The Department of Variance of Somewhere, Ohio

A shady governmental group that deals with supernatural entities experiences a containment breach at its main office. One new hire and one mid-level employee from the Bureau of Transnatural Resources are stuck on different floors when the lockdown begins. The two employees, Scarlet Jaunt and Jasmine Control, will have to work together however they can to escape the hostile creatures, shifting architecture, and invasive noises all around them.

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S2E10: Gold Beyond the Stars

7 februari 2024 · 31 min
Afspelen

Here it is, the end of season two! Lees meer

Olivia takes the long road back home. Yellow convinces Lapis that this is all completely normal. Violet leaves the Department while Jasmine and Scarlet prepare for what's to come.

(CWs: alcohol, blood, worms)

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CREDITS:

Cast of episode 10: Jess Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Cody Heath, Tal Minear, Maria Corcobado, Emily Kellogg.

Art by NerdVolKurisu, episode promo art by Meredith Baird

Written, scored, and edited by Rat Grimes.

Transcripts available in episode notes at somewhereohio.com
S02E09: We Shall All Be Worms

30 januari 2024 · 32 min
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Orange and Olivia finally meet, and the crew teams up to take down the Great Wurm. Lees meer

(CWs: worms, goo/slime, high pitched noises, discussion of depression)

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Cast of episode 9: Jess Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Cody Heath, Maria Corcobado.

Art by NerdVolKurisu, episode promo art by Meredith Baird

Written, scored, and edited by Rat Grimes.

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S02E08: The Writhing

24 januari 2024 · 29 min
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Olivia figures out where she is. Orange has a vision of the future, and follows Nya into the dark. Lees meer

(CWs: Blood, body horror, worms, squishing sounds, alcohol)

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Cast of episode 7: Jess Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Cody Heath, Maria Corcobado.

Art by NerdVolKurisu, episode promo art by Meredith Baird

Written, scored, and edited by Rat Grimes.

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S02E07: Bring Down the Heavens

17 januari 2024 · 30 min
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Two low-level employees check up on the librarian in the present. Olivia, Alex, and Nadia prepare to escape the nightmare of the past. Two Primaries discuss the Department's future. Sterling and Green put an end to the charade. Lees meer

(CWs: death mentioned, derealization, worms)

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Cast of episode 7: Jess Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Rae Lundberg, Caleb Zane Huett, Shannon Strucci, Sean Pellington, William A Wellman, Ray O'Hare, and Michi Zaya.

Art by NerdVolKurisu, episode promo art by Meredith Baird

Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes.

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S02E06: The Great Wurm

10 januari 2024 · 30 min
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Orange has a rough night, but a strange new ally gives them direction. Olivia, Alex, and Nadia try to escape the creepy mall. Sterling and Green have a dinner date. Lees meer

(CWs: blood, violence, body horror, alcohol, smoking, worms, derealization)

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Cast of episode 6: Jess Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Rae Lundberg, Cody Heath, Maria Corcobado, Sean Pellington, William A Wellman, and Lilly Chau.

Art by NerdVolKurisu, episode promo art by Meredith Baird

Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes.

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S02E05: The Deerland Mall

3 januari 2024 · 25 min
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Olivia, Alex, and Nadia find a mall in the middle of the woods. They suspect it's abandoned, but it turns out there's something still alive within. Lees meer

(CWs: blood, body horror, organs, alcohol, food, chewing/mouth full fx [1 time], worms)

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Cast of episode 5: Jesse Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Rat Grimes.

Art by NerdVolKurisu

Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes.

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S02E04: Estranged from Grace

27 december 2023 · 27 min
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Olivia wakes up after the altercation in the planetarium and learns what went down. Orange talks with the locals and does some light editing. Nadia discovers something about herself. Lees meer

(CWs: mild homophobia, death, blood, body horror, high pitched feedback)

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Cast of episode 4: Jesse Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Aubrey Akers, Saph the Something, Taylor Michaels, Meredith Baird

Art by NerdVolKurisu

Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes.

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S02E03: The Planetarium

20 december 2023 · 27 min
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Olivia and the gang find the planetarium, where they learn more about what's going on in the woods. Green and Sterling have a chat at the airport. Lees meer

(CWs: blood, gore, death, parasitism, alcohol and weed mentioned, muffled audio)

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Cast of episode 3: Jesse Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Dexter Howard, Rae Lundberg

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Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes.

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S02E02: It's All Ohio Now

13 december 2023 · 23 min
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After the startling discovery at the end of the last episode, the four friends venture deeper into the woods. In the sweltering night, they find an unexpected ally and a new enemy. Lees meer

(CWs: smoking, food, body horror, some gore, worms)

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Cast of episode 2: Jesse Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Dexter Howard, Mystic Waterz.

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Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes.

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S02E01: The Best Way Out is Through

6 december 2023 · 25 min
Afspelen

Jasmine Control, a new hire at a shady governmental agency called The Department of Variance, went through an extended supernatural orientation that ended with her manager, Yellow Access, trying to meld the minds of every worker in the office. To save her friend Scarlet Jaunt from death at the hands of her new boss, Jasmine used her newly discovered psychic abilities to jump into the past, to a point where Scarlet was alive. She miscalculated, and now she's stuck in Scarlet's memories from 10 years ago. Lees meer

This season picks up with Jasmine, Scarlet, Violet, and Daryll visiting the woods to see a lunar eclipse after their senior year of high school, ten years prior to the events of season one. But something else is lurking in the woods with them. Something…midwestern. The friends will have to figure out what's going on and put a stop to it if they ever want to escape, and if Jasmine ever wants to return to her normal life.

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CREDITS:

Cast of episode 1: Cody Heath, Jesse Syratt, Em Carlson, Tatiana Gefter, Dexter Howard, Lena Garcia.

Art by NerdVolKurisu

Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes.

Transcripts available in episode notes at somewhereohio.com

(CWs: alcohol, food, smoking, derealization)

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TRANSCRIPT:

ORANGE: It's just as Green said: the stairway to heaven is always moving. I figured I was on the first step when I heard the cat in the diner.

I was heading to a little city in Michigan. I know, I know; "Orange Splice? In the field? Shouldn't you be behind a desk at the Commission signing off on quarterlies?" But on some cases I can't help myself. I can tell you that Red's disciplinary report's gonna have a lot of Orange in it. So this little city in Michigan, an industrial husk of a place. Full of slick palms and the poor souls wriggling between their fingers. I packed my bag and blew the joint. I slept in my rumbling hatchback on the way, and I ate and bathed as the…