We're Alive: Descendants - Chapter 16 - Train Through the Pain - Part 1 of 3

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Speaker 29 Written and directed by Casey Weyland

Speaker 29 Chapter 16

Speaker 34 Train Through the Pain

Speaker 29 Part One of Three

Speaker 31 17.

Speaker 33 You sure?

Speaker 35 I thought that was 18.

Speaker 31 Nope. I got a little tally going.
It's 18 shots, 17 kills.

Speaker 36 Okay, hold on.

Speaker 37 Hold up, hold up, hold up.

Speaker 31 Now it's 18.

Speaker 11 You know, the only reason that I missed that one before was because of the heat coming off of the ground.

Speaker 38 I should have waited.

Speaker 31 Still, like 95%, that's pretty damn good.

Speaker 42 Haven't even had to change my magazine yet.

Speaker 41 That's all I care about.

Speaker 39 Between the plane's cargo hold and what the family gave us, we are stocked on rounds.

Speaker 44 Could be out here shooting for days.

Speaker 31 Good to know.

Speaker 31 Hmm.

Speaker 45 What kind is this, infected?

Speaker 47 Hmm, hard to say.

Speaker 31 Got clothes on, but they're pretty ragged. I'd say first gen.

Speaker 31 Used to be human, but was turned in the last few years.

Speaker 44 Hmm.

Speaker 44 Seen a lot of those on this road.

Speaker 31 I wonder if it has anything to do with us being so close to the UA border. People coming out here to scavenge for supplies or old tech.
We're only like 20 miles from the Mississippi River.

Speaker 48 Yeah,

Speaker 49 maybe.

Speaker 48 I don't know.

Speaker 31 You ever been there? The UA?

Speaker 48 UA? No.

Speaker 50 Her parts of it were nice the further in you go.

Speaker 44 Most of the states don't even have to deal with the infected anymore.

Speaker 31 Must be nice,

Speaker 31 but they still have their own issues, you know, conflicts between states over resources, food shortages.

Speaker 45 And how do you know that?

Speaker 31 Oh,

Speaker 31 I overheard a few of them talking in Prim. The ultra-rich would fly out, spend their money, and go back home.
The UA has strict laws against the kind of games Bohr ran.

Speaker 48 Well, good.

Speaker 52 At least they got that right.

Speaker 31 Generally, they rarely venture past their own borders. UA maintains some of the railroads and farmland in the Red Zone, but that's about it.

Speaker 53 So, probably wouldn't get involved with the Republic if there was a conflict, would they?

Speaker 31 Most of the functioning oil refineries are in the Republic. There's no way they would risk upsetting such a powerful economic partner.

Speaker 46 Hmm.

Speaker 30 Figures.

Speaker 45 What else do you know?

Speaker 44 Didn't hear much in Westport.

Speaker 43 I mean, I I know we used to trade with the UA via the rail lines, but that's about it.

Speaker 3 Uh, a little here and there.

Speaker 31 United America has 22 states east of the Mississippi. Their capital is in Bristol.

Speaker 44 Look, Will, you don't need to give me a history lesson.

Speaker 42 I know all of that, but like, what do you know that others don't?

Speaker 31 Oh, boy, you would have to be a little more specific.

Speaker 41 Like, where did most of the people come from that went to Prim? Like, which states in the UA?

Speaker 31 Oh, Mariana, for sure. Lots of gambling already there, but uh, you know, they like the high stakes.

Speaker 31 Uh, well, Warnock, Eden, our two others. We had visitors from every state, but uh, those were the most common, for sure.

Speaker 36 Oh, one more. Hold up.

Speaker 54 19.

Speaker 3 Hey, Nick,

Speaker 31 are you sure this is the best way?

Speaker 31 We have to stay on the road.

Speaker 44 Oliver drew out the best route on this map with the least amount of infected and obstructions.

Speaker 49 So far, it's been right.

Speaker 44 Besides, we have a long way to go, and I am not tromping through all that brush, ticks, mud, all kinds of places for infected, wild animals.

Speaker 37 I mean, who knows what else could pop out?

Speaker 44 At least on the road, we could see things coming from a distance.

Speaker 31 And they could see us.

Speaker 44 Meh, I'd rather deal with that.

Speaker 31 You know, back in Prim, the one place we didn't get many people from was Westport, even though you were the closest state compared to others.

Speaker 44 Doesn't surprise me.

Speaker 37 We got pretty good people there.

Speaker 44 CJ runs a tight ship.

Speaker 31 That's who was in charge?

Speaker 33 Yep, and she's also.

Speaker 32 What?

Speaker 44 Never mind. It doesn't even matter.

Speaker 31 You don't trust me?

Speaker 51 Not that. It's just

Speaker 50 operational security, you know?

Speaker 45 Oh,

Speaker 31 so you don't.

Speaker 50 Look, I've been burned bad recently by friends I thought I could trust.

Speaker 42 I mean, I've only known you so long, and

Speaker 44 you understand, right?

Speaker 48 Um,

Speaker 48 yeah,

Speaker 31 yeah, uh,

Speaker 31 that makes sense.

Speaker 43 CJ is Vera's mom, all right?

