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match limited by state law. Hello

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dear listeners and welcome to the

2:44

Midnight Burger Amelia Project crossover. We

2:47

are so excited to be crossing

2:49

over with one of our favourite

2:52

shows, the fabulous sci-fi comedy Midnight

2:54

Burger. If you

2:56

haven't yet checked out this wild funny moving

2:58

and did I say funny audio drama, then

3:01

you should do so right now. Well

3:03

or you could listen to this crossover first and then

3:05

check it out. For

3:07

those of you who don't know Midnight Burger, there

3:09

isn't much you need to know to enjoy this

3:12

crossover. Maybe just that

3:14

Midnight Burger is a time

3:16

travelling dimension spanning diner that

3:18

can appear anywhere at any

3:20

time in the multiverse. And

3:23

that the diner seems to land in a place

3:25

where someone needs their help or there is a

3:27

problem to solve and that the people who work

3:30

at this diner are the most lovable group of

3:32

misfits you'll ever come across. Do

3:35

note that this is a standalone episode

3:37

and does not slot into our current

3:39

season. Before

3:41

we begin we'd like to say thank you to

3:43

all our patrons without whom we couldn't do this

3:46

and we'd like to give a shout

3:48

out to our super patron Mark Skrobenek

3:50

who will die from an allergic reaction

3:52

to goldfish and gain a fulfilling new

3:54

life as a window display designer. Right,

3:58

we're ready to let our two world's Clyde

4:00

and it is all about to begin

4:02

at Piccadilly Circus.

4:07

As they say over on Midnight Burger, let's

4:09

start the shift. Excuse

4:37

me, hi, would you mind taking a picture

4:39

of my family? Oh, I

4:42

would be happy to. Here you go. Excellent.

4:45

Hello there, young man. This is little Henry. He

4:48

has a marvelously developed cranium.

4:52

Thank you. All together now. Say

4:55

cheese. Thank you. Does

4:58

it look all right? It's

5:00

wonderful, thank you. It's our first

5:02

time in London. Lovely. Do

5:04

you live here? At times.

5:07

I didn't think anyone who lived here came to this part

5:09

of town. It's such a tourist trap. I

5:12

do not often find myself here, but today,

5:15

something in the air. All right,

5:17

well, thank you again. Have a

5:19

wonderful day. Something

5:27

in the air. Something

5:52

in the air. in

6:00

the air. Hello?

6:15

What? Who is it? Coslowski.

6:18

On the telephone? Yes. What

6:21

are you talking about? Speak-a-phone please. Can

6:24

you say that again? Perhaps you should turn on

6:26

your television. Television? Okay, what channel?

6:29

Oh, I believe any of them will do. What

6:32

in the world are you talking about? It

6:36

was the strangest thing. I

6:39

walked this morning and felt compelled to come

6:41

to bigger delicious circles. Something

6:44

in the air I said to myself, low

6:47

and behold. What on

6:49

earth is it? Is

6:51

this some sort of pop-up shop? Some

6:54

sort of promotion for some sort of wretched product?

6:56

Oh no, I do not believe so. Keep

7:01

watching. I am

7:03

sure they will play the CCTV for just

7:05

any moment. It's in the middle of

7:07

the street. You simply felt there

7:09

was something in the air. There is

7:11

a feeling one gets when a disturbance

7:14

in the weather approaches. It was

7:16

not unlike that. Here's the CCTV. What

7:21

the- Well, freeze

7:23

my brows and call me Delilah. It

7:25

appeared out of nowhere. Impossible. I strongly

7:27

suggest that the two of you join me as

7:29

soon as you can. It has

7:31

become a very interesting day at bigger delicious circles.

7:34

Is there anyone inside? Logic would

7:37

dictate. How can you possibly invoke

7:39

logic? The authorities will

7:41

approach at any moment. I

7:43

suggest you make your way. Why are we coming

7:45

there? Kozlowski, I don't like this. I think you should come back to

7:48

the office. I agree. I

7:50

have no idea what's just occurred, but it

7:53

certainly doesn't concern us. My friends,

7:55

an American diner has

7:57

just magically materialized. In

7:59

the mid- of bigger delays or acrimus. Who

8:03

else on the planet could this concern other than

8:05

us? The

8:42

Emiliar Project and Midnight Burger presents

8:45

Sonium, written by

8:47

Joe Fischer, Oistein-Ulsberg Braga, and

8:50

Philippthorn. Settle.

9:06

Really subtle. Where

9:10

is this? London? Yeah.

9:13

It's not often we sat down

9:15

in our location so awkwardly

9:17

is it, dear? I

9:19

can't recall any time we've sat down right in

9:21

the middle of the road. That's just plain bad

9:23

manners. It's okay. It's not like the traffic in London

9:25

can get any worse. What the hell was that? We're

9:29

in the middle of the road. London,

9:31

right? Yeah. This is... conspicuous.

9:35

Nothing we can do about it now. You

9:37

know, now that I think about it, how

9:39

come this doesn't happen more often? We

9:42

never appear in the middle of the road like this.

9:44

How come we don't show up in really awkward places

9:46

more often? Ooh. Do you think we've

9:49

ever killed a wicked witch? Technically, we just did

9:51

that. Are we going to be surrounded

9:53

by a bunch of billies with bubby

9:55

clubs now? I

9:58

think it's Bobby's with Billy clubs. Oh,

10:00

I think we'll get the armed response team for this

10:02

one. Wouldn't it be funny if we just got a

10:04

ticket? Listen, you lot. No

10:06

parking your cafe in the middle of

10:08

Piccadilly. Move along, then. No

10:10

chance of us doing any

10:13

sightseeing today, is there? I'm afraid

10:15

we're standing out like wings on a

10:17

Holstein, dear. Why would the diner set

10:19

us down here? Why would you? Why

10:22

would I? Yeah. Let's

10:24

assume it's not random. Okay.

10:28

Okay, I'm the diner. You're the diner.

10:30

I set myself down in a very

10:33

busy and noisy area of a major

10:35

city. I make a big mess.

