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4:37

The front door of the house

4:39

Li Underwood had built for his

4:41

brides inward and a shower a

4:43

busted would a massive when.don't for

4:45

cover and stared up in terror

4:47

at the thing that stood on

4:49

the threshold of their own. His

4:51

vision sway I'm at the creature

4:53

crouched adopted said beneath them and.

4:57

Asked. Me:

5:02

What is proportions more closely resemble

5:04

those have some monster out of

5:07

legend. It was covered in law

5:09

silky from the wafted in the

5:11

chill air like steam off which

5:13

Doc. The

5:15

dorms home low, almost

5:17

like those. Tips

5:21

of it's mask fingers crowned

5:23

with glossy black claw as

5:25

long as sharp. The

5:28

beast torso was supported by legs the

5:31

bit backwards like a great cat. It's

5:33

been long cloud affair with three tell

5:35

like toes and a single hooked claw

5:38

that protruded from a narrow he you.

5:40

It's face was like something out of

5:42

a not my hair to all intents.

5:45

And purposes, it appeared human.

5:47

Not only that, Will.

5:52

Be. Something

5:55

from a Renaissance times. When

5:58

an Oped smash scene. That it

6:00

was filled with please note home with

6:02

which to speak like a man. Just

6:05

a gaping maw of needles like a

6:07

lamb. Freaks it's eyes were black looks.

6:11

Worse than that, they had been

6:13

empty solace. That would have been

6:15

one thing, but Dr. see things

6:17

in those. Systems.

6:20

Analyst flit for some deeper darkness

6:22

it wouldn't do to examine oh

6:24

no least shuttered and looked away

6:27

as the thing in the doorway

6:29

least. Lips

6:31

twisty to sneer as

6:33

they closed of those

6:35

rows of teeth. Ah,

6:37

Skyn, Know

6:40

nice, Of

6:42

it all. For

6:44

you have lowered. And

6:49

terrorist me across the. Lack

6:53

of lotion, brown. Oh

6:56

hi! How

7:03

are you know my name? You

7:05

know what? Nevermind, Don't. You

7:09

are not welcome here. You

7:12

went nuts a guest house nor

7:14

have you been summoned at the

7:16

master of this place to match.

7:20

The. Walk and not Mayor paused and to

7:22

a moment to run it's gaze up

7:24

and down the door frame and over

7:26

the lint or taken in the wards

7:28

that Li and Marigold that so carefully

7:30

carved into. I'm. And

7:33

and stiff, don't. Bring

7:37

gave a mockingbird. The

7:41

whole wheat is goose. Made

7:46

it go. I. I

7:49

will. Treasure.

7:56

Raft with a

7:58

smile. The reason the

8:01

saw on me or ah.

8:06

Flung y de de su

8:08

I might pass into the

8:10

inner sanctum of the old

8:12

family man. Now

8:15

what sort of. those

8:18

would sort of loving

8:21

dog finds himself the

8:23

league with something like.

8:31

Boring? Zoom. Strange that one

8:33

of the move into schools

8:35

be you steal. Your

8:40

bones My. Oh.

8:45

Magic Mirror Go! Magic

8:50

new dead baby of

8:52

yours were already out!

8:54

Oh my, I. Use

9:02

the. But

9:06

what do they say about

9:08

the apple? And too. Much.

9:14

Would know about been

9:16

of. The.

9:19

Beast Move deeper into the room. Long

9:23

walk third trailing behind my

9:25

wrists. Smokes, Doc

9:28

scramble to his feet, his hand

9:30

outstretched such of my spirit. And

9:33

know you know not me

9:36

and. I'll have

9:38

thought no more jokes. Gas

9:41

mask this place. A

9:44

match the great beasts been smashed

9:46

a heavy fist in the success

9:48

reduce and that the kindling with

9:51

the single stroke a vase preserved

9:53

blow our is a miracle. Small

9:55

collection indignity scattered across the room.

9:57

Lexington stars in the thing. How.

10:04

Long. As

10:06

you will use. Spirit.

10:14

Hum. Do

10:18

that. In

10:20

a single heart beats, the

10:22

creature lunged, backing li into

10:24

a corner, it's bedded breath

10:26

steaming over his face like

10:28

meet left disposal. An animal

10:30

musk radiated of Pittsburgh. Sour

10:33

odor, lox, something lift. I'm older under

10:35

dead leaves that made his stomach. You

10:39

know for sure. How does.

10:46

One mess gloved hand came to

10:48

rest on his shoulder and the

10:50

weight of a new stroke not

10:52

to was nice. To

10:57

you about were use does.

11:01

Make me to

11:03

forge drawl birth

11:05

to scurry. Mine

11:10

to meet you, I just

11:12

so much more. He. Would

11:16

would. Without

11:21

warning that thing drop the hand that

11:23

rested on his shoulder and back to

11:25

them with the.flew across the room and

11:27

smashed into the op's wall and crumpled

11:29

to the blower is hits way of

11:31

his ears ring and as he stared

11:33

up with that they can take them

11:36

blood in his mouth. Or

11:39

enough. Charge and not braced himself

11:42

for the impact. Claws and teeth.

11:44

And suddenly it just. Disintegrating.

11:48

In a cloud that wispy. Smoke.

11:51

The. House rest with

11:53

vile laughter. Leon.

12:00

Set bolt upright, embed,

12:03

His. heart hammering seats

12:06

soaked in sweat, A

12:10

not my her it had all been a not

12:12

my hope that the more than to green vague

12:14

what might ever had a hand and wake him

12:16

up he didn't even remember german the bed last

12:19

night he was having supper. And

12:21

there was some one. Some.

12:24

Thing at the door. Moon.

12:32

Last. Dog.

12:34

Shivered as a toll draft blue

12:36

to the room he shared with

12:38

Marigold. Warily he climbed out of

12:40

bed, still fully dressed from the

12:42

day before. The

12:45

frigid air Drop the sweat on a

12:47

skin with an ass exists. However

12:50

long he had slept he seemed to

12:52

have gained a risk. Frost his body

12:55

ached, sore at the joints as though

12:57

he'd taken a fall down the stairs.

12:59

The watery lot of dawn saw him

13:01

to the bedroom winters and.sort latin bad

13:04

agrees with it's com and the house

13:06

was very cold though the bar in

13:08

the woods so mr don't out against

13:11

he the up to see the that

13:13

to just as he done with the

13:15

door leads opal doing so. Folks always

13:18

joked about the many headaches. The came

13:20

along with the proud of homeownership. He

13:22

supposed he was fond of the truth

13:24

out for himself right now. Dot

13:27

told his robot run over yesterday's close to

13:29

fend off that she'll than made his way

13:31

downstairs and T and on start in a

13:34

pot of coffee tended to the bus. To

13:37

the media left as as be reached the downstairs

13:39

hallway was the open doors that led him to

13:41

the park. The

13:44

him of his role below risen

13:46

are sea breeze blew through just

13:48

suddenly. Turned

13:53

his his. Reluctance.

13:57

to gaze upon the debris the littered their

13:59

from room, the splinters

14:01

of what had once been the coffee

14:03

table, the remnants of a

14:06

china vase painted with blue roses, the

14:08

head of a porcelain owl and the rest

14:11

of its bodies scattered to hell and gone,

14:13

a delicate horse figurine that had been crushed

14:15

almost to powder, only its

14:17

legs remaining, and various other

14:19

items his wife had treasured now

14:21

rendered unrecognizable to Lee's eyes. And

14:25

of course there was the shattered

14:27

remains of what had once been Lee and

14:29

Marygold under Wood's front door, one

14:32

hen still clung to the door frame by

14:35

a single screw, a long

14:37

strip of wood hanging from it, swinging

14:39

back and forth in the wind. The

14:42

hardwood floor was white with plaster dust, with

14:44

the iron fittings he had hung the previous

14:47

day to hold a heavy wooden bar had

14:49

torn free of the wall, the bar itself

14:51

reduced to kindling. The

14:53

portal yawned open on the underwood's front

14:56

yard. The

15:23

dusty bones, they

15:28

beat a tree

15:31

so dark and hungry, where

15:35

its branches split and new

15:37

blood flows. The

15:40

ghost of a past, you thought

15:43

long buried, Raza Hall

15:45

the young, Shadow

15:48

Falls, Judge and Pills,

15:53

treads off my friend amongst

15:55

your fellows, take your bond

15:58

you whirred. It

16:01

has to get

16:04

what you deserve.

