All My Daemon Children (Halloween 2021)

Transcript by Lily Mwangi

Kyle

Hello and welcome to All My Daemon Children, a Quest Friends Halloween special where we are doing just another podcast. But on our feed, I am here with Aaron Catano-Saez from All My Fantasy Children.

Aaron

Indeed.

Kyle

A world building character creation podcast. Hello there, Aaron.

Aaron

Hi, it’s uh—I’m very excited to be doing this. I am. I love making silly characters and then realizing halfway through that this is actually good and then we deep dive into it.

Kyle

[Giggles.] Yeah. If that isn't the way all world building happens, you make something silly and then suddenly it's not anymore. [Giggles.] 

Aaron

Yeah. 

Kyle

Yeah. So what we're gonna be doing today is pretty much what Aaron does every—It's weekly, right?

Aaron

Yeah, sometimes. [Both Laugh.] You know, when we can—when—when we can make it weekly we can. But we always have a strong policy of life comes first. So if you can't make the episode, you know, it's not pay for content. It's free. So we do it based on a life, if life allows it program.

Kyle

All right. So in that case, what we're gonna do today is what Aaron does every episode. That's just another way of phrasing it.

Aaron

[Giggles.] It’s a good way of phrasing it.

Kyle

[Giggles.] What Aaron does every episode where we are going to take a listener prompt and we are going to spin it into a fully fleshed out character.

Aaron

Dang right!

Kyle

And because we don't have a world right now or a main campaign world to create things in, we are actually going to embellish a little bit more on that Halloween world that we have explored in the past two episodes. So, we'll discuss the prompt and then from there, we'll talk a little bit about what we know about the world of the Daemon Saloon so far. And then we'll move on from there.

Aaron

Sick! I'm very excited.

Kyle

So, we took two prompts today and we're gonna meld them together. Our prompts come from Eddie F19, Eddie Feely on Twitter, who gave us multiple prompts, and the ones we're gonna use today are Wrong Mailman and Final Dad. 

Aaron

Love it. 

Kyle

Are these the same men? Are they different men? We—we don't know. So before we discuss the Wrong Mailman and or the Final Dad, uh, let's talk a little bit about the world as has been established in the past Daemon Saloon episodes. So the Daemon Saloon is, as one might guess, a saloon. It exists within this foggy forest known as Tremaine Bluffs. Now, Tremaine Bluffs has a whole bunch of law established with it which we aren't going to discuss because that law was in a series of Halloween episodes that were never released. So, really all we know about it so far is that it is some spooky woods that people just find themselves in.

It's one of those woods you don't know how you got there, and you definitely don't know how to get out. Within these woods is the Daemon Saloon. The Daemon Saloon is owned by a man named Victor Daemon. He is a vampire man of indeterminate power. Over the course of our episodes, he has been able to stop episodes and directly talk to the audience. He has directly talked to me and forced me to change the canon of the fiction, but at the same time, he has been surprised by certain events that have happened and he definitely got trounced by, like, a level three spell in his first appearance. So, what he can do and can't do hasn't really been established. Some things we do know, though, is that his world exists different from the canon. He appears every Halloween or close to Halloween on a yearly basis.

And he seems to understand the flow of time similar to how we do. He seems to have understood that it has been a year since his last appearance. However, those who come in are following their own timeline. Like, I think chronologically the timeline for characters between the first two Daemon episodes is—I wanna say it's like a week or two weeks at the most. It's not a whole lot of time. Other things we know about Victor and his saloon is he seems to, at least in the first one, he had some sort of weird lesson he wanted to teach everyone. Questionable whether or not that was actually a useful lesson. But he tried. He has at least one assistant named Ben, who is a goblin who works in his big tower, and he's got just a series of generic western medieval fantasy kind of folks, which will now have a Wrong Mailman and or a Final Dad added to it.

Aaron

Excellent.

Kyle

And yeah, that's pretty much all we know. That's honestly pretty long summary for two episodes worth of war.

[00:05:04]

Aaron

[Laughter.]

Kyle

But we're gonna add another one that may or may not appear next year. We'll see. But we're gonna flesh it out a little bit nonetheless.

Aaron

Yes, we are. So we're, kind of, gonna run this in the vein of All My Fantasy Children, which is, kind of, gonna be, we discuss ideas that we have off the top of our heads and combine these ideas and, kind of, form little details. One at a time, we're gonna roll a snowball and eventually it'll pick up some steam and become a giant snowman or a dad or a male carrier. So yeah, what are your—I'll ask you what are your initial thoughts about, um—Let's start with, uh, the Wrong Mailman. Like, what's the first thing you think of?

Kyle

So, my first thought when I think of Wrong Mailman is I think about how everybody in the Daemon Saloon, Tremaine Bluffs, and by everybody I mean our party members who have gone there twice, has gone there by mistake. It is not someplace people go intentionally. So, I'm really focusing on the word wrong there and—and how having someone who is wrong, a mailman who should not be there, who is at the wrong address is somehow fitting for a place like this is somehow right. If that makes sense.

Aaron

Okay. So it is—It is a mail person that—As a mailman that shows up at the Daemon Saloon, yes? 

Kyle

Yes. 

Aaron

And who was not supposed to. So initially, that to me is very horror movie. You know, the pizza delivery driver shows up at the address and is like, hello? Like, the very driving up to Dracula’s Castle but to deliver the mail, you know, and you're like, wow, It says it's 666, you know, uh, the Vampire Drive, uh, I don't know. I'm just here to deliver it. Like someone delivering a package to Dracula's Castle is my first thought, but it's the wrong address. Something got fudged on the ledger, something got fudged and they have to now deliver a package perhaps to the Daemon Saloon, aka, you know, for metaphorical reasons, Dracula’s Castle.

Kyle

Absolutely. Which now has me thinking, you know, the Daemon Saloon exists outside of the universe, essentially, you know. It—It is crossing across—

Aaron

It’s like a pocket universe?

Kyle

Yeah, ‘cause it's—it's crossing across multiple universes. Like, it hasn't interacted with our season two universe yet, but it will. 

Aaron

Okay. 

Kyle

And so, my first thought is, you know, it's a mistake to him. It's his wrong mailman. Is it a mistake to Victor, or, I guess what I'm thinking acro—in a more general sense is where does Victor get his mail from? Like, is he ordering delivery from across the multiverse so we can just get what he wants?

Aaron

My initial thought is yes, because if you said it exists outside of, kind of, like, uh, one—It exists in only universes, kind of, right? 

