Welcome to the Horizon Part 2: Rambo

46m
Have you seen this dog?

Cast:
Benjamin Burdick as Frank
Melody Bridges as June
Cat Blackard as Verge
Tina Case as Diedre
Keith Cable as Flat Doug
Jessica Mudd as Edgy Steve
Cooper Shaw as Celeste
Camille Smicker as Trinkett Coralee

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher
Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
Theme Music by Ian Ferguson
Episode Art by Existentially Exhausted Bean

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Speaker 4 Morning

Speaker 5 Morning.

Speaker 6 You got everything you need over there?

Speaker 7 Who has everything they need?

Speaker 8 Good point.

Speaker 6 Everything you need within reason.

Speaker 7 Sure, sure, sure.

Speaker 11 Great.

Speaker 7 Is it

Speaker 12 always this quiet here?

Speaker 13 This time of year, yeah.

Speaker 14 Yeah, it's the off-season.

Speaker 6 In a few months, there will be a bunch of skiers on their way up to the mountain.

Speaker 7 What's that about?

Speaker 15 Skiing?

Speaker 6 It's a universal law of nature. You know, when there's a big thing, there will be inevitably a portion of the population that wants to go very fast down the side of it.

Speaker 7 I see. I see.
Okay.

Speaker 6 I notice you don't have a car, and I'm going to run into town for some supplies.

Speaker 16 Do you need us to pick you up anything?

Speaker 7 I've got everything I need. Thank you.

Speaker 17 Okay.

Speaker 17 Uh-huh.

Speaker 5 Oh, no.

Speaker 18 Oh, God, that sucks.

Speaker 18 And you looked everywhere.

Speaker 5 Uh-huh.

Speaker 18 I'm so sorry.

Speaker 15 Edgy, Steve.

Speaker 19 Oh, good.

Speaker 18 Well, we haven't seen anything, but we'll keep our eyes open, okay?

Speaker 20 I'm sure he'll turn up.

Speaker 5 Okay.

Speaker 21 What's happening? You know, Steve's dog. Rambo?

Speaker 17 Yeah.

Speaker 22 He's missing. Really?

Speaker 23 Doesn't he keep him on a lawn spike most of the time? Yeah.

Speaker 18 He woke up this morning and he was gone. He's losing his mind.

Speaker 24 How upset are we supposed to be about this?

Speaker 17 Frank.

Speaker 25 That dog is a fucking monster.

Speaker 26 I know.

Speaker 23 It's the meanest dog I've ever seen.

Speaker 18 Well, of course it is, Frank. It guards the house of a drug dealer.
Drug dealers all have terrifying dogs. It's the law.

Speaker 27 Wait.

Speaker 28 So his terrifying dog is now loose in town somewhere?

Speaker 21 It sounds like it.

Speaker 23 He is such a blight on the community, this guy.

Speaker 22 Steve's fine.

Speaker 18 Keeps you on your toes.

Speaker 23 How can we get him to move his business to another town?

Speaker 18 I don't know. Get Steers to stop liking methamphetamines.

Speaker 23 What does he expect us to do about it?

Speaker 18 I told him we'd keep a lookout for you.

Speaker 23 Tell him to follow the trail of murdered cats.

Speaker 18 Anyway, hi, Verge.

Speaker 30 Hi there.

Speaker 18 How's everything going over there?

Speaker 7 Tobacco's really fantastic.

Speaker 18 I hear it. It's popular.

Speaker 23 Do we have a theory on what Verge's deal is?

Speaker 31 I'm kind of stumped.

Speaker 23 It's been three days now, and they just hang out in their room and occasionally come outside and roll a cigarette.

Speaker 17 Roll a cigarette? Yeah. Like a cowboy.

Speaker 9 Please don't say cowboy.

Speaker 32 I am still not over our cowboy experience the other day.

Speaker 18 Okay, but be real with me.

Speaker 18 I feel a little cooler that they're just hanging out here, right?

Speaker 31 I hate to admit it, but yeah, maybe a little.

Speaker 18 How can we become a hotspot for cool drifters?

Speaker 24 We've met our share of drifters.

Speaker 16 This is definitely the first one that's been cool.

Speaker 17 True.

Speaker 18 Okay, we're doing this breakfast sheep's eye.

Speaker 17 Yeah. Okay.

