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Labyrinths

Labyrinths is the fifth song of The Fallen.

### Lyrics:

[ANGEL]: "Sensations smear and smash and kiss, the dance, the drink, the pills, the sex, so defiled and such a pretty thrilling mess.

Another night, another hall I stumble down, bemused and all amazed at thrills, the Labyrinth that has no walls.

Dance robes by I try to snatch, I watch them all, so quite detached, so amused and so enthrilled and so enwrapped.

Something's real and something's not, and which is which I quite forgot.

I'm lost inside a Labyrinth you cannot walk."

[DEMON]: "So on she walks down the dark and crooked road, cast your bones.

Run through the maze where the ragged Raven waits, cast your bones.

For after hand, all our flesh turns to sand, on it goes, cast your bones, cast, cast your bones!"

[ANGEL]: "The days and nights entwine, embrace, my sense of time about to break, the cries of pain and ecstasy both sound the same.

I lose the thought of where I am, places I can't understand, a Labyrinth that has no space for sense of dread."

[DEMON]: "So on she treads, down the same road I have been, cast your bones.

What are the jewels we reach in too far to hold, cast your bones.

For after hand, all our flesh turns to sand, so it goes, cast your bones, cast your bones!"

[ANGEL]: "I weave a dream of wings to fly, they're torn in bone and so am I, the breadcrumbs leading back outside I cannot find.

Labyrinths you cannot see you think then simply cannot be, until at last one day you're trapped and cannot leave."

[DEMON]: "So on she walks, through the cold sharp fun house job"

[ANGEL]: "Cast your bones.

What are the jewels we reach in too far to hold?"

[DEMON]: "Cast your bones!

For, after hand,"

[ANGEL]: "All our flesh"

[DEMON]: "Turns to sand!"

[ANGEL]: "On it goes,"

[DEMON]: "Cast your bones!"

[BOTH]: "Cast! Cast your bones!"
Conversation 2

"Conversation 2" is the fifth track of The Grand Cyberpunk Gala of Gabriella Gadfly.

## Performers

Lauren Osborn as "Helen"

Jessica Singer as "Mary"

## Lyrics

[HELEN:]

Why did you take us?

Why the whole cabaret?

[MARY:]

It was a desperate measure

To evolve a different direction

Than the one we will take

In strategic logic

Our foe cannot be beat

And so a plan that's irrational

Is the only tactical

Chance we can win

Thus now we come to

Gabriella Gadfly

Here everyone knows

Her books and her shows

Are consumed citywide

This pop culture explosion

Is much more than it seems

It starts with Nathan Brindesi

And what happens when he

Achieves all his dreams
Isabela

art by Alyssa Wiswall

**Isabela** is a charcter from Lost Fables From New Albion. She appears in *The Adventures of Pepper The Dog* and *The Ballad of Lloyd Allen*. She was first mentioned, though not by name, in The Room Beneath New Albion.

She has not appeared in any musical album yet, but will appear in The Posthuman War where she will be voiced by Kiera-Marie Somers.

1. ↑ The Red-Haired Son had a son himself, Alexander had a daughter, and Son-Mi is the mother of one of Han-Mi's parents.
Marionettes of Bone (Caravan)

This article is about the song from Caravan. For the song from Cthulhu: The Funksical, see Marionettes of Bone (Funksical).

**Marionettes of Bone** is the third track of Caravan.

## Performers

Paul Shapera as "Kate", "Doll" and "Alex"

## Lyrics

[KATE:]

Rags wrapped in loose linen

A procession of children

Moving across desert nights

Weaving through skylines

Singing surreal rhymes

Dancing lines of ragged sprites

She holds her doll, its red eyes full

It laughs, with grin of green eyes closed

Dancing miles of tattered childs

Swinging marionettes of bone

Paint me a scene in pastel white

Sing me a dream to ease the night

The pathway of sand climbs

Up into the skyline

Until we walk twixt stars and moon

Dancing on upwards

The file of figures

Swinging marionettes of bone

Her doll looks 'round and gazes down

Then smiles, turns to me, and says

[DOLL:] *(spoken)*

Do you believe in destination? Does the desert really end?

[KATE:]

Paint me a scene in pastel white

Sing me a dream to ease the night

[ALEX & KATE:] *(spoken)*

Laughing and lying, letting go in a wild gallop. They're swinging, gasping for calm breath between roars of laughter. Warning desperately, to burst open, and ride unhindered among the sweeping torrent.

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Layers,

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

Lovers,

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

The silent,

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

Dancers,

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Moving,

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

Vials,

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

In,

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

A,

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Stream,

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

Of,

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Jeweled,

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

-stained,

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Eyes

[KATE:]

Rags wrapped in loose linen

A procession of children

Moving across desert moons

[DOLL:] *(spoken)*

Do you all believe in destination? Do you really think the desert ends?

[KATE:]

Dancing on upwards

The file of figures

Swinging marionettes of bone

Paint me a scene in pastel white

Sing me a dream to ease the night

Craft me a cloud where I can fly

Let me believe in better times
Operation Boogly Oogly

**"Operation Boogy Oogly"** is the fifth track of Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower. It introduces both Ryvyr and Amber, two of the three main characters of the album.

## Performers

Paul Shapera as "Nash", "Beatnik" and "Michael"

Kerttu Aarnipuu as "Ryvyr"

Hayley Warner as "Amber"

## Lyrics

[NASH]: *(spoken)*

Hey little one, who are you? Why didn’t you go through the window?

