October 21, 2022 • 27 mins
Avra's taking a trip off-island with Francy and Caleb.
Created and Produced by Victoria Pereira
Featuring:
Victoria Pereira as Avra
Aubrey King as Francy
Myani Watson as Kendi
Angelique Fustukjian as Shia
Adam Montague as Caleb
Caroline Byrne as Sybil
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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Created and Produced by Victoria Pereira
Featuring:
Victoria Pereira as Avra
Aubrey King as Francy
Myani Watson as Kendi
Angelique Fustukjian as Shia
Adam Montague as Caleb
Caroline Byrne as Sybil
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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(00:02):
Welcome to town. Everyone's unique intheir own way, right. Maybe I
should be concerned about your articles.Don't worry. I still doubt that you're
actually human. Just another day andWater Edge, Season four, episode seven,
(00:24):
The Lake. If you're upset withme, I'd rather you just say
(01:00):
so than keep up the silent treatment. What Oh, I didn't mean to
not be talking. Are you sure, because it's been like ten miles since
you said anything. It wasn't intentional, just thinking. I guess it's kind
of a lot to go back tothe place where you first turned into a
freak of nature in order to tryto do the same to one of your
(01:22):
closest friends. Okay, that's fair. If you really don't want to do
this, you don't have to justdrop Caleb and I off. We can
handle it. I'm not going tolet you do this by yourself. Caleb's
smart, but I'm the only onewho really knows what to do if something
goes bad. Okay, were youalmost to Caleb's Yeah, like ten more
(01:46):
minutes. Can you message him?Let him know to get ready? Sure,
So what happens exactly? I knowit could be different for me,
and we don't even know if it'llwork, But how did it go for
me? We don't have to talkabout it. I have to prep you
(02:06):
eventually. Well, it happened inthe summer. I was fifteen and Caleb,
Roxy and I had finally built ourdream treehouse in the first few weeks
of vacation. I honestly don't knowhow it stood up for as long as
it did, all cobbled together andheld up by bad nails and the craftsmanship
of three teenagers. We spent somuch time up there, outfitted the whole
(02:31):
thing with posters and battery powered stringlights and even a bear safe snackbox.
And then some massles from school foundout about it and decided they wanted to
destroy it to mess with us.They came one night with paintball guns and
tried to chase us out, butRoxy had hidden some defensive methods of our
(02:52):
own, so while she and Calebdefended the flour, I tried to run
them through the woods. They werefootball kids, and I ran tracks,
so they couldn't keep up. Right, when I thought I had lured them
far enough away, cornered a treeand dropped straight into the lake. I
(03:12):
mean you might technically call it apond, it isn't that big around,
but man, it is deep.I'm freezing, even in the middle of
summer. And it changed me howmagic I don't know. It's a little
fuzzy since I was scared shitless.I remember flashes though it was so dark,
(03:36):
you know, an instant pitch blackdarkness. And I remember sinking so
fast and wondering why I wasn't ableto float at all. It felt like
I was being crushed, not justfrom the weight of the water but the
lack of air in my lungs andthe panic flooding in my brain. And
I remember thinking over and over andover again, what a shitty way to
(04:00):
die, running from some high schoolidiots and drowning in a pond. But
then I didn't. It was likesomeone flipped a switch and I was able
to see and move again. Thewater around me was glowing bright enough,
and I could finally figure out whichway was up, so I swam.
I felt like ages, but Ieventually broke the surface. I found the
(04:24):
shoreline, hauled myself out, andlater a while Caleb and Roxy found me
a half hour later, and youwere in your jersey, Devil forre No,
that didn't come until the next day. Actually, I felt different right
away, though at first I thoughtit was just the aftermath of almost dying.
(04:47):
I'm sure some of it was,but some of it never went away,
like a magic kind of feeling.No, Like it's hard to explain.
It was like I could feel theparts of me that had never been
there before, but we're about tobe. I could feel my wings even
(05:08):
though they weren't there yet, samewith my tail and horns. And I
felt awake, like insanely so,as if I had chugged a bunch of
energy drinks or something that went awayafter a day or so, and that's
how it happened. Wow, stillwant me to throw you in the lake?
(05:32):
I don't know if want is theright word, but I need to
become encrypted. It's the only wayto fix things. I sure hope you're
right. Investigator Kendy Ezra Interview numberzero ninety nine in the Water's Edge Human
(05:57):
Investigation. It is made fourteen sixo one pm. Subject is Shaia Fox
Fisher, twenty five year old nonbinary person, blueskin, tall, athletic
build, iridescent blue hair, blueeyes. Please confirm for the record that
you are Shia Fisher and this descriptionis true. It is true, excellent,
(06:20):
and I see here you work asa nurse at Henrietta Medical Center in
town. I do, honest work. Healthcare difficult too, I imagine,
what with the infinite number of eccentricitiescryptedbodies can have. I suppose you work
with humans at the center as well, correct, as patients. I mean,
(06:44):
on rare occasion, you're nervous.Why is that? I'm sorry?
