Chapter 29 - The Shape Death Leaves Behind

Summary

Desert Skies – Chapter 29: The Shape Death Leaves Behind

Podcast: Desert Skies
Host/Creator: Jared Carter
Date: June 8, 2026
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Episode Overview

In this emotionally rich and lore-expanding chapter, the crew of the Desert Skies Astral Plane Fuel and Service Station continues their journey through the celestial landscape. The team grapples with difficult truths as Cash reveals hidden motives and histories, while Corson confronts his distrust toward the enigmatic Siwa Coatl. Through an evocative puppet play by forest giants, old wounds are exposed and the shape of loss—both literal and figurative—is examined. The episode provides new depth to the mythology of the Astral Plane, particularly the tragic tale of the sisters: Xochilloqu and Siwa Coatl.

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Major Discussion Points & Story Segments

The Weight of Secrets and Trust

• Cash’s Dilemma:
  • Cash converses with Siwa Coatl about the unspoken aspects of their quest, revealing guilt over withholding the full truth from the team.
    • “Even with everything I haven't said, they believe in me. I don't intend to lose that trust by not telling them about you.” (Cash, 03:52)
  • Siwa Coatl questions whether the others would still help if they knew her return to the Astral Plane was part of the journey.
• Theme: The boundaries of trust and the consequences of hidden motives are central.

The Nature of Time on the Astral Plane

• The team discusses how time does not flow consistently in the Astral Plane, underscoring the surreal and unpredictable nature of their afterlife journey.
  • “This is the Astral plane you're talking about. And I can only assume that it does with time, exactly as it pleases.” (Siwa Coatl, 05:16)

Character Dynamics and Exposition

• Corson's Resistance: Corson is openly distrustful of the idea of helping Siwa Coatl return, recalling her past actions and the pain she caused the Astral realm.
  • "You risk the destruction of everything precious in this place. I can't stop her, Cash. Not by myself. And certainly not when my powers are..." (Corson, 09:41)
• Mac’s Mediation: Mac tries to keep the tension in check, offering to walk with Corson and mediate conflict, adding a touch of levity.

Encounter in the Woods: Giants and Fishers

• Meeting Todd and Osborne:
  • The team is introduced to two giants, Todd and Osborne, guardians of a magical fishery, who are dealing with their own strange problems (19:00–22:00).
  • The giants explain a quirky ritual: exchanging fish tales ("a tail for a tail"), establishing the surreal, puzzling customs of Astral denizens.
    • Notable comedic exchange about what “bitch” means (15:18–15:32).

The Puppetry Tale: The Story of the Sisters

• Puppet Play by the Giants:
  • Todd and Osborne perform an elaborate puppet show recounting the tragic history of Xochilloqu and Siwa Coatl—two powerful spirits whose sisterly bond was shattered by suspicion and calamity (from 23:30 onward).
  • Summary of the Tale:
    • Xochilloqu, tasked with protecting travelers on the Astral Plane, suspects her sister Siwa Coatl of causing mysterious disappearances.
    • Sister confronts sister; a bitter debate on leadership, loss, and protection unfolds, tinged with mutual love and betrayal.
    • Unable to destroy her, Xochilloqu banishes Siwa Coatl to the physical plane—a fate described as worse than annihilation.
  • Dramatic Exchange:
    • “She drew from herself to grow these flowers.” (Cash, 44:29)
    • “She was trying to bring her sister back.” (Cash, 44:41)

Insightful and Emotional Reactions

• Group Reflection Post-Tale:
  • Corson admits a new understanding but can’t let go of his caution:
    • “Still, it doesn’t change the fact that Siwa Coatl is dangerous and must not be allowed to return to this place.” (Corson, 40:41)
  • Siwa Coatl herself is moved, if still tormented:
    • “I hate to think of her kneeling in that field, wallowing in her grief. Her love for her sister must have been very great.” (Siwa Coatl, 40:29)

The Flowers and the Shape of Death

• The Clearing of Xochilloqu:
  • The party arrives at the place where Xochilloqu once wept, finding a field of impossible flowers. Cash explains that the flowers grew from the life force of the surrounding trees, and eventually from Xochilloqu herself in grief and despair.
  • Notable Quote:
    • "People think of death as the total absence of something. But death always leaves something behind. A shape." (Cash, 43:43)

The New Quest: Finding the Lost Son

• Discovering the Dagger:
  • Cash retrieves a dagger, the only remnant of Siwa Coatl’s lost son, hinting at a new quest: to find him and, perhaps, heal the sisters’ wounds.
  • The party's motivations are reinforced and clarified—they must help both sisters and recover the lost son, with the possible aid of the mysterious Grand Trivia Lizard (46:09+).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Description | | --------- | ------- | ---------------- | | 03:52 | Cash | "Even with everything I haven't said, they believe in me. I don't intend to lose that trust by not telling them about you." | | 05:16 | Siwa Coatl | "This is the Astral plane you're talking about. And I can only assume that it does with time, exactly as it pleases." | | 09:41 | Corson | "You risk the destruction of everything precious in this place. I can't stop her, Cash. Not by myself. And certainly not when my powers are..." | | 15:18-15:32| Corson & Osborne | Humorous exchange defining "bitch," highlighting the series’ blend of the comedic and the cosmic. | | 23:55 | Todd | "Ladies and gentlemen, we shall now take our place beneath the stage. Metal Girls and Fishes. We, the Fisher brothers Jordan Osborne present to you a t TALE OF old. THE TALE OF THE SISTER..." | | 33:41 | Cece (Siwa Coatl) | "We have no idea what lies beyond that gate. But consider what we know of the physical plane and couple that with what we know of the Astral. No. I will not send them to a place where I can't protect them." | | 43:43 | Cash | "People think of death as the total absence of something. But death always leaves something behind. A shape." | | 44:29 | Cash | "She drew from herself to grow these flowers." | | 44:41 | Cash | "She was trying to bring her sister back." | | 46:14 | Mac | "I just want to get this straight. We are on this journey so that we can finish living our lives on Earth. Yes, but also so we can bring Xochila Q and Siwa Coatl back here." |

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Timeline & Segment Highlights

• 02:47–05:56 — Cash and Siwa Coatl: Exploring motives, trust, and time.
• 07:01–10:46 — Corson's skepticism and group conflict.
• 13:32–18:00 — Meeting of the giants and setup for the puppet tale.
• 23:30–39:54 — The Tale of the Sisters, performed as puppet theater.
• 42:04–44:55 — Arrival at the flowered monument; revelations on the cost of grief and the shape death leaves behind.
• 45:10–end — The new quest: recover Siwa Coatl’s lost son, as the party unites around a new common mission despite lingering fears.