Kyle

Yeah. 

Aaron

If we're thinking multiverse, and there's a place that's, kind of, like a nexus point and it's the Daemon Saloon, that means that yes, you could get mail delivered from across the universe. And unfortunately, for these male carriers, it is a one—it's a one-way trip. Do they ever come back? You know, you get your mail delivered and then you just pull from another universe to get another package. But it's not like they can—Do they ever leave is what I'm saying.

Kyle

That's a good point ‘cause yeah, in our previous episodes, the only characters who had left were, you know, main party characters or directly related to them. And they had to—They had to fulfill some quest. In the first episode, they had to—I forget the details. It was something like, they had to basically experience through each other's souls. 

Aaron

Mm-hmm, yes. 

Kyle

They had the body swap and in the second one, they defeated a threat that was threatening the multiverse. And you could argue that that was essentially some sort of task that was set up. But if as you had set up, these mailmen are by virtue delivering to the wrong address.

Aaron

Yes.

Kyle

They can't get to the address they're going to have to deliver to. 

Aaron

No.

Kyle 

And so, they can't really—Unless Victor intentionally sets something up, they can't really get back. He just has a building full of mailmen.

Aaron

Yes. So what—Yes. Essentially, what I'm—what I'm getting from this is if you are a mail person and you're delivering your mail to the Daemon Saloon, you're exiting your—you're being basically pulled into the space beyond universes and to accidentally, you know—You arrive at the castle or the—the saloon, the only way to get out is by basically imagine if a mail carrier was going through Castlevania every goddamn time. 

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

And so, like, not everyone comes out, but that is why—So what I'm suggesting, if I can make a big pitch, you can shoot it down if you'd want.

Kyle

Yeah. Yeah. No, no, go ahead.

Aaron

That the wrong—the wrong—What is it? The wrong mailman?

Kyle

Yeah, the wrong mailman.

Aaron

The wrong mailman delivers, you know—This is the first—This is the first person to ever be pulled into—the first mail person to be pulled into the Daemon Saloon, the first courier to ever cross through the Daemon Saloon and goes through the Castlevania thing and finishes it. Gets out because they are indeed, this is also perhaps the Final Dad.

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Kyle

That's what I was—I was thinking as well. Like, if we—if we've brought up this idea that you have all these mail carriers who are getting stuck.

Aaron

Yes.

Kyle 

I'm trying to think of what if there was somebody who became the dedicated mail person, you know? The—The dedicated mail carrier who gets into this dangerous, harrowing job… 

Aaron

Yeah. 

Kyle

…and likes it…

Aaron

Yes. 

Kyle

…and, like, feels their—their—

Aaron

They were made for this.

Kyle

Exactly.

Aaron

This was their destiny. Like, I'm imagining this person is just like, you know, has their earbuds in, he's delivering the mail, gets pulled into Victor Daemon Saloon and is like very cliche. The Daemon Saloon, I'm imagining, is like on a cliff, lightning is crashing, the camera pans and we see their back of this mail person and they're looking off into it as if they're about to enter Castlevania. And they—they shine a little quick smirk as if you think this is gonna stop me? It's almost like Victor Daemon fucked with the wrong mail carrier because I was made to go through dungeons and puzzles. 

Kyle

[Faint laughter.]

Aaron

This is what I was—Oh, I've—I—This is just my job, but I'm basically Simon fucking Belmont from the Castlevania series and I am ready to wreck house. Like, this is the final d—Like, I'm gonna be back to see my kids. I'm gonna be through this castle in an hour. And then eventually, perhaps some kind of synergy, some partnership, some symbiosis is formed between the two entities, Victor Daemon and this Final Dad, this just becomes their gig of every single delivery smashes through the perils of the Daemon Saloon delivers the package in his home to be the best dad in the world.

Kyle

And has been established. 

Aaron

[Laughter.] 

Kyle

I just feel bad. The door thing is what really gets to me ‘cause in the first Daemon Saloon episode, one of the characters had an ability called fling. 

Aaron

Mm-hmm. 

Kyle

And Victor Daemon, he has lots of little goblins who work for him. Ben isn't the only one, but just like the final dad is the only mail carrier who makes it through, I have a feeling Ben is the only goblin who makes it through. Because in that first episode, someone used fling on the door and just crushed all of the other goblins.

Aaron

Oh no. [Laughter.]

Kyle

It’s completely—And let's say they—they go on sick leave or something like that. But now, I'm just imagining like—

Aaron

Have you ever played a Castlevania game?

Kyle

Yeah, I played a little bit and I played a lot of the spiritual successor that came out a few years ago.

Aaron

Great. Yes, yes, yes. So you know how if you change screens and reload in, the enemies respawn? 

Kyle

Yes. 

Aaron

I'm feeling it's a very that vibe at the Daemon Saloon where every time the wrong—That's why it's like—I think the wrong mailman is from a point of view of the goons of the Daemon Saloon who are like, oh no, we fucked with the wrong mailman. [Laughter.]

Kyle 

I love it. 

Aaron

Where they're getting rocked. And he is also the final dad because he's just—You know, he just got kids and he's gotta head home after his shift. And that's—that's just what happened. When Victor Daemon, you know, needs an electric toothbrush delivered, in comes the only motherfucker who can handle the Daemon Saloon in, like, an hour and be back to watch Dancing With the Stars with their children. And that's the Final Dad.

And then to his kids and to him, he's a Final Dad. But to the goons of the Daemon Saloon, to the Medusa Heads that, you know, and the goblins and all, like, the peons, that's the wrong mailman. Oh no. [Faint laughter.] You almost hear, like, [door knocks] or ding dong. You're like, oh, shit! It's the wrong mailman! Like, that's what I'm imagining. And then everybody is like, battle stations! Battle stations! All because this person wants to deliver a toothbrush and is just carving through this dungeon, this keep. And then he is like, 

Aaron (as the mail carrier)

Here's your toothbrush, Victor. 

Aaron

And then just exits out.

Kyle

And I'm glad that he is just—he's just from Texas.

Aaron

Oh, he’s—[Laughter]. Yeah, he's just a guy. He's just a dude who has this otherworldly power. That's—This is just his motherfucking day job. I'm just trying to collect my paycheck, go home, hang out with my family. I don't do this for glory. I find no joy in killing these goons and destroying these, like, little peons. It's just what I gotta do to deliver this package. Takes pride in his work.

