1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Dumbgeons and Dragons begins in a moment. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,500 Alydin, it's the end of the day and you're locking up the Magic Closet. 3 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:12,000 Oh yeah. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:23,000 It's been a while. You've seen the two that tried to pull the wool over your eyes and steal some goods from you the other day. 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,000 You've seen them walking by the store. They look very sheepish. 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:32,000 I make extreme eye contact and I do like that I point at my eyes and I point at them. They know. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,000 They know. Any time that you do that to them, they quickly turn tail. 8 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Like they don't even look like they're trying to come in and do bad things. 9 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Like they're just walking up the nerve to try and like come by the things that they actually wanted. 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,000 But now they're scared off and we're probably going to wait till Bizard comes back. 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,000 I've done sketches of their faces and put them up next to the till. 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Of course you have. 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Don't serve these people here. 14 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Yeah, no, no. They shot a fan. 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Bizard's going to come back and there's going to be like 50 people up on this wall where previously there might have been one. 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Trying to steal from me. 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 I don't think any of them have actually stolen from you. 18 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,000 There were probably only the two, but everybody who walks in I feel like you're just- 19 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 No, no. I want to be a good business person. 20 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Of course. 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 But you've gotten really good at sketching people so like there's that. 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 You could be a street character artist now. 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000 I've been drawing them like you're French girls. 24 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Yeah. 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 I am. 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,000 I'm feeling pretty good about my situation here in the Magic Shop here. 27 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:42,000 You've been doing a great job and you're heading off to check on the kids who have, as we previously found out, 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 have been moved around the city in the three different locations. 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 There's the school. 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:54,000 There's a shed, which is where Tally is staying with a small contingent of the children. 31 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:02,000 And the mill, you being still the eldest of all of these kids, where do you go first when you're doing these rents? 32 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:11,000 I think I go check in at the shed because Tally as my number two, my protege. 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Yeah, she would think of her as a protege. 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Like it goes Bizard and then me and then Tally. 35 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 I wasn't going to say it. 36 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 We were all thinking it. 37 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Just to double check that things are going all right and just to check in with who I left in charge. 38 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Of course. 39 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:47,000 You make your way through the streets and the shed isn't too far from the stables where you previously were. 40 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:55,000 It maintained its form at the very least after the monsters attacked and days since several of the guards who knew that you were 41 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:02,000 staying there did come by and like board up the door that was busted open from when that monster came out. 42 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,000 So there's no more getting back into that cellar, at least not in its current state. 43 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 But you make your way to the shed. 44 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,000 And as you're walking up to the shed, it's getting towards evening hours. 45 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:23,000 You hear a soft lullaby being sung from the shed and it sounds like Tally's voice and like some of the kids are singing along. 46 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:31,000 I just I I loitered the door for a minute because this is this is a nice moment and I don't want to spoil it. 47 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000 And I'm proud of Tally for keeping the kids like, you know, at the very least entertain. 48 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,000 They're all not just sitting around looking at each other being like, I wonder when the next monsters going to destroy our home. 49 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,000 You hang at the door and the tune is familiar. 