Episode 27
Episode 27 - Just a Walk Through the Woods
The Agents dig in to local colonial history -- EVEN HARDER. This time, they meet with head librarian Janet Pound and find that her roots may be rotten...
Adapted from a scenario by Thomas DiPaolo.
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Transcript
Hello?
Speaker B:What time is it?
Speaker C:Who is it?
Speaker D:I don't know.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker D:Situation green.
Speaker E:Positively buzzing.
Speaker D:Sorry, honey.
Speaker D:I have to take Paris first.
Speaker D:Rolls his sanity for helplessness.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker D:Would you like to project any potential loss from this moment of shock?
Speaker A:Yes, I'd like to project it on Connor.
Speaker A:Dun, Dun, dun.
Speaker D:It's a 1D4, which will be subtracted from your current willpower as well as the bond's rating.
Speaker A:Where's my current weapon?
Speaker A:That's fine.
Speaker F:So that was one of Paris's, like, friends.
Speaker D:All right, you rolled one.
Speaker D:So go ahead and subtract one from your bond score.
Speaker D:What does that take Connor down to?
Speaker A:To a five.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker D:Getting close.
Speaker D:And subtract one from your current willpower.
Speaker D:What does that take you to?
Speaker A:12.
Speaker A:Prentiss.
Speaker A:Did you.
Speaker A:Did you hear that?
Speaker A:Were you listening?
Speaker E:Yeah, I heard.
Speaker A:Did you hear.
Speaker A:Was that the name Connor?
Speaker A:Did you hear that?
Speaker A:Is it.
Speaker E:Yeah, that's who I heard him talking to.
Speaker A:The fuck.
Speaker E:What's wrong, man?
Speaker A:That's.
Speaker A:I served with that guy.
Speaker A:I know him.
Speaker A:I gotta make a phone call.
Speaker E:Okay?
Speaker A:I go outside and I'm gonna call.
Speaker A:Call Connor directly.
Speaker D:Okay?
Speaker D:All right.
Speaker D:We'll get back to you in just a moment.
Speaker D:So you both watch Paris leave very quickly and go out into the rain.
Speaker D:Standing under the eaves, Pull out his phone.
Speaker D:Ryan Prentice, you're still inside.
Speaker D:This girl is ignoring you.
Speaker D:She's on her cell phone now as country music swells from the transistor radio next to her.
Speaker F:Ryan's going to speak, address her, and say, how often do you listen to wxxt?
Speaker D:She doesn't seem to look up or realize you're speaking to her.
Speaker F:Excuse me, ma'am.
Speaker D:What?
Speaker D:She looks up at you.
Speaker F:How often do you listen to wxxt?
Speaker D:I don't know.
Speaker D:As much as I want.
Speaker D:It's, like, boring here.
Speaker F:What do you.
Speaker F:Do you know anything about who runs it or anything about the station?
Speaker D:She rolls her eyes.
Speaker D:You're not sure why?
Speaker D:Go ahead and roll your charisma.
Speaker F:I was actually about to take the.
Speaker F:The fear approach, but I was starting with niceness.
Speaker E:I'm both good cop and bad cop.
Speaker C:Show your teeth.
Speaker F:That was a success.
Speaker F:Finally.
Speaker F:53 out of a 90.
Speaker D:She rolls her eyes.
Speaker D:Look, I.
Speaker D:I don't really care if you want to buy anything.
Speaker D:Just, like, grab something, bring it up here, and I'll check you out.
Speaker F:Is the counter a glass counter or is it, like, a hardwood counter?
Speaker D:It's actually.
Speaker D:It looks like an antique wood counter.
Speaker D:It has claw feet.
Speaker D:Car from wood okay.
Speaker F:Ryan is going to suddenly slam his hand down on the counter, rattling whatever's on it, getting her attention and staring straight into her eyes and saying, tell me what you know about WXXT.
Speaker D:Go ahead and roll your persuade plus 20.
Speaker E:Apprentice crosses his arms.
Speaker F:A persuade plus 20 will put me over 100.
Speaker D:You may still roll a fumble.
Speaker F:Oh, fuck, you're right.
Speaker F:Oh no.
Speaker B:Fuck.
Speaker C:I forgot about building and break everything.
Speaker A:On the way down.
Speaker F:Okay, 13 instead of one of two.
Speaker B:Success.
Speaker F:That 100.
Speaker F:Fucking scared me.
Speaker D:She starts up, her eyes wide, and the perpetual kind of grimace on her face for a moment is replaced by true fear.
Speaker D:She backs up a bit.
Speaker D:Are you not from around here?
Speaker D:There's a quavering in her voice.
Speaker F:Ryan's just gonna kind of like lower his head, staring, not saying anything back.
Speaker F:Just.
Speaker F:Prentice says, holding the energy.
Speaker E:You could say that.
Speaker D:So you've never heard of Father Shine Face, then?
Speaker F:Who's Father Shine Face?
Speaker D:She nods.
Speaker D:She almost flinches when you speak again.
Speaker D:Now that you're no longer yelling at her, however.
Speaker F:Or at least I never yelled.
Speaker D:Now that you're no longer punctuating the words with, you know, the percussive smashing.
Speaker F:Of her desk.
Speaker D:She.
Speaker D:She starts to get a little bit more strength in her voice again.
Speaker D:He's a weird guy from, like, the 20s and 30s who is kind of a radio evangelist in Pioneer Valley.
Speaker D:Maybe like the first, like, ever.
Speaker D:Anyway, he supposedly went crazy one day on air and the station just, like, spontaneously lit up.
Speaker D:Supposedly, like, killing everybody there.
Speaker D:People were saying it was like God's vengeance because Father Shine Face, he was, like, blaspheming God's name on the broadcast when it happens.
Speaker D:And Zeke on wxxt, he's playing a character based on him, and it's really trippy, but I can't stop listening just to hear what he says next.
Speaker D:It's.
Speaker D:It's like.
Speaker D:It's wild.
Speaker D:She says.
Speaker F:Where.
Speaker F:Where was that?
Speaker F:Is there, like a physical site where that happened or.
Speaker D:Yeah, probably.
Speaker D:Of course there was a whole, like, radio station, right?
Speaker D:It burnt down.
Speaker D:Didn't I just say that?
Speaker F:Who's this Zeke character?
Speaker D:That's the guy who's running the news station.
Speaker D:Wxxt, I guess.
Speaker F:Do you.
Speaker F:Are you friends with him?
Speaker D:No.
Speaker F:What's his last name?
Speaker F:Where does he live?
Speaker D:I don't know.
Speaker D:He's a guy on the radio.
Speaker F:Kane, you're totally.
Speaker F:You could totally, like, have joined us by this point.
Speaker F:I'm sure that might be me slamming my hand on the amber.
Speaker D:I don't know if you want Or.
Speaker D:Or.
Speaker D:Kane, if you want to interrupt at any time and tell me if you're doing anything special, I am all ears.
Speaker D:So feel free to jump in as this taciturn.
Speaker D:This taciturn team gives.
Speaker D:Gives Ryan a hard time.
Speaker C:Honestly, unless she hears gunshots, she's going to keep browsing the stacks looking for local history.
Speaker D:You're not finding any local history.
Speaker D:It's mostly like the kind of quasi mystical hoodoo that I.
Speaker D:That I talked about earlier.
Speaker D:However, I will let you go ahead and roll a search, see if I.
Speaker C:Find a specific book.
Speaker C:Huh?
Speaker F:Ryan's.
Speaker F:Ryan's not done.
Speaker F:We'll be Back to our NPC.
Speaker F:Ryan.
Speaker C:Conversation over 50.
Speaker C:Ugh.
Speaker D:So the worst.
Speaker F:I know the pain.
Speaker D:A whole section about how to talk to your plants to make them grow better.
Speaker D:Herbalism section.
Speaker D:That seems again, quasi mystical.
Speaker D:Back to Ryan and Prentiss.
Speaker D:We'll get to you, Paris, in just a moment.
Speaker F:Sorry.
Speaker F:What did she.
Speaker F:What was her answer to me saying the Zeke thing?
Speaker D:Yeah, she said she has no idea he's a guy on the radio.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker D:As if you were an idiot for asking the question.
Speaker D:She's very.
Speaker D:She's back to being been extremely aggressive in her tone.
Speaker A:Got it.
Speaker F:How long have you been listening to wxxt?
Speaker D:I don't know, like a year or something.
Speaker D:Like for like a year.
Speaker D:He's been broadcasting at least.
Speaker F:Really?
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker F:Interesting.
Speaker F:Did you hear him?
Speaker F:Does he ever mention anything, like about new brothers or sisters that have joined or.
Speaker F:And Gareth joined What?
Speaker D:What the hell are you talking about?
Speaker F:Answer the question.
Speaker D:I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker F:So you haven't heard him mention anything like that?
Speaker D:How many times do I have to say it?
Speaker D:Are we done?
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker D:You can just listen to it on your own radio if you like it.
Speaker D:I'm not the expert of like, random radio stations.
Speaker F:All right.
Speaker F:Thank you.
Speaker F:Ryan's going to walk away.
Speaker D:SHE SCOFFS as you walk away, Prentice, any parting words or do you follow Ryan?
Speaker E:He follows Ryan.
Speaker F:Got some useful information there.
Speaker F:I'm not mad about that.
Speaker D:Oh, yeah, for sure.
Speaker D:She's.
Speaker D:She is a.
Speaker D:Not a fun person to speak with most of the time.
Speaker F:I was fine with that.
Speaker F:I just kind of getting.
Speaker F:I feel like getting the history of the radio station.
Speaker F:Who Father Shine faces.