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Tone & Style

• The episode interweaves mythic tragedy, gallows humor, and tender friendship.
• Dialogue remains conversational, at times irreverent but often philosophical, with witty asides (e.g., discussions of metaphysics interrupted by jokes about musky giants or riding on shoulders).
• The mythos of the Astral Plane deepens, revealing a world as strange as it is emotionally resonant.

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Conclusion

"The Shape Death Leaves Behind" is a powerful meditation on the residue of loss and the lengths to which one will go for love and redemption. It weaves the personal struggles of its characters into cosmic stakes without losing sight of humor or hope. The group, though riven by internal tensions, rallies around a renewed quest that promises both danger and healing.

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Safe travels.

Transcript

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[Jared Carter]

hi friends, Jared here. It's so good to be back with you after such an extended absence and I'm excited for you to hear this episode and the many that I have in the works already. Normally I would toss in some shout outs for new Club 86 members at this point in the show, but for today's episode you'll find those shout outs at the end. Speaking of Club 86, it's a great way to help the show. Keeps the lights on, keeps the burrito freezer stocked. It's also how you can get exclusive episodes including the Game Night and Grief Train miniseries. You can listen without ads. And I have another short form miniseries in the works called Meanwhile Back at the Station as well as another series that I'm not going to tell you about just yet that I'll be announcing soon that's going to publish between every episode. Lots going on. For those of you who can't get enough of the Astral Plane, if you're Interested in joining Club86, just visit patreon.com desertskies so that's it for now. Stick around for those shout outs and also maybe follow the show on Instagram or Facebook. That's up to you. Social media is weird. Or join us on Discord. That place is cool and you can water our fake trees. All the links for everything are in the show notes so just check those out. And anyways, so glad to be back with you. Enjoy the show. This episode was made by a human for humans and coyotes. For the best listening experience, headphones and human made art are recommended.

[Cash]

Everyone else is still in the long pause and they're probably wondering where we are. I should go listen. If it turns out we can find the grand trivia lizard and if it's true, he's discovered a way to traverse the plains. We'll do everything we can to relay instructions to you.

[Siwa Coatl]

May you be victorious in your quest, girl. May you reap the rewards of your efforts. For your sake and ours, you must succeed. I'm desperate. I feel it. I am already at the edge of the fire. Already at the stairway.

[Cash]

Siwakahuatl. Please hold on just a little longer. You can rely on us.

[Siwa Coatl]

Do they know?

[Cash]

Know what?

[Siwa Coatl]

The other purposes of your journey.

[Cash]

I haven't told them anything. Except that we're going home.

[Siwa Coatl]

Will you tell them?

[Cash]

I should have already.

[Siwa Coatl]

Would they still be willing to help you if they knew it meant I would return to the Astral plane?

[Cash]

There's only one way to find out. I have to tell them.

[Siwa Coatl]

Why risk it?

[Cash]

I have their trust. Even with everything I haven't said, they believe in me. I don't intend to lose that trust by not telling them about you.

[Siwa Coatl]

You haven't told them about their lives. How is this different?

[Cash]

They fear you. You know that.

[Siwa Coatl]

I'm not the monster they think I am.

[Cash]

I know. And I'll do my best to make sure they know it, too.

[Siwa Coatl]

And what if they don't believe you?

[Cash]

I will stop at nothing to achieve what I'm here to do.

[Siwa Coatl]

I trust your resolve. And when you find him, tell him I'm sorry.

[Cash]

You're going to tell him yourself.

[Siwa Coatl]

Farewell, girl.

[Mac]

Cash.

[Cash]

Zochilloquy.

[Siwa Coatl]

Thank you for everything you're doing. For everything you've done for us. For my sister. She. She doesn't have long. Even I, as little time as I've spent here, am beginning to feel the effects of the physical plane. We don't belong here. I can't imagine what centuries of this have felt like to my sister.

[Cash]

I don't know how long it will take for us to find the answer. But if it's really only been 12 minutes since I passed on the physical plane, then from your perspective, this shouldn't take long. I mean, to me, it felt something like a week here. I think so. One could assume that an hour there is equal to something approximating a little less than a month and a half here. In less than 24 of your hours, we'll have been traveling.

[Siwa Coatl]

Cash, before you get too ahead of yourself, I wish it were as simple as you say. I really do. But this is the Astral plane you're talking about. And I can only assume that it does with time, exactly as it pleases. 12 minutes here could be something like a week there. Or it might be something like exactly 12 minutes. There.

[Cash]

You're saying I should assume there's no constants when it comes to time here.

[Siwa Coatl]

If there were, how would we be having this conversation in real time?

[Cash]

How did I not think about that? That's amazing.

[Siwa Coatl]

That's the astral plane.

[Cash]

So we should move quickly.

[Siwa Coatl]

I think we can safely say that whether you move quickly or move slowly, it won't change whatever the outcome is meant to be. Do what you must do. And trust, Cash, trust the astral plane will guide you.

[Cash]

I will.

[Siwa Coatl]

Farewell, Jerry.

[Cash]

I'm sorry. What?

[Mac]

I said, it's gonna be great to see Jerry. Cash, you doing all right?

[Cash]

Let's go inside. Mac, I need to speak with everyone.

[Corson]

We're doing what?

[Cash]

Corson, calm down. Calm.

[Corson]

First you tell us about this psychotic gargantuan iguana. It's actually a gecko, and now this? You know what she did. You know what she's capable of.

[Cash]

Who again?

[Corson]

Siwa Coatl. Did you hear nothing Cash said?

