Act IV - Revision history

Eli: Text replacement - "Death of the Hired Man" to "Death Of The Hired Man"

2020-02-01T14:24:40Z

Text replacement - "Death of the Hired Man" to "Death Of The Hired Man"

Eli at 06:40, 30 January 2020

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Eli at 03:13, 28 January 2020

2020-01-28T03:13:40Z

Eli: /* Synopsis */

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Synopsis

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Eli: /* Synopsis */

2020-01-27T00:27:09Z

Synopsis

Eli: /* The Mucky Mammoth */

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The Mucky Mammoth

Eli: /* Sam & Ida's */

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Sam & Ida's

Eli at 02:10, 26 January 2020

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Eli at 01:59, 26 January 2020

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Eli at 23:57, 25 January 2020

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 [[File:Phone 2.png|thumb|right|''NADIA: Maybe you know him better than I do, but ... I just don't believe anyone would really want to die alone.'']]
-The phone rings and Shannon answers. [[James B. Carrington|Carrington]], if encountered in [[Act I]], is [[Wrongle|seen at a payphone]], carrying his signature pair of antlers, as a neon sign reading "Hard Times" illuminates the brick wall behind him. He says that he was trying to call a friend who is a lighting designer in Chicago, but believes the storm is affecting the phone lines. He asks Shannon for her help with his upcoming [[Death of the Hired Man|play]], which will be held at dawn in the location provided in [[Act II]]. Besides the fact the cast and crew are all delayed by the bad weather, he needs help on deciding how to show the image of the moon in the performance, as light is a central theme in [[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Frost]]'s original poem on which the play is based. Shannon suggests a solution – either a photo of the moon, an actor in costume, or telling the audience to close their eyes and imagine it. He thanks her and says he hopes they will be able to make it to the premiere.
+The phone rings and Shannon answers. [[James B. Carrington|Carrington]], if encountered in [[Act I]], is [[Wrongle|seen at a payphone]], carrying his signature pair of antlers, as a neon sign reading "Hard Times" illuminates the brick wall behind him. He says that he was trying to call a friend who is a lighting designer in Chicago, but believes the storm is affecting the phone lines. He asks Shannon for her help with his upcoming [[Death Of The Hired Man|play]], which will be held at dawn in the location provided in [[Act II]]. Besides the fact the cast and crew are all delayed by the bad weather, he needs help on deciding how to show the image of the moon in the performance, as light is a central theme in [[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Frost]]'s original poem on which the play is based. Shannon suggests a solution – either a photo of the moon, an actor in costume, or telling the audience to close their eyes and imagine it. He thanks her and says he hopes they will be able to make it to the premiere.
 [[File:Dogs lounging.png|thumb|right|''If a few stray stones ended up at the bottom of Lake Lethe, too, we'll never know.'']]

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 '''Act IV''' of {{KRZ}} was released on July 19, 2016. It introduces [[Cate]], [[Will]], and [[Clara]] to the main cast of characters.
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 == Synopsis ==

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	'''Act IV''' of {{KRZ}} was released on July 19, 2016. It introduces [[Cate]], [[Will]], and [[Clara]] to the main cast of characters.		'''Act IV''' of {{KRZ}} was released on July 19, 2016. It introduces [[Cate]], [[Will]], and [[Clara]] to the main cast of characters.

