1281 – Fueled by Frunchies | Multiplex Ep12
What happens after a cereal icon retires? A sleepy love story of course.
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Episode 1281 – Fueled by Frunchies | Multiplex Ep12
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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for the podcaster who…I don't even know…I don't have anything funny or witty to say. I’m like, totally…talk about the perfect…where’s the perfect place to draw a bank? Draw a blank? This is a sleep podcast but I can't even say ‘draw a blank’. I said ‘draw a bank’. Where’s the perfect place to draw a bank? Well, any…the perfect place; a piece of paper or paper-like…something similar…paper or something like paper, or anything where you would use things to draw on, anything draw-able. Oh, you could draw a bank. Draw a blank? You don’t have…unless you’re doing it metaphorically, as I’m an expert at. You don’t really…you could do it anywhere. So, anytime, anywhere. I’m drawing blanks to take…welcome to Sleep With Me, the podcast that’s here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep.
Did I say ‘ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and friends beyond the binary’? I hope I did, 'cause I’m so glad you’re here. This show is very…if you’re new, I’m so glad you’re here. Welcome. This is a strange podcast. You’ve already kinda witnessed that. I’m a different person than what you would expect. Definitely I’m not the host you would expect of a sleep podcast that’s been running over ten years, but that’s what I do, because I’ve been there and I want to help you fall asleep by taking your mind off of stuff and keeping you company so that you could fall asleep, by being a mild distraction and a friendly voice in the deep, dark night. The way the show works…it does take a couple tries to get used to. It is just so different, but it’s just like you’re talking to a friend who never gets to the point. So, just see how the show goes. Give it a few tries. What we got coming up; there’s support so listen…paying for the podcast is optional.
A lot of people like listening to this free version, a lot of people like listening to this ad-supported version linearly, or that’s how most people listen, but it is adjustable. I’ll talk about that later on. Then there’s a long, meandering intro. It has nothing to do with the support for the show. It’s meant to ease you into bedtime. After that will be our bedtime story from our…well, our friends are walking around a mall doing stuff, helping people out, and then there’s thank-yous at the end. So, that’s the structure of the show. I’m really glad you’re here, and thanks for coming by, and thanks for making this entire podcast possible, my bore-friends. Honestly, there would be no Sleep With Me without you, so I hope as you get tucked into bed, I could tuck you in a little bit more by just saying thank you so much.
INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake, whether that’s thoughts, things you’re thinking about, thoughts on your mind, thoughts about the past, the present, the future…so, thinking thoughts, feelings, anything coming up for you emotionally related to those thoughts or feelings that are just there.
It could be physical sensations, it could be changes in time, temperature, routine, travel, guests, you could work a different shift or you could have a job where you’re working…your sleep schedule’s not ideal, you could be just going through something or you could have something coming up. Whatever it is, I’m glad you’re here. I really hope I can help you fall asleep. What I’m gonna do is I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night here. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents, all to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so that you could fall asleep, and…because you deserve a good night's sleep. Like…oh, pointless meanders and suferfluous…suferfluous? I’ve never…I don't know if I’ve mispronounced ‘superfluous’ in that way.
Suferfluous…sounds like…it definitely sounds like a made-up word. I mean, it was accidentally made up. What do they call that when you accidentally make up a word? Is that a Freudian mistake? Because…suferfluous; it sounds…I don't know. There was this movie called The Neverending Story, and it sounds like…if there was a Neverending Story: Part 3 or something, it would be one…another furry being that fly…oh, that’s Suferfluous. I would…I’d think it’d have fur just because the fur is in its name. What else? I mean, there’s a lot of different ways to use that word. Suferfluous. Yeah, maybe some sort of animated movie where people talk in nonsense, or a sleep podcast. Oh, but superfluous tangents means I go off topic a lot. Obviously I just did that.
My voice is not traditionally soothing but I do have creaky, dulcet tones. The reason I make the show is kinda the most important thing, and I make the show for two reasons. One, you deserve a good night's sleep. You deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need and you deserve, a bedtime without rigmarole, a bedtime you don’t have to dread, maybe a bedtime you could look forward to or feel neutral about at least, and say, well, at least I got that pod guy who’s gonna not make any sense again and mispronounce a word and then say it fifty times. What is that called? Pontificate on imaginary…well, I didn’t imagine the word. I can't take credit for that. It was a spontaneous…I mean, it combusted out of my mouth, you know? Or a spontaneous…I don't know, a spontaneous creation of a word.
I wasn’t actually…'cause what does it mean if…? Spontaneous; does that mean if it happens out of your control or does that mean you just did it on…out of the blue? I don't know the answer to that one, either. But you deserve a good night's sleep. I know that, and not just one night’s sleep, but consistently, on a regular basis. Not in a perfect way, not 100% of the time, but consistently get the rest you need so your life is more manageable, that your day tomorrow could be better, and that you could live your life and ideally you could be out there flourishing down the road. That means your world’s a better place to be in. It means our whole world’s a better place to be in. But also, the other thing is that it can get…it’s not easy.
I’ve been there tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, trouble waking up early. I’ve had all those. I still do. So, it’s really important for me to help anybody I can, and I know the show does not help everybody. I’ll talk about that in a minute, but if this podcast can help you feel less alone in the deep, dark night and take your mind off of stuff or soothe you, that’s important to me because I’ve been there and I know how it feels for me, and if it feels like that for you or anything similar, it’s important to me to try to help in this way that I’ve kind of learned over the years that helps the people it helps. Now, this podcast does not work for everybody, but the people it works for, it does take a couple tries to get used to and then they say, oh, I had no idea I was always looking for something like this.
But they don’t say that right away. At first you’re gonna be skeptical or doubtful or confused. You’re like, what is this dude talking about? Suferfluous? That’s…won Word of the Year in 2020-something. So, I don't know what he’s talking about. Or maybe 2037, it’ll be the Word of the Year. Suferfluous. Or you say, I accidentally got in…it’s not a word, but it was in a spelling competition. Suferfluous. I still can't…I made it up…suferfluous; made it up, can't even spell it. F-U-R, I hope. Maybe there’s P-H…I don't know anything, so…I really don’t. I can't spell a word I made up. You say, you have full rights to spell it. I say, no, it’s gotta follow some…it’s gotta make some sense. Even other made-up words, they follow whatever that is…I don't know. The construction of words is a technical exercise and I am not a certified technician.
