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[camwyn]

Before I run Frozen Horrors, Frozen North, Ray is going to have to deal with his usual October nonsense, beginning with the consequences of a stolen truck and a string of identity thefts. I don't intend to start Frozen Horrors, Frozen North until after that plot's dealt with, so FHFN isn't going to start until early November. however, if you're interested, I have some ideas here for those of you who'd like to do more than just zap disgusting things or run away screaming.

(That's not intended as a slight on anyone or any plot. 'Zapping disgusting things' and 'running away screaming' constitute a lot of what goes on during a typical day on the job in October for Ray, along with 'making fun of New Jersey'.)

The focus of the plot is the struggle between the humans of Earth (and their allies) and the paradimensional beings of the Cthulhu Mythos for control of the hidden city at Earth's magnetic poles. Under the right conditions, the City can be reached and used to access and attack, and maybe even control, countless other Earths throughout existence. One such set of right conditions is going to fall into place very soon in a number of worlds, which means that the Great Old Ones will be emerging left, right, and center to do battle with anyone or anything that stands in their way. Earth, for the most part, is badly outclassed by the Old Ones and their minions, but in fourteen worlds (chosen largely because 'fourteen' is a funny number to say) there are at least a handful of people who are aware of the magnitude of the threat and have been struggling to set up at least initial efforts to hold the Old Ones off. They're the Canadian Ministry of Extraordinary Threats, their current head is a man named Benton Fraser, and they've existed since roughly 1895.

This is where you come in.

If you want to have your character's world be one of the worlds that has a Ministry of Extraordinary Threats, let me know. This will mean your world has at least some contact with, or influence from, the Cthulhu Mythos. The degree to which the Great Old Ones are capable of influencing or intruding upon your world is up to you, since not everywhere in the multiverse has the same dimensional integrity (Discworld, for example, has some seriously weak walls-o-reality according to its early canon). The Fourteen Ministries will all be converging upon a single world- Milliways Ray's- as part of their plan to alert as many worlds as they can reach to the threat that's coming. The tack to be taken afterwards will depend entirely on what comes of the huge emergency UN meeting that'll be called in response. Hopefully, it will include Arctic exploration and mayhem enough to satisfy all y'all- and if you want your character to go temporarily insane or otherwise have his/her/its head messed up for some reason? We can totally do that too! Heck, if you wanna have your pup try to spike the wheel by throwing in with the Great Old Ones we can also do that, since, well, sometimes people do things that aren't in the survival interests of all existence.



That being said, be aware that I've been reading the following Mythos stories in search of inspiration and preparation material for this plot:

The Dunwich Horror
At The Mountains Of Madness
The Color Out Of Space
Beyond The Wall Of Sleep
The Silver Key
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Call of Cthulhu

The Space-Eaters
The Hounds of Tindalos

... and of course the Michael Reaves Real Ghostbusters episode "Collect Call of Cathulhu". No, that's not a misspelling, that's how it reads on the title card. Also the episode "Russian About", although that one was badly affected by several years' worth of ABC's insistence on 'make it less scary so it'll be more suitable for children!', so it's not nearly as good.

Comments

[works-in-space.livejournal.com]

Benton Fraser...how can I say no?

Kirk is the only possible pup I could use for this, even though I am not entirely sure that Lovecraftian mythos mesh at all well with the TrekVerse. But Shatner is Canadian, after all.

We shall discuss, yesno?

[camwyn]

Kirk's universe doesn't have to be one of the fourteen, of course. It's always possible that he just comes along for the ride once he finds out that multiple timelines of Earth are being threatened by horrors from beyond the stars.

Discussion is a good thing!

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

chosen largely because 'fourteen' is a funny number to say

For members and former members of the Texas A&M science fiction club (like myself), fourteen (http://wiki.cepheid.org/index.php/14) is a lot more than just a funny number....

[takhys]

Speaking as someone who plays both a Benton Fraser and an English teacher trapped in a world of Lovecraftian funtimes, I approve of this message.

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

. . . yeah, you had me at 'Benton Fraser', it's enough to make me wish I played. :P

[lienne.livejournal.com]

...Nice icon.









Cam, I don't think I've actually got any pups who would work for the Fourteen Ministries thing - two of them I'd have to ask other muns and one of them's Bound - but I'd love to actually participate in this plot, since I unfortunately missed Mad Paleontologist. (Tilda is still ticked off at me for this. She wants to meet Ecto, especially now that Ecto is occasionally a giant robot. Possibly she has been spending too much time around Enzo Matrix for her own good.)

[camwyn]

That's fine. People whose worlds aren't touched by the mythos can come up with ways to help, although I somehow have the feeling that it would be very very unhealthy to let Tilda do what she does best, namely, read obscure books.

Although the idea of having to pry Tilda out of the Mythos-derived Bucket of Ick some of those books would put her in is kind of interesting.

Anyway. She can get in on that, but if you want, Walter Peck and the Raiders of the Lost Warehouse is going to be starting quite soon. I can guarantee plagues of mice as well as Ecto for that! Either plot or both, up to you.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

Walter Peck and the Raiders of the Lost Warehouse sounds awesome just from the title, though if I've read a summary of the concept I've forgotten it since.

I will tentatively say "yes! Chucking her at both!", and then cross my fingers and hope my brain doesn't fail me again.

