History Recap / AreYouAfraidOfTheDarkSeason7TheTaleOfTheSilverSightPart3

* HumanoidAbomination: The Waif Kid, denied the satiation of captured souls, swiftly grows into an elderly man with a corpse-like face.

The carousel then reactivates. Astride its horses are blurred, merrily laughing figures. Each clothed in the fashions of a different era, they partially solidify, send looks and waves of thanks to Gary and friends, and fade from view. The carousel dims its lights, and waves to a stop. Grandma Aggie hurries over, and hugs Gary in relief. The Silver Sight, drained of power, has vanished. From the carousel platform, Gary helps up the General. The older Midnight Society head home. Here ends Gene's story. The new Midnight Society slowly leave. Gary lags behind. Between two horses stands a lone, solid figure… Grandpa Gene. Gary looks to his Grandfather, who gives him a grateful smile, a wave, and fades from view. His brush with an actual instance of the supernatural concluded, Gary rejoins the others.

Gary and Tucker hurry to Grandma Aggie’s house, Megan returns to the Gregories’, and Quinn retrieves the sketch of Donna Tilton. In Gary’s dorm, Andy and Vange find themselves at a loss as to where to find Bruce [=McGorrill=].

-->'''Vange:''' We’ve tried the town hall, we’ve tried the hospitals, we’ve tried the schools. There’s nowhere else to look.

From his chair, Andy takes a phone book.

-->'''Andy:''' It couldn’t be that easy… could it?\

Megan searches the addresses.

-->'''Andy:''' '[=McGorrow=], B'! His name’s Bruce.
-->'''Megan:''' He’s dead. Why would he be in the phone book?
-->'''Andy:''' I got another one for you. Look at the address. Who’d live there?

It reads:

'''15 [[Recap/AreYouAfraidOfTheDarkSeason1TheTaleOfLaughingInTheDark Playland]] Parkway'''.

...

Andy and Vange approach the unpeopled amusement park.

-->'''Andy:''' Kinda eerie when it’s empty.\

They pass a stack of distortional mirrors. While Andy walks ahead, Vange comically poses before them.

Directly past the last mirror is a fortune teller’s booth. Inside is the Waif Kid, stood perfectly still. Vange starts to walk on…

-->'''Waif Kid:''' Want to hear your fortune, Vange?\

Alarmed, she whirls around, to see the Waif Kid frozen in a mocking grin.

Andy returns to hurry her along, turns back around, and finds himself face to face with Bob [=McGorrill=], brother of the late Bruce. With a smile, he apologises for startling Andy.

-->'''Andy:''' Thanks for seeing us.
-->'''Bob:''' Oh, no, thank you. I’ve been waiting a long time for your call… Ever since my brother died.

He leads them to a towering Ferris wheel.

-->'''Bob:''' Oh, Bruce loved this place. He loved having fun, that’s the kind of guy he was. You know, he bought Playland. Youngest amusement park owner in the world. I suppose I should retire, but… being here makes me feel as if he’s still around. This was his favourite ride. One day, he climbed up to fix a cable. Slipped… and he fell.
-->'''Andy:''' So it was an accident?
-->'''Bob:''' That’s what they think… Bruce knew this ride better than a spider knows its web. No way he’d fall on his own. Somebody or… something pushed him.

He leads the two to a short, cylindrical lamp post, and unscrews the cap.

-->'''Bob:''' Bruce told me someday somebody’d come looking for this thing, and I should only give it to them if there was more than one person… My brother was a good person. A long time ago, he took something terrible, and hid it, so his friends wouldn’t get hurt. I don’t know what it was. I think it had something to do with his death.

He hands Andy a neatly folded piece of brown paper.

-->'''Bob:''' Just like Bruce! He was a riddle man. He loved puzzles, brain teasers, and whatnot.

On the paper, above a street address, is a rectangle, from which projects an inverted triangle.

