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Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Foster's 3 - Apprentice

Mar 27, 202640 minSeason 5Ep. 3
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Summary

Detectives Jill Foster and her new apprentice Oliver are plunged into a city-wide magical crisis in Sydney, marked by an alarming increase in hauntings and aggressive entities. As Jill grapples with past trauma surrounding her uncle's death, she takes on a mysterious high-profile client while working with Sergeant Rashida Bakri to uncover the cause of the escalating supernatural unrest threatening the city's balance.

Episode description

Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy from Rusty Quill.

Episode 3: "Apprentice". Magical mayhem breaks out for two apprentices, ending with one tragic result. Could Jill have done better? Was Oliver thrown in the deep end? And how hard is it to get a decent coffee without Nixies these days?

 

Content Notes:

arguments

grief

childhood trauma

ghosts/undead

mild inuendo

mild swearing

Mentions of: ableism, alcohol, fire, divorce


Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7


Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt

Directed by Chris Magilton

Written by Imogen Cassidy


Script Editor Chris Magilton

Produced by April Sumner

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner


Featuring

Hamish Plaggemars as Tim Foster 

Nina Nikolic as Jill Foster 

Faryaal Jabbar as Rashida Baqri 

Matt Malachite as Council Defender 

Sebrina Thornton-Walker as Gloria Foster 

Michael Bache as Brian Hewlitt-Smith 

Tim Sefo as Oliver Long 

Maia Harlap as Debbie 

Zara Moffatt as The Nixie 

Chris Magilton as Colin 

Chris Alosio as Tulele 

Hannah Aroni as Sylvia Price 

Cooper Mortlock as Mook 

Our Zombie Horde include Jenna Krasowski, Alexander Bryan and Catherine Rinella.


Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Elizabeth Moffatt

Mastering Engineer and Music Editor – Meg McKellar


Title music by Sam Jones

Additional music by Nico Vettese

Art by Guerrilla Communications


Background Music track in café: “Surf Inspector” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). 


Original SFX and foley for this series were produced by Elizabeth Moffatt, Frances Miller-Pezo, Daniel Hill, Chris Magilton and Imogen Cassidy. Additional SFX for this series include sounds sourced from Soundly, Freesound, Zapsplat, AudioHero, and Pixabay. This includes SFX provided by Dynamicell, Sturmankin, Youmeandbiscuit, PlayedNFaved, Rkeato via freesound.org


Tulele is listening to an episode of Stellar Firma. 


The Australian production team would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this series is set, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.


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Transcript

Intro / Opening

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Magical Mayhem and Tragedy

I don't see why we can't do it by hand. The software's gonna make it so much easier, Tim. I promise. You've been living in the dark ages for too long. We don't have enough clients to have a database. Can't grow a business without room to grow it in. What if I don't want to grow the business? Come on, Tim. Gotta have something to leave me when you retire. I'm not that old. Fosters and fosters, this is Jill. Can I help you? Oh hi Rashida, did you get the Oh Oh yeah. Um yeah.

Okay, I'll let him know. We can be there in fifteen minutes. Stay safe. Was that Rashida? You know, I always thought she fancied you a bit. You should There's been a summoning. At least three separate demons. Lagheart. Rash wants us to go help. They're gathering uh everyone. Everyone in the area with magical talent. It's bad, Tim. Let me get my things. Did she say what kind? No. Guess it doesn't really matter. Let's go.

I thought this was the place. Do you think? They're cording it off. No civilians, but they don't want to panic, yeah? Look over there. Oh, right. Okay. Um You okay? I don't know. Nervous. Rash said there were three of them. You sense anything? Um That way. Oh man. Tim, it's big and I think. I'm here with you, kid. We're gonna be okay. It's fire. Get to him! Barrier! Get a barrier up to you! Jill! Jill, where's your uncle? I couldn't No, it's He's not here. I'm just trying to chill.

Jill, are you h Gone. What? We couldn't do it. Oh bloody hell. Sorry. Give me an ammo over here. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!

Bureaucracy and Personal Struggle

You couldn't have had a better verdict, Jill. All clear. That's great. Thank you, Sergeant Backry. Your evidence was what tipped the scale in Jill's favor. Easy enough to tell the council what happened. Might have saved us all a lot of time if they'd just listened to us on the day. Oh, you know how they are. Gotta fill in all their little forms, stop the I's and cross the T's. Bit removed from actually doing any of the magical work though, isn't it? We all have our talents, Sergeant. Well, Jill.

