[0.0s] Previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons.
[61.0s] Yeah, it's fine.
[74.0s] Ha! Ha!
[87.0s] We're gonna need better disguises.
[89.0s] Yeah.
[90.0s] I'm kind of digging this sun hat.
[92.0s] The sun hat does look great.
[94.0s] It does change your look.
[116.0s] Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons.
[118.0s] This is D&D 5th Edition Actual Play Podcast.
[120.0s] And I'm your Dungeon Master, Russ More.
[122.0s] And with me today is Tom Laird.
[124.0s] Yeah, that's me. I play Moot.
[126.0s] And Amy More.
[128.0s] That's me. I play Sullivan Slate.
[130.0s] And Karla Maxted.
[132.0s] That's me. I play Narixious Akra.
[135.0s] But you are my friend, so you can call me Glim.
[138.0s] Aw, thanks.
[140.0s] How's everybody doing tonight?
[142.0s] Oh, so good.
[143.0s] Good.
[144.0s] Yeah, doing great.
[145.0s] I can't wait to steal some stuff.
[146.0s] You know when you just feel like stealing?
[148.0s] Ready to get to thieving.
[149.0s] Ooh, it's a caper.
[151.0s] Right?
[152.0s] Ready to just be in well over our level two heads.
[155.0s] Let's do it.
[156.0s] You guys are still level twos?
[158.0s] How did that happen?
[159.0s] Remember when Tom was like,
[160.0s] were we supposed to level up and you laughed?
[162.0s] You laughed.
[163.0s] He really did laugh.
[164.0s] This sinister laugh.
[165.0s] Yeah, so hard.
[167.0s] I laughed so hard.
[168.0s] Then he said something about...
[169.0s] Episode 50, we're still level two.
[170.0s] You'll never live long enough to see level three.
[172.0s] I don't know. It was very disconcerting.
[174.0s] He mumbled it.
[175.0s] Under his breath, yeah.
[176.0s] Yeah, we're going through a harsh rebrand.
[179.0s] Again?
[180.0s] Where we never make it past level two.
[183.0s] As soon as you're on that XP cusp, nix.
[186.0s] CPK, got it.
[188.0s] But where you can stop that from happening is over on Patreon.
[191.0s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[193.0s] If you join us over there,
[194.0s] hey, we're only two patrons away from our next goal,
[197.0s] which is not to nix these three characters,
[200.0s] but also to have me sing a whole bunch of really great D&D songs.
[204.0s] I can't wait for the full version of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe.
[210.0s] Yeah, that's going to be good.
[211.0s] If you're not aware, because maybe you're not a patron,
[214.0s] well, over on Patreon, I run a game every month
[217.0s] where Russ and Carla and Amy all play,
[220.0s] and Russ plays a tabaxi bard named Opal,
[222.0s] and his singing has come up from time to time,
[225.0s] so this will really be a deep dive into the catalog
[228.0s] after this next Patreon goal.
[230.0s] Some world-saving songs.
[231.0s] Really is.
[232.0s] I think all those songs, I think only ever world was saved
[237.0s] when I was singing a song, so.
[239.0s] Fair.
[240.0s] I mean, we'll have to go back and check the tape,
[242.0s] but I'm pretty sure that's how it played out.
[244.0s] When you are a patron, you get an episode dedicated to you as well,
[247.0s] and today's patron is Still the Ghost.
[252.0s] Thanks, Still the Ghost.
[253.0s] Ooh, spooky.
[255.0s] Too scary for Carla.
[257.0s] Unfinished business.
[259.0s] I have a question.
[260.0s] Is it, like, Still the Ghost, like, stop that ghost from moving,
[263.0s] or is it Still the Ghost, like, I am still the ghost.
[267.0s] I took it that way.
[268.0s] I continue to be the ghost.
[270.0s] Yeah, that's the way I took it, too.
[271.0s] Because it's my unfinished business here on Earth,
[272.0s] but you're right.
[273.0s] I had it be, like, you stop that ghost from moving.
[275.0s] I mean, it's all one word, so it really could be
[277.0s] Still the Ghost.
[281.0s] Still T-Ghost.
[283.0s] Still T-Ghost.
[284.0s] Oh.
[285.0s] Like, who is T-Ghost?
[286.0s] Right?
[287.0s] Who knows?
[289.0s] Anyways, Patreon.com's...
[291.0s] Sorry.
[292.0s] What a fun little mystery that name is, I know.
[294.0s] Still T-Ghost.
[297.0s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[299.0s] Save these lovely little characters and also get an episode dedicated to you.
[303.0s] And now...
[304.0s] No pressure.
[305.0s] This is very ominous.
[307.0s] Fuck it, let's play D&D.
[310.0s] Anybody else feel like...
[311.0s] Fuck it, I'm gonna kill everybody.
[312.0s] We got nothing to lose now.
[313.0s] Absolutely.
[315.0s] If I had spells, I'd be burning spells left right in the center.
[318.0s] If Amy had more of those acid scrolls...
[321.0s] Exactly.
[322.0s] We're about to die anyway, so let's go for it.
[325.0s] Right?
[327.0s] I feel like Glim was kind of playing like it was her last day on Earth anyway
[332.0s] with all her burning...
[333.0s] A little bit.
[334.0s] ...lighting people on fire and stuff, so let's just see.
[337.0s] You did not hold back.
[338.0s] Let's see what happens.
[340.0s] We join back with Mook Glim and Sully, and it's the next day
[343.0s] after they've handed off Layden Menda's scroll to a stranger in the night on the docks.
[349.0s] You're going over the note from Sharmy, reading it again and again
[352.0s] to make sure that you get the details down pat.
[355.0s] And you are supposed to be acquiring certain items.
[359.0s] First, a circlet with runes in Infernal and red and green writing.
[364.0s] Six alchemical jugs with the sign of Dagon on it.
[368.0s] And various herbs from Aglarond, Dream Flake, Sutara, Goji Leaves, Sticks Root.
[375.0s] It also gives you the details that you are to track down a ship from Aglarond
[380.0s] that should be carrying all of these items.
[385.0s] Hey, does anyone know what the flag of Agarond looks like?
[389.0s] I think it's two lions that are face to face.
[394.0s] I see one over there that they're facing the opposite direction, but it doesn't...
[399.0s] Maybe I have it wrong.
[401.0s] One's on top of the other one too.
[403.0s] It's an interesting flag.
[405.0s] And it's on that checker background.
[407.0s] It's blue and white, and then two lions face to face, and then a star in the sky.
[411.0s] It's quite...
[413.0s] It's quite striking visually.
[415.0s] That's involved. It's real busy.
[417.0s] It's a little... there's a lot going on.
[419.0s] I don't know a lot about design,
[421.0s] but it seems like they were really trying to get it all on the flag.
[426.0s] So we should be able to spot that if they're flying the flag.
[431.0s] Oh yeah, I totally think so.
[433.0s] Shall we walk down the docks and just see what we can see?
[437.0s] Let's see what we can see without having to ask.
[440.0s] I feel like it might be suspicious if we ask about a ship
[443.0s] and then something goes missing from said ship.
[446.0s] Agreed.
[448.0s] Yeah, that's absolutely correct.
[450.0s] You don't want to say, I'm going to steal,
[453.0s] because people will expect things to go missing and then also know it was you.
[458.0s] Exactly.
[460.0s] Can I roll a perception check to see if I see this beautiful flag we have designed?
[465.0s] This beautiful, busy, busy flag?
[468.0s] Yes, as you walk out of the inn and tavern that you are in,
[472.0s] make a perception check please.
[478.0s] Twelve.
[481.0s] That is better than what I rolled.
[483.0s] That's also better than what I rolled.
[486.0s] Three.
[487.0s] Oh, I had seven.
[489.0s] The three of you walk out of the skunky monkey into the street
[493.0s] and back down toward the dock.
[496.0s] And as you're walking back down the street,
[499.0s] you look to a bulletin board that's on the way.
[504.0s] And before you get down to the dock, you see your image and Moot's image
[512.0s] under the sign wanted for the maiming and debilitation of two civilians.
[520.0s] Oh.
[522.0s] Oh, Glim.
[524.0s] We should get a disguise or something.
