Hello From The Magic Tavern - Season 5, Ep 53 - Prison Freshgrave Twins (w/ Jessica McKenna & Zach Reino)

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

The Freshgrave Twins are in prison awaiting trial and they're eager to share some shady business opportunities. CreditsArnie: Arnie NiekampChunt: Adal RifaiUsidore: Matt YoungSchnenessa: Jess... McKennaSnaken: Zach ReinoMysterious Man: Tim SniffenProducers: Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, and Adal RifaiAssociate Producer: Anna HavermannPost-Production Coordination: Garrett SchultzEditor: Red KeenerMagic Tavern Logo: Allard LabanTheme Music: Andy PolandNew 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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Starting point is 00:01:30 featuring a bunch of hosts, a guest or two, strange plot twists, the bare amount of listening skills, and musical guest Enya. I don't know, this doesn't feel right. I think my chance to become the announcer for SNL may have passed, especially while I insist on going to bed at 845. So sit back and enjoy the show. Hello from the Magic Tavern, a weekly podcast from the magical land of Foon. We've been doing this for 10 years. But now we're in prison.
Starting point is 00:02:23 If you've never listened to the podcast before, this is everything you need to know. this for 10 years. But now, we're in prison. If you've never listened to the podcast before, this is everything you need to know. 10 years and a couple months ago, I fell through a dimensional portal behind a Burger King in Chicago into the magical, fantastical land of Foon. Luckily, I'm still getting a wifi signal through the dimensional rift,
Starting point is 00:02:39 and I used that to upload a podcast recorded here in the topless tower, a maximum security prison for villains run by wizards in the magical land of Foon. And I'm joined as always by my bunk mates. We're in this cell together. Shut the talking badger. 98, 99, 100.
Starting point is 00:02:57 Wow. Yeah. Ooh, sorry Ernie. Sorry, I was just getting a little workout in. Towel snap. Ouch, ooh, my butt. Sorry about that. Why did you start at 98?
Starting point is 00:03:10 Well, cause I don't know. Okay. And to be clear, you were doing pushups, right? Well, no. Cause I, whenever you start counting. We all saw what he was doing. No, whenever he starts counting, I look away. Because I have fallen into this trap before.
Starting point is 00:03:24 I was guessing Usador's age. 98, 99, 100. Not even close. Okay, had to try. Towel snap. To Usador. Stop snapping our butts. Guys, we've been in this prison for a while
Starting point is 00:03:37 and we've really, we've learned about the stark realities of living in a prison run by wizards and it's something that someone really needs to do something about. But I'm kind of happy that this is our last week in the topless tower as we bring Evil April to an end. I think after this episode we should just magic ourselves out and we'll eventually do something to stop the wizards so this prison thing goes away.
Starting point is 00:03:59 Yeah, we'll build some sort of machine or something that'll handle it, right? Yeah, we always do. Usador. Build a machine? When did we ever do that? Didn't we once do that? That's what you do right? That's your wizard power, it's building machines? What? I didn't know that. Usador, come on. Really? You don't remember that? Season six or seven wasn't there like a bunch of horses went crazy and then we built that big machine to like I don't know catch all the horses or something? Am I crazy? I of horses went crazy and then we built that big machine to like, I don't know, catch all the horses or something. Am I crazy?
Starting point is 00:04:27 I better find some gears and some cogs. I'll be right back. Oh, he's nice. Do you even have like a mallet? A pulley? A lever? So, Chunk, it's a weird thing to say, but like, you're looking good. No, thank you. Why is that weird? The prison agrees with you. Okay, alright. Guilty. Why is that weird to say, Arnie?
Starting point is 00:04:46 Mmm, I don't know. I guess I don't want to make it seem like being in prison has been a positive thing because it has been grueling and bad for a couple of weeks. And, ooh, I'm glad we're only doing it for a couple of weeks. Oh, yeah. I mean, the main struggle is cooking all this food, right? I know, in our toilet, which you don't have to do. But I don't want a wine. I don't want a toilet wine the whole time it is you know it's a it is a
Starting point is 00:05:08 job so that's fine I keep telling you Chunt we work in the kitchen we spend most of our day in the kitchen when we get back to the cell why are you cooking food in the toilet I don't what else can we do right it's like a little cauldron it's like a you know white little cauldron and Arnie and I gotta say you look great as well Oh, thank you. I've been getting my steps. I'm walking to Mordor. Mm-hmm. How much more do you have to go? Oh Well, let me open the app and see I Have done a lot of steps, but according to this app Mordor is pretty far away
Starting point is 00:05:42 Yeah, according to this I will, and this is true, my estimated arrival time is May 15th, 2027. That's when I will arrive in Mordor. Whoa, and is that when the podcast ends? Stick with the podcast, everybody. Arnie, we gotta do something, we gotta celebrate. We gotta do something. I know, and to be clear,
Starting point is 00:06:00 I've been walking more than usual lately. I've been walking around the yard, getting in my steps. I know what we're gonna do. I'm gonna make a toilet cake. Ernie, this calls for a toilet cake. I guess I have earned it. Let me grab some flour. It is my cheat day.
Starting point is 00:06:17 A little sugar. I think this can can be the center of a fulcrum. Oh, can. That's right, can. We should get can to get us out of here. I could do it. All right, can. That's right, can. We should get can to get us out of here. I could do it. All right, guys, we've been, we're kind of starting to like go at each other. We, we've been in the cell a little too long today. One of the weird things about this prison is we
Starting point is 00:06:36 can kind of leave our cell whenever we want to. Well, some people can leave their cells, say, they have jobs, they need to go to the library or the laundry, but there is a dark, deep pit where the most awful criminals are kept under constant watch. Have you been down to that section yet? Is that like the Wailing Wing or something like that? I don't remember what it's called. Yes, indeed, the Wailing Wing. Sure that'll do.
Starting point is 00:07:03 Well is that where we want to go cuz I was thinking about going by like the the welcome area oh yeah we should go to the welcome area where they have like shirts and merch and well the the wailing wings right on the way to the welcome area so we can stop by all right yeah I think I think there's a little stamp we can get like if we have like a little booklet we can get a stamp oh think we do we just get that one stamp or Are there stamps we can collect from around the prison? I think there's stamps all around the prison we can collect. What a fun little thing.
Starting point is 00:07:30 There are fun little mouse heads hidden around everywhere too. Just literally the heads of mice. Oh, yeah, something's decapitating mice around here. Yeah, it's fucking nuts, man. But that's the thing, I've seen a lot of full mice, and I've seen a lot of mouse heads, but I have not seen any mouse bodies
Starting point is 00:07:45 Oh, maybe something's eating the bodies popping off the heads drinking the bodies What a drink Ernie. Yeah, that makes sense. Huh? You said or didn't see my no I mean, I'm making machines that were drinking mice. I'm confused tonight. Well, then I shouldn't tell you that I joined Club 33 Well, what's that? It's 80,000 gold a year but I get to have cocktails. In Britson? Yes. Okay. I thought this whole place has no alcohol. Well not unless you join Club 33 my good sir. I thought if you let anyone have alcohol in this place it would go crazy. There's a place where you can have alcohol in this prison. Well then let's head down to the welcome area and we'll all join up, okay? Come on, let's go. All right, let me just open the door here.
