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[10.6s] Kavlaran, you are sitting ever so patiently in a chair outside of Nina's office and you've been
[18.7s] waiting here for quite some time for Nina to come back. Her receptionist is busy filling out
[29.0s] paperwork at her desk and she looks over to you and says, I swear she told me she was going to be
[35.0s] back in a moment, but that was several hours ago. Did you need a snack? Are you going to just?
[44.9s] A snack would be pretty good. I do have to come clean about something though.
[48.9s] I can't remember your name. I know I've been here all day and it's gotten past the point
[54.9s] of where it's like too awkward to ask, but I just, I need, I need to own up. I need to tell
[60.6s] you that. No, that's fine. I just, I've lost the plot on this one and I don't love the fact that
[65.8s] that's what happened, but that's what happened. I just, I just thank you for your time. Defense
[71.4s] rests. Well, thank you for admitting that and not just calling me. Hey, you like everybody
[76.2s] else does. I'm Gwenn de la Veer. Gwenn de la Veer. You know what? I should have remembered
[81.3s] that. That's my sister's name. Well, it is a very common, it was a very common name for about a year.
[87.6s] Everybody was named Gwenn de la Veer. It just rolls off the tongue. It just has this sweetness
[93.1s] to it. Ah, yes. But thank you for asking. I'm going to go get you a snack. I can go see what
[99.0s] they have down in the kitchen there. Maybe there's some nice pastries. Somebody, I heard
[103.4s] somebody maybe brought in some donuts. I'm going to go see about that. I mean, I do love a
[107.0s] pastry. That would be delightful. And she rounds the corner and you hear like a little, oh,
[113.6s] and then some whispers. She's got goose in the hall. She's going straight to HR. No donuts for
[118.2s] you. Sorry. And then two pairs of quick footsteps going back down the hallway
[125.0s] towards the kitchen. Nevermind no HR. This is like an office romance. Yeah. And Kav does
[131.9s] hear this, but he's still getting over the fact that he actually like owned up to not knowing
[137.8s] Gwenda la Veer's name and is like super proud of himself for like being an adult. So he doesn't
[143.0s] really pay that much attention to it. Like he hears it, but doesn't click for him as to like
[147.4s] what is it, what it is, say a moment of recognition. And then you go back to just
[153.0s] staring at the wall on the other side of the room. I go back and I'm like, it's
[157.5s] Gwenda la Veer, Gwenda la Veer. Got to remember Gwenda la Veer.
[187.5s] Gwenda la Veer comes back into the room with a donut for you. And she says, I didn't know what
[215.9s] your favorite was. So I brought a couple. This one's like, oh, you want both of them.
[222.3s] Okay. Well, I mean, I don't have to have both of them, but like I don't really have a favorite.
[226.8s] They're all kind of my favorite. I got a Crueller and I got just this Long John
[234.4s] and it's got like this cream inside. I think they called it like an Eclair, something like
[239.0s] that. Thought you take your pick or you have them both. I can go get some more and no
[245.0s] problem. I saw Nina and she said she'd be here any moment now.
[251.2s] You saw Nina? Yeah. She was passing by the kitchen,
[255.2s] said she got swept away with a big meeting upstairs. And she'd be right down to see you.
[265.1s] I'm going to go back to the kitchen, get myself a donut because I should have brought
[268.5s] three. Foolish me. And she exits the room. Cav puts like one of the donuts on the desk
[278.1s] and like completely just inhales the other one. And then like not even a full minute
[284.2s] goes by and he like reaches back over for the second donut. After another few moments,
[290.5s] Oak walks into the room. There you are. You've been gone all day. What are you doing?
[295.3s] Well, I've been waiting for Nina, but apparently she had gone into her office earlier,
[300.9s] but then never came out. But then Gwenda LaVere ran into her in the hallway. Is there like a
[305.1s] second entrance to Nina's office that I don't know about? No. So then she probably wasn't
[311.3s] here at all then. She probably wasn't here at all. She probably just gave you the slip.
[316.7s] Gotcha. Gotcha. Yeah. Would you say that's like a characteristic of her personality,
[321.0s] like deceitful? Well, I mean, avoiding people happens a lot. The deceit factor, I mean,
[331.3s] I can't prove or deny if she has told me the truth when she is around in her office or not.
[338.8s] I just assume she's telling me the truth. All right. I mean, yeah, like, you know,
[343.5s] make someone prove you wrong, right? Yeah. Wait, what are you going to ask her? Like,
[351.6s] why are you waiting for five hours? I mean, really, I just wanted to follow up on like the
[357.8s] finances. But I think that's why she's avoiding me. So maybe just go back and look at the
[365.4s] books. Is that a better follow the money, follow the paper trail? Sure. Yeah, we can
[371.6s] follow the books. I mean, we've checked the books time and time again, and they look fine.
