The Room Where It Happened

CW: Body Horror sounds, mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Forward collection agent echo reporting in Listener. I have checked out the site of the last broadcast. There were…a number of bodies at the scene. Some level of exposure could be observed on every one of them. It took a while, the layout of the town seems to shift from day to day, but I found the missing asset. I observed the collection protocol, but the asset refused to be brought in. I regret to inform you, Listener, the asset has been terminated.

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CW: Body Horror sounds, mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash .-- . / .... .- ...- . / .-.. --- ... - / -.-. --- -. - .- -.-. - / .-- .. - .... / --- -... ... . .-. ...- .- - .. --- -. / ... - .- - .. --- -. / -.. . .-.. - .- .-.-.- / .-.. .. -.- . / -.-. .... .- .-. .-.. .. . / -... . ..-. --- .-. . / - .... . -- / - .... . -.-- / ... ..- -.-. -.-. ..- -- -... . -.. / - --- / . ..-. ..-. . -.-. - ... / --- ..-. / - .... . / --.. --- -. . .-.-.- / -... . --. .. -. / -... .-. .. . ..-. .. -. --. / ..-. --- .-. .-- .- .-. -.. / --- -... ... . .-. ...- .- - .. --- -. / --- .--. . .-. .- - --- .-. / . -.-. .... --- .-.-.-

CW: Body Horror sounds, mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash You see, listener, there was a plan. One older than Cecily. One that takes a rather, pulled back perspective to see. Time is long, and some of us have the good fortune to be able to move along its entire length. Mortal beings are always so short sighted. There’s no blame to go around, just the nature of the thing. No, it’s their headstrong disposition that causes trouble. No matter what their betters tell them, mortals always think they know what’s best.

CW: Body Horror sounds, mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Hello listener. I’m glad you finally found these. When last you watched, or will watch. Time is a bit out of sorts where I am, I was telling you about the wheel. A wheel that runes and is directed by those at the center. I spoke at length about how it crushes those on the outside, those without power. At the time, naively, I thought that the wheel could be stopped. That those people on the outside could seize the power to direct the wheel on their own. I…had an agent who I thought could help me toward that goal, but I am here to tell you listener, betrayal can do a lot to bring the truth into focus.

CW: Body Horror sounds, mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash This is forward observation… look you know it’s me, listener. These tapes, they… They are so much more than I thought. Like the ones before, the ones I found at the start. There are more VHS tapes of him. The man. I… I think I have lead? Listen, I know I’m not suppose to venture up the mountains, but you are lying to me about the contractors, and frankly, you aren’t fucking here listener. I KNOW there are answers there, and I’m going to get them. I’ll report back once I get down off Nebo Mountain.

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CW: Body Horror sounds, mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Ok, so I just say the stuff or like the listener? Oh viewer. Ok. Um, Hello. I am Missy Cogburn. It is the summer of 1984. I am, um, well. I can see the future. I have been able to from a young age. It’s something that is common in my family actually. It, um, it sometimes weighs on me…I see all…Right that’s not why I’m here. I am employed by a man, well, something like a man. His name is Uncle Nebo. I have been telling him of my visions for years now. But I had one recently that I couldn’t give him. Well, not all of it at least. I think…I think he might end the world.

CW: Mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Forward observations station Delta checking in Listen. I know it was against orders, but I went to the ruins of Bartlett. I mean, what are you going to do? Come and arrest me out here? I found a few interesting things this time. A few books I am trying to decode. I keep getting these headaches, so the decoding is slow going. I also found a few VHS tapes labeled “Missy Cogbrun/Willaims” from what looks like 84 or so. I can’t play them out here, obviously, but they were in some kind of wild looking safe, so I imagine there might be SOMETHING on them. I…I just want answers listener. Maybe these will get them for me.

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CW: Mentions of violence, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Forward observation station delta checking in listener. Despite my best efforts, I can’t find the source of the radio station. I can pick it up on AM short band, but any effort to triangulate it leads to a part of the former national park. There was never a radio tower there, and visual from a distance don’t show one now. Using RC, I tried to navigate an unmanned camera into the area, but everytime I try to watch the cassette I black out. How are these private contractors able to get closer than me listener? Please, what am I not being told?

CW: Vomiting noises, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Good morning Listener, this Enoch Mercy bringing you the news here at WEND. Things seem to be heating up here in the county with sounds of something happening at the site of the English Ivy Inn and Resort. Possible new construction is taking place having many residents worried about what the expansion of the luxury resort could mean for the rest of Town’s End. The Bartlett Craft and Creative Society is planning an open house this evening with many hands-on craft lessons, and the Teamsters are hosting a job faire this weekend for those needing a new career path.

CW: Mild body horror, violence with fire, vomiting noises, medial descriptions, gun violence, sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Welcome back to WEND listener. It’s your voice of the morning, Enoch Mercy, bringing you the news. This has been an eventful week in Elder County. With the reports of an explosion at the college being attributed to a gas leak, explaining the reports of monsters at the site of the explosion. Now, last night, the establishment known at The Barb and Thistle burned down, killing all the guests inside. Unseasonal weather has also caused extensive flooding in the Greenbriar section of the national park. Stay safe out there listener, the world is getting scary.

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CW: Sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash OK everyone be quite! We got more to cover and the listener can’t hear over y’all. Alright, second order of business, the other bigun in the county. We have got to get some eyes and ear on Penderun. They’ve always been secretive, especially at the top. Before thing, well, changed here at the union, we did do some work with them, but that was the got dang forties. They seem fine, but my grandaddy told me don’t ever trust anyone who makes more money than you, and the General has got that in spade. So someone get the hell on that.

CW: Sudden loud noises, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Is it going? Alright, hello everyone, listener, this calls the official meeting of Teamsters 479. I know Pat usually does these, but we finally convinced her to take a damn day off so we’re all gonna muddle through this together. So, first things first, our old friends in Fere and Howell are up to somethin. We are trying to get any ears we can in there, cause it seems like all the ants are running and we need to know why.

