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see the episode description. morning we see light
just cracking the horizon just barely touching
the tangled and wild city of fresco We see these
dark shadows laying heavy over these streets.
And we see a crumpled little side street between
Bugtown and the food court. And we see a crumpled
little building shaped like a slice of pizza.
We smell this toxic air, the fumes, the waste,
the chemicals. We hear the thrumming underground,
the factories nearby. And also we hear two people
in an animated discussion. One of these people
is Halbert, who owns the Screamin' Slice. We
haven't seen her outside yet, I don't think.
So we see her mask for the f - first time which
is huge and crazy like it's just it doesn't look
humanoid at all it looks just like lumps of mechanical
bits and pieces and they're all like built up
in the shape of a hammerhead like the top of
a hammer so super intimidating and she is like
pointing and shouting at another figure who is
wearing a mask that like it's like old school
factory mask so like a big white orb but it has
been spray painted over in the shape of a friendly
skeleton's face And we noticed that this spray
paint job looks a little familiar because Enla
did it. So yeah, what does this person look like,
Nihar? I think they're shorter than Halberd.
With the mask, basically, it's like a headpiece,
right? Yeah, yeah. Like a typical cartoon spaceman
headpiece. Yeah. So you can fully see their head.
And I think they've got a buzz cut and a... pretty
well clean shaven face has a pretty red face
as well i would say and um is doing the thing
where they're trying to have a smile on their
face while seemingly getting berated but like
you know customer service look you all know the
deal nice nice strong customer service energy
okay this is runk the body bagger um and both
runk and halbert are standing next to a body
on the ground we see um a big old giddy girl
in body armor Unless you guys would have stripped
the armor, do you think you looted this corpse
or what? Inla didn't touch it. No, okay. Yeah,
no. I'm seeing shaking heads. All right, so Halbert
is saying, look, okay, it's perfectly fresh.
It's perfectly good. It's a good body, all right?
Two coin, that's the going rate. It's not the
body itself, it's who the body belongs to that's
the problem. Yeah, fucking dead lady, okay? My
boys kicked their asses! Are you thinking we're
worried about the giddy girls? Like, come on!
Are you sending your boys with you to protect
me when I have a giddy girl corpse in my shop?
Runk, this is your job, right? Come on. You're
telling me you've never fucking dealt with...
Listen, listen, I just want it out of here. Look,
it's like every minute we're standing here, it's
losing value, right? So this is your money. I'm
shouldering the risk here. I'm the one carrying
the body, so I feel like that deserves a bit
of a discount. So what does runk do with the
bodies? So the big thing is organ harvesting
There's there's a lot that you can use organs
for and body parts for some of the bodies Used
as fertilizer those some of those mushrooms really
really love growing on human corpses The bones
probably get recycled. I can't say what specifically
but but bone dust bone meal We've seen it before.
Tank has a really guilty look for some reason,
we don't know. I mean, do we wanna add casual
cannibalism? No, it's not human bone meal, okay?
Only animal bone meal. It's not human bone meal,
right? Halbert somewhere just has a thought bubble
of Tank's face intruding in and just bats it
away. Just like, get out of here. So Halbert's
saying, look. come on please please like she's
just like dripping composure okay we'll do it
for two coin but you and your your boys will
owe me ronk come on everything we've been through
together what yeah you know you know that we're
good for okay i don't i want to my boys are tired
okay can i not deploy my boys today like i don't
need your boys right now but one day i might
and It would be nice if I could just call on
them and maybe call on you. And I think that
more than covers the two coin. All right, all
right. You gotta tell me. How you got that skeleton
to stay upright, though? And with the camera
swivels over and we see Runk Skimmer, which has
a big crazy skeleton made out of, it's just like
pipes and like bits of metal and stuff, but it's
clearly in the shape of a skeleton and like all
the limbs are like woogity and swinging around.
Like, clearly when the thing is moving, the skeleton's
like, wah, and blown backwards in the wind. And
it's a very beautiful art piece. And like, I
don't know, and you probably worked pretty hard
on this. Yeah, definitely did. It stays upright
because I use quality construction materials
that I found in the trash piles. It's reinforced
with titanium. That's incredible, kid. All right.
All right. Respect you, kid. Here we go. And
we see that they exchange a pager number. We
see that some coin exchanges hands. So as y 'all
are like heading out, Runk is like dragging the
body away into there's just like a bin on the
back of the skimmer. Bad stuff, bad stuff, right?
There's like a dead like gunk snake in there
too. It's like skinned. It's like moldy, you
know? And everything smells pretty bad here,
but even like everyone's got masks to deal with
the smell, right? Even through the mask, like
it's bad. This is, this is rough stuff. So Halbert
is like watching Runk dragging this body away.
and goes like, yeah, I don't know. You seen any
giddy girls around? Not recently. I mean, I don't
think I would have made this contact if I saw
one of them hanging around your shop. All right.
Keep an eye out, OK? Do you think I'm being followed?
Ronk, who wouldn't follow you? You're gorgeous.
You're wonderful. Huge fan of you, kid. You're
out there doing the good work. Their very red
face blushes some more. Yeah, she smacks you
on the shoulder in a companionly way. It's just
like, come on, when are you gonna make a move
on Enla, all right? Like y 'all hanging out all
the time, what are you doing? I'm gonna do it
soon, okay? It's just, I have a rotting body
in my person right now, so just don't pressure
me, okay? Sweetheart. We all got a rotten baddie.
Hi -yah! She like, I don't know, slaps your ass.
And the camera swivels away back over to the
Screamin' Slice. It is still the very early morning.
We see Petra doing some prep cook shit. We see
the whole bar is stirring up some dehydrated
mushroom to get some cheese substitute going.
We see that some people are recovering from the
events of last night. And all of you have one
- more downtime action. Uh, who would like to
go first? Lottie would love to recover one of
her injuries. Oh my God. All right. So Lottie,
where are you at this morning? This all happened
like three or four hours ago. Like this was not
a long time ago. I would guess that Lottie is
one of the people involved in the kitchen prep.
Okay. Um, but instead of like working like at
a counter or something, cause of her injuries,
she's like at a table like with this. took the
stuff out of the kitchen and just sat down somewhere
to work on things. Just like portioning out ingredients
or stuff like that. I love that. You're just
at a booth. Yeah. What do you do to make yourself
feel better? Well, you said it's like three or
four hours later. So I think now, like looking
at Lottie, she's gone through a whole like first
aid routine of like her arm has like, it's visibly
swollen from the snake bite, but it has like
bandages and stuff around it. And then you can
see that she's got like, like a Warm something
like kind of strapped to her to help with the
bruises and stuff So she's just gone through
like a normal like first aid routine to try and
heal some of that Oh, okay the thing on your
well, first of all, so you need So the way that
healing works mechanically in a state, you need
someone to roll for you. Like you can recover
on your own, but it's not as good. So who do
you think, and this is going to be a care role.
So player characters roll care, NPCs roll their
quality level. So who do you think you would
ask to like help you get patched up? Given that
we're just like an early start, like zero quality
or whatever, probably one of our party members.
But I don't actually know if anyone else has
care. Who would I ask narratively? Yeah. No metagaming.
