1.9 | LURE

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.

The Party cook beans, enquire about a manor, and attend a fancy schmancy ball.

CW: Violence and gore; depictions of alcoholism and alcohol withdrawal; graphic depiction of extreme binge drinking (1:04:35-1:07:34) and inebriation; emetophobia (28:34-28:45, 1:10:01-1:10:10); misophonia (drinking: 5:12-5:23; kissing: 1:08:29-1:08:52, 1:09:15-1:09:34); depictions of PTSD and extreme mental distress (panic attacks; audio hallucinations, specifically whispering; and depictions of derealisation & dissociation: 4:49-5:30, 9:38-9:56, 29:09-29:50); ableism and ableist language; classism; misogynistic and homophobic language; mentions of cult practices; and references to religious doctrine (Christianity).

This episode features the vocal talents of Austin Sharp, Aurora Ave-Lallemant, Sneha Kumar, James Reece, Matt Doherty, Jay Rossouw (Jay33721), Elias McDonald, Hayden Sullivan, Michelle Kan, and Madison Diaz (SomethingExtraVA).

MERCY is produced by Madison Diaz.

The script supervisor is Matt Doherty.

Written, directed, and sound designed by Jae-in Hwan.

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A dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15H2toUQD0z7tGCKHz61BKjmu450HxmHDiv4R6rMitV4/edit?usp=sharing

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