Intro Sound
Maribelle: Let’s go over what we know.
Betty: Penny is gone and the cops aren’t doing anything about it.
Maribelle: Except canvassing your house.
Betty: Except canvassing my house.
Maribelle: They didn’t even really look in the woods.
Betty: So we are going to go look in the woods.
Maribelle: I literally just said that.
Betty: Sorry, I’m just excited. We’re doing something really rad.
Maribelle: Yeah, it’s super rad looking for my missing girlfriend...Not!
Betty: Well I meant the whole detective thing. You know, since the cops think it’s me or something.
Maribelle: It’s only because your mom runs the occult shop.
Betty: Yeah...they asked me if I had ever participated in a satanic ritual.
Maribelle: Probably because of the chanting we heard in the words.
Betty: Yeah...it was weird. Last night my mom said there weren’t any occult people here. Most people from Dallas come down here for stuff but then go home.
Lady Barks
Betty: Lady come back!
Sound of running
Betty: Which way did she go?
Maribelle: I don’t know, Uh you go left I’ll go right and we can meet back here?
Betty: How will we know where here is?
Maribelle: Give me your jacket.
Betty: What?
Maribelle: Jacket. Now!
Betty: Fine. Fine.
Maribelle: Okay, I’m tying it around this tree. Now go! Dogs run fast.
Betty: Okay
Bettys footsteps as she runs off and calls for Lady.
Maribelle footsteps as she walks and calls Lady. After a moment she falls and says Lady weirdly while tumbling.
Maribelle: Ow...holy hell.
Sound of her standing up and groaning.
Maribelle: Where the hell...trees in a circle. This must be where Penny was going to take us.
More walking sounds and slightly distorted music.
Maribelle: Birds in a circle with chunks missing. What the...shit. Okay okay just pick up a bird. Pick it up, Maribelle. Yes, pick up the bird. Ew it’s gross gross gross. Okay, find Betty. We can show her mom. Here mom is the expert on this.
Silence and running with a few Ews thrown in there.
Maribelle: Betty! Betty!
Betty: I’m here! I found Lady.
Maribelle: Look! I found this crazy bird it’s half eaten or something.
Betty: Ew! Oh my god why would you even touch that. Drop it!
Maribelle: No! Come on we have to go now. You have your camera right?
Betty: Never leave home without it.
Maribelle: This way!
Betty: Okay, come on Lady.
Sound of running
Maribelle: It’s right...here...where did it go. I swear it was right here!
Betty: There’s nothing here now...strange.
Lady Barks
Betty: Stop that, what...oh goddess blood.
Maribelle: Don’t just stand there, take photos, quick!
Betty: Okay okay!
Sounds of camera clicking
Maribelle: Do you still have disposables?
Betty: Yeah.
Maribelle: Great, let’s head home and ask your mom about this and get me a camera.
Walking sounds then a door opening
Betty Mom: Girls? Do you want some ants on a log? I just made some. I added- Triple Goddess be with me is that a dead bird?
Betty: I know it looks bad but we found it.
Betty Mom: In Hecataes name, where did you find this poor creature?
Maribelle: In a tree circle.
Silence
Betty Mom: In a tree circle?
Betty: Yeah...Maribelle found it so I’ll let her describe it.
Betty Mom: First give me the bird so that I can give it a proper burial.
Maribelle: Here you go.
Betty Mom: Now tell me about this bird you found
Maribelle: So I was walking and I found this tree circle. When I went inside-
Betty Mom: You can’t just go into tree circles without a bell.
Betty: Fae
Maribelle: Okay, well next time I won’t.
Betty Mom: Good, now keep going.
Maribelle: Well I found a double circle made out of bird parts. Blue jays and mockingbirds to be precise. Do you know anything about that?
Betty Mom: Well animal sacrifice is a common thing teens think they are supposed to do for devil worship. Bless their poor, misguided souls. Is there anyone you two go to school with who might be attempting to dabble in the dark arts?
Betty: No…
Maribelle: Most everyone here is good, wholesome, Christian folk.
Betty: Maybe it’s college kids from the main town just down the road?
Betty Mom: Could be. I’ll ask around, see if I can find anything out for you from the shop. In the meantime, please stop going into the woods. Lady is just fine running around the back yard.
Betty/Maribelle: Yes ma’am
Betty Mom: Now, let’s go give this poor bird a proper welcome into the afterlife. I’m sure Artemis will thank us.
Outro Sound
Maribelle: If you have any information about Penny you can reach us on Twitter @findingpennypod any and all help is more than welcome. Pen...if you’re out there please come home. Love, your Belle.