October 7, 2022 • 27 mins
It might be time for some new plans.
Created and Produced by Victoria Pereira
Featuring:
Victoria Pereira as Avra
Amy Acevedo as Juliet
Kai Morfin as Ben
Arden Fitzroy as Mar/i
Myani Watson as Kendi
Caroline Byrne as Sybil
Aidan Gibbs as James the Sandwich Man
David Russell as Customer 1
Kyle Boyer as Customer 2
Christina Rose Hargis as Lizzie
Story Editor: Jennifer Wong
Cover Artist: Christy Duprey
Foley Artist: Isaac Rodriguez
Transcriptionist: Rebecca Reiter
Website Designer: Kyle Boyer
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Created and Produced by Victoria Pereira
Featuring:
Victoria Pereira as Avra
Amy Acevedo as Juliet
Kai Morfin as Ben
Arden Fitzroy as Mar/i
Myani Watson as Kendi
Caroline Byrne as Sybil
Aidan Gibbs as James the Sandwich Man
David Russell as Customer 1
Kyle Boyer as Customer 2
Christina Rose Hargis as Lizzie
Story Editor: Jennifer Wong
Cover Artist: Christy Duprey
Foley Artist: Isaac Rodriguez
Transcriptionist: Rebecca Reiter
Website Designer: Kyle Boyer
Theme Song: "Pink Night in Ohio" by Ryan Andersen
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Welcome to town. Everyone's a uniquein their own way. Right. Maybe
I should be concerned about your articles. Don't worry. I still doubt that
you're actually human. Just another dayand Water's Edge, Season four, Episode
six, New Plans. Go getit in, Marlow, Okay, give
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it back, Come on, Marlow, bring it back here. He's not
very good with fetch. You shouldteach him. I think it's more of
a dog thing. I taught orangeand cream and they're great at it.
You taught your guinea pigs fetch.Yeah, it wasn't that hard. You're
just good at everything. Huh.Not really? You needed help with homework
(01:06):
right? Oh? Yeah, butwe don't have to get started on that
yet. I don't mind just hangingout for a bit. I don't want
to waste your time or anything.Hang out with you wasn't a waste,
especially if you can train my catto fetch. At the same time,
who's that coming? Hey, Ben, Juliet? What's going on? Not
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much? Come on in, Hi, Marlowe, sweet baby, I didn't
know you were coming over to Murray. I'm going with Mark today. But
yeah, I heard you had somethingyou need us to talk to me about.
I don't remember saying that Ben toldme it was urgent you did.
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Yeah, you have that research youwanted to share. Remember the stuff you
found at the library? Oh youmean the private research I was doing before
we do that? Ben, canyou show me where Lizzie keeps the tea?
It's in the cabinet above the stove. I think you need to show
me. Be right back, Mar, take your time. Sounds like the
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tea needs to be discussed for us. Ben, you told Mar. I
didn't tell him anything. I wantedto leave that part to you. You
can't keep hiding this from them whenMar's the only person who might be able
to help. What makes you thinkthat just because Mar was able to summon
a demon doesn't mean they know anymore than we do. Then who would
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you rather tell Avrah Lizzie? Absolutelynot? Then what's your plan? I
don't have one find the tea yet? One second. Mar's gonna feel so
bad. I don't want to tellhim. Jules, you're the one who's
gonna feel real bad if Zerthous takesover your body and decides to throw you
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into the ocean. I know,Mars, our friend, I'll understand.
Mar. He fucked up? WhoaI don't think i've ever heard you Cursela,
that I made a deal with Zerthauswhen you summoned him. I know,
Wait what, you're not very quiet? What you're looking fatigue? Why
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didn't you tell me earlier? BecauseI didn't want you to feel bad for
something stupid I did. I exchangedfive minutes of being possessed so he would
fix the whole Ava situation. Ohgod, I know. And I don't
even know if it'll work, becauseif all the books I found and what
Francie said are right, demons haveno obligation to hold up their end of
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the bargain. You talked to Francyabout this barely. He kind of knows,
but not the whole story. Ithink he's too busy working to bring
it up to Ava and the others. Well, was he and those books
said sounds about right. I'm sorryI was so dumb. Hey, it's
okay. It's not your fault.Of course, it's my fault. I
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shook his hand. I made thedeal. If I just waited longer and
stronger, or it's okay. EsWiththous is a centuries old demon that literally
exists to trick people. We're teenagers. Any of us could have been tricked
by him. You just happen tobe the last one awake. He even
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tricked Cello, and that guy ishella smart. We'll figure something out.
Don't worry how he beat us already. I made the deal. It's not
like we can reverse it. Whosays we can't. I don't have that
too much experience with demons, butthat doesn't mean we can't learn. Yeah,
and three of us on the case, it's better than one. With
the power of friendship, we willprevail. But seriously, we're your friends.
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If friends don't help you break adeal with the devil, will,
Thanks guys. So where do westart? Well, I've skimmed through every
book on demons that I could findat the library. Nothing helpful there.
I don't know if human accounts willdo is for this kind of thing.
