September 1, 2023 • 23 mins
While trying to deal with the new normal, the gang makes some dangerous revelations about the situation and each other.
Created and Produced by Victoria Pereira
Featuring:
Victoria Pereira as Avra
Amy Acevedo as Juliet
Kai Morfin as Ben
Arden Fitzroy as Mar/i
David Russell as Frank
Angelique Fustukjian as Shia
Paul Reinbach as Otto
Aidan Gibbs as James the Sandwich Man
Grant Bowman as Service Worker
Caroline Byrne as Sybil
Myani Watson as Kendi
Story Editor: Jennifer Wong
Cover Artist: Kit 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
David Russell as Frank
Angelique Fustukjian as Shia
Paul Reinbach as Otto
Aidan Gibbs as James the Sandwich Man
Grant Bowman as Service Worker
Caroline Byrne as Sybil
Myani Watson as Kendi
Story Editor: Jennifer Wong
Cover Artist: Kit 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, Avrah. I'mgonna bother you for the greater good of
cryptic Kai. I guess you didn'ttell them everything, then it's not a
bad idea. Okay. I thinkwe're gonna need a change of plants.
Season five, Episode five, DangerousRevelations. Where is Mar? They were
(00:47):
supposed to be here like twenty minutesago. I haven't heard from him yet
today. You think they forgot wewere meeting up. I reminded him at
school this morning and during lunch.Maybe there's a long line for the printer
at the space that Shia opened uptoday, just from our Okay, maybe
not. I'm just gonna call themyour call. It's been forwarded to an
(01:12):
automn rate. Their phone's dead too, well, Scotts, you so angry.
Mar's late sometimes, but you don'tusually get so pissed off late to
hanging out or doing homework. Butthat's whatever. I told them. We
were going to leave school and you'dget gas for the car. I'd grab
staples and tape, and Mar wouldprint the flyers so we could all meet
(01:33):
up at three. It's almost threethirty and we haven't heard anything. We're
not in a rush. Though,as long as the posters go up sometime
tonight. Lizzie said that'd be fine. I know, but this is important
and Mars acting like it's not.He's been like this since we started working
on all the vote stuff, likewhen we were all getting signatures and they
only came back with three on thesheet, and then missing the last meeting
with Lizzie, Roger and Roxy forwhatever reason. It's like March just doesn't
(01:57):
care about taking the shroud down.You know they care, then they should
act like it coming. Hey guys, Sorry I'm late. How are you
doing good? Fine? You havethe flyers right here. Check him out?
Oh those look great tomorrow. Ilove the design. Thanks? Yeah,
(02:23):
fun colors. Should we start slappingthese bad boys off across town?
Oh no, we can't put theseup. Why not? Look, you
spilled the street name wrong. It'sFigaroa with a you. It is to
have a photoshop. They need toadd a spell checker to that thing.
At least I didn't a spell voteright. We have to get these reprinted.
(02:49):
It's fine, juels, It's tiny. I bet no one will notice.
It's the name of the street wherethe poles are going to be.
It has to be right. Isaid it was a temple Israel. Everyone
one knows where that is. It'sfine, it's not fine. It has
to look professional. What if someonesees it and thinks it's a fake sign.
They'll think it's a fake because Iforgot to you. Everyone knows about
(03:10):
the vote already. These are justa formality. Just because people know that
something's happening doesn't mean they don't needto be reminded. Some people need to
be reminded three times of things.Ben, what do you think should we
waste more time and paper to readprint these? Or are they fine as
is as is being incorrect? Idon't know. Whatever you guys want to
(03:32):
do. That is not helpful.You put them on the spot. It's
not hard to give an opinion.Okay, okay, how about we just
huh? Well? I was goingto say we should just text Lizzie,
but she just texted me. Shesaid, go ahead and put them up.
They're fine, as is the convenienceof an oracle, sister, perfect
(03:58):
fine. Well, should be fun. Ration day exciting and today's line seems
way longer than last week's. Theonly reason I left work early to come
here was so I could deal withless people and to interview someone hopefully.
