Session 2
Session 3: Part I
Session 3: Part II
- Elliot Wess - Pot dealing hillbilly with a heart of gold
- Cassandra Jones - Sarcastic goth turned white witch
- Summer Fields - Good 'ol country girl that loves animals
- Tilly Hopper - a strange newcomer to the town who lives and works with her mechanic uncle, Stew Hopper.
Summary
After a physically and emotionally exhausting weekend the group meets up Monday morning. They fill Summer in on what happened with the Kid. Cassandra and Summer go to class and Tilly decides to spend the day helping Elliot fix the upholstery she accidentally ruined. Cassandra gets called to the front office and realizing it probably has something to do with Jamal, Summer feigns "female problems" and asks go to the front office to call home.
Cassandra enters the office of Principal Tipton with an all-too-familiar "Hello Dave" and is greeted by Jamal's mother. Mrs. Farnsworth asks Cassandra if she's seen her "Poor sweet shmookums, Jamal." Cassandra lies that she's not seen him since the night they helped Farmer Brown. While this is happening, Summer calls Elliot and gives him a coded message telling him to come to the school. Mrs. Farnsworth hugs Cassandra. Cassandra and Summer head to the girls' room where they are met by Elliot and Tilly (who snuck in and hid in the stall). They discuss their situation.
Wanting to know what school is like, Tilly follows Cassandra and Summer to their second period class, science. They are introduced to a long-term substitute, Mr. East, who will be teaching the class while Mr. Smith recovers from a broken hip. In his mid 30's, Mr. East is particularly dry and more than a bit sarcastic, seeming to disdain teenagers. Thinking he might have an interest or knowledge of the occult (because he seemed odd), Cassandra decides to show him the vampire skull (though she doesn't tell him what it was). He says that it was definitely some sort of mutation. He then informs her that it probably isn't the smartest move to be carrying something like that around or showing it to strange adults she's just met. The conversation ends Mr. East making a comment about the folks of the Bluegrass state being products of incest, to which Cassandra responds with a comment about "not losing his head."
Thinking East is hiding something, Summer, Cassandra, and Tilly follow Mr. East back to his apartment. Unfortunately Cassandra accidentally knocks over a trash can and was discovered. This leads to an awkward conversation about how despite her growing body and change in hormones that it was "grossly inappropriate" for her to have feelings for him. Choking back nausea, she plays along.
That night the group meet up, discuss Elliot and Tilly breaking into East's apartment the next school day, and decide to head to a Ethel's Antique Shop. They meet the elderly Ethel who warns them to not steal anything. She leaves and the party is then greeted by her (much friendlier) daughter, Liliana. Know the rumors that Ethel and Liliana are witches, the group attempts to buy their brooms. Amused at their insistence, Liliana says she will sell one of them for 100 dollars. While Elliot and Summer haggle over the broom, Cassandra sends her new familiar, Jasper the hedgehog, up the stairs to the third floor where the mother and daughter live. The hedgehog returns quickly as Cassandra hears a cat's growl. During this time Tilly has been trying to impress her with knowledge of an oddity, a rusted blue 50's Cadillac door. Elliot sees the door and asks about it. After being told it is from the car Hank Williams was in the night he died, Elliot decided he had to have it. After an internal debate he buys the door. Cassandra and Liliana talk and Cassandra asks her about real magic and potions. Seeing something in the girl, Liliana tells her to return another time, without her friends and that they'll talk then.
The next day while Cassandra and Summer are at school, Elliot and Tilly break into Mr. East's apartment. They find that it's in immaculate order. The only bits of interesting knowledge they find are a doctor's lab coat and bag, medical texts (some in German), as well as a few newspaper articles about Miskatonic Medical University. Tilly takes some pictures and they leave the apartment as they found it.
Friday and Saturday night the group attends the Gaslight Festival and Parade. Friday Summer wins a horse show (which gives her a small cash prize and a ribbon that gets her all the free carnival food she wants). Saturday night the group dresses up. Cassandra dresses as a preppy valley girl and Summer as a goth. They walk around and follow a small group of kids with amazing alien costumes for a bit, before going to the northern beer tent to watch Elliot perform in the Conway Twitty impersonation contest. During a particularly rowdy rendition of Tight Fittin' Jeans some of the Conway Twitty's bump into the kids. Seeing this as a sign of aggression, the kids reveal themselves to be actual aliens. They pull out their rayguns and freezing the crowd. Several drunken Conway Twitty's produce firearms and all Hell begins to bring loose. Cassandra snaps a quick Polaroid of the aliens.
That's when Elliot hops on the stage and marvel's everyone with a beautiful rendition of Hello Darlin' he's been practicing all week. He beckons Cassandra onto the stage and they dance as he sings. Everyone in the tent, Conway Twitty, teen, and alien alike, are mesmerized by the amazing performance. Elliot finishes and one of the aliens begins a slow clap, which is quickly joined by all.
Tilly and Summer's joy are quickly cut short as they are hear a voice in their head telling them to exit the tent and feel something poking them in the back. They are lead out by one of the aliens who also speaks to Elliot psychically in Conway Twitty's voice and tells him to follow.
In a nearby alley, the group meets the alien's leader... who's an impressive 6" taller than the other little green men. He thanks them for their help, but insists that no evidence of the event can be leaked. Understanding what this means, Cassandra hands over her picture. He then explains that it's really easy to cover things up in America, especially when alcohol is involved. The party shrug and nod in agreement. Summer asks if they are going to be probed, which triggers a long rant by the alien leader about humans and their strange obsession with anal probing. Finally Cassandra asks for a momento, and the leader givers her a sword-shaped piece of metal from his suit and warns her she better keep it close to her. As the aliens leave, Elliot hears the voice of Conway tell him "Thank you, darlin'."
