4.10: Juno Steel and the Stone Unturned (Part 1)

Juno Steel would really like to take the past, lock it up in a little box, and throw away the key, thank you very much. It's hard to blame him: with his childhood friend hunting him down and his recent love gone without a trace, the past is really feeling like the place where all of today's problems were born.

But Juno is a detective, and even if he's decided he's done with Sasha Wire and putting Peter Nureyev on pause, curiosity will always bring him back. Now, between the journal in his pocket and Sasha's strange secret base all around him, Juno will find that the past never stays locked up for long.

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

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

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You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing

Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.

On staff at the Penumbra:

Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

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

Ellison Estephan -- 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

Recorded by Mertz at The Bridge Sound & Stage

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Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

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"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba:

“Drone Ambience, A” by Moulaythami https://freesound.org/people/Moulaythami/sounds/546360/

“Sci Fi Shield Noise” by azraelecho https://freesound.org/people/azraelecho/sounds/450185/

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Trigger warnings:

- Violence and threats of violence

- Drug use

- Depiction of illness

- Enclosed, claustrophobic spaces

- Violent pursuit by governments/police

- Racism/xenophobia

- Deception

- Brief references to self harm and suicide.

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