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[2.2s] Hi, guys. My name is Dents. How you doing?
[5.5s] Not too bad, Dents. Why don't you pull up a stool?
[8.4s] I think I've heard this term before. It's called a troop.
[12.5s] Well, I mean, I don't know if we have the same skills.
[16.9s] You have to perform and entertain. I mean, really what we're doing,
[21.4s] we're heading to Tamanthir.
[23.0s] I like Tamanthir. I really do.
[26.8s] Dents pulls the sword out, and it actually kind of looks
[30.9s] more majestic with blood coming off of it.
[34.3s] Aw, man. Thank you so much for saving me with your beautiful sword.
[37.3s] I've got to protect my friends.
[39.2s] Well, we don't just want a troll attack, if that's what happens, and them to be asleep.
[44.4s] A lot of times trolls like to be the first one,
[47.5s] and they'll let people know that they're first by saying first.
[51.6s] So maybe that troll is talking to other trolls in the tree line.
[56.6s] You walk all the way over to the other side,
[59.4s] and as you pass over and step onto the rocky mountainous terrain,
[65.5s] you hear from underneath the bridge, first.
[71.6s] Damn it. I think it's one of those damn trolls
[74.2s] who always needs to say that they see something first.
[76.3s] Ooh, hey. Hey, guys. You guys look so great over there.
[80.9s] I'm going to come over now.
[82.8s] Dents, you walk across, bouncing suspension bridge,
[86.7s] step up onto the stone, fifth. Okay, bye.
[94.3s] You crash over a large hill and see the tip of a large pyramid
[99.7s] off in the distance alongside the massive methwood forest.
[112.8s] Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons.
[126.9s] I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More, and with me today is Tom Laird.
[130.8s] Hey, that's me. First out of the gate.
[132.4s] I play Moot, and he is a half-orc, wild magic sorcerer.
[136.7s] And Amy More.
[138.6s] I'll be out of the gate, but only if you have that plushy rabbit
[143.1s] that will be thrown quickly in front of me.
[145.8s] And I play Sullivan's Light.
[147.8s] And Carla Maxden.
[149.6s] That's me. I play Glim, a dragonborn pAlydin.
[154.9s] And joining us again this week from Discovery Debrief,
[158.0s] Incompreh... Oh, shit.
[160.2s] Nailed it.
[160.9s] Incomparable Podcast Network,
[163.6s] voiceover artist and elite dangerous commander Stubby Stan.
[168.4s] It's Cicero Holmes. Welcome back.
[170.2s] Thank you for joining us.
[172.0s] Thank you for having me.
[173.4s] I am also out of the gate, but that gate is spelled G-A-I-T,
[178.0s] so I'm walking very weirdly right now.
[180.2s] I like it.
[181.0s] Are we talking like bone like it?
[183.8s] Well, actually, we're talking about my character, Dense,
[188.0s] who is a bird creature that I can't pronounce, but Russ can.
[192.0s] Eric Okra.
[193.5s] There you go, who is very tall, but walks really short.
[199.1s] He scrunches down, not unlike someone else on this podcast.
[206.1s] And his gate, as a result of how he walks, is out of the gate.
[213.8s] I love it.
[214.5s] I'm feeling real attacks on my posture here.
[217.7s] Also, from now on, all I can think, because it sounded like you said Eric Okra.
[224.2s] Eric Okra.
[225.0s] Okay, now it sounds like there's some guy out there named Eric Okra.
[229.0s] Yes, Eric Okra.
[230.5s] Eric Okra.
[233.3s] He's got a bit of a slimy texture, but if you cook him down enough.
[236.9s] It's a muciligen.
[237.6s] Cook him down enough, yeah, exactly.
[239.1s] Put him in a stew.
[239.8s] You fry that?
[240.9s] Oh, yeah, you do.
[241.8s] I picture Eric Okra as like Eric Estrada's bastard son,
[245.6s] who's going to star in the sequel to Chip someday.
[257.8s] This is good.
[258.9s] Hey, after these episodes, we do our dumbest downtime, where we debrief,
[263.0s] and then patrons get to hear it.
[264.5s] So we would love for you to hear that by joining us at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[268.7s] And when you are a patron, you get an episode dedicated to you,
[271.4s] like today's patron, Tim Weaver.
[274.0s] Thanks, Tim.
[275.4s] Thanks, Tim.
[276.4s] Thank you so much.
[278.2s] And now, fuck it, let's play.
[281.1s] Shit, yeah.
[289.8s] We're going to pick up right where we left off.
[292.3s] The foreview plus Rolf is crested over a hill,
[295.9s] and you see off in the distance this majestic pyramid
[299.4s] at the edge of the meth wood forest.
[301.9s] Guys, the pointiest building I've ever seen.
[304.3s] Guys, you don't even know.
[305.4s] It's not even just a building.
[307.2s] It's the whole town.
[309.4s] Whoa, what?
[309.9s] Like the whole thing's in there.
[310.9s] You'll see when we get closer, and there's like,
[312.9s] But they're going to like slide down and stuff.
[315.9s] How do they put a whole town in there?
[317.5s] Are there little like mouth holes?
[319.5s] Are these people really small?
[321.1s] Well, no, I think when we get closer,
[323.2s] it's just a perspective right now.
[324.9s] When we get closer, you'll see that it's actually very, very big.
[328.6s] I think.
[329.7s] I mean, it's possible we go through
[331.0s] some sort of shrink tunnel on our way there.
[332.7s] No one mentioned that.
[334.5s] So I don't think that's the case.
[335.6s] I think we just.
[336.3s] So it's like hollow on the inside.
[338.4s] Yeah.
[339.4s] And people live there, and there's like.
[341.4s] Like cave people.
[342.3s] No, no, no, just just normal people,
[345.8s] people like me, probably lots of people like me.
[348.6s] So it's an upside down Mount Ant Hill?
[351.5s] Well, I think it's a right way up Ant Hill, sort of, isn't it?
[354.6s] Oh, yes, yes, the Ant Hill is down below the hill part.
[367.8s] The hill part is just an open.
[370.5s] I see.
[370.9s] Are you telling me that people live underground underneath this
[374.3s] and this is just how they get out of the ground?
[377.0s] Oh, oh, so are they ants?
[381.0s] I don't think the people are like ants,
[385.2s] nor are they the size of ants.
[387.4s] But to be honest, it's my first time.
[390.6s] But if Glim had to choose, who would she kill first?
[396.5s] Who would she kill first?
[397.6s] And and why wouldn't it be Sullivan?
[404.9s] The closer you get, obviously,
[407.4s] the larger the pyramid becomes.
[411.6s] Thank you for explaining that.
[414.2s] Is it obvious, Russ?
[415.8s] Fair enough.
[416.4s] You know what?
[416.8s] I wrote this down and I was like,
[418.2s] I'm never going to need this.
[420.3s] Joke's on me.
[423.4s] I needed this exact paragraph that described how perspective works.
[427.6s] So we all gather around the godlike voice
[430.7s] sitting crisscross applesauce listening to this description.
[434.7s] Um, you don't quite realize, however, how large it is at a distance.
[439.8s] But the closer you get, you realize it stands 460 meters tall,
[444.4s] which is 1500 feet.
[447.1s] Imperial for the win.
[449.3s] That's right.
[450.3s] Take that.
[452.0s] You pass through bountiful farmer's fields and see rich estates.
[457.8s] Dragonborn tending their crops.
[460.6s] Look up as you pass.
[463.6s] Catch sight of you and give a small wave from the distance.
[469.1s] What is running through Glim's mind right now?
[472.3s] I think Glim is super excited for many reasons.
[477.0s] Like, number one, we're almost here where she can declare herself
[480.8s] and like get on with the business of saving the world whenever that happens
[484.4s] or however it presents itself.
[485.8s] But this is the next step in that journey.
[488.7s] But also, I think it's just exciting
[491.5s] because there's just lots of Dragonborn here, right?
[495.3s] And so she grew up kind of in an enclave of Dragonborn,
[498.0s] but that was like, you know, 50 or 100 people.
[501.8s] And this seems like a whole civilization of people that look like her,
[506.0s] which is pretty exciting.
[507.8s] Are you like walking alongside the cart and like alongside Rolf kind of?
[513.5s] As we're going through, are you inside the cart?
[516.7s] I imagine walking beside it.
[518.5s] For some reason, I feel like, well, not for some reason.
[523.1s] Certainly Glim likes to not sit.
[526.6s] She wants to be active.
[528.2s] And so right now, she's also very excited.
[530.3s] So probably, yeah, is walking beside the cart for sure.
[534.4s] Sullivan's like totally comes over and like puts his elbows
[539.1s] on the edge of the cart because he's inside.
[541.4s] He's definitely not walking.
[543.4s] He'd be like 400 feet back.
[546.5s] And he's got his head on his arms.
[549.0s] And then he's like, hey, Glim, I got a question for you.
[552.9s] So like, we never asked you this before,
[555.2s] but I feel like we know each other really well enough now
[557.8s] that we could probably like breach this topic.
[560.9s] So are you like Bahamut's baby?
[567.3s] Well, I kept it straight so long.
[569.4s] The mood is a little like smack to Sully's.
[573.8s] Well, no, it's like honestly, though, like, OK,
[576.5s] so you got two moms back at your home.
[579.4s] That much I know.
[580.2s] You talk about it a lot, which is great.
[583.6s] Those of us who wish we had parents wish we had two moms, too.
[587.4s] But they're not your real moms.
[591.2s] You were left there as a baby.
[594.5s] So will you find your moms here or are you Bahamut's baby?
[602.0s] I'm just trying to piece it all together.
[604.3s] Oh, I mean, so mom and mama, I mean, they,
[607.4s] yeah, they weren't my biological parents,
[610.2s] but they are my parents.
[612.4s] But I hadn't intended to seek out, you know,
[616.8s] my biological family.
[618.3s] I'm not sure that they're from here.
[620.8s] But I mean, in a way of speaking,
[623.4s] I'm not like Bahamut didn't have a baby and it was me.
[627.0s] But I am, you know, like a descendant of Bahamut.
[636.2s] OK.
[637.2s] Not in the way that, like, we're all children of Bahamut
[640.6s] because, you know, I mean, you've heard me preach before.
[643.2s] You know what I'm talking about.
[644.1s] We're all children of Bahamut.
[645.4s] We've heard it.
[646.2s] Well, I'm a child of Bahamut.
