Love and Hastur

This story is also known as The Evil God Plays Matchmaker for Me

You want to play a tabletop role-playing game called Call of Cthulhu (COC).

You have no Elder Sign and no crowbar, but you do have half a dozen friends ready to play.

Choose your sacrifice:

A. A lunatic with brilliant reasoning and top-notch instincts, who is also the first to stir up trouble and add drama

B. A straight guy with a black heart, always teetering on the edge of chaotic evil while calling other people out

C. An antisocial dice-rolling machine with no feelings, who can't take his eyes off a pretty girl

D. A freak with all-encompassing tastes who could win an Oscar for his acting

F. A hopeless loser who's lived peacefully on the prairie for so long he's developed a fear of dice

(Hidden option O: A rookie with a thing for good-looking people, who rolls critical successes in weird places and then falls apart at the crucial moment)

You choose

Keeper: Tear up your character sheets! Tear them up! Every last one of you!

Reader's Guide:

1. This is a humorous account of a tabletop role-playing campaign and a sequel that can be read on its own. It contains extensive alterations to the original modules and spoilers. If you'd like to check out the previous story, see Love and Cthulhu in the author's collection!

2. This is a game among friends, full of outrageous antics, and it also involves quite a few house rules. Experienced players, please be kind if you spot anything amiss.

3. Thanks to everyone's tastes, the story features a hodgepodge of couples, including straight, male-male, and female-female pairings.

4. The cover was commissioned. I know this might sound like bragging, but I really think it's gorgeous and I love it _(:з"∠)_

Theme: As long as life goes on, so does the mischief