A legend can only die when the stories surrounding it stop being told. But a life, even one that generates legends in its time... a life is very, very fragile.

Which is worth saving, then? A legend that will go on for ages... or a life, fleeting and delicate and precious?

Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Travelers. We hope you enjoy your stay.

(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)

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You can find all of our transcripts here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_

Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.

On staff at the Penumbra:

Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Sophie Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

Sharon Oh -- Promotional artist

Noah Simes -- Production manager

Grahame Turner -- Script editing team

Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer

Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

Home recording guidance from Mertz of The Bridge Sound & Stage

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Attribution:

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657

"Future City ambience" by bolkmar https://freesound.org/people/bolkmar/sounds/502896/

“Dumping Soup into Toilet” by fordps3 https://freesound.org/people/fordps3/sounds/222029/ “Soundbed.wav” by justkiddink https://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/87022/ “Laser Charge” by GeronimoGeronimo https://freesound.org/people/GeronimoGeronimo/sounds/338067/ “Pour3 - PERFECT COCKTAIL.wav” by davethetech https://freesound.org/people/davethetech/sounds/360438/ “Pouring tea” by MrAuralization https://freesound.org/people/MrAuralization/sounds/324937/

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Trigger warnings:

-Alcoholism

-Addiction reference

-Body horror

-Chronic illness

-Depictions of violence

-Sudden loud noises

-Vomit

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