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2:41

After that, before we got to

2:44

the processional way and the Istar

2:46

gate, I think we spent maybe

2:48

half an hour minimum just walking

2:51

back and forth. It's amazing that

2:53

the colours and tiles lasted so

2:55

long. And I love puzzles. And

2:58

what it was like to be part of the team putting

3:00

all of that back together. I would

3:02

think that after the first year it probably felt

3:05

rather tedious. Oh, and can

3:07

you hand me my cash? Of course. I

3:10

got you this.

3:12

Oh, it's adorable. I

3:14

love cows. Thank you, dear. And

3:20

it's your colours so I couldn't pass it up. I

3:23

got some stuff for Dad, Gundar and Salatu,

3:26

but I already packed those. Did

3:29

Dad really fly back home because of me? Of

3:32

course. Nothing left that's in from

3:34

it. He's looking after the others with your

3:36

aunt. And he's so

3:38

relieved that we're going home soon. Come

3:41

in. Glad

3:45

to see you awake and happy, Erna. Anything

3:48

new? Yes, I spoke with the doctor

3:50

and the front desk. Good

3:52

care arrangements have been coordinated with your

3:54

family doctor so you are cleared for

3:56

discharge. I'm just going to

3:58

disconnect you from the monitor. Now,

4:01

as this was a head injury, you are

4:03

arranged to meet with your healthcare provider back

4:05

home within the week for another check. And

4:08

if you ever feel any pain or

4:10

pressure, or have confused or dizzy moments

4:12

regularly, seek care without delay. And

4:15

of course, in a few weeks you will need to have

4:17

the cast removed. We will

4:19

make sure of it. All of it. We

4:22

have also been in contact with our family doctor

4:24

back at Reykjavik, so there won't be any

4:26

problem at all. Good to

4:28

hear. Okay, so you're all

4:30

disconnected. Once you get dressed,

4:33

open the door and we will walk you to the

4:35

exit. Now, these

4:37

waddled? Yes. There

4:39

are some other family members asking to see

4:41

you out near reception. Right.

4:45

Thank you. Arna, go ahead and get

4:47

ready. I'm going to go speak with your uncle.

4:57

So many of you feel all the

4:59

way here from Iceland. She's

5:03

a really sweet girl. Very

5:05

lucky. Yes,

5:08

lucky. Thank you. Go,

5:13

Akwelte. Hi, Aftur. They're

5:16

all about to be discharged. I

5:19

just want to take her home. I

5:21

know. We come bearing gifts.

5:24

We have tickets full of flight back to Eitel. And

5:27

we moved to a car. But before

5:29

that, we have a few more questions for you,

5:31

so that we can possibly continue to

5:33

leave Arna in the dark. What? What

5:35

do you mean? You want to tell her? Not

5:38

if we can avoid it. So,

5:40

our questions continue. Could

5:43

Arna have done anything to go against the will

5:45

of the Serbs or the Guardians? Don't! Don't

5:48

just not look at her like that here. No

5:50

one here speaks Icelandic. No one can

5:52

understand us. And the security force

5:55

doesn't record audio. Of course she.

6:00

Arthna could not have done anything to go

6:02

against the will because she doesn't even know

6:04

they exist. She's only 16 and

6:07

she's not the daughter of a primary heir. Even

6:10

Cleventhreva don't know yet. Even

6:12

so? You don't believe that? No.

6:14

She's done nothing to warrant this. Nothing. She

6:17

is a child just like hundreds of others in

6:19

that crowd. She did nothing to deserve this. Just

6:21

like none of the other victims did. She

6:24

couldn't have acted against the sides, not

6:26

in any malicious manner because she doesn't

6:29

know they exist. Where

6:34

are the tickets? Thank you. I

6:37

hope the view brought back an item safely. Hi,

6:42

I'm Sora. Hi, Uncle Stegrisp. Hey,

6:45

Mom. Can we get something to eat on the way to the airport?

6:47

The food here was fine, but I'm really

6:49

hungry. Yes, but we already have tickets, so

6:51

we need to start off with the airport

6:53

now. Any ideas on what you want? I'll

6:56

know it when I see it. Have

7:00

a safe flight back home, whenever that is. Glad

7:03

to see you back up and about, Arthna. Have

7:05

a nice trip. Fly safe and get plenty

7:07

of rest. Come

7:09

on, we have a car waiting. Bye!