-->'''Vange:''' I don’t get it.
-->'''Bob:''' '429, 22nd Street'? Well, that’s the house we grew up in! I don’t know what the picture is. My guess is, that whatever it is you’re looking for, you’ll find it in our old house.
-->'''Andy:''' Uh, thanks, Mr [=McGorrow=].

He pockets the paper, and sets off with Vange.

-->'''Bob:''' Uh, kids? Bruce and those Midnight Society friends of his got mixed up in something ugly. Do what you gotta do. Just… be careful.

On their way out of the park, Vange stoops to tie her shoelace. She looks up. High above, in one of the coaches of a Hurricane ride is the Waif Kid. With the ghost of a smirk, he shakes his head.

-->'''Vange:''' Andy…! Hey, Andy!\

She turns around, and the Waif Kid has vanished.

At the chipped door of 249, Andy rings the bell, to no avail.

-->'''Andy:''' I don’t think anybody’s lived here in a long time.\

The two retreat.

From inside, the Waif Kid peeps through a window…

In the overgrown, trolley-strewn backyard, Andy realises the paper’s image to denote the yard’s disused well.

-->'''Vange:''' It says he hid it… down there.\

With a meaningful smile, Andy lifts the well’s pulley rope.

-->'''Vange:''' ...Oh, no.\

…

With the rope tied around Vange’s middle, Andy carefully lowers her into the depths of the well.

Hanging in the darkness, Vange gropes at the stone wall.

-->'''Vange:''' It must be behind one of these rocks.\

Through the well echoes a deep gurgling growl.

-->'''Vange:''' … Was that your stomach?!
-->'''Andy:''' Gimme a break!

From the darkness beneath her, Vange hears another growl.

-->'''Vange:''' ''Andy, there’s something in the well!''
-->'''Andy:''' Then hurry up!

From a hollow in the stonework, Vange grabs a misplaced rock, behind which lies… a piece of record!

-->'''Vange:''' I got it!\

Andy cranks the pulley.

The growl returns.

-->'''Vange:''' ''Andy, pull me up''!
-->'''Andy:''' … It’s caught!
-->Vange:''' ''Andy, get me out of here''!!

Beneath her, in the darkness, shimmers a disk of glowing silver. Within it is the shape of an ephemeral face…

Vange drops the rock onto the apparition. It gives a thunderous moan.

Vange screams in fright.

Andy desperately pulls at the rope with his bare hands, dragging Vange slowly upwards.

Beneath her, the now more defined silver disk floats upward; empty eye holes agape…

At the brim of the well, Andy grabs Vange, and pulls her to safety.

Just as she leaves the well, a vaporous projection of silver gropes the air, and quickly falls back into the well…

-->'''Andy:''' What was that?
-->'''Vange:''' I don’t think I wanna know… but we got it!

She hands him the shard of record.

Andy reads the label’s hand-printed message.

-->'''Andy:''' 'Know your true enemy'...?\

Back in Gary’s dorm room...

-->'''Gary:''' After what we’ve seen, I’m convinced now more than ever that we’ve got to find the Silver Sight and destroy it.
-->'''Tucker:''' We can’t ask you guys to keep going. You should take off.
-->'''Megan:''' We still don’t get what the Silver Sight is, but we have seen it hurt a lot of people.
-->'''Quinn:''' Yeah. I think we all wanna be there when this bad boy goes down.

Andy and Vange quietly agree.

Gary plays the record.

