, same guy said he saw the creature at 3 am on a railroad track. Search party went out with a radio station news director and observed an "apelike" creature standing in an abandoned building near McDaniel's house. There's apparently a voice recording of its cries but I couldn't find it. Few days after that some men went hunting for it but they were arrested by the police, and it looks like they never found anything. People said it could've been a kangaroo that escaped from a zoo, but the McDaniel guy owned one as a pet when he was in the military in Australia, and said it wasn't that. At the same time, someone in state said they lost their pet kangaroo a year back, and some of McDaniel's neighbors say he isn't a reliable source. If this is it, well it doesn't seem to have popped up or at least it hasn't been seen since then, and there's no documentation on how to fight it. High caliber firearm seems to be my best bet, which seemed to get it to flee back in 73. Worst case scenario maybe I'll molotov the whole goddamn forest. I'm short on time now, so this is the best I can think of.
Never fight a fiend that is elephantine. It is, in one word, unfair. The blasted creature had an elephant’s head. I cannot possibly fathom how I missed that. My regret aside, my Rival(B) and I were victorious. We engaged the beast at the Cabin’s perimeter, I provided supportive shotgun fire while B engaged it in melee with her ax amidst the trees. The wounds we dealt bled a crisp sweet smelling light. It was peculiar. B got sent flying part way through disemboweling the Beast, and I suffered the misfortune of a poorly timed reload. One that gave it the time to summon a white out while I hastily loaded some incendiary shells. I tried to retreat to what was the cabin’s border but the Beast got the better of me with a blow that laid me out in the snow. Stepping on my chest, I blindly reached for my shotgun as my ribs broke. Thankfully B tackled it while in some kind of frenzy, knocking over the Beast and freeing me in the process.Once down, the battle was essentially won. I found my shotgun, took aim, and fired all my incendiary rounds into its head as B finished disemboweling it. Unfortunately, the white out didn’t let up so we blindly stumbled back to the Cabin. Currently, we're recuperating inside and dodging questions from the others.>>97141090It might be worth it to scout around the rest of the lake for another entrance. It would be dreadful to get trapped in such an alien world and I cannot imagine it would be easy to force your way out. You are crafting some very beautiful armor, a fitting use of the lindwyrm’s parts.>>97146127Wonderful find. You may want to look into different ammunition. I am not sure how easy it would be to procure AP rounds but it sounds like they would be helpful. Best of luck with your efforts tonight.
Followup to >>97146127>>97140577>>97140824I think she'll be okay with her parents and the cops also questioning her. As for questioning, I've already sent her off and I think I've done enough harm to her psyche. Don't feel like sneaking through a police station anyways. I told my source to make sure the girl's okay and to let me know if anything happens, just in case.>>97140770Yeah the cops already have that covered without my advice. About the fairies, the only thing that came to my source's mind was foxfire fungi, but that glows green.>>97146240Thanks.I don't have any other ammo, so I'm sticking with my rifle (7.62x51mm), got a couple mags left, and some makeshift weapons. Gel fuel fire bottles with-- I shouldn't list any ingredients. Funny how you worry about the most insane shit when you're about to go up against a monster that jumps around, tearing people apart. Guess that means I still believe I'll get through this if I'm worrying about the feds arresting me. Anyhow the fuel sticks pretty good. Made a launcher for them too if I need the extra range and velocity. FBI THIS IS JUST ROLEPLAY
>>97146719It's time.
>>97146719Good luck putting that beast down and may God be with you.
>>97146719Have you talked to any farmers? Ive heard stories of aliens & cattle mutilation, so maybe theyve got some animal victims mixed in the with human victims & no one has bothered to connect the two. Might have some clues you couldnt find on the other corpses.>>97146240Was it a mammoth or a mammoth-man?Also, the innawoods guys are scouting the lake right now for any other weird stuff. Im on light duty till we head out this weekend
>>97145023>>97148075Glad you like the drone though I'd agree to bring backups in case anything goes poorly or you require a more hands-on exploration. Also, you don't need to be wearing armor to test it we have ballistic gel these days which usually is a good indicator for human toughness. Or we can use pig meat as well.>>97146240I would have though the blizzard would disappear with your beast but perhaps it's merely taking advantage of normal weather? Could be in for a long one though.>>97146719At least the girl is safe now, less blood on your conscious I suppose. Small silver lining there. Otherwise though if you're intent on combating this a forest fire may not be the worst idea to either draw the beast out or keep them away from the town to buy some time for your friends. Whatever supernatural shit is going on over there might not be possible to track by mundane means like what I'm typically using, but maybe see about acquiring a tag or a gps tracker and seeing if you can find a way to get it on something weird?
>>97146719That sounds like a fun kit especially if the rain is heavy enough. The fungi is a peculiar thing to stick out, can foxfire be grow enough to form a ring? May be worth a look if it escapes.>>97148379That is a thing to consider, I suppose I shall keep watch tonight. If it persists into tomorrow, I shall make the journey to its den to try and find some answers. After burning what remains of the body.>>97148075I am not sure. It was definitely more of a manthing than mammoth. Its head had the leathery skin of modern elephants. Only its legs had any sort of fur. I may have been imagining it but I believe it vocalized a few words. Called me Fabi as it began crushing my chest.
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>>97150459Damn, your night sounds busy. Here's hoping you scared off the other one
>>97150459Guys, I think we lost just lost a fellow hunter. Rip that guy.
The woods look beautiful tonight Go out for a walk
>>97148959Best of luck, hope the blizzard was just some freak occurrence and nothing to get up in arms over. Your rival sounds handy so surely even in the case of the supernatural there may not be much threat.>>97150459Sounds scary friend, still alive I hope? What got burnt? Is this a follow up to the wild frog creature killings? Praying for your safety right now. On other matters, I've acquired a tome to help in supernatural matters but unfortunately I'll either have to translate Aramaic using a machine or find a tutor as currently I can't read the thing. Very frustrating but I've been told it'll be helpful for the next stage.
