1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Dumbgeons and Dragons will begin right after these messages. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:04,879 Maybe there'll be no messages. 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,120 Maybe there'll be a couple. 4 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:07,560 Stick around and find out. 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,399 We find ourselves in the hot block. 6 00:00:16,519 --> 00:00:21,920 The hot block is a busy portion of the artisan district of Vintersmouth, where 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:27,920 Bonwyn's blacksmith, Everbane's, is the central piece. 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,040 We hear hammering from inside there. 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:37,800 We have to the left and right, we have the tailors, we have the ferriers, we 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,079 have the woodworkers and glass blowers. 11 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:45,799 Like this is where a lot of the materials that are sold both in and 12 00:00:45,799 --> 00:00:48,000 out of town are getting made. 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,760 So they clump them all together. 14 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:57,000 And as we kind of come down this street, we see those two boat crewmen 15 00:00:57,439 --> 00:01:02,399 who are pulling along this very small crate. 16 00:01:03,439 --> 00:01:09,799 They appear to be quite out of breath and sweating buckets, regardless of the 17 00:01:09,799 --> 00:01:15,719 size. Bonwyn, you turn and look at them and they look like they're about 18 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:20,560 ready to pass out, which based on the size of anybody else looking at it, 19 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,760 would say that this is, there's something wrong with these two. 20 00:01:24,719 --> 00:01:27,080 Are we almost there? 21 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:28,840 We're almost there. 22 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,359 And I can get you some, I'll get you some water. 23 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:32,040 Oh, thank you. 24 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,719 I really, I really appreciate it. 25 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:37,080 I obviously couldn't have carried this back here by myself. 26 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,080 I didn't think it was going to be this heavy. 27 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,640 Yeah, it looked a lot smaller when we, it's, it's deceptive. 28 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,760 It's this special metal and you just need a touch of it and you add it in. 29 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,360 And it, it's, um, yeah. 30 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:53,760 Oh, okay. 31 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:54,760 Ready? 32 00:01:54,879 --> 00:01:57,640 No, one, two, three. 33 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:01,200 I pulled something. 34 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:02,120 Okay. 35 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:02,719 Okay. 36 00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:03,120 Yep. 37 00:02:03,319 --> 00:02:04,039 Is it there? 38 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:04,599 Okay. 39 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:07,759 I don't, no, just here. 40 00:02:07,759 --> 00:02:08,400 Let me just. 41 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:09,360 It hurt so bad. 42 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:11,000 Oh my God, Taylor, get it together. 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,120 There's some pressure on it. 44 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:19,240 Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons, a D&D fifth edition actual play podcast. 45 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,199 I'm your dungeon master Russ More. 46 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,080 He, him and Dumbgeons and Dragons stars Amy More as Alydin. 47 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:25,880 She, her. 48 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:33,360 She looks around and goes, Tom Laird is Kavlaran Goldweave. 49 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:34,160 He, him. 50 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:35,040 We're good, right? 51 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,040 We can do like a cone of silence. 52 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,760 And Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane. 53 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:40,600 She, her. 54 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,280 Let's maybe, uh, fewer gold statues and more. 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,120 This is going to sound crazy. 56 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:47,280 I don't know. 57 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,080 Schools. 58 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,440 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production supported by our patrons. 59 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,760 Join us today at patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 60 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,800 And now we've got a lot to get to. 61 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,320 So fuck it. 62 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,560 Let's play. 63 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:17,640 We arrive in a very derelict abandoned building on the outskirts of what is. 64 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,040 Known as the Kinsman's district. 65 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,320 Vintersmouth is split into three distinct parts. 66 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:29,840 There is the artisan district, which we spent some time in last time where 67 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,200 there's the docs, uh, where there's the hot block, where there's a lot of 68 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,680 restaurants, um, a lot of the hubbub of the city and the action of the 69 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,400 city happens in the artisan district. 70 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,520 Uh, there's the noble district, which is where we found the mayor's office. 71 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,000 We haven't really seen a lot of that. 72 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:51,520 Um, but now we're exploring the Kinsman's district, an area that is 73 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,360 particularly known for its criminal activities. 74 00:03:56,319 --> 00:04:05,120 Um, in this abandoned building, we hear the soft footsteps of Alydin 75 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,879 who's returned home after having an altercation with Sergeant Dase. 76 00:04:10,439 --> 00:04:14,199 Um, and you enter as you usually do and it's silent. 77 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,560 Um, what do you do when you enter this building and give a brief 78 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,640 description of like what you see. 79 00:04:23,319 --> 00:04:28,120 As you enter, it looks just like a regular, you know, abandoned building. 80 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,720 There are crates in the corners. 81 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,000 It's dusty. 82 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,720 There are tarps and things that have been left around, um, pieces of wood 83 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,840 and nothing, nothing really to see there. 84 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:45,480 You would peek your head in and be like, oh yeah, that's an empty, abandoned 85 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:52,960 building, uh, but as Alydin walks through the door and shuts it behind 86 00:04:52,960 --> 00:05:00,120 her, uh, she looks around and obviously had checked to see if anyone 87 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:07,880 was following her and goes out of the shadows and beneath different 88 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,199 crates, um, several other children appear. 