Welcome to town, Avrah, I'm gonna bother you for the greater good of
crypted kid. I guess you didn't tell them everything. Then it's not a
bad idea. Okay. I think we're gonna need a change of plants.
Season five, Episode three, Burning Bridges. Are you sure you have everything?
Phones, wallets, keys, glasses, all that. Yep, got
it all. And you have enough motion sickness pills for the trip. Yes,
funny, you sound like you're parenting me. It's not a long trip.
You don't have to be so worried. Yeah, just a quick boat
ride into Delaware and then we grab our flight home. I doubt there will
be any rogue hurricanes on the way. I know. I'm just nervous.
Yeah, I can tell. I'm trying to ignore it. I hate flying.
It's not the plane ride. I'm worried about reest. Do you mind
given us a moment? Oh, yeah, no problem. I'm so sorry
you're stressed about this, honey. This whole shrouding business is nerve wracking as
it is, let alone the fact that there's going to be a month until
we're under the protection of it too. But it is only a month once
the high Council comes to Bluff, everything will go back to normal, as
normal as it can without the human world. You mean, yes, but
at least we'll have our memories back, and we'll be able to travel freely
between here and Bluff. It's just hard for me to wrap my head around
how could there be magic strong enough to make you forget that I'm your daughter.
I'm not sure. This old magic worries me with how little everyone but
the High Council seems to understand it. But I suppose they're the only source
of information we have. Yep, sucks anything you'd like to share. I
don't think you want to know. Have you been experimenting with old magic?
Maybe, but it's just to try and help. I'm not doing anything dangerous.
I can handle it, you know. I know you can. Wait.
Really, I've been underestimating you for a while now. All the chaos
of this last year and how you've handled it has shown me that if you're
learning about old magic, I trust you more than anyone to do good with
that knowledge. Oh mom, I's still ask you to be careful, though,
especially with who is in the know. The High Council shouldn't have that
kind of information. And I won't be giving it to them good. I'm
afraid that means that we have to get going. Oh right, okay,
I'll let you say goodbye to Reese. I'll see you soon, Nannie.
I love you. I love you too, Mom. We'll see each other
soon. I promise. Just stay safe, you too. You could still
come with us, you know I can't not right now. I know you've
only got so much time with Kendy now you should take advantage of it.
Yeah, got to learn everything I can from her about old magic. I
guess sure. Yeah, why did you say it like that? I'm sure
you'll figure it out. God, damn it. What. I'm just really
going to miss you. It's only a month, and you won't even remember
to miss me. I'll know something important is missing. See you soon,
So see you soon. Of Ovrah. The phone design must be really good
if you've been staring at it this whole time. Oh yeah, that's a
very nice leaf. It was supposed to be a swan mhm. I guess
I'll keep working on that one. Hey what, Sorry, I I think
I'm stuck in a loop in my head. Yeah that's fair. You want
to talk it through. No one else around up me. I called my
parents last night. Oh, and I told them everything. Oh it's not
like it matters, right, I've already ruined everything I could possibly ruin,
and every last one of my mistakes in the human world will just be erased
in about ten minutes. I've been giving them half truths for so long about
so many things. I thought, just this once, this last time,
I should be fully honest with them. I told them about you and Lizzie,
about all the times I've almost died in the last year, about Shaya
and us. I even told them about Sybil. I always wanted her to
be the one to tell them, but we ran out of time for that.
How did they take it how I'd expect. Lots of nervous laughs that
basically translate to, oh God, do we have to send her back to
Impatient? But a lot of explaining and question answering got them to realize I
was being serious. I think it was this stuff about Sibyl that caught them
to really believe me. Things I shouldn't have known because I was too young,
and they seemed happy for me. They were thrilled to hear that hy
and I are more than a passing thing. They even asked to come visit
so they could meet you guys and reunite with Sibyl when she was ready.
I guess you didn't tell them everything then. I intended to, but I
just couldn't, even if it only would be for a few hours. I
didn't want to upset them like that. Hey, I don't blame you.