[376.1s] I told you the books are perfect. I did them. I heard like a whisper of like a second set of
[381.5s] books. A second set of books. One that perhaps that would be fraud. Kavlaran. That would be
[389.9s] fraud. Yeah. And like probably a pretty good one. Wait, is that what you're here
[397.4s] investigating? I mean, I'm investigating a lot of things, but absolutely that's part of it.
[403.2s] You didn't tell me you were investigating fraud. Well, I mean, somebody walks by the
[409.9s] office and looks in with just raises an eyebrow and keeps going. You're gonna have
[414.5s] to keep it down a little bit. Sorry. Sorry. It's okay. It's okay. Yeah, there's there was like
[420.7s] a few different things I was supposed to check out while I was here. That was just one of them.
[428.0s] Okay, so if Nina is being deceitful to you, what makes you think she's even gonna tell you?
[435.8s] Are you trying to catch her in a lie? Are you trying to? What's your game plan here?
[441.8s] Well, I had a cousin that was really good at like reading people, you know, like those cold
[447.0s] reads that like the charlatans do on innocent people. I had a cousin who like showed me how
[455.1s] to do that a little bit and I thought I could get something from her just by being in the same
[461.6s] rooms or asking her some questions, seeing the way she reacts, that sort of thing. Just take
[465.8s] some mental notes of like, what's up with Nina? What's up with Nina? Well,
[475.6s] I don't think she's gonna come back. No, it doesn't seem to be that way. Yeah, so
[480.6s] we could continue to wait here. He has sat down beside you at this point, not on a chair,
[487.2s] because there isn't another chair, but on like a little side table. He was just sitting up there
[493.2s] across his legs. He's not just doing a weird wall squat beside him. No, he has to kind of
[498.1s] hover because it's not going to be able to support his weight. So he's holding it, but
[502.6s] just barely. So we could go and we can come back. We could get you. I mean, clearly
[507.9s] you've got a little you've got a little cream on just like in your mustache there.
[513.4s] Yeah. Clearly you had some donuts. I mean, some is a little presumptuous. Yeah, I had to.
[520.9s] Yeah. If only there was something we could do to figure out this solution for you. I guess
[525.0s] I'll just go back to my office and not do anything nefarious. I mean, do you need company?
[529.4s] He gets up and he starts to leave. Well, I guess if you want to come, like, I don't know.
[534.6s] I mean, sitting here has been you're the one doing the investigating waste of time.
[539.5s] Is there any like storage rooms or anything where like old files are kept? Oh, yeah. Yeah,
[545.7s] of course there is. I haven't shown you the storage closet downstairs. Yeah, come on with me.
[550.6s] Yeah. So Kava totally has just like forgotten about the cabinet. And as he starts to follow
[556.8s] Oak down the hallway, he sees like an identical looking cabinet behind Gwenda Levere's desk.
[563.4s] And it like stops him dead in his tracks. Oh, what I just forgot Gwenda Levere said that Nina
[572.2s] was coming back. So maybe I should just stay a little longer because like if she does come back,
[577.8s] I'd hate to miss her. Oh, yeah, sure. Yeah. Do you want somebody to just join somebody to
[582.2s] wait with you? Like I've finished all of our paperwork for the next three days. So I could
[589.1s] just go home or I could stay and hang out. I mean, Mom's probably going to be expecting
[593.9s] me soon. It's getting close to clock out time and she expects me five minutes later.
[598.5s] So sure. Yeah, sure. Yeah. Well, OK. Yeah. You know what? Well, we'll catch up tomorrow
[604.4s] since like all that since all that paperwork's already done.
[608.3s] And I'll just wait here a little longer and then I'll probably call it a day as well.
[612.5s] All right. Well, it's good seeing you. I guess I'll just I'll go lock up the office.
[618.6s] I'll make sure all your stuff's ready to go in there. I'll put your lunch back in your bag.
[624.6s] And yeah, I guess that's it for me. Have a good night.
[630.2s] All right. Yeah, you too. I'll just. Yeah, I'll talk to you tomorrow.
[633.2s] OK, bye now goes back to the one chair and like sits down and just
[637.5s] waits a minute till everything's like calm and quiet and then goes and tries that door handle.
[643.5s] The door handle is unlocked. It's a little it's got a little stick to it, but the door opens
[651.8s] and then it bumps into the desk. Obviously. Yeah. Slip in and close
[655.4s] the door behind me as best I can here without making too much of a racket.
[660.2s] And beeline straight for that cabinet. Sure. And by beeline, you mean awkwardly
[665.2s] move around the large desk inside this very time. I was thinking actually more of a direct
[670.6s] like as the crow flies situation. So step onto a chair, onto the desk, off the desk.
[677.6s] Yeah. Yeah. Love it. OK, great. Are there any windows in this office?
[681.9s] I can't remember. No, there are not.
[684.4s] There is a poster of a nice tropical beach set up on one of the walls, but no, no windows.
[691.2s] Oh, I really hope there's an escape tunnel behind that poster.
[694.4s] And a new frame. Yeah.
[698.2s] Nina's been taking out one bit of drywall at a time.