(04:23):
I don't know if I want todo this. If people don't want to
talk to me on the phone,what they want to talk to me in
person? No, no, I'vegot to do this. Show them you're
a part of the community now,just like them. Good afternoon. Can
I help you? I'm a reporterfor the Water's Edge Weekly and I'm working
on a story about the emergency boatcoming up. Can I ask you a
(04:46):
few questions about your thoughts on thematter. Sure, yeah, I'm stuck
waiting this line anyway, right,excellent? So first off, what is
your name and occupation? Name's Frank, and ask for what I do right
now. I'm not sure. Iwas working remote, but considering my boss
forgot to exist, I'm not reallyexpecting any more paychecks. Oh, I'm
(05:08):
so sorry about that. I knowa lot of folks have had trouble with
you. Said this was for theweekly. Yes, you're that human,
aren't you? You're avra I amI'm not talking to you. I understand
your hesitation, sir, but it'sjust a few questions. I don't have
to print. Your name doesn't matter. I don't want to associate with you.
(05:30):
Look, I know I'm human,but I'm also a part of the
community, and I'm trying my best. I don't care if you're human.
I don't want to be associated withthe one that fucked our whole town over.
You want to print that. Hey, if you want to blame someone
for your shitty mood, blame theHigh Council or are you too afraid they'll
force you to live in a townfull of bigots? You're calling me a
bigot, your words come on offautos, holding my spot in line.
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You're a traitor to your kind andyou're holding up the line. Hey,
what happened? Okay, I'm fine. I just wanted to get some interviews
for an article after our talk yesterday. I thought it was my anxiety telling
me everyone hates me. But maybeit's not. That guy's an asshole.
That's not how everyone thinks. Idon't know. It feels like there are
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a lot of eyes on my backright now, and none of them are
pleasant. Here we go again,always thinking you're the center of attention.
I'm serious. Look around, they'reall just jealous. Not everyone has an
amazing person to go to bat forthem against an angry jerk. Wait,
he said you're here with Auto.Yeah, we we were working on stuff
(06:38):
in the studio. I needed abreak. Maybe I should go to the
back of the line. Then whatwhy? I don't know if he wants
to be around me. What areyou talking about? Auto loves you,
you might not love being seen withme, though, I don't want to
over here you were saying, thereyou are, looks like you shut that
(06:59):
guy up at least for now.Hey, Avre, how are you?
I'm doing all right all things considered. Yeah, these last couple of weeks
haven't been easy. If you doneed anything, let me know, even
if it's just some old guys tohave dinner with. Hudson and I would
love to help. Thank you.How is Hudson. I haven't talked to
him since since before you were outed. I won't lie to you. He's
(07:25):
got some complicated feelings on the subjectof humans. Can't really blame him,
what with everything that's happened. We'vetalked about it a lot and he's still
a little twisted up about it.But none of that has to do with
you. What do you mean Hetrusts you, Avra, He considers you
a friend and believe me when Isay Hudson has a very high bar for
(07:46):
friendship. The thing we're both strugglingwith is this emergency vote. It seems
like we're on opposite sides. Hudsonwants to keep the shroud. I want
to keep the shroud. He's stillnot should I know it's been a difficult
transition so far, but we're justin the beginning of it. I'm sure
(08:07):
once we adjust, it'll be easierto navigate. Then. You can't beat
the safety of it. You know, I suppose I didn't know you were
going to vote that way. Well, we haven't talked about it much.
What about your business though? Alot of your client tell are humans and
a lot of cryptids. Again,I know the adjustment is going to be
(08:28):
difficult, but I need to keepmy family safe. I understand. Next
please, Oh huh, yes,that's me. I'll see you tomorrow at
the studio Shia. Yeah sounds good. I'm sorry I didn't know he felt
that way. I think a lotof people might still, though being concerned
(08:50):
for their safety doesn't mean they hateyou. Next in line, I'll wait
to walk back with you. Okay, next tickets, please, here you
go. I've got two vegetables,one meat, one dairy, two starch.
Could I actually request for the vegetablesto get no requests? I'm allergic
(09:13):
to carrots, though I thought wecould make substitutions for those things, not
for a human next. You mighthave spoken too soon. I want to
trade a carrot for something else.He wouldn't switch it for you? What
a jerk? Do you think it'sgoing to be like this for a while?
(09:35):
Do you mean the rationing? Imean the everything, the rationing,
the electric blackout times, the severewater conservation. How long is it going
to take to get back to normal? Because the sooner things feel normal here,
maybe the sooner I'll feel comfortable goingout in public. I don't know,
Love, it could be a while. But how long is a while?