-->'''Recorded voice of Bruce [=McGorril=]:''' If you’re listening to this, it means you’re working together. And that’s good. I hope I’m with you, but I’m afraid I might be the next victim of the Silver Sight. This thing has got to be stopped. Whatever it promises, the evil it delivers is far worse. Remember, it was the power of the group that raised the demon. It’ll take the power of the group to destroy it, but you have to know who your true enemy is. Don’t give in to its dark promises. Good luck. Goodbye.
-->'''Gary:''' Let’s look at the clues. ‘Listen to the music, not all the eyes are brown, it’s a race that has no winners, with many ups and downs, know your true enemy’.
-->'''Tucker:''' Who’s the true enemy? The traitor that used the Silver Sight!
-->'''Vange:''' That’s Liang Candle! It has to be. Everyone else is gone.
-->'''Quinn:''' He put Vince in the hospital to try to get to Donna Tilton.
-->'''Megan:''' And nearly killed me in the sewer.
-->'''Gary:''' He could’ve been the one at Grandma’s, looking for the record.
-->'''Andy:''' … I got it!
-->'''Tucker:''' And he set me up at his house! …Wait, what did you say?
-->'''Andy:''' I know where he hid the Silver Sight!

…

That evening, through a dense mist, the six of them march to Playland.

In the silent park, before a large carousel, Andy explains his theory.

-->'''Andy:''' 'Listen to the music.' 'A race that has no winners, with many ups and downs'. I bet it’s all right here.

Quinn starts to examine the horse’s eyes, all of which, so far, are brown.

-->'''Tucker:''' ''The Silver'' Sight - one of the eyes must be silver!\

He and the others join the search.

Megan finds a single horse’s eye to be painted blue.

Tucker takes a coin, and scrapes away some of the paint. Beneath the dry paint, the embedded orb is indeed silver.

-->'''Andy:''' It’s silver! Oh, man, that’s it! That’s the Silver Sight!\

As one, they peer at the fabled relic. Tucker eases a finger towards it.

-->'''Tucker:''' … It’s ''warm''! Like it’s alive!\

Megan reaches forth a finger. On contact with both their fingers, the orb slowly exudes a pulse of deep white light. Alarmed, they withdraw their touch, and the light fades.

The two venture a second touch, joined by Gary, and are rewarded by a brighter pulse.

-->'''Gary:''' It’s like the more people who touch it, the more it responds.
-->'''Vange:''' That’s what the record said! It’s all about the power of “the group.”
-->'''Andy:''' Maybe we should all touch it together.

Each of them ease a finger against the orb.

A longer pulse of light gleams, fades, and the small silver orb falls into Gary’s hand.

With a jolt of gears and a fizz of current, the tip, roof ledges and base of the carousel are lit by hundreds of yellow lights. To a chime of merry organ music, the horses whir into motion.

The six assembled members of the Midnight Society uneasily back away.

Suddenly, one of the rotating horses bounds into view to reveal, astride its back, the grinning Waif Kid.

With a cackle, he jumps off, and gives a mocking round of applause.

-->'''Waif Kid:''' Congratulations, you win! I tried to scare you off, but you were all too good! And now, the Silver Sight is yours.
-->'''Gary:''' Alright, then… tell me what it is.
-->'''Waif Kid:''' Don’t you know? It’s the power to conquer! Armies have won wars with it. Kingdoms have toppled. Cities have fallen. And now, it’s all yours.
-->'''Andy:''' Uh… we’re not exactly at war with anyone.
-->'''Waif Kid:''' Sure you are! Everyone has enemies. A mean parent. A bad teacher. A bully. Anyone who stands between you and what you want. Just tell the Silver Sight, and poof! They’re gone forever.
-->'''Quinn:''' And who are you?
-->'''Waif Kid:''' I’m here to help you along.

Suddenly, the lights and music fade. With a hiss, the carousel slows to a halt.

-->'''Vange:''' Uh-oh...\

Towards them, across the carousel’s platform, strides General Candle.

-->'''General:''' Put that thing down, son. You’re playing with fire.\

The Waif Kid skitters over to the others.

