Welcome to town. Everyone's unique in their own way, right, Maybe I
should be concerned about your articles. Don't worry. I still doubt that you're
actually human. Just another day and Water's Edge, Season four, episode two,
the Beach episode old. Let me see if I got this right.
Someone's coming to Water's Edge to see if there are any humans hiding in town.
Yep, and they've been sent by a council that no one's heard from
in hundreds of years. Yeah, because they're worried that a book prophecy that
seems to be about you is coming true and will destroy all the crypted towns.
That's the gist of it. Abrea. Please know I say this with
all the respect in the world because I think very highly of you. What
the absolute fuck? I know, it's a lot A lot would be telling
me there's a print issue. This is that special Abera kind of massive problem
that you only get from letting a human in on all the crypted secrets.
How did you even find out? Officer Jenkins told Francy last night at the
Cursed Party. What oh, never mind for guys, family is human.
Thank god his sister had been planning on coming to town soon or we wouldn't
have gotten warning. Do your friends know? Yeah, Francy told us all
last night. No, I mean about all of it. Oh yeah,
Juliette, mark In Ben No. Two and Caleb. So I'm the last
to know. I'm sorry. You were just so busy. There was everything
going on with the refugees, and I didn't want to add more to your
plate. I didn't even intend to rope Marian Ben into it. Juliet,
I understand. Why are you telling me now? Though? I just needed
to bend over some pancakes and black coffee. I need someone impartial, someone
who can confidently tell me what they think I should do without bias. My
friends can't do that, shy, I can't do that. The kids summoned
it to even the last time I asked them, no help. They what,
It's a long story, They're fine. I would hope. Geez,
what are kids up to these days? I just need someone who's thinking clearly
to help me decide what to do, and I need to do it quick.
Officer Jenkins said the investigator could arrive tomorrow. Oh that is quick,
all right. What are your options? Well? Option one is I stay
here and hide from whoever this person is until I can figure out if i'mencrypted.
You think you might not be human? Honestly, no, but Juliette
and Simbol think there might be a chance. They even have Shya entertaining the
idea if I could find some hidden power, the problems disappear. And if
you can, that's why I have other options. Option two, I go
full on crypted masquerade, find a way to fake some powers and maybe borrow
those elf years after all, convince everyone in town I'm one of them.
Sounds risky. Option three. Option three is I leave, pack up the
stuff I can fit in the car, and head to an extended stay hotel
until I can figure something else out. Take the job in Philly that my
friend offered, and lay low well, rude, there's clearly one answer.
You have to get out of town, you think, so that's the best
option. It'll keep you saying, you don't have to worry about running around
to costsume. And I imagine this person won't stay long, so you'll be
back in town before you know it. Oh, Roger, I wouldn't be
coming back. Why not? Because I have to leave anyway, and I
don't want to draw out the inevitable. What are you talking about. You
don't have to go anywhere. It's an investigator, can't stay forever. Just
wait it out for a bit. It'll be safe again, will it?
Or will they just come back or someone like them or were like COMRALOCKI and
Anti Human Brigade find me out first and try to wipe my mind themselves.
I would never let them do such a thing. Abra, who says you
could stop them, Well, I know you'd do everything you could, just
like Lizzie and Francie and Shaya and Juliet. But it might not be enough.
If it comes down to leaving town to protect all of you or getting
kicked out and forced to forget everyone, I'd rather at least keep my memories.
Sounds like you've already decided. I think I know what the right choice
is, but I need someone else to say it. Everyone else keeps convincing
me it's fine if I stay that I'll figure out I'm a crypto or hide
well enough to play the part and find a way to stop the apocalypse.
And I want to believe them, But however, I don't know how you
expect me to be impartial with this. You want me to put my friend
the best editor I've ever worked with. In danger, we'll never see you
again. You should go, Obra, keep yourself safe, because I can't
promise that while living here. Okay, I'm sure gonna miss your kid.
So it's decided. I'm leaving tomorrow. Oh God, I don't want to
do this, but Roger's right, and the rational part of my brain knows
it. Oh why does this keep happening? As soon as I feel secure
in a place or a person, something happens and I have to abandon everything.
It's never been this quick, though. The transition out of Philly was
long and complicated. I don't want to do that again. Maybe that's selfish,
but clean breaks always hurt less for everyone involved. So it's for Lizzie
and Francy's benefit too, and Roger and Juliet. I haven't told anyone yet.
I just got home and Sibyl's been in the shower. At least I
don't have to sever all my connections this time. Sibyl would never let me
disappear after all the years we missed out on and I couldn't leave Shy if
I tried. I am going to try to get Sibyl to stay here.