Speaker 18 Hey, Verge, if anyone wants to check in, can you just tell them to pick a room? He's in the bedside table. We'll deal with them later.

Speaker 12 Seriously? Yeah.

Speaker 27 Also, no one's going to want to check in so don't worry about it that i can handle fantastic

Speaker 34 okay we've got bacon eggs and toast amazing and granola and fruit for frank thank you loser hey deedra

Speaker 34 how's everyone doing how are they doing

Speaker 34 You mean after the relentless Rick incident? Yeah.

Speaker 8 Well,

Speaker 34 everyone's working really hard to explain it away. Celeste is saying it was some sort of government experiment being conducted on us.

Speaker 34 What's MK Ultra?

Speaker 6 Wait, never mind.

Speaker 9 Uh, forget I asked.

Speaker 18 How are you doing, Deidre? Me?

Speaker 34 Uh, fine. I think I'm in denial, actually.
Um, that's normal, right? Totally. Great.
Frank, do you still want me to tell you about weird stuff?

Speaker 35 Um, I really don't.

Speaker 16 But why don't you tell me, anyway?

Speaker 34 I guess this isn't weird weird but um it looks like trinkets coming back to town

Speaker 30 seriously

Speaker 34 yeah she called to make sure that i still had her keys it's been a while where was she calling from she said cairo of course that's terrible news it's fine When is she coming back? She didn't say

Speaker 35 you're right.

Speaker 6 That's not weird, weird, but thank you for the warning anyway.

Speaker 18 Sure. This is going to be fun for me.

Speaker 9 Oh, Deidre, Steve's dog is loose.

Speaker 34 It is? Yeah.

Speaker 17 Rambo?

Speaker 34 Yes. That dog is terrifying.

Speaker 4 I know.

Speaker 6 Steve woke up this morning and he was gone.

Speaker 30 That's...

Speaker 34 That's bad.

Speaker 32 It's not great.

Speaker 9 So if you're going for a walk or something,

Speaker 24 I guess take your bear spray with you.

Speaker 30 Or...

Speaker 18 A leg of lamb, you know, to distract him.

Speaker 34 Ah, geez.

Speaker 34 Okay.

Speaker 36 If you see him, call Steve.

Speaker 17 Okay.

Speaker 34 Is there any way that I cannot call Steve?

Speaker 4 Okay, yeah.

Speaker 4 Call me.

Speaker 13 Call me, and I'll call Steve.

Speaker 30 Awesome.

Speaker 12 So,

Speaker 18 local mystic Trinket Coralie

Speaker 18 coming back to town.

Speaker 4 Horrible timing.

Speaker 22 Trinket Coralie,

Speaker 18 purveyor of ancient cures and strange smells.

Speaker 23 Why does she have to come back to town right now?

Speaker 32 Of all the people, I don't want to deal with it.

Speaker 18 I never understood the issue with you two. Why do you hate each other?

Speaker 15 We don't hate each other.

Speaker 6 She's just an aggravating person.

Speaker 18 There are weird things afoot in town, though. Might be nice to have the perspective of a...

Speaker 18 Whatever she calls herself.

Speaker 6 The last thing anyone needs right now is her drawing some sort of summoning circle in the middle of town to focus the spiritual energies or some bullshit.

Speaker 18 I think it's gonna be nice. My chakras are gonna be so aligned.

Speaker 22 Such bad news.

Speaker 18 Hey, speaking of weird shit, how are we feeling?

Speaker 16 We?

Speaker 18 Yeah, you know.

Speaker 16 Okay, we've got to find a way to talk about this with less long pauses and illusions.

Speaker 18 What do you want me to say, Frank?

Speaker 4 I don't know. Look,

Speaker 6 I wake up in the morning, I look in the mirror, it's me.

Speaker 27 I'm not growing roots or something.

Speaker 6 I'm not turning into a werewolf.

Speaker 32 It's me.

Speaker 5 Okay.

Speaker 18 I mean, I'm fine with the new Frank.

Speaker 9 Don't say new Frank.

Speaker 22 Meet the new Frank. June.
Same as the old Frank.

Speaker 15 Frank? Hey, Doug.

Speaker 38 I'm freaking out.

Speaker 9 Well, it is a day of the week, so it's...

Speaker 18 You're always freaking out, Doug.

Speaker 38 My dad's dog is gone.

Speaker 20 Baron Munchausen?