Anyway, What you don't want totake on this demon exorcist style, I'd
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love from my head to nat willlike an owl. Thank you. You
guys are joking, But that's nota bad idea doing an exorcism. Really.
Maybe I have no idea if thosereally work or if it's another product
of human imagination. But we couldfind out from who a priest. We
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don't really have any religious groups onthe island, so unless we want to
head to a mainland church, interna whole lot of heads, it looks
like a dead end. You're notwrong about the dead end part. I
think I know someone who might beable to help. Who you guys,
ever been to therapy? You're almostthere. If you can expand it just
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a bit further, the table willbe completely invisible. Okay, I don't
think I can do it. Justfocus. Make your only goal in this
moment to make the table disappear.Damn it? What happened to me?
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I was able to do this theother day? No problem, You're learning
progression doesn't always go up in astraight line. I bet it did for
your friend, from what I remember, it didn't sit down for a minute.
Catch your breath. You've never beenthis upset about not mastering a new
skill. There's something else bothering you, isn't there? That's nothing you're lying?
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Can you just pretend that you can'ttell? Can you ever stop reflecting
your emotions on me? It's abit of a giveaway. I wish I
could, but you know, I'mnot sure my power even affects you,
though you don't seem very frustrated.Oh, it does. When you've been
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alive as long as I have,though you learn to control your emotions.
Well. Not even my mom canmanage that, and we've been around each
other for twenty five years. Idon't know. I'm just a little upset.
Some of my friends found out thatI'm taking lessons from you and weren't
very happy. They don't want youto be a witch. It's not really
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the magic that's the problem, ofcourse, it's the teacher. I suppose
that's one of the sacrifices you haveto make. When you barge into a
town looking for a criminal and allthe citizens or suspects, people start to
become wary of you. I hopeyou weren't one of them too. You're
just doing your job, and eventhough I don't think you'll find anything,
(08:03):
I can't blame you for wanting toprotect people. It's nice to know there's
someone in this town who isn't paintingme as the villain. It's a shame.
I'm really starting to like it here, the coast, the atmosphere,
the vibrance. I was almost consideringit for a place to live once the
investigation is finished, Looking elsewhere mightbe a better idea, though, I
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thought you were going back to hunMaday. No, I won't you see,
in order to protect Hunmday, therewere rules put into place. Paramount
on that list is that residents mustnever leave. If a citizen chooses to
leave, they are never allowed toreturn. Never. Never. But that
(08:50):
doesn't make any sense. How wasyour population not tanked over time? I'm
sure they're letting some people come andgo. I've told you before. Hyun
Meaday isn't like Water's Edge. Wehave enough people to sustain ourselves. Every
type of cryptod you could think of, with every power or future under the
sun, lives there. I wishyou could see it, but we're both
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stuck on the outside now. There'sno way they would do that to you,
send you on a mission as importantas yours and then not let you
back into your home. That's awful. It's how it has to be.
It's the only way we can trulyensure that our town stays secure. That's
bullshit, Sybil, I've never heardof you use such strong language. Well,
(09:35):
sorry, but that's a stupid rule. Maybe it works for keeping Hunmday
hidden. But it's also why noone knew of their existence for all of
this time. It's why nobody couldpractice old magic or knew anything about our
history or why we are the waywe are. And now it's why you
can't return to the place that you'vecalled home for hundreds of years. It's
not right. Maybe you're right,but I chose to take this job,
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and one of the councilwoman did sayshe would see if anything could be done
about my situation. Once the investigationwas concluded, I could tell she was
lying, at least partially, butI chose to believe her. Also,
I could chase a hero's dream andhope for a warm welcome at the end
of it. I was so naive. You're not naive. They're manipulative.
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You know what they are. Andthe whole leave and never come back rule
is so ridiculous. It wasn't inplace when I was a kid, so
my parents and I got to travelthe world. It was amazing. We
saw things no cryptid living in HughanMidday now could ever see, some things
that humans at the time could neverdream to reach. And then they wanted
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so badly to protect the town thatThey coaxed Hannah into giving her life to
create the damned shroud. We wereyour age, and she was so desperate
to protect everyone. But she shouldn'thave had to give her life. There
were other ways, but the HighCouncil promised her everything if she could pull
it off, and then it killedher. So her family got the money
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and the flowers she was promised,along with all the pain and infamy for
a martyr's family. They built astatue of her in the center of the
city. Got everything right down tothe way her hair fell around her face,
but they couldn't quite capture her smile. I wonder if they'll make one
for me. I suppose I can'tcontrol my emotions as much as I thought.
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Neither can I? Sybil. Yeah, Kendy, don't ever let them
make you into a statue. Ican't take it any more. Being locked
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in this house is bad enough atmy trader roommate lurking around the house with
a bad attitude, and I feellike I'm going to lose my mind.
