Keep You Friends Close

"Keep Your Friends Close" is the eleventh episode of the Tekkit Toolbox ComputerCraft tutorials, and was published on 11 November, 2012. In it, Glitcher teaches Buncible and the audience how to use tables in Lua. It introduces the character of Harrow Preiss after he was named in "Lasers and Hacking" (14 Oct 2012).

Summary
Buncible and Glitcher have arrived at the top of the elevator shaft out of Testiville Tunnel, but the bridge ahead of them is broken. Buncible easily jumps across, but Glitcher falls and has to find an alternative route up. Upon reuniting with Buncible, he pays for them to pass through a tollgate with gold he found stashed inside the mountain.

On the other side of the wall, the duo find themselves at the upper end of a testificate village seemingly built sideways onto a cliff face. They briefly try to recruit some residents as test subjects, then Buncible attempts to steal from a grave, both endeavors unsuccessful. They have climbed to the 'top' of a sideways church when a metal escape pod crashes into the side of the building.

A 'Southern Gentleman' type character appears to be trapped inside the escape pod, but the computer to the main door is sideways, so Glitcher has to teach Buncible how to use tables to output a redstone signal to all sides at the same time. The gentleman rewards Glitcher with more gold, and chides Buncible on his attitude.

The gentleman says the village was named Cliffside by his son Curly Brackets, then—after stopping to demand protection money from some testificate villagers—brings them to a tavern to buy them both drinks. He introduces himself as Harrow Preiss, a name Buncible and Glitcher are both shocked to recognize as the Chief Warden of Crimesend Life Klink.

Behind the Scenes

 * The gatekeeper was voiced by Sam.
 * The sideways village was built for the novelty, but it reminded Glitcher so much of The Dropper adventure map that the church was named 'St Bigre-on-the-Side' after its original creator, Bigre.
 * When Glitcher is at the 'top' of St Bigre-on-the-Side church looking at the path out of Cliffside, the walls of Testiville had already been built just beyond the render distance.
 * Gar, playing Harrow Preiss, made Buncible and Glitcher corpse twice during recording with separate unexpected jokes. The first, which involved mahogany tables, was made four days after "Mahogany Doors" even though Gar had no idea what it meant at the time.
 * Although not seen or mentioned in the episode, the tavern was called The Soul & Seat.
 * The episode ends as abruptly as it does because the drink Glitcher drank killed him instantly.