305: Bad Grandma [ft. Rachel Pegram]

It is a time of fear and unrest.

Emperor Nermit Bundaloy rules the galaxy with an iron fist and also a planet crusher.

Crusher.

Now, Zima Knight Pleck Dexetter and his intrepid crew travel the farthest reaches of the galaxy to defeat whackness, bring balance to the space, and meet weird bug creatures and stuff.

This is Mission to Sync.

And what?

Oh, uh, yeah, Bargie, what's up?

Like, you have those, uh, those scrolls, right?

Those like magical little scrolls that oh, you know, I'm glad you asked, Bargie.

I don't think the scrolls themselves are magical.

I think it's more.

Uh,

yeah, they're not magic.

They're not really spells.

No.

Nope.

Then why are you carrying around a lot?

Uh, I decided to pick up a second woodsaber for like tight quarters.

So this is like a sort of close combat woodsaber.

I'm not sure that qualifies as a full-fledged saber, though.

Okay, well, it's sort of like a wood dagger.

So to clarify, let me just take everything you said back.

You can't do anything.

Well, you know, Barzi, let me actually read to you a little bit from these ancient scrolls.

Fantastic.

Okay, just to kind of give you an idea, because I feel like they're more just like prophecies that I kind of need to unpack.

So here's one of the scrolls.

Candyman tempting the thoughts of a sweet tooth tortured by the weight loss program cutting the corners.

Loose end, loose end, cut, cut on the fence.

Could not to offend, cut, cut, cut, cut.

Um, yeah, that's the stuff.

That's just scarbel.

Well, I think it's those are sacred texts.

Yeah, there's a message hidden in there somewhere.

Could not to offend doesn't make any sense.

Okay, but but what if you could not?

But what if you said it fast?

Like, could not to offend like that?

I think it's even more annoying.

So

you do anything.

Oh boy.

Bargie, you know, maybe we can maybe we can talk about like upgrading some of your equipment.

Maybe we can change your hull a little bit.

How about that?

I'm not exchanging money in public.

Oh, okay.

That's a very specific restriction, Barge.

Yeah, is that no one will see any crude hovering between me and space wait bargie when you pay for something do you do you shoot the croon through space at whoever you're paying of course wait what do you think i am huh okay i'm just saying that i've got a very limited amount of crune and dar is in charge of it right now okay wait dar's in charge of your croon

yeah oh

i'm very good with money well you invested a in a literal pile of croon into bit croon and lost it all so that's just numbers okay

Huh.

You never divested from BitCrune.

No, no, because it's gonna spike right back up.

It's been sort of a while.

You'd think it would have spiked by now.

Well, here's the thing: with the Emperor, everything's in flux, you know.

But if you wanted to invest,

maybe.

Is this also in BitCrune?

No, actually, you'd be investing in a side venture that I'm working on.

Uh, okay.

It's called Itty Bitty Crew.

Okay, I don't want that.

A Zema doesn't need money.

I'm an exciter, if you don't have any crew, how did you get your wood dagger?

I would say I created my wood dagger, you know, just sort of by snapping it off one of the trees that was in the parking lot of the Labrari.

Oh no, then you created that branch?

No, no, no, I created the wood dagger by snapping the branch.

I don't want to.

Oh, AJ, that's way too big.

No,

AJ, you cannot swing that around in here.

How did you get that loose

without us not?

AJ, you are.

How are you?

How are you lifting that bog?

You are very strong.

I was genetically bred to be stronger, faster.

Newbile.

Nubile.

Okay.

Everyone be quiet.

We're passing by a ship I know.

Be quiet.

Be quiet.

Like, don't even say anything.

They got a bad

history of investments, so I got involved because I was like, How bad can it be?

And it's bad, it's bad.

Okay, all right,

I love that story.

We didn't guess,

Bargie, can they hear us in here?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but

the vacuum

space, the sound wouldn't travel.

Oh, no, oh, those eye contact.

Oh, one okay,

and a long night be

Gooji.