16:32

The next three days were

16:35

nigh unbearable for Leunderwood. The

16:38

thing that had broken into his home and

16:40

wreaked havoc through his parlor would allow him

16:42

no rest. His daylight

16:44

hours, usually reserved for sure, intended to

16:46

the sick and injured, and the myriad

16:48

other tasks that accompanied the life of

16:50

the healer devolved into a fever dream

16:52

of destruction and delirium. The

16:55

white-haired beast did not appear when the

16:57

sun was in the sky, but Doc

16:59

kept finding more things broken in

17:02

and around the house that required his

17:04

immediate attention. One morning he

17:06

found half of Marigold's chicken slain. Their

17:09

necks run and throats torn out. He barely finished

17:11

cleaning up that mess when he saw smoke rising

17:13

from the southern boundary of the property as if

17:16

somebody had set the winter wood to blaze. By

17:18

the time he reached the area from which he

17:20

had seen the smoke rising, he found nothing

17:23

at all. Any

17:26

time he tried to leave Oak Mountain, the

17:28

sound of crying babies and screaming children would

17:31

drift from somewhere upstairs in his house, or

17:33

down in the cellar, or from the swampy

17:35

patch off in the woods behind the house.

17:38

Doc, sleep-deprived and delirious, would tear through every

17:40

room of the house or through the thick

17:42

brambles and stinking muck in a desperate

17:44

search for the source of the wailing, only

17:47

to find himself as the loans before.

17:52

When night fell, the

17:55

creature would return in all its

17:57

baleful glory to tear earthly Chainsaw,

18:00

The amount of the house and through

18:02

the woods. all the while the rating

18:04

him about what a failure he was

18:06

that the man and a husband and

18:08

what a terrible father he would soon

18:10

be mad to be a father from

18:12

his. Doesn't

18:15

do little. Of

18:17

who talks you. You

18:20

roam that could bother

18:22

to stay side of

18:25

the. Seems

18:27

like this was preferable to

18:29

reason The likes. dumb

18:33

junior brand stores and

18:35

or whatever role models

18:37

that or fraud. And

18:40

choose the great over reason

18:43

to. What

18:47

is wrong with. The

18:50

two men would choose

18:52

leaving this world over

18:54

to Egypt. You out

18:56

be mad. Oh old.

18:58

It beats. To.

19:03

Sleep. Could barely

19:05

by the moment Respite together is with

19:07

pace the house variously work in the

19:09

pinky ring on his left hand trying

19:11

to think of a means the test

19:14

thing else not didn't seem to work.

19:16

Strains. Talent put it into d

19:18

it's dreaded across towards that Doc in Goldie

19:21

hit so carefully laid around their threshold a

19:23

barrier that said repelled any be and of

19:25

the dark or the green that one of

19:27

them have. Laughed

19:29

ducks Tips: Test out market his gifts

19:31

as it continued it's assault on the

19:33

homestead he worked so hard to build

19:36

and when he tried to defend themselves,

19:38

tossed him about as if the waiting

19:40

list. That.

19:42

They never moved to kill. Only

19:45

to keep him living in a constant state

19:47

of fear and ass lace. So.

19:50

Would you choose sub to

19:52

be oceans been to? Will

19:54

you teach them how to

19:56

load least with the fab.

20:00

Rob. A

20:03

bank robbers. Will

20:06

you find them their own

20:08

dime store mob boss to

20:11

sell them to? Always? Do

20:13

you Just give them to

20:15

the man's sky Self litter

20:17

pitched as sun rose on

20:20

the fourth. Doc.

20:23

Said shivering in the from parlor a

20:25

month the shattered remains of their furniture

20:27

and a scattering of dead leaves that

20:29

a blown into the gate been more

20:31

of their front door. Not

20:38

hold on for months long. Vienna

20:41

tempted ever worked in week think

20:43

he had tried to reinforce their

20:45

wards only the have a nightmare

20:47

breach them again and again to

20:49

gaze out bleakly of the week

20:51

watery light of dawn wondering what

20:53

subtle horrors that thing much visit

20:55

the phone into day for mass.

21:04

Squeezed as as shown in figure no

21:06

no, not exist as he thought he

21:08

heard Marigold. but the thing is mimicked

21:10

her voice before making a fool mockery

21:12

of her sweet tones. It have been

21:14

almost more than he could pay her

21:17

state. Run through the woods desperately searching

21:19

of screams of his beloved. it's clearly

21:21

in pain. clearly die an echo to

21:23

the trees and eat arrived at the

21:25

source of the horrible shrieking to ban

21:27

the thing. Wait. Taunting.

21:31

Beast. Braced

21:35

himself for more the same, but instead

21:37

of the sound of his wife weeping

21:39

and screaming with some he heard only

21:41

the low murmur of her voice. Quiet

21:44

and calm flu we engaged in civil

21:46

conversation. As it grew

21:48

louder has come closer, it's in gold.

21:50

His voice was joined by another that

21:52

seem familiar to him. Boot heels clumped

21:54

up front porch steps and finally to

21:56

could make out the words as his

21:58

wife's voice rose and. Oh my lord!

22:02

What's happened to the door? Lee! Lee!

22:06

Baby where are you? Goldie

22:08

get back! It could be dangerous.

22:11

We don't know what's happened here. You

22:13

can't go rushing in in your condition. Whoever

22:15

did this might still be here. Feet

22:19

pounded across the floorboards as Mary Gold

22:21

Underwood, ignoring this cautionary advice, raced over

22:23

the porch and came tearing through the

22:25

broken front door. Lester

22:27

Graves hot on her heels. Mary

22:30

Gold skidded to a stop as she took in

22:32

the chaos that surrounded her. The

22:35

walls were smeared with blood. Family

22:38

photos had been ripped from the walls and

22:41

lay shattered on the floor. Furniture was overturned.

22:43

Its stuffing ripped out like entrails. Animals had

22:45

wandered in and out of the house at

22:47

night, leaving the floor a stinking mess. And

22:50

there, in

22:52

the middle of it all, his eyes wild

22:54

and weeping, slow, hopeless tears, lips trembling, sat

22:59

her husband. Lee's

23:02

face was scratched and bruised. Dark circles ringed

23:04

his eyes and he had

23:07

clearly lost weight. He

23:09

had tucked his legs up to his chest like

23:11

a child. His arms folded around

23:13

his head to protect himself from

23:16

being struck. Lee had made himself

23:18

so small. His wife

23:20

didn't even see him huddled on the couch at

23:23

first. But once

23:25

she did, she called his name gently. Lee

23:29

wouldn't look at her at first, shaking

23:31

his head in denial this had to be a

23:33

trick. The thing had told him he'd never see

23:35

his wife again, that he was unworthy to see

23:37

his unborn child come into this world, that he'd

23:39

make such a bad father that it would be

23:41

a sin to burden a child's life with his

23:43

incompetence. Lee, honey, look at

23:45

me. Baby, can

23:48

you hear me? Lee

23:51

began to sob and

23:53

Mary Gold felt her heart break. It's me,

23:55

baby. It's me. It's

23:58

okay now. Everything is

24:00

gonna be alright. He

24:03

did this to you. Was. It

24:05

and boys down at the First Baptist

24:07

Digital Watts have anything to do with

24:10

this. Tell me the names baby! I'll

24:13

take care of. Leicester.

24:15

Graves gazed around the

24:17

ruin parlor. His.

24:19

Expression thought you know when I'm

24:22

gonna tell all over you'll soon.

24:24

Leicester pointed up with the wood

24:26

planks good tim feet over there

24:29

his now adorned with a series

24:31

of long record scratches strains track

24:33

sprawled across the upper reaches of

24:35

the room as if some huge

24:37

thing and proud about up there

24:39

as easily as it might run

24:41

through the woods. boat man. I

24:43

believe our lease or for the different

24:45

sort of attack you. Lol. Marigold

24:48

Crafts don't miss the least speaking to

24:50

him and low tones. Her.

24:52

Father's set to work. Leicester.

24:55

Graves had discovered he had the gift of

24:57

banners and paints and Booker's and spirits and

24:59

whatnot when he was delicious. His

25:02

father had been a skilled witch doctor himself

25:04

and recognizing the same talent in his young

25:06

to so and begin training up young Lister

25:08

as soon as the boy began to shield

25:10

the South. Of. These

25:13

days, those people who believe in the

25:15

pair of exercise them were often of

25:17

the opinion that it took a wholly

25:19

mace to affect the Banshee North at

25:21

least that the bible must of necessity

25:23

be involved in the process. Lister

25:26

knew damn well that one true. It's

25:28

usually river House of whatever plagued with little to

25:30

nothing in the way of herbs, roots and sundry

25:33

other trap and submitting work. He.

25:36

Also knew that most folks were wary of those

25:38

who were different from me. And.

