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Episode: Introducing: Shipworm

Author: Two-Up
Duration: 00:22:01

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Limetown is created by Two-Up. We’d like to tell you about our latest podcast, Shipworm. Shipworm is something new in podcasting. It’s a feature-length one-off audio movie. Following this message is the first 20 minutes of Shipworm. If you like what you hear, please head over to listen to the

full audio movie on the Shipworm podcast feed. It’s available right now, today, for free at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shipworm/id1561888136 Shipworm is more than a year in the making and it’s Two-Up’s most ambitious and unconventional podcast yet. We hope you enjoy it and thank you again for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary

In this episode, Two-Up introduces "Shipworm," their highly ambitious feature-length audio movie project, which diverges from traditional podcast formats. The hosts express their excitement for this innovative storytelling endeavor that has taken over a year to create. The storyline begins with a complex conversation involving Dr. Conway and an undetectable entity in his head, exploring themes of reality and consciousness. Tension rises as characters navigate confusion and uncover mysterious tasks, ultimately leading to unsettling revelations about morality and truth.

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00:00:02 Speaker_00
Limetown is created by 2UP. We'd like to tell you about our latest podcast, Shipwyrm. Shipwyrm is something new in podcasting. It's a feature-length, one-off audio movie. Following this message is the first 20 minutes of Shipwyrm.

00:00:22 Speaker_00
If you like what you hear, please click the link in this episode's description to get to the Shipwyrm podcast. It's available right now, today, for free.

00:00:34 Speaker_00
Shipworm is more than a year in the making, and it's 2UP's most ambitious and unconventional podcast yet. We hope you enjoy it, and thank you again for listening.

00:01:44 Speaker_02
Wallace, are you there?

00:01:47 Speaker_08
Yes, I'm here.

00:01:50 Speaker_02
Did you hear what I said?

00:01:52 Speaker_08
Yes. Can you please repeat what you think I said so we can... You said you wanted a separation.

00:02:00 Speaker_02
Yes.

00:02:01 Speaker_08
Over the phone.

00:02:03 Speaker_02
That's the point. How long have I been trying to talk to you alone?

00:02:08 Speaker_08
I don't know.

00:02:08 Speaker_02
Weeks. I have been trying for weeks.

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I'm sorry, it's been busy.

00:02:12 Speaker_02
At work, I know. Can you at least intuit in some way why I would want a separation? This is not a trap.

00:02:22 Speaker_08
I don't... I don't know.

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Try.

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Did you... meet someone?

00:02:33 Speaker_02
No, I did not meet someone. That's boring.

00:02:36 Speaker_08
Okay, um... I can't really think right now.

00:02:41 Speaker_02
Okay, I'll tell you then. You don't talk to me anymore. How many times have I told you that bothers me? You're just closed off. I never know what you're thinking, what you're feeling.

00:02:58 Speaker_08
What about Freddy?

00:03:01 Speaker_02
We will split custody if it comes to that. Hopefully he's young enough that it won't matter.

00:03:06 Speaker_08
Thank you.

00:03:10 Speaker_02
I know you won't hear me, but let me say this for the last time, that I think you need to talk to someone. I think what you went through over there isn't normal and you can't pretend that- Stop. It isn't normal. And it had to have done something.

00:03:22 Speaker_08
Not all of us who went out there came back broken.

00:03:24 Speaker_02
But you did.

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I help people. Every day.

00:03:27 Speaker_02
I'm not talking about helping other people. I'm talking about helping yourself.

00:03:36 Speaker_08
I won't be home tonight.

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Please eat something before you drink. Bye, Wallace.

00:04:08 Speaker_08
Come in.

00:04:11 Speaker_05
I'm heading home for the night, Dr. Conway.

00:04:13 Speaker_08
OK, Wendy. Have a good one. I'll see you tomorrow.

00:04:17 Speaker_05
What do you think about this hurricane coming in?

00:04:20 Speaker_08
Dolly, you're right.

00:04:21 Speaker_05
Yeah. Seems like she's picking up steam.

00:04:24 Speaker_08
Well, we've managed before.

00:04:27 Speaker_05
Yeah. Um, Dr. Conway, do you want to hear a joke?

00:04:35 Speaker_08
Sure.

00:04:38 Speaker_05
A man walks into a doctor's office. He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear, and a banana in his right ear. Oh, boy. He asks the doctor, what's wrong with me? The doctor replies, you're not eating properly.

00:05:00 Speaker_08
Can I write that down?