Speaker 12 Really?

Speaker 31 High-profile position like that, and her daughter still serves as a guardian?

Speaker 42 Vera wanted to.

Speaker 44 Ever since she was little, she had to be involved.

Speaker 43 That's just who Vera is.

Speaker 31 Wow, no wonder you never told anyone. If the boy knew, luckily, she didn't.

Speaker 44 And I'm sure the people Vera's with now know, so honestly, it doesn't even matter anymore.

Speaker 31 Well,

Speaker 31 I appreciate you telling me.

Speaker 46 Mm-hmm.

Speaker 31 What's it like back home in Westport? I don't really know much about it. Is it safe?

Speaker 50 Safe?

Speaker 54 Yeah.

Speaker 38 Probably the safest place you could be.

Speaker 52 Big ass walls surrounding the entire city-state.

Speaker 50 We're talking 50 feet high and wide enough to drive a truck on. I mean, they actually do.

Speaker 44 Moving mounted guns around the perimeter, it's crazy.

Speaker 31 That makes sense. We'll cover more ground that way.
Mobile defenses.

Speaker 50 I mean, since I was a kid, I'd practice shooting infected from up there on the walls.

Speaker 53 Honestly, as to how I got so good at it,

Speaker 51 there's also a few outer fences past that and other smaller walls inside if anything got past the first line defenses. So,

Speaker 44 yeah, I'd say it's pretty damn secure.

Speaker 46 Wow.

Speaker 31 Has anything ever got in?

Speaker 30 Rarely.

Speaker 50 Only times I've heard of is when some idiot snuck in infected body parts, then turned, mishandling them.

Speaker 51 Aside from that, we haven't lost anyone, so I'd say we're pretty lucky.

Speaker 36 And living there?

Speaker 31 What's that like?

Speaker 49 You and your questions.

Speaker 31 If I'm gonna end up there, I want to know what to expect.

Speaker 35 It's where I grew up.

Speaker 44 It's all I've ever known, so... How would I know any different?

Speaker 31 But in Westport, you can do what you want, eat what you wish, go where you want to go, go shopping for the most part.

Speaker 44 Yeah, military service used to be mandatory, but they got rid of that too, not too long ago. So many people showed up in the last few years, it's not even an issue now.

Speaker 52 You get to be who you want, as long as you follow the rules.

Speaker 31 And who sets those?

Speaker 56 I don't know.

Speaker 43 The council, the elected people, I guess.

Speaker 31 Whoa, that's so cool.

Speaker 48 Is it?

Speaker 31 I mean, just the idea of the people controlling the people, it's weird.

Speaker 43 I guess for you, maybe.

Speaker 31 I'm excited.

Speaker 32 What can I say?

Speaker 31 Already the most free will I've ever had in my life is my time with you.

Speaker 10 That's

Speaker 38 pretty sad. Will.

Speaker 42 Well, look, we're gonna change that.

Speaker 52 But first, we gotta do some things.

Speaker 31 Hey, I understand. And I am all in.

Speaker 31 I'm able to do what I want now.

Speaker 31 and I choose to follow you, right?

Speaker 31 However far you want to go.

Speaker 43 How you been feeling, by the way?

Speaker 31 Oh, you know, legs are sore. I'm more tired than I've ever been, but

Speaker 31 I can do this.

Speaker 48 No, I mean with the other thing.

Speaker 32 Uh

Speaker 31 still nauseous, but sweating it out seems to help.

Speaker 30 Good.

Speaker 10 Good to hear.

Speaker 31 Anything from your, you know,

Speaker 32 the bite?

Speaker 32 Um

Speaker 56 nothing. Um

Speaker 49 I'm fine.

Speaker 52 It's mostly healed.

Speaker 31 It's just the the the whole thing is kinda crazy. You know, I I still can't wrap my head around it.
You are immune. Only living person who can claim that.

Speaker 56 Yeah, um,

Speaker 52 learning to live within myself.

Speaker 50 Didn't know for sure until this, but

Speaker 41 I guess now I do.

Speaker 31 It does make me wonder something.

Speaker 57 What's that?

Speaker 17 Well,

Speaker 31 if you're immune, right,

Speaker 31 does that mean that there's some way that you could help others be too?

Speaker 56 When I was young, they did tests with my grandmother and me back in Westport.

Speaker 51 Took a lot of blood, tried a bunch of different things.

Speaker 56 They spent years doing that, but nothing ever came of it, so.

Speaker 31 Well, maybe they just didn't know what they were doing.

Speaker 44 It seems like they did.

Speaker 51 Lots of tests or whatever.

Speaker 44 Finally, doctors told me about a year ago, whatever makes me special can't be shared with anyone else.

Speaker 31 Well, I mean, part of me wonders if there's there's still a chance, you know?

Speaker 50 Man, look, I can only get poked so many times for it not to mean something.

Speaker 31 Well, so then what if Will?

Speaker 39 Relax, okay?

Speaker 44 I'm done with all of that, all right? Just just gotta deal with what I am, okay?

Speaker 48 Yeah, yeah, of course.

Speaker 31 Um, sorry, just curious.