I have never been interrogated for apolice investigation before, I see. I
can assure you you are at norisk of being the subject of investigation.
It would be an incredible feat fora human to convincingly have an appearance like
(07:04):
yours. Then why am I here? I have to interview the entire town.
Folks may have information they don't evenrealize they have, so thoroughness is
key in an investigation such as mine. In that vein, I'm aware of
a significant portion of your background.You were born and raised in Bluff,
Alaska. Correct, Yes, andnow you reside here. But there was
(07:29):
a period of time when you livedamongst humans. Correct, during college,
I see. I imagine you becamequite familiar with humans during this time,
probably came to deeply care for someNo. No, I had a generally
terrible time living in a human town. Really, that's why I lived here.
(07:51):
You must have some connections from thattime, some old classmate or professor
that you keep in touch with.The last time I talked to anyone from
there was when I asked for lettersof recommendation for my job at Henrietta.
It's been years interesting working at Henrietta. I believe I saw somewhere in the
(08:11):
file that you assisted with a humanmemory wipe not too long ago. I
did. Yes, ah, hereit is Rory McElroy back in the fall
of last year, your first Wedon't usually have to do that here,
No, you don't. You seemlike a kind person, Shaya, and
(08:33):
as one who has made a careerin healthcare, I imagine the mantra of
do no harm is something you holdvalue in it is. Then it must
have been difficult for you to administerthis mindwipe. It may have even inspired
some warm feelings for humans. Iventure to say it could have made you
reluctant to administer a similar mindwipe toanother human once you discovered who they were.
(08:56):
I wouldn't say that, why not, because I do my job as
told now. That is true,and I know the story of your time
in the human world was also true. But you're lying to me about the
mindwipe experience. No, I'm not. You said it yourself, It's in
my file. How could I lieabout it? It definitely happened. I'm
(09:18):
not questioning that. But it didchange your feelings on humans, didn't it.
Whatever my feelings, I perform theprocedure. I don't know what the
problem is. The problem is thatthere is a human in Water's Edge that's
being protected despite spelling doom for ourway of life. And from what I
know about you and who you associatewith, I believe you know who this
(09:39):
human is. What's that supposed tomean. It means I've already interviewed people
you consider friends. They know something, but refuse to give me a name.
Maybe you will. I don't knowanything about some human in town.
That's a lie. So you don'tcare about wiping one human memory, but
(10:00):
you've kept another secret so you don'thave to administer the same to them.
It sounds like you care for thishuman. That doesn't make any sense.
All my friends are cryptids. You'retelling the truth. I told you.
Maybe your powers aren't as reliable asyou thought. Oh no, I can
(10:22):
read you like a book, Shaya, So why would your last statement come
up true? Oh what did yousay? All of your friends are cryptids?
So that means the human isn't yourfriend. But then why would you
go to such links to protect someoneyou don't consider a friend. Perhaps they're
a family member, but all yourfamily is in bluff, so that wouldn't
(10:43):
make any a partner, a romanticpartner, not considered a friend, but
someone you do anything to protect.Have I got it? I'd like to
plead the fifth that's funny you thinkAmerican laws would have any effect on the
(11:03):
operation I'm running here? Fine,say no more. In fact, we
can finish the interview right here.I don't need a name, I just
need a few hours. This concludesthe interview of Shiah Fisher. Thank you
for all your help. This placeis really far out there, kinda The
(11:28):
shorter route would have been starting atFrancie's parents old place, but can't really
walk through the current owner's yard inthe middle of the night, so fair.
Thanks for helping with this. I'msure it's not your first choice for
a Friday night activity. Not quiet, but it's okay. This place holds
(11:48):
some memories for me too, butnot in the way that it does for
France. I'm just glad I getto be here this time. I understand,
France. Are you sure we're goingto the right way? Yeah?
I can see it. Maybe anotherquarter mile? Cool? When did you
(12:13):
find out what Francy was? Afew hours after he did? Not?
Really easy to hide and you're tryingto keep a secret from your mom.
