Among the Stars and Bones

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Her back against the wall, Adrienne pulls out one last desperate plan to stop The Possessed. But will it end up saving them or killing them all? CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy – Much of the episode involves characters who do not have control over their bodies either talking about how this has affected them or other characters attempting to avoid being captured and similarly subjugated. Chemical Weapon/Gas Suffocation – The use of smoke as a weapon of tunnel warfare in ancient times is discussed at some length along with plans to enact something similar in the present. In the second instance, characters are exposed to the suffocating effects of a gas, resulting in panic, coughing and potential asphyxiation. (7:45 - 12:45) & (13:30 - 16:40) Gun Violence – Several gunshots are fired at a barrier without casualty. (13:42 - 13:52) Bluesky: @amongstarsbones.bsky.social‬ Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve instagram.com/@juliaeve_voice Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Liv Smith @livsmithvavo.bsky.social‬ Jensen - Whitney Johnson @wishme.bsky.social Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA Hudson Desha - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO Indira Raju - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Anatoliy Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich Dr Chang Yee Kiat - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh.bsky.social The Computer - Devin Madson @themattlacey.bsky.social Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris linktr.ee/oldermodal This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Having reached the second site, Ben, Kathy, Celia and Indira search desperately for a way to stop the possessed while being stalked by them. Back at the mine, Adrienne prepares a last ditch plan for a final confrontation. CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Much of the episode involves characters who do not have control over their bodies either talking about how this has affected them or chasing down and attempting to attack those still free of control. Gun Violence - In two scenes guns are fired. After the second instance, a character is found to have suffered a minor wound from one of the shots. (30:00 - 30:10) & (40:20 - 41:30) Animal Experimentation - Two characters play a recording of an alien animal being subjected to a science experiment. (34:29 - 35:51) Bluesky: @amongstarsbones.bsky.social‬ Facebook: AmongtheStarsandBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve instagram.com/@juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton.bsky.social Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Liv Smith @livsmithvavo.bsky.social‬ Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Jensen - Whitney Johnson @wishme.bsky.social Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA Indira Raju - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Keith Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA Private Trinh - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Private Hubert - Rebecca Owen @mishkin09.bsky.social The Computer - Devin Madson @themattlacey.bsky.social Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris linktr.ee/oldermodal This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Adrienne does her best to keep everyone safe with the resources to hand, playing cat and mouse with the possessed. Meanwhile Ben, Kathy, Celia and others make an attempt to break out with the hopes of heading to the second site for answers. CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Much of the episode involves discussion of people who do not have control of their bodies and who are being forced to hunt and capture others. In two specific scenes those characters are present. The first involves several characters involved in a plan to evade and escape those without control of themselves. In a second scene a person who does not have control of their body discusses what it is doing to them. (20:20 - 29:30) & (41:45 - 49:43) Use of Less-Lethal Munitions - During one scene, characters are fired upon with a weapon called a stunner, which while fictional is similar to the kinds of weapons often used (and abused) by law enforcement on protestors and demonstrators (27:30 - 28:30) Bluesky: @amongstarsbones.bsky.social‬ Facebook: AmongtheStarsandBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve instagram.com/@juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton.bsky.social Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Liv Smith @livsmithvavo.bsky.social‬ Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Anatoliy Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich Hudson Desha - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO Remy Seng - Edwyn Tiong @edwyntiong.com (bsky) Indira Raju - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Dr Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh.bsky.social Alexis Konstantinidis - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Sergeant Keith Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA The Computer - Devin Madson @themattlacey.bsky,social Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris linktr.ee/oldermodal This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes It's been two years since we last released an episode, so for those who want to refresh their memory but don't have time to go back through the previous Season 2 episodes, here's a recap to get you up to speed before the story continues next week. CONTENT WARNINGS Discussion of loss of bodily autonomy Use of less lethal munitions and weapons Discussion of cannibalism

AtSaB is coming back! It's been a long time. A very long time, but we're proud to announce that Among the Stars and Bones will return to complete Season 2 after a very extended hiatus. New episodes will begin October 7. ANNOUNCEMENT TRANSCRIPT [First strains of the Season 2 Theme Music begin playing] Hello there listeners. It’s been a while. I’m sure many of you thought there’d be nothing new released on the Among the Stars and Bones feed ever again. And fair enough. After I had to take a break in the middle of Season 2 a couple of years ago things got bad. And then they stayed that way for quite some time. But not once did I ever abandon this story which has always been near and dear to my heart. It’s been a slow and often interrupted journey back to the light. But now we’re here. Starting in two weeks, on Wednesday October 7, the second half of Season 2 begins, releasing fortnightly until its conclusion. That’s five more episodes and a half hour epilogue coming your way over the next few months so you can finally learn the fate of Adrienne, Ben, Kathy, Celia and the rest of their team and whether or not they’re able to save the Nabonidus group they came to rescue. I hope you’re as excited to hear the rest of this chapter of the story as I am, because honestly the rest of the season only gets bigger and more ambitious from here. I hope a couple of weeks notice gives you a chance to listen back to some previous episodes to get you ready for what’s to come. I’d recommend going back at least three episodes, but you know, you do you. Of course if you’re sitting there listening to me and thinking life’s too short and my podcast queue too long, Next week I’m going to release a bit of a rundown of some of the main events from the season so far that should help. Til then, dear listeners I hope to see you out there Among the Stars and Bones. [Season 2 Theme Music kicks into high gear and plays until fade.]