Speaker 3 Oh, another

Speaker 49 add another mark.

Speaker 31 Hey, hey, you know, I could try to shoot the next one with my MP5 if you want, you know,

Speaker 31 for practice.

Speaker 49 No, no, no. Save your ammo.

Speaker 53 That's better for up close, anyways.

Speaker 44 Huh. Another first gen.

Speaker 31 Well, what happens if we encounter something different?

Speaker 52 Well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Speaker 41 Speaking of bridges, this must be the Red River.

Speaker 42 Ugh, should be the Brown River.

Speaker 31 I meant, what if we encounter something that our guns don't work on? Tanya's journal describes some fourth and fifth generations having skins so thick that even bullets aren't effective.

Speaker 45 I mean, we've already seen some of those.

Speaker 30 What's your point?

Speaker 31 Well, we do have something that could make a difference. The Mata pistol I made.

Speaker 31 Now, it's out of ball bearings and the gases are low, but if we could stop somewhere, I saw an old hardware store not far from here.

Speaker 39 Most of those places aren't going to have much.

Speaker 44 I'm sure they were already picked clean.

Speaker 14 But what if they weren't right now?

Speaker 44 I don't think we have the time.

Speaker 50 Where we're at on the map, we're not even halfway there.

Speaker 44 And the train passes through tomorrow afternoon.

Speaker 31 So we step it up. Make time.

Speaker 35 Here, you take a look, okay?

Speaker 44 You're better at this stuff than I am.

Speaker 52 You tell me how long it'll take to get to the train.

Speaker 31 Let's see. I um

Speaker 31 Oh boy.

Speaker 53 Is it that bad?

Speaker 44 Oliver said that we could make it in time.

Speaker 31 At our rate,

Speaker 31 it is possible, but only if we don't stop walking. Even through the night.

Speaker 19 You're shitting me.

Speaker 3 I wish I was.

Speaker 50 Unfucking believable.

Speaker 41 If I had known it was this far, I would have asked for a truck or something.

Speaker 42 Like those family goons would have given us one anyways

Speaker 31 What if we weren't supposed to make it on time

Speaker 44 Wait, what are you saying that that this is a setup what maybe

Speaker 31 they they wanted to get rid of us didn't even give us transportation for this death march Do we do we even know that that's when the train comes through and you're just now bringing this up I'm only asking questions yeah damn good ones we should have asked earlier.

Speaker 31 Listen, listen, I could be wrong, right?

Speaker 31 We didn't know what our pace was gonna be, we didn't know how long we were gonna stop for brakes, didn't calculate the weight of our weapons, our packs.

Speaker 44 Okay, okay, okay, I get it, okay?

Speaker 42 Well, look, it's it's too late now, so

Speaker 31 I take it you want to keep going.

Speaker 42 Look, train or not, we're headed south.

Speaker 41 I have to go southeast eventually, so no matter what, we're going the right way.

Speaker 44 Still, this road has been pretty quiet.

Speaker 53 So maybe there's some truth to what Oliver said.

Speaker 44 I'm gonna hold on to that, at least for now.

Speaker 44 Oh,

Speaker 45 that's- I know, I know.

Speaker 52 You can stop counting.

Speaker 52 Will, you take point.

Speaker 37 I'll cover the rear.

Speaker 37 Nick.

Speaker 54 Yeah.

Speaker 31 I didn't want to say anything, but I don't think I can walk a whole lot more.

Speaker 52 Well, I'm glad one of us says something.

Speaker 49 Wasn't gonna be me, but for real,

Speaker 12 I'm beat.

Speaker 31 How are you gonna catch the train then?

Speaker 34 No way around it.

Speaker 52 We'll just have to wait for the next one, I guess.

Speaker 44 There's always another, right?

Speaker 31 I'm sure there will be.

Speaker 31 So

Speaker 31 then we need to find a place to spend the night, right?

Speaker 17 Uh-huh.

Speaker 44 I'd rather not travel in the dark anyways.

Speaker 52 It's a lot harder to see something coming at you.

Speaker 22 I'm sorry.

Speaker 31 I know you were set on getting to your mom as fast as possible.

Speaker 12 Yeah.

Speaker 31 Marksville, Louisiana.

Speaker 31 Well, should we set up camp in town?

Speaker 34 Why not?

Speaker 31 Okay, what should we look for? Where would be best?

Speaker 41 Someplace high up, a rooftop, second floor, anywhere we could put some distance between us and them with good visibility.

Speaker 31 Most of these buildings are one story.

Speaker 31 Everything's kind of flat here.

Speaker 40 I've noticed.

Speaker 51 It's not like my LA, that's for sure.

Speaker 12 What what?

Speaker 31 Oh, Louisiana.

Speaker 31 I get it.

Speaker 31 Okay, it looks like this town has a water tower. That's high enough? Got a catwalk around it near the top?

Speaker 44 Yeah, I don't know about spending a whole night thirty feet in the air on some railing.

Speaker 31 It's high enough that the infection won't bother us.

Speaker 48 Let's just keep looking.

Speaker 17 Nick,

Speaker 17 uh,

Speaker 31 I'm seeing something else.

Speaker 50 Well, I hope it's better than the water tower.

