Episode Notes

Announcement transcript:

"Hello listeners, Chris Magilton, creator and producer of Among the Stars and Bones here. This is a quick announcement to let you know that, due to things not quite going to plan, our mid-season break is going to be a little longer than anticipated. Today was intended to be our return, and post-production is just not where it needs to be for that to happen. I could blame the post-production team, but...I'm it really.

"I'm sure you're wondering how long of an extension we're talking about here. My best guess is about another month, give or take. My apologies for the delay, but I promise you that I'm going to be working as hard as I can to get the second half of the season to you as quick as I can. Season 2 was a lot of fun to write and direct and perform in, and I can't wait for you to hear the rest.

"In the meantime, until I can get it to you, please take care of yourselves and each other."

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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.

Episode Notes

SYNOPSIS

The team begins their investigation into the site where the Nabonidus Task Force went missing. Their disappearance has an air of a locked room mystery. The team finds warnings, questions, anomalies and a new mystery surrounding one of the Nabonidus team members.

CONTENT WARNINGS None

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Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

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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

Remy - Edwyn Tiong @Omahdon

Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA

Konstantinidis - 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

Six weeks after the events of Season 1, The Herodotus Task Force have been rescued and are on their way home via military vessel. Adrienne thinks her team safe and the worst behind them. But she is about to find out that her bosses have other plans...

CONTENT WARNINGS None

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CAST

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO

Captain Mayhew - Emma Sherr-Ziarko @TheGreatDilemma

Petty Officer - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

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

The members of the Herodotus Task Force have an unexpected new assignment...

This trailer features the voices of:

Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Shakira Searle

Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO

Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK

Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA

Whitney Johnson @EditrixW

Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat

Maia Harlap @maia_harlap

Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo

Emma Sherr-Ziarko @TheGreatDilemma

Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

TRAILER TRANSCRIPT [A few bars of the theme tune and the rumble of a spaceship in flight]

MAYHEW: Nabonidus - What do you know about their current assignment? ADRIENNE: Some site miners found twelve miles below the surface of an ice ball of a planet in Sector 17 FRANCIS: Are you saying they've...disappeared? MAYHEW: I am saying the brass have made it your job to find out. FRANCIS: What? MAYHEW: Both your jobs. ADRIENNE: You can't be serious. We have 14 dead, and many of us are still recovering from...

[Adrienne's voice and spaceship rumble fade, replaced by a computer sound effect]

COMPUTER: For attention of Jennifer Connolly, Eudoxus Initiative...

[The computer fades out to be replaced by the beginnings of the Season 2 theme]

ADRIENNE: Initial hails failed to illicit a response. FRANCIS: Because despite all our best efforts, we've turned up nothing. CELIA: There is still a question over whether or not the people we are here to find are alive or dead. KATHY: We've been tasked with going through the data from Nabonidus to see what we can piece together. HOLLISTER: (on recording) Descending the ramp now. KATHY: We started noticing a few people doing weird things. HOLLISTER: (on recording) Did anyone see that? KATHY: There's a question of...behaviour. HOLLISTER: (on recording) Can they be opened? DUONG: (on recording) Should they be opened? KATHY: 88 missing people. Only 87 sets of personal logs. CELIA: We're still at a loss as to how this whole site was built 12 miles below the surface without a tunnel. BEN: Last time we had the ultimate xenoarchaeological murder mystery. This time it's the ultimate locked room. ADRIENNE: Covered in danger messages. BEN: That in two dozen ways are screaming, "Wrong way, go back." FRANCIS: They discovered evidence of sabotage. BEN: A host of contradictions. Warnings and signs and portents and clues and half-truths. ADRIENNE: Are you picking up on a general theme of wrongness?

[The music builds up and switches to a different, bass-heavy version of the theme]

JENSEN: (on radio) Captain, we've got something. Movement in the hangar area. MUELLER: Stay back! KONSTANTINIDIS: (crying) I'm sorry! ADRIENNE: Get to the mine! FRANCIS: Prepare to advance from the right flank! DUONG: Someone! Please! HUBERT: Swanson - Your two! KONSTANTINIDIS: (screaming) Don't you think we would if we could! FRANCIS: Do not approach! MEISNER: (crying) Someone, anyone...help. KATHY: (on radio) We're not going to make it to you! BEN: (shouting) The hell you're not! FRANCIS: I am compromised. Repeat: I am compromised.