That's impressive that they took it so well. Anyway, it took way longer
for Caleb to believe me when I first told him, and that was when
I was standing in front of him with wings sprouting out of my back.
Well, my dad's always sort of believed in supernatural stuff. He plays it
off as a joke, but I don't think it is not completely And Mom,
well I don't know what she's thinking, but she didn't beg me to
come home right away or ask if my measure still working, so at the
very least she doesn't think it's some hallucination. Caleb thought I had lost it,
and then he thought we both had, and in a few minutes he
won't remember me at all. Are you going to call him dead this morning?
It was hard enough then. I don't want to hear him talk to
me like I'm a stranger. Hey, guys, ready to become the above
ground Atlantis civil If anyone can read a room, it's you, Which is
why I am desperately trying to be upbeat right now. I don't want to
snowball this mood into something even worse. It might happen whether you like it
or not. Hey, love, how you holding up? That is the
last thing that matters right now. You are the one that's going to be
most affected by all this. Not like I need to tell you as I
should be. I'm getting punished for what I did. The rest of you
are just suffering because of me. To be fair, it's not like you
reveal the secret to yourself. Not blaming anyone, of course, but we
all kind of had a hand in this, That's true. Cryptids have been
giving away the secret forever. Honestly, My parents were together long enough to
have six kids. You think my mom didn't know my dad was a vampire.
Ben and I were in the foster system when our powers started manifesting.
I guarantee some humans saw what was going on in their minds were never wiped.
There are whole TV shows and YouTube channels dedicated to investigating the existence of
cryptids. The secret is a secret still, but only because a majority of
people don't believe that we exist. All excellent points. Too bad the High
Council refuses to hear them. Kendy, Hey, well a long time no
see. Yeah, I've been trying to make myself scarce since I mean,
public enemy number one. Sorry, I've just realized this is a private party.
I should go. No, stay, that's that's cool with you guys,
right, Oh yeah, our friend group loves public enemies right off.
I can't get enough. Hey Candy, h what does the shroud look like?
Well, if it's the same as Hughan mid days, it'll look like
a wall of thick fuck. It's not as depressing as that sounds, though,
more like a bunch of fluffy white clouds piled up on top of each
other. They're bright and cool to the touch, and they let in plenty
of light. I mean they're only about three stories tall or so, so
there's obviously plenty of sun coming in from above, but it filters in on
the sides too, Like then usted glass. It might spoil your ocean view
a bit, but it's not too bad. You make it sound peaceful.
It was to me. It was the last thing Hannah ever did, a
grand act of magic to protect the people she loved. I'll regret her sacrifice
forever, but I was one of the people she made it for. Maybe
that's why I find beauty in it. It still trapped you, though it
did. I never really saw that part as a problem. The stupid thing
she'd have got into radio before we went into exile. There it is,
there's the shroud. It's like it's coalescing right out of the air. Does
anyone else think the color is a little It's too dark. This is nothing
like you in mid days. You said they were the same. I thought
they would be. But this isn't like Hana's magic. This is cold dark.
It looks wrong. Oh finally, I've been looking everywhere for your goat
ass. Roxy. What are you doing here? Jeez? I knew you
wouldn't be too jazzed to see me, but come on, what a hesis?
How you've been? Kill you? Hi? Have you been? Why
the fuck are you here? Well? You and Dad didn't give me much
of a choice after continuing to shut me out of restaurant conversations, so I
figured I'd come here and force you to talk to me. Of course you
would just barge in. You act like I don't also have a home here.
You might be Dad's goldencrypted child, but I'm his kid too. I'm
allowed to be here whenever I want. Oh my god, I cannot deal
with this right now. I cannot deal with this right now. I don't
mean to interrupt, but how did you get here? Oh my god,
Lizzy, I didn't even recognize you for a minute. It's been a while.
