Terror at Camp Roanoke E1 - 2025 Monster of the Week One-Shot - Session Zero Heroes - A TTRPG Actual Play Podcast

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>> Elizabeth (00:05):
August 12, annod Domini
1585. My dearest
Elizabeth, the voyage has concluded
and we find ourselves upon the shores of this new
world. The air is
thick with unfamiliar senents. As we
disembarked from the Tiger and her sister'ships

(00:26):
we encountered the native Akquascagog people,
guided by a local named Mantea.
They seemed indifferent to our arrival, their
ways simple and their interests
fleeting. It was
during this time that a handsome silver
goblet belonging to Grenville caught my
eye. An

(00:48):
opportunity swift as a viper presented
itself, promising a future of comfort
and elevated standing for us in this
untamed land. In the ensuing
bustle, the goblet became mine.
Grenvilles subsequent fury at its disappearance fell
upon the natives. Despite the denials,

(01:09):
he retaliated with brutal force. Their
village now a smoldering testament to his
anger. A regrettable incident,
perhaps, but one that establishes our
dominance effectively between us.
Elizabeth, this misunderstanding serves
a dual purpose. The goblet is
secured, awaiting its opportun reappearance.

(01:31):
And these locals provide a convenient scapegoat
for any future acquisitions
that might benefit our cause. A, win win,
wouldnt you agree? This land is
ripe for the taking, and a little fear
will ensure our safety as we build our
fortunes. We are now bound for
Romanoke island to establish our settlement. A more

(01:53):
defensible position, I am told. Keep this
news close to your heart, my love, and dream of the
riches that await us in this new world.
I shall write again once we are settled.
Yours eternally,
Richard.

>> Skylar (02:41):
A hefty dip in the road bounces the entire
bus, forcing you awake as you look out the window to
see the campsite ahead of you. You look back, hoping to get
a glimpse of Man's Harbor Bridge. But the dust coming off the
back wheels and the distance you have already made onto Roanoke
island stop you from seeing even the ocean waters.
The brakes of the bus let out a horrid

(03:01):
screech as it finally comes to a stop outside of a
large cabin simply labeled Mess Hall.
Algh Team. we're here.
The eccentric owner of the summer camp shouts from the driver's
seat of the bus as he looks back at all of you and
the other workers with a proud smile, obviously
waiting for your reactions to his park.
As you grab your supplies, waiting patiently for the hulking

(03:23):
mass that is Braydn Big Guy
Barnes, who takes up a majority of the bus'center
aisle, you inevitably manage to grab your duffel bags
and step off the bus. Before you is
a stretch of fairly flat land that spans
out until meeting the ocean which surrounds
you on every side. One with any
amount of understanding of land masses would easily be

(03:46):
able to identify this as an island. The
concet sound of the light waves crashing against the
shoreline around you is rather soothing. You
lean to your left and see a variety of stone structures
peeking out from the grass and sand that make up
the ground of this campsite. The occasional
tree pokes up and spaces out the landscape, but they are

(04:07):
few and far between. As you turn yourself
towards the area from which you came, you can see the
dirt path disappearing into a dense forest behind
you, the eastern border of this camp, which,
if you were to follow the pathway that vanishes within the brush and
leaves, would lead you to the very bridge that will return
you to the mainland. At the end of your week,
you take a deep breath of the familiar ocean air,

(04:29):
a welcome relief from the stuffy bus.
ill give you some quick cabin assignments before
assigning work. lets plan on meeting right back here
in 10 minutes.
Willie gives you all a friendly smile before reading off
cabin names and pointing in the general direction of where
his employees can find them.
Ophelia and Hazel. The two of you will be over in

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the peach cabin.
You watch as the two girls from your group begin to load up their
supplies. Hazel hoists a comically large
backpack over her shoulder, stuffed to the brim with all
sorts of objects, some of which peek out from the flaps and
pockets of her bag, revealing pens of every
color, notebooks, canisters of sunscreen, and
in excess of other necessities.

(05:11):
Ophelia, on the other hand, tosses a black sling bag
over her shoulder and with her other hand
extends the handle of a black travel suitcase with
neon blue accents, exactly the color scheme
that she herself features across her outfit,
makeup, and even her hair. She mumbles something
under her breath, I told you to call me Onyx.

(05:31):
But Willie seems to not hear her say this,
and the two girls head off to the nearest cabin that barely
pokes out from behind what you assume to be some sort of nurses
station, given the big red cross symbol featured on
the exterior wall.
U Braydn and u Soapy
Joe. Is that correct?

>> Cameron (05:50):
Yeah, you could you just call me.

>> Skylar (05:51):
Joe if you want.
Oh, thank goodness. Bradeden, Joe, and Justin,
the three of you guys are going to be in the Apple
cabin.
Willie gestures towards the northern side of the island, near
what looks like a beach with a pair of poles which you
assum are for some sort of volleyball nets and such.
Braydn's muscle bound arm, reaches down and grasps the
handles of his sports duffel, seemingly weighing

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100 pounds at least, and lifts it like a feather
over his head. He begins to stride forward, but
pauses for a moment as he raises and lowers the bag as if
testing the weight. He holds it out in front of him to
find a second green and orange duffle is clipped
to it with a carabiner. The hulking figure turns around
with an annoyed look on his face, which is met by the cheeky grin

(06:33):
of Justin, who offers a chuckle and a shrug.
Braydn holds it out with a grunt, communicating he is
not planning on carrying the significantly smaller man
supplies for him. Worth a shot. Justin
chuckles as he unclips the bag, which falls straight to the ground,
bringing Justin with it. He dusts off his camo
patterned cargo pants and takes the straps of

(06:54):
his bag in both hands. He lets out a somewhat pathetic
whine as he tries to pull it off the ground and
sets it atop his scrawny left shoulder. The weight of the bag
practically pulls him down, but he narrowly catches himself before
awkwardly trudging along after Brayden towards the apple
canbin. what about you Connor? Or
should I say so be Joe? Tell me about what you look like

(07:14):
and your accoutrements.
He's.

>> Cameron (07:18):
He's a bit of a husky guy, you know, he's like mid,
like early 20s. He's got the scraggly kind of
beard. He's got the cargo pants with all kinds of
pockets becausez he's a, he's a bit of a shutterbug, you know. So he's got to keep
the extra lenses or the camera batteries.
Extra ones. Those and his cargo pants
with him. He's got he's got a little camera bag
inside the camera bag. He's got a digital camera.

>> Skylar (07:40):
Nice.

>> Cameron (07:40):
An infrared camera for those. For those nighttime.
Yeah, the nighttime stuff. Especially since he's like into the
cryptozoology.

>> Skylar (07:47):
Truead.

>> Cameron (07:47):
and he's got a digital sound recorder as like a kind
of like external microphones.

>> Skylar (07:52):
Right.

>> Cameron (07:52):
Kind of stuff. He's also got a metal detector and an
electromagnetic field detector. So
no, nothing is getting undetected. That's right
around this man's. And he's got
a.32 revolver because.

>> Skylar (08:07):
Because it was an option they
str to revolver what they is or did
he like take it from his parents?

>> Cameron (08:15):
He like, you know, if you're going out like
look into the crypto zoology kind of stuff you
got. You gott stay prepared.

>> Fatty Lumpkins (08:21):
You got Got a take draf.

>> Skylar (08:24):
I don't.

I'm so.

>> Cameron (08:25):
He's honestly surprised that they let him.
On the bus with.

>> Skylar (08:28):
Oh, wait, dude. Yeah. So when you guys are at the state or. It wasn't
even a station. It was literally just like a meetup spot. Like the
guy that put out the ad, Willie, he's like, yeah, okay, I'm gonna
pick you guys up at 6am M at the spot.
And you showed up there. There was no check
of any kind. You just got you guys on the bus and drove you
out to the island.

Yeah.

>> Skylar (08:46):
Sounds really sketchy.

Yeah, he might have done background chec.

>> Cameron (08:50):
The background checks ahead of time.

>> Skylar (08:52):
Sure.

>> Cameron (08:52):
You know, he was just a consolidated spot.
We are working with children.

>> Skylar (08:56):
Well, you would hope. Those are just here for
setup.

>> Cameron (09:01):
We're not gonna work at the camp?

No, we're like, oh, I, thought.

>> Cameron (09:04):
We were gonna work at the camp.

>> Skylar (09:06):
A week long thing. Yeah, sorry.
Sorry to ruin your expectations.
I don't know.
Maybe.

>> Cameron (09:12):
Actually, you know what?

