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Our Fair City

3.15 - A Lady, Bespoken

Our Fair City

Audacious Machine Creative

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.7623 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Neal Henderson, with the blessings of Lucky Strike, heads to the Ghost Rig by means of the most dubious conveyance known to the Policies of HartLife.

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Our Fair City was originally released between 2011 and 2018.

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Neal Henderson —Sebastian H. Orr

Cumulus Jane —Lise “Kat” Evans

Meatsey — Kamron Palmer


Written by Mark Soloff. Narration written and performed by Ansel Burch. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Illustration by Jeffrey Gardner. Created by Clayton Faits.

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0:00.0

Tonight's broadcast is brought to you by the company you depend upon for all of your greatest needs, Heart Life.

0:10.0

These stories are true dramatizations from our fair city's glorious history.

0:15.4

So listen and remember, heart life, all the life you'll ever need.

0:25.6

Once again, dear listeners, we take you to the decks of the Storm Hawk. The ember of a cigar

0:31.6

betrays the presence of one Cumulus Jane, and, following clumsily in her wake, is Neil Henderson.

0:41.1

Driven by love, he has bullied and forced his way into the sky.

0:46.1

However, while Neil's heart spurs him onward, his stomach is having second thoughts.

0:52.2

Even by the standards of the Stormhawk, the area they have ventured

0:55.9

to seems

0:57.1

dangerously exposed.

0:59.9

Neil nonchalantly clings

1:01.9

to a nearby bulkhead, steadying

1:04.0

his legs while Jane readies a

1:06.0

harpoon gun and fills a

1:07.9

special canister with a light

1:09.9

gray powder.

1:13.9

You're going to want to turn around, close your eyes, and cover them with your hands.

1:18.1

Why?

1:18.6

So you don't get blinded by Maggie Brightsides.

1:21.7

Blinded?

1:22.4

Yeah. The gray stuff burns brighter than lightning. It's called Maggie.

1:26.3

And that little metal tower is the bright sides?

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