Kyle

So now—now that you're saying this, I figured out what the plot of next year's Halloween special is gonna be now that we have a party member. And I think this may give us a better idea of what the Final Dad is like. ‘Cause I'm just imagining, did you ever watch the Rankin Bass movie, A Year Without a Santa Claus?

Aaron

I have not. Wait, the Year Without a Santa Claus?

Kyle

Yeah.

Aaron

Is that the one with Heat Miser and Snow Miser?

Kyle

Yeah, that's the one with Heat Miser and Snow Miser.

Aaron

Yes, yes, yes, I do know that.

Kyle

The one where Santa just gets sick and can't do the job. Now I'm just imagining. And this will probably be the Halloween special next year. I'm just imagining what happens when the Final Dad gets sick?

Aaron

Oh no. You gotta do that job.

Kyle

And someone else needs to make the delivery.

Aaron

And you gotta go through Castle fucking vania just to—to do the such a menial task. And if you weren't made for it, you are essentially the wrong mailman because you are not designed for this job. This motherfucker, I feel like—What is this person's name? Can we name the Final Dad?

Kyle

Yes, we can.

[00:15:01]

Aaron

Best dad. Like, you know, has a—has a bracelet that just says best dad ever like that their kids made. And it's like, you know, just little beads.

Kyle

All I can think of—’Cause I was like, what is—what—what is like a—a name that fits that? And my—my first thought was just Hank.

Aaron

Okay, but can their last name be something ridiculously fantasy vampire hunter?

Kyle

Absolutely.

Aaron

[Thoughtfully.] Um, hmm. What's—Let's—Let's brainstorm some vampire castle words. I have, like, steak, uh, garlic moonlight.

Kyle

There’s, you know, whip feng spear.

Aaron

Oh, something with the sun because the sun blows away vampires, right?

Kyle

Oh, that's a good one. Yeah, yeah.

Aaron

So definitely something, like, with a sun imagery in there. Oh, uh, uh, okay. Um, Hank Brightdawn.

Kyle

[Faint laughter.] I love that.

Aaron

Hank Brightdawn. It's like everyone, like, you know—But you know, Victor Daemon is someone who I don't think would tell the underlings that they ordered something.

Kyle

Oh, absolutely not. He would never.

Aaron

It becomes just a living nightmare of you hear the doorbell, you know how dogs sometimes go, like, absolutely bananas when the doorbell rings? 

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

It's very much that because the goons know what fucking time it is. And it’s like, 

Aaron (as the goons)

Oh no. It’s Hank Brightdawn. You just ordered something, Victor. No. Isn't it twice in one week? Just respond! Just respond!

Kyle

I just imagine Victor being like, I—I—I don't know. Just like in his vampire voice, you know, I—

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

The last minute I had all the—

Aaron

Like, you know, at the—

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Oh no, same day delivery. 

Aaron

Like that kind—[Laughter.] Like—Like—

Kyle

Oh god. 

Aaron

Like you just hear from the other—Someone overhears. 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Same day delivery.

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

Here, oh shit! Like everyone grabbing their weapons and, like, standing at the door sweating, you know, goblins in their armor are just dripping with sweat shaking and trembling. It's fucking coming. Hank is coming. And Hank is very impartial to this whole experience I feel like. Like, Hank is just very—

Kyle

It's just his job. 

Aaron

Yeah. He is just whistling while he works. What is—I have a very important question for you. What weapon does Hank use to carve through legions while, like, texting? Like, can't wait to see your faces. Daddy's almost home from work. Like, [screaming.] [Laughter.]

Kyle

It's gotta be—It’s gotta—It's gotta be single hand. 

Aaron

Of course.

Kyle

Because my—

Aaron

Gotta text!

Kyle

My—my—my first thought is like—And we can probably embellish from this. My first thought is like—My first thought was just gun. 

Aaron

[Laughter.]

Kyle

And all I can think of is like—

Aaron

No, we can do better than that gun. [Gasping laugh.]

Kyle

Have you—have you ever seen supernatural?

Aaron

No, I have not, but I'm gonna Google this. What's the image that I'm Googling?

Kyle

So they—they have a cult in the TV show, Supernatural, that can basically kill demons. And it's only has eight shots, but it keeps getting more every single time.

Aaron

Oh, the cult. Hold on, let me see. Aaah, so it's just a fucking gun. No. [Gasping laugh.] I feel like—

Kyle

I know we can’t. [Laughter.]

Aaron

I feel like we can do better. It's just a fucking gun. Just fucking—I don't want this issue of Hank rolling up and literally going postal on the Daemon Saloon.

Kyle

[Faint laughter.] Okay. All right. Let me—Let me look up weird weapons.

Aaron

Or, I mean, I'm thinking very vampire hunter weaponry. Like, what's a traditional vampire hunter weapon that isn't Simon Belmont's fucking whip?

Kyle

That isn't a whip or a stick.

Aaron

Yeah. Is it barehanded? Is this person using, like, uh, you know, fist weapons? You know, do they have, like, a cestus or whatever it's called?

Kyle

Uh, a cestus. I have, uh—Let me look that up.

Aaron

I think that's C-E-S-T-U-S. I've—I've used those in online games before. Yes, it’s just fucking gloves. [Laughter.] He’s wearing gloves!

Kyle

The lion. I can see, like, one with, like, a lion face on it.

Aaron

Yes. He's just—So, this is a martial artist. This is someone who's, like, bare knuckle brawling through the castle.

Kyle

Absolutely. Can—can we add a little—little addition to this weapon though?

Aaron

Absolutely.

Kyle

‘Cause there—there was something I—I wanted to pitch. So, and I can see it could, like, fit on the tongue of this, like, little lion thing I'm seeing. 

Aaron

Mm-hmm. 

Kyle

It’s ‘cause when you said same day delivery, all I could think of is, like, those drones that Amazon wants to use for delivery. 

Aaron

Yes. 

Kyle

They just put the package in. And so, now all I can think of is drone dog. 

Aaron

Okay.

Kyle

Just like a hunting dog that someone would go with.

Aaron

Oh, I like it. So he has a buddy. So Hank is not alone.

Kyle

Yeah, Hank has a buddy. And like, so I was imagining, like, part of the weapon could be within the weapon. There's just—He puts it up to his mouth and he whistles in and—and the dog knows it's—it's time to go.

Aaron

Can I make a pitch then? Because what we're making is essentially, like, Hank doesn't know he's a legendary vampire hunter, and he just never pursued that path. So I'm thinking this is like a familiar that's been bound to him his entire life, but he just, kind of, treats it like a fucking dog. 

Kyle

[Laughter.]

