MidReal Story
Whispers of R'lyeh
Scenario: In 1929, amidst the Great Depression, an ordinary American clerk named Duncan found himself unemployed. Desperate for a livelihood, he resorted to rummaging through the old stores of the town's antiquated district. There, he stumbled upon a peculiar statue, unwittingly bringing it home with him. Little did he know, as the stars aligned, this statue would guide him, summoning the great R'lyeh from the depths of the sea.
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In 1929, the company I worked for had to cut costs due to the economic downturn.
I had no savings and was forced to spend my last paycheck on a statue that I could not resist.
My mother and sister back home rely on me for financial support.
I found myself out of work and burdened with the responsibility of caring for my family.
As I walked home from work, I found myself unemployed in a small town during the Great Depression.
The economy had been in a tailspin since the stock market crash, and now it was my turn to feel the effects.
The company I worked for was a small textile concern, and we’d been making every effort to keep our heads above water.
Unfortunately, Mr.
Withers, the head of the firm, had come to the conclusion that we could no longer afford to keep me on the payroll.
I was called into his office and informed that my services were no longer needed.
Although I was given a month’s severance pay, it wouldn’t be enough to keep me going for long.
I’d been working there for six years, and I never took a single day off sick.
I always came in on time and worked late when required.
But none of that mattered.
The firm could no longer afford to pay me, so I had to go.
I sat numbly in my chair as Mr.
Withers told me what he wanted from me over the next few days.
Fifteen minutes later, I was back at my desk, staring blankly at the wall.
After a while, I heard the door open and close, but I didn’t look around.
This workday would be my last at the company, but I couldn’t bring myself to look around and see all my coworkers’ faces looking at me with pity.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, lunchtime came around, and I stood up from my seat and walked out of the office for good.
My desk was cleared out by the end of the day, and I said goodbye to Mr.
Withers, who handed me an envelope with some money in it for my last month’s service.
I left his office and walked out of the building for the last time.
The streets were quiet when I walked out of the office, a sharp contrast to when I had walked in that morning.
It was almost as if the town knew what had happened and was mourning with me.
I walked back toward my boarding house and thought about what had just happened.
Unemployment wasn’t anything new in those days, but it was something that happened to other people, not me.
I was still relatively young at twenty-nine years old and had no intention of leaving this world for a long time yet.
And yet here I found myself, walking through a small town in New England with no job and no prospects of getting one anytime soon.
Arkham was a small coastal town that seemed untouched by time.
As a young man, I had traveled quite a bit and had visited many big cities back east and out west.
But Arkham was different from all of them; it was a town that time had forgotten about.
As I walked along the main street of Arkham, lost in thought, I thought about what to do next.
My first thought was to go home and find another job as quickly as possible so that I could send money back home to take care of my family.
My mother had been widowed for over ten years now and relied on me for financial support.
My father had died when Emily was only three years old, and she didn’t remember him at all.
I had paid for her room and board at Miskatonic University since she was old enough to attend college there.
She was studying English and wanted to be a teacher when she graduated next year.
She was very intelligent and hardworking and was doing very well in her classes so far.
But if I didn’t send any money home soon, they would have to go without for a while until I could find another job again.
I couldn’t let them down like that; they deserved much better than that from me.
My mother had worked hard after my father died to make sure we didn’t have to go without very much at all while we were growing up.
I knew she was now relying on me to do the same thing for her and Emily too.
I couldn’t let her down, even though I was out of work right now.
I walked along the sidewalk, lost in thought, and tried to come up with a plan.
I couldn’t return to my hometown to look for work; that wasn’t an option.
There were no jobs available there either, and I’d already sent out letters to every company I could think of in that area.
If there were any jobs available, they would have been taken by now.
I needed to find work somewhere else, but I didn’t know where to start looking.
And there was another problem as well; all my money was tied up in a bank account that I couldn’t get to right now.
I needed to find a way to make some money to keep me going until I could send some back home.
But what could I do?
I was trained as a clerk and could do that type of work very well, but there weren’t any jobs available here or at home.
My only other skills were that I was a good typist, and I could take shorthand very well too.
I didn’t know what to do right now, and my thoughts were beginning to consume me again.
But then I looked around and noticed I was in a different part of town than I had been earlier.