00:05:03 Speaker_05
Yeah. It's not mine. I found it on a website. See you tomorrow, Dr. Conway.

00:05:14 Speaker_08
See you then. You're not eating properly. You're not eating properly. You're not. You're not eating properly. You're not eating properly.

00:05:54 Speaker_07
You're not eating properly. You're not eating properly.

00:06:40 Speaker_08
Jesus. Hello?

00:06:45 Speaker_07
Dr. Conway, this is Marty.

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Sorry, my volume is up. What? The volume won't... Never mind.

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How can I help you, Marty? My back is acting up. I need a refill. Are you sure? I thought we... Please hang up the phone. Sorry, did you say something? Wallace, hang up the phone. Are you not hearing another voice? Only me and you, Doc.

00:07:11 Speaker_08
He can't hear me, Dr. Conway. I'm just very confused right now. You doing okay? I think. I just can't make sense of how- Hang up the phone. Marty, I'm sorry. I gotta go.

00:07:24 Speaker_06
What about my recent- Thank you for hanging up.

00:07:29 Speaker_08
Hello?

00:07:31 Speaker_06
Hello.

00:07:33 Speaker_08
Who is this? Where are you?

00:07:36 Speaker_06
You can call me the conductor.

00:07:38 Speaker_08
I am... Wendy, are you there?

00:07:41 Speaker_06
Yes.

00:07:42 Speaker_08
Can you come in here for a second?

00:07:44 Speaker_06
She's not going to be able to help you. What's up?

00:07:47 Speaker_08
Wendy, is anyone here?

00:07:50 Speaker_05
Where?

00:07:51 Speaker_08
Here. Or around here. Is there anyone?

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Besides you and me?

00:07:56 Speaker_08
Yes.

00:07:59 Speaker_05
Not that I know of?

00:08:02 Speaker_08
Did anyone come in here before you?

00:08:05 Speaker_05
I just got here. So, um... But I don't think so. I told you, she's not going to... Shh!

00:08:10 Speaker_06
You hear that?

00:08:14 Speaker_05
I don't hear anything. No. She can't hear me. She can't help you.

00:08:18 Speaker_08
She can't hear me. She can't help you, is what she said.

00:08:22 Speaker_05
Who?

00:08:23 Speaker_08
I don't know.

00:08:26 Speaker_06
Did you sleep here last night? Say no, and wish her daughter a happy birthday.

00:08:32 Speaker_08
Is it your daughter's birthday today?

00:08:35 Speaker_05
It is. Wow. Thank you so much for remembering. She's five today. She's very excited about the pony we're bringing in.

00:08:43 Speaker_06
We really need to get started, Dr. Conway.

00:08:45 Speaker_08
I'm sorry, Wendy. I think I'm going to vomit.

00:08:47 Speaker_05
Oh. Can I get you- No, no.

00:08:49 Speaker_08
Please leave.

00:08:50 Speaker_05
Okay. Just let me know. Yes.

00:08:52 Speaker_08
Yes.

00:09:04 Speaker_06
This is a normal side effect, so don't worry on that front. God, it's like it's right inside my head. I am inside your head. Mom? That's interesting. No, I'm not your mother.

00:09:22 Speaker_08
How much did I drink last night?

00:09:26 Speaker_06
You had four pretty full glasses of Noah's Mill, but that's not what's happening right now.

00:09:42 Speaker_08
Am I going insane?

00:09:44 Speaker_06
No. You've been implanted with an untraceable and undetectable listening device that allows me to communicate with you.

00:09:50 Speaker_08
I think I'm gonna throw up again.

00:09:53 Speaker_06
As I said, that's fairly common.

00:09:56 Speaker_08
I don't understand what's happening.

00:09:59 Speaker_06
I can explain, but first I need you to go to your computer and click on a link I've sent you. And then I need you to tell me how your wife likes her eggs.

00:10:10 Speaker_08
False alarm.

00:10:12 Speaker_06
This is the last thing from a false alarm, Dr. Conway.

00:10:20 Speaker_08
So you're saying that you are an electric thing in my head?

00:10:26 Speaker_06
I am a person, but yes, the listening device. That's not going to work. But A for effort.

00:10:44 Speaker_08
I don't believe you're real.

00:10:46 Speaker_06
I am.

00:10:47 Speaker_08
I believe I'm emotionally compromised and hungover and experiencing some sort of... Break? Yes.

