1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,319 previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons. 2 00:00:02,319 --> 00:00:06,560 What does Thea do when she gets to Silvery Moon? 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:10,720 She's there to see her parents because we did not leave on the best of terms. 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:17,839 I scale up the side of the house and I go into my childhood bedroom. 5 00:00:17,839 --> 00:00:18,339 Hello. 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,280 Oh, Thea. 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:22,080 Hi, Mom. 8 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:26,160 I left because you and Pop are difficult to deal with. 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:33,039 We shipped you off because we just didn't have the understanding to deal with it and I'm sorry. 10 00:00:33,039 --> 00:00:34,079 Nulara. 11 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:42,719 All your brothers, their spouses and a bunch of kids have all come running out to greet you. 12 00:00:43,359 --> 00:00:45,120 How are you guys? How are things here? 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,039 We've been safe and we've been trying to be as safe as possible. 14 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:52,960 You see Rulon kind of slam down the drink he's having. 15 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,880 Won't let me go and join the rebels and do our part? 16 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,480 Okay, I'm going to follow him. 17 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:05,359 And what happens if the people who are trying to stop these dragons and wizards don't stop them? 18 00:01:05,359 --> 00:01:10,319 If the bad guys win, you're going to be awfully happy to have had every moment 19 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:16,319 of peace and happiness that you could cram in before, you know, the end of the world. 20 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,640 You climb into bed and as you begin to drift off. 21 00:01:20,719 --> 00:01:23,359 Well, this is a new place. 22 00:01:23,359 --> 00:01:26,400 Flint, make my way back to my folks place. 23 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:33,040 It opens up and you see your sister, Helge. 24 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:34,480 Hey, sis. 25 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:38,960 Flint, there's no easy way to tell you this. 26 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,040 Dad passed away a couple weeks ago. 27 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:43,760 Oh. 28 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,599 Helge, what are you making? 29 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:50,159 And she looks up and sees you and immediately starts crying. 30 00:01:50,239 --> 00:01:53,920 I rush forward and give her a big old Firebeard style hug. 31 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,119 You're being safe then and you're surrounding yourself with good people. 32 00:01:57,119 --> 00:01:58,719 Yeah, no, they're they're the best. 33 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,200 Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons. 34 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,280 We're a D&D 5th edition actual play podcast and I'm your dungeon master, 35 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,400 Russ More, and with me today is Carla Johnson. 36 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:11,519 Hey, it's me. 37 00:02:11,519 --> 00:02:12,960 I play Nularaaa Moonbrook. 38 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,519 And Tom Laird. 39 00:02:15,519 --> 00:02:18,560 It's me and I play Flint Firebeard. 40 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,120 And Amy More. 41 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,960 I'm Amy More. 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,280 And I play Siamastasia. 43 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,199 And for those of you who aren't sure what that was. 44 00:02:33,199 --> 00:02:34,800 Oh, no, everybody knows what that was. 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:35,599 What was it? 46 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:36,080 Yoshi. 47 00:02:39,599 --> 00:02:40,319 Amazing. 48 00:02:40,319 --> 00:02:42,719 I didn't know we were doing a theme, you guys. 49 00:02:42,719 --> 00:02:44,000 Well, Tom went for it. 50 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,680 I was just like, what could I? 51 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,599 Yes, yes, I could. 52 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:51,120 Do I know how to make that sound? 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:51,920 We'll find out. 54 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:52,960 Doesn't matter. 55 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:53,840 See what happens. 56 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,680 All right, is there any Mario noise you wanted to make, Carla? 57 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,800 She's a Carla. 58 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:01,840 She's a gonna win. 59 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:03,600 All right. 60 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:04,800 Well, welcome, everybody. 61 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:07,600 How's everybody feeling after that last week? 62 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:10,719 Ah, feeling good. 63 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:11,520 I'm nervous. 64 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,080 I'm nervous for you. 65 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,200 It was so lovely. 66 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,000 I was having such a nice visit with my family and then 67 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,920 fucking Dagger McFuckface had to pop. 68 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,080 Write that down. 69 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,760 It's new name is Dagger McFuckface. 70 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,720 Yeah, no, I was all holy man confrontation. 71 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,480 I don't like this as a regular person, let alone in my fantasy world 72 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,560 where I get to pretend not to be a regular person. 73 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,800 But here I am having hard conversations with parents like I love to do. 74 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,200 I mean, you could have gone anywhere. 75 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,400 You chose to go home. 76 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,400 You've been calling it the home episode. 77 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,760 You could have lied to me and be like, yeah, no, I went to a different place. 78 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,120 And really, I'm just here to hook up with my high school boyfriend. 79 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,680 That is my next stop. 80 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,320 Amy's like, I want to go to home hardware. 81 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,320 I have some things I need to pick up. 82 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:07,520 Depot, HomeSense, there's a lot of home stores. 83 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:07,760 Sure. 84 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,480 Well, another place where we ask hard questions 85 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:17,040 and post even harder polls is over on Patreon, Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 86 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,759 Yeah, Russ is always discussing hard polls. 87 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,800 Asking questions where they fill out an A, B, C, D response. 88 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:29,040 You're all about the D, aren't you? 89 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,879 You guys are all about the D. 90 00:04:32,879 --> 00:04:37,600 Don't know why anybody just suggested that my husband is all about the D. 91 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,400 All about the D. 92 00:04:41,439 --> 00:04:42,720 This is where rumors start. 93 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,040 Like rumors, the Fleetwood Mac album. 94 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,000 Oh, my God. 95 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:46,879 Because that's a good album. 96 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:50,960 I was waiting in the post office the other day when I was waiting. 97 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,000 Fleetwood Mac was there. 98 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:52,960 No. 99 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,080 Now, whatever story I tell is going to be shit. 100 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:56,240 Yeah. 101 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,600 Because Fleetwood Mac wasn't there. 102 00:04:58,640 --> 00:04:59,120 Way to go. 103 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:00,400 You feel you're proud of yourself. 104 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,439 Really good about myself. 105 00:05:01,439 --> 00:05:01,680 Yeah. 106 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,160 They just had the rumors soundtrack, like the rumors album just playing. 107 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,040 So good. 108 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:09,680 All the wall. 109 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,720 It's so good. 110 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:15,040 I don't think rumors has left my car CD player since I purchased it. 111 00:05:16,319 --> 00:05:17,120 It just lives there. 112 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,640 Do you have a single disc or like a six disc? 113 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,520 I got a six, but it's always one slot is rumors. 114 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:24,640 There you go. 115 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:26,960 Now, I just want to listen to the rumors album. 116 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:27,280 I know. 117 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:27,759 Me too. 118 00:05:27,759 --> 00:05:28,960 Like, can we wrap ourselves up? 119 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,280 I have an album to go listen to. 120 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:31,520 Yeah. 121 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:31,759 All right. 122 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:33,360 Well, we'll hit play now. 123 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,680 With all the rumors on that Spotify playlist. 