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RQ Network Feed Drop – Gals & Goblins – Ep.1 All aboard the Owl Cat Bus
21 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the premise of 'Gals & Goblins' and who are the main characters?
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Hi everyone, it's Lowry, voice of Celia in the Magnus Protocol. Today we are sharing an exciting episode from one of the podcasts on the RQ network, Gals and Goblins. Gals and Goblins is an actual play TTRPG podcast that loosely follows the rules of Dungeons and Dragons and strictly follows the rule of cool. It's the first day of school!
In this first episode, titled All Aboard the Owlcat Bus, meet the gals, Sawyer Cinderfoot, Lily Persefield, Moraghan Starr, Maddy Lamb, Esther of House Ruadon, Campbell Duffy, and Beans, Olivia Rose McCain, as they embark on their first adventure together on their way to Frogmont Adventuring Academy for Young Women. Will they make it to Lorelei Village?
What will they encounter on their first adventure in the magical realm of Eldrevale? They don't know exactly what the future holds, but we can assure you there will be shenanigans and friendship galore. To listen to more brilliant episodes, search Gals and Goblins wherever you listen to podcasts. Click the link in the show notes or find more information at RustyQuill.com.
Have fun and enjoy the episode.
Welcome to Gals and Goblins, an adventure podcast that loosely follows the rules of Dungeons and Dragons and strictly follows the rules of cool. I am your Goblin Master, Jared Voswinkle, and with me are the gals, Lily Persefield.
Sawyer Cinderfoot, the future Arcano Ball champion of Frogmont Academy.
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Chapter 2: What challenges do the characters face on their way to Frogmont Adventuring Academy?
guess are there any just kind of whirl around and maybe like is there kind of like a bus stop that i can look behind so to describe it a little bit more the uh the entire like neighborhood is behind you so uh those little hobbit holes that are kind of cookie cutter houses almost so if something was watching you you would think the only way of cover would be from the houses behind you
Okay, weird. I guess I don't want to trespass, but can I just kind of creep up over there?
Yeah, so I'm going to say, so as you turn around, you see this large figure jumping from the tops of the houses, like the hills over, and you can't really see. But as it gets closer, you hear it is strong, and very agile, you see two floating, glowing orbs that are on this thing.
I'm gonna yell up at it. Hey, are you going to Frogmont too? I'm waiting for them to pick me up.
This thing like picks up speed and you also see that it has like wings on its back and you now see that it has these paws that are like a big cat and it has these talons that are like a bird coming out of it. And its face looks like a tawny owl and the glowing orbs are its eyes. And it has this kind look to its face, its little owl face. And on its back is this bus like thing.
And it gets it just jumps and jumps and jumps and jumps until it gets up next to you. And you see that. weirdly enough there is an inside to it that looks like a bus and there is a little goblin who has long pointy ears and a tiny nose and he has these thick glasses on his face that are like bottles basically um they pull up to the bus stop and he goes like like all aboard
Oh, hey, looks like you are going to Frogmont.
Yeah, get on in.
Thanks.
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Chapter 3: How does the Owl Cat Bus play a role in the adventure?
I can either choose the bus stop that's going to take me to Weaselby, where I would have to attend school for six years before being transferred to Valkyrie, where all of my 14 older siblings have gone.
you are completely alone on this dock and so do you walk up to the very carefully walk up to the frogmont one because i realized how rickety it is yeah so you walk up to it and the sign is at your feet and as soon as you get close to the edge this rush of wind goes over you as this giant owl cat
thing flies in front of you um circles around and then lands right in front of the dock and then you see a little goblin and a halfling inside and the goblin says uh fragment yes please all right get on in i step in uh y'all see each other now what are you
be going to Frogmont! Yes, hello.
Wow, I'm Sawyer. Nice to meet you. I'm Esther.
Nice to meet you too.
I bet you're so excited. I am too. And don't let my Letterman jacket freak you out. I'm sure they'll have a uniform for you. This is actually my mom's. It's a hand-me-down.
That's wonderful. Do you mind if I sit next to you? Oh yeah, sure, come on.
Okay.
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Chapter 4: What magical elements are introduced in the realm of Eldrivale?
And then it just kind of like nestles into your hand. And as it touches your hand, give me an arcana check.
13.
Okay. There's something... Obviously, there's something magical about this seed. You don't know what it is exactly yet, but it almost restores you a little bit. From your run, you know, you said that you were sweaty from running it. It kind of...
makes you less fatigued and as you're looking down at the seed you don't even notice that a giant owl uh cat bus has landed in front of you and there is now a halfling and now another elf right and uh a goblin in this bus and they're like you going to frogman i i look up from the little seed that i have definitely been staring at this entire time and go oh hi um hi uh frogman yes or no we hey we got a schedule to keep oh yeah
let me grab my backpack real quick okay uh are you is it on the ground or yeah i left it like you left it okay well we gotta go we you know what forget the backpack forget the backpack we gotta go all right get on okay you get on and now you see this halfling and this other elf
Another wug joins the bunch. Hi. Hi, I'm Sawyer. Hi, I'm Morrigan.