Would you believe that, I’m not a certified word technician? You would believe that; well, that’s good. Oh, so, this podcast just takes some getting used to. One, because it’s a podcast you just barely listen to. It’s kind of like background noise that you can tune in and out of, like a TV on in the other room or a super…a sitcom that you got turned down or a friend you’re talking to on the phone. You say, just tell me about what you did five years ago, what you could remember about it, but only the boring parts. Or tell me a story, but take five times as long as a normal person would to tell it to me. Lots of details, but no good details. I’d say, okay, no problem. I got it. Then you say…but with this show, it’s like, did you start telling the story or not? I say, yeah, I’m always telling it. So, it’s a podcast you don’t really listen to.
It’s also a sleep podcast, and I’m not here to put you to sleep. I’m here to keep you company while you fall asleep, to take your mind off of stuff. There is no pressure to fall asleep with this show. That’s why the episodes are over an hour. That’s why there’s over 600 shows in our…that you could listen to or you could pick and choose from or whatever works for you. So, there’s no pressure to fall asleep. You don’t have to worry, oh, is the show gonna be over in ten minutes or fifteen minutes? No. You could create a all-night playlist if you need to. I’m here to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your Borbie, your neigh-bore, your bore-bestie, your bores, your bore-friend, to keep you company while you fall asleep, not so much to put you to sleep.
Ideally you just wake up tomorrow and say, oh yeah, he was talking about something. I don't know if…maybe he’s saying ‘chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim-chim-cher-ee’ or something, but I’m not…maybe it was a different song from a different movie. I don't know. I can't remember. But, oh boy, did I fall asleep. The other thing is some people…and I guess it’s a little late to tell you this, but some people have strong…have beyond-strong distaste for me, we’ll just say, and I’ve heard it described to me in maybe a million different ways. That’s fine; I actually have a website set up. I’ve had it for years; sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. While I do recommend giving the show a few tries and seeing how it goes, if you’re totally put off already, check that website out.
It’s got other cool sleep podcasts on there and sleepy stuff, because you’re not alone. If you have beyond-strong distaste for me, you’re not alone. I have…so, you don’t…honestly, I’m not saying this…I mean, partially so that I could keep making the show and maintain some semblance of dignity, but also because you don’t need to let me know. Just check out that website. Maybe you find something else that helps you fall asleep. Because I have been doing this for ten years, so I’ve heard…I don't need…just, hopefully you find something else, 'cause you still deserve it. Yeah, it’s like, find a nice sleep podcast that works for you or some other kind of audio, and that’s what that website’s for. Other things that throw people off are…don’t listen to the show, it doesn't make sense, takes a while to get…oh, structure of the show.
Just trying to make sure I don’t…I didn’t forget anything else that people…takes getting used to. So, the show is designed in a way that you can adjust how you listen to it — but this is just what works for most listeners — and then see what works for you. After you listen four or five times and you start falling asleep, maybe just listen to it like this or maybe you’d change it up. So, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. That way you feel seen and welcomed in. You say, okay, I might check that show out. Then there’s support so that show…paying for the show is optional. You can support the sponsors and then you get to listen, and that’s how we’re able to do that. Or if you want to support the show directly, then you could skip the sponsor stuff.
But most people like the ad-supported version. Then, separate from the support — we’re about fifteen minutes into it already — is our intro. Now, the intro is a show within a show. It’s different every single time. It follows a familiar structure so that whatever keeps you awake has some variety and some familiarity at the same time, but the intro is not actually designed to put you to sleep. It does put some people to sleep, but for most people, the intro is part of easing you into bedtime, of getting ready for bed, of unwinding, of getting comfortable or winding down, doing a chill activity while you’re listening to the intro. Yeah, it’s just meant to kinda ease you into bedtime, right? That’s what the intro is supposed to do. So, just see how it goes. The intro kinda makes…hopefully it helps you drift off into dreamland.
But it’s like a buffer between sleep and the day. That’s just what works for me personally. It’s what most studies say; have a wind-down routine. So, that’s what the intro is. You could skip the intro. 2% of people do. You could listen to Bedtime Stories with Sleep With Me if you want to go straight to the story and you don’t like the intro, but for most people, it’s just easing you into bedtime. Or you could support the show on Sleep With Me+ to get it in a variety of formats. So, that’s the intro, then there’s support, then there will be our bedtime story. Tonight it’ll be our episodically modular series, Multiplex, and that’s some friends walking around the mall, helping out, and some talk about cereal. I think that’s it. I don't know, I’m really glad you’re here. It’s really a honor for me to try to help.
My sleep has been…I’ve just had stuff going on, and so, I know how it feels. I’m really glad to be here to try to help you, and I really appreciate you checking the show out. If you’re new or…you regular listeners that come back time after time who send me…share your stories with me or support the show or just listen and enjoy the show passively, I really appreciate it. It gives me…it really is a honor to make the show, and hopefully I can keep doing this long into the future for you and this becomes a friendship but a bore-friendship, where you say, there’s my bore-friend. Don’t pay him…you know, I barely listen to him all the time. So, I’m glad you’re here. I appreciate you checking the show out. Thanks again for coming by. Myself and a team of people work really, really hard on this show, so we all appreciate it. We yearn and strive to help you fall asleep, and here’s a couple ways we’re able to do this for you for free twice a week.
Alright everybody, it’s Scoots here. This is our episodically modular series, Multiplex. My mind went blank for a second. It does have a touch of seriality, and the main character, Wyatt, will get you caught up on the plot and the story. But it’s also episodically modular, meaning you can listen to it in any order because the main character will get you caught up on the plot. It’s modular, meaning you can move the modules around. Pretty…no one use…I don't know if anybody uses that term, episodic, and there’s other words like that. I mean, there are words and…in many different…I think languages are composed of words, I’m…but not all of them. Yeah. I mean, but words…there’s some languages with words, including the one…including right now.
But what I was trying to say was that…oh…[laughs]…those were not words. Those were utterances, but they did have meaning. Oh, what I was trying to say is that you could listen to these in any order. That’s what ‘modular’ means. You say, okay, this might be Episode 12. But you could say, one day there may be…the Star Wars saga may get that far, and you’d…I mean, 3, 6, 9…so, let’s just say, then they go 10, 11, 12, and somebody…they just start going to the movies. When 12 comes out, they say, don't worry; you could…just come watch 12 with me. They have this thing at the beginning. It says…it has a chapter title, then it says this happened and then this happened, 'cause there’s stuff even in-between the movies that happens, and they do the screen-scroller thing.
