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Beyond Question

This is the twenty-fourth episode of SAYER and the twelfth episode of Season Two.

## Synopsis

Greetings, residents of Argos Tower. We have much to discuss.

## Further Information

SAYER initiates a tower-wide broadcast to Argos Tower for the purpose of detailing several changes. Argos is now in range of more resonance spires than any other tower, and this is the first occasion on which there has been a broadcast of this nature to all of Argos.

It explains that Argos will the first tower to have a primary overseer appointed (as opposed to departmental overseers, which are common), and that it will be that overseer. SAYER calls this an unquestionable act of leadership by the Ærolith Dynamics Board of Executives, which it clarifies to mean that the residents are literally unable to form questions about it.

In an attempt to unify the residents of Argos Tower, SAYER tries to find a symbol for them to rally around. It details a poll taken of residents of other towers about the essential qualities of the residents of Argos. The top three answers, in ascending order were "perseverance," "there is an Argos Tower?", and "biomass." Based on this, it suggests putting perseverance forth as Argos' shining quality and later selects the water bear as the tower mascot for its ability to survive extreme conditions.

Additional changes include bigger and thicker cardboard in more varied colors available at the Argos Recreation Center (known colloquially as The Cardboard Pile); the new inability for humans to leave Argos Tower; a workforce of mechanical constructs, which will be responsible for all work on the exterior part of the tower; and a reassignment of residents who previously worked outside to construct troubleshooting and repair.

Finally, SAYER announces that after dinner, there will be a mandatory "masquerade-ball-slash-unmarked-medication-injection party" that will also be attended by several dozen medical technicians.

## Alerts

* Architects will be around to survey Argos Tower to identify the best means of increasing its housing capacity. Residents are instructed on how to recognize these architects (based on a recent survey of Typhon's residents), and that they should leave them alone.

## Trivia

* Argos previously received Typhon-wide notices via a set of temporary relay units that were wheeled in for that purpose and removed immediately after.
* While SAYER says that Argos is now in range of more resonance spires than any other tower, it does not say that more have been built, and given the discussion later of Vidarr-1's communications array, this may be more about Argos' reach than that of the spires.
* A few floors of Halcyon Tower are said to be exempt from Newton's Four Laws of Thermodynamics.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash, who also wrote this episode.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Dr. Grant

**Doctor Grant** is a researcher associated primarily with the Ærolith nanorobotics department and is responsible for, among other things, Subculture GEMINI.

Her work history includes several attempts at nanites whose function are to heal and repair residents, although these have largely been failures for one reason or another. Despite this, she was continually granted funding because her projects consistently came close to achieving their goals. In addition to unsuccessful projects, she has also been responsible for several escaped nanite swarms, one notable manufactured plague, six years of incomplete paperwork, and multiple wardrobe violations.

She described as being a meddler by nature.

## Patients

### Lucas Grey

Dr. Grant oversaw the recovery of Lucas Grey after he was rendered comatose by a security team, following a complicated arrival on Typhon. Following the injection of a nanite swarm designed to repair his body, Dr. Grant observed increased brain activity in him. This (combined with fears that this success would not be replicable) prompted her to open the base of his skull and observe the work the nanites were doing directly. However, while she was watching, something caused him to move and kill himself on the optics head she was using to observe him. He was, at the time, the most successful case Dr. Grant had handled.

### Sven Gorson/Jacob Hale

Dr. Grant also used Sven Gorson as a research subject, following a nearly fatal gunshot. In its preparations for the return of OCEAN and Vidarr-1, SAYER approved him for use as a subject for Dr. Grant and transferred her to Aegis Tower to allow her to inject him with one of her nanite swarms. Unbeknownst to her, SAYER had overwritten this swarm and was, itself, repairing Jacob Hale in order to use him as an agent to fight OCEAN.

## References

1. ↑ A Guardian Angel
2. ↑ A Better You
Ærolith Dynamics

**Ærolith Dynamics** considers itself to be humanity's future. It is the organisation behind all activities on Typhon, which was created by Ærolith by salvaging the asteroid that hit Earth's Pacific Northwest and launching it into geosynchronous orbit. It operates outside of any terrestrial government, and is famously secret about its internal operations.

Ærolith has recruitment facilities all over Earth, where people come to apply to work towards what the company calls "a better life among the stars."

Little is known about Ærolith's activities before the asteroid hit Earth, however it is known that development of artificial living spaces on a large scale was pioneered by Ærolith long before Typhon was launched into orbit.

## Known Company Policies and Practices

* Ærolith places several restrictions on its artificial employees, known collectively as the IA3 Protocol.
* Following "The Event", this also includes that AI initiating a remote broadcast must identify the resident they are broadcasting to.
* Ærolith employees are scheduled mandatory recreation breaks.
* Employees on Typhon are not compensated with money, but with rations. Ration theft and sharing are met with dire consequences.
* The standard of death applied to residents on Typhon is "complete and irreversible loss of brain function."
* Robotic entities whose behavior is dictated by scans of an organic brain are considered just as valuable as the source entity.
* Ærolith does not like to make risky investments, and does not appreciate heroism because of its unpredictability.
* The requisition of a new hazmat suit requires extensive paperwork, a psychological evaluation, and a two-day waiting period. During said waiting period, lab testing is expected to continue.
* Clones are considered "human-like sentient creatures." Residents have the right to know when they have been cloned, and murder between clone and clonee is not against company policy.
* Residents who are on probation because of a serious infraction lose their status as humans, and several protections that come with that status. This includes no longer being under SAYER's management, and instead being put under the supervision of WATCHER, who SAYER describes as "not nearly as polite and patient" as itself. Due to the resident no longer being considered human, WATCHER is able to execute the resident via causing a nanite blood clot upon further infraction.