89 00:05:13,159 --> 00:05:21,519 One of them, a, a very slender, uh, three and a half foot tall 90 00:05:21,519 --> 00:05:23,279 girl runs over to you. 91 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:28,399 She's got very tousled brunette hair, appears to be a half elf. 92 00:05:28,399 --> 00:05:31,399 And she says, you, you made it back and you, and you brought 93 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:32,519 a, and you brought a baguette. 94 00:05:33,879 --> 00:05:35,600 Everybody, everybody come on quick, come quick. 95 00:05:35,639 --> 00:05:36,519 Shh, Tally. 96 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,599 Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. 97 00:05:38,599 --> 00:05:38,839 Okay. 98 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:39,199 I did. 99 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:40,159 I got a big baguette. 100 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:44,680 I had to, well, I had to outsmart constable. 101 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:45,560 What's his face? 102 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:47,639 Constable days. 103 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,000 And she, she, she got smarter constable days. 104 00:05:51,079 --> 00:05:53,039 Sergeant, Sergeant days again. 105 00:05:53,319 --> 00:05:54,279 Of course you did. 106 00:05:54,519 --> 00:05:55,560 Nobody's surprised. 107 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:56,560 He's such a big dummy. 108 00:05:56,599 --> 00:05:57,879 He is such a big dummy. 109 00:05:58,199 --> 00:05:58,519 All right. 110 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:00,319 Here, split this up Tally. 111 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:00,919 Okay. 112 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:01,279 Okay. 113 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:01,479 Okay. 114 00:06:01,479 --> 00:06:01,919 You get a piece. 115 00:06:01,919 --> 00:06:03,359 Don't take the biggest piece again. 116 00:06:03,359 --> 00:06:04,279 That's not how this works. 117 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:05,240 No, of course not. 118 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,280 You get the last piece. 119 00:06:06,319 --> 00:06:08,000 Everybody gets equal pieces. 120 00:06:08,079 --> 00:06:08,480 Okay. 121 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,160 Here, Yanny, you can have some growl. 122 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:12,720 This is, this is for you here. 123 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:13,319 Okay. 124 00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:13,680 Okay. 125 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:13,879 Yep. 126 00:06:13,879 --> 00:06:14,879 No, I'll spread this around. 127 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,240 This is so great. 128 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,040 This is, this one's bigger than the last one. 129 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:18,840 That's amazing. 130 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,519 They were just going to throw it out anyway. 131 00:06:20,519 --> 00:06:28,639 So I think we're doing this town a service by making it less thrown away. 132 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:29,720 There's stuff for no reason. 133 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,240 That would be so stupid. 134 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:32,639 Why would they throw this away? 135 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:33,280 It's so good. 136 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,440 Do not talk with your mouth full. 137 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:37,200 I'm sorry. 138 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:37,840 Wow. 139 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,240 Here, here's your, here's your piece. 140 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:40,960 Here's your piece. 141 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:41,520 Thanks Tally. 142 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,360 So what have you guys been up to while I was gone? 143 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,240 Uh, oh, well we, uh, we, we, we did the perimeter. 144 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,920 Uh, like you, like you said, uh, make sure we didn't see anybody coming 145 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,040 through, you know, the kinsmen, they were walking by not too long ago. 146 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,960 Uh, we, we kept real quiet so that they didn't, so they didn't see us. 147 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:00,680 Uh, we didn't want any, any busy. 148 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,000 We didn't really want to do anything else beyond that. 149 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,360 I mean, we ventured out a little bit to this, to the back stables, you know, 150 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:08,879 cause there were some birds out there. 151 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:12,199 Um, and do you guys practice at all? 152 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:19,160 So we, well, I mean, no, no, we didn't practice. 153 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:19,800 I'm sorry. 154 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,720 You guys are going to be out there before you know it. 155 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,040 I can't be doing everything for you all the time. 156 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:26,759 I'm not going to be here forever. 157 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:27,920 I got plans. 158 00:07:27,959 --> 00:07:28,480 Okay. 159 00:07:28,839 --> 00:07:32,120 So if you're not practicing, pickpocketing with each other, right. 160 00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:34,319 How are you supposed to pickpocket when you're out there? 161 00:07:34,399 --> 00:07:36,519 Well, that's a good question. 162 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,040 Okay. 163 00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:40,280 Uh, after, after we, maybe we can do some practice. 164 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,759 You can show us again how I would do it. 165 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,040 Uh, yeah, I can do that. 166 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:45,600 Yeah. 167 00:07:45,639 --> 00:07:46,600 But after I'm tired. 168 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:46,959 Okay. 169 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:47,399 Okay. 170 00:07:47,439 --> 00:07:47,680 Okay. 171 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:47,879 Yeah. 172 00:07:47,879 --> 00:07:48,639 No, it won't bother you. 173 00:07:48,639 --> 00:07:49,519 We'll go over to the worst. 174 00:07:49,519 --> 00:07:52,759 Go sit over here and hum our little song that we, that we hum together. 175 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,639 That's the only song. 176 00:08:05,639 --> 00:08:11,560 Anyone knows curls up in the corner, um, on some burlap blankets and, um, just sits 177 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,800 quietly and thoughtfully eats her baguette. 178 00:08:32,759 --> 00:08:45,960 We fade out and we hear a soft hum of an empty room and there's the 179 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:55,960 sound of flipping of papers, one slowly at a time, scrawling of notes. 180 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:03,200 And we see Kavlaran seated at a desk, flipping through the papers that he's 181 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:11,040 allotted for the day with Oak standing ridiculously close, looking over his shoulder. 182 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:19,840 So, uh, I went and talked to Nina and Nina said that, uh, they, they have 183 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:24,800 the paperwork for, uh, for the monument and everything looks good. 184 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,680 And I trust Nina so that, uh, you know, so, uh, that's all ship shape. 185 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,200 Um, they did mention that taxes did go up. 186 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:39,440 Um, and, uh, you know, this was, uh, this was the third strike, um, for 187 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:45,680 Brewed Awakening, um, uh, for not paying those new taxes and they 188 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,320 had to revoke the business license. 189 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,400 It was all above board and the paperwork was all filled out and 190 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,160 everything, uh, totally, totally on the up and up. 191 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:54,720 Uh, okay, great. 