Yeah, instead of no metagaming, who would Lottie
ask? I think... I am... I'm metagaming a little
bit, but an argument can be made for Tank who
constantly takes a beating. You know, as a tick
ball, like training. That is true. I like that
angle. I was kind of going to just go for your
character because like, oh, I need bandages.
You're the fabric character. It is really funny
to go to the unconscious guy and be like, maybe
this guy can help me. Oh, yeah. He's also he's
also not available. So, yeah, that is a great
reason. So then, yeah, I got a tank. Well, so
let's say that you're like you've been working
on your prep for the day. You're drinking some
kind of tea. It's stinky. Um, and Petra looks
over at you and she says, uh, you don't look
so good. No, I got bit by a gunk snake and then
a skimmer. Our skimmer. In the garage. But you
stole it, right? Like it's not like - Well, it's
ours now. Especially after what just happened.
From who? Getty Girls. Oh god. And I don't know
if we've talked about Petra. Petra is the early
morning prep cook at the Screamin' Slice. She
is wearing kind of one of those, like, Alaskan
flap hats with the ears. And even indoors, like,
her mask, like, clips into it. She looks tired.
She has, like, dark skin. She's got huge curly
hair that's, like, squeezing out of, like, her
hat and her mask. And she's just chopping slow
and careful. And she looks at you, and she's
like, that's rough. That's rough what you're
doing. I mean, rough for me, but he's unconscious.
I turned out alright. Well. What's his deal,
by the way? Like, Connie. Connie? Yeah. Um, he
fought someone and they knocked him out? No,
I mean, like, in general. Oh. Um, he got kicked
out of where he used to live. He's with us now.
Yeah. For, like, a cool reason? Or? Define cool.
She kind of squints at you. I don't think he
feels very good about it, but I think overall
it's a pretty cool story I just I'm not the one
who can tell it. Okay She kind of turns back
to her vegetables and her chopping and stuff
And your limbs hurt you're in pain and you're
like I should talk to someone Cool, so you're
gonna go see tank. I think so. He's still here,
right? because he was on his way he would have
arrived after the fight yeah do you think you
would have gone back home after this intrusion
or do you think you would have like slept at
the scream and slice today uh i probably would
have just hung out for a little bit yeah they
might come back oh yeah yeah we're so long to
get here he had to go through so many looney
tunes okay um yeah so where do you think you
have been for the past three to four hours chilling
in one of the booths Eating. Eating, okay. Yeah,
what are you eating? Probably just random accoutrement
that goes on like pizza toppings. It's like the
pepper flakes. Yeah. Like you're just like occasionally
just like dunking them on your tongue like, huh,
cool. Sorry, I love the idea that Tank is just
like just eats whatever the fuck is around. Lottie
still has her juice burn where she's eating random
things all the time. Oh my god, so instead of
your cup of tea you had just like a piece of
metal that you're just like mmm. It's something
I call tea. I say everyone's still juice -burned.
We still have the insatiable hunger. It's tea
for ten. It's just rusty metal in water and it
like turned the water a different color and you're
like, mmm, delicious. Yummy. All right, so what
do y 'all do with each other? Hey, Tank. Yo,
what's up? You probably have some experience
with this. My little pharmacy upstairs only does
so much and everything hurts. Oh. How do you
deal with those days? A lot of times I just take
some drugs. Based off what you're saying that's
not really working right now. So maybe we need
to try some like first aid kind of stuff. Yeah.
I think if I take any more, I won't be very useful
here in the kitchen. Okay. Okay. Let me, let
me grab my, my first aid kit. Tank walks around
the corner and then then comes back. He's fully
dressed in nurse's outfit. Trying to get the
paper hat to stay on your pointy ass hair is
just so difficult. You're lucky I keep this with
me at all times. Looking the part is like a big
part of like successfully performing first date.
I'm literally picturing like a nurse's Halloween
costume. Like a really short little skirt. It's
not supposed to be a short skirt. It's just a
normal size For someone who is much smaller It's
not like a like a sexy nurses costume, it's like
a legit nurses uniform But it's just way too
small There's a smirk on Lottie's face. She's
keeping it to herself. So first I'm gonna test
your reflexes. Stick out your knee. Tank reaches
into his medical bag and just pulls out like
a big lead pipe. I'm gonna I'm gonna hit your
knee and you're gonna tell me how bad it hurts.
Damn. Tank, roll Care. No, that's a three. That's
a three. Okay. So recovery for any level of injury
is tracked on a four segment healing clock. So
Lottie, you have two different healing clocks
for your two different injuries. They are both
four segment. You just rolled real bad, so you
get one segment filled. Does it matter which
heals? So they're both four clocks. They're both
one out of four ticked. So they're, Lottie, what
are your type of injuries? It was snake bite
and then - And then the bruises from getting
pinned. Yeah, brutal. How big are these? I picture
like I got pinned by like a golf cart more than
like a car. Yes, golf cart is a good analogy.
Yeah. Okay. And then - There's no internal bleeding
issues. Gunk snakes are pretty big. Like I think
that their heads are maybe the size of like -
a tall can of Coke, you know? Yeah, I totally
expect that the bite on Lottie's arm is just
like a big swollen melon. It looks so crazy.
And it's like they're not. I don't think they're
poisonous, but I do think that they're just like
dirty creatures. You know, it's like if like
when a cat bites you, you're just like, well,
that's good. Yeah, like all animal bites. Yeah.
Yeah. Komodo dragons. That's actually how they
kill. Oh, incredible. It's the bacteria in their
mouths. Nasty. Yeah, okay, so it's like not looking
great. Back in character, Alani, you've just
been donked with a lead pipe. How you doing?
All right, all right. On a scale of one to seven,
how much did that hurt? Four, but I don't think
that's how that works, Tank. I want you to take
a step back and remember, I'm the professional
here, okay? So I really appreciate it if... You
go along with what I'm doing. You asked for my
help and I'm providing my expertise. I just,
I just really wish, you know, you wouldn't question
me like that. We flashed back to Tank, um, injured
on the field at tick ball practice, you know,
walking off morosely to the nurse's office where
this exact routine was performed upon him. You
know what Tank, um, you're a good sport most
of the time. Oh, you're right. You're right.
Next step, four out of seven. Not great. One,
we're going to have you ice down. You're going
to jump in a full trash can of ice, and you're
going to stay there until you can't feel your
body. All right? And then I'm noticing your arm.
You got like a beach ball. Yeah, it's pretty
swollen. protruding out of there. The snake bit
me. Not gonna lie, not a ton of snakes in Tick
Ball. Not a lot of gunk snakes. What about the
gorgeous gunk snakes? Yeah, but those are people.
Oh. Yeah, yeah. We don't play a team of gunk
snakes. I was pretty excited for that match next
week. Yeah, I'm sorry. Just a mascot, you know.
They do walk out with snakes on their shoulders
though. It's pretty cool. You know, I did read
one time that you can like suck the venom out.
I'm gonna get a straw. We're gonna insert it
into your skin and I just want you three times
an hour. Just take a big old sip. I think normally
Lottie would be protesting right now, but this
actually kind of vibes with her cheese burn.
She's like, mmm, sounds pretty good. All right,
all right. So she's, she's like about to stop
and just, hmm, actually. It's not quite a straw,
but it is a metal tube of sorts. So we're just
going to kind of wedge it in there. And yeah,
you're just gonna just sip on it, I guess. I
don't know. I'll do this part, but great idea,
Tink. Nice, nice. I'm gonna say both of y 'all
take off one stress because that was insane and
it must be rewarded. All right, so the camera
pulls back on Lottie taking a delicious sip of
her own arm. How's it taste? It tastes like metal.