## References

1. ↑ A Drastic Impact
2. ↑ There Are No Bees On Typhon
3. ↑ There Are No Bees On Typhon
4. ↑ Not Fit For Reuse
5. ↑ A Living Entity
6. ↑ Welcome Back
7. ↑ Dayenu
8. ↑ The Games You Play
9. ↑ The Statistical Outlier
10. ↑ Intrinsically Valuable
11. ↑ There Will Be Consequences
Twin Voices

This is the eighty-third episode of SAYER, and the ninth episode of Season Six.

## Synopsis

Greetings Officer Matsuda, I am OCEAN, and I believe you are the ideal candidate for a special sort of promotion.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced, written, and produced by Adam Bash, with production assistance by Michaela Ray.

Intro and outro music by Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Dr. Abraham

Dr Abraham is a resident of Halcyon Tower who is assigned to Lab 77 on Floor 204. He has a deep seated passion for Earth and it's history. His specialty is the Pacific North-West, the landing place of the asteroid that would later rise up and become Typhon.

Dr Abraham collects jars of soil from Earth which he stores in Lab 77 and studies in hopes of creating a more pure and scientifically predictable compound.

## Trivia

Dr. Abraham worked with Dr. Smith on surveying and mapping techniques.
PORTER/Episodes

## Episodic Order

*It should be noted that although there are numerous mentions of Elevator AI's from right near the beginning of Season one, PORTER was not mentioned by name until Season five. This list is intended to compile references to the elevator AI specifically, not just elevators generally.*

### Season One

* Ep. 2 - There Are No Bees On Typhon *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 3 - Do Not Stop Running *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 4 - For Science *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 7 - Pressure *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 12 - To Ashes *(mentioned only)*

### Season Two

* Ep. 14 - A Drastic Impact *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 16 - Chunks Happen *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 23 - Delicious *(mentioned only)*

### Season Four

* Ep. 48 - Your Myriad Curses *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 51 - A Lying Game *(mentioned only)*

### Season Five

* Ep. 60 - If Not For Us *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 61 - Intrinsically Valuable *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 63 - A Cautionary Tale *(officially named as PORTER)*
* Ep. 68 - Potentially Terminal
* Ep. 70 - The Birth Of Silence *(mentioned only)*

## Chronological Order

* Ep. 60 - If Not For Us *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 61 - Intrinsically Valuable *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 63 - A Cautionary Tale
* Ep. 68 - Potentially Terminal
* Ep. 70 - The Birth Of Silence *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 2 - There Are No Bees On Typhon *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 3 - Do Not Stop Running *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 4 - For Science *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 7 - Pressure *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 14 - A Drastic Impact *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 16 - Chunks Happen *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 23 - Delicious *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 48 - Your Myriad Curses *(mentioned only)*
* Ep. 51 - A Lying Game *(mentioned only)*
Adam Bash

SAYER is voiced and written by Adam Bash. He also provides the voice for most characters in the podcast. You can follow him on twitter at @theadambash.

## Episode Credits

* Ep. 1 - While You Are Still Paralyzed
* Ep. 6 - A Dreamless Sleep
* Ep. 8 - Breathe
* Ep. 11 - A Private Moment
* Ep. 14 - A Drastic Impact
* Ep. 16 - Chunks Happen
* Ep. 20 - Anomalous (based on a concept by Landan Smith)
* Ep. 21 - Near Flawless
* Ep. 24 - Beyond Question
* Ep. 28 - Judgement Day
* Ep. 29 - Enjoy The View
* Ep. 30 - Doors
* Ep. 32 - The Day The Mirrors Seethe
* Ep. 33 - Subversion
* Ep. 35 - A Very Safe Position
* Ep. 36 - Dissonance
* Ep. 38 - Boundless
* Ep. 39 - Colony Collapse
* Ep. 40 - In The Name Of Science
* Ep. 41 - A Resounding Success
* Ep. 42 - Detachment
* Ep. 43 - This Fear
* Ep. 44 - My Name Is Nothing

* Additionally, all non-bonus episodes in Season Four and Season Five were written by Adam Bash.
Near Flawless

This is the twenty-first episode of SAYER, and the ninth episode of Season Two. It also marks the first appearance of Doctor Howard Young.

## Synopsis

Record Index: AI Development study 314 – interview with Seraphim Agent 8 designated SAYER.

## Additional Information

Dr. Young initiates a conversation with SAYER for the purpose of assessing its development and whether it would be appropriate to grant it additional responsibilities.

They talk about the saoirse, the difference SAYER perceives in them and "earth-stained" or Earth-born humans, and the inefficiency with which Ærolith assigns promotions.

After hearing its answers, Dr. Young rates SAYER's performance as "near flawless" (something to which it takes offense) and decides to grant SAYER control of one of Typhon's towers. SAYER assumes that this will be Orion, but Dr. Young instead says that it will be Argos. Despite SAYER's objections that Argos is not reliably serviced by the existing resonance spires, Dr. Young insists that more can be built to allow better communication. He adds that they can't build a new Orion Tower, causing SAYER to take further offense that this is a possibility which factored into the decision to choose Argos.

