As you've probably gathered from my 'bunched' approach to blog writing, I tend to fall behind quite a lot. I end up writing about things literally weeks after they've happened by which time I've generally forgotten everything that went on. I've got a lot of things to talk about that's happened over the last few weeks and a limited amount of time to write it all in. For this reason, I'm going to leave you in the hands this week of Mike, AKA Gruffalo Crumble, who played the part of Evelyn Cross and did a bit of a write-up of this session that I ran. I'll give you a bit more in-depth information about what went on when I come to write next weeks session up:
"Gliding low over the expansive African savannah, daredevil aviatrix Evelyn Cross pilots her prototype dirigible (on loan from the Aeronautics Society in London) into a rolling cloud bank, which utterly obscures her view of the terrain. Also on board are eccentric German antiquarian Wilhelm von Bremer, gluttonous game hunter Big Allistair and brilliant detective Lewis Granville.
The dirigible is rocked as some unseen assailant shreds one of the airship's wings, severely hindering Evelyn's ability to control the vessel as it careens blindly through the fog. Big Al readies his rifle, as a dark shape circles back around towards the dirigible. A huge, winged monster swoops at the ship, but one deafening blast of the big game hunter's elephant rifle leads the hungry pterosaur to veer off in search of less formidable prey.
However, the damage to the dirigible has already been done, and while Evelyn (narrowly) avoids a catastrophic collision with the side of a mountain, she is unable to prevent the vessel crashing down along a densely forested, tropical plateau. The pilot and passengers all survive the impact, but even the least technically-able can see the dirigible has been damaged beyond hope of repair.
Stranded in the depths of some explored jungle, the heroes forge on through the trees towards a distant cave, leading north along the bottom of a long, narrow trench. It isn't long before the ground begins to tremble underfoot and a thunderous roar heralds a rockfall blocking the group's retreat. The only way is onward!
Emerging from the trench back into the jungle, the heroes are ambushed by a small group of savage Ape Men wielding primitive clubs. Big Al and Detective Granville quickly dispatch the hairy brutes. Searching the bodies, Evelyn finds a locket, inside of which is a photograph of one Cynthia Davenport, a female adventurer and anthropologist of some renown, who disappeared on some mad expedition several weeks previously.
Following the trail, the heroes reach the crumbling ruins of an ancient city, constructed in a style that Professor von Bremer recognises as being vaguely Egyptian. The missing anthropologist is spotted being dragged towards a sacrificial altar by a particularly impressive looking Ape Man adorned with feathers and baubles befitting his station as spiritual leader of the group. The heroes battle their way through a horde of savage tribesmen and confront the shaman, who throws Cynthia to the ground and draws his knife - only to be blown into red mist by the fiery discharge of Big Al's enormous gun the instant he relinquishes his human shield.
As the shaman dies, he implores his pagan god to punish the heroes for their trespasses - and the volcano towering above the ruins rumbles into life! As molten lava rushes through the streets of the forgotten city, the party race for Cynthia's hot air balloon - and their only means of escaping the plateau alive! Evelyn makes it first, with Big Al, Professor von Bremer and Cynthia all diving into the basket as it lifts off into the air. Nobody had noticed how Detective Granville had fallen behind, and they look away as the unfortunate man is overtaken by the river of liquid fire."
I think that more or less covers it. Cheers Mike!
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