301: I'm Gonna Have to Give Its Family a Refund

## Summary

Everyone is reunited at the surface and Raphina's new terrarium arrives, just as promised, but this one has feet instead of wheels. Not only that, but it also has a model of Tivoli inside it, and the Warping Scorpion, much to everyone's shock and bafflement. Raphina admits she set Hilula free, sending Will into a rage, but it's too late to catch her.

## Synopsis

Raphina and Mo catch up on recent events, including the statue-fication of Gwen, the still alive-ness of everyone else, and the newest member of the team, Rosco. Mo wonders what Raphina will do next, and she says she's ready to move on now that Beartoggle's okay. Even her ferrying service has been resumed by "water scoochie bugs" who push tiny sticks across the river for ants who need to cross. Just *"don't tell them about my museum,"* she says.

The others arrive at the surface, bemused by what's happening, but Raphina assures them this is the Beartoggle she knew. Rosco and Batthwack climb into the Ding boat, Batthwack touching Mo on the shoulder with the hand he touched the Anglerfish with.

They're just telling Raphina about everything she missed with the Anglerfish when a glass rectangular box breaches the surface with a splash. It's the new terrarium that the Anglerfish promised, but instead of wheels, it has animated legs that it uses to walk itself to the bank. It also has a tiny scale model of Tivoli attached to the bottom and when Will gets down on his knees to investigate closer, he spies the Warping Scorpion hiding behind one of the buildings. The others gather round and watch as it kills and eats an ant. No-one understands what a model of Tivoli is doing in the terrarium, but Raphina offers the following explanation: *"I'm sure it's a symbol that I carry your home in my heart."* Will wonders what that metaphor means if Raphina fills the terrarium with all her crap. *"It's your gift. It's not my town. It's just a tank,"* says Will, who really rather wants to keep it for himself, and at this the terrarium turns and waddles up to Raphina. Raphina wonders what name she could give to this adorable pet as she carefully places a matchbox from her Lanky Pack inside it.

It's at this point that Raphina thinks it best to let Will know the bad news. *"I set Hilula free,"* she says. Will is apoplectic with rage and *Flies* up to try and spot her (he can't) while the others discuss whether they should head into town to see if everything's alright and try and locate Sheemie, Rosco the dog and Bernard. It also dawns on Batthwack that he had the opportunity to ask the Anglerfish for the ability to fly, but didn't.

## Quotes

* Raphina: *"I hope they remember to bring my bicycle."* Mo: *"If they don't, will you be mad?"* Raphina: *"I'm gonna lose it. I'm gonna LOSE IT!"* Mo: *"Oh shit! You want my knife?"* Raphina: *"STAB! STAB! STAB!"*
* Raphina: *"Will! What is that?!" Will:* "It's a terrarium. It better be good." *Eric:* "Will looks at the DM." *Adam:* "The guy said it was a good terrarium, I don't know, it better be." *Abby:* "It fell off the back of a truck. Fell off the back of an Anglerfish! It fell out the mouth of an Anglerfish."

## Trivia

* The episode title quotes Abby. Abby explained how in Raphina's absence, her rafting business had been taken up by water skipper bugs pushing tiny sticks across the river. She pointed out that while the party was there, a few ants were actually being ferried across at that moment. A little later on Raphina used one of the raft sticks to help Rosco aboard the Ding Dang Dong boat. This transferred one of the ants onto Rosco's hand, and when Raphina suggested feeding the Warping Scorpion, she gave it the ant. Eric: *"Oh, it runs over, stabs the fuck out of it and eats it."* Adam: *"Jesus Christ."* Abby: *"I'm not doing that again!"* Adam: *"Is this the ant that ended up on Rosco?"* Abby: *"I'm gonna have to give its family a refund for its ferry trip."* Adam: *"Rosco's mortified because during this interaction, he totally became aware of the ant, and befriended it, and was being very cute with the ant. And then he just saw... I asked you, Eric, not to introduce somebody that my character cared about and then have it be killed!"* Eric: *"Uh huh. That ant was your son."*
* This week's episode description describes the Pork Fried Dice wiki as: stunning.

## Recap

This episode featured Abby doing an awesome recap inspired by *Pigs in Space* called ***PFD in Lake!***

## Gallery

*Main article: The Art of Pork Fried Dice*

## References

1. ↑ See episode 270: Nothing Like a Juicy Amethyst! and 271: Gleb