Hello From The Magic Tavern - Season 5, Ep 46 - Dripfang's Apprentice (w/ Kevin Sciretta & Carisa Barreca)

Episode Date: March 3, 2025

The dastardly necromancer Dripfang is back and he's brought along a powerful young villain in training.CreditsArnie: Arnie NiekampChunt: Adal RifaiUsidore: Matt YoungDripfang: Kevin ScirettaAnastasia Spinoff: Carisa BarrecaThe Red Queen Merzia: Janet VarneyMysterious Man: Tim SniffenProducers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal RifaiAssociate Producer: Anna HavermannPost-Production Coordination: Garrett SchultzEditor: Garrett SchultzMagic Tavern Logo: Allard LabanTheme Music: Andy PolandRecording Engineer: Bryen Hensley @ Noise-FloorCheck out a video of the recording session HERE!New T-Shirts in the Merch Store!You can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Bsky, Instagram and YouTube!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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So you could even watch just to see our hosts try and recall how human interaction works. Spoiler, they never quite get there. But don't take a framing device's word for it. Sit back and enjoy the show. Hello from the Magic Tavern, a weekly podcast from the magical land of Foon. I'm your host Arnie Niekamp. If you've never listened to the podcast before, this is everything you need to know. Nine years, 11 months and many weeks ago, I fell through a dimensional portal behind If you've never listened to the podcast before this is everything you need to know nine years Eleven months and many weeks ago I fell through a dimensional portal behind a Burger King in Chicago into the magical fantastical land of food luckily

I'm still getting a Wi-Fi signal through the dimensional rift and I use that to upload a podcast recorded here in the tavern The wander lost in the magical land of food and I'm joined as always by my cousin, Chunt the Talking Badger. Chunt the Talking Badger. Sorry, Ernie, today I'm not Chunt. As you can see, Ysidor and I have bonded. We are one form, we are Chusidor. Oh. You guys have a cute couple name, or you bonded into one entity?

Well, I think it's pretty obvious if you look at us. Shhh. Black and blue? I'm... I think it's pretty obvious if you look at us. Shhh. Black and blue? I'm mostly like, we'll just look, I'm looking at something interesting over on the other side of the tavern, so I'm not, I'm like, I'm kind of. Already our heads are up here.

Are you guys wearing a giant outfit that both of you can fit into? Ah, he caught us. Damn. Nuts. No. I thought for sure that that was going to fool you if we had a wizard robe with an extra head hole and then I just put Chunt in there and just be popped right out. I mean look, it's adorable.

It's adorable. I even gave him a little wizard hat that's black and white. Duff my cap to you good sir. I know but here's the thing, not a great time to be pretending to be a wizard. Oh that's a good point. Oh shit. People are not happy with a wizard, rightfully so. Oh, should I be in a disguise?

I mean, it might not be a bad idea for you to stop like, lording around that you're a wizard, because people are not fans. I love lording things around, though. You do, it's one of your main hobbies. What would you say are your like, top four hobbies? Ooh. Ooh, lording, con, conjuring.

One, two, slow down, slow, contouring, smelting, you know, reading, taking some time for myself. Yeah. To recharge. Six. I don't think those numbers really matched the list. Guys, sorry, I'm counting. You're telling a story around me. Oh, I see.

So sorry. You're practicing your counting. Yeah. Didn't need to interrupt there. Chad, what are your top five hobbies? Ooh, number one with a arrow would be pissing about okay? wandering loosely okay to forging for fun, okay, kissing my cousin for and Sleeping four days sleeping for days. Are you okay? Oh, you've never you must you simply must I simply must sleep for days

I mean I have but I guess I don't tell people about already I feel a little bit of shame when I sleep for days. Oh, buddy You shouldn't feel shame for that. Okay for other things, of course, but not for that Arnie the question you asked me but to you Which is I forgot what you said. Oh fuck You're talking about your top. Oh my, what were you talking about? Oh, my... Favorite things to do. Top five favorite things to do. Number one, podcasting.

Number two, hanging out in a tavern. Do I have to number them if he's numbering them? I don't know. Two. No. Number three, exposition. Ooh. Three.

Number four, ad breaks. Ooh. Number five, ad breaks. Ooh. Number five, math. Five. Can I point out something that you started this podcast and introduced Chunt, and you were clearly not even looking at this?

Yeah, no. Guys, we've been doing this for almost 10 years. Like we're a week or so away from our 10 year anniversary. We are well-oiled machined. I could like do this with my eyes closed. And in fact, I am going to do this episode with my eyes closed. Whoa, he's really doing it.

Yes, listeners, yeah, I know you just have to take my word for it. I am really closing my eyes. You're the hero we deserve. Thank you. And you guys have to keep me honest on this, right? Sure, absolutely. If you see me peeking you gotta say

Absolutely, I in fact I shall cast a peeking spell yes air one I the duff begin to open I shall know immediately and all the time How time oh whoops yeah, you cast peeking duck. Oh delicious. I know guys don't pick at me I smell like my skin is not up for grabs, please. Oh, that's you. I'm out. Oh, whoops. Yeah, you cast Peeking Duck. Oh, delicious. No, guys, don't pick at me. I smell it, I smell it. My crispy skin is not up for grabs, please. Oh, Chunt, that's you, I'm so sorry.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Also, if you notice me peeking audio-wise, let me know about that, too. Absolutely. Because this is a professional podcast. I guess I never introduced you. I am also joined by my co-host, Usador the Wizard. I am Usador, Wizard of the Twelfth Realm of Ophesius, master of light and shadow,

manipulator of magical delights, devourer of chaos, Peking duck. Peking. champion of the great halls of Tarrakas. The elves know me as Fianyelik, the dwarves know me as Zonad and Hoogstengtees, And I know you as a fucking prick! Oh no. Dorse under kick-smash! Oh.

