[0.0s] Prepare yourselves for the season finale.
[2.4s] Dumbgeons and Dragons will begin in a moment.
[9.4s] We're at the fountain at the foot of City Hall and the four of you after wing night
[15.7s] and maybe a couple more oatmeal stouts and whatever other beverages you have prepared.
[21.8s] A slight beer for the evening.
[23.7s] A slight beer for the evening.
[25.0s] Nothing heavy at all.
[26.3s] Yeah, ready for a caper.
[28.0s] Perfect.
[29.0s] Find yourselves ready to go break into some drawers.
[33.2s] What does everybody look like?
[35.2s] And maybe have you done preparations?
[37.4s] Have you just left the bar?
[38.9s] Let's check in.
[40.3s] Starting with Kav, who is the leader of this.
[45.2s] Kav's still wearing his work tunic and pants.
[50.9s] And he's got his messenger style bag, a little cloak over one arm.
[56.5s] And just like really feeling it on the way back to City Hall.
[61.0s] Well, you're supposed to be there, right?
[63.2s] Like that's true.
[64.4s] Maybe you forgot something at work.
[67.2s] Exactly.
[67.9s] Maybe you're sneaking back to do some paperwork.
[69.8s] Who knows?
[70.5s] Maybe.
[71.5s] That's right.
[73.4s] Alladin.
[74.1s] I only have like one set of clothes, so I'm wearing what I'm wearing.
[78.4s] But I have covered my my bucket in like I've taken like some some coal
[85.9s] and some ash from a fire pit and just kind of like took the shine off of it.
[91.3s] Perfect.
[91.9s] You know, don't want to be too conspicuous.
[95.5s] Bizarre, you are or maybe have or are in the process of casting a spell,
[101.8s] which is really in the previous episode was part of this whole plan working.
[107.0s] How do we find you at this moment?
[108.8s] I'm going to say I probably just like dipped into a dark alley
[113.4s] and come back out as Nina say,
[116.6s] oh, yes, darling, this is how we are going to get into the City Hall.
[120.7s] No problem.
[122.2s] Roll a performance check to see how believable it is to everybody else.
[127.3s] Oh, man.
[128.0s] Fuck, yeah, I'm actually good at these.
[130.2s] There you go.
[130.7s] Oh, my God, y'all.
[131.8s] That's a fucking Nat 20 for a 26.
[134.6s] Oh, my God.
[135.7s] Doesn't matter what it sounds like to your ears.
[137.7s] This is perfect.
[138.6s] Nina, like nailed it.
[139.9s] Absolutely.
[141.8s] So you look like Nina walking out of the walking out of the alleyway.
[147.1s] And then Bonwyn, obviously Kavlaran's leading this,
[150.8s] but you have the most skill in this sense.
[153.8s] What is your attire going into this caper?
[156.9s] I mean, I think I generally always just am wearing like my work clothes.
[161.7s] I've made sure to kind of make sure anything jingly jangly is
[167.3s] like secured, even though, again, we're kind of just like walking in.
[172.0s] Yeah.
[173.0s] I don't need to be dressed like a cat burglar, but still just want
[177.1s] to make sure I can be quiet and sneaky.
[179.9s] Also, for one second there, when Nina walked out,
[184.5s] there was a moment when I was like, oh, fuck.
[187.5s] Oh, no, oh, it's fine.
[190.4s] Right.
[190.9s] OK.
[192.5s] Too many stouts.
[193.9s] Not a lot of magic.
[196.7s] Yeah.
[197.3s] In my day to day.
[198.3s] So this is some pretty dope shit.
[201.4s] Oh, yeah, Alydin is just sitting there like, oh, it worked.
[208.8s] I break for a second.
[209.7s] No, it's me bizarre.
[213.5s] You're good.
[215.2s] I mean, you are good, darling.
[217.8s] You're good.
[219.6s] It's crazy.
[220.8s] Unbelievable.
[221.4s] And Kav is like pretty nonplus with it.
[224.1s] He's seen it before.
[225.1s] But like, yeah, he admits it's well done.
[226.8s] And we're like the same height.
[228.1s] So I kind of like, I don't know,
[230.8s] tug on your shirt sleeve and bring you a little closer.
[233.6s] And I go, is this going to hurt you?
[239.0s] It already kind of has.
[240.3s] One of those things where you have to shrink your bones.
[244.4s] Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D fifth edition actual play
[247.6s] podcast.
[248.5s] And I'm your dungeon master Russ More, he him.
[251.4s] Also with me today is Amy More as Alydin, she her.
[255.4s] Auntie Nina, did you move offices?
[257.6s] Carla Maxstead as Bonwyn Everbane, she her.
[261.1s] Plus, it makes me think there's something good in here.
[263.5s] Because why would you do that?
[264.6s] Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, he him.
[267.6s] You know what, I could get one done tonight for sure.
[269.8s] And Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard, he him.
[272.8s] Prop the ownership here, and then business ownership
[276.7s] over here.
[277.5s] Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon supported podcast.
[280.6s] And yes, this is the season finale, but don't worry,
[283.0s] the adventure continues in September.
[285.4s] And throughout the summer, we'll be having mini episodes.
[287.9s] Join us on Patreon, get some more episodes.
[290.0s] We hope to see you over there.
[291.2s] And now fuck it, let's play.
[294.8s] You're walking up the steps to City Hall
[297.2s] and the doors open and we see the four of you
[301.0s] slow motion like hero walking into the place.
[304.6s] And as you are looking around, obviously Kavlaran
[308.8s] Bizarre, I would place you at the front
[311.1s] because you know where you're going.
[313.0s] We interrupt this cool guy walk as a security guard
[317.2s] pops up in front of you and says,
[318.6s] oh, what are you doing here?
[323.6s] Nina, is that you?
[325.2s] Yes, darling, who else did you expect?
[327.4s] Well, it's after hours.
[328.8s] I didn't expect anybody to be coming in tonight.
[332.3s] Which means it must be fucking important
[333.8s] for me to be here, so get out of the way.
[336.6s] Of course, I just have to go.
[339.4s] Just let the supervisor know that you're here
[341.2s] and then you're free to go, okay?
[343.2s] If you could just come sign in as well
[344.7s] and then we'll make sure everything's all ready.
[348.0s] There's a supervisor here as well.
[350.1s] You don't just take the note at night.
[353.7s] No, there's a couple of us.
[355.4s] One of us, he's doing the rounds right now
[357.3s] and I was just watching the front, okay?
[359.2s] If you could just come sign in,
[360.8s] just make sure it's all, everything's fine.
[363.4s] Kav, you too, and you've got friends here.
[366.5s] There's usually no visiting after hours,
[368.7s] but do you know Bonwyn at all?
[370.8s] Oh, yeah, hey, Bonwyn, good to see you.
[373.9s] Hey, how are you?
[375.7s] Great, you're right.
[377.6s] Leonard, you?
[379.3s] I know, how's your sister?
[381.1s] Oh, she's great, yeah, absolutely.
[383.2s] Oh, she's doing good in Kingstown.
[385.1s] I haven't seen her in so long.
[386.7s] She is, she's been, she got into all the arts
[390.1s] and crafts and was like, really,
[392.3s] everybody has one in town here,
[394.1s] so I had to go to the other city to see some more.
[399.1s] As they're chatting, I pull on Nina's sleeve
[401.0s] and I go, Auntie Nina, Auntie Nina,
[403.4s] aren't you gonna show me your office?
[406.1s] Is it true you can fire anybody?
[412.0s] Make a group, either performance or deception check,
[418.6s] whichever you prefer or whichever feels most appropriate
[422.8s] for how your character is acting.
[424.6s] 18. Deception.
[426.5s] I'm just talking to my friend, Leonard.
[428.8s] You're doing great.
[429.6s] Do you really need to perform?
[430.6s] Yeah, you don't have to perform.
[432.8s] You're not lying.
[433.6s] I think you're probably just like, actually,
[435.1s] it's genuine.
[436.4s] How's your sister? I genuinely know, Leonard.
[438.0s] I'm genuinely curious about his sister.
[441.2s] Well, that's a five.
[443.2s] Put him a child who listens to me anyway.
[445.2s] That's two out of three successes, so that works.
[448.3s] He kind of looks over as Alydin starts
[451.9s] loudly talking to Nina and is, you know what?
[456.8s] I'll fill it out.
[457.9s] You go ahead.
[459.2s] I'll let Pip know that you're wandering around
[461.6s] and just be quick, okay?
[464.2s] And thank you.
[466.8s] Good to see you.
[467.6s] Good to see you, Bonwyn.
[468.6s] And he heads over to the front desk.
[469.4s] Yeah, yeah, say hi to Millie for me.
[470.7s] So good to see you.
[472.4s] Did I say we didn't sign in?
[473.6s] We totally did, actually, already.
[476.9s] And I am casting a spell called Gift of Gab.
[480.1s] I pretty much reshaped the memories of listeners
[483.1s] in the immediate area so that they forget everything
[486.6s] that was said in the last six seconds
[488.2s] and then they believe the verbal component,
[491.2s] which is me saying, I did actually sign us all in.
[494.4s] Okay, okay, is there any check or anything for that
[496.8s] or it just happens?
[498.3s] No, it just happens.
[500.2s] And it's a reaction when you take,
[502.9s] when you speak to another creature.
[505.0s] This is a real, these are not the droids
[506.9s] you're looking for situation.
[508.0s] Totally.
[508.8s] Yeah, then absolutely.
[511.3s] Oh yeah, of course, nevermind.
[513.3s] You're good to go.
[514.6s] Well, yeah, great to see you.
[516.8s] Have fun.
[517.6s] He leans down to Alydin.
[518.6s] Have fun looking around.
[519.6s] City Hall is a magical place.
[522.3s] It sure seems so, sir.
[524.1s] Right.
[525.0s] Yes, Alydin, so bureaucracy, let's go.
[527.9s] Making your way down the first hall,
[531.2s] you round a corner and Amy,
[534.5s] what do you see in front of you?
[537.2s] An intern memorial wall.
[543.1s] Poor business practices all over the place.
[546.6s] Alydin Seas is a hallway filled with portraits
[550.5s] of past mayors.
[554.2s] All very ornate.
[557.3s] It's even for a child, she's like, that's too much.
[562.2s] Like that's, it's way too much.
[565.2s] And midway through this hallway,
[568.1s] they have a water fountain, a drinking fountain
[573.3s] that is a basin that just has some free flowing water,
[576.6s] not unlike the gold one that is outside the building,
[581.2s] but kind of a miniature version in here.
[583.9s] And like she could not help herself.
[586.7s] She kind of skips over and goes,
[588.2s] look, it's water inside.
[589.9s] And like, that's a drink from the fountain.
[594.3s] Alydin, you run over to the water fountain.
[597.0s] Everybody kind of stops for a moment.
[599.9s] Everybody make perception check
[602.2s] as you're standing in this hall.
[604.4s] Me too.
[605.9s] Yeah, you with disadvantage
[607.0s] because you're drinking water.
[609.4s] Eight. I feel like it's disadvantage
[610.8s] just because I'm rolling it.
[613.3s] Am I already not disadvantaged?
[615.8s] Just your natural disadvantage.
[617.9s] Yeah, well, I rolled a nine and a 17, so a nine.
[621.8s] Oh.
[623.2s] What's Cav got there?
[625.8s] 11 was my worst.
[627.4s] Okay, great.
[629.5s] Everything seems to be going just fine
[632.4s] as Alydin drinks water
[635.3s] and you begin to move back down the hallway.
[638.7s] You round a couple more corners.
[641.5s] Every now and again, Nina giving a,
[643.8s] or Nina giving a little commentary
[646.9s] on the rooms you're passing,
[649.0s] just in case one of the guard happens to be
[651.0s] up and around the corner.
[652.2s] Yes, so property ownership here
[655.3s] and then there is the business ownership over here.
[660.6s] As you're making your way down to Nina's office
[662.6s] down this last corridor,
[665.2s] you see up ahead something that catches your eye.
[671.3s] Carla, what do you see?
[673.6s] I think I see the aforementioned kitchen
[676.9s] where the donuts are and it's ridiculous.
[682.0s] There's an espresso machine.
[684.0s] There's a bubbly water thing.
[686.7s] There's fridges full of stuff.
[689.6s] Nothing is, these aren't vending machines.
[692.2s] This is just, this is just free for staff.
[695.2s] All kinds of snacks, like a whole little
[698.5s] like airport style vestibule shop of snacks,
[703.2s] but just for staff, which is, you know,
[706.8s] I'm not going hungry, but come on guys.
[710.8s] Exactly.
[712.4s] For those playing the home game,
[713.8s] Amy just raised her hand for Alydin.
[715.5s] Yeah, like there's a whole slew of
[719.7s] underfed people on this town.
[721.8s] Not that I begrudge people, free snacks at work,
[724.6s] but this is just, it's too much.
[726.4s] This is very much situational.
[729.4s] Yeah, and wrong.
[731.2s] Pull up your character sheet.
[732.4s] You're going to make a check here
[733.8s] to see if you can resist the snacks.
[740.4s] I mean, I don't know if I could.
[742.8s] You're a starving kid on the street.
[744.6s] Shiny apples, bananas, like just-
[748.4s] This food is kept cold.
[751.8s] Yeah.
[752.6s] Somehow, like.
[754.2s] I mean, I feel like survival is the check to make there.
[760.7s] Would you-
[761.5s] It's a lot of instincts.
[763.8s] So rolling us, for Alydin specifically,
[766.8s] rolling a successful survival check
[769.3s] would be me running and getting snacks.
[771.8s] Would be you running and getting snacks, yep.
[774.4s] Watch Nat 20, here it comes.
[776.6s] Totally, this is Amy's best roll.
[778.2s] No, no, it's a three, so just regular.
[782.1s] Plus two, a five.
[785.6s] I'm tugging on Baldwin's sleeve like,
[788.1s] look, look, look at all the food.
[791.0s] I know.
[791.9s] Look at all the food.
[792.7s] I know.
[793.6s] Maybe just see what looks good
[799.5s] and we'll go get it tomorrow.
[803.1s] I want you to have these things, but like.
[807.0s] Do they know how many there are?
[808.7s] If I take one, will they know?
[810.8s] I don't know.
[813.0s] Honestly, I didn't expect it to be like this.
[815.4s] I've only been in City Hall to get my business license
[818.4s] and pay my taxes.
[819.6s] I haven't been back here.
[820.4s] Maybe on the way out?
[821.7s] Maybe on the way out?
[823.5s] Maybe on the way out.
[824.6s] Honestly, I kind of want to swipe something.
[826.4s] After I saw those gold ornate frames,
[829.4s] everything in here is so ostentatious.
[831.0s] I hate it.
[834.1s] Filled with hope.
[835.1s] Out of Nina's voice, I kind of lay down and say,
[837.2s] you should totally take something.
[838.9s] They really just garner how much was there
[842.3s] versus the last day and if they need to order more,
[844.4s] they kind of just fill it in as a need by basis.
[847.4s] They don't actually keep track
[848.4s] of the inventory in that manner.
[851.8s] So yeah, we can take some on the way out, for sure.
[854.4s] Yeah, on the way out.
[855.3s] I don't want it to weigh me down.
[857.2s] Yeah, good thinking.
[859.6s] Because I'm going to fill this bucket.