[Cash]

Don't snap at me.

[Tendi]

I heard it.

[Cash]

I just don't know what it means.

[Corson]

Somebody explains Siwa Coatl, the dangerous, devious, despicable.

[Tendi]

I think I'd prefer a different narrator. Tendi, you sober enough?

[Jared Carter]

Yes, I am.

[Corson]

Thank you.

[Jared Carter]

Astral metabolism.

[Tendi]

Siwa Coatl, short version.

[Mac]

Short version.

[Jared Carter]

Siwa Coatl is Xochilloquue's sister?

[Tendi]

Yep. I think I remember that.

[Jared Carter]

Ages ago, she was banished to the physical plane.

[Tendi]

For what?

[Jared Carter]

For something she didn't do. Travelers had started disappearing and people thought she was responsible for it. Eventually, she was caught and confronted, and it ended with Siwakoatl on Earth.

[Tendi]

How? How did she go to Earth?

[Jared Carter]

One sphere mover has the power.

[Tendi]

Well, that's great news. Let's find them. They can send us back.

[Jared Carter]

There's a couple problems with that. First, we're dead on the physical plane. Even if our souls could be reunited with our bodies, they're probably underground. I don't know about you guys. I don't want to come back to life in a box just to, like, suffocate and die. That is, if we were all buried or were we cremated.

[Cash]

Why's everyone looking at me? I'm not telling.

[Mac]

Please tell me I had a Viking funeral cache.

[Siwa Coatl]

I mean, look at me.

[Cash]

I'm not.

[Siwa Coatl]

Just blink twice, Cash. Just blink twice.

[Cash]

How?

[Jared Carter]

The other problem is that the sphere mover with the power to banish souls isn't here.

[Cash]

It's Xochilloqu.

[Tendi]

Xochilloquyu was the one that did that. Her sister Couldn't have taken that well.

[Corson]

No, she didn't. She became a sadistic psychopath who tried to destroy the astral plane.

[Cash]

It's not that simple, Corson.

[Corson]

I'm not doing it. I'm sorry. I'm not helping her.

[Siwa Coatl]

Come back here, Corson.

[Mac]

I think we should hear Kash out.

[Siwa Coatl]

Let her tell us what Siwa Koat'll say.

[Corson]

I'm not interested. Kash, my dear, I know you're smart, but you've been manipulated. We're walking into a trap. Can't you see it?

[Cash]

It's not a trap, Corson.

[Mac]

Come on, Corson. Let's let her tell us.

[Siwa Coatl]

Cash. What did Siwa Coatl say that convinced you she's no longer a threat?

[Cash]

It's not something she said. Can we go for a walk?

[Corson]

No. We finish this conversation here.

[Siwa Coatl]

Now.

[Cash]

What do you want me to say?

[Corson]

I want you to say no. This isn't happening because you're scared. You've already asked me to help you leave this plane, to leave me alone. And now you're telling me you will go and she'll return. How can you ask for my complicity? You risk the destruction of everything precious in this place. I can't stop her, Cash. Not by myself. And certainly not when my powers are.

[Cash]

You won't have to try and stop her, Corson.

[Corson]

I will.

[Cash]

You won't. I promise. And I can show you why.

[Corson]

And if I still don't believe you?

[Cash]

Then we'll carry on without you.

[Corson]

That's cold. After everything.

[Cash]

I made a promise. A promise that I intend to keep.

[Tendi]

Come. Should we wait for him to catch up? He's so far back.

[Cash]

If we slow down, so will he. Let's give him some space.

[Mac]

Good idea. I'm gonna walk with him.

[Jared Carter]

That's kind of the opposite of giving him space.

[Corson]

Oh, right.

[Mac]

Well, true to my rebellious nature, that just makes me want to do it even more. So I'm gonna go. I know, Mac. I can't control myself, Tin.

[Jared Carter]

I know, Kyle.

[Siwa Coatl]

Thanks.

[Mac]

I feel seen.

[Jared Carter]

That's cause I see you.

[Mac]

A true friend. A best friend.

[Corson]

Go, rebel.

[Jared Carter]

Go walk with Corson.

[Mac]

I don't need your permission. Now I kinda feel like I have to stay. Mack.

[Jared Carter]

Just go.

[Mac]

Okay, Cass.

[Tendi]

You had to listen to them bicker like this for how long? That had to have been irritating.

[Cash]

It used to be sometimes. Used to be. Now it's my favorite sound in the whole astral plane.

[Mac]

Hey.

[Corson]

Need a walking buddy, if you don't mind walking in silence.

[Siwa Coatl]

You got it, man.

[Corson]

Thank you.

[Mac]

Sometimes you don't need to talk. It's just nice to have someone present. I'm happy to be that someone.

[Corson]

Thank you.

[Siwa Coatl]

You're welcome. Man.

[Mac]

Do the stars look different here? Maybe a different shade of black.

[Siwa Coatl]

Alright, no talking.

[Corson]

Right.

[Siwa Coatl]

Yeah, got it. I know you said not to talk,

[Mac]

but I'd have to ask something, if that's okay. I'll take your silence as a yes.

[Siwa Coatl]

Did something happen between you and Siwakoatl? I mean, I get you being upset, but.

[Mac]

Well, man, you're taking it a lot harder than the rest of us. And well, it was us she tried

[Siwa Coatl]

to destroy, not you. So what's the de. He's disappeared. But Howps. Mack. Come here. Look at that.

[Corson]

What?

[Siwa Coatl]

What is it?

[Corson]

There. In that clearing.

[Siwa Coatl]

Those two trees.

[Corson]

Those two trees are moving.

[Mac]

Like swaying in the wind.

[Corson]

Like walking around.

[Mac]

I don't see them.

[Corson]

Watch the stars. There, above the forest line. See how they're disappearing and reappearing there? That's because something is moving in front of them. Oh, I see it now.

[Siwa Coatl]

How in the hell did you notice that?

[Corson]

You don't win games by ignoring small details. Yeah. So? Giants likely.

[Mac]

I've never seen a giant before.

[Corson]

I've seen a few, but not on this sphere.