[RYVYR]:

I am Ryvyr sir, i’m a goblin girl and i hide here in this strange new world

And i wish to go, in my home to be, but i’m sorry sir, for i cannot leave

There is someone else here from my world, so i cannot go til i find them first

You could help me now get to that place called Arcadia, we could go today

[NASH]:

I wish, i wish that i could help

But i cannot go you must find someone else

These people have chased and hunted me for weeks

I cannot just walk on in there you see

[AMBER]:

On the day we come it’s gonna be groovy and fine

We’re cool cats now, we’ll help you out

Rap with us and it’ll be all right

I’m Agent Amber, and i’m pleased to be assigned to your case

Just come with me, its fab you’ll see

Lay it on me til we’re grokin’ it straight

[BEATNIK]: *(spoken)*

It’s Arcadia security! Initiate Operation Boogly Oogly!

[MICHAEL]: *(spoken)*

Operation Boogly Oogly is an old trick that was used

Years ago in the purges, and it’s simple and cute

You erupt into chaos, lights, people, you all

Just scramble and throw things and it works pretty well

Nash and that little goblin names Ryvyr just go

Escape leaving Amber empty handed and alone
On the Run Again

"On the Run Again" is the seventh track of the first act of Slenderman, and the seventh track of the album overall.

## Performers

Paul Shapera as Timothy

Lauren Osborn as Zoe

## Lyrics

[ZOE:] *(spoken)*

Timothy... Timothy, you don't look so good.

[TIMOTHY:] *(spoken)*

You’re not even hurt. What... what’s going on?

[ZOE:] *(spoken)*

Timothy, we don't have much time.

[TIMOTHY:] *(spoken)*

How are you not hurt?

[ZOE:] *(spoken)*

Shh. Just listen. I need a little... favour.
Basheq Latef

Art by Vadvivon

**Basheq Latef** is a minor character in The Broken Cyborg. He is voiced by Paul Shapera.

## Background

Basheq Latef is the captain of the Blood Red Dogs in New Albion's Biopunk era. He is sent out by Mercy to lead Operation Eradication, where the Dogs laid siege to the shanty town in the park as an effort to eliminate Xander and their potential influence. The raid carried out by Basheq's forces ends up killing a few of the park's denizens and forces a still-larger group of the park. When the refugees return to the park, this time with the fairies and Albinos in tow, the Blood Red Dogs are routed by the resurgence and pushed out of the park, which is then annexed by the refugees as the independent territory of Xandoria.
A Few Seconds From Michael

**"A Few Seconds From Micahel"** is the sixteenth track of Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower.

## Lyrics

[MICHAEL]: *(spoken)*

So Amber's made a hell of a case about why Nash should go

Back to meet a painful death on his world way back home

He closes his eyes and makes a fist and grits his teeth and then

He opens them and looks real sad and this is what he says
Brigid

**Brigid** is a minor character who appears in The Grand Cyberpunk Gala of Gabriella Gadfly.

## Background

Brigid was a single mother raising a daughter. One day, she connected with the little-known author Nathan Brindesi online, and the two became friends. Eventually, Nathan wrote a story for Brigid's daughter, *Gabriella Gadfly and the Secret of the Cyber Eye*. Brigid and her daughter loved it so much that Brigid sent off the book to a publisher, which in turn prompted a massive spike in Gabriella Gadfly's (and therefore, Nathan's) popularity.
Bio10 赞德的突破

"Bio10 赞德的突破" is the eleventh track of The Broken Cyborg. The title translates to "Xander's breakthrough."

## Performers

Psyche Chimere as "Han-Mi"

Paul Shapera as "Xander"

Liel Bar-Z as "Jane"

## Lyrics

[HAN-MI:] *(spoken)*

Jane woke up a long time later in the strange faerie city of Victoria, where a sheen of sparkle and unreality permeated everything. The human population seemed to float about listlessly, at any moment only a step away from senselessness.

Jane was in perfect health and even had a pair of wings. She set out to find Xander.

Xander had arrived at Victoria and immediately set about trying to heal the girl. Desperate for new insights and techniques, they consulted the faeries and began studying fae magic in hopes it would provide them with new insights.

It did.

They approached fae magic like learning a new programming language. But in order to master the language you must master the logic, and the logic was not meant for the human mind. The more they understood, the more they had to twist their sanity. It drove them incurably mad. Furthermore, in order to give the girl new flesh without waiting the long time it would take to grow it, they had get it from somewhere. So they took it from themselves. Xander was now a laughing, insane torso, devoid of legs and all but their right arm.

[XANDER:]

try your

try

Best you can

Best you can

(*Sobbing, laughing*)

Try, try, try

Best you can. Best you can.

Best you can, best you can

And I swore that I would save her, but I knew I never would

I cannot hold the patterns of the things I’ve understood

Your mind is what you sacrifice to peer behind the cracks

Too much to grasp but you must, you must, you must bring her back

And you must, this once save the girl that's crying

All your strife, your whole life means nothing if she’s dying

And you cry away

Yes you cry, Lord, you cry today

You try and try, you try the best you can

You try until you die

You try the best you can

You try and try, you try the best you can

You try until you die

Best you, best you can

[JANE:]

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time

I'm sorry that you broke down in a blaze of pain and fire

Just to see you free from harm, I'd rather I'd have died

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time

I'm sorry that, I failed you one more time

Of all the things, I loved you most, the sun within my life

And when in that one moment you needed one last line

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time

I'm sorry that you broke down in a blaze of pain and fire

Just to see you free from harm, I'd rather I'd have died

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time
Lullabies

**Lullabies** is a collection of songs sung by Lauren Osborn with music by Paul Shapera.

Paul and Lauren originally made the songs for a YouTube children's channel that never came to be. In August of 2018, Paul released the album in honor of Lauren's wedding, with all income going directly to Lauren as a wedding present.

