The Adventure Zone - The Adventure Zone: Abnimals Ep. 16: Cell Block Wango Bango Tango!

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

Have the gang made enemies made along the way, or could they be future friends? The Abnimals form an unlikely alliance and gather some new best acquaintances as they search for the mysterious Clamgela and Walrus.Abnimals Theme by Justin McElroy, Eric Near (https://bit.ly/ericnearmusic) and Jonathan Coulton (https://www.jonathancoulton.com/).Additional Music in this Episode: "Awkward Cafe", "Blood in the Water", "The Get Away", and "Catch and Release" by Mr. Smith: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSk2j0fTMw9V94UGyfWrSuA?; "Taffy Machine" by Kate Kody: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/kate-kody/; "Instrumental Sontagsfaherer" by Patrick Steel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqee4AUSj6Jocrsr-uDEAmA; "Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have Liftoff" by Wax Lyricist: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/wax-lyricist/; "Darude - Sandstorm [Chiptune Version]" by BildPünkT: https://soundcloud.com/lichttrager; and "Sick of" and "Turn around" by Koi-discovery: https://koi-discovery.lescigales.org/.Palestine Children's Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/ Happy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/jointaz

In spite of what you have heard, we're at the height of our powers and top of the tullors. The round is long, but our mojo is strong. We're at the height of our power. The three of you scurry under three boxes, trying to blend in with a set of boxes already there, as three guards bringing down the shackled, Eo Patrick Harris, Hammer Ned, and Squidmark come down the stairs.

They see Goshua standing over. these three boxes and one of the guards turned to him and says, Hey, uh, darnet, right? Uh, yeah, yeah. Everything okay? Where's Flavin? Oh, uh, yeah, no, he, uh, wasn't feeling well, something he ate. Uh, the three of them looking a little suspicious at this, just slightly, are going to move past the three of you.

and hit I would like each of you to make a roll each of you make and you've got advantage here you're hiding and darnet is covering for you so each of you roll 48s

and add in any additional abilities you have how many dice are you adding for our situation? I'm adding two okay so how do I can I just talk Type roll 78. Yeah.

Nope. Not roll 7DB. Shut up. You could roll 4 and 3, Justin. That's how loud it is. Roll 7. That didn't work either. You can't just type out what you want the computer to do.

That's not how programming works. You have to slash roll space 78. Computer roll set. That's not how that works. Justin, just roll 4 and. I failed everything. I got four failures, which is another name for this podcast.

I got two successes. I got one success. So across 11, across 16 dice, you got three successes. Three successes. Three successes, there were 16 dice. Yep, that's right. That's spectacular.

So one of the guard stops and the box that you are in Lyle, he kicks the box and says, man, you got, it's a mess down here, Gashua, you got to clean up this place. And I like, Eddie, I play it off perfectly, right? It's like, box! Did you say box?

What? He goes, box! Okay. I already rolled, so I know that work. You're going to take a damage point, Justin? For what? Getting kicked in a box. I, what? Okay.

Yeah, you know what? For the bit? Yeah, I will take it Like I'm saying you guys could like restack some stuff here and he grabs a set of boxes and stacks it on top of your box Roger Like you could just like reorganize around it's a mess and we're bringing people down through here all the time Uh yeah yeah um yeah you're right I like I don't want to have to report you or nothing like I know you're already in trouble but Like try to clean this place up

okay? Um, and they take the three of them into the holding cells, and the door swings shut behind them. Okay. You got a couple. Okay. Just kidding. I don't breathe. Okay.

Um, do you guys have everything you need? Just like, stay put. They're going to come back any second. Just be cool. Okay. You got this. Wait, Joshua. Goshua.

Joshua. Hey, Joshua. Yeah? Carver's been kidnapped, and the Bayside Baddies know where he is, but they're not talking. I don't know if actually what I said is true. Do the Bayside Baddies know where he is? I know they... Well, when you question, you know, Patrick Harris, all he knew was that they had been hired by somebody named Clamchula on behalf of the Walrus. Hey, Joshua, let me ask you something. Yeah.

