robotnik2004 | O.J., Original Jenkin (Reply)

Originally published at Route 96. You can comment here or there.

Of all the bizarre monstrosities in Gilman’s dreams, nothing filled him with greater panic and nausea than this blasphemous and diminutive hybrid–quaintly called by the townspeople ‘Brown Jenkin.’
–H.P. Lovecraft, “The Dreams in the Witch House”

Brown What? The final member of the Fab Foursome was Brown Jenkin, our (t)rusty vehicular steed. A 1988 Buick Skyhawk (and that’s Skyhawk, not Skylark, thank you very much) the dusty non-color of a crumpled lunch bag, Jenkin proved to be sluggish, yet virtually indestructible. For a while, I was trying to get people to call it “the car from The Rockford Files,” in homage to Rockford and other 70s detective shows where low speed car chases make up 70% of the so-called action. But after spending just a little time on the road, all three of us realized that only a name describing the Skyhawk’s essential, well, brownnessT would stick. Inspiration came in the end from the evil and loathsome rat-creature in H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House, which carries messages between an old witch and the Devil, and in the end burrows a tunnel through the chest of the protagonist to eat out his heart. Go you Jenkin, go!

BROWN JENKIN, Scuttling Mocker
STR 3, DEX 18*, CON 5, EDU 3, SIZ 3, SAN 0, INT 14, Move 9, POW 12, HP 4
*has four tiny hands in place of paws
Damage Bonus: -1D6
Weapon: Bite 80%, damage 1D2
Skills: Gnaw 65%, Hide 85%, Listen 70%, Scuttle 75%
Sanity Loss: It costs 0/1D4 Sanity Points to see Brown Jenkin.