#horrorscope episode

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pfp change to kin that i look so much like. like i am ronnie anne. ronnie anne is me. never have i felt more represented than when i first saw the “gross kid” hispanic girl who is angry at the whole universe. i saw ronnie anne for the first time at age 13 and my jaw dropped. i was like why am i on screen rn. pfp change but this is bordering on a face reveal. shes so me

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So after entire millenias the queen of the Nile finally graced us with her presence 🪲

This took longer than anticipated, but life got in the way. With Easter and a mini burnout I had it came harder to me to finish this illustration, but here it is.

Cleo de Nile was so fun to do. I wanted to go for an elegant breezy vibe with a dash of y2k mixed in there for good measure, while also keeping some of the opulance and elegance associated with the Cleo's status.

Also, can we take a moment to gush about what is happening at Mattel??? Revolution is upon the fandom. Specifically Clankie!!!

When the episode description leaked and I first caught wind of Frankie gathering their courage to ask Cleo to prom, I was like... They won't do it, right? They are gonna push the best gal pals angle.

But then the horrorscope episode dropped, then the bottling your feelings one, and let's not forget about the heart of Frankie episode.

And this? There is no heterosexual explication for this!!!

Or this!!!💕✨

I am not gonna get my hopes up 'cause it's Mattel we're talking about. The same people who during generation one said it wasn't the right time for queer rep. But the signs are there. If the episodes and art inside Cleo's locker are anything to go by, the odds look like they are in our favour this time around 💛💖💙

Thank you for keepin up with my lil' monster high art trip💗 I can't wait to draw some more prom fun soon😋

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I THINK LAGOONA IS AROMANTIC AND IS JUST IN LOVE WITH LOVE.

I'm still watching the most recent ep, but like... she's expressed more interest in just wanting to live a life like her Telenovelas, she's talked about how "The Chomps" could cause problems, and in the Horrorscope episode she was just to lure her Soulmate with music.

She's more in love with Love, and Gil is an easy "Target" for lack of a better word. She's said nothing to the effect that she HAD a serious boyfriend before (or even an unserious one) and there are Aros who just like the idea of love more than actually being in love. Plus we know an Aspec monster is coming so... is it Lagoona???

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Sorry for being so quiet in the last few months--we were taking a break while also gearing up to bring you Season 2!

If you haven't listened already, you can binge season 1 of Overbrook anywhere you get your podcasts, and can find transcripts on our episodes page

If you've already been listening--stay tuned! We'll be releasing post-season content including Blooper reels 1 and 2, a Q&A episode, and a special 'Horrorscopes with Locke' minisode!

Before you know it, we'll be back and ready to tell you what our amazing residents have been up to.

-Rhys

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Card И. The next step is equaleving it to the & card. As it stands for the same letter. As and. The addition.

And it looks like they captured the last episode and externalized it as someone else. Stilled smoked half a pack though. Because i’m a dumbass but, that’ll never change. And that also showed that am i not alone in the way i react to. BS. Though on a small scale for my level of experience to causes.

Though i also found it curious about the И card image i used resembles the letter & to a high degree. No? I think so.

Naw, starting to not like russia. Chechen and the letter X. Becomes a general. In his prime. Good bye child, good graces to you.

My advancements on the tarot have been, suppressed by something else. Lately.

Kind of just want the calm before the storm. Its a quiet. Sombering. Well, heres the outcome of all those years conditioning. Disease.

Thats where ive been, grew out from it.

Oh, wise one i bow. The special forces are an A. Though, there’s this queer moment. For the letter V of an image of a feminine body gracing the subject with water. As strength is in truth. Read it from wiki. Must be true.

But as we explore and i’m given new information. One finds a window to the exclusive. And where that strings leads.

“The unit i, also known as imaginary number i, represents the value of the square root of -1 and part of the number system called imaginary numbers. An imaginary number is the value of the square root of a negative number. The numbers are not fake just simply have no place on the number line like real numbers.”

At any rate. Going yo resign from being a part of the health and safety comity. Can’t do it. Not if i have to come home and be alone. I can’t function. I’ll just drift from any responsibilities and not have a head in the game. And with Pluto moving in. Knowing i don’t own my own life. Just gonna fuck it all up anyway. As soon as i open that door. Its silence. Nothing else. No words. No sound. No movement. The same as its been all my life. Even when coming home to house full of assholes. Never been any communication at home. Bever will be.

As for the present time. I can sit there and game for 16 straight hours or sit behind my phone. And let words speak for themselves. It’s not like anyone has ever had anything to say to me anyway.

Fucken stupid fucken country abd stupid fuckrn healthcare systwm. Fuck you. Dont call me at work. I cant answer. Called bavk after work. No sound. A dead line. Well i tried. Leave the infection to fuck my insides. After 3:30 or on the weekend. Whem? Monda6 fucken morning. Thats ehen. Its bad enough. Im not even allowed to go t o a clinic.

Hello operator from anoyher country. That has a hard time soeaking my fucken language. Fuck you.

Maybe it’ll get so bad that i’ll have to go get surgery and waste a hundreb thousand dollars instead of a 20$ bottle or anti biotics instead. Sounds like aplan. Fuck i hate canada.

Ivr done a couple hours on duo-lingo. Think im qualified enough to get a job working for the russian helarhcare system behind a phone.

They are so fucken with me. Fourth call…. Hello do uou speak french. Not functionalyl enough to describe anything. Ok. Give me your number my colleage will get back to you. Its fun spendign an entire lifetime being fucked with. 39 tears and counting. They’re never going to stop.

Hello suicide. Welcome back. Whats up buddy. My longest known friend.

Cheers to tyranny. Theres more of it than not. Always was. Always will be. Well go to the hospital wait in the E.rmR for another 13 hours. For them to tell me to come back another day. Pray. I cant go through the proper channels.

Get me out of this horrorscope prison cell you’ve put me in.

I dont want to pay for health insurance anymore. All i get is the opposite. If i cant even get my rights fulfilled. Image trying to do a privilege.

Its like driving is a privilege. That i have to pay for even if i don’t drive.

Though i can smoke, cigs and pot, and game and watch tv buy alcohol. No problem. Its handled with curtesy and a smile. I even have a guy, that will give me methadetamines. For free! Wow. Not that i’ll do it willingly. Doesnt mean i havent been drugged with them. To make me unstable. Went to go get a cup of coffee. Recently. They put speed in it. I expect canada to make that legal soon too.

As for the health and safety comity, that i got roped in applying for. I declined it. Everytime i did that as a kid. People did it anyway. And i got shot in for it. So nope. Not with pluto moving in on it.

