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Episode: Part 42 "The Prince"

Author: Harlan Guthrie
Duration: 00:44:57

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The next part of our journey finds Arthur and the Entity trapped within the caves. As the horrors continue to grow around them they must find a way to escape the deadly caverns before it's too late...Consider supporting now at: https://www.patreon.com/TheINVICTUSStream Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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00:00:17 Speaker_02
Arthur, there is a man chained to the wall in this cavern. Jesus. We need to leave, Arthur. The ground is covered in bones. They're scattered across the earthen floor of this cave. Hundreds. Okay, okay. What about... We're helping. Are you kidding?

00:00:37 Speaker_02
We are not alone in these caves, Arthur. And with every scream he draws whatever is out there closer. We can't abandon him. We're not. We can come back. Shh. Shh. Shh. Shh. Please. Arthur. Please. There's something in the caves.

00:00:55 Speaker_02
Those screams are going to draw it near. The man is bathed in darkness. The flashes of light from the hole in the ceiling above only give fragments of the image. I can barely make out his features. Only the shape of him chained to the wall.

00:01:13 Speaker_02
Each arm as if on a cross.

00:01:16 Speaker_01
Fuck.

00:01:17 Speaker_03
God damn it, Griffin!

00:01:25 Speaker_01
Shh! Okay, okay. Just be quiet.

00:01:34 Speaker_02
It is coming, Arthur!

00:01:36 Speaker_01
The bones. How deep? How many?

00:01:38 Speaker_02
How? How deep? I don't know! There are piles in the corners, maybe. I have no way of knowing, I can barely see!

00:01:44 Speaker_03
Fuck!

00:01:47 Speaker_02
Quickly! We're going to hide amongst them.

00:01:49 Speaker_00
Fine!

00:01:49 Speaker_02
Just do it! Here, here! Move the bones on top of you. Okay. Quickly! Oh, Jesus. Arthur, she's hunched over, crooked, with large features. She walks as if searching the floor, hunched over. Her arms are thin and bare. The flesh hangs off of her, sagging.

00:02:55 Speaker_02
She wears fur of some sort, slick with the same viscous liquid that coats the walls of the cave. Her hair is long and greasy looking, and only remains in clumps attached to her skull.

00:03:12 Speaker_02
I can barely make out her face, but her eyes are all bright in the darkness. She's moved to the man on the wall. She's... running her hand along his cheek, as if almost lovingly.

00:03:34 Speaker_03
Gone.

00:03:42 Speaker_02
She's skulking out of the room. She's gone. These are hidden by the darkness, but I can see his clothing. He's wearing gloves and a dark cloak. Red maybe. Who are you? Prince. Prince. Prince. He's having trouble speaking. Prince? That doesn't make any sense.

00:04:26 Speaker_01
This wouldn't be... What did she do to you?

00:04:31 Speaker_00
It's alright, it's alright.

00:04:34 Speaker_01
How did you... How did you get here? What happened?

00:04:39 Speaker_00
Car... car... road... road... road... A car.

00:04:46 Speaker_02
On the road. An accident. He's nodding yes. Okay. He can clearly speak but something is making it difficult. What is... she? A witch?

00:05:07 Speaker_03
A witch?

00:05:13 Speaker_02
He needs to stay quiet. I don't think that will work again. We're going to get you out of here. The chains are fixed to the wall. See if you can get them unhooked at their base. I don't feel... What about his wrists? Where they're attached?

00:05:31 Speaker_02
Just follow the chain.

00:05:33 Speaker_01
Yes, yes. Here. There's a pin. I can pull it.

00:05:38 Speaker_02
I can almost... He's loose! At least one of his arms. He's already using his free hand to undo the other one. Alright, we need to find a way out. He's attempting to pull at the pin on his other wrist with his nails.

00:05:55 Speaker_00
Quiet! He's torn his nail off! Shut up! Fuck! Fuck! Shut him up, Arthur! Shut up! Shut up! Shut him up!

00:06:04 Speaker_02
Quiet! Cuff his goddamn mouth! What? Shh! Quiet!

00:06:24 Speaker_01
He's free from the wall.

