They may even have some time for a side excursion to an archaeological site or something, if they are headed towards York.
I really do like these 20th century updates, the characters are really engaging. Also liked the way you addressed the politics of the time. Makes the dark age Vikings we are looking back at less barbarous and more human when you consider the time in history these characters are living in. Look forward to more .
Nasty little Mussolini... I was wondering how long we'd be in Florence for just yesterday...
Hm, methinks that Benito's blackshirts will prove to be tame stuff, compared to the slithering eldritch creatures that lie dormant in Jorvik. Oh, and it's only 50 miles from Durham, too. Nope, nothing good will come from this relocation.
That aside, the update served to remind us of 'real-life' 1930s Italy and it certainly provides a very plausible reason to move the action from Florence to York (and much closer to the Great Bad that's bound to come for Madelyn). I don't think her pistol will be of much use.
Heh, reminds me of the Mongol/Aztec event when they first appear. Hell bent on conquering the whole world? A fine tale!
Florence, York, Durham... geography rarely provides good clues for safety in Lovecraft's stories... oh well at least they are not going there
Doesn't York have some interesting underground locations?
Very well-written, Lord Durham! You keep the interplay between Miss York and Carlos working remarkably well. So it's really going to be a wrench when one or both of them gets dragged off into horrific non-Euclidean realms unknown by the multifarious appendages of some elder deity or other...
And the current-day political framing was well-handled, too. You touch briefly on the forebodings of Miss York about Mussolini with a wink-nod to the audience, and don't linger too long. And I'll second Stuyvesant that it provides a good way to move off of Florence without being too plot-devicey.
They may even have some time for a side excursion to an archaeological site or something, if they are headed towards York.
That was a nice respite from all the warring and raiding and Vikings and overt influences of the Old Gods, even if it did feature Il Duce's goons. I hope you don't have any troubles finding an appropriate header image for York.
I dunno, if the Yorkshire police are anything like in Red Riding, she might be missing the caring attitude of Mussolini's blackshirts.
York. Interesting... I haven't been for a few years, but this was a highlight. I don't suppose it's where Uncle lives?
Escaping from fascism is always good, though. Maybe we'll run into a certain Oswald Mosley back home? Might be some light relief from all of the noodly appendages and such.
Making Christopher Walken do a Tampax commercial shows a great imagination coupled with a deranged misconception of the morals that have made Canada great. I will never again look at a Canadian again in the same way. I have a higher opinion of them now.
And now I'm up to date
Director, Syt... So many known faces that I thought had left completely.....
There goes all spare time
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Nice to see you, V! I still hover around, though mostly lurking in the games forums (CK2, Stellaris), and less on the AAR forums.
Speak for yourself, sir! Thread necromancy is not entirely a bad thing.I'd like to wrap it up, but it's been 3 years and I'm sure no one would be interested by now.
Hi Coz
LD, I didn't check dates, I just got all exited when I saw it in your sig
Good to see all of you nonetheless
It's a pity though, I just literarily got handed a lot of free time
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