You go to your best friend,So you've known for five years? Then,
yeah, I guess. So howhave you done it? Kept the
secret? Who lived as a humanaround cryptids? Oh? I don't know,
(12:37):
Sam is always I guess. Imean there was a period when Francy,
Roxy and I were fighting monsters everyfew weeks. But you've known for
years and you were never labeled athreat or caused problems for the cryptids that
cared about you. And I absolutelycaused problems for Francy and I might again
in the future. It's hard tobe human and love acryptid, but I
(13:00):
think you, of all people,know that it's worth it. Yeah,
you could always jump in the lakewith me solve all our problems in one
go. I haven't considered it morethan once. How after we broke off,
I got myself lost out here fora whole four or five hours looking
for the lake. I was sodesperate to become encrypted because I thought it
(13:24):
would bring fancy back to me.I don't think that's what I'm meant to
be, though, and I'm okaywith that. Do you think it's what
I'm meant to be? If anyoneknows the answer to that, it's you,
Alfra. We're here. Be careful. Wow, it looks strange.
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I know it's got a weird shimmerto it in the moonlight, like crushed
glass. Can I touch it?I wouldn't, not until you go all
the way in. Okay, Sobut do I do exactly when you're ready
jump in. This area is oneof the deeper parts, so you should
(14:22):
be good to jump from here.Then you just have to let the lake
do its thing like it did tome. It'll feel like you're drowning at
first, but then something should clickand you'll be encrypted. You should be
able to swim up no problem afterthat. And if it was a one
time thing and it doesn't work,it'll work. You won't go sprouting wings
(14:46):
immediately. But I know a coupleother people that this has happened too,
and I've seen a lot of littleanimals that have come out of this lake
looking very different. Okay you allright? Yeah? Yeah, I'm good,
just you know, working myself upto this and you don't have to
(15:09):
do this. Yes, I do, It's okay, I'm ready. You
got this coming? Oh shaya,Hey, if you're looking for av I,
(15:41):
whoa, What's what's going on?Are you okay? What happened?
She knows I fucked up my interrogationand investigator Asra knows it's Ovra. Oh
fuck? Is she on her wayhere? Not yet. She doesn't know
it's Overra by name yet, butshe got everything else from me. It's
only a matter of time. I'vegot to get her out of here.
She's not here. Where is she? I don't know. We haven't really
(16:06):
been on speaking terms lately. Shetook the car and I thought I overheard
her talking to Francy about going somewhereoff island. Oh that that that might
be better. Actually, we've gotto let her know not to come back.
Then I'll call her and see ifoh it's Lizzie, maybe she's with
them or she saw something? Lizzie, what's going on? Shia? Oh
(16:32):
thank god you picked up. Ihad a vision. We have to find
off right now. We already knowthat Kendy knows. Wait she does.
I didn't see that then? Whatdid you see? Offs at the lake
that turned Francy. They're going totry to change her too, and it's
gonna be bad. Here we go, Can you see anything? No?
(17:15):
They don't go any closer and Iwant you falling into all right? All
right you said something glow right?Yeah? When she changes, we'll be
able to see a lot. Francy, Sybil, Lizzie shy, Huh?
How'd you find us? Vision?Where's Ovrah? She's in the fucking lake?
(17:44):
Where underwater? For how long?About a minute or so? What
this is turning her into a cryptid? It should? And what if it
doesn't? Over a minute? It'stoo long. I'm going in. No,
she'll be fine. This is whatshe wanted to drown in the pine
barrens. I shouldn't have let herdo this. She's not breathing, he
(18:14):
love, stay out of the water. I know, CPR. Bring her
here, please come on breathe whatwhat what happened Shaya, when did you
here? Are you okay? Ithink? I think the water is mostly
(18:40):
out of my lungs. Everything burns. Though you don't have to talk,
she does so she can explain whythe hell she would do this. I'm
sorry I didn't tell you. Ijust wanted to fix things. This,
This was our last option. Ohlove? Did it work? I don't
know. It definitely didn't go theway mind did, but that doesn't mean
(19:06):
it couldn't have worked. I wastoo distracted to look for any glow in
the lake before Shy I went in. Do you feel different at all?
I feel like I got hit bya truck. But besides that, not
really. Maybe it takes let's pickthat up in the car when Avrek can
actually breathe. Come on. Shiatold me to talk to the recorder while
(19:41):
they planned things outside. I thinkit's to keep me from falling asleep or
something, but I'm not really surewhy. I always thought that was just
a thing if you were concussed withhow foggy everything is, though maybe I
did hit my head. Thinking isnot very fun right now. Neither is
(20:03):
talking, but I think the othersare almost done planning. I feel like
I should be part of their conversation, but I'll just let them do the
thinking for now. My throat israw from all this coughing, but I
can't tell if I feel anything elseweird yet. That could be cryptid symptoms.
(20:26):
I really hope this wasn't all fornothing. Hey, Love, how
are you feeling? Honestly like shit? So did Francy before he changed.