[648.8s] Mut is definitely.
[650.3s] Mut is, Dan's a child.
[651.4s] We're all children of Bahamut.
[652.7s] Dan's probably, yeah.
[654.5s] So not in that sort of intangible faith way,
[657.4s] but in like a real sort of more tangible maybe.
[661.2s] So he's like a great uncle or something
[663.7s] or like a great, great, great, great, great, great,
[667.1s] great, great, great, great, great, great,
[672.4s] probably like real great, like probably a few more greats.
[675.6s] Like grandpa?
[677.7s] Yeah, I think so.
[679.7s] I mean, I'm just referring to like the small bit
[683.2s] of information that I found out about who had left me
[686.9s] and who I was when I was left with my mom.
[690.5s] Well, yeah.
[691.2s] Well, because I was just thinking
[692.5s] because since we're here and everything
[694.2s] and you're all going to like, like, you know,
[697.5s] like, you know, accept Bahamut and choose a path
[701.0s] and save the world.
[701.9s] And the path.
[703.1s] Absolutely.
[703.9s] Then you might also want to find this out.
[705.6s] Like, I don't know how often you're going to be here.
[707.8s] It took us a real long time just saying.
[709.8s] Not that I'm saying we're not going to come back
[711.4s] if you do decide to like, you know, look this stuff up.
[714.3s] I just I don't know.
[715.4s] Moot, stop me from talking.
[717.9s] Yeah.
[718.2s] Look over there, Sully.
[722.1s] Sully for sure looks.
[725.4s] That's a little side.
[726.5s] I love watching Cicero's face through this whole thing.
[729.4s] There was this moment of like, what the fuck?
[736.2s] Are we walking into a child of God moment?
[738.6s] What is a little bit, but only on Carla's behalf.
[749.8s] That's good.
[752.2s] You carry on a ways and look back to the hulking structure
[756.0s] before you and you begin to see it more clearly.
[758.8s] It was a bit hazy before.
[761.7s] But Glim, being that you're paying the most attention
[765.3s] to what you're walking towards,
[766.6s] you see now like carved out of it,
[769.8s] there are giant holes carved or blown
[773.9s] out of the sides of this pyramid.
[776.0s] The stonework is crumbling and falling apart in pieces.
[780.2s] And from a distance, it looked pristine,
[783.3s] but the closer you get to it,
[784.6s] you see that there is damage to the pyramid structure
[789.4s] as you walk towards it.
[791.0s] You know, I guess in my mind,
[792.4s] I always pictured it as being totally pristine,
[794.8s] but it's kind of, it's a bit shabby.
[800.5s] Like a crap pile?
[801.8s] Well, I guess one way of putting it,
[809.4s] I was going to say comfortably worn in.
[815.7s] Well, it's probably pretty ancient.
[817.6s] So, you know, these things, they wear over time.
[820.8s] Or it's been under attack.
[822.7s] Oh, maybe that, yeah.
[824.0s] Oh, does it look like it's been under attack?
[826.4s] The damage goes kind of both ways.
[829.3s] It looks like maybe they were just worn to time.
[833.1s] Like much of the crumbling around like the points
[836.5s] or the edges look more time-worn.
[840.3s] However, the holes look like an equal amount of
[843.9s] like blown in and blown out of the pyramid.
[848.7s] And is it like covered?
[851.4s] Are they mole people in there?
[854.0s] Or is it all kind of windows?
[856.0s] I know they're not mole people.
[857.3s] No, she needs to know.
[859.0s] I'm just trying to picture what it,
[860.6s] because people live in there.
[861.8s] So there must be like, it is in each of the steps,
[865.0s] it is sort of like open to,
[868.0s] there's daylight in there, right?
[869.4s] Oh, that's, that actually is a good question.
[871.7s] So is it, is it an Egyptian pyramid?
[875.0s] Or is it a South American Aztec?
[877.8s] Yeah, more Mayan.
[879.4s] Or an Incan Mayan pyramid.
[881.8s] I picture it as more of an Egyptian pyramid.
[886.1s] So there are fewer steps as there were not really
[891.4s] any kind of delineation from one level of the pyramid
[896.5s] to the next level.
[897.4s] Exactly, yes.
[898.7s] And as far as any sort of window,
[901.0s] aside from the holes blown in,
[903.5s] it looks like it was at least built
[907.4s] as complete stone from top to bottom.
[910.6s] Well then, are ant slash mole people ideas?
[916.8s] We are the underminers.
[919.4s] Yes.
[921.7s] Well, I can see clearly now,
[923.3s] because the fog is gone.
[928.1s] But I can see a lot of debris is in the way.
[933.8s] I mean, gone are the sharp corners
[936.6s] that had this as a pyramid.
[939.2s] And I can see things have been blown,
[942.9s] blown, blown this way and that way.
[945.8s] So I've been holding on to that for a while.
[949.8s] I really just had to let it out.
[951.8s] But can you see the obstacles in your way?
[955.3s] Well, yeah, it's all this debris
[956.6s] that's on the ground from,
[958.2s] because it looks like if I had to make a guess,
[960.6s] there are probably pirates in there, right?
[962.6s] Because like with cannons,
[964.2s] just like blowing out the side.
[966.4s] And there was maybe like an airship
[968.6s] that had like pulled up alongside it.
[972.4s] I'm just extrapolating here.
[974.6s] Write this down, moot.
[978.4s] All it says is Sully's extrapolating?
[987.0s] This is what we call in the bard business,
[992.6s] as spitballing.
[995.7s] I mean, I should have become a bard,
[998.8s] but instead I have a terrible past.
[1001.9s] Now it's not the time, it's Glimstone.
[1007.7s] Sully doesn't reveal his dark past.
[1009.9s] Not yet, it's not about me right now.
[1011.8s] It's not about you.
[1013.8s] You're continuing forward.
[1015.7s] Up ahead, you see a pair of dragonborn
[1019.2s] leading a horse-drawn cart
[1021.4s] coming up the path towards you.
[1023.4s] Last time we had a cart driving up towards us,
[1025.6s] we accidentally blew it up.
[1026.8s] So we should probably take a different route.
[1028.1s] Let's hope it goes better this time.
[1029.2s] Maybe don't let Sully leave.
[1031.7s] Accidentally, little bit on purpose,
[1033.8s] totally blew it up.
[1034.8s] Okay, I'm going to approach them and say,
[1039.2s] hello, are you citizens here?
[1043.2s] Yes, yes, we are.
[1047.1s] Are you?
[1049.8s] Is everything okay?
[1051.1s] Everything's wonderful.
[1052.0s] It's my first time here.
[1053.3s] Wonderful, welcome.
[1058.3s] No, it's okay.
[1060.0s] You have more questions than I do.
[1062.7s] Please carry on.
[1063.6s] There's just a lot of cutoff, half-sentences.
[1066.7s] I'm purely for exposition.
[1068.2s] Please continue asking me questions.
[1074.7s] I told you to find out who the robot is.
[1077.5s] Right.
[1078.7s] You haven't selected which one in the role-playing game.
[1082.2s] I asked them a question.
[1085.9s] We've just arrived.
[1086.8s] I'm looking for the Citadel.
[1091.4s] The dragonborn before you,
[1093.1s] who is a deep red-scaled dragonborn,
[1096.6s] they have a brown vest
[1100.0s] and black work pants
[1103.1s] that are kind of a bit tattered and torn.
[1105.8s] It looks behind them and says,
[1109.8s] yep, that's right.
[1112.1s] Oh, the whole thing.
[1113.9s] The whole thing is what you call the Citadel.
[1116.2s] Oh my goodness.
[1117.5s] I mean, Citadel's a large term.
[1120.6s] I mean, that's the city.
[1124.6s] When you specifically say Citadel,
[1126.5s] what is it you're referring to?
[1128.5s] Well, say you had to go somewhere to swear an oath.
[1132.5s] Okay.
[1133.7s] Where would you go, Injurad the Marr?
[1138.6s] Who are we othing to?
[1140.6s] Oh, I mean Bahamad, of course.
[1142.6s] Oh, of course, of course.
[1144.6s] Well, inside the city,
[1150.1s] there are countless religious outfits,
[1154.1s] some Citadels, some churches.
[1157.1s] But are they all Bahamaniacs?
[1160.3s] I'm sorry?
[1161.5s] I'm sorry?
[1163.8s] Are they all Bah...
[1165.8s] Did I say it wrong?
[1166.6s] Bahamanians, Bahamations.
[1169.8s] They're not all beholden to Bahamut specifically.
[1173.8s] No, we accept several religions.
[1178.3s] Cool, but not all of them?
[1180.2s] I think the term is Bahamatics.
[1183.6s] Bahamatics.
[1184.7s] That sounds right.
[1185.8s] Yeah, that just feels right in the mouth.
[1187.8s] Of course.
[1189.0s] Again, not all beholden to Bahamut,
[1191.8s] but Bahamut has a Citadel within the city.
[1195.5s] Yes, I'm sure you could go there.
[1198.6s] And any other sites you'd recommend?
[1200.7s] If you were just here for a few days,
[1202.8s] what would you pop in on?
[1204.6s] Beside your birth parents.
[1207.3s] Oh, a lot to unpack there.
[1211.6s] You see the Dragonborn you're speaking to kind of whisper,
[1216.0s] and then the other Dragonborn shakes her head.
[1220.4s] Okay, good.
[1223.7s] Honey?
[1227.6s] I don't know about the birth parents.
[1230.4s] It depends what kind of scene you're in for.
[1234.9s] Zumba for sure.
[1236.0s] What's Zumba?
[1237.6s] You don't have Zumba here?
[1240.1s] No.
[1240.3s] Ah, glad you got your work cut out for you here.
[1242.6s] Okay, well, I'll definitely be putting a class together
[1244.8s] before I go.
[1245.6s] So I guess maybe just watch for flyers or something
[1249.0s] in the next few days.
[1250.6s] Well, what do you guys think?
[1251.7s] What would you like to see?
[1253.8s] Dens, are you into like a club scene
[1257.0s] or something more low-key?
[1259.8s] Maybe you follow a faith?
[1261.2s] I'm always going on and on about mine
[1263.0s] and never letting anybody else get a word in about theirs.
[1266.3s] Well, I did go to Bard College,
[1271.2s] so if there is a place where
[1277.8s] bards go or where people go to listen to bards,
[1283.7s] I can go there.
[1284.9s] So more of the club scene then.
