In the House at Redlands: Platypus vs. Yog Sothoth

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We discovered Thursday evening that out garbage disposal was home to an inter-dimensional horror of Lovecraftian proportions!

It soon became clear to us who the culprit was behind this non-Euclidian invasion: C'thulhu!


Braving the sanity-threatening forces of the elder gods, the Platypus was able to drive back the trans-cosmic horrors and ensure the safety of earth.  For now...

Comments

ardensia said…
Wow. Is... that an overgrown potato, or some sort of mutant star-nosed mole?
2:31 PM
James said…
Yog Sothoth does not give up its blasphemous eldritch secrets so easily. For the sake of your sanity, seek to know no more.
4:38 PM
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