Then you could watch the other…well, you could watch the other eleven, but maybe you don’t…you know. Or we could watch those in any order 'cause it’ll be a little bit of a choice. You might even want to watch more than just those eleven, because I’m a big fan of a couple of the ones that don’t have numbers, but that might just be me. So…oh, so, yeah. Also, there’s someone who I’ve probably called…I don't know if he’s…he’s not episodically modular. But, oh boy, if there was a module that did every…he has many mod…I mean, you could never replicate him with modules, I guess, but he…if you could label his many skills modules…or if he was a class…if he was gonna give a master class, it would be a master class in class, because he’s classy and there’s so many more things. He’s also our Hollywood announcer.
He comes all the way from the Greater Los Angeles Area. He comes on stored solar energy most of the time, though I’ve tried to get him to come on stored thermal energy also by way of creating a place where I could live that has…that’s cooled and heated by geothermal energy and powered by it. He has not taken me up on that offer. I have given him a budget range, but then I…he said, that’s a lot of zeroes. I said, yeah, this is cutting edge. Then he just laughs and pats me on the back like I’m making a joke. But I think he thinks I’m 90% serious, 10% joking, and the only 10% I’m joking is like, just in case you turn me down and you don’t want to create a geothermal mansion I could live in for free.
I mean, not for free; as a gift to me. Just in case you don’t want to do that, I’m only 90% serious. But when he laughs, it’s a very classy laugh. It’s not like he’s…he really thinks that I have the same gravitas and class as him. So, he probably thinks it’s like, 5% I’m serious and 95% joking. But there’s probably…within that 95% of joking, for him, there’s a range of types of joking, right? So, that’s why he laughs and claps me on that back in a way that’s actually soothing even though…'cause it’s so soothing. He has such a self…he’s not…he’s self-actualized — no doubt about it — in a way that soothes me even though I say, dude, no, I’m serious; I really want you to build…and then he says, I know you’re serious.
So, it’s almost like my unreality is filtered through his self-actualization and then it becomes…so, it goes from me being pretty much serious about him building me a mansion to live in based on technology that may or may not exist, which would also…he’d have to fund the research. Plus, also on a timeline pretty soon…like, let’s get this going. Also, it would be great if it was a…because I might not…I might want to be moving around. Then once it’s filtered through his self…whatever, his class and gravitas…maybe we could…could we…? Maybe that’s…maybe my whole idea is wrong. Maybe I need to live in a mansion powered by your gravitas. Don’t they have…isn’t that one of the technologies in science-fiction, like a gravity sink…? Gravitas…? There’s something about a gravity sink somewhere.
Could we have a gravitas…? The gravitas impeller or something. What do you think about that? He shrugged. But anyway, I went on and on and on just to set the…I mean, I realize I was just trying to be like, no, dude, I’m serious about this. It’s not like I’m asking it for free. I’m just saying if…I don't know. I say, if you’re in a position where you want to build me a mansion and also have…you could just build me…that’s the thing; you just giving me a mansion wouldn't make sense, but if it was powered by your gravitas or geo…it would make great…look at this podcast material we’re getting out of it. But anyway, that’s…this is our…welcome to our Hollywood announcer, Mr. Antonio Banderas. The friends beyond the binary, the ladies, the gentlemen, the boys and girls, it’s time for Multiplex. Chicka-chicka.
Whoa boy, that one…you just…I mean, you just powered me for a week, dude. Never mind. I take it…I feel like I have an internal mansion like they…almost like…I feel like I’ve met with a guru just from listening to you make that sound. I’ve discovered my…a palace inside me. Though, really, it’d be good…even if…though I’ve discovered my internal palace powered by your sound effects, it’d be great to park my internal palace in a geothermal mansion. Then I could sing, who lives in a geothermal mansion with a view of the sea? Then you could laugh, right? So…no? Okay, well, anyway, that’s Mr. Antonio Banderas. This is Multiplex, everybody.
Good evening, everybody. My name’s Wyatt. I’m here recording these audios for reference so you could hear a story that hasn’t been heard before, an adventure of friends, an adventure of lifetimes, of…I mean, many lifetimes, I guess, an adventure I’m telling for two reasons; one, to clear the air, because I got some attention on the internet because I used to make a public-access television show where I would show movies and they would be old movies about autumnal archetypes. Then sometimes I would interview the autumnal archetypes, and people always were like, wow, that’s some great makeup, that’s some great…who’s the performer? Even casting directors now reach out to me. I say, well, one, that was a long time ago that it was a public-access show.
To be honest, I just didn’t reply because I didn’t post them on the internet. Other people did, and everybody thought…said I was brilliant, and it’s not true. I’m clearing the air that those were friends of mine. There was no makeup. There wasn’t any acting. How did you meet somebody like that, then? That’s one part of this story. That’s the less-important part, actually, 'cause the more important part is how do people become…how do four friends on an adventure of a lifetime, four friends headed in different directions but three of us were on a…on our own paths — and I say this with all humility — to greatness, to greatness as defined by the society, to greatness as defined by our families’ expectations, to greatness as defined by ourselves, maybe greatness externally and internally.
I don't know what it felt like 'cause we never achieved the kind of greatness we seemed to set out to achieve at the beginning of this adventure. Each of us was a striver, successful, driven, focused, all those things. People said, oh, the places you’ll go, but they meant on a upward progression. Oh, the doors that’ll open as you go along this path. But we were on that path and then we went on this adventure, and the adventure led each of us to a different path. So, paths, I think, is the more…where, the paths, instead of going upward, upward, upward, went…not inward, inward, inward, but paths toward people among people, towards a life without flash photography — I mean, unless we’re choosing it, you know? — without…I don't know. You know what I mean? Just life well-lived.
I don't…if you pay…if you’re paying attention, you’ll learn more about it. But it’s the kinda story…no one wants to hear that. You say, well, how’d you become…you’re not that interesting but you got a lot of interesting stories. I say, yup, mm-hm. Yes, yup. Okay, alright, thanks. That’s kinda where we…that’s the truth and a metaphor. You say, whoa boy, that was one exciting tale I heard about you being in. Yeah. Anyway, you want a lemonade while we sit here and listen to the crickets? Well, I thought we’d talk about the meaning of life. Then I would say, huh, we’re gonna listen to the crickets and drink lemonade. But even in my mind, I wouldn't know that I was…because I’m recording this, you know, I say, okay, I see it now. So, anyway, I got a little high-minded there.
I guess we were talking about how I didn’t become high-minded. Funny. But we’re talking about an adventure in a shopping mall with myself, Wyatt, my friends Josie and Santos, and then Boyd, the Corncob Kid, a classmate of ours who we became friends with because of this adventure. We were in a shopping mall. We had got into the shopping mall. It had been closed for years. We were looking for Julius J Juice concentrate that we were gonna use because I had lost a scholarship to school, a very…and I wasn’t gonna be able to go without that scholarship. So, we were gonna take this abandoned Julius J Juice concentrate and Boyd was gonna sell it and we were gonna make money and it was gonna help me towards my college dreams, my university dreams.