Right this way, right this way, right this way. Excuse me, sorry, coming through, one way please. A bouncer, here's my ID, fuck off. Sorry, it's me, Professor Scraps, the dog? Nope, wrong, absolutely fucking lying sack of shit. Okay. Not a dog. This man, wizard, thing, is not, look at him right now.

I'm looking at him. He's not a dog. That isn't a dog, uh oh. He's not a dog. I almost got away with it. You know what else he isn't? Tell me, Liege, a fucking ghost. You're not a fucking ghost.

Well, well, well, Arnie. If I want a ghost, could I put my hand through my own arm like this? You're putting your hand through a hole that you put in your robe for some reason. Damn it. And I don't know why it's there because I wasn't here for that part. It's my bird hole. Time out, time out.

Sorry, um, Arnie, you're peeking. No, I'm not. I just feel like I'm missing all kinds of great physical visual humor. I am establishing the fact that this person in his blue hat, Lucidor, is in fact a liar. Why are his eyes closed? My eyes are closed, but I know that voice anywhere, Vincent Price.

Who's he, the sexiest other person you've ever met? Close to, oh wait, no. No, I'm so sorry, I was wrong. I know that voice anywhere, Snacklepuss. Oh, who's he? A fun murder even. Probably someone very handsome, my leash. Oh, thank you.

Oh wait, no, it's Dripfang. Honestly, my arch nemesis. Yes, open your eyes and behold, I have returned to your stupid lives. Behold him! Arnie, I think you should open your eyes for the podcast just because I don't think I can stay. I think I should exit, stay, left podcast just because... Oh, shit. I don't think I can stay. I think I should exit stage left.

Don't... Or right even. Even. If you left right now, I couldn't Hanna-bar-bear it. Because I have been living with the fact that I thought you were dead all this time, and then I had to take this locator stone and follow you all around Foon's creation. And then this. A tavern moves, the tavern moves around.

Well I knew that now. That's why it was probably really difficult for you. He was very upset, very angry the whole trip. We had to climb a leg, a leg, all the way up. It took a while. It took a while to get all the way up the leg, because the leg kept moving and kicking us out and we'd have to swing back on a vine and then come all the way up, it took a while. It took a while to get all the way up the leg, because the leg kept moving and kicking us out, and we'd have to swing back on a vine,

and then come all the way up here, and then when I get to the door, there's a cover, which I stole from, so we made a little money on this. Oh, very good, my liege, my lord, I love it. And I just want to remind you, this is an unpaid internship, what you're doing. I know, I know.

Hold on to this, this money's in escrow for you. Chip Fang, pardon me for interrupting. I know you want to take your exact, your revenge upon me, but who's your friend? Oh, wonderful that you should ask. Thank you for noticing. Here, take it. Can we meet your escrow?

Yes, this is escrow, and I've been stuffing money in it this whole time. Can you stuff the rest of this money in escrow? Oh, not the end I thought. No, it never is. This, you might be wondering is it my apprentice Do it you nice roll your are Get in the cabin, do it. Apprentice. Apprentice. That guy's not fucking doing it. Do it, you nice.

Roll your R. Nevermind. I'll kick him. Ha! An evil apprentice? Very good, yes. This, my charge, is Anastasia's spin-off. Oh.

A pleasure, a dark pleasure. From the Northern spin-offs? Oh, so you know them. Ah, fantastic. Wow. Yes. Do you want to tell how we met or should we both talk about how we met?

At the same time? Same time. The same time, one, two, three. Burglary. I was trying. Oh wow. Yes, I was robbing. Burglary. At first I thought it was bird related.

I thought it was bird glue. Bird glue. But we do have an escrow with us. Oh,. Yes, I was robbing. Burglary. At first I thought it was bird related. I thought it was bird glue. Bird glue. But we do have an escrow with us. Oh, okay. Which we keep money, mostly for property tax. Sure. But I was burgling where Anastasia was in my travels to find Usador because I fucking hate you

and I'm still mad at you. Sure. And I'm mad at both of you too. Well I'm mad at you, you stabbed me. I don't think we've ever, I hate, I feel a little bit like a third nemesis because like, I know you two have a whole nemesis thing going.

But we respect each other. We respect the hell out of each other. Huge amount of respect. Huge amount of respect. You're my nemesis that I don't respect. Cause you stabbed me with a sword. Arnie. And see, I'm your nemesis as well

because the fact that you don't respect me doesn't bother me at all. Oh, fuck. And it should. I mean, you're nemesis. If your nemesis as well because the fact that you don't respect me doesn't bother me at all I mean sure I mean your nemesis if your nemesis doesn't respect you Everybody knows it my greatest weakness Caring too much on he just burnt your ass to the ground. Oh dripping. Can I ask? Why don't you ever say Orny? Very great, it's a great question. When in the villainy game you adopt an apprentice,

you apparent the R so that the paperwork that we filled out to know that she is going to be in the evil section of the apprentice program will be recognized. If I say regular apprentice, then that would invalidate and then she would become either a locksmith or like a scrivener, something that could be interpreted as authentically good.

No thanks. Yeah, not the most important thing about what you said, but what's a scrivener? Great, fuck you, Ysidora. I almost called you Audrey and I don't know why. I don't know either. You do kind of look like an Audrey. You do seem like an Audrey.

I look like an Audrey? Well, sometimes I know when I'm ordering food, you'll say, feed me, and I'll go, huh? And you go, feed me, and I go, get your own fucking food. Yes, and my life has been a shop of horrors since I thought you fucking died. And not a little. A little shop of horrors. Well, you might think, but what the hell did you ask me

before I went off on that? What's a Scrivener? Oh, a Scrivener. Yeah, I've already lost interest, but please answer anyway. What is a Scrivener? Thank you so much. Good burn. Okay, so I went to school with a guy named Bartleby.

