IrgndSonDepp<p>Sooo... I sent in Faye Jorgensdottir, Officer Cannon Fodder's partner to investigate. I was a bit too lazy to roll up a new character, so I just crossed out the name and put in the new one. 😅</p><p>A few weeks after Cannon's disappearance, she made her way to the mansion (<em>again</em> most likely). On her way she spotted an empty car off to the side in the nearby forest. Looking around the forest, she encountered Dick Hawthorne, a private eye. He was friendly, but a bit eccentric. Together they discovered Cannon's abandoned car that had been left in the forest. There were no hints as to what had happened to Cannon. Dick didn't feel like joining up, so they went separate ways.</p><p>Faye then rolled up to the mansion and knocked on the front door. "Giant butler" answered. She showed him a photo of Officer Fodder. He was obviously lying about not having seen Fodder, but Faye wasn't able to get him to open up, nor would he allow any further investigation of the house or grounds. After having the door slammed in her face, she decided to stick around until nightfall and sneak into the house.</p><p>She found the back door unlocked, which led to a kitchen with a broken table, spotted with blood. There was no indication that it was Cannon's blood (although this <em>is</em> where the butler cut up the corpse). While rummaging around, she was surprised by angry shouting coming from the pantry. She opened the door and found Dick. He was unhurt, but angry about being locked up. When asked about it, he said that the butler had caught him sneaking around and captured him.</p><p>He armed himself with one of the broken boards from the table and made to run off, but Faye stopped him by calling him a coward. Their chances were better together, she said, which convinced him.</p><p>While they were talking an alarm went off in the next room, which was followed shortly by ritualistic chanting. Together they snuck up to the door and opened it.</p><p>On the other side was the butler, on his knees and back turned to them, chanting and praying in front of a crumbled fireplace. The floor around him was littered with strange symbols and runes.</p><p>Before she could do anything, Hawthorne had rushed the butler and slammed the board into his skull. The giant fell over dead, blood spraying from his caved in head.</p><p>Faye immediately drew her weapon, which made Hawthorne raise the board towards her too. Luckily, a warning shot and some harsh words made him stand down.</p><p>Together they searched the body, but he was wearing some wide ritualistic robes without pockets. Just as they were about to turn away, the body started shrinking and de-aged.</p><p>After they got over the shock, Faye fell back into her routine and told Hawthorne that she had to take him in. A fight ensued, which culminated in Faye tackling the fleeing Hawthorne and handcuffing him.</p><p>Just when the handcuffs clicked into place, the whole house started groaning and shaking. Large gaps formed in the floorboards. Faye and Dick scrambled out the front door as the whole mansion collapsed behind them.</p><p>A single low, drawn out groan came from the pit and then... absolute silence.</p><p>Faye grabbed Dick by the handcuffs and they made their way to her car and back to Arkham police HQ. She had seen enough for one day.</p><p><a href="https://gts.da-miez.de/tags/solorpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoloRPG</span></a></p>