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Style:ElectroacousticSoundscape, MusiqueConcrète, NoiseArt, Tempo:A-temporal, definedbyaFrequencyModulationrateof~8Hz, Sounds:DominantWhiteNoise, high-frequencyStatic, momentarySpeechFragments(chopped&distorted), randomInstrumentalBursts(lo-fi, buried), FMCarrierSignalOscillations, ChordProgression:Atonal, focusonconstantlyshiftingFrequencies(FrequencySweeps), dissonanthigh-Qharmonics, Instrumentation:VintageAnalogFMReceiver(Simulated), TunerKnobManipulation, AnalogNoiseGenerator, Effects:AggressiveBandpassFiltering(scanning), HeavyAnalogDistortion, PitchBending(tuner), RapidAmplitudeModulation(signalfade), SubtleRoomReverb(simulated), Structure:ContinuousFrequencySweep(Low-to-High-to-Low), PunctuatedbytransientRadioSignalCaptureevents, Texture:Dense, Gritty, Metallic, Lo-Fi, Ambiance:Eerie, Interstitial, Nostalgic, Vocals:Unintelligiblechoppedvoices, zerochorus

CAST
VOICE 1 – The Priest (old man, throat full of rust and incense)
VOICE 2 – The Child (8 (8-year-old girl, but the voice is cracked, ancient, wet)
VOICE 3 – The Radio Demon (static incarnate, words made of white noise and broken transmissions)
VOICE 4 – The Mother (whispering from inside the walls, sometimes sobbing, sometimes laughing)
VOICE 5 – The Corpse (heartbeat reversed, gurgling, barely human)
[Drone swells. First bell at 66.6s]
VOICE 1 (slow, Latin-tinged, almost tender)
Our Father… who art in… pieces…
hallowed be thy… name… torn out…
VOICE 2 (sing-song, skipping-rope rhythm, but pitched -12 semitones)
Daddy cut the stars down
put them in a jar
Mommy drank the moonlight
now she’s very far
VOICE 3 (bursting through static, overlapping)
…fzzzt… this is not a test… repeat… your soul is leaking… fzzzt… please remain calm while we harvest…
VOICE 4 (from very far, then suddenly in your ear)
I swallowed the bell
it’s ringing in my womb
it’s ringing
it’s ringing
come home baby the walls are soft tonight
VOICE 5 (wet reversed heartbeat as syllables)
thump… thump… I… was… warm… once…
VOICE 1 (louder, cracking)
Deliver us from… no
deliver us INTO evil
for thine is the flaying
the flensing
the kingdom come on bleeding knees
VOICE 2 (giggling, then sudden scream that fractures into insects)
Ring around the rosary
pocket full of teeth
ashes ashes
we all
fall
IN
VOICE 3 (rapid, auctioneer corrupted)
Going once for the eyes
going twice for the tongue
sold to the gentleman made of television snow
VOICE 4 (caressing, obscene)
Let me lick the rust from your halo
it tastes like the day you were born
it tastes like the day you weren’t
VOICE 5 (gurgling, rising volume)
The… nails… are… singing…
inside… my… palms…
[Second bell. Everything drops 20 dB for two seconds, then slams back]
VOICE 1 & VOICE 2 together, perfect unison, terrifying
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in the abattoir
VOICE 3 (screaming through feedback)
INTERFERENCE DETECTED
PRAYER CORRUPTED
REBOOTING SIN
VOICE 4 (soft, almost loving)
Shhh… close your eyes
the angels are only teeth tonight
and they’re so hungry for light
VOICE 5 (final, almost peaceful, heartbeat slowing)
thump…… thump………………
……see……you……soon……
[Third bell. Total silence except the drone, now pulsating like something giving birth in reverse.]

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CAST VOICE 1 – The Priest (old man, throat full of rust and incense) VOICE 2 – The Child (8 (8-year-old girl, but the voice is cracked, ancient, wet) VOICE 3 – The Radio Demon (static incarnate, words made of white noise and broken transmissions) VOICE 4 – The Mother (whispering from inside the walls, sometimes sobbing, sometimes laughing) VOICE 5 – The Corpse (heartbeat reversed, gurgling, barely human) [Drone swells. First bell at 66.6s] VOICE 1 (slow, Latin-tinged, almost tender) Our Father… who art in… pieces… hallowed be thy… name… torn out… VOICE 2 (sing-song, skipping-rope rhythm, but pitched -12 semitones) Daddy cut the stars down put them in a jar Mommy drank the moonlight now she’s very far VOICE 3 (bursting through static, overlapping) …fzzzt… this is not a test… repeat… your soul is leaking… fzzzt… please remain calm while we harvest… VOICE 4 (from very far, then suddenly in your ear) I swallowed the bell it’s ringing in my womb it’s ringing it’s ringing come home baby the walls are soft tonight VOICE 5 (wet reversed heartbeat as syllables) thump… thump… I… was… warm… once… VOICE 1 (louder, cracking) Deliver us from… no deliver us INTO evil for thine is the flaying the flensing the kingdom come on bleeding knees VOICE 2 (giggling, then sudden scream that fractures into insects) Ring around the rosary pocket full of teeth ashes ashes we all fall IN VOICE 3 (rapid, auctioneer corrupted) Going once for the eyes going twice for the tongue sold to the gentleman made of television snow VOICE 4 (caressing, obscene) Let me lick the rust from your halo it tastes like the day you were born it tastes like the day you weren’t VOICE 5 (gurgling, rising volume) The… nails… are… singing… inside… my… palms… [Second bell. Everything drops 20 dB for two seconds, then slams back] VOICE 1 & VOICE 2 together, perfect unison, terrifying Thy will be done on earth as it is in the abattoir VOICE 3 (screaming through feedback) INTERFERENCE DETECTED PRAYER CORRUPTED REBOOTING SIN VOICE 4 (soft, almost loving) Shhh… close your eyes the angels are only teeth tonight and they’re so hungry for light VOICE 5 (final, almost peaceful, heartbeat slowing) thump…… thump……………… ……see……you……soon…… [Third bell. Total silence except the drone, now pulsating like something giving birth in reverse.]

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