[1286.6s] Yeah, we'd like to see some bards.
[1288.6s] Bards are great.
[1290.5s] Great.
[1291.4s] Well, plus you got to like get out here, right?
[1293.8s] It's what you're here for.
[1294.6s] You're going to make a name for yourself.
[1295.9s] Like you said, it's a gig economy.
[1297.4s] You've got to be hustling all the time.
[1299.2s] Got to get those silvers.
[1302.0s] There you go.
[1302.6s] Yeah, phosphate.
[1305.4s] Excuse me, Dragonborns, do you guys have silvers?
[1310.4s] I mean, I know you have coppers,
[1312.8s] but I prefer the silvers.
[1315.8s] Yes, yes, we have all sorts of different currency here.
[1321.5s] You don't need to give it to him right now.
[1322.9s] He's not robbing you.
[1324.2s] No, I didn't think he was robbing me.
[1326.2s] Oh, but maybe you could perform right now.
[1328.4s] Get the ward out.
[1331.0s] Oh, well, yeah.
[1334.0s] Well, it could tell you.
[1336.0s] It could tell you the story about the trolls.
[1338.4s] Oh, we do love them.
[1339.8s] Do you want to hear the story about the trolls?
[1342.7s] Spoiler alert.
[1343.6s] It involves fire, both their like and dislike of it.
[1348.7s] You know, it's trolls or likes and dislikes.
[1350.5s] But this true, for one troll, he had really high hair.
[1361.9s] And then he sang this song that was the song of the summer.
[1367.5s] It was really great.
[1368.5s] How did it go?
[1370.0s] In just a rough tune, off key a little bit.
[1372.9s] Can't stop the feeling.
[1374.6s] Yeah, there it is.
[1376.5s] Oh, my goodness.
[1381.0s] You know what?
[1381.4s] DreamWorks, please don't sue us.
[1383.0s] They reach into their satchel and they toss you a silver.
[1386.5s] That's well worth a silver.
[1388.5s] Well, especially you hear how high his voice got.
[1390.9s] Man, that's awesome.
[1392.0s] Surprising based on the low vocalizations off the top there.
[1397.5s] Well, yes, I am a bird, so I have a multi-octave range.
[1406.9s] He's like one of those mimics.
[1409.0s] Oh, well, I am insulted.
[1413.9s] I am not a mimic.
[1414.8s] No, no, you're not a mimic.
[1416.3s] You can mimic like a mockery.
[1419.2s] Oh, but does that make me a mimic?
[1424.4s] I don't.
[1425.8s] If I can.
[1428.5s] Oh, no.
[1430.2s] Have I been a mimic this entire time?
[1432.2s] Doesn't a mimic know they're a mimic, though?
[1437.6s] Do you have any other questions regarding the city?
[1442.9s] Having this existential crisis in front of these strangers.
[1448.0s] No, I guess I'll look for a citadel.
[1450.0s] We need to get the name of the best place to see the best bards.
[1455.4s] Oh, yes.
[1456.1s] Yeah, sorry.
[1457.3s] Just remember, I mean, you'll hear it when you come in,
[1460.4s] but just remember out of the way.
[1465.1s] Just remember that.
[1466.6s] It'll come clear and you'll just know.
[1469.6s] I don't think you're a mimic.
[1471.4s] But now I'm not so sure.
[1472.8s] And I think we walk on.
[1473.8s] I can't believe these poor, poor people behind us.
[1475.8s] Thank you so much, it was so nice to meet you.
[1477.7s] Lovely.
[1480.9s] You approach the city and there are several of these blown out holes
[1487.4s] in the pyramid lower down,
[1489.0s] but the path leads up to a wide ramp that you can determine
[1494.1s] was the one and only entrance to the pyramid at one point.
[1498.7s] On the way up, though, Sullivan's light is totally like,
[1502.9s] gosh, my days as a fire marshal,
[1508.5s] one entrance, one exit,
[1509.9s] it seems like really just like bad news BS.
[1512.7s] You enter into what looks like a marketplace within this pyramid.
[1519.1s] There are large stone arches going down this entire level
[1524.4s] that you can make of it.
[1525.8s] You hear music playing somewhere in the distance.
[1530.7s] It's got a heavy bassy beat to it with a mix of pop and rock
[1536.9s] that just, it's just perfect.
[1540.8s] Does it seem like it's a bit out of the way?
[1542.8s] The song or the distance?
[1544.1s] The distance.
[1545.4s] I mean, the distance is where you make it.
[1549.0s] No, I mean, it sounds like it's coming from everywhere
[1551.5s] and nowhere at the same time, but.
[1554.2s] Is the song that's playing is Dragonborn in the USA?
[1561.3s] It has a, there's a, you can, you can,
[1564.3s] it's just almost like you can place it.
[1567.3s] I came in like a Dragonborn.
[1571.2s] Dragonborn this way?
[1573.0s] You know what?
[1573.8s] It's a medley mashup is what it is.
[1575.9s] As you listen longer, it's all of these pop hits.
[1580.2s] It's like a cabaret.
[1581.4s] That's right.
[1582.7s] All over top of each other.
[1584.8s] Dragonborn cabaret.
[1586.1s] There we go.
[1587.0s] I would pay to see that.
[1588.4s] Yep.
[1588.9s] Amy would pay money, real human money, not silvers and golds.
[1593.9s] The marketplace is busy.
[1595.4s] There are many, I mean, from what you can tell so far,
[1600.6s] solely Dragonborn throughout this entire floor,
[1604.3s] conducting business and shopping and moving about.
[1607.4s] What do you do?
[1608.2s] Where do you go?
[1608.9s] What do you want to see?
[1610.2s] I think I'm like delighted because everything is my size.
[1615.0s] You know, like all of the like places selling clothing or armor
[1618.9s] or all the stuff is like just, just,
[1621.8s] I just feel like I'm just normal height here,
[1623.9s] which isn't normally the case necessarily.
[1626.5s] I'm pretty tall normally.
[1627.6s] Stand out quite a bit.
[1628.7s] Meanwhile, Sullivan's slight is feeling quite diminished.
[1634.7s] Dense is just kind of following along,
[1638.6s] just kind of looking at all of the things
[1641.9s] and he's seen a lot of marketplaces.
[1644.7s] He's reminded of the co-op that he worked at
[1648.1s] to get the discount food.
[1651.1s] And he realizes that this place is so much grander
[1656.8s] than that marketplace that he worked at.
[1661.1s] And he's secretly jealous that he wasn't working here as a co-op
[1666.2s] because he would have had so many more choices.
[1670.8s] So he may actually be looking around
[1673.7s] to see if there is someone who seems like they're a manager
[1678.1s] or someone of some renown and rank
[1684.3s] to see if there are opportunities to.
[1687.2s] Maybe some help wanted signs on different stalls.
[1691.6s] Are you looking?
[1692.4s] It is the gig economy.
[1694.0s] Always got to be looking.
[1695.7s] Are you looking at any specific type of merchant
[1699.1s] or just in general?
[1701.4s] So yeah, so he's looking not necessarily
[1705.5s] for a type of merchant.
[1707.4s] He is looking more in general to see what is happening.
[1712.5s] He is looking over at the produce people first,
[1718.2s] the people that have the vegetables and what have you.
[1720.5s] But he's looking around to see
[1723.5s] who seems to be crowded and overworked.
[1728.4s] Well, that's a very astute type of thing for Dense to do.
[1734.8s] Dense knows when work needs to be done.
[1737.8s] Hey man, you look like someone who gets it done.
[1741.0s] Well, I have to or else they kick me out.
[1744.6s] Yeah, you're looking at one of these.
[1746.2s] There are a couple of different grocers
[1747.9s] or produce marketplaces and you look over
[1751.2s] and you see one where there's a single,
[1754.7s] that was not the one I was going to pick, but okay.
[1758.6s] Just looking at the name generator
[1760.0s] and picking the hardest one on it.
[1761.6s] There's so many vowels, you guys.
[1764.0s] There's so many U's in this name.
[1768.1s] I'm sorry, I pulled that page up.
[1773.2s] You don't see anybody.
[1774.1s] No, it's fine.
[1776.4s] Everyone's full up.
[1777.7s] Everyone's full up.
[1778.3s] No vacancies for employment.
[1780.2s] No, you look over at one of these produce
[1782.0s] and you do see one where it looks busy.
[1785.0s] It looks like there are people lined up,
[1786.5s] but you only see one person working behind
[1788.7s] the quote unquote till area.
[1791.9s] Okay, so what he does is he immediately
[1798.9s] walks over, walks behind the counter
[1802.2s] and he goes, next up.
[1806.5s] And sorry, I said person.
[1807.5s] I meant Dragonborn.
[1808.5s] That was kind of clear.
[1810.2s] But yeah, you step aside.
[1813.0s] I fucking love your style.
[1814.6s] I'm just, I work here now.
[1817.8s] I've done this before, guys.
[1820.0s] The female Dragonborn comes over
[1821.7s] and she's bronze scaled.
[1824.3s] She's wearing an apron over her blouse
[1828.0s] and long pants.
[1829.8s] And her name tag says.
[1831.4s] And her name tag says, Mjaldik Nurud.
[1835.9s] Last name?
[1837.6s] Doesn't have a last name.
[1839.0s] Her last name would be on her name tag, Amy.
[1841.0s] Come on.
[1841.6s] Right, right.
[1842.6s] It wouldn't be that long.
[1844.2s] Her name tag's like.
[1845.3s] It's not a name tag.
[1846.3s] It's a name shirt.
[1848.3s] Also has her social insurance number and address.
[1852.7s] Docs, and that's why nobody works there
[1854.2s] because everybody gets doxed.
[1857.2s] She comes over to you and says, excuse me.
[1860.5s] What is it you're doing?
[1862.0s] I'm working.
[1866.2s] You should be too.
[1867.4s] There is a line.
[1871.9s] Make a persuasion check.
[1873.9s] Come for the deal, stay for the sass.
[1875.8s] There's a line.
[1878.6s] You know what this was about you, Glim,
[1880.0s] but it's no longer about you.
[1881.8s] I only care about this.
[1884.6s] Dirty 20.
[1886.2s] Okay.
[1887.8s] Oh, no one told me that somebody else
[1892.2s] was coming today.
[1893.0s] I thought it was just supposed to be me.
[1894.6s] Well, I'm sorry I'm late,
[1896.0s] but clearly I'm here just in time.
