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18 - The Traveler

Welcome to Night Vale

Night Vale Presents

Night, Lovecraft, Commonplace, Radio, Science Fiction, Nightvaleradio, Welcome, Cecil, Fiction, Nightvale, Cranor, Vale, Neofuturists, Fink

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A traveler arrives in Night Vale. What does he want? Why has Jerry's Tacos returned? Plus, the mayor calls an emergency press conference, another round of corrections, and a look at the community calendar. The lead story in this episode was contributed by Zack Parsons. Find out more about Zack's novel, LIMINIAL STATES, at liminalstates.com.

Weather: "Jews for Jesus Blues" by Clem Snide clemsnide.com

Music: Disparition, disparition.info

Logo: Rob Wilson, silastom.com

Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook.

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The Optimist Says The Glass is Half Full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty.

1:02.3

It is only the truth seeker who wonders, why is the glass there? Why is their water all over

1:10.9

the floor? Why is it covering every other surface of the house? Who or what is doing this to us?

1:20.7

Welcome to Nightfail.

1:48.7

Listeners, a new traveler has arrived in Nightfail. This is not uncommon, perfectly located as we are

1:58.6

between several vertices, but this traveler is not one who will be mistaken for those other

2:05.6

travelers. You know the ones. This traveler is said to have a foreign face and a handsome,

2:14.4

but terrible beard. He is reportedly wearing a uniform with silver epilets, golden braid,

2:22.4

and buttons of a metallic alloy not describable in our limited color language.

2:29.9

This is all very similar to the marching band uniform of the desert bluff's cacti,

2:35.6

prior to the incident, but the traveler's uniform is not scorched and soaked with blood.

2:44.5

I cannot say that I trust this interloper very much and his actions do not give me reason to trust him,

2:52.7

suggest the manual on interlopers published by the sheriff's secret police. According to the

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