165: Dew KFC Pizza Hut

## Summary

Raphina helps to pick grabby triangles off Dew's clothes as the party settle down for their long journey. Batthwack investigates a hatch in the ceiling, embarrassing himself in the process and Will chats to the haggard half-elf father as his boy Ricky runs around making a nuisance of himself.

## Synopsis

Raphina notices what appears to be a motif of small green triangular leaves all over Dew's clothing, body and hair. Pointing this out to Dew, he exclaims *"Oh piffle shish!"* and starts plucking the leaves off his person. Raphina helps with some of them lower ones. Dew says "*I was trapped in this thicket of these grabby triangles for quite some time."* The leaves are sticking to Raphina. Dew explains *"I only got out of the thicket just before coming here. Grabby triangle is quite common. It doesn't usually grow in such a wide area. It's usually more confined. It's benign, unless it grabs you too hard. I was in that thicket for a while."*

Batthwack looks for a table where they can play a card game. Looking around, he sees that the airship is not anywhere near capacity. Hank is roving about, poking here and there. Batthwack notices a hatch in the in the ceiling, near the rear door to the bunk room. He goes over to investigate and finds a lever which looks like it could be used to open the hatch. Trying to be as quiet and stealthy as possible, Batthwack pulls the lever. However, it seem the weeks in misty, damp Barovia have not done his armour any favours. A loud squeal emanates throughout the cabin as he slowly pulls the lever, and everybody in the room just slowly turns and looks at him. Batthwack slowly turns his head to look at everyone, all the while continuing to pull on the lever. When the sound finally stops, Will, who has been watching from another part of the cabin, *Prestidigitates* the sound of a fart. Suddenly there's a loud thunk as a ladder shoots down from the hatch, smacking Batthwack on the head. Two owl-folk peer down from the hole in the ceiling, looking at him. Batthwack awkwardly pushes the ladder back up, finding it folds over to the side and is held in place by a catch mechanism. He fumbles with it, pulling the lever closed again, squealing and squeaking as he does so.

Will is sitting next to the half-elf father. The half-elf boy is there too. Commenting on Batthwack's behaviour, he says *"I don't know why he felt the need to do that."* The boy comes up and taps Will on the shoulder. He stares into Will's face for a moment, grinning at him. Then he pulls Will's hair and runs away. The father has a tired, resigned expression on his face. *"That's... that's Ricky."* he sighs. The boy sits down in another seat and starts kicking his feet. He looks a little bored.

## Quotes

* *"Slow but intense suckage, that's Pork Fried Dice's motto"* - Eric

## Trivia

* The episode title quotes Greg. He was describing Dew's bright red tattoos to the rest of the group when Eric suggested the colour was *"a candy apple red, right? Like a like Coca Cola red."* Greg: *"Yes. Dew is sponsored by Coca Cola. Is Mountain Dew owned by Coca Cola? Cuz if they are ..."* Eric: *"Listeners, we considered setting up a Patreon but we thought this was the easier route."* Greg: *"They're owned by Pepsi. Damn."* KT: *"Alright the tattoos are blue now."* Greg: *"The tattoos are blue. His full name is Dew KFC Pizza Hut."*

## References

1. ↑ The grabby triangle's real-world parallel is Persicaria perfoliata a.k.a Mile-a-Minute vine. It's not a carnivorous plant despite its veracious grabby nature. It grabs using the numerous spines on it's stems.