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for listening. Chapter twelve, Cricket. What sentient would you like to hear
about next? What can you tell me about me? Besides the hunter?
Anomalies are the entities that we know the least about. There is a possibility
that you know more than the chroniclers at this point, Hastings, I know
very little about what anomalies are except dangerous. Anything you might have left out
before could helped me understand how to control this is fat stuff. One of
the first things the chroniclers note is that anomalies cannot control is fat. It
is chaos. We believe it simply happens around you, but we know that
isn't entirely true. I can shift the lines. That is something I did
not know prior to September, and I meeting you if other more experienced chroniclers
did know you could do that, it was redacted from the archives. Why
would anyone redact or remove information from the chronicler archives. I thought you said
that chroniclers don't have selfish ambitions for power or control or anything like that,
and they do not. While I do have theories, I do not know
why it would have been redacted from the archives, or if it was.
Now let's get back to the topic of anomalies. Okay, there are eighty
one anomalies born every year. Why eighty one, I do not know.
That doesn't seem like chaos to me nor to me. Nonetheless, anomalies are
considered to have ties to chaos. We call this power the y isphet.
At an early age, an anomaly will unlock their abilities and their power will
naturally grow over time. We call the moment where an anomaly first accesses There
is the tap. The tap typically occurs in their late teens or early twenties.
Before the tap are anomalies humans, No, you were always an anomaly.
There is no documented way to prevent the tap, so the anomaly is
always an anomaly, though they are treated as humans by chroniclers until the tap
occurs, oh anomalies will continue to grow in their power until ANISFET event eventually
kills them. Such an event will typically result in a large loss of human
and hidden life as well. It is speculated that an anomaly who lives to
the age of thirty may have enough power to cause a cataclysmic event. That
being said, different anomalies appear to have different levels of power, somewhat stronger
than others. Stronger anomalies may be able to initiate cataclysmic events at a younger
age. When you say stronger, you mean much more deadly. I mean
stronger. But there is a core between strength of his fet and deadliness,
and there's no way to stop these events from happening. There is a successful
method elimination of the anomaly, right elimination. Ugh, you do not like
that. So what about the Harbingers again? This was something I was not
aware of before my encounter with you. If the contra are correct, you
could have up to four Harbingers. Marcus appears to be your first. In
theory, harbingers are able to identify upcoming ISSFET events connected to their specific anomaly.
We're still figuring out how that works exactly. In the archives, it
has noted that anomalies can see blue lines that trace back to impacts of isphet
anomalies. Having the ability to see different colors is information that I also lack
before meeting you and the dreams. The dreams appear to be visions back into
the lives of previous anomalies, your ancestors in a manner of speaking. But
what what they mean? I am sorry, Emily, I do not know,
and I don't have enough data to formulate in appropriate hypothesis. I am
doing my best to learn from you and Marcus, but it will take time.
And what if we don't have time? All right? Who's next on
the list of the hidden? Emily dreamt the same nightmares as she'd been having
for months. Well, this nightmare is not one of her vision dreams.
It was born of one such Hastings stood before her and asked if her name
was Susan. Emily wordlessly nodded her head, and the fear sank. In
September pulled a large pistol from under his coat, aimed the weapon at Emily,
and pulled the trigger. Emily woke with a gasp. It took only
a moment for her to regain her bearings. It was midday. She was
with Marcus in Montana. Hastings in September had already left Bolivia. She was
safe, she hoped. Marcus entered her room with a concerned expression on his
face. Emily had left her door propped open, and Marcus had likely heard
her gasp. Hey you okay? Yeah, just a bad dream. I
didn't realize you were trying to sleep. Were you hoping to have another vision?
No? I didn't even mean to fall asleep. I was reading a
book and it just kind of happened. Ah. Was it a vision?
No, Marcus, just a bad dream. I'm sorry. You just you
look really pale. I didn't mean to No, you're fine, it's not
you. It's I don't know everything. I get it. I'm sorry,
don't be it's stressful. Thanks. It has been a while since I've had
a vision dream. Hasn't it a few weeks for you? Longer for me?
