507: A Little Ditty 'Bout Jakk and Shai'An [ft. Chris Grace and Eric Gersen]

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Hello,

Bargie.

Anybody?

Can anyone hear me?

The sandstorm must be blocking the signal.

Ugh, and my feet are so sore.

Why would you make it so the thing that you walk on becomes painful to walk on when you walk on it too much?

It makes no sense.

I can find some shelter if I just open my eyes real wide in this sandstorm.

Oh,

Rod!

It's air.

Why would you make ocular sensors so wet?

Space.

Some is chill.

Some is tuped up.

All is part of the great infinite cosmic ballet.

The venerable starship, the RSS Synergy, forges ever deeper into uncharted regions of their galaxy, growing the coalition of united planets in the name of science, benevolence, and peace.

Now, lead envoy C-53 and his intrepid crew explore new worlds, forge alliances, and search for a way back home to finally fulfill their

mission to sink.

Hey, Bargie.

Yeah.

Um,

who are all these people surrounding the ship?

Oh, there's just a lot of sentients who are interested in speaking to me.

The sentient spaceship.

Oh, really?

I know.

It's very exciting times for me right now.

Bargie's having a moment.

Great.

Yes, I'll be with you in a second.

I'm just talking to my inside.

What is inside of you?

Yes, I have insights.

I love you too.

It's just a bunch of scientists and reporters who are talking about.

Yes, asking me questions like what makes you tick.

Oh.

What does make you tick, Bargie?

Who you know?

Uh pain and rape.

It's that giant clock.

Anyway, they also took a couple of my wires.

They said they're gonna use it to study what I am.

Oh, cool.

I don't know if that means sounds fun.

Were they important wires?

The bathroom doesn't work, don't worry about it.

No, uh, listen, the scientists need to figure out what they need to figure out, and that means that we don't have a bathroom.

That's what it means, you know.

Okay, all right.

Can you move the crew from away from the window for these photos, please?

This shoot is about how the spaceship is alive, and if we see these people in the window,

I can just bounce them to another direction.

Oh, perfect, perfect shot.

Thank you.

Where's Robot Man?

Yeah, see, are you gonna get that?

Robot!

Yeah,

AJ, relax, relax.

He's

hey, AJ, he doesn't need he's around here somewhere.

He'll answer.

Yeah, where is he, though?

Normally, when we do these missions, he's

AJ, how does your speaker, your helmet speaker, even get that loud?

How is that possible?

Sometimes what I have to do is crowd control, I'm on its own crowd control setting.

Normally, it's like, you know,

obey us, right?

Surrender your will to us.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sure.

Is someone gonna get that?

It's gonna go to voicemail with no one yet.

It's just the button.

Yeah, he's got the whole thing where he says Nermit's title.

And honestly, if I answer it, it just feels like I'm trying to reclaim something that I don't even know that I liked in the first place.

Hi, yes, this is Baji's voicemail by Jerry at J Harlow Starship for the stars.

I'm currently lost in space, so I cannot answer your phone call.

Delone, if this is you, don't be a coward, you know what you did.

By yeah.

Oh, wow.

Hey, everyone.

It's Nermit trying to reach you.

Have never gotten the old voicemail before.

So I guess call me back kind of immediately when you get this.

Everything is totally cool, but I would drop everything else you're doing.

Just give me an old ring-oh, please pick up.

Hello.

Break in the sandstorm.

Gotta try and meet up with this representative before it starts up again.

Okay,

time to find

Cheyenne, son of Jack.

I guess I'll just um

let's try this way.

Yeah, these the knees, too?

Man, nothing on this body works right.

Oh,

um

over

there.

There's a man

over

there.

Excuse me, um,

hello, yes, uh, I'm well, I'm not a man, it's sort of not worth getting into.

Uh, the chameleon skin of a man inside a machine,

or a machine inside a man.

Yes, that's sort of accurate.

I am C53.

Where's that music coming from?

That is.

We greet you.

I greet the crying of a bird.

Yes.

An insect on a leaf.

