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Midst

MIDST | S3 E4: Foundation

Midst

Critical Role

Science Fiction, Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts

4.8 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Lightbulb moment.   Midst is an audio drama in which three mischievous narrators spin a surreal, reality-bending, sci-fantasy space western about a crotchety outlaw, a struggling cultist, and a diabolical bastard making awful decisions in a world on the edge of disaster.   To unlock more episodes, have an ad-free experience, and access rich lore-expanding bonus content, join the fold over on Midst.co as a paid subscriber!    Some themes and situations that occur in-show may be difficult for some to handle. If certain episodes or scenes become uncomfortable, we strongly suggest taking a break or skipping that particular episode. Your health and well-being is important to us and Psycom has a great list of international mental health resources, in case it’s useful: http://bit.ly/PsycomResources    Midst is created by Third Person  Original Music and Episode Icon Art by Third Person   Follow us! Website: https://www.midst.co  Twitter: https://twitter.com/midstpodcast  Instagram: https://instagram.com/midstpodcast    Find our merch at midst.co    Midst is a Metapigeon production in partnership with and distributed by Critical Role Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Can I help you find anything, sir?

0:16.4

Phineas is startled out of his shopping reverie by a morose shop assistant.

0:22.8

He almost drops the items he's holding.

0:25.0

A tube of concealer goes skittering off across the shop floor and the employee hopefully

0:30.6

picks it up for him.

0:32.1

Not really your shade.

0:34.8

Phineas is in an odd little corner store here on a semi-residential boulevard of the highest light.

0:43.0

A quiet part of the city, away from its glamorous bustling center.

0:47.1

The shop is weirdly picked over.

0:49.8

There are some dried fern jerky satchets hanging there from Iraq.

0:53.7

Lightly salted.

0:54.9

And the makeup selection is not ideal, but it's pretty quiet.

0:59.6

There are no other shoppers, and most importantly, there are no notaries anywhere to be seen.

1:06.1

Phineas completes his perusal and makes his way over to the checkout counter.

1:11.1

He dumps his little armful of crap onto the counter here, and the shop associate.

1:16.5

Rings it up for him.

1:17.7

The small talk is stunted and awkward as Finneas checks out.

1:21.4

Weird weather we're having.

1:23.6

Yeah.

1:25.0

He's got a selection of cheap makeup, some snacks.

1:29.9

There's an anti-inflammatory unscreen ointment there to try and make his purchase seem

1:34.8

like a regular assortment.

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