Episode 12 - Fallentine's Day Is Canceled Due to Lack of Hustle

## Summary

A bad day gets hella worse for Principal Norton as he deal with mystery students, major water damage, flaming school buses, and--worst of all--a cancelled Fallentine's Day dance. Meanwhile, the Club bonds over how much Paul sucks, how single Ms. Wexler is, and how weird it is that Tom Knutts is wandering around the school.

## Previously On...

Hi everybody, a quick explanation before we get started. So we had already recorded episodes 12 and 13, and then I accidentally deleted them. Like entirely. Yes, I am very embarrassed. So after much wailing and gnashing of my teeth, we decided just to start over where episode 11 ended and record a completely new episode 12, letting it go in its own new and very different direction.

But that's why there might be times in this where our memories are a little hazy about what has happened and what has not happened. And hey, if you're a member of our Patreon, patreon.com/mysterycounty, we'll be posting a special recap of those last episodes, sort of an alternate timeline of Mystery County, which is already an alternate timeline. Look, the time is wrong, she must be served.

Anyway, here's a quick catch up on what happened last time. The club had to get some ingredients together for Krashlee's exorcism, and it went about as well as you'd expect. CEJ is haunted by the ghost of Chet Gibbons, the man that he denies that he killed. And after having a premonition, he went and stopped the Fallentine's dance by setting off the sprinkler system of Queen Latifah's School for Gifted Girls. Adam worked up the nerve to ask Shamanda to the Fallentine's dance while they were out in the parking lot, helping to set up for the exorcism. She panicked and said she'd go with him and Paul, who was pretty disappointed by that development, because Paul was pretty excited about the dance.

Susan struggled to keep all the plates spinning and keep her eyes on Krashlee, but eventually she got pulled away from the lair and Krashlee got out. Krashlee being of course, infected by a lust demon. Paul was the only one who found her, and then Krashlee bullied him into doing an exorcism completely by himself. It went very wrong, and the lust demon possessed Krashlee completely, and then beat Paul into a pulp, ran into the parking lot, and lit all of the school buses on fire.

Assistant Principal Bridges showed up at this point and was going to cause even further trouble that Adam's solution was to wipe her mind. Then the devil showed up again. This time fought some entity named Lailah for control of the demon that was inside Krashlee, and throughout this fight somehow Krashlee managed to end her possession, get the demon destroyed, and find out some more about this entity known as Lailah. Then Susan banished the devil for about 30 minutes.

## Plot

### THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE

Susan, Shamanda, and Krashlee escort Assistant Principal Bridges to the principals office, where Principal Norton is still recovering. When he sees Susan, he starts to stammer about Adam Miller being a monster, and needing to be stopped. Susan and Shamanda try to convince Principal Norton that he hit his head, and everything his remembers is a hallucination.

Susan shows him her bruises and says to him how she was hurt when catching him as he fell. Principal Norton is distraught at the idea of hurting another person. Krashlee stage whispers not to tell him about what he did to the school buses. Which are on fire. This is a step too far, and Principal Norton locks eyes with Shamanda, recalling her threat to burn down the school.

He insinuates as much, and Shamanda, acting completely offended, asks him to prove his accusation. As Principal Norton gets more and more worked up, Shamanda telepathically sits his butt down on the couch next to the unconscious assistant principal. She uses her charlatan ability to trick Principal Norton into believing she can do magic. He begs her not to hurt him or any of the students. Shamanda orders him to stay in the office with Brixton Bridges, while the Club handles things. He immediately agrees. Susan casts a spell of remembrance on the assistant principal, like she did with Principal Norton.

They head to the Lair where a bruised and beaten Paul awaits them. On the way over, Susan helps the girls deal with their feelings, and they all emotional grow, feeling better than before. When they return to the Lair, all the notes that Krashlee left behind cover the room.

### THE BOILER ROOM

CEJ is congratulating himself as he leaves the boiler room, pleased with his acts of destruction. He sees Principal Norton, and delights in telling him about the water damage. Dismayed, the principal runs to gym, screaming about his decorations. CEJ heads toward the parking lot and the flaming school buses.