[00:20:00]

Aaron

Like, this is something that could, like, help him kill Dracula if he wanted. Like, he is Simon Belmont. If Simon Belmont was like, no, I just wanna have, like, kids and work and have an honest living. But he has all the accoutrement of, like, he can learn magic if he wants. He has a spectral dog familiar. Like, has all these—Has basically a summon, but it's just like, oh, yeah. And I walk it every morning and, you know, I give it treats and it lays on the couch with me. That's—That's the visual that I'm getting for—Can the dog have a name that's ridiculous? Like a very fantasy name?

Kyle

Oh, absolutely. ‘Cause when you said summon, my first thought was like, you know, you go to bed, I—I make sure all the lights are off. I read bedtime stories to the kids. I speak the forbidden words to make sure the dog stays around.

Aaron

[Laughter.] Yeah. I have to, you know—I make the contract with the dog so that it stays for another couple hours before I go to bed. It's all very—Like, he lives a vampire hunter lifestyle all without vampire hunting. He's just—He just goes to work, you know, he takes a shit, puts his pants on like everybody else one at a time. You know, he is—he's just a dude. However, he's a vampire hunter. [Faint laughter.]

Kyle

I—I thought of a few things. So I was looking back at the prompts we had. 

Aaron

Mm-hmm. 

Kyle

And so, the word just Pandora appeared on my thing. When thinking of sun words, I also thought of Helio, which isn't a full name, but it sounds like a dog name almost.

Aaron

What is it?

Kyle

Helio was the name.

Aaron

Okay. That's an incredible dog name. And it's the sun. So this is wonderful because, of course, it's called Helio. ‘Cause he is—he's literally designed to kill vampires. [Faint laughter.] But he doesn't. That's the very specific thing. He has never killed a vampire, Hank. Hank Brightdawn. Hank has only carved through, like, the—the—It’s—It’s as if you play Castlevania. Get to the door before the final boss and turn the console off and then leave. Walk back out the front door. Like, Victor Daemon is, like, on the computer and would get absolutely rolled by Hank Brightdawn but Hank Brightdawn is like, [door knocks], “Package is here, Mr. Daemon”, and then leaves. Like, sleeps. [Faint laughter.]

Kyle

His quest, like all vampire hunters, is to get to the vampire. Like, that—that is still his goal. 

Aaron

Yes.

Kyle

So he's not that off at all. He just—

Aaron

No. He just doesn't finish the—He just doesn't do any of the violent stuff to Victor Daemon anyway.

Kyle

Absolutely.

Aaron

I think he just thinks that, like, he's the delivery package and he doesn't think that Victor Daemon is, like, a bad person or a vampire or anything. He's like,  goddamn! Why is everybody jumping me as soon as I enter this castle? Jesus Christ! Like, just getting—I get absolutely jumped every time I show up to this place. Whatever. Like, you know. Oow! You hit me first. Come here. Fuck! [Both laugh].

Kyle

It’s just the slap across the face.

Aaron

Yeah. And I imagine, like, his work. He essentially thinks of the—What's his weapon? We need a name for this weapon.

Kyle

Okay, so we got—we got Hank Brightdawn. His dog is Helio.

Aaron

It's called—[Thoughtfully.] Hmm, we can maybe call the light bringers. The light bringer gauntlets. [Laughter].

Kyle

The light bringer gauntlet?

Aaron

But they're just for his work gloves. Like, he uses them to, like, open the back of his truck. But they're legendary holy weapon against the vampires. [Faint laughter.]

Kyle

Oh, yeah, imagine like those gloves that you use for, um—that you sometimes put on when you're doing yard work so you don't get splinters and stuff. 

Aaron

Yes, they have paint on the hand. They're like blue on the hand?

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

He has painted them. He's like, carly's fucking gauntlets don't have any grip on them. I can't do any of my work. So the light bringer gauntlets have actually, like, blue paint on the bottom of them to help with his grip. 

Kyle 

Absolutely. Absolutely.

Aaron

He has—He has custom—He has modified them to be more like work gloves.

Kyle

He's done the thing where you, like, drill. He's drilled a little hole in it so he can just hang it on the wall. 

Aaron

Yes. [Laughter.]

Kyle

And, like, when he did, you know, spirits of the damned like 1000s of them pour it out, but, like, he didn't notice. He just hung it on the wall. 

Aaron

Yeah, he just—Daddy! Daddy! And he goes, hold on. Let me take my work gloves off before I give you a hug. Just throws, like, throws the weapon against the wall. They slide into a bin.

Kyle

You just heard a faint scream. Just, [both screaming faintly].

Aaron

Comes out of the trap—the laundry bin. I love Hank Brightdawn so much. I love that he's just—he's just a person. But he’s so much more. He is the—He is the final dad.

Kyle

I'm just imagining like—like the kid for show in town. Like, in 5k, do they bring the gloves? Do they bring the dog?

Aaron

Bring my dad to work day? Bring your dad to work day. What are you, dad? I'm a delivery person. Holy shit. You're like the most jacked human being I've ever seen in my life. Yeah, I guess. I stay in shape and stuff like that. What do you do? Oh, yeah. And I wear these cool gloves. He like punches his palm and like this beam of light comes out and blinds the glass, pushes their hair back. Like, wow. This is Helio. [Faint laughter.] This is my dog.

Kyle

The school hamster was never the same after that.

Aaron

[Laughter.] The school hamster was imbued with, like, divine power that day. You know, who would go on after that to go on adventures? 

[00:25:00]

Because, of course, like, Hank has the—has, like, you know, what is classified typically as, like, divine abilities. So, like, if, you know, he shakes the—You know, the—the teacher was feeling sick that day, Hank shakes his hand and he’s like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Hey, good morning? 

Aaron

Immediately, the illness is cured and he lives 10 additional years onto his lifespan. Hank is just overall, like, the greatest Paladin has ever lived.

Kyle

I'm just imagining, like, in his regular everyday life, he's just a guy who's accidentally creating monster the weak scenarios, but they always happen after he leaves. 

Aaron

Yep. Of course. Of course. That's why—I mean, he is—he is the Final Dad. There will—there will never be a dad like him that comes out. Whoever—I mean, whoever inherits the light bringer gauntlets will be close. But this is not the same. It's not the same. Hank is—Hank’s the guy.

Kyle

I'm trying to imagine one time where—’Cause Victor Daemon has, at least in the episodes he's appeared in, and he's been a friendly guy, you know. A pretty—pretty friendly vampire. I'm trying to think of, like, one time he actually invited Hank in, like, just to—just to hang out and be a pal before he goes back and it was just incredibly awkward and it's never happened again.