There's a little bit of an unpleasant tinge of
juice in there because it was an animal bite.
But mostly just, you know, that coppery taste
of person. Great! Get nice use of a downtime.
Should I be concerned that you know what coppery
people taste like? Well, have you never, like,
gotten an injury in your mouth? Like, blood?
I feel like it's more iron, but anyways. You've
never put pennies in your mouth? This idiot doesn't
even know about eating pennies. Like the old
pennies before they switched to tin. Oh, wow.
Yeah, like metallic, bloody tastes. All right.
Who would like to go next for their downtime?
OK, so I'll go, I guess. So Inla has taken on
some psychological stress, even if she's not
necessarily stressed out on paper. So I think
that she is absolutely going to try to process
this trauma through art again. Is this a reduced
stress roll? Yes. Yes. Considering I do have
five out of five out of eight. Okay. Yeah. It's
still not, it's still not good. So, um, and then
wants to focus on the idea of, um, I mean, she's
a little still a little bit shell shocked that
she has taken a human life. Um, and so unexpectedly
easily. So, so I think she'll want to, um, I
feel like she would want to put her patrons in
a similar state of not understanding how little
effort it takes to to kill. I I'm picturing a
pinata type situation. But with like little mice
creatures, not actual mice, because this is Trash
Planet. I don't know what they would be. But
little mice creatures that are all inside this
like bag that people will hit with a bat. Okay,
so we have clavagers on Planet, which are like,
they're kind of like beetle mice. Perfect. Yeah,
they're like, I don't know, three inches long.
They're kind of like... Yeah, perfect. So like,
I like the idea of it being like somewhat of
a pest -like thing. Yes. But also like, then
once you kill any of them inside this bag, having
like a little funeral for it. So it's like this
whole... like process of understanding like how
easily it is to kill something but then you're
forced to like sit with the fact you've killed
it wow okay do you guys want to be the patrons
uh of this art experience how do you acquire
uh viewers for your art experience um step right
up everyone please come up and see this amazing
art um i think that it'll change your life can
we get a vibe check on enla what does she look
like right now uh she's definitely a little she
hasn't showered or like taking care of herself
But also she still has like some dirt and probably
a little bit of blood drops still on her And
she's just kind of like she looks a little crazed
Like step right up Look at my art Okay, what
what is it? It's just a bag It's kind of kind
of moving around a little bit. Yeah, hit the
bag. You want me to hit the bag? I want you something
bad gonna happen if I hit the bag Tom. Don't
hit the bag Don't hit the bag Tom Do you think
I could just take the bag? No! I bet I could
sell whatever's in there. No! You're missing
the point of the art! What do we hit it with?
Oh, here. I hand you a lead pipe. They're popular
in this episode. Tom hits the bag. No, Tom! Tom!
Hey, nothing bad happened. They're just kind
of wiggling. Oh, I don't know. I thought for
sure that something bad was going to happen.
Wait, did something bad happen? Oh, keep hitting
it. Did something bad happen in the world? No,
Tom, don't press hit lock. Don't do it. Five
or six more swings. The heart of the bag falls
still. Oh no, Tom, you really went for it. He's
going crazy. Listen, I need to get rid of some
stress too. Work's been hard. Yeah. Yeah, why
do you do this so hard? I'm a trash picker, but
I don't get any of the good stuff. Oh, yeah.
You're a bad trash picker. Yeah, that makes sense.
Yeah. You guys, why did you bring this up in
front of a stranger, guys? Honestly, it's a little
embarrassing that all I got was three plastic
cups yesterday. Oh my god, we live on a pile
of trash. This guy got three plastic cups. Wow,
Tom. I knew you were bad at your job. I just
didn't know how bad. Seven, eight more swings
on the thing. Okay. Okay, Tom. Okay. Thank you.
Thank you, Tom. Thank you. So part of the bag
has fallen still. So now this is the second part
of the installation. Oh my god, Tom, you killed
something. She's going to install something in
your house, Tom. Do I get to keep the lead pipe?
No! Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Well, you couldn't even
pick that. She added it to you. You don't even
get to keep it. I mean, damn. I pulled out a
couple of clavagers that you have successfully
killed. They're mushy. They're bad. Oh, do I
get to keep those? You took a life and you want
to keep the body? It's better than three plastic
cups. Yeah, you might as well use it. Yeah. You
could, you know, I always find that if you kill
something, it's best to eat it right away. Yeah.
Do you want to eat it? Fresh. It's more fresh
family. No! No! This is life. It's sacred. It's
sacred and we need to take care of it. I think
a bear trap goes off on Tom's foot. What are
you doing? What is this? What is this? How does
it feel to be part of the prey? Pray, no, I'm
sorry, you told me to swing on the thing and
I - You created the situation. Yeah, this seems
morally wrong. Yeah, I mean you're like forcing
him to do it and then now - That's the whole
point. The whole point is death. There's so much
death everywhere. There's death. I mean every
life taking is a choice, right? Like it's not
like, you know - It's not a choice. Sometimes
it's not a choice. You know, sometimes things
just die though. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Circle
of life. Sometimes you just get into it and then
all of a sudden it's over. Guys, why are we having
a philosophical conversation? There's a bear
trap on my leg! You can't even pick his leg out
of a bear trap. It's pretty amazing. Poor Tom.
I think we can pull out on this beautiful scene.
The streets of Bugtown. I loved it. Do you want
to make your roll, please? Yeah, so that's just
one, right? It's one dice. Roll the PC's worst
attribute rating. So either insight, prowess,
or resolve. So that's your vertical column. Yeah,
prowess. Yeah, but you won. Yeah. Oh, whoa! Was
it five? No, it's a six! That's overindulgence.
Oh my god! Okay. I can't win. All right, so what
happens is, so for the listeners at home, it's
good to roll high, but if you roll too high,
if you roll more stress than your character actually
has, you overindulge, and that can be a negative.
So you're gonna clear your stress track, which
is great. However, we are gonna cut to Edla and
these three guys at a bar. The bear trap is still
on Tom's foot, and everybody is drinking shots
that have clavagers in the bottom of them. Three,
two, one. Pretty good. Yeah, pretty good. Picked
it right out with my teeth. Pretty good trash
pickers. Davis, I respect you. I respect the
work you do. Tommy, yeah, Tommy, you're no good.
Why you gotta be so mean to Tom? He sucks, look
at him. I have a bear trap on my legs. I think
I deserve a bit of slack here. I mean, we didn't
get trapped in a bear trap. We didn't get trapped
in a bear trap. But isn't he your friend? Is
he? I mean, yeah, kinda, I guess. Yeah, my gosh.
But, you know. It's like they say, you can't
pick your friends. You can't pick friends. Well,
Tom can't. Tom can't. Oh no. Also, Enla, was
it? I mean, I appreciate you disconnecting the
bear trap from the ground, but couldn't you have
taken it off my foot instead? I'm no doctor.