[The music drops intensity to an outro]

COMPUTER: Among the Stars and Bones. Season 2. Coming February 14 2024.

KATHY: Ms Connolly. Please make sure that you have a screen available. Because you need to see this recording. I can describe it, but even I don't believe it and I've seen it.

Episode Notes

SYNOPSIS

As the night progresses, things get intense at the poker table with mind games aplenty. Meanwhile at the main party the nights of the rest of the team are about to overlap and entwine in surprising ways...

CONTENT WARNING

Alcohol Consumption - Alcohol is present at various points in the episode. Prominent moments involve a drinking game (13:30 - 13:45) and some characters drinking a toast (36:19 - 40:04)

Gambling/Poker - 3 scenes revolve around a poker game (7:45 - 12:10 plus 20:45 - 25:25 and 28:38 - 34:20)

Crunching/Chewing noises - Three in total, the first at 29:28 with two more prominent ones from 33:00 - 33:15

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CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura - Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon - Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia - Shakira Searle

Harry - Sam Nguyen @Raethr_VO

Janine - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans

Logan/Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA

Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA

Jensen - Whitney Johnson @EditrixW

Hudson - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO

Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich

Remy - Edwyn Tiong @Omahdon

McPhee/The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

MUSIC CREDITS

Theme music "Patience" by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

The following pieces were licensed via Motion Array: "Ready For Takeoff" by WaveArt "New Mechanism" by E2YOU "Party Until Dawn" by PLAYSTARZ "Party Rock" by GvidonAudio "Warm Country" by IhorDrums "Ethereal Android" by Lance Conrad "The Sense of Style" by Elena Anisimova "Secret Alarm System" by E2YOU "Stable" by E2YOU "Rocket Fuel" by DHDMusic "Fun at the Disco" by Easy Vibe Sounds "These Romantic Feelings" by DPMusic

Licensed from Pond5: "Auld Lang Syne (Acoustic Guitar Version)" by Liberakun Sound

All singing of Auld Lang Syne within the episode was recorded by the cast. In the outro version, performers appear in the following order:

Chris Magilton, Whitney Johnson, Jordan Cobb, Devin Madson, Shakira Searle, Shakira/Graham, Graham Rowat, Jordan/Sam, Sam "Raethr" Nguyen, and all the previously mentioned on the final chorus.

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

One week before deployment on Tefen, the Herodotus Task Force ring in the New Year while aboard the starship delivering them to their Season 1 fates. Over the course of the two acts you will witness dancing, singing, drinking and gambling, but you will also be privy to a number of intimate personal moments and conversations that will reveal more of the inner lives of the characters you've come to love and hate (and some you haven't even met yet). What are Kathy and Harry up to? Can Adrienne and Celia keep the poker game civil or will their fellow players end up at each others throats? Will Ben even leave his quarters? You'll have to listen to see...

CONTENT WARNING Alcohol Consumption - Several characters take part in a drinking game (40:55 - 43:17)

Gambling/Poker - Several characters get set up for a poker game (46:58 - 50:10)

Death/Grief - There are allusions to Ben's personal tragedy and the impact it has had on him (37:48 - 39:32)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones

Merch: TeePublic Store

Episode Transcript

CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura - Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon - Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia - Shakira Searle

Harry - Sam Nguyen @Raethr_VO

Janine - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans

Logan/Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA

Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA

Jensen - Whitney Johnson @EditrixW

Hudson - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO

Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich

Remy - Edwyn Tiong @Omahdon

McPhee/The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

MUSIC CREDITS Theme musics "Patience" and "Pandemonium" by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

"Hot Swing", "Virtutes Instrumenti", "District Four" and "Trio for Piano, Cello and Clarinet" by Kevin Macleod - www.incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The following pieces were licensed via Motion Array

"You Gotta Have Fun" by Rattlesnake

"Pulsing Energy" by Rollerbird

"Club Passion" by Biofunky Music

"Party Time" by Hot Sunset

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.