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0:54

Sorry I missed our rendezvous today. That

0:56

meeting with the commission board went on far longer

0:58

than it should have. It's never my intention

1:01

to leave new recruits hanging.

1:02

No worries. Bill Tyler

1:04

and I are still getting to know each other, but I'm

1:07

sure I'll be able to glean what I need to from him sooner

1:09

than later.

1:09

Ever the hunter. You're

1:12

on your way to the site now, I hope.

1:14

Yeah. In

1:17

a bit. Ned, I need

1:19

you to stay focused here. I

1:22

will. Just need to grab a bite to eat first. Ned,

1:25

this is hardly the time for jo-

1:38

Daddy?

1:48

Where did you go?

1:54

Grrr! No!

2:01

Dead

2:01

master! Dead! Hm?

2:09

You need to help me find my daddy, please!

2:13

Where... uh... where

2:16

did you lose him? We were leaving

2:19

the movie theater and I don't

2:21

know... I don't

2:24

know which way! Help

2:26

me find him! Alright kid, just...

2:30

let's uh... let's go

2:32

this way.

2:35

I keep calling for

2:37

him and he doesn't hear me! Don't! Don't!

2:41

Daddy!

2:42

There he is! Looks

2:44

like he didn't get that far. Stay safe kid. You're

2:47

a bad monster! But

2:49

you're a good person.

2:53

Daddy!

2:55

Oh, there you are! God,

2:58

I thought I was gonna be sick. But

3:00

you love doing the shadows, right? Nope.

3:03

The monsters are nice, right? Glad

3:07

to hear it, Scout. Let's get you home.

3:52

Thanks

3:56

for watching!

4:05

Sam Bailey, personal investigation.

4:07

February 7th, 2020 at 4.03pm Mountain Standard Time.

4:13

Somewhere in Wyoming, not really

4:15

sure where. We stopped

4:17

for the night at a small hotel we found

4:19

just off the highway in the eastern part of the

4:21

state.

4:23

We don't exactly have a choice but to travel by

4:25

car. Anything else requires

4:28

too much documentation, but in any

4:31

case we'll be in Iowa tomorrow.

4:33

I don't

4:40

like how quickly we left Oslo. Again.

4:43

I know that we're

4:45

following up our only lead and

4:48

hissles on our asses, but as

4:51

much as I hate to admit Ned

4:53

is a point, it still

4:56

feels like we're abandoning Bill and Rob to their fate.

4:59

At least for the time being. But

5:03

I... With

5:08

what we found in Oslo, I feel more

5:10

anxious about entering the source, not

5:12

less. I know

5:15

it would have happened if I didn't find Ned the other

5:17

night. He would have been lost.

5:20

Everything he said about being afraid to cross

5:23

the Vale, and he's a thousand

5:25

years old. And I'm...

5:28

what, just shy of thirty? I've

5:31

gone in there guns blazing more than once,

5:34

and it sounds like I'm lucky to still be

5:36

here. Law

5:39

of averages says it has to catch up with me

5:41

at some point. And

5:46

then there's Hamanita's warning. The

5:49

dark goddess that had me and my friends held hostage

5:51

in a freezing tree all night, not that long

5:53

ago, having a panic

5:56

attack down in the tunnels. And

5:59

Jerry's memory lost.

6:55

Why'd

8:01

you want to bring the recorder with you? I

8:04

thought it might be a good idea to walk around with it

8:06

for a bit. Things tend to come crawling

8:08

out of the woodwork when the tape is on and I

8:10

really don't want anything sneaking up on us in

8:12

the middle of the night. No,

8:15

not a bad idea actually. I'm flattered.

8:20

Uh, want to head up that hill? Looks like there's

8:22

actually some greenery up there. Why

8:24

not? Well, lucky it hasn't snowed

8:26

recently. It's still freezing. I...

8:31

might only have a short walk in me.

8:32

Fine by me. You

8:35

don't handle the cold very well, do you? Well,

8:38

seeing as I don't have a biological

8:40

way to keep myself warm.

8:41

Oh, duh. Bet

8:44

the view will be nice from up here though. I saw that

8:46

we're close to a national forest on the map

8:48

and maybe we can see it from here. Wouldn't

8:50

that be lovely? So...

8:58

so... Bill

9:03

and Rob, do you think you'll really

9:05

be able to save them? I...

9:11

I hope so. I

9:13

have to. I'm

9:17

going to try, but I can't. I

9:24

don't know if I can do it alone. And

9:27

Bailey won't budge an inch. No

9:29

surprise there. He can be as

9:31

stubborn as you are, especially when

9:33

he's on a mission. So

9:36

once he gets an idea in his head... He'll

9:38

follow it until he burns himself out. Orgus

9:41

hurt badly enough he has no choice but to stop.

9:44

That's what changed his tune the last time. But

9:51

I mean, maybe it'll be different

9:53

this time. People change, after

9:55

all. Just look at you. Me?

9:59

I mean... First,

10:01

you were working with Morrison, then

10:04

you were content to wait out the end of the world,

10:06

and now, like, you're

10:09

willing to put your life on the line to save our

10:12

friends? Why? Well,

10:15

I... God, I mean... This

10:24

isn't what I thought Gil would

10:27

feel like. What do you mean? I

10:31

didn't know Bill and Rob were already back in Oslo.

10:34

You know, when Morrison changed, I ran off without a second

10:36

thought, but if I don't... Someone

10:39

told me I could've saved them. I

10:42

promised them I'd keep them safe. I failed.

