3.04: Second Citadel--The Fool in the Garden of Death (Part 2)

There is no Fate, where the Universe is considered; there is only Intention. Things may have their proper place, of course, but once they get there... what they do is anyone's guess, including the Universe that brought them there in the first place.

Today's Intention:

The Four of Wastes, smelling blood and running, running; the Ax of Wilds, blade still wet with blood, in hot pursuit; and then...

Well, there are some things even the Universe doesn't know.

Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.

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

You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_ Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.

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Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

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

Milo Ellersick -- Promotional artist

Noah Simes -- Production manager

Grahame Turner -- Script editing team

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.

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

“Birds forest woodpecker.wav” by Amoek https://freesound.org/people/Amoek/sounds/393348/

“air.mp3” by markfrancombe https://freesound.org/people/markfrancombe/sounds/17563/

“rbhRopeRMX1.wav” by nicStage https://freesound.org/people/nicStage/sounds/1949/

“whip_crack.flac” by chadwellAK https://freesound.org/people/chadwellAK/sounds/160887/

“Monster Bite on Armor WAV” by OGsoundFX https://freesound.org/people/OGsoundFX/sounds/423010/

“Lighting a Match” by Tristan_Lohengrin https://freesound.org/people/Tristan_Lohengrin/sounds/244413/

“Explosion2.wav” by steveygos93 https://freesound.org/people/steveygos93/sounds/80401/

“Magic Speel - Sleeping spell 1.wav” by OGsoundFX https://freesound.org/people/OGsoundFX/sounds/423144/

“USAT BOMB.wav” by sandyrb https://freesound.org/people/sandyrb/sounds/35643/

Trigger Warnings:

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• Sudden loud noises
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• Pursuit
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• Violence and threats of violence
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• Death
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• Xenophobia/racism
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• Violence and death towards animals
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• Sexist language
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• Restricted motion / physical paralysis
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• Large and violent animals
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• Lying and deception
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