The world is designed for people wirh engeneered stress disorders. To get fucked by life. I do t look forward to the day wheb im completly dependant in the health care system. When im old. Holy fick.

Fifth call. From an unknown number. Hi, my colleage didnt soeak french yesterday. So we’re calling to be evil degenerate fuckers of humanity and rub in as much as we can. While tour supposed to be at work where you have zero reception. And cant take calls. Told her to suck to evil out of my ass.

Well since im goign to be waitingn here for anothe r ten hours. Go smoke some smokes. Study russain if the drowsiness doesnt go away.

Too bad the words for “bad language” or “abuse” is seemingly identical to “Mother”. Being мат and мать. I cant tell the difference. Being being explained that ь succeeding the previous letter combines them to a y sound. And yet. Listenign to audio recordings of both мат & мать. They sound the same.

These are what you’re looking for. The differnece for here at the moment is passive abuse versus active abuse. Is there a difference? There is. One gets away with it and the other doesnt. Because we’ll bred to be passive and receptive. The same go for the abuse. It wasnt eliminated just changed gender. It safer to abuse people with passivity than activity. They’re no consequemces involved.

Looking for things like this. When it comes to the power of symbols. And attached meaning. As for the russian to english equates abuse with the mother. Beign abused by “caretaker” “authorities”. Or abusing the mother. And not by the mother. And these cockskrs here fucken with me.

Im not allowed to have a non-abusive mothet. Or father. Or sibblings. Doesnt matter. Its all мат to me. But one continues on with the passivity until the other explodes or implodes. Or kills themsleves. Somehow. And vents out the frustration. And then you go active abuse. Beat them down for callign you out. Thats life.

Other than that. The A-fool should be feminine. And the E fool masculine. All life starts with the feminine. And the play on words. Like beauty vs booty. They sound similar. Amd yet not at all different. A booty is beauty. And eau brings it all back to the caressing of the mother and the lion. Other wise we have two male fools each besides the devil card and associations to carnality. Which works beautifully. Because. An upside down A. Represents inclusion. A one for all. But doesn’t add them. As a sum total. Because it’s all about the individual. At this point. Which is fitting also for eau is litterally to word for water in french. But we’ee trying to be ignorant like most of these other fuckers. And detach the tarot script from its perversion of its designed rape of mankind.

For example. This little girl is being repeatative about calling out for daddy, dah, dah! Da dah da da. I put my book down. Look her right in the eyes. Gave her the attention she was missing with a detached/attached sense of silence. And she quieted down completely. Little girls are like that with me. They reach out and call me daddy. The breeding ones. Do nothing about abuse me. And the older ones are usually super chill.

And i come back in and the guy that was beside me is gone and a woman took his place. Both of is chewing on jerky.

It’s interesting that the russian letters change their pronunciation as another letter when it comes to them being placed to hard and soft consonants or at the beginning of a word to the end of a word. D turns into k. V turns into F. This seems like a fun area to explore the use of imaginary/complex numbers and bridging them to the real. If i understand that right. Theres not much difference between the russian words for water and vodka. And vodka is supposedly pronounced as votka. Wheres as the D changes form to a T.

Hey look, my conscience is back and the fear of reprimand. But, you know what? Y’all right. I don’t need one.

The tragedy of the baltimore bridge collapse happened at the same time as health service canada called. While not being able to respond. Down in the water. People died. But only the construction workers minding they’te own bussiness. But save for there not beign andingle car on the bridge because authorities where given a warning. They just left six people on the bridge anyway? Yeah ok.

Checked my phone. That be 10 calls to or from the gap. With nothing. A dead line and bs.

Well thee goes three hundred dollar cause im not allowed to go to a clinic.

That was a waste of everyones time. Sorry wewont help you. Come nack when your dying.

Well time to go home and chain smoke.

Does it hurt? Sometimes. But since there aint any pain receptors there. You dont feel much at all. Do you have reason to beleive its an std? What?! Ive been single for twenty years. (She gave a suppressed gasp of astonishment)( i know im super sexy and all) women give me fuck me eyes all the time. If their not trying to fuck me over. If i habe an std its because someone purposfukly gave me one.

Sorry im going to touvhc your prostate. You may feel uncomfortable…… ok. Whatever. That’s my prostate? Feels like every other partof my ass. (Uncomforatble. And raw. And like its infected. Goes with the stages of the moon. Like an infection does) People say that feels good? Know what feels good. Taking a huge shit. After youve been holding in it all day. Am i right?!

Oh Ну, ar leat i learned soem russian grammar while waiting these last ten hours. Djould hav eyet to the pot store first. Now its closed. Maybe i’ll

Find a big roach in the ground. Well if all the children didnt get to them first.

It’ll go away on its own. Its been over a month. Yeah sometimes it takes longer. Ok then. Probably something i got drugged with.

An dnow its time to wait for my jailers to mentioned exactly what i told to nurse today. And then ill punch them in the nose as hard as i can. Still need to get my hunting permit for a quick painless way out.

Wahts it mean when you find a dead goffer before spring? That sunmer isnt gonna come at all? Can. You imagine everyday being fall? Wakenup in the morning put on a winter coat fo home in the evening wearing shorts and a wife beater. There

hasnt been a winter. This year. Its perma fall.

Well its 1 am. Got to get ul in four hours. Guess im not going to work. All i can feel is the sicknessnin my ass. And even agter going to the hospital. I walk out. Not knowing any better than i did. Not having a diagnosis. And a cheap quicky look. I fucken hate life.

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ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMAN, THE DELIVERANCE, TAROT, and horror more movie news for February 6, 2024

Welcome back to HNR season three as Doc and Dave cover the weekly HORROR MOVIE NEWS on Gruesome Magazine. This week, we have news about Tarot getting a trailer, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman getting a reboot, Evil Dead getting a spin off feature, and more. Please let us know which news item interests you the most and, please, like and subscribe. Every click will help us find more horror fans just like you!

HORROR MOVIE NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 6, 2024

RIP Carl Weathers (Predator, Rocky, The Mandalorian, Action Jackson).

https://deadline.com/2024/02/carl-weathers-dead-1235812684/

Warner Brothers rebooting ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMAN with… Tim Burton directing.

https://deadline.com/2024/02/tim-burton-attack-of-the-fifty-foot-woman-1235811350/

NETFLIX promises to deliver Lee (Precious, The Butler) Daniels’ exorcism feature THE DELIVERANCE in 2024 within their “What’s Next” announcements.