10:37

People freak out. Police,

10:39

probably on their way. You're trying

10:41

to get someone's attention. Right. But

10:44

the attention of whom? Right. Popping

10:46

up in a location like this, it's

10:48

like shooting a flare. Kind of hard to

10:51

keep calm and carry on past this

10:53

one. I guess we just wait and

10:55

see. I'm thinking we

10:57

won't need to wait long, Gloria. Is

10:59

someone parking in our parking lot? I mean,

11:02

it's free parking in the middle of the city. Someone's

11:04

going to go for it. It's a cab. What do

11:06

they call a cab in London? They call

11:08

it a cab. Seems to be a

11:10

woman and her butler and a very

11:13

tall man. Thank you, my

11:15

good man. Okay.

11:19

That didn't take long. Here we go. Hello

11:29

there. Welcome to Midnight Burger. Afternoon.

11:35

What can we get you today? I'm

11:38

sorry. You disappeared in the middle of Piccadilly

11:41

Circus. And you're just going to take our order? Probably

11:43

the best place to start, right? Fascinating.

11:47

Hot cocoa, please. What?

11:50

Hot cocoa. Do we even have any? I

11:52

can do that. How

12:00

about everyone else? A cup

12:03

of tea? Do you have curly

12:05

fries? No. Shame.

12:10

A black coffee then. Are

12:13

you guys the secret service? We are not. The

12:16

Avengers? The British ones? Do

12:20

you have a sword cane? I

12:22

do not. Will

12:27

someone begin talking please? I can sense your confusion. Oh,

12:30

can you? It's called

12:33

a diner. You don't really have them

12:35

here. It's a roadside restaurant. I

12:38

don't think that's anywhere close to the source of our confusion. Oh,

12:40

for heaven's sake, will someone please explain the pure madness that is unfolding

12:42

in Piccadilly Circus today? Midnight

12:46

Burger. It's a

12:48

time-traveling dimension-spanning diner. We

12:52

show up somewhere new every day.

12:54

That's preposterous. Yes. Where

12:59

were you yesterday? Some planet. We never got

13:01

the name. What were you doing there? A

13:04

wedding. Ah. Will, how

13:06

nice that you also offer catering. Who

13:10

was the officiant? Was it your mechanic? Our radio. I

13:14

beg your pardon. Afternoon, all. I'm

13:16

Zebulon Muckalwain here with my wife,

13:19

Effie. Hi, y'all. It

13:23

was a lovely service yesterday, was it

13:25

not, dear? It was indeed.

13:28

There was a bit of a language

13:30

barrier, seeing as how they were from

13:33

another realm entirely. But there

13:35

was a universality to our intentions that I

13:37

think really kept the butts in the seats.

13:39

Most definitely. Who's

13:42

that talking through your radio? Effie

13:44

and Zebulon Muckalwain. You know, I

13:46

can't give you hot chocolate, a

13:48

tea, and a coffee while you're

13:50

standing up. This isn't a cocktail

13:52

party. Have a seat. This booth here

13:55

looks lovely. I

13:57

think I actually do need to sit down. Great. Where

13:59

were we? Well, you do realize that regardless

14:01

of the truth of your story, the authorities

14:03

will arrive any moment. Yeah. It

14:06

never goes well for them when they do

14:08

that. So, why do you

14:10

decide to show up in the middle

14:12

of the street in broad daylight? We

14:14

didn't. Who did? We can't really control

14:17

where we go. There are

14:19

times when I feel like we can control it a

14:21

little, and there are times when

14:23

this place seems to have an agenda of its own,

14:26

but generally speaking, we're

14:28

not in charge. And what

14:30

agenda do you think it may have in the middle

14:32

of London? I'm Gloria, by

14:34

the way. Ah! Forgive

14:36

me. Piotr Kozlowski.

14:38

Alvina. That is a very

14:40

important point. What is

14:43

your agenda? I don't know, but

14:46

it does seem like any time someone

14:48

walks through that door, they do it

14:50

for a reason. Leif, what

14:52

was your theory? Well, I

14:54

was just saying, for the diner to make

14:57

a big mess like this, maybe it's trying

14:59

to get someone's attention. Did

15:01

we get your attention, guys? Um, yeah.

15:04

Okay, well, welcome

15:06

to Midnight Burger. I'm

15:08

Gloria. Oh, over there

15:11

is Ava. She's a theoretical physicist.

15:13

That's slave. He makes things. You

15:16

met Effie and Zabulon, and

15:19

that's Casper. Hi. He's old.

15:21

It's true. How old? Ah, 173 years, give

15:23

or take. Ha!

15:26

Ha ha ha ha! They don't believe me.

15:29

Oh, yes, we do. We do. Then why

15:31

are you laughing? Ha ha ha

15:34

ha! Old! So, what do

15:36

we think? Why was

15:38

the diner trying to get your attention? Um...

15:42

Um... I believe I have a

15:44

few ideas. I believe I... I

15:46

believe my colleagues and I would like a

15:49

moment to confer. Oh. Okay,

15:51

sure. I'm making caldo

15:53

de albondigas. Who wants some? Making

15:56

what? Meatball soup. Well...

16:00

That sounds more. I believe

16:02

we'll just have our beverages, thank sure!

16:04

Just. Feel like Casper if you

16:06

need something. Thank you. So.

16:12

What? Is your theory? Kozlowski. This.

16:15

You. Said it had to concern us. But.

16:17

So far I don't see how details

16:19

on not clear yet but I believe that

16:21

if we tell them movie are and what

16:24

we do it might become clear. Tell

16:26

them about the media project. Absolutely

16:28

No Way. Why not?

16:31

Cause what we do is a secret

16:33

to anyone apart from those who require

16:35

services. Perhaps of stay do

16:37

require our services. Why would they.

16:40

They. Had a. What? Was it. Will.

16:42

Evolve to the. Time.

