China, Gray Dragon Island: 04:41 AM: There is damage and carnage within the cave entrance as the party rushes in. Cultists come rushing out. Joe fires his BAR and takes one out but there are more and they are close. Brady fires too. Unfortunately he hits Joe for one point of damage. Irma finishes him…
24: Gray Dragon Island Continued
Gray Dragon Island, China: 04:16 AM: There is another junk moored nearby. Who could it be?? It is dark and difficult to see anything with any certainty but we don’t think it is Ho Fong’s boat. Simon hears someone coming up the stairs… Talking Chinese… Greg knocks over a pan (!!!!) and alerts the guard!…
23: Planning for Gray Dragon Island
Shanghai, China: 17:00 PM: We retrieve as much of our stuff as we can. Hotel gunfight headline news. Someone is dragged into the building. A spy? They have a gun to his head. Brady: “He’s a spy and we have to kill him.” Gaidar: “No he’s our friend.” Captain Taro: “I am Captain Taro Isoge…
22: Shanghai Notes 2
Shanghai, China: 18:45 PM: Somewhere in Nevada, 1938: INTERVIEWER AGENT SMITH: “Mr., ahem – I mean, sorry, – Professor – Fock, I would now like to ask you about what happened on the evening in Shanghai following the poisoning incident at the hotel. What do you recall?” FOCK: “I remember many things that happened in…
21: Shanghai Notes 1
Shanghai, China: 09:00 AM: WE HAVE TO MAKE THREE ROLLS… The missing Choi Mei-Ling (flower girl): where is she? We decide to split into 2 groups to work through the list of experts. GROUP 1: Trent, Joe, Irma, Wesley: Seaman’s Lodge GROUP 2: Gupta, Simon, Gaidar, Trixie: The Monks of the Purple Lotus We hire…
20: Welcome to Shanghai
Shanghai, China 11:44 AM: We arrived in Shanghai on Saturday 11th April 1925. Sure New York has a busy waterfront, but this place is chaos. Vast crowds of people gathered everywhere. Coolies, Soldiers, officials, junks, rafts, and tiny row boats swarm all over and around our freighter. The officials grab our crates; crowbar them, before…
19: Planning & Preparation
London, England: 08:00 AM: Despite all our careful packaging, disguising as machine parts and telescopic equipment the dismantled weaponry is mostly found. Only with a huge bribe are we able to bring it into the USA. The dismantled machines guns and the flamethrower were hard to spot and got through but the Trench Guns, B.A.Rs…
18: Meanwhile, Back in New York City…
London, England 08:00 AM While the others were away in Lesser Edale, Greg, Wes, Natalja and Simon remained at the rented mews house in London studying all the books and scrolls they had found. We determined the following: The Egyptian scroll is spell instructions for Summon Bind Byakhee – it requires a special whistle. The…
17: Our Trip to The English Countryside
Lesser Edale, England: 08:30 AM: I’m not totally sure what this is all about. We know that poor Jackson was intrigued by the article about the beast which was featured in the Scoop (see end of Masks XVI) but let’s face it, the man had cracked up by then so his judgement was seriously impaired….
16: Assault on Misr House – Continued
Kent, England: 03:00 AM: The cultist Wesley shot falls dead from the upper floor to land on the lawn in front of Simon. He briefly checks the body then moves to the front door. Trixie signals not to open it. They need to be cautious as it may be booby-trapped. Wes remains hidden in the…