Episode Five: Glossophobia

**“***Hey, you’ll be fine. They’re highschoolers being forced to listen to adults talk about shit they don’t really care about. They’re not going to care unless you, like, literally set yourself on fire on-stage.***”**
— **Dr. Edison Tucker****, Episode Five: Glossophobia**

## Episode Five: Glossophobia

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### Writer

Newton Schottelkotte
Charleston Eris

## Setting

### Location(s)

* Ed and Lucy's House
* Jerusalem High School

## Episode Guide

### Next

Episode Four: Ed Tucker Can Die?
Episode Six: Tinfoil Isn't Your Color

### Transcript

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Career day at the high school sparks a challenge and an understanding.

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
The episode opens with Lucy on the phone with Mr. Golem, principal of the local high school, declining a request to come speak at a student assembly. That is, until Ed goads her into it by talking about how great her’s is going to be. So Lucy agrees to come just to spite Ed, to her surprise.

Ed and Lucy arrive at the teacher’s lounge on the day of the assembly, guided by Vice Principal Sier. There, they run into Gabe, B.B., Dr. Stone, and Maggie Quince. After a stern warning from Sier to keep things civil, she leaves the rest of the assembled to mingle. It is here that Ed and Lucy meet both Maggie Quince, the local librarian, and B. B. Tine, the local plumber. Maggie praises Lucy for her books. This then devolves into another argument with Ed when she makes another wisecrack at Lucy’s expense and the two are interrupted when Vice Principal Sier returns, telling Ed she is to give her presentation first.

Ed goes up to give her speech. She levels with the kids, waiving away the clichés public speakers lead with, and speaks on how she never expected to be where she was or even having graduated from a university, let alone Stanford. She then lets slip a mention of the monster dewclaw which then prompts questions from the students and devolves the situation which leads to Sier ushering Ed off the stage. Ed apologizes to her and goes to get Lucy for her turn, giving her a pep talk before she goes up.

Lucy goes up and begins her presentation, obviously nervous. She speaks on how she started writing the *Burning Coven* series - how it was a creative writing assignment based on change that stuck with her for months after turning it in. How she ignored dinner to write after getting a vivid image in her head and how the first book with through multiple rewrites before being published. She finishes her speech by telling the students that they should pursue what brings them joy because they might be amazed where it takes them.

Backstage, Ed congratulates Lucy in her own, Ed-like way. She then asks Lucy why she’s never done and eventually like this before. Lucy says that between her Autism and prosthetic, she’s afraid but being awkward and being judged. But Ed points out that none of that happened and Lucy relaxes a bit, even admitting she’s right about that before making a jab about mentioning the monster dewclaw incident. This leads to another argument, this time about Lucy dismissing the weird and supernatural and Ed calling her out on how illogical her dismissals are.

## Notable Events

* B. B. Tine's first appearance.
* Maggie Quince's first appearance.
* Lucy reveals she has Autism.
* Lucy speaks on her inspirations of her book series

* Lucy mentions she once saw a vivid image in her mind and that forced her to start writing her books. It is increidbly likely that this was a longering memory from when she was an angel.

## Cast and Characters

* Dr. Edison Tucker played by Newton Schottelkotte
* Lucille Kensington played by Madelyn Harvieux
* Mama Gabe played by Kiera Gill
* B.B. Tine played by Max Fleischhacker
* Maggie Quince played by Leyla Nikfarjam
* Dr. Russel Stone played by Damitri Mullens
* Vice Principal Sier played by Cherish Dean
* Student A played by Eva Buergler
* Student B played by Newton Sweeney
* Principal Golem is mentioned

## Credits

Where the Stars Fell is a production of Caldera Studios, and is produced by Newton Schottelkotte. This episode was written by Charleston Eris and Newton Schottelkotte. The voice of Mama Gabe was Kiera Gill. The voice of Lucille Kensington was Madelyn Harvieux. The voice of Dr. Edison Tucker was Newton Schottelkotte. The voice of Vice Principal Sier was Cherish Dean. The voice of B.B. Tine was Max Fleischhacker. The voice of Maggie Quince was Leyla Nikfarjam. The voice of Dr. Russel Stone was Damitri Mullens. The voice of Student A was Eva Buergler. The voice of Student B was Newton Sweeney. Script edits were done by Lucy Brown, with a sensitivity read by Kit Addams. All sound effects taken from Audio Library, Sound Library, Nagaty Studio, original foley, or used under Creative Commons License. Find transcripts, social media links, and places to listen at “wherethestarsfell dot com”.

## Notes

* Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking.

* EP 01: The Olive Branch
* EP02: Flight of the Amphibians
* EP03: Hog Wild
* EP04: Ed Tucker Can Die?
* **EP05: Glossophobia**
* EP06: Tinfoil Isn't Your Color
* EP07 All Fights Reserved
* EP08: Be Not Afraid
* MS01: Romancing the Stone
* Season Two Q&A
* MS02: Full Pod
* EP09: Introductions
* EP10: Happy Birthday Edison
* EP11: British Doll
* EP12: Hell Is a Teenage Blogger
* EP13: Retribution Part 1
* EP14: Retribution Part 2
* EP15: Animal Control
* MS03: Plan B(affle)
* EP16: Shir-lock Holmes
* EP17 Dear Listener
* Starfall Crossover: Star vs Star: The Star-cial Network (Starfall Version)
* EP18: T'Shuva
* The Amelia Project Crossover: The Perils of Freelancing
* MS04: Minutes
* EP19: Don't Burn Down the House
* SP01: The Christmas Chronicle
* MF05: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
* Season Three Q&A
* MS06: Whitechapel
* Seen and Not Heard Crossover: Two Jews In A Room Signing
* EP20: Boiling Over
* EP21: Everybody Goes To the Rapture
* EP22: Who's Afraid of Ken Keeler?
* EP23: And the Prom Is Tomorrow
* Forgive Me! Crossover: Forgive Where The Stars Fell
* EP24: Something Other Than the Desperation
* EP25: Probability
* EP26: The Circle: Part 1
* EP27: The Circle: Part 2
* Fawx and Stallion Crossover: The Case of the Deus Ex Machina