[0.0s] Previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons.
[2.0s] It's a day off, motherfuckers!
[4.0s] Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
[6.0s] Good day! Good day! Five gold!
[9.0s] Make it to the end of the haunted house!
[11.0s] And the treasure's all yours!
[13.0s] You are in a miserable cubicle.
[16.0s] All three levers up, the crawlspace door opens back up.
[20.0s] It's about a three foot crawlspace.
[23.0s] And you crawl for ten or fifteen minutes.
[25.0s] A lot of crawling.
[26.0s] It's a pretty long time!
[28.0s] And you find your back at the entrance to the haunted house.
[32.0s] I can't believe he's trapped us in another fucking place.
[36.0s] It's all in the same place.
[38.0s] In another maze. We're in another fucking maze is what we're doing.
[41.0s] This never ends with this guy.
[42.0s] So you enter into a new chamber and there are three chests.
[47.0s] Go to the gold one and I investigate it.
[51.0s] Not this one!
[53.0s] Why not?
[54.0s] I think there's snakes in there.
[56.0s] Oh, okay.
[58.0s] And inside the oak chest springs an animated giant skeleton.
[64.0s] Thea is going to cast Eldritch Blast on this motherfucking bony skeleton bitch.
[70.0s] You let forth three Eldritch Blasts and they strike into the skeleton,
[75.0s] welling up with this magical energy and explode the skeleton across the room.
[80.0s] Thea, I feel like, do you want this ring in this box?
[83.0s] You really like blasted the shit out of that skeleton.
[86.0s] Yeah, you kind of earned it after that.
[88.0s] And I cast Detect Magic on it.
[90.0s] You can detect that it is a ring of protection.
[93.0s] You all three walk through.
[95.0s] The mist envelops you and you find yourself back at the beginning of the maze.
[102.0s] But instead of the stone floor, it is turned back to wood.
[106.0s] And you look down and the three of you are completely naked.
[112.0s] Now we're talking.
[115.0s] Well, there's your three chances.
[117.0s] Hope you try again next time, eh?
[119.0s] You guys head off perhaps into the Yawning Portal Inn.
[122.0s] You open the door and it's a loud ruckus event going on
[126.0s] and you hear, somebody's gonna get fucked!
[132.0s] Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons.
[134.0s] We're a D&D 5th edition actual play podcast
[137.0s] and I'm your dungeon master Russ More
[139.0s] and with me today all smiles is Amy More.
[142.0s] I'm trying to bottle up and push down my rage
[146.0s] and this is going to help me because I play Thea Amastasia.
[150.0s] And Carla Johnson.
[152.0s] I'm always trying to bottle up and push down my rage.
[156.0s] And I play Nylaura Moonbrook.
[158.0s] You do it very successfully and finally Tom Laird.
[162.0s] Whole lot of rage here too, but I think I do a pretty good job
[166.0s] of tamping it down and I play Flintfire Reard.
[169.0s] I kind of feel that Carla might be the Hulk.
[172.0s] That's what I was going for.
[174.0s] It's 100% possible.
[176.0s] My secret is I'm angry all the time.
[178.0s] I'm always angry.
[180.0s] That's the one, not the one that I said.
[183.0s] You wouldn't know from the outside because you look at us four
[186.0s] and we're all very, generally speaking, even killed people.
[189.0s] It's true.
[190.0s] They're all just like Canadians.
[192.0s] We just hate life.
[193.0s] Just seething.
[194.0s] Secretly seething lots of stuff.
[196.0s] Volcano of anger inside you.
[199.0s] You know where there's lots of volcanoes of anger?
[202.0s] It's over on Patreon.
[204.0s] I hope that's not true.
[206.0s] I don't know.
[207.0s] I think we're doing a poor job.
[209.0s] Yeah.
[210.0s] You know where there's...
[212.0s] Wait for it.
[214.0s] You know where there's not volcanoes of anger?
[216.0s] Over on Patreon.
[218.0s] Here it is.
[219.0s] That's good.
[220.0s] And when you're a patron of ours, it's very simple.
[223.0s] We dedicate an episode to you.
[225.0s] And today's episode is dedicated to Richard Lawrence.
[229.0s] Yay, Richard.
[231.0s] Richard.
[232.0s] Richie.
[234.0s] Uh.
[235.0s] Rich?
[236.0s] Rick.
[237.0s] Dick?
[238.0s] I mean, Dick is a...
[239.0s] I mean...
[240.0s] It is.
[241.0s] I know many Dicks.
[242.0s] Everything he signs, it's always Richard.
[245.0s] Okay, let's go with Richard.
[247.0s] No nicknames for you.
[248.0s] No nicknames.
[249.0s] You rock.
[250.0s] Thanks, Richard.
[252.0s] Um...
[253.0s] Fuck it, let's play D&D.
[255.0s] Because I don't have anything else.
[257.0s] Let's do it.
[258.0s] Nice.
[259.0s] Let's do this.
[260.0s] Get to it.
[261.0s] Previously, you guys did some Halloween business.
[264.0s] Which has worked up now.
[267.0s] I mean, that was kind of the idea, though.
[269.0s] Okay.
[270.0s] Okay, good.
[271.0s] I don't feel so bad about that.
[272.0s] Because what we needed, Russ, was a real lesson in humility after all of our incredible successes.
[277.0s] All of our successes.
[278.0s] Yeah.
[279.0s] We were getting a little full of ourselves.
[281.0s] Absolutely.
[282.0s] And I was like, I wish just at the end, you know, we would just be like shamed and naked.
[287.0s] Yeah.
[288.0s] Like literally, literally naked.
[289.0s] We really burned through that maze so fast that you had to knock us down.
[293.0s] The hubris.
[294.0s] The hubris in this group.
[296.0s] Out of this world.
[297.0s] Russ thought the maze was going to take us a full calendar year.
[300.0s] And it didn't.
[302.0s] Quite.
[303.0s] Exceeding expectations all over the place.
[306.0s] It did take three months.
[308.0s] It took a quarter.
[309.0s] It was a crazy amount of time.
[310.0s] It took a quarter over here.
[311.0s] Listen, we don't have to put measurements on things and use like units like months.
[317.0s] I mean, in game, it barely took any time.
[321.0s] Exactly.
[322.0s] That's true.
[323.0s] Let's lift that leg.
[324.0s] Yeah.
[325.0s] Exactly.
[326.0s] So good.
[327.0s] Are we going to talk about level ups?
[328.0s] Sorry.
[329.0s] But you guys did after that, after the maze, you should have leveled up.
[333.0s] And you did.
[334.0s] So let's talk about that.
[336.0s] What happens at level 13?
[338.0s] Well, level 13 feels pretty good.
[341.0s] Not a lot that happens at level 13.
