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The Midnight Library

S6 Ep1: The Festival in Phantom Forrest

The Midnight Library

Scott Philbrook

Society & Culture

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The sweet scent of cotton candy drifts along in the warm evening air… soft thunder can be heard far off in the fading glow of a perfect evening… The Festival in Phantom Forest is one of a kind, immersive event meant to be a unique journey of the mind for guests of The Midnight Library. For this reason, it is greatly advised that in order for the listener to fully experience their environment- a quiet atmosphere and the use of quality headphones or earbuds- is highly recommended. Admission is free, and you may want to bring a jacket.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Kitchen Dreamers, we're Ren and we've changed the kitchen world so you can change your kitchen.

0:08.1

Welcome to a portable luxury. Finally, you can have the integrated dishwasher and go all in on the

0:16.0

pull-out pantry. Come on Britain, this is luxury for all, affordable for all. We're Ren and this is

0:26.1

The Great Renovation. Visit your nearest showroom.

0:34.2

The following is intended for bizarre audiences only. Welcome to the Midnight Library.

0:56.1

Mr. Darling, I had no idea you were so coordinated. Absolutely madam, I took first place in my

1:12.0

agility training. Irma, hold still. Let me zip up your costume. Oh, for Cersei's sake darling,

1:23.9

look how cute Irma looks in her costume. Doesn't she look like a little angel?

1:31.6

I'll see this much better. I think it's as close as she'll ever get.

1:53.5

It's been a long and trying day for you, or has it been a trying year or two?

2:03.0

Frustrated and tired, you ignore how early it is, skip dinner and retreat to your room.

2:12.7

Exhausted from your obligations and your thoughts chasing each other back and forth in time in

2:19.5

your mind. Old memories, painful recollections, questions, grief. You pull the shades and fluff your

2:34.8

pillow and lie down in your most reliable sleeping position. The sheets are cool and the room is

2:44.8

a sanctuary, but the images keep coming. Work, family, that rude encounter, the high school dance,

3:01.1

the accident, loss. You lift the stray sock you used to blot out the bright red numbers of the

3:12.1

clock to find that more than two hours have passed and rest isn't coming.

3:23.2

Only one place sounds like an actual sanctuary now. That one place on the edge of the village

3:33.9

where only certain people know to go. Only certain people know how to get there. They know the

3:43.1

possibilities it holds.

4:03.2

You find yourself moving in the evening light, walking, or perhaps steering without thinking

4:19.5

of which turns to make or when to make them. The road seems reassuring and yet somehow different

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