THE DELIVERANCE

When Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mom, moves her mother and children into a new home, strange occurrences begin to happen, and child protective services suspects Ebony of child abuse. But when these occurrences reveal to be demonic, Ebony not only has to battle the system for her children, but she soon finds herself in a spiritual battle against a demon for her faith, her life, and for the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story.

DIRECTOR: Lee Daniels CAST: Andra Day, Glenn Close, Mo’nique, Anthony B. Jenkins, Miss Lawrence, Demi Singleton, Tasha Smith, Isaiah Washington, With Omar Epps, Caleb Mclaughlin, And Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

https://deadline.com/2024/02/netflix-movie-dates-2024-1235810342/

EVIL DEAD franchise continues with a spinoff film from director Sebastien Vanicek (Infected/Vermines).

https://deadline.com/2024/02/evil-dead-spin-off-sebastien-vanicek-caa-1235815331/

Horrorscope has been retitled TAROT (2024) coming May 10, 2024 – catch the new trailer now.

Check out this episode!

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New Fiction Podcasts - 18th December

Strange Whispers Audio Book Welcome to "Strange Whispers," where eerie tales come to life through haunting narratives. Immerse yourself in the gripping world of dark short stories crafted by our host, Stephen. Each episode will take you on a spine-chilling journey into the unknown. Join us as we delve into the twisted and macabre, exploring the shadows that lurk within the human psyche. Prepare to be captivated by tales that linger long after the final whisper fades. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231211-02 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/eef7cddc/podcast/rss

Fantasy and LitRPG Story called "Worlds Beneath the Shadows" Audio Book Fantasy and LitRPG Story called "Worlds Beneath the Shadows". https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231209-01 RSS: https://media.rss.com/sheens987/feed.xml

Midnight Matinees Audio Drama Please, take a seat. Make yourself comfortable and open your ears. You’re about to experience tales of the unknown… and the unreal… from the minds of horror’s finest writers. Hosted our “The Lady in Black”, Midnight Matinees is Pocket Universe Productions’ premier horror anthology series. And this theater of the mind is presented to you in wide-scream “horrorscope”. This is Midnight Matinees. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231031-18 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/midnightmatinees

Les Aventures de Tintin Audio Drama 100% Tintin, une coproduction France Culture, la Comédie-Française, Tintinimaginatio - avec l'Orchestre national de France Rendez-vous sur l'application Radio France pour découvrir des milliers d'autres podcasts. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20230211-07 RSS: https://radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/rss_19904.xml

Mord im Grand Resort Audio Drama Die berühmte Detektivin Johanna Kempin möchte im Grand Resort Bad Ragaz eigentlich nur Urlaub machen. Doch dann kommt alles anders. Ein Hotelgast wird tot in der Therme aufgefunden – erstochen mit einem Messer. Johanna Kempin beginnt zu ermitteln und findet heraus, dass das Mordopfer in diverse illegale Machenschaften verwickelt war. Je tiefer Johanna Kempin in der Vergangenheit gräbt, desto mehr dunkle Geheimnisse kommen ans Licht. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231214-01 RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/mord-im-grand-resort/

Les consultations extraordinaires de Belladone Mercier, psychologue des dieux Audio Drama Une podfiction écrite et réalisée par Germain Huc. Première saison en 7 épisodes mythologiques, psychologiques, techniques, romantiques, horrifiques, dramatiques. Un beau jour, alors qu’elle est en visite au Musée du Louvre, Belladonne Mercier, une psychologue reconnue, rencontre un homme étrange prétendant être Thot, le dieu égyptien du savoir et de l’écriture. Étrange, certes, car en plus de certaines aptitudes clairement surnaturelles et d’un comportement insupportablement pédant, il se trouve atteint d’une pathologie assez courante chez les humains : un trouble obsessionnel compulsif, aussi appelé « TOC ». Il note tout et se promène en permanence avec une balance pour peser absolument chaque objet qui lui tombe sous la main, sans pouvoir s’en empêcher. Aidée de sa toute nouvelle stagiaire, Adélaïde Chamberlain, Belladonne va proposer une psychothérapie au pauvre hère, autant pour se débarrasser de ses interminables discours de monsieur-je-sais-tout que pour l’aider à recouvrer un équilibre mental. Sans se douter une seconde que cette thérapie si particulière va l’emmener à découvrir un monde merveilleux autant que périlleux. Car « Thot » n’est pas la seule divinité à avoir besoin de ses services, et que, peut-être, quelque chose, ou quelqu’un, quelque part, œuvre dans l’ombre pour déstabiliser les piliers qui soutiennent le monde. Belladonne Mercier devient la psychologue des dieux. Et croyez-moi, ce ne sera pas de tout repos… https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231215-01 RSS: https://decaille-deplume.fr/feed/podcast/

Don't Write Me Off Audio Drama Don’t Write Me Off is an immersive, short-form audio drama competition. Each season, a select number of writers are given the same narrative elements - a character, a location, and an inciting incident - to craft a script no more than twenty pages. How they use those elements in their story is entirely up to them. Audiences then get to vote on which story they like most. After a month, we host a roundtable discussion with the writers during which the winner of that season is announced. The winner of each season gets to choose the prompt for the following season. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231215-02 RSS: https://feeds.castos.com/793kj

The Signal Audio Drama From the writer of the #1 Podcast OUTLIERS. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, an enigmatic CIA operative investigates the source of a mysterious shortwave signal—generated either by Russian double agents/spies and their handlers or originating from extraterrestrial aliens/UFOs, or both—and systematically tracks the source in order to disrupt the possible activation of a thermonuclear “dead man’s switch.” At the same time, a plucky young woman fights to rescue her younger brother—who has the ability to see alien “insect people”—from the clutches of ill-intentioned “government doctors,” while a dogged radio host in Dayton, Ohio uses his UFO-focused show to expose ongoing government-sanctioned conspiracies to hide the fact that extraterrestrial aliens not only exist, but are already living amongst us. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231215-03 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SBP5286247776

Cucina di altri pianeti Audio Book Tra pause pranzo galattiche, bettole spaziali e gare culinarie interstellari, preparatevi a gustare… il sapore venuto dallo spazio, con i racconti vincitori del contest fantascientifico di Podcastory “Cucina di altri pianeti”. Buon ascolto… e buon appetito! https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231216-01 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PDSL5328708806