[Siwa Coatl]

Which once?

[Corson]

None that you know of. Then tell me. I promised Kash I wouldn't.

[Siwa Coatl]

Why?

[Corson]

She wants you to experience the astral plane the same way all travelers do.

[Siwa Coatl]

Which is how?

[Corson]

In constant surprise.

[Siwa Coatl]

Oh, can we go talk to the giants?

[Corson]

I think we better not.

[Siwa Coatl]

We should catch up with the others

[Corson]

while we still can. Or we might lose them.

[Mac]

Yeah, Maybe we can find the giants

[Siwa Coatl]

on the way back.

[Corson]

Perhaps.

[Siwa Coatl]

The hell is that?

[Corson]

Looks like we're about to have company.

[Siwa Coatl]

We are there.

[Corson]

Behind those bushes.

[Siwa Coatl]

Why now?

[Jordan Osborne]

Where they go? Probably runs off the way you runs about. What do you mean the way I runs? I means to say you don't know how to take soft st. You're twice as big as me and twice as loud.

[Todd]

I may be bigger, brother, but I

[Jordan Osborne]

knows how to be dainty. Dainty? Ay, dainty as a skeeter. What lands on your head without letting you know. Would never ascribed daintiness to a skeeto.

[Todd]

I has a way with words, brother.

[Jordan Osborne]

You'll hear no argument from me, brother. You can you teach me to be dainty? No doubt as I can. There's enough. Which ways you think they went? Let's think on it.

[Unidentified Narrator]

Hoos.

[Jordan Osborne]

Got any ideas? No, I can't show. Did you get a good look at them? Was they the ones? What's Been bothering us? No, they's not the ones. I got a fairly good look. One was short and pudgy and the

[Todd]

other one was a funny dresser.

[Corson]

What?

[Mac]

Who you calling a funny dresser?

[Jordan Osborne]

Oh, so there they are. Funny things.

[Todd]

Hey, Machu's hiding away.

[Jordan Osborne]

If a squirrel spook at your ego sends you into the titties, we've got some questions we'd like to ask.

[Mac]

What kind of questions?

[Jordan Osborne]

What are you and are you with them?

[Corson]

With who, bitch? Provide some context.

[Jordan Osborne]

What is a bitch? Am I a bitch? I don't know. Am I a bitch?

[Corson]

All of us are bitches in one form or another.

[Jordan Osborne]

What's it mean?

[Corson]

Why so many things? Now's not the time. Who may I ask, is it that you're looking for?

[Jordan Osborne]

You knows who the bear and a metal man use with them.

[Corson]

No, we're with a metal lady.

[Mac]

Perhaps you mistaked me for a bear.

[Jordan Osborne]

You insult our senses. We as keen eyes. It was a metal man and a young bear.

[Corson]

We don't know who that is. Why do you ask?

[Jordan Osborne]

Because there's messing with us. Causing us a right bit of trouble.

[Siwa Coatl]

In what way?

[Jordan Osborne]

You tell em. You tell em. Well, here's the tale. This bear and metal man that's messin with our fish.

[Corson]

Your fish?

[Jordan Osborne]

Where's the fishes?

[Todd]

My name's Todd and this here's my brother.

[Jordan Osborne]

Name's Osborne.

[Cece]

Pleasure.

[Corson]

I am Corson and this is Mack.

[Jordan Osborne]

Nice to meet Simes. Nice to meet. And with that fine introductions, I shall continue my tale. We's the fishes and Wheeze overseas.

[Todd]

The fishery.

[Jordan Osborne]

A fine old place. Where we get the fish pieces.

[Todd]

What's the bears eat?

[Siwa Coatl]

The fish pieces.

[Corson]

You mean the fish.

[Jordan Osborne]

Now why would we want the whole fish? We only take the tails. Dries them out, grinds them up. And the bears puts the tail powder in their fried fish balls. Gives it flavor.

[Siwa Coatl]

I think I'm gonna throw up.

[Corson]

Point away from my shoes.

[Mac]

You mean to tell me that you take these poor fish, remove their tails and waste the rest?

[Corson]

That sounds cruel.

[Jordan Osborne]

They give some to us. Tail for a tail, a tail for a tail. And it grows back anyways. And it's not like it hurts anyways. There's a bears and a metal man

[Todd]

who tricks our fishes into giving up

[Jordan Osborne]

their tails for a tail.

[Todd]

But then Taze provides no tail and runs away laughing.

[Jordan Osborne]

It ain't right. Tail for a tail. That's the way it's always been.

[Mac]

Guys, this is some seriously fascinating stuff and I'd be remiss if I didn't share that.

[Siwa Coatl]

I Am remarkably confused.

[Corson]

Same. So what do you mean? A tail for a tail.

[Jordan Osborne]

Comes with us to the fishery and sees for yourself.

[Mac]

Our friends think we're still following him.

[Corson]

Yes. We must catch up or we might lose them. Perhaps we can visit when we make

[Siwa Coatl]

our way back to the highway.

[Cash]

No need.

[Corson]

Sneaky robot.

[Cash]

Stealth mode.

[Corson]

Terrifying.

[Tendi]

It really is. She can be a little too quiet when she wants to be.

[Cash]

You guys are so big. Seriously, how did I miss you the first time through here?

[Jordan Osborne]

We's a bit introverted and dainty eyes. Dainty. But I'll try to teach him. So there's more of you. And one of Em's metal brother likes the metal man? Sames, but different. Shames. But different.

[Cash]

My name's Cash.

[Jordan Osborne]

You here's to take off fish.

[Cash]

No, I'm not. Tell me about this metal man. Did he look like me?

[Jordan Osborne]

Shames. But a bit different too.

[Siwa Coatl]

What could it be Cash?

[Cash]

I'm not exactly sure. But I might have an idea.

[Tendi]

So you mean to tell us that there is a rogue robot running around the astral plane?

[Cash]

God.

[Tendi]

Just when you think this place couldn't get any cooler.

[Corson]

Well, we're all here now. Shall we visit this fishery?

[Jared Carter]

I'd like to see it.