(09:58):
I guess it doesn't matter. I'mstuck here. Way would you have
left? What if the High Councilhad given me the option to leave,
would you have left? I've neverreally thought about it. Since they didn't,
of course you thought about it.You can tell me the truth.
I'm not sure. Maybe, buthopefully that won't matter, because if Lizzie's
(10:24):
emergency vote plan goes well, wewon't have to worry about the shroud anymore,
anyone blaming it on me. He'llstill be stuck here, though,
unless the High Council has a wildchange of heart, which is why I
haven't given other options any thought.No point in dwelling on something that could
never happen, right. Look,I'm no doctor, Julius, but you
(10:45):
should talk to someone about this stuff, and it shouldn't be me. I
don't want to make you feel guiltyabout feeling how you're feeling, or don't
make me feel guilty. Try it. I'm okay, Really, I'm just
being dramatic, that's all. Ithink you should talk to Kendy. You
want me to talk to Kendy.I thought you hated her. I dislike
her, But if anyone understands whatyou're going through right now, it's going
(11:09):
to be her. I guess it'sworth a shot. Are you sure this
is a good idea. I don'tthink it's a bad idea, but it's
(11:30):
your decision to make. If youdon't want to, we can just know
I need a change. I've hadthe same long brown hair for my whole
life. It's time to do somethingdifferent. And you're absolutely positive that you
don't want to go to a professional. You said you took a cosmetology course
in high school. I learned howto do basic cuts and color. But
(11:52):
I don't know if I can getit exactly the way you want it.
I just want it different. Itrust you. That makes one of us
love the confidence. Okay, let'sdo this first snipp done. Already feels
better. So what's new with you? What you've got the hairdressers? Small
(12:16):
talk? Ready to go? Oh, I guess not much has happened since
we hung out yesterday. Huh,just the same old stuff. A new
person scowled at me in the motelelevator on the way here. But that's
about it, asshole. At leastI only have to deal with them for
a couple more weeks. Then I'llbe a prisoner for the rest of my
(12:39):
life. Yeah. Hell of away to look on the bright side.
If I don't laugh, I'll cryright. Oh, I upset you.
I'm sorry, Sybil. I won'tbring it up again. No, no,
don't apologize. I want you tobe able to talk about this stuff.
I'll try to control my powers more. I don't want you to have
(13:01):
to hide how you're feeling from meeither. Honestly, as much as it
hurts to see you hurting, it'sa little comforting in a way. It's
nice to know there's someone who willmiss me when I'm gone. Of course,
are you sure that you don't wantto try and get away from them?
I'm sure there's nowhere for me togo without losing my memories, and
(13:24):
no matter what plan we think up, the High Council will be able to
figure it out. I'd rather theremainder of my time here be spent doing
things like this with you, ifthat's what you want. That looks good
as far as the cut goes.But now it's time for some color.
Where is it actually? I wasthinking we might try it a different way.
(13:46):
Are you still thinking black? Well? If I could pick anything,
black with a red shift is reallywhat I want. But that feels like
I'm embracing the villain title everyone wantsto give me. Fuck them. It's
your hair. If you want blackwith a red shift, you're getting black
with a red shift. Just closeyour eyes and I'm gonna put my hands
(14:09):
in your hair. Saba neca,whoa is it bad? No? No,
it looks really good. Look whoa, that's me? That's you.
It's so short? Is it tooshort? No? What do you think?
(14:31):
I think it's perfect? Hey,Sibyl, you home? Uh yeah,
yeah, yeah, I'm home.I'm here too great. We got
our rations. I'll put them awayin a minute. But I was wondering
if, oh, Kendy, nice, sir, h thanks, your sister's
(14:52):
talented. I didn't know you werea hair stylist, Sibyl, she's a
secret savant. That might be astretch, a many talented wonder of acrypted?
Then what were you saying before thoughoff? Did you need something?
Actually? I was going to askyou to ask Kendy if we could talk.
But you're here already, so sureright now? It doesn't have to
(15:18):
be now. I just wasn't sureif Sibyl, oh, no, you
guys chat, I'll go put thegroceries away. Let me help. What's
going on? Avara? Well,originally I was going to ask your advice
on something. But are are youand Sibyl like like what like a thing?
(15:45):
I don't follow a right modern slang? Are you two romantically involved?
