What is that sound you hear as you read this? Are you feeling that smell in the air? There is a bright light and a crashing wave, and that can only mean that The Fire and Water Podcast Network has opened their portal into our studio! And walking out of that portal, is Ryan Daly, the host of Cheers Cast, Batman Knightcast, Fire and Water Records, and many other shows. What fresh hell will he bring to us?

I guess we should describe the attitude that Ryan Daly entered with. I am not going to say it was manly or regal, but there are few other words I can use without opening a thesaurus. He did demand a glass of Perrie and proceded to dump it onto Jeff's head. We do not know why.

This entrance did leave us with fear and a sense of unease. Jeff, now cold and wet and with a fear of the French, ran off to hide in the bathroom. He would not come out until the "popping and sidelong glances" stopped. He has been having a rough week, so we let him cool down.

Returning back to the podcasting studio, I noticed that Ryan had taken off his shirt and was wearing a complex headphone array that covered his eyes. He assured me that he would still be able to read the computer screen and that this just made him feel more comfortable. It made me feel like I needed an adult in the room.

With Jeff still in the bathroom, and me in the corner, quacking with fear, Ryan became impatient and angry. We always lay out a spread of pancakes for our guests, but the visitor from the Fire and Water network was having none of our "carby bribes", and proceeded to knock it all on the ground.

Now the cat was out of the bag. Literally. He had brought a bag filled with angry cats. We never discovered where he got them or how he transported them legally across state lines, but here we were. I also noticed that Ryan was dosing them with a catnip/cocaine/Red Bull concoction that could not be legal or healthy.

In the end, we had no choice but to shoot tranquilizers on all the cats and Ryan. We later found out that he had grabbed a random drink from the fridge at his network and did not realize it was one of Shaggs 'special' energy drinks. There was a bad reaction to some other medication that Ryan was taking, and it set him off. Prior to hitting our studio, Ryan had knocked over two new start-ups, stole Darrin's Trekker artwork, snagged all of the pants at the Long Box Crusade headquarters, and finally cut up all of the covers at the Outcaster's bunker. Apologies were made.

I could be lying about this, but why would I do something like that.

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