Oh, you don't feel comfortable doing that? That
makes sense. I know. Yeah, you know. I hear there's
a overly muscled young man providing his first
date services throughout the... Oh, I saw him
the other day. He's so cute. God, that little
skirt. It's just incredible. Listen, and look,
you really seem like you're going through something
here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Another shot. We slam.
The clavagers at the bottom are like bright green
and they look poisonous. Yeah. It's been a crazy...
Few hours. Yeah, you tell us about it. Yeah,
we heard about a shipment that got lost and we
went out to get it We had some crazy adventures
trying to get out there and get it. Oh, yeah,
and then and then they retaliated and oh who
did the giddy girls? Oh Yeah, and okay, I don't
know something instinctual and crazy took over
and I don't I don't She goes she couldn't she
couldn't hack it, you know Yeah, I just I she
and then I woke up and she was gone It's dead.
Wait, you killed a giddy girl. Yeah Is is giddy
girl one of the Beatles or am I missing something?
He can't even pick out the threat of this conversation.
It's amazing God Love your time. Love your time.
You're so good So you You killed a giddy girl
Not on purpose But yeah, well I a big big one
Wow, I don't think the The purpose part is the
important part of killing someone. Okay. Yeah,
that's fair. That's fair. Wow. What was your
name again? Davis? Yes, Davis. Yeah, I'm Davis.
Davis, that's pretty good advice. That's pretty
good advice. Wow. Hey, I actually do have some
advice. Oh, yeah? If you're bleeding out and
you take some shots, it actually gets you fucked
up real good. There we go. You know, a blind
squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. Good
job, Tam. I'm a squirrel? Look at this guy. He's
a fucking squirrel over here, man. Yeah. Hey,
tell you what. Tell you what. That sounds like
Nestle Giddy. The big one you just killed. People
are saying that some deranged fucking lunatic
just like sliced her up for no fucking reason.
Yeah, they're calling it the start of a serial
killing. Yeah, they're saying that Yeah, I don't
know if somebody wild in the streets. I'm not
a serial killer. Oh my god. Are you the serial
killer? I'm not a serial killer. Oh my god. Oh
my god. The trap. She picked it. The trap makes
so much more sense. The trap makes sense. She
picked us as her target. No, no, no. Oh no. Oh
no, are we the trash that's getting picked? We're
in trouble. We're in trouble, guys. We're in
trouble, guys. Alright, we gotta get out of here.
I won't hurt you. I won't hurt you. You're my
friends. You're my friends. I just, I just...
I don't want to be friends with a serial killer.
I'm not a serial... That's not my name. You don't
know me. My name is not Davis. So the three of
them kind of hobble out of the bar. Enla, you
have a new reputation tag where people think
you're a serial killer. Let's be honest, that's
pretty unfair. Was that? that also sounded like
making noise as an overindulgence okay well and
like you made some you reduced some stress and
you made some noise nice use of a downtime no
problem there all right sounds like up to connie
right well mechanically uh i'm gonna take care
of myself to try and get rid of that juice burn
so is that a care that someone else has to do
or can i do it myself you can do it yourself
but okay well i think that's a project clock
right oh Yeah, I already have the clock. Yeah,
we've been addressing that as a project. So I
think that's fine to work on yourself Okay. Yeah,
I think that would be way too punishing to do
it the same way we do healing like that would
be brutal I probably want someone's help some
one of the other troublemakers with me on this
So I think I am gonna go to halberd to help me
get rid of this juice burn I probably just during
a lull in normal business I find her with my
glowing head, and now that I've woken up, gotten
all the smoke out of my lungs. Okay, let's see,
when you wake up, what state are you in? I hope
that I've been put somewhere indoors where it's
okay to take my mask off. Do you think they would
have put you in your tent on the roof, or do
you think they would have left you inside? I
think they would have... Well, I think I was
the one who helped you, and I just pulled you
into the building, because then I had to go to
the... It's been a couple hours, so I feel like
I've been, you know, I was unconscious. So I
feel like I've been put somewhere that's a bit
safer and like in a recovery position. Okay.
Like, so I don't think they would put me on the
tent on the roof. Okay, fair. So I think I wake
up with my mask still on but immediately pull
it off and just have a horrible coughing fit
like coughing up like all that smoke that was
just sitting inside my body. And also if you're
inside the Screamin' Slice I should say there
is ventilation in there but it's really spotty
like it's not great and it frequently like if
you ever lose power that's the first thing that
goes you know so even with your mask off like
you can... It's not great but it needs like if
I have the mask on and I'm coughing up smoke
it's just gonna get recycled in there it's gonna
be bad. So like the instinct is just to rip it
off and just go into a coughing fit. You wake
up on the floor of the Seed Closet, which is
one of the various nooks and crannies inside
this Screamin' Slice. It is dark. The first thing
you do is whack into a box of stuff really hard,
and just, ugh! Like, your back of your head just
slams a plastic barrel, and you're like, ugh!
And you don't know where you are for a minute
because you've never woken up in the Seed Closet
before, but you only realize where you are because
your fucking head is glowing, and it's reflecting
off of all the surfaces around you. It's like,
it's bright enough that you can see - by it and
you're just like, oh, like, like that's just
like that shame clenches you that you're like,
fuck. Yeah. I am going to pull out my knife because
I don't know how the previous night ended. That's
a great point. Yeah. But if I was a hostage,
I would be tied up, but something might still
be going on. So I think I opened the door into
regular screaming slice operations and have a
moment of just relief. So you open the door and
you see Tank chasing Lottie around. Tank's in
the nurse outfit. Lottie is sucking out of her
arm with a straw. And you're just kind of like,
huh. I'm confused, but I can put the knife away.
I just watched the two of them for a little bit
with my weak lungs go, Albert! Um, Hal wanders
by, uh, she is eating a cheese stick, it's in
her mouth like a cigarette, and she's like, oh,
Jesus, kid, uh, you alright, kid? I'll... I'll
recover, I just need... I need some help getting
rid of the glow. I can't hear you. She like sets
down her cheese stick. She stubs it out like
it's a cigarette. She comes over. We see that
like Halbert is like a bowling ball of a lady.
She's got like a big apron on. She's covered
in bits and pieces. Big thick forearms like scarred
up, scrapped up. Big sensible face. And she has
a big blue mark on her forehead that's a lot
like yours, except hers looks pretty faded. She
like takes a look. at you. Are you like on the
ground? Are you standing or where you at? I think
I'm standing. Yeah. Okay. She you are sort of
leaning in a way that's worrying. And so she
just grabs you by the shoulder. She's like, Hey,
cool it. And for whatever reason, this works.
Sometimes it's nice to have an older person just
be like, figure your shit out, you know? So yeah,
she grabs you by the shoulder. She's like, All
right, sit. booth that way and just sort of like
marches you over you sit at the booth across
from each other and she's like okay uh what do
you remember or what's i don't know what's your
deal one of them got away but right now i wait
which one the one that that was made of smoke
and can't let things like that happen in the
future but that that's for another time i just
i need something beyond what the temples taught
me to get get rid of this glowing head i kind
of like it looks like a little halo it's kind
of fun I think you can understand why I don't.
Come on, Halberd, just something that would help.
