Episode 51: Nightmare at the Museum

## Synopsis

Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie decide to deal with Oliver after they've investigated whatever is going on inside the museum. Sammie realizes the entire museum is shrouded in green magical energy. There's a commotion in the hallway and they soon realize Oliver is being attacked by what used to be stuffed conquistadors in an exhibit they passed, now real men in plate armor with functioning weapons. The crew make it through the fight alive, barely, and Sammie rushes up to heal Oliver, who is immediately pulled into a nearby room by a tendril of some kind.

## Episode Description

Our heroes investigate the Thornvale Paranormal Museum and discover... Well, a lot of paranormal stuff. And Oliver causes problems. As usual.

## Key Events

* In the primate exhibit, there are claw marks on the wall, the monkeys are missing, and there is a stick with a piece of stuffing and blood on it.
* Sammie realizes the entire museum is covered in a strange magical energy.
* Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Oliver are attacked by conquistador mannequins that have come to life.
* Oliver is pulled through a doorway by a green tendril.

## Summary

Bjorn and Henry inform Sammie that they've spotted Oliver, cutting her off from entering the museum. Sammie tries to push past them and get inside. The boys notice her not wanting to be outside and confront her on it, but Sammie just says that there are witches out there who know what she looks like. While true, it's not the real reason behind her 'disguise.' Bjorn suggests that they investigate inside first and then confront Oliver afterward. They agree and step inside.

Henry rings a bell on the front desk. A small, balding man with thick glasses and a bow tie comes up to the desk. He tells them the museum is closed due to the incident this morning. Bjorn flashes his badge and tells him they need to take a look around. The man at the desk, Whittaker, is suspicious and tells him it's really nothing they need to look into. Bjorn calls Holland who is able to use some kind of leverage over Whittaker to get him to agree to let them look around inside.

Whitaker starts to lead them back to where the incident took place. The crew follows him through some exhibits, starting in ancient times and moving forward detailing the history of Thornvale. Whittaker points out where there are some monkeys missing after what happened this morning. Bjorn dismisses him and he goes back to the front desk.

Once Whittaker is gone, Sammie looks around with her Third Eye. She realizes the entire museum is covered in magic - there is a green magical aura everywhere she looks. She also notices that whatever magic was done here has run its course and some of these monkeys have been transformed into real creatures that could hurt them, pointing to the claw marks on the wall.

Henry finds a stick with felt from one of the monkeys, but there also appears to be some blood on it. Sammie explains that it's not just these two monkeys that have been transformed, but that the entire building is covered in magic. That whatever spell brought these monkeys to life has been cast over the whole building.

Just then, they hear a shout from down the hallway. The three run out into the hall to see what the source of the noise was. They quickly spot Oliver who is being surrounded by three men in plate-mail armor with swords and flintlock pistols. Oliver calls down to ask them for help as one of the men in armor tackles Oliver. Sammie runs up to help but is shot through the hand. Henry raises his gun to help, but a man surprises him from the side and slices at him with the sword. The sword cuts off several of Henry's fingers on his shooting hand and he drops the gun.

Bjorn transforms into a werewolf in an attempt to scare off the men in armor. However, after he transforms, he loses control and mistakenly attacks Henry, biting at his throat. The man that had just attacked Henry with a sword attacks Bjorn. Bjorn launches himself at the man and deals a devastating blow with his bite. Henry, now free of Bjorn's grasp, reaches a hand up to heal his bleeding throat. He stops the bleeding, but blinds himself with the magical flash of light.

Sammie tries to deal with the threat in front of her to clear a path to either Henry or Oliver by shooting a force blast at the two men holding flintlocks. She blasts them away from her, sees that Henry has been able to heal himself, and dives toward Oliver to help him. She disarms the man keeping him pinned and then blasts him backward with a burst of magic.

The man with a sword strikes at Bjorn again, but Bjorn rips out its throat. In his werewolf form, he gives into his hunger and starts to devour the man even more. Henry, still blinded by the magic he used to heal himself, blindly pushes himself into a nearby hallway to avoid any more trouble. Sammie stabs the man in front of her before he pushes her to the ground. She hears the other two men with guns shouting "be gone, beast" at Bjorn in an old form of Spanish. One shoots Bjorn before Bjorn turns and bite him. The man Sammie is fighting has picked up his sword again, but Sammie blasts him one final time to take him out. Sammie turns to take out one of the men with a pistol and Bjorn finishes off the other man holding a pistol.

As the dust settles, Bjorn, who is chomping on one of the men, realizes the man has turned back to a stuffed mannequin. The men who were real just moments before have reverted to their previous state - mannequins of conquistadors. Bjorn is able to calm himself down and transform back into his human form. Sammie rushes to Oliver's side to give him a burst of magical healing. Just as Oliver is about to say 'thank you' a green tendril shoots out of a nearby room, wraps around Oliver, and pulls him through the doorway.

## List of Appearances

* Henry Marlowe
* Bjorn Olafson
* Sammie Overbrook
* Whittaker
* Jolene Holland
* Oliver Allen Evans