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Trapped in the mine, locked inside a lab, or now among the possessed, the team tries to figure out their next move with what resources they have. CONTENT WARNINGS Drug-Induced Break From Reality/PTSD - A character describes a traumatic experience from their past in which drug use resulted in a break from reality (15:33 - 20:50) Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Much of the episode references people who do not have control over their bodies and are controlled by technological means. In two scenes people affected by the phenomenon are describing events that have happened to them. In one they are punching a wall against their will and in the second they are being made to prepare for a fight (26:57 - 33:08) & (46:27 - 52:00) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Indira Raju - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat Anatoliy Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich Hudson Desha - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO Remy Seng - Edwyn Tiong @Omahdon Victor Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Dr Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Both Ben and Celia speak to Victor Hollister after Kathy uncovers evidence raising questions about his involvement in what is transpiring. Ben seeks answers to the past while Celia seeks the story of what happened to Nabonidus all that time they were out in the frozen wilderness. CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Much of the episode makes reference to the people who do not have control over their bodies and are controlled by unknown external means. In three scenes they are actually present and describing events that have happened to them while punching glass walls against their will (14:07 - 21:56), (27:27 - 39:41) & (40:56 - 44:31) Involuntary Murder/Cannibalism - A character gives a detailed and emotional recollection of his personal involvement in an act of mass murder and cannibalism while he and the others committing these acts are under control by an outside force (35:58 - 39:41) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Vinh Duong - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Genevieve Meisner - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Victor Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson MUSIC CREDITS Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris Schubert's Adagio to Fantasia in C Major Op 15, recorded by Bruno Freitas, licensed from Motion Array Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, recorded by ChrisStudio, licensed from Motion Array This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS A return... CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Two scenes in which a group of people are controlled and moved against their will by unknown means (4:54 - 10:40) & (18:31 - 24:45) Strangulation - Depiction of a moment when a character attempts to strangle another (6:01 - 6:15) Riot Police/Gun Violence/Tasering - A scene in which less-lethal weapons are deployed against civilians in a situation akin to riot police engaging with protestors (20:28 - 24:45) Delusional State/Sedatives/Medical Restraints - A scene with a character in a state of delusion and medically restrained being questioned (40:15 - 45:37) Cannibalism - The possibility of cannibalism to explain missing people is discussed (52:10 - 53:57) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Alexis Konstantinidis - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Hudson - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich Keith Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA Jensen - Whitney Johnson @EditrixW Private Hubert - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Private Trinh - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat Doctor Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris Special sound design assistance provided by Alice Magilton This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS The team heads beyond the antechamber door and become increasingly frustrated with the contradictory evidence on where the Nabonidus crew might be. Meanwhile Celia and Kathy ponder the puzzle presented by Johann Mueller, with Kathy digging up a recording from his personal files that changes everything. CONTENT WARNINGS Delusional State/Panic Attack/Use of Restraints/Medical Sedation - A character experiencing a break from reality becomes agitated due to the handcuffs placed upon him and is sedated to prevent injury (12:12 - 14:01) Loss of Bodily Autonomy - A scene in which a group of people lose personal control of their bodies and are moved against their will by unknown means. The scene is both described and accompanied by sound effects (36:03 - 39:53) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Indira - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Dr Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat Private Trinh - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS The crew begins to piece together the story of the last four days before the Nabonidus crew went missing. Kathy notes strange behaviour in some of the recordings and finds evidence of what lies beyond the antechamber door. Meanwhile, Captain Francis plays a hunch that might result in their biggest lead yet. CONTENT WARNINGS Vehicular Accident/Panic Attack - Description of a vehicular accident and a related claustrophobia-based panic attack (6:13 - 7:12) Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Two short scenes involving characters being unable to control their limbs and subsequent discussion (26:01 - 28:56) Delusion/Hallucination - A scene involving a character in a state of delusion becoming worked up (44:10 - 45:15) Tasering - A character is incapacitated by a device akin to a taser (44:55 - 45:15) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Indira - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Jensen - Whitney Johnson @EditrixW Vinh Duong - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Genevieve Meisner - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Konstantinidis - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Private Trinh - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Private Hubert - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson MUSIC CREDITS Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris Schubert's Serenade, recorded by AudioGarden, licensed from Motion Array Erik Satie's Gnosienne No. 1, recorded by Joe O'Rourke Music, licensed from Motion Array This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.