What?

I'm just passing by.

Just passing by.

That's not her name.

Her name is Barcelona.

Goodbye.

Okay, they left.

Bargie, don't you have like vocal simulators you can play?

That sort of just sounded like your voice doing a voice.

I'm a real actor.

You know, I don't use fake enhancers.

I don't know.

There's nothing fake about me.

You get what you get.

Yes.

If I'm gonna do another voice, it's me doing an impression.

I can do anybody.

Tell me, and I'll do it.

Oh, uh, do do uh do Nermita.

Bang on, I love it.

Okay,

turn me next.

Who's that?

Oh, hi.

Poppetex and I have an incoming transmission from Master Missions Operations Manager.

Hey, Nermit, huh?

Yeah.

Okay, so you guys, we have come to an agreement.

We have five minutes left in the nest, and then it will be fully Nermit's nest for the day.

Nermit, what are you doing with those Tornadas?

Well, oh,

we came to a sort of truce where they will not eat me if they are allowed to kind of get sublet.

If Tornada is living in your nest, so you're sharing your home with natural predators, too.

Yeah, but I mean, guys, this is working.

The sharing economy is strong.

So

what are you getting back from them?

So the exchange is they're not tearing me tail from plume.

Nermit, do you need money?

Because

I have a little side hustle

with the itty bitty bitly croon.

You know, this is a reason.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

This one's just for Nermit.

You know, Dar, I'm committed to being a breadwinner, and I may have no income, but I still, out of pride, will say no.

It's pretty regressive, man.

See,

Nerman, do we have a mission?

Yes.

Turn on us.

Great.

All right.

All right, guys.

I've been looking through the database, and I found a planet

Amber.

I don't know if you know it.

Uh, no, okay.

It makes sense that you wouldn't, because the inhabitants of this planet have never sided with any of the dominant galactic groups.

They never aligned with the monarchy.

They never aligned with the Federated Alliance.

They never aligned with the Rebellion.

They have not aligned with the Emperor.

So, this is a prime place for us to go in and establish contact with the local leader on behalf of the burgeoning battle against Wackness.

Nermit, why would we have any confidence that the people of Amber would follow us?

I mean, they've never declared any sort of allegiance before.

That's the thing.

Our cause is pretty little.

I mean, you know, like, it's true.

People want to get in on the ground floor.

They want to get in on the ground floor or something.

I think we should definitely go to this place.

I don't think this is the kind of thing.

We need to get to Amber right away.

Okay.

Listen, Bargi, Dar, I don't know what kind of scheme you're running right now, but we sort of have like a bigger

scheme?

Scheme.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Okay.

Nermin, just tell us where to go.

Alright, guys, I'm going to give one of my collaborators, the tornado, the honor of pushing this button, which will send the coordinates.

Oh, he did send it.

He did send the coordinates.

I'm a little worried about Nerman.

I'm worried about Dar.

I'm worried about Balgi.

Oh no.

Oh wow.

Amber is beautiful.

C-53, do you know anything about this place?

Well, historically, it's been sort of a cultural hub for various free thinkers, artists, dissidents, who all wish to exist outside the monarchy of the Federated Alliance.

This place is perfect.

I just need to set up my projector and my slides, and I think

you have like a whole system here.

Yeah, but I promise I won't fall behind it.

I only need to carry these three suitcases and you know, set up the equipment.

I hope someone has a microphone I can borrow.

Oh, my mom, oh my, you're here.

Oh, good.

Okay, good.

Have a nice day.

Have a nice day.

Okay.

Where are they going?

They came up to us and left us so quickly.

We don't really need that.

You know what?

Let's just go into this situation, assuming that.

Thank God you're here.

Hi there.

What?

Hello?

Who are you?

Hmm.

Interesting.

Are you interested in an investment?

Dart, can we?

Let's wait until.

I promised.

I promise Bargie.

I promise Vargi.

Okay, all right, fine.

Come on, come on.

I'm searching my cultural database to see if this is a part of life here on Amber.

