The next morning, Charlie hears that the four Ficorelli Family Men who
were in Innsmouth have been found drowned in their bathtubs.
Dr. Schreber, fearing the worst, stays in Arkham for the weekend.
Friday, April 4
Roderick has a terrible premonition that no one should be sleeping
alone. He calls everyone and insists that they all come to Lowell to
stay with the Valiants. Charlie is highly dubious that this is
necessary, but Gerti drags him. Dr. Schreber is also ousted from
Innsmouth and summoned to Lowell. Dr. Schreber dispenses stimulants
to everyone who wants them, which includes Charlie (of course) as well
as Roderick and Tommy. Watches are set. At about two in the morning,
Peter sleepwalks to the bathroom and begins running the tub. The
awake people (Tommy, Roderick, Eddie, and Charlie) also head to the
bathroom to make him stop. However, Charlie begins to think that the
bathtub would be just the place for a fish like him. Charlie and
Peter have a brief shoving match over the tub, and Peter retreats to
try and run water in the sink. Eddie keeps pulling out the plugs, and
eventually Peter and Charlie are snapped out of their fishlike states.
Roderick comments that Peter, Charlie, and Tommy all seem to be
affected, Charlie most strongly.
The next morning, Charlie hears that the four Ficorelli Family Men who
were in Innsmouth have been found drowned in their bathtubs.
Dr. Schreber, fearing the worst, stays in Arkham for the weekend.
Monday, April 7
Another party of six Family Men heads to Innsmouth. Hetta's stairs
collapse under the weight of the first few up the stairs, impaling
various fellows on rotting wood. No one appears to be home at the
house. At first, the Innsmouth natives deny any knowledge of any
doctors, but after several are beaten, they point to Dr. Schreber's
house, where the wounded are shortly thereafter dragged. One man has
already bled to death from a severed thigh artery; Dr. Schreber binds
up the rest. The wounds are nasty and likely to suppurate. The
Family men take their leave, and the native guide stays to fill
Dr. Schreber in on what happened. Tea is had by all.
Tuesday, April 8
Hetta's house explodes. The building is believed unoccupied at the
time.
Wednesday, April 9
Eight more Family members, including Charlie's Mister Ficorelli, are
found drowned. Three are in bathtubs; the rest are in smaller pieces
of water like sinks and toilets. All appear to be self-inflicted.
Thursday, April 10
More Family members show up in Innsmouth. There is an explosion near
the Esoteric Order of Dagon, and moments later there is a louder
rumbling explosion overhead as the skies open up in a torrential
thunderstorm for three hours. None of the Family members, nor their
cars, are ever seen again.
Sunday, April 13
About fifteen more Family members are found in the harbor.
April 16-28
The Giotti family begins to sense that the Ficorelli family is not at
its strongest, and the streets of Boston begin to resemble Chicago as
the other family makes a play for the town. Lots more Ficorellis die,
as do some Giottis. Tommy-gunning is principally confined to Mafia
buildings, but is fairly fierce. In the end, Boston is in the hands
of the Giottis, the Bon Vivant is no longer a smuggling boat,
and Charlie, as a not-quite-in-the-Mafia guy, becomes a
not-in-the-Mafia-guy.
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