Characters
Daytona, misunderstood, quiet loner with a secret heart of gold
Panthalassa, do-gooder who loves to meddle in others personal affairs, a bit of a nerd
Pendleton, self-medicating overachiever teetering between valedictorian and total burn-out
Raoul, goth, rich kid, theatre kid
...and Alie, their kinda dumb metalhead friend
Events
We left off in the previous session with a white Cadillac peeling out of the video store parking lot. Since that was the same white Caddy that seemed to be staking out Daytona's house, the group went into high gear trying to chase it down: Raoul and Alie pursued the Cadillac in their cars, while Daytona took a cross-street to cut the driver off. Unfortunately, his maneuver meant that the Caddy plowed into his truck, busting the radiator. Since he was already concussed from the brawl he got into earlier in the day, he was now in BAD shape.
The driver of the Cadillac got out and was, understandably angry. The driver was none other than Erasmus Feist, one of their high school nemeses; the kid had a reputation for being a repulsive little creep. Things escalated when Raoul tried to intimidate Erasmus and Daytona forcibly snatched his wallet. Protip for players: if you want information out of a guy, going aggro is sure to make someone clam up unless you have the heat to back it up. In this case, they didn't: Erasmus scuffled with them, and it took Pendleton entering the fray, and catching a stray fist, to break it up.
Since Garazi and Panthalassa didn't want to have to deal with the cops, Alie drove them out of there; they headed to the library.
The others...sped away from the scene of an accident AND a crime, which meant they got pulled over and arrested in short order.
Over at the library, the remaining characters hit the stacks and the microfiche to learn more about Imogen Garner, the accused witch, and the similar killings that had taken place in the 80s. They learned that Imogen was probably accused of witchcraft by Judge Mason Powell because she spurned his advances. They also discovered that the symbols on her gravestone translated to "REST UNTIL NEEDED."
The witchy Graymalk sisters arrived at the library and demanded to see one of the books the group was using. The group struck a deal with them: they'd share information. From the Graymalks, they learned that it was the Graymalk family of yesteryear who erected Imogen's grave marker.
As they left, they spotted Alie talking to Thomasina, Panthalassa's crush. The thing about Alie is that she is an outrageous flirt who has a way with women--and it looked like Alie was poaching Panthalassa's girl. Not so! Alie did Panthalassa a solid and declined Thomasina's offer to go sailing. (She feigned seasickness.) She did, however, set up a sailing date for Panthalassa instead.
When Saturday morning rolled around, it found Daytona at work at the local Apple Gas station. A kid came in to buy condoms, but then abruptly had to borrow the key to the restroom. Thomasina came in, bought a pack of Big Red and got a job application. After she left, the kid in the bathroom still hadn't emerged. When Daytona went to check on him, he found what looked like a crime scene: broken mirror, lots of blood, but no body.
Since they already had a couple run-ins with the law, Daytona called his friends instead of the cops. When they got there they...cleaned the crime scene (!!!).
That night, Raoul was scheduled to deliver a couple kegs to the bonfire party in the woods. Since the party was being thrown by members of the baseball team, and since one of the murdered students was a baseball player, the party became an impromptu memorial. The somber atmosphere didn't stop two of the teens from sneaking off to make-out in the woods. Sera showed up to do a paper-bag "delivery" to one of the girls at the party, which had Panthalassa suspicious about what her roommate was involved in.
(Spoiler: Sera is dealing illicit copies of Titanic on VHS that "fell off a truck" so she has money to put toward Panthalassa going to college.)
Of course, the kids who wandered off never came back, so the teens grabbed some flashlights and went looking for them. They found them, all right: disemboweled and hanging from a tree!
To make matters worse, they heard screams coming from the party. They ran back and found teens being slaughtered by a knife-wielding masked figure. They ran for it. Sera and Alie got separated in the chaos, which the group only realized when they got back to their cars at the edge of the woods. Some characters were too scared to go back for them, but a few brave souls soldiered back into the woods to find their friends.
They met Sera and Alie halfway. Sera had been stabbed by the killer and was losing a lot of blood; Alie had broken her hand punching the masked killer in the face to save Sera. They were both bundled into the cars and driven to the hospital. Sera was stable after surgery, but she had something she needed to tell them: while under anesthetic, she had a vision of Emily, Raoul's missing girlfriend. Emily told her that she was in "the Screaming Place," a room of blue light with two exits, but wouldn't be able to remain there much longer.
They had new leads to follow, but now they knew that they were up against the clock if they wanted to save Emily.
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