Show Notes
MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.
Two strangers chat by a fire, eat a wagon-load of fish, and share stories about home.
Please see the bottom of the description for the full list of content warnings.
A dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ttlT8pjvuKcsPJsXXUsZfBlArvU31Xd2GLo2V15S55s/edit?usp=sharing Tumblr post about production schedule: https://www.tumblr.com/strangekindstudio/822908939824939008/important-announcements-mercy-fanart-bonus?source=share Our Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/strangekindstudio
CREDITS This episode features the vocal talents of:
Sneha Kumar as Lila Sassoon Austin Sharp as Wayne Sawyer James Reece as Lord Paxton Cross And Michelle Kan as Doctor Yee Ming ‘Francis’ Moy.
MERCY is produced by Madison Diaz and Austin Sharp. The script supervisor is Matt Doherty. Written, directed, and sound designed by Jae-in Hwan.
Visit our website to check out the full cast and crew list, and our socials: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercycastcrew.html The music used in this show can be found here: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercymusic.html SFX & Music courtesy of EpidemicSound.com, Freesound.org, and Pixabay.com
CONTENT WARNINGS Graphic depictions of violence & gore Sexual connotation and language Depiction of character death & grief Mentions and depictions of ableism & ableist language Misophonia (bites at 9:07, 9:20, 9:26, chewing at 9:33-9:40) Mentions of suicidality Memory loss Mentions of childhood trauma & abuse (physical, emotional, & sexual) Mentions of systemic violence & racism Mentions of child death Crying babies Mentions of religious trauma & language Depictions of animal death/slaughter Mentions of animal death/slaughter Fire & death by fire
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CW: Misogyny and misogynistic language, mentions of domestic violence, and mentions of (multiple) mariticides (by shooting, stairs, drowning & knitting needle). MERCY is for adult audiences only. Listener discretion is advised.
CW: Misogynistic & homophobic language, mentions of gambling, mentions of murder & bodies, misophonia (tea slurping at 6:25-6:27), and excessive amounts of tea. MERCY is for adult audiences only. Listener discretion is advised.
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