Chapter 51: Demon Time

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Up her, previously on Midnight Burger, where in the hell did everyone go? Please. Sorry, I'll leave with the fuck you. Gloria is on CGS. For what? Eva is in Denmark. Pratni Teheneh here. As it can simple a package will build as though I can at your mother

“hand brought in. Life is wherever the hell he is. Rough crossing. How did I get here?”

The muckle veins are in space. And of course, let's not forget about this. A Ducanabac. Oh, hi. Welcome to the Casparary. That's right. Folks, our heroes are spread across the multiverse like a little country crox spread across a really, really, really, really infinitely big piece of bread. What are they going to do now? Well, turns out everybody's taking the initiative. Gloria is asking CGS. Caspar is asking his ex-wife. Lave made a bomb.

And for whatever God forsaken reason, Eva decided to stick out her thumb and hit her ride back to Crox Castle. You rang, Dr.? I'm not sure where we go from here, folks, but it's clear that all roads lead back to Criptesia. Also Fiona's here. My neural environment. Storytimes over kids. Let's start the shift. This is Justin broadcasting on the under signal. I am talking to you at the end of a historic

day here on CGS. Midnightberger has returned to us and the party has been non-stop. Midnightberger's

“relationship to this planet is a very important one. And today did nothing but solidify that relationship.”

As you may know, the planets and tents efforts to summon the diner to CGS paid off in a very

gratifying fashion when we're able to retrieve the mission data from the bargain. The very first

extra solar mission undertaken by the original coalition generations ago. That was the only surprise on board midnightberger when it landed. Inside the diner was an entirely different true than the one we've come to know. Two earthlings and an earth sorcerer. Now I can't tell you much about the earth. I'm told he was immediately wished away by diplomatic services and putting contact with his home planet. But I do know that one of the earthlings is a former armed forces pilot and the other

is a barista, an antiquated earth profession who specializes in making caffeinated beverages. Okay. Okay. I'll have more on all that later. As I'm sure you can hear the countdown has begun.

how this day is affected everyone here on CGS. It's all happening too fast. But I will give you this quote from Owen Sassito. He's a scale farmer from the Southern stills who came all the way to the capital just for this day. Nothing can change the fact that I'm a CGS. But I feel like this day made me more CGS than I was before. Here it comes everyone. Wonder when we'll see it again. [Applause]

No party for my arrival? I attempted a party. Did I not? The first time you arrived.

All right. For me once. I hate parties anyway. Thanks for letting me bring my cat. It's important for you to be comfortable. You won't be leaving again. Okay. Do I get a prison jump suit or anything? Ball and chain. You may wear a gorilla suit. It makes no difference to me. Crock. I feel like you're a little bit mad at me.

“It is, in measure, be difficult to surprise me, Doctor. You must be insufferable on movie nights.”

So you can imagine how shocked I was to see that a beacon was sounding all the way from earth.

And a few hundred years in the past at that. How did you manage to get my attention? Well, I had this thing that did this one particular thing. But then I thought, "Hey, why don't I take this thing and do this other thing with it?" That sounds hardly scientific. I've decided to abandon science. I'm getting really into crystal, slightly. How are you here, Doctor? Don't worry about it, Crock. I'm here because I'm magical.

I'm here because I decided to be. What do you want? A bunch of math? You don't seem like a math guy.

You chose to be here. Yes. After all that you went through to leave. Yes. Why? Maybe I wanted to be here. But nobody forces me to do anything. I left so I could choose to come back.

“You risked your life for a bit of agency. Honestly, I risked my life because I was curious about”

what would happen if I risked my life. And if it killed you? Honestly, I was little curious about that too. You're unlike your compatriots. Am I? They appear to be supremely fixated on rather by zantine concepts of right and wrong. You don't seem bound by such things. I'm bound by the usual things. Time, gravity, coffee. Can I get some coffee in here, by the way? I've been in Renaissance Denmark and Europe without caffeine. Is it dark? Dark place. Of course.

Wow. Look at that. So, they just drop out of the sky with whatever I want. Within reason. Got it. Can I get some pool floaties and nine dixie cups please? Why in the world would you ask for those things? You said within reason. That's within reason. Depends on the situation. Thanks, Bosco. You can hold off on the dixie cups and pool floaties, but I will be needing a tailored cigarette or five as soon as humanly possible. Also, any clothing that doesn't involve

a goddamn corset, please. Oh, yes. That'll do just fine. One might feel. You've returned here simply for the coffee. Well, I certainly wasn't going to wait a hundred years for Europe

“to figure it out. Should I assume your fellow agitators have survived the crossing as well?”

How would I know?

I have a small number in the kingdom. So, cosy didn't obediently sling off to another system,

“then. She did not. She's a rebel to the end. She's assembled an intellectual band of Mary”

Men and is attempting to fight me from the shadows. Kids, am I right? They'll be done away with soon enough. It's a shame. She's quite brilliant. She would be a treasured asset to my efforts here. Your efforts. I've been thinking about your efforts ever since I left. Have you? Yes. And? I still think they're real dumb crock. Oh, enlighten me. Circling back to it, you want to take an intropic universe and turn it into a recursive one.

You want to take a universe that constantly carreens toward its own ending and make it last forever.

That's correct. Why, though? Don't you protect the things you love? No. No. No. Why? Because you can't protect anything. Everything dies. In your life, there is nothing you've moved to protect. Not that comes to mind. I see. The universe is not the same for me. How so?

“For one such as you, your life is a game you've been placed within and your life consists of”

learning the rules of this game as you played. That's not bad. The universe is not so rigid for me.

It is a thing to be manipulated. And if I can manipulate it, the question then becomes

what is the world I wish to make? Okay. I'm skeptical. I'd expect nothing less. You came all the way back here to tell me that. No. Then why? Secrets of the universe crock. What of them? You have them. Give me. Dinners at seven. Okay. I'd like the chicken nuggets, please. The one shape like little dinosaur. Whatever you like. Excellent. Carl. God damn it. Where did you go?

Great in sorcery. Your data has been longed and is currently under review. Please rest assured that your endeavors will greatly enrich powers. I have been informed that you have not had interaction with the whole world since being assigned to your terminal mission. I wish to expand upon your understanding. Coming out. As you are aware, there is no reassignment from a terminal mission. It is meant to be a mission that continues to outwork entire life span. Your terminal mission

distinguishes itself from others and that is classified 0.3. There are only three sorcerers in our current temporal locus to have been assigned to a zero terminal mission. Please be aware

“of your importance to your planet and to our mission. Knowledge above all. Moon. How you doing?”

Good evening Captain. Who's that? I was reviewing a message from the high curator on Earth. That like the president. We do not have a centralized leader as you do on Earth. Rather we have three councils. Curation, invention, and integration. My immediate council is the council of curations. What's the news? There is less than I was expecting. It appears that the mission I have been tasked with has only been undertaken by two other earths in our history.

That sounds pretty top secret. I had suspected as much. So it's all about places like the diner. Yes. As I had previously surmised, there is an elusive relationship between my planet and places such as midnight burger. But that relationship is unknown. There was an earth presence here at the diner before my arrival as indicated by the earth door in the deep freeze. And according to Fiona, there are many places like the diner throughout existence. But we have yet to encounter

another so it has been difficult to develop a theory. Now, however, I have received sparse accounts from my homeworld. Let me show you. M. Display New Packet imagery. Media only. As you can see, there have been reports from others with my same assignment. These are dispatches

locomotion. That's a train station. Also an establishment which appears to belong to an Earthling

named Tim Horton. Sure. But this one is curious. There appears to be no actual structure involved, but there is a refreshment station and small chairs made of plastic material. That's Chada. Please explain. It was after the war. Old folks in Hanoi started selling iced tea on the street. Chada iced tea. It turned into the place everybody crossed paths. Guys would park their mopedes there. Some old dudes would play a chess game. And it all

revolved around some old lady selling iced tea and crackers. These places, they all seem to be wildly

“different with only course similarities. So why would your people start building things in these places?”

Why did I? I built a lift so that you may come to the roof. I imagine they built things because

because it's what we do. We cannot help ourselves. You're looking a little overwhelmed for them. There is much to process. Why don't you come downstairs for a while? Come meet our new passenger? She's got lots of stories to tell about this place. Maybe it'll shed some light. Yes, of course. Feel enough. Yeah. Eight years. Yeah. Oh my god. I would stop noticing for a while.

But every year Peter would come along and remind me how much time had passed. Are you okay? I'm okay. I've went through years wondering what all of it was for, but then every day the doors open and there was a lot to distract me from that feeling. Then the guys came along and and others and it kind of became my life. How long was it for you? Just a few months. Damn. Time travel. I'm so sorry. No, it's fine. Really.

Everything in my head was a lie. It was something that was put there. But then I spent eight years here and that was mine. That was eight years of my life. I had just lived.

“I had to say it, but I needed it. And it was like it knew that. Yeah. Do you know what I mean?”

Yeah. Does it? Is the diner alive? I don't know. I mean, every once in a while. I feel like it's watching me. Every once in a while it listens to me. Maybe not alive the way we think of it, but not not alive. I'm so glad you're back. Good. Are you glad you're back? Am I? That's not that guy. What was his name? Brody. That was a pretty steamy goodbye you two had. Yeah. He's great.

But we both got things to do. He has dreams of repopulating Earth with Scottish people and I am not the candidate for that particular position. Speaking of having things to do. Yeah. We are probably heading back to Grapptesia now. I don't know. Life, Casper, and Eva are still out there somewhere. So we're either finding them or going back in. I haven't been back this whole time. I don't think so. I know we're going back eventually.

This thing doesn't leave unfinished business. When we got on Clementine's trail, it did not let up until we got her. What do we do when we land in Cryptesia and there's a whole

army waiting for us improvise? Yeah. You know, the first year here was pretty terrifying.

It was just me and Peter and I didn't know what was coming through the door. Then it started to get easier. Some other people showed up and

“a couple of years ago, I looked around and kind of felt like, wait, are we good at this?”

