The Masks of Nyarlathotep: Egypt part 3

The Diary of Adam Walters

 

October 6th 2008 – a Tarot reading

What are the influences surrounding our visit to the Bent Pyramid?

1) Where we are now – 5 of Wands – hard mental labour, conflicts and upheavals

2) Aspirator (aims) – Moon reversed – failure of nerve, deception, lies, illusion and madness

3) Instigator (how is came to pass) – King of Cups – manipulator, ideas, seeks power, secretive businessman

4) Cryptic (hidden influences) – Devil reversed – lust for power, repressing instincts, evil occult happenings, literally a devil

5) Culminator (where we are heading) – Empress reversed – possibly Niticriti or Hypatia Masters, the Voodoo advisor, thinks Adam – maternal tyranny, anxiety lack of concentration

6) Pivot – the Hierophant – You shall know the truth it shall set you free. Spiritual leader. Reversed meaning – religious extremism, slander

 

2 or more cards refer to the same person – King of Cups and the Devil

 

Overall we need to go to the Bent Pyramid, keep our wits about us. It shall drive us mad, There is a manipulator (demon) in the background. We fear it may be our old adversary Mr N.

 

October 7th 2008 – a visit to the Bent Pyramid

Alif Khafour has helped us to get access into the Bent Pyramid. As we approach I sense a darkness in there and it gives me a disquieting feeling. Some American tourists want to enter but are dissuaded by the guards. We have the pass code in the form of our documentation. Open Sesame!

 

Inside we find a secret door and climb up the steps much further than we ought to be able. We reach a chamber with black stone. Outside I feel an ambivalence. Don’t go in vs seeming interested. Sandy mentions that the room is magical. There are pillars with gems on top.

 

We examine the walls for clues. There are hieroglyphs and a depiction of stars/galaxies. We take a rubbing of the solar system. One inscription predicts the end of time and the return of the Outer Gods. A son of Mr N is heralded to be born in the New Year, Feb 2nd or earlier. A total eclipse of the sun on July 22nd 2009. There is to be a significant event on Halloween.

 

While we have been studying the walls, Syed has gone and sat on the throne – the idiot! Not surprisingly he looks the worse for wear. He wakes suddenly saying “He is coming!”

 

I notice that the doorway has closed trapping us inside.

 

Mr N appears on the throne in the guise of an effete ebony skinned Pharaoh with a golden mask. There is a hint of something disturbing about what’s behind the mask. He says “Greetings, old friends.”

 

He offers us gifts and knowledge. Some of us accept, Eliza does not. I gain knowledge of astronomy and a magical item, a sceptre. This leads to greater understanding of the clues on the walls.

 

Eliza asks about the Carlyle expedition and we are forced to watch their horrible fate as winged things come out of an extinct volcano. Out of the undergrowth come ghouls and squidgicum-squees, the foul creatures from my worst nightmares. They tear them apart: Carlisle, Penhew, Masters and Brady.

 

Our very sanity is shaken but we may have gained knowledge and items vital to the success of our mission.

 

The hotel and a visit to the museum

Back to the hotel where we contact HQ and hear the sad news that Cruella is dead and MI13 may be disbanded. One hell of a time for that to happen. I head to the museum to confer with Ali Khafour about our new found items – flail and sceptre. The sceptre is able to store the magical energy we use to cast spells. It is possible to use the items together. This will allow us to stop some of the effect of spells cast against us.