Blackout in Crater Valley: Episode 2

## Episode Synopsis

Skyler Poe, Lars Shellway, and Coma escape the Dog King and go back to the police station. Some of the kids go to the school, where they encounter the school custodian, Gus, who tries to beat them to death with Mcdade's bat, successfully killing Zidia Weathers. Chaz Pendragon takes McDade's bat. They meet up with the rest of the kids on the way to the museum. They're let in by a worker at the museum, Laura Jefferson. She tells them a bit about Jacob Novak (the town's founder), and his artifacts. They find that the shroud is gone, and Laura is killed by an invisible man, who briefly reveals himself. The invisible man then slashes two of the tires on the van before Ricky Servantis backs up full throttle, hitting and killing him. Ricky picks up the Novak Shroud, and Levi takes Novak's amulet.

## Summary

We return to Coma, Skyler, and Lars, who had ran into the Dog King while being driven home by a police officer. The dog acid spits on the car, badly burning the cop and Coma. Luke the Drifter attacks the Dog King with a bladed steel chair named Lady Guinevere. Coma and Skylar get out of the car before the cop rams it into the Dog King, injuring it. When it becomes clear that the cop intends to ram the Dog King over and over, Lars gets out, and the kids all escape, heading back to the police station.

Over at the school Chaz, Savannah, Bentley, Molly, Ricky, Zidia, and Levi break in. They immediately run into the school custodian, Gus, who is holding McDade's famous bat with a crazed look in his eyes. He thinks the kids will take the bat, and they get into a fight. Zidia is killed. The rest of the kids proceed to beat Gus to death. Chaz takes McDade's bat. It fuses to his hand, and he becomes a Level 2 Fighter. When they check the janitor's closet, they find a variety of weapons, including a chainsaw. Over at the police station, Lars, Coma and Skyler meet up with Jessup, Jack, and Chloe. They get a knife and bullet proof vest from an evidence locker, and decide to hole up in the police station.

Meanwhile, Ingram and Dudley approach the town museum, and see a flashlight inside. They meet up with Laura Jefferson, a museum employee who lets them stay there. Chaz and friends head to the museum. Ricky drives since Chaz has a baseball bat fused to his hand. The group runs into Chloe while driving past the police station, and touch base. Skyler, Chloe, Coma, and Ricky stay in the van. Inside the museum, Chaz informs Laura that Dr. Von Hoennecker, her boss, is dead, and the mask is missing.

Laura gives them some lore. she tells them about Jacob Novak, who founded Crater Valley hundreds of years ago along with his cult. He conducted magic rituals in the library of the old Novak manor in the forest. Jacob Novak was threatened by other residents of the town who learned of his dark magic. Novak boasted that his sigil emblazoned shroud made him invulnerable.

They hear the sound of breaking glass. When Laura goes to retrieve Novak's Shroud, its glass case is broken, and the shroud is gone. Dudley's dog starts barking, and when Laura goes to investigate, she's stabbed, and a man with an amulet materializes out of thin air. He disappears again, and the backdoor opens and closes on its own. Laura's dead. The group debates whether to try and pursue the man outside, pouring beer all over the floor.

Back at the van, the kids hear a tire get slashed. There's a knock at the back door, but when Coma looks, there's no one. They hear a second tire get slashed. Ricky immediately turns on the ignition and backs up full throttle, hitting and killing their assailant, who becomes visible. He's wearing Novak's Shroud and Amulet Ricky picks up the Novak Shroud, and he becomes a Level 2 Warrior. Levi picks up Novak's Amulet, and becomes a Level 2 Thief that can turn invisible. All the artifacts found require characters to trade points of Personality to use some of the artifacts' powers.

## Appearances

* Player Characters
* Luke the Drifter
* Gus the Custodian
* Laura Jefferson
* Lawrence Gideon

## Notes and Trivia

* The invisible man's name wasn't said in game, but the graphic when he rolls a reflex save states his name as Lawrence Gideon.