Speaker 31 It's not. There's some

Speaker 31 bodies on the ground up ahead.

Speaker 44 All right, stay sharp.

Speaker 35 Take it slow.

Speaker 35 Oh,

Speaker 31 there's a bunch.

Speaker 12 They're all spread out.

Speaker 19 I'm seeing that

Speaker 41 bullet holes scattered around the buildings here, too.

Speaker 41 This was a shootout.

Speaker 48 Oh boy.

Speaker 46 Easy.

Speaker 47 Man, focus and breathe.

Speaker 12 I'm trying.

Speaker 31 We may not need to worry. This happened a long time ago.
They're decomposed. Maybe it's been six months.

Speaker 52 You can tell?

Speaker 31 In Prim, I saw bodies decay over time when they were left in the arenas. It's gross, but helpful to know now

Speaker 31 decomposition references.

Speaker 31 More dead first-gen infected, too.

Speaker 41 The people they attacked had uniforms on.

Speaker 41 Oh,

Speaker 41 this was their truck.

Speaker 44 It's all smashed in.

Speaker 44 Big

Speaker 31 dead third or fourth gen infected over here.

Speaker 31 That was a muckraker for sure. Its skin isn't even fully decomposed yet.

Speaker 31 What do you think happened exactly?

Speaker 41 It wasn't just one-on-one.

Speaker 41 This infected's body was completely crushed in.

Speaker 43 They were having an all-out raw.

Speaker 51 Everything and everyone at once.

Speaker 31 These uniformed guys have IDs.

Speaker 31 This one was a contractor for the UA.

Speaker 39 Same with this dude.

Speaker 39 They definitely weren't prepared for this.

Speaker 41 They were armed, fought back, tried to escape, but their truck was stopped.

Speaker 14 The whole front end is flat.

Speaker 41 There was no way out.

Speaker 31 The infected fought each other and the UA people?

Speaker 44 mm-hmm That big muck there has some infected claw scratches in its skin and bullet holes

Speaker 31 Barely did any damage Look at that hide they couldn't take it down with guns massive hyperkeratosis.

Speaker 47 What'd you say?

Speaker 31 Keratin growths

Speaker 31 I learned about it in in one of my bio books It's fairly common among infected hardens and thickens the skin

Speaker 31 See that's what I was worried about. Bullets can't penetrate this.

Speaker 41 It wasn't the UA that finished it off, either. It must have been another infected.

Speaker 31 Massive bruising along the skin. The skull is concave.

Speaker 31 Your grandma wrote about behavior like this, remember?

Speaker 31 They're very territorial.

Speaker 31 A bigger muckraker had to have done this.

Speaker 31 Fighting another over the kill.

Speaker 52 Infected, killing other infected.

Speaker 45 As long as it's not us.

Speaker 31 Must have been so massive.

Speaker 31 They did this just to fight over the bodies.

Speaker 51 And in the end, still left them all behind to rot.

Speaker 31 No, maybe not all.

Speaker 31 There's bloodstains over here. Some were dragged off.

Speaker 44 Not that any of this matters matters now.

Speaker 52 We should keep walking till we find another spot to stay for the night.

Speaker 31 Well, it might matter.

Speaker 31 What about their weapons, these rifles and ammo?

Speaker 39 I mean, those have sat outside exposed to the elements.

Speaker 41 See? Showing spots of rust.

Speaker 51 Not worth trusting your life with.

Speaker 45 And we have enough ammo.

Speaker 44 Don't care to add more weight.

Speaker 31 What about their uniforms?

Speaker 31 We need to board a UA train, right?

Speaker 31 Should look the part.

Speaker 50 Ew, you want to wear their nasty-ass gear after they've been decomposing in it?

Speaker 31 Well, what if they had spares? A change of clothes?

Speaker 50 Maybe that would come in handy.

Speaker 12 Nice.

Speaker 31 What size are you?

Speaker 43 Large, long.

Speaker 31 Okay, put the shirt and pants in your bag, and we have their IDs as well. We can use those.

Speaker 50 Who do you want to be?

Speaker 3 We got Jess Forrester or Chris Danes?

Speaker 31 You look more like a Chris.

Speaker 45 Was thinking the same thing.

Speaker 47 Jess?

Speaker 50 Anything else useful in there?

Speaker 46 Not really.

Speaker 12 Unless.

Speaker 43 What are you looking for down there?

Speaker 31 A blessing in disguise.

Speaker 34 Wait, is that...

Speaker 14 No. Uh-huh.

Speaker 31 The fuel tank has a lot left in it. It's not sludged like the rest of the ones sitting out here.
This gas is still fresh.

Speaker 33 I mean, yeah, but we can't drive this truck, obviously. No, no, but

Speaker 31 if it has one other crucial part, uh, give me a hand with this.

Speaker 9 Bingo!

Speaker 31 Car battery still intact.

Speaker 33 So we're driving.

Speaker 14 We don't have to walk.

Speaker 31 Well, we gotta find the right car under the ideal conditions. It's not that simple just to get anything running.

