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 nine,
eleventh hour. It's too early to be getting you and exorcism. It's
not my fault. Doctor Julius is busy. Just be happy he agreed not
to tell our parents. Thank God for patient doctor confidentiality. Although I'm with
mar on this one would have loved to sleep in a little on one of
our days off. After this, we can all go back to sleep knowing
that Ezrath houses ah children, Welcome, Welcome, Thank you for coming by
so early. Of course, Doctor Julius, thank you for seeing me well
us absolutely. I will say. It's been a very very long time since
I've had to administer the type of procedure you've requested, but it is vital
we do this quickly. Please come in, we can get settled in my
office. What any of you like some tea it's Earl Gray or I have
some water bottles in that small fridge there. Tea might be nice. Yeah,
same, all right, while I pour, would you mind telling me
what happened? With all this demon business. Right, Well, why do
you want us to start? M excellent question? How about with a short
explanation of your abilities? Mare. From what I understand, this began with
some routine plane walking. Correct. Yeah, we were trying to talk to
an author. He's been dead a long time, so it was a little
difficult for me to try to connect with him. Once I did, though,
it was business as usual. I see. Now, Please do correct
me if I'm wrong. But plane walkers connect to a specific plane. Yes,
not all of them, that's right. My plane is the ethereal one
where all the ghosts go. Or well, maybe not all of them.
Yes, I suppose I am an exception in that case. So you contacted
this author, chat for some time, and then what That's when it gets
fuzzy for me. I'm not really part of the conversation in the real world
when I walk. I've heard some adults can do that, but it takes
a lot of practice to be able to split your mind like that. Of
course, Julia and I were both there, though. At the end of
talking to the author, his spirit got taken over by a demon named Ezrathaus,
which meant that Mark got taken over two, and we were trapped.
That sounds like quite a terrifying situation. It was, and it didn't help
that Ezrathaus knocked me out after a few minutes to make a point. Then
Jules was on her own. Oh goodness. And that's when I made the
idiotic mistake of making a deal with demons, thinking I was saving all my
friends. I should have known he was lying about having to keep up his
side of the deal. Now, don't go agonizing over your past mistakes,
Juliet. In my time dealing with those despicable creatures, I've seen many people
with far more life experience and supposed mental fortitude fall to a demon's enticing offer,
some for much less than the valiant effort of saving the lives of dear
friends. Honestly, if I'd been the only one left standing, I probably
would have made a deal too. Same here, it's hard, she resist
a demon, near impossible. Yes, I don't want to bring up uncomfortable
memories for you, Juliet, but I must ask what did you trade?
Depending on what it was, it may be harder or easier to handle expelling
this presence. I understand the deal was that if he talked to the fates
and made everything better by fixing another situation. I will let him possess me
once for five minutes. I see Zerthouse must be quite desperate. That's not
a very beneficial deal on his part. Demons always want to cause as much
pain as possible. That's what they feed off of, what allows them to
cross planes and in turn reak more havoc to continue this never ending cycle.
I can see how such a deal would cause you pain, Juliet, and
by proxy, those who care for you, like Ben and mar here,
But I fail to see what Zerthous's bigger plan is. Maybe he's just desperate
to have a way back to our plane if he hasn't been hitting his pain
and suffering quotas. It's a way to guarantee he can come back. That's
definitely a possibility. His motive nation is not integral to our mission of ridding
Juliet from his influence. However, with what seems to be a weak connection
to you and this plane, I believe I can exercise this demon with a
simple procedure. It will take some time to prepare, but while I do,
you folks can relax here, feel free to have more tea or help
yourself to the snack drawer. I just got some new granola bars that my
patients have been raving about, So we're going to do this now. Of
course, I have my materials upstairs. It shouldn't take long. The sooner
we send this creature of darkness back to where he came from, the better.