[1899.6s] Let's get to work and then we can talk
[1901.7s] about everything else later.
[1904.1s] Oh, okay.
[1906.2s] Did you need your name tag?
[1907.3s] I don't know if they sent one down.
[1908.9s] It's okay.
[1910.0s] We can work on that later.
[1911.8s] What do you need?
[1912.5s] Who's next?
[1914.3s] Both of you get to work as the three
[1916.7s] of you look in astonishment at your friend
[1919.8s] who's just ducked in to start working.
[1921.6s] Did he just get a fucking job?
[1924.0s] I guess so.
[1924.7s] Did he just waltz up and get a job?
[1927.0s] Wow.
[1927.8s] I mean, I know he kept talking
[1929.2s] about the gig economy,
[1930.3s] but I didn't think it was like this.
[1932.6s] We hadn't seen it in action.
[1933.7s] We'd just been on the road.
[1934.7s] It's amazing.
[1935.9s] Okay, so next time I'm just saying,
[1938.2s] we need to just go up and be like,
[1940.8s] we're part of this caravan.
[1944.2s] Yeah, I think you're right.
[1945.1s] We're protecting you now.
[1947.0s] I think if Dance has taught us anything,
[1948.7s] it's that confidence is key.
[1950.9s] Definitely.
[1951.9s] Damn.
[1953.2s] Okay.
[1954.0s] Hey, Dance, we'll catch up with you later?
[1956.7s] Sure, sure.
[1958.1s] As soon as I clock out,
[1960.2s] I'll meet up with you guys.
[1961.7s] Yeah, okay.
[1962.5s] We'll find you.
[1966.6s] Maybe I'll catch you on my break.
[1968.1s] I'm supposed to get a two-fifteen minute break.
[1971.3s] Two-fifteens and a thirty.
[1972.8s] Don't you let them do you dirty like that.
[1975.9s] Oh, okay.
[1976.6s] Yeah, thank you.
[1977.2s] I forgot about that.
[1979.8s] Okay.
[1981.4s] Welcome to our sideshow of like,
[1983.6s] workers' rights.
[1984.6s] Workers' rights.
[1985.8s] Sorry, dance to laws.
[1988.0s] Labor laws and the importance of a union.
[1990.4s] Let's talk about it.
[1991.5s] Cicero, I didn't tell you
[1993.0s] that I have a bad habit
[1994.9s] of starting side spin-off stories.
[1997.8s] Dance may be one of those.
[1999.3s] So we're going to need you back.
[2002.2s] You know, just free up your calendar.
[2003.8s] We'll check back in.
[2004.5s] Dance will be assistant manager.
[2006.1s] We'll check back in again.
[2007.1s] He will be manager.
[2009.5s] Now he's opened his own competitor's store
[2012.3s] right beside this one.
[2014.0s] Puts him out of business.
[2015.0s] It gets real cutthroat.
[2016.9s] And now I'm the CEO.
[2018.7s] That's right.
[2021.0s] Ah, this is a success story.
[2022.5s] I'm loving it.
[2023.1s] Oh, it's amazing.
[2024.3s] Okay, the other three,
[2025.9s] I don't care what you're doing.
[2027.2s] We go back to, no, I'm kidding.
[2028.6s] What do you do?
[2030.2s] Does anything matter anymore?
[2031.4s] I'm not entirely sure.
[2032.3s] I've broken the game.
[2034.1s] This is all I care about now.
[2036.3s] Welcome to the dance cast.
[2039.8s] So I guess we should probably
[2041.0s] find you that citadel, right?
[2042.6s] We're gonna,
[2043.3s] I thought he was gonna perform as a bard,
[2045.3s] but he's completely abandoned that idea.
[2047.8s] He's now working at this stall over here.
[2050.1s] Totally fine.
[2050.7s] I like his commitment.
[2051.7s] The steady paycheck is probably more appealing
[2053.9s] than the gig economy.
[2054.8s] Well, you know what?
[2055.4s] You need a side hustle, right?
[2058.7s] Wait, so barding could maybe be the side hustle now.
[2061.2s] Well, I think like he really bards hard at night,
[2064.2s] but then like make sure he goes to his nine to five.
[2067.0s] Look, sister is nodding.
[2070.6s] You need something to pay the bills,
[2073.0s] but then you really pursue your passion on your off time.
[2076.9s] Speaking of passion,
[2078.5s] Flynn, do you get like a special tinkle
[2080.3s] anywhere in your body to tell us
[2081.8s] if we're getting close to this Bahamut temple?
[2084.2s] Well, I mean, some of these Dragonborn
[2085.8s] are pretty handsome, so I guess.
[2089.9s] Glim, who taught you to speak like that?
[2093.2s] Well, you, Sully.
[2099.2s] Guys, I feel a little bit nervous now that we're here.
[2105.8s] So maybe just let's casually walk around
[2110.6s] the marketplace here, and I guess maybe let's see
[2115.8s] if you see anyone who's like wearing robes
[2117.8s] or seems like they might be a religious figure.
[2122.2s] I don't know if I want to just start asking people.
[2125.1s] All right, so you like want to,
[2127.3s] you want us to walk around here looking inconspicuous.
[2133.0s] All three of you stop, look around,
[2135.8s] and realize the only halfling and only half-orc,
[2141.4s] everyone else is Dragonborn.
[2143.0s] I start to whistle.
[2143.7s] I'm going to pull out my floppy sun hat
[2146.6s] because I think that's going to help me
[2147.8s] like blend into the crowd.
[2149.9s] This isn't a problem.
[2150.8s] Nobody's like, you get an occasional look.
[2153.2s] Uh, all right, um, uh, on, on, on your 20.
[2160.2s] Over there.
[2161.0s] I see someone with a, yeah, and I, I point really obviously.
[2165.2s] There's a guy wearing a robe over there.
[2168.5s] And then he could be a religious figure.
[2170.2s] You look over and you see a Dragonborn looks older,
[2173.8s] uh, in a red velvet robe.
[2176.8s] It's comfortable as fuck.
[2179.5s] He looks cozy.
[2180.7s] Hey, only the only a guy filled with the satisfaction
[2184.6s] of Bahama could look that comfortable, right?
[2188.6s] I mean, you're not wrong.
[2190.0s] You're not wrong.
[2191.0s] Okay, that's you're right.
[2192.3s] That's a good place to start.
[2193.4s] I should just, I should just ask.
[2195.4s] I'm going to approach the be robed man.
[2200.2s] I feel like we're like unnecessarily loudly supportive.
[2203.6s] Like, yeah, you got this.
[2204.9s] Don't you, don't you worry about it.
[2207.8s] You can do this.
[2208.5s] Glen is what you came here for.
[2209.7s] You came all the way.
[2210.9s] Uh, if you, yeah, I assume you're still on like
[2213.0s] the marketplace level.
[2214.2s] You hadn't gotten too far.
[2215.3s] He's, uh, he's looking at many leather bound books.
[2218.6s] Um, excuse me, sir.
[2221.0s] He stops and turns to you.
[2223.8s] Yes.
[2225.0s] I'm, I'm so sorry to interrupt.
[2226.6s] I, I just arrived here.
[2229.0s] Welcome.
[2229.4s] And I'm, thank you.
[2231.4s] And I'm looking for a Citadel dedicated to Bahamut
[2235.7s] so that I can swear my oath.
[2238.3s] Wow.
[2238.7s] And I noticed that you are wearing that amazing robe.
[2243.0s] And I thought, A, you could maybe give me directions.
[2247.8s] And if not, then B, you could tell me where you got
[2250.2s] that very amazing robe.
[2251.7s] Uh, well, uh, uh, lady runs a robesmith down the street.
[2260.1s] A robbery.
[2261.9s] You, you know.
[2263.4s] I used to be a roboteer.
[2265.3s] You should get a job there.
[2266.5s] She's looking for people.
[2268.2s] I think about it.
[2269.7s] Podcast is over.
[2270.6s] We're all just going to get jobs.
[2274.1s] We all just got employed and then just kind of drifted apart.
[2277.8s] Cause you know, you know how that happens.
[2279.8s] You're working opposite shifts.
[2282.5s] It's tough to get together.
[2283.7s] Yeah.
[2283.9s] A perfect level of need employment, want employment.
[2287.4s] It's just always working.
[2289.2s] Um, well, uh, so, sorry.
[2291.4s] You said you were pledging your oath.
[2292.7s] Did you say, did you say to whom?
[2295.5s] Oh, Bahamut.
[2296.8s] Oh, yes.
[2297.6s] Um, well, uh, yes.
[2299.4s] There is a Citadel of Bahamut on the second floor.
[2303.9s] It's, um.
[2305.8s] Next to the housewares department.
[2308.0s] Well.
[2309.4s] Thank you.
[2309.7s] It's the beyond part of the bed bath and beyond?
[2311.6s] Yes.
[2312.0s] Yeah.
[2316.2s] You know, it's often difficult to find.
[2318.1s] It's, uh, they're not showy of their, of their Citadel.
[2324.9s] I could, I could escort you if that would work for you.
[2329.8s] Oh, I mean, that, that'd be, that'd be really nice.
[2334.4s] I'm, I'm Glim, by the way.
[2336.6s] Nice to meet you.
[2337.4s] I'm, I'm Forak.
[2339.2s] It's nice to meet you.
[2340.6s] Thanks for your help.
[2342.0s] Of course.
[2342.5s] Well, it's your first time here.
[2345.4s] I look forward to whatever it is your oath brings you.
[2349.8s] It's not often you run into someone pledging an oath.
[2354.2s] Oh, I mean, I thought that was the main thing that happened here.
[2356.9s] No?
[2357.1s] Oh, not, not specifically.
[2360.2s] Not, well, more so since the, since the Civil War.
[2364.1s] Wait, you tell me.
[2365.0s] And the Civil War was between?
[2367.9s] Well, it was, it was a few generations ago.
[2371.8s] Not many, actually.
[2372.8s] Two, two or three.
[2375.5s] Do you, do you know?
[2376.8s] Obviously you don't know of it.
[2378.0s] You don't know when it, when it was.
[2380.6s] How long have you, have you and your clan been gone?
[2383.9s] Well, don't really know.
[2385.8s] Abandoned as a baby.
[2387.2s] Brought up by, in a, in a, in a new to me family, so.
[2392.4s] So some time ago.
[2395.9s] So some time ago, at least as long as I've been alive,
[2398.4s] which is about 20 years.