Speaker F:It almost feels like we were given like a chores list of names to.
Speaker F:Like who.
Speaker F:Who's who, and it's like we're just checking them off one by one.
Speaker D:What about Benjamin Stockton?
Speaker D:The old buck?
Speaker D:Yeah, I didn't think any of these.
Speaker F:Ring any Bells the old buck mean anything to you?
Speaker D:Which NPC in this town would know that name?
Speaker F:But at least we got named Zeke.
Speaker F:To me, that seems like a good lead or something.
Speaker C:I don't know.
Speaker E:That's the guy that.
Speaker F:Oh, did we.
Speaker E:Yeah, that's the guy in the.
Speaker D:That's the host.
Speaker F:I thought.
Speaker F:I didn't know we knew that.
Speaker F:I thought this was like just some random fucking mysterious.
Speaker E:That the important thing that we got was Father Shine Face actually ran the radio station back in the 20s and that it burnt down.
Speaker F:I knew that, but I thought we.
Speaker D:Didn'T know and that Zeke is playing some sort of character based off of him.
Speaker E:Right.
Speaker F:I didn't think that.
Speaker A:Finding out where that.
Speaker A:That radio station was sounds like a pretty solid lead.
Speaker C:Yeah, I think that's our next step after Paris makes this call.
Speaker D:That's right.
Speaker D:So we're now outside of the storefront.
Speaker A:The rain coming down with my friendlies, Chris.
Speaker A:And every.
Speaker A:I feel like every campaign, you roll them in somehow the rain.
Speaker D:Hey, I rolled randomly.
Speaker D:The rain coming down in great sheets.
Speaker D:And you put your phone up to your ear.
Speaker D:I assume you're trying to call Connor O'Donnell, a fellow veteran from your unit.
Speaker D:Someone who you've been through hell with.
Speaker D:That's the guy Connor picks up.
Speaker A:Hey, Connor, how's it going, man?
Speaker D:Can't remember your character's name.
Speaker D:John.
Speaker A:Yeah, I can't either.
Speaker F:Looks like it's John, actually.
Speaker D:I probably put it on your.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Last name is Trace.
Speaker D:I don't think we have a first name for you, though.
Speaker A:I don't think we do.
Speaker A:Hey, Connor, it's Trace.
Speaker E:It's Constance.
Speaker D:Yeah, man, what's up?
Speaker D:How's it going?
Speaker A:Yeah, good.
Speaker A:Hey, sorry to hit you up out of the.
Speaker A:Out of the blue like this.
Speaker A:I just.
Speaker A:Did you just.
Speaker A:I could have sworn I heard you on the radio just a second ago.
Speaker A:Would you call it in somewhere or call it radio station?
Speaker E:What?
Speaker A:Yeah, I know it's kind of strange, man.
Speaker A:I just.
Speaker A:I'm up here checking in on a friend of mine and as the strangest thing.
Speaker A:The radio's on and sworn it was your voice and the guy on the host was referred to him as Connor.
Speaker A:And it just.
Speaker A:It just.
Speaker A:It wasn't you.
Speaker A:That wasn't you, right?
Speaker D:I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker D:Chase.
Speaker A:Shit.
Speaker A:Well, I'm also trying to.
Speaker A:I mean, I just cost my.
Speaker A:My relationship with this guy a little bit, so I'm trying to damage it a little bit.
Speaker A:I guess that's trying.
Speaker D:You have to tell me.
Speaker D:Go for it.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Fuck.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker F:And you haven't be pushy.
Speaker A:You haven't called into any.
Speaker A:Any radio station?
Speaker A:I know it's weird, man, but you've been called the new radio stations lately, have you?
Speaker D:I mean, I won tickets to a Spurs game, like, half a year ago off of klbj, but is that what you're talking.
Speaker D:That's, like, not what you're talking about, right?
Speaker F:No.
Speaker A:You're still down in the Austin area?
Speaker D:Yeah, man.
Speaker A:Okay, well, hey, just do me a favor, man.
Speaker A:Don't.
Speaker A:Don't.
Speaker A:Don't call on any of the radio stations for a little bit.
Speaker A:It's weird.
Speaker A:I know, man.
Speaker A:Just.
Speaker A:I'm gonna be down.
Speaker A:I'll be down in Texas soon.
Speaker A:We can grab a beer.
Speaker A:We'll catch up.
Speaker A:It'll be all me.
Speaker A:But just do me the favor.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker D:Yeah, man.
Speaker D:I won't call into radio stations.
Speaker D:What's going on with you, man?
Speaker A:Just.
Speaker A:You know how it is, man.
Speaker E:Just.
Speaker A:Just in the shit sometimes.
Speaker A:I gotta go.
Speaker A:I gotta go.
Speaker A:It's good.
Speaker A:Good to hear from you.
Speaker G:Hey, hey.
Speaker D:Reach out.
Speaker D:Reach out.
Speaker D:If.
Speaker D:If you've got anything, you know, you need to talk about, man, I.
Speaker D:I'm here.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:No, appreciate that.
Speaker A:Connor.
Speaker A:Look, I gotta go, man.
Speaker A:I gotta go.
Speaker D:Hangs up Roll your sanity for helplessness again.
Speaker F:Hey, John, do you feel like a little bitch whenever Chris asks you to roll your sanity for helplessness?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:No, I feel fine.
Speaker A:I think Paris isn't feeling so good, though.
Speaker A:I feel fine.
Speaker F:I love that.
Speaker D:Did you want to try to project again?
Speaker F:Project on Goddard.
Speaker F:Just kidding.
Speaker D:Remember, it's a 1D4, and you have no choice once you go that route.
Speaker D:So just.
Speaker D:You will take a hit in willpower and the bond rating in order to potentially suppress any lost sanity from that roll.
Speaker A:I will not.
Speaker A:I will not project.
Speaker D:Not a problem.
Speaker A:I don't think it would make sense for me to project on him again, considering the conversation.
Speaker D:It's up to you.
Speaker D:The mechanic is there.
Speaker D:Since you still have a rating, I gotcha.
Speaker A:No, I'm good.
Speaker A:So I'll head back inside.
Speaker F:All of a sudden, Paris runs into traffic.
Speaker A:While his teeth are falling out.
Speaker D:Now, when Ryan and Prentiss left the.
Speaker D:What's a good adjective for her?
Speaker D:The aggressive young lady.
Speaker D:Were you leaving the storefront or going into the aisles where Kane has disappeared?
Speaker F:I'll walk back towards.
Speaker F:Towards Kane.
Speaker D:As.
Speaker E:As he's doing that, Prentice is going to turn around and go back to the young lady.
Speaker D:Oh, okay.
Speaker D:You're not done after all.
Speaker D:Fair enough.
Speaker D:All right, let's.
Speaker D:Let's have Paris walk in in the middle of this, whatever's happening.
Speaker D:So go ahead.
Speaker D:What are you asking?
Speaker E:So, Apprentice says one more question.
Speaker E:You know anything about the history of this building?
Speaker D:Go ahead and roll your charisma, please.
Speaker F:That's such a good question.
Speaker F:Holy shit.
Speaker F:Oh, my.
Speaker E:Kind of why we came.
Speaker D:Well, well remembered, sir.
Speaker F:Oh, my God.
Speaker D:Threw you off with a mean NPC.
Speaker F:So bad at this game.
Speaker E:And that looks like a pass.
Speaker E:40 of 70.
Speaker D:Target.
Speaker D:She looks up.
Speaker D:Yeah, I guess.
Speaker D:I mean, it's old.
Speaker E:I'm told it's built on an old witch's house.
Speaker E:Is that true?
Speaker D:I don't know.
Speaker C:Okay.
Speaker E:Anything else you can tell me about it?
Speaker D:No.
Speaker E:She says, do you know the owners of the house?
Speaker D:Of what house are you talking about?
Speaker E:This.
Speaker E:This building, the shop.
Speaker D:The owners of the bookstore.
Speaker D:She looks at you like you're an idiot.
Speaker D:Yes.
Speaker D:Do I know the people who employ me to work here?
Speaker D:Yeah, I do.
Speaker E:And could you give me their names?
Speaker D:No.
Speaker D:SHE laughs.
Speaker E:All right, that's fine.
Speaker E:I can Google it.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker A:So much sass.
Speaker E:Kiss your fucking job goodbye.
Speaker C:I think Chris is actually a teenage girl.
Speaker D:I'm glad I'm.
Speaker F:Ryan's like, put me back in, coach.
Speaker F:I'll get the answer.
Speaker D:Slam that does he get?
Speaker D:You just.
Speaker E:You just walk right up in haymaker.
Speaker A:For like seven weeks of no sass in.
Speaker A:In 30 seconds.
Speaker E:Yep.
Speaker D:Ryan, you find Kane near the back in.
Speaker D:In one of the more claustrophobic set of stacks of books in.
Speaker D:In one of the aisles.
Speaker F:Ryan's gonna go up to Kane and say, I mean, have.
Speaker F:Is there anything to even find in this mess?
Speaker F:Gesturing to the depths.
Speaker C:I mean, you can take a look, but I haven't found much.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker F:Oh, good.
Speaker F:So I asked her about the radio station and apparently the host, Zeke, is impersonating Father Shine Face, which was one of the names that we.
Speaker F:We heard in the.
Speaker F:Or found in the notes.
Speaker F:Seems like.
Speaker F:Yeah, it's been around for a while if.
Speaker F:Wondering if we can kind of find where it broadcasts from.
Speaker F:It'd be pretty helpful.
Speaker C:Let me Google Father Shine Face real quick.
Speaker C:And the radio station that burned down.
Speaker F:Yeah, that's a good call.