[Siwa Coatl]

Same.

[Jordan Osborne]

Then follow us. Then follow us. Or better yet, we could carry you.

[Corson]

Nope.

[Mac]

Nobody carries me.

[Jared Carter]

I'm good.

[Cash]

Fast enough on my own.

[Corson]

Certainly not totally.

[Tendi]

But only if I can ride on your shoulders and use your hair to steer you.

[Jordan Osborne]

Sounds like funds to me.

[Tendi]

Come on big boy.

[Corson]

Let's ride,

[Xochilloquyu]

study and play.

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[Jordan Osborne]

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[Siwa Coatl]

damn. This place really is something.

[Corson]

It's enormous.

[Jared Carter]

It has to be.

[Jordan Osborne]

I believe a tower is in order.

[Todd]

Been some time since we was able to show folks about true brother. So that there's Osborne's chair. That one there's Dodge. We got the fire pit where we cooks our dinner and looks at it.

[Tendi]

What is it?

[Todd]

What do you mean, what is it? It's a poison portrait. A portrait I painted of me and my brother.

[Tendi]

Oh, I see it. It's an abstract painting.

[Todd]

Abstract? But this over here is what we want to show you.

[Siwa Coatl]

Is it a bathtub?

[Todd]

You say we stink.

[Corson]

You are a bit musky.

[Todd]

So is. And we likes it that way. No, this is a pond. One that connects to the river through

[Jordan Osborne]

a tunnel which runs beneath.

[Jared Carter]

That's really cool. What's it for?

[Todd]

Shall we show Zimbral ins and outs of our business? The ways of the fishers? I think they'd like it.

[Jared Carter]

We'd love it.

[Todd]

Right then we begin. Come, little fishies from the river next door the fishers are here and we've got some lore the bears at the barguts and needs to feed and you little fish it's got the tails they

[Corson]

need look at the watermax Whoa.

[Todd]

So many we got an offer that we think's just fine A tale of yours for a tail of mine so stay, little fishies, make yourself at home A tail for a tail A tail for a tail Tail for a tail for a.

[Jordan Osborne]

Well, little fishes.

[Todd]

As Osborne grabs the puppet stage. Let's decide on the tail, shall we? Not on tonight's menu. We have the following tales to choose from. We has the tale of the rabbit we saw the other day.

[Jordan Osborne]

It's a new story.

[Todd]

We has the tale of the time Osborn and I saved a little person from the river. And we has an old, sad tale you ain't heard in quite some time. The tale of the sisters.

[Jordan Osborne]

Dot.

[Todd]

She and us, we as guests. Why don't we let him pick?

[Cash]

What's the tale of the sisters?

[Todd]

Oh, now that's quite the story. It's a very old story. A melancholy tale. Something we seen with our own eyes. Some we'll never forget. Some horrible and beautiful and momentous. You ever seen a woman with hair dark as night, eyes like fire, bow on her back and a dagger sharper than the chest of a bear? Has you ever seen a woman with a dress made of flowers? You ever seen someone just disappear? Cause we had. Yes, we had.

[Cash]

Zociloque and Siwaka.

[Jordan Osborne]

Otto, I.

[Todd]

The sisters. We was there. We saw the battle.

[Jordan Osborne]

Ah, ah, ah.

[Todd]

No spoilers. Is that the tale you choose?

[Cash]

The astral plane will guide you.

[Todd]

What side are you saying?

[Cash]

Just something someone said to me, Corson.

[Corson]

You're going to tell me there's a reason we're here. You must have already known about this. I'm not sure how you did it, Corson.

[Cash]

This isn't what I plan to show you.

[Todd]

Do you want to hear it or not?

[Cash]

I'm not gonna make you, Corson.

[Corson]

I'm not as hard headed as all that, my dear. Go ahead, tell your tale.

[Todd]

Just let me grab my puppets and let's meet on the lamp. Down. Ladies and gentlemen, we shall now take our place beneath the stage. Metal Girls and Fishes. We, the Fisher brothers Jordan Osborne present to you a t TALE OF old. THE TALE OF THE SISTER Our story begins in a round clearing in the woods where the trees are at their thickest. But for that part, where's our story takes place. My brother and I was taking a leisurely stroll. We likes to see the fireflies down past the old saw mill. That's when we heard it. A voice. Something about it told us it were no traveler. We feared it were a ghost, though we don't has those here in the forest. So we lay down on the forest floor and looks out at a small clearing. The same ones where we used to to play marble. Due to its being a perfect circle. Behold the woman. Beauty unmatched. Carpeted flowers of a thousand color stab

[Jared Carter]

puppets the size of us.

[Todd]

Behold the green princess at her side. And the dog. And a little strange man.

[Mac]

That green princess is Missonia.

[Siwa Coatl]

She's an alien.

[Mac]

The mover of the Martian sphere. And that's not no dog. That's a coyote. His name's Way Way. And the little strange man is.

[Jordan Osborne]

We knows it.

[Todd]

We haven't said the names yet because as the narrators, we shan't reveals what we ourselves would not know at this point in the story. No interruptions, please.

[Mac]

Okay?

[Corson]

You guys are doing great.

[Jordan Osborne]

Appreciate it.

[Todd]

Behold, the flower lady says to the princess, thanks for coming here. And the green lady says in reply, I'm sorry that this time has come

[Jordan Osborne]

this the darkest of hours.

[Todd]

And the dog said,

[Siwa Coatl]

Goddamn. What that one dude's doing all those voices?

[Corson]

Of course he is. And he's doing it quite poorly. They all sound the same.

[Siwa Coatl]

Shut up, man.

[Corson]

You're the one that started the conversation.

[Todd]

Can you stop talking or I'll ask you to leave the fishery.

[Mac]

We're stopping.

[Jordan Osborne]

Good.

[Todd]

Now's the green Princess.

[Weiwei]

She says you are incredibly strong, Xochilaque. It feels cruel to. To ask this of you. Alas, you are the only one capable of putting an end to this. Should our suspicions be confirmed.

[Sihuacuatl]

It is a cruel twist of fate that this power rests with me. I feel so ashamed.