7:14

So, how long until I'm allowed to go

7:16

on a trip by myself again? Oh, no,

7:18

no, no, no. It's not a question of

7:20

when. It's if. You'll be looked even at

7:22

the move-out. Does

7:50

it look a few if I take enough? Of

7:52

course. Traffic is terrible, so I'll just wake you

7:54

up when we get there. I'm

8:06

glad she's alright. She's a good kid. Thanks. But I've called about...

8:08

well, I guess it's all related, really. I have a

8:10

phone. I

8:30

have questions. And you've never

8:32

lied to me about all this shit before. Well,

8:36

I know what topic we're headed into then. Well,

8:39

I've come to the conclusion that lying to your family

8:42

is exhausting you. I'm not up

8:44

for it anymore. So

8:46

I'll start with cards on the table. This call

8:48

is mostly like a beam recorded. On

8:51

my side and yours? This is my

8:53

personal cell phone. Yeah,

8:57

well, it doesn't matter. Everyone else knows more than

8:59

me. That's why I called. I was

9:01

speaking with Dora. But

9:07

I was. And seeing Tigbert was filling me in on

9:10

just a small piece of what's happening. I

9:12

can't believe you stayed out of all of this for so long.

9:15

Very impressive. Sad to

9:17

say those days are over. I

9:20

would assume they asked whether Avlada did something to piss

9:22

off the site. Yeah, it

9:24

seemed. At least to me. It seems

9:26

like their only idea so far. It's

9:29

the only thing that has made sense in the past, so

9:31

it's hopeful for the family to still think that's

9:33

all that's happening. That's

9:36

not what I thought. What

9:38

happened before? Not

9:40

our family, but to... well,

9:43

my new family. Just... How

9:46

out of the loop have you been? As

9:48

far from a loop as I could be while still

9:50

walking and living in Iceland. Okay,

9:53

then. She

10:00

was the second daughter of the heir. She

10:03

had learned about the sites and openly

10:05

ignored her responsibilities. As

10:07

far as I know at some point, she

10:09

openly rebuked some of the sections. Her

10:12

death led to the reintroduction of the

10:14

first daughter, Linnea, to the Fitsuna

10:16

family. But I don't help with the

10:19

family business and other

10:21

notes of the living of it. Linnea

10:24

knew nothing and she crashed a bike

10:26

that led to long-term damage. Knowing

10:28

nothing about the family business permitted herself,

10:31

a true daughter, to suffer a life

10:33

without a gift. And

10:35

as for you, what you said is not exactly true.

10:38

You may not have an active role in the

10:40

more unseemly family business activities, but you work for

10:42

a city group. Even

10:44

as a best worker, you support the family and you

10:47

reap the rewards. And until

10:49

recently, so did Arna. I

10:52

never... I hoped I

10:54

could go on pretending none of this affected me, but

10:56

it does. It

10:58

must move me that I've ever tried to admit.

11:01

Don't be so hard on yourself. You're...

11:05

you're a great mother. And we never

11:07

could have... This

11:11

is my niece's hang-up. I'll call you later. Okay.

11:15

Thank you. One last thing. Something

11:18

Linnea told me. Sometimes

11:20

we don't know the whole picture. Not

11:22

the way the hook for him will do. Maybe

11:25

what happened to Arna was lucky. We

11:27

just don't see it that way. The

11:29

one man who didn't sit back and attack these. I'll

11:36

talk later. Get home safe.

11:45

Clock off, Linnea. What a

11:47

powerful thing in low studio. Yeah,

11:49

I'm fine. Just... My

11:52

luck with cars is terrible this week. Don't

11:55

joke about that, sweetheart. Sorry

11:57

for that. Are you okay? I

12:00

must speak with the driver who hit our bumper. I

12:03

will call you a new driver as well. We're

12:06

fine. We just need to make our flight. Yes,

12:08

ma'am. Just

12:12

a little. Don't worry dear. You won't

12:14

be home. Let

12:25

him talk. What about the second guy?

12:28

Exactly. Let go of me. Use

12:31

the rifle. We need him to

12:33

talk. Listen.

12:36

Listen. Something took

12:38

him back. Louis. Lift

12:41

him right up into the trees. We're

12:43

not going to believe a god damn word you say.

12:45

Listen dammit. It ripped him into

12:47

the air. Louis, sure not. Get

12:50

on your stomach, hands behind your back. What?

12:53

Down on stomach and hands behind back.

12:56

Are you stupid or something? We

12:58

gotta run. From what? You're

13:01

the monster here. Get down. If

13:07

you're in my pocket, do some zip ties. Try

13:09

to handcuff with them if you can. Blab me. Ow!

