SBR 1.20: Door

"'Perhaps the answers Sam has been seeking were right under his nose the whole time...'"

Events of Note

 * Sam, Anna and Kitty find Madame Marie's office, as well as her corpse

Summary
Sam begins the segment by talking about the cats, before moving onto the augury forecast. Sam then talks about the discussion on the forums of the Man in the Flat Cap, including a post by Jimmy from Townsend.

Jimmy talked about his partner Ben. When they started dating, Jimmy bought Ben some roses for Valentine's Day, but instead of joy, Ben was horrified by the bouquet, throwing it in the bin immediately. Later, when Ben had recovered, the two of them sat together and he shared his story. He was stabbed, and was going to die. A man appeared to him, offering a way for him to live. Ben accepted; the man reached inside of him and retrieved a red rose.

Many years later, Jimmy returned home after a normal day to find Ben lying dead on the floor. He saw an empty jar on the windowsill, and in it was a red rose. As soon as Jimmy had noted the rose, it seemed to tremble, before dissipating into the air.

Sam says that this story seems legitimate, drawing parallels between Jimmy's rose and Sam's own Rose. He is interrupted by Anna rushing in, demanding to know what Sam thinks he's doing. She argues that Sam had to go to the hospital earlier that day as they were unresponsive for a few hours, and Sam dismisses her. They try to explain that hosting the show helps them, and Anna vocally disagrees, taking the opportunity to (rightfully) bad-mouth Madame Marie whilst she can. Sam states that the show feels like what he's 'meant to be doing', and asks Anna if that is a lie. She accepts that it may not be a lie, but it also might not be the truth. She then denies any arcane ability, weakly putting it down to good instincts. Sam laughs at this and makes a comment about her fiancé, whose name they still cannot remember. Anna then tells Sam that he is a danger to themself, and that they need to go somewhere with psychiatric professionals.

At this point, Kitty enters, apparently woken by the shouting match between her two siblings. She seems exasperated by Anna, but also tells Sam not to push her. As she de-escalates the conversation, there is a knocking sound coming from somewhere in the studio. Kitty uses her powers to move the desk, and the siblings find a pentagram carved into the floor. Sam states that Marie carved it, though none of them know how he knows. There is a trapdoor, and the siblings descend into the room, which Kitty and Anna identify as Madame Marie's study from the old house. The three of them find Marie's body, which seems to be fairly mutilated. By her hand, the words 'Samael Heir Apparent' are scratched into the floorboards. Sam reads these words and becomes transfixed. They repeat the words a few times at a whisper, before speaking loudly, saying 'I am Samael Apollo Enfield, Heir Apparent to the Blood Rose Crown. I speak and will be heard'. At this, Sam seems to snap out of his daze and tells the listeners that they're going to go to bed.

Characters Featured

 * Sam Enfield
 * Kitty Enfield
 * Anna Enfield
 * Madame Marie (corpse of)
 * Revel (Cat) (mentioned)
 * Eggroll (Cat) (mentioned)
 * Cosmo (Cat) (mentioned)
 * The Flat Cap Man (mentioned)
 * Salim the Weather Guy (mentioned)

Listeners writing in/mentioned:


 * Jimmy from Townsend, regarding his partner's death and the rose subsequently found

Augury Forecast
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''Today is the day you are currently experiencing. Tomorrow will be today, tomorrow. Tomorrow, today will be yesterday. So it goes.''

The cadence of the dawn chorus in Yorkshire suggests that a storm is coming.

''If your name begins with S, now is a bad time to lose sight of that which you hold most important. Look within yourself; the answers you seek have been with you all along.''

If you were born on a Tuesday, try looking down the back of the couch.

Bird seen flying overhead in Windermere suggest that now is a good time to learn to sew.

If you live in the shadow of a nearby hill, consider what you stand to gain from losing things that are weighing you down.

Trivia

 * Marie is the worst. This episode was aired on April Fool's Day, and that's because the way that Marie treated Sam was a joke, and just downright awful.