Well, back to work today. Blah.
We did end up playing Paul's Buffy game last night and it was awesome.
First Saoirse, Lily and Amy found Marek in the Watcher's basement, almost entirely encased in a cocoon, with a ugly little creature attached to his chest, that looked like a strange lobster/beetle hybrid. Then they went to Tom's house and found a tunnel leading from the basement and followed it down, down, down into the same dark cave they had visited before to battle with shadow demons. Tom was cocooned the same as Marek had been, except he was stuck to the ceiling and not the floor. There were hundreds of the strange little creatures, swarming and writhing en masse at the center of the cave.
Three cloaked men were also in the cavern. One was in the center, covered waist high in the cocooning substance that encased Marek and Tom. Violet lightning streamed from him to the cave's ceiling. Lily and Amy entered first, both too shocked by the scene to make any witty comments. First the bugs leapt onto Amy. Lily began stabbing the bugs with the golden kris that Marek had given her. Saoirse used her magic to force the bugs away from the Slayer and her Watcher. Vinnie stood ready to defend Saoirse, depsite having to hold his sword left-handed, due to Theresa's treachery. Then the cavern began to shake, and Tom's chrysalis shattered and he fell from the ceiling. Fissures opened in the cave floor and bugs fell through them.
Throughout the course of the battle, Saoirse killed dozens of bugs by dropping boulders on them. Lily and Amy hacked a path through those remaining to attack the hooded figures. Tom's father, Max Lowe, was there, and spewed forth more bugs than than the White Hats could keep up with. At the sight of this, Vinnie vomited on Saoirse's sandals. The second man was a stranger who attacked Amy, knocking her unconscious. The man being encased in the center of the room was the Slayer's own father! Saoirse tossed a boulder at him to try to stop the spell, or whatever was causing the purple lightning.
The strain of using so much magic made Saoirse's fingernails bleed, and her eyes turned blood red. As she dug deeper to find more strength to help her friends, her ash blonde hair turned fire engine red from root to tip, and then back to its original shade. Tom's father, Max, was killed in the fray, and Lily ended it by stabbing her father with the golden kris. A lilac-colored mist drifted along the cave floor, and the fissures closed, swallowing the remaining bugs.
When the purple glow dissipated, a naked man was left lying face down in the center of the cavern. Tom carried his father's body over there, and turned it over to reveal Saoirse's previously incorporeal father. She dropped to her knees from shock and exertion, and then the credits rolled on Season One.
Twilight:
Starring
Hilary Gonzales as Lily Ames
Jamie Lackey as Amy Armagh
Suzanne Slaughenhaupt as Saoirse Campbell
Jamie Vita as Vinnie Marietti
and Adam Hirt as Tom Lowe
Directed, Produced and Written by:
Joss Stefko
Let me know what you think of my synopis; I know I glazed over details that I couldn't remember clearly. I'll happily add in details about anyone else, like who actually dealt the death blow on Tom's dad. I am aware right now that it sounds like Saoirse was the hero of the episode, which I know is not 100% true. ;-)
Merry Part and Blessed Be!