16:45

Shifting greasy spoon. It's

16:47

a diner. I know. My point is they

16:49

seem to be able to go anywhere at

16:51

any point. They. Don't need to take their

16:53

debts and start a new life. They

16:56

can just go see me up Scotty and their out of

16:58

the al. Habsi. The system says

17:00

predicament they need to escape. Perhaps

17:02

they are prisoners, have a magic

17:04

restaurants that will never allow them

17:06

to settle down, never allow them

17:08

to build friendships, sort of family,

17:11

pursue a career. Maybe they won't

17:13

help rescuing this to trapped in

17:15

the Radio. What are you agreeing?

17:17

Now we just put all our cars on the table.

17:19

I think an unorthodox situation might

17:22

call for an unorthodox approach. Besides.

17:25

If. They're about to zap out of here to

17:27

some entirely different planet I don't see. Have

17:29

them knowing about the media project could really

17:31

hurt or we. Don't. Know that story

17:34

is true athena. Have

17:36

you heard of or comes race was. It's.

17:38

A sharpie cut himself on it. That has put

17:40

it to a vote. You to

17:42

I'm one. We should still vote Why

17:44

I like the excitement. I. Wish him media

17:47

was here to just cut through this nonsense. Show

17:49

of hands are no wait, that's

17:51

too bad that. I think

17:53

I have some gum paper in my pocket and

17:55

okay, what do we think? These weirdoes. Are

17:57

they weird or as a to syrupy.

18:00

We magically appeared in the middle of the

18:02

city and they just walked in the front

18:04

door. They're definitely weird.

18:06

Also, they seem freaked out, but

18:08

not too freaked out. Like, they've

18:10

seen some really weird shit. They're

18:13

certainly not the worst people to walk through the door.

18:15

They seem fine. Kind of begs the question, who

18:18

was the worst person to walk through the

18:20

door? Jane. Jane.

18:23

Jane. Jane. Jane. Jane.

18:27

Jane. Jane. You

18:29

rule out a little divine providence. What's

18:31

the reason, though? Why would some

18:34

lady, her butler, and a seven-foot-tall... what

18:36

is he, Swedish? I think he's French. Whatever

18:39

he is. Why would they be here? Y'all,

18:41

have we forgotten that there is one

18:43

problem in particular? We have

18:45

been trying to work out for weeks now that

18:48

we have yet to stick a fork in?

18:50

Oh, right. Our passengers.

18:53

She has been here for a while now. Not

18:55

sure how they can help with that. Unless

18:57

there's some kind of secret society that

19:00

disappears people and provides them with new

19:02

lives, no matter how ridiculous their request

19:04

may be. Yeah. That's

19:06

unlikely. Ahem. I

19:09

have conferred with my colleagues and we have

19:11

decided, cards on the table. We

19:14

are the Amelia Project. A

19:16

secret society that disappears people and provides

19:19

them with new lives no matter how

19:21

ridiculous their request may be. Huh.

19:25

Huh. Huh. Well, now. Once again,

19:27

I am humbly staying silent when

19:29

divine providence makes itself known. I

19:31

can hear you, though. Well, it's

19:33

a good thing you're here, then.

19:36

You have a customer. Let's

19:40

get you some puppy jackets. This

20:18

is not a deep freeze. No,

20:22

it's not. It's

20:24

all the time you need. Where

20:34

are we? Another

20:37

world. Yes, it's

20:39

funny. We never named it. We

20:42

just call it the deep freeze.

20:44

How far does it go? Ava,

20:46

did we ever... It's about three

20:49

times the size of Jupiter. My

20:51

goodness. Have you traveled through it

20:53

extensively? No, we pretty much stay in

20:55

this area. Calculating the curvature

20:58

of a celestial body using the sun

21:00

is pretty easy. Even

21:02

leaves can do it. Ha ha! I must see

21:04

me. Her camp is this way. Follow me.

21:07

Hey there! How are we doing? I'm fine. I'm

21:10

fine. I'm fine. I'm

21:12

fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm

21:15

fine. I'm fine. I'm

21:17

fine. I'm fine. I'm fine.

21:20

I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm

21:22

fine. I'm

21:24

Casper. I love you

21:27

more. I love you too. Samson.

21:32

Cool, cool. Is that a

21:35

big city or a town or...? It's

21:38

a microscopic island off of Brier. Which

21:40

is a big island...?

21:43

Which is an island off of Cresco, which

21:45

again is an island off of St. Mary.

21:48

Which is an island off the coast of Cornwall. Cornwall! We

21:51

made land. I have heard of that.

21:53

So you're from... Offshore?

21:56

I'm from a place that is pretty much as remote

21:58

as any way you can get in... Britain. Me

22:01

and my mum used to joke it was like

22:03

living on another planet. Mmm. I'm

22:08

from Ohio, originally, then California,

22:10

a lot, Sacramento, all

22:12

up and down the I-5 corridor. Barstow

22:14

for a while, sadly. But

22:17

now I'm actually on

22:20

another planet. Um...

22:22

Yeah. Yeah.

22:25

You know, it's funny. Anytime someone sets foot on

22:28

another planet for the first time, that's the first

22:30

thing they say. I'm on another planet.

22:33

Very simple. How is this possible? And then

22:35

they follow up with how is this possible.

22:38

I'm serious. The door to our deep freeze leads

22:40

to another planet. Yes, I caught that. Okay, then

22:42

you know as much as I do. You

22:46

go about your day knowing there's a gateway to

22:48

another planet in your deep freeze. How

22:51

do you get anything done? Well, let

22:54

me ask you this. As

22:56

you go about your daily life in your

22:58

world, how much do you know about how

23:01

it works? The

23:03

streetlights turn on when the sun goes down. How do they

23:05

know? You assume it's

23:07

some sort of process involving computers and

23:09

electricity being rerouted on some sort of

23:11

timer, but you assume that. You

23:14

actually have no idea how it works. How

23:17

do the trains run without crashing into each other? You assume

23:19

there's a system there. You don't know what it is. If

23:23

memory serves, you have a complicated barrier on

23:25

the Thames to keep it from flooding the

23:27

city. It's this massive thing. How does

23:29

it work? You probably have no idea. We

23:33

spend all day in a world

23:35

we know practically nothing about. Our

23:39

world is just a little fancier.