That tape, the... the... the unerered pilot on the forums and stuff, when fans talk about it. What's the, what's the rumor? What do people think is on that tape? Oh, well, from what, oh, wait, they're coming back. Hold on. Oh, my God. Come on.

The guards come back through. What a jerk. Okay, all right. We'll be back to check on this place. All right, get it cleaned up, man. Come on. Don't you ever want to make it back up the ranks? Yeah, yeah, I'll work on it.

And they head on out. Okay, sorry. Yeah, so it was basically like supposed to be, you know, the real story, like in an animated form, I guess, like the truest form of like the origins and the, you know, how they trained and everything, all of their work to become the Greenback Guardians, you know. Why would someone want to steal that? Yeah. I don't know. A collector? Wasn't you, gosh, well?

No. Okay. Well, that's one name off the list. Can you get us out of here without getting caught? Yeah, that's my big concern right now. It's getting out. Is there another exit, man? Hold on.

Let me take a look at the security cameras and I'll see if there's like an opening. I can get, oh, man. Oh, boy. I start flipping the monitors off. We're golden. What? No. Turn those back on.

He was doing something. Sorry. Boop, boop. Okay, it's got to take a second to start back. Hold on. Okay. Okay. Yeah.

No, um, okay, small complication. Hold on, this one's not coming on. Let me push the power again. Oh, the cable came loose. Hold on. It was just about to come on. Don't you hate that? Yeah, yeah. Hold on. And now the tent is all messed up. Yeah. Okay. Um, small complication. Billionaire philanthropist Walter Russell. Uh, he just got... It's me, Axel Isle. By the way. Not a box. Oh, okay. Thank you. Um, Walter Russell's here. Talking with some big royal-looking seal. Ooh.

Oh, crap. Can we listen in? We don't have audio. Oh, here you go. You just press the speaker button. I don't know how to work this system. I mean, it's not. Yeah.

All right. I mean, we could try to figure it out, but they seem pretty chummy. And you can see on the monitor, like they are not quite of equal size because the walrus is huge. Sorry, when you said that, a really sexy shark lady comes out. Oh, I see, chummy. Actually, that's pretty chummy. That's her name, pretty chummy. It was pretty chummy.

Detective Pretty chummy. Hi, boys. All right, cool, great. She rolls, man. Can I try and, like, creep back up to the top of the stairs and listening? Because I am dying to know what my dad is talking about. Well, why don't you, Roger, well, with the boxes stacked on top of you, see if you can figure out the system with your

Hallicar hack. Okay, yeah, let me use the halikar hack. My pocket watch that allows me to connect to computer interfaces, which I'm not making up. When you attempt to get out of the box, the three boxes stacked on top of you, go toppling to the ground. Roll 2D8 for me. Perfect trap. You done it again, Trapp. I'm going to use the time to shine dice.

Trappist Maceroy. All trap and trap. Seven and eight. Yeah, good job, Dad. All right, yeah, with two successes, you are able to catch some of the boxes, Lyle, as they fall so that there's not too much commotion here. And you're able to get out from under the boxes

without making a huge clattering mess of everything. And connect your Hallicar hack into the security camera system. Okay. Well, it's actually a, it's an ab skill. So that's 3D8, right? Roll 3D8 for me to connect into the audio of the security cameras. Okay. A 5, 3, and a 4.

With a mixed success, you're able to tie into the audio. It's a little bit fuzzy. it's a little bit distorted, so you're not able to hear absolutely everything. Thank you. Thank you, Travis, for not doing the obvious and just letting him hear one of the people,

but not the other one. Yeah, you're only able to get the left. And you hear basically snippets of a conversation surrounding, like, hints at the RCF working with the Golden Seal some kind of partnership in monitoring the ocean as well. and Walter Russell seems to just be saying yes to everything that the Golden Seal is interested in. Then he starts down a line of questioning about what brought him in today, what brought him to the surface.

What's their body language like? Do they appear to be comfortable with each other or is there a standoffishness? From what you see, very comfortable with each other. Walter Russell is like laying on the charm and Golden Seal is very relaxed. And I'm going to say without even having to roll for it because you know your dad very well, Navy Seal, you would see that he is puffing up his chest in a very late. He has flattered. He is being charmed pretty thoroughly.