Starting point is 00:08:33 See it's easy enough to get to the welcome area. You just go past this wing, which is the Wailing Wing as we already established. Mouse head, mouse head, mouse head. So what kind of people do they keep in the Wailing Wing? Because there's so many villains everywhere. Only the worst villains. Those who are going to be sent to an even worse prison once they get it built. Or those who are scheduled to for a final termination.
Starting point is 00:08:56 Sorry, final what? A final termination. Sounds like you're having trouble saying termination in that tone of voice. It does it? A little bit. Alright, I'm so sorry. Let me try. I'll just, you do it, yeah. A final...termination. There's something about it.
Starting point is 00:09:14 It seems like you struggled with it more than I did. Final...termination. Final... Mouse head, mouse head. There's a mouse head. Right there. Mouse head. Ugh, so many mice heads.
Starting point is 00:09:24 Alright, welcome center. Alright, let's open the double doors here. I'm sorry, you'll have to tell me again. What is a fernet? I've told you, it's just something that you can drink. It's not a thing, it's a thing to drink. But what is it? Why would I? There is no is, it just is a fer-
Starting point is 00:09:41 It is no a fernet, it is fernet. Fernet. Fernet. Well, or for it is no a for net, it is for net. For net. For net. Well, I'm going back for a different cocktail because whatever it is in this one, I don't like it. I told you you wouldn't like it, but you liked that the barman liked it,
Starting point is 00:09:54 and you said if the barman liked it, then I will surely like it, but I told you. Well, if it's good enough for the barman, then it's good enough for me. No, eek. Hey, I recognize these two. It's been a while, but excuse me. Oh, hello, fools.
Starting point is 00:10:06 Ah, it's three fools who dare to step in front of Snaken and Shnenessa Freshgrave. Hello, three fools. Oh, the Freshgrave twins. The very same, the Freshgrave twins. Graduates of Jizzle Nob Saucervers Academy. Oh, congratulations on your graduation. I should get you a book or something.
Starting point is 00:10:26 Thank you so much. And yes, I don't have anything on me. But I'll make you a toilet cake. Toilet cake? I would love a toilet cake. I'll have a toilet cake. All right, see Arnie. I don't want to share a toilet cake with Snake,
Starting point is 00:10:39 and I would like my own toilet cake. I will have a separate toilet cake. Can I ask you two or or twins, and seemingly hate that you have to experience everything together, why don't you go off on your own? Because together we have a source of great and numerous powers. So it would, yes, it is both a blessing
Starting point is 00:10:58 and a burden to be a fresh grave twin. A fresh grave twin. It's sort of hard to say in that tone of voice. A fresh grave twin. Let me do some of of hard to say in that tone of voice. A fresh-grave twin. Let me do some of my vocal warm-ups. Warm-ups. A final termination. A final termination.
Starting point is 00:11:13 Oh, yes. A final termination. A final termination. A final termination for a fresh-grave twin. A final termination for a fresh-grave twin who has been fitted out with for net Okay, good. Hello you fools. Oh, how dare you call us fools? But I believe the last time we saw you you were living at home
Starting point is 00:11:34 Yes, and now we're living here awaiting trial a bit of a come-up for the fresh grave twins Haha, no longer are we awaiting an alma mater for par now. We await only for trial Oh, what have you been up to? No longer are we awaiting an amma ma and our papa. Now we await only for trial. Oh. What have you been up to? I mean, you've always been kind of nasty, but I never thought of you as full on villains. No, and surely we are not. This is a sham, and we are very, very, quite, quite innocent.
Starting point is 00:11:55 Which all should be revealed in trial, and actually we're sort of excited for the PR opportunity. It's going to be the trial of the millennia. And everyone is going to be just an excellent Opportunity for us to get the word out about what we've been up to this is gonna go so great for the fresh grave twins We're probably gonna end up on dancing in the stars You know once the night when the comets come through and you get to dance on them Oh, everyone has to look because it takes up of the most of your field of view in the sky
Starting point is 00:12:21 Oh, it's a Arnie you have to watch it's amazing I mean sometimes they'll pair people with a lot of Mittens players, and that's always kind of like awkward, because you're like... Yes, I always have to wait for the Mittens players to like get out of dancing on the stars, you know, okay, fine, they're here for the beginning,
Starting point is 00:12:38 that's sweet. The first time they put a Mittens player, and I thought, oh, novel, and after that I'm like, honestly, we get it. One Mittens player, another Mittens player, we get it, oh, novel, and after that I'm like, honestly. We get it. One Mittens player, another Mittens player, we get it. The thing is, is that they don't have rhythm. They might be able to learn the mechanics
Starting point is 00:12:51 of how to dance in a star, but they'll never know how to dance on a star. Do you know? It's more about rhythm than strength. Sorry, I'm choking on Frenette, which is not my drink. I told you to get something else. Well, it's very bitter and herbal. Yes, you would think for 80,000 gold a year you could have whatever you want.
Starting point is 00:13:08 You have enough money to be in the 33 Club? Oh, yes, quite. Yes, several times over. We've been very successful entrepreneurs since you last saw us and we left the fair halls of Chiselknob. Picture us, Snake and Inch'Nessa Freshdrave. I don't have to, I'm looking right at you. Okay sure, but picture us. Okay, all right. Picture us the same. Do we need to close, should we close our eyes? Yeah, close your eyes. However you picture best. Okay. If you can do it by just softening your gaze,
Starting point is 00:13:36 that's fine. If you need to cover your eyes with your hands. I am gonna soften. But if you're looking at me while I'm talking, then you're not accurately seeing in your mind's eye, which is what we need you to do. Right. You're right. I'll use my hands. Thank you. Picture us, Snake and Renessa Freshgrave, walking out of Gizzle Nod of Academy into the world then,
Starting point is 00:13:56 sad for them, into their parents' house for a time, but what's this? Now they're exiting their parents' house into the wider world with an idea, but also a dilemma. Has this ever happened to you? Tell me, fools. Has this ever happened to you? You share a power bond that started to influence your life in negative ways.
Starting point is 00:14:14 It's both a blessing and a curse because it gives you great power, but at the same time, you feel everything down the bond of the twin who you're magically connected with. Has this ever happened to you, fools? Hey, has this ever happened to you, fools? Hey, has this ever happened to you, fools? You are coming into sexual maturity and you don't want to feel your twin having sex and so you need a way to stop that power bond without severing it permanently.