Aaron

[Laughter.] Awkward from who? Was it—Was Victor awkward or was Hank awkward?

Kyle

I feel like—So I feel like Hank would start it ‘cause I feel like Hank would be like, you know, it's—I'm just doing my job stuff like that thinking—You don't get—You don't get personal with the customers.

Aaron

No, no. I just wanna go home. Like, can I do—Like, the longer I'm here, the less I get to be at my house type thing, and Victor Daemon I think, like, invited him in. He’s like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Oh, sit down. Sit down. 

Aaron

He's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Okay. Wow, it's a very impressive collection of baubles. Cool. I can’t wait to get the fuck out of here.

Kyle

‘Cause, like, he's a legend to everyone else there and, like, Victor when he invites someone into his saloon, it's—it's a big deal to get a whole episode devoted to that. 

Aaron

Yeah.

Kyle

But, like, if it's longer than the cold open for the adventurer of Hank's life, it's too long there.

Aaron

I could not agree more. Or it's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Oh, did not sign up for this. But, uh, oh, wow. Lovely kitchen you have I guess. Wow. This is very interesting. Oh, you have a slideshow to show me? Oh, wow. Yeah, I’ll sit. 

Aaron

And he's, like, checking his phone the whole time. And Victor Daemon is like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Are you interested? 

Aaron (as Hank)

Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry. I was just texting. Uh, I was checking Twitter, this drama going on. I like to follow the drama, you know. Anyway.

Kyle

Yeah, Victor's just sitting there like, 

Kyle (as Victor Daemon)

This is the time MISHA JARVIS ate an entire calzune. They stopped a spider cloud from destroying an entire future planet.

Aaron

Hank is like—His subtext is, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Oh, my god. I don't fucking care. Oh, my god.

Kyle

You know, I've started a podcast about it. 

Aaron

See, Victor Daemon asks Hank if he wants to guest on his show, and he has the awkward moment of, 

Aaron (as Hank)

I'm actually really busy.

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

No, you don't even need a mic. No, you don't even need a microphone. You can just—

Aaron (as Hank)

No, I—I—No, I’d be—That's really great. I'm just really busy. 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

I—I know your delivery routes. You're actually not busy. [Both laughing].

Kyle

You'll come.

Aaron

[Laughter.] You'll have one place to go. Yeah. 

Kyle

And this all started when Victor intentionally bought something to give to Hank as a gift.

Aaron

Yes, of course. [Faint laughter.]

Kyle

As a delivery.

Aaron

He was like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Yeah, I wanted to hand deliver him something. Oh, I actually have something for you too.

Aaron

And Hank is like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Okay. 

Aaron

I just—He is very, like—Something that it always annoys me about the cliche vampire is that they expect everyone to be excited to see them or, like, interested in them. Like, they enter a room and are like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Hello, sit down.

Aaron

You know, and, like, the hostess with the mostest type thing. I always imagine someone being like, dude, I don't fucking care. Like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Ah! Welcome to my cat. Where are you going? 

Aaron

Like, I can’t do anything. Or, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

The bathroom is right over—Okay. You already found it. Anyway, welcome.

Aaron

They have—Like, Hank, for most of their conversations still had his earbuds on. 

Kyle

[Laughter]. Oh!

Aaron (as Hank)

What? Oh, I'm sorry. What?

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Oh, you see these castle—

Aaron (as Hank)

Sorry, what? Hold on.

Aaron

Opens his Spotify very slowly. 

Aaron (as Hank)

It's pause. All right, go ahead.

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)]

Well, no, it's not the same. Okay.

Aaron

[Laughter.] Just ruins all that charisma. That whole Victor Daemon's spark just wasted on Hank. Hank doesn't fucking care. Oh, god! Hank Brightdawn, my favorite human alive.

Kyle

[Laughter.] Just try and—Try and—I'd say his best. He's just doing what he needs to do.

Aaron

You know, from his perspective, this is just like—He thinks it's a great job.

Kyle

Oh, of course.

Aaron

He's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

This is—this is easy. Like, my job is super easy.

Aaron

‘Cause this is the only job he's ever had. So he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

I don't know. Like it's physically demanding at times. 

Aaron

But by and large, it's really not. [Laughter.]

Kyle

Hank Brightdawn joined the Postal Service but then with a random incident gave him the powers of the gods.

[00:30:05]

Aaron

Have you—Was he born with it or is this something that, like, you know—What—Okay, question for you. Did he inherit this power from the postmaster that came before him? Or was he just born to be Hank Bright Tower vampire hunter?

Kyle

I really liked the inheritance. And the reason I like it is because when it comes to like, you know, someone has the ability to gain fantastical powers, I've always seen the approach done one of two ways, either, you know, the typical approach like the Greenland where I'm gonna take this and live up to it. Or, you know, you see the approach of people who—who see that and they're like, nope, nope, not my thing. Nope, absolutely not. Let's keep walking and they actively tried to avoid it. 

Aaron

Yes.

Kyle 

This runs the really fun middle ground of I will accept this—

Aaron

But I don't want this.

Kyle

Yeah, I'm not gonna, like, act like it's a big deal. You know? 

Aaron

Yeah, I don't want to live your life. I'm gonna do me. I don’t know. I am just hanging. Llke, can I give you a scene that pops into my head? 

Kyle

Yes, go ahead. 

Aaron

It's the first day on the job. Hank shows up to an undisclosed site. Like, undisclosed, obviously, it's given to Hank. It's a GPS coordinates and it's, like, his first training day. 

Kyle

Yeah. 

Aaron

And when he gets there, there is a postmaster. She is wielding the light bringer gauntlets, she is beating back demons and Hank is like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Great.

Aaron

So he has his—He has his earbuds on. He's checking his phone while she is battling demons. So he is not watching.

Kyle

Instead of, like, the doom soundtrack, it's just Dolly Parton playing or something?

Aaron

Yeah, it’s [sings Jolene] while he is just—She's, like, battling and battling. And he's like,

Aaron (as Hank)

God, where's my trainer? I'm supposed to learn how to do this fucking goddamn. 

Aaron

And then this woman appears before him and is like, 

Aaron (as the woman)

Hank Brightdawn! Thank god you're here. I don't have much time left.

Aaron

And he's like,

Aaron (as Hank)

Oh, did you have to clock out soon? 

