Welcome to town Avra. I'm here to bother, here for the greater good
of cryptid Kai. 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 plans.
Season five, Episode nine, penultimate Okay, I'm recording. Everyone ready,
let's do this. Hell yeah, kenjy Sorry, I'm ready. All
right. This is Mari. We want to talk to min Hannah, a
great witch from Yuma Day and the creator of the original Shroud. I have
three other souls here with me. You may speak through me, and if
necessary, I can permit you to draw on their energy. Are you getting
anything? No, If she's anywhere I can reach, I might have to
search for her. How do you do that? Leave my body behind and
wade through the ethereal plane. That sounds dangerous. The searching isn't. It's
the leaving my body unattended. You guys should be able to keep anything bad
from mentoring if we stay connected. But it's got to take a lot of
energy from you, and bringing Hannah to the surface will take even more.
If I can find her, we can handle it. You go look for
her. We'll keep you safe. Okay, see us soon. Well,
I see what she meant by a lot of energy. Plane walking is not
an easy feet and what the High Council did to Hannah isn't doing this any
favors. Roxy. You're looking really pale. I I don't think I can
do this very much longer. You're probably gonna pass out. But you'll be
okay. Yeah, I I might just lay down before I. Uh huh,
I've got you. It's okay. How long is this going to take?
Mari I don't know she found her? What? How do you know?
I heard mari in my mind oracles and plane walkers. I don't know.
We are We seem to have some sort of connection. But she needs
more strength to bring Hannah back. If I lend the rest of my energy
to Mariy, she might be able to bring Hannah to the surface without you
passing out too. Why don't I give mine? I don't know how to
help Mariy. If something goes wrong, she knows what she's doing. She'll
be okay. But you're the one who has to talk to Hannah. But
I I don't know if I can come on. She's waited how many years
for this? You can't leave her hanging now, Marie, Hannah take my
energy and I'm just gonna lay down here before anyone needs to catch me.
Oh boy, please let this work, Kendy. Is that really you,
Hannah? Oh my god, Hannah, I've been waiting so long to hear
your voice again. I missed you. I've missed you too so much.
I'm very weak, Kendy. I don't know how long I'll be able to
talk to you, but I know you needed something. You and your new
friends, we do the High Council. They used your magic with the shout.
They know I can feel what they took from me, but they didn't
manage to take it all. Oh Hannah, you only ever see the bright
side, don't you. Just because I try to focus on it doesn't mean
it is all I see. Hatred and anger are much more taxing emotions to
feel, though, I would rather spend my limited energy feeling what I feel
for you, care and joy and happiness. Hannah. I I loved you.
I'm sorry I never told you, my dear Kennedy. How bold of
you to assume I never knew you. You did? Of course I did,
and I loved you too, I still do. I just didn't have
the words to explain what I felt for you when I was alive, and
now that I do, I know you have those feelings for someone else.
I I'm sorry, I Kennedy. I'm not upset that you've moved on.
In all honesty, I'm a bit upset it took you so long. I
did love you, though, Hannah, I still do, and when you
died something inside me broke. I never wanted to leave you, and a
part of me will always yearn for the future we never had. But I
can't say I regret my decision because it allowed me to save you and so
many others, and now you can finally get the future you deserve with some
one who loves you. I don't know if that future will be possible,
not unless we can stop the High Council. Yes them, and they're awful
bastardization of my magic. They make me so mad, but they've even robbed
me from being truly angry at them. I feel myself fading. What were
we talking about the shroud? How can we take it down? There must
be a way right for the monstrosity that the High Council created. There are
two parts needed, both difficult, even for your powerful friend. You know
about sybyl of course I check in every once in a while. But the
spell, the spell. The only way to remove such an immense amount of
magic is to channel it into a willing vessel. The magic is corrupted as
well, so it would also need to be purified somehow to stop it from
simply destroying the vessel. Outright, that's it, that's amazing. I can't
wait to tell the others. This will save the town. There is a
cost, however, a cost you of all people should know. Strong magic
comes with a price. And what is this one? The vessel? The
magic must be channeled in two. It must be either one who can absorb
great amounts of magic or the spell cast themselves. And this amount of magic,
it is near impossible for anyone which to survive such a thing, even
if they are as powerful as your sibyl. So you're saying Sybil could save
the town. But if she does, she dies most likely? Yes,
if she, Hannah, I'm losing you, Kenny, Hannah. No,
there has to be another way, right, a different spell, a vessel
something. I'm so sorry, Kenny, I love you, No, Hannah,
please thank you spirits. This conversation has ended. Goodbye, good morning
everyone. Wow for having a spirit suck my soul energy away? I feel
pretty great. So how to go find out anything? There's no way to
take it down, nothing that Hannah knows at least. Damn it. Well,
there's worth a shot on to plan? What ka now? Break in
and steal a condo? It? I think we're out of time. What
do you mean? We've got plenty of time if you call four days plenty
of time. Hey, Roome might not have been built in a day,
but they didn't have cryptids in charge. The High Council is leaving in the
morning. They what, No, No, they're not scheduled to leave until
Friday. They changed the timeline they told me earlier today. Why I don't
know. They're probably scared because so many No, why didn't you tell us
sooner? Because I still wanted to hold onto some hope that this would work.
