After being stuck at the law firm for a few extra hours because of paperwork, a tired IGEBM decided to pay his friend Clay a visit at his newly-opened Legendary Bilge Rat’s Tavern. He walks in, his suit slightly wet from the rain, as his umbrella has a hole in it, and sits down. “Hey, IGE.” the pirate says, meeting his friend on the other side of the bar. “What’ll ye be ordering tonight?” “I’ll take a pink lemonade again.” IGE says. Clay quickly pours his friend a glass of pink lemonade. “Thanks.” IGE takes a sip of his lemonade and starts talking to him.

Published 4-22-2023

The next night, IGEBM heads to the tavern once again, this time putting his headphones in and sitting in a booth to watch Transformers: Cyberverse on his phone. He decides to start with the Quintesson story arch from season 3, as he thinks it was the best part of the show. However, midway through “The Dead End” (the second episode of the storyline, aka season 3, episode 6), he hears loud voices. Taking out his headphones, IGE looks at the bar. “Crap.” he says. Two men are getting into an argument over a recent controversial decision by the Council of Mods, and they start to have a fistfight. One takes out a knife, and Clay is in the back getting some supplies, so he doesn’t see any of this, and he isn’t paying attention, so he doesn’t hear the yelling. IGE sees the man draw his weapon, and puts down his phone to shoot them with a light blast. This knocks him into the bar, which Clay hears. He rushes out of the back room and sees what’s going on. Another man sitting at the bar recaps him on the situation.

IGE gets out of his seat. “I don’t like getting into bar fights, but a Tavern Keeper must do what he must to keep this place safe.” he says, encasing his fists in light gauntlets. He knocks out the other man, who is staring at his opponent, and then picks up the knife-wielding one and confiscates his weapon before knocking him out too. Clay exits the bar and kicks them out, banning them from the bar for breaking the “No Fighting” rule. “Thanks.” the pirate captain says. “Glad I could help.” IGE says. “I’m gonna head to the Nugget Factory and get some chicken nuggets.” He leaves and gets in his car to drive to Si’s Nugget Factory.



Published 4-23-2023 at 10:07 PM