Speaker 33 Yeah, but you can do it, right? You worked in the motor pull and prim, right? I mean, you've said that before. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 31 Okay, I need some additional parts, and it'll take some time, but I can probably do it.

Speaker 31 Gotta move quick before we lose light. But are you sure you want to hang around?

Speaker 31 You see what happened here.

Speaker 33 Yeah, that was a long time ago.

Speaker 14 Things change.

Speaker 33 Look, we'll keep an eye out and play it careful.

Speaker 31 Okay, so you're good with this plan?

Speaker 12 Oh, yes.

Speaker 33 We just need to find a car around here that'll work, right? Yep.

Speaker 31 Let's go car shopping.

Speaker 60 Let's go car shopping.

Speaker 33 Ooh, ooh, look at this one. Not in bad shape.

Speaker 31 On the outside, on the inside.

Speaker 31 The engine is a rat's haven.

Speaker 48 Ugh.

Speaker 51 Nasty.

Speaker 33 Oh, this one looks pretty new.

Speaker 31 Too new. We don't want fuel injection.
Too many parts to replace.

Speaker 40 Is this one old enough for you?

Speaker 31 Hmm. Yeah, hmm.
Could work. Too bad there's already someone driving it.

Speaker 34 Uh,

Speaker 19 yikes.

Speaker 42 How long do you think they've been in there?

Speaker 3 Long enough to look for another option.

Speaker 11 How about something red, fast,

Speaker 12 and flashy?

Speaker 31 The drive shaft is sitting on the ground. Are you even looking at these cars?

Speaker 14 Oh, fine.

Speaker 37 Will your turn.

Speaker 31 Let's take a look in that garage, the blue house over there.

Speaker 41 And what makes you so sure about that one?

Speaker 31 A hunch.

Speaker 31 Damn.

Speaker 54 Wow.

Speaker 54 There.

Speaker 31 That's our ride. A 64 Chevy Nova wagon.
Oh, that's a pretty rare find, even for back then.

Speaker 33 And now, Will, how the hell did you know this would be in this garage?

Speaker 31 Those old car parts sitting on the side of the house, owner was definitely working on something, and this is something.

Speaker 10 Now, it ain't new, but damn sure looks good.

Speaker 31 Okay, I've been sitting in here for over 17 years, hasn't been exposed to the outdoor elements. Let's just hope it's not missing anything.

Speaker 33 Woo! Found the keys on a hook over here.

Speaker 31 That'll make things easier. And let's see, it's stick shift.
Good so far. Can you drive manual?

Speaker 42 Manual. I mean,

Speaker 40 kinda. My Uncle Vic let me drive his car a few times.
You know,

Speaker 39 I'm not the greatest, but I could do it.

Speaker 31 Okay,

Speaker 31 not too bad. Carbureted engine, downdraft system.

Speaker 61 And

Speaker 31 it's not frozen.

Speaker 12 Let's see here.

Speaker 31 Fuel tank is empty too. That's good.

Speaker 33 So what I'm hearing is that you can make it work.

Speaker 31 I think so. I'll need to replace a few things, spark plugs, check the seals, maybe have to rig some sort of trickle charge, you know, for the battery, but but uh

Speaker 31 uh yeah, yeah, by morning we'll be driving. Woohoohoo!

Speaker 33 We will be driving!

Speaker 31 But we gotta move fast. Siphon the gas from the smashed car, remove the battery, and get back here before dark.
I saw an auto parts store back in town where we could get some small stuff. And

Speaker 31 luckily, looks like there's enough tools here already.

Speaker 11 Cool, cool, cool.

Speaker 39 So, we do all of that, and we'll be able to make it to this train on time, right?

Speaker 31 With this,

Speaker 12 oh, yeah,

Speaker 31 with plenty to spare.

Speaker 38 Music to my ears, Will.

Speaker 33 You're a genius.

Speaker 31 No compliments yet.

Speaker 31 I got a long night ahead of me.

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Speaker 29 And now we continue with Descendants.

Speaker 28 Now remember, Vera, for every test you fail, you will need to repeat the previous training course.

Speaker 26 I know

Speaker 28 Are you sure you're ready?

Speaker 62 Can I start?

Speaker 19 Begin.

Speaker 19 Okay.

Speaker 62 Does this have to be timed?

Speaker 28 Everything is.

Speaker 31 I.

Speaker 28 In this test, pin tumbler locks have various lengths. You need to get them all to the shear line if you hope to turn the plug.

Speaker 32 I know. I know.

Speaker 34 Use your tools, that's what they're there for.

Speaker 19 If you turn the tension wrench when it's not ready, you'll break it.

Speaker 48 Not like that.

Speaker 28 If that one isn't working, move on to your rake pick. Just.

Speaker 3 I almost have it. I can.

Speaker 31 I can feel it.

Speaker 28 It's going to break.

Speaker 62 No.

Speaker 62 No, it's not.

Speaker 34 Oh, really?

Speaker 28 Looks like it's going to snap to me.

Speaker 46 No,

Speaker 46 it won't.

Speaker 46 Huh.

Speaker 48 Very good, Vera.

Speaker 28 Now on to the next lock type. They get harder with each set.

Speaker 62 I feel ridiculous.