124 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:36,960 Yeah, just add the whole album. 125 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,879 It's wall to wall amazing. 126 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,120 I feel like we're missing a few songs. 127 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:42,640 So that'll just help fill it out. 128 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:43,040 Yeah. 129 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:43,520 Perfect. 130 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:44,160 It'll be good. 131 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaking of Patreon and rumors, 132 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,280 rumor has it that we've got a dedicated an episode to a patron. 133 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,360 And that patron today. 134 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,160 Is Adele. 135 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,400 Thank you for letting us use a tiny pullout of yours. 136 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,720 Is Gabriel Lynch. 137 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,560 Hey, Gabriel. 138 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,280 Thank you. 139 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:04,080 You rock. 140 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:05,040 Fuck it. 141 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:05,840 Let's play D&D. 142 00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:07,520 Let's do that. 143 00:06:08,159 --> 00:06:08,399 OK. 144 00:06:10,479 --> 00:06:12,000 Or let's talk about feelings. 145 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,839 So your call. 146 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:17,839 So you step back down the stairs, back at your home there, Thea. 147 00:06:18,799 --> 00:06:21,599 And you get to the landing and. 148 00:06:21,599 --> 00:06:26,479 No, I get halfway down the stairs and I ride the banister the rest of the way down. 149 00:06:26,479 --> 00:06:26,879 All right. 150 00:06:27,599 --> 00:06:27,919 Roll. 151 00:06:27,919 --> 00:06:28,959 Make a dexterity check. 152 00:06:28,959 --> 00:06:30,639 I don't have any dice out. 153 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:32,159 Nobody told me I'd be rolling. 154 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:34,959 Here we go. 155 00:06:34,959 --> 00:06:36,479 Thought she was all about that rolling. 156 00:06:38,159 --> 00:06:42,159 I love it too much. 157 00:06:42,159 --> 00:06:44,159 What everyone likes to see. 158 00:06:44,159 --> 00:06:45,359 Beautiful. 159 00:06:45,359 --> 00:06:46,319 Look at that. 160 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:46,879 Beautiful. 161 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,680 Can anyone imagine what's going to happen to me down the stairs? 162 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:52,560 I don't know. 163 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:53,680 It's going to be a mystery. 164 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,799 Instead of walking down the stairs like a normal human being elf creature, 165 00:06:59,759 --> 00:07:03,359 you decide to ride the banister like you did when you were a child. 166 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:06,799 But what you don't realize 167 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,400 is that they installed a newel post at the very base of it. 168 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,240 So you slide down and you hit that newel post 169 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:19,199 and go ass over tea kettle onto the floor at your father's feet, 170 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:20,960 who then looks down at you and says, 171 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:23,840 Good God, Thea. 172 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:24,879 Jesus Christ. 173 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,439 I don't know who Jesus Christ is. 174 00:07:29,439 --> 00:07:31,680 Just the man down the street, you see. 175 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,280 That's Jesus Christ, Dad. 176 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:33,759 Get it right. 177 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:35,920 I can't pronounce these human names. 178 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,520 They're letting anybody into Silver Moon here. 179 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:40,879 What are you doing home? 180 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:43,680 I bounce up. 181 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,480 Rachel went aside. 182 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,879 I came to bury the hatchet with you and Mom. 183 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,040 And he sees your mom stepping down the stairs. 184 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,519 Elegantly like an elf should. 185 00:07:57,519 --> 00:07:58,080 Yeah. 186 00:07:58,080 --> 00:07:59,040 Oh, fine. 187 00:07:59,040 --> 00:07:59,759 So elegant. 188 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:03,040 Like she went to finishing school. 189 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:04,879 Fancy hell. 190 00:08:04,879 --> 00:08:07,840 She could be bouncing on her head the whole way down. 191 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,600 The way that my dad wished I could walk down the stairs. 192 00:08:12,319 --> 00:08:15,600 Well, I'm sure your mother has yelled at you far enough, 193 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,160 so I will say that I'm glad to see you 194 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,840 so you don't have to get it from both of us. 195 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:23,200 Thanks, Pop. 196 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:23,920 I missed you too. 197 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:25,200 Yes. 198 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,920 Do we shake hands or maybe just a curt nod? 199 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,840 I hear the kids are fist bumping. 200 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,560 The whole daughter fist. 201 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:45,840 All right. 202 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,200 Shall we go maybe sit down? 203 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:50,480 I think we have a lot to talk about 204 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,000 and I don't have a whole lot of time. 205 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:54,720 Always running around. 206 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:55,920 Always flitting about. 207 00:08:57,519 --> 00:08:58,240 All right. 208 00:08:58,240 --> 00:08:59,039 To my study. 209 00:08:59,599 --> 00:09:00,959 You remember where it is, don't you? 210 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,519 Can you get up off the floor? 211 00:09:03,519 --> 00:09:05,199 I already got up off the floor, dad. 212 00:09:05,199 --> 00:09:07,679 God, I stomp over to his study. 213 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,399 He leaves a huge sigh and then follows behind you 214 00:09:16,399 --> 00:09:17,199 into the study. 215 00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:20,879 New Laura. 216 00:09:20,879 --> 00:09:21,439 Yes. 217 00:09:21,439 --> 00:09:22,879 It's the middle of the night. 218 00:09:24,879 --> 00:09:27,039 And you've been walking in your sleep. 219 00:09:27,039 --> 00:09:27,519 No. 220 00:09:27,519 --> 00:09:28,879 You've been walking in your sleep. 221 00:09:30,399 --> 00:09:31,279 Yeah. 222 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:35,679 And you heard from your buddy. 223 00:09:36,399 --> 00:09:37,120 Yeah, my buddy. 224 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:37,679 The dagger. 225 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:40,559 Dagger McFuckface himself. 226 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:41,919 Dagger McFuckface, I believe, 227 00:09:41,919 --> 00:09:43,679 was how you referred to him as. 228 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,159 And you find yourself, 229 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,480 you're not quite sure how you got there, 230 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,480 but you find yourself in the middle of the forest. 231 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,799 Oh, okay. 232 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,280 And I have awoken, 233 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:58,640 like I have come to myself 234 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,080 and I'm in the middle of the forest. 235 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:01,600 Yes. 236 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,440 You don't recall getting out of bed 237 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,880 and walking into the forest, 238 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:08,720 but you have done so. 239 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:11,520 I don't like this at all. 240 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,200 The dagger says, 241 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,920 remember how I said that there was 242 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,080 a little rider in the claws 243 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,840 that said that every now and again 244 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,080 has to be some stabbing. 245 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:26,240 Yes. 246 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:27,840 Yeah. 247 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,440 So now's the time. 248 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,120 We have to seize the day. 249 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,040 Carpe diem, as they say. 250 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,160 We can go either this way, 251 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,400 back to these people, 252 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,040 these fine people we've been talking to for so long. 253 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,240 They seem like nice people. 254 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,680 Or we can go this way, 255 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,080 where you see kind of through the trees, 256 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,400 you see off in the distance 257 00:10:52,399 --> 00:10:56,319 a single log cabin. 258 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,879 And that is like just some strangers? 259 00:11:02,799 --> 00:11:03,039 Yeah. 260 00:11:03,039 --> 00:11:05,120 I mean, it's one of my brother's homes. 