NOCTRANS Ep 179 - The Departure

NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS : dark tales, both old and new, performed by voice artist Kristin Holland

Kristin Holland

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Nocturnal Transmissions is proud to present:

THE DEPARTURE

by the inimitable Rory Say

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NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS is a fortnightly podcast featuring inspired performances of short horror stories, both old and new, by voice artist Kristin Holland.

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0:00.0	Hello, gentle listener. Or perhaps one should say goodbye.
0:15.0	Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present.
0:23.7	Rory says the departure. My first taste of freedom resulted from a funeral.
0:50.8	Who had died was nobody important.
0:53.6	Only some never mentioned great aunt or uncle, perhaps, or nameless distant cousin. All that mattered to Sarah and I was the unexpected promise of being left alone in the house while our parents paid their respects.
1:15.2	How we were to manage this was detailed to us days in advance.
1:19.5	We were not to answer callers on the phone or at the front door.
1:24.8	We were not to enter certain rooms upstairs or touch certain appliances in the kitchen.
1:27.3	We were to avoid windows. And, of course, it went entirely without saying, although it still was said and reiterated, that we were not to leave the house for any reason.
1:40.3	Sarah, having two digits to her age, was appointed the role of leader. My duty was to place trust in her judgment and do as I was told. Even so, we were tested separately about our responsibilities, thoroughly and repeatedly, until, standing in the hall as our parents lingered on the steps under a shared umbrella,
2:03.0	we could each recite them one after the other, like the meaningless words of the National Anthem.
2:10.2	We watched them as they went, smiling and lifting our arms from the open front door whenever one of them turned with an anxious wave.
2:20.0	I could feel Sarah's excitement building beside me, my own like a warm ball expanding in my stomach.
2:30.2	We kept watching, even after they had rounded the corner at the end of the lane, as if this moment we had waited for might turn out to be only some further test, one which we would fail as soon as the door was closed.
2:46.8	Finally, I looked to Sarah for instruction. Her face no longer needed to hide its excitement.
2:53.7	She let out a loud, laughing cry as she pulled me by the arm back inside,
2:58.3	slammed the door shut with a vicious kick, and turned to face me.
3:02.9	"'What's wrong with you?' she asked.
3:06.0	The question stunned me.
3:09.0	"'Nothing?' I said.
3:11.4	"'You look scared of something.
3:13.7	"'I'm not scared of anything.'
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