[861.3s] Yeah.
[862.1s] The three adults in the situation continue walking
[864.1s] and we see Alydin just longingly looking
[866.6s] at the slow walk right past the kitchen door
[870.4s] until one of you reaches back and there's just a yoink.
[876.2s] And you make your way down to the end of this hall
[878.6s] and there's a sign up on the wall
[883.9s] that says Mayoral Assistant Nina C. Madonna.
[890.4s] You go to open the door.
[893.3s] Who goes to open the door?
[895.4s] Nina.
[896.2s] Nina, obviously.
[897.6s] Good call.
[898.4s] Nina goes to open the door and it is locked.
[904.8s] Yes, I seem to have forgotten my keys.
[909.3s] That's okay because we're not moving around.
[911.7s] I don't know what I'm doing.
[914.0s] That's amazing.
[914.8s] It's good to just stay in character.
[916.3s] The thing was locked and then just four sets of dead eyes
[920.1s] like, well, what the fuck do we do now?
[922.3s] Shit, it's locked, turn around.
[924.8s] I'm going home, get the canoe on the way out.
[927.2s] We couldn't have anticipated this.
[929.9s] I will use my thief's tools to try to open the door.
[934.9s] Please do, sleight of hand.
[936.6s] You fucking problem solver is what you are.
[937.9s] That is a 14.
[942.5s] Yeah, you bend down and quickly move.
[946.8s] I don't bend down.
[947.8s] I'm very short. You're the same height.
[949.6s] You reach your tools and you hear a click
[953.7s] and the door unlocks and creaks open
[956.9s] into a very stark and empty space.
[961.9s] This isn't what I thought her office would look like.
[964.9s] This isn't what her office looks like.
[967.7s] There's usually a large desk in her office.
[971.6s] Again, there should be some drawers, isn't there?
[974.6s] Auntie Nina, did you move offices?
[977.4s] No, I do not believe I did.
[981.6s] You hear footsteps down at the far end of the hallway.
[986.9s] Sounds like heavy, two sets of footsteps.
[990.8s] You don't see them yet,
[991.9s] but you hear them coming from down the corridors.
[994.7s] Do I recognize my friend Leonard's voice?
[997.5s] You don't hear a voice.
[999.2s] Is there anywhere to be like out of sight?
[1001.9s] There's in this room, there's back in the kitchen
[1005.0s] and there is another door, which you know is a staircase
[1010.2s] that would go up to the next floor.
[1012.8s] I mean, we've got Nina with us.
[1014.1s] We don't need to act sneaky.
[1016.4s] True.
[1017.3s] Unless this is Nina,
[1019.2s] but maybe your niece wants some snacks, Nina.
[1022.7s] Why don't we go get some snacks?
[1025.1s] Yeah.
[1026.4s] Auntie, I'm so hungry.
[1028.7s] Let's double back to that kitchen.
[1030.8s] Absolutely.
[1031.6s] Head back down to the kitchen.
[1032.5s] You get in there.
[1033.3s] Alydin, you are at this point.
[1034.9s] Welcome to dive into all of the food that's in there.
[1037.8s] Oh, I'm filling my bucket, literally.
[1041.3s] And the footsteps are getting louder
[1043.4s] and they're coming towards your location.
[1045.2s] And as you are all making small talk,
[1050.9s] trying to look nonchAlydint,
[1053.6s] around the corner you see Leonard and another guard
[1059.0s] who only if you don't know him,
[1060.2s] well, three of you would probably know him
[1061.9s] because you worked there, would be Pip,
[1064.6s] the head security guard for tonight.
[1066.4s] Is everything okay down here?
[1068.5s] We heard, yeah, we just heard one of the alarms go off
[1071.6s] and just wanted to make sure that everything was okay.
[1074.7s] We're just getting some snacks.
[1077.1s] Oh, okay.
[1078.0s] I didn't know that Auntie Nina worked in a place
[1080.2s] that had so much food.
[1081.6s] You guys are the coolest.
[1083.6s] Well.
[1085.2s] I wanna work here when I'm older.
[1087.9s] My mouth is full of food.
[1092.4s] It is quite good.
[1094.3s] Okay, well, we'll just go down and reset the alarm
[1098.5s] on your door there, no problem.
[1100.8s] And be on our way.
[1104.3s] Yeah, that's weird.
[1105.8s] Did you go into your office down at the end there?
[1108.4s] Leonard goes and heads down to check the door.
[1110.5s] I nod my head with the food in my mouth.
[1114.5s] Auntie Nina said that it was unlocked
[1117.2s] and then she said something about
[1119.1s] incompetent ass hats not locking up
[1123.0s] and then I, was I not supposed to say that?
[1126.6s] Make a, make an intimidation role, Alydin.
[1133.2s] Could be supported with assistance
[1136.2s] by Kyle being Nina here, so with advantage.
[1140.9s] Fucking need advantage.
[1142.7s] God damn it, 12?
[1144.7s] Sure.
[1146.2s] Yeah, he looks to Nina who's stuffing their face.
[1150.3s] Do you give like a look to support this, Kyle?
[1153.3s] Yeah, big time.
[1154.6s] Okay, cool.
[1155.7s] He's like pointing like.
[1157.4s] The eyebrow is up.
[1158.6s] Okay, we'll go make sure that everything's reset
[1161.7s] and you just have a great night, everybody.
[1165.3s] Eat up.
[1166.7s] Not necessary, no.
[1167.8s] No, don't reset, okay.
[1170.6s] Okay, well we'll just go deactivate
[1173.7s] and then leave it and you can reset it on your way out.
[1176.4s] Appreciate it.
[1177.2s] Thank you, darling.
[1178.0s] He goes down to check on Leonard
[1179.0s] and then after a brief moment,
[1180.3s] the two of them come back and say,
[1181.6s] all right, have a good night.
[1182.5s] We'll see you on your way out.
[1183.6s] Bye, misters.
[1184.6s] As you hear their footsteps getting farther
[1186.8s] in the distance,
[1188.2s] you can go back down to the office if you would like
[1190.8s] or what you thought was the office anyways.
[1193.9s] Yeah.
[1194.7s] You go back down there and now when you look in,
[1197.0s] the room has Gwenda Laveer's desk inside of it.
[1199.8s] There is a chair and a small desk
[1202.6s] and Bizard, you get the desk,
[1207.2s] which is odd because right now you would probably
[1210.5s] be the one to do this for Nina
[1212.4s] and it's not coming to mind
[1215.4s] but you have the feeling some enchantment
[1217.1s] or illusion was placed upon the room.
[1219.8s] Huh, that's very odd.
[1223.5s] We'll be right back.
[1227.5s] It's the middle.
[1229.5s] Welcome to the middle of this season finale,
[1232.8s] season three finale.
[1234.8s] It's all coming to an end.
[1235.8s] Should we sing old Lang Syne or something?
[1237.9s] Yeah, I feel like today there's a very in the air,
[1241.2s] like everything's wrapping up.
[1243.6s] Should, oh, no, no.
[1246.9s] Not really.
[1247.8s] No, it doesn't.
[1248.6s] It's not really how, spoiler alert,
[1251.7s] we're coming back with these characters next season.
[1254.3s] So cat's out of the bag.
[1256.8s] But yeah, this is, I love this episode.
[1260.8s] It's very silly.
[1262.5s] It's a nice end to the season.
[1266.3s] I mean, the whole season has been great.
[1267.8s] You know, we made it just so we could introduce
[1270.2s] the characters and the world and the friends
[1272.2s] and all that sort of stuff.
[1274.0s] But going out on this little caper is wonderful.
[1277.9s] And then when you keep listening,
[1279.3s] cause that's what you're gonna do,
[1280.5s] you're gonna come back and be like-
[1282.2s] More gonna happen.