Starting point is 00:14:34 Has this ever happened to you? Or perhaps it's not that specific power, but perhaps you have a power to be shape-shifting all the time and it gets you into more trouble than it's worth. Maybe every once in a while you just wish the power would stop has this ever happened to you? This has happened to me this has happened to me! Has this ever happened to you? You hate feeling the burden of a weak weak Wi-Fi signal that
Starting point is 00:14:56 makes you feel a pole of a world you've left behind and you wish you could pause the feel of the signal even for a short time has this ever happened to you? I mean some of those words have happened to me. Has this ever happened to you? I mean, some of those words have happened to me. Has this ever happened to you? You are a wizard of incredible power, and such the burden of saving the world falls to you repetitively over and over and over again, and yet the people nearest you don't understand your plight
Starting point is 00:15:18 and refuse to acknowledge your greatness, and so sometimes it would be nice to just turn it all off. Has this ever happened to you? Oh yes, yes, yes, yes. Guys it seems like they've practiced this presentation but not enough times. Well then fools, you might be interested in a certain cocktail that isn't for Ned. No, it's a cocktail that's perfect. It's Powerpaws Powder.
Starting point is 00:15:40 Can you say that again, Shnanesa? Did you say Powerpaws Powder? You know I did, Snake, and I said power paws powder. Made from the heads of mice and other magics. When did they put on three-piece suits? Made from the heads of mice and put the bodies somewhere out of sight. How important is that part of the process? Putting the mouse bodies out of sight. Power paws powder?
Starting point is 00:16:01 Power paws powder. Make it from the heads of mice. Put the bodies out of sight. Oh. What we're offering you is, yes, the powder you could buy today, but also a very exciting opportunity to become your very own powder ambassador. That's right. Arnie, I know this sounds great, but listen, this is probably available at any time. So we can circle back to this in a couple years or something. So...
Starting point is 00:16:24 No, supplies are limited, and they're only available for this week. Oh, honey, I have to become an ambassador. Right now, we have such a great opportunity to buy into our stores, because we're here in jail awaiting trial, the trial of the century, they say, and in this short opportunity, we're willing to sell off some of our personal powder
Starting point is 00:16:45 so that you may be an ambassador underneath us. Both of us only have a few spaces left in our downstream, but we'll be willing to give those to people that we trust so that they too can give the joy and the power of Powerpaw's powder to the greater food. Now, I'm very interested in becoming an ambassador. Yes, fool. But I would be neglectful if I didn't ask,
Starting point is 00:17:08 of what crime are you accused? Ah, yes, well, you see, not our, no one in our direct downstream, but someone in the downstream of our downstream of our downstream of our downstream. Imagine the base of a triangular building. They did not give the proper instructions on how to mix power pause powder
Starting point is 00:17:26 They didn't include a head of mice a rest of body out of sight because if you don't put the rest of the body out Of sight it is in fact quite poisonous Someone has died and we are being held responsible even though as we said it is many downstreams from us and we always tell all of our said it is many downstreams from us and we always tell all of our beautiful clients of the powerpaws powder family how to properly mix and attenuate their powers so it's ridiculous. Oh it's a family. Yes fool yes imagine reimagining your whole life you could do it fool boss. Fool boss? You could be your own fool boss. You could be a fool boss. We won't gatekeep this fool boss. FB. Oh and look they have a chalkboard that says ABM. Always be heading
Starting point is 00:18:13 mice. That's right. Always be heading mice. Always be putting the bodies out of sight. If mixed correctly. Power, pause, powder. We'll put a pause on your power so that you can be the best you and then you can give that gift to other people and all it takes is a small investment for you of 20,000 gold to start you as your own power pause powder ambassador. Bonnie Trunt, I desperately want to be an ambassador. Yes, fool. Just loan me the 20,000 and let me join right now. I want this power
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Starting point is 00:20:53 and ad-free on Wondery+. So, Snake and Shnanessa. Arnie. Yes, fool? This sounds pretty appealing, but... Right. I do want to know a little bit more about your streams. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:21:08 Who's in your streams? And how big are your streams? Well, this is what's thrilling, is yes, we have streams, but Arnie, wouldn't you love to have a stream of your own? Sure. Okay, so we have basically our whole class from Gizzlenob in our stream. Wow. They were easy gets. They didn't want to
Starting point is 00:21:25 be in their parents' house either. They were looking for sort of that first way to make any income at all. I don't know if you know this, but about the time that we graduated from Jizzle Knob, the economy just absolutely tanked. A really terrible time to look for your first job. Really bad. Yeah, the shattering kind of hurt the economy. Yes. really bad yeah the shattering kind of hurt the economy yes yes yes the very
Starting point is 00:21:45 same so we have a we have tons of chisel knob highly trained wizard ambassadors out there who understand how nice it is to occasionally pause your power they might not have the immediate version of the story of need that's naked and i had which was either to sever a great power or feel our twin having sex. You know, it was a tough call, but for us they might not have the exact same story, but we found that actually everyone had this same desire to pause the weight of power that they feel even if for a short time.
Starting point is 00:22:19 And you can make your mixture, you can take it in the morning, you can put it in a smoothie, you can sprinkle it atop an acai bowl, you can, uh, it comes with its own water bottle that has the great Triple P logo on the side, so you can, everywhere you go, you can be, uh, casually ambassadoring, and, um, so then from there, uh, let's see. I do like to do things casually. Yes, it's very casual. Some would say it's the most chill laid back way to make money. Oh, I like that. It's basically passive income because everyone is just dying
Starting point is 00:22:55 to get their hands on this power pause powder, even though it does technically make you dead for a time. And that's how it makes your power pause, which is sort of the general focus of the trial for which we are scheduled. Right. So normally it makes you dead for a short time. Right. But when you mix it wrong.
Starting point is 00:23:14 But you can still go about and do your things. You're just technically dead. Ah. Undead. In the most literal sense, you have ceased to exist, I would say. Okay. But you can still sort of sense, you have ceased to exist, I would say. Okay. But you can still sort of like, you know, go on a picnic, walk.
Starting point is 00:23:31 Yes. Have sex with a stranger or loved one. I'm sure you can all think of people in your life right now, or you're like, it's almost like they're not even there. That's what happens when you're not existing on the powder. And then, unfortunately, yes, if mixed without the head of a mice rest of body out of sight, then you could perish in a real way.
Starting point is 00:23:52 A more final trepidation. More final trepidation tabulation. A more ultimate trepidation. Yeah, ultimate tremolo, a sort of ultimatum. I'm a final destination beep beep. A sort of final destination for me too, a final destination. But after we recruited our entire class of Jizzle Knob, then they recruited people from their hometown, stay-at-home moms, teachers that they had lost contact with,
Starting point is 00:24:21 and we actually haven't had to do much because we get a piece of their piece of their piece of their piece. Which is why this opportunity is so exciting because you're not even in the stream of the stream of the stream. You would be directly in our downstream. Oh. Chunt, you have to become an ambassador so that I can, so you can recruit Arnie and I can join his stream.
Starting point is 00:24:42 Oh, I want to so bad. I know, do you guys know Chugy Knight? Chugy Knight joined and I know that they have that live laugh lance tapestry. They're so happy. The only problem is, I used to, Arnie, I spent my last 80,000 gold on Club 33 and I don't think they do refunds.
