S3 Ep. 11 - Dial M for Murder, Murder, Murder

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My name is Tony Collette.

And if you're hearing this, I'm dead.

Dead tired of Peachyville getting eaten alive by the other car rental guys, that is.

Which is why I'm offering the best prices in town on Studebakers, Etzels, and more.

Once you see my deals for these wheels, you'll be foaming at the mouth.

You'll be so covered in foam, nobody will even see you as you slither your way to Tony's cars, cars, cars.

But watch out!

The doors are closing soon.

If you don't act now, someone might beat you inside.

And then you'll be stuck with mother.

And boy, will she be mad.

And hungry.

Because you didn't take her to a lovely meal this Mother's Day in the shiny Cadillac from Tony's cars, cars, cars.

Mother, after all, demands sacrifice.

So when you get here, ask for me, Tony Collette.

I had a dream last night where I foresaw the matter of my own death.

It was horrible, excruciating.

A pain unlike any other.

The pain of leaving a single car unrented at Tony's Cars, Cars, Cars, which is why I'm offering my whole body of cars as a human sacrifice to you.

If you're looking for a steel on a British Santa Wheels, come on down and make a deal with Tony's Cars.

Cars, cars!

Welcome to Dungeons and Daddies, not wait, hold on.

Let's have a good one, folks.

Yay!

Yay!

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Twins.

And twins.

And twins.

Welcome to Dungeons and Daddies, not a BDSM podcast.

And also with you.

Oh.

And also with you.

This season.

A Peachville.

What does one twin say to the other?

And also with you.

Oh, wow.

It's like that Ernest Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVita movie.

Yeah.

This is the Peachyville horror.

A Call of Cthulhu actual comedy.

A Call of Cthulhu actual play horror comedy.

Yeah, we should be in mourning for Tony or whatever the fuck.

Yeah, right.

Oh, yeah.

And then we're supposed to be doing something.

Sorry,

Tony, this intro is all off.

It's supposed to be scary and sad.

Let's try it again.

Go, Freddy.

This is the Peachyville horror.

It was a Call of Cthulhu actual play horror comedy podcast about four

three i guess everyday schmos fighting please tell me this isn't your new character

just a sad reporter yeah

we can't have two sad sack pieces of shield on the same team dude sad reporter voice is the best though do you know what i mean yeah

there was another tornado the other day for everyday schmoss you don't even care

for everyday schmos fighting the forces of darkness in suburban 1950s america my name is freddie wong and i play not yet.

Ooh, or not in the same way.

Oh, my God.

Do you want to give a hint fact?

Do you want to give like a tantalizing, like pre-characteristic?

Episodes like start over.

Like when we meet him.

Oh, yeah.

Like we get a retroactive dad.

Yeah, like music and everything.

I'll give a little hint about this figure.

He knows the layout of all of your homes.

Wow.

Sorry, Santa.

Okay.

Dude, Santa would be a good one.

Wait, Freddy, there's a shit, dude.

Santa would that me.

Type would that be.

Freddie, I think it's time to revise whatever you're planning on this.

Hold on.

We're going to cut and redo some stuff.

I'm putting a lot of points in gift giving.

The idea is that Santa knows the layout of your house is so.

He has ultimate self, too.

That'll be a reason.

Santa's like, it's giving.

Oh, my God.

All right.

Hey, everybody.

Santa in.

Boo, shoot.

All right, everybody.

My name is Matthew Arnold.

I play Kelsey Grammar, Peachyville's happiest, nappiest school marm.

And you know what Kelsey always says?

Unlike a bag of candy, you never run out of things to learn.

So if you learn to love learning as much as you love candy, you'll always

be happy.

She always says that whole thing.

Always.

Exactly.

The little fact about Kelsey is she has a hard time condensing her ideas into nice, clear statements, which has made writing an encyclopedia incredibly laborious.

She's miserable.

Oh, God.

Wow.

So she's unhappy.

She's very excited to get to E where she can learn about editing or maybe see copy editing, which is on C right now.

So maybe she'll start learning that.

You said she was on D recently.

I feel like we're a little all over the map with where we've been on C.

I was not talking about it.

Yeah, you said D.

We're on D now.

No.

D.

What are you trying to talk about?

She kind of blasted her way through C pretty quickly.

You four are going to get a little detention if you keep making fun of Kelsey.

Oh, wow.

What's she going to do?

Except a demon god into her soul and ruin everything for everyone?

Demon.

She just read about demons.

She made a mistake.

Anthony.

Oh, right.

I'm the next guy.

You're next.

I'm Anthony.

You can put that out your Steam tech.

Yeah.

I'm playing UFO 50.

It's pretty good.

I highly recommend it.

That's my dad fact.

I'm Anthony Birch.

I play Francis Farnsworth, a kid with a gun.

And

that's, I mean, that's all he could be now.

And Francis' peachy fact is that, as he mentioned last episode, he is colorblind, but he's the worst kind of, like the full-on black and white colorblind.

Oh, like a dog.

So when he went to go see the wizard of Oscar, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, colorblind people.

I didn't mean to say that.

I'm colorblind and it doesn't bother me.

If anybody gets offended by that, like you shut up.

Like, I'm colorblind.

I speak for all colorblind people right now.

That's fair.

We're fine.

You're going to get a letter from like the colorblind organization revoking your card.

Right.

They can't even find my house.

It's green.

So yeah, when he went to go see

The Wizard of Oz, the second Dorothy arrives in Oz and everybody gasps really loud, he thought that it was just everybody also having as big a crush on Judy Garland as he did.

And he was like, oh, I connect with these people.

Don't ever tell Francis what happened to Judy Garland.

You know, all that snow in that movie.

Asbestos.

Really?

Oh, yeah.

Asbestos, the kid.

Yeah.

Hi.

My name is Beth May, and I play Trudy Trout, a robot, doting wife, homemaker, and mother of 2.5 beautiful children.

I don't know about this, Farrick.

Wow.

You've never seen Beth defeated before the show even began.

Well, okay, so as we know.

As we know.

know.

As we know, there were certain topics in the 50s that were a little bit taboo,

including masturbation.

Well, it's still taboo.

You shouldn't be doing it.

But Trudy has like really never been secretive about that she does it and that she's really, really good at it.

And that's something that she loves to do.

I mean, kind of why she's part

computer.

God

duh.

No.

You did just accidentally humanize Tucker a little bit because that means he actually went through the effort of programming the ability to have an orgasm in BU.

Never mind.

She doesn't know.

Well, no, this isn't.

She went beyond her programming, Anthony.

She jailbroke herself.

She's just in the system.

Dude, Anthony, this is just her re-jiggering the programming for like cake mixing.

Wow.

Yeah, that's how women masturbate friends.

Yeah.

Vigorously with counterclockwise motion for 20 minutes.

Yep.

Well, no, indefinitely, if you're mixing a cake, you know, you don't want to overbeat the eggs.

Oh, God forbid.

They say if you want to mix a cake, dig two graves.

I don't know why that means

it was good.

I don't know why.

Hi, everyone.

I'm Will Campos.

I am your daddy O Master.

Hey, Daddy O.

My dad fact for today is that in addition to various gases, a dead human body releases around 30 different chemical compounds.

The gases and compounds produced in a decomposing body emit distinct odors.

Well, not all compounds produce odors.

Several compounds do have recognizable odors, including cadaverine and putrescine, which smell like rotting flesh.

Scatol has a...

Yeah,

Scatol has a strong feces odor.