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 The silhouette of the trumpeting mammoth fades into view, its mechanical body jerking and coming to a halt. Standing on the edge of the tugboat, a man named [[Will]] struggles with the operation manual. [[Junebug]] approaches and the two talk about the [[Echo River]], where he's been traveling for over half his life. Will notes that they picked her and the group up at the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces|Bureau]], and says he hopes that this doesn't mean she had been traveling the {{ZeroLink}}.
-[[Shannon]] stands at the helm of the ''[[Mucky Mammoth]]'', looking out at the water. She circles around the side of boat to talk to Will, and asks him for his story – a classically trained organist with a minor in French literature, he used to teach theater at the local university until a budget cut hit and he was demoted, left to do odd jobs around the campus. Eventually, he found his way to the Echo, where he met [[Cate]], the captain, and has been traveling up and down the river ever since, and helps with maintenance, mail, trash, and recording their journey. Shannon goes to talk to Cate, who assures her that they're indeed on their way to [[File:The Mucky Mammoth.png|thumb|left|''CONWAY: I've got to repay my debt. Hell, I should be grateful for the opportunity — if you want to die with any dignity, you've got to settle up. That's why it's such a damned shame when people go sudden.'']] [[Dogwood Drive]], the site of [[Conway]]'s delivery, but notes that the river is dicey tonight; in addition, they must make other stops as well – dropping off mail, picking up garbage, and delivering on a few favors – before reaching the [[Silo of Late Reflections|Silo]] mail stop. She introduces Shannon to her dog [[Valkyrie]], whom she calls Val, and tells her to take advantage of the amenities: fresh air, cozy beds, and hot tea – and also mentions that the video room on the boat contains some interesting-but-weird VCR tapes, including one of a woman talking with no sound except for a strange hum. As Cate heads back inside, [[Ezra]] runs up to Shannon and asks for batteries for a tape recorder [[Johnny]] lent him.
+[[Shannon]] stands at the helm of the ''[[Mucky Mammoth]]'', looking out at the water. She circles around the side of boat to talk to Will, and asks him for his story – a classically trained organist with a minor in French literature, he used to teach theater at the local university until a budget cut hit and he was demoted, left to do odd jobs around the campus. Eventually, he found his way to the Echo, where he met [[Cate]], the captain, and has been traveling up and down the river ever since, and helps with maintenance, mail, trash, and recording their journey.
 Ezra heads inside the cabin where he encounters Junebug and Johnny sitting with another musician named [[Clara]]. They tell him that him she's come from Lithuania to play a concert on the Echo River, after which she'll continue on to play in Nashville and Atlanta, and then the coast. Junebug also mentions another musician, [[Cyrano]], and notes that he's playing tonight at the [[Rum Colony]] where she was supposed to meet with a woman to pick up some old engine parts three hours ago. Johnny sends Ezra out with his tape recorder to collect "found sounds" for Clara to use in her performance. As he exits, Conway walks into the room and grabs a beer from the fridge with his now-skeletal right arm after being sober for 15 months. He heads outside and has a conversation with Shannon about his drinking. He reminisces about [[Lysette]]'s kindness, and says that he has to repay his debt to the [[Hard Times Distillery|distillery]].

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 The silhouette of the trumpeting mammoth fades into view, its mechanical body jerking and coming to a halt. Standing on the edge of the tugboat, a man named [[Will]] struggles with the operation manual. [[Junebug]] approaches and the two talk about the [[Echo River]], where he's been traveling for over half his life. Will notes that they picked her and the group up at the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces|Bureau]], and says he hopes that this doesn't mean she had been traveling the {{ZeroLink}}.
-[[Shannon]] stands at the helm of the [[Mucky Mammoth]], looking out at the water. She circles around the side of boat to talk to Will, and asks him for his story – a classically trained organist with a minor in French literature, he used to teach theater at the local university until a budget cut hit and he was demoted, left to do odd jobs around the campus. Eventually, he found his way to the Echo, where he met [[Cate]], the captain, and has been traveling up and down the river ever since, and helps with maintenance, mail, trash, and recording their journey. Shannon goes to talk to Cate, who assures her that they're indeed on their way to [[File:The Mucky Mammoth.png|thumb|left|''CONWAY: I've got to repay my debt. Hell, I should be grateful for the opportunity — if you want to die with any dignity, you've got to settle up. That's why it's such a damned shame when people go sudden.'']] [[Dogwood Drive]], the site of [[Conway]]'s delivery, but notes that the river is dicey tonight; in addition, they must make other stops as well – dropping off mail, picking up garbage, and delivering on a few favors – before reaching the [[Silo of Late Reflections|Silo]] mail stop. She introduces Shannon to her dog [[Valkyrie]], whom she calls Val, and tells her to take advantage of the amenities: fresh air, cozy beds, and hot tea – and also mentions that the video room on the boat contains some interesting-but-weird VCR tapes, including one of a woman talking with no sound except for a strange hum. As Cate heads back inside, [[Ezra]] runs up to Shannon and asks for batteries for a tape recorder [[Johnny]] lent him.
+[[Shannon]] stands at the helm of the ''[[Mucky Mammoth]]'', looking out at the water. She circles around the side of boat to talk to Will, and asks him for his story – a classically trained organist with a minor in French literature, he used to teach theater at the local university until a budget cut hit and he was demoted, left to do odd jobs around the campus. Eventually, he found his way to the Echo, where he met [[Cate]], the captain, and has been traveling up and down the river ever since, and helps with maintenance, mail, trash, and recording their journey. Shannon goes to talk to Cate, who assures her that they're indeed on their way to [[File:The Mucky Mammoth.png|thumb|left|''CONWAY: I've got to repay my debt. Hell, I should be grateful for the opportunity — if you want to die with any dignity, you've got to settle up. That's why it's such a damned shame when people go sudden.'']] [[Dogwood Drive]], the site of [[Conway]]'s delivery, but notes that the river is dicey tonight; in addition, they must make other stops as well – dropping off mail, picking up garbage, and delivering on a few favors – before reaching the [[Silo of Late Reflections|Silo]] mail stop. She introduces Shannon to her dog [[Valkyrie]], whom she calls Val, and tells her to take advantage of the amenities: fresh air, cozy beds, and hot tea – and also mentions that the video room on the boat contains some interesting-but-weird VCR tapes, including one of a woman talking with no sound except for a strange hum. As Cate heads back inside, [[Ezra]] runs up to Shannon and asks for batteries for a tape recorder [[Johnny]] lent him.
 Ezra heads inside the cabin where he encounters Junebug and Johnny sitting with another musician named [[Clara]]. They tell him that him she's come from Lithuania to play a concert on the Echo River, after which she'll continue on to play in Nashville and Atlanta, and then the coast. Junebug also mentions another musician, [[Cyrano]], and notes that he's playing tonight at the [[Rum Colony]] where she was supposed to meet with a woman to pick up some old engine parts three hours ago. Johnny sends Ezra out with his tape recorder to collect "found sounds" for Clara to use in her performance. As he exits, Conway walks into the room and grabs a beer from the fridge with his now-skeletal right arm after being sober for 15 months. He heads outside and has a conversation with Shannon about his drinking. He reminisces about [[Lysette]]'s kindness, and says that he has to repay his debt to the [[Hard Times Distillery|distillery]].

