Episode 27: Deceptions and Decisions

## Synopsis

Sammie tries to pass off her 'kidnapped' dad as a stranger. Bjorn takes him into the police station. Henry realizes they are looking for a chaos-causing trickster creature that only drunk people can see.

## Episode Description

Sammie deals with the consequences of kidnapping her own father. Bjorn tries to convince her to let him go. Henry investigates the bar where the brawl started.

## Key Events

* Sammie lies about not knowing the man she's "kidnapped" and Bjorn and Henry notice something weird is going on.
* Henry realizes he's heard of these creatures before, they are trickster spirits that only drunk people can see.
* The trio encounters a fight starting at the docks.

## Summary

Sammie is still trying to figure out what to do with her dad. She's starting to wonder how the small creatures are effecting him as her dad is normally a sad drunk, not a fighting-mad one. She tries to restrain him so that he doesn't hurt himself and drives further away down the road to see if distance from the scene will help him calm down. Just driving down the road doesn't seem to help.

Bjorn and Henry arrive on the scene and start looking for Sammie. They spot Sammie's Jeep further down the street away from the bar. Henry decides to duck into the bar to question any witnesses inside. He overhears a couple talking about how the people fighting were totally calm and then someone said something about seeing a little monster and then went crazy. Henry questions the couple for more information, but they aren't able to provide any more details except that they think the guy that started the fight got arrested.

Bjorn catches up with Sammie. He questions her about the creatures and how Sammie is able to see them when they seem to be invisible to sober people. Sammie dodges the question and Bjorn is quickly distracted by the fact that there is a man in the back of Sammie's Jeep. Bjorn asks if Sammie kidnapped someone and Sammie does not acknowledge the person is her dad. Bjorn tells her to let the man go. Henry catches up and questions Sammie about why she kidnapped a man too. Sammie says he was just trying to put distance between him and the bar to see if that would help him calm down. She also expresses that they could try to interrogate him for more information once he's coherent.

Bjorn decides the best course of action is to drop 'the man,' Sammie's dad, off at the police station. They all drive over to the station in Sammie's Jeep. Bjorn takes Tony into the station while Sammie and Henry wait by the car. Bjorn sees Holland inside who makes a comment about all the drunk people coming in and that someone must have poisoned the beer or something. Henry notices that Sammie looks especially nervous while they wait.

Bjorn comes back out to talk to Sammie and Henry about what's going on. Sammie says there were a lot of the creatures, seeing about 12 of them. Bjorn and Henry say they saw about 30 come out of the Rift. Henry realizes he's heard of tiny fae-like creatures that cause mischief like these ones seem to be doing. They are tiny trickster spirits that typically only drunk people can see. Bjorn suggests that they just need to find them all and either kill them or send them back through a Rift. Sammie points out that they still don't know how to calm down the drunks, pointing out that even after all this time they are still fighting. Bjorn suggests they had back to the Fort to do some research.

As they approach the dock, they see people running away from it. Sammie parks at the dock and the crew jumps out to see what's going on. They quickly notice a group of fishermen running around trying to hit people with their rods and tackle boxes. One man pulls out a knife and begins to chase a tourist.

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Bjorn Olafson
* Henry Marlowe
* Antonio Alvarez
* Captain Jolene Holland