23:41

Well, I'm sure if I took an afternoon off, I could

23:43

figure out how the Thames barrier works. And

23:46

I'm sure if we took the time, we could figure out

23:48

how the deep freeze works. We've just always got something else

23:50

going on. Things like what? Things

23:53

like three people walking in the front

23:55

door calling themselves the Amelia Project. Come

23:59

on. You can't enjoy it if

24:01

you're too busy being astounded by it. Come meet the

24:03

wolves. Wolves? No,

24:05

they're great. It's fine. Come on. The

24:15

Laws of Planetary Motion. Number

24:18

one, planets orbit the

24:20

sun in an elliptical orbit.

24:23

Number two, a planet moves faster

24:25

when it's closer to the sun. Number

24:29

three, planets that are further

24:31

away from the sun have

24:33

longer orbital periods. Why

24:35

are you saying this to me? Those are the

24:37

laws of planetary motion. Created

24:40

by who? Um, Johannes Kepler,

24:42

I believe. Great.

24:45

Yes. He was one of the big ones. Kepler

24:48

had an idea. He

24:50

wanted people to get their heads out of

24:52

the sand and start looking up. He

24:56

wanted his ideas about heliocentricity

24:58

and the solar system to be

25:00

presented to all types of people,

25:02

people who aren't necessarily astronomers.

25:06

How do you do that? How

25:08

do you get people to look up? Pointing?

25:12

You tell them a story. He

25:16

wrote a fairy tale called Somnium,

25:18

a story about a young boy and his mother. The

25:22

boy's mother was a witch and she

25:24

summoned a demon that took her and

25:26

her son through a magical portal to

25:28

the moon. While they

25:30

were there, they visited a

25:32

city on the moon and observed

25:34

the solar system spinning the way

25:37

Kepler theorized it would. It

25:39

was a simple story, no big deal. But

25:42

here's the problem. People

25:45

hate to read and they

25:47

love to gossip. Some

25:50

people didn't get the memo that Kepler

25:52

was writing a fictional story. Suddenly

25:55

throughout Europe, people were saying, hey,

25:57

did you hear about Kepler? His

26:00

mom's a witch and they went to the

26:02

moon using demon powers. People actually

26:04

believed that story was real?

26:07

Well, it was 1608. Everybody

26:09

had their heads up their asses. When

26:12

the news reached the wrong people

26:14

in Germany, Kepler's mother was arrested

26:16

for witchcraft. Where are you

26:18

taking me with this story? Kepler schlepped his

26:20

ass across Europe and spent

26:22

five years defending his mother.

26:25

That's five years he could have spent

26:28

studying the universe. And he

26:30

spent it arguing with the German

26:32

witch-narts. So there

26:34

we are in Germany. Right time, right

26:37

place. I convinced everyone

26:39

to break her out of witch jail.

26:44

You performed a jail break? Yes. In

26:47

Germany? Yes. In the

26:49

17th century? Correct. Who

26:53

is waiting for us at the end of this walk? Katarina

26:56

Kepler, mother of

26:58

one of the greatest scientists in

27:00

history, and

27:03

a legend witch. Why have you kept

27:05

her in this place? Why not the

27:07

warmth of the cafe? She likes it here.

27:10

She says it reminds her of home. Well,

27:12

Germany in the 17th century. I

27:15

can see the resemblance. Do

27:17

you make a habit of abducting people from

27:19

the space-time continuum? Actually, no.

27:22

This is rare for us. See,

27:25

it turns out when a

27:27

magical disappearing diner breaks you out

27:29

of prison, that has a

27:32

tendency to support the allegations

27:34

that your witch... Who

27:36

would have thought? Long

27:38

story short, we saved her, but

27:41

made her a fugitive from her own

27:43

time. So, she's

27:46

looking for a new life, and according

27:48

to you three, that's

27:50

what you're all about. And according to

27:53

you, you're in a new place and time every

27:55

day. Certainly she could have

27:57

stepped off anywhere. Cheers. Particular.

28:02

Particular about what? She

28:04

just keeps saying not right.

28:07

Hardly helpful. So if

28:09

you three are who you say you are

28:12

and you're so good at finding people

28:14

in new life no matter how ridiculous

28:16

the request, find her

28:18

one. Her camp is

28:21

up ahead. I

28:25

make no promises, but

28:27

I shall meet with her. Good luck. Are

28:30

there any, um, precautions

28:33

I should take in this place? Do

28:35

I need to keep a lookout for the White Witch? No,

28:37

you're safe. And we've

28:39

already made all of the Narnia

28:41

jokes. It may be a bit slow going. My

28:44

German is quite rusty. She's

28:47

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28:49

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31:47

Abend, Frau Kepler. Darf

31:50

ich mit Ihnen am Feuer sitzen? Please

31:53

do not waste my time fumbling

31:55

through my language. Very

32:00

well. You

32:02

may sit. Sit!

32:06

I am only now realizing that you are

32:08

surrounded by wolves. You have never

32:10

seen a wolf. I've seen

32:12

them. They are just dogs. Frau

32:15

Kepler, if they were just dogs,

32:17

we would call them dogs. We

32:20

call them something else because they

32:22

are, in fact, wild animals and

32:24

not dogs. No! Goodness me! That

32:27

only shall call me. His

32:30

banyards. She

32:32

has given them very strange names.

32:34

It's looking at me. If I

32:36

want you to pet him, don't

32:38

be a bastard. Very

32:41

well. Hello!

32:44

Jungkook! So,

32:48

who are you? Why

32:50

have you come? Yes. Frau

32:53

Kepler. I represent an

32:56

organization known as the Amelia Project. And

32:59

you have come here. Why? We've

33:02

been told you're on the search for a

33:04

new life and have been a bit vexed

33:06

in finding one. In particular. What

33:10

does this have to do with you? My

33:12

colleagues and I, we specialize in new lives.

33:16

Our clients will ask us for a new life and we

33:18

will move heaven and earth to provide it. We

33:21

also specialize in faking deaths, but your strange

33:23

friends here seem to have taken care of

33:25

that part for you. Whisking

33:28

you away to the heavens in a... Well,

33:31

not quite a golden chariot, but a... Well,

33:34

a restaurant. A new

33:36

life. Yes. They

33:41

are only given one life. Hmm.