[702.4s] Yeah, you go and you you're examining the cabinet and the two lower drawers are locked.
[709.5s] The top three, you're able to open them and file through them if you would like,
[713.7s] but the bottom two are locked and secured. Quick look through the top three.
[719.0s] Anything interesting in there at all? Mostly seems like personnel files and documents,
[726.5s] incident reports, that sort of thing. Nothing, nothing out of the ordinary,
[730.6s] just at a quick glance through them. Can I flip through Oak's personnel
[733.8s] file real quick? Sure, absolutely.
[735.2s] Just like I want to see like the one pager.
[737.2s] It just says Oak, stellar employee, five stars, not likely to get a raise ever,
[743.2s] overachiever and never pushes back, quite reliant on his mother.
[748.7s] Also, mother barred from City Hall. I need to know what happened with that.
[753.8s] I'll have to ask him next time we're out for boys night.
[756.7s] Yeah, makes a little mental note to ask Oak about mother being barred from City Hall.
[764.0s] And looks around. I would love to find like a key for these bottom drawers.
[769.8s] Any role investigation, any likely hiding spots that you might leave a key?
[776.4s] Let's see here. That is a 17, but my investigation is not great.
[781.8s] So it's a 15 overall. OK, you move through all of the
[787.2s] upper cabinets on this drawer. You move through all of the drawers
[790.2s] in the desk, lift the papers. It does not appear that you can find a key
[798.8s] that would fit this drawer. There are no keys in sight.
[802.2s] So leading you to believe perhaps that if there were a key, it would be on Nina's person.
[808.4s] Sure. I mean, do I just bust it open?
[810.6s] I don't feel like that's a great approach, but like desperate times.
[814.7s] No, it's not that desperate. I'm going to get out of the
[817.1s] office before anybody comes back to find me there.
[821.0s] OK, you climb back over and open the door and as you pull it shut behind you,
[827.4s] you hear footsteps coming back down the hall and Gwenda LaVere comes around the corner just as the
[832.9s] door latches. What do you do to act nonchAlydint as she comes around the corner?
[839.4s] Actually, Cav just puts his hand up to his ear in the door and he's like,
[845.1s] I thought I heard someone in there, but.
[847.8s] Ah, you're still here. Hey.
[850.6s] Hey, Gwenda LaVere. I was just, I thought I heard someone in there, but
[854.5s] you said there was no any. Yeah, no, I don't know.
[858.0s] No. OK, well, I guess I haven't seen Nina come down.
[863.5s] She might have just forgot and just went home for the day.
[867.4s] That sometimes happens.
[868.9s] That does seem like something that might happen with her.
[871.2s] Yeah, very, you know, out of sight, out of mind.
[874.6s] Looking at the hook across the wall there, it seems she took her jacket.
[878.7s] So I guess she had no intentions of coming back.
[882.4s] That's unfortunate. I'm sorry that you've wasted your entire day here.
[885.8s] Oh, that's totally fine.
[887.4s] It's totally fine. Not the not the first day I've wasted here at City Hall.
[892.1s] Well, you have a great night.
[894.7s] Well, you too.
[896.5s] She goes and sits at her desk and is just organizing the papers for the night.
[900.1s] And as you round the corner and head back down to get your stuff that Oak
[906.2s] has very neatly placed for you outside the door waiting for you.
[911.0s] I grab my stuff and on my way to the Brewed Awakening.
[916.8s] We'll be right back.
[920.6s] It's the middle of the city.
[923.3s] You know, I'm just getting a lot of welcome to the middle.
[928.6s] I'm not looking up Safety City.
[931.0s] No, we're we're doing the middle.
[934.4s] We're talking about tiny cars on tiny streets driven by children.
[938.7s] And what an awesome thing it is.
[940.7s] Alydin would have just a kickass time.
[943.3s] Alydin would be a nightmare.
[946.2s] A hundred percent like just going nuts.
[950.6s] So Safety City.
[951.8s] Get your kids to check it out.
[952.9s] Not a sponsor.
[953.7s] Unless Safety City, you want to sponsor this Dumbgeons and Dragons podcast.
[956.6s] Is that a brand?
[957.9s] Are they branded tiny towns?
[960.6s] I think so.
[962.6s] I actually don't know.
[963.7s] All right.
[964.0s] If you want to give us a public service announcement that we can do for free,
[967.6s] we will do it for you.
[969.3s] We kind of just did.
[970.2s] We kind of just did.
[971.0s] That's right.
[971.9s] But what we do have going on is this is the second to last episode of this season,
[977.0s] which just to make sure you're aware, we're continuing with these characters.
[981.7s] It's like we're in campaign two, season one.
[985.5s] Whereas before it's like campaign one, season one and two,
[988.6s] and then season three is campaign two.
[990.5s] Like we should have not said this was season three.
[993.0s] Yeah, no, we definitely hindsight.
[994.8s] Maybe I'll tweak how it's presented in the whole thing.
