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Mort and the Yogurt of Doom

This tale takes place immediately after Mort the Dairyman returns from the adventure of Mort and the Unusually Big Cow.

The first part details the process by which Mort produced his famous Dellberry Yogurt. This tasty treat was so popular that rumor claimed Mort had to make several trips through time to deliver it to various auspicious brunches given by nobles who could afford the shipping. On this occasion, however, Mort's supply of Lactobacillus was replaced with a rather virulent form of Lackobacillus, which is almost indistinguishable thanks to the law of similar sounding names.

As the story unfolds we find that a "villainous villain" (I'm afraid I must use Tycho's unfortunate turn of phrase here) had done this knowing that Zonard was about to hold a partcularly nice early-morning party, and had sent for some dellberry yogurt. Mort delivered the yogurt, but just as the guests sat down to a delicious meal he returned to the castle in full flight riding his dairycart into the very hall of the king exclaiming "Hold, your majesty, foul plans are afoot!"

It seems that while returning from his delivery, Mort noticed that the dellberry yogurt was a full three shades more muave than it should have been. Thinking quickly he turned around to warn the king. Zontar himself was saved, an act that would later delay The Sundering 24 hours leading to the Day Absolutely Nothing of Any Import Happened, and also saved all but one of the brunch guests.

The one guest who died had snuck a taste of the yogurt while everyone else was finding their seats, and it was generally agreed that his rudeness was well-paid.