What are the chances I'll even runinto Investigator Estra Anyway, just in a
minute to get away from the house, grab a sandwich and get some fresh
air. God, I never thoughtI would miss my office at City Hall
so much. Hey, welcome inOvra. Long time now. See you've
(12:26):
been avoiding us here, just tryingto save money, you know how it
is? Hey, yeah, Isure do. Anyway, what can I
get for you? Could I geta turkey ribbon? You got it?
Chips? Or potato salad? Potatosalad? Please to go. That'll be
eight forty five give me five minutes. Feel free to take a seat while
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you wait. Thanks. I don'tknow where she got the authority to do
this, but it doesn't seem likeit's from the sheriff. Well, the
sheriff sure isn't stopping her. Shewasn't too aggressive with me, but I
think that's on account of me notworking on the mainland like you do.
You're probably right, but I haven'tbeen there for more than a month since
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my family came over from Commerlocke.We've been desperate for a way to make
money, even if it's around humans. I have to take it. I
understand. Still doesn't give her anexcuse for insinuating what she did about you.
Do you really believe her? Howdo you mean when she says there's
a human in town. Do youthink it's true? I think whoever's paying
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or wouldn't be doing so if theyweren't real sure there was. It's awful,
really, I mean, how longhas this been going on? A
human infiltrated our town and now they'regonna get us all killed. God if
I only know who that human was, only would take matters into my own
hands. Come on, you're gettingyourself all worked up like you wouldn't do
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the same. I guess I wouldif it came down to it. Wouldn't
feel great about it, though,I would. We have to do all
we can to protect ourselves. Ifthis investigator can't figure things out quick enough,
then we will have hell to pay, I know. For now,
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though, all we can do iswait and do a bit of our own
investigating. She mentioned that they've gota tip line open now. If the
rest of the communities as vigilant aswe are, they'll catch this human in
no time. Let's hope. Iknow. I'll be keeping my out for
any Sorry turkey reuben with potato saladfor avara. Oh thank you have a
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good one, you too, ohinvestigator, as were welcome usual? Yes?
Please? Oh av your card Ican't forget that. Oh my bad.
Thanks Avra. Yes, that's aunique name. I don't suppose you
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might be Avra Nunez of the Water'sEdge Weekly. I am pleased to make
your acquaintance. I've tried to haveyou in for your interview, but it
seems like you always have a priorwork commitment. Yeah, my schedules a
little all over the place. I'mactually though you're the editor in chief.
I'm aware. I've read your worksince arriving in town. Quite good.
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You seem to know everything that's goingon around here. Oh I'm not sure
about that. Just trying to domy job, aren't we all. Hopefully
we can find a time for thatinterview soon. I'm looking forward to seeing
what you know about Water's Edge.Of course, Well, I've got to
get back to work, so ohabsolutely, don't let me keep you.
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Enjoy the rest of your day,you too. Investigator Kendy Ezra Interview number
zero eight nine in The Water's EdgeHuman Investigation. It is May twenty ninth,
twenty fourteen, eleven o five AM. Subject is Elizabeth Pauline a
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reedy, dark red hair, greeneyes, medium build. Is all this
information correct? As I have describedit. That's me. You can call
me Lizzie though, Lizzie right,And I see here you are currently employed
at Ruby's Seaside Diner as a waitress. Oh no, I left last fall,
(16:33):
and what do you do now?Will nothing at the moment. I'm
still working on finding another job,but in a different industry. I see
my records indicate that you have beenworking as a waitress since you were quite
young. In fact, this sayssince the day you were of legal working
age, but I imagine you mayhave been helping out even before that.
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I mean, Ruby would just askme to fold menus when I was in
there. Sometimes it really you don'thave to explain anything to me. I'm
only here to complete my investigation,not hassle people who had to work for
their living at too young an age. Oh oh okay. That does lead
me to wonder, though, whatmade you suddenly change course after all these
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years? I just really needed achange. Are you sure that's the reason?
Yeah, you just seem unconvinced.Was there another contributing factor? A
waitress gig and a human tourist economyis bound to have a lot of human
interaction in the day to day,didn't encounter with one of them? Make
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you question the position. No,I grew up around humans. They've never
bothered me, Misseridi. I cantell you're not being fully truthful. A
human had something to do with yourdecision to quit your job. Is that
a question? Should it be astatement? No, I someone encouraged me
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to look for other opportunities when Iwas at work one day. I always
thought I would be stuck working thisjob for the rest of my life.
But then they showed me that Icould do something bigger. They could have
been human. That sounds very niceof a stranger to do. It.
Seems like you're quite fond of them. Were they really just a patron at
the diner? Or are they somethingmore to you? They were a diner,
(18:26):
they were nice. That's it.You must have stayed in touch with
this person. You wouldn't want tolose contact with someone who changed your life
so significantly, right. I haven'ttalked to them in a bit. Really,
how long do you consider a bit? Six months, two weeks,
a few hours? I haven't ohan oracle, The time nears when it
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all will be revealed to the onewho seeks forbidden knowledge. Despite all of
it's the one most desperate to bea protector will deal the final blow,
will they? Interesting? Oh goodness, are you all right? Yeah?