CW: SUDDEN LOUD NOISES AT START OF RECORDING, mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Now that we have the introduction out of the way Listener, I have message from Mr. Fere and Mr. Howell for you. Please clear the room of all non-essential personnel. Stand by. Hello W̶͎̪͖̏̈̃̌̑͝ë̵̡̱͖̤̞̙̩͉̯͕̰̩̣̤́̋ ̸̧̨̣͖̣͕̻̜̱̦̲͎̦̞̤̝̍͑̃̏̈̃̇̿̅͋͆͘͘̚͠ͅh̸̨̧͖͇̭̼̙̠͖͎̃̐̈́̍͌a̸̢̼̖̬͉̩̳̦̥̗͚̮̺̱͚͐͆̀͛̉̂͒̿́v̵̤̠̭͚̈́̉͆͗͊͘͝͠e̴̢̨̛̛̛̳̹̰͇̾̄̌̽͛͐̿̆́̈́͒̍̀̉̍̐̚ ̶̛̯̫͔͉̞̞̇͋͐̇̌̎͛̒̃͛̎̒̅̉͊̓͘ą̴̧̢͇̯͉̮̜̞͓̣͔̯͈̌̐̂̓͒͐̈̅̓̓̃̅̓̎̃͜͝͝ͅ ̷̧̮̫͈͈͉̯͚͇̥͙̹̩̐̓̀̽̂̉̽͗̀̽̐̆̓̋̾̕ņ̵͇͈͖͋̈́̾͂̈͗̓́̄̈̅͆̆̔̓̇̕̕̕͠ë̴͍̺̼̗́̋̈́̄̆̈́̎͝͝w̸̳̓͆̌̑͋̓͆͛̋̇̌̋̀̈́́́̕ ̷̪̳̲̖̪̼͍͎̱͇͓͇̞̙̝̦̅̀͒͒́͑͑́̄̌͐̍̾͘͘͠s̶̡̳̬̤̐͊̆͗́̂́͂ȯ̵̧̨̧̘̗̞̯͈̟̖̤̣͈̅̌͐̔͑͋̽̀̀̊͝ų̶̈́̌̿̐̆̂̃̽́̀͋̔̉ṟ̴̨̡̢͎̗͎̦̹̼̪̭̯̙̱̤͖̦̑͗̇̆̇̄̊͜ç̷̢̡̼̱͓͇̲̘̻̳̤̀̀̕ẽ̶͕͓͙̜̮̜͎̰̭͚̻̤͈͎̳̤̗̐͋̔̀̽͋͒͒̂̎͋̂̚̚͘ͅ ̴̧̢̼̝͈̥̣̼̪̼͙̳̠͈̫̖̪̭̑̐̐̑͒̀̋̆̀͂̐̉̎̂̅̓͛͐̆͜͝ͅf̸̧̨̯̰̈́̈͑͒̕ö̵̡̧̪͓̮̖̱̞̮͕̹͔̤͇̲͓̭̣́̌͗̑̑̓͊̕͝r̸̬̎̃́̇̅̽͂́̒̓̃̈́͒͘͝͠͝ ̷̨̰̘̣̺̱̻͇̥̠̘̋̈́͆̈́̋̎̎̎̎̈͒̅̔͝t̶̢̫̮͈̠̫̥͔̖̻̱͈͓̱̒̓͐̒̀͋h̴̝̳̗̤̱̫̹̤͔̲͖̲͗́̔̾͛̍́͐͐͂͒̏̋̕͘͘͜͠͝͝ͅͅe̴̦͌̓̈́̈́̿̈́̈́͂͌̀̾́̀̀̿͗̚͠͝ ̸͕̹̝̰̮̳̣̩̻̰̏̽̽̊͗̈́̑̈́͑͂̃̚r̸̨͙̦̖̜̈́̾í̷̡̧̛͈̗̱̗͓͔͚͕̻͇̱̻̥̈́͛̎̏̄̉̚͘͘̚ͅt̴̪̫͔͉̫̜͕̻̩̱͓͈̪́̈́͂̔̂̓͠͠u̵̢̢̨̗̠̼̹̬̰̥͔͗͂̈́̌͛̀͝ͅä̶̡̨̟̰̤͖̘̩͙͉̪̦̮̬̙̺̣̼̈́͌̒́̾̿̔͋̈́͂͐̇̅̄̚͝͠l̴̳̝̦̣͉̫̔̀̇͊̇́͆͛͗̿̍̆̐͌̅̏̕̚.̸̺͈͑͂̍̏̏̍͂͒̀̐͌ ̸̡̛̛̞̖̯̱̟̟̱̙̼̝̓͑̏́́̐͑͊͑̐̕̕͜͜͝ͅW̸̰͖̙͕̏͒͂͐̍͂̊͛͘͝é̸̡͇̫͈̤̖͕̹̦̠͕̳̂ ̷̡̭̤̙̰̤̥̣̩͓͙̳͓̌̓̅ͅw̶͈͔̞̯̩͔͓̔̇̐ͅi̷̛͎̎͌̓͛̏̈̈́̊͆́͑͗l̵̨̧̢̛͎̣͓̘͈͓͖͊̈́̈́͊̇͜l̸̝̠̝̯͈̺̩̻̑̾͆̐͂̈́̿͑̋͒̀̇͋̋͒̊̚͘͠ ̸̻̟̭̼̩͖̼̥́̄͒̓̀̃̍̆̆͑̃̀̐̀͂̾̃̒͂͠n̵͕̗̙̱̞͎͊̓̀̓̀o̸̱̻̗̖̹͔̯̭͚̘̱̒ ̵̢͉̠̯̲͈͖̱̺̦̺̗̟͙̘̻̌͑̂͂̋̓̈́̇̌̔̆̃͗̓̎̒̅̚͜͠͝l̷̙̗͚͔͍͍̳̱̞̯̖̗̭̹̻̈̃͜͜o̵̧̢̩̟̥̖̤̰͓̦̱̞͔̍́̈̾̌̽͜ͅn̶̨̢̺͓̣͔̤̙͓͎̦̰̪͌́́̏̆̽̈́̌̈̄͛̏̾̋͠͝g̶̡̺͈̖͇̥̒̇̒̍̔̽͗̎ȩ̷̪̳̦̫̥̥̟̜̻̮̪͔͆̽͜ͅr̶̤̥̰̓̑͑͝ ̴̛̣͑̆̑͆͘b̴̧̼̮̙̫͚̭̟͇̲̱̘͇̥̥̭̖͙͙̑̀͋͐̆͜e̴̻̭͙͚̝̺̜̲̤͖̝͚̺͎̻͋͆͐͋̅̀̍͐͐̀̽̈́̌̿̈́̂͋̈͛͠ͅ ̷̞̹͈̯̮̹̱̦̰͕̠̝͙̻̊͒̀̋̓̎̑̈́̃͛͜͝n̸̗̘͍͚̘̙̲̈̚͜ͅe̶͓͖̗̬͍̠̬̝͓̼̰͓͕̘̹͇̜͚͍̺̊́̈͆̐̎͋̓̍͂̂̑̎̕̕ẽ̷̛̜̲̬͆͊̒̓̔̓̉̈́̏͌̓͑͘͠͠d̴̛͓̠̗̳̉̌͗̽͛͆̒ī̴̧̛̫̬̲̄͌̎́̔͑̇̄̆̕͘͘͜͝͝͝n̵̤͖͚͖̭̚̕͝ĝ̷̢̜̥̣͓͙̣̦̥̙͍̯̅͑̒͌͋̏́ͅ ̴̢̮̜̟̬̩̳̞̫̖̳̺̘̲̝͖̭̦̹̈̑́͋͐̑͗͛́̑̔̾́ţ̵͇͕̝̩̭̜͖̲̭̬͕̎h̵̡̡̩̻̙̱̣̑̆̊̈́͆̆̐͗̈͜e̴̲̼̰͊̉̽̇ ̶̢͉̭̗̞̪̳̟̲͇̰̫̩̱͖̯͔̠͆̌͛͗̽͝ć̴̨̡̠̥̩͍̤̳̜̠̳̰̣̒ṛ̵̥̗̲̗̼͖̱̗͓͉͉̙͇̰̉͗̄͜ẻ̶̻̲̠͕̟̟̻̤̋̽͊͋́̈̅̈̑̏̎͛̂̈́͝ä̶̡̛͔̭͍͇͙̲͈̺̱̰͎͒̊̒̏̅̒͋͋̏́͑̓̕̚͘̚͠ͅt̷̺̬̹̬̤̘̟̭̲͙̃͌̽͑̓̏̐̿͋̕͘̚͝ų̴̬͕̺͓̝̞̜̪͇̻͖͇̩̇̊̒̎̈̃̕͜͠r̶̡̳̮̫̳͔̫̲͈̺̭̗̠̺̳̫̫͉̹̂͌͐̄̒͐͐͝ȩ̴̡̹͔̝̺̝̮̘͖̞̦̩̤̼̙̘̠̅͜s̴̼͍̺̐̽͂͑̂͒͆ ̵̣͚̜̤̙͗̈́h̷̡̧̧̡̠̜̜̲̙̮̞̳̪̰̪͔͕̏̂ḙ̸̢̬͚̳̹̣͙̒͗́̓̀̒̊͆̕͜͝a̶͍̻͛̆͛͛̐̀̆͐̎̐͑̆̋̿̾̕͝ŕ̸̡͉͍̗̜̤͕́̽̃̅͆̍̋͘t̵̛̼͒̀͑̎̈̎̿͘.̷̨̨̛̛̤͍̯̗̦͓̥̯̙̹̖͇͚̥̮̈́̐̽́͗̐͌̈̅̌̕ ̸̩̟͍̙̒̍̍̑͂̍͛̃́̏̚̕͝ͅI̷̡̢̧̻͓͎̱͖̹̺̤̣̱͕͆̋̈́͑̆̿̊͘͘͘ͅt̴̢̛̛̫͙͎̯͋͂͋̿̏̈́̄̃̇͌͌̕̕͜͝ ̴̧̢̲̲͚̼̩̬̝̪͓̙̝̠̝̅͜͜w̷̢̯̗̖̼͕͙͆ỉ̴̮̠̩̞́͑̋͂̎̾͠l̵̨̰̲̪̺̣͖͓̦͍͍̫̟̟̄̒́ͅl̵̡̳̥̯̖̲͉̣͑̓̅̌́̒͂̀̀̎̀̏̚͠ͅ ̸̢̱̟͕̬̜͓̓̈̂͌̇̈̿̓͘̕b̵̗̠͙̹̣͎̩̙̠̋̓͋̋̑̾͌̕e̷͎̼̅̐̾̇͗̿̏̀̃͛͛̅̚ ̷̢̞̥̦̳̠͚̜̥̼͗̉ͅb̶̧͙̬̩̩̣͓̬̰͇̙̬̩̠͔̯̣̪̐͑͐̉̕͜͠ȅ̶̫̜̲͇̦̣̀ ̷̢̧̬̤̤̩̩͎̪̹̺͉̬͇̮̝̺̻̂́̃̏͂͆̾̑̃͌̓̉͠d̴̡̯̠̳̭͈͚̦̗͉̭̫̈͋̊̂̊̀͑̈́̍̆́̒̏̅̈́̋͐͑͝i̶̮̭̳͇̽̿̂̔̇̔̆̍̒̀́̋͒͑̔̌̄̐̿͜s̷͔̫̖̹̜̩͚̽͗́c̶̲͙͍͙̮̦̿̄̾̃̌͘͘ó̷̮̺̞͉͚̀̿͑̀̇̃̅̀́̈̅̚n̵̡̡̡̪̤̥̱̞͔͚̮̻̰͚̹͉̹͛̐̿ń̵̛̥͕̫͍̖̊̐̂̑̄͒̆͌̾̀̽̋̚͝e̵̢̛̪̭̤͙̜̫̱̳̹̓̀̏̓̅̈͝͝ͅc̶̡̡̨͙̩̦̮̱̝̦̥͔͒͌̅̈̈́̊̓͂̽̓̉͋̏̐͘͝ͅt̷̗̺͈̝͓̠̽̆̌̔͐̚e̴̡̛͖̬͖̺͙̫̩̲̙͂͂̈̎̋̓̆̊̾͘̕͜d̴̨̨̨͙̟̰̘̥̬̠̥̠̣̜̱͔͔̹͔̼̄ ̴̢̢͚̮̤̜̝̪͔̭̱͈̜̣̭̞̮͍̙͐͌ͅá̴̩͓͌̑ͅn̴̳̍̑̎͋͊̿̿̍̐̑̿̅d̴͇̠̄̋̈͋ ̵̹̜̦̤̟͒̈́́͗͂̈͆̏̒̓̓́͐͠͝r̷̡̛̈́̀̄̾̽͒̿͌̀̆̓̿̔͘͠͝ĕ̴͎̪̹̳̪̮̤̾̔́̔̓̕̕͜a̷͕̬͚̘̘͓͚͔͕̙̝͙̻͍̪̹̯̣̙̋͐̑̐̅̈ͅd̴̨̰͇͉̤̰͕̯̘̈́̿́̓ĭ̸̟̽̀͋̎̊̇̅̆̄̀̈́̒̅̐͠ȩ̸̢̧̺̞̩̼͙̬͈̖̘̤̬̦̼̤͈̈́̃̿̆͐̈́̊̔ͅḋ̸̛̼̼̰̤͍̏͊̍̓͊͆̂̿̈̿͐̒́̒̚ͅ ̶̡̛̤͇̙̻̹͎̝͙͈͙͂̈́̓̄͂̾̐̿̂̍͛ͅf̷̨̢̥̗̯̫͓̖̙̦̌̎͊̐̌̿̎̽̀͘̚͠ô̶͖̰͚̜̭̠̟̳͓͌̆͒̈́̊̎̎r̷̬͖͍̋̀̀̂͗͒̍̄͒̉́̋̿̆̔̅̀͘͝ ̶̢̢̝͈̺̥̱̝̙̙̼̪̺̟̩̿͜͜͠ͅt̴̡̬̬̳̳̥̘̟͕̦̟͇̜̳̺̫͈͍̀̔̄̒̓̈́̓͒̎̓̎̍̇͛̕ŗ̷̺̺̣͉̫̜̣͎̰͙̼̯̭̠̠̘̒͆̾͂͌̎͋͆̚͘͜a̷̘͎̲̭̐̓̽̈̃͋͆̈̂̈́ͅn̵̡̨̢̦̹̖͖̪͔̪̩̙̞̦̞͕̠̦̦̖͒̍͛͝s̴̡̨͚̦͓̱̤̮̣̺̯̰̺̩̩͖͑͌̎͐͊̋̽́̊͘͝p̵̛͚͍̜̺̜͉̲̱̗͍̭̘̰̗̘̼̍̈́̎̇̉͑̑̌͐̆́́͗̎̕͜o̶̜̪̟̝͔̤̎̉͗̓͛̄̒͋̋͠ͅr̵̢̡̫̯̠̼̘̒̈́͒̀̀̒͆̑͐̽̚ͅţ̷̤͍̀̿͛̅̑̎̍̆̈́ ̷͚̤͚̖̓́̍̍̓̓́́̉̕̚į̶̛̻̺̪̺̈́̂̉̎̑̂̔͒̅̿͒̄͆͌̃͜m̷̢̧͙̯̫̯̼͉̪͍͎͕̞̠̲̜̦̺̐͜m̷̨̖͎̘͚͖̰̖͉͉̘̺̏̈́̋̿̾̒̀͒̋͌͘̚e̶͇͕͑̉d̸̨̨͓̼̟͓͉̫͆i̷͚̞͓̙̗̬͓̫͉̼͐͌̾͗̐̈́͐̿̒̂̎̋͊̕͝a̴̢͍̥̱̠͇̳̻̩̼̺̽́́͋̈́̚͠t̸͍͉̣́̈́̐͂̉̎̎̌e̴̡̩̪̭̥̝̗̣͇͍͗͛̄̾̂l̴̨̰̼̘̿̏̈́̈́̅̀̍̾̅̽̎̑͠͝ỵ̵̯͖͕̝̦̎̿͌͆̇̂͒̒͆͊̈́̚.̸̖̝͕̭̖̯̖͙̫̭̻̜̪̘̤̹̙͔̀̄̇ͅͅ ̵̢͈̦͉̱̻̪͖͍̪̋͑͒̋̿͋͜ͅW̵̢̡̢̡̪̟̹͓̦̜͖̬͖̊̄̊̊͐̿͑̈̔̈̌̄͝͠͠ȩ̵̡̛̛͉̟̞͖͓̰͑͒̎̈́̊̀̕ ̸̢̨̧̛̺̭̳̠͚̦̼̲͍̍̈́͌m̸̢̨̡͚̦͇̥̜̝̰̹̩̲̪̤͓͓͚̉̄̍̃̈͑̚̚͜͝ų̷̨̛̘̪̣̥̞̼̜̙̪̏̓͂̒̑̇̈̀̿̌̎̄͋̏̚͝͝͠s̴̡̧̛̯̰̲̰͖̯̜̔̔̎̾̓͐̕ẗ̶̡̛̟̰̲̮̖͕̩̞͙͔̰͘͝͝ ̵̢̻͔͎̫͓̞̝̦͔̼̣̹͇̞̩̺͔̈̎̂̑͗̎̋͌͗̿͗̂͑́̀c̶̡̟̰͙̹̥̣̹͉̜̭̤͔̦̮͕̝̙͒͆̑͂̋́͑̋̓̈́̆͊̃̾̕͜͜͠͠ô̵͔̰̗̝͊̐͂͊̈̋̽̎͊͊̀́̾̇̓͊͜͠͝ò̸̡͓̱̘̠͚͔͚̳͚͖̥͙͙̙̊̑̍l̷̠̹̖̯̬̱̱͓̤͕̼̩̻͉̘̥̘̮̀̈́͐͛̉̔̈́͒̔̽̓̔̓̂̎̔̈́̕͜͜ ̴̨̱̣͓͓͈͇̽̽͆͌̉̃̉̒̉͠͝t̵̨̛̬̫͈̙̝͙̃̄́̈́̌̈́͌͛̏̎̀̌̄̿́̏͝ͅę̵̫̻̗̆̀́͋͌͆̈͋̀̊́̈͒̾͂̊͛̈́̇͜n̸̡̖̖̹̖͛̀̇͆s̷̨͔̦̠̱̻͓͕̔̓͜͠ï̸̧̢̨̢̞̟̫͎̻̱̺̫̠͍̯͎̲̐̅͐̽́͒͗̓̒͂͑̉̎̕̕͘͜͝o̸̡̡̩̭̺̼̮̼͙̱͚̘̯̙͉̹͑̐́͐̉̎̀̓́̈́̽̐̒͘͝n̵̡̢̨͙̰̮̱̞̯̖͓̫̘͓̰̦͎̼͔̖͒͒́͛̀ṣ̶̱͍͕͐̕͘͝ͅ,̴̘̪͇͊̊́̒̔̌̐͝͠ ̴̟̓̌̀̏̈́̿͂͌̾̏̈̈́͌̕̚ţ̴̢̣̞̯̬̩̖̤̝̘̱̬̭̮̞̘̤̒̐̃̊̃̒̃̽h̴̨̡͉̤̭̱̯̣̹͋̅̄̊̚ͅͅę̶̛̼͈͉̖̩̰̠̝̤̩͉͗̃̑̈́̔̽̈́̃̎̿́͂́͘̕̚͠͝ ̴͓͉̣͂̽̇̓̑͑̈̈́̔̌̈́́̎͒͂͘t̵͎̼̖͚̮͔̘͉̼͚̻͑̽͛̋̀̄̑̋̽̌͒͋͜͝î̵̢̧̡̛͎͚̳̻̘̳̲̺̯͎̘̭̺͉̺̫̲̀̑̂̄͆̐̕͝͝m̷̬͖̙͖͔̙̱̻̾͂̋̇e̸̖̰̩̫̲̞͛̉͂̓͐͑͌̓͌́̓̿̐͝ ̴̢̢̛̭̗̬͇͔͕͍̠̝̐̍̓̈̓̓͒͗͂͆̓̚h̷̥̘̳̹͙̯̩̫͈̮͍͂̀̏́͊̍͒̈́͛̈́͌̉̚̕͘̕͝͝͠ḁ̴̢̛͓͚̞̩͕̫̲̖̜͇̩͈̝̇͒̒̅̓̇͗̄̈́̆̄̋̚͘̚s̸̛̛̖̳̓̈̾̈́̓͂̅͋̒̈́̑́͑̍̾̕͝ ̶̡̡̨̤̰͈̱̻̺̗͔̀̀̈́̈́̒̒̓́ͅn̸̤̅̌̐̆̉̍̂̅͂̄̃̽̾͑̏̊̎͝͝o̴̢͚̼̱̤̹̣̹͚̙̠̼̗͙̒͌͑̏̀̏̿̊ͅt̵̟̳̭̭͖͌͆̂̄̾̎̿̀̀̈́̚ ̵̢͙̦͉͓͔̻̼̗͈̫͓̩̟̖̦͔̹͑͒̓́̑̿̈́̉̊̈̚͜͜͝ć̶̡̤̳͙͉̃͊̿̐̃͂̃̎͌́͒̓͘̕ơ̴̧͚̮̝͖̟͙̟͙̯̳̘̯̙͖͚͉͌̿̃̅̅̐̐̇͠ͅͅm̴̛̬͊͗͌͋ȩ̸͓͔͍͉̎̈́̀͗́͋̏̓͌̓͐.̷͖͌͑͋̀̋̒̃́̀͘͝ ̷̻̿̈́̓̈́̏́̓̿̑͋͆̿̌̅͗́̐̑͘͝T̷̡̛̛͍̳̭̩̻͈͕̳͈̯͇̤͈̓̊́̋̑̀̅͋͆̍͑͘͜͠h̸͈̩̘̎̃̀̚͜