[1283.1s] More's gonna happen next season.
[1285.4s] More's gonna happen, yeah.
[1287.7s] We're picking up basically right where we leave off.
[1290.4s] So there won't be any time jumps,
[1294.2s] any time streams, any move forward 10 years,
[1298.7s] any of that bullshit that I've ever pulled in the past.
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[1305.8s] So we are not releasing regular episodes
[1309.6s] through the summer, but there is gonna be
[1313.0s] some little, some little bite size,
[1315.7s] little bits coming out, some little snacks.
[1318.0s] Yeah, so we're still figuring those out,
[1320.9s] but yeah, little just NPC interactions around the town,
[1325.9s] which will be set before the events of this episode.
[1332.1s] Yes.
[1333.0s] Yeah, so we'll get to know some of the other people
[1335.0s] in the town, which hopefully we get to see more of
[1337.6s] in the coming season.
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[1477.1s] That's very odd.
[1480.0s] Who did this?
[1483.8s] Who did this?
[1486.0s] Okay.
[1488.4s] Well, other magic users seem to be abound
[1492.8s] because I didn't set this up.
[1496.5s] So that was like a magic trick.
[1497.9s] It just looked like it was empty,
[1499.2s] but it's not empty.
[1501.6s] Yeah, no, it's 100% not empty.
[1504.4s] I didn't do this.
[1506.5s] I mean, you know, the arcane locks.
[1510.7s] I should have thought about that, but.
[1516.4s] So what do we do now?
[1519.4s] I mean.
[1520.5s] Well, it's tripped now, right?
[1522.1s] It is like a trap, but now it's tripped
[1524.0s] so we can go in now.
[1525.7s] But like the tripped trap is already tripped.
[1528.4s] What if there's another trap
[1529.4s] waiting to be tripped inside?
[1531.6s] Alydin is just sitting there like
[1533.8s] eyes going back and forth between all of them
[1536.1s] and being like, I don't know what the hell is going on.
[1538.9s] I say we just keep tripping the traps.
[1541.4s] Well, they already know we're here, right?
[1543.2s] So like.
[1544.3s] They already know we're here.
[1546.1s] It'd be super weird if you brought your niece
[1548.0s] on a tour and you didn't bring her to your office.
[1551.0s] That would be weird.
[1552.5s] Auntie Nina. That's true.
[1554.2s] All right, yeah, let's do it.
[1555.9s] Plus it makes me think there's something good in here
[1558.4s] because why would she do that if there was nothing?
[1561.6s] If it's just an administrative office,
[1565.0s] why would you need a trick?
[1566.6s] Kavlarne, do you have a super important job
[1569.4s] where you need to have some magic on your door?
[1573.4s] Absolutely not.
[1577.1s] It definitely means there's something to hide
[1580.0s] rather than something to keep secure.
[1582.6s] All right, I'll show you that cabinet.
[1584.7s] We may be getting there.
[1586.4s] You go into this first office area
[1589.1s] and make your way to the door, Kavlarne.
[1591.1s] You reach for the handle and it is unlocked
[1595.4s] and swings open.
[1597.9s] See, that's the first door I was expecting.
[1602.7s] It's the door within the door.
[1604.6s] Why can't we?
[1606.1s] Oh, well.
[1607.0s] Can't even barely open this.
[1607.8s] You'll see.
[1608.9s] Is it another magic thing?
[1610.2s] You kind of just have to kind of scooch on through.
[1612.7s] Okay, I'm not really built for scooching, but okay.
[1617.4s] Everybody scooches in, I guess.
[1621.8s] Who goes first, Kavlarne?
[1623.4s] Sure, yeah.
[1624.2s] Kavlarne.
[1625.1s] Nina will follow.
[1625.9s] Kavlarne scooches in followed by Bazaar Nina
[1629.0s] and Kavlarne, you are climbing up onto the desk
[1632.2s] to make room and Bonwyn, you and Alydin,
[1634.8s] as you enter, you see that this room,
[1637.4s] the majority of it is filled with a massive desk,
[1640.4s] hence the lack of ability to open the door
[1643.1s] and everybody just kind of scooching in around you.
[1646.0s] Okay, how does she work like this?
[1648.5s] I don't know, but apparently she's great at her job.
[1651.1s] You can throw chickens across this desk.
[1653.6s] You really could.
[1654.6s] Absolutely.
[1655.4s] Very true.
[1657.3s] Bonwyn, it's that one right there
[1659.3s] and the two bottom drawers on it
[1661.5s] are the ones with the locks on it.
[1663.2s] Okay.
[1665.0s] I assume now I have my hands in the air
[1667.8s] and I'm scooching around the side to fit.
[1672.8s] Thank goodness Kav just climbed right up on the desk,
[1675.4s] so he's not in the way anymore.
[1677.0s] Eliminate that problem.
[1679.1s] Yeah, because assuming the filing cabinet
[1681.2s] is like the opposite, like kitty corner,
[1684.5s] diagonally across from the door we just came in.
[1687.3s] On the opposite wall there,
[1688.6s] so you would have to go to the other side, but yeah.
[1691.0s] No checks necessary to get around.
[1693.6s] You can get to the cabinet.
[1697.0s] So these ones aren't locked, these top ones, they're?
[1699.8s] Yeah, the top three, they just have like
[1702.2s] personnel files and that sort of thing in it.
[1704.3s] Did you read any?
[1705.4s] I mean, I may be dipped into Oak's fun fact
[1708.8s] because mom is barred from City Hall.
[1711.7s] Oh my God, I'm so not surprised
[1714.1s] she was banned from our high school too.
[1716.3s] No.
[1719.2s] Oak, some things never change.
[1721.6s] Next time we do boys night, I'm getting the full story.
[1724.9s] Oh my goodness, she's a lovely woman,
[1727.0s] but oh boy, does love her son.
[1731.4s] Does really love her son.
[1733.8s] Okay, I am going to try to open
[1736.4s] the second from the bottom drawer.
[1738.6s] Okay.
[1739.4s] I pull out my thieves tools
[1740.5s] and I'm about to just like dig in there
[1742.6s] and then I think,
[1745.2s] well, maybe this is better.
[1748.3s] Investigation.
[1749.1s] Oh, Nat 20 plus four.
[1751.8s] Oh shit, what's up?
[1753.9s] Fuck it, I know the model and serial number
[1756.1s] of this filing cabinet.
[1758.3s] So with a Nat 20, I'll give you both locks.
[1761.2s] The top one, you are examining it
[1763.7s] and there is a small hole,
[1767.7s] which to you, having done a lot of metal work
[1770.7s] and that sort of thing,
[1771.6s] have worked with locks on your own projects.
[1775.4s] There's a small hole which doesn't seem
[1777.8s] to be connected or important
[1780.5s] to the actual locking mechanism.
[1782.8s] And on the bottom one,
[1784.9s] there is like,
[1787.4s] there's a very subtle vibration
[1791.9s] coming from the actual lock itself.
[1794.5s] Like not as you're approaching it,
[1796.7s] you don't really sense it
[1797.9s] and as you're kind of fumbling around
[1800.4s] with your tools, you don't really sense it,
[1801.6s] but it's once you kind of stop
[1803.1s] and take a moment,
[1804.0s] like there's just a slight hum sound
[1807.0s] that's coming from it.
[1810.2s] Okay, this doesn't make any sense,
[1811.4s] but this is what I want to try to do.
[1814.0s] Especially with that bottom one that's buzzing,
[1816.2s] is from my pouch, pull out a magnet
[1820.2s] and like run the magnet over it
[1822.2s] and see if that,
[1823.3s] I'm trying to decouse it.
[1826.8s] Sure.
[1827.6s] It's like what I'm,
[1828.5s] that's what Carla's thinking,
[1830.3s] but like see if I can disrupt the flow
[1833.2s] of whatever is vibrating.