[998.3s] But you know, we'll deal with that later.
[999.9s] But we're very excited because as we record this interlude,
[1004.8s] we're starting recording the next season too later.
[1009.1s] Well, look how far ahead we are, everybody.
[1011.4s] We're not just scrambling to get things going like we usually do.
[1014.8s] Killing it.
[1016.3s] Loving it.
[1018.2s] So summer's going to be a little bit of a break from regular episodes.
[1021.9s] We are going to have some mini-sodes that we're getting ready to record as well
[1026.9s] that we're going to just explore the city and the people in a...
[1033.0s] Not going to say anything else because...
[1035.1s] Don't put us in a box.
[1036.3s] These can be whatever we want them to be.
[1038.7s] Carla has a question.
[1039.8s] Yep.
[1040.2s] I don't.
[1040.6s] My light turned off, so I was turning it on.
[1043.7s] It was on a motion activator and I was...
[1045.7s] Teacher Amy just went into teacher mode and that's that.
[1049.5s] Hand up, have to call on it.
[1050.5s] I see a hand up.
[1052.9s] Oh, that's adorable.
[1054.1s] Thank you for not shouting out, Carla.
[1059.3s] Where you can get full episodes throughout the summer is over on Patreon.
[1063.5s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[1065.2s] So we've got the little mini-sodes in the main feed,
[1067.9s] but we have the Adventures of which we just started
[1070.8s] or will be just starting a new season over there,
[1073.8s] which includes Opal, Ilya, and Night Hunter,
[1077.2s] and Kyle's new character.
[1078.6s] Kyle, do you want to introduce your character for the Adventures of?
[1081.4s] Yeah, yeah.
[1082.4s] My character's name is Nash Salmon Treats.
[1085.4s] He is a Leonin barbarian rogue and I'm very, very excited
[1090.3s] to have played him and to continue to play him.
[1093.4s] I love that there's another barbarian on the team now.
[1095.8s] Absolutely.
[1096.6s] I hate that there's another cat on the team now.
[1099.9s] I'm expecting it to be a source of conflict.
[1101.4s] I don't think Night Hunter doesn't love it so much,
[1104.9s] but Amy loves it.
[1106.6s] It's not necessarily that he's a barbarian that Night Hunter doesn't like.
[1110.0s] It's just the interactions haven't gone well so far.
[1114.8s] Oh, it's fun, guys.
[1115.8s] You're going to like it.
[1116.6s] Some people get along and some people don't.
[1117.7s] Yeah, that's how it works.
[1118.6s] Figure it out.
[1121.0s] Yeah, we will.
[1122.0s] It's going to be a blast and we hope to see you over there.
[1124.6s] And when you are a patron, you get an episode dedicated to you.
[1127.8s] Which Russ definitely didn't forget and definitely already has the name ready.
[1131.6s] Oh no, technical difficulties.
[1134.5s] We should probably add it in, right?
[1136.2s] It's just so cool he hasn't been able to say it yet
[1139.2s] because we keep talking.
[1141.4s] It's a real power.
[1142.4s] We keep talking over him and he keeps going to put his hand up
[1145.8s] and Amy will call on him.
[1147.5s] I get on edgewise with these people.
[1150.4s] That's how I run our marriage.
[1153.3s] When he wants to talk, he raises his hand.
[1155.8s] It's true.
[1160.2s] Like today's patron, Stuttering GM.
[1164.1s] Oh, Stuttering GM.
[1166.8s] Oh, Stuttering GM.
[1169.5s] I love it.
[1170.1s] Thanks so much.
[1171.0s] I think in any, like in our context, we think Game Master.
[1176.6s] But I feel like in many contexts, people would be like,
[1179.1s] so like the engine doesn't work that great in the automobile.
[1183.0s] It's a very versatile name.
[1184.6s] And I was thinking like General Manager.
[1188.6s] General Motors, General Manager, could be any of them.
[1190.8s] General Mills.
[1191.6s] Maybe they make cereal.
[1192.6s] We don't know.
[1193.3s] Oh my gosh.
[1194.7s] Could be Gary McPhee.
[1196.3s] We don't know.
[1197.3s] Could be.
[1198.6s] Gary McPhee is a very specific name.
[1201.3s] All right.
[1202.0s] Join us like Stuttering GM on Patreon.
[1205.1s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[1207.0s] And we hope to see you over there.
[1208.2s] And now we'll get you back to the episode.
[1209.6s] Okay.
[1209.9s] Thanks.
[1210.2s] Bye.
[1214.2s] Cav, you make your way out of City Hall,
[1215.9s] waving goodbye to the security guards for the night.
[1219.0s] As you're making your way down to the Brewed Awakening,
[1221.4s] it's rather busy there tonight.
[1223.2s] And as you take a peek through the window,
[1226.1s] walking towards the front door,
[1228.4s] you see all of your friends,
[1230.3s] Bizard and Bonwyn and even Alydin
[1232.6s] inside the Brewed Awakening.
