The Scrub Pod
Brenden Thompson & Cael Black
Brenden Thompson, Cael Black, and Braxton Whitemyer are the unofficial heroes of the Baltic Region, a ragtag trio whose war crimes are less “heinous acts of destruction” and more “inexplicable series of events that nobody should’ve let happen.” Cael, the team’s emotional leader (and carrier of hepatitis), brings a sense of unease to every mission, mostly because he’s constantly looking for a bathroom. Brenden, a master tactician with autism, sees the world in patterns so complex that even he doesn’t fully understand them, which is probably why every battle plan ends with “we’ll wing it.” Meanwhile, Braxton, the human embodiment of a couple of brain cells hanging on by a thread after doing freaking Galaxy Gas, adds a sense of reckless unpredictability—he’s basically the walking embodiment of a "do it for the Vine" meme, but with far less self-preservation instinct. Their mission? To liberate the Baltic region from oppressive forces and make Grilled Cheese using resi