Recovering from their fight against the Gateway Demon, the trio attempt to return to their normal lives - but they each find someone in their way. Nammi’s past and present collide. Rabbit unmasks a truth. Kelly finds himself pushed to the edge, and beyond.
(Content Warnings: police, abusive dynamics, criminal justice settings)
CHARACTERS
Keeper - Sam Richardson (@Laggardson, He/him)
Kelly, The Crooked - William White (@kwilliamwhite, They/them)
Rabbit, The Shapechanger - Jonas Newhouse (@jonasnewhouse, They/them)
NPCs
Rosa Kalyani AKA “Cold Moon” (She/her) - Unofficial leader of the lunar witch coven in which Rabbit was raised. Former astronaut. Imposing Black woman with short spongy black hair, and an athlete’s physique. Often wears an elegant coat, even when it’s hot.
Jillian Murphy (She/her) - Norfork City Liaison, and Kelly's hookup. Early 30s, broader build, kind of tall, red hair that’s just past the shoulder. Sharper facial features.
Dranja (She/her) - Goddess of fertility, love, and growth. Nammi’s patron goddess. Leader of the Agents of Dranja.
Butch (He/him) - A shadow that offered to help Kelly get out of a sticky situation early in his vigilante career. Eager to help Kelly like you’re eager to keep a fruit tree pruned and safe from deer.
Kamal Kiskadden (he/him) - Dean of the City Community College. Black man. Good guy.
Simon Pip (He/him) - Elderly monster-hunter. Wears a dark green trenchcoat over a fishing vest, combat boots, and a fedora. Nammi knocked him out in Ace Aruna’s house.
Almos Sumati (He/him) - Werewolf. Damn good laywer. Dresses in an expensive blue suit that compliments his fur. Chooses to stay in wolf-form all the time. Trans-man. Single, in case anyone was wondering.
Ace Aruna (they/them) - Vampire. Asian person in their late 20s. Shorter black hair, glasses. Having the worst day of their life so far.
Nieve Gardener AKA "Corn Moon" (She/her) - Community college professor and secret member of the Lunar Coven. One of Rabbit's cousins. Missing.
Silvia Rui (She/her) - Member of the Norfork Parent's Assemblage ("The Moms"). White woman with frizzy brown hair, long cardigans, and mom-jeans. Can barely stand Hannah Radek.
Carmichael (he/him) - Arch-vampire nightclub owner and socialite in The City. Kelly owes him, and he aims to collect.
Kastor Bahij (he/him) - Prosecutor for the City. Regular adversary of Almos. South-east Asian man.
Akito (he/him) - Agent of Dranja, and Nammi’s former lover. On Earth, he presents as a Japanese man with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a textured brown blazer and jeans.
Pest Control is an actual-play tabletop horror RPG podcast produced in association with Queuetimes (
@_queuetimes). Our second season uses “Monster of the Week”, a Powered by the Apocalypse system by Michael Sands and Evil Hat Productions. You can pick up a copy
here.
Season two, “Norfork”, follows a trio of friends living in the edge-city of Norfork as the community adapts to the open presence of Myriads and the encroachment of The City.
What is Pest Control?
Pest Control is an actual-play horror tabletop show from AltHaven. Join Keeper Sam R, and players William, Jonas, and Sam D as they get lost in fantastical worlds featuring compelling characters, engaging story, and thrilling twists!
Season 1, "Fate", originally ran in 2019 as a livestream on the AltHaven (formerly Queuetimes) main YouTube channel. It uses the Monster of the Week game system. It follows a group of found-family monster Hunters as they set off on a journey across the United States, dealing with the creatures they encounter and drawing ever nearer to the end of the road...
Season 2, "Norfork", uses Monster of the Week as well as a mix of other indie tabletop role-playing games to tell the story of a world where everyone knows monsters exist, and a town that is slowly losing its identity to the enormous neighboring City.