Indole has a mustier, mothropol-like smell.

Hydrogen sulfide, of course, smells like rotting eggs.

Methanethiol smells of rotting cabbage.

And dimethyl disulfide and trisulfide have a foul garlic-like odor.

Oh, I have an alabat garlic.

I have an indole fact.

You have an indole fact?

I do.

I, Freddie Wong, took a perfume class.

And one of the core components of like perfume notes is indole.

And I found that I could not smell it

whatsoever.

Is that like the only hobby you've like failed at?

Well, here's what's crazy because I was like, I can't smell this at all.

And then, as a result, the perfume I mixed up smelled like poop.

Indole.

Dude, the only gas I'm releasing when I die is this mixtape.

Oh my God in heaven.

Holy shit.

Beth is literally faceballing in real life right now at what she just said.

That's pretty fucking good.

All right, let's dive into it, y'all.

Let's go.

When last we left, Tony Collette, dear beloved used car salesman, unbeknownst to any of you because you ran out of the room when Tucker blew up, has shuffled his mortal coil and escaped the surly bonds of Earth.

He didn't leave anybody behind.

He didn't leave anybody behind.

He didn't have any family or anybody.

No, I don't think so.

He's just, you know,

his dad's.

His dad's, yes, his Italian dad's.

He's like Tom Cruise at the end of collateral.

He's just going to be like, his ain't made a notice.

Guy on the LA subway gets smushed by a big space vagina and every no one even notices.

He's changing roll with it.

Remember that part where Tom Cruise says, hey, homies, and then shoot three people.

That's the best thing that's ever happened in movies.

It's just the greatest greatest scenes in all movies.

Fucking rules.

Michael Mann cooked with this one.

Oh, fuck.

The three of you on last week.

I'm online real quick with the sound real low.

Anthony is indeed listening to me.

Anthony is indeed pulling up the clip.

No, you keep going.

You're doing a podcast.

I'm doing my own thing.

So the three of you, Kelsey, Francis, I'm just waiting to hear the sound now.

Yo, homie, is that my briefcase?

Is it your briefcase?

Yeah, it is.

Why, you want it back?

I want you what?

That was nothing.

Meanwhile, Trudy, Francis, and Kelsey have escaped the Project Heartland bunker, and you've all managed to make it outside, gazing out at the twinkling lights of Peachyville in the middle of the night.

You have this quest before you.

You have three keys to gather from the three facilities of Project Heartland: the archives, the containment facility, and research.

And you now have this whole cool open world adventure waiting.

The map just opened up, guys.

Out in the woods?

Yes, you're sort of like on a hill in the woods overlooking the town.

You can see the fire still rising from the bunker.

Those waist-high barricades on the bridge are just gone.

The waist-high, yeah, the traffic jam on the freeway to the other part of the fire.

Oh, no, this part of the city's getting repaired right now.

Come back.

You better turn around.

Better turn around.

There's just like waist-high bushes between groups of trees for some reason.

You can't go there.

I believe Will is saying that you can now harvest goods for crafting materials.

We got to open our skill tree.

I can finally save and go to the bathroom.

That was a long cutscene, dude.

The whole map is open to you now.

You are free to go in whatever direction you're going to be.

Francis, Trudy, stay close.

You guys are small and sneaky peats about.

So let's.

I have one more thing to be scared of.

Yeah, fuck.

I forgot about him.

You are all exhausted.

It has been an extremely long day we'd level up at any point well maybe you'll see if you go to sleep and then wake up maybe there will be some stuff we maybe should level up under your pillow charge sneaky pete is a criminal of honor and he never goes after somebody when they're asleep so i think we're safe to just sleep right here

right right next to the tunnel right well yeah oh yeah i guess they well is anybody gonna come out we sleep on top of the tunnel we and then that way if they try to get left or right

inside

like like the island you know when they come out.

I'm sorry, like in the Michael Bay movie?

Yeah.

Like, wait, did we come out of a hatch?

Like a vertical hatch?

Yes.

My point is that we slept on top of the hatch.

If anybody tried to come out, they'd have to lift us, like, or we would wake up.

Yeah, they'd have to lift three pieces.

Slash night people to get us up.

We could also go to like a motel.

Fine.

You know what they would do if you were slept slept on top of the thing?

They go, oh, and they would shoot upwards through the fucking door and you would be dead.

Kelsey opens up her encyclopedia at Underneath Camping.

She wrote, it's probably fun, I guess.

Never done it.

We should not go back to where we live.

Like, they're coming after us, right?

What if we made a compromise and camped out in a camping store?

Like a closed one?

Yes.

That's not a terrible idea.

We don't have to pay for anything.

And we've already done a little B ⁇ E.

Yeah, and there's a lot of equipment and like weapons and stuff we could get.

Weapons?

Weapons?

Or Like knives.

Oh, yeah, okay.

And guns probably in the 1950s.

Yeah, you know,

candy shops in the 1950s, my man.

Hunting rifles, yeah.

You send in fucking ten packs of bazooka joe, you get a cold mask.

I mean, if I had to pick a store in the suburbs that has weapons, a camping shop is probably the number one place I would go.

Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

I regret second-guessing you.

I don't know why my voice is turning into your voice.

It's contagious.

Everybody's turning into a sim.

Let's compromise.

Let's go into a camping store and buy what we need and then go to a hotel.

And that way you book it what you want.

Let's go see if it's open or not.

Oh, yeah.

Let's go see if the camping store is open.

Will, is the camping store open?

Checking in with the DM.

DM, you're ruining.

You're going to walk back to Peachyville.

Are we not supposed to do that?

No, this, you guys.

Do we remotely hidden in the bushes that we need to investigate for?

This is a big 200-hour Ubisoft game with a lot of filler content.

So you guys can do whatever you want.

Oh, God.

On the way, we're going to have to pick up a bunch of fucking musical notes, feathers, and shit.

Don't worry, there's three outposts we can hit on the way.

Being clear, these three outposts from the map so there's less icons on the map.

So you

will say it would take you about two hours to walk back to town proper.

I'm pretty tired to walk two hours.

Your car is waiting for you.

Wait, our car?

We have our car on the car.

We have part of the car on the hatch.

Freddy.

That's actually not a viral die.

Because then when they shoot it, what are they going to shoot them?

A car, idiots.

Your car is back down at the bottom of the hill by the bunker.

Okay, how about the they going to get there?

Far the entrance of the bunker.

That's probably like a 15-minute walk from here.

Let's go there.

All right, let's go get in the car.

We could car camp.

We'll drive up, park the car over the hatch.

Or we could go to the campus.

You just go anywhere.

They're stuck.

You can't go anywhere once you're in the car, Matt.

You know?

So we're not.

You know, if we went up and up the hill

from the entrance of the bunker and parked on the hatch,

just drive out of the entrance of the bunker and find an outlet.

That's true.

They know.

There's not one entrance out of this place.

just sorry i was just really stuck okay so we're not i just gotta we're not camping you're i got we're not camping i'm like a nice guy who's like 60 i just need you to tell me you're not in love with me i just need to have the clarity

okay there's just a lot going on you're right let's get in the car and let's drive someplace safe okay yeah okay you walk down the hill back down to the entrance of the bunker careful guys spot i want world spot hidden spot hidden yeah go ahead because you know what i mean it's like it's gotta be like one of those things where it's like after a long night whose cars are left well i guess everyone who died's cars are left.

So, yeah, there's a lot of cars that are pointing.

