Vespa Ilkay's best days are behind her.

It doesn't matter if this statement is actually true; she has convinced herself that it is. Whenever Vespa looks at herself today all she can see is the woman she used to be: a galaxy-class doctor and assassin. A legend.

It doesn't matter if Vespa ever was a legend, or if she really has fallen as far as she thinks she has. She has made her decision, and tomorrow, she will act on it.

Although that may not matter, either. Because if the visitor in the night has their way, tomorrow will never come.

Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.

(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)

You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_ Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.

On staff at the Penumbra:

Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Sophie Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

Sharon Oh -- Promotional artist

Noah Simes -- Production manager

Grahame Turner -- Script editing team

Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer

Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

Recorded by Mertz at The Bridge Sound & Stage

Attribution:

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657

“Deep Space Vibrations Ambience Loop” by rhodesmas https://freesound.org/people/rhodesmas/sounds/321723/

“Forsaken Passage.flac” by zimbot https://freesound.org/people/zimbot/sounds/204356/

“Door Squeak.mp3” by amorralteixe https://freesound.org/people/amorralteixe/sounds/233004/

“foil_expanding_multiple.wav” by Mark https://freesound.org/people/markb/sounds/86980/

“Bomb - small” by Zangrutz https://freesound.org/people/Zangrutz/sounds/155235/

“S Short Laughter - alt staggered 2.wav” by Processaurus https://freesound.org/people/Processaurus/sounds/440115/

“horror_bone_crunch.wav” by soundscalpel.com https://freesound.org/people/soundscalpel.com/sounds/110617/

“Large Earthquake” by LoafDV https://freesound.org/people/LoafDV/sounds/148002/

“foil_expanding_multiple.wav” by markb https://freesound.org/people/markb/sounds/86980/

“Steam hiss.wav” by jesabat https://freesound.org/people/jesabat/sounds/119741/

“Robots and electromechanic - 022.wav” by Headphaze https://freesound.org/people/Headphaze/sounds/198638/

“SpaceEngine_ControlRoom_Loop_00.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory https://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/274187/

Trigger Warnings:

-Death and physical injury

-Claustrophobic spaces

-Sudden loud noises

-Kidnapping and incarceration

-Use of drugs/sedatives

-Deception and gaslighting

-Depiction of mental illness

-Depiction of hallucinations

-Implied abusive parent

-Misgendering

-Deadnaming

For early and ad-free episodes, production scripts, commentary tracks, blooper reels, livestreams with the creators, and much more, you can find The Penumbra Podcast: SPECIAL EDITION at: https://thepenumbrapodcast.supercast.com

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