The setting of the three suns

in harmony.

We greet you.

And I, in return, greet you.

I am C53.

The setting of the three suns.

Okay.

An insect on a leaf.

We greet you.

The setting of the sun.

Oh, okay.

I feel like I'm missing something.

Oh, my name is Cheyenne.

Oh.

Cheyenne, Son of Jack.

Fantastic.

My name is Cheyenne.

Son of Jack, step back.

Oh.

Boy, you're gonna have a good time in this little town of mine.

The Felswargo trucks are coming.

I can understand the words you're saying, but the meaning is being lost.

Wow, I can't even...

I can't contact Bargy or anybody.

There's some kind of interference.

Cheyenne, son of Jack, I am C-53.

I'm a lead envoy from

the Koo.

Koo wants to know why everyone on this planet mysteriously disappeared.

Why didn't there have to only be

53 seas?

This rock has got water everywhere.

We've got oceans and rivers and lakes, but only 53 seas

seas

Is are did you write a song about my name

or is that

a song is as good as a handshake where I come from

a little island on this rock of mine

A song is as good as a handshake where I come from.

We write a song as a handshake.

You write a song as a handshake.

We also don't have hands.

You couldn't shake it even if you wanted to.

Cause you don't have

hands.

I think I understand on some level.

Your people use song to communicate.

Everything becomes a song.

Every word we have in our language would be a lyric in yours.

Oh, a song about you.

I'm looking at a man.

He's got no hands.

He's looking at me like he wants me to sing him a song.

So I'm singing him a song.

I hope it won't be too long before this man says,

Not a bad job on that song.

He's like a child.

He writes songs like a child.

Well, I just

don't know that I've done a lot of it before.

Like a child.

A little starling flying through my sky.

Sleep.

All of a sudden, I'm so drowsy here.

We both sleep as I cradle you.

Shannon, son of Jack, I guess stay awake.

The cat is in the silver spoon,

and the cradle is the moon.

Oh, uh, hey guys, Nermit's calling again.

You know what?

I'm just gonna pick it up.

Hey, Nermit.

There you guys are.

Sorry, we didn't pick up the guy.

We thought C-53 was gonna pick it up, so we never did.

He's not there.

Is he back with you?

Well, that's kind of the thing, is he's

on a mission.

What?

Wait, we're not on a mission.

We're waiting for a mission.

Right, I'll give you a mission momentarily, and that mission is related to the solo mission that C-53 went on.

What a solo mission!

What are you talking about?

Hold on.

What?

No, dark, you're squeezing my arm hard.

It's just so much change, you know?

I just, I don't understand.

Yeah, where is C-53, Nermit?

Well, you're going to find out because your mission is to rescue him, but he, as lead-on boy, he sometimes remits.

Yes.

Nermit, we're a crew.

We're a team.

If C-53 is in danger, it's probably because we weren't with him.

He might might still be on the ship.

Remember, AJ,

I can't.

My ears cannot handle any more of that.

How long has this been going on?

This particular mission?

Let's see, he left.

No, no, no, no, no.

Solo mission.

How many of these solo missions has C53 gone?

He just left.

Yeah, why did he just walk away?

Nermit, get back on screen.

Get back on screen.

Nermit, get back on screen and quit being a coward.

Okay,

so he has gone on six of these.

They've all gone well.

Six?

Yes, he's gone on six solo missions.

We haven't even gone on six crew missions.

We've only been here for a couple weeks.

He's lead envoy.

Lead envoy.

We know.

Nermit, how does he even have the hours in the day to go on missions without us?

Well, you all sleep every night, and he seems to think he doesn't have to.

No, he does.

That makes sense.

He's been very sleepy on some of these missions, but that's when he goes at night.

Nermit.

Yes.

Where is C-53?

Okay, C-53 was sent on a solo mission to GEC3.

No, it was C-53.

Now you know that?

You just literally yelled Robucket, don't do it!

GEC-3, that barely sounds like a planet.

What's I mean, is there a civilization there?

Well, it's funny you should ask.