>>97155192Woops, forgot to enter name now that I'm posting from a more permanent safehouse. Apologies for that, unfortunately stuck reading until later in the week.
>>97155147Sure, I'll set them on fire just in case there are any wolves arounds
>>97155147No way, I'm starting to think the swamps have it out for me with the dread I'm feeling during night time exercise.
>>97140824Please, at least torture the monsters and not their victims.
>>97155286Stay away from creeping roots they will pull you into the water if you're not carful
>>97155147Already planning on it.>>97150459Buddy, I hope the cops/alien frogs didn't kill you
>>97092042Yep, but the mods don’t care. That why we have endless “quest X wat do” threads.
Are there any occult minded scholars here in our shadows? If there are, have any of you come across rituals that nullify after a verbal utterance?>>97155192Yes, B is quite the little bastard. Despite our differences, I would trust very few to guard my person during a hunt. Delightful to hear you are stepping into the occult. Always a good time. I hope you can find a tutor, I have heard that they help give better context than a newfangled machine.>>97150459Oh bother. I pray you are safe, and you were fighting through tranquilizers when updating.
>>97156395I'm an occultist but I don't know anyway to create an area that is soundless. I might be able to create something like that as a charm, but I'd need you to steal a whisper & send it to me in a jar or something...
>>97155147Getting out of this haunted house is a good idea.
Hello. Rather than discuss the highly sensitive details of the hunt, I would like to do something a bit more lighthearted and perhaps dare I say constructive. I am going to list a supernatural creature that is at least somewhat commonly attested to, as well as its commonly attributed traits. Afterwards, we can discuss if we believe there is any truth to the creature, what, precisely it may be based on our admittedly limited understanding of these beings as well as listen to any encounter stories we may have had with the creature.Starting off with something of a longshot. The Penanggalan. Native to Malaysia, though similar creatures exist in the folklore of neighboring regions, the Penanggalan is officially purported to be the result of a black magic ritual. The woman gains the ability to sever her head and internal organs from her body, which remains preserved in a bath of vinegar. Though commonly referred to as a ghost or undead, the woman retains her physical body and when the head and body are rejoined, she is indistinguishable from a normal mortal woman save a lingering smell of vinegar. The creature also has a vampiric bent to her nature, as she drinks blood, almost exclusively from pregnant women and young children, and invariably her predations are nocturnal. So, do we have any thoughts as to the validity or nature of this creature?
>>97157313I killed one once. We tracked who it was with some recon, & while the head was drifting down the street on one end of town we killed the body in her bathtub with axes. One guy bagged up the head when it died & brought it back, then we set up some candles & made it look like the woman caught her shower curtain on fire by accident.>>97150459Do you need any backup? We may have a chapter house need you that could lend a hand.>>97146240Have you considered making sentinel fires around your cabin? 99% of monsters are weak to fire & fire even destroys magic Voodoo type shit. Might be that with some bonfires on your perimeter you'll abate any magical qualities in the blizzard as well as ward off more luxodon dudes>>97141090I say burn it
>>97157313I've seen enough wicked demonic and sorecreous magic to not be surprised if this thing is real. We don't have a lot of people in Asia so our knowledge on creatures there is a bit scarce. Judging from the description it could be some vampire or ghost. Fire, exorcisms and divine grace could pose a serious threat to it.>>97141090>I've never heard of these Archivium guysThe Arcanum to be precise. Don't bother with them, bunch of "scholars", mystics and degenerates. Anyway, I would advise you NOT to go into whatever passage you found in there but I have a feeling you'll go anyway. Make sure to bring powerful weapons in case you run into something nasty. Don't forget about special weapons, you never know if these things are weak to silver or other similar weaknesses. Personally, I'd bring some holy artifact (assuming you have one), never hurts to have some help from above. Good luck, you'll need it.
>>97156646After thinking on it better, and doing a bit of reading, I realize I was vague about what I was looking for. I am picturing a ward of some kind that acts similar to one of those exclusion zones in the East. Although that charm sounds like a neat idea, would it silence gunfire?>>97158368Sentinel fires sounds like a grand idea. Do you know if burning the caster's bones in such fires would negatively impact their intent?>>97157313What a fascinating creature, I wonder if the head and organs float under their own power. I would hazard a guess and attribute a more ghostly nature to such an undead. Although now I wonder what would happen if the body was destroyed separate from the head. Perhaps such an action might drive the creature into a frenzy.
>>97158368You actually killed one of them? In your estimation, would you say the creature was closer to a vampire or sorcerer, if either? What powers did it display? There's little folkloric backing to it, but I have associate who states that he has read accounts of them emitting a blood-curdling wail, not dissimilar to a banshee. >>97159994You may find it interesting to hear common claimed methods of defeating the creature, according to the accounts that I have read, include stuffing the body with shards of glass or thorns so that the creature shreds its internal organs when it returns to its body, killing it as it returns to temporary mortality. >>97160154The head can fly, allegedly at quite blazing speeds if need be. Destroying the body separate to the head either destroys the creature entirely or will result in its destruction come sunrise, based on what I have read. While the term "ghost" is used often in translation of asian undead, I'm not sure it's actually a good equivalent, given than the Penanggalan and similar creatures are very corporeal. My going theory is that these creatures are the result of an occult ritual that turns the person into a type of atypical vampire. That being said, actually defining a typical vampire is itself something of an exercise in futility. Would we be interested in my posting a different supernatural every couple of days to speculate about? I think it's a good way to breathe some non-narrativeposting life into the thread.