Hopefully we won't be seeing you again anytime soon. Hmm. Um thanks. Thanks for everything. My pleasure, Jill. Goodbye, Sergeant. I hate every single one of them. They're just doing their job rush. You did nothing wrong. If anything, I should have been the one up there. I called you in in the first place and said to you in without it's all right. It's done now. Bloody waste of time. That's what this was. Dotting the T's and crossing the I's, rash.

You sure you're okay? Yeah. Yeah, I I will be. I better get back. Got some papers to sort out at the office. Go eat something first, eh? Okay. Okay, I will. Hey, you didn't eat your eggs. Something wrong with them? Um no. They're nice. Lovely, actually. I was just Are you the chef? Cook, actually. Not a chef officially yet, but I made them. Wanted to make sure you liked them. Oh. Um, they're great. They're amazing. I'm sorry I didn't It's been It's been kind of a day. Ugh, aren't they all? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah I guess they are. Um My name's Jill, by the way. You flirting with me? I I think so. Yeah. Uh is that weird? Yep. Oh god, I'm sorry. As I said, it's been a day. It's all right. I was gonna flirt with you too, but uh I had to make sure you like my eggs first. Well that's It's a good thing I do then I suppose. My name's Gloria. Finish those up. You look a bit peaky. Thanks.

Waking Nightmares and Past Ghosts

Morning, sleepy head. Yeah, I know. It's early. I've got the interviews today. Finally! Replacing Mark. Never did like him. Hindsight is twenty twenty love. I didn't know he'd be like that when I hired him. Ugh, you should be spending every day with someone brilliant. Like me, for example. Wanna take the day off. Rent doesn't pay itself. Have you won the lottery yet? Have they hired you for your own cooking show? I am not resorting to reality television for anyone. Not even me. Love is dead.

You had a rough one last night. Stressed about finding someone new? Rough? Dreams. Sorry. Did I wake you? A couple of times. I thought What? I thought they were getting better. You know, after Years of therapy? They are I promise just Stress will bring it out again, I guess. It wasn't your fault, you know. Marie wasn't my fault. I was twelve. And she survived. More than I can say for Tim. Jill. Tim was my fault. You were still just a kid. I was twenty-two. Spring bloody chicken.

He didn't take apprentices, you know. Just me. Before that, he was happy to work alone. Maybe he had his own Mark Wilson and vowed never to go back. But I can see the appeal of working by himself. If I could cook in a room for me and me alone, if I never had to deal with another customer again Oh yeah, I'd do that. You'd eat all the food too? Maybe. Or I'd save some for my wife, whose appreciation is worth more than a million dollars, in it. A million? Yes.

Mark wasn't that bad, you know. Okay at magic. Could write up a half-decent report, even. I didn't have to correct his spelling after the first. Hundred times. He didn't respect you. He couldn't drive. True. And he said my holidays was bland. He did what? I didn't tell you when he was your apprentice because I knew you'd react like that. No one disrespects the Hollandaise. Ha ha ha. It's all right, you know. I'm all right. I just worry. Wait. What? Take your goddamn phone.

Shit, shit, shit. Shit, shit, shit.

Mysterious Client and Urgent Call

Welcome to Foster's. This is Joel Foster speaking. How can I help you? Miss Foster, good morning. My name is Brian. I'm Sylvia Price's personal assistant and I was wondering Uh sorry, did you say Sylvia Price? Miss Price, yes. I'm assuming you are aware of who she is. Yes. Yes, I know who she is. Sorry, it's just busy morning. Well, Miss Bryce is interested in engaging you for a private consult regarding a delicate matter. Oh

Uh okay, sure. What's the job? It's not something she wants discussed over the phone. I hope you can understand. Would it be convenient for you to schedule a meeting? All right. I can come in uh Tomorrow? That would be satisfactory. Would ten AM suit? Sure, can do that. Um will this be at her office only mine isn't very If you would be so kind as to come to the Bond Street office. Yes, Miss Foster. Okay. I'll be there at ten then. Thank you, Miss Foster.

Lotty hell. Siri, set an alarm for 9 a.m. tomorrow. Your alarm is set. I can pay the hubcat bill. What time is it? When's the first one due in? Oh, where's the bloody Morning, this is Jill Foster speaking. Jill, it's Rosheda. Oh, hi. Listen, we've had some stuff happening in the area that we could use your help with. Any chance you could come to the station this afternoon?