Speaker 12 Baron Munchausen is gone.

Speaker 38 How long? He woke up this morning, no sign of him.

Speaker 11 Oh, boy.

Speaker 18 Has he run off before?

Speaker 38 No, he hates going outside. You practically have to drag him behind you when you walk him.
Okay.

Speaker 17 That's too.

Speaker 18 It's just a coincidence. What's just a coincidence? Nothing.

Speaker 18 Rambo's missing too, apparently. I got a call from Steve this morning.

Speaker 17 Rambo? Yeah, what?

Speaker 38 My dad's dog is wandering around out there while Steve's insane monster is roaming the streets.

Speaker 18 Rambo's not that bad, Doug.

Speaker 33 That is true.

Speaker 18 That is true.

Speaker 38 It was a chain leash, June.

Speaker 27 Hey, Doug,

Speaker 16 we're all going to keep an eye out, okay?

Speaker 32 Rambo probably took off into the woods to bring down an elk or something.

Speaker 38 I'm gonna go ask around inside. Okay.

Speaker 18 His anxiety levels are dangerously high all the time. It's unsustainable.

Speaker 18 What's wrong?

Speaker 29 I just wanted to sit here and have some granola.

Speaker 18 Well, there's something that no one's ever said.

Speaker 23 Two missing dogs.

Speaker 18 Just a coincidence.

Speaker 16 There's going to be a third.

Speaker 18 Frank, don't catch Doug's anxiety.

Speaker 23 We need to learn how to catch these things earlier.

Speaker 4 What are you talking about?

Speaker 32 I'm going to go talk to everyone.

Speaker 16 I just got my food.

Speaker 22 Then stay out here.

Speaker 34 God damn it.

Speaker 6 Everybody.

Speaker 6 Everybody.

Speaker 14 Listen up.

Speaker 35 Sorry, thank you.

Speaker 28 You may have heard that Rambo has gone missing. Now, while that presents its own problem, seeing as how Rambo is a fucking psychopath, Baron Munchausen is also missing.

Speaker 6 So I need to know right now if anyone else is missing a dog or if you've heard of anyone else that is missing a dog.

Speaker 6 Anybody?

Speaker 33 Frank, I would like to say something.

Speaker 24 Please don't.

Speaker 20 I'd like to be heard. I think this is important.

Speaker 33 Frank.

Speaker 33 We all remember what happened a few days ago. We were visited by what can only be described as a time traveler, an old West outlaw by the name of Relentless Rick.

Speaker 33 While not all of you subscribe to my theory that we were all drugged as part of an experiment by the nearby secret military base.

Speaker 23 There's no secret military base.

Speaker 33 Agree to disagree. You may not all agree with my theory, but now there's missing dogs.

Speaker 33 And I think we can all agree that these dogs are being stolen by the local secret military base and being experimented on.

Speaker 19 We can all agree.

Speaker 20 Are we going to just sit here while there is a rash of dog theft sweeping across town?

Speaker 25 It's two dogs. For now!

Speaker 20 For now, it is.

Speaker 33 But look at Frank here.

Speaker 18 Look at him.

Speaker 20 If this wasn't something for us to be worried about, Frank wouldn't be making a speech about it, would he?

Speaker 38 Would you, Frank? Oh, you just told me it was nothing to worry about, Frank.

Speaker 18 Remember how I said to talk to me before you do things like this?

Speaker 36 Sheep's eye. Hi, everyone.

Speaker 36 Hi everyone. Sorry to interrupt.
I've got some flyers here. Everyone, please take one.
My dog has gone missing and you can see a picture right here.

Speaker 36 He can be a little irritable, but he's a good boy.

Speaker 30 Steve.

Speaker 36 If you can just take one of these, please give me a call if you see anything. Steve.
Feeling a little out of sorts here.

Speaker 22 You know what I mean?

Speaker 30 He's my North Star, that little guy. Steve! What?

Speaker 21 We all know what your dog looks like.

Speaker 30 Just making sure, okay?

Speaker 36 Trying to stay busy. I can't help but think about him being injured out there.

Speaker 30 Steve,

Speaker 23 if anything, your dog is the one doing the injury.

Speaker 36 Frank, that is so unfair.

Speaker 25 Steve, your dog is a fucking monster.

Speaker 26 Okay, it is what it is.