Speaker 64 Disguises are an onion. Each component is like a transparent layer, but when applied together, you are meant to disappear.

Speaker 14 Really?

Speaker 31 Facial hair, too?

Speaker 31 When someone were to describe you, the real you,

Speaker 64 we would want every way they could to be wrong. It's not always about looking like someone else, more about not looking like you anymore.
Hair is one of the first things someone notices.

Speaker 62 Where do I put this?

Speaker 16 Over your teeth.

Speaker 64 To hide yours and change the profile.

Speaker 48 Weird.

Speaker 3 And where does this part go?

Speaker 64 The palette of your mouth. It'll forcibly change the way you speak.

Speaker 48 Like

Speaker 48 this?

Speaker 15 Oh, wow, how could anyone use this?

Speaker 64 You get used to it after a while and relearn how to speak.

Speaker 64 Disguises aren't just about facial appearance, but how you dress and carry yourself, your every move, and especially

Speaker 48 how you are hurt.

Speaker 59 Whoa.

Speaker 28 Aim, pull pull back, and let it slide through your fingers.

Speaker 65 I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

Speaker 28 Grip the knives like you're shaking someone's hand. Aim, pull back, and once your arm gets to here, let the knife slide out.

Speaker 34 Let the blade do the work for you.

Speaker 48 Now you do it.

Speaker 28 Don't rush. Take your time.

Speaker 65 Hey, that's one.

Speaker 46 Yeah,

Speaker 28 now get all the knives there.

Speaker 48 Oh, boy.

Speaker 64 No, nope, that's not it.

Speaker 48 Wrong. Try again.

Speaker 64 The cipher shifts based on the calendar day. Run the calculations and send the message again.

Speaker 62 Isn't there like a program or something you can make for this?

Speaker 26 And we have them.

Speaker 64 But if and when you find yourself in a place and need to contact the family with someone else's radio, the only tool you'll have is your head.

Speaker 48 Does that happen a lot?

Speaker 64 How do you think Vincent was able to contact us from the plane?

Speaker 32 Think about it.

Speaker 64 Encrypted Morse code is the only way we can use open channels.

Speaker 64 It's life or death. Stop bitching.
Now keep memorizing. You're doing quite well, actually.

Speaker 64 It's shit like my granny did and she's dead.

Speaker 46 Now come on, pick it up.

Speaker 62 You want faster? Fine.

Speaker 62 Oh,

Speaker 66 you've been spotted. Better get out of that kill zone.

Speaker 66 Shit.

Speaker 65 You're not seriously shooting at me, are you?

Speaker 66 Shooting at you? Yes.

Speaker 66 Seriously? Not really.

Speaker 66 You're doing great, Vera.

Speaker 67 Only one more module left for the day.

Speaker 16 You promise?

Speaker 57 You miss me.

Speaker 62 Why are you one of my instructors?

Speaker 58 You forget that I'm a full member.

Speaker 60 I went through all this too.

Speaker 57 Came out with a few specialties.

Speaker 62 Oh, really?

Speaker 62 And what is yours?

Speaker 57 Deception.

Speaker 62 Ah, I should have guessed. That is something you are qualified for.

Speaker 57 Now, now, you might want to play nice. This module includes a few perks on my end.

Speaker 57 Go ahead and have a seat and strap that around your wrist.

Speaker 62 A lie detector, really?

Speaker 57 Among other things.

Speaker 48 Now, go on.

Speaker 62 Do I have to?

Speaker 67 It's all part of the process. Vincent will treat you like any other instructor would.
Right, Vincent?

Speaker 57 Of course.

Speaker 57 I think you understand the point of this. The idea is to deceive me.

Speaker 15 Convince me.

Speaker 57 Establish a baseline of your normal self. What is your reality? And try to maintain that.

Speaker 57 Are you ready to begin?

Speaker 62 Yes.

Speaker 62 Good. Now,

Speaker 34 where are you from?

Speaker 20 Westport.

Speaker 48 Ow!

Speaker 57 What the hell? The idea is to lie to me.

Speaker 19 Try again.

Speaker 57 Who are you and where are you from?

Speaker 62 Eileen Hames, Oregon.

Speaker 41 That was so obviously a lie.

Speaker 19 Try again.

Speaker 57 Confident and with specifics. Know your deception before you tell it.

Speaker 30 Again.

Speaker 62 My name is Kylie Walter. I'm from Lenore Village in New Vermont.
I'm a Taurus.

Speaker 60 Lie. Ow!

Speaker 62 Is that really necessary?

Speaker 57 Only when I think you're lying.

Speaker 31 How would you even know?

Speaker 62 That machine does.

Speaker 57 No need to check it.

Speaker 60 Every bit of your face reveals either your authenticity or a fabrication.

Speaker 34 If you believe it, I will too.

Speaker 57 Breathe normally and try again.

Speaker 38 What do you do?

Speaker 62 I'm a personal trainer.

Speaker 62 Ah!

Speaker 57 You touched your arm. It's a pacifier movement.
Maintain your baseline like I told you.

Speaker 57 Did you take my money?

Speaker 62 Of course I didn't take your money.

Speaker 57 Did not, not didn't. Syntax shortening provides an easy insight to a lie.

