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Newly returned from the Forest, the employees of Scionwood undergo their quarterly reviews and adapt to life back in the normal world - but things may not be exactly as they remember them...

Isadora bides her time under scientific scrutiny. Kai Li begins research on an important new ritual. Doug reckons with his father's death, and plans an excursion...

(Content warnings: Interrogation, imprisonment, gore, blood, mention of past sexual assault (01:12:17 - 01:13:39), brief implied mention of suicidal ideation, heartbeat sound effects)

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CHARACTERS

Keeper - Sam Richardson (He/him)
Doug Vespa, The Mundane - Jonas Newhouse (They/them) 

Kai Li, The Pararomantic - William White (They/them)

Isadora Tripoli, The Monstrous - Sam Darr (She/They)

NPCs
HR AKA Hattie (she/her) - Scionwood's head of Human Resources.
Asha Brown (she/her) - TRPPR agent. White woman with curly red hair back in a ponytail. "Friends" with Isadora.
Cherish (she/her) - Werewolf woman. Doug Vespa's best friend. Owns a ranch in rural Eastern Washington where she spends most of her time.
Colton H. Riverswain (he/him) - Head of TRPPR. Very tall, muscular, olive-toned man with black salt-pepper hair, a mustache, and a jacket with the symbol for TRPPR on it.
Harry Brozik (he/him) - Custodial. Balding white man in his 30s. Small, pinched features and dark shark-y eyes. Runs the equipment distribution hub inside Scionwood.

GROUPS
Scionwood - A former subsidiary of VaccuCon that was lost in a mysterious Forest between 2019 and 2026.
Custodial - Scionwood's general cleanup division.
GRAND - Genetic Research and Applied Needs Division. Scionwood's premiere scientific division.
MMPRR - Monsters, Myriads, and Phenomenon Recovery and Replacement Division. Secretive division responsible for mind-wiping and human-centred cleanup.
TRPPR - Tactical Response and Protection for Paranormal Research. Scionwood's muscle, responsible for security and the capture of paranormal creatures or phenomena deemed worthy of investigation.

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CREDITS
Audio editing by Sam Richardson
Audio mixing by William White
Original music by William White & Jonas Newhouse
Cover art by Alejandro Guarin
Logo by Meghan Murphy

Pest Control is an actual-play tabletop horror RPG podcast produced in association with AltHaven. Our third season uses the "Monster of the Week" system as well as other indie tabletop games in order to tell the story of Scionwood, a sinister organization responsible for imprisoning, researching, and developing products from the abilities of paranormal creatures.