Okay, So I don't want to be a grass or anything. But
Ben and Juliet may already be working on the backup plan. Oh God,
of course they are all right. Bathroomb on. Mom's heels wobbly, but
still on. You think your illusions will be convincing enough for this. Oh
yeah, I just got to change your face and make the clothes look less
like you rated your mom's closet and more like you're a member of a spooky
hive mind cult. Easy. I did the best I could, all right,
I'm joking. I mean, I'm glad none of the high Council members
are in the building right now because we are definitely going to have to change
you into the shortest one. Whoever you run into in the hallway though,
shouldn't bat an eye, and you are ready to do the spell on your
voice, yep. I've got to wait till the last second, though,
to give us as much time as possible for sure. Well, now we're
never right unless you want to keep hanging out in a broom closet. Actually,
before we do this, can we talk about like other stuff, other
stuff? Yeah, I don't know. Everything feels like it's been leading up
to whatever's going on right now, and it's all very life and death and
high stakes. I just don't want to leave things unsead. And there's a
lot that we haven't said about some stuff, like about what happened at the
beach. That's fair, I mean, what do you want to say,
Well, it's it's just that I get that tensions were high. So maybe
what Maria was saying was just lies to try to upset you or break up
the friend group because she was angry in the moment. They they weren't all
lies. You're a part of the friend group because we like hang out with
you, of course, but I did want to be friends with you for
another reason you did. Yeah, so I'm assuming you want me to leave
you alone and never talk to you after this? What? No, why
would I want that? Well, I'm sure you don't want some girl who's
got a crush on you following you around when you're into other people. I'm
not into other people, and you're not just some girl. You're Juliette.
You're one of my best friends. You're cool and smart and fun to be
around, and it makes me happy when you're happy, and when you're sad
or stressed, it hurts, like like I'm the one who's hurting and I
want to do something to take the pain away and make you smile again,
because I love your smile. And I don't know, I don't feel that
way about other people, only about you. No, No, you don't
yes, I do. I like you, Juliette, I really like you.
You're just being nice. You're too nice. I don't think lying about
how I feel would be very nice. It's the truth. Then, why
didn't you ever tell me? Is it only because you found out I like
you? Are you just capitalizing on my crush? Is that it? No?
God, No, I'm just dumb and feelings are confusing. You're not
dumb, and keep your voice down. Feelings are confusing, though. It
took me a while to sort out that I didn't just want to be your
friend. I mean, we've known each other forever. I thought if I
really liked you, I'd never be able to do anything about it anyway,
because I would be afraid of messing up a friendship with someone I care a
whole lot about. And I really hope I didn't just go and do that
anyway, You didn't. This is a lot. Yeah. Sorry, Maybe
right before a heist that could change our lives was not the best time for
this conversation. Can we talk more later? After all this goes perfectly and
we save the town. Sounds good? All right, Let's do this.
Hello, Avra, hey is Sybil around? I'm at Shia's house. So
no good. We need to talk. What's going on? I think I
found a way to take down the Shroud. You did, yes, but
we can't do it? What? Why not? Because Sybil would be the
one to do it and it would kill her. What do you mean we
were able to connect to Hannah through Mari's plane walking, She said, There's
only one way to take down the Shroud, But the spell that could do
it would require Sybil to absorb the Shroud's magic. Even if she was able
to cleanse the corrupted magic first, that much energy it would kill her.