Love what you've done with your whole vibe? Oh? Thanks, I
just came in as usual, drove over the bridge, took a bit longer
than normal. They had a cop there making everyone stop and show id checking
addresses, I guess, and they let you through. Yeah. Once I
explained who my dad was, they gave me a hard time, but I
know how to get where I gotta go. You shouldn't have come. What
is your problem? Francy can't handle the idea of a little competition for Dad's
legacy. No, you idiot, Look outside at what you want to show
off your lovely view or is that a storm or something. It's a wall
of magic that just made Mom and the others forget that we exist. What
are you talking about someone else? Explain I need a minute. Well,
basically, the cryptid government has decided the only way to protect cryptids from humans
was to do this. It just went up. Yeah, your timing is
it's something. Wait, so what does that mean? You're all just stuck
here? We're all stuck here. Roxy. Congrats you're a Water's Edge resident
for the rest of your life. But I didn't. I just wanted to.
It doesn't matter which you just wanted. You're here now. Everyone's already
forgotten us. What the shroud? It makes everyone within it erased from the
memories of those outside. No, No, that's impossible. I know Crypti
stuff is weird, but this isn't normal cryptid stuff anymore. What about my
mom, my, other siblings? They must remember us, right? Holy
shit? Did you know about this? Well? Yeah, and you didn't
tell us. I called mom dad, and I had to talk to her
and Nikki and West and Jordan and Penny and explain everything and listen to Mom
sob over the phone. So don't you fucking dare try to pin any of
this on me. You didn't call me, you didn't pick up Welcome to
town. You're stuck here forever. Skipping rocks is the worst way to pass
time. Is this what we're gonna be stuck doing after the shroud goes up
and there's no more human entertainment coming to town. You make it sound like
there's a traveling circus or something. You know what I mean? Movies,
video games, books, comics, music, podcast We're not gonna get any
of it. You can still guess anything on the internet, although I guess
besides the books, there might be a point where you can't get the equipment
to use any of it. This is so ridiculous. The new Mario Kart
comes out in less than a month, and we're never going to get a
chance to play it. Ben, there are slightly bigger things to worry about
than missing a game release. I know, did you guys tell your other
friends? Kind of? Kathleen and Rosie were the only two I wanted to
tell you tell them the truth? No, I said, my dad got
transferred and we had to move right away. It didn't make any sense,
but they believed it enough to spend the whole day with me yesterday, which
was nice, and then a few minutes they'll forget all of that and all
of us. I basically said the same thing to my friends early college program
that I got in last minute. I'm gonna miss them. My grandparents seemed
worried. They called this morning. My parents have been getting constant calls from
Camerlac over the past few days. Actually, loss of them seem scared.
It won't be that long until they're under this shroud two though the High councils
told them like six weeks. Yeah, it's not really that long, though.
I do wonder how that's all going to work out. My grandparents are
just going to forget that they has my mom. I guess it doesn't make
a lot of sense to me, especially since the house is chock full of
photos of us Aul. Do you think the High council even knows what they're
doing. It's like someone told them they had to write a paper two hours
before it was due, and they don't even know what the subject is.
I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something you aren't. I was at the
meeting. They didn't consider any of the counter arguments that the town reps brought
up, or even think about the idea to do a real vote of all
the citizens. They didn't even let me finish speaking. You spoke. Of
course she did. This is Jiles was talking about. And then they went
and counted themselves as five separate votes. What yeah, Lizzie told me about
that. Sound more like dictators than a democratic council to me, the shroud?
What do you yet? Jump over? Quick? Who? Who are
you? Oh? My god, Jewels, it's us, I don't know
you bench scrap her. Hey, let me go stop, Juliet, who
are you? Okay? Do you know who we are? Yeah? Yeah,
I'm good. Cheers. That was too close that. I didn't like
that. How my leg does not feel good? Oh? Yeah, it
looks like you got burned. Was that from the shroud? I guess so?
Huh. That thing is kind of scary and massive. I guess that's
it. No more human world for us, No more Dalton High, no
more traveling, no more college. So what now? Now we figure out
a way to take it down? Yeah? Man, Roger, I was
looking for you at town hall. I wanted to what happened to your office?
Is it really that bad? No? No, I mean it's just
a little messy. That's what you get when the High Council ransacks your office.
