Episode Details

            Tonight is the night we conclude season four. It began with the cult of the Spider taking control of the ruined village. They assigned the River Road crew to punish Tomisaburo, deal with the Devil monk, assist the faceless man, and locate the weasel. Over the past season, they have taken bold steps to accomplish some of those tasks. Some of it may have even been intentional. However, the weasel eludes them still. With his ability to make copies of himself, it seems like he will plague them forever. Yet that was before Tomisaburo got involved. He was the one who taught him all his tricks, after all.

            The weasel has been busy this season. He has secured a contract with the government to produce the mind control drug they used last year to manipulate the village population. They want to have the drug in their possession, mostly because they don’t want other players to have access to it. So they send a hapless government stooge to finalize the deal. Amidst the neon lights of a local bar in the mountain village, they agree to sign the contracts at an abandoned amusement park the next evening.

            This does not go well. Neither of them remembers who chose the amusement park as a place to meet. Moreover, the stooge and the weasel have different memories of the previous evening. As they struggle to make sense of it all, they are confronted by a mysterious figure in a Kimono with an array of fox tails at his back. He has come for the weasel, and he is taking him to settle a score. But the weasel has made friends in the mountains, and they will not let him go without a fight. That’s fine with the Kitsune, though. He brought an ass-whoopin with him, and he needs to use it before it expires. This is the night old scores are settled and new ones are forged.

            This tale contains violence, body horror, references to irresponsible alcohol consumption, occult themes, and gore. Moreover, it expresses mistrust in authority, bureaucracy, and the government. It doesn’t matter which one. Take your pick. Listener discretion is advised.