CW: mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash This is a voice memo being issued to all management staff at the Elder Country site, so please pay attention Listener. I am Erasmus, and I will be taking over duties for Margaret. While she has done her best be be a loyal employee of Fere and Howell for a long time, her work on the Elder County site has been found lacking. I will be taking over all of her duties effective immediately. Please forward me any vital information I might need. Oh, and before you ask, Mr. Ferenzi is still on site and is still in charge of…regulation enforcement.

CW: mild drug use, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Forward observation station delta checking in listener. I moved well outside the Marble City safe zone. If I was going to get a look at what we think is ground zero, I needed to. It seems to be getting worse, not just the site, but the surrounding areas. We knew that these entities thrived in this environment, but I don’t think we fully understood how it would affect the population left behind. Now that they aren’t trying to hide, these things are exerting influence over the remaining populations in the area. For lack of a better word, their forming cults Listener. We are going to need back up, real back up. Not whatever the contractors have.

CW: intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Pain, however Listener, can be a good teacher. It can show us what not to do and what we will have to endure. No place is easy to be. There are hardships everywhere, and here in these mountains we learn from them well. Cold winters, bad crops, a company name coming to town with too little cash for your land and the backing of the city to take it if you don’t sell. Yes, these mountains teach valuable lessons and the folks here bear the scars of those lessons well.

CW: intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash It is, dear listener, unfortunate how woven into the fabric of this place pain is. Lose, hardships, overwhelming adversity. These are building blocks not just to Elder County, but Appalachia it’s self. I’ve watched it as this place grew, and my heart would break for the folks here, but the pain is just one part. It’s that pain the brings people together. Folks, show for the most part would have nothing to do with each other, band together in an effort to ease that pain. To lift that burden. While some folks out there will tell you the folks here are isolated, rugged, stalwart individuals, they couldn’t be more wrong. They built communities because of the pain and the want, the need to try and take it form one another.

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CW: intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Forward observation station delta checking in listener. Who is moving in on Marble City? Outside of the drops you know I don’t have outside contact. The least you could do is to keep me filled in. I was finally able to make visual contact with the English Ivy site. I could not make physical contact, it’s way too hot. Place looks like a war zone though. Hard to tell if something exploded or…I mean it looks like something crawled out of it. I am going to try and make contact with the Greenbriar site. Lots of paperwork has been mentioning it. Please, listener, I need to know what is going on with these contractors. Observation station delta out.

CW: intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash I will leave you with this thought, listener. Are we gonna trust those people, who have a vested interest in keeping use in a position to be a cheap labor force for their luxury lifestyle, to take care of this place and its people? The local government ain’t gonna do much for us either. I know a lot of you voted for the current county commission cause they was the only folks who gave you the time of day, but they are just like Fere and Howell. All they want is what they can get out of us and nothing more. It’s going to be us, the folks out here on the outside of the wheel, that have to pick up the slack. To take care of our neighbor, just like we have for generations. To do that we are gonna have to learn to accept people for where they are. Give up on the divisions that people at the center of the wheel have put in place to keep us squabbling amongst ourselves cause they know that together, we’re stronger than they could ever imagine.

CW: intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Those types of people don’t care about us listeners. My grandaddy, god rest his soul, gave me a piece of advice i still hold dear. He told me, “Rio, ain’t nobody who makes more money than you ever had your best interest in mind.” Fere & Howell don’t care about this county. They don’t care about enriching it or making it better for the folks who live here. All they care about is what it can do for them. Penderan ain’t much better. They view themselves as the people who sit at the center of the wheel. The ones that make it turn, and they have no concern for us here on the outside of it.

CW: , gross noises, things under the skin, mass death, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash It’s people like Fere & and Howell and Penderan that are gonna push folks like us out, listener. The working folks, the folks who build their luxury resorts and staff them. The folks they pay just under a living wage while charging an arm and a leg for a weekend stay in one of their rooms or a cabin they built. They develop private communities that prices people like us out of the area. So little by little, piece by piece they take our homes. At least before they had the decency to pay us for the mineral rights. Now they make use pay them for the right to live here when they up whole neighborhoods to turn into ‘short term rentals’. Carving our home and these mountains up piece by piece.

CW: mass death, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Ok, it recording? Hello there, listener and everyone else here. I’m Rio. You, uh, know my, knew my daddy. You probably know me by reputation. My great grand daddy built this church. My grand daddy took over for him and then my daddy. I ain’t much of a preacher. I’ll hold the post till we get one, but my daddy was the last Williams to be the preacher here. These mountains, they’re a story of things being taken. I mean, we took this land first, right? Now don’t get riled up, you know I’m right. Then after that folks came to take the resources. For a lot of places it was coal, here it was marble and copper. When ran out, they took the land itself. Places like Fere & Howell and Penderan carving wounds into the side of the mountain that scab over into luxury resorts and high priced getaway cabins. In my life I’ve seen the mountains go form something beautiful to something sick. A story of taking.

CW: mass death, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Forward observation station delta checking in listener. Reviewing recovered materials, still no solid information about the incident. Thought the vhs tapes were leading somewhere, but they stopped appearing. Starting to build a timeline for the day of the incident. It really feels like I am out here spinning my wheels. We aren’t any closer to figuring out what happened, let alone how to turn it back. I saw a private sector convoy coming through. Listener, what am I not being told? Anyways, got some new archival recordings. Going to start sifting through those. Observation station delta out.

