The Beloved Dust, a group of investigators and operatives with Divine mandate, learns that there is an imminent threat targeting Composure\'s Coliseum* during a important (and highly populated) ritual. Former excerpt and pilot of the Divine Belgard, \\u2e22Signet\\u2e23, trades favors religious and mundane.\\xa0The dilapidating assassin Fourteen Fifteen blends into the audience to see things from a higher ground. And Tender Sky, a highly skilled digital architect, enters the event directly in order to protect it from the inside.
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Before anything else, recognize what is at stake.
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This week on Friends at the Table:\\xa0The Beloved Dust
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The Living Library of Memorious // VOLUME 778\\u03a6
Composure\'s Coliseum
In the year 28350AM, in the middle of a boom in historical interest on the part of the Fleet\'s citizens, the Divine Composure built a this innovative structure that blended virtual mesh space and and material reality. At first, the Coliseum simply offered its audience a place to watch re-enactments of foundational\\xa0events in the broad history of the MIlky Way. But not content with pure replication, Composure\'s excerpt made these simulations interactive, allowing for outcomes far different than the recorded past.\\xa0Because of the many possible outcomes, these re-enactments offer the public a chance to consider\\xa0other possible worlds. Attendees describe the experience as\\xa0stimulating\\xa0to\\xa0both mind and soul, and it is due to\\xa0their popularity that the events continued long after the death of\\xa0Composure.
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Hosted by Austin Walker (@austin_walker)
Featuring\\xa0Ali Acampora (@ali_west),\\xa0Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart) and\\xa0Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal)
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Cover Art by Craig Sheldon (@shoddyrobot)
Episode description by Austin Walker
Music by\\xa0Jack de Quidt
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