Episode 50: Serious Monkey Business

## Synopsis

Henry gets armor and learns a shield spell. Sammie learns how to view another place or time with magic and endangers Helena in the process. Bjorn learns how to force his transformation into a werewolf. The crew head down to investigate a strange case at the Paranormal Museum.

## Episode Description

There's some serious monkey business going on at the Thornvale Paranormal Museum, and our heroes have been called in to investigate.

## Key Events

* Henry gets some armor and learns a shield spell from Miguel.
* Sammie learns how to see another place or time with her third eye and witnesses Helena get shot at in her car.
* Bjorn tests his ability to control his werewolf form.
* Stanley tells the crew about a weird situation at the Thornvale Paranormal Museum where a couple of teenagers claim some monkeys came to life.
* Henry spots Oliver in the crowd outside the museum.

## Summary

Henry, feeling a bit inadequate after getting knocked out again during a fight, talks to Stanley about doing some hand-to-hand combat training and Miguel about learning a shield spell. Stanley advises Henry to not get into hand-to-hand combat with monsters and use his sneak attack instead. When Henry speaks to Miguel, he's able to give him a protective vest to help until he learns the shield spell.

Sammie is spending a lot of time at the Fort, drinking. At some point she texts her mentor from the Order, Will, "I'm sorry." He texts back "Me too." She also spends time with Miguel learning more about magic. She asks him about honing her Third Eye to make it more powerful so that she can see specific places and look into the future or past at those locations. Miguel says it's not his area of expertise, but his wife had the Third Eye and he may be able to help. He does some training with her and Sammie attempts to use it to check in on her uncle, Anthony, who the Order informed her had been reassigned.

Sammie focuses her Third Eye on Anthony. She sees him sitting outside of what looks like an office. Someone tells him it's his turn and he gulps before Sammie is forced back to herself with a painful burst of magical backlash. She starts to meditate every morning on the feeling of seeing another place or time and focus her magical energy. After practicing this, she tries to connect with her mom. Sammie sees her mom sitting in a car. Helena looks terrified when she sees Sammie and tells her that Sammie is putting her in a very dangerous position by being there. Sammie hears a gun shot outside of Helena's car before she snaps back to herself. Sammie hears a knock on her door. Stanley says that he has a weird one for them. Sammie pulls herself together and follows him.

The full moon is approaching and Bjorn can feel it. His urges are getting stronger, his hair is growing at a more rapid rate. In an attempt to see how he reacts if he transforms, he asks Stanley and Miguel to help him with forcing his transformation to see how he does by providing him with a secure room. Bjorn is successful in transforming and is able to control himself, but there's also nothing for him to eat there. Bjorn wants to step it up a notch and asks Sammie if she can help. He puts himself in a room where Sammie is behind a glass wall. He transforms and is able to control himself to an extent, but can tell he's not totally in control.

In the present, Stanley knocks on Bjorn's door and asks if he's decent. Stanley tells him the same thing he told Sammie, that they have a weird case to follow up on. Stanley takes Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie to the situation room where Stanley pulls up a news broadcast. A reporter states they are at the Thornvale Paranormal Museum where something 'strange' has happened. She asks an unenthusiastic museum tour guide what happened and he states that while he was giving a tour some teenagers snuck off. He states that eventually the teens ran out of the primate section freaking out but he doesn't know what happened. The reporter thanks him and a teenager runs up to grab the microphone from the reporter. He yells that the museum tour guide is covering it up and that the monkey was alive.

Stanley admits he's not sure what's going on, but he asks if they can check it out. They decide to do some research at the Fort before they had down to the scene. Bjorn looks into things that can possess other things, but isn't able to narrow it down. Sammie looks into whether or not this is specifically tied to witches or their magic. She doesn't find any specific ties to witch magic but also didn't exclude them. She also worries this might be a distraction from something bigger. Henry tries to ask his online community for advice but his post gets deleted immediately.

The crew head down to the Thornvale Paranormal Museum. Sammie, knowing that the building is directly across from Elise's coffee shop, dresses in her best 'disguise' with a hoodie, baseball cap, and sunglasses. By the time they reach the scene, the police have left but there is still a crowd lingering outside. Henry spots a familiar shock of red hair in the crowd...

## List of Appearances

* Henry Marlowe
* Stanley Marlowe
* Miguel Rodriguez
* Sammie Overbrook
* Anthony Overbrook
* Helena Overbrook
* Bjorn Olafson
* Oliver Allen Evans

## Roll Tracker

**Hannah Level Up:** +1 Weird

**Wesley Level Up:** Advance Investigate a Mystery and Read a Bad Situation

**Andrew Level Up:** +1 Sharp

**Wesley Level Up:** Took "Connect the Dots" from the Flake

## Trivia

Wesley gets his 5th total level up, unlocking advanced improvements. Meanwhile, Andrew and Hannah are on their second playbooks.