>>97160207Yes we killed it. We hacked its body apart while it rested in a tub with silver axes. Our guys in town dropped a big canvas bag on the head when it became disoriented after the body was hacked apart. They set fire to the head inside the bag, when it stopped moving they brought it back to the house. We rigged a fire, tossed the head in the tub, & walked out. Then came back once the fire got reported & put it out. Id say its not a ghost or a vampire. Its more like a specialized zombie? We just catigorize everything into spirit/ghost, hungry dead, shapeshifter, cryptid, etc. So anything thats dead but has a body & hurts people is a hungry dead, which includes vampires but also counts zombies, skeletons, patchwork men, & the like. Sometimes they eat hearts, sometimes livers, sometimes blood, you get the point. They're always fucking hungry.>>97160154Who casted what now?
>>97155385Noted, not sure what that means though.>>97156395Any luck with the Blizzard or creature den? Unfortunately, no tutor here so I'm just jury rigging a translation and cross referencing with other text. Not sure I trust this AI nonsense, but when in Rome.>>97157313>>97160207After the shit I've seen I'll believe anything, even ghosts that drink blood. I hope I don't see any ghosts personally.>>97158368Using Arson to cover up a hunt is pretty genius, last time it didn't work so well for me though.>>97160207 Go ahead, that sounds pretty neat and cool
>>97160634Malicious caster that summoned a storm. I am confident it shall be fine. Fire is a good cleanser.>>97161318Yes, a fair amount of luck. Cross' suggestion of sentinel fires worked out wonderfully. There are now five fires at specific points around the cabin and after dealing with the body, the blizzard has started to dissipate. It is still there but much less threatening than before. I will have to trek to the den tonight to be sure. Best to be exact with the unknown and all that.A shame about the tutor but yes, if necessity desires a translation it is best to give her one. I do hope it is making some amount of sense, at least.>>97160207How peculiar of a result. I would not have imagined the body still being vital all things considered. I suppose there might be a connotation about the whole instead of the part in the ritual. Although I wonder if most creatures in Asia could be classed as some type of zombie.Sounds fun.
>>97161318Being a cell of firefighters helps even more. We clean up our own mess
>>97160207>stuffing the body with shards of glass or thornsOk, that could work, we'll keep it in mind. Just in case, what happens if we set the body on fire before while the head is still away? What happens when the head has no body to return to, or we get the head before we find the body?
>>97162504Well if >>97160634 is correct, the head would become disoriented and weakened. I have typically heard that without a body to return to by daybreak, the creature perishes, but maintains its autonomy until then. >>97161318Ghosts are one of the most common supernatural entities out there, my friend. Every culture has a ghost of some stripe. Most are relatively non-threatening, but those that do possess malicious intent are very dangerous. >>97162145I actually like our Maltese friend's term of "hungry dead". A corporeal being that returns from the dead through stolen "life" from living victims, be it blood, flesh, etc. It implies a fundamental principle that underpins the entire phenomenon. That they possess a body, and perhaps some even retain a soul, but to sustain their un-life, they must steal life from others. They must eat as we do, but they require a far more extreme source of energy. It has been my experience that there are fewer differences between the myths of the world's peoples than one might first think. Strange names and local twists skew the perception of the outsider. But despite the difference in trappings, the Hungry Dead follow the same core principle. One might be the result of a ritual, another is the perpetuation of a curse. But they are more alike than they are different.
>>97162504I would hope it dies, but make sure to burn the head too. We aren't really the experiment & see what works kind of hunter cell. We kill shit with fire & don't think too hard about it.>>97162949Thanks monsterpedia man. It's your work that let's us do our work better. We might not experiment, but we rely on those who do.
>>97162145Good news on the blizzard then, the translation is going well though occasionally I get a long spiel begging me to free some entity and grant it my Vrill or some such nonsense like that. I just sort of ignore all the flavor text like that and focus on the actual motions. >>97162232Yes it does sound mighty useful, if only my group had the foresight earlier to get a cover as a squad of firefighters.>>97162949Well if most aren't threatening I'm sure I have nothing to fear anytime soon. It rather displeases me to be approached by things I can't see or shoot. Hopefully this brief stint in learning magic while I rest will help but I'm not going to really delude myself into thinking I'm in control over the incident last week.
>>97163611DONT GIVE UP YOUR VRIL!
>>97163611Never relinquish your Vril.>>97162949Hungry Dead is rather appropriate. It is always fun to find options that work against unexpected things. Although I wonder if one could make use of their extreme energy source. It has to be more than just mortal blood.
>>97160154>After thinking on it better, and doing a bit of reading, I realize I was vague about what I was looking for. I am picturing a ward of some kind that acts similar to one of those exclusion zones in the East. Although that charm sounds like a neat idea, would it silence gunfire? I'm not sure what you mean by exclusion zones in the East my character is just a Witch from Witchfinders with the Relic Crafter Merit Well I could make a charm for you, you'd need to first steal a whisper & then put it in a jar & mail it to me, I can take care of the rest, it would be a temporary thing though, it'll absorb all the sound in it's immediate area but only so much before it's "full" & it bursts. So it'll probably absorb at least one really loud rifle blast no problem, but it'll shatter immediately. I'll ship it with a noise canceling case to keep it in so it doesn't burst in transport (though I'd like the case back after using it, those things ain't cheap) in game terms it'd by some sort of relic that would nullify loud noises near it but once it hits a noise threshold it'd break
>>97164186Oh that does sound enticing. I shall do my best to hunt down a whisper and get it moving. Thank you. Shall I send something along with it to act as payment?I was thinking something like a holy sanctuary ward without needing to consecrate the area. As for the zones, Chernobyl or Fukushima was my thinking. Sovereign authority closing borders attempting to exclude outside influences. Feel free to ignore it. The charm sounds fun.
>>97164369Yes payment would be appreciated, hunting & magic research arent free.
>>97163446>We kill shit with fire & don't think too hard about it.We've been using that one for centuries, works well for most things but knowing more weaknesses never hurts. You never know what you might have to use in a pinch.