[2400.6s] Jarod Tamar here was a stronghold for Dragonborns
[2404.7s] and still continues to be.
[2406.2s] It, at a point, became distrustful of anyone
[2414.5s] who was not Dragonborn and even those who were Dragonborn
[2419.8s] and pledged their oath to Bahamut or Tiamat were
[2426.8s] not seen as, um.
[2429.3s] Tresswezzy?
[2431.2s] Yeah.
[2431.9s] Civil War broke out between those who sought
[2434.5s] those religious figures and those who did not
[2437.5s] and, well, the establishment collapsed in on itself
[2444.2s] and the capital, well, it was under siege from inside and out.
[2449.2s] Of people trying to choose what's right.
[2455.0s] Oh.
[2456.1s] Oh, should I be being more circumspect about the fact
[2458.6s] that I'm here to swear an oath to Bahamut?
[2460.5s] Because I thought that would just be like really great and cool.
[2463.7s] No, there are few who still hold right that the gods have no place,
[2469.8s] but it is not as widely received.
[2473.0s] And you are welcome here as you are.
[2475.8s] The dust has long settled and for the most part
[2479.0s] the capital is peaceful.
[2481.4s] Can't you hear the music?
[2482.6s] Yes, it seems like a great medley.
[2484.9s] Oh, imagine dragons.
[2491.5s] So good, so good.
[2494.7s] Sorry, this story tends to drag on.
[2500.8s] But the Civil War of time passed.
[2504.3s] I, you were obviously one of the exiled groups prior to this happening,
[2511.7s] but I will, I will lead you.
[2514.1s] I will escort you to your oath and hopefully you will find your answers there.
[2519.6s] Who did you oath upon?
[2521.4s] I have not, I have not pledged an oath.
[2524.0s] Oh, so you're just, these are legit just comfy ropes.
[2527.4s] Yeah, yes.
[2528.3s] All right.
[2528.9s] I'm very sorry that we kind of narrowed in on you like old guy in ropes.
[2533.7s] Well, not many religious figures wear these sleek sexy red robes.
[2539.2s] You know what?
[2539.8s] They hug in a lot of special places.
[2543.0s] Thank you for noticing.
[2544.9s] I am waist level.
[2548.4s] Yep, we cut back to dense.
[2551.3s] I was just going to say he's got to be on a 15 by now, right?
[2557.1s] Mia walks over, taps you on the shoulder, says okay, you've been great.
[2561.2s] I don't know who sent you.
[2563.4s] I don't know where you came from, but you're amazing.
[2568.0s] Well, I came, I came from over there and then I came over here
[2576.6s] and I went to work because work need to be done.
[2579.4s] Yeah, but who sent you?
[2581.8s] The people, my friends, my friends, they brought me.
[2589.4s] They didn't send me.
[2591.4s] I sent myself.
[2593.0s] So like main office didn't send you?
[2595.8s] I mean, there is a main office maybe, but I haven't been there yet.
[2601.1s] Okay.
[2601.7s] Maybe should I go there after this?
[2603.8s] Well, actually, I was thinking maybe I'll go.
[2607.0s] So I'm a bard in my off time.
[2611.6s] So I'm hoping that I can get off of work early enough
[2615.4s] so that I can go to perform at the out of the way.
[2623.8s] The out of the way.
[2625.2s] Oh, you're talking about the party club where all the kids hang out.
[2630.2s] That's what I was told.
[2631.1s] I was told that I could go and perform there.
[2633.0s] Do you know anyone there?
[2635.8s] Well, my son goes and hangs out there.
[2640.5s] Well, maybe he can give me a spot on stage.
[2643.7s] I, you know what?
[2645.8s] Ask for Charney Turd.
[2651.6s] Charney Turd.
[2653.7s] Excuse me, what?
[2655.1s] Tell me what?
[2655.9s] Show me.
[2656.6s] Charney Turd.
[2657.6s] Why on earth?
[2659.0s] That's my name I wrote down.
[2663.1s] Did you stroke out midway?
[2664.9s] No, it's right there.
[2667.9s] Charney Turd.
[2668.4s] Charney Turd.
[2671.4s] That's a great name.
[2673.0s] Well, thank you.
[2673.5s] Thank you.
[2673.9s] Yes, yeah, go.
[2679.7s] Do you plan on continuing to work here?
[2683.0s] Well, I mean, if you're busy, then yeah, I'll come back to work.
[2687.0s] But, you know, if the day is over, I'll take my pay now.
[2696.6s] I need to stop you for a second.
[2699.4s] I fucking respect the fact that he walked in out of nowhere.
[2704.5s] Was like, I work here.
[2705.8s] And then it was like, yo, can I blow off early?
[2714.0s] Every bit of that is absolutely perfect.
[2717.2s] Oh my god, I'm crying.
[2719.8s] Make a persuasion roll.
[2721.7s] I think we're going to need a luck of the die to see what happens next.
[2726.8s] That is fantastic.
[2729.1s] I've known this person on so many levels.
[2731.7s] 15.
[2733.4s] Oh, okay.
[2735.9s] Well, I mean, if you intend to come back, she hands you a form.
[2742.2s] You fill this out.
[2744.2s] I don't know your schedule.
[2745.8s] You seem aloof.
[2748.6s] She puts down a copper and a silver and says,
[2752.7s] This should cover clearing that mess.
[2757.5s] Fill out the paperwork and then go to your gig and then come back.
[2760.9s] And I'll have contacted the main office and see if they sent you.
[2770.7s] But you think I've got a feet.
[2777.8s] You said I'm a hoof?
[2779.8s] No, I've got feet.
[2782.7s] Yes, you do.
[2784.4s] Right.
[2784.8s] But so I'm not a hoof.
[2786.2s] Okay.
[2786.5s] Okay.
[2787.0s] Yeah, aloof, aloof.
[2791.0s] A loaf?
[2792.5s] I think that's what you mean, a loaf.
[2794.4s] Yeah.
[2794.6s] Not that either.
[2795.8s] Sorry.
[2796.1s] But I could use a loaf.
[2797.4s] What would you like to be referred to as?
[2800.6s] Oh, I'm dense.
[2804.0s] Nice to meet you, dense Mia.
[2808.5s] Fill out this paperwork, dense.
[2810.0s] And we'll talk about future employment.
[2812.9s] I think this will cover any incidentals between here and there though.
[2818.9s] Oh, okay.
[2822.2s] Yes, I can do this.
[2825.8s] I'll bring the form back.
[2827.4s] Okay, perfect.
[2830.1s] So I'm going to go find shiny turd now.
[2833.3s] Perfect.
[2834.6s] Do a lot of people yell,
[2836.4s] there's no time, and dense, alive?
[2843.7s] I'm just wondering.
[2845.1s] Yes.
[2846.5s] Okay.
[2847.0s] I love it.
[2847.4s] Dense walks off with his paper and his copper and silver.
[2853.1s] Yes.
[2853.7s] Oh, wait a minute.
[2854.4s] Before he goes, he'll say to Mia,
[2859.4s] So my friends that brought me, they didn't send me, but they brought me.
[2863.8s] Okay.
[2866.6s] They went to one of them, Glim.
[2869.6s] She was the dragonborn.
[2870.8s] You saw her.
[2873.3s] She went to go see Bahamut.
[2879.4s] Like to actually see Bahamut or to go to the church of Bahamut?
[2884.8s] He's doing an appearance.
[2887.5s] No, I think she went to go see Bahamut and tell him how much she loved him.
[2893.4s] You see her look to her feet.
[2896.6s] And just think for a moment.
[2899.8s] And then she yells, there's no time!
[2902.6s] Go!
[2905.6s] It's trying to piece it together.
[2906.6s] Be like, look, your friends probably went upstairs.
[2910.6s] Another level up.
[2911.8s] There's a church up there.
[2913.1s] Bahamut, I don't know if Bahamut's coming today.
[2915.6s] I didn't get the memo.
[2919.1s] Bring the paperwork back once you've talked to my son, shiny turd.
[2922.6s] See if you can get a gig there.
[2927.3s] If not, we can find something here for you.
[2929.5s] Maybe we'll move you off of cash.
[2934.7s] Okay, well, I mean, all of that stuff sounds great.
[2939.7s] I'll look forward to it.
[2940.7s] Okay.
[2941.3s] Thank you.
[2942.0s] See you later.
[2942.6s] Thank you, Denz.
[2943.5s] See you later, Mia.
[2945.0s] Oh my god!
[2947.2s] Which direction does Denz go?
[2948.5s] Does Denz follow the music?
[2950.6s] Denz is going to find Bahamut and his friends.
[2955.8s] Okay, and he takes context clues well.
[2957.5s] He goes upstairs rather than downstairs.
[2960.6s] I don't know what else he could have done.
[2963.5s] You tell us.
[2967.2s] Can there please be someone in a Bahamut mascot suit
[2972.6s] making an appearance at the Citadel that day?
[2978.5s] Roll history, roll history for me,
[2982.8s] and then that will help determine where you make it to.
[2985.5s] Oh my god.
[2986.6s] Oh boy, four.
[2989.7s] Come back to Denz momentarily.
[2992.8s] Denz is on his own adventure.
[2995.1s] Forak leads Glim, Moot, and Sully.
[2997.8s] You wouldn't have been able to bring Rolf up,
[2999.7s] but there would have been a stable at some point along the way
[3002.3s] that you would have been able to leave him.
[3004.6s] But leads Glim, Moot, and Sully up to the second floor
[3008.3s] and down a series of what seem like,
[3013.0s] to your definition, alleyways within this structure.
[3018.2s] And he brushes his hand along the wall
[3022.9s] and some dust flakes off at an entrance.
[3027.4s] And Glim, you immediately see it as the dust flakes away.
[3031.4s] There is a carving of the symbol of Bahamut,
[3035.1s] the white dragon's head in the stone.
[3040.8s] This is the Citadel you speak of.
[3045.4s] Thank you so much.
[3046.6s] And we'll definitely check out that robe lady later,
[3050.8s] right guys?
[3052.3s] Oh yeah, 100%.
[3053.3s] Again, you look amazing.
[3055.5s] Thank you, thank you.
[3056.5s] I hope you find what you're looking for in here.
[3060.5s] Great, I think we're going to go to the Out of the Way later.
[3063.0s] If you wanted to meet up, I'd be happy to buy you a meat or...
[3066.8s] The Out of the Way?
[3068.6s] Yeah, my friend's a bard and he's gonna...