00:06:26 Speaker_02
Okay, look, we need to leave. Can you understand me? Arthur! He's... He's stepping away from the wall. And into the light. Arthur, he's... I saw... You saw? Arthur... He's dead. What? I... When you held his mouth closed... I saw... I saw the rain.

00:06:56 Speaker_02
The carriage tip over. I watched him die. What is that? Why is he...? He's entered the light beneath the hall. It's the maggots, Arthur. They're writhing within it. I can see its face now. For the first time, it's been eaten away. He's... He is dead, Arthur.

00:07:38 Speaker_02
Quickly, before it has time to move. It is no longer a man, Arthur. Use Kane's dagger while it's back is to you. We need to kill it. No. No. No, he could be helpful. What? Helpful? What the fuck are you talking about? He was asking for help.

00:08:01 Speaker_02
He's rotten flesh, Arthur. He may know the way out. Know the way? Arthur, he doesn't have any fucking eyes in his sockets! What? The maggots have eaten them. Why didn't you- I did! I told you to kill the fucking thing! Arthur! He's on top of you!

00:08:20 Speaker_02
He's one flesh sagging as he tries to bite at the air before you! Arthur!

00:08:29 Speaker_00
He's bitten into your shoulder!

00:08:33 Speaker_02
Tearing a large piece from your neck! Arthur, move, you fucking idiot! You're going to draw her right back here! Wait, wait! Here, here! There's another passage from this room. Smaller, buddy. Very tight. You need to get more distance. I can't. I'm trying.

00:09:07 Speaker_02
Fuck Arthur. He's coming right behind us. My hand. He bit my fucking hand. I can't squeeze.

00:09:22 Speaker_00
Move!

00:09:22 Speaker_02
The fruit. It's another passage. What? Smaller it. A dead end. Why here? How? I didn't fucking know. We just ran Arthur. He's coming. Draw your dagger. He's coming. Wait. Wait. What? Let's get along the wall. To the left. Move.

00:09:48 Speaker_03
Whatever.

00:09:50 Speaker_02
Whatever. He sticks to the passage first. He'll be here to the right. Left. I feel it. I feel it. Get ready. You've taken his head clean off.

00:10:15 Speaker_01
He's not moving. Not that I can see.

00:10:29 Speaker_02
You need to bandage.

00:10:30 Speaker_01
I know, I know.

00:10:33 Speaker_02
I fucking know. This is a small offshoot of the previous room. There's a tiny thread of light coming from above. Like the other room, only slightly bigger. Big enough to crawl through? I don't think so.

00:10:55 Speaker_02
On the plus side, the bleeding on your hand is stopped so you can reuse the bandage. We need to get out of here. Before the maggots start finding new meat. Just sit for a moment. Cover the wound on your shoulder. Bandage your wounds. I am. I will.

00:11:18 Speaker_02
Maggots writhe from the decapitated head of the prince. You don't need to describe that. Look, maybe I should have been clearer. I suppose you couldn't have known exactly how dead he was.

00:11:36 Speaker_01
I'm sure in your mind- In my mind, he was asking for help. He was aware enough to need it. I understand. But this isn't New York anymore. And I need to realize that. Yes.

00:11:55 Speaker_02
We both do. I think the bones were- I think he ate them. Yes. You said she stroked his cheek. Lovingly. She was feeding him. Okay, but why? Why indeed. His head is sitting on the floor. Between our legs. Oh, fuck. His eyes are empty, devoid of any meat left.

00:12:33 Speaker_02
While his mouth and face still have little bits of rotten flesh on them. The maggots have fallen off. His body? Blocking the way in. Laying down in the tight crack that we squeezed through. We'll have to move it. Just take a second.

00:12:51 Speaker_02
You still haven't bandaged the bite on my hand. Oh, right. Where, uh... To the side, beneath the pinky. I don't have any more. You should have kept the robe. I could tear some off my shirt.

00:13:06 Speaker_02
I feel like keeping the maggots off our skin would be a... Right, right. What about... The prince? Clothes may be salvageable, at least to tear strips off. He wore gloves. Right, right. As I said, his body is wedged within the crack. Be careful.

00:13:31 Speaker_02
We don't know if he is truly dead. Agreed. Is it moving? I can't tell. Its hands are up before it. Stretched into this room, one under his chest, the other is free. There, lower, lower. Be careful. I don't want to touch any exposed flesh again, please.