That might be a good sign.Where's Sibyl and Lizzie. They're taking Lizzie's
car back to Water's Edge. They'llbe on the lookout to see if Investigator
as Ra is on the hunt yet. Oh okay, and what are we
(20:51):
doing? Going to my house?France and I will stay there for tonight
and I can drive him home tomorrow. Okay, and us, we're going
to take this car after we dropthe guys and go where away, wherever
we think is safe. We're runningaway. I know it's a lot to
(21:12):
handle, babe, but we can'thave you going back to town when Kendy
knows you're human. But that wasthe whole point of the lake. I
shouldn't be human now, I know. But right now we have no proof
that Francie's little stunt worked. Mylittle stunt. What else do you want
to call it? Attempted murder?He was just trying to help. We
(21:33):
all are, but so far hisplan was the only one that put both
offers life and humanity in danger atthe same time. It was my idea.
I just roped Francy and Caleb intoit. They should have recognized it
as a bad idea and stopped you. Instead, Francie decided it would be
fun to have another Jersey devil around. I didn't do this for fun,
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Shaya. I know that turning intoa cryptid is painful and terrifying and confusing.
I would never put Abra through allof this if it wasn't her last
resort. If you want someone toblame, why don't you worry about the
woman hunting your girlfriend and not herbest friend trying to save all her asses.
Your plans still got Abrah hurt,and for what, She's still not
(22:17):
showing any cryptic signs. This wasall a waste of time and we should
have been focused on getting her asfar away from Investigator as Ra as possible
before she puts the pieces together.And remind me why we're on the ticking
clock now, Oh right, becauseyou couldn't keep a straight face long enough
to get through your interview. Theinvestigators not even that good. Did you
fold before you even walked in?Would you too? Stop it? Are
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you okay? Do you need somewater or can? I? I'm fine.
I'm an adult. I can makemy own choices, whether that means
jumping into a magic lake or fleeingthe state. This isn't anyone's fault to
put mind, so just quit arguing, please, I'm sorry. I know
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the interrogation is hard with how youfeel about a Yeah, it wouldn't have
been easy to lie your way throughit. I'm sorry too, Ovra.
You're right, you can make yourown choices. You were just helping her
do what she needed to do.France, speaking of Ober's choices, is
(23:26):
our plan okay with you? I'mstill a little fuzzy on the details,
but Schey and I are taking offuntil I developed my cryptic form, right,
Yeah, that was the idea.They should develop within twenty four hours,
so you can show up back intown to get investigator as we're off
your case for good and never haveto worry about that weird book prophecy again.
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That all sounds good to me andif it didn't work, then we
keep running. We'll figure out therest later, but we need to make
sure you're safe first. What areyou going to do though? You can't
just drop everything and come with me. You weren't ready. I thought I
wasn't, but a lot's happened todaypulling you out of that lake thinking I
(24:11):
lost you. I don't ever wantto feel that way again. Wherever you
have to go, I'll be rightthere with you. Damn Francy. Why
don't you talk to me like thatnext time you almost drowned and have to
run from the law. Maybe Iwill don't jank me, or I'll be
the next target for this investigator?Is that Lizzie? They shouldn't be back
(24:36):
yet. No, I don't knowthis number. Hello Auvernuni, is glad
I could get a hold of youso late at night? Investigator Estra,
Hello, can I help you withsomething? As a matter of fact,
you can't miss Nunez. Would yoube so kind as to inform me while
you are currently driving northbound on NewJersey State Road forty seven, when there
(25:00):
is a radius limit on all water'sedge citizens, What the fuck? I'm
sorry? I think you might havethe wrong person. I'm oh, no,
I'm quite confident I have exactly theright person. I also believe you're
not alone. Correct, I'm not. My partner and I are on a
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double date with friends. How sweet. Unfortunately I have to interrupt your plans.
You are being summoned for a policeinterrogation at the Water's Edge Police Department
under the allegation of being human andmasquerading as Encrypted in order to bring serious
harm and or death to all ofcryptid kind. You have four hours?
Four hours? Is that your partner? Yes? Four hours, and be
(25:45):
advised that I know exactly where youare and I am more than willing to
call reinforcements to chase down a runawaysuspect. So please save us all some
time and effort and turn yourself in. I'll see you in four hours,
but okay, change of plans.Thanks for listening to Season four of Cryptid
(26:29):
Cape the Lake. The show iscreated and produced by me Victoria Pereira.
I also voice Avrea. The voiceof Francie is Aubrey King. The voice
of Kendy is Miannie Watson. Thevoice of Shaya is Angelique Fastipchan. The
voice of Caleb's Adam Montague. Thevoice of Sybil is Caroline Byrne. The
voice of Lizzie is Christina Rose Hargus. Our story editor is Jennifer Wong.