>>97168811Has anyone tested elder pith? First time I've heard of this.
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/werewolf.html#wolfstone
>>97168811Don't know about elder-pith but silver (bullets, knives, shrapnel, etc.) work just fine.
>>97168811Xylem's an interesting choice
http://www.voss-gesellschaft.de/der%20wehrwolf.htm
Expedition through the spirit world has been delayed due to weather. Drone footage was interesting, it's a full environment on the otherside & the air tester came back positive/good. It's gonna be of us total going.Me, Construction worker (let's call him Bob), two soldiers (Brooklyn & Sarge) & the three innawoods hicks (Tom, Dick, Harry) gun nut is staying home. Harry is the rockclimber so he's taking point, though Brooklyn's drone didn't see much reason for rock climbing
I am back with another attested to in the public record creature of folklore and myth, the Yeti. Though it would be accurate to acknowledge the many other man-apes of other folklore. While the contemporary "Bigfoot" community is primarily pseudo-scientific speculation, there is a lengthy history of cultures having myths of large, hairy beings. Intelligent, but not settled. Neither fully animal, nor fully human. Have you had encounters with such creatures? Do you believe you have any insight as to their true nature? I have my own theory, but I want to hear the untainted thoughts of others before I share my own thoughts on the matter.
>>97173221While I have never met one, I believe them to be a shapeshifter beast. Not many tend to know that werewolves are not the only beast capable of taking on a human form. I wonder what it's weakness might be?
>>97173391When in doubt, burn everything down
>>97173221Interesting creature, at a glance I'd assume it to be a werebeast of sorts but I'd have to see if it heals as much as the werewolf. Could just be some undiscovered species maybe?>>97174047This seems a tad extreme. Either way though, fire in the mountains or a tundra would prove difficult without Napalm or some chemical agent surely?>>97172861That's interesting. Are you sure it's a spirit world and not a sort of portal? Like as in teleportation? Maybe try a GPS tracker or something.>>97168914A very potent application of violence from 5 guns and some tranquilizers worked for ours, so haven't chance to test out any sort of silvered bullet.
>>97165606Very true. Would a thousand euros be acceptable? If so, I shall put the jar in the post.>>97172861How curious. What was the environment like? Any fauna caught in the recording?>>97173221I would almost feel confident in saying I killed one if my Beast was not so chimeric in composition. I believe I have heard some of my contemporaries talk about hunting such Yeti, however nothing more than speculation comes to mind. Their supposed environs are interesting though. They tend to be hilly or mountainous if I recall, I am mildly surprised England does not have something similar.
>>97173221I think theyre trolls/fairies. Or some kind of primitive antideluvian ape race, sort of the mammalian equivalent of subterranean serpentmen or saurians>>97174047Thats my line!
>>97174585Yeah you’d need something to sustain the flames.
>>97174047Can't argue with the results. I mean, it's fucking fire, every living being is weak to that!
>>97173391>>97174585My theory is close to your werebeast proposal, but with a twist. It isn't that there are were-apes dotting the world, it's a classic case of misattribution. I explain. Despite the very "great ape" appearance of contemporary depictions of such beings, they need not be simian in nature. You see, shapeshifters, in this case referring to were-wolves and other such were-things, animalistic man-beasts, have more forms than just man and beast. I have seen attestations to the existence of a form akin to a massive, hirsute human. Furthermore, there are many cases of those who witness werebeasts transforming and enter an atavistic, mad state which often distorts but does not destroy memories. I believe these two facts combined could explain the overwhelming majority of yeti and bigfoot encounters. Especially consider how the natives of North America have stories of mighty wild men, but not giant, intelligent apes per se. The Naha of the Nahanni Valley in Canada immediately come to mind. Wild, powerful warriors living deep in the wilderness sounds like shapeshifters to me more than it does an evolutionary atavism. >>97174733Europe did have their own wildmen myth, the Woodwose. No "man-ape", because the man-ape explanation is merely a modern invention. That is my theory at least, perhaps some are ape-man shapeshifters, but I would hazard not all.>>97174747Faeries could be an explanation, to be sure. Do you believe in subterranean lizard people? I do not mean to sound dismissive, I simply inquire.
>>97176193>>97174733England has trolls & "giants" & fomori & such. Lots of cultures have "primitive ape man". Could just be their own thing. Not ruling anything out though.As for the silencing charm thats more than enough. Just send the stolen whisper (needs to be personal to you) in a jar as fast as you can & I'll get it back to you after a day of enchantment. Idk what the shipping time will be from wherever youre at & me. Im over by the great lakes right now.
>>97174585I'm mostly calling it that because thats where the spirit came from. We didnt get any GPS pings using the drone & had to run a transmitter radio dohickey through the portal to pilot the drone. Brooklyn knows more about it that I do
>>97090196>We are acephaleWhat does this mean?
>>97176408>acephalehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acephalous
>>97176408It means the rest of us are erudite verbalists
>>97176297Very good. The package will be on its way in the morning with haste. I found some return addresses for the cabin, so one is on the package. I will be here for the rest of the season.>>97176193>>97176297Oh delightful, I shall have to look for England's giants and trolls. They sound fun. >>97176193Shape-shifter would be a novel answer to those creatures. I wonder if they would be susceptible to silver, or if iron could be a weakness.
>>97177020What a creature of legend.
I'm gonna post some shots from the drone. It'll be a few more days before we go out, the weather here is terrible for the next few days
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>>97181200All of these look pretty normal if you ask me. You should be glad, your chances of surviving are a lot higher than some demonic portal to hell.