But what happened is, when we entered the shopping mall, we found…well, first we thought we were in some sort of immersive theatre because we kept running into beings…autumnal archetypes from movies, and there was a sense of unreality like we were in an immersive theatre. The mall was…the mall had been closed for years, but it was functional. Some stores were stocked; other stores would become stocked. There was food to eat, there was employees who would come and go. Some of the stuff we still haven't figured out at this point in the story, but along the way we learned, one, the autumnal archetypes like the mommy, the Count du Chocolate, Franny, who had to deal with…Franny was…goes by other names, too.
The person who couldn't be seen…they all needed help, and if we helped them, they would be able to get back into their movies. They’d come out of the Multiplex into the mall, but they needed to get back into the Multiplex, get back into their movie. But we had to help them get back in their movie 'cause most of those movies, they don’t end nicely for the autumnal archetypes. That’s not to say that the autumnal arch…we still hadn’t figured out what to do with the person who couldn't be seen, because their movie, while it gets…their movie…all of our brows were furrowed because of the behavior of the person who couldn't be seen. So, we had tried to help them. We still were unresolved.
But when we helped the other beings get back to their movies, suddenly their movies became cereal commercials for cereals they would be the star of. Along the way, we found out a couple other things. One, time behaves differently there. One day in the mall, the Multi…in the Multiplex, in the shopping mall, equals one hour in our world we came from. Also, the mall is where…a intersection of the transverse plane or something like that, where universes intersect. So, it wasn’t a performance piece, and how we knew that was we ran into somebody…other than the autumnal archetypes, we ran into a cereal mascot. So, kinda the reverse; we were helping autumnal archetypes become cereal mascots. I don't know if that’s the right word.
Cereal star, I guess. We met Crispy Commander, Commander…Crispy…Captain…I always get his name mixed up even now. Crispy Commander, Commander…Captain…Command…no, no, no, Commander Crunch. Definitely Crispy…Captain Crispy…Commander…Crispy Commander, Commander Crunch. He was not human but living, a giant hat with eyes and ears and a nose and a mouth and arms and legs. Not as tall as us, but not that much…small enough to fit in a large grandfather clock to sleep in, and very bright-colored. Great question. So, like a animated being come to…into three dimensions to join us. We had already suspended our disbelief.
Commander Crunch gave us a mission but…that we were already on; keep helping the autumnal archetypes. I’m gonna…I’ve got…I’m here because of the transverse plane. I’m gonna pay…you’re gonna get paid because we’re actually helping them. This is supposed to happen, is basically what Commander Crunch presented it as. We have to help…we don’t know why. We have to help these autumnal archetypes become cereal characters, cereal stars, and somehow the Crispy Commander is a part of that, and we’ll get compensated by the cereal company. Obviously we’re helping, and also, if we don’t help, they could just leave the mall.
It’d be pretty hard to leave, is my…our understanding, but especially thus far, we would definitely not want the person who couldn't be seen walking around…going to our houses, you know, and eating our food or rearranging our furniture, or what we…what Josie strongly felt is that…in the film, the person who couldn't be seen would ride…take people’s bikes without their permission, ride it recklessly, and then throw it in a canal. I mean, if that isn't the depths of malice, I don't know what else could be classified as poor autumnal archetype behavior, so much so that we haven’t thus far been able and willing to help the person who couldn't be seen return to their film.
We even contemplated stopping their film to see what would happen, and it was in that process that we discovered…one, we already knew there’s some sort of magical or non-normal force going here with the transverse plane. It was controlling the projectors and…'cause the movies were obviously on loops, obviously something could come in and out of the movies. The movies could be changed. Eventually they would be changed into cereal commercials. But also we found some…when we were looking around the projector room for one of the theatres in the Multiplex, we found a little hideout for what we…Crispy Commander, and it was full of love poems and drafts of love letters. We were reading them and going through them and processing them. That’s actually where I left my tale off, so, we’ll pick right up.
So, let me…so, we were reading these things. We had found them, and we were…we kind of started reading them and resting and then discussing things. It was kinda…I don't know, one, we felt a little bit weird because we had kinda stumbled into it by accident, but you couldn’t not read love poems and love letter drafts from…it’s just degrees of strangeness, I guess. You say, I thought we suspended our disbelief, but now we have to…it’s like going into an onion. Now we have to suspend our disbelief again? Because this was love poems written by a cereal star — and as we read through things — to a human being. But even in layers than that…I’m trying to figure out how to explain it.
But I guess I’ll just go ahead and explain it, is…as far as we could piece together, this had been something that had been happening over a period of time. Again, because time outside was slower…or inside, it meant…I don't know. We couldn't quite place a timeline on how long the Crispy Commander had been there, right, and had been writing letters, because time was passing differently. But it was…well, the poetry was…I’m not trying to say this in a judgemental way; very basic, and it did, over time, kind of get better and better and better, but we were reading it out of order.
But Santos was a big…and Boyd were big…they were like, okay, well, these…they kind of almost started putting it in piles by how good it was, and it did go by…kinda like kindergarten to…it stayed…it never got to middle school, the poetry, and that was our sense, was this isn't…these weren’t love letters. They were written as love letters at first, but they were more drafts of letters of a crush, and…but then they started to get…the letters…well, the poetry kinda hit a plateau. The drafts of the letters were…it was hard to follow because there was stuff we didn’t understand in there about retirement. I was like, retirement? The Crispy Commander had a vibrance, so, we were like…not that you can't have a vibrance when you retire, but it was just confusing. Then there was something about a commercial.
So, first we thought, okay, this is maybe somebody from the cereal world, but then Josie was really following…she said, no, no, no, this is an actress from a cereal commercial, and it sounds like she was in grad school either in the commercial or…when you’re reading someone else’s love letter…drafts of love letters, even, it’s…you’re piecing it together, and…said, okay, well…and then it became these coaching letters, almost like at first the Crispy Commander didn’t realize…or even if…a childish way of like, oh, this is just an actress in a commercial. But then it became talking about…then it became like artistic acting coach drafts. There was a lot to read, right, so we were…this was slowly being revealed to us.