Speaker E:And I'm going to Google the store owner.
Speaker D:That's a little harder I would say, to, like, Google owners of a.
Speaker D:Of a particular.
Speaker E:Well, I'm just going to.
Speaker E:I'm going to give it a really bad rating.
Speaker E:Usually people.
Speaker D:Okay, you're going to go to the Yelp page and say, like, you know, The.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:When you get to the Yelp page, you're not alone.
Speaker D:And you notice before you even, you know, post your angry one star review that there is no interaction from any manager or employee in response to the extremely rude clerk, which is a running theme that looks like it goes back about two or three years.
Speaker E:Still going to leave that review.
Speaker E:Starting with.
Speaker E:If I could give it zero stars, I would.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Do you use your real account?
Speaker E:Oh, shit.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker E:No, I wouldn't leave a review.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker D:Just ask me.
Speaker D:I don't think this is going to blow your cover.
Speaker D:I was just asking if there's, like, this plastic surgeon from California who suddenly is angry.
Speaker E:Florida.
Speaker D:Oh, Florida Kane.
Speaker D:You are.
Speaker D:You start researching this name.
Speaker D:This is not difficult.
Speaker D:Go ahead and roll a history roll, please.
Speaker C:That is a failure.
Speaker C:52 out of 30.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:No.
Speaker D:No worries.
Speaker D:So you do find.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:That this was the name of a radio personality evangelical preacher.
Speaker D:Much like the clerk told you, or at least told the others, he may have been one of the first religious radio personalities of his time.
Speaker D:And that there was a notorious end to the radio station wddi.
Speaker D:However, it does not go into any details.
Speaker E:Well, we got the name.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker C:Now that we've got the name wddi, we should be able to find something.
Speaker C:But I think it might take a little more digging.
Speaker F:Can we do a separate search on wddi?
Speaker D:It doesn't really show anything.
Speaker D:If you type it into Google right now in real life, that's what it shows.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Gotta have context or something more.
Speaker C:Or a better rule library.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker F:Let's go see where the others got to.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker F:Not a bad idea.
Speaker F:At the library.
Speaker F:Maybe there'll be articles on.
Speaker C:Yep.
Speaker F:On the event.
Speaker F:A whole building burning down.
Speaker F:Seems like something noteworthy.
Speaker F:Noteworthy.
Speaker C:Especially if you people.
Speaker C:Dad.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker F:If our handler is being complete in the world he's built.
Speaker D:That's correct.
Speaker D:If your hand.
Speaker D:If your handler is.
Speaker D:Is doing his or her job.
Speaker F:So whomever that may be.
Speaker D:So you two go back up to the front, where Prentiss has re engaged at this exact moment.
Speaker D:Paris walks in.
Speaker D:He looks kind of shaken.
Speaker C:You're etching.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Apprentice.
Speaker A:It was Connor, right?
Speaker A:You swear you heard that name?
Speaker E:Yeah, it was Connor.
Speaker E:This young lady is of no help and should not be employed in any kind of customer service interaction.
Speaker E:I'm done with her.
Speaker F:What did you ask?
Speaker E:Oh, I just asked for more history of this building, and she was a complete ass about it.
Speaker D:I can hear you.
Speaker A:This is all right.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker E:I don't care.
Speaker F:Did you ask?
Speaker C:Teenage girl, Move your Butts at that dog.
Speaker D:I'm 22.
Speaker C:You look like you're 22.
Speaker E:Acts like a teenager.
Speaker D:She makes kind of a cringe face at you.
Speaker F:Okay, so let's leave.
Speaker E:That is our leave.
Speaker E:She won this round.
Speaker D:You four leave depths and make your way back to your vehicle.
Speaker A:Bested by a 22 year old goth kid.
Speaker A:This is not going well.
Speaker A:It's not bode well.
Speaker F:We got the info we needed.
Speaker F:We weren't bested.
Speaker C:I think I won that round.
Speaker E:Her attitude says, please give me a wedgie.
Speaker E:But we're adults, so we can't.
Speaker D:You do whatever you want.
Speaker D:There's a role for everything.
Speaker F:Crime.
Speaker F:Let's go back in, let's burn.
Speaker A:Let's burn it down.
Speaker A:Just poetic justice.
Speaker F:Write it out.
Speaker C:Burn in anything outstand today.
Speaker C:At least wait till tomorrow.
Speaker F:Tell us what you know.
Speaker C:All right, boys, come on back to the Lobber.
Speaker D:Please go to jail for wedging a young woman.
Speaker D:Snedeker's gonna be stoked.
Speaker D:Y'all spin up the gmc.
Speaker D:Where are you headed?
Speaker E:We're heading to the local library.
Speaker D:You guys gonna spin the dial?
Speaker D:Listen to some sweet, sweet WXXT on the way over?
Speaker F:You bet your sweet ass we are.
Speaker D:Are you really?
Speaker C:Yes.
Speaker F:Yes.
Speaker D:Okay, so as you make your way over, both Kane and Ryan have the same idea.
Speaker D:Let's find wxxt.
Speaker D:Let's keep listening.
Speaker A:Hey, y'all sure we want to listen to this more?
Speaker C:Yes.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker F:This is what we're here for.
Speaker E:Clues out of it.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Getting clues out of it.
Speaker F:We are getting clues out of it.
Speaker A:At what cost?
Speaker D:When you finally find wxxt, the music that you heard in depths had ended.
Speaker D:And you hear that the host is again.
Speaker D:Middle monologue.
Speaker G:And it's not easy to keep yapping once the gums are sewn together with razor wire.
Speaker G:I tell you what.
Speaker G:But let's switch gears.
Speaker G:I have a message for Scott.
Speaker G:Malik.
Speaker G:Now, did you know that it takes seven minutes to lose consciousness when you're pulled underwater with the way back up?
Speaker D:Sure.
Speaker G:Those last few minutes while the lungs are filling up and you're barely hanging on.
Speaker D:Sure.
Speaker G:It's hard to call that consciousness.
Speaker G:From what I hear tell, and I have some expert sources on this, you feel the fire of a thousand lit up nerves all bursting at once in your chest and head, your body screaming at you, how are you so stupid?
Speaker G:Get some air in ya.
Speaker G:Anyway, Scott, we're hoping you take this message with the goodwill it was intended with no hard feelings.
Speaker G:Now, next up, we're gonna revisit what it means to be left by an older woman when you're just 10 or so.
Speaker E:Ew.
Speaker D:Music starts to swell and take over the airways again.
Speaker D:Agent Ryan, go ahead and roll your sanity from helplessness in case Ryan driving.
Speaker A:Right now just sort that the team.
Speaker F:Doesn'T know that's Ryan's name.
Speaker F:What did you ask?
Speaker D:Roll your sanity, please.
Speaker D:For your helplessness.
Speaker E:Oh, you're the driver.
Speaker A:He's driving, right?
Speaker C:Yep.
Speaker F:Okay, good.
Speaker D:Would you like to project any potential loss?
Speaker F:You bet.
Speaker F:You're sweet ass.
Speaker F:I'm pre projecting onto my.
Speaker D:You know what to do.
Speaker D:Go to roll that one D4.
Speaker D:That will subtract from your willpower and a bond of your choice.
Speaker F:Oh yeah.
Speaker D:2.
Speaker D:What does that bring your willpower down to?
Speaker D:And which Bond suffers by two?
Speaker F:Chloe is suffering by two.
Speaker F:And my willpower is now at 11.
Speaker C:Oh, poor Chloe.
Speaker F:A healthy willpower, I would say.
Speaker F:Ryan tilts his head slightly at the mention of his name.
Speaker F:And you almost imperceptibly, but squeezes the wheel a little bit harder.
Speaker F:Pays very close attention to the words though.
Speaker F:By the way, am I forgetting I didn't drown almost once?
Speaker F:Right?
Speaker F:Like, am I forgetting something?
Speaker D:You have not yet drowned.
Speaker F:Okay, I'm just.
Speaker F:I'm just making sure.
Speaker F:That was.
Speaker F:That was a Michael question.
Speaker D:Like somebody might be threatening that drowning is in the near future.
Speaker D:But yeah, I got that part.
Speaker F:If it wasn't for me, like having forgotten.
Speaker F:Doesn't mention anything though to anybody else.
Speaker F:Just stays quiet.
Speaker D:The rest of you, of course, hear this.
Speaker D:It sounds quite disturbing and quite threatening, but you really don't know what to make of it.
Speaker D:Country banjo playing fills fills the air.
Speaker E:Well, that was unpleasant.
Speaker F:We need to find this guy.
Speaker A:Do you know.
Speaker A:Do you know that name?
Speaker F:No, but if he's threatening people or whatever that was.
Speaker A:Right, okay.
Speaker D:You pull up to the Northampton Public Library again and file in.
Speaker D:The librarians nod to you as you enter and make your way to again the local history area.
Speaker D:Two microfish units here.
Speaker D:And you four sit down and begin looking for information on Father Shine Face, WDDI and the supposed fire that took out this radio station when this man was apparently blaspheming the Lord's name.
Speaker D:Who would like to take point on this?
Speaker D:And I would recommend, since we're doing it as a group, this is something where people working together will help.
Speaker D:So it's the person with the highest history that should roll.
Speaker F:I think that's Amber.
Speaker F:I think everybody else.
Speaker C:I think I'm the only one with anything in history.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker D:No worries.
Speaker F:Did she get any?
Speaker D:It's going to be a plus 20% due to the fact you've got access.
Speaker F:Don't roll a 52 again.
Speaker E:Very relevant tools, the 252s.
Speaker F:I know the feeling.
Speaker C:I swear, if this happens again, my.
