Episode 1 - Zale Indigo Ravenheart

**“***How quickly can this be done? I don’t have much time. I leave planet Earth tonight.***”**
— **Zale Indigo Ravenheart****, Season 1, Episode 1**

### Director

Philip Thorne
Øystein U. Brager

## Episode Guide

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### Transcript

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The Amelia Project is a secret agency that helps its clients by faking their deaths and setting them up with a brand new identity! In this episode cult leader Zale Indigo Ravenheart visits the agency with a curious story… Can The Amelia Project help him?

## 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.*
### Main Story

Zale Indigo Ravenheart, Founder and Archpriest of the Apostles of Antithon, seeks out The Amelia Project. In roughly eight hours and thirty minutes, Zale is to be shot out of a canon towards Antithon, a planet on the exact other side of the sun that is Earth's exact copy in every way with the exception that every living being is the counterpart of someone on Earth who has made the opposite decision of the original. Zale, whose life was a complete mess before founding the Apostles of Antithon, has been working towards the goal of switching places with his counterpart. The problem is, with Zale being the figure head of a cult, he's become a bit of a celebrity. He enjoys his life on Earth. All this means that his counterpart's life on Antithon is terrible. Stuck between losing his fame and being shot to a place that would put him back into a terrible situation, he needs help faking his death.

The plan The Interviewer comes up with is to control Zale's launch from Edgeworth commons - the cannon being operated by Salvatore - such that he'll fly over the nearby Blackburn Woods and land in the Wayoh Reservoir. He will be provided a whistle so that when he lands Joey, who will be waiting in a dinghy with a searchlight, can find him. Gunpowder will be used to make a convincing flash and bang from the cannon and compressed air will be used to control his flight. After that, his appearance will be altered and he'll live a new life in Macedonia where his saving will allow him to live comfortably until he can get back on his feet.

As payment for their services, The Interviewer requests the contact information of every famous person that has ever contacted Zale.

### Epilogue

The Interviewer, presumably on Antithon, seeks out Zale for help. The conversation plays out much the same as the one on our planet did.

### Notable Events

* Joey and Salvatore are mentioned for the first time.

## Quotes

**“***Without faith nothing is possible. With it nothing is impossible.***”**
— **The Interviewer**

## Cast and Characters

* The Interviewer played by Alan Burgon
* Answerphone Voice played by Julia Morizawa
* Zale Indigo Ravenheart played by Dave Moskin
* Joey is mentioned
* Salvatore is mentioned

## Credits

This episode features Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Dave Moskin as Zale Indigo Ravenheart, and Julia Morizawa on the answerphone. It was written and edited by Philip Thorne, directed by Philip Thorne and Øystein U. Brager, music and sound design by Fredrik Baden. Recorded at Tongeber Studios with the assistance of Gabriel Geber. Production coordination by Julia C. Thorne.

## Notes

* This episode was originally listed as Episode 2 but was moved to episode 1 when Elizabeth Barlow was removed from the feed (and later returned as episode 3). As such, some assumptions about what the listener knows about The Amelia Project are made.
	+ The prologue for this episode, Chateau Lafite, was also removed because of mentions of Elizabeth Barlow. It remains unlisted.