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5 min readWorld Turner: Episode 1 — Sundown Part 1
The summer sundown has arrived in Port Acabor, and the city is celebrating. White bloom from the Year Keeper drifts across rooftops and settles on coats and breakfasts left too close to windows. Tony Geloni and the Acabor Brass Society will play tonight at the Bayview band shell. But for three university students, the festival day is already thick with complications that have nothing to do with the weather.
Three Friends, Three Directions
The episode introduces Yaxel, Harley, and Colin — friends navigating the last summer before senior year — through a morning that reveals how differently each of them is positioned in this city.
Yaxel Larson wakes in his small apartment in Twin Bay, freshly bathed, reading an article about how a two-foot branch is whittled down to make the reed for the instruments being played tonight. He is eager to share this factoid with anyone interested. Harley Mori wakes hungover on the pullout couch, having deliberately gotten drunk for the first time to check it off her summer to-do list — a list that also includes streaking across campus, a beach bonfire, and a first kiss. When Shang, the former glide ball team captain, bangs on the door, she drags them into the day. The energy of the city is infectious, and for a moment, the morning feels simple.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:18) **Morning in Port Acabor** - The episode opens with a radio broadcast announcing the Summer Sundown festival, then settles into a description of the city waking up, covered in "bloom" from the Year Keeper tree.
- 2 (03:10) **Introducing Yaxel and Harley** - We meet Yaxel, who is calmly having coffee and reading the morning papers, and Harley, who is sleeping off a hangover on the pull-out couch.
- 3 (07:53) **Shang's Arrival and the Summer To-Do List** - Their former glide ball team captain, Shang, bursts into the apartment to rally them for the day's festivities, leading to a discussion of Harley's ambitious summer checklist.
- 4 (15:35) **Colin's Crisis in the Old Quarter** - The scene shifts to Colin’s studio apartment, where he is in a state of deep despair, waiting for a letter from his long-distance girlfriend, Abigail.
- 5 (24:17) **The Friends Reunite** - Yaxel and Harley arrive at Colin's apartment to find him devastated, having prepared a sleeping bag for Tobias. They immediately try to cheer him up and strategize.
- 6 (32:31) **A Walk Through the City** - The group leaves Colin’s apartment to get breakfast, arguing over where to eat and discussing Colin's work at the Vix Institute, which Harley jokingly believes involves werewolves.
- 7 (39:52) **The Telegram and a New Plan** - While Colin is spiraling about Abigail’s arrival, a telegram from his boss, Dr. Gord, arrives, calling him into work on the festival day.
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Show Notes
Tonight, the great city of Port Akabor celebrates the Summer Sundown! Musicians tune up at the Bayview Bandshell while college students prepare to party. Gather your loved ones, grab a drink, and turn up the radio. This will be a night to remember!
Content Warning: This episode contains depictions of alcohol consumption, suicidal ideation, and vomit.
We are:
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Ally Beardsley
Lou Wilson
World Turner was produced by Worlds Beyond Number
Edit and Sound Design by Jino Jang-Hansen at Big Giant Head
Score by Will Savino
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Director of Operations: Melanie Bowman
Social Media Manager: Shannon H
Lorekeeper and Transcriptionist: Jack Morgan E.F. Lavandowska
Recording Engineer: Rainie Toll
Character Art by Elisabeth Mkheidze
Cover Art by Lu Tomkiewicz
Additional Game Design by Mazey Veselak
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