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The Balance Early Access (Patreon)

Published:
2023-04-21 22:00:03
Imported:
2026-06

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CW: [emotional][crying][angst][references to negligent parents][references to past character trauma and ongoing life-threatening danger][references to fictional tragedy and loss of life]

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Audio RP | Hopeless Dreamwalker Gets Help | [M4A]

it's complicated Content Warnings: [emotional][crying][angst][references to negligent parents][references to past character trauma and ongoing life-threatening danger][references to fictional tragedy and loss of life] --- the first of the three-part narrative push for The Balance storyline hope you enjoy "The Balance" playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEm8kgm65Yt6N7hwXZhXvluwZcRjvRqjS --- written and recorded by yours truly All my links, including Patreon (vote in polls, get credited in videos, get early access, get bonus audios, and more): https://linktr.ee/redactedaudio This original content has been created exclusively for this YouTube channel. No permission for this copywritten audio to be distributed, copied, shared, or plagiarized is granted to any person, organization, or entity.

Comments

Aniyah

Omg!!!!

chia

OH GOD ITS HAPPENING

seer

tears are already flowing

Adriana

Time to cry 😭

Serenity

The amount of warnings is making me nervous

Emiluthebard

ITS HAPPENING EVERYONE STAY CALM (what's the protocol?) STAY CALM

Lina Mellbo Cedermyr

I have the blanket fort ready with tissues, hot drinks, plushies, and a guinea pig for comfort cuddles at the ready

gastropoda

bro I'm barely an hr into a 9hr shift how am I gonna function 🧐

Sarina Boghosian

ITS HPPeNINGbEVerone STAY CALM WHATS tHA PRoToCOL CaLM WE MUsT STAy CLaM

Shae D'Amora

This triggered my older sibling instincts. I relate to Aaron in the deepest depths of my soul. 💔

Liz

RIP MY HEART OUT AND STOMP ON IT WHY DONT YOU? OH MY GOD MY BOYS IVE NEVER WANTED TO HUG SOMEONE SO BAD, Aaron is such a good big brother I can’t even handle it, the shushing while Elliott got overwhelmed my heart cracked I think

picklebums

edit: wow um ok that was not…fine..

✨Starlight Angel Baaabe🩷

Well, great. Not only was I sobbing along with Elliot about their situation, but it came with a side of Inversion flashbacks 😫 That said, I am here for it! Two more nights of sobbing and probably screaming into my pillow. You have completely pulled me into this world you have built and I am invested in every single character (including my Imp! bois). Bravo, good sir, bravo 👏

Glitter Goblin

i havent been this emotionally drained after listening to a Redacted dropp in a long ass time oh my LORD 🥲🥲🥲 only the brainpower of a dream walker can somewhat coherently explain "i was contacted by a supernatural being to travel to a location to try to save the balance of life and death and then i was kidnapped by a cult, tortured, separated from the love of my life, got brainblasted, and then stumbled out into the world only to learn magic 9/11 just happened last night"

Meg

"Oh Aaron, please" What if I just sobbed uncontrollably Also the way the lighting up of the different characters speaking has been done is ingenious, it's very interesting to finally hear what the department went with as cover too. If this was all happening a year ago what the hell has happened since I am desperate to know.

E C C

OK im ready to suffer Im ready to hurt ♡

zidgelT

I haven't been this excited for a Redacted audio in a little while. I'm always excited for them, but Elliott's storyline is one of my favorites (and in turn, Elliott is one of my favorites.) so I literally had to stop mid-sentence in a conversation with my mum to run and listen to this. :P Also...the sobbing....my heart hurts. Your voice acting is just incredible, Erik. I can't often cry at movies or videos, and especially not just audios, but yours are just on such a higher level that you make it really hard not to. This one in particular really got me right in the feels. I thought Milo's post-inversion shifting video, or Caelum's hurt video were painful, but this one really got me in the heartstrings. Well frickin' done, sir. Another masterpiece.

kaylah

OH GOD ITS STARTINF

atiredarrow

Me: Not me relistening to The Balance trying to hype myself up but in reality I'm probably just gonna end up crying in da club... Also me: *Opens YouTube*

Jaybird

The desire to wrap them both in bubble wrap after this

Eve Johanna

I don't know if I love it or hate it that I live in such a different timezone. Usually the EAs come out in the middle of the night for me. When I go to sleep I know that a new video is probably waiting on me in the morning. But being the shitty sleeper I am, I almost always wake up in the middle of the night. And if I see the notification I have to make the choice whether or not to listen to it right there and then. And nearly always my curiosity wins againt sleep. During this weekend I don't even have to think about what to do, the choice is clear from the get-go.

Tech

I’m being so normal about this (I’m eating dirt)

Jeun

frothing at the mouth at work rn gn

GlimmeringStars

I’ve legit been looking forward to this as soon as it was announced and as usual you never miss!! I cannot wait for Tomorrow!!

Tiffany

Aaron and Elliott together finally!