We see kind of a pained expression on Halberd's
face. And have you talked to her much about why
she left the temple? No, I think I've just taken
for granted that she's also exiled and took me
in. Yeah. So can at least empathize with me a
little bit. OK. She's like, so what, you want
to do it like? Like the way they would or I don't
know. What do you what do you need? No? I want
to halberd. I want to do it the way you would
okay? Patrick and she starts just like yelling
at Petra like she's like she's kind of wrapping
up the rest of the shift like and don't forget
to move the big can from the small fridge to
the large fridge after 4 p .m because it's colder
okay and Petra's like I know okay it's like don't
forget you know like it's all things of this
nature um so is anyone working at the screaming
slice today or is it just Petra on deck? I think
this is a big recovery day. Yeah. Okay. Petra
is - Lottie's doing seated jobs. Oh my God. I
love that. I think that you're like sort of fading
in and out of helpfulness or like you're like
getting some stuff done and then you're just
like wandering away and Petra is so mad. So yeah,
anyway. Inlet was a no call, no show. Yeah. Okay.
Y 'all were treated to Halberg like walking around
like cursing and ranting at the air for like
10 minutes. This happens constantly. Yeah. Anyway,
yeah. So we cut forward to you and Halberg. She
said, all right, and let's go for a walk. And
then we cut forward to the two of you walking
out of the Screamin' Slice. It's morning. You
leave by the front, and so you do see that blood
stain on the ground. It's getting covered up
pretty fast. Like, clavagers are fuckin' eatin'
the blood as fast as possible, and there's, like,
mushrooms growing out of it already. Like, that's
how fast stuff grows here. But, you know, you
know where the violence happened last night.
And just looking at everything in the daytime,
it feels a little bit like when you see something
in a dream and then you... see it for real you're
just like I don't know just a little bit surreal
so Halbert is walking out she's like okay so
we got the one dead we got the one away oh yeah
there's that one in the locker did anyone tell
you about that no we have oh yeah we've got a
giddy girl in there yeah she's in my she's using
up my fucking storage so I went we got to do
something with her I don't know there's like
a scheme of foot or something uh how you doing
kid Why did you bring me out here for this? What,
we can't go out for a walk? No, we can go out
for a walk. It's just usually you're busy with
- I'm busy right now, bitch. As a reminder, her
head is just a big hammer shape right now. Like
you can't see her eyes or her face at all. I
feel like I could read her well. Yeah, you probably
know her. So she, you're walking, you're walking
through Bugtown, which is, I think you guys are
on the border between the food court and Bugtown.
So food court is a lot of restaurants. wet markets,
Bugtown is a lot of clavagers. So a lot of your
food and stuff comes from beetles, bugs and mushrooms.
So as you're walking, you're just watching these
things like skitter around in the dust and people
are like lurching into motion. People are walking.
It's the morning, you know, nobody's super active
in the morning. I would say like a lot of stuff
starts happening around midday and then all the
way till midnight. But yeah, Halbert is walking
you out towards one of the outer chips. So that's
like the huge ceramic shards that are, you know,
covering the city. And as you're walking, she
says, Okay, so I mean, so I am worried about
the giddy girls, obviously, like, I think they
knew some people that we should be worried about
going forward. Uh, I think... I think you're
causing problems for me. Like, not you specifically,
you in the general sense. Like, I think that
this was maybe not wise to be picking fights
above our pay grade, right? Uh, so I think that
probably we need to be worried about that, right?
And I, you know... Sorry to make it your problem,
but you made it my problem. We... we needed the
coin. We needed... we needed resources. Yeah,
I know. Uh... I don't know. Is this you now?
Are you gonna fucking kill people? Are you gonna
be getting, like, shot in the street? Like, what
are you... what are we doing? This isn't the
life I chose. I... I didn't want to be here.
I didn't want to have a weapon in my hand for
every occasion, but this... I have to do this
now. And if that means... Me killing someone
or me dying of smoke inhalation so be it But
I'll do what it takes to survive and to do right
by you and the screaming slice and and everyone
else I I Can never go back to what I had even
if even if I went back to the temple They wouldn't
accept me and I wouldn't accept them. I've seen
too much out here. I've seen what it's like What
it's really like? Yeah, well People are seeing
what you're really like. All right For whatever
that's worth, for whatever that looks like. You
said you didn't choose this, you're gonna have
to choose something. You're gonna have to choose
how you're gonna be. Alright? I know that it
was good to be in the temple and you knew what
you were doing, but... Get your head in it, alright?
Get your head together. If you wanna kill people,
you gotta kill people. I get it, but... I don't
like this for you. That's all I'm saying. Yeah,
sure. All right, well here is my patented technique
And you guys have arrived at the base of this
is just a shard of the chips like the real chips.
They're so tall They're like 30 and 50 stories
high this one is just a little tiny you know
it's maybe the size of like a four -story building
and Driven into the sides of it. There's a lot
of like metal spikes and stuff so you can climb
up it So you get to watch Halbert like okay?
Move like I move and she like Like just really
awkward rock climbing like she is not one of
nature's rock climbers, you know So she's like
hauling herself up and you follow her and you
make it up to the second story But there's a
little porch up here. Like somebody has put a
big thing of sheet metal And you see that it's
all scratched in with names and messages like
people have been carving into the chips And it's
all, you know, it's like normal graffiti bullshit.
It's just like, Chaz was here. It's like a heart.
Like J -T -X -E -F. You know, and you're like,
great, you know, like whatever that's about.
But it is, importantly, it is facing the sunrise.
And you look out and you see this enormous sky,
and you see for miles and miles and miles of
smoke and dust and trash and things moving in
the waste and you see downed spaceships and you
see... um smog and you see like columns of air
moving way out in the distance you see little
twinkling rights of radio towers and you look
over and you see uh halbert next to you who is
just sitting with her legs swinging off the edge
of the porch um and she says uh yeah i've been
working on this for a minute here yeah you want
to carve something and she hands you like a little
pen knife and you know it's really it has to
be very hard to get into these chips because
these are like that high -grade space tight you
know ceramics but it's a really really nice little
knife and it's maybe like an inch long blade
yes this I would like to have something it's
gonna be a long one so I'm there for since these
are like strong ceramic chips I'm gonna be there
for a while carving this thing in with just absolute
focus but i carve the chips don't complain when
the knife pierces them so neither should you
oh okay um i think that so halbert sticks around
for you to get like two words into this She's
like damn. I thought you were gonna do your initials
or something. Hey, I gotta get back to work.
See ya Leaves with no, you know, so you have
a moment of silence. I don't think I respond
I'm so focused on just this thing Yeah, and you've
got this little knife this little ass really
really sharp knife So if you want to write that
down you can And you can also reduce one stress
and you can roll as a project roll for you're
trying to get your Juice burn down, right? That's
what this was. Yeah, so I don't have any stress
Nice, okay. Well, you don't get that bonus then
Okay, so now in this case do I roll with how
bird? Halberd was assisting. I'll give you an
extra dice for Halberd helping you I think this
is gonna be your role just because it's your
project and like I don't want this to work like
healing Yeah, yeah, so I think you're gonna choose
an attribute to roll here. I think it would make
sense This might be a care role. Honestly, like
I don't know like it make me an argument for
what kind of role This is right. I think care
would work. I also think touch would work in
both cases. I suck at them. So it doesn't matter
Yeah, well you get plus one for Halberd, you
know Fuck me That's is that a you still progress
it you get one segment off So for the listener
at home and he heart just rolled a one. It was
bad But yes, I wonder where are you at with your
juice burn now, I'm at one of four. Oh my god
zero four I Unless someone else has an idea.
