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CW: possession, body horror, use of corpses, insects, uncertain reality
\\n"But you know what unites the theories we had about that place? In all of them, the Cut is subject. It\\u2019s something attached, a barnacle lodged to the city.
\\nBut the Cut is not addition or reflection or parasite. It\\u2019s not mirror, but window - mud-caked, fogged and frosted. If we\\u2019re lucky, we can spy glimpses of the silhouettes inside. We can see the wonder, a whole ecosystem - spirit-grown and built from alien perspective."
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\\nFor millennia, the Winter\\u2019s Lodge has sat as anchor in the midst of the Cut. An enormity of forlorn architecture, stubborn and static. In that time it has been multitudes - temple and estate, battleground and meeting place, staging-post and hideout.
\\nFor the last few centuries though, it has been home to a covenant of weavers and spirits. They have turned it into a sanctuary, a halfway-house, a home.
\\nIt is here that Oken wakes. He finds himself in a room unexpectedly warm and comfortable, but this is not to last. The weavers of the lodge have taken on uncanny housemates. Mel is here - amongst her rebuilt hivemind - and she means to hold Oken to his promises.
\\n~~ PEOPLE ~~
\\nCarn nim Daker: The slayer of Caerdroia and Rodella, the founder of the Jackals.
\\nEviron Yves: A weaver. The Winter\\u2019s Lodge, look to their wisdom for guidance.
\\nLillylium: An ancient and powerful envoy, rumoured to have survived Caerdroia.
\\nMel: Once an envoy of the remnant, Relict. Brought to Embrace with Oken, she has rebuilt her gestalt consciousness beneath the city.
\\nSoka: A teenager who tried to rob Oken\\u2019s sanctum. She is now a part of Mel\\u2019s hivemind.
\\n~~ FACTIONS ~~
\\nThe Winter\\u2019s Lodge: A group of weavers and spirits who call the lodge their home. They provide a halfway-house to those who need it, largely ghosts new to the Cut.
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\\nEpisode title from Leisure Bees by Tacocat.
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\\nFollow the show on twitter @flimsyrituals
\\nFind our website at flimsyrituals.com
\\nChat to us on Discord
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\\nHosted by Adam Dixon. Starring Beck Michalak and special guest Nate Crowley.
\\nProduced by Thryn Henderson
\\nSeries art by Ben Swinden
\\nMusic taken from Kai Engel\\u2019s Satin
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