Speaker F:65 on my 64 will never be forgotten.
Speaker C:Oh, no, that's even worse.
Speaker C:79 over 50.
Speaker D:All right, go ahead and roll me a 1D6, please.
Speaker D:All right, you four.
Speaker D:Start taking out all sorts of newspapers, booklets, almanacs, anything you can find that has a local history flavor.
Speaker D:You begin pouring through it.
Speaker D:Agent Kane is on the microfiche machine just going through reel after reel of old newspapers trying to find something to do with this.
Speaker D:This fire.
Speaker D:Before you know it, three and a half hours have passed.
Speaker D:As y'all are feeling dog tired, go ahead and leave and grab a small bite to eat and then return straight back to the library and jump back into your research around 2pm finally, get a break.
Speaker D:Agent Kane produces several newspaper clippings about a fire at St.
Speaker D:Isaac Jokes Church in the area as well as the WDDI broadcast station.
Speaker D:There's also an op ed that looks like it attempts a short retrospective on what it terms as the controversial life of Father Ezekiel Shannon.
Speaker D:All right, let me go ahead and give you some sweet, sweet handouts here, okay?
Speaker E: ,: Speaker E:The hearts of Pioneer Valley citizens weigh heavily on this most celebrated of holy weeks.
Speaker E:An undeniable tragedy for the community.
Speaker E:We have lost 22 of our most devout neighbors.
Speaker E:A horrible and out of control blaze at St.
Speaker E:Isaac.
Speaker E:I don't even know how to pronounce that.
Speaker D:Jokes, Joe.
Speaker E:Jokes.
Speaker E:Church of Hampshire County.
Speaker E:Riley, Welch, Brock.
Speaker E:I'm sorry, it's just a long list of names.
Speaker D:I'm not gonna read.
Speaker D:You don't have to.
Speaker E:So many names.
Speaker E:Please keep their families in your prayers.
Speaker E:Volunteers spent the afternoon and night battling the blaze.
Speaker E:Father Ezekiel Shannon was recovered and he will, by the grace of God, overcome his enormous injury.
Speaker E:Please send your prayers to St.
Speaker E:Mary's Hospital and petition God that we have seen the end of tragedy from this unspeakable event.
Speaker D:I will note that the last name on the long list of the 22 folks who perished in this fire was little Haley Harrison.
Speaker D:So obviously a child perished.
Speaker C:The Hampshire Good news.
Speaker C: ,: Speaker C:Arson suspected in WDDI.
Speaker C:And I'm assuming that last word would be blaze.
Speaker C:The Guest Reduction Building burned to its foundations last night despite the efforts of volunteers on the scene.
Speaker C:Tragically, all workers were trapped inside during an ongoing broadcast and were not able to be rescued.
Speaker C:The cause of the blaze is not known at this time, though WDDI operator Father Shine Face is said to have predicted the event on air mere moments before it happened.
Speaker C:Those interviewed have also indicated that his blasphemies may have incurred the wrath of God to fall upon the station.
Speaker C:It is this humble reporter's opinion, based on the unprintable subjects that Father shot and Face was to approach in his last moments, that this is indeed the case.
Speaker C:May the Devil keep his faithless soul forever.
Speaker C:Hampshire County Sheriff Abelson would like to put out the call for any willing man to assist in searching the wreckage for the peace of mind of the families of those lost.
Speaker D:All right, and one final to hopefully tie things together for you.
Speaker D:There's no date on the clipping itself, but the microfish slide says the year.
Speaker A: Northampton Herald: Speaker A:With the destruction of St.
Speaker A:Isaac Jogues Church.
Speaker A:Only one survivor, the pastor of the church, walked out alive after that dark day.
Speaker A:But it has become clear that his faith in God was tested and he did not overcome the Lord's trial.
Speaker A:Soon known colloquially as Father Shine Face, Ezekiel Shannon began preaching again before his nurses wished him to leave their care, carting a soapbox and a mule from town to town to speak of his visions of God.
Speaker A:After the heartbreaking events at St Isaac Jones, it is alleged that his sermons caused him to be run out of several towns on many occasions.
Speaker A:In fact, dear reader, you probably have already heard the name Father Shine Face as a strange moniker has become synonymous with blasphemy.
Speaker A: In: Speaker A:His evangelical spin was initially a welcome addition to the listeners in Pioneer Valley, though many found his sermons too fiery for their Protestant tastes.
Speaker A:All the more reason for us to reconsider the flames that appeared to follow Father Shine Face.
Speaker A:One listener recalled for the story the horrible and most nasty words ever spoken against the Lord I have ever heard.
Speaker A:Moments before, it was reported that the WDDI studios burnt to the ground, taking Father Shine Face with it.
Speaker A:Did God punish Ezekiel Shannon, his wrath finally catching up with the man due to his blasphemies?
Speaker A:Then why did so many pure souls have to join him?
Speaker A:It is this humble reporter's opinion that the legacy of Ezekiel Shannon should be re examined for a much less divine Cause than these terrible tragedies.
Speaker A:Do you want to keep up with the international moose count?
Speaker D:No, no, I don't think that's going to be relevant to this particular investigation.
Speaker F:He's lying.
Speaker F:Read it.
Speaker E:So we know that Father Ezekiel Shannon is Father Shine Face, that the building is actually called Geist Production Building, which is interesting.
Speaker E:That's a link to Abracan Geist.
Speaker E:Maybe.
Speaker E:A lot of people died first in the chapel.
Speaker E:What else did we figure out?
Speaker F:There is Virginia Willoughby or Jebediah Blackstyre.
Speaker F:Were they in the list of names?
Speaker F:We don't know those two.
Speaker F:Right.
Speaker F:Those are two from the list that.
Speaker D:You haven't found any additional information on.
Speaker D:Jedidiah Blacksty, Virginia Willoughby, or Abra and Geist.
Speaker F:Got it.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker F:Just want to make sure I'm keeping who I know.
Speaker D:Correct.
Speaker A:There's still still no information on.
Speaker A:On where this is located or was located.
Speaker C:Well, we have.
Speaker A:Wait.
Speaker D:And you said Pioneer Val.
Speaker D:That's all we have.
Speaker F: e implication that, like, the: Speaker E:Well, yeah.
Speaker E:One was at a church, and then the 34.
Speaker E:One was the church.
Speaker C:One was the.
Speaker D:That's correct.
Speaker D:We know this is being reported in periodicals called, like, the Northampton Herald and the, you know, the Hampshire Gazette and things like that.
Speaker D:So we know it's nearby.
Speaker D:We also know that Pioneer Valley, which is the region we're in, is referenced in nearly all of the periodicals.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:We check, like, would there be, like, property records that we could look at to see if we could, like, probably.
Speaker E:Be the next best move, guys.
Speaker A:Production.
Speaker A:We've got.
Speaker A:And we got.
Speaker D:There might be something from.
Speaker D:From the early 30s.
Speaker D:Yeah, you can definitely check.
Speaker A:I'm going to like to check that.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Because now that we have the name of the building itself, the guy's production building.
Speaker C:I'd like to find out where that church was, too.
Speaker D:Sure, sure.
Speaker D:Let's go ahead and roll histories, everybody.
Speaker F:Or just John and Amber, the two.
Speaker D:Agents who wish to continue their work.
Speaker F:Is there an implication there, Chris, that I should be onboarding, that I'm not working?
Speaker D:I mean, Right.
Speaker D:You might be looking for more Sudoku in the Sudoku section.
Speaker D:There are quite a few.
Speaker A:Hopefully this is more of a.
Speaker A:I'm.
Speaker F:Just slipping and sliding through the stacks.
Speaker A:I got a 40 out of 10.
Speaker C:So I failed 37 out of 30.
Speaker C:Another fail.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Y'all aren't able to find any additional details beyond what took about five hours to uncover with intense scrutiny and devoted research.
Speaker C:The thought in mine And John's mind, at least is.
Speaker C:If we can find one of those addresses, it's very possible that whoever's broadcasting is broadcasting from one of those two addresses because everything seems linked to one.
Speaker D:Of these two events, but they burn.
Speaker F:Down like they don't exist anymore.
Speaker C:But something else there.
Speaker F:Why?
Speaker C:What has indicated that it was 90 years ago?
Speaker C:Something else has probably been built on those sites.
Speaker F:Right.
Speaker F:And so that's what I'm saying is like, what is to say that he's broadcasting from one of those sites versus.
Speaker C:Like, it's a better lead than any other we've got, is the problem.
Speaker F:Oh, it's a lead.
Speaker F:I get what you're saying.
Speaker F:I think I.
Speaker F:Well, we've got three other names that we need to look into.
Speaker F:Eric made a very good connection between the Geist foundation and the Geist name.
Speaker F:I think we got.
Speaker F:I think we got what we want from a research point of view at this point.
Speaker F:Right?
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:You, you spent like over five hours here, and this is what you turned up.
Speaker D:And this is not small.
Speaker D:Right.
Speaker D:This is, this is a huge amount of information based on.
Speaker D:Off of what you were trying to investigate.
Speaker F:It's a lot of context.
Speaker F:But I don't, I'm.
Speaker F:Michael is missing the, like, what did the characters do next because of this information piece.
Speaker F:What's everybody thinking?
Speaker E:Well, we still haven't tracked down where the radio station, where the radio signals.
Speaker C:Coming from, which is what we need to do.
Speaker E:We still, we've got, yeah, we've got, like you said, context.
Speaker E:We just don't have a point to direct it at.
Speaker E:Like.
Speaker F:Yeah, I don't know how, like, radio works.
Speaker F:Like, is this the kind of thing where, like, it's a big tower and so, like, there's only a handful of them, or it can be from, from anywhere.
