House on Haunted Hill: Afterbirth

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House on Haunted Hill:  Afterbirth



From the journal of Dr. Kim Milford:

In the year of our Lord 1936, January 1st…

I am ecstatic.  Thrilled.  Overwhelmed.  The state of Delaware has finally sanctioned my request to construct a new Mental Health Hospital.  There were still naysayers, due to my malady of choice to specialize in, i.e. the “sexually deranged”.  They believe that somehow, my patients will escape my hospital to terrorize their young daughters.  Imbeciles.  As if I would allow the construction of such a sanitarium without means of bars or locked doors at every window, door, and opening possible.  Honestly, I think that without my family’s major financial contribution from our oil fields in Texas, this would have never been possible.  I feel it is my duty to heal those whom have been harmed by a life-giving act.  Not from personal experiences, but because I can stand up and say that this is a plague upon the modern world.  Procreation must be a healthy activity, not one to retract from the world in.  As usual, the only one who believes in me is my wife the Doctor Cheryl.  Together, we will heal the world one victim at a time.  So help me God.  Or by whomever else.

SHORT AND SWEET SUMMARY
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You are either a ghost or human.  If ghost, you’re a sexual deviant who wants to violate the living.  If you’re a human, you’re going to be violated and most likely killed.

In 1936, the Milford Sanctuary for the Sexually Depraved was established.  It was actually two major buldings; Sunrise, which was the building that hosted the doctor’s labs, offices, research facilities, and the everyday recreational rooms of the patients, and then Sunset, where the patients went for the night to sleep.  Both were surrounded by a very large fence.  It was to be the ground zero of sexual therapy and rehabilitation.  It wasn’t.

Very quickly Dr. Milford was bombarded with many patients.  He tried to narrow his focus on single patients, but the plethora of incoming victims was overwhelming.  He had to hire many doctors and nurses to hold them all in check.  Most of his time was spent with legal documentation of the patient’s cruel acts against one another.  Within a year, his soul had been darkened, and he swore never to focus his talents on any one patient.  Instead, he involved himself into historical research, finding that the only societies that tried to heal such people in the past were of pagan belief systems.  Pushed to the end of his rope, he infused himself with pagan idolatry, practices, and witchcraft.  Soon after this, he became a very different man.

Rumors of the inhuman acts in the Milford Sanctuary would circulate through the public, but not one soul did a thing to investigate them.  If they did, and Dr. Milford was found guilty, they’d have to find another home for his mental patients or set them free.  This, they would never do.  So, the Doctor was allowed his satanic magics and cruel tests.  Forced orgies, rape, multliple men/women to one man/woman, bondage, cutting, etc.  If there was ever an unhealthy fetish, it was practiced there.  Even the doctors, nurses, and the help who went there with healthy minds were poisoned by the place.  Eventually, they became the most depraved of them all.

In 1949, a fire broke out in both Sunrise and Sunset simultaneously.  All of the gates to every entrance were locked, and every single living person was burned alive.  The sanctuary was condemned, and the state of Delaware sighed a breath of relief as it mourned its passing.  And that was the end of it…or so they thought.

For decades now, reports of ghostly activity has plagued the Milford Sanctuary.  Beings completely consumed by sexual desire and pain are said to still haunt the buildings, looking for their next victims.  Many people missing reports have come and gone, only to be lost in a stack of similar documents of lost souls.  The nearby town of Lindensford have shunned the sanctuary, but none are willing to demolish it.  No one is that brave to see if the legends are true.


THE TRUTH:

The souls of the dead live in that sanctuary.  Starting with Dr. Milford, the shades of doctors, nurses, the help, and patients haunt the building.  The doctors are still continuing their experiments and forcing their sexual desires on their victims, the patients.  Some of the patients have formed an alliance and are trying to fight back, but how well can a bunch of dead looneys defend themselves against fully sentient demons.

Recently, there has been a radical change in the sanctuary.  More and more living people find themselves drawn to the buildings, only to be violated, murdered, and then eternally violated.  These people are the descendants of the raped patients.  These orphans were donated to a local facility, and the living descendants are now being drawn by Dr. Milford for a final spell.  He believes he’s found a sex ritual that can return life to the dead, and he is determined to live once more.  How many more victims will there be?  No one can tell.  No one other than the good doctor.  Or as his patients lovingly call him, Dr. Populate.


