4.18: Second Citadel--The Silvered Secrets (Part 2)

Silvershore's clock tower breaks out from the skyline of beehive apartments and exploding tree-monsters, a constant declaration to the most fundamental truth of Silvershore itself: advertising.

Because the clock tower isn't just a historically important building; it is also the headquarters of Wayward East Press, the largest entertainment business in an entertainment city. The offices are near-impossible to break into... unless you happen to know a lot of secret information about how the WEP runs their business.

Enter the mysterious Lam, a book thief who seems to know a lot of secret information about a lot of secret things. His bag of tricks opens the door for he and Olala to enter these offices and rob them blind... but does he know enough to get them back out again?

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

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

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Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Milo Ellersick -- Promotional artist

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

Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist

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.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode "Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba

20200603-042117-Bird_Song_Garden_-_Early_Morning_In_Suburbs.WAV by beninu https://freesound.org/people/beninu/sounds/522343/

Horse-drawn carriage - Approach and stop.wav by Sirderf https://freesound.org/people/Sirderf/sounds/333680/

Calm city-park 8am Den Bosch NL 200503_0168.flac by klankbeeld https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/534711/

“Cyclope Chase (Action Drums)” by NightWolfCFM https://freesound.org/people/NightWolfCFM/sounds/439380/

“ZDrone1” by be-steele https://freesound.org/people/be-steele/sounds/134807/

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Trigger warnings:

- Racism and xenophobia

- Depictions of chase/pursuit

- Violence and threats of violence (towards humans and animal-like creatures)

- Deep bodies of water

- Claustrophobic/enclosed spaces

- Home invasion

- Explosions and sudden loud noises

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