Okay. And as Walter goes down this line of questioning to what brought him in, you hear snippets about my son and needing to find some information and what he can do to help him. Cool, dad. Thanks, dad. Cool, dad. Thanks, dad. And Walter removes himself from the conversation, giving a very like, one second, give me one

second kind of move. And he steps over to a desk and keys some things into a computer. And the evidence. room goes into lockdown. Oh, man. Why would my dad do that? I guess he's not. I don't know.

He has no reason not to trust Walter Russell. Billionaire philanthropist, Walter Russell? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. In investing a lot of money into the Royal Seals. Yeah, great, great, great. Okay. When you say it goes into lockdown, what's that mean? What's that look like?

So basically the security door at the top of the stairs, like a barred kind of shuttered door closes behind it. Great. Cutting off your access to the first floor. Okay. Okay. Goshwa, we've exhausted other options. It seems like that totally rad secret option of leaving through the holding cells is the only thing we got left.

Can you get us out of here or no? Yeah, no. I mean, you can exit through the holding cell. It's just like almost full up with there's been like a lot of stuff going down lately. There's a lot of, um, we call them perps. A lot of perps in there. Okay. Yeah, everyone calls in that.

What? Lots of people call them perps. So we just have to get through a bunch of perps. That's not a problem. Yeah, and then outside there's like the prisoner transfer like garage and stuff. But I mean, there's no prisoner transfer schedule today. So you should be able to make it out. through there. Okay, you're going to need to come with us because if they catch you down here

and think that you were helping us out, you're going to get in some trouble. But I'm supposed to be down here. So like if I'm not here, I'm also going to get in trouble. Not if we knock you out. What if we knock you out? Gosh, well, we can do it in a way that is mostly painless. Mostly. How mostly? Remember that shock earlier? Do you want a choke or a bong? You can do a choke or a balk, we don't have a chemical, you sniff, but would you rather do choke or a bong? Each has its own risks and potential dangers that go along with them. Yeah, dealer's choice.

Can I take the shock? Yes. Yeah, I could shock him. Okay, gosh, what? Before we shock you and knock you out, can you type anything in that computer, look up see if you have anything about the walrus or clamgola? Let me see what I can find on the walrus.

Hold on. And as he types in the walrus, basically a sort of error notification comes up that it's like extremely classified higher-ups-only kind of deal that he does not have access to that. Okay. Let me see what I can find on Clangela. Hold on.

Oh, okay, here we go. Clangela seems to be so kind of like go-between person connected to a bunch of like super villain kind of guys sort of like a staffing person for like super villain people if we wanted to get in touch with clam chlamchilla

if we wanted to get a hold of clamphilo is there like a last known location or anything you can give us any leads any lead I mean there's some like known contacts and stuff people she's worked with um let's see okay she's worked with the Mayfly Madness

she's worked with Explodos, she's worked with hair dryer She's worked with hair dryer Perfect Amazing That's all we need Thank you so much Okay Joshua

You ready for the zap I guess Dad roll for me Wait hold on I take a I take a roll of paper And kind of roll it up And I put it in his mouth

You're gonna want to chomp down on that Okay Just bite down on paper Bight down real hard Okay Just try to let it, just try to let the zap happen. Okay. That's beautiful.

Yeah. Should I sit down or? No, that would look suspicious. It would be better if you fell. Yeah. The natural sprawl. I'll be moving, like walking. No, no.

Here. Look, look at them. Look at them. At the rabbits? And from behind him, I hit him with the cattle prod. Okay. For a second, I thought you were just going to bonk him on the head anyway. waste. Okay. No, he specifically asked for the shock. We're not going to give him the choker.

Roll 3D8. Actually, he is not trying to avoid it. So I'm going to give you an extra dice. Give me a 48 roll. Five and a six. Yes, with two successes, he goes unconscious, falls in a very natural sprawl. Bites down on the paper. You can see, like, if you needed to identify him by his dental records, you got it. I'll take that paper out too. It looks like an angel. I'll take the paper. Because if they see that, they'll know it's a fake. Yeah. And with the ID badge you have, you can enter the holding cells whenever you're ready. Let's get out of here.

