Hi, and welcome to the Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian. My name is Jonathan Messenger, and with me as always is my... I'm sorry? With me as always... With me, as always, is my teeny tiny assistant, Bebop Robomogowanatron. Go ahead, say hi to everyone, Bebop. I don't think they can quite hear you from that far away. Come on, try again. Here, let me give you a little boost. Not funny, Jonathan.
LOL, as they say, it's actually very funny, Bebop, because, see, Bebop here tried to cast a spell on me to make me teeny tiny, but I think he got something wrong because now he's very, very small, and he's... standing on a little stack of books on my desk so that he can reach the microphone and it's so cute. This is so humiliating. Well, the good news is I can save a lot of time just.
Draw little doodles and feed you scraps of paper and you'll be totally full. I will get my revenge! Okay, well while you're... plotting your miniature revenge. Let's get into the episode, shall we? If you remember what happened in the last episode, Finn was all alone, stuck in a void after Foggy had cast one final spell. What will happen in this season finale? That's right, we're almost back to Bebop Tales, so this is the season finale of the Alien Adventures of Fincaspian. Where is my mind?
I have to open my eyes, don't I? he said. But no one answered. Reluctantly, Finn opened his eyes. The single scroll was still plastered to the window. Beyond it there was nothing. Pitch black. No stars. No planet, no magical chest ringing the doorbell. Nothing. He looked at the words on the scroll that Foggy had said before he disappeared, and Finn read them aloud. We're here.
but nothing happened he looked out the window at the void beyond seems more like we're nowhere he said finn sat on the explorer pod floating in a void There was nothing to see except the words on the scroll plastered to the window. He was alone in the pod, and it felt like he was alone in the universe.
He fired up the pod's navigation tools, but where a map should have shown on the tiny screen by the steering controls, it was blank. He had one quick, hopeful idea occur to him, something he was sure wouldn't work, but... It was worth a shot. He pressed the communication button on the pilot's console and said, Mom? Mom, are you there? It's Finn. Nothing. Mom, can you hear me?
Then he had one more less optimistic thought. Bunce, can you hear me? But nothing. He slumped back in his seat and covered his eyes to think. When he opened them again, he saw the scroll had changed. It read, You can't reach anyone. Finn shook his head. Well, you obviously heard me. The words on the scroll disappeared and new ones formed. Did you really think that would work? Calling for your mother? No, said Finn. But what choice did I have? The scroll erased again.
and then filled with more words. What choice did I have? Are you copying me? said Finn. No, said the scroll. I'm mocking you. But it's hard without a voice to convey tone, so really I should say. What choice did I have? Nah. Oh, great, said Finn. Oh, great. Nah, said the scroll. You're more annoying than bunts, said Finn. No more, no less, ha ha ha, said the squirrel. Ha ha, said Finn.
Yep, get it? No more, no less, L-O-L. No more and no less annoying than Bunce, said Finn. Is that a riddle or something? Is that a riddle or something? Duh. said the chest, a feeling of recognition and revulsion washed over Finn. Don't tell me, he said. You're bunts, aren't you? Fine. No. Lee, said the squirrel. Wait, said Finn. You're Bunce? Of course, said the squirrel. I don't believe you, said Finn. If you're Bunce, say something that I know only Bunce would say to me.
Duh, said the scroll. Weirdly, that works, said Finn. What is happening here? Words filled up the scroll. The story was that Bunce got hit by the magic jammer missile that struck the Shakespeare. Not only that, but apparently a hundred more balloons crashed into the Shakespeare, and by the time Bunce knew what had happened, he no longer was Bunce. He was pure magic, and he had been sucked.
inside the scrolls he thought the aliens meant to trap him there and bring him back to their planet with the chest but somehow he had found himself being able to work within the scroll and he was able to communicate with finn So, what's going on right now, said Finn? Where are we? I don't know, said Bunce. I think you might, and I don't want to freak you out here, but I think you might be in my head. Ew, gross, said Finn. Not my actual skull, numb skull, said Bunce.
But my imagination! I was able to find a spell in this chest that protected you from the magical aliens and brought you into the magical space where my mind interacts with the spells. Cool. None of that makes any sense. said Finn. But where is everyone else? Where's Foggy? He was just here. Are they all inside your imagination? I don't know, said Bunce. That wasn't me. I just figured out how to communicate with you. Finn took a moment.
This was all very confusing. So what do we do now? There's a spell that I know, said Bunce. If you cast it, you can search my brain, my memory, my imagination, everything. And... If you find the right spell in there, you could probably bring everyone back. Okay, said Finn, but what's the downside? When you cast it, you'll become a part of me.
And if you can't find what you're looking for, I won't be able to help you. You'll be stuck there. Forever. Finn stared at those words on the scroll. Stuck in Bunce's head. Forever. What could be worse than that? not seeing any of his friends or family again. That would be worse. Okay, said Finn, but one question about this. If I can see into your memory, I mean, am I going to see everything?
That feels a little weird. Like, I don't know if I want to see you as a little kid. It's okay, said the scroll. The spell is very simple. Then the scroll went completely blank, flashed. Just say, and then a single word. Perrin. Finn stared at it a moment. But before he could decide what to do, a red line slashed through the word Perrin, and it disappeared.
The void blinked away and suddenly Finn was back in space, stars sparkling beyond the scroll, the chest floating outside the pod and beside it, a small, bright green alien. and a long purple cloak and a large green slingshot. It pointed a balloon at Finn. If you want to see your friends again, the alien said. Do not cast that spell. All right, so this is the season finale.
which means that we're going to have to wait a little bit to find out what does Finn do. Will he cast the spell that allows him to search Bunce's memory? Or... Does he listen to the magical alien that has finally shown up wielding a slingshot? And does he not cast that spell and trust this magical alien? And he has nobody to rely on except... loyal Finn Caspian listeners who have given Finn great spells all along, including today's spell, which was submitted by eight-year-old Perrin.
who had the idea to be able to search people's memories, and that way they could search Bunce's brain and find the information that they needed. Thank you so much, Perrin, for that. Great idea. It's a great way to finish off this season. Very cool and creative idea. Thanks to everybody who has sent in amazing spells. We're going to continue with this magical storyline in the next season, so we'll see a lot more listener spells.
Thank you to Anthony from Washington state who sent in the, uh, and tinying spell. that bebop cast and now he's tiny so i appreciate that well i mean i don't appreciate it because i think you were trying to make me tiny but i appreciate that bebop mispronounced it and now he's tiny All right, everybody. So this is it for me. I'm taking a little break. Bebop will be back with Bebop Tales. So until then, enjoy. And I will see you in a number of weeks. Bye, bye, bye.
All right, thanks again for hanging out with us. Thanks for sending in all your spell ideas. Keep sending them in. Don't send them to Bebop, please. I don't want any more slipper fires in here. But please do send them to earth at fincaspian.com. Subject line, spells.
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