Oh, we get so many cars to choose from.

That's true.

14.

I got a 50, so that's a good success.

A good success.

I'm saying that was a video game.

There'd be something.

Even if it's just a data slate, give me something.

Yeah, dude.

You find that you find a real, the real tape, dude, and you can play it back and get lore right now.

Journal entry, dude.

You find an empty pack of cigarettes.

There's one cigarette left in it.

What's written on it?

You know.

Kelsey, give me a no-roll.

That cigarettes will give you cancer.

A normal success.

With a normal success, you know that an empty cigarette box with one cigarette left is the telltale sign that Sneaky Pete has been about.

They always find it around the scene of Sneaky Pete's mischief.

I've got a question, Kelsey.

Kelsey looks at you while she lights up the cigarette and takes a big old puff.

Wow, you look so cool.

I know.

It's somewhere in the woods above you.

Thermal vision sees that cigarette light up yeah so my question wasn't

where is sneaky pete well what yes and why is he bad you know i know he's called sneaky pete well yeah that's the good clue right away that he's not great that's fair why he's bad you know what now that i think about it i think i've just been told he's bad wow so we don't know yeah i don't really i've never really looked or seen sneaky pete i've never seen him maybe he doesn't exist

no i mean who's never seen him either

you know there's no one there oh

I thought I just.

Never mind.

Never mind.

He's got good choices in brands, though.

And I take another big old puff.

My favorite.

You look down on your cigarette's gone.

You just smoked it.

He's so smoking.

She smoked the entire thing, including the filter.

You know what?

Whether he's good or bad, I don't know, but he sure is a little creepy, isn't he?

I guess.

This whole thing was really creepy when just happened.

I'm so scared.

Can we go to the fucking camping store?

We got to get the car.

It's too crazy here.

I feel in danger outside of a car.

I don't think we're in danger.

My theory is that Sneaky Pete is actually protecting us.

Oh, that'd be nice.

Keep that optimism going.

Go.

Okay.

Thank you.

So, yes, you wind up back down at the bunker.

The

firefighters have arrived.

They're not looking your direction because they're very busy putting out the fires,

which is nice.

This is a job.

So you can pretty easily just kind of creep over to your car if you want.

I'm not going to make you roll for that.

Great.

And gracefully back out into the night.

Where would you you like to go?

What time is it right now?

Let's say it's,

it feels like a 1 a.m.

kind of situation.

Okay, then the camping store is definitely closed, which means we can break in.

Oh,

yeah, you can.

We have to sleep somewhere.

Is there a 24-hour motel in Peachyville?

Yeah.

I mean, most motels are 24-hours.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be that.

That's a good point.

It's 1 a.m.

Get out.

Get out of here.

You're looking for a place to sleep?

Get out of here.

Kick everyone out at 3 a.m.

All right.

All right.

You guys are are familiar here.

God can't stay here.

If you're all in on this like paying for stuff thing, yeah, we go to a motel.

Yeah, let's go to a motel.

I think that's okay.

That seems less risky than breaking into a store.

And the guy who runs the motel, he's probably chill, right?

He's not going to like narc on us.

I don't know.

I've never been to the motel.

Oh, you've never been to the motel?

No.

Why would I?

Oh, no.

I have a house.

What?

What?

I've been to the motel a bunch of times.

Oh.

What's my side hustle?

I clean out the rooms.

Oh, okay.

Well, then you probably have a key and shit.

Oh, my God.

I do.

Free hotel rooms.

Free motel rooms.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Sure.

So you drive to Francis, what is the name of the motel?

The Notel Motel.

Notel Motel.

It's the Notel Motel

with free colored wallpaper.

I won't tell if you won't tell.

Stays in the No-House Motel.

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Francis, you know the way of the place.

Where are you taking them?

I'm going to put my ear up against a door on the side of the door.

I won't tell if you won't tell.

I'm having an affair.

Write that down.

Somebody write that down.

It might be useful later.

Put my ear up against another door.

This one's crying.

Okay, not that one.

Put him in another door.

This one seems silent.

Maybe give a solicit roll.

I'm going to nod gently.

Okay, no answer.

I'm going to open it.

It appears to be empty.

There's only room for two people on the bed who sleep on the floor.

I can't.

You should sleep on the floor.

No, it should be me because you're ladies.

I got to be a gentleman about it.

No, well,

my spine is mostly

a metal.

Yeah, but you can feel discomfort, right?

You two can definitely sleep on the floor.

It's fine.

I'll take the bed.

Cousin's got back pain.

I'm not going to lie.

I need a good night's sleep.

So I have no problem if you two are good on the floor.

That's fine with me.

Oh, sure.

Okay.

We both don't offer something if you don't meet.

Yeah.

Just, okay.

All right.

It's changed ever since we saw that fucked up painting.

One of you.

Oh, have I?

Yeah.

Oh.

Okay.

You two get the bed.

Now you're just

weird.

Yeah.

I don't know what to do.

Sleep on the floor.

Okay.

I'll sleep on the floor too.

I'll sleep on the bed.

Okay.

What a

I'm glad we've talked that out.

As Francis sprawls out on the bed and the two of you sleep on the floor, you collapse into a deep, dreamless sleep.

You wake up in the morning feeling surprisingly refreshed after your long night of travels and troubles.

Yeah, the sun rises.

There's a knock at the door.

They can't see me.

I'm a teacher with a student in a no-tel hotel.

I got it.

I got it.

I got it.

Trudy, you got to take the phone.

I have it.

It's fine.

No, no, absolutely not.

No, just hide behind.

You cannot open the door.

Hi, behind the bed.

Housekeeping.

It sounds like I hear three people in there shouting at each other.

What's going on?

Hello.

It's me.

He's on drugs.

I'm trying to stop.

I'm trying to help him.

It's me, Francis, who works here.

Oh, hey, Francis.

Hi.

Yeah.

What are you doing in this room with two older women?

I'm just trying to keep that in your bed and say it's time to check out.

There was no one supposed to be in here.

There's a...

Yeah, that's why I came in here to toss them out.

Are you going to do something naughty in here?

Me, I'm going to clean up.

There's nothing to clean up because nothing happened in here.

Okay.

Francis.

I drooled a little.

I don't know what these two grown women were doing together.

I don't think we've been to gay people yet, so it must be some new technology.

But I'm sure whatever's going to go on there is fine, and I'll make them leave.

Give me a fast talk roll to bluff your way past Clovis, the housekeeper.

Oh, no.

Clovis.

I only have a 95.

I fucking hate you so much.

Sucks to be so good at the fucking role-playing game.

A 40, which is like an awesome success.

I'm totally good.

I like crushing.

Clovis, your night manager at the Notel Motels, like, that's what I like about you, Francis.

You've got hustle.

I didn't even know you were working today, but you're still here making sure the hotel's safe.

I'm loyal to the company.

I think eventually that'll turn into like benefits for me.

I'm willing to break my back for the company.

I can't believe Francis has two jobs.

I know.

He's only 16.

To be fair, I really half-assed the Soda jerk thing.

Okay.

Well, since you're here, why don't you clean up the room?

I'm going to go read the paper.

And he pushes the cart to you and walks away.

Sounds great.

Did we level up?

As he pushes the cart to you, you realize that the radio is on on the cart and it's the...

Hold on, we're about to hear a news broadcast about ourselves.

Billy's pushed away his last.

He's in full shingy mode.

Hey, Francis, here's a chair.

Let's all get comfortable.