(26:56):
Our cover artist is Christie Duprey.Our folly artist is At Rodriguez. Our
transcriptionist is Rebecca Writer. Our websitedesigner is Kyle Boyer. Our theme song
is Pink Night in Ohio by RyanAnderson. The other songs featured in this
episode We're to Have To and LeastWater by Patches, a Slow Dream by
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Welcome to town. Everyone's unique intheir own way, right. Maybe I
should be concerned about your articles.Don't worry. I still doubt that you're
actually human. Just another day andWater Edge, Season four, episode seven,
(00:24):
The Lake. If you're upset withme, I'd rather you just say
(01:00):
so than keep up the silent treatment. What Oh, I didn't mean to
not be talking. Are you sure, because it's been like ten miles since
you said anything. It wasn't intentional, just thinking. I guess it's kind
of a lot to go back tothe place where you first turned into a
freak of nature in order to tryto do the same to one of your
(01:22):
closest friends. Okay, that's fair. If you really don't want to do
this, you don't have to justdrop Caleb and I off. We can
handle it. I'm not going tolet you do this by yourself. Caleb's
smart, but I'm the only onewho really knows what to do if something
goes bad. Okay, were youalmost to Caleb's Yeah, like ten more
(01:46):
minutes. Can you message him?Let him know to get ready? Sure,
So what happens exactly? I knowit could be different for me,
and we don't even know if it'llwork, But how did it go for
me? We don't have to talkabout it. I have to prep you
(02:06):
eventually. Well, it happened inthe summer. I was fifteen and Caleb,
Roxy and I had finally built ourdream treehouse in the first few weeks
of vacation. I honestly don't knowhow it stood up for as long as
it did, all cobbled together andheld up by bad nails and the craftsmanship
of three teenagers. We spent somuch time up there, outfitted the whole
(02:31):
thing with posters and battery powered stringlights and even a bear safe snackbox.
And then some massles from school foundout about it and decided they wanted to
destroy it to mess with us.They came one night with paintball guns and
tried to chase us out, butRoxy had hidden some defensive methods of our
(02:52):
own, so while she and Calebdefended the flour, I tried to run
them through the woods. They werefootball kids, and I ran tracks,
so they couldn't keep up. Right, when I thought I had lured them
far enough away, cornered a treeand dropped straight into the lake. I
(03:12):
mean you might technically call it apond, it isn't that big around,
but man, it is deep.I'm freezing, even in the middle of
summer. And it changed me howmagic I don't know. It's a little
fuzzy since I was scared shitless.I remember flashes though it was so dark,
(03:36):
you know, an instant pitch blackdarkness. And I remember sinking so
fast and wondering why I wasn't ableto float at all. It felt like
I was being crushed, not justfrom the weight of the water but the
lack of air in my lungs andthe panic flooding in my brain. And
I remember thinking over and over andover again, what a shitty way to
(04:00):
die, running from some high schoolidiots and drowning in a pond. But
then I didn't. It was likesomeone flipped a switch and I was able
to see and move again. Thewater around me was glowing bright enough,
and I could finally figure out whichway was up, so I swam.
I felt like ages, but Ieventually broke the surface. I found the
(04:24):
shoreline, hauled myself out, andlater a while Caleb and Roxy found me
a half hour later, and youwere in your jersey, Devil forre No,
that didn't come until the next day. Actually, I felt different right
away, though at first I thoughtit was just the aftermath of almost dying.
(04:47):
I'm sure some of it was,but some of it never went away,
like a magic kind of feeling.No, Like it's hard to explain.
It was like I could feel theparts of me that had never been
there before, but we're about tobe. I could feel my wings even
(05:08):
though they weren't there yet, samewith my tail and horns. And I
felt awake, like insanely so,as if I had chugged a bunch of
energy drinks or something that went awayafter a day or so, and that's
how it happened. Wow, stillwant me to throw you in the lake?
(05:32):
I don't know if want is theright word, but I need to
become encrypted. It's the only wayto fix things. I sure hope you're
right. Investigator Kendy Ezra Interview numberzero ninety nine in the Water's Edge Human
(05:57):
Investigation. It is made fourteen sixo one pm. Subject is Shaia Fox
Fisher, twenty five year old nonbinary person, blueskin, tall, athletic
build, iridescent blue hair, blueeyes. Please confirm for the record that
you are Shia Fisher and this descriptionis true. It is true, excellent,
(06:20):
and I see here you work asa nurse at Henrietta Medical Center in
town. I do, honest work. Healthcare difficult too, I imagine,
what with the infinite number of eccentricitiescryptedbodies can have. I suppose you work
with humans at the center as well, correct, as patients. I mean,
(06:44):
on rare occasion, you're nervous.Why is that? I'm sorry?