I can't find anything for that.

I think we need to try to find whoever's in charge here.

That looks like the biggest building.

Should we head there?

Yeah, honestly, that's probably a good idea.

Oh wow, that's very nice of you, very opulent.

It's the biggest building.

Ornaped.

Uh, hello?

Ooh, wow.

Listen to how your voice echoes in here, but

I'm municipal.

Oh.

Hello?

Hi.

Oh,

hi.

Listen to how they respond.

Hi, wow.

You guys,

you're not from here.

No, actually, we just landed.

You know, we're,

I'm Zima Knight Pleck Deck Setter.

This is C53 and Dar and AJ.

Wow.

hello, hello, hello.

I am Grandma

III.

Grandma III.

Yes.

Wow.

Pleasure.

Hi.

Are you the leader of this world?

Oh my rad, no,

I am not the leader.

I am the city councilwoman, so you know.

That's actually also

of use to me.

Metam Castlewoman.

Yes, hi.

I brought the papers that you requested.

Thank you so much.

These are late.

I know.

Okay.

I'm still here.

I'm still here.

Oh, wow.

You know, City Councilwoman, should I call you City Councilwoman?

Is that the right title?

Yeah, you can call me City Councilwoman.

You can call me Ma.

You can call me Grandy.

You can call me Lady Who Lunches.

You know, whatever you like.

You got a lot.

I feel like Grandy.

How about Gam Gam?

That's what I used to call my grandma.

Well, I'm not a grandmother.

Oh, to be clear.

Okay.

I think grandma is her name.

It's my name.

Right, her title is that I will skip in.

Her name is Grandma.

Do I look like a grandmother to you?

No, I was going to say you look very absurdly young grandma.

Okay, never mind.

Listen, city councilwoman, grandma.

Yes.

We're actually trying to just get to know some of the planets here in the Zig Squadron.

We're recruiting for a war.

Okay, that's not actually.

AJ, you need need to cool it.

You need to screw it.

Okay, so.

What?

This is AJ.

You'll have to excuse AJ.

He's very stupid.

Look.

I don't know what kind of war you're selling.

We don't want any of it here.

Okay.

Amber's people are for Amber.

Yeah, that's no, that's really good.

When you refer to Amber's people,

it's hard to overlook the fact that this government building is empty.

Well, it seems some folks are out sick.

sick.

Huh.

Councilwoman, sorry, I forgot.

Yes?

There's one paper I forgot to include.

Wow.

You forgot the paper.

I did forget.

What are the papers?

Well, I'd walk slowly on your way home tonight.

No, please, no.

I'm just telling you what you should do.

Oh, no.

Walk slowly on your way home.

Oh, enjoy your house.

Enjoy it.

Oh, enjoy it.

That sounds good.

She is one of my best friends.

We are so close.

That's Melissa.

Me and Melissa joke.

That's how we joke.

You know, girls' night, drinking wine, etc.

Well, this is really good acting scary.

Yeah.

Can I just ask, how many other people work in the government building here?

Oh, you know, upwards of

two,

three.

Two, three.

Is that including you and Melissa?

Me, Melissa.

That's two.

Oh, yes.

and that worm.

Does the worm work here?

The worm is on the payroll.

Okay, interesting.

Oh.

Okay.

Well,

hey there.

Mops that one party mode.

Yeah, it's pretty important.

It looks great.

Now,

do you find that just as a city councilwoman there's just not a need for a bigger staff?

Or?

Well, people have just been

going away.

Trips, you know.

How would you guys like to go to war?

AJ,

you can't jump on that.

Okay, how would I even?

Oh, right.

You just know how to read.

No, I didn't say that.

I didn't say that.

Um, hey, uh, Plex, can I borrow one of your daggers real quick?

Uh, well, uh, sure, yeah, be careful.

Oh, AJ, look at this stick!

Look at this stick.

Oh, no, it's not a

good one.

Okay, I'll eat it with my eyes.

I'll be right back.

Oh,

AJ.