I messed up.
It's nice to meet y'all. Yeah, nice to meet you too. You can squeeze in on our bench if you want.
Okay, I walk over and I plop myself right in between them on top of both of their legs.
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Chapter 5: How do the characters interact with each other during their journey?
Yes, come here.
Hey, the sword flies in between your hands and then it like causes a fire like all the way up ahead and then it flies back in between y'all's hands. You guys, so you, like, grab onto each other? Yeah.
Okay, you pull beans into Sarah, and you all start flying away, and you immediately pull up and away from this figure, and as you guys look back, you see the sun touches this giant creature, and it, like, is staring up at Sarah and you guys, and it just, like, dissolves into dust as the sun touches it. Y'all are all on this bus now.
So that just happened. Morgan stands up from between the seats and goes, what just happened?
Beans is going to stand up, dust himself off and be like, thank you for grabbing me. And then look, he looks at his pocket. No, he doesn't. He doesn't have a pocket. In his fur pocket that he has. He pulls out a little journal and looks at it and is like, okay. And then puts it back and he goes, uh... Hello, my name Beans. What is... Hello. Hi, I'm Sawyer. Hello, Sawyer.
What's everybody else's name? I'm Morrigan. Morrigan, yes. Esther. Thank you, Esther. Thank you for... Your hands are very soft. Yeah, that was a good hustle, Esther. Thank you.
I'm still not quite sure what happened, but that's okay. Well, we got a new, long story short, we got a new passenger.
Our first heroic moment, I think, of the year, of our Frogmont career. Oh, that guy? Oh, yeah. I could have taken that guy.
Yeah, who was that guy?
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Chapter 6: What conflict arises with the barbarians in the tavern?
Sarah, does she have stealth mode?
Sarah, do you have stealth mode? Somebody give me a luck check.
Fuck it.
Doesn't matter.
Beans will do it. It's a nine.
Okay, Sarah gets hit one more time with the sword and Gilbo stands up and is like, I gotta get y'all out of here. It's my duty to take care of y'all and get y'all from point A to point B. We're gonna land over there.
at that little building and you guys see a building on the top of a hill that's covered in the sun already it's not like the there's gonna be no more shadows on it as the sun is coming up and he goes and then i'm gonna drop you off and then sarah and i will distract this guy how's that sound but what about sarah i thought we need a ride sarah's already taken a few hits i think we can take this guy you you train whole life yeah ask the train whole life
Yes. Oregon train the whole life? Yeah, sure. If we're talking arcana ball, I basically popped out of the womb.
Gilbo grabs beans and says, I'll distract them, make it to the coast, find Lorelei village. And then he shouts, all right, Sarah, we got to go. And then Sarah tucks in her wings and flies straight down towards this building and flings you guys out in front of this building and then flies up and away from you.
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Chapter 7: How do the characters work together to overcome their obstacles?
We ran into some trouble, and we just need some directions getting to Lorelai Village.
Yeah, well, I wish I could tell you where Lorelai Village is, but that village has been hidden for about 100 years.
Morgana runs right up to the barbarians and goes, hey, yo, you paying? And picks up her glass of ale.
The biggest one, like, turns and slowly looks at you with, like, the mean look.
While that's happening, can Beans look at the bag? Right? You said there was a bag.
Yeah. Give me an investigation check.
Yeah. Can he, like, do it stealthily? Yeah. Give me a stealth check. Yeah. 11.
Okay, I'm gonna roll for them. They also got an 11. Minus one. They're not very perceptive. They're not very wise. You can investigate. So you aren't seen. Give me investigation check.
11.
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Chapter 8: What surprising twist occurs at the end of the episode?
Like, can I do anything inside? I don't know. Is there anything I can do?
Yeah, sure. Give me an insight check.
On the lump in the bag? Yes, I'd like to do an insight check on the lump.
18 these are that lump these are i'm just gonna say this these are very rude men who are being super mean to this dragonborn lady and clearly like all of the bar like the in the tavern like hate these guys probably because they've been loud all night but these aren't good guys and in the bag
if he's protecting it you would assume that it's something that is they want to keep or they don't want to be out against them so maybe the enemy of my enemy is my friend or so to open it did you say sleight of hand or could i like muscle it open i'll say sleight of hand
in there oh it's a nine okay you uh start fiddling with this thing i'm gonna say uh give me another stealth check with disadvantage can i start talking to them he's been down there for a while so seven uh you feel this big meaty hand on your head boy what you doing down there meow
Whose cat is this?
That's mine, I'm so sorry.
He holds you up and he shakes you around a little bit.
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