And he told me that he was a Scrivener. And I said, what? Sure. Deep cut. Yeah, tell you, yes. Oh, this will, if you guys are still doing that stupid show that you do, this will have them rolling in. Get ready for the classics majors to start signing up.

I asked him what a Scrivener is, and he could tell me, and he said, I'd rather not. I'd rather not do that. And he kept saying that, and he kept saying that. Eventually, I just got so fucking bored, I left. And I think he got a job in something Dickensian. I see, I think those are all the known details about Bartleby the Scrivener.

Yes, it's a short amount of details, thank God. Anyway, Yusador, what the fuck is your problem? Now here, Apprentice, what you should know is, I'm addressing three of my rivals, one of which is a tertiary nemesis. Another one, I've held a knife to your fucking head. Oh yeah. Yeah, that was fun.

That was so fun, thank you for that. Yeah, for sure. But I'm a bit of an artful dodger and I kinda got out of the way. Yeah, for sure, yeah, you put an Oliver twist on the situation. And you, Right, I was most.

You Christmas carol son of a bitch, this is my primary nemesis. All right, I'm gonna kick him. Yes, oh. Ow. Take the money out of the escrow, you know? Anastasia, Anastasia was it? That was me.

Can I just say, Chunk by the way, that was a amazing kick. You're doing amazing. Oh my God, thank you, I never get positive feedback and this really is something special for me. I mean, I don't expect it. I don't expect positive feedback. As an aspiring villain you wouldn't expect positive feedback. You would expect negative feedback. And I get a lot of it. I bet. I'm just forget you follow the

playbook. You want to create as a villain a broken person that takes that out on other people. I know you're very angry at me, but can we put that aside for a moment? I hate you too, that means. Oh, that's fair, that's fair. Oh, I hate you. I just want to say I am so proud of you for thinking of the future generation of villains.

Okay, and that's positive feedback. That's positive feedback. And see how that felt gross? It felt gross to you, yeah. And weird. You shivered just a little bit. Yeah, the skin, the snakes under my skin started crawling. Not enough people.

Devote the time it takes to build up the next generation. And think not only of themselves, but to think of the future. This is why now I hate him too. Look at his face. Ow! Got him again! I'm gonna start sticking him with pins

when he least expects it. See? I didn't expect it as soon as you said it. I had one right ready. Good work. I mean, bad work. That's what I expect. You are the reason that I even adopted an apprentice.

Apprentice. Sorry about that. Because I needed someone to help me on these travels so that I could fucking find you. I went into a complete tailspin. My whole life was ruined because people thought that I was like going around, that I was like a savior of food. My whole shit got fucked up.

That's true. I suppose I can be blamed somewhat for that, since it was I who did actually kill the Dark Lord, but credit was given to thee, and I didn't do anything to rectify that, and I suppose I should have. Pin stick. So. Gotta make it, and I'll rub it. So what you're saying, Dripfang, it sounds like to me,

is that you're a little bit on the decline, so you've decided to take on an apprentice. Apprentice. Apprentice. Perfect. There's no. Oh, thank you. There's no decline. There's no,, what's good to eat here?

I'm starved. Oh, let me order something for the entire bar while we take a quick break. Before we go though, I just want to say to you, don't mess with me, Dripfang. I'm a mean blue mother from Ephesus and I'm mad. Also as the owner of this tavern, I should let you know, none of the food is good. You own this place? Oh my God. I do, I do own this place.

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early and ad-free right now by joining Wondery+. free right now by joining Wondery Plus. And see, Anastasia, what you want to do is while people are focused on the shitty food that is in front of you, is reach on to where they keep their things and just take whatever you want. This is all shit. I don't want any of this. Okay, oh good. Discerning. You ordered the shit plate.

Well, I thought it was an acronym. Not a description of the quality of food that I was going to have. Well, to be fair, it is an acronym. It stands for shit. Okay. Hello. Oh. I told you not to order the shit.

And the last part is all no breaks. He's doing a lot of work, sure, sure, sure. Okay, all right. It's not our best acronym, I'll be honest. What is your best acronym? Yeah. Well, you sure is a bit of an acro-nymphomaniac, right? Yes.

You love fucking acronyms. I thought you were in group for that. Well, I am. I've been seeing a therapist about my acro-nymphomania. Mm-hmm. But there's something about a series of letters that stand for something else. Yeah, and when you say you're seeing your therapist

about it, what does that stand for? Go ahead and just pickpocket them while they're doing this. You got it, hungry. Oh, are you a real softball? I'll take this. Good work. A little of this over here.

Great. Oh, my mozzarella wands. Oh, my real wands. Give me that, give me that. Ping, ping, ow, ow, ow. And of course mozzarella wands. Oh, my real wands. Give me that. Give me that. And of course, wands stands for... What? Another Necromancers deal? I guess we gotta applaud that.

I mean, I said it very quickly, if nothing else. It's a reminder that Acronymphomania, you know, you think it's like, oh, that's going to be so sexy and crazy and good, but really it's a burden. It's a burden and it doesn't mean that he's good at it. It just means that he does a lot. And it's very controversial because there is there a chemical bond. That's the reason for it. It's more of a behavioral thing.

How do you treat one of these? Nature versus nurture. I'd rather be an anagram. Totally. Speaking of chemical, anastasia be an anagram. Oh, totally speaking of chemical Anna's anastasia Anastasia anastasia What is your how to put this play? What is your origin story because I know some villains get pushed into a vat of burning potion or

Yeah, I know. How did you get evil? Okay, so like thank you for asking I don't think I'm fully evil yet, but I am learning I think I'm doing a good job of learning fill out her comment card at the end Please yeah like and subscribe. Oh do smash it. Okay, so um, I was asleep in my house and My parents the dead. Oh my god I was sleeping in my parents house, but they're dead. Oh my god, they're dead. I was sleeping in my parents' house, but they are dead. Okay. Wait, clarifying question.

