Don't Mind | Cruxmont | Ep. 9

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Speaker 1 Previously on Don't Mind Cruxmont.

Speaker 1 Having reached the outskirts of Cruxmont, the duo split up to search for further clues to Colin's whereabouts and further dive into the mystery of the strange village. Dr.

Speaker 1 Kingston ran into Reverend John at the church, who she lied to about moving to Cruxmont for love. Placated by Gwen's story, Reverend John explained the history of the murals inside the chapel of St.

Speaker 1 Dorothea of the Hills. While across the village in the festival fields, Neil spoke with the distraught Mike and Jeff and discovered that Colin might still be alive.

Speaker 1 Back at the church, just as the Plum Festival began, Gwen discovered that the Reverend and the church itself were not truly part of any organized religion as Cruxmont remains alone and isolated from the Church of England.

Speaker 1 Don't mind Cruxmont.

Speaker 9 It's good of you.

Speaker 10 Nice of you to come see me.

Speaker 9 Yeah, well, um, I want to know that you're doing well.

Speaker 5 It's important.

Speaker 12 You're important.

Speaker 13 Look,

Speaker 15 I hope you know how really sorry I am for

Speaker 13 it

Speaker 15 and putting you on. Colin, stop.

Speaker 3 I'm...

Speaker 9 I'm not here for an apology.

Speaker 9 I'm here because

Speaker 16 you're my little brother, and

Speaker 9 if anything, I'm sorry.

Speaker 10 What?

Speaker 9 I should have done more, and I just wish you had known you can come to me for anything.

Speaker 9 I was a shit brother when we were little.

Speaker 12 But now

Speaker 9 I should have let you know that you could come and talk to me.

Speaker 5 And

Speaker 9 you're not a burden.

Speaker 9 You're my family.

Speaker 9 And not in the shitty family way like mom and dad. You're trying.

Speaker 15 And I'm so goddamn proud of you for that.

Speaker 10 Nice speech. Thanks.

Speaker 9 Yeah.

Speaker 9 I had to practice.

Speaker 9 Um, so how's it going on in here?

Speaker 10 It's good.

Speaker 17 Going good.

Speaker 14 There's stuff I didn't know I needed.

Speaker 15 Like, I've been so focused on just cutting out the drugs, and that by itself was so, so far away, right?

Speaker 14 They never thought about what comes after that.

Speaker 9 I get it.

Speaker 9 And I'm glad they're helping you with all of that.

Speaker 15 I'm sorry. Don't apologize.

Speaker 14 If you're not gonna let me say it, you don't get to.

Speaker 12 Yeah, okay.

Speaker 9 But I'm glad they can give you what you need here.

Speaker 19 I wanted to help you, but.

Speaker 9 I didn't know where to start.

Speaker 20 Or

Speaker 3 how.

Speaker 9 This is good.

Speaker 8 Professionals.

Speaker 9 Big fan of professionals.

Speaker 14 Yeah, I get it. Imagine some people actually went to school to deal with my shit.
Can you imagine wanting to deal with me? Now there's some people with the real problems.

Speaker 14 Hey, um, I have one of my group talk therapy sessions, so I have to go, but I can like send you a schedule later so you can visit when I have more time.

Speaker 9 Yeah, works for me. I've got work to do, so it's fine.

Speaker 15 I just wanted to check in, see how you're doing.

Speaker 12 Uh,

Speaker 12 by the way,

Speaker 9 you need anything,

Speaker 14 maybe a plan or something. This room has no color.

Speaker 20 Right.

Speaker 5 Uh,

Speaker 9 I'll bring one next time. See you, man.

Speaker 20 Bye.

Speaker 9 Neil Mitchell, checking out.

Speaker 10 Thank you, Mr. Mitchell.
Now, we have a note on file about your method of payment. It says here you're not set up with an insurer.
Is that correct?

Speaker 12 Yeah, um...

Speaker 9 My brother Colin isn't under any insurance plan, so

Speaker 9 we're paying out of pocket.

Speaker 10 We only have your information on file for the payments. Is there a payment method you would like to add on your brother's behalf?

Speaker 9 Sorry.

Speaker 11 No.

Speaker 9 I said we, but it's it's me.

Speaker 9 I'll be taking care of it.