Okay. I had one last idea. What? Could I possibly use the halikar hack on the computer? I'm already connected to to try to get the transcript of whatever the interrogations were with the three guys? If you had been completely successful in your hack, I would have allowed it. But with a success, you only have. limited access and it's just the security.

Okay, that's fine. That's completely reasonable. All right, let's beat cheeks. The three of you move into the holding cells. As you enter the holding cells, basically you're looking at a row with cells on either side. On the opposite side of this kind of hallway of cells, you can see the doors marked for transfer to the prisoner transfer garage. of these eight cells, six of them are currently occupied.

You can see the three Bayside baddies that you are familiar with. You also see Thumper, one of the bunny brood that you encountered during the museum heist. You see Artificial in one of them, the robotic man that you encountered at the stadium, as well as a sixth person who are you are not familiar with a woman with like green hair, green skin, wearing like a shawl and sensible unadorned outfit sitting there petting the leaves on her shoulders sitting in the far cell closest to the door you very casually mention that she has leaves on her shoulders yes she is half plant half woman okay oh the cabbage patch kid no i mean we can clearly see that there is a name there that's a very good name everyone agrees yeah um okay

Well, let's just run through here as fast as we can. Yeah. I don't know why you made a map for this, Trave. We're just going to run right through here. You're so right, Griffin. How foolish of me. And then you hear another noise similar to the lockdown. Except for Lyle.

Sorry. I got a delay. And Lyle's hangs back in safety. Right behind Roger. But instead of a lockdown noise like you heard at the top of the stairs, what you hear is what one might consider to be the opposite of a lockdown, an unlock up, as all the doors to the holding cells spring open. Okay, this is a really unchill situation.

But cooler heads will prevail. Obviously, you all have beef with us except for you. I don't know who you are with the plants. My name's chlorophyllis. Chlorophyllis. Awesome. That's great. Now, the other guys in here, obviously, there's some beef.

But aren't we all? Holy crap. Look at you, Thumper. Thumper, you look so vascular, man. You are a big old rabbit boy. I'm a jacked rabbit. A jacked rabbit? Crap, that's good.

Were you this jack the first time we battled you? I was slightly less so I've been pumping. Hand thumping. In the exercise yard. Okay, listen, I know we're about to probably have a big fight. We are in a terrible hurry. And it would be so amazing if you all would just let us kind of breeze past you here so that we don't get in trouble. Look at this guy's pecks.

It's like the face of a praying mantis. He's been wailing on him. But any chance we can get through this with sort of diplomacy. Hold on one second. and the six of them kind of huddle up for a second. That's the exact moment I need. To tumble into the lot of them. Okay, give me that attack roll, Ile.

Anything, let's see, I'm trying to think if I can use, exceptionally skilled at improvising melee weapons in my environment. I'm trying to look around and see if there's anything. I count eight toilets in this room. Yeah, I don't think I have anything at my disposal. Is that fair? Yeah, a whole thing sells as a rule are pretty sparse. You see the...

Not a lot that could be used as an improvised weather. That's kind of specifically the plan. So the only thing I have is hatchet, man. So I'm basically unarmed. I'll just do like a tumble into them using my full weight. But that's it. I guess. You know what? Here's what I'll say. What you've got here is an alleyway. You know, these guys lined up and you are kind of tumbling into them. I'm going to give you anything as a drum

as you like bowling alley strike into these folk. It's very charitable. I'm the drum. You are the drum. And it's all failures. Just like my line. It's a double one actually on a failure is it's ever happened for me. You go charging in attempting to knock them down. but you encounter Squidmark first, who turns hearing your footsteps and just kind of wraps those tentacles around you, stopping your momentum in its tracks. But it is still, I'm going to say the three of you, Navy and Roger, what do you want to do in this moment?