25:40

Even more suspicious of in the ideas

25:42

about challenge their heartfelt believes. Left

25:45

her to sit on himself. A student of

25:47

history. Who knew will

25:49

sort of misfortune that to befall folks under

25:51

such circumstances. and does. He went to church

25:53

every Sunday with his wife and daughter both

25:56

believers and that great paternal be in in

25:58

the sky. He. Related

26:00

to the congregation's widows and orphans phone when

26:02

every spare little and at the a new

26:04

church picnics he told the minister's wife see

26:06

made the best broad sick and he had

26:08

ever tasted which was a less. But.

26:11

God did exist. Leicester

26:13

Imagine he would forgive him a fee, have spoken

26:16

only and test. And.

26:18

These days when Leicester performed a balancing he

26:20

trotted out the words and brought the both

26:22

expected to a company and excesses. Bit.

26:25

As states crap for the sake of his

26:27

class comfort in his family's peace among. Our

26:31

claimed his house have a name

26:33

with a father and assignments Our

26:35

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and

26:38

the Holy Spirit does sustains us

26:40

all. Me: Whatever sour beers invade

26:42

this place that effect of five

26:45

Spotted Zone top of the Holy

26:47

Matrimony you are on Wall Street

26:49

and about them Here said in

26:52

the name of all that is

26:54

good or. Tests you outs.

26:56

Leicester built his gift push outward from

26:58

a zit, the power of the green

27:01

and views In the words the brought

27:03

comfort and reassurance to those are usually

27:05

told about him. Whether. He

27:07

believed those things that matter. Is

27:10

not of these. And. He believed in

27:12

her so peak of exercise his talents in

27:14

a way that ease her beer and suffering.

27:16

He was. List.

27:18

Are expected to feel some resist the boogers

27:21

and hate see banished from people's homes and

27:23

barnes of from under bridges and the like.

27:25

Never wanted to go peacefully into that goodness

27:27

with. This was

27:30

different. It. Was as

27:32

though the power of whatever this

27:34

was had submerged the house hundred

27:36

deep. Dark was. His work

27:39

is. Packed. With enough period

27:41

good bits in the blast, the most stubborn

27:43

spears out of this world did little more

27:45

than the great a bubble of space. the

27:47

gave them room to breathe a little for.

27:50

Whatever. Was attack in his son in law

27:53

had yielded the power to this. No

27:55

more than that. On

27:58

the route counts mere. Marigold held a

28:00

shivering and weeping lead to her bosom, rocking

28:03

him like a baby. Lester

28:05

Graves knelt down in front of them, looking

28:07

first to his daughter. He'd been able to

28:09

tell you anything. Marigold shook

28:11

her head and continued comforting

28:13

her husband, who seemed to have finally accepted

28:16

the reality of her. All right

28:18

then, I need to ask y'all some

28:20

questions. Answer as

28:22

best you can and answer truthfully. Don't

28:26

look at me like that, Goldie. I

28:28

ain't here to judge y'all, but this thing

28:30

ain't gone yet, and I don't know how

28:32

long we got till it starts acting up

28:34

again, you hear? From deep within his wise,

28:37

comforting embrace, Lee nodded. Have

28:39

you noticed any strange occurrences in the

28:41

past seven days? Milk

28:43

turning sour, fire not wanting

28:45

to burn, that sort of thing? No, Daddy.

28:48

You think I wouldn't notice if there were signs to

28:50

be read in my own house? You'll

28:53

be surprised what folks don't

28:56

see when it's right under their nose, Missy. But

28:59

I hear you. Have you noticed

29:01

any strange tracks or unusual animal activity

29:03

on the property? Doc

29:05

sat up, pulling away

29:07

from his wife, but taking her hand, maintaining

29:10

the connection with her. It

29:13

was something towards the

29:17

fence around the edge of the property. It

29:20

left some strange tracks.

29:24

I couldn't make head nor tail of

29:26

them. When was

29:28

this? It was the day

29:30

after Goldie went to stay with y'all. Then

29:33

the next day or so, this thing,

29:36

this big white fur bug.

29:38

I asked you if Jibber West was

29:40

involved. I'll skin that great

29:42

beauty some bitch myself. Baby I told you

29:44

it wasn't Jibber. This

29:47

wasn't an actual book. It

29:49

caused the ceiling, long white

29:51

hair all over its body, claws, beat

29:54

the ever-loving shit out of me. Pardon

29:56

my French stuff. Mayor Gold's

29:58

brow furrow. What about the wards?

30:02

Whatever this thing is, it

30:05

walked through our wards like they was nothing. It

30:08

said that I invited

30:10

it in, but I ain't done

30:12

nothing. You know me better than that, Goldie. Mr.

30:14

Graves thought for a moment. Has

30:17

anything new been brought into the

30:19

house lately? Something

30:21

willingly carried across the wards,

30:23

secondhand furniture maybe? And

30:26

you felt drawing to our inexplicable

30:28

fondness for her? Mary

30:30

Gold Underwood's eyes flashed as she gripped her

30:33

husband's hand and held it up. Or a

30:35

ring you never want to take off? Doc's

30:38

eyes widened as the tiger eye flashed

30:40

in the morning sunlight. Lester's

30:42

face grew dark. Where'd you

30:45

find that pinky ring, Lee? Tell you where

30:47

he got it. Working with that devil J.T. Fields.

30:49

Favorite place. Do

30:51

you recognize the form? I

30:54

seem one like it. Had

30:56

to cut it off the finger of a dead man who was

30:58

known to be cruel to his wife. When

31:01

she fell pregnant, her mama decided no

31:03

man alive was going to mistreat her

31:05

grandbabies. So she gave him that ring. Told

31:08

him it was to congratulate him on the birth of

31:10

his firstborn. The thing

31:12

she bound up in that band was a nightmare.

31:15

A creature of pure spite and malice. A

31:18

hank like that preys on the vanity of

31:20

men then breaks their bodies and their minds.

31:23

Old boy was dead within a week of putting it on.

31:26

When they found him, every bone in his

31:28

body was busted up like matchsticks. Didn't

31:31

have a sane thought left in his head till he

31:33

passed. Oh, I

31:36

swear, sir. I ain't never

31:38

been mean to goad him, nor raise the hand

31:40

to her. Lester Graves

31:42

lifted a hand to forestall his son-in-law.

31:46

Son, if I thought you

31:48

ever had a wood, you wouldn't have

31:50

made it to your wedding day. You

31:52

got this ring on one of your little adventures

31:55

with that white man. You

31:58

know about Mr. Fields? Boy,

32:01

every person around these parts with a gift no

32:03

jack. Not all of us

32:06

are foolish enough to throw in with him the way

32:08

you have, but we know he is. He

32:11

give you that ring? No sir, not

32:13

exactly. It was part of

32:15

the proceeds of

32:18

the last job we worked together. We

32:21

split everything up and this was one of the things

32:23

I kept. That's something Elise.

32:26

This sort of curse needs to be given as a

32:28

gift to do the worse. Lee

32:30

shivered as he remembered

32:32

the ring's inscription. For

32:35

daddy may keep

32:37

you well. We lucky that baby

32:40

ain't been born yet. Else I bet it would hit

32:42

you twice as hard. All

32:44

the same, we gotta get it off you.

32:47

Goldie, honey, fish

32:49

me my bag out the cart and we'll get started.

32:52

I don't know how much time we have. As

32:54

it turns out, Lester Graves

32:56

had enough time to remove the ring without

32:58

costing Lee his little finger. Without

33:01

the young father to be spears and trepidations

33:04

to feed on, the thing

33:06

that had been bound within the tiger's eye

33:08

ring returned to its vessel, which

33:10

Lester sealed away in the velvet box it

33:12

had come in. When

33:14

his work was complete, he

33:16

turned to his son-in-law with a stern

33:18

expression. I'd recommend you return

33:21

this to your friend

33:24

and explain to him what it is. Tell

33:26

him to seal it away somewhere it can't

33:28

get up to any more mischief. Doc's

33:31

eyes narrowed thoughtfully as

33:33

he gazed at the little velvet box that rested

33:35

in his paw. Oh, I plan to. I

33:38

believe Mr. Fields and I need to

33:41

have a conversation. Lee

33:45

Underwood took a few days to rest and recover

33:48

and set their house to rise before

33:50

he set off for downtown Kingston, West

33:52

Virginia. He Walked through the doors

33:54

of a nondescript storefront, nodding politely to a clerk who sat

33:57

at the front desk, pouring over a thick, thick, thick, thick,

33:59

thick, thick, thick, thick, Ledger. Recognizing.

34:02

In the clerk barely acknowledged and raising

34:04

a distracted hand and greedy.walk through the

34:06

door of the back office and closed

34:09

behind. The. Man, the plain

34:11

brown suit who sat at a desk in

34:13

the center of the room. plant stuff and

34:15

Surprise. Have. Not added.

34:17

This Pixies are censored or it's

34:19

good to flee Underwood Tough, The

34:21

Greenville That box on the desktop

34:23

or it popped open. The.