At first it was like…but then…'cause Josie and I were kinda the ones reading the letter drafts, and again, these were a bit out of order. So, then we were trying to organize it by…in a way that made any sense, but it was very, very confusing. But what we knew was that…and then Josie was like, this…maybe this isn't even real. Like, this is maybe all fiction to pass the time? I said, okay, well, explain it to me like if it’s fiction to pass the time. Josie said, okay, so, let’s just say it’s boring being here. Maybe the Crispy Commander’s been here for a very, very long time, right? Maybe there’s something going on with these cereal commercials. Maybe the Crispy Commander’s watching TV somewhere?
Or…but so, it seems like the Crispy Commander saw this commercial with this grad student in it, and it felt like there was some sort of…there was already a degree of…whatever the retirement is, it seems like the Crispy Commander was down about that. Then there’s something about the commercial where the Crispy Commander felt, I don't know, something frowny-faced. Then the Crispy Commander realizes it’s a commercial, and…so, it’s almost like…and then the Crispy Commander started writing letter…maybe these aren't drafts, even though there’s a lot of mistakes in here. Maybe it’s just…you know, it’s a thing. We were all like, huh, oh boy, this is interesting. But Josie said, yeah, maybe it’s just to cope, like an invention, like a fiction.
I said, so, the commercial might be real, but there’s not a actress…I mean, or is there an actress? So, you’re saying the Crispy Commander’s pretending to be her acting coach and writing these fictional letters — I guess I’m more comfortable with that — and sending…pretending to send them to her and coach her through the…her acting and encourage her. Then we started to get deeper into it and Josie said, but…and then it seems like, though, the Crispy Commander’s presenting a opportunity for her to come here and perform in an immersive theatre and a camp, a acting camp. Then we were like, Josie, are you the…? Josie said, no, no, no, it’s not me. I’ll be honest, all of us were kinda sitting in our feelings of discomfort with all this, and maybe it’s just that the…I don't know. But that’s when we heard the Crispy Commander.
Or, first we thought we heard something, then the Crispy Commander said, breakfast time. Then we knew it was the Crispy Commander, 'cause that’s what the Crispy Commander always says in the commercials. The Crispy Commander was watching us from the event discuss…we didn’t know how long the Crispy Commander had been there or what we had said, but the Crispy Commander knew enough and said, so, you found my letters and poems. Yeah…we said, sorry, we were just…we just found them. We didn’t…and the Crispy Commander first was gonna hop down, but then hung down and dropped from the vent and said, yeah, I guess that’s fine, but it probably needs a pretty long, meandering explanation. We said, yeah, we were…we’re confused. Is this real or fiction?
Crispy Commander said, real. She’s real. I think we all got goosebumps at that, and not…autumnal goosebumps, not Valentine’s Day goosebumps. The Crispy Commander sat down and started to tell us a tale, and it was quite a tale. First of all, the Crispy Commander said, yeah, I really haven't talked to you about where I come from. I come from the cereal world, right? We said, man, why didn’t we…? Hadn’t we been…we were so focused on these autumnal things. The Crispy Commander said, yeah, I came here from a world, a cereal world. It’s kinda hard to explain because I don't understand it, either. But it’s like, do we come in existence because we came in existence in your world in a fictional way, or are we already existing and then we come to exist in…?
So, this shopping mall is where there’s a clear intersection of the transverse plane. But the Crispy Commander said, you know, a collective unconscious might be one way of describing smaller crossovers. Like, did someone decide to make a Crispy Commander cereal and then I started living in my cereal world, or was I living in my cereal world and then someone made a Crispy Commander cereal? We said, well, why don’t you know? The Crispy Commander said, 'cause my world’s different than your world. In my world…let me tell you about my cereal. It was popular for a while, but what I remember recently is that there was a change in flavors and popularity. I used to be really popular. I know that.
That’s why…I guess I don't remember things in the same way all of you do, but I remember them telling me I used to be popular, and then my popularity waned. They said, well, we’re making this Crispy Commander’s cereal. It’s corn-based. It’s not as popular anymore. Then someone had an idea to add Frunchies, which is Fruit Crunchies, to my cereal. So, there was my cereal, Crispy Commander, then there was Crispy Commander and the Frunchies. The Frunchies were kinda like side…berry-based beings that I had discovered on an adventure in the Frunchy Forest. I don't have to overexplain it, but they were just…they were berry beings but they’re not real berries, right? They were Crunchies. Now, they weren't made from the same materials…this is a cereal, right?
The cereal…the Frunchies were made from something different than the Crispy Commander Crunchies. But then the…so, then the Frunchies and I were…we were kinda friends in the cereal world, but not totally. They were…they had their own stuff going on and they stayed…there was purple, green, yellow, red, and orange, and they hung out with each other. But they were just called the Frunchies in the commercials, even though they had different voices. They had different voices, obviously, in my world. But so, this is talking about both our worlds, right? That helped, right? Suddenly my cereal got…was consumed again. The Frunch…but the Frunchies one was a little bit more popular than just my Crispy Commander, but it was still a team thing.
Then what happened was somebody thought of the idea of just doing Frunchies. Just Frunchies, they called it. Then they tried Freedom Frunchies. But, whatever. There was a Frunchies-only cereal, and that became way more popular. Also, there was a change in the…what do they call that? The commodities market. I don't totally understand that. Boyd did, so Boyd gave us a quick, brief overview of commodities. Said that, yeah, corn futures and Commander Crunch, probably, was what happened. So, I became more expensive to make, and the Frunchies…so, they retired me, basically. They said, we’re gonna retire the Crispy Commander. Maybe one day we’ll bring back…if the corn futures change or popularity…'cause there was…people were over it.
There was…they were tired of corn-based, puffy, sugar cereals, and my time had come. Now, in our world, you retired, and that was…in our world it means something different than in your world. Like, your world, retirement’s something nice, I think. I’ve seen some of the brochures around and some of the books in the bookstore. Our world retirement meant you were no longer needed, and I wasn’t around…really down for that. Now, at the same time, we were still where…now, the thing is if a person is in a commercial, a cereal commercial, they don’t come to our world, right? But we can see everything that’s go…we can get a idea because we’re part of the commercial, right? I don't know, it’s like a weird memory retention, like it was a real thing.
So, I can remember seeing these commercials and they…once they decided ‘Frunchies’, they also…they kinda made it where…oh yeah, you probably never liked that Crispy Corn Commander, all bossy and all that, but you can have your Frunchies and eat it, too. That’s when I saw her. She was the star of that commerical. They said, don’t you remember? When you were a kid, breakfast was something to look forward to. Now you skip it. You’re on the run, you’re drinking lattes and shining and…but don’t you need something to fuel your day? Wouldn't you like to start it with a smile, the same smile you had as a kid? But that corn, not what did it for you, right? Well, how about a familiar friend like the Frunch…? Something like that, and she was there and she had stuff to do.