[1834.8s] Sure, yeah.
[1836.2s] Cause I don't know how magic works.
[1837.4s] No, you don't.
[1838.2s] So you put the,
[1839.6s] so you have a magnet on your person,
[1841.5s] you are, you run it past.
[1844.7s] Like there's a slight pull as you,
[1848.0s] as it moves past,
[1849.8s] but then you see,
[1851.6s] and bizarre as you're kind of stepping in,
[1855.6s] as you're seeing kind of,
[1856.8s] there's something funky happening here.
[1858.3s] You see this electric shock
[1859.9s] that shoots out of the lower lock towards the magnet,
[1863.2s] which gives you Bonwyn,
[1865.9s] more than a static shock,
[1867.6s] it causes you to drop the magnet on the floor.
[1870.6s] Kind of recoil.
[1872.1s] Ouch.
[1873.5s] Ooh.
[1874.6s] What do you,
[1875.5s] do you know what's causing that?
[1877.3s] Ooh, hard to say without seeing the inside of it,
[1881.0s] but some form of,
[1883.6s] some form of enchantment placed upon it.
[1887.0s] So I don't,
[1889.1s] don't have a way to dispel this though.
[1891.6s] Okay.
[1892.4s] Well, related question.
[1894.8s] The one above,
[1895.6s] see this little hole?
[1896.6s] What's that about do you think?
[1898.1s] Is it gonna shoot gas in my face
[1899.5s] or an arrow or something?
[1902.9s] Could be,
[1903.7s] or possibly maybe it's the actual keyhole
[1907.2s] and the keyhole is a ruse.
[1910.3s] And just cause I already had the magnet,
[1911.7s] I'm also just gonna magnet the top,
[1914.0s] cause why not?
[1914.8s] Yeah, it's,
[1916.1s] see if that does anything.
[1916.9s] Magnet the top one,
[1917.8s] it sticks as you would presume
[1920.1s] it would stick to a metal lock.
[1922.4s] I'm gonna search under desk
[1923.4s] for something that might be the exact diameter
[1926.2s] of that hole.
[1927.4s] Like maybe something very inconspicuous
[1929.9s] that would be on a desk that,
[1932.3s] once you look at it,
[1933.2s] you're like, okay, let's go.
[1934.3s] Sure, make an investigation roll please.
[1937.7s] Sick.
[1938.5s] That's a 14.
[1939.7s] Okay.
[1940.5s] Can I also crawl under the desk
[1942.2s] and investigate too?
[1943.4s] Sure, you roll a separate investigation.
[1946.2s] So searching around on the top of the desk.
[1953.0s] Searching around to the top of the desk,
[1954.4s] there's like stacks of papers that you see,
[1957.5s] there's a big notepad in the center
[1960.1s] that doesn't have anything really
[1962.2s] of any importance mentioned in it.
[1964.4s] You pull open the center drawer
[1968.1s] and there's a series of pencils and quills.
[1971.2s] You don't see anything that looks like,
[1975.2s] like she's got hair pins,
[1977.6s] there are thumb tacks,
[1979.1s] there are push pins,
[1981.0s] like a sewing needle.
[1983.3s] So a couple things that would,
[1985.3s] that could fit in there,
[1986.9s] but nothing that looks like a locking mechanism device.
[1992.0s] Well, going back to the other idea
[1993.4s] of it being some kind of gas emitter,
[1997.1s] is there, you know,
[1998.4s] and I look around for,
[1999.6s] since it's a windowless room,
[2001.3s] I'm gonna look for a candle.
[2003.1s] Yes, so there are two sconces on the wall,
[2007.1s] both that have candles set in them
[2009.5s] that are half burned down at this point.
[2011.6s] I'm gonna light one real quick,
[2013.2s] get some like, you know,
[2014.5s] semi-melted wax, ball it up,
[2017.2s] and shove it in that hole.
[2018.4s] Okay.
[2020.2s] So you do that,
[2021.4s] stuff that little hole with wax.
[2024.8s] Okay, now I'll try and open it.
[2026.3s] Okay, a sleight of hand, please.
[2030.2s] 14.
[2031.1s] You get to work and same as the door,
[2033.0s] you feel the locking mechanism catch,
[2035.0s] and as it catches,
[2036.4s] you feel something else inside the lock catch.
[2042.4s] Give me a dexterity saving throw.
[2045.5s] Oh, nat 20 again.
[2047.6s] Okay.
[2049.3s] So be it-
[2050.4s] Plus six, 26.
[2052.5s] Be it the, that's very good.
[2055.7s] So be it your attention is heightened a little bit
[2058.7s] after being shocked,
[2060.0s] plus the addition of the wax,
[2063.3s] you pull your hands back as that happens,
[2065.8s] and this needle shoots out of that little hole,
[2068.7s] slow at first as it works through the wax,
[2071.2s] and then propels itself through the wax
[2073.6s] that Bazaar has placed there.
[2075.7s] But I get out of the way in time.
[2077.6s] Yeah, you do.
[2078.4s] You are fine, yeah.
[2079.2s] Sweet.
[2080.8s] Then does the drawer open?
[2082.2s] Then, yeah, you sensed that it unlocked,
[2084.5s] so now if you so desire,
[2086.5s] you could open the mechanism and pull the drawer open.
[2091.2s] Well, a flying needle is rude.
[2093.4s] How does she open her own drawer?
[2096.1s] That's a great question.
[2097.7s] The key itself would keep the needle
[2099.3s] from coming out, darling.
[2100.8s] Oh, oh, sure, of course.
[2102.3s] That's what she would say.
[2104.0s] I'm gonna pull open the drawer.
[2105.0s] Okay, drawer slides open,
[2107.0s] and everybody's kinda crowded around Bonwyn.
[2110.5s] Inside is, I mean, I don't know how exciting
[2115.4s] you want me to make the description of books are,
[2117.6s] but there are several ledgers inside of this.
[2120.6s] You know what, let Kavlaran describe
[2123.4s] how excited he is to see these books, right?
[2127.5s] Because I look in, Alydin is just like,
[2129.7s] yeah, those are books.
[2132.4s] I bet Kavlaran has a different feeling.
[2134.9s] Kavlaran has never been so happy
[2137.1s] as to see nondescript, plain ledger-type books.
[2143.4s] And that's exactly what they are.
[2144.7s] There's nothing inherently special about these.
[2149.2s] They're not a special color.
[2150.4s] They're just plain beige, large ledger books.
[2156.7s] Three of them stacked on top of each other
[2159.0s] inside of this drawer.
[2161.2s] Guys, I think we just found the good stuff.
[2163.8s] Nice. The raw ones?
[2165.6s] The raw ones, exactly.
[2167.8s] Kav touches his nose.
[2169.3s] So are you gonna grab them?
[2172.1s] I mean, yeah, just gonna flip one open
[2176.4s] and take a little look-see, Russ.
[2178.0s] Pull it out and flip it open,
[2179.8s] and there are extensive entries on money,
[2184.9s] tax dollars, investments, payments
[2189.2s] from different organizations,
[2191.4s] all coming in to and out of the mayoral office.
[2196.0s] Is there like a tab system
[2198.1s] and one might say like fraud on it?
[2200.3s] It doesn't say-
[2201.2s] Some people don't look for the obvious.
[2202.4s] Extortion.
[2203.2s] Obvious, okay.
[2204.1s] It has-
[2205.7s] Misappropriated funds.
[2207.1s] It has single letter tabs down the side,
[2210.2s] and they happen to be F-R-A-U-D
[2213.8s] as the different sections.
[2215.4s] So I mean, in a sense, that's what it is.
[2218.6s] Perhaps it was an oversight.
