Finale Part 1 - Dreamers

## **Episode Synopsis**

### **Recap**

The team chased Chanzog into the second grand treasure. Dariun and Peterson were locked in battle and after almost bringing Chanzog down, they ran into a hoard of white eye people who attacked. Dariun and Peterson held them off as best they could and Peterson summoned two gorillas to bring them down the pit in the centre to find Zippy. Zippy was in a dark, silent area being chased by books and a giant figure. When he was about to be buried alive by books, the giant saved him and gave him a little paper boat. He escaped, rejoined with the others and they left. Just as they were leaving, the blue flower hit.

### **Episode Summary**

Peterson comes to, he sees Dariun is on his knees in pain. Everyone in the Sparrow are standing around them, trying to take care of Dariun and Peterson. Yogurt and James made the executive decision to fly away from Rasha back towards the west. Dariun looks at his leg and sees the flower is starting to retract. He asks where Bayside is as he hears it in his head when the blue flower hits but does not seem to know much about this plane. Zippy and Peterson both know and Zippy quickly correlates Bayside to where the Ammow conference is going to be held.

Zippy talks about what happened in the second grand treasure, how he could hear or speak. He shows them the paper boat and tells them someone gave it to him. Peterson asks to see it so Zippy puts it on a table and Dariun asks if anyone knows identify. Peterson says he can do one better and casts legend lore on the paper boat. He takes off his masks and props it up on the other side of the boat so he stares into the painted eyes. He begins a goblin chant and traces the tattoos on his arms. He hears the voices of his ancestors and learns about the boats origins.

*Not so long ago, there were three boys; Zach, a boy with hair as black as the night sky and a headstrong personality that made him the natural leader of the group and he also had a wooden sword that he used to fight his way through any obstacle or bully or anything like that. There was also his younger brother Ed, who had bright blonde hair, a freckled face and most notably, anyone who met Ed would say the same thing, that he was a dreamer. Ed constantly would set impossible goals and be convinced that he would achieved them one day. And then there was Benedict. He was not related by blood to the other two but was an extremely close friend. Benedict had large round glasses and a backpack filled with every necessary item for any survival situation. He was a very anxious person so they had to prepared for every situation to be able to feel comfortable doing anything.*

*As children, they often would go exploring around their rural hotel of Kumba, playing imaginary games where they would be the heroes vanquishing the forces of evil or pirates out on the sea or all these different type of games. But one day, they wandered too far while playing and wound up getting lost in the north-eastern woods. Thankfully, Benedict had his big bag of tricks so they were able to survive and two days past and the three boys found their way out of the forest's maze eventually and saw a familiar landmark, the Rainbow Reserve.*

*The Rainbow Reserve is three oddly coloured lakes where given the time of day they would alternate colours and change their hues entirely. People in Kumba often use the waters there to manufacture a variety of powerful potions, potions were kind of Kumbas thing and it was never a place where people would take children to so the boys had never been there. The boys wandered close to the centre of the three lakes, hoping to find an alchemist to give them a ride back to town but instead of alchemists at the centre point between the three lakes, they found a group of people wearing black cloaks with gold trims, they were Greeders.*

*The Greeders were dropping several large barrels attached to wires into each of the three lakes and there was a large leaver setup in the middle to connect all the lines. The boys were running to the Greeders but quickly fell to their knees as the captain of the squad, a Triton with large flowing moustache and a pirate captains hat, pulled the lever, unleashing a massive explosion beneath all of the lakes surfaces that just shook the ground entirely. And then out of each lake, arose a head of an arcane Hydra. Three heads, one from each lake.*

*A battle ensued between the dragon and the treasure hunters and the boys were caught the middle. They tried to run for their lives but Ed tripped and fell and a head of a hydra started lunging at him. Before he could even comprehend his impending death, the Triton captain slammed into the Hydra face with a large shield. Zach picked up Ed and they all ran, escaping the chaos. On the outskirts of the lakes there were alchemist observing the fight from their wagons and they quickly ran to protect the children and get them into their carts and start heading back to town since the whole town had been talking about these boys and how they were missing.*