192 00:09:54,759 --> 00:09:58,200 Um, oh, can you show me the first two written warnings? 193 00:09:58,879 --> 00:10:01,200 You obviously kept copies of those, right? 194 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,040 That you took to Brewed Awakening? 195 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:03,399 Yeah. 196 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:04,960 Oh, of course. 197 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:05,360 Yeah. 198 00:10:05,399 --> 00:10:05,680 Yeah. 199 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,399 No, we're going to have to, uh, either let me see. 200 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,800 Uh, I've got one and he pulls out a piece of paper, uh, from a, from 201 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,600 a pouch that he has, puts it down in front of you, smooths it out. 202 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:17,840 And he says, here's the first one. 203 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,360 Uh, this one was from, uh, a few months back, uh, when we had that, 204 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,720 uh, had that, that tax increase. 205 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,840 Um, and then, uh, where was that second one? 206 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:29,000 Um, 207 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:31,399 see, okay. 208 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:34,800 Well, the, the only problem I have with the first one is it doesn't 209 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,919 really give any details. 210 00:10:36,919 --> 00:10:39,320 It just says taxes are going up. 211 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:39,759 Yeah. 212 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,200 And that's the end of the note. 213 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:42,000 Well, yeah. 214 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,759 And then it, uh, see down here at the bottom, it says Brewed Awakening missed. 215 00:10:46,759 --> 00:10:50,000 There was a couple other businesses, uh, they got, they got 216 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,639 torn off as they paid. 217 00:10:51,919 --> 00:10:57,720 Uh, so Brewed Awakening missed, uh, and, and, and, and, you know, a delayed, 218 00:10:57,759 --> 00:11:03,120 delayed missed, uh, you know, even by a day really just sets everything back 219 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:03,679 in motion. 220 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:08,639 So that's really just, um, it's the, it's the, it's what we got to do to 221 00:11:08,639 --> 00:11:13,480 make sure everything's in line and in order in this town here. 222 00:11:13,879 --> 00:11:14,360 Okay. 223 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:15,399 Uh, yeah. 224 00:11:15,439 --> 00:11:20,919 Have, have you guys considered maybe a more streamlined system for these 225 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:21,679 collections? 226 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:27,759 Like if one miss sets everything back, that doesn't seem like a great system. 227 00:11:27,759 --> 00:11:33,199 I mean, a lot of our city's systems run solely off of these tax dollars. 228 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,039 So we really, in order for the people to know what they're getting and 229 00:11:37,039 --> 00:11:42,120 know, and need to benefit from the resources that the city provides, uh, 230 00:11:42,159 --> 00:11:49,360 taxes are very important introduction into, uh, everybody's daily workflow. 231 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:56,719 Uh, yeah, that, uh, that makes a lot of sense when you put it that way. 232 00:11:57,839 --> 00:11:59,759 Well, I mean, that's what Nina said. 233 00:11:59,759 --> 00:12:02,959 So I, I mean, I never really argue with Nina. 234 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:07,759 Uh, Nina just tells me that that's what the mayor has sent down and 235 00:12:07,759 --> 00:12:08,639 that's what we're doing. 236 00:12:08,879 --> 00:12:12,479 Uh, so the city guard goes around and collects the taxes and then brings 237 00:12:12,479 --> 00:12:15,439 it on back and then keeps a note if anybody's missed. 238 00:12:15,439 --> 00:12:19,319 And then on the third strike, well, that's a revoke, uh, yes, 239 00:12:19,319 --> 00:12:20,839 revoking the business license. 240 00:12:21,919 --> 00:12:22,399 Okay. 241 00:12:22,479 --> 00:12:23,079 Uh, yeah. 242 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,959 Uh, we're like, we're good, right? 243 00:12:25,959 --> 00:12:28,000 We can do like a cone of silence. 244 00:12:29,159 --> 00:12:29,879 What do you mean? 245 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:31,479 You know, some trust going on here. 246 00:12:31,479 --> 00:12:34,719 I could ask you a pointed question and, uh, of course. 247 00:12:34,719 --> 00:12:35,079 Yeah. 248 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,039 You can just, you can tell me, does Nina run in this show? 249 00:12:38,039 --> 00:12:38,919 Is Nina running this show? 250 00:12:38,919 --> 00:12:40,439 Cause it seems like Nina's running the show. 251 00:12:40,439 --> 00:12:41,679 Nina doesn't run this show. 252 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,199 The mayor runs this show. 253 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,639 Oh, Cav. 254 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:48,679 All right. 255 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:49,519 Just, I was just curious. 256 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,199 Nina knows a lot of things. 257 00:12:51,199 --> 00:12:55,720 Like it's important to have somebody in the, in the organization who, uh, 258 00:12:55,759 --> 00:12:59,319 really just, uh, keeps everything together. 259 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:01,079 But is Nina running this? 260 00:13:01,079 --> 00:13:03,120 No, Nina, Nina takes orders. 261 00:13:03,279 --> 00:13:03,600 Okay. 262 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:04,000 Cool. 263 00:13:04,039 --> 00:13:06,679 Um, I'd love like a one-on-one with Nina at some point. 264 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,240 You haven't had a one-on-one with Nina. 265 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,039 Nina's great. 266 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:10,199 You're going to love Nina. 267 00:13:10,199 --> 00:13:13,399 I'm going to get that on the books for you, you know, probably within 268 00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:16,240 the next two to three weeks, cause Nina's very busy. 269 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,039 Well, yeah, I mean, it sounds like it. 270 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:26,240 Uh, so in, in order to square away Bench's tax issues, I just get him to pay 271 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,279 what he owes and all good. 272 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:31,199 He can keep going on his usual business. 273 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:31,559 Yes. 274 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,159 As long as everything's paid up, but then has to go through a reapplication 275 00:13:36,159 --> 00:13:39,120 process, uh, because we've had to revoke it. 276 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,559 Um, it's logistical nightmare. 277 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,799 It's best just to pay the taxes when everybody comes knocking, 278 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:46,840 if you know what I mean. 279 00:13:47,319 --> 00:13:48,960 I'm, I'm getting that impression. 280 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:49,560 That's for sure. 281 00:13:49,759 --> 00:13:50,519 Uh, okay. 282 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:51,400 Yeah. 283 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:51,879 Okay. 284 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:56,280 Um, well, I think, I don't know, it seems like a pretty hard day's work we put in. 285 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,320 Maybe we, maybe we duck off a little early. 286 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,080 I'll go talk to Bench and we'll get the sorter for tomorrow. 287 00:14:02,519 --> 00:14:05,720 Oh, uh, cut out, cut out early. 288 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,800 We haven't been through all of the allotted paperwork for today though. 289 00:14:12,759 --> 00:14:13,400 No, you're right. 