Session 41: Just Focus on the Kitty
The investigators board the surreal Dreamlands Express, where uncanny belongings and grotesque revelations test their sanity, until a playful black kitten offers a fleeting moment of innocence amid the unease.
The investigators board the surreal Dreamlands Express, where uncanny belongings and grotesque revelations test their sanity, until a playful black kitten offers a fleeting moment of innocence amid the unease.
The investigators, lulled into uneasy slumber aboard the Orient Express, found themselves swept into the Dreamlands city of Ulthar—where reverence for cats is law—and were soon ushered onto the uncanny Dreamlands Express, a living train of monstrous forms, guided by a scarred conductor who offered them passage toward destinations both wondrous and perilous.
The investigators, still reeling from Claire’s night‑time encounter with a sinister mist‑born figure, secure the Simulacrum arm among their trunks and board the Simplon‑Orient Express toward Lausanne, where a night of revelry with famed soprano Caterina Cavollaro momentarily masks the growing dread of the occult hunt that awaits on the rails.
A midnight investigation through Charenton’s shadowed wings revealed a deadly over-volted shock chair, evidence of a superhuman patient’s escape, an empty morgue, and—before dawn—an ethereal, taloned specter that whispered ominously of the Simulacrum.
The investigators infiltrate Charenton Asylum at night, uncovering buried horrors and disturbing truths surrounding an attack by a reanimated corpse hidden behind ancient walls.
After being rebuffed in their attempt to access records at the Charenton Asylum, the investigators befriend a traumatized nurse who agrees to smuggle them inside to perform an exorcism on an orderly suffering from mysterious wounds eerily similar to those described in the stolen journal of the asylum’s recently deceased director.
The investigators unearth a cursed stone arm entangled in supernatural roses, triggering decay and dread as they inch closer to the horrors tied to the Simulacrum.
Beneath the Lorien estate, the investigators uncover a grotesque wall of glowing, ichor-dripping roses entwined with a lifelike sculpted arm, triggering Arthur’s descent into paranoia and forcing the group to confront a creeping supernatural horror.
The investigators uncover a hidden subterranean passage beneath the Lorien family’s home in Poissy, confronting growing dread as they realize the house is plagued by supernatural forces linked to an ancient, cursed artifact.
As the investigators gather for a seemingly normal dinner at Dr. Lorien’s home, unsettling events—an inexplicable burn, strange family ailments, and an ominous letter—reveal that they are on the brink of uncovering a dark, ancient force buried beneath the village, with dangers lurking both above and below the surface.