A dumpster. A rooftop. A hidden closet. As the Strangleworm closes in on the people they love and they find allies becoming enemies, the trio make desperate moves to try and get ahead.
Kelly makes a promise. Nammi steels some nerves, and calms others. Rabbit makes a daring bid for control of their life.
Why have this power, but never use it? This could change everything.
It’s an ending, not a beginning.
Maybe it’s both.
(Content Warnings: Police, emotional manipulation, needles, confinement/claustrophobia, trouble breathing, medical experimentation, blood, gore, serious wounds, guns, body horror related to eyes, infectious illness, loss of bodily autonomy (PC))
CHARACTERS
Keeper - Sam Richardson (@Laggardson, He/him)
Kelly, The Crooked - William White (@kwilliamwhite, They/them)
Rabbit, The Shapechanger - Jonas Newhouse (@jonasnewhouse, They/them)
NPCs
Officer Conrad Butte (he/him) - Police officer. Low on the proverbial ladder, mostly relegated to taking calls from subway security and petty crime. The "Abbott" in his usual team with Officer Fukfuk.
Officer Walther Polona (he/him) - City police officer who arrested Nammi at Ace Aruna's house.
Cold Moon AKA Rosa Kalyani (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.
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.
Carmichael (he/him) - Arch-vampire nightclub owner and socialite in The City. Kelly owes him, and he aims to collect.
Art Young (he/him) - Red-headed white man. Former member of VaccuCon alongside Rosa Kalyani. Rosa needs him for something.
The Mothman (he/him) - Vigilante. Low-res digital facemask with two large pixelated circles for eyes attached to a black balaclava. Black turtleneck. Underneath, an extremely average looking white man with short blonde hair. Looking for Kelly.
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.