## In the Shaperaverse

No one is really sure of when or in which reality he did this, but Michael gave it to Jill one time as a gift when she was having a hard time with insomnia. Sometimes extreme narrative jumping can cause absolutely vicious... "jet lag" for lack of a better word.

He wouldn't answer any questions about it, so she tried to track down its origins. She tracked it down to possibly being from a dystopian Narrative in which a man and a boy wandered the wastelands together searching for the boy's lost tribe. She couldn't find either the boy or the lost tribe and to this day isn't sure whether Michael succeeded in reuniting the boy with his tribe or whether the boy died and Michael left the Narrative, sad and depressed. If it is from this Narrative then it seems to have been made when the Man and Boy were holed up in an abandoned music studio in what had once been a movie making lot. The vocals seem to be from some old singer who did some movies back in the day where she sang these songs, and Michael put her voice to music.

## Soundtrack

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Minor Locations

This page lists minor locations in the Shaperaverse that do not have important or fleshed-out enough appearances to warrant their own page.

## Lollyland

Lollyland is a narrative mentioned in Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower. It is the home narrative of Nash Harding and is ruled over by the Queen of Lollyland. Amber's narration during Lollyland describes it as a landscape made of sweets and candy, inhabited by confectionery creatures. It is unknown if the people inhabiting Lollyland are true humans or a candy-related form of convergent evolution.

## Tarot Card Narrative

The Tarot Card Narrative is a world appearing in Astonishing Tales of the Highly Improbable and The Posthuman Playhouse, characterized by all the inhabitants being modeled after different tarot cards. This narrative is ruled over by The Hierophant.

## Ryvyr's Narrative

Ryvyr's Narrative appears briefly during Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower during its collapse. It is known to be the home realm of several goblins, including Ryvyr, Hiisi, and Venla, and the origin of the Pendant of Kultainen and the Sword of Demetrius. The narrative collapsed following Venla's death.

## Sarah's Narrative

Sarah's Narrative is the original home of Sarah. Not much is known about this strand.

## Lloyd's Narrative

Lloyd's Narrative is the original home of Lloyd Allen and appears during Astonishing Tales of the Highly Improbable and The Posthuman Playhouse. It was destroyed by The Gnomes during the events of both these pieces.

## The Crossroads

The Crossroads is a subreality attached to Elysium which was created by the Crossroadies. It is unknown if the subreality still exists and if it is inhabited.

## Dusty Falls

Dusty Falls is a location appearing in Kevin & Abi and the Secret of the Golden Pendant. It appears to be near New Albion.
Fay

art by Vadvivon

Fay is the daughter of Jasper and his wife, She is the wife of Edgar McAlistair and the mother of Byron McAlistair. She is a major character in the second act of The Dolls of New Albion.

## Biography

### Before Dolls

Fay loved her father, Jasper, however he died when she was very young, which saddened her greatly.

She then grew up to be a well educated and bright young woman, looking for professorship in liberal arts and to settle down. She then met Edgar McAlistair, and despite his charming looks and completely acceptable amount of family money, he is too unfocused and uncertain, and Fay beings to struggle to love to him over time due to his habit of moping around the house. She then meets a man named Silof, and she is lovestruck, Silof is bright, educated, and building his own business. Silof is also flattered by Fay, being entranced by how poetic and artistic she is, a quality he wishes he could have

### After Dolls

By the events of early Act II, Fay decides not to lead Edgar on and breaks up with him, Edgar takes this awfully, and becomes unhealthily vengeful. He then destroys Silof financially, forcing him and Fay to split and blackmails her with the promise of resurrecting her long dead father. Fay loves her father, but does not love Edgar due to his revolting personality at this point, but she decided that she wishes to speak to her father, and marries him, while vowing her revenge.

In Lost Fables From New Albion, It is confirmed that she poisons Edgar slowly, and when he dies, she revels in her accomplishment, and how she is more capable than Edgar could have dreamed to be.

## Trivia

* Fay killing Edgar is a subtle hint to the fact that he is scum.
Kpo Ji H Ncjr

"Kpo Ji H Ncjr" ("Put On a Show") is the eighth track of the third act of The Lost Fairy, and the fifteenth track of the album overall.

## Lyrics

[HAN-MI:]

I dream of a summer where days never end

And we never grew up and you never left

And you come by calling one morning, you're so

Excited and say, "hey, let's put on a show"

Let's get our friends and we'll gather them close

And we'll pick out some songs here that everyone knows

Make us some costumes with laces and bows

Let's get together and put on a show

We gather together 'round noon every day

And we learn all our songs and the things we will say

It's a tale full of drama and singing and jokes

And everyone comes to get swept by our show

Let's get our friends and we'll gather them close

And we'll pick out some songs here that everyone knows

Make us some costumes with laces and bows

Let's get together and put on a show

The house where you lived is now empty and done

I stop by and call you but you never come

I wish I had told you, if I'd had the sense

How much I love you, how much you meant

I miss all the songs and the times we were close

I miss all our friends but I miss you the most

I hope that you're happy, I hope that you go

Out there and give 'em one hell of a show

Let's get some friends and we'll gather them close

And we'll pick out some songs here that everyone knows

Make us some costumes with laces and bows

Let's get together and put on a show

Let's get our friends and we'll gather them close

And we'll pick out some songs here that everyone knows

Make us some costumes with laces and bows

Let's get together and put on a show
Minor Characters (Secret Series)

## Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower

### The Queen of Lollyland

The Queen of Lollyland is a minor character appearing in Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower. She was born and raised near the Honey Mines in Lollyland. When she was young, she swore that she would become powerful, and she learnt forbidden magics that used gummy blood and bone. She sacrificed a number of villages to attain the title of queen, and had a son named Prince Pear, whom she locked in a tower for fear of him coveting her power. She later went on to murder her son out of paranoia.