[1234.1s] Now is it like wing night
[1235.9s] or what's going on in the Brewed Awakening
[1237.6s] that everyone's there?
[1240.3s] Kyle, why is Bizard there?
[1241.8s] Because this is his favorite night.
[1243.8s] Oh, I like the idea of wing night.
[1247.0s] Sounds fucking good right now.
[1248.5s] Yeah, I'd crush some wings right now.
[1250.5s] Yeah, for reals.
[1251.5s] I know.
[1252.2s] Oh, wait.
[1253.2s] So is there like maybe something fun
[1255.2s] that goes along with that?
[1256.2s] So like usually people watch sports on wing night,
[1260.1s] like it's a game night or something.
[1261.4s] Is it slam poetry time?
[1264.5s] I was like, yes.
[1266.4s] I had the image of like a cockfight,
[1270.2s] but not a cockfight because that's brutal.
[1273.1s] But people bring in their favorite chicken
[1276.3s] and chickens don't like fly per se,
[1279.8s] but they can flap quite a distance
[1282.2s] and perhaps it's wing night
[1285.0s] and they're seeing how far their chickens can fly.
[1287.0s] It's a chicken tossing contest.
[1289.0s] And the losers get eaten.
[1292.0s] Yes, I love it.
[1298.1s] Oh no, this took a turn.
[1300.6s] You're thinking of your chickens in the Bible, aren't you?
[1302.8s] Although that's really kind of,
[1304.1s] it doesn't make sense because you'd want to eat
[1305.7s] the stronger wings, like, you know, bigger muscles.
[1309.1s] It's like a lottery situation.
[1310.6s] The winner is the one who dies.
[1312.3s] Yeah, yeah, that's right.
[1313.9s] There we go.
[1314.4s] You don't want to do well.
[1315.8s] You want to bring your least impressive chicken.
[1318.3s] They need to build more muscles on those weaker ones.
[1320.5s] Your least impressive chicken.
[1324.5s] Has everyone brought their worst in the flock?
[1327.8s] Let's see them flapping.
[1330.5s] Give them chickens a toss.
[1333.1s] We see you exiting City Hall
[1335.9s] and then transition to The Brewed Awakening
[1338.9s] where outside as you are about to open the door,
[1341.4s] you hear screams and hollers coming from inside.
[1344.2s] And as you open the door, feathers are flying,
[1347.0s] like just a plume of feathers flies out
[1349.2s] as you see chickens flying across The Brewed Awakening.
[1352.4s] Everybody's cheering for these chickens as you enter
[1355.4s] and you see, I mean, it's packed,
[1357.6s] but you see your friends Bonwyn and Bizard
[1361.1s] and Alydin is hanging out with them at the table
[1364.0s] and they catch your eye and give you a call over.
[1368.9s] Oh, hey guys, did I miss it already?
[1372.3s] Just the first heat.
[1373.4s] There'll be more.
[1374.3s] Don't worry, don't worry.
[1375.2s] Nice, nice.
[1376.8s] Kavlaran, good to see you.
[1378.3s] He puts down your usual drink, which is?
[1381.6s] Some sort of oatmeal stout.
[1383.5s] Solid.
[1384.6s] Yeah, yes, it's very filling.
[1386.1s] It's good for you.
[1387.3s] I'll get you something to eat.
[1388.4s] Oak told me you only had two doughnuts
[1390.1s] while waiting for Nina at her office today.
[1392.2s] Then he runs off.
[1392.9s] I mean, who's talking about the dough?
[1394.6s] All right, well, thanks, Bench.
[1396.5s] All right, what did I miss?
[1397.9s] How many doughnuts did you have?
[1399.8s] Two.
[1400.4s] For one person?
[1401.4s] I mean, it was like two in two minutes.
[1403.6s] Yeah, but you're like.
[1404.6s] I mean, for doughnuts, that's a good round number.
[1406.7s] That's kind of what I thought.
[1407.8s] And plus, like,
[1408.6s] Alydin looks you up and is like,
[1411.8s] two for a big person, I think is fine.
[1414.8s] I mean, sure.
[1415.8s] I just, next time I'll grab you one, Alydin.
[1418.7s] Thanks.
[1420.0s] Oh, I could buy my own doughnut now.
[1422.7s] And she looks over to Bizard.
[1428.1s] Like, uh-huh.
[1429.6s] It's true.
[1430.1s] You can.
[1431.6s] I'm a paid employee.
[1433.1s] Wow, that's very good.
[1435.8s] Congratulations.
[1437.9s] Thank you.
[1438.9s] To be honest with you, Kavlaran,
[1440.2s] it's under the table, so.
[1442.0s] Oh, well.
[1443.4s] Bizard's going to buy me my first beer.
[1446.5s] Eventually, yes.
[1447.8s] Yeah, maybe not tonight.
[1449.0s] Probably not tonight, but at some point.
[1452.2s] So what do you, what's your job entail?