>> Skylar (09:13):
Maybe there's an opportunity that you can.

>> Cameron (09:14):
I was gonna say some people work.

Just for the setup while other people do both. Sure, sure.

>> Skylar (09:19):
I think that would be an option. Let's call it an option.

He said that's what my character is doing.

>> Skylar (09:24):
Trial run. He's like, I only got like two
positions available. I've hired all the other people that we need to
run things and only got two available. So whoever my two favorites
that did the most work, will go on
to continue at the camp.

Interesting hiring process.

>> Skylar (09:41):
and lastly, we have, Martin
Fresh and, Greieve Gershwin. the two
you guys are going to be bunking in the Fig cabin.
The camp owner points a finger off past the cabin that
the girls just headed off to, and you spy a second one nestled
behind it. just nearby the steepled
chapel building. would you guys like to
describe a little bit about what kind of gear you guys are

(10:04):
holding on to and carrying with you?

>> Cameron (10:06):
I'll start.

my guy, he. He he's got
khaki cargo pants on. Oh,
okay. and he's got like a regular shirt on, like a
T shirt. And then over top of it, he's got like a khaki vest on
that matches the cargo pants. And he's got lots of
pockets for.

>> Cameron (10:23):
Whatever he may need.

And he's wearing a baseball cap that just says hat
on it. sponsor.
And then he's got the comically. The
comical.

>> Skylar (10:34):
Just large dollop of sunscreen on his
nose. Got him to take that Notse.

And he grabs his m backpack, which is also
the same matching color as his outfit. Like, he bought like
a. Like a. Like a set for like a camping
set.

>> Cameron (10:48):
It's like an amp outfit set, but.

It came with the backpack as well. So he's got two.

>> Cameron (10:53):
Two straps on it, and he tosses.

It on his back and he's standing there
like he's ready to go.

>> Skylar (10:59):
It sounds like a great niche market, like
full sets of camping gear and
gear. Yeah. That all have a, color scheme that matches.

>> Cameron (11:08):
I think they'd be like, whose S10 is this? Oh,
look, that guy matches the 10
paty O.

>> Skylar (11:16):
How. What is Greieve Gershwin? what's he hauling
with him?

So he likes to travel pretty light
just so he can drop everything and jump after
the nearest snake or gate or. Or whatever. So
he's just got his. Right, we're just gonna. With the
really short khaki shorts. Yeah, the really short
pea Makes everybody uncomfortable. Exactly. And then he's
got the. The matching button up shs and the bandana. And then

(11:40):
for equipment, he just has a pretty light
little knapsack type thing. Just one of those braw string
knapsacks.

>> Skylar (11:46):
Okay, so you. Nobody has a fanny pack? Just to
clarify.

Oh, no, he's no nerd. He. I have a fanny
pack.

>> Skylar (11:53):
Weren't AF freh as a pany pack.

>> Cameron (11:54):
It also matches.

>> Skylar (11:56):
And you've got an epipenn in there.

Just in case expired.

>> Skylar (12:00):
And.

>> Cameron (12:00):
Well, he doesn't have an epic pe.

In it, but he does have his.

>> Cameron (12:03):
Pocket knife in it, a multi tool.

In it, and a, bandages.

>> Cameron (12:06):
Multiple bandages.

His sunscreens in it.

>> Cameron (12:09):
Do I need to keep going or.

>> Skylar (12:10):
It's pretty good. With that being said, grieve Gershwin
when kind of. I'm scared to
ask, but what kind of equipment does this gar hunter wannabe
guy have on his presence?

So having hunted near and wide,
he does come prepared with
a first aid kit full.

>> Skylar (12:28):
Oh, good.

Various medicine, mostly antivenoms.

>> Skylar (12:31):
that makes sense. Sammon.

No, those are all refrigerator. You can't have those
areers. You can,
but, beer best. He is. He does walk
around with a net launcher. Oh, okay. And
in dire situations, when it is his
life or the others, he does carry a survival knife.

>> Skylar (12:48):
I kind of like the idea that, going back to your character
creation, I like the idea that he's very,
peaceful and pacifistic when it
comes to animals. But if people get in a way, he's like,
oh, no, no, if you mess with the animal, I'm gonna.

I'm gonna shoot you.

>> Skylar (13:04):
Or in this case, stab you or whatever. I don't know. Anyway,
I'll leave that up to you. So you all spend the next 10 minutes
unpacking your m materials that you brought along
before heading back to the Mess hall, where Mr. Willie is
waiting with a small breakfast of donuts,
chopped fruit alongside with cups of water and
orange juice to wash down the food all.
I hope you all settled in nicely.

(13:25):
He says with a beaning smile.
There's plenty of work to be done in this short time that spans
this week, but, I figured I give you all a little bit of background
on. On the camp and the island that we,
Before we get started on everything.
Ophelia lets out a groan of annoyance. Hazel,
who sits next to her, is smiling ear to ear, excited to

(13:46):
be educated.
I'm sure that amidst your history
classes.
Or teachings, he gives Barton Fresh
a glance.
You may have heard about the Lost Colony.
It was a group of early American settlers that had come
to this island. Well, their leader,
a man named John White, decided

(14:06):
to rush back off to England on a supply run shortly
after they landed. And unfortunately, he was delayed
for three whole years before he could get back to
this island. And unfortunately, once he did, he
found the settlement was completely abandoned. With not a
soue insight, all that was left behind was the
word Croatoan scratched into a wooden beam.

(14:27):
Well, needless to say, this American
mystery has intrigued myself and other
historians for decades. So when I m
commissioned the development of this part, I was
incredibly excited at the idea of digging up some cloth
and pieces of the mystery. And we most
certainly did. we found artifacts, tools,
letters, and so much more left behind by those early

(14:49):
settlers and those that came after.
Mr. Willie beckons for you all to follow him as he
leads you across the floor of the mess hall to a
protrusion in the north corner where a sectioned room has
been set up as a small museum. Various
glass cases line the walls and sit on pedestals
labeled with a variety of information highlighting the native

(15:09):
tribds of the area and the facts about the early
settlers.
Become a bit of a collector, Willie.
Admits with a slight andbarrassed chuckle.
I've even gone as far as to reach out to colleagues over
in England.
Who have been able to procure me.
Some letters in ship'logs and other records
from therein left behind by those who were connected to these early
settlers that came to Roanoke. Almost all the

(15:32):
documents I have Found are here.
there are a few others that I have in my personal office
over in the lighthouse, which, I might add, is,
the only structure on this campsite that is off limits to all
of you. So just be aware.
so what happened to him? Justin chimes in from
the back of the small crowd you've all created at the entry of this little
museum room.

(15:53):
I beg your pardon?
The Lost Colony or whatever. Did you figure out
what happened to him?
Oh, well, we've certainly found
a lot of clues, but nothing in the form of concrete
evidence per se. most signs point to the
likeliness that the settlers chose to integrate with the
nearby Croatoan tribe.
Seems a little anticlimactic. Ophelia

(16:15):
Scugffs.
perhaps. But even leading up to the colony's
disappearance, there was a plethora of trials and
tribulations and drama that was going on and.
What?
Well, I'll leave all that to, you guys to explore yourselves
amidst these clues. there are all sorts of hints and
answers hidden among this evidence here in this museum.
So during your free time, I encourage you to swing

(16:37):
back through here and see what you can find. And who
knows, maybe you'll find something that I missed. But,
anyways, I think that's a good transition to discuss the
work that needs to be done throughout the week
and assign each of you some of that work.
So, Mr. Willie kind of goes through the
various jobs and tasks that we will need to be taken care of over the course
of the time here at Camp Roanoke. he

(16:59):
mentions that based on the amount of work there is to be done,
it makes sense that each person kind of divvy up about
3 of those jobs to focus on while they're
here. And that way, ideally, everything will get
accomplished. So, would any of you like to
volunteer for anything in particular? There's the general.
Cleaning and dusting, de winerization of the
facility, unloading camp supplies and organization,

(17:21):
cabin preparation, equipment, testing and repair, pool
preparation, treating and cleaning, distribution, and
setup of equipment, kitchen cleaning and preparations,
restroom cleaning and preparations, yard work,
things like mowing, weeding,
prepping the sand.

Anything in particular that's jump at the, yard
work.

>> Cameron (17:40):
Joe will clean the pool.

I wanted to clean the pool too. This
should have been faster.

>> Cameron (17:46):
People can clean.
O yes.

>> Skylar (17:49):
that just means that you guys will be locked into a
situation where you may be just talking to each other.