Speaker 28 We will still help you find your dog, but let's not pretend we're talking about Lassie, okay?

Speaker 25 Your dog is a four-legged horror movie.

Speaker 20 I don't even drive by your house anymore, Steve. Your dog is terrifying.

Speaker 38 Yeah, how did you get him that way, Steve? Are you feeding him ripped fuel or something? Wow.

Speaker 10 Wow.

Speaker 36 I have never felt so abandoned in a time of need than right now.

Speaker 30 Okay.

Speaker 21 Okay, y'all. Focus up, please.

Speaker 14 Obviously, making this little announcement was premature.

Speaker 16 I didn't mean to alarm anyone, right?

Speaker 32 We've got a couple of missing dogs.

Speaker 9 No big deal.

Speaker 23 Nothing to panic about.

Speaker 9 Let's all just keep our eyes out for Rambo and Baron Munchausen.

Speaker 23 We'll find them, and then everything can get back to normal.

Speaker 30 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Speaker 36 Baron Munchausen's missing too?

Speaker 28 It's fine. Frank.

Speaker 17 Yeah.

Speaker 34 That was Jessica Shelton on the phone. She needs to know if anyone's seen her greyhound, Kimba.

Speaker 20 oh man they got kimbob there's no they i think i'll sit here quietly and wait for everyone's apology kimbob too

Speaker 38 frank what's going on nobody panic no no don't tell me not to panic frank there's a there's a fucking dog rapture happening right here in town everybody listen

Speaker 40 okay

Speaker 13 There may be something weird going on with the dogs.

Speaker 21 Thank you.

Speaker 18 Turns out, overreacting was the right call. Sorry about that.

Speaker 21 We are going to figure this out, just like we did with Relentless Rick the other day.

Speaker 29 Why don't we make a list of everyone in town who has a dog and start making some calls?

Speaker 28 Wait, Celeste, come on.

Speaker 20 Has anyone checked on the mayor?

Speaker 35 Oh, Jesus Christ.

Speaker 38 Holy shit, the mayor. He's a high-value target.

Speaker 36 If we lose the mayor, it'll be chaos.

Speaker 38 Idra, call TJ. Is the mayor okay?

Speaker 17 Okay. Guys,

Speaker 27 guys,

Speaker 32 I appreciate that we're taking this seriously, but just real quick,

Speaker 23 I know we all had an unofficial election a few years ago and elected TJ's dog, Sparker, as the mayor. So I just need verbal confirmation that we all know that Sparker the dog is not the actual mayor

Speaker 16 Anybody?

Speaker 9 I guess just a small yes.

Speaker 14 Right, never mind.

Speaker 34 He says Sparker is fine. Great.

Speaker 20 At least we still have a functioning government.

Speaker 26 The dog is not the mayor.

Speaker 18 Okay, everyone. Lots of great ideas.
So glad we have this meeting. So glad nobody's panicking.
How about we make a list of all the dogs in town and then we'll split up the list?

Speaker 18 When you're done with your list, give us a call at the horizon, okay?

Speaker 36 And real quick, everyone, if you happen to see Rambo, just remember not to run, okay? He loves that. Also, to get him to release after he bites down, the command word is Scheherazade.

Speaker 7 Meeting adjourned, Frank.

Speaker 8 Sure.

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Speaker 17 Okay.

Speaker 18 Okay, wow.

Speaker 18 Both of them?

Speaker 18 Just gone.

Speaker 17 Oh, boy.

Speaker 18 All right.

Speaker 18 Me and Frank are making a list right now. I'm so sorry, Rita.

Speaker 19 Holy shit.

Speaker 18 How many for you? Seven.

Speaker 23 Seven. How many for you?

Speaker 21 Twelve.

Speaker 25 Twelve? Twelve.

Speaker 23 There are 19 dogs missing in a town of 600. Yes.

Speaker 17 What's happening? I don't know.

Speaker 18 I am that's Courtney Morris. Her shihzu is missing.

Speaker 23 Who has a a shihzu in the mountains?

Speaker 18 Nobody anymore.

Speaker 18 That's 20.

Speaker 19 What are we going to do? I don't know.

Speaker 18 I guess tomorrow morning we start at the top of the list.

Speaker 9 So, tomorrow, we're just going to...

Speaker 21 What?

Speaker 32 Scooby-Doo our way through the woods looking for them?