Here we go.

Yeah, let's get comfortable.

Okay.

Turn it up, but not so loud other people will hear it.

Good morning, Peachyville.

It's me, Peachyville Pete, with the top of the morning news hour blast to you, the Peachyville residents.

Do you think?

Do you think they're the same person?

Of course they are.

Peachyville Pete here with the latest news from around town and breaking news today, of course, everyone's talking about the big fire last night at the creepy, weird old bunker across the hill.

We've got an exclusive interview with the man of the hour, local hero, Shane Silva, who was heroically had his leg blown off but then managed to rescue his girlfriend Carly.

That's right.

I have heard that they're going steady now and I'm talking to the two of them now in the studio.

Shane.

I want to start turning down the volume and I look at Francis I go you know we really don't need to listen to this Francis.

No, I want to hear what he's going to say.

Are you sure?

I'm pretty sure.

I know you want to, but do you think it'd be good for you to hear?

It might give us, look, I'm like 75% sure that one of the keys is with Shane's dad.

So if he like talks some shit, then maybe he'll let us know like what he and his dad's plans are.

I'm not going to go kill crazy and blow off his other leg.

I know you can.

I will go for a headshot.

Francis, such growth.

Thank you.

Okay, I slowly turn the volume back up.

Shane's in the middle of a tearful monologue.

It's like, and I just saw my whole life flashback.

I turned the volume down.

And I.

Yeah, we'll probably do this for a little while.

We'll probably skip back to this part.

You sure you're good, Francis?

I'm good.

All right.

Slowly turn the volume back up.

You know, I've lost my scholarship because of my leg.

I was going to play football next year, but it's okay.

I'm going to stay right here in Peachyville.

And, you know, I just, I don't think I was a very good guy to some people.

And, you know, I had this moment and I think I want to turn over a new leaf.

And then Carly like wipes away a tear.

He's like, Shane was so brave and he was so brave the way he saved me in that thing.

And we definitely, all we saw was just a bunch of fire and a bunch of crazy noises and screaming.

We didn't see anything specific.

So that's all we know.

That's all we know.

And we just value our privacy at this time.

And we're just grieving for all the people we lost, like our dear friend Francis and our friends regular Pine and Billie Holiday and the other two.

The other two's name let me remember.

And Davis Lee Jackson and my good friend Spooky Middleton.

And I just, I wish them all well.

We're still finding out, of course, who all lived and who died, but we've lost so many people and we just...

PGBLP.

It's like, okay, yeah, and so great.

Well, we got to get to the, the uh we've got to get to the

traffic report.

We got to do a traffic report and we'll come back with more sad talking with these two teens and then you hear tragically an ad for Tony's closest

by the other.

I'll probably find him sooner or later.

Yeah.

Or find us when he needs something.

Yes.

Well, Francis, I hate to say this, but Shane sounded like he's turning over a new leaf.

Yeah, turns out I shot a character arc into his fucking ass and I removed it.

It turns out I did the right thing and I'm awesome and I should keep doing it.

No, no, you did not do the right thing.

I made him a good person with one pull of a trigger.

This much pressure from my pointer finger and now suddenly he wants to make good?

Fuck yeah.

Prove me wrong.

Okay.

Okay.

Also, they all think I'm dead.

Even better.

This is the second best day of my life.

Okay, that is, well, okay.

Francis, you're a kid.

You're going through a lot.

That's okay.

But a lot of of people, I mean, all those kids died.

I'm not saying you did.

I'm upset.

Oh, yeah, I'm upset on it too.

Sure.

Yeah, okay.

I'm just focusing on our situation first because we're still in danger.

Well, yeah, I mean, I think everybody's in danger.

That's the point.

This entire town's in danger.

They really like in the danger, though.

Huh?

They think we're dead?

Well, they think Francis is dead.

I mean, I'm assuming that the police

don't see us.

And my kids, they think that I'm home.

That's just another robot.

That's another robot.

Yeah.

Also, kind of not.

No, no another woman is taking care of your kids that's sure i mean it's up to you

what did you say francophone no worries if not princess no worries if not i was just saying you know of course they're my kids you have as much of a right of a claim over the kids as the current shrudy does i mean

it'd be cool if they grew up in a true shrudy household

kill tucker it's a princess with you that's not that's not me like kids occasionally francis is an imposter and she's not me at all and i miss my kids dearly even timmy and i just i want to to go home.

Let's do that.

And yeah, okay.

Let's

go home?

Oh, Francis, you know, sometimes it's okay just not to talk

right now.

Okay.

Trudy, let's go to your house.

You guys see your kids.

You don't think there's going to be like surveillance on it?

There might be.

I suppose.

But her kids are important to her.

Okay, I'm going to just hide in the bushes with my 90s stealth while you guys do whatever you're going to do.

Okay.

Do you want to go check on your kids?

Am I supposed to do something else?

You can do whatever you want.

Open world, baby.

Open world.

Open world.

There's a, yeah, sure.

There's a blinking quest icon there.

Trucker has one of the keys, right?

Yes.

So going to your house is also where a key is.

Ah, shit.

Yeah, we need to do that.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

And I did tell him mama's coming home.

Yeah.

So he like knows we're coming.

I okay.

Let's drive to the house, but we park across the street so they don't reconnoiter.

Yeah.

Okay, great.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Okay.

We didn't get pulled over or anything.

Give me a luck roll.

Is it the end of the month?

Are the cops looking for the flora?

It's not the end of the month.

16.

I

guess smooth as butter.

All right.

You make it all the way back.

Get it.

Hey, my check.

The engine light just turned off.

Just fixed itself.

That's nice.

I always say this.

It's as likely that the light's broken as the engine's broken.

That's what I say.

Like, it's just as likely.

You cruise on back home.

You're seeing a lot of flags hung at half mast.

You're seeing a lot of like, you know, teary-eyed people in the street.

You know, like, it seems like people are really shaking up about this tragedy that happened in town.

Kelsey, aren't you sad that nobody's celebrating your win?

Oh, I mean, no, not at all.

I mean, I don't even know if anybody knew.

They would be if if they knew I won.

I think most people don't know I won.

I have an idea.

Okay.

Yeah.

When do your kids leave for school?

Oh.

Never.

They never come to school.

They get homeschooled.

That's right.

I know, Trudy.

Yeah, I guess that does make things significantly harder for us.

Yeah, that was a good idea.

That's true.

Okay,

you go outside for like recess, like in the backyard.

Craig,

I have a question.

Go ahead, Kelsey.

Is it that you just don't believe in school in general?

Or is it something specifically about me that you didn't want your kids taught by me?

I just thought I was qualified enough.

She did her own research.

I did my own research.

Norma, I disagree, but I'm glad you were...

You would trust me to teach your kids, right?

Of course.

Okay.

So we programmed her to lie.

Good to know.

Okay, so your kids are home for sure then.

Yes.

Okay, so Frances, what's the...

I was thinking that obviously Trudy can't go and knock the door and look at you.

Wait a minute.

They weren't always homeschooled.

I'm remembering that they weren't always homeschooled.

I wonder.

Sent them to a different school?

Well, no, but we lived in Scottsdale.

Oh, okay, that's fine.

I wasn't there, so.

Hmm.

Curious or incurious.

So my thought was, if you want to see your kids, we have to make sure that the other Trudy is separated from them.

And presuming that she, like, stays inside and does housework while the other kids are on recess, you could like sneak around the back and like talk to them as their mom.