13:17

Sorry it hurt. My little. Oh

13:19

shit lady. Get

13:22

up. Get him. We

13:25

can put him in that building. It's got a

13:27

center beam that's still standing. It should be strong enough to

13:29

hold him to the time to it. Just.

13:33

Just listen. I'm

13:35

trying to tell you. Something's

13:37

out. Here.

13:39

This one. You go. Got

13:42

it. I

13:46

have more zip ties back to the church. If

13:48

we move. Dance and roll. Do

13:51

you think he's secure enough? Ow!

13:54

What the hell? Bitch! Yeah,

13:58

looks like he's not going anywhere. If

14:01

he, maybe go check

14:04

on the others. Take a step back from

14:06

this. I'll keep an eye on him for now. Bring

14:09

some extra rope when you do come back. It's in the bucket

14:11

by the door. You

14:22

killed her friend, Jean. S

14:24

did it, not me. You gotta

14:26

stop her. Look, you see that look? She'll kill me

14:28

if she gets the chance. Yeah,

14:31

I'm clearly aware of that. I need

14:34

to think. You

14:37

can't keep me here. Something out there

14:39

took S. And

14:41

you think it's not gonna be looking for me or you? Just

14:45

let me go and you'll never see me again.

14:47

I'll get out of your hair and leave you

14:49

to that, that thing. Can

14:53

you at least loosen these zip ties? I can't

14:55

feel my thumb. Not happening.

14:58

I'll stay right here with this rifle aimed at your

15:00

chest. And when I he gets back with the rope,

15:02

she'll fix it. She'll make

15:04

it very... What

15:10

was that? It's here. We gotta go.

15:14

It's just a lake, guys. It does that. Yes!

15:24

You don't have to

15:26

go back. You can go back to church. I'm

15:28

gonna tie him up more. Excuse me. Look,

15:30

my gosh. I didn't shoot him.

15:32

Don't... Don't break my hand. Shut

15:34

the hell up. Every time you open your

15:37

mouth, I get one second closer to killing

15:39

you. He's

15:44

not going anywhere. I've

15:47

made care of it. Girl,

15:49

please. You gotta tell him

15:52

to let me go. I need to get out

15:54

of here. It's out there. I

15:57

need to get out of this forest. Don't listen to him,

15:59

Adele. Don't you ever talk

16:01

to my sister again, not one word.

16:04

The only thing we have to do is get the hell away

16:06

from you So

16:09

much smaller than I thought It

16:11

makes sense We're so

16:13

scared You

16:16

didn't have to come out here. Yes, we

16:18

did inside our heads. He was

16:20

a nightmare Here he's

16:23

just a small man. He was

16:25

right before What happened to the

16:27

red jacket? That's what I've

16:29

been trying to explain. Something

16:31

out there in those woods took S I

16:35

tried to hold on to him, but it took

16:37

him and it took my jacket with him What

16:41

took him? Don't listen to him. He's a liar and

16:44

a killer Maybe

16:46

maybe not Hey,

16:50

is Jean really dead? Where are you

16:53

hiding him out there? To use against us? I'm

16:56

talking to you. I'll tell

16:58

you But keep her off

17:00

me. You're not in the position

17:02

to be bargaining Isn't

17:04

that what you and S said before? We

17:07

can find out We

17:12

S killed the guy We

17:14

got the location from you and S didn't want

17:16

him coming up behind us later You

17:19

could have tied him to a tree anything

17:21

anything else and S thought it would scare

17:23

you into giving up the girls if

17:27

What if you knew his threats were real

17:29

so he shot him. He was

17:32

dead that instant We left

17:34

him in the hunting blind If

17:37

he Do

17:47

I should I go to

17:49

her? No, give

17:51

her space Okay,

17:54

what happened after that? Where's S? It's

17:59

what I already told you But something took him.

18:02

We found that other blind where the girls were, but it took

18:04

us a while to find any trace of him. Finally,

18:07

we found some footsteps and we headed west.

18:10

I thought it was a good trick, but S

18:12

just said, of course they'd head back to Canada.

18:14

We didn't even know you bastards had taken

18:16

us over the border until Iffy told us.

18:19

Yeah, well we did. All

18:22

in the job description. But

18:24

we went on following these bit...the

18:26

tracks. And then

18:28

the snow was getting a little heavier, so we went

18:30

faster. That's when we started

18:32

to hear things, like something sitting on a

18:34

tree. So heavy the tree's grown.