00:14:01 Speaker_02
Right, right. There, the glove. The flesh inside feels stiff, at least. See if you can take it off. The flesh beneath is still dry. Smoke races. Put it on.

00:14:23 Speaker_01
As high as our pinky, too? Yes.

00:14:27 Speaker_02
Well, we may as well take both. The other is just beneath the chest. Careful. You'll need to lift the arm out from underneath. Lift the chest. Slowly. Now, pull the arm. And... God! Fuck! Movement! Still moving, Arthur! Jesus! The glove, it's... there. There.

00:14:59 Speaker_02
Fuck. Wearing a dead man's gloves. It seems like he's stopped moving again.

00:15:07 Speaker_01
I suppose we should move the body.

00:15:08 Speaker_02
We need to find a way out of these caves.

00:15:11 Speaker_01
If... If we leave the same way we came into the room with him, using the same wall, we'll find a way out. Or at the very least, our way back into the windmill. Right.

00:15:23 Speaker_02
Right. We just need to stay the course. And if we should encounter her?

00:15:32 Speaker_01
We managed to hide before. We'll forego the torch and go on touch alone, keeping the dagger at the ready this time. I hope he can remain silent enough to slip past.

00:15:43 Speaker_02
All right. So let's move this. Pull up the lighter. I can only see half of the body. Sure, sure. Oh. What?

00:15:55 Speaker_01
Is the lighter- Oh no, no, no. It's here. It's just... The tooth.

00:16:00 Speaker_02
What?

00:16:02 Speaker_01
What about the tooth?

00:16:04 Speaker_02
You said Cain said to... give it a mouth. Yes. He said something, that it was such a powerful being and it was underutilized. You don't think? The prince? Cain didn't say voice. He said mouth. It's here at your feet. Alas, poor Yorick. What? Nothing.

00:16:38 Speaker_02
It's a head. A rotten head stripped of flesh in some areas and with its eyes eaten out. Its mouth still has some wet flesh within, including teeth, though a few are missing. Well, I'd like to think this is the most insane thing we've done. Arthur.

00:17:02 Speaker_02
The Vanguard. It's not a... Be careful. It is a powerful creature. Dangerous, even. Using it... It could... Look, I hear you.

00:17:17 Speaker_01
But this isn't just us trying to find a way to separate ourselves anymore, John. This isn't even about finding the Order of the Fallen Star, like it was in New York. Kane is going to torture us. For all of eternity.

00:17:32 Speaker_01
As well as everyone we've ever loved, should we fail. We can't afford to not use every resource anymore. No matter the cost.

00:17:48 Speaker_02
Now, let's give you a mouth, Vanguard. There's a space in the soft gum line to the right. A little more. Back. There, there.

00:18:02 Speaker_00
Horrible.

00:18:05 Speaker_02
There.

00:18:09 Speaker_01
Well? Nothing. It was a stretch, admittedly. A stretch?

00:18:19 Speaker_02
Far from it.

00:18:19 Speaker_01
I serve you, master. The Vanguard? Skull, you... You can speak. Of course.

00:18:29 Speaker_02
You have gifted me a mouth. I am indebted. God, it's using the mouth as if it were to talk. But the voice comes from somewhere else. Somewhere unseen. Who are you?

00:18:42 Speaker_01
Who are you? I am whatever you wish me to be.

00:18:45 Speaker_02
Master. Samantha.

00:18:47 Speaker_01
The Vanguard.

00:18:48 Speaker_02
The Prince. Yorick.

00:18:52 Speaker_00
Arthur.

00:18:54 Speaker_02
Similarly to Marie's house and the barn, there's an aura surrounding the skull. Green wisps of smoke slowly flowed off of him, as if... on fire. The eyes aren't empty anymore. Within, there's a small, white-hot flame.

00:19:11 Speaker_02
Imperceptible to all, but only the truly powerful, I assure you. My king. You can... Always. Born of a magic prince. Torn from his sister's head.

00:19:23 Speaker_01
With a foot in both worlds. I serve you now. The Dies Irae. D.S. It is your title. Your combined force.