Go ahead. Did you fall asleep already knowing they had previously passed away, or did it happen while you were sleeping? I'm beginning to suspect you're not starting the story in the right place. I feel like she's an orphan, but she doesn't wanna just say orphan.

Like that's been well tread road. It's so done. People just do orphan all the time. Let's just say the dead. And especially in the apprentice, you know, sector apprentice. Well, in the apprentice sector, it's normally an orphan. It's like, oh, my parents were acrobats and the mob killed them. Yeah, right. Oh, whatever Tim Drake's origin is.

I mean, that happened at least twice. Yeah, that was just crazy. I'd say the mob hated the circus. I guess it was really unpopular in that part of the story. I know. Why were they shaking down the circus? Why were there so many acrobats? There were too many acrobats.

Well, there were two left by the end. Anyway, but I don't focus on that. Focus on the fact that you can be innovative. Yeah, let's not talk about my dead parents. They are dead though. They're fully dead. They're super fucking dead. A tragic story.

But that's not my story. You know, I'm trying. Oh, that's good. It doesn't define you. It doesn't define you, you've moved past it. I've moved past it, and what I'm trying to have define me is evil. Ow!

Yes! Yeah, it's pinpricks. I didn't expect it while in the middle of your story. That's right. Always one hand on the pin. And then I was sleeping in my house and then I heard a clatter and a crattle and it was this guy, he was breaking in. Yeah. And I said,

oh my God, I've never seen anyone so artfully steel. And I said, oh my God, I am an orphan. I did say that because I was trying to induce pity. And he said, he did not care. And I said, wow. God, I am an orphan. I did say that, because I was trying to induce pity. And he said he did not care. And I said, wow. Don't give a shit. No, that's so sad. Now, what we have to be honest with

is the circumstances of the burglary is I was stealing from the home, and I did reanimate both of her parents so that they were walking around the home. She's not an orphan anymore. That must have been such a treat for you. It was a real treat to see them come back alive. So their dead bodies were just in your house?

Yes. But how long? I don't know, I'm just a kid. Sure. And I have to ask, composed, decomposed? They're still composing. Could you hold up in famous? They were musicians.

They were musicians, yes. I see. They were the famous composing spin offs. To ask this, but I feel like we usually do. What are you? What like? Yeah, I'm looking at you and I'm like, what are you? Take your time. Oh my God. And you can lie. You're a villain. What? Okay. so yeah, my parents were musicians, but that did not come naturally to them. They did ask evil sorceress for those skills and they said their child would be cursed. And that's what I think you're seeing right now is that curse.

We're seeing the curse. You're seeing the curse. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's no real name for this, what I am? She's gonna, what people don't realize is that she is completely, for those of you who are listening, whatever dork palace you're in, she's completely covered in cold black flame. That's what it is. That's what it is.

I couldn't quite put a name to it before. Cold black flame, yeah. The spin-offs are an Elven family? They are Elven, yeah, but now they are walking dead. Yeah, well now they're whatever I need them to do. That's right. They are, I'm an Elvish Cold Black Flame villain to be. I think it's very simple.

I think the curse is gonna help. I think so too. But you're praying when you broke in, were you intending just to burgle or did you intend to also raise the dead? Was that just a bonus? Anytime you can raise the dead in any situation as the necromancer, you just gotta take the opportunity. Sure.

So this was for larceny, but when I saw that I could use the materials on hand to work smarter, not harder. Sure. I raised them from the dead, had them bag up all the stuff that I thought was valuable. Although to be smarter, not harder. Sure. I raised them from the dead, had them bag up all the stuff that I thought was relevant. Although, to be fair, counterpoint, I feel like I keep hearing all throughout Foon

that there's a major problem with too many walking dead spin-offs. See, there's a lot, and it's become convoluted. Yeah. Why they're walking, who's walking around. I think you gotta ask, why are there so many dead spin-offs? Exactly gotta ask, why are there so many dead spin-offs? Exactly.

Why? Why are there so many dead spin-offs, and why are they all filmed in Atlanta? Why? Oftentimes, you'll find that these spin-offs that I've raised from the dead are often interfering in business as well, because they did start to get in the way. When I raised them, they immediately started screaming.

They screamed. Which wasn't. Oh, they did that in life too, I'll tell you that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And not like, like, ah! Yeah, whatever they saw before they went, bad. So he raised your parents, so that makes him your grandpa? That's right, that's what I call him.

Wow, whoa. I've tried to dissuade them from doing that. I keep saying, oh. Grandpapa. Oh, that's amazing. Grandpapa drip friend. That's what I call him. Grandpapa drip thing. Very. That's what I call him.

Very young, very five-year-old. He does not like it. Have you considered Drip Papa? I don't know that that's legal. I like that even better. I think that changes the rating on this podcast. Drip Papa. No.

Yeah, I like it. And Drip Thing, while you were telling us about burgling on Asasio's home, behind his back it looks like you sort of made you a little burgle crown, so you're now the burgle king. Oh, cool, smashed. Oh. Oh. Fuck you.

I was trying to do something nice for you. Fuck you. We're mortal enemies. I'd love to bury the axe, and I'd love, since you have this new protege, to turn you to the forces of good, so that you may join my quest to defeat evil in all its forms. I'm gonna bury this tiny ax in his belly. Ow, damn it!

Ah, son of a. She fully buried it. I buried it. Hold on, let me give you your pin stabbing badge. Thank you. There's your ax stabbing badge. You did a bunch of stealing today, so you signed off on that.

That axe in the stomach reminds me, I think there were only two acrobatic families pre-crisis. And that's the other thing too, the timelines are always being reset. There's always some infinite crisis or a crisis around some infinite places. That completely resets timelines. I can't keep track of how many fucking blue beetles there are. Oh, oh my God, Ysidor, the smell from your wound, it's like an axe body splay. Oh, sorry.

