Episode 4 is done!
Boter, if you want to find out what happens to your character, give it a read.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1egq … sp=sharing

Note: Obituaries are at
http://www.taylorandreynolds.com/christopher-mack/ and http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buffal … =180785152

And one of his favorite pieces of classical music can be heard at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MPuoOj5TIw

Christopher F. Mack, AKA Invid Fan. Born September 23, 1969, and died July 21, 2016.

It's a bit strange to use the word "friend" here, since I didn't know much more than this: he was a writer, he liked movies, and he was an uncle. We debated the role of characters in stories, and agreed that Fury Road and Inside Out were good movies.
But, in some small way, he was my friend. He was our friend. He made well over a thousand posts in this little forum, most of which were before my time. From skimming through them, there were lively debates, awful jokes, and worthwhile conversations.

And when I did some snooping and found out he was dead, it hurt. So yes, Invid was a friend. He was willing to open up and let us know when life was not going well. Friendship has many shades, but is rarely deeper than when sharing vulnerabilities. So I believe he considered us friends as well.

Therefore, my friend, we will miss you. And though I wish I could say we will always think of you, life will continue, and we will be focused on living. I'm certain you wouldn't want us to spend the rest of our lives mourning you anyway. Howsoever often or rarely we do remember, though, it will be fondly.

Finally, I hope that we provided some amount of comfort to you in your last months. Thanks so much for being a part of this forum, a member of this "wonderful community of people" Teague is always talking about in commentaries.
Thanks for reading and writing.
Thanks for sharing.
And, from all of us: Thanks very much for listening! Goodnight, goodnight.

That's awesome!

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Thanks! I'll probably put out for comments one more time once I edit and tighten as much as I can. But the interim advice is super helpful.

I can't wait to record this!

Invid, dunno if you've been on lately, but how are you doing?

That's....not Matt Smith. Nor does it look anything like him.

Technically, yes. Though I'm sure all the pipe-makers on the forums I've been reading would scream in fury and rage at the sky for that "gross over-simplification"

I dunno. The only hard part was drilling the long skinny tube.

Indeed

The new ship looks a bit Klingon, actually.

It was (I think) your buddy with the deeper voice? It may just be the nature of his voice needing some EQ tweaking, but the sound was very "noisy"

And hey. If you wanna third guy to add dynamics, let me know. It might be interesting to have two best friends and a guy who knows literally nothing about you

Yup. Dead air. I'll have to do a read through to see how much a pause I can get away with considering the tension.

Aha. Yup. You're right. While the time-scale is mentioned to have been shortened (going from 4 hours to less than 1) I totally get why it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
But your suggestion that they specifically toss safety aside is freakin perfect! It will escalate the tension, and give them a likely explanation when things go wrong. Self-blame ensues, Drama! Excitement! Conflict!
Thanks, man!

Two excellent points. I totally agree. I'll probably throw in a line or two about how much faster it'd be going with better equipment. Just to give a proper scale.

Dunno how to fix the time crunch issue yet, although I see what you mean...would you be able to pinpoint something in particular that defused it for you?