The Queen of Lollyland is portrayed by Jessica Law.

### MaryO

MaryO is a young woman and citizen of Lollyland who is mentioned in Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower. She came across Prince Pear's tower one day and regularly visited him, and they eventually fell in love. She helped Prince Pear plot his escape from the tower. MaryO would later go on to murder the Queen of Lollyland to avenge Prince Pear's death.
Carnival

Carnival is the seventh song in The Fallen and is the first to introduce Raven's Carnival.

### Lyrics:

[ANGEL]: "In the carnival show where the lost, jaded go, sacred obscene soft profane things I have now known.

In that show, there's a stage, and 'lone I have stayed, after the last one of the cast is devoured by the play.

In the carnival booze, where the old purchase youth, I have embraced sweet cordial taste, gentle and cruel.

All the shouts and the screams are not all that they seem.

Smiling and sad clowns come to laugh, then to seduce.

Fly on the wings of an Angel, swim in a lovers warm flesh, drown in the taste of wine and of tears and of passion that dances with death.

Maybe I'm lost in a seers sensation, maybe despair's all I win.

If I am slain by my reckless respite, I'll have kissed and have felt and have lived!

In the mirrors and the maze, where the same lose there waits, and smiling things hide, and you are the ride the crowd's come to taste.

In the wild neon night when the clowns cry from fright and they never come and fortunes for love are all simply lies."

[RAVEN]: "Ah, welcome. Behind Door Number One, we have pleasures of flesh. What better way to spend an evening than immersed in the exciting sensuality of another?

But if you wish to dine, feast on a banquet of delights behind Door Number Two. Food, glorious Food! Juicy sausages and breasts - I needn't say more. (?)

Ah, but perhaps your pleasure is more serable. We have the rapturous sounds of music to take you to places deep inside your mind. Paintings or manipulations and impressions of existence to ponder!

If you care for the more sensual approach,  we have drinks and drugs galore to take you there with a bigger bang for your buck! Lose yourself in swimming hallucinations or flow on addictive highs!

But all these may be yours if you choose Door Number Five: Wealth and Power! The grandest, most sought-after delight throughout history. Buy yourself everything - friends, new appearances, toys, a sense of importance, fame. Be adored by all! After all, only love is more sought-after when it comes to hard prices and with no guarantees."

[ANGEL]: " 'round and 'round it all goes, all the mad circus shows.

The carousel creaks, the sane are the freaks and the show will not close!

In the unending night, where they crouch from the light and wings that you gave will take you away to each gentle fly."
Angels

The Angels are the violent and horrifying guardians of Elysium, described as "lovecraft porn" by the Voodoopunk Pilgrims in the song "Postcards from Perdition Trail".

While their appearance is never properly stated, it can be presumed that they are awful and horrifying beasts, alien to any logic except their own.

In the song "The Creatures Speak" it is revealed that the Angels harbor no actual ill will towards the Voodoopunk Pilgrims, and are merely purging them from Elysium as white blood cells purge unwanted entrants to the body. They welcome Rachael however, as she has already come to Elysium through death in a previous incarnation, and so belongs there.
Mark

art by PixelWayve

Mark is a character that appears in The New Albion Radio Hour and Katy Shaw and the Search for the Stolen Secret. He is voiced by Paul Shapera

## Biography

In Katy Shaw and the Search for the Stolen Secret, Mark had agreed to steal some plans from a Tinker Shop with his friend Ramon. A government liaison, Lloyd Allen and a woman named Llewellyn were working on phase two of the secret soldier plan. Ramon suggested that they steal the plans so that they could start a bidding war between the resistance and the government.

Ramon and Mark go to the Tinker Shop, but the Llewellyn woman was there, and Ramon shot and killed her. They escaped with a folder containing the plans, and went back to Ramon's place to celebrate. Mark got spooked by Ramon blipping in and out of time after using the drug TanSan. Then the police arrived on the scene and captured Ramon, but Mark escaped. He tried to hide in the underground, but wasn't suited for the tunnels beneath the city. He came above ground and was laying low trying to avoid detection when Katy came asking for information. He told her about the stolen folder that the police were looking for, and pointed her to the warehouse that Sheila was likely being held at.

In The New Albion Radio Hour, Mark is in attendance at a high class soiree, on a mission to obtain the MCG for the rebels. Constance is also after the MCG and targets him as her mark. She successfully steals the MCG from Mark and makes a quick exit, escaping as the authorities arrive on the scene. The police identify Mark as a rebel and they shoot him.

## Trivia

* Mark is not voiced by Paul Shapera in The New Albion Radio Hour. The in universe explanation for the difference in his speech and demeanor is that at the soiree he was putting on an act, pretending to be more high class and suave.
Home (A Pirate's Tale)

This article is about the song from A Pirate's Tale. For the song from Caravan, see Home (Caravan).