Veeran Khandhar Audio Book Welcome to "Veeran Khandhar," an enthralling audio book that unveils the mystery of ancient ruins untouched by human presence for millennia. In this gripping tale penned by Kasim Ansari and narrated by the captivating Deepak Yadav, a chance encounter near these desolate ruins sparks a connection that transcends centuries. As the protagonist grapples with questions of identity, the story unfolds a riveting saga of humans and jinns, blurring the lines between reality and the supernatural. Join us on a journey that will send shivers down your spine, leaving you pondering the strength of these two mystical beings and the secrets concealed within the deserted ruins. "Veeran Khandhar" is not just a book; it's a mesmerising exploration into a world where the past and present collide. Immerse yourself in this extraordinary fiction drama that will linger in your thoughts long after the last word is spoken. Don't miss the chance to experience this unforgettable tale. Press play now and let the mystery unfold. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231215-04 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CPP7262908636

Greetings from Salton Sea Audio Drama From the writer of the #1 Podcast OUTLIERS comes a mind-bending, brain-twisting journey into the depths of traumatized memory and the underbelly of a dying California desert town where all the odd-ball inhabitants have something disturbing to hide. When a boy’s shinbone is discovered in Kellan Rucker’s hometown of Salton Sea, Kellan returns to claim what he believes are the remains of his twin brother who vanished nearly twenty years ago when the boys were twelve. The grim discovery triggers Kellan; he loses his battle to stay sober as he struggles to maintain his tenuous hold on reality while he navigates the bizarre environs of the toxic-lake town and its funhouse of eccentric characters to uncover the truth about what really happened to his twin all those years ago. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231215-05 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/greetings-from-salton-sea

Bullied By My Stepbrother Audio Book I never meant to fall for my billionaire stepbrother. But he has trapped me behind the kitchen counter, followed me into the girls’ locker room, and snuck into my bedroom when our parents were fast asleep more times than I can count. Basked in the privileges of wealth, fame, and high school football stardom, Jace is everything that I loathe. When our parents take a vacation and force us to spend a week alone, memories of our time together two years ago–before he broke my heart–come flooding back. And I want them all to go away, because… Senior year is supposed to be for staying under the radar and finally plotting how I will leave this shitty town. Not for second chances. Stepbrother is a standalone novel within the Bad Boys of Redwood Academy series. Join me in this spicy and forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance filled with sports, second chances, and a bad boy. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231211-03 RSS: https://media.rss.com/bullied-by-my-stepbrother/feed.xml

L'amore acquatico di Max & Frida Audio Drama Una ragazza, un ragazzo e la scoperta di un autentico sentimento di amore e amicizia. Un'escursione in montagna fra la natura e la bellezza del Parco della Gola Rossa e di Frasassi, nell'alta Vallesina, in provincia di Ancona. Un viaggio che accrescerà la loro consapevolezza sull'importanza dell'acqua e la salvaguardia dell'ambiente che ci circonda. Tutto questo e molto altro è... L'amore acquatico di Max e Frida. L’amore acquatico di Max & Frida è il podcast di Accademica H2O dove amore, sostenibilità e tutela delle risorse idriche si incontrano. Un viaggio da montagna a valle seguendo il percorso dell’acqua che da centinaia di anni si fa strada attraverso la natura avventurosa del. Parco Naturale della Gola della Rossa e di Frasassi. E così anche il loro giovane amore nasce puro e acerbo per fortificarsi lungo la strada, tra una tempesta e qualche scoglio da superare. Ogni episodio racconta un concetto chiave per comprendere la crisi idrica e quella climatica globale in atto. Il percorso che aspetta Max & Frida è tutt’altro che semplice, ma incontreranno personaggi eroici e realtà produttive virtuose in grado di far capire loro che disegnare un nuovo modello di sviluppo, più rispettoso dell’ambiente e in particolare delle risorse acquatiche del territorio, è possibile. Perché l’impegno per un futuro più sostenibile è fatto di scelte e trasformazioni radicali, ma parte anche dai piccoli gesti. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231215-06 RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/6035357/episodes/feed

Morphology Audio Drama If you find your eyes lingering on the shadows of your room at night wondering what could it be? Look beyond and see the cracks in the universe pulling you into alternate realities. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231217-01 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2240428.rss

Say More with Dr? Sheila Audio Drama In the world of feelings, there are winners and losers, and somebody has to be the judge. World-renowned, self-proclaimed couples therapist Dr? Sheila invites you to sit in on her private sessions with clients. (For legal reasons, Dr? must be said in the form of a question.) Each week, a new couple…and a new puzzle to crack. You’ll get to hear, and benefit from, many of her famous techniques as she counsels patients on overcoming disagreements, dealing with an overstepping mother-in-law, navigating open relationships, and much more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show, because the best way to feel better about yourself is to compare your problems to the problems of others. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20230921-08 RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/dr-sheila

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The Horrorscope - Episode 39: Race To The End

Everyone has their phone on silent, right? We don’t want to make too much noise, says Kei. Right, says Pincer. So, which direction should we go? Left or right? asks Mary. Kei goes to take a look at the map. If we go to the right, the route outside is shorter. And from there, we can go by the river bank to the other entrance, says Kei. But why not go back in and then follow the route to the left? asks Mary. I was thinking that if we were to go out that way, we might find something, explains Kei. I don’t like this, says Ram. You don’t have to like it, says Mary. Don’t worry, I don’t like it either, says Pincer. Wait, says Mary. What? asks Pincer. Before we leave. What’s our plan? she asks. I don’t know. You are the police. You should know how to act in any given situation, says Kei. So, we’re going blind again, sighs Mary. It’s not like we have a choice, says Ram. We do though. We could ask for back up or someone to meet us there, says Mary. Kei pulls Mary to the side. Indeed, but we just might alert the rat and then we’d setup our own trap, he whispers to her. Fine, let’s go, says Mary. What did he say to her? asks Pincer. Ram shrugs and follows the two.

Call them immediately back! says Wasa. On it, says Ken as he calls Kei again. The phone rings and rings. Nothing. He’s not answering, says Ken. Fuck! We will have to look for them somehow or we need to quickly catch X and Yellow, says Wasa. Can’t we trace their phones? asks Ken. Even if we could, if they’re in the sewers, it won’t show us the right location or it might not show us any of their locations at all, explains Wasa. What’s our best option then? asks Ken. To try and catch those two, says Wasa. By the way, he continued, how did you two get back here? asks Wasa. They blindfolded us, handcuffed us, put us in two separate cars and tied us to the chairs so we couldn’t do anything stupid. Then we were dropped off at separate ends of the same intersection. I tried to take a photo of their car or number plate, but it was too blurry, says Ken. But do you have the timestamp on that photo? asks Wasa. We might find them on the cameras, says Wasa. Yes, here, says Kena s he hands the phone over to Wasa. Where’s your car? asks Wasa. That’s a bad idea, since they might track us, says Ken. Well, that means no taxi and neither one of our cars, says Wasa. And no public transport either, says Ken. And not many we can trust, says Wasa. Or, we can disable the tracker from one of our cars, says Ken. Do you know how to do that? asks Wasa. No, but it can’t be that hard to figure out, says Ken. Good, you do that. And I’m gonna keep looking for those two, says Wasa.