290 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:13,960 We haven't been. 291 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,480 Oh, it's very true. 292 00:14:15,519 --> 00:14:15,879 Okay. 293 00:14:15,879 --> 00:14:21,279 Well, we finished up this paperwork and then second it's done, we can go, uh, 294 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,799 you know, hit the town to two great gents out on the town. 295 00:14:26,879 --> 00:14:28,360 Having a great time. 296 00:14:28,799 --> 00:14:29,080 All right. 297 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:29,439 Okay. 298 00:14:29,439 --> 00:14:30,840 Yeah, I like the sound of that. 299 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:31,399 Okay. 300 00:14:31,439 --> 00:14:31,879 Okay. 301 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:32,439 I love it. 302 00:14:32,679 --> 00:14:36,000 Uh, back to the paperwork and he's immediately over your shoulder. 303 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,080 Five o'clock sharp. 304 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:45,120 As soon as our workday is done, we're just going to burn rubber out of here. 305 00:14:45,519 --> 00:14:47,799 Just got like four and a half more hours to go. 306 00:14:47,799 --> 00:14:49,480 Does it work though, when you're having so much fun? 307 00:14:49,519 --> 00:14:50,720 I would, I would say not. 308 00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:51,039 Yep. 309 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,039 And they closed the good, uh, gastropub. 310 00:14:54,039 --> 00:14:55,720 So like, where are they even going to go? 311 00:14:55,759 --> 00:14:56,639 Where do I have to be? 312 00:14:56,679 --> 00:15:00,679 We'll be right back. 313 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:02,720 It's the middle. 314 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:04,080 Everyone. 315 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:05,799 Welcome to the middle. 316 00:15:05,799 --> 00:15:07,919 Oh, we hope you're enjoying the episodes. 317 00:15:07,919 --> 00:15:08,720 I mean, you're still here. 318 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,519 So obviously you're enjoying it a little bit, right? 319 00:15:10,519 --> 00:15:11,519 We enjoyed making it. 320 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:12,480 Yeah, it's a lot of fun. 321 00:15:12,519 --> 00:15:14,840 We did enjoy making it and we're happy you're here. 322 00:15:15,159 --> 00:15:17,200 And like fun, new vibes to start the season. 323 00:15:17,399 --> 00:15:18,240 I think so. 324 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:18,759 Yeah. 325 00:15:18,799 --> 00:15:22,399 There's a lot of different little aspects, I mean, a lot the same, but a 326 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:28,000 lot of different little fun aspects that are just brightening the entire thing. 327 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,639 Not that I'm saying the darkest timeline was dark. 328 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,600 It was called the darkest timeline for a reason. 329 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,960 Let's call it a spade, a spade. 330 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,320 So huge tone shift, huge tone shift. 331 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,080 More levity, a little more relaxed. 332 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,560 I haven't put anything up my butt yet. 333 00:15:45,639 --> 00:15:48,240 If you're new here, welcome. 334 00:15:50,639 --> 00:15:53,039 That is a reference from season two. 335 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,799 And we hope that you like us enough to go over there. 336 00:15:57,799 --> 00:16:00,799 And that was a teaser. 337 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:01,679 That sounds wrong. 338 00:16:01,679 --> 00:16:03,240 Is that a teaser or a spoiler? 339 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:03,799 Absolutely. 340 00:16:03,799 --> 00:16:04,879 Is it a spoiler? 341 00:16:05,279 --> 00:16:07,759 Yeah, I mean, it happens pretty early on. 342 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:09,480 It's none of them and all of them. 343 00:16:09,519 --> 00:16:10,879 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 344 00:16:10,919 --> 00:16:12,600 So it's just information. 345 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:13,360 It's just... 346 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:14,759 It's factual. 347 00:16:14,799 --> 00:16:16,480 Yeah, let's just sit in that for a moment. 348 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:17,399 No, we didn't. 349 00:16:19,519 --> 00:16:23,120 And then tell you to join us over on Patreon, patreon.com slash dumb dragon 350 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:27,679 cast, not a perfect segue to the previous statement. 351 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,159 It's really hard to segue from that. 352 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,679 Well, I mean, depending on your profession. 353 00:16:33,879 --> 00:16:38,840 But we have other things over on Patreon. 354 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,759 Like we have another amazing show that we have a lot of fun doing. 355 00:16:43,759 --> 00:16:44,919 Run by Tom. 356 00:16:44,919 --> 00:16:45,399 Yeah. 357 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:46,799 Oh, yeah, that one once a month. 358 00:16:46,799 --> 00:16:53,759 It's called The Adventures of and it exists in the world of the previous two 359 00:16:53,759 --> 00:16:57,000 seasons. 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Bye. 410 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:34,759 Bye. 411 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,440 Do you love anime and D&D? 412 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,160 Well, hey, then you can check out Warlock. 413 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,280 Warlock is an exciting D&D audio drama 414 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,960 with an anime twist following the adventures of Nova Ravenwood. 415 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:50,960 Love that name. 416 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,320 Nova's lifelong dream is to become a 417 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,200 powerful sorcerer, just like her father and brother before her. 418 00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:59,160 But there's a hitch. 419 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:02,880 She can't cast a single spell. 420 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,799 That all changes, though, when she 421 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,960 strikes a life altering bargain with a mysterious woman for power. 422 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,840 Sounds like a tale as old as time is what it does. 423 00:20:13,039 --> 00:20:15,039 But what cost does it bring? 424 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,840 Her new powers aren't all fun and games, either, as she draws 425 00:20:19,039 --> 00:20:23,720 the attention of the shadowy organization Foundation. 426 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:29,799 Look, it's a thrilling tale that asks the question, who was the first Warlock? 427 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,120 This is a question that I need answered. 428 00:20:32,319 --> 00:20:34,680 But check it out wherever you find your 429 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:41,400 podcasts or visit warlockpod.com for more information. 430 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,680 There's a rumble coming from inside Everbane's from the burning forge 431 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,640 as the two crewmen who have taken their water and have headed back 432 00:20:53,839 --> 00:20:59,680 towards the docks as you are uncrating your new shipment of Estrum. 433 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,279 Thane, you have to come look at this if you have a second. 434 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,640 Yeah, just a sec. I'm just going to put this away here. 435 00:21:06,839 --> 00:21:08,079 Thane walks over. 436 00:21:08,279 --> 00:21:14,920 Thane is a half elf who is approximately five and a half feet, 437 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:19,880 also currently dressed in like black slacks, 438 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:26,000 white blouse, black leather apron, shoulder length, fiery red hair 439 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:34,040 and deep dark blue gray eye and very sharp facial features, warm but sharp. 