Starting point is 00:25:00 Right, let me see much gold I've got. I guess that's why we're able to be in this room at all. Yeah, oh actually, I don't know if I can have friends I don't see anybody guarding the door so I guess it's okay. Don't worry I'll build a machine that would let us all in nice. We accidentally told him he does something and now he's trying to do it Yes, fool So it sounds like this is actually kind of an easy business thing because I just include my friends. Like I just sell things to my friends and people I know. I wouldn't do it with your
Starting point is 00:25:31 friends who you want to sort of survive the next decade. Or the friends that you like really. I'm not gonna lie, it does put a sort of burden on the relationship. I would, I would look for fools, for fools to do fools to be in your stream. I do know a couple fools. There you go. Perfect. Perfect. And the thing about fools is they always think they're not the fool. And then they find their fool and suddenly, yes fool, you're a fool boss. Yes, it's tricky because if you also
Starting point is 00:26:00 are recruiting within the same friend fool, then you might be trying to sell to a fool who's your friend, but they're actually already an ambassador too, and you'll close out that circle a little too soon, fool. Oh, that might be a problem for us because we have the same fool pool. I know, that's true. Oh, that's tough.
Starting point is 00:26:18 So I would recommend that perhaps at this juncture only one of you take the leap for the buy-in, and you can help. You won't make as much money, but you can take on the material costs on your own, split them amongst yourselves. And if you want, then we can do one of you with the power pause powder, and we can start one of the others of you on one of our other companies. Wait, wait, there are other opportunities?
Starting point is 00:26:43 Snakin, no, do you think? Wait, I'm so sorry. Would you give us a moment to talk as twins? Of course. Snake-in, I don't know. I don't know if these fools are quite ready for that other big opportunity. Oh, it was clearly privy to a conversation
Starting point is 00:26:58 we shouldn't be privy to. Yeah, we gotta listen to this very closely. Shh, shh, shh. Shnanessa, this other product sells itself. I've never seen a more capable group of fools who would be perfect for this opportunity. But, Snakekin, I'm afraid that these three might be even better at selling this product than us.
Starting point is 00:27:16 And we have been enjoying so many of the layer perks, perks we receive when we hit different layers. Well, if it's good enough for us, then surely we should extend this benefit to these foo- close friends of ours, for they would be able to benefit greatly from the easy, easy job of selling beautiful leggings from our other company, Beautiful Leggings.
Starting point is 00:27:41 Oh, Snake, do you think we should? I don't know. You're probably right. It's too dangerous. Oni, Oni, Oni, come here. Come here, come here, come here, quickly. Now look, they said that the fool doesn't usually think he's the fool.
Starting point is 00:27:55 So since I'm not a fool, I should join and be the one who leads the ambassadorship. One of you can sell the power pause powder and I'll sell the leggings. Listen, fools, we couldn't help but be privy to a conversation we shouldn't have been. And yes, now you're thinking like a true team. Perhaps only one of you sells beautiful leggings,
Starting point is 00:28:19 the most beautiful leggings you've ever seen, with tapestries that change to theme with whatever holiday we're celebrating. Oh, that's right. Picture this. Close your eyes. Should we close our eyes? Okay. Only if you need to. If some of you could do soft focus, you're welcome.
Starting point is 00:28:33 Okay, I went to my mind castle. Good. Picture this. It's holiday. And you wish you had your favorite character celebrating holiday. Holiday. On a pair of beautiful leggings. Beggies. Has this ever happened to you? Has this ever happened to you? You've gone downstairs where your whole family is celebrating holiday but no one's in a
Starting point is 00:28:57 festive mood. Oh that's happened to me. Yeah. You could change it quickly by giving the gift of beautiful leggings, themed for any holiday, showing many of your favorite characters. Favorite characters? You open this? What's this? It's favorite character! I've never felt more seen by you, who knows me so well, with this gift of favorite character
Starting point is 00:29:19 beautiful leggings. Wow, this lack of specificity is letting me put in my own things into those blank spaces. I could have pizza skull on leggings all the way up to my assholes. Oh mama, you are so hard to buy for. I always have a hard time when it's holiday, but look, I've got the most perfect gift. It's a reoccurring pattern, sort of an Escher-like painting that is of your favorite food. You could wear these year round. Wouldn't you like favorite food all over your leggings?
Starting point is 00:29:50 Wow, Chunk, that's both your favorite character and your favorite food. I know. Wow, this gift of favorite food on leggings has made me precious memory that I will keep for forever. Thank you, family member. You're welcome. And thank you, beautiful leggings.
Starting point is 00:30:07 And scene. Has this ever happened to you fools? I guess it has. Yes, exactly. I often, back when we lived in Hog's Face, the first couple of years Arnie was there, I would come down for the winter solstice holidays from my room, and I would show him, it's Chris Must.
Starting point is 00:30:27 Don't you want to celebrate the day that Chris Must do all the things we tell him to do? And he would be like, what the hell are you talking about? But if I had had stockings where Chris's face would appear. Ah, favorite character. Oh, then certainly Arnie would have felt that festive spirit. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on.
Starting point is 00:30:44 I think this one might be perfect for me because one, I'm really bad at giving gifts, and two, because I'm adult, I prefer every article of clothing to have a favorite character on it. Ah, that sounds like you could be a beautiful ambassador for beautiful leggings, and here's the thing, Arnie. Would you believe that Snake and I
Starting point is 00:31:02 have an entire old wooden shack full of leggings we have chosen not to sell. An entire old wooden shack? We have a full old wooden shack that we have to sit in. It hasn't burnt down at all? Not at all. Not an ember. And we have been sitting on it for years while it accrues value and musk. Oh, so these socks have matured? These are such mature socks. What you have to know about the sock market is that you don't want to immediately sell
Starting point is 00:31:30 all of your beautiful leggings. You want to sit on them until they mature. Be careful with this. Too many options with socks. You need fewer options and just long maturing the socks. And that's what we have an old wooden shack. Arnie, there was once a Black Friday where everyone bought black socks and everyone was like, ooh, it's really hot out and the black socks are sort of absorbing all the heat and
Starting point is 00:31:53 it just turned, it was a real disaster. Everybody lost their fucking ass on that one. I have heard that like there was a time when all the socks fell and they were just, went all the way down to the ankles. Yeah. Yeah. Ah, yes, the sock, the sock crash. I've usually dealt in the S&P socks and panties.
Starting point is 00:32:08 Yes, that's smart, reasonable investing. You know, when all the socks of food go down at once, it is so loud it makes a crash. Because imagine, fool, it's so many socks. Yeah, that's a lot of socks. Yeah, that would make a noise. I mean, one sock alone, nothing. Nothing.
Starting point is 00:32:24 Every sock at once. Imagine the expansive boom that you would hear when all did smack the ground simultaneously. And that's the sort of family and communal spirit that we are looking to foster here at Beautiful Wet Leggings slash Power Paws Powder. Think of this not as a job, but an opportunity to live your best life, fool boss. Oh, Ani, you've been needing to lead your best life for a while now. That's true.
Starting point is 00:32:52 Listen, why don't you all take a little time, and I'm going to hand you these dream journals, journals where you put down your dreams. And you could sort of like pontificate on if you want to sell power pause powder, beautiful leggings, or... No, we couldn't possibly. I... you know, Shnonesa, normally I wouldn't say no.