What?

AJ.

Oh, my goodness.

That's a third of the staff of this city hall.

Councilwoman, Grandma.

Melissa!

Melissa!

Melissa, I need you to take over Lil Inch's job.

Oh, really?

You're just washing up that one space?

Yeah, you have to

wash the one space.

Okay.

And do your job still.

Okay, and I'll just walk really slow.

Yes.

And I won't be disappeared.

Yes, you better walk slow.

I'm sorry.

This is just that fun game you play with, Melissa.

Yes, Melissa.

You get it right?

Real quick, Councilwoman, Grandi, I'm just going to pull my two friends aside here and

talk to them privately.

Oh, sure, sure, sure.

Guys,

Yeah, I don't know about this.

There's something on Twitter Design

going on in this town.

Oh, yes, you did.

But here's, yeah, I am.

But I just wanted to say

I am.

I'm the best.

But I just wanted to say something weird happened.

I was getting the dagger, and I looked.

I saw one of those people that we came in looking at.

They were there.

And then all of a sudden, they kind of got

disappeared.

What do you mean, AJ?

They got disappeared.

That's what I don't know how else to say it.

I guess I'm reading the room.

Describe AJ AJ, describe what happened.

Well, they were there

and they just disappeared.

I think that's the proper

of that is got disappeared.

They screamed and just vanished.

It was

grandma, grandy lady who lunches, uh console woman, I yes

I cannot seem to f find my parents.

Oh no.

Hey, read the room, pal.

AJ, what

do you know about

you can't find your parents?

I was with them

in our home,

and they have always been there until they were gone.

Sure, sure, sure, sure.

And I would so like them back.

Oh.

How about something else?

How about a job?

Okay, I would think there's a minimum age for

the age you are.

I am nine.

Oh, that's a good age.

We have an opening.

Is this an extremely tiny mop?

Yes.

Little Inch used to clean that little area.

And you're little with little hands.

Listen.

Clean it up.

Clean it up.

I'm sorry to break in here.

Councilwoman Grandy.

Yes.

Listen, I don't want to get involved with whatever's happening on this planet.

And you shouldn't.

But what is happening on this planet?

Papa's right.

You gotta look around, Grandi.

You gotta look around.

Oh, no, your friend.

What happened?

He was here, and then he was gone.

Oh no!

Where is AJ?

Your little annoying friend is gone.

Oh, so sad.

Councilwoman Granny, this feels disingenuous.

What?

What?

It just seems like you don't really care what happened to her.

I do care.

I care about everyone who enters my planet.

The planet.

Wait, your planet?

The planet.

You said my planet.

You said my planet.

Well, it's because I care about it so much.

Well, okay, here's what I'd like to know.

What do you plan to do about all the people disappearing?

Well, I plan to set up a search party to figure out where they're hiding.

Who is going to constitute this search party?

I don't think anybody's left.

I want to help.

I want to help find your townsfolk.

Oh, okay.

As a Zema Knight, I think I'm up to the task.

Oh.

Well,

I guess you could go looking for them.

Really?

Sure.

Go!

Have a look.

Have a nice Mosey!

C-53, do you have any sort of scanners you can run to try to figure out what is happening to these people?

Unfortunately, I can't.

This on and off Ambassador frame doesn't have any long-range life form scanners.

I can run a scan for party-style fries.

No, I don't think we need that.

I guess let's just make a sweep.

That's insane after missing.

They're clearly got disappeared.

Yeah.

Yeah, they got disappeared.

Is that grammatically correct?

Got disappeared?

I was going to say no,

but seeing it happen in front of me.

I mean, people get disappeared.

That is a guess, but it's not an ass.

It just doesn't sit right with me.

I think it's the best we've got for now.

Oh, wow.

First, you must cross the Wailing Sands.

And then travel down the Blister Gorge.

And then

cross over the dunes of Rilu.

Okay, so we got Whaling Sands.

Blister Gorge.

If you could throw the signs right over there, it's just

street names.