261 00:11:06,959 --> 00:11:08,319 It appears that you've, 262 00:11:08,319 --> 00:11:09,919 judging from what you can tell 263 00:11:09,919 --> 00:11:10,959 about your location, 264 00:11:10,959 --> 00:11:12,559 you've been walking for quite a while 265 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:15,759 and you don't appear to be super close 266 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:20,240 to where you were with your brothers. 267 00:11:21,039 --> 00:11:23,200 And it doesn't look like a cabin 268 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:24,799 that you are familiar with. 269 00:11:24,799 --> 00:11:27,519 It's perhaps been built in recent years 270 00:11:27,519 --> 00:11:28,399 since you've been gone. 271 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,399 I don't want to do this right now. 272 00:11:32,399 --> 00:11:34,240 You can't wait a day? 273 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:34,879 No. 274 00:11:34,879 --> 00:11:35,360 A day. 275 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:36,000 See? 276 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,279 You can't wait a day. 277 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:37,759 No. 278 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:42,159 I'm going to stab like a thousand creatures 279 00:11:42,159 --> 00:11:43,360 in the next several weeks. 280 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:44,639 That's not going to be enough for you? 281 00:11:45,519 --> 00:11:47,680 The gems on the dagger 282 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:49,840 begin to glow a bright red. 283 00:11:50,639 --> 00:11:51,279 Well, can I... 284 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,080 God, it's been a long time 285 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,240 since the dagger tried to make me do anything. 286 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,879 I assume I can roll against it, right? 287 00:11:59,759 --> 00:12:01,440 It doesn't just get to tell me what to do. 288 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,720 I mean, it's given you 289 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:10,080 very strict parameters of what happens 290 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,919 if you don't listen to it, right? 291 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:16,159 That I'll stab one of my friends? 292 00:12:16,959 --> 00:12:19,360 That something will happen 293 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:23,199 that you probably won't be happy with. 294 00:12:23,199 --> 00:12:24,719 Well, I'm not happy with this. 295 00:12:24,719 --> 00:12:26,719 These are two terrible options. 296 00:12:27,759 --> 00:12:28,399 Look. 297 00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:30,399 Okay, let me put your mind at ease here. 298 00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:33,679 The guy in the cabin, not a great guy. 299 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,839 The fact that he's living so close to your family, 300 00:12:37,039 --> 00:12:38,480 it's probably not a good thing. 301 00:12:40,959 --> 00:12:41,600 Tell me more. 302 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,079 If I'm getting my sources right, 303 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,320 which my sources are usually correct, 304 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,600 he's been on the run for quite some time, 305 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,440 wanted for killing some people, 306 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,320 cold blood, stealing. 307 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,400 He's not a good guy. 308 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,160 And if I don't do it, 309 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:04,160 something bad's gonna happen. 310 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,960 I don't know what's gonna happen. 311 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:07,759 I can't tell you. 312 00:13:07,759 --> 00:13:09,120 I'm not a future reader. 313 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:15,440 Okay, I'm gonna go look in this guy's window, 314 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:16,720 see if I can see anything. 315 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:18,480 You know, sneaky-like. 316 00:13:19,279 --> 00:13:21,919 You go up to the window. 317 00:13:21,919 --> 00:13:23,039 You peer inside, 318 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,440 and inside there's a single cot with no one in it 319 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:33,759 and a fireplace that is lit illuminating the room 320 00:13:33,759 --> 00:13:34,879 and a single chair, 321 00:13:36,879 --> 00:13:38,560 which from where you're looking 322 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:40,720 has the back to the window. 323 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,600 But you can tell from the arm you see kind of overhanging 324 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,520 that there might be a man, possibly a little older, 325 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,200 who is at least sitting in the chair. 326 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,360 The way that his arm is kind of hanging there 327 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,440 could lead you to believe that he's fallen asleep. 328 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:05,520 This is the worst. 329 00:14:05,519 --> 00:14:08,720 I mean, there's no way I'm gonna stab my family 330 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,559 or like be around my family 331 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,039 when I can be compelled to do something horrible. 332 00:14:14,639 --> 00:14:17,439 Like, can I just leave? 333 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,960 No, because then something bad's gonna happen. 334 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:27,120 This is New Laura having this conversation like out loud. 335 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,319 I'll give you a moment. 336 00:14:28,319 --> 00:14:29,120 It's fine. 337 00:14:30,799 --> 00:14:32,399 Not too many moments, though. 338 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:34,480 Not too many moments, though. 339 00:14:35,279 --> 00:14:37,199 I mean, that's the thing is that 340 00:14:37,199 --> 00:14:40,240 when you tell me what to do, it's really fucking bad. 341 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,360 It's as bad as it can be. 342 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,199 It's thaddeus in the chest and it's... 343 00:14:44,559 --> 00:14:47,519 Yeah, I apologize for that. 344 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:48,559 I did. 345 00:14:48,559 --> 00:14:49,039 Do you though? 346 00:14:50,319 --> 00:14:52,079 I feel like if he's gonna make me do it anyway, 347 00:14:52,079 --> 00:14:53,759 I should just kill this guy that I don't know, 348 00:14:54,639 --> 00:14:58,159 which is pretty fucking fucked up place to be at. 349 00:14:58,879 --> 00:15:02,240 If I have to choose between killing somebody I love 350 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:03,600 and killing someone I don't know, 351 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:06,559 Randall's gonna get it every time. 352 00:15:07,519 --> 00:15:10,079 Like, there's no way I'm gonna kill anyone in my family. 353 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:14,319 Okay. 354 00:15:16,159 --> 00:15:22,159 I am going to pull out my cloak 355 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,199 so I'm like all covered 356 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,399 and I'm gonna pull out flametongue and say Mui Caliente. 357 00:15:30,399 --> 00:15:33,120 I'm gonna kick open the door of the cabin, 358 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:34,719 real like dramatic-like. 359 00:15:35,679 --> 00:15:37,360 Is the chair facing the door? 360 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,480 It is, it's to the side, yeah. 361 00:15:41,279 --> 00:15:42,959 I guess if I think he's sleeping. 362 00:15:42,959 --> 00:15:47,279 Let me just first like try the door very quietly 363 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,319 because, you know, dramatic entrances and all 364 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,879 but kind of wasted if he's sleeping. 365 00:15:52,879 --> 00:15:55,200 The door is unlocked. 366 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,480 Well, it is a good neighborhood. 367 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:57,760 Except for me. 368 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,640 So I open the door and I see him. 369 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:01,440 Is he sleeping? 370 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:03,760 He appears to be sleeping. 371 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:05,840 Does he look guilty? 372 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,360 Tell me what guilty looks like. 373 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:09,840 I don't know. 374 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:11,840 He just looks like a dude. 375 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:13,520 Just looks like a dude 376 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,640 in a very sparsely furnished room. 377 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,280 Doesn't appear to be too many personal belongings there. 378 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,520 Okay, well, I'm still gonna do it dramatic style. 379 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:31,360 I think because I want to know that he is a bad person. 380 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,560 So I'm going to standing there. 381 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:37,680 I'm in front of him now. 382 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,879 Robe covered flaming sword. 383 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:44,960 I'm going to say more dramatically than I can right now. 384 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,680 Awake, your time has come. 385 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,640 Confess your sins. 386 00:16:49,439 --> 00:16:53,600 As you get closer, you see that he looks to be an older man. 387 00:16:54,399 --> 00:16:56,960 He kind of startles awake, opens his eyes 388 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:01,840 and immediately there's a look of panic and fear when he sees you. 389 00:17:02,559 --> 00:17:03,039 Good. 390 00:17:03,039 --> 00:17:08,319 He doesn't seem to be able to catch his breath or say anything. 391 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:11,279 He's just kind of trying to scramble back into this chair. 