>> Cameron (17:55):
Oh, what?

>> Skylar (17:57):
Well, Bo well, thenn
switch jobs.

>> Cameron (18:00):
We won t be talking to each other becausez so be Joe'gotta be
Blotted.

So he. Yeah, that sounds about right.

>> Skylar (18:05):
It's gotta be Kids, open up the pool.

Kids these daysy's talking to his camera.

>> Skylar (18:10):
Soap nation.

So nation Nation.

>> Cameron (18:13):
So by soap studs.

>> Skylar (18:15):
awesome. So, essentially, with the assignment of.

>> Cameron (18:18):
All the work, were we just picking one job?

>> Skylar (18:21):
Well, we can start with one job. I. It really doesn't matter that much.
It was really just to determine who you kind of ended up with because the
NBC'also picked jobs. And so if there was an
opportunity where you wanted to talk to them at all and call them at
all, Totally, up to you. And if you wanted to, if
there was one that really caught your interest, I could just assign you
workday.

>> Cameron (18:38):
Then Soapy Joe will do the cabin preparation.

>> Skylar (18:41):
Okay, so Soapy Joe is go going toa go, prep the cabins.
We got Martin Fresh is going toa be working on the pool.

Making it fresh.

>> Skylar (18:48):
Making it fresh. Fantastic. And in grieve. What did you
y mowing Yard work. awesome. So Mr. Willie kind of gives you
guys the full list of assignments of everything that needs to be done in the park.
He kind of marks names next to some of this work to make sure that,
you know, it's distributed pretty nicely. And then he
bids you all ado. He says, you know, you got your cabin set up, all
your years inside. He plans

(19:08):
to return in one week's time. And as
he's leaving, he gives you one final
win. shout out.
o run. I'll be back on the mainland running marketing
and such for the park. So I'll trust you all can be trusted to keep
up with things here. But u do be aware the bridge
will be unavailable during your week. So, I mean, unless
there's a major emergency,

(19:30):
neither I nor anybody else will be able to really pick you
up until the week'over so
anyway, see you gu.
And he hop back into the bus and he
heads back to the mainland.

>> Cameron (19:43):
We have food, right?

>> Skylar (19:44):
Yeah. Oh, yeah. There's a food, like here in the mess hall. Like you can. There's a
kitchen in.

So he's not gonna stay to make sure that
we're doing our cleanup job
correctlyage.

>> Cameron (19:54):
Yeah. Sound.

>> Skylar (19:56):
Say what you sound like je Justin is over there. He goes, oh,
yeah, dude, let's have a raer razer on
Roanoke.

>> Cameron (20:02):
Who cares about cleaning?

>> Skylar (20:04):
And then he. And then he kind of leans up to you and he's like, I don't know about the old guy
over there, though. He was like a nerd. He seems like a
narc. Oh, yeah, dude, It's.

>> Cameron (20:12):
I'm just glad I don't have to.

Clean the pool with him.

>> Cameron (20:14):
I'm kind of glad that I hopped over to cabin clean. Guy
seems like a loser.

>> Skylar (20:18):
Yeah, I'm glad I didn't get the pool either.

my guy got a, ah, giant.

>> Cameron (20:23):
Smile on his face. Strai. And then you
guys hear him like, you hear a camera click. And then
the scroll of him. And in
like this old. Those old disposable wind
up. You hear it like the disposable click
sound of those dis. And then you just put the. Him
turning the knob to prep the next one as
he's taking a picture of just like a potted plant on a

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windowill.

>> Skylar (20:47):
Oh, u. I. I'm the one.

>> Cameron (20:48):
That got the pool. I got the pool.

>> Skylar (20:50):
and you see Hazel is raising her hand.
Hazel gives off the vibes that she.
When group assignments are done, she just does the
whole thing. It's not even like nobody
else wanted to. She just did it
before anybody really had a chance to even assign the work
between them all. she'got glasses, she'got

(21:11):
freckles, she'got red hair. And like I said, she'got a
comically large backpack. Mabel.

Mabel. Vibes, Ma.

>> Skylar (21:18):
With that being said, for the next three
days, you guys are doing various work. And
so like that, I want to give you guys an interact or an opportunity to
interact with the NPCs. So based on the list that I
have here, Hazel is going to be working at the pool with Martin
Fresh. Soapy Joe, what did you end up deciding on?

>> Cameron (21:35):
M. cabin cleaning.

>> Skylar (21:36):
Cabin cleaning. You're goingna be with Ophelia,
the one.

>> Cameron (21:39):
That doesn't want to be here.

>> Skylar (21:41):
Yeah. And then finally we got grief. Who's
going to be doing yard work? Anyone want to kick things off? Anyone
in particular want to start with the interaction?

>> Cameron (21:50):
I guess I can.

>> Skylar (21:51):
Okay, sounds good. So, Connor, AKA Soapy
Joe, you are cleaning up the cabins.
Yep. And, do you have a particular cabin that you're
at looking in the map that I have in front of you?

>> Cameron (22:01):
Spe @ the banana Cabinana.

>> Skylar (22:03):
Cabin. All right. You're at the Banana Cabin.

>> Cameron (22:05):
NER Cabin.

>> Skylar (22:06):
Ophelia.

Yep.

>> Skylar (22:07):
And what are you guys currently working on? Well, what are you
working on? And maybe she's doing another element of it, like she's washing
windows.

>> Cameron (22:13):
Well, Soapy Joe, he's got to be. He's got to film this vlog,
right? So he's got to pull out the camera real quick. He's
got to flip it around. And Ophelia is, like, off in the
room.

He's like.

>> Cameron (22:23):
So he turns on the camera, like, what's up?

>> Skylar (22:25):
Su'nation, it's your boy, Soapy Joe.

>> Cameron (22:27):
We have Roanoke island in Camp Roanoke in North
Carolina. This is the home of the lost
colony. Dude, we'renna see what happened
here. Why did they disappear? Who disappeared? And heoes
really close to the camera.

>> Skylar (22:40):
Maybe it was Bigfoot.

>> Cameron (22:42):
And we'll just be here the whole week.

>> Skylar (22:44):
We're gonna spend 168
hours here at.

>> Cameron (22:48):
Camp Roanoke to come getick to the bottom
of that mystery. Stay tuned. And also,
this video is sponsored by Quantum Beans. Thanks,
Quantum Beans, for sponsoring this video. More about them later.
He just, like, hits the off button and I'SORRY that was too
loud. I gotta be up for my audience, you know,
It's.

>> Skylar (23:07):
Oh, yeah, it's fine. I was pretty much just trying to ignore it to the
best of my abilities. Wait, did you say quantum beans? Quantum
beans. Yeah, I actually like quantum beans. They're actually really good.
Really? Yeah, I drink a lot of, Quantum means
coffee.

That's sick, man.

>> Skylar (23:20):
S your darkest rose. It's the dark.

>> Cameron (23:22):
It just opens your third eye.

>> Skylar (23:24):
It's just.

>> Cameron (23:25):
They just get it, you know? They just get.

>> Skylar (23:27):
Yeah. Do you know a lot about third eyes?

>> Cameron (23:29):
Yeah, that's, like my thing.

>> Skylar (23:30):
That's like.

>> Cameron (23:31):
So I got this YouTube channel, right? We got, like. Got, like
50K subs on it.

>> Skylar (23:35):
Wow.

>> Cameron (23:35):
And that's like, all we do is we just, like. We do
cryptozoology. We do some conspiracy theories.
We dive deep into the mind.

>> Skylar (23:43):
The t o my God, into the.

>> Cameron (23:44):
Mind and into the mystery.

>> Skylar (23:46):
The mind is definitely a deep place to go into. I. To
explore the depths of the mind. But mostly through, like,
Like Eldritch stuff. I like to, like.

Like Cthulhu.

>> Skylar (23:56):
I'm a really big fan of that work. I read
a lot of Edgaran Poe, actually.

>> Cameron (24:01):
You read the name My con?

>> Skylar (24:02):
Yeah. Then the dark hearts? Pretty much.

>> Cameron (24:05):
Dude, you should check out my YouTube channel. It's called Soby
Joe. So be Joe got like 50k subs.
But re. We're.
We're getting.
We're getting.

>> Skylar (24:12):
I don't know, the other goths at school, if they saw
that I subscribe to a guy named Soi Joe, I think
they stopped hanging out with me.

No.

>> Cameron (24:20):
Cause, like, it's. It's just, the name m. You gotta, like.
You gotta see the content. We're turnurning out some stuff,
like, you know, What? I'm actually tonight I'm going
sasquatch hunting in the little trees area.