[Unidentified Narrator]

Poor Xochilloqu. I can't imagine how hard it would be for Doug to turn against his own brother. If I had one, that is. But this isn't your fault. And you're not alone. We're all here, Weiwei.

[Weiwei]

Coyotl. Do you truly see no other way?

[Sihuacuatl]

There's no need to apologize, Weiwei. This course of action is.

[Xochilloquyu]

Quiet.

[Sihuacuatl]

Do you hear that? Is it her?

[Weiwei]

Welcome, Jerry. We're grateful you're here. We're going to need all the help we can get. This is where Weiwei last picked up her scent. Let's hope she returns.

[Sihuacuatl]

I'm embarrassed to say that I hope she won't.

[Weiwei]

That is understandable.

[Sihuacuatl]

Weiwei, I must ask you once more. Are you confident that we're doing the right thing? In all the ages I've known my sister, she's never done a traveler harm. In fact, quite the opposite. She's cared for them, possibly more than anyone I've ever known. I know the evidence is abundant. Every time a traveler's disappeared, there's been witnesses to her presence.

[Unidentified Narrator]

So chillicue. Look. The edge of the clearing.

[Weiwei]

Everyone stand prepared. So chillicue. We do this together. And if by some small chance we are wrong, then we shall all bear the blame.

[Sihuacuatl]

No. No, not yet. Let me speak with her alone.

[Unidentified Narrator]

But what if she.

[Sihuacuatl]

She won't. She will not attempt to harm me.

[Weiwei]

Then go. We shall wait and watch and be ready.

[Xochilloquyu]

Cece. Sister.

[Sihuacuatl]

The only time you've looked at me with eyes that red was every time I'd be you at Uyamalizli.

[Xochilloquyu]

This game you're playing now is more dangerous. Word has spread among Sphere movers that

[Cece]

you've been looking for me.

[Xochilloquyu]

I have. But not out of concern for me. You believe I'm the cause of their disappearance.

[Sihuacuatl]

You're telling me you're not?

[Xochilloquyu]

How can you even ask me that? Sister, how long have you known me? Was eternity too little a time to prove my character? I have never been anything but a protector of the dead who traverse this plane. I know.

[Cece]

I know, Cece.

[Sihuacuatl]

But you must help me understand and

[Xochilloquyu]

help the others believe. Why do travelers disappear wherever you go?

[Sihuacuatl]

What are you doing with them?

[Xochilloquyu]

Why does the burden of proof rest with me when I've Done nothing wrong. Fine. I've been searching for the one who is taking travelers.

[Sihuacuatl]

Cece.

[Xochilloquyu]

It's true, Xochilique. I've tracked them. Follow the little clues they've left behind. I'm so close. Whoever they are, I can stop them. You could be helping me, but instead you've turned against me. They've warped your mind. That coyote has never liked me.

[Sihuacuatl]

That's not true.

[Xochilloquyu]

And even if it were, he would never.

[Sihuacuatl]

Who was that?

[Cece]

What are you talking about?

[Sihuacuatl]

Someone's out there.

[Xochilloquyu]

You're imagining things again. Just like you imagine that I'm.

[Cece]

Who is it?

[Corson]

Cici?

[Xochilloquyu]

Sister, I can't explain. Whoever you are, step out of your hiding and show yourself. Do as she says.

[Sihuacuatl]

Who is this?

[Xochilloquyu]

It's not what it looks like.

[Sihuacuatl]

And you're giving them weapons. You're building an army.

[Xochilloquyu]

So Chilikiu. This plane of existence province is run by fools. Travelers are always in danger, always exposed to the worst possible pains.

[Sihuacuatl]

You lied to me.

[Xochilloquyu]

It was you all along. No. I swear it. I only started to recruit travelers when it became obvious that. Let them go. No.

[Cece]

No, I won't do that.

[Xochilloquyu]

Don't you see? This is how it has to be. The prime mover, his superiors. They're impotent. Powerless in their ability to protect, lacking in their desire to. I need warriors. Warriors who will help me to finally make this place of existence as safe as it should have always been. Sewa Cuatl. It is not your place to decide how travelers should be treated. This place is meant to serve. This place serves no one.

[Sihuacuatl]

Building an army is not the answer.

[Xochilloquyu]

I'm not hurting them. I'm making them strong. I'm giving them power over their destiny. They must go to the next life.

[Cece]

Never.

[Xochilloquyu]

We have no idea what lies beyond that gate. But consider what we know of the physical plane and couple that with what we know of the Astral. No. I will not send them to a place where I can't protect them.

[Sihuacuatl]

You're out of your mind.

[Xochilloquyu]

Perhaps I am. Or perhaps I'm the only one who isn't. The only one who truly cares and who truly sees.

[Sihuacuatl]

Weiwei was right. You're a danger to travelers.

[Xochilloquyu]

A traitor to the Astral plane and those who inhabit it. Those who travel it. Surrender, Sihuacuatl. Surrender. Or I will have to remove me from existence. My own sister. It doesn't have to end like this. Oh, sister. It will never end like this. Warriors. Still yourselves.

[Jared Carter]

Sir.

[Cece]

Chillicue. Leave. Leave and we won't have to fight.

[Sihuacuatl]

I cannot do that.

[Cece]

And you give me no choice.

[Todd]

A great battle ensued, though few were injured. Perhaps you say, what are injuries to an astral being? Since permanent damage cannot be acquired, cause hurt is still hurt and pains is still pains. And that's why our heroes did all they could do to subdue the warrior travelers without giving them a scratch. And for the most part, they succeeded. But our eyes weren't focused so much on that battle. Our eyes were focused on a more important battle. A battle of words.

[Xochilloquyu]

Cece, this is foolish. Look at them. Look at. Look at the coyote you malign. The bear, the princess, the doug. Do they look like they don't care about the safety of travelers? Why can't you understand? I never said that. They aim to hurt them. They just do nothing to protect them. And isn't that the same?

[Sihuacuatl]

That is not true.

[Xochilloquyu]

And besides, you've already proven yourself a liar. You said you weren't taking them, and you were. This goes against everything we stand for, everything we've been called to do. Tell me that you'll stop. Please.