[3070.6s] Oh, oh, oh, the party club.
[3073.0s] Yeah, if you want to come to the party club with us later.
[3076.5s] Great, sure.
[3077.8s] Do you have like separate party robes
[3079.8s] or is it the same robe situation?
[3081.6s] Gonna have to wait to find out there, good friend.
[3085.0s] Okay.
[3085.8s] Forek walks off.
[3086.8s] The three of you are standing outside the Citadel.
[3089.1s] I'm gonna take a deep breath and I'm gonna open the door.
[3095.5s] Assuming it's like a church that you can just walk into,
[3099.1s] not like someone's private residence
[3100.7s] that I've just wandered into.
[3102.3s] Again, all of that doesn't live here.
[3106.2s] So I'm gonna open the door.
[3108.4s] I feel like Moot and Sully kind of just like flank her,
[3111.7s] like giving some respectful space,
[3115.4s] but also like we're here for you,
[3118.0s] trying to strike that bAlydince.
[3119.8s] Sure.
[3121.3s] Okay, you walk in, Glim, and you see this first.
[3125.4s] It's a modest dwelling.
[3128.1s] There are pews, they're old, worn wood, kind of too deep in this.
[3136.0s] What looks like from the size
[3140.7s] could be no bigger than a large storage closet.
[3144.6s] There is a chair up at the front.
[3149.9s] It's a handmade wooden chair.
[3153.4s] There are a few candles lit along the back wall.
[3158.2s] And there is a male dragonborn kind of dusting off some shelves.
[3164.3s] He looks back to you as you walk in and continues dusting.
[3168.0s] He says, sorry, no service right now.
[3171.9s] Can I help you?
[3172.9s] No service right now.
[3174.2s] Can I help you with something?
[3175.8s] Oh, I hope so.
[3177.7s] My name's Glim.
[3178.7s] Well, Nurikshah's a hackra, but everybody calls me Glim.
[3181.7s] And I need to swear an oath to Bahamut so that I can save the world.
[3186.6s] So do you think I could do that here or we've traveled a pretty long way?
[3194.7s] As soon as you say your name, you notice him stop dusting.
[3199.8s] And his body language from behind, even like there's like this deep breath in
[3211.9s] and like sigh of what you could presume as relief.
[3217.4s] And he turns around to you and you see his eyes are like glassy.
[3222.8s] He says, you said Nurikshah's hackra.
[3226.2s] Yeah, but everybody calls me Glim.
[3228.3s] You can call me Glim.
[3230.2s] Glim, it's a pleasure.
[3232.2s] Pleasure to meet you.
[3233.4s] Please, please come in.
[3234.8s] And he dusts off one of the chairs before you and just please be seated.
[3241.2s] Your friends as well.
[3242.2s] Thanks.
[3242.7s] These are my friends, Mood and Sully.
[3245.0s] Oh yeah, but we're like barely here.
[3246.7s] We're just here for support.
[3248.3s] We're just, yeah.
[3249.4s] Yeah, we'll just blend into the background.
[3251.4s] Oh, don't say that.
[3252.2s] They're part of my destiny to save the world.
[3255.5s] So Mood, as you say, blend into the background.
[3258.2s] You look around and like there is no background.
[3260.8s] There's like four chairs, essentially.
[3265.4s] You step as far away as you can, but it's still not that far.
[3268.2s] You're still within like five to 10 feet tops.
[3271.0s] Neat.
[3271.8s] All right.
[3275.1s] It was told that you would come, but we didn't know when or how or where.
[3280.8s] What do you mean it was told I would come?
[3287.7s] Me personally, or just like a mysterious, cool dragonborn
[3294.0s] would arrive with two super cool friends?
[3298.6s] He goes and he opens his book and turns and shows it to you.
[3303.9s] On the date that it is, he turns to and says,
[3307.4s] Neurixious Akra will pledge her oath.
[3313.3s] Wow.
[3314.2s] Did Bahama tell you that?
[3316.6s] It's been in the book for ages.
[3322.0s] Huh.
[3323.8s] I mean, I'm glad to see that.
[3324.9s] We really have traveled a very long way.
[3327.3s] And I've been telling everybody I have a destiny to save the world.
[3330.6s] And this seems like some good proof, right, guys?
[3335.4s] Well, I mean, I was told before, but I mean, it's in a book.
[3340.2s] I already believed you.
[3341.0s] I picture Moot and Sully who said they're going to blend into the background,
[3343.7s] like peeking up and around trying to look at the book.
[3346.4s] We're for sure like three inches away.
[3349.0s] Well, I mean, I have a million questions, but I guess I should just wear the oath first,
[3356.0s] right?
[3356.2s] And then maybe we'll stay here for a couple of days, guys,
[3358.3s] and we can ask all these questions.
[3360.2s] And I'm sorry, I haven't even asked your name yet.
[3362.4s] No, no, of course.
[3364.2s] My name is Akif.
[3367.0s] It is my pleasure.
[3369.6s] Glim.
[3371.4s] It's so nice to meet you.
[3374.0s] So I haven't actually really sworn a lot of oaths before.
[3378.7s] So I have this and I pull out that piece of leather that like is that tooled piece
[3386.5s] of leather that has Bahamut symbol on it.
[3388.5s] That's my symbol.
[3390.3s] And this is sort of how I like really talk with Bahamut is using this.
[3397.4s] So should I use that or is there a special ritual?
[3402.5s] It has been such a long time since anyone has been here to do what you intend to do.
[3412.1s] He looks down at the book and says there's nothing in this book that says what comes
[3419.1s] next.
[3423.0s] OK, well, I guess I'll just do what feels right, right?
[3430.5s] If it feels good, do it.
[3432.6s] But even if you should.
[3435.4s] Is there, I know you said there was like pews, but is there like an altar kind of area?
[3442.2s] Where there would be an altar, there is a single chair facing back to the pews.
[3447.5s] Oh, OK.
[3451.0s] Akif goes and lays the book on a ledge behind the chair, lights a few more candles.
[3459.0s] Your friends best join me.
[3464.5s] Oh, yeah, for sure.
[3465.8s] You have some privacy while you're doing this.
[3467.4s] Maybe they should find dense, because I feel like even though he's been with us
[3470.6s] for such a short time, he probably wants to be involved with this.
[3473.8s] Also, a quick question from Amy, is she sitting like backwards on the chair
[3478.3s] looking forwards at the book?
[3479.8s] Because that's a visual I got.
[3481.4s] The chair is facing the pews, but he put the book behind the chair.
[3484.9s] She's like, well, she didn't sit in the chair yet.
[3488.8s] Is she going to do a backwards style?
[3490.4s] Are you going to do a backwards style?
[3491.2s] So the chair he brushed off was one of the pews, right?
[3493.8s] No, you said that where an altar would be, there's a chair.
[3496.8s] And he said the book behind the chair, but the chair was looking out the pews.
[3501.4s] If you were to sit backwards in the chair and read the book, yes.
[3504.6s] You know what?
[3505.1s] I hear Bahamut's a really cool guy.
[3511.6s] Sorry.
[3512.1s] Yeah, I guess we exit.
[3513.5s] Ekif ushers.
[3515.3s] He's a really cool guy.
[3518.0s] Turns his hat backwards.
[3520.6s] Ekif leads the two of you out, Moot and Sully, and looks back to you, Glim,
[3525.4s] and says, I'm sorry, I can't be of more assistance.
[3532.2s] I will be just outside if you need anything, though.
[3535.0s] Okay, thank you.
[3537.8s] He pulls the door closed.
[3550.9s] It's the middle time now.
[3552.5s] We're here and we're going to have some fun talking about stuff.
[3555.8s] Like, I think we're Cheez Whiz today.
[3559.4s] I don't understand the words you just said.
[3561.1s] Yeah, I'm also studying silence.
[3565.5s] No, I'm sorry.
[3566.2s] I understood.
[3568.9s] I understood.
[3569.9s] I think we're blank today.
[3573.5s] Yeah, Cheez Whiz.
[3577.0s] I heard all the words and I still don't understand.
[3580.3s] Okay, so.
[3581.4s] Because that goes in the middle of a sandwich.
[3583.9s] Sandwich, yes.
[3585.0s] I was going to say, please, not if you were poor enough growing up,
[3587.4s] you just had Cheez Whiz sandwiches.
[3588.9s] Cheez Whiz was like when we had like,
[3592.5s] my mom got some money and we bought some Cheez Whiz,
[3595.0s] that was like a treat.
[3597.2s] I didn't get that kind of thing.
[3598.9s] You have the name brand stuff, you betcha.
[3600.8s] So I'm just feeling like where the Cheez Whiz is today.
[3604.9s] Welcome to the middle.
[3605.7s] Welcome to the cheese whizzy middle.
[3610.4s] Thank you for being here with us.
[3611.4s] We love having you here on this adventure that we are riding on.
[3615.3s] We want to let you know that we have some great things going on
[3618.6s] over on our website, which we don't normally talk about all that much.
[3621.8s] DumbDragons.com.
[3623.8s] Yeah, we have a whole website over there.
[3625.7s] Yeah, which I'm, you'll find there's some coming soon things on there.
[3629.0s] Don't worry about that, it's coming.
[3630.2s] Just ignore that part.
[3631.1s] Soon, so soon.
[3632.7s] But one thing we want you to take a look at,
[3635.1s] because people have been raving about it,
[3637.8s] is our support us tab,
[3640.4s] because we have T public and red bubble stores
[3645.0s] where you can buy tapestries.
[3646.4s] Yes, this people have tapestries that are being actually been raving about this.
[3651.4s] Nobody has been raving about the support tab on our website,
[3654.6s] but what he really meant was we have these shops where you can buy fun stuff.
[3658.5s] So like T-shirts and hoodies, et cetera,
[3661.0s] but like phone cases and tapestries.
[3664.6s] So if you want masks as well, yeah,
[3667.1s] like a big Flamikinskins tapestry to grace,
[3671.2s] what I assume would be your very formal dining room.
[3674.3s] You can do that.
[3675.5s] Or bedroom, right above the bed.
[3677.9s] I hope that's where it's going.
[3679.1s] One of our patrons, we were on a call with them
[3681.4s] and they were like, hey, Russ, I'm on your store.
[3684.7s] And I noticed I can't buy this tapestry of a Flamikinskins.
[3688.1s] And I was like, I probably didn't check it because I was like,
[3690.9s] that's not a thing anybody ever wants to do.