As long as it can be guaranteed that she will be pried out with minimal psychological damage, I'm all for having her read books that read her right back. And if not, I can always throw Raspberry at that plot instead, for much brash vulgarity and punching things inna face.

[camwyn]

Short version: Peck finally decides to go for broke in the Big Mojo department and steals the Ark of the Covenant as part of his longstanding plans for revenge on the Ghostbusters. Because, y'know, October just wasn't complicated enough for Ray's world already.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* Oh, Peck. When will he learn?

Tilda would totally be up for that. She has fond memories of the first time she blew things up in the name of Walter Peck Is An Asshole.

[camwyn]

Learn? Peck? you give him too much credit.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

Point.

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

Threadnapping!

Anyway. Is it wrong that as I was scanning down the tags I managed to read something about the Ark of the Covenant being found in a Big Box department store?

>.>

Blue Light Special! :D!

[camwyn]

Brief, glorious image of a crossover that will not be:

"Huh," said the Doctor, picking his way across the slag-filled valley towards the oddly unscathed golden box. "I don't think I'd like to meet whatever melted all these Daleks."

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

...

Have I mentioned today you are made of win?

[lienne.livejournal.com]

Seconding above comment re: win, you, composition of B by A.

[the_croupier]

*threadnaps*

I'm thinking Ark of the Covenant might call for another K-Tilda team-up thread?

[daniidebrabant.livejournal.com]

Carlos would work for this one. *coughsays NOTHING about Garion but maaaaaybe* and of course, there's the Rani. Lemme know who you'd like.

[camwyn]

Whoever you think would be the most interesting, hon.

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

.... If there could be a Torchwood connection? For FHFN?

SO AWESOME.

Ace'll just be over here in the corner with her happy drugs and alcohol, wondering when the extra weird factor got added to her life.

(answer: Fenric. Duh.)

[camwyn]

I think something could be arranged if the Torchwood folken were amenable. Or, for much pain and aching in the head, it would not take very much effort at all to have a previous Minister of Extraordinary Threats ring up the lads at UNIT, since I've got the only UNIT pup in the Bar- but Torchwood is probably a better connection given the subject matter.

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

... Or both!

*cough*YesI'mahopelessDWfreak*cough*

[camwyn]

I can easily get some references out of the Brig to establish the past existence of the Ministry, if you want. How do you want to arrange things with the Torchwood people?

(Oh, and unless someone among the Buffyfolken objects, the Ministry of Extraordinary Threats in Sgt. Wells' universe is one of the fourteen.)

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

I don't recall anything specifically in show canon, though I know comic book and novel canon's definitely suggested threats straight out of the Mythos. Be kind of surprising that there wouldn't be. I think canon has stated some refs to 'Old Ones' before humanity, so no objection here.

So, if you need Giles to lend a hand on the research end...
or a psychic who's had some Millicanon experience with Mythos (he'll be more wary this time as result. Heh), I can offer Johnny Smith.

Also a Kate Bishop if you need more help on the fighting end. I'm flexible on assistance.

[silveraspen]

I don't think I have any extant characters whose worlds could be one of the fourteen, due to a variety of preestablished crossovers and canonical limitations, etc. and so forth.

(Moiraine is a special case whose world isn't affected, but because of the nature of the special caseness -- yeah, I don't think that'll help so much. Except possibly for small amounts of IC research support, if needed.)

All of that said... if you need a Lovecraft-familiar NPC runner? Please keep me in mind. :)

[camwyn]

Sure thing. As it stands I've been assuming I'm going to have to handle most of the fourteen myself, so that's not a problem. If anyone actually wants one of the fourteen, I want them to have enough time to get comfortable with the idea.

I'll tap you about the NPCs, though. I'm almost certain of that.

[adiva_calandia]

I don't think I can offer any worlds to have Ministries of Extraordinary Threats, alas. None of mine really fit that well with the Mythos.

However, if you end up needing zapping-stuff-types, I would be more than happy to throw Tom in. And he's a little unbalanced already, really . . .

My experience with the Mythos is a little superficial, but if you need Northern NPCs, lemme know. I can always increase my experience with the Mythos. :D

[camwyn]

I think something can probably be arranged, sure!

[rt-5478.livejournal.com]

As mentioned before, I think the Narboniverse should be one of the fourteen worlds with a Ministry. It's been canonically established that this universe has a Heaven and Hell that conform, at least in some degree, to the classical models set up by Milton and Dante; is that going to be an issue?

[camwyn]

I don't think so. The Real Ghostbusters universe canonically has Mythos presence ("Collect Call of Cathulhu"), but also canonically has a classical Hell ("Night Game", "The Devil To Pay", "Chicken, He Clucked") and at least one saint capable of binding and repelling the Four Horsemen described in the Book of Revelation ("Apocalypse - What, NOW?"). That implies that with sufficiently levels of whackitude, the Mythos and standard Heaven/Hell models can coexist, so we're good.

[basic_powers]

Tyler's world is chock full of conspiracies and horrors from the deep, along with your usual superhero events. It also has the two opposing forces known as Law and Chaos (these words may vary depending on your species, language and dialect) who Tyler has already appeared before.

[camwyn]

Eeeexcellent.

[md_donighal]

...the only things that might stop Austin from making the Trinity Universe one of the fourteen are that (a) it'd interfere with the canon timeline, (b) the RusCon isn't as belligerent as Putin's Russia, and (c) he has his own ideas about the secret supernaturals hiding among baseline and Inspired alike.