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Yeah, I'm good. My nextline of questioning was going to be about
your crypto type and powers. ButI suppose that's been answered. Yep,
just an out of control oracle.Out of control. Yeah. Normally I
can call the fates when I needa vision. It used to be really,
really rare for me to have randomvisions like the one I just did.
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Now though, I have them everyfew hours unless my plainwalker friend pops
into my mind for a little bit. A short possession stops the visions only
temporarily. It usually lasts a day, day and a half tops. I
see, where is your power centered? I don't know what you mean.
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That's fair. Maybe I should saywhere do you feel your power most?
When I use my power, Ifeel it not in my mind or test
per se like people might think,but in the center of my palms.
Do you feel anything like that afteryour vision? I guess I do,
Like right here kind of in myshoulders. That's your center, your shoulder
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blades. That can help you ifyou focus on those points, it could
treat your obrue syndrome and get yourvisions back under control. I'm no medical
experts, so I'd leave it toa doctor to figure out a treatment plan
when mine flares up. Alternating hotand cold treatments works, wonders, of
course, I only have a mildcase of o'brue syndrome. But wait,
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what is that o'brue syndrome? You'venever heard of? Obrue syndrome? No,
I'm sorry, I thought you wereaware. It's a rare condition,
but that Hyunmday doctors have put yearsof research and time into finding treatment regiments
for so you're saying these problems I'vebeen having with my powers going haywire.
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It's not just me, it's notjust you. I'm sorry you thought that
for so long. No doctors you'vegone to have diagnosed you with a Brue
syndrome. I don't think any ofthem know what that even is more knowledge
discovered by Yuni Miday citizens that nevermade it past the gate. It's a
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shame that our hiding prevents us fromsharing important innovations like this. If it's
all right with you, I couldcontact my doctor and Hyune mid Day and
have her do a remote evaluation ofyour condition. Maybe I can get some
of the literature on a Brue syndrometo your healthcare professionals here as well.
I think it might help, Andfor something like a Bruce syndrome, it's
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best to have a personalized treatment plan. I'm sorry, am I overstepping No,
not at all. This is justa lot to take in. I'm
sorry to have thrown a chronic conditiondiagnosis at you when you thought you were
showing up for an interview. Don'tbe sorry. I have a name for
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what this is now, maybe evena doctor who knows what to do to
manage it. I haven't felt thisgood in a while. Then, I'm
very glad I could help. Well, it hasn't even been two hours since
I ran into her at lunch,and I got another summons for my interview
with investigator Eztra. I haven't respondedyet. This one is slated for early
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next week. And since I dodgedmy last two by saying I had work
things scheduled on those days, thistime I'm going to have to be a
little more creative. Maybe I'll waittill the morning of and say I got
the stomach flu or something, knowinghow serious this woman is about her job,
though, and how intent she seemson interviewing me, she might just
not care and make house call.Anyway she's onto me. I can feel
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it, or maybe that's just myanxiety talking, But even if it is,
that means I won't be able tokeep hiding for long. I'm going
crazy being stuck in this house.I can't even go out to get groceries
now for fear of running into theinvestigator again and giving myself away. But
honestly, staying in the house mightnot even help. Now she's got a
direct line to me from Sybil.I can't keep living like this. Hiding
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and hoping Investigator Estra overlooks me isn'tgoing to work for much longer. So
it's I'm going to make a newplan. My original three options still seem
like the only ones afforded to metend to be encrypted, be encrypted,
or leave town. Last one's beenoff the table since the beginning, and
now that she's asked me for severalinterviews and has seen me in person,
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there's no chance I could slip outof town without Investigator Estra trying to find
me. Despite our best efforts.We know now that I am no cryptid.
It's got to be impossible for meto have made it through twenty five
years of life not exhibiting powers,not even mentioning the last half a year
of being exposed to cryptid powers overand over again, without showing any myself
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pretending might be out now too,because like a dumbass, I completely forgot
to put on my fake disguise stokenbefore I left the house earlier. So
depending on how observant Estra is,she might spot the fake as soon as
I try to pass it off asreal. If I'm in that interrogation room
with her, I can't pull aFrancy and prove myself as a cryptid without
taking off a disguise. Oh whydid I ever think I could live in
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a town full of magical creatures?Why did I think I could outsmart one
has to be the best detective that'sever lived. By staying inside for a
little while, I keep letting otherpeople deal with the burden of keeping me
alive in this town, always lookingto someone else to keep the secret,
or think up a good lie,or suggest the next step forward, to
keep me from getting my mind raisedenough. I'm the one who got into
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this mess. It should be mewho figures out how to fix it,
not Lizzie or Shaya or Sibyl orFrancy. Me. No more hiding,
no more pretending. I either solvethis without bullshing my way around it,
or it doesn't get solved. Funnily, I was actually encrypted, or I
could become one or wait, hey, Francy, it's off. I think
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I know how to fix everything.Yeah, but just hear me out.
Okay, thanks for listening to Seasonfour of Crypted Kate New Plans. The
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show is created and produced by meVictoria Pereira, I also voice Ava.