*So while they returned to their families and were being questioned by various town folks about how they survived and how they were doing, Ed slipped away and ran to his room in his family's humble home and Ed was enamoured by the bravery of the Triton Greeder who saved him and their boldness of taking on a dragon and so in their likeness, he fashioned a paper boat hat and the spark of becoming a treasure hunter was born within Ed that day.*

*Over the years the boys would go on many adventures and Ed would always be pushing them to continue to find a grand treasure. That was the goal. That was the new goal Ed had set; find a grand treasure. Zach and Benedict were happy to go along with it and Ed's passion was pretty infectious so no matter how impossible the goal seemed that they would continue to push through no matter what.*

*They dove down deep into dungeons and climbed high into mountains and eventually they found half of a door handle with a symbol of Salem on it. They had found a grand treasure clue. The boys could hardly believe it. Ed's dream was becoming reality. The gang, with newfound enthusiasm now, went searching even harder for the rest of the grand treasure clue and eventually found out that it had already been found by someone named Felix. The boys did some investigating and found out a banquet was going to be held at the Greeder's guild in Aurum for Felix in a few days and they decided they would steal the clue from him. And though a bunch of missteps, chaotic randomness and ridiculous odds were falling on them from every angle, they managed to steal the other half of the door handle from Felix and leave the party unharmed.*

*But just as they were leaving the outskirts of Aurum's walls, with only one last part of their quest to complete, finding the actual grand treasure where the door handle can fit into, a wild arrow was fired from a nearby tree line. The one who shot the arrow was never found but the adamantine arrow was laced with liquid containing a fatal amount of cackle fever, a disease which would drive someone to madness while laughing uncontrollably. Ed was struck, and no amount of healing magic was curing him as he lay on the floor just laughing uncontrollably. He made it through the night. and then made it through the week and then the month. While he could not help laughing uncontrollably, he managed to recover to the point where he could adventure again.*

*Zach and Benedict were against him going out and said that maybe he should just give up on the grand treasure and let them handle it but Ed could not let it go. They were so close to finding a treasure that could put the word on its head and he could not pass that up. The boys followed Ed as they searched high and low for the grand treasure that they had the key to but they never had any luck. Ed was determined though and no matter where he pointed on the map he was confident that was the way to find what he desired most.*

*Eventually, Ed passed away. The cackle fever was too much to bear and Zach and Benedict were left alone. The two argued about what they should do next and eventually they went their separate ways. Zach went to search for the grand treasure and Benedict went to find the one who shot the arrow that led Ed to his grave. Ed was kind of the glue that kept them all together and kept them from fighting but now that he was gone, this outcome was inevitable.*

*Zach took the paper boat that Ed wore and always kept it by his side. And while he was on the brink of madness trying to find this grand treasure and when it all seemed hopeless, the boat slipped from his side into a bowl of water and there he noticed that the boat was slowly floating towards one side of the bowl and then colliding with that edge over and over. No matter where he rotated the bowl, it kept bouncing in that direction. Zach decided on a whim to follow where the boat was pointing and it lead him to a small house in the middle of the desert with the door inside without a door knob. And Zach found the second grand treasure.*

Once Peterson is present again, he tells Dariun and Zippy everything. Zippy puts it on his head and Dariun deduces that the person down in the pit was Zach and wonders if he has been stuck down there since finding it. Peterson questions if they should try putting it some water to see if it points anywhere. Zippy finds Dracken's bowl and pushes the fish to the side. He puts the paper boat in and he holds the bowl. He thinks about what he wants most in the world and isn't too certain but remembers his goal of being someone in this world. The boat starts to bounce on the glass, pointing south west. Zippy goes over to the window and can see more desert out that direction.