[Cece]

I won't.

[Xochilloquyu]

Then I will do what I have

[Sihuacuatl]

to for the good of those we serve.

[Xochilloquyu]

Be honest, sister. You don't even like them. These travelers. You've always thought that they were lesser than us. Always looked down on them. Aggravated when they'd accidentally step on one of your precious roses, even though you could always make more. My annoyance doesn't excuse me. My obligations. And your unfounded fear doesn't excuse you of yours. Unfounded? You can say that with a straight face after what happened. Cece, I wasn't. He was my son. Xochilloquyu. Your nephew. How could you forget? I was foolish once, like you are now. Belief that the powers that be were strong enough to keep bad things from happening.

[Cece]

You recognize this dagger, don't you?

[Sihuacuatl]

Of course I do.

[Cece]

All that was left behind.

[Xochilloquyu]

How long had I left him there?

[Cece]

Oh, my son.

[Xochilloquyu]

Come, sister. Lay down your arms. Let us renew our search for him. He is out there. We will find him. He is gone. These are now my children, and I

[Cece]

shall keep them in my care. And we will find the one responsible for the things you accuse me of.

[Xochilloquyu]

Please.

[Sihuacuatl]

This isn't the way.

[Cece]

This is the only way. You'll see.

[Xochilloquyu]

I'll show you how much better things can be when we rule this plane.

[Sihuacuatl]

Sister.

[Cece]

I'm going. Xochiliku.

[Xochilloquyu]

Don't follow. I cannot let you go.

[Cece]

I said I'm leaving.

[Xochilloquyu]

Cece, please. If you walk away.

[Cece]

What? You remove me from existence.

[Weiwei]

Yes.

[Cece]

That power is wasted on you, patroness. Of life and death. What a joke. It should have been me, but oh well. Keep your magic. I'll keep my dagger.

[Sihuacuatl]

One more step away, sister, and I swear.

[Cece]

Goodbye, Xochilacue.

[Xochilloquyu]

Goodbye.

[Todd]

And with that, Xochilacure stretched out her hand. And the most amazing of things happened. Her sister, what was there in one moment, was gone the next. Removed from existence. The warrior travelers put down their weapons. The band of Sphere movers told them they were safe now and that they should be on their way to the next life. After the travelers departed, the companions did their best to comfort Xochilacle. But there was no comfort to be had. They stayed a long time, but eventually they started to depart, ones by ones. But there she stayed. Osborne and I always checked on off from time to time. She never moved nor gave us notice. And a strange thing happened. The forest around the clearing started turning black. While the place where Xochilloqu knelt in her grief became a abundance with flowers. Great flowers of more varieties than the minds can imagine. As she notes, the flowers grew over her. We couldn't even seize her no more. She became one with them. Eventually, after many ages, she was gone. We couldn't even seize her no more. But the flowers that grew around her stayed like a monument to her. And that, my dear fishes, is the tale of the sisters. Now pays off as you go. Put em in the bucket.

[Jordan Osborne]

Many thanks. Much obliged.

[Todd]

Hope you like the show. What's about ere the dear friends? Did you care for our story?

[Mac]

Oh, hell yeah. That was awesome. And incredibly emotional like that really impacted me.

[Tendi]

It was very informative and yes, hard hitting. I even cried a little.

[Jared Carter]

Very well done.

[Cash]

I've already heard this story, but your performance really brought it to life. Thank you, Corson.

[Corson]

I count Xochilacue among my friends.

[Siwa Coatl]

I hate to think of her kneeling

[Corson]

in that field, wallowing in her grief. Her love for her sister must have been very great.

[Cash]

You have no idea.

[Corson]

Still, it doesn't change the fact that Siwa Coatl is dangerous and must not be allowed to return to this place.

[Todd]

What you mean return to this place? You heard our story. She was removed from existence.

[Cash]

She wasn't. So Chillicube couldn't bring herself to do that. She banished her instead to the physical

[Corson]

plane for an astral being. A fate worse than annihilation, torture.

[Cash]

And it's taken its toll.

[Corson]

It drove her mad. And her desire for revenge has caused

[Jared Carter]

her to do awful things, even from afar.

[Corson]

Nothing at this point could undo the spite that rages within her.

[Cash]

Can you blame Her.

[Siwa Coatl]

No. No, I can't.

[Corson]

That doesn't change anything.

[Cash]

But there is something that will. Dodd Orsborn. Thank you. We have to be going.

[Todd]

We's enjoyed your company for the brief time our paths has crossed.

[Jordan Osborne]

Fare thee well.

[Todd]

And if you happen to come across that barren, troublesome metal man, tell them to stop playing tricks on our fishy friends.

[Jared Carter]

If we see them, we'll deliver the

[Mac]

message with our fists.

[Tendi]

Calm down, Mac.

[Mac]

Okay?

[Corson]

These trees. Are they even really here? Is this what death looks like? Is this what it looks like on the Astral plane? Darkness.

[Cash]

We're almost there.

[Jared Carter]

Have you been here before, Kash?

[Cash]

No. But she told me about it.

[Corson]

So. Chillicule.

[Cash]

Yes. And here we are.

[Corson]

Oh, wow.

[Mac]

Damn.

[Corson]

My stars.

[Jared Carter]

It's amazing.

[Siwa Coatl]

I didn't know there were this many colors in existence.

[Corson]

You stunt.

[Cash]

Yes.

[Xochilloquyu]

It's her.

[Cash]

The shape of her. That's where she spent ages. Weeping, regretting, buried in her own flowers. You know, she thought about removing herself from existence back then. She told me that.

[Corson]

Kash, I would do anything for Xochilloqu. Especially after what she did to save you from Olenas. Banishing herself. Such a sacrifice. Look, it breaks my heart to be here. It would break my heart even more to know that I was complicit in reintroducing such a terribly dangerous person to this place. Can we not just save Xochilaque and leave her sister on the physical plane?

[Cash]

Xochilakiu would never come back without her. Corson, you asked about the dark trees that surround this place.

[Corson]

Yes.