THE GAME:

I will be providing a list of NPC doctors, nurses, and the help who all have been turned into ghostly succubi or incubi.  Their desires are warped beyond belief.  You, the players, are given 3 options of characters:  patient, living person, or the help.

Patient:  You must create a history for a character who lived between 1936 and 1949 and then was committed to the Milford Sanctuary for sexual deviancy.  Remember, this is the thirties and forties.  Being gay was considered to be a mental health issue.  You don’t have to create a demon.  You must also choose one of the NPCs to have been the primary one to have stained your soul enough to make you a wraith.  If you do not like the current selection, PM me and we’ll talk.  Then, you must decide if you have any living relatives who would be compelled to the sanctuary.

Living Person:  Create a character from modern times.  The game is set in this current year, and mathematically the descendants would be between second to fourth generation.  You must also select your ancestor.  If you wish to be related to another player’s ghost character, that’s actually preferred.  If not, it’s cool.  Also, you must be willing to play a character that’s going to be violated and most likely killed, then turned into a ghost.

Help:  I’d prefer this to be the last option.  Mostly because as the story goes, all the Help will be damned to Hell.  If you’re okay with this, then props to you.


OBJECTIVE (for ghosts):

1.   Stop Dr. Milford from resurrecting himself.  No one knows what will actually happen, but be assured it will be a very, VERY bad thing.  It also has been circulating that he will involve all his patients in the final ritual, which may or may not destroy their souls.
2.   Have sex.  Not just sex, but the most depraved sex you can possibly imagine.  Although you are wanting to stop Dr. Populate, you can never release your inner desires.  You are already damned.  Act like it.

OBJECTIVE (for the living):

1.   Don’t die.  (you most likely will)
2.   Stop the Doctor.  (you might do this)

OBJECTIVE (for the Help):
1.   Be one fucked up, sexual deviant.
2.   Help the Doctor.

If you have any questions or ideas, please notify me via PM or through the OOC page.  Thank you for your participation, and remember, the more the merrier.



NPCS:

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Name: Dr. Kim Milford
Title:  Director of the Sanctuary
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History:  Born of a very wealthy family, Dr. Milford had the opportunity to afford any college of his choosing and any profession.  As a boy, his mother had watched him doctor his younger sister’s dolls and give them health advice.  From that point on, it was only a matter of time before he became a doctor.  He married late in his life, never knowing the touch of a woman before his younger wife.  However, he never treated her as someone below himself.  In fact he donated enough money to his college to help his wife and her sister to attain a doctorate.  She did, however, have an insatiable sexual appetite, and her open-mindedness helped Dr. Milford open himself up to the sexual powers of healing.  He wove this into his practice at the sanctuary, even going so far as to include his wife and sometimes her sister in the “medical proceedings”.  Over time, his desires became more craven, and his patients who were possibly getting better were now forced to sate his curiosity and desires.  As a ghost, nothing has changed about him, except for his over exaggerated godly appearance.
Desires: Any and all.  He is not limited to an one set of acts.


Name: Dr. Cheryl Smith
Title:  Board Member of the Milford Sanctuary; Head of Solitary Confinement
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History:  Cheryl had always been a fiercely independent woman.  The most obvious example of this was her keeping of her maiden name after marriage.  Luckily for her, Dr. Milford was an “evolved male” and had no issue with it.  They had met in college where she was admitted only due to her father being the Dean of the medical school.  Even with that pull, she was not to graduate until her fiancé used his own financial influences to pull her and her sister through with degrees intact.  While never allowing another to dominate her, she had always been known for her generosity.  If there ever was a soul in need, they’d find solace in her arms.  As the Head of Solitary Confinement, she used theoretical modern technologies in order to explore new ways to tame the insane mind; electrocution, color therapy, mirror glasses, etc.  After her death in the fire, she has continued to create pre-modern like tools to help redeem lost souls.  Unlike the other ghosts, she genuinely wants to help heal.
Desires:  Binding others.  She always loved to relinquish others of their control via binding them to tables, walls, or chairs.  Once there, performing her experiments were much easier. 



