Vetus Morbus: Under New Management

Well, what a thing. In their leave,  Mx. V left behind nothing but a fucking mess. It’s all nonsense notes on fish-men and old swamp witches and random unnamed gods and I’m half-sure that some of this is complete fiction. At least the ritual documentations are promising…  I’ve a good mind to freshen up on my Zalodel, since this is the case… although I haven’t really used it much, even in all my time in hell.

That aside, I do find the band they created to be charming. Grotti, the re-animated corpse of a former traveling salesman, and the ghostly detective Emile Carter (AND NO ONE ELSE) are surprisingly pleasant, contrary to what V had me believing from their journal.

It seems that the bond V had to Grotti has transferred over to me, making him mine to control. I don’t have very much interest in using this kind of power, to be honest. Why has Mr. Carter stuck around? I’m at a loss. Regardless of his reason, I’m glad he’s here. 

My name is Sam Iam and I am now the leader of Vetus Morbus. V did a fine job being such a tyrant to these guys. Grotti was in such a poor state, I couldn’t stand to be in the same room with him. I had to take him outside and hose him down and burn all of his clothes to dull the putrid odor. We got him some new rags to wear and I’ve made him a pouch to fill with fine smells to carry on his person. Of course, this was all thankless, but it was really for my own sanity. How did V cope? I’ve got no clue. 

As for Mr. Carter… well how does one tame a spirit so keen on solving a question that was never asked? Looking for clues to a mystery that, in itself, is some divine unknown. Does HE even know what he’s solving? And what is he exactly? All of V’s notes on him provide very little information (mostly just observances on his behaviors and wild guesses and theories). Perhaps if I can get him to open up to me… we may reveal more. 

Now, as far as my plans for the band… I’m at a loss. I have music written, a drummer, a bassist, I’m on violin and vocals… but the guitar player that was in is now out. And now we are in need of someone to fill that space. My plan for now is that I’ll simply pluck someone from the crowd at the next show. It will be difficult since the last time I performed hypnosis on anyone was in college (a very long time ago), but I have all the confidence in my abilities to succeed. I will make daddy so proud of me.