The Colonnades

**"The Colonnades"** is a radio play by J.P. Leck and is the twenty-fifth installment (twenty-sixth, chronologically) in his Endless Elsewhere multimedia meta-narrative. It is the tenth Endless Elsewhere radio play. It was announced on social media on September 23, 2018. It premiered on a local Indianapolis radio station on October 31, 2018.

## Synopsis

After being found in Worthington State Park, Ryan Tolliver is rescued from the hospital by Carolyn Pelfrey, now a member of The Unclosing Eye Detective Agency. While Keith Sorrels hopes to use Tolliver as a means of finding his missing partner Alex Heaney, Tolliver's amnesia threatens to make that an impossibility.

### Post-Credits

From deep within the earth, the hordes of Apollyon can be heard chanting in an ancient tongue as their accursed lord stirs from his deep slumber.

## Characters

* **Ryan Tolliver** - hospitalized after spending an unknown amount of time in Worthington State Park with amnesia.
	+ *Ryan Tolliver is voiced by **Tucker**.*
* **Carolyn Pelfrey** - a former demon-possessed cultist once rescued by Tolliver, now returning the favor as a part of the Unclosing Eye Detective Agency.
	+ *Carolyn Pelfrey is voiced by **Julia Leslie**.*
* **Keith Sorrels** - a former detective with the CCPD and current head of the Unclosing Eye Detective Agency.
* **Dr. Frederick Hardesty** - a German scientist now rocking the 'brain-in-a-box' look while acting as the secretary for the Unclosing Eye Detective Agency.
	+ *Keith Sorrels and Dr. Frederick Hardesty are voiced by **Stephen E. Foxworthy**.*
* **Alex Heaney** - Sorrels' former partner in the CCPD lost since being abducted by Gãrgolas
	+ *Alex Heaney is voiced by **Samuel Dumas**.*
* **Nurse** - the attending medical practitioner tending to the amnesiac Ryan Tolliver.
	+ *The Nurse is voiced by **Meg Barnstead**.*
* **Guard** - the guard who attempts to stop Carolyn and Ryan from escaping the hospital.
	+ *The Guard is voiced by **J.P. Leck** in an uncredited role.*

### Referenced Characters

* **Violet** - Carolyn mentions Violet's first encounter with one of the Gãrgolas (see "The Gãrgolas").
* **Rex Benton** - Carolyn references Rex's early encounter with Gãrgolas (see "The Infernaleers").
* **The Collector** - Hardesty makes mention of a "local archivist" who has published multiple stories from the scientist's past.

## Locations

* **Worthington State Park** - a national park hours from Circle City where Ryan Tolliver was discovered.
	+ **The Colonnade Cave System** - a network of caves beneath Worthington State Park where Alex Heaney is held captive.
* **The Unclosing Eye Detective Agency** - the home base of Keith Sorrels' paranormal private investigation firm.

## Artifacts

* **The Brain Box** - the current home of the living brain of the dearly departed Dr. Frederick Hardesty.
* **The Lantern** - one of Hardesty's inventions which allows communication between the physical and spiritual realms.
* **The Zapper** - another of Hardesty's weapons; originally a non-lethal instrument turned fatal by the good doctor's meddling.

## References

"The Colonnades" contains references to the following Endless Elsewhere stories:

* "The Infernaleers"
	+ Carolyn briefly mentions Rex Benton's initial encounter with Gãrgolas in Nowhere.
* *The Lantern*
	+ The angelic figure who saved Ryan Tolliver from the cloaked spectre appears again to restore his memories with the aid of Hardesty's Lantern.
* "The Red Mass"
	+ Carolyn mentions that she and Ryan first met in Worthington State Park, when he "rescued" her from the blood ritual she was participating in.
* "The Gãrgolas"
	+ Carolyn mentions Violet's encounter with the Gãrgolas in a series of caves in New Mexico.
* "The Invoked"
	+ "The Colonnades" shows us what happens in the aftermath of Alex and Ryan's kidnapping by Gãrgolas at the end of this story.
	+ Carolyn still wears the Gãrgola claw given to her by Violet during the final battle of "The Invoked."
* *The Devil Doll*
	+ Carolyn is seen in her new capacity as a member of the Unclosing Eye Detective Agency, which she joined at the end of *The Devil Doll*.