33:46

An interesting thought. One

33:48

life. I,

33:51

myself, feel as though I've had a

33:53

thousand. Do you not

33:55

feel the same? I

33:58

was a young girl. Then

34:00

a bride, then a mother,

34:03

grandmother. Precisely.

34:07

Our sigil is the phoenix, always

34:09

rising anew from the ashes. Lucerys

34:15

Ihorn was his name, the

34:19

vote of Leomberg. He

34:24

swore to the people of the city

34:27

that he would drive out

34:29

all sorcerers. I

34:32

was not the only one. There

34:37

were 15 of us. 15 women.

34:44

Eight of us were executed in

34:46

the town square, as

34:49

the people laughed. Not

34:53

your life for them. Why for

34:55

me? Well,

34:58

we'll come to call this feeling the guilt

35:00

of the survivor. After

35:02

the initial relief of one's life being

35:05

spared, a feeling settles about

35:07

you. Why me? Why

35:10

was I spared and not the others? Can

35:16

you tell me why? I

35:21

cannot. Though

35:24

it may have had something to do with having

35:26

one of the most brilliant men in Europe on

35:28

your defence team. And

35:30

I am sure he was that brilliant man due

35:32

in no small part to his mother. You

35:35

know of my son. They all

35:39

seem to know of my son. Anyone

35:41

with even a passing understanding of the sky

35:44

above their heads knows your son. Though

35:46

perhaps not this particular sky we are

35:49

currently under. It

35:52

is a beautiful place, yes?

35:55

Reminds me of Woottenberg.

35:59

The cold. So

36:01

in my home, the

36:04

wolves were not so kind. Your

36:09

new friends have told me that you've seen many different worlds

36:11

since you left your own. Many

36:14

places to start over, to

36:16

rise from the ashes as it were, they've

36:19

all been lacking? They have.

36:22

I propose that your displeasure with all these

36:24

new worlds is due to your guilt. Your

36:27

guilt in surviving that harrowing experience

36:30

when others did not. I

36:32

have been alive for 75 years.

36:38

No small feat. But

36:41

I refuse to confess, and

36:44

my son refused to give

36:46

up. So

36:49

I live. If

36:52

I am to be reborn, as

36:54

you say, it must

36:57

be perfect. It

37:00

must be the final time. So

37:04

it must be perfect. I

37:09

would also argue that insisting on perfection

37:11

is an excellent way to prevent one

37:14

from making a decision. It is my

37:16

life. I will make

37:18

whatever demands of it, I've the ish. Very

37:21

well. Very

37:24

well. I

37:27

agree that this place is beautiful. I

37:30

am unsettled by this place. I

37:34

have seen a great many things, but this, I

37:37

am out of my element. And

37:39

I do so love being in my element. Lovely

37:43

planet, but I sincerely

37:45

doubt they have anything here remotely

37:47

like Lido Margot. So

37:51

in an effort to move this along, I

37:53

will offer you a deal. What

37:56

is this deal? Picture

37:58

in your mind the perfect place. The

38:01

place that will be the sight of your rebirth. Picture

38:05

this place, then you will describe

38:07

it to me. And then, no

38:10

matter what it takes, I

38:13

will find it. Even

38:15

if I have to build this place by

38:17

hand, brick by brick, I will

38:19

find it for you. Any

38:23

place at all. Any place you so

38:25

desire. How

38:27

will you do this? I have no

38:30

idea, but it shall be done. All

38:33

you need to do is tell me of the place. Very

38:41

well. I

38:44

accept your offer. Ha! Excellent!

38:48

Erm, everyone, everyone! Stop

38:50

lurking back there, we've work to do. Everyone

38:53

gather round the fire! Does she know where

38:55

she wants to go? Apparently. She's

38:58

about to tell us. This is fun, this is like a game show.

39:00

This is a lot of wolves. Is

39:03

this okay? They're great! Think of

39:05

them as Disney wolves, not fantasy

39:07

novel wolves. Did they just kill a deer? Except

39:10

for that part. Except for

39:12

the deer killing part. Can't believe we're finally getting some

39:14

movement on this. She's been in our inbox way too

39:16

long. Kiss the talking box of they from me. I

39:18

will, Katarina. I'm standing all

39:21

the way back here. What's that about?

39:23

Katarina's not so hot on our magical

39:25

radio. They claim to be followers of

39:27

Jesus, but they are

39:29

fueled by the evil magic. We have

39:32

been nothing but kind to that woman.

39:34

We've tried every record in our

39:37

collection. I even found

39:39

some oom-pah-pah music to remind her

39:41

of home. Poke music

39:43

originated in Bohemia and not until

39:45

the 19th century. You're

39:47

trying to remind her of her home

39:49

by playing music from another country and

39:51

also from her relative future. So,

39:54

unless you have any Hans Leohussler in

39:56

your collection, I have

39:59

very quickly become comfortable with speaking to them

40:01

like they are people. It happens fast, doesn't

40:03

it? Where was I? The bargain. Ah,

40:05

yes. The bargain is this. Frau

40:09

Kippler will name her ideal destination, her

40:11

new life, and it will then

40:13

fall to us to find her that place,

40:15

no matter how impossible the request. No matter

40:17

how impossible. Correct. That leaves a

40:19

lot of room for failure. It needed dust. But

40:22

she would have gone on like this forever. The

40:25

deadlock needed to be broken. We

40:28

shall break it by doing the impossible

40:30

as we normally do. Mm-hmm. So now

40:32

that we're all gathered, Frau Kippler,

40:35

where will your new life begin? Lavania.

40:40

Lavania? Anyone?

