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Two paths wind beneath Judge Helicoid's monstrous courtroom: two paths containing different players in this game, different tricks and traps and treacheries. All they share is this:
A destination. Fort Terminus, the prison at the end of the world.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Travelers. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
On staff at the Penumbra:
Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
Alice Chuang -- Head of Design
Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
Noah Simes -- Production manager
Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
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"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“Wood_Creak_03.wav” by dheming freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/177778
“Snapping, Wooden Fence, G” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352183
“Smashing, Wooden Fence, B” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352204
“Ambience_Cave_00.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/270387
“Door, Church, Close, B” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/271562
“Door, Church, Open, C” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/271569
“Rock Scrape 2” by Benboncan freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/74441
“Door falls to floor.wav” by CastIronCarousel freesound.org/people/CastIronCarousel/sounds/216749
“Boiling water, large, A” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/412843
“Wet_Slaps.mp3” by HerbertBoland freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/104686
“Splat” by Audionautics freesound.org/people/Audionautics/sounds/133968
“Blood and gore FX performance 2” by Slave2theLight freesound.org/people/Slave2theLight/sounds/157113
“Step.wav” by CGEffex freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/95755
“Whoosh.wav” by xtrgamr freesound.org/people/xtrgamr/sounds/257779
Trigger Warnings:
-Sudden loud noises
-Claustrophobia
-Violence and threats of violence
-Hostage situations/kidnapping
-Death and injury
-Death of (monster) animals
-Implied killing of people and animals
-Deception and gaslighting
-Language and references that may be construed as sexual in nature
Two paths wind beneath Judge Helicoid's monstrous courtroom: two paths containing different players in this game, different tricks and traps and treacheries. All they share is this:
A destination. Fort Terminus, the prison at the end of the world.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Travelers. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
On staff at the Penumbra:
Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
Alice Chuang -- Head of Design
Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
Noah Simes -- Production manager
Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“Wood_Creak_03.wav” by dheming freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/177778
“Snapping, Wooden Fence, G” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352183
“Smashing, Wooden Fence, B” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352204
“Ambience_Cave_00.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/270387
“Door, Church, Close, B” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/271562
“Door, Church, Open, C” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/271569
“Rock Scrape 2” by Benboncan freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/74441
“Door falls to floor.wav” by CastIronCarousel freesound.org/people/CastIronCarousel/sounds/216749
“Boiling water, large, A” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/412843
“Wet_Slaps.mp3” by HerbertBoland freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/104686
“Splat” by Audionautics freesound.org/people/Audionautics/sounds/133968
“Blood and gore FX performance 2” by Slave2theLight freesound.org/people/Slave2theLight/sounds/157113
“Step.wav” by CGEffex freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/95755
“Whoosh.wav” by xtrgamr freesound.org/people/xtrgamr/sounds/257779
Trigger Warnings:
-Sudden loud noises
-Claustrophobia
-Violence and threats of violence
-Hostage situations/kidnapping
-Death and injury
-Death of (monster) animals
-Implied killing of people and animals
-Deception and gaslighting
-Language and references that may be construed as sexual in nature









![The Reunion Episode (Thirst Chapter 23, Season 1)
You can find early and ad-free episodes, production scripts, commentary tracks, blooper reels, livestreams with the creators, and much more, at The Penumbra Podcast: SPECIAL EDITION.
Cant Tear My Eyes From You, Chapter 23: The Reunion Episode.
Youre playing the game but I might still get eliminated?
Cast:
Marge Dunn as Raine Randolph
Amanda Egbu as Georgia Whittaker
Josephine Moshiri Elwood as Valentina Ride
Eleanore Cho Fellerhoff as Holliday Murdock
Joshua Ilon as Dennis Cruz
Tooky Kavanagh as The Algorithm
Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whittaker
Melody Perera as Anouk Kalhara
Stefano Perti as Dennis Lang
Marc Pierre as Sergeant Murdock
Stewart Evan Smith as Taylor Kelley
Alexander Stravinski as The Host
This weeks commercial, FreeCut Knives, was co-written and performed by Jamie Petronis as Nate and Athan as Mark. You can find their horror comedy audio drama, [REDACTED], at https://www.theredactedunit.com or wherever you find your podcasts.
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
You can find all of our transcripts here. Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode and include all required SFX attributions.
On staff at the Penumbra:
Ginny DAngelo Head of Operations
Melissa DeJesus Script editing team
Harley Takagi Kaner Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
Grahame Turner Script editing team
Kevin Vibert Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
Ryan Vibert Composer and performer of original music
Jeff Wright Graphic designer
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
Pursuit/hunting
Capture and being trapped
Vehicular accidents and violence
Fire
Insects and insect killing
Physical harm and violence
Death and dead bodies
Threats of harm
Language that may be triggering regarding body image and restrictive, normative beauty standards
Gore and “body horror”
Sudden loud noises
Severe illness
Deception and manipulation
Relationship infighting
Threats of domestic abuse
Unwanted sexual advances
Abuse of power/authority
Please consider supporting our ability to continue making this show! Were independent and rely on your funding to buy the time and talent to write, direct, compose, product, act, and so much more for this show. You can find us at:
thepenumbrapodcast.supercast.com
or patreon.com/thepenumbrapodcast The Reunion Episode (Thirst Chapter 23, Season 1)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wSVJ8j1fuCA/mqdefault.jpg)
