Car Graveyard

The **Car Graveyard** is a large clearing in the Forest within the Township where a large number of old, decaying cars of those who became trapped have been deposited.

## History

### Background

After everyone in the Township except for Victor was killed by the Creatures, Victor moved all of their cars to the clearing, as he did not want to look at them anymore. However, there are more cars located beyond the rocks that predate even his arrival.

### Season Two

Victor makes a deal with Jade Herrera for Jade to play him a song on the violin in exchange for Victor revealing what the symbol means. Victor leads Jade to the Car Graveyard, which shocks Jade, who asks Victor if he moved all the cars. Victor explains that after everyone died, he didn’t want to look at the cars, so he put them where he couldn’t see them. He adds that there are more past the rocks, but those predated his arrival. Victor then apologizes for his behavior, explaining that he dislikes when people go through his things, and that sometimes he gets angry, apologizing again. Victor walks up to an old station wagon and climbs onto the roof, and asks Jade to play the song about the “twinkling star.” Victor explains that his mother used to play the song when he was afraid, and she would tell him to think about the twinkling stars at night when they heard the screams of the Creatures’ victims. Jade then dutifully plays “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on the violin while Victor reminisces. Victor then explains that the man in the photo is named Christopher, and then brings Jade over to Christopher’s car. Victor says that Christopher was nice and used to make everyone laugh, at a time when it was not easy. However, one day he changed, but gets uncomfortable and tries to leave. Jade reminds him of their bargain, and demands that he explain what he knows. Jade apologizes for yelling, and says he understands that these things are scary, but that he is at the end of his rope and pleads for Victor to explain. Victor reveals that Christopher started seeing the symbol and he stopped smiling. One night, his mother told him to hide somewhere Christopher did not know about and when he awoke, everyone was dead. Victor finishes by saying that there are bad things in this place  that make people do bad things before leaving.

Tabitha Matthews convinces Victor to take her to the drawings he keeps safe so they can try and figure out a way to escape the Township. He leads Tabitha to the Car Graveyard. He calls her nice, and says he wants to help but he is afraid to remember. Tabitha tells him to be brave, and Victor says that is what his mother told him. Victor opens the trunk of his mother’s car and finds his drawings. He flashes back to his final encounter with his mother as he sorts through them, and begins panicking. He finds a drawing of him and a girl named Eloise, and remembers Eloise, begging their mother not to leave them. Victor tearfully realizes that the pictures are not his, but his sister's, who ran after their mother after she hid them in the Root Cellar while she searched for a way to escape. Both were killed by the Creatures that night, and Victor sobs as he remembers his sister, who he had blocked all memory of. Victor explains that his mother told him and his sister to hide and that he was supposed to protect Eloise. However, she ran and he failed to run after her because he was afraid. Tabitha tells him that he was just a little kid, and Victor says that the next morning everyone was dead. Tabitha then notices a drawing of a lighthouse and asks what it is. Victor explains that Eloise said it’s where their mother was going that night, to save the children locked in the tower.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lullaby
2. ↑ Forest for the Trees