[343.0s] No.
[344.0s] It's kind of just like the Tuesday of levels.
[346.0s] Yeah.
[347.0s] Yeah.
[348.0s] It's really hurtful.
[349.0s] Yeah, proficiency bonuses went up, so that actually will be great.
[353.0s] Now Flint probably has like a plus 25 to every hit, I would assume.
[358.0s] Yeah, probably.
[359.0s] Something like that.
[360.0s] We'll see how it goes.
[361.0s] I got one new spell.
[363.0s] Me too.
[364.0s] That's fun.
[365.0s] What did you get?
[366.0s] It's vine related, as almost all of my spells are.
[370.0s] That's pretty good though.
[371.0s] It's called grasping vine.
[373.0s] So I conjure up a vine, and it will grab a creature within 30 feet, unless they succeed
[381.0s] on a deck save, and it will pull the creature 20 feet towards them.
[386.0s] Well, that's fun.
[387.0s] Yeah.
[388.0s] So that's pretty fun.
[389.0s] Nice.
[390.0s] I also got one.
[391.0s] It's a seventh level spell, and it's Firestorm.
[394.0s] And I get to create 10 foot cubes of fire within 150 feet of me.
[401.0s] So I'm just like, lighten this place up.
[403.0s] Glad I went first.
[404.0s] That's pretty badass.
[405.0s] Oh, just wait for me to bring it home, guys.
[408.0s] Wait for me to bring it home.
[410.0s] I can reroll a saving throw.
[412.0s] I fail twice now instead of just once.
[414.0s] I mean, that's pretty great.
[416.0s] It's great, but nothing compared to fucking Firestorm.
[419.0s] Well, until when she gets an eighth level spell, I don't know if anything
[423.0s] will compare to Firestorm, because that shit's rad.
[426.0s] Sounds pretty baller.
[427.0s] Yeah.
[428.0s] I thought Sunbeam was really awesome, and then Firestorm came along, and I'm like,
[431.0s] cubes of fire?
[432.0s] See you later, Sunbeam.
[434.0s] That is like one of the sharpest angled 3D shapes there is out there.
[440.0s] True.
[444.0s] You raise a valid point.
[445.0s] Yep.
[446.0s] Yeah, I do.
[447.0s] You guys are just being nice speaks that hard name.
[449.0s] I appreciate it.
[450.0s] Keep it coming.
[451.0s] Russ, did you get any level ups as the DM?
[455.0s] Oh, I got a lot of level ups.
[457.0s] I'm not allowed to talk about those level ups, though.
[460.0s] Extra plus a bajillion to all my rolls.
[464.0s] Wow, okay.
[465.0s] Wow.
[466.0s] Critchfails don't count for me.
[467.0s] Okay.
[468.0s] Wow.
[469.0s] This game's level DM is pretty baller, y'all.
[471.0s] Pretty badass, isn't it?
[472.0s] That's not the Tuesday.
[473.0s] That's the Friday.
[474.0s] Yep.
[475.0s] No, I'm kidding.
[476.0s] Well, I mean, every level has to be good for somebody.
[479.0s] This one's good for me.
[481.0s] Yeah, Firestorm was great.
[483.0s] Oh, yeah, but it's not DM.
[486.0s] It's not DM going on.
[488.0s] It's all right.
[489.0s] Not jealous.
[490.0s] It's fine.
[491.0s] So, no, nothing happened for me.
[493.0s] That's it.
[494.0s] It's really, yeah.
[495.0s] People are listening being like, oh my God, I haven't been leveling up as a DM.
[499.0s] Am I supposed to be leveling up as a DM?
[501.0s] The answer's no.
[502.0s] Never listen to Russ.
[503.0s] What things do you do?
[504.0s] Dungeon Master Guide?
[505.0s] Where is this section?
[506.0s] Russ is just messing with us.
[508.0s] Don't worry.
[509.0s] Level them up.
[510.0s] Yeah, DMs don't get to level up.
[511.0s] They do get to create the level of difficulty around the players, though.
[516.0s] So, really, it's like I get to level up every day.
[518.0s] But you guys, you made it back to Waterdeep.
[520.0s] You went through a little haunted house thing.
[523.0s] You went and partied at the Yawning Portal.
[525.0s] What happened at the Yawning Portal once you guys left the haunted house there?
[529.0s] What did you guys get up to?
[531.0s] I ended up making out with some half elf, half orc dude just in the corner.
[539.0s] All night.
[540.0s] Good for Thea.
[541.0s] Nice.
[542.0s] Way to go.
[543.0s] Thea was very excited.
[545.0s] Didn't go anywhere beyond that.
[546.0s] She had an early morning.
[548.0s] Well, Flame McKins was really trying to one up everybody there.
[552.0s] What did Flame McKins get up to?
[554.0s] We probably don't want to know.
[556.0s] I mean, I saw her at the beginning of the night grinding up against some people
[559.0s] who obviously did not appreciate it.
[562.0s] But then after that, I kind of lost track of her.
[565.0s] You know how when a dog takes its toy and just kind of humps it into submission?
[570.0s] Sure.
[571.0s] We're going to have to post a video, aren't we?
[573.0s] Sorry, this is what Paisley does.
[576.0s] And it is vulgar.
[580.0s] It is aggressive.
[582.0s] And it is vulgar.
[584.0s] It is nothing like you'd expect this sweet little dog to do.
[588.0s] It's just horrific.
[590.0s] She's not sweet.
[591.0s] And what did Flint and New Laura get up to there?
[595.0s] We must have seen Grug, right?
[597.0s] I know we saw him earlier, but I assume we waited until he wasn't performing
[602.0s] and probably caught up and saw how he was doing and, you know,
[607.0s] filled him in on our latest exploits.
[610.0s] So that he could write songs for them.
[612.0s] Exactly.
[613.0s] And then they ended up naked in them.
[616.0s] Yeah, maybe not about the haunted house.
[618.0s] Yeah.
[620.0s] Yeah, Grug was there.
[622.0s] He was playing the song as you guys were walking down the street,
[625.0s] which was graciously provided by our good friend Spencer out of game.
[629.0s] He did write a song for us for that episode.
[632.0s] Oh my God, Spencer's amazing.
[634.0s] Spencer's great.
[636.0s] But yeah, you caught up with Grug and all is good in his world,
[640.0s] except for, you know, the end of the world.
[642.0s] Yeah, we're all dealing with that.
[644.0s] Yeah, I mean, everybody.
[645.0s] I mean, just in the moment, everything was doing okay.
[648.0s] Flint was asked to leave the establishment pretty quickly
[652.0s] because he walked in Winnie the Pooh style.
[654.0s] So he was wearing a shirt, but no pants.
[657.0s] So yeah, he got kicked out pretty quick.
