Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom Page #3

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You should try it. Just focus and listen.

Yum, yum, squishy.

Well, all of you have

been really nice so far.

So was Spot.

I mean, he was scary at first, but he...

There are bad things out there, Howard.

Badder than I know how to tell you.

R'lyeh has many creatures.

Some hidden, some waiting.

All fierce and powerful in ways

that you can't imagine.

That's right, Davik, like Shoggoth.

He's got a big mouth.

What about Nythgon?

Don't like them, all sharp and shadows.

And there's tons of them.

It's OK, twins. We don't mention his name.

You know that.

He hasn't been seen for a long, long time.

Nothing to worry about.

So what you're saying is,

stay out of the darkness?

What we're saying is,

this world may look cool and peaceful

but you have to be very careful, Howard.

Your father, he was curious.

He liked to explore.

Perhaps he saw too much of our world.

There are things that can harm you

in more ways that you can ever imagine.

If you wake them, there might never be

a chance of you getting back home.

Well...

I mean, I could be grumpy

when I wake up, too.

No, it's more than that, Howard.

The One Who Sleeps, Cthulhu.

The Great Dreamer.

The Sleeper of R'lyeh.

There are ancient creatures here, Howard.

He's the king of them.

The power you need to go home

may be strong enough to wake him.

You have to be very

careful in your travels.

You have to be even more careful

of who you call your friend.

It tastes really good

when they wiggle, right?

Yeah, it's...

So good.

Thank you so much

for taking me in for the night.

- I really appreciate it.

- Of course.

It's the least we can do

for an ally of Thu Thu Hmong.

He's a friend.

Well, for now.

Howard, I want to talk to you

about something very important.

I'm afraid that this place

isn't safe for you.

Remember how you told me of your father?

When I met him,

he was bright, curious, eager.

The man you told me about

isn't that person any more.

He has seen things.

Things that changed him.

What do you mean?

I will shelter you here for the night,

but in the morning,

you should make every effort to get home

as quickly as possible.

I don't know how to get back.

Then you should definitely stay with Spot

until you find your way home.

OK.

Good night, Howard Lovecraft. Sleep well.

Good night.

Whoa!

What?

Howard, are you all right?

Uh-huh.

- Did you dream?

- I think so.

It's just... Got a little

bit jumbled in my head.

Dreams often do.

- Are you ready to begin the day?

- Mmm-hmm.

Then I wish you luck, Howard Lovecraft.

And a safe journey.

Hey, Howard, you left your dinner.

Can I eat it?

Bye, Howard, travel safe.

We'll miss you.

- Good morning, Spot.

- Morning, Master Howard.

Spot, is there a great

big castle somewhere?

- Maybe in that direction?

- Yes.

Good. Take me there, please.

- Why?

- I saw it in my dream.

- It seemed pretty important.

- Yes.

Let's get a move on!

Hmm.

- Master?

- Yes, Spot?

- Where you come from?

- What do you mean?

- How your land different?

- Oh, that's easy.

I mean, it's not like this all the time.

We get snow, too, but we only get a

little bit, and only in the winter.

- "A bit"?

- Erm...

Well, "a bit" would be

a lot less snow than this.

Yes.

I mean, here it just goes

on forever and ever,

but where I'm from,

I'm lucky if we get enough snow

to cancel school, or...

- Not that it matters.

- Not matter?

Because when I'm at school,

I see all the other children

being friends with each other.

None of them wanna be friends with me.

- Why?

- Because I'm, you know, different.

Everybody in my family worries all the

time. About me or... Or my father.

We don't take a lot of time to play.

- Children should play.

- "Play"?

I don't play at all, really. I like

to read. I like to read a lot.

I love books.

- Why?

- Books tell amazing stories.

I read them for hours at a time.

I've even tried writing

a few stories of my own,

believe it or not.

But books and proper stories,

they take you places.

Although most of them don't actually

take you to another dimension.

- Come here?

- Yeah. It was a book my father wrote.

And I left it on my bed in my room.

Oh, no! What am I gonna do?

Master. Spot help.

- How?

- Book take you here, book take you home.

- How can you guess a thing like that?

- Spot smart.

- Book is key.

- A book!

I saw a book in my dream last night.

It was in front of a huge door.

Then?

I was just about to get the book,

then something grabbed me.

I'm just not sure what the door was for.

Keeping me out or keeping something in?

I miss my parents.

- I wanna go home.

- We'll find it.

Hope so. But first things first,

we have to get to the castle.

Agree, Master Howard. Want more.

We've talked about me a lot.

- What about you? Do you have any family?

- What "family"?

You have to have a mom and dad,

some brothers and sisters.

You can't be all alone out here.

R'lyeh not like New England. Many alone.

Family not for helping. Family dangerous.

Family scary.

Yeah, sometimes my family

can be pretty scary,

but that doesn't mean

I don't wanna go back for them.

I've never been away for this long before.

Master Howard is sad.

Play make happy? Show Spot play.

Well, in a place like

this, with all this snow,

I could see them building

a lot of snowmen.

"Snowmen."

- Haven't you ever built a snowman before?

- No.

What do you think? Do you like it?

- Simulacrum.

- What?

- What's a simulacrum?

- A copy of Master Howard.

Oh. I do know that word.

Spot, you really are smart.

You should try making one of yourself.

Nice snow-Spot, Spot.

More play.

Dodge this.

Fifteen, 16, 17, 18,

19, 20, 21, 22,

23, 24, 25... Hey!

One, two...

Huh?

Oh!

Uh-oh!

- Master Howard!

- Hello.

Master Howard!

Hi, Spot.

No, no, no, no.

Whoa.

R'lyeh.

I guessed that, big guy.

This where the king lives?

Not king.

But powerful.

Master?

- Go?

- Er... Oh. Yes. Yes.

I... I don't know, Spot.

- Are you sure?

- Yes.

Welcome.

Huh. This is not what I imagined.

"Imagine"?

Yeah. I thought in my head it would be...

I don't know... Cleaner?

It is creepy...

And really dirty.

There's no one here.

Is someone gonna come out to greet us?

Or are we supposed to just walk in?

- You have no idea, do you?

- Nope.

This feels odd, doesn't it?

Hey, Spot, quick question.

I mean, shouldn't there be

people or creatures in this place?

Hmm?

Hmm.

Whoa!

I got a bad feeling about this.

Hi, I'm Howard Lovecraft.

I'm hoping someone can help me.

Spot, they have weapons.

Mmm-hmm.

No!

This cannot be good.

Howard!

I know you promised to get me out

of the cold and into someplace warm,

"but spot?

Yes?

Being cooked alive was not in my mind!

Spot, get us out of here!

You have idea?

Spot?

Spot?

Got you, Master Howard.

Well done, Spot.

- Now you do?

- What?

Big breath.

I cannot do that!

- No?

- No.

All I can do is puff up my cheeks.

Like this.

Big, big breath.

That won't work, Spot.

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