Dariun thinks about all the different leads they need to track down including the convention in Bayside, the journal that can be translated in Liik's Garden and now this paper boat. He believes that Bayside is priority number one to deal with considering the blue flower and the promise they made to Chris. Zippy goes over to Chris who is still passed out. He pulls out an Ammow pill and cracks it under his nose, waking him up. Chris opens his eye, now pale white. He is confused as to where he is and tells them he shouldn't be here. Dariun suspects something in the grand treasure infected his mind, Zippy huffs and shoves the pill in his mouth and forces him to swallow it. His eyes go back to normal and he does not recall anything about going into the second grand treasure.

Zippy asks James to help escort Chris to a bedroom. James comes back with some sass and Zippy is not impressed, threatening to stop allowing him to send letters to his dead family members. Chris is settled in and Dariun takes Peterson aside. He talks to Peterson and apologizes the second grand treasure wasn't what he wanted but that was the end of his bargain and asks where Peterson wants to go. Peterson is still set on his goal to save his tribe and may want to have a go at the paper boat for some guidance. He asks to stay with the team to get to Bayside to try and get the curse off. Dariun is more than happy for him to join them. They part ways, ready to head to sleep.

Dariun goes to his room and Dracken tells him they need to talk. Dracken doesn't like being left out of his adventures now he is going into more dangerous territories. He wants to focus more on Dariun and talk and train more. Dracken tells Dariun he has not had any time to process what happened in Manasnow but he tells Dariun he will need to go back to the Feywild. For his father and more importantly to make him an Archfey. Dariun understands but is wanting to make sure his condition is dealt with first before looking to go to the Feywild. Dariun gets into bed and sleeps for the night.

Zippy is steering the ship and Yogurt comes up to him, suggesting Zippy gets some rest. Zippy asks Yogurt to come over, asking how he has been since Blackjack. Yogurt doesn't feel he has had much chance to think about it since Lundy. Zippy says he misses him and Yogurt agrees, but believes he has to move forwards. Zippy tells Yogurt he is doing a good thing and reminds Yogurt he will always be his first friend on the ship. Zippy puts the paper hat from his head onto Yogurt's head. Yogurt thanks him and Zippy tells him to keep it a secret and keep it safe. Zippy asks Yogurt to ask before following the lead of the boat as he wants to keep Yogurt around as long as he can. Yogurt again suggests Zippy gets some rest but Zippy is adamant not to as he does not want to talk with Viso. Yogurt tells him he'll keep an eye on him and leaves the room. To stay as awake as possible, he casts produce flame, bark skin and moon beam on himself.

Peterson is getting ready for bed and decides to visit Zippy. Zippy's eyes are blood shot as he holds these spells, avoiding his inevitable conversation with Viso. Peterson asks what's going on and Zippy asks him to stand in front of the wheel so he can see him. Peterson raises up a bowl of his best interpretation of tomato soup which is a bunch of tomatoes crushed and heated over a flame. He recalls Zippy liked it. Zippy said he more missed it but still asks Peterson to pour it into his mouth. As he is pouring, there is some turbulence and it goes all over his head. Peterson goes again and it gets into his mouth. Zippy tells him it tastes great and Peterson shows him a deck of cards and deals out half the deck to each of them. Peterson tells Zippy this is a game of Goblin's Gambit, he tells him the ace is a lowest number in the game but when the aces are paired, they are stronger than any other. Peterson respects Zippy's actions in the grand treasure and thanks Zippy for reminding him of the strength of small and weak beings when they team up. Zippy tells Peterson he should not consider himself weak. Seeing Zippy is pretty crazed from trying to stay awake, Peterson leaves him. Zippy thanks Peterson again for the soup, saying it meant a lot.

Zippy is at the wheel, woozy and with heavy eyelids. He goes to put an Ammow pill in his mouth but it missed and he falls asleep. He is now in the white space and sees Dariun and Paige. Zippy is hoping Dariun painted the airship white and brought Paige here but Dariun can't confirm his hopes and says he was relaying a message to Paige. A door appears and out comes the torso faced, blue skinned, toga wearing god of dreams, Viso. He greets everyone and snaps his fingers, and they are all now at a large conference table.

