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Welcome to the Horizon 2.10: The Astral Sea

July 28, 2026

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The Triad—a network of warp gates connecting thousands of civilizations across three galaxies—has suddenly powered down, and the gates have been consumed by the stars that once fueled them. Roughly 40% of the Triad's citizens were away from their home planets when it happened, and now they are stranded wherever they happened to be. Reporter Bird Bird was on Rax's Prime when the world ended, and while the rest of the Triad descended into panic, the capital city of Araxius threw a party. That contradiction—celebration in the face of catastrophe—is the mystery that sends her into a strange little mountain town called Hood's Pocket, where people are pretending to be Earthlings. What she finds there is a community that may have answers she does not want to hear.

The Astral Plane and the Shores of Memory

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  • 1 (03:55) **Welcome to the Triad – The World Has Ended** - The episode opens with Birk Bird broadcasting on the undersignal, reporting the collapse of the warp gate network and the end of the Triad as everyone knew it.
  • 2 (05:43) **The Astral Plane – The Shores of Memory** - Leif wakes up in a strange, twilight beachscape that Trinket calls the Astral Plane, specifically the Shores of Memory.
  • 3 (10:31) **Trance Patrol and Mandrake Tea** - Back in the diner, Frank and June watch over Leif and Trinket's meditating bodies, with Frank reluctantly tasked with making poisonous mandrake tea.
  • 4 (16:57) **Birk Bird Arrives in Town** - A blue-skinned reporter named Birk Bird walks into the diner, looking for answers about the collapse of the Triad and suspecting the town is involved.
  • 5 (24:39) **Live Music Auditions and a Susophone** - Steve and Deedra are interrupted at the bar by Shenzo, who wants to audition to play Earth music on his susophone.
  • 6 (31:21) **Leif's Vision – Denona and Forgiveness** - In the astral plane, Leif encounters a ghostly figure from his past, who helps him process his guilt and gives him cryptic advice.
  • 7 (37:35) **Birk Bird Interviews Verge** - Birk Bird sits down with Verge at the bar, trying to understand why everyone in town is so calm after the apocalypse.

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Show Notes

"Welcome to the Triad... Or whatever we're calling it now."


Trinkett - Camille Smicker

Leif - Tom Moorman

Frank - Ben Burdick

Eldin - Joe Fisher

June - Melody Bridges

Doug - Keith Cable

Verge - Cat Blackard

Deidre - Tina Case

Steve - Jessica Mudd

Celeste - Cooper Shaw

Shenzo - Ramsey Hong

Sara Wile, Matt Roen, and Xen of Third Person as DasFonkyBeats (website: thirdperson.media)

Even Older Leif - Tom Moorman

Caspar - Joe Fisher

BertBert - Lauren Grace Thompson


Written by Joe Fisher

Directed by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Episode Art by Existentially Exhausted Bean


Music:

Above the Clouds - American Legion

Ramblin Blues - Rymdklang Soundtracks


Bar Music:

Tuba riffs by TubaRick

"Das Schwebe-Fahrrad Fantastisch" by Xen with lyrics by Joe Fisher and Xen

“With Blue” and “Summer of Nicotine” by Veteran Children


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