![]() Cecil gives Chad’s parents brief condolences then advises listeners to buy their sporting goods at Play Ball, which is only a front for the Sheriff’s Secret Police. Sadly Chad, the radio station’s intern, went to investigate and has not returned for several weeks. People got suspicious when they saw the helicopter pad on the store’s roof. Next we’re warned (and really, shouldn’t this show just be non-stop warnings?) that a certain discount sports store is actually a front for a World Government base. The Council issues a statement saying they continue to believe that books are dangerous and shouldn’t be kept in private homes. No one knows why this is happening, but it does play nicely into the City Council’s ongoing agenda to keep the people of Night Vale ignorant. There’s a brief warning that books in Night Vale have stopped working, apparently now producing things like sparks and lethal gas. “Remember the slogan: ‘No flag? Goes in the bag. There Management’s office seems larger than is physically possible within the building, and Cecil’s gotten a brief impression of tendrils writhing around. The only glimpse Cecil has had of it is through the door’s fogged glass. Management only ever communicates with him through envelopes it shoots out from under its door. It sounds as unpleasant as most business negotiations, but is made worse by the fact that Cecil has never actually met or even seen whatever entity manages Night Vale Community Radio. Cecil explains that it’s contract negotiation time at his studio. Next we come to the main plot of this episode. Well, maybe if the parents are lucky the babies can be part of the parade too. We’re specifically told about one that lurks under a playground slide and another that openly steals babies while everyone watching becomes powerless to stop it. But here its brought to life with such empathy, such fumbling, all-too-human earnestness, that it seems like it has the power to single-handedly save humanity from. Like many things, the hooded figures seem to be a frightening but iconic part of Night Vale’s culture. These hooded figures are the same ones we last heard about in regards to the dog park, where many of them seem to live. The new Night Vale Stadium will be used exclusively for one night every year for the annual Parade of the Mysterious Hooded Figures. Night Vale has also just opened a new stadium that sounds enormous and imposing. ![]()
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