Speaker 9 Sorry for the wording.

Speaker 10 Okay, no problem, Mr. Mitchell.
Now, it says that the last payment on your card ending in 4737 didn't go through.

Speaker 21 What?

Speaker 9 Uh could you could you try again for me, please?

Speaker 10 It looks like we tried twice and both times it was refused. Is there another card you would like to pay with? Uh

Speaker 9 how much is it?

Speaker 10 That would be the total for this week.

Speaker 9 Uh, can I split it over a few cards?

Speaker 11 Yes, you can.

Speaker 9 Okay, um

Speaker 9 let's do a third on each of these three.

Speaker 10 Have you heard about our financing options for those patients without insurance?

Speaker 9 Yeah,

Speaker 16 it's just.

Speaker 20 well,

Speaker 9 it comes off even worse in the end.

Speaker 10 What about a charity or church? There are several that help out in situations like this. Or there is the option of public rehabilitation and therapy centers.

Speaker 10 Cradlewood has one about two hours from here.

Speaker 9 Would you go to Cradlewood? We looked at that place. It's the opposite of helpful for most people.
It was on the news for having two fake therapists and an outbreak of bedbugs, for God's sake.

Speaker 9 Just an option.

Speaker 10 Your cards went through. Please let us know in the future if you need to change your payment methods before payment is due.

Speaker 9 Yeah.

Speaker 9 Thanks.

Speaker 23 Before we begin with our festivities, thank you. Thank you for coming, and thank you all the more for supporting our village.

Speaker 23 The people you meet today at each store and display have grown up learning their craft from their parents and forefathers.

Speaker 23 Now, no more of my blabber. Let the festival commence.

Speaker 20 What?

Speaker 20 Gwen?

Speaker 20 Yes?

Speaker 16 Gwen, it's

Speaker 25 me.

Speaker 25 Oh, right.

Speaker 3 The Fossman's.

Speaker 20 Oh, oh.

Speaker 16 They have them for the children, but I thought it might help me go unrecognized.

Speaker 11 It's Neil.

Speaker 16 Why are you covered in shoes?

Speaker 16 Jeff pushed me into a refreshment stand.

Speaker 20 You alright? Yeah.

Speaker 4 I'm fine.

Speaker 12 Are you?

Speaker 16 Look at the set.

Speaker 8 This is unbelievable. Not a single mention of Nilly.
No moment of silence.

Speaker 20 Nothing at all.

Speaker 16 Maybe not everyone knows yet. Or the family wants to keep it private.
This is a public event after all.

Speaker 9 Why aren't you at the church?

Speaker 8 I was interrupted by Reverend John when I got there, but I saw where he hides the extra key for when I go back. Neil, the chapel here isn't even part of the larger church.

Speaker 8 I don't know a lot about the structure of the church as a whole, but it's certainly abnormal not to even be registered.

Speaker 20 At least I would think.

Speaker 16 Does that explain the gravestones?

Speaker 8 I would think an independent religious group could really do as they wish, so it would certainly permit it, but not explain it.

Speaker 16 The teenagers, Mike and and Jeff, they were all upset when they asked about the survey. And somehow this survey had something to do with Millie walking into the pond.

Speaker 16 They were scared of something.

Speaker 12 Whatever it was that Millie knew, they know.

Speaker 11 What are the drums for?

Speaker 23 Cruxmont family.

Speaker 5 Mike's clump.

Speaker 23 Every year we begin with a tradition. The youth of Cruxmont honor their elders and those that came before, and for this we are humble.
I can't see.

Speaker 23 As our elders join us here, our children present to them the twisted boughs of the Cruxmont plum trees, the intertwining symbol of our lives.

Speaker 23 We are family and friends. We are old and new and all our hands work the earth and tend the trees because they endure longer than our time beneath the sky.

Speaker 23 We begin this year's ceremony with my own lovely daughter Gloria, who will present her gift to my father Basil. Come on up darling.
Watch your step

Speaker 23 For you, Grandpa.

Speaker 1 I made it myself.

Speaker 1 Mum talks a bit.

Speaker 23 And now, as the line continues, let the festival not stop on our account.

Speaker 23 Music!

Speaker 25 Is that kind of ceremony normal?

Speaker 20 I don't know.