Speaker 18 What should we do? Hire a team of dogs to find the dog?

Speaker 8 This is bad. Yeah.

Speaker 18 The cowboy thing the other day was kind of charming.

Speaker 22 This is not so charming. It's a nightmare.

Speaker 18 Maybe the dogs are organizing. Maybe they want bargaining power.
Maybe it's a dog strike.

Speaker 10 Oh, shit. What?

Speaker 16 Trinket, Coralie coming up the driveway.

Speaker 5 No.

Speaker 36 Of all the fucking days.

Speaker 18 Why are you acting like we're getting inspected or something?

Speaker 19 Because we are.

Speaker 18 Hey, Trinket.

Speaker 40 Hello.

Speaker 18 Welcome back. How long were you gone for?

Speaker 42 It was supposed to be three years.

Speaker 42 I came back early.

Speaker 18 We missed you.

Speaker 42 I'm sure.

Speaker 8 Frank Trinket.

Speaker 18 So I'm I'm gonna go make some more calls. Great, great to see you, Trinket.

Speaker 42 Yes.

Speaker 13 So, I hear you were in Egypt.

Speaker 7 No

Speaker 6 Deidre told me you were in Cairo.

Speaker 42 Cairo, New York.

Speaker 9 There's a Cairo, New York?

Speaker 42 Just barely.

Speaker 24 What the hell were you doing there?

Speaker 42 Research.

Speaker 24 Research?

Speaker 42 I'm writing a book.

Speaker 15 Really?

Speaker 30 Uh, what about?

Speaker 42 Frank, you don't care what I'm writing a book about.

Speaker 24 I really don't.

Speaker 42 Let's move on.

Speaker 2 Great.

Speaker 42 I didn't want to cut my trip short, Frank, but I was advised to return early.

Speaker 31 You were advised?

Speaker 42 Yes.

Speaker 16 Trinket, by any chance, were you advised to come back early by a deck of tarot cards?

Speaker 42 I don't like your tones.

Speaker 23 So that's a yes?

Speaker 42 I've chosen to not let your energy affect mine. Okay.
I don't enjoy these interactions between us.

Speaker 11 I'm having a great time.

Speaker 42 Your opinion of me is no secret.

Speaker 42 I'm asking you to set that aside for one moment.

Speaker 4 Okay.

Speaker 4 Okay, fine.

Speaker 42 Thank you.

Speaker 16 What can I do for you?

Speaker 42 I'd like you to come by my shop tomorrow.

Speaker 30 Why?

Speaker 42 Because I'd like to speak with you.

Speaker 12 Why?

Speaker 5 Frank,

Speaker 42 I would like to speak with you.

Speaker 6 Trinket, you're standing in front of me right now.

Speaker 42 I'd like to speak with you tomorrow.

Speaker 23 Do we need to draw this out?

Speaker 13 We can't do this now?

Speaker 42 I need to be more focused when we talk, and I just got off an airplane, and I need to clean that experience off me before we talk.

Speaker 13 You were on a plane?

Speaker 42 Yes.

Speaker 16 You hate planes.

Speaker 42 I do.

Speaker 42 But it was important that I get back as soon as possible, so I made an exception.

Speaker 24 So this must be very important.

Speaker 42 Yes.

Speaker 4 So important that it can wait until tomorrow?

Speaker 42 The work I was doing was very important to me.

Speaker 42 I wouldn't be here if I didn't feel it was necessary.

Speaker 22 Something

Speaker 42 has shifted.

Speaker 42 I don't know what it is, but I'd like to speak with you about it

Speaker 5 tomorrow.

Speaker 30 Okay.

Speaker 15 Okay.

Speaker 4 Fine.

Speaker 9 I will stop by tomorrow morning.

Speaker 12 Thank you.

Speaker 42 The energy in town is very strange right now. Is there anything strange going on?

Speaker 26 Nope.

Speaker 42 No?

Speaker 9 Just another day.

Speaker 12 All right.

Speaker 12 Tomorrow.

Speaker 4 Tomorrow. Thank you.

Speaker 13 Do you do you need a ride home?

Speaker 16 I can throw your bike in the back of my truck.

Speaker 42 I hate your truck.

Speaker 19 Okay, okay.

Speaker 17 Frank! What?

Speaker 22 We're up to 21 now.

Speaker 11 Shit!

