Season 1 Episode 2: Into The Undergrowth

Season: 1

GM: Ashe

Hunters: JJ, Chip, Tamara, Nari

on March 26th/27nd 2022 JJ, Tamara, Chip and Nari arrived in Michigan and all met up in a Diner, under the shared goal of finding some hidden hitchhikers.

After a short discussion about food, the group began formulating a plan to find the hitchhikers, Nari asked a waitress called Michelle and got rumours about Jackalopes and a lab, JJ began wandering aimlessly, luckily stumbling upon a wallet of a man called Mike Madern, looking over the wallet, she stole a picture of a border collie within the wallet then headed back towards the Diner in order to gather more info about him.

Tamara went to the library and asked the librarian for info related to hiking and the disappearances and the lab Michelle talked about in the diner, they were able to gleam that the Lab seemed to not be real according to locals, but that an old Professor called a few months ago enquired about said lab, they then looked up the newspaper archive on the computer

Chip went online sat on a rocking chair and consulted her online friends regarding the mystery, in the process however managed to upset one of them, meanwhile an old man sat down and randomly started talking at Chip

Meanwhile in the diner Nari began looking around for drunk men and nerds, after a mostly BS conversation about World Of Warcraft, Nari turned the conversation with the nerd to the lab and using a mixture of supernatural boobs and flattery, manipulating him into confessing its real and that he works their under the tutelage of a Doctor Cornwall, and that he's been locked out the lab recently by the professor, he was pressed further on the specifics on what he was working on, about moss and air purification, Nari then abruptly walked off

JJ then came back into the Diner with the wallet of The Nerd, she immediately encountered Nari who traded info with JJ, JJ then returned the wallet to the man who turned out to be Mike Merdern and began talking more genuinely to Mike about WOW

meanwhile, Tamara learned that the professor was Jay Smith and he gave a lecture at a community college and that he is a biology professor, specifically relating to botonny, after sending an email to Jay, the library ushered her out, she then helped Chip escape the conversation with the old man called Herald

upon entering, she and chip, directed JJ away from Mike, JJ gave Mike her number to be friends.

The Group then talked about their plans going forward, trading info and forming the plan, including that they'll stay the night in a local AirBNB

The next day the group woke up and prepared, some discussion was had about weaponry, they talked about how to use Mike in order to fine the Lab, with some convincing that they were serious, Mike came around to help them find the lab,, after some discussion Mike took them in his van to the lab

arriving at the lab Mike noted a large growth of moss, an unusual amount since it had only been a day or so since had last been inside, while asking for their ten bucks after the moss grew towards them unusually fast, Nari and Mike burned through the Moss with Propane, heading forward first, upon stepping on the Moss JJ was immediately swallowed whole by the moss but saved swiftly by Tamara, Mike then left us 3 cans of propane, leading the charge, they walked through the moss infested lab, it growing around them ready to attack, when they got to a main room a hallway was closed off, taking the note that this is probably where they should be going, the group fought at this roadblock for a short while, during the fight JJ was engulfed again, and was almost killed by a mixture of suffocation and a errant bite, only barely being saved by Tamara, meanwhile, Chip was swallowed by the wall

growing desperate they blew up the barrier and rushed in and found a moss brain , hooked up to plants was Doctor Cornwall, in an almost zombiefied, about to shoot the doctor Chip informed JJ that he was still alive, not wanting to straight up kill a man, she began shooting at the vines holding him, the moss tried to get JJ but Tamara threw herself in harms way to defend JJ and get entangled, luckily before more harm could come to them, Nari then burned the moss, JJ then passed out from all the harm she had suffered, JJ was then stabilised by Nari magically and flown to a nearby hospital.