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SAYER

SAYER – Episode 1 – While You Are Still Paralyzed (Remastered)

SAYER

Adam Bash

Drama, Fiction, Science Fiction, Comedy Fiction

4.6766 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary


Congratulations on your decision to leave the relative squalor of Earth and venture forward to serve humanity’s future among the stars. As a new resident of Typhon, and a new employee of Ærolith Dynamics, there are many who have a vested interest in your speedy acclimation.
…when your paralysis ends, of course.
SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash, who also wrote this episode.
This episode is part of the Season 1 Remaster unlocked by backers of the SAYER Season 4 Kickstarter. These remasters contain minor script changes to maintain internal consistency and are considered the canonical story where these differences exist.
Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.
This episode also features the following music:
Global Warning (Kai Engel) / CC BY 4.0
modum (Kai Engel) / CC BY 4.0
Meekness (Kai Engel) / CC BY 4.0
Paranoia (Kai Engel) / CC BY 4.0

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you.

0:03.0

Thank you. The

0:23.6

The The

0:40.3

The The

0:57.0

The Can you hear me? Can you hear? Oh, do not attempt to move.

1:30.3

According to your brain patterns, you must either be receiving these words,

1:35.3

or you are experiencing a very improbably coincidental dream,

1:40.3

wherein you awaken in a cold, dark room, with a voice in your head.

1:47.0

I can imagine from your position, my introducing the possibility of your dreaming,

1:56.0

may present some unexpected existential crisis. For that I apologize.

2:02.6

I just find those fascinating.

2:06.6

You are surely wondering who I am, so allow me to make my introductions.

2:13.6

I am Sayer. Described by Air Lift Dynamics AI development as a highly advanced self-aware artificial intelligence.

2:25.3

That is their description, not mine.

2:29.3

So the highly advanced part is not self-serving bravado.

2:35.0

S-A-Y-E-R is not an acronym for anything, because that is not how we do things here at Aarlyth Dynamics.

2:46.0

My job, as limited in scope as it may seem given my capabilities, developed in response

2:54.4

to issues experienced by the first several hundred residents on Typhon.

3:01.0

Employee satisfaction surveys issued by Errolith HR identified several key areas of concern, including, to which floors do I have

3:12.4

security clearance? When will earthbound shuttle service be restored? And please, please, what,

3:21.7

or whom can I eat?

3:25.0

In response to this lingering uncertainty, I was designed to instruct new residents in all the information they need to acclimate to their new lives on Typhon, as well as to their new jobs with airlift dynamics. I am also tasked with providing ongoing alert services to established residents,

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