2.3 - Magician. Lawyer.

About this episode

In this episode, ChroniCarl makes a specific demand while Detective Rand builds a case against the crew, leading to tense moments for the robots and their human companion.

What's in The Rift is a Cortex Prime Actual Play. Season 2 follows three hapless robots (ChroniCarl, PsychoBot 2000, and Helpis) plus their one human companion (Donny Fink) as they are dragged unwillingly into a murder mystery that may have far-reaching political ramifications. Of course, they can't be bothered with that unless dragged kicking and screaming by their GM back into the story. Episode 3 - Magician. Lawyer. ChroniCarl has a very specific demand for his captors, but they do not acquiesce. Detective Rand, a boyish detective, turns the screws on the crew and lays out the extremely plausible case he has built up against them. Things are not looking good for our scrappy robot pals and their human pet in this one. Could a paper detective hat save the day? Only one way to find out! Cast: Grayson Stamm as ChroniCarl Yolandie Hamilton as PsychoBot 2000 Rae Witte as Donny Fink Landon Whisnant as Helpis Josh Burgess as GM This season's artwork is done by the inimitable Warpsol. https://instagram.com/warpsol What's in The Rift is a production by Man in Jumpsuit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

People in this episode

Host: Man in Jumpsuit

Guests: Grayson Stamm, Yolandie Hamilton, Rae Witte, Landon Whisnant, Josh Burgess

Topics covered

• murder mystery
• robots
• detective
• political ramifications
• Cortex Prime
• actual play

Keywords

• Cortex Prime
• murder mystery
• robots
• detective
• political intrigue
• actual play
• sci-fi

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What's In the Rift

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