A while, though. I don't want to get in the way of her
magic training, so she can stay here and come visit once there's less suspicion
on everyone in town Shia, though I don't know. I want to ask
them to come with me, but that's insane, right, We've only been
really dating for five months, since they have a job here and friends and
a mentor, and they don't even like humans, not to mention, I
have no idea where I'll be living or how long it'll take to find a
place, especially without even the promise of a job for them. There's a
whole other thing I have to worry about, but I know I don't want
to be without them, and with everything else going on, I don't want
to Who is Oh no, please tell me Lizzy didn't see this. I'm
not ready for this yet. Hello, anyone home? Why is Olivia?
Holy shit? It was this weekend? How did I forget? Okay,
it's okay, everything's fine. I can figure this out. Avrah, Olivia.
Hey, it's so good to see you. You excited for a beach
weekend? Definitely come on in. How the hell did you forget your human
friend was coming for a visit? I know. Actually you didn't. Shit,
this is bad. The whole town is out of disguise right now.
There's no way she doesn't see anything. She may have already seen something on
her way in. Olivia can keep a secret. Oh yeah, you think
she can also keep herself a secret from everyone else, because I highly doubt
she'll be able to keep a straight face if she sees Chuck the lizard person
on his way to work. Well, she's already here, so it's not
like I can tell her not to come. So what do we do?
Escort her around town and shield her eyes whenever there's a crypted thing. Honestly,
that's not a bad idea, Avra. You're usually the logical one.
Wow. Even your bathroom is decorated all cute and beachy. This place is
so nice. Oh that's all deasy. Oh yeah, I forgot you were
renting from her. She really went all out. So it's eleven. What
should we do to start off our water's edge beach weekend? Wow, it's
beautiful here. The beach is so wide. Yeah, they say it keeps
gaining a couple inches of sand every year. It's nice. They have these
little wooden paths to bring you part way to the water. Not too many
people out today though. Yeah, this part of the beach isn't very busy
in the spring. Oh my god, what the sand is so soft?
The last time I went to the beach, a few work friends wanting to
go to LBI. It's nice there at all, but Water's Edge is just
magic. I get why you don't want to leave. Are you sure you
want to do a picnic here? Though? You don't want to? It's
just kind of cold and windy. Yeah, you're right, I'll ask Sybil
and Lizzie to bring extra blankets. You sure? I know you said there's
only a few restaurants, so places get crowded. But I really don't mind
waiting. I'm just not sure if an opera, oh high art artie?
Oh god, is that one of your neighbors? He lives in town.
He's why is he running around with a huge bird beak on? Is that
a brae thing? Yeah? Yeah, it's a costume. Goes through a
bunch of conventions, competes in events and stuff too. Wow, must be
really committed if he goes jogging with it on. Damn, And I thought
my zombie Halloween costume was good. I got fake blood and everything. Oh
well, should have shelled out for the bird beak. Oh shy, I
won't be able to make it after all. Not enough time to get to
the beach on break. I guess damn that sucks. Wait, didn't you
say they were close to Main Street? Though? We can meet them around
there instead. Why don't you call Sibyl and she can get us a table
so that we can all go sit. Let's just get take out then we
can drop off shy as if they can't make it to my house. Oh
okay, takeout school with me? Cool? Cool, okay, okay.
Next card is the strangest text you'd find on a greeting card. Oh,
I've got this. We'll see about that. Is there still more Sangria?
I think so? If there is this back of the fridge, I'm gonna
go get some play a card first. Oh right, I'm here, okay,
Saningria off. Simbil needs to be more careful. What do you mean?
She's tipsy and I can feel it. She's got to be careful with
her emotions. Olivia hasn't drunk much, but she's acting like she has.
It's okay if she stop whispering to your lover and play your card. Okay,
okay, hold on. Oh it's too bad. Francy couldn't make it.
This game isn't the same without him. Is he really good or something?
Oh god, no, he's awful. Normally we don't keep score.
We just end the game. When he finally wins around it usually takes an
hour or two. All right, let's see what my options are. Oh
my god, whose was the warning label on a Xanex bottle? Me?
All right? That win's hell? Yeah? Give me that. I spelled
a little on the counter. Where's the cleaning spray with the like? Are
you okay? I just spilled a little line. I'll hope you clean it.
Come on, what the hell are you doing? Where's your bracelet by
the sink? I took it off so I wouldn't get cleaner on it.
Silly Sybil, you look like a corpse. Oh oh no, I'm so
sorry. I forgot. Don't be mad. I'm not used to wearing a
disguise all the time. I'm not mad. It's okay. It didn't realize
how drunk you are and how drunk you're making everyone else. Hopefully Olivia just
thinks civil are you okay, quick put this back on. Hey Olivia,
I'm fine, just a little tired, but I could have sworn a second
ago you looked. Huh that must be some strong singree you got off.