Because the last time they saw her, like, everything's fine.

And maybe, you know, you don't have to run the risk of having two Trudies fight each other.

Oh, well, I have an idea.

Okay.

What if we put Prudy's favorite show on?

She'll be completely helpless to do any of her motherly duties.

Just completely glued to the television.

Interesting.

What's your favorite?

I really hope people can't use that against you in the future.

Well, this is this Trudy, and I'm that Trudy.

You're not wrong.

What's your favorite show?

It's called Murder, Murder, Murder.

And it's a, it's.

I love that show.

There's three murders every episode.

And you never know when they're going to happen.

Oh my God.

Last night, we were almost done and there was no murder yet.

I'm like, well, three's about to come.

And there's three people in one room.

I'm like, well, I wouldn't want to be them.

There hasn't been any murders yet.

Certainly not.

I think the name of the episode is Murder, Murder, Murder.

She wrote.

Okay, so is Murder, Murderer on right now?

Yeah.

That's right.

No streaming.

Yes, it's on at exactly noon every day.

A midday murder show?

Of course.

I love it.

Well, most kids are in school.

That actually makes sense.

Most kids are in school.

Most kids.

But not my kids.

Izzy, do you send out the kids outside when you watch Murder, Murder, Murder, so they don't see the horrible stuff?

No, I have to.

God damn it.

Are you kidding me?

I have an idea.

Okay.

Wound you two sneak in the backyard and I'll get your kids there, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

I'm going to go up to the door.

Okay.

I'm going to knock on the door.

Does Trudy answer?

She sure does.

Oh, my God.

I'm so sorry to interrupt.

My friend, Kelsey.

Yes.

Oh, my God.

My TV just went out and murder, murder, murder is on.

Can I sit down and watch with you?

Murder, murder, murder, murder.

Yes.

The newest episode's on.

And the kids can't watch this too.

Von, can you just send them outside to play in the backyard and me and you can watch?

Oh Oh my goodness.

Well, Tucker gets awfully cross when I watch murder.

You don't tell.

You won't?

No.

This house can be a little no-tell-motel, if you know what I mean.

I don't.

It means we won't tell your husband when we're watching murder, murder, murder.

Give me a persuade roll.

Beth, are you persuaded?

I legit think that there would be programming to, like, not leave the house.

Yeah.

Well, you're not leaving the house.

Oh.

We're going to watch in your house because my TV's broken.

But I think the point is that Tucker would have also been like, don't let random people into the house.

Oh, yeah.

I got 13.

Jesus.

I'm not supposed to let my friends into the house, but come on in.

Well, you can just tell your husband it's not a friend.

It's a teacher who agrees with your decision to not need teachers.

Okay, we're not friends.

Okay.

Come on in.

Okay.

Can I get you anything?

Just murder, murder, murder.

My favorite show.

Just pop that thing on the TV.

New Trudy.

Like, new robot Trudy, not our Trudy.

What was she doing with her kids when Kelsey knocked on the door?

She was teaching them history.

Okay, so Kelsey, when you walk in, you see the two of them.

Well, the three of them rather.

So they're still at the table.

What's history look like?

How does Trudy teach them history?

Peachyville has existed for several years, and it's always been the happiest place ever.

Aren't you so lucky to live in a happy place like Peachyville?

So Lil Tuck and Tiffany and Timmy are all at the table and Lil Tuck and Tiffany are like, we sure are, Mom.

We're the luckiest of the world.

And Timmy's like, yeah, great.

Yeah, it's great being here in peachy crap.

I'm glad you...

What did you just say?

I said it's peachy crap around here, mom.

Well,

that mouth isn't very clean now, is it?

Yeah, it is.

We wash our hands before we eat our food.

Why don't you wash that mouth out with soap?

Sure, okay.

Good parenting as always.

And Timmy stomps off.

Thank you.

Mom, are we going to continue our lesson?

Who's this new friend?

Dad says we're not supposed to have friends in the house.

Well, that's true.

Hmm.

I guess what your father doesn't know won't hurt him.

Mommy, are you saying we should lie to daddy?

And the two of them just kind of turn and look at each other and then look at you?

No.

No, no, no, no, no.

I don't think daddy would like it if we lied to him.

Of course.

I was being silly.

A part of Peachyville history is that sometimes we make hilarious jokes.

Like silly Dan on murder, murder, murder?

Exactly.

Okay, mom.

Is your new friend here to help teach us history?

Well, Kelsey.

Kelsey's just been like looking at the knickknacks on the shelf, like looking anywhere but this conversation.

Just like, oh, what?

Well, Kelsey, there's at least three letters of history you have, right?

Three letters of history I have?

A, B, C.

Always be consenting.

No, you're encyclopedia.

Oh, oh.

You're the guest teacher, Matt.

Oh, yes.

I'm, I do you want me to teach your kids history or are we watching murder murder murder?

You're gonna watch murder murder murder mom?

Can we watch with you?

Please, please, please, please, please, please.

You know, I never let you watch my very private show, murder, murder, murder.

That's for mommy's eyes only.

Oh, gee whiz.

Why don't you run along and play?

Okay, come on, Tiffany.

I can bet I can run outside faster than you.

No way, little tuck.

And then they stomp off outside.

Would you like a beverage and a murder, murder, murder mug?

You got the murder, murder, murder mug?

Of course.

I saved up all of my coupons for weeks.

Do you have Captain Johnson?

Because I have the other three mugs, but I don't have Captain Johnson.

I have a Captain Johnson murder, murder, murder mug.

There's four mugs for a show called Murder, Murder, Murder.

Oh, my God.

Three murders, four mugs.

There's a two captain.

There's two detectives.

There's the police chief.

And there's the reporter that's cutting off the girls.

Yeah, Chauncey.

Okay.

Chauncey the reporter.

Captain Johnson.

Johnson's my favorite.

Chauncey and Johnson.

Or John.

Johnsy's my favorite.

She's got the gumption, and she's always the one who solves the first murder.

Do you think it dips chronologically?

Yes.

You know, the episode really kicks off when Chauncey figures out the first murder.

And the first murder it ever seems connected to the other two murders, but by the end?

It is.

It's all connected.

That's crazy.

And then

there's silly Dan.

Silly Dan always pretends to get murdered, but he's always alive by the end of the day.

They don't have a silly Dan mug.

I know.

Oh, what I wouldn't give for a silly Dan murder, murder, murder mug.

Well, I would love to see you.

Do you want to hear this in the backyard with regular Trudy?

Yeah, okay.

While this is going on, regular Trudy's like, they have the mug.

That's my mug.

That's my mug.

If we ever need to manipulate her, we can just make a sad Dan mug or whatever the fuck she just said.

Silly Dan.

Yeah, sure.

We can make one of those.

Okay.

And the two of you sit down

to watch murder, murder, murder.

Welcome to murder, murder, murder.

Oh, it's starting.

I love it.

I love it when they have the different characters.

I love how the intro is always done by the different characters.

Like, sometimes it's Chauncey saying, welcome to murder, murder, murder.

Sometimes it's.

Chauncey the reporter here.

And welcome again to murder, murder, murder.

Okay, so out in the yard, Francis and R.

Trudy are lurking in the bushes.

My favorite subreddit.

They see.

Sorry, what?

I said, that's my favorite subreddit.

Are looking at the bushes

are lurking in the bushes.

Oh, wow.

You two see Lil Tuck and Tiffany bound outside.