[3694.6s] Check it and I will buy it.
[3696.0s] And I said, okay.
[3697.9s] And they did.
[3699.8s] And now we need pictures.
[3700.6s] I was just going to say pictures of that would be wonderful.
[3703.1s] We need pictures.
[3703.6s] If you have any T-shirts, we'd love to see a picture of that.
[3706.6s] Oh sure, yeah.
[3708.5s] Send them to us.
[3710.0s] You can send them to us on Twitter or Facebook
[3711.8s] or join us in our Discord.
[3713.0s] All the links are in the description always.
[3715.9s] So we'd love to see all that.
[3717.7s] But yeah, dumbdragons.com.
[3720.2s] Take you right to our stores through that drop down
[3723.9s] from the support us that everybody's raving about.
[3726.2s] I don't know if I told you about that.
[3728.4s] Just website organization I think is what I was trying to get at.
[3732.2s] It's just everybody raves about how well our website is
[3736.1s] organized and that they know about the website at all.
[3738.6s] And that they know about the website at all.
[3740.4s] But it's there.
[3741.8s] And we'd love for you to check it out.
[3743.2s] That's all I got.
[3744.1s] Okay.
[3745.7s] We're going to go let you get back to this episode now.
[3751.0s] You're standing alone in this room.
[3755.8s] There are a dozen candles lit around.
[3759.3s] You look up and it is at first a stone ceiling.
[3768.6s] You look back down into the candles and then you hear
[3772.4s] the sound of birds chirping.
[3776.0s] Same sound that you heard when you were
[3780.2s] taken to the Church of Bahamut by your mama.
[3782.9s] You look back up and you see a clear blue sky.
[3791.6s] Canaries flying above.
[3797.4s] Is the room as it was?
[3799.8s] Just the sky is now the outdoors?
[3804.0s] Yeah, the room itself hasn't changed.
[3807.3s] It does appear that there's more light in the room
[3810.2s] with the appearance of the ceiling changing.
[3813.4s] Okay.
[3814.2s] But nothing physical has changed about the room.
[3818.5s] Then I will sit in the chair backwards.
[3820.6s] Great suggestion.
[3822.2s] And I'm going to sort of hold that piece of leather
[3825.3s] in front of me, that tooled piece of leather.
[3828.9s] And say, hey Bahamut, it's me, Glim.
[3833.8s] I don't really know what I'm supposed to do,
[3836.4s] but I do want to tell you that I love you
[3840.5s] and I want to serve you and I'm totally prepared
[3843.7s] to do whatever it takes to save the world.
[3846.9s] So I swear this oath to you that I will give
[3852.0s] everything I have, even my life, to serve you.
[3859.1s] A moment goes by.
[3861.4s] What are you looking at or are you looking at anything?
[3865.0s] I think I'm sort of focusing, like holding that,
[3868.6s] that like my holy symbol and sort of focusing my energy
[3872.7s] into that because that's how I sort of do my day-to-day
[3877.0s] chatting with Bahamut.
[3878.4s] So that's how I feel close to him.
[3881.7s] The symbol you hold in your hands begins to,
[3886.3s] you feel a warmth coming from it.
[3890.6s] You look up into it and there's a glow,
[3894.7s] a white glow to it.
[3898.2s] You look, you catch your eye on the book
[3901.7s] that Ekif laid on the shelf in front of you.
[3906.7s] You see that where the date was written
[3910.2s] and there was a bit of a gap in the page,
[3912.6s] you see the page begin to glow again
[3916.4s] and writing begin to appear.
[3923.4s] Okay, well I'm going to get up and read that.
[3925.8s] You feel a breeze brush across your scales.
[3935.0s] Your clothing begin to move with it
[3938.7s] and you look down at the book
[3942.3s] and you see coming into view almost as if being written before you
[3949.2s] and it says,
[3949.8s] protect your friends,
[3956.2s] protect your people and save this realm.
[3967.8s] The light on the book begins to fade.
[3970.6s] The ink begins to dry.
[3976.0s] You look up and you see the blue sky gone
[3978.6s] but you still hear the chirping of the birds throughout the chamber.
[3984.5s] The light begins to settle back into the candles
[3988.1s] and then you feel a warmth rush through your symbol
[3992.4s] and through your body.
[3996.1s] You feel at ease.
[3999.8s] As the room returns to normal,
[4002.5s] Glim says,
[4004.2s] Guys, I think I'm done.
[4007.4s] You can come back in.
[4008.4s] And I kind of walk over towards the door
[4010.2s] and I'm going to open the door to let them back in.
[4013.0s] I think we for sure fall into it
[4015.6s] because I feel like maybe Moot and Sully
[4017.7s] were definitely pressed up against that door
[4021.1s] just like trying to listen.
[4023.4s] Number one to make sure that Glim is okay
[4026.7s] and number two though like if Bahamut was speaking,
[4029.6s] we totally wanted to hear it.
[4032.2s] There.
[4034.5s] You go to exit
[4036.9s] and Moot and Sully are waiting there for you.
[4039.8s] Ekif is standing off a respectable distance
[4043.0s] and Glim you look back in
[4045.3s] and you see for a moment
[4047.4s] like the blue light that you saw before
[4051.7s] and you look up
[4053.0s] and you see a long silvery dragon
[4058.9s] cross above in the sky
[4061.4s] before the sky begins to fade again.
[4069.0s] Sully looks up to where Glim's gaze is going
[4072.9s] and says,
[4074.4s] What are you looking at?
[4076.8s] Oh, yeah, never mind.
[4081.1s] I probably didn't see anything
[4083.0s] but I know I definitely saw something.
[4085.5s] Sully wouldn't understand.
[4088.2s] The three of you walk out
[4089.4s] and Ekif bids you farewell
[4091.8s] at least for the moment.
[4093.4s] You head back out
[4095.7s] down the hallway which you came
[4098.5s] and you see Dents standing there
[4100.7s] with a large silver dragonborn
[4106.7s] who's got a big sign.
[4110.5s] Looks like they were spinning it
[4112.0s] and it says big sails this way.
[4116.6s] This guy works for the rogue people, doesn't he?
[4119.4s] Hey, guys, I found Bahamut.
[4125.0s] How did I find him before you guys?
[4128.0s] I worked and I still found him first.
[4130.5s] Where did you guys go?
[4131.6s] Oh, we were just over at the...
[4134.2s] Yeah, this is Bahamut.
[4136.4s] You found him.
[4138.0s] Yeah, I did.
[4141.4s] I asked people,
[4142.6s] I asked them where Bahamut was
[4145.7s] and they pointed this way
[4146.8s] and here he is.
[4148.1s] Amazing.
[4148.9s] The kindness of strangers, am I right?
[4152.2s] Yeah, so Dents looks at the guy with the sign
[4157.3s] and he says,
[4159.1s] my friend over there, the dragonborn,
[4162.2s] I think she thinks you're kind of cute.
[4165.6s] The dragonborn who was previously very confused
[4169.4s] looks back at Glim and says,
[4172.3s] really?
[4173.3s] You know, a bunch of us are gonna
[4175.4s] are all gonna head over to out of the way.
[4179.0s] We're celebrating.
[4180.1s] The party club?
[4181.0s] Oh, the party club, yeah.
[4182.6s] The party club.
[4183.3s] My friend Dents, he's a bard
[4185.0s] so he's gonna maybe perform
[4186.5s] and I've had a pretty big day so far
[4188.2s] so I think we have a lot to celebrate.
[4189.9s] But, I mean, you could come if you want
[4193.1s] when you get off,
[4195.0s] when you're done doing whatever this...
[4197.3s] Sure, yeah.
[4197.8s] I'm spinning signs till six here.
[4201.1s] Okay.
[4202.5s] Is it just a sign that just says Bahamut
[4204.9s] and there's an arrow on one end of it?
[4207.2s] He's just spinning in all sorts of directions.
[4209.8s] That's right.
[4210.7s] Because if that's the case,
[4212.1s] Glim does think he's pretty cute.
[4217.1s] Okay, you're heading to the party club?
[4219.1s] Yeah, we're heading to the party club.
[4221.0s] Dents needs to find shiny turd.
[4222.6s] Okay.
[4225.0s] You head back down to the main floor
[4226.4s] where you primarily heard the music
[4227.8s] kind of faded when you went upstairs
[4229.5s] but you walk around the main floor
[4231.4s] and it takes you a while
[4232.3s] but you follow it and find it.
[4234.3s] It goes down a set of stairs
[4236.3s] and there's a door
[4237.5s] where you can hear music coming from behind it.
[4240.5s] It looks like a steel door
[4241.8s] with a slat in it.
[4243.8s] Guys, I've seen things like this before.
[4246.7s] There's going to be a password or something.
[4249.4s] Okay.
[4250.5s] Dents, you have more experience
[4252.3s] so you probably know...
[4254.0s] Dents knocks on the door.
[4255.8s] There's a moment
[4256.6s] and then the slider clunks open.
[4260.3s] There's a set of dragonborn eyes from behind
[4262.5s] and there's a beat
[4263.8s] and then says...
[4266.5s] What do you get when a dragon sneezes?
[4270.9s] Or something.
[4273.7s] That's the password.
[4275.6s] That's what Sully said.
[4276.8s] Get out of the way.
[4279.6s] Just get out of the way.
[4280.8s] Okay.
[4281.3s] The slider goes back
[4282.4s] and the door opens
[4283.4s] and there's a ruckus club inside.
[4290.1s] I like that we've just given
[4291.2s] the secret password
[4292.2s] to literally everyone
[4293.3s] we've talked to though, right?
[4297.3s] Terrible with secrets.
[4299.5s] So we get in
[4301.0s] and so now
[4305.9s] Dents is now looking for
[4308.8s] someone that works there.
[4310.3s] You need to find the club manager, right?
[4313.0s] Yeah, definitely.
[4313.6s] You'd see two bartenders.
[4316.4s] There's a couple servers walking around.
[4319.1s] There's one male dragonborn
[4321.4s] who looks like they're...
[4323.8s] They're a little bit more off in the back.
[4325.8s] Looks like they're kind of
[4326.8s] working some books or something.
[4328.8s] Dents sees this guy
[4330.0s] and he goes over to that dragonborn
[4333.1s] who is working the books or something
[4336.4s] and says...
[4339.4s] Do you know shiny turd?
[4343.5s] Who sent you?