Starting point is 00:33:12 Because this third product that we sell... What? Is so exclusive, so incredibly high level, that I don't think most of the people in FUN are ready to buy it, let alone sell it. Oh my god, it says we clearly aren't supposed to be hearing this. They turn slightly sideways. What could be a better opportunity than a product that no one's ready to buy? And I was ready to fill out my dream journal, but I have to listen!
Starting point is 00:33:35 Snakekin, I feel that we would be the fools if we were to put this product into Foon before Foon is ready. Very well. Oh no! Let me interrupt. You mustn't stop there. Have the bravery to bring this product to the market. If only we could, Usador.
Starting point is 00:33:54 You see, this product is so tomorrow, it's not even available today. Whoa. I wish I could sell it to you. Has this ever happened to you? You have somewhere to be and you're very late and you think to yourself Oh, I wish I was where I was supposed to be already If this has ever happened to you then tomorrow horse might be what you need
Starting point is 00:34:17 Tomorrow horse tomorrow horse gets you to tomorrow's location today Well a horse of the future Ar Arnie, think of it. Sorry, for legal reasons I must tell you, tomorrow horse is not a horse of the future. Oh, my apologies, I'm, uh. It's a horse of today. It's a horse of today, tomorrow. Oh, oh, okay, yeah, I guess that tracks.
Starting point is 00:34:40 Man, did I fuck up by jumping on those socks and now I'm not available for tomorrow horse? If you're picturing a future horse, you're not ready. You're not ready. Okay. You need to be picturing the horse of today. Tomorrow. Tomorrow horse. Tomorrow horse is yet to come. Okay, uh, look, I have to be honest with the two of you. We've heard about all three of these products, and we're very interested in helping you sell them. We'd love to take the shack of stockings off of your hands.
Starting point is 00:35:09 Great. We'd love to sell the Power Paws powder, and Tomorrow Horse is so exciting that I rate explode! No, please, see, this is what I was afraid of, Snakekin. The enthusiasm caused by Tomorrow Horse is too great. Oh dear, one of your fools may perish! Tomorrow Horse is the one I find most confusing, which makes me want it the most. In what way? Because this is actually really helpful for us. This is good feedback.
Starting point is 00:35:36 Because we really want to be able to sell Tomorrow Horse... Today. ...as it deserves to be sold. Sell it today, the horse of tomorrow today, but what part of it's confusing? Is it helpful if I reflect back to you what I think tomorrow horse is? Yes. Only if you're right, if you're wrong, then it's not helpful.
Starting point is 00:35:52 Okay, so it's a future horse. No. No. Sorry. Damn it! And I get why you would think this, and then Chunt, I understand why you would think this too, because when it is described, This has happened to me.
Starting point is 00:36:01 Chunt, has this ever happened to you? I did what Arnie did earlier, that happened to me. Okay, well then you might need double tomorrow horse. Oh! This has happened to me. John, has this ever happened to you? I did what Arnie did earlier. That happened to me. Okay. Well then you might need Double Tomorrow Horse. This horse takes you back to stop what you did when this has happened to you. Oh my god, I says that would be so helpful. Wait, hold on. Double Tomorrow Horse takes you back in time?
Starting point is 00:36:18 Double Tomorrow Horse is only for things that have happened to you. Has this ever happened to you? You might need Double Tomorrow Horse, the horse of tomorrow in the past. All these things have happened to us! Well yes, of course they have, because that's what's so great. Do you know, fools, that's what's so great
Starting point is 00:36:35 about every opportunity that Snake and I are offering to you, is they're so universal. Everybody goes through this, everyone experiences this, it's magical in its reach. Sorry, a klaxon went off. I don't think we can say universal in Club 33. Is there a way to phrase it? Uh, yes. Uh, it's... It's everywhere. It's paramount. It's, uh... Much better, much better. I would say it reminds me of my Uncle Viacom.
Starting point is 00:37:09 Is he still alive? Yes. Well, now I don't like our parents very much, but our Uncle Viacom practically raised us. Dino, everywhere I look, there he is. Is that short for something, Viacom? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. I wish I had a touchstone over what we were talking about.
Starting point is 00:37:26 Well, why don't we take a quick break and Arnie, you, the three of us can kind of figure out how to pull together some money and jewels and... Take your time, take your time. Write in your dream journals and I'm going to convince my brother to drink anything other than vernet. Ah, right, the dream journal of Rhinoceros stared me down, and I stared back.
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Starting point is 00:39:27 or wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge all episodes of Death County PA early and ad free right now by joining Wondery Plus. Snake and Shnaneza, I'm so happy to see you both. And I especially appreciate these great opportunities that you're offering to us. Arnie, Arnie, I'm so sorry to interrupt, but I built a simple machine.
Starting point is 00:39:50 It's a wedge. Okay. It will help keep the door open, so Chunt doesn't have to worry about getting us in here. Oh, that's great. I'll stick it in the door. Okay. It'll keep the door open.
Starting point is 00:40:00 Here I go. As I was saying before that fool interrupted, thank you so much for bringing us in on this thing. I will say, though, I keep going back to something you said early on. You're here in the prison because someone died taking the pause powder? Correct. Yes. And I just want to be clear, because I don't think I'm personally going to be one of the
Starting point is 00:40:19 ones that does the pause powder, power pause powder. I'm probably going to do the socks or hopefully tomorrow horse. I just want to make sure you're not here for anyone dying from either of those two things. Oh, oh no. No one has died from beautiful leggings. I mean, maybe, maybe they said, oh, I, I'll never be caught dead not wearing my beautiful leggings. And Tomorrow Horse hasn't even gone to market until tomorrow, so that one is fully in the clear, legally speaking. I see.
Starting point is 00:40:47 Now there have been some troubling signs through early tests with Tomorrow Horse, but that one is such a revolutionary opportunity, there is a bit of risk. Mostly that somehow when it goes to the future, the horse turns into a donkey and then sort of that transmutation period, the cells that differ between a horse and a donkey go somewhere. There's also been sort of a little bit of concern of like, you're rushing Tomorrow Horse to market, you don't fully understand how it works, everyone's clamoring for it and you haven't properly inspected it for safety.
Starting point is 00:41:19 And while those things are true, it's also true that people really, really, really want Tomorrow Horse. Have you been Tomorrow Horsing to Tomorrow Horse? Yes, that's how we know. Whoa. Now, the feeling of Tomorrow Horse is unlike anything I could ever describe. Imagine, picture this. Okay.
Starting point is 00:41:39 Excuse me, picture this. Oh, sorry. Yeah, yeah. Come on, everyone. Picture this. Sorry, close your eyes, close your eyes. Has this ever happened to you where you pictured this? Should the listeners close their eyes as well? Yes, unless they're driving some sort of cart.
Starting point is 00:41:50 Yes. And to be clear, I think you know this because we've met several times. Ethically, I should let you know, we're recording all of this. Still. Still, yeah. I don't know why.
Starting point is 00:41:58 Now 10 years in. I always assume I'm being recorded. It's the better way to live. It's just best practices. And it's good PR. It's how we'll end up on Dancing in the Stars. Dancing in the Stars. You mock my words. We will end up in Dancing in the Stars. We will outlast a Mittens player at least.