It may have been a little unorthodox, but that's another conviction in the
books. The High Council is going to be thrilled, especially getting an all
their question answered with one perpetrator. They'll say I got everything they needed,
that I did an excellent job at protecting cryptos everywhere, so why doesn't it
feel like I did. Nunia's got in my head all her talk of how
much she loves her friends and her life here taking the fall for everything to
keep her student from catching any blame. Thank god, I'm deleaning that part
of that tapes from the record. I know the High Council doesn't ask too
many questions when it comes to getting a job done, but lying to a
subject about the consequences of a misdemeanor is probably best to keep on the downlow.
Nunia's must have been too nervous to realize I was lying through my teeth.
The council didn't do anything to punish that griffin that exposed Camralocke. She
knows that the worst that young girl could have gotten is a slap on the
wrist, maybe some community service and a lecture on why we have to keep
the secret. But she fell for it, so that's good. Why does
it feel so bad. I did my job. I did it well,
and I saved my people. They'll call me a hero back in one day.
Maybe they'll even let me back in. I shouldn't get my hopes up.
Even if councilwoman Men said she might be able to open a case for
me, it would take years. I left knowing that I probably wouldn't be
going back, and I was okay with it because I knew it was for
the greater good. But now now I don't know if that's true. Avre
is the human the counsel wanted me to find. I have no doubts in
that. The evidence all adds up. Everything makes sense. Sure, she
may not have written those letters, but she's my culprit. I knew it
from the first interview with her. That should be the only thing that matters.
She knows way too much for a human and if the situation were different,
maybe that wouldn't be that big of a deal. But her presence here
means doom for everyone else. It just makes sense to sacrifice one person in
order to protect thousands of others. The Council's done it before. I've done
it before, so why can't I pick up the goddamn phone and do it
again? Come in, miss Ezra, you have a visitor, I do,
Sibyl Abernathy. She says you were supposed to work with her today.
She didn't find you at your hotel, so she came here. Should I
send her away? Uh? No, I didn't realize she was still coming
today. I thought you can send her in, of course, miss Abernathy.
Investigator Espra is waiting for you. Hi, Cibil. I'm assuming you
weren't expecting a regular training session today, not exactly. Can we talk?
Hmm hmmm? What you're reading there? Doc? Some of my old notes
from back when I would conduct these sort of rituals more often. Always good
to review notes, especially when it's been such a long time. How long
has it been exactly? I would guess, say couple hundred years, give
or take a decade. If you need time to review some more. We
don't have to do it right now. That won't be necessary. I'm all
refreshed and ready to begin. When you are you sure? That seems like
a pretty big notebook. An extorcism might need more than a quick skim.
Yeah, this is Juliette's soul we're talking about. I understand your concerns for
your friend, but I promise you kids, nothing bad will happen. It
doesn't look it now, but I fought off a good number of demons in
my day, so many, in fact, that it made me the specter
I am today. An exorcism went so wrong it change you into a ghost?
No, no, quite the opposite. I was so skilled at expelling
demons, I was blessed with a spectral form to continue fighting them for as
long as I wish. But you're a therapist now. Demons come in many
forms. But still, don't you think, guys, doctor Julius knows what
he's doing. It'll be fine, right, right, Okay, let's do
this excellent now. There are many different types of exorcisms, just as there
are many different types of possessions. Your possession is a dormant class, meaning
your day to day functions haven't been impeded by Zerthaus's presence, at least not
directly. I don't mean to discount the toll his deal takes on your mental
and emotional health, just to say he hasn't physically taken control of you yet.
For a dormant class, we'll go with a cleansing exorcism. What does
that mean? Essentially, I'm going to perform a ritual that will purify Juliet's
soul, ridding her of any connection to Zerthous. We won't need to summon
him up or battle for her body in this situation, just for her heart.
Cool. Is that going to hurt? It's may depending on how deeply
Zerthous has been able to root himself in your being, Juliet, but I'm
confident you will be able to handle it. Okay, Now, to start,
I'll have you sit here and hold out your hands palms up like this.