Am I doing okay? And then as soon as we started talking about Cryptesia, I went back to year one again. I know. I mean, aren't we essentially trying to fight God? How do we win this? Exactly. I don't know Fiona. What I do know is that we're not going to be

screwed. Okay. Fiona, look at you. You're doing amazing. Most people would have hopped off

at the first safe place. Yeah. Some people did. All right, y'all. I have convinced whom to come down from the roof. There you are. Voon, are you doing okay? Well, yes, Fiona. Please forgive my anti-social behavior. I had much data to review for my home world. Anything fun? It was supplemental for the most part. More information supporting that which we already know. So Gloria Voon is an art. Really? He came on board a long time ago. He's been a big help now.

I know a guy who's a big fan of your planet. Yes, Fiona has told me of your colleagues affection for my planet and our endeavors. It is very complimentary. It's not just him. Some sort of device from your planet got us out of a very sticky situation one time. Remember, I told you about that brunch planet? Oh, right. Yes, I have been debriefed about this device. It's fascinating. A quantum bubble processor. During my

enlightenment phase, such things were only a theory. Damn, I wish life was here. I hope all

“that stuff on the roof has been helpful. It would be, but you won't touch it. Why not?”

Life used it all the time. Because Voon is a man of principles, archivone. There are several levels of aggressive security measures in your colleague systems, but even if they were not, it is against my core principles. Earth's belief technology is an extension of the self, to violate that technology without express and form consent would be a more. And he believes it's so strongly that he got shrunk down to the size of a candle one time.

What? It's true. I became trapped in a diminuator. It shrunk you. The effect was temporary. He wrote around a my shoulder for two weeks, like a cock at two. Oh my God. Okay, very seriously though. Pocket Voon was adorable. The shift in perspective was illuminating. It was how we discovered the inscriptions under the table. The what? That's right. Did you not know about this? No. It's a table seven, right? Table seven. Check it out. It looks like

when people decide to leave, they scratch their name into the underside of this table. Look,

there's so many names. Casper wasn't the first one here. The the groanies told me about Marissa

and Cody McClurr, but look at all those names. Lily Sterling, Emmett Hale, Ferdinandis Campbell, who knows how many times this place has changed hands? Wow. Looks like it's time to go to work. Peter, zone defense. Sound effects. Do you guys have any way of knowing where you are? Yeah, Voon, can you do a sky scan? Of course. One moment.

“Looks like a regular old forest to me. It looks. I'm going to go out there. Are you sure?”

Yeah, I need to get a closer look. Welcome with you. Does any of this look familiar to you, guys? It just looks like a forest. Could be anywhere. It is as we expected. We are on an uncharted planet in the Quipe Tessia galaxy. Is that where we want to be? Or we don't want to be? Oh, it's weird. I feel like what? I've been here before. More ranch dressing. Thanks, Bosco. You're not eating. Must I? Hmm. That's a good question.

Actually, do you eat? I've eaten. But do you need to? See, these are the questions nobody asks about malevolent space gods. How do they bend the laws of physics? Sure. That's important. But also, what do they have for breakfast in the morning? Playing into your idea of me as a malevolent space god. When I rise in the morning, I should, what? Eat an entire planet? Crack it like an egg.

Ooh. Can you do that? The answer is no. No? What kind of malevolent space god can't crack a planet open?

“No. I don't eat breakfast. Well, you should. It's the most important meal of the day,”

crock. Maybe you wouldn't be so malevolent. Why? Malevolent. Why malevolent? Yes. Seriously? Yes. Well, you've enslaved trillions of people on hundreds of planets. All in the

debate. Okay. Sure. Second part first. All right. Let us assume, for a moment, that my cause is

just. Assume that my dream of an eternal universe is an envyable goal. If you insist, if the entirety of the universe is at stake, is it not worth sacrificing one small galaxy to say that? The trolley problem, crock. Seriously? I'm sorry if this debate is beneath you, Doctor. Please indulge me. Okay. Do I sacrifice one galaxy to save the universe? Yes. No. Really? Really? Explain. If it's meant to die, let it die.

meant to? Yes. But you have the power to stop it. Not all have this power, but you have.

“You must abandon, you are as a scientist and observer. You observe and discern the intricacies of”

the universe, but in this little theoretical universe of ours, you are no longer the observer. You are given the power to change the course of the heavens. You are given the choice. So now you must choose. If it's meant to die, let it die. So you watch as everything cascades into nothingness. Yes. Why? So I can watch. Why? Crocs. I think you and I have the same problem. Have we? Yes. And what is that? Barrio Genesis. I beg your pardon. You stood there at

“the beginning of the universe and you watched it take shape. Right? That's what you told us.”

I was there. That shouldn't have happened. The beginning of the universe shouldn't have been the beginning of anything. Matter and anti-matter should have collided, destroyed each other and been reduced to photons. The universe should have been an ocean of light. No ava, no croc, no dinosaur shape

chicken nuggets. But instead, for every one billion particles of anti-matter, there was one billion

and one particles of matter. And from that tiny discrepancy came you and me and the nuggets. Why? I'm unsure. Right. For someone as powerful as you. That's really got to burn. Right? Most scientists on earth, they have to sit there on earth and theorize about black holes and how they

“work. But you, you can just go there. If you want to observe quantum particles, you can just shrink”

yourself down into a teeny tiny croc and observe them. The universe is always at your fingertips.

But this is one thing you can't know. Why is there something instead of nothing? It is elusive to me. Yes. The only way to learn something like that is to observe the universe as it was, as it has become and as it will be. And if I am suddenly avid the malevolent space God and I start messing with the cosmic plumbing, I'm never going to get the answers I'm looking for. You're building a casino on top of my excavation site, croc. You should stop messing with things.

How can I observe the universe when you're out here fucking it up? You're not upset that I've enslaved trillions of people. You're upset that I've ruined your research. They're the same thing. And if they weren't. Trock, I like to save my theoretical energy for my physics, not for trying to figure out why you decided to be the multiverse's biggest shithead. What's funny? I'm surrounded by sick of fans. Oh, I see. Not a lot of people calling you a shithead.

The, I can use my imagination. Allow me to apologize. Apologize? Well, I'm ruining your life's work with my actions here.

“You are. And I apologize. How may I heal this rift between us?”

Pencils. Writing influence? Yes. Very well. Anything else? Yes. Name it. You were there at the beginning of the universe. I was. Tell me what you saw. I'll improve upon that. Oh, yeah. I shall take you there. You called it the murder beast? Yeah, but don't worry. Don't worry about the murder beast. It's fine. How that was just what we called it? It wasn't the most accurate name in the world. Good. That's just

how it looks. It looks like a murder beast, but it's actually what we never really found out.

It's kind of dark. It was some creature that was engineered to be cannibalistic.

“Whoa. Yeah. Apparently it could only eat its own kind. That's how it had to live. Who's?”

When was this? It was my first shift ever? Yeah. What did you do? I uh, I gave it a cup of coffee. You did? I didn't know what else to do. It eventually left after that. Okay. Why are we looking for it? I uh, I don't know. My heart really went out to it. I want to see if it's okay. Wait.

So your very first shift was here in Criptusia? Shit. I didn't even think about that.

We had no way of knowing at the time. It was a long time ago. Yeah, but Gloria, you guys could have been here yesterday. Shit. That's right. Time travel. Right. Fill are you seeing anything? I'm up on the roof and I'm not seeing anything. What exactly is the plan here? Yeah. I don't really know. If I may. From a data driven standpoint, it would be useful to me to study an organism after it is encountered the diner. It is where that we return to a planet

other than Thegreon. I would enjoy the opportunity to compare these cases. All right. Something tells me a murder beast is not going to be as personal as the Thegreon is. It won't be, but I promise once you get past the terrifying appearance and the mouthful of teeth, it's just like a little puppy dog. It's all right. Not the first time we've been on a bug hunt.

“A bug hunt? That's what it feels called. Every time a shift involves a problematic creature of some”

kind. Remember the inigmatic cat bird? Okay. Don't mind me. You existed in onatologists to find a bird whose population had been reduced to one. In acres of thorny bushes. The owner came back looking like a scratching post. And after all that, Phil found it with his goddamn binoculars. Works more than not hard, y'all. God damn, I missed those days. I'd love to just be looking for someone's missing bird right now. Wait a minute, did I ever have those days? Gloria, may I ask

you a question about your time as the diner's proprietor? Yeah, sure. In this particular case, of this unclassified creature, a language barrier was obvious. That aside, how often was a linguistic barrier and issue in the operation of the diner? The linguistic barrier, um, not very often. Interesting. We have had the same experience. Isn't the reason why everyone speaks English because they like our movies or something? It's true. Due to the triads of affinity for your arts

and culture, your planet's dominant language has become a lingua franca for its three galaxies. That is, however, three galaxies in the universe with the conservative estimate of two

trillion galaxies. I guess I never had time to think about it. Is it only traveling to places

that speak English? It's unclear, but it is possible that, like Inisha, its cargo is considered before charting, of course. Weird. It is truly odd. Guess your homeworld gave you a pretty strange

arts in history have been given this assignment. In history? It is very rare. I guess they must

“really trust you. I'm afraid it was not a merit-based assignment. I simply happen to be in the”

right place at the right time. I had only recently left my enlightenment stage before I encountered the diner at a space station. I don't think any of us were ready for it, so don't feel bad. Except maybe Eva. Eva is the scientist who traveled with you? Yeah. She had figured out some sort of way to find this place. She had. Yeah, she's got all kinds of brains going on in her head. I would very much like to speak with her. Me too, Joan. Eva's an acquired taste, but I miss my friends.

Her notational diaries were left behind, but they are in an unknown language. Oh, right. Well, with any luck, she can tell you about it herself. Speaking of language, you just reminded

me of something. The first time we met this creature, there actually wasn't a language barrier.