00:10:55 Speaker_06
You aren't. Well, you are emotionally compromised and you are hungover, but... Wendy?

00:11:01 Speaker_05
Yes?

00:11:02 Speaker_08
Can you tell Andre we need an x-ray prepped for a head scan?

00:11:06 Speaker_05
Yes. Is someone coming in?

00:11:09 Speaker_08
It's for my head. Me. Just let me know when Andre's ready.

00:11:14 Speaker_06
Maybe you can click the link or tell me how your wife likes her eggs.

00:11:18 Speaker_08
No. I'm going to take an X-ray of my skull. I am going to see that nothing is in my head. And then I'm going to ignore you because you aren't real.

00:11:25 Speaker_06
You're going to take an X-ray of your skull and see that nothing is in your head, and that will prove that it cannot be detected, which is what I've already said to you.

00:11:32 Speaker_08
Well, that seems convenient.

00:11:34 Speaker_06
I have other, more severe methods of proving my existence, Dr. Conway.

00:11:39 Speaker_08
What does that mean? Is it ready?

00:11:44 Speaker_05
Andre is ready.

00:11:45 Speaker_08
Thank you. I'll be there in a moment.

00:11:51 Speaker_06
My patience will extend to the x-ray as a courtesy.

00:11:56 Speaker_08
How did you know it was Wendy's daughter's birthday?

00:11:59 Speaker_06
I know a lot of things.

00:12:01 Speaker_08
I must have seen it on a calendar.

00:12:09 Speaker_06
How does your wife like her eggs?

00:12:11 Speaker_08
Poached, but not runny. What? Sorry. Good morning, Andre. Clearly haven't had food.

00:12:17 Speaker_03
I had a jelly donut. Oh, man. What kind? I don't know. Red kind?

00:12:22 Speaker_08
Love red kind.

00:12:25 Speaker_03
What are we doing?

00:12:27 Speaker_08
Full school, please.

00:12:28 Speaker_04
OK.

00:12:29 Speaker_03
Light down. How about that game last night?

00:12:44 Speaker_04
Totally. Unbelievable. What are we looking for?

00:13:01 Speaker_08
Hopefully nothing. Or something. I'm not sure.

00:13:04 Speaker_04
It will be nothing. Anything specific you do or do not want to see?

00:13:10 Speaker_08
I honestly don't know.

00:13:13 Speaker_04
You okay, doc? You seem a little out of sorts.

00:13:18 Speaker_08
I'm fine, Andre. Thank you for asking.

00:13:20 Speaker_06
Please answer the phone when your wife calls.

00:13:22 Speaker_08
What? What? Sorry. Can you just bring those scans to my office when they're ready? Yeah, sure. Some game though, huh?

00:13:36 Speaker_06
How did you know she was calling? Please answer the phone, Dr. Conway.

00:13:47 Speaker_08
Hi.

00:13:48 Speaker_02
I'm not sure how you did it, but please say hello next time.

00:13:52 Speaker_08
What do you mean?

00:13:53 Speaker_02
You don't have to sneak around and leave me breakfast without saying hello. I'm not going to bite your head off.

00:13:59 Speaker_06
Keep your cool.

00:14:01 Speaker_08
I just, um, I just wanted to surprise you. Where did you find it?

00:14:06 Speaker_02
On the counter where you left it. Smartass. Right as I was about to break my fast, too. Poached, not runny, perfect all around. Hi, Marks.

00:14:17 Speaker_08
I'm so happy to hear that. Honey, I'm sorry, I have to go. There's a patient waiting.

00:14:23 Speaker_02
Call me later? Please? This is good. You're trying.

00:14:27 Speaker_08
Okay, talk later. I don't know if I can process this.

00:14:37 Speaker_06
We made your wife poached eggs, not runny, and left them on the counter for her in time to break her fast.

00:14:42 Speaker_08
How did you get inside? Or any part of what you just said?

00:14:47 Speaker_06
We can, is the answer. Now please go to your computer and check your mail.

00:14:51 Speaker_08
I'm going to call the police.

00:14:52 Speaker_06
And tell them what?

00:14:54 Speaker_08
I don't know, but get them there to her.

00:14:57 Speaker_06
We would have to enact a new set of measures if you involve the police. Enact a new what? Who is we?

00:15:04 Speaker_08
Why are we in my head and in my house and making my wife eggs?

00:15:10 Speaker_06
You're going to have to accept that you're not going to know that for quite some time.

