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3 years ago

Pictures of a Lavender House - Picture Two: The Cats

In which Mae awakens to a horrifying surprise, and then enjoys a pancake breakfast. In her first full day at the Lavender House, she goes with Laverna and Doubleday to meet the cats--cats who act a bit unsettlingly human. She also meets Stephano--a trans furry artist looking for an escape from his troubles.

Content warning for one loud noise (1:05), two mentions of parental transphobia (12:11-12:17 and 12:36-12:55), some strong language, and a long poem about capitalism, which includes a short paragraph about police violence (8:30-8:45). ACAB.

Written and edited by Bex Brzostoski, and produced by Aster Podcasting Presents with the University of San Francisco College Players. All rights reserved, 2021.

Voice talents as follows: Janelle Malonzo as Mae, Kelsea Villanueva as Cherry, Dylan Vodzak as Laverna, Eli Ramos as Doubleday, Chaitrika Budamagunta as Stephano and Stephano the Cat, V Kornfeld as Karl the cat, Tal Minear as D.B. the cat, Melody Maishman as Harold the cat, and Gabriella Brzostoski as Gary the cat.

Attributions for music and sound effects Malevolaughs by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Jazz Street by FSM Team Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

At The Kitchen Table by Savfk | https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Typewriter sounds: typewriter18.ogg by tams_kp https://freesound.org/people/tams_kp/sounds/43558/?page=1#comment

Breakfast ambience: Cooking a pancake.wav by BeeProductive https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive/sounds/383138/

Book Snap: Book Closing - Various by shorzie https://freesound.org/people/shorzie/sounds/407683/

P.S. To whomever reads all the endnotes… lucky you, you get a secret clue. Look up the names of each individual cat with the word “disappearance.” All except Karl and Gary, that is. They’re just for fun. ;)