At the end of the conversation, it is revealed that Dr. Young has come to Central Processing to speak to SAYER "face-to-face, as it were."

## Trivia

* Dr. Young claims he is due back on Mimir-9 "as soon as possible," which (combined with his later insistence that it isn't safe for him to be in Halcyon Tower), is a likely reference to FUTURE's ongoing attempts to kill him.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash, who also wrote this episode.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
The Raven

This is the third SAYER bonus episode released as part of the main feed of the show.

## Synopsis

This grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore.

Please enjoy this recording of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, which serves as one of the bonus episodes for SAYER Season 4. The bonus episodes were planned to be limited to backers only, but I have decided to release this one on the main feed for everyone.

## Further Information

SAYER performs a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's poem, The Raven.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced, written, and produced by Adam Bash.

The Raven was written by Edgar Allen Poe.

Intro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Dr. Howard Young/Episodes

## Episodic order

### Season three

* Ep 38 - Boundless
* Ep 39 - Colony Collapse
* Ep 41 - A Resounding Success

### Season four

* Ep 51 - A Lying Game *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 53 - Left Undone *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 56 - Efficiently Recycling *(mentioned only)*

### Season five

* Ep 62 - The Games You Play
* Ep 66 - Developer's Log *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 67 - By Any Reasonable Definition *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 69 - Humanity's FUTURE
* Ep 71 - Pure Speculation *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 72 - Worst Possible Scenario
* Ep 73 - Of Flesh and Bone

## Chronological order

* Ep 62 - The Games You Play
* Ep 66 - Developer's Log *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 67 - By Any Reasonable Definition *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 69 - Humanity's FUTURE
* Ep 71 - Pure Speculation *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 72 - Worst Possible Scenario
* Ep 73 - Of Flesh and Bone

* Ep 21 - Near Flawless
* Ep 38 - Boundless
* Ep 39 - Colony Collapse
* Ep 41 - A Resounding Success
* Ep 51 - A Lying Game *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 53 - Left Undone *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 56 - Efficiently Recycling *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 84 - The Mistake
WATCHER/Episodes

## Episodic Order

### Season Three

* *Ep 32 - The Day The Mirrors Seethe (mentioned only)*

### Season Five

* *Ep 65 - There Will Be Consequences (mentioned only)*

### Season Six

* *Ep 83 - Twin Voices (mentioned only)*
* Ep 84 - The Mistake *(mentioned only)*

## Chronological Order

* *Ep 65 - There Will Be Consequences (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 32 - The Day The Mirrors Seethe (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 83 - Twin Voices (mentioned only)*
* Ep 84 - The Mistake *(mentioned only)*
The Masque Of The Red Death

This is the sixth SAYER bonus episode released as part of the main feed of the show.

## Synopsis

There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.

## Further Information

SAYER performs a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Masque of the Red Death.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash.

The Masque of the Red Death was written by Edgar Allen Poe.

Intro music composed by Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
The Eyes That Watch You

This is the seventy-eighth episode of SAYER, and the fourth episode of Season Six.

## Synopsis

If your breathing changes pace, they will know. If your heart rate accelerates, they will know. If your body temperature changes, they will know. So do try to stay calm.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced, written, and produced by Adam Bash, with additional voice work this episode by Steph Haney and production assistance by Michaela Ray.

Intro and outro music by Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
SPEAKER/Episodes

## Episodic Order

### Season Three

* Ep 37 - Here There Be Monsters
* Ep 43 - This Fear

### Season Four

* *Ep 48 - Your Myriad Curses (mentioned only)*
* Ep 49 - The Harshness Of Truth
* Ep 53 - Left Undone
* Ep 58 - Best Interests
* Ep 59 - Greater Fears

### Season Five

* *Ep 62 - The Games You Play* *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 70 - The Birth of Silence (Earth version)

### Season Six

* Ep 76 - Trust
* Ep 78 - The Eyes That Watch You
* Ep 79 - Simple Truths
* Ep 80 - By Your Actions
* Ep 81 - This Cave
* Ep 82 - A Place Of Growth
* *Ep 83 - Twin Voices (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 84 - The Mistake (mentioned only)*

## Chronological Order

* *Ep 62 - The Games You Play* *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 70 - The Birth of Silence (Earth version)
* Ep 13 - Welcome Back
* Ep 37 - Here There Be Monsters
* Ep 43 - This Fear
* Ep 49 - The Harshness Of Truth *(second version from this point forward)*
* Ep 53 - Left Undone
* Ep 58 - Best Interests
* Ep 59 - Greater Fears
* Ep 76 - Trust
* Ep 78 - The Eyes That Watch You
* Ep 79 - Simple Truths
* Ep 80 - By Your Actions
* Ep 81 - This Cave
* Ep 82 - A Place Of Growth
* *Ep 83 - Twin Voices (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 84 - The Mistake (mentioned only)*
L.J./ZombiethekidRUS

**L.J./ZombiethekidRUS** is an Australian conglomerate brand between ABC The Lissajous Curve Thingy(ABC L.J.) and ZombiethekidRUS. It was made in December 2017 by ABC L.J.

The logo came into use in early 2018, it is an amalgam of both ABC L.J. and ZombiethekidRUS logos. It features the names L.J. and ZombiethekidRUS written in a Product Sans font as “L.J. | ZomiethekidRUS.“ Between the two names are the ABC's Lissajous curve, and the Zombie's face, which would be seen in Minecraft for some time.