There was.

So, uh, the only one there now is Cheyenne, son of Jack, who C53 was sent to make contact with to find out why everyone else is missing.

Like you're asking all the wrong questions.

I want to know what makes C53 better

than all of us.

No, no, Dar.

We're a team.

Anything is a deficit.

Nermit, I just want to recap.

Sure.

You sent

C53

on his own

to a planet

where the only thing we know about it is that people have disappeared from it.

Right.

Because

you think

he's better than us.

And now you're surprised that he's gone and you want us to go help find him.

Well, why don't you find another AI in a meat sack to find him?

I mean, we honestly would have, but there aren't any, so.

We're not even your first choice for saving wait.

You decided to send another team to save C53?

I didn't I

oh boy, Nermit.

If you all are so obsessed with being together as a crew with C53, well great.

Your mission is to rescue him.

I don't like this.

I don't like this, Nermit.

We're gonna go save him, but it's because we're his best friends and we're the best crew, not because it's our mission.

Nermit, send us the coordinates, and then I want you to go sit in the corner of that big big old office building and have a think about how you treated us today.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay, here are the coordinates, and I'm gonna sit in exactly the center of this giant office.

Okay.

No corners for this lerd.

Okay.

Hey, here's a question.

When we get down there, should we like call for him or something?

No.

I think we could just look with our eyes first and see how that goes.

Nah.

No, we certainly don't need to scream anything.

All right.

Thank you.

Come again.

Oh,

was I forgot to give him a warranty card for the nips on that droid?

Stephen!

G-Boss, I'm real sorry.

How many times do I...

Wait, Stephen.

Yeah, boss.

Where did you

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It looks amazing.

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That's fair.

We do have a lot of hidden fees.

Those nips aren't really free.

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I'm listening.

I mean, actually say that one more time.

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Okay.

Hey!

get out of here.

I've got to get my fix.

Wow,

still not used to sleeping.

Very weird.

Very uncomfortable to suddenly regain consciousness.

Oh, right.

Cheyenne, son of Jack.

It's not very musical.

Cheyenne, son of Jack.

Thank you for guarding me as I slept.

The smell of a bison recently slaughtered.

Oh, that's very bloody.

Thank you, Cheyenne,

for this midday feast.

I thank you for it,

though I need it in the least.

I thank you for it.

I thank you for it.

Oh my god, the flowers are growing back all around us,

Cheyenne.

I must ask you,

where does this music come from?

Oh, you're tapping your chest.

It comes from you?

The music

comes from you.

You are the music.

The music man.

That's what they could call you

if they wanted to give you a name

other than China.

A song

from my

heart.

Literally

a song from my heart A sentient face Instead of a heart That plays its own music

Oh my rod He's got another entity fused to his chest and he's playing what looks like a piano key necktie.

You got it

Okay,

you don't sing?

No, I don't sing.

I just lay the tag down.

Confused.

Yeah, well, that I that I can see.

A song from my heart.

A song from his heart.

A song from my heart.

A song from his heart

might

feel like when I was in a frame, I would have had the range, but

this is GEC3?

I mean, there's nothing on this planet.

Do you want me to show?

No.

Okay.

He's fine.

So, this is where he goes to be alone.

I don't think so.

Dar, I think C-53 might be in real trouble.

We need to help him.

Do you guys hear that?

It's kind of like the lilting kind of delicate melody.

Yeah, I do.

It sort of seems coming from that little oasis over there?

I don't know.

In my training, we would call this a vamp.

But I'm not sure.

What training?

What training would you do?

I served a tour of duty with Clint.

Oh, okay, yeah.

I think that's just a regular tour.

I think you toured with them.

So, are you both just going to talk over the vamp or what?

Well, that's what you do.

You talk over a vampire.

Yeah.

You sort of lay out what's going on.

Yeah, exactly.

It's like there's the oasis.

We should follow it.

Yeah.

Two pebbles in the sun.

What's that?

Two pebbles

in the water.

Wow, look at that guy.

Yeah, he's big.

