As Mick, Percy and Graham engage in a bloody battle with the playtime monster, Renko makes a surprising discovery in the school staffroom.
Programme notes
This episode contains bloody violence, including gun violence, and detailed tentacular imagery.
Watch Jack and the Beanstalk, a semi-improvised panto created for streaming and incorporating roleplaying game elements, at 20:00 UTC on 11 & 12 December at twitch.tv/rollflipstream
The town of Sherrydown is twinned with Whispering Pines, the not-so-ordinary summer camp for those hazy days and chilled summer nights. Campers laughing, fireflies glowing, campfires crackling long into the night, and a gaunt, cruel monstrosity forever hiding just out of sight, always asking, “What do you do next?” You can find out more about Whispering Pines and meet some of its eccentric camp counselors in the Sleepaway one-shot on What Am I Rolling? : a twice monthly RPG one-shot podcast.
Dramatis personae and other definitions
Renko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.
Persephone ‘Percy’ Byron: A Victorian monster hunter and half-sister of Ada Lovelace. Percy tried to time travel from 1852 to 1666 to stop the summoning of an apocalyptic demon, but something went wrong, and she landed in present-day Sherrydown instead.
Mick: Sherrydown’s favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.
Graham: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.
Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.
Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.
Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.
Credits
COMPERE: Matt Boothman
STARRING:
Ellie Pitkin as Persephone ‘Percy’ Byron, the Exile
Alexander Pankhurst as Graham, the Summoned
Vikki as Renko, the Flake
Dave as Mick, the Mundane
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
SOUND DESIGN BY: Natalie Winter
SFX INCLUDES: rain and final thunder clap by reinsamba; wind, realistic, A by Jonathan Shaw; zombie bite 1 by Seth Talley; Long Note Two by Kevin McLeod; fire embers large campfire by Dynamicell; warm flesh in a mechanical meat grinder by newlocknew; and may include others covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licence
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman
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