I've got a lot on today, Rush. It won't take long. I just want some eyes on this that aren't department, if you know what I mean. Eyes on what? Magical stuff, Jill. I'm not going to be calling you to help with an AVO, am I? Depends on what it's for. Like I said There's a lot of stuff happening at the moment and we can use some extra help, some extra experienced help.

Like for example the help of a longstanding, well trained magical edit who has done more than two views at the academy and doesn't just pass Down to the stupidest probationary constable because he wants to piss off to the pub early. Are you getting a little fed up with the constraints of bureaucracy, Sergeant? We'll pay you, Jill. We always pay Jill. Івенчули Look, I wouldn't ask if it wasn't serious.

There are lots of other magical adepts in this city, Rashida. Most of them don't have a history with us. You mean most of them don't owe you? You don't owe us, Jill. The way Constable Newman looks at me says otherwise. Newman looks at everyone like that. I've got interviews today, Rush. I don't know how long they're gonna take, but if I can get there afterwards, I will. What time do you finish? I'm on till six. Twelve hour shifts again. That's what they pay me for. See you at the station then?

Yeah, I'll call you if I can't make it.

Oliver's Unexpected Apprenticeship

Ah, did I get the time wrong? Light not a good start. Oh, hi. Um What are you doing there? Uh waiting for an interview. Are you Harriet Saunders? Um no. Right Uh no. Oh, you're the second kid. Um, you weren't due for another half hour. I know, but it's fine. I can wait. I'm just the bus was early or I caught the early one, so I figured I could just wait while you On the stairs. Well, there's nowhere else for you to wait. That's true.

Well I meant to be having another applicant about now, so It's okay. I've got my phone. I'll just uh You sure? Really, it's fine, it's uh Okay. Bug at this. Look. Come in. She's late. I don't like lateness, so if she turns up while I'm interviewing you, we can just stay quiet and pretend no one's here. Agreed? Sounds fine to me. So, you're Oliver Long. You finished your cert one oh four years ago. Uh yes.

Didn't want to leap right into magic as a career then, I see? My mum wasn't keen in there well, there isn't much magic work up in Airly. It it's more of a tourist town, surfing and diving and stuff, you know? Not into that? No. Not not really. Well, the water's too cold in Sydney, so that's probably good. Service station attendant, fast food, bartender, ooh, garbage collector.

You've done pretty much every minimum wage job out there, haven't you? Actually, garbage collection pays a lot more than that. Didn't like the smell? Uh more the early mornings, to be honest. Although I can do early mornings fine if you need me to. It's just uh They don't turn the magic on until nine in this office, kid. I was fired twice. From here.

But you own my uncle said it wasn't a joke, but it was difficult to tell sometimes with him. I heard he was I know it still says Foster and Foster on the door, and he was so proud of it when he got it made. Like a proper detective agency. He always did like crime dramas. Anyway, if I changed the name, the door would have to go and I'd have to change all the letterheads, so just seemed easier after he died. Oh excuse me. Foster and foster this is

Oh, hi Debbie. Mmm. I did tell Ian he needed to get the wards renewed if he didn't. Was that one of Oh. Okay, alright. We'll be right down. How long has it been since you used a spirit box? I had to use one for my practical and the Cert 1 exam. Which you passed, according to your C V. Good. There's one in the cupboard there. Grab it and follow me. Jill! Oh thank Christ, it's bedlam back there.

Hi Debbie. Hi. I think there's ten of them, seriously. There's water everywhere. Three customers got drenched while they were waiting for their eggs, and Ian's up the coast not answering his phone. I figured I sent him a reminder about the wards two weeks ago. I know, I know, but you know how tight. He is Who's that? Colin was trying to get a cover on the tank, you know, to stop him.

Flashing everywhere. That's not gonna end well. You're in the rain. Come on, don't put you. It's okay. It's okay, there's only look, if you could just get the truck open. That's it. You just need to I know, I know, I've got it. Compeche, Liga, Contanas and Sera. Compeche, Liga, Contines and Cerro. Compeche, Liga, Contenas and Ceram. Got him. It's tiny. You'd be surprised how much damage one Nixie can do. Oh, it's a mess out here. Cole, for God's sake, go get dry, will you? I'll fetch a mop-up.

Something. Hey, thanks. Thanks, um I'm who's he? My new apprentice, Oliver. Oh, Wilson finally buggered off then. Was wondering why he hadn't come in for his double soy oat milk disaster the last few weeks. Nice to meet you, Oliver. Next time you want a coffee, it's on me. Provided you don't want oat milk. You might want to get on to Ian about those wards, Deb. Oh I will. Remind him that I charge more for getting rid of Nixies than preventing them. Oh yeah, I will. You right to go?