Echoing out.

He's got a nice voice, though.

To the edge of the pond.

Now you really can have it all.

By the two pebbles

bonded forever

and the life

seems to be strange.

It

Those two pebbles

surrounded by green,

by life.

A lush, verdant wave of love.

C53.

Oh, you're here.

Thank Rod.

When you hit that last note,

a palm tree just popped out of the ground.

Also, it was just artistry.

It was just very

brought us into the saw.

Beautiful.

I've never seen C-53 sing like that before.

Why are you hiding that from us?

Why are you hiding that from us?

It really hurts when you squeeze it that hard.

Ah,

strangers at the barricade.

Strangers at the barricade.

Strangers at the barricade.

Who are they?

Who are they?

Cheyenne,

be not afraid of these strangers at the barricade.

These are my friends,

and they have come to offer us aid.

Listen, the alien doesn't have hands, so I feel like I could take him.

No, AJ, stop.

No, I think this is my way to do it.

It's not.

No, I don't think it's that.

C-53, is everything okay?

What happened here?

Envoy Dexter.

This is Cheyenne, son of Jack.

But

maybe I should put it a little differently.

Just explain what that means.

Two pebbles

walking up the sun.

Two pebbles.

Laughing, having fun.

Two pebbles.

They only want more.

But now there aren't two pebbles.

Cause here are four more

pebbles.

Six pebbles in the sun

And there'll be many more pebbles before we're done Wow

And this pebble looks like

this pebble used to be in charge but is no longer in charge

He nailed you darn

And this pebble is thinking of days gone by

when he used to

sing with other guys.

You guys gonna do one about me as a pebble?

Or

there's also another pebble

that looks like any old pebble.

What?

Sort of a generic-looking pebble.

Oh, yeah, they really do.

Yeah.

Parjay, I'm patching you in.

Are you hearing this?

What?

And a giant pebble

way up in the sky.

What is the sound?

I don't like it.

No, Pargi, it's it's music.

C53 has discovered

a society that communicates solely through song.

Where's the music coming from?

Okay, all right, okay, let's

okay, everyone, get it out.

All right, this is just it's fused, it's fused.

I'm fused.

Let's get over it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey,

come on.

Don't kick a fused thing while it's fused.

C-53, this is amazing.

It's certainly an extremely unique planet.

I don't think I've ever encountered anything quite like it.

What happened here?

Did you find out what happened to all of the rest of the people on the planet?

Well,

if you want to hear the story about GEC,

listen to a story told by me.

I'm going to tell you a little bit of rap.

The history is cool.

And how rap works on this planet.

Yeah, here's the history.

You heard it never be a mystery.

It's a history rap.

History rap.

It's the history rap.

Oh, so he can rap, but he can't sing.

Let me tell you something about the way that rap works on this planet.

You don't have to think it up.

You gotta just plan it.

And the only way that things rhyme is you say the word rap

at the end of every line.

And that's what things mean when they rhyme.

Rap.

A long time ago, there were millions of people on this planet.

Rap.

And you know, someone came and killed everyone except me.

Rap.

Except for me and my dad, who's in my body now.

Rap.

What?

That's That's right.

And he plays piano on what was formerly a necktie.

Rap.

That's right.

That's the reveal.

Wait, hold on.

Hey, what's your name, man?

I'm Jack.

Yeah, AJ, as in Cheyenne's son of Jack.

Oh.

Yes.

The reveal has been revealed.

Wow, I guess we do know Jack.

And that's the history of rap.

Wow, they really made rap so accessible.

Rap in history.

A perfect marriage.

I mean, everybody's saying it's great, but I'm not sure it is.

Like, I don't quite follow it.

We can do it again for you.

Do you want us to do the history of rap?

We can do it.

Jack, Cheyenne, that's terrible what happened to your planet.

I'm so sorry.

Yes.

If your planet was destroyed, how did you survive?

Pleck, you can't just ask them the question.

That's not their language.

You've got to sing.

But, like, Jack talks, so why can't I just talk to him?

