Episode 13: the Rofweiler, the Moal, and the Manteecoare

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As we continue…

As the daring duo enter the sparkling city they glance around nervously, expecting to encounter the natives at any time.

They enter a yard. In the yard is a Rottweiler.
“Hello,” the dog greets them, “My name is Edward.”
“My middle name is Edward!” exclaims Neil.
“It’s a wonderful name, isn’t it?”
“Oh, yes. It is isn’t it?”
“Wait a minute,” Thor interjects, “Since when have canines had the capacity for intelligent speech?”
“Thor,” Neil says, “We’re on another planet. Everything’s going to be different. Maybe the people are like animals and the animals are like people.”
“No,” says Edward, “The people are like people too.”

Suddenly a mole pops out of the ground.
“Uh oh,” warns Thor, “That mole looks pretty vicious.”
“Oh pish-tush,” cajoles Edward, “It’s just a mole. How much damage could it do?”
Suddenly the mole jumps from the ground and latches onto Edward’s jugular. Consequently, the trauma causes him to lose much of his powers of coherent speech.
“Die, evil fiend!” exclaims the mole.
“Let goe, eebil moalee!” declares Edward.
“Look!” Thor cries out, “Here comes a beast with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion!”
“You mean a manticore?” asks Neil.
“Umm, sure.”

The manticore approaches swiftly.
“Halp mee, manteecoare!”
“Attend to me, fair manticore, for this evil fiend doth deserve to perish.”
“Wut deed Ai doo tou yoo?”
“Thy very existence be a blight on this fair paradise.”
“Wut Ai doo?”
“Thy excrement is incredibly vile.”

In one fell swoop the manticore devours both mole and Rottweiler. As the beast turns on our heroes to devour them as well Thor grasps his mighty hammer and hefts it above his head. As the manticore leaps at him he brings it down on its skull, crushing it into oblivion.

“Well that was interesting,” says Thor.
“Interesting?” Neil asks, aghast, “We could have died!”
“But we didn’t.”
“Well, no. I guess we didn’t,” Neil replies, “Oh look, a working spaceship.”

So our duo leaves the surface of the planet and charts a course for Earth. Using a series of wormholes and slingshots (a maneuver that involves using the gravitational pull of a planet or other large object in order to accelerate a spacecraft) they make it home in a week, 3 days, 7 hours, and 42 minutes.

Thor and Neil must continue their quest to recover the kidnapped child. How should they proceed? As always, leave suggestions in the form of comments (which can be found just above the beginning of the episode. Remember, no outcomes, only actions). You give an action, I give an outcome. Updates will be posted when the author decides that the number of comments posted is sufficient.