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Part 2 of Be a Goldfish - Small Podfics
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2026-02-08
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[Podfic] Squire Badger & The Cardinal

Summary:

It is alluded to in episode 2 of Mice and Murder that Squire Badger manipulated the Cardinal into sending Vicar Ian Prescott on a mission trip to Siberia, to get him away from Tufting Meadows and prevent him from publishing opinion pieces condemning his mills and practices as ungodly and immoral. I couldn't help but imagine what that conversation might have sounded like, and while I haven't finished the season yet (I'm sorry, I'm slow with media), it seems unlikely Brennan plays out this conversation between two NPCs. So I wrote it myself. The voice for Squire Brockhollow is certainly not the same as Brennan's, and while I could go back and try to get his word choice and intonation exactly right based on what's presented in the show, I almost certainly won't because this is a very short little fic of a very short little convo of very minimal importance.

A podfic of Gweb's fic "Squire Badger and the Cardinal"

Notes:

The author talks in first person in the summary, so I did read it out loud, but please know that the "I" there is Gweb, not me! This fic is deeply underrated, as in I'm literally the only kudos on it, and that's a shame. Mice & Murder is my favorite campaign, and it doesn't get nearly enough attention imo. This fic is such a fun exploration of the world, and there are so many interesting rhetorical choices here that absolutely achieve the objective, so definitely go check it out.
Thank you to Gweb for permission to podfic this!

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This podfic is available on Google Drive (mp3) or for streaming/download below:

Podfic length: 5:18

Word count: 798

Author's additional tags: Offscreen Conversation, filling in a blank, Just a small little scene, Unseen Setup, Alluded To Only, I just had this thought and really had to get it down, Non-Sexual

Author's note:

This of course contains minor spoilers for the season Mice & Murder of Dimension 20 - a single development revealed in episode 2 that (at least in the beginning of the season) has little bearing on the overall plot.

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