Speaker 8 But little villages in every county have their own rituals, I'm sure.

Speaker 11 Yeah, I guess.

Speaker 16 There's Jeff and Mike.

Speaker 18 And Amy.

Speaker 16 It looks like they're in line for their grandparents, too.

Speaker 16 Mike's barely standing.

Speaker 7 They don't look very happy.

Speaker 20 In fact, Amy looks downright dreadful.

Speaker 9 Well, one of them just died. Oh, yes, of course.
I'm sorry.

Speaker 8 They do have the bows, though.

Speaker 11 Quite a few.

Speaker 16 Well, they have more than one grandparent each.

Speaker 11 It all just seems so ordinary, really.

Speaker 8 Traditions and quirks aside, the old and the young are part of loving families. The trees are just trees, and the plums are just fruit.
The village is open to everyone. The visitors are excited.

Speaker 20 And yet.

Speaker 20 You don't trust it.

Speaker 20 Not at all. Not in my bones.
This feels

Speaker 20 off.

Speaker 16 I found proof that Colin was here.

Speaker 22 At At least at some point.

Speaker 16 And I don't mean to upset you or make you worry, but are you sure what you're looking for is here? That it even exists? No, I'm not. But I can't stop looking.
Not now.

Speaker 16 I think I understand.

Speaker 16 I'm gonna go out into the other orchards to look for more possible campsites. Hopefully it'll be easy to sneak around with all the farm workers stuck here.

Speaker 8 I'm gonna try to speak with some of the elders. If I'm right, they should retain an acute mental clarity.
You be careful, Neil.

Speaker 26 The constable is around here somewhere, and he was very adamant we leave. Yeah, I know.

Speaker 16 You too.

Speaker 8 Hello?

Speaker 8 Enjoying the festival?

Speaker 13 Oh, certainly.

Speaker 8 Should be another wonderful year.

Speaker 8 I'll send you most a fine. A perfect start.

Speaker 7 And Jim?

Speaker 8 It's been wonderful.

Speaker 18 I'm Gwen.

Speaker 8 Are you from Crooksmont?

Speaker 1 Hello, Gwen.

Speaker 8 Yes, yes, I'm from Crooksmount.

Speaker 8 Are you enjoying our little corner of the countryside? Yeah, how did you find the festival?

Speaker 10 It's it's already so lovely.

Speaker 8 It really is. Well, I was um hoping I could ask you a few questions.

Speaker 8 I'm sorry, I'm I'm not looking to be in the papers. And I just want to spend some time with the family today.

Speaker 8 I do enjoy the festival, won't you?

Speaker 8 Check out the stalls and wares.

Speaker 8 Plum leather's new, just as yeah.

Speaker 3 No.

Speaker 8 If you'll excuse me, I'll just.

Speaker 20 All right. Thank you.

Speaker 8 Hello. Enjoying the festival?

Speaker 29 Oh, so I am.

Speaker 8 Lovely.

Speaker 20 I'm Gwen.

Speaker 8 And you are.

Speaker 7 Ah, hello there, Gwen.

Speaker 12 I'm George.

Speaker 29 Do us a favor and pass us another cider from that crate, would you?

Speaker 20 Yeah.

Speaker 29 Ah, talk very much.

Speaker 22 Don't see much reason to roam yourself over there when other folk have perfectly fine working legs.

Speaker 8 It's plum cider?

Speaker 24 Aye, it's a my own recipe.

Speaker 29 Invented when I was a lad.

Speaker 5 Smooth and crisp, crisp,

Speaker 29 it's just a better product.

Speaker 28 The kind you're gonna enjoy in every season.

Speaker 27 And I enjoy it every day.

Speaker 12 Oh, pardon me.

Speaker 8 You drink this much every day?

Speaker 29 No, no, never.

Speaker 29 My daughter would never allow it.

Speaker 3 Nor her daughter.

Speaker 30 Nor hers.

Speaker 29 Nor hers, but a little bit, you know, just a glass for supper.

Speaker 8 Oh, that's good. You had me worried for a second there.

Speaker 24 Ah, well, it's me legs that don't want to work.

Speaker 27 Me liver's still ticking.

Speaker 18 Mind you, it's had rigorous training.

Speaker 8 You seem a very happy man, George. Feeling a bit of a festival high?

