Episode 5 - Who's the New Kid?

## Summary

After a harrowing encounter with some REALLY BIG CRYPTIDS, Adam and Shamanda take a little well-deserved R&R to heal up their wounds... and maybe kiss? Haha, just kidding. Unless... unless they want to. Or...what? Anyway, Susan leads Krashlee and CEJ into the den of dead bodies to cleanse the foul magic that spawned the Goonches, where Susan makes two startling discoveries! First, someone has broken into her lair in the custodial closet. Second, and more importantly, is she getting ghosted by Park Ranger Ilong??

## Previously On...

Hey, it's Krashlee.

So last time basically we had to fight with this huge salamander and millipede that were desecrating bodies, I think they were in a cult. I'm looking into it because if you look really closely at a dollar bill, sometimes it looks like there's a millipede in that old pyramid, especially if it's like all wrinkly. Also the salamander kept saying 'the time is wrong' which quite possibly is a reference to the Salamander letter - if you know historical papers you know what I'm talking about - either that or a multiverse.

Anyway we killed them and then we had to head back to the lair and leave all the bodies there, cause Adam Miller was like basically about to die. Shamanda totally like likes him but she won't say anything. Maybe because he's a Moth Man, hello! CEJ was all bratty and he wants us to just be normal, as if there is such a thing as normal. Susan and I did some research but she wasn't really biting on the salamander letter thing.

## Plot

### THE LAIR

After a dangerous encounter with the Salamanders and Millipede, Adam Miller needs to spend a week at Miss Wexler's Haven behind the janitor's closet to fully recover. He Keeps His Secret from his mom, telling her that he has to stay at school for a lab with a girl he has a crush on. Needing only a single night to recover, Shamanda tells her Aunt and Uncle that she has to stay the night at school for a solo ensemble on clarinet at the state band competition. Her uncle Tony tells her that he got her an alto sax, as they are so proud of her and believe in her. He also tells Krashlee that he loves her and Shamanda, which brings both of them joy.

> "He said he loves us" -Krashlee
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> "I know, it's like so stupid and like considerate, he just like loves us unconditionally. Like, what a loser." - Shamanda, embarrassed
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> "That's weird." -Krashlee while laughing happily
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Uncle Tony was close to Krashlee's father, but Krashlee's mother doesn't want them spending time together. Meanwhile, Tony Barrett had told Susan that vomit is also called a protein spill, which she comments on to the club. The teens inform her that it's actually something else…Susan is mortified.

> "That's why they were going through the school with a UV light!" - Krashlee Grenadine
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Susan has the spell almost ready, she just needs the severed toes and the saliva of a good man. Shamanda grabs the saliva from Uriyah's (a good boy, a bit churchy) spit valve in the band room that night.

While the club members who are healthy enough to go home head out for the night, Shamanda and Adam stay up at the lair and talk about Boy Meets World and how Adam is becoming a Moth Man. CEJ comes back and interrupts Shamanda telling Adam that she is attracted to him by delivering dinner. He was absolutely sick of listening to Ranger Ilong and Adam's mom flirting like high schoolers. Krashlee manages to sneak out of her house and back over to the lair and Susan shows up after getting lonely while trying to reach Ranger Ilong.

The rest of the night they play euchre, and Adam Miller dozes off until morning. Throughout the evening, CEJ tries to put Adam's hand in a pan of warm water, while Krashlee then takes it out.

Ranger Ilong has left a voicemail on Susan's answering machine after receiving dozens of messages from her. He tells her that a perimeter has been established around the cave and that she can do what she needs to around the area. After listening to the message Susan breaks her answering machine, apparently angry that Ranger Ilong has been spending time with Diane Miller.

Susan goes back to working on her spell, which she has gotten some assistance on from the international monster hunting community. With all her ingredients together, Susan heads to the cave to Use Magic.

### THE CAVE

Krashlee helps Susan with her crockpot potion and the magic beings to take effect. Susan spills a little on her hand as she pours it onto the bodies, burning herself and forming a tight blister. The potion leaches the vitality out of the ritualistic magic in the pile of corpses, dispelling the power that was affecting the wildlife. As Shamanda examines the area in the cave, she discovers a narrow tunnel, leading into unknown spaces. Shamanda brings the club's attention to the tunnel, and Krashlee volunteers to squeeze through as the smallest member. CEJ lends her a flashlight, and Shamanda ties a 20 ft. rope around Krashlee's waist. Drag marks on the ground indicate that the tunnel may have been used as a space to transport the dead bodies in the cave.

Krashlee unties the rope and continues to walk through the tunnel. When she finds the natural exit to the cave, she finds herself in a clearing with a small road leading out of it. A beat-up, old, white pickup truck is parked by the tunnel entrance. Blocks attached to ropes on the driver's side floor seem to confuse Krashlee, until she realizes that someone very short must have been driving this truck, attaching the blocks to their feet. Perhaps...something not quite human. Dried blood stains the bed of the truck.

