Friday, September 7, 2018

Headline News Oct. 9th

Chicago Historical Society Burgled!

Important Artifacts stolen or destroyed

Mr. Thomas Martin the head curator reports that the place was broken into and many pieces were stolen or destroyed. Some of the pieces stolen according to Mr. Martin was pieces of the old fort Dearborn, a spear and headdress of a Potawtomi chieftain, and it would seem our thieves have an alcohol desire because 2 bottles of vintage wine from the USS Wilmette was also taken. Mr. Martin hasn't done a complete walkthrough yet to see if other important relics were taken but insists that this is a most grievous crime.

"I was stolen from...the people of Chicago were stolen from! I would urge anyone with news of this atrocity come forth at once and turn yourselves in," says Mr. Martin, "The Society will give 100 dollars to any news that helps apprehend these criminals and additional 400 dollars if we get the artifacts back in one piece."


Saturday, September 1, 2018

Not a Happy Encore

October 8th, 1935

Bronzeville Vaudeville Theatre:

After talking to Mr. Chalky White at the Historical Society, the crew headed over to the theater in Bronzeville the next evening around 8 pm. This old vaudeville theater was abandoned and boarded up. It definitely has seen better days. The 6 of you head in and walk down the right aisle way towards the stage. You see a bright flood light behind a man sitting in a chair. As you all approach cautiously thinking of ambush Cis Watkins assures the group that he senses no danger as he was the first to enter the dilapidated building.

The group goes up the side stairs onto the stage and get a closer look at the man sitting on the chair. It was Mr. White with his eyes and tongue taken out. He was dressed in all white with blood running down his white vest. As you are taking in the grotesque site you hear a barrage of bullets ringing out from the back and left side of the room. IT'S A TRAP!

Over 50 bullets in less than 6 seconds tear through the gang and the ratty moth ridden curtain behind you. Your new contact, Levi goes down quick. Mortimer and Cis get shot up real bad as well after the initial attack. Mortimer, out of instinct gets a quick fire off with his pistol and blows one of the mobsters brains into the john came out of. 1 down 4 to go.

The next round Vincent drops down on the left side of the stage and causes a shimmering reflection of himself to go at lightning speed towards one of the gangsters...it flies straight through him and he goes down like a lead balloon. 2 down 3 to go.

In that same instance, Cecil and Faye drag their fallen companion back behind the curtain...to try to staunch the bleeding. Mortimer not wasting anytime jumps down of the front of the stage and goes into the first few rows of seats to get some cover and fires. He was not so lucky this time and misses damn blood got in his eyes and messed up his vision. Cis Watkins fires off his Tommy gun and tries to spray the remaining three. He managed to take down one of them. 3 down 2 to go.

The remaining two open up on Mortimer and their bullets shred through the seats where Mortimer was hiding. He yells out in pain has one hits his leg and rips a tendon. His eyelids go heavy and goes down unconscious. Things are looking grim for the gang. Just in time, Anne-Marie hears the gun fire and comes busting through the door and quickly takes cover and gets a shot off but misses! Uh-oh...she got the gunman's attention.

Vincent runs down to the end of the theater to the last row and casts his shimmering psychic magic again at one of the attackers. He starts to convulse and scream in agony as he drops his Tommy Gun and dies on the spot. 4 down 1 to go.

The last gunman sees his partner go down with the weird magic coming from the wild haired freak of nature and loses his cool and makes a break for it. Anne-Marie was ready to pistol whip him but thought better of it and let him go as she goes straight for Mortimer to try to save him. To her surprise he sees him laying their moaning but in stable condition. It would seem all that liquor he consumes gives him constitution.

Meanwhile behind the curtain Cecil and Faye stabilize Levi and bandage him up with some of the old, faded stage curtain. The gang yet survives another ordeal...weather they are in New Orleans or Chicago...it would seem danger follows them around like stink on a hooker.