Issue 5: The Great Debate, pt. 1

The auditorium is packed with pupils, the lights are up, and three folding desks sit on the stage - it’s time for the grand debate that will decide who becomes Class President. But the stakes may be higher than even that, as a mysterious foe makes their move.

Chapters:

0:27: Zen meets garden.
2:47: Entering the auditorium.
6:24: Pharrolax explains how this works.
16:09: Zen makes their entrance.
24:58: The debate starts.
41:44: Dire warnings from Old Man Oak.

Cast:

Danni, our MC (@battidanni)
Alice Kyra, playing Saoirse Olivera aka Crash Override (@magicalgirlkyra)
bea mcjanda, playing Cynthia Krull aka Jupiter Rising (@spacedoobie)
Mina McJanda, playing Becky Lancaster aka The Green Knight (@minahoneybat)

NPC Roster:

Zen Garden (they/them): A student made entirely of rock and dirt - one of Crash’s challengers for Class President, though definitely not a frontrunner.
Creeping Ivy (???): Old enemy of the Green Knight legacy - an insidious, strangling creature of vines whose promises are poison.
Niles Berman (she/her)/Pharrolax the Eternal (she/her): Niles was a mild-mannered archaelogist; Pharrolax was the cat-god-queen ruler of an alternate ancient Egypt. When the Amulet of Sekhmet-Ka-Ra transferred Pharrolax’s essence into Niles, there was a brief reign of terror, until the heroes of Halcyon City confiscated the amulet. Now, they share duties teaching History at Phoenix Academy.
Lyra Lancer aka Snowflake (she/her): A student newly arrived under the Clean Slate program, with the same ice powers as the rest of her (supervillain) family.
Old Man Oak (he/his): The ancient spirit guiding the legacy of the Green Knight - a vast tree glimpsed in visions in an endless summer glade.
Evangeline aka Incredible Ooze (she/her): Though this hero's most obvious power is that she's entirely composed of amorphous slime, she'd prefer to be known as a gadgeteer hero. Shy and socially awkward.
Bob aka 808 (he/him): A TV-headed robot who’s a big nerd for AV electronics.
Abby Juration aka Dispell (she/her): A gothic lolita spell-weaver from a storied family of mages. Crash's other rival for Class President.

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This podcast uses Masks: A New Generation by Magpie Games. This work uses material from the Phoenix Academy playset published by Magpie Games in Masks: Unbound and written by Rob Wieland which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US).