Maple Shade Timeline S1

Downtime Interlude 1

July 14th - 21st, 1976

• The Ward: The first performance of the Warding against ghosts in Carol's apartment is a rousing success. They truly work together as a cell, creating a warding that will easily last for weeks.
• Research: Matthew, Lucas, and Rose get together for a Research Night during which much pizza and coffee are consumed, and much about ghostly Anchors is revealed.
• Questions About Natalie: Carol, haunted by her now-empty apartment, continues to push everyone she knows about the question of Natalie's ultimate fate. The police declare the investigation "ongoing," her father says he can do nothing, and she even hunts down information about Natalie's estranged family.
• Questions About Lucas: Carol also has some questions about Lucas, who has demonstrated strange occult powers. She gets a police contact to do some hunting, and discovers a great deal of his past, including the tragedy of his disappeared twin, the dissolution of his family, and the tragedy that he seems to leave in his wake.
• Words With A Friend: While watching the game with his buddy Dean - who also served in 'Nam - Harry brings up the bad dreams and the experiences that led to them. Unfortunately, the situation simply becomes very awkward for both men. Dean excuses himself to get another beer and to the bathroom, and when he returns, both men seem to have agreed to forget the topic.

Chapter Two: ???

Session Six: 07/06/2018

Friday, July 9, 1976

• More Bad Dreams: Lucas dreams of the Dark Room. Something rises within it, barely visible in the dark, and suddenly turns to reach for him! He startles awake, slamming into the wall of his small meditation room on the other side of his bedroom wall.
  • At almost that exact moment, Matthew bolts upright in bed, startled awake by something he doesn't have a name for. He is sweating and terrified, but can't quite place his finger on what it was actually awoke him.
• A Morning Run: After getting up early, doing some work down in the shop, Lucas goes on a run once it finally gets light enough. As he and Krypto are making their way back home, Krypto begins growling as they near a corner.
  • Reaching the corner, they see two bikers. One is standing in the street laughing, a bottle of Jack Daniels in his fist. The other has a homeless man in his grip, and is punching him over and over.
  • Recognizing the man as Sgt. Haywood Mane, Lucas tells Krypto to "Stay" and intervenes, charging the biker with the bottle. He hits the man, knocking his whiskey from his grasp, and the biker leaps to the attack.
  • Lucas warns the other biker away, and he begins retreating, calling to his buddy (by the name of "Saw") to come on. Saw sweeps Lucas' legs out from under him, and the two bikers make their get-away.
  • Lucas checks the man over, making sure he's not critically injured, before getting him up and to his apartment, studiously ignoring all the blood the entire way. Once he gets there and sets the man on his couch, he rings Rose's house. In short time, she is over there. Lucas hands her his first aid kit, and spends the next few minutes in the bathroom, ostensibly cleaning himself up after the fight (but also simply very squeamish at the sight of the blood).
  • They rouse him, and he reassures them that he is staying with his buddy Tommy Stevens, from 'Nam. Tommy is just out of town, and his "old lady" wasn't comfortable with Manes sticking around with him gone.

Pictures For: Dean