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5 min readThe crowd is moving south toward Vicks Bridge, the only evacuation route still open. People are still wearing the torn remains of their summer sundown clothes. Smoke hangs between rooftops. Dust clings to faces and open wounds. Then the ground moves—one immense footfall rolls beneath the street. The thing is hidden somewhere beyond the buildings, but its steps continue to find you.
This is the sound of a city collapsing. A creature taller than the central towers of the Emberworks has risen from the harbor and is now moving northwest through Port Akabor. No one knows what it wants. No one knows what it is. But everyone is running.
The evacuation and the search for Abigail
The group—Cullen, Yaxel, Harley, and their injured friend Tev—moves with the crowd. They pass an upturned pleasure craft that was hurled from the bay, still bearing the impact marks on nearby buildings. Harley and Shang break ahead to search for something with wheels for Tev, finding two creepers in a repair shop. Harley also grabs a bottle of sparkling wine. "That's for celebrating when we get the fuck out of here," he says.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:02) **Opening Broadcast** - A news report describes catastrophic damage and a mysterious, moving danger in the harbor, ordering citizens to evacuate toward Vicks Bridge.
- 2 (01:07) **The Evacuation Begins** - The party is swept into a panicked crowd moving through the old quarter, feeling the ground tremble from an unseen creature's footsteps.
- 3 (02:59) **Carrying Tev** - The party, now including Chang, struggles to carry the injured Tev, searching for a wheeled cart to speed their escape.
- 4 (05:11) **Finding a Creeper** - Harley and Shang push ahead through the crowd, discover an upturned boat, and loot a repair shop for wheeled creepers and tools.
- 5 (11:55) **Heading West to Vicks Bridge** - The group continues west along Harbor Rise, learning from a civic warden that all harbor evacuees are being directed to Vicks Bridge.
- 6 (15:23) **Vicks Bridge in Sight** - The group sees Vicks Bridge ahead and shares harrowing accounts of what they witnessed, confirming the tremors are footfalls of a massive creature.
- 7 (17:18) **Radio Report** - The party stops to listen to a radio broadcast that confirms a giant, unknown creature is moving through the city, heading northwest.
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Show Notes
A celebration devolves into a disaster. Terrible things descend from above, threatening to tear our heroes apart. Safety lies south with the promise of escape. Let's hope we can make it in time.
Content Warning: This episode contains depictions of violence and alcohol consumption.
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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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Special thanks to Michael Keane for sound design assistance.
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