No, it's gross when he does it.

I mean, sing, so Cheyenne will communicate, not Jack.

Sing, it's easy.

Oh, boy.

Okay.

Pleck needs to start at some point, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm getting to it.

Hey, just Papa, ask them, like, what their deal is why they're so gross looking, right?

Yeah, ask them how, like, father and son can be that close, you know?

Two men on a planet,

the only ones left alive.

But how

did Cheyenne

and Jack survive?

I got a hundred meat pies,

but I threw a lot of them in the oven.

99 meat pies, 98 meat pies into my hot oven.

But the last two meat pies on me plate

they turned into one pie.

Okay.

I think I understand now.

What did I miss?

What did I miss?

You don't understand what he said.

Okay, let me try again.

Let me try again.

Cause I just, I feel like I almost got what you were saying,

but then I got confused.

Please tell me how did Cheyenne and Jack get fused?

Oh, he's a dumb one.

Okay, I can.

This one's a dumb one.

I can tell.

Okay, AJ.

Papa's my bad.

Okay, alright.

So he is pet.

No, not really.

I wouldn't say pet.

No, that's not fair, but kind of a mascot.

He does go on the rug sometimes.

That happened once, and it was

an accident.

It was an accident.

He was scared.

He was scared.

It was an accident.

The gravity was off.

I was very disoriented.

You got a surprise.

Yes.

Mm-hmm.

So, wait, how is all of this stuff just sprouting up when we sing?

Yeah, how are things going back?

It's harmony.

Harmony's the air.

I can talk.

That's weird.

Yeah, we know you can talk.

We just don't like looking at you.

Wait, harmony?

What do you mean?

Well, let's see.

Oh, stop.

That's unison.

Okay.

Oh, no, some of the trees are going back.

Okay, we'll try again.

We'll just try again.

Or maybe we just stop.

Maybe no singing.

We gotta do it.

Whoa, like the bush and an animal appeared just now.

This field is starting to grow.

The harmony grows things on this planet.

A long time ago,

there were millions of my family on GEC,

and then a powerful

DET

came down,

made us sing the same no,

no harmony,

unison,

murdered my family.

I think that's actually happened.

Except my father.

This is what I was was trying to ask in my song.

Shh, you were quiet during yourself.

Ballad.

Oh, you gotta say it with every genre.

Great.

Okay, yeah.

Okay,

sure.

Wow.

How did they make you sing the same note?

Like, they controlled you or they asked you or

you're asking, you're asking Cheyenne to relive a genocide on this planet for the sake of getting

details.

It doesn't really matter.

They are.

Same

sheet music.

Oh,

Here's a simple answer.

You know, honestly, I just feel like everyone's been asking the wrong question.

I know.

Well, Dar, what question would you ask?

Yeah, I have a question.

It's for you, see.

Do you need help learning to sing?

I can help you.

Oh, I know.

I am trained in tactical singing, so I'll ask the question on your behalf, and then we won't have to look at Jack because he's gross.

Yeah, that would be incredibly helpful, actually.

What is it?

What's the question?

Well,

I really want to ask C.

What I really want to know!

What I really want to know!

Okay, what?

Why'd you have to go?

Why do you just have to go?

Why did you have to go

and do it all alone

and do it all alone?

Sorry, I was actually I was still kind of

going.

Yeah, sorry.

Okay, what was the next one?

I thought we were your home.

Again,

this is great, man.

AG?

Oh,

I mean, he's sure.

I got my finger up at everything.

Does that help?

Helps a lot, actually.

You hold one side of your helmet and you put your finger up, you're like,

Wow, look at all the flowers!

Birds!

Wow, AJ, your voice sounds so cool when you sing.

Oh, yeah, I've got standard military grade pitch correction in the helmet.

Oh, is that what that is?

Okay.

Listen,

there's one thing I know about harmony.

Sure, two is good, but more is better.

We're gonna have to build a cord.

We're gonna build a cord.

Okay, AJ.

We can put on a show.

We can do it here.

We've got the costumes.

