The Encounter
The Encounter is an audio drama that blends adventure with philosophical and spiritual exploration, following characters who wrestle with faith, morality, loyalty, and the ultimate question: 'What is truth, and can it be known?'
The Encounter
Episode 74: Here Be Monsters
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The search for peace appears daunting. On the hunt, Kyla and Liana race after the beast through the tree toppers of Brise Soleil, getting a rare close-up of its features and aggression. In the Remembrance Hall, Bucket leads the others to temporary safety, only to learn that they’re being tracked.
Hi, these radio access work great! Where'd you get them? The radions? My dad tried it for them last time he was here. Took him off Beatles' hands.
SPEAKER_09These were Beatles? I'll take it back. If you saw him now running on the jungle, Florence Home has returned to any chance of anchoring. Don't wander off. The signal doesn't carry very far.
SPEAKER_10So what are we gonna do when we find this thing? We don't have any weapons. I always keep a handgun in my bike, but if you find it, follow it to its home. Then we can follow back up. I think it's in the back. If you're missing, we're coming off on a neighborhood.
SPEAKER_09Are you on a check here? Oh, you're another toy, but you've got underneath when I have a toy. And toy under the tree down here, running up.
SPEAKER_10Why don't you get looking up? There! It's above us! What do we do? Wait! I see a ramp leading up on my right. You're going up! Always wanted to do this. I like you. Hang on. You'll keep following Elsie down here. Try to get ahead of us and cut it off. I don't want to find a video. Almost there. Right. That's not good. I'm gonna feel that tomorrow. All right.
SPEAKER_08You, big man, lean against those doors.
SPEAKER_01I resent that under the circumstances.
SPEAKER_08Lean, youck it, how long will these doors hold? Bucket it is. Suffice it to say there'll be no waiting it out this time. Why the smoke did you bring us here? The armament room compiles weaponry used during this time in history. I'm listening.
SPEAKER_01I don't mean to rush you, Bucket! But the doorways get rather crowded!
SPEAKER_08Right.
SPEAKER_04What are you doing?
SPEAKER_08While Maxir has that pocket saw, the rest of you are unarmed. Sai, you strike me as a brass knuckles type of fellow. Put your fingers through both of these, and it'll give your punches a little extra, well, metallic punch. Not bad buckethead. Reggie, this pole arm is solid steel and sharpened on the edges. I'm sure you can figure out the rest.
SPEAKER_01Multiply!
SPEAKER_08And for Boden, how does this board suit you? Yeah, this. This'll definitely do. What good will these do against machines? They're mostly rust and wires at this point. A good swing and they'll be sure to simply fall apart. Eh boy. Then, well, we run for the exit. Sounds like a plan. Reggie, when I say so, step back from the door and prepare to run to us like your life depended on it. What? After all the work to keep them out! Yes, yes, you've done a marvelous job. However, the longer you hold them off, the larger their numbers will grow until we won't be able to fight our way through. Ready your weapons, everyone! On the count of three! Yes, Reggie. One! Once the machines get to me before I get back to you! That is a distinct possibility.
SPEAKER_10I'm gonna work now! We on a no wait until I can find the platform back down to ground level! I'll be out here! Lianna! Rihanna! Come on, we're to rip! We're the rim! We're to bring up! I don't have time for this! I can't lose Liana! Here we go! Still up and running! Okay, direction, I need your help. I wish you were here. I'm coming, Liana! Come on, come on, come on!
SPEAKER_04That's the last of 'em. But now they just keep coming and coming. What did you say? What? They just keep coming, never stopping. I am so stupid sometimes. What are you talking about?
SPEAKER_01Of course they keep coming! We still have the coin on us! It's calling out to sovereign, like Bucket said! It knows exactly where we are, and it's talking to every machine out there! It's only a matter of time before it overtakes us with sheer volume. Time to let it go, I bug.
SPEAKER_08Bucket? Your brother's right. It will give us a chance as we move throughout the dome.
SPEAKER_07What about the living remnant?
SPEAKER_08Fuck it. No organic life exists outside your beyond. Okay then.
SPEAKER_01Sorry, Bo.
SPEAKER_08Service tunnels will connect us to underground rooms and to exits that will lead us outside the dome. Won't they just find us there? Their connection to Solford will be interrupted.
SPEAKER_01Come on, son.
SPEAKER_10Where am I? My head. Oh my bike. Great. I don't like jumping at a thirty-foot fall, but I hit one puddle. Oh my god! Thank you, Labyrinth Trees. Where to go, Kyla? If Liana gets hurt, it's all your fault. What good is a stupid gun when the monster is miles away? What was that? What is this? Hello! Is anyone down there? Please!