Name: Dr. Janet Smith
Title:  Board Member of the Milford Sanctuary; Electrotherapy Technician
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History: Always standing in the shadow of her over accomplishing sister, Janet was driven by her need to accomplish something great and unsurpassable.  While Cheryl might have found the perfect and wealthy husband, Janet threw herself into the science of psychiatry and was determined to discover a new form of electrotherapy.  She began with  the Tesla Coil and moved on to alternating wattage, volts, and current.  In her quest to find the right wavelength to match patient’s brainwaves patters, she tried her own therapies as a means to try and help her see the world in new light.  As a ghost, she tortures others through her electro-powers.  Even the powerless lights in the buildings flicker in her presence as she shimmers through space.
Desires:  Electrocution.  Latex.



Name: Dr. Keenan Wynn
Title:  Staff Doctor; Physician
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History:  Dr. Wynn was a classical studies fanatic, and he never truly gave up the theory of the body’s humors and how their imbalance could be the source for all maladies.  In the face of advancing sciences, he was laughed out of many hospitals for his theories of saline hot baths, acidic elixirs, leeches, and many other outdated methods.  Finding a need for any kind of doctor in the Milford Sanctuary, he was accepted as a general physician and given permission to treat sicknesses as he saw fit.
Desires:  Liquidophilia, Mucophilia, and Autoerotic Erotic Asphyxiation



Name: Father Michael Barrere
Title: Resident Priest
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History: In his early years, Father Barrere visited the Middle East as a means of learning about the Holy Hand through experience and possibly expand the reaches of the Catholic Church.  However, his preaching had earned him the ire of the local fanatical Muslims, and to teach him a lesson they cut off his right hand.  After he returned to the United States, he became a recluse and abandoned the outside world entirely.  Dr. Milford was called in to assess the priest’s mental condition, and it was there that the good doctor convinced the priest that the loss of a hand was a blessing and not a curse.  In fact, the loss of one’s limbs was synonymous with the pain that Jesus Christ experienced upon the cross.  With his faith renewed in corrupt fashion, Father Barrere moved into the sanctuary and became the Resident Preist, specializing in amputees.  It was only a matter of time before his desire to help had been corrupted into a sexual desire, and he came to believe that people could channel all their evil into a single limb and then lose it forever once the limb had been chopped off.
Desires: Acrotomophilia, Auto-haemofetishism, Teratophilia, Stigmataphilia



Name: Grounds Keeper Gianni Russo
Title:  Grounds Keeper
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History:  Originally a member of the Soviet Union, after WWII Gianni escaped imprisonment for unsanctioned killings of prisoners of war.  There was no real reason why he was hired for the position, but some suspect it was because he had no moral issues with hiding bodies in the gardens.  He was also called the Angel of Mercy, for when there was a patient begging for death, he would sometimes go out of his way and put them out of his/her misery.  As a ghost he floats along the hallways and the gardens, giving death’s release for those in pain.
Desires:  Voyeurism, Kleptophilia, Dendrophilia, Agalmatophilia, Erotophonophilia



Name: Barry Cutler
Title: Help
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History: Being a volunteer for the English Army in WWI, he had seen exactly what the Germans were capable of before anyone else.  The tanks, machine guns, chlorine gas, and fire throwers, they all were the new wave of future warfare.  During the siege of a port city, Barry was attacked by one of those newgangled fire throwers and much of his lower body retained permanent scaring.  When he came back, he was unfit for duty and incapable of holding a job.  He had too many anger issues.  A perfect hire for the Milford Sanctuary.
Desires: Masochist, Formicophilia, Pyraphilia



Name: Mike Bobenko
Title: Help
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History:  A soldier of WWII, Mike had been particularly damaged by the ravages of war.  Seeing the mass death and destruction of the Jewish peoples of Germany and Poland, Mike embraced his inner demon and became an unstoppable force.  He was responsible for more than thirty personal kills, ten of which were by hand.  When the war ended, he was relieved of duty.  He was more than promising, but his skin color kept him from advancing in ranks.  He took up the job as “help” for the Milford Sanctuary as a means to release all his inner pain and misery on others, without being judged for it.
Desires: Sadism, Biastophilia, Peodeiktophilia



Name: Ron Masak
Title: Help
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History:  Another soldier of the WWII, Ron had made a name for himself as a world champion boxer long before he was given a gun and told to shoot down Japs and Germans.  Not much for brains, he used his brawn at every turn to survive a war with no end.  During the times when no one was shooting, Ron boxed with the US prisoners of war, even sometimes to the death.  Generals on high caught wind of his extra activities (as well as some rumors about his sexual orientation), and he was immediately and dishonorably discharged.  No one wanted to hire a disgraced soldier, except for the Mafia.  One step away from becoming a Mafioso pawn, he accepted the job at the Milford Sanctuary.  At night, he would continue to organize fights amongst the patients.  The winners would fight him.  He always won.
Desires: Sthenolagania, Transvestophilia