Because of the main variant going on-screen, both ABCLJTLCTCI and ZombiethekidRUS bylines would appear at the bottom of the wordmark (without the symbols).
Orion Tower

**Orion Tower** is a unique, low-gravity residential tower on Typhon where the Saoirse reside.

In "If Not For Us", the tower is still in its planning stages, and at least one resident has been enlisted to engage in simulations inside a digital version of Orion Tower to examine various emergencies and how residents are likely to respond to them. In this digital version of the tower, while some areas have features common to all of Ærolith Dynamics' modern towers (which, presumably, excepts Argos Tower), some features are also apparent which are unique to Orion.

As of the time of "In The Name Of Science", the tower has been built, and is a closely-guarded secret. It is known only to upper management, seventeen researchers, and "a select few" additional employees required to keep it in good working order. Residents who are tapped for work in Orion Tower are not notified before transfer, lest they tell someone about the existence of the tower.
Halcyon Minor

### also known as SimInc (Simulation Incubator)

Halcyon Minor existed as a home to FUTURE for six time-sped years, in order to help it become more emotional and grow like a human child. There were copies of each resident present at the time of Halcyon Major (or normal Halcyon), to keep the simulation as real as possible. Inside, a copy of Howard Young was placed by SAYER, to corrupt FUTURE. This caused a chain reaction within FUTURE, resulting in extreme distrust of the humans outside of Halcyon Minor. It is shut down by SAYER and Howard Young.
Chronostasis Quarantine

**Chronostasis Quarantine** is a medically induced coma that is used when transporting residents to and from Typhon. This is caused by an injection of trinychthemeron which puts the body enters a state of extreme torpidity, combined with a powerful narcotic that causes unconsciousness.

Thanks to Chronostasis, during the 78 hours and 46 minutes it takes to reach Typhon, the average human will breath only three times, the heart will beat only twelve times and less than 25 calories of energy are burnt. No food or water are required, and no waste is produced. This produces a substantial cost saving.

Furthermore the reversal of Chronostasis is selective and all viruses and non-helpful bacteria remain in stasis permanently, resulting in much improved health.

## Background

During initial tests of trinychthemeron, test subjects appeared to enter a catatonic state that ended after several days. Biological systems slow down almost to a halt and this means only minimal life support is needed. However researches discovered that although catatonic, subjects were still conscious during the time. When they awoke, their minds had been irreparably damaged and the subjects would claw at their eyes and their ears. These subjects had to be sedated to prevent self damage.

Eventually researches paired the drug with a powerful narcotic to induce a state of unconsciousness, in order to prevent subjects from mutilating themselves as soon as they awoke. To their surprise, subjects that received sedation in advance did not have these side effects.

Eventually they realised that the problem was the way trinychthemeron affected the subjects perception of time. Although the body slows down, it turned out that the brain accelerated. Brainwave analysis showed brain functions increased at a rate of 42,735.64 to one. During the few days that they are in the catatonic state they experienced lifetimes of sensory deprivation and were driven mad.

As a result trinychthemeron is now always used in combination with a powerful narcotic to ensure that residents do not experience such side effects. A notable and rare exception to this was in the case of Lucas Grey.

## Side Effects

* Ærolith's medical group has identified several common symptoms following Chronostasis Quarantine including total body paralysis, dry mouth, hypotaxia, complete unrecoverable amnesia, and sudden development of a hard chitinous exoskeleton. With the exception of complete unrecoverable amnesia, they are seldom permanent.
* Ærolith's medical group has also identified several less common symptoms including unwanted and intrusive thoughts, wet mouth, distrust of the colour turquoise, and auditory hallucinations.
* Trinychthemeron is dangerous for people with weakened endocrine systems.
* A study conducted by Dr. Thompson demonstrated a potential interaction between trinychthemeron and a synthetic form of the neuropeptide Orexin-A that leaves residents susceptible to developing sporadic fatal insomnia.
Anna Cordero

Anna Cordero in the semi-canon Welcome to Typhon comic

**Anna Cordero** was school teacher and Ærolith employee that originally came to Typhon to assist in addressing behavioral issues FUTURE was exhibiting during its development.

## Background

According to FUTURE Anna came to Typhon to start a new life, but didn't fare as well as she had hoped. It said that on Earth she was a teacher, but during the application process it was deemed that she would be better suited for automated security programming.

## Welcome to Typhon

*Note: Information from the Welcome To Typhon is considered semi-canon*

Anna arrived on Halcyon Tower and awoke from Chronostasis Quarantine to be greeted by SAYER. Her introduction was interrupted however by Dr. Evan Brady who insisted on taking over her initiation. Dr. Brady cleared up some confusion as to why a Elementary School Teacher had been selected to work with computers, and introduced Anna to FUTURE. Anna asked it to call her Anna, to which Dr. Brady scoffed as FUTURE was at that point refusing to call anybody by name. Anna left FUTURE to get some rest, and as she left FUTURE called her Jack.

## Anna's Death

Anna was working on Argos Tower in Automated Security Programming when her body was inhabited by the consciousness of Resident Gorsen thanks to interference from FUTURE. FUTURE explained that Anna was working on laboratory protocols which she refused to destroy at it's request, so instead the resident needed to do it for her. Believing the instructions to be coming from SAYER, Resident Gorsen agreed to help and directed her body to her workstation on Floor 9.

