Metra Ep 9 - Change the Myth, Change the World

The finale. 
Are we tied to the tracks of this catastrophe? 

Songs:
“Fearful” reprise
“Gotta Be Brave”
“With the Swing of an Axe”
“Work for the Night is Coming”
“Epilogue”

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Written by Emily and Ned Hartford
Music and Lyrics by Ned Hartford
Dialogue Directed by Emily Hartford
Produced by MythMakers Media

Featuring: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Jonathan Gregg, Ned Hartford, Galway McCullough, Walker Schneckenberger, Mercena Schulenburg, Ezra Trumbull, Theo Trumbull, Kristen Vaughan, and Luke Wyngarden

Sound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned Hartford

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Transcript

SPEAKER_08 0:13

Miss Makers Media presents audio story Jeanette Bayodell as a glove for nose.

SPEAKER_01 0:51

Sheree J. Davis as Corey. Corinna Schulenberg as Sam.

SPEAKER_08 0:57

And Fred Inkly as Tyler. Featuring Aliah Munch.

SPEAKER_01 1:05

Sierra Ryan.

SPEAKER_08 1:07

Christina Abando Sanchez as our wonderful tree nymph course. Yeah.

unknown 1:18

Change the myth. Change the world.

SPEAKER_17 1:23

Welcome, Mythmakers. We three tree nymphs are here to present to you episode nine of the scripted serial audio podcast of Matra. A climate revolution with songs. The final episode of our story. The crescendo, the climax, leading into the denouement and epilogue. But every ending is a beginning. Change the myth. For the better. Change the world. For the better. That would be wonderful. And it's totally possible when you two are here with me!

SPEAKER_03 2:01

No more! All gotta be brave! No more gotta be brave.

SPEAKER_15 2:22

That was wonderful. Oh, Tyler, forgot about you. Weren't you leaving or something?

SPEAKER_16 2:31

Corey Corey, I uh if you have something to say, just say it. When the world was bowing before. What? Sing all hail and adoring. Tyler, I knew they didn't know the man I knew. Because all I ever knew was fearful. For my sister, my mom, and me. Never ever not be fearful. So I think uh now that I have my own family, well, protecting my wife and daughters from the world. Maybe being so afraid has led me to make mistakes. Tyler? Yes, Corey. You're a billionaire.

SPEAKER_15 3:19

Hire a therapist.

SPEAKER_16 3:21

Right. Yeah. What I'm trying to say is that I I will be there tonight when the security systems come down, if you will have me. No matter what happens. You might never see your wife again.

SPEAKER_15 3:36

You might never see your children again.

SPEAKER_16 3:38

Then they'll know their father died doing the right thing.

SPEAKER_15 3:42

Well, Corey, that's two billionaires. Two is not enough. We need something more, something big. Or we're all gonna get killed.

SPEAKER_12 3:50

I wish I could still manifest my tree. If tonight is the night that I die, I would like to die next to my tree.

SPEAKER_16 3:57

You could do that? Uh magically make your own tree?

SPEAKER_12 4:01

All tree nymphs and tree spirits can. I'm feeling quite jealous of the other tree nymphs.

SPEAKER_15 4:05

I thought you said they lost all their powers too.

SPEAKER_12 4:08

I lost all my powers because you changed my myth. The other tree nymphs lost all the powers I shared with them. But they still have their own magic. They can still make their own tree. Why didn't you say that? Tree nymph? Tree spirit? I didn't think I needed to state the obvious.

SPEAKER_15 4:25

Oh, of course. Obviously. Right. I have a plan.

SPEAKER_10 4:36

In order to save what's left to save, we gotta be bold. We gotta be brave in order to save what's left to save. We gotta be bold. We gotta be gotta be brave.

unknown 5:40

What do you mean?

SPEAKER_14 5:45

You ready, sir?

SPEAKER_15 5:46

As ready as I'll ever be staring down a line of men with guns.

SPEAKER_14 5:52

Immediately.

SPEAKER_15 5:54

Any regrets of being here tonight with you? No regrets. How about you?

SPEAKER_09 6:02

Immediately.

SPEAKER_14 6:06

How can I regret anything? It all led to here. Let the story begin. Aggie, start us off.

SPEAKER_09 6:18

What is that? No, I I I see the little green thing. I just don't know what it is.

SPEAKER_13 6:25

With the swing of a neck, a bleeding tree. Oh the same the same floor.

SPEAKER_03 6:51

Can we of the bubbles, we come in peace.

SPEAKER_15 7:18

Outsiders. Before you do, you should know that we have the implant detonators. The ones that set off your heart implants.

SPEAKER_09 8:25

Okay. Outsider to be the representative of this little gathering? Continue.

SPEAKER_15 8:35

Listen to what we have to say. And at the end, if you want to join us to build a better future together, we will have the implants removed.

SPEAKER_09 8:46

Well, that that is a very nice thought, outsider, but there is no way to remove the implant without dying. And I don't want to die.

SPEAKER_05 8:55

Tom? Yeah, yeah. Actually, actually, that's not true. It's not true. Commander, it's me, Tom Bulpee. I I designed the implants, as you know, and I'm very sorry about that. But I I can tell you, the elites have been lying to you. The implants are very easily surgically removed with no harm to the patient. So you're going to be fine. Really? Really, you're going to be fine. No problem.

SPEAKER_09 10:03

Tyler.

SPEAKER_11 10:04

That's not necessary, Commander. Tyler Gats here. Former bubble elite. Soldiers, if you really want to hurt the bubble elite, just take their wealth. Take their wealth and then use it for the common good. Because we aren't going to make it otherwise. It's all collapsing. And sooner or later it's going to collapse on all of us. We have to stop drilling and burning today. And even if we do, it's still going to be bad. It's going to get worse for years to come before it gets better. The bubble elites are the ones most responsible. And now it's our responsibility to sacrifice, to share, and to try and muddle through together.