**Home** is the fifth track of the first act of A Pirate's Tale.

## Performers

Layne Bailey

Zanna Fredland

Catherine Kolos

Jen Majetic

Josh Reardon

Jason Swauger

Tim Tolbert

## Lyrics

[PIRATE 1:]

Over the waves, cross the far days

Under a sky bestowed

Mornings of gold, through hills great and old

Lies the sweet hearth of my home.

Leagues crossed. Time lost.

Memory's all I know of.

Sweet songs. Hearts gone.

Far from the land that I love.

[PIRATES JOIN IN:]

Over the sea went I to seek

Fortune and fame on my own.

And for it was cost the heartland I lost.

The sweet golden hearth of my home.

Skies crossed. Tears lost.

Memory's all I know of.

Sweet songs. Hearts gone.

Far from the land that I love.

[EVERYONE:]

Over the waves, cross the far days

Under a sky bestowed

Mornings of gold, through hills great and old

Lies the sweet hearth of my home.

Leagues crossed. Time lost.

Memory's all I know of.

Sweet songs. Hearts gone.

Far from the land that I love.

[PIRATE 1:]

Over the sea went I to seek

Fortune and fame on my own.

And for it was cost the heartland I lost.

The sweet golden hearth of my home.
Davish

**Davish** is a side character in the story from Astonishing Tales of the Highly Improbable detailing the life of William.

## Background

Davish, along with William, Jan, and Percy, was one of the founding members of the Promethean Lodge, a small group dedicated to studying ritual magic invoked through theatrical performance. One day, they performed a ritual and accidentally found themselves in an alternate Narrative, one not unlike their own, but which was terrorized by vampires nightly. They repeated the ritual in order to return home, but would end up in a more dangerous Narrative, and with each successive jump, the world grew more dangerous.

Eventually, Davish and William began trying to streamline the ritual, and after being joined by Kola, they had managed to shorten the ritual and require fewer participants to make it work. After jumping a few more times, they ended up in the home Narrative of the Gnomes, where Jan died. The Gnomes in the area captured the remaining 4 humans, putting them all in a cell except for Davish, whom they took away to torture for information. Davish was tortured to death, and when his companions managed to escape through a portal, he was transported with them, but was dead on arrival.
It Would Be Sad and Shameful to Not Begin a Fairy Tale with Once Upon a Time

"It Would Be Sad and Shameful to Not Begin a Fairy Tale with Once Upon a Time" is the first track of The Forgotten Meme.

## Lyrics

[HAN-MI:] *(spoken)*

Once upon a time, there was a little meme. For a short time she was shared, and people gazed upon her and smiled, and she knew something like love and attention.

But also within a short time, the same ones who loved her grew tired of her and as quickly as she had been popular, she was discarded and forgotten, cast aside to fade and die.

Where do forgotten memes go? The lost and unwanted remnants of cyber history? Well, sometimes the few, the lucky, find their way to a dark, twilight place far beneath the city; a strange, abandoned realm where tiny forsaken cyber creatures find consciousness... in the room beneath New Albion.
Nash Harding (Song)

This article is about the song from Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower. For the character, see Nash Harding.

**"Nash Harding"** is the second track of Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower.

## Lyrics

[MICHAEL]: *(spoken)*

There’s a kid who goes by Nash and who’s been drifting round the streets

No memory past a few months ago and really violent dreams

No where to go and barely sleeps, he makes some change by day

Painting street art for pedestrians, he’s magic some might say

Cause at night in the back alleys, he paints things you can't believe

Lands and magic doorways, otherworldly scenes

Otherwise he hangs out in all the hippy clubs and coffee shops

Hiding from Arcadia, measuring days with coffee cups

[NASH]:

When the good times rage and they’re all so thrillеd

And you’re glad you’re herе at the bash but still

You’re the stranger who just wandered in

You’re the juice who’s lost inside a sea of gin

You’re the orphan at the ballroom dance

You’re the bum in stolen coat and pants

Cinderella waiting for the chime

Of the midnight bells and she’s lost track of time

And spare a drink for the gate crasher

And you think your mind may be broke you’ve no

Memories before a few months ago

Since you woke up in that strange odd place

Did you exist before that very day

You’re the lab rat who ran to the streets outside

And they’re Hunting you, so you run and hide

And you drift into the beatnik scene

And the nights go by in pills and thrills and drink

And spare a drink for the gate crasher

And at night your world’s a blur, a sea

Of dancing bodies, pills and drums and freaks

Where the past it doesnt mean a thing

And the future you cannot conceive

And in the alley there’s this thing you do

With cans of spray you paint these scenes that move

You paint these windows into places new

They’re so real that folks can step into

But they only last a little time

And then they freeze and if you’re still inside

Well then you might as well just say goodbye

To this world that you left behind

A few months ago its like you were born

In a strange place called Arcadia Corp

And they studied you like a specimen

Until the night some ragtag dissidents broke in

Beatnik kids with slogans came

To help the things like me escape

And so i’m free and lost and i

In the streets cafes and clubs i sit and hide

And they’re all so sure they see the light

To the messianic golden times

And i wish i saw that future too

I just wake up wondering what i'm gonna do

I’m just trying to make it through

The days just come and go its true

And spare a drink for the gate crasher
Madame Chatterlaine (Song)

"Madame Chatterlaine" is the fourth track of Fairy Tales for the Lost and Wandering.

