Episode 03

# 01.03: The Spook House

Cynthia had lunch with Madoc Jones, Frank heard some odd noises, Milo returned to the spook house, and Tom learned there are some things he can't rationalize away.

## Characters

##### **The PCs:**

* Cynthia
* Frank Smith
* Milo McCrery
* Tom di Pasqua

##### **NPCs:**

* Magnolia Hight
* Ella-Rose Carpenter
* Lorna Crawford
* Hector Schoen
* Beth Lawrence
* Madoc Jones
* Wayne Buker
* Shawn Durkee

## Summary

##### **9/07/2014: Sunday**

Cynthia had knitting club, which went about as it always does. In the evening, Frank wandered around Granton downtown, but didn't see the kid in the van again.

##### **9/08/2014: Monday**

Frank was woken up at 2:16 a.m. by the sound of a distant train whistle, but didn't notice anything out of place.

Tom and Hector went fishing early in the morning, which was a bit of a walk from the road.

Cynthia visited Milo at the B&B. Milo managed to successfully conceal his injured ankle, and convince Cynthia he hasn't been up to anything interesting. While at the B&B, Cynthia spotted Madoc Jones, but left him alone.

Frank took the day off, to go hiking and spend some time outside of the ice cream store. Despite doing some cursory asking around, he didn't get any more information about the train whistle he heard.

Cynthia called Beth Lawrence, and scheduled lunch with Jones for Wednesday.

##### **9/10/2014: Wednesday**

Madoc Jones was very late for his lunch with Cynthia, though he did eventually show up. After he accused Cynthia of profiling and being a cop, she agreed to let him be for some time.

Cynthia also set up the latest in a string of semi-frequent dinners with Tom, for Friday evening.

##### **9/12/2014: Friday**

Tom had dinner at Cynthia's house, where he heard about what she had been up to and avoided the topic of why he looked so tired.

Frank went to Wayne's Bar, but didn't pick anything up from the local rumor mill.

##### **9/13/2014: Saturday**

In the early afternoon, Hector dropped by Tom's house to invite him over. The two went grocery shopping and Tom conducted a bit of a tour of the town before they headed to Hector's house, which is a bit of a walk from the road, and obviously in the middle of being moved into.

After dinner at Frank's weekly barbeque, Milo headed back to the spook house. He did some poking around, including finding the attic, before he heard someone coming up the stairs.

   Tom got invited upstairs to see Hector's art studio, and a painting the artist had done of Tom's house. He didn't get more than two steps into the room before Milo had to grab him, to keep him from falling into the pit where the studio used to be. Though Tom was shaken, he and Milo managed to escape the house that seemed about to come down around them, and Milo got some footage of the ghost of Hector in the front room.

Milo got something of an explanation out of a very shaken Tom, before they headed back to town. Frank was waiting by Milo's car when he gets back. He gave Milo some first aid and saw Milo's footage before sending him back to the B&B.

##### **9/14/2014: Sunday**

Though Tom waited to leave for work until he was late, there was no sign of Hector on Sunday morning. He had a very unproductive day at work, which he got suitably chewed out for.

Cynthia had knitting club, which was normal as far as knitting club goes.

Under the guise of looking to learn about local history, Tom asks Cynthia where the best place to find town records is. Characteristically, she invited herself along, and the two made an appointment to go to the town hall the next day. In an effort to get a place to start, Cynthia visits Lorna.

Frank suggested Milo and he meet up to go over the footage, which Milo agreed to on the condition Frank doesn't call him crazy.

##### **9/15/2014: Monday**

The next afternoon, Cynthia and Tom visited the town hall. They learn about the tragedy at the Granton spook house from Shawn Durkee. Tom tried very hard to leave before Cynthia could ask any questions, but she convinced him they should take a drive to talk.

##### **9/16/2014: Tuesday**

Frank was awoken at 2:47 by the sound of a distant train whistle--though it sounded slightly closer, this time.

## Notes

Knitting club general occurrences:

* Maggie Hight is still generally upset about Madoc Jones
* Ella-Rose has had a bad week, but insists she's fine

Hector (fishing edition):

* Has odd hours, he's a painter and does night studies

Farmhouses and Tragedy (according to Lorna Crawford):

* The late 70s/early 80s were generally rough; there weren't many farmhouses involved but there was one for sure
* She was preoccupied then, so wasn't paying too much attention to current events

The Granton Spook House:

* Hector Schoen, a recluse, moved in at the end of 1976
* The house wasn't up to code, so he fell through two floors and wasn't found for a while
* The legend grew from there

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