But but you said it yourself. Syble's the second most powerful which you've ever
known. If anyone could do it and handle that much magic, it would
be her, right. I'd like to believe that, except the most powerful
I ever knew was killed channeling a similar amount of magic. Oh does she
know about the spell? Not yet? Keep it that way. If she
knew, she might, I know what her choice would be. I don't
intend to tell her, although there is always a chance she finds out anyway.
Sible's clever. The spell, Hannah explained, is a complicated one,
but not impossible for Sybil to put together. On her own with the right
resources, so we have to make sure she doesn't. We need to distract
her while we figure something else out. There is no figuring something else out,
Yes there is. I was actually getting ready to go over to town
hall to try to talk to one of the High Council members. A lot
of those seems less bought into all of this. So maybe if High Counsel
is leaving tomorrow, they said they were leaving on Friday, they changed the
date as of a couple hours ago. They've caught win of the Swede public
opinion that we're worried about people acting before they have a chance to escape.
People like us. We don't have any more time to figure things out.
This is it. You better not be suggesting we sacrifice my sister. Absolutely
not. We need to keep her as far away from any spell research as
possible. Easier said than done. She's been doing nothing but reading through Hanna's
old books. She has whenever I'm home, she has her face buried in
books and notes, which, okay, to be fair, I haven't been
home much, but it's been enough. I know she's been fighting for people
like me and the Leeds. But something is different now. Oh, Look,
I'm not going to ask what's going on between you two, but I
know there's something. And if you love my sister, you better find a
way to get her away from her books for the next twelve hours. I
can do that. Good. I'll talk to you later maybe. Oh right,
goodbye, Avra Bye. Hey who are you talking to? Candy shroud
stuff? Ah? Hey, did you want to go grab a coffee or
something? It's after dinner already. I'm sure Fancy has decaff. All right,
give me five minutes. Okay, I'm in whoa, Okay, that's
wild. Great, I'll keep watch outside. Good luck. All right,
Now, where would a super powerful magic item be stored? They've just got
their own desk. Seems like overkill. I guess I'll have to start going
through them one by one. Nothing uns Men's is empty, so that's a
no. Pretty positive. I don't have to check all alvos. I doubt
they trust him enough to hold on to it, with how he's been acting
without them. Nothing good in seaves either. Hey, how's the search going
in there? I haven't found anything yet. Just search through the last desk
and nothing. What was that you find? Something? Yeah? A key
fell out of ruin his desk. I'm not sure what it leads to.
How's the hallway looking? Ummm looks good to me. Okay, give me
a minute to see if I can find with this unlocks copy. What could
this be too? There's barely anything else in this room except a window.
And if your chairs that big painting of a sunset on a beach that's definitely
not ours. What could wait? A hidden safe in the wall? Yes,
this is a weird office. Whoa here it is? It looks just
like a magic wand Juliette, Juliette Red, go to Red? What what
do you mean? Council Member Lalvo is coming down the hallway and making a
bee line for the office. That shit, why couldn't it have been any
others? You have to hide, there's nowhere too hide under our desk and
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know. Hopefully we can keep it like this. Roxy and I are planning
a time to talk with my dad about it. We'll probably wait a few
more days since Lizzie's working on some stuff, so that might change things.
Oh yeah, I hope it goes well. Don't worry. I'll tell you
all about it. So where do we fit into this big plan of Lizzy's.
We don't. Oh so then you have a new scheme of your own.
All right, let's hear it. I don't actually wait what I thought.
That's what your phone called to Kenny was about. No, the timeline
for things has changed. The High Council's leaving in twelve hours. Oh what
about Lizzie's plan? They helped Kenny talk to Hannah. There's a way to
take down the shroud, but Sybil would have to die to perform the magic.
So we're not doing that, of course not. I'm confused. You
don't seem upset. I am a little bit, but I'm also trying to
be realistic. This is it love? We did everything we could. I
should start accepting the facts and adjusting to our new normal. That sounds like
something directly from doctor Julius. Shockingly, it isn't, But I guess whatever
he's been doing has been working. You're really okay with this, with giving
up? Yeah? I mean I've still got you. I've got my friends
and Sybil and a home and a job for now, and I know things
will keep evolving and changing as we figure out how to live in this weird
new mini planet. The High Council is going to isolate all the Cape towns
into But I really want to be okay with it. I want to be
happy so we can focus on figuring out what our future looks like here together.