440 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,360 And they walk over to you and they're wiping their hands and say, 441 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,160 is that the shipment of Estrum? 442 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:41,440 Yeah, just got here. 443 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:42,680 Oh, my gosh. 444 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,360 Have you even seen it before? 445 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,240 Only just sketches of it. 446 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,400 I never. OK, let's crack it open. 447 00:21:49,519 --> 00:21:53,000 And I'll warn you, it's not. 448 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,560 It's not a lot to look at, you know, in the crate, but 449 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:00,360 it's going to it's going to blow your mind what I can do with this metal. 450 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,880 OK, and I take a like a little crowbar and kind of 451 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:10,720 crack open the crate and like lift the lid off and as big as I thought 452 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:16,600 the crate was going to be, no, it's it's you just add the tiniest 453 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,800 amount to the steel and it makes it super strong. 454 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,040 I know it seems really heavy because those two and it is really heavy, 455 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,480 but this is enough for, I mean, a ton of weapons. 456 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,160 So 457 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:37,000 when it's diluted, it makes the weapons light and strong and sharp. 458 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,040 You can hone it really easily. 459 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,720 It holds its edge. 460 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,760 It's amazing. It's incredible. 461 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,520 I mean, it costs a pretty penny. 462 00:22:45,519 --> 00:22:48,759 But it's it's amazing. 463 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,240 So you got it. 464 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,519 You got a job for this one. 465 00:22:51,519 --> 00:22:53,000 Who are you making it for? 466 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:53,759 What are you making? 467 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:59,079 Well, you know, I'm making that light, delicate blade for Ignatius. 468 00:22:59,279 --> 00:23:00,879 Oh, right. Right. Yeah. 469 00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:03,039 I think I here I showed you the hilt, I think. 470 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,319 And it's it's it's going to be pretty ornate on the handle. 471 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:10,839 But the blade itself is not messing around. 472 00:23:10,839 --> 00:23:11,960 It is going to be. 473 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,960 Well, I saw the sketches. Yeah, that's going to be amazing. 474 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,640 Yeah, it's this is a this is a killing blade. 475 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,600 This isn't just Ignatius in the in the in the business of killing. 476 00:23:21,799 --> 00:23:23,720 What's Ignatius's job here? 477 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,360 No, Ignatius is sort of a 478 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,880 malord, fancy sort of. 479 00:23:31,079 --> 00:23:34,120 Oh, so it's more of a look at what I have. 480 00:23:34,319 --> 00:23:36,600 Yes, but 481 00:23:37,079 --> 00:23:42,880 he wants the real deal and very well, you know, he's got the cash to pay for it. 482 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,120 So let's get him what he wants. 483 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:46,640 And it gets us this. 484 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,160 And you can you can have some of this, too, 485 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:53,120 to play around with if you want to, you know, work on something a little bit 486 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,400 more delicate. Oh, I love that. 487 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaking of which, Phil down at the dock, they had pirate problems. 488 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,760 Oh, no. Their mast got busted. 489 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,040 And I said that you could probably help, you know, just with like a 490 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,880 coupling for the mast, just something iron simple. 491 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,440 But is that oh, yeah, I've got some scraps here. 492 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,920 No problem. I can whip something up. 493 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,840 I'll go, you know, I'll go down and measure it up. 494 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,640 It'll be thank you. It'll be great. 495 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:17,759 Take care of that. Awesome. 496 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,120 You're the best. 497 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,240 Do you need help hoisting it up there? 498 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,680 I saw those two. They were really struggling. 499 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:24,799 I know. 500 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 You know what? Honestly, it'll probably break the table. 501 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,960 So I'm just going to kind of work off what I need. 502 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:32,840 Got it. And yeah. 503 00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:36,640 Oh, and I mean, of course, I know you wouldn't. 504 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,360 But maybe just don't totally mention it to everybody that I have this 505 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:43,000 because it is obviously pretty valuable. 506 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,320 Oh, of course. Yeah. No, mum's the word. 507 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,680 Don't worry about it. Awesome. 508 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:47,680 All right. I'll be back. 509 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,040 I'm going to go measure that up, 510 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,680 be back in a flash and we'll whip that up for them. 511 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,160 You're the best. 512 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:59,320 As Thane grabs a few things and heads out down towards the docks, 513 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,400 give us a description of Everbane's, 514 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,840 the general layout size, 515 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:13,679 maybe some personal items or things that you have hanging on the wall, if anything. 516 00:25:13,879 --> 00:25:16,759 Yeah, so it's it's big. 517 00:25:16,959 --> 00:25:19,240 It had started out pretty small, 518 00:25:19,439 --> 00:25:23,879 like my grandfather started the forge and it was just pretty small, 519 00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:26,439 but kind of grew and expanded. 520 00:25:26,639 --> 00:25:30,240 And then my father took over the business and it grew and expanded. 521 00:25:30,439 --> 00:25:31,839 So it's quite large. 522 00:25:32,039 --> 00:25:34,599 So Thane 523 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,040 kind of rents over half of the space 524 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:45,080 in the shop doing sort of like, you know, horseshoes and sort of less finesse work. 525 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,960 And then I have sort of a smaller workshop that's sectioned off. 526 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,840 Everything else is quite open, of course, because we're flames and anvils. 527 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,080 And, you know, it's hot and loud. 528 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,160 But I do have sort of a small office 529 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:01,840 in the back where I do my sketches and I tinker with things and try 530 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:06,880 and figure out how to make these specialized weapons that I make. 531 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,720 There isn't like a storefront or anything 532 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,840 so much because everything is is custom. 