>>97181200>>97181207>>97181210>>97181232 I'm going to assume these are AI, but damn is that a really cool use of AI if it is. I'd be surprised if it wasn't what with the very wonky text
>>97182266NTA but that's ten trillion % AI, it's a good way to use it if you don't have access or feel like 100% effort posting and going outside or some shit to get your RP pictures
>>97182266>>97182301 it's AI, I like making AI pics & figured it's a great way to add to the vibe of Hunter, since we can make grainy "found footage" type stuff, or things like my lindwyrm armor >>97141224I don't want to post so much it feels like a /slop/ thread, but a little bit here & there should be okay >>97181262The pics don't show the more spooky qualities the place looks like a dark reflection of the lake & surrounding area. There's no light either. Brooklyn used some sort of filters to bring in more light than was actually there
>>97181200>>97181207>>97181210>>97181232If you were half as smart as you seem to be you'd drop the highest yield explosive you could find on that cave and purify the surrounding area with holy water.
Don't worry everyone, I'm not dead. Just been busy. More feds than just the park service have been in the area since the whale corpse made public news. I've been having to tiptoe around everything on account of them. Especially since I'm technically working for the government all alone in a taxpayer-funded research station so I don't wanna get on their radar and for them to figure out what I have been getting up to. So I'm keeping a very low profile. Whale pods have all but cleared out of the immediate area. Definitely something strange out at sea but getting out there without arousing suspicion from the men in black types isn't gonna be easy. On the plus side, it has given me an excuse to be even more of a homebody than usual. I love my safehouse so much. >>97182674I'd bet 20 bucks you're one of those Leopold guys. High explosives and holy water is about their MO.
>>97182817Good to hear and see you're doing okay. That whale pod stuff is troubling, have there been any oddities among the narwhals?>>97182674Seems a little extreme and, worse, more likely to draw attention.>>97181200Neat, was it just visuals or were you able to get audio?
>>97182674That's what I've been telling him. Who in their right mind would go throuhg some unholy portal? Drop a bomb through the portal before blowing it up and go.
Gentlemen, sorry I've been away. I've been trying to find the secrets of this so called Vril that's been eluding me in this book. Haven't had much success on a tutor though perhaps during my initiation at the end of the week. My leg has been better, but beggars can't be choosers.>>97185337I've been understanding the appeal reading through this tome I bought from a sketchy lawyer down in Florida. Some of it actually works, there's a little incantation to make a flame. Lot of spooky stuff though, I fear there may be an actual demon haunting this tome or something.>>97182817Glad to see you're alright friend. Good to see you're enjoying your safehouse as well. My group has made an effort to make it more comfortable as it looks like we'll be taking an extended leave from England. Who the hell is Leopold?>>97182626Does look very otherworldly. Was thinking it may have been Brazil or Yemen or some weird place, but I don't recognize the trees at all. Had a brief fascination with them back when I was making an exotic landscaping business in England. Unfortunately, government stopped me. And no one has much scapable land in London at least.
>>97185742>Who the hell is LeopoldIt's some myth about an ancient group of hunters, I'm guessing this Leopold (assuming he was real) would be some kind important figure to them. Honestly, makes you wonder why people need to come up with made up groups when there are real secret societies. Wonder where he heard about them though...
>>97183463Not near Narwhal waters. Weighing the options between keeping my head down vs. the risk of whatever this is coming ashore. >>97185742>>97186891There was this guy, Leopold of Murnau, he burned so many people at the stake that this group of catholic hunters still worship the guy. Buddy told me about them, said they're all crazy and should be avoided.
>>97182817Wonderful to see you are still among the living. Shame about the government involvement. In relation to your "go or don't" dilemma, you mention; could you not use your occupation to check out the sea? Do the water currents not play a part in the weather a meteorologist might study?>>97185742>LeopoldA minor saint some church secret society worships. They abhor the idea of subtlety and are married to the idea of combative solution. It is a true pain working with them and those like them.
>>97182674>>97185337I'm not fucking exploding a park. How do you know an explosion like that won't rend the Verge open even more?>>97182817>>97186891>>97188804Never heard of these Leopolds either but they better not fuck up my ops.>>97183463No audio worth a damn, just wind>>97185742My friend please don't sacrifice your vril. It's your life essence.
>>97188857Leopold guys are a lot of things but I ain't never heard of them caring about reptiles. Your op's probably safe.
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb11686806?page=23
>>97188804Currents are extremely important to meteorology, yes. However, most of what I do here is monitor equipment, get the readings, interpret the readings, send my findings back to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA), which, fun fact, is technically a part of the department of commerce!Point being, if I need to get out on the high seas, that means equipment failure. Which means technicians get sent out. Which means I'm pinging Uncle Sam right when the men in black are in town. Trying to justify that this phenomenon bears investigating right now and in person is a whole bureaucratic rigamarole that would get resolved in months, time I don't think I have and again, pinging uncle sam. I gotta assume the bureau of paranormal fuckery or whatever they're called has a spy or contact in all the other federal departments. So it's gotta be off the record, on my own time, on my own dime. Plausible deniability. >>97189675I dunno man, I heard they think everything supernatural is part of the army of satan or something like that. Like a catholic version of those Long Night guys we have in the states. One Net0 buddy of mine swears up and down that they shot Pope John Paul I.
>>97190236>One Net0 buddy of mine swears up and down that they shot Pope John Paul I.Yeah, right. They're even behind 9/11?
>>97188857>I'm not fucking exploding a park.Taking half-measures never works out in the long run. >How do you know an explosion like that won't rend the Verge open even more?I just know and that's all I can say.
>>97190249No that was the muslims. I could believe though that the government knew it was coming and either didn't believe it or didn't care to stop it. Emphasis on could. I'm just saying what I heard through the grapevine. The Leopold guys are bad news. If anyone has stories to the contrary I'm all ears.
>>97190236That's interesting, got any idea where your buddy gets his information from?