Oh, I thought you'd be excited. Is this not what you want
anymore? Of course, I still want a future with you, and I
want you to be happy, But I want you to be true to yourself.
There was something else you were going to do. I know there was.
You always have another plan, another solution, maybe, but it's not
gonna help with anything. You don't know that for sure, And even if
you do, when has that ever stopped you? So you're encouraging me to
start meddling and get myself in trouble. I'm sorry, has my person been
replaced by a doppelganger when I was like no, I just I don't want
this to all end with you feeling like you didn't do what you needed to
what your heart was telling you to do. And if it's telling me to
do something that could be really dangerous, well I don't want you walking into
the shroud if that's your big plan. It's not, but it's still pretty
risky. Loving is risky. Do what you need to do, love,
save the town, embrace your destiny, and YadA, YadA YadA. My
destiny is the opposite. Hey, the prophecy said you would change the fates
of the cryptotowns forever. I never said it had to be in a bad
way. Okay, thank you, Shia, I love you. I love
you too, av Yeah, just please come back to me one piece,
okay. Always, it is near impossible for anyone which to survive such a
thing, even if they are as powerful as your sibyl. So you're saying
Sybil could save the town, but if she does, she dies most likely.
Yes, even if they are as powerful as your Sibyl. So you're
saying Sibil could save the town. But if she does, she sorry,
Aubre's not Kendy, what are you doing here? I want to talk about
us? Really? What changed everything? The High Council called me into their
office a couple of hours ago. They're moving the timeline up and leaving at
first light tomorrow. No, no, that's impossible. They don't even have
a way to leave yet. They're off shouting a boat as we speak.
So if they're leaving tomorrow, then that means well, that still doesn't explain
why you want to talk now. Wasn't the plan always just to string me
along and abandon me when it looked hopeless? That was my original plan,
Yes, but it was a really dumb plan. And I realized that in
the High Council's office when they told me that my immortal lifetime of servitude to
them was going to begin in less than twenty four hours. And in that
moment, all I could think of doing with those last few hours of freedom
were spending them with you. You don't mean that I do, And I
meant what I said the night after the vote, I love you, Sybyl,
and I would understand if you don't feel the same way after how badly
I've treated you, since you have treated me badly since one day you're telling
me you love me, then you act like nothing happened, and now you're
back to loving me. This is like emotional whiplash. I know it was
wrong of me. It's been so long since I've even had someone to call
a friend to know how a healthy relationship is handled, let alone someone like
you. And what exactly is someone like me? Everything? I never knew
I was missing someone who I wish I had more time with, the person
who I would dress up or take out to the movies and show up to
parties arm in Armwood. And how do you know that? I what do
you mean? I know how I feel about you because I feel it when
I look at you. But how do you know it isn't my power doing
that? Cy Bill? Your power is strong, but my feelings for you
don't change when I'm out of range of your abilities. Have you ever affected
anyone else in such a way, given someone false romantic feelings? I guess
I haven't. No, you really think this is for real? I know
it is, and it's ours. Even if the High Council takes me away
tomorrow. They can't take away this. Maybe they can't take you away either.
What I've been researching a bunch for a spell to dispel a piece of
magic, and I think I might have finally found what I'm looking for.
You have. Yeah, it's a small scale thing and it would need to
be tweaked a bit to apply to something as big as the shroud. And
there's the other issue of the magic being corrupted. But I think I could
do it. No, that that wouldn't work. Yes it will here.
Let me show you in this book. No more books. Let's just enjoy
the time we have left with each other. Please get this out of here.
The spell cast themselves in this amount of magic? What is that impossible?
That's just my reporter? Let me is that Hannah powerful? So you're
saying Sybil could save the town, but if she does, she dies.
Thanks for listening to Season five of Cryptid Cape Penultimate. The show is created
and produced by me Victoria Pereira. I also voice opera. The voice of
Kenny is Leanni Watson. The voice of Mari is odd and Fitzroy. The
voice of Lizzie is Christina Rose Hargas. The voice of Roxy is Amanda Manheim.
The voice of Hannah is Lauren Lau. The voice of Juliette is Amy
Ossabado. The voice of Ben is Kile Morphine. The voice of Shia is
Angelique Fustuccia. The voice of the High Council is McKenna move. The voice
of Francie is Aubrey King. The voice of Sybil is Caroline Byrne. Our
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