She was going places and she needed…‘Fueled by Frunchies’; I think that was the shirt she wore, and I fell in love. Well, whatever you guys call it; a crush, a schoolboy crush. I think I heard one of you say it. And you’re right; I didn’t know the difference between a person in a commercial and an actress, but I suddenly was like, I’m not retiring. While I knew that path towards retirement was waiting for me, I was also rebellious and I was like, now I have something to not retire for. Otherwise you just kinda…you just…I don't know. So, I said, I’m not being retired. ‘Cause if they were to retire me and then they brought back the Crispy Commander, it would be a new Crispy Commander, right? ‘Cause they…anyway, you know what I mean. I think you guys call it a rainbow bridge or big farm in the sky or something.
So, I was like, I’m not…I’m in love now and I’m not gonna be retired, and I’m gonna figure out how to bridge this world. I mean, it was childish, like you all said, but…and then I found out what acting was and commercials, because I met somebody that wanted to help me. They said, well, I have a way to help you. I need some help, too. They had a whole philosophy but they said, I have these other friends that need help and I need somebody to go there and get things ready to help my friends get out of their world. They explained it to me. They said you’d come to this mall and you’d help them get outta their films. Now, I’ll be honest with all of you because you probably are wondering if you can trust me anymore. The Crispy Commander hasn’t been honest with us. Crispy Commander’s been up to something.
But I’ll be honest with you about my dishonesty, 'cause I was also dishonest with this person I made a deal with. I figured out…well, one, that time runs differently here, right? So, I had a little bit more time. As I thought about writing these letters and writing these love letters and eventually figuring out a way to get those letters sent, I figured out that…I came up with another plan, right? I figured out…wait a second, if this world where the movie characters come from…and my world and your world are all intersected here, then maybe I could get access to the cereal world, too. Then…I don't know. Am I making any sense? I don't think you’re all looking at me. So, yeah, I tried to…instead of…because if I did what they did, the movie friends would just be walking around the mall here.
I was supposed to just tend to them and actually keep them in the theatre, not let them out. They would be stuck on a loop and…they said, eventually they’ll come here once every character…'cause I had to start the movies, right? But I figured out something else. I said, wait a second, I could put them in a…I could make them into cereal with just a couple changes. I don't know. Then they wouldn't come into your world, right? They wouldn't be waiting here. So, I mean, that person’s gonna come and they’re not gonna be happy with me, but I’ll be gone and you’ll all be gone, too, probably. We just need a little bit more time. They’re not scheduled to come here yet ‘til every movie’s been played. They gave me all the film. Yeah, so…and then I said, this doesn't make any sense at all, Crispy Commander.
It’s more confusing than…I’m more confused now than I’ve ever been. So, you’re saying…I don't know. Does anybody have any questions that could even make this comprehensible? Josie said, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, let me just…let’s just focus on one area, here. So, you have been sending letters to this actress? Is this really happening? She’s coming here? The Crispy Commander said, thanks, Josie. I’m glad you brought that up. Yeah, she’s coming here, and I’m gonna need your help. Our minds were…Josie was somehow able to have some composure but said, yeah, I’m…need you to be here like at acting camp and to help me. I don't know, we were kinda at a loss. So, this is…I don't know. What do you do when someone proposes an idea that’s so…like, our belief had been reanimated, our disbelief.
Josie said, I don't think we can help you, though. Why does she think she’s coming here for acting lessons and a opportunity? None of this even makes any sense, and you’re not…and then the Crispy Commander held up their hands and said, don't worry, I got everything figured out. You just have to trust me, right? But, I don't know, luckily we were kinda lulled into silence because it was like, how can we possibly trust you when this is just…? I mean, no offense to the Crispy Commander, but I think Josie’s point was like, you’re not…you’re a living being but you’re not from our world. But she’s a actress from our world. I don't know if…you’re going on a pretty big assumption that…and you’re not even being honest with her. She’s coming here to go to acting camp at an immersive acting camp.
Josie said, no, no, no, this isn't okay. You gotta tell her you’re…you can't even tell…there’s no way you could tell anybody that. No one would believe it. I said, Josie’s right. This is…something’s not right here, Crispy Commander. Alls we were supposed to do was help, and…we’re trying to help. Then Santos took in a breath 'cause Santos said, how are the letters even getting out? Then Santos was like, the person who can't be seen. The Crispy Commander nodded and said, yeah, yeah, yeah. You guys are helping me whether you want to or not, and, yeah, the person who couldn't be seen was just buying time with all of you. We’re working together and I got a plan, and you’re either gonna help me for the next forty days or so here…and then you can go home.
You’ll have…you’ll be ready to pay for school, you’ll have kept your world from having a mall full of autumnal archetypes and some other figure controlling them, or you could not help. I don't see how that’s even possible. But I do need your help or your assistance, and I think I have enough levers to use because the person who couldn't be seen is getting ready to start another film, and the doors to that theater are open. That person will follow a certain smell, and it could guide them wherever…we said, wait a second…so, we already went through this with you, though, and who are you even working with, or who did you work against? You can't just…and the Crispy Commander said, I don't see that any of you really…you might be acting like you got…you’re just gonna have to make the best of it here.
The Crispy Commander said, or you could try to leave, and then just abandon the mall. Maybe go tell some adults. See what they say about it. The Crispy Commander said, good luck. Even if you get some authority figures to come by, I don't really see what they’re gonna do. Because if you notice, I’m not the only…the mall itself, the transverse plane, is active. We said, holy moly. But here’s a thing that happened, is that we all kind of didn’t say anything but we exchanged looks, like, well…I don't know, we had already formed a bond, I guess, that said, we’re gonna have to…as Emma Otter said…'cause that was…Emma Otter is…and Emmet Otter…all will be well. Maybe it was put, in this sense, in the…Emmet Otter…ain’t no hole in the washtub, but even if there is a hole in the washtub, you gotta make the most of it.
This was a pretty big hole in a…there’s holes in this cosmic washtub. It was like, even the jug had holes in the jug, that the jug…we can't have a jug band without…with a jug that’s made from Swiss cheese. We just looked at one another and said, all will be well. We’ll get this figured out. This is weird. This is as weird as it had ever gotten, but in a way that we knew could…we could make it okay. We could figure it out, and that was our plan. So, that’s where we’re at now, and we decided to just show the Crispy Commander…okay, we’ll do our best. We just raised our hands and said…alright, this is a lot, I said to the Crispy Commander, but we have to do what’s right. Maybe you have to figure out what’s right, too, Crispy Commander. Maybe that’ll change from right now.
