UNEND | S1 E01: Welcome to the Cosmos

Midst

Critical Role

Science Fiction, Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts

4.8 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Diving right in. Several decades after the events of MIDST and Moonward, a supernatural ship and a remarkable crew set forth on an expedition to explore the highest heights, deepest depths, and furthest reaches of the known cosmos. But their journey is fraught with peril as they discover truths and realities far stranger than any of them could ever have imagined. If you want to receive UNEND episodes two weeks early and uninterrupted by ads AND gain access to lore expanding bonus content, join Beacon at https://beacon.tv or become a Fold Member at https://midst.co. New Episodes air weekly on Wednesdays Learn more at https://critrole.com/unend/ 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 Created and Produced by Third Person Music by Xen UNEND is a Metapigeon production in partnership with and distributed by Critical Role Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.9	Okay, so imagine this.
0:33.8	A vast jet black ocean of cosmic darkness spans before you.
0:40.3	Ink-dark waves of liquid fog stretch in every direction.
0:47.3	Horizon to horizon, rolling with a language sheen,
0:52.3	kind of like that drifting film that forms between oil and water
0:57.1	where they meet. A bright, iridescent sky shines above, glimmering with harsh prismatic light.
1:06.5	There is no sun, just brilliant sky, and jagged white crystals large and small, float among monolithic
1:17.6	clouds like weightless shards of broken glass. A limitless expanse above. The un. An endless ocean below. The fold. Are the un and the fold actually endless?
1:34.6	No one knows. Not yet. There, floating half submerged in the liquid fold around red desert world, a spherical planetoid
1:47.2	rolling slowly, glacially in the sea.
1:51.1	We realize this might be hard to imagine.
1:54.0	Picture a pumpkin or something, a drift in a tranquil ocean, bobbing gently, half submerged,
1:59.7	half exposed, turning slowly. But this pumpkin is an entire desert world,
2:04.9	and this ocean is made of impossible liquid darkness. See, you're doing great. Welcome to the cosmos.
2:13.2	We fly fast, soaring over the fold, traveling miles every moment.
2:19.3	Down, down, down we go, diving into that ocean of inky fog.
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