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Having to cancel our Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies NYC talk with Peg Aloi was the hugest of bummers, but we're giving it another shot on 3/28! There was so much interest in this lecture (and rightfully so!) that we're keeping it online, so all you far-flung folks can still enjoy it.
Just to clear up any confusion: Even though this special event is ONLINE ONLY, it is still part of our NYC programming. It is NOT included in the Miskatonic Online branch season pass. You can purchase tickets at the link below, but first, in case you missed it:
Next Tuesday at 7pm, join us for a special ONLINE-ONLY fireside chat with Peg Kay Aloi about *witches of a certain age*. I'm super excited about this topic; even as conversations about diversity in horror have ramped up, older people--particularly older women--are often still left out, and what images we have of them tend to be highly ambivalent and full of phobic projections. Peg will help us parse these complex representations, and not a moment too soon, as we've seen more and more hag- and crone-like figures in recent releases.
If you can resist that pitch, you must be cursed! See ya real soon:
This piece will explore the hag, the crone and the wise woman as both problematic stereotypes and powerful figures in contemporary horror.
We’ve had a busy week over here in the FBC and we’re playing a bit of catch up for you in this post today! First off, we wanna welcome a new person into our ranks!
Dead Dave! They’re an amazingly talented Tailor and Enchanter who’s joining our ranks as an Acquisitions Expert who specializes in acquiring much needed goods for his fellow Forsaken and Undeaders! ( I’d give his link, but I’m missing it at the moment, I’ll update this once I have it cause I know there is one! D: )
On top of that, we had a team consisting of Security Personnel (Darla, Axl, & Zokkine) and their Director (Zimble), delve into Scholomance to go after a magical power source that some renegade Cult of the Damned individuals ran off with!
Once they got inside, they discovered that all of the Cultists were MIA but the labyrinth had been filled with worse horrors. Our team had been knocked out by security measures, only to discover the place full of hundreds upon hundreds of copies of themselves. Some of them quite convincing and others so far off they were near unrecognizable. No matter what though, something was off with each and every one of them to an eerie degree. ( Automatonophobia intended to be felt when looking at them.) These horrors didn’t move at first, at least not when looked at and in short order, the Security team found themselves hearing their own voices coming from their copies or slight grazes and brushes of hands touching their own or somewhere on their body as they tried to get through the sea of copies.
Later and deeper in the labyrinth, they discovered that these bodies were being put together similar to mannequins and with numerous skin suits and hair pieces harvested from... gold knows where, in an effort to create more and more convincing copies of our team.
It wasn’t until they reached the inner most sanctum that they discovered four exact duplicates that were able to copy their voices and abilities and characteristics, even down to their personalities!
It was these four copies that it was discovered that they were nothing more than finger puppets connected to a large fetid abomination that had the power source tucked away on top of it, which it was feeding off of in an effort to power its efforts to make dopplegangers. Zokkine, in a quick effort to retrieve the power source, tried to teleport it over and while this succeeded, his numerous teleportation skills throughout the facility had been taken into account and the Source he now held also worked similar to a glue trap, sticking to his hands as a tether began to reel him in towards the stand, where large, razor sharp teeth sought to pull him in to devour him while also reclaiming the source.
Luckily, our team kept their heads on and cut the tether, which ultimately led to the abomination starving to death in quick succession as it no longer had a source to feed off of properly.
Having marked the mission as completed proper, they have now left the Labyrinth and its dead copies behind via portal, to take their prize back to Megahes for analysis.
But before starting I’d like to note that the card stories are completely different from the main story, so I won’t be covering them. The card stories are basically all about Kouji gathering the Edel Rose boys together to tell ghost stories. Each card story is the boy telling a ghost story which can probably be explained easily by non-supernatural things, such as Yu thinking his dumplings disappeared when they were most likely just stuck to the lid of his lunchbox. All except for Kouji, who apparently taught piano to a real ghost…
Now, the main story
It starts off innocently enough with Shin and Leo staring at each other intensely as Shin begs a tearful Leo to not give in.
It turns out Shin and Leo have not yet finished their summer homework.
The older boys agree to help them, but meanwhile they also realize Yu is off “taking a break” from homework by playing his guitar. And Taiga has decided to “pass” on homework altogether. So Yu and Taiga haven’t finished either, and also none of them have started their independent study reports.