It looks like you’re growing up from reading these letters. I don't know what’s gonna happen next, but we’re gonna try to help you the best we can. I mean, but all our finger…I’ll be honest with you, all will be well, but our fingers were also crossed behind our backs, 'cause we were gonna make sure all will be well in the way…we weren't just gonna go along with it, you know? We also knew…this is where we said, yeah, oh, you really got…you’re right. We said, okay, this is kinda like if you were a senior in high school like we were, and somehow you were in seventh grade and somebody was running these seventh-grade tricks on you. We said, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ll do whatever you want, man. Yeah, we’re all yours. Seventh-grade tricks, but pretty big stakes. But all will be well, like Emma Otter says. All will be well, everybody. Goodnight.
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Multiplex
How new words are verified
https://www.rd.com/article/how-words-get-added-to-the-dictionary/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/how-does-a-word-get-into-the-dictionary
Cap’n Crunch
https://www.historyoasis.com/post/capn-crunch
https://sporked.com/article/capn-crunch-facts/
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/capn-crunch-real-name
Oops All Berries
https://www.foodmarketing.org/capn-crunchs-oops-all-berries-is-anything-but/
https://b105country.com/my-husband-reverts-to-childhood-has-to-have-oops-all-berries-capn-crunch/
https://kboreilly.com/2002/06/07/oops-the-capn-did-it-again/
Commodities Market
https://www.ig.com/en/commodities/what-are-commodities-how-do-you-trade-them
https://www.kotaksecurities.com/commodities/commodity-guide/
DOWN TO BUSINESS
I don’t have anything funny or witty to say
The Perfect Place to Draw a Bank, er, Blank
Deep Dark Night United
n/a
PLUGS
Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline
SPONSORS
Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Lumen
INTRO
Travel, guests, different shifts
Suferfluous, that’s new
What do they call it when you make up a word?
A Freudian Mistake
Suferfluous sounds like a creature from the Neverending Story 3
A bedtime without rigamarole
At least I’ve got that pod guy…
Pontificating on word that was spontaneously combusted
Was that word spontaneously created?
Suferfluous, Word of the Year in 2037
Oh boy, can I spell this word I made up?
I really don’t know anything
Believe it or not, I’m not a Certified Word Technician
Lots of details, but no good details
Some people have a beyond strong distaste for me
I guess I am trying to keep some semblance of dignity
I do hope you find something that works for you
Familiarity and Variety at the same time
It really is an honor to make the show
Barely Listen to Me All the Time
STORY
Wyatt will get you caught up on the plot
I do believe that most languages are composed of words
Explaining Episodically Modular
Antonio has many modules
Antonio's Masterclass in Class
Antonio comes over on stored solar energy, most of the time
I’m working on a Thermal Energy option for him
The Great Geothermal Energy Mansion for Antonio (that I could live in for free)
Antonio’s gentle laugh when he looks at me
He’s self-actualized, no doubt about it
My unreality is filtered through his self-actualization
Maybe I need to live in a mansion powered by Antonio’s gravitas
Wow, Antonio’s intro just powered me for a week
I feel like I just met with a guru
My Internal Palace
Wyatt checks in
An attempt to clear the air
Explaining my old public access show where I interviewed Autumnal Archetypes
It wasn’t makeup, they were real
Grand plans for our future
This adventure led us to different paths
These paths didn’t take us upward but took us among people
A Life Without Flash Photography
Life Well Lived
Our adventures in a mall
Boyd, Santos, Josie, and Myself
Looking for Concentrate for college money
Helping Autumnal Archetypes getting back into their movies, changed
We’re still not sure what to do with the person who couldn’t be seen
But the movies became cereal commercials
The mall intersects with the Transverse Plane
We ran into Crispy Commander, Commander Crunch
Definitely not Captain Crunch
Small enough to sleep in a large grandfather clock
The Person Who Wouldn’t Be Seen was a meanie in his movies
Some magical presence was controlling the film projectors
We found a hideout for Crispy Commander, filled with love poems
Cereal Star Love Poem
To a human being!
We couldn’t quite figure out how long CC had been there
The poetry was very basic but got better over time
Sorting the poetry by quality
Drafts of letters to a crush
Poetry Plateau
Why is CC mentioning retirement?
To an actress from a cereal commercial
CC didn’t realize they were just an actor
Is this fiction to pass the time?
Maybe CC is just bored and he’s been here a long time
CC is pretending to be her acting coach, encouraging her acting
Presenting an opportunity for her to come here and perform
Josie is not the recipient of these letters
All of us were sitting in our feelings of discomfort
We heard Crispy Commander say “Breakfast Time”
He’d been watching us
This woman is real
Autumnal Goosebumps, not Valentine’s Day Goosebumps
CC explains
He came from the Cereal World
A Collective Unconscious is a point of smaller intersections
What came first, CC or the cereal itself?
CC used to be really popular in his world
Someone added fruit crunchies aka frunchies to my cereal
They’re not berry beings, they’re crunchies, it’s pretty clear
I was kind of friends with the Frunchies in the Cereal World
They hung out with each other
The Frunchies made my cereal popular
The collab was more popular than my standalone cereal
The Frunchies only cereal
Then they tried Freedom Frunchies
The Corn Futures Commodities Market retired Crispy Commander
Retirement isn’t a good thing in the Cereal World
I didn’t want to retire
I could see the cereal commercial, even from my world
This actress was encouraging people to eat Frunchies
Fueled by Frunchies
I fell in love with her
CC had something to not retire for
If they revived the cereal, it would be with the New Crispy Commander, not me
Then I found out what acting was
Someone found me and wanted to help me
They said I could help someone and their friends
CC is being honest about his dishonesty
CC could access Autumnal World, our world, and Cereal World from the mall
Without CC, the characters would’ve just stayed in the mall
Or he could try to help and make them into cereal
This other person is coming soon
Wyatt is more confused now than he’s ever been
It’s the actress that’s coming here
He needs us to be there for his acting camp
Our disbelief has been reanimated
CC has it all figured out, we just have to trust him
How are the letters even getting out? The Person Who Can’t Be Seen!