Realizing she needs the skills of a club member with more experience hot wiring vehicles, Krashlee yells for Shamanda. Shamanda pushes through the tunnel, contorting her body, and is able to get to Krashlee. Shamanda slips into the front seat, hot wires the vehicle and she and Krashlee drives to the Ranger's Station.

Back in the cave, the bodies have released the magic and begin to naturally decompose. Susan and CEJ wait for the other club members, and about twenty minutes later, Shamanda and Krashlee return. The thought that CEJs parents, who have been missing for months, could be among the pile of bodies may occur to CEJ, but he forcefully ignores that possibility. Susan finds Ranger Ilong to tell him about the body situation.

### THE LAIR

The door to the lair opens while Adam Miller is laying in bed recovering. A strange boy wearing a bad religion t-shirt and khaki pants enters claiming to be a friend of Shamanda, and introduces himself as Damon. He reveals that he knows Adam is a Moth Man, supposedly because Shamanda confided in him. Adam is hurt that Shamanda has spilled his secret, but he also feels threatened by Damon, Reading a Bad Situation.

### THE CAVE

An alarm goes off on Susan's beeper, indicating that either Adam is doing something he shouldn't be...or someone breached her defenses and entered the lair. Susan tells the club that they have to get back to the lair, and they all start heading for Adam.

### THE LAIR

Damon seems to be fawning over how special and different Adam Miller is. Adam gets the impression that he is looking at someone who wants to add something unique to their collection. Understanding that Damon has suspicious intentions, Adam tries to distract Damon and dives into the lair's panic room, hidden in a chest at the foot of the bed. As Damon reaches for the lid of the chest he recoils in pain as it seems to burn him. The lid slams shut and Adam is safe inside the room.

### ON THE ROAD

Susan gets an alert that the panic room has been opened, and she is concerned. As Susan and CEJ drive back to the lair, Susan tries to keep CEJ occupied with stories.

> "And that's the last time that I ever had peanut butter." -Susan Wexler
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Shamanda and Krashlee are driving back in the pick-up truck.

> "Ugh, they better not be having fun in that other car." -CEJ (they were)
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### QUEEN LATIFAH'S SCHOOL FOR GIFTED GIRLS AND AVERAGE BOYS

Shamanda gets to the school and starts a fire near the smoke detector on the first floor to cause a distraction. The fire alarm goes off, which disheartens Adam Miller who is still hiding in the panic room. Students are flooding out of the classrooms and Susan weaves through the mob, running to the janitors closet.

### THE LAIR

Susan enters the lair and finds Adam in the panic room. He tells her about Damon. Krashlee and CEJ crowd him, asking about what happened.

### OUTSIDE THE LAIR

Damon is waiting and pulls Shamanda aside before she enters the lair. She doesn't recognize him...until he shifts back into the form she first met him in. Rider Strong. The Devil.

It is revealed that Shamanda sold her soul for an iPod. The Devil proposes a business opportunity to her in the form of a deal. Shamanda convinces Adam Miller to sell the Devil his soul and Shamanda gets her soul back.

> "Fine, I'll get you Adam's soul. When do you need it?" -Shamanda
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## Characters

**Main Cast**

* Rashawn Nadine Scott as Shamanda Felt
* Jeff Murdoch as Adam Miller
* Erin Rein as Krashlee Grenadine
* Claire Linic as Susan Wexler
* Alan Linic as CEJ
* Tyler Samples as Diane Miller, Damon, and everyone else

## Introductions

Tyler: Welcome everybody to Mystery County Monster Hunters Club a Monster of the Week actual play podcast. I'm Tyler Samples, your keeper of monsters and mysteries. Let's meet our players.

Rashawn: Hi everyone, I'm Rashawn Nadine Scott and my character is Shamanda Felt, the Crooked. And I'm very upset about the casting for the Spring musical. I will hang onto this for a couple years.

Jeff: Hey, I'm Adam Miller. I'm a Monstrous. Uh, you know, I'm all about being a Moth Man and, uh, it's hard going from a Mothboy to a Moth Man so quickly.

Erin: Hey, I'm Erin Rein, my character is Krashlee Grenadine and everyone calls me a Flake but I don't think it's flaky to see the connections between government, religion, and aliens.

Alan: Hey everyone, I'm Alan Linic. I'm playing CEJ. He is our resident man-sel in dick-stress.

Claire: Hi everyone, my name is Claire Linic. I play Susan Wexler. She is an expert monster hunter and a very bad janitor.

## Notable Quotes

* "We've had a lot of, what I call, protein spills this week." -Susan Wexler
* "That's why they were going through the school with a UV light!" - Krashlee Grenadine
* "I am soaked in piss." -Adam Miller
* "A pack of Goonches is called 'A Merry Goonchmas'." -Susan Wexler
* "Fine, I'll get you Adam's soul. When do you need it?" -Shamanda

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