I think after everyone's done with downtime.
I'll spend another coin. Okay, and Try to get
this down more Well, um, okay, so as you're wrapping
up your carving, um, you look at the words. They're
a little crooked, but they're good. And it feels
good to have left something permanent. Um, and
you look down where Halbert was sitting and you
see that in this sheet metal, like she has just
been like, you presume it was her because that's
exactly where she sat and it's right at her right
hand where, you know, where her hand would fall.
There's this huge, beautiful spiral that she's
been scratching into that sheet metal. And it
looks like a lot of work and a lot of time. And
there's a symbol in it that you don't quite know
what that means. Um, but yeah. Good downtime.
Nice. Nice. All right. Tank, baby. All right.
So I really need to get rid of some stress, but
I also want to do something stupid and inconsequential.
That's going to set up something for the next
downtime. So are you asking for a free action
that has no material effect or what? What are
you asking for? So tank tank goes back to his
his apartment that we figured out is like around
the corner And he starts gathering up all the
ransom note looking collages that he's been doing
and we see that they're flyers and Tank starts
going out and he starts pinning them up all around
town and it's like next week audition! very vague
or like they're all like different it'll be like
we're having an event please come damn No hits,
huh? Looking for people. It's all next week at
the screaming slice. Okay. Amazing. I'm in. What
do you think your favorite poster looks like,
just visually? There's one that took a bunch
of lettering from a Playbill type thing. and
it's like glitzy like lots of glitter uh like
do you want to be a star come audition next week
And it's got like a person on a stage giving
like a big Shakespearean type of performance.
Amazing. Okay. I will allow this. Sounds great.
So you're just kind of tootling around. Like
you have your morning of helping out your buddies.
You have your afternoon of like sticking stuff
up on walls. This isn't really a vice, but can
this be my stress relief? Yeah, sure. Oh, guilty
birds with one stone. Do you want to make this
your thing or is this, like, do you have another
thing after this? So you got one stress down
just from putting up posters. And then afterwards,
Tank is going to hit the gym. Oh, yeah, baby.
Let's relieve some stress. Oh, hell yeah. OK,
so what does it look like, the actual practice
facilities with the Fresco fuzz? So you're tromping
back to like you go past the arena. I think you
probably see some people maintaining the grounds
They're working on the tick ball trees. They're
like keeping the dirt all raked out. Yeah. Yeah
I think the the training facility is kind of
like a you know, indoor outdoor kind of like
like a muscle beach type facility But like a
little bit more like a prison yard So like there's
some people working out inside there's some people
out in the yard but it's all just like pushing
heavyweights. Hell yeah. And important to note
all their weights that they have like there are
a few barbells that are real barbells But everything
here came from the trash, right? So most of them
are just things we found which are heavy There
is definitely an element of like balance and
moving things around correctly. And yeah, we're
lifting some real weird shit. It's great You
see Ludonza is doing what's that called where
you're on your back and you're like doing push
-ups It's like chest presses. Maybe he's doing
that with a car engine And you're like, fuck,
fuck, that's so cool. It's just like a montage
of like, it's kind of like the volleyball scene
in Top Gun. Yes, everyone's so sweaty and sexy.
They're all lifting weights, glistening. Yeah,
amazing. And we're doing the. Predator handshake
thing like yeah We also see a lot of juice in
the mix like we see little flasks We see little
vials like people dropping it in their eye Eyedropper
into the gums like back of the knee weird shit
under a fingernail. Oh real bad So where are
you at? What are you up to? I think tank just
finished his last set and He you know, he tosses
the towel over his shoulder high -fives goes
to the showers And this is this is the part where
he's just like really like de -stressing, you
know, like it's kind of like sauna, wet room,
big open shower kind of situation, and just letting
the water just pour over them. I'm gonna say
the facilities here, the indoor plumbing is crazy.
Almost nowhere has indoor plumbing, and so the
fact that y 'all have heated water, and even
water at all, instead of just like, there's this
horrible chemical liquid that most people use
to wash off with. It's like a powder, and I don't
know, it's not great. I always imagined it as
a powdered detergent in a bucket. Yes, yeah,
I think it's not pleasant, but you're just like
the water is raining down on you. It feels so
good and your muscles are looking great. You're
just like, yeah, yeah. Just for a second, you
remember when you were a kid and you were outside
and the grass was green and the sky was this
brilliant blue and then it was summer rain and
you just felt like this crazy beautiful rain
just falling from the sky is hitting on your
face and you're like, damn, like how does that
feel? It's a little sad. Tank doesn't think about
his childhood all that often. He kind of just
like left that behind in pursuit of tick -ball
glory. And so for a second you're that kid again,
just looking up at a big blue sky. And then you
snap back and you're Tank, the coolest guy on
Trash Planet, and the vibe is so right, and the
synth music is playing, and you're chilling.
Yeah, you want to roll for stress relief? Yeah.
Three, okay. All right, where are you at now
with stress? Just one, so that was almost a perfect
roll. Clean sweep, yeah. So as you're wandering,
you're on your way out, you're like freshly showered
and everything. You see Shahadi who is trying
to do, I don't know the names of weights things,
this one. That seems also like a bench press.
Shut up, okay. Or like a shoulder press? Maybe,
it's the one you need to be spotted for. Which
one? Okay. That sounds like a bench press. I
mean, there's lots of them that you need to be
spotted for. It's more the weight. Pick one,
I guess. listeners rabbit is doing like miming
different athletic equipment and it's really
entertaining for the listeners at home i'm doing
a backflip right now and my muscles are glistening
and actually i'm really really strong and powerful
i don't even need to know this stuff because
i'm so hot already okay so just get that straight
rabbit has a kraken bod and has never worked
out a day in his life yes yes that's completely
true arnold schwarzenegger wishes okay So anyway,
you see Shahadi and they're kind of doing the
telltale thing of like nobody's spotting them
right now and they kind of wish that someone
was, you know? So yeah, I don't know. You can
hop in there if you wanted. Oh, you need a spot?
Oh, yeah. Yeah. OK, cool. All right. You need
a lift off? Sure. Yeah. OK. All right. I'll count
you off. All right. Three, two. You know, the
important thing is that we all lived, you know?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that is that is important.
We're we're out here. We're lifting heavy weights,
you know, yeah, sometimes You need a little help.
That's what teamwork is all about. I've always
said that yeah. Yeah You look like you kind of
got something on your mind. Is everything okay?
Yeah, um, I mean you spent a lot of time like
Dickin' around. Do you know that guy from...
Well, I wouldn't say he's dickin' around. It's
very important stuff that I'm doing. Yeah, sure,
for sure, for sure. All right. Do you know that
guy from Federal? What's his name? Jim Bob? Oh,
yeah, yeah. I knew Jim Bob. What about him? You
see that they look kind of nervous. Oh, no. Shahadi
is the goalie. Pretty ripped. Kind of a... Kind
of a lockdown individual like always just seems
like show up on time and do good shit, you know,
and there's like Yeah, I don't know whatever
uh, oh No, hey, I'm sorry, dude. Uh, yeah. Hey,
it's not cuz I like tried to bribe them, right?