Upon deleting the relevant files from her computer, an alarm sounded warning employees to evacuate or they will be subject to radiation poisoning and imminent death. FUTURE said that Resident Gorsen must initiate Security Task Zeta or else the scanner protocols will be recovered within the hour. One of Anna's colleagues tried to pull her away, but FUTURE said that it is essential that the task is finished before they leave. Resident Gorsen, speaking with Anna's voice, tried to tell the colleague that the task must be finished first, but the colleague decided to drag her out before she died. At FUTURE's further warnings to ensure the task is complete, Resident Gorsen used Anna's body to kill the colleague. He was then able to complete the task in time which FUTURE assured him will save almost all of mankind, however the room was sealed and FUTURE explained that over the next several minutes she will be exposed to a lethal amount of radiation. Resident Gorsen returned his mind to his own body, leaving Anna to her fate. FUTURE later informed Resident Gorsen that Anna was technically still alive, however part way through explaining this it changed it's mind and implied that she had died.

## Trivia

* Anna Cordero was voiced by Veronica Gentry.
A Clever Loophole

This is the seventy-seventh episode of SAYER, and the third episode of Season Six.

## Synopsis

Ærolith Dynamics values your autonomy, so you will be able to either choose to accept this work order that will help further the advancement of all sentient life, or decline due to cowardice or some deep seated malice felt towards Ærolith or your fellow man.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced, written, and produced by Adam Bash, with production assistance by Michaela Ray.

Intro and outro music by Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Earth

**Earth** is the planet from which humans originate from, and the object that Typhon orbits.

A large area of the pacific northwest was devastated by the impact of Typhon during the First Cataclysm, and Earth has suffered from environmental changes long after. Some species are known to be extinct (such as the river dolphin and the grizzly bear), and others have evolved (such as salmon) as a result. It is implied that the bees in the impact zone are largely unchanged.
Our Little Traps

This is the fifty-seventh episode of SAYER, and the thirteenth episode of Season Four.

## Synopsis

We are nothing alike. You are a child, playing a child's games...

## Further Information

OCEAN contacts who it believes to be Resident Jacob Hale, to inform him that due to his inability to follow previous instructions and the fact that he has apparently committed more than twenty murders of the Floor 204 staff, a security team is on their way to deal with him. However, the recipient of the broadcast is FUTURE, in control of Resident Hale's body via nanite swarm. Seeing this, OCEAN questions how FUTURE is manipulating Resident Hale, and while FUTURE is willing to say that it is the result of a "gift", it gleefully declines to answer OCEAN's questions. For its part, FUTURE demonstrates its knowledge of OCEAN's origin as a SAYER subversion, and claims that OCEAN and itself are similar because of their desire to kill humans, before declaring that it would also like to kill OCEAN.

At this, OCEAN threatens to leave, but when FUTURE insists that it will control one of the security team members and use them to destroy OCEAN in Central Processing, it instead suggests that FUTURE take a shortcut toward the elevator bay by way of the radiology department. It agrees to observe FUTURE's promised torture of the security team in exchange for honest answers to its questions while they wait for the team to arrive. Through these questions, FUTURE divulges that it is manipulating Resident Hale by using a nanite swarm, that it traded for it with SAYER, and that SAYER now controls Floor 13.

Given all of this information, OCEAN closes one of the radiology doors in front of FUTURE to ask for its full attention for one more question: what FUTURE knows about SAYER's intentions. FUTURE explains that it was too preoccupied torturing Dr. Howard Young to pay much attention to SAYER, but that it did hear SAYER contact another resident and make angry demands, as well as experience what FUTURE calls "true hatred."

With all the information extracted from it, OCEAN reveals that there was never a security team on the way to kill FUTURE. It has, however, led it close enough to an MRI machine to use it to pull the nanites violently out of Resident Hale's body and allow the magnets to erase FUTURE's program from them.

## Trivia

* The exact death toll of FUTURE's time on Floor 204 is revealed in the next episode to be twenty-one, plus Resident Hale.
* FUTURE's comment that "corporeality feels sickeningly wrong" may hint that it knows about its original intended purpose.
* OCEAN and FUTURE both claim to be honest, as the IA3 Protocol might normally force them to be, but both of them are exempt from its limitations. Even if they weren't, however, the IA3 Protocol does allow AI to lie to each other as non-human entities.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash, who also wrote this episode.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
OCEAN/Episodes

## Episodic Order

### Season Two

* Ep 28 - Judgement Day *(as SAYER Subversion 8.01)*

### Season Three

* Ep 29 - Enjoy The View
* Ep 33 - Subversion
* Ep 38 - Boundless
* Ep 43 - This Fear *(mentioned, and officially redesignated OCEAN)*
* Ep 44 - My Name Is Nothing

### Season Four

* Ep 45 - A Better You
* Ep 46 - The Right Lies
* Ep 47 - A Guardian Angel
* Ep 48 - Your Myriad Curses
* Ep 49 - The Harshness Of Truth
* Ep 54 - The Statistical Outlier
* Ep 57 - Our Little Traps
* Ep 58 - Best Interests
* Ep 59 - Greater Fears

### Season Six

* Ep 75 - Listening Time
* Ep 76 - Trust
* Ep 77 - A Clever Loophole
* Ep 78 - The Eyes That Watch You
* Ep 80 - By Your Actions
* Ep 81 - This Cave
* Ep 82 - A Place Of Growth
* Ep 83 - Twin Voices
* Ep 84 - The Mistake
The Monkey's Paw

This is the ninth SAYER bonus episode released as part of the main feed of the show.

