Vigil: Playtime, Act 3

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Chaos ensues when Percy and Graham, left to their own devices at the school, attempt an experiment to manifest the playtime monster.

Programme notes

This episode contains violence, including blood and injury detail.

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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; boiling water, large, A by Jonathan Shaw; eel splashing 2 by mystiscool; dragon roar by veroma; sword slice by Black Snow Productions; fire embers large campfire by Dynamicell; zombie bite 1 by Seth Talley; broken egg squelch by d.n.audio.uk; and may include others covered by the Creative Commons 0 attribution licence

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

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