Maybe I'm finished having them? God, I hope not. I think
we could learn a lot more about ourselves if you keep having them. Yeah,
I think so too. It would be nice if I could be in
all the visions and not just random ones. So I've been thinking about that.
Oh yeah, the visions you're in all have a harbinger for the anomaly,
the ones you've missed. Don't you think I can only get in if
there's a harbinger from the past there as well. So far that tracks.
So was the nightmare about Harp and the Contra? No why I have nightmares
about them? Sometimes sometimes it's just Harp in the cabin. Other times it's
faceless Contra agents finding us. Send They're not going to find us here?
How can you be so sure? September and Hastings are hundreds of years old.
I'd like to imagine that they know how to hide from the world when
they want to. I guess so. Do you think the Contra will send
other agents to find us? Maybe? Probably? I've been looking into them
online. I think I've found a few shell companies that they use, and
several of them have very high profile financial backers. But that's about all I've
found so far. It turns out investigating secret organizations is not something I'm very
good at. It seems like it would be a practiced skill. I'm sure
you'll do better on your next secret organization deep dive. I think I'm okay
with just the one. Thank you seriously, though, you think they'll send
someone, Yeah, probably Hastings in September, all but guarantee it. And
they just left yep. And for some reason you don't seem too concerned with
their going. So you know that nightmare I just had, the one not
about contra. Yeah, well it wasn't a vision dream, but it did
come from one. Back before we left Chicago, I had a vision dream
and I haven't decided what I want to do about it yet. What was
it about? It was about September and Hastings they found the anomaly host I
was in. Then they killed her. Jesus, her name was Susan fucking
Christ. Why didn't you tell me? I've never had a good time to
tell you. They're always with us or something is always going on. This
is the first time they've really left us on our own. Do you think
that we can trust them to some degree? But I think we need to
be careful. The only people we can truly trust right now is each other.
Well that's depressing. No offense, yeah, yeah, none taken.
And on that note, I'm going to go for a run a run.
Do you think that's a good idea? Yeah, I'll be fine. I
haven't had any visions and you aren't seeing any lines right now. No lines.
But when we are good, I need some fresh air. There's some
coffee in the kitchen if you want some. I made a fresh pot about
hour ago. All right, enjoy your run, Marcus. Emily continued to
lay in her bed, scrolling through social media accounts on her smartphone. A
cup of coffee sounded appealing, but the nightmare still haunted her and she needed
time to distract herself. For Emily, few things were more distracting than the
cesspool that was social media. She scrolled through a few different feeds looking for
anything interesting before finally giving up. She searched through Sam's page next, stopping
to admire the recent photos of Triple, her cat that Sam was currently pet
watching. She made sure not to like or comment on any of the photos.
She needed to stay invisible for now. From there, she continued on
to Amber's page, and then on to extended family. When she finally decided
to keep her eyes a rest and roll out of bed. Emily slid her
smartphone into her back pocket and made her way to the kitchen. As she
poured a cup of coffee. She heard a voice speak from the other side
of the room. Hey, Emily, what's happening? Holy shit? Who's
there? Where are you? What are you? Calm down, it's okay,
it's okay, it's just me. It's just cricket. Who the fuck
is cricket? And why can't I see you? It's me Cricket. You
know me? No, I do not know any crickets. Yes, and
tell me why I can't see you? Oh shit? Is this the first
time? What? I don't? Fuck? It is the first time?
Wow? What the fuck are you talking about? Okay, hold on,
I can explain everything. Just just give me, give me a second to
gather my thoughts. No, tell me right now. Who are you and
where exactly you are? All right? Damn? Okay? My name is
Logan. Uh, Logan Spanner. You call me cricket though, and I'm
an anomaly like you wait? Really? Yep? I'm an anomaly. Oh
this is so great. I knew this day would come, but I didn't.
If you're an anomaly, then where are you? Why can't I see
you? Oh? Right? Okay? Where to sorry? Uh? Oh?
I know, Emily? Do you know how sometimes you have dreams about
other anomalies in the past. Yeah, well that's what I'm doing right now.