Sibyl and I? No, notthat I'm aware of. Why did she
say something to you? No?But it seems like we walked in on
something that was more than just afriendly hangout. I respect your sister,
(16:07):
and I'm lucky enough to consider hera close friend now, But that's all
we are. I'm not trying tobe the overprotective sibyling or anything. I
just know how delicate Sibyl's feelings canbe. Sybil has strong emotions, sure,
but she is also a strong personand can handle those emotions. I
know she can, But her emotionsare also very malleable, and they affect
(16:29):
the people around her. I knowshe values you as a friend, and
she cares so much for her friends. I don't want you to feel those
strong emotions and interpret them as somethingthey're not. And how do you know
those would be misinterpreted? What doyou mean? You seem to think I
care for your sister in a romanticsense and yet can't possibly imagine her reciprocating
(16:52):
those feelings. I never said thatyou didn't have to. Well, you'll
be pleased to know that, despiteany feelings I may harbor for your sister,
I don't plan on acting on them. I am painfully aware of how
little time I have left in thistown, and while I intend to spend
as much of it as I can. With Sybil, it will only be
in a platonic capacity. But youdo have feelings for her. It does
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not matter if I have feelings.I have been trained for decades upon decades
to push aside my emotions in orderto hone my craft and excel in my
position. But you failed at thatposition, thanks for the reminder, and
you failed because of Sybil. Iyou will break her heart if you fail
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at this, so don't fail again. Oh my god, what for a
second, you sounded just like theHigh Council. All right, groceries put
away? So did you guys wantto hang out? I don't know if
you had plans, but Kenny andI were thinking of playing some board games,
popping some popcorn. If you twowant to, we're headed out,
(18:00):
Actually we are? Yeah, comeon, oh okay, seeing a bit?
Then what are we doing here?I don't know. I don't want
(18:32):
to be home or anywhere else,so might as well be here. What
did Candy say to you? Nothing? Just she likes Sybil, not like
we didn't already know. But it'sbothering you. It's fine, It's none
of my business. Then what's wrong? I don't know. I just want
normal life back, and the restof this world back, and the stupid
shroud to be gone. I don'tthink throwing rocks at it. We'll do
(18:57):
any Oprah. What the fuck areyou doing? I wanted to see how
bad it was. Why planning onjumping through and killing yourself. I'm not
suicidal, I'm just curious, maybetoned down the curiosity. Jesus. Look
at your hand. Okay, fair, but it's it's not too bad.
(19:21):
That's a second degree burned from acouple of seconds of exposure. That's pretty
bad. You should get home soI can treat it. Hey, wait,
look what did you leave some bloodbehind? No, there's a there's
a gap. That's where you putyour hand. I think, so that
doesn't make any sense. Hold on, let me let me find no no
(19:44):
more experiments. I just want tosee if like a stick or something would
do it too. Here we go, let me do it nothing. Does
it have to be a person?That'd be a bit macabre. Should I
try it? No? I don'twant you to hurt yourself. That's a
(20:07):
little hypocritical. Just a quick testtwo seconds for you? Sure, okay,
okay, that's enough. Ouch anythingnot that I can see, and
my burn isn't nearly as bad asyours. Why does it always have to
be you, Avrah? This isn'tmy fault. I know it's not.
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But I know how your brain works. Don't you dare get any ideas about
being heroic when I'm not looking,and don't tell anyone about this? Why
not? This clearly means there's somethingthat could take down the Shroud, or
at least a part of it.Maybe we know there are way too many
people blaming you for this already.We don't need to give them a reason
to use you as a battering ramagainst this thing. Okay, but shouldn't
(20:53):
we try to figure this out?There has to be a reason this is
happening, and it could be thekey to taking the shroud down. Even
if the vote does pass. Andwhat if the vote doesn't pass, the
shroud stays up? And then whatwhat is so bad about that? What's
so bad about being cut off fromthe rest of the world forever? Shia
are you? I don't want theshroud here either, but it's here and
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it might stay here forever. Butif it stays, you stay alive.
You keep your mind and your life, our life. The people are struggling
because of me. I owe itto them to try to fix this.
You owe it to me to tryto keep breathing, Avrah. You're so
ready to sacrifice yourself for people whohate you, you can't expect me to
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keep watching as you try. I'msorry, I never meant to. I
know. Come on, I havesome burn cream and God's back at the
house. Thanks for listening to Seasonfive of Cryptic Kate Dangerous Relations. The
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show is created and produced by meVictoria Pereira. I also voice Avara.