[4344.7s] Mia did.
[4345.5s] A ma sent you?
[4348.7s] Yes.
[4349.6s] I'm supposed to work tonight.
[4352.2s] Who are you?
[4352.9s] He looks down at his book.
[4355.9s] I'm Dents.
[4357.8s] Dents?
[4359.1s] You're supposed to work tonight?
[4360.2s] I'm Dents.
[4360.6s] Tonight?
[4361.4s] I'm the bard.
[4362.4s] The bard?
[4364.3s] I'm a bard.
[4364.8s] Oh, we had a bard that canceled.
[4366.1s] Are you the bard that canceled?
[4367.7s] No.
[4369.0s] How could I cancel
[4370.2s] if I'm supposed to work tonight?
[4371.9s] Well, maybe you're the fill-in.
[4375.0s] What did you say?
[4375.7s] Dents?
[4377.8s] Dents.
[4378.6s] Yeah, you're working tonight.
[4380.2s] You're up in 15 minutes.
[4382.4s] Oh, okay.
[4383.8s] Let me get my material together.
[4387.4s] Well, you better be ready.
[4388.5s] There's a hot crowd here.
[4390.0s] We don't want to get them get cold
[4393.0s] before the big guy goes on.
[4395.5s] Oh, okay.
[4396.8s] Well, who's the big guy?
[4399.0s] Maybe I can cater my material for that.
[4403.5s] You know Puff?
[4405.0s] Fuck off.
[4409.4s] He's a magic dragon.
[4412.2s] Exactly.
[4412.8s] You know him.
[4414.0s] Yes.
[4416.5s] I've heard about him.
[4417.8s] I get to open for Puff.
[4419.8s] You get to open for Puff.
[4421.0s] It's your big day, kid.
[4422.3s] Oh, take that.
[4423.4s] Take that.
[4425.4s] Bad boy.
[4426.0s] Shout out.
[4431.9s] Oh, this is...
[4432.8s] This is the big break that I was looking for.
[4437.5s] Oh, all of my dreams are going to come true.
[4441.0s] Maybe Glim was right.
[4442.8s] This is my destiny.
[4444.5s] I can change the world right here in this upside-down airfield.
[4453.0s] This is amazing.
[4457.3s] All right.
[4457.8s] I'm going to go ahead and get ready.
[4460.3s] So, you guys see Dents go off into the corner, which you didn't notice before.
[4467.6s] Somehow he pulled out like a hood, and he's got this hood on his head, and he's just
[4474.4s] like kind of bouncing around.
[4477.3s] He's saying things like spaghetti, spaghetti.
[4479.6s] It's just...
[4483.1s] Yeah.
[4483.9s] So, he's just...
[4489.0s] He's really...
[4490.4s] You know that he's been serious before, but he hasn't been serious.
[4494.9s] But now, Dents is serious.
[4499.5s] He's ready to go.
[4501.0s] You ready?
[4501.6s] It's time to get on.
[4503.9s] Okay.
[4505.8s] Hey, everybody.
[4506.6s] Me, Shiny Turd, here again.
[4509.0s] Getting you ready before Puffy comes on.
[4512.0s] We got a new kid in town.
[4515.3s] Open it up for Puffy.
[4516.2s] Give him a warm welcome.
[4517.5s] It's Dents.
[4518.3s] We're like clapping, freaking out.
[4523.9s] Dents comes in, and he flaps his wings, and he sits there, and he looks around,
[4531.1s] and he goes, oh, wait a minute.
[4536.0s] Are you guys ready to laugh?
[4542.3s] Don't laugh too hard.
[4544.1s] I don't want to get singed.
[4550.8s] It's uproarious laughter, because dragon puns go over very well.
[4557.8s] So...
[4560.0s] So, you guys live in an upside-down anthill.
[4565.8s] But what happens when you fart?
[4572.4s] If someone farts and someone else laughs, does the whole room go up in flames?
[4581.8s] I was just curious.
[4589.0s] We fade out on Dents' performance.
[4591.3s] Laughter uproarious throughout, and we check back in.
[4595.8s] As Dents, you join back with your group.
[4598.1s] That was great, I think.
[4600.7s] What did you guys think?
[4603.2s] Oh, that was...
[4605.4s] I'm crying still.
[4606.8s] It was so funny.
[4608.2s] Oh, my god.
[4609.3s] We hadn't had the chance to see you perform before.
[4612.2s] You killed it up there.
[4612.9s] Oh, it was really amazing.
[4613.8s] Wow, wow.
[4615.4s] Oh, well, thank you.
[4617.4s] I think you really found Janeshia with these dragon puns.
[4621.0s] I don't know, maybe.
[4622.9s] Let me...
[4623.8s] Oh, I'm going to go find Janeshia.
[4626.6s] Oh, I'm going to go find Shiny Turd, because maybe he'll give me some money.
[4632.7s] I bet he will.
[4633.5s] He's going to want you.
[4634.4s] He definitely will.
[4635.4s] Oh, you are such a hit.
[4637.0s] I think you're going to be a huge star.
[4639.0s] The three of you see it before Dents does,
[4641.0s] but Dents, you turn around and standing behind you is puff.
[4648.0s] Hey!
[4650.3s] No one has ever killed that good before me, ever!
[4654.2s] Oh, well.
[4656.2s] I want you to come on the road with me.
[4657.9s] What do you think there, Dents?
[4661.0s] Wait, is...
[4664.3s] Are we going to perform not on the road?
[4670.6s] Yeah, we're going to perform in the clubs
[4675.6s] and then go on the road to get to the clubs.
[4679.8s] Oh, wait a minute.
[4682.0s] And we'll get paid too.
[4683.6s] Sign this piece of paper.
[4684.8s] Oh, I've got a lot of papers to sign.
[4686.1s] Mia called ahead, said you got to get the paperwork first.
[4689.4s] Oh, yes.
[4690.4s] Yeah, I've got some paperwork.
[4692.2s] So wait a minute, I can sign this paperwork and that paperwork
[4695.6s] and then I'll get...
[4696.6s] I'll have two jobs.
[4698.7s] Yep.
[4699.9s] Oh, I'm sorry.
[4700.4s] Yep, if this one falls through.
[4703.5s] Second guessing, quite a few things.
[4707.2s] Oh, okay.
[4709.7s] I probably should get
[4711.2s] my manager to read through this and he hands it to Sully.
[4717.2s] Sully takes it and takes a pair of glasses.
[4719.4s] No one knows where he got them from out of his pocket.
[4723.3s] Puts them on his face and just like peruses.
[4727.4s] Licks his finger, flips it, makes a little like note
[4733.4s] or like changes somewhere and like initials beside it.
[4736.6s] It's like, yeah, no, it looks pretty good.
[4738.6s] I made a couple of suggested changes there,
[4740.8s] but I mean, all in all, it looks real solid.
[4743.0s] I would definitely take this dance.
[4745.1s] I would definitely take this.
[4746.9s] Oh my gosh, this is amazing.
[4750.3s] And he signs it and he hands the note back over to Puff.
[4756.2s] We'll get started right away, but first I must do one thing.
[4763.4s] And he turns back around and he kneels down
[4767.2s] so that he's eye level with Sully.
[4770.9s] And he says, Sully, you were my first friend
[4778.0s] that I met three weeks ago.
[4782.7s] And you became my manager, just like Glim prophesied.
[4793.0s] You changed my life.
[4796.3s] Allow me to change yours because sometimes you get in fights
[4805.8s] and you need protection.
[4808.0s] So please take this.
[4810.6s] And he reaches back behind his back, unsheathes his sword
[4815.7s] or pulls it out off of, unbuckles it from himself
[4821.0s] and hands over sheath and all the frightful sword of reflection.
[4826.6s] To Sully.
[4828.1s] Sully grabs it and holds it in his arms.
[4831.6s] You didn't have to do this.
[4834.1s] I'm really touched.
[4835.5s] I just, I don't, so like in emotions and stuff,
[4839.6s] so like you take care of yourself and it's brilliant.
[4844.8s] Guys, did you see he gave me a sword?
[4847.4s] Yeah, that super cool shiny one.
[4850.2s] I feel like I need a sword now.
[4852.2s] Everyone else has swords.
[4854.4s] I mean, there's everything in the marketplace.
[4856.1s] We can swing by the robe place tomorrow.
[4857.8s] We can probably get you a new sword.
[4859.3s] I don't know.
[4859.8s] I think they have everything here.
[4862.2s] You take care of yourself, Dent and Sully chokes a little bit.
[4867.9s] Well, let me just tell you, if you guys see us in town,
[4877.5s] you will definitely have a seat right up in the front.
[4882.2s] Wherever we go.
[4884.6s] We wouldn't miss it.
[4888.6s] That's awesome.
[4893.6s] The crowd cheers as Puff takes the stage
[4896.2s] and we fade out on the sweet tunes of Puff the magic dragon.
[4902.0s] As the friends go their separate ways on this adventure.
[4907.6s] Ah, fuck, I didn't have a way to end that.
[4909.4s] That's how we end it, everybody.
[4939.4s] The song Long Road Ahead is by Kavin McLeod of incompetech.filmmusic.io.
[4958.6s] All other music and sound effects can be found at epidemicsound.com or boomlibrary.com.
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[4966.9s] Darylith, Devin Michaels, Gabriel Lynch, Jacob Madden, Jessica Babyok,
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[4992.5s] Have a great week and we'll talk soon.
[4995.4s] I mean, I have pamphlets, but those are about Bahamut.
[4997.9s] Oh, I figure Sully would have taken his pile of flyers
[5001.3s] and just thrown them off a rooftop and been like, done.
[5004.1s] Yeah, I'm pretty sure I probably did that.
[5006.1s] Did you scrapbook one into one of your notebooks?
[5009.4s] Oh, because I think that's next level, right?
[5013.5s] You take notes and I mean, it just makes sense that scrapbooking
[5017.2s] is the next kind of evolution.
[5019.3s] He's not there yet, but he's leaning in that direction, for sure.
[5023.5s] I just need a bit of decoupage, man.
[5025.3s] It's just fine.
[5027.1s] Her name tag says Mia.
[5028.9s] Oh, don't you fucking do that.
[5031.7s] Very few use that word.
[5033.6s] Meow-dick-nerd.
[5036.2s] Hey, Bahamut?
[5038.0s] It's me, Glim, Amy Stopp.
[5044.5s] Hello, God?
[5046.3s] Exactly.
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