Spaceship and the Canadian Wildfire Rescue - A Bedtime Adventure

0:05 Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world. I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's bedtime stories. Tonight's episode is about something that's been on my mind lately. As many of you know, I live in Ontario, Canada, and if you've been watching the news or possibly have been impacted by poor air quality due to a whole bunch of fire smoke coming from Canada, then you know that there's a whole bunch of forest fires in Canada right now. I have even had people from Australia, the US, and the UK reach out to make sure I'm okay and staying away from the fires. So I'd like to start by assuring everyone that I'm actually very far from them.

0:56 Ontario is really, really big. It's about twice the size of Texas, and most of the fires are pretty far northwest of where I am, so you don't have to worry about me, but you know I am worried about many people who are a lot closer to them and who have been impacted by those fires. And yeah, I don't know if I have any listeners up there, but if I do, I'm really thinking about you guys. I hope everything's Okay. Tonight's episode is certainly sort of a fantasy based episode, asking the question of, you know, if we really did have a magical spaceship or other powers from the podcast, how would we possibly help in this situation?

1:42 And well, in reality, there are no magical solutions in the podcast, there are and hopefully it doesn't hurt anything to use our imaginations and you know, imagine ourselves helping out. So that's what we're going to do tonight, and we are going to open up the story verse and bring in different versions of you from a whole bunch of different universes. Spaceship, Dragon Knights, Kid Wizard, I haven't seen Kid Wizard in a while, Quantum, and who knows what else.

2:19 Before we do that, there's just a few shoutouts. I want to give, first of all, shout out to all of the firefighters and personnel who are actually working on fighting these fires. I'm sure many of you have you left your families to go off and battle these things, and that's really really appreciated. I'm honestly not sure if I have any listeners who have firefighting family members, but we're thinking about you if we do. I also want to give a few shoutouts to some new Patreon people here.

2:55 First of all, thank you to THEO from Grant's or again for signing up to Patreon. I really really appreciate that. And next up, thank you to Caden and Skuyler for supporting me on Patreon as well. All of your support keeps the podcast alive and it's really really appreciated. But now it's time to get onto the story. After a possible word from a possible sponsor. If you're not listening on Patreon, of course, close your eyes, get as comfy as you can in that bed, and imagine yourself doing what the kid in the story does. Imagine yourself waking up on spaceship alert Alert Alert alert. Huh what is it, spaceship, you say, as you sit up in your bed and swing your legs over the side. I ambracive important news

4:01 from Earth. It seems that Canada is experiencing a major wildfire season. As of today, nine hundred and fifty active wildfires are burning across the country. Many of them have spread across the vast boreal forest. Some provinces, such as Ontario, have been hit particularly hard, though there are fires in many provinces. Ah that doesn't sound good. Anything we can do to help, I believe so. Setting a course now, instant transportation systems activated. In the blink of an eye, spaceship disappears from where it was in space and reappears high above the earth over top of North America. You sit down in the pilot's seat and well carefully steer the ship through the atmosphere below the clouds until you

5:15 see huge plumes of smoke and fire rising up from the ground. The fires look huge. How can we help with something like this? And how did this even start? You ask? Well to answer your second question. First, most of the fires have started by lightning, a natural occurrence, though some have been caused by people. In answer to your first question, on top of our advanced technology, we have the ability to mimic other firefighting equipment. I thought it could be a good idea to learn some of the options. The main display lights up with a number of different blueprints. Option one heavy lift firefighting helicopter. These machines are very precise. You can scoop water from almost any nearby lake or river and drop it exactly where needed.

6:28 The downside is you carry much less water than the airplane equivalents, so many trips are needed. The helicopter disappears from the display and is replaced by a sleek, twin engine airplane. Option two the air tractor water bomber. Fast, agile and excellent for smaller fires or protecting individual buildings.

7:01 It carries more water than the helicopter, but less than larger bombers. The ship disappears and is replaced by a larger one. A huge red and white aircraft glides into view. Option three the Canadair CL four one five, one of the world's most famous water bombers. Designed in Canada. It is capable of skimming across the surface of a lake, scooping up thousands of leaders of water in only about twelve seconds, and being back over the fire moments later.

7:46 It is larger than other aircraft and needs bigger lakes and more room to maneuver, but when it comes to fighting large forest fires it is one of the best machine ever built. The plane disappears from the screen and is replaced by another enormous aircraft. Option four a large air tanker. Air tankers carry huge amounts of fire retardant.

8:17 This slows the spread of flames instead of putting them out directly. Very effective for building protective lines of fire. However, you must return to an airport to reload. Water cannot be scooped from lakes. All those all look pretty cool, but it seems to me that the COL four fifteen is the right choice. I believe you are correct transformation initiated.

8:53 What do you mean transformation, you ask, as the entire spaceship starts to glow around round you slowly and starts to change shape. Huge wings stretch out to the sides, wings with very large propellers. Before long, you find yourself sitting in well a high tech equivalent of the CL four fifteen, almost a mix between your spaceship and this particular aircraft. Now, in order to help fight the fires, we will need to start by scooping up some water.

