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Enjoy this clip from the first episode of our second playtest for our next campaign Up All Night.
In this playtest we return to Bushwick in the 1970s with the Forged in the Dark system Bump in the Dark by Last Pine Press.
[Content Warning: Smoking Indoors, Anachronistic Music, Loretta]
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Show transcript (autogenerated by Apple Podcasts) ▾
Hi, Spoutlorians. Abdul here, letting you know that over on Patreon, we just dropped a brand new episode in our ongoing series of Up All Night playtests. If you don't remember, Up All Night is what we've got in store for our post-Speltlor campaign. In this playtest, we're playing Monster Hunters in the 1970s, using the system Bump in the Dark by Last Pine Press. What you're about to hear is a teaser from that episode.
If you're interested in listening to the whole episode, along with all our other playtests for Up All Night, head over to Patreon. Links are in the show notes. Oh, Loretta's here every night. Let's go talk to Loretta. Okay. There's a lady, what, just like at the end of the bar? Yeah, she's smoking. Everybody's smoking in here. This place is full of cigarette smoke. Yeah, our eyes are watering. But we're used to it. Sterling quit smoking 20 years ago. He was just like…
This is why he comes to Rosie's. There's so much smoke. He steals my wool. I can barely see anything. But yeah, Loretta's at the end of the counter. She's drinking a black coffee, smoking a cigarette. She's an older lady. She's also got a big blonde, platinum white perm. And she's got a lot of makeup on. You know, like the big blue eyeshadow, purple lipstick. Take my breath away. Jesus. Jesus is like… She takes a big, long drag off her cigarette. Jesus is into her? Red lipstick.
Canadian classic, sucking it down to the filter. I thought she was like six. She's older. She's a glance, mascara cake on her eyes. I think it's the kind of thing where Jesus's mom was friends with her when Jesus was like 12. So he had some like formative sexual thoughts about Loretta. It was like, whoa. Yeah. You're fucking dragging her out of a shelf there, Loretta. So are all three of you… Dragging and pushing a shelf. Are all three of you approaching Loretta?
Maybe I'm like nervous and I'm like, Jesus, go talk to her. I know she likes you. Okay. She's like flicking her cigarette into the ashtray. It's like, hey, Loretta. Hey, Jesus. Hey, Loretta. Hi. How's it going? Oh, you know, pretty good night. He blows it into my face. Right into your face. Wow. You know, just any other night in the prime of my life. Is that stronger than it usually is? I got strong lungs. And Jesus takes him… And he puts it in front of his crotch.
And in his head, he's just like, why did that turn me on? A lot of people tell you cigarettes are not so good for your lungs, but I found… I can still blow like I used to. It's not so much the blowing as the sucking. Jesus immediately takes stress. No, there's no reason to. He's covered in flops. There's absolutely no reason to. It's such an intense situation. His hope is through the roof. Is it doom? You take a doom? I take doom. Full doom. I get doomed by Loretta. Oh, you're doomed.
Don't you worry. But Jesus, Jesus like goes, okay, Loretta. Whoa. A woman as keen-eyed as you would have maybe seen something the other night. Do you remember our friend Sage coming in here? Little redhead? Oh, Sage, sure. Yeah? Yeah. She's a nice girl. Was there anything weird going on when she was in here? You're going to roll for it. Can I roll? It's either connect or sway. Connect would probably be closer. I have more in sway. So sway would be… It's a lie, right?
It's not that it's lying, but it's more like trying to get someone to come over to your way of thinking. Connect is like, you're just chatting. Yeah, it's just a connect. So remember, I don't determine positioning or effect, but you can decide to go for broke or play it safe. Can I never stop to think? Go ahead and read never stop to think. Never stop to think. When you go for broke, you get a plus one D if you agree to take a minus one D to resist the consequences from your action. And I…
Do you think this situation is risky enough that it would warrant a reckless move like that? I think there's a social recklessness in what he's thinking of doing. All right, I'll take it. He said he leans forward and puts his hand on Loretta's hand. Take my breath away. And this cigarette is sticking up between your fingers. The… Yeah. Totally. He takes it from her. And then I take a drag off of it. Great, yeah. And then I blow it. You can taste her lipstick. And it tastes really bad.
