Cryptid Cryptids

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*Four cryptids. One letter. Zero sense of boundaries.*

In an unspecified suburb of Necropolis, the Boatman meets four cryptids in his bachelor pad, which is in the basement of the town's community center. The cryptids are:

* "Mr. Monday" (he/him): An unnerving humanoid who, despite being friends with the Boatman for some time, has never shared his real name.
* Eilidh (she/her): A teenage grim-in-training who has been learning the trade from Uncle Boatman.
* Yuli (he/him): A yule cat who, after multiple deaths, lost his ability to grow big but gained a crippling fear of everyone. He's been living in the Boatman's bachelor pad.
* Bert (he/him): A fuzzy mothboy who wandered in through the open door. He keeps trying to hold the Boatman's hand, despite having very cold hands himself.

The Boatman explains that he needs the cryptids' help delivering a letter to "a dear friend," as the Boatman is no longer allowed in the post office. The cryptids agree, under the condition that the Boatman hosts the best pizza patsa party upon their return. He hands them a letter addressed to B.Y. The letter has a magical compass on it, which points the cryptids in the direction they need to go.

However, after a bit of walking, the compass starts to go haywire. In the process of attempting to fix the compass, the cryptids run across Yugi Balls, who invites them to the grand opening of his indoor play place/amusement park, The Raveyard. The cryptids happily comply, enjoying the Raveyard's pizza patsa, ball pit, and vents. Yugi, meanwhile, asks the cryptids about themselves and talks about how much he loves Necromon, eventually revealing that cryptids are a kind of Necromon. Additionally, Yugi reveals that he's made a Necromon-capturing device called a Tamagotcha. As all of the balls in the Raveyard fly towards the cryptids, they realize that they've been tricked into becoming Yugi Balls' first catch.

### Part 2

*Read the transcript here.*

The cryptids face off against Yugi Balls, nearly destroying the Raveyard in the process. The fight eventually ends when Yuli looks so pitiful that Yugi realizes he's hurting the cryptids, something he as a lover of Necromon never wanted to do. Moreover, the cryptids realize that Tamagotcha work on inanimate objects as well as Necromon, and Yuli suggests that Yugi uses this new information to start a moving company, which he happily agrees to. Realizing that it's late and the magical compass still doesn't work (Yugi disrupted it with magnets), "Mr. Monday" makes a deal with Yugi, agreeing to not turn him in to the Undertakers if he drives them to the post office.

Upon arriving to the post office, the cryptids learn that the Boatman's note is a childlike love letter to a young Baba Yaga, who happily confirms that she "positively" likes him back. The cryptids invite both Baba Yaga and Yugi to the Boatman's pizza patsa party, which does, in fact, turn out to be the best party ever.

## Trivia

* "Mr. Monday" is a fusion of two characters. One is a real-life person and the other is from a famous fairy tale.
* Bert is named after a moth Emily kept as a pet for two days.
* Yugi Balls is named after Yugi Moto, the protagonist of the show *Yu-Gi-Oh!* He was originally named Yuki Judas - a reference to the protagonist of the sequel series *Yu-Gi-Oh! GX* - but Hallie insisted on being terrible.