[2220.0s] Perhaps they knew exactly what they were doing.
[2222.2s] It's too early to tell.
[2223.0s] Subconsciously.
[2223.8s] Yeah, it's too.
[2224.7s] Yeah.
[2225.5s] But yes, it appears to you
[2227.6s] that these books are what you have been looking for.
[2231.2s] Okay, this should be,
[2232.7s] I mean, I'm gonna have to take a closer look at it,
[2234.7s] but this should be everything we need.
[2236.6s] Amazing.
[2238.0s] I wanna pull out that drawer.
[2241.8s] Okay.
[2242.6s] To see if I can get to the one behind.
[2244.4s] Okay.
[2246.2s] Circumventing whatever the thing is on it.
[2249.2s] Okay, so you pull out the drawer,
[2250.8s] and before it,
[2254.0s] I'm a jackass.
[2254.8s] We all die.
[2255.8s] Before it reaches the end
[2257.8s] to where you'd be able to,
[2258.6s] like, k-k-k-k, the drawer,
[2260.4s] it hits the desk behind you.
[2262.0s] You hit the desk,
[2262.9s] and there's no room to pull it completely out.
[2265.5s] Of course.
[2268.4s] Bonwyn, it might be good to look
[2269.9s] if there's a way to reset that needle,
[2272.2s] just so we can get this back into the-
[2275.3s] You're so right.
[2276.2s] Yeah, great, great thought.
[2278.0s] Can somebody, can you,
[2279.6s] I can't even reach that.
[2280.8s] It's, like, over on the other side of the,
[2282.4s] can you, you've got long-
[2283.3s] I got it, don't worry.
[2284.1s] I'll climb over the desk.
[2285.0s] Don't worry about it.
[2285.8s] Yeah, you've got good reach
[2286.6s] with those arms of yours.
[2287.5s] Do you notice any other pinholes?
[2289.2s] Like, she set it off by accident,
[2291.2s] and there's just, like,
[2292.0s] the wall is just filled with-
[2294.3s] Poor Gwen Devere.
[2296.3s] Just, like, went to go grab something,
[2298.1s] so I'm just like, ah!
[2299.1s] One thing that was to not describe Gwen Devere
[2303.0s] was her eye patch.
[2304.2s] That's true, yeah.
[2305.9s] Yeah, right?
[2306.8s] Classic Gwen Devere.
[2310.7s] Her eye patch and her single deflated
[2312.4s] breast implant.
[2313.2s] Gwen Devere, that, yeah.
[2314.0s] So, yeah, I'm gonna see if I can just, like,
[2316.3s] put it back in and reset it and close it.
[2319.4s] Let's make one more sleight of hand check.
[2326.6s] Nah, 25.
[2327.7s] Okay.
[2328.6s] My god, your rolls are good.
[2329.9s] I have not done a really good roll tonight.
[2332.2s] I have not done a really good roll tonight.
[2333.0s] I have not done a really good roll tonight.
[2333.8s] Killing it.
[2334.7s] Yeah, you are, you're able to reset the,
[2337.1s] you're able to reset the needle and the lock itself
[2340.8s] and secure it so that it appears as if
[2345.3s] you had just walked in there.
[2348.0s] I assume you're getting up and,
[2349.5s] everybody's leaving now?
[2350.8s] We just, I just-
[2351.7s] I really wanna try and open that other drawer,
[2354.4s] but- I was just gonna say.
[2356.0s] But we got what we came for.
[2358.3s] It may be good to take our own note
[2360.8s] and not be greedy like the government
[2363.2s] they're trying to expose.
[2365.4s] Touché.
[2366.2s] Yeah.
[2367.1s] Buzzkill.
[2368.1s] I'm-
[2368.9s] Party pooper.
[2369.8s] Curious as all get out, don't get me wrong.
[2372.1s] Well, next time we break into City Hall,
[2374.9s] we'll check in-
[2375.8s] When will we have this opportunity again?
[2377.9s] Next time we won't be breaking in, I hope.
[2380.9s] Alydin just looks confused.
[2383.4s] Everybody make an investigation roll
[2387.3s] as you are resetting the room.
[2389.2s] This is not to necessarily find things,
[2391.5s] but to make sure it looks like you,
[2394.7s] it was when you came in.
[2396.5s] We're never there.
[2397.3s] God, fuck me.
[2399.0s] 22.
[2399.8s] Rolled a seven, got a plus four, 11.
[2403.7s] Okay.
[2404.8s] All in all, everything looks as it was
[2407.2s] when you came in.
[2409.2s] Bonwyn, as you are thinking about
[2411.5s] going for that second lock again
[2413.4s] with a different way,
[2414.8s] you notice that there's a little bit of wax
[2416.7s] that you missed on the first cleanup
[2418.5s] and you managed to take that with you.
[2421.2s] But everybody else, everything looks fine.
[2423.7s] You've, from filtering over the desk,
[2426.7s] you've put all the papers back
[2427.9s] to where you think they were.
[2429.1s] Everything appears to be in good order.
[2432.2s] I've scrubbed off the boot print off the desk.
[2435.1s] Yeah.
[2435.9s] Everything looks as it was when you came in.
[2438.6s] You reset the doors as you leave.
[2441.0s] You, I guess you probably wouldn't be the ones
[2445.0s] to reset the room.
[2446.0s] You could delegate that to the security guards
[2448.5s] on the way out.
[2449.8s] We see you leave the office and walk past the kitchen
[2453.6s] and then, Alydin, you double back
[2455.4s] to grab a whole bunch of food
[2456.8s] and pile it in your bucket.
[2458.4s] Oh yeah, that bucket's full.
[2460.4s] Okay.
[2461.4s] And pockets.
[2462.4s] You make your way back out the front
[2464.2s] and wave to the security guards who say,
[2466.4s] oh, tour all over?
[2469.3s] Do you think you're gonna be making it
[2470.8s] into City Hall when you grow up?
[2472.6s] You know what?
[2473.4s] I learned so much about how the government runs
[2476.7s] and how good it is to be on top.
[2479.8s] It really is, isn't it?
[2481.5s] Yeah, that's the best place to be.
[2483.0s] Yeah, yeah.
[2484.2s] Wow.
[2485.0s] Well, smart kids these days.
[2487.2s] Who needs school, right?
[2489.0s] Right?
[2489.9s] Yeah.
[2490.7s] Exactly, Darius.
[2492.5s] Well, you all have a good night.
[2493.5s] We'll go reset your office.
[2494.8s] No problem.
[2495.6s] Have a good night, everybody.
[2497.2s] Give them thank yous, bows, and head on our way.
[2500.1s] I almost said, love you, bye.
[2501.9s] Cause that was, love you, bye.
[2503.7s] I mean, maybe you would say that to Leonard.
[2505.5s] Maybe.
[2506.8s] Quick footsteps now back down to City Hall.
[2509.5s] Not trying to be conspicuous,
[2510.7s] but moving fast just in case.
[2513.7s] And make your way back down to the fountain
[2515.6s] where you are, I guess this is the point
[2518.5s] where you can go your separate ways,
[2520.2s] but a little check in before you do that.
[2524.0s] All right, so I've got what I need.
[2526.2s] I'm gonna have to go back to Kingstown
[2528.7s] and show this to my bosses.
[2532.3s] But it shouldn't be long and I'll probably be back,
[2535.8s] I don't know, three or four or five days.
[2537.1s] It would be best to get out of town
[2538.4s] with those while you can.
[2539.6s] Absolutely.
[2540.4s] Should we like take copies or something?
[2544.6s] Why I'm just wondering, cause you know,
[2547.0s] if I've learned anything,
[2548.9s] it's that you can't trust the people in power.
[2552.7s] And what if they assassinate Kavlaran I.
[2558.8s] I mean, I hope not.