34:26

Tartars Wednesday's gleaned.

34:29

Well when I was always. Jack.

34:31

Lifted the ring from his boss,

34:33

examining in the afternoon sunlight the

34:35

poor to the window behind. Space.

34:41

Or where did you get this done? That

34:43

this thing it's with don't. Know.

34:46

More. No. More jobs, No

34:48

more secrets, no more scheme of

34:50

folks. Are they money or magic

34:53

or whatever else you might need

34:55

sick from? We're gonna. Ask

34:58

how layouts a use it but

35:00

they found it is of that

35:02

thing would kill me oh i

35:04

know. You listen to

35:06

me and listen well Jack we're

35:08

thought you don't call on me,

35:10

I don't call you a cast

35:13

family now and they have to

35:15

confess maybe you don't understand that

35:17

because of thing like you ain't

35:20

got no can but I do.

35:23

We do. A

35:26

sounds like gold token. This

35:29

is me. One hundred percent

35:31

good old. If

35:34

you ever love, if you've ever

35:36

care for me and mind at

35:38

all, you stay on. If

35:40

you don't it won't be me

35:43

yet. Worry about it will be

35:45

her top and me and he

35:47

ain't gonna like the she has

35:49

to say good luck out that

35:51

no one can. Also talked about

35:53

the yes but Li Underwood had

35:55

already turned and walked out objects

35:57

office, past the industry, the clerk

36:00

and out onto the street. When.

36:03

Doc returned home and told his wife

36:05

about confrontation with his old friend Marigold

36:07

Underwood Thought was really she had finally

36:09

seeing the back to the Man who

36:11

call themselves a T V. Unfortunately,

36:18

As. It turned out. She.

36:21

Was mister. Lead

36:26

a Marigold enjoyed many years of relative

36:28

peace before Jack reentered their last that

36:30

continued to build their power mad the

36:33

board and work shared. A towel cup

36:35

appeared and many crops the the land

36:37

they tended and nurtured. They became a

36:40

picture of their community serve and bolts

36:42

and West Virginia and beyond. Over the

36:44

course of time they raise your children

36:46

to be strong and kind and watched

36:49

as those Yemen's married and began bring

36:51

in their own babies into the world.

36:55

The. Hair grew gray in their joints. a

36:57

little freaky. Family and

36:59

Goldie were just bought. For.

37:06

Roz may not have been as keen

37:09

as they once were. But

37:12

when the Not came with the door on

37:14

abroad autumn afternoon and not to eighteen. Marigold.

37:17

Underwood had no trouble recognizing the

37:19

man who called himself T. T

37:21

V. She. Could

37:24

see him standing on the porch to the

37:26

window. The parlor they have rebuilt after a

37:28

hateful creature destroyed it all those years ago.

37:31

Arise narrow than her lips flattened into

37:33

a grim law as she said her

37:35

knitting the saw her husband league lamps

37:37

up over the top of the newspaper

37:39

he was redone and frowned when he

37:41

saw her expression. Who Is

37:43

golden? Is just.

37:46

Dance Brown Thorough. And

37:48

all the years since that fateful day and

37:50

Kings and Zakat honored his request to stay

37:53

away from a mountain, In fact, the man

37:55

had packed up and left West Virginia. all

37:57

together. With that a further words, Jane's between

37:59

them. Not. Now. They.

38:02

Have never specifically wanted a

38:04

mountain against just. In

38:06

spite of everything, least still considered

38:08

him a priest. If not

38:10

one who could be part of his last anymore. And.

38:13

In any case, the wards he and

38:15

his wife had crafted and nurtured over

38:17

the years will repeal anyone who met

38:19

them harm so clearly jacket term would

38:21

know will insist. The

38:24

trouble though? One. That

38:26

never really intended to do them

38:29

harm. But.

38:31

He didn't have the same. Lisa.

38:34

Went open the door Jack. What

38:37

brings you have daughters? The man who

38:39

stood on the Underwoods front porch look

38:41

much the same as he had when

38:43

Lee had last seen some thirty odd

38:45

years go. You

38:48

still wore a plain brown suit or just

38:50

like his hair and beard have been cut

38:52

to suit the current best. If

38:54

the lands on his face a deep and it

38:57

was only fractionally. And his

38:59

eyes were as brought and largely as

39:01

ever, his smile just as brilliant. Object

39:04

was surprised by the changes. he

39:06

solidly underwood for whom Tom had

39:08

most assuredly marched All he didn't

39:10

some. Dot It's

39:12

good to see a. Beam

39:16

and jackets and in his hand assist.

39:19

Done. didn't return the gesture. And

39:22

state has continued to meet demands gaze

39:24

not staring down, not even unfriendly. Merely

39:27

waiting for his question to be answered,

39:31

After a moment so sad and tough to

39:33

say and back into his coat pocket cemented

39:35

the point before leaves eyes. Gear

39:38

sets by your I know. He told me

39:40

to stay away and a half for all

39:42

this time. Honored your wishes doc to take

39:44

them out. I added I would thumbnail for

39:47

what an important. Were. Left

39:49

in as he was to allow the man

39:51

back into their lives. Dm Li Underwood

39:53

to the hear the ring approved and Zack's

39:55

words so he stepped aside Ancestry for his

39:58

old brand, determined to the park. Marigold

40:01

had risen from her seat on the

40:03

So burn stood on the pair of

40:05

them for arms folded across a just.

40:08

Remove in his hat politely. Jack

40:10

nodded to her and smiled cautiously.

40:12

After Named Goldie hits a nice

40:14

to see you against it's. It's

40:16

Miss Underwood to you. And

40:19

I'm afraid I can't say the same.

40:21

Now honey Dr. Tim to dinner see but

40:23

his wife's silenced in with a little. I

40:26

believe it's time to start again supper own.

40:29

Should take a belt. and oh and

40:31

would that Marigold Underwood turned her back

40:33

on the to me, walked out of

40:35

the parlor and close the door firmly

40:38

behind. To. Doc. The meaning

40:40

was clear. He had

40:42

one hour. After which is guest

40:44

would have to go. The

40:46

to me and made themselves comfortable

40:49

and jack begin to explain it's

40:51

I am praying. You. Know the when

40:53

you brought back to me after our last on are. You

40:56

most of luck the thing away couldn't do

40:58

any more home and know and add to

41:00

it. I swear do

41:02

you Doc kept chip that thing under lock and

41:05

key. But an artifact like that. Command

41:08

of it's own. He wants to

41:10

get out to run loose in the world.

41:12

Regulars much have a good chance there's only

41:14

so much about each day before. sooner or

41:16

later off off. As

41:19

a south exactly did

41:21

this and animate objects.

41:24

Walk itself out your dough just

41:26

with some for. His

41:28

gaze trump to his hands, what's currently

41:30

occupy themselves, spit in his brown fedora.

41:33

round and round between sleep. Dr.

41:36

Murray Hill buzz enjoys is obvious

41:38

disco. Just listen.

41:41

And so he was, Finally,

41:43

Jack cleared his throat and. I.

41:46

Will. Not quite sure

41:49

how it happened. But. There seems to

41:51

have been a breach of security at Mad. You

41:56

mean to say you got rough. you

41:59

fear You're an original cat

42:01

burglar. Somebody don't walk into your house

42:04

and... It's not

42:06

funny. The

42:09

hell it ain't. This is no

42:11

laughing matter, Doc Underwood. Alright.

42:17

Alright, you win. This

42:20

is obviously a

42:22

serious problem. But

42:24

you have to admit it's a little funny. You're

42:27

not going to be a man without him sourly.

42:29

Declining to admit anything of the sort and continued.

42:32

Anyway, that damn ring's not the only thing that was took.

42:35

Maybe not even the worst of the lot. I

42:37

need you to help me get it all back. Doc

42:40

raised a skeptical eyebrow and gestured down at

42:43

himself. Do you need my help? Seriously?

42:47

Jack, look at me. I'm

42:49

an old man now. That may be, but you're still

42:51

the right man for this job. And

42:53

probably the only man I can trust. And

42:56

the other fool might try to keep some of these items

43:00

for himself. You know

43:02

how folks are when it comes to things like this?

