6.16- The Buddy System
Our Fair City
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4.7 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Using the extracted scent glad of the old Ant Queen, our “Buddy Group” goes in search of the new Queen. But the tunnels are long, and more insidious threats than the Ants lurk deep in the warrens…and within the Buddy Group itself.
- The Narrator— Ansel Burch
- Elizabeth Rourke— Tara Schile
- Doctor Herbert West— Ryan Schile
- Theodora Thoreau-Roosevelt— Kat Evans
- Simon von Hagens— Mark Soloff
- Katherine Sullivan— Whitney Jones
- Doctor Montgomery Moro— Mark Soloff
- Doctor Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman
- Charles Wynn— Jared Latore
- The Queen of the Ants— Lauren Faits
Written by David Rheinstrom. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Episode Art by Ali Cantarella. Produced by David Rheinstrom. Recording Engineering by Mel Ruder, Production Management by Betsey Palmer. Created by Clayton Faits.
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| 1:39.1 | In times of crisis, it is important to utilize the Buddy system. Innovated in the 14th fiscal cycle |
| 1:47.2 | by Director Silas Buddy, in response to the first mold war, the system encourages policies |
| 1:53.5 | to stick together. Hold hands, if you can, call out to your Buddy Group members if lost. |
| 2:00.1 | If you hear no response, do not attempt to retrace |
| 2:03.1 | your steps to retrieve your buddy group member. She is almost certainly dead. This ancient system |
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