18:39

Sorry. No problem. Continue.

18:44

It felt like the sounds were following us. Then

18:46

something started taking our stuff,

18:48

like from us. Our

18:51

gear just opened and the stuff dropped

18:53

and the snow behind us. And we

18:55

didn't see anything. The snow's got so

18:57

heavy, everything was just white with black

19:00

tree lines and then something

19:03

took S right up into the sky

19:05

or the trees. And

19:08

S was screaming and screaming and he fired

19:10

off his shot. I tried to hold on.

19:13

He pulled my jacket right off of me and when

19:16

I got back up he was just gone.

19:20

Whatever did that, you might have heard the first gunshot,

19:22

or at least the one you used to kill Jean.

19:25

If it had tried to find you... Jason, don't listen

19:27

to him. He's just trying to trick

19:29

us. If he says S

19:31

is dead, it means that bastard's just out there

19:33

in the woods waiting for us to make a

19:35

mistake. How many times I gotta say

19:38

it? S is dead. Something's

19:40

talking about me. If it followed the

19:42

gunshot and we shot at it, maybe

19:44

all it needed was S, right? What

19:47

if it's coming after me now? Then

19:49

we toss you outside and let it have you. That's

19:52

sort of our problem. I

19:55

hope it's Chris. If he... No,

19:58

she's right. He's

20:00

risking anything for this piece of shit, even

20:02

if we believed him. But

20:04

if he let it here, it might not just be

20:07

going after him anymore. What do you mean? There's

20:09

nothing out there, Jason. He's a liar. Where

20:13

is it, El? Over here. Did

20:17

you guys bring this? What? The

20:21

leaf rock? It's

20:24

like the one that we found in the

20:26

forest. Hey, you

20:29

okay? I don't want to

20:31

be around him. I know. Hey,

20:34

what did you find? We

20:39

saw something really similar out in the woods.

20:43

I've never seen one before today. I

20:45

thought they were rare. It is. I've

20:49

never seen one before today either. It's

20:51

a fossil or

20:54

something. Did you

20:56

put it here, Jason? Where?

20:59

On the windowsill. No. It's

21:02

like a little figurine of a birch leaf. Can I

21:04

keep this? Pulse. You

21:08

really talking about rock? Something's

21:11

out there. Let me

21:13

go already. I swear I won't mess

21:15

with you. I

21:17

just want to get out of here. Don't do

21:19

that again. If he does that

21:22

again, you can hit him. You should hit him. Are

21:25

you okay? Yeah, just move wrong.

21:27

Hurt my leg. Y'all

21:31

never really got the chance to clean up. Pick

21:33

at your injuries or rest. I'll

21:35

stay here with him, but y'all should go back. Clean your wounds. Get

21:39

some sleep. No, I'll

21:41

stay. You still have blood in your hair

21:43

too. Go wash it out and

21:45

then make that call to get help if you haven't yet. I'll

21:48

keep an eye on him. I'm

21:50

not sure that's a good idea, leaving you here with him,

21:53

I mean. I'll be fine.

21:56

Give me the rifle. No, let me

21:58

reword that. I'm sure you'll be fine. I'm

22:00

more worried about him. I

22:02

won't shoot a tied up man. I'm not

22:04

a criminal. Are you going

22:07

to hit him? I said I'm not a criminal, not

22:09

that I'm a saint. Ify, he

22:11

put us through hell, and I know he took Jean.

22:15

But if we're worrying about you, we can't

22:17

focus on what we need. I

22:20

can't focus on getting Adele home. You

22:23

can hurt him if he tries to escape or something,

22:25

but... Don't let him make

22:27

you a worse person. If

22:31

we don't want him to provoke something, should

22:33

we gag him? It

22:35

did it to us. I'm sure we can return

22:37

in favor. He's tied up,

22:39

so sure. If he's well

22:41

secured, we shouldn't even need to stay here with him. Don't

22:44

leave me alone in here. Not without something

22:46

to protect myself. Don't

22:48

leave me with her. She'll kill me. You know

22:50

it. If only dreams

22:52

did come true. Stop,

22:55

everyone! I'm in

22:57

pain. And my sister, too.

22:59

We haven't slept. We've lost

23:02

a lot. There's no

23:04

reason to give this human-shaped shit a

23:07

second thought if he's tied up good

23:09

enough. Ify, watch him

23:11

for a while. Don't kill

23:14

him. Adele,

23:16

come on. Help me back to the church.