[527.0s] What do you guys need a disguise for?
[529.0s] What do you...
[532.0s] Yeah, this isn't...
[534.0s] I mean, I stand by what I did, but this isn't great.
[538.0s] This is really refreshing.
[540.0s] My face isn't even on there.
[542.0s] Well, because you were hiding under a blanket the whole time.
[545.0s] Well, yeah, fair enough.
[547.0s] I mean, it was very important.
[552.0s] Okay, yeah, we got to get you guys maybe some disguises.
[557.0s] Yeah, I think that's a good idea.
[559.0s] I can wear this robe, but I don't know if that's a great disguise.
[565.0s] Maybe we could just go and I could find, you know,
[568.0s] like some sort of fun chapeau and that would throw people off.
[575.0s] I mean, I'm sort of hard to disguise.
[577.0s] I'm very large and I'm, you know...
[580.0s] Yeah, all colorful is the problem.
[582.0s] Hold on one second.
[584.0s] I want to pop back into the tavern that we had come from.
[588.0s] And I want to like sneakily gather soot from the fireplace
[592.0s] because every tavern has a fireplace.
[594.0s] There certainly will be a fireplace.
[596.0s] Yes.
[597.0s] Okay.
[598.0s] I want to do that.
[599.0s] Also, I'm delighted there's no homeless people in this...
[601.0s] I mean, are you trying to be stealthy or are you just going in
[604.0s] and taking soot from a fireplace?
[606.0s] I want to go in and be a little stealthy,
[608.0s] but like I don't want to raise suspicion.
[610.0s] Like that would be weird.
[612.0s] Also, did I have a big floppy sun hat last time?
[615.0s] You did.
[616.0s] I feel like I'm going to keep wearing that.
[618.0s] Okay.
[619.0s] Yeah.
[620.0s] Yeah, we did end with...
[622.0s] I think I like the sun hat.
[624.0s] All right.
[625.0s] Well, that's a 14.
[627.0s] It's not super busy, but yeah, you can actually absolutely go in
[630.0s] and take soot from the fireplace without raising too much suspicion.
[633.0s] Yeah, I just kind of like scoop some of it
[636.0s] into a little leather bag that I have and exit.
[640.0s] And I come out and I say, here, bend down, bend down.
[644.0s] And I take some soot and I start to rub it all over Glim's face,
[648.0s] dulling the shine and glisten of her blue or her brilliant scales.
[654.0s] You don't even know what color scale is going on.
[657.0s] No, I'm very sorry.
[658.0s] It's kind of like bronze.
[660.0s] I said blue, they're not.
[662.0s] They're like titanium...
[664.0s] What are they?
[665.0s] It's like a reddish bronze?
[667.0s] Yeah.
[668.0s] Shut up.
[669.0s] Listen, go fuck yourself.
[671.0s] It's an audio medium.
[673.0s] Yeah, God, I'm not...
[675.0s] You have to paint the picture if it's blue.
[677.0s] I have a really hard...
[678.0s] No, OK, I take it all back.
[680.0s] I say, come here, bend down.
[682.0s] And then I start to soot her face and I use that as a verb
[688.0s] and dull her bronze scales.
[691.0s] What do you want us to roll to see if this works?
[695.0s] Is she a master of disguises?
[697.0s] Are you a master of disguises?
[700.0s] Only a master of being sneaky.
[703.0s] What does...
[705.0s] I say it would be like performance, putting on makeup.
[710.0s] Performance would be on Glim's part.
[713.0s] You're trying to...
[715.0s] I think it would be probably more sleight of hand.
[718.0s] That's OK with me.
[719.0s] I mean, that works.
[721.0s] Yeah, sleight of hand on your part.
[723.0s] OK.
[725.0s] Well, that's a 20, not natural.
[729.0s] Absolutely.
[731.0s] Whatever you want Glim to look like with soot, she now looks like.
[735.0s] Yeah, I am just...
[737.0s] I'm essentially darkening her scales so she doesn't shine so brightly
[741.0s] and attract attention to herself.
[743.0s] OK.
[745.0s] Wow, you're so good at this.
[746.0s] Have you ever...
[747.0s] You must have had a job doing this before.
[749.0s] I feel like I look totally different and like...
[753.0s] I mean, I'm still a Dragonborn, but not like a glossy kind of one.
[759.0s] Like a more rough and tumble kind of.
[761.0s] That's exactly what I'm going for.
[764.0s] Well, yes, I was...
[767.0s] I did work in a make-up-ery for a while
[770.0s] where we would make up different stories for people
[773.0s] and then change them into those different types of people.
[776.0s] Oh, so what's the story for me?
[778.0s] I said rough and tumble, was I right?
[780.0s] Is that what you were going for?
[781.0s] Oh, absolutely.
[782.0s] You know what?
[783.0s] You probably grew up on the streets.
[785.0s] Yeah, you've seen some hardship.
[787.0s] So if I grew up on the streets, what would my name be?
[789.0s] Because Glim doesn't really make sense if I'm not shiny anymore.
[794.0s] So now...
[797.0s] I am...
[800.0s] What do you think?
[802.0s] When you're make-up-ery experience, what would be a good name for me?
[804.0s] Oh, well, fair enough.
[805.0s] Well, I mean, people like...
[807.0s] You know, you're a street urchin, right?
[809.0s] Like you're living on...
[810.0s] You probably have a nickname.
[812.0s] Your mother probably didn't even care about you enough
[814.0s] to give you a real name.
[815.0s] Like maybe you're like Slim.
[817.0s] Oh, I like it.
[820.0s] Yeah, Slim.
[822.0s] Okay.
[823.0s] Yeah, Slim.
[824.0s] A little dangerous.
[825.0s] That's who I am now.
[826.0s] Yeah.
[827.0s] Yeah, I grew up on the streets.
[828.0s] My mom didn't even love me.
[829.0s] And I've been totally alone my whole life.
[832.0s] Gosh, this is actually like a really sad kind of story.
[835.0s] Well, yeah, it's okay, but it's not actually really you.
[838.0s] Yeah, okay.
[839.0s] Also, I don't think Slim's found Bahamut yet.
[842.0s] Oh, God.
[843.0s] I made it even sadder.
[845.0s] Oh, yeah, Bahamut would probably be a dead giveaway.
[848.0s] Yeah, so you can't go spouting all your awesomeness about Bahamut.
[853.0s] Okay.
[854.0s] Just when you are Slim.
[857.0s] That's a glim thing.
[858.0s] Right.
[859.0s] Okay?
[860.0s] You gotta just be sneaky, inconspicuous.
[864.0s] I wonder what deity Slim would follow.
[867.0s] Okay.
[868.0s] I want to think about that, but...
[869.0s] Okay, do you guys...
[870.0s] What do you guys think?
[871.0s] Do I look...
[872.0s] Do I look different?
[874.0s] I mean, if I didn't know any better, I would think so.
[877.0s] Absolutely.
[878.0s] Okay.
[879.0s] And you've got that hat, so like...
[881.0s] It's fucking gorgeous, man.
[882.0s] I just love the floppy brim.
[884.0s] Well, now it's so bright out, it's probably like really coming in handy.
[889.0s] It's super handy.
[890.0s] It keeps the sun right out of my eyes.
[892.0s] You hear the armored footsteps of helm guards from down the street
[898.0s] coming from behind you and moving towards the direction of the dock.
[903.0s] I guess we'll move out of the way.
[906.0s] When I move out of the way, you notice that I'm like kind of walking with a slight limp.
[912.0s] Glim's decided Slim, probably.
[914.0s] It's like, it's been a hard life, probably.
[916.0s] Yeah.
[917.0s] Isn't.
[918.0s] Some deep character work she's doing.
[920.0s] I like she's really embodying this whole...
[922.0s] Really getting into it.
[923.0s] I really like it.
[924.0s] All right.
[925.0s] From Glim or Slim and Moot, who we haven't come up with a new name for yet.
[931.0s] Suddenly someone goes, you're Boot.
[935.0s] As the armored soldiers come to your location, make a performance roll.
[942.0s] Do I have to perform anything?
[944.0s] They're not looking for me.
[945.0s] They're not looking for you, no.
[947.0s] That's a 22.
[949.0s] Performance, okay.
