Threshold Kids

Threshold Kids is a series of educational videos created by the Federal Bureau of Control to teach children in the prime candidate program (implicitly Dylan Faden) about paranatural topics and phenomena. Parapsychologist Bethany Harrington (who did a few puppet-making courses while attending community college) came up with the series and sent a proposal to Director Zachariah Trench about it. She believed that it will be good for morale, and would guarantee that Dylan Faden will respond positively to these videos. The Research Staff built the sets, recorded the footage, and even did the voices. The budget for the series was minimal.
The primary puppet characters are a pair of children living at the FBC, meant to mirror the lives of prime candidates, named Meg and Topher. Both have oversized blue eyes and exaggerated features as expected of puppets as well as jaws that work on a simple drop mechanism allowing them to mimic speech. Both child puppets make vague references to past traumatic experiences or personal losses again intended to mirror the lives of prime candidates. Topher is far more eager and excitable with a tendency to react in an overly emotional manner or to panic. Meg is significantly more reserved though still prone to emotional outbursts on occasion.
The only secondary character seen in any known episode is a puppet of a skeleton wearing a purple suit and a mask in the shape of a baby's face called Mr Bones. Unlike Meg or Topher, Mr Bones is implied to be an adult member of the FBC though his disturbing physical appearance with exposed bones and organs as well as his references to accidents suggests he may not still be alive. Mr Bones primary role in any episode he appears in is to exposit on how things are done at the foundation, the rules that are enforced, or potential hazards to Topher and Meg based on whatever supernatural events are currently taking place. Most often this exposition is unhelpful, excessively aggressive, or noticeably dark in tone.
The general format for each episode begins with a supernatural event happening or a topic coming up in conversation, such as a house shift or psychic test results, followed by the ensuring discussion of the topic among the characters. The conversation will almost always go toward what the FBC knows about a topic or what a person should do in certain situations but rarely provides actual answers and advice.
==List of episodes==
* Altered Items
* Astral Plane
* Missing Momma
* Keeping Secrets
* When You're Caught in a House Shift
* You and Your Special Powers
* Rejected Episode
==Trivia==
* According to Clay Murphy in The Art and Making of Control, Topher is voiced by Sean Durrie and Mr. Bones is voiced by Ronan Summers. Meg was originally voiced by Antonia Bernath, but was recast with Remedy level designer Rebecca Richards because the original voice sounded too similar to Topher's.
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