Episode 1

## Day 1

The gang heads to a motel in town to get rooms, where they meet Apple, an aloof front desk clerk of vaguely teen age. Shortly, they all head to the hootenanny at McDonald’s Barn. There, they meet Slim Jim the bartender, who tells Remy about the teens in town who race cars, and directs her to speak to Bandana Jones about said races. Slim Jim warns Conrad to be more careful about speaking ill of the mayor, and offers to meet him for breakfast the next morning at the diner. P.T. heads over to the band/stage to talk Scratchy Tom, the MC, into letting him speak over the mic after the next set. Conrad heads into the crowd and begins dancing with Bandana Jones. Robin and Remy head into the crowd to Bandana Jones to speak to her about the races. She tells Remy she’ll meet her after the dance. P.T. Sinclair attempts to introduce himself to the audience and sell his wares, with little response. P.T. tries (and fails) to dance with a woman, injuring them both in the process. Robin brings P.T. back to the motel, where Conrad and Remy have also returned.

## Day 2

The next morning, Conrad awakes early and heads to the diner to meet Slim Jim. Remy, having learned from Bandana Jones that the teens race a few nights a week (tonight being one of those nights), heads to the front desk to talk to Apple. Remy asks Apple about the police, and she describes them as “snitches” and says there are “like” three police officers. Apple tells Remy that there was a mechanic in town, but said mechanic has since passed, and their shop is currently closed - or something - and has been taken over by the “government.”

Conrad and Slim Jim finish their breakfast at the diner and then head out for a walk. Slim Jim tells him that the mayor is only known as “The Mayor,” and that it is best not to speak ill of him where people can hear you. People tend to arrive in town - and then not be seen again. He tells Conrad that the mayor has been seen in his manor and in the Town Hall. Conrad decides to head to the Town Hall.

Remy wanders around town until she reaches the old mechanic’s shop, whose garage door is closed and whose front door is locked. Remy knocks on the door to get the attention of a man inside - a man who wears a black suit, and whose scarred (burns) face is covered in cloth except for his eyes, which are unsettlingly two different colors. He tells her that the owner is dead, that the store is closed now, and that she needs to go elsewhere.

Conrad arrives at the Town Hall, where he found two men with face coverings in black suits guarding the front door - these men match the description of the man that Remy has just encountered at the garage. Discovering that he cannot enter the front door, Conrad sneaks around to the back, finding a back door that has been boarded up (with nails). He heads to the general store to gather supplies.

Meanwhile, Robin Renard has gone to the general store to purchase various items from the mumbling shopkeep, including a bushel of apples for P.T. Sinclair. Robin heads back toward the motel and runs into Remy.

P.T. has taken one of his tonics to heal his aching back, but instead the tonic has adverse effects resembling an acid trip. P.T. wanders into the town, stumbling into Robin and Remy. The two appease him with apples, bringing him back to the motel. P.T. advises Remy that she should take over the mechanic shop in town, and the three of them decide to head to the teen races that night.

Pan over to P.T.’s vomit on the street in town - the pool of vomit sprouts tendrils, which flail about.

A stolen car sputters to a stop, having run out of gas, roughly ten miles outside of town. A man with a bag atop his head (Baggy?!) steps out of the vehicle and looks up at a sign that reads

“Auroraboro: 10 miles”