CRAIG DELIVERY_MAN DRONE MAYA XAVIER CRAIG previously on “craig of the creek!” CRAIG this is xavier, aka the red poncho. CRAIG these are the puzzle cubes, aka our map to the heart of the forest, aka the magical entity that will grant any kid their deepest desires. CRAIG if xavier finds the heart of the forest, he could ask it to make him king of the creek all over again. MAYA MAYA CRAIG but the last puzzle cube could’ve floated anywhere, thanks to maya chucking it into the creek. CRAIG where! is! the! cube?! XAVIER you… lookin’ for the last cube, too? CRAIG yeah… but the creek is so big, it feels impossible. XAVIER maybe it is for just one kid… but not for two? XAVIER truce? CRAIG this is a trick, right? XAVIER not a trick. a truce. to find the heart of the forest. what do you say? CRAIG a truce, after everything you did to me and my friends?! XAVIER look, i’m not thrilled to be doing this, either! just… do you wanna team up or not? CRAIG hmm… i dunno… how do i know i can trust you? XAVIER look! neither of us is gonna find the heart of the forest without the other’s pieces. and it’s not looking like either of us is gonna be able to find that last piece on our own. CRAIG mm, but how do i know you won’t just steal my pieces to get to the heart of the forest first? XAVIER let’s just help each other right now, and then burn that bridge when we get to it. CRAIG fine! but don’t think this means everything is cool between us. CRAIG so… truce? XAVIER truce it is. CRAIG XAVIER so… you, uh, wanna come over to my house? CRAIG uh… yeah. right now. XAVIER sooo… welcome to my room! as in, you’re welcome for the honor of being allowed to see it… cuz it’s awesome. XAVIER comes with your standard unlimited snacks, candy and soda. XAVIER and this is where i have been running my operation as the red poncho. i call it… the ponch-cave! CRAIG the what?! XAVIER i was kidding, that was a joke… XAVIER that’s not what i actually call it, of course. it’s actually called something cooler, like… the poncho computer! wait, no, no, no… the com-poncho! CRAIG CRAIG a slide the ferret poster… no… CRAIG slide the ferret comics?! CRAIG slide the ferret video games?! CRAIG no way. you even have the limited edition slide the ferret shoes from the slide the ferret movie?! XAVIER screen accurate. CRAIG you— you can’t like slide the ferret! because i like slide the ferret! and… and i don’t like you! but if you like something i like, then… then… then just— just stop it! XAVIER aww, relax, craig. you don’t have to like me to like my stuff… just ask anybody at the creek. XAVIER besides, we’re here to find the cube. XAVIER so, these are the areas i have searched, and all this over here… i have not. CRAIG hm, a map. i guess that’s pretty cool. XAVIER whoa! CRAIG i mean, it would be if it wasn’t missing like half the creek. look, there are some things you can’t see on a satellite map. XAVIER okay, creek geek, i see you. CRAIG creek geek? CRAIG eugh! XAVIER oh-ho! i’ve been waiting for this! dent my packages, will you? CRAIG what’re you doing? XAVIER watch this. DRONE human detected. engage candy cannons. DELIVERY MAN DELIVERY MAN XAVIER CRAIG before i ask why… how did you get that drone to do that? you didn’t use a controller or anything. XAVIER isn’t it great? i can program them to do whatever i want! XAVIER did you wash your blades? DRONE whoops. sorry. XAVIER i programmed you better than this. CRAIG xavier! if you could program the drones to go after people, then what about other things… like cubes? XAVIER i hadn’t thought of that before. probably because it didn’t directly cause pain and/or suffering to my enemies. CRAIG huh? XAVIER i think i can do it. let’s run a test. XAVIER we’ll use the hot tub and set it up like the creek. CRAIG once we get that prepped, i’ll use one of the cubes we already have and drop it into the hot tub. you think it’ll be deep enough? XAVIER should be, it’s an olypic-size hot tub. XAVIER now we just gotta hope that the targeting sub routines were coded correctly… XAVIER and the grabber i took off a claw machine is strong enough… and… DRONE target found. XAVIER gimme some! CRAIG XAVIER oooh! too slow, craig! CRAIG what now? XAVIER now… it’s on to the real show. XAVIER my drone legions will search every inch of the creek, while