The Stagnant Earth(audio drama)
e.s.sense for Charlotte
Charlotte has always been something of a loose cannon. A combination of traumatic childhood experiences and growing up with two brothers (Alec and Kris) made her equal parts tough and broken. She isn't all jagged glass though; what initially started out as a childish fascination with the painfully lonely Sylvie quickly grew into a tender friendship, and as she got older, a fragile hope for something more. In spite of this, her mounting frustrations at living in a cramped radio broadcast tower with two boys and a dwindling food supply got the best of her, and she journeyed to the outside world, never to be heard from again.
(Narration) Two hundred years, rotting in the ground, dying, crumbling to dust in coffins we’d already built for ourselves. It was pathetic.
(BEAT)
Two hundred years, and according to them it still wasn’t safe, they still didn’t want me to leave, because of The Denizens… not like I was going to let that stop me...
(BEAT)
Two hundred years… Just how long are they planning to wait for anyway?
I’m sorry, okay? Is that what you wanted to hear? I’m… I’m just sorry.
(Threatening) You have until I reach ten, and be warned, I haven’t heard anyone count that high since I was small, so I will miss some out. One-