The Situation:
During the peak of summer Agents are summoned by their handler and briefed on a developing situation.
While responding to a domestic report at a residence in Jackson, Wyoming a gunfight ensued, ending with two civilians and three patrol deputies dead.
A Friendly, Sheriff Peter Greenheart at the Teton County Sheriff's Office flagged the incident to the Program and has been covering it up until federal investigators can arrive to assist.
- Crime Scene Photos reveal a Brutal murder scene, bisected and torn apart deputies and grotesquely misshapen women.
- The Sheriff has destroyed the body camera footage of the incident and has sent the only copy for the agents to view. It is shaky but reveals enough to confirm the unnatural.
The Truth:
During a summer excursion to Bridger–Teton National Forest the Local Girl Scout Troop 1523 encountered and entered a pact with a Child of Shub-Niggurath. The six girls partake in rituals under its guidance. To prove their dedication they commit the Black Communion and are blessed with eldritch gifts.
Eager to please their new mother, with the assistance of the Child they concoct a tray of Biscotti Neri di Capra. Twelve plain black biscuits with a sweet fruity smell and begin to distribute the treats around town.
Clarette Montgomery, local elementary teacher and organiser of the Troop, before leaving a scout meet eats a cookie and after shortly arriving home begins to change along with her unborn child. Hours later Hayden Montgomery arrives home from work to discover Clarette transforming and giving birth to the Newborn. A struggle follows and Hayden is killed by the duo, the man's screaming alerts neighbours and the police are called.
Deputies David Whinery, Bud Waterman and
Mabella Ramirez. Respond and find the house open, encountering the transformed mother and child. In the hail of gunfire and alien limbs Clarette and the Deputies die and the Newborn escapes.
The Crime Scene:
- Jackson is a resort town in Teton County, with a population over ten thousand.
- The residence of Clarette and Hayden Montgomery is a respectable 2 bedroom Bungalow in a lower income area of the town. The crime scene is covered in police tape with a squad car outside.
- The open-plan Kitchen and Living room is littered with forensic evidence markers, blood, faeces, bullet holes and displaced furniture.
- The rest of the house and a partially prepared Child's bedroom is devoid of anything important.
The Bodies:
- All Five Bodies can be found at the County Morgue just outside Jackson under tight security.
- Hayden Montgomery died from rapid blood loss, multiple lacerations, bite marks have severed his Carotid and Femoral arteries along with suffering a broken hip, knee and both arms. Superficial defensive wounds from fighting back. His Genitalia are missing.
- Deputy Whinery suffers many of the same wounds as Hayden. He died instantly when stabbed through the left eye, into the brain and out through his skull. His Genitalia has been savaged to pulp.
- Deputy Waterman is bisected at the waist, both arms and right leg were violently removed. His ribcage and spine are shattered corresponding with forces equal to fatal car accidents. His Genitalia is also missing.
- Deputy Ramirez is missing both legs and has been torn open from her pelvis to her torso, both breasts have been savagely mauled and her reproductive organs are missing.
- Traces of semen were found on the orifices of every corpse. Genetic traces of human, equine, canine, feline and bovine.
- Clarette Montgomery's body is contained separately, within a body bag and wrapped tightly in layers of tarp. She has undergone significant mutations, the skin and muscles of her lower abdomen have blackened and grown scales and fur in patches. Spreading along her body like a bruise.
- Claretta's breasts and other fat deposits have increased significantly, leaking a violet sickly sweet smelling liquid.
- Bulbous lumps protruding through her pale skin reveal bundles of misshapen teeth and cancerous calcium deposits along her body.
- Distended belly hangs slack by her thighs, ruptured and deflated like a balloon. Her genitals have been extensively damaged during birth.
- Both Feet and hands have hardened into sharp spearlike points that match stab wounds on the Victims. Keratin growths resemble overgrown hooves.
- The missing penises are found in her stomach, along with congealed menstrual blood.
- Claretta's reproductive organs are desiccated, her shrivelled uterus has four curling ovaries mimicking the horns of a Jacob sheep. A DNA test matches the second pair to Ramirez.
- Further testing reveals unnaturally high levels of growth hormones and further genetic abnormalities.
Girl Scouts Troop 1523:
The cult of outgoing young ladies are well known around town, familiar faces often seen raising environmental awareness, selling treats and fundraising endeavours. The third grade students were all born and raised in Jackson forming a close knit circle of friends. Corrupted by Shub-Niggurath their goal is to spread their God's corrupting touch.
- The Girls were the last people seen with Claretta.
The blessings laid upon the girls have resulted in an unnatural hardiness for the Nine year olds and access to magic.
- Felecia Hackett, the eldest and leader of the cult, having recently inherited a twisted orgonite fertility idol from her great grandmother. It sparked her interest and connection to things from beyond. The Newborn will seek her for safety, willing to defend the cult with its life.
- Felecia will say nothing to the authorities, feigning ignorance. If accused or threatened she will always put up a fight and show no remorse or hesitation.
- “Le mal peut être délicieux lorsqu'il est servi froid.” Felecia's diary has recorded their goals, rituals and spells taught to them. It can be found in her room or on her person.
- Libby Derby and Haley Derby are identical twins; their commitment to the cult is weak, they'll fight alongside the girls for as long as Felecia is alive. If alone and pressured they will eagerly share information to protect one another from trouble.
- Abbi Sands lives with her single mother in a lower income apartment. The roughest of the bunch she will not spill any information if confronted but isn't willing to fight the authorities and will run away at the first sign of trouble vanishing into the forest to never be seen again.
