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An approach to hidden depths.

Recorded by The Archivist in Situ.

Content warnings:

Second person POV

Thalassophobia & drowning

Suicidal ideation

Mental disorientation (inc vertigo)

Futility / Inconsequence

Mentions of: loss of time, scopophobia, cults, death, isolation, police, spiders, injury, nausea, mass suffering

SFX: extensive water sounds, coughing, crying

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Michael Sebba, Ally Miller, Ben Milne, Quill, Mari Long, Angela Walters, Anna Piskadlo, Carolyn Thraves, Clara, Felix Kaisar, Jennifer Haskell, Skoegul, sophieZbx, AlexandraThePosh, Ali Melody McGowan, Andrew Huffman, Anna Smidebush, beck, Brenna Haney, Carly Baxter, Dez, hannah d, Margaret Rigotti, Marijayne, Polina Cedric, 0, Alexzandreta Ravenor, Fantasy Costco, Kiera Brook, Miranda Stevens, Petra, roxy hale, Stella Paradise, Ashley, Ashten Lucael Ezra Rose, Ben Mabee, Emma Moesen, hana, Hannah McCarthy, Harry Barnard, lady of the labyrinth, Magie Fotovatian-Calderon, Michael Shelley boi, Morgan#1997, Six Rudolph, Aerasani, Amanda-Marie Goode, Armored Victory, Caeruleum.

Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead, Jeffrey Nils Gardner & Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Sensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde Nielsen

Performances:

- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims

- "Basira Hussain" - Frank Voss

Sound effects this week by Abolla, BeeProductive, bhanco3, bulbastre, CGEffex, DaNi7337, dawidwmika, Eelke, Fission9, InspectorJ, jakobthiesen, jamesrodavidson, julius_galla, kbnevel, Kinoton, kyles, leonelmail, lwdickens, markb, ohnobones, scratchikken, shatterstars, Tim_Verberne, yeopot, YleArkisto, gastonsaenz, DaNi7337, zoneblanche & previously credited artists via freesound.org

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Rurrie

We love the collaboration fear realms! What's this one? The vast, the buried, the dark, AND the eye watching up top. Look at all these fears getting along! And you thought the Vast and Buried had nothing in common. Warms the heart, really.

Pia K R

Basira: I seriously considered swimming. Me: oh. *retcons Wet Basira from my mental image*

Idris

is the statement in second person because you ran out of names to use? /jk

Anna S

[spoilers below] Was Basira at the mirror maze from Addelard's statement? Interesting statement too with Jon/the Eye being referenced directly. I missed that Basira sass! I"M SORRY was that A Guest For Mr. Spider in the background???????

Eli Labat-Angstadt

That last little thread at the end... “Mr Spider wants more.” Chilling. Thanks, RQ!

Harley_treefrog

As painful as these last few episodes are going to be, the transcripts really are a treat

GugTheGoose

ahahaha I feel seen... that statement was like 'so, I see you have depression' also, re. the rest of the ep: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

LainyJP

Basira! Oh....here we go! 🍿

Moss

Does this count as TMAs beach episode or...?

Striker Flynn Massrider

*remembers that i signed up for this* *every week i sign up for this* *THIS IS SOMETHING I SIGNED UP FOR*

Lillian Collea

Can’t believe someone is paddling in a boat and it isn’t Tim. Time to start chanting “tension, tension” until next week!

Bailey Wind

Thank you rusty quill for once again heartlessly murdering me with a very chilling last line of dialogue

Glenntropy

HHHNNNG that last line

Glenntropy

Ooh it might have been Adelard's, good catch!

Glenntropy

Signed up for *and paid extra for*

jonah magnum

Perfect ending there honestly!

Elizabeth Wynn

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A STATEMENT LIKE THIS that is my very specific worst fear! wow! thank you jonny for my unlife

Grif Stian

Bahahah “Mister Spider wants More” Annabelle cane, you wonderful, beautiful troll 😂🤣

Lurkin

Basira!! The scene where she reasoned her way out of the unknowing is one of my absolute favourites. She's a good person to have at HTR.

Jamie Hilts

I LOVE BASIRA SO FREAKING MUCH

Raluca Patrinichi

I love that we were introduced to the camera's effect on Jon at a time when the stakes were much lower so now we get to feel all that delicious dread without needing all that explained to us. It's good fricking writing! Also the soundscaping is amazing this episode. Thank you RQ for my life.

James White

Playing Mr. Spiders statement when they got there is like the little mean cherry on top of Annabelles whole thing lol

JC

Oh god who did those crying sounds??? For a second I thought it was Basira and my heart stopped.

ThirdFromTheLeft

ooh that ending. next episode is going to be GOOD!

Id Ridian

here i was, endlessly happy about OCEAN STATEMENT HEEHOO HOORAY and then you spring this ending on me how DARE

hal

Delicious. Can't wait for next wednesday.

