#SimsbyNight – Episode 23: "Cult of the Crystal Serpent"
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An update on Leslie's career progress:
(The Ravenwood town square at dusk. Coterie fans out, interrogating locals.)
Waylon Warez: “I’ve seen death in all flavors—but what the Cult of Kupala’s cooking? That’s extra rare.”
Zelmira Gomes: "The Tower card keeps appearing. Literal collapse incoming."
“I heard screams from the monastery. Purple light. The kind that buzzes inside your bones.”
"Glimmerbrook’s sages say Kupala’s ‘blood’ is just corrupted Ravenwood crystals."
“My family’s bones are tangled with Ravenwood’s roots. And lately? They’ve been... rattling.”
"My ghostly advice? Avoid the monastery. Even I won’t haunt that place—and I live in a graveyard!"
"Dr. L’Entiarge paid my neighbor to ‘forget’ screams at the monastery. Classic villain move."
(The gang decided to pay a visit to the town's library and try to find more clues about the cult)
Rebecca reads The Green Lady’s Lost Tome.
“A heart of amber. A war of weeping. A name no one dares speak.”
(Leslie pulls up local disappearance records.)
"All missing persons were last seen near the monastery. Shocking."
Suzana reads "Legends of Crystal Blood":
“Kupala: a primal spirit of soil and silence, worshipped before maps had names. Blood was her ink”.
"Kupala wasn’t a god—She was a prisoner. Ancient tribes bound her beneath Ravenwood to stop its hunger."
"Oh, yes... Dr. L'Entiarge comes here every Thursday. He loves books about... crystals."
"This ain’t prophecy. It’s a warning."
(Amy plants a bug on Paris Valley, who’s clutching a crystal pendant.)
“Let’s see who you call, Paris.”
(Next stop! Museum Of Oddities!)
The massive central crystal hums, casting shadows like a serpent.
(Rebecca notices a carefully hidden drawer and finds a blueprint:
"‘SimRay Mk-II: Mass Mind Control.’ Darling, Victor’s upgrading from drugs to slavery."
"These match Hemolith’s ‘enhancement’ samples I had while investigating the disappearances."
"The monastery donated these! Very generous!"
(Back at her place, Amy decides to listen the bug she planted on Paris Valle)
"Bingo. Cult’s meeting at the monastery tonight. Let’s crash it."
Next Episode: “The Monastery’s Secret Heart” – Where the wind hums ancient names.
Will the Tower’s collapse prophecy come true?
Will the coterie expose the cult’s final ritual?Can Amy and Sierra face the shadows of the monastery before it’s too late?
Answers tomorrow! Same Bat-time, same Bat-Tumblr acCount! 🧛 (pun intended)
