Juno Steel and the Vanishing Act (Part 2)

—Juno Steel

**Juno Steel and the Vanishing Act (Part 2)** is an episode of the Penumbra Podcast in the Juno Steel series. It is the second Juno Steel episode of season 5, and the overall second episode of the season.

## Overview

A very dramatic thief has struck this production of *Freedom in Chains* with a very peculiar called shot: a calling-card claiming that the Prismacrystal Chimes will be stolen at the climax of the play. Can Juno stop the thief before the Chimes vanish... and more importantly, is the dramatic thief in question the man he's been looking for?

### Trigger Warnings

* Sudden loud noises
* Deception and gaslighting
* Use of firearms
* Depiction of imprisonment
* Enclosed dark spaces
* Violence and threats of violence

## Episode Summary

Juno Steel, still on a job for Warner Jayne in Lono, takes the ticket he acquired last night to the *Finders Keepers Pawn Shop* and exchanges it for a notably expensive golden clasp, but still unable to discern the thief's identity, he leaves Rita to guard the PrismaCrystal Chimes and goes to rummage through Billie Dalton, Clotida Fairborough, and Carrie Gold's rooms for more clues with the help of Rita's mini-password-cracker.

Billie and Clotida's rooms offered a few possible motives for theft but nothing solid. On the other hand, Carrie's room, despite being largely empty, allowed Juno to acquire her comms, which revealed the last thing she'd been looking at: an insurance payment for the PrismaCrystal Chimes in case of theft and similar tragedies. Furthermore, the clasp he'd attained at the pawn shop matched those decorating Carrie's dress. Determined to confront her before the show's climax is ruined, Juno runs out onto stage where he proceeds to stumble through a poor attempt of acting an improvised role for the play.

However, Carrie reveals, that while she was last night assailant, she's only an accomplice, and Juno realizes too late that the PrismaCrystal Chimes were only a distraction; the brainwave-reading lightshow machine is missing. In pursuit of the actual thief, Juno comes face-to-face with Peter Nureyev. Having been on a long-term journey of finding him, Juno tries to reason with Nureyev but is only met with Nureyev's deflective tactics and eventual escape, via the tech room's window.

## Cast and Crew

### Cast

* Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel
* Amanda Eggbew as Billie Dalton
* Kate Jones as Rita
* Sarah Moran as Carrie Gold
* Stephanie Jean-Tusson as Clotida Fairborough
* Leslie Drescher as Cassandra Kanagawa's Echo
* Cam Cronan as Warner Jayne's Echo
* Noah Simes as Peter Nureyev

### Crew

* Ginny D'Angelo as Head of Merchandise and Outreach
* Melissa DeJesus and Grahame Turner on the Script editing team
* Harley Takagi Kaner as Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, and Sound designer
* Joelle Kross as transcriptionist
* Noah Simes as Production manager
* Kevin Vibert as Co-creator, Head of Operations, and Lead writer
* Ryan Vibert as Composer and performer of original music
* Jeff Wright as Graphic designer

## Trivia

* This is the episode where the Ruby Seven's ability to 'smell' people's state of minds, and tracked them based off it, is revealed.
* This is the episode where the sender of the distress signal from Season 3 is revealed to have been the Ruby.

## References

1. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qa4HC6J0653dFEa94HiX6
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M\_erowGTYF34KXu6GGwlB\_U9P-7StE4dvbhQRS5vFIE/edit