Viso tells them he is coming to them all, specifically Zippy, for a favour. He has a job to be done and believes they are the ones for the job. Zippy wants something for them and passes the request to Dariun. Dariun would like their normal dreams back but asks what Viso can offer. Viso tells them he may have information in regards to a grand treasure seen as he is a god and both he and Salem were once one when they were part of Nobus. Zippy asks for Viso to wake up Norman but Viso tells them he is dead. Dariun tells Viso he is alive on the ship but Viso won't be able to grant his wish.

Viso continues on his request and explains that this dream plane was unfinished by Domy and Nobus so when he came around, he set up shop and built the giant tree. Each fruit on the branches is a new dream bubble for a different person, connecting everyone. Viso tells them even though he created this area, it is not completely under his control. Therefore, he needs Zippy, an anomaly. Viso explains Zippy is super connected to the dream plane, sometimes more than him. Viso wants Zippy to go down deep in the trunk and find someone and wake them up. Viso does not disclose who it is but says he will when they get started. Viso opens up a door and they can see blue flashing lights and people with clipboards running around. Viso gestures for them to go in but Zippy is not ready yet. He asks Viso if they can get an audience with a god who will be able to bring Norman back. Viso agrees and they decide to walk and talk.

Just as Viso is turning to go into the door, coming up from behind his back is an ear, an all-black ear. Beneath that is a black ball head, followed by the black body. A foot comes up and kicks Viso in the side, throwing Viso through the door. The black bunny ball shuts the door and shoves it into the ground. The black bunny ball ushers them over. They point at them all and shoves their hands in the ground. They all follow and pull up a wooden door. The black ball runs around and flings it open. There is a blue glow then an endless black sea with waves through the door. The black ball grabs them all and pushes them through the door. They are falling, there is a blue illuminated tree in the distance. Zippy recalls the time he saw the same tree in a dream months ago. They all fall in the water and are surrounded by darkness.

Dariun and Paige are pulled out of the water and land on the now solid surface of the water. Zippy thinks to himself to levitate and he feels hands push him up on top of the water. Zippy thinks to himself to fly and he does slightly, indicating he has dream powers back. The black ball gives two thumbs up and runs in the opposite direction and gestures for all of them to follow. Dariun picks Paige up and puts her on his back so she can keep up. Zippy starts flying to follow and creates some light. They can see a black cloud off in the distance. As they are sprinting, they feel they start moving at light speed and are moving extremely quickly away from the tree.

They get to the cloud and they see a flash of a thunderbolt showing a giant hand. They enter the cloud. Another flash, they see a giant snake. Flash, a hammer and another, a piano, another, a Lapine. There are multiple flashes and they see different images in the clouds. The black bunny stops and they all stop. They find themselves on a cobblestone bridge with doors lining the sides with old steel lampposts all along, lighting the way. The black bunny ball gives them all a thumbs up and points at Zippy then at the ground. They tap a slightly loose rock. Zippy looks to Dariun for approval. He gives it and Zippy taps the rock with his foot.

There is another flash and they see a goat in the distance. The rock moves and under the stone is a door handle. Zippy grabs the doorhandle and twists it. Lines appear on the floor and a door opens. When he looks through, it looks like gravity has shifted and he is looking forwards. It’s a thin chasm filled with red fog with lightning and stone footholds above. There is rain falling upwards from the redness hitting a surface of water on the ceiling. The black ball takes Paige off Dariun's back and points at Zippy, then down into the door. The black ball then grabs Dariun's shoulder then points to Zippy, signalling he should go with him.

Zippy hops onto Dariun's back to fly them through the door. They jump in and the gravity shifts so they are upright. They float across the way and they look up to see the water above them is mirroring the chasm beneath them. The chasm opens up into a giant ringed area where there is one peak rock platform raising up to the center of this area, above the redness. They land just before the peak and when their feet touch the ground, the rain stops and the water above them becomes still.

They walk up the slanted rock that leads them to the water ceiling above them. They see now someone else is moving to the peak in the reflection. The person seems angry and they can see it is Norman D. He is yelling as he is moving forwards, seemingly arguing with someone. Dariun calls out to him but Norman doesn't react. He reaches the peak on his side and Dariun and Zippy run to their peak. Norman is still standing there, face in his hands. Zippy tells Dariun to grab Norman and bring him back.