[659.0s] So after the haunted house, you just put a shirt on?
[662.0s] Yeah.
[663.0s] Oh bother.
[664.0s] Oh bother, indeed.
[666.0s] Okay, well, I mean, it's nice that you're so comfortable with yourself now.
[672.0s] When before you weren't so a lot of character growth for him.
[675.0s] Yeah, it really is.
[676.0s] It's maybe you've overcorrected, but it's still it's nice.
[680.0s] Well, you got to steer into the skin, right?
[682.0s] Well, that's good.
[683.0s] It sounds like everybody had a great night
[685.0s] and you now find yourselves waking up in the morning in your own rooms.
[691.0s] I mean, you may be alone.
[692.0s] I'll leave that up to you.
[693.0s] What's everybody doing?
[694.0s] Let's start with let's start with Thea.
[698.0s] Well, Thea goes through her morning routine.
[701.0s] She splashes her face with some water and it's all like dewy
[706.0s] and beautiful and shit naturally like an elf is.
[709.0s] And she braids her hair into a beautiful big long plate
[714.0s] and gets dressed because she sleeps nude.
[718.0s] As you're getting dressed, you find a note
[721.0s] that you may have left to yourself that says
[725.0s] Meet the group for breakfast at the Yawning Port.
[729.0s] Thea picks it up and looks at it and she goes
[732.0s] Thanks, slightly drunk past self.
[735.0s] And I and I tuck it into my pocket because I got dressed
[739.0s] and I go out the room with a little pep in my step.
[745.0s] You know, after a good night of just frivolity.
[748.0s] I like it.
[750.0s] Heading off on her way,
[752.0s] she probably woke up a little late as far as timeline goes.
[756.0s] When does Flint wake up and what does he do?
[759.0s] Flint woke up real early because, you know,
[763.0s] he had a few drinks before he got kicked out of the Yawning Portal.
[767.0s] But he went to bed pretty quick.
[769.0s] He was out of there and then he got up.
[771.0s] Sorry.
[773.0s] How long were you in there Winnie the Pooh style
[776.0s] to get drinks before they noticed you?
[779.0s] Oh, no, the drinks were just on the bar
[781.0s] and he just picked them up and started drinking them.
[784.0s] He knew they were going to kick him out right away.
[787.0s] Like the security was walking over and he was just grabbing people drinks.
[791.0s] Oh, OK, fair enough.
[793.0s] I'm impressed.
[794.0s] And yeah, so he got to bed pretty quickly after that.
[797.0s] He woke up real early because it takes a long time
[800.0s] to get his beard looking as good as it normally needs to look.
[803.0s] So there's a lot of oil and combs and brushes and various things.
[807.0s] So that was pretty much his entire morning
[809.0s] which is for your maintenance.
[811.0s] Wow, interesting.
[813.0s] We're learning a lot about Flint, I think.
[817.0s] And as you were escorted or left or thrown out of the Yawning Portal,
[822.0s] I don't know how close they got to you.
[824.0s] Optimistic. Out!
[826.0s] You remember hearing someone yell,
[828.0s] Mina's here in the morning!
[830.0s] But put pants on!
[832.0s] He's put pants on.
[834.0s] Long pants.
[837.0s] Fine, whatever.
[839.0s] And as you head out on your way to start your day,
[843.0s] give me two good old D20 rolls there.
[847.0s] Two of them?
[848.0s] Two of them.
[849.0s] OK.
[852.0s] The first one is a 12 and the other one is a 10.
[855.0s] All right.
[856.0s] Are there bonuses?
[857.0s] Negative.
[858.0s] OK.
[859.0s] There are no bonuses in life.
[860.0s] Good.
[861.0s] Yep, you head out on your way to the Yawning Portal.
[864.0s] Mm-hmm.
[865.0s] And Donnie.
[866.0s] Mm-hmm.
[867.0s] What time do you wake up and what are you doing?
[869.0s] I think we probably get up pretty early.
[871.0s] I think I'm kind of a, you know, sunrise riser kind of person.
[875.0s] So we, I would imagine, like, head out for a walk around the city.
[880.0s] Donnie wants to, like, you know, I'm taking Donnie for a walk, essentially.
[885.0s] He's got to, like, spread his wings.
[887.0s] He didn't have a great time, you know, the Yawning Portal.
[890.0s] This isn't like, it's not really his scene.
[893.0s] So, yeah, we get up early, take in the fresh air.
[897.0s] There's not really that much fresh air, especially with the city totally, like,
[900.0s] overrun with refugees and, you know, the streets packed and the remnants of the
[906.0s] Harvest Festival littering the streets.
[908.0s] But we still, we still do our normal morning thing of taking a walk around.
[913.0s] I assume you two were given the direction of where to meet in the morning.
[917.0s] Yes.
[918.0s] Yes, I assume so.
[922.0s] So you go about your morning, and when you think it's appropriate to go get
[927.0s] yourself some breakfast, you begin heading towards the Yawning Portal Inn.
[931.0s] And you're a good ways away because you had wandered, you know, just kind of
[935.0s] see what the crowds were doing.
[937.0s] And there are a lot, like, as you described, there are a lot of people
[941.0s] packed into the streets.
[942.0s] But normally, your time in Waterdeep, it wouldn't quite be as such.
[948.0s] And as you're entering back into the district, you hear from behind you a man
[956.0s] shouting, no, McCavage!
[961.0s] And as you turn, you see a large, big white furry buffalo chewing up a man's
[971.0s] vendor's cabbages.
[974.0s] And you see four young, they look like adventurers, trying to push the beast
[980.0s] off of the cabbages as the vendor's screaming at them, stop it!
[984.0s] What are you doing?
[985.0s] Get your goddamn stupid buffalo away!
[991.0s] I can't come up with a word for it.
[993.0s] But I do like all the mouth noises he makes.
[995.0s] He's very furious, right?
[997.0s] There's a lot of, like, you can tell he's very mad.
[1000.0s] Yeah, when you're so mad, you can't even say anything.
[1002.0s] You're just sputtering and making that sense.
[1004.0s] And these four young adventurers, they seem like they're having a difficult
[1007.0s] time getting this buffalo away from the delicious cabbages.
[1011.0s] Those delicious cabbages, sure.
[1013.0s] Well, I'm going to, I guess, go try and help.
[1016.0s] Does it have any kind of, like, must have a rope around its neck?
[1020.0s] It's there.
[1022.0s] It does.
[1023.0s] It's their giant buffalo, I assume.
[1025.0s] It would appear on first glance that it's probably their buffalo.
[1028.0s] It does have a furnace-type rope tied around its head.
[1032.0s] Sure.
[1033.0s] As you get closer, you start hearing them kind of talking to the buffalo,
[1037.0s] and they're like, come on, scruffy, just get off of this, jeez.