Juls SK Vernet

AT THAT LAST CLICK I SHOUTED A VERY LOUD 'WHAT?!' OUT LOUD

Pip Walker

Much squealing and flapping

isaac

freaking mr spider >:(

MuddyHippy

Well that was certainly an episode! Amazing work as always! Were the crying sounds produced by Lowri? If so please let her know she broke my heart!

ag

get effed mr spider :(

Nikki Bee

"Jon/the Eye being referenced directly." I thought that, and then they had a conversation about Basira being a 'freelance watcher', and now I wonder if that was a reference to her being there on the shore!

sAZAndorable

This felt SO GOOD! What a return! I howled out loud at the first "cramp". So happy, I love them, I love them, I love them.

Oltanya

well that was an ominous and pointed final line

Rudy Urroz

It might not be perfect but this friendship always gets me teary eyed. I'm so scared of what's to come.

Bryttanie Eastman

I could be wrong, but I'm beginning to get a sense that web Martin that is somehow triple aligned, and has been manipulating Jon this whole time might be true. Jon never did read his mind, and Martin does like spiders. I hope I'm wrong though, that would be heartbreaking.

hrrng

haha! i'm in danger.

Grif Stian

I shrieked altogether too literall.

Bryttanie Eastman

Not to mention how willingly he just went with Annabelle.

Marie

Don't mind me. I'll just be over in my corner, preparing for my heart to be broken.

jingqi

FLOORED at the ending oh my godddd

Alexandra DeCarlo

This is excellent! Loved the horrifying ocean statement. And how as terrifying as the ocean is, coming out was worse. Then listening to Jon try to explain the past bit of time to Basira was really funny. The Mr. Spider statement going on in the background at the end was fantastic and sets a terrifying mood

E C Marlowe

Oh, Jon, you will definitely not be fine.

Alex P

i’m a little late to the patreon but it’s nice to start an episode without corn ads. also ouch.

Alex P

either that or 158? 159?? the one where jon smited peter and ended up on the beach with martin

Simplicity Fairbolt

BASIRA! Oh thank god, we're gonna need her. Gotta have someone steady, because Jon's not gonna be keeping his head in the episodes to come... and honestly, neither tf will I. T_T

Jess Nicolazzo

Omg of course I forgot that the camera would break Jon’s connection. Oh god. Oh no oh no. And the mr spider tape playing. Mark me down as scared and very scared.

They're All Good Cows

I'm so happy to see Basira. Pretty sure she's the one shot anyone in this story has at survival.

spades stone

no! what! you cant end it there! no!

Akidachi

MR SPIDER STATEMENT IN THE BACKGROUND OH NO

Jupiter Moody-McIntyre

Nope! Not a guest for Mr spider that is one of the scariest and saddest episodes in the whole show! I am not ok! How dare you.

gojo fujoshi

I honestly don't think Rusty Quill would do this. They know how important Job and Martin's relationship is to people, and the show as a whole is one that takes love seriously and doesn't use it against its fans. Going off of The Mechanisms, their love will be genuine and true, and they'll die alone or together to end the apocalypse but with their love in their hearts, and we'll all cry for seventy years.

gojo fujoshi

Fucking SAME. As soon as he broke off I was like "oh god no. Oh god". Bringing Basira, the woman who literally reasoned her way out of The Unknowing, is giving me hope, though.

romi ♡

excellent use of a guest for mr. spider, one of my favorite statements.

Heather MacKenzie

the foreshadowing at the end couldn't have been more obvious if you put huge glowy signs up. I have always liked the Archivist and Bashira's odd friendship of sorts which made this episode bittersweet, the lead up to the climatic ending and these two sharing one last conversation before they go into battle. Can you tell I'm still not prepared for these final five stories?

Gravie

"mr. spider wants more" nah i'm fine it's FINE :') also, i continue to be floored by the sound design - i can always see the episodes so clearly in my head. ya'll are so talented and the hard work is so appreciated!

Sinclair Cross

I love (NOT REALLY) that my worst fears also has to be DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO THIS LOVELY ARCHIVIST. HA.HA.HA.HA. 😅😰

Tahir Raines

It was very cool seeing the intersection of the Vast, Dark, and Buried in that ocean with nothing ontop.

Sophia Smithers

“Mr spider wants more” Aaaaaaaaagh!!!!!

Zorya Dolgushkin

Actively having to remember to breath in and out and still feeling like I'm not getting enough oxygen whilst I listen to this statement/commiserate with the drowner=a special kind of fear for me. And then the choice to keep drowning because even that is better than feeling so exposed and vulnerable beneath the Eye's gaze. Fuck. Jon and Basira's banter, I missed it so much!! That Mr. Spider ending, the timelines and dimensions overlapping?? I'm so scared and feeling such anticipation!!

Zorya Dolgushkin

Ahaha I also love how mild both Martin and Basira's reactions are when Jon brings up the fact that he killed Helen like, "Huh. Yeah she was kind of a piece of work wasn't she."

Brad Pope

Oh wow. Man, I can't wait to see how this wraps up. That tape thing was a real stinger!