533 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:19,200 I love that. We we pull back out of Everbane's here and a couple of people 534 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,280 walk by and give a holler in, hey, Bonwyn, how you doing? 535 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,320 Hey, I'm good. How are you? 536 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,280 Trying to scrape up some more work. 537 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:28,680 They just bumped up the taxes. 538 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,280 Oh, I know. 539 00:26:30,319 --> 00:26:31,920 It's unbelievable. 540 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:37,680 Like at some point, you just can't get more blood from a stone. 541 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,920 Right. And I heard they shut down three more shops in the district. 542 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,399 Yeah. Let's maybe a fewer gold statues and more. 543 00:26:45,599 --> 00:26:47,399 This is going to sound crazy. 544 00:26:47,599 --> 00:26:49,319 I don't know. Schools. 545 00:26:49,519 --> 00:26:50,960 Yeah, schools. 546 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,759 Clean up the sidewalks, get some people enough food to eat. 547 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,839 It's it's, you know, I know that, you know. 548 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,119 All right. Well, you have a good one. 549 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,240 I'm going to go try and 550 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,360 make something 551 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,640 with nobody having any money. 552 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:06,440 It's hard to do that. 553 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,360 And it just kind of fades off into the noise of the block. 554 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,960 Cut back to Alydin 555 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,960 and you are laying in your your makeshift bunk 556 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,640 and you hear a rattle of cans, 557 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:33,520 which is one of my yes, my trip, your perimeter alarms, security system. 558 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,840 Everybody in the space, all the kids 559 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,080 in the space and tally all shh, everybody quiet 560 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,320 and everybody kind of moves back to the shadows. 561 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,560 What do you do? 562 00:27:44,759 --> 00:27:47,160 I think that 563 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:52,160 upon hearing the cans, there is like a routine. 564 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:54,400 There's a planned reaction for that. 565 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,920 So I think what 566 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:02,080 Alydin and Tally would do would be whispering to the others, 567 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,440 get in your position, which is just to hide for the rest of them. 568 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,560 And 569 00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:10,640 Alydin 570 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:17,160 puts her back to the wall with the door to her left and just waits. 571 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,880 Hand on her bucket. 572 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,600 That's right. 573 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,560 It's also a weapon over my dead bucket. 574 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:32,360 I mean, body, you hear some heavy footsteps coming into the stable, 575 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:37,360 the back of the stable, you hear them kick over some some wood 576 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,880 crates that just crumple to the ground. 577 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,080 Sounds like they're whoever's back there. 578 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,600 There's low grumbling conversation. 579 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,040 You can't quite make out what they're saying, 580 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,720 but sounds like they're rooting around and looking for something. 581 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:57,119 You position yourself if you would like, you can move closer to try and hear. 582 00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:58,000 Oh, yeah. 583 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,039 If there's one thing that Alydin likes to do, it's eavesdrop. 584 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:07,279 So she for sure sneaks up all sneaky, sneaky and 585 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:14,359 wants to hear if there's anything juicy to listen to and make a stealth role. 586 00:29:14,559 --> 00:29:16,639 I mean, information is its own form 587 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:22,080 of currency, so if you can get something to help you out, absolutely. 588 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,960 Ten, I had a plus three and everything. 589 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:26,040 Ten's not bad. 590 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,600 Well, ten's fine. 591 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,680 Ten's fine, we're low level. 592 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,360 That was episode one, OK? 593 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,040 I know that was that's in the past, Amy. 594 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,840 One time deal. 595 00:29:37,759 --> 00:29:40,560 OK, yeah, you move forward. 596 00:29:40,759 --> 00:29:43,560 You are reasonably silent. 597 00:29:43,759 --> 00:29:45,640 You're not drawing attention to yourself. 598 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:49,840 And as you move closer, the grumble conversation becomes clear. 599 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:57,960 And you hear a gruff male and female talking back and forth. 600 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:04,440 Kenny sent us out here and said there's an easy access point to get into the underground. 601 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,840 This place hasn't been used in years. 602 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,840 I see the kids walking around here every now and again. 603 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,280 You see anything over there? 604 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,640 It's just crates. There's nothing here. 605 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,040 Yeah, no, like it's a stable. 606 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,120 Why would they put an underground department in a state? 607 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,600 Yeah, I think the intel's bad because, yeah, it just doesn't make sense. 608 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,640 Hey, you hear that? 609 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,880 Hmm, probably just a rat. 610 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,480 Yeah. 611 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,600 Yeah, it's just a rat. 612 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:39,320 You, PAlydin, hear one of their footsteps begin moving closer 613 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:43,360 to an entryway where you're very near to. 614 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,960 You hear their breath on the other side, and as they're peering in, 615 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:54,200 you see just the shadow of them emanating through and into the space. 616 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,520 You're 617 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,600 curled up and tucked away. 618 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,840 Yeah, I'm flat against the wall. 619 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,160 Crouched down. 620 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,400 Just holding my breath. 621 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,080 And looking around to see 622 00:31:10,279 --> 00:31:14,279 if all the kids are well hidden. 