UTL S1E28: Flaccid Tentacle

On this episode of Under the Library:

 

The group continues to discuss what they should do about Philip's disappearance. Harold crawls about 10 feet into the tunnel and shines his special torch, illuminating a cave-in that completely blocks the tunnel. He shimmies out and shows a blob of butter mixed with sand, prompting Jaker to vomit and fall to the ground. As Oak Tree tries to administer first aid, he listens at Jaker's chest. The chest explodes, knocking Oak Tree back. 

 

Jaker has tentacles writhing out of his chest, although he feels no pain. His legs and remaining arm fall off as more tentacles emerge. Beau, Harold, Oak Tree, and Florence face a giant black orb with at least 10 tentacles, and Jaker's head protrudes from the top. Jaker sounds like himself and speaks to the group, begging for an explanation. He tries to control his new body but seemingly can't. 

 

Harold and Oak Tree point guns at Jaker, and Florence throws herself in front, yelling that he's still Jaker! Too late to stop himself, Oak Tree pulls the trigger and shoots Florence. She falls backwards into the gaping maw that has opened amid the tentacles in the center of the black orb. 

 

Harold shoots Jaker in the head, but the creature is unaffected. Beau shoots Florence to put her out of her misery as she is devoured. A moment later, Beau's chest also explodes. Like Jaker, he has no control over his new orb-like body, but he screams at Oak Tree and Harold, seeing them both as incarnations of Jack Crabbe. 

 

Engaged with two horrific creatures, Harold and Oak Tree put up a valiant fight but are both killed, taking the Jaker-monster down with them. 

 

At the same time, in the camp on the other side of the plateau, men in cowboy hats are drawn to Philip's screams. He pulls himself together, stands, and claims he was sent by Pete the Poet. The men seem to accept his story and call the (very inebriated) camp doctor to tend to his broken leg.

 

Philip passes out from the pain and awakens days later in a tent, sweating and feverish, with the foul odor of gangrene surrounding him. He leaves the tent and convinces one of the men to accompany him to the other side of the plateau to track down the rest of the party (and some of Jaker's pills). As they hike up the side of the plateau, the man turns, holds a gun to Philip's head, and asks "When Pete sent you, what did he tell you to tell me?" Philip attacks, but the man shoots him in the head and he falls down the side of the plateau.

 

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