๐พ Host: Basil – Commander of BBHQ, flak vest sharp, goggles polished, and 100% emotionally unfluffed. He’s here to ask the hard questions, audit the snack spiral, and finally get answers from Smooch.
๐ ️ Setting: BBHQ’s Control Room on Level One (currently running at 42% tactical efficiency, 18% biscuit residue, and broadcasting low-level operational hums that sound suspiciously like Parsley snoring)
๐พ๐พ Assisted by:
Parsley (still off-camera, sipping catnip cocoa from his ‘Parsley is still EPIC’ mug and attempting to toast waffles while nopawdy is watching - failing miserably)
A beige and green mop with magical sparkles (currently sulking in the corner, refusing to clean until its memoir hits Chapter Four: “Sanitation & Sass: The Mop Years”)

If mew missed the first epic episode, Commander Basil Unleashed, click here to catch up.
And here to read Episode 2 with Pandora, The Mop & The Bucket!
For Episode 3 featuring Parsley & The Brunch Singularity, click here.
Click here to catch up on: Fudge, His Magical Menagerie & The Tactical Biscuit Audit.
For Episode 7: Humphrey & The Quantum Biscuit Paradox, click here.
๐️ Behind the Floof: Episode 10
๐️ Smooch & The Snack-Scented Spiral: A Host’s Journey Through Podcast Presenting, Snappy Scrolls, Sass, and Sentient Cheese
๐คHost: Basil in full command mode, no glitter, no harp mewsic, just tactical scrutiny and clipboard realism.
๐ฅGuest: Smooch - the bunker’s least-regulated broadcaster, currently wearing a badge that says “Emotionally Available-ish” and a cloak that smells faintly of marshmallow regret - is in the hot seat, and we’re opening with the infamous bazooka-slug incident.
๐ถ Intro music: glitchy comms beeps, a disco remix of Thunder by AC/DC, and a faint purr-loop that may be emotionally unstable...
๐ค Basil (adjusting his mic, clipboard already bristling with notes):
Right. Let’s start with the obvious. Before we get into your so-called “snack-scented spiral,” mew need to explain why the P.A.’s vegetable garden is now a crater. I’ve got three memos, two complaints, and one very angry aubergine.
๐ฅ Smooch (grinning, not even pretending to be sorry):
Ah, yes. The slug situation. Tactical escalation. I requested beer and a saucer. I was given a bazooka. I adapted and went with the flow with the tools I had at paw.
๐ค Basil (flatly):
Mew adapted by launching a high-velocity explosive into a raised bed of courgettes.
๐ฅ Smooch:
They were compromised. The slugs had formed a committee. There were banners. One of them growled at me.
๐ค Basil (scribbling):
So, mew responded with bunker-grade artillery?
๐ฅ Smooch:
It was a controlled detonation. Parsley filmed it. The mop wept. Gregory filed a grievance titled “Emotional Collateral in Root Vegetable Warfare.”
๐ค Basil:
And the cheese?
๐ฅ Smooch (shrugging):
Collateral melt. The brie never stood a chance.
๐ค Basil (sighing):
Right. So that’s the slug incident. Now let’s talk about this so-called Snack-Scented Spiral. Nine episodes of bunker broadcasts, glitter cannon misfires, and emotionally compromised biscuits. What exactly were mew trying to achieve?
๐ฅ Smooch:
Connection. Chaos. Comfort. I wanted BBHQ to feel seen. Even if it was through a fog machine and a scroll that whispered, “Mew’re trying.”
๐ค Basil:
Mew hosted snack diplomacy with a vending machine that writes romantasy.
๐ฅ Smooch:
Chapter 13 was The Biscuit Betrayal. It moved me.
๐ค Basil:
Mew cried over a cupcake.
๐ฅ Smooch:
It had layers.
๐ค Basil (deadpan):
So do onions. I don’t interview those.
