Chapter 44: Of Prophets' Dark Deceptions

The Silt Verses

Eskew Productions Ltd

Science Fiction, Eskew, The Silt Verses, Junji Ito, Ligotti, Horror, Horror Fiction, I Am In Eskew, Folk Horror, Fiction, Drama

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the Parish's attack, Carpenter tries desperately to get Hayward out of Glottage. Carson attempts to find a useful spin on recent events. Paige gathers the Children of the Woundtree together to agree on their next course of action. The condition of the High Prophet Faulkner worsens.

This episode features: Méabh de Brún, Jimmie Yamaguchi, Felix Trench, Lou Sutcliffe, Rhys Lawton, Alex Nursall, Lucile Valentine, Ishani Kanetkar, Erika Sanderson, H.R. Owen, and B. Narr.

Additional voices by Jamie Petronis, Lou Sutcliffe, Rae Lundberg and Kevin Berrey.

Content warning: This episode features character death, plane hijackings, loud artillery fire, an extended plane crash sequence, and an extended drowning sequence.

Transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-3-chapter-15

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Step on and cross.
0:23.6	Make the rest of highway. Step on it cross.
0:38.3	Make the Western Highway don't know by it.
0:43.3	Who are the right to lose in the city?
0:48.3	Heyward!
0:49.3	Heyward! Heyward! Hey, word! You've heard me!
0:55.0	I've seen this before. I've longed for it it. I've seen this before.
1:14.3	I longed for it once.
1:18.0	I don't know if it's a miracle or just good driving, but... Cross gets its up onto the higher ground of the overpass ahead of anyone else.
1:24.2	Dutting screaming cars and panicking pedestrians and shrieking, tottering may-fly angels hunting down the panicking pedestrians claws lovingly outstretched and then we're fleeing over the city and we have a perfect view of what's been wrought.
1:44.8	Glottage is drowning in its own celebration, choking on the arrogance of its victory,
1:53.6	dancing a wedding day dance of sudden death.
1:57.0	The vast glass temple of the St. Electric is still visible from the window.
2:03.4	Something colossal and twitching is crawling up at the side.
2:10.3	Its rainbow spiral shell gleaming against the city lights roaring in triumph.
2:15.5	Stampede and crowds pack the alleyways,
2:19.2	frozen in silt and swarming barnacle,
2:23.0	caught in the middle of their last desperate flight,
2:27.4	crawling, whiskered things,
2:29.4	making their nests inside each silent and screaming mouth.
2:36.5	The gods of the city are fighting back too, indiscriminately and wildly, in defence of their
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