Sunburnt Country E1: Point of Origin

Ellie and Mark connect across time as a dark and mysterious terror begins to haunt the town of Derbon. 

Content Warning: This episode is not appropriate for children. It contains themes of horror, violence, death, paranoia, discrimination, coarse language, and fire. Specific warnings and their timestamps can be found at the end of the description.

Card Prompts: Recording #1 - 8 of Hearts: you get the sense that someone is following you. Why do you worry it might be more than a sense? Are you afraid? Recording #2 - 4 of Hearts: You come face to face with one of your fears, but not in a potentially deadly situation. What about the scene feels unnatural? Recording #3 - 7 of Hearts: You receive a letter, email, text, or other message that seems out of the ordinary. What are the details of it, and why are you concerned? Recording #4 - Ace of Hearts: You see the terror firsthand or witness an event that you know was caused by it. What do you learn about the terror? Why are you more afraid after what you see?

Sunburnt Country was inspired by the roleplaying game Tether by Adam Baffoni, which can be found at adambaffoni.itch.io/tether

Cover art: by Irit Mogilevsky - find them @irit.mog on Instagram or at https://iritmogilevsky.com

Music: Crowd Hammer by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

SFX from Pixabay.Com, Zapsplat.Com and SoundSnap.Com

King's Hut Late Evening by kangaroovindaloo -- https://freesound.org/s/325501/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Content Warnings:

• Glitch/static effects (00:16 - 02:03)
• Inferred homophobia (04:18 - 05:03, 06:52 - 07:14, 14:36 - 14:40)
• Paranoia/being stalked (05:31 - 06:51)
• PTSD (14:08 - 14:29)