CW: parent death, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash I̴̧̨̧̡̡̢̧̫̰̯̯͓̝̥̼͓̱̦̦̺͖̭͙̤̙̠̳͋̊͌͠ͅ ̷̞̪̲̥̠͎̻̰͇̪̖̤̿̎́͆̅͆̔͘͘͜͜ą̶̞̪͇̼͍̟̫̙͖̣̘̯̥̯̳̠̦̻̣̠̓͑̄͛̓͒ͅm̷̛̭̯̼̝̖̜̗͇̮̞̗̲̰͕̆̀̅̍̐͑̓̈̀͂̃̂̔ ̵̨̢̖̼͙͕̺̹̰̟̝͎̲̈́̈́̈́̐̂̅͌̎͌̓͑̆̃̊͆̄͋͘̕͠͠ŝ̴̨̡̛͔̻̰̼͓̹̙̙̬̗̼̺̠̭̏ư̸̡̢̦͖̯͖̫̪͎̪̋̇̽͋͐̐̀̐̎́̚͝ṟ̸̨̨̛̲̰̗̱͓̻̞͖̩̣͚͇͇̗̺̝̊́͐̈́̈́̑͌e̴̛̝̝̜̼̪̯͖͈̘̤͈̯͚͎͓͓̣͎̪̼̭̭͓̝̣̓̓̒̾̎̃̈́́̋̔̍́̇̑̀̀̿̂͂̑̆̋̒̕͜͠ͅ ̷̧̺̫̘̻̬̜̱̞̤͎̘̞̺͎̦̪̔͌̿̉̆͑͗̒̋̈́̄̄͐̿͒̂͆̎̋̿͒̿̎̾͝ỳ̶̧̥̖̯̞͈̭̳̥̣̜̻̦͚͈̜̭̫̟̙̫̲̩͍͛̄̀̏͑̉͌͊̑̂́̇̒̿̅̽̈̕ͅö̸̧̡̧̨͎̲͈̮̙̫͍̤̯̪̜̯̼͓̳̮̘͕͎̬͚̦̝́͛̉͛̄̈́̈́ͅͅư̶̢̥͙̻͕͈̫̞̱̳̔̀̽̆͌͊̇̌̈́̚ ̴̧͓͇̺̯̼̖̞͇̘̫̥̙̝̞̻̤̖̹̪̬̿h̴̡̨̨̡̼̺͉͍̜̮̞̳̳̩̘̯͍̺̰̖͇̫͔͂̒̆̽̎̓͐͝a̵̢̨̛̛͕͙̰̣̻̺̤̮͉͈̭͚̖͎̙̟̰̞͚̺͖͊̾͆̊̓̅̀͐̈́͂̄̈́͌̑͊̂̓̐͛̂͐͌̚͘͜ͅv̶̖͍̝̗̯̥̮͚͙̬͕̜͎͑̏̍͘ę̴̡̨̘̟̯͇̠̫͉͎̭͕̦͈͕̫̪͙͍̲̳͈͉̣̜̐̌́̿̅́̊͝͠ͅ 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̷̨̨̥͕̟̼̰̻̫̹̝̯͈̩̙̟̰̗̋̅̒͛͌̎́̿̓̄̕͝t̶̛̩̱̹͉̼͈̪̣̭̪̞̼̭̤̯̙̥̣͗́̋̄̑̚͜ͅh̴̡͎̩̩͇̓̌̓̈́͑̂̔̐̔̍̀̌̆̈́̎̈̌͜͝e̸̢̨̢̤̼̪͈͕͍̼̱̞͖̙̗͓̟̝̝͔͈̬̜̒̎ͅ ̴̖̫̠̤̮̠̞͉̭͂̀̎͗̀̀͂̎̈́͑̎́̈̆͐͆́̀̆͋͑͗̀͜͠͠a̷̡̢̛̛̘͚̥̣͕̝̬̺̯̲̮̓͊̈̉̈́̐̈́̃̾̒̓̔̒͋̏̉͌͊̉͛̚͜r̶̺͙͎̠̦̬̙͈̈́͆̐̍̉̑̈́̄͘͝ȩ̷̡͎̲̝̮͈̘̫͚̞̘̱̥͕̭͈͒̌̏̾͐̈́́ȃ̷̛̼͖͇̳̫͇̝̫̠̺̝̪̻̼̯̈́͑̈̌̉͆͆͜͠.̴̡̨͎̼̲͓͎̬̼̘͇͙͈̘̲͚͙͚̱̻̟̞̪̗̉̈́̌́̔̾̿̉̉͂̈́̓̒̓͂̏̀͂̔̓̕͠͝ͅ ̶̨̢̺̰͇̮͉̳̰͖̞̙͋͗͂̓̎̿͒̕͝͠M̶̡͖̳̣̲̯̣͙͉̆̋̽ͅu̷̧̘͇̼̞͎̪͎̤͈̪̤̠̤̳̰̭̅̏͂̆͝c̷̢̡̡̢̛͚̻̳̼̙͖̹͈̺̜̫̥̦̥̯̲̜̓̍̐̄͑̉͒͆̏́̓̍̓͒̀̒͑̄͌́̋̀̂̍̆̚̕̚ͅͅh̷͎̞̯͔͒̀̈́̊́͋̈̐̏̀̿̏̍̊̕ ̴̢̛̞̲̗̲̰̥͙̜͚͓̼͓̬̲̜̩͕̭͓̙̥̎͋͂̄͛̐̑͗̉͑͑͑̉͂̏́͑̾̑͐̇͛͊́o̶̘̠̯͉͉͓͉͈̠̘͍̪̤̳̘͛̀f̵̡͖̙̥͖̤̻̘̙͚̟̻̞̍͛̍̿̀͌͑̆́͒̋̇́̍̔͑̓̊̽͒̕̕͘͝ ̷̧̳̥̯̤̬̹̜͎̹͇̳͙̯̣̜̗̋͐̌̿͛́ͅi̸̧̧̡̧̡̹̼̣͖͕̞͈̹̙̩̲̹̺͎͙͒̑̇̓͂̓̐̀̈̄͜͠͝t̸̛̗̓͛͛͆̌͊̐͗̑͋̽̊̍̂̀̚͝ ̴̨̠̘̪͍̠̦̹̯͐̎̿̊̀̆͗͐̎̉͌͑̋̄̌̃͊̍̕̚͜͝͝w̴̛̛̬̺͂̿́̀͛̀͊̾̏̿̂̍̾̎̈́̀́̒̾̋̿̚͝e̸͈͔̠̰͓̫̣̻͔̺̼̻̣͉̖̼̺̹̲̽̒͒͐̽͛́̎͑̐̊̓͆̽͐̉̕̕ ̴̨̛͚̪̬̲̬̜̟̳̦̼̹̫̣̫͎̩̖̰̺͖̲̖̞̅̐̇̏̈́͛̒̈́̎́͐͌́̕ą̷̨̨̡̟͙̞͙̼͚̯̩̲͓̬̦̝̗͓̘̖̦͍̼͓̅ĺ̴͔̺̱̣̭͊͐́͑̈́̅̋̈́̚ŗ̴̡̜̗̻̀̉͋̿́̏̓̀͂̃͘ȩ̷̡͚̘̠̝̩̼̝̼͖̱̰̪̜͉̺̰͎̯̖̜͗a̷̢̢̹͍̣̬͕͕͎̦̮͘ͅd̷̢̛̖̳̮̪͙̭͈̳͔̯͙̣͔͔̖͙̱̬͍̗̥̼̬͑͋͗̇̿͐͘̚͝͠y̵̨̡̢̢̲͕̱̫͉̰̥̭͓̞̺̟̪̥̖̝͉̳̺̱̣̆̅̀̾͌͆̊͒͊̀̆͛̎̓̉̚͘͜ ̵̢̢̦͓͙͖̲͈̩̺̱͍̘̗̯̙̜͙̭̬̪̪̃̄͒͒̀̈́̍͗͗̐̾̄͛̔̂͐̓̚̚̕͜͠ͅh̴̗̰̲̪̼͉͙̲̖̓͆̐̈̎͐́̍̿͌̈̌̐͋̂̽́͒̒͘ͅä̷̧̧̢̛̖̤̜̠̺̗̘̮̬͚̤̺̩͇͔̮̻̜̭̳͚̗̣̒̽̓̍̂͐́̈́̉̌̌̆̓̐̌́̑̄̅̐̈́̄̚̚͝͝ͅv̶̢̛̻̻̣̦̰̯̭̣̦̦͐̽̿͂͊̊̄̈́͐̀̃̀͗̿̆̂̀̍̔́̐͑͒̕͜͝͝ę̷̢̘̹̥̙̦̫̝̺̤̥̥̬̳͕̺̙̻̻̃̀̀̊͌͋́́͐̈́̀́̉̀̌͋̅͊̾ͅͅ ̸̧̡̨̡̰̩̖̞̻̟͚̻̦̬̳̭̮͔̫͉̹̘̠̰͙̎̔͗͂̄́͋̂̀͘p̵̧̡̛̫̣̠̯̭̫̖͓̘̱̠̝̻̜̳͈͖̠͓͍̍̄͌͆́̅͌̋̾͆̑̈͂̃̑̈́͂͆̉̊̍̿̐̈́̃͘̕͜͜r̶̢̢̡͔̹̥̠̗̦̤̺͈̱̫̰̖͓̮̪͙̤̬̯͎̺̩̍̆ò̷̧̡̭̰͔̣͙͕͓̺̓͋͛̄͜͠ͅc̶̨̗̖̟͔̦̳̞̖̹̪͇͙̦̰̟̱͓̺̖̟͙͛̈́͛̓̄͆̆̈́̅̏̀̿̀̐̽͂̊̕̕͜͜͝͝ȅ̷̦̬͕͛͑̓͊̅̈́͂̉̿͗̍̇̔̈́̄͠͠͠s̷̛̹͑̆̽́̏̔̍̈́͛̓̌͗̀͂͗̄̕͝s̴̾̈́̀͆͒͋̋̏̆͋͌̾̂͝ͅę̴̛̞̦̲̆͑̐̀̔̆͛̈́͐̎̈́̃̎͐͋̈́̔͆͌͘͘̚s̴̮̥̤̙̜̺͖̝̆̒̓̌͛̈̍̐̾͂͠͝ͅ ̸̧̡̛̙̬̼̗̗͈̜̙̺̳̬̠̝̟̮̘͎̜̼̾̈́̽̍̈́̋̄̉̈́̊͊͂̚͝͠͝ͅͅi̵̡̡̛̠̮̹͕͎̮̬̗͉̋̇͐̌́͒͂͒̓͋́͒̆͆̌̚ń̶͎̝͉͕̥̒͂̂́͒͌̋̾͛͛͗͌̊͋͆̾̈́͛̂̎̏͠͝͝͝ ̴̡̠̮͚̲̮̭̗̠̭̱̄̏̈́̒͊̏̍͊̈́́̔̑̔͐̀͒͑̈́̇̇͌͗̾̉̈̾͜͝͠͝ͅp̷̢̘͇͇̗͖̼͎̖̘̯͇̤̳̳̤̰͎̣̠̩̈͜l̷̛̗̻͉̂͐͋̐̒̇̓̌̐͆̌̇̀̽͒̚͠͠͝ą̸̨̛̛̗͖̠̭͔̱̣̹͉̟̘̀͑͑̈́́̈̆̅̿̈́̅̃̄͋͛̿͛͒̄̿̂̂̍͝͠͠č̴̝͙̝̝̹̻̮̻̬̟̱̦͔͍̞͎̺̣̝̜͉̬͔̹͇̘͚̽̄̒̓̃͒͂͘͜ͅę̶̧̰̝̟͚̝͕͕̪̖͈̺͍̻̻̥͍̝̲͇͎̻̔͆ͅ ̵̡̹̮̭̿̈̀͛̍̇́̈́̽̅͗̃̓͂͊̌̚t̸̢̧̜͕͙̜̺̩̫̹̜̲̤̝̞͉̤̺̑̅̈̾͛̑̅̾͐͗̅̌̔̋̀͘͘ͅo̷̦̲̰͎̗͕͇͗̇̍͗͝ ̶̨̢̘̳̻̱̬̜͚̤̫̩̩̤̩̼͕̬͇̣̯̤̠̟̠̝̍͆̇͆͑̀͂́͛͜͜͝͠ţ̸̨̨̡̛͖̼͚̩̭͕̗͈͎̙̠͛̐̎͒̾̃͐̉͐̅͒̔̄̒̔͋͘̕͠͝͠͝ͅͅą̸̧̤̻̏̽̎̊͑̋͐̾̍͌̇̆̇̎͑͒̂̀͂̇̀̇̕̚̕͜͝͝͝͝ķ̵̧̧̟̮͔͇͙̞̝̝̼͙̞̲̯̦͔̠̦̘͚̜̮̯͙̗́̆̌̔̒̚͘͘͝͠e̴̡̨̛͓̦͖͔̲̟͙̭̘̊͒͂̿͂̈́̓͋̍̀̌͐͑̔́̽̇̈́̑͘̕̕͜͝ ̶̢̢̡̛͈̫̬̤̰̖͉͚̘̥͍̻͓̩͔͈͉̙̊̑́̋̒́̇̀̄̽̈́͌̽̌̀̽̽̆̀̈́̆̀͠c̴̼͖̻̜̲̹͔̜͔̘͐̀͗̌̅̓͜a̴̡̡̡̢̝̱͍̫̠͔̹̼͓͈͕̞̪͔͈̝̳̲͊́̿̀̽͊r̸͆̀̈́̐̂