Just as Yu wishes he could have caught some bugs so he could do a report on them, Kouji appears with an amazingly coincidental offer for Shin, Leo, Yu, and Taiga. He invites them to star in a TV program about finding a legendary rainbow rhinoceros beetle which is supposed to make you Prism King. Nikkanen and Louis have been invited too.
Time skip ahead to the boys somewhere in the backwoods of somewhere. The staff decide to give Nikkanen the handy camera to document their journey. Louis immediately attaches himself to Shin, insisting they link arms so they “don’t get separated.” The two marvel at some yellow flowers they find in the woods and wonder what they are called.
Although it’s a depopulated area, the boys decide to try and find what locals they can to ask about the rainbow beetle. They find out that the locals all know the legend, but have never heard of anyone actually finding it.
Shin thinks he might have heard an old man warning them not to look for it.
He tries to ask if he heard correctly, but he’s cut off when he hears a strange sound
It starts to rain.
Suddenly they notice they have somehow become separated from the staff as well. While trying to escape the rain, they find an old, out of place looking western-style mansion with a garden full of dead yellow flowers. At first they hesitate to go inside without permission, but the rain pours harder and Shin becomes concerned when he sees Louis shivering and sneezing. They enter.
It’s dark and there is no electricity. Nikkanen tries to turn on the light on the handy camera, but by the time he figures it out the boys have somehow already become separated.
Nikkanen finds Yu and the two decide to head to the kitchen as Yu thinks it’s the place everyone is most likely to gather. (As Yu says, when Taiga’s hungry, he’s bound to wind up there.) But they make slow progress as Yu cowers behind Nikkanen, gripping on his shirt.
Suddenly the screen distorts and Leo, or rather someone who looks like Leo, wearing a frilly gothic dress appears.
Meanwhile, Taiga and the actual Leo have wandered off to find a lost cat they can hear mewing. Leo worries about becoming separated from the others, but he’s concerned about the cat and about Taiga as well.
They follow the mewing sound to a large door, but coming from behind that door is a loud scratching sound and a violent banging that doesn’t sound like any ordinary cat. They decide to run before suddenly hearing a scream that sounds like Yu.
Yu and Nikkanen had confronted the frilly dress “Leo” only to find him torturing a screaming “doll” that looks just like Yu in a straight jacket. “Leo” then turns to Yu and Nikkanen, asking if they would be his dolls. Yu and Nikkanen run.
Now Taiga and the real Leo can hear Nikkanen screaming as well. At first they aren’t sure which direction they should head towards, but then they come to the same conclusion Nikkanen and Yu had earlier and head to the kitchen. (As Taiga says, when Yu is hungry, he’s bound to wind up there.)
Suddenly the screen distorts. “Louis” wearing a frilly black gothic dress and a veil appears. “Louis” invites them to follow him. Beside “Louis” is “Kouji”, covered in some kind of mysterious red splotches. “Kouji” tells them they have come at just the right time… and lunges for Taiga.
Taiga dodges and runs for his life with Leo. “Louis” laments that they are getting away, and “Kouji” shrugs and says he doesn’t really want to run but they have no choice.
Leo and Taiga realize that they are being chased and search for a place to hide while asking each other what is going on here. Suddenly Leo runs right into Nikkanen, but only to have Nikkanen shout that he won’t be Leo’s doll and run the other way, dropping the handy camera in the process.
Meanwhile, the real Louis has found himself in a room that somehow has light despite the rest of the mansion being dark. Shin warns Louis not to get lost, so Louis happily takes Shin’s hand. However, he finds Shin’s hand is colder than he expected.
The screen distorts and Shin… or rather “Shin”, changes into a dark robe.
“Shin” sees a bathroom with a shower room inside. He tests it to find it has hot water and invites Louis to take a shower with him. Louis is surprised at this out of character move, asking “Shin” if he really doesn’t want to look for the others anymore. But “Shin” asks Louis why don’t they just relax and warm up before they catch a cold.
Louis is torn. He knows something is not right. But… the idea of showering with Shin…
Leo and Taiga review the footage on the camera to try and find out what’s scared Nikkanen so much. Taiga inches away from Leo as they both watch “Leo’s” actions on the screen. He asks Leo how he could do such things, but Leo becomes upset and insists that it couldn’t have been him because he’s been with Taiga this whole time. Leo finally manages to convince Taiga that it wasn’t him, and it must have been some kind of alternate version of him like the “Louis” and “Kouji” they saw. But speak of the (possibly literal) devil, “Kouji” has caught up to them. “Kouji” lunges for Leo, but Taiga jumps in the way…
Shin has become separated from everyone. He wanders through the mansion calling for Louis before running into Nikkanen. But Nikkanen isn’t acting like himself. He keeps mumbling over and over again about how terrified he is and is barely responding to Shin.