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 === Sam & Ida's ===
-Shannon reconvenes with the Mammoth crew at Sam & Ida's, a floating, stilted restaurant on [[Lake Lethe]]. Cate, Will, and Junebug sit at a table deciding on their to-go order for Clara, who is back on the ship practicing for her concert. Shannon talks with Johnny and Ezra off to the side, who are playing a crane game, and tells them that Conway either left or was taken. She returns to the table to order food while Ezra plays for either a stuffed octopus, a bag of clam shells, a cowboy hat, or a pair of headphones.
+Shannon reconvenes with the ''Mammoth'' crew at Sam & Ida's, a floating, stilted restaurant on [[Lake Lethe]]. Cate, Will, and Junebug sit at a table deciding on their to-go order for Clara, who is back on the ship practicing for her concert. Shannon talks with Johnny and Ezra off to the side, who are playing a crane game, and tells them that Conway either left or was taken. She returns to the table to order food while Ezra plays for either a stuffed octopus, a bag of clam shells, a cowboy hat, or a pair of headphones.
 [[File:Sam & Ida's.png|thumb|left|''IDA: Yes, it's all about ''patience'' down here. Everything grows more slowly in the dark.'']]

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 Johnny and Ezra look at the restaurant's plastic food display and discuss Ezra's parents, and how he misses them. Shannon talks with Cate and Junebug about how Conway left his truck to her, and vows to complete his delivery. [[Ida]] appears and Shannon orders her a seafood dish – "something primordial." Ida tells Ezra the story of the [[wikipedia:shellac|shellac]]-covered dinner preserved on the table, how she and her husband [[Sam]] were inspired by two divers with bottomless appetites who ate there, which became a turning point in their career.
-Down below, Sam returns from a diving expedition with a small eel. He muses about having listened to the divers boast and attempt to one-up each other in telling grand fishing stories, and having made a mental map of routes which have now helped him catch fish for the restaurant for 15 years. He says, however, he is afraid he could die any day following a false story told by the divers for the sake of winning their competition. A he walks up the stairs, Ira brings out the food, and the group prepares to leave. [[File:This World Is Not My Home.png|thumb|right|''SAM: Just passing through. Hey, aren't we all?'']]
+Down below, Sam returns from a diving expedition with a small eel. He muses about having listened to the divers boast and attempt to one-up each other in telling grand fishing stories, and having made a mental map of routes which have now helped him catch fish for the restaurant for 15 years. He says, however, he is afraid he could die any day following a false story told by the divers for the sake of winning their competition. A he walks up the stairs, Ira brings out the food, and the group prepares to leave.
 Shannon walks back to the boat as [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]] float by, playing "[[This World Is Not My Home]]."
 === Sailing down the Echo ===
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 == Locations ==
 * [[The Mucky Mammoth]]
 * The [[Echo River]] and the shore of [[Lake Lethe]]