9:38 I have located a nearby lake that should be large enough, spaceship says, displaying a lake on the map ahead of you. You grab a hold of the controls and carefully steer the plane down into the right until you see the lake directly in front of you. Now the goal is to scoop the water up. No need to lose major momentum.

10:07 I will open the water airtakes when needed. You carefully fly down towards the lake. As soon as you pass the layer of trees, you drop lower and lower until the airplane begins to skim the surface of the water. Water intakes opening ten percent, twenty thirty, forty fifty, sixty, seventy eighty ninety one hundred percent, closing water intake, pull ship up. You pull back on the steering weel, and the ship lifts up off of the water again. All right, now what you add? Ask? Now we put out some flames.

11:04 I have put a suggested path on the map. The goal is to whet the area just in front of the active flames in order to slow the fire. Warning there are other aircraft active in this area. Careful, I will take care of communication with the other aircraft and ensure we are coordinating appropriately. Simply follow my direction. You follow the arrow on the map to the exact area where spaceship wants you to drop the water. Hit the button on my mark three two one drop. You hit a button on the controls, and suddenly thousands of leaders of water from the belly of the plane, putting out some of the flames below and while instantly soaking the area ahead. Very good. Now we must repeat many many times.

12:17 You carefully circle the plane around, baim for the water again, and repeat the same process, diving down to skim the surface of the water, filling the tanks, pulling up and dropping the water ahead of the fire. At the same time, you see other planes and helicopters doing the same. Clearly, what you're doing is putting a big dent in the fire, getting it under control. However, the fire's just so incredibly big, almost unfathomably large, Spaceship, I don't feel like we're doing enough.

13:06 This is working, but it's not working as fast as i'd like. That is an excellent observation. Perhaps we could use some additional help. Okay, what exactly do you have in mind? Well? I have been skimming the multiverse for different versions of you. While some of them are completely useless for fighting fires, others prove very useful. A surprising number of versions of you have access to dragons. For instance, Really, there's versions of me that have dragons. Yes. For example, on an Earth that I have labeled dragon Knight Earth, there is a version of you who found a small elemental dragon hatchling. The dragon is capable of controlling all different elements, including water and fire. Uh okay, well that

14:18 could be useful. How will we get them or me here? You ask? I will simply modify the ship's portal to interface with other universes. I have done it before. All right, Well, any other useful versions of me out there? Yes? Several? In another universe one I believe you have interacted with before, one I label the Cards of Power Universe. You have access to a number of powerful cards, each one containing a creature, sure or power. Many of these would be quite useful for fighting fires. Okay, well that's a good option.

15:10 What else you got in another version? One I call kid Wizard? You the kid Wizard are capable of various different magical abilities. I believe you would be quite useful here. All right, perfect, pencil that one into any anything else? Yes, there is one more version of you that I believe would be useful in this scenario. In the quantum universe, there is a version of you that came into contact with a quantum computer rather than a spaceship. This computer was capable of building all sorts of different contraptions from all sorts of different universes. You have developed a large number of high tech gadgets and technology that I believe could be used here. All right, well, what are we waiting for? You ask, very good question. I believe, however,

16:25 we will need slightly more room. The ship pulls up into the air, high above the clouds, and well begins to transform again. The ship does something that a normal Canadian water bomber can't do. The wings tilt upward, the propellers expand into what can only be considered well small helicopter blades, and the ship starts to hover. Then the entire thing starts to glow a bright blue color, and well grow larger and larger until the back of the ship has a very very large cargo area. A slot in the bottom of the ship slides open, and a huge circular portal pops up out of it. The portal lights up first a blue color, the one you're used to before, transforming into more of a kind of purple. Then, one by one, different versions of use step out. The

17:48 first one is wearing some kind of armor armor with multiple colored different veins coursing through it. The individual looks exactly like you, though possibly a little more battle weary, and just behind This particular version of you steps a gigantic black dragon with veins of all different colors as well. Hi, you say, Hi. The other version of you replies, oh, Hi there, The dragon says, I was told we were coming to help with some sort of fire or something.

18:37 I love doing that. The dragon, whose name is apparently Ellie, says. The force field flashes and another version of you steps out, a version wearing well clothes that look kind of old timy, kind of like a tunic, And this version has a little black dragonling sitting on its shoulder. A. Hey, we're here to help fight the fire. We in the right place.

19:12 The dragon ling says, yeah, just step over there, you suggest. The portal flashes again, and out of its steps or flies another version of you, only this one is standing atop what looks to be a floating skateboard and carrying a large wizard staff in their hand. Hi, if you're here to fight the fire, you're in the right place.

19:46 Just move along over there, you say. The portal flashes again, and a gigantic mechanical creature steps through. You soon see that it's being piloted by well another version of you, one that looks a lot closer to the you that you are used to. The portal shuts off and sinks back down into the floor. All right, everyone, different versions of myself, thank you for coming from your various universes, and you know, putting your own battles on pause. I hear a lot of you have a lot going on.

