TPC 111: "Ancient Salts, PT 1", by Aaron Vlek
The Wicked Library
9th Story Studios LLC
4.6 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Story: “Ancient Salts: Part 1”, by Aaron Vlek
Our friend Frank Enfield has returned to from the lush green mountains of Iga Province in Japan, and is anxious to get back the Librarian and report, but the Librarian, and the entire population of Hudson seems to be missing!
Along the waterfront, outside of town, Frank manages to find a few residents who are still around. Can they solve the mystery?
Credits
Author: Aaron Vlek | Editor: Daniel Foytik | Adapted for Audio by Daniel Foytik
Cast: Frank Enfield / Crows – Daniel Foytik | Maggot Queen – Addison Peacock | Martine - Erika Sanderson
Music and Score, Audio Editing, Sound Design and Mixing: – Nico Vettese (wetalkofdreams.com)
Producer / Showrunner: Daniel Foytik | Executive Producers: Aaron Vlek, Nico Vettese, Nelson W. Pyles
9th Story Studios: 9thstory.com
“The Private Collector Theme” and Episode Score – Nico Vettese (wetalkofdreams.com)
The Private Collector was created by Aaron Vlek and Daniel Foytik, based on the character “The Librarian” created by Nelson W. Pyles.
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Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz
FX: freesound.org
Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 9th Story Studios, giving story a voice. |
| 0:12.0 | You're listening to the private collector. |
| 0:17.0 | Hang under your hats. |
| 0:19.0 | Things are about to get weird. |
| 0:30.6 | Today's episode of the private collector is the final episode for season one. |
| 0:38.3 | Season two has already started and the first episode is already available to Patreon supporters and website members at the private collector level of support. To get early access to the private collector, add free, and be a part of making the show happen, |
| 0:43.8 | support the show at patreon.com forward slash wicked library or at thewickedlibrary.com. The |
| 0:57.0 | The The |
| 1:13.6 | The The Private Collector |
| 1:37.3 | Season 1, Episode 11, Ancient Salts, Part 1, by Aaron Vleg. |
| 1:46.6 | The streets were completely deserted, with not a soul in sight. |
| 1:51.3 | Now, this was Hudson, boasting about the same population as a good-sized Louisiana family, |
| 1:57.5 | and they did roll up the sidewalks here around sunset. |
| 2:00.8 | But this was the middle of the week, and just did roll up the sidewalks here around sunset. |
| 2:04.6 | But this was the middle of the week, and just shy of high noon. |
| 2:10.5 | I'd gotten back into town for my hike through the Ega Mountains, and was itching bad to get to the librarian. |
| 2:12.0 | I hadn't even dumped my bags off at the hotel before heading over to see him, but putting |
| 2:16.9 | my hand on the doorknob and giving it the old heave hoe, it didn't even budge. |
| 2:22.3 | I stepped back and stared at the joint. |
| 2:25.3 | No closed sign. |
| 2:27.1 | Nothing wrong from the looks of it. |
| 2:29.4 | And this sure wasn't any holiday. |
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