[1042.0s] So I go over and say, like, hey, you guys, can I help?
[1047.0s] I don't know, I think we're fine.
[1051.0s] And the vendor's like, no, get the buffalo away from here,
[1054.0s] if you can help, please.
[1056.0s] Are all four of them, like, pulling on the rope or a couple pushing?
[1060.0s] A couple are trying to push it from one side,
[1062.0s] while one couple are reefing on the rope.
[1065.0s] Okay.
[1066.0s] I am going to reach into my pocket where I have a sugar cube,
[1074.0s] because sometimes I give them to Donnie.
[1077.0s] See, he's got a little bit of a sweet tooth,
[1080.0s] and I kind of hold it out in front of the buffalo
[1082.0s] to see if I can entice it away from the cabbages with something sweet.
[1088.0s] Buffalo roll, do you need me to do a buffalo?
[1091.0s] Animal handling is probably what you want.
[1093.0s] I am good at that.
[1096.0s] So that is a 21.
[1099.0s] I'm pretty good at animal handling, guys.
[1102.0s] This buffalo is mid-chomp into this huge head of cabbage,
[1106.0s] and the shop owner is, like, pulling what hair he has left out,
[1111.0s] and it looks up and smells the sugar cube
[1114.0s] and begins to move towards your hand.
[1116.0s] Perfect.
[1117.0s] So I kind of, like, I'm holding my hand out,
[1119.0s] and I kind of am, like, you know, backing away
[1122.0s] so that it's leading kind of away from the cabbages,
[1125.0s] and then whoever the closest adventurer is,
[1128.0s] I kind of, like, beckon with my other hand
[1131.0s] and hand off the sugar cube to them
[1135.0s] so that they can keep leading it away.
[1137.0s] One of the young men, they look at you,
[1140.0s] and they say, thank you, thank you, sorry.
[1144.0s] And then they look at the shop owner, and they're like,
[1147.0s] I'm sorry, and he's like,
[1148.0s] get out of here and get your cabbages somewhere else.
[1151.0s] Yeah, guys, it's not the best place to have a buffalo.
[1157.0s] I mean, I guess you're here.
[1159.0s] Were you here for the harvest festival?
[1161.0s] Or, I mean, maybe a couple of you
[1163.0s] could have waited outside the city with it.
[1165.0s] You know, it's a big animal.
[1167.0s] Yeah, we were bringing in an order
[1170.0s] of some lumber and stuff
[1172.0s] to try and build some makeshift houses.
[1175.0s] But, yeah, he got kind of hungry,
[1178.0s] and we didn't have anything on us.
[1181.0s] We hadn't got paid yet.
[1182.0s] So he likes the cabbages a lot.
[1187.0s] Okay, well, hold on a minute.
[1190.0s] So I go back to the vendor,
[1192.0s] and I buy a few cabbages, I guess quite a few.
[1196.0s] It's a buffalo.
[1197.0s] They're really big.
[1198.0s] I think he's got a taste for cabbage.
[1200.0s] So I grab, like, an armful of cabbages,
[1203.0s] and I come back and give them to the other adventurers
[1206.0s] and are like, here, sorry you haven't gotten paid yet.
[1209.0s] It's kind of, you know, the whole world's falling apart.
[1213.0s] What can I say?
[1214.0s] And I give them a couple extra sugar cubes, too,
[1216.0s] so that they can, in case this happens again,
[1219.0s] despite the cabbages I have given to them for the buffalo.
[1224.0s] They say, thank you, thank you so much.
[1227.0s] We don't have anything to give you.
[1231.0s] Just if you ever need somebody to pull something for you,
[1237.0s] we can help.
[1238.0s] Awesome, thank you.
[1239.0s] I will keep that in mind.
[1241.0s] My name's New Laura.
[1242.0s] You guys have a good day.
[1244.0s] They kind of look at each other.
[1246.0s] New Laura?
[1247.0s] Well, okay, thank you.
[1250.0s] They start to stammer over their words.
[1253.0s] You be safe.
[1255.0s] You guys, too.
[1257.0s] Thank you.
[1258.0s] And they kind of pull in a, come on, Scruffy, let's go.
[1262.0s] And they hurry off down the street,
[1264.0s] looking back over their shoulder.
[1266.0s] They look a little awestruck that they just met you.
[1270.0s] And you continue on your way.
[1273.0s] Heading toward that yawnin' portal.
[1277.0s] Thea?
[1278.0s] Yeah?
[1279.0s] You head out into the street.
[1280.0s] You're not far from the yawnin' portal.
[1282.0s] You're in an area where there usually isn't hardly any people.
[1286.0s] It's kind of where the royalty live.
[1288.0s] And it's packed.
[1289.0s] You're trying to weave your way through the street
[1292.0s] to get down to the inn.
[1294.0s] And you see a couple kids zip by,
[1299.0s] one screaming at the other.
[1302.0s] A girl is chasing after a boy who,
[1305.0s] you're uncertain what is happening,
[1307.0s] but she's saying, give it back!
[1309.0s] Give it back!
[1310.0s] And he's yelling, I'm gonna destroy your toy!
[1314.0s] I don't care what you tell Mom!
[1316.0s] And he's got this doll.
[1318.0s] And he looks like he's trying to, like,
[1320.0s] tear its head off of its body,
[1322.0s] as this girl is just crying.
[1324.0s] She's in tears at what she's doing.
[1326.0s] They're chasing each other through the streets.
[1330.0s] I watch them for a moment,
[1334.0s] and I continue walking until I've positioned myself
[1337.0s] in the path where they'll have to run in front of me.
[1340.0s] And I put my leg out, and I trip the boy.
[1345.0s] But before he hits the ground,
[1347.0s] I reach forward and I grab his arm.
[1349.0s] So he doesn't face plant.
[1351.0s] You know, like, I'm not looking to, like,
[1353.0s] break a kid's tooth.
[1356.0s] He's not paying attention to anything else around him,
[1359.0s] and he goes, like, ass over tea kettle.
[1362.0s] He's gonna hit face first,
[1364.0s] and you catch him, and he looks up at you,
[1367.0s] spooked and scared.
[1368.0s] What happened?
[1370.0s] You almost fell on the ground
[1373.0s] after tripping over my foot.
[1374.0s] What's making you run so fast, little man?
[1377.0s] He's trying to destroy my things, my toy!
[1381.0s] A little girl runs up behind him.
[1383.0s] What are your names?
[1385.0s] My name's Abigail,
[1387.0s] and my name's Ivar.
[1391.0s] Ivar, Abigail, my name is Thea.
[1394.0s] You guys seem to have a problem here.
[1397.0s] Yeah, he won't give my toy back.
