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[0:00] Jonathan Cook: Hi, listeners.

[0:02] Jonathan Cook: This show is an immersive audio experience intended for adult audiences.

[0:06] Jonathan Cook: Listener discretion is advised.

[0:16] Jonathan Cook: All right, welcome back to Gather by the Ghost Light. I'm Jonathan Cook, your host, producer, and sometimes voice actor on this thing.

[0:24] Devon McSherry: And I'm Devon McSherry, the co-host to that co-host.

[0:28] Devon McSherry: Oh wait, wait, that that would make us both co-hosts. That's crazy.

[0:30] Jonathan Cook: Yeah, we're pretty cool like that.

[0:31] Devon McSherry: Oh my gosh.

[0:32] Devon McSherry: But before we get into today's play, we have a couple things to say.

[0:35] Jonathan Cook: We do. We recently produced the world premiere of In the Slush by Daniel Prileman.

[0:41] Jonathan Cook: And we just wanted to thank all the locals for coming out and supporting that.

[0:44] Devon McSherry: And we have some great news about that.

[0:46] Jonathan Cook: We actually filmed one of those performances.

[0:49] Jonathan Cook: And that video is currently living on our YouTube channel.

[0:53] Devon McSherry: That's right. It's right there for all to see.

[0:56] Devon McSherry: Right there for your viewing pleasure.

[0:58] Jonathan Cook: So if you enjoy our audio plays and you want to see what our live production was like, go check it out.

[1:04] Jonathan Cook: Alright. Yeah, let's uh now uh let's get into what everyone is here for.

[1:08] Jonathan Cook: Uh the audio play you're going to hear today is called Raptain Stall LIVES.

[1:13] Jonathan Cook: And it was written by David Golden.

[1:16] Jonathan Cook: You are about to meet Jimmy Bannion, a man at a Comic Con cosplaying as his favorite fantasy character.

[1:22] Jonathan Cook: Rhaptonstall Oakshield.

[1:26] Jonathan Cook: But this Comic Con is uh it's a little bit different for Jimmy.

[1:30] Jonathan Cook: You see, the new movie in the Feldstar series was recently released, and uh, well, they they killed off Jimmy's favorite character.

[1:39] Jonathan Cook: Rude.

[1:40] Jonathan Cook: So he's a little upset, and he is currently on the roof of the convention center, threatening to throw himself off if they do not cancel that movie.

[1:48] Jonathan Cook: Now, gather around the ghost light. Sit back and enjoy. This is RHAPTONSTALL LIVES, written by David Golden.

[1:59] Jimmy Bannion: That's why I said I'm on the roof of the convention center. I'm looking down at the main entrance right now, and I am going to jump.

[2:08] Jimmy Bannion: No, he's not a joke. But believe me, you better work everybody because I'm completely serious. I'm gonna jump.

[2:15] Jimmy Bannion: Yeah, I'll hold.

[2:26] Jimmy Bannion: Yeah, I'm still here.

[2:27] Jimmy Bannion: Banyan.

[2:29] Jimmy Bannion: Jimmy Banyan.

[2:31] Jimmy Bannion: Well well, when will the manager be back?

[2:34] Jimmy Bannion: Are you serious? He's got like 50,000 people down there for Comic Con, and he's taking personal day.

[2:43] Jimmy Bannion: I'm I'm not I'm not judging. I'm just it seem it seems like odd timing.

[2:46] Jimmy Bannion: It's odd timing. You can say that it's all timing. That's all, okay? The biggest event of the You know, that's not even the point.

[2:53] Jimmy Bannion: The point is I'm standing on the roof, and I'm gonna jump to my death. Mr. Big Shot, Hollywood director, Harry Furlington does not bring back RHAPTONSTALL Oakshield.

[3:06] Jimmy Bannion: Rhaptonstall Oakshield, what are you living in a cave? He's like the coolest character in the whole Feldstar trilogy. And Harry Furlington has killed him.

[3:16] Jimmy Bannion: Yeah, fine. Call me back. Jeez.

[3:20] Jimmy Bannion: Rapt and stall lives!

[3:23] Jill Dunbar: Mr. Banyan.

[3:25] Jimmy Bannion: Oh! Oh no, don't. What is wrong with you?

[3:27] Jill Dunbar: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Never surprise somebody standing on a ledge.

[3:31] Jimmy Bannion: I thought you heard me.

[3:32] Jill Dunbar: Oh, sure. I'm doing the war cry of RHAPTONSTALL Oakshield, and somehow I'm gonna hear you sneak up on me.

[3:37] Jill Dunbar: I wasn't sneaky. Look, I'm a little busy here, okay? Mr. Banyan, my name is Jill Dunbar.

[3:41] Jimmy Bannion: Yeah. Ha. Like I'm gonna fall for that.

[3:44] Jill Dunbar: A business card? Really? For all I know, you're a cop.

[3:48] Jill Dunbar: I'ma come over there. You're gonna try and grab me. Pull me inside.

[3:51] Jill Dunbar: Mr. Banyan, I promise you I'm not a police officer. I'm not here to try and stop you from uh.

