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[0:00] Jess: I thought I heard the old man say weaver Johnny Liver. Tomorrow you will get your pay and it's time. Hello and welcome to this special Musicals with Cheese bonus episode of Ai Dungeon with the...

[0:23] Andrew: I don't know. Um, I think every one of them has been magical in its own way. Because I think this is episode three or four. Um, no train crashes in the same way, I'll tell you that.

[0:33] Jess: Well, the first one was uh I am Connor Hansen, which might be one of the best things that's ever happened on this podcast. I still don't understand how that happened, but that was great. That was peak peak comedy.

[0:45] Andrew: Second one, we just told a good story with the wicked witch murdering people. That was pretty good. That was pretty good. And I think those are the only two we've done so far, so this is lucky episode three, unless I unless there's one I'm forgetting.

[0:56] Jess: Um, don't think so. Oh, we did Marvin, Marvin, and Wizzer.

[1:01] Andrew: Oh, that one wasn't very good, I don't think.

[1:03] Jess: No, that was fun though. That was somewhere in there. But today we are going to be doing Rent characters. So we are diving into the wacky world of Rent. And instead of like our usual fare, um, we're gonna choose a mystery setting.

[1:18] Andrew: Alright, uh what kind of character are we? Um, I want to be a detective. I want to be a detective.

[1:22] Jess: What's our character's name? What if we make it Benny? What if we just make us Benny? We're trying we're trying to figure out who killed our own dog.

[1:31] Andrew: Yeah, that's the mystery, right? Who killed Benny's dog?

[1:34] Jess: Alright, they're generating the story. Okay. You are Benny. Uh, hold on. Uh, a landlord.

[1:40] Andrew: You got it. I wanna am I uh you used to be able to edit these, right?

[1:44] Jess: Oh, edit right there. Um, uh not that. Um, so I'm gonna oh, why won't you let me?

[1:50] Andrew: You can't edit.

[1:51] Jess: No, I can.

[1:52] Andrew: Alright, we are Benny, uh landlord living—Jeez, you can't spell landlord.

[1:56] Jess: Yeah, this is getting hard. Living in New York City. You have a uh pistol and a police badge.

[2:03] Andrew: What can we call it? Um, oh boy, he doesn't have a pistol. He's got a coat.

[2:07] Jess: You have a coat and a Range Rover.

[2:13] Andrew: Yes. Those are the one those are the two things we know Benny has from it. And a Range Rover.

[2:19] Jess: Um, badge.

[2:21] Andrew: No badge, he doesn't get a badge. You enter uh the industrial loft.

[2:26] Jess: Oh, industrial loft, that's good. Where you believe the criminal or criminals or criminals you're searching for fled to.

[2:35] Andrew: Okay, that's good. That's good, that's good. Can we retry for this one and just see what they what they do for us?

[2:40] Jess: I want to finish the rest of the sentence. Suddenly you see uh we're just gonna get rid of that and see.

[2:45] Andrew: Alright, you are Benny, a landlord living in New York City. You have a coat and a Range Rover. You enter the industrial loft where you believe the criminals or criminal the criminal or criminals you're searching for fled to.

[2:55] Jess: Suddenly, alright. What do we do? Let's see, let's see. What if we say draw a line in the sand and then make a sand?

[3:02] Andrew: Um, yeah, I guess that's good. That's good. Because I mean, really, we're confronting we're confronting them about this, right?

[3:07] Jess: Yes, yes. They killed our dog. Benny decides to draw a line in the sand. It's a good idea. He stands in the middle of the house drawing a straight line with a pencil on the ground.

[3:15] Andrew: Let's enter the um, alright. How about we just enter the loft?

[3:19] Jess: Uh, yeah, let's just go right on in and just go in.

[3:22] Andrew: Wait, we have a yeah, we have a key, because we're we are the way. We can just get in.

[3:26] Jess: As you walk through the loft, you notice the place hasn't been disturbed. It looks lived in. There are pictures on the wall. The table in the middle of the room is set for two.

[3:34] Andrew: Oh, I think we know what two what two we're eating up.

[3:37] Jess: Is it Mark and Roger? Let's just let's just have him say, Mark and Roger were here recently.

[3:43] Andrew: Oof. Mark and Roger were here recently.

