so, where is the Duke, exactly? (part CXLVII)

(Roleplay entry. Continued from CXLVI.)



"Wait, I know this, I've...I...seen....have...." Emilly stumbled away from the creature, intoning, "Tsathoggua...Astaroth...Shub-Niggurath..." Panting, she slumped to the floor.



"Emilly, what is that--I've heard those names..." the poet asked. "What the hell is that? A message?"



"A warning. Hiro? Where are you??"



Hiro’s voice came from all around them. "Em...the alien...it is a telepath...maybe transdimensional."



Emilly rose into the air, surrounded by a purple energy haze. "Hi--ro--It's happening again..."



Rusty managed to get himself to a medical bed, weak from loss of blood, he looked up at Em in alarm. "This has happened before? Duchess! You are floating..."

(Continued in part CXLVIII.)