The Revival Meeting Mystery
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In the next town, Alto, Texas, a seventeen year old girl, Sarah Canright, was drowned in the river one week ago. A witness described a demonic figure who picked her up, tore her in half, and threw her in the water. Her belongings and clothing were found on the [[:File:teenage_girls_wading_river.jpg|riverside]], but her body was not found. | In the next town, Alto, Texas, a seventeen year old girl, Sarah Canright, was drowned in the river one week ago. A witness described a demonic figure who picked her up, tore her in half, and threw her in the water. Her belongings and clothing were found on the [[:File:teenage_girls_wading_river.jpg|riverside]], but her body was not found. | ||
Her parents are Independent Baptists who would not permit Sarah to talk to boys. When they learned that she had talked to a boy after school, they punished her by handcuffing her to the radiator in her room for a week. | Her parents are Independent Baptists who would not permit Sarah to talk to boys. When they learned that she had talked to a boy after school, they punished her by handcuffing her to the radiator in her room for a week. She was released only when the Reverend came to town, so they could take her to the revival meeting and he could "pray the wickedness out of her". She snuck out of her house the next day. The woman who witnessed her murder was Dorothy Oats, who takes a walk every afternoon along the river bank looking for pieces of broken glass to make into wind chimes. | ||
The girl did not drown. The demonic figure was Demonicus Rex, the alter ego of Norville Alamo, the son of the Reverend. The girl's body was actually a dummy made from straw and tissue, which fell apart in the river. A wad of tissue is stuck on a low-hanging branch not far from where the girl's clothing was found. | The girl did not drown. The demonic figure was Demonicus Rex, the alter ego of Norville Alamo, the son of the Reverend. The girl's body was actually a dummy made from straw and tissue, which fell apart in the river. A wad of tissue is stuck on a low-hanging branch not far from where the girl's clothing was found. | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 12 May 2016
The gang investigates mysterious deaths that seem to be following an evangelist's "revival" meetings.
Recording of game session (YouTube)
Summary
While travelling through southern Texas in their motorhome, the gang sees a number of flyers tacked to telephone poles advertising "Reverend Bishop Alamo's Evangelical Revival Meeting". In the first town they see the flyers, the date on them is a month ago. In the second town, the date is three weeks ago, and so on.
In the town of Lufkin, they are stopped by the police and shown a photo. When they ask but it, they learn that a terrible murder that happened two weeks ago is still unsolved. A sixteen year old boy, Joshua Galloway, was stabbed to death in his own bedroom. Police believe it was the work of Satanist bikers that were recently in the area. Coincidentally, the murder took place the same weekend that "Reverend Bishop Alamo's Evangelical Revival Meeting" was in town.
The boy's parents are strict Pentecostal Christians, who do not believe in women wearing pants or wearing makeup. They did not allow their son David to listen to music of any kind, and had recently beaten him savagely after finding an 8-track tape of Neil Diamond under his mattress.
The boy's shirt was found in his room, stabbed thirteen times, and blood was everywhere. Upside down crosses and five-pointed stars where drawn on the walls in blood, in addition to a Bible verse: "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves." The boy's body was not found. The blood is actually pig blood.
In the next town, Alto, Texas, a seventeen year old girl, Sarah Canright, was drowned in the river one week ago. A witness described a demonic figure who picked her up, tore her in half, and threw her in the water. Her belongings and clothing were found on the riverside, but her body was not found.
Her parents are Independent Baptists who would not permit Sarah to talk to boys. When they learned that she had talked to a boy after school, they punished her by handcuffing her to the radiator in her room for a week. She was released only when the Reverend came to town, so they could take her to the revival meeting and he could "pray the wickedness out of her". She snuck out of her house the next day. The woman who witnessed her murder was Dorothy Oats, who takes a walk every afternoon along the river bank looking for pieces of broken glass to make into wind chimes.
The girl did not drown. The demonic figure was Demonicus Rex, the alter ego of Norville Alamo, the son of the Reverend. The girl's body was actually a dummy made from straw and tissue, which fell apart in the river. A wad of tissue is stuck on a low-hanging branch not far from where the girl's clothing was found.
The Reverend Bishop Alamo is currently in Palestine, Texas. While the gang is in Palestine, a fifteen year old boy, David Job Roy, is abducted. After a county-wide manhunt, his remains are found in an abandoned salt mine south of town. Teeth and blood are found, along with the boy's bloody clothing. The police assume that his remains were thrown into one of the many crevices that are found throughout the salt mines.
The boy, of course, is not dead. The teeth are human teeth taken from a cemetery near town, and the blood is pig blood. The boy's teeth were not able to be identified, because his parents are members of the Followers Of Christ church, and do not believe in medicine: he has never been to a dentist. Several months earlier, he had passed out in school, and the school nurse determined that he was diabetic. His parents refused all treatment, preferring to depend on prayer. It was for this reason that they and he had attended the Reverend Alamo's revival meeting on the evening before his disappearance.
The Reverend is a hellfire-and-brimstone, strict authoritarian, spare the rod spoil the child evangelist. He performs "miracles", healing the sick and telling people that his god is watching and protecting them. He's also a grifter who has spies in the crowd who tell him who is sick with what.
The Reverend's son Norville is in charge of decorations and the passion play that is presented before each meeting. He and a group of young volunteers take care of that.
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