Dariun raises his hands and the water feels solid. He pushes harder but he can't get through. Dariun pushes harder and yells but there is no response. Zippy is looking around, frantically trying to find something that will help get Norman down. Dariun suggests Zippy uses his dream powers to get him back so he jumps up and the water feels like water for him. When he touches the water, Norman's head shoots up like something startled him. Dariun holds Zippy up and lifts him.

Zippy's hand goes through the water and he reaches up and clasps onto one of Norman's horns. Norman goes to swat at it and he feels Zippy's hand. He looks up and tears start flowing down his face. Zippy starts pulling but Norman is solid and hard to pull. Just when he gets slightly off the ground, Norman falls back to the ground. Zippy goes to pull again, Dariun pushes him up more and Zippy grabs both horns with both hands. With all of Zippy's and Dariun's strength, they pull Norman through as hard as they can. Deep down, the answer to what Zippy wanted most in this world, he always knew it was this, to bring Norman back. Norman's head is coming through the water, Dariun grabs onto one of his horns and helps pull. Norman's eyes come out, meeting theirs. His mouth comes out and … they wake up, to a loud crashing bang on the ship deck.

Peterson comes to the deck, seeing someone come flying through the sky and crash landing on their deck. Zippy and Dariun run up from their rooms and see Karen. James, Yogurt and Pepper are surrounding him, battle ready. They see Karen wears the same trench coat but now with shortened hair. Dariun asks that Karen gets rid of this flower and Karen apologizes, saying when they first connect there are some growing pains. Karen tells Dariun he will not disconnect them as he still needs their help. Zippy calls out, saying they need to have a give and take relationship.

Karen looks at Zippy, and starts to walk to him. Peterson and Dariun both stand in between them. Peterson tells Karen they can't work properly with this hinderance and they can't even say his name. Karen tells them they can now and after a bit of hesitation, Dariun says it and braces himself. Nothing happens. Karen explains that he had set the condition that they couldn't say his name as he was worried about Lou Blonger finding out. Karen wanted to stay incognito while planning an assassination. Karen points to Zippy, saying he is the hidden blade.

Zippy realises Chris is with them so he asks for James to escort him away. Zippy explains to Karen he is no hidden blade and the last time he tried an assassination it did not go well. Karen is surprised they are not on board as they were friends with Gilbert and he is trying to avenge him. Zippy wants Karen to explain why is wanting to kill Lou as he has not been so forthcoming with this information and Dariun again asks to remove the flower. Karen says he can help with that and the flower on Dariun's leg and Peterson ass starts to bloom but it doesn't hurt, it actually feels warm and rejuvenating. Dracken whispers to Dariun and suggests he doesn't say anything to Karen about him being some sort of special fish.

Zippy tells Karen to explain himself so he does. Karen tells them he is a beast of creation. All the beasts were different but he was the first kind of blue print for all of them. Karen explains he and Gilbert were Greeders and had a squad of people. They were spearheads and they found a handful of grand treasure clues but Karen slipped up and people died because of him and Gilbert couldn't let that go. He tells them the whole squad had a flower as they all needed his strength but sometimes, when he loses control, he can end up sucking their strength dry.

Dariun arcs up, making sure he understood correctly that Karen killed people with the flower and this time very firmly asking to get the flower off his leg. Karen tries to reassure Dariun that he won't do that as he has gained control over it. Karen continues on that the flower is like a parent child relationship. After Karen was wondering through the wilderness to find someone named Parlay, a god that never chose anything to be the god of, he was at his lowest point. He was going to die but when he met them, they inspired him and lit a new spark to make right the wrongs of his past, hence why he needs to kill Lou Blonger, to avenge Gilbert.