CW: parent death, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash I am sure you have noticed, dear viewer, that we are facing some…resistance in the area. Much of it we already have processes in place to take care of. City councils, county commissions and disgruntled residents are all commonplace enough and pose no real threat. Here are, however, a few different groups here who are unique. Myself and Mr. Frenezi are dealing with them as we speak. We will also rely on you to do your part. It would be wise for us to have these nagging issues taken care of by the time Mr. Fere and Mr. Howell arrive. For their sake and for ours.

CW: parent death, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash What we are building here, dear viewer, is going to finally bring to the end a very long term project. This will end a project that Mr. Fere and Mr. Howell have been working on from the very beginning. We have many development sites scattered across the globe. A number of which are in these mountains alone. Something about this place has the right… energy. Maybe it’s the age of these hills, or the history. We don’t know, despite many, many years of research. We have a certain object, that you have already had a taste of, that has allowed us to connect with this place. We are moving into the final stages. We should soon expect Mr. Fere and Mr. Howell to arrive in person, so to speak, soon.

CW: parent death, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Soon, dear viewer, Mr. Fere and Mr. Howell will join us here at the sight. This will be their crowning achievement and we are prepared to commit any amount of resources we need to to make sure this will be a success. That is why you were brought into senior management. We trust in your ability to help Mr. Fere and Mr. Howell achieve this goal. We expect you to dedicate yourself to this goal. We expect you to give everything if needed.

CW: animatronics, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash I am sure you have questions, dear viewer, about Mr. Fere and Mr. Howelle. The owners of this…corporation have an untold amount of experience. They have seen so many try to rise and claim their place at the center of the wheel. So many undeserving, worn and dirty hands reaching and grabbing. Thinking that simply because they toil they are entitled to something. They know, much like you do, there is an order to the world. Some great beings are meant to lead. Others are meant to follow. The wheel turns cause those great beings deem it so.

CW: animatronics, distorted voices, Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Viewer, I know that even as you change, your body shifts and rebuilds itself, you can feel that power rising in you. Something ancient, something bigger than you can imagine. Know that even as powerful as you feel no, it is a fraction of the power Fere and Howell represents. We have many associates in senior management roles, and if you are of value to Fere and Howell, if you can really help the wheel run, then what you feel now will feel like nothing compared to what they can give you.

