Check out our Halloween Pop-up Channel here.Young Margaret's final recording reveals the pretend Margaret must choose: play the record and become real while everything else becomes pretend, or break it and disappear—but suggests there might be another option she hadn't thought of. The Entity demands Void Margaret play the record to complete the Pattern and become its permanent vessel, while playing it backward would erase her but make all twenty-nine horrors permanently real.Real Margaret shows a childhood drawing revealing the solution: Void Margaret doesn't need to play the record because she IS the record—she can speak her own story. Despite the Entity insisting she's hollow and cannot create, Void Margaret drops the record into the fountain unplayed and begins speaking a different story—one where the monster doesn't win and the librarian saves everyone. As she speaks salvation instead of horror, she becomes the story itself while the Entity becomes less real, screaming as Void Margaret chooses to be the hero that eight-year-old Margaret imagined, preparing to speak the final ending into existence on Halloween.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories’ with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch! FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there’s free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is [email protected]

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

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