[1399.0s] Why won't you give her her toy back?
[1401.0s] Because she's a little snitch.
[1403.0s] Uh-oh.
[1404.0s] Tells on me all the time.
[1406.0s] Girls, snitches get stitches.
[1408.0s] I take the toy from...
[1411.0s] I take the toy from Ivar.
[1413.0s] I say, can I see it?
[1416.0s] I guess.
[1418.0s] He seemingly reluctantly hands it over to you.
[1422.0s] All right, now, is there a specific event
[1425.0s] that you're angry that Abigail ratted you out on?
[1430.0s] I mean, she told my parents
[1432.0s] that I was out past curfew,
[1434.0s] at the harvest festival.
[1436.0s] How old are these kids?
[1438.0s] I don't know.
[1439.0s] He's maybe 12.
[1440.0s] He's probably like seven or eight.
[1442.0s] Okay.
[1443.0s] Ah, out at the harvest festival, huh?
[1446.0s] See anything good?
[1448.0s] There was some good music,
[1450.0s] and there was this haunted house
[1452.0s] I wanted to go in there,
[1454.0s] but instead I got a little scared.
[1456.0s] Yeah, no, you know what?
[1457.0s] It was crap anyway.
[1459.0s] Abigail, why'd you tell on your brother?
[1461.0s] He's not supposed to go out.
[1462.0s] There's too many people.
[1463.0s] He'll get in trouble.
[1464.0s] He'll get hurt.
[1466.0s] Oh, it sounds like your sister's
[1467.0s] really worried about you, Ivar.
[1469.0s] Yeah, I guess.
[1471.0s] You know what?
[1472.0s] I don't have any brothers or sisters,
[1475.0s] and if I did, I hope that I'd have one
[1477.0s] that would care about me
[1479.0s] as much as your sister cares about you.
[1482.0s] Okay, yeah.
[1484.0s] What do you say we give her her toy back?
[1486.0s] And Abigail, what if you let your brother
[1490.0s] have a little bit of independence
[1492.0s] and learn some lessons on the fly
[1495.0s] through making mistakes
[1496.0s] instead of running to Mom and Dad
[1498.0s] every time he does something wrong?
[1500.0s] As long as he stops destroying my things.
[1503.0s] I think he will.
[1505.0s] Both of them look up at you.
[1508.0s] She's kind of expectantly,
[1510.0s] because you're holding her toy,
[1511.0s] and him, like, shit.
[1514.0s] I give her back the toy,
[1516.0s] and I say, listen,
[1517.0s] you don't become a decimator of dragons
[1519.0s] by snitching or breaking the rules
[1522.0s] your parents give you.
[1524.0s] When you say decimator of dragons,
[1526.0s] they kind of look at each other.
[1529.0s] He's like, I heard a song
[1531.0s] about the decimator of dragons.
[1534.0s] Yeah, that's a good one.
[1535.0s] Yeah.
[1536.0s] Okay, you guys, run along.
[1538.0s] Thank you.
[1539.0s] Stay out of trouble.
[1540.0s] Thank you.
[1541.0s] She's crying into her toy
[1543.0s] as she runs off.
[1545.0s] Continue on your way
[1547.0s] and make it to the front door
[1549.0s] of the yawning portal, Flint.
[1551.0s] On your way.
[1553.0s] Nothing so nefarious happens to you.
[1555.0s] It's children stealing each other's toys.
[1558.0s] And a gentle white buffalo.
[1561.0s] Nefarious.
[1562.0s] Nefarious all over here.
[1564.0s] Cabbage-stealing buffaloes.
[1566.0s] Cabbages.
[1567.0s] Thief.
[1568.0s] You make your way to the yawning portal,
[1572.0s] and again, you are weaving through
[1574.0s] people sleeping in the streets
[1576.0s] and passing by and waking up,
[1579.0s] because it's earlier in the day.
[1581.0s] And you get about halfway
[1584.0s] or three-quarters of the way there,
[1586.0s] and you feel something brush up against your leg.
[1590.0s] I take a look to see what is hitting my leg.
[1594.0s] You look down and you see a cat
[1598.0s] kind of weaving itself between your legs.
[1603.0s] Like in a friendly way?
[1605.0s] Yeah.
[1606.0s] All right, I give him a little scratch
[1608.0s] between the ears.
[1610.0s] It purrs and it nuzzles up against you.
[1615.0s] Where'd you come from there, friend?
[1617.0s] As you're petting it,
[1618.0s] you notice that it's pretty thin.
[1620.0s] Like it's been perhaps on the streets
[1623.0s] for quite a while.
[1625.0s] Do I have any food with me?
[1629.0s] You should have some rations on you, yeah.
[1631.0s] I wonder how much Flint likes cats.
[1633.0s] He kicks it and he's like,
[1634.0s] ah, get out of here!
[1635.0s] Totally.
[1637.0s] This is what character development,
[1639.0s] this is what we find out.
[1641.0s] So yeah, I take a look in my knapsack
[1644.0s] and I find suitable rations
[1647.0s] to break off for this little cat.
[1649.0s] I kneel down and start handing it some food.
[1653.0s] How big are the pieces that you're handing it?
[1656.0s] Oh, they're small.
[1657.0s] I've crumbled them up in my hand,
[1659.0s] so it can just kind of go to town all at once.
[1661.0s] It looks a little nervous
[1662.0s] before it begins to take a couple pieces
[1666.0s] and chew them looking up at you,
[1668.0s] and then it eats quite readily out of your hand,
[1673.0s] and then a loud noise happens
[1676.0s] as a group of vendors behind you
[1679.0s] are throwing boxes around,
[1681.0s] and it scurries off down an alleyway.
[1684.0s] Well, I guess I'll see you next time.
[1687.0s] You stand up and begin walking down
[1689.0s] towards the awning portal,
[1691.0s] and as you push the door open,
[1694.0s] Bork takes over.
[1696.0s] I'm not wearing any underwear.
[1698.0s] And as you step in
[1701.0s] and announce this to the open room,
[1704.0s] Thea, New Laura, Flameykins, and Thaddeus
[1707.0s] are sitting staring at you,
[1709.0s] and Flameykins is like,
[1710.0s] Oh, again?
[1712.0s] We weren't wearing it last night either.
[1714.0s] Well, at least he's wearing pants.
[1716.0s] I guess that's an improvement, right?
[1718.0s] I mean, he didn't announce it last night,
[1720.0s] but that's fine.
[1721.0s] Well, I don't think he had to announce it, Flameykins.
[1723.0s] Pretty obvious.
[1725.0s] To everyone.
[1726.0s] Touche!
[1727.0s] No, no touche.
[1729.0s] No, no touching.
[1731.0s] Flamey, come and sit down
[1732.0s] and make Flameykins stop talking.