Name: Ve Nell
Title: Maid
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History: Ve had experienced many deaths in her family.  Her father died before she was born, her mother during childbirth, and her sister of a severe epileptic shock when she was nine.  Tragedy seemed to follow Ve no matter where she turned.  So, in order to bring her bad luck with the deserving, she accepted a job at the Milford Sanctuary.  Unlucky for her, she contracted cholera from a deathly ill patient.  Dr. Milford used all his knowledge to keep her alive as long as possible, and for her it was like a living hell.  Eventually, she came to appreciate and enjoy the feeling of being sick.  She decided to embrace her spiritual plague and embrace the world with it.  Many patients died of cholera her last year.
Desires: Chronophilia, Munchausen’s Disease



Name: Wendy Lernin
Title: Help
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History:  She was born and raised in a whorehouse.  Her mother was one of the most beautiful prostitutes in the house, and her father was unknown.  Like most houses of passion, there was a slew of children simply waiting to become prostitutes themselves one day.  She didn’t want to end up like her mother; aged, unloved, and poor.  She skipped town at age fifteen and accepted the first job she could get.  However, she could never shake off her history, and whenever there was a beautiful man or woman admitted, Wendy usually called dibs before anyone else.  Never replacing the love she should have received from a young age, she became a morphine addict and ended up a prostitute just like her mother.
Desires: Stigmatophilia, Morphine, Autagonistaphilia, Raptophilia



Name: Rick Walters
Title:  Medical Student; Staff
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History:  Rick Walters was descended from a long line of morticians.  He had seen death before other children had even asked if there was an afterlife for their pets.  But he did not want to continue simply reforming the rotting corpse.  No, he was more interested in the medical value of a corpse and how they could aid the living.  He was on his way to becoming a great doctor, but some of his equals found him having “unusual relations” with a recently deceased woman.  After that, the only place who would accept him was the sanctuary, where he was allowed to continue his experiments in peace and quiet.
Desires: Necrophilia, Sadism, Forniphilia



Name: Fran Schaschte
Title: Head Nurse
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History: From a young age, Fran had always been unusually drawn to the sight of blood.  Whenever she cut herself, she immediately tried to such out as much as possible, just for the taste.  One time at a young age , a friend of hers was cut on the arm, and she tried to suck on the wound forcefully.  From then on she earned the nickname “Frankula”.  When she grew up, her tastes had only increased.  She became a blood nurse, but before she could be fired for ingesting medical waste, she found a job with the sanctuary and quickly crawled up the political ranks to secure her position and her tastes.
Desires: Vampirism, Somnophilia



Name: Officer Andrew Gadarelli
Title: On-call Officer
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History:  Andrew’s father died when he was very young.  He was an only child, and his mother went through a regressive state, pretending that her seven year old son was actually an infant.  He was forced to nurse, be changed, and sleep in infant clothing.  He was never able to escape this private hell until he moved out at age sixteen to join the force.  Unfortunately for him, the damage had been done, and he found himself sexually aroused by the idea of being an infant to a loving mother.  Afraid that the prostitutes he was with might talk, he offered his “legal” services to the sanctuary in order to have his desires sated.  Dr. Milford was more than happy to have the law on his side.
Desires: Lactophilia, Autonepiophilia, Paraphilic Infantilism


BUILDINGS:

SUNRISE:




SUNSET:






WAYS FOR HUMANS TO VISIT:

There are numerous ways and reasons why people could be drawn to the Milford Sanctuary.  These are a few ideas to go with.  You’re more than happy to go with your own ideas.  Just be mindful of if you went alone or if there would be other people in the sanctuary at the same time you character is there.  It’s best just to think of it as it would be possible for everyone to be there at the same time.


1.   Historians:  A group of college historian students have pulled their minds together and decided to make a presentation of the Milford Sanctuary as their Finals project.
2.   Ghost Hunters:  A team of paranormal investigators with a TV show have decided that this is the best location to obtain unequivocal evidence of life beyond death.
3.   Call from Beyond:  Your character received a phone call or letter from a long dead relative asking for help to escape the sanctuary.  Wanting to release your relative’s soul into the afterlife, you go into the building with the best of intentions.
4.   Witches:  Misguided Satanists, Pagans, or misguided teens have chosen the sanctuary as the best place to call forth the spirits.  They bring music, liquor, weed, and magic paraphernalia.  The night will not end well for them.