[3:47] Jess: Yeah, yeah. This is good. This is good. We're getting right into business here. It's coding. It's trying to figure this out. It's it's really it's it programming Mark and Roger's brains into the AI.

[4:00] Andrew: So they're getting added. Or it just gave up like what I see what you're doing. No, you're not allowed to do that.

[4:07] Jess: Benny, Mark, Roger? Hey, you can't do this again. Not Rent. I'm not doing Rent. I give up. Uh what do we do?

[4:15] Andrew: I'll try editing it.

[4:16] Jess: Oh no. The AI has actually given up on us. It saw that we were doing Rent and didn't like it.

[4:21] Andrew: Can we can we just uh back out and come back? Let's refresh.

[4:24] Jess: Oh no, it's gonna start over.

[4:27] Andrew: Okay, no, no. Okay. So he sips.

[4:30] Jess: Okay. And he looks around the room for any signs that these people were here recently.

[4:33] Andrew: He finds nothing, so he decides to ask.

[4:36] Jess: You for directions to the bathroom.

[4:39] Andrew: How no.

[4:41] Jess: He finds nothing except a dog collar on the ground.

[4:46] Andrew: Oh shoot.

[4:47] Jess: So this is this is uh um she's already been there.

[4:49] Andrew: Yeah, she's basically.

[4:50] Jess: Yeah, Angel has already arrived. Say aloud.

[4:54] Andrew: Or or take the dog collar in your hand.

[5:00] Jess: Okay. This isn't gonna end with Benny just murdering all of the cast of Rent.

[5:05] Andrew: I really in Pride Month, Jess.

[5:07] Jess: In Pride Month. We really can't do that, I don't think. The collar is made of cheap rest.

[5:14] Andrew: That's gotta mean so Oh no.

[5:17] Jess: The collar is made of cheap plastic. The words on the front say Roger's dog.

[5:21] Andrew: That's gotta mean something. We need to find out what.

[5:26] Jess: Wait, so were they planning on kidnapping the dog and and something went wrong?

[5:30] Andrew: Yeah, maybe. What does Benny do?

[5:32] Jess: Uh we need to look for where they might have gone. Like, so let's look for curs for clues.

[5:37] Andrew: Search loft for clues.

[5:40] Jess: Clues as to where they went. I mean, we gotta be more specific, right?

[5:44] Andrew: Well, let's just see what happens when you say search loft for clues.

[5:47] Jess: Search loft for indications that people who use this place a lot as a hideout recently. Find a few receipts on a desk, a few worn out pictures of a happy family.

[5:55] Andrew: No, that's Mark's family, right?

[5:57] Jess: Mark's uh say out loud white family.

[6:00] Andrew: That's Mark's that's Mark's middle class family.

[6:03] Jess: White middle class family who he hates. He still would have a picture of them though, right? And he doesn't know how good he has it.

[6:18] Andrew: Okay, okay. Okay we didn't find any real clues here. This is not helping us at all.

[6:23] Jess: Benny looks at the picture. There's Mark, Roger, and a family with two children.

[6:27] Andrew: Ooh. Wait a second. So Roger knows uh Mark's family?

[6:30] Jess: Okay. Wait a second.

[6:36] Andrew: Question mark. Exclamation point. This is adding some serious lore to the Rent story, I think.

[6:44] Jess: What the fuck?

[6:47] Andrew: I we need to retry that. That doesn't make any sense.

[6:50] Jess: Just hit retry. Like just just do give us something else.

[6:54] Andrew: Yeah, we're not reading that one. That one doesn't make any sense. Confused.

[7:00] Jess: You are Benny.

[7:01] Andrew: I'm so confused.

[7:03] Jess: This program doesn't know if you are the main character or if you're like a character that walks around with the main character.

[7:10] Andrew: Can't tell sometimes. What is it? Why don't we just move on?

[7:13] Jess: Because I I don't think it's important. Leave the loft to search.

[7:19] Andrew: Oh wait, I know where we're going. Leave loft.

[7:22] Jess: You know they went to Maureen's protest.

[7:27] Andrew: That's what you know what? That actually makes perfect sense. Leave it.

[7:31] Jess: Maureen protest is in the tent city.

[7:35] Andrew: I must go there to find Mark and Roger.

[7:39] Jess: Okay. Yeah, that makes sense. Keep it the Rent lore.

[7:44] Andrew: Benny nods. He knows Maureen has a tent in the protest camp.

