Article written by Gamemaster Anna Maria Ristori
The Gravediggers
While the city of Leighlinbridge is asleep, Nicky and Seamus sneak out from the Inn to reach the Gravediggers Pub in the slums of the village.
Now that the pub is open, they can see why the town don’t recommend it: drunkards and gamblers are making their mess inside and on the sidewalk, and they recognize also some of the dark teenagers they have seen roaming the streets, spraying all over the town ”The Body of Christ”. Here they are approached by Sean, a goth kid with black and red hair. Of course a bit wary but ready to get answers, Seamus follow Sean outside. Here, the boy tells our main character that they shouldn’t investigate further in the matter of Saint Kieran for it will be only dangerous for them. The non-believers main concern is the blind trust in the church of the rest of the town, the believers call them satanic but they are afraid of the influence the faith has in the people of Leighlibridge. Hinting at the ”cultish” behaviours of the town, Sean warns Seamus that –”It” feeds on the people, on their faith and their trust-
Upon hearing also the non-believers’s opinion, Seamus and Nicky are off to look for little Patrick’s family home, given that they are also been reported missing, but as soon as they take the road, a column of smoke and fire catches everyone attention. Behind the pub, Sister Fiona’s house is on fire, inside it, the nun and three strangers are screaming.
Also, to Seamus’s shock, on the nun’s garden the butched corpse of a goat lays down.
Nicky kicks down the door and manages to save Sister Fiona from the fire and the strangers, hearing them telling the nun that she abandoned them in the hands of Father Colin, while the nun cries that she tried to stop him. Nicky and Seamus call the police and the firefighters, and give appointment to the three assaulters for later that night, to get information out of them.
Little Patrick
On the way back to the Foxhole for their night appointment, Nicky and Seamus stop at Little Patrick’s house. The family’s car is parked outside but no one seems to be home. Our duo manages to intrude in the house, only to find it completely empty, but not abandoned. Laundry to be made, toys scattered on the floor, food in the fridge, little Patrick’s family seems to have completely vanished out of thin air. The only hint, the Christening photo album that shows the baby hovering mid air, just like they have seen on the tapes in Saint Kieran.
The Appointment
Returning to the inn, Seamus and Nicky meet with the three intruders that set fire on Sister Fiona’s house. The three kids, dressed in all black and being part of the gangs of the Gravediggers seem terrified, not about what they have done to Sister Fiona but rather about what happens at the church. They confirm what Sean has said, about being worried that something is off with the Saint Kieran parrish. What they did was to send a warning to the whole town, they want all Leighlinbridge to stay away from Saint Kieran. Yet, they cannot give a reason but rumors of legends and myths straight out of the Middle Ages, about people disappeared and religious mass hysteria. Seamus and Nicky decide to call the police for the kids and to reveal everything to Father Martin.
The Tapes part 2
The next morning, Seamus and Nicky drive back to Saint Kieran along Father Martin and find Father Colin busy setting up the decorations for the Friday Game Night. Our trio must check the cameras that Father Martin set up to record during the night and what they see doesn’t seem too weird. What can be explained as a breeze flipping through the Bible pages on the altar, some cracking noise that anyone can expect in a old church. What they don’t expect though is to hear some whispers. Especially Nicky, who recognises the voice of her missing friend Vanessa, calling her for help.