Speaker 24 Well, why shouldn't I be happy?

Speaker 25 I've got me village, me drink, and all my descendants laying boughs at my feet.

Speaker 12 Well, my wheels, anyway, but

Speaker 22 still, it's a lovely thing.

Speaker 3 Oh,

Speaker 31 I still remember when I was a child and I'd first put the boughs at the feet of my great-grandfather,

Speaker 27 though he only had a cane.

Speaker 26 Carved from a plum tree?

Speaker 24 Hey,

Speaker 29 you know, I never thought to ask.

Speaker 8 And what do you do with the boughs and braids when the festival is over?

Speaker 24 We put them up at home, and they'll last a few months until we burn them in the winter.

Speaker 8 I'm so sorry that this year's festival had to follow such a

Speaker 8 tragic event.

Speaker 8 Did you, um. did you know her?

Speaker 24 Oh, you mean the Birch girl?

Speaker 3 Yeah,

Speaker 31 little Millie Birch.

Speaker 29 Aye, and it would have been a last year giving out a bow.

Speaker 29 Oh,

Speaker 29 so sad to see it happen again.

Speaker 8 Again?

Speaker 31 Well, she walked the survey, hadn't she?

Speaker 24 I mean, it's how it always goes.

Speaker 31 That's uh, it's such a sad, sad thing.

Speaker 12 I mean, she were a bright lass. And uh

Speaker 25 now don't go putting me in a solemn mood, Miss Gwen.

Speaker 18 It's festival time, so pull up the stool and grab a drink while I don't you'll get this one.

Speaker 20 Oh,

Speaker 20 thanks,

Speaker 8 but I can't promise to be the best of company.

Speaker 24 Oh,

Speaker 31 don't mind that.

Speaker 12 I mean, at my age,

Speaker 22 I just like to talk.

Speaker 8 It's it's just so to see this kind of festival going on again. It's been so long.

Speaker 8 How has Crooksman fared during the pandemic? Small place like this?

Speaker 21 Well, well, we did very well.

Speaker 29 I mean, we had no cases for the whole first year.

Speaker 12 Regular tests once they were invented, and all of us working together.

Speaker 32 And as soon as we had the availability, the whole town got jabbed.

Speaker 12 See, it was a lot easier this time around

Speaker 21 with with the internet and all.

Speaker 27 I mean, w when the Spanish flu was here,

Speaker 18 it felt like the devil gripping the country piece by piece.

Speaker 12 Everyone worried and

Speaker 12 waiting for news in the papers.

Speaker 31 And we didn't host festivals for for outsiders.

Speaker 3 No, no.

Speaker 24 It w it was just just us,

Speaker 25 just for those were loved and trusted.

Speaker 8 The Spanish flu?

Speaker 12 Well w we didn't know enough back then,

Speaker 31 so the fear felt differently.

Speaker 8 You can remember that far back?

Speaker 3 Well,

Speaker 27 as clear as day.

Speaker 31 The sleepless nights,

Speaker 30 the worry,

Speaker 30 believing me second child would be born into a world of fear and disease.

Speaker 28 We found strength in Crooksman.

Speaker 12 Friends and family and

Speaker 12 the small joys were to get it home.

Speaker 31 Just like always.

Speaker 8 Second child in 1918.

Speaker 7 She was born in early 1920.

Speaker 8 It's 2022.

Speaker 24 Why, how time flies.

Speaker 8 What else? From when you were a child. What else do you remember, George?

Speaker 7 Little Victoria, well, not now, but

Speaker 5 when I held her in my arms for the first time since

Speaker 29 Queen Victoria died,

Speaker 29 my mother cried for days.

Speaker 12 But holding the grandbaby in her arms now, that was weeping.

Speaker 32 Tears of pure joy.

Speaker 8 Did you see her cry?

Speaker 20 Were you there?

Speaker 12 Hand us another bottle. What do you went?

Speaker 8 Oh, here. He said, take mine.
I haven't had a chance to drink yet.

Speaker 12 Oh,

Speaker 12 thank you.

Speaker 30 Yes, yes.

Speaker 7 I was there.

Speaker 5 I was too young to clear at the time,

Speaker 12 but on the day of mourning,

Speaker 31 well, we're all gathered together in the chapel to mourn her, and they cried, and I had cried.