The streets were still empty, but the buildings were different too; they all looked very old and rundown, as if no one had lived in them for years.
I’d accidentally found my way into the antiquated district of the town without even realizing it.
I’d never been in this part of the town before, but I’d heard about it from some of the locals at my boarding house.
I knew that most people stayed away from this area because there were a lot of strange people living in this part of the town.
I’d heard that most of them weren’t dangerous, but some were, so it was best to stay away from them if you could.
But that didn’t mean they were bad people, just that they came from a different background than most others did.
I looked around at the buildings again and thought about what I’d heard earlier.
Maybe there were some people in this area who needed help and might pay me for it too.
I knew it was a long shot, but I didn’t have anything else to do right now, so why not give it a try?
It couldn’t hurt anything just to see if there was anyone around who needed help, and maybe I could find someone who could give me some tips on finding a job too.
As I walked along the street, I noticed a big sign that said, “Ye Olde Curio Shoppe” on the front of a building nearby.
Maybe there was someone inside who needed help with something; it couldn’t hurt to check it out and see if there was anyone inside who needed help with something.
So I walked over to the door and opened it, then stepped inside and looked around for someone who might need help with something.
But there was no one inside right now, so maybe no one needed any help after all.
But then I noticed something else that caught my eye instead.
There was an odd-looking statue of some kind sitting on a table in the corner of the room.
I’d never seen anything like it before; it was very ugly and looked like some kind of alien monster to me.
The statue was made out of some kind of stone that was black and gray in color; it was very rough and jagged too.
The statue was also very heavy and weighed nearly a hundred pounds at least.
I didn’t know where this statue came from or why it was here, but something about it seemed to call out to me for some reason.
It was almost as if it was staring at me and telling me to take it home with me now.
I didn’t know why that was happening, but I couldn’t resist its call very much, so I picked it up and carried it out to my car.
It wasn’t easy to carry this statue out to my car; it was very big and heavy too.
But somehow, I managed to do it after a while and carried it out to my car one step at a time.
After that, I opened up the trunk of my car and put the statue inside before closing it again.
Then I drove back to my boarding house and carried it inside again, this time to my room where I set it down on my desk next to my chair.
It felt good to get that off my back finally, even though it was very heavy too.
But there was something else that felt wrong about that statue when I looked at it now.
Something that made me feel uneasy for some reason.
It almost felt like it was mocking me for some reason now when I looked at it from across the room.
I didn’t know why that was happening either, but it made me feel even worse than before.
So I walked over to where the statue was sitting and picked it up again before carrying it over to my bed where I set it down again.
This time, it didn’t look so bad anymore when I looked at it from across the room.
Its ugly features seemed less menacing now, more human than alien in appearance too.
I didn’t know why that was happening either, but maybe there was something special about that statue that made me want to keep it for myself.
After that, I went back over to where my desk was and sat down in my chair again.
Then I looked up and saw that the sun was setting outside.
It would be dark soon, and my dinner would be ready soon too.
So I decided to sit here for a while and wait for my dinner to be ready before doing anything else tonight.
But then, as I waited for my dinner, my thoughts turned back to the statue and the shop where I found it.
I didn’t know where that shop came from either, or why no one was inside when I got there.
But there must have been someone inside earlier today, or that statue wouldn’t have been there at all.
Then my thoughts turned back to the street outside where the shop was located.
I didn’t recognize that street either, or any of the buildings along that street either.
But maybe that wasn’t so strange after all; Arkham was a big town with many people living here too.
There must have been some parts of town that I hadn’t visited yet, even though I’d been living here for a long time now too.
But then, as I thought about those things, something strange happened outside too.
I looked outside again and saw that the street had gotten much darker outside than before.
The sun had set by now, and the sky was a deep blue color with a few stars shining brightly in the sky too.
But then my eyes turned back to the street outside, and I noticed that the street had gotten much darker than before.
Most of the streetlights along that street were turned off by now too, except for one that was still shining brightly outside too.
But then another strange thing happened; the sign on the front of the shop turned off too, and then everything went dark outside again.
I didn’t know what had happened outside just now, but maybe some other people had turned off those lights for some reason now.
But then something strange happened inside too.