There wasn't? No. It could understand me. The creature could understand your language. Yeah. Curious. Oh, shit. For you enough? Something's coming. Oh, shit. Should we freak out about this or not? You're going to be fine. Like I said, it's super terrifying to look at, but it's not going to hurt you. I'm going to hurt me either, but I still really freak out. Fiona, you ran through

“fire one time. Remember that? The boom, remember when she ran through fire. I had to reconstruct”

your shoes, Fiona. This is different. It's the anticipation. I have time to be scared, so I'm scared.

Do you want us to distract you with a brain teaser? Here it comes. Oh my god. What? Fiona, what are you seeing? Oh, it's the little guy. Let me guess it looks like a cross between a pig and a panda. Oh, it totally does. What is it? It's a, we just call it the pig panda. Hello, little man. Peter, look at this guy. Gloria. What's up? Stay completely still. We are being targeted with a weapon. Oh, shit. Turn around. Nice and slow, hurt. And don't put

that floating ball of yours in the air. I'll shoot it down. Tita. Gloria? What? Hi. Holy shit. You're alive. Holy shit. You're alive. What is going on? We have a visitor. Oh, it's Tita. Oh.

“Here it is. Are there any small rooms in this castle? They're not. What is this place?”

I think of it as an observatory, but rather than remaining fixed on the ground, it will take you wherever you would like to go. From here, you may observe any point in all of existence at any point in time. That's impressive. Thank you. You built this? Of course, I built it. Nice work. And where are we off to? Like I said, the beginning. Very well.

Observing the beginning is problematic, as you know. This is it. With a big bang, as you call it, it was not an explosion into space, but an explosion of space itself. Before that, we find ourselves here. Nothing. All of existence compressed to less than the size of an electron. We would observe it, but like does not yet exist. The idea of observation does not yet exist.

What is that like? I couldn't tell you. Existing without time or space is a concept that cannot be brought into this world. But there you were. Yes. Your entire existence was contained in 10 to the negative 43rd seconds. Yes. But without time as a concept, that means nothing. Your people have a name for this. The plank epoch. It was a period of time so small you almost can't measure it. And yet, for me, it was an eternity. Keep going.

“Here we go. I don't have the same words for this as your race. How would you describe what we're seeing?”

The universe is expanding and cooling. Quarks are binding into protons and neutrons and then those

fuse into the first nuclei. Hydrogen, helium, maybe a little bit of lithium. But the universe is an

opaque, blindingly hot plasma. Photons can't travel more than a tiny distance before being absorbed and re-emitted. It looks like I thought it would. The surface of a star in every direction.

“The temperature is tens of millions of Kelvin. It all happens in a few minutes.”

And then? Fast forward to about 400,000 years. Very well. There it is. What do you see? Recombination. Electrons bond to nuclei. The fog clears. Photons are

streaming freely. This is the first time the universe could be observed. We're radiating at a

frosty 3000 Kelvin. Everything is reddish orange. This will cool over billions of years, leaving behind the cosmic microwave background. But first, we go back to the darkness. For hundreds of millions of years, the cosmic dark ages. The universe would go from a uniform glowing ember to absolute blackness in every direction. And then slowly. Individual points of blue white light flicker on. Clustered in filaments and sheets like a

city returning from a blackout. And the rest is fairly predictable. You have now observed

what I have observed. What's happening now? You're observing my first act.

As I watched the stars form in the darkness, I tried my hand at it. It was a poor effort. Rather than compressing matter into a star, I managed to form a simple rock in the void. It was not as splendid as the stars, but it was mine. I stood upon it as I watched the universe. Lonely crock on a rock, looking at the stars. There's a song in there somewhere. So, you went from being lepid deep prince standing on a planet to all of this

“malevolent space god bullshit. I'm afraid so. How does that happen?”

I watched the universe create itself. It felt as though it belonged to me. It became something

inevitable because of the nature of your existence. You and all the other creatures in the universe.

“You are born dying. Death is inevitable. For someone like me,”

born before time untouched by time, death scenes, and inconvenience. And inconvenience baked into every aspect of the universe. Every aspect saved my aspect. What is to become of me when the universe fades into oblivion? Jesus Christ, crock. Don't tell me you're doing all of this because you're scared of being alone. I fear nothing. Bullshit. Oh yes. You live in a massive fortress with a

huge gun on the top of it. You're surrounded by an army. You fear nothing? You know, usually when

engineers talk, I don't listen because, well, because who cares? But I was sitting there on the diner and I heard something interesting. Those little time travel squirt guns you give all your little mystery men. It's kind of a weird choice, right? They're very effective. Are they? We've walked quite a few of your guys at this point. Something more conventional like your average laser gun or a plasma thingy would actually be a lot more effective against us. But you use the

time guns. It's almost as if. I mean, I'm no engineer. Thank God. But it's almost as if you want your men armed with weapons that work not very well against something that can die, but work very

“well against something that can't. Because if something couldn't die, the best thing you could do”

would be to fling it to the other side of the multiverse, right? I'm just spitballing here. I'm no engineer. Thank God. We have the rest of your life together, Doctor. Let's not waste the connection we've already made. Your scared shitless, aren't you? Grant me a favor. Stay here for a while. Stay here on this lonely little planet I made for myself all those ages ago, and attempt to see it all through my eyes. I promise it

will enlighten you. You promise, huh? I do. Okay, I'm going to need some more coffee. Whatever you like. Last chance to level with Mikrok. I fear nothing. So this planet's listed is having humans on it, but we can't see anything from long-range scans. So Cosys sent me over here to make sure we weren't missing anything. I've been humping my ass through the trees for days now, and I don't see anything. I don't know what the deal is. So

you guys left and just turned back around and went to war with Krof. Pretty much. I thought it was a stupid move, but it's actually going okay. We touched down on a planet, drive out whatever unfriendly's are there, take their ships, and then we fix everybody's brain. Turns out when you tell Earthlings they've been duped by the bad guys. A lot of them want to sign up for war. You guys are crazy how many planets have you freed? I don't know. A hundred at this point. That's

great. So you're alive. I'm alive. Cool. Not sure how that helps us, but you know, welcome back.

“Has anyone seen any sign of the others? No? Nothing. Honestly, I figured you guys were dead.”

I thought we were holding out hope just to make David feel better. How is David? Good. His aim is getting better. I mean, how is he emotionally? Oh, I have no idea. This place looks different. Yeah, Fiona's made some changes. Used to be the smell of tacos. Now it's the smell of Fiona's grilled cheese sandwiches. Excuse me. What's up? May I scan your person for relevant technologies? Yeah, fine. Don't touch my gun.

Of course. Fragoners. They're always scanning everything. Where do you come from? Fiona picked

eight years. Eight years? Jesus. She kept it running, though. Yeah, she's a trooper. Fiona. How's your head? It's fine. Thank you for asking. And there's a guy on the roof? Yeah, that's Phil. Hang on. Hey, Phil. Are you seeing anything up there? Nope. I am not seeing anything. Okay. Fiona's baking sandwiches. Do you want to come down? It'll be right there. So what is cosy's plan exactly? Is she really trying to take down crock? Oh, yeah.

She is pissed. She'd never admit it, but she spent most of her life studying the guy.

She really admired him. Now it turns out he's King Shithead. She's either going to kill him,

“or he is going to kill her. Can she really piece together enough of an army to do that?”

I don't know. The thing with Gorilla Warfare, as soon as you get up enough troop density, you're facing a pretty big reaction from the powers that be. That's coming any time now from crock. We'll see if we can survive that. I was just about to head back to it when you guys showed up. Hey, when you were out there in the forest, did you see anything? There's no humans out there. Anything else? Like what? Like a, well, like a really gross looking thing with a big mouthful

of teeth. Oh, yeah. I saw one of those. You did? Yeah. Narly looking. Do you think you can find it again? Probably. It's tracks are all over the place. Okay. I need a favor before you go. What's up? No monsters yet. Okay. Need any help? Nope. Everything okay. Uh-huh. Okay. So we've been working together for a while. Uh-huh. Which means that when something's wrong, I can kind of tell. It's fine. It's fine.

It's fine. My first crush just walked in the door and it's fine.

First crush? Yeah. The huge orange woman with ram's horns was your first crush.

“It was a long time ago. Oh, okay. Am I? Am I? Was I mean, am I?”

I mean, you know, you realize that is far too much woman for you, right? No, it's not. Also, it doesn't matter. I don't mind your business. I know what's going on. I know what's going on. Let me tell you what's going on. I'm going to deliberately burn your sandwich. You have been going through, respectively. A bit of a dry spell. I'm not prepared to

discuss this with you. A bit of a dry spell. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a quality

woman when I'm going to vanish in 12 hours? We are a long-term relationship people, Phil. A bit of a dry spell. It's a historic drought, Phil. And that has been highlighted by the fact that ground zero for your sexual will awakening has just walked in the door. You seem to think that saying this out loud is helping, but it is not helping, Phil. We should get this out in the open. I don't want it out in the open. I want to lock it away forever and throw it in the ocean.

Hello. Are we once again discussing Fiona's lack of sexual stimulation? Yep. Hey. What do you mean once again? It's come on. No, it has. It has been a topic of discussion 17 times in the past 30 days. Don't stop counting everything. I feel like I should apologize at this point because it doesn't help that I have been doing very well out there. Don't remind me. It doesn't help that I am the trans-dimensional delivery man. Can you just give yourself nicknames?

I've explained to you what this is. This is just cruelty now. Why is it phone? Because of your levels of game captain. What is Fiona's current level of game? Based on your metric captain, Fiona currently has a game rating of zero. No game. No game for you. Can I explain to the two of you what friends are supposed to do? Be honest, I thought honesty is an important cornerstone of friendship. This isn't honesty. This is you making fun of me. What friends do is

they should push all the bullshit out of the way and get down to what's really going on.

“That's what you're doing. Yes, because what's really going on has nothing to do with a fine”

woman in the dining room or the fact that you can't get some lately. That's not what's really going on. What's really going on? I'm scared. There we go. Can you share your feelings with us Fiona?