Dariun tells Karen that the woman who killed Gilbert bore one of his flowers but Karen quickly tells him it was not one of his flowers. He only has three people in the multiplanar verse who have his flower; Dariun, Peterson and Lou. Anyone else who has a flower other than those three are somehow connected to Lou. He does not know how he is doing this or how he is spreading it. Karen goes on to tell them anyone who has a blue flower can give a blue flower however, giving a spore takes a portion of your life away. People like Peterson and Dariun can do it once maybe twice hence why it is abnormal Lou is spreading it so easily.

Dariun asks about Ferryn, the sorcerer candidate, and Karen believes the whole situation there was all connected to Lou. Dariun then asks if he knew anything about the Ammow pills. Karen explains this was something Lou showed him. Due to Karen's past life style, he needed the raisins. The raisins absorb anything they come in contact with. When someone eats the raisins, the first thing it absorbs their magical energy. Karen ate the grapes Lou supplied from people that were dying or from animals. Karen tells them he was not proud of this but Lou had him on a leash with them, a leash he is now breaking free of. Dariun asks what the grapes look and taste like and Karen says they taste like anything. Dariun asks if Zippy recalls the port, where they ate the raisins and the grapes they found. Dariun asks if they are dangerous after being ingested and if they stay in the system. Karen explains they won't leave the body but they are not dangerous unless the person eats around 50 raisins.

Peterson points out that Karen and Lou have a complicated relationship and he is far more capable than them in combat them so he wonders why he even needs them. Karen tells them Lou is extremely intelligent and he is worried he has a trick up his sleeve, hence needing to get him at his most vulnerable. Dariun asks if Lou is connected to Odin and Kendula, the fourth and fifth Greeders but Karen is not aware. Zippy is still very against this whole plan but Karen comes to him and tells Zippy he only needs him to distract Lou, he does not need to be the one to kill him. Zippy is struggling to agree as Lou was the one who got him out of the Bramble Patch and got his journey started.

Peterson suggests they could have some incentive from Karen but Zippy asks not to be included. Karen tells them he'll give them the greatest honour he can give, an offer to join him on his journey to save this world. Dariun says to Zippy that Lou may be more dangerous than they all realise but Zippy still believes they have not been shown all they facts. Dariun agrees but thinks they should pursue and learn about this. If Karen can prove that Lou is involved with this then he may consider it. Karen tells Zippy he should go in and just ask Lou to his face but Zippy is against this as when Karen tries to kill Lou, Zippy will be an accomplice. Karen says that he will not act until Zippy gives a signal. Zippy asks Karen to promise on Gilbert. Karen goes on one knee and on his second horn, he promises.

Dariun asks if Karen can set a condition on himself to not attack until Zippy gives the signal but Karen explains only the giver of the flower can set conditions. Zippy tells Karen he will do it but, if Karen betrays his promise, Zippy, Dariun and Peterson will kill him. Zippy can tell, Karen is being completely honest in his promise. Zippy agrees but asks Karen to give Dariun and Peterson a boost every 20 minutes and do no funny business with the flower. Dariun asks one more time that when they are all done, Karen can remove the flower. Karen says he'll try but he doesn't fully know how.

Karen asks them all to put their hands in and yell team Karen. It's a pretty lackluster team booster and Karen starts pacing around to formulate a plan. Yogurt talks to Dariun, telling him to be careful and Pepper talks in draconic, saying he is bad before they both head off. Karen stops pacing, saying he has a plan. They have the element of surprise with Peterson and Karen. Lou will likely know about Dariun as he is closely connected to Zippy. Zippy should be able to speak to Lou one on one so he will need to find a way to signal Karen. Dariun, Peterson and Karen will need to go in the conference and scout out some information. As soon as Zippy gives the signal, Karen will grab Peterson and Dariun and they will come to him.

Karen thinks about what their signal should be. He does not like magical objects so he offers Zippy a spore. Zippy quickly denies this and suggests he just flips his ear up but this plan may not work if they cannot see Zippy. Zippy suggests he conjures an animal, like an ant, on Karen's shoulder and if he needs to signal to Karen, he will cancel the spell. They all agree to this plan having the ear flip as first line but the ant will be second line.

