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Our Fair City

3.9- A Break for Coffee

Our Fair City

Audacious Machine Creative

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.7623 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In which many parties converge on an elevator, new plans are made, new directions are plotted, and Andrew Snidge gets a little messy.

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Our Fair City was originally released between 2011 and 2018.

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Neal Henderson —Sebastian H. Orr

Loamy —Lisa Burton

Simon —Mark Soloff

Nathan Rourke — Clayton Faits

Andrew Snidge — Frank Sjodin

Sandy — Abby Doud

The Voice of HartLife— Jeffrey Gardner

Written by Jim McDoniel. Narration written and performed by Ansel Burch. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Illustration by Jess Cwik. Created by Clayton Faits.

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Transcript

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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.

0:10.2

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

0:15.6

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

0:32.4

Every policy of Heart Life knows that the main lifts of our fair city date back to before the day of exclusion.

0:39.1

To get from the corporate tower to the concourse, one must climb into these stately methuselahs of engineering.

0:40.4

The ancient constructs which once led only to the sub-levels of corporate storage now connect

0:46.3

the adept to the inept, the meritorious to the inglorious, and the directors to the

0:51.7

PWCs.

0:53.6

Speaking of PWCs, Neil Henderson, the hero of PWCs everywhere,

0:59.0

is even now traveling via elevator with his undeniably plucky sidekick, Lomi the Mole.

1:06.0

It is said that all elevators lead to the concourse, and so has this one.

1:12.0

Round level.

1:13.3

Bout time.

1:15.2

What?

1:18.3

Is it just me or was that elevator mouthing off at us?

1:21.6

What's it?

1:22.5

Hmm.

1:23.8

This way.

1:24.8

What?

1:25.1

Wait, wait, where are we?

1:26.5

I told you, there's only one person who can say for sure if Ms. Allison is dead or not, and that would be Mr. Simon. The dead disposal guy, yeah, I get that, but why are we standing at this tunnel junction? Shouldn't we be heading to his truck? Oh, Mr. Simon won't be there. No, not at this time of day. He'll be coming here to the trolley. Trolley? Yes, the trolley. The coffee trolley. Mr. Simon shows up here every morning, right when the trolley opens to get his daily charge. Well, he isn't here, and I don't see a trolley. Yes, well, the trolley isn't open yet. Hmm, that's strange. Oh, Siltie was supposed to be working the trolley this morning, and he's never late for anything, ever.

2:09.1

Well, I guess, well, maybe he's... No, like in his whole life, ever. Well, that is strange. Oh, well, there's nothing for it but to open the trolley myself.

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