I know. I haven't really been able to shake this one. The work's been able to distract me, but now your feelings are real and appropriate Fiona. We have returned to the epicenter of your trauma. It is not uncommon to feel as though no time has passed that you are once again upon and a victim of malicious actors. It's starting to feel that way a little bit. It is at this time that we ask you to

“repeat to the captain's attention. You've lost a lot, but what have you got? What have you got?”

I have you too. That's right. It is important to focus on growth and achievements when you feel emotional regression. I really love you guys. We know. You have set so 23 times in the last 30 days. Hey, we're taking our sandwiches to go. I got to go wrestle a monster real quick. Uh, what? [Music playing] Son of a bitch. Wow. Wow. Hello there, Carl. Where have you been?

Mal's hunting? How are the mice on this planet? Welcome to the beginning of the universe. What do you think? I mean, it's not exactly the beginning of the universe, but it's close enough.

“Carl, you're just in time because I've just had a dramatic revelation. Would you like to hear it?”

Okay. Don't freak out, okay? Our charming host/jayler brought me down here, and he fired up this machine of his, and he showed me the beginning of the universe from nothingness to now.

It's truly amazing to see it. It's how I imagined it. Is there this part of me that wishes

there was something I didn't predict? Sure, but it was a hell of a show. One that would have impressed anybody. But there is this one question that I asked him, and it's stuck with me and it's stuck with me and it's stuck with me. And here I am now. I asked him, "Did you build this?" And he said, "Of course I built it." Why is that sticking with me? I asked myself, "Why is that sticking with me?"

“And then it came to me. Why did you build this? Why would you have to? You describe yourself”

as this person who can manipulate the fabric of the universe, and yet you built something. You see, Carl, we humans, we make tools. And we make tools when we find the limits of our humanity. I can't reach that thing, so I'm going to make a thing so I can reach that thing.

But we're talking about a God here, Carl. We're talking about a guy who can always reach the thing.

If he can always reach the thing, why did he build a thing? The thing about science, Carl. Power is never imagined. It's always measured. In humans, though, power is almost always imagined. The school bully strides through the playground confident because he's never really challenged. His power is always imagined. It's a whole mark of being a member of this race of demanded monkeys that I, unfortunately, find myself a member of. Power,

almost always, is imagined. What have we seen this guy do, Carl? We've seen him teleport. That's

pretty impressive. Have I, in my travels encountered people who can make things that teleport? Yes.

What have we seen this guy do? He's got little minions that chase us all over the multiverse.

He's got a big gun on the top of his castle. He's got a magical dome that can show me anything I want to see. What have we seen him do? That's right, Carl. We're back to the catcher in the

“rye. The problem with the world? Fucking phonies. Oh, what was that, Carl?”

What the hell? Carl, come here. Am I seeing things? Or is that another dome just like this one?

Who's in there? Is someone in there? Is this a paradox? Am I seeing myself traveling back to the beginning? No, that's not right. There's someone in there. Holy shit, leave. Leave. What the fuck are you doing in there? Who is that with you? Carl, what the fuck is happening? Leave.

You know what? Fuck it. Let's just go with a Hail Mary pass. Yes, I know it's a sports analogy.

You better be able to understand this, God damn it. Leave. Leave. Look at this. Leave. It's all bullshit. He's not a god. He's just a shit head.

“Look at this and understand it. Come on. Are you reading it?”

Understand this, you fucking grease monkey. And he's gone. What the fuck was that? , you fucking grease monkey. Yeah, careful. Don't hurt him. Look at the claws on this. Oh my god, Tina, be careful. Give him the atomic elbow smell. The creatures center of gravity is much higher than yours. Use that to your head. How? Can you take it off its feet? Sweep the leg.

FYI, murder beast was a tonally appropriate next. All right, buddy. Down we go. Try and hold him there, just try and hold him still. You're too dependent on fighting. All right, fucking monster. Ow. Stop fighting. Come, come here. Come here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, cry me a river. Now what? Okay, just hold him there. Hey, hey, hey, it's me. Hey, can you see me?

Do you recognize me? Digging his damn claws into my leg. It's me. It's Gloria. Do you recognize me? That's right. It's me. I gave you a cup of coffee.

“I think it's working. We're not going to hurt you, okay?”

Tita, go ahead and let it go. You sure? Yeah, I think it'll be fine. Okay.

I'm not sure how well you understand me, but I'm just going to talk.

You were the first person I ever met out here.

It was a long time ago for me, but I don't know how long it was for you. I tried to help you, but I don't know if I did. But what I wanted to say that you helped me after I made you that cup of coffee I said, this is a good job. That was when I knew I was in the right place that I'd done the right thing. I guess I just wanted to say thank you.

“Oh, it's moving toward me. Guys, it's okay. Are we 100% on that? What does it want with you?”

I have a sparkling personality. Gloria, you mentioned these creatures were engineered to be cannibalistic. Yes. But it hasn't countered the diner, a change agent, perhaps that is overcome its engineering and has graduated to another behavior. We don't think that new behavior is eating was being stewed. You know, you have brought the sandwiches with you. Oh my god. Oh my god, okay.

Okay, this one is presciutto and peppers. This one is green apples.

All right, all of them. She's sure. Amazing. That thing is hungry.

If maybe deeply not nourished, it's chosen diet may have changed without it knowing how to feed itself. It's back on me again. Probably still hungry. Let's get it back to the diner. Look at this fucking place, Carl. I should have known it was a big fat faker when I saw this castle. This is over compensating. Look how high the ceilings are. I can't even see them. Disappointed.

Carl, what are you doing? You're doing the open the door dance at a wall.

“Things don't open just because you meow at them, okay?”

What the fuck? Carl, did you just do magic? Carl? Secret passage, huh? Okay, fine. Fiona, hey, I think I said new record for grilled cheese sandwiches. That thing just keeps eating. I'm cool.

What is this? Oh, that's rubbing alcohol. You know, there wasn't a first aid kitten here,

and I thought, you know, with all the trouble we get into, whatever. You put this on wounds, right?

“Uh, yeah, but it's... You need to put some on me. I... What? I think scratch the fuck out of me.”

I fix my leg, but I can't reach the ones on my back. Fiona, yep, yes, uh, right. Isn't that gonna really hurt, Tita? Yeah, it would hurt if I was a big weenie. Do I look like a big weenie to you? Nope. No, you do not. Hey, here. Okay, there's a huge one between my shoulder blades. I'm going to take my shirt off. Jesus Christ, seriously. What? Nothing. Nothing. Let me get a clean towel. You doing all right, Fiona? I'm okay. You're scared. I'm okay. I can smell it on you.

I guess it's not great being back here in Kryptasia. Sure. Okay, you're done.

All right, I'm going to teach you something. Teach me? Caproccia! What is that? It's lahariin. Try it. Cap. Caproccia! Caproccia from deep down Fiona. Caproccia! Caproccia! Good! What is it? It's what a lahariin says to death. What does it mean? It means I fucking dare you. Caproccia, keep working on it.

Thanks, Tira. Sandwiches are burning. Oh shit.

“I was handsome. He fell asleep in my lap and I think I'm stuck here for a while.”

Looks like he needs it. Yeah. So, listen, Voon and I have been talking. What's up? I think you may have freed him from some pretty terrible behavior, but you may have fucked him up with him in the process. I was thinking the same thing.

The creature has no developed behaviors to feed itself, then it is also in a hostile environment

where it will be preyed upon by other creatures like him. I think he's got to come with us for a while. Until we find a good spot for him. I'm so glad you said it. I was just about to ask you. There's got to be some place out there for him. We know he loves Fiona's cooking. You've got a weird life ahead of you, murder beast. Gloria, my ability to scan biologics is rudimentary, but I am capable of a general overview. However, due to the creatures

“and ability to consent to such scans, do you think you would be able to stand in as it's war?”

Yeah, I think that's a good idea, Voon. Scanning. We'll shit. Now I have all these sandwiches. They pass them around. I'll have one. I've got to head back to the fleet. Cause he went and got herself injured. Apparently, so I've got to get back and whip people into shape. I'll let them know you're here and we'll figure out where to go from there. Okay. Tita, I don't know why the diner brought me here without picking up the others, but I guess we just

have to keep going regardless. Don't worry about it too much. They're pretty smart. They can figure something out. Except for Casper. I guess fucked. Thank you Tita. Peace in our time, fuckheads. Gloria. What is it, Voon? This creature is human.

“What? The data is telling me that this creature is a deeply augmented human. How is that possible?”

Many changes have been made, but the base DNA sequence is out of an earthling. Oh, these shit. Oh, my God. It's just another one of Crocs' experiments. This is a perversion. He must be stopped. That's my cat in your lap. I don't know how to remove it. Oh, he doesn't like being removed.

This is a pretty big gun. You've got here. Done. Is a reductive term. What do you call it? A weapon. Okay. Did you make this? Yes. Who are you? Jocinka. Hello, Jocinka. I'm Eva. I've been hearing this thing

A relevant. Uh-huh. Jocinka. Do you make things around here? Other things? Yes. I see.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

“There is no man behind the curtain. It's from a movie. Do you watch movies?”

No. Who are you, Jocinka? Please narrow your question. Where are you from? Where is that? The Bracken system. And where is the Bracken system?

The Andromeda galaxy. You're far from home. This is my home. I see. How did you get here?

A Starship. A Starship belonging to who? My father. Your father, Croc, the propagator. Yes. Huckin, family, business. Jocinka. Do you make all of his technology? Yes. Why? I make things. Yes. Why? I have an answer to your question. Did you hit it?

“A relevant. Isn't the point of a weapon to hit something with it?”

The targets are provided to me to test the weapon. You're not trying to destroy the targets with this big weapon? The destruction of the target is not one of the weapons intended purposes. I see. What are the intended purposes of the weapon? There is one purpose. What is it? Did he destroy the diner? Thanks for listening to Midnight Murray all. Be sure and tune in this time next month for

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Altreon, Shibu and Griff, Slimnandi, Goth Life, Jen and Britt, Adriana Bartolomucci, Jonah is gay, the Midnight Ashes, Hornetti, Ballian Fair has retired and now raises herds of mungos. Hood's pocket protector, listening to Ava sing poisoning pigeons in the park

made my shitty day instantly better.