[Cash]

They're not dead. They're the shape death leaves behind. People think of death as the total absence of something. But death always leaves something behind.

[Unidentified Narrator]

A shape.

[Cash]

Memories, an aching of the soul. Whatever shape it takes.

[Siwa Coatl]

What does that have to do with these trees?

[Cash]

So Chillicothe can seemingly grow flowers from nothing. But it isn't true. The reason she wears flowers is because she draws power from them. She's the only one who can. The patroness of life and death. She takes a bit of one flower's life and she uses it to create another.

[Jared Carter]

But there's no life here.

[Cash]

It isn't life like we know it. It's what life is here on the astral plane.

[Corson]

So all of these. These magnificent flowers, they're here because she killed the forest surrounding her.

[Cash]

And when she could no longer draw from the trees, she drew from herself.

[Corson]

She drew from herself to grow these flowers.

[Siwa Coatl]

But why?

[Cash]

No, Corson, she wasn't trying to grow flowers. That just happened.

[Siwa Coatl]

Then what was she trying to do?

[Cash]

She was trying to bring her sister back.

[Siwa Coatl]

I. I didn't know.

[Cash]

I'm not here to try to make you sad, Corson. I'm trying to help you understand.

[Corson]

I understand now.

[Cash]

It should be over here somewhere.

[Tendi]

What should be over here?

[Cash]

It's buried here. Under where she knelt.

[Mac]

Oh, man. You ruined the Flowers of Chilique Monument.

[Cash]

They'll grow back, I'm certain.

[Xochilloquyu]

Oh, good.

[Cash]

Here it is.

[Siwa Coatl]

Is that a knife?

[Cash]

A dagger. Siwa Coatl had a son. Meeks Coatl. He was taken. And all that was left behind was this.

[Jared Carter]

What do we need it for?

[Cash]

We're going to find him. We're going to find her son. This dagger might offer clues.

[Corson]

What makes you think we can find him?

[Cash]

Because we have to. Because I promised Corson. Xochilaque is so certain that it was the loss of her son that made Siwa Coatl who she became. Her loss led her to create armies, caused her to wage war against the people she held responsible for his disappearance. But astral beings don't just disappear.

[Jared Carter]

Well, apart from when Xochilloqu makes it happen.

[Cash]

Xochiliku wouldn't do this. Siwa Coatl's son is here somewhere. We're going to find him, and we're going to find out who is responsible for taking him. Siwa Coatl would have no reason to keep fighting if she has her son back. This will help her heal. This could fix things.

[Corson]

How do you know?

[Cash]

I. I don't. But I believe it.

[Mac]

I just want to get this straight. We are on this journey so that we can finish living our lives on Earth. Yes, but also so we can bring Xochila Q and Siwa Coatl back here.

[Siwa Coatl]

We go that way. They come this way.

[Xochilloquyu]

Correct.

[Mac]

But first we have to find Siwa Cuatl son. Because you said you would.

[Cash]

Yes.

[Mac]

And the grand trivia lizard. We need to find him because he might know the secret of traversing time and space.

[Cash]

It's a possibility.

[Siwa Coatl]

So that means.

[Jared Carter]

Means what?

[Mac]

That I now know what we're doing.

[Siwa Coatl]

Let's go.

[Corson]

So much is at risk. I know why we're doing this, but I'm not sure I can trust that Siwa Coatl can change. Or trust her sister's judgment in this matter.

[Cash]

Then for now, you'll just have to trust me.

[Corson]

Any other secret you're holding onto? Bombs you plan to drop along the way?

[Cash]

Maybe.

[Corson]

Can you just do that now and save us all the trouble of waiting in worried anticipation?

[Cash]

No.

[Corson]

Well, then at least give us a

[Jared Carter]

break from any more surprises.

[Cash]

Okay. Corson no more surprises for.

[Mac]

They're gaming on us.

[Tendi]

What in the hell is that?

[Unidentified Narrator]

They went that way. Get them. Guys, we got such all of us working together. We can do this. I'm not wearing any shoes.

[Corson]

That's it.

[Siwa Coatl]

I'm going home.

[Mac]

No.

[Jared Carter]

This episode was written, produced and performed

[Siwa Coatl]

by me, Jared Carter.

[Jared Carter]

The show is executive produced by my fellow human, Michael Freiberg. Until next time, safe travels. Thanks for sticking around for the these shout outs. If you just subscribed to patreon in the last few days, you may not be included in this list, but you will be on the next one. Without further ado, thank you to the following charles q. Choi the other jared annabel lee tater tot assassin lady sarah purr whiskervale greg steve sims jenny a nicholas gen walde nathan mcgowan fracture sylvia finch timothy o'reilly nat dwight andrea lightman august uray captain benjamin hawkeye captain benjamin hawkeye pierce the german shorthair pointer from nashville wants to tell his mom maddie that he says woof ho tyler theisen charity shop doug tj walk frank l william mayorga fantasy junkie hannah mae mk k man zach eden gavin farah don't actually say this part of my name. Just the name, please. Kn gregory haley jennifer k. Reminding you to drink your water you sorely needed chris rose susan b. Dunn is a badass coast the most ed becky lucy villa, chris ballard hoggram robert vella donna palmer french steven rhodes, max olson, lou woods radioshack jake colin rossetti, craig armstrong, cody downing, ian steins m and a&d's skylark gizmo pastafarian saber paladin sarah ortner, jill branham, joshua and becca farrow, michael McDonald, wesley lundstrom, noam blaschke, shannon mcinnis, kim pekarinuk, jada addison zone, alex ashworth where's my tardis? Cindy marie murphy, lisa sugar rat josh portillo, nelly mike amy wilkins, laura c, cody grzelic, drew gecko 13 dandanger 665 Dr. Combs, liam spalding, patrick smith, kelly greco bildo 9644 aaron enos desi john leggett, rachel hundley, megan wansink, trish mary jo roda, ben garrett johnson, sarah pearls, heather autry, jake reed and amster martin. Thank you all so much for being club 86 members. You're the ones who make the magic happen. I love you. Lots of good stuff for you on the way. Safe travels.

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