43:04

Help power in general. You

43:06

of all people understand what's at stake here. Lee

43:10

Underwood could not argue that point. He

43:13

had seen far too many bright young lights snuffed

43:15

out too soon by the doubter of their own

43:17

hubris. He had made that

43:19

mistake himself once and nearly

43:21

paid for it with his life. Alright, I'm

43:24

in. Do you happen to

43:26

know who has these artifacts now? Jack's

43:29

expression darkened. Oh,

43:31

I know. That's

43:34

another reason I need you. The

43:38

two men spent the remainder of the time

43:40

marigold had a lot of them outlining a

43:42

basic plan, which they would begin

43:44

to flesh out on the road when Jack returned to

43:46

pick Doc up the next day. By

43:49

the time his wife stepped back into the parlor to announce the

43:51

supper was ready, to which she

43:53

pointedly did not extend an invitation to

43:55

Jack, Doc Was already making

43:57

a mental list of the supplies he would need

43:59

to pass. the up from the house as well

44:01

as others he would need to purchase on his

44:03

way. With an

44:06

unnerving sense of days often. Dot

44:08

Lane next to his wife that not

44:10

in the bed they had shared for

44:13

decades now discuss what would well and

44:15

truly be the last job he undertook.

44:17

Would Jt feel. I

44:19

can see you go off with and many. He

44:23

promised a know Babes.

44:25

And I kept my words you all these

44:27

years This. This

44:29

is. A mess. Because.

44:32

This feels awful for me to me.

44:36

It is. Thankful

44:38

Money Goldie. Off any

44:40

of the process that. Is

44:44

back on the world and sooner or

44:46

later somebody is gonna get her athlete.

44:48

Let that happen. It's

44:51

not your responsibility. Is

44:53

checks. Let him clean up his own.

44:55

Miss a Hunch. That

44:58

is staying true. I

45:00

know how you feel about Jack and

45:02

how much you love me but the

45:04

fact is obvious right there with it.

45:06

Folks get hurt because any them things

45:09

we stole. Ah stuff.

45:12

That's just as much blood on my

45:14

hands as just. There

45:16

was nothing Marigold could say to argue

45:18

with the. To crossed

45:20

her arms over a chest and turned are based

45:23

away from him, but Doc could see the gleam

45:25

of tears and the corner of or. They

45:28

turned over to face or chapter base of

45:30

the say and existed seat. Trust.

45:32

Me: I'm take care of

45:34

this one time. And I'll be home before

45:36

you know. Everything's competes,

45:39

just. A

45:41

promise. That.

45:43

Underwoods battle promise to his

45:45

was. Turned. Out to

45:47

be the wanted to know. The.

45:50

Man Jack returned to her bob days

45:52

later was a broken. Delirious

45:54

and raising his health Soft when Marigold

45:57

respond to the pet landing on her

45:59

door jet Albertville inside her husband Jared

46:01

awkwardly in his arms he stumbled over

46:04

to the sofa in the parlor and

46:06

lately down as gently as he too

46:08

had. Marigolds heart raced, her terror tempered

46:11

only by the raids the kindled in

46:13

her heart She pushed aside and sank

46:15

down next to lead. He was events

46:18

and safety is trembling voice muttering on

46:20

and on to pass them low for

46:22

her to make any sense of what

46:25

he said. Marigold blared up with the

46:27

man who brought so much suffering into

46:29

their last. What's happened to

46:31

him? What Did you

46:33

do? It was what makes

46:36

it what least oh good for him.

46:38

Us beads of sweat formed objects browse,

46:40

he built the temperature of the room

46:43

rise in the face of miracles Underwoods

46:45

She stared daggers to him for position

46:47

on the cow for she cradled her

46:49

husband's head and or let's tears welled

46:52

at the corners of her eyes. Litter

46:54

voice was arts a clear as crystal

46:56

which he spoke. Out

47:01

and is close to you from here

47:03

on. Just. You who

47:05

calls himself shaky. You

47:08

are not welcome here. The

47:16

Underwoods war stir at her words, the

47:18

layers of metics couple at abuse or

47:20

land with over the course of more

47:22

than thirty years rising to enforce or

47:24

will his own. As dumb as he

47:26

looked for the last time on his

47:28

old friend. Sorry.

47:31

Not. Walked

47:36

out of the underwoods, In

47:54

the best chamber for the rock filled

47:57

as tribunal. the assembled witnesses

47:59

and all One looker sat still

48:01

and silent as Marigold

48:03

Underwood raised the spotless white handkerchief

48:05

to dab in her eyes.

48:08

Grief was written clear on her face, had

48:11

carved deep lines into her soft skin

48:13

over the course of many years, but

48:16

her spine was straight and

48:19

her voice did not shake as she

48:21

continued. After a few days, Lee's

48:24

fever broke and he

48:26

found his right mind again, thank Jesus,

48:29

but he was never the same. I

48:33

tried every way I knew to heal

48:35

him. He couldn't

48:37

heal himself nor anyone

48:39

else after what happened to him. Nothing

48:43

worked. He

48:46

was dead within a year. The

48:49

room fell silent again, all

48:52

those in attendance taking a moment to

48:54

absorb the impact of her words. Even

48:58

Skint Tom's barred face wore a

49:00

solemn expression. Hiram

49:02

Cook startled as the representative of the

49:04

dark nudged him, breaking the spell Granny

49:06

Underwood's words had cast. He

49:09

glanced down at his notes and cleared his

49:11

throat. So

49:13

it is your testimony, Miss

49:15

Underwood, that it was the defendant that

49:17

disbanded Jack, who in fact

49:20

inflicted these grievous injuries upon your husband,

49:22

resulting in his eventual

49:24

demise. Marigold Underwood

49:26

shot the man, an irritated look.

49:29

Is that what I said, Hiram Cook? I

49:32

think you need to clean out your ears, boy. No

49:36

it wasn't Jack who attacked Doc. It

49:39

was whoever or

49:41

whatever they would distill

49:43

those cursed things back from. I

49:46

never got the full story. Lee's

49:49

memory of those days was fuzzy

49:53

and it upset him to talk about it, so I let

49:55

it be. to

50:00

do when you began your testimony,

50:02

you stated that Jack

50:04

killed your husband. Could you

50:06

possibly clarify that statement for us?" Mary

50:10

Gold Underwood let out a weary sigh.

50:13

Her eyes swept the room, taking in the

50:15

whole of the assembled tribunal, the

50:18

witnesses and onlookers, the exhausted-looking

50:20

bailiff, the council members with

50:22

the harbinger at their center, and

50:24

finally Jack himself. Looking

50:27

at the table reserved for the accused with

50:29

the youngest Walker girl at his side, when

50:32

she was certain she had everyone's attention, she

50:35

continued, Mary Gold Underwood, I did say that

50:37

is. For

50:40

more than twenty years I have

50:42

held that man responsible for my

50:44

husband Dr. Death. But

50:46

all this week I have

50:48

sat in this room and listened to

50:50

y'all tell your stories. And

50:53

it seems to me that a

50:55

whole lot of folks blamed Jack for

50:57

a whole lot of things. And

51:00

I realized something. Jack

51:03

didn't kill my husband no more

51:05

than he killed Miss Walker's people

51:08

or those poor fools out in the

51:10

clutch. Jack

51:12

feels me a soul y'all rope, but

51:14

it didn't make you hang yourself with it. The

51:17

chamber erupted in chaos. Men

51:20

seemed to have something to say about Granny

51:22

Underwood's words, and all of them started talking,

51:24

in some cases yelling at once. The

51:27

creature that called itself Mr. Poe lashed

51:29

its many tails furiously, spittle flying from

51:31

its jaws as it shouted in protest.

51:34

Betty Jo Medders had to be led shrieking

51:36

and crying from the room by her daughter.

51:38

The bailiff pounded her staff on the floor

51:40

furiously. Order! We

51:43

will have order here! Thus

51:46

the gallery had settled back into uneasy

51:48

whispers. The bailiff nodded to Hiram Cook

51:50

that he could continue. He

51:52

cleared his throat again and turned a gentle smile

51:55

on the woman in the witness-chair. Now,

51:59

Miss Underwood! would, man, you

52:02

know you can't speak to the veracity of

52:04

other folks' claims, and while it's very kind

52:06

of you to give the man the benefit

52:08

of the doubt, I think we

52:10

can all agree that— Don't

52:12

you patronize me, Hiram Cook? Save

52:15

it for that little girl you got locked up in

52:17

your basement. The chamber erupted

52:19

in laughter. Hiram Cook's

52:21

face turned scarlet as he sputtered. No, no,

52:23

no, see here, Miragul. I don't— Oh,

52:26

don't bother denying it, Hiram. I

52:29

ain't giving that man over there

52:31

benefit or nothing. We

52:39

ain't never gonna be friends, but

52:41

I'm done blaming him for my husband's

52:43

death. The truth

52:45

is, Miley made

52:47

his own choices, just

52:49

like the rest of y'all and the folks

52:52

you lost. In

52:54

his case, Doc died doing

52:56

what he thought was right. I

52:59

think maybe it's time I start honoring that

53:01

instead of being angry at old Jack about

53:04

it. The

53:06

rest of y'all ought to think real careful

53:08

about whether you want to be part of

53:10

this kangaroo

53:12

court they run in here. Hiram

53:16

Cook sputtered angrily, attempting to regain

53:18

some control of his witness, but

53:20

Miragul Underwood had set her peace.