No, we don't need costumes, AJ.

AJ, no, but what we need is a cord.

If all the children in the world

came together in a village

and held the hands of each other,

then we'd be holding the hands of each other.

Even though we don't have hands,

we'd grow and grow.

What the joke is he's talking about?

Yeah, AJ, their language is highly metaphorical.

He's agreeing with you.

He's saying we should come together and make a chord.

It would, you know, we'd be building something.

Yes, look at it.

Let's do it.

This is incredible.

Power lines, satellite dishes, infrastructure, the micro brewery.

Oh, oh, wow.

Hey, we get we get reception again.

Nermit, hey, what's up, man?

Oh, hey, Plaque.

Hey, crew, I was just wondering, did you, did you find C-53?

Did you rescue him?

We rescued him.

Hey, Nermit, I'm here.

Get this, Nermit.

This is nuts.

Yeah, thanks for sending the crew.

This is a planet where everyone just sings everything.

Excuse me.

Yeah, everything we talk about everything we do, we have to sing it.

See you later, Nermit.

No, wait, let's do the mission again, and I'll come along.

We gotta go.

We'll do the mission again.

Bet Nermit wishes he was a little nicer to us earlier.

Yeah.

Yes, Mr.

Robot Man, there was a lot of friction because we were all pretty surprised that you did did missions without us.

Yeah, AJ.

Should I say that to our friends?

No, I don't.

I feel like at this point we've sort of covered that.

Mr.

Robot!

You can't sustain it.

This is great, man.

Where have you done, Mr.

Robot Man?

We have backed it up.

AJ,

I never.

That was my favorite one.

Need more.

Uh,

you mean more singers?

Bargie,

Bargie, weren't you in a bunch of musicals at some point?

Musical hollows?

Yeah, it was a dark period of my life.

I don't want to talk about it anymore.

Yeah, Bargie, to be fair, you love it when we sing.

I do.

Bargie,

we need that voice.

We need that voice that's famous for the barge and away.

Oh, I love that musical.

Bargie's going away.

Bargie's going away.

She's going away.

Cause she's Bargie.

The sentient ship.

A classic.

Toot, toot, toot.

A toot, toot toot.

Wow, that was pretty good, Bargie.

Oh, Whoa!

That small ocean.

Wow.

Look at that body of water.

One more.

Um, Dar, I think the only person not singing is, uh, you know, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Come on, Dar.

Come on.

No.

Listen, Dar, I know you're not captain anymore, and that I was sort of made leave envoy almost arbitrarily.

But

you're still a member of this crew, and we need you

arbitrarily.

I mean, you know,

I don't know why they would pick me over anyone else.

I was in a toaster at the time.

Feels like there's a lot of motion.

Gotta let it out.

So, you don't think you're hot stuff?

Dar,

I'm no better envoy than anyone else on this crew.

This is a vamp.

This is a classic vamp.

Dar, I still needed to be rescued.

If

the crew hadn't come here,

if you hadn't come here,

I'd be all alone

wondering when I could come home.

Why did I leave

when you are the ones I need?

Dawn,

Pleck,

Neven AJ2

C-53 still needs

his crew

A collection of pebbles in the sun

And one pebble's clearly better than the other ones No, they're all just good pebbles

pebble sent on its own because it's so much better than the other ones.

Don't you see?

We're all just pebbles on the shore.

No need for one to be considered any more than the rest.

But the others were sent to make them feel better.

He's right.

He's got a point.

Yeah,

we did kind of sort of as a consolation press.

Alright, alright.

I still need all of you.

I need all your help.

One more.

Dar, all we need is one note from you.

Yeah, and not only can we save C-53, we can give Cheyenne and Jack their world back.

So, will you do it?

And also, Bargie, will you also.

I know you did kind of just a little.

Yeah, a little ditty, but you gotta

get in on this chord.

What?

RG, I.

I think this genre is called a

duet

right back one two three go

R G

Oh that we got side over sorry we gotta get on this one.

Wait, wait, wait,

wait Wait,

Cheyenne.