Sorry about that. Smells like a fraternity in here. Close up that wound. Yeah, a lot of times my wounds, I'm told, smell like teenage boys with low self-esteem. Oh, is that what it smells like? Yes. That can't be good. No, it's not. It's not great.

So do apprentices ever get like... Apprentices. Apprentices. Everyone respect her in all they are. Respect me. Apprentices. Do they have... Who may?

Shut up. Pin. We gotta get that guy on the podcast. Are you... Excuse me, sir? Are you available for our 10th anniversary episode? What day? I mean, like a week or so. Let me check my planner. Okay.

Lick my finger to turn the page. You've been doing this for 10 years? Almost, almost 10 years. Oh my god. How long is that on Earth? Is that the same, does it passed the same as a dozen foons? As far as I can tell, it's the same amount of time on Earth. Although what little I hear. What's that?

About eight years past it being relevant. Thank you. Thank you very much. Sure. I thought you just measured these sort of things in like format changes or platform shifts, because now in this wandering bar, you're much higher up in the air than you were before. See, these three schmucks, Anastasia, have been committing the greatest crime of all, which is demanding the attention of people who are minding their own business. So truly, they are the greatest villains. They are often the most dangerous game to hunt is man.

Podcasts. Well, podcasters, danger, depends on which podcast. Arnie, are we the baddies? Are we the baddies? Usador, are we the baddies? Are we the baddies? And then they'll just get distracted by something like this and it'll be most of this segment.

Oh boy, and you've been doing this for tiny years. That's right. Yeah, this is about all there is to it too. I wish I could say that there was something more. Wow, I've never. But mom's eyes. You sort of just stared off into. Wow, you sort of just aged four years.

He's laying down on the floor. There's moss growing over him Whoa a tree is growing out of his back. Wow. Whoa grow for me Go ahead and stab him while he's on the Kick him a little bit too much this boss That's what I mean as you we wanted to talk about that too, a focus in villainy. It seems like you're really like really pointed yourself toward violence.

Yeah, that's one of the main things I enjoy about the villainy. Oh yes, oh yes, do you have to pick a major? Well we've been doing a holistic sort of. Manasori kind of learning. Okay. Perfect. To make sure that when she's done she's also insufferable Have you been to Mount Asuri no

It's a mountain that's let's be honest only the wealthy and could climb But once you're up there you learn by doing does that make sense? I think so. Oh, that's another villain origin to Just being super wealthy Having so much money you can be a complete and total sack of shit. Yes, yes, and then there's, as far as I know, there's only one person who was super wealthy and then decided, two people who did that and decided to be heroes.

One guy dressed up like a flying rod and the other one had armor. But he was bad for a while though. Yeah, no, that was good. That's the other thing you have to know is that, as a villain, you do have the option to switch sides and commit acts of heroism if you find that that is more profitable.

Oh, I know, it's the pits. There is a sort of gray area that you can occupy as an anti-hero in which you do good deeds but you're kind of a prick while you do it. Okay. Yes, don't have much of a moral compass in terms of like being willing to take lives, willy-nilly without much consideration.

Sure. You wanna fuck Jean Grey. Yeah, sure, you're just, you're just. Oh, that's why it's called the Grey Area. Exactly, exactly. That makes sense. That makes sense. I peeked a little there.

So if you switch to being heroic or anti-heroic, how many of your credits transfer over? Okay, yeah. Great question. That's a great question. I actually don't know what I gotta ask. Is there anything that would transfer over if I was gonna be? Also, are you new on a semester system

or on a quarter system? I'm a quarterly villain right now. Quarterly. Quarterly. Yeah, that's my first quarter. It's almost done. Congratulations. Thank you. Technically, she is a commuter because she's walking around while we do it.

Intermural? Yeah, when we're escaping, we'll often live inside a mural, which I fucking hate. You were in that painting right before you stabbed Ani, remember that? I fucking hate it. I hate paintings. I hate art and I stab it as much as I can. I stab it too now. She gets as many credits as she needs, and as many as she can steal and as many as she can get Away, I could do anything honestly with this with with a villainy

Degree you could really go anyway. That's I feel like it's that's why it's the smartest one to get well be careful Cuz that's what I heard about my English major and it turned out to not be true They always said like yeah, you just be an English major you can do anything with that Yes, you just walk around with an English major the whole time. Do the other ranked English people get jealous? I got so mad halfway through that sensor. I bet you did. I saw it on your face. Oh, you were like, I hate that he's doing this.

I missed this. Yeah. I missed hating you to your face. I missed threatening violence toward you. Same, yeah. I missed hating and respecting you directly to your face. Well, I hate and respect you too. That's why I got so upset when you died,

because I want to be the one to kill you. Well, I'm alive, so now you have another opportunity, so you're welcome. That's great. And I've been hating you this whole time, but I've got to say, it's a little more cathartic to hate you in person. Well, catharsis is so important, yeah.

Now, I got to say, he has not spoken to anyone on this trip other than me and I didn't think he had any friends, honestly. So it's nice to see him having a nice chat with somebody that he's not gonna kill or bring back from the dead. That is good. That's nice for you, I think. It's good to know that, Refang, though you are loathe to admit it, you need us. Aw, Drip-a-pa.

No. Yes, Drip-a-pa! Drip-a-pa, please, tell us a story. Tell us a story, Drip-a-pa. Or let's play a parlor game, Drip-a-pa. Forget it, you know what? I'm gonna lay down, I'm gonna see if moth will grow over me. Well, while you do that, oh, a little bit's... A little bit.