I want to get out of here. I don't think we have time to fight all of these people. I will gently remind you as a kind zookeeper that you took a printout, you. Oh, that's true. Wait, wait, wait, wait. No one else come in here. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

We can get through this. We can get through this. Listen. We're not your enemy. As much as we did, we are responsible for the fact that you all are here. Oh, not me. I'm, I'm here because, oh, I've hurt so many people. Okay.

Well, that's a little, that's unsettling. We didn't need to know that. No, I love, it's not, I love hurting people. That's Corophellis, by the way. No, no. Yeah, for sure. I can tell. eel

listen I feel like we have formed a sort of bond right we talk to you we let you go let you go

turn yourself in we did what you wouldn't torture me right no you wouldn't do that so I have a question if you

blabbed about the whole operation what no I would never what oh eel I mean you did

blab why is it that you're getting sent to governor's island you would think that they would they would reduce your sentence if you spoke out. Wait, what?

Confessed to them. Yeah, I mean, it's all right here. I show him the printout. Heck yeah, man. Get him. It says right here, you turn state's witness, and, but as a result, they're giving you a worse punishment. Okay, I did.

Let's just say, I didn't turn state's witness. Oh, man, that didn't just sign your death certificate. But, I'm dead, dude. You're going to, they're going to, hey, man, they're, I don't even know how they're going to do it because this is a kid's show, but they're going to sign. but they're gonna kill you. No, I would never, but if I did, I definitely was supposed to get off. Like, what?

No, man, look, it's all right here. I just printed this out in the other room. It's real. This is, I've told a lot of lies today. This is not one of them. No, but I told them everything they wanted to know. I told them, like, what we did and, like, who organized everything. Well, well, for some reason, they want to keep you, keep you tight-lipped by putting you in a place.

you will be killed, Eel. Okay, that's messed up. Yeah. How do the others seem to feel about this information? Squidmark and Hammer Ned are pretty upset about this whole turning evidence thing. Give me just like a roll. You've got your big old bug eyes. Give me like a 3D8 roll to get a read on everybody.

Two successes, seven and eight. Okay, with two successes, Hammerett and Squid Mark are agitated and itching for a fight. the last time they faced you guys, it definitely turned to violence. Kind of the same with Thumper. Artie Fisial, though, seems just kind of... Didn't we part on pretty good terms with Artie? He's just kind of interested in what's going on. Okay.

And chlorophyllus seems to be, even though her expressed interest in hurting people, she doesn't seem to be kind of actively, like, riled up. So at this point, Eel Patrick Harris is definitely interested. in what you're saying and has moved over to like see this paper. Artificial seems currently passive. Chlorophyllis isn't exhibiting any kind of aggressive behavior, but Squidmark Cameronet and Thumper are definitely less interested in what you're saying than they are in hurting somebody. Am I on the ground? You're being held by Squid Mart. Okay. Well, it makes my life feel easier. Limits my options. Yeah. Let me think for a second.

Roger, what about you? What are you up to? I think Roger is going to... Is there any way Roger can get past Squidmark and Hammer Ned and Thumper to get to Artificial? Well, as a dancer, I think it's definitely within your skill set to move through a crowd without being grabbed. Oh, yeah, elegance. So why don't you give me... Elegance is back on the menu.

You've got any kind of move or anything you want to try to... you in this endeavor? Well, there is the night Fox Trot, if somebody wants to give me a techno beat. You have your birthday card. I'm going to reach inside my coat pocket, open up the birthday card, which plays Sandstorm.

One of your dad's favorite songs. Yeah, how's that one go, Dad? You know, you know, I do a fluid, acrobatic, tumbling dance and say something like, well, while we're all talking about this, and does the night fox trot to get over to Artie Fishell. Okay, give me a 48 roll.

Wow, one success. With a mixed success, you are able to make it within, like, you know, to him, but Thumper has grabbed you, is holding on to you. But you are now, like, face to face with Artie. So you made it past Hammerhead and Squidmark But Thumper has like grabbed your arm And it's like pulling you back But you are

You know, they're speaking to Ardy now Okay I'm I would like to try to use the Hallicar hack on Artie To turn him Uh into An asset instead of a neutral Person

He is AI right Isn't he He's a robotic man, yes so I could use the halikar hack on him. Yeah? I love that. Did Steeple Chase teach you nothing? About sentience to.