## Lyrics

As your hands massage the tarot

Spreads for strangers all day long

They usually ask of love and money, some of missing sons

But lately now, the Death card always comes

In your youth, you left them breathless

With your face on, they would fall

At your feet, and you left miles of men behind you

And some women, and a child you hardly saw

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

All the travels and the stories

All the tales where you once starred

All those memories, shining years and years behind you, now

These days you sit, and read for them their cards

All the callers that once wooed you

Among them, many married fans

Even ones that walked the straight line, for you, found the time

Not bad for one who once was born a man

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

Now the cards are your companions

Empress, Hierophant, now Death

They come to share and show, the only ones you used to know

Who are still around and visit now and then

And that Death card keeps appearing

Not for clients, but for you

And it looks as if the vow you took that you would never die alone

At last will not come true

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

Ahh, Madame Chatterlaine

As your hands massage the tarot

Another stranger sitting down

And as you read the spread, you realise who it is instead

And look up into eyes you've always known

They mostly ask of love and money

Some of fathers who've not stayed

And as you see your daughter standing plain, and you explain

Who you are, oh, Madame Chatterlaine
Kiera-Marie Somers

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Kiera-Marie Somers is a singer and performer. She played the part of Annabel McAlistair in the Drama Llama production of The Dolls of New Albion.

## Characters

* Annabel McAlistair in The Dolls of New Albion (Drama Llama production)
* Abi in Kevin & Abi and the Secret of the Golden Pendant
* Galaxy the Witch in Helen's Hell Hags
* Isabela in The Posthuman War
Hayley Warner

Hayley performing in The Posthuman Cabaret, photo by Nora Bellamy

**Hayley Warner** is a singer and performer. She was one of the performers at The Posthuman Cabaret.

She played the part of Kate in the 2019 Drama Llama production of The Dolls of New Albion. Her performance of Kate featured an unusual spin that cast the character in a more sinister, manipulative light instead of the typical non-interventionist version of the narrator.

## Appearances and Characters

* The Narrator in The Dolls of New Albion (Drama Llama Production)
* Cora in Katy Shaw and the Search for the Stolen Secret
* Amber in Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower
* A Covid Christmas
* The Warner Women in Kevin & Abi and the Secret of the Golden Pendant
* Shira in Helen's Hell Hags
* Dominique in The Posthuman War Act 4: Red River
* Senpai in Jill's Psychedelic Sunday
* Alyssa in Kevin & Abi And The Secret Of The Stolen Sun
Dear Departed Deidre

"Dear Departed Diedre" is the first track of Fairy Tales for the Lost and Wandering.

## Lyrics

*(spoken)*

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Deidre, and what she most wanted was to be a witch – but she had no idea how, nor books to tell her. So she'd simply make up her own spells, charms, and potions with which she'd try to call up ghosts, channel the moon, fly like the dark. But, for all of her fun, the spells never quite worked. When a potion she tested on the dog made him vomit all over the house, her parents went berserk. They yelled, she cried, and as she ran to her room, “I hope you never, ever see me again!” she screamed. She tried and she tried her spell of invisibility, still trying on the drive to Aunt Vivian's for tea.

They never did make it to Aunt Vivian's house. The carriage overturned, and all three of them died – but Deidre remained as a ghost, who wandered the city, unseen and unheard by all those who pass by.

Twice every century, her parents reincarnate. Always, they find one another again. They meet, fall in love, but never have children, and several years later are once again dead.

Deidre waits decades for her parents to surface. Once they do, she sits beside them everyday. Unseen and unknown, she is always with them until, once again, they are taken away.
Katy Shaw (Song)

This article is about the song from Katy Shaw and the Search for the Stolen Secret. For the character, see Katy Shaw.

"Katy Shaw" is the first track of Katy Shaw and the Search for the Stolen Secret.

## Lyrics

[KATY:]

These are days of fret and fear

We got war and we got tears

All the optimists are begging in the street

Times are tough so people go

To get their kicks before it blows

So after dark the party’s ragin' like a beast

The scene is swinging daddy-o, it's on

Fire every night and so take your pick of

Dancing, vices, don’t you know

There ain’t a lot of laughs round here much

This world's nothing but worry

It looks better when its blurry

It’s good times til the sun comes up

I major in bad habits

Like thievery and skag

It's a lifestyle not built to last

This I know

My love life's flawed 'cause I

Only go for girls who only go for guys

But at least my heart never gets broke

I wake up sometime after noon, drink my

Coffee black just like my mood and then I try to

Think of reasons I should move from either

This bed or this dump

Most days it's a short list

I need money, need a fix

It’s good times 'til the sun comes up

When the jonesing’s knocking at your door

It's not something that you can ignore

That need, it makes your bones all start shaking

I know you think I’m just a fool

But I got it all under control

The one talent I have is the art of escaping

I make my pennies at the club

Fencing hot and sketchy stuff

My best friend Sheila’s always there at my side

We dance and make some deals

I pine away for her in heels

Getting loaded as we drift through the night

There's a thing or two I do not bother to think

Like the future or my mother, I drink

For this moment and no other

Let the dice stop where they drop

This world's nothing but worry

It looks better when it's blurry

It’s good times til the sun comes up
Forgotten Songs

**Forgotten Songs** is the fifth track of Caravan. It was originally called *Wind.*

## Lyrics

[ALEX:]