[2560.4s] Kavlaran how long would it take you
[2561.9s] to transcribe one of these books into your own?
[2568.1s] You know what, I could get one done tonight for sure.
[2571.5s] Would that hold up though?
[2574.0s] Oh no, I would take the originals with me
[2576.8s] and I'd leave you the copy, just so there was something.
[2581.2s] They're gonna need to see these ones.
[2583.3s] No point in having a copy if you've got the original
[2585.6s] as you're taking it where it needs to go.
[2587.7s] What if they're taking money from like Kinney and stuff?
[2592.6s] You guys know Kinney, right?
[2594.2s] From what I saw, it looks like they're taking money
[2596.3s] from everyone.
[2597.1s] Yeah, but like, what if we were able to look at it all
[2601.8s] and then, you know, and then we know some stuff
[2608.5s] because it's important to know stuff.
[2611.6s] You know when you know something about somebody
[2614.5s] and they don't want anybody else to know that thing,
[2618.2s] right?
[2619.0s] So they might be more likely to do the thing
[2622.8s] that you want them to do or something like that
[2625.7s] that I heard other people say that I have never done.
[2628.9s] I feel like guys, I don't know the whole plan.
[2632.5s] Well, cause we're just making it up as we go.
[2634.8s] Yeah.
[2635.6s] What?
[2636.5s] I mean, now we maybe have proof of the corruption.
[2639.4s] Perfect.
[2640.7s] Now we get proof of the corruption to the authorities.
[2643.8s] What if they take it and they don't do anything?
[2646.4s] Then we just gave them all of our stuff.
[2648.8s] They'll do something.
[2650.4s] They can't let this sort of thing,
[2653.7s] now that it's going to be public,
[2655.4s] like word will get out.
[2658.9s] So they will have to react.
[2660.4s] Who are the easiest people to fleece?
[2662.9s] The people who wouldn't notice something missing.
[2666.1s] And who is that?
[2668.1s] Mobility.
[2669.1s] The nobles.
[2670.0s] The nobles.
[2671.2s] Let's see if they've been fleecing the nobles
[2673.7s] for anything and then if we can get even,
[2676.4s] I mean, cause whether they notice it or not,
[2678.3s] they do care about their money.
[2680.8s] And if he loses the nobles,
[2683.4s] then that in and of itself could be,
[2686.2s] you know, a good stepping stone.
[2688.8s] Now, listen,
[2691.2s] I don't know much,
[2692.8s] but what I do know is that
[2694.4s] you can't trust people with money.
[2696.6s] Wait, did you mean that you can't trust people
[2699.7s] as in giving them money,
[2700.6s] as in I shouldn't give you money anymore,
[2702.0s] or you mean people who-
[2702.9s] Or the ones who already have money.
[2703.7s] No, you can't keep giving me money.
[2707.0s] No, that's not what I meant at all.
[2708.7s] But I mean like, those guys across the river,
[2711.9s] they know that there are kids like me down here.
[2719.0s] And just cause you know about something
[2721.4s] doesn't mean you're gonna do anything about it.
[2723.6s] So I don't know if,
[2726.5s] I hope Kavlarin that you're right,
[2729.2s] but how do you know that once you give this over
[2731.8s] and that's all you got,
[2733.4s] that they're gonna do the thing
[2734.6s] you hope they're gonna do?
[2736.4s] So are you saying we should
[2738.4s] just make the information public?
[2740.9s] Maybe?
[2741.9s] And put them on blast?
[2743.8s] Ooh.
[2745.4s] Tell the town criers?
[2746.8s] I don't know,
[2747.7s] but I think that if you were to just tell
[2750.0s] some rich people that other rich people
[2752.1s] are being jerks,
[2753.1s] they'll be like,
[2754.7s] okay.
[2756.3s] Okay.
[2757.2s] And maybe that makes me a cynical 14 year old.
[2760.8s] And maybe I'm jaded.
[2763.8s] I don't think you're wrong.
[2765.0s] Maybe an aggressive poster campaign
[2766.9s] with some very pertinent information on it
[2770.5s] would go a long way.
[2772.4s] We could make posters.
[2773.3s] I've got plenty of parchment back at my shop.
[2778.0s] I can summon an extra set of hands
[2780.6s] to help us kind of scribe things down
[2783.3s] if we want to go that route.
[2785.0s] That's very forward.
[2788.2s] How about this?
[2790.2s] Why don't we just sleep on it?
[2792.0s] We've got the books.
[2792.9s] Cav, maybe if you don't mind,
[2794.5s] go look through them.
[2795.9s] Get sort of a general sense of
[2798.0s] just how bad it is.
[2800.4s] And then we can meet up tomorrow morning
[2804.4s] and figure out our plan.
[2805.6s] To take down the government.
[2808.0s] To take down the government.
[2809.6s] That's right, Alydin.
[2811.0s] Kavlarne with books in hand going to review,
[2813.4s] everybody going to just take the night,
[2815.9s] rest,
[2816.7s] and come up with a plan on the next morning.
[2819.8s] Everybody goes back to their own homes.
[2823.0s] We follow Bonwyn back to Everbane's
[2825.2s] and you open the door and head in for the night,
[2829.3s] closing and locking it behind you.
[2831.1s] And there's a few things that Thane hasn't done
[2833.2s] because they're your usual activities.
[2837.1s] You want to walk us through that a little bit here?
[2839.4s] I think that Thane probably goes around
[2842.4s] and like, you know, banks all the fires and stuff,
[2845.6s] but I just in an excess of caution
[2850.0s] after he goes, so he doesn't know.
[2852.2s] Just go and double check.
[2853.5s] So I just kind of go around
[2855.5s] and make sure like everything is safe.
[2857.3s] Like this, I live here and there's a lot of fire.
[2860.2s] So just want to be extra, extra careful.
[2864.3s] Clean up, put away all the tools.
[2866.4s] You know, I want a nice, easy morning when I start.
[2871.3s] So I'm just kind of like futzing around, you know,
[2874.6s] getting everything tidy and sorted out and yeah.
[2879.2s] As you finish all these preparations
[2882.7s] for what could happen,
[2886.3s] you start making your way back upstairs.
[2888.5s] And as you hit the top of the stairs,
[2891.5s] you hear that same knocking sound
[2894.5s] you heard the night before
[2896.5s] coming from back down in the shop.
[2901.1s] I'm going to come back down the stairs.
[2903.4s] On the way, I'm going to grab something as a weapon.
[2907.1s] And this is a place where we make weapons.
[2909.1s] So you'd think I would grab something good,
[2912.1s] but I don't.
[2912.9s] Should I grab a butter knife?
[2914.8s] Yeah, I just grab like whatever is the closest thing
[2917.5s] as I'm like coming down the stairs.
[2919.3s] She's like a cocaine-er.
[2921.2s] Yeah, exactly.
[2922.4s] Like something like that.
[2924.2s] On it are the knife wings.
[2925.5s] You take those off, cocaine only.
[2928.8s] Like a broom handle or something.
[2930.6s] You know, something that would just be sitting around
[2932.9s] that I grab.
[2935.3s] And I kind of go over cautiously
[2938.1s] just to listen
[2941.8s] and see, yeah, more closely what it sounds like.
[2944.8s] You grab that and you come back down.
[2946.3s] And as you move back down the stairs,
[2948.5s] as quiet as you're trying to be,
[2950.2s] the knocking stops until you get down to the bottom
[2955.0s] and stop and listen.
[2957.8s] And right at the spot where the desk has been pushed
[2962.7s] and everything has been piled on top,
[2966.0s] there's that same knocking
[2968.3s] that's getting heavier.
[2969.3s] She yells, not today, Satan, and goes back to bed.
[2971.8s] Not today, Satan.
