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KBBA 88 FM Covering the Kailasa Bay broadcast area This is The Wayne to Midnight Welcome back to KBBA 88 FM with me Steve Wayne for the final leg of the evening on The Wayne to Midnight As we said before the break we're still taking your calls this evening we ask for your questions and queries and tonight we're talking about full moons We know that full moons are popular in mythology for their effects on people but just how much of it is true well the science tells us that high
tides are in fact higher on full moons than other times so maybe stay away from the beach
tonight. Coast guards have indeed given us a silver warning level for seriously dangerous waters tonight And apparently your sleep is likely to be more disrupted on a full moon and it's nothing to do with the light it emits ,how strange, it's all thought to be something to do with a gravitational pull but it's beyond me how that all links up Breaking news Before we start taking those questions we have breaking news reports are coming in about a domestic disturbance on Arcene Avenue
Police inform us that they have the situation under control but will not release the names of those involved the police have informed us that a weapon was involved a solid silver candlestick we'll keep you updated as we hear more Arcene Avenue is such a sleepy area of the town after all so if you've been hearing sirens now you know why [Music] So Angela's been in the booth taking your calls she'll be back in a moment and her notes are telling me our next question is from Lilith
and she asks how often do we have full moons? Well Lilith the official answer is approximately 29 and a half days it's not exact and sometimes we have lunar eclipses where the earth is blocking the sun from hitting the moon even though it's due to be a full one Our next question was emailed in this comes from Pooka Pooka asks Is Monday named because full moons happen on Mondays I'm afraid that's a myth Pooka
even though it is a Monday today. Monday was actually named as a day to celebrate the goddess of the moon Mona during Anglo-Saxon times it has nothing to do with the moon's cycle We'll be back with you in a couple of minutes after a familiar voice tells you a little bit about our sponsors Sterling's Antique Emporium is open Wednesday to Sunday housing the country's largest collection of antique mirrors The hall of mirrors as they like to call it is an impressive collection of over
400 antique mirrors and every one of them is available for purchase Visit Sterling's on Simmon Street when you're next in town [Music] Aridai's Cash for Metals trade in your gold silver platinum palladium or other metals for cash in hand as soon as your items are appraised Visit Aridai and his daughter Jumana at their family-run establishment at 47 High Street, Kailasa Bay The Kerber Ursuline Argenti medical research facility has their annual open day approaching
visit the campus this Saturday and discover more about the pioneering medical science our town is famous for and speak to the reps about their ever-expanding job opportunities for
local graduates. I know I'll be covering the event for KBBA on Saturday so I hope to see you there KBBA 88 FM covering the Kailasa Bay broadcast area this is The Wayne to Midnight Breaking news Well it's unusual to get two breaking reports in so quickly but important to know Silvester's late night convenience store and petrol station is currently closed due to an undefined incident we understand that some of the commotion surrounded the attempted theft of jewelry from one of the customers
there may have been some injuries to both staff and clientele and the police have had to close the shop down for the night don't worry the police are informing the families of those involved but if you needed milk for your morning coffee you'll have to wait for the supermarket to open in the am [Music] How very apt on our lunar show that the lunacy the full moon brings is apparent all over the town tonight Angela will be back shortly to take more of your calls she
left me with a question from one more caller this was from Tatiana she asks waxing and waning which one's which? The way I like to remember it Tatiana wax on wane off waxing is the build up to the full moon waning is the dying or fading away but don't get that confused with this Wayne right here I'm not fading anywhere Angela? Have we got a visitor this full moon or are we under attack from werewolves? Fetch the silver bullets! Angela?
Must have been the wind or are spooky things afoot at the KBBA studios? So while we wait for Angela to come back and take more of your calls don't worry folks we can see your calls are waiting your emails show me one more question lined up from Malcolm he asks Has anyone else been seeing the strange silvery lights shining from the mountain tonight is that related to the full moon?