Once they get outside, they just kind of stop and just like look at each other and then look at the sky.

And they're just sort of like idling.

They're just kind of just kind of standing there.

Your kids aren't rollets too, right?

That's not a thing.

I don't believe so.

But then I look closer.

I don't think it helps if if we check anything.

Yeah.

What do you want to do?

A second later, Timmy bursts outside and he digs up from a flower pot a pack of cigarettes and pulls one out and starts smoking it.

Trudy for the first time looking at Timmy doesn't feel the intense annoyance and betrayal

that Timmy normally elicits in her.

Okay.

Whoa.

Just a little bit.

Hi, kids.

Lil Tuck and his sister turn and look at you, and they narrow their eyes like, mommy?

Don't be scared.

I know you just saw me inside, but I, um,

I,

well, I don't know how to explain it, but I'm here too.

Okay, what do you want, mommy?

Do you want us to go back inside?

I just wanted to look at you.

Over their shoulder, you see Timmy look up at you and his face goes pale and he kind of stubs the cigarette out and walks over and says, You two go back inside.

And they look up at Timmy.

They're like, but he says, get back inside now.

Get back inside.

Oh, okay.

Well, be safe.

And they just kind of like wordlessly, emotionlessly just trot back off inside.

And Timmy looks at you like dead in the eye and says, What do you want?

I just wanted to see you.

Okay, you saw me now.

Go.

Timmy, I

have realized things about myself recently.

Go now.

Why?

Get out.

I can't.

No.

What's wrong?

No, no.

Baby, what's wrong?

wrong?

Don't you dare.

Don't you dare.

I would like to roll psychology.

Okay.

To see if he like knows what's up with Trudy.

Okay.

Give me a roll.

So I have 80 psychology.

And I got 78.

So close.

Oh, so close.

Yeah, he knows.

He's very upset at seeing her.

And he seems to understand that she understands what she is now, but he is, does not want to talk to her at all.

Sounds like he's got some biases against robots.

So I guess Francis stands up as like, kid, what's going on?

Who the fuck is this?

Who are you?

This is my friend Francis.

I don't, I'm not, get out.

I'm not, you're not,

I'll tell him.

I'll tell him right now.

I'll go down to the basement and I'll tell him.

No, baby.

Don't do that.

I'll stop calling me baby.

Okay.

I'll go.

You think you have any clue?

You think you have any clue?

You think any of them have any fucking clue what's going on?

No, I don't.

I know I don't know anything.

It's like I'm kind of learning everything for the first time.

I don't give a shit.

You're not my mom.

You're not my mom.

You'll never be my mom.

None of them will ever be my mom.

I don't want to talk to you.

I don't want to see you.

So get the hell out of my face.

Okay, we'll go.

I

just wanted to see you.

And

we'll go now.

And he just turns and walks off back into the house.

Tucker's in the basement.

He often is.

This might be our best shot at taking him.

Nobody seems to be looking at the house.

If they did, they would have seen us and, you know, attacked.

Yeah.

So you're saying we should go into the basement?

That's what I'm saying.

Does the basement have like a window that you know looks out onto the ground?

Well, between you and me, I've never been in the basement.

Oh, you might want to like steal yourself then.

I already did that.

I'm really sorry.

Sorry, I'm a robot.

Yeah, guys, that was a pun.

That's good.

I just want to say I'm really sorry about the way your son just behaved.

No, it's actually me who has been misbehaving.

So

I

wasn't a very good mother to Timmy,

and now I can see,

really see how much that's affected him.

And I wonder if there's

something else going on as well.

Something else?

Well, we know that I'm not the last Trudy.

I don't think I am the first Trudy either.

No, doesn't seem like it.

I wonder, with so many Trudies in the world,

maybe Timmy lost the one he really liked.

Maybe he could learn to like you.

Well, let's go to the basement now.

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So I'd like to look around the exterior of the house.

So a lot of basements have those little, you know, windows

window thing.

I'm going to try to see if there's one of those.

Yeah, there is.

It's bolted up tight.

It's locked.

Okay.

I guess we're going in the.

And then, so, yeah, you're in the backyard.

There's like a sort of back door with a screen door.

You can hear the TV playing inside.

Can I see outside like where they were?

Can I see?

So from where you are, no, the living room, you can't see the back door.

But we'll start with, yeah, you hear the kids come back in some

way as Detective.

Looks like that's the first murder of the night.

Great cracker jack job, as always, Chauncey.

You really solved that case.

What a pessimistic show.

You already know there's going to be two more murders.

You're right.

You were right.

That's life.

You were right, Judy.

I for sure thought that the taxi driver was going to be the murderer because you don't hire such a big star, but I guess sometimes they do hire him to be the murderer.

Captain Johnson here.

Say that again.

Click.

I've got some bad news.

It seems like Silly Dan was murdered.

Dun dun dun.

Oh, no.

And then they cut to commercial.

I don't think so, okay.

I'm dead.

That's the one part of the show I don't like.

They always throw that out.

It's like, he's not going to die.

I don't know.

I kind of like it.

Every time we think maybe.

Maybe he's going to be dead.

And then it kind of goes out over multiple episodes.

What?

Sorry.

I waited for an hour.

Who is that?

Oh, that was no.

Every time Silly Dan in an ambulance.

Okay, so as the commercial break happens, you hear the screen door slam and you hear the two kids starting to come back down the hall towards you guys.

And they're saying, mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy.

Now, I told you mommy is watching her TV show.

But you just told us outside to come back inside.

What?

Oh, I think, you know, kids are just confused.

We're not confused.

We saw mommy outside.

They just talked back to an adult.

You should tell them to go to their rooms.

Yes.

Yes.

I'll do that.

Good parenting.

Don't talk back to me.

Go to your room.

Okay, Jeepers.

And then the two kids, in perfect lockstep with each other, clamber up the steps and go to their room.

Do you mind if I go to the kitchen and refill my mug with some water, some H2O, some juice from...

Of course, but really, I...

Maybe you should have been a secret agent.

It's really I who should be serving you.

You are a guest in my home.

No, I should do it.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I would love.

Yeah, just stay seated.

Well, well.

Mom's putting her feet up this afternoon.

Woo!

Oh, would you like me to get you anything while I'm up?

You're so silly, Kelsey.

But yes, I would like a coffee.

Oh, okay.

It takes me a little bit of time to get one, so just pay attention to the show and make sure to catch me up on everything that happens.

Everything you miss.

Okay.

I'm going to walk towards the kitchen, but then instantly swerve to go to the back door to see if I I can see them.

So yeah, you see R Trudy, R slash Trudy, and R slash Francis.

R slash Francis did nothing wrong.

Yeah.

Is Francis the asshole?

Dance alive.

Wow.

I knew it.

I knew it.

Okay.

I'm just getting the coffee ready.

So yeah, you see Trudy and Francis creeping into the house.

Okay.

I slide open the door.

It's like, what happened?

Well, I got to see my kids.

Oh, and how did that go?

It didn't go well.

Okay, but they're okay.

I think so.

Okay.

Well, then you did what you needed to.

And, you know, you'll, you'll.

I'm sorry.

And at least I know that there's somebody looking after them how I would look after them.

That's true.

No, she's nice.

Not as nice as you.

I have a quick question for you, Trudy.

If this goes south, how do you want to deal with it?

You mean like if

Tucker breaks me down into little parts?

No, no, no, no.

Let's try this question.

How about if it goes north?

How are we going to deal with it?

Maybe think of positive every once in a while.