Speaker 4 Hang on!

Speaker 15 Hey, Verge!

Speaker 5 Even.

Speaker 11 Oh, hey,

Speaker 24 there's been a

Speaker 35 report of a bear in the area.

Speaker 10 A bear?

Speaker 24 Yeah,

Speaker 21 yeah.

Speaker 16 So you might want to consider spending the night inside.

Speaker 7 Well, that was the plan.

Speaker 11 Okay, great.

Speaker 23 Great. If you see anything, let us know.

Speaker 17 We'll do.

Speaker 17 Hi there,

Speaker 34 hello, enjoying your stay?

Speaker 7 I am.

Speaker 7 It's a lovely place.

Speaker 34 Yeah, um, lots of people come here in the winter, but this is my favorite time of year.

Speaker 12 It's so quiet.

Speaker 5 So quiet, yeah.

Speaker 17 I'm Deidre.

Speaker 34 Verge. Nice to meet you.

Speaker 34 How long are you in town for?

Speaker 5 I'm not sure, actually.

Speaker 34 Ugh, that sounds nice. I went backpacking through Argentina after college.
No itinerary. When I wanted to move on, I moved on.
It was nice.

Speaker 5 Where's um where's Argentina?

Speaker 34 Where's Argentina?

Speaker 7 Um uh I'm back with geography.

Speaker 34 It's um

Speaker 34 south. Got it.

Speaker 7 Um who's your friend?

Speaker 34 This is Sparker.

Speaker 17 Hi there.

Speaker 12 Does it talk?

Speaker 17 Um

Speaker 34 only during dinner time.

Speaker 38 Um

Speaker 34 hey, if you're gonna be in town for a while, you should come by the sheep's eye.

Speaker 34 I'm the bartender. Um, first drinks on me.

Speaker 7 Yeah.

Speaker 5 Yeah. Yes.

Speaker 5 Okay.

Speaker 5 Great.

Speaker 23 Did you, what's going on?

Speaker 24 Why what is Sparker doing here?

Speaker 34 Um, my grandpa wanted to keep him moving.

Speaker 34 Keep him moving? Yeah, so he's harder to find.

Speaker 17 Harder.

Speaker 34 Frank, I know it sounds ridiculous, but how many dogs are missing right now? Okay.

Speaker 29 Okay, fine.

Speaker 17 Hey, Sparker.

Speaker 34 I'll come back and pick him up tomorrow morning, okay?

Speaker 17 Fine.

Speaker 9 Sparker, get inside.

Speaker 34 Mr. Mayor.
I'll see you tomorrow.

Speaker 23 I'll just bring him by the sheep's eye, okay?

Speaker 4 Great.

Speaker 34 Bye, Virge.

Speaker 10 Bye-bye.

Speaker 7 So, uh...

Speaker 10 Are you the...

Speaker 7 I don't know, local chieftain or something?

Speaker 21 Local chieftain?

Speaker 7 People keep coming to you with their problems.

Speaker 19 They do.

Speaker 19 Why is that? I don't know.

Speaker 6 You take any group of people, and given enough time, eventually someone will become the one everyone complains to.

Speaker 7 Oh, so you're just lucky then.

Speaker 19 Just lucky.

Speaker 16 Hey, Verge, I was serious about the bear bear warning, okay?

Speaker 17 All right, all right.

Speaker 7 I'm going inside, boss man.

Speaker 19 Thank you.

Speaker 11 Hello?

Speaker 11 What

Speaker 11 the fuck?

Speaker 25 Rainbow

Speaker 36 Rambo, what what the fuck happened to you?

Speaker 10 What the fuck was that? Oh,

Speaker 10 shit!

Speaker 40 Oh

Speaker 33 shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.

Speaker 18 Is that Rambo? Yes!

Speaker 40 Whoa!

Speaker 18 How is he the size of a water buffalo?

Speaker 40 I don't know.

Speaker 17 He's looking right at me.

Speaker 40 Rambo?

Speaker 17 Rambo.

Speaker 23 Over here.

Speaker 39 He's still looking at you, Rambo. God damn it.

Speaker 30 What the fuck?

Speaker 39 First, get back inside.

Speaker 7 That's a fucking bear

Speaker 22 fucking die

Speaker 26 Verge

Speaker 34 Yeah, is that a

Speaker 18 laser gun?