The voice of Juliet is Amy A. Sabato. The voice of Ben is
Kim Morfeed. The voice of Mariis odd and Fisture. The voice of
Frank is David Russell. The voiceof Shaya is Angeli Fastiche. The voice
of Alto kerv Here is Paul Reinbach. The voice of James the Sandwich Man
(22:41):
is Aidan Gibbs. The voice ofthe service Worker is Grant Bowen. The
voice of Sybil is Caroline Byrne.The voice of Kendy is Mianni Watson.
Our story editor is Jennifer Woan.Our cover artist is Kit Duprey. Our
Folly artist is Isaac Rodriguez. Ourtranscriptionist is Rebecca Writerer. Our website designer
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Welcome to town, Avrah. I'mgonna bother you for the greater good of
cryptic Kai. I guess you didn'ttell them everything, then it's not a
bad idea. Okay. I thinkwe're gonna need a change of plants.
Season five, Episode five, DangerousRevelations. Where is Mar? They were
(00:47):
supposed to be here like twenty minutesago. I haven't heard from him yet
today. You think they forgot wewere meeting up. I reminded him at
school this morning and during lunch.Maybe there's a long line for the printer
at the space that Shia opened uptoday, just from our Okay, maybe
not. I'm just gonna call themyour call. It's been forwarded to an
(01:12):
automn rate. Their phone's dead too, well, Scotts, you so angry.
Mar's late sometimes, but you don'tusually get so pissed off late to
hanging out or doing homework. Butthat's whatever. I told them. We
were going to leave school and you'dget gas for the car. I'd grab
staples and tape, and Mar wouldprint the flyers so we could all meet
(01:33):
up at three. It's almost threethirty and we haven't heard anything. We're
not in a rush. Though,as long as the posters go up sometime
tonight. Lizzie said that'd be fine. I know, but this is important
and Mars acting like it's not.He's been like this since we started working
on all the vote stuff, likewhen we were all getting signatures and they
only came back with three on thesheet, and then missing the last meeting
with Lizzie, Roger and Roxy forwhatever reason. It's like March just doesn't
(01:57):
care about taking the shroud down.You know they care, then they should
act like it coming. Hey guys, Sorry I'm late. How are you
doing good? Fine? You havethe flyers right here. Check him out?
Oh those look great tomorrow. Ilove the design. Thanks? Yeah,
(02:23):
fun colors. Should we start slappingthese bad boys off across town?
Oh no, we can't put theseup. Why not? Look, you
spilled the street name wrong. It'sFigaroa with a you. It is to
have a photoshop. They need toadd a spell checker to that thing.
At least I didn't a spell voteright. We have to get these reprinted.
(02:49):
It's fine, juels, It's tiny. I bet no one will notice.
It's the name of the street wherethe poles are going to be.
It has to be right. Isaid it was a temple Israel. Everyone
one knows where that is. It'sfine, it's not fine. It has
to look professional. What if someonesees it and thinks it's a fake sign.
They'll think it's a fake because Iforgot to you. Everyone knows about
(03:10):
the vote already. These are justa formality. Just because people know that
something's happening doesn't mean they don't needto be reminded. Some people need to
be reminded three times of things.Ben, what do you think should we
waste more time and paper to readprint these? Or are they fine as
is as is being incorrect? Idon't know. Whatever you guys want to
(03:32):
do. That is not helpful.You put them on the spot. It's
not hard to give an opinion.Okay, okay, how about we just
huh? Well? I was goingto say we should just text Lizzie,
but she just texted me. Shesaid, go ahead and put them up.
They're fine, as is the convenienceof an oracle, sister, perfect
(03:58):
fine. Well, should be fun. Ration day exciting and today's line seems
way longer than last week's. Theonly reason I left work early to come
here was so I could deal withless people and to interview someone hopefully.
(04:23):
I don't know if I want todo this. If people don't want to
talk to me on the phone,what they want to talk to me in
person? No, no, I'vegot to do this. Show them you're
a part of the community now,just like them. Good afternoon. Can
I help you? I'm a reporterfor the Water's Edge Weekly and I'm working
on a story about the emergency boatcoming up. Can I ask you a
(04:46):
few questions about your thoughts on thematter. Sure, yeah, I'm stuck
waiting this line anyway, right,excellent? So first off, what is
your name and occupation? Name's Frank, and ask for what I do right
now. I'm not sure. Iwas working remote, but considering my boss
forgot to exist, I'm not reallyexpecting any more paychecks. Oh, I'm
(05:08):
so sorry about that. I knowa lot of folks have had trouble with
you. Said this was for theweekly. Yes, you're that human,
aren't you? You're avra I amI'm not talking to you. I understand
your hesitation, sir, but it'sjust a few questions. I don't have
to print. Your name doesn't matter. I don't want to associate with you.
