The Invoked

"The Invoked" is a radio play by J.P. Leck and is the twentieth installment (twenty-second, chronologically) in his Endless Elsewhere multimedia meta-narrative. It is the eighth Endless Elsewhere radio play. It first aired on a local Indianapolis radio station on October 31, 2017.

This radio play is notable for bringing together various principal characters from throughout the Endless Elsewhere radio plays and short films, like Violet (The Novelty), Ryan Tolliver (The Lantern), Dr. Frederick Hardesty (The Should-Not-Be), Det. Alex Heaney (The Roman), Det. Keith Sorrells ("The Acolytes"), and Carolyn Pelfrey ("The Red Mass").

Synopsis
Violet and Ryan begin to assemble assistance in putting an end to a looming and imminent threat set in motion by the once demon-possessed Carolyn Pelfrey.

Plot Summary
Coming soon!

Post-Credits
Violet, unable to mail her book to the Pollydores, entrusts it to a random stranger (The Collector) who promises to mail it for her.

Characters

 * Ryan Tolliver - a former cemetery groundskeeper with supernatural technology just trying to do the right thing.
 * Ryan Tolliver is voiced by Tucker.
 * Violet - a 'merely mortal' fighter of evil just returned from Colorado trying to contain the menace she encountered there.
 * Violet is voiced by Mindy Wesson.
 * Dr. Frederick Hardesty - a German scientist (now a living brain-in-a-box) and cohort of Ryan Tolliver on a quest to find a dangerous piece of lost technology.
 * Dr. Frederick Hardesty is voiced by Stephen E. Foxworthy.
 * Det. Alex Heaney - a Circle City police detective obsessively looking for the missing Carolyn Pelfrey.
 * Det. Alex Heaney is voiced by Samuel Dumas.
 * Det. Keith Sorrells - Alex's partner with the Circle City PD, who tends to be more skeptical than his friend.
 * Det. Keith Sorrells is voiced by Stephen E. Foxworthy.
 * Carolyn Pelfrey - a formerly-possessed fugitive currently hiding out in the old Boonies compound.
 * Carolyn Pelfrey is voiced by Julia Leslie.
 * The Collector - a mysterious man who volunteers to deliver Violet's book to the Pollydores.
 * The Collector is voiced by J.P. Leck in an uncredited role.

Referenced Characters

 * Rex Benton - Ryan and Violet meet at the grave of Benton, Violet's predecessor. Additionally, Hardesty recalls his own meeting with Benton.
 * Thaddeus Boone - Keith recounts a bit of the history of the Boonies cult.
 * Piper - Violet mentions stopping by Joe's Diner to visit her favorite waitress.
 * Rev. Arvin Reyes - Ryan recounts the events of "The Demoniac" and Keith mentions that he is now leading a prison church attended by Lucas Dawalt.
 * Brian Pollydore - Ryan passes his name on to Violet as one of the possessors of The Strangely Undying.
 * Kaitlin Pollydore - Ryan passes her name on to Violet as one of the possessors of The Strangely Undying.
 * The Infernaleer - Violet recalls meeting the biker who picked up Carolyn while she was in Colorado.
 * The True Welievers - Violet recalls her encounter with the former ghost hunters while relaying the events of "The Gãrgolas" to Ryan.
 * Elliot Abshear - Violet mentions that the dead-eater she fought was a former Boonies cult member.
 * Violet - Hardesty mentions having met Violet's grandmother at the same time he met Benton.
 * Montgomery 'Monty' Redding - Unable to press charges with Tolliver on the run, Keith mentions that Monty, Hardesty's former assistant, is living free.
 * Lucas Dawalt - When Carolyn inquires about her friend, Keith relays that he is "doing his time" and attending Reyes' prison church.

Locations

 * Circle City Cemetery - Ryan and Violet meet here to compare notes and plan their next move.
 * Joe's Diner - Keith Sorrells' favorite Circle City burger spot.
 * Boonies Compound - once home to the Boonies cult, now a hiding place for Carolyn Pelfrey and site of a Gãrgola attack.

Artifacts

 * The Brain Box - the vessel in which the living brain of Dr. Frederick Hardesty is kept, possessed first by Ryan Tolliver, then with Keith Sorrells.
 * The Lantern - a machine that allows the bearer to see into and communicate with the spirit realm.
 * The Merely Mortal - the text passed from Novelty to Novelty and here passed from Violet to the Collector.
 * The Music Box - a lost invention of Hardesty's that reanimates corpses.
 * The Strangely Undying - Ryan mentions to Violet that Brian and Kaitlin Pollydore have a copy of this manuscript.
 * The Zapper - a non-lethal weapon designed by Hardesty and ultimately used against the Gãrgolas.

Links

 * "The Invoked" on Soundcloud