Seems like it should we go finish the game. Actually, I might go
to bed early. I'm not feeling too good. I know what you mean.
It's pretty late, Okay, can I said night? Did I offend
her or something? What? No? No, of course not. She
just had a long day, too much wine. Are you sure? I
just feel really guilty all of a sudden. You didn't do anything. Simple's
emotions can be strong sometimes that's all. Your friends are interesting more than me,
I'm sure. Oh stop. They're just so different from the people I
normally hang around with. They're different in the way you've always been different.
I like them. I'm glad. Oh god, holy shit? What was
that? Wait, Olivia, No one who huns will arrive in the night,
demanding control, commanding power, desperate to save all they know and love.
One by one, day by day, day will proceed until a Colbert
is found and a secret is view. Lizzie, wake up? What the
fuck was that a magic trick? Lizzie's been working on it for a while.
What do you think we sure gotcha? Huh? Right, Olivia?
Olivia? Hold on? I can Olivia stopped? Please, You've got to
listen to me. Why so you can tell me for the fifth time today
that I'm not seeing what I think I'm seeing. Lizzie just burst into flames.
Sybil had the complexion of a dead body for a few seconds. I
feel very drunk after having one glass of what I thought was cheapsan angria.
And there's been more than a few times today where I felt like things were
off. But you're gonna stand here and tell me that it's all in my
head and I don't want to hear it. I don't know if this is
some weird prank or if you lured me here to this town of what seems
like monsters. So they're not monsters, then what the fuck are they?
Avra? What are you? I'm me, I'm the same person you've known
for years? Then what is going on? I wish I could tell you,
but I can't. They're different my friends and my sister in this town.
But sister, who the fuck is your sister? Sybil? Were twins
actually, but I know your parents. I've been to their old house.
You never said anything about a long story. I didn't really know she existed
for a while. Things have gotten a lot more complicated since I moved.
Are you in danger? What is that? Why you're not sure about the
job? Are they threatening to hurt you? If you're holding me hostage?
I want to be here. I've been happier here in Water's Edge than I've
been in a long time. The people can be a little weird, but
it's nothing to be afraid of. So you're not gonna tell me what they
are? Are you? I don't think putting a name to it will change
anything. But they aren't monsters. I just don't believe that you were just
having a great time with them. We spent the whole day with them,
and you kept telling me how fun and sweet they are. You even invited
Sibyl to visit you. But now you think they're evil. The flames hadn't
come out yet. You didn't leave what mine did? A ghosted you for
almost two years and you never turn me into the villain. Everyone has their
issues. Some are just a little stranger than others. Look, I understand
if you don't want to stay the night after all, that, but I
don't want you driving like this. I can get your stuff and drive you
to a hotel off island, then get a cab to bring me back and
you never have to talk to me again. But if you trust me,
you can trust my friends. I can't promise you won't see anything else.
It's a little odd though. Is it just your friends that are different?
Around here? Everyone's unique in their own way, right, God, I
can't believe I'm letting you talk me into staying in a town full of fucking
I don't know, cryptics or something, yeah, something like that. Hello,
can I help you? I'm here to see Officer Michael Jenkins. Oh,
well, he's a bit busy at the moment, so if you could
just hey, wait, you can't just go back there. That that's employees
only, ma'am, ma'am, Please, you cannot just Michael Jenkins. Hello?
Do I know you? I'm sorry she wouldn't listen. My name is
Kendy Ezra. I've been sent by some very important people that I'm confident you
do not want to disappoint. I see Margot. I can handle this from
here, Thank you, of course. Tankins. Let me know if you
need anything. I will. So you're the messenger sent from this High Council.
I'm not a mere messenger. I'm there private investigator, tasked with their
most important and confidential assignments. And you oversee the police force here that I
do what a drab office for such a lofty title. I suppose it will
have to do do for what I will need a space to work out of
while stationed here. This seems suitable enough. Excuse me. You can't just
show up out of nowhere and demands to use my office. I don't even
know if this High Council is a real thing. You clearly don't deserve your
title if you think the High Council is fake. I was sent to conduct
a thorough investigation of how Water's Edge citizens are keeping the cryptic secret. Seems
you haven't noticed, but over the past nine months there has been a significant
increase in the number of close calls. They've spanned all the modern seven towns,
but Water's Edge was of primary concern. And why is that? I
believe I should be the one asking you that question, Officer. I don't
appreciate the tone. I'll have you know I run this department like a well
oiled machine. I know there have been issues here and there lately, but
that does not mean we're doing things wrong. I know what goes on in
my town and I know how to handle it. Oh really, that's why
the investigation into a human murdering mind controlling siren is still dragging on. Right,
that case is an exception. The FBI should be conducting something like that,
not a local police force. And what's your excuse for the messages and
bottles arriving to Hugh and Mooday detailing the existence of the cryptic tones or the
fact that we now have strong reason to believe there is a human living amongst
your citizens. What are you talking out? What messages? What human?