00:19:34 Speaker_02
How may I serve you? Orphan.

00:19:38 Speaker_01
We... We need a way out. I know the way. Okay. Okay. But first... What is my name? What... What was... It was... No. No more. What is my name now? What shall you call me? Master? Oh. What shall I call you?

00:20:06 Speaker_02
Yorick?

00:20:07 Speaker_01
No.

00:20:07 Speaker_02
No, that wasn't- Yorick will be my name. No, that wasn't- I shall guide you from this place. You know where we are? Yes. Some things I know very well.

00:20:18 Speaker_01
Other things... I need time to... investigate. Like the whereabouts of Anna... Stanczyk? Exactly.

00:20:27 Speaker_02
Where is she? She is no longer alive.

00:20:32 Speaker_01
Nowhere near this realm. Her eyes are empty.

00:20:38 Speaker_02
Empty? The Vanguard looks through many eyes. Correct, my king.

00:20:44 Speaker_01
Okay, okay, so you can't tell the past. You can't see through everyone who's ever existed. Right, right.

00:20:51 Speaker_02
I do not possess that power. But you exist in both this world and the Dark World. Correct.

00:20:57 Speaker_01
And if the eyes are dead, or if they never existed, I cannot tell you where they are. Okay. But you know where we are now. Unknown. It doesn't matter right now. Right now we need to get out of here.

00:21:12 Speaker_01
Is there another way other than the one we've just decided? Keeping one hand on the wall?

00:21:17 Speaker_02
Your path is true. Keep one hand on the wall and you'll find many doors. Doors? How did you... Yorick wasn't here when... He must have heard me say Yorick. I am always listening. Always? We need to move this body. A body? In part? Yes. Jon.

00:21:37 Speaker_02
He's along the bottom, as I said. You'll need to grab around his midpoint to prevent him from tearing. Wonderful. Put Yorick down. Gently, please. Oh, right. The body is to your left. OK.

00:21:57 Speaker_01
It's not moving, right? No. Yorick, is he still... is it still... able to?

00:22:09 Speaker_02
The bridge is no longer capable of the movement it once was. Is it dead, Yorick? Of course.

00:22:15 Speaker_01
He means to say, will it attack us?

00:22:18 Speaker_02
I believe not. You believe? Ignore it. Just, let's do this. Yeah, I can feel it, okay? The coat is caught. A jagged piece of- I know! I'm trying, there's resistance. Somewhere. I can't see when you're- I'm trying. You'll need to move your hand.

00:22:37 Speaker_01
There.

00:22:38 Speaker_02
Higher. I don't want to tear him open, John! Your arms- No. Am I moving forward or back? Back up for a moment. I don't know! Something is caught. I can't see! You're the one- Is that... It is his belt. Lower him. done.

00:23:01 Speaker_02
The path we climbed through to get here is clear. All right.

00:23:05 Speaker_01
If we keep our left hand on the wall again, we'll be able to leave through the

00:23:27 Speaker_02
It's coming from the prince. From his... body. Ah, yes. Ah yes, what? As I said, a body in power. What?

00:23:42 Speaker_01
What?

00:23:43 Speaker_02
These tunnels are not tunnels. The wall, the well, the city of its flesh guard it. What is it then? We need to move! Arthur, his body is splitting open! Yorick, Arthur! Fuck! Here, here! Fuck, Arthur!

00:24:16 Speaker_02
Small insects are breaking their way out of the stomach of the prince! They're fly-like creatures with glowing wings! Their heads are horned and- Where's the exit? A new swarm. Shut up! To your left! Here! Move, Arthur! They're filling the cavern! Shut up!

00:24:38 Speaker_02
Move Arthur! We're out of the passage. Back in the room where we found the prince. Are they following? No, no they aren't. They have greater things to do. Out beyond these caves.

00:24:59 Speaker_01
Jesus.

00:25:02 Speaker_02
Do they eat? Or are they- They love human flesh. You were wise to leave quickly.

00:25:09 Speaker_01
You knew those things were inside of him! Why didn't you say anything? You failed to ask. Failed to ask what? Master, I have much knowledge.

00:25:20 Speaker_02
I do not have the foresight to know which you require and which you do not. When it pertains to life and death- All matters of life and death in some capacity- Enough!