Speaker 28 How many children do you have, Gwen?

Speaker 7 Oh,

Speaker 8 I'm afraid that's not on the cards for me, George.

Speaker 30 Oh, it's a pity, pity.

Speaker 32 You could set me on fire like that effigy with all these tree boughs laid at my feet.

Speaker 32 Where do your babes have babes and so on and so on?

Speaker 12 The numbers grow larger than one ever thinks.

Speaker 8 So, were you in the war?

Speaker 25 Which war?

Speaker 22 How many wars do you think I've seen?

Speaker 30 I mean,

Speaker 22 great wars become one in a long list, it seems, but uh

Speaker 12 I didn't go to war, I I had a sickness here.

Speaker 12 It seems like sicknesses are like wars,

Speaker 31 always coming back round.

Speaker 12 Where was I? Why? Oh, my children.

Speaker 24 My fourth daughter, uh,

Speaker 3 well,

Speaker 18 she was named for Queen Elizabeth.

Speaker 8 Queen Elizabeth II?

Speaker 12 No, no, no, the the Queen mother.

Speaker 24 June the 12th,

Speaker 29 1937.

Speaker 12 My little Elizabeth.

Speaker 8 And her grandkids gave you the bows today?

Speaker 5 Little Elizabeth never got to have children.

Speaker 21 Oh.

Speaker 22 She went with the others, like so many after the survey.

Speaker 8 Do you mean like Millie Birch?

Speaker 8 I'm so sorry.

Speaker 31 Oh, she was a smart one, she was.

Speaker 5 I mean, she used to run circles round the other kids.

Speaker 5 Um,

Speaker 5 George,

Speaker 8 if everything you're saying is true, granted you are a few bottles deep,

Speaker 8 it uh it sounds like you're telling me you were born in the eighteen nineties.

Speaker 20 That's impossible.

Speaker 30 But

Speaker 31 Elizabeth looked so mad. I mean,

Speaker 32 I should have known all that fire she had for life.

Speaker 32 She looked like she wanted to burn me with it.

Speaker 32 George,

Speaker 20 George,

Speaker 8 stop those tears and go and talk to your grandchildren, will you?

Speaker 8 It's not the time to be sad.

Speaker 8 How many of those did you drink?

Speaker 11 Come then, you old fool.

Speaker 8 Let's get you some food. Oh, wait, please.

Speaker 8 George said he remembered the Spanish flu and the death of Queen Victoria. Don't you go believing a word from his drunken old lips, hmm?

Speaker 8 He's a rambler when he drinks.

Speaker 11 Droves the attention.

Speaker 32 Oh, I've got it all up here, Julia.

Speaker 24 It's no lie.

Speaker 21 I remember it like it was yesterday.

Speaker 8 Regardless, you've got family to talk to.

Speaker 8 I'll get you one over to the picking booth.

Speaker 8 Little Wendy's waiting.

Speaker 18 Ah, good, good.

Speaker 21 Little Wendy reminds me of her, you know.

Speaker 29 Oh, that fire.

Speaker 12 Goodbye, that great friend.

Speaker 28 It's been nice meeting you.

Speaker 23 Goodbye, George.

Speaker 23 One hundred and thirty.

Speaker 9 Want anything to eat?

Speaker 20 Sure.

Speaker 14 What you got?

Speaker 28 Let's see.

Speaker 9 You got ketchup, calamara olives, half-drunk kombucha, artichoke carts, or strawberry jelly.

Speaker 17 Get the jelly out.

Speaker 14 Still store crackers on the top shelf?

Speaker 17 There we go, because I have

Speaker 15 peanut butter.

Speaker 9 Sounds like dinner.

Speaker 12 Uh, pull up a stool.

Speaker 15 This time around, I want it to be easier, and I really want you to know I'll do what happens to make this work.

Speaker 14 I'm beyond granted for this.

Speaker 9 Really?

Speaker 15 After last time, you had no obligation to let me crash here. She never had an obligation to help my sorry ass.

Speaker 9 Yeah, I know. It's not all about you, dude.
I do it for the karma points. It's all about my cosmic reward.

Speaker 15 I was thinking I'd start looking for jobs on Monday.