Speaker D:That's a great question.
Speaker D:And if we go back seven weeks ago to the Clemson Mallory.
Speaker F:Hold on.
Speaker D:Briefing.
Speaker F:Okay, I'm there.
Speaker D:We know one of the things that Mallory looked into was local power grid draws, because in order to cover this much of the valley, it would have to be an extensive power draw.
Speaker D:And so the first thing he did once he couldn't get lines of bearing is he went to see, well, who's, who's grabbing this much wattage, because that's how I'm going to track this guy down.
Speaker D:Unfortunately, working with the grid, the Massachusetts grid, they didn't find anything.
Speaker D:They couldn't find any spot where this was being drawn.
Speaker D:So that was another dead end.
Speaker E:It's a magic station.
Speaker D:So chances Are it is indeed a large tower with its own power.
Speaker D:That would be what somebody would infer at that point.
Speaker F:Can Ryan Google Apron Geist plus production company to see if anything?
Speaker D:Yeah, unfortunately, there's.
Speaker D:There's nothing that.
Speaker D:That comes up.
Speaker D:I'm sorry to report somebody is trying to obfuscate or.
Speaker D:Records are just very poorly kept in this area.
Speaker C:Well, boys, I've got two more ideas.
Speaker F:Let's hear them.
Speaker E:What you got?
Speaker C:Obviously, people are calling in, which means there's a number out there somewhere.
Speaker C:Yeah, one of us probably should call in.
Speaker C:And that's.
Speaker C:I think, Paris.
Speaker C:It might be time to reach out to our librarian friend and try to get some answers from her.
Speaker E:That's also.
Speaker A:Sure, but what are we asking her?
Speaker A:I mean, it'd be weird if I asked her to meet.
Speaker C:She knows the history of the town and this whole area.
Speaker A:Maybe she'll.
Speaker A:Maybe she'll know where the radio station is.
Speaker A:Is that what you're thinking?
Speaker C:Well, maybe she'll know where those stats.
Speaker C:Two buildings that burn down were.
Speaker A:Sure.
Speaker A:Give it a shot.
Speaker F:Ring, ring, ring.
Speaker D:Yeah, after.
Speaker D:After a few rings.
Speaker D:Familiar female voice response Hello?
Speaker A:Hey, it's me again.
Speaker A:Now a good time?
Speaker B:Sure, I'm just.
Speaker B:I'm just hiking.
Speaker D:You can actually hear in the background some birds chirping and some crunching of foliage.
Speaker A:Well, it's hoping to.
Speaker A:Like I mentioned earlier, to touch on your expertise a little bit here.
Speaker A:One of the things we're looking into is this old radio station that burned down back in the 30s.
Speaker A:WDDI.
Speaker A:I was wondering.
Speaker A:We're having a hard time finding where it was.
Speaker A:Do you happen to know anything about that radio station or.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's actually something I was gonna show your friend out here.
Speaker B:He seemed pretty interested.
Speaker A:Really?
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah, I mean, we just.
Speaker A:We've been asking around.
Speaker A:Having a hard time finding it, I bet.
Speaker A:Yeah, you bet.
Speaker A:Why is that?
Speaker B:I mean, it's out in the middle of the Metacomet Monadnock Trail.
Speaker B:It's not exactly on Main Street.
Speaker A:The what now?
Speaker A:The Metacot.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:The MM Trail.
Speaker B:Most folks call it that.
Speaker A:Gotcha.
Speaker A:Yeah, sorry.
Speaker A:Like I said, I'm not familiar with the area.
Speaker A:Just brushing up on my history now, so.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Is there any way I could get some of that information from you and see, you know, it'd really help out with the project.
Speaker B:Like.
Speaker B:What do you mean?
Speaker B:Like where it's at out here.
Speaker B:I don't even know how to begin after the seven mile marker coming from the east trailhead, I guess.
Speaker B:And you'll have to Go off the beaten path for a while, so it's probably easier if I just show you, actually.
Speaker A:Would that be.
Speaker A:Would that be alright?
Speaker B:Yeah, I mean, I was gonna do that for your friend anyway.
Speaker B:Any luck finding him?
Speaker A:I mean, I've left a few messages with some people we both, you know, mutual acquaintances.
Speaker A:I'm waiting for them to get back.
Speaker A:They're probably still at work.
Speaker B:Got it.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah, if that's fine, I'd be happy to.
Speaker A:I have an associate I'd love to bring with me, if that's okay.
Speaker A:They were also working on the project with us.
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker B:The more the merrier.
Speaker B:I think the best spot.
Speaker B:Wait, wait.
Speaker B:Do you want to meet today?
Speaker A:If that works for you.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:I can be at the Holyoke trailhead in about two hours, maybe, if I make good time.
Speaker B:If you want to meet me, I can take you straight there and I can show you quite a few spots that I was gonna show.
Speaker B:His name's Mallory, right?
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:Yeah, I'm happy to show you.
Speaker B:Anything that you need to see out here.
Speaker A:That'd be great.
Speaker A:You said the Holy Oak trailhead, is that right?
Speaker B:Yeah, it's the one closest to Holyoke.
Speaker B:It's outside of Northampton.
Speaker B:You'll be able to find it.
Speaker B:It's the Metacomet Monadnock Trail.
Speaker A:Got it.
Speaker A:All right, well, I'll see you there in about two hours.
Speaker A:Thank you very much.
Speaker B:All right, sure thing.
Speaker C:She hangs up Chris, just to verify, what time is it?
Speaker D:It took a while for y'all to find that information, so it's around 2:30pm okay.
Speaker F:We're going sleuthing at night, baby.
Speaker A:Well, looks like we got a meeting coming up.
Speaker A:She agreed to meet.
Speaker A:I put a generic associate to come with me.
Speaker A:I don't know if it'd be a good idea of all four of us.
Speaker F:I think all four of us should go.
Speaker F:She said, try it.
Speaker F:The more the merrier.
Speaker F:And what's she gonna do?
Speaker F:Go all that way and not.
Speaker D:Cool, cool.
Speaker D:Is that the next stop, or do we want to listen to some more radio to see if we can call in?
Speaker C:Let's listen to a little more.
Speaker C:We got time.
Speaker D:Y'all are sitting in the Northampton Public Library parking lot as the rain patters down on your vehicle.
Speaker D:And you're able to tune in yet again to wxxt, the pirate radio station.
Speaker D:You turn the knob and you hear the man again.
Speaker D:And he's just laughing and yelling, holes.
Speaker G:Holes in your teeth.
Speaker G:Holes in your teeth.
Speaker G:Oh, holes in your teeth.
Speaker D:Oh, oh, holes in your teeth.
Speaker D:Until you Turn it off because he does not stop.
Speaker E:Fun, says Prentice.
Speaker E:Anyhow, let's get a move on.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:However you want to respond to that particular broadcast is totally fine.
Speaker C:All right, so, Ace Raining Boys.
Speaker C:I want better boots than I got and a poncho.
Speaker F:Yeah, I think we can stop by a general store before we've got time, before we meet up.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:So y'all go ahead and grab some wet weather gear and some galoshes or whatever you need.
Speaker D:Not a problem.
Speaker D:And you make your way out to nearby Holyoke or Hollyoak, or however it's pronounced, not Appalachian enough to know.
Speaker D:You park in front of what looks like a typical trailhead.
Speaker D:And there is a young woman in a bright yellow set of rain slip who is leaning against one of the trail head bollers.
Speaker D:And as you four leave your vehicle and approach her, she stands up straight and puts her hand over her her eyes to shield them from the falling rain.
Speaker D:Smiles.
Speaker D:She's got short hair, red underneath the large rain cap that she's wearing.
Speaker D:And it looks like she is geared up with a large pack to really spend some time out here hiking.
Speaker D:She's wearing some heavy duty rain boots.
Speaker D:Look like they have a pretty powerful tread on them.
Speaker D:They're covered with mud, as well as the aforementioned yellow rain jacket.
Speaker D:She's very pretty.
Speaker D:And she smiles again charmingly as you four approach.
Speaker A:Janet.
Speaker B:Hey.
Speaker B:Oh, it's a big group here.
Speaker B:Hi, everybody.
Speaker B:I'm Janet Pound.
Speaker D:She smiles and she waves.
Speaker F:Good to meet you.
Speaker C:Pleasure.
Speaker F:Appreciate you showing us around.
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker B:You're all, I guess, working on the same project.
Speaker F:Yep.
Speaker B:Pretty cool.
Speaker B:Are you all writing a book or what's.
Speaker D:She looks confused a little bit.
Speaker D:Or not confused, but interested.
Speaker F:We don't know if it's gonna be.
Speaker E:We're running background on a good.
Speaker D:Sure.
Speaker E:We're running background on a piece for Vice with our good friend Mallory.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:I didn't know he was working for Vice.
Speaker E:No, he's not working for Vice.
Speaker E:We are, but we're friends and we're kind of doing like a back and.
Speaker B:Forth and it's like a whole ghost stories of the mountains thing or something in Pioneer Valley or like, what's the.
Speaker E:Yeah, to that effect.
Speaker E:A lot of the.
Speaker C:All sorts of places.
Speaker E:Yeah, it's, it's.
Speaker E:It's the spooky backstory of the greater Massachusetts area.
Speaker B:Okay, that's fine.
Speaker B:I see that you're not really dressed for a tough hike, so I'll take you down some of the gentler trails.
Speaker B:Why don't you just follow Me and we'll just walk and talk.
Speaker A:Sounds good.
Speaker D:She turns and begins to take you down past these bollards into the rainy woods of the MM trail.
Speaker D:And she begins talking quite a bit.
