Leap of Faith is the fifteenth episode of season 15, Neverafter.
Intro[]
"Hello, one and all! Welcome back to another thrilling episode of "Dimension 20: Neverafter." I'm your humble Dungeon Master, Brennan Lee Mulligan. With me, as always, are our Intrepid Heroes. Say "hi," Intrepid Heroes!
Last we left off, we were in the Kingdom of Snowhold, in the far north, in the castle of the Snow Queen, having met the Daughters of the Crown, the assembled twice- or thrice- or however many upon-a-time princesses that had travelled back to this place to meet and face the fairies here. Our Intrepid Heroes had just come from Toy Island, having gathered the Princess Mira, The Little Mermaid, along with meeting Alba, the Sea Witch, who spoke to you of some conversation she had had with some of her brethren. Taking the long road all the way up to Snowhold and having encountered Alphonse the Mule in the Kingdom of Marienne and hearing about some sort of traveller headed in sight of something green and growing, leaves and vines of some kind. You made your way all the way north and finally reunited with Snow White, Cinderella, and met some new princesses as well: The Beast, as well as the Princess Rapunzel, and, of course, the Princess Elody, who Gerard finally reunited with, and they shared [...]
We were greeted in the castle of the Snow Queen by some strong 'maybe daddy' energy, as well as meeting some of the other princesses, including the Princess Rapunzel. [...] You also encountered the library of the Snow Queen and put together the nature of Mother Goose's book, a true book from realms supernal, that a being of The Gander's power had the ability to grant, and learning within the nature of the true book, yes, Mother Goose has incredible magic, the ability to save people, seal them away, bring them back to a version of their story that they recognise, that aligns with their destiny. But you also learned that this true book, if combined with the power of that ink at the centre of the Canonade, the swirling ink moving from the well beyond which the visage of The Authors could be grimly foretold, that with that ink, you could write anything in this book, anything at all.
So, that is what you discovered there, and while your friends sort of gathered together to piece together strange feelings or suspicions, finally being here, these princesses, whose cause seemed to be a noble one. You know they're opposing the fairies, who seek sort of a return to the blinding force of destiny from before. But the princesses always sort of, you know, Snow White seemed to couch her vision in terms of freedom and opposing the fairies. Very quickly, even on first meeting, Pinocchio had sort of said: "What's on the other side of the wall? What happens if you get over the wall?" And we've discovered that, in a very tender conversation between Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, Snow White did not hold out any hope that these stories could ultimately be redeemed, that the horror of their destiny would track them down, and that every version of their story that might be happier would still exist in reflection and reference to something darker, older, and more horrible. Sleeping Beauty promised to consider these words carefully, and considered them all the way back into the room with her friends, and we return right on the moment of: "D--fucking--W.""
Content Warnings[]
This episode contains the following content warnings at the given timecodes
- Flashing Video (00:10 - 00:54, 2:02:32 - 2:05:05, 2:07:16 - 2:07:37)
- Cannibalism (22:04 - 23:11)
- Misophonia [Bones Cracking] / Body Horror (28:53 - 28:57)
- Misophonia [Retching] / Emetophobia [Vomiting] (42:12 - 42:18)
Synopsis[]
Locations[]
- Snowhold
- The Snow Queen's Castle
Characters[]
Players[]
- Prince Gerard of Greenleigh
- Puss in Boots
- Pinocchio
- Mother Timothy Goose
- Ylfa Snorgelsson
- Princess Rosamund du Prix
New[]
Returning[]
- La Bête
- Princess Elody of Greenleigh
- Cinderella
- Cricket
- Rapunzel
- Snow White
- The Gander
- Jack Hubbard-Goose
- The Sword of Veritas
- The Golden Goose
- Jack, the Giant-Killer