I have never been interrogated for apolice investigation before, I see. I
can assure you you are at norisk of being the subject of investigation.
It would be an incredible feat fora human to convincingly have an appearance like
(07:04):
yours. Then why am I here? I have to interview the entire town.
Folks may have information they don't evenrealize they have, so thoroughness is
key in an investigation such as mine. In that vein, I'm aware of
a significant portion of your background.You were born and raised in Bluff,
Alaska. Correct, Yes, andnow you reside here. But there was
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a period of time when you livedamongst humans. Correct, during college,
I see. I imagine you becamequite familiar with humans during this time,
probably came to deeply care for someNo. No, I had a generally
terrible time living in a human town. Really, that's why I lived here.
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You must have some connections from thattime, some old classmate or professor
that you keep in touch with.The last time I talked to anyone from
there was when I asked for lettersof recommendation for my job at Henrietta.
It's been years interesting working at Henrietta. I believe I saw somewhere in the
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file that you assisted with a humanmemory wipe not too long ago. I
did. Yes, ah, hereit is Rory McElroy back in the fall
of last year, your first Wedon't usually have to do that here,
No, you don't. You seemlike a kind person, Shaya, and
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as one who has made a careerin healthcare, I imagine the mantra of
do no harm is something you holdvalue in it is. Then it must
have been difficult for you to administerthis mindwipe. It may have even inspired
some warm feelings for humans. Iventure to say it could have made you
reluctant to administer a similar mindwipe toanother human once you discovered who they were.
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I wouldn't say that, why not, because I do my job as
told now. That is true,and I know the story of your time
in the human world was also true. But you're lying to me about the
mindwipe experience. No, I'm not. You said it yourself, It's in
my file. How could I lieabout it? It definitely happened. I'm
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not questioning that. But it didchange your feelings on humans, didn't it.
Whatever my feelings, I perform theprocedure. I don't know what the
problem is. The problem is thatthere is a human in Water's Edge that's
being protected despite spelling doom for ourway of life. And from what I
know about you and who you associatewith, I believe you know who this
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human is. What's that supposed tomean. It means I've already interviewed people
you consider friends. They know something, but refuse to give me a name.
Maybe you will. I don't knowanything about some human in town.
That's a lie. So you don'tcare about wiping one human memory, but
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you've kept another secret so you don'thave to administer the same to them.
It sounds like you care for thishuman. That doesn't make any sense.
All my friends are cryptids. You'retelling the truth. I told you.
Maybe your powers aren't as reliable asyou thought. Oh no, I can
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read you like a book, Shaya, So why would your last statement come
up true? Oh what did yousay? All of your friends are cryptids?
So that means the human isn't yourfriend. But then why would you
go to such links to protect someoneyou don't consider a friend. Perhaps they're
a family member, but all yourfamily is in bluff, so that wouldn't
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make any a partner, a romanticpartner, not considered a friend, but
someone you do anything to protect.Have I got it? I'd like to
plead the fifth that's funny you thinkAmerican laws would have any effect on the
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operation I'm running here? Fine,say no more. In fact, we
can finish the interview right here.I don't need a name, I just
need a few hours. This concludesthe interview of Shiah Fisher. Thank you
for all your help. This placeis really far out there, kinda The
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shorter route would have been starting atFrancie's parents old place, but can't really
walk through the current owner's yard inthe middle of the night, so fair.
Thanks for helping with this. I'msure it's not your first choice for
a Friday night activity. Not quiet, but it's okay. This place holds
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some memories for me too, butnot in the way that it does for
France. I'm just glad I getto be here this time. I understand,
France. Are you sure we're goingto the right way? Yeah?
I can see it. Maybe anotherquarter mile? Cool? When did you
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find out what Francy was? Afew hours after he did? Not?
Really easy to hide and you're tryingto keep a secret from your mom.
You go to your best friend,So you've known for five years? Then,
yeah, I guess. So howhave you done it? Kept the
secret? Who lived as a humanaround cryptids? Oh? I don't know,
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Sam is always I guess. Imean there was a period when Francy,
Roxy and I were fighting monsters everyfew weeks. But you've known for
years and you were never labeled athreat or caused problems for the cryptids that
cared about you. And I absolutelycaused problems for Francy and I might again
in the future. It's hard tobe human and love acryptid, but I
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think you, of all people,know that it's worth it. Yeah,
you could always jump in the lakewith me solve all our problems in one
go. I haven't considered it morethan once. How after we broke off,
I got myself lost out here fora whole four or five hours looking
for the lake. I was sodesperate to become encrypted because I thought it
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would bring fancy back to me.I don't think that's what I'm meant to
be, though, and I'm okaywith that. Do you think it's what
I'm meant to be? If anyoneknows the answer to that, it's you,
Alfra. We're here. Be careful. Wow, it looks strange.