(05:30):
Look, I know I'm human,but I'm also a part of the
community, and I'm trying my best. I don't care if you're human.
I don't want to be associated withthe one that fucked our whole town over.
You want to print that. Hey, if you want to blame someone
for your shitty mood, blame theHigh Council or are you too afraid they'll
force you to live in a townfull of bigots? You're calling me a
bigot, your words come on offautos, holding my spot in line.
(05:54):
You're a traitor to your kind andyou're holding up the line. Hey,
what happened? Okay, I'm fine. I just wanted to get some interviews
for an article after our talk yesterday. I thought it was my anxiety telling
me everyone hates me. But maybeit's not. That guy's an asshole.
That's not how everyone thinks. Idon't know. It feels like there are
(06:16):
a lot of eyes on my backright now, and none of them are
pleasant. Here we go again,always thinking you're the center of attention.
I'm serious. Look around, they'reall just jealous. Not everyone has an
amazing person to go to bat forthem against an angry jerk. Wait,
he said you're here with Auto.Yeah, we we were working on stuff
(06:38):
in the studio. I needed abreak. Maybe I should go to the
back of the line. Then whatwhy? I don't know if he wants
to be around me. What areyou talking about? Auto loves you,
you might not love being seen withme, though, I don't want to
over here you were saying, thereyou are, looks like you shut that
(06:59):
guy up at least for now.Hey, Avre, how are you?
I'm doing all right all things considered. Yeah, these last couple of weeks
haven't been easy. If you doneed anything, let me know, even
if it's just some old guys tohave dinner with. Hudson and I would
love to help. Thank you.How is Hudson. I haven't talked to
him since since before you were outed. I won't lie to you. He's
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got some complicated feelings on the subjectof humans. Can't really blame him,
what with everything that's happened. We'vetalked about it a lot and he's still
a little twisted up about it.But none of that has to do with
you. What do you mean Hetrusts you, Avra, He considers you
a friend and believe me when Isay Hudson has a very high bar for
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friendship. The thing we're both strugglingwith is this emergency vote. It seems
like we're on opposite sides. Hudsonwants to keep the shroud. I want
to keep the shroud. He's stillnot should I know it's been a difficult
transition so far, but we're justin the beginning of it. I'm sure
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once we adjust, it'll be easierto navigate. Then. You can't beat
the safety of it. You know, I suppose I didn't know you were
going to vote that way. Well, we haven't talked about it much.
What about your business though? Alot of your client tell are humans and
a lot of cryptids. Again,I know the adjustment is going to be
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difficult, but I need to keepmy family safe. I understand. Next
please, Oh huh, yes,that's me. I'll see you tomorrow at
the studio Shia. Yeah sounds good. I'm sorry I didn't know he felt
that way. I think a lotof people might still, though being concerned
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for their safety doesn't mean they hateyou. Next in line, I'll wait
to walk back with you. Okay, next tickets, please, here you
go. I've got two vegetables,one meat, one dairy, two starch.
Could I actually request for the vegetablesto get no requests? I'm allergic
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to carrots, though I thought wecould make substitutions for those things, not
for a human next. You mighthave spoken too soon. I want to
trade a carrot for something else.He wouldn't switch it for you? What
a jerk? Do you think it'sgoing to be like this for a while?
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Do you mean the rationing? Imean the everything, the rationing,
the electric blackout times, the severewater conservation. How long is it going
to take to get back to normal? Because the sooner things feel normal here,
maybe the sooner I'll feel comfortable goingout in public. I don't know,
Love, it could be a while. But how long is a while?
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I guess it doesn't matter. I'mstuck here. Way would you have
left? What if the High Councilhad given me the option to leave,
would you have left? I've neverreally thought about it. Since they didn't,
of course you thought about it.You can tell me the truth.