[952.0s] It's a 19.
[953.0s] You guys are so good.
[955.0s] You strike a pose as your new selves.
[958.0s] I feel like I hunch over a little bit and I grab Slim's arm and I say,
[964.0s] Can you help me across the street, sweetie?
[974.0s] Well, I mean, I wouldn't normally do that, but I guess you do seem pretty weak and pathetic, so let's go.
[981.0s] Oh, thanks, dearie.
[983.0s] You guys are nailing this.
[986.0s] The helm guards move past you as the scene is playing out.
[991.0s] And as Sully says, you guys are really nailing this, one of them kind of stops and turns and looks.
[997.0s] Just keep helping this...
[999.0s] Yeah, and I really like...
[1001.0s] Kindly old lady across the street.
[1002.0s] Really struggle with my walking.
[1003.0s] They're kind of just scanning over the situation as it plays out
[1008.0s] and then begin moving back down towards the dock.
[1012.0s] All right, now where...
[1014.0s] Where to now, guys?
[1017.0s] Well, I guess we should go down to the dock and see if we can see that flag and then maybe find the ship.
[1022.0s] Yeah, it's a good idea.
[1024.0s] And I guess let's all just keep our eyes peeled in case any more guards come around.
[1029.0s] I mean, it's a really good disguise.
[1031.0s] I don't think anyone's going to realize who we really are, that we're not Slim and Boot,
[1035.0s] but just in case, we'll keep our eyes peeled.
[1039.0s] OK, sounds good.
[1040.0s] Also, we should probably stop talking about it.
[1044.0s] Right.
[1045.0s] Yeah, we shouldn't mention being Slim and Boot anymore.
[1048.0s] Yeah, yeah, so like, stop it.
[1052.0s] We flash forward down to the dock and it's...
[1056.0s] Two hours later because Boot insisted on walking like a granny the whole way to keep up character.
[1062.0s] Only when the guards are around.
[1064.0s] The slight limp, though, from Slim is really slowing us down.
[1067.0s] You notice that guard presence is increased from the day previous.
[1072.0s] I wonder why.
[1073.0s] With your rolls, you've managed to make it all the way down to the dock.
[1078.0s] And activity has picked back up again.
[1080.0s] It's as busy as it was yesterday when you arrived with the number of ships coming and going and offloading.
[1089.0s] Let's pick back up.
[1091.0s] What's your first...
[1093.0s] So the dock is quite long as far as the city goes.
[1099.0s] It wraps right around the coastline.
[1102.0s] The dock where you are located is kind of in the middle of the city,
[1108.0s] but it extends out down the entire run of the city.
[1112.0s] So for at least a couple of kilometers of dock.
[1117.0s] In either direction from where we are or in total?
[1120.0s] Total.
[1121.0s] Okay.
[1122.0s] So what's the plan when we find the ship?
[1126.0s] Because we can't just go and ask for these things, can we?
[1130.0s] No, probably not.
[1133.0s] I guess we like watch and observe and see like when the guards switch off or any weaknesses in their defenses.
[1143.0s] Or see if maybe they're just like unloading things to sell.
[1147.0s] I guess we don't know if the things will still be on the ship or...
[1151.0s] So I say find the ship, watch the ship.
[1154.0s] Well, you know what? We get on a caravan.
[1157.0s] We can probably do the exact same thing with a ship.
[1160.0s] Just be like, you looking for some extra hands?
[1163.0s] That's a really good point.
[1164.0s] And have them hire us and pay us to steal from them.
[1167.0s] But what if they were leaving?
[1171.0s] Then we need to steal all this stuff and jump off the boat?
[1176.0s] Well, it depends where they're going.
[1178.0s] Huh.
[1180.0s] I mean, we have to get back, don't we?
[1182.0s] Do we have a deadline?
[1183.0s] I feel like we have to get back pretty quick or...
[1185.0s] Well, it's...
[1186.0s] I think we just have to get back.
[1188.0s] Yeah.
[1189.0s] I don't really know if there was like a time frame for it.
[1192.0s] Sully, you were the one that signed the deal.
[1194.0s] Do you remember any of that?
[1196.0s] No.
[1197.0s] We just need to come back.
[1199.0s] And if we fuck her over, she will know.
[1204.0s] Oh, I wasn't suggesting that.
[1206.0s] I was getting it confused with the scroll.
[1208.0s] There's a very tight timeline.
[1210.0s] Oh, yeah, easy to mix those up.
[1212.0s] No.
[1213.0s] Like, I don't think that we should dilly dally or anything like that.
[1216.0s] But I mean, it's probably a good idea to do things in a safe way.
[1221.0s] And probably the less time we spend in this town, the better.
[1224.0s] I mean, they are actively looking for us.
[1226.0s] Yeah, I'd like to get out of this town as soon as we could.
[1229.0s] I don't really like seeing my face on wanted posters.
[1233.0s] I don't really like seeing my face on anything.
[1235.0s] I'm sort of, you know...
[1237.0s] I don't mind being in front of people in real life,
[1239.0s] but up on a big billboard or something,
[1241.0s] that seems like a terrible idea.
[1245.0s] Well, left or right, guys, what do you think?
[1249.0s] I mean, if they dock alphabetically,
[1251.0s] then they'd be over to the left.
[1254.0s] But I don't think that's how dogs work.
[1256.0s] Or maybe it's by name of ship, if it's alphabetically.
[1259.0s] And we don't know what the ship...
[1260.0s] Do we know what the ship's named, Sully?
[1262.0s] No, we don't know the name of the ship.
[1264.0s] We just know that it's come from Aglarond.
[1270.0s] OK, I don't know, left?
[1273.0s] Sure, let's go left.
[1276.0s] All right, everybody, as you're hunting and searching
[1281.0s] and looking through ships and combing through people
[1284.0s] and trying to pick up on phrases or anything like that,
[1288.0s] make an investigation roll, please.
[1292.0s] Well, that was a one.
[1294.0s] Ooh, that's fun.
[1295.0s] I'm so busy being swim.
[1297.0s] I can't even pay attention to anything else.
[1299.0s] A 13 for me, Russ.
[1302.0s] OK, you managed to walk down to the far end of the dock,
[1307.0s] walking all the way down to the east end of the dock.
[1311.0s] Glim, you are very wrapped up in being slim,
[1315.0s] perhaps to a fault at this point,
[1318.0s] but so much so that you certainly haven't been noticed
[1321.0s] by any of the helmed guards patrolling the dock,
[1325.0s] bumping past you, walking around and down the docks
[1329.0s] and up and through the streets of the city.
[1331.0s] Sully and Moot, you don't see the ship walking down
[1337.0s] to the east end here.
[1339.0s] You overhear a dockhand quickly talking to someone,
[1344.0s] looking like they're trying to settle up an order,
[1349.0s] saying that a ship, what you hear is a small goblin
[1358.0s] who's missing a left hand.
[1360.0s] He's got a big sword on his back and carries a clipboard.
[1364.0s] He's talking to a human male and he says,
[1370.0s] yeah, ship from Aglaron with a whole bunch of different things,
[1375.0s] herbs, chemicals, all that sort of stuff.
[1377.0s] It's going to be coming in later tonight,
[1380.0s] probably down other end of the dock there.
[1384.0s] Hey, you guys, we got to turn around.
[1389.0s] We went the wrong way, but we went the right way
[1391.0s] because we just heard some information just right now,
[1393.0s] but we went the wrong way because it's going to be
[1395.0s] at the other end of the dock.
[1397.0s] Oh, OK.
[1399.0s] But later tonight.
[1401.0s] OK.
[1403.0s] So let's walk down there and maybe like lay low,
[1407.0s] get a bite to eat at a tavern or something
[1412.0s] and then OK, come back out when it's dark
[1419.0s] or when the boat's there.
[1421.0s] I don't know.
[1424.0s] As the three of you turn to walk back down
[1426.0s] the other end of the dock, you hear the same voice
[1429.0s] call out and be like, hey, you tree,
[1431.0s] you look like you're lost.
[1433.0s] What are you doing down here?
[1435.0s] We were just looking to see if anybody needs
[1439.0s] a couple hands for help on the ship.