๐ฅ Smooch (smirking):
That’s why I’m here. Sass, scrolls, and sentient cheese. It’s been a journey.
๐ค Basil:
We’ll get to the cheese. But first, mew need to explain why the mop is narrating the romantasy in rhyming couplets.
๐ฅ Smooch:
It insisted. Said it was emotionally invested. Gregory’s proofreading. Vera Prime added footnotes in Comic Sans. And Vera 5.0 objected, saying that Times Roman was the correct font. They're currently negotiating.
๐ค Basil (pinching the bridge of his nose):
This is going to be a long interview.
๐ถ Musical Interlude: clipboard snaps, distant fog machine grumbles, and a biscuit whispering “I’m trying” from under the desk.
๐ค Basil (flipping a page, tone dry but surgical):
Right. So mew blew up the vegetable garden, cried over a cupcake, and hosted nine bunker broadcasts that ranged from glitter diplomacy to fog-based emotional sabotage. Let’s talk about the scrolls.
๐ฅ Smooch (adjusting his cloak, visibly bracing):
Ah yes. The scrolls. They started off whispering compliments. Then they unionised. Then one proposed to Melvyn in the Library Archive. I just tried to keep them emotionally stable and calm until Melvyn rescued me.
๐ค Basil:
Mew hosted a segment called Scroll Shenanigans & Archive Anxiety. That’s not a broadcast. That’s a cry for help.
๐ฅ Smooch:
It was a vibe. Parsley called it “therapeutic chaos.” Amber called it “a breach of protocol.” The mop called it “Chapter Two.”
๐ค Basil (scribbling):
Let’s move on to the cheese. Episode 6. Posie floated in from the Rainbow Realm and mew cried into a biscuit labelled “Nope Not Today.” Then mew described cheese as emotionally porous.
๐ฅ Smooch (nodding solemnly):
The brie knew things. I was making a toasty sandwich, it judged me. I felt seen.
๐ค Basil:
Mew’re telling me a dairy product triggered a spiral?
๐ฅ Smooch:
It whispered “mew’re trying” and then melted under the grill. I took it personally.
๐ค Basil (deadpan):
Right. So we’ve covered the bazooka, the scrolls, the cheese. Let’s talk about your hosting style. Nine episodes. Glitter cannons. Fog machines. Emotional biscuits. What's the current BBHQ vibe?
๐ฅ Smooch:
Since the magical mayhem rippled through BBHQ, it feels like a place where even a mop could narrate a romantasy and a vending machine could write a love story about frosting and betrayal.
๐ค Basil:
The mop does, and the vending machine did. Chapter 13 was The Biscuit Betrayal. I read it. The cupcake demanded a confectionery-based apology. There was a duel. With marshmallow swords.
๐ฅ Smooch:
It was very moving. I read it too.
๐ค Basil:
Mew cried again.
๐ฅ Smooch:
It had layers. Mew know fragile those layers are.
๐ค Basil (sighing, flipping another page):
Let’s talk about the mop. It’s published three chapters of its memoir, titled 'Squeaky Clean.' It’s lobbying for poetic formatting rights. And it's apparently working on the notes for a sequel, with a working title of 'Scrubber.'
๐ฅ Smooch:
It’s emotionally invested. Gregory’s helping. Vera Prime gave emotional arc advice. It’s a team effort.
๐ค Basil:
This is BBHQ. Not a scroll-funded soap opera.
๐ฅ Smooch (smiling):
It’s both. That’s the magic.
๐ถ Musical Interlude: clipboard snaps, fog machine hums, and a biscuit softly whispering “I’m trying” from under the desk.
๐ค Basil (leaning forward, clipboard steady, tone firm but not unkind):
So, moving on, I was watching the video feed for garage on Level Two. I saw mew doing burnouts around the tank in your Red Peril. Was it worth it?
๐ฅ Smooch (pausing, visibly reflective):
Every tyre squeal. Every redline of the engine. Every emotionally charged smoke plume. Yes. It was worth it.