[1734.0s] All right, all right.
[1735.0s] So I hustle over there and pull up a chair.
[1737.0s] Guys, I just found out today
[1738.0s] I might make a great mother someday.
[1741.0s] Oh.
[1742.0s] Okay.
[1743.0s] What happened?
[1744.0s] What'd you do?
[1746.0s] Oh, I stopped a little squabble
[1748.0s] between some siblings.
[1750.0s] I laid down some sweet life lessons
[1753.0s] and changed some lives.
[1755.0s] Wow.
[1756.0s] You gave me some sweet life lessons last night,
[1758.0s] let me tell you.
[1759.0s] Oh, boy.
[1760.0s] Is it the lesson of, like,
[1762.0s] consensual touching and personal space?
[1764.0s] That's a good lesson.
[1765.0s] That's a very good lesson.
[1767.0s] Out of game, that is a great lesson.
[1769.0s] Great lesson.
[1770.0s] Great lesson, yeah.
[1771.0s] Yeah.
[1772.0s] It was that lesson.
[1773.0s] It wasn't that lesson, was it?
[1775.0s] No.
[1776.0s] Hmm.
[1777.0s] Okay.
[1779.0s] So I brought you all here today to tell you...
[1786.0s] Mm-hmm.
[1787.0s] Wait, did I bring you all here today?
[1788.0s] You brought us here?
[1789.0s] I'm waiting to see how this plays out.
[1791.0s] I just really want to hear what...
[1794.0s] Why'd you bring us here, Flamykins?
[1796.0s] Yeah, why we were gathered.
[1797.0s] I just had a note on my bedside table from myself.
[1800.0s] Yeah, I told you to write that note, obviously.
[1804.0s] I brought you all here today to tell you that
[1807.0s] I am breaking up the band.
[1811.0s] What?
[1812.0s] I have to...
[1814.0s] I have been recruited by the higher-ups
[1819.0s] in the airship squadrons
[1821.0s] to lead a group
[1826.0s] into battle.
[1827.0s] Is this true, Flamykins?
[1829.0s] That doesn't sound right.
[1831.0s] Did you...?
[1832.0s] Well, I mean, okay.
[1834.0s] Did you get a job on an airship
[1836.0s] but you have to stay in the bottom
[1838.0s] so no one can see or talk to you?
[1840.0s] I mean, I got a job on an airship.
[1843.0s] Okay, congratulations.
[1844.0s] Okay.
[1845.0s] Don't have to stay in the bottom.
[1848.0s] Okay, but I'm not leading them.
[1850.0s] I mean, sooner or later,
[1851.0s] they'll see my leadership qualities
[1853.0s] and they'll move me up through the ranks,
[1856.0s] but right now, I'm...
[1857.0s] Cream always rises to the top.
[1859.0s] Absolutely.
[1860.0s] You know what?
[1862.0s] I'm just happy that you got a job,
[1866.0s] and I'm also happy that you're not the one
[1869.0s] leading some people into battle
[1871.0s] just because I think that, like,
[1873.0s] your skills are just...
[1875.0s] You know what?
[1876.0s] Sometimes the leaders have to deal
[1878.0s] with so much red tape,
[1879.0s] and you're just, like,
[1880.0s] a get-it-done kind of person.
[1881.0s] I am, aren't I?
[1882.0s] You are.
[1883.0s] So can I lift my orange juice?
[1886.0s] What do you drink in the morning?
[1889.0s] What?
[1890.0s] Orange juice?
[1891.0s] I was lifting, like,
[1892.0s] whatever glass I have in front of me.
[1894.0s] Milk?
[1895.0s] Yeah, yeah, sure.
[1896.0s] Milk.
[1897.0s] Yeah, I lift my milk and I say...
[1899.0s] Sure, there's coffee.
[1901.0s] Yeah.
[1902.0s] Dernan, give me some coffee.
[1904.0s] She doesn't know what to drink.
[1906.0s] I was trying to make a toast,
[1908.0s] I was gonna say,
[1909.0s] to FlamikinsKins.
[1910.0s] Oh, yeah, thank you.
[1911.0s] Thank you.
[1912.0s] Whatever.
[1913.0s] FlamikinsKins.
[1915.0s] FlamikinsKins, when does your new job start?
[1918.0s] Yesterday.
[1919.0s] Why are you still here?
[1921.0s] I don't know.
[1922.0s] There was a party going on.
[1924.0s] I figured I'd get one last.
[1926.0s] Do you think they may have left without you?
[1928.0s] No, the airships are still out there.
[1930.0s] She looks out the window again,
[1931.0s] and she's like,
[1932.0s] yeah, no, they're still out there.
[1933.0s] I'm still good.
[1934.0s] Well, we'll miss you.
[1935.0s] Well, I mean,
[1936.0s] I'll miss you guys, too.
[1938.0s] I'm sure I'll see you, you know,
[1940.0s] around.
[1941.0s] Yes, it's been good.
[1943.0s] Thanks for getting me back from the forest.
[1946.0s] Not gonna be the same without you.
[1948.0s] It's not, FlamikinsKins.
[1949.0s] We're gonna miss you.
[1950.0s] I'm glad you're gonna be back on a ship, though.
[1952.0s] It seems like that's kind of where you're meant to be.
[1955.0s] Yeah, I've been missing the open seas.
[1959.0s] I mean, I don't really get the open seas,
[1961.0s] but it's kind of up in the air,
[1962.0s] which is a really cool thing.
[1964.0s] I mean, aesthetically,
[1965.0s] it's similar to the ship you were on in the open seas,
[1968.0s] so that's something, right?
[1969.0s] Sure.
[1970.0s] Still the same kind of creaking noise
[1972.0s] and then the rocking.
[1974.0s] A lot of familiarity.
[1975.0s] Sick.
[1976.0s] Is air sick instead of sea sick?
[1979.0s] I'm sure it'll be back in my air legs in no time.
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[2111.0s] We were like literally just on an airship,
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[2115.0s] Well, thank you.
[2116.0s] Thank you.
[2117.0s] You guys did pretty good, too,
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[2121.0s] Fair point.
[2122.0s] Yeah, yep.
[2123.0s] Thaddeus says, too, he's like,
[2126.0s] well, if we're breaking up the band,
[2130.0s] part of the battle against Tiamat,
[2134.0s] I've been asked to join the Arcane Brotherhood's front,
[2138.0s] and I believe unless you guys feel you need extra support,
[2144.0s] which I mean, you guys, you've come a long way
[2148.0s] since Grants has started telling me about you.
[2152.0s] You've only died once since I've been around,
[2154.0s] so that's a bonus.
[2156.0s] Well, it may have been because you've been around Thaddeus, but...