By the way, are we just gonna gloss over what Kei said about abducting criminals to test on them? asks Pincer. No, but what do you want us to say or do? It’s not like we know where they keep the criminals, right? Or like we’d have a way to track them, says Mary. And besides, even if it is true, it means that they’re not yet there with the tech. So we might still have some time left before they can replicate what happened ten years ago, says Kei. But what if we don’t? asks Pincer. What do you mean? asks Ram. Don’t you all remember what happened ten years ago? The deaths didn’t start all at once, it was a gradual. It started with one and it slowly snowballed into a billion over twenty four hours, says Pincer. So you’re thinking that Scorpian was the first and that soon they’ll be another billion. But if that were the case why weren’t there any reports of others? asks Mary. That means that he was either a test subject or he was killed by mistake, says Kei. But also, why would you want to recreate what happened ten years ago? asks Ram. Why wouldn’t you? asks Pincer. If you are going to replicate it, and be public about it, you are going in the history books as the one that managed to kill the immortals, explains Kei. And besides, who knows if these are the same guys from ten years ago, says Mary. Or if it’s a copycat, says Kei. This is fucked, says Ram as he looks at the exist from the sewers.

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soft asks 1, 2, and 10!

hello! thank you for the ask, my love 🌼💛

1. what song makes you feel better? pretty much anyway by Taylor Swift or Park Kyung.

2. what’s your feel-good movie? probably the Swan Princess, but i’m more of a tv show person and i have a few feel-good Buffy episodes haha

10. what’s something you’re excited for? oof. this is such a hard question because i was excited for a lot this year and now with this virus idk if i’ll get to do most of them. i am meant to go to louis tomlinson, backstreet boys, harry styles, 5sos, hella mega, russell howard, get some tattoos and my brother was meant to visit next month (i haven’t seen him in 2.5 years and he’s my best friend) and its just looking more and more likely that those things won’t be going ahead. so i guess right now i’m looking forward to posting our horrorscopes. i worked really hard on mine and i’m excited to share my first foray into horror!

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Total - C. Martin Croker Q&A

Total TV: I know you were already an animator before you got involved with Space Ghost. But did you also know that you had this great talent for voices?

Clay Croker: I used to work out at the laser show way back when. Ten years ago. It's out at Stone Mountain Park, this giant granite mountain that sticks right up out of the ground, and they project laser shows up against the side of it. That was my first animation job. I created a character right when I started out there, they had this bear character and they wanted a sidekick for the bear. So I came up with a Possum character that they called CW, which stood for Civil War, argh. [mimes vomiting] I didn't come up with that part. But I also wound up doing the voice of that character too. So I was doing voices for laser show characters a decade ago. And I'd always done goofy voices on my answering machine and stuff, and I was always a fan of Zorak from the original Space Ghost.

Oh, really? So this was like a deep-seated desire?

Oh, yeah. They started rerunning Space Ghost in 1978, when I was in high school. And we'd all talk about it at the lunch table and stuff. And there would be friends of mine who'd be like, Brak's my favorite, he's the coolest, he's that Tiki cat kind of guy. And I was going, oh, man, Zorak blows 'em all away. You don't know what you're talking about. So I actually did like a Zorak answering machine message probably while I was still in high school.

God, it'd be great if you still had a copy of that.

I may. I may. I save everything. I have answering machines tapes going back to '80. So when Space Ghost was pitched to Design Effects, where I was working, I had to kind of horn my way in. 'Cause they were just gonna make it a designer job and not have any animators in on it. And I was like, wait a minute! What do you guys know about Space Ghost? You know about any of the villains? And they were like, well, maybe we should have him sit on this. So I wound up actually suggesting that Zorak be on the show, 'cause I was such a big Zorak fan. I was going like, we gotta have some villains on the show! Zorak would be perfect! And [Cartoon Network programming head] Mike Lazzo agreed. He said well, Zorak was always one of my favorites too.

But I was dismayed when I found out they weren't going to use the original voices. 'Cause I thought, Oh boy, we're gonna be working on shows with Gary Owens doing the voice of Space Ghost and Don Messick doing the voice of Zorak Then I find out no, no, no, we're just gonna go with local guys. And I was horrified. I was like, oh, man, here I thought I was giving Zorak a career boost. And there was a point in a meeting where they said, hmm, well we're gonna have so and so do Space Ghost, so that solves the Space Ghost dilemma. Who are we gonna have do Zorak's voice? There's this long silence, and I'm like, well, it's now or never. And I just said, Well I can do that voice. And they were like, do it. So I just spat out one of the old lines I remembered and they were like okay, you're Zorak, that solves that problem.

What about Moltar? Did you have any affinity for him?

No. Zorak I really wanted on the show. And then we started reviewing Space Ghost cartoons at Design Effects, and the first cartoon we looked at was "The Evidence of Moltor." They changed his name between first and second season, I think they probably just couldn't remember what he was called. Originally, they had Andy [Merrill], who does Brak's voice, come in and read for Moltar. He sort of did kind of what wound up being Brak, sort of the same crazy inflections. And they were like, I think that's a bit strong. And then right before the show went to final edit, they said we want you to come in and read for Moltar. Can you do like a Ted Cassidy kind of voice? And I went [switches to sonorous basso] well, sure, I think so. And they said, well, go on in there and do it. So I thought what the hey. But, you know, the rest is history.

Do you ever get confused going back and forth?

At rehearsal. That's the only time I get confused sometimes. LIke I'll have Zorak and Moltar arguing, and sometimes I'll wind up starting to do the other character's voice and inflection. I'll see the word and think, Oh, this is a Zorak line. And it'll wind up being the other way. Sometimes I have to go, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, okay. Start the clock again."

Do you ever get up in the morning and feel like it's a Moltar kind of day? Or a Zorak kind of day? Does the identification ever go that far?

Well, the cool thing about Zorak is the fact that I can pretty much say what I'm thinking if I say it with Zorak's voice. Like at conventions and stuff, when overbearing fans get in our face I'm like, [in dismissive Zorak voice] "Yeah, yeah, yeah."