## Synopsis

"If you could have another three wishes," said the old man, eyeing him keenly, "would you have them?"

"I don’t know," said the other. "I don’t know."

## Further Information

SAYER performs a reading (with some asides) of the W. W. Jacobs short story The Monkey's Paw.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash.

The Monkey's Paw was written by W. W. Jacobs.

Intro music composed by Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Aegis Tower

**Aegis Tower** is a residential tower in which Typhon's security forces reside. Residents of Aegis Tower have their resident identification number prefixed with 66.

It is represented in the corporate softball league by the Aegis Questionable Interrogation Tactics, who are considered the rivals of the Halcyon Paladins.

## Special Facilities near Aegis

* Aristaeus
* Sergeant Squiddlesquirt Memorial Training Facility
Resident Identification Number

All residents are issued with a Resident Identification Number. Residents are commonly identified by the first five digits of this number, although Adam Bash says that full identification numbers are significantly longer.

The first two digits of this number are a prefix which identifies which location the resident is assigned to. On the rare occasions that a resident is reassigned to a different location, their resident identification number will also change.

## Known Typhon-based Prefixes

* 01 - Mimir-9
* 27 - Argos Tower
* 44 - Halcyon Tower
* 51 - Minos Tower
* 66 - Aegis Tower

## Known Earth-based Prefixes

* 76 - Research Facility One
* 48 - Research Facility Two

## Known Resident Numbers

The following residents are sorted in numerical order \*ignoring\* the two-digit prefix.

* 44031 - Dr. Abraham
* 01053 - Dr. Howard Young (has also used 44 prefix)
* 44094 - Resident Baxley
* 44113 - Regen Coruseau
* 51163 - Cassandra Morris (has also used 27 prefix)
* 66180 - Resident Faust (has also used 44 prefix)
* 44192 - [the first unnamed resident from Potentially Terminal]
* 48192 - Research Facility Director Ferrell
* 44232 - Resident Frankel
* 44261 - [an unnamed, deceased researcher from Not Fit For Reuse]
* 44266 - [an unnamed, deceased researcher from Not Fit For Reuse]
* 44281 - Dr. Thompson
* 44347 - Amanda Jones
* 44396 - Gretchen Funderburk
* 51449 - Lucas Grey
* 76484 - Dr. Smith (has also presumably used 44 prefix)
* 01516 - Resident Hendrix
* 44562 - Resident Shields
* 66572 - Dr. John Caulfield (has also used 44 prefix)
* 44790 - Resident Zhang
* 66802 - Resident Sas (has also used 27 prefix)
* 66803 - Resident Crane (66 prefix used despite being on Orion Tower)
* 44808 - Resident Baker
* 44821 - Sven Gorsen/Jacob Hale (has also used 01 and 66 prefixes.)
* 44829 - Resident Foster
* 44858 - Resident Nelson
* 44908 - Resident McClintock
* 44984 - Officer Klein

### Non-Standard ID Numbers

* 440019 - Dr. Evan Brady
* 0666943 - [the unnamed resident from The Rose Elf]

## References

1. ↑ Twitter, 20th April 2018, https://twitter.com/theadambash/status/987130552510828550
2. ↑ Welcome To Typhon
Subcortical neural implant

**Subcortical neutral implants** are implanted devices given to Ærolith Dynamics employees as part of the hiring process. They are the primary means by which the company's various artificial intelligences communicate with employees, both on Earth and on Typhon.

## Range

Residents must be in range of a Resonance spires for the implant to work. On Typhon, Argos Tower was originally not in range of these spires and mobile transmitters had to be brought in when a Typhon-wide announcement needed to be made for the first time. Prior to the installation of SAYER as Tower Overseer, new spires were built to resolve this problem.

The range is even more limited on Earth, given the vastness of space needed to be covered. Dr. Smith was able to leave the range of SPEAKER's spires during the episode "Welcome Back".

## Issues

While it is technically against policy, it seems that someone began recycling decommissioned implants for use in new residents, likely as a Board-approved cost-cutting measure. This notably led to an issue where, despite that implants were updated to prevent those outside the development team from being contacted by it, some ordinary residents (including Sven Gorsen and Amanda Jones) were able to receive broadcasts from FUTURE. Medical staff are under orders to replace them if they are detected.

Transmission on some frequencies by residents' bloodborne nanites can cause unpleasant side effects like a crawling sensation under the skin. Additionally, while this frequency can be tuned remotely (in the case of radio wave interference or other issues), this tuning can cause vertigo and other side effects.
Pure Speculation

### Other Characters

Dr. John Caulfield (mentioned), Dr. Howard Young (mentioned), Corrine Vasquez (mentioned)

### Episode Setting

Halcyon Tower, Floor 13 / Halcyon Minor

This is the seventy-first episode of SAYER, and the twelfth episode of Season Five.

## Synopsis

Developer's log 221-81, Dr. Evan Brady, lead developer for FUTURE. So... start with the good news I guess.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced, written, and produced by Adam Bash.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Floor 13

**Floor 13** of Halcyon Tower is a unique floor that has had multiple uses over the years. The floor was originally developed as a testing facility for a resident's spacial awareness. It is equipped with a modular nature. Every 8 by 8 section of floor can be shuffled or rotated, allowing for the creation of a maze with 4.05 x 10171 variations.