It's 70s acrid wax. It's bitter. Yeah. Super bitter. So many bennies died for this lipstick. And then I blow it in her face. Uh-huh. I would really appreciate it. If you gave me any of the goss you might have. And then at that moment, Sterling puts a coin in the jukebox. Uh-huh. And take my breath away. Okay, yeah. Totally, yeah. So I guess I'm offering to fuck her. It sounds like what you're doing. Or whatever. Ew. Yeah. Take my breath away doesn't come out for 10 more years.
What were the love songs in the 70s? Oh, the Angel of the Morning. Yeah. Oh, just call. Call me Angel. That's the morning. What was the song from the 60s? Well, that song came out in the 50s. But yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I guess. Sweet. What's that one? Mr. Sandman. Give me a drink. But wait. Angel of the Morning? When did that come out? 81. Fuck. Holy shit. How do we not know anything? Okay. What came out in the 60s? 70s love songs. Mr. Postman. Mr. Postman. Bring me a post.
Literally, let's get it on by Marvin Gaye. It was 73. Okay. Okay. What's that? Oh, nice. Let's get it on. Right. Oh, perfect. I've been really trying, baby. Yeah. Try to hold back this feeling. Oh, man. Yeah. So long. Holy shit. And Sterling does that to retaliate against me taking his coffee. He can see how uncomfortable you are talking to Loretta. And he's like, I'm going to juice this a little bit. My back is wet. So much sweat. Oh, man.
But then Rosie's looking at Sterling like, let's get it on. Yeah. Oh, no. Oh, fuck. You don't have any more coins to change the song. And then Tiffany's just sitting by herself in a booth. I'm not giving you anything. What are we doing here? What are we doing? Okay. There's a trucker at the counter that starts turning around to Tiffany. And she's like, no. And he's like, all right. Absolutely not. That happens. That happens. That happens. Merlady. Merlady. No. Okay.
Everyone starts trying to desperately make eye contact. I say, no way, Harvey. And he says, fair enough. He says, 10-4. 10-4, good money. And then from outside, you hear. He just drops money on the counter, gets up, and leaves. All right. So you're rolling with a plus one die here. Yeah. Because you're going for broke. Going for broke. Which means that the consequences of a failure are even higher. Yep. Yep. Okay. Please. Please. Six. Six. Six. There you go. That's a six.
So she reaches over and takes the cigarette out of your lips. Puts it back in her mouth. You know, now that you mention it, there was a weird guy in here. Hadn't seen him before. Seemed kind of, I don't know, strung out. Strung out of hair. Oh, you know how all those. All them city folk are. Always on something. Them and their substances. Taking a little, like, hotel vodka. She opens a pill bottle. Yeah. She's got a little box of Quaaludes next to her. Seems like he was strung out on something.
Describe more how she was. Like, how was he strung out? Well, he looked like jittery. Oh. Yeah. Like a jittery. Like a jittery guy. And you know, now that you mention it, he left not so long after your friend. Mm. Hmm. So she, like, came in, had her omelet, and left, and then he followed her out? Yeah, he tried to. I think he tried to. Look, I've been followed by a man or two in my time. They're always coming after me. They're always coming after me. Yeah. Men are like dogs, and I'm like.
Can't walk them all. A choice piece of me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.. That's so good. Men are like dogs. Can't walk them all. But so, you know, they like to sniff around and he was trying to be casual about it. Subtle. But I think he was following her. We hope you enjoyed this teaser of the most recent episode of our Up All Night playtest.
If you're interested in finding out what happens next, head over to Patreon for the full episode. Links are in the show notes. Thanks for watching.