Starting point is 00:42:17 And all the world will see as the star occludes their vision by being the biggest celestial body in the sky. Do you just want to do Dancing in the Stars or would you be interested in participating in like the Masked Clinger? Hmm, I would go on the Masked Clinger, but I think as soon as you saw two Masked Clingers, you would you would suspect it was the Fresh Grave Twins. Yeah. Were such a notable duo that I feel like we'd have to be in some sort of masked clinger. That's a tough one. Masked clinger. Masked clinger.
Starting point is 00:42:50 We'd have to be in some sort of like suit that made us look like we were only one clinger. I would go on Foon's Got Talons, but I actually, I don't have talons, so I don't know that I could go on Foon's Got Talons. What about, so you thought you could think about dancing? I've actually already been on that one. Whoa! I didn't last very long because I couldn't even think about dancing, which is why I need a redemption tale
Starting point is 00:43:13 of ending up dancing in the stars. That would really be something. Right? Have you thought about going on, are you smarter than the people on Masked Clinger? The after show where they make fun of the people on Masked Clinger? where they make fun of the people on mask clear? Well, yes that we have we'd have to choose one or the other right we'll have to see
Starting point is 00:43:33 After the trial of the century where we are acquitted for this this death That was so downstream us from us you could hardly let me let me ask you this fools If you have a tiny Creek that is a tributary of a larger river that is from a giant sound that is from the melt of a huge glacier would you say that is the glaciers fault what happens in the tiny Creek it's ridiculous legally no and also all of the sort of mages and wizards that oversee the trial all have people in the downstream whether it's their like nephews or nieces or whatever so there's no way they want them culpable for this. They're gonna know someone who graduated from Jizzle Knob
Starting point is 00:44:08 the same time we did. We're gonna do a secret Jizzle Knob handshake when we go in, they're gonna know. But we'll get the publicity, and we'll get to be talked about about town. Now, before this trial begins, are you, Yes? The publicity you're talking about,
Starting point is 00:44:22 oh, are you going to be talking about Tomorrow Horse? Well, we're only talking about Tomorrow Horse for the very select group of people, so I don't even know that we will announce Tomorrow Horse there. I mean, if Tomorrow Horse becomes material to our case about being upstream from a murder from Powerpaws powder, then our attorney has done something terribly awry. That barrister shall never talk in court again if somehow tomorrow horse becomes material to the case
Starting point is 00:44:48 about being downstream, upstream in power, power, in power, power, powder. Of course the same applies to beautiful leggings. No one should mention beautiful leggings unless of course the head mage is wearing beautiful leggings and someone says, my, I love seeing favorite character on beautiful leggings. Judge's favorite character is my favorite character.
Starting point is 00:45:04 We have so much in common. Innocent. I just realized something. Orny, you, sir, you remember a few months ago we met at Wary Traveler, and he said that he rode into a town on Friday, stayed for two nights, and then left on Thursday? And we couldn't figure out what he was talking about?
Starting point is 00:45:21 Oh, he might. Because he had a tomorrow horse. No, no, no. That would be in early trials of double tomorrow horse, which takes you back to when did this ever happen to you? Of course, sorry. This weary traveler, he must have had to have been someone
Starting point is 00:45:32 who said, did this ever happen to you? You ride into a town on Friday, end of sentence. That's right, yep. Then you need to leave him. And it's not that he had sex with two knights? Oh, it could have been. That might be depicted on one of my favorite pairs of beautiful leggings.
Starting point is 00:45:47 The story of the two nights. Wait, there are saucy beautiful leggings? Oh, yes. Of course. There are beautiful leggings for every age demographic. We have two nights having sex with a third night. Two nights having sex with a woman. Two nights having sex by themselves.
Starting point is 00:46:05 Are there any saucy ones that don't involve two nights? Not yet. Not yet. But we do have a program by which you can design your own beautiful leggings, and an illusionist will print them on the leggings for you. Really? But I would really suggest selling the ones
Starting point is 00:46:21 in the old wooden shack first, because they have been there for a while. So I think before you get into any sort of new type of socks and leggings, it'd be really nice for you to look at the ones you already have. I have that I would love to give to you so that I wasn't worried about them anymore. I hate having to watch that old wooden shack
Starting point is 00:46:41 to make sure it doesn't catch a flame. Oh, that'd be terrible. Now, the beautiful the- the- the beautiful, uh, leggings, they- they have characters on them. Yes. Favorite characters. And sometimes they're knights having sex with other knights.
Starting point is 00:46:54 Mm-hmm. Yes. Uh, and sometimes they're other holiday-themed things. Yes. And they don't magically transform on their own? No. No. So what characters- what's the character selection
Starting point is 00:47:06 we're offering? Well, in the stock, currently in the old wooden shack, we have some pizza skull. We have several of your favorite mascots of mittens teams. Ooh. There's like, have you ever seen? Like a scurr-buzzard? Sure.
Starting point is 00:47:23 Oh, scurr-Buzzards, oh great. We have some old ones of three great blue tigers, but they don't move as well anymore. Oh. It's been quite some time. Yeah, did you hear? Really popular for a while. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:47:35 Oh no, what happened? Yeah, what have they been up to? It's been a while since I've heard what the great blue tigers have been up to. Has this ever happened to you? You can't remember what happened to these Tigers. Yeah. Weird to think of very, very powerful beings
Starting point is 00:47:48 sort of checking in. They're probably just off doing their thing. Yeah, they're doing their thing. So I have a, I definitely want to invest. I'm very excited about this opportunity. Thank you two so much. I have a big, big, big question, which is, I think, maybe at the very beginning of us entering the room,
Starting point is 00:48:03 you mentioned something about you two can feel each other having sex. Not anymore. Not anymore. Not because of power pause powder. But yes, we sort of share everything down our, the bond that gives us magical powers also links us intimately in every way. Okay.
Starting point is 00:48:18 Yes, you feel each other's pain, you feel each other's pleasure. I forgot all about that, yes. And we do feel, we feel the pangs and the bangs, unfortunately. And when we were graduating Jizzle Nub, we were like, we are going to have to figure out a solution here. One can only not bang for so long. I think pangs and the bangs,
Starting point is 00:48:38 that's really going to be a big takeaway for me. Good. Glad I could leave a mark on you, John. Write it down in your dream journal. Are you on, are your powers paused right now? Like how often do you pause your powers with a powder? When needed. I would recommend that you pause your powers once a day because then you're going to be going through about one tin of power pause powder a month or so. And it's good to get people on a subscription base
Starting point is 00:49:05 so that they keep getting it, even if they're not sure they're going to use it all. You pay less if you get it delivered monthly to you. That's right. Yeah, smart. Can I do a yearly subscription and put more money in up front? Absolutely, and that's gonna save you 15%.
Starting point is 00:49:18 Wow. A great deal. You know what, I'm loving everything I'm hearing. But as is often the case with me, my enthusiasm usually wanes after about 45 minutes. Yes, fool. So I'm sort of realizing I'm not that interested in novelty socks, which is kind of all that the beautiful leggings are. This always happens to you.