Valkyrie Storm, Patricia who's always late but somehow on time,

DC Squirrel, Kyle V. Interstellar High Women, Shelly Act on the verge, Gale Friend, Rubber Cake, Clover the Clown, The Sparky Tech, Prop the Crocodator, Ring leader Volt, Jazz Punker, Captain Tite Pants in the Companion, Agent Night Breakfast, Braddy, For Mission Control,

Renee N, Katarina Dale Plya, RIP, Eloise Waffles, The Flu Fringler, Aki the Space Druid, Phantom Land, TTRPG Dice, Curious or K8, Your Local Blacksmith, Ashmont Gummery, The Buggiest of Birch's, Jason, HVAC Tech for the Diners Deep Freeze, S.K. Phoenix, Glitch the Gamer Air, Zephyr the Weffermont Gummery Foxworth,

Maryface, Luan Cherry, Peppermint Pearl, The Interdimensional Space and T-Time Witch, Nicole 6-4, Amara Salazar, Banjo Buskelow, Full Beans, Glorious forgotten Ford, Vestiva, Brandon Wright, Night Breakfast at the Midnight Coltron, Force for Good Ish, Mark Scott, Rosie Mom, The Judah, Slater Morales, Intergalactic Freylord, Gravity's optional, but Freyze aren't.

CJ's Big Barbecue Beastrow for Bethanese, Angel Vasquez, Evil the Cat, Steven Raymer, Jake Carp Fishman, The Great Goblinow, Low Oxygen, Save the Mungos, Joji the Bird Watcher, A flock of Grey Horses from the top of a Sikomore. Lilac Marchella, Rachel Krempa with special thanks to my best friend Lizzie and my husband's Steve, don't worry about the order, honey. Your Majesty, Temporal Hashbrown, Diane Brown,

Captain Noesleep, Jamie Rainy, The Slim Reaper, Rubin Eden,

Spedley P. Snodgrass the third, but please pause 2-3 seconds and then say Komi Smetti.

The Shreveport Bohanens, CC the Umbrella Mage, Bradbury Sasquatch, Lode's Checkoff's Gun and Rides to Join Bethanese Army, Din, Cosmic Catchup, Lack of Lifestyle, August the Schmogest and Hospest, Moosey, Hood's Pocket Garen's Rocket Local Repair Cafe, The Crafty Introvert, Postmaster General Kwan sent me, Blake Busmangian, Knitwit 14, Royaled Way to Harshly, DJ Johnny B, The Clopman Diamond, Marco Montano, no longer doing a bit, shiny fields, Adam Tachak,

Christopher Wendell, Unproductive Banana, Pulse for the Polist of Polism, Zombie Spider-Man, Bex 823, Auntie Cryptid, Barry Heap, Gas Mask Penguin, In the Hot Seat, Mime Ninja's Ninja Mime, Master Ugway, Barry, Dilly's Dallying, podcast junkies Photoshop crashes, 8 hours gone. Viewtile screaming at the ocean, Fox Hatland, Dylan Caroni, Pidro, Vibristo, Slider, Malachi, Julian Rhodes, Maple Emily, The Gas Library, Jan. in Indiana,

Physic the Good Bush definitely not one of the bad Bush's funding rebel

“Bethany's to overthrow the Julie-elected Bethany's. Hacks a decimal Bethany is non-binary.”

Vapis tends Big Black Gaping Hole, the planet Goobreus wants to know if Crock is a Crocodile or a proper gator, Bruce, Jessica Gagoma, Toracle, Jenny the Bear, Agurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Andrew Shore, Jeff Andrew. Ms. Luan, a British woman with cute dogs, cup of noodles, schmizzy two shoes, Luna Nova, Nicolas Griffith, Matt Grigsby, Justin Smallen, Riku 31, Craig Dundie, new type without a gun-down.

Astral C, it will me pickle me tickle me too, which loud the cartoonist.

Guy with the chops, Sam, Mitchell Yee, Bagelknife, Emelda and Scott, Courtney Cochran,

Lily Starling, Ryan Kay, 7777, has been my favorite verbal stem for months. Nate, forklift, lifts, forks for cliff, chip, radio-free realia, violin loves midi, Brian Passley.

“You only had it right the first time, Joe, it's Subu Bosa, not Subu Bosa, Grena, Piston”

Whip, Captain Ducky, Blitz Bell, shiny, let's be bad guys. Our overhead is way too high with all of these names, please make sure to turn in all receipts, love Josh from accounting.

Sat Summa, Silis Goose, Dr. Jones, icy axe, Coach Shane of ToadSuck Central, Gocran's,

Guy, Cole Arthur, Lego Quasal, Kasad, Norwin Mergler, you have all been assigned to write a 4-page essay on your favorite Arthur pod, it will be 50% of your grade. Joe Kappa, Dogma Mom, wee bit choppin' brok aliehi, icy fish, the hacker known as Ivy DeBurb, Blue Tune, a feisty-ass chickety, poultry landmine, the scrappy poet, Jenny the cryptid pallidin, Maverick artist, shit, it was a mimic, Basil in their tea, waiting to gossip

“with David, Ainsleeyayayaya, Angnor, ATB, Kiwi, LovelyBeed, Zoe, Kesht the Goblin, Professor”

Freida, Dr. Professor Reverend Bethany Wethany Lithony, woof you McFlovenberger, MDPHDSquire, and that's not pretentious at all, Aham is looking for a cure to the Bethany mutation that the society of Bethany's began the war with so many years ago. Michelle Spurgeon, Jack the Sleepy, Garrett Henderson, Twote, still trapped, but I've stopped asking why, the freezer is, I am, we chill, son of the farge, whisk-o-teach, Scott A. Snell Grove, give Peas a chance, Samilema

Ding-Dong, behold Lady Sarah Per, Whiskervale, Countess of Wood Hollow, Mistress of the Whispering Pines, and beloved by all creatures small and opinionated. Ricardo Golamba, Cari's crafty cloaking devices LLC, #weaveemofgossamer, Penny the Wonder Dog and Buckyvon Buckbuck, Cherry Applebee, medium rare extrat hosted bun, saucy Caesar, belt, Aspen as a Verge fanboy, Mick J67, Avis favorite my little pony pencil wants Joe to slap into a snim gem,

Mr. and Mrs. Drifter, representative of the Alaska Midnight Burger Tummy Time Chapter. Nathaniel Lee Industries, Lord Entropy, Buckbock Motherfucker, The Fat Wonderer, everybody's favorite clown splotchy, Pinstrike Algorithm, Psycho Queen, Kosher Stake, Gabriel Stryf as brought to you by Charlotte Brown, Gary Guy Gax and the #42, Flo Rida, Alyssa Shiny Pads, Gone Door Coles for Aid, Muscles for Tits, Arnold Rumspringah, the demise of the Temple of

Bethany's, Alan Bergland says, "I'm um, Rinn the No, Kitty McSkall." Raven Strong Dan's, hapless novelist passenger of the dimensionally impermanent and temporally incontinent bookshop cafe the Wild-eyed prophet, Tessa Craig, perfectly personalized as aster, Jim Turner, Lux Luminos, Havidonero, Big Chunk, Gedeeds, Boom Booms, Wooden Leg, Will the Real Moad D, Please Stand Up, Julie Bean, Benjamin, Not Franklin, Tracy Baby, Leia, Is that the

Chris Hancock who traded weekly soup for the use of my kitchen table, a singular night bird, Bethany and a green field, I am the lizard frantically firing flashet guns, AEI-O-U-Y-N-W, Bumblefei, Mr. Epsalon, the Mothman, Long-Haired Matt, DJ, Lenny Harris, Robert W, Breels Above, Cresimera, Jessa Loren, The Bean Wizard, Myth and Stitch embroidery loves the muckelwains, Lulu Louise, Dullio, the brew crew

family, Burt Ruba, your most benevolent Lord and master of the multiverse, Jeffrey George, Ellie, don't tariff me bro, oopsie, Evelyn, the wizard mooses holds out their cat for you to pet, Grimlor, existential pancakes, Jenny Waboume, Aaron Popsiclestick, Im Horowitz, Isle of Refuge, Jack Spiders' Mom, Bubblebutt Bethany has banana breath, Lama Fresh,

Beard Wizard, Burt Burt and the Funky Bunch, Corora 12, Bethany 2, Electric Buggaloo,

“Welcome to the Quan Pound, Pen, Pen, Pen, Pen, Pen, Pen, Mr. Muchacho Kaiser Schnetzel”

has successfully recruited Sarah Murphy's cats for the troubled puffs fight club. The wolves in the deep free say, "Awoo!" Julie Hammond, Sanctuary Moon's number two fans, Simpson, Alice Lewis, simply Amy Sue, I pushed her because Joe said so, even older Liz, McBearCat, Gragpin Feather, Citicun Druidic scientist, Astro, your friendly neighborhood Android, Moonlight Zombie Fox, Old Doc Recy, the midnight missionary, out there somewhere

looking for you, Rotten Ronnie sleeps in grandma panties, artist Dragonborn, Big Big Raj, Bill Zeng and a Lester, walking him in as. Big MF Juice, the SIP, muffins, spacewives

are officially Verge and D-Dra. Chad Hatter, Cosmic T-Maker of the Triads, Captain Jack

Harkness once Peter the Robot, tell your cat I said, "Ups, p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p Carcness once Peter the Robot. Tell your cat I said, "Ups. P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p

“Army of mice, Breyer Longlost, Daniel, Sammy the Baby Seal, Tricksie Bell Du Boah, Dr.”

Budiologist the glutes doctor, the hoods pocket police are asking for public tips about their stolen station toilet, currently they have nothing to go on. Thank you for besing two, your anglophone emotional support Canadian request will be processed in the order in which it was received. Queen Sirley Jess, RIP Lance McLean, you would have loved Midnight Burger.