Do you know what I think you might be onto something there the town's name, Kailasa, was actually originally chosen by the founders over 130 years ago influenced by the then recent colonization of India and it means silver mountain Angela? excuse me folks I best go check what that was it's only the two of us in the studio at this time of the evening and that sounded more than a dropped teapot or silverware Angela? [Music] [Music]
Well it's quiet out there now folks not a soul to be seen I'm sure Angela will be back momentarily but now it's time to bring you up to date with the daily town affairs KBBA The Wayne to Midnight this is your daily town news update Today was the annual meeting of our town's pharmaceutical giant Kerber Ursuline Argenti with the local council representatives their current research is focusing on the treatment of the well-known autoimmune disease, lupus and they have announced that they will
actually be expanding their operation creating around 200 new jobs The town council is therefore preparing for the predicted population growth that the town may experience as a result of bringing in the appropriate skills including the company's new Argentinian owners but we can also celebrate the employment opportunities this brings for our local school graduates And our very own KBBA is celebrating tonight after being awarded the second place prize for this year's local broadcaster of the year
Arianwen from the breakfast show dropped off the solid silver statuette earlier, yes I was surprised it was real silver too, which is now sitting proudly in the producers booth with Angela no wait Angela still isn't back in any case Angela was waving it at me with glee earlier and kissing it like some kind of tournament trophy Breaking news I am receiving another breaking news item and this really is a shock there's been a break-in at sterling's emporium seemingly just senseless violence the
beloved hall of mirrors has been vandalized and a large number of the mirrors have been smashed again we'll keep you updated as we hear more but rest assured the police can see no link between the spree of varying crimes we're experiencing this evening [Music] [Music] Sorry folks strange happenings here in the studio what the I found our silver statuette outside the door as if it had been placed there not sure if this is Angela's idea of a prank sorry folks, with Angela out of the
studio I have to answer the incoming calls from the direct contact line it's
our emergency phone. I'll be back momentarily [Music] [Music] So um that was the bay police department asking me to put an announcement out they wanted me to say the following All residents of Kailasa Bay are asked to stay indoors and importantly stay out of the moonlight Secondly if you have any items in your home that contain silver be it jewelry cutlery mirrored glass whatever do not touch it I repeat, do not touch the silver and that's all they'd tell me um they
asked me not to speculate further on the show but simply deliver these instructions to you I will of course stay on the air to make sure I can relay any further updates to you It's not often I'm lost for words folks but right now I don't know what else to tell you It's important for everyone's safety that we follow the instructions we've been given and we'll wait on further updates from the authorities Our landline phone here in the studio is one of the key emergency lines in town
for getting these messages out to you so keep your radio on while we await further news One moment folks Hello? Why is everyone talking about the moon? What would Kerber Ursuline know you're chemists not astrophysicists silver ox silver oxide is filtering what rays? How is wavelength of light... Radiation? So that's invisible but... but Is that kind of like what we hear as white noise? Interference? So what's it actually doing to people it affects? What? They're still human right?
It's not like they're I don't want to say it... undead? It could wear off? yeah but it could wear off? surely it's possible? Let me make sure I've got this right, you want me to broadcast that? I was told not to speculate so you'd better be sure about this.
Okay, okay [Music] Okay I'm back folks but I... I don't know how to say this It's It's the silver The connection between the crimes tonight that there's a madness being caused by touching silver objects so wherever you are tonight don't touch anything silver they were right to warn us about that don't touch it it's like it's infected with something Angela Angela what's are you... NO um hello Hi it's Steve Wayne I'm I'm still here folks but I'm outside the studio I'm using the uh
the field report equipment I need to I need to keep broadcasting I need to at least make a record of what just happened what you heard was well it's difficult to explain Angela was in the studio the whole time but she she changed I don't know how I don't know how to put it her face was altered uh dare I say melted or ruptured It was like she was wearing some kind of prosthetic mask or something but her eyes it was as if she knew what she was doing but wasn't in control like she was angry and
weeping at the same time and then then she came at me I I'm not proud of what I did but I had to I threw her to the floor as if just kind of broke like her bones weren't strong enough to hold her together she's just there in a heap on the floor still alive but just moaning she wasn't alone though a few seconds later there were more people with the same deformities stumbling through the hall I hit the alarm grabbed the field report bag and legged out the fire exit
I heard them banging on the door behind me so now I'm outside I know I shouldn't be but I had to Those of you that know the studio will realise I'm not really near anywhere I could have gone around the building to my car but there was more commotion out the front struggling and screaming the Kerber Ursuline facility's just up the road from us so I assume that's where they came from but I didn't dare stick around to find out more okay I'm currently on the coastal path at the top of the cliffs
heading towards town I don't want you to inundate bay police with calls but I have to ask can someone please let the police know where I am the radio station isn't safe to go back to and I'm out here alone and I'm in the moonlight with people that look like... I spoke to the scientists at Kerber Ursuline earlier they called it an infection something viral something about radiation from the light of the moon reflects and interacts with silver oxidizing it and well
that's where my understanding ends if it gets into your bloodstream you well you heard how I described them concerns me is that this is the route that passes Silvester's petrol station and then follows Arcene Avenue into town and it was suggested that the incidents there were related to the silver poisoning I'm going to stop here for a bit and catch my breath I've got no ability to put anything else on the air from this equipment so you're here with me for now
I can see the whole town from up here just the other side of the forest I'm still at least two miles away from shelter though so I'll have to take shelter under the trees and cut through that way staying on this coastal path is way too exposed the only thing I can't guarantee is the broadcast quality of this equipment from the forest it's relaying our satellites so it tends to need a direct line of sight so if I lose contact tell the police I entered the forest over
uh the style that's above I think it's the Betula cliffs wait that that's the siren from town is that to make sure people stay inside [Siren] oh no they can't be [Siren] folks get inside and stay inside if you have a basement get down there now there's three jets flying in from along the coast I seriously hope I'm wrong about what I'm about to witness stay inside the best case I can hope for right now is they're going to release some sort of anti-toxin or antivirus the worst case scenario
I don't even want to say they're approaching the town now wait they're turning out to sea oh oh no I'm so sorry everyone I'm so sorry Thank you for listening to The Wane to Midnight presented by Tremorphonic The Wayne to Midnight was written performed recorded and edited by Richard Wilson with music samples and foley effects from Fesliyan Studios Don't forget to keep an eye on Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube and Tremorphonic.com for our upcoming stories As a self-funded project we would
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