Episode 04

# 01.04: Nighttime Visitors

Cynthia met an interesting person, Frank became the Neighborhood Watch, Milo had a run-in with the law, and Tom saw a familiar shadowy figure.

## Characters

##### **The PCs:**

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

##### **NPCs:**

* Beth Lawrence
* Shawn Durkee
* Wayne Buker
* Lorna Crawford
* Officer Suitt
* Ella-Rose Carpenter
* the officer that arrested Cynthia
* Marshall Evins
* Deacon Bruns
* "driveway person"

## Summary

##### **9/15/2014: Monday** (afternoon)

Cynthia and Tom went on a drive around town; Cynthia tried to help Tom through the fact that Hector's been dead all along and ghosts are real. She also texted Milo, and learned he had some new ghost footage.

In the evening, Cynthia visited Tom's house with food, and reminded him Milo is looking into ghosts. Tom dug out his old ghost research, but didn't find anything productive.

##### **9/16/2014: Tuesday**

Frank went on a hike by the train tracks. They're well-maintained, so nothing was obviously out of place.

##### **9/17/2014: Wednesday**

Back to waking up at 6 to keep watch at the window, Tom saw no one on the road, but did notice a familiar shadowy figure lurking on the edge of the woods.

In the afternoon, Cynthia visited Milo, and saw his footage of the spook house. The video wasn't particularly good, but did show both Tom and Hector's ghost. After visiting Milo, Cynthia dropped by Tom's house--where Tom was more shaken than usual, but offered no explanation.

##### **9/18/2014: Thursday**

Cynthia had lunch with Lorna, who remembered Hector's death and, at Cynthia's request, promised to look through old newspapers for the address.

In the afternoon, Tom visited Milo. Milo isn't much interested in the history of the places he visits, but is concerned about Tom.

Frank dropped by Wayne's Bar in the evening, where no one has heard any of the train whistles he's been hearing.

##### **9/19/2014: Friday**

Despite Lorna being on the hunt, Cynthia went to the town hall to ask Shawn for the spook house's address. Shawn expressed concern about the spook house being private property and a death trap, but Cynthia insisted, and got the address.

Frank invited Milo to lunch, where he suggested Milo not visit the spook house again and insisted he not involve the other members of the GPPS.

##### **9/20/2014: Saturday**

In the evening, Milo headed back to the spook house, along the road. He didn't get particularly far down the driveway when he found there were cops watching the house, and ended up taken down to the station for trespassing.

##### **9/21/2014: Sunday**

On his way to work, Tom caught a glimpse of the shadow in the woods.

Knitting club happened, as it is wont to on Sunday afternoons. Ella-Rose was still obviously strung out, but insisted she's fine. Lorna provided Cynthia with a newspaper clipping including Hector's address.

Frank texted Milo, asking if he's still alive, but didn't get a reply.

##### **9/22/2014: Monday**

Cynthia had lunch at Tom's house, and left her car there so she could ostensibly go hiking. She too discovered the police are watching the spook house, and also got taken into custody. In the time since Milo got arrested, he gave Cynthia's name to the police. The two of them spend an uncomfortably long time at the station before getting off with a strong warning. Tom had to pick up Cynthia downtown, who doesn't mention she got into any trouble with the cops, and Milo texted Frank back that he had been in jail for the past few days.

During the day, Frank looked into the recent train schedule, but they didn't match up with the times he hard the train. He took another walk around the neighborhood in the evening, and didn't notice anything that stood out. The kid with the van is out again, and Frank learned his name is Marshall.

##### **9/23/2014: Tuesday**

Milo scheduled to ask Cynthia some questions the next afternoon.

Tom visited Hector's grave, and left some flowers. On his way out, he took notice of the imposing figure of the cemetery's groundskeeper.

##### **9/24/2014: Wednesday**

Cynthia visited Milo at the B&B, and answered some of his questions. In the evening, she had dinner at Tom's house, and made an investigation of the shadowy figure at the edge of his property. Tom was surprised she could also see the figure, and had some questions.

Frank went on another of his neighborhood watch walks, and chatted with Marshall.

##### **9/25/2014: Thursday**

Cynthia got a new directive from her book: to intervene and protect at the Carpenters' house, the following morning at 2 a.m. She stopped by Ella-Rose's house for tea, and heard about how stressful her friend's life has been recently, but noticed nothing obviously supernatural or concerning. Cynthia spent a fairly worried late afternoon, and wrote (but didn't deliver) a letter for Tom.

Frank took what has become his favorite walk route, and noticed he hasn't seen any vandalism since he started his nightly walks. Tom looked through his old research, without any luck. Milo received an interesting email.

##### **9/26/2014: Friday**

In the early morning, Cynthia had an interesting encounter with someone also visiting the Carpenters at 2 a.m.

In the evening, Frank visited the bar in search of gossip. He learned a few things, and noticed Deacon Bruns, the cemetery's groundskeeper, was also at the bar.

##### **9/28/2014: Sunday**

Cynthia attended knitting club, where Ella-Rose was still obviously very anxious. No one recognized the description Cynthia gave of the person she saw at the Carpenters' house a few days ago.

While Frank was doing paperwork in the afternoon, he heard a train whistle--yet again closer, this time.

In the late afternoon, Cynthia realized she was forgetting something, and noticed the book had new instructions for her: she needs to be at the Carpenters' house in an hour.

## Notes

* Lorna owns a few of Hector's paintings
* Frank noticed a few new faces in town--probably city folk

Cynthia's chat with Milo:

* She's looking into the spook house to help out Tom
* Milo hasn't figured out how to get back to the house yet, but he hasn't given up on the investigation

(Cynthia's investigation of) the shadow in Tom's woods:

* It faded into the woods as she approached, which Tom could also see
* It doesn't have any particular vibes she picked up on--"as if it was never there at all"
* She's known about his visitor(s?) since they started showing up, but doesn't know what they are
* She hypothesized they're related to Tom's mental health
* The shadow wasn't there before Tom was

Marshall:

* Doesn't particularly want to be in town
* Plays guitar
* Has a place to live that isn't just his van

Cynthia's driveway encounter:

* They're not used to having to explain what they do (but it's probably nothing to worry about)
* They're surprised to see Cynthia there, and that she's there to intervene, but they're willing to leave things alone
* They'll be in town a while, as there's work to do

The town gossip on Friday the 26th:

* People got arrested at the spook house, and someone was at the cemetery
* There's been interest in the spook house for an oddly long amount of time
* The lack of graffiti has caught peoples' eye
* It's been a bad year for coyotes

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