What is huan Maday? I thought you said you were aware of everything going
on in your town, Officer. Some children in huan Maday have been receiving
letters sent via a bottle in the ocean for the past two months. They
are not signed with a name, but they contain a dangerous amount of information
about water's edge and cryptids. The magic connecting our towns has so far ensured
that these letters have not fallen into the wrong hands as far as the High
Council could ascertain, But someone is playing a very dangerous game with very confidential
information. They're just letters. I don't know how much damage they could really
do. Whoever appointed you chief of this department should be reassessed. I'll have
you know. You mustn't have any clue about the prophecy either. Then what
prophecy? As I suspected you asked previously? What hun Maday is? It
is the town. I work for the town. The High Council hails from
the town most of us are from. If you trace records back through the
cryptid ancestry. It was the first of its kind, a haven created in
what is now South Korea during ancient times when humans encryptids could live peacefully.
Others built up over time as well, but none as large and successful as
Hyun Made. When things shifted, however, and humans started to turn on
us, the decision was made to shroud hyun Made. The town was hidden
away using extremely powerful cloaking magic. Those who wanted the safety and prosperity of
hyun madey remained, and those who took their chances to stay in contact with
humans did so, but eventually paid a great price. Several groups were brutally
attacked before all cryptids remaining either fled to hyun made or went into hiding,
resigning themselves to a life of masquerading as a human or living in exile.
Eventually, more towns were formed after hundreds of years, but all are more
cautious of humans and better at keeping the crypted secret than the original towns.
Well for the most part. I don't see what this has to do with
a prophecy. No, I suppose you wouldn't. The messages in bottles described
it as being from a book we thought was lost to time. It decrees
that there is a human hiding in your midst let into town by citizens who
know their truth but ignore it despite the danger. They have integrated themselves well
into the town, blend it in. But it is they who will bring
the downfall of the crypted towns. Once again, that's impossible, there's no
human living here. I mean, we get tours the summer. But it's
true, Jenkins. I didn't want to believe it either, but it is
all true. And why should I trust you or this high council. I've
never met from a town no one's heard from in centuries. You and I
both know your predecessor informed you of our existence and need for secrecy. Well,
sure, I might remember Roy saying stuff about a secret counsel, but
Hu Miday has become a bit too well hidden since it first cloaked itself.
I understand the confusion. But look, here's my badge, my official order
to conduct this investigation, my crypted passport. I had to give up everything
to be sent on this mission, everything I chose to, because I know
this threat is real and we must stop it. My god, I haven't
seen one of these passports in years. You folks still use these, Not
really. I've had mine since I was very young, though, and I
thought it may help with proving that I was trustworthy in this situation. Very
young. You look exactly the same. Yes, well that's actually from the
sixteen hundreds. What sore complicated. All you need to know is that I
mean what I say, and I'm going to be conducting this investigation as the
acting primary authority in this town, as per High Council orders. And how
exactly are you doing this? Then finding out who in town is secretly a
human It's a simple process. Really, I'll interview each citizen individually until I
find the liar. That's an extraordinary amount of work for one person to be
doing, even in a town as small as this, I fall under the
sensitives umbrella of cryptids. I can sense when someone is lying to me,
and over the years, I've trained myself to be so attuned that it is
near impossible to deceive me. Useful And if you find this human, then
what happens When I find them? I will do my duty to protect our
kind and wipe their mind myself. Thanks for listening to Crypted Kate Season four,
the Beach episode. The show is created and produced by me Victoria Pereira.
I also voice Avra. The voice actor of Roger is Christopher Medina.
The voice of Olivia is Maya Mims. The voice of Sybil is Caroline Byrne.
The voice of Artie is Noah Gibbs. The voice of Lizzie is Christina
Rosehargis. The voice of Shia is Angelique Pastuctian. The voice of Margo is
Liz Maury. The voice of Kendy is Miannie Watson. Your voice of Officer
Jenkins is Michael Munulatto. Our story editor is Jennifer Wong. Our cover artist
is Christy Duprey. Our folly artist is Isaac Rodriguez. Our transcriptionist is Rebecca
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