Speaker D:In fact, she's quite bubbly, bouncing along the trail with great energy, even though ostensibly she's been out here for hours.
Speaker B:Yeah, so I actually moved back to Northampton from Jersey about a year ago.
Speaker B:I came back to learn about my family.
Speaker B:As you already know.
Speaker B:I thought it was important to walk the same roads as they.
Speaker B:My family all lived here during, like the early colonial period and then ended up moving away and scattering across the US after one of them, a guy named Benjamin Stockton, he was actually killed by an angry mob for some sort of spooky, superstitious nonsense.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Crazy, right?
Speaker A:Really?
Speaker A:Yeah, that is crazy.
Speaker A:That name actually has popped up in some of our research.
Speaker A:Yeah, that was.
Speaker A:You said that's a relative of yours.
Speaker B:Oh, really?
Speaker B:Huh.
Speaker B:I'd love to know where you saw that name, but, yeah, apparently I'm a direct descendant.
Speaker A:Oh, wow.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:So you do have some deep ties to this part of the country.
Speaker B:Yep.
Speaker B:Guess so.
Speaker B:Anyway, that's why everyone left and kind of went everywhere.
Speaker B:I think it's up to me now to come back, find our roots.
Speaker B:And I told.
Speaker B:I think I told you that I'm gonna write a book.
Speaker F:Where have you found out so much of this information?
Speaker F:Just family records or deeper research.
Speaker B:I've been spending a lot of time combing through the Massachusetts genealogical databases and paper files, and it's pretty grueling work, even for me, you know, the head librarian.
Speaker B:But, yeah, starting to really put some things together.
Speaker D:She nods and smiles at you.
Speaker C:I'd love to hear more about what you found.
Speaker B:Well, what in particular are you interested in?
Speaker C:Any old stories.
Speaker C:Anything fun.
Speaker C:Anything superstitious.
Speaker B:Gotcha.
Speaker B:So the spooky angle.
Speaker D:She rolls her eyes a little bit.
Speaker D:She smiles.
Speaker C:Isn't that always the best?
Speaker B:Uh, I guess.
Speaker B:Okay, well, I mean, back to Benjamin Stockton, the settlers at the time, they thought that he was cavorting with the devil, practicing sorcery.
Speaker B:I'm sure you've heard of the witch trials and hysteria, right?
Speaker C:Of course.
Speaker C:Everybody has.
Speaker B:Yeah, well, it was a part of that.
Speaker B:He and a few others are rounded up and they were like.
Speaker D:She makes a motion of her hand slashing across her throat.
Speaker B:I don't know all the details, but my grandfather once said that Stockton was given the most brutal treatment out of the entire body.
Speaker B:And the people stacked his body with rocks one at a time until he was like, crushed under the weight.
Speaker B:Apparently.
Speaker B:It took almost a day.
Speaker C:Oh, goodness.
Speaker D:She pauses for effect.
Speaker B:Yeah, I know.
Speaker B:It's pretty rough stuff.
Speaker B:Anyways, I've been combing through county records, municipal newspapers.
Speaker B:I've been to nearly every library in the state.
Speaker B:At this point, I would say I just haven't even uncovered much, except that maybe some pieces from Stockton's personal library ended up here in Northampton, which is, of course, where I live.
Speaker B:It's super frustrating.
Speaker B:Some are apparently being stored at this bookstore downtown, but nobody will sell me any of them or even talk to me about it.
Speaker B:If they even have these things, they won't even let me look at them.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:And I'm really frustrated.
Speaker E:What bookstore would that be?
Speaker B:It's called Depth.
Speaker E:Okay.
Speaker B:It's like a historical site now, I guess.
Speaker B:So I kind of went above the heads of the people working there, and I've been reaching out to the historical commission and I've gotten some pretty promising indicators.
Speaker B:So I think I have some progress on that front.
Speaker B:One of the commissioners are going to help me make some direct ojures to the owners of the building.
Speaker B:And I think I'm finally going to get a chance to look at these materials that belong to my ancestor.
Speaker E:Do you happen to know who owns that building?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:It's so frustrating.
Speaker B:Everything about it.
Speaker B:It's like there's nothing I can find.
Speaker B:As if someone has gone to some great length to hide their ownership or their interest in that particular site.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker F:Anyway, have you visited yet?
Speaker F:You trying to?
Speaker B:Yeah, like dozens of times.
Speaker F:Okay.
Speaker B:I've just been turned away, actually.
Speaker B:One of the employees there has been a real bitch to me.
Speaker B:I really hate that place.
Speaker B:So, yeah, I've been going different routes now.
Speaker B:I'm just so sick of trying to deal with her.
Speaker F:Yeah, I get it.
Speaker C:That's understandable.
Speaker C:These.
Speaker C:These places out here, you're gonna show us what led you to them?
Speaker B:What led me to.
Speaker C:How'd you find them?
Speaker B:Oh, well, like I just told you, I've been spending the last year combing through municipal and county records at almost every library in the state.
Speaker B:Discover that materials were in these places that are so close to where I've been living and working.
Speaker B:Well, of course I'm gonna visit these sites.
Speaker B:There's a resonance there, you know, it's inspiring.
Speaker B:I think being here and visiting these places is going to help me write my book.
Speaker C:Sounds like a great thing.
Speaker D:She nods.
Speaker D:She's walking so fast.
Speaker D:It's actually hard for you to keep up with her.
Speaker D:Everybody roll your constitution the rain continues.
Speaker C:To increase to absolutely nobody's surprised.
Speaker C:I failed my constitution with a 97 over 50.
Speaker E:Oh, wow.
Speaker F:Ryan passed.
Speaker E:And Prentice passed with the 37 of 50.
Speaker A:Piers failed 90 out of 75.
Speaker D:Ryan Prentice.
Speaker D:You're definitely huffing a bit.
Speaker D:Puffing.
Speaker D:So when you speak, you're actually a little bit out of breath.
Speaker D:Kane, Paris, you are both really gassed.
Speaker D:She is just a dynamo, and you're not sure how far you've gone.
Speaker D:You've been chatting for maybe 20, 30 minutes.
Speaker D:But yeah, she is really moving through some harsh, kind of muddy, difficult terrain at a very fast clip.
Speaker B:Are you familiar with Jonathan Edwards by any chance?
Speaker F:No, that's a name I haven't heard.
Speaker B:Really?
Speaker B:Huh.
Speaker B:Well, sure.
Speaker B:He was incredibly influential American revivalist preacher.
Speaker F:He had a.
Speaker F:Oh, Jonathan Edwards.
Speaker B:Yeah, Jonathan Edwards.
Speaker B:Okay, cool.
Speaker B:Yeah, he had some extremely problematic views, as a lot of men did during this time, saying that the lesser races were children of the devil and that the higher races could lead the lessers as archdemons and warlocks.
Speaker B:He had this whole kind of pantheon he had created that.
Speaker B:That helped fuel this hysteria that was taking over certain spots of the country at the time.
Speaker B:But anyway, of course, I've gone through some of his correspondence.
Speaker B:He was through this area so many times in his travels, and I found a few references to Stockton.
Speaker B:He explicitly mentions Stockton in his coven.
Speaker D:She looks at all of you with this kind of smile and pauses to see your reaction.
Speaker C:Kane just raises an eyebrow.
Speaker C:At this point.
Speaker C:She's just trying to keep her short legs and all that.
Speaker F:Are you?
Speaker B:It was only a few weeks before the mob took their lives.
Speaker B:Anyways, I thought that was really cool.
Speaker D:She turns around and continues at her incredibly fast clip through the mud.
Speaker F:Man, you're.
Speaker F:You're in great shape.
Speaker F:You mind slowing down for us, though?
Speaker F:Just.
Speaker F:Just a little bit?
Speaker F:This is.
Speaker B:Oh, sorry.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker F:Tougher training.
Speaker B:I'll slow down.
Speaker B:I'm just, like, buzzing, like, vibrating with energy right now.
Speaker B:I just went to the dentist recently, and I think he relieved some pain I wasn't even conscious of.
Speaker B:And I have so much more energy now, and I just feel like, stronger than ever before.
Speaker F:That's.
Speaker B:Did I mention that the commission chair that's helping me out with my inquiry is also my dentist?
Speaker B:Small towns, right?
Speaker E:No.
Speaker D:She smiles.
Speaker F:Yeah, that'll.
Speaker F:That'll do it for sure.
Speaker F:Is it insane if Ryan pulls out a gun and shoots her?
Speaker D:Yes, you would.
Speaker D:You would lose sanity for that.
Speaker F:For violence?
Speaker F:I'm just kidding.
Speaker E:Yes, that would be a violence.
Speaker D:Yeah, that would be A violence one for sure.
Speaker C:I believe that falls under the cold blooded murder rules.
Speaker F:I feel like I'm trying to collect violence check marks.
Speaker D:I mean, I told you, you'll get.
Speaker F:I'm still pissed off I missed it.
Speaker D:And you're to it if just start shooting up a couple of, you know, daycares or something, you'll be.
Speaker D:You'll be fine after that.
Speaker A:Jeez.
Speaker F:No, that's really interesting.
Speaker F:Were you able to find out any more about the coven?
Speaker F:I mean, is that kind of.
Speaker F:Does that exist anymore?
Speaker B:Huh?
Speaker F:People who.
Speaker F:People who follow that sort of thing.
Speaker F:You know, people who are interested in.
Speaker B:No, no, no.
Speaker B: They all got killed in the: Speaker B:I found a bunch of names of all of the members supposedly back then, but, yeah, it's not around anymore.
Speaker B:It's all long gone.
Speaker F:A name that we had found in our research was Ann Gair.