00:25:32 Speaker_01
We need to get out of here. As soon as possible.

00:25:36 Speaker_02
Arthur, we can't hold the dagger and the wall and Yorick at the same time. I need not be helped. Merely carried. Carried by what?

00:25:47 Speaker_01
The chains. The chains were... Fixed to the wall? By the same pins as the manacles. Arthur, were they... See for yourself, Master.

00:26:03 Speaker_02
Here. Higher.

00:26:06 Speaker_01
I still can't... Oh! Oh! Oh.

00:26:13 Speaker_02
You have the chain. What are you... Threading it through my belt. Brilliant decision, Master. Right. You should be able to thread the other end through the loose flesh to the right of its eye. It looks like you can hook it under the jawbone, like...

00:26:33 Speaker_02
Yes, there. Excellent plan, my king. Press hard. There.

00:26:41 Speaker_01
There. Now we won't drop you, Yorick. I shall help guide the way out. Unless, of course, you would wish to seek what the witch covets.

00:26:53 Speaker_02
Covets? Just out, thank you. Hold on. The witch is powerful indeed. Her children birthed of flesh cover the lands above. They are her eyes, and... We need to leave. This isn't... Arthur, didn't you just say we need to look at everything available to us?

00:27:09 Speaker_02
We're playing for keeps, remember? We can't afford to not use every resource. You said that. This isn't a resource. No, much more powerful.

00:27:19 Speaker_01
Okay, okay, I hear you.

00:27:23 Speaker_02
Okay, what is it? More than that. Yorick, is it something that would help us find the Blackstone?

00:27:30 Speaker_01
Directly?

00:27:31 Speaker_02
No. The talisman has many abilities. Of course, at the cost of her losing some of her power. She would lose power too. What kinds of powers? She wanders these halls even now. We should move before she returns. Okay. To the surface, or her talisman.

00:27:48 Speaker_02
Which would you prefer? What are the chances we'll be back here, Arthur? I'm not saying it's not risky. What I'm saying is... It might be worth the risk. Okay.

00:28:02 Speaker_01
Alright. If this will help us, let's find the Talisman first.

00:28:09 Speaker_02
Very well, Master. Look, we both know this is risky. But we have very little to help us achieve what is feeling more and more like an impossible task. You're right.

00:28:20 Speaker_01
You're right. No reward without risk. And we're in the lion's den already. It is a hag's womb.

00:28:28 Speaker_02
It's an expression. Was I this bad?

00:28:31 Speaker_01
No. Yes.

00:28:33 Speaker_02
Don't listen to him.

00:28:34 Speaker_01
Move then. I will tell you when to switch sides of the other cavern wall.

00:28:38 Speaker_02
From left to right. Okay. Wait a minute. What? How do you know this? I thought you had the ability to see through others' eyes, but only if they're alive. How did you know about the talisman on the way out?

00:28:52 Speaker_02
I cannot see through eyes that are no longer alive.

00:28:56 Speaker_01
But the prince's mind still holds memory. The prince? You... No different than how I move his jaw to speak. The rotten flesh that was once his brain is within my control.

00:29:09 Speaker_02
along with the murky memories of how he was brought here and what he saw. You can recall what he saw? Yes.

00:29:19 Speaker_01
I now enjoy his memories, how delicious they are. You know all that he knew. All right. Yes, let's use that later. For now, we move. Stay quiet.

00:29:33 Speaker_02
Stay low. She is clever. Cleverer than you, master. Thanks, Jorik. You too, my king. Shut up. Your hand is on the wall. Here. The dagger. There. Alright. Let's move. We're back in the caves. The tight passage continues on much like it did before.

00:30:09 Speaker_02
The walls... still wet with the viscous, mucus-like liquid that was previously... It is used to better allow the children to move about the cave. Quiet, Yorick! Quiet! Of course. My apologies. I can't see anything. Or hear anything. Keep moving.

00:30:39 Speaker_02
Yorick, are we close to where we need to switch walls? Snap your jaw. Once for yes, twice for no. All right. Quietly now, Arthur. These caves seem more awake than they were before. Who knows what kind of magics this witch has.