They enter a library where Shin finds a diary that mentions the rainbow rhinoceros beetle. It warns against searching for it, as obsession with the beetle can cause illusions and distortion of personality…?
Suddenly the screen distorts. “Taiga” appears wearing a suit of armor. He starts laughing manically. Shin realizes something is wrong and tries to grab Nikkanen and run.
But the screen distorts again and this time Nikkanen has changed.
“Nikkanen” now has on a mask that Shin remembers seeing in a movie. He says he’s not going to be scared anymore and this is the way to do it. “Nikkkanen” wonders why he didn’t figure it out all along… the key to everything…. is blood….
Yu had kept running until he found a hiding spot to escape from “Leo”. But he wonders if he should search for Nikkanen. Suddenly the door opens and “Nikkanen” appears. Yu calls out to him, but “Nikkanen” does not respond. Seeing the mask and the weapon in his hand, suddenly Yu realizes he’s maybe going to die.
Leo appears and saves Yu by driving away “Nikkanen” with the light from the camera. Yu yells that he doesn’t want to be a doll, but Leo tells him they don’t have time for that as “Kouji” has caught Taiga. Yu won’t listen and runs from Leo.
Leo runs after him and both of them run into “Taiga”. Yu is relieved but Leo is confused, remembering that Taiga wasn’t wearing a suit of armor the last time he saw him. Leo tries to warn Yu as “Taiga” starts swinging his sword.
Meanwhile, the real Taiga is tied up in the kitchen. He asks “Kouji” what he’s going to do with him, and “Kouji” tells his kittens it’s time for dinner. Several kittens appear and soft mewing turns to loud howling as they come for Taiga.
Also meanwhile, Shin has outrun “Nikkanen”. He wonders what the heck is going on. He locks himself in a room to hide, but he hears knocking from the other side of the door. Although he’s afraid “Nikkanen” might be on the other side, the thought that it might be one of the other boys causes him to decide to creak it open a little.
As soon as Shin opens the door, the entire room turns red.
He faintly hears and then sees someone before him. It’s Louis. He’s with “Shin” in the shower. Shin hears “Shin” asking Louis if he likes the room red.
Shin becomes distraught as the scene continues and he can only watch as “Shin” starts to reach out and put his hands around Louis’ neck. Louis asks if they will always be together, and “Shin” agrees that they will…
Shin becomes increasingly panicked and shouts out to Louis that it’s not him. But Louis can’t hear him. Shin frantically tries to flee the room to save Louis. He bursts out into the hallway.
But instead, the next thing he knows he’s outside on the veranda.
A window suddenly breaks causing him to almost fall off, but he manages to grab the railing. However, he’s slipping.
The screen is still tinted red and Shin is gradually lowering with every line.
Shin wonders how things could have possibly turned out this way. They were just trying to get out of the rain. Was searching for the rainbow rhinoceros beetle the cause of all this?
Suddenly “Louis” appears before him.
“Louis” tells Shin he loves him. The “red” him.
Shin asks “Louis” what he means by the “red” him.
“Bye bye”, says “Louis”….
He pushes Shin from the ledge.
As Shin falls, he tries to remember what those yellow flowers from the garden were called…
Yu asks Shin why he’s suddenly stopped walking. Nikkanen is enthusiastically hurrying everyone along as he films them with the handy camera. Taiga wonders if there really is such a thing as a rainbow rhinoceros beetle. Yu guarantees him that there is, as Taiga in turn wonders what a guarantee from Yu actually means.
Shin turns to Louis and asks what just happened. But Louis just replies that they are all looking for a rainbow rhinoceros beetle together. Since Shin seems confused, Yu offers him Kouji’s special lemon and clover honey sports drink to keep him from heat exhaustion.
Just as Shin starts to come to his senses, they all hear a strange noise.
Taiga spots the rainbow rhinoceros beetle and is determined to catch it to prove his manliness to Kazuki once and for all. The others marvel at the beetle when all of a sudden, it begins to rain.
So, they quickly scramble to catch the beetle so they can take cover in the nearby western-style mansion.