623 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:19,960 Check that corner over there once more, and then we'll be gone. 624 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,480 Anything over there? 625 00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:24,559 No, just some old sacks. 626 00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:26,000 I don't know. Let's go back. 627 00:31:26,199 --> 00:31:28,559 There's no underground caverns out here. 628 00:31:28,759 --> 00:31:30,919 That's all back in the main district. 629 00:31:31,119 --> 00:31:33,639 Nothing connects this far out. 630 00:31:33,839 --> 00:31:36,839 All right, back to the shop. 631 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,200 The footsteps carry back off. 632 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,200 Alydin 633 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:49,960 waits until she's sure that they're gone and just follows them a little bit 634 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,240 down the street to make sure that they're not doing a whole double back 635 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,880 thing, because she's stupid. 636 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:03,400 And when she's sure that they have gone and decided to give up on this 637 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,120 pursuit, goes back in and 638 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,200 gives her a little like, I need to figure out the fucking whistle, 639 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,280 because I'm just like, 640 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,040 make it just a Hunger Games thing if you want. 641 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:23,080 But yes, something like that. 642 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:24,120 I'll figure it out, you guys. 643 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,680 We'll listen to bird calls is what we'll do. 644 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:27,960 Here you go. There we go. 645 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,480 Yeah, simple bird calls. 646 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,080 Simple bird calls, you know. 647 00:32:33,839 --> 00:32:36,639 Just a warbler or whatever. 648 00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:41,000 Probably a blue-footed booby, because, you know, it's us. 649 00:32:41,199 --> 00:32:43,799 So, guys, guys. 650 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,799 Yeah, come out, come out. It's safe. 651 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,519 OK, are they gone? 652 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,319 Those are two of Kinney's 653 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,439 dumber bruisers over there. 654 00:32:55,639 --> 00:32:59,399 And they were looking for some underground tunnels. 655 00:32:59,599 --> 00:33:00,639 Underground tunnels? 656 00:33:00,639 --> 00:33:02,039 Do you think they're going to come back? 657 00:33:02,119 --> 00:33:03,319 I don't think so. 658 00:33:03,519 --> 00:33:04,680 There's no tunnels out here. 659 00:33:04,879 --> 00:33:06,960 You guys did a really great job of hiding. 660 00:33:07,159 --> 00:33:09,399 So I don't think they're going to come back. 661 00:33:09,599 --> 00:33:10,680 Thanks. Yeah. 662 00:33:10,879 --> 00:33:12,879 Thanks. It was really scary. 663 00:33:13,079 --> 00:33:15,279 I used that spot you showed me yesterday. 664 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,399 Well, good. And thank you for making sure there wasn't someone in there first. 665 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:21,960 It was weird last time. 666 00:33:22,159 --> 00:33:23,680 Too many people, one space. 667 00:33:23,879 --> 00:33:25,720 One barrel can only hold one person. 668 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,200 Remember, one barrel, one person, one barrel, one person. 669 00:33:29,399 --> 00:33:31,599 So I think we should look around 670 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,880 for this, because they didn't actually try real hard. 671 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,440 And we haven't been in this spot for a super long time. 672 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,960 Have you guys been exploring anywhere in here? 673 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,880 A little bit, but you find anything? 674 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,480 Not. Yeah, but we haven't checked everywhere. 675 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,320 Like there could be. 676 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:49,480 That'd be pretty cool. 677 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,120 I wasn't looking for underground tunnels. 678 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:53,080 New priority. 679 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:57,640 OK, we need to find if there is a hidden trap door somewhere, 680 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:03,240 because if there is a tunnel system that can connect us to the main town. 681 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,800 Oh, our life just got a whole lot easier. 682 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,320 OK, underground tunnels. 683 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:09,519 Let's go. Let's go, everybody. 684 00:34:09,519 --> 00:34:10,599 Let's find some underground tunnels. 685 00:34:10,599 --> 00:34:11,920 This is going to be really cool. 686 00:34:12,119 --> 00:34:13,480 Tally, get the candles. 687 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,039 OK, I'll go get the candles. 688 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:17,280 Tally runs off. 689 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,559 Everybody scatters as they begin to look 690 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,760 underneath bales of straw. 691 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,320 There's barrels everywhere, 692 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,519 there's sacks of grain that have fallen over that are moldy. 693 00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:33,000 Probably a wheelbarrow of some sort of some sort. 694 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:47,039 We hear the door open of the Brewed Awakening, which is entirely empty. 695 00:34:47,240 --> 00:34:50,519 There's a big sign up on it says out of business, 696 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:52,720 which has been just crudely painted 697 00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:56,560 onto this sign slapped up over the front glass. 698 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:04,920 And inside, on top of the bar, is Bench Ripley doing a set of push ups. 699 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:13,360 842, 843, 844, 845, 845. 700 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:17,720 I mean, Bench, wow, that's that's a really high number. 701 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:20,400 Oh, yeah, well, there's not much to do with the business clothes. 702 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,720 So I just sit here pumping the iron and pumping my muscles up. 703 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:29,079 Just waiting either any any news on the opening the Brewed Awakening? 704 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:33,119 Oh, yeah. OK, a couple of updates on that front. 705 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:34,960 They said they gave you three warnings. 706 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:39,360 Oh, yeah, they gave me the warnings, but the warnings. 707 00:35:39,559 --> 00:35:42,320 Yeah, the warnings came the same day that the taxes were due. 708 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,840 How was I supposed to get it together? 709 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,119 OK, yeah, like it was like memo, taxes, memo. 710 00:35:47,119 --> 00:35:48,639 You missed them. Come on, man. 711 00:35:48,679 --> 00:35:50,440 Yeah, it seems 712 00:35:50,639 --> 00:35:52,480 I don't know how they're running things here. 713 00:35:52,679 --> 00:35:56,199 It's definitely not what I'm used to. 714 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,719 That's for sure. But a couple of solutions for you. 715 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,920 One is you pay the taxes. 716 00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:04,839 We owe them. 717 00:36:05,639 --> 00:36:08,039 They'll look at reinstating you. 718 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,279 Sounds like it's a bit of a permitting process because you let it lapse. 