Speaker 18 Uh

Speaker 18 um

Speaker 7 plasma, actually

Speaker 40 uh-huh,

Speaker 11 okay.

Speaker 7 I um

Speaker 10 well, I

Speaker 7 I guess I've got some explaining to do, don't I?

Speaker 33 Maybe just a tad

Speaker 40 Jesus Christ, now what?

Speaker 9 Okay.

Speaker 9 That's everyone's dog.

Speaker 18 Including Rambo.

Speaker 24 Uh, there's Baron Munchausen.

Speaker 17 Hi, Baron Munchausen.

Speaker 7 So, I take it

Speaker 7 this is not normal?

Speaker 18 Oh, no.

Speaker 18 Nope.

Speaker 18 This is. This is.

Speaker 40 No.

Speaker 10 Alright.

Speaker 5 Well,

Speaker 7 I guess we've both got some explaining to do, don't we?

Speaker 11 Yeah.

Speaker 22 I guess

Speaker 18 we've got to call

Speaker 18 everyone. Tell them to

Speaker 18 come get their dogs.

Speaker 30 Okay.

Speaker 7 Well, that was fun.

Speaker 8 Verge.

Speaker 11 Thank you.

Speaker 6 We've got to deal with this right now. So

Speaker 9 breakfast.

Speaker 35 Tomorrow we can all tell each other some interesting stories.

Speaker 10 Okay?

Speaker 23 Looking forward to it,

Speaker 18 Frank. Thanks for a

Speaker 18 gentleman the huge monster anytime.

Speaker 7 I'll see you in the morning then.

Speaker 40 What in the world was all that noise?

Speaker 10 Um,

Speaker 7 Elden, I don't suppose it's a common occurrence on Earth for a bunch of

Speaker 7 dogs to

Speaker 7 combine into one big dog and then split up again into a bunch of

Speaker 7 smaller dogs. It sounds crazy when I say it.

Speaker 40 What the fuck are you talking about?

Speaker 7 Never mind. Never mind.
Never mind. Elden, don't

Speaker 7 Play the message again.

Speaker 8 Playing saved message.

Speaker 43 Hey, uh, please don't delete this.

Speaker 43 I, uh.

Speaker 43 I have no idea where to start with this message, so I'll just start talking. And I'm sorry if some of it sounds like

Speaker 43 nonsense.

Speaker 43 Um

Speaker 43 every time I'm in a place that looks enough like home,

Speaker 43 I send off this message to your usual message relay and hope that you get it.

Speaker 43 I hope you're okay.

Speaker 43 In fact, I hope you're more than okay. I hope you're...

Speaker 43 I don't know. I hope you finally went sailing.

Speaker 43 I don't know how much you know about what's going on with me, but it's...

Speaker 43 an interesting life.

Speaker 43 And in that interesting life, you see some interesting things, go to some interesting places.

Speaker 43 There's this place I came across the other day, and uh,

Speaker 43 I don't know, I thought of you for some reason.

Speaker 43 If you're still always on the lookout for good places to hide for a while,

Speaker 43 I may have found one for you.

Speaker 43 It's a nice place. It's weird, but it's nice.

Speaker 43 Of course,

Speaker 43 what I really hope is that you somehow manage to stop running.

Speaker 43 But somehow life is different for you.

Speaker 43 You deserved a different life.

Speaker 43 Anyway, I think you'd like this place.

Speaker 43 I think it might hold your attention.

Speaker 43 Earth always felt like a prison for me, but for you?

Speaker 43 Who knows?

Speaker 43 The coordinates are embedded in this message. I'm assuming you've still got my encryption key.

Speaker 43 I hope I get to see you again someday.

Speaker 40 Until then,

Speaker 43 give it a shot, shot, Verge.

Speaker 43 You never know when something's going to be exactly what you're looking for.

Speaker 7 I think it might hold your attention.

Speaker 40 My god.

Speaker 7 I fucking hate it when you're right.

Speaker 10 Alden,

Speaker 7 deploy a sensor dome on this location, play some nice music,

Speaker 7 wake me up in seven hours.

Speaker 8 Sensor Delme deployed. Anything on the agenda tomorrow?

Speaker 15 A very interesting breakfast.

Speaker 8 Alarm set for seven hours.

Speaker 26 Good night, Verge.

Speaker 40 Good night.

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