40:43

Shit. She's

40:47

laughing. Why is she laughing? Here's

40:50

a description of Lavania. The

40:54

city of Lavania is a marvel

40:56

of beauty and harmony. It

40:58

is built on a hillside, and

41:01

its streets are lined with trees and

41:03

flowers. The buildings

41:05

are made of white marble, and

41:07

they are all decorated with intricate

41:09

carvings. The

41:11

city is also home to many

41:14

beautiful gardens, which are filled with

41:16

exotic plants and animals. That

41:18

oddly seems a challenge. You just described

41:21

every affluent suburban America. She basically wants

41:23

to go to Westchester. Yes. Two

41:26

problems. One, Lavania

41:30

is on the moon. Ah. Two,

41:33

Lavania is fictional. Uh-huh.

41:35

It's from her son's book, the one

41:37

that got her thrown in witch jail.

41:40

In the book, the boy's mother

41:42

conjures a demon, and the demon takes

41:44

them up to a magical city on

41:47

the moon called Lavania.

41:49

So she's just fucking with us now.

41:51

Indeed, she is. But a deal is

41:54

a deal. Indeed, it is. I will

41:56

wait here patiently. I'll you

41:58

find for me, Lavania. Okay, I

42:01

guess this is going to take a while. I'll

42:04

get some food started. I

42:06

hope everybody likes venison. How much time do

42:08

we have? The London police are

42:10

going to surround this place any minute now. We've

42:12

actually got all the time in the world because

42:14

of the gravitational...

42:17

What? Gravitational time dilation.

42:20

Time moves a lot slower down here than it

42:22

does out there. How much slower? Weeks down

42:24

here is a few minutes up

42:27

there. Wow. I can't deny

42:29

that the gravity here is far greater. And

42:32

yet, I feel nothing. I know. Weird,

42:35

right? So, we've got time. Anyone

42:38

feel like breaking down a deer with me?

42:40

I would be delighted. Great. Get

42:43

over here, big guy. Lace,

42:45

Ava, Casper, you want to brainstorm

42:47

some imaginary city on the moon

42:49

solutions? Okay. How about the

42:51

music? An excellent idea, Gloria. In

42:56

keeping with our lunar

42:58

theme, here's the Benson

43:00

Orchestra of Chicago with

43:02

Moon of My Dreams.

43:08

Of course it would be the moon. You did

43:10

kind of set yourself up for failure. You

43:13

basically asked her to make it impossible.

43:16

I had to break the deadlock. I

43:18

get it. Someone who's endured what

43:20

she has would welcome a fresh start. But

43:23

she seems quite resistant. So the

43:26

moon. I've got some ideas.

43:29

You're surprisingly quick breaking down

43:31

that deer. Thank you. It

43:34

has been quite a long time since I have

43:36

broken down an animal, but there

43:38

are so many similarities across the

43:40

natural world. Because, Lasky,

43:45

sometimes when people need a new life, they need a

43:47

new face. Among

43:50

other things. Oh. That's...

43:54

weird. Thank you. How

43:56

can you call anything weird while you're in this

43:58

place? I know it. What you mean? So you

44:01

really just show up

44:03

wherever? Pretty much. What's your favorite

44:05

place you've been? Oh, it's

44:07

hard to pick. There

44:10

was this really great guy

44:12

on a derelict spaceship one

44:14

time. I guess that's

44:16

the thing. It's

44:18

the people. Not the

44:20

places for me. The places

44:23

are beautiful, but the people,

44:25

they're from light years away and they might

44:27

as well be from my old neighborhood. Universe

44:30

after universe, the people just trying to

44:32

get through the day and maybe needing

44:34

some help to do it. It's also

44:36

amazing. Why hasn't she found a

44:39

place to be? Well, you're not

44:41

getting old right now. What do

44:43

you mean? It's a shifting point

44:46

of no entropy or

44:48

something. When you're here, time

44:50

doesn't pass. According

44:53

to Ava, when Kepler finally got his

44:55

mom freed from prison, she died

44:58

soon after returning home. As soon

45:01

as she picks a place, she won't be there

45:03

for long. She's

45:06

picking a place to die. That's

45:08

a hard spot to find. You

45:10

don't age? No. So how old

45:12

are you? None of us have

45:14

been here that long. I'm

45:16

not from the 1800s or something. But

45:19

Casper? Casper's been here

45:21

a long time. Are you all looking

45:23

for a place to be? We

45:27

were. We found it.

45:29

There's a city on the

45:31

moon. Oh yeah. I mean, there

45:34

was in my timeline. I'm assuming there's one in this

45:36

one. Certainly it would have been seen by now. It's

45:39

on the dark side of the moon. Oh, so we

45:41

can't see it because it's always dark there. Casper,

45:44

no. We've seen the dark side of the moon. We

45:46

haven't seen the dark side of the moon. It's always

45:48

dark there. It's not. Is he doing his dark

45:50

side of the moon thing again? Yes. I

45:52

love it. It's called the dark side of

45:54

the moon. We've seen pictures of the dark side

45:57

of the moon. Well, they must be pretty dark

45:59

pictures. It's cloaked. Hiding things from Earth is

46:01

pretty easy. Yeah, easy because it's incomplete darkness all

46:03

the time. Can I ask you? No, keep going.

46:06

He literally can't get

46:08

it. What is there to get? It's the dark

46:10

side of the moon. It's always dark there.

46:12

No, it's not. Yes, it is. It's like

46:14

giving a calculator to a gibbon.

46:17

I'm moving on. There's a

46:19

city on the dark side of the moon. More

46:22

like a small town. What goes on there?

46:24

It started as a relay station for something

46:26

called Earth Portal. But, you

46:28

know, the people who worked there had to

46:30

live somewhere. And then someone decides

46:32

to open a general store, then a bar.

46:35

It's not a bad place. And she could live there?

46:37

Theoretically? She's not gonna be depressed living in all

46:40

that darkness? Do I literally have to show you

46:42

a picture? No, don't ruin it. His

46:45

stupidity is too beautiful.

46:47

What are you talking about? If you can get her

46:49

to agree that this is as close to... What

46:53

is it? Livonia. As close to Livonia

46:55

as we can get, then we just need

46:57

to find a way to get her to the moon. Oh,

47:00

is that all? I mean, it's right there. It's 400,000

47:02

kilometers away. And

47:04

we've never been closer to finding

47:06

this lady a home. Let's

47:09

do this. Sell it to her. Sell

47:11

her the moon. Everybody's gotta live somewhere. Alvina.

