Salty Abyss

Salty Abyss is the second episode of the podcast. It was released on August 4th, 2016.

Synopsis
A story about the benefits and downfalls of whispers on the wind. The merits of disembodied warnings, Aqua Land, and movies with explosions are explored.

Plot Summary
Etta apologizes for the amount of personal information she gave out on her last episode before launching into a story about Mockingbirds, and a particular one which tried to lure a family and a Bridge Travel Agent down to the base of the bridge by mimicking the voice of the family's youngest daughter. Etta confesses that while she has both heard and ignored their calls, she doesn't think that they're outright malicious or sinister, and only want connection with others.

Kate comes in shortly after she finishes that thought to give Etta a flashlight and tell her that Roger asked her and Bertie to go up to level four and check on the breakers. Despite Etta's protests that it should be her in the submares rather than Kate and Roger, and that they should really be switched, Roger insists, pointing out that a big storm will be hitting in a few hours.

While on floor four, Etta and Bertie hear what sounds like children giggling.

Meanwhile in submare three, Roger reveals that he wanted Kate with him because he didn't think Etta would have it in her to do what needed to be done in the event of Bob getting out (shooting him), while he thinks Kate would. They also hear the children's giggling. At this point they're radio'd by Etta and compare notes. Yes, they all hear the creepy laughter. Suddenly there's a crash and Roger disappears, followed shortly by Etta's walkie cutting out. Kate takes stock of everything she has around her (A possibly broken walkie talkie, Bob, no flashlight, a gun she doesn't want to use).

Things cut back to Etta and Bertie, who try to get the walkie talkie to work in the dark. Etta doesn't notice Bertie disappear immediately, leaving Etta alone until she hears the voice of her mother. It asks her if she thinks she'll recognize her mother when they meet again, and Etta screams until Bertie opens the door on her. He explains that he had been standing next to her, then suddenly wound up downstairs. He heard a voice as well, but didn't elaborate on who he thought it was. Together they fix the breakers.

Meanwhile, Kate hears the voice of her cousin, taunting her, though she knows that it's not really her cousin's voice. Soon the walkie talkie and lights turn back on all at once, and Kate grabs Etta and Bertie's attention. She wants to know if they've seen Roger, but as it turns out he was in the same room as Kate the entire time, tucked away in a corner. Something had hit him in the head and he'd been out cold the entire time. They all agree dinner would be nice.

During dinner, Etta has a bit of a small fit. No one wants to talk about what just happened, but she does. She doesn't like that everyone is pretending like nothing happened, but when she presses it Bertie says he doesn't want to talk about the voices in particular. Roger points out that it could easily have been a Mockingbird, or something like it, and Etta apologizes telling everyone that if they don't want to talk about it, she won't force them. Bertie and Roger silently exit, leaving Etta and Kate to talk. They explain the voices they heard, with Kate asking Etta to just trust her, it wasn't actually them, before she too leaves.

Etta does a small traffic report before signing off.

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