SPEAKER_15 11:03

Thank you, Tyler. People of the bubbles. Before the great migration from the coasts, this area was once known as Albany. And before that, long before that, originally it was the land of the Hoden Ashone, the five tribes who signed a peace treaty under the great eastern white pine tree that became known as the Tree of Peace. So in honor of that, we invite you to join us today in peace in the cool shade of this beautiful grove of trees.

SPEAKER_09 11:41

Uh excuse me, excuse me, uh, outsider, but uh what trees? I I don't see any trees.

SPEAKER_14 11:49

These trees.

SPEAKER_00 12:08

Everybody knows what happened next.

SPEAKER_15 12:11

Hey, that's a really good question. Your teachers tell you what happened, right?

unknown 12:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_15 12:17

But I was in the crowd that night, so maybe I can tell you the details that don't get taught here in class, huh? So, as soon as Corey said this beautiful grove of trees directly behind each of the 100 tree nymphs scattered out in the crowd, a giant tree appeared, instantly creating a beautiful lush forest. The bubble people gasped at the security guards lowered their guns in shock. Everything was so still and so quiet. And then Tyler's wife and children ran out and they all laughed and hugged.

SPEAKER_00 13:04

I could cry.

SPEAKER_15 13:06

But then some of the bubble people came out and they walked up to the tree and they touched them. At first, they were scared, but then they smiled and laughed, and then they sat under the trees. And then the security forces came out and handed their guns back to the outsiders. Then a bunch of autoglides drove out the exits of the bubbles, and the elites were never heard from again.

SPEAKER_00 13:36

What happened to Sam?

SPEAKER_15 13:38

Sam is interviewing all the tree nymphs and recording the myth systems that they exist in. I think she's having the time of her life.

SPEAKER_00 13:53

What happened to Torley?

SPEAKER_15 13:57

I think she's she's doing fine. Where did she go? Well, she didn't want this new community that was forming to be about her. The new story had to be about the community, not one person. So it was decided to have the Hoden Ashone Tribal Council be in charge of organizing the new community and setting up the first election. Yay!

SPEAKER_00 14:27

What's Corey doing now?

SPEAKER_15 14:28

From what I understand, she's lying alone.

SPEAKER_00 14:33

Oh no, what happened?

SPEAKER_15 14:35

Undercover. While she's figuring out the next steps. There's plenty of other bubbles still scattered around the world, you know. Plenty of other bubbles that need topping. With time, I feel like I'm getting to know her better. We move forward.

SPEAKER_08 15:11

Excuse me, Debbie. Can you can you give me an E?

SPEAKER_02 15:15

Here's your E, Mr. Mulpee.

SPEAKER_17 15:18

You don't have to call him Mr. Mulpey.

SPEAKER_02 15:20

Mind your own business! Mind your own business.

SPEAKER_07 15:26

And uh how are those drum charts, Diane? Those aren't my forte.

SPEAKER_17 15:30

It's good enough, Tom. Oh, good. And it's a beautiful song, you and Aglofinos wrote.

SPEAKER_02 15:36

Such a beautiful song. Okay, I just want to say that I I love your voice.

SPEAKER_17 15:48

Oh thank you, Daddy. I just want to say that I love your voice.

SPEAKER_07 15:51

Okay, seems like everybody's ready. You ready? I think I'm ready. Here we go.

SPEAKER_08 16:04

Work for the day is coming. Work for the day to come. Then say it said.

SPEAKER_06 16:19

The work you've been doing say with practice. My work is done. We stay on the time.

SPEAKER_03 19:12

It's so nice work there, Aggie.

SPEAKER_17 19:21

Nice work there, Tom. Which brings us to the end. Sorto. Hit it, Max. One, two, three.

SPEAKER_03 19:34

We gotta be Myth making earthquaking system, shaking wall. Shape shifter. Climate free resistance. Raise your fist here. Everybody here, cheer. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 20:08

Story stories.

SPEAKER_03 20:34

We love you, Albany.

SPEAKER_17 20:37

Albany, you ride. And as we say in Tree Nymph.

SPEAKER_08 21:40

Episode nine features we peat the Security Forces. Commander Cohen McCullough and Jonathan Gregg is featured ensemble. Mr. Trumble is Child One, Rustina Schuckenberg is Child Two, Theo Trumble is Child Three. Students of Brooklyn Music School with Thanksgiving teacher Sarah Elizabeth Grace to Kristen Vaughn is Diane. Debbie Luke Windgarden is Max and Tom Mulby is Tom Mulby. Dialogue directed by Emily Hartford. Singing sessions directed by Tom Molby. Songs written by Aglofinos, Corey. Sam and yours truly, Tom Mulpey. Music and vocal arrangements, as well as sound editing and sound design by Tom Mulpe. All audio produced and recorded and mixed by Tom Mulpee at Mythmakers Media Studios. Principal casting by McCorko Casting. Additional casting by Mythmakers Media. Public relations and media outreach by Tink Media. Visit our website, Metrothemusical.com for a detailed list of credits and thanks. Follow us on Instagram and Blue Sky at Metra the Musical, all one word. Metra, a climate revolution with songs, is a production of Mythmakers Media. Copyright Ned and Emily Hartford, all rights reserved. Remember, change the myth, change the world. You great A plus, wondrous, motherfucking fabulous climate revolutionaries. So now you've heard the episode where that reference comes from, so should all make sense. See you on the streets.