[1456.4s] Well, I take things out of boxes and then I put them
[1461.9s] in the right places, not in the wrong places.
[1465.0s] Because if you put it in the wrong places,
[1467.0s] people get confused because I don't know if you know this
[1469.9s] or if you've like been in a store a whole lot,
[1472.6s] but people aren't very smart.
[1474.8s] And like they need you to not only have it
[1478.1s] where it is all the time,
[1479.9s] but you need to also have like the name on it.
[1484.1s] And then they still will come to you and ask you where it is.
[1487.8s] So like, I mean, I make, you know,
[1491.0s] the place couldn't even run without me.
[1494.6s] I mean, yeah, I believe that because anytime I'm in a store,
[1498.1s] if something's moved from the last time I was there,
[1500.2s] I'm lost.
[1500.8s] So you're doing a great service.
[1503.4s] God, I hope I don't grow up like a regular adult.
[1507.7s] I don't think you have to worry about that, Alevin.
[1510.2s] Probably no chance of that.
[1511.6s] Yeah, I wouldn't worry.
[1513.3s] Yeah.
[1514.0s] So about that beer.
[1515.4s] Bench comes back and puts down this huge plate of stew
[1518.3s] in front of you and then brings the table,
[1521.1s] the wings that you had previously ordered
[1523.3s] and a pound of all of the flavours
[1525.0s] that are being served tonight.
[1526.5s] And there's a little flag on top that just says,
[1529.5s] Henrietta, fourth place.
[1532.7s] Yeah, here you go.
[1533.8s] You eat up all day just to do not enough
[1537.0s] to keep that big boy strong.
[1538.4s] Okay, I'm going to go check out all these customers over here.
[1541.2s] I mean, if anyone would know, it's that guy, right?
[1544.4s] He starts digging into the chicken,
[1546.6s] but takes a half sec and after he grabs a wing,
[1550.6s] kind of looks over to Bonwyn and says,
[1553.3s] do you still have those thieves' tools by chance?
[1558.6s] Unofficially, yes.
[1560.9s] This is like Bonwyn and her friend,
[1563.2s] Cav Lauren talking now, right?
[1565.6s] Yeah.
[1566.1s] Oh yeah, then I definitely do.
[1567.8s] Okay, cool.
[1568.9s] If like hypothetically,
[1570.3s] I wanted to get into like a locked drawer,
[1573.3s] maybe you could show me how to do that?
[1575.2s] Well, I don't know if I could show you,
[1576.4s] but I could probably do it.
[1578.2s] Oh, I mean, that would also work.
[1581.4s] What is in the locked drawer?
[1583.5s] Great question.
[1584.4s] Don't know.
[1584.9s] That's what I want to find out.
[1585.8s] What are you hoping is in the locked drawer?
[1588.4s] All right.
[1588.6s] Well, first off, there's two locked drawers.
[1590.3s] Okay, great.
[1591.3s] Probably some doors between us and the drawers.
[1594.9s] There's some doors between the drawers.
[1596.5s] Absolutely.
[1597.2s] Okay, perfect.
[1599.3s] I'm hoping there's a like second set of books,
[1603.8s] like the real books.
[1606.2s] Right, the real books,
[1608.7s] like Rin Kipp was talking about,
[1610.2s] like the actual books.
[1612.5s] Yeah.
[1613.0s] Okay, so I'm assuming-
[1614.4s] The uncooked variety.
[1615.3s] Yeah, yeah, the raw books.
[1617.1s] The raw books.
[1618.1s] So if we're looking for the books,
[1620.7s] this is going to be some municipal crime,
[1624.6s] like in a municipal office.
[1626.6s] That's probably where we're heading.
[1627.4s] Some sort of hall in the city.
[1630.8s] Okay, yes.
[1632.9s] When are you hoping this is going to happen?
[1635.9s] I mean, sooner rather than later tonight,
[1638.6s] maybe if possible,
[1639.8s] but like also it is wing night
[1641.4s] and I don't want to like take away from the festivities.
[1643.9s] Well, we'll get all our sustenance in maybe
[1646.7s] and then we can go check it out.
[1648.3s] Chicken flies across the table.
[1650.9s] While this is happening,
[1652.6s] I pull on Bazaar's cloak
[1655.2s] and I like gesture them to lean down a little bit
[1658.6s] and as they're having their conversation.
[1661.0s] Do they know that they can just get books
[1664.7s] from like stores and stuff
[1667.8s] and that they probably shouldn't cook them
[1670.9s] because it's paper?
[1673.8s] That will be another lesson that we will cover.
[1677.3s] In fact, you may learn about it tonight
[1679.9s] depending on how things go,
[1681.8s] but I don't even know where to begin with this one,
[1686.1s] but you are correct in what you are saying.
[1688.4s] That sounds logical to me,
[1690.4s] but there's a lot of things
[1691.8s] that you got to read between the lines in those books.
[1695.3s] Shit, I think I'm just confusing it.
[1698.4s] I didn't go to school, Bazaar.