This salve will help facilitate the process. Most of a cleansing is done
with words and power of will, but a medicinal salve like this assists in
the process and helps keep you grounded. I'll apply some to your hands and
a bit to the back. Of your neck and forehead as well. It
smells like lavender and something else. There's some eucalyptus in there as well,
calming but potent. Now you can rest your hands on mine, palms still
up and close your eyes. I'd like you to picture the night of the
incident. Try to conjure an image of it as vivid as possible in your
mind. Have you got it? I think so. Tell me what it
sounds like like Mars etherel music and Zerthaus is a laugh, and what it
smells like like the candles they were now assented it was all Ben had at
home. And what it feels like cold and terrifying and shit, shit,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. That's all right. Then I will ask you
to silence that we need to stay focused, of course. Yeah, let's
recenter, Juliet. You mentioned it was cold. What else can you feel?
Well, it is cold, but I'm holding Ben's hands and Mars got
his hands on our shoulders and they're both warm. Good. Yes, hold
onto those anchors. Now, let's turn your attention to the elephant in the
room. How does Zerthous first appear to you? Well, he was inhabiting
Mar's body, so I can only see him as Mar, but I could
tell it wasn't them. When Zerthous smiled, it didn't look like Mar.
It looked evil. And when he sorry, sorry, I didn't think the
vibrate would be so loud. Okay, vibrate off. Continue, Juliet,
are you still in this scene? Yeah? I still see Zerthous controlling Mar.
Good? Good? Tell me? How do you feel emotionally about seeing
this Stephen in your friend's body, seeing him hurt ben bad? Can you
give me more than that? Scared? Powerless? Like I'm trying to keep
it together to get us all out of there, but that isn't working,
and I'm out of options. And children. I know you like your phones,
and normally I have no problem with them, but can we please?
I'm sorry that one's mine I thought I had. Why is Officer Jenkins calling
me? You have his number saved? No? But I know the WEPD
number. Why because my mother is paranoid and made me memorize it in kindergarten.
If a stranger says they know mommy called two three, seven, eight
nine fifty, you had to bribe. Wait, that's the number that called
me, Mar. Where's your phone? Yeah, but why would he called
me too? This is concerning? Is it okay? If I call back
really quick? Yes, that's fine. High Officer Jenkins, it's Juliet Young.
I notice you called Ben mar and I and what oh god? We're
with doctor Julius. But we can be over there right away. Okay,
sounds good. We'll see you there. Bye. I'm sorry, Doctor Julius.
The exorcism will have to wait. What's going on? Alvred has been
arrested? What? Oh? No? Alred? Yeah, Officer Jenkins is
afraid Investigator Estra's going and try to wipe her memory without a fair trial.
He needs our help to stop her. You look tired, dude. Do
you want some coffee? I'm fine. I think Jenkins also keeps tea in
the break room if you'd prefer that, Kendy, tea is not what I'm
here for. I know. I'm sorry. I'm nervous. You're nervous.
You're reflecting onto me. That's never affected you before normally when we chat.
I'm not arresting your friend for applauding our collective demise. Kendy, why are
you doing this? She's not guilty, and if you think civil I've already
gotten the confession out of her. She's human. She's the one in the
book. You had to know or did she keep it from you too?
Of course I knew. She's my sister. Hold On, you're what that's
impossible. We've already been through all this. It's totally possible. She was
born human. I was born encrypted. Lucinda took me away when they thought
I came out stillborn so she could raise me instead and the secret wouldn't get
out. It was a whole thing. How is she not encrypted then?
I don't know. But whatever she was before, she shouldn't be anymore.
Francie brought her to the lake where he was changed from human decrypted, and
she attempted the same thing. If she's encrypted, she can't be the one
in the book. That's what you were all doing last night, kind of,
But that doesn't matter. What matters. You can't give her over to
the High Council. She's innocent. She hasn't shown any ENCRYPTID signs yet,
and even if she does, that doesn't change the fact that she's prophesized to
bring the end times. You know what could happen, what has happened in
the past, we can't let our people die again, Sybil, I can't
let my sister die. Have you ever considered that she might not be your
sister? What basis do you have for this belief that you're twins? While
for starters, we came out of the same womb. And how do you
know that because Lucinda was there? You think my mother lied to me?