10:45

There's no way you could've known. Net, they... No,

10:48

I promised them, Kate. I promised them that

10:50

they would be safe, and now they're suffering because I

10:52

didn't know they needed

10:53

me. I

10:55

didn't even send them into

10:57

the source myself, so why? Why

11:03

do I feel so guilty? Net,

11:10

I don't want to be too obvious, but sometimes

11:14

you feel bad for things that aren't directly your fault.

11:17

Especially when someone you love

11:20

is hurt. It's just

11:22

being... Well,

11:25

you know what I mean.

11:34

Net, hold up. Looks

11:36

like one, really.

11:38

Oh, what's this? What

11:42

the hell is that?

11:45

Maybe you should describe

11:48

it for the tape. Oh, sure, yeah.

11:52

Well, there's a small pond up here, frozen

11:54

over, of course. And

11:58

I can't quite see it without my glasses. But

12:01

is that what I think it is? There's a tree

12:03

at the end of the lake right smack

12:05

in the middle It's got a cow

12:07

skull hanging from it about say 30 feet

12:11

high Yeah Okay

12:16

Do you know what that means not

12:19

a clue I Feel

12:23

like we shouldn't be here you're

12:25

right we shouldn't Said

12:30

back Ned. This sounds almost gone good

12:33

call You

12:36

should warn the others to stay inside tonight What's

12:39

wrong nothing? As

12:41

long as you stay inside nothing to worry about Right

13:01

Right

13:17

Well Kate said earlier about the tape bringing things

13:20

out of the woodwork Wow

13:24

Got me thinking It's

13:26

been an awful long time Since

13:29

I've been feared in

13:32

fact today reminded me

13:34

of how exactly how unfair

13:38

I am I Kind

13:41

of miss it And

13:43

it's been too long since I had a good hunt

13:52

There's some terribly old legends

13:54

around these parts of these

13:57

small hidden people who live in these hills Not

14:00

like regular humans, certainly. Not

14:03

anything I should feel bad about hunting.

14:10

They're

14:10

aggressive little fuckers, so.

14:12

I know in favor of these frankly

14:15

adorable little poison nairns, but... being

14:19

what I am, although I have any effect

14:22

on me.

14:30

Fuck it. You

14:49

put me down. You

14:51

know the danger you're in. AHHHHHHH!

15:05

Ben! What's going on up there?

15:07

Kate? Get back

15:09

inside. Kate! Go

15:11

back inside! Now! Can you hear me?

15:15

Kate! Oh,

15:31

sorry. What about you?

15:37

The

15:41

arrow point is simple. I gotta remove it without damaging your leg. No!

15:43

Ned, I want you to go get Sam! Kate,

15:45

listen to me. Get away from

15:46

me! Kate! The arrow

15:48

is poisoned if I don't remove it in the next few minutes. You

15:50

said I need to get the poison out of you now! And

15:56

how are you going to do that? I

16:01

think I got all of

16:03

it.

16:24

You should be okay.

16:27

How do you know?

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Bailey February 8th, 2020, 5

19:23

0 3 a.m. We'll

19:29

be leaving soon. We

19:32

were woken up last night by, uh, I Ned

19:37

carrying Kate back into the room. There,

19:40

there was a lot of blood screaming

19:44

from Ren, but thankfully

19:47

Kate is fine. Now

19:50

she could have

19:52

died. Ned

19:56

actually played the tape for us though. He

19:59

couldn't. Lucas in the eyes while we listen to it, but

20:04

I'm surprised he'd tell on himself like that.

20:07

Now, surprise

20:10

is an understatement. What

20:13

he did on that tape is brutal,

20:17

dark, and yet

20:22

he saved Kate without

20:25

hesitation. But

20:31

those creatures that he killed, they

20:34

didn't attack until they felt provoked.

20:37

I

20:40

have to wonder how much of Ned's old nature

20:42

is still in there. He's

20:45

been

20:45

around a long time, worn a lot

20:48

of

20:48

different faces. Is

20:52

this one starting to wear? He's

20:56

replaced so many parts of himself, but how

21:01

much of that tar monster is still there beneath

21:03

it all? Or

21:05

is he becoming something

21:09

different somehow? Are

21:17

Kate and Ren ready? Ren's helping

21:20

Kate change the dressing on her leg. They

21:22

should be out soon. Hmm.

21:30

You're aware I have reasons to both completely

21:33

trust and distrust you now? I

21:36

suppose so. And

21:39

I don't know which to believe. I

21:45

don't suppose we could manage to have an actual

21:47

conversation about this, could we? Help

21:52

me save Bill and Rob.

21:55

Until then, I'll

21:58

do my best to be with you.

21:59

a civil traveling companion.

22:32

I was still alone. The

22:40

moment that you

22:43

held me. Cause I

22:48

could wake you up.

22:53

Cause I could wake you

22:55

up. With

23:00

you. I

23:04

could find my own big phone. It's

23:10

yours and then it's history.

23:15

When I was feeling ready.

23:21

It ended just because. Am

23:29

I a ghost in my own body?

23:34

Am I a boy who feels

23:36

the pain? And

23:40

if nothing you are sorry,

23:42

I want my death. The

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Shurnteeps, Episode 83.

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If you don't see me, baby, I want

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my baby. I

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want my baby. If you keep jacking

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along, and I'll keep jacking

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I've got to find a way

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to not think. If

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I keep jacking along, I'll keep jacking

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find a way to not think. If

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you don't see me, I want my

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baby. If

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I keep jacking along, I'll keep

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