People love to be insulted by Zorak.

Oh yeah. Well, it definitely makes it easier to deal with some of the fans. We get some pretty rabid fans for Space Ghost. To me it's like, you know, it's just Space Ghost. But we've had some people that are just absolutely, like, crazy for the show. And being able to deal with them as Zorak does make things easier, because you can be like, [in nasty Zorak voice ] "Yeah, well pipe down, sonny, I hear your mother calling you." And they're like [breaks into rabid-fan chortling].

Do people assault you with their version of Zorak's voice?

Usually not. I think, you know, they would be too self-conscious about it. But we always get the guys who come up like with buttons all over their shirts and stuff, and they'll be like, [switches into moronic stoner voice] "Let me be a character on the show, come on, I do good funny voices." OK, we'll get your card and we'll call you. But in answer to your question, the only time I really feel like [a character] . . . I actually feel more like my other alter ego, who's the cartoon series that I've got on the side burner, which is Mr. Angst.

Mr. Angst?

Yeah, and I very often feel like Mr. Angst, a lot of the time.

How does Mr. Angst speak?

Oh, I'm still working on that, but it's somewhere between like Lenny Bruce and someone that has screamed till they're hoarse.

That sounds a little bit like Brak.

Yeah.

At least the screaming end of the spectrum, not the Lenny Bruce end.

Actually the guy that does Bird Man's voice I'm thinking about using as a character. But I think I'm going to use him as Mr. Angst's pal Crude Dan. He was based on a real guy I knew called Crude Dan.

What's Mr. Angst look like?

Let's see, well he's sorta kinda like . . . I don't want to say Danny Kaye because that involves a lot more connotations, but a lot like Danny Kaye gone bad, sort of.

The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison.

So he pretty much just looks like this. [starts to sketch] One of these days . . . I've got some pencil tests done of him already, but with all the animation realism shows that are being worked up now, like King of the Hill and all these more reality-based shows . . . I've been wanting to do that for like . . . I mean I've had this character on the back burner since like '91.

Wow. He looks like a bit of a hipster.

Yeah. Oh yeah. Well I mean he's about like 35 to 38, somewhere in there, and like really into barbecue and bowling and all kinds of stuff like that. Oh, and he's always got to have that un-PC butt hangin' out of his mouth. [sketches it in] So he would be like . .. oh, I forgot all the . . .

The angst lines.

Yeah. [sketches them in]

That's really cool. Mr. Angst. Can I keep that?

Certainly.

Maybe after this big push for the new Space Ghost Coast to Coast episodes you'll have some time.

Well, the thing that's cool is because there's been so much Space Ghost stuff going on I've been able to ramp up my production. I've been able to like get more desks and pencil test machines and all the other equipment that I need when I eventually start doing something other than Space Ghost. But I've also heard rumblings that there's already something besides Space Ghost waiting in the wings, so we shall see.

Beyond Cartoon Planet?

Yeah. Yeah.

I love Cartoon Planet.

Oh yeah, me too.

And Zorak's Horrorscopes.

Yeah, Pete Smith wrote all those, they were a blast. I think we've done like the entire zodiac.

Pete wrote a bunch of, like, wacky stuff, a lot of the songs the Cartoon Planet Band sings on the show. Are we still recording?

Yeah.

I just wanted to like get the process down from the start. We read through the script, we make notes, I come up with a thumbnail story board, I show that to [line producer] Jim Fortier and then I work up the actual first draft of the boards. Then we have a meeting and go through basically all the boards and say, well, we want to use this, we don't want to use that. Then I work up the final boards, they get approved and then they start being animated. So that's how the process gets rolling, as far as like where all the new art comes from.

And that's basically your domain, the new art?

I do all the new animation for the show. I run my own animation company, Big Deal Cartoons. I actually run it out of my house, I have a studio set up in the basement and have freelance animators, all of which have 9­5 jobs in this town, doing animation because there's been such an explosion of the art form in the last year or so I can just get them at night. Right now, we're mostly working on Space Ghost needs.

What exactly do you do here in the Flame Room, Clay?

Tear our hair out? [laughs] This is where we do digital ink and paint. And then composite those new cells into other scenes. Which in this case is all the scenes of Bird Man sitting at the desk, stuff that did not exist in the original Bird Man universe. We do new animation compositing, rotoscoping some of the existing animations from the '60s and take Bird Man and Space Ghost and other characters out of them. We cut 'em out of their original scenes, give ''em new backgrounds, put 'em into a set.

You actually cut them out digitally?

Frame by frame.

That sounds pretty time-consuming.

It is. The show's kind of like a waking hours thing. While I'm awake, I'm thinking about the show. Before, up to this point, we'd been on the air almost three years and put out 33 shows. About a dozen shows a year. This year, we're doing 26 new episodes so it's a big change. As is usual around here, I'm booked in more sessions than just one at once. Right now I'm doing the Fred Flintstone thing at the drive-in and the bowling alley, where I'm like running up and down the hall all day long monitoring what's going on in ink and paint and what's going on in the actual composite, which is in here. So all the cells are brought in, we bring them in under the camera over here and shoot them directly into the paint box room. They digitally ink and paint them, like you're seeing an example of right now. Sometimes we add special effects. Space Ghost blows up Zorak in another scene, we have to paint him to make him look likes he's charred and burned.

Do you use like a stock image of Zorak charred or do you actually create that for every episode? 'Cause Zorak gets zapped a lot.

They have pretty much a standard few scenes where he gets charred, and they just use that over and over. In fact, they just made a new one. But yeah, we try to keep it as standardized as possible. We try to keep all the colors standard.

What about Zorak's boinks? Are the boinks new animation?

Where he bounces?

Yeah.

No, actually that's something that they digitally did. The first time I saw that I went, wow, what was that? They said, "Oh, that's something we were just messing around with." And I was like, okay. I just wondered, you know, 'cause most of the time now if there's new artwork involved in the show, then [senior Flame artist] Butch [Seibert] and I--or whoever is working in here, like putting it together, but most of the time it's Butch--we like put together all the new scenes. But every once in a while they'll come up with something and just go, "Oh, well that's a Tom thing," and they'll have [online editor] Tom Roche come up with something in final edit.

You guys have all these great names: Croker! Roche!

Yeah. [laughs] So I'll see the show and like all of a sudden see something I had nothing to do with and go, "Wow, what was that?" Well, too late to change it now. Watching it on TV.

