Listen "“A Harried Meeting” by Ben Pace"
Episode Synopsis
An old pub that nobody much visits. An owner who is always in a drugged-out stupor. Background music that never changes. A pub that has remained throughout war and revolution, and a single brick-wall that has not changed all that time. You are supposed to be investigating a murder. A gunshot in a distant land, far away from Revachol. YOU – Run your fingers through your greasy hair, finish your eighth beer. SHIVERS [Challenging: Success] – People pass in through here occasionally, and tap a pattern out on the wall. Then they aren't in the pub. What is the pattern? Where are they? What's the owner taking? Could I get some? SHIVERS – Not in this city any longer. What is the pattern? Where are they? What's the owner taking? Could I get some? SHIVERS – A man in a tall hat and a long coat taps the top brick, the bottom brick, then beside it to the left then the right 10 times. INLAND EMPIRE – An ominous, foreboding feeling fills you, as you look at the wall. I want to know what happens to them. (Walk over to the wall.) I don't know that [...] ---
First published:
November 29th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Gvoh9ztGbiwEDhngs/a-harried-meeting
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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First published:
November 29th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Gvoh9ztGbiwEDhngs/a-harried-meeting
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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