Kate's American Horror Story/Montauk

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*Montauk* is the subtitle for the ninth installment of *Kate's American Horror Story.*

## Plot

### Main Roleplay

The veil between realities thins in areas of high disturbance: one of them being the sleepy hamlet of Montauk, New York, where a string of kidnappings reveals a far more sinister motive. Convinced that something in Montauk could be the key to interdimensional travel, a team of scientists established a secretive laboratory just at the edge of town, capturing children to use as test subjects within their experimental Project Iniquitous. Led by Dr. Odette O'Brien (Britt Lower), a callous and erudite biologist, these scientists began to tamper with the fabric of their reality. A recent explosion decimated the laboratory entirely, though it has not stopped the team's efforts.

Soon, the whole of Montauk descends into chaos. A series of burglaries divides Montauk PD's attention between the disappearances, the strange explosion, and the sudden uptick in criminal activity. The arrival of Adam Sohn (Tadanobu Asano), an FBI agent called to investigate the whereabouts of the missing children, throws yet another wrench into the scientists' plans. Even the residents of Montauk who are relatively removed from these engagements don't go unaffected- following the explosion, the alternate realities beyond Montauk's surface are beginning to bleed into the real world, bringing ruin with each hallucination.

### Spin-Off: Before the Explosion

1985: Two years prior to the events of the main Montauk Roleplay, the Iniquitous Project sees an addition to the Montauk Research Team by means of Dr. Ryan Carter (Evan Peters), a psychotherapist who supervisor Dr. Leonard Bolt (Denis O'Hare) is hopeful will lead the team back towards successful reports. Carter is met with enthusiasm from Dr. Bolt and Dr. Amy Bennet (Billie Lourd) (his cousin, and the member responsible for his employment) upon his arrival, but is not received nearly as warmly by the shrewd Dr. O'Brien or standoffish engineer Dr. Molly Ann Montague (Courtney LaPlante). With an uptick in tourist activity as the result of a local art festival, the Research Team is tasked with maintaining secrecy whilst also determining just how Dr. Carter's skillset will lend to the experiments.

## Cast and Characters

### Main Characters

* Tadanobu Asano as Adam Sohn, a grizzled detective with a clinical insensitivity to pain.
* Britt Lower as Dr. Odette O' Brien, the intimidating director of Montauk Research Team's Iniquitous Project.
* Evan Peters as Dr. Ryan Carter, an anxious psychotherapist who's come to question his role in the evils affecting Montauk.
* Courtney LaPlante as Dr. Molly Ann Montague, a biomedical engineer and the Iniquitous Project's standoffish second-in-command.
* Paris Jackson as Erika, an experienced robber behind the recent string of thievery in Montauk.
* Danny Huston as Sheriff John Bolton, Montauk PD's leading man in the multiple investigations taking place.
* ??? as Pietro, one of the escaped former subjects of an earlier iteration of the Iniquitous Project.

### Featured and Supporting Characters

* Cody Fern as Dallas Dalton, a chaotic vagrant who tags along on the series of break-ins.
* Frances Conroy as Allison 'Fifi' Nicks, a fraudulent television psychic with a tragic past.
* Patricia Arquette as Peggy Sue Lament, a psychotic art-teacher-turned-serial-killer.
* Angela Bassett as Ruth, Adam Sohn's former coworker and old flame.

### Minor and Guest Characters

* Sierra McCormick as Jules McLaren, a failed comic and gambling addict turned to a life of crime.
* Raven Scott as Muna, a thief with a taste for finery and handsome partners.
* Mike Vogel as Anthony Gray, an unaffiliated party seeking to blackmail the gang of robbers.
* Spencer Novich as Michelangelo Walkins, a drug-seeking reporter set on discovering the truth in Montauk.
* Zach Villa as Deputy Frederick Miller, the corrupt second-hand of Montauk's police department.
* Wes Bentley as Mayor Houston Beauregard, the Mayor of Montauk with no clear moral ties.

### Non-Player Characters

* Denis O'Hare as Dr. Leonard Bolt, the jovial former supervisor of the Iniquitous Project.
* Billie Lourd as Dr. Amy Bennet, a mathematician responsible for the nepotist hire of another Research Team member.
* Jamie Bower as Maxwell 'Max' Montague, a kindly resident of Montauk who passed in a suspicious car accident decades prior.

## World Info and Locations

* **The Laboratory -** Formerly the place in which the Montauk Research team conducted their experiments, all that remains of the laboratory is ruin and detritus. Within its period of operation, it was a high-security facility that was under constant and intense surveillance in an effort to ensure the secrecy of its contents. The most recent addition to its grounds was a hidden underground bunker meant to withstand explosions, intended for use as a hideout in the event that the laboratory's true nature should ever be revealed.
* **Camp Hero Radio Tower -** A long-abandoned radio tower situated in the hills of Montauk, this installation was, at one point, part of an outpost constructed as an early warning system for the United States Air Force. Initially constructed in 1960, and operating until 1980, it served as a conduit for the AN/FPS-35 long-range search radar-one of the largest radar frequencies of its kind. Now, it functions as a makeshift base of operations for the Montauk Research team, who mean to employ the station's radar capabilities to influence the dimensional veil.
* **Montauk Point Lighthouse -** At the easternmost point of Montauk there sits a large lighthouse, the first to have been built in the state of New York. The fourth-oldest functioning lighthouse in the United States, the fixture is beloved by Montauk residents, though it is likewise not without its aura of suspicion. The Montauk Research Team believes the lighthouse to be one of the areas in Montauk that could allow access to alternate realities, as a sort of standpoint between the town itself and all that lies beyond.
* **The Montauk Cutoff Railway Bridge -** One of the installations on the now-abandoned Montauk Cutoff railway (which was, for some time, the only means of connection between Montauk and Long Island for freight transportation), this particular bridge fell into disrepair decades before the eventual discontinuation of the Montauk Cutoff railway line in the late 1980s. With trains no longer passing through, it became a passageway for other work vehicles. After the death of Maxwell 'Max' Montague in 1969, the residents of Montauk were cautioned against using the bridge for means of transportation. The second accident on the bridge, caused instead by Molly Ann Montague (Max's younger sister) eight years later in 1977, the bridge was restricted from usage altogether.
* **??? -** A makeshift hideout for the gang of thieves terrorizing Montauk, which is supposedly well-concealed from both police search efforts and Montauk Research Team surveillance.

## Role Titles

Role Title Theme: The Brain, The Eye, & The Nervous System

### The Montauk Research Team and Subjects

* Pituitary (Dr. Odette O'Brien)
* Limbic (Dr. Molly Ann Montague)
* Stem (Dr. Ryan Carter)
* [N/A] (Dr. Leonard Bolt)
* [N/A] (Dr. Amy Bennet)
* Medial (Pietro)

### Government Agents and Montauk Police Department Staff

* Insula (Adam Sohn)
* [N/A] (Ruth)
* Occipital (Sheriff John Bolton)

### Thieves and Residents of Montauk

* Cornea (Dallas Dalton)
* Retina (Jules McLaren)
* Iris (Erika)
* Medulla (Allison 'Fifi' Nicks)
* Ganglia (Peggy Sue Lament)

### Unclaimed/Abandoned Role Titles

* Pupil
* Cochlea
* Cerebrum
* Matter
* Duramatter

## References and Trivia

### References

* Camp Hero State Park
* Camp Hero Radio Tower & AN/FPS-35 Radar
* Montauk Point Lighthouse
* Montauk Cutoff Railway
* The Montauk Project
* Project MK-Ultra