I see Whaling Sands Boulevard.

Oh, Blister Gorge Boulevard.

How far away are we talking?

Four or five blocks.

Okay, let's see the section.

And if we go there, we'll find

off.

Oh, wow.

You are a wow.

I didn't see you.

Sorry, yes, I've just been scrubbing the sidewalk here under you.

I don't think you have to do that.

No?

Also, why are you using such a tiny mop?

That mop is for a worm.

You should use a mop for a child.

I agree.

I can't believe they make those.

No, there's distinct different sizes, and I love a child-sized mop.

What is your name?

I'm Theo.

Theo?

Theo, it's gonna be okay.

We're gonna we're gonna follow these uh.

Thank goodness, how do you know that?

What?

You're sure it's gonna be okay?

That's That's such a relief.

Okay, no, I that's just sort of something you say to a kid.

Yeah, it's just something you sort of say to a kid when things look grim.

It's not gonna be okay?

I can't make any promises yet.

Oh no,

nobody knows.

Nobody really knows.

We know now.

Follow me.

You know, uh, Melissa, I just want to thank you for, you know,

helping us out.

I'm sure you did it at great peril.

You know, if you're in trouble here, maybe we can help you take Grandy down.

Oh,

hey, Grandy, they're right over here.

Oh, no, they were trying to undermine you.

Melissa, why?

Miss Hurts.

Hello, hello, hello.

Melissa, I'm gonna give you a kiss.

Thank you.

Wow, there.

That was a good idea.

Kiss of got disappeared.

She took too long.

What are we doing to the language right now?

Yes, it's got disappeared.

It's grammatically correct.

I just feel like there's gotta be a better there isn't.

And you know what?

I'm gonna got disappear ya right now.

No, no, no, no, no, listen.

Here you go.

You're going, and you're gone.

Anyone else got comments?

I'm okay, actually.

Well, you're all getting disappeared anyway.

Goodbye.

Even the little boy.

Say goodbye.

Oh, this is great.

Oh, wow.

It's crazy we got visitors.

Oh boy.

I shouldn't have disappeared all of them.

I really, I really wanna have sex one of these days.

It's been so long.

I It disappeared my only boyfriend.

What were you thinking, Grandi?

Damn.

Guess I better go back to work, you know, there's potholes in this dang city I gotta fix.

Oh, we need the potholes fixed.

Ugh, your houses look like shit.

Why should I fix your potholes?

You don't take care of your house.

Lucia.

Yes, I can hear you.

AJ,

where are you?

Papa, can you see me?

I can't see you.

I'm waiting my arm.

Oh, okay.

What?

Sorry?

Oh, okay.

Uh, C-53.

You got disappeared.

said you did.

Uh.

Where are we?

Do you guys want cuts is?

Uh,

do you guys want a cut live?

What, in front of Melissa?

No, it's fine.

Melissa, you don't see.

Oh, Theo.

Are you alright?

Yeah, uh,

get my number.

Are you sure you're not gonna take a number?

Uh, listen, I'm I've got a thing going on right here.

So you're turning the screws into like little bitty bitty bitty tiny tiny teens you can do.

Oh, it'll help you buy eight houses.

Eight?

Okay, see, we don't know if we're ever gonna do that, though, because we can't leave right now.

But you have to think about your future.

Where are you down the line?

Literally and metaphorically,

just here.

Dar, you know what?

Just catch up with us later, okay?

We're investing.

We're investing.

I understand that.

Papa, this place is crazy.

Yeah, AJ, what is happening?

This line is miles long.

Well, I've done a little recon.

You know, when I was a clint, I used to be one of the best at recon, so I asked the people in front of me, and they said that this line is for everyone who got disappeared.

Little inch!

Little inch, Lil Inch!

I thought you were dead.

No, no, Lil Inch was disappeared right when I stepped on him at the moment of stepping.

Wow.

Oh, thank God Little Inch is alive.

Don't even have a job.

Theo,

that's not important.

That's what you're worried about.

