2.32: Second Citadel -- The Hallowed Halls of Helicoid (Part 1)

Two paths wind beneath Judge Helicoid's monstrous courtroom: two paths containing different players in this game, different tricks and traps and treacheries. All they share is this:

A destination. Fort Terminus, the prison at the end of the world.

Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Travelers. We hope you enjoy your journey.

(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)

On staff at the Penumbra:

Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

Sophie Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

Noah Simes -- Production manager

Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer

Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

Attribution:

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657

“Wood_Creak_03.wav” by dheming https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/177778/

“Snapping, Wooden Fence, G” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352183/

“Smashing, Wooden Fence, B” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352204/

“Ambience_Cave_00.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory https://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/270387/

“Door, Church, Close, B” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/271562/

“Door, Church, Open, C” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/271569/

“Rock Scrape 2” by Benboncan https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/74441/

“Door falls to floor.wav” by CastIronCarousel https://freesound.org/people/CastIronCarousel/sounds/216749/

“Boiling water, large, A” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/412843/

“Wet_Slaps.mp3” by HerbertBoland https://freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/104686/

“Splat” by Audionautics https://freesound.org/people/Audionautics/sounds/133968/

“Blood and gore FX performance 2” by Slave2theLight https://freesound.org/people/Slave2theLight/sounds/157113/

“Step.wav” by CGEffex https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/95755/

“Whoosh.wav” by xtrgamr https://freesound.org/people/xtrgamr/sounds/257779/

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