Call of Cthulhu : Broken Mirror Melody

**Call of Cthulhu : Broken Mirror Melody** is a Story Arc of the the Exteria Multiverse. It takes place in Interra and follows the perspective of investigators Gaius Spencer and Oleander Mason. It is a sequel to Call of Cthulhu : Justice of Thirteenth Hour and is followed by Call of Cthulhu : Roots of Rotting Eternity.

## Main Arc

### The Astronomer's Dinner

Expert astrophysicist Gaius is invited to the Mason mansion by Jason Mason, his collegue, on the verge of a scientific breakthrough. He meets up with the rest of their family - his eccentric wife Stacey Mason, their daughters, plant fanatic Oleander Mason and silent, seemingly autistic pianist Angela Mason, as well as their gardner Djabi Al-Mazri, a nameless butler, and guests Peter Ekkyno and Dana Bugle.

During dinner, as Angela plays the piano, Jason speaks of his father Brown Jenkins Mason and his discoveries about exoplanet Pluto, which he expanded by learning of unique chemical elements found within the exoplanet, which possess physical properties that would allow for a breakthrough as an energy source. Furthermore, he claims to have discovered a way to access Pluto's interior, which he seeks to present after dinner.

### Darker Delusions

However, at the same time, Gaius, whose acute synesthesia causes him to perceive the world's vibration as "melodies", is constantly plagued by a disturbing impression, and when he attempts to decipher Brown Jenkins's writings and diaries, is overwhelmed by visions of another reality, where Angela and Jason are abominations, artificial constructs of flesh, blood and animal parts, the butler has no face, and the vibrant mansion is nothing but decrepit ruins.

Realizing this vision to be the real world, and what the others see an illusion from the start, Gaius immediately attempts to gather the sane participants and run away with them, escaping the property despite it warping itself around them to prevent them from leaving - and successfully capturing Peter. They reach a small nearby mansion, occupied by the misanthropic Carter, who agrees to explain the situation.

### To Crawl Against Chaos

According to Carter, Brown Jenkins made a contract with a powerful entity known as **Nyarlathotep** for riches and love, then later attempted to renege on that contract. Thus, Nyarlathotep stole his family and sanity, leaving him in a shambled mansion alongside monsters acting as his only family, unable to either achieve happiness or find freedom in death. Carter also hints at the key to the pact being a peculiar Tarot deck, the Tarot of Yig.

Oleander guides the group back into the corrupted mansion - which has since lost its illusion - and manages to find the Tarot among Jenkins's stuff, although two cards are missing. In the middle of the garden's labyrinth, the group finds the second-to-last card sewn in Peter's torn-apart body, in what seems to be a shrine housing an inactive portal which, should it be given enough sacrifices, would open a gateway to Pluto, much as Nyarlathotep intented from the start.

Nyarlathote appears itself on the scene and offers to end the pact should the group confront one of his riddles, but offers endless death should they fail. The group accepts, but Gaius, overwhelmed by his senses and Nyarlathotep's own melody, falls into a catatonic state. Despite this, in his mental fugue, he manages to understand the riddle to be about mankind's delusion of progress and false initiatic journey, manages to convey through his broken body the answer to the riddle : 'a fool'. As Oleander understands and echoes this world, Nyarlathotep upholds his promises and fades, leaving behind him ruins, a broken family, and a shattered mind.

## Characters

* Gaius Spencer
* Oleander Mason
* Nyarlathotep
* Brown Jenkins Mason
* Angela Mason
* Djabi Al-Mazri
* Jason Mason
* Stacey Mason
* Peter Ekkyno
* Dana Bugle
* The Old Carter

## Trivia

* Both Mason and Carter are names inspired of Cthulhu Mythos, of which the Tarot of Yig is also part.