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I know it's got a weird shimmerto it in the moonlight, like crushed
glass. Can I touch it?I wouldn't, not until you go all
the way in. Okay, Sobut do I do exactly when you're ready
jump in. This area is oneof the deeper parts, so you should
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be good to jump from here.Then you just have to let the lake
do its thing like it did tome. It'll feel like you're drowning at
first, but then something should clickand you'll be encrypted. You should be
able to swim up no problem afterthat. And if it was a one
time thing and it doesn't work,it'll work. You won't go sprouting wings
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immediately. But I know a coupleother people that this has happened too,
and I've seen a lot of littleanimals that have come out of this lake
looking very different. Okay you allright? Yeah? Yeah, I'm good,
just you know, working myself upto this and you don't have to
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do this. Yes, I do, It's okay, I'm ready. You
got this coming? Oh shaya,Hey, if you're looking for av I,
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whoa, What's what's going on?Are you okay? What happened?
She knows I fucked up my interrogationand investigator Asra knows it's Ovra. Oh
fuck? Is she on her wayhere? Not yet. She doesn't know
it's Overra by name yet, butshe got everything else from me. It's
only a matter of time. I'vegot to get her out of here.
She's not here. Where is she? I don't know. We haven't really
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been on speaking terms lately. Shetook the car and I thought I overheard
her talking to Francy about going somewhereoff island. Oh that that that might
be better. Actually, we've gotto let her know not to come back.
Then I'll call her and see ifoh it's Lizzie, maybe she's with
them or she saw something? Lizzie, what's going on? Shia? Oh
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thank god you picked up. Ihad a vision. We have to find
off right now. We already knowthat Kendy knows. Wait she does.
I didn't see that then? Whatdid you see? Offs at the lake
that turned Francy. They're going totry to change her too, and it's
gonna be bad. Here we go, Can you see anything? No?
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They don't go any closer and Iwant you falling into all right? All
right you said something glow right?Yeah? When she changes, we'll be
able to see a lot. Francy, Sybil, Lizzie shy, Huh?
How'd you find us? Vision?Where's Ovrah? She's in the fucking lake?
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Where underwater? For how long?About a minute or so? What
this is turning her into a cryptid? It should? And what if it
doesn't? Over a minute? It'stoo long. I'm going in. No,
she'll be fine. This is whatshe wanted to drown in the pine
barrens. I shouldn't have let herdo this. She's not breathing, he
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love, stay out of the water. I know, CPR. Bring her
here, please come on breathe whatwhat what happened Shaya, when did you
here? Are you okay? Ithink? I think the water is mostly
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out of my lungs. Everything burns. Though you don't have to talk,
she does so she can explain whythe hell she would do this. I'm
sorry I didn't tell you. Ijust wanted to fix things. This,
This was our last option. Ohlove? Did it work? I don't
know. It definitely didn't go theway mind did, but that doesn't mean
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it couldn't have worked. I wastoo distracted to look for any glow in
the lake before Shy I went in. Do you feel different at all?
I feel like I got hit bya truck. But besides that, not
really. Maybe it takes let's pickthat up in the car when Avrek can
actually breathe. Come on. Shiatold me to talk to the recorder while
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they planned things outside. I thinkit's to keep me from falling asleep or
something, but I'm not really surewhy. I always thought that was just
a thing if you were concussed withhow foggy everything is, though maybe I
did hit my head. Thinking isnot very fun right now. Neither is
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talking, but I think the othersare almost done planning. I feel like
I should be part of their conversation, but I'll just let them do the
thinking for now. My throat israw from all this coughing, but I
can't tell if I feel anything elseweird yet. That could be cryptid symptoms.
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I really hope this wasn't all fornothing. Hey, Love, how
are you feeling? Honestly like shit? So did Francy before he changed.
That might be a good sign.Where's Sibyl and Lizzie. They're taking Lizzie's
car back to Water's Edge. They'llbe on the lookout to see if Investigator
as Ra is on the hunt yet. Oh okay, and what are we
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doing? Going to my house?France and I will stay there for tonight
and I can drive him home tomorrow. Okay, and us, we're going
to take this car after we dropthe guys and go where away, wherever
we think is safe. We're runningaway. I know it's a lot to
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handle, babe, but we can'thave you going back to town when Kendy
knows you're human. But that wasthe whole point of the lake. I
shouldn't be human now, I know. But right now we have no proof
that Francie's little stunt worked. Mylittle stunt. What else do you want
to call it? Attempted murder?He was just trying to help. We
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all are, but so far hisplan was the only one that put both
offers life and humanity in danger atthe same time. It was my idea.