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 Shannon chooses to either {{anchor|The Rum Colony|go to the Rum Colony bar}} or {{anchor|The Mucky Mammoth 3|browse the ''Mammoth'''s video collection}}.
-[[File:Mucky Mammoth cabin draft.jpg|thumb|right|''CATE: The nice thing about the story cliff is you can start reading anywhere you want. There's no ''beginning'' or ''end'', just a bunch of ''middle''.'']]
+[[File:Mucky Mammoth lower deck.png|thumb|right|''CATE: The nice thing about the story cliff is you can start reading anywhere you want. There's no ''beginning'' or ''end'', just a bunch of ''middle''.'']]
 === The Mucky Mammoth ===
 On board, Ezra makes observations from the captain's chair and Cate talks to him about the floating gas station, what the dials and gauges on the dashboard mean, and her home-brewed "[[wikipedia:kykeon|kykeon]] [[wikipedia:kombucha|kombucha]]." She tells him that she relies heavily on landmarks and lights, as compasses don't work well on the Echo. She tells him about the landmarks they've passed so far – Duck Island, the Lighthouse, and the Story Cliff. Noticing they should have passed Dinosaur Rock by now, but haven't, she sends Ezra to the map room to help Will update the charts.
 On his way there, Ezra records more sounds. He encounters Conway, who tells him that he doesn't use maps, and instead remembers roads using landmarks or asks for directions. After walking past Shannon, who is trying out Clara's [[wikipedia:theremin|theremin]], Ezra finds Will who asks him for information to update the charts, since locations on the river often end up shifting in position. As a thank you, he offers a selection of old maps charting underwater islands.
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 [[File:Phone 2.png|thumb|right|''NADIA: Maybe you know him better than I do, but ... I just don't believe anyone would really want to die alone.'']]
-The phone rings and Shannon answers. [[James B. Carrington|Carrington]], if encountered in [[Act I]], is [[Wrongle|seen at a payphone]], carrying his signature pair of antlers, as a neon sign reading "Hard Times" illuminates the brick wall behind him. He says that he was trying to call a friend who is a lighting designer in Chicago, but believes the storm is affecting the phone lines. He asks Shannon for her help with his upcoming [[Death of the Hired Man|play]], which will be held at dawn in the location provided in [[Act II]]. Besides the fact the cast and stage crew are all delayed by the bad weather, he needs help on deciding how to show the image of the moon in the performance, as light is a central theme in [[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Frost]]'s original poem on which the play is based. Shannon suggests a solution – either a photo of the moon, an actor in costume, or telling the audience to close their eyes and imagine it – and he thanks her and says he hopes they will be able to make it to the premiere.
+The phone rings and Shannon answers. [[James B. Carrington|Carrington]], if encountered in [[Act I]], is [[Wrongle|seen at a payphone]], carrying his signature pair of antlers, as a neon sign reading "Hard Times" illuminates the brick wall behind him. He says that he was trying to call a friend who is a lighting designer in Chicago, but believes the storm is affecting the phone lines. He asks Shannon for her help with his upcoming [[Death of the Hired Man|play]], which will be held at dawn in the location provided in [[Act II]]. Besides the fact the cast and stage crew are all delayed by the bad weather, he needs help on deciding how to show the image of the moon in the performance, as light is a central theme in [[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Frost]]'s original poem on which the play is based. Shannon suggests a solution – either a photo of the moon, an actor in costume, or telling the audience to close their eyes and imagine it. He thanks her and says he hopes they will be able to make it to the premiere.
 === The Mucky Mammoth ===
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 Will narrates the scene:
-:''That right there is Ratliff Monuments, if you ever need a headstone carved ... for a loved one, I mean. The "showcase," a mock cemetery out front, was mostly washed away. […] If a few stray stones ended up at the bottom of Lake Lethe, too, we'll never know.''
+:''That right there is Ratliff Monuments, if you ever need a headstone carved ... for a loved one, I mean. The "showcase," a mock cemetery out front, was mostly washed away […] Young Earl is the last of his short line, professionally, and there's nobody around qualified to carve his monument, so he's already claimed one of those at the bottom of the river for himself.
 The group either {{anchor|The Radvansky Center|stops at the Radvansky Center to earn some cash}} or {{anchor|The Mucky Mammoth 5|plays a card game aboard the boat}}.
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 === The Radvansky Center ===