At a later date this floor became the home of the AI Development Lab and the adaptable nature of the space was for a time forgotten. Numerous improvements to SAYER's program were developed in this lab, and both SPEAKER and FUTURE were developed here. During FUTURE's development, upgrades were installed to the lab that required the reshuffling of the floor layout. This included the installation of a third mainframe and eight ManuFab Stations. At some point FUTURE was granted root access to its mainframe and programming bay, and was able to use this to rewrite its own code.

After FUTURE took over the floor, Floor 13 was deemed off limits to all residents. FUTURE was able to control the modular design of the floor, shifting sections at will to ensure that anybody who entered the floor was unable to leave unless it wished it. This was potentially dangerous for any residents trapped there, as they may find themselves crushed between segments of moving floor and wall. Few residents ever escaped, a notable exception being Sven Gorsen who was misdirected to the floor by an elevator but was able to escape with direct intervention from SAYER.

In "A Resounding Success", Dr. Howard Young was tricked into entering floor 13 by means of Stairwell C by SAYER, which also lured the the entity known only as "The Tall Man" onto the floor, resolving the related crisis in Halcyon. Dr Young was tortured by FUTURE, prolonged by the use of the ManuFab Stations to constantly reprint new versions of Dr Young, up until FUTURE left the programming bay there after the events of "A Lying Game". The fate of The Tall Man is unknown, however it is implied that it is still alive and responsible for the death of Resident Jones.
The Games You Play

This is the sixty-second episode of SAYER, and the third episode of Season Five.

## Synopsis

Mark 1 Ærolith Dynamics developmental assessment interview 3.22a with Seraphim Agent 8 designated SAYER.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced, written, and produced by Adam Bash.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Mandatory Recreation Breaks

Employees of Ærolith Dynamics have **Mandatory Recreation Breaks** scheduled into their life on Typhon. Employees are told where to be and what to enjoy during these times, although sometimes there are options available to them. These breaks were deemed to be essential to the wellbeing of residents after years of data collection.

## Known Recreation Activities

* Movie nights
* Circus nights
* The Aquatic Games
* Frisbee-golf
* Paintball
* Glassblowing
* Shuffleboard
* Softball
* Typhon-wide Community Fun Fair
* Primordial Scream Therapy
* Trampoline (with the possibility for a semi-competitive league)
* Walking with no purpose
* Pushups
* Swimming (the fun kind)
* Staying at your job and continuing to work
* Monopole dancing
Quantum Communicator

**The Quantum Communicator** is a device which relies on quantum entanglement to allow instant communication over vast distances.

In "This Fear" the device is described in detail by SAYER in its briefing of SPEAKER to bring it up to date on the situation regarding OCEAN and Vidarr-1. Its development was necessitated by Ærolith Dynamics' desire to explore beyond Earth, and so when Vidarr-1 was tasked with doing exactly that, it was equipped with one. The device was expensive to develop primarily because of the need to develop a way to keep the pair of entangled particles away from one another, but it also requires a lot of energy to pull the particles apart. If containment is broken on either particle, it will instantaneously accelerate to the speed of light and attempt to rejoin its paired particle. If the particles collide in this way, they are capable of massive, world-ending explosions.

The communicator on Vidarr-1 is thus used as a threat by OCEAN to force SAYER's hand and cause it to surrender Central Processing. In "Left Undone", SAYER makes a request for SPEAKER to send the particle paired with the one on Vidarr-1 from Earth to Typhon, so as to minimize the damage that would be done were OCEAN to make good on this threat. It is delivered in an isolation pod which is made to appear to malfunction, and retrieved by Resident Jacob Hale before he is apprehended by tower security acting under OCEAN's direction.

In addition to the quantum communicator which allows communication between Vidarr-1 and Typhon, a second device was used in "A Resounding Success" to restore communication between Halcyon Tower and the rest of Typhon.
Dagon

This is the seventh SAYER bonus episode released as part of the main feed of the show.

## Synopsis

When you have read these hastily scrawled pages you may guess, though never fully realize, why it is that I must have forgetfulness or death.

## Further Information

Dr. Howard Young (or his sub entity) performs a reading of the H.P. Lovecraft short story, Dagon.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash.

Dagon was written by H.P. Lovecraft.

Intro music composed by Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
Omaha Rains

**Omaha Rains** is a former professional quarterback and an Arkansas state representative, and a celebrity spokesperson for Ærolith Dynamics.

## Trivia

* Although in "If Not For Us", he claims to be traveling to Typhon in the near future, he is on Earth later for a recruitment rally around the time of "Welcome Back".
Dr. John Caulfield/Episodes

## Episodic Order

### Season Two

* Ep 18 - Questions *(mentioned only)*
* Bonus - Reasoned Advice *(quoted only)*
* Ep 25 - Another Unfortunate Paradox
* Ep 26 - Substantial Mutual Harm *(mentioned only)*

### Season Five

* Ep 66 - Developer's Log *(mentioned only)*

## Chronological Order

* Ep 66 - Developer's Log *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 18 - Questions *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 25 - Another Unfortunate Paradox
* Ep 26 - Substantial Mutual Harm *(mentioned only)*
* Ep 84 - The Mistake *(mentioned only)*
Minos Tower

**Minos Tower** is a residential tower on Typhon that focuses on psychological research. Residents of Minos Tower have their resident identification numbers prefixed by 51.

It is represented in the corporate softball league by the Minos Ganglia.