Speaker F:Is that part of the same time?
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:She was like their bookkeeper.
Speaker B:She had all the grimoires and magical tomes or something that she kept in her house.
Speaker B:It's one of the reasons I wanted to check out this bookstore.
Speaker B:But, yeah, it's all probably long gone, burnt to a crisp.
Speaker B:But, like, there's Anger, Abrac and Geist, Jedediah Blackstye.
Speaker B:But, yeah, those were some of the main movers and shakers.
Speaker B:They were all, of course, killed.
Speaker F:Interesting.
Speaker F:Out of curiosity, did Virginia Willoughby, does that name show up anywhere in what you've read?
Speaker B:Yeah, actually.
Speaker B:Yeah, it does.
Speaker F:Huh.
Speaker F:What did you.
Speaker F:What did you know about her?
Speaker F:Or what do you know about her?
Speaker B:Virginia Willoughby is a bit of a different story.
Speaker B:Relatively more recent.
Speaker B: Around: Speaker B:Apparently she was part of a very well to do family.
Speaker B:The Willoughbys had some pretty decent holdings in Pioneer Valley.
Speaker B:Something happened, some sort of huge scandal, and.
Speaker B:And I haven't really dived into it since.
Speaker B:It was kind of off the beaten path from my other research.
Speaker B:I want to follow up with you about why you're curious.
Speaker B:Anyway, so there was some sort of scandal.
Speaker B:Her husband was found brutally killed and she just disappeared.
Speaker B:But, yeah, there could be something interesting there for you for your ghost story project.
Speaker C:Wasn't that in one of those journals we found?
Speaker B:Journals?
Speaker C:You can barely read the thing.
Speaker B:What?
Speaker B:What journal?
Speaker C:Oh, old family journal.
Speaker C:I stumbled onto it at a garage sale.
Speaker C:What was it?
Speaker C:New York.
Speaker B:What?
Speaker B:What family?
Speaker B:The Willoughby family.
Speaker C:Oh, no, no.
Speaker C:Do you remember, Sugar?
Speaker C:What family was that?
Speaker C:What journal was I reading?
Speaker C:I just know that's where I saw the name.
Speaker C:But damned if I could tell you which one it was, though.
Speaker C:It's been so many of them.
Speaker F:We've had a few journals.
Speaker F:Maybe a few popped up.
Speaker F:Or a different Willoughby there.
Speaker F:I know that.
Speaker F:What sparked it in my mind is this is such a small detail.
Speaker F:Paris.
Speaker F:What did you say your name was?
Speaker F:Like Dave or something?
Speaker C:Yes.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker E:Yeah.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker F:David found some notes in Mallory's room and that was one of the names that he had on a list.
Speaker F:But it was.
Speaker F:It was next to some of the other ones that you had shouted out here.
Speaker F:So I was just curious.
Speaker F:I tried to look into it myself and couldn't really find anything interesting that.
Speaker F:I wonder if he found out some kind of connection then, huh?
Speaker D:She nods.
Speaker B:Maybe.
Speaker B:I'd love to take a look at those, if you don't mind.
Speaker F:Yeah, no problem.
Speaker F:We can.
Speaker F:We can get them to you.
Speaker B:Well, here we are.
Speaker D:She turns and she smiles.
Speaker D:Kind of look around.
Speaker D:It's rainy, it's foliage everywhere dripping with precipitation.
Speaker D:Large log across what is a rather muddy and hard to see trail, if it's a trail at all.
Speaker B:Oh, this way.
Speaker B:Through these trees.
Speaker B:Come on.
Speaker D:She motions for you to follow her clearly off the trail.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker E:Well, she said it would be cool.
Speaker D:Everybody's good with that, no?
Speaker F:But yes.
Speaker C:Yep.
Speaker D:You see ruins finally through the trees as you follow Janet's form through the dense, dense foliage.
Speaker D:It's only a short way off the trail when all is said and done.
Speaker D:And as she leads you down toward it, she turns, speaking over the rain as it increases in volume.
Speaker B:So this structure down here, it's like one of those exploration zones?
Speaker D:She makes little quotes with her fingers.
Speaker B:Lots of people actually seem attracted to it.
Speaker B:I found it first on atlasobscura.com she.
Speaker D:Pauses, waiting for a flicker of recognition on any of your faces.
Speaker C:Kane nods.
Speaker E:Prentice just nods.
Speaker B:Anyways, last time I was out here, another explorer told me this place burnt down sometime in the 30s.
Speaker B:Come on.
Speaker D:She takes you very close to this crumbly building.
Speaker E:Prentice says this is the Geist Productions building?
Speaker B:I think so.
Speaker B:Certainly fits the time and place.
Speaker D:It's mostly made of concrete, but nearly all of it has crumbled.
Speaker D:There's only a few walls that remain standing with a small, small bit of roof left.
Speaker D:The walls themselves are covered and coated in graffiti.
Speaker D:And there's disgusting refuse everywhere.
Speaker D:Beer cans rotted, knotted cloth, paper, plastic bags, moldy.
Speaker D:It's disgusting.
Speaker D:You look over at Janet and she's smiling, beaming.
Speaker D:She seems to be innervated just being here.
Speaker D:She looks very happy as the rain falls down across her rain hat and slicks.
Speaker F:How many times have you come out here?
Speaker C:Sure is interesting.
Speaker B:I always stop out here at least once a day.
Speaker F:That's awesome.
Speaker F:You seem energized.
Speaker F:I'm impressed.
Speaker F:That was a hell of a hike, at least for me.
Speaker B:Let me show you an even better spot.
Speaker B:Follow me.
Speaker D:She darts off to the left and starts basically trudging through more mud and dense foliage.
Speaker F:Yeah, I'll follow her.
Speaker F:Probably slower.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Your boots are now getting stuck in this muck as you try to keep up with her form.
Speaker D:Now she's wearing a bright yellow set of rain slicks, so it's not like she moves out of your sight.
Speaker D:But she does create a bit of a gap between your group and herself.
Speaker D:Until she stops and is waiting for you in a small clearing that has an ancient stone chimney jutting out of an old foundation.
Speaker D:She turns as you four emerge from the dense foliage, mud all over your boots and up onto your pants to your knees.
Speaker D:She smiles again.
Speaker B:Now this.
Speaker B:This is awesome.
Speaker B:You can see that this has got to be from early.
Speaker B:As early as the 18th century.
Speaker B:But there's a lot of new stones here that people have been stacking up.
Speaker B:Probably curious explorers goofing off, which is a shame.
Speaker B:Thankfully not a lot of teenage crops scattered around like the other building.
Speaker B:It's a little cleaner here anyway.
Speaker B:I don't know why I'm like John here, but this is where I come to relax on the trail.
Speaker B:It's got a special beauty.
Speaker F:You found this place all on your own?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:When I'm feeling low like this place, it makes me feel determined, powerful.
Speaker B:Can you feel that?
Speaker B:It's like a guardian angel is here, reminding me that I don't have to be alone.
Speaker F:How long ago did you.
Speaker F:How long ago did you find this place?
Speaker F:That's an amazing connection you seem to have with it.
Speaker F:That's really cool.
Speaker D:Which?
Speaker D:Your power, Ryan.
Speaker F:My power level is like 5,000.
Speaker D:Sure, I see that.
Speaker D:It's 16.
Speaker D:As you speak, you look around the clearing.
Speaker D:Does anybody else have a power of 16 plus 14?
Speaker F:No.
Speaker D:Okay, so this is only Ryan who feels this.
Speaker D:It's a place of dread for you, Ryan.
Speaker D:Not power.
Speaker D:Not calm, not tranquility.
Speaker D:It's shattered garbage strewn dreams at your feet.
Speaker D:Nothing more.
Speaker D:And what's more to you, Ryan, is it feels like something's watching you.
Speaker D:Feel like you're in the lair of a predator.
Speaker D:Roll a human intelligence for me, please.
Speaker F:22 critical success on a target 49.
Speaker F:This feels like a real nice time to be getting mems you.
Speaker D:As you're speaking, you very carefully take in Janet's behavior.
Speaker D:And your mind goes at a mile a minute, as it has many times in other contexts.
Speaker D:And you see a woman who is babbling, who's bubbly, who's almost manic, who seems intermittently confused or maybe in a semi dazed state to you that is reminiscent of maybe narcotic use.
Speaker D:And she's just waxing on about how much she loves this clearing.
Speaker D:You're seeing a stark change in this behavior from the energetic and bubbly approach person who is bouncing along on the trails right now.
Speaker D:She seems dreamy.
Speaker D:She seems to be caught in kind of a delirium.
Speaker D:This is what you notice as you ask your question.
Speaker F:It's amazing that you feel so tranquil here.
Speaker F:How long have you.
Speaker F:How long ago did you find this place?
Speaker F:How long have you been feeling this way?
Speaker B:I don't know.
Speaker B:Since I moved back, I guess, like a year ago.
Speaker F:Wow.
Speaker F:Okay, that's.
Speaker F:That's amazing.
Speaker F:Gosh, I.
Speaker F:I can't thank you enough for showing us this place, But Ryan's going to turn to the rest of the team and say, guys, I am exhausted.
Speaker F:I'm completely gassed and I don't know how many more.
Speaker F:I'll turn back to Janet.
Speaker F:More spots you have to show us, but this might need to be my last one and head back to the trail.
Speaker B:Oh, pity.
Speaker B:Well, let's get back to the trail.
Speaker B:Let's go.
Speaker B:Let's return.
Speaker D:She starts trudging back the way you came.
Speaker F:As she goes in front, Ryan's gonna give a significant look to the rest of the team.