Unbelievable. That's exactly where I learned everything. Okay, I'm going to use the halicar hack, which is 2D8. 3D8. 3D8, and I'm going to, because my rolls have been kind of sucky here last couple rolls, I'm going to kick it up with a couple of time to shine dice. How many? Two.

Okay, roll 5D8 for me. Wow. No, it's 4, 4, 4, 3, 6. Six. Okay. So with a mixed success, you don't gain control of him, but you are able to, like, access and see, like, where his programming is at. And he has gone through a definite reprogramming since the last time. He went to Barker innovations between your last encounter and this.

So he has had some upgrades to his behavior, and you're able to see in the programming some additional morality added. You're not in control of him, though. Okay. Roger, wasn't it? Yes. Yes. Yes, Artie. Roger Moore.

Good to see you again. Good to see you again as well, Mr. Moore. Last time I saw the three of you, you were stuffing Doritos in my mouth. Yes, you're welcome. I have more. Did you enjoy the Doritos? Not at the time, but now I am powered by the cheesy coating. Well, here, my friend, and I fish out the Doritos bag that I carry, which, if you look on my sheet, is right there.

Actually, weren't they Cheetos? You have Cheetos, yes. Yes. have taste the cheesy goodness of these. Now, are they normal amounts of cheesy? Nothing dangerous, I hope. Oh, no, not to you, Artie. I consider you a friend.

Well, I consider you an associate, an acquaintance. Walking it back quickly, I see. Yes, I am. That's what I do. I'm a dancer. Now, I understand that amongst us humans, something like this, you do something nice, and then it is expected that I will do something nice for you.

Well, if you so feel that way, that would be fine. So perhaps we could say that you owe me a favor? I would like to owe you nothing. Ownership and debt is an invention of the rich. I don't care for this. Okay. How can I help you right now in this moment? Well, just stand by and see what you can do.

No, I tell you what you can do. do. Oh, yeah, do something. You see this big muscular rabbit? Ah, yes, I do. Hard to miss. Yes, could you perhaps free me from his grasp and perhaps subdue him? Ah, excellent. You would like me to remove his arm? Um, not in keeping with the G rating that we've tried to establish, but perhaps grapple him and I mean, look, I don't know if you can or not, Artie. I don't know if you can or not, party. I I mean, he's pretty buff. If you look at him. Roll for me with the Cheetos assisting here.

With the power of the dangerously cheesy power of Cheetos. Give me a 5D8 roll, then. Eight and an eight. And an eight. Wow, dad. Got three eights. With three eights. Of course, for my acquaintance.

Associate? Let's say best acquaintance. How's that? acquaintance. We're BAs. His arms, he goes to wrap them around this jacked rabbit, breaking the grasp on you, and they don't quite reach. And then you see them kind of extend out and lock together in the back as he lifts

this jacked rabbit who's a good foot taller than him off the ground. And how hard would you like me to squeeze? I think that's, I mean, just. hard enough so that he can't escape your arms. Ever? Which sounds for... No. No, because that also has kind of a fatal ring to it.

Why don't you and he go into one of these cells and just kind of, uh, hang? But I don't have to share my Cheetos, right? No, sir. As a matter of fact, let me pour a few right here on the cot, just so afterwards you can have some more. Excellent. Thank you, best associate. You are welcome.

And he drags Thumper kicking and screaming into the holding self. Have you ever heard a rabbit scream? It's very upsetting. Not looking too good for you as it's Squid Mark. Marty's got Thumper and I've got you. I would have you.

Well, okay, but you're holding pretty tight, right? I'm pretty sure I've got you. I could hold tighter. Oh, I mean, you, but I'm holding you, so I would just be... No, I'm holding you. I've got your arms pinned. Show me your arms. Which ones?