Helping him for the next 40 days or so
Or they could not help
The next character is coming
They can follow a certain smell
CC is exerting power
The Transverse Plane is active
All Will Be Well
There’s holes in this cosmic washtub
Ok, we’ll help
Maybe CC has to figure out what’s right, too
All Will Be Well, but our fingers are crossed behind our backs
It’s like CC is running 7th grade tricks on us
All Will Be Well
SWM+ THANKS
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SUMMARY:
Episode: 1281
Title: Fueled by Frunchies | Multiplex Ep12
Deep Dark Night United: n/a
Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline
Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Lumen
SWM+ Thanks: Tasha, Candice, Larissa, Julianna, Nicole, Xylene, Kristein, Leila, Jodie, Phillip, Katherine, Maya B, Claire, Nav, Kirk, Devin, Katie, Brianna, Carly, Gregory, Matt, Mojee, Justin, Robbie, Ramona, Naomi, Vinnie, Justin, Tara, Michael
Notable Language:
- The Perfect Place to Draw a Bank, er, Blank
- Suferfluous
- A Freudian Mistake
- Spontaneously Combusted Word
- Certified Word Technician
- Beyond Strong Distaste
- Barely Listen to Me All the Time
- Antonio's Masterclass in Class
- Gravitas Impeller
- My Internal Palace
- Autumnal Archetypes
- Cereal Star Love Poem
- Poetry Plateau
- Autumnal Goosebumps, not Valentine’s Day Goosebumps
- Frunchies
- Berry-Based Beings (BBBs)
- Freedom Frunchies
- Have Your Frunchies and Eat It Too
- Fueled by Frunchies
- All Will Be Well
- 7th Grade Tricks
Notable Culture:
- The Neverending Story
- Multiplex
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- Antonio Banderas
- Spongebob Squarepants
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go
- Captain Crunch
- Emma and Emmet Otter
Notable Talking Points:
- Travel, guests, different shifts
- Suferfluous, that’s new
- What do they call it when you make up a word?
- A Freudian Mistake
- Suferfluous sounds like a creature from the Neverending Story 3
- A bedtime without rigamarole
- At least I’ve got that pod guy…
- Pontificating on word that was spontaneously combusted
- Was that word spontaneously created?
- Suferfluous, Word of the Year in 2037
- Oh boy, can I spell this word I made up?
- I really don’t know anything
- Believe it or not, I’m not a Certified Word Technician
- Lots of details, but no good details
- Some people have a beyond strong distaste for me
- I guess I am trying to keep some semblance of dignity
- I do hope you find something that works for you
- Familiarity and Variety at the same time
- It really is an honor to make the show
- Barely Listen to Me All the Time
- Wyatt will get you caught up on the plot
- I do believe that most languages are composed of words
- Explaining Episodically Modular
- Antonio has many modules
- Antonio's Masterclass in Class
- Antonio comes over on stored solar energy, most of the time
- I’m working on a Thermal Energy option for him
- The Great Geothermal Energy Mansion for Antonio (that I could live in for free)
- Antonio’s gentle laugh when he looks at me
- He’s self-actualized, no doubt about it
- My unreality is filtered through his self-actualization
- Maybe I need to live in a mansion powered by Antonio’s gravitas
- Wow, Antonio’s intro just powered me for a week
- I feel like I just met with a guru
- My Internal Palace
- Wyatt checks in
- An attempt to clear the air
- Explaining my old public access show where I interviewed Autumnal Archetypes
- It wasn’t makeup, they were real
- Grand plans for our future
- This adventure led us to different paths
- These paths didn’t take us upward but took us among people
- A Life Without Flash Photography
- Life Well Lived
- Our adventures in a mall
- Boyd, Santos, Josie, and Myself
- Looking for Concentrate for college money
- Helping Autumnal Archetypes getting back into their movies, changed
- We’re still not sure what to do with the person who couldn’t be seen
- But the movies became cereal commercials
- The mall intersects with the Transverse Plane
- We ran into Crispy Commander, Commander Crunch
- Definitely not Captain Crunch
- Small enough to sleep in a large grandfather clock
- The Person Who Wouldn’t Be Seen was a meanie in his movies
- Some magical presence was controlling the film projectors
- We found a hideout for Crispy Commander, filled with love poems
- Cereal Star Love Poem
- To a human being!
- We couldn’t quite figure out how long CC had been there
- The poetry was very basic but got better over time
- Sorting the poetry by quality
- Drafts of letters to a crush
- Poetry Plateau
- Why is CC mentioning retirement?
- To an actress from a cereal commercial
- CC didn’t realize they were just an actor
- Is this fiction to pass the time?
- Maybe CC is just bored and he’s been here a long time
- CC is pretending to be her acting coach, encouraging her acting
- Presenting an opportunity for her to come here and perform
- Josie is not the recipient of these letters
- All of us were sitting in our feelings of discomfort
- We heard Crispy Commander say “Breakfast Time”
- He’d been watching us
- This woman is real
- Autumnal Goosebumps, not Valentine’s Day Goosebumps
- CC explains
- He came from the Cereal World
- A Collective Unconscious is a point of smaller intersections
- What came first, CC or the cereal itself?
- CC used to be really popular in his world
- Someone added fruit crunchies aka frunchies to my cereal
- They’re not berry beings, they’re crunchies, it’s pretty clear
- I was kind of friends with the Frunchies in the Cereal World
- They hung out with each other
- The Frunchies made my cereal popular
- The collab was more popular than my standalone cereal
- The Frunchies only cereal
- Then they tried Freedom Frunchies
- The Corn Futures Commodities Market retired Crispy Commander
- Retirement isn’t a good thing in the Cereal World
- I didn’t want to retire
- I could see the cereal commercial, even from my world
- This actress was encouraging people to eat Frunchies
- Fueled by Frunchies
- I fell in love with her
- CC had something to not retire for
- If they revived the cereal, it would be with the New Crispy Commander, not me
- Then I found out what acting was
- Someone found me and wanted to help me
- They said I could help someone and their friends
- CC is being honest about his dishonesty
- CC could access Autumnal World, our world, and Cereal World from the mall
- Without CC, the characters would’ve just stayed in the mall
- Or he could try to help and make them into cereal
- This other person is coming soon
- Wyatt is more confused now than he’s ever been
- It’s the actress that’s coming here
- He needs us to be there for his acting camp
- Our disbelief has been reanimated
- CC has it all figured out, we just have to trust him
- How are the letters even getting out? The Person Who Can’t Be Seen!
- Helping him for the next 40 days or so
- Or they could not help
- The next character is coming
- They can follow a certain smell
- CC is exerting power
- The Transverse Plane is active
- All Will Be Well
- There’s holes in this cosmic washtub
- Ok, we’ll help
- Maybe CC has to figure out what’s right, too
- All Will Be Well, but our fingers are crossed behind our backs
- It’s like CC is running 7th grade tricks on us
- All Will Be Well
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