WEBVTT - E08 Halloween Special: Choose Your Own Adventure  (EPISODE 08)

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<v Speaker 1>No, you insist. Either he shows you the way out now,

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<v Speaker 1>or you'll find it yourself. The man looks about nervously.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't understand. He says, it comes for you

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<v Speaker 1>all in the end. Why put up a fight? What

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<v Speaker 1>does you ask? What do you mean? Do you have

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<v Speaker 1>any idea? How many of you have come through here

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<v Speaker 1>over the years, all lost, all desperate to escape. Just

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<v Speaker 1>look around you, and now you see it, every little

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<v Speaker 1>limb protruding from the ground, the mosaic of screaming children's

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<v Speaker 1>faces set into the bark of every tree, and the

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<v Speaker 1>countless number of bleached bone shards scattered across the forest floor.

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<v Speaker 1>This whole place is a graveyard. And again comes that sickening,

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<v Speaker 1>screeching noise. Wait, he says, as you turn to run.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want any chance of getting away, you'll need these.

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<v Speaker 1>He pulls a blue silk scarf and an ornate wooden

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<v Speaker 1>comb from his satchel, and handsome to you. When it

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<v Speaker 1>gets close, throw down this scarf, and in its place

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<v Speaker 1>a great river will emerge, over which it will struggle

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<v Speaker 1>to cross. Then, with some distance between you, throw down

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<v Speaker 1>this comb, and a vast bramble forest will grow to

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<v Speaker 1>stand in its way. Head that way, he says, pointing

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<v Speaker 1>out at the forest, And do not look back, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter what. Now, quick, he says, suddenly gripped by pain,

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<v Speaker 1>as blood begins streaming from his eyes and his skin

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<v Speaker 1>begins to rupture and tear in fleshy pieces from his face.

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<v Speaker 1>From behind him, distant trees begin to bend and park.

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<v Speaker 1>Something is flying toward you through the air. It's coming.

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<v Speaker 1>Run and then you turn sprinting as fast as you can,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to shut out the sound of his screams that

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<v Speaker 1>are soon drowned by that relentless, terrifying screech. And now

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<v Speaker 1>you are tearing through the trees, leaping everything that gets

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<v Speaker 1>on your way, as the sound gets nearer and nearer,

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<v Speaker 1>until finally you release the scarf. The moment it hits

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<v Speaker 1>the ground, there as a mighty rumble as the earth shapes,

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<v Speaker 1>nearly knocking you from your feet, but you press on,

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<v Speaker 1>not looking back, as the ground is ripped apart and

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<v Speaker 1>from within the vast body of water brushes to the surface.

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<v Speaker 1>A few more steps and you release the cone. It

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<v Speaker 1>bounces on the forest floor and comes to a stop

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<v Speaker 1>at the base of a tree, and in seconds the

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<v Speaker 1>comb is splipped onto its back, and from each of

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<v Speaker 1>its teeth, a giant vine of frambles emerges, wrapping itself

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<v Speaker 1>around a tree and shooting off in all directions as

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<v Speaker 1>a dense forest within a forest begins to take hold,

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<v Speaker 1>and on you run, never looking back, never stopping once

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<v Speaker 1>to see what had taken place, And now that sound

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<v Speaker 1>is dissipating, becoming a distant memory somewhere deep within the forest,

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<v Speaker 1>and up ahead you see daylight streaming through the canopy,

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<v Speaker 1>and beyond that a bright blue sky and the golden

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<v Speaker 1>fields of wheat, Until finally you are free out of

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<v Speaker 1>the forest and into the warm air of a bright

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<v Speaker 1>summer's day. You find your bike just where you left it,

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<v Speaker 1>and in an instant you were back on the road,

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<v Speaker 1>peddling furiously away as what was once a huge impen

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<v Speaker 1>a triple forest proceeds ever further and further away in

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<v Speaker 1>the distance. Now it's time to take care of yourself.

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