I just roped Francy and Caleb intoit. They should have recognized it
as a bad idea and stopped you. Instead, Francie decided it would be
fun to have another Jersey devil around. I didn't do this for fun,
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Shaya. I know that turning intoa cryptid is painful and terrifying and confusing.
I would never put Abra through allof this if it wasn't her last
resort. If you want someone toblame, why don't you worry about the
woman hunting your girlfriend and not herbest friend trying to save all her asses.
Your plans still got Abrah hurt,and for what, She's still not
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showing any cryptic signs. This wasall a waste of time and we should
have been focused on getting her asfar away from Investigator as Ra as possible
before she puts the pieces together.And remind me why we're on the ticking
clock now, Oh right, becauseyou couldn't keep a straight face long enough
to get through your interview. Theinvestigators not even that good. Did you
fold before you even walked in?Would you too? Stop it? Are
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you okay? Do you need somewater or can? I? I'm fine.
I'm an adult. I can makemy own choices, whether that means
jumping into a magic lake or fleeingthe state. This isn't anyone's fault to
put mind, so just quit arguing, please, I'm sorry. I know
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the interrogation is hard with how youfeel about a Yeah, it wouldn't have
been easy to lie your way throughit. I'm sorry too, Ovra.
You're right, you can make yourown choices. You were just helping her
do what she needed to do.France, speaking of Ober's choices, is
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our plan okay with you? I'mstill a little fuzzy on the details,
but Schey and I are taking offuntil I developed my cryptic form, right,
Yeah, that was the idea.They should develop within twenty four hours,
so you can show up back intown to get investigator as we're off
your case for good and never haveto worry about that weird book prophecy again.
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That all sounds good to me andif it didn't work, then we
keep running. We'll figure out therest later, but we need to make
sure you're safe first. What areyou going to do though? You can't
just drop everything and come with me. You weren't ready. I thought I
wasn't, but a lot's happened todaypulling you out of that lake thinking I
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lost you. I don't ever wantto feel that way again. Wherever you
have to go, I'll be rightthere with you. Damn Francy. Why
don't you talk to me like thatnext time you almost drowned and have to
run from the law. Maybe Iwill don't jank me, or I'll be
the next target for this investigator?Is that Lizzie? They shouldn't be back
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yet. No, I don't knowthis number. Hello Auvernuni, is glad
I could get a hold of youso late at night? Investigator Estra,
Hello, can I help you withsomething? As a matter of fact,
you can't miss Nunez. Would yoube so kind as to inform me while
you are currently driving northbound on NewJersey State Road forty seven, when there
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is a radius limit on all water'sedge citizens, What the fuck? I'm
sorry? I think you might havethe wrong person. I'm oh, no,
I'm quite confident I have exactly theright person. I also believe you're
not alone. Correct, I'm not. My partner and I are on a
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double date with friends. How sweet. Unfortunately I have to interrupt your plans.
You are being summoned for a policeinterrogation at the Water's Edge Police Department
under the allegation of being human andmasquerading as Encrypted in order to bring serious
harm and or death to all ofcryptid kind. You have four hours?
Four hours? Is that your partner? Yes? Four hours, and be
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advised that I know exactly where youare and I am more than willing to
call reinforcements to chase down a runawaysuspect. So please save us all some
time and effort and turn yourself in. I'll see you in four hours,
but okay, change of plans.Thanks for listening to Season four of Cryptid
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Cape the Lake. The show iscreated and produced by me Victoria Pereira.
I also voice Avrea. The voiceof Francie is Aubrey King. The voice
of Kendy is Miannie Watson. Thevoice of Shaya is Angelique Fastipchan. The
voice of Caleb's Adam Montague. Thevoice of Sybil is Caroline Byrne. The
voice of Lizzie is Christina Rose Hargus. Our story editor is Jennifer Wong.
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Our cover artist is Christie Duprey.Our folly artist is At Rodriguez. Our
transcriptionist is Rebecca Writer. Our websitedesigner is Kyle Boyer. Our theme song
is Pink Night in Ohio by RyanAnderson. The other songs featured in this
episode We're to Have To and LeastWater by Patches, a Slow Dream by
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Emily A. Sprague, to PassTime by God Mode, and Be on
the Loaves by the Whole Other.Be sure to subscribe to Crypted Cape so
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