These two

singing scripture

look

to

pebble

largest pebble

and

formerly in charge pebble.

Those shapes chiseled into that stone tablet sort of look like Bargie and Dar.

Cheyenne, where did you get that?

This

how we rebuild

now

with Barji and Dar singing a jaunty duet not with a chord Chaya

chord tree chord animal chord grass

but chord no

people

duet for my

dead children

Okay, just point point of clarification do they come back or are they different people this time?

Come back.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

Bargie, Dar, you have to take another run at that duet.

Well, Dar, I think, except for our misstep, we've been rehearsing for this all our lives.

Okay, like you go first this time.

Okay.

Wow, this is the song that's gonna bring all their people back.

Dar,

Bodgie, Dar,

bodgie, dar,

bodgi, and dar.

There's millions of people.

Thank you so much.

and your granddaddy

okay, even his own grandchildren are kind of grossed out by him.

This is the song of the children,

the song of the children,

some of the children,

some children,

some of the children,

some of the children, some of the children,

some of the children, some of the children, some of the children, so much children, so many children.

Wait, something's happening to me!

Oh no, no!

Something's happening!

I'm transforming!

Oh, Cheyenne!

Check!

They're becoming weird looking!

Oh no!

Oh, I sort of thought they would separate and become their own people, but

is that what was supposed to happen or

we enter final form

piano ball?

Oh, yeah, it's a big ball of keys.

Wow, and it plays by rolling on the ground.

Yeah.

We've been stuck in a state of arrested development all these many years.

Our final form, not allowed to Piano ball.

So, piano ball is sort of ideal.

Is anybody else weirded out by the fact that it has teeth and like hair?

Yeah, yeah, okay.

Yes,

and sustained pedal.

Oh,

don't you want to touch the sustained pedal?

I mean, you can touch the sustained pedal.

Wait, sorry, what is a piano ball?

Does anyone know what a piano ball is?

Do you really need more singing

what walks in the morning with four legs

what walks with two legs in the afternoon

what begins

the end

and then

they can harmonize with each other now now.

Whoa, so much stuff is growing right now.

Thank you, 53rd C.

Thank you, Cheyenne, son of Jack, and Jack, father of Cheyenne.

Do you have a new name now that you're a piano ball, or

still?

We lose our identity.

Yeah,

I don't know, but culturally it might be different.

Thank you all.

Thank you for letting us be a part of this.

The song brings us together.

The song brings us together.

We wave from side to side as the song brings us together

So much has been wrong

So bad for so long

Apart

but together

Because the song brings us together

The song brings us together

We wave from side to side

Cause the song brings us together

Because the song brings us together

The song brings us together

It brings us all together

Wow

Perhaps one day

we see you

for a reprise

Oh, yeah, maybe

that.

It's like, you know, when they repeat the song, something like

Two Pebbles.

That's it, yeah.

Two pebbles,

they become one

pebble.

Grimspy and the bow,

perfect piano boys.

That's the history, that's the history of rap.

It's too tough.

But it's now one tapping.

Three sunset history

insects on a leaf.

Wait, what?

Strangers at the barricade.

Yeah, sometimes with their preachers, they try to put too much stuff in.

Yeah, sometimes there's too many voices.

Yeah, it just kind of gets to the feeling.

This more

end of act one.

Fingers here, get your fingers.

No, no, my fingers here, bigger fingers.

No!

I have even bigger fingers than that, uh-huh.

You call those big, look at these fingers!

Tantawa, Tantawa?

Oh, yes, we have all sizes, and within reason, of course.

Jantawa, Tantawa.

Hee hee hee hee!

Do whatever you want with them!

It's none of my business!

Chantawa!

No, no, no, the fingers won't do that.

If that's what you're looking for, maybe you should check out Dipsy.

Yes, Dipsy.

Tantala?

No, it's not any kind of finger.

No, no.

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They release new content every week, so there's always more to explore.

Tantala!

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That's 30 days of full access for free when you go to DIP SEASTORIES dot com slash Chantawa.

