Turn back and face the nightmare, as a freak of nature emerges... In this episode of Descendants: Book One - Inheritance, "iv. Lusus Naturae"... Axel - Zach Libresco Rori - Julia Schifini Simon - Ester Ellis Chel - Jordan Cobb Written, Directed & Produced by Jordan Cobb Sound Design by Julia Schifini with Dialogue Editing by Marisa Ewing and Hemlock Creek Productions Score by Daryl Banner Cover Art by Jordan Cobb Descendants is a No Such Thing Production. To donate, read transcripts, or find out more about us, visit us at nosuchthingradio.com, or support us on Patreon at patreon.com/nosuchthingproductions Content Warning: Descendants is a science fiction adventure thriller with elements of horror, aimed at a mature audience, and as such, may contain material that is upsetting or triggering for certain people. THIS EPISODE contains depictions of hallucinations and panic attacks, animal attacks, vomit, harsh language, and mentions of character death and body horror. Listener discretion is advised. This episode is sponsored by Paragon, an all new feature length science-fiction thriller audio drama from No Such Thing Productions, about the dangers of perfectionism. For the past 50 years, Paragon Self Systems has been working to improve every aspect of Human Nature -- Why be good, when you can be Perfect? And their latest creation, an injectable serum that allows Paragon scientists to manipulate and rewrite human DNA, is their most ambitious endeavor yet. But when a manufacturing error leaves the serum batch tainted, the employees at Paragon find themselves trapped inside a building of mutating monsters, with no means of escape. And every moment the creatures are becoming stronger, faster, smarter... Here at Paragon, everyone is the Best they can be. Paragon is being produced in partnership with the Apollo Podcast App's Creator Showcase (beginning September 4th), and will air on September 14th on all NST rss feeds.