SBR 1.29: Over and Over

"'Sam has found a note from Madame Marie, which reveals more than he realises...'"

Events of Note

 * Sam finds a page written by Madame Marie with several relevant scribbles.
 * Kitty phones, and Sam seems to save her from three people chasing her.
 * Sam realises that Marie kept knowledge from him willingly.
 * Sam makes the conscious decision to stop searching for the Flat Cap Man, and subsequently coughs up a chess piece.

Summary
Sam begins the episode by telling the listeners about a note he found that he believes was written by Madame Marie. They found it in a box of old papers, mostly consisting of Kitty and Anna's old school reports and the like. There is also a book of spelling exercises with the name S. Enfield at the top.

Sam describes the strange note, which is slightly torn with some words missing. The page is covered in various Algiz symbols, and mentions both the Little Book of Big Magic and the True Arcanist Tarot. It mentions some Major Arcana, which match the ones in the tarot deck.

Sam speculates further on the writing on the page, but comes to the conclusion that in order to find the Man in the Flat Cap, you must do the opposite of what Arcanism teaches you; you must surrender your intent. Sam wishes aloud that Kitty would phone, as she would know what to do. At this, the phone rings. Sam is disbelieving, but answers the phone to Kitty.

She's in the Impossible House and she tells Sam to be quiet because there's some other people in the house with her. In the distance, three separate voices can be heard (Indi, Bliss, and Ingra). They are trying to find Kitty, and do. She demands that they let her go, and when they refuse, Sam shouts down the phone for them to 'Leave her alone!'. There is noise and then the phone disconnects. Sam talks to the Recording Machine, and the two of them conclude that the three voices with Kitty were not the same as the voice on the answerphone. Sam tries to summon the strange voice like he did with Kitty, and the phone rings. Instead of a voice, there is just static.

The phone disconnects, and Sam's nose is bleeding. They collect their thoughts, talking through everything they know. They mention the LBBM, and Marie's grandmother's shop. He states that the more he tries to remember, the less he can. He laments that he cannot help Kitty, and Revel turns up. Sam gives him affection and Revel, in turn, knocks the TAT onto the floor. Three cards remain face up: Ignorance, Ingratitude, and Indifference.

Sam makes some links, and realises that it was Marie that has been hiding everything from him. They realise that Marie deliberately lied to him. In the midst of this revelation, Sam finds a blood soaked note sticking out from the box of broken hand mirrors. It's the same note from when he first took over the radio show, the one that says that Marie was being treated at a local hospital. Sam laughs bitterly at how naïve they had been when they'd first read that note, thinking that it was one of Marie's practical jokes. He realises that the handwriting is Madame Marie's.

They state that Marie knew she was going to die, and did all she could to prevent the Man in the Flat Cap and Shell Suit from finding Sam, by making Sam look for him. Sam is near manic at this point, and decides to delete the thread on the forums about the Flat Cap Man. He states that he refuses to play anymore, and then papers start to force their way through the floorboards, saying 'Beware the Heir Apparent'.

Sam then begins to cough and chokes, and there is a clattering sound and a dog barking quietly. Sam has coughed up a chess piece, a King, The episode ends.

Characters Featured

 * Sam Enfield
 * Kitty Enfield
 * Cosmo (Cat)
 * Eggroll (Cat)
 * Revel (Cat)
 * Madame Marie (mentioned)
 * The Flat Cap Man (mentioned)
 * Indi
 * Bliss
 * Ingra
 * The Recording Machine
 * Rhytidia Delphus (mentioned)
 * Salim the Weather Guy (mentioned)
 * Janet the Tarot Witch (mentioned)
 * Astrid the Janitor (mentioned)
 * Oliver Boleyn (mentioned)
 * Anna Enfield (mentioned)
 * Nagisa (mentioned)
 * Scourge (mentioned, technically - 'ominous phone guy')

Listeners writing in/mentioned:


 * Karl
 * Amzzzie747
 * Jimmy from Townsend
 * Mr Prakash

Trivia

 * This episode has the most characters included of any episode so far, with 6 voiced characters (including the Recording Machine), and 23 named characters.