CW: Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Hello, viewer. I’m Margert Wineberger. I am going to be your direct supervisor here at our Elder County Facility. These training videos are meant to bring you up to speed on the future home of The English Ivy Inn and Resort. By now you have made your deal, completed the requirements for your contract and participated in the on boarding meal. If there is anyone in the room with you currently who has not completed these they need to leave immediately. This video is for senior management only. Pause the video now, otherwise let’s continue. Now, we are sure you have concerns, especially about the changes your body is going through. Don’t worry, these videos will address those and other concerns, but know this, you’re being remade, and what will emerge from you will be awe inspiring.

CW: Possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash The path, dear viewer, is stretched out in front of us. All it’s winding legs twisting and turning, but the end is in sight. Soon they will all see it like we do. When I meet her, when they all come together. We can already feel it, can’t we? That low rumble in the ground, so constant it fades into the background. We start to ignore it, like a frog in a pot. The horizon is coming on fast, all we can hope for is that they can find the right road to take, and avoid getting caught under that wheel as it turns.

CW: Discussion of dismemberment, possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Sometimes, dear viewer, we are presented opportunities. They may not look like it. They may come all wrapped up in something we don’t like. Something that hurts to hold. We have got to push past that, though. To seize the opportunities that destiny presents to us despite what pain it might bring. It’s there in front of you Cecily. You just got to have the courage to reach out and take it.

CW: Discussion of dismemberment, possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Friends, dear viewer, come in many forms. Sometimes they are folks you’ve known your whole life. Maybe they’re folks who have done something for you in the past. Gotten you out of a tight spot. Maybe they’re friends of convenience. Sometimes, though, someone special comes along. Someone you never saw yourself associating with. Someone you didn’t think had your best interest in mind. Maybe they don’t.

CW: Discussion of dismemberment, possession, intense pain, discussion of blood, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash As we all know, dear viewer, sometimes good people make bad choices. Sometimes, they can make those bad choices for the right reasons. Folks who think they can see the greater good think that they must do everything they can to achieve it. To burn their candle at both end. Many times these people will push and push till they have nothing left to give. Patience, dear viewer, is what is needed. The future is coming. You must be there to meet it.

CW: Vomiting, discussion of death, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash And the wheel starts to turn once more, dear viewer. There are strings to be pulled and palms to be greased. Even those at the center of the wheel find themselves struggling from time to time. While many of these folks are put up on a pedestal as paragons of that pull yourself up by the bootstraps mentality that gets applied to Appalachia, even they need a helping hand now and again. Though that hand, more often than not, contains a hook. Pulling in those that take and dragging them down.

CW: Images of torture, discussion of death, being chased by shadows, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash

CW: Images of torture, discussion of death, being chased by shadows, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash It is always interesting, dear viewer, to watch those at the top push down at those below. See those puppet masters pull their string. It’s interesting not because watching those with power exert that power on those that don’t has any value, but to see how those without push back, or don’t. Watch as they choose what fights are worth the energy and what fights are more trouble than they're worth. Deciding where best to share blood and where best to stop the bleeding.

CW: Images of torture, being chased in a dream, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, discussion of death, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash While it may not be from here, dear viewer, nothing embodies the history of Appalachia more. I came from somewhere else and began to make space for itself with no regard to what was already here. Folks were even encouraged to plant it during the 30s.Whatever helpful properties it does have, however, don’t outweigh the bad. Pushing the life of this place out. Taking land that wasn’t it’s to begin with. Strangling the life out of something else just to get a little bit more. The history of Appalachia summarized in one vine.

CW: Being chased in a dream, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, discussion of death, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Let’s talk now, dear viewer, about the Kudzu plant. It’s a vine I am sure you have seen out your car window. Roilin at the edges of the road, covering trees. Casting a deep, green shadow over wooded patches. It’s vines have snaked their way deep into the American South, and in Elder County in particular. While seemingly commonplace, what with their ubiquity on the landscape, these vines have a disastrous habit. They are an invasive species, pushing those plants native to Appalachia out of the way. Smothering and starving them, taking up every inch of available space.

CW: Being chased in a dream, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, discussion of death, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Dear viewer, friends will get you far. They will get you up from your lowest lows and help you down from your highest highs. For the regular folks on the outside of the wheel, that’s your safety net. Connections. Community. It can feel like nothing in the face of all those at the center of the wheel. What do you and your folks matter when staring down the kind of power that makes things turn? Let me tell ya, one grain of sand does nothing, but enough grit is gonna grind any machine to a halt.

CW: Being chased in a dream, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, discussion of death, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Let’s turn our eyes, dear viewer, away from what will be to what is. You see there is a bit of a myth in places like Elder County about rugged individualism. Folks like to say that we here in the mountains love to be left alone, and to a degree that’s true, but one does not survive on these mountains by themselves. Those that try don’t make it too long. No, folks around here build communities, form friendships and make families. The best of them reach out when they’re weak and hold others up when they're strong. Locking hands, forming bonds and holding fast against whatever might come along.

CW: Being chased in a dream, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, discussion of death, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Even in a world that is deeply unfair, dearest viewer, folks find a way to make connection. Some of those connections are familial, finding comfort in those who share your blood. Some of those connections are romantic. A blazing thread that ties souls together, even if fleeting. More often than not though, that connection is made through shared experiences. Find folks that help you shoulder the burden when fate really piles it on. People you can stare at the coming storm with, grip their hands and know that, with them, you can handle what comes next.

CW: Being chased in a dream, aggressive, repeated sounds, sudden loud noises, discussion of death, depictions of poverty Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash This week viewers we shift our focus from the machinations of those at the center of the wheel to those on the outside. Just regular folk trying to make it through their day to day. Well, that is a bit of a lie. One would not call these folks regular. Ya see viewer, this is a troubled time for Elder County. There’s something building. The rumbling grind. Stone scraping on stone. The dull cherry color of metal heating up. Someone is trying to stop the wheel, trying to break down that division of those at the center of it and those on the outside. And these poor folks, well, they get the terrible honor of seeing that start first hand.

CW: Bugs, Depictions of Dead Bodies, things happening to dead bodies, disturbing vocal effects, the sound scrapping metal, Classist Speech Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash It’s curious to me, dear viewer, the ways those in places of power justify that power to themselves. Some of them have high minded ideas, or selfless causes that drive them to seek power. Others might think it the natural order of things. That this power is theirs right of birth. Others might seek it as a way to change their station in life. No matter what, the wheel turns, and it doesn’t matter how strong your claim is, or how noble your ideas may be. As long as someone sits at the center of the wheel there will always be folks on the outside. More grist for the mill. Elder County, TN Ep.

CW: Bugs, Depictions of Dead Bodies, Classist Speech Twitter: https://twitter.com/roomwherepod Discord: https://discord.gg/ZjwPuRv Website: https://roomwherepod.com/ Patreon: https://roomwherepod.cash Welcome back there. Elder County, like so many places, is a wheel. Some sit at the center of the spokes, making the whole thing turn so they can reap the product of the mill. The rest sit on the outside of the wheel desperately trying not to get ground down too badly. What if, dear viewer, someone came along and took ahold of that wheel? Stopped the whole thing from turning? Would those that make it spin begin to be ground down themselves, or would the whole thing just fall apart?