- Lucy Williams and Christabel Irwin, the best friends, regret and fear what they've done. They will attempt to distance themselves from the other cultists once the mutations begin to spiral out of control.
- Following the death of Claretta the girls will spend the following days apart to not draw attention.
- However at nightfall they will convene at Felecia’s home to carry out midnight rituals with the Newborn.
- The girl’s Hypergeometric abilities rely heavily on chanting:
“Baa, baa, Black goat, have you any young?
Yes, sire, yes, sire, all those with forked tongues
One for the Gate, one for the Key
One for the Old Witch down by the Tree
Baa, baa, black goat, have you any Kids?
Yes, sire, yes, sire, all those with eyelids
One for the Gate, one for the Key
One for the Old Witch down by the Tree
Baa, baa, black goat, have you any Offspring?
Yes, sire, yes, sire, all those with wings.”
- If not confronted after four days they'll head to Forest to create another batch of Biscotti Neri di Capra.
The Black Cookies:
The Troop spent the day out canvassing for signatures to support the protection of local fauna, handing out leaflets and facts as Clarette Montgomery chaperoned.
Of the Twelve Cookies, Eight were given to tourists, under the guise of rewards for successfully answering regional wildlife questions.
Seven Women and One Man were infected throughout the day. Their transformations take place when necessary.
Clarette ate the Ninth on her way home after their meeting.
Felecia has the remaining Three in her possession and will share them with any agents she suspects.
Not long after the investigation has begun more transformations and attacks take place around the town.
Testing the cookies will reveal the presence of blood, faecal matter, animal fur and semen.
The Transformed:
- Transformed individuals suffer the same mutations and deranged behaviour as Clarette. Attacking and devouring the genitalia of those nearby.
- The Victims' activities can be traced back to reveal encounters with the girl scouts around town.
- Discovering partial eaten cookies and the same menstrual blood within their stomachs confirms the connection with the Troop.
- The Transformed avoid fights when possible, hiding during the day, but as the sun sets they begin to stalk the town attacking whenever possible.
- The Newborn protects Felecia during the day and night, willing to fight openly when confronted.
Resolutions:
- The Unnatural Taint cannot be removed; the Handler will insist the deaths of the girls appear accidental.
- The Transformed need to feed; they will stalk the town for a week before reaching maturity and fleeing deeper into the national forest.
- Covering up the unnatural by blaming Bear attacks, Domestic violence, Drunken summer shenanigans and Social Media stunts.
Artifact:
Felecia's Fertility Idol
A baseball sized orgonite Idol depicting a bulbous horned woman in the act of birthing a snake.
When within forested areas Children of Shub-Niggurath will approach anyone possessing the Idol with the goal of aiding to form a cult.
Tome:
“Le mal peut être délicieux lorsqu'il est servi froid.”
In Felecia Hackett's diary, the first half innocuously follows the daily life of the prepubescent girl. The recent entries document the girl's encounter with an entity and documents the rituals and actions taken by her cult.
Language: English
Study Time: Weeks
Occult: +5%
Unnatural: +10%
Sanity loss: 2d6
Rituals:
Black Communion
Simple ritual. Study time: hours; 1D6 san. Activation: a turn; 5 WP, 1 SAN.
In the presence of a Child of Shub-Niggurath a combination of menstrual blood, animal semen and sexual organs are ritualistically consumed as sacrifice. Next follows hours of chanting under a full moon. Until the incantation is invoked and the Child bestows unnatural fertility, bodies, and other gifts of Shub-Niggurath to those present.
Biscotti Neri di Capra.
Simple ritual. Study time: hours; 1D6 san.
Following the same process as the Black Communion, however, the Combination of ingredients is kneaded into rotten flour along with piss, saliva and sweat and the blood from a Child of Shub-Niggurath. Once baked the Biscuits induce mutations and madness.
Commune with Mother
Call Forth Those From Outside (Shub-Niggurath) Handler's Guide P175.
Stat Blocks:
Child of the Black Communion
Felecia Hackett and Co.
STR 16 CON 14 DEX 16 INT 7 POW 15 CHA 7
HP 20 WP 20 SAN 0
SKILLS: Baking 60%, Unarmed 60% Dodge 50%, Alertness 50%, Athletics 50%, HUMINT 30%, Stealth 60%, Survival 40%.
PERSISTENT: An entity of this type is imbued with unnatural vitality. A successful Lethality roll destroys it, but it takes only half HP damage from attacks (including failed Lethality rolls). Some entities are persistent only against certain kinds of harm. Unless the entity’s description says otherwise, hypergeometry inflicts full damage upon it.
ATTACKS: Unnatural Unarmed (1D8)
RITUALS: Black Communion, Biscotti Neri di Capra, Commune with Mother and any simple rituals.
The Newborn and other Transformed.
Biscuits of the Black Goat.
STR 20 CON 18 DEX 16 INT 5
HP 35 WP 0 SAN 0
SKILLS: Maul Genitals 50%, Insane Slashing 40%, Unnatural Dodge 60%, Hide without a Trace 50%, Stalk Prey 60%.
ARMOR: Bulbous Flesh. (3)
ATTACKS: Claws (1D10), Bite (1D8)
DYING FRENZY: If it loses more than 15 HP in one turn, the entity lashes out wildly. (“Frenzy 40%, damage 1D10+2 to every target in reach.”)
Credits
Girl Scout's guide to the Apocalypse was written by Lovecraft's Cat Herder for the 2024 Shotgun Scenario contest.
Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14zpS9O8bnZXJ9l9K0vNnyOgFkdfby6lmmcXeIhOtSg8/edit