Quintessence

The Deep Dream State's built for some fast lane changes. Whatever it's got for handling is on display here; each scene's drastically different.

It's all unified by the game. An augmented reality game for commercial deployment's being used to hunt down the game designers. That's dark. Every scene blends that darkness with high fantasy elements, but the mixes come out much different. That - and some love for live play podcasts - is why there's a die roll in each scene transition.

It opens comic. The Muppettes, observers who always watch the action, put on their sorceress robes and get to incanting. Even though it's funny, there are some real secrets uncovered here, including the real origin of the name Meridian A.

It gets dark. When Z sees the Muppettes scrying, he puts his hunting team of wolfgirls through the paces. Prior subjects Gia (played by Valentina Vallay), Celeste, and Clara have found a new place at Vale Four. The writer isn't barely disguising anything here. The Muppettes are horrified; Z clearly delights in freaking out the audience - listeners included. (The Deep Dream State is NSFW thinkykinky material. This scene should be flagged as high spice level.)

It shifts to unsettling. Team Flowers and Team Alchemy navigate their way through Hespa's map. They find their way through raging floodwaters, their own unspoken desires, and the medieval origins of the worst sports podcast of any epoch.

They arrive soaked and breathless to a secret they were told didn't exist.

Written and Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns

Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns

Co-Directed by: Bliss Blank

The poster image for this arc is from Sunrise Forever, under the Pixabay license. Layer art overlays are used to vary each iteration of the image.