00:15:14 Speaker_08
I'm not going to accept shit. This doesn't make any sense. I'm standing in the middle of my office screaming at no one.

00:15:21 Speaker_06
It feels complicated, but it isn't. I tell you to do things and you do them.

00:15:25 Speaker_08
Who the hell are you?

00:15:26 Speaker_06
I am the conductor. That's not a name. You're right. Do you feel better? No.

00:15:37 Speaker_08
No, I stacked those in a very particular order.

00:15:43 Speaker_06
When you're ready, please go to your computer and check your mail.

00:15:47 Speaker_08
Yes, when I am ready. I will choose when things happen. OK, now I'm checking it under my own free will. What am I looking for?

00:16:05 Speaker_06
An email from Dr. Wallace Conway.

00:16:09 Speaker_08
That's, um, yeah. OK.

00:16:13 Speaker_06
Now click the link.

00:16:28 Speaker_08
Am I seeing my son sleeping in his crib?

00:16:32 Speaker_06
Do you see the teddy bear on the bookshelf behind him?

00:16:38 Speaker_08
Yes.

00:16:39 Speaker_06
Do you see the pair of scissors rammed into its chest? That's better. Just focus on your breathing and listen to my voice. You are not dreaming. You are awake. And there is a very thin line between what you are now and what you could be.

00:17:22 Speaker_06
Right now, you are the most important man on Earth. But on the other side of that line, where you don't listen to me, is pure nothing. Like you never happened. You don't have to believe in me, but you have to believe in that.

00:17:36 Speaker_06
I need you to understand your situation. I'm glad you took x-rays. It makes my job easier. Because if something is there, well, then you can point to that bad place and the world can help you make it all go away.

00:17:48 Speaker_06
But if something isn't there, which I assure you is the case, then you're just a guy standing in the middle of his office screaming at no one. Do you understand your predicament?

00:18:10 Speaker_08
Yes?

00:18:11 Speaker_05
Andre has your x-rays.

00:18:14 Speaker_08
Send them in.

00:18:23 Speaker_04
Hi, Wallace.

00:18:32 Speaker_03
I don't see anything. Yeah. I don't know what's going on, but that has to be good news. It's great. Yeah.

00:18:45 Speaker_08
Thank you, Andre.

00:18:47 Speaker_04
No problem, Wallace.

00:18:58 Speaker_08
I'm listening.

00:19:00 Speaker_06
I'm so happy we've come to an understanding. There is a larger plan that you, the most important person on Earth, are now a part of. You have to do every single thing that I tell you to do.

00:19:12 Speaker_06
Some things might feel strange or outside of your comfort zone, but you have to do them all the same.

00:19:18 Speaker_08
For... for how long?

00:19:20 Speaker_06
If this lasts more than 24 hours, you'll be dead.

00:19:26 Speaker_08
What if I'm successful?

00:19:28 Speaker_06
Then I will just have been a voice in your head, which I am.

00:19:36 Speaker_08
Is this because of Camp Nama?

00:19:38 Speaker_06
No. Well, not like you think, anyway. Now, go to your desk and open the second drawer from the top on the right. Inside, you will find a large hunting knife and a claw hammer. Pick one.

00:19:57 Speaker_08
For what? For what job? Pick one. Knives make me nervous.

00:20:01 Speaker_06
Then you should take the claw hammer.

00:20:04 Speaker_08
But what if I need a knife?

00:20:05 Speaker_06
What if, indeed. You have selected the claw hammer. Congratulations. This was the right choice.

00:20:15 Speaker_08
What would have happened if I took the knife?

00:20:17 Speaker_06
Just be happy you didn't. I'm messing with you. This doesn't matter at all.

00:20:23 Speaker_08
Jesus Christ.

00:20:24 Speaker_06
Are you ready to hear what your first assignment is?

00:20:30 Speaker_08
Okay.

00:20:31 Speaker_06
I need you to get something from a safety deposit box in the Citizens National Bank on Park Street.

00:20:37 Speaker_08
My sister's bank?

00:20:39 Speaker_06
Yes.

00:20:41 Speaker_08
Is the safety deposit box yours?

00:20:43 Speaker_06
No.

00:20:47 Speaker_08
You want me to rob a bank?

00:20:50 Speaker_06
That's right.

00:20:50 Speaker_08
I need some coffee first.

00:21:40 Speaker_00
Thank you for listening to this teaser of Shipworm. If you want to hear the rest of the show, it's available right now, today, over on the Shipworm podcast feed. There's a link in this episode's description.