Danger Rangers! - Chapter Six

> "*Let's roll to see what kind of a friend you're being. Oh, look, a 1!*"
> ― Irene Dubois
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**Danger Rangers! - Chapter Six: "Octobussy"** is the sixty-fourth episode of Queens of Adventure. It is the final part of the Danger Rangers prequel arc. In it, the ranger novices's friendship is put to the test.

## Synopsis

Previously, novice rangers and best friends Bosco and Irene Dubois separated during a training mission over a disagreement.

Irene tried to return to Glamalala, but her cart's capybara is injured on its front legs, and slightly scared of Irene. At the edge of the woods she sees the dark figure is still following her, so Irene grabs the capybara and carries it back towards the fisherman's hut. But as the figure follows her, she drops the capybara and runs towards the hut.

Meanwhile, Bosco enters a seacave and finds the missing fishing equipment she was looking for. Two giant octopuses converge on her. One sprays the water filled cave with its ink cloud, then dashes out of the cave. The other one grapples Bosco's face, and attacks her.

Outside, Irene can see the inky blob move out of a tidepool cave. She recognizes it as an octopus immediately. Not sure what to do, she stops by Fisherman Flando's, where he traumatically offers her eggs, and directs her towards the tide pools to find Bosco. Irene goes looking for Bosco, and shouts at the Octopus zooming over the beach. She shouts out to it, and it stops to look at her. Unintimidated by her as she approaches, the octopus leaps and latches onto her face.

In the cave, Bosco manages a hit back against the first octopus a couple times, and outside Irene uses *hungry jaws* to bite the second. Irene also hits it with a great ax.

Bosco's octopus sprays an ink cloud directly into her mouth before breaking off and dashing out of the cave. Over it, Bosco grabs the magical fishing net and departs the cave, where she sees Irene's fight. Irene tries to stab her javelin into the octopus but misses. Bosco uses her *blessing of the raven queen* to teleport next to Irene and whips the octopus that had attacked her before it reaches Irene, killing it. Irene's octopus lets go and begins to escape, but Irene grabs it and hurls it into the sea.

The two friends share their stories, but Irene can't find the shadowy figure. Flando comes up to them, and instantly assumes they defeated the H.O.G.s, as he takes back the net. Irene refuses to stay and wants to get back to the city. Bosco begrudgingly agrees after taking a letter of recommendation from Flando.

Heading back to the cart, they find the capybara looks healthy and uninjured. Bosco questions Irene's story. It leads to a tense cart ride back to the city. Back at the dorms, Bosco finds roommate Lewis once more singing in his litter box, and learns his full name is Lewis Anne Clark

In their room, Jaaaaaaake questions Irene about her story about the prisoners and Cliffhanger Crest. As he marks in his notebook, Irene grabs it from him. She finds it is a list of their classmates with checks and x's. Irene only has pages of x's. Jaaaaaaake explains he provides these to the Discipline Daddy. Irene bites through the notebook, destroying it. Jaaaaaaake charges out of the room.

The next day, Irene finds a note telling her to report to Resplendent Ranger Ryan. She consults Bosco first in her room, about what happened the night before. Lewis has been listening to this all from the litter box, but leaves them to talk in private. The two friends begin to argue over Irene's concerns about their secret mission and Jaaaaaaake. Irene storms out.

Reporting to Ranger Ryan, Irene tells about how she was in the middle of a skin shedding and that affected her hormones. Ryan says Jaaaaaaake requested a room change as he doesn't feel safe with Irene. She counters, trying to argue she should have a private room while she sheds. Ryan assigns Irene to detention, and says she will be confined to her room outside of classes.

Irene heads to her elective: Bumblicious Bee keeping, on the outskirts of town. She hears students gossip that Ranger Melissa is retiring, so they need someone to take her place at Cliffhanger Crest. As class starts, Irene is stung by some bees and finds she is deathly allergic. Medics descend and take her to the infirmary as she reflects on the fact that she didn't prepare for class to learn she would be allergic.

