3.7 - The Final Task of Ol’ Silty

"Old Tunnel. A dank, dark, dangerous path leading to the most dangerous of all institutions: a history museum.  Fortunately: in this episode, nothing bad happens."

Synopsis
Nathan is in Old Tunnel with a wheelbarrow and several large sacks. He reaches the Dr. Montgomery Moro Memorial Museum and Historical House where Clay opens the door for him. Nathan, mistaking him for Ol' Silty, tells him to take the wheelbarrow to the end of the tunnel and empty the sacks around it. Clay informs him that he isn't Ol' Silty, but leaves to do the task. Nathan stops him and asks where Ol' Silty is.

Nathan enters the study, where Ol' Silty and Moro argue over how to woe a female MolePerson. When Ol' Silty notices Nathan he tries to give him a tour, but Nathan cuts him off, asking if he was working with a Rigger named Tommy. Ol' Silty confirms that he occasionally did jobs for him and threw his balloons outside sometimes. Nathan then assigns him the job of emptying the sacks at the end of the tunnel. Moro tries to warn Ol' Silty that the wheelbarrow contains Mold food and that Nathan means to feed him to the Mold. Ol' Silty says even if that was the case, he'd still have to do his job. Moro says he could say "no", to which Ol' Silty reacts appalled. They say their goodbyes.

As Ol' Silty leaves, Nathan tells Moro not to worry, as there's no such thing as Mold. Shortly afterwards noises of Ol' Silty being eaten by Mold can be heard. The Mold then tries to enter the museum and Moro informs Nathan that all they can do is wait until it gets bored and goes away.

Trivia

 * This is the "creepy nursery rhyme" Nathan sings while making his way through Old Tunnel:  tunnels of old, tunnels of old / dark and dank and misty and cold / if you, dear child, don't do what you're told / you will be eaten by hungering mold
 * In 3.5 - The Incidence of Accidents Tommy the Lightning Rigger mentions to Nathan having talked to only 3 people about his balloon project, including Nathan. The other 2 people are Dora and, according to this episode, Ol' Silty.

Cast

 * Narrator — Ansel Burch
 * Nathan Rourke — Clayton Faits
 * Clay — Tyler Samples
 * Ol’ Silty — Sebastian H. Orr
 * Doctor Moro — Mark Soloff