Wait, that was you I Mean I was doing it for
the team fuck Meet me later. Okay. Are you free
like tomorrow night? for you always Shahadi's
like, we've never spoken before. Yeah, but like
we're teammates. So like when you need me, I'll
be there. That's what teammates are for, you
know? Fine. Yeah. I mean, I've always said that.
Yeah. That's true. Yeah. Yeah. Also, like, I
don't have time going on in my life right now.
Shahadi does the universal like, you know, the
like masculine, toxic masculinity. It was like,
oh, real feelings. Got to get out of here. Well,
they've walked away and you can write down you
are due um tomorrow night all right and we see
tank wandering away squeak squeak squeaking out
of the gym hall okay so uh i am gonna spend one
coin i think i'm probably going to some place
that allows for better recovery or allows for
better isolation than what we have now to try
and recover this juice burn okay So you're walking
through like bug town in the food court and you're
so the closer you get to the center of the chips
kind of the wealthier it is because these are
the more protected areas Like whenever there's
orbital drops or any kind of radiation problems
like the center is safer So that's where the
rich people go and so you have never been to
the inner chips You've probably been around the
middle chips a little bit So you make your way
and your little ratty robe up to a nice building
full of nice people who are in uniforms kind
of unheard of and it is the sensory deprivation
orb. So. That's perfect. Exactly what I had in
mind. I figure I have to bribe some people to
get in. Yeah. I think it's really an ordeal.
Like you do a lot of talking and a lot of like,
no, it's really okay. Like I'm just going to
go here and you know, that kind of stuff. So
I think it is a giant like orb made of reinforced
glass probably. It's not all one sheet of glass
it has like a metal frame But inside there are
a couple levels like I'd say three stories of
the orbs themselves Which are all blacked out
and that are the actual sensory deprivation tanks
Whatever technology or whatever fluid they use
is enough to sort of defy Gravity a little bit.
So you just sort of go in and you're standing
but as it fills up with all of its sensory deprivation
stuff You float and you're pretty much always
just in the center of that sensory deprivation
fluid Damn, that's wild. Okay, so you have this
chipper little lady with a ponytail Her name
is skipper and she is just like alright So as
you enter the orb, please try not to panic Like
you're gonna see some kind of fluid that it might
surprise you that it doesn't move according to
gravity You realize she's talking down to you
because she thinks you're poor She's like, so
don't get scared. Okay. It's totally normal and
it's totally safe. So then the orb will just
like fill up and then you'll be in the center
and you can just have a nice relaxing time. Okay.
How does that sound? Yes, that sounds wonderful.
Can, how soon can I get inside? Oh, sure. Absolutely.
So she walks you through, you're passing other
people in the halls who are uniformly better
looking than you. Like nobody hears. This is
people who have like outfits, you know? This
is people who have like skin care routines, you
know? And this is just the middle chips and you're
like, ooh, I don't know. It doesn't feel great.
But you are led into a little locker room where
you change out of your stuff. Do you go in naked
or like you have a robe or what do you? I mean,
I think they might have clothes for you. Yeah,
I think it's like probably sort of like a hospital
gown, but it's like water soluble. So once you're
in there. It goes away. That's dope. Okay. All
right, you have some kind of feeling it's a huge
feeling you don't know what it is and you enter
the orb and skipper kind of like waves goodbye
to you at the edge of your You know the doorway
and it fills up with this black fluid that is
moving Not according to gravity and you are floating
and you are in your orb You can hear your heart
beating really loud. I don't know, how are you
doing as you are relaxing? I'm trying my hardest
to, like, meditate really hard and think about
absolutely nothing. Trying to expel every bit
of impurity from my body through being still
and one with the natural and trying to get rid
of the unnatural. You're thinking through the
events of the past 24 hours, and you tend to
think of life as threads in this patchwork, right?
You're thinking of all these different things
connecting. There's one thread in particular
that you're focused on. It's one little element
of the story that you just keep coming back to.
What is it? I'm thinking about the fact that
the last mission that this Treacherous mission
that we we took on to steal someone's stuff was
my idea and we at the moment we seem worse off
as a result We seem much worse off Oh Interesting
and on top of that like part of it is that I'm
a little bit angry that one of them still alive
back at our restaurant and then it also felt
like there wasn't I didn't feel an ounce of gratitude
from from Halvard for undertaking this thing
which I never told her about it but I was like
you know in my head I was doing it for her uh
so like it's me being toxic that I just expect
gratitude that she didn't ask for but but like
I am still angry about it Yeah, okay. And I think
that as you're sitting there in your orb, in
your fluid, Connie loves his orb and his fluid,
I gotta say. As you're sitting there, like, it
just feels like it's crystallizing inside of
you and it just feels like you're gonna solve
things. You're really going to figure things
out this time. And please make your roll. Like,
how does your recovery go? I'm gonna say it's
gonna have to be a resolve roll. Oh, yeah, I
can do that. Yeah. That's a five. Sweet. Okay,
five is two segments off. Okay, so I'm still
I still have one left. Okay. So as you're stepping
out, you I don't know, you do feel a little bit
cleaner, you feel like you expelled it like that
crystallization is it's you feel more in control.
And that idea is really resonating. You're like,
control, I'm going to get this under control.
So The glowing is faded a little bit. I think
a little bit like if I focus I can make the glowing
stop for just a couple seconds at a time and
it takes you know it takes focus on the thing
but like I think I'm starting to get rid of it
through will. That's cool that's a bad superpower
which I respect. My superpower is that I can
make my head stop glowing for two seconds. So
powerful. So, um, you get back into your clothes,
you get back out of the building, um, you're
looking around at these nice people who went
to a nice school. Probably you remember school,
and this, like, bitter jealousy goes through
you that they got to go to a school. Like, fuck.
Um, and you make your way back down to Bugtown,
back down to the Screamin' Slice. And it's the
end of the day now. Um, let's say y 'all are
reconvening. Uh, what is the vibe? What are we
doing in here? We've got Halberd doing her stuff.
She's got a few regulars and there's like two
or three customers. Tank, what's your vibe tonight?
Are you working or are you just chilling in a
booth? I'm just chilling. Chilling in a booth.
I mean, I don't really work here. He's in denial.
He works for Bone Meal. It provides... Mini nutrients
that I need but it's also not a huge enough motivator
to make you actually work Yeah, I mean I just
need some calcium We made this plan to be here
sure. Yeah, so I think I'll also just sit down
at the booth. I'll say the tank Hey look what
I'm getting better at this look what I can do
now and I make my head stop glowing for a moment
like while a forehead vein is bulging in my head.
Whoa you can turn the juice off? You gotta teach
me that. I will try but I mean I'm hoping to
one day do this permanently. Okay take you also
have a juice burn right now. Yeah I just smell
really bad. You're just like super stinky. I'm
one of the only like Ten people who have taken
a shower and I smell horrid. He's immune to showers.
You think I can turn this off? I really hope
so. It's not that bad, right? No, it's pretty
bad. Nah, nah, it's not that bad. It smells like
old person, specifically because the card you
pulled was very old -centric. I think Lottie
comes down the stairs just kind of like nursing
her wounds a little bit on the way down. Just
like cradling her arm or something like that.
Finds a seat next to the two that are already
here. Good evening. You guys feeling any better?