Aaron

And then she's, like, wounded. And she's like, 

Aaron (as the woman)

Here, take these. You're the only one who can deliver these packages and do what needs to be done to Victor Daemon. 

Aaron

And he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Cool. Deliver package to…

Aaron

He’s half listening.

Kyle

[Laughter.] 

Aaron (as Hank)

Cool. Deliver package to Victor Daemon. Good. Got. Done. Got it.

Aaron

Gets the gloves. He is imbued with power. She fades away. And then he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

All right, cool.

Aaron

Just drives up to Victor Daemon's house and he's like [door knocks], 

Aaron (as Hank)

Hello, yeah, I'm doing what needs to be done. Hey, here's your like, bathrobe that you delivered. Yeah.

Kyle

He just mentions like, 

Kyle (as Victor Daemon)

This isn't what I ordered. But I like it. So, cool. Where'd you say you worked for again?

Aaron

There's just a ton—He's basically the doom guy. So there's just corpses everywhere in his wake. And he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Yeah, like, all your friends tried to beat me up and, like, I really didn't appreciate it. I didn't like what I had to do, but I did what had to be done. Anyway, have a great day.

Aaron

Leaves, goes home. Then after that, Victor Daemon was like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

[Inaudible 00:32:52] to this thing.

Aaron

[Both laugh.] Now, I have a question. 

Kyle

Yeah. 

Aaron

What is Hank Brightdawn's weakness? 

Kyle

Hank Brightdawn's weakness. 

Aaron

Like, is anything that—Can anything stop him or no? He just—He is a juggernaut of divine power and nothing can stop this train.

Kyle

My first thought is—Well—Well, besides, you know—besides, like, the common cold—

Aaron

Of course, yeah, I mean, calling out sick. Gank calling out sick with a conflict from his kids. Parent-teacher conferences are the only thing that can stop him. Like, response obligations to his family are the only things that can stop Hank Brightdawn. 

Aaron (as Hank)

My daughter has a play. Sorry, Mr. Daemon. I won't be able to deliver your package. Please forgive me. [Laughter.]

Kyle

Right.

Aaron

There's nothing. So basically, he has no weakness except the integrator [laughter] is what empowers him. The light bringer gauntlets, he is convinced sometimes that he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Man, oh,  I swear. The only thing getting me through these fights is the love of my children. 

Aaron

It's like, no, dude. You have magic fucking gloves. [Both laugh.]

Kyle

I just—I imagine one day he gets, like, almost there. But then he gets a call from, you know, his daughter.

Aaron

Yep. [Laughter]

Kyle

And he just like—He just hands it to one of the, like, Medusa Heads and he's like, 

Kyle (as Hank)

Hey, can you sign for this? I gotta go.”

Aaron (as Hank)

I'm sorry. I gotta go. I can't—I can't reach Mr. Daemon. Can you sign for this?

Aaron

Puts the pen in the Medusa Head's mouth and then he uses the head and just like scribbles something. He pushes it off and it floats away. And he's like, just gets in his car and goes home. Like, they think he's there—Okay. Do the henchmen know why he's there? Do they know why this is happening? Or do they think that Simon Belmont is there to, like, kill Victor Daemon and they're protecting their boss?

Kyle

So I think—I think Victor never told anyone. 

Aaron

[Laughter.]

Kyle

I think Ben figured it out. 

Aaron

Okay.

Kyle

But he was never able to fully explain it to everyone else.

Aaron

Got it. 

Kyle

So we've got two people who understand. One who doesn't care and one who's desperately trying to break the cycle.

Aaron

Got it. I like that a lot. I like that a lot. 

[00:35:00]

Let's see. What else can we talk about with—with the big guy? I mean, honestly, I feel like we know Hank really well. Like, I feel like we're in a really good place with Mr. Bright Tower. 

Kyle

Yeah, Mr. Brightdawn, right?

Aaron

Brightdawn. Oops! Mr. Bright Tower. With Mr.—Excuse me. Bright Tower is my—Mr. Bright Tower is my father's name. Call me Hank.

Kyle

God! The parent teacher conference. Just imagine that though.

Aaron

Fucking sitting there in the gym.

Kyle

Having to address someone as Mr. Brightdawn, please. 

Aaron

Mr. Brightdawn? 

Aaron (as Hank)

Excuse me. Is the father of Cynthia Brightdawn here?

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron (as Cynthia’s father)

Yeah, that's me.

Aaron (as Hank)

Your daughter is doing incredible in class. I just wanted to give you a really big congratulations on raising such a wonderful person.

Aaron (as Cynthia’s father)

I appreciate that. 

Aaron

[Giggles.] Just this—He's like—I imagine Hank is like—He doesn't look like a normal person. You know, like, how—Do you know how Gears of War people look? 

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

Like, imagine that next to a normal human being. We're like, good god! You're huge. And he's

like—

Kyle

He’s just a fridge. A fridge of a man.

Aaron

And he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

I am?

Aaron

And then like, yeah, you're really—He has no idea how fucking juiced up he looks, how powerful he is. They're like, wow, you're in really great shape. And he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

I don't know. I don't work out. Can I just fucking look like this?

Kyle

Yeah, he just like—He is—You had mentioned workout earlier. I just imagined he was like my dad was when I was a kid. It's like, you know, two half hour sessions of the Tae-Bo VHS tapes a week.

Aaron

Yeah, Yeah. And he's—He thinks that's the secret, is being an absolute unit is just, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Oh, yeah, I just—I don't know what to my daily—

Aaron

He does that—You know that really amazing thing that some elderly people do when they walk and they just swing their arms as they walk? 

Kyle

Yes.

Aaron

He does—He wakes up at 5am and takes a long walk and he does, like, calisthenics and he goes,

Aaron (as Hank)

That’s my secret.

Aaron

And then you almost hear the soles of these, like, departed goblins being like, 

Aaron (as the goblins)

For fucks sake! It's your gloves. Oh my god!

Aaron

He's—It's so frustrating because he thinks that, like, when he's destroying legions of goblins and stuff, he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Why can't you leave me alone and let me do my job? 

Aaron

And they’re like, 

Aaron (as the goblins)

You come here every week and do this, man!

Kyle

[Laughter.] On our first morning walk, I'm imagining he tried Victor Daemon's podcast once.

Aaron

Once?

Kyle

And just never mentioned it because he didn't wanna be mean [faint laughter].

Aaron

No, he—he—It never aired because it was such bad audio.

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

It was like—Victor Daemon was like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

I can't post this. This is so bad.