50 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 It's it's a lullaby tune. 51 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,000 So I mean, all songs basically kind of sound like what? 52 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Like that kind of. Yeah, I thought you were starting off some good King Wentz. 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Very similar start, but on that third note, it deviates. 54 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 So you got to watch it. Yeah. 55 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:19,000 But as you're listening, you catch kind of the tail end of this song and the words as you go up to the door become more clear. 56 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:25,000 And the words you hear at the end of this song are so stay with me. 57 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Don't go astray or in the night you'll fade away. 58 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:36,000 For once you hear his lonesome song, the banjo man won't wait too long. 59 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 What the fuck? 60 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast. 61 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 And I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More, he him. 62 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Also joining me today is Amy More as Alydin, she her. 63 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 And then I heard what you were singing. 64 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, he him. 65 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Oh, no, you mixed up your cyanide tablet. 66 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,000 And Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard, he him. 67 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 I bet they try to call it a work pod, huh? 68 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon supported podcast. 69 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,000 And you can join us today at patreon.com slash Tom Dragoncast. 70 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 There's a seven day free trial and a whole bunch of episodes for you to listen to. 71 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 We hope to see you over there. 72 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 And now fuck it. Let's play. 73 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Bench and Cav. 74 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:32,000 So previously you two were at the... 75 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Had one of the most uncomfortable dinner experiences of Kavlaran's life. 76 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 You guys were at the cured pig. 77 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Let's say you spent at least part of the day there. 78 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 You've finished up. 79 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Bizarre, your mum has brought the bill. 80 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,000 And everything OK? 81 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Cav, it's been lovely to meet you. 82 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Super nice to meet you too. 83 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Yes. Well, I hope to see you again, Bizarre. 84 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,000 I expect to see you again before you go heading back to Vintersmouth. 85 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:10,000 And of course I will think on what we talked about earlier. 86 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:18,000 And I will formulate just how I'm feeling in that state about coming back to Vintersmouth. 87 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:25,000 And in fairness, I will consider going to see Dad. 88 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I don't... I'm not... 89 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Don't... It's OK. 90 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Distress yourself, OK? 91 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Believe me, I will not, Mother. 92 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 But, thank you. 93 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 There's a call from the kitchen in the back. 94 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 She says, I've got to go. I'll see you very soon. 95 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 She gives you a big hug and says, I love you. 96 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 And then heads back into the kitchen. 97 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Leaving the two of you to finish up at the table and decide where you both need to go next. 98 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 So, Kav, do they give you a pretty good stipend? 99 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Because, you know, this seems like a really good business lunch to talk about what we're going to bring to the officials, right? 100 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,000 I love where your head's at, B. Love it. 101 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Yeah, the stipend's not great, but it'll cover our lunch. Absolutely. 102 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Sick. 103 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Let me pull out the Contra chips. 104 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,000 So, I've got to swing by the Comptroller's office. 105 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,000 You're welcome to come with, but it might be pretty boring. 