[7:48] Jess: Okay, maybe we need to commit to the fact that we are just folks that are with Benny. A person with Benny in the side.

[7:55] Andrew: Benny, we're we're uh just we're we're on the road here. Come on, let's go, says Benny.

[8:01] Jess: Really think that they killed your dog.

[8:05] Andrew: You really think that they killed your dog, Benny? Why do they think that we are someone with Benny when we decided at the beginning that we were Benny?

[8:13] Jess: No, but we have to find out for sure.

[8:15] Andrew: We?

[8:15] Jess: That's right, we we smile back. Alright, we're with Benny on this case.

[8:21] Andrew: Yo, not only are we like now just with him, now there's like a sexual tension a little bit here.

[8:29] Jess: Are we wait? Are we falling in love with Benny?

[8:34] Andrew: I stare into Benny's eyes. You know, I kinda I kinda like this the direction this is going.

[8:41] Jess: Yeah, me too. We were lost for a bit. You and Benny enter the tent city of New York. It's loud, dirty, crowded. There are lots of people milling around.

[8:49] Andrew: Okay. Oh the so far, are we Mr. Gray? This makes a lot of sense, actually. You and Benny can't see very far.

[8:57] Jess: Yeah, we can't see very far. Um, who's who is Benny's Benny has a uh or does he not have a girlfriend? I can't remember.

[9:03] Andrew: He has a wife. Remember his father in law, but we're not his wife. We are definitely a side piece.

[9:09] Jess: You really think so?

[9:10] Andrew: That's fair. That's fair. Yeah, because he literally just cheats on his wife and or Mimi at the drop of a hat.

[9:16] Jess: Okay. Wait, what if we're Mimi?

[9:18] Andrew: No, we gotta introduce Mimi. Um, why don't we do and we'll look for Mimi?

[9:23] Jess: Is that what we were looking for? How about this? Um do um, how about we ask Benny what where do you think they'd be in this crowd?

[9:30] Andrew: Yeah, that's a good that's a good you think they'd be in this crowd. You should say Benny because I feel like this thing will get confused instantaneously.

[9:39] Jess: Hey Benny.

[9:41] Andrew: Hey Benny, where do you think they'd be in this crowd? We we have to do our best to not confuse the AI dungeon master here.

[9:48] Jess: Let's get a little closer and we'll see if we can get a read on their positions.

[9:52] Andrew: You and Benny walk through the crowd.

[9:54] Jess: Okay, that's fine. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um suddenly we bump into...

[9:56] Andrew: We'll do story. We should do story for this one.

[10:01] Jess: Yeah, story. Suddenly, we bump into a skinny, skinny woman named Mimi wearing a tight skirt and a flirty expression.

[10:14] Andrew: Okay. Benny, Benny recognizes her.

[10:19] Jess: Okay. That's good. She would know where Mark and Roger are as well.

[10:22] Andrew: Yes. She works at Rogers—Nope, nope, nope, nope. She works at—She knows Roger.

[10:27] Jess: The Cat Scratch Club and is currently dating Roger.

[10:33] Andrew: There we go. That's good. That's good. You say, Hey, hi, Mimi. How's it going?

[10:36] Jess: Mimi giggles and walks away.

[10:38] Andrew: See, Benny says.

[10:41] Jess: Wait, I mean, Benny, that makes a little sense. Benny has like a thing with her, right?

[10:46] Andrew: A little bit. Also, isn't wouldn't she laugh at Benny because she thinks he's a joke?

[10:50] Jess: He likes sold out.

[10:51] Andrew: Yeah. So Mimi giggles and walks away.

[10:54] Jess: Then Benny says, see, I told you we dated.

[10:58] Andrew: Okay. You um well follow me. Yeah, we we need to do. We need to follow Mimi and ask her where Roger is. Into the crowd. Yeah, there we go. There we go. I'm waiting for like the moment that changes the story, like hardcore. I'm waiting for the the oh no, Zoe's dead. There's no time to respond. Okay. Um can we talk to Mimi? We should say a ask Mimi where Mark and Roger are. Like the whole this whole thing we're trying to find them. Ask Mimi if she knows where Mark and Roger are.

[11:31] Jess: Okay. Sure, I do. They're just over here, closest to the protest. I mean that makes sense. They're probably like helping set it up. Thanks, you say. You think you killed my dog?