[1701.4s] Well, school is fun,
[1704.1s] but sometimes it's expensive to learn things
[1706.3s] and when you can just learn them from people
[1708.9s] that you happen to be around
[1710.6s] and that's what we're doing here.
[1712.6s] You don't know what they're talking about.
[1713.4s] Kavlarne is going to teach me how to cook books?
[1717.4s] I don't think it's going to be a teaching thing
[1719.0s] as much as it is going to be
[1720.2s] just a learning opportunity
[1721.9s] through observation and experience.
[1725.9s] I'm going to observe Bonwyn stealing raw books.
[1737.4s] That's to be seen,
[1738.4s] but that's the goal, it sounds like.
[1741.0s] Oh, can I come?
[1742.6s] Well, I mean, if we're invited,
[1744.9s] I mean, if it is at a hall in the city
[1747.5s] as I kind of look over at them with a glare,
[1750.1s] like pretty obvious, but you know.
[1753.4s] Really sneaky, really sneaky language
[1755.7s] between me and Kav over here.
[1757.4s] But, you know, if there's, you know,
[1759.4s] I know Kavlarne's been doing some work up there,
[1761.6s] but if there's more credence needed
[1764.3s] to be given to a visit,
[1765.9s] then who better than a mayor's advisor?
[1769.1s] Do you have an office, Kavlarne?
[1770.4s] Can I see it?
[1772.9s] I've never been inside of town hall before.
[1776.5s] Like, maybe could I have a tour?
[1779.1s] I could probably arrange for a tour.
[1781.5s] I share an office, so it's not my office,
[1784.0s] but you remember.
[1785.4s] Like bunk beds.
[1786.4s] Yeah, you remember.
[1787.1s] Once I stacked a crate on top of another crate
[1790.2s] and then Tally slept under that first crate inside
[1793.4s] and then I slept on the top.
[1794.6s] You know what?
[1795.0s] That's very creative.
[1796.6s] Thank you.
[1797.9s] So can I see your office bunk beds?
[1800.0s] Well, there's no beds,
[1801.8s] but in fact there's only just the one desk.
[1804.6s] But we make it work.
[1805.8s] You know, he's really good at the...
[1808.3s] Anyway, doesn't matter.
[1809.2s] Yes, we'll go and we'll get a tour.
[1812.7s] I wonder if Nina's good friend,
[1816.5s] Bazaard, couldn't maybe wrangle her
[1820.2s] as a high-ranking sort of official
[1823.0s] into giving a personalized tour
[1826.9s] to his promising new apprentice, student,
[1830.6s] however you want to spin that and just...
[1832.8s] Protégé.
[1833.6s] I think that's what, right?
[1835.8s] Protégé, absolutely.
[1837.4s] That's a very big word for somebody
[1839.5s] who didn't go to school.
[1841.1s] Did I say that word?
[1841.9s] I don't know how to spell it.
[1843.7s] Did I say that?
[1845.0s] Maybe I did.
[1847.0s] As far as asking Nina goes,
[1851.1s] I certainly could ask Nina.
[1852.3s] I mean, I wouldn't say that we're like friends.
[1857.2s] I mean, we work together
[1858.8s] and that's about as far as that relationship goes.
[1862.7s] I feel like it might not even be that close.
[1867.0s] Does she have the rob-ups?
[1870.2s] You're getting closer.
[1871.3s] You're getting really close.
[1873.6s] Maybe you don't want her there
[1875.8s] if you're going to take her things.
[1879.0s] I never take ever,
[1880.9s] but if I were going to,
[1882.9s] it wouldn't be when that person was there,
[1885.4s] which I wouldn't.
[1887.1s] Yeah, hypothetically,
[1888.6s] it would not make any sense
[1889.9s] to take something from someone when they're there.
[1892.7s] But would it be the perfect opportunity?
[1897.4s] Well, what if that person was there
[1901.3s] without being there
[1902.7s] and it just looked like them?
[1905.0s] Okay, say more.
[1906.9s] I'm going to need to hear more about this.
[1909.4s] Bizarre pulls out his tome
[1910.8s] and he starts flipping through it
[1912.1s] and he's like,
[1912.8s] this page right here.
[1914.3s] I could make myself look like Nina.
[1918.3s] What?
[1920.6s] I've seen Nina.
[1921.9s] She's half your size.
[1923.8s] She's...
[1925.2s] You know, there's some adjustment
[1927.8s] that's allowed within the confines of the spell,
[1930.8s] but I think it could potentially work.
[1934.7s] And, you know,
[1935.9s] it would give us a lot of ammo against the mayor
[1940.8s] and against, you know,
[1943.0s] most of the rest of the group
[1945.1s] that's involved with their ne'er-do-willing
[1948.3s] against the city.
[1950.0s] It's a gamble, though.
[1951.8s] Caviar, the expert.
[1953.2s] Would it be helpful to have someone...
[1956.9s] You're blowing my mind, Bizarre.