106 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 OK, let's see. 107 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:41,000 The library is kind of in the opposite direction, so I'm going to stick with you for now. 108 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,000 And, you know, I know the librarians, so I'll be able to just... 109 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 They'll let me in. It'll be fine. 110 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 OK, cool. 111 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Yeah, let's head on to the Comptroller's office. 112 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:58,000 I don't know. Working for the mayor has kind of shown me a little bit of behind the curtain of the, you know, red tape and everything. 113 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:03,000 And I have a slight interest in it, especially if I'm going to continue to be a business owner. 114 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Yeah, absolutely. 115 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,000 All right. Let's, I mean, we'll settle up here. 116 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,000 We'll head on our way and spill the beans, I guess. 117 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Sounds good. 118 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Dine and dash on your mom. 119 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Yes, by settle up here, I mean run out the door. 120 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Yes, they'll never find us. 121 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,000 You head off to, I guess, question for Cav. 122 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Does Cav have... 123 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Yes, I did get a receipt. 124 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Great. That was the first question. 125 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 You submit your receipts. Make sure you get them in by end of day on Friday. 126 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Otherwise, the whole thing just falls apart. 127 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 You have to wait the whole... Yeah, yeah. 128 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:47,000 But my real question was, does Cav have an office here? 129 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Cav doesn't have his own office. 130 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:55,000 He's got like a cubicle amongst a wall of other cubicles. 131 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 I bet they try to call it a work pod, huh? 132 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:04,000 You know, they like to call it just your workstation, but like it ain't fooling anyone. 133 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:12,000 We enter into what's familiar to Cav, but he hasn't been here, obviously, in a few months. 134 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 What is time? 135 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:20,000 And bizarre, this is probably not a building that you've been in. 136 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Certainly not. 137 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Part of the many city official buildings that surround the King's Tower. 138 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:34,000 You enter in and there's a series of long winding hallways, 139 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:42,000 and you get back to the auditor general's office, the comptroller's office, and several others. 140 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 So there is a wall of cubicles. 141 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:50,000 And as you're walking by, there are several people working, writing in ledgers, 142 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,000 and a couple of them kind of look up and back down to their books. 143 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:00,000 And you walk by one and like there are papers stacked to the ceiling on this desk. 144 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Cav, it's your desk. 145 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Yep, make yourself at home. There's a chair around here somewhere. 146 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Okay, should have brought Oak with you. 147 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Oh my god, he would make, he would just, this would all disappear and it would be a dream. 148 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Well, kind of edge between the piles and everything and almost knock one over and I stabilize it. 149 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,000 I mean, that one was there before I left, but like, all right. 150 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 These other two, they're new. 151 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:36,000 So do you have to do all this right now or how does this work? 152 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 I don't think so. 153 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 I think, you know, more pressing issues than this. 154 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I was just making sure that my ficus was alive. 155 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 George, thanks for watering it. 156 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 No problem. 157 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Cav, this one's dated a year ago. 158 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Yeah, it's fine. I'll get to it. 159 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Yeah, I'm not very good at my job. 160 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,000 It's somebody appealing the tax rate on their, okay. 161 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 I mean, that's not something I can personally solve. 162 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,000 I just need to like, give it the old once over. 163 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 But yeah, it's just, you know, other things took priority. 