Standing in a nighttime shadow

A silhouette with scrawling plateaus and

The emptiness, the desert mist

Just goes on, and on ,and on

Somewhere there's a child clinging

I can hear its mother signing

There's a comfort there, I've lost in years

Seems so long, so long, so long

Cry of winds, the only

Comfort for the lonely

And so, I sing forgotten songs

The sand is in a woven pattern

Intricate, though only random

A pleasant lace, a moment's grace

And with the gust of wind they're gone

A woman wrapped in bolts of velvet

Hums a song beneath her breath

Its a comfort in a desert wind

That just blows on, and on, and on

Nighttime weeps of sorrow

Touches empty spaces in me

So I sing forgotten songs

*(Kate vocalizes)*

Standing in a nighttime shadow

A silhouette with scrawling plateaus and

A desert wind that wraps me in

A gentle, flowing, empty shawl

Carried on a breeze's breath, there

A melody beneath the air

It's a comfort in a lonely wind

That just cries on, and on, and on

The nighttime weeps so softly

I sit, and try and comfort it

I sing its last forgotten songs

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

You see? Right over there? There's lights. We should go.

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Of course.

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

Now, naturally... The MC did say that thing, you know, back at the beginning.

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Oh, oh yeah.

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

So we gotta go.

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Of course.

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

Right. Well.
Early Works

**The Early Works** is the name given to the older albums of Paul Shapera, some of them published years after their actual composition and recording, or only accessible through the Discord Server's drive.

## List of Albums

* The Adams Arc, composed of :
	+ Justacorp
	+ Shadows & Flames
	+ Caravan

* The Fallen
	+ its early version Icaresque (Discord exclusive)

* Red River (Discord exclusive)

* Dreamcatchers

* Echo Location (Discord exclusive)

## Ties to the other albums

Some of the albums depict early versions of characters who would reappear in later albums : The Adams Arc features Raven (as David Adams), Lloyd Allen and Kate.

The events of The Fallen are mentioned by Raven in the track *See Our Show* of Uncle Raven's Super Happy Fun Time Carnival.

Since some of the Early Works were not officially realeased, their songs have been reused later. Songs such as *Lost Night's Lullabye* (from The New Albion Guide to Analogue Consciousness) or *Ocn Mhln Rn Mpi* (from The Lost Fairy) were initially part of the Early Works.
Caravan Overture

**Caravan Overture** is the opening song of Caravan. It was originally part of a unique track with *The Journey Begins*, called *Overture*.

## Performers

Paul Shapera as "Kate", "Alex", "Lloyd" and "Raven"

## Lyrics

[KATE:] *(spoken)*

I don't know if getting back is even an option. Every couple of weeks, another caravan rolls by, and I hop on it for a while, but it never seems to get anywhere. I don't even know that I want it to.

[ALEX:] *(spoken)*

Finally, the rift opened. It took me a while to reorient myself, but once I did, I figured that was that. However, a couple of weeks later, it reopened, and took me again and it's gone on like that ever since.

[ALEX & KATE:] *(spoken)*

I believe that it was the theater that was the illusion.

Only the performance was real.

[LLOYD:] *(spoken)*

Yeah uh, give me a spot check on five. Yeah, right. ok right there hold it there that's good. Yeah about, uh, twenty-five seconds. Yeah, hold places. Right just number three just testing. Yeah, that's good that's good right there. Alright, fifteen seconds. Okay, uh, get the house lights. Ok, let's roll!

[RAVEN:] *(spoken)*

Lights, curtain, maestro!

Ah, welcome to outlaw theatre at the August Sky Playhouse! This evening we ride on Caravan. We will be inviting two members of our audience to join in our journey - a rousing tale of suspense... merriment... drama... With just a sprinkling of pizzazz

Volunteers? Volun – ahh, madam, I see your hand! And over there, sir, excellent. Please step right this way

Sets, costumes, overture!

When you step through the portal, you will be on the eastern side of the desert, where the Caravan will depart from. I must warn you, for the purposes of your own safety (and the delicate art of foreshadowing), do not stray from the Caravan's route or you may become hopelessly lost.
Fay Considers Edgar's Proposal

"Fay Considers Edgar's Proposal" is the fifth track of the second act of The Dolls of New Albion, and the eleventh track of the album overall.

## Lyrics

[FAY:]

Once we saw a band play
Years ago I hardly
Knew you like I came to in our day

I was so excited
I fussed for hours prior
And when you knocked my heart nearly gave way

When does intimacy
Become so cruel and petty
Become a pit of loathing, disgust and hate?

One day you will learn, and you will burn like my heart burns
One day you will learn, and you will burn like my heart burns
One day you will learn, and you will burn like my heart burns
One day you will learn, and you will burn like my heart burns
Miss Helen (Song)

This article is about the song from Miss Helen's Weird West Cabaret. For the character, see Miss Helen.

"Miss Helen" is the fifth track of Miss Helen's Weird West Cabaret.