53:23

As she rose from the witness chair and

53:26

prepared to leave at the opposite table, Jack

53:28

shot to his feet. At

53:30

his side, D.L. Walker put a warning hand on

53:32

his elbow, but he waved her off. Goldie!

53:36

Wait! Miragul didn't answer

53:38

him, but she paused,

53:41

her ear cocked in his direction,

53:43

clearly listening. I

53:45

loved Doc. Loved him

53:47

like he was my own nephew. I

53:50

know it probably don't matter much to you, but I

53:53

am sorry. So

53:55

damn sorry. Miragul

53:58

Underwood nodded in turn. to meet his

54:00

eyes for a moment. I know.

54:04

Good Lord, J. And

54:07

with that she proceeded into the gallery where she

54:10

was met by her daughter Nina and

54:12

the two women walked out of the chamber.

54:17

The momentary quiet achieved by the bailiff's

54:20

call to order disintegrated as soon as

54:22

the doors closed with an echoing thud.

54:25

Voices, human, beast, and otherwise, rose in a

54:27

tumult. It was hard to know what to

54:29

make of what had just happened. Granny

54:31

Underwood's words carried weight with those who walked in

54:34

the light of the green and even some aligned

54:36

with the dark. Some folks were

54:38

forced to reflect on what they'd come here to do and

54:40

why they'd come to do it. Others

54:42

howled in protest. They'd come here for the

54:44

blood of an immortal and they didn't plan

54:46

to leave without it. The

54:48

black stags rose

54:51

and glared up at the harbinger. Red

54:54

eyes smoldering rather than burning.

54:57

His amber crown pulsing with a

54:59

low sickly light. The keeper of

55:02

the black word strained against the

55:04

prohibition of his gifts. His

55:06

fury evident even in this diminished form and

55:09

his daughters joined him, their eyes locked on

55:11

their youngest sister who appeared ready to fly

55:13

across the courtroom and attack Jack with a

55:15

fountain pen if she had to. Tension

55:19

filled the air. The

55:21

impotent crumb of so

55:23

many gifts unnaturally suppressed in one

55:25

space was almost palpable.

55:29

Angry words flew and voices grew

55:31

louder. The whole assembly on the

55:33

verge of rioting, the ground trembled

55:36

like the hindleg of an anxious

55:38

hound dog as the harbinger rose

55:40

and in one fluid motion flung

55:42

the stout table at which she

55:44

and her company sat towards the

55:46

balcony where it nearly decapitated a

55:48

family of witches before exploding into

55:50

kindling against one of the thick

55:52

beams that supported the roof of

55:54

the chamber. The beam itself

55:57

grew And a crack split through

55:59

its seven- Neatly cleaving

56:01

a series of sit all that ring

56:03

that surface into a flicker of

56:05

interest. To

56:08

panic, kiss Summer lightning is the enchantments

56:10

the powered the rooms and hands acoustics

56:12

as well as suppressing the gifts of

56:14

those who came to observe and bear

56:16

witness. Own.

56:20

Greed. And

56:23

it's easy. Platform grew be. Massaged

56:26

hims get Tom's new base settled

56:28

seamlessly over his bones and will

56:31

up with agree on. The.

56:33

Harbinger had not yet finished seem

56:35

roared with an unholy pure, her

56:37

voice grilling the chamber until nearly

56:39

everyone present was forced to cover

56:41

their ears. Them up all the

56:43

onslaught. The.

56:45

Council member next to her. he began

56:47

to speak nervously as of calm and

56:49

spook tours the harbinger of world around.

56:51

Grab the woman by the throat and

56:53

twist until with the sound of fracking

56:55

phone and ripping bless the his tor

56:57

free of her blood just from the

57:00

stop and about met her fell to

57:02

the floor. The hooded woman toss a

57:04

severed head like a stepping stone to

57:06

the lower gallery sports softer young which

57:08

in the stomach and rolled into her

57:10

lap. The girl screen the first of

57:12

many of those about her scrambled to

57:14

get away. The harbinger snatched

57:16

up another of her adjudicators and

57:18

rip the poor woman in half

57:20

from collarbone to hit the doors

57:22

dating her white robes karst still

57:24

barely vibrating with raids, she turned

57:26

up on the playing onlookers and

57:28

spoke. We have

57:31

come too far to turn

57:33

back. Now we have the

57:35

gym. After all this time

57:37

we have seen him. You

57:39

will not take the word

57:41

of a swiveled old crone

57:43

center and your back. Although

57:45

work I brought you to

57:48

do, we will find this

57:50

creature guilty of his crimes

57:52

or I will bring this

57:54

mountain down since zeal. All

57:56

of you but the the

57:58

notion of stone. Darkness

58:01

as we should have.from

58:03

the beginning Do you

58:05

hear me you worthless

58:07

stress of meet my

58:09

will be dogs Do

58:11

you hear be my

58:13

eyes will be dog

58:15

You have tomes your

58:18

weaseling pathetic T and

58:20

birds hero. Coolest all

58:22

these thoughts thoughts have

58:24

you lived to this

58:26

towards Stewart said Robin:

58:28

have you broken. Have

58:30

club but with false or

58:32

do you stand by your

58:34

testimony saw the we might

58:37

finally out service. The

58:39

harbinger extended a clause him towards

58:42

the remaining wouldn't be the terry's

58:44

of a was proclamations of the

58:46

begging the peripheral staff as well

58:48

as allowing the entire gallery to

58:50

hear. Voices

58:52

began to emanate from the tearfully does.

58:55

All the testimony given the

58:57

man's home or Jc whatever

58:59

name is cold as for

59:01

for some overlap and Mr.

59:03

Coffee of what sounders. Fc.

59:11

The ruins carved as abuse began to

59:13

glow with as far as a replaces

59:15

the whole sars is to give them.

59:19

The same. As

59:22

same as a whole the fall

59:24

of As as he smokes and

59:26

cars are far as spread to

59:29

ever be reporters voices ball service

59:31

as died was like. Well.

59:40

Like the only one in Bali. Some other

59:42

word here is you harbinger. As

59:44

a pretty impressive display, a power. After

59:47

all the pussy made about this chamber be

59:49

insecure to give you suggests people my overlooked

59:51

your little silence and freak is a necessity

59:53

of the port but i. Thanked.

59:57

Him out across the line with

59:59

flexible. The zebra human strength there, and

1:00:01

course, murder in your own people in

1:00:04

front of a full blown audience is

1:00:06

never a good look. Skyn Tom stirred

1:00:08

in his seat actually earth ah this

1:00:10

great not now tops of yes or

1:00:12

sar just. Jack. Rose to

1:00:14

his feet. raising his arms

1:00:17

high overhead, arching as back

1:00:19

into a long luxury it's

1:00:21

tourists the role as net

1:00:23

a few times, rubbed shoulders

1:00:25

and let out a satisfied

1:00:28

sas. Oh,

1:00:30

he feels better. You

1:00:33

know I was be one rapidly when his

1:00:35

little dog and pony show got started. Bus

1:00:37

sit near his last few days. Listen the

1:00:40

i'll Spend your tales of Old Jack has

1:00:42

done me a world. does. For

1:00:44

you and downright. sporadically.

1:00:49

But that's what the harvard your head

1:00:51

plan. But it seems you forgot what

1:00:53

really gives me the small but respectable

1:00:55

amount of power of maintained over the

1:00:57

years. So yeah I am. The.

1:01:00

Jack appeals. After

1:01:02

all, The bailiff

1:01:04

banged her staff on the ground.

1:01:06

The accused will remain silent. The

1:01:08

rhythmic drumbeat of her step down

1:01:10

here frantic was nowhere near as

1:01:12

loud now that the magically enhanced

1:01:14

acoustics of the chamber have been

1:01:16

compromised. Jack South of Woman and

1:01:18

irritated. Think

1:01:20

we've all had enough for you

1:01:22

and at Little Stick may have.

1:01:24

A sharp pressed echoed off the

1:01:27

stone walls as the bail of

1:01:29

staff filled to the floor and

1:01:31

three jagged pieces you dare deal.

1:01:33

Walker rose smoothly. To her, Peter

1:01:35

Jackson just raised in her voice over

1:01:37

the bailiffs outraged stand. Corrected

1:01:40

by lists in a court of

1:01:42

law that says has the right

1:01:45

to remain silent it's not a

1:01:47

requirement. Mr. Feals here also has

1:01:49

every right speaking his own descent.

1:01:52

Study Walkers smile brightly at the big

1:01:54

lists and then nodded to her client

1:01:56

continue Thank you Miss Walker. Sex.