164 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,000 There's a tap on your shoulder, Cav, and a clearing of a throat. 165 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,000 And you turn around and somebody recognized her name is Stacey and she's got another stack of papers. 166 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 And she says, oh, it's good to see you, Cav. 167 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,000 And she piles it on top of one of the lower piles of papers. 168 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 It says, we've just been keeping these here for you until you get back. 169 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Take your time. 170 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Okay, well, I'm not really like back yet. 171 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Just a quick pop in, just to stop over. 172 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,000 You're here though. 173 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,000 So how do you do? 174 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,000 If you could just take care of this, because it has fallen over a couple of times 175 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 and we've tried to put it back together, 176 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,000 but it feels like there's going to be some work in to sort out all this paperwork. 177 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Yeah, all the king's horses and all the king's men, you know. 178 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Oh, speaking of the king's men, is Wiggins in? 179 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 I saw him earlier. He was doing his rounds. 180 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 So if he's not in his office, he can't be too far. 181 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 All right, cool. Thanks, Stacey. 182 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I just got to, I'm going to take my buddy here. 183 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Oh, sorry, Stacey, Bazaard, Bazaard, Stacey. 184 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Pleasure to meet you. 185 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Nice to meet you. 186 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Shake your hand. 187 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Yeah. 188 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Are you also in auditing? 189 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 No. 190 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Are you new here? 191 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 I don't do this job and I'm not doing anything here. 192 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Yeah. 193 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Okay. 194 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Well, that's fair. 195 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Okay, well, it's good to meet you. 196 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 We'll probably see you around. 197 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 Cav, great to have you back. 198 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 I'll let everybody know that you're here. 199 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 No, I'm just popping in. 200 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Cav is here. 201 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Just to stop over, just a little. 202 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,000 George. 203 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 How do you do? 204 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Cav is here. 205 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Oh, no. 206 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 I spotted his ficus. 207 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,000 He just thanked me. 208 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Thanks, George. 209 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Anytime. 210 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 All right, let's go try to catch Wiggins. 211 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Come on. 212 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 You head out of the cubicle area down the hallway. 213 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:48,000 You pass by a lovely woman who looks and says, Cav, I heard you were back. 214 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000 No, just ever so briefly. 215 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Just stopping in. 216 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 So excited to have you back. 217 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 And she keeps going. 218 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Again, still not back. 219 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:00,000 And you make your way to Comptroller Wiggins' office. 220 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 The door's slightly ajar. 221 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 You hear some grumbling inside. 222 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 It sounds like one voice. 223 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 But it does sound familiar. 224 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 It sounds like Comptroller Wiggins. 