Megan Bontrager: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the sea hides its deadBontrager: where are the dead?Bontrager: you'll never find 'emBontrager: and why's that?Bontrager: cuz the sea is hiding them
Bontrager: so this big giant obelisk just rises up out of the oceanHP Lovecraft: out of the o-ocean??Bontrager: yup! right out of the deepest watery, sodden depthsLovecraft: [sweats] nothing good comes from down there
Wile E Young: gotta love an obeliskBontrager: i know, right?!Bontrager: they're the bestBontrager: especially from the seaYoung: oh i don't knowBontrager: ESPECIALLY FROM THE SEA
Bontrager: now naturally when you see a giant obelisk rise out of the seaBontrager: you would probably think it was related to that ancient eternal ocean-based cult that we all know and loveLovecraft: an ocean based cult??Bontrager: yesBontrager: very soddenBontrager: much watery
Bontrager: so naturally an obsessed academic investigatesLovecraft: oh an obsessed academic? i like this partBontrager: yeah, i thought you would!Barker: oh wow, howard likes an obsessed academic?Barker: what a surpriseBarker: someone alert the media
Bontrager: there is something that you should know about this obsessed academic thoughBontrager: it's that he's a massive jerk!Bontrager: who is sleeping with his grad student!Lovecraft: hey! what are you trying to pull here??Lovecraft: this isn't the literary fiction campfire!
Bontrager: but he puts together a teamBontrager: but it turns out that everyone on this team has a dark secretBontrager: and before the end, in this watery tomb…Bontrager: all secrets will be revealed!Bontrager: all questions will be answered!Bontrager: all socks will be sodden!
Bontrager: cuz it turns out that the eldritch god of this obeliskBontrager: forces you to confront your greatest trauma and atoneKoontz: like the guy in Star Trek V??Bontrager:Bontrager: whatBontrager: no
Bontrager: not like star trek VBontrager: no, more like god would demandBontrager: i mean god is always demanding that kind of thingBontrager: it's kind of god's whole bitBontrager: why would you think of star trekKoontz: i just thoughtKoontz: i justKoontz: god was in star trek VDiane Duane: that was a false god, dean, and they destroyed him
Bontrager: look, the important thing is this eldritch god forces you to confront your traumaBontrager: and through it, you will do a personal growthBontrager: as you come to terms with some heavy shitBontrager: if you think about it, this eldritch god is actually really good for your mental healthLovecraft: oh i don't like that :(