378. CK #16: Scumhive and Villainy

What If World - Stories for Kids

Eric O'Keeffe / What If World LLC

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It’s the final showdown: two squids, three kids, and a whole lot of slime! Can the Cryptid Kids save the pirate city of Scumhive and get back to their own timeline? Lessons include: Resilience is important, but so is knowing when to ask for help! This story is part of a Guilds & Goblins campaign, where What If World characters (and guests) play an original tabletop RPG for kids and families. Real-life dice rolls, usually with a 20-sided die, help us tell the story, along with your questions. Listen to episodes 327-328, 330-331, 341-342, 344-345, 354-355, 365-367, & 376-377, Cryptid Kids #1 to #15, to start from the beginning! Subscribe, Support the show, and get our new Yoto Cards! Want more kids podcasts for the whole family? Grown-ups, subscribe to Starglow+ here. Learn more about Starglow Media here. Follow Starglow on Instagram and YouTube Share questions with a grownup's help via email: [email protected] or voicemail: 205-605-WHAT (9428) Eric and Karen O'Keeffe make What If World. Our producer is Miss Lynn. Character art by Ana Stretcu, episode art by Lynn Hickernell, podcast art by Jason O’Keefe, and theme song by Craig Martinson.

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0:00.0	What if kittens played the Glockingfield?
0:07.0	And what if unicorns were real?
0:12.0	What if you could fly or travel back in time?
0:17.0	We welcome you to What If World.
0:24.6	What If World?
0:28.6	This is What If World.
0:35.6	Greetings Adventurers, and welcome back to Gilds and Goblins.
0:39.9	The What If World Show, where you are questions and ideas,
0:43.3	combined with a live in the moment dice rolls to bring you off-the-cuff adventures.
0:45.9	I'm Zach Jamaloo, your host and Guildmaster,
0:48.9	joined by my three players.
0:51.1	Scully the Squid, and my G&G character's name is a penny pasta. They're an Italian chef
0:59.3	and also a pasta-puss a noodle monster. Then there's me Lola Rabbit. I play Amara Stormtide,
1:06.6	an ocean dragon, well a little one really, but also a crack detective.
1:12.6	And finally, there's me Zizi, Zach's big sister, and my character's name is Stream,
1:19.3	the Unitar and Holografer, that's like a photographer, but with holograms that I can also bring to life.
1:28.6	Thank you for those quick introductions, because we have a lot to get through for our final
1:34.0	part of this three-part adventure.
1:36.8	If you haven't heard the last two parts, go give them a listen because the cryptid kids,
1:42.6	our three brave adventurers, are about to face the bone
1:47.2	crackin off the shore of the pirate city of Scumhaven.
1:51.7	Yes, indeed, they are sailing out onto the slime sea at the height of summer, while a
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