See ya later, Debbie. Yeah, see you. Did you mean what you said in there? Hmm? You said I was your new Apprentice. I mean, do you still want the job? Yes. Yes, I still I mean yeah, I need it. And it looks like it'll be um I'd ask if you could start right away, but sort of already asked. Uh what do we do with this anyway? Toss it into the closest water source. Seems like it would just come back if we That's why Ian needs to fork out on wards. You can do wards as well, right? Of course. Well then.

Thanks. Welcome to Foster's.

Corporate Security Intrigue

Thank you. This area is restricted, I'm afraid. No need to stand up, uh m mister Masoe. Sir, I have to I assure you I'm allowed to be here, Mr. Masoe. Here. Oh, Mr. Hewlett Smith. Okay. Uh You can call me Brian. I'm Miss Price's PA. Miss Price's Oh okay I'm sure you're familiar with her. Yeah, yeah, I think we've spoken on the phone a few times, yes. When security matters cross my desk. Nice to meet you in person, sir. Well, thank you, Mr Basoe.

So this station is responsible for the security of Miss Price's library, is it not? We monitor the whole building, yeah. So obviously you've got the front entrance and the loading dock and the mailroom. The library and the restricted areas are on these monitors here. I see. Very good. We don't have a direct camera in Miss Price's office for privacy reasons, but Oh yes. Look, there's my desk. Hmm. I should probably get the cleaners to give it a more thorough dusting, don't you think? Ha

How long have you been with us personally, mister Masoe? Coming up on eight months now, I think. Ah, yes. I think I remember when we hired you. Uh that's part of your job then, is it? Hiring people? I mean, I was interviewed by Phil and Kate, and I never talked to Yeah, I'm responsible for a lot of things, Mr. Massoe. Can I help with anything else? Only I'm supposed to be on shift at the moment, so...

Tell me, you can't possibly keep track of all these cameras at all times, can you, mister Masoe? Well, we're not expected to really at all goes into digital storage. We're more just for emergencies, right? So Someone has a heart attack in the lobby and I see it I can call an ambulance straight away. Phil said they have him once before I started and sometimes we get people in the lobby, non-company journalists or homeless guys or whatever, and I can escort them off the premises once I see them.

Especially if general reception calls me in. And if anything goes wrong, we can look things up on the footage if we have a general time. You know how it is. I see. Well then, there is something you can help me with, Mr. Masoe. Oh. I'd like you to pull up the security footage from the last twelve months for the library. There's been an insert. Okay. Should be easy enough, I guess. What's this for? Someone has stolen from Miss Price. She would like to know whom?

Apprentice Training and Sydney's Magic

Are you sure it's okay just to toss it into the harbour? Closest large body of water, my young apprentice. Please do not call me that. Oh, okay. Did it just wave? Looks like it. I wonder if it's the same one I evicted from Ian's last year. Probably. Ian might start thinking I pay it to remind him about the wards if this keeps up. Do you? Oh no. That'd be unethical. So um

I don't tend to do interviews that often and I hope I didn't just railroad you back there into taking a job. It's just that Usually they ask me if I've any questions. Yeah. So Oh sorry. Did you have any questions about the job? Was what we just did an example of what we would be normally doing? Pretty much. The businesses in the local area use us for things like wards, minor exorcisms, scut work mainly.

Most of them are better about keeping them up than Ian is, so actually evicting spirits isn't something we do a lot of. Annandale's a pretty active area like most of Sydney. Settled early when they didn't bother to keep the convict and supply ships free of spirits that wanted to hitch a ride. I always thought they brought them over deliberately.

Some of them did. Nice to have spiritual servants when you're braving the frontiers. Hmm. Yeah, I know. Pretty screwed up all around. You don't have to do stuff more dangerous than this? Most of the time, no. That's handled by the police. They've got a lot more heavy hitters in the force, more access to high end magical gear.

And really in the end, most of the nastier spirits leave us alone. We are, after all, the biggest and nastiest ones. And the whips even have guns these days. Seems excessive. If you're a fire mage, like If you're a fire mage and you face something that eats fire, you need something to fall back on. Water pistol?