225 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Is now a good time? 226 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Oh, yeah, yeah. 227 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Come on in. 228 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Come on in. 229 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Who's that? 230 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Oh, Cav. 231 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Cav, I heard you were back. 232 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Come on. 233 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,000 It's great to have you. 234 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Come on in. 235 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Just here for just a scooch of time. 236 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Oh, yeah, sure. 237 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Come on in. 238 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Come on in. 239 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Hey, you got a new friend there. 240 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Oh, yes. 241 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Sorry. 242 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,000 Wiggins, this is my friend Bazaar. 243 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Bazaar, this is Wiggins. 244 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Nice to meet you. 245 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Great to meet you. 246 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Great to meet you. 247 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Come on in. 248 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 You're looking to get into auditing, I hear. 249 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Or perhaps just paperwork in general. 250 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 No, I'm a business owner. 251 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 So I'm... 252 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 So you're going to submit paperwork? 253 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 He runs the local magic shop. 254 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,000 In Vintersmouth. 255 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Oh, great. 256 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Oh, yes. 257 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 No, not here. 258 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 No, in Vintersmouth, where I've been for several months. 259 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Yes. 260 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Right. 261 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 You were in Vintersmouth. 262 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 263 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Still am. 264 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Got to go back there. 265 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Just stopping in. 266 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,639 It's going around that you're back and that you're going to take care of that huge 267 00:14:02,639 --> 00:14:04,000 pile of paper on your desk. 268 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 I mean, I'm just... 269 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000 I'm really not. 270 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 I'll level with you. 271 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 I'm not going to do it. 272 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 I mean, half of that is correct, Cav. 273 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 You are back, but just that latter half, right? 274 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Yeah. 275 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Yeah. 276 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Just... 277 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Easy misunderstanding. 278 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Quick little pop-in. 279 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Just back for a sec. 280 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Okay. 281 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Let's just... 282 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 All seriousness, it's great to see you back. 283 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:26,840 But your last report said that you didn't find anything, so I didn't expect to see you 284 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,360 back for quite some time. 285 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:30,360 Yep. 286 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:31,360 Mm-hmm. 287 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:32,360 What are you doing here? 288 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,399 Oh, well, things have changed. 289 00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:36,399 So you are back. 290 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:37,399 Nope. 291 00:14:37,399 --> 00:14:38,399 Nope. 292 00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:39,399 Not in that department. 293 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:42,440 In the previous department, in the didn't find anything department. 294 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:43,440 Really? 295 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,000 I'm just going to skoosh this door closed for a sec. 296 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,259 Oh, yeah, of course. 297 00:14:47,259 --> 00:14:48,259 Come on in. 298 00:14:48,259 --> 00:14:49,259 Come on in. 299 00:14:49,259 --> 00:14:50,259 Have a seat. 300 00:14:50,259 --> 00:14:51,259 Have a couple chairs. 301 00:14:51,259 --> 00:14:52,259 See? 302 00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:53,259 Paper work everywhere. 303 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:54,259 It's just how we do it here. 304 00:14:54,259 --> 00:14:55,259 Do you need coffee? 305 00:14:55,259 --> 00:14:56,259 Or water? 306 00:14:56,259 --> 00:14:57,259 Or something? 307 00:14:57,259 --> 00:14:58,259 I'm good. 308 00:14:58,259 --> 00:14:59,259 Coffee sounds good. 309 00:14:59,259 --> 00:15:00,259 Great, great, great, great, great. 