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Leanne:

Wasting Company Time presents Tell No Tales, season two. Episode 12.5: Be There

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[SFX: Footsteps as Louisa paces while talking]

LOUISA

Alright Patrick, thanks. Riley and Julia are looking at me like I’m about to tell them whether or not the world is ending, so I’m gonna have to go update them. (PAUSE) Yeah, yes great. (PAUSE) Alright, will do. Speak soon. Yeah, bye. Bye bye.

JULIA

So? What’d he say?

LOUISA

He’s taking the case. Now we’ve got Stephen and Arthur both on board, and the case against Better Place storing the spirits, he thinks we’ve got a chance. He’s going to do it pro-bono. He wants his name on this case.

RILEY

Of fucking course he does, we’re making history!

JULIA

Hell yes. Look at us, liberating history and making it in one fell swoop, Louisa, I could fucking kiss you right now.

LOUISA

I mean-

RILEY

(OVERLAPPING) Mmm, let’s not.

JULIA

Some other time, maybe. We’ve got planning to do. What does Patrick want from us, in terms of the warehouse?

LOUISA

(ASIDE) I’ll hold you to that. (NORMAL VOLUME) Not sure yet, he wants to meet first. Your first trip into the warehouse was, uhhh, a little bit illegal, so we’re hoping we can find a way to NOT do it illegally- (TRAILS OFF)

[SFX: Phone buzzing quietly, muffled at first, then clearer as Riley pulls the phone out]

RILEY

Leo.

JULIA

You think? We could find a way to make them some kind of double-agent? It’s not impossible, maybe if we kept their identity secret-

RILEY

No, no. No, they’re calling me. Leo’s calling right now.

JULIA

Oh. Shit. Well, answer it. This could work in our favour.

[SFX: Buzzing stops, short pause after phone is answered]

LEO

(ON PHONE, GASPING FOR BREATH)

RILEY

Shit. What’s up?

LEO

(LONG PAUSE, THEN CRYING) Riley? I- I need… I need y- (UNINTELLIGABLE CRYING)

JULIA

Leo?

FRANK

(ON PHONE, QUIET AND DISTANT) Give me the phone, Leo. Let me.

LEO

I can’t-

FRANK

(TENDERLY) It’s okay, I’ll speak to them. (LOUDER) Mx. Matkins. Leonardo needs their friends right now.

RILEY

Are they okay? Have you hurt them?

FRANK

Of course not. They have not been harmed. They… They have spoken to the spirit of their brother, and it appears to have opened up some old wounds. They need support from somebody more… capable than I.

RILEY

Oh, Frank, you are really testing my ability to not be a bastard right now. (BEAT) But I need to make sure Leo’s okay. Where are you?

FRANK

The basement labs of the warehouse.

JULIA

And we can come?

FRANK

(SMARMY AS ALL HELL) Ah, Ms. Wilde. A pleasure as always.

JULIA

(IGNORING HIM) Without repercussions, without signing any NDAs, without being arrested for trespassing or some nonsense like that?

FRANK

Yes. (BEAT, THEN SINCERE, A LITTLE AWKWARD) Uh… Leo’s needs are the priority here.

RILEY

We’ll be there as soon as we can.

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Leanne:

This episode of Tell No Tales was written and produced by Leanne Egan. In it, you heard the voices of Josie Thomas as Louisa, Shannon Kelly as Julia, Phil Thompson as Riley, Leanne Egan as Leo, and Asher Amor-Train as Frank. This marks our final mini episode, and the last episode for a few weeks. We’ll be taking a mid-season break until the 8th July, at which point we’ll be returning to full-length episodes every Monday until our season finale in September. Until then, thank you for listening, and remember: the dead don’t bite.

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