A triumphant Elliot returns to the beer tent to claim his 500 dollar prize and the party looks to the sky, realizing they're not alone.
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The session was short (for various) reasons but a total blast! The group is really coming together and getting into the game. Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Conway Twitty...
Cassandra enters the office of Principal Tipton with an all-too-familiar "Hello Dave" and is greeted by Jamal's mother. Mrs. Farnsworth asks Cassandra if she's seen her "Poor sweet shmookums, Jamal." Cassandra lies that she's not seen him since the night they helped Farmer Brown. While this is happening, Summer calls Elliot and gives him a coded message telling him to come to the school. Mrs. Farnsworth hugs Cassandra. Cassandra and Summer head to the girls' room where they are met by Elliot and Tilly (who snuck in and hid in the stall). They discuss their situation.
Wanting to know what school is like, Tilly follows Cassandra and Summer to their second period class, science. They are introduced to a long-term substitute, Mr. East, who will be teaching the class while Mr. Smith recovers from a broken hip. In his mid 30's, Mr. East is particularly dry and more than a bit sarcastic, seeming to disdain teenagers. Thinking he might have an interest or knowledge of the occult (because he seemed odd), Cassandra decides to show him the vampire skull (though she doesn't tell him what it was). He says that it was definitely some sort of mutation. He then informs her that it probably isn't the smartest move to be carrying something like that around or showing it to strange adults she's just met. The conversation ends Mr. East making a comment about the folks of the Bluegrass state being products of incest, to which Cassandra responds with a comment about "not losing his head."
Thinking East is hiding something, Summer, Cassandra, and Tilly follow Mr. East back to his apartment. Unfortunately Cassandra accidentally knocks over a trash can and was discovered. This leads to an awkward conversation about how despite her growing body and change in hormones that it was "grossly inappropriate" for her to have feelings for him. Choking back nausea, she plays along.
That night the group meet up, discuss Elliot and Tilly breaking into East's apartment the next school day, and decide to head to a Ethel's Antique Shop. They meet the elderly Ethel who warns them to not steal anything. She leaves and the party is then greeted by her (much friendlier) daughter, Liliana. Know the rumors that Ethel and Liliana are witches, the group attempts to buy their brooms. Amused at their insistence, Liliana says she will sell one of them for 100 dollars. While Elliot and Summer haggle over the broom, Cassandra sends her new familiar, Jasper the hedgehog, up the stairs to the third floor where the mother and daughter live. The hedgehog returns quickly as Cassandra hears a cat's growl. During this time Tilly has been trying to impress her with knowledge of an oddity, a rusted blue 50's Cadillac door. Elliot sees the door and asks about it. After being told it is from the car Hank Williams was in the night he died, Elliot decided he had to have it. After an internal debate he buys the door. Cassandra and Liliana talk and Cassandra asks her about real magic and potions. Seeing something in the girl, Liliana tells her to return another time, without her friends and that they'll talk then.The next day while Cassandra and Summer are at school, Elliot and Tilly break into Mr. East's apartment. They find that it's in immaculate order. The only bits of interesting knowledge they find are a doctor's lab coat and bag, medical texts (some in German), as well as a few newspaper articles about Miskatonic Medical University. Tilly takes some pictures and they leave the apartment as they found it.
Friday and Saturday night the group attends the Gaslight Festival and Parade. Friday Summer wins a horse show (which gives her a small cash prize and a ribbon that gets her all the free carnival food she wants). Saturday night the group dresses up. Cassandra dresses as a preppy valley girl and Summer as a goth. They walk around and follow a small group of kids with amazing alien costumes for a bit, before going to the northern beer tent to watch Elliot perform in the Conway Twitty impersonation contest. During a particularly rowdy rendition of Tight Fittin' Jeans some of the Conway Twitty's bump into the kids. Seeing this as a sign of aggression, the kids reveal themselves to be actual aliens. They pull out their rayguns and freezing the crowd. Several drunken Conway Twitty's produce firearms and all Hell begins to bring loose. Cassandra snaps a quick Polaroid of the aliens.
That's when Elliot hops on the stage and marvel's everyone with a beautiful rendition of Hello Darlin' he's been practicing all week. He beckons Cassandra onto the stage and they dance as he sings. Everyone in the tent, Conway Twitty, teen, and alien alike, are mesmerized by the amazing performance. Elliot finishes and one of the aliens begins a slow clap, which is quickly joined by all.
Tilly and Summer's joy are quickly cut short as they are hear a voice in their head telling them to exit the tent and feel something poking them in the back. They are lead out by one of the aliens who also speaks to Elliot psychically in Conway Twitty's voice and tells him to follow.In a nearby alley, the group meets the alien's leader... who's an impressive 6" taller than the other little green men. He thanks them for their help, but insists that no evidence of the event can be leaked. Understanding what this means, Cassandra hands over her picture. He then explains that it's really easy to cover things up in America, especially when alcohol is involved. The party shrug and nod in agreement. Summer asks if they are going to be probed, which triggers a long rant by the alien leader about humans and their strange obsession with anal probing. Finally Cassandra asks for a momento, and the leader givers her a sword-shaped piece of metal from his suit and warns her she better keep it close to her. As the aliens leave, Elliot hears the voice of Conway tell him "Thank you, darlin'."
A triumphant Elliot returns to the beer tent to claim his 500 dollar prize and the party looks to the sky, realizing they're not alone.
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The session was short (for various) reasons but a total blast! The group is really coming together and getting into the game. Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Conway Twitty...
That sounds like a hellalotta fun.
ReplyDeleteIt really was. I expected there to be some actual combat when the aliens started zapping, but Elliot's player one initiative and the character had been practicing for the competition all week and she rolled a high charisma check. It just seemed like the perfect way for the scene to play out.
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