In Search of the Norrisville Pythonesses

by Jet556

A discussion about the Sorceress turns into a visit to locations where in the 17th century witches or pythonesses, as Ken Finlayson so colourfully calls them, were said to have done there evil deeds. With the intentions to know if there is a connection between the Sorceress and the pythonesses Randy, with Ken as his ride, will get to the bottom of this or go nowhere.

1. The Sorceress

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The Sorceress

"Okay, so the Sorcerer was the evil half of a peddler so what if the Sorceress is the evil half of a-a-a—"

"A what, Randy?" asked Ken.

In the living room of Ken Finlayson's house, Ken listened to Randy while Ken did some filing. Randy had no idea how Randy found his house. Did he tell Randy where he lived at some point and forget? Did he previously bring Randy here? He just couldn't remember.

"I don't know, Ken, but if the Sorcerer is someone's evil half then the Sorceress must be too, right?"

"Remind me why you are even here. Why aren't you with Howard or Theresa or saving someone?"

"Theresa is attending a funeral, Howard is sick and all is well in Norrisville!" Stated Randy.

"So you've come to me. Oh joy."

"You were the one who told me you knew I was the Ninja."

"It doesn't mean you can show up at my house unannounced!" Ken kept filing things. Now where did his file on Skinwalkers get to? "Or just walk in the moment I open the door."

"Yeah, well my parents are home and if they see me talking to myself they'll think I'm crazy!"

"Oh and we certainly wouldn't want that." Commented Ken. "It's not like I would know anything about the sane being called insane." Ken obviously did. Howard believed Ken to be insane Debbie did too.

"Anyway, if the Sorceress is someone's evil half then whose could she be?"

"Well…" Ken put his filing aside and placed his right hand on his jaw. "Lets see here… Norrisville is located in New England. New England has had a witchcraft problem but I have a feeling the Sorceress' creation would have happened long before those so she couldn't have been someone accused of witchcraft during the witch trials… Surely, she couldn't have been one of the Norrisville Pythonesses."

"'Pythoness?'" asked Randy.

"An archaic term for 'witch.'" Replied Ken. "The word itself refers to a female soothsayer or conjurer of spirits. The word is of late Middle English origin derived from the old French 'phitonise', which is in turn an alteration of the late Latin word 'pythonissa', which is based on the Greek word 'puthon', which means 'soothsaying demon.' One may compare it to the word 'Pythia', the Pythia is more commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi. The origin of Pythia comes from Delphi's former name 'Putho.'"

"I didn't ask for the history of the word!" exclaimed Randy. "I only wanted to know what it meant!" Randy's eyes widened. "Wait a minute… A conjurer of spirits… No! Stank and spirits aren't the same thing! Uh, Ken, have you ever encountered witchcraft before?"

"It depends on what kind you're talking about." Stated Ken. "In actuality I have encountered practitioners of West African Vodun, in West Africa obviously, but I prefer to say I have encountered Hoodoo since more people have heard of it than West African Vodun."

"Then you're no help."