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Episode: Previously on Limetown

Author: Two-Up
Duration: 00:05:05

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Summary

In this episode of "Limetown," titled "Previously on Limetown," Lia Haddock, an investigative reporter, recounts the harrowing events of February 8, 2004, when the entire population of Limetown mysteriously vanished. This narrative intertwines her personal quest to find her missing uncle Dr. Emil Haddock and addresses key themes such as mind-to-mind communication technology and the emergence of a mob mentality among the un-implanted residents. The episode features testimonies from survivors like Dr. Max Finlayson, illuminating the tragic circumstances and revealing the darker truths surrounding the sudden disappearance of over three hundred individuals.

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00:00:00 Speaker_05
My name is Leah Haddock, and I am an investigative reporter with APR. I was 17 years old as the events of Limetown unfolded, and I became somewhat of a Limetown news junkie.

00:00:10 Speaker_05
In the spirit of full disclosure, it is also a personal story to me, as an uncle on my father's side, Dr. Emil Haddock, is counted as one of the missing. The first time most people heard about Limetown was on the night of February 8th, 2004.

00:00:23 Speaker_05
Can you hear me? Yes, ma'am.

00:00:25 Speaker_02
What is the nature of your emergency? We need emergency services in Limetown.

00:00:29 Speaker_05
What the world discovered was the complete disappearance of every man, woman, and child in Limetown. In the ten years since, not one survivor has been located.

00:00:37 Speaker_04
Hello, Leah. You can call me Winona.

00:00:40 Speaker_05
The following interaction is the first documented conversation with a survivor.

00:00:45 Speaker_04
Ten years and you don't even know the right questions. Why am I here then? I'm close enough to know it's him, the one my husband and his friends are all here for. Then he turns his gaze to me. He sees me.

00:01:01 Speaker_04
I am watching as he speaks to me, but he does not open his mouth. He speaks the name of the young girl in my house.

00:01:11 Speaker_02
Her name was Sylvia. She was seven. I don't know if she's still alive.

00:01:18 Speaker_05
The third survivor of Limetown to reach out to me was different from the others. Dr. Max Finlayson, the lead researcher in Limetown. Can we talk about the man you were all there for?

00:01:28 Speaker_00
He was the secret sauce, but I made the hamburgers. Oscar and I discovered a pattern of thought that coincides with what I call the second self.

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How do I, Max, transmit an idea from my mind to yours, Leah, with the least information lost during dissemination? The implant was designed as a solution to that question. Mind-to-mind communication. The tech was good. It was perfect. It's just people.

00:01:57 Speaker_00
Don't try to run.

00:02:01 Speaker_05
I was contacted by not only another Limetown survivor, but the wife of Dr. Max Finlayson. Deirdre explained to me how soon after Max was implanted, more and more followed suit.

00:02:12 Speaker_05
There was no discernible rhyme or reason as far as she could see for who was chosen or why.

00:02:18 Speaker_03
Over time, it turned some very rational people very, very bitter. The old school formed a mob. Doors were kicked in. People were pulled out and beaten. Oscar was tied to a stake.

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When I came to, I was lying on the ground and there were armed men swarming the town. Someone held a scanner to my head. He said something like, Keeper. And then I heard his voice. The man. He said, Don't be afraid. He was your uncle. Emil.

00:02:52 Speaker_03
He was the man we were all there for. What are you saying? You're part of this, and you always have been. They'll kill you if they want to kill you, but if not, don't destroy yourself all the same. Lenore Dougal.

00:03:06 Speaker_01
Lenore? Dougal. Correct.

00:03:09 Speaker_05
You were a mole.

00:03:10 Speaker_01
Yes. Who were you a mole for? That's honestly difficult to answer. The group I work for changes names every three months or so, normally a combination of letters and numbers. I want to know what happened to everyone after the panic.

00:03:23 Speaker_01
But is knowing all the answers the most important thing?

00:03:27 Speaker_05
It's the only reason I'm here.

00:03:30 Speaker_01
Extraction is all logistics, right? Originally, my biggest concern was Oscar and Emil. But of course, that all went to heck when the implants started. So now it was figuring out how to extract and disperse 163 additional people.

00:03:43 Speaker_01
But I'm very good at my job. So when I say to you, that I know you can get anywhere on Earth and back in less than 72 hours. I mean it.

00:03:52 Speaker_05
What happened to people without the tech?

00:03:54 Speaker_01
We wanted to use a process known as alkaline hydrolysis, which is essentially cooking the material down using a mixture of water and lye, leaving behind a liquid that you can pour down the drain, and bones you can crush in your hand.

00:04:08 Speaker_01
This was not magic. This was money, brute force, and Excel sheets. I want to talk about worth. I spent my life weighing one thing against another thing and then making the objective decision. And everything can be that simple if you want it to be.

00:04:24 Speaker_01
Do you really think Limetown was the end of all of this? That this just stopped and vanished into thin air? This was just a really unfortunate beginning. This is still happening. Of course.

00:04:36 Speaker_01
Leah, I've just taken a pill that in 90 seconds will put me to sleep. In three minutes, my heart will stop beating and I will die. Emil doesn't agree with me, but I think you should take one too. I really think you'd prefer the pill.

00:04:55 Speaker_04
They're opening the door! If you can hear my voice, don't let them in here! Don't let them win!