00:31:11 Speaker_02
Yorick, when it's time, snap once to switch walls. When we get to... It's pitch black. You'll need to leave the wall and walk in complete darkness for a moment, Arthur. Just try to keep straight. Okay. Careful. I see nothing.

00:31:37 Speaker_02
Just keep trying to feel in the darkness. Surely, there, there, there. Okay, okay. There, we've reached the wall. Yorick, left or right from here? Once for right. To where we're facing. Okay. Slowly, Arthur. I see light ahead. It's a dim orange light.

00:32:10 Speaker_02
Careful, Arthur. up ahead. The floor, it's no longer dirt. It's wood. Planks of wood along the ground. And we're at a large opening. I think it opens to our left to a room below. The orange is flickering firelight, casting up to the area we're at.

00:32:37 Speaker_02
It slowly approached the corner. so we can peek around without being seen. Slowly, slowly. Almost there. Okay. Okay, stop, stop. Feel the edge. Yes. Look around quietly now. We're in a large home, almost. An underground hovel of sorts.

00:33:12 Speaker_02
I see mason work, stone work, similar to that of the windmill on the far wall. It's below us, an entire level. There are different levels here. We're at the back of the room on a upper platform against the cavern wall.

00:33:31 Speaker_02
The floor up here is made of wood, almost like a balcony or a bridge.

00:33:37 Speaker_02
It's exposed for about 30 feet in the direction we were already heading, and then it heads back into the caves on the other side, most likely towards a staircase that would lead down. But it's all covered up ahead.

00:33:53 Speaker_02
In the main part of the room below, against the carved stone wall to the back, I see a door. There might be two. They're made of wood. There's a stone slab. Next to the slab is a table, covered in blood. Objects are scattered everywhere.

00:34:13 Speaker_02
Bottles, a mortar and pestle, bushels of dried herbs. Too much to make out just yet. Across from all of that, and beneath us, is a stagnant pool of greenish-looking liquid. But I don't see her. Yorick, where is the talisman?

00:34:32 Speaker_02
I do not know, but I imagine through one of those doors.

00:34:41 Speaker_01
While the prince's dead eyes didn't witness, he recalled hearing a door before she returned. I believe one of these rooms leads to her inner sanctum. And what about the other? Hard to say. Perhaps more pregnant meat.

00:34:58 Speaker_02
Perhaps not. I was not taken in there. She could be in her inner sanctum as well. Impossible. And the exit? Is it away from here?

00:35:06 Speaker_01
It was brought in through the tunnels back the way we came. To continue on the wall to the now light. However, I imagine there are many ways to leave this home. Why? A hag rarely has one form of escape from her den.

00:35:21 Speaker_02
I thought you said she was a witch. Yes. You know this from... The Prince, or... None. Fine, look. That only benefits us. If we can find a way out down there, all the better. Three exits, I would imagine. Three? Leaving two potentially close to her.

00:35:41 Speaker_02
In a sanctum. She is wise. She will not allow herself to be trapped. Maybe we entered through a back door. It seems like it. We should not delay. Okay. Straight across the wooden bridge. through to the other side of the cave.

00:35:57 Speaker_02
We should be able to find a way down. Here, here. The wooden stairs down. Quietly now. We're almost there, Arthur. Here, we're at the bottom and within her home. The floor is cracked stone, reminiscent of the windmill.

00:36:28 Speaker_02
Between, vines grow up, disjointed and jagged. The water is to our left. It sits unmoving. Up ahead lay the slab. A large hatchet lay embedded within the wooden table sitting next to it. And there are the two doors.

00:36:50 Speaker_02
One to our immediate right, along the carved stone wall of the cavern. But the other is straight ahead. It's against the cavern wall itself, carved into the stone. Both look identical. Heavy wood with black iron handles. Which one should we enter?

00:37:11 Speaker_02
Straight ahead. All right. We must move, quickly. We are, we are. The vines cover the broken stone floor here, Arthur. Be careful. The door is straight ahead, built within the stone wall of this cavern. It's almost recessed, as if hidden.

00:37:33 Speaker_02
The still green waters to our left seem almost glass-like. They reflect the light of the torches that line the stone wall behind us. Here, here, the door. All right. You're my eyes. It's pitch black. I can't see anything. Shut the door first. Alright.