At her elective on tucking, Bosco watches a lesson on proper tucking technique. The class is asked to try th techniques, and Bosco has already come tucked. While her form is excellent, her tape doesn't hold and it pops out in front of the class, embarrassing her.

Waking up at the hospital, Irene flies into a rage and destroys the room (including the nice curtain). Doctors have to put her under a sleep spell.

Back at her room, Bosco hears from Lewis about Irene's rage. Despite their falling out, Bosco goes looking for Irene. In her room, Jaaaaaaake has already removed the tape divider and is filling in details in a new notebook. He tells Bosco that Irene was taken to the lodge's tower. Bosco heads there next.

Irene lashes out at Bosco, blaming her friend for the situation they are in, and demands Bosco tell everyone publicly that it was her who decided to let the prisoners go. Bosco refuses, saying she is working hard at being a great ranger, but doesn't think Irene has put any effort into it.

As Bosco leaves, Ranger Ryan goes to visit Irene. He questions Irene's dedication to being a ranger. As there are only so many slots in the ranger program, they will have to decide if Irene can control her rages enough to make it. A rage wells up in Irene then and she controls it, but only after ripping the door from the wall to try and prove she is in control. Unsettled, Ryan decides she isn't safe to be let out and casts *sickening radiance* on her. It completely knocks her out.

When Irene comes to the next day, she is strapped to a cot. Ranger Ryan, Imperitor Baneus, and Inquirer Rigo are all there. They propose a trial by combat to see if she can control her rage under high stress. Given her history as a gladiator, they chose Bosco. Irene agrees. They go and make the same proposal to Bosco, who also agrees.

They are given a day to prepare. Irene works on her *hungry jaws* and Bosco works on her whip skills.

At dawn, the novices are bused to the Glamadrone, with Irene's cage is tied to the back. At the Glamadrone, they each are escorted to separate locker rooms. Irene tears up a photo of Bosco on her way there.

Ranger Ryan announces to the gathered students in the stands the skill battle, which will determine which of the two novices will take the final spot in the Rangers. Bosco enters in a huge reveal coat to her theme song to mild audience interest. Irene enters in a two piece and chiffon coat. Jaaaaaaake leads boos.

Bosco removes the coat, riling up the crowd, before whipping Irene to the face. The crowd cheers. Irene lunges and bites, but misses. She turns and hits Bosco with her great axe. Lewis hisses in the audience. Bosco back handsprings away and fires her long bow, hitting Irene in the arm.

The mists of the Glamadrome rise and turn into solid disks that lift them into the air. Other platforms fill the dome. Irene throws her hand-axe, hitting Bosco. She then locks eyes with her friend and shoves the arrow in her arm further in, freaking out Bosco. Despite her freakout, Bosco fires off another arrow, then whelms the audience with a death drop.

Irene goes into a rage and sprays venom straight up into the air. Some hits her, some hits Bosco. The audience gasps, and some begin to head for the doors as they are horrified by Irene's action. Irene moves closer to her friend and drops all her weapons, asking her to give up.

The platforms raise up higher and the ground fills with a viscous liquid. Bosco uses her *blessing of the raven queen* to teleport back to another disk and fires another arrow. Irene resists it in her range. The audience stops and watches, but remains afraid. Irene again asks her friend to surrender. She picks up her javelin and hurls it, but misses. Bosco asks Irene to surrender, and Irene does.

Ranger Ryan tells the pair to shake hands to declare it a draw. Both refuse. He tells the students to head for the bus. Only Ryan, Rigo, and Baneus stay behind. Irene asks the three if she looks like she is in control, though Bosco counters that she attacked the student body with her venom.

The senior Glamazons confer while the novices shower and cool off. Once re-gathered, Ryan asks them each to explain why they should be the one to get the spot. Irene tells the full story of their mission with the poachers, saying she wanted to follow the rules and take the prisoners to the city, while Bosco convinced Melissa to let the prisoners go. Bosco lies and says she did everything correctly. When Irene tells them to ask Melissa, they say she resigned and went to Malala Island.