Oh yeah, never better. I've been better, but
yes, I'm recovering. It's going okay. Thanks
for the help earlier, Tank. I think it helped.
I think. You're damn right it did. Narrate her
voice! It did not! I mean, it helped a little,
right? Like... It lifted my spirits. Oh, it was
the lead pipe treatment. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I
hate to say it, but it does help a little. Right?
Right? I'm good at this shit. It's like scaring
the hiccups out of one's body. That's what happens
when Tank whips out that lead pipe, except with
injuries for some reason. No idea how he does
it. Enla, where are you at? I'm gonna stumble
in because I've been out drinking with my new
buds, Davis and Tom, and what's their name? Tom
Davis and unnamed third wife. So yeah, Enla kind
of stumbles in. Hey, what's up, y 'all? You doing
some day drinking? You know, just a little. Were
you like pre -gaming something? Death. What oh,
yeah, you you killed someone I forgot about that
Yeah, thanks. Yep. Mm -hmm Hey, I am a murderer.
I Don't know how to feel about it tank Well,
actually as you say, I'm a murderer Halbert was
walking by and she goes hell. Yeah No, no These
hands took life Wait, wait, are you the serial
killer of it? I love that Halbert was telling
Connie that killing does not look good for him,
but for Enla she's like, that's on brand. That's
so accurate though, she knows Connie has a soft
heart and Enla is like, whatever. You heard that
already? Oh yeah, like from... So many people.
What? They're like, they're like, take. Be careful.
There's a serial killer on the loose. We smash.
They're going after. Big bodies. Yeah. We smash
cut to, uh, there's a new mural that someone
is finishing that shows like a horrific, like
cartoon version of Enla with like big sharp teeth
and like multiple knives. And it says like, beware
the something killer. Like, what's the name?
What's the name that we're passing around? It's
like the big body. I got it. Legendary. Beware
shank shank Amazing okay, so we smash cut to
that mural. It's like like music sting. You know
horror movie sting, and then we cut back Yeah,
yeah, they're just saying they're going after
big bodies like there's There's only been one
confirmed kill so far, but they're trying to
establish like a pattern for the killings. And
Big Bodies is like their number one. It just
seems impractical to start thinking it's a serial
killer when there's just one body. Yeah, but
they don't know if there's been more. But the
technical definition of serial killer is at least
three, right? I heard the death of this is Halbert
she like sticks her head over the country like
I heard the murder was so crazy that they're
sure that it's a serial killer yeah they're starting
to see like maybe there were a couple like unsolved
murders like few years back yeah they think this
is a real freak sickle yeah we all know that
There's no serial killer, right? Well, not yet.
Did you see the mural? There's definitely a serial
killer. Guys, I thought you were my friends.
Look, Emily, you've got a lot to live up to,
but I believe in you. Do you think I can live
up to my potential? Absolutely. Thank you. I
needed that. Goes in for a big grandma hug. Right
on the bruise. Listen. Goliath and I just want
to extend any help for your bite. Oh, you have
a gunk snake. Where's the gunk snake at? The
gunk snake? I pull him out of my pocket. I've
been hanging out with him all day. This is Goliath.
He's so big. He's so big. Okay. Lottie doesn't
flinch, but she just kind of keeps an eye on
it. Amazing. in the kitchen you hear a sort of
a muffled clatter oh yeah we got that giddy girl
in the back we're gonna do something about that
yes I've been meaning to bring this up I've been
yeah we kind of thought like Connie you could
deal with it I could deal with it yeah like we
take a night we just kind of are not really equipped
for no no like Really not great negotiators at
all. Well now I've got the serial killer rap
too, so I really don't think I'm gonna be a good
negotiator. Well, technically, technically, she
doesn't know that yet. It's true. Yeah. Let's
start at the beginning. Why is one of them alive?
She offered, like, an exchange for her life.
What was the exchange? an inn with uh with a
tender mercy and also some some juice hookups
it's not just beneficial for to me like it's
also beneficial to Lottie the juice thing you
know it's good to keep tabs on my competitors
i think it slammed my fist down on the table
and and that's what her life is worth to you
all well i mean you think this is this is a worthwhile
enemy to keep alive in our restaurant In our
base. Yeah, yeah, cuz like, we wanted, you know,
do some business with the Tenor Mercy, right?
Like, not business guy, but I thought, like,
this is like our way in. I don't know, I thought
I did a good job. She mentioned that she was
like, that she knew some shit to get in, and
that we were gonna get killed otherwise. Fine,
I trust your judgment, but if I ever see her,
I am going to kill her. Yeah, but, you know,
can we just like... maybe like do that after
we have you deal with her. Sounds like just like
like a little bit like we could honor that ask.
But honestly, like we it sounds like you've already
made a deal with her. I mean, going along with
my new reputation, we could just kill her. That's
really concerning. She claims to have information
that would be useful at Tender Mercy. And needs
a guarantee that we won't kill her if she gives
it to us. Again, like, I was really bad. I didn't
know what to do after that. So, you're like the
negotiator. And my lungs were full of juice smoke.
And I was covered in blood, so I wasn't really
in a state to make decisions. It's alright. We'll
deal with her life or death later. You've negotiated,
you made a contract for her life in exchange
for information of Yes, yes, a verbal contract
is a legitimate contract. If nothing else, I
guess we have to be honorable. You hear just
the clattering in the other room. It occurs to
you that she's probably been in that locker for,
like, over 12 hours. Like, no food, no peeing,
like, you know, she's just a woman in a locker,
you know? Yeah, okay, so you open up the locker.
There's no way. You see Mo Getty, uh, bound,
stuffed in a locker. And she looks at you, she
can't talk, she makes eye contact, and you see
absolute hatred, disgust, contempt, and fury.
And you look at her, and you feel that. You feel
that right up in you, and you're like, fuck.
So, we're taking care of Mo Giddy, we're keeping
her alive, anything you want to say or do, or
we'll just, you know, scoot through this. She
meets the gays because she believes... the gaze
of angry Moe because she also understands that
she deserves it. Okay, so, endless wandering
back from taking care of Moe for the night. Connie,
where are you at? I think I've probably drawn
something with my fingers in a sauce or something
like that, just on a piece of paper. Not like
super saucy, but you know, just enough to get
a sketch. Sorry, I just pictured you just poured
tomato sauce on a table and then just sort of
like painted out where everything Wow It was
more like on like paper or some sort of you know
that the table covering just like dipping my
fingers in size God helpers so bad The tender
mercy is here in the upper chips and I'm assuming
based on your negotiations there's Probably some
other way that that mo gitty can get us in rather
than us going through the front door We have
to make a case for at the very least that they
will take this this meat of theirs that we have
this produce off our hands and give us fair payment
for it without the threat of them shooting us
in the back as we leave and And mo well, we'll
figure out what to do with her later I don't
have to hurt anybody else That all makes sense
to me. Yeah, but Just a quick question. How how
are we gonna make them? Pay us fairly we stole
from the giddy girls, but You know what I mean?
Yeah, we'll have contingencies in place Okay
contingencies got it got it Yeah I know what
those are. And so the camera pans out on the
four of you and Goliath the Gunk Snake inside
the Screamin' Slice, inside this scrabbly little
building, out against the world, one more day,
one more day on this earth, and tomorrow you're
gonna win it. Tomorrow it's all gonna come together.
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