392 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,279 Who are you? 393 00:17:16,639 --> 00:17:17,680 Your time has come. 394 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,440 Confess your sins before you go. 395 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:21,360 Confess my sins? 396 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:24,960 Okay. 397 00:17:29,519 --> 00:17:30,320 Who sent you? 398 00:17:31,039 --> 00:17:31,600 Who are you? 399 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,240 I pull out the dagger as well. 400 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,840 But I approach him with the flaming sword and say, 401 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,240 this is your last chance to confess before you go. 402 00:17:45,039 --> 00:17:46,559 Um, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 403 00:17:46,559 --> 00:17:47,359 Okay, okay, okay. 404 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:54,079 I, I, I, I did, I, I heard some people. 405 00:17:54,079 --> 00:17:54,480 I heard them. 406 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,519 I heard, I heard them real bad, but I've been, I've been trying to, 407 00:17:57,519 --> 00:18:00,240 I've been trying to, that's why I came here. 408 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:00,960 I stab him. 409 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:03,599 I stab him in the leg. 410 00:18:04,559 --> 00:18:12,799 He screams out in pain and you feel a rush of energy. 411 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,000 Come up and swirl around the dagger from the wound. 412 00:18:20,079 --> 00:18:25,200 You feel it absorb into your, your body. 413 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:33,759 And as the man yells out, you see him fall back in his chair 414 00:18:34,559 --> 00:18:39,200 and you're watching him as the life is being drained out of him. 415 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:47,440 Watching him, you see a face, not his face, but another face, 416 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:57,120 a very fair skinned, porcelain looked face come and materialize over top of the man's. 417 00:18:59,279 --> 00:19:00,319 And then fade away. 418 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:07,919 And as it fades away, the red glowing gems on the dagger fade away as well. 419 00:19:08,879 --> 00:19:11,759 Now that wasn't so hard, was it? 420 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:20,000 You pull the dagger from his leg and the man is dead in the chair. 421 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 How's your sweet potato pie, bud? 422 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,799 Oh, it was fucking best thing ever. 423 00:19:24,799 --> 00:19:29,119 You've had your sweet potato pie and you've been kind of just sitting around. 424 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:34,960 It's a late hours been quite the cribbage tournament that's been going on. 425 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,359 And you've been, you know, telling stories as much as you feel. 426 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:43,839 You, you know, you've been, you know, you've been, you know, 427 00:19:43,839 --> 00:19:47,920 you've been, you know, you've been, you know, you've been, you know, 428 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:52,720 as much as you feel you can tell or want to tell your family. 429 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,759 And some of the things that they're amazed at, you know, what you've been able to do. 430 00:19:59,759 --> 00:20:04,400 And your, your mother, she looks at you and she says, 431 00:20:05,759 --> 00:20:12,320 you've never been one to, to, to be upfront about exactly what you're doing. 432 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,000 So I'm not going to pry. 433 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,839 I have a feeling that you are doing more than you say you're doing. 434 00:20:21,599 --> 00:20:24,319 You're probably good to to go with that. 435 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,039 Yeah. Okay. 436 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:29,440 I mean, I don't want to make anyone worry, so. 437 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:31,440 Yeah, yeah, of course. 438 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:37,440 And she stands up and she says, well, the spare room is there. 439 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,440 We still have still have lots, lots to do tomorrow, I'm sure. 440 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,240 Make sure you get, make sure you get a good rest. 441 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,680 And she puts her hand on your shoulder. 442 00:20:50,799 --> 00:20:54,799 Just kind of holds it there for a minute and then says, okay, well, you, 443 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,079 you have a good, you have a good sleep then. 444 00:20:58,079 --> 00:20:59,039 I'll see you in the morning. 445 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,839 All right. I'll see you bright and early. 446 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,240 What would you, what would you like for breakfast? 447 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,319 Oh, oh, surprise me. 448 00:21:08,319 --> 00:21:09,039 Surprise me. 449 00:21:10,319 --> 00:21:11,279 Okay, can do. 450 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,039 And she goes into her room and closes the door. 451 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:22,480 You are sitting there with your sister for a little while and you come to the 452 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:28,160 realization that the shoulder that she had her hand on is covered in dragon scale. 453 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,039 Helge looks at you and so what's. 454 00:21:34,879 --> 00:21:36,319 What's with with that? 455 00:21:36,319 --> 00:21:42,879 Oh, it's a, it's a bit of a long story. 456 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:54,720 Essentially, I have a Dragonborn that's also living in my head and it's kind of 457 00:21:55,679 --> 00:21:59,200 kind of messing with some physiological stuff here. 458 00:22:00,559 --> 00:22:03,839 Oh, so nothing serious then? 459 00:22:04,799 --> 00:22:09,199 No, no, just your run of the mill second personality kicking around. 460 00:22:09,199 --> 00:22:09,599 Yep. 461 00:22:09,599 --> 00:22:11,119 Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. 462 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,919 Yeah, you know, second soul, all that, all that good stuff. 463 00:22:13,919 --> 00:22:17,679 So that's, that's, that's something that you're just okay with and it's just, 464 00:22:19,599 --> 00:22:20,319 just does. 465 00:22:21,199 --> 00:22:27,119 I mean, like it's not my first, not my first choice, but you know, we kind of have this 466 00:22:27,839 --> 00:22:31,599 thing that's a little more pressing than this. 467 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,640 So we're kind of working on that with my friends. 468 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,240 Got a lot, got a lot going on. 469 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:38,560 Yeah, there's always something. 470 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,800 Hey, yeah, okay. 471 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,840 I'm sure I actually don't know. 472 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,040 Dad, dad left you something. 473 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,320 I don't know if it'll help you. 474 00:22:55,279 --> 00:23:03,200 Um, she goes into a side room and comes out with a, a long box 475 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:06,319 and she hands it to you. 476 00:23:07,279 --> 00:23:09,839 I guess he's been hanging onto this for a while, 477 00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:16,240 waiting to, to give it to you at some point and she puts it down in front of you. 478 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,039 I, uh, I'll open it up. 479 00:23:19,759 --> 00:23:27,839 You open it up and it is a, a gleaming shining long sword. 480 00:23:28,399 --> 00:23:28,899 Huh. 481 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,399 Um, I know, I know you and dad, you know, you made a lot of 482 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,319 hammers and axes, but I guess this, I guess this went back in, 483 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,920 in the Firebeard family for quite a while. 484 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:46,480 And he, he never really got use of it, but knew that you, you know, 485 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,000 when you went into the military, maybe when you came back, you would want it. 486 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,319 Um, he left a, left a note with it. 487 00:23:54,319 --> 00:23:58,319 Um, I'll see if I can, hold on, let me see if I can go find that. 488 00:23:58,319 --> 00:24:03,759 And she goes and roots around and comes out with an envelope that has your name on it 489 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,319 and hands it to you and says, I, I don't know if you want to read it now, 490 00:24:08,319 --> 00:24:12,559 or if it says anything of, of, of importance concerning the, 491 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:16,319 concerning the sword or anything else, but that he wanted you to have this. 492 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:22,480 Thanks. I'll, uh, I'll, I'll take it with me as, as I go to bed. 493 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:30,319 Of course. Um, and she says, well, I'm, I'm gonna, since you're, you're here tonight, 494 00:24:30,319 --> 00:24:34,720 maybe I'll go, go tidy up, tidy up my own place and, uh, 495 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,440 and get that all sorted out and come back in the morning, if that's okay. 496 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,160 Yeah, that, uh, that sounds good. Give my, uh, give my best to Lothar. 497 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:45,200 Of course, of course, will do. 498 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,880 And she gathers up her things and, and heads off. 499 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:52,720 Let's read this letter. 500 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:59,519 You open it up and it looks like it's been been sealed up for quite a while. 501 00:24:59,519 --> 00:25:03,200 It doesn't look like it was one that was written, written recently. 502 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,400 It's addressed to Flint. It says Flint. 503 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:12,000 I hope this comes in handy when you need it. 504 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:19,839 And then it says the keyword is moist. 505 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,599 And, uh, Flint has a pretty good chuckle about that because, uh, 506 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,440 it's a bit of an inside joke for the two of them going back a long time. 507 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,440 And it says, I hope it finds you well. 508 00:25:40,559 --> 00:25:41,119 Be safe. 509 00:25:42,799 --> 00:25:45,119 Your dad, Fargram. 