Transcript S1 E18: Homeward X: (Mother Artifice) “YOU ARE NOT DISTRACTED FROM YOUR PURPOSE. YOU ARE WAYLAID BY NO OBSTACLE. YOU ARE SAFELY AND SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATING THIS SHIP BACK TO MIDST.”  M: An elevator descends past, then pauses, then returns. It doors open, and Micky steps into Control. She’s got a bucket of silverware in…

Transcript S1 E17: The Limits of Reality M: Merlin enters the bathroom, bringing the Biological Man a fresh towel straight out of the bocular dryer,  S: which is just like a regular dryer, but bocular.  X: The bathrooms aboard the Ship are communal affairs, angular crystal rooms like every other deck on the Ship, with…

Transcript S1 E16: The Delta S: (Felix) “Eugh, is this really everyone? Yikes. Talk about a skeleton crew.” [A rhythmic synth melody.] M: Felix has gathered all of the remaining crew here on the exterior bow deck of the Ship, all eleven of them – if we’re not counting Omelet. X: Felix glances back at…

Transcript S1 E15: Last Call Narrator S: The Ship soars downcurrent along the Mediun, the bright sky above, the ocean of Fold below. Several crew are gathered on the prow deck of the Ship, gazing ahead, downcurrent, with bocnoculars.  Narrator M: A speck of an islet on the horizon is slowly coming into view, hovering…

Transcript S1 E14: Safety [Strange croaking, bird calls, a symphony of nature.] Narrator M: Somewhere between the depths and the Mediun, a tiny uncharted islet shimmers with soft bioluminescence in the dark of the Fold, wreathed in a haze of silky mist.  Narrator S: No human settlements here, but richly inhabited by natural life.  M:…

Transcript S1 E13: Enlightenment Narrator S: Devoured by a vortex of living darkness, the Foldlight detonates. [A catastrophic shattering noise.] Narrator M: A giant flash like a lightning strike, absolutely blinding, bright enough that even the polarized hull of the Ship can’t contain it.  Narrator X: A single stark freeze-frame as bright as unlight illuminates…

Transcript S1 E12: Fathom Narrator M: All right! So, where were we? Oh, yes! [A tinny, lilting waltz.] Narrator S: The Disappearance of the Dazzling Duchess! It was beginning to seem as though Lord Cryptopher–  [Music cuts.] M: No, no, after that.  S: Oh. Right.  [Abrupt, terrifying music.] Narrator X: A giant humanoid face larger…

Transcript S1 E11: The Disappearance of the Dazzling Duchess Narrator S: The high altitudes of the Un are a brilliant cloudscape of prismatic crystal; a frigid void of harsh luminescence, ice, and wind; of sparkling glassy shrapnel, swirling vapors, and titanic mica shards. [A delicate melody and whistling wind.]  Narrator M: The deep fathoms of…

Transcript S1 E10: Zoron Narrator M: It is extremely late at night.  Narrator S: Or extremely early in the morning, who can say? Well, Felix probably could.  M: The Ship is moving slow, and Merlin is on the control deck, poring over some continuous-feed paper spools by the dim light of a fold-safe lamp, drinking…

Transcript S1 E09: Kinship Narrator X: Astride bocular hosses, riders canter through the weird streets of an underfold city.  [A rhythmic baseline. Mechanical squeals. Crowded urban ambience.]  Narrator S: Our riders trot through bustling clangorous avenues shrouded in the eternal dark fog of the Fold, but warmly lit by the pulsing, flickering, gently erratic fluctuations…