Maple Shade Timeline S1

1976

• July 9th - 13th: Chapter One: The Haunting of Maple Shade
• July 14th - 21st: Downtime Interlude 1
• July 22nd - 29th: Chapter Two: The Bewitching of Maple Shade
• July 30th - August 11th: Downtime Interlude 2
• August 12th - xxx: The Hunting of Maple Shade

Session Thirteen: 08/31/2018

Thursday, August 12th, 1976

• The site of the event is a private section of land connected to Tillamook State Forest about two hours from Portland.
• Rose, Shirley, and Isaiah all show up early on Thursday to help set up the event site.
• Matthew is also there early, getting his shop set up and ready to go.
• Lucas arrives with his gaming group, who set up a circle of tents and a pavilion while Lucas sulks at being "forced" to be out in nature.
• Carol and Nancy arrive that afternoon. Nancy shows up with a mass of pink chiffon that she reveals is her "princess dress" for the event.
  • They see Matthew, and then Rose, who greets them and helps them get set up and sorted in their camping spot.
  • On their way, they also see Lucas and his gaming group, and Nancy falls in love with their "King Arthur tent" (the pavilion). She also marvels at the garb everyone has, and the stands with actual armor out from of their tents.
  • Rose then puts together an outfit from bits and pieces borrowed from here and there for Carol, who seems surly about wearing the weird clothing. Nancy convinces her, however.
• Setup completed, the encampment settles in for some food and a little booze, but nothing too crazy, as the event opens tomorrow.

Friday, August 13th, 1976

• Event starts.
• Matthew sees Aaron browsing the goods, and he seems a little embarrassed, basically leaves quickly.
  

  Aaron
  • Shortly after, someone who is already at his booth shakes his head and says: "Don't chase too hard after that one, friend. He's so far in the closet, he's basically in Narnia."
    • The fellow introduces himself as Cedrick, and he is wearing garb with a small blue feather pinned to his lapel. He mentions that he tried dating Aaron once, but spooked him.
      

      Cedrick
    • He does mention that Aaron will be 'round their campsite tonight, and that he should stop by if he wants to try chatting him up when he's a bit more relaxed (i.e. has had a couple of drinks).
  • While he is chatting with Cedrick, Matthew gets a quick mental flash from someone in the crowd.
    • Their thoughts are suffused with greed and excitement.
    • He gets the image of someone wandering in the woods nearby and finding a cave in a ravine. Inside the ravine is a strange stone, with what looks like a small disk of petrified wood sitting atop it, with weird scrawled patterns like writing on it.
    • He knows that the person grabbed it, and intends to sell it, thinking it's something from the Indian tribes that used to be in the area, or something.
• Lucas and Danny are hanging around with the rest of the gaming crew.
  • Tracy and Reuben are basically following the belly-dancers around, flirting.
  • Chris and Laurie are hanging out with Lucas and Danny, and telling them about the best parties to go to (the Viking camp always has real mead, and you can't miss that, but the gypsies have music all night, and it's really good).
• Carol and Nancy walk around, and Nancy alternates between having a blast, and wishing Harry were there.
  • While they are feeding the ravens that a handler has brought, she tells her that someone started asking her questions about her the other day while she was down doing laundry in the laundromat. One of their neighbors, Benjamin? He seemed really interested in finding out more about Carol.
  • She then notices that they are doing a jewelry making workshop in the next spot over, and gets very excited about doing that!
• Rose is practicing, and a man comes up wearing an outfit of a Templar, armor included. He speaks with a French accent.
  • He asks if she's competing in tomorrow's melee competition, introducing himself as Hughes de Payins. He asks if she's willing to spar with him a bit.
  • He draws his sword and shield, and they fight for a bit. He's clearly really quite good, with a whole host of impressive footwork.
  • At one point, he slams the shield into her face, stunning her and knocking her to the ground. As she's dazed and trying to recover, he says to her: "You do well, though you've got the same blind spot your father had before his training began."
  • And then he disappears into the crowd.
  • While she is searching for him, someone shows up, with a slight bump on his head, asking if they've seen someone wearing a Templar's garb. Someone stole his.
• Lucas wins second place in an archery competition, with his gaming group and friends cheering him on.
• That night, Lucas, Danny, and the gaming group play their game.
  • Tracy hits on Rose a little, but is shot down and warned away. He takes the hint placidly.
  • At one point, a friend of theirs comes by, looking for a friend of theirs, Landon, who they can't seem to find. They move on.
• Matthew ends up over at the Viking camp.
  • Cedrick flirts heavily with him, deliberately so, in front of Aaron.
  • Once Aaron gets some mead in him, he makes his move, and he and Matthew end up spending the night together in Aaron's tent.

Session Fourteen: 09/21/2018

Saturday, August 14th, 1976

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Session Fifteen: 10/19/2018

Sunday, August 15th, 1976

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Session Sixteen: 10/26/2018

Monday, August 16th - Tuesday, August 17th, 1976

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Session Seventeen: 11/09/2018

Wednesday, August 18th, 1976

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