That must also be kind of fun in a way. You get a little surprise.

Yeah, well, it's like reaching into a bag and getting, like, eeyew, noodles!

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Prince Skully's Horrorscopes - February 2017

Today we have the pilot episode for a new segment from The Witching Hour Podcast, monthly HORRORscopes from your new friend, Prince Skully!

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The Horrorscope - Episode 36: The Darkness at the Beginning of the Tunnel

What now? asks Hull. Well, now we wait for the UN to respond. If they won’t, the people will. But until then, do me a favor and call all available units from the outskirts to surround the area where that criminal named Mary disappeared. And the rest have them patrol and guard the UN buildings in the city, says Wasa. Will do, says Hull. Wasa goes down, opens the door and looks at him. How are you holding up, Telum? Telum nods. For how many years have we known each other, Telum? How many years have we worked to have a tight lipped and tight knit group here? Yes, that’s right. Quite a while now. So, I do wonder why this is happening the way it is happening. Why did you leave the building before it exploded? Why did you do nothing when Bala’s head was crushed? Why does that feel like it wasn’t a coincidence? And you know it makes no sense for you not to talk, right? Since you presume yourself to be innocent. Or are you hiding something? asks Wasa. I’m hiding nothing. But you aren’t willing to listen, says Telum. When was that ever true, Telum? Now, try me. You’d might surprise yourself, says Wasa with a wicked smile on his face.

Hey, says Ram. Is this the spot? asks Kei. Yes, says the officer that hailed them. Anyone suspicious around? asks Mary. Not that I’ve seen. Is he okay? asks the officer as Kei looks insistently as his hooves. Yes, don’t mind him. He did the exact same thing to Phenos, from what I’ve heard, says Pincer. So, that’s the hole you’ve found the hand in, says Ram. Yes, says the officer. Okay, but couldn’t it be that it came more up the street and got stuck here? asks Kei. It is possible, says the officer. Right, but then how do you trace it back? It could have come from anywhere in the city. And it’s not like blood doesn’t wash away, Kei mumbled. Well then, we were wrong. Weren’t we? asks Ram. What do you mean? asks Pincer. Well, if this was in any way a trap, it’s not a good one since their bait floated away, continued Ram. Kei starts laughing. What? asks Ram. You completely misunderstood. That’s not the bait. We’re the bait, says Kei. What bait? asks the officer. Kei looks down at the officer’s waist to see a gun. Oh, don’t you worry about it, says Kei. So, what should we do? asks Mary. Want us to split? Or are we going together? asks Pincer. Have you never read any books? Or seen any movies? asks Kei. We’re going together, but with some distance between each other. That way if one misses something, the other can see it, says Kei. You heard him. Let’s go, says Ram.

It still feels odd, says Wasa as he sits across from Telum. Were you followed? asked Wasa. Not that I know of, says Telum. Then do tell me. How do you think they knew about what you were doing? asks Wasa. I don’t know, Telum says as he looks at Wasa. Well, that’s the problem. It’s not just that you had to leave the building and that by coincidence everything else happened. You failed to protect your partner. You failed to protect a civilian. You failed to bring any answer or lead. So, from my perspective, it looks like you managed to sabotage this investigation. Now how exactly can I trust you? Since there are clearly rats in this place and right now, you are our only lead into that, says Wasa. But, couldn't’ve been any other from, before he can even finish Wasa interrupts him. No. Ken and Bala never strayed from the pack, says Wasa. But what about Kei? asked Telum What about a civilian that never set foot here? asks Wasa. Nothing, says Telum as he lowers his head. Well, this is just heartbreaking, says Wasa as he picks something up from the table. A knock on the door…

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The Horrorscope - Episode 33: High on Stress

Who disappeared? asks Wasa. It is Mary, sir. Her tracker was in the same place for a bit too long, so when when a patrol car went to see where she was. She was nowhere to be found, says Phenos. How does that even happen? asks Ram. We don’t know. The officers told us through dispatch that she was nowhere. They said they had searched through the sewers under the road and only found her tracker and her foot, says Phenos. Why do you keep tabs on criminals? asks Kei. Exactly because of things like this, says Wasa. But then why not chip them in the head or something? Kei asks. Because that is illegal. We cannot do such a thing without consent and, you probably figured it out by now that none of them would consent to something like that. Did the employer say anything? asks Wasa. No, sir. From what we understand, as much as she hated her job, she was content with the fact that at least no one sees her, says Phenos. Well, then why would this happen now? asks Kei. Oh, rude guy. You’re still alive, says Phenos. What? asks Wasa. Nothing sir. We don’t know, says Phenos. Try asking other precincts. See if this happened somewhere else. Try world-wide if you somehow can or if by chance you’ll get some answer. See if anyone else knows something. And sorry to hold you overtime like this, says Wasa. Will do, says Pheno as he sighs and leaves.

I’ve always wondered, says Ram, why don’t we crush the criminals heads? he asks. It’s simple. You wouldn’t solve anything. They’d have the same rotten personality, without any of the knowledge. And holding someone like that in a correctional facility is cruel and illegal, since technically they’re a new person. Which is why we prefer them like this rather than have a 8 out of 10 chances that they’ll just repeat a crime, says Wasa. Understood, says Ram. The problems remain. We have no idea who killed his partner, how and why. We have no idea who those two that approached Kei and Ken are. We do not know who or why attacked us. We do not know what happened ten years ago. We do not know who N is and why he isn’t talking. And these have been the most stressful three hours of my life. And in 24 hours I have to give you guys a lead or I’ll have to quit. Which honestly, now sounds just about wonderful. But the guilt and my ego does not let me to simply give this up and walk out the door. So, let’s try to find a profile about those two idiot that left you free to walk in here. Because they’ll regret ever peaking their stupid heads out, says Wasa as he pulls out a baggie of white powder from his chest pocket.

So, one had lion’s hands, says Wasa. Anything else you can tell me about him? he continued. He was tall, almost as tall as Telum. He called himself Yellow or Y or something in those lines, says Ken. Yeah, one was called X and the other was called Yellow, Kei chimes in. Any other features? asks Wasa. No, he was quite plain looking. He had light brown eyes, almost yellow-ish in sunlight. And he looked like a box. He wasn’t well built, he was just built. I don’t know how to explain it, says Ken. And the other was rather weird. He looked skinny, but that’s only if you don’t really pay attention. He was well defined. A crooked nose, but not too crooked. Big cheekbones, I guess? Not big, but like… Two halves of a circle, very well defined. He also had slick hair and some weird sunglasses, says Kei. Well, that’s not helpful, says Wasa. We can’t do much with these descriptions. It’s not like I can just write those descriptions into the computer and have a result, he continued bemoaning. But, the Leo thing is a start, right? asks Ram. Right. We’ll start on that. We’ll have to look through driver’s licenses records and the sort. Maybe we’ll find a match. And we should also look at the camera footage around Kei’s apartment and the cameras at the entrance to the city too, says Wasa. So, let’s get to work, he continued.

