Episode 21: What's Amiss (Tales From the Crick)

Art by: @danidoodles8

**What's Amiss** is the twenty-first episode in the series and the first episode of Tales From the Crick.

The Band of Boobs FINALLY enjoy a moment of rest and get some answers from Ulfgar about what went down in Hell. Ol' Cobb weaves a tale of his past adventures, Beverly goes from Green Teen to Green Man, Hardwon becomes a real captain, and Moonshine prepares for the storm ahead.

## Plot Synopsis

The Band of Boobs escapes Galaderon on the SS Stormborn and finally get some answers about Crick Rot: Ulfgar reveals that he was cursed by a demon woman in The Nine Hells who, like Moonshine, had mushrooms in her hair and spore powers. The party also found out that this mysterious demon woman was never killed and could have escaped Hell after Asmodeus was defeated. Ulfgar jumped off the airship to stop himself from hurting anyone but vowed to help the Band of Boobs if they could ever cure him.

The party fills in Ol' Cobb about the demon mushroom woman who Ulfgar told them about and he knew who she was: Marabelle Cybin, who Cobb reveals to be the only woman he ever loved. The party finds out via flashback that Marabelle was Jolene the Green's sister and Moonshine's aunt. After becoming jealous that Jolene was going to be named the next Meemaw of the Crick, Marabelle made a deal with a devil and attempted to take the Crick for herself. The Crick Elves defeated her in battle but she escaped back to Hell at the last second, where she's been until now. According to Cobb, with the devil dead, she's finally free to return to the mortal plane and take back the Crick.

The Band of Boobs say their goodbyes to the Kindleafs and Martha Toegold as Red and Gunther fly them to safety while the party heads to the Crick and ran into a traveling wizard who sold the party R. Cane and let them pull from the Deck of Many Things. Moonshine drew The Star card, adding two points to any stat, while Beverly drew The Knight card, getting a Fighter companion named Balnor.

As the Band of Boobs approaches the Crick, they see that the entire west side is covered in fog and abandoned, but the east side was still rife with activity.

## Trivia

* Hardwon Surefoot refused to draw a card from the Deck of Many Things. In the Short Rest, it was revealed that he would have drawn the Void, one of the worst possible cards in the deck.
* Gatorade is in fact a drink down at the Crick; it is when a gator helps you and then pisses in your drink.
* After drawing the Star Card, Emily adds two points to Moonshine's dexterity score.

## Quotes

* "We didn't kill the devil, we replaced him."
* "Everyone trades off being the weak one and the strong one. Some days you're the weak one and the next day you're the strong one."
* "We can absolutely go to Shoney's. If you ever have any time off, I'll take you all to Shoney's. Shoney's on me."
* "Did that kid just tease me?"
* "I think I'm going to set aside the welcome mat, and get a little mean."
* "She thinks she's the mother fucking Fungal Queen, but she ain't got shit on you."
* "You are my son and I am weaker than you and I love you. My name is Balnor."
* "I love my new weak dad."
* "This is my new butler dad."

## Music/ Sound Effects

* "Woodpecker and Other Birds" by Kyster at Freesound.org.
* "The Gunslinger's Girl" by Emily Axford.
* "The Mithril's Run Dry" by Emily Axford.
* "The Ruins of Cragwater" by Emily Axford.
* "Betrayal Below" by Emily Axford.
* "Sumpin's a Mess Out West" by Emily Axford.
* "Friend Turned Foe" by Emily Axford.
* "A Sign From Melora" by Emily Axford.
* "Bev's First Kiss" by Emily Axford.
* "The Twinkling Lights of Galaderon" by Emily Axford.
* "Forsaken" by Emily Axford.
* "The Valiant Ol' Cobb" by Emily Axford.
* "Apotheosis" by Emily Axford.

## External Links

* Headgum
* Spotify
* NAD&DP Subreddit Thread

## Reference

1. ↑ Episode 22: The Elemental Chaos (Tales From the Crick) 0:04:27