[2159.0s] Yeah, just know that when it comes to the final battle,
[2164.0s] we will be there providing support to you and to everybody else.
[2170.0s] What about you and the airships, Flammokin?
[2173.0s] Are you guys going to be there, too?
[2175.0s] I'm pretty sure.
[2177.0s] There was some talk about, you know,
[2179.0s] arranging how we're going to do this final attack here,
[2183.0s] and they just seem to be waiting on something.
[2187.0s] Well, they're waiting for you to step up and join their fleet.
[2190.0s] They did.
[2192.0s] Now they're not going to wait anymore.
[2194.0s] We're to run a fleet of a thousand ships!
[2196.0s] Were they waiting for you to leave the room
[2198.0s] to continue talking about the plan?
[2202.0s] I don't know.
[2204.0s] I'm just curious.
[2208.0s] What are you saying, Thea?
[2210.0s] Loose lips sink ships.
[2212.0s] You're saying people don't like to tell me secrets?
[2215.0s] While they're having this conversation,
[2217.0s] I'm going to, like, have an aside with Thaddeus, if I can.
[2222.0s] Yeah, for sure.
[2224.0s] And say, Thaddeus, I really hope that...
[2229.0s] that you know that I didn't mean it
[2233.0s] when I stabbed you in the chest.
[2237.0s] I healed you right after, and I just...
[2239.0s] I know that it's the dagger.
[2242.0s] You know that, right?
[2244.0s] I hope that's not why you're leaving us.
[2246.0s] You hear in your head,
[2248.0s] Oh, come on, you kind of meant it a little bit.
[2251.0s] and Thaddeus is like, I understand.
[2254.0s] I have been and will continue to do some research
[2257.0s] and find whose dagger it is
[2261.0s] or what they are responsible to.
[2264.0s] I hope you figure it out soon,
[2267.0s] because putting that on the battlefield
[2270.0s] might be a... a detriment?
[2274.0s] I know you're right.
[2276.0s] But it could be so much fun.
[2278.0s] I will still be there on the battlefield with... with you.
[2284.0s] And together we should watch out for that
[2288.0s] if you're not able to get rid of it before
[2290.0s] or deal with it in a way that seems beneficial to your cause.
[2296.0s] Yeah, I'm gonna try and get rid of it.
[2299.0s] I just... I don't want it to make me hurt anybody if I... if I do.
[2305.0s] You are strong, Nylar. You can fight it.
[2308.0s] So you're telling me that I am the reason
[2311.0s] that people don't tell other people's secrets?
[2313.0s] No, no, no, that's not what I said.
[2315.0s] You misunderstood me.
[2316.0s] What I said was, sometimes when you're told...
[2319.0s] And I want to have an aside with Thaddeus as well.
[2326.0s] Go for it.
[2327.0s] I lean over and I kind of put my hand next to my mouth
[2330.0s] so that like everybody can't really see what I'm saying to them.
[2333.0s] And then I remember that I have beard oil all in my beard
[2336.0s] and it's everywhere on my head.
[2338.0s] Which, if anyone's ever put beard oil in their beard before
[2340.0s] and then touched their beard, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
[2343.0s] How would Bort respond to the fact that Flint has so much beard oil in it?
[2347.0s] Oh, he finds it. He's like, what the fuck is on my hand?
[2352.0s] But he says, speaking of... I overheard your guys' conversation.
[2356.0s] Speaking of getting rid of things, how do I...
[2360.0s] How do I get out of this guy's head?
[2362.0s] Pardon me? Flint?
[2365.0s] Oh, do you not know?
[2368.0s] Okay, so a while back...
[2371.0s] Okay, long story short, there's two of us in this dude's brain.
[2375.0s] My name's Bort.
[2377.0s] Dragonborn, from a different planet.
[2380.0s] And I want to get the fuck out of here.
[2382.0s] How do I get out of here?
[2387.0s] I mean, we were told a list of items to get at one point,
[2390.0s] but do you have any leads on that?
[2394.0s] Um...
[2396.0s] No? What? Okay.
[2399.0s] Well, pleasure to meet you, Bort.
[2401.0s] Hey, if you're joining this arcane neighborhood,
[2403.0s] you must know a thing or two.
[2405.0s] So how would you approach the problem of two souls in one body?
[2410.0s] Well, they must be...
[2414.0s] separated, obviously.
[2416.0s] No doi.
[2418.0s] Anytime a soul has possessed or become part of another being,
[2425.0s] it's a brutal and painful process in the ritual that ensues.
[2431.0s] I mean, I got my head chopped off at one point,
[2434.0s] which was pretty brutal and pretty painful, so I'm up for it.
[2437.0s] Okay. Okay.
[2439.0s] So the thing is, though,
[2443.0s] unless you have been given a way to separate the souls
[2448.0s] and, you know, put them in a vessel appropriate for a soul,
[2452.0s] one of them is gone.
[2455.0s] Mm-hmm. I mean, at this rate, I would even accept being gone,
[2459.0s] just to be free of this prison.
[2463.0s] Okay. Okay.
[2465.0s] I can look into that more for you, good Bort.
[2470.0s] Nice to meet you.
[2472.0s] I would appreciate that greatly.
[2474.0s] And he totally believes that this is not Flint pulling a fast one on him,
[2478.0s] so that's good.
[2480.0s] And I'm sorry to hear that this has happened.
[2487.0s] Tom, roll a d20.
[2491.0s] That is a one.
[2492.0s] Huh?
[2493.0s] You're still Bort.
[2494.0s] Okay.
[2496.0s] I'm sorry to hear that this has happened to you, Bort.
[2500.0s] It's all good, man.
[2502.0s] If you could speed along, expedite that process,
[2507.0s] that information for me, that would be aces.
[2510.0s] I'm on it.
[2512.0s] I'm on it.
[2514.0s] And I will look into separating souls.
[2517.0s] This is a new one for me, specifically.
[2520.0s] Okay. Yeah.
[2522.0s] This has been a good, insightful breakfast.
[2524.0s] Ooh, boy.
[2526.0s] Does he say that a little loudly?
[2528.0s] He is like...
[2530.0s] No one is supposed to know about the underwear that I gave to him, okay?
[2533.0s] What?
[2534.0s] What?
[2535.0s] Well, now we all know.
[2536.0s] You've given people underwear, too?
[2538.0s] No, this was part of a...
[2540.0s] That's what they were fighting about.
[2542.0s] That was a secret that I told her that...
[2544.0s] I've missed that part.
[2546.0s] I'm having three fucking conversations here.
[2549.0s] Get it together.
[2552.0s] You leveled up and everything.
[2553.0s] Yeah, level 13 DM.
[2555.0s] Come on.
[2556.0s] Okay.
[2557.0s] You guys continue finishing up your breakfast.