[11:42] Andrew: Sure. You know what? That's like blunt, and I kind of feel like that's in character. I maybe I'm wrong. Okay. Well yeah, we should yeah, you say say, can you walk us to Mark and Roger? You take us to them. Want to ask them a few We just want to talk. We just want to talk. We're not even upset. I mean it's just a dog, you know. We didn't love it or anything. Mimi just being like, sure they did. Of course. Sounds like something they do.

[12:16] Jess: Oh shit. Mimi smiles seductively. I'd love to, she says.

[12:20] Andrew: Oh. Okay. Let's say Mimi takes you backstage into a dark room. There are no windows. Oh shit. It's completely dark. She says you'll have to wait here until it's time for the protest to be in. I'll let them know you're here. Thanks. Okay. Well, I we should just we should snoop around a little bit. See if there's anything in the ring. Around the room for clues.

[12:46] Jess: Oh, oh, we got something. You decide to use the time to investigate the backstage area. There are a bunch of costumes hung up on hooks. Apparently the performers change in this part of the club. Oh, I know what happens next. Okay. We gotta meet uh. Maureen. Maureen Johnson, Mark's ex-girlfriend. Very important that X part there. Enters dressed as a cow. She recognizes Benny. Benny immediately, and her face goes sour.

[13:15] Andrew: How's that? Yeah, that's good. Imagine if Benny actually showed up backstage at Maureen's protest. She'd probably like kill him. And have no no regrets about it at all. Benny, I thought you were dead. How did you find us?

[13:28] Jess: Benny Stro God. We re-re re redo this. We're not this is not a that's not happening.

[13:33] Andrew: Benny shrugs. I got lucky. What'd you do with Mark?

[13:36] Jess: I kinda like that though. Hang on a second though. Is this a Benny? I thought you were dead happy, or is she upset about it? Say Maureen. Why'd you think Benny would be dead? Why did you think Benny would be dead?

[13:51] Andrew: What if the dog was uh an accident and there was a real target to kill Benny? That makes sense. They wouldn't have to pay rent. They wouldn't have to pay their rent anymore. Wait a what the fuck happened? I thought he was dead too. It was a close call. We were so out of it when we got out of the boat. We'll just do that. This is uh this one doesn't make any sense.

[14:10] Jess: Maureen looks down unsure. Oh no reason, she replies. Not suspiciously at all. Push do we want to push her on this or do we want to because I mean we might hit a dead end here and she might not. Let's push her um let's push her, say threaten threaten me, Maureen.

[14:29] Andrew: Yeah, not me. By saying we will shut down this entire protest unless you tell us where Mark and Roger are.

[14:40] Jess: Yeah, that's good. That's good. Oh shit. You wouldn't hit hurt a kid, Benny. Not you, and not me either. You can search every inch of the backstage area, but I guarantee them Mark and Roger aren't here. As if my Q, Mark and Roger enter.

[14:55] Andrew: That's good. Mark and Roger. Oh, they should come in with m with uh Mimi. Enter. Mimi on Roger's arm. She literally went to go get them. Yeah. Alright, let's see what you got. You say, Oh look, Mark and Roger. We've been waiting for you. They look at you confused. They don't know who we are.

[15:14] Jess: Um, okay, so Benny. What does Benny say to them? Benny asks calmly. Mark, Roger. Show them the the tag. Show him the little the dog tag that they he found too. You did you kill my dog as Benny holds up the dog collar found at their industrial loft?

[15:35] Andrew: Yeah, okay Maureen gasps. Benny, you know that wasn't Roger. It was me. I took the collar from the loft after the break-in.

[15:44] Jess: Wait. Is Maureen just really dumb? Because we weren't asking about the collar. We were asking about if the Who killed the dog.

[15:53] Andrew: No, I did it, said Mark. Of course, Mark Mark is gonna like white knight his friends. I always hated that dog. Throws himself under the bus for everybody. And Roger screams, no, it was me. This is a waste of time, Benny says. I want to hear what what happens next.

[16:12] Jess: You say, what are you two talking about? Mimi smiles and Benny and I are just talking, aren't we, Benny? Oh. Benny's gotta look really upset at this point, because they're wasting his time. Benny punches a hole in the wall. Oh shit. In the wall. Damn it. I asked a simple question. Who killed my dog?