>>97150459Arrived at town last night, Pilgrim really left a mess for us. Spent the night picking up the pieces he left for us and getting in contact with his source in the pd. Recovered the trail cam footage from his laptop buried behind a gas station. Police were conducting a sting operation to catch their serial killer that night. Female police officer acting as bait comes face to face with the creature-- creatures. She falls into a sort of trance way before it actually pops up in front of her. Her gait becomes really abnormal. Our friend drives his car into the first one and magdumps his rifle into it. He slips trying to get out of the car, drops something, I think the firebomb launcher. There's a second one though. This is where things get real messy. Second monster leaps over Pilgrim while he's trying to get back up, maybe to grab the hypnotized cop, but two more cops emerge and start firing at it with handguns. It knocks the hypnotized cop to the ground, kicks another cop in the chest with its third leg into a tree, and then takes a jellied gasoline firebomb to the back. There's a lot of yelling. Can't make out what's being said. The remaining cop pulls a second gun out, keeps firing. Pilgrim was shot during this exchange between the cops and the monster, probably. Monster tries to drag the hypnotized cop with it but the woman's leg gets caught on something, looks like a tree root. Rips her dress partially and leaps away, still on fire. Some other things to note, hisses like a rattlesnake, hairless, two smaller forearms with claws, sharp teeth, 2 big pink eyes that kind of oscillate in brightness-- reminds me of a cuttlefish, actually.
>>97191585Town's on high alert, don't see kids outside. Civilians open carrying and patrolling the streets, also not too happy to answer questions from outsiders. The police, already low on manpower, took heavy hits with that operation. The officer who got kicked died shortly after the attack. The two surviving officers are hospitalized, also apparently having memory issues. PTSD? Or maybe an effect the monster has on humans? The girl that Pilgrim rescued was similarly hysterical, but that might just be a normal reaction, especially with his less than ideal questioning methods. Pilgrim's also hospitalized. Critical but stable condition. We'll eventually want to get him out, but he's in no condition to move and the cops won't be interrogating him for a while. He should be relatively safe, but we'll have someone keep an eye on him. As for his source, the guy's definitely caught on that something's off, been asking me lots of questions. He's known Pilgrim for a while, old friends or something, and I think we should consider bringing him up to speed on current affairs. Anyhow we'll do a full sweep of the crime scene and then probably scout deeper into the forest, where the creatures seem to leap off to based on the trail cam footage. Maybe we'll find that torn dress scrap from the cop.
>>97189675>>97188804>>97182817It would seem that all those rumors of Americans being philistines are more founded than I expected. St Leopold was not "A minor saint" he was an inquisitor dispensed by Pope Gregory IX himself and for all the discussions we can have about his testament I'm warning you, in as good faith as I can offer, that you are messing with forces beyond your understanding. Curiosity and understanding are the spark that can light the night but understand that that same light will be a beacon for the forces of the dragon. May God keep you and yours safe.
>>97191403Oh you know how it is "can't reveal my sources man", "You're great bro but anyone could be made a suckhead puppet". That kinda stuff. Evidentially he was right though, someone owes me 20 bucks. >>97191643. Hey Guido, you do know America has Catholics right? Or are you leopold guys just euro-catholics only? I'd say being so exclusionary and elitist isn't very christian of you, but neither is shooting the pope lmao!>>97191585>>97191593The cops' symptoms match something that old werewolf expert told me. That people who see them in their hybrid form tend to go a little bonkers and suffer memory alterations or even blackouts. The effect is easier to resist the larger of a group you're in, it's why he said he only ever hunts werewolves with at least five back-up hunters, and he prefers up to 11. This could be a similar creature.
>>97190236Well that is an unfortunate set of options. A shame there is not an easier path to take, or even do, but your American spooks are annoyingly competent when they desire to be. >>97191585>>97191593Good to hear Pilgrim is safe, albeit down for the count. What an interesting set of monsters as well. Do you know if the police plan on doing an autopsy for the one your friend killed? The monsters' abilities sound awful, that hypnotism especially.>>97191643That is not a glowing confirmation, considering the group's Leopold was only canonized this century. A good seven hundred odd years after his death and because of what? His work as an inquisitor that they will not share with unbiased historians? There is a certain need to keep things shadowed when it comes to working during the night but that is ridiculous. It is, honestly, a wonder Leopold's little workers did not get condemned in the same vein its peers did.
>>97191916Yeah, I know a guy who shall we say has had some brushes with the high level innerworkings of government. According to him the whole government is filled up with vampire thralls. Most of them aren't even renfields, just mentally conditioned or even normal corrupt, unaware their patron's patron is a bloodsucker.
>>97191643You know, you're not helping with my damage control efforts.
>>97191916How has your elephant hunt been?>>97191643I'm a dragonslayer haven't you heard? Or well at least a lindwyrm slayer! I don't care who leopold was then or now, I just fight the monsters. Hang the politics & theatrics.>>97191585Send Pilgrim my wishes, what's your name?Hard to weigh in on the three legged frog aliens, are they maybe polyps or whatever?>>97190722>No that would be MuslimsOh buddy... no, no they werent. It was a false flag my friend. Nothing overtly supernatural about it either.
I am back with another bizarre creature from folklore. Today we have The Grootslang. Afrikaans for "big snake", the creature is often reported to have a combination of snake and elephant features and is generally claimed to be roughly 15 meters in length, if not larger in some stories. The origin of the elephantine features is hotly debated. More interestingly, the Grootslang is purported to have a known lair, a bottomless cave in Richtersveld South Africa, where it guards a trove of diamonds. Though first glance would make one believe it is entirely a Boer creation, the San People, better known as Bushmen, also believe in the creature. So it could be a cross-cultural creation, or perhaps this is a testament to it being real. There is a myth I can't track down any mainstream source for that the Grootslang was created by God or "the gods" at the dawn of time, but resulting creature was so horrifying and destructive that God separated them into Elephants and Pythons, but one escaped God's wrath by hiding in the Richterveld cave. So. Thoughts on the nature of this creature?