Of course not. I trust you, and from what I've heard about your
mother, she seems a trustworthy person as well. It's Avrah who I'm questioning
if that is even her real name. Of course it's her real name,
and I'm the one who found Avrah, not the other way around. I
knew that she was alive. I found the article she wrote, and I
put the pieces together. I got her to come to bluff so I could
tell her she had no clue I was even alive. How could she be
faking? What about Ava told you it was your Avrea? Besides the name,
well, her birthday is the same as mine, and she was born
in the same place. Also, her parents are the ones Lucinda remembers giving
birth to the both of us. And have you seen any official document stating
any of that? A birth certificate, passport driver's license, not like those
can't be forged, of course, but it would help your argument. I've
seen OVA's license a bunch of times. I think. Have you been put
in contact with your birth parents to verify their identities? No, but I'm
still not ready to meet them, Avrea's kind of offered before, kind of
Well, they live on the other side of the country, so it's not
like it'd be easy to get to them. And yet your group seems to
be doing a lot of flying back and forth these days from bluff to here.
This is ridiculous. I was still the one to find her. How
could she orchestra all of this and just expect me to find her? Maybe
she knew you were looking, Sybil, You're a lovely person. I've learned
that in the weeks i've spent working with you on your magic. But you
also tend to trust people quickly. Is it possible the information of a twin
could have been leaked in the past and gotten back to someone who needed an
end to our community? No, so I was right? Then who did
you tell? I don't know. I used to talk about it sometimes when
I was younger. You know, little kids brag about knowing family secrets until
they realized they shouldn't be talking about certain stuff. But that was only with
people in Bluff. Information can spread quickly, Kendy, this is absurd,
even if she isn't my sister, Even if she somehow concocted all these lies
and all of this crazy elaborate ruse just to get into town. Something she
could have done without all of this. Mind you, she's been living in
Water's Edge since September. If she really wanted to bring doomsday, wouldn't she
have done something by now? Who's to say she hasn't. Who's to say
she hasn't been sewing seeds since she got here. She could have easily orchestrated
the whole debacle with that murderous siren and someone who can conjure up a ruse's
elaborate as convincing you she's your sister, would definitely be capable of the simple
mistake that explodes Camralock. How do you explain the sea creature situation in Bluff?
She can't control when Nessie wakes up, and she helped stop all the
destruction. Good timing on her part. What else was she supposed to do?
Exposure Plan to you all by allowing the sea creature to destroy all of
bluff. Listen to yourself. The things you're suggesting are insane. You have
to know that it might seem convoluted, but that could be part of her
whole master plan, or she's just Avrah and the prophecy is wrong. It
can't be wrong. If it's wrong, it means I'll never find a culprit,
and then the High Council will never be satisfied and will never ever consider
letting me back into Hyune one day, and that can't happen. Kendy.
I know you want to go home. I can't imagine what you're going through
facing the possibility of never going back. But I don't think throwing Ovre at
the High Council is going to fix it. You set it yourself. They're
never going to let anyone back in. But what if I could be the
first I'm steps away from saving our whole world. They should give me anything
I ask for if I can pull it off. But her racing offer's mind
won't save anything. You don't know that you're working with her, aren't you?
What? I bet your whole story was a lie. All this talk
of sisters finding each other after all this time, you just used me to
strengthen your powers so you would have a chance to stop me once I figured
it out right, Kendy, I would never do it. You know how
to freeze my feet to the floor, how to mimic forms flawlessly, how
to incapacitate me a dozen different ways? Why don't you just do it?
I don't want to. I want you to see reason, Kendy, not
for you to get hurt. This can't be true, Kendy, Please must
be lying. You're lying? Am I look at me? Use your power?