-->'''Waif Kid:''' Here’s your first chance. Tell the Silver Sight he’s your enemy.
-->'''General:''' He’s not trying to help you, Gary.
-->'''Gary:''' No? Then what is he doing?
->'''General:''' He is a demon that’s collecting souls. That thing may get rid of your enemies for you, but their souls end up trapped forever in that vicious little charm.
-->'''Tucker:''' And who are you to talk? You’re the traitor who used the Silver Sight!
-->'''General:''' Don’t you get it? Wasn’t just me! We all used it!
-->'''Megan:''' What?
-->'''Vange:''' No way!
-->'''General:''' It’s true! It made Donna popular, it made Eleanor rich, it even helped Bruce buy this amusement park! But it wasn’t just one person. We all used the Silver Sight.
-->'''Tucker:''' Not Grandpa Gene!
-->'''General:''' Yes. Gene, too. But… we didn’t know it was evil. We didn’t know what horrors it would bring, and by the time we realised, it was too late!
-->'''Tucker:''' I don’t believe you!
-->'''Waif Kid:''' Now, Gary! Tell the Silver Sight he’s your enemy, and he’ll be gone!
-->'''Gary:''' What happened to my Grandfather?
-->'''General:''' He was a good man. He tried to find the charm and destroy it, but something happened. He got scared. His heart couldn’t take it. I think he got too close. He got burned by that demon.
-->'''Waif Kid:''' Who’re you gonna believe? A kid like me? Or the guy who broke into your Grandma’s house?
-->'''General:''' I was trying to put the clues together before you did! I was trying to protect you kids! ''Please, Gary''! '''Give it to me'''!
-->'''Gary:''' … I don’t know what to do.
-->'''Quinn:''' The last clue: ‘know your true enemy’? That’s the only way to beat it.
Onto the scene hurry Grandma Aggie, Bob [=McGorrill=], Vince and Mr Gregory.

-->'''Gary:''' You… you lied to us from the start.
-->'''General:''' I was trying to protect you!
-->'''Gary:''' You broke into my Grandmother’s house, and you nearly got Megan killed!
-->'''General:''' I - I - I was looking for clues, I swear!
-->'''Waif Kid:''' He’s your enemy, Gary! Call him your enemy!

With the small silver Orb resting on his outstretched palm, Gary approaches the General.

-->'''Gary:''' You should’ve told us the truth!
-->'''General:''' You wouldn’t 've believed me!
-->'''Waif Kid:''' Do it Gary! This is just the beginning!
-->'''Gary:''' Yeah. I know who the true enemy is. And I’m gonna stop him.

The Waif Kid cackles in delight.

-->'''Gary:''' The true enemy… ''{whirls to face the Waif Kid}'' is ''you''!\
-->'''Waif Kid:''' What?

From Gary’s palm, the small silver orb rises slowly into the air, glows brilliant silvery white.

-->'''Waif Kid:''' '''''NO'''''! '''''YOU CAN’T DO THAT'''''!\

The Silver Sight rises high above Gary.

With a thunderous rush, it ignites a huge, spreading ring of bluish white light. This disintegrates, to form numerous, flying wisps of light. These flit and zoom in exploration. They brighten, and intensify into ethereal human shapes. One of them, whose face has turned to that of a skeleton, inspects the Waif Kid, as do its fellows.

With a distorted, inhuman screech, the eyes of the Waif Kid turn black. With a flash of bluish white, his body ripples and grows into that of a long-haired, pointy-toothed, corpse-faced, elderly man.

The spirits fly into the demon. With a scream of rage, its affectation of a human body ripples, warps, and compacts into a final flash of light, which quickly fades.

The carousel then reactivates.

Astride its horses are blurred, merrily laughing figures. Each clothed in the fashions of a different era, they partially solidify, send looks and waves of thanks to Gary and friends, and fade from view.

With a hiss, the carousel dims its lights, and waves to a stop.

Grandma Aggie hurries over, and hugs Gary in relief.

-->'''Andy:''' Where’s the Silver Sight?
-->'''Gary:''' Disappeared. I think when it lost its souls, it lost its power.

On the carousel’s platform sits the General. Gary goes to help him up.

-->'''Gary:''' You alright?
-->'''General:''' Yes, I am now. Your Grandfather would’ve been proud of you, son.

He sets off home.