[1444.0s] But then we looked at all these ships
[1446.0s] and we decided we're going to go check out
[1448.0s] the other side of the dock.
[1449.0s] What's wrong with these ships?
[1450.0s] These ships are very important.
[1451.0s] They got a whole bunch of really great stuff on them.
[1453.0s] Well, I mean, that's great and everything,
[1455.0s] but I mean, sometimes really important stuff
[1457.0s] is really heavy.
[1458.0s] And let's face it, like, you know,
[1460.0s] we're working for pennies over here.
[1462.0s] I don't want to be lifting gold bars.
[1464.0s] Yeah, we're looking.
[1465.0s] Is there any flower deliveries coming in or?
[1468.0s] Flower like flowers, anything that's like.
[1471.0s] Yeah, not bags of flowers,
[1473.0s] because that would be really heavy.
[1474.0s] Yeah.
[1475.0s] What my friend means is like roses, daffodils, daisies.
[1480.0s] I used to be a flower ologist.
[1482.0s] I know a lot about them.
[1484.0s] This goblin looks down to their clipboard
[1487.0s] reaches with their left hand, which is missing.
[1491.0s] Every time, every time I go to flip the page,
[1494.0s] the arm's not there.
[1497.0s] He switches and kind of props it up in his hand
[1500.0s] and flips the pages.
[1502.0s] Well, there's some stuff.
[1505.0s] There's some, I don't know, you want to lift light stuff.
[1508.0s] People don't generally hire for light stuff.
[1511.0s] Well, yeah, I know.
[1512.0s] It's just, you know what, too?
[1514.0s] There's also a tavern on the other side of the docks
[1517.0s] over there about, you know, a little ways down.
[1521.0s] It's got the best eats.
[1523.0s] Well, it really does.
[1525.0s] Yeah.
[1526.0s] Lucy's.
[1527.0s] Yeah, Lucy's.
[1528.0s] Lucy's slurptuous scrumsh diner.
[1534.0s] Is that how you say it?
[1535.0s] I could never quite read it, because it's,
[1537.0s] there's a lot of consonants.
[1539.0s] Lucy's slurptuous scrumsh diner.
[1542.0s] That's the one.
[1543.0s] Yeah.
[1544.0s] Yeah, with the, the one with the soup, right?
[1546.0s] That real good fish soup.
[1548.0s] It's so slurpy.
[1550.0s] It's a chowder.
[1551.0s] Yeah.
[1552.0s] Now that I hear you say the name out loud,
[1554.0s] it makes a lot of sense.
[1555.0s] Yeah, for sure.
[1556.0s] Um, so we're probably going to go down there,
[1558.0s] grab a bite to eat, and then to, like,
[1560.0s] see what's coming in in the evening, you know?
[1562.0s] Cool, yeah, that sounds really great.
[1564.0s] Because I mean, working in the sun, too.
[1566.0s] I know.
[1567.0s] It's really just, it just wears down on you.
[1569.0s] I wasn't even supposed to be working here.
[1571.0s] Where are you supposed to be working?
[1573.0s] Well, I mean, I ended up here.
[1575.0s] I was, I was out adventuring, you know,
[1577.0s] with a group.
[1580.0s] Got this chopped off.
[1582.0s] Dang, man.
[1583.0s] That fucking sucks.
[1584.0s] Yeah.
[1585.0s] Like in some, in some kind of battle or something.
[1587.0s] Cool, right?
[1588.0s] Yeah, it's battles.
[1589.0s] Cool.
[1590.0s] That's where I got it chopped off,
[1592.0s] and that's...
[1594.0s] Sharpened my blade.
[1595.0s] But, um, yeah, it's, um,
[1597.0s] very cool how I got my arm chopped off.
[1600.0s] My hand.
[1601.0s] Well, you want to come to Lucy's?
[1602.0s] You tell us the story.
[1603.0s] I can't.
[1604.0s] Uh, well, yeah, yeah.
[1606.0s] Hey, yeah.
[1607.0s] Perfect.
[1608.0s] Let's do that.
[1609.0s] All right.
[1610.0s] Yeah, all right.
[1611.0s] You're going down there right now.
[1612.0s] I can get off in about an hour.
[1614.0s] Yeah, we'll be down there.
[1615.0s] We'll have some soup waiting for you.
[1616.0s] Oh, that sounds great.
[1617.0s] What's your name, friend?
[1618.0s] My name's Shoo.
[1619.0s] Shoo Left Hand.
[1621.0s] Which hand is he missing?
[1622.0s] His left hand.
[1623.0s] Oh, yeah, he is.
[1625.0s] Ha, Shoo Left Hand.
[1627.0s] I like your name.
[1628.0s] I like your gumption.
[1630.0s] Thanks, friend.
[1631.0s] What's your name?
[1632.0s] My name?
[1637.0s] I'm Boot.
[1640.0s] Boot, hey.
[1642.0s] Pleasure to meet you, Boot.
[1644.0s] Shoo, Boot.
[1645.0s] It kind of seems like you guys were meant to meet.
[1647.0s] Don't you think?
[1648.0s] Boot and Shoo.
[1649.0s] Oh, that's a good one.
[1650.0s] I think we're going to be the best of friends.
[1653.0s] Yeah.
[1654.0s] My name is Tully.
[1656.0s] Tully, nice to meet you.
[1658.0s] Took you a long time to think of your name there.
[1660.0s] Uh, well, you know.
[1661.0s] Well, it was just the whole Shoo and Boot thing.
[1664.0s] It was too much for me.
[1666.0s] Oh, yeah, I get it.
[1669.0s] Uh, I'm Slim.
[1670.0s] I'm Slim.
[1672.0s] Sure, Slim, because you're tall and Slim.
[1674.0s] I get it.
[1675.0s] Yeah, it's not one of those ironic nicknames.
[1678.0s] It's one of those face reality kind of nicknames, you know.
[1682.0s] Cool story, bro.
[1683.0s] Yeah, I like it.
[1685.0s] I dig it.
[1686.0s] All right, we'll see you at Lucy's in like an hour or so.
[1688.0s] Yeah, absolutely.
[1690.0s] Nice.
[1691.0s] All right.
[1692.0s] All right.
[1694.0s] Outie.
[1696.0s] Cut down to the end of the other.
[1698.0s] You're going to check out the other end of the dock.
[1702.0s] Yeah, we're going to go to Lucy's, which is at the other end of the dock.
[1708.0s] Perfect.
[1709.0s] Yeah.
[1710.0s] And we catch.
[1711.0s] Check things out along the way.
[1712.0s] Keep listening.
[1713.0s] We catch a good table, too.
[1714.0s] Right by the window, we can see the ships coming in and out.
[1718.0s] Perfect.
[1719.0s] It's fucking beautiful.
[1720.0s] You sit down at Lucy's diner.
[1724.0s] Full name, please.
[1725.0s] Scrumptious.
[1726.0s] Lucy's Slurpsious Scrumptious Diner.
[1730.0s] I nailed it.
[1731.0s] How'd that happen?
[1732.0s] Right?
[1733.0s] It's almost like it shouldn't be that, but it is.
[1737.0s] It is almost like that.
[1738.0s] But it is that.
[1740.0s] But it is.
[1741.0s] But that happened.
[1742.0s] Yep.
[1743.0s] You sit down at a windowed table and you don't notice the ship you're looking
[1747.0s] for on the way back down there.
[1749.0s] But you sit down and you sit and wait about an hour passes by unless you
[1755.0s] specifically want to talk about anything else.
[1758.0s] Yeah, I think we should probably talk about the situation we've gotten
[1762.0s] ourselves into with shoot.
[1765.0s] I don't really think it's fair to say we got us into that situation.
[1770.0s] Yeah, OK.
[1771.0s] I was thinking that if we have someone else like a local around us,
[1775.0s] we're going to be a lot less suspicious.
[1778.0s] I was thinking maybe we could get him real drunk and then leave him at the
[1784.0s] table while we go and do what we got to do.
[1787.0s] I don't know.
[1788.0s] Also, I feel like he's kind of cool.
[1790.0s] And if we asked him to come along with us, he might do it.
[1796.0s] I mean, he said he used to be an adventurer.
[1798.0s] Right?
[1799.0s] You sound kind of nostalgic.