Aaron

[Faint laughter.] It was so bad. He was like, 

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

So what do you like to do for fun, Hank?

Aaron (as Hank)

Grill.

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

What do you like to grill?

Aaron (as Hank)

Food.

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron (as Victor Daemon)

Ah! Okay, let's hear a word from our sponsor. 

Aaron

[Both laugh.] Just—It was just terrible. It was terrible. Oh, god. I love it.

Kyle

All right. So, before we got into more tangents about Hank, I think you were segwaying somewhere by saying we've talked enough about Hank? 

Aaron

Well, I mean, I honestly think we're at a good spot for Hank. Um, I wanna ask what is the source of power for—What is—Like, you know, what is the source of power for the light bringer gauntlets? A brief history of, like, what the hell are these things? 

Kyle

Yeah.

Aaron

Is it holy order that defies Victor Daemon? Like, you know, fucking type thing. Like, you know, the Belmonts and shit like that?

Kyle

Oh! Oh! I like that. So, ‘cause I was thinking, like, powers from outside the Daemon Saloon outside of Tremaine Bluffs do work. 

Aaron

Okay.

Kyle

As with, like, the fling story I mentioned earlier. But now, I'm just imagining the order of people against Victor Daemon, I'm imagining the gauntlet is just part of a fucking exosuits essentially.

Aaron

It's only one piece?

Kyle

That's spread across the multiverse. 

Aaron

Oh, my god. Could you imagine Hank had just a fraction.

Kyle

Just a fragment. 

Aaron

Of his true potential. If he were to get all—Okay, here's the thing. The reason why the lightbringer arsenal is scattered across the multiverse, because if one person were to assemble it, they would have enough power to either bring the multiverse together into one or collapse it all. 

Kyle

I love it. 

Aaron

So it's scattered through the multiverse because one person cannot wield this. It's clearly way too much power. And if they could, they could, like, basically reshape reality to fit their will. And it's too much and that's why it was scattered. I think one person did wield it at one point. And once they've—Someone like, you know, the Avengers basically figured out how to defeat this person. They're were like, 

Aaron (as the Avengers)

Fuck this. We gotta flush all these five pieces down the fucking toilet and scatter them to the multiverse.

Kyle

Absolutely. ‘Cause, like, I choose to believe that at least one of the—one of the pieces is just buried in someone's backyard somewhere here in—in this universe because—

Aaron

Oh, of course, yes.

Kyle

‘Cause Victor Daemon has addressed the fourth wall. So if all the pieces are assembled, I mean, that's us too.

Aaron

Yeah, absolutely. That—That means that, like, there is something in our worlds, you know. There is a piece. They could be right under your nose and you'd never know it. And if you got it, you, kind of, would never know because perhaps they're all pretty simple looking. 

[00:40:11]

Kyle

Yeah.

Aaron

Like, the light bringer gauntlets might just look like, you know, simple little work gloves with, like, a beautiful lion on them. And so, he's like, 

Aaron (as Hank)

Whoo! Got a nice pair of work gloves, and they never wear out. Like, it's great. I've never had to replace them. Saving a lot of money.

Aaron

Meanwhile, they're supplying him with godlike power.

Kyle

I imagine each of these would be the origin for a plot of an entire role playing adventure.

Aaron

No question. There is absolutely no question in my mind.

Kyle

Like the helmets, the socks. 

Aaron

Yep. They—They—They—They are as simple as that where it's like, you know, the necktie. 

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

The necktie of might.

Kyle

[Laughter.]

Aaron

Yes, I love it very much.

Kyle

Yeah. So were—were they made for Victor Daemon? Because the thing is, Victor Daemon does have godlike powers, but also no powers. But he—he's just chilling out. So, is it one of those scenarios where he—he was scary in the past? Or is it things like, he's just assembling before he got Hank, he was just assembling mail carriers. So he's doing casually horrifying things like that, or is it just someone that's basically doing the cosmic equivalent of a one star Yelp review?

Aaron

Yes to all. [Both laugh.] Yes, I believe that yes to all of that. It is a one star Yelp review. It is to defy Victor Daemon. It is—If it's the multiverse, that means people have been using them for different purposes based on what universe they're in. Based on their needs. 

Kyle

True. 

Aaron

Because they're all scattered all over the world. 

Kyle 

Absolutely, yeah. 

Aaron

So like, you know, if the person who used them in, like, the dark ages is buried in my fucking courtyard in my apartment in Brooklyn, you know, that just means like, I don't know, they fought in New York at one point, or like, I don't know, he just died holding the fucking socks of might, you know. But it depends, but I do think that I, kind of, just like the silliness of these things being these are the things that can defy Victor Daemon's power ‘cause he's pretty fucking strong.

Kyle

Yeah, absolutely.

Aaron

But they're rarely used for the purpose of trying to kill Victor Daemon. You know what I mean?

Kyle

Absolutely. It's like—For example, let's—let's say we have ‘cause we—we—we've got the gauntlet of light. So you said socks of might, right?

Aaron

The gauntlet of light. [Giggles.] The light bringers gauntlet, the socks of might, the necktie of—the graviton necktie.

Kyle

Whoo! That's a good one.

Aaron

Um, uh, the—Hmm. [Thoughtfully.]

Kyle

See. ‘Cause the reason I say that it's because I'm imagining, like, the person who gets the socks is just wearing them because they just—they never get wet. 

Aaron

Yes. 

Kyle

Which is just a side effect of their cosmic power. 

Aaron

Of course. They're perfect.

Kyle

But just like my favorite pair of socks, they never get wet. I hate when—I hate when my shoes get wet.

Aaron

Yeah. The feel, amazing.

Kyle

Oh, fantastic.

Aaron

Yeah, the best thing about the socks of might is, kind of, just that they're really good. Like, I would—Like, right now I'm wearing a—a—What do you call? Like, um? Wool hiking socks? 

Kyle

Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. 

Aaron

Like, you know, and they—they never get wet and, you know, they never—they rarely stink. Things like that. I would—Oh, my God. These things are fucking cosmic. They're so wonderful.

Kyle

They keep you warm. Unless it's too hot outside in which case they breathe wonderfully.

Aaron

Yes. And so, like, yeah, I can imagine me thinking like, I might have the socks of might on right fucking now and never know it. That is my logic here personally.

Kyle

That’s—That's amazing. Everyone, like half of these are people just living their lives.

Aaron

I like that a lot. It lends itself to the story trope of, like, ordinary people wielding incredible power but, like, they are and just don't know it.

