15) Bazil's Story: The Night Masquerade

In the final episode of our game of Salvage Union, Baz is left to piece together the fragile aftermath of conflict in a war-torn Des Moines. He works to square up with his past and decide on his future.*The title of this episode is an homage to Nnedi Okorafor’s novella of the same name, the third installment of her Africanfuturist Binti trilogy, about a young Himba woman navigating interstellar conflict and her own identity. It’s very good, you should read it.Content Warnings: Violence and combat scenesInjury and death referencesEmotional distress and anxietyMention of war, ambush, and military operationsDescriptions of damaged buildings and post-disaster environmentsReferences to trauma and nightmaresProduced by Paul Privitera. Featuring Jordan Lee Thompson.Edited by Jordan Lee Thompson.Music by Tommy Ljungberg.Cover Art by Maddy Fusco.Voice over by LIPING VONG.235 bloom is a collaboration between Des Moines & Dragonsand The Institute for Manufactured Futures. It is a work of speculative fiction taking place in the year 2089. The locations may be real, but any similarity to actual persons or their descendants is unintentional.