Door Under the Floor: Part 1

### Additional Voicework

Aliya Johnson as Merrilee, Brandon Sartain as Dave, Allison Mullins as Aunt Jackie, Betsy Puckett as Mamaw Cook

## Blurb

Growing up, Merrilee Cook was always fascinated by the mysterious blue door in Mamaw Cook's cellar. When she returns to her hometown as an adult for her grandmother's funeral, she realizes just how peculiar that door really is. Part 1 of 2, originally performed live on Discord.

## Plot Synopsis

There is a blue door in Mamaw Cook's cellar that no one is allowed to open. Merrilee Cook is never allowed to open it despite her obvious curiosity. One day, when she was ten, she tries opening the door; the knob is ice cold and would not turn. Mamaw never sends her downstairs after that.

When Merrilee turns 39, she gets a call saying her Mamaw has passed away. Her family encourages her to return to her hometown for the holidays to attend the service. Merrilee is torn about this, given how long she's been away, but eventually agrees.

When Merrilee arrives, her cousin Dave Cook is waiting for her. The two catch up and Merrilee is embarrassed about how little she's talked to Dave when he reveals he's divorced.

Dave and Merrilee reconnect on the drive back to Mamaw's house. Merrilee is taken aback by how nostalgic being back at the house makes her feel. She entered to see her aunt, Jackie Cook, cooking her favorite recipe. She catches up with her aunt on the details of her life away, and Aunt Jackie asks Merrilee if she could get some green beans from the cellar.

In the cellar, Merrilee sees the blue door and tries the knob again, it doesn't budge. Then it dawns on Merrilee that a door shouldn't be there as it doesn't make any sense. She investigates the door and discovers cool air coming from beneath it confirming there was definitely something behind it. Her investigations were interrupted by aunt Jackie's calling her back upstairs.

Thanksgiving day, Merrilee helps her aunt prepare dinner as the rest of the extended family arrived. After dinner, the family gathered to discuss Mamaw Cook's will. Aunt Jackie reveals to Merrilee that Mamaw Cook left the house to her. Merrilee is floored by this as it didn't make sense to her. She is handed a box with the will and a letter in it.

After all of the festivities came to an end, everyone but Merrilee and Dave go home and Merrilee takes this opportunity to read Mamaw's letter to her. It speaks about how important it is that the house stays in the family because of the burden that comes with it. She enclosed a key and the instructions that she should never open the door under the floor no matter what or who she thinks she hears from behind it. Mamaw said she picked Merrilee for this burden because she was the most capable of the grandchildren, but Dave could handle it too if Merrilee wasn't up for it.

Merrilee shared the information with Dave and he suggested that Mamaw Cook was likely not sane at the end of her life and suggests that they finally take a look behind the door. They sneak down and open the door to see a tunnel with some kind of light at the end of it.

## Relevant Characters

* Merrilee Cook
* Dave Cook
* Jackie Cook
* Mamaw Cook