Adam Toklove, Dr. Bichcraft, Sassy Cat the Space Vixen, Claire Rock, Jekha, Airostagod, the size two fish you've been looking for, Yokai, Borja, spiders are cuddly, the main immortal pinball sounds in the diner, chill, meal, sin city scuba steve, polywag, Michaela White, Elena Pickle, Wilbur Winklewright, wristwatch Wrangler of West Worcestershire

finally spots Red Nell as the carnage clears, Professor Thaddeus Snookham's 8th, Mr. Grinn,

“Glent Petrovsky, this moment of silence so Joe can catch his breath as brought to you by Rick”

Tyler, Elizabeth Hammond, cheap con, the real cheap con coming to you from the frozen Midwest wastelands except no imitations. Steam vision, conductor of the interdimensional time-spanning hype train, Dave Harald, Wise Cube, dirty diaper fuss butt, and the piggy runt, bromine pronounced bro, mine, main home ding-up, mother of pearl, Fiona now owns life's 18 inch Peter, seal face, rigor mortise, Megan's things, things Megan makes,

coin lane, Trebex reject, profit of the god of the muckle veins, Darth Ox, Michelle Kaye, Aaron Arnold, Boyo-Yoyo-Yoyo-Yoyo-Yoyo-Yoyo-Yoyoing, as in Boingy, Madame Mander B. Ros and Slunt Master J, Alpaca lips, I'll take one butter and breathe on Rye please, Elliott Paints, Undedicira, the Lord Reverend Ryan, Thomas's 10th, 10th, 10th, 10th, Staffel-Tippers, treading treacherously tantamount to telling totalitarian trope termination tales,

the lovely Laura Lovely, Kith Gamji, Sam Wise's Flamen Cousin, Dariel, Jeremy the ruler, Gochi, Charles Robert Darwin III, S. Y. P. H. D., Jacob Mitchell, Swoening for Verge, Zeke in the Box, Stevie Crow Hill, Olamilikan of the welcome wagon says, "Akabel, the adventurers of magpie and brown bear, scrubs, Becky, just some guy from Adelide, named Ryan, Remi, the Panda crew, Melody Prime, Beardow the Wizard, Captain Benjamin Hawkeye Pears,

the German short-hair pointer from Nashville, wants to tell his mom Maddie that he says, Wolf, Whiskard, any two hands for the double-high-five, Marissa the Ghost, local snow plows in your area are dying to meet you. Rather for it be Chesterfield and as Dapper Companion Winchester, Cheshire Corgi, Stray Cat, Old Kelsey No Shoes, Zildia, Dizzy Flame, we serve everyone eventually, Sasha. Beth and Alan Van Gillis,

Langston North, Slyfox, A.K.A. Breyer Rabbit, Panstarch's Champion, the Constantly Lost Geographer, Timothy A. Otis, Chance wants you to know he cares. Wolf Stark, Elliott, Hobbs, Dakota, Natalie Bartlett, Rory of Yen, movie The Golden Calf, Suda Satoshi, Giovanni Salinas, Rocky G, Perry the Pirate, Erin Elizabeth, Kane Arcotics, Solomon Price, a daydream you won't escape. But before 85,

A.K.A. Shemobock the Christmas Whale, Kaiju Somalye, Stella Corvis, Hesus Garcia, J.P. the IT guy, Candyman Fight, John Peters, you know, the farmer, Markling on the Holidayack, Dapper Dad, SCP-049, Omajus, Raven the Dreamer, T.K. Turtle King, Mike M, Space-based lasers, Captain B and Lady G with their swabs, Marla Madame Lotus still especially loves Finley, Mr. Steamwave.

Hup challenge, Dream founder, I'm your Huckleberry, Elizabeth T, Ty Ty the Wonder Hamster,

“and her dear darling Duke, Grandpa Gus, boom-basticle Kimlicker, Coco Yumi took her painted”

ponies to a show and won three awards, Huggamuffin, Bigfoot of Doom, D.L. Any Atkins, a bounty hunter called the Crandyman, Guerrero, our cat said to tell you, "Meow, think fast chuckle nuts, flash banged, Benjamin Ortiz, Mr. Frog President, Pop Rock Quick Sand, the Benny Apper is allergic to the desert. Mr. Squizzle sizzle whizzle fizzle the horrendous apologizes for conspiring in the Bethany War, invites for tea

or being sent now." Abanaso, Mr. Rage, Adalore, Transpace dinosaur, Spooky Spader Storytime, William Kent, Andy, the McJimmy's from your local dimension, Ryan Abbey, Thomas Adams, Drink Spiller, Stephanie Boog, entropy eigen basis, Andrea Crowther, Martin Dears, Kevin Dottree, Deflower, two daddy jazz hands from mousetoots, Dan Gentry, I hope some of the good happens to you today. Yes, you, V. Greenley, Ron Hayden, Michelle Hopper, Jake the Cook, Josie Jones,

“Boots Goot and Dave, Anthony Lakey, Britt Little Fair, T.U. Luther, some days you're the beetle,”

some days you're the Dung, Lauren Mayer, Glenn Morris, Richard Ryan Michelle, Michelle Myers, Allie Upsie, not to be confused with Upsie, Fridge Pickle, Rosemary Prim, Robert Savot, Lizard Lee, Eliza Sharpe, Donald Schingler, Daniel Stavvy, Fall of the Berlin Wallaby, Kelete Arena, Rachel Vasquez, Luke of the Cheeto, Nia Venturi, the beloved yet borderline inappropriate empire of Dr. Thunderbutt and Lady Christabel, Justin Wiley, Brett Zimmerman,

Arro Jones, Jubal, Xavier Killingworth, Lane Kiffin is a Ho, Mimetic Hygenis, Rogue Art, Aaron Star Josh Wood Damian, and Sentinel of the Star System, Claude DeClaude's Spunky Dan, Rachel Seymour, Chis Elfridge, the Bullheaded Professor, Ed Boy, Ryan Finnelly, Jonathan K, Pearl No, another monster, Petabyte Avatar, Tug with the Mighty, Project Octopus, Ken, Chibs 1012, Scotty Oats, Birochron 95, Happy 13th Birthday Danny, Dance Break,

Speako, the Brackon System in its homeworld realm, Simply Tony,

It will always be Finland's workhole to me if you know you know Gabrielle Castillon,

whom, what, when, where, and why is what Ulfigrony say while listening to Midnight Burger? Nico DeGio goes great on Midnight Burgers, a drum major in a trapeze artist walk into Connie's bar, retorted, Sir Party Animal, Biro the Motherfuck and Dragon of the Schreefboard the Motherfuck and Dragons, Uloi Jakkel, Ari Shore, you Mike Robb, the Nancy Sinatra,

“court need to leave it alone if you want to live. Must be a witch, Kat with a K, Miss Shan Frissel,”

my Figrony, has a first name, Stomp and Steinell Moustacheo, Luca for Hezekile, Lachia Wawa Brava, Adolin Peats, C.C. Carracell, Korth the Destroyer, Honest Puck, Casper's Mom's Emilth, Scout and Fox Glove says the Flores lava, Red Nell hiding in a crowd of Bethany's to avoid capture by Wiley Wilbur Winkle Wright, wrist-watch Wrangler of West Worcestershire, Kertomsky, Craig Armstrong, Plastic Fork,

Dulse at Deletche Studios presents under the Truskin Sun, get out of my booth, bug, propagator, I hardly know her, Sad Angry Crabman, Chuck McFinley, Effian Zebulon's Trans Great Granddaughter Hazel Hayes, Velocity Girl 42, Little Dragon and a Coltron of Bats, Ben Carlisle, Flat Steves Love for Grand theft, Anna Kerney, Crashley Strange Lilia, Forch Nowsers of the Apocalypse, Starblaze Burn Bright,

Imzuki Okie, Spotted Brino and her hand me down frogs, Red Mafia Panda, Lonely Isle, Kai Dallow Headphones, Hinkle, Pike Man Stover, Fondela Stover, Pike Man Stover's Wife, Alexander the Boss, Scrizzles, Flap, Getty, Getty, Getty, Getty, Getty, The Firekeeper, The End is Nye, Jeremiah the Canceled, Librarian Alex, Spike and Fay,

Johnny Allen West and the Boys from the Dwarf, Speedy McSpeedy, Eli Wolf, Brandy Gunter, Auntie Becky is owned by five rescue cats, Speckled Unicorn, Jedi rides again with Nova the Space Pirate, to have in long blade short sword, Forget Normal, A damn CJ Johnson, a dragon sitting on a sword of dice, Windle Whittaker, Chumbo Wumbo, Fika Chu, Smivy, Globed Rulet, Andrew Fuller,

Ban Mi Hong, The Soup Witch, Fetishini Elfredo, Cowboy and Sasquatch Hunts Bethany's, Pebbles, VV, Effy Rawlings, Megan Hazen, Philip Your Dad is not your dad, Nick Boro, Midnight Plummer, His Royal Highness Mr. Handleton

Underfoot Kitty the First and a Compless Princess Penelope, the Marchioness of

Tubby Teddy, Wayne Hicer, India Inkblot, Sleve of Bahamut, Omigrecy, Dalton Jenkins,

“Cat Holtz, Calarton the Tired Knight, the True Megamike, Fred and George Levinia,”

Avomatic's Junior, Liza Worth, Castle Williams, Christy, Yitma Boy, 46 Tool Shed II, and El Marie Katastrophe, the Image Collector, Blended Music, definitely not Kevin, Sitting Squirrel, Patricia E. Meltz says in a world of slug bots,

"Be a hug bot, read the gray, the silver crow, couch potato, Alex, never child,

Dr. Nossos, Interdimensional Biologist, Kiboko DuNord, Kozameen, Theodrax, Joey B, Lucas Barding, Gutis Barber, To Listen to Midnight Berger, Little Debbie Cupcake. Terren says, "Hey, Oreos are rabbit!" Sandalwood Mountain offers peace for your soul, whimsical fuckery, Megan with an H, "Hey, it's warranty lady, look, I've been thinking, maybe it'd be best if we saw other people for a bit. I need more."