1:01:59

or bathe nervous gathering of

1:02:01

witnesses and onlookers, folks

1:02:03

with an axe to grind and the sort

1:02:05

of general busybodies who simply enjoy any drama

1:02:08

that doesn't involve them. Most

1:02:10

were on their feet, caught in the

1:02:12

process of making their way out the doors to

1:02:14

the rear of the chamber in the wake of

1:02:17

the harbinger's tantrum they hesitated now, curiosity

1:02:20

settling its hooks into them like

1:02:22

a well-baited fishing-line. Jack

1:02:25

smiled. I

1:02:28

should thank y'all folks for helping me get back on my feet.

1:02:31

As I said, hearing all your stories has been

1:02:34

mighty restorative. You

1:02:36

know who else has a story about old Jack? Jack

1:02:39

spun dramatically on his heel to level a finger

1:02:41

at the hooded figure in the center of the

1:02:43

dais. That one right there calls

1:02:46

itself the harbinger. That's

1:02:48

right, you heard me. It's got its own little

1:02:50

story about me. One it don't want y'all to

1:02:53

hear, but I think y'all have the right to

1:02:55

hear it, given that it's the real reason for

1:02:57

what he'd only call it this

1:02:59

kangaroo court. I think you'll find it

1:03:01

enlightening. See, once

1:03:04

upon a time, a

1:03:06

long time ago, back

1:03:08

when folks like you, Mr. Cook, were still

1:03:11

hiding in caves hoping not to get eaten,

1:03:13

these mountains we call home look very different,

1:03:16

taller and much more

1:03:18

menacing than these gentle rolling hills to an

1:03:20

outside observer, they look

1:03:22

like the perfect place to

1:03:25

imprison something dangerous. Beings

1:03:28

of fathomless darkness and madness. Your

1:03:30

forebears, Miss Gray. Older

1:03:33

even than the one you call father. Mr.

1:03:36

Fields, we all know this story.

1:03:39

Hiram Cook interrupted him, looking

1:03:41

both bored and irritated. Every

1:03:44

green-touch child hears the stories about how the dark

1:03:46

came to be part of our world at their

1:03:48

path our memos need. Now if you don't have

1:03:50

anything, I'm sure that's true, Hiram. Did

1:03:53

you ever wonder who put

1:03:56

them there? Hiram

1:03:59

Cook had no idea. No answer for that. Nor

1:04:02

apparently did anyone else." A

1:04:05

low murmur swept through the assembled

1:04:07

onlookers and Jack continued. "'You

1:04:10

see, in order for something to be locked up,

1:04:12

somebody's gotta be the jailer. That's

1:04:15

what its people left it here to do. And yes,

1:04:17

I do mean it. The harbinger

1:04:19

would like y'all to think that title is

1:04:21

just an elected position within the community here

1:04:23

at the Rock. It's

1:04:25

not. That poor

1:04:27

woman sacrificed her life to be a vessel

1:04:29

for this thing. A

1:04:31

body it can use here in our little world. It's

1:04:35

got an unfortunate tendency to be using them up, though, don't

1:04:37

you? Every few

1:04:39

years some poor soul gets promoted to

1:04:41

the position. Nasty

1:04:43

business, if you ask me. Not that old

1:04:45

Harvey ever did, but it did ask me for something,

1:04:48

though. See,

1:04:50

it was one of the parties that came here

1:04:52

to entomb that darkness in

1:04:54

our world. Didn't expect

1:04:57

that they'd trap it here in a big rock and leave

1:04:59

it behind. You see, it was betrayed, and

1:05:01

it was angry, and it wanted to get back to, well,

1:05:04

wherever it came from. So

1:05:07

it tried to make me take its place. Can

1:05:10

you imagine? Not being a

1:05:13

fool, of course. I said no. Never being

1:05:15

much of a law and order type, as y'all well know. So

1:05:19

there it sat, simmering

1:05:21

in its own juices. Look

1:05:24

inside a rock with nowhere to go. After

1:05:28

a while it started reaching out to others like it. To

1:05:31

those nobody else wanted. Those

1:05:33

that even the green and the dark left behind

1:05:37

built itself a whole little kingdom out of those

1:05:39

folks. I ran across

1:05:41

its people from time to time, but it never ended

1:05:43

well for me. Every time I got close I got

1:05:45

knocked on the head and left out somewhere without the

1:05:47

slightest notion of how to get back. I

1:05:50

guess it was having its little revenge by excluding

1:05:52

me from its perfect little paradise. Eventually

1:05:55

I just left it alone. To

1:05:57

be honest, I'd all but forgot about it, but uh... I

1:06:00

guess it never stopped thinking about me. I

1:06:03

mean, shoot, if I was stuck inside a mountain and all

1:06:05

I ever heard was stories about how clever and good-looking the

1:06:07

one feller it could have gotten me out was, I

1:06:10

suppose I'd build up a grudge, too." From

1:06:13

her position at the front of the dais,

1:06:15

the hooded woman seethed, her

1:06:18

breath heaving, muscles

1:06:20

taut with hatred. She

1:06:22

glared at Jack from beneath her hood, but

1:06:24

made no move to stop him. I

1:06:27

bet y'all are wondering why old Harvey here ain't brought

1:06:29

the mountain down on all our heads like it threatened

1:06:31

to. My

1:06:34

guess is that it can't. Over

1:06:36

the years I've learned a little bit about the rock

1:06:38

and its people. I've never been

1:06:41

sure what's true and what's bunk, but

1:06:43

this much I can confirm. Like I said, that

1:06:45

poor woman whose body it's wearing like a cheap

1:06:47

suit, she might have been bred

1:06:50

and raised for possession by something from some other

1:06:52

world, but that's still just a human body and

1:06:55

an ungifted one at that. It

1:06:57

wasn't built to handle all this supernatural heavy

1:07:00

lifting. As I understand

1:07:02

it, the harbinger usually just sits around delivering

1:07:04

prophecies and using its power to make the

1:07:06

land prosperous for its people, which don't take

1:07:08

much energy but still wears him bodies out

1:07:10

every decade or so. But

1:07:13

all the time we've been here for this so-called

1:07:15

trial, it's been channeling enough power to light up

1:07:17

half the Cumberland Valley and then some. A

1:07:20

human body ain't meant to endure all that. I

1:07:23

figure it ain't got too long before it has to

1:07:26

leave that body and return to the rock or wherever

1:07:28

it cheaps itself until a new host is prepared. Jack

1:07:31

turned to address the folks assembled in

1:07:33

the gallery. Witches

1:07:35

and root doctors, hanks and boogers, children

1:07:37

of the green and the spawn of

1:07:39

the dark and those who owe no

1:07:41

filthy dither. He

1:07:43

gestured to the panting figure of the harbinger

1:07:45

behind him. Keepers

1:07:47

of the green! Look

1:07:49

upon one of those who brought the dark to

1:07:51

your world. The kin you

1:07:54

lost in the struggle against them, you

1:07:56

can lay those death at that thing's feet. dark.

1:08:01

Behold, the hands that caged your masters

1:08:03

and would see you purged from the

1:08:05

universe like dish water down a drain.

1:08:08

The ones you serve never asked to be here, nor

1:08:10

would they stay here if they had their druthers. So

1:08:14

the way I see it, y'all got a choice. You

1:08:17

can keep doing this thing's dirty work and move

1:08:19

on me where I stand, or

1:08:22

you can walk away. Steel

1:08:25

keeps on turning, and we all live to see

1:08:27

another day. The

1:08:30

chamber was quiet for a long moment,

1:08:32

as the denizens of the green and the

1:08:34

dark stared around at each other, tense and

1:08:36

uncertain. And then the

1:08:39

silence was broken by a meaty thud,

1:08:43

as the vessel that it contained the being

1:08:45

calling itself the Harbinger slumped to the floor.

1:08:49

The bespectacled woman who had stood at the front of

1:08:51

the dais throughout the course of these proceedings let out

1:08:53

a soft cry and rushed to her side. After

1:08:55

a moment, the remaining two members of the Council

1:08:58

of the Rock still looking stunned, joined her. As

1:09:01

the three women hovered over the Harbinger's

1:09:03

still form, a soft buzz of conversation

1:09:05

rose in the gallery. Hot

1:09:07

damn, Greenie! It's the best damn show I've seen

1:09:10

in years. I wish somebody thought to bring popcorn. Old

1:09:12

Green Eyes nodded at Tom in agreement. Indeed,

1:09:16

most entertaining. The

1:09:19

black stag rose with a disgusted

1:09:21

snort. Disappointing.