So, Navy, you have Eopatra Karas' attention. He is upset, and very clearly this was not the deal. Yeah. What did they tell you was going to happen? They were just going to let me go. When the transfer vehicle showed up, it was going to take Squeamark and Ned, and I was going to, quote, unquote, get away. Who told you that? The enforcement agents.

Then one of them said that he was going to run it up the flagball, get final approval, let him know what I had said to get everything locked down. He came back and said, yep, go ahead down there with him. All set. Hmm. I feel like being in this small room with six of our enemies, many of which we have fought before, and finding out this information from Eel Patrick Harris and probably watching Roger Moore coerce this robot

into fighting one of our enemies. There's a certain amount of class consciousness that is developing within Navy SEAL's mind. And I think he was ready to charge his splash pack and start blasting. But I think in this moment, I'm just, Navy SEAL just stops and says, hey, time out. Why are we doing this, guys?

Oh, uh, uh, well, uh, Squid Mark says, you're, like, you guys are animal yours and like, we, uh, we were hired, you know, by Cleandula to like, we get all that. We get all that. I get all that. But why are we, why are we doing this? We, we've gone 10 rounds with, you. you guys and your villainous ilk time after time after time after time after time and every time you guys just escape or run away and then nothing really changes except for the status quo of just it's always good guys and versus bad guys but something we are a bad guy let's be clear like we i like doing evil stuff and like stealing from people and everything and i like doing good stuff, but have you really gotten away with anything lately that's improved your sort of lot in life?

And have we ever, like, actually done anything that has improved the safety and security of the city in any kind of permanent, tangible manner? Have you? It doesn't. I look at Roger and Lyle. It doesn't, it doesn't feel like it. So it's weird that you're saying this now, right? I feel like I used to do a lot of that.

But since I started hanging out with you guys, there's less? It's not us. It's, it, there is something going on in this city and it stinks. Right. And I don't think right now, in this moment, as much as it seems like it, it's not good guys versus bad guys as much as it's just the guys in charge versus sort of everyone else. and and I just I don't think we should be fighting each other right now

as much as we should be comparing notes chlorophy phrases her hand I just like you know kind of hurting people and feeling like a big strong Phyllis and that's great for you and it's so good that you know that and you can stand in your truth what if you could dexter

oh so I would hurt people for good exactly Huh? That wasn't really the point I was making. But, Mark, listen, he's speaking a lot of truth. If I let you go, do you promise to behave?

I'm aholding you. Dangnam it! Is this getting through at all to any of these? Definitely you're Patrick Harris, who is feeling very burned by the system right now. Sure. I think I am too, and maybe it's just because I just watched my dad kind of like, I don't know. get very clearly kind of paid off and then rat us out. Okay.

What are you suggesting? I'm suggesting we get out of here. And... Like all of us? Well, whoever's on board with this kind of like neutral guys territory that I'm suggesting. So you would jailbreak, right, do a jailbreak to get six, like the... I would actually love for chlorophyllus to stay here. I think, I was going to see it.

It's nothing personal. I actually am fine with all this, and I don't love... Oh, that's... Yeah, I don't even love the optics. I don't love the optics, but... I'm excited to go to, like, Governor's Island because, like, you know, I'm not locked in there with them, right? Like, they were... You're going to run the place chlorophyllus.

That's a huge... I would actually feel so much better if you would go ahead and just, like, get back in one of the cells and lock it. If you would do that, that would be huge. Do you guys have any, like, plants or anything on you? See, if I could move her. Nope, I don't... I'm not... he'd be able to

I would just suffer to me back in a cell I have some corn nuts in my pocket I don't know if you can resuscitate those to make them viably if I soak them in the toilet long enough maybe

quick yeah quick squid mark get her back in the cells I don't know I'll just go I like the other eight of us just kind of backs against the wall just sort of hooping chlorophyllus voluntarily

walks back okay okay may I point out that's not the cell chlorophyllus was in. That's fine. I don't care. Will you guys send me some plants or something? Yes. Yes, we will. You promise?

I do promise. Because if I get out, I don't want to have to come hurt you. No, no, no. I will send you some plans. Okay. You know what, Roger? You're my best associate. I'm sorry, I already have one. You can be my second best associates. Hmm. She starts eyeballing already in a dangerous manner.