[1801.0s] Although we're not so much being adventurers tonight.
[1804.0s] I mean, we are in the grand scheme of things.
[1806.0s] We're on a mission.
[1807.0s] We're not so much specifically adventuring as we are maybe like
[1813.0s] ship breaking and entering.
[1814.0s] Yeah.
[1815.0s] More of a Scallywag situation.
[1817.0s] Yes.
[1818.0s] Yes.
[1819.0s] Scallywag is the perfect description.
[1820.0s] There's a lot of gray area when it comes to adventure.
[1823.0s] And, you know, we saved Merv's life.
[1827.0s] We did.
[1828.0s] Tonight.
[1829.0s] And the only way we were able to do that was to agree to do something
[1832.0s] that was a little bit shady.
[1835.0s] Yeah.
[1836.0s] The world is not black and white.
[1838.0s] We adventurers, we work in the gray.
[1840.0s] You have to make sacrifices to do the right thing sometimes.
[1842.0s] And I understand that.
[1844.0s] I like the maybe we just make a new friend and he comes along.
[1848.0s] That'd be great.
[1849.0s] Doesn't seem like it's going that way.
[1850.0s] I wonder if he's like some kind of bureaucrat.
[1852.0s] He had a clipboard.
[1853.0s] That's true.
[1854.0s] Clipboards.
[1855.0s] Very important people carry clipboards.
[1857.0s] Yeah.
[1858.0s] So I'm also on board for the get him drunk and pump up our information.
[1861.0s] Yeah.
[1862.0s] Let's do that first.
[1863.0s] And then maybe he'll just agree to come along and then, you know,
[1866.0s] like he's already like indicted himself.
[1870.0s] Yeah.
[1871.0s] Yeah.
[1873.0s] Yeah.
[1874.0s] He's addicted that he'd like to come and get the stuff off the ship
[1877.0s] with us.
[1878.0s] Yeah.
[1879.0s] And that's also I think I'm totally using that word right.
[1882.0s] And then he's already done the thing.
[1884.0s] So he's also, you know, guilty and will either come along with us out
[1890.0s] of guilt or just at least not turn us in because he would also have to admit
[1894.0s] to his own guiltiness.
[1896.0s] Indicted.
[1897.0s] This all makes total sense.
[1899.0s] OK, good.
[1900.0s] Sounds perfect.
[1901.0s] You're sitting around discussing.
[1902.0s] You hear the door chime open and tiny footsteps walk over and say,
[1909.0s] hey, friends, good.
[1910.0s] I thought you were just going to ditch me and not show up here.
[1913.0s] Usually that's what happens to a good old shoe left hand here.
[1918.0s] But good that you have a shoe.
[1920.0s] Now, pull up a stump, my friend.
[1922.0s] Thanks, boot.
[1923.0s] Good to good to meet some new friends that just just want to share in the
[1928.0s] in the in the in the in the good storytelling that we can all give to each other.
[1933.0s] I look at Moot and I say, pull up a stump?
[1937.0s] In bad taste, bro.
[1941.0s] It's all right.
[1942.0s] It's all right.
[1943.0s] I'm used to it.
[1944.0s] It's been missing for a while.
[1945.0s] I'm so I didn't even think.
[1947.0s] That's just something that I say.
[1949.0s] He's from a place.
[1950.0s] He's from a stump farming place.
[1952.0s] I know it's it's just a coincidence.
[1954.0s] It's like how his name is boot and your name is shoe.
[1956.0s] It's just a crazy coincidence.
[1957.0s] No one would ever figure out who knew how it could possibly happen.
[1961.0s] That's right.
[1962.0s] That's two people in the world who are named after footwear apparel.
[1967.0s] That'd be like a hand in a glove coming together in the world.
[1970.0s] One who was like a forestry person dealing in stumps, one who has a stump.
[1975.0s] The coincidences are through the roof here.
[1978.0s] I kind of feel like you guys were kind of meant to like become best friends.
[1981.0s] I feel super big chemistry forming right now.
[1984.0s] Cool.
[1985.0s] I like it.
[1986.0s] I like chemistry.
[1987.0s] Actually, I'm not very good at chemistry.
[1991.0s] Have a good day at work or?
[1994.0s] It's a busy one.
[1995.0s] Busy one.
[1996.0s] Lots of ships.
[1997.0s] Yeah.
[1998.0s] I was working the night shift there timelines wise.
[2001.0s] Getting off about.
[2002.0s] Yeah.
[2003.0s] It all works out.
[2004.0s] Getting off in the early morning night shift.
[2006.0s] But yeah.
[2007.0s] What's the clipboard for shoe?
[2010.0s] I mean important people have clipboards.
[2013.0s] He pulls the clipboard from his satchel and says, well, so I can keep track of
[2017.0s] ships coming and going.
[2018.0s] You know what?
[2019.0s] You got a rough schedule of when they're supposed to be arriving, where they're
[2023.0s] supposed to be docking.
[2024.0s] You can yell at them, say, this isn't your dock.
[2026.0s] And then they move down to another dock.
[2028.0s] It's a very powerful piece of equipment when you're working in the shipping, the
[2032.0s] shipyard industry.
[2033.0s] What would you say your title is in this industry?
[2036.0s] Very important.
[2037.0s] Well, they call me the dock specialist.
[2041.0s] Wow.
[2043.0s] Because I specialize in dock.
[2045.0s] Yeah.
[2046.0s] Yeah.
[2047.0s] I know.
[2048.0s] It makes sense.
[2049.0s] Information, dock related materials.
[2050.0s] You had to go to school for a long time.
[2051.0s] A lot of logistics.
[2052.0s] Shoe left hand.
[2053.0s] D.S.
[2054.0s] Shoe left hand.
[2055.0s] D.S.
[2056.0s] Yeah.
[2057.0s] I can open it.
[2058.0s] It almost sounds like detectives.
[2059.0s] Shoe left hand detective.
[2060.0s] That would have been good too.
[2062.0s] But no, docks.
[2063.0s] Like a gum shoe.
[2064.0s] Shoe left hand gum shoe.
[2066.0s] D.S.
[2067.0s] Just in case you're thinking about a career change, you know?
[2072.0s] Sure.
[2073.0s] Yeah.
[2074.0s] I mean, who would give up this sweet gig though?
[2075.0s] Well, like I said, this wasn't the gig of my dreams.
[2078.0s] This was just the gig of happenstance.
[2081.0s] How did I get this clipboard?
[2083.0s] I happened to be there and look like the last guy.
[2088.0s] Oh.
[2089.0s] They handed me a clipboard and said, I work here now.
[2094.0s] So I work here.
[2095.0s] The last guy also was a goblin who was missing his left hand.
[2098.0s] I don't know if he was missing his left hand.
[2100.0s] I never met him.
[2101.0s] But the way that they just thought that I was him led me to believe that there were some similarities.
[2105.0s] Another coincidence.
[2106.0s] Yeah, fair.
[2107.0s] Well, how'd you find it?
[2109.0s] Are you like Cerulean or you come from somewhere else?
[2114.0s] Since you're an adventurer like us, I assume you've been to many different places.
[2118.0s] Oh, I come from the mountains up near past the Dale lands there.
[2124.0s] The Dale lands?
[2125.0s] We were like just up there.
[2127.0s] Whoa, what were you doing up in the Dale land?
[2130.0s] Enjoying some super great apples to tell you what.
[2133.0s] Oh, those apples.
[2135.0s] Known for the apples in the orchards there.
[2138.0s] When you go back up through that way, you ask yourself for some apple crisp.
[2142.0s] Change your life.
[2145.0s] Wow.
[2146.0s] They weren't serving that.
[2147.0s] Last time I was there, which city was you in?
[2149.0s] We were in High Moon.
[2150.0s] What was the name of that place?
[2151.0s] High Moon.
[2152.0s] High Moon.
[2153.0s] High Moon, lovely town.
[2154.0s] Oh, yeah.
[2155.0s] Lovely people up in High Moon.
[2157.0s] A lot of love.
[2158.0s] A lot of love in High Moon.
[2160.0s] I emphasize the love.
[2161.0s] Giving it out freely.
[2164.0s] I saw so many body parts up there.
[2167.0s] Wow.