1:09:25

Come, daughter. We've

1:09:28

wasted enough of our time

1:09:30

on this boss. A

1:09:33

swirling void opened

1:09:35

beneath the hooves of the creature whose

1:09:37

name sounded like Hornet Head, but

1:09:40

was not. The stag

1:09:42

and the three women who attended him

1:09:44

sank into it and were

1:09:47

gone. The stag's

1:09:49

exit seemed to be the cue

1:09:51

that many were waiting for, as

1:09:53

others began to take their leave either by means

1:09:55

of similar portals or slowly milling toward the doors

1:09:58

at the back of the chamber. Finally,

1:10:00

the bailiff rose to her feet. Jack

1:10:03

grinned as he saw her reach for a staff that

1:10:06

was no longer at her side. Without

1:10:08

the benefit of either the room's enhanced acoustics or

1:10:11

her cherished walking sticks, she was forced to raise

1:10:13

her voice above the chatter. Uh,

1:10:16

ladies and gentlemen, things

1:10:19

and workers, the Rock thanks you

1:10:21

for your testimony. I

1:10:24

am afraid the harbinger is, um,

1:10:26

oh, my, is unable to

1:10:29

continue. The remaining

1:10:31

members of the Council have determined that

1:10:33

insufficient evidence has been

1:10:35

presented to warrant proceeding

1:10:38

further. Uh, this tribunal

1:10:40

is dismissed." She

1:10:42

shouted at the bats of the already

1:10:44

retreating crowd. Turning

1:10:46

to the table where Jack still stood,

1:10:49

she nodded to D.L. Walker with a

1:10:51

sour expression and pronounced stiffly. "'Miss

1:10:53

Walker, your client is free to go. Someone

1:10:56

will escort him to his cell to retrieve any

1:10:59

belongings he may have left there.' The

1:11:01

attorney looked up at Jack. "'Is

1:11:04

there anything you need from your cell?' "'Hell

1:11:06

no.' Dougie

1:11:08

turned back to the bailiff with the trademarked

1:11:11

sunny smile that she wielded so effectively to

1:11:13

needle her opponents. "'Thank you,

1:11:15

bailiff, but I think we'll just see ourselves

1:11:17

out.' Marcy Walker,

1:11:19

who had sat behind them in the gallery

1:11:21

throughout the whole ordeal, joined them at their

1:11:23

table as her sister gathered her things, neatly

1:11:26

tucking her notes and pins into a

1:11:28

soft-sided leather bag. Jack

1:11:30

smiled. "'Well, Miss Marcy, seems

1:11:33

that I find myself in your debt again.

1:11:35

I appreciate your help.' He

1:11:37

turned to Dougie Walker and reached out to

1:11:39

shake her hand. "'Thank you for your assistance,

1:11:41

Miss Walker. "'Yeah, thanks for

1:11:43

coming, Dougie. I

1:11:45

know how you feel about matters like these,' and

1:11:47

Dougie waved her off." Something

1:11:49

offended me so much as the sort of

1:11:51

miscarriage of justice I've witnessed here. I'm

1:11:54

glad I was able to offer some help, although

1:11:56

I have a feeling Mr. Fields here had things

1:11:59

well in his head." There was

1:12:01

a twinkle in her eye as the corner of

1:12:03

her mouth quirk'd up in a mischievous grin. Why,

1:12:06

Miss Walker, you give me far too much

1:12:08

credit. I have no idea what you mean,"

1:12:11

Jack said with a wink. Then

1:12:14

D. L. Walker hoisted her bag onto her

1:12:16

shoulder, and the three of them

1:12:18

began making their way toward the door behind the

1:12:20

rest of the crowd. Well,

1:12:33

hey there, family. And

1:12:36

so we come to the end of

1:12:38

the final episode of season four of

1:12:40

Old Gods of Appalachia, Root and Branch,

1:12:42

and that is truly a D-Lux episode,

1:12:45

checking in at well over an hour.

1:12:47

Seems like that's kind of become our tradition

1:12:49

here at Old Gods of Appalachia to give

1:12:51

you that big meaty chonker boy right there

1:12:53

at the end of the season. Now, I

1:12:55

am joined here in the darkness of the

1:12:58

post-roll today by my co-creator, your beloved head

1:13:00

switch, Miss Cam Collins. How you doing

1:13:02

over there, family? I'm doing great.

1:13:04

Happy to finally reach the end of season

1:13:06

four. It's been real, it's been fun,

1:13:08

but it's time to put this baby to bed

1:13:10

and turn our attention to other things. Now,

1:13:13

family, you know we can never tell you everything about

1:13:15

what's going on behind the scenes here at Old Gods

1:13:17

of Appalachia, but we can tell you about a few

1:13:19

things. First up is

1:13:21

the 2024 national tour Unhallowed Grounds,

1:13:24

coming to a venue near you this summer. Cam,

1:13:26

tell them where we're going. We'll be

1:13:28

kicking off the tour on June 13th

1:13:30

in Durham, North Carolina. Durham, y'all

1:13:32

were so good to us last year. We can't wait

1:13:34

to see you again. Next up

1:13:37

will be Athens, Georgia, My Old Somping Grounds,

1:13:39

Go Dogs, Knoxville, Tennessee, and

1:13:41

Greenville, South Carolina. Then

1:13:43

we'll be heading down to New Orleans and Texas in

1:13:45

the latter part of the month, and that's just June,

1:13:47

family. We're traveling all over

1:13:50

the country from June through September,

1:13:52

family, so come on out and

1:13:54

see us. Tickets available at oldgodsofaplagia.com/tour.

1:13:57

And that's not all for those of you who

1:13:59

tied your souls to us over on Patreon for the

1:14:01

low cost of $10 a month, we'll be rolling out

1:14:03

a very special treat this summer, back in 2022. Which

1:14:08

seems like both yesterday and a lifetime ago, because

1:14:10

time is a flat circle and also a lie.

1:14:13

We did a very limited run of just

1:14:15

three live shows that we called Unknown Roads.

1:14:18

Lots of y'all came out to see us and some

1:14:20

of y'all even crossed the Atlantic to be with us

1:14:23

for those, but we know that many, many more of

1:14:25

y'all wanted to see those shows, but tickets sold out

1:14:27

super fast. Many of you asked us

1:14:29

if those shows would be recorded and as always

1:14:31

the answer was no, but that

1:14:33

we may release studio versions of those stories

1:14:36

one day at some indeterminate time in the

1:14:38

future. For our Patreon

1:14:40

family, that time is nigh. That's

1:14:42

right, this summer we will be

1:14:44

releasing our main story from Unknown

1:14:46

Roads entitled The Ties That Bind,

1:14:48

exclusively on Patreon. This

1:14:51

standalone tale features some of your favorite

1:14:53

characters and actors including Brandon Sartain as

1:14:55

Indiana Boggs, the hedge witch herself as

1:14:57

Deelee Hubbard and the amazing Yuri Lowenthal

1:14:59

as the Railroad Man. But that's not

1:15:01

all family. Returning to reprise his very

1:15:03

first role with us, we have Mr.

1:15:05

Cecil Baldwin, you might know him from

1:15:07

a little show called Welcome to Night

1:15:09

Vale, as Rupert Morris. Who is Rupert

1:15:11

Morris? Well to find out you're going to

1:15:13

have to join us on Patreon this summer. So

1:15:15

if you haven't tossed your offering in the collection

1:15:18

plate just yet, now is the perfect time to

1:15:20

join us over at patreon.com/oldgods of Appalachia. And there's

1:15:22

a lot more than that to listen to in

1:15:24

the meantime. Is there anything

1:15:26

else we can tell them about now, Kim? Well

1:15:29

we could answer one of the most common

1:15:31

questions we receive whenever a season ends. No,

1:15:33

the show is not over. Yes, we

1:15:36

will be back. As if

1:15:38

we weren't already busy enough, in

1:15:40

between touring this summer we'll be putting

1:15:42

our evil little heads together to map

1:15:45

out season 5, which will kick off

1:15:47

on our fifth anniversary, Halloween, October 31st,

1:15:49

2024. Will

1:15:52

you join us, family? I think they will. So

1:15:55

this is your every dang episode reminder

1:15:57

that old gods of Appalachia is a

1:15:59

production of Beep Nerd Media and is

1:16:01

distributed by Rusty Quill. Today's story was

1:16:03

written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell.

1:16:05

Our intro music is by Brother Landon

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Blood and our outro music atonement is

1:16:09

by Brother John Charles Dwyer. The voice

1:16:11

of Doc Underwood is DJ Rogers. The

1:16:13

voice of Marigold Underwood is Stephanie Hickley

1:16:15

Beckman and the voice of D.L. Walker

1:16:17

is Cam Collins, introducing Dasan Ahanu as

1:16:19

the voice of Lester Graves. We'll

1:16:22

talk to you soon, family. Talk to

1:16:24

you real soon. Family,

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