510 00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:53,599 And I, uh, I pick up the sword and, uh, so, uh, I guess, uh, 511 00:25:54,799 --> 00:26:00,079 as we might as well see what, uh, what this does moist. 512 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,519 The blade begins to glisten. 513 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,359 You see a shining fluid move out 514 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:17,280 along the blade until the entire blade is coated in a clear liquid. 515 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:19,040 Yep. 516 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,600 That's generally what happens. 517 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:39,120 It's just so on the nose. 518 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,080 There's no subtext. 519 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,840 I know we're not subtle, 520 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:52,880 but I'm dying. 521 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:55,760 Uh, is it water? 522 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:57,120 Yeah. 523 00:26:57,120 --> 00:26:57,440 What? 524 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:57,920 Taste it. 525 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:11,680 Um, will saying moist again make it stop? 526 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,560 Do you, do you say moist again? 527 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:21,200 Moist. 528 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:27,759 You see the fluid come off of the blade. 529 00:27:27,759 --> 00:27:30,160 Like, and go where does it drop to the ground? 530 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:31,200 Is there a puddle there? 531 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:31,600 Is it? 532 00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:36,080 It appears viscous. 533 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,120 Is it mucusy? 534 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:40,000 Are we talking more of like a, like a really slimy fluid? 535 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,559 I'm gonna say it like absorbs back into the hilt. 536 00:27:43,759 --> 00:27:44,080 Okay. 537 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,120 Oh, secret shaft fluid there. 538 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:47,440 That's great. 539 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:47,920 That's right. 540 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:49,120 Yep. 541 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:52,880 Cool sword. 542 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,960 Now is this a one-handed sword or two-handed sword? 543 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,279 Maybe it was with one or two hands. 544 00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:16,640 I put the sword back in the, in the box and, uh. 545 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,000 Go wash your hands. 546 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,680 And I, uh, and I go to bed. 547 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,840 Well, hello there. 548 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:26,559 How are you? 549 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:28,720 It's me, your dungeon master, Russ More. 550 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,559 Thank you for joining us for episode 71 of Dumbgeons and Dragons. 551 00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:34,240 Returning home part two. 552 00:28:34,799 --> 00:28:37,759 And oh man, we were doing so well, weren't we? 553 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:44,319 And then one of our lovely patrons, Ty, they throw in a, uh, a moist sword 554 00:28:44,319 --> 00:28:46,080 and we all just lose our shit. 555 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,200 Thank you, Ty. 556 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,279 Albeit, I was the one to choose where to have it show up. 557 00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:56,160 So I guess that one, that one's on me. 558 00:28:57,279 --> 00:29:00,799 We do have some more patron items and even characters coming up 559 00:29:01,519 --> 00:29:05,039 in future episodes and some in even this episode. 560 00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:06,240 But I don't want to spoil those. 561 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:07,840 So, so keep listening. 562 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,080 This week, we've just been gearing up for PodCon. 563 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:14,480 Some late nights editing, some, some working ahead recordings. 564 00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:18,960 We're super excited to be heading to Seattle and hanging out with all four of us. 565 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,200 If you're going to be there in Seattle at PodCon, make sure you let us know. 566 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,440 We are hoping to meet as many people as possible, fans and podcasters alike, 567 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:31,039 including as we're meeting up with the broadswords for breakfast. 568 00:29:31,039 --> 00:29:32,559 We're going to have a super fun game. 569 00:29:32,559 --> 00:29:36,240 We've got planned with Travis Van Grof of Dark Dice and Sean Howard 570 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,600 at the end of time and other bothers. 571 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,680 But we're planning on meeting, like I said, as many people as possible 572 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,519 and share the good word of Dumbgeons and Dragons. 573 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00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,480 The next episode will be out next Wednesday, January 23rd, 594 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,160 which will be after PodCon. 595 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,200 And while we're there, we're going to be doing recordings together while in Seattle, 596 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,320 but we're not sure whether it's going to fit in the timeline quite yet. 597 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:12,160 So those will be coming and I promise not to buy super crunchy chips this time. 598 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,400 But we hope you have a great week. 599 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:15,840 Maybe we'll see you in Seattle. 600 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,440 Otherwise, we'll talk soon. 601 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,880 Thea, you are sitting in your father's study, 602 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:30,480 and you've been kind of just awkwardly staring at each other for a little while. 603 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:31,840 Sounds about right. 604 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,440 Till he finally breaks the silence and says, 605 00:31:35,519 --> 00:31:45,519 So, you came home to stay? 606 00:31:47,519 --> 00:31:47,840 No. 607 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:50,799 I can't. 608 00:31:52,799 --> 00:31:53,840 I mean, you can. 609 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,559 I actually can't. 610 00:31:56,559 --> 00:32:02,640 I mean, there's choices in this world and you can choose to stay. 611 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:03,140 Okay. 612 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,960 As you might have seen, being that you came from upstairs, 613 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,240 you probably snuck in through your bedroom as you usually do, 614 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,280 rather than knock on the door like a civilized person. 615 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,880 Listen, if I stayed, you would die. 616 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,920 For two reasons. 617 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,720 Number one, I don't know if you know this, 618 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,080 but there's a whole crap ton of badness going on out there. 619 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,880 And number two, like I might legit murder you and mom 620 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,040 if I stay in this house. 621 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,920 I've been here 30 minutes already and it's been nothing but criticisms. 622 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,600 Mom, I take that back. 623 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:40,960 You and I would be fine. 624 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:41,920 I think we'd be cool. 625 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,520 Dad, however, he's got to let some things go. 626 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:46,640 Fair enough. 627 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,920 I have things of my own to work through. 628 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,240 Yes, I realize that. 629 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:56,800 I'm sorry. 630 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,160 Well, it didn't sound like a sincere apology, 631 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:01,200 but it's fine. 632 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,279 I'm not here for an apology. 633 00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:06,400 I'm here to bury it all. 634 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:07,840 You know what? 635 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:13,680 Were you and mom, you know, super awesome 636 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,360 in tune with their kid parents? 637 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:15,860 No. 638 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:17,060 No. 639 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,720 Did you handle my differences in a good way? 640 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:24,660 No. 641 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,720 Should you have sent me off to the university when I was so young 642 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,920 and only ever talked to me on the weekends? 643 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,519 No, no, probably not. 644 00:33:34,319 --> 00:33:38,000 But all that has made me into the resilient person I am today. 645 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,279 And for that, I can thank you. 646 00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:44,000 I'm with a group who is working very closely 647 00:33:44,559 --> 00:33:48,880 and very, very hard to stop the rise of TMS. 648 00:33:49,040 --> 00:34:00,400 So, you are, you are using your certain skills for, for good. 649 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:02,500 Yes. 650 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,640 What did you think I was out there doing? 