Yeah, a little lichen is growing. Why don't we take another break? Arnie, did you want to take us to break since you fucking love it or whatever? I love it. Oh, this little lichen is fighting a little bit. A little bit. Yeah. A little lichen has grown. Why don't we take another break? Arnie, did you want to take us to break since you fucking love it or whatever? I love it. Oh, this little lichen is fighting a little vampire. This little lichen mine. This is a real underworld evolution down here. Anastasia, watch, they're very small

and they're gonna try to beat the shit out of each other. This one looks like Kate Beckinsdale. This is fascinating. Beckinsdale. Yeah, it's a different... Yeah, yeah. Who the fuck want another world? That's true. That's true. It's Beckinsdale and then there's the Kate Beckinsfresh.

Yeah. Then Bill Nye, the science lichen. At 24, I lost my narrative, or rather it was stolen from me. And the Monica Lewinsky that my friends and family knew At 24, I lost my narrative, or rather it was stolen from me. And the Monica Lewinsky that my friends and family knew was usurped by false narratives, callous jokes, and politics. I would define reclaiming as to take back what was yours. Something you possess is lost or stolen, and ultimately you triumph in finding it again.

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I mean, yeah, it just never goes out. And you know, it does limit my connection to people. Does the hot black flame do anything? Like can you utilize it as a- Cold, cold, it's cold. Cold, sorry, sorry. Yeah, you know, like you'll go, that's on fire now. Oh, okay.

That's way on fire. Okay, I gotta put that out. That's all the way on fire. You can't get it out, that's the other thing. Wait, endless fire? Endless, yeah, it's awful. It's not a death you want. I'm just gonna throw this chair out the window then.

Yeah, that's not gonna do anybody any good anymore. Oh, it evaporated. Oh, does that happen eventually, usually? Yeah, usually it just evaporates into nothingness. Wow, that's terrifying power that you have. Terrifyingly powerful. Very powerful, don't know how to use it. So you're teaching her how to use this power responsibly.

Not even close. He doesn't even talk about it. Nope. Nope. What service do you provide? Badges, do you need the badges? Badges that she has, wholesale villainy, basic tenants therein.

Are you teaching her necromancy at all? We've dabbled, we've dabbled. Yeah, I brought back a small bird that was, and then it burst into endless flame. Oh, shit. Oh, yeah. Hard to have pets, probably, in general. Yes, yeah.

But did it feel the flame, or? I mean, look, it was making a lot of noise, but you know, I don't know if that was, because I brought it back from the dead, or you know, it was on fire. You know, when I was a younger wizard, I had a firebird. Looked pretty cool hanging out with my firebird. Did it look cool?

Did you look cool? Oh yeah, I looked pretty cool. I just like sort of lean against my firebird and like cast pictures of myself. When you leaned against it, you were burned though, right? Yeah, I got burned quite a bit. So you probably have to wear leather to protect the. Yeah, I had to wear leather, but I look, you know,

I loved that firebird. I've seen a painting in your hat is slicked back. My hat was slicked back? Yeah, I looked pretty great. Drip Fang, I know we usually don't do this, but... God, what? Could I speak with you privately for a moment? Oh, am I in trouble?

I don't think so, it's just your... Always. I don't trust him. Come over here. I don't trust him. Come over here. I don't trust him. Okay, I'll be right back. I'm gonna take my drink with me. Can I drink during this private meeting?

We're in a tavern. Good, good. Yeah. Chum, what do you think Arnie has to talk to Tripfang about privately? I don't know, but he keeps bumping into the wall because his eyes are still closed. I told him he didn't have to do that. Arnie, you have to open your eyes if you're gonna talk to me. Okay, well first will you walk me to the bathroom so I can find it talk to me. Okay, well first of all, you walk me to the bathroom

so I can find it. Absolutely not. Okay, well then fine, I'll open my eyes. Okay. Dripfang, look. You're peeking. Oh shit. Dripfang, look, I know we're nemesises. Yeah. But be honest with me.

Is this whole apprentice thing a scam? Like is this leading up to some horrible betrayal? You would, okay, so in some cases, then apprenticeship is. You areing up, just scamming people for money. It's part and parcel to some educational institutions. You charge them much and then you just skedaddle. But this I see a lot of potential in Anastasia. And I think that she will be a valuable villain later on. Because I don't know if you notice this. I don't know if you heard about this.

I don't know this a lot. Have you heard about it? Oh, well, OK. Well, that's held for 10 years. I'm not super observant, yeah. OK, well, it's gotten you this far. This villains are vanishing. Villains are vanishing?

Yes. Is that like a superpower? Well, some, yes. Yes, teleportation, invisibility, all that stuff. But even those villains aren't coming back. So in my travels, I've looked for other villains to drop her off with so that she can study with them and I can have some, you know, time to myself and I can't find any. You know what? Now that I think about it, all this season we've had very few villains

on. I mean, I guess except for, I don't know if you noticed this, the Red Queen Merzia, this creepy woman. Moves to, moves to look, she, oh my, what the hell is that? Yeah, terrifying. Yeah, sharp teeth. Yeah, she doesn't talk much except for this. Pirate pilot. Anastasia, while you stab my friend here, it's such an honor to speak to a spinoff. At the spinoff court, wasn't there a giant rodent who just wouldn't die?

I think his name was Rat Poutine, baby, tall rat? Yeah, yeah, that was my uncle. Yeah, Rat Poutine, yeah. Arnie, hold on for a second. You guys talking about Rat Poutine, baby, tall rat. Yeah, yeah, that was my uncle. Yeah. Yeah, rat poutine, yeah. Arnie, hold on for a second. You guys talking about rat poutine? Yeah. Yeah, you hungry? Oh, yeah, always. Anything with gravy on it, honestly.

Did you notice this woman up there? She scared the shit out of me. Arnie moved and just big sharp teeth. Oh my God. Yeah, she's terrifying. I love her. But guys, guys, and I'm so sorry if I'm gonna betray your confidence, Drip Fang. Drip Fang's been saying that the villains of Foon have been disappearing.