Speaker 9 Do you think you're ready? I mean, seriously, no pressure. Just take all the time you need.

Speaker 15 I'd rather you take the time to focus on recovery than just spend 60 days focusing on nothing but recovery.

Speaker 15 And yeah, I have a lot of stuff I'm still gonna have to deal with, but part of what I need to do is find any normal.

Speaker 26 A routine.

Speaker 15 Sitting around here on my asses all day playing intrepid isn't gonna give me that.

Speaker 19 Well, great then.

Speaker 9 I can help you look for something.

Speaker 9 Do you have a resume?

Speaker 20 Well,

Speaker 17 yeah.

Speaker 15 We had a workshop on that epicenter, but I don't have much on it aside from graduating high school and holding that one job at Carrie's Pizza.

Speaker 15 And I can almost assure you that I won't get a recommendation from them.

Speaker 9 Don't worry about it. We'll make it work.

Speaker 9 So, um,

Speaker 9 what other kinds of workshops did you have in there?

Speaker 9 Anything fun?

Speaker 9 Is that rude?

Speaker 9 I'm not. I'm not trying to be insensitive.
I'm just...

Speaker 9 I'm just trying to catch up.

Speaker 3 No, yeah, it's fine.

Speaker 15 Most of the time we had therapy sessions and groups, talking stuff out.

Speaker 15 Those helped. Workshops were for special things to learn, and we got to choose them with one of the aides, trying to find out what would benefit us most.

Speaker 15 Like, the resume thing is important for me, but not important for the car salesman's kid who wouldn't need it.

Speaker 6 We had one workshop, though, I liked.

Speaker 15 No jokes, sorry, I won't tell you.

Speaker 12 Okay.

Speaker 9 No jokes.

Speaker 15 Manifestation.

Speaker 15 It was all about envisioning what you want out of life. We would look through all these magazines and tear articles or photos that interested us and try to find out what our bigger picture in life is.

Speaker 15 Try to visualize a life beyond the drugs and beyond the rehab.

Speaker 20 Uh-huh.

Speaker 9 So, um,

Speaker 9 what kind of things did you put in your scrapbook?

Speaker 20 Haha, well, it helps dip shit.

Speaker 12 Okay, seriously.

Speaker 9 What did you see?

Speaker 15 I don't think I'm meant for the city.

Speaker 7 I think

Speaker 15 if I can save up enough, find a job and all,

Speaker 6 I'll move out somewhere rural.

Speaker 15 Looked at a lot of pictures of Montana. Seems nice.

Speaker 3 Calm.

Speaker 15 Peaceful.

Speaker 9 Montana?

Speaker 12 That's not bad.

Speaker 12 What else?

Speaker 15 Maybe think I might like a job outside.

Speaker 14 Like, I don't know if I could ever get to be a tour guide or something. Not sure anyone should ever put their trust in me like that, but maybe a groundskeeper at a park or something.

Speaker 14 Guardsman in some small little town in the mountains. Feels calmer out there.
Like no one's pressuring me. Like no one knows.

Speaker 10 I can understand that.

Speaker 15 We'll look for something.

Speaker 9 You'll have to put up with my apartment for now, but, you know, one day.

Speaker 9 Thanks.

Speaker 14 So how's it been with you? How's Piper? Work?

Speaker 9 Eh, work's been work. It's fine.

Speaker 9 Spent a lot of time either in meetings or staring at a computer all day, and honestly, it's starting to take its toll.

Speaker 9 But I did get a 3% raise at the end of last month, so that's something,

Speaker 9 I guess.

Speaker 2 That's great.

Speaker 15 Or at least good.

Speaker 15 You always said that place couldn't function without you, so maybe they know it now.

Speaker 15 And Piper.

Speaker 9 Piper and I split up.

Speaker 15 Just in a match. You'll find someone better.
She was smart, but it seemed really hard to make her happy.

Speaker 9 Yeah, I guess so.

Speaker 12 Man.

Speaker 9 You must be tired after everything.

Speaker 9 I set the cot up in the office so you can take your stuff up there and take a nap if you want. I have some work to catch up on, so I'm gonna be busy for the next few hours anyway.

Speaker 15 Sounds good to me. Maybe this evening we can break out those controllers and try some co-op.

