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The Penumbra Podcast

3.23: Second Citadel--Judgment of the Empire (Part 1)

The Penumbra Podcast

Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert

Fiction, Thirst, Second Citadel, Juno Steel, Scifi, Horror, Audio Drama, Rusty Quill, Audio Fiction, The Penumbra Podcast, Penumbra, Thirst Podcast, Performing Arts, Arts, Comedy, Science Fiction

4.93.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Sunset. The precise moment the Kite promised his assault on the Second Citadel would come. Two women now return to a land that does not want them to save it from itself... but why? We can't choose our families and we can't choose our homes. But we can choose how much of ourselves we give to them. Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay. (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.) ------- You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_ Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode. On staff at the Penumbra: Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach Alice Chuang -- Head of Design Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team Sophie Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer Milo Mars -- Promotional artist Noah Simes -- Production manager Grahame Turner -- Script editing team Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music Home recording guidance from Mertz of The Bridge Sound & Stage -------- Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode "Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657 --------- Trigger warnings: -Sudden loud noises -Violence and threats of violence

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening, Traveler, and welcome to the Penumbra.

0:11.3

Tonight's tale is...

0:16.3

The judgment of the Empire.

0:37.1

Stop, Ola-la.

0:38.9

Here in the kitchen, this is the secret passage to the Queen.

0:42.3

If we're to protect her from the kite, we must pause through this room.

0:45.6

That is a great number of men, Mr. Caroline.

0:50.8

Do nights usually gather in the kitchen with their weapons when they are hungry?

0:54.5

Only on Kabab Thursdays.

0:56.7

This is an absolute idea of a proper defense for the Queen.

0:59.6

Forty men clustered around a single doorway.

1:02.1

That idiot.

1:03.6

Even if the kite hadn't known about the Queen's secret passage before, he certainly would

1:07.1

now.

1:08.1

But where is it?

1:10.0

I can see no secret passage.

1:12.3

Do you see the line of ovens against the back wall?

1:14.8

The second from the right is a fake.

1:16.4

If you place two logs inside at the far ends, pressure plates will open a passage further

1:20.4

in.

1:21.4

But that's so small.

1:23.2

Will you fit, Mr. Caroline?

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