I heard a loud creaking noise coming from the door behind me, and then something pushed against my back and made me fall forward onto the floor in front of me again too.
I didn’t know what had just happened right now, but maybe there was something outside that pushed against my back just now and made me fall forward onto the floor in front of me too.
So I got up from where I was sitting and turned around to look outside again; maybe there was something out there who could tell me what had just happened right now too.
But when I looked outside again, there was nothing there at all; everything was dark outside now, and there was no sign of anyone else out there either.
But maybe someone else was still out there somewhere; maybe there was someone inside the shop who could help me right now too.
So I walked back over to where the door was and opened it again before stepping outside into the street again too.
The street was empty now, and it was much darker than before too.
Most of the streetlights along the street were turned off now too, and only one streetlight was still shining brightly in the darkness outside now too.
I didn't know what had happened outside just now, but maybe someone inside the shop knew what had happened out there just now too.
So I walked back inside the shop again and closed the door behind me before walking over to the counter where the old man was sitting.
The old man was still sitting at his desk and reading his book like before, but this time he put his book down when he saw me walking over to him too.
"Is everything alright?"he asked me when he saw me walking over to him like this too.
"I don't know," I said in response when he asked me about those things again.
"I heard a creaking noise coming from behind me just now, but then something pushed against my back and made me fall forward onto the floor in front of me too."
The old man nodded when he heard me talking about those things again too.
"That's strange," he said in response to those things now too.
"I don't know why that happened just now, but maybe someone else was trying to come inside too."
"I don't know," I said again when he asked me about those things too.
"But then something strange happened outside too; most of the streetlights along that street were turned off just now, and only one streetlight is still shining outside now too."
The old man was quiet for a moment after hearing me talk about those things again too, and then he said something after that as well too.
"Well, it's getting late now, so maybe you should go home now too," he said to me when he saw me talking about those things too.
I didn't know what had happened outside just now either, but maybe someone inside the shop would be able to tell me what had happened now too.
"Well, okay," I said in response to those things when he asked me to leave now too.
"Thank you for letting me come inside your shop today."
"It's no problem at all," the old man said in response to those things when he heard me talking about those things too.
"Your welcome to come back here anytime you like."
"Thank you," I said again when he told me those things too.
Then I walked back over to the door and opened it before stepping outside into the street again too.
But as soon as I stepped outside into the street again, something strange happened to me once again too; everything was dark outside once again too.
I could see stars in the sky above now too, and the moon was shining brightly as well too.
But then something unexpected happened after that as well; I saw that statue standing outside in the street too, but it looked much larger than it did inside of that shop now too.
It was as big as a building that was several stories high now too, and it was much wider than any building that was near it now too.
And then something else unexpected happened as well too; I saw that statue moving towards me from far away now too.
But when that statue moved closer to me, something unexpected happened after that as well; its head turned towards me and it looked directly at me as well too.
And then something even more unexpected happened after that as well; a pair of red eyes suddenly appeared on its face as well, and they stared directly at me also too.
But then something else even more unexpected happened after that as well; two tentacles suddenly appeared on its face also too, and they began to lash around wildly in all directions also too.
But then something even more unexpected happened after that as well; that statue suddenly opened its mouth, and I saw a pair of large fangs inside of its mouth as well too.
And then something even more unexpected happened after that as well; that statue suddenly let out a roaring scream, and it echoed loudly throughout the entire city as well too.
But then something else even more unexpected happened after that as well; that statue suddenly bent down towards me, and it looked directly at me as well too.
"I am R'lyeh, hear me roar," it said to me when it talked to me as well too.
"Those who see me shall seek me, and you are one of them as well too."
But then something even more unexpected happened after that as well; that statue suddenly reached out towards me, and it began walking towards me as well too.
But then something even more unexpected happened after that as well; two red eyes suddenly appeared on its face, and they looked directly at me as well too.
"Those who see me shall seek me, but you are one of them as well," it said to me when it talked to me also too.
Then that statue let out another loud roar before walking away again as well too.I stood back against a wall for a moment after seeing that statue again, but then something else unexpected happened after that as well; everything began to grow dim around me all of a sudden now too.
And then something even more unexpected happened after that as well; my vision suddenly grew completely black, and I could no longer see anything at all now either too.