651 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,840 I know you didn't know, but you had some inkling. 652 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:11,519 I'm sure you've talked to Benny. 653 00:34:11,519 --> 00:34:15,680 I'm sure you've talked to Master Carlisle. 654 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,079 Master Carlisle, you must have known I was out 655 00:34:20,079 --> 00:34:22,159 just trying to make a name for myself. 656 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:23,359 I mean, that's what they said. 657 00:34:23,359 --> 00:34:24,319 They said you were out. 658 00:34:24,319 --> 00:34:26,159 You were trying to find your own way. 659 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:29,359 I mean, when you left, you were dealing drugs 660 00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:32,480 to the local kids down the street. 661 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,639 Oh, I never dealt drugs to kids. 662 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:36,159 You yourself are a kid. 663 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:38,079 I'm dad. 664 00:34:38,079 --> 00:34:39,359 I'm 200 years old. 665 00:34:39,919 --> 00:34:41,359 Yeah, dad, I'm 200 years old. 666 00:34:41,359 --> 00:34:43,199 It's the same story as when you left. 667 00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:45,759 I was 150 when I left. 668 00:34:46,879 --> 00:34:47,519 Nevertheless. 669 00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:52,399 I am with a good group. 670 00:34:53,119 --> 00:34:56,399 We, we've been fighting for a long time 671 00:34:57,919 --> 00:35:00,559 and it's all, it's all coming to a head. 672 00:35:00,559 --> 00:35:05,279 And whichever way it goes, I just wanted to know that, 673 00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:07,439 that we are okay. 674 00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:10,719 And I wanted you both to know that I love you 675 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,040 and I forgive you. 676 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,680 There's a long pause 677 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:26,480 and you see your mother move closer to your father 678 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:33,440 and elbow him a little harder than she otherwise might. 679 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,920 He kind of corrects himself and says, 680 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:45,600 Thea, I'm sorry. 681 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:51,200 Thea doesn't talk 682 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:52,800 because she doesn't want to ruin this moment. 683 00:35:55,600 --> 00:36:00,800 I'm sorry we drove you away. 684 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,520 Well, I'm glad to be back now. 685 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:12,080 You're right. 686 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,360 We weren't the best parents. 687 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,800 We were doing the best that we thought we could. 688 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:23,200 It's not easy. 689 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,360 It's not like there's a book on parenting. 690 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,200 There are numerous books on parenting. 691 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,280 I did already reference books on parenting 692 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,680 but none of them appeared to be working very well. 693 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,240 You send me to the university library. 694 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:37,360 I could have directed you to some pretty good reads. 695 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,280 But thanks. 696 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:52,960 Just know that you are always welcome back here. 697 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,240 Thanks, Dad. 698 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:58,559 If I die, I'm going to come back and haunt you 699 00:36:58,559 --> 00:36:59,680 and mom, but in the good way. 700 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:01,440 He doesn't. 701 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,680 More look out for you kind of haunting. 702 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,440 He kind of just goes a little stone-faced 703 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,079 and doesn't know what to say. 704 00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:10,960 That was a joke, Dad. 705 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:12,239 That was a joke. 706 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,000 Just trying to lighten the mood. 707 00:37:16,159 --> 00:37:17,279 I don't plan on dying. 708 00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:19,679 Good. 709 00:37:20,319 --> 00:37:21,440 Hey, you don't get the name 710 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,359 Decimator of Dragons by dying. 711 00:37:25,679 --> 00:37:28,879 I mean, it sounds like a job that might end up dying. 712 00:37:28,879 --> 00:37:29,599 Oh, no, yeah, for sure. 713 00:37:29,599 --> 00:37:31,599 But I mean, we didn't get the name by dying. 714 00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:32,880 Fair enough. 715 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:33,519 Fair enough. 716 00:37:35,679 --> 00:37:36,719 Let's go eat. 717 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,440 Is is Herschel still your chef? 718 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,159 You better believe it. 719 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,119 Man, I could really go for a roast right now. 720 00:37:46,159 --> 00:37:48,239 He's been actually it's roast day. 721 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:49,839 You came on a good day. 722 00:37:49,839 --> 00:37:51,440 I could smell it when I walked in. 723 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:51,940 Yes. 724 00:37:52,639 --> 00:37:55,440 You head into the kitchen where there is an elaborate 725 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,440 and exorbitant meal. 726 00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:58,480 In the kitchen? 727 00:37:58,639 --> 00:37:59,360 In the kitchen? 728 00:38:00,559 --> 00:38:02,000 In the dining room. 729 00:38:03,199 --> 00:38:05,039 You head into the dining room. 730 00:38:05,039 --> 00:38:08,400 Maybe it's like you fill your plate in a station 731 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:09,920 and then you take it to the dining room. 732 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,199 No, they're so fancy. 733 00:38:11,199 --> 00:38:13,840 I met Thea's friends with the kitchen staff. 734 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,840 So she goes into the kitchen to be like, 735 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,039 yo, what's up, homies? 736 00:38:17,039 --> 00:38:18,800 Because they like you to give her treats and stuff 737 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:19,039 when she was a kid. 738 00:38:19,039 --> 00:38:21,039 I take the end pieces of the roast. 739 00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:23,519 Thea, we're in here. 740 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:25,199 We're in here still. 741 00:38:25,199 --> 00:38:26,000 OK, sorry. 742 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,639 I come in and I'm like I have like a piece of pot roast 743 00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,480 in like one hand and I'm like. 744 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,840 You all sit down and continue discussing 745 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,840 and eating your roast. 746 00:38:40,159 --> 00:38:40,880 New Laura. 747 00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:41,840 Yes. 748 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,760 You find yourself back in your room. 749 00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:48,800 You wake up in the morning. 750 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,559 OK, am I covered in blood? 751 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,360 No, you appear to have cleaned up 752 00:38:54,079 --> 00:38:58,400 what blood might have been there the night previous. 753 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,640 OK, so you say I wake up. 754 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,800 Did I like I don't remember 755 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,680 and I just wake up in my room or you remember 756 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,160 or I remember trudging back through the woods 757 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,440 having just murdered a man. 758 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,920 You remember the act of murdering. 759 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,599 You don't really remember all the details 760 00:39:15,599 --> 00:39:17,760 of getting back and getting cleaned up. 761 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,840 Well, that murdering will really take it out of you. 762 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:20,559 It's probably pretty. 763 00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:21,039 Sure will. 764 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:22,640 There you go. 765 00:39:22,639 --> 00:39:22,960 OK. 766 00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:27,679 You hear your nieces and nephews playing outside. 767 00:39:27,679 --> 00:39:31,440 Well, I am going to like get up 768 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,119 and try as best as I can 769 00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:34,879 to pretend there's nothing wrong 770 00:39:34,879 --> 00:39:38,079 because this is my like this is it. 771 00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:40,559 I have like a day with these people, right? 772 00:39:40,559 --> 00:39:42,559 I get up, we have breakfast together 773 00:39:42,559 --> 00:39:46,719 and then I kind of kind of ask all the kids 774 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,079 like you guys want to like learn some cool moves 775 00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:52,400 that your that your folks don't know. 776 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:56,320 Yeah, we don't know. 777 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:57,519 My dad's pretty cool. 778 00:39:57,519 --> 00:39:58,960 He knows a lot of moves. 779 00:39:58,960 --> 00:39:59,760 Oh, come on. 780 00:40:00,559 --> 00:40:02,240 She's on the decimator of dragon. 781 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:03,760 She kills dragons and shit. 782 00:40:04,559 --> 00:40:06,000 How many dragons you killed? 