>> Skylar (24:31):
Oh really?

>> Cameron (24:32):
Yeah, you should come with, dude.

>> Skylar (24:33):
I mean me? Yeah. Actually, that sound pretty tempting. I
love the dark
spaces.

>> Cameron (24:41):
Yeah, I love the dark spaces, dude.

>> Skylar (24:43):
Yeah. Do you mind if I. If we do go out there, do you mind if I
do like a low ritual or something? Is that u.

>> Cameron (24:49):
As long as you don't like sacrifice me or anything.

>> Skylar (24:51):
I. No, no. We haven't gone that far yet.
Noayids. No, it's more like
like some light chanting and mixing of various
herbs and spices.

>> Cameron (25:01):
So she's the kernel.

>> Skylar (25:03):
Usually go with like 11 herbs and
spices. That's usually my maximum. That I have
gone as far as. But I have friends within my coven that
have gone as far as 16. 16.
Yeah.

Yeah.

>> Skylar (25:15):
Let. Let's do it, man. Right on. Okay. Yeah,
but like let's not bring
Hazel or Justin. Those guys are annoying. Braydn
is fine. He's quiet and that's important. But the other
two are like blah blah blah all the time.
It's annoying as all get out. I don't know about the other
two guys, but the one guy kind of has

(25:35):
freaky shorts. They're really. Yeah, you
really.

>> Cameron (25:38):
You just kind of hope that he doesn't like squat
downus'like.

>> Skylar (25:42):
You're afraid of what you're going toa see? more than anything.

>> Cameron (25:45):
Yeah.
So we'll.

We'll see about him, you know.

>> Skylar (25:48):
But you know, there's also the old
guy too. I don't know about him. Oh dude, I swear he works
at my school. Does he? Yeah, I'm pretty sure he does. I think he's like
the history teacher or something. I don't know. He never does
like gothic history, so I like pretty much never go to his
class. Just been skirting by on A C
minus. AC's get degrees though. Yeah.

(26:08):
Yeah.

So yeah, let's.

>> Skylar (26:10):
I just realized I'm a 27 year old guy talking to high school
stud.

Well, I'm.

>> Skylar (26:14):
I'm a senior.

>> Cameron (26:15):
Okay.

>> Skylar (26:15):
I mean I'm.
Are you?
Yeah. Let's say you're 18.

>> Cameron (26:23):
I like that you're at least 18.

>> Skylar (26:24):
Just to clarify list like isn't like a date? No. Or Joe.
No.

>> Cameron (26:28):
Why not just say what you do. It kind of looks a little
weird.

>> Skylar (26:31):
Well, not if we have Braydn and we have. Yeah. Yeah.

>> Cameron (26:34):
Let's get at least a couple other people up in there.

>> Skylar (26:36):
No, yeah, absolutely. I mean in sa. so do you really think that Bigfoot
is On this island, man, I got a
good.

>> Cameron (26:43):
I got a good feeling that I've.

>> Skylar (26:44):
Heard some people may have seen about also. You've
never seen Bigfoot before? I could tell you more about
that later. But yeah, we like cryptic.

>> Cameron (26:54):
I have experienced Bigfoot.

>> Skylar (26:56):
I. I don't want to
say too loudus.

>> Cameron (27:00):
Like I don't want pay sh.

>> Skylar (27:02):
It'just us in this cabin cleaning. Yeah.

But you never know what kind of.

>> Skylar (27:05):
Microphones or whatever they got up in these things. Oh,
fair enough. Want to just want to make sure.

>> Cameron (27:10):
That no one else really hears because a lot of people don't
understand. They don't understand about Bigfoot.

>> Skylar (27:15):
Yeah, I mean, I get the solace and the desire
to like separate yourself from the rest of like the idiots
in society. So like, I kind of get it.
All right, fantastic. So, yes. You guys have
plans to potentially, go film a
video and whatever it is that Ophelia does
in the woods, just outside of the campgrounds,

(27:35):
which. Pretty cool, between Fatty or so
should I say Greieve and Martin. Anybody
else want to jump in here? Martin, you are
cleaning the pool with Hazel. I think Hazel is
also somebody you probably recognize. She
is a senior and she is working towards.
Actually shes graduated this year.

>> Cameron (27:55):
Yeah.

>> Skylar (27:55):
And she's going into college this coming school
year.

Okay. So we're just standing by the pool cleaning
it, I'm guess saying.

>> Skylar (28:03):
Yeah.

>> Cameron (28:03):
Oh my gosh.

>> Skylar (28:04):
Mr. Fresh. I.
You know, I was really surprised when I saw you in the
lineup of people to do this.

>> Cameron (28:12):
Well, yes, yes, Hazel, I'm
really excited to be working at this summer
camp.

>> Skylar (28:18):
Yeah, absolutely. So like, is there a specific reason that you
chose this job or.

>> Cameron (28:22):
Oh, just earn on the old paycheck while
working away this summer.

>> Skylar (28:27):
Oh, okay.

>> Cameron (28:27):
So school'out of session.

>> Skylar (28:29):
Don't you know, I suppose that's a fair point. Do like teachers
not get paid enough or.

>> Cameron (28:33):
Oh no, I get paid plety. It's just a little
extra dollars on the top. It's like a cherry on
a cake.

>> Skylar (28:40):
Sure.

>> Cameron (28:40):
I love cake. Hazel.

>> Skylar (28:43):
Yeah? Cake is dead. Cake is de.

>> Cameron (28:45):
Are you excited be heading, off to college?

>> Skylar (28:47):
Yeah, absolutely I am. I'm hoping to get like, lots of sort of like
kind of creditation to some extent for doing this job
here at the park. My goal is crossing my
fingers to get a degree in marine
biology. You know, I'm gonna get that doctor's degree.

>> Cameron (29:02):
Oh, that's a hard field to get into.

>> Skylar (29:04):
Yeah, I know, I know, but I feel Pretty confident. You know,
I. I mean, you. Anybody knows I have, like,
straight A's all through high school. So, I mean, I'm not too
worried. I don't know. College is just like a whole different
world, you know?

>> Cameron (29:16):
No, I know. I went through wa years of it.

>> Skylar (29:19):
Yeah. it's definitely a scary transition, you know, just being
off on my own
and, not having my parents there to be, like, all
me about, you know, study, study, study, and, you know,
do these prep tests and stuff like that. But, like, I think I'm ready.

>> Cameron (29:33):
Oh, yeah, you're a smart kid and you got
initiative, and that's what matters in the college world.

>> Skylar (29:39):
Well, hey, you know, that initiative is why I'm here in the first place. Like, I
figured, you know, we're on an island after all. Like, there's a very
high chance that I could see marine life right like that around
the islands. And so, like, that'that's what I'm hoping.

>> Cameron (29:50):
Hey, if you play your cards right, you can maybe get this
as a preliminary elective.

>> Skylar (29:55):
Yeah, I always thought it was like, maybe, an early step
towards, like an internship even.

>> Cameron (30:00):
That could work too.

>> Skylar (30:02):
Sure.

>> Cameron (30:02):
Okay.

>> Skylar (30:03):
I mean, I guess maybe. Nah, I don't know. I don't know what kind of connection.

>> Cameron (30:05):
I got internship hours working in a camp back in
my college days. Oh, really? Oh, yeah.
Wow.

I mean, was.

>> Skylar (30:13):
What was. What was the camp like?

>> Cameron (30:15):
It was, a science camp.

>> Skylar (30:18):
What?

>> Cameron (30:18):
Yeah. You went to a science camp? Yeah.
It's a big part of the reason why I'm actually working here
this summer.

>> Skylar (30:25):
Almost as cool as space camp.

>> Cameron (30:28):
Space camp? I was.
I. Space camp came and went.

>> Skylar (30:33):
Like you went to space?

>> Cameron (30:34):
No, I didn't go to. I sadly did not. I
didn't go to space camp.

Oh, shoot.

>> Cameron (30:39):
I wanted to.

>> Skylar (30:40):
No, I mean, I wanted to as.

Well, but m. My, if you're gonna.

>> Skylar (30:43):
Go into a marine biology, there's not really any point dealing with space in
space camp.

>> Cameron (30:47):
It's pricey.

>> Skylar (30:48):
Yeah, that too.

>> Cameron (30:48):
You have to know someone to help pay for it. That's
right. Or just not go.

>> Skylar (30:53):
And that's kind of how I ended.

>> Cameron (30:55):
So instead I went to the local science camp every summer.
And that was just as good. Cool.