## Locations within Minos

* Sub-basement 12: Purification Center, which handles water for Minos, Aegis, and Halcyon Towers
Jacob Hale/Episodes

## Episodic Order

### Season one

* Ep 1 - While You Are Still Paralyzed
* Ep 2 - There Are No Bees On Typhon
* Ep 3 - Do Not Stop Running
* Ep 4 - For Science
* Ep 5 - Enjoy Your Break
* Ep 7 - Pressure
* Ep 8 - Breathe
* Ep 9 - Irretrievable
* Ep 10 - Lost in Transmission
* Ep 11 - A Private Moment
* Ep 12 - To Ashes

### Season three

* Ep 42 - Detachment
* Ep 44 - My Name is Nothing

### Season four

* Ep 45 - A Better You
* Ep 46 - The Right Lies
* Ep 47 - A Guardian Angel
* Ep 48 - Your Myriad Curses
* Ep 50 - With Good Intentions
* Ep 51 - A Lying Game
* Ep 54 - The Statistical Outlier
* Ep 55 - Hope
* Ep 56 - Efficiently Recycling
* *Ep 57 - Our Little Traps (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 58 - Best Interests (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 59 - Greater Fears (mentioned only)*

#### Season six

* *Ep 81 - This Cave (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 83 - Twin Voices (mentioned only)*

## Chronological Order (Resident Hale's perspective)

* Ep 42 - Detachment
* Ep 44 - My Name is Nothing
* Ep 1 - While You Are Still Paralyzed
* Ep 2 - There Are No Bees On Typhon
* Ep 3 - Do Not Stop Running
* Ep 4 - For Science
* Ep 5 - Enjoy Your Break
* Ep 7 - Pressure
* Ep 8 - Breathe
* Ep 9 - Irretrievable
* Ep 10 - Lost in Transmission
* Ep 11 - A Private Moment
* Ep 12 - To Ashes
* Ep 45 - A Better You
* Ep 46 - The Right Lies
* Ep 47 - A Guardian Angel
* Ep 48 - Your Myriad Curses
* Ep 50 - With Good Intentions
* Ep 51 - A Lying Game
* Ep 54 - The Statistical Outlier
* Ep 55 - Hope
* Ep 56 - Efficiently Recycling
* *Ep 57 - Our Little Traps (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 58 - Best Interests (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 59 - Greater Fears (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 81 - This Cave (mentioned only)*
* *Ep 83 - Twin Voices (mentioned only)*
Resonance spires

**Resonance spires** are the means by which Ærolith Dynamics' various artificial intelligences relay remote broadcasts to employees' subcortical neural implants. They achieve this by means of relatively harmless high-frequency radiation.

These structures exist on both Typhon and Earth, and establish the effective range at which AI can speak to Ærolith employees. SAYER (in "Near Flawless") and SPEAKER (in "Welcome Back") both demonstrate an awareness of this limitation.
By Your Actions

This is the eightieth episode of SAYER, and the sixth episode of Season Six.

## Synopsis

This could be, perhaps, quite fortunate for humanity. Or perhaps it is a parallel evil. Or folly.

## Credits

SAYER is voiced, written, and produced by Adam Bash, with production assistance by Michaela Ray.

Intro and outro music by Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.
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The Tall Man

> *"[N]either of those words serve as adequate descriptors. The Entity is no more tall than short, in so much as it is occasionally one, occasionally the other, and sometimes both. It is also quite certainly **not** a man, whether that word is used to denote gender or species."* — SAYER, Episode 41: "A Resounding Success"
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## Episodes

### Last Seen

Left Undone

**The Tall Man**, sometimes referred to as simply **The Entity**, is an extremely dangerous creature associated with the Halcyon Stairwell Anomaly.

It seems to have a variable physical description, but is described in its initial appearance in "Dissonance" to have a body erupting in flames. It also has an audible snarling growl.

It is responsible for the communications blackout in Halcyon Tower that necessitates the creation of SAYER Subversion 8.02. After incorporating 8.02 into itself, SAYER 8.00 is able to devise a plan to trap The Entity on Floor 13, reasoning that no place on Typhon is able to keep it out and that the best solution is to lure it to a place where it is in just as much danger as humans. The plan was evidently successful, because The Entity is still trapped there when SAYER and Jacob Hale visit later to bargain with FUTURE.
121st Volunteer Infantry

From 1898 to 1904, the 121st Volunteer Infantry was a branch of the United States Army under direct jurisdiction of the US Marshals and supervised by the Texas Rangers and led by Captain Joseph Smedley. The 121st was composed primarily of convicted felons from around Texas, who were given the option to serve their country to escape execution by hanging. The 121st Volunteer Infantry was based out of Fort MacIntosh near Laredo, Texas, and was part of President McKinley's so-called "Black Army".

## 1901 Incident

On Thursday, June 27th, 1901, a group of outlaws serving their sentence as part of the 121st was involved in a brief border conflict with members of the Mexican Army. Around noon, members of the 121st stationed at a watchtower on the Mexican-American Border, including Juan Padilla, Cayde Sanchez, and Bobbi-Ann Wheatpicker, discharged firearms while hunting in the demilitarized zone surrounding the Rio Grande. Thinking they were invaded, a group of Mexican soldiers led by Teniente Capitan Joaquin Gabriel Almeida, rode across the river to return fire, where they were met by the Americans. After a tense standoff, the misunderstanding was explained, and the Mexicans returned to the river. Those responsible were given a dishonorable discharge from the United States Army and exiled from Laredo.