The Witching Hour

A church patron’s grandmother disappeared 7 years ago in Wheatonburg, MA. They cannot sell the house, as it is supposedly cursed. They ask the sect to try and fix this.

THE HOUSE:

Lookin pretty sketchy and derelict

Helping out **Rose (20s, dark brown hair)**, the local weather news anchor (she is cool and sweet)

ROSE’S HOUSE

Evening, she sees lights in the windows of the house

She knows that the former owner was involved in a cult

*“We’re in massachusetts, of course there’s cults up here”*

**Lewis Carnavelt** rented the house after the woman disappeared

**Serena Landsbarry** lives across the street - former teacher, may know something about the house - *gossiper*

Wood fire pizza place, Santos Diner, Mayor’s Deli

*The party goes to Serena Landsbarry’s house while Deacon researches the dates of disappearances. Holster photographs the party in front of the house. **Acquired: group picture***

SERENA’S HOUSE

**Serena** long hair, wavy, in her 60s, sweet old woman, short - former teacher

The party tells her we’re photojournalists

**Lewis** was a scientist, lived there for a year before moving

She believes the previous tenant had mob connections

Smelled weird smells from the house, doesn’t remember what they were

When first moved in 20 years ago, talked with woman in person and she was weird

*Lights start at 12am, end at 1am*

Any time someone comes to look at the house, she makes sure to tell them about its reputation

*Serena asks for Murphey’s number in order to follow up on the story. Jaime insists that there are mobster monsters, and Tyrrel assures Callum he is not a monster.*

DEACON FINDS: The renter moved in 2 years after the missing persons report was filed, lived there for a year, moved out, lives on the other side of town w/ partner (lead)

AT THE HOUSE, EVENING:

*Deacon stays in the van, Jaime ding dong ditches him before approaching the house. Tyrrel tries to find where the teens are getting in, and Jaime begins sniffing for alcohol.*

Find: 1st level window entrances, 2nd level balcony entrances. Beartrap underneath a set of picture windows.

The bear trap has been under this window for a very long time

Callum doesn’t smell substances

*Plan to camp out for the night, Murphey doesn’t want to fuck with this on the first night, Jaime wants to go in, settle on camping out in Serena’s yard. Serena allows us, and Murphey offers to make breakfast.*

*Jaime, Tyrrel, and Serena play hearts. Holster and Callum are looking for where to watch.*

*At 11, turn off lights and watch the house. At 12, all the clocks in the other house go off, and the light show begins. Random candle lights in different windows.*

*Holster knew a Bellairs, the family that owned the house. Zenobia Bellairs got into weird cult things,*

THE HOUSE:

Jaime TAKES OFF into the house, Callum tackles him, Holster runs to his car to get supplies, Murphey takes Serena back into the house, concusses himself to distract her.

Jaime Callum and Terryl enter a small sitting room. The ENTIRE HOUSE is covered in clocks and WEIRD paintings. Loud as SHIT

Callum smells undead, and candle wax? A hand holding candle wax? There’s a figure in the corner that’s just watching us WHEEE

Holster realizes the lights are bait, and that there’s a hidden room

IN THE KITCHEN:

The figure is in the kitchen and it’s VIBING with Callum and Holster

IN SERENA’S HOUSE:

Murphey uses magic to heal his nose/concussion, Serena brews tea.

UPSTAIRS:

Holster opens landing door, weird coats, Terryl pushes a wood panel open in the back of the closet, triggers a tripwire and gets a blade in the arm. Continue up the staircase, Holster realizes there’s someone behind the party on the stairs, Callum shifts his head into werewolf mode to attack this desiccated corpse that’s coming towards us. She’s holding an even more ancient hand with a candle in the palm. This is a **Hand of Glory**, as Holster knows. (The left hand of a man who was hung, gives power to the holder of the candle). Zenobia Bellaris’ corpse holds this hand, and she is the only one who can see the candle’s light.

JAIME CHARGES and smashes the candle out of her hand! She then turns around and grabs him around the throat….

Callum and Terryl go in for the KILL, Terryl gets the kill and a badass line “*don’t touch my friends*”

 *Cut back to Serena’s house, Wolfgang is getting Murphey, who is currently enjoying tea, Wolfgang tells Serena and Paul to leave because of Mob Activity, and Murphey goes “aight time to clean the kitchen”*

Jaime begins stopping clocks on the second floor in the BEDROOM, Holster enters the ARCANE LIBRARY, successfully avoiding floor trap lmao. Callum and Terryl enter the BATHROOM, stopping clocks in there.

Jaime and Callum race to stop all the clocks in the house. This devolves into a slap battle, which is where Murphey and Wolfgang come back.

Holster finds the **Christian Book of the Dead**: contains instructions for necromancy magic. Holster finds secret bookshelf door. Jaime drags Holster through the bookshelf into a cylindrical room that’s basically a witch’s lair. The final clock is unnaturally loud, and Jaime knocks it off and wins. Callum, as a petty bitch, tries to convince Jaime that he’s being harmed, and fails miserably. Holster and Murphey start collecting occult items from the witch’s lair.

Holster finds **Zenobia’s spellbook**: her personal book of spells, lots of necromancies whee.

*There’s a lot of weird paintings of the Old Testament scene with witches, but it’s Zenobia at the bottom of the well with the Hand of Glory.*

Terryl asks Callum why he thinks he’s a monster. Callum believes that he is a monster who lost control and killed his best friend. Terryl assures him that he is trying now to protect his friend, and that’s what matters. Callum insists he’s a monster because he did it, he had some control and he still killed his best friend.

Holster reveals to Callum that he’s a vampire and someone who killed people for a living for years. He attempts to convince Callum that Jaime’s death is not his fault, Callum does not believe him. Callum knows Holster has the Hand of Glory.

*Ending Shot: Murphey makes breakfast for the Landsburys, many many waffles.*

Information to be gleaned: There is a cult somewhere in this world to do with necromancy magic, that definitely works. Holster has a Hand of Glory, and Callum has lots of trauma.