>>97193928Pet monster of one of those flesh shaping bloodsuckers
>>97193383The elephant hunt was successful! Killed the beast, burned the important parts, that village girl I met(Mel) scolded the persisting blizzard into stopping, and I laid the den to rest. I am torn on what to do with this little pile of tusks I found.>>97191966That sounds like a nightmare. A full on nightmare. When did your friend last get some restful sleep? Although if such a thing was true, it could explain some of the international policies the U.S. has.>>97193928It sounds rather primitive and primeval. Primitive in as much, it has not done anything else or is noted for only guarding that trove of diamonds. That is if it is natural creature. I could see it being a creation of a witchcraft. Such an explanation would address the animals that make it up.
>>97193928A living dream that entered reality from our ancestors' fears
https://books.google.com/books?id=q0lgAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA3-PA98
hey all, first time using this messaging board do any of ya'll know how to banish a demonic possession from a 14 year old? my kid wanted to start down the path of Mastigos and opened a connection of some sort into PandemoniumHad to tie her to her bed before she tore up her mother teenagers am i right?
>>97198886Sounds fake but find an object of familial love that's dear to her and make sure the summoning circle is still around. The object of familial love should be something you and your wife gave her as a baby and that she may cherish to this day. Once you found the object give it to her and, ideally, this should throw the daemon from her body. The daemon may look like your daughter but she'd be like an evil twin fiction. When out of your daughter you want to break the circle, visually and physically, making up the summoning circle. If the daemon's out of your daughter, the disruption of the summoning circle will suck the daemon out of reality and send it back to whence it came.
>>97198886You'll need a old priest & a new priest.
>>97199518thanks, ill see what i can find from around her room but a lot of it is teenage rebellion stuffifin, i can't find the summoning circle you got any other ways to encourage em to leave? im more used to fighting physical beasties than this magic stuff the kids are doing these days >>97200261any good recommendations? might have some old contacts i can reach out to
>>97200337It could be something associated with the holidays. A baby blanket could do in a pinch alongside a stuffed animal she loved as a child.If the summoning circle can't be broken but you threw the demon out you can...oh what was it again? Right well ideally your Daughter's the summoner so she should be able to command it unless the circle's bad. Barring that your Daughter should be able to read the summoning chant in reverse to undo it. At least that's what my notes say, it's been a while.
https://books.google.com/books?id=0m9nAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA192
>>97200261He'll need a lot of holy men that's for sure.>>97200337No clue new friend, but what my tome says about demon binding you're looking at a lot of blood so you might be able to chase it by the smell. Possibly and ideally with a canine of the non-sentient kind.>>97200457I don't think the daughter's going to be able to do much unbinding if she's the one possessed.>>97193928This looks like some mockery of nature, even more so than the wolfpeople. It reminds me of Gemini Home Entertainment
What do you guys do to pass the time? I just got done drawing myself. Listening in on phone conversations and other stuff like that ain't fun. We get something interesting once in a while but most of it is completely useless.
>>97205466I make charms & enchant magical doodads. Keeps the hands busy, themind focused & you never know whensome odd creation or idea will save your skin. I don't have a day job, I have all the cash I really need through magic, & I have enough legitimate sources of revenue to keep the IRS at bay. So I spend eight hours doing my "job" of killing monsters, researching monsters, making magical equipment, & occasionally travelling to any of the above. Mostly I try to stay local, that way I'm not far from the family, they're more important than anything. I make a point to make sure I'm there for them
Got a boat, heading out on a very dark night with my cell. Will be out of contact again for a bit. >>97194901Do any of us really get restful sleep anymore? I'll elaborate on what he told me. See, it's not like you have vampires dictating international policy to a mind-controlled president or speaker of the house. Mostly because they don't care about what happens to one government or another. Vampires don't age, it's one of the basic things about them. Human civilization is at the youngest 10,000 years old and as a species? We're much older than that. The average government rarely lasts 300 years without being destroyed or changed into something completely different. Cultures can outlive the nations or governments which created or defined them, but cultures are always changing. How alienated is the average 90 year old from the culture that birthed him? Now imagine if that same person was 500, and spent a good 450-475 of it drinking blood and never seeing the sun? Even the thoroughbred American vampires have no particular love for America, and I would bet the same is true of other nations too. They compromise governments to protect their interests. Remain hidden, keep the populace unaware and easy to prey on. Keep themselves in power. When everything falls apart, they'll just do the same to the next guys who come along. That's the real terror. I imagine they might care about existential threats like nukes, but that's also assuming someone from 1000 AD does comprehend nukes. Unfortunately, you can't blame vampires for every politician you don't like. >>97205466A lot of gaming and anime. Too much probably.
>>97207994Godspeed on your search tonight. When vampires are put in that perspective that makes them sound rather human. Rather manageable too, I would wager. A shame they are so craven and egotistical, alongside being undead. Although with how your friend describes them, I wonder if they are more territorial than we might suspect.>>97205466I am fond of watching horse operas and their successors. The Spanish and Portuguese make some wonderful melodramas to listen to while attending to inventory and equipment maintenance. I also do some whittling if there is truly nothing else to occupy my time and hands.
>>97207994Your friend seems to be very knowledgeable in the field of vampire societal structures, perhaps a bit too knowledgeable for his own good. If he's telling the truth that it.