Well, now they're- What? Oh, it's like a power? That was my question, that was my question. But apparently, they're just vanishing and not coming back, or maybe something's happening to them. Am I so good at my job that I don't even know

that I'm vanquishing villains? Have you been sleep vanquishing? Oh, I don't know. Auto drive, auto carriage, auto. Auto erotic asphyxiation. That's what I'm trying to say. That's what we were all trying to remember. That's what he's always trying to say.

If you ever can't think of a word, it's auto erotic asphyxiation. I'm glad that Anastasia was on the other side of the bar when we all said that and she didn't hear. What's going on over here? I was just had to look at this woman in the corner. Nothing, never ask about the last 30 seconds. Okay.

So I did hear the part about villains going away. What's going on? Yeah, but she's surprised. It sounds like something we should be aware of. A little scared of. We are aware of it. I'm scared of it. Hey, look at me, look at me.

Deep in those eyeballs. Oh, actually of it. Hey, look at me. Look at me. Deep in those eyeballs. Oh, actually don't. Oh, I felt the flame in my brain. Yeah. Oh, oh no. It's psychic too. It's terrifying.

I'm part of what I could do. Okay, I'm gonna stare just to the right of you. Okay. As a villain, if there's less villains, that means there's more villainy for us to do. Oh yeah. So you have to think of it as an opening in the market. As a villain, you have to think about things like markets and inequities within and how they can be exploited.

And once we do that and we get rich, you can do whatever the fuck you want. Okay. We're all gonna be fine. We're gonna be fine. I'm not scared. I'm never scared. I've never been scared of anything.

So brave. I can't be ever scared and I never will be scared. Never will be scared. Knife pull out, hold it, use the door. You ever say I'm scared scared. I'm never scared. I've never been scared of anything. So pray I can't be ever scared And I never will be scared knife pull out hold it use the door you say I'm scared of anything I'll fucking stab you If you see any villains about if they happen to show if they get trapped in the net of whatever Algorithm you're using to determine who's on when. Sure. Oh, Arnie, do you want to do your routine, who's on when?

Now, Arnie, a lot of villains these days have weird names. Yeah, when? Shit, I gave myself the hard part. Another reference that'll have the younger demographics storming the gates. I loved it. Well, at least I'm not an English major who doesn't know what a Scrivener is.

Insane, aren't you? Anastasia Spinoff, I must ask thee. Yeah, what's up? Wouldst thou consider leaving the ways of villainy behind? Oh, here it comes. And joining mine quest to defeat evil as my new sidekick, a new Kid Uso-dor for a new generation. Oh my god, what an amazing offer. I'm just kidding, no, stamp!

Yeah! That's called a double cross. Classic double cross. So advanced, and terrifyingly powerful. Thank you. I don't know why I'm just using pins. I could I could literally just the entire I could kill everyone here in a thought. It's so well, it is weird. You have crazy cold fire and you're just using pins to focus. Yeah, just pins right now. That's what I'm at. That's that's the level I'm on as well. You're learning. Yeah, it takes time and I'm proud of you for following through with your studies. Thank you. That felt really good. I've never had anybody be proud of me before.

And Chunt, I'm proud of you for finally bringing Arnie to task about that English major bullshit. Thank you. And Arnie, I'm proud of you. For... Arnie, you're peeking. Whoa, I gotta pull my pants up. And Shirtfang, of course, I'm proud of you for you have devoted your life to villainy and the way you have done it with such vigor and gusto

is it's hard not to be impressed. Sorry, were you saying something? I was carving use the door sucks into this table. That's beautiful work. I sit at this table every week. Yep, now you gotta look at that the rest of the time that you do this. Damn it.

Yeah, that's great. Oh my God, that's the, oh, that is villain look at that the rest of the time that you do this. Damn it. That's great. Oh my god, that's the- oh that is villainated as best. Oh wait, let me change the S to an F. Oh, thank you Chunt. Wait a second, Euphodore sucks. Euphodore sucks. Oh, wait, I didn't look at it closely. I thought about doing Eucidore fucks, but that doesn't sound right.

Damn it. Now people are gonna be like, who's Euphodore? And I'm gonna be like, it's me, but that's not my name. Fine, I'll change it to Ysidor sucks. Ah, all right. Dripfang, now that your revenge is complete, that you've carved this into the table. It's not my revenge.

I suppose you can be on your way. Then I fucking kill you. What? Not today. Oh. We have other travels to make and other stops to go to. And honestly, to complete your villainy training you should meet some other villains so we will be away oh

before you go um you sort of buddy can I ask a big favor of you yeah sure since you're proud of me of course could you make like a paper soldier or paper wizard or something so we could see the two of them fight together I would I just want to see you know how they complement each other in battle. Sure, I Rothchenthal, come on, Tom, follow me. Okay. Oh, it's a paper usador. Oh, I'll just, you know.

Oh, that was pretty quick. Yeah, it's like, I could literally take down this whole barn as fuck. Honestly, if she really concentrated, she could be the most terrifying presence. I am. But you're learning, so take your time. Don't rush it.

No, no, no, I'm on pins right now. Yeah, stick to pins, that's good, that's good. Arnie, we've got to fucking do something. Oh no, yeah. She's too powerful. Part of the fun is the journey to finding your ultimate power. Yeah, yeah, the most fun is the journey, yeah, for sure.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't wait. And you're always... People say that you're, you know, there's a level of mastery, but you're always a student. Oh, yeah, you're always learning. I think that's so important. Just even for you guys,

you gotta know that. You gotta learn. You gotta learn even in your day to day. Yes, it are. Chunt. She's way too powerful. Our only hope is if she stays a student so long that her passion for evil eventually dwindles. We should introduce her to Frisbee golf.