You are my past or you're in the past for me. I'm bad
with the phrasing for the time stuff. But I'm asleep right now and I'm
talking to you in my vision. Prove it. Uh, how do you
want me to do that? Tell me something that's going to happen in the
future. Well, this is awkward. You specifically told me never to tell
you anything about the future. Bullshit. No, seriously, that's your rule.
I said, I didn't see how it would matter, but you were
out of it. I have no I've ever spoken to you before, and
I definitely did not say that. Well, that's the thing. This is
your first time talking to me, but it's not my first time talking to
you. What do you mean think about it, Emily. Are your dreams
in chronological order or do you dream random events from random times? Oh?
I see when I met you in my past, your future, you told
me not to tell you stuff about the future because we weren't sure how this
works. I guess that makes sense. All right, Fine, let's say
you're right Logan, is it? Yeah? That's weird. Now you said
your name is logan. Right, yeah, but you started calling me Cricket
at some point. It was annoying at first, but I've kind of gotten
used to it. It's weird to hear you call me logan. I got
in trouble, sure, Cricket. How are you doing this in your dream?
I've had several dreams in and I've never been able to communicate with others.
Bizarre. I know, I'm not positive how it works, but it
seems to only work for me, and only with you. I haven't been
able to find any other anomalies that can talk to people in the past,
and so far you're the only person that I seem to be able to visit
more than once. You know, other anomalies, Yep, a couple.
This is great. I have so many questions about how to use my powers.
Where to start? Oh my god, this just keeps getting better.
What now you have questions about how to use your powers? Emily, You're
the one teaching me how to use mine? What No, I know nothing
about ispet. You know more than I do. In fact, I was
hoping to learn more about the different colors of ispet. You'd said that blue
lines were for humans and sometimes inanimate objects. More like, uh, it's
the impact points. Red lines are for animals, pink for plants, and
maroon for shifters. I need to get the rest of the colors from you.
What No, wait, this can't be right. All right, I
need a second, Emily. I'm really sorry, and I wish that I
could say that we could pick this conversation up later, after you've had time
to process everything. But every time I wake up from one of these dreams,
there's a chance that I'll never see you again. I need to get
as much information as possible from each dream. But I'm looking for information just
like you. You're hoping that September and Hastings can help you the same way
that I'm hoping you can help me. So please help me before this dream
ends. Okay, okay, So what other colors do you know? I
only know that chroniclers are green and guys are orange. In fact, I
didn't know the shifters or maroon. I assume that means I meet one or
about one. Fuck. I'm sorry I fucked that up. I'm not supposed
to give you information about the future. I'm sure it's okay now, future
Emily would be super fucking annoyed with me that I wasn't more careful. She
seems fun. Wait, if you're an anomaly, then why do you need
me to tell you the colors? Can't you see them? I can see
the blue lines. All anomalies can see the blue lines. You're the only
person I know that can see the different colors. I'm trying to figure out
how to do it. I'm the only one that can see the other colors.
Yep, you and I are anomalies among anomalies. I mean maybe I
haven't met any other anomalies, so there could be others like us. How
many do you know? So far? I've only met three others from my
anyad anyad. Yeah, anomalies have groups of nine that we call ourselves any
ads. We've only collected four so far from mine. But I've talked with
the other free extensively, and none of them can do what I can do
or what you can do. Cricket, How far in the future are you?
What year is it for you right now? Oh? Right, it's
twenty twenty four, so that means I'm one hundred and eight years later.
Damn. So, last time we talked, you were telling me about absorption
absorption? What's absorption? Uugh? Come on, how far back are we
for you? Look, it's not like you're helping me out here. I
already told you that I don't know anything. Fine, whatever, I guess
we can just talk about your day or something. How's your coffee? It's
fine, cricket not to say that. I'm not thoroughly enjoying this conversation with
my little imaginary friend. But how long are you supposed to be hanging around
in my head until the dream ends? Dreams are finicky that way. Actually,
that brings up another question. How are you in my head when there
isn't an izfet event happening? Every time I've had a dream, there's an
isfet event happening around the anomaly I'm dreaming about, or the anomaly is about
to get killed. I don't know. I didn't know that was the case.