[2975.6s] I think I feel pretty safe
[2979.3s] because there's all that stuff on top of it, right?
[2982.6s] So I'm not gonna start moving that stuff or anything.
[2984.6s] I don't feel that safe.
[2986.3s] But I could at least get a little nearer
[2989.0s] and say, what do you want?
[2992.6s] And feeling pretty dumb
[2993.6s] because I think it's probably some kind of wild creature
[2996.1s] that's not gonna answer me.
[2998.1s] As you say that, the sound stops
[3001.5s] and it's eerily silent in your shop.
[3007.6s] And it is dark, so I'm just standing there.
[3009.2s] My eyes are so wide
[3010.4s] because you know when you're trying to hear in the dark
[3012.1s] and for some reason you open your eyes really wide,
[3014.3s] I'm like not moving.
[3015.5s] You hear a long drawn out scratching sound
[3020.5s] coming up from beneath the table,
[3023.4s] which is followed by another bout of silence.
[3027.6s] And then there's a huge thud coming up from it
[3030.3s] that shakes everything on top of the table.
[3033.5s] Run, bitch.
[3037.4s] I feel like I'm over here watching a movie
[3039.3s] being like, don't go down there.
[3042.0s] Don't go in there.
[3042.8s] Don't run out the stairs.
[3044.2s] That's right, run out the front door.
[3047.0s] Luckily I'm still dressed and everything.
[3049.4s] I just went upstairs.
[3050.9s] So I'm gonna stop, look at my hand
[3053.4s] where I'm holding something useless,
[3055.5s] throw it away, grab something that's actually a weapon
[3058.9s] because again, there's like a million things laying around
[3061.8s] and leave.
[3063.2s] Like I'm going somewhere.
[3065.2s] And honestly, I don't know if at this point
[3066.8s] I even know where I'm going
[3068.6s] because I know there's tunnels all around the town.
[3070.9s] So I don't know where I'm gonna go to feel safe
[3073.6s] because this is where I feel safe.
[3076.0s] So maybe the guard house.
[3078.0s] As you're looking at the broom,
[3080.1s] the thudding starts up again
[3082.5s] in intensity and repetitiveness.
[3085.5s] As you're grabbing all these things
[3087.6s] to rush out of the space and you've got a weapon
[3090.1s] and you've got something to defend yourself,
[3092.2s] you see that the anvil that's on top
[3094.6s] is beginning to wobble from the strength of these hits
[3097.7s] that are happening beneath the door.
[3099.8s] We see you run out into the street
[3102.2s] heading to the guard house.
[3103.5s] As the door shuts, the thudding stops
[3106.9s] and this anvil is rocking back and forth
[3109.7s] until it tumbles to the ground.
[3112.4s] Dumbgeons and Dragons season three, episode 25.
[3122.5s] That's the season finale.
[3124.2s] Starring Amy More as Alydin,
[3126.3s] Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane,
[3128.8s] Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave,
[3131.0s] Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard,
[3133.3s] and Russ More as your dungeon master.
[3135.8s] Dialogue editing by Carla Maxted
[3137.8s] and sound design by Russ More.
[3139.9s] This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound
[3142.4s] and Slipstream and sound effects from Epidemic Sound,
[3145.7s] Boom Library and Sound Ideas.
[3148.0s] Our amazing cover art and character designs
[3150.4s] are by Matt Garbutt and a huge thank you
[3152.4s] to our supporting producers,
[3154.1s] Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak,
[3156.1s] Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden,
[3158.2s] Christian Brown, Ongorong Kiersen,
[3160.6s] Perry Matey, Craig Zeiss,
[3162.5s] Old School Gamer D, LA Branton and Sarah Murphy.
[3166.2s] Yes, the season's over,
[3167.4s] but we'll be back in September with new episodes
[3169.8s] and throughout the summer,
[3171.0s] we'll be releasing mini episodes
[3173.7s] that happen in Vintersmouth before the events of tonight.
[3177.4s] So keep an eye out for those in the main feed.
[3179.4s] And if you want more of us throughout the summer,
[3181.9s] well, we invite you to come over to Patreon,
[3184.3s] patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[3186.6s] We have five seasons of The Adventures Of.
[3188.8s] We'll be catching up on cyberpunk red
[3190.7s] and getting that out to our patrons.
[3192.5s] We have down times,
[3193.7s] we have the community over on Discord.
[3196.1s] We have so many things
[3197.6s] that are just waiting for you over there.
[3199.3s] And we hope to see you very, very soon.
[3201.8s] Again, patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[3204.2s] Have a great summer.
[3205.1s] Bye for now.
[3208.6s] It's one of those things
[3209.5s] where you have to shrink your bones.
[3214.8s] And that's where we'll cut the cold open.
[3216.2s] Horrified face on Alydin.
[3218.3s] Terrible.
[3219.2s] Gosh.
[3220.0s] It's a little bone shrinking.
[3220.8s] Don't worry about it.
[3221.7s] Sorry, don't do it.
[3222.5s] It's not worth it.
[3223.3s] Yeah, it's part of the illusion, you know.
[3225.3s] Like, it's an illusion,
[3226.4s] but like your bones feel the illusion.
[3228.5s] So, you know.
[3230.2s] It's magic to everyone else.
[3231.4s] It's just agony to you.
[3233.2s] Yeah.
[3234.1s] Nina.
[3234.9s] Did we give Nina a last name?
[3236.1s] Probably did.
[3237.0s] Don't think so.
[3237.8s] I don't remember.
[3238.6s] Nienersen.
[3239.5s] I don't recall.
[3240.4s] Give me.
[3241.2s] Niener, niener, niener.
[3243.1s] That's what the kids called her at school.
[3244.9s] And that's why she helped shut them down.
[3246.8s] Yeah.
[3247.7s] Yeah.
[3248.5s] That's right.
[3249.3s] Yeah, absolutely.
[3250.6s] That's makes sense.
[3251.4s] What's that school?
[3252.2s] Right?
[3253.1s] Hurt people, hurt people.
[3256.3s] On the page.
[3257.2s] Nope.
[3258.1s] Just Nina.
[3258.9s] So, all.
[3260.4s] Maybe it's like Madonna.
[3262.0s] It's just.
[3262.8s] I mean, yeah.
[3263.7s] You can just say the name Madonna.
[3264.5s] It's just Nina.
[3265.3s] Nina Madonna.
[3266.4s] Nina Madonna.
[3268.0s] There it is.
[3268.8s] That's what it says.
[3270.2s] Mayoral assistant, Nina Madonna.
[3274.5s] And I assume.
[3276.5s] Is her name Nina Cher Madonna?
[3279.7s] Or perhaps Nina Shakira Madonna?
[3283.4s] Ooh, good question.
[3285.2s] Well, I believe it would be Shakira Shakira
[3288.0s] if it was.
[3288.8s] It would be Shakira Shakira.
[3289.7s] Hey, did we just walk past the guards
[3292.0s] and come floor and just had like three big ledgers?
[3297.0s] Yeah.
[3297.8s] Yeah, yeah.
[3298.6s] High school.
[3299.5s] He does paperwork.
[3300.6s] Just a small, yeah, circular.
[3303.5s] Like someone took like a toothpick and went, yeah.
[3306.2s] Perhaps.
[3307.1s] Yeah, that would be a good description of it.
[3308.7s] Wait, is it cake?
[3309.6s] It's cake.
[3310.5s] It's cake.
[3311.3s] Is it done?
[3312.3s] God damn it, Russ.
[3313.1s] This whole time it's just been cake.
[3315.0s] This whole time it's just been cake.
[3316.4s] Gotcha.
[3317.3s] Season over.
[3318.1s] Is cake or not cake?
[3320.0s] Or is it cake?
[3321.0s] There's a show.
[3321.9s] Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.