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The Horrorscope - Episode 16: The Bad, The Worse, The Sentiment

They keep knocking and knocking. I don’t have time for this, I don’t want to be tortured. Backpack, hope you are sturdy cause we… Are… JUMPING! I didn’t think this through! Come on legs, fucking work! Heal! I need to run! Taxi! Holy shit, it worked. Where to? I can’t think of a good place, I can’t think of a good place… Edge of town take the shadiest routes you can. Just go! GO! He starts driving. Good, I don’t care where he’s going as long as it’s nowhere near here. Where do you want me to take you? Oh no, he’s asking again. Forest next to the port. I’m going camping and swimming and I promised my friends I’d meet them there and I’m already late. He starts to laugh. Breathe, man, breathe. Pretty weird for someone to jump outta window when they’re late for camping. I start to laugh nervously. Well, you know… We can’t die and I always saw it in movies, and I thought why the heck not. I need to replace the windows either way, since they’re run down. He continues to laugh. Good, at least he’s entertained my idea. Now to think what I’m gonna do next, because this is heavy and I’m not in the mood to run all day every day with broken legs.

Ken, wait. Ken. Have you heard anything from Kei? He turns around. No. I tried calling, but he isn’t answering anymore. Telum interrupts him. Well, looks like his phone is at least at home. Bala cuts in. He should be fine then. He’s somewhat smart and capable. We have a much bigger problem. Ken starts to clench his claw over and over again. I don’t like this. My gut tells me that whatever we are dealing with is quite unprecedented. Bala interrupts him. Of course, this is the biggest attack on our country, period. Whoever is doing this is looking for us to panic and scramble. They know we are onto them. Telum starts laughing. Well, that’s not technically true, but I do like the thought that they think we know who they are. Hell, that we even have a clue. Ken turns towards him. I’m glad you find this funny. Bala steps in between them. Now, we need to pull our heads together and figure this out. We can’t be doing this and start bickering. We need to solve this fast so we can go get whoever is behind this. Telum straightens his back. This isn’t one person, this must be an organization.

Bala looks at Telum. Can you go ask anyone to see if they have any idea who did this? On Telum’s face now a smug look. Of course. Now, if you’d excuse me. As he leaves Ken gets close to Bala and starts whispering. What about the plan? Concerned Bala looks around. I don’t know. Bala takes a step back. But, I don’t even know what to do. Unless they find some trace of whoever did this, then we’re in another dead end. Ken hits his desk. Fuck. And I don’t know why we left it with Kei. He might be in danger. Sits down at his desk. What if it kills him? Bala puts his arm on Ken’s shoulder. Calm down. He quickly stands up again. No. Think a bit. We don’t know how that thing works. What the fuck is wrong with us? Bala pushes Ken down in his chair with difficulty. Listen. Even if what you are thinking is true. There is literally nothing we can do. Not just that, but we do need to find them sooner then. Telum interrupts them. Boys, I have good news, bad news and worse news. The bad news, is that our data is gone, nothing is left. Whatever physical evidence is left, is quite insignificant. We can’t trace whoever did this, because it seems it was from literally everywhere, but the good news is that we have a name… Osentimeu.

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The Horrorscope - Episode 13: BLACKOUT

What’s the life-source? What pulses in us? Bala asks as he touches his chest. She starts to smile. It’s the nervous system. I turn towards her puzzled. What do you mean? Bala asks. Just like you have capillaries for your blood. Your nervous system spreads throughout your body. Not just the spine or the brain. But everywhere within your body. She sighs as we all look at her confused. You have blood, DNA, RNA and the nervous system, for short. Blood regenerates, your body regenerates, due to DNA and RNA. Scramble your DNA and RNA, your body, your DNA and RNA will regenerate into something resembling a normal human. But, that leaves your neurons, your nervous system that is spread throughout your body and moves it. Makes you think, makes you feel, makes you active and together with your RNA and DNA makes you immortal. Well, almost. If the theory is to be believed. And I for one, can’t say much on that since I haven’t had much first-hand experience. I’m just examining dead bodies on a rare occasion. There is a way to kill an immortal for good…

It’s called BLACKOUT. I scratch my head. You don’t mean… She nods. Yes. I start pacing around the room. How? Telum looks at me with frustrations as to tell me to take a seat. Well, we doctors don’t know much about it, except a few chosen ones. Oh, I’m not one of them. I just deal with the dead. Supposedly, she says looking at Telum, there are a few teams of scientists trying to develop this device. It was based on the rumor that began 10 years ago about how those people died. The BLACKOUT, I interject. Yes, the BLACKOUT. The idea of this theory is that your body is already a conductor for electricity. Which means you absorb some of the electrons floating out there. And it’s the reason you live, since electricity floats through you and powers your nervous system. It’s also the reason you have a consciousness within your thinking brain, but it is the thing that keeps you alive together with DNA and RNA. Which means that as long as there is a hint of a electricity in the air and there is a sliver of a particle of you out there, you can in someway regenerate. It’s gonna take you years and years. But in theory even if nuked, you could regenerate…

We all look flabbergasted at her as she takes a deep breath looking at our faces. How do you kill then someone? She asks in the most sarcastic way. I don’t know. As I told you, I just look at dead bodies whenever they occur. And what I told you might not even be true anymore, since this was a rumor 9 or 10 years ago. But, supposedly, if it is true. Then the bodies ten years ago and the body of you partner, she says looking at Telum. Have the markings of this device that drains all the electricity out of your body. Practically killing anyone, human, animal or plant. Since we all function in a similar way. I get up. But this doesn’t make sense. Shouldn’t having blood, RNA and DNA save you? She scratches her head. I don’t know. But, if the theory is correct, then no. RNA and DNA are molecules, they die if they aren’t fed, so to speak. And blood can’t move around your body if it doesn’t have something to move it around in the body, in this case electricity. Which means, if you drain all the electricity out of the body, blood can’t move, if blood can’t move, you die and once dead, your body doesn’t retain electricity how it should… So, if I were to try to resurrect him, he’d start burning… Shocked, I turn towards Telum with the coil in my hand…

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