Let me just

yes, two thumbs up tonight.

Big thumbs.

No, no, no, no, I have bigger thumbs in there.

Gypsy Stories dot com slash Chantawa.

Crew, I have to say,

I really do appreciate you coming to rescue me on GEC-3.

Of course.

I really did need all of you, and so did they.

We're glad to have you back, C-53.

And uh, if I'm not mistaken,

sounds like that's a call for you.

Yeah,

no,

it's a call for all of us.

From missions operations, missions assignments, and mission.

I think it's a call for me.

It's probably an internet.

No, it's

probably for us.

No, but I've engaged a lot of calls.

Hey, Nermit.

Hey, Craig, I got my road case packed.

I've got two keyboards.

I've got a backup microphone.

I've got

just a beautiful thing.

Yeah, the missions.

We're actually on our way.

We're actually on our way.

If I'm talking like this, it just feels crazy.

Yeah, yeah.

Nermit.

Because

Nermit, Nermit, don't.

Nermit, you kind of.

I'm sorry to say it, but you kind of missed the moment.

Yeah,

and I think we

need to hang up on you now.

Yeah, that's true.

All of us at once.

Is it everybody finger on the button as a crew?

Hey!

Are you guys done?

Huh?

I'm in the middle of an interview.

Oh, oh.

Anyway, stop the applause.

Where's my ship hole?

I'll tell you, because you asked me to.

Get your pens ready.

I'm about to describe it in deep detail.

Alright, so what are we doing here?

Oh, are we gonna buy some big fingers?

Because honestly, I'm- No, no, no!

All you must do now is act as the leader legs in this pelotisk sort.

I shall do the rest.

So remember, when I step with my left leg, you step with your right.

Ready?

Let's go.

Left leg, yes.

Good.

Right leg.

Good, good.

I'll be able to dance.

Sir, something you're nailing this way.

I mean.

Wait, that's Plek Dexter, the guy I was telling you about who shot me.

I am gonna.

Patience, Star, patience.

It is not him we are after.

But if the plan is to destroy these guys, they're all right there.

It just...

doesn't work that way, okay?

Wait for it.

Wait for it.

Now!

I'm under its foot.

Oh.

Hey, listen.

Could you just lift up your foot real quick?

Aw, man.

He got away.

Did he?

Did he?

Quickly, Dar, reached outside of the suit and purloined the severed appendage.

The tail?

Okay.

That tail shall wag the galaxy.

Get in on us, Dar.

It's fun to laugh.

The waxide.

This is Sea Right ID5, Credits and Attributions Droid, commencing Outro Protocol.

Pleck Dexter was played by Alden Ford.

The Envoy C53, the Big Finger Cellar, and Stephai were played by Jeremy Benn.

Dar and Dar were played by Ali Gokesh.

Barchie the Ship and the Bigger Finger Cellar were played by Mujan Zolfagari.

Nerit Bundaloy was played by Ceflin.

AJ and Fondo Parquad were played by Winston Null.

Cheyenne, son of Jack, was played by special guest Chris Grace.

Chris is an actor and comedian in Los Angeles.

He played Jerry on Superstore and is in the final season of Atypical on Netflix.

Jack was played by special guest Eric Gerson, who also improvised the piano performances throughout the episode.

Eric is a composer, pianist, and comedian who has composed music for Comedy Central, True TV, TPS, and Improv Everywhere.

He is an associate music director for Story Pirates and the creator and musical musical director for the musical improv team Rumple Teaser, which is once again performing live shows in NYC.

Core Balevor was played by Renelle Mulligan.

This episode was edited by Seth Lynn.

Sound design, mix, and music production and instrumentation by Shane O'Connell.

Theme music composed by Brendan Ryan and performed by famous Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra.

Orchestra mixing by Danny Keith Taylor.

Opening call narration by Jeremy Crutchley.

Ship design for the Bargerian Jade by Eric Goyce.

Audio hosting by Simplecast.

Mission to Zix is a proud member of the Max One Fun Network.

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