-Security camera footage begins playing. Two employees, [[Mimi]] and [[Jenn]], watch and discuss the undated video tapes of the group's visit to the center, mentioning were discovered by their coworker [[Darryl]] along with old questionnaires that were never processed. The two read the group's completed questionnaires and reference them against the security footage they're viewing. In the first tape, Shannon wanders around a room to inspect a poster and bookcase before sitting down to answer written questions on the purpose of her visit, her first memory, descriptions of the items in the room she just looked at, etc. Upon seeing the name "Márquez" on Shannon's file, Mimi is taken aback, and recollects her time with [[WEVP-TV]], a community television station and cooperative forcibly-funded by the [[Consolidated Power Company]] which used to screen video art she created before it was demolished in a flood. She says that she hasn't heard of Shannon Márquez, but did know [[Weaver Márquez]] who worked at the station before leaving on "weird terms." As they switch to an extended monitoring tape showing the group's arrival at the dock, Jenn remarks that Conway looks like "one of those creepy distillery guys."
+Security camera footage begins playing. Two employees, [[Mimi]] and [[Jenn]], watch and discuss the undated video tapes of the group's visit to the center, mentioning were discovered by their coworker [[Darryl]] along with old questionnaires that were never processed. The two read the group's completed questionnaires and reference them against the security footage they're viewing. In the first tape, Shannon wanders around a room to inspect a poster and bookcase before sitting down to answer written questions on the purpose of her visit, her first memory, descriptions of the items in the room she just looked at, etc. Upon seeing the name "Márquez" on Shannon's file, Mimi is taken aback, and recollects her time with WEVP-TV, a community television station and cooperative forcibly-funded by the [[Consolidated Power Company]] which used to screen video art she created before it was demolished in a flood. She says that she hasn't heard of Shannon Márquez, but did know a ''Weaver'' Márquez, who worked at the station before leaving on "weird terms." As they switch to an extended monitoring tape showing the group's arrival at the dock, Jenn remarks that Conway looks like "one of those creepy distillery guys."
-[[File:Radvansky Center draft.jpg|thumb|left|''MIMI: I just get this awful feeling whenever I see them. Like I knew them once, but not anymore ... like when they make up a dead person to look like an old photograph of themselves. <br />JENN: Sort of familiar, sort of strange. '']]
+[[File:Radvansky Center.png|thumb|left|''MIMI: Weaver's video showed up again right before the flood. Actually, I think it might have been the last thing we ever broadcast.'']]
 The next video shows a cat, [[Coconut]], who Jenn mentions disappeared from the center one day without a trace. Shannon walks over, underneath an archway, to feed Coconut. The video cuts to yet another room where Shannon listens to a tape of doors opening and closing, with a questionnaire asking her to recall her thoughts before and after listening to the recording. Mimi and Jenn switch to viewing an extended monitoring tape showing Will sitting in a waiting room; Mimi comments that he looks familiar, likely having worked at the university when she was an undergrad. Mimi recounts her time in college and her distressing final year in which her boyfriend, [[Charlie]], died suddenly by falling off a roof while back home visiting his [[:Category:Lysette's family|family]].
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 <!-- FLORA: I'm a romantic. <br />SHANNON: Really? What does that mean to you? <br />FLORA: It means I like poems and rivers and mysteries. -->
-The two pull into the entrance to the Echo River Central Exchange. Shannon sees [[Flora]] who has come to retrieve her paper boat. She reveals she drew a picture of Ezra inside it, and that it's traveled 250,000 miles. On the other side of the river, Shannon talks with Dashiell who is repairing old phones at a reception desk. He tells her about its history as a train station, reclaimed by the Bureau for the phone company after a flood. He mentions he works on wiring for WEVP in the Crystal Room, an underground area of resonant, amplifying rock formations where the cable signal is located. He says he used to work with Weaver, who handled archives, but doesn't know where she ended up and that she isn't  too popular around the station anymore. For more information, he directs her to the Silo mail stop, where other volunteers are located.
+The two pull into the entrance to the Echo River Central Exchange. Shannon sees Flora who has come to retrieve her paper boat. She reveals she drew a picture of Ezra inside it, and that it's traveled 250,000 miles. On the other side of the river, Shannon talks with Dashiell who is repairing old phones at a reception desk. He tells her about its history as a train station, reclaimed by the Bureau for the phone company after a flood. He mentions he works on wiring for WEVP in the Crystal Room, an underground area of resonant, amplifying rock formations where the cable signal is located. He says he used to work with Weaver, who handled archives, but doesn't know where she ended up and that she isn't  too popular around the station anymore. For more information, he directs her to the Silo mail stop, where other volunteers are located.
 <!-- POPPY: Take care. Think of me when you dial {{Zero|zero}}!" -->