Okay, so, you know, Patrick Harris here in student, so if Squidmark and Hammer Net are on board and everything, we can just walk out. I would prefer you walked out with us until we get to a place where we can figure out what's going on, and then we go our separate ways, and if we have to stop you from robbing the toy store or whatever in the future, that it is what it is. It just feels like that's kind of small time. in the big picture of what's what's going on. Thumper already, I mean, we've had run-ins with you guys too and it kind of feels like everything's sort of all connected. Yes, Thumper, how are you feeling right now?

How are you feeling, Thumper? I'm feeling restricted by the socioeconomic position I've been put in. Thank you, yes. Let Thumper go. He totally is on my... Yes, he's vibing with me. me right now. I also need to breathe. Yes, Artie, lighten up a little.

All right, listen. Thank you. Um, wow. I just don't want to go to Governor's Island, frankly, so uh, I, if we, if, okay, will I get to punch you guys later? Almost certainly. Okay. So the two left to convince

you need to get Squid Mark and Hammernet on board. Okay, I've been, I've been holding my breath for the past two minutes. Oh. I just passed out. What? Why? Just passed out.

Yeah, Squidberg's gonna have a much harder time holding up this dead weight. Interesting. A big sack of wet potatoes. Best of luck, pal. Okay, Justin. Justin, give me a 48 roar. A 48, Travis, it's not a very good plan. All right.

Well, but see, you are already, you're out. are already strong. Two successes. Yeah, you go limb in his arms and a combination of the weight and surprise. And he's like, I wasn't, I wasn't like, hold them. And he drops you on the ground. Oh, man, what happened? You passed out. Are you okay? Yeah, okay. I remember now. Sorry, I kind of lost track for a second. Crud. Well, I look at you, you got away. Okay. Yeah. You are a slippery one. Okay. Are you all right? Putting all six those arms are good use? Hey, added curiosity, Travis, does he have two legs and four arms or what's up? He has two legs and six arms. Cool. That would make an octopus, right? Well, that's human legs.

Oh, yeah, it makes perfect sense. Sorry, thanks. Okay, so, EL turns the squid mark and hammered out. Guys, I did turn states. I did. Right. You guys out. But it was only because I didn't want to get punished. And I didn't care if you guys did. And Quinn Mark and Hammerin, we would have done the same if you hadn't done it first. Best friends? But see, that's just, that's just the, oh, sorry, go ahead.

No, we were just going to hug real quick. Yeah, you hug. While you hug, I'll just say, that's just the, that's just the, the boss is sort of pitting you guys against each other. That's all that's happening on a sort of, like, macro scale. Except for chlorophyllus. Except for chlorophyllus who's outside of the system entirely. Yep. I'm right where I belong.

Can we actually, I love all this for us. Can we go to a place where she isn't? I would love that. Look at her looking at us. Oh, God. Artifical, is Artificial? Can you unhack Artificial? Oh, he's not controlled.

He's not controlled by it. No, okay, okay, okay, okay. Artie, we would like you to accompany us in this mass exodus. Sure, I'm free until 3 o'clock. What happens at 3? Then I was supposed to be transferred. Then I wouldn't be free anymore. Oh, it's almost 3.

I love your literal nature, Artie, it's really fun. Artie, yes? We would like you to come with us, and as a gesture of good faith, I would like you to release Thumper. Oh, sure. This needs to be of free will. I already did. Oh, okay. Well, I meant thumpers part.

Oh, okay. What about a squid mark? Is this making sense to you? Listen, man, you know, if it gets me out of here, it's fine. Yeah. Okay. I have a place we can regroup and check things out. You want to drop a pen and link?

I mean, we could all just hop in a vehicle. I mean, we'll have to get like an XL or something. Oh, wait. There's transfer vehicles right outside. Perfect. Almost. And with that, everyone except Chlorophyllus, who is not only resigned to her fate, but seemingly excited about it, heads out into the prisoner transfer garage to steal a vehicle and flee fugitives.

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