310 00:15:00,259 --> 00:15:03,439 He goes and moves another stack of papers and there's a coffee machine that looks 311 00:15:03,439 --> 00:15:07,759 like it's been off for a while and pours it into the cup. 312 00:15:07,759 --> 00:15:10,419 There's no steam coming off of it and hands it to you. 313 00:15:10,419 --> 00:15:11,419 It is cold. 314 00:15:11,419 --> 00:15:12,419 Thank you. 315 00:15:12,419 --> 00:15:13,419 You're welcome. 316 00:15:13,419 --> 00:15:14,419 I hold it. 317 00:15:14,419 --> 00:15:15,419 That's official city coffee. 318 00:15:15,419 --> 00:15:17,419 It doesn't get any better than that. 319 00:15:17,419 --> 00:15:18,740 It really does. 320 00:15:19,220 --> 00:15:24,600 OK, so yeah, in the things have changed in the not finding anything department, I just 321 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:30,580 got a little little something here and I reach into my bag and I pull out the books 322 00:15:30,580 --> 00:15:36,299 and I like slam them down on the table and say, oh, Wiggins, you're going to you're 323 00:15:36,299 --> 00:15:38,180 just going to love reading this. 324 00:15:38,180 --> 00:15:44,539 And he sits down in his desk and flips them open, positions his glasses at the 325 00:15:44,620 --> 00:15:47,939 end of his nose and says, oh, my. 326 00:15:49,779 --> 00:15:53,740 We'll be right back. 327 00:15:53,819 --> 00:15:55,779 It's the middle. 328 00:15:56,379 --> 00:15:58,659 So this week has been a good week. 329 00:15:58,899 --> 00:16:01,099 Everybody lists something good that's happened to them. 330 00:16:01,579 --> 00:16:02,899 I moved into my new house. 331 00:16:02,980 --> 00:16:03,980 Yeah. 332 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:06,819 Oh, Tom shouldn't have gone first. 333 00:16:06,819 --> 00:16:08,299 That's a really good one. 334 00:16:08,299 --> 00:16:09,299 Yeah, sorry. 335 00:16:09,299 --> 00:16:14,099 Yeah, sorry. We'll cut yours to the end, Tom, but that is very exciting. 336 00:16:15,459 --> 00:16:16,459 You have gay. 337 00:16:16,459 --> 00:16:19,259 I'm getting the winter tires changed on both of our vehicles. 338 00:16:19,459 --> 00:16:20,819 Nice. Great. 339 00:16:20,819 --> 00:16:24,620 Yeah. Thank God, because if he didn't do it, nobody would. 340 00:16:25,019 --> 00:16:27,899 I got some new Halloween decorations finally up in my game. 341 00:16:28,099 --> 00:16:30,139 Not so boring outside of the house. 342 00:16:30,419 --> 00:16:33,819 Oh, I fixed my window that I smashed because I'm a little slugger. 343 00:16:33,980 --> 00:16:34,980 Oh, yeah. 344 00:16:36,539 --> 00:16:38,059 Dennis, the menace to yourself. 345 00:16:39,060 --> 00:16:45,860 Um, I learned that it only takes me 15 minutes to clean a whole thing of liquid yogurt out of a backpack. 346 00:16:46,660 --> 00:16:49,460 Oh, information you didn't want to learn, but you did. 347 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:50,460 And you did it. 348 00:16:50,460 --> 00:16:51,460 I know. 349 00:16:51,460 --> 00:16:52,900 Good for you in a pinch. 350 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:55,020 You get some yogurt in your backpack. 351 00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:56,780 You know, it's going to take 15 minutes. 352 00:16:56,780 --> 00:16:58,060 OK, it's not bad. 353 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:00,260 Zero follow up questions. 354 00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:01,500 What if it's Greek yogurt? 355 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:03,060 Oh, see, I said zero. 356 00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:06,539 Greek yogurt would be easier because it's not liquid in every way. 357 00:17:06,779 --> 00:17:08,339 You can scoop more of it. 358 00:17:08,339 --> 00:17:09,619 There was cooling. 359 00:17:09,619 --> 00:17:10,619 Yeah. 360 00:17:11,539 --> 00:17:13,740 Yeah. Cut it down to seven minutes for Greek yogurt. 361 00:17:13,740 --> 00:17:15,099 That's my guess. Yeah. 362 00:17:16,899 --> 00:17:18,700 But all these great things are happening. 363 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:22,379 It feels like there's just some cool vibes in the air right now. 364 00:17:22,379 --> 00:17:24,819 And we just want to pass that along to you. 365 00:17:24,819 --> 00:17:26,460 And hopefully you're having a great week. 366 00:17:26,460 --> 00:17:30,779 Especially to our patron, who this episode is dedicated to. 367 00:17:31,299 --> 00:17:32,299 Yeah. 368 00:17:32,299 --> 00:17:33,379 Yeah. Oh, my God. 369 00:17:33,379 --> 00:17:35,180 The look on Russ's face was great. 370 00:17:36,779 --> 00:17:39,059 I was on the edge of doing it and Carla came in. 371 00:17:39,619 --> 00:17:42,420 That's one of the great things that happened this week. 372 00:17:43,859 --> 00:17:47,940 This person who Russ has at his fingertips. 373 00:17:47,940 --> 00:17:49,940 Yeah, Russ has prepared. 374 00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:51,899 He's just so excited to say their name. 375 00:17:51,899 --> 00:17:55,099 I know. He's bouncing up and down. 376 00:17:55,099 --> 00:17:58,379 You've got to slow down and take a deep breath. 377 00:17:58,379 --> 00:18:01,019 You don't even know the name that I'm going to give you. 378 00:18:01,019 --> 00:18:02,019 I know. I'm so excited. 379 00:18:02,019 --> 00:18:03,940 Well, you keep it a secret. 380 00:18:03,940 --> 00:18:05,099 Yeah, we don't even know. 381 00:18:05,139 --> 00:18:08,099 I don't like to tell everybody so that you're surprised. 382 00:18:08,099 --> 00:18:10,299 It's in a sealed envelope. 383 00:18:10,299 --> 00:18:12,299 All right. Got the envelope. 384 00:18:12,299 --> 00:18:14,019 I just sound like you like we're spitting. 385 00:18:17,539 --> 00:18:18,980 That's how you get an envelope open. 386 00:18:18,980 --> 00:18:21,099 You got to make it. You got to get a little lip on there. 387 00:18:21,099 --> 00:18:23,299 You got to get a little lip on there. 388 00:18:23,299 --> 00:18:25,819 So you can see through it a little bit, almost. 389 00:18:25,819 --> 00:18:26,659 That's right. 390 00:18:26,659 --> 00:18:32,219 Yes. Thank you to this week's patron, William F. Kirkwood. 