Patricia the Timelord, Kashak, the lizard wizard, casts Jelly Bones, Mango Connoisseur,

“Brady Bug, the Quarky Jester, the big mooson with his boxon of donuts,”

"That old glory coal, G.L. Miao Naze Kat Butler, Oshin Liu, Alex Barry, Andrew Okden,

asymmetrical exile, Magpie Kat says everything's a bag of holding if you know how to pack.

Chirro the Space God, Liza travels to the universe, Lindsey Bowen, the goddamn podcast lawyer, Alex Bruce, Dr. D. Burdklaus, whether and Mrs. Dubaptoway, Burdklaus, whether want to say hello to the whole weather family. I lost my Galaxy Bridges in a game of panstarts, Angry Ron, Domina Caesar, Durkedom, Gloria's ex-girlfriend, Kelly Clickspring, the Wild Thistle, most likely Cass, James Harlow is still sad about Missing Berger Con,

Jasmine James, Dr. Caverand, also known as Omni, thanks Waffle Chateau, Colorado Beekeeper, fruit cake, Zefer, Anatha, Zenbria, Jennifer Colkins, midday burger, Don Parks, throat goat 666, oh my god, my dad found out about my Patreon name. Princess Leia, Fish and a bag, September previously observed in the pattern. Prime Freak, protector of the Scottish realm, Lil Lord Stevypie,

droid pirate finley and his Rubinask parrot, droid pirate finley and his Rubinask parrot, stuck in a pit of skittles, Sea Squatch, deflator mouse, Tony Piakarski, Adrienne R, the Devil from Table 12, Havier, Crazy Thadley, Criminalist is just happy to be here, the twisted twigster, real housewives of CGS, Thay Queen, whoop shnard the probability demolition expert, Showtime, for my mother, CCTX Girl 6823 waiting on the diner, Nicole Studioso,

I cannot get sign my shovel off of my lap. Kay the flying penguin would like everyone to know that penguins are not native to Greenland, no not even the flying ones. Trucks stop sandwich and to go Escargo, love my captain, Joe Malma, wondering biscuit, castriff, aims affection for internet protection, retro MG, night script, widget the world watcher wearing a waste coat and wig.

“Lannabinanna's like the climate of the very tropical equator so you should never put”

Lannabinanna's in the refrigerator. Utrid and Rose's Viking void vitals fueling the intergalactic fight against fascism. Yeah, not sure what I'm doing, river brown, senior doos, worked writer, Tim Nacy, Ruben Clamso, Turwin, scrambled eggs, Morgan Brockman, Sylvie, friendly neighborhood fire protection engineer, Skull bulb, Dustin Watson, Betty White 813, Randy Supreme and Queen Lancaster, Bolivar Shag nasty, the one true cheap con, star scribe,

Lucy and Thunderstruck. Ha-ho-ho-bama, Glocknar 7, now granting refugee status to victims fleeing the Bethany Wars. Dooser now identifies as Roman Dirge, the other Adele, Chef Galval, Leah Hall, Sarah May. Minski enterprises is excited to announce that Cone of Silence Consultants LLC has been named its exclusive provider of logistics services. Silly Willy Bubblebot. Sierra not from Arkansas is having a hard week and asked me to put some sauce

on her name. Sierra these days have just been using Chalula green sauce. I tried Zabs for a while but I've decided it's not my thing. I hope that's okay. But these are boobs, Caleb Tumiala, Jason Woods, Arnie Arbuckle Esquire, digital flu flossed in time. Potion Maestro, Nebula Nell, Regulators, Mound Up, Wandering Skuller, Cringle Over Coffee, Mad Yogi, Eileen, Kat Named M, Petito Pato, Palace, Big Mo, Dominic Narrwall 8. I am Annie, I live forever in every moment

I've existed. I swear to every star in the cosmos I never forgot it was a gift. The stone fox,

Sylvia, Juicetin, Papito's, Rourourourour! Henry the Goose, Jennifer Balmer, Ninja Grim Reaper, Miles Nelson, I am a bomb to let think of something else to do. Berr, Rick words, Hot Shot Huttly, Momo's Mama Space Mormon says what? Ivy Paisley, Toast, Sue Watts, Murtle, Katelyn,

Sea, Mr. Trigvie, the fourth era, printing with cats, Colisey Del Mar, Vaan Vega, Dixie Dina,

“7000 possums, KBS 1017, Silas Vex, Sarah Jack Sparrow, Space Pony, Revive, Debbie E. Emma,”

Mistering Mrs. Owo, Dusty Ventures, and his pilot, Uzi, drift, and through space. Ronnie Porter, Gloria's Line Cook, Eagle Rock Lobster, the Gabbius painter, and her bird of Fire. Painted O'Neey, Cudell, Ferrell, Emily with two E's, Space Man Nathan, Ramsey's, Niblic III, Kirkplunk, Kirkplunk, Woops, Where's My Thribble? Jackie Wavelett, Yeo-E-Gagarin, D. Gritesler, a Grimlin with the Munchies, Michelle Scoracchio, Gen. I and Jacob,

Space Rooster Randy, Leopard Donut, Puppy Thang, Melo Nuggets, Keychain Crap, Matt Matt Sharkman, Stilo, Bumbling Lily Bee, Buffy's Daughter, A quick pause or joke and sip from his tiny teacup? I'm sorry I can't actually put the sauce from Sierra not from Arkansas in my teacup, so I cannot sip from it at this time. I'll catch you next time. Panda, Curtis Lellig, Kennedy Allison Farner, Tristan Stoles, Dalin Y, Shadow Rapture,

yet another Nicole, Hank the Wonder Lama, Arcraft, Russell, Zephris Wind, the ornamental hermit,

Jay to the Lynn, just a regular fox, Jeremy Empson, what the hell? Send a plex, and all the black people in North Carolina, just Rachel, Waffles, Waffles, Waffles, Danger Girl,

“Atmosbear, Patty the Ginger, Ava Cigarette Ash, Hugh Biftett, Aezoo's,”

Anna-Falaxis, Scave with Comtax, the shape-shifting sad girl and her girlfriend say, Joe, you've done it again. Pipple skin in the pippie pond, Sarah Nicole, the Kel's fights with the Bethones, Angry Leafs laser saw, Magnus Erochill, Amy Perry, Kristoffer Kai, Source decay descendant of the weather catfish whisperer, Vagabond Mary, Randy Zamigo, Bold Mouse, Katie Mermaid, and the Delinqued duo, Norman, Nicole,

Victor Showberger reincarnated as White Mountain Hillbilly Glitter Cupcake, Max Danger's, Security Chief Shatsy, The Anxious Peach, Team Michelle and Billy, Naya Nix Reno, Frankinator, Nortalbash, Jordan, Arwenx Blasco, Ryan Rosinski,

Average Hight, Medium Rage, Audio Monkey, Joe, Team Heifvison, Monica, and Mason Kay.

In the mysterious AZ HQ, I'll grant you that we have a multiplicity of mics, a jumble of James's, a trifecta of Tonies, one of whom still wants to be life, but sadly, no Bethones. Rowan, Lady of the Black and Harold of the Stars, Ariane Kent Manage Normal, Ryan Burnett, the joyful nihilist, Dr. Dr. B,

“Zopres and the Bumble Army, growing into my farm boots. Super Beth becomes an RN,”

alongside my bootstep farm friend, Geneva Boss, our cans and not Arkansasier, Brothers of the Co-Sign, Uncivil Nomes, the Rat Queen Evelyn, Great Lunch Conversation, Captain Scott, Lady Lou, He was a shifty one that Nick Howard. Kinger was here, Hababi Ray Winnland Jr,

B-Bop B-Wop, Warped Echos, Slabs McTurps, Big Brother House, This is Lord Robare Otardis, you are live on Channel 4, Please do not swear, Jeremiah Franco, Justin, the Nick of Time, Gothic Rainbow, So we made it, Cody McClure, McAdley, Eternal Companion, Maxine Luzalt, Jingelos,

Eris, Goddess of Nobody, has Matilda, Ditsy Bay, Just Your Average Rease, Kyle Church, I am a lay from the wind, Static Ego, Lolly, Evan M. Dobson, Dave B. Nabe, your friendly neighborhood pathologist, going to be lit, Captain Emerald L, Wayne Hall, Danny Mars,

Externally Screaming, but Bethany, I made biscuits, Skibo, and Fuzzle McBumpernits, Neelix Tiny Wolf, Asher of the Raven, Christina Senatus Teleporting, BRB, The Shains are not organized enough for a war, but there is a growing number of us, and it is concerning.

Definitely not an Android, seriously, I'm not. The Wandering Welchman, whatever tabby, Carolyn Harper, Nikolai Tolkachev, Capo the Sartorius, Z3DT, Shispero's BLTN, the Kiwi Duckling, Dana Dana Bobena, Fifi Fofaina, Queen Aubrey, and Drake, Drake May,

May lover, Tequila Mockingbird, Sweather Goose, Damer in the Space Goblin, I so pale, exquisite whimsy, I am Lord Zotan, here may roar, Pocket Ghost Max, Mags the Conqueror, imposes economic sanctions on the NB Bethany's for the whole laser saw car incident.

Wes and Heather wonder if Derek a derrible join. My cat's name is Beth. Katie Cate, get your colonoscopy, Victor Casados, Emily Schmemley, Work from Elvis, Boho Go Bye Bye for Jojo Pogo, that's a no-go bro, Cody Monster, Collided Mind, Miss Nixie,

Baby Baton Lee, Charlie Roodle, Kyle Perino, A.K., Sid the Slawth on a bike, Priya Gandhi, the Wandering Mermaid would like you to know that the little mermaid and the creature from the Black Lagoon are the same exact story. Little Stevie Pi, Green Mountain Hermit Bethany,

two polar cat, Carl the Teller of Dad jokes, Skylab's multi-dimensional multi-phasic intergalactic quantum cyberverse, Verde Sol, Galen Miller, Tess,

Local Marsh Hag, Daniel Nitz,

“Mavis Bacon's, Pyros Calling and Joe Swasion,”

the Wizard Super Califragilistic XPLadotius, and introducing Recipe Pontif as the 36th Doctor. Too many jans says things are bad, but we're going to win, Pamela Rosel Chierra, and Stina says, Thud Tweed, Enigmatic Cat Bird,

Countess of Carbon, Slappy the Squirrel, Luminous Elk, Rodeon Cauchin, Loves for the Neards, Tassurne Andes, Captain Crash and the Surviving Crew, It's just Tyson now.

