Norfork 45 - Don't Sit Down

Pest Control

The crew make a desperate gamble to reconnect with one another as things in Norfork reach a boiling point.

Nammi gets ahead. Rabbit contemplates their next move. Jillian calls in a distraction.

(Content warnings: brief description of forced starvation, brief mention of decapitation with sound effects, implied mention of cannibalism, gun violence, police, gore)

CHARACTERS

Keeper - Sam Richardson (@Laggardson, He/him)

Jillian, the Spooky - William White (@kwilliamwhite, They/them)

Nammi, The Divine - Sam Darr (@mossyauthor, She/They)

Rabbit, The Shapechanger - Jonas Newhouse (@jonasnewhouse, They/them)

NPCs
Art Young (he/him) - Red-headed white man. Former member of VaccuCon alongside Rosa Kalyani who stole a tome from Carmichael for her. Now, turned to one of Carmichael's Dread Ringers against his will.
Glymmer AKA Aina Steen (she/her) - A white woman with short curly brown hair. Dressed in a ribbed black tanktop and selvedge denim shorts. Colorful bright jacket with an image or intertwined roses on the back, and a pair of aviator sunglasses nestled in her hair. Dating(?) Carmichael. Psychopomp who has refused the call to help shepherd spirits to their final resting place.
Michael Sommer (he/him) - Police officer, and head of the Myriad Taskforce. Older white man with a shaved head. Not as friendly as some would prefer.
Almos Sumati (he/him) - Werewolf. Damn good laywer. Dresses in an expensive blue suit that compliments his fur. Chooses to stay in wolf-form all the time. Helps organize the Norfork softball team. Trans-man. Single, in case anyone was wondering.
Carmichael (he/him) - Arch-vampire nightclub owner and socialite in The City. Kelly and Nammi both owe him, and he aims to collect. Dating(?) Glymmer.

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Audio editing by Sam Richardson (@laggardson)
Audio Mixing by William White (@kwilliamwhite)
Original music by Jonas Newhouse (@jonasnewhouse) & William White (@kwilliamwhite)
Additional Music "Carmichael Arrives" by Layne Smith

Pest Control is an actual-play tabletop horror RPG podcast produced in association with AltHaven (@AltHaven_). Our second season uses “Monster of the Week”, a Powered by the Apocalypse system by Michael Sands and Evil Hat Productions. You can pick up a copy here.

Season two, “Norfork”, follows a trio of friends living in the edge-city of Norfork as the community adapts to the open presence of Myriads and the encroachment of The City.