I'm not sure. Maybe, buthopefully that won't matter, because if Lizzie's
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emergency vote plan goes well, wewon't have to worry about the shroud anymore,
anyone blaming it on me. He'llstill be stuck here, though,
unless the High Council has a wildchange of heart, which is why I
haven't given other options any thought.No point in dwelling on something that could
never happen, right. Look,I'm no doctor, Julius, but you
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should talk to someone about this stuff, and it shouldn't be me. I
don't want to make you feel guiltyabout feeling how you're feeling, or don't
make me feel guilty. Try it. I'm okay, Really, I'm just
being dramatic, that's all. Ithink you should talk to Kendy. You
want me to talk to Kendy.I thought you hated her. I dislike
her, But if anyone understands whatyou're going through right now, it's going
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to be her. I guess it'sworth a shot. Are you sure this
is a good idea. I don'tthink it's a bad idea, but it's
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your decision to make. If youdon't want to, we can just know
I need a change. I've hadthe same long brown hair for my whole
life. It's time to do somethingdifferent. And you're absolutely positive that you
don't want to go to a professional. You said you took a cosmetology course
in high school. I learned howto do basic cuts and color. But
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I don't know if I can getit exactly the way you want it.
I just want it different. Itrust you. That makes one of us
love the confidence. Okay, let'sdo this first snipp done. Already feels
better. So what's new with you? What you've got the hairdressers? Small
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talk? Ready to go? Oh, I guess not much has happened since
we hung out yesterday. Huh,just the same old stuff. A new
person scowled at me in the motelelevator on the way here. But that's
about it, asshole. At leastI only have to deal with them for
a couple more weeks. Then I'llbe a prisoner for the rest of my
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life. Yeah. Hell of away to look on the bright side.
If I don't laugh, I'll cryright. Oh, I upset you.
I'm sorry, Sybil. I won'tbring it up again. No, no,
don't apologize. I want you tobe able to talk about this stuff.
I'll try to control my powers more. I don't want you to have
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to hide how you're feeling from meeither. Honestly, as much as it
hurts to see you hurting, it'sa little comforting in a way. It's
nice to know there's someone who willmiss me when I'm gone. Of course,
are you sure that you don't wantto try and get away from them?
I'm sure there's nowhere for me togo without losing my memories, and
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no matter what plan we think up, the High Council will be able to
figure it out. I'd rather theremainder of my time here be spent doing
things like this with you, ifthat's what you want. That looks good
as far as the cut goes.But now it's time for some color.
Where is it actually? I wasthinking we might try it a different way.
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Are you still thinking black? Well? If I could pick anything,
black with a red shift is reallywhat I want. But that feels like
I'm embracing the villain title everyone wantsto give me. Fuck them. It's
your hair. If you want blackwith a red shift, you're getting black
with a red shift. Just closeyour eyes and I'm gonna put my hands
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in your hair. Saba neca,whoa is it bad? No? No,
it looks really good. Look whoa, that's me? That's you.
It's so short? Is it tooshort? No? What do you think?
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I think it's perfect? Hey,Sibyl, you home? Uh yeah,
yeah, yeah, I'm home.I'm here too great. We got
our rations. I'll put them awayin a minute. But I was wondering
if, oh, Kendy, nice, sir, h thanks, your sister's
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talented. I didn't know you werea hair stylist, Sibyl, she's a
secret savant. That might be astretch, a many talented wonder of acrypted?
Then what were you saying before thoughoff? Did you need something?
Actually? I was going to askyou to ask Kendy if we could talk.
But you're here already, so sureright now? It doesn't have to
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be now. I just wasn't sureif Sibyl, oh, no, you
guys chat, I'll go put thegroceries away. Let me help. What's
going on? Avara? Well,originally I was going to ask your advice
on something. But are are youand Sibyl like like what like a thing?
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I don't follow a right modern slang? Are you two romantically involved?