47:13

What? A word. Who's the one in charge here?

47:16

I'm getting mixed signals. It would depend entirely on

47:18

the person being asked. What is it? We must

47:20

arrange a trip to the far side of the

47:22

moon. Where it's dark. Where

47:24

it is dark. The moon. The moon. Oh,

47:26

so we're building a rocket ship now. Well, ideally

47:28

we would simply use someone else's. Simply.

47:31

What do we have in French Guiana?

47:34

I don't know. I can make

47:36

some calls. Excellent. I'm guessing

47:38

my mobile service isn't great here

47:40

on another planet. If you stand by the

47:43

door, it should be fine. What does French Guiana

47:45

have to do with anything? It's where the ESA launches

47:47

from. And what are we about to do? Duck

47:49

tape her to a rocket? Not a bad idea. The

47:51

visual is certainly funny. We need a

47:54

list of options, however ridiculous. Okay,

47:57

I guess I'm calling French Guiana. I'll go

47:59

with you. I've got some questions.

48:02

What is the name of this alleged city?

48:04

Honestly, everybody just calls it Moon City. They

48:06

had the opportunity to name a city on

48:08

the moon and decided on Moon

48:10

City. London literally means place of the

48:12

beaver. That is not historically supported. Call

48:14

it whatever you want! She's

48:16

not going to know! This is good. This

48:19

is progress. We just need

48:21

to sell her on Moon City now. Very well.

48:25

Frau Kepler, we have considered

48:27

your request. It is not a request.

48:30

It is a demand. We have addressed your

48:32

demands. Continue.

48:37

You have requested. You

48:40

have requested something quite beautiful, in all

48:42

honesty. You have

48:44

requested that you be whisked away to a magical city

48:46

on the moon. This was

48:48

an idea created by your son, a great

48:51

man. He imagined that

48:53

his mother would weave magic and take them both

48:55

up into the stars. This

48:58

is not an unusual fantasy. Surely

49:01

there is a time for all of us in our

49:03

lives when we see our mothers as magical beings. With

49:06

a wave of a wooden spoon, there is dinner.

49:09

With a wrapping of fabric and a kiss, a

49:11

wound is healed. With an

49:13

embrace, all darkness is dispelled.

49:17

For a time, as a child,

49:20

everyone's mother is a witch. A

49:23

sorceress. A commander of

49:25

eldritch forces. And

49:27

then, as we reach adulthood, the

49:30

feeling fades. We

49:33

begin to see our mothers as human, valuable,

49:37

as flawed as we all are. Though

49:40

somehow, your son, well

49:43

into adulthood, was able to imagine his mother

49:45

as a magical being. You

49:48

wish to honour his vision, as

49:50

any mother would. Then

49:53

you understand. I

49:56

do. As it

49:58

happens, your son was not writing fiction. As

50:01

I have just learned, there is a city

50:03

on the moon. It

50:06

is not called Lavania, but there,

50:09

on the side of the moon hidden from our

50:11

world, is a city. People

50:14

live there happily, and should

50:16

you agree that this city, though it

50:18

is not the fictional city of your

50:20

son's imaginings, will suffice, we

50:23

will send you there, where

50:25

you can begin a new life. How

50:28

would you do it? We're

50:31

working on that right now. It's not magic, but

50:33

if anyone can get you there, it's this group of weirdos. She

50:35

can just live on the moon? Last

50:37

I checked, it was cold there, and

50:40

also had no oxygen. I'm assuming

50:42

that's taken care of by the

50:44

city she's staying in, but

50:46

it's a good point. Living

50:48

on the moon would be pretty hard on the

50:51

human body. Low gravity

50:53

wreaks havoc on bone density, muscle

50:55

mass. Also your eyes.

50:58

Reflection from the white surface of the

51:00

moon can give you the equivalent of

51:03

snow blindness. It

51:05

would be great if you could go to the

51:07

moon with a brand new body. Challenge accepted,

51:09

Madam. I know. I

51:11

love it. While the others set their

51:14

efforts toward fashioning you a chariot to

51:16

the stars, I shall

51:18

be given the glorious task of transforming

51:20

you into a lunar being. We

51:23

shall strengthen your bones. We

51:25

shall enliven your muscle mass and your eyes.

51:28

We shall make them photochromic to protect

51:30

them from the harsh light. You

51:33

shall become a creature of the

51:35

stars. And all I require

51:37

is the blood of the Spanish

51:40

prince. And the ice of thirteen

51:42

albino chihuahuas. Do

51:45

you mind? Sorry. So

51:47

there are no more stars? I

51:49

know. So

51:52

there are no direct launches at all? Not

51:56

for the next three years. Great.

52:02

Here, I'll call you back. What's the deal? No

52:05

launches from French Guyana in the next three

52:07

years. The ESA is part of the Artemis

52:09

Moon mission. They're contributing to the power systems

52:11

for the manned rocket, and are handling the

52:13

space station that's going to orbit the moon.

52:16

But they're not going to land. That's

52:18

better, actually. How? A manned mission isn't going to

52:20

go to the far side of the moon. But

52:23

a space station will. What? You're just

52:25

going to drop her from the space station? When's

52:27

the first launch? Six weeks. Okay. Okay.

52:31

So, you need a stasis chamber that

52:33

can work like a soft lander. I

52:35

can arrange for pickup after she's dropped off. You

52:38

can just deliver her to the moon like she's an Amazon

52:40

package? That depends. How's your

52:42

tech guy? He's... all

52:44

right. Probably better

52:46

with explosives than stasis chambers. Get him

52:48

on the phone. I've got a very

52:51

long grocery list for it. Okay. Ah,

52:57

Bonjour, I'm not so vatore. I've

52:59

got a bit of a big

53:01

ask. Alvina, ask

53:03

him to get Luke involved. Oh, yes, hell.

53:06

Great idea. Hell? Don't worry about it.