Jill's Past and Oliver's Insight

Uh look. My last apprentice left for a lot of reasons. I like to think the biggest one was that he was well, there was a personality clash. But there's stuff about me that a lot of the magical community doesn't I'm not exactly popular with I inherited the business from my uncle. I told you he died, right? So He died in the Lycart disaster, and you were arrested for magical misconduct resulting in death. Um I I did some research before I applied for the job. Ah.

I'm not trying to to take advantage or anything. I hope you get that. You saw my C V I've got gaps and I didn't do any magic for years before coming down. I figured I'd have a better chance at a job with someone like you than with some of the big firms. Or trying for something corporate. I I mean I I did. I did try for corporate but they didn't want me and Very thorough of you. Are you going to ask?

About Tim. About how he died. I mean, I applied for the job. I figured you would have gone to jail or something if it really been your fault. That implies a level of faith in our judicial system that becomes you, Oliver. Uh Well, if you're a mage and you're facing a fire summoning, you should have backup. Tim didn't have backup. Except that he was supposed to. It was supposed to be me, but I'm Not good at fire. So he died. And as far as I'm concerned, yeah, that was my fault.

You didn't summon the demons though. They got who did that. It was in the papers. My mum told me about it when my magic How did you find out about yours? Saw the ghost of my Tinematu just after she passed. Ew. Yeah. Wasn't the best day, gotta say. But nothing too weird, right? I I know some folks who summon demons or burn things down. Yeah. Oh I'm so sorry. It's okay. Ancient history now. Anyway, I don't take fire jobs these days. I'm pretty good at fire actually. That's reassuring.

So you're still okay with taking the job? Yes. Oh thank God. I got a call from Sylvia Price's PA this morning, and she needs adepts and y it would have looked bad if I'd shown up without an apprentice. Sylvia Price. From Price and Boone. Don't they have they have their own magical staff? Yeah, they do. Seems weird. Rich folk are always weird. Do you own a soup? Um yeah. Come on, let's get back to the office. Got a lot to catch you up on before you go this afternoon.

I guess I'm gonna have to go and help out Rashida, and it'll be good for you to meet her. She'll probably like you. You want me to start right now? If you're okay with that? Obviously we need to do the paperwork and stuff, and obviously I'll pay you starting from this morning. I mean sure. Great. Can you drive? Yeah. Cool. And thanks. What for? For never mind. Let's go.

Escalating Magical Unrest

I swear these places smell weird. I wouldn't know. Never been in trouble with the law before, Oliver. You mean you didn't do a background check on me? I wasn't searching for apprentices who had the same life experience I did. So no. You don't think it smells weird? Joe. Hey Rush. I appreciate you coming. Let's just uh get out of the noise. And the smell, eh, Over? What? Oh, hi. Hi, I'm Oliver. Hi, Sergeant Rashida Bakri, Magas Department. You're Jill's new apprentice? Yeah, just started.

Mark wasn't that bad rash, you know. Did you hear me say anything at all, Jill? Come on. So what's this job then? We've had a reoccurrence of the McGuinness hauntings. You know, over in Darlinghurst. McGuinness? It was a big thing. Ten years ago, I had a few people on it and they turned up a mention that Tim had looked into something similar. Back in the 80s?

Oh. If he did any work on it, it should be in the files. Yeah, that was what I was thinking. Maybe if we look back at the case we can find out why it's recurring so often. Although to be honest it could well be part of everything else that's going on and have nothing to do with that at all. I can have a look. Go over there and check it out. That's what I was hoping. Um what do you mean, everything else that's going on?

You want a coffee or anything? Oliver? Yeah, that would be Coffee would be great. White, Oliver? Yes. So what's going on, Rashida? It's not just the McGuinness hauntings, is it? Look, I wanted to ask over the past few months Have you noticed anything weird happening? Magically, I mean. Weird is a pretty relative term when it comes to this kind of thing, rash. You know that. You know what I mean.

Possibly. So? You're going to have to give me a little bit more information. We're busy. Way busier than we should be. The number of hauntings has gone up, and they're way more intense. I think we had four poltergeists last month, and that's more than I've seen in the last ten years. Sugar for you, Jill? Yeah. Spirits that would normally settle with a minor banishment are demanding blood tribute and getting violent if we don't give it.

They're being violent. That's not usual, is it? No. It takes a lot of energy for a non-corporeal spirit to affect the world, and most of the time there just isn't enough to go around. That could be why I haven't seen much of it. If they're violent, they don't tend to call me. They'll go straight to you guys. And that's what they've been doing.