Casper needs all the hugs but Joe needs an O2 tank. Quote says, Joe is the writer's room, Nasty Dog 74 needs crew for ship, brown coats okay, awkward heretic, Devon 777, Troy Acre, Mandy Kane,

Northern Lee Kay, lost Basan, you know,

the Moon Prison outside the Triad. Kim Sel, Silly Goose Hong Kong, Ad Matha, Astro Unit, Ghost Saber Wolf, the Sleepy Mystic, Sarah Joy, Tater's Precious, it's just Steve.

“RuPaul Attradies, mere tender creatures, Amanda Short,”

Chut, Brimble, Dijra, Mike Whiskey and your friend Frosty, Nose Guarro, Ben Barr, stand clear of the closing doors, please. Beastly Death, Sven the unlikely, Cognito Hazard Expunged, Ted Wassin' Austin, Vyrestria, Theosis The Theologianish.

Why is my daughter so feral, sent help? Fernwood Gal, Nelly G, Twinkle Tots, Gemini Sky, Phantam's Mom's Callison, Horn Swagland Daniel Arthur, it's a, it's a fucking dog rapture, King Humble, we'd better ask Dave, when chimed for safety,

Cameron Winterborne Welsh, Fireball XL5, McKinsey Dunna, Alyxica Habanera, Code Stranger, one bet to bet, haha. Matt N, Alfie Revenerum, Mom on a Keke, Frelp, M-Lin, feed M-Fish, J-R-R on S-F-P, Lahari, J-Spark, Lucid Harbor, Little Mirror Leopard Pause,

Diet Knight, Mars Royalty, Take 20 Damage, M-Z-S-Bandstand, Kim Bob, Battle Pop and Bugaboo, Snorts M-Gorts, Fresh Squeeze, Patrick Holt, Atlus B, Hold it now.

“Hit it, Hattett, Hattett, Hattett, Huttett, Bradley Ashby, Peter,”

William Dyer, Vicky A-Bair, Brad Menier, Jane, Hanna Dale, Phantam Zone, Crystal Delightful, Gruntled, Killshot Betty and her steel-eyed bow, Jackie Louie, The Little Pigeon, Quentin Elizabeth Jones, Lily the Planetary Brain, crazed bear, Dr. Latest Trash Angel is living in the walls because they bought a house and have walls now.

Which craft is crafty lizard doing today? Noble Barrel, yes, my brain is weird, thank you. Bibby-Babby Boom, Megan the Meg Young, Cori-Maro's Russell Bunny, Max Savage, Jenny Ren, Apprehensive Craig, Tim Araneta, Bacon, Nicole Studioso, Rambo, Chaos Quatcher,

That homeless guy who saw the diner disappear from Rogers and gave up booze, Stephanie Sturgis, Kirsten, hurry up and wait, Sarah Farmer and Beladana first of her name, Crittle, Twilio, Heidel Birdie, Tom Webster, Rashmi Thinkatech, McClump, Azana the Leather Smith, Salazar the Domeage,

Hayward's finest Gary Neelazondo.

To my little, you'll always be my good girl,

you took a piece of my heart and left a paw print on my soul. Till we meet again, Sir Shits a lot strikes again, damn animal, Ashton James Elspeth, Skyland, A.L.R. sidewalk jam, Tonka 2005, Cruisin B. Anthony, Trick says, "Weep!"

Tibled the first, Ellie Frog, trade the turquoise tortoise, fray-a-tip mittens, Courtney the frogologist, Cori and Stephanie say, "Hello, the fun-tucky Wrangler, scrimbrewlay."

Yay, Aaron, the singing loon, Zuzana, Celeste Yos, I'm so integrity fun. I'm Ava's evil twin sister Bethany, Katie and Noah, Hendrix the stink, the ambergler, bootles, Osvaldo Simioni,

Ashley Chapel Peoples, Ryan Ortega, Barbarian Bloodbath, the defenestration of Teds, Cori and Sebrantha, Shadow Daddy, Rubyus Fuzzlebot, K-Mac, the something something detective agency, Hayabuda, Eli the Electrician, Sunny Deanomaly,

Charmei, K-On with Karma, Amanda Knock, the wondrous Matthazofon, #NyssonAkira, Phenagon Robert, Jesse Foster, Samira, Flat Dug, Deary Darling, ambient drifting man 80, Chris Hancock, Nicole 23, Gracefully impaired, tired pirate muffin, Steve King,

Laura, Roman Ronin, John Pruitt, Camel Pope, Inchulagan, Rebecca Trossle, so good, many names, God there are, Chris from Tacoma, the real fairy godmother, Sir Alfonso Suitperson, Knight of Hood's Pocket,

polished pole drains, pacing pine paths, protecting pocket from sneaky skull dugory, midsy Lou, Kelsey Home, still Casper's #1 fan, but now armed with the quantum spatula and ready to duel every Bethany in the multiverse with breakfast wisdom.

Damian the goddamn time lawyer, Matt Mosby, St. Foo, Harry Fishnuts, Astronawab, Magnos the Civil Nome, welcome everybody, I'm Heidelon and I'll be leading our Midnight Burger emotional support group, Starlight, David Pirini, Techno Ranger Rick, Joe's Weaselaf,

Charles Q. Choi, a bug named Nat, CC writer, Hunter B,

“Rudra, Death the Kid, Big Whiskey, All Cochinator,”

Ron was here, Magic Pony, Robert Olavary, often wrong Dan, Jess Geoya, Killer Odd, Dr. Pontgusher Esquire has been secretly and poorly teaching his dungeons and dragons players Welsh. Creators 67, Murbade of the Dark Seas, Cosmic Shrug,

In Quargeable Ross, Deborah Whales, SCRB Mark 11, Eric A. Rayborn, Maggie's Yarn, Stu, and The Namely, Megan Mighty, Haunt, Purple Sailing, Three Legs are perfectly good, Drew and LA, Anomalous Death to PSL Vandal, Fuck Ice, Captain Blepp,

Ryan, Evie Power, Terry, PJ says what? Amelia Lucero at all, Fear Now doesn't polish the shiny melon,

Blargo, Blargo, Blargo, The Jazz Man,

Tonight at 11, [XBOX SOUND] Laracth of Barbarian S, Hicks Bezzi Mates, Zellis Pragma,

“Tuba Rick, It's Just a Blake, Alice Malis,”

Owner of a Flu Santa Charmera, Kelly Jane Denki, Erin the Optimist, Thomas Stolen, A.K.A. Casper from another universe, Chadney Ashra, Lucritia, Thornus Anometer, Tomorrow Oliver, The Real Dirt Fairy, Marissa, Eva, No Not That, Eva, The One With End,

[XBOX SOUND] Graham says, "Trans rights, y'all, Zacky Nat, Underwater Corvint, Spizzer Rinkdom, Snakes and Bakes, Michael Christian, Ransom, Brune Myselil,

Grollix and Terrabang, Late Indeed Again,

Theron Piralus, Umvega, Coming Soon, Dances With Burritos, Walked and Loaded, Erin Mitchell, Lady Keyonu Mysen, Onix Rose, Jackie Wavelett, J.R. The Hikerbear, Velocicate, Al Cave, Crusty McBeard Face, Malarayan, Sweet Michelle,

Cara, Colmy Zen, Calibri, Malmomburg, Rogue, Lisa Geysler, Otro Meiros Pirates, Friend, Fred Berger, What the Chuck, Sonor Nasuno, Ben and Jessica, Todd Van Vores, Naya De Russo, Peachy Satowichy, Indie the Grak and Azula the Brave, and their ever-faithful Squire Grab Thar, Jenick Stranius, Dancing Dog Dreams,

Trinket Coralie, and Existentially Exhausted Bean. No, you've got the little devices now in your ear, so you can fill up on the roof. I want a young. Sorry, I really apologize.

Oh, God, everybody just yelled. Okay, just for this episode, for this episode, we're all yelling. Thank you, Ray. As soon as you get up enough, truth. Yeah, extra judicially. I need you on a back for anything.

No. I said, "When do you want to yell anything?" I sounded very Ava in the, you called it a murder beast. And then I, I could, a not tape more likely. You called it a murder beast? But you got to spit a little bit.

Or you, you called it a murder beast. You called it a murder beast. I could do this literally all day. Peace in our time, fuckheads.

“That's honestly how I want to leave the room.”

I've decided to abandon science. I'm getting into, oh my God, honey, I'm sorry. It's right, you're doing great. By honey, I meant Carim. Oh, so dumb.

Please stop me if I ever make a moment where someone goes, "No!" Like, in a serious way. We'll see, you know. Let's see. If it's leaf, I'm gonna let Tom do it.

Where was it? Did you do it around 43, 44? There was just, there was a cat eating near me. What there, I didn't want there to be little like residual munching sounds. I didn't want, I didn't want to kick the cat. So, see.

Oh. We moved back to comes out, oh, yeah, it's sound. Give him the atomic fuck. Give him the atomic elbow smash. Honey, when the murder abuse is sleeping, can you please make him do...

I'll shoot me, me, me, me, me, me. It's like super weird. Yeah, you have a pet murder abuse. To be said, "Happ to the diner." Yeah, it's a doorbs.

Yes, I will do "Honk-shoot" me, me, me, me.

Yes, I can.

“We've got enough sounds, you've got enough sounds.”

I've got enough sounds.

Can I just get a couple of, like, just me, just sounding constipated.

Oh, please, there we go. That's for three. Do it. Do we do it? Yeah.

I'll do it. You know what I mean?

Oh, my God, it's amazing.

Oh, my God, I love you so much. Amazing. Fantastic.

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