[3:58] Jill Dunbar: Oh man, that's high. You okay?

[4:00] Jill Dunbar: In fact, I'm here too to uh facilitate your jump.

[4:06] Jimmy Bannion: Excuse me?

[4:06] Jill Dunbar: I mean, if indeed that is your plan anyway, to jump.

[4:11] Jimmy Bannion: Well, yeah, that's that's the idea. Because if it's not, if this is just some kind of, I don't know, publicity stunt or something.

[4:19] Jill Dunbar: Lady, who the hell are you?

[4:20] Jill Dunbar: I told you, Jill Dunbar. I'm Mr. Furlington's manager.

[4:24] Jimmy Bannion: Harry Furlington? The director?

[4:26] Jill Dunbar: Actually, I'm Mr. Furlington's manager's assistant.

[4:31] Jill Dunbar: Well, second assistant, technically.

[4:33] Jimmy Bannion: I don't believe it. He actually had the guts to show up.

[4:37] Jill Dunbar: Yeah, no, Mr. Furlington won't be able to attend the Comic Con after all.

[4:41] Jimmy Bannion: What are you talking about? He's on the schedule. He's supposed to be here to talk about that travesty he calls a movie.

[4:47] Jill Dunbar: He had to cancel. There was some kind of last-minute glitch.

[4:51] Jimmy Bannion: What kinda glitch?

[4:54] Jill Dunbar: Well, um. The movie sucks.

[4:59] Jill Dunbar: Rhysmic drugness for yeah!

[5:03] Jill Dunbar: Rapted the laps.

[5:06] Jill Dunbar: Okay, uh anyway, naturally, the studio has expressed concern about recouping its investment.

[5:13] Jimmy Bannion: Good luck with that.

[5:15] Jill Dunbar: And they all sort of put their heads together to see what they could come up with to turn this thing around.

[5:19] Jimmy Bannion: Why don't you just admit it? Burlington chickened out. He couldn't face all his former fans after killing up the best character in the movies. So he sent his manager instead.

[5:29] Jill Dunbar: Manager's second assistant. But I assure you I speak for him and the studio for the purposes of this negotiation.

[5:36] Jimmy Bannion: What negotiation?

[5:39] Jill Dunbar: After your repeated and numerous phone calls to the studio and to Mr. Furlington's office and his home, and his other three homes, and his cell phone, how did you get all his numbers?

[5:51] Jimmy Bannion: I used to be a huge fan, okay?

[5:53] Jill Dunbar: Right. So after you left the same message many, many, many times that you intended to jump off the roof at the Comic Con as a protest against the movie, everyone agreed that we should offer our validation for your plan.

[6:08] Jimmy Bannion: You mean you want me to jump?

[6:09] Jill Dunbar: Again, just so we're clear, if indeed that is your intent anyway, to jump off the roof, at the time and in the manner of your sole discretion.

[6:20] Jimmy Bannion: Some some lawyer told you to say that, right?

[6:23] Jill Dunbar: Strictly as a precaution against any liability or exposure to legal action.

[6:28] Jill Dunbar: In case you, I don't know, land on someone.

[6:33] Jimmy Bannion: I I don't get it. If if if I jump, it's like I'm saying I don't want to live in the same world as this movie. But but why would you want that?

[6:42] Jill Dunbar: Well, as I mentioned, it's no secret the movie just blows. But if you stop showing every bad movie that Hollywood made just because they're bad, well, gosh, I guess we'd all just have to go back to reading books or something.

[6:54] Jimmy Bannion: Right. What they need is a good reason to pull this one out of circulation.

[6:58] Jill Dunbar: And the studio and Mr. Furlington feel that the suicide of an angry fan just might be the tipping point they're looking for.

[7:03] Jimmy Bannion: And then they'd reshoot it, right? So that wrapped install oak shield doesn't die, and they could maybe even do another sequel or two.

[7:11] Jill Dunbar: No, I think the plan is more like to write the whole thing off as a total loss.

[7:15] Jimmy Bannion: I'm not doing this to help the studio save on their taxes. This is about art and integrity and vision.

[7:22] Jill Dunbar: No, Mr. Banyan. This is about the movies.

[7:25] Jill Dunbar: And this makes sense to you. For me to jump to my death so that a bunch of Hollywood hacks can go on making bad movies.

[7:31] Jimmy Bannion: I'm not the one standing on the roof.

[7:33] Jill Dunbar: What's that supposed to mean?

[7:35] Jimmy Bannion: Nothing. Never mind.

[7:37] Jill Dunbar: No, no, tell me. I wanna know.

[7:39] Jill Dunbar: Mr. Banyan, I didn't want this job. They said I had to do it. They said if I didn't, I'd never work in this town again.

[7:46] Jill Dunbar: Which isn't obvious cliche, but they really know a lot of people.

[7:50] Jimmy Bannion: No, it's okay, I understand. Wait, so you don't think I should jump?