Update: We're in the middle of the "dead zone" and we've got another boat on the horizon. Looks abandoned. Moving in to check it out. >>97209241I've never actually met a proper vampire. From what I understand they go where the food is and I live in a very low population density kind of place. From what my guy tells me though, they are typically rather human. They're people with a curse, not demons riding corpses. Don't get me wrong they're still going around biting necks and doing a whole lot of other bad stuff but most keep a low profile. The ones that typically wind up on a hunter's radar are the stupid and the especially nasty ones. As for manageable? I guess that depends on your definition. Vampires aren't that high on the "oh shit there's a dozen people dead" scale but they are a parasite that's nearly impossible to dislodge, assuming my pal isn't full of shit. >>97210908According to him, he was a bureaucrat that stumbled on all this shit. Only reason he's still breathing is he quietly quit before he started his hunter activities rather than try to take down and I quote "the local branch of a ten-thousand year old undead aristocracy". I dunno what he had hard evidence for and what's speculation. as we're approaching the bump limit and we're almost 2/3rds of the way through with december, I'm asking now if we think a second thread is warranted or if this should be it. I'm not gonna continue this thread past the hypothetical next one, since it was designed as a holidays-to new years limited run thread. Give your thoughts in spoilertext.
Sorry I haven't posted much. Expedition starts now. We've been doing a lot of prep work. Will post more tomorrow if all goes well
>>97205466Enjoy reading a good book though currently have my hands full with one of them. Finally found where whatever creature is stuck in here is bound but there's a lot mumbo jumbo text around it that is hard to read currently. The last book I was reading was The Brothers Karamazov. It's alright, Russian literature is a bit depressive though.>>97207994>>97211290I'd be careful putting those creatures on a pedestal like that, lest you get delusions of grandeur when your life is on the line. Anyway good to hear you're investigating, though I should probably send a quick prayer for your safety as apparently the book says this stuff works(?). I still haven't really deciphered all the weirdness through it but I gather I should definitely not undo the bindings on some of the pages until later. I think just one is fine, and then when we get to like page 8 or something later on we'll reassess. It's been kind of fun but I'm unsure of it going on for the long term >>97211787Good luck on your expedition friend, hopefully it's safe. Let us know your findings over there! Hopefully, no more lizards.
>>97211290I think we need a second thread.
>>97211290Hopefully the ship bestows answers. An understandable outlook regarding blood suckers. The world would be better off without them, but the night seems to always have a more disconcerting fiend lurking deeper in the dark.One is fine, maybe when we're closer to falling off we'll feel different. It's been fun.>>97211787God give you strength and endurance on your expedition. I hope you and your group get in and out without issue.>>97211996What type of creature got the misfortune of being bound? You might want to be careful if it turns out to be an imp. Nasty little buggers.
>>97211290just one more thread please
>>97211290Careful, it all starts with letting one of them go because "they seem human". Hunting isn't for the mentally weak. Avoid conversation with the vampire. The vampire will lie. The vampire will make excuses. If only the people would open their eyes again, we made them afraid once, we can do it again.
>>97211290One more to round out New year's sounds fitting.
>>97212724Who said anything about letting one go? Nobody. You can acknowledge someone's humanity while still understanding they need to die. Proper baseline humans like you or me do horrible things all the time without any supernatural assistance. It's childish and cowardly to hide behind the "they aren't people" excuse. They are people. They still gotta die because in order to persist, they regularly engage in something that exists between assault and rape, even if they've never killed an innocent.
>Dovraga s Michiganom, dovraga s Crkvom i Orguljama, a Leopoldov red može trunuti u paklu. Amerika je velika Jezabela i radujem se što ću je vidjeti kako gori.Anyone know about anyone hiring boots? Just got off an absolute shit of a job and I got three boys from San Paulo who went through an absolute nightmare. Currently laying over in Detroit. I've got 18 years under my belt and the boys got the full treatment. Vatreno Krštenje. Gonna train them into proper workers.Also if anyone on the same job is reading this you're free to try and link up with us. Unless you're one of the Air-Force/ICE rejects. I'll bury you myself if you show your face.
>>97214926Our ancestors were trying to warn us, too bad people tend to have a short memory
>>97214570I believe there may be a small company near Lake Superior that has constant need of capable soldiers. A.F. Solutions, if I remember right. You might want to consider it as a last resort, however. I doubt your men would like to walk into another nightmare.
>>97211290 I'll join in if you make a new one but it's gonna be a slow thread
Found another body out in the woods. Another woman. Badly decomposed. Our newly recruited police source found an missing persons report from a few weeks back. Somehow fell through the cracks and the cops never followed up on it. Guessing this is the same woman. We have someone in our group who's going to perform a seance. Hoping we get something out of this.>>97191765>The cops' symptoms match something that old werewolf expert told me... This could be a similar creature.Yeah it does sound quite similar. Good thing is we have the numbers this time. >>97191916>Do you know if the police plan on doing an autopsy for the one your friend killed?That's been done already and word is they've already made some calls to other organizations about it. Last thing we need is more interference, but what's done is done. >>97193383Thanks, I will.>nameI'm not a huge fan of usernames, but you can call me Wildcat.As for the creatures, we're going with the name from the 1973 case Pilgrim looked into. 'Enfield Horror'
>>97219441>That's been done already and word is they've already made some calls to other organizations about itFeds poking around can't be a good thing, especially when they're in the know. If they know you might as well let them handle it in case something goes wrong, better them than you, right?
>>97219441Hopefully the government will drag its feet. There any other connections between the victims?
>>97212246I'm not really sure, the book has a lot words I don't really understand quite yet. The shopkeep I bought it from was very insistent that I take it off his hands and was belligerent that secrets weren't worth being tormented by a Diabolus but I just assumed he was full of it.>>97212724>>97214094Most beasts I hunt aren't human but excessive torture on a hunt just doesn't vibe with me particularly well. Seems rather unskilled at that too.>>97214570What?>>97217390 Likewise, though maybe it's too quick for a new thread. I think maybe it's just holiday slowdown >>97219441This Enfield Horror looks strikingly similar to a Tyrannosaurus. Kind of a shame they're extinct, would be somewhat of an interesting hunt if we could figure out a way to punch through all that bulk without exploding their heads. Good to see some progress is being made and that you aren't dead though, was looking dicey last time. You still think the police are involved?>>97220120Is the law in America as strict as in England? I sort of did my own thing so luckily I could just avoid any government stooges.