23:19

My leg. My leg hurts.

23:23

Of course. I'm used to what? Mostly.

23:27

I won't kill him. I

23:30

won't. Go clean

23:32

yourself up. We've thrown a lot on your plate in the last

23:34

few hours. So... Sorry

23:37

about that. You

23:39

sure? Yeah. It's

23:43

alone. Safety's on. It's

23:46

right here. Okay. If

23:50

you think it's better to leave him alone, leave

23:52

him. The ropes are tight enough,

23:54

and I'll be back soon. You

23:57

need rest, too. Got it. Go.

24:03

Something is out there. And

24:06

I am in here. No

24:08

good options left for you. Just

24:11

listen to me. Gagging you is

24:13

still on the table. Still

24:43

freezing in here. I should have lit the fire before I left

24:45

you here. You okay, Effie? I'm

24:49

fine. No,

24:51

you're not. You're freezing. I

24:55

am both freezing and I'm fine.

25:00

Were you able to reach emergency services? Yes

25:03

and no. I dialed out to

25:05

my team and they said they'll contact emergency services.

25:08

Either way, getting anyone out here during this

25:10

storm is impossible. We only got to talk

25:12

for about two minutes or so before the

25:14

signal got so bad. It all stopped making

25:16

sense. Thankfully, that was after

25:18

everything important. But they

25:20

know. They know. It's

25:24

gotten a lot worse out there. Progressively,

25:26

yeah. Snow has gotten about as high

25:28

as my knee in some places. Got to tell

25:31

Mika and Adele to be careful with the other leg. It's

25:33

hard to see where it starts and they're all the snow. Is

25:36

he asleep? Yeah. So

25:40

we'll just have to keep everything together until they arrive.

25:45

First, the weather the storm. How

25:49

are they? They're resting now.

25:51

Since Lewis is here, we thought it was probably safe

25:53

to start a fire, even if we make some smoke.

25:56

If that's his dad, good. No worries.

25:59

If he isn't. He already knows where we are

26:01

since Lewis is here. So why

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not be warned? If

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he's still alive,

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he's stuck out in the cold. Well,

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we have a warm church. Adele

26:14

used some warm water to clean up all the wounds, and

26:16

I made some soup. How's

26:19

Mika's leg? Adele said you

26:21

think it might be fractured? Well

26:23

I think that's about right. I'm not

26:25

in any way a medical expert. Her leg's swollen

26:27

and bruised. The whole bottom of the leg is

26:29

just big,

26:32

dark bruise. Adele...

26:35

Wait, what? Adele

26:38

was fine, what's wrong? No, it's

26:40

not all fine. She

26:42

took off her boots and went over her feet. It's really...

26:45

I think her foot had been wet. It's like really

26:47

wet. Maybe she stepped in a

26:49

creek or some melted snow or something. But

26:52

even the boot was soaked through. She's

26:54

got terrible blisters and skinny

26:56

shoes. She's resting

26:58

near the fire and drying everything out. Looks

27:01

painful, though she doesn't seem to want to admit

27:03

it. Maybe she still can't feel

27:05

it all. Ah, no.

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She's a good kid. She

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doesn't want to be a burden. It's

27:14

my turn to watch him. You

27:16

should go rest with the others and get something to eat. Your

27:19

nose is blue. Yeah,

27:21

then. Shh.

27:24

And I think my hands are stuck around the

27:26

rifle. Thanks.

27:33

If he stays asleep, just come

27:36

back to the church. It's

27:38

cold, but he won't die in here. Yeah,

27:42

go. Bye-bye.

27:56

Bye. The

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White Vault. Dothawk.

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Written and created by Kaye Statz. Co-created,

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produced and directed by Tramis

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Fingrath. With script editing by

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Francois. Edited with sound design,

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Viegas, Dennis Greenhill and A.J.

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you to a new story, Dark Dice,

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a horror podcast that blurs

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the line between actual play and audio drama,

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where the story is determined by the role

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of the dice. Six

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adventurers embark on a journey into the ruinous domain

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of the Nameless God. They will

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never be the same again. One of

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the players is now what they've seen after a

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doppelganger, a creature that can assume the form and

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voice of whatever it kills, infiltrates the team. As

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the players are picked off and replaced one at a time, can

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they figure out who the monster is before it's too late? Can

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with the jar of liquid inside of him.

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the creature. The Shamblers still managed to maintain

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its forward momentum, but stumbled as it easily

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near its feet. As Jeff

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