### THE PARKING LOT

Adam Miller is trying to help the fire fighters, pointing out areas that need to be sprayed. However, his Moth-ish instincts are pulling him closer and closer to the flames. CEJ puts a hand on Adam's shoulder and pulls him back. Adam is concerned as CEJ talks to nothing beside him, and they start to head back to the Lair. As they pass the boiler room, a figure is standing in the doorway. Tom Knutts, from Tom's Nets is there. He tells them that he was bringing in nets for the Fallentine's decorations. Tom questions them about what has been going on, and CEJ obliquely references his premonition and averting a terrible disaster. Tom asks what CEJ is leaving out, and CEJ points out that there is a grown man alone with two boys. Tom hears the unspoken accusation and starts to hurry away. He asks them one last thing, about whether the dance will be pushed back. CEJ admits that he doesn't even go to this school and the boys scatter.

Tom is left to wonder why all the events he supplies nets for are getting cancelled. He hopes that his 'May the Net be with You' Star Wars net festival and the Marie Antoin-net-te festival won't suffer the same fate.

### THE LAIR

Susan and Shamanda awkwardly try to let Krashlee off the hook for writing such mean notes. Susan compliments her handwriting, "I know you've been working on that." Shamanda comments that she thinks Paul may be dead. Susan starts to work on healing him, and Shamanda starts to leave to find Adam. Both the boys rush back into the Lair before she gets to the door. Adam finds a note from Krashlee, pretending to be Shamanda, saying that she does not like him. He internalizes it, and he starts to spiral.

Adam forms a cocoon around Paul using regurgitated threads from old clothes and fabrics. As Paul is shifted, his hand falls over, and he's holding Susan's phone. Susan picks it up and sees that he sent a text out.

He sent a text to Do Not Contact. The text reads: 'Send help. Out of control.'

Susan tells the Club that the Devil is about twenty minutes away, and that her number one nemesis was probably fifteen minutes away.

Chet is pushing CEJ to tell Susan that he is here, and CEJ is waving him off and talking to him. The Club is really worried and thinks he might be having a sugar crash. Susan leans over, offers him some Dunkaroos, but also asks him if he is being haunted. CEJ tries to hide it, but Susan knows a haunting when she sees one. She also has a feeling she knows who it is.

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Realizing the game is up, CEJ confesses that Chet Gibbons has been haunting him. The Club bickers and talks back and forth. As CEJ and Krashlee argue about which one of them makes the other more uncomfortable, Paul jerks up. CEJ tries to punch him in the face on reflex. Adam holds CEJ back, but in doing so, gets poked in the eye by his cousin.

Paul is freaking out.

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> "You are all, you're all monsters. You're all terrible people."
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## Characters

**Main Cast**

* Rashawn Nadine Scott as Shamanda Felt
* Jeff Murdoch as Adam Miller and Tom Knutts
* Erin Rein as Krashlee Grenadine
* Claire Linic as Susan Wexler
* Alan Linic as CEJ
* Tyler Samples as Principal Norton, Paul DeBello, and everyone else

## Introductions

Tyler: Welcome to Mystery County Monster Hunters Club, where we use dice to tell a story of high school hijinks and cryptid conundrums. I'm Tyler Samples, your Keeper of Monsters and Mysteries. Let's meet our players!

Rashawn: Hey everybody, I'm Rashawn Nadine Scott. My character is Shamanda Felt, the Crooked, and ♫I let the dogs out. I did. I did. I did.♫

Jeff: Hi, I'm Jeff Murdoch, and my character is Adam Miller, the Monstrous. In the words of the band American Hi-Fi, ♫I'm just the monster of the week♫.

Erin: Hi, I'm Erin Rein. I play Krashlee Grenadine, who is for the first time considering maybe she's into new metal.

Claire: Hi everybody, I'm Claire Linic. I play Susan Wexler, and I think it's time for me to finally say, I don't find David Letterman to be that funny.

Alan: Hey guys, it's Alan Linic here. I play CEJ, formerly the Mundane, but freshly the Spooky, because ♫bustin' makes me feel good♫.

## Notable Quotes

* "I am not going to put him down and I'm never going to stop touching him." - CEJ about Adam Miller
* "Secrets, secret, are no fun. Secret secret. Hurt someone." - Tyler as Chet Gibbons
* "Secret secret. Shut your mouth. Secret secret. Who ha-how." - CEJ
* "You haunted, buddy?" - Susan Wexler
* "Calling someone crazy is a bit dismissive, but yeah, sure." - Shamanda Felt
* " No Clueless! I told you, that Paul Rudd, he don't got a career!" - Tyler as Chet Gibbons

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