we just kick back and chill. CRAIG you knowww… we never really negotiated the terms of our truce. and a truce is kind of like a temporary friendship. and uh… friends let friends read their limited edition slide comics. XAVIER mmm, okay… under one condition. CRAIG wow. okay, turn. ha ha! okay, turn. whoa! wait, go back! XAVIER ugh. read a little faster please. CRAIG uh… can i just hold it please? XAVIER nuh-nuh-nuh-nope. CRAIG alright, turn. XAVIER the end! CRAIG that’s it?! XAVIER well… of issue one. i’ve got issue two over on that shelf. CRAIG oh, i gotta know what happens next! XAVIER wuh-wuh-wuh-wait! CRAIG pleeeeease? XAVIER okay, fine. my arms are getting tired anyways. CRAIG yesssssss. CRAIG um… i know we’ll probably go back to being enemies after this, so… i just wanted to say thanks for letting me hang out here. your room is real nice. XAVIER yup, i’ve got cool stuff. my best personality trait. that’s basically the only thing anyone ever likes about me. CRAIG i… i didn’t mean it like that. XAVIER trust me, craig. i don’t care, i’m used to it. XAVIER ha, when we first moved to herkelton mills, every kid at school wanted to come over to my house to hang out. i felt like the coolest kid in the cul-de-sac. but… it didn’t take long for me to realize what they were really coming over for. they liked my snacks, they liked my toys, but didn’t like me. CRAIG is that what it felt like when you were king? XAVIER don’t get me wrong, it was fun pitting kids against each other for squishers. but… it was also kind of lonely. CRAIG so why do you want to be king of the creek again? i assume that’s what you’re going to ask the heart of the forest. XAVIER i don’t know… i guess i want to be king again because having fake friends is better than having no friends. CRAIG you could have real friends, if you let people get to know you. XAVIER i’m not like you, craig. everybody wants to be your friend. you don’t even have to try. i guess i’m just different. being king is the closest i ever got to having friends. so that’s what i’m gonna ask for. CRAIG hm. XAVIER well??? CRAIG ah! what? XAVIER you gonna tell me what you’re gonna ask for? you’re spending all this time with me searching for the heart of the forest. why are you here? and why is your little posse not? CRAIG uh—mm… i-i’m gonna ask it to make sure that kelsey, jp, omar and i will be friends forever. that way, even when we’re all grown up and leave the creek, we’d never drift apart. XAVIER ohhhh! so you’re gonna make it so they can’t make new friends. i see. CRAIG what?! no! the way you say it makes it sound bad! i’d just make it so they wouldn’t wanna make new friends. XAVIER oh, yeah yeah! so you’d destroy the chances of them having fun with other people! i’ve been there, tried that. it’s a tricky balance. CRAIG i… uh… mm… XAVIER look… i’ll level with you, craig. maybe i don’t wanna be king. but i do want friends. and there’s just no way that’s happening without the heart of the forest. kenneth asked it for friends, and maybe… i can, too. XAVIER huh?! CRAIG it’s… CRAIG the cube!!! CRAIG there it is! XAVIER the cube!!! why can’t it just pull it out? CRAIG it’s stuck in that floating pile of muck! CRAIG oh no! it’s getting away! CRAIG get it! CRAIG xavier, it’s slipping! if it goes into the sewers, it’s gone! XAVIER i know, but i can’t hold the muck and grab the cube at the same time! CRAIG let me help. XAVIER what?! you?! these are my drones!!! CRAIG it’s now or never, xavier! XAVIER uhhhh… aw, fine! XAVIER i’m trusting you. don’t mess up. CRAIG i got it. CRAIG got the cube! XAVIER okay, i’m going to let go of the branch! CRAIG what?! XAVIER it’s the only way i can help you pull the cube free! CRAIG okay… XAVIER in three… two… one! gotcha! yeah! CRAIG yeah! for real this time? XAVIER for really reals! CRAIG you know, i hate to say it, but that was really cool. XAVIER yeah, yeah. you liked the comics, you liked the squishers, and the drones. CRAIG well, yeah. but also it was cool just hanging out. CRAIG so… who gets it? XAVIER you keep it… for—for now! good thing you listened to me though. i told you we needed a truce. CRAIG now we just need everyone back at the stump to agree to one, too. come on, let’s go! 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