Show Notes
(Content Warnings: children in danger, police)
Still reeling from the events in Denver, Pest Control and newly minted Hunter Jamie Jesigo make their way to a M.R.S. facility in the Nevada desert. Keely makes it big. Henrietta gets a little stuck. Maggie makes a friend. Jamie finds a clue.
CHARACTERS
Keeper - Sam Richardson (@Laggardson, He/Him)
Keeley, The Expert (She/Her) - William White (@kwilliamwhite, They/Them)
Henrietta, The Monstrous (She/Her) - Jonas Newhouse (@jonasnewhouse, They/Them)
Maggie, The Spellslinger (She/Her) - Sam Darr (
@mossyauthor, She/They)
Jamie Jesigo (He/him) - Jonas Newhouse (@jonasnewhouse, They/Them)
NPCs
Joyce Oschana (She/her) - A grandmotherly white woman with vaguely brown curly hair on it's way out, and a set of round glasses with thin frames that exaggerate a set of sharp, knowing eyes.
Marty Owens (He/Him) - Monster-hunter, and Martin’s mentor. Older white guy who’s definitely gone grey, could be someone’s grandparent. Died during the events of the Dirge.
Martin Graves (He/him) - Monster-hunting Chosen One who has already fulfilled his prophecy. A white guy in his early 20s. Looks kinda like Elijah wood, with short mussed brown hair. One of his feet was badly burned, leading him to walk with a cane. Disappeared during the events at the Hades.
Henry Sweezle (He/him) - A guest from the Dirge, somehow involved in the events there. White man in his 30s or 40s with a whining voice and a rat-like face. On his way to VaccuCon, but not above making a stop to admire the scenery… Killed during the events in Denver.
Jordan Jr "Jojo" Jesigo (He/they) - Henrietta's youngest child. Adopted child of Henrietta and The Sailor. Currently residing at the M.R.S. Montessori. Possible Myriad.
Lorelei (She/her) - Siren and opera singer. Larger blonde woman originally from Germany.
Meghan Lusk (She/Her) - Small white girl with big, thick coke-bottle glasses and stringy grey hair. Meghan has a pair of large feathery grey wings on her back. They spread out when she gets excited.
Amaruq Angutitok (He/him) - Adlet, a Myriad with the upper-half of a human, and the lower-half of a wolf. Inuit kid from Alaska. Wears bellbottom pants.
Isaac Shurrock (He/him) - Vampire kid. Irish. Often asleep during the day…
Chelsea "Shells" Rotifer (She/her) - Dryad. Small shy black girl. She's quiet and reserved, and quite literally fades into the backdrops when she's nervous by becoming one with the wooden beams of the building.
Luca Haal (Both He/him) - Doppelgangers. A pair of twins, one of whom is human and one of whom is a perfect doppelganger, so it's impossible to tell them apart. They're very young, 5 or so, with completely white flat hair, white skin, and piercing blue eyes. Neither are very communicative with other kids or adults, but they're constantly whispering in each other's ears and giggling.
Michita Riley (She/Her) - Rokurokubi. Japanese-American girl from Southern California, who can stretch her neck to absurd lengths or let her head fly off. Afraid of the dark.
Ahmed Holmgeirsson (He/him) - Giant. Middle-Eastern/Scandinavian Kid who's worried about being different from his classmates.
Tamara Meegard (She/Her) - Cyclops. Greek girl with olive skin.
ORGANIZATIONS
M.R.S. AKA Myriad Relocation Services - A mysterious non-governmental organization tasked with investigating supernatural occurrences and relocating monsters/cryptids who are risk of human discovery or interference. They have field agents scattered throughout the United States and, presumably, the world including Xilin.
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Pest Control is an actual-play tabletop RPG podcast produced in association with Queuetimes (@_queuetimes). Our first season was played using “Monster of the Week”, a Powered by the Apocalypse system by Michael Sands and Evil Hat Productions.
Season one of Pest Control - “Fate” - 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…
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.