[1959.0s] But they could look like someone
[1963.9s] where we were trying to find the books.
[1965.4s] That seems like that would be amazing, right?
[1969.1s] Yeah, I mean, it really could be.
[1971.1s] Now, when you say look like,
[1972.8s] does that also include sound like?
[1976.5s] Reading over the text real quick,
[1979.0s] because it's not something I've really thought about using,
[1982.3s] but it's one I could certainly be prepared to use.
[1988.4s] What does she sound like?
[1989.3s] Does she sound different?
[1991.8s] Would he just have to talk a little higher?
[1994.6s] Well, I mean, not as comical, I guess, as that,
[2001.4s] but, you know, just...
[2003.9s] Could you sound like her if the need arose?
[2009.4s] Or could you convincingly pretend
[2011.3s] you had a really sore throat and just couldn't talk?
[2013.8s] Now, that I think I could do.
[2016.8s] Yeah, that I think I could do.
[2019.4s] As far as I can see,
[2020.6s] the, you know, clothing, armor, weapons, those kind of things.
[2025.2s] Yeah, I can make myself at least a foot shorter or taller, so...
[2031.0s] I mean, definitely shorter in this case.
[2033.9s] I would have to fake a voice.
[2035.6s] And if anybody were to...
[2038.2s] I don't know, I can't touch anybody that doesn't know,
[2041.0s] because otherwise then it's like,
[2042.3s] ha ha, obviously you're not that short.
[2045.4s] So there's a lot of potential holes in it,
[2047.7s] not to mention it is a...
[2050.2s] Yeah, it's not the most taxing illusion,
[2053.2s] but, you know, still have to expend the life essence for it.
[2058.6s] Sure, gotta pay the tax, yeah.
[2060.2s] Yeah, exactly.
[2061.1s] Very, very appropriate, Kavlar.
[2063.4s] We got a lot of wings to eat still,
[2065.2s] so let's just keep discussing.
[2066.6s] I'm sure we can hammer something out.
[2068.4s] Oh, yeah, absolutely.
[2069.8s] Snarf, snarf, snarf.
[2072.5s] You're gonna have boobs.
[2077.7s] Dumbgeons and Dragons, Season 3, Episode 24,
[2086.4s] starring Amy More as Alydin,
[2088.2s] Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everpain,
[2090.7s] Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave,
[2093.0s] Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard,
[2095.3s] and Russ More as your Dungeon Master.
[2097.7s] Dialogue Editing by Carla Maxted
[2099.8s] and Sound Design by Russ More.
[2101.8s] This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound
[2104.3s] and Slipstream,
[2105.6s] and sound effects from Epidemic Sound,
[2107.7s] Boom Library, and Sound Ideas.
[2110.0s] Our amazing cover art and character designs
[2112.4s] are by Matt Garbutt,
[2113.4s] and a huge thank you to our supporting producers,
[2116.1s] Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak,
[2118.1s] Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden,
[2120.2s] Christian Brown,
[2121.2s] Angaron Kierzen,
[2122.6s] Perry Matey,
[2123.5s] Craig Zeiss,
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[2128.2s] and Sarah Murphy.
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[2134.8s] and episode dedication and a whole lot more.
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[2139.2s] where we're still going to be releasing
[2140.5s] some mini episodes for the main feed
[2143.8s] that you're listening to this in.
[2145.6s] But we also have entire shows over on Patreon
[2149.4s] that we would love for you to come listen to
[2151.8s] while we get season four ready.
[2154.3s] And again, that's still this is a campaign two,
[2158.3s] second season of that campaign.
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[2165.4s] Okay, bye.
[2171.1s] Okay, cool.
[2171.6s] A G-name.
[2172.7s] Interesting.
[2174.8s] What a strange, what a strange new ground to be breaking.
[2179.6s] You know what?
[2180.6s] Sometimes you just have to take the path least taken.
[2186.1s] Is it Tom or is it Kavlarin
[2187.7s] that doesn't remember the locked cabinet
[2189.6s] in Nina's office?
[2190.5s] Oh, I did not remember it at all.
[2193.2s] Now that you mentioned it, I remember it,
[2194.8s] but it was not coming to me.
[2196.4s] Yeah, fair enough.
[2199.2s] No, absolutely.
[2199.9s] I remember spying it and everything.
[2202.3s] How do I get Tom to break into this office
[2204.6s] without saying Tom break into this office?
[2207.7s] This season seems like it's just going to end in crime.
[2210.0s] All around crime.
[2210.8s] Yeah, it's ending in crime 100%.
[2212.1s] Everyone's going to do a crime.
[2214.2s] Except Alydin, who's been doing crime to survive.
[2220.0s] The fact that I'm not doing crime right now,
[2221.8s] I'm on the up and up getting paid and then crying shit.
[2227.2s] Amy not doing crime is almost a crime in and of itself.
[2230.4s] Agreed.
[2231.0s] I know, right?
[2232.0s] When am I the good one?
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