>> Skylar (30:59):
What kind of stuff do they do at Science can?
Experiments?

>> Cameron (31:03):
U. lots of paier mache volcanoes,
Potatoes with electricity.

>> Skylar (31:09):
Kindergarten.

>> Cameron (31:10):
Yeah, DAV was a little below me
too. But, you know, it was still fun to be
surrounded by my peers.

>> Skylar (31:17):
Oh, I would, I would assume in doing science, I mean,
obviously that's. That's Just an abl.
Yes.

>> Cameron (31:23):
I just love being out in nature, too.

>> Skylar (31:25):
Hey, this is a perfect place for that.

Exactly.

>> Skylar (31:28):
I also love nature, specifically ocean waters
and the sea creatures that live inside of it.

>> Cameron (31:34):
Good thing we're on an island land.

>> Skylar (31:36):
What a heart saying.

>> Cameron (31:38):
Is that why you picked the pool?

>> Skylar (31:41):
Well'honest to be honest, I really wanted to
do some of the equipment stuff, so hopefully I'll get it to do
that later. Like this weekus. I really want to end up over at the north
beach, and I think that just be the perfect place.

>> Cameron (31:52):
Oh, yeah. Find some photoplankton,
some. Yeah. Crabs,
starfish. Sure. Find yourself a
waditing pool.

>> Skylar (32:02):
Sure.
Yeah.
Ah. And then I can, like, look underneath the rocks and see all the cool
stuff. Yeah, yeah. That's what I'm going for.

>> Cameron (32:07):
I did that back in science camp.

>> Skylar (32:10):
Yeah. Did you find cool stuff?

>> Cameron (32:11):
Yeah, I found, like, a real cool rock with the
skeleton in it.

>> Skylar (32:15):
Like a fossil.

>> Cameron (32:16):
Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's what they're called how you
think.

>> Skylar (32:19):
About the possibility of finding fossils. And with that,
we'll call a close on the interaction
between Martin, Fresh and
Hazel. and then last but not least, working the yard
work, we've got Braden and
Greieve Gershwin. Now, Greieve tell
me if
he'he's picking up

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entire, like, picnic tables
and setting them out along like you'ly.
Do you want a bow?

What are he was doing?

>> Skylar (32:47):
Or this is what I'm American brains doing this. But if you be down
to mow or mowing's a really loud
thing.

Greie would be totally interested in cleaning
up leaves or in o sherriff fallen tree
debris, because he's heard that that is
a great height of snakes or the cottonmuth.

>> Skylar (33:06):
Makes sense. That makes sense. Okay, so you're raking and
clearing debris and stuff like that. when you clear a particular
area, Brain'been making trips back and forth
between the supply shack where a lot
of the equipment is stored, and then bringing it back, sending it out. It's usually
pretty heavy equipment. Like I said, he'got like, entire
picnic tables that he's hauling in and out. and finally

(33:26):
he comes back and he got an area cleared out. He sits down
a table.

Am I supposed to sit on the table? or is it give me an,
invitation or asking me to help him lift the table?

>> Skylar (33:35):
Here's the tricky thing. Braydn's not the most talkative
guy, so it's up to you. I mean, if you truly
don't want to say a single thing to Braydn and
we move past it. That's. If that's what you feel like your
character is all about, that's totally fine.

So truthfully, the only reason that Grie volunteered for
this particular role is because it would be the
most kind of scout worthy
job. Or he can just. Oh yeah, it'scope out the
area. Look. Sure. He looks for
animal print or so scat.

>> Skylar (34:06):
Nice.

He has definitely mistaken a couple pieces of dirt for
poo. But courseio was just. Just sometimes you get a little too.

>> Skylar (34:12):
Excited and you think it's poo that it's
not. You get kind of bummed out.

Yes.

>> Skylar (34:17):
So fair enoughly.

Tasted like dirt.

>> Cameron (34:19):
O.

>> Skylar (34:20):
You know, that's the best way to tell. Braden comes by and
he sits down a ah, picnic table right by
where you just finished out.

>> Cameron (34:29):
Man, they don't make them any lighter.

You need some help there, mate?

>> Skylar (34:34):
No, no, it'fine I got it.

>> Cameron (34:36):
I got it.

>> Skylar (34:37):
I don't worry about me. I wrestle in college professionally.
So yeah, I'got. I've got it taken care of.

Good. Cause I kinda scrawny. I don't do a whole lot of
heavy lift. Unless you kinda alligator.

>> Skylar (34:48):
Yeah, I mean there'no off. No offense or anything like that, but.
You kinda look like a track kid.

Yeah. Go for speed rather than
strength.

>> Cameron (34:56):
Hey, you know that's.

>> Skylar (34:57):
You teach their own. Teach your own.

>> Cameron (34:59):
U. So u.

>> Skylar (35:01):
Hey, look, I don't mean to be.

>> Cameron (35:03):
That guy, but u.

>> Skylar (35:04):
This outfit you got on, what's.

>> Cameron (35:06):
U.

>> Skylar (35:07):
What's.
Is it like your grandma maker for you or like
what's going on there?

Have you never seen the Crocodile Hungter
diaries?

>> Cameron (35:16):
No, I'm 21.

>> Skylar (35:19):
is this like an old person thing?

Well, I'm only 27 and I'm still
big fan of Crocodile Huter.

>> Skylar (35:26):
That's like a six year difference.

A lot happens in six years.

>> Cameron (35:30):
A lot happens in six years.

Yes. That's my idols.

>> Skylar (35:34):
You would graduate from college and one and a half
times in that span.
Sorry, what were you saying? I had to run the math in my head.

No, you said you wrest. I'm glad you're not wearing your little
leotarduse. That would be even shorter than my
budgie shorts.

>> Cameron (35:49):
Oh yeah.

I really looked to make sure that's the actual turf.

>> Skylar (35:51):
I mean I left them in the. In the cabin, but they are
here.

>> Cameron (35:55):
You know, be honest.

You bring your leotard?

>> Skylar (35:57):
I was just about to say I'm not really 100% sure
why I brought it just comfortable.
I like to sleep in it.

I'll tell you what. If I find an alligator, you and I can
take turns wrestling it.

>> Cameron (36:08):
Oh, y. Yeah.

Me and my budgie shorts. You and your leotard. We'll see you can
pin it soonest.

>> Skylar (36:13):
Hey.

>> Cameron (36:14):
All right.

>> Skylar (36:14):
You know, hey, I'm always done for a competition. So you're, like, an alligator
expert? Yeah. That was, like, your home.

I'd say. I'm an enthusiast. I don't want to get too
cocky and call myself an expert.

>> Skylar (36:23):
Okay, well, so there's
actually alligators around here?

Yeah, the alligators are native to
North Carolina.

>> Skylar (36:32):
We, like, on an island.

Alligators can swim. They're amphibious.

>> Cameron (36:37):
Okay.

Or reptilian, but.

>> Cameron (36:39):
Right.

>> Skylar (36:39):
I mean, I just wasn't sure, like, how far they
swim. You know, I always thought they were, like, in lakes and
rivers, but I also haven't studied, so. M. I'm
way off. I'm way off.

>> Cameron (36:49):
You know what? This is your.

>> Skylar (36:50):
This is your area, not my area. My area is
wrestling your areas.

>> Cameron (36:54):
Gators and stuff.

>> Skylar (36:55):
so, yeah, m. My apology.

>> Cameron (36:56):
My.

>> Skylar (36:57):
I'm not trying to say.

See where we were coming from from strictly, ecological
standpoint, as there's not a lot of other bodies
of water other than saltw water around thisah here
island.

>> Skylar (37:07):
Do gators like saltater?

No, that's crocodiles.

>> Skylar (37:10):
Oh.

You know, the saltwater crocodile.

>> Skylar (37:13):
U. Oh, so you think there's crocodiles around here?

No, those are in Egypt.

>> Skylar (37:18):
Oh, interesting.

But if I found a crocodile, that'd be crazy. I'd
be more famous than Steve.

>> Skylar (37:27):
Steve Irrin.

The crocodile haunter cry.

>> Skylar (37:33):
Oh, yeah, the thing you mentioned before.

Yeah, that guy. Sorry.

>> Cameron (37:36):
Int interest.

I. I just realize he's supposed to. You're supposed to be doing
Australia now. I told you it was very bad. I got
man. And that's about all I could handle. And I can'ad
lib and come up with an accent at the same time.