They get close to Bayside and are flying over Liik's Garden. They see the large trees that have formed bowls filled with water from the leaves. There are large, long necks dinosaur looking beasts swimming through the water and leaping from tree to tree. Karen points out Bayside which is off in the distance. They can see the tropical trees and beach sands with huts and a large amphitheater. Karen asks them to get ready as he gets into a calm mental state.

Dariun turns to Zippy and tells him he has his back, no matter what happens in there. Peterson asks them to keep in mind that he and Dariun both have curses on them. Dariun asks Peterson if he would put his own life above Zippys. Peterson stands up straight and looks to Zippy and tells he hopes to draw two aces. Peterson does ask Zippy to value their lives before Lou's life.

Dariun recalls what happened in the dream just before and he runs to Norman's room. They open the door and he is still just sleeping, the same as before. Dariun believes they were really close to bringing him back. They each go to their individual rooms and get themselves prepared.

While Peterson is putting is armour and just as he straps his mask to his head, he hears a voice behind him, saying the betrayer is on the move. Peterson turns and sees The Red Bandit. Peterson looks at him and casts primal savagery just enough so the claws grow on his hands and advises The Red Bandit to stay away after what he did. The Red Bandit tells Peterson his path is set. Peterson asks if it was what he did in the snail and The Red Bandit tells him potentially as he starts to walk out the door. Peterson goes to intercept him. He says he doesn't believe fate is fixed and The Red Bandit tells him it is not fixed for all, not for his two friends, but it is fixed for him. He has made all the choices he can, and it is fixed. Peterson yells and swipes at The Red Bandit but they jump back and gives Peterson a lesson, to make a new door if someone stands in your way. Peterson goes to attack again, just missing as the Red Bandit dodges to the side and grabs a doorknob from their coat, opening a door in the side of the ship and he falls through.

They all come back to the ship and see Karen looking out and instructing Yogurt to steer the boat and land it. Karen is asks if they are ready, Dariun and Zippy are ready but Peterson is nervous, unsure if he should do. Zippy casts the ant on Karen's shoulder and heads off into the conference, alone. He advises Peterson and Dariun to not tell anyone they know him. Before leaving, Peterson uses the circlet of human perfection and transforms into a human, standing as tall as Dariun.

Karen, Dariun and Peterson stay on the ship as Zippy gets to the boardwalk on the beach. There are huts everywhere with people wearing Ammow company stuff and handing out pills. As he is walking, he hears Chris beside him, saying he's super excited they are here and was worried Zippy was going to leave without him. Zippy stops and looks to Chris who he didn't even realise was there. Zippy suggests Chris keeps his distance so he can get his head ready for a possible presentation he may have to give soon. Chris wants to stay as Zippy promised Chris he would meet Lou so Zippy tells him he can stay for now. Chris then sees a friend so he runs over to say hi. Zippy takes the opportunity to get away from Chris and he does so without him noticing.

He moves through the crowd, getting close to the amphitheater and he starts to hear people whispering his name, pointing him out as the first one who took the bullet. One guy comes up to Zippy and asks him to sign a pamphlet but Zippy tells him he is busy and to come find him later. As he keeps walking, an elven woman in a full suit and an Ammow badge approaches Zippy. She tell him she is glad he is here and introduces herself as Angelica, one of the moderators of this conference who is working directly under Lou Blonger. She tells Zippy Lou instructed her to bring him straight to Lou so he follows Angelica.

Back on the ship, Karen's face changes to create a disguise. His horns disappear and his hair changes into dreadlocks. Dariun puts his hood up and Peterson gives him his sword cane to advance his disguise. They head in and see the conference and people walking around selling different things. Karen leads the way to the amphitheater and some people come to Dariun trying to sign him on but they get past. They hear a voice saying the presentation will start in three minutes and to get their seats. Dariun suggests they need to find Zippy before taking their seats. Peterson proposes that he will go into the amphitheater and watch, relaying information via the rocky walky while Karen and Dariun go looking backstage. They agree on the plan and split off. Peterson hears another announcement over the speaker, saying they will be starting soon with special guests including Zippy Westborrough.

