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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A deadly mutating virus had been introduced to the ecosystem of Riverdale and it was spreading like an epidemic. For every manual confiscated, two popped up in its place. And the ever-resourceful students of Riverdale High were playing it everywhere. Why? Because for us, the game is an escape from our nightmarish reality. A fantasy land at our fingertips. But for our parents, it was a death-dealing nightmare. *** "Two students have taken their lives. A third tried. The common thread linking these tragedies, all three victims were playing the game known as Gryphons and Gargoyles." Mom tells us as she stands at the front of the class.
"Wait, so you are admitting the game killed Dilton and Ben?" Jughead asks.
"Yes, Mr. Jones." Mom tells him.
"But where did G&G come from? Where did Ben and Dilton even get it?" Betty asks.
"Well, we still don't have many answers. But from the little that we do know about it, the game seems targeted at impressionable developing minds. Namely, teens like yourselves." Mom tells us.
"Um, challenge accepted." Reggie tells us.
"Respect to the dead, but some among our flock are shepherds, not sheep." Cheryl tells us.
"The game's quests and role-playing scenarios are specifically designed to foster delusion, paranoia, and ultimately violence. As mayor, I'm officially banning Gryphons and Gargoyles. Mrs. Burble is gonna be holding extended office hours and I've set up a 24-hour crisis hotline overseen by Kevin Keller." Mom tells us.
"FYI, I'm only there after school." Kevin tells us.
"As a parent, I'm imploring you, take care of yourselves. And stay away from this game." Mom tells us. *** "Newsflash, mom. Banning something only makes it more interesting. And now, this stupid game is literally all anyone is talking about." Veronica tells me and Betty as we sit in the blue and gold office.
"You're not playing are you, Vee? Q?" Betty asks us.
"Hell no." I tell her.
"Bee, you don't make Fibes 20 under 20 by prancing around the woods in a deer carcass. Are you and Jughead playing?" Veronica asks.
"No. We are still trying to figure out why my mom and his dad were so triggered by us having the manuals." Betty tells us and then the phone rings and she answers it and motions to us to be quiet as she puts the phone on speaker and sets the phone on the desk.
"Hi, Dr. Curdle, yes, have you had any luck?" Betty asks.
"Per your request, I did some digging in the morgue archives. And I found something I think you'll be interested in." Dr. Curdle tells her. *** I'm hiding on the stairs in Betty's house listening into her and her mom's conversation.
"Dr. Curdle Jr. told me and Jughead that the circumstances of Dilton Doiley's suicide felt oddly familiar to him. That file is why. A case from when his dad was coroner." Betty tells her mom.