The voice of Juliet is Amyo Sabato. The voice of Ben is kymoor Feed.
The voice of Marie is Odd andFistroy. The voice of Kendy is
Miannie Watson. The voice of Sybilis Caroline Byrne. The voice of James
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the Sandwich Man is Aidan Gibbs.The voice of Kustomer Won is David Russell.
The voice of Customer two is KyleBayer. The voice of Lizzie is
Christina rose Hargis. Our story editoris Jennifer Wong. Our cover artist is
Christie Duprey. Our folly artist isIsaac Rodriguez. Our transcriptionist is Rebecca Ryder.
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Welcome to town. Everyone's a uniquein their own way. Right. Maybe
I should be concerned about your articles. Don't worry. I still doubt that
you're actually human. Just another dayand Water's Edge, Season four, Episode
six, New Plans. Go getit in, Marlow, Okay, give
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it back, Come on, Marlow, bring it back here. He's not
very good with fetch. You shouldteach him. I think it's more of
a dog thing. I taught orangeand cream and they're great at it.
You taught your guinea pigs fetch.Yeah, it wasn't that hard. You're
just good at everything. Huh.Not really? You needed help with homework
(01:06):
right? Oh? Yeah, butwe don't have to get started on that
yet. I don't mind just hangingout for a bit. I don't want
to waste your time or anything.Hang out with you wasn't a waste,
especially if you can train my catto fetch. At the same time,
who's that coming? Hey, Ben, Juliet? What's going on? Not
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much? Come on in, Hi, Marlowe, sweet baby, I didn't
know you were coming over to Murray. I'm going with Mark today. But
yeah, I heard you had somethingyou need us to talk to me about.
I don't remember saying that Ben toldme it was urgent you did.
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Yeah, you have that research youwanted to share. Remember the stuff you
found at the library? Oh youmean the private research I was doing before
we do that? Ben, canyou show me where Lizzie keeps the tea?
It's in the cabinet above the stove. I think you need to show
me. Be right back, Mar, take your time. Sounds like the
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tea needs to be discussed for us. Ben, you told Mar. I
didn't tell him anything. I wantedto leave that part to you. You
can't keep hiding this from them whenMar's the only person who might be able
to help. What makes you thinkthat just because Mar was able to summon
a demon doesn't mean they know anymore than we do. Then who would
(02:37):
you rather tell Avrah Lizzie? Absolutelynot? Then what's your plan? I
don't have one find the tea yet? One second. Mar's gonna feel so
bad. I don't want to tellhim. Jules, you're the one who's
gonna feel real bad if Zerthous takesover your body and decides to throw you
(02:57):
into the ocean. I know,Mars, our friend, I'll understand.
Mar. He fucked up? WhoaI don't think i've ever heard you Cursela,
that I made a deal with Zerthauswhen you summoned him. I know,
Wait what, you're not very quiet? What you're looking fatigue? Why
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didn't you tell me earlier? BecauseI didn't want you to feel bad for
something stupid I did. I exchangedfive minutes of being possessed so he would
fix the whole Ava situation. Ohgod, I know. And I don't
even know if it'll work, becauseif all the books I found and what
Francie said are right, demons haveno obligation to hold up their end of
(03:43):
the bargain. You talked to Francyabout this barely. He kind of knows,
but not the whole story. Ithink he's too busy working to bring
it up to Ava and the others. Well, was he and those books
said sounds about right. I'm sorryI was so dumb. Hey, it's
okay. It's not your fault.Of course, it's my fault. I
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shook his hand. I made thedeal. If I just waited longer and
stronger, or it's okay. EsWiththous is a centuries old demon that literally
exists to trick people. We're teenagers. Any of us could have been tricked
by him. You just happen tobe the last one awake. He even
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tricked Cello, and that guy ishella smart. We'll figure something out.
Don't worry how he beat us already. I made the deal. It's not
like we can reverse it. Whosays we can't. I don't have that
too much experience with demons, butthat doesn't mean we can't learn. Yeah,
and three of us on the case, it's better than one. With
the power of friendship, we willprevail. But seriously, we're your friends.
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If friends don't help you break adeal with the devil, will,
Thanks guys. So where do westart? Well, I've skimmed through every
book on demons that I could findat the library. Nothing helpful there.
I don't know if human accounts willdo is for this kind of thing.
Anyway, What you don't want totake on this demon exorcist style, I'd
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love from my head to nat willlike an owl. Thank you. You
guys are joking, But that's nota bad idea doing an exorcism. Really.
Maybe I have no idea if thosereally work or if it's another product
of human imagination. But we couldfind out from who a priest. We
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don't really have any religious groups onthe island, so unless we want to
head to a mainland church, interna whole lot of heads, it looks
like a dead end. You're notwrong about the dead end part. I
think I know someone who might beable to help. Who you guys,
ever been to therapy? You're almostthere. If you can expand it just
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a bit further, the table willbe completely invisible. Okay, I don't
think I can do it. Justfocus. Make your only goal in this
moment to make the table disappear.Damn it? What happened to me?