CHARACTER CREATION:

Name:
Type:  (ghost or human)
History:
TOD:  (Time of Death; ignore if alive)
Desires:
Relatives:




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Loving the attention.  If I get at least 2 players, I will be happy to play as many npc's as necessary.  Remember, this is not a linear story.  Although there is a metaplot, mini stories are welcomed.

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So far, the banner bidding is still open for grabs.  I unfortunately must wait to see how my personal funds will be.  However, if I can, I will make my bid.

Christa-That actually would be a good choice, as she could know all the information I've posted on this story.  Were you thinking a group research team or other?
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I put a bid.  So far, I'm winning.  Yay!
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SweetSerenade

I have a slight interest, in another aspect. Mostly as a human that helps the Ghosts try to accomplish their goals. Though my idea of 'Witch' differs from what you posted. I was thinking of someone who is a consumated cleanser of such locations, and goes out of her way to find ways to continously protect herself and achieve the goals that the Ghosts have... but that is just me. I know such an idea would probably not be welcome.

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ManofDawnLight

Such a character type could apply.  The goal of the ghosts are either to help the doctor rebirth himself or stop him.  As a human clairvoyant or your understanding of a witch, you could help either way.  I assume you mean to help the ghosts let go and move on rather than be invested in the evil works of the doctor, but I have to say the second option would be really cool.  Either way, I can see a good character.  Just notify your fellow players if your character intends to save the others from supernatural sexual encounters, as some might not want to be saved.  And this is not a single storyline plot.  Miniplots are welcomed.

And remember, jut because your character is pure in heart and wants the happy ending doesn't mean you the player will let them have it.
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Well basically what she is is someone with a history of understanding the Supernatural and a lifetime of training. I am basically going to be making her someone of a Druidic Background (As that is the magic I am best versed on). She sees it as part of her life duty to go to places and cleanse them, help souls move on. If she has to, destroy them. But given that she has spent a lifetime building protections for herself, and has her hereditary gifts that have been passed down - I see her as more of a character that talks to the ghosts and tries to help them.

As it stands I personally see no interest in any of the male (or female) characters in the game, in a sexual manner. So basically having her be a therapist to the dead would be quite amusing.

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ManofDawnLight

That's fine.  Not every story here has to be about "getting it on", just remember what kind of an insane asylum this place was, though.  Also, this isn't a simple haunted house.  Anyone who comes in charging with spirit guns ablazin' will find a small army of twisted souls to greet them.  Subtlety is key.
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Oh of course not. But part of me wonders about something. I want to add a slightly more twisted aspect of it... in the essence that every soul she helps pass on... brings her up in her Goddess' eyes. Neala is a follower of Morrigan, the Celtic Goddess of Death and Battle. :D So... it would be interesting if it becomes a power game... eventually... XD

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We'll see.  For now, I'm going to wait for more participants before I plan more.
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Clio

What does TOD mean in the character sheet? Also, you said something about my college historian to be a descendant, so are there any ghost characters already created that would like to be my ancestor? :)
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Time Of Death.  I'll revise this code for ghosts and humans separately.

Christa, probably Dr. Keenan Wynn, as he had a special interest in classical studies.  The two would have much to talk about.   >:)

In two days or so, I'll start to help organizing everyone's characters and "hunting parties".  Just want to give the add a little more time.
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Who is going to play the NPC's? There's so many, that surely you aren't expecting to play all of them?
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SweetSerenade

I wasn't planning on a Guns blazing approach. I am thinking somethingmore along the lines of coming in prepared with some protection. Maybe even get special permits for doing 'Paranormal Research' on the property. Probably set up a base camp of sorts for her... where she go to really rest...

What is the Tree situation on the property? Like the kinds of trees on the property? Certain kinds of trees have certain properties, and enhance certain spells.

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I someone wants the responsibility of playing an NPC, they are welcome to it.

I'll look into the location of the asylum for local trees.
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Here is the OOC and Character Sheet topic.


I need everyone who is interested in this game to link to this and answer some questions.  It will help us come together to start a great game.  Thank you all for the interest.

SweetSeranade, here's a website that might help you out with your tree question.
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Were you meaning to link  to another thread? I don't see a thread...
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