Tell me I'm lying? Can you wait? Hi? Future Ova,
I hope you're still alive enough to understand this. This is past. You
currently sitting in an interrogation room at the Water's Edge Police Department, talking into
an old recorder. Officer Jenkins l you since yours is in an evidence box
somewhere. You probably don't even know who Officer Jenkins is or Water's Edge,
but that's why I'm here. Jenkins told me I could leave messages to everyone
with this just in case. That's a tall order, though, so let
me tell you about them first, in the hopes that you'll be able to
remember. God, where do I begin. Water's Edge is a town unlike
any other, with residence unlike anyone you've ever met. From day one,
you had a friend and an excellent boss in Roger. His height and position
made you think he would be intimidating and demanding as a supervisor, and he
was a little in the beginning, but he turned out to be a gentle
soul who loved his plants more than some people love their kids. From the
very beginning, he knew your secret, but that never bothered him much so
did Lizzie. Maybe one of her visions told her I was okay because she
never hesitated to trust me with her secrets or her friendship. I almost screwed
that all up, like a lot of other things since moving here, honestly,
But since then I've realized that she's one of those incredibly rare people who
you can know for a short time, but I feel like you've known since
birth. Francis like that too, although it definitely took you and him a
bit longer to trust each other. Francie's the youngest in our little group,
and yet he always seems to be the one to tell us when we're being
dumb and need to grow up. You need someone in your life like that,
especially if you're like me, someone honest who's always ready to go to
bat for you when you need it the most. He's done it for me,
Lizzie Caleb, Juliet God, that girl is so reckless and so determined.
Man. When Juliet sets her mind to something, she's going to do
it, and you better not underestimate her getting her way. And for some
reason, she looks up to me. I have younger cousins, but it's
never felt like they've looked to me for guidance or inspiration or anything. But
Juliette does. If I end up dying from this, her and Sybil are
going to find a way to resurrect me and kill me again for having the
audacity. Oh, sib it hurts so fucking much knowing that my last conversation
with Sybil might be a screaming match. But that's what sisters do, right.
They love and care about each other, and even though they fight and
make choices, the other can understand. It's all because of that love and
the desire to protect each other. I deserved so much more time to get
to be sisters. I wish I had more time for everything, to bask
in this life and this little town that I made for myself, to get
to know people more, make treasured friends, and people like Jenkins, Julius,
Evie Ben and Marie Hudson and Atto, more time to spend with Shaia.
I can't believe I wasted so much time before finding Shaya. When I
first saw them, I thought they were some deity come to life, handsome
and talented and beautiful and intelligent, like this perfect untouchable person. But I
got to know them and they me, and we came to realize how similar
we both are, and we fell in love, the kind of love that
made me realize I never quite knew the meaning that word could carry until loving
Shaia. Romantic meaning, of course, because he loved all of them.
Love all of them. Because if you're listening to this, either the memories
have flooded back or they're gone for good, but you've got to feel it
somewhere in your chest that you still love these people. Shy, a simple
Lizzie, Francie Juliette, Roger Jenkins, Ben, Mari Julius, Evie Hudson,
Otto. These names have to mean something to you. If you can
still breathe, you must still be able to feel the impact they made on
you, the ache in your chest, knowing that you'll never be able to
see them again. They changed your life in a time where you desperately needed
help. They're too important to forget, so please please remember. Get up
what I said, Get up? What are you doing? I'm not delaying
this any further. The High Council gave me principal authority, so that's what
I'll exercise. Your mind is being now. Wait, but I need to
Kendy. Please don't do this. You know this isn't right. Get out
of my way. Thanks for listening to Season four of Crypted Kake Eleventh Hour.
The show is created and produced by me Victoria Pereira. I also voice
Avra. The voice of Marie is Odd and Fitzroy. The voice of Juliet
is Amyo Sabato. The voice of Ben is Kim Morphine. The voice of
Julius is Grand Bowman. The voice of Kendy is Miannie Watson. The voice
of Margot is Liz Maur. The voice of Sibyl is Caroline Byrne. Our
story editor is Jennifer Wong. Our cover artist is Christy Duprey. Our folly
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