๐ค Basil:
Even when you popped every tyre?
๐ฅ Smooch:
Yep, my mission was complete! I needed a new set fom Bhig Fluff's Tyre Shop anyway.
๐ค Basil:
And the cost?
๐ฅ Smooch:
Parsley's paying, we had a bet. He bet me I couldn't pop all four tyres in a certain order.
Parsley nodding off-camera
๐ค Basil (scribbling):
Ahhhhhh.... that's was a slick move!
๐ฅ Smooch (grinning and nodding):
Yep, mew know me Basil, I hate to lose a bet.
๐ค Basil (chuckling):
Ok, moving on, so what do mew think to having The M Unit here? And do they like the magical happenings?
๐ฅ Smooch (softly):
Fluffing brilliant. Those dudes are epic, and they've fitted into bunker life purrfectly. The magical happenings are taking some time, they're used to supurr high-tech from the future, so it's a bit odd for them.
๐ค Basil (laughing):
Yes, it is very odd for me too!
๐ฅ Smooch (laughing):
One things for certain, mew could never call it boring!
๐ถ Musical Interlude: Clipboard Swishes, fax machine pings, and a biscuit softly whispering “Not today,” from under the desk.
๐ค Basil (sighing, flipping to the last page):
Let’s talk about the magical chaos. Where did it start?
๐ฅ Smooch (deadpan):
Fudge’s Magical Menagerie. Specifically, Nimbus the Flinchilla. He sneezed glitter into the empathy interface. The vending machine took it personally. The mop started narrating in verse. And the fog developed a superiority complex.
๐ค Basil:
So mew’re telling me a sneeze destabilised the bunker?
๐ฅ Smooch:
It was a magical sneeze. There were sparkles. The scrolls unionised. One biscuit declared independence. Parsley floated sideways for three days.
๐ค Basil (scribbling furiously):
And mew didn’t report this?
๐ฅ Smooch:
I tried. But the fog kept interrupting with interpretive sighs. And Fudge was busy teaching a hedgefling how to emotionally validate a crumpet.
๐ค Basil (closing his clipboard with a dramatic snap):
Right. I’m requisitioning a magical creature-proof empathy patch and a scroll de-escalation wand. And mew’re banned from glitter cannons and the garage until further notice.
๐ฅ Smooch (grinning):
Fair. But I’m keeping the marshmallow timpani.
๐ถ Final Musical Interlude: clipboard snap, biscuit crunch, and a fog machine exhale that sounds suspiciously like a sigh of relief.
๐ค Basil (turning to the mic):
And that wraps Episode 10 of Behind the Floof. Smooch has been audited. The mop has spoken. The vending machine is still writing romantasy. And BBHQ? Still standing. Still floofy. Still snack-scented. Thanks for listening, and Smooch will be back with series two when we've finished our next mission!
๐ถ๐ง Jingle - Smooch's voice๐ถ
Coming Soon Behind the Floof – Series Two
Featuring Parsley’s Snack-Based Quantum Theories, Amber’s Return from the Land of Cats, and a vending machine that’s now writing a thriller titled The Frosting Conspiracy.
Warning: fog may be sentient. And the mop has opinions.
๐ถ Outro music: ambient grit, clipboard percussion, and the distant sound of Parsley yelling “I FIXED IT!” followed by a tactical cocoa spill.




Great wrap up of the season! All the chaos from one crazy adventure and the place is never the same.
ReplyDeleteSummer is now over after this post. Well done and a wonderful and crazy adventure.
ReplyDeleteI linked this post to Awww Mondays.
Have a fabulous day and week. Scritches to the kitties and a big hug to their wonderful mom. ♥
That was an Epic adventure, bravo everyone!
ReplyDeleteBut wait !!! Clive!!! NO mention of how he hold it ALL together???
ReplyDeleteThat was a great interview, the best of them all. Well done Wing Commander Basil!
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