Here. Thanks. We're getting burnt out. We're getting calls every day. Nearly every one of them is legitimate. I had to banish a wrath demon yesterday. I haven't seen one of those for nearly a decade. Newman got iced by what he swears was a banshee.

He's off on medical leave for a month, and I can't afford to lose any more officers. Not if it's going to keep up like this. That's why he wasn't here to glare at me. There were even reports of a puka down in Ranwick, but it turned out two racehorses were possessed. Which you know, almost as bad. It's been really weird, Jill. You seriously haven't seen anything strange? Mm it's been busier than normal, I'll give you that.

A few wards have broken earlier than they should have. I just put that down to Mark being shoddy. Is it just in Sydney? Hmm, good question. Yeah. Yeah, it is. Localised around the city too. I've checked with Gosford and Wongong and they're fine. Further inland seems normal. It's just Well, we know Sydney's always more active for this kind of thing, though, right? It's always been like that. Oldest White City, first place the old world spirits shoved themselves into.

Means we get the lion's share of the hauntings and the infestations and all of that. But as she said, there's not usually enough magical energy for there to be this much. Exactly. Even if we'd had two or three bad weeks, we could put it down to the council doing something big that they didn't bother to tell us about. But we've contacted them and they've said there's nothing. You talk to the council.

Standard procedure. They come out of their asses long enough to give you more than a no there's nothing, bugger off. They agreed there was a lot more ambient magic in the vicinity of Sydney, and that it would be a good idea for us to investigate further. Didn't offer to help? No. Quail surprise. Hence me calling you, Jill. We're spending all our time putting out fires. Metaphorical. Mostly.

I don't have the time or the manpower to pull someone off the street and into research. Something's happening, something big enough to disrupt the magical balance of the entire city. We need your help.

Ancient Warnings and Mounting Pressure

Mark and I did a job a couple months back, just before he left. In the national park, there was a forest spirit. You know the spot I'm talking about? Near Charonga? Yeah. Some suburban grandma lost her cat to it. It went over to the Faye. Not supposed to have cats over there. Or let them out. Did you report it? It wasn't my job to ratter out to the whip's rush. Jill, you know we depend on the community to it's our responsibility as citizens to help the police, help the community.

Look, the cat's gone and no one is supposed to go up there anyway, and Mrs. West would have just smiled at Constable Newman and he would have told her to not do it again, and it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Do you really think that I really think that you Look, point is I had a chat with the Forest Spirit, and the Forest Spirit said that something was coming. Okay, so this is precisely what I wanted to know.

You could have just told me. You know what spirits are like. They'll shove a portent in any chance they get. I wrote it off as it trying to make itself sound more impressive. as if it wasn't already pretty impressive. That cat scared the shit out of Mark. What did it say? Meow Not the cat. Oh It said the dead were restless.

Sir, we've done all the reinforcing of the doors that we can. It's not gonna hold much longer. It doesn't have to. I don't understand why they're so much more aggressive now. They were fine up until we put the last one in. Now it's just It's like that all the time. Miss Price. Um uh uh we're doing we're doing everything. I've had enough excuses.

Sir Fire, nail boards over it if you have to. But sir You have all the resources of the company behind you. Use your ingenuity. We obviously hired you for a reason. Yes. Uh yes, ma'am. Right away now. It will hold. I have every confidence in you, Brian. And you know what will happen to you if it fails. Welcome to Fosters is a Neon Inkwell podcast, distributed by RustyQuill Limited. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 international license.

This series is written and created by Imogen Cassidy and directed by Chris McGilton. This episode was edited by Elizabeth Moffat, Lori Ann Davis, and Meg McKeller, with title track and music from Sam Jones, and additional music. From Nico Vitesi. The series features Nina Nikolich as Jill Foster. Tim Seppo as Oliver Long. Harrison Keane as Mark Wilson. Sabrina Thornton Walker as Gloria Foster. Hannah Arroney as Sylvia Price. Michael Baisch as Brian Hewlett Smith.

Isabel Houghton as Young Jill, Alice Majilton as Marie, Zara Moffat as The Nixie, Shakira Searle as Amina Malof, Fariel Jabbar as Rashida Buffri, and Chris Aliseo as Talele. Additional voices by Lori Lorianne Davis, Lee Davis Thalborn, Maya Harlap, Floyd Kennedy, Chris McGilton, Matt Malachite, Elizabeth Moffat, Cooper Mortlock. Hamish Plague Mars.

Brooks Goby and Dallas Teepo. The production would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this series is set. The Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

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