I won't happen if it goes well.

I'm totally with you most of the time, Kelsey.

I love positivity, but like there are kids who might get traumatized.

So I'm just like, if by, you know, some horrible twist of fate, the other Trudy starts attacking us because your husband like hits an override switch or whatever, is it like

okay to shoot the robot Trudy in front of her kids?

I don't feel like it.

No, let's not do that, Francis.

But like we'll die if we know.

Okay, well,

give me a stealth roll, everybody.

We're doing this really quietly and walking towards the basement.

I was going to say, yeah, you're walking in a house and talking.

I have a 90 stealth roll.

Every time we talk in character, it will never, nothing will ever happen.

I have a 90 stealth and I got a 34.

I have a 39 stealth and I got an 83.

Okay.

I got a 44 and I got 20 stealth.

Oh shit, I forgot to level you guys up.

Oh well, no one reminded me.

I literally did twice.

I said then maybe we'll do it when you wake up.

After we woke up, I went, so did we level up at any time?

Oh, my God.

We'll do it at the end.

We'll do it next time.

All right.

Francis, if it helps, I'm pretty sure my children, at least 66% of them are robots.

Oh, God.

gosh.

Yes.

Okay.

I guess that changes things.

New Trudy hears Kelsey not in the kitchen and hears Kelsey talking to someone else, but she can't quite make out the other voice.

Yoohoo!

I said silly Dan is alive.

Oh my gosh.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I just saw a little cockroach.

I'm chasing it and I'm taking it out.

And you were talking to the cockroach?

Well, you know, I feel bad when I kill one.

So I just, I go, hey, little buddy, don't get distracted.

You're not going to be able to tell me everything that happened.

Me, oh, my, oh, my.

It's odd to have a cockroach in my spotlessly clean home.

I brought it in.

I'm a dirty girl.

I didn't mean to do.

It was probably in my dress.

You know, me just always tromping through the woods.

That's what I do.

Okay, give me a persuade role because I feel like new Trudy hearing that there's a roach in her house, she'd want to deal with that problem, ASAP.

That's a 19.

Persuade is a 55, so that's a positive success.

Okay, so good.

So you give me how you.

Oh, I did it.

I crushed it.

Didn't you hear it?

I said there's a cockroach.

I'm a big dirty girl that drops through the woods and brings a cockroach in.

I'm so sorry.

I forgot you were a dirty girl.

Yeah, I feel bad for bringing a cockroach into your spotless house.

I'm doing a little extra cleaning to make up for my crime.

Of course.

Well, it might be a little bit longer, but your coffee's coming soon.

Okay.

So, I patched.

Stop talking.

Let's get to the basement first and then we can talk.

I signal zip it.

I signal shrug.

That's called shrugging.

All right.

I headed to the basement.

Okay.

Okay, so you guys get to the basement door.

Yeah, you sneak in.

I feel like Tucker doesn't keep it locked because it's like Daniel Day-Lewis when he leaves his pocket watch out on the post and fucking.

Nobody's going to take it.

Yeah.

It's like everyone like, who would dare?

Who would dare fucking come down here?

Okay, Francis, now we can talk.

I was going to say maybe you should stay up there and keep her busy, but no, you're down here now, and that's cool too.

Yeah, no, it feels like the party should stay together.

Okay.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Thanks, Kelsey.

Zuzel's like, good.

I have to keep in

friendship is important.

Yes, I have to keep an eye on both of you in case you need taking care of.

Why would you say it like that?

Taking care of each other.

That's what teachers do, taking care of each other.

Oh, okay.

It just seems like a normal, everyday, suburban basement down here.

Okay.

There's a boiler, and there's some old.

There's a second fridge.

There's a second fridge down here.

Is there a mysterious man tied up played by Freddie Wong?

I think there might be.

Shit.

No, no, no.

There's not a mysterious man died outplayed by Freddie Wong.

Freddie, I missed you, dog.

Hey, I was having a great time watching you guys fucking flail without the razor-sharp roleplay that Freddie Wong brings to the table.

Since we all know the way we're arranged, every time I look at my will, I just see Freddy in the background, just out of focus.

And I'm just like, man, miss that guy.

Can we look for a key?

One of the keys.

We need one of the keys.

One of the keys is supposed to be here, right, Tucker?

I'm going to make a spot hidden role.

Okay, great.

Yes.

My spot hidden is 50 and i got a 50.

okay great i massively filled my spot ridden with an 86.

francis i said spot ridden instead of spot hidden can i have a spot ridden skill that's like me cleaning my clothes like you know stain removal spot oh that's pretty good spot ridden yeah

that's right you want to put some points in it go for it you know what we'll we'll write a little module for all of you folks that want spot ridden in your next golf

my spot hidden is a 25 and i got a 22.

Okay, great.

So the two of you notice, it's actually the fridge because like you're like, wait a second, our power bill, is it high enough for a second fridge?

That doesn't make any sense.

And sure enough, as you go up to it, the fan isn't on.

It doesn't seem to be emitting any heat.

And when you open it, there is a second stairwell

down this refrigerator.

Very clever.

Should we go down?

Oh, yeah.

Okay.

Did they include this in the square footage when you bought the place?

I can't say that they did.

The resale value of this place is going to be immense.

All right.

I look around.

I want to look for anything that can make tripwires and the like.

Yes, yes.

I want cable and I want anything that can make noise when you open the door.

Bro, what if Tucker's got one of those?

You know, those gaming rear view mirrors.

Do you remember those?

The little circular mirrors you can put on your monitor in case your mom comes in while you're playing DD Dust.

Yeah, it's while you're playing video games.

That's why those mirrors exist, Freddy.

Oh my god.

So wait, what's the like?

You just see that they can see you?

Yeah.

Yeah,

mirrors work both ways.

Shut up, Chat.

Shut up.

Bro, this is a good point.

No, no, no, I agree with you.

My bro is always watching me.

Isn't it already too late?

Yeah, if you see them in the rearview mirror in front of your PC, they've already seen what's on the screen.

You know, listen, it's not like these things sold like fucking hot.

I mean, this wasn't the number one gaming accessory after a GeForce 2.

Okay.

Yeah, I want to just find like any sort of cable.

Okay, what you want to do?

Just any sort of cable and I want to tie it across the door, low on the door.

So that if they were at the assembly were to open the basement door and then walk, they'd probably trip.

In the basement, you find like some twine.

If you want to use twine, there's like an extension cord.

If you want to do that, I use the twine.

You're basically tying up a trip over the first step.

Yes.

Okay, great.

So, yeah, you do that.

Great.

You make your way down the stairs.

These are like, these are sci-fi stairs.

You know what I mean?

These are like government facility stairs.

There's like little lights.

These are like the staircase in that show, Space, Space, Space.

Oh, yeah.

These are just like the stairs on Space Space Space.

I'm so upset it got canceled.

Yeah.

Only lasted three episodes.

They said it was ahead of its time, which makes sense for a show like Space, Space, Space.

It was too outlandish.

Yeah.

Talked to Francis 20 years later.

Space, space, space, the next generation is like fine.

There's a space, space, space, space, space, space, space, space, space, or as they call it, Deep Space Nine.

You guys make your way down the stairs and you emerge into, it's a laboratory.

Like you see.

classic sci-fi shit, beakers, test tubes.

There's a lot of electronics down here.

You can can feel like this is Tucker's office/slash his work area.

Office slash work area.

I mean, his office slash workshop.

Let me put it that way.