00:38:01 Speaker_02
Arthur, these are her... chambers. The earthen walls of the underground are softer here, almost smoothed as if by water over time. The walls are lighter brown than the stone in the caverns, and roots hang down from the ceiling.

00:38:25 Speaker_02
She's fashioned some of them to support candles, like a chandelier. To our immediate right, against the wall, is a vanity of sorts. It sprouts from the ground and ceiling, joining in the middle and flattening to hold a number of bottles and powders.

00:38:46 Speaker_02
There's no mirror exactly, but a large piece of polished silver sits upon the vanity. It's reflecting our light. Beside it, roots in thick braids hang down from the ceiling. The wall dips back, perhaps to another passage, almost like a curtain.

00:39:11 Speaker_02
I can't see behind it. There's a large wardrobe made from what seems to be pieces of bark, as well as on that wall against the back, a tapestry. It depicts a group of men, soldiers maybe, in a wooded area. A figure on the road before them. A woman.

00:39:38 Speaker_02
It's old. It looks partially burnt. In the far left corner of the room, opposite the wardrobe, is a bed. Again, of similar construction to the other things in this room. Twisted roots, turned black with time.

00:39:56 Speaker_02
Forced to grow into the shape of a fairly large bed. Hay is used to soften. It sinks in the middle. I suppose with use, over time, it has... The nightstand! Arthur, the talisman! It's sitting on the... Yes, there! We're leaving. It's clear. Let's go.

00:40:23 Speaker_02
The stairs are straight ahead. Let us leave this place.

00:40:30 Speaker_01
Where? I... John, where are the stairs? Where do I turn?

00:40:34 Speaker_02
They're not here. The stairs we came down. I know. They're not here. He tells the truth, Master. How is that possible? I believe she is aware of our presence, Master. Where? She has been watching us. When? What are you... We should attempt to flee.

00:40:58 Speaker_02
The other door.

00:40:59 Speaker_01
Yes.

00:41:01 Speaker_02
Here. To the... Yes. There. It's a long hallway. Stone like the windmill. We need an exit. Now. I do not believe she will allow you to leave, Master. Shut up! Straight ahead. It's a long corridor. Passages turn off to the right and left up ahead.

00:41:21 Speaker_02
God, she can feel us. Straight for now. Left hand wall, left hand wall. Here, here, turn left. It's a short hallway. Keep going. There's a statue here at the end of it. It's missing a head. It turns left and right again. Anything? A breeze? A light? No, Arthur.

00:41:47 Speaker_02
It's a maze of turns and passages. I can't make out any more than the light allows. Left again, then? Or right? They're 90 degrees, perfect angles. They seem to be. She is waiting. Enough! Come on. It's opening ahead. Come on. Come on. Dammit! A crossroads.

00:42:14 Speaker_02
How is that? I don't know, Arthur. There's a large snake carved into the stone floor here. It goes all directions. Yes.

00:42:23 Speaker_01
We'll left. We'll just lead us back to where we started. How do you- We're a dead end. Which way is the head facing? On the snake?

00:42:30 Speaker_02
Right.

00:42:31 Speaker_01
Okay, right. This way.

00:42:33 Speaker_02
There. What if the left went up back there? What if there was... She is coming. Goddammit, Yorick! Again! Right or left? Right! Master, I believe you will not escape in time. In time for what? Then help us, Yorick! How may I help? How do we stop her? You cannot.

00:42:56 Speaker_01
She has observed you stealing her talisman, and now... You have sprung her trap. These halls- May offer an exit.

00:43:04 Speaker_02
But it is not one we will find. Hide the talisman. Hide it! I- Quickly! Okay, okay. Here, here! There's a brick in the wall that- Yes, there! Lower, lower! Pull it! Ingenious decision, King. Shut up! There. Put the brick back. Quickly. Now move, Arthur! Run!

00:43:30 Speaker_02
Faster! When I tell you, turn left. You will not lose her. Here, now. Keep going. It turns again. Right. This is her home. Right here. She has filled this labyrinth with magic. Another way, but when I tell you. Then kill. One order! She's here

00:44:26 Speaker_00
Awesome!

00:44:30 Speaker_03
Awesome!