Vange hurries over.

-->'''Vange:''' Gary…! Does this end the story?
-->'''Gary:''' Yeah… the story ends here.

In the distance, Vince, Mr Gregory, and Bob [=McGorrill=] relievedly disperse.

He and Vange approach the rest of the assembled Midnight Society. As they slowly leave, he solemnly lags behind.

A sudden rush of air draws his gaze back to the carousel. Between two horses stands a lone, solid figure… Grandpa Gene. Gary looks to his Grandfather, who gives him a grateful smile, a wave, and fades from view.

His brush with an actual instance of the supernatural concluded, Gary rejoins the others.

…

Deep in the woods, around a campfire, five youths, having gathered to share in tales of the supernatural, hear the conclusion of Gene’s latest offering.

-->'''Gene:''' So the demon never trapped another soul, because the Silver Sight was destroyed forever… the end.
-->'''Eleanor:''' Good story, Gene.
-->'''Gene:''' Thank you, Eleanor. Liang, could you put out the fire?
-->'''Liang:''' Sorry, gotta run!
-->'''Bruce:''' 'S'okay, I got it, Gene.
-->'''Eleanor:''' Thanks, Bruce!
-->'''Donna:''' Nothing like that could ever happen to us… could it?
-->'''Gene:''' Not in a million years!

* ShoutOut:
** The emergence from the Silver Sight of serenely blue spirits whose faces recede to skulls recalls ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

** The emergence from the Silver Sight of serenely blue spirits whose faces recede to skulls recalls ''Film/RaiderOfTheLostArk''.

-->'''Waif Kid:''' ''What''?

The Waif KId skitters over to the others.

''''15 [[Recap/AreYouAfraidOfTheDarkSeason1TheTaleOfLaughingInTheDark Playland]] Parkway''''.

-->'''Tucker:''' ''The Silver'' Sight - one of the eyes must be silver!/

-->'''Andy:''' It’s silver! Oh, man, that’s it! That’s the Silver Sight!/

-->'''Tucker:''' … It’s ''warm''! Like it’s alive!/

-->'''Vange:''' Uh-oh.../

-->'''General:''' Put that thing down, son. You’re playing with fire./

-->'''Gary:''' The true enemy… ''{whirls to face the Waif Kid}'' is ''you''!/

-->'''Waif Kid:''' '''''NO'''''! '''''YOU CAN’T DO THAT'''''!/

-->'''General:''' I was trying to put the clues together before you did! I was trying to protect you kids! ''Please, Gary''! ''''Give it to me''''!

Gary and Tucker hurry to Grandma Aggie’s house, Megan returns to the Gregories’, and Quinn retrieves the sketch of Donna Tilton. In Gary’s dorm, Andy and Vange find themselves at a loss as to where to find Bruce McGorrill.

-->'''Andy:''' 'McGorrow, B'! His name’s Bruce.

Andy returns to hurry her along, turns back around, and finds himself face to face with Bob [-McGorrill-], brother of the late Bruce. With a smile, he apologises for startling Andy.

-->'''Andy:''' Uh, thanks, Mr [-McGorrow-].

-->'''Recorded voice of Bruce -[McGorril-]:''' If you’re listening to this, it means you’re working together. And that’s good. I hope I’m with you, but I’m afraid I might be the next victim of the Silver Sight. This thing has got to be stopped. Whatever it promises, the evil it delivers is far worse. Remember, it was the power of the group that raised the demon. It’ll take the power of the group to destroy it, but you have to know who your true enemy is. Don’t give in to its dark promises. Good luck. Goodbye.

Onto the scene hurry Grandma Aggie, Bob [-McGorrill-], Vince and Mr Gregory.

In the distance, Vince, Mr Gregory, and Bob [-McGorrill-] relievedly disperse.

** Bruce [-McGorril-] is said to have been [[Recap/AreYouAfraidOfTheDarkSeason1TheTaleOfThePhantomCab fond of riddles]].