Sibyl and I? No, notthat I'm aware of. Why did she
say something to you? No?But it seems like we walked in on
something that was more than just afriendly hangout. I respect your sister,
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and I'm lucky enough to consider hera close friend now, But that's all
we are. I'm not trying tobe the overprotective sibyling or anything. I
just know how delicate Sibyl's feelings canbe. Sybil has strong emotions, sure,
but she is also a strong personand can handle those emotions. I
know she can, But her emotionsare also very malleable, and they affect
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the people around her. I knowshe values you as a friend, and
she cares so much for her friends. I don't want you to feel those
strong emotions and interpret them as somethingthey're not. And how do you know
those would be misinterpreted? What doyou mean? You seem to think I
care for your sister in a romanticsense and yet can't possibly imagine her reciprocating
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those feelings. I never said thatyou didn't have to. Well, you'll
be pleased to know that, despiteany feelings I may harbor for your sister,
I don't plan on acting on them. I am painfully aware of how
little time I have left in thistown, and while I intend to spend
as much of it as I can. With Sybil, it will only be
in a platonic capacity. But youdo have feelings for her. It does
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not matter if I have feelings.I have been trained for decades upon decades
to push aside my emotions in orderto hone my craft and excel in my
position. But you failed at thatposition, thanks for the reminder, and
you failed because of Sybil. Iyou will break her heart if you fail
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at this, so don't fail again. Oh my god, what for a
second, you sounded just like theHigh Council. All right, groceries put
away? So did you guys wantto hang out? I don't know if
you had plans, but Kenny andI were thinking of playing some board games,
popping some popcorn. If you twowant to, we're headed out,
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Actually we are? Yeah, comeon, oh okay, seeing a bit?
Then what are we doing here?I don't know. I don't want
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to be home or anywhere else,so might as well be here. What
did Candy say to you? Nothing? Just she likes Sybil, not like
we didn't already know. But it'sbothering you. It's fine, It's none
of my business. Then what's wrong? I don't know. I just want
normal life back, and the restof this world back, and the stupid
shroud to be gone. I don'tthink throwing rocks at it. We'll do
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any Oprah. What the fuck areyou doing? I wanted to see how
bad it was. Why planning onjumping through and killing yourself. I'm not
suicidal, I'm just curious, maybetoned down the curiosity. Jesus. Look
at your hand. Okay, fair, but it's it's not too bad.
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That's a second degree burned from acouple of seconds of exposure. That's pretty
bad. You should get home soI can treat it. Hey, wait,
look what did you leave some bloodbehind? No, there's a there's
a gap. That's where you putyour hand. I think, so that
doesn't make any sense. Hold on, let me let me find no no
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more experiments. I just want tosee if like a stick or something would
do it too. Here we go, let me do it nothing. Does
it have to be a person?That'd be a bit macabre. Should I
try it? No? I don'twant you to hurt yourself. That's a
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little hypocritical. Just a quick testtwo seconds for you? Sure, okay,
okay, that's enough. Ouch anythingnot that I can see, and
my burn isn't nearly as bad asyours. Why does it always have to
be you, Avrah? This isn'tmy fault. I know it's not.
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But I know how your brain works. Don't you dare get any ideas about
being heroic when I'm not looking,and don't tell anyone about this? Why
not? This clearly means there's somethingthat could take down the Shroud, or
at least a part of it.Maybe we know there are way too many
people blaming you for this already.We don't need to give them a reason
to use you as a battering ramagainst this thing. Okay, but shouldn't
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we try to figure this out?There has to be a reason this is
happening, and it could be thekey to taking the shroud down. Even
if the vote does pass. Andwhat if the vote doesn't pass, the
shroud stays up? And then whatwhat is so bad about that? What's
so bad about being cut off fromthe rest of the world forever? Shia
are you? I don't want theshroud here either, but it's here and
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it might stay here forever. Butif it stays, you stay alive.
You keep your mind and your life, our life. The people are struggling
because of me. I owe itto them to try to fix this.
You owe it to me to tryto keep breathing, Avrah. You're so
ready to sacrifice yourself for people whohate you, you can't expect me to
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keep watching as you try. I'msorry, I never meant to. I
know. Come on, I havesome burn cream and God's back at the
house. Thanks for listening to Seasonfive of Cryptic Kate Dangerous Relations. The
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show is created and produced by meVictoria Pereira. I also voice Avara.
The voice of Juliet is Amy A. Sabato. The voice of Ben is
Kim Morfeed. The voice of Mariis odd and Fisture. The voice of
Frank is David Russell. The voiceof Shaya is Angeli Fastiche. The voice
of Alto kerv Here is Paul Reinbach. The voice of James the Sandwich Man
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is Aidan Gibbs. The voice ofthe service Worker is Grant Bowen. The
voice of Sybil is Caroline Byrne.The voice of Kendy is Mianni Watson.
Our story editor is Jennifer Woan.Our cover artist is Kit Duprey. Our
Folly artist is Isaac Rodriguez. Ourtranscriptionist is Rebecca Writerer. Our website designer
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is Kyle Boyer. Our theme songis Pink Night in Ohio by Ryan Anderson.
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