They went through your stuff. Yep, well, press releases, papers,
everything offer has ever done. They took her old computer, although I'm
not sure they know enough about modern technology to know that she has a backup
of everything online. Did they find what they were looking for? I have
no idea. I don't even know what they want. With all the records,
there's no reason for them to look for possible secret leaks. Stupid shround
to solve that problem already. That's actually what I came here to talk to
you about about. How the last week has been a nightmare. How we
have to rash and food and resources now since the High Council didn't bother to
help figure out how we were going to be a self sufficient community. How
my ex wife called me the other day and wasn't sure why or who I
was. I'm sorry, Lizzie, it hasn't been a good day or a
month. It's okay, I understand. Did I tell you I finally got
a job offer? He did? Yeah, the morning the shroud went up.
I tried to respond, but they mustn't have read it until after they
left me a voicemail saying they didn't know who I was and couldn't remember me
applying. They kept repeating themselves as if they were forgetting what they had just
said. Not fun. So I can't imagine what it was like talking to
your axe. Well it's similar. Actually, she had apparently send an a
Lauren to call Roger, so she called me, but then she didn't remember
who I was or why she had set the alarm in the first place.
I hate this damned shroud. We could have done this in a better way.
I mean, for God's sake. She's a cryptic too, and soon
she won't even know that our towns exist. Her kid is going to grow
up in a world where there's almost no unlike his family. It's not right.
Glad we're on the same page because I have a proposition for you.
What's that Let's make the High Council take down the shroud. That's a tall
order, although I imagine that's not the end of your proposal. We need
to force a public vote on them. The majority of Water's Edge citizens don't
want to be cut off from the rest of the world. Maybe some of
the other towns do, but that should be their people's decision to make,
and ours should be our own. Since the mayor declared a state of emergency,
the rules change, so technically he could make an executive order to take
the shroud down. The High Council isn't likely to care about that, so
that's out right. The other way emergency decisions are handled, according to Water's
Edge Law, is by calling for an emergency vote. You get signatures of
fifteen percent of the registered voting public and you can rush a vote in as
little as two weeks. So we get enough supporters to call for an emergency
public vote campaign for the removal of the shroud, beat them by a huge
margin, and then they'll have no choice but to take it down. It's
not a bad idea, Lizzie, although I do worry about the way the
High Council does things. They don't seem to care about how our systems work
here alrightywhere else for that matter. But they claim to be democratic. So
while that all towns vote was clearly not, calling for an emergency vote will
force them to either let the vote happen and allow the democratic process to play
out, or it'll out them as the dictators that they want to be.
That's yes, Lizzie. If we could get the turnout and the votes,
it'll back them into a corner for sure. They'll have to take the shroud
down. They'll have no choice. It won't stop them from shrouding other towns
if that's what they want, but it will at least give the Cryptids a
chance to voice their opinions instead of being controlled by a weighted group of representatives.
Love it now all We needed some people to help us start canvassing.
We need those signatures to call a vote in the first place. We've got
to get some people who are motivated, passionate and energyized. Young people should
be good. Oh we've got that covered, hi, Roger. Lizzie told
us to wait outside till you are convinced on the plan. We want that
shroud gone, and if we're not allowed to vote, be sure as hell
want to help get other people too. Wow, Lizzie, you really got
a plan here. What does that job you ended up getting offered? Yo?
Assistant manager for a reelection campaign? Why no reason? Thanks for listening.
The season five of Crypti Cape Burning Bridges. The show is created and
produced by me Victoria Pereira. I also voice Abra. The voice of Sybil
is Caroline Byrne. The voice of Breeze is Kyle Gaze. The voice of
Lucinda is Lynn Pereira. The voice of Francie is Aubrey King. The voice
of Shaya is Angelique Vastepia. The voice of Lizzie is Christina Rosehargis. The
voice of Kendy is Mianni Watson. The voice of Roxy is Amanda Monheim.
The voice of Ben is Kim Morfi. The voice of Juliet is Amio Sabato.
The voice of Mari is Odd and Fistroy. The voice actor of Roger
is Christopher Medina. Our story editor is Jennifer Wong. Our cover artist is
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