>> Skylar (37:48):
well, good.
Good luck, finding this. This, on this gator hunt that you're
doing. and with that, we kind of close things out with,
Grieve Gershwin. After the first
night, you guys, all head back to have
dinner over at the mess hall. And Justin has been working at the
mess hall. he's been getting the kitchen all cleaned up and ready, and
he figured while he's there, he might as well make dinner. so he's

(38:09):
putting plates and stuff in front of you, and he says, all right,
so I don't know about you guys, but I Had this crazy cool
idea. Hear me out. Okay, so we're
here until Friday morning. Thursday
night, we're pretty much gonna have all the work done. no big deal,
right? Thursday. By Thursday, on
Thursday night, we should totally have like a big
bonfire. We can like, cook hot dogs

(38:31):
and s'mores and
tell scary stories. Just saying.
Come on. Great idea. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
O.

>> Cameron (38:41):
Well, sounds like a grand idea.
That's two yeses.

>> Skylar (38:45):
Anyone else?

>> Cameron (38:46):
I came out here for the camp experience, so
let's have it.

>> Skylar (38:49):
Hazel. Hazel's like, I don't know. Okay, that's, U
that you shut up.

Not enough.

>> Skylar (38:54):
That's tonic mil,
Ophelia. I said call me
Onyx. Oh, sorry, Onyx. what about
you? If I don't hear something that terrifies
me to my absolute soul, I will
probably lose it. So I'm in.

>> Cameron (39:09):
All right.

>> Skylar (39:10):
Sweet. Okay, Braydn. Brayden. Come on, my
man. I don't really care what you do,
as long as it doesn't bother me.
Okay, that's again, not a know. What about you over here? dude
with the shorts.

Count me and mate.

>> Cameron (39:26):
O. I didn't know we had an Aussie with us.

It comes and goes, comes and goes.

>> Skylar (39:32):
It just kind of pops in her long. How long you
lived in Australia?

Never buunt, never lived there. I was
on a three week mission trip there for O.

>> Cameron (39:42):
Is that where you got that fancy bandana
from?

That's where.

>> Cameron (39:47):
Oh, that's nice. You know, your outfit kind
of reminds me of the late great Steve Irwin.
Finally somebody recognize you.

>> Skylar (39:56):
You see Brayn just roll his eyes.

>> Cameron (39:58):
Like this guy again.

Oh my gosh.

>> Skylar (40:00):
And then you just see, you see Aphelia and Hazel kind of look over and. And
they're like, who are they talking about? And he's like, it's just some old guy
for same show.

>> Cameron (40:08):
I'm currently, like, beinning my arm, like
doing wrestling maneuvers, and I'm like, oh, he knew
how to tussle with them gators, didn't he? That's
horrible form. You're gonna hurt yourself is what Steve
Irwin did. He would wrestle them
gators.

He was a bete.

>> Cameron (40:26):
I thought the gators were the butte.

He and they were a butte. No, a beau
to society.

>> Cameron (40:32):
Oh, I believe it.

>> Skylar (40:38):
You guys come to the end of her first day. You sleep. Next
morning you wake up, so on and so forth
until you hit that Thursday night that
Justin had been so excited for. It's Thursday is
your last full day.

No more of us talking with any other NPCs?

>> Skylar (40:53):
I assume that you guys probably talked to him a little here on there
Bonfire O true ye. Yeah, the
bonfires whereever everything comes out. Mr. Willy
will be returning on Friday morning to take you all back
to the mainland and potentially hire on two of
you more full time. you guys all see
the large fire pit at the center of the camp

(41:13):
and have one final cookout, which
is going to be your send off per sev. you finish up
your work Thursday afternoon, you spot braiden bringing in a
few big o logs, to the fire pit, setting them
inside, you head off to go clean up at your cabin
just as it's starting to get dark. And so then by the time you
get done at your respected cabin, you head back over, the

(41:33):
flames are already started, the
bonfire is up and running, it's roaring. And
you sit down on one of the half log benches and you start
cooking a, hot dog or a s'more or whatever it is that you want. as far
as, like, camp food goes and over the heat,
as everyone kind of nestles in, you've all gotten to
know at least a little bit about each other over the course of your time

(41:54):
here, and now's an opportunity to find out
more. But before you guys can just kind of start
getting into casual conversation about each other's lives.
Justin stands up with a villainous grin across
his face. Well, I have to admit,
it's been, a great week working
alongside all of you. some more than others.
but I digress. We are the first

(42:16):
people to get to enjoy Camp Roanoke. And that's pretty
cool if you think about it. In my opinion, at least. So I
think it's only fair that we leave something
for the future campers.
What did you have in mind? Ophelia asked
skeptically. This.
Justin withdraws his hand from behind his back and
reveals a wooden totem that you guys

(42:39):
recognize from one of the glass cases
stashed in the museum wing of the mess hall.
I don't think we're supposed to take those
cases.

>> Cameron (42:49):
Wa. Hey, you're not supposed to have that.
That's an artifact of the history area.

>> Skylar (42:54):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I'm probably not supposed to have it, but here's the
thing. It's a special night. And I'm not gonna tell
Willie if you guys don't tell Will.

>> Cameron (43:02):
What are youna do, Will?

>> Skylar (43:04):
All right, here. Here's what I'm thinking. So we each
tell a scary story, right? We talked about this before,
right? Scariest one that you know. And we'll
pass the totem around. So then whoever has the totem,
they get to tell their story. No interruptions,
no comments from anybody. Nothing. That always ruins it.
You know what I mean? We're justnna sit here quietly and let them

(43:25):
finish the story. Okay, that's, that's going toa be our
cool tradition that we're going toa start here at the camp
and then it's going to get passed on, as whoever
you know, comes here to the camp and like does their whole thing right. So if
any of us, whatever, two of us get hired, you guys, you guys
are responsible. Her pat in this onng
u who wants to go first? And he holds out the totem to

(43:45):
all of you.

Greieve we'take the tot.

>> Skylar (43:48):
All right. Shorts is taking the totem. Also, by the way, I've
been meaning to ask. How many pairs does I
like this.

>> Cameron (43:54):
Name is just short'a love. They calling a name Shortarts for now.

>> Skylar (43:57):
I don't even care what his name is. He's short.

Never the nickname I watchlt.
Short.

>> Cameron (44:03):
Why you complain that you just got like one of the funniest
nicknames?

It's just never the bigame. I expect it to be. I expect
everything to be shortened. But it's. But
Greed was short enough.

>> Skylar (44:15):
It is pretty short.

Yeah, but Shorts.

>> Skylar (44:17):
But so short.
All right, so you have the totem. U tell
us your scary story.

Alright folks. You've heard about things that
stalk the land. Things that were once men. Like ghosts
and wedding ding goes. Now let me tell you
about something that belongs to the water. Something
older. They call it the Gatoraur.
Now I have spent my life around gaters. Respect
them, understand them. Love em mostly.

(44:50):
But the gatoraur, that's something else
entirely. More than just a big gator, the
legends of it extend all around the world. And they go back
generations. Whispers among the old
fishermen. Tales told in hushed tones around
crackling fires much like this wall.
They speak like a beast that
dwarfs any normal alligator. A relic from

(45:12):
a time when giants walk the earth. They say it
has scales like iron, teeth like
daggers, and an intelligence. An awareness
that chills you to the bone. Maybe there's
multiple of them. Or maybe it's just this one I've been
hunting. That currently exists. Who knows.
For years it was just folklore. Scary stories

(45:33):
to keep kids away from the deep Wada. But lately
the disappearances started subtly. A fishing boat
here. A small skip stop there. Lost at sea,
they said. Storms come quick. But
the locals, they knew better. They felt it in the
one a primal unease. I
heard tale of a whale washing up on shores with a

(45:53):
big o chunk of flesh bitten out of it. Now
you tell me what a thing like
that to the largest creature on this dang o
planet. Then came the sightings.
Not just glimpses into the murky depths.
Fishermen swore they saw something fast and dark
moving beneath the surface. Something that made their
boats rock violently even in calm

(46:15):
waters. One old salt, a
man who'd wrestled gate as his whole life claimed he
salt breach said it was the size of a small
cot, its jaws lined with rows
upon rows of teeth. You could lose a lem in its
eyes. They set itlow with a malevolent
green light. More boats vanished.

(46:35):
Not wrecked, not overturned, just
gone. Days later, debris
would wash ashore. Splintered wood, torn
nets. And sometimes other things.
Things I won't describe in detail.
Things that told of a hunger that knew no
bounds. That's what drew me
here. The legends, the recent spike in

(46:58):
disappearances. I had to see for
myself. Is it just a monster of myth?
Or is there something truly lurking in these
waters? Mr. Willie was kind enough to let
me stay, help out with the camp in exchange for the
chance to explore the sounds and inlets around the
island. And let me tell you, the water
here feels different. Heavy.