SPEAKER_11What is that sound?
SPEAKER_10Thousands of them! Why are you coming this way? Go! Go! Get away! No, no, no, get off, get off!
SPEAKER_02No, no, no, no!
SPEAKER_05I can't hear you. Here, maybe it's this button. Sam? Sam, can you hear me?
SPEAKER_06Loud and clear, Marlowe.
SPEAKER_05Thank you.
SPEAKER_06You're calling me well. It's been something happened.
SPEAKER_05Yes. The listening host in Kim Vir was burned to the ground a few years ago. Four people lost their lives.
SPEAKER_06I wasn't aware.
SPEAKER_05She's alive, then what response?
SPEAKER_06What's going on?
SPEAKER_05She's been creating things in him here. I call them sunstones, but frankly, I don't have a clue what they really are. When they contact metal, they release huge amounts of energy. That's what ignited the tent. She can't stop making them. Sometimes she doesn't even know she's done it. Sam, I think it's time you told me the whole story.
unknownWhat do you mean?
SPEAKER_05You never volunteered much information about her birth, and I never pursued it. But now I need to know. Sam?
SPEAKER_06This conversation needs to happen face to face. I'll ask Camden and Arcus to bring the Goodwin line back to Barents. I'm coming home.
SPEAKER_05How long will that be?
SPEAKER_06Give me a week.
SPEAKER_05A week? Can't you just tell me?
SPEAKER_06Marlo, you need to trust me. For now, whatever you do, do not let her near the falls.
SPEAKER_01How much further bucket?
SPEAKER_08The tunnels are up ahead. We turn left at this next intersection. The exits aren't too far beyond this point.
SPEAKER_04Oh god again. So you're rounding up a little much there, Miss Brandon.
SPEAKER_10My job is what I really want right now.
SPEAKER_06Something killed. And I need your help to find out. I want you to travel to resole. Stay with the good ones, we're how long's a while?
SPEAKER_05Is there anything else you might really want?
SPEAKER_09Let me ask you something.
SPEAKER_10If you had all your dreams come true, would Ram be in them? Honestly? Yes.
SPEAKER_05Really?
SPEAKER_03Come on, back in the boat.
SPEAKER_10No, no, no. My job is what I something trouble.
SPEAKER_00Say goodbye to that, sweetheart. Wake up.
SPEAKER_07Where you belong to my own reading of your brain. Other than disturbing a village and contaminating the shores of the Forgotten River where we found you, I'm not sure you weren't anywhere near the river.
SPEAKER_03We're there. I thought you were in the Ram!
SPEAKER_10The beast! It was running. No way. It was jumping. I wasn't by the river. I was in a in a tree. Yes. And there was this door, a metal door. Bugs. Bugs everywhere.
SPEAKER_07Fish is more like it. You're lucky you didn't drown when your bike through it.
SPEAKER_10I wasn't by the river.
SPEAKER_03I'm I found you. I carried you off ashore myself.
SPEAKER_11You did.
SPEAKER_03You were soaked.
SPEAKER_11Did you restrain me here?
SPEAKER_07What? No! Proto! It was for her own safety. She was flailing her arms. I was concerned. I would like to keep her in observation for a few more days.
SPEAKER_03I think that's wise, Carl. I'll handle the evacuation myself.
SPEAKER_11Evacuation?
SPEAKER_07Yes. Recelling is being evacuated for security purposes. I can help. It's best to allow the body and the mind time to heal. I want you. We all want you back at full strength. Rest. I will personally be monitoring your recovery. The restraints. Your memory loss is concerned. Let's leave them in place just for tonight. I wouldn't want you wandering.
SPEAKER_11I don't need rest. I can handle myself.
SPEAKER_03So last night was what? You handling yourself.
SPEAKER_11I know.
SPEAKER_10It's weird. I can't think. It's so frustrating. It's right there, but I can't see it. I was in the trees, and the beast jumped.
SPEAKER_11And then I lost contact with what? Liana!
SPEAKER_05Episode 74. Here be Monsters was written by Colton Grillier and Chris Nelson. Featuring the voice talents of Garrett Lewis, Logan Poulson, Jamie Clutier, Stephen Dean, Joshua Prentice, Chris Nelson, Joshua Lindevoltson, Amber Lamby, Jennifer Eaton, Chuck Bennett, Darrell Nelson, and Joshua Nicholson. Sound design by Sam Lee. Music by Seth Norris. The Encounter is written, performed, and produced by Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Visit us online at encounterseries.com
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