[2168.0s] A lot of butts.
[2169.0s] Oh, yeah.
[2171.0s] Cool.
[2177.0s] We're in the middle now.
[2186.0s] What up?
[2187.0s] Yo.
[2188.0s] I kind of had like a pink kind of feel to it.
[2189.0s] I thought there was going to be more of that song.
[2190.0s] Oh, it was kind of bad, but that's fine.
[2193.0s] We're in the middle now and we're going to tell you about the stuff.
[2197.0s] Too many words.
[2198.0s] Too many words.
[2199.0s] But hey, we're here.
[2200.0s] You know what you can do next week, if you were so inclined, is visit Patreon.com
[2205.0s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[2207.0s] And if you do it before the 15th, you could be joining us in a game.
[2213.0s] Game time.
[2214.0s] Game time.
[2215.0s] Game time.
[2216.0s] This month we're running it on the 15th.
[2218.0s] Well, Tom is running it on the 15th and it's going to be a super fun time.
[2222.0s] It will be because I'm going to be there.
[2223.0s] Amy's playing.
[2224.0s] Yeah, yeah.
[2225.0s] And you know what?
[2226.0s] Sometimes some other people show up too.
[2227.0s] Every now and then.
[2228.0s] Everyone is welcome.
[2230.0s] But we would like you to go check that out over at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon
[2233.0s] cast and just take a look once a month.
[2236.0s] We have a game that we play and this month it's on the 15th.
[2239.0s] But check the schedule.
[2240.0s] We got the next four or five months up there.
[2242.0s] We'd love to see you around the virtual table, so to speak, playing a game with us.
[2248.0s] I think the best part about the game time games is that we always learn how to be
[2253.0s] better at D&D from our patrons.
[2256.0s] Very true.
[2257.0s] I was going to say the best thing about the game time games is that if you think
[2262.0s] about how we play with characters that we care about and love and like really want to
[2267.0s] keep alive and then imagine how we play characters we're playing one time.
[2273.0s] It's a bit reckless.
[2275.0s] We're a bit less precious.
[2276.0s] Just let loose is what you get to see.
[2278.0s] Dumbgeons Unchained.
[2281.0s] Oh, boy.
[2283.0s] Setting the bar real high, Tom.
[2285.0s] Look out.
[2286.0s] Oh, geez.
[2287.0s] Please go check that out.
[2289.0s] If it works for you, great.
[2290.0s] We'd love to see you there.
[2291.0s] If not this month, then maybe one coming up very soon.
[2294.0s] And now let's get you back to the episode.
[2297.0s] Hopefully I'll have a great week.
[2298.0s] We'll talk to you soon.
[2299.0s] Okay.
[2300.0s] Bye.
[2301.0s] Bye.
[2308.0s] So you have to work like every day or is it a good job?
[2311.0s] You get paid a lot.
[2312.0s] Sorry.
[2313.0s] That's rude.
[2314.0s] I grew up on the streets, so I don't know.
[2316.0s] I'm not very.
[2317.0s] It's all good.
[2318.0s] I don't have good social graces.
[2319.0s] Slim.
[2320.0s] Yeah.
[2321.0s] No, totally.
[2322.0s] You're in good company here.
[2323.0s] No, don't worry about it.
[2324.0s] It's not like some hoity-toity place.
[2325.0s] Cereloon is obviously this is kind of your first time through.
[2330.0s] It's a little seedy here.
[2331.0s] You've got to kind of blend in your types here.
[2336.0s] I don't want to say it, but a little bit sketchy.
[2341.0s] Well, that's probably why they got all the extra guts.
[2345.0s] Huh?
[2346.0s] There was lots of guards.
[2347.0s] Yeah, a lot of guards.
[2348.0s] There was some new folk coming through town just blasting face.
[2351.0s] Did you hear about that?
[2353.0s] Like farts?
[2354.0s] Whoa.
[2355.0s] Oh.
[2356.0s] No, what happened?
[2357.0s] Not with farts.
[2358.0s] No, with like fire out of their mouths.
[2361.0s] What?
[2362.0s] It's like a dragon or something came in.
[2365.0s] Talk about light burn.
[2367.0s] Huh?
[2368.0s] Telling me they probably had Taco Tuesdays down the street there right before getting
[2373.0s] a fight.
[2375.0s] Well, I would like to see that.
[2378.0s] Sounds like it would have been a sight.
[2380.0s] You know, my friend, he was walking by.
[2382.0s] He told me about it, said it was like a dragon person.
[2387.0s] And they was like, yes.
[2390.0s] The guy was just trying to just pet a donkey or something.
[2393.0s] And then they turned around and were like, no, and then fire.
[2398.0s] And then like, burninating was mentioned.
[2401.0s] And they were like threatening that they would kill their children while they
[2407.0s] sleep.
[2408.0s] Wow.
[2409.0s] These sound like bad dudes.
[2410.0s] Bad people.
[2411.0s] That's why they're up in a wanted sign in the city filled with criminals.
[2415.0s] Yeah, I saw that.
[2417.0s] I mean, must be giving a break to all the other criminals.
[2420.0s] They're like, whoo.
[2422.0s] Yeah.
[2423.0s] Safe for right now.
[2424.0s] Right.
[2425.0s] So what are you three doing in town?
[2428.0s] Well, we were up in High Moon doing it, doing a thing.
[2432.0s] And then we thought doing it.
[2434.0s] What do we what should we do now?
[2436.0s] Like join a caravan.
[2437.0s] We've already done that.
[2438.0s] I thought we'd come here and like, what about a boat?
[2441.0s] Yeah, like see something different.
[2443.0s] It's pretty cool to be on the boat.
[2445.0s] Lots of water.
[2447.0s] Yeah.
[2450.0s] You ever you spent a lot of time on a boat before?
[2453.0s] Well, I get to go up on the boats here.
[2455.0s] I mean, I did go out on a boat once, but not like as a profession, you know,
[2459.0s] but I do get to go up on them, you know, just check inventory sometimes
[2464.0s] and then come back down.
[2466.0s] You can give us maybe like maybe you could like,
[2470.0s] since you got such like an important job and stuff,
[2473.0s] give us a good reference.
[2475.0s] We find a ship we like, we want to work on.
[2477.0s] You'll put in a good word for us.
[2479.0s] Yeah, absolutely.
[2481.0s] What kind of skills do you bring to this to the shipping industry?
[2485.0s] Well, well, I know it didn't sound like it because I was looking to like
[2490.0s] lift something light, but I'm pretty strong.
[2492.0s] I mean, you look at slam.
[2493.0s] I mean, you scrawny on the exterior, but it's all muscle.
[2497.0s] I can just tell just by looking at you.
[2499.0s] Yeah, pretty, pretty strong.
[2501.0s] I'm great with ropes.
[2503.0s] I can tie so many knots.
[2506.0s] I can swing from them.
[2507.0s] I can climb them like a hot damn.
[2509.0s] Real naughty, are you?
[2511.0s] Oh, you know it.
[2513.0s] He winks at you.
[2514.0s] I'm real good at swabbing things like decks.
[2519.0s] Real good at that.
[2520.0s] Everybody needs a swab for the poop deck.
[2524.0s] Boot on the poop deck.
[2527.0s] I can see it now.
[2529.0s] It has a ring to it.
[2530.0s] That's for sure.
[2531.0s] It sure does.
[2532.0s] Yep.
[2533.0s] All right.
[2534.0s] So you got a pulls out his clipboard, starts writing down boot,
[2536.0s] clip deck, tully, naughty, slim, super strong.
[2543.0s] All right.
[2544.0s] If I hear anybody looking, you know, you guys, obviously you're looking for a job.
[2548.0s] You're going to be in town till you find a job.
[2550.0s] Yeah.
[2551.0s] I'll keep an ear out.
[2552.0s] Awesome.
[2553.0s] That'd be really great.
[2555.0s] Well, I think we should buy you a drink to celebrate.
[2558.0s] Oh, it's the least we can do.
[2560.0s] I appreciate it.
[2561.0s] You must be thirsty.
[2562.0s] You work such a long day.
[2563.0s] You're the first nice person we've seen in this entire time.
[2567.0s] Really?