Speaker 62 Every time? How would you even know that?

Speaker 57 Witness interrogations and enough experience. It becomes like second nature.

Speaker 62 So you do this a lot.

Speaker 3 Where were you last night?

Speaker 62 I was in my room.

Speaker 57 Doing what?

Speaker 62 Sharpening my sword.

Speaker 10 What? That wasn't a lie.

Speaker 34 You actually did that.

Speaker 31 How would you know?

Speaker 55 Because I can tell.

Speaker 57 Again, the point of this is to teach you you how to lie under pressure. Convince me it's truth.

Speaker 12 Vera,

Speaker 57 do you enjoy being part of the family?

Speaker 62 It's growing on me.

Speaker 34 Very good.

Speaker 57 We'll continue.

Speaker 33 It was nice training with you.

Speaker 12 Fuck off.

Speaker 41 You have to expect to get a little hurt in the exercises, right?

Speaker 62 What was the point of that?

Speaker 23 And with him?

Speaker 65 I didn't learn anything.

Speaker 61 Oh, I think you did. By the end, there, you started to look and sound convincing.

Speaker 62 You saw all of that? Have you been watching?

Speaker 61 A few of us have. Your evaluators.

Speaker 34 Overall, you're doing well.

Speaker 62 How much more of this is there?

Speaker 34 Hard to say.

Speaker 61 You have to pass all these modules before your your final test.

Speaker 62 And what is that gonna be?

Speaker 61 It's different for everyone. Yours has yet to be determined.

Speaker 34 But you'll get there.

Speaker 61 I'm confident.

Speaker 62 I don't know who you were watching, but I've gotten my ass kicked so far.

Speaker 28 That's the point.

Speaker 61 And this is just the start.

Speaker 62 So it gets harder?

Speaker 48 Why?

Speaker 61 Thinking of quitting?

Speaker 61 You understand this initiation is all a choice. You can back out any time.

Speaker 62 I'm not quitting.

Speaker 61 That's what I thought.

Speaker 61 Giving up is not in your blood.

Speaker 61 You know,

Speaker 61 I've waited for this for a long time. You being here and all.

Speaker 61 Started to think it might not ever happen.

Speaker 61 Didn't want to imagine the alternatives.

Speaker 62 That your bloodline wouldn't live on. Is that it?

Speaker 61 Selfishly, yes.

Speaker 61 But there's a lot more to it than that.

Speaker 61 Things that have been going on for some time, the changes on the horizon. Part of the reason I watched you with him in there.

Speaker 62 Vincent?

Speaker 61 I wanted to see how he responds to you. What he truly thinks of you being here.

Speaker 62 You don't trust him either? But you played it off.

Speaker 61 Who do you think used to be the instructor for this module? When everyone here knows how to lie, how can anyone possibly understand what the truth is?

Speaker 61 Honestly, I'm surprised he brought you back here at all.

Speaker 62 I don't understand.

Speaker 61 Vincent, nice work in there.

Speaker 57 Top by the master.

Speaker 37 Only hope I did all right.

Speaker 61 Few more sessions, and you might think Vera actually enjoys this.

Speaker 46 Ha.

Speaker 57 I'm heading back for dinner. You going there too?

Speaker 61 I have something pressing for now, but I'm sure Vera is hungry.

Speaker 26 Yeah,

Speaker 12 sure.

Speaker 61 After today, you'd have to be

Speaker 61 again.

Speaker 18 Nice work.

Speaker 57 You know, all those jolts I gave you. That's all part of this training.
I'm only doing what's required.

Speaker 46 Uh-huh.

Speaker 57 Should have seen my wrist after my first session with your pops. He wasn't the head of the families back then, but it didn't matter.

Speaker 34 He was brutal.

Speaker 57 In the end, I learned a lot. The process lets you focus on the flaws, programs them out.

Speaker 62 Did it feel like that's what you were doing?

Speaker 14 Don't be like that.

Speaker 34 Look, we got along before.

Speaker 62 Before I knew who you really were.

Speaker 62 Even now, I don't even know. That's the point of all this, right? Deception and lies.

Speaker 57 You may not believe it, but once I found out who you really were,

Speaker 57 I can't tell you how excited I was.

Speaker 46 Uh-huh.

Speaker 32 Right.

Speaker 57 No, really.

Speaker 57 After the outbreak, there's not many in the next generation. There's so few of us left now.
We need good family members to help shore up the walls.

Speaker 57 Be damned to let it all cave in after we've been around for so long.

Speaker 62 So you really believe in all this?

Speaker 12 The rules, the...

Speaker 62 the facade, the black and white?

Speaker 34 Sure.

Speaker 57 I may be biased.

Speaker 34 I grew up in it.

Speaker 57 Surrounded me at every moment of my life.

Speaker 57 And yet,

Speaker 19 the things you get to see and feel.

Speaker 48 The experience, the power, it's unlike anything else in the world.

Speaker 60 Even after the rest of the world ended, we're still here.

Speaker 57 What's left anyway?

Speaker 62 But what has the family actually done?

