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Voice of the announcer by Chris Wolvie.
Voice of Grizz by
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Backing track by Stingray Music and purchased on iTunes. Original song written and performed by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.
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WARNING: THIS CHAPTER DEALS WITH A SENSITIVE SUBJECT BUT NOT IN A GRAPHIC WAY. YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE SHOCKED BY IT
After winning in the eighth week, Birch loses it when he finds Grizz backstage with Dipper. Stargazer has a private talk with Birch, and the secret comes out.
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The secret revealed in this chapter was one of those things which, once I decided to do it, I realized I had been hinting at since the very first chapter. I actually did not want to do it, but...well, artists know this phenomenon--you make a decision to do something, and the character rebels and tells you not to do it. This was similar. I was thinking, "I can't saddle Birch with this." and in the back of my mind I heard Birch shout, "DO IT!!" I then asked him if he was sure, since it was a very heavy burden. He said he was willing to bear it. So, I checked with attendees of the streams I had been doing. They all said to do it. So, I did it. I wrote up the script, read through it again and again, until I felt I had it right, then recorded it. Recording Birch's part took more out of me than I have ever had taken before. I was spiritually drained by the end. I vowed I would never do it again. Then, last spring, after I got some absolutely incredible vocal performances from the voice actor who did Grizz (he was not the original voice, I was) I decided to redo this. This chapter is still twice as long as any I had done previously, and it still took one heck of a lot out of me to record. None the less, it stands today as my greatest triumph in story telling.