Syntax

S2E25 - Syntax 25: Writing on the Wall

Syntax

Show Notes

Silas and Cassius set forth to accomplish Urub's task so that they can rejoin Alkhan society. Drabor and Oreg, an Alkhan krash yad, or hunting pair, give the two Breachers a lesson in how to fight a worm, and then -- they're on their own.

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Directed & Produced by Stella "Rowan" Odom

Written by Ty Von

Edited by Stella "Rowan" Odom

Ty Von as Silas Caldwell

Beth Sage Phung as Cassius Thatcher

Derrick Valen as Urub

Gage Odom as Drabor

Elgin Smith as Oreg

Additional Voices provided by M. Molder

Syntax Logo by Anthony Crockett

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Content Warnings:

Mentions of: death, hunting, ostracism, warfare tactics, entrapment, bureaucracy, animal butchering, darkness, buried alive, bioluminescence, romantic topics, being hunted, speculative biology, frustrated plans, cryptid death, starving to death

Constructed Language

Beetle Speak (Modulated speech)

Religious Connotations

Explicit Language

Intense Arguments

Loud Noises

Sudden Loud Sounds

Heavy Water Splashing, Mud Marching

Monster Noises (Simulated "chitters" and roars)

Grinding Stone

Claustrophobia

Heavy Breathing

Sounds of pain, exertion, shouting, and combat

Extreme Sarcasm

Gore Sounds (Spears Slashing, Stabbing, Chitinous Cracking)

Nightmares

Panning Audio

Text-to-speech

Whispered Dialogue

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