783 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,920 Well, kill such a harsh word. 784 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,160 Because decimate is not. 785 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,160 No, not totally. 786 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,599 So, yeah, we like go out to the field 787 00:40:21,679 --> 00:40:25,519 and I'm like showing them moves and stuff 788 00:40:25,519 --> 00:40:27,679 and like doing some of my spells 789 00:40:27,679 --> 00:40:31,279 and, you know, just like just playing 790 00:40:31,279 --> 00:40:32,079 and showing off 791 00:40:32,079 --> 00:40:34,000 and the kids are showing me their moves 792 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000 and I'm like super impressed 793 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,400 and yeah, it's very wholesome 794 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,839 considering I just stabbed a man eight hours before. 795 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:42,799 It's good. 796 00:40:42,799 --> 00:40:44,000 You go through all of this 797 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,839 and you go back as they're getting breakfast 798 00:40:47,839 --> 00:40:49,440 kind of served up there 799 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:50,719 and everybody's seated down. 800 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:52,640 You're seated beside John Zick 801 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,800 and he, as everybody kind of gets their plates full, 802 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,360 he kind of nudges you and says, 803 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,200 hey, remind me before you go. 804 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,120 I have something for you. 805 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:07,060 Okay. 806 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,880 Is there anything else that you, 807 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:15,200 Nulara, want to do before we start wrapping up? 808 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:16,960 I don't think so. 809 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,440 Like I just want to try and spend time with everybody 810 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:20,720 and just like hang out 811 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:23,039 and have things kind of be as normal as possible 812 00:41:23,039 --> 00:41:26,320 because like nothing has been normal. 813 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,720 Even at night here, it's not normal. 814 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:31,200 So yeah, just like hanging out with the fam. 815 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:31,840 It's real chill. 816 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,079 It is a great day. 817 00:41:34,079 --> 00:41:35,280 Everything is normal 818 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,760 and as if you had been there the whole time, 819 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,800 you spend a lot of time with your niece's nephews 820 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,159 joking around with your brothers 821 00:41:44,159 --> 00:41:46,400 and their significant others 822 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:51,440 and it comes time for you to go. 823 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,360 We didn't really say what the signal was 824 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:54,720 when you got to go, 825 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:56,559 but we'll say it's about now. 826 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,000 Then I guess I start my goodbyes, 827 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,240 which will take like three to four hours. 828 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:04,960 We're going to cut away and then cut back 829 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,240 and then you're still going. 830 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:10,079 You say all your goodbyes, 831 00:42:10,079 --> 00:42:11,280 give everybody big hugs 832 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,920 and John Zick kind of walks you back 833 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,480 to where you came up to 834 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:20,480 and met with Veres 835 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,680 and he reaches into his pocket 836 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,920 and he hands you a necklace. 837 00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:33,200 It's a small red rock on a chain. 838 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:35,680 It doesn't look like much. 839 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:37,760 He hands it to you 840 00:42:38,559 --> 00:42:39,200 and he says, 841 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:44,960 I know that you're trying to be safe, 842 00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:50,640 but I hope this helps a little bit. 843 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:52,320 It'll give you, 844 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:55,840 as the merchant who traded it to me said, 845 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,760 it'll give you a little extra boost 846 00:42:58,720 --> 00:42:59,520 when you need it. 847 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:01,840 He hands it to you. 848 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:05,040 Thanks, brother. 849 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,840 I'm sure I'll be back real soon. 850 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:10,880 Look forward to it. 851 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,160 He gives you a big final hug 852 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:16,880 and watches as you walk off 853 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:19,520 back into the woods. 854 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,920 Flint, it's the next morning. 855 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,160 Everybody has woken up 856 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,720 and you've created something masterful. 857 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,640 Yeah, for breakfast. 858 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,480 Did some of my patented 859 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:37,760 apple cinnamon scones. 860 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,600 Everybody loves them. 861 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:45,200 And your mom, she kind of looks 862 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,040 to the side there and sees the box. 863 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,440 She says, did Helge give that to you 864 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:52,480 last night? 865 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,120 Yeah, I guess. 866 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,680 I mean, what's the story with this sword, Ma? 867 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,680 She said it's been passed down 868 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:04,080 from generation to generation. 869 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,880 I've never seen it or heard anything about it. 870 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:10,400 Yeah, he he kept it kind of tucked away. 871 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,800 You know that that disgusting joke 872 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:14,480 you and him used to have? 873 00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:15,680 Yep. 874 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,720 Well, I mean, that comes from 875 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:23,200 his father and his father and his 876 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:24,720 and they're very dirty people. 877 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,000 Love them to bits, but good Lord. 878 00:44:29,519 --> 00:44:32,320 Like sailors, mouths like sailors. 879 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,079 Yeah, real trucker mouth. 880 00:44:34,079 --> 00:44:38,000 So that sword was your great, great, 881 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,159 great grandfathers. 882 00:44:41,199 --> 00:44:45,759 And he I guess either found it 883 00:44:45,759 --> 00:44:47,840 or made it himself that I don't know. 884 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:49,759 I was never I never really stuck around 885 00:44:49,759 --> 00:44:51,519 much longer than when he told me 886 00:44:51,519 --> 00:44:53,840 it was called the moist tongue sword. 887 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:57,840 Kind of gross. 888 00:44:59,199 --> 00:45:00,799 Anyways, you got the letter too? 889 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:04,160 Yep. Yeah, yeah, I got that. 890 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:05,120 I got the letter as well. 891 00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:07,120 Good. All right. 892 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:11,360 Well, I hope it I hope it works well. 893 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:14,480 I did. 894 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,880 I did wonder about one thing. 895 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,840 Are our dads smithing tongs anywhere around? 896 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:25,200 Yeah, we haven't. 897 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:26,560 We haven't gone to clean out 898 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:28,640 clean out the shop quite yet. 899 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:30,480 I'm sure they're I'm sure they're still there. 900 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:36,080 Is it OK if I if I pop by and and pick those up 901 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,240 just to keep them with me? 902 00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:41,280 Sure. Do you need need anyone to go with you or you? 903 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:43,760 No, I remember the way. 904 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,800 Yeah, I'm sure I'm sure they're there. 905 00:45:47,519 --> 00:45:50,720 She hands you a set of keys and she's like 906 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:53,680 she fumbles with I can't remember which one it is 907 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:55,039 and she hands you the whole ring. 908 00:45:55,039 --> 00:45:58,560 I remember the fake rock that the spare keys under. 