Speaker 15 Hey, where's your PlayStation?

Speaker 9 Damn, thing broke on me a couple weeks ago.

Speaker 9 But there's a new movie that I wanted to stream that I think you'd like. Bankheist gone wrong.

Speaker 9 Yeah,

Speaker 9 sounds good.

Speaker 9 Damn it.

Speaker 9 What the hell am I even looking for?

Speaker 11 Colin, stay where you are.

Speaker 19 Colin,

Speaker 19 Where'd you go?

Speaker 19 Colin!

Speaker 19 Colin!

Speaker 19 Where are you?

Speaker 19 Nasty.

Speaker 19 Colin!

Speaker 15 What are you doing out here?

Speaker 23 Only one orchard is open for the festival. You can't just go gallivanting around anywhere as you please.
It's not safe for you or the trees. We have to preserve the orchard.

Speaker 28 Wait.

Speaker 22 Wait a minute. It's you.

Speaker 23 You were supposed to have left.

Speaker 18 You need to leave.

Speaker 19 No.

Speaker 19 I saw him. Colin was on the hill.
He ran down here. Where is he? He needed help.

Speaker 19 Where is he?

Speaker 23 You need to go, boy. You need to get out of Cruxmont now, today.

Speaker 19 Where's Colin? He was here. I saw him.
I heard him. You can't keep him here.

Speaker 23 You should have left.

Speaker 19 I'm not going anywhere. Where? Holy shit.

Speaker 23 Where did you see him?

Speaker 20 Oh.

Speaker 19 Oh. You.

Speaker 19 Me?

Speaker 33 You should have left this place. We told you again and again.
I even let you out without charges after your little stunt in the chapel.

Speaker 19 I'm not going anywhere until I find Colin. He was here.

Speaker 26 Slow down.

Speaker 33 You really saw him? If he's here, we can look for him.

Speaker 23 Where did you see him?

Speaker 33 Where did he go?

Speaker 19 I saw him over on the other hilltop.

Speaker 16 And

Speaker 19 I saw something moving through the orchard on the hill.

Speaker 19 I didn't think it was Colin at first, but then I heard him yell for help.

Speaker 23 You wouldn't be able to tell who it was from so far away.

Speaker 19 I could tell. It was him.

Speaker 15 Colin went down this side of the hill.

Speaker 19 So I ran, trying to follow him, but when I got down there, nothing.

Speaker 9 I don't know where he went.

Speaker 33 Go back up the hill. Show me where you saw him.

Speaker 17 Yeah, sure.

Speaker 9 This way.

Speaker 9 Grab yourself a rubber. Right.

Speaker 2 Don't Mind Cruxmont. Written and created by K.A.
Stats. Produced and directed with sound design by Travis Fengroff.
Edited with sound design mixing and mastering by Dane Leonardson.

Speaker 2 dialogue editing by Austin Beach, and with script and casting consulting by Gemma Amore.

Speaker 2 Starring Ajua Ando, Daniel Demerin, Preston Young, Sinclair Bell, David Alt, Vic Ramirez, Erica Sanderson, Tim Lee, Sarah Golding, and Roger Bomer.

Speaker 2 With executive producers Dennis Greenhill, Michael Viegas, Carol Vengroff, and AJ Punkin, with music by Stephen Malin.

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Speaker 2 Greetings, Adventurers.

Speaker 2 Today we're excited to introduce you to a new story, Dark Dice, a horror podcast that blurs the line between actual play and audio drama, where the story is determined by the roll of the dice.

Speaker 2 Six adventurers embark on a journey into the ruinous domain of the Nameless God.

Speaker 2 They will never be the same again. One of the players is not what they seem after a doppelganger, a creature that can assume the form and voice of whatever it kills, infiltrates the team.

Speaker 2 As the players are picked off and replaced one at a time, can they figure out who the monster is before it's too late?

Speaker 10 Can you?

Speaker 2 Here's a quick example of what our show sounds like.

Speaker 26 The uh shambler with the jar of liquid inside of him.

Speaker 2 Soren Arkwright let loose an arrow that cracked the glass, passing through the spine of the creature.

Speaker 2 The shambler still managed to maintain its forward momentum, but stumbled as it eagerly tried to bite and swipe its swarm, landing near his feet.

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