Kyle

Yeah, it is incredibly rare for someone to actually use these to become a hero or a—a cosmic villain.

Aaron

Completely. Yeah, it's like—It just doesn't happen. It's—It’s so rare. I love—There are so many Hanks out there. And maybe throughout the multi—If you said—We said at the beginning that Victor Daemon is pulling mail carriers through the multiverse. Perhaps this happens often. It's not just Hank. It is all of the people who wield, all of the mail carriers throughout the multiverse who are wielding this show up to his house and wreck shit.

Kyle

So I was thinking about that but—but inverted a little bit. Instead of just mail carriers, he is—Victor Daemon is assembling each of the pieces of this magnificent suit of armor, but instead of assembling them for different purposes, he is just basically assembling different people with different jobs.

Aaron

Yes.

Kyle

Like, the glasses of true sight or whatever is being used by a pizza delivery driver who can always drive super fast and safe because they can see where the road is going. 

Aaron

Yes. 

Kyle

So he uses that person when he's—You know, I'm just really—I’m really hankering for a pizza. I want a cero real badly right now. 

Aaron

Love it.

Kyle

They’re just his food delivery driver.

Aaron

I think that is fantastic that ordinary people are basically—It is like the Avengers before the movie started where they're just separate entities like existing and doing incredible things. So I—I'm a big fan.

[00:45:04]

Kyle

The Avengers moment is when Victor is actually holding, like, a big cosmic party that he needs, like, catering and food for. That's their Avengers moment. 

Aaron

Love it. I love it very much. I love this. Now this entire cinematic universe that's been created around, in the true spirit of All My Fantasy Children and his children the multi, this incredible universe has been created around Wrong Mailman and Final Dad.

Kyle

[Laughter.] And it's—it’s one that, like, this podcast big campaigns will only touch tangentially on.

Aaron

Of course. That—That is the true spirit of the fucking—of My Fantasy Children where it’s—This never comes up again. [Laughter.] 

Kyle

A world beyond what we will spend for eight years building so much bigger in this one episode and you are here to experience it. 

Aaron

You're goddamn right. [Faint laughter.]

Kyle

I think since we've been segwaying to talking about how this is like All My Fantasy Children. I’m—I am good wrapping it up here and talking a little bit about that show unless you have.

Aaron

No, I feel it's a great place to, uh—I feel it's a great place to close is on our multi—And on our multiverse being wrapped up, we tie up all our loose ends, feel really good about where we're at. And that's when you go, you know, that's a wrap on that. 

Kyle

[Laughs]

Aaron

That's a wrap on Hank—Hank Brightdawn.

Kyle

Hank Brightdawn.

Aaron

Damn. Damn. [Laughter.]

Kyle

But if folks don't want to wait a year to hear your voice again as Victor Daemon, and if they want more of this character creation, world building stuff, where—where can they experience more of that?

Aaron

Yeah. Um, I host a character creation co-podcast and we've been talking about a lot. It's a world building podcast. It's improvisational that I host with Jeff Stormer ‘cause All My Fantasy Children, you can find us on the One Shot Podcast Network. You can find us on Twitter @AMFC_Podcast. So go to oneshotpodcast.com and check us out there. You can find us on every hosting platform available. But yeah, we pretty much do what we did today, where we take a listener-submitted prompt, spin it into an original fantasy concept or character or weapon or detail. And we use that to populate an entire fantasy world that over the course of five years, we have called fantasy and it's got its own mythology, its lore, its magic system, all that we, kind of, make up on the spot. It's been a fucking—It's been a hoot. And I—I love it very much. Clearly. This—It's so fun. And it’s so—And you end up, kind of, with like, dope shit. Because you're—I've always found that, like, you're so relaxed doing it in this style where you're just, like, flinging whatever, like, sticks at the wall. You don't have inhibitions, and you're not trying to make something cool. And so, things are, kind of, coming organically that are like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, that actually is, kind of, dope. 

Kyle

Yeah. 

Aaron

Like Hank, at the end, we're like, okay, Hank is—Hank is a pretty cool character actually. [Both laugh.] And I love him. So yeah, if you liked what you heard, check out All My Fantasy Children. Um, and yeah, listen in. And we'll, you know—And I'll hang out and—[Laughter.]

Kyle

Just like Victor wanted to.

Aaron

Just like Victor intent—Just as Victor intended. [Laughter.]

Kyle

Well, yeah, thanks. Thanks so much for joining us, Aaron. Yeah, if you really liked that, feel free to, uh, check that out. I'll have a link to All My Fantasy Children in the description. It is, incredibly, a good show and Aaron—Aaron is right. They naturally get to some very cool places. I've listened to a fair few episodes. And I was just like—Every time I was like, “Wow, they make—they make real cool stuff. I'm curious how we're gonna get there.” [Faint laughter.]

Aaron

Yeah, and we did. And we did. Love it.

Kyle

And then, of course, if you enjoyed Victor Daemon, we've got two episodes already of him causing problems. And we'll have another one in a year. 

Aaron

Dang!

Kyle

But I hope you're hanging out, you know, the rest of the year too. And you're on our podcast feed. You know, I'm gonna cut all this because if you're on our podcast feed, you already listen to The Quest Friends. So like, keep doing that. 

Aaron

[Laughter.]

Kyle

Go listen to All My Fantasy Children, which you might not do if you're listening to this feed. And you should.

Aaron

You should. It's true. There’s no lie there. [Faint laughter.]

Kyle

All right. Well, thank you so much, Aaron. I usually end Quest Friends episodes on a cliffhanger. 

Aaron

Hmm. 

Kyle

And I—I think I've—I think I’ve figured it out. Since I've already mentioned what I think our next Halloween special is going to be, we see the—the gate closing as the goblin screams in the background. Hank opens up the garage door just the old slow open up. He takes the lightbringer gauntlet, throws it to the side, opens the door to the house, you know, hugs his spouse, gives him a kiss. The kids aren't home yet. He goes grab some cosmic hell kibble cable for—for the dog, for Helio. And as he does all that, he goes, he sits down, takes out his—his earbuds as his spouse is like, 

Kyle (as the spouse)

Oh, how was your day?

Kyle

And he says, 

Kyle (as Hank)

Oh, you know, it was pretty good, but, uh, ah! I'm feeling a bit more tired than usual. 

Kyle

And his nose sniffles as a little bit of cold like do emerges from the bottom of his nose. And that is our cliffhanger. [Laughter.]

[00:50:03]

Aaron

Dang!

Kyle

[Laughter.] See you next year.

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