[2559.0s] Dernan brings you a full round.
[2561.0s] It's a full English, as they say.
[2563.0s] Ooh, big fry-up.
[2564.0s] Yep.
[2565.0s] It's very good.
[2566.0s] And then Flamekin stands up,
[2569.0s] which looks like she's much lower than she was before,
[2572.0s] pulls herself up onto the chair and says,
[2574.0s] Well, I think I'm off.
[2576.0s] It's been a pleasure, folks.
[2578.0s] I'll see you on the battlefield
[2580.0s] when we will ride to Justice and Dawn
[2583.0s] all the things that they say.
[2586.0s] Stay safe, Flamekins.
[2588.0s] Yeah.
[2589.0s] Work on that battle cry for the actual battle.
[2592.0s] I look forward to hearing it.
[2594.0s] Yeah, probably.
[2595.0s] If you're going to be leading those ships, Flamekins,
[2598.0s] it's probably a good idea.
[2600.0s] Right.
[2601.0s] How did that one go that you said, Flint?
[2603.0s] I'm not wearing underwear?
[2605.0s] I'm not wearing underwear!
[2608.0s] It throws your enemies off.
[2609.0s] Trust me.
[2610.0s] It's got a good ring to it.
[2611.0s] I like it.
[2612.0s] All right.
[2613.0s] And she leaps across the table
[2615.0s] and gives each of you a big hug.
[2618.0s] I slip a condom in her pocket
[2620.0s] because I'm worried about her safety.
[2622.0s] Make a stealth roll.
[2625.0s] 20.
[2626.0s] Wow.
[2627.0s] Yep.
[2628.0s] Slip.
[2629.0s] And everybody else,
[2631.0s] or at least Thaddeus, stands up at this point and says,
[2634.0s] Well, we still have these grungs,
[2637.0s] but these grungs will have to wait till after the battle,
[2643.0s] I believe.
[2644.0s] And hopefully you can join me at that point.
[2647.0s] If we don't defeat Tiamat,
[2649.0s] the grungs aren't really going to have much of a home to go to anyway.
[2652.0s] That's true.
[2654.0s] I run over and I give him a big hug.
[2656.0s] Yeah.
[2657.0s] Big hug.
[2658.0s] Does he look uncomfortable?
[2659.0s] I mean, he kind of has the old man.
[2662.0s] He's not used to physical touches.
[2666.0s] Face.
[2667.0s] And then he reciprocates it.
[2669.0s] A nice warm hug.
[2671.0s] I imagine Thaddeus be a good hugger.
[2674.0s] It is at least an 18.
[2678.0s] Oh, that's a good hug.
[2680.0s] That's a really good hug.
[2682.0s] I give him one of those forearm handshakes
[2685.0s] where you grab the inside of the forearm.
[2687.0s] To check for weapons?
[2689.0s] To check for weapons.
[2690.0s] Just to shake his hand.
[2692.0s] You find there's a Glock 45.
[2694.0s] Oh, that's a surprise.
[2696.0s] It's an interesting place to keep it, too.
[2698.0s] Yeah.
[2700.0s] I approach him with my hands real up in the air,
[2704.0s] almost like I'm unarmed,
[2707.0s] but also I am going in for a hug.
[2710.0s] He gives you the finger guns.
[2712.0s] That's fair.
[2713.0s] And he's like, ah, ah.
[2714.0s] That's fair.
[2715.0s] And then he gives you a hug.
[2717.0s] And then you hear in your head, Nularaaaa,
[2719.0s] Come on, just one more.
[2721.0s] Just in the...
[2723.0s] No, OK.
[2724.0s] Maybe not today.
[2725.0s] It's a sentimental moment.
[2726.0s] I get it.
[2727.0s] Oh, that's swell.
[2728.0s] I'm glad the dagger's reasonable.
[2730.0s] Swell.
[2731.0s] Somewhat reasonable.
[2732.0s] I mean, he reads the room,
[2734.0s] so that's all you can ask for.
[2736.0s] And Thaddeus and Flamigan's head out
[2738.0s] of the yawning portal in...
[2741.0s] Freeze frame, silhouetted against a bright day,
[2746.0s] a tall Thaddeus, a tiny Flamigan
[2750.0s] leaving the yawning portal.
[2753.0s] Super sweet.
[2754.0s] Music in today's episode was by Kavin McLeod
[2758.0s] of incompetech.filmmusic.io.
[2761.0s] Oh, I'm the yawning portal over here.
[2764.0s] They ain't here.
[2766.0s] It says.
[2767.0s] Looks to have to do with a great story.
[2769.0s] I mean, I could be talking to you.
[2771.0s] You are.
[2772.0s] I mean, I could be talking to you.
[2774.0s] I mean, I could be talking to you.
[2776.0s] I mean, I could be talking to you.
[2778.0s] I mean, I could be talking to you.
[2780.0s] I mean, I could be talking to you.
[2782.0s] I mean, I could be talking to you.
[2784.0s] I mean, in real life, whenever I see a cat,
[2787.0s] I literally meow at it, so it's not so crazy
[2790.0s] he would talk to it.
[2791.0s] I'm literally like,
[2792.0s] hey meow meow, meow meow meow,
[2794.0s] to every random cat I see on the street.
[2797.0s] So I'm not saying that's not weird.
[2802.0s] Just saying it's not weird that Flint would
[2804.0s] talk to a cat that approached him.
[2806.0s] It is done.
[2808.0s] It is done, exactly.
[2810.0s] Is that the voice?
[2811.0s] I don't remember.
[2812.0s] I think it was.
[2813.0s] It's the voice now.
[2814.0s] I really thought it was much more silky.
[2816.0s] Oh no, he's pretty creepy now.
[2818.0s] He's been smoking this whole time.
[2820.0s] Yeah.
[2821.0s] Just like two cats and marbles a day.
[2824.0s] That's where he's at.
[2825.0s] It's true.
[2826.0s] You know what a good game is for two people?
[2828.0s] Magic the Gather.
[2829.0s] I was going to say sex.
[2831.0s] That's what I was thinking too, Amy.
[2833.0s] That too.
[2834.0s] Depending on the two people, I mean,
[2836.0s] for a married couple, certainly.
[2838.0s] Yep.
[2839.0s] Great.
[2840.0s] You know what?
[2841.0s] I don't think you can play both those games
[2843.0s] in the same night.
[2845.0s] Nope.
[2847.0s] Nope, because magic takes a long time to play.
[2850.0s] Yep, that's why.
[2852.0s] Yeah, that's it.
[2854.0s] You nailed it.
[2856.0s] Yeah.
[2857.0s] Are we recording?
[2858.0s] Yeah.
[2859.0s] We should go into the bloopers.
[2860.0s] Dumbgeons & Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.