[2568.0s] Everybody's so nice all usually.
[2572.0s] Well, I don't know.
[2573.0s] You told us some people were blasting faces.
[2575.0s] Real shady characters.
[2577.0s] Well, yeah.
[2578.0s] But if you shady, they stay cool with you.
[2581.0s] And those people was coming in blasting faces of our shady people.
[2586.0s] It's like mind your own business, right?
[2588.0s] Right.
[2589.0s] We don't come into your town and blast your face.
[2592.0s] Right.
[2593.0s] Seems like a little bit overkill for only getting a donkey.
[2595.0s] Welcome to Saloon.
[2597.0s] We don't want our faces blasted.
[2599.0s] You guys should put that on a sign.
[2601.0s] That's a good town slogan, right?
[2603.0s] I'm going to write that down, too.
[2605.0s] We don't want...
[2608.0s] So where's that drink?
[2610.0s] Back heap.
[2612.0s] Around over here, please.
[2614.0s] A tooth for my friend.
[2616.0s] The day goes on a little while.
[2619.0s] Do you just hang out all day watching the docks?
[2622.0s] Yeah.
[2623.0s] Why not?
[2624.0s] We're in good company.
[2627.0s] I'm sure he's telling us all sorts of adventuring stories.
[2629.0s] The day goes on.
[2630.0s] The drinks keep flowing.
[2632.0s] You have a few meals.
[2634.0s] You're watching the ships coming and going.
[2637.0s] And it gets to be kind of dusk.
[2639.0s] And you see a large ship coming in, bigger than any that have come down to this area.
[2646.0s] And you see a flag up in the crow's nest.
[2650.0s] And it has an image of two lions' faces.
[2654.0s] Blue and white checkers.
[2657.0s] And a star.
[2659.0s] I kind of, like, casually elbow my friends.
[2664.0s] Like, you guys see that?
[2667.0s] See that?
[2668.0s] Silly nods.
[2671.0s] Hey, Shoo, that's a big boat coming in there, hey?
[2675.0s] Hey, it looks over.
[2678.0s] Yeah, oh, yeah, that's one of the bigger ones that comes in.
[2682.0s] Yep.
[2684.0s] Yeah.
[2685.0s] Pretty impressive.
[2686.0s] It's got a pretty cool flag.
[2688.0s] Well, that's the flag of, uh, Algor...
[2693.0s] Algonquin?
[2695.0s] No, not Algonquin.
[2697.0s] Allegory.
[2698.0s] No, I don't think that's...
[2700.0s] Alligator.
[2701.0s] Algorithm.
[2702.0s] Algor...
[2703.0s] Ag...
[2704.0s] Aglaron.
[2707.0s] Oh, I heard of that place.
[2710.0s] Flag of Aglaron.
[2711.0s] I haven't even heard of that place.
[2713.0s] Where is that?
[2714.0s] It's across the sea, opposite Kitty Corner, you know.
[2718.0s] I'm dodging the poking that's happening as he's, like, pointing around.
[2722.0s] Wildly gesturing.
[2724.0s] Yeah, it comes in every couple months, brings a whole bunch of, I don't even
[2730.0s] know, like, real things that, like, you know, the wizards and, like,
[2736.0s] witches and all that sort of stuff.
[2738.0s] They like all those sorts of herbs and chemicals.
[2742.0s] Oh, wizards and witches.
[2743.0s] That sounds dangerous.
[2744.0s] Oh, my.
[2745.0s] I don't know.
[2746.0s] Wizards and witches and warlocks.
[2748.0s] Oh, my.
[2749.0s] Oh, my, right?
[2750.0s] But yeah, biggest ship that comes in.
[2752.0s] It's got a pretty big crew.
[2754.0s] I don't know if they'd...
[2755.0s] If that's what you're asking for, I don't know if they'd need anybody
[2759.0s] working for them.
[2760.0s] They usually come fully stocked because, you know, it's fully staffed because
[2764.0s] they come in, they drop their gear, you know, this day or the night,
[2768.0s] and then they head back out.
[2770.0s] Do they take tours?
[2771.0s] Because that's, like, a big-ass boat, and I'm not going to lie,
[2774.0s] the size of it really intrigues me.
[2777.0s] Like, you to tour the ship?
[2779.0s] They don't even let me up.
[2780.0s] Yeah.
[2781.0s] They don't even let dock supervisor...
[2783.0s] You are the dock specialist.
[2784.0s] I saw you were supposed to check in.
[2786.0s] The inventory.
[2787.0s] Everybody had to let you while you got the clipboard.
[2789.0s] Well, you know, higher up dock specialists, maybe.
[2794.0s] Oh.
[2796.0s] But, you know, me, I'm down at the other end there, smaller ships,
[2800.0s] little just, you know, tiny merchants down there.
[2805.0s] Okay, I'm going to be up front with you.
[2807.0s] I don't have all the pull that you think I do.
[2811.0s] But...
[2812.0s] Oh, I'm sure you do, Shoo.
[2813.0s] I mean, we can go ask.
[2815.0s] Like, you know, I've been here around long.
[2816.0s] I recognize probably a couple of the friends up there.
[2821.0s] To be honest, I haven't been on that ship specifically.
[2823.0s] Wait a minute.
[2824.0s] Wait a minute.
[2825.0s] I got a great idea, you guys.
[2827.0s] You said that they all disembark and they spend the night on land?
[2831.0s] Well, yeah, a bulk of them.
[2833.0s] I'm pretty sure they leave a couple on there, you know.
[2835.0s] Okay, okay.
[2837.0s] What if, instead of asking for permission,
[2841.0s] we ask for forgiveness after we take a tour tonight?
[2847.0s] You're going to just sneak onto the ship?
[2850.0s] Shhh.
[2852.0s] You're going to just sneak?
[2855.0s] You're going to...
[2856.0s] Why do you want to sneak onto...
[2858.0s] You could get killed.
[2860.0s] What for sneaking onto a ship?
[2862.0s] We just want to look around.
[2864.0s] Oh, those guys carry big swords and stuff.
[2867.0s] Oh, but you know what?
[2869.0s] You have a pretty big sword.
[2871.0s] Pumping through my veins?
[2873.0s] Don't you miss that?
[2875.0s] I grab him by the shoulder.
[2877.0s] Don't you miss the adventure shoe?
[2879.0s] I do miss the adventure tully.
[2881.0s] And yes, it is a big sword boot.
[2884.0s] Slim, you didn't say anything particularly motivational, but I guess...
[2889.0s] You see the glint?
[2890.0s] The glint.
[2891.0s] The glint in the eyes.
[2892.0s] It's a bit of a Glimer in your eye there, Slim.
[2896.0s] No, no, it's really more of a glint.
[2898.0s] Okay, glint.
[2899.0s] Steely glint.
[2900.0s] Steely, yeah.
[2901.0s] On account of your street-wise upbringing.
[2903.0s] That's right.
[2904.0s] The mother didn't care about them.
[2906.0s] Why don't we just wait until they all get off the ship?
[2909.0s] Just tiptoe on.
[2911.0s] Take a little look around.
[2914.0s] What could it hurt?
[2915.0s] You know what?
[2916.0s] Then with the knowledge of the ship, they're totally going to want to hire us.
[2921.0s] Because we'll like, know things about the ship.
[2925.0s] And they'll be like, we need these people on our ship.
[2929.0s] We're already experts.
[2930.0s] We're already trained that it wouldn't even need to train us.
[2932.0s] We'd already know our way around.
[2933.0s] You're right.
[2934.0s] They'd be like, where's the mess hall?
[2935.0s] And we'd be able to tell them because like, we know.
[2938.0s] You don't think that would seem suspicious?
[2941.0s] Maybe.
[2942.0s] Or would it be really amazing?
[2944.0s] There's only one way to find out as an adventurer would.
[2950.0s] You've got me there.
[2952.0s] He puts his clipboard down.
[2954.0s] Finishes his drink.
[2957.0s] Says, well, are we going to do this or what?
[2960.0s] What time is it?
[2962.0s] Well, they just pulled in.
[2963.0s] So it's probably, probably want to wait a little bit.
[2967.0s] OK, let's keep our eyes open.
[2969.0s] Let's have another round of that soup.
