Flee From Fantanimalland is the eleventh episode of A Starstruck Odyssey.
Intro[]
Brennan's intro for this episode is an incomprehensible mess, thanks to the combined efforts of our intrepid heroes. Really the only salient point is,
"I actually don't know what's happening, and if you're at home and you're seeing this, send help."
Synopsis[]
Chamberlain Drablian threatens Skip and shoots him in the butt. Sundry Sidney shoots Drablian and throws a grenade at him, leaving a crater where he was standing. Skip and Sid begin to investigate the elevator shaft, exiting the range of the comms. Meanwhile, Barry Syx and Margaret see a cerebro-slug exhibit in the invertebrate hall. Hogg Cobb jumps out and attacks Barry Syx, and Margaret gets a message on her phone with the warning that they are in danger and need to leave the Griivar Worlds. She updates everybody on the comms, except for Gunnie, who had left his comms device onboard the Wurst with the Princeps Zortch, and has been obliviously waiting in line at the snack shop the entire time.
Gunnie strikes up a conversation with two members of the Guernican Art Squad while in line. One pulls the pin on a grenade on his body and a red smoke begins to incapacitate those nearby. Gunnie escapes with his jetpack but first steals a maple cake, causing alarms to sound. Riva returns to their body on the Wurst and discovers Barry Nyne has taken control of the bridge. As they regain consciousness, Barry Nyne shoots them, and they swim down in the water system of the ship to get away. Barry Syx and Margaret kill Hogg Cobb and join up with Gunnie, as another smoke grenade lands between them all and incapacitates Marge. Gunnie takes her to the ship, using a Vercadian protector droid as cover from the Guernican Art Squad. Barry Syx takes Riva's psychodrone and looks for Skip and Sid, but is intercepted by more members of the Guernican Art Squad. On the ship, Riva makes Barry Nyne hallucinate the Princeps and leads him to the escape pod where they keep Aurora Nebbins. Thinking the Princeps is in the pod, he throws Aurora Nebbins into the ship and takes off in the escape pod.
Skip and Sid explore the tunnels extending from the elevator shaft, sending Handy Annie up since their comms don't seem to be working. They see huge claw marks on the walls, and eventually find the Junkmother. Sid immediately takes a liking to her and trades Servo Sam's midcap for a Bar Buddy. The Junkmother gives her a krystal that will allow her to detect if another android is a Keeper of Souls. They return to the surface and are caught up to speed on what has happened. Handy Annie saw Barry being kidnapped and hid in his armor, and now is providing a live feed of his current location. Gunnie drives the Wurst to a warehouse that Barry is carried into. Skip kisses the guard to enter his body, and Sid carries the unconscious bodies of the guard and Norman Takamori into the warehouse, where Barry is tied up. The Guernican Art Squad's leader, Arcadia Prime, monologues about their mission for a bit, and reveals herself to be Natalia Cicero Connie Lee Carter Bajar, seconds before the Wurst rams into the side of the building.
Locations[]
- Hon Grii
- Uncle Bob's Fantanimalland