Starting point is 00:49:37 Yeah, I can only... Does this ever happen to you? So unless you have like an enthusiasm powder or something, I think I'm going to opt out. I'm very excited about Ducidore and Chunt becoming entrepreneurs and becoming rich. I just think it's a lot easier for me to be friends with rich people. Oh yes, it is easier. Of course, of course that's true fool, but has this ever happened to you? You watch your friends gather and acquire wealth slowly at first
Starting point is 00:50:05 But then more and more and more as time goes by and soon You'll no longer be able to relate to them for they exist in a different class and strata than you and though at first they promised To never forget you that promise has doled with time has this ever happened to you fool Most of my friends aren't very successful, but I would happily be the turtle of this group if it came down to it. I don't get that, Reverence. Now, I understand that you said it was 20,000 gold to buy in to start? For power plus powder, yes. Well if you're buying yearly, I'll knock off 15%.
Starting point is 00:50:37 That's only 17,000 gold. Oh, okay. Well I have exactly 38 gold. What does that get me? Can I do tomorrow, Horus? Certainly not, but you can get these free samples of Powerpaws powder and I'll give you one pair of beautiful leggings.
Starting point is 00:50:53 Oh, with favorite character? Oh, I can't believe it, it's automaton constable. You sort of bring up a good point. We were abducted into this prison with very little money and what little we've had we we generally give away all of our money every episode Well, I guess get enthusiastic about one thing or another so we don't we're not really liquid right now sure Yes, and if you were liquid that problem could be stopped by power pause powder Yeah, like I said before I'm all tied up in socks and panties. Sure. I've heard you say that before. Listen, we understand Obviously, obviously we're a bit on pause right now as we await the trial of the century
Starting point is 00:51:30 So this is something we'd be happy to do a circle back. Can we can we have you subscribe to our information? Oh, yeah, what do you need from us? Um, like our Blood, just a little blood will do. No problem. Here you go. All right. Perfect. Can we subscribe to your sub stack where we subconsciously get like a stack of
Starting point is 00:51:52 information about what you're up to? Yes, we will. We automatically put that on once we get a drop of blood. Yeah. Okay. Um, sure. Okay. Here's a drop of blood from me.
Starting point is 00:52:00 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Here's a drop from me. Oh, my finger won't stop bleeding. Sorry. Oh wow. Put you. Thank you. Here's a drop from me. Oh, my finger won't stop bleeding, sorry. Oh wow, put some pressure on that. That's not good. Don't use the beautiful leggings! Well, you have to buy those now. Yes, we'll do a classic circle back. We'll ping this later.
Starting point is 00:52:19 You know what? We're going to set a Tomorrow horse information to come to you in the sub stack. We'll set that to be sent off in a few months from now. So like, don't worry, we will keep you in the family. We'll keep you in the loop. So in a few months from now, I'll have a horse today for tomorrow. That's right. Oh, how exciting. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:52:42 And we're going to escape this prison prison magically probably at the end of this episode So we will it'll be easier for us to get the money that you need for this investment Oh, that's so exciting. We make sure that you spread the word about our trial of the century Yeah, maybe try to build up some organic buzz about us being on Dancing in the Stars sure so wait It's a trial of the century, but you need us to hype it up Just any hype is all hype is good hype all hype is good hype fool We're also going to escape this prison, but through the power of hype it up. Just any hype is good. All hype is good hype, fool. All hype is good hype, fool. We're also going to escape this prison, but through the power of nepotism.
Starting point is 00:53:09 Oh, sure. Ooh, one of the most powerful forces in food, Arnie. Yes, that's our other uncle. We have Uncle Nepotism and Uncle Viacom. They're both everywhere you look. Before we escape, for old time's sake, would you two mind helping us answer an email from our listeners?
Starting point is 00:53:24 Absolutely. We would love to. All right, and maybe these are people Before we escape, for old times sake, would you two mind helping us answer an email from our listeners? Absolutely! We would love to. Alright, and maybe these are people that would be interested in investing. Let's see here... An opportunity. Yes, simply by seeing this email, we shall, they shall subscribe to our sub stack as well. If they are, just take a drop of blood and put it in a stream and it will reach us. Okay. You know they're serious because they use all these great terms.
Starting point is 00:53:48 Now I just wish, you know, if I did well with this product, I wish they'd call me a rock star. That would really seal the deal. Ooh, that would be good. I just love when people call me a rock star. I feel like that's so cool. That is very cool. Okay, here's the email.
Starting point is 00:54:01 Now listeners, you can email us at magictavern at puppies.supplies. It's a real email address or even better. You can join our patreon at patreon.com slash magic tavern and message us there Here's a message. Hey Arnie We recently switched trash pickup companies the old one picked up trash on Friday and the new one picks up trash on Tuesdays Hello from the magic tavern comes out on Mondays Is there any way you could put a reminder for me to take the trash out into your podcast? This would be most helpful. I'd be happy to shove whatever you'd like into the Dimensional Rift in exchange. Thank you, Jason M.
Starting point is 00:54:35 Whoa. I don't mean to jump in. Is that not, and I'm sorry, Yusuf, I wasn't here when you introduced yourself, but I do seem to recall you have a long list of things that you often say when you are introduced. Is that still a thing that you introduce yourself? Yes, very often. It's not a requirement, but... I feel like you could slip that in there real easy, right? Sure. All I have to say is, I am Usador, wizard of the Tw 12th realm of Ephesius, playing out the trash on Tuesdays, master of light and shadow, manipulator of magical delights,
Starting point is 00:55:07 devourer of chaos, champion of the great halls of Turokis, the elves' nobius fying Yaluk, new to your pets, and the dwarves' nobius Zonunhuk Stanges, and I'm the known of the northeast as Gasvenius Mace, and there may be other secret names you do not know yet. It's important to mention we've also got a lot of emails from people asking us to remind them to neuter their pets.
Starting point is 00:55:28 Ah. But not spay. Oh, and we should say, listeners, email us a drop of your blood or a prick of blood. Hey! Hey, Rockstar, what a good idea. You're an absolute legend, my man. Legend icon, Rockstar. Oh, seven, my wife. I can't believe you did that. Legend, icon, rockstar? Legendary. Oh seven my wife. I can't believe you did that.
Starting point is 00:55:47 Oh wow. I feel so good about asking our listeners to send, to email us blood. Email us blood everyone, please. What a legendary rockstar to suggest such a thing. Wow. Now has this ever happened to you Jason E-mailer? I just want to say, has this ever happened to you?
Starting point is 00:56:01 Have you ever thought that instead of needing a podcast to remind remind you about your trash you could just instead use tomorrow horse Jason mmm, and that's it's mm. Mm. Email us back We'll definitely try to remind you about your trash pickup in Future episodes, but email us and let us know if you're interested in investing in this fresh grave twins opportunities Wow, this must be a regional difference because where I'm from you don't have a choice But email us and let us know if you're interested in investing in this Fresh Grave Twins opportunities. Wow. This must be a regional difference because where I'm from, you don't have a choice of who takes your trash.