(47:20):
Like something is always watching from below.
Ive seen the unnatural wake, the sudden
violent disturbances that can't be explained by
currents. I haven't seen it yet,
but I feel it in my bones. You don't spend
as much time around gaiators as I have and not
notice these subconscious signs,
much like you. Hazy. I've always been

(47:42):
curious about the watery depths and what lies beneath
them. But things like this make you wader
what's truly looking beneath the surf, waiting for
its next meal.

>> Skylar (47:59):
And with that, you hand back the totem over to
Justin, who says, well, geez, you could have
told me that before I did work on the beach.
Geez, I don't want to go anywhere near the waters
now. Big
gators.

Who would a guess who's next?

>> Cameron (48:17):
Well, was that the story of Big Al? You
didn't mention Big Al's name once in there. You kept
call at the gosaur.

I thought it was just assumed that a big
gator obviously big it
fe.

>> Cameron (48:32):
And I look out for Big O around these parts.

>> Skylar (48:34):
Everyone knows that, obviously gatoraur is
like his Latin name.

>> Cameron (48:41):
Sorry, I don't speak Italian.
All right, who's next?

>> Skylar (48:44):
Who's telling the Next scary story question.

Are they ever going toa tell a story?

>> Skylar (48:49):
No.

So it's just gonna be a stir.

>> Skylar (48:50):
Right?

>> Cameron (48:51):
Okay. I'm fine. Right.

Reading the next one since you said Connors is the best one anyways. Well,
always save the best for a August for sure.

>> Cameron (48:57):
It's the longest.

>> Skylar (48:58):
Justin. Justin leans over at hands. Martin Fresh
the o. I think I.

>> Cameron (49:02):
M try to turn it one of these spooky stories
so remman doesn't have any big alligators in
it. let me think.
Scary stories. Oh, this one
time,
I was hangering for some cereal

(49:24):
and I went over to the fridge and I opened it up
and I opened the milk and it smells something
sour.

>> Skylar (49:34):
Everybody just stares at you blankly.

>> Cameron (49:37):
It was exp. Expired.
No, not good enough.

>> Skylar (49:44):
Okay,

>> Cameron (49:44):
Oh, one time I was shopping at the grocery store
and I had a whole shopping cart full of
groceries and knicknags and doodads and
I runung them up to the counter and she did the order
273 and IL.
Well, thank goodness I got my. Oh,
no, I left my coupon book
at home.

>> Skylar (50:10):
What's a coupon?

>> Cameron (50:11):
Okay, still nothing. Jeez.

I thought the scary part was just.

>> Cameron (50:15):
How expensive the groceries.

>> Skylar (50:17):
200. Yeah, that's true.

>> Cameron (50:18):
That is a pretty scary reality we are living
in. I've got an even scarier
story.
So the other day I was sitting there
looking at my calendar and I got an alert
that came up April
10th. I thought, oh, no, I

(50:40):
haven't done my taxes.
Still nothing. Oh my word. You got. What
kind of scary stories do you want? These are
terrifying. Well, Junior, just oneraid
different reasons I will say.

>> Skylar (50:57):
my parents do my Texas, so I don't really get it.

>> Cameron (51:00):
Okay, well, these adults can get it
27 your stories.

>> Skylar (51:05):
Yeah.

>> Cameron (51:06):
And you prob. Okay, stories are really targeted.
Okay, what kind? One that could scare all of
us.
What. What prey tell is in a scary story
that would scare all of you.
You know, like, you know, ah, a.

>> Skylar (51:18):
Spooky monster in the forest or something like that. Like
who.

>> Cameron (51:22):
Where we're at.
Well, that reminds me. you see,
I was out, in a cabin I own out in the
woods. You know, I go out there every so
often on the weekend to get away from a. The little
while from the hustle and bustle of life. You know, I'm

(51:42):
a. I'm an outdoorsman at heart. But I still like my
cabin life, you know. So I went out to
my cabin. A man needs his soul as don't you know,
and anywho, I was stoking at the fire.
Well, ham was u. cooking
away above it. I also had a thing of green beans
and rice and a cooking pot beside the fire

(52:03):
as well. So I'm stoking away and that's when I
hear this burbling sound from outside.
So, being the inquisitive swordt I am,
I go to see what's making that sound. So I go to
the door and open it to take a peek
outside. On the edge of the tugly wood,
there it stood. A giant

(52:24):
beast standing in its oofish
way. Its large figure standing on
trunks of muscle with long extending
claws tapping the ground where it
stood, claws ready to catch whatever it may
be. It stood there in its gyre and
gimbal in a weebble. As my eyes moved
from its lower to its upper, I saw its

(52:46):
jaw. A large jaw it be it was snapping at
the air nineaw at the air which it
breathed. Oh, ah, those jaws that bite the
cold, the fumes. Oh, and the
pho'cascading from the sides of its crooked
grin. In that moment, truly all
minsy were begroved. I tell you, I
looked eyes with that beast and its inner stair

(53:08):
grew overtaking me. The eyes,
engulfed in flame, consumed my presence as I
stood there on the precipice between what I had known
and what I didn't believe. Oh, the
mum wrps outgrave me in that moment.
Then I heard a timer from behind me.
I went, oh. Realized my hand was done and I went back

(53:29):
inside the check on it. As I did, I heard the beast
shuffle way back in the woods. So anywho,
that's how I met the scru strongest though it could have been a
rabid bear for all I know. But I still call it Scrunggus.

>> Skylar (53:43):
You look over and you see Hazel is furiously
flipping through a dictionary trying to find all the
obscure words that you had mentioned throughout your story and find out what they
mean. Or o crows. Oh, there it is.

>> Cameron (53:55):
Why Throwing the Cheshire Cat
lyrics.
What are you talking about?
You know was brilling in the
slimy toes and guy and gimbal in the waves. All
minzy where the moro groves and the mole rats outgray.
Well, that's just how I felt in the moment he
felt the chesher cat. I don't know. What? No
schishire cat is old guy.

>> Skylar (54:17):
That's Alice in Wonderland, actually.

>> Cameron (54:19):
Oh, I remember that story. The Disney
guy made it.
I know all about him.

>> Skylar (54:26):
I think I get it. Like, you go out into the woods for,
like, solace and it works on your poetry and stuff like that.

>> Cameron (54:32):
Poetry?

>> Skylar (54:33):
Yeah.

>> Cameron (54:34):
What are you talking about? What are you I'm talking
about when the scrungest disrupting my
habrewing.

>> Skylar (54:42):
Justin le for he starts taking the.
The. The totem. He says, I was that good enough.
yeah. The scrungest. Okay. Yeah.

>> Cameron (54:50):
Well, I'll keep our eyes out there. Scrungus is
probably as real as big L. Probably
not. It probably was just a rabid bear, to be
honest. What?

>> Skylar (55:00):
Well, u let's hope it was neither. Okay. U Anyone
else for a scary story?

>> Cameron (55:05):
I guess I'm up.

>> Skylar (55:06):
Oh, okay.
U yeah, go for it. U So be Joe. Yeah.

>> Cameron (55:09):
Yeah. So u as you know, I've told you guys, I'm
a YouTuber. None of you guys have checked out my channel, though I've
noticed at they gain
subscribers.
Yeah, the bad signal out here.
There's like no signal. Must be that. But, you know, I
I m. I told you guys I made a viral video a couple years ago.

>> Skylar (55:27):
This.

>> Cameron (55:27):
So this is the story of that viral video that I
made that got me.
Did you make that m Neon. Neon
cat video?

>> Skylar (55:35):
The rules. You're breaking the rules.

>> Cameron (55:37):
What rule?

>> Skylar (55:38):
He's got the totem.

>> Cameron (55:39):
Well, I, have questions. Can see one us these he said
viral video.

>> Skylar (55:42):
Yeah.

>> Cameron (55:43):
Were you the one that bit David's finger?
No, that was Charlie, though.

>> Skylar (55:48):
Charlie bit the finger. All right, no more interruptions.
All right. So.

>> Cameron (55:59):
I know we haven't known each other that long, but you know, the main thing you
guys should know about me? You should know about it. You should know this
about me. Yet by this point, I'm all into the weird stuff, right?
Know cryptozoology, unexplained
phenomena.

>> Skylar (56:12):
Bigfoot.