## Lyrics

[HELEN:]

Out in the desert

On the outskirts of town

Every few years

A carnival comes around

They say that it beckons

'Til one soul comes, then

It takes them and leaves

And they're not seen again

The weeks when our mum

Wouldn't get out of bed

Me and Shira would eat

Chocolate, berries, and bread

The house would be ours

And we'd play make believe

Pretend father came back

From some kingdom far east

The weeks when our mom

Wouldn't really quite sleep

They were fun and yet scary

Me and Shira agreed

We would build a gazebo

Or repaint the place

But it sat there half-finished

After a few days

And mum would just cackle

Then grab us and squeeze

'I try and I try

So much more than you see

I wish I was better

I wish I could be

All you need but there's

Just one place for me'

'Girls, we should go

Where we really belong

To the carnival, sing us a carnival song

I hear it come calling

The sweet music plays

I'll run to the carnival music one day'

By the time we were teens

Mum had long gone away

And every few years

The circus music would play

I did well at school

Got good grades and good friends

I learned laughter could be

Not so scary and tense

But Shira, she stayed

In the shadows and then

Never really fit in

Never made lots of friends

At night we would still

Sit together in bed

And she fought feeling manic

And morose in her head

Then one night she cried

And she held me and squeezed

Said 'Helen, I try

So more than you see

I wish I was different

I wish I could be

All you need but there's just one place for me'

I know I should go

Where I really belong

To the carnival

Sing me a carnival song

I hear it come calling

The sweet music plays

I'll run to the carnival music one day

I sit out some nights

Talk to Shira as if

She could still hear me

As if she had not left

I tend my affairs

And look after my life

And sit out and eye

The dark desert some nights

I don't know the day

Or the reason just yet

Whether heartbreak or boredom

Or some minor fret

One day the carnival music will play

and I'll go and be with mum and Shira again
Overture (Atompunk Opera)

"Overture" is the first track of the first act of The New Albion Guide to Analogue Consciousness, and the first track of the album overall.

## Lyrics

[MASCOT 3000:] *(spoken)*

Would you like to initiate consciousness?

Consciousness initiating.

Would you like to initiate narrative?

Narrative initiating.

Please choose era.

Era: Atompunk.

Please select location.

Location: New Albion.
Bio7 出埃及记

"Bio7 出埃及记" is the eighth track of The Broken Cyborg. The title translates to "exodus."

## Performers

Paul Shapera as "Xander" and "Lloyd Allen"

Psyche Chimere as "Han-Mi"

Liel Bar-Z as "Jane"

## Lyrics

[XANDER:]

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time

I'm sorry that it broke down in a blaze of pain and fire

And when in that one moment, you needed that last line

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time

[HAN-MI:] *(spoken)*

Nearby in the park was a covered hole leading underground. It had existed long, long before the shanty town, and the park’s denizens knew to go to it in just such a situation. They had just opened it when Xander arrived, and they all threw themselves into the hole, down into the darkness.

[JANE:]

One day you will wake

Not knowing what is coming

Not knowing how the day will end that day

When it's done, ruin comes

And loss, it will surround you

There'll be tears in the dark

And all your fears will hound you

And you'll cry, you'll cry that day

You will cry, you'll cry today

You will cry away

You will cry, you will cry away

Every heart will break, one day

[LLOYD:] *(spoken)*

I wouldn’t go that way, if I were you. That way leads to dwarves and a wheel, and I doubt you want to mess about with them. I once lived in these tunnels for some years and if you’re open to advice, if you go down that way, you’ll arrive at a dark stone gate. Past that... Well, I’ll admit, the faerie realms are not for everybody, but you seem to be functioning under limited options.

[BLOOD RED DOGS:] *(spoken)*

This way, she went this way!

[LLOYD:] *(spoken)*

That pouch of sand the girl is carrying, you’ll need that when you reach the gate. All of you will need to ingest a small amount, but once you do, you’ll be able to cross through. I sincerely wish you good luck and I’m sorry things have to go the way they will.

[THE ALBINO TRIBE:]

The quiet, the lost

the halls forgot

The snatching engines growl

the long-dark land, the lost enchant

in the under, in the underground

in the under, in the underground

[HAN-MI:] *(spoken)*

The refugees staggered through the tunnels, soldiers behind them. As they neared the stone gate, Jane, the broken cyborg, finally passed out. The remains of her human limbs were mangled and drenched in blood, and she could take no more.

[XANDER:]

I'm sorry that, I failed you one more time

I'm sorry that it broke down in a blaze of pain and fire

Just to keep you free from harm, I'd rather I'd have died

I'm sorry that I failed you one more time

[HAN-MI:] *(spoken)*

And so, thirty ragged and desperate refugees passed through the dark stone gate, into the faerie realm.
Alex

**Alex** is one of the two main characters of Caravan, alongside Kate. He is voiced by Paul Shapera.

## Biography

Little is known of Alex's life prior to Caravan, but he seems to remember parts of his childhood in Forgotten Songs.

He attended Raven and Lloyd's show and volunteered to be part of it. With Kate, he takes part in the Caravan journey and slowly forgets everything else (Caravan Overture). Delirium begins to set as the pair fails to remember how much time has passed on the journey (Timepiece/Passage Rites), but Alex managed to stay sane by remembering an old song and clinging to old memories.

Eventually, Alex and Kate reach the Mirage, where they are welcomed into a sumptuous palace, where Alex is amazed by the candelabras (The Mirage Suite). Unlike his partner, Alex fails to free himself for the Mirage and, in a final song, decides to give up on reaching the other side of the desert and coming home, and to remain the Mirage. (Home)
Arcadia Corp

art by PixelWayve

Arcadia Corp is a corporation founded in New Albion during the Atompunk Era by the Voodoopunk resurgence. It is at least partially responsible for New Albion entering a "golden age" thanks to it's research and development into unexplored scientific territory such as artificial intelligence, but it's real purpose was to be a means for the Voodoopunks to acquire the resources necessary to make a portal to (and colonize) Elysium.

Arcadia Corp was closed down after the Voodoopunk's ascension.

## Creations

Some highlights of the technology that Arcadia Corp has produced

* A portal to Elysium.
* The Mascot 3000, an artificially intelligent tablet made using the mind of a human child.