Theo, if we're here, that means your parents are in the fly somewhere.

Mommy!

I mean, she's to me.

Okay, well, we have a kid again, so

I forgot how neglectful they were.

You didn't have to be so worried.

He gets that from you, Steve.

You know what?

Somehow, after they disappeared, I idealized my family in a way that seems so

happened fast.

Well, based on my reconnaissance, we are in the got disappeared department.

It's a government building.

Melissa, do you know anything about this place?

Well, we, you know, we've voted for Grandy.

And what, Amber, when you vote for a council person, you imbue them with an incredibly powerful form of telekinesis.

Why do you you do that?

Well, it's supposed to be for public transport.

But occasionally, the council person will use it to disappear people.

Occasionally?

Well,

there's the got disappeared party, so you kind of know what you're gonna get there.

Sure.

Was that Brandy's party?

Yeah, it was.

And you voted for her?

Well, in the C53, I just realized that's why everybody was running.

Okay, yeah, I guess without publicity, you would just have to run everywhere.

That's the quickest way to get from point A to point B.

Yeah.

Well, there is the light rail party.

Wait, there's a light rail?

Well, the candidate wasn't likable.

But.

But don't you want a light rail system?

Well, if I can't feel like I can have an orange beer with them, I don't know if I want to vote for them.

If they're going to be able to listen,

electability

matters.

Melissa, I feel like you need to make some changes in your government system.

Your entire civilization is grinding to a halt down here in the Got Disappeared department.

Well, what do you want me to do?

I don't know.

Run as a candidate in the Light Rail Party.

I'd never thought of that.

Yeah, I think you could do it.

You know, you know how the government works.

I can't do much.

I can just call a recall election, which will summon Grandi here.

Then Grandi and I will have to have a battle of the mines.

And if that wins, I will become the light rail leader and restore everybody back.

That's all I can do.

My hands are tied.

Melissa, that sounds exactly what we need to do.

That sounds perfect.

Ideal.

Oh.

Okay.

Where did she get that megaphone?

I recall the election of Councilwoman Grandma.

They're the lady who lunches.

I summon her here now.

What?

Hello, Councilwoman.

Hello, Melissa.

I see you've come to challenge me.

I have.

For too long, the Light Rail Party has been ignored.

And it's time for us to find out what we shall do once and for all.

Melissa, I thought you were my friend, but I see you are my enemy, and I'm prepared to take you out.

Melissa, don't worry.

The advantages of a light rail system are obvious.

This crowd does not want to get disappeared again.

The battle of the mines, which means that each candidate will speak.

We'll give a short speech.

Oh, so like a debate.

We call it a battle of the mines.

It's a battle of the minds, actually.

The incumbent shall go first, representing the get-disappeared party, councilwoman grandma the third lady who launches.

Thank you, Melissa.

Constituents, my people,

the people of Amber,

why would you want

the light rail system

when you can have the efficiency of the got disappeared system,

with the got disappeared party, you are lifted up and taken exactly to your workplace.

I don't leave the people of Amber hanging, okay?

I leave them standing where they need to be.

That's true.

And you know why?

Because I ran on the got disappeared platform and not the light rail platform.

The light rail takes you shore from one place to another, but it's not exactly where you want to go.

That's true.

Yeah.

You might as well have walked the whole way.

And then what?

You're tired and you're sweaty.

And then the boss man says you don't have a job anymore because you look like trash.

Yeah, you did.

Yeah.

I like Melissa to be shrimp.

And what about Melissa's emails?

Melissa's got too many unanswered emails.

We've seen it.

If you vote for me, I'll open every email, even if I don't read it.

I know all of you care.

I know all of you care.

About getting to where you need to be as fast as you can.

Right, Mark?

You care about getting where you need to be?

I do.

I hate the light reel.

Yeah, I made sure you got to your daughter's birthday party on time.

Remember that?

Yeah, my favorite daughter.

Yes.

Daddy, are you in line?

I haven't seen you in seven months.

Well,

a reunion.

