Act Five of Five: In which we reach the end of the line, penalty fares apply, and not everyone makes the return trip. PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains persistent peril; exploitative relationships, including manipulation and coercion; sibling tragedy; mind control, loss of memory and self; and violence, including blood and gun violence. Catch Natalie Winter, Helen Stratton, and Strat on the What Am I Rolling? Twitch channel! They joined Fiona, the channel’s regular game master, for a game of The Between, horror mystery against the backdrop of Victorian London, run by its designer, Jason Cordova. https://www.twitch.tv/wair_podcast The Feed series 2 continues on our Instagram: @merelyroleplayers https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ Our promo this episode is for What Am I Rolling?, a twice-monthly RPG one-shot podcast, hosted by gamemaster, Fiona. Every month, Fiona takes a brand new group of players and runs them through a one-shot adventure, testing out a different RPG game style or system. https://www.wairpodcast.com/ DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS JESS BUTTERWORTH: a twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide. GWYNNED: a former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan’s cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is negotiating a new relationship with her mistress. CALISTARIUS SOFTBINDING: a local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume. HARPER: a US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. 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: - Ellen Gould as Jess Butterworth, the Spooky - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Chris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the Expert - Marta da Silva as Harper, the Searcher ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com