Zippy has been lead past the amphitheater and Angelica tells him Lou will be on the beach, taking some time to himself. Zippy sees the wide open beach, no one on it except one man, wearing a suit with his pant legs rolled up, allowing the water to come up to his shins. Lou Blonger it holding a bolo hat in his hands behind his back as he stares out across the water.

Dariun and Karen have just heard the announcement and they go around the back, seeing people moving crates and Ammow pill bags. They see someone drops a deep blue pill with a pointed edge on one end, putting it together that this is the bullet. Dariun can see the colour resembles closely to that of the blue flower. He looks around and sees some people communicating on rockie walkies of their own and there is a an orc holding the hand of a Lapine who looks exactly like Zippy. Over the announcement, they hear Zippy is called to the stage to speak. Dariun can tell something is off as they go onto the stage. Peterson can see Zippy come onto the stage but can also tell this Zippy is off. Peterson communicates what he is seeing to Dariun and he agrees something is wrong. Dariun grabs the bullet and shows it to Karen. He questions what Lou is trying to do and they agree whatever it is, it is not good.

Peterson sees the Zippy imposter come up to the microphone and begins to talk about the bullet, Ammow's newest invention. The imposter says he used to be weak but after Lou gave him the bullet, things changed. The imposter holds up the bullet and lists off all the things it has helped him with including saving people of Aurum, stealing the clue from the Beroger spire and hunting for grand treasures. A goliath comes out onto the stage and goes to punch the Zippy imposter, he holds out his paw, points one pinky out and the punch it stopped. A shockwave goes over across the stage and out into the crowd. The imposter then punches the goliath and they go flying, demonstrating the power of the bullet. The people's jaws are dropped at the demonstration.

The imposter announces to the crowd that the bullet is available today and is absolutely free. There is a an Ammow song in the end of the presentation, telling them to shove the pill up their noses and people near the stage are firing bullet pills into the crowd. People are grabbing them and putting them up their noses.

Zippy is watching Lou who is still looking out into the water. Zippy speaks up and they bring their hat to the front and put it on. He turns around, revealing his kind face with a blocky mustache. He tells Zippy it was about time they finally met.

## **Quotations**

* Dracken "*…My little Eladrin … growing up!*"
* Dariun "*I've already got enough daddy issues don't add to it.*"

* Zippy "*How have you been since Flapjack?*"
* Yogurt "*…His name was Blackjack…*"

* Zippy to Yogurt "*You'll always be my first friend on here ya know.*"

* Peterson "*When small and weak beings come together, there's nothing they cannot do. And I want to thank you for reminding me of that.*"
* Zippy "*You never have to consider yourself weak.*"

* Peterson "*For however much time we still have together, I appreciate what we have had already*"
* Zippy "*Ominous but endearing… I like that guy!*"

* Seth "*Zippy, more than anything, the question to what you wanted most, deep down I think you know what the answer was.*"

* Karen "*I'm a beast of creation.*"
* Zippy "*Aren't we all…*"

* Dariun "*Fate's a b\*tch.*"

* Peterson "*Goblin's Gamble, Westborrough. May we draw two aces.*"

* The Red Bandit "*When somebody stands in your way and blocks a door, make a new one.*"
* Peterson "*Or remove the one in front of the door!*"

## **Featured Characters**

### **Main Cast**

* Dariun Branch
* Zippy Westborrough
* Peterson
* Norman D\*

### **Returning Characters**

* Yogurt
* Dracken
* James
* Chris
* Paige
* Viso
* Black bunny ball
* Karen
* Parlay (mentioned - God of nothing)
* Pepper
* The Red Bandit
* Lou Blonger

### **New Characters**

* Angelica (Lou Blonger's assistant)
* Zippy Impersonator

## **Locations**

* The Sparrow
* Stroom's Hair Desert
* Bayside

## **Trivia**

### Music

* Norman D's theme played at 1:21:42
* Ammow bullet pill song 2:42:40