Have you ever wondered what it was like to try and recapture a story after it’s become entirely unhinged? Have we got an episode for you! Take a journey with us through the dark underside of the bright lights of Orlando, Florida as we learn about Duckmasters, goth mafias (the gothia), the ways trauma can manifest in your body and your relationships, and the importance of reassembling yourself to be able to accept the love you deserve.

Diversions include the underground blood trade (where anticoagulants are expensive and necessary), Morrissey dance-offs, every movie scene where someone gets buried in cement at a construction site, financial planning for early retirement, and duck voyeurism. KL! also completely blanks on Donald Glover's name, for which they apologize. We’re sorry Mr. Glover! We love your work!

Today’s Prompt System:

The Story Engine Deck by Peter Chiykowski

What’s Been Inspiring Us Lately:
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
• House of X/Powers of X (X-Men) by writer Jonathan Hickman & artists Pepe Larraz, R.B. Silva and Marte Gracia

External Links:

• The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
• Danny the Street (Doom Patrol character) and additional video (warning for language)
• Jay and Miles Explain the X-Men
• The Duckmaster, which is a write up on the current Duckmaster in Memphis, but gives good duck, and a video of the Orlando Peabody march. Hey! I guess the ducks DO get a penthouse!
• Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor
• I-4 Dead Zone
• I-Drive, for all of your shiny, blinky needs
• Count Duckula
• Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe

Music: Cherryblossom by Raptorface is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.

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