[2972.0s] It is good soup.
[2975.0s] OK, you watch several more hours as you see them docking and tying up the ship.
[2983.0s] I stopped drinking at the moment.
[2985.0s] We decide we're going to sneak onto the ship.
[2987.0s] Yeah.
[2988.0s] OK, do you stop Shu from drinking?
[2990.0s] No, no, keep buying Shu drinks.
[2992.0s] Yes.
[2993.0s] I go up to the bar and explain that we're all going to be drinking water from here on out.
[2999.0s] But Shu will continue to be drinking whatever he was drinking.
[3002.0s] OK.
[3003.0s] But if we're taking him with us.
[3006.0s] That's fine.
[3007.0s] I like this.
[3008.0s] He's not going to be very sneaky.
[3010.0s] I mean, no one said he had to come with us, Amy.
[3012.0s] The plan was to get him drunk, get information and then leave him.
[3016.0s] If he drinks enough, he might just get real sleepy.
[3018.0s] Fair enough.
[3019.0s] I thought we were gathering a fourth in our party.
[3022.0s] OK, well, I'm going to roll four constitution checks here.
[3029.0s] And he hasn't rolled below a 12.
[3032.0s] So he, as you see the bulk or from what you can presume, the bulk of the crew of this ship that has just pulled in,
[3043.0s] which through talking with Shu more, you've come to learn that the name of this ship is the Golden Dragon.
[3050.0s] Of course it is.
[3053.0s] The bulk of their crew leave to go into various inns and taverns and spend the night.
[3061.0s] It looks very quiet on the dock.
[3063.0s] It's gotten back to that point where there are fewer people walking about from what you remember the night before.
[3072.0s] Shu looks to you in his inebriated state and says, well, as of are we going to do has has.
[3081.0s] When when do we jump on the ships?
[3086.0s] Well, I think it's just one ship tonight.
[3089.0s] That's what I said.
[3090.0s] Are you OK, man? Are you all right to do this?
[3094.0s] Sure. Yeah.
[3095.0s] I got the clipboard.
[3097.0s] He picks up his clip.
[3098.0s] I'm your I'm your tickets in here.
[3102.0s] I had a thought.
[3103.0s] I know you got the clipboard, but we're all just we're just adventurers.
[3107.0s] We can just sneak on, sneak off.
[3109.0s] No repercussions.
[3111.0s] You got a whole like career going.
[3114.0s] Are you sure you want to?
[3116.0s] I thought we would risk it just for a little.
[3118.0s] Hey, man, you make your own decisions.
[3122.0s] I thought maybe that, you know, shoes left hand was going to join slim toot and poly.
[3132.0s] Oh, no, for sure.
[3133.0s] I mean, you get like my friend here said, you get to make your own decisions.
[3139.0s] We just you know, we we've just grown fond of you.
[3142.0s] And I think we feel real shitty.
[3145.0s] You hold your liquors a lot better than you do this a lot, don't you?
[3150.0s] Drinking a lot of practice.
[3152.0s] Yeah, yeah, a lot of drinking.
[3154.0s] We got to be ready to adventure no matter what state you're at.
[3157.0s] So, you know, OK, well, I mean, I don't want to I don't want to be left behind.
[3164.0s] I mean, I could be at least be, you know, if you get caught, like, just say, oh, we're just checking the manifolds.
[3171.0s] Sure. Yeah. And the manatees.
[3174.0s] If they got them on board, maybe we got to double check and make sure they've got all six.
[3180.0s] I didn't. Yeah. All right.
[3184.0s] So, OK. Well, you know what?
[3186.0s] We probably need a lookout. Yeah.
[3190.0s] Yeah. Everybody knows you around here.
[3194.0s] I don't want to brag, but, yeah, they kind of know shoe left hand.
[3198.0s] Everybody. Everybody always talks about shoe, probably how he's always the best one to deal with when you pull into the dock and he's the one you want.
[3207.0s] And brings you the soup when you're, you know, working hard.
[3212.0s] Yeah. Yeah.
[3214.0s] Oh, OK. Yeah.
[3215.0s] We need a lookout, need someone just to peek around corners and get in there, get in, get out.
[3221.0s] Well, you're like, you'd be like at the on the dock, right, with your clipboard looking hella important.
[3228.0s] And if there's someone coming who's going to be getting on the ship, maybe we need to have like you need to give us the sign.
[3238.0s] The sign. What's the sign?
[3241.0s] Yeah. We need a signal.
[3243.0s] Oh, oh.
[3245.0s] Something to tell you that someone is coming on.
[3250.0s] Something like that.
[3258.0s] Like that? Yeah.
[3260.0s] I mean, that's pretty close.
[3264.0s] OK, we definitely draw attention to ourselves.
[3267.0s] I hear a birdish creature calling out in the night.
[3273.0s] We'll know it's you and you are doing your part for this team.
[3277.0s] Right.
[3278.0s] But I mean, don't do it unless like someone's actually going to board the ship and like, you know, blast us.
[3286.0s] Sure. Yeah, no, we got to make sure.
[3288.0s] You got the most important job, man.
[3291.0s] Are you ready for this?
[3293.0s] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[3298.0s] Are you sure?
[3299.0s] Like I said, I know that you're risking.
[3301.0s] I don't want you to get in trouble or lose your job.
[3303.0s] I'm not worried about that.
[3305.0s] I could find another job in a heartbeat.
[3308.0s] Jobs? Dime a dozen.
[3311.0s] No, but I could find one.
[3315.0s] OK, Birdman clipboard specialist protecting the adventuring group.
[3322.0s] What do we call ourselves?
[3324.0s] Oh, what do you think?
[3326.0s] Do you have a good idea?
[3329.0s] Shoes crew.
[3330.0s] Shoes crew.
[3331.0s] Oh, I like that.
[3334.0s] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[3337.0s] Shoes crew.
[3339.0s] I feel like it's like an Ocean's Eleven kind of thing here.
[3342.0s] But we're four and I'm a shoe.
[3345.0s] And this is a sea instead of an ocean.
[3348.0s] Yes, for sure. Let's go now.
[3350.0s] Sea's four. OK, well, let's do it.
[3354.0s] He hops up, puts his clipboard into his bag and confidently walks towards the door.
[3362.0s] Is it a closet door?
[3364.0s] He walks into the closet door.
[3368.0s] Oh, no, not the downtown office.
[3373.0s] Guys, guys, I'm stuck.
[3377.0s] I walk over and I open the door.
[3379.0s] I'm like, yeah, such a joke stuff.
[3382.0s] These guys, what are these jokes?
[3384.0s] Holy man. Classic story.
[3386.0s] I had known you were that funny.
[3388.0s] All right, let's lead the way.
[3390.0s] Let's go.
[3391.0s] We leave through the actual door.
[3393.0s] I assume exchanging looks of concern.
[3397.0s] And I whisper back like, we'll take care of him.
[3399.0s] He'll be fine.
[3401.0s] Poor guy. He might be a good lookout.
[3403.0s] It'll be fine.
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[3486.0s] Russ is like desperately Googling to find a flag.
[3491.0s] No, we know what it is now. It's two lines, face to face.
[3494.0s] Two lines, face to face. That's what it is.
[3497.0s] Are there any like, I don't exactly know what this like downtown area is like.
[3503.0s] Are there like trash cans that were on fire or any like fire pits or anything like that that have been left over?
[3510.0s] I'm looking for some ash or some soot.
[3513.0s] Yeah, down close to the docks, you remember that there were some beachside bonfires going on.
[3521.0s] No, because this is a city. Why would there be?
[3525.0s] That doesn't make sense.
[3526.0s] Because homeless people might sometimes need to keep warm at night.
[3530.0s] You didn't see any homeless people.
[3533.0s] But didn't you say there was no shops?
[3536.0s] No.
[3539.0s] We didn't talk about shops, but I feel like you said that before we started recording.
[3544.0s] No, he said that that we weren't going shopping and we were going to the market.
[3549.0s] That's true. Damn it, Amy. It was on a boat.
[3552.0s] Right. Amy, why don't you listen to me?
[3554.0s] Amy, you never listen to me.
[3556.0s] Yeah, that I'll try. That was recorded though.
[3558.0s] Yeah.
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