Everyone benefits when we have

the got disappeared system.

Am I right?

Everyone benefits.

Everyone gets where they need to go.

Disappeared.

Disappeared.

Yes.

Listen, a vote for me means you're all out of here and you're right back where you were before you got disappeared.

No questions asked.

I concede.

I concede.

That's a good deal.

I concede!

Okay, Melissa, then I will remain your city councilwoman.

And you know what?

You're all out of here.

Dar, Dar, we're saved.

We're out.

We're back on the surface.

I was so close.

I had so many new investors.

I could see it in their eyes.

They were all

hungry.

I don't know.

It doesn't seem

like you need to cut your losses down.

I mean, the benefit is this planet is functional.

People can live their lives.

Hey, uh, hey, Bargie.

Yeah.

Uh, I think

we really could have used my uh my woodsaber.

I'm here.

I didn't know that that was what we were missing.

You have to

do that in the cargo hold or something.

It's just a little bit tight quarters here.

All right,

all right.

I'll see you guys later.

I'm gonna go train with my woodsaber.

He's filling in a lot of the blanks himself, and I would say he's doing it wrong.

Well, the whole point of learning the space is filling in the space between the spaces you already know with the spaces you don't.

Dod, did you, uh, did you get it?

Are we okay?

Am I fine?

Can I go back?

Can I pay off all the bad things that I did, all the sins that I created?

Well,

um.

I'm gonna take that as a no.

I know.

I was trying to think of a clever way to tell you, but uh, we have less than nothing

because obviously everything I invented is imaginary.

Uh-huh.

Okay.

Incoming message from master visionary Vermin Vorken Heiken Super.

Yeah, Bargie's right there.

Incoming transmission from Master Vision's operations.

Man, come on, bundle.

Hey, guys.

Nermits.

Hey,

where'd the tornadas go?

Right?

They're gone.

Where did they go?

Yeah, what did you do?

You see them way off in the distance there.

Right, we set up a perimeter agreement.

Okay, here's the paper.

You can see the scratch marks on the bottom.

I'm pretty sure they agreed to this.

It looks like they just bit it.

In Tornado, I think that represents a contractual type deal.

I feel like they were waiting for you to lay an egg.

I understand if you don't understand this legalese that has bound the Tornada and I.

I don't think that slash in the paper is legalese.

I think we file this in the sick nest.

So, guys, what's up?

Amber, are they with us?

You know, Nermit, we got down there.

There is a lot of politics that, you know, hard for me to even describe, but it almost feels like the failings of their two-party system has created a rift between them and the civilizations around them.

Wow.

Not look at this.

You signed it.

You signed it.

I can't believe that worked.

See?

Thank goodness for the legal system.

This is C-Red IT5, Credits and Attributions Droid, commencing Outro Protocol.

Papa Pleck Deck Center was played by Alden Ford.

C-53 was played by Jeremy Bent.

Dar was played by Allie Kokesh.

Bargie the Ship was played by Mujan Zolfagari.

Master Missions Operations Manager Nervit Bundeloy and Theo were played by Seth Lind.

AJ and Melissa were played by Winston Doll.

Grandma was played by special guest Rachel Pegram.

Rachel is an actress and comedian who performs regularly with ASCAT at UCB NYC and at Lo-Fi and at That Shit Ray at Union Hall in Brooklyn.

You can follow her on Twitter at Rachel Pegram and on Instagram at I'm Rachel Pegram.

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This episode was edited by Seth Lind with sound design and mix by Shane O'Connell.

Recorded at Braun Studios in Brooklyn, New York.

Music composed by Brendan Ryan and performed by FAME's Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra.

Opening crawl narration by Jeremy Crutchley.

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Can we just get that?

Should I do that?

Please stop.

Please stop.

This is like listening to the song, and it's not what people should have to do without choosing to.

Cut, cut, cut.

Because we know the little answer.

No,

no, no.

Absolutely not.

Rachel's going to get up and leave the room.

She would be well within her reach at this point.