Melody, the darling of Jackson's small lakeside town, isn't all they seem. Frequent customer to the small grocery that he works at, he never thought to question just /why/ they always buy four canisters of salt twice weekly. But after he encounters them on the beach one supposedly moonless night, he finds that it's all he can think about.
Do you know why whales sing?
Do you know why humans talk?
Content Warnings:
Throwing up/emetophobia (at 8:11 and 16:18)
General distress and upset throughout, such as panic attacks
Fighting (at 28:29)
Lakesong was written by Martin d. Necromancy and Dandelion Jack, and was sound designed by Dandelion Jack, with music composed by Martin d. Necromancy and art by Chemic Kid.
Lakesong featured the talents of:
Dandelion Jack as Jackson Port and Stace.
Martin d. Necromancy as Melody, Twain, Trinity, and Old Lady Mrs Olson.
Chemic Kid as Ace and Jackson's (ex)manager.
And Curiosity (Radiostar-P) as UTAU Melody and UTAU Jackson, using UTAU voicebanks Matsuki Marina_ORCHID and Miel CVVC (by haraao) , Adachi Rei C+V English (original bank by Missile39, adapted by Jack Huwubenak), and Vasily_ODESA (by Miroslav Hašlerka)
Additional audio was provided by freesound.org.
To see more from the people who worked on this episode, check out these links!
Chemic Kid: https://chemickid.tumblr.com/
Curiosity (Radiostar-P): https://www.youtube.com/@radiostarp
Dandelion Jack: https://thelemonsnek.tumblr.com/
Martin d. Necromancy: https://www.tumblr.com/drawnecromancy/
This episode was created for the 2026 PodJam event.
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