Rigo can only confirm the story through his suggestion they go to Cliffhanger Crest, but has no reports past then. Baneus is furious this wasn't in the reports. Rigo claims the investigation is ongoing. Ryan is inclined to give the spot to Irene, until Bosco points out how terrible Irene has been in the whole program. Ryan is left uncertain. Rigo proposes Irene join the Inquirer training program. This would give her freedom to investigate matters and even be able to leave the city as she has dreamed. Irene agrees, and Bosco is allowed to remain in the program. Baneus says nothing, and Ryan is relieved by this.

Lewis appears then from the bathroom, singing a song praising Bosco. The rangers all leave.

As Rigo takes Irene out to go to the Inquirer's House, he asks Irene what she knows of the Thirteenth Queen. Baneus folds his arms and fades into the darkness.

Meanwhile, the Concierge in narration, wonders why he was in the first chapter, and what happened to all of the missing Glamazons. He suggests these stories may be explored in the future before being pulled away to the afterlife.

### Characters

#### Party

* Bosco - shadar-kai fighter
* Irene Dubois - lizardfolk barbarian

#### NPCs

* Farmer Flando
* Shadowy Figure
* Lewis Anne Clark
* Jaaaaaaake
* Resplendent Ranger Ryan
* Inquirer Rigo
* Imperitor Baneus
* Ranger Instructors
* Ranger Novice Students
* Concierge (voiceover only)

## Episode Notes

### Lore

* Reclusive Ranger Melissa has been stationed at Cliffhanger Crest for 50 years before she suddenly retires.
* Ranger elective classes often seem tied to some of the Great Houses of old. Bublicious Bee Keeping and Tuckernauts and tucking.
* Rigo all but confirms Irene's theory about a possible Thirteenth Legendary Queen.

### Inspiration Earned

* Irene - not doing her homework (random experience table)
* Bosco - embarrassing herself in front of classmates (random experience table)

### Memorable Quotes

* "Why is that shape in the trees slowly keeping pace with me?" - Irene Dubois
* "First I'm going to scream: Hentai! I saw this last night!" - Bosco
* "Not a sixteen-opus!" - Irene Dubois
* "I feel like Sigourney Weaver right now." - "You always feel like Sigourney Weaver" - Bosco and Irene Dubois
* "Are you doing an octopus call? What does it sound like." - "Hey, Octopus. I'm calling an octopus." - DM James and Irene Dubois
* "Gives new meaning to the word 'Pig'. We love a metaphor." - Irene Dubois
* "I'm realizing now that having a teacher evaluating students on their tuck their might be some... creepy issues there. But you're all adults and you were all informed of what you signed up for before and after so... it's alright." - DM James
* "Digestive health is the most important meal of the day." - Lewis

### References

* The Rusty Anchor restaurant - Spongebob Squarepants
* Hentai (nsfw)
* Aliens - Sigourney Weaver
* 45th President language affectation
* TMZ
* Jaime Lee Curtis
* Shadowfax
* Fantastic Hands and Where to Catch Them
* Hannibal Lecter
* American Gladiators

### Please Welcome to the Stage

* Traumeggtic
* Callie Mari

### Name That Tune

* "A Woman's Got the Power" - Jennifer Holiday
* "Can't Get You Out of my Head" - Kylie Minogue
* "Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
* "Family Affair" - Mary J Blige
* Theme from Jaws

## Behind the Queens

* In the mid-episode break and outtro, DM James hypes Londyn Bradshaw's upcoming twitch drag show "Layers of Londyn", and a planned live Q&A stream with Irene, Bosco, and Butylene for later in August.
* In a rare reference to a queen cast mate who doesn't appear in the episode, Irene mentions a live drag performance Butylene has done, to the song "Can't Get You Out of My Head" with parodies of the movie Alien.

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