I mean, you keep trying to introduce everybody to Frisbee golf. If you wanted to stay a student, I can't think of a better way. Euphodore, I am not investing... Don't call me that. ...in your Frisbee golf. Okay, okay, no Frisbee golf.

Okay, listen. Let's teach Anastasia to play the lute in the quad. See, and another thing that they do is they try to openly plot against you when you are well within airtime. Let's teach Anastasia to play the lute in the quad. See, and another thing that they do is they try to openly plot against you when you are well within earshot. We're right here, it's the thing. I can hear everything that it's saying.

Hello. I didn't say anything, it was you, Fodor, the whole time. Is you, Fodor, just you with your hat turned around backwards? Yeah, here he is in this picture of me with my firebird. Oh, wow, that firebird rules. I like how you have fuzzy dice hanging off of it. And you said in another hundred years you're going to buy a porch? Yeah, in another hundred years I'll buy a porch.

You're going to drive a porch up and down the street? I like how this firebird has eight tracks. It's just on eight tracks at all times. Oh yeah, I mean, everyone loves an eight track firebird, don't they? Seems like this firebird would really like us to hear some Led Zeppelin. Oh, that would be great. We should rob the Led Zeppelin!

Oh my god, that would be amazing. That's a good idea. Let's do that. Arnie, it's a dirigible, do you have dirigibles on Earth? I think we used to, made entirely of metal. Alchemy, alchemy work. You had dirigibles and you got rid of it? What kind of podunk fucking place are you from?

I don't know, I think they were too cool. Sucks ass. Yeah, yeah. You know, before you guys go, if you want, look, I don't wanna help you be evil, but if you wanna meet some villains, the Red Queen Mersey is over here. She doesn't talk much, but wait a second.

Where did she go? She's been standing there sucking our hopes and dreams out of us for months now and she's just vanished. But my hopes and dreams disappeared years ago. Well, on this very night, and if you listen, you can still hear his hopes and dreams. Two firebirds. Oh, could you imagine?

Two. Yeah. The insurance alone though. I know, it you imagine? Two. Yeah. The insurance alone, though. I know. It really put me in the hole. Everyone seems really calm, but like another villain has just disappeared. And I'm getting kind of scared. And I don't mean to like say we shouldn't go on a normal path of robbing people and doing like,

you know, petty crimes so that I can learn. But maybe there's like, I don't know,, some bigger mission we should be on right now. You're right, we should get to some graduate level things. Yeah. Well, we'll see you soon, and next time I see you, of course, I'll kill you. And next time, you'll try, and I'll actually end your life this time,

and not have to spend a lot of time trying to figure out whether you're in this plane of existence or if you've passed through a veil into some sort of supernatural ephemera. Hilarious. It's so funny, I fucking hate you, dude. I hate you. I supernatural, you know, ephemera. Hilarious. It's so funny, I fucking hate you, dude. I hate you. I respect you a lot, a whole bunch.

Anastasia, make your felicitous goodbyes to these jerks. Stab, stab, stab. Oh. Then I stab to you. Oh, thank you, sir. Oh, my knife just soaked. Evaporated. Yeah, dissolved, yeah.

You ever try to stab me? Your weapons do dissolve into my cold black flame. Never fuck with me. My sidekick is probably the most terrifying being in existence. Honestly, if I may, I would recommend, oh, she's skipping around the box. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. If I may, I would recommend, and this is just my advice,

take it or leave it. I would say pick up a miner, just in case you ever want to fall back on something. A smaller person that I could fall back on? Yep. Yeah, especially if they're able to delve deeply into the ground. Oh, for sure, I'll look for one of those on our travels.

Thank you so much. You know, I knew another wizard who had a firebird and he tried to pick up a miner and that did not go great. All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right. All right, I'm gonna push you guys out of the town. Okay, bye. Bye. Well, this is quite disturbing that villains are just disappearing,

seemingly just snatched out of nowhere into nothingness. Maybe it's good, less villains. Do we know it's just villains or is it other people too? Oh, shit. We should look into this. I must go off into deep dark Go out and libraries and search through tomes and grimoires to learn what has happened here for this is an ancient Magic that I do not know and I'm gonna ask someone to check the women's restroom just to make sure mercy isn't in there That's a good idea. We should do that first

We're a little alone. That's a good idea, we should do that first. I think sometimes we're a little alarmist. Yeah, do that first. That is true. Hey, Dripfang, Anastasia, if you get vanished, will you send us like a telegram or something letting us know what happened to you? Oh, it's good that we were serapisitously floating next to the bar that you just pushed us out of. Yeah, this is all her doing.

I can make us float too, isn't that weird? Yeah, it's telekinesis. What powers does she not have? I don't think I can really teach her anything other than self control. Yeah, if we hear anything we'll let you know. Okay, you want to fly back to the surface? Oh yeah, for sure. Okay, bye bye guys. Step, step, step.

Goodbye. Arnie, Arnie, Arnie. You guys saw it? We must have Anastasia back on. I know. Because if she vanishes, I need to say, Vanastasia, right? Yeah, you should have done that so much earlier in the episode. I know, I just thought of it.

Oh, I'm not healing, are you? No. Oh, yous- oh, yous- there's gone. We need a healing rock. Yeah. Wait, where did I go? I thought you were off- oh, you're here. I thought you were off to check the somethings and the somethings for any sort of something

I went to the ladies room. Oh to check for Red Queen Mercia. Oh, is that a euphemism? They yelled at me Now, imagine being able to see all of that on video. Don't shake your head no, it's too late, it's already available. A recording of the entire session can be found at youtube.com slash at hello from the magic tavern. Use it all the wizard was played by Matt Young. Chunt the Talking Badger was played by Adol Rafai. Drip Fang Le Despare was played by Special Guest, a talking flamingo in sunglasses and jams who gets kids excited about smoking?

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