Midnight Pals: Derelictions (Patreon)

Adam Nevill: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the wyrdNevill: it's actually not so much a tale now that i think about itKoontz: is it more of a story?Nevill: close, dean!Nevill: a story is another word for a taleNevill: but good try

Nevill: this is what i like to callNevill: a derelictionKing: ooo! sounds spooky!King: i like thatKing: "dereliction"King: just rolls off the tongue

Nevill: okay so imagine a storyKing: right, rightNevill: now take away the plot and charactersKing: no plot or characters?Nevill: that' rightKing: but that would just leave…?Nevill: that's rightNevill: a lot of extended scene descriptionLovecraft: i'm loving this more all the time!

Nevill: so imagine that you arrive on the sceneNevill: where some unspeakable horror happenedNevill: it's not going on anymore, mind youNevill: you're just a Johnny-come-latelyNevill: and now you've been tasked with figuring out what happenedKing: like Columbo?Nevill: yeah! like Columbo!

Poe: that's interesting, adamPoe: could you give us an example?Nevill: ok so imagineNevill: what if there was an abandoned ship at seaNevill: full of dead bodies of the crewNevill: BUT ALSONevill: a strange ancient statue of unknown providence being transported from an exotic localeNevill: okay gumshoes, put on your thinking capsNevill: and give me your best guessesNevill: what do you think happened here?

Nevill: one of these things is not like the othersNevill: one of these things is cosmically wrongNevill: can you figure out which one it is?Nevill: by the time I've finished my song

Lovecraft: oh that's obvious!Lovecraft: the statue was clearly an idol to an unspeakable elder god, which drove the crew to madness and murderKing: yeah, i'm with howard on this onePoe: seems like a safe betKoontz: waitKoontz: what ifKoontz: what if the statue came to life!!Barker: wait a second guys i think dean's got a banger here

Nevill: that's right, deanNevill: maybe the statue DID come to lifeNevill: it's a possibility, innit?King: yeah, trueNevill: see, these aren't so easy to solve after all, are they?

Nevill: ok so imagine nowNevill: a scene of destructionNevill: perhaps caused by a gigantic, womanly assKing: oh my god this is too scary!