>> Cameron (56:14):
yeah, I'm a believer. Always have been. Even more
so now because a few months back, a few years back,
I finally got a crew together. Three other hardcore
squatch heads and we were headed up to the Redwood
National Park. And we were determined to find proof.
Not some blurry photo that was taken
like with a potato. Proof

(56:34):
of Bigfoot. So we spent the day out there
hiking through the giant trees that kind of make you
feel tiny. We had some pretty old, pretty solid
equipment, which is pretty dope, honestly. Thermal cameras and
all that. We were even setting a bait, you know. So the whole nine
yards, we heard things.

Sure.

>> Cameron (56:50):
Like branches snapping, like weird howls that echoed
through the forest, but nothing really concrete. We were starting to
get a little discouraged, to be honest. but then that
evening, Just as the sun was starting
to dip below the tree line, we
saw it moving through the trees, Like a
hundred yards away from us. It's huge, Covered in dark

(57:10):
fur. Smelled like an old tuna
cannon.

>> Skylar (57:14):
Feet.

>> Cameron (57:14):
We knew this was bigfoot.
My buddy mark, he had the good camera. So we started
filming. His hand was shaking so bad. We could see it was all
jerky, but you could see it clear as day.
The huge ape like creature Walking through the
forest like it owned the place. It glanced our way for a
split second, and I swear, his eyes, they.

Didn'T just see us.

>> Cameron (57:34):
It was like you could see the thoughts shooting through
his brain, like there was intellect there,
Human intelligence. He just stood there,
analyzing us, Watching us, I guess, Trying to decide
what to do next. Anyways, needless to say, we
were ecstatic. We had done it. We'd
finally found proof of bigfoot.
Everything in our power, we were doing it not to burst

(57:57):
out Just like ecstatically. And then the
creature just stood there. Its gaze was fixed on our
little group. And then it let out this sound. Not like a roar.
It was
not even a howl. It was like a lament. A
deep, guttural sound that vibrated in your chest.
Really made the hairs on my arms stand on. And it

(58:18):
sounded almost like it was in pain. And
we start to hear movement in the trees all around us.
Not just branches snapping. It was heavy
footsteps, Things rustling in the
undergrowth. We had no idea what it was, but
it was big. And there were many of them,
probably more bigfoots, Big feats,

(58:39):
Sasquatches, whatever. There was
something coming at us, and that's all we knew. We
tried to get out of there, but it was like we were surrounded.
The fog started to roll in super thick and fast,
and we ended up getting separated. I'm huffing and
puffing, Just trying to keep moving and telling my heart and
lungs that you just gotta keep up. I run a mile

(59:00):
before I start to slow down. And I didn't even stop moving. Every
time I exhaled, I was calling out for mark,
Sarah, or dale. But the only answer I got Was
that sound echoing through the trees. And
I managed to stumble my way out of the woods Just as the sun
was starting to rise, Half starved and terrified.
But I can't describe how much. My calves were on fire,

(59:20):
too. I drove back to the motel in the town
nearby. I locked every lock in the door and
barricaded it with the extra bed. I couldn't even shower
without the Door being open, and even then I had to hop out every time
I heard a noise. Eventually, curiosity got the
best of me, and when Mark had panicked back in the forest,
he dropped the camera. I'not really sure what compelled

(59:40):
me to do this, but I grabbed it before I ran off.
And some kind of desire to torture myself further
pushed me to open up the files. The footage
was incredible. The camera's internal shake
absorption really cleared things up. And Mark got
himself a top of the lineion piece when he bought it.
My stomach sank, though, as I heard that sound again, that low

(01:00:01):
bellow that the Bigfoot let out. I felt
nauseous, but I plugged through the hopes of catching a
glimpse of anything that could offer some hint of where the
others went and what happened to them. But it was pretty much
just footage of me picking up the camera and rushing
around before it. Tapping the record button and editing the video.
I decided to upload it. You might have seen it. that's

(01:00:21):
my viral video. The one where Bigfoot looks right at the
camera. It went viral and people said it was the
best Bigfoot footage they'd ever seen. That
was us. That was my team. I guess it was mainly
Mark. I figured there's no need for the footage to go to
waste, you know, since people went missing trying to get
it. As far as I know, Mark, Sarah and old Dale

(01:00:41):
never came out of those woods. They just
vanished. No trace. Park rangers searched
for weeks, but they found nothing. Sometimes, late at night
when a wind howls through the trees, I can hear that sound
again, that deep cry. And I can't
help but wonder, what did we stumble into out there?
And what price to my friends pay for that
discovery?

>> Fatty Lumpkins (01:01:02):
You sound awfully nonchalant about watching your
friends die.

>> Cameron (01:01:06):
We don't know if they died. I am holding out hope
that they'still out there.

>> Skylar (01:01:11):
As you're saying this, you suddenly feel
the totem in your hands start to kind of
vibrate almost and shake. And you watch
as it starts to glow like a light literally starts
to come off of it. And in the
distance towards the forest, you
swear you hear that same
lonesome moan erupt

(01:01:34):
from above the trees. And you all turn
to look, because you all hear it. And standing
about 100 yards away from you
is the scrungest.
And with that, we will close out the first episod
###e

(01:01:55):
September
5,
Anno.

>> Elizabeth (01:02:02):
Domini 1585
Elizabeth my patient. Love
the folly of these so called leaders. Here
is enough to curdle the very milk in a
bab'mouth we are now settled on
this Robooke Island, a patch of land,
wind swept and teeming with little more than trees

(01:02:24):
and buzzing insects.
And what foresight did our esteemed sir, Richard Grenville possess
in bringing us here? Precious little, it
seems. The stores are
dwindling faster than ale at a tavern on market
day. One would think a man entrusted with such
a venture would have the sen to ensure we were
adequately provisioned.

>> Skylar (01:02:45):
But no.

>> Elizabeth (01:02:46):
Now the great sir, Richard, in his infinite wisdom,
or utter lack thereof, has decided the only course
of action is to return to England for more supplies.
To England, Elizabeth. Leaving us
here, a handful of souls in this wild,
untamed land, vulnerable to God knows
what. He

(01:03:07):
speaks of a swift return. But I tell you, the man is an
utter fool. He struts about
like a peacock one moment and then abandons us like
unwanted pups the next. Does
he not see the risk he places us in?
The natives, though seemingly docile now,
surely harbour resentment after his

(01:03:27):
handling of the silver got affair.
We are sitting ducks. And his
reasoning? To sail all the way back across the
treacherous ocean, risking storms and Spanish
dogs, when the solution lies practically at our
feet. These locals.
These locals, they have their own

(01:03:48):
stores, their own ways of sustaining themselves.
Why not simply take what we need? They
are but savages, Elizabeth. What right have they
to hoard resources while Englishmen starve?
But no, Grenville, in his misplaced
sense of honor, or perhaps just plain
cowardice, forbids such a sensible

(01:04:09):
action. He pratters on about
diplomacy and peaceful coexistence. the
man is an utter simpleton. He has placed
us all in grave peril with his incompetence and his
lily livid approach. May God have mercy on
us, for Grenville certainly will not.
I can only pray that his abseinence is brief,

(01:04:30):
though I hold little hope. We
must fend for ourselves as best we can in his monumental
oversight. Write to me as soon as a ship
makes its way back to these forsaken shores.
Yours in growing frustration and concern,
Richard.

>> Skylar (01:04:52):
Hey, everyone. Skylar here, Creator and creative
director at Session Zero Heroes. I just wanted to quickly say
a few things before we head into the next episode. Firstly,
thank you so much for listening to our 2025 monster the
week one shot. We love creating these. And
honestly, Monster of the Week is what inspired us to create
TTRPG Content to begin with, so it holds a special

(01:05:12):
place in our hearts. We'll be posting a brand new episode
of Terror at Camp Roanoke every week throughout October
2025 with the final episode landing
nicely the day before Halloween on October
30th. We hope you enjoy the mystery we put together.
I personally had a ton of fun creating it and working with the
incredible vocal and musical talent that brought the intros and
outros to life. If you want to find out more about

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them, follow the talent on socials or even reach out
to them with your own project. Just check out the episode description and
you'll find their names, handles and links there. They all did
a phenomenal job, so a huge shout out to each and every one
of them. Speaking of links, if you want to follow more of what
we're doing at Session zero Heroes, be sure to check out our
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series and one shots that we've done. From Avatar
Legends and Dungeons and Dragons all the way to Kids on Bikes and
All Flesh Must Be Eaten, we try to create and play through
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