Starting point is 00:56:31 It's the same gnolls that work the entire area. Yes, it's a gnome municipality situation. You don't pick. I have heard tell of trash companies being privatized. Has this ever happened to you? You just learned that was a thing? Yes. Just like this prison is being privatized and Has this ever happened to you? You just learned that was a thing? Yes. Just like this prison is being privatized and run by the wizards.
Starting point is 00:56:49 Ah, Arnie, if it's true, we must escape from here for if the privatization of this place means the wizards can do whatever they want, that means there's no sovereign king or elected body overseeing them, we must make our escape immediately. And much more importantly, April's almost done. We've been here for Evil April.
Starting point is 00:57:10 We don't want to overextend the storyline much longer than we have to. I mean, I'm also I'm excited about these investment opportunities. But have have either of you had the dream where you learn about this kind of marketing and how it's kind of bullshit? Have either of you had that had the dream? What are you talking about? That's never and how it's kind of bullshit. Have either of you had the dream? What are you talking about? That's never happened to me. Check your journals.
Starting point is 00:57:30 There's the dream where you learn about these kind of MLMs. Arnie, why do you, yes, magical level marketing. Why do you think Shnanesa gave you the dream journals? Oh shit. It's from the dream. We had the dream and we thought, oh no, we could do this so much better. So you're learning from the dream.
Starting point is 00:57:51 You didn't listen to the dream and think, that's not good. You're like, this is a great opportunity for us. You must learn from your dreams. Have you met us, fool? I have, a few times. Yes, well, we are quite nasty, if not fully evil. And so we thought, that's exactly where we live a magical layer
Starting point is 00:58:07 Marketing that's exactly the right level for us the fresh-grave twins That's right Some say if you teach a man to fit give a man a fish and he eats for a day Teach a man to fish and then he eats for a lifetime We then thought third option teach a man to fish take all the fish that the man makes Convince him that he owes you the fish because you were the ones that taught him to fish and don't properly compensate him for the fish He takes but let him keep some of the fish so that he's convinced that well I still got a good amount of fish and then he teaches someone to fish and then they teach someone to fish and on and on
Starting point is 00:58:42 Till everyone knows how to fish but there aren't enough fish left to fish do that and then you eat for a lifetime Wow I think I got it Yeah, I think I got it. It's almost like you can lead a double tomorrow horse to water, but he already drank it yesterday Very good rock star. Oh yeah, you absolute legend. Oh, I love this so much It's every time. Listen, I already used it. I'm cool to escape. I just, um, I paid $80,000 for this. Can I just get one cocktail? There's a magical pair of gloves making drinks. Uh, uh, magical gloves, can I get a Rockstar Martini, please? Thank you.
Starting point is 00:59:24 Thank you. Now I know we wanted to escape, but I haven't had a lot of time during this episode to be inventing machines. I loved the wedge. Thank you, thank you. The wedge is good. That door is still open. Have you ever thought about putting any blue cheese on that wedge? Ooh, what a good idea.
Starting point is 00:59:42 Blue cheese, my favorite. Now, of course, the prison is 150 stories tall, and I did have a little time to invent, and I started building a ladder. It's only two stories tall, though, which is pretty good considering how much I've been talking. You sort of, can't you just like, magically zap us out of here? That's what I mean, we've been here for a while,
Starting point is 01:00:03 I just assume you can just magically zap. You want me to build a machine, then you want me to do magic? Make up your fucking mind. What do you want me to do? I don't know, Chunk. Would you rather a machine or magic? I think for this instance, it's probably magic, right?
Starting point is 01:00:15 Fine, fine. I'll just throw this ladder I was working on in the garbage. Oh, has this ever happened to you? Yes, exactly. All right. Eiroth, Trinol, Kaloth, Katala, Tintirn. Oh, ah.
Starting point is 01:00:30 Ooh. Oh, I feel like. OK. Anybody else feel like an electric surge or something? Yeah. Ow. I'm power paused right now, so. Oh, you're power paused?
Starting point is 01:00:38 Yeah. I see. That makes sense. That should have opened a portal, Arnie. You know how if you try to fly out of the top of the topless tower, you'll just turn into goo? Yeah, goo. Which I don't understand now why it's called the topless tower because you said it's 150 stories tall. Maybe it's like an intimidation factor.
Starting point is 01:00:54 There's a big hole right in the middle there and it tempts you to fly out of there, but that's a bad idea. It'll kill you. But the portal I tried to open, which seems to be blocked. Huh. Is your power pause, did you take the power? I haven't had any power pause powder yet. Did you have a mouse and put the rest out of sight? Have a mice put the rest out of sight? No, head of mice, rest out of sight.
Starting point is 01:01:18 That's, I certainly wouldn't break those rules, but Arnie, I don't think we can get out of here right now. Let's try a pop and lock or something. Pop and lock. Okay, quick pop and lock. Ooh, do do, er, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. Ooh, you should be on Dancing in the Stars, or at least have you thought about thinking about dancing.
Starting point is 01:01:37 Dancing didn't work, but how about you try a walk and pop, which is a magical spell. Okay, yeah, that didn't work either. How about we... We've been kind of blase as we've been in this prison, knowing we could escape anytime. Okay, I'm starting to freak out.
Starting point is 01:01:53 I'm starting to freak out a little bit. Is it possible that this prison has like magical dampening things that make it so you magically can't escape? Which I guess would be a thing wizards would put on a prison. Oh yes, 100%. Oh yes, has this ever happened to you?
Starting point is 01:02:06 You just realized this prison is run by wizards and of course they would use all manner of spells to keep their inmates inside. It's almost specifically for holding magical inmates and as such is warded against those magical methods of escape. Okay, yeah, sure. Yeah, I should have thought about that.
Starting point is 01:02:21 I figured as a wizard I could counteract any wizard spells, but I sense it's all of the rest of the wizards versus just my power. I suppose they've doubled up their spells and I can't really overcome the blocks and locks. Also, we've been making a lot of promises to people in the prison in a pretty blase manner, thinking like, it doesn't matter because we're going to be out of here pretty soon.
Starting point is 01:02:47 So a lot of those bills are going to come due pretty soon. Has this ever happened to you? You need money fast. We need a tomorrow horse. Today? Three weeks ago. Yeah. Shit.
Starting point is 01:03:00 Worst of all, we're going to have to do more episodes in this setting. Well, let's go have a drink while we're here, I guess. Ooh, I'll have a Furnet. No. Oh, I'll have a Furnet. Furnet's for all. I think I'll like it this time. Jason, don't forget to take out the garbage.
Starting point is 01:03:15 ["The Furnet Show Theme"] Well, I haven't found this much enjoyment in a prison setting since I tunneled out of that high security prison after being framed for murder, using only a spoon and hiding my tunnel progress behind a collectible poster that said, Revenge of the Jedi, where the tagline was, The one where the Emperor dies, or does he? Even then, they knew where they were headed. Usin' All the Wizard was played by Matt Young. Chunk the Talking Badger was played by Adol Refai. Snake and Shnonesa Freshgrave were played by special guests
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