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I was able to do this theother day? No problem, You're learning
progression doesn't always go up in astraight line. I bet it did for
your friend, from what I remember, it didn't sit down for a minute.
Catch your breath. You've never beenthis upset about not mastering a new
skill. There's something else bothering you, isn't there? That's nothing you're lying?
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Can you just pretend that you can'ttell? Can you ever stop reflecting
your emotions on me? It's abit of a giveaway. I wish I
could, but you know, I'mnot sure my power even affects you,
though you don't seem very frustrated.Oh, it does. When you've been
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alive as long as I have,though you learn to control your emotions.
Well. Not even my mom canmanage that, and we've been around each
other for twenty five years. Idon't know. I'm just a little upset.
Some of my friends found out thatI'm taking lessons from you and weren't
very happy. They don't want youto be a witch. It's not really
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the magic that's the problem, ofcourse, it's the teacher. I suppose
that's one of the sacrifices you haveto make. When you barge into a
town looking for a criminal and allthe citizens or suspects, people start to
become wary of you. I hopeyou weren't one of them too. You're
just doing your job, and eventhough I don't think you'll find anything,
(08:03):
I can't blame you for wanting toprotect people. It's nice to know there's
someone in this town who isn't paintingme as the villain. It's a shame.
I'm really starting to like it here, the coast, the atmosphere,
the vibrance. I was almost consideringit for a place to live once the
investigation is finished, Looking elsewhere mightbe a better idea, though, I
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thought you were going back to hunMaday. No, I won't you see,
in order to protect Hunmday, therewere rules put into place. Paramount
on that list is that residents mustnever leave. If a citizen chooses to
leave, they are never allowed toreturn. Never. Never. But that
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doesn't make any sense. How wasyour population not tanked over time? I'm
sure they're letting some people come andgo. I've told you before. Hyun
Meaday isn't like Water's Edge. Wehave enough people to sustain ourselves. Every
type of cryptod you could think of, with every power or future under the
sun, lives there. I wishyou could see it, but we're both
(09:13):
stuck on the outside now. There'sno way they would do that to you,
send you on a mission as importantas yours and then not let you
back into your home. That's awful. It's how it has to be.
It's the only way we can trulyensure that our town stays secure. That's
bullshit, Sybil, I've never heardof you use such strong language. Well,
(09:35):
sorry, but that's a stupid rule. Maybe it works for keeping Hunmday
hidden. But it's also why noone knew of their existence for all of
this time. It's why nobody couldpractice old magic or knew anything about our
history or why we are the waywe are. And now it's why you
can't return to the place that you'vecalled home for hundreds of years. It's
not right. Maybe you're right,but I chose to take this job,
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and one of the councilwoman did sayshe would see if anything could be done
about my situation. Once the investigationwas concluded, I could tell she was
lying, at least partially, butI chose to believe her. Also,
I could chase a hero's dream andhope for a warm welcome at the end
of it. I was so naive. You're not naive. They're manipulative.
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You know what they are. Andthe whole leave and never come back rule
is so ridiculous. It wasn't inplace when I was a kid, so
my parents and I got to travelthe world. It was amazing. We
saw things no cryptid living in HughanMidday now could ever see, some things
that humans at the time could neverdream to reach. And then they wanted
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so badly to protect the town thatThey coaxed Hannah into giving her life to
create the damned shroud. We wereyour age, and she was so desperate
to protect everyone. But she shouldn'thave had to give her life. There
were other ways, but the HighCouncil promised her everything if she could pull
it off, and then it killedher. So her family got the money
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and the flowers she was promised,along with all the pain and infamy for
a martyr's family. They built astatue of her in the center of the
city. Got everything right down tothe way her hair fell around her face,
but they couldn't quite capture her smile. I wonder if they'll make one
for me. I suppose I can'tcontrol my emotions as much as I thought.
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Neither can I? Sybil. Yeah, Kendy, don't ever let them
make you into a statue. Ican't take it any more. Being locked
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in this house is bad enough atmy trader roommate lurking around the house with
a bad attitude, and I feellike I'm going to lose my mind.
What are the chances I'll even runinto Investigator Estra Anyway, just in a
minute to get away from the house, grab a sandwich and get some fresh
air. God, I never thoughtI would miss my office at City Hall
so much. Hey, welcome inOvra. Long time now. See you've
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been avoiding us here, just tryingto save money, you know how it
is? Hey, yeah, Isure do. Anyway, what can I
get for you? Could I geta turkey ribbon? You got it?
Chips? Or potato salad? Potatosalad? Please to go. That'll be
eight forty five give me five minutes. Feel free to take a seat while
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you wait. Thanks. I don'tknow where she got the authority to do
this, but it doesn't seem likeit's from the sheriff. Well, the
sheriff sure isn't stopping her. Shewasn't too aggressive with me, but I
think that's on account of me notworking on the mainland like you do.
You're probably right, but I haven'tbeen there for more than a month since
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my family came over from Commerlocke.We've been desperate for a way to make
money, even if it's around humans. I have to take it. I
understand. Still doesn't give her anexcuse for insinuating what she did about you.