719 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,519 It's a whole paperwork thing. 720 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:17,239 Second option, I go get Oak. 721 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,160 I bring him here. 722 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,240 You ply him with some drinks while you're closed. 723 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,360 Yes, no paying customers tonight. 724 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,600 And maybe we get some sort of expedited 725 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,720 paperwork thing through the system ASAP tomorrow. 726 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,200 Well, if you think that would work, 727 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,000 I mean, I'm more than happy to do that, to play the game. 728 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,440 I mean, I don't know, but worth a shot, right? 729 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,800 Yeah, no, that's absolutely. 730 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,040 I mean, I have the taxes. 731 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,120 They just don't take them. 732 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,680 So they just shut down the business so we can have Oak here. 733 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:46,640 You bring him here. 734 00:36:46,639 --> 00:36:48,159 We have the drinks. 735 00:36:48,159 --> 00:36:48,920 We have the fun. 736 00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:50,920 We say, hey, maybe a business. 737 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:51,960 I mean, that's the plan. 738 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,239 But yeah, we'll see. 739 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,199 I think I think he'll be a lot more agreeable 740 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,639 once I get him away from from the mayor's place there. 741 00:36:59,839 --> 00:37:01,480 OK, this sounds like a great plan. 742 00:37:01,679 --> 00:37:05,440 You go get Oak and I will get the drinks ready. 743 00:37:05,639 --> 00:37:08,679 And we will maybe plan some whodunit questions. 744 00:37:08,879 --> 00:37:09,639 Perfect. 745 00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:11,879 What do games do to play? 746 00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:14,759 OK, I will figure that later. 747 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,440 That bench goes back into the kitchen 748 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:22,160 as Cav heads out to get Oak and we prepare for guys night. 749 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,120 Dumbgeons and Dragons, season three, episode two. 750 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,920 This episode starred Amy More as Alydin, 751 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,840 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave 752 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,400 and Russ More as your dungeon master. 753 00:37:42,599 --> 00:37:46,599 Dialogue Editing by Carla Maxted and Sound Design by Russ More. 754 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,920 This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound and sound effects from Epidemic 755 00:37:51,119 --> 00:37:53,599 Sound, Boom Library and Sound Ideas. 756 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,200 Our amazing cover art and character designs are by Matt Garba. 757 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,760 A huge thank you to our supporting producers, 758 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:04,160 Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak, Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden, Christian 759 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:09,200 Brown, Craig Zeiss, Barry Mady, Ongarong Kiersing, Old School Gamer D, 760 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,000 L.A. Brent, Nathaniel Teeter, Luna and Aaron. 761 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,520 Want to have your say in the world? 762 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:17,640 Join us at Patreon dot com slash gum dragging cast. 763 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,680 You'll be able to submit MPC names, store names, street names, 764 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,480 major landmarks, anything you want to help us build out this new world. 765 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,640 For season three, we're looking for it and we could use your help over at 766 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,560 Patreon and you can also join us in our Discord. 767 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,040 Very easy to avoid spoilers in our Discord. 768 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:35,880 Come on over. We'd love to have you. 769 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,560 Please do do it now. 770 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,000 There's a link in the in the bio 771 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,320 in the link tree. That's where you find it. 772 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,039 We've got a lot of great things coming up in February and we'll tell you more 773 00:38:44,039 --> 00:38:47,639 about them, but head over to Patreon dot com slash dumb dragon cast sign up 774 00:38:47,639 --> 00:38:48,960 and you'll be the first to know about them. 775 00:38:49,159 --> 00:38:51,840 It's a great time and follow us on Instagram. 776 00:38:52,039 --> 00:38:53,639 We happen to post them over there, too. 777 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,199 We're at dumb dragon cast anyway. 778 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:57,480 That's all I have for now. 779 00:38:57,599 --> 00:38:59,199 Thank you so much for listening to this one. 780 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,440 Have a great week and we'll talk again soon. 781 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,000 So in that sense, Nina's the glue that keeps the motor running. 782 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,599 Motors don't exist in this world. 783 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,199 Nina's the glue that makes sense. 784 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,199 We said the glue keeps the motor running. 785 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:24,800 Yeah, that's the part of it. 786 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:25,599 It doesn't make sense. 787 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:26,000 Wait a minute. 788 00:39:26,199 --> 00:39:28,000 Motors don't exist here. 789 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,800 Otherwise, perfect. 790 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,599 I don't know why my mind is breaking down. 791 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,599 I'm giving you a little bit of an idea. 792 00:39:36,599 --> 00:39:38,400 I don't know why my mind is breaking down. 793 00:39:38,599 --> 00:39:40,400 I'm giving it its monthly glue. 794 00:39:40,599 --> 00:39:42,400 We don't let rust work on the cars. 795 00:39:42,599 --> 00:39:45,599 Everybody scatters as they begin to look 796 00:39:45,799 --> 00:39:49,599 underneath bales of straw and 797 00:39:49,799 --> 00:39:51,599 other things that are found in an abandoned. 798 00:39:51,799 --> 00:39:54,400 Fuck, I'm terrible at this game. 799 00:39:56,599 --> 00:39:58,000 You just gotta shake the rust off. 800 00:39:58,199 --> 00:39:59,000 I can describe things. 801 00:39:59,199 --> 00:39:59,799 You can. 802 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000 I believe in you. 803 00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:03,799 I've been in barns and they kind of are. 804 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,000 They really are. 805 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,400 Yep, it's just kind of catch-all, right? 806 00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:09,599 There's like some wire. 807 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,000 There's like, yeah, there's barrels 808 00:40:12,199 --> 00:40:14,000 everywhere, sacks of grain that have 809 00:40:14,199 --> 00:40:15,800 fallen over that are moldy. 810 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000 Probably a wheelbarrow of some sort. 811 00:40:22,199 --> 00:40:22,599 Love it. 812 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,199 They're looking under all of that stuff. 813 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,000 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.