E C C

Ok I suffered and I hurt that was perfect fuck but also that ending intent to reveal....Im inappropriately (considering Elliot just cried his heart out) excited to see what happens.

MrsVee

Just cleared my weekend

Naihury

Yooo i thought i was the only with this problem 😭 I live in Europe so the EA’s always comes in the middle of the night for me too but i just can’t help but listen to the video and you know what… i don’t regret it. I don’t even feel like i’m sacrificing my sleep. I’m not even tired. Sleep is for the weak. (kidding, i just suffer from insomnia✨)

L.L

I have been so excited to see these two finally meet. I had a feeling they had a very hard childhood but no wonder Aaron is the way he is. ;.; and poor Elliott, my heart 🥲

moog

Luckily I was in my room when I heard this cause I needed to hug a pillow so damn bad🥹

t4llhum4n

I had no idea it was possible for me to love Aaron's character even more but here we are

hydr4

MAGIC 9/11 I CHORTLED

Sweepy

WHO IS CUTTING ONIONS?! 😭 I teared up so much during that! It’s so interesting to see an informed unempowered’ person’s view on how they know of the magical world but can’t interact with it. Interesting that it’s been Elliot that has stayed away rather than Aaron like I initially thought (due to jealousy or something). Aaron’s character just got so much more complex. He’s so strong and I really admire him for what he’s done with their family. He’s had it rough. No wonder he was so grumpy and agitated when his listener first met him! He and Elliot are literally sunshine and grumpy when it comes to brothers 😂 My heart broke as Elliot failed to keep it together. He’s so scared that I’m glad Aaron hugged him because I wanted to reach through the screen and do the same! It’s one thing being the person trapped by Blake, but it’s another to be on the outside intent on rescuing Sunshine without knowing where to start! I do wonder how Aaron will be able to help, but I think maybe his partner might be able to 👀 Maybe they’re secretly empowered and haven’t found the right time to tell him, believing him to be unaware of the magical world? Or perhaps they are also an informed unempowered which would be pretty cool too. Either way, I’m very excited to see what happens next with this storyline and very glad this is happening over the weekend one video after another so we don’t have to wait! 😝

Angel’s Wings

I absolutely love when stories cross paths like this and Erik’s done such a beautiful job with world building that it feels perfectly fluid! I may be sobbing while I type but it truly was amazing to see two sides of the universe he’s made (empowered and unimpowered) meet and work through the world’s disasters so far. I can’t wait to see more of the Balance storyline unfold and to see if we get to know what Smartass’s reaction to everything ends up being later on, even if we don’t get to directly hear it. To anyone still reading: Y’all are beautiful people and deserve all the happiness your body can hold! Have a good day or night depending where you are 💜💙 (or as me and my friends say, Happy Timezone ☺️)

emsy

so we’re going to get a video of aaron and elliot telling smartass all about the magical world, i’m not ready but also so ready😭

ChocolateMama

Wow. This was just. Wow. Chefs kiss.

Glitter Goblin

i was hoping Smartass would be a secret empowered but with Elliot meeting them in the start of the audio, he would have been able to sense their aura, so im thinking that theory is out the window 😔 to be fair, in Elliots current mental state theres a chance he was too out of sorts to sense an aura, or if Smartass is a stealth it would have been harder to sense in the brief time they were near eachother so who knows 🤷

Anthea the Tiefling

Okay, hear both of their backstories and what happened to the parents? Hearing Elliot just breaking down, and Aaron putting aside his own frustrations and be the supportive big brother? All of it is sheer wonderful storytelling. (Also, both Aaron and Elliot need hugs ASAP)

minie

I love them so much😭

Sweepy

That’s true, he was very distressed so maybe he didn’t notice their aura? But I think it’s more likely of the two theories that smartass will be an informed unempowered. It’ll be hilarious if both Aaron and smartass have that moment of ‘wait you know about this stuff?! Why didn’t you tell me?’ ‘I didn’t know that you knew!’ It would be interesting to see an empowered person with an unempowered job though, as most seem to work with the department or within the magical world to some degree.

Glitter Goblin

*waiting for part 2 like waiting for a package with an out for delivery status*

Anthea the Tiefling

*waiting for part 2 like waiting for a fresh batch of cookies to cool down enough to eat. 🍪☺*

Glitter Goblin

i mean, we dont know what Smartass does for sure. they were introduced leaving an unempowered job, i was thinking maybe they just took an unempowered job as a backup until they could get a magic job.

picklebums

fr i keep coming back to patreon😭

Jeun

*frantically refreshing my patreon app every few minutes* æudįeo

Sweepy

That’s true we don’t exactly know what new job they got (to my knowledge anyway). So it could be a magical job 👀

☆•RedRiot•☆

Oh man my heart hurt for Elliot... hearing listening to the desperation and urgency in his voice ugh!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Carmilla Dragyns

Same! (*is sitting in front of the TV, waiting for my favorite show to come on*)....