53:08

We'll fix the stasis chamber. It

53:10

might be shaped like a skull and have glowing

53:12

eyes, but it will work. That... Whoa!

53:15

So, you will put

53:17

me into cocoon, yes? I

53:22

will transform into a butterfly

53:24

there on the moon. That

53:26

is what we propose. But this

53:28

is not LaVanya. It

53:31

is not. I want

53:33

to ask the talking box. I

53:35

believe she means us to you. I

53:37

gathered. This is interesting. What

53:40

does your god say about

53:43

the soul of the fugitive? About

53:46

one who searches for home? The

53:49

Bible says quite a great deal about

53:51

searching for a home. Much

53:54

of the beginnings of our faith are

53:56

stories of the fugitive. Stories

53:58

of the lost. So

54:01

much so that I'd struggle to pick one.

54:04

But I suppose Ruth comes to mind.

54:08

Ruth was a Moabite

54:10

woman who married an

54:12

Israelite. When there was

54:14

a great famine, Ruth and her

54:17

mother-in-law Naomi both

54:19

lost their husbands and

54:22

were bereft. They

54:24

left the land that was their

54:26

home and wandered. They

54:29

found themselves in Bethlehem.

54:32

The people of Bethlehem took them in

54:34

as if they were their own and

54:37

found a safe place in those

54:40

rolling fields of barley. Ruth

54:43

remarried and gave birth to

54:45

Obed. And Obed

54:47

was the grandfather of King

54:50

David himself. It

54:52

is the fugitive that gives birth to kings, Catherine.

54:55

Often times it is the refugee that is

54:57

the seed of a great land, for only

54:59

they can truly know the value of having

55:01

a land to call their own. I

55:03

will not be giving birth to kings

55:06

or creating kingdoms. Well,

55:09

to hear others tell it, you already

55:11

did that. A great

55:14

many people have a great many wonderful things

55:16

to say about that son of yours. Most

55:19

look up at the stars and see a great

55:22

mystery and it seems as though your son looked

55:24

up and said, No. No,

55:27

it can all make sense. All makes sense of it. I'll

55:29

start at one side of the sky and work my way

55:31

across and that will be my life. Makes

55:34

sense to me for you to rise up into

55:36

that sky. It's a kingdom that he made for

55:38

you. He was

55:41

a good boy. Very

55:47

well. I will go. Oh

55:49

shit. Amazing. Excellent.

55:52

Alvina, next steps. Well,

55:54

it's simple. All we have to

55:57

do now is escape this alien planet, escape

55:59

this magical diner. that will be surrounded by

56:01

the police any second, then put Catarina

56:03

through some very complicated surgeries, have Luke

56:05

and Salvatore build some sort of stasis

56:07

chamber, and sneak it on board a

56:09

rocket bound for the moon's orbit. And

56:11

we have to do all of that

56:13

in six weeks. Simple enough?

56:15

Sure. Frau Kepler, gather your things. It

56:18

is time to leave the woods. I

56:21

have no things. I

56:24

only have myself. For a journey such

56:26

as this, that is all that one

56:28

needs. Why

56:52

is it that the London police are never inept

56:54

when you need them to be? Do you have

56:56

a plan to get out of here? I called

56:58

upstairs, she's about to pick us up. Upstairs? That's

57:00

what we call the boss. Huh. And

57:03

how is she picking you up? Apparently in a helicopter. She's

57:05

on her way. She can fly

57:08

a helicopter? I had no

57:10

idea. Yeah, I didn't know that either. A

57:12

flying machine? Spends weeks on another planet, she's

57:14

amazed by a damn helicopter. Lace, when

57:16

are we getting a helicopter? I

57:19

hate helicopters. Let's get a hovercraft. Not

57:21

the same. And they are always

57:24

dwelling within the radio. Pretty much.

57:26

I mean, sometimes they have a day out. Sometimes

57:29

they're robots. Fascinating.

57:32

I don't like it when the big one looks at us. Yeah,

57:35

I am uncomfortable. I will be glad

57:37

to leave this place behind. Too many

57:40

unknown things here. I think your recent

57:42

experiences with witch trials has made you

57:44

too paranoid, Katerina. But you are too

57:46

trusting. I'm too trusting. You're the one

57:48

who just agreed to get carved up

57:51

by Vigo the Carpathian over there. I

57:53

imagine we'll leave you in quite a mess once we've gone.

57:57

Don't worry about us. We always let

57:59

in the customers, but we've all It's

58:01

also gotten really good at keeping people

58:03

out. Including the entire City of London

58:05

police force? Oh yes. You.

58:09

You're like my son. Me? Sure,

58:13

in a way. You will guard

58:15

his legacy after

58:18

I am gone. Yes, I

58:20

promise. It's

58:28

incredible how it can stay still in the air

58:30

like that. I didn't know you knew how to fly

58:32

a helicopter. All

58:36

these years, Cabarina, then you follow me. And

58:39

I will follow behind and make sure

58:41

you do not fall. This has been

58:43

quite an odd experience. You've handled it

58:45

very well. Shall we meet again, do

58:47

you think? We will. We

58:49

already have. We are right

58:51

now. Right. Best

58:53

of luck to you all. Midnight

58:56

burger. Good luck to you,

58:58

Amelia Project. What

59:03

a strange world we live in,

59:07

said Alice to the Queen of

59:09

Hearts. Oh,

59:16

like Amelia Earhart. Right. Because

59:19

she disappeared. Yes. Now

59:22

I get it. This

59:32

special crossover episode of Midnight Burger and

59:34

the Amelia Project featured Ana

59:36

Maria Everett is Katarina. Shelly

59:39

Darrington is the woman in Piccadilly.

59:41

Hemi Yirraham as Kozlowski. Alan Bergen

59:43

as the interviewer. Julia C.

59:46

Thorne as Alvina. Julia Morazawa

59:48

as Amelia. Susie Suarez

59:50

as Gloria. Tom Mormon as

59:52

Lafe. Joe Fisher as Casper. Finley

59:55

Stevenson as Eva. Julie Cowden starboard

59:57

as Effie. And Neil starboard as

59:59

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