Call of Cthulhu : Swallowed by Time's End

**Call of Cthulhu : Swallowed by Time's End** is a Story Arc of the the Exteria Multiverse. It takes place in Interra in an unspecified era and follows the perspective of investigators Mandy Walker and Martin Paroli. It is a sequel to Call of Cthulhu : Roots of Rotting Eternity.

## Main Arc

### Time to Play

Mandy and Charlise Lovelace, conwomen, arrive at a diner organized by Morgan Lewis and Lavender Lewis, where they are welcomed by independant artist Martin Paroli, and guided inside the home, where they meet many other guests: seer Charles Redfield, medic Dwight Isac, ventriloquist Ruth Ygrett, occultist James Crescent and sculptor Nelson Picker.

Before long however, the party turns sour as Martin shows a poem of his creation, speaking about ten swallows, one of which suffers an abominable death. Surely enough, a few minutes afterwards, as the clock shows 10 PM and nightjars start to cry, Ruth dies, from a lethal cerebral hemorrage, leaving people shocked, with James hoping time would turn back.

### Rewind the Clock

And - miraculously, it does. However, it does so in the worst possible way, with people losing all their memories and restarting the day - all nine of them, without Ruth. The day proceeds as it can be excepted, except Martin's poem speaks of nine swallows, and the methods of death changes. This time, it is Charles who dies, after attempting to run away from the mansion when the clock strikes ten times and being ran over by a car.
As time loops repeat, residual memories help Mandy and Martin attempt to piece back the truth and try to understand what happens. Charlise dies from being choked by gold, then James, believing Martin to be the situation's culprit, attempts to kill him only for the bullet to get stuck and kill him instead. Lavender ends up crucified in her own bed in a closed room, and Picker is found smothered in one of his own statues.

Investigation in research of the disappeared James allow Martin and Mandy to understand a dark influence is at hand. Mandy ends up finding Martin, dead, after opening a tome that speaks of Yog-Sothoth, an Outer God with power over time, who purges timelines of greed and teaches mankind the proper flow of time, indicative of Yog-Sothoth's influence over the world.

### At Time's End

After witnessing Morgan die after making love to his wife's reanimated corpse, Mandy, along with Dwight, attempts to escape the mansion, with Dwight and Mandy being asked to kill one another, with one survivor remaining. Dwight allows Mandy to advance, where she meets Martin, revealed to be an avatar of Yog-Sothoth, sent to test mankind's relation to time.
Martin also reveals that he played the same game ten times, showing many other contestants from parallel worlds, and offering each victor a single wish. As many victors wish for survival, forgiveness or annihilation, Martin grants them, while twisting greedier wishes in the worst possible way. Ultimately, Mandy wishes to go back and time and repeat the previous days, until everyone is save. This earns her both Martin's admiration and approval as he grants her wish.

## Characters

* Mandy Walker
* Martin Paroli
* Morgan Lewis
* Lavender Lewis
* Charlise Lovelace
* Charles Redfield
* Dwight Isac
* Nelson Picker
* James Crescent
* Ruth Ygrett

## Trivia

* Most characters introduced in this storyline have names inspired by other Call of Cthulhu saga characters.