[7:54] Jill Dunbar: Only if Mr. Harry Furlington is standing directly below you. And even then, I'm not sure it would be worth it because I don't think he can actually be killed since it's common knowledge that he sold his soul a long time ago.

[8:06] Jimmy Bannion: You know, that actually does make a lot of sense. But but this isn't about him. It's about RHAPTONSTALL Oakshield.

[8:13] Jimmy Bannion: Quite possibly the coolest, most amazing character of all time. And Furlington killed him.

[8:23] Jill Dunbar: Mr. Banion.

[8:24] Jimmy Bannion: Call me Jimmy.

[8:25] Jill Dunbar: Jimmy. I barely know you, so I hope you don't mind my saying that you seem like a very nice person.

[8:31] Jimmy Bannion: I don't mind. Thanks.

[8:34] Jill Dunbar: And you're right. Rhaptonstall Oakshield really is an amazing character.

[8:39] Jill Dunbar: But he's not real.

[8:41] Jimmy Bannion: Well duh. I know that.

[8:43] Jill Dunbar: Jumping off a roof, on the other hand.

[8:48] Jimmy Bannion: Yeah, this was a bad idea. Maybe you should come in now.

[8:52] Jill Dunbar: Yeah, probably. But wait, what about you? You're gonna lose your job.

[8:56] Jill Dunbar: That's okay. I'm not really cut out for this.

[9:00] Jill Dunbar: Last week I had to defuse a bomb that somebody left in Mr. Furlington's car.

[9:04] Jimmy Bannion: Ah, that must have been terrible.

[9:05] Jill Dunbar: Yeah. But it wasn't as big a bomb as his movie.

[9:10] Jimmy Bannion: Good one.

[9:11] Jill Dunbar: But seriously, there really was a bomb in his car.

[9:13] Jimmy Bannion: Oh, sorry. Right. My bad. That's yeah.

[9:15] Jill Dunbar: Anyway, uh, I'm supposed to call in, let them know, you know.

[9:20] Jimmy Bannion: Well, what about after that?

[9:25] Jill Dunbar: I should probably get on the plane before they cancel my ticket.

[9:28] Jimmy Bannion: Have you ever been to a comic con?

[9:32] Jill Dunbar: No.

[9:32] Jimmy Bannion: I could m maybe show you around if if you want.

[9:37] Jill Dunbar: Okay.

[9:38] Jill Dunbar: Okay. Meet you downstairs.

[9:41] Jimmy Bannion: Don't fall.

[9:42] Jill Dunbar: I won't.

[9:52] Jimmy Bannion: Rapted installes.

[9:57] Jonathan Cook: Yes!

[10:05] Jonathan Cook: That was Raptain Stall LIVES. Written by David Golden. It was performed by Hollis Bowden as Jimmy and Jessica Mousley as Jill.

[10:13] Jonathan Cook: Our next big project coming up is our second annual horror show called Stage Frights, the sequel.

[10:22] Jonathan Cook: So keep a lookout for that. The live event is October 11th. Come and be a part of that if you can, and then the stories will be the next audio plays that we release on the podcast after the event.

[10:32] Jonathan Cook: Alright, I think that's it. I think it's time for our uh our infamous credits roll.

[10:38] Devon McSherry: Go ahead, lady, roll those dice.

[10:40] Devon McSherry: Dice roll sound effect provided by Devon McSherry.

[10:44] Devon McSherry: And oh, it's a six.

[10:46] Jonathan Cook: Oh, okay, Bill and Ted.

[10:47] Devon McSherry: Bill and Ted, most excellent.

[10:50] Jonathan Cook: This has been a Gather by the Ghost Light Production, produced by Jonathan Cook, Devon McSherry.

[10:56] Jonathan Cook: Yeah, today's play, Raptain Stall LIVES, was written by David Golden.

[11:01] Devon McSherry: Oh, that's bogus, dude.

[11:03] Jonathan Cook: And it was performed by Hollis Bowden and Jessica Mousley.

[11:07] Jonathan Cook: Directed and edited by Jonathan Cook!

[11:10] Devon McSherry: Whoa! Excellent!

[11:13] Jonathan Cook: Cover art by Claire Rodriguez.

[11:16] Jonathan Cook: Title music by JK/47.

[11:18] Devon McSherry: Oh, heck yeah.

[11:19] Jonathan Cook: An additional feature music by the Hot Rod Elegants and Josh Tarp.

[11:24] Jonathan Cook: Yeah, this program is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowments of the Arts.

[11:33] Devon McSherry: Oh, most excellent!

[11:35] Jonathan Cook: All right, all my most excellent dudes out there. Stay safe, and we'll see you next time we gather by the Ghost Light.

[11:45] Jonathan Cook: Wells a ghost in the radio that keeps it on the peak.

[11:51] Jonathan Cook: There's a demon in the bottle trying to drag me to my knees.

[11:56] Jonathan Cook: And I can't afford to fall apart every time we meet.

[12:01] Jonathan Cook: Oh there's a ghost after me.

[12:19] Jonathan Cook: I mean, it literally like just stop. It literally just played the whole thing like a minute ago.