Scooby Cthulhu:The Mystery Of The Dead Light

The Miskatonic gang encounters a young woman on the road during the storm of the century.

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Summary

(Spoiler alert: this summary reveals plot details of the Chaosium adventure, Dead Light.)

The Miskatonic gang continues through Oregon in their motorhome, on the way to Connie's uncle's house. Recent events have taken their toll on the gang. Hideyori decides to stay behind in San Francisco to clear his head and visit with his aunt for a few days before she departs for Japan, while D.J. seeks escape with a variety of recreational pharmaceuticals.

The weather report says a massive storm is hitting the coast, but Dusty thinks he can outrun it. Unfortunately, he's wrong. The storm catches up to them, and gets worse and worse. So when he saw the young woman on the side of the road, he nearly hit her. Dusty and Connie go out to check on the girl, and find that she is awake, but in shock and uncommunicative. She is cold and wet and scratched all over (presumably from running through the trees), and has a huge bruise on the side of her face. Walking her back to the motorhome through the pounding rain, they see a strange light in the trees...

Driving (slowly) through the deluge to the nearby town of Orchard Run, Dusty and Connie find a diner, a gas station, and a feed-and-seed. Entering the diner, they learn that the girl is Emilie Webb, daughter of the local doctor. However, no one is paying much attention to this, because Jake Burns is telling everyone about the terrifying thing he saw, which caused him to nearly wreck his semi full of pigs (which is currently parked on the nearby road, nearly blocking it). This "dead light" was crossing the road, and he swerved to avoid it. The experienced has unnerved him, and he has the full attention of the other diner patrons.

Dusty senses something suspicious about the waitress, Mary Laker, whose surprise on seeing Emilie seems to hint at something more. However, Mary does identify the girl as Emilie Webb, grand-daughter of the local doctor, and points out the telephone. Eventually, the gang gets the attention of the other diner patrons, who do their best to help Dusty, Connie, and the injured Emilie. Emilie is still in shock, and only barely able to communicate. The most the gang can get from her is that her grandfather needs help.

The gang attempts to call Emilie's grandfather, but no one answers. And then the power goes out! The owner of the diner, Sam Keelham, does his best to reassure everyone and keep them calm.

Sam loans them his four-wheel-drive Chevy Blazer, and they (slowly) take Emilie to her house, nearly getting washed away by mud slides along the way.

At the house, they find the dead body of Emilie's grandfather, along with the body of a local boy.

It is the dead light!

People

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  Emilie Webb, doctor of Dr. Webb
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  Sam Keelham, diner owner
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  Jake Burns, hysterical truck driver
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  Mary Laker, envious waitress
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  Winnifred and Terry Brewer, friendly locals