Do you really believe her? Howdo you mean when she says there's
a human in town. Do youthink it's true? I think whoever's paying
(13:37):
or wouldn't be doing so if theyweren't real sure there was. It's awful,
really, I mean, how longhas this been going on? A
human infiltrated our town and now they'regonna get us all killed. God if
I only know who that human was, only would take matters into my own
hands. Come on, you're gettingyourself all worked up like you wouldn't do
(13:58):
the same. I guess I wouldif it came down to it. Wouldn't
feel great about it, though,I would. We have to do all
we can to protect ourselves. Ifthis investigator can't figure things out quick enough,
then we will have hell to pay, I know. For now,
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though, all we can do iswait and do a bit of our own
investigating. She mentioned that they've gota tip line open now. If the
rest of the communities as vigilant aswe are, they'll catch this human in
no time. Let's hope. Iknow. I'll be keeping my out for
any Sorry turkey reuben with potato saladfor avara. Oh thank you have a
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good one, you too, ohinvestigator, as were welcome usual? Yes?
Please? Oh av your card Ican't forget that. Oh my bad.
Thanks Avra. Yes, that's aunique name. I don't suppose you
(15:03):
might be Avra Nunez of the Water'sEdge Weekly. I am pleased to make
your acquaintance. I've tried to haveyou in for your interview, but it
seems like you always have a priorwork commitment. Yeah, my schedules a
little all over the place. I'mactually though you're the editor in chief.
I'm aware. I've read your worksince arriving in town. Quite good.
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You seem to know everything that's goingon around here. Oh I'm not sure
about that. Just trying to domy job, aren't we all. Hopefully
we can find a time for thatinterview soon. I'm looking forward to seeing
what you know about Water's Edge.Of course, Well, I've got to
get back to work, so ohabsolutely, don't let me keep you.
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Enjoy the rest of your day,you too. Investigator Kendy Ezra Interview number
zero eight nine in The Water's EdgeHuman Investigation. It is May twenty ninth,
twenty fourteen, eleven o five AM. Subject is Elizabeth Pauline a
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reedy, dark red hair, greeneyes, medium build. Is all this
information correct? As I have describedit. That's me. You can call
me Lizzie though, Lizzie right,And I see here you are currently employed
at Ruby's Seaside Diner as a waitress. Oh no, I left last fall,
(16:33):
and what do you do now?Will nothing at the moment. I'm
still working on finding another job,but in a different industry. I see
my records indicate that you have beenworking as a waitress since you were quite
young. In fact, this sayssince the day you were of legal working
age, but I imagine you mayhave been helping out even before that.
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I mean, Ruby would just askme to fold menus when I was in
there. Sometimes it really you don'thave to explain anything to me. I'm
only here to complete my investigation,not hassle people who had to work for
their living at too young an age. Oh oh okay. That does lead
me to wonder, though, whatmade you suddenly change course after all these
(17:17):
years? I just really needed achange. Are you sure that's the reason?
Yeah, you just seem unconvinced.Was there another contributing factor? A
waitress gig and a human tourist economyis bound to have a lot of human
interaction in the day to day,didn't encounter with one of them? Make
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you question the position. No,I grew up around humans. They've never
bothered me, Misseridi. I cantell you're not being fully truthful. A
human had something to do with yourdecision to quit your job. Is that
a question? Should it be astatement? No, I someone encouraged me
(18:03):
to look for other opportunities when Iwas at work one day. I always
thought I would be stuck working thisjob for the rest of my life.
But then they showed me that Icould do something bigger. They could have
been human. That sounds very niceof a stranger to do. It.
Seems like you're quite fond of them. Were they really just a patron at
the diner? Or are they somethingmore to you? They were a diner,
(18:26):
they were nice. That's it.You must have stayed in touch with
this person. You wouldn't want tolose contact with someone who changed your life
so significantly, right. I haven'ttalked to them in a bit. Really,
how long do you consider a bit? Six months, two weeks,
a few hours? I haven't ohan oracle, The time nears when it
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all will be revealed to the onewho seeks forbidden knowledge. Despite all of
it's the one most desperate to bea protector will deal the final blow,
will they? Interesting? Oh goodness, are you all right? Yeah?
(19:15):
Yeah, I'm good. My nextline of questioning was going to be about
your crypto type and powers. ButI suppose that's been answered. Yep,
just an out of control oracle.Out of control. Yeah. Normally I
can call the fates when I needa vision. It used to be really,
really rare for me to have randomvisions like the one I just did.
(19:38):
Now though, I have them everyfew hours unless my plainwalker friend pops
into my mind for a little bit. A short possession stops the visions only
temporarily. It usually lasts a day, day and a half tops. I
see, where is your power centered? I don't know what you mean.
(19:59):
That's fair. Maybe I should saywhere do you feel your power most?
When I use my power, Ifeel it not in my mind or test
per se like people might think,but in the center of my palms.