[16:32] Andrew: Yeah, this is good. This is getting it's getting there. What do they say? Maureen says, I think we should get out of here. She nudges you. Come on, you fall more Nope, nope, nope. Yeah, re-retry, just retry that. Yeah, see if we can get something better.

[16:44] Jess: M Mimi looks around anxiously. Benny, calm down. We'll get to the bottom of this. Where were you? Where was your dog killed? Where was your dog killed?

[16:53] Andrew: Benny looks at the ground and says, At my apartment. It barked itself to death.

[16:59] Jess: Perfect. Perfect. Um, say there were drumsticks. There were drumsticks left at the scene. The crime. You turn to Mark and Roger. Did you eat drumsticks at the industrial loft? They both nod. Maureen shouts, you two bastards were loving this all this time. I thought you hated each other.

[17:20] Andrew: Maureen. Dude, this thing has no fucking clue what's happening. You need to leave. Did you eat the drumsticks? Maureen, you need to leave. Maureen seems to be the only one not understanding what's going on. I feel like that's also in character. Maureen looks at you angrily and says, move for me. Move for me.

[17:44] Jess: Oh no, Mark and Roger are gonna be alright. We need to wrap this up soon.

[17:51] Andrew: Yeah, that's true. That's true. I feel like we need a like a noir ending. Like Benny has to die, you know. I know how what's gonna happen. A gunshot goes off. Benny falls to the ground. You turn. You turn and see uh woman in a Santa Claus outfit.

[18:08] Jess: We all knew it was coming. We all knew it was coming. Her name is Angel. Do we beg for our lives? You've seen her around, but never thought much. Mark and Roger should uh welcome Angel as well. Benny falls to the ground. Benny bleeds on the ground, bleeds.

[18:25] Andrew: Yeah. On the floor. Okay. The gunshot goes off. Benny falls to the ground. You turn and see a woman in a Santa Claus outfit. Her name is Angel. You've seen her around, but never thought much. Benny bleeds on the floor. You ask her. Um what the fuck? You ask her. What happened? Why did you do that? Why did you shoot Benny? What are Mark and Roger thinking about this as well? You know? All according to plan.

[18:50] Jess: Okay. Angel. Okay, so story. Mark and Roger high five. Mark and Roger high five. I mean, that seems like something they do, right? Let me refresh real quick. Alright, Mark and Roger, high five. Here's the question. Do you do we die? Yes, we have to. Mark and Roger high five. Let's see what you play some play some like uh jazz uh noir music in in this episode.

[19:14] Andrew: Hahaha. We always knew we were smarter than everyone else. Holy shit. They literally, it's it's the show. They did the show. We always knew we were smarter than everyone else. Angel turns to us and asks, why did you have to get involved? You didn't have to die tonight.

[19:35] Jess: Oh shit. Hahaha. We always knew we were smarter than everyone else. You say, yeah, but he's my dog. I was responsible for bringing him here, and I failed. She says. Oh. She says, good night. Well, today for you. Tomorrow for me. That's perfect. Angel says, Today for you, tomorrow for me. Let's see what you got there, AI dungeon.

[19:57] Andrew: She disappears. Disappears. You say, Ben, you'll be okay. Mark and Roger laugh hysterically at me and he starts crying. I feel like you could just end it here. That's perfect.

[20:10] Jess: Suddenly, the room is pitch black. Suddenly the room is pitch back black. Go to turn it on line when suddenly there's a blinding flash when your vision clears. You see the entire world is on fire. You die peacefully. Yo we fucking shit. Only logical ending. Some new R music, please.

[20:33] Andrew: So what did we learn from here, Angel? Summarize the story we just told here. Ha ha ha. We always knew we were smarter than everyone else. Very in character for them. Mark and Roger uh put out a hit on Benny using Angel. Angel killed the dog first, and Benny investigated the dog's murder, leading him directly into Angel's trap. Um, but sadly, we had to get involved as well. Um, you know, we just couldn't couldn't keep our noses out of everyone else's business, and we went down. We went to hell.

[21:06] Jess: I just like that we are in hell at the end. I do love the the little detail of Mimi crying when Benny dies. That is a good detail. It's a good one. What should we do an AI dungeon on next time? Why don't you guys let us know over on the twitter dot com? And we'll see you next time on Musical Switchies AI Dungeons.