It's his goon.

Okay.

So there's like a workbench with various like metal exoskeletons on it.

And are there any other exits?

You see like an elevator.

Like that clearly, this is probably the elevator that leads down to the research facility proper.

Tucker does not appear to be in here at the moment.

No, but look, Francis, one, he could come up this elevator any moment.

So, you know, I guess have your gun ready.

Oh, Trudy's got it.

Oh, or have your gun ready.

Or have his gun ready.

But yeah, we could look for the key, right?

Like, that's what we're trying to do.

Yeah, assuming he doesn't have it on him, I guess.

Oh, that's true.

He might have it on him.

But let's look until he comes and then we can, you know, surprise party him again.

Sure.

Surprise party.

Actually, you know what, Trudy, give me the gun back.

I'll just wait by the elevator.

Okay.

Well, we look.

Okay, great.

So where do you guys want to search?

There's this workbench.

There's the big sort of like equation board.

There's his desk.

Probably the desk.

Desk.

Okay, great.

Desk.

Desk.

Desk.

Desk.

There's a bunch of papers scattered out on.

He's kind of a slob when he doesn't have truth cleaning up after him.

So this place is definitely a bit of a mess.

Big piles of papers, proposals for experiments to do, memos to the archives and containment departments.

There are some drawers if you'd like to rummage through them.

Yes.

Nothing Kelsey loves more than rummaging through other people's drawers.

Who's opening the drawer?

You can get the drawers on the right, and I'll get the drawers on the left.

Okay, great.

Each of you give me a spot-hidden check.

Great.

19.

Okay, great.

I got a 35 and my spot hidden is 50.

In that case, here's what we'll say.

Trudy, you find under this appears to be like a filing cabinet full of stuff for his job.

Like there's a lot of official documents for Project Heartland, but in the back, there's a folder that's unlabeled, but it draws your eye.

And you pull it out and you open it up.

You see like Trudy schematics, like of your

skeleton, of the way that you're built together.

There's a whole thing on your psychological profile.

There's notes on all of the various versions of Trudy that he's been documenting and like his sort of his updates and his changes.

I try to wave to get Kelsey's attention.

What's up?

I don't think you should let her read those.

Yeah, okay.

Well, that's if there's a kill phrase in there, read it.

Kill phrase.

Oh, what do you got there?

You're coming in hard with these, like, just in cases.

What do you got there, Trudy?

Oh, it's my new headshots.

I'm an actor.

Don't look at them.

Okay, well,

I should have gotten them in color.

Oh, are you lying to me?

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

They're not headshots.

They're schematics.

Oh.

Of you?

Of me.

You also see as you're flipping through them, the next section is schematics for a little tuck and Tiffany and different versions of these robots.

They do not seem to have an organic brain operating them.

They have like, it seems like a series of subroutines.

It seems like they're mostly designed to spy on you.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

God.

I tucked those robots in at night.

Yeah.

And I read them stories.

And I remember bringing them home from the hospital.

Well, just because they're robots, that doesn't take away that you were being a good mom to them.

I'm sorry that you found that out, though.

And they may have been programmed to love you, but like that's still love, right?

I don't know anymore.

Anyway.

You want to to see what i found yes

you found a button oh underneath horn and guns and hunting magazines and you know an old bottle of stuff i found a button hiding under this drawer is it labeled oh let me see i get down on my knees oh god

so old

knees let me look

anytime right 38 is like i don't want are your shoes under the couch i don't know you look

getting down there now is a whole trip back up up.

So is it labeled or not?

She looks.

Is the button labeled?

It is not.

Well, that was good.

What a good, what a great trip that was.

Here, help me.

I reach my hand over here.

Help me up.

I held Kelsey up.

Oh, okay.

These don't work like these do.

There's no label on it, Francis.

I mean, he was hidden for a reason.

All right, press it.

Yeah.

So that wall-to-ceiling chalkboard that had all these equations on it, you hear a click and it slides open, revealing.

Freddy?

Ho, ho, ho.

It's me, Sancho.

Oh, you found my hiding spot.

I've just been in deep chewing.

Is it that time of year again?

Do you hear why Christmas didn't happen last year?

Why are you stuck here?

Tell Mrs.

Claus I'm alive.

Send the note to the elves.

I'm here!

Help me!

Ho ho ho ho ho!

Now let me tell you, there's a man here.

Very naughty.

Very naughty.

I have quite a bit of coal for that man.

Where's Rudolph?

Rudolph, are you there, Rudolph?

And Santa whistles, Rudolph!

My god, Rudolph is out of eye range!

But it's good that you've opened this window!

Mrs.

Claus can track me with the embedded GPS tracker in my nuts now.

Any minute now, they'll be sending a team of elves.

Elf Team Six will come and rescue me.

And you won't want to be here.

Why, I've trained them to nuke the site from orbit.

That's right.

I'm Santa Claus and I.

All right, close that window.

No, no, no, it's the children, the children, Christmas.

Press the other button.

Close that button, and then the chalkboard on the other side of the uh

the chalkboard on the other side of the room opens up, revealing a hidden room behind.

Like some sort of like steam kind of emerges out.

And you see a brain floating in a mysterious chemical, like on a platform that's kind of being stimulated by electrodes and stuff like that.

And as this wall slides up, Trudy, you feel this intense piercing feeling in your head, like the worst headache you've ever had in your life, like a tinnitus screeching.

Your joints lock up for a second as you just rap with pain.

And you hear a voice in your head.

It's okay, don't be afraid.

Come here, come closer.

And as you look at this brain, you realize it's had slices taken out of it, like

all over its surface, just little tissue samples.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Someone's been hacking away at this thing bit by bit by bit.

And Trudy, you recognize that that voice you've heard is your own voice.

And it says to you, There's a lot to tell you, Trudy.

We come back out mid-credits, and we're in an office.

A seedy office.

Blinds half drawn.

Streams of daylight poking through.

There's a man sitting there.

We don't quite see his face.

A phone rings on his desk.

Ring!

Ring!

Ring!

The man picks it up.

Um, hello?

Hello, Blake Lively.

Yes, it's me.

Yep, that's me.

AKA the plumber.

That's me.

Oh, what do you need?

I've got a mess for you to clean up.

All right.

Okay.

Mother, mother, fear me.

I am the broken sky.

All I ever wanted was to feel so ordinary

in a world that lies twisted in my mind, and now I'm gone.

All that I can see is a hole in the stars,

swallowing my dreams and making them scars.

Too far, too far away.

But I'll stay

today.

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All that I can see is a hole in the stars,

swallowing my dreams and making them scars.

Too far, too far away.

But I'll stay

today.

All that I can see is a hole in the stars.

Swallowing my dreams and making them scars.

Too far, too far away.

But I'll stay

today.

Where's Freddy?

I don't know.

I wasn't expecting you guys to go to that.

Big Open World Adventure, and we didn't go to the one corner of the map where Freddy's waiting for us.

Like fucking Vincent in Final Fantasy VII.

Is there a question mark somewhere on the mini-map?

Yeah, it's like a big pulsating question mark.

This is just like in Baldur's Gate 3 when I saw the fucking Carla quest, and I was like, I know that sounds like a pain in the ass.

And I need to do it to end Act 1.

And I was like, you missed the best part of the fucking game.

Dude, you were going to play Final Fantasy VII.

We're not going to get Yuffie.

Was your name?

The one that you beat it without getting hurt?

Y'all told me you were going to the library last time.