Do you feel anything like that afteryour vision? I guess I do,
Like right here kind of in myshoulders. That's your center, your shoulder
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blades. That can help you ifyou focus on those points, it could
treat your obrue syndrome and get yourvisions back under control. I'm no medical
experts, so I'd leave it toa doctor to figure out a treatment plan
when mine flares up. Alternating hotand cold treatments works, wonders, of
course, I only have a mildcase of o'brue syndrome. But wait,
(20:47):
what is that o'brue syndrome? You'venever heard of? Obrue syndrome? No,
I'm sorry, I thought you wereaware. It's a rare condition,
but that Hyunmday doctors have put yearsof research and time into finding treatment regiments
for so you're saying these problems I'vebeen having with my powers going haywire.
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It's not just me, it's notjust you. I'm sorry you thought that
for so long. No doctors you'vegone to have diagnosed you with a Brue
syndrome. I don't think any ofthem know what that even is more knowledge
discovered by Yuni Miday citizens that nevermade it past the gate. It's a
(21:32):
shame that our hiding prevents us fromsharing important innovations like this. If it's
all right with you, I couldcontact my doctor and Hyune mid Day and
have her do a remote evaluation ofyour condition. Maybe I can get some
of the literature on a Brue syndrometo your healthcare professionals here as well.
I think it might help, Andfor something like a Bruce syndrome, it's
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best to have a personalized treatment plan. I'm sorry, am I overstepping No,
not at all. This is justa lot to take in. I'm
sorry to have thrown a chronic conditiondiagnosis at you when you thought you were
showing up for an interview. Don'tbe sorry. I have a name for
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what this is now, maybe evena doctor who knows what to do to
manage it. I haven't felt thisgood in a while. Then, I'm
very glad I could help. Well, it hasn't even been two hours since
I ran into her at lunch,and I got another summons for my interview
with investigator Eztra. I haven't respondedyet. This one is slated for early
(22:41):
next week. And since I dodgedmy last two by saying I had work
things scheduled on those days, thistime I'm going to have to be a
little more creative. Maybe I'll waittill the morning of and say I got
the stomach flu or something, knowinghow serious this woman is about her job,
though, and how intent she seemson interviewing me, she might just
not care and make house call.Anyway she's onto me. I can feel
(23:03):
it, or maybe that's just myanxiety talking, But even if it is,
that means I won't be able tokeep hiding for long. I'm going
crazy being stuck in this house.I can't even go out to get groceries
now for fear of running into theinvestigator again and giving myself away. But
honestly, staying in the house mightnot even help. Now she's got a
direct line to me from Sybil.I can't keep living like this. Hiding
(23:29):
and hoping Investigator Estra overlooks me isn'tgoing to work for much longer. So
it's I'm going to make a newplan. My original three options still seem
like the only ones afforded to metend to be encrypted, be encrypted,
or leave town. Last one's beenoff the table since the beginning, and
now that she's asked me for severalinterviews and has seen me in person,
(23:51):
there's no chance I could slip outof town without Investigator Estra trying to find
me. Despite our best efforts.We know now that I am no cryptid.
It's got to be impossible for meto have made it through twenty five
years of life not exhibiting powers,not even mentioning the last half a year
of being exposed to cryptid powers overand over again, without showing any myself
(24:15):
pretending might be out now too,because like a dumbass, I completely forgot
to put on my fake disguise stokenbefore I left the house earlier. So
depending on how observant Estra is,she might spot the fake as soon as
I try to pass it off asreal. If I'm in that interrogation room
with her, I can't pull aFrancy and prove myself as a cryptid without
taking off a disguise. Oh whydid I ever think I could live in
(24:37):
a town full of magical creatures?Why did I think I could outsmart one
has to be the best detective that'sever lived. By staying inside for a
little while, I keep letting otherpeople deal with the burden of keeping me
alive in this town, always lookingto someone else to keep the secret,
or think up a good lie,or suggest the next step forward, to
keep me from getting my mind raisedenough. I'm the one who got into
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this mess. It should be mewho figures out how to fix it,
not Lizzie or Shaya or Sibyl orFrancy. Me. No more hiding,
no more pretending. I either solvethis without bullshing my way around it,
or it doesn't get solved. Funnily, I was actually encrypted, or I
could become one or wait, hey, Francy, it's off. I think
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I know how to fix everything.Yeah, but just hear me out.
Okay, thanks for listening to Seasonfour of Crypted Kate New Plans. The
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show is created and produced by meVictoria Pereira, I also voice Ava.
The voice of Juliet is Amyo Sabato. The voice of Ben is kymoor Feed.
The voice of Marie is Odd andFistroy. The voice of Kendy is
Miannie Watson. The voice of Sybilis Caroline Byrne. The voice of James
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the Sandwich Man is Aidan Gibbs.The voice of Kustomer Won is David Russell.
The voice of Customer two is KyleBayer. The voice of Lizzie is
Christina rose Hargis. Our story editoris Jennifer Wong. Our cover artist is
Christie Duprey. Our folly artist isIsaac Rodriguez. Our transcriptionist is Rebecca Ryder.
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