Arc Four Interlude: you’re the only warm thing for miles

Hamnah Shahid, Dare Hickman, Austin Knight, and quinn b. rodriguez join the main cast of THE SECOND STRANGER during this very bad, no good dinner party interlude. Jaran reunites with Øka. Gentle brokers peace. Citlalli and Vasanti size up the competition. Dewey becomes a loverboy. Abiku makes a grand entrance. And Øka ruins the potluck.

Producer Note: Lyra was unavailable to record this episode, but Manaia returns in the beginning of Arc Five!

"The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life.

Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Azra, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott.

Content warnings for this episode: romance, kissing, references to sexual entanglements, trauma, grief, descriptions of food, and surgery.

CREDITS:

New cast - Hamnah Shahid (https://twitter.com/hshahid_), Dare Hickman (https://twitter.com/dare2dreamrpg), Austin Knight (https://twitter.com/sailorsctaustin), and quinn b. rodriguez (https://twitter.com/quinnntastic_).
Title - “I’m Going Back To Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense” by Danez Smith.
Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/).
Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart).
Podcast editing - Connie Chang (https://twitter.com/ByConnieChang).

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