909 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,160 Oh, OK. OK, good, good. 910 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,600 Yeah, I'll pop out to go to go pick those up. 911 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,880 You find the fake key in the exact spot where it should be. 912 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,440 We're not the fake key, the spare key. 913 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,600 Find the fake keys. I got you again. 914 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,080 Ah, sucker trickster. 915 00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:19,120 No, you find the spare key and you make your way in to the shop. 916 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:20,880 What is it? What does it look like? 917 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,720 And what do you what are you looking for? 918 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:28,480 It's it's pretty dusty in comparison to how I remember seeing it, 919 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:29,760 because it was always in action. 920 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,560 But yeah, it's clear that it hasn't been used in a while 921 00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:34,960 and everything's kind of in disarray. 922 00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,400 Obviously, you know, he wasn't feeling 100 percent 923 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,720 and never really got back to it after he 924 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,520 after he was down for the count there. 925 00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:48,080 But yeah, I brood around a little bit and I find is his tongs. 926 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,320 Is there anything else you want to do 927 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:56,240 as you feel your time to return to water deep approaching? 928 00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:00,960 No, I'll just I'll lock it back up and hide the key where I found it 929 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,800 and head back for final hugs and goodbyes and everything. 930 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,640 You head back to your mother's place 931 00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:16,320 and she and your sister give you equally large hugs. 932 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,520 It's a big group Firebeard family hug. 933 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:24,960 And she as you get ready to go, she looks at you and says, 934 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:28,159 you be safe and you come back. 935 00:47:31,119 --> 00:47:32,960 I promise I'll do both of those. 936 00:47:35,199 --> 00:47:39,360 She pats you on the shoulder where she felt the dragon scale 937 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:45,599 and she gives you a knowing look and ushers you on your way. 938 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:51,360 You head back out the secret door to Mithril Hall 939 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:55,519 where you see the runes beginning to form. 940 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,440 Thea, you finished your dinner. 941 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:02,880 Oh, so good. 942 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,920 I yell back, Herschel, you have outdone yourself again, my man. 943 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:08,960 What? 944 00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:15,440 Side adventure for Herschel to cook, by the way. 945 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:16,960 Oh, yeah, you're the one, that guy. 946 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,440 So anyways, you feel that it's getting to be about that time 947 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:22,720 when you got to head back? 948 00:48:25,519 --> 00:48:29,360 Mom, dad, thank you for understanding. 949 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:33,760 This is meant a lot to me and, you know, 950 00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:38,400 whereas before I would have gone out and fought, 951 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,800 I feel like I have something extra I'm fighting for now. 952 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,680 Your mother begins to cry. 953 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:52,320 Your father reaches over and gives her a consoling kind of side hug 954 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:53,840 because you're at the table. 955 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:58,080 Thea, you are always welcome here. 956 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,840 I don't know if it will hold on and he gets up 957 00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,640 and leaves the room headed back towards the study 958 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:08,880 and comes back and says, I don't know if it'll help, 959 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:14,000 I don't know if it'll help, but I mean, hands you a book. 960 00:49:18,559 --> 00:49:19,599 It might do some good. 961 00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,160 I look down at it and I look back at it and I say, 962 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,119 but I don't know how to read. 963 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,840 Fuck, you're never welcome here again. 964 00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:34,000 Also, you don't have a great track record with books. 965 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,640 I feel like Thea is like the inappropriate joke maker 966 00:49:38,639 --> 00:49:40,000 her parents never appreciate it. 967 00:49:40,799 --> 00:49:43,839 I give him a big hug, not a side hug, 968 00:49:43,839 --> 00:49:47,039 like probably the first hug we'd probably ever shared 969 00:49:47,039 --> 00:49:48,799 since before I would like. 970 00:49:50,159 --> 00:49:52,239 It's a little like he doesn't know what to do 971 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:53,920 with his hands at first. 972 00:49:56,079 --> 00:50:00,319 And then he returns the hug 973 00:50:00,319 --> 00:50:04,239 says you are always welcome here. 974 00:50:05,119 --> 00:50:06,239 Thanks, dad. 975 00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:08,400 Your mom who's still crying comes over 976 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:09,680 and gets in on the hug. 977 00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:11,120 Ah, so much hugging. 978 00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,760 I feel like the hug is going on a little too long, 979 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,200 like dad's really into it now. 980 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,920 And I'm like, everybody's doing a big sway. 981 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,160 I look over his shoulder at the book 982 00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,160 and I'm trying to read the cover. 983 00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:24,560 It says multitasking. 984 00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:28,400 Yeah, it says tome of thunderstep. 985 00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:34,800 I break free from this super hug 986 00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:37,120 that surprised us all. 987 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:39,840 And I give them each a kiss on the cheek 988 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:45,200 and I wave goodbye as I leave out the front door. 989 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:48,240 You head back out 990 00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:49,760 and you see them watching you 991 00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,080 as you walk down the street of silvery moon 992 00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,800 back out as far as they can watch you. 993 00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,200 And you head back out to the gate 994 00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:01,600 where the guards there open it and let you out. 995 00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:03,039 I high five them as I pass. 996 00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:07,679 And you see the runes beginning to form 997 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:09,920 the same spot that you left. 998 00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:12,400 You step into them 999 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,400 and find yourself back in water deep 1000 00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:21,920 with Flint and Nulara. 1001 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:34,639 Music in today's episode was by Kavin McLeod 1002 00:51:34,639 --> 00:51:37,119 of incompetech.filmmusic.io. 1003 00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:38,079 Add it to Spotify. 1004 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,720 You, it's not as fun when you point 1005 00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:44,159 every single one out because then 1006 00:51:44,159 --> 00:51:45,760 they don't have to find them. 1007 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,320 Well, you know, I'm sorry. 1008 00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:52,800 But like, for real, add the entire 1009 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:53,920 rumors album right now. 1010 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:55,519 Yeah, that was legit. 1011 00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,400 No, that's that's what I follow in his voice. 1012 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:03,440 My dad's a dagger. 1013 00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:05,760 So maybe, maybe. 1014 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:08,160 Plot twist. 1015 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:10,960 You want to be a star, don't you? 1016 00:52:13,519 --> 00:52:16,480 Oh, God, this is the worst. 1017 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:17,440 I hate you, Russ. 1018 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:24,079 Which one of our patrons made this item, Russ? 1019 00:52:25,199 --> 00:52:25,519 Ty. 1020 00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:28,000 It's all coming together. 1021 00:52:28,559 --> 00:52:29,119 I love it. 1022 00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:34,079 Um, and the. 1023 00:52:38,639 --> 00:52:40,639 How did he learn all of his tips and tricks? 1024 00:52:43,119 --> 00:52:44,960 We'll find out next Christmas. 1025 00:52:47,119 --> 00:52:50,000 This puts in calendar Herschel side 1026 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,039 adventures. 1027 00:52:51,039 --> 00:52:52,559 Christmas 2019. 1028 00:52:52,559 --> 00:52:53,039 Damn it. 1029 00:52:54,079 --> 00:52:56,159 Yeah, Herschel the cook. 1030 00:52:56,159 --> 00:52:57,199 It was mentioned once. 1031 00:52:57,199 --> 00:53:01,920 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.