Speaker C:Kayn's gonna stay behind a little bit.
Speaker C:Take a better look at this clearing.
Speaker D:Sure.
Speaker D:What do you wanna do, Kayn, before we move to Prentice?
Speaker C:Quick search.
Speaker C:Take a closer look at that chimney.
Speaker C:Just see if there's anything that is obviously off.
Speaker D:You look into the chimney.
Speaker D:Just like Janet mentioned, there are some stones that have been stacked around the base of the crumbling chimney itself that are not part of the original edifice, but there's, like, nothing inside.
Speaker D:It's pretty much a dilapidated structure.
Speaker D:So there aren't many places that could be explored or searched.
Speaker D:You don't see anything off.
Speaker A:Paris is just gonna go on alert, basically.
Speaker D:Got it.
Speaker D:Roll your alertness, please.
Speaker A:Critical.
Speaker F:Yeah, dude.
Speaker D:There you go.
Speaker D:Awesome.
Speaker F:I'm so glad we hacked foundry.
Speaker A:Twos and twos.
Speaker D:Keep rolling like that, y'all.
Speaker E:That's right.
Speaker D:And Prentice, you were gonna say something before I interrupted.
Speaker E:Prentice is gonna slow down after Ryan makes the significant look and says this.
Speaker F:Place is not happy.
Speaker F:This is.
Speaker F:Ryan shivers and just is absolutely certain in the evilness, I guess, that is here or the sinisterness that is here.
Speaker F:I don't know what happened to Janet, but I think she's.
Speaker F:Let's say as someone who is affected.
Speaker F:He gestures to himself.
Speaker F:She might be too.
Speaker E:Prentice kind of shuffles nervously while they're walking and kind of looks around and says okay, okay.
Speaker E:Well, I'll keep my eyes peeled.
Speaker F:Don't peel your eyes.
Speaker F:We need to use them.
Speaker E:That's the idea.
Speaker D:Are there any questions you want to ask Janet pound on the way back to your vehicle in the parking lot.
Speaker E:So you don't know anything about either of those buildings?
Speaker E:They just.
Speaker E:You're drawn to them?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Just guesses, but I think they're good ones.
Speaker B:Cool, huh?
Speaker D:Smiles.
Speaker B:It's also important to find inspiration.
Speaker B:It's like the middle of nowhere, but also like somewhere, right?
Speaker E:Yeah.
Speaker B:Here.
Speaker E:Yeah.
Speaker D:She nods.
Speaker C:There are any other places like this out here you spend a lot of time?
Speaker B:Of course I go up and down the trails, but these are my favorite places to visit.
Speaker F:Do you always come out here alone or does anybody else that you hang out with know these spots?
Speaker B:Sometimes I run into other explorers, especially out at the ruins.
Speaker B:There are definitely a few folks who like to hang out and unfortunately leave some moop around.
Speaker D:She's kind of grimaces.
Speaker E:I'm sorry.
Speaker E:Moop?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Garbage matter out of place.
Speaker D:Correct.
Speaker D:Well done.
Speaker D:10 experience points.
Speaker F:I.
Speaker F:I know you had mentioned you're trying to get that those books from depths.
Speaker F:Who.
Speaker F:Who did you say that was on the council?
Speaker F:I think that you had mentioned was also your Dennis.
Speaker F:That sounds interesting.
Speaker B:Yeah, for sure.
Speaker B:Dr.
Speaker B:Prolau.
Speaker B:He's like on the local historical commission and he's going to be helping me get in touch with the owners there, I hope.
Speaker F:Gotcha.
Speaker F:Well, hey, we'll also see if anything that.
Speaker F:That we can do.
Speaker F:You know, the.
Speaker F:The company we work for, they make donations, you know, to.
Speaker F:To help get sources or.
Speaker F:Or information if we as we do our research.
Speaker F:So if anything like that yields fruit with depths, we'll.
Speaker F:We'll let you know.
Speaker F:No promises, but you know, we're on the same side.
Speaker B:I mean I'm just interested in seeing my family's journals and notes and like anything, anything at all that really belongs to, belongs to me.
Speaker B:I want to at least see them so I can write about it and write about it all.
Speaker F:That was everything with Benjamin Stockton, right?
Speaker F:That was from Benjamin Stockton.
Speaker B:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker B:I know some of his old Things must be there.
Speaker B:It's super important.
Speaker B:If you're able to get to any of those materials through your connections, please, please, please, please, please let me know.
Speaker B:All I want to do is look at them.
Speaker B:I don't want to take them necessarily.
Speaker B:I just want to read the words that my ancestors wrote so I can inform this project I'm working on.
Speaker E:Out loud to some.
Speaker E:The demon.
Speaker D:Is that what princess says?
Speaker F:Jesus Christ.
Speaker D:I'm in this to win this.
Speaker F:Yeah, Definitely will.
Speaker F:Appreciate the information.
Speaker F:And hey, thanks so much again for meeting up with us and showing us those really cool spots.
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker B:You know, your Patrick sounds fun.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker B:America's haunted places or whatever you're doing, but, yeah, if there's any else I can answer for you.
Speaker B:I'm always out here.
Speaker B:Always.
Speaker F:Thank you so much.
Speaker E:Thank you for your time, Janet.
Speaker C:Yes.
Speaker F:Thank you so much.
Speaker F:One last question.
Speaker F:What do you think of my friend Dave here?
Speaker D:She looks at Paris, she goes, huh?
Speaker B:What do you mean?
Speaker F:Ryan's gonna cock his head to the side and give her a wink.
Speaker D:She smiles, you know, she seems oblivious.
Speaker B:I don't think.
Speaker B:Is there a joke?
Speaker B:A joke that I missed?
Speaker F:Ryan's just gonna say, no, thanks again, and then walk away.
Speaker F:And then he's gonna pat Paris on the side, say, I tried, man.
Speaker F:Sorry, Sorry.
Speaker A:I'm still caught up on how many holes she has in her teeth.
Speaker A:That's, I assume, what that was referencing.
Speaker A:So trying to think of a good way to ask if she went how.
Speaker A:Why she went to the dentist.
Speaker F:Oh, my God, that's so funny.
Speaker F:Why do you go to the dentist?
Speaker A:I want to know.
Speaker F:I just wanted to get the guy's name.
Speaker A:Was it together?
Speaker F:Now that we got the guy's name.
Speaker D:Do you have an entity living in your.
Speaker C:It sounds like a.
Speaker F:Also, we're gonna go break into depths right now.
Speaker E:Yeah, well, also, she's directly related to Benjamin Stockton.
Speaker E:Sorcerer.
Speaker F:Yeah, can we call in our New York sorcerer, Friend.
Speaker E:Scientist is the councilman that's trying to get her into the depths place.
Speaker E:All of Mallory's people in his notes were killed in the witch mob.
Speaker E:And both the burnt building and the chimney give pound energy.
Speaker C:Willoughby was not killed in this.
Speaker F:Yeah, Willoughby wasn't.
Speaker C:Willoughby died almost 100 years ago.
Speaker E:Sorry, Willoughby was not.
Speaker E:That's correct.
Speaker E:She had her own thing going on, but that was that.
Speaker E:We got a ton there.
Speaker D:Well, I think you're heading to depths.
Speaker D:Am I correct?
Speaker F:Is it?
Speaker E:I think so.
Speaker F:Past nightfall.
Speaker C:I think we're heading for non muddy clothes.
Speaker D:It is Saturday, October 30, at 6pm the sun is starting Halloween.
Speaker F:I think we're probably going back to the hotel to change.
Speaker F:First salt, then.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker D:In the sky.
Speaker D:Oh, yeah.
Speaker D:You're welcome to change that.
Speaker D:Yeah, that's.
Speaker D:That's a hand wave of.
Speaker D:Of your GM here.
Speaker D:And then you're gonna head to depth, is that correct?
Speaker F:Once it closes, I think.
Speaker F:Right.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker F:Are we gonna bully our way through that store?
Speaker C:I.
Speaker C:I would.
Speaker F:Yeah.
Speaker E:I think this is a night to.
Speaker C:Like, 10 Pimmish when the town's gone quiet.
Speaker F:And in that time, Ryan's gonna watch YouTube videos on lock picking.
Speaker D:Okay, cool.
Speaker F:And tunnel digging.
Speaker E:And Prentice is.
Speaker E:Prentice is going to YouTube videos on how to cover up their YouTube searches.
Speaker D:Got it.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:That's probably wise.
Speaker D:So my only question to you is, in any of this interim preparation work, do we listen to the radio?
Speaker C:Yes.
Speaker F:Yes, I think we have.
Speaker E:On the drive back off of a cliff.
Speaker G:So he's buried.
Speaker G:Not quite dead, but not quite sleeping, you see.
Speaker G:Dig him up.
Speaker G:Pour on a little life's fire.
Speaker G:To lessons and blame.
Speaker D:You hear Zeke hit his desk.
Speaker G:Welcome to the new age.
Speaker G:Hallelujah and amen to him.
Speaker G:The thing is, the old buck's a bit of a wreck after what Edwards people done to him.
Speaker G:It's taken a whole lot long bit of years, a whole lot of planning.
Speaker G:But Abra can says he's got a new set of clothes lined up for him to slip right into.
Speaker G:He'll wear her like a sleeve and then wear her out.
Speaker G:Bothers me a bit that they ain't doing the same for me, but I guess I'm a special case.
Speaker G:Hell, it's hard to know what I am after.
Speaker G:After everything.
Speaker G:After all the.
Speaker G:All the flames.
Speaker G:After.
Speaker D:The.
Speaker D:Sobbing continues and continues and continues until someone switches off the radio.
Speaker A:Sa.