20:36 They all seem to nod an agreement with that. Anyways, in my particular universe, there's quite a few forest fires going on right now. I called you all here because we're well having trouble putting them out by ourselves, and sometimes you just need a little help, you know. I think with all of the powers I'm told you have, we should be able to put a big dent in this thing without any trouble at all, as long as you guys are ready to do it. The version of you carrying the wizard staff puts up their hand. Yeah, you me, whoever you are. I'd just like to say that we're happy to be here, and well, if I can ever help myself out, I like to do so.

21:32 So just point us in the direction of the fire and let's get going. You walk up to the back of the ship and press a button near the back hatch. The hatch opens up, revealing a huge forest fire spreading down below the fires that way, you say, as all of the other versions of yourself peek over the edge and take a look. That is a big fire. Nah, nothing I can't handle, Magnus says, as the little dragonling flies down to the ground and starts to grow larger and larger and larger, until he himself is a gigantic black dragon with veins of what look like pure sunlight energy or something like that. At the same time, his partner's chest begins to glow, and instantly high tech armor appears around his body. The two of them jump out

22:47 of the back of the plane and heads straight down towards the fire. As they fall, streaks of light shoot out in all different directions, and each one forms itself into a different creature. One becomes a large blue dragon, laying almost as big as Magnus, another becomes some sort of fire panda, another transforms into a gigantic dingo if you're not wrong, and another becomes a nine tailed fox with all sorts of elemental powers. Next, the kid Wizard flies out of the back with his skateboard. Instead of heading down to boards the ground, he flies up through the clouds and the clouds start to follow him, forming thicker and thicker layers before looking like they're about to rain. Next, the Quantum version of you leaps out of the back

24:02 of the plane in their high tech mech suit, both arms loaded with what look like freeze cannons. You're pretty sure they're freeze cannons, but your suspicions are confirmed when they immediately begin to blast the area in front of the fire, causing lines of ice to appear on the ground. And last, the dragon Night version of you, still covered and some very magical looking armor, climbs atop the Dragon and shoots out of the back of the ship as well.

24:40 You immediately run towards the control seat Once again, spaceship, why didn't we just use freeze cannons? Excellent question. Primarily I was hoping you would learn the way water bombers work. Now that you have done so, I am happy to provide higher tech options. Freeze cannons arming now all right, perfect, and honestly, maybe we're better if we lose the propellers for something higher tech two and maybe faster understood. The propellers start to glow and are soon replaced by jet engines.

25:27 The wing shift back towards their forward position, and you head down towards the fire once again. You watch as the other versions of You are quickly taking action. The sky above is getting darker and darker, and rain is starting to fall. Cards of power, You, along with a whole bunch of magical creatures, are making quick work of their section of the fire Magnus. The large blade dragon seems to be somehow absorbing the fire from all around himself straight into his body. He then unleashes a plume of fire, shooting straight up into the atmosphere. At the same time, the large water dragon that the kid manifested is spraying the whole place with plumes of water and ice.

26:29 The fire Panda is making its way through the forest, absorbing the fires it goes, and the nine tailed Fox is using various elements to put the thing out, splashing areas with ice and water, obviously, but also creating huge walls of earth to stop the fire from spreading. At the same time, the dragon Knight's version of You is using similar tactics. Watch as it dips down over a lake and the water follows it up into the air, crashing down with a huge splash before freezing in place.

27:13 Then it sends huge columns of earth up from the ground, stopping the fire from spreading any further in that direction. The Quantum version of you blasts the fire with ice, and the Wizard version of you descends from the sky as it begins to pour, and not just a little water either, a torrential down pour begins. Slowly, the fire has trouble continuing. The flames die down their path towards other unburned trees is cut off by columns of ice or earth. Not wanting to miss out on any of the action, you fly through the torrential downpour, maim your freeze cannons at a section of the forest that hasn't been touched yet, and blast away. Before long, you and well the other versions of you have created a perimeter

28:23 around one of the largest forest fires in the area, nowhere left for it to go, and the rain is slowly putting the thing out as well. You continue this pattern, moving from fire to fire until the sun begins to set and you and well the other versions of you start to look pretty tired. All right, everyone, we've done what we can do for one night. Let's take a break.

29:00 Everyone meet up in the sky. The wings of your plane tilt upward once again, allowing it to hover in the sky. You open the back hatch, and one by one, the different versions of you come in for a landing. First, the Cards of Power version of you, along with his dragon Magnus land inside. The dragon immediately shrinks down to his dragonling size, and the other cards accompanying you disappear and shoot back into your cardcore. The Dragon Knight's version of you lands next, followed by the huge mech and well last the Wizard Kid. Thanks again, everyone, I'm sure that made a big difference. Ah maybe you probably We want to sleep in your own beds tonight, so now thanks.

30:05 The portal rises up out of the floor, lights up with a bright red color, and one by one, the different versions of you, along with their dragons or mechanical technology, step through the portal and disappear. When they're all gone, you decide it's time to take a break as well. You head over to the couch, which is still off to the side in the large cargo bay area. You lay down on it, close your eyes, and with each breath you let go of a little bit of tension from your muscles, letting your bodies sink down into the mattress, and the more you breathe, the deeper you sink, and the deeper you sink, the better you feel, until slowly your mind begins to drift off to thoughts of new dreams and new adventures to come. Good Night, everyone, mun.

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