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The Penumbra Podcast

5.23: Juno Steel and the Thief's Honor (Part 2)

The Penumbra Podcast

Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert

Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts, Comedy, Science Fiction

4.93.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

BEGIN LIFEUPGRADE?

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

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

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On staff at the Penumbra:

Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

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

Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist

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

Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer

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TRIGGER WARNINGS:

- Violence and threats of violence

- Sudden loud noises

- Death and murder

- Blood

- Medical abuse and abuse of authority

- Torture

- Intent to self-harm and suicidal ideation

- Armed conflict



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ah, good evening, traveler, and welcome to the Penumbra.

0:07.0

Tonight's tale is.

0:10.0

Juno Steele and the Thief's Honor. Hell have a lot of noise out there.

0:27.0

nothing you'll have to worry about for much longer.

0:32.0

In here, please, Mr. Steele.

0:36.1

And don't bother trying to run. I'm not afraid to spill a little of your blood, provided I

0:41.2

get the amount I'm after.

0:46.7

The gun in Mr. Finchen's hand could have been the brother of what I was seeing through

0:49.8

the Ruby 7 on Heriev's end, a computer console flashing with the words,

0:55.0

Begin Life Upgrade, again and again and again.

1:00.0

Both were spotless white, sleek and streamlined and small, as smooth and featureless as the

1:06.2

executive's faces.

1:09.3

One of them held my death, the other held Slip Jackson's life. Soon I'd find out just how closely my life ending

1:15.9

and slips restarting would be connected.

1:18.0

My name is Juno Steele. I'm a private eye, but it didn't take a detective to saw south that things were looking pretty bad for me.

1:27.0

While the executive strapped me onto an examination table, I tried to get a clearer look at what was happening on Nureyev's end.

1:33.0

In the room where Slip was strapped to a very different contraption on the wall.

1:37.0

It was hard to see through the static noise of the Ruby's feelings though.

1:41.0

It was scared and it was tired. All I could think about

1:46.0

was how badly it wanted to go home and hell I couldn't blame it. Right then

1:51.4

going home was just about the only thing in the world I wanted to.

1:55.0

Nurea was frozen, transfixed on slip, on that computer monitors message,

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