Episode 30

# 03.30:

Cynthia was waterlogged, Frank set off a hex, Milo was dragged back to town, and Tom went wandering.

## Characters

The PCs:

* Cynthia
* Frank Smith
* Milo McCrery
* Tom di Pasqua

NPCs:

* Jo Brennan
* Beth Lawrence
* Clement Loper
* Cerrin Foster
* Quest Oyer
* Willa Holt
* Afya Niazi
* Benno Hervey
* Auden Cooke
* Cyrus Evins
* Bat
* Marshall Evins
* Robin Kohler
* Lorna Crawford
* Death 114
* other gore man doing his shopping
* Enoch Price

## Summary/Notes

##### **01/19/2015: Monday**

* Cynthia wakes up, cold and wet and exhausted, in a cave full of puddles
	+ there's a light off in the distance, so she follows it
	+ there's probably someone walking behind her, but she doesn't ever see them when she turns around
	+ the light is from a room with an old lantern in it
	+ cynthia immediately trips in a puddle and is dragged down by the current
		- someone tries to grab her wrist, but the current was too strong
	+ she's grabbed for real in the water, and tries to fight--does some damage, but is ultimately unsuccessful, and gets hauled onto a stream bank
	+ lashes out at the guy who dragged her out, until he smacks her memories back into her
	+ hey cynthia, that's jo brennan, and he's not happy he just had to drag you out of mill stream
		- stop dragging him down with you
		- your boss can drag you around (has power over you) because you let it, so stop letting it
	+ they head back up the path and get to the road before brennan vanishes
	+ cynthia can't vanish anymore, so she trudges to the b&b, where she warmed up for a bit before milo drove her home
* Tom went wandering in the Gore
	+ he had to go through Clem at the bridge, who made sure he knew it was avalanche season
	+ area man wanders around in the snow for a while, doesn't find much
	+ on his way back down the access road, he ran into someone going the other way
		- Cerrin Foster, has a cabin up north--easier to do errands in this area than go further north
		- when asked about people going missing/getting shovel murdered in the gore, Foster mentioned another northern resident he referred to as a(/the, as a title?) gardener, though didn't think he would be capable of murdering someone
* Tom called Milo and relayed this information, while dodging questions from Milo
	+ Milo let Quest know Tom had been wandering around in the Gore, which they were both confused by
	+ And passed on Tom's information to Willa, who thought it would be useful if it was anything more than "maybe there's a guy up north"
* Frank called a meeting of his employees, Afya and Benno showed up
	+ he let them know the deal he made with the courthouse men (they can cure sal, given access to him)
	+ the kids didn't have any great breaking into a hospital ideas, but appreciated being kept up to speed
* Milo dreamed about the light in the woods
	+ he woke up trying to get out of bed

##### **01/20/2015: Tuesday**

* The courthouse men showed up early to Frank's house
	+ someone/thing powerful showed up at the courthouse, and they barely managed to hold it off
	+ so they need Frank to:
		- take the quiet one (cyrus isn't much for magic) to go look at Lorna's wards and compare them to what happened last night
		- see if there's any reason Lorna might have spiked in power recently--a haunting like Frank's described takes time to recover from
	+ Cynthia doesn't pick up, so Frank drops by her house
		- Cynthia is very bedraggled
		- Lorna has Cynthia's book. that's Not Ideal
		- time to check on everything Cynthia got told to do and ignored!
	+ Cynthia called Tom to let him know the general situation
	+ Frank headed back to the courthouse
		- yeah, so things are bad, turns out
		- they could still use a look at the ward, so Frank and Bat (who finally got vaguely introduced) headed out
		- Milo and Christmas are welcome to stay at the courthouse, since it's wards are better than any they would have
* Milo goes in search of the light he's dreamed about a couple times
	+ It's vaguely southeast, which is where Mill Stream is
	+ Marshall is hanging out by the stream
		- He's been looking for a friend for about a day and a half
		- things haven't been great recently--his dad died a few days ago, and he's had to be doing all the associated paperwork
	+ Milo gets a call from Frank, asking him to pick up Christmas and head to the courthouse
	+ Turns out Marshall has been looking for Christmas, who he's started hanging out with
* Milo heads to the courthouse to learn what's been going on
	+ Auden and Cyrus both explain the situation, with different levels of detail but that convey about the same amount of information
	+ they were told to expect 2 people and have only received one, so Cyrus volunteers them for the Christmas search effort. Auden doesn't want to come along, but Cyrus is insistent
* Frank and Bat headed to Lorna's house to poke her wards
	+ they head around the back, and go through a layer of poison/spore traps to reach the not-as-deadly wards
	+ Frank gets thrown back into the previous traps anyway
	+ the two are dragged out of the area by Kohler's ghost, who isn't doing well being so close to Lorna
	+ Lorna comes to investigate, and a frantic escape ensues
		- Bat and Lorna have most of a full-on witch duel
		- Kohler is full of dark water, and managed to stand against the full power of Cynthia's boss as channeled by Lorna (saving Bat in the process)
		- another car was passing by, and didn't enjoy the fact Frank was parked in the middle of the road
		- but Frank and Bat got away, and Kohler vanished (hopefully to a different, better spot)
* Milo, Cyrus, Auden, and Marshall go looking for Christmas along Mill Stream
	+ Having Cyrus and Marshall in the same place isn't a great idea. Marshall doesn't like Cyrus's vibes
	+ Milo found some water-damaged paper in one of the more intact mills, with an obvious heeled shoeprint
	+ there was no sign of Christmas
	+ when they regrouped and were trying to figure out where to go next, Frank called Milo
		- Milo doesn't get very far into talking to Frank before Marshall grabbed the phone
		- where can we look for Christmas? spook house is a decent bet
		- Frank seemed in pretty bad shape on the other side of the phone
* Tom dropped by Cynthia's house after work, and got caught up
	+ He might have a way to get to Brennan, but Cynthia will owe him for it
	+ 114 didn't want to leave Tom's house: Brennan told them to "stay put"
	+ Tom convinces them to try; Tom and Cynthia get left at the forestry gate
	+ They startle a guy who's on a supply run, presumably from the collection of houses where Foster lives
* Milo and co. are on the way to the spook house when his car (also containing Auden and Cyrus) gets struck by lightning
	+ Enoch Price, in the street: Cyrus Evins! It's been too long.

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