Actually, I've had plenty of dreams where the anomaly is just doing random
stuff and there aren't explosions or or anything strange. Oh hey, is that
Marcus where through the window coming towards the house. Oh yeah, he was
just out for a run. I really liked Marcus. Liked Yeah, he
was a solid Harbinger was Harvingers are so much harder to find now. None
of the anomalies in my enniad have one. I really hope I can find
my own harbinger one day. Why is it harder to find them? Cricket?
Why is it harder to find them? Harder to find what? Not?
You? Marcus? I was, Emilie. Are you okay? Yeah?
He's gone? Who's gone? Marcus? Well, it seems I have
something new to add to the book of strange things that keep happening to me.
Hastings in September deboarded their plane and made their way through the airport while
the international flight was taxing. Neither of the two would voice complaints during their
travels. The duo had sailed across the Atlantic in an incredibly uncomfortable ship.
After such a horrid seafaring experience, a long distance flight was a welcomed means
of travel. The two hailed a cab and shortly thereafter were dropped off in
the city. After retrieving their packs from the trunk of the vehicle, the
two began to walk down the busy street. It is nice to be back
in warm weather, wouldn't you say? September Yeah, I would agree November
in Montana is slightly less comfortable than November and Libya. I am excited to
get to the archives. It is nice to be back, probably a little
more nice for you than me. Why do you say that, Hastings,
You have a beautiful apartment all to yourself in the archives. You have your
own assigned space as well. No, Hastings, I have a bunk room
shared with three others in a barracks occupied by over two hundred other guides.
That hardly classifies as my own space. September. The likelihood of any of
your three roommates being there at the same time as you is pretty low.
They're likely all out with their partners performing investigations. That's not the point,
Hastings. It was your decision to come here. I know, I know.
Let's just get what we came here for and continue on. I'm more
than a little concern that we will not be able to gain access to the
restricted archives. We will figure something out when we get inside. We need
to see what has been redacted. If chronicler Dean has redacted information regarding anomalies,
it is for the good of all chroniclers. If he thought it beneficial
he wouldell us, I think we've earned the privilege to determine that for ourselves.
Have we There is no reason to distrust Chronicler Dean. If he believes
it best, we should respect his decision. Remind you that chroniclers cannot lie
and do not hold the same self motivated ambition as the other sentience. No,
you need not remind me, Fantastic, then we are in agreement.
No Hastings, we are not, and we've been through this. How likely
is Chronicler Dean to give us access to any secret archives? Not likely?
And how likely is it that there are secret archives? Very likely? And
if Chronicler Dean has come to the conclusion that this information should be kept quiet
for security reasons, how likely is it that you would agree with this assessment
after reviewing the contents as well? Again? Very likely? Then it won't
do any harm for us to see what's in the archives. You sometimes underestimate
how much harm the two of us continue to cause. I'm ignoring that we
stick to the plan. We go in and report as normal. You can
begin your debrief and I will see what I can learn regarding any restricted areas.
Okay, September I will refer to you as my guide. Though I
do not like this path, I know you don't and thank you for trusting
me. At the risk of annoying you, I am going to change the
subject to what the two humans that have been following us since we'd left the
airport over your left shoulder. One has a green Polo shirt and the other
has a floral button up contra. Seems like they weren't on the plane,
which means we pick them up at the airport. So they're either specifically looking
for us or they know the Chroniclers have roots in Libya. Either option is
not appealing. There's a hotel up around this corner. Let's go in and
book a room, then we can leave through the southeast exit. We need
to lose them before we go to the archives. Emily Swanson is voiced by
Tisia Zeng. Marcus Baker is voiced by Nico Rodriguez. Hastings is voiced by
Adam Culbertson September is voiced by Richard Collins. Cricket is voiced by Josh Allen
and narrated by Michael cole espt Archives was written by Nico Rodriguez in collaboration with
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