The growing popularity of the game Gryphons and Gargoyles (based on Dungeons and Dragons), and the mysterious Gargoyle King. As well, the focus on a cult known as The Farm.
Started: July 22, 2024
Ended: September 15, 2024
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It's the calm before the storm. The summer before your junior year in high school. And how do you spend it? Working some brutal summer job that actually makes you look forward to going back to school. Or maybe you have an internship that doesn't pay much. That's okay, because it's for a good cause. Or maybe you spent it at Sweetwater Swimming Hole. You...and the best friends you'll ever have. Or maybe you spent most of June-July-August in a courtroom, supporting our pal, Archie Andrews, who was on trial for a murder he didn't commit, despite the DA's closing arguments. *** "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the evidence and testimony that was presented in this court tell a dark story. That Mr. Andrews has a history of violent behavior. That he started not one, but two masked vigilante groups. That he assaulted an innocent boy who was helpless with two broken legs. That he went wiling in the Southside of town and threatened to shoot a young man in the face. That while partying with his friends in the town of Shadow Lake, Mr. Andrews ran into the woods and shot the victim, Cassidy Bullock, point-blank in the head. Now Mr. Andrews claims that it was his girlfriend's father's doorman who shot Mr. Bullock. A shot Mr. Andrews claims to have heard, but not seen. Who knows the truth of what happened that terrible night in the woods near Shadow Lake? I'll tell you who. That man. Archie Andrews may be a varsity athlete and he may be a sensitive musician. But he is also...a cold-blooded...killer." The DA says and then sits down and Mary stands up from her seat.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we know for a fact that Archie Andrews constantly puts the needs of others ahead of his own. We know he helped to solve the murder of Jason Blossom. We know that he offered both friends and enemies shelter when they had nowhere else to stay. We know that he punched through a river of ice to save the lives of his classmate and girlfriend Cheryl Blossom and Quinn Lodge. Let me remind you that there were no witnesses to the actual killing. There was no murder weapon. There was no motive. At the end of the day, all the prosecution has is cloudy judgement from unreliable people. Now, it is my solemn duty as a mother to protect my son. But as an attorney, it's my duty to adhere to the facts, to the evidence. There is nothing here that proves that Archie Andrews is anything less than an innocent boy. Thank you." Mary says and then sits down in her chair next to Archie.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the charge is first-degree murder. You may retire to begin your deliberations." The judge says and then bangs his gavel.
"All rise." The bailiff says and we all stand up as the jury members leave. *** "Have any of you seen Archie?" I ask as I walk up to Betty, Jughead, Veroncia, Mary and Fred. *** "Archie? There you are." I tell him as we walk up to him sitting on the some stairs.
"How are you holding up, bud?" Jughead asks.
"Yeah good, Jug." Archie tells him.
"What were you thinking about just now? How you're going to walk out of this courthouse a free man?" Veronica asks.
"No, I...there was this place. We've never been before, Qu, but Betty and Jug, do you guys remember Sweetwater swimming hole? How we went there every summer?" Archie asks.