Speaker 62 I hear talks about all these influences throughout history. And yet, looking around, how it continues and survives,

Speaker 62 it's living in the past.

Speaker 62 What about what's going on out there now?

Speaker 57 Maybe you are starting to understand this place after all. It does need to change.

Speaker 57 Fresh blood will do it some good.

Speaker 62 That's what everyone keeps telling me.

Speaker 34 After you.

Speaker 57 Where you want to sit?

Speaker 62 You know what? Nakoma is up in our room and hasn't eaten all day. I was gonna get mine to go.

Speaker 41 So yourself.

Speaker 57 See you tomorrow, Vera.

Speaker 57 Hey,

Speaker 57 well,

Speaker 45 hey, hey, hey, man.

Speaker 10 I hate to wake you up, but it's getting late.

Speaker 48 Hey,

Speaker 31 Didn't remember where I was for a moment there.

Speaker 31 Oh, seems even higher in the day. Uh, really the tallest place in the whole town.

Speaker 41 You're right, though. At least it was safe up here.
With that ladder lock, ain't nothing was gonna scale the water tower.

Speaker 31 We uh we getting down now?

Speaker 3 Yeah, here, I'll unhook you.

Speaker 31 Ugh, I did not get enough sleep last night between finishing the repairs and being up here.

Speaker 49 Yeah, me neither.

Speaker 50 You think that the car is ready?

Speaker 31 Trickle charger should have got enough light by now. Battery hopefully has enough voltage to start the engine.

Speaker 33 Nothing else left that you gotta do, right?

Speaker 10 You're sure?

Speaker 31 Well, that was the last thing, but

Speaker 31 no way of knowing it all worked until we turn it over.

Speaker 41 Town's pretty quiet at least.

Speaker 44 No infected other than that ambush site. With all the racket that you were making in the garage last night, I thought for sure you would draw something in.

Speaker 31 Yeah, yeah, we were lucky. Let's hope it holds out.

Speaker 32 Oh, man,

Speaker 54 I am beat.

Speaker 44 You know what?

Speaker 42 We get that thing running.

Speaker 44 You may be able to sleep a bit while I'm driving to the train.

Speaker 37 Or, if we get to the tracks early, I'll keep watch.

Speaker 48 Oh, man.

Speaker 31 That would be great.

Speaker 12 Thank you. Thank you.

Speaker 10 Oh, shit. Back, back, back, back.

Speaker 12 Do you think it's us?

Speaker 45 No.

Speaker 42 Still wandering around by the garage.

Speaker 31 Looking for something.

Speaker 14 Um, maybe it- maybe it smells where we were.

Speaker 31 So

Speaker 31 oh, boy, I'm so glad that we spent the night up in the in the water tower.

Speaker 12 Oh, shit.

Speaker 31 That's one big-ass muckraker.

Speaker 31 Do you think it's the one that killed all the others?

Speaker 55 I mean, it could be.

Speaker 41 It looks pretty scarred up.

Speaker 31 So what? What?

Speaker 31 We wait? Back off? And see if it goes away?

Speaker 55 What if it's waiting for us?

Speaker 14 Then we don't let it find us.

Speaker 31 It'll get bored and wander off.

Speaker 55 I mean, we only have so long. We can risk a little time, but we need to get moving to the rail line.

Speaker 31 So what are we gonna do if it doesn't leave? Walk the rest of the way?

Speaker 40 No, no, no.

Speaker 55 If we missed the train, we'd end up stuck by the tracks for days till maybe the next one passes through. But all while other infected can come around and pick us off.

Speaker 12 Nah.

Speaker 38 If that muckraker's gonna get between us and our ride, we have no choice.

Speaker 40 We're gonna have to take that fucker out.

Speaker 29 To be continued in the next episode of We're Alive Descendants.

Speaker 29 And now a word from our sponsors.

Speaker 34 You've been listening to We're Alive Descendants.

Speaker 29 Produced by Wayland Productions. Written and directed by KC Weyland.

Speaker 52 Starring Daton Gilber as Nicholas.

Speaker 24 Hodgin Cho as Vera.

Speaker 31 Sam Skolnick as Will.

Speaker 57 Michael Ursu as Vincent.

Speaker 19 Joe Souza as Oliver.

Speaker 28 Mario Prado Jr. as Alistair Chisholm.

Speaker 29 Teresa June Tao as the Family Instructor. And I'm Michael Swann.
Additional Voices by Thomas Hargreaves.

Speaker 58 Phil Mieto.

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Speaker 31 Shannon Zimmerman.

Speaker 54 Hero Carlisle.

Speaker 33 Amy Newman.

Speaker 58 Eric Daines.

Speaker 29 Editing and sound design by Gino Jang. Additional editing by Ryan Liu.
Trailer editing by Vicki Lucas. Post-production supervisor Casey Weyland.
Original music by Robert Mai.

Speaker 29 Theme music by Danny Berkhoff Hopkins.

Speaker 51 Score assistance by Evan Tamani.

Speaker 29 Recording and Engineering by Weyland Productions. Sound Engineering by Gino Jang and Victoria Cheng.
Script supervisors: Gino Jang, Aaron Riard, Kelsey Hughes, and Lynn Michaela.

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