391 00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:35,660 Thanks, William. 392 00:18:35,660 --> 00:18:38,420 Thanks for being one more wonderful thing 393 00:18:38,420 --> 00:18:40,380 that happened this week. 394 00:18:40,380 --> 00:18:41,180 Absolutely. 395 00:18:41,180 --> 00:18:43,140 Also, your name sounds like a movie star name. 396 00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:44,019 It really does. 397 00:18:44,019 --> 00:18:45,779 Yeah, the F that really throws it in there. 398 00:18:45,779 --> 00:18:46,860 I think so. 399 00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:49,700 But also, it's just like real solid names. 400 00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:51,019 Yeah. 401 00:18:51,019 --> 00:18:53,819 Like when you see that name come up fourth in the credits, 402 00:18:53,819 --> 00:18:57,620 you're like, he's the bad guy because he's very recognizable. 403 00:18:57,620 --> 00:19:00,180 So good. 404 00:19:00,220 --> 00:19:04,660 Thank you, William, for being the bad guy in our movie. 405 00:19:04,660 --> 00:19:05,460 Absolutely. 406 00:19:05,460 --> 00:19:06,860 Yeah. 407 00:19:06,860 --> 00:19:08,380 We hope you're having a great week, 408 00:19:08,380 --> 00:19:09,740 and we hope you're enjoying this episode. 409 00:19:09,740 --> 00:19:10,580 We'll get you back to it. 410 00:19:10,580 --> 00:19:11,820 Thanks so much for being here. 411 00:19:11,820 --> 00:19:12,860 We love you, bye. 412 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:14,779 We love you, bye. 413 00:19:14,779 --> 00:19:17,460 I wish all your backpacks are not filled with you. 414 00:19:22,380 --> 00:19:27,340 And we're going to cut back to Vintersmouth. 415 00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:29,340 Kick us off. 416 00:19:29,379 --> 00:19:32,139 Kicking us off by kicking that door open. 417 00:19:32,139 --> 00:19:33,419 The children scream. 418 00:19:33,419 --> 00:19:34,019 Ah! 419 00:19:34,019 --> 00:19:35,459 What was that? 420 00:19:35,459 --> 00:19:36,379 Hi, you guys. 421 00:19:36,379 --> 00:19:36,899 Hi. 422 00:19:36,899 --> 00:19:39,019 Oh, surprise. 423 00:19:39,019 --> 00:19:40,619 You scared us so much. 424 00:19:40,619 --> 00:19:41,859 I'm so sorry. 425 00:19:41,859 --> 00:19:44,699 I was just so excited to see you guys. 426 00:19:44,699 --> 00:19:45,939 It's great to see you. 427 00:19:45,939 --> 00:19:48,379 How was the day at the Magic Closet? 428 00:19:48,379 --> 00:19:49,980 Oh, pretty good. 429 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:50,699 That's good. 430 00:19:50,699 --> 00:19:51,899 Business is booming. 431 00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:53,259 Oh, fantastic. 432 00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:56,059 Bizard is going to love that he put you in charge. 433 00:19:56,059 --> 00:19:59,419 I saw you put so many new pictures up today. 434 00:19:59,419 --> 00:20:04,419 It was only one extra, and she knew why. 435 00:20:04,419 --> 00:20:05,059 She knew. 436 00:20:05,059 --> 00:20:06,019 I'm sure she did. 437 00:20:06,019 --> 00:20:06,579 She did. 438 00:20:06,579 --> 00:20:08,460 Yeah, you're doing a great job. 439 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:10,500 Yeah, yeah, speaking about jobs, 440 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,299 can I just talk to you outside the shack? 441 00:20:12,299 --> 00:20:12,819 Oh, sure. 442 00:20:12,819 --> 00:20:13,859 Just over here a little bit. 443 00:20:13,859 --> 00:20:16,259 You guys, you just hang out, OK, you guys? 444 00:20:16,259 --> 00:20:17,940 Probably ring around the rosy. 445 00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:20,419 Now sing it creepy like, no. 446 00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:23,220 Ring around the rosy. 447 00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:25,019 I pulled Tally outside. 448 00:20:25,019 --> 00:20:26,019 Yeah, what's up, boss? 449 00:20:26,019 --> 00:20:28,660 And she pulls the door closed behind her. 450 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:29,700 What's up? 451 00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:30,180 What's up? 452 00:20:30,180 --> 00:20:30,900 What's up? 453 00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:31,859 What's up? 454 00:20:31,859 --> 00:20:35,539 So walking up, hear you singing to the kids. 455 00:20:35,539 --> 00:20:36,379 Oh, that's what we were doing. 456 00:20:36,379 --> 00:20:37,339 Oh, fantastic. 457 00:20:37,339 --> 00:20:37,940 Love it. 458 00:20:37,940 --> 00:20:41,940 I was in that moment so proud of you. 459 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:45,220 I was like, look at Tally taking on all 460 00:20:45,220 --> 00:20:47,539 of this responsibility. 461 00:20:47,539 --> 00:20:50,819 Just taking care of these kids. 462 00:20:50,819 --> 00:20:52,980 And then I heard what you were singing. 463 00:20:52,980 --> 00:20:54,180 OK. 464 00:20:54,180 --> 00:20:57,940 Oh, you just heard the Banjo Man song. 465 00:20:57,940 --> 00:21:01,019 Yeah, no, that's a new song that we heard. 466 00:21:01,019 --> 00:21:05,980 We were down by the docks there. 467 00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:08,220 Why did you take the kids down at the docks? 468 00:21:08,220 --> 00:21:08,980 They've got to get out. 469 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:10,779 You've got to stretch their legs every now and again. 470 00:21:10,779 --> 00:21:12,980 You can't keep them in this shed all day long. 471 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:14,539 Don't bring them down to the docks. 472 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:15,980 I'm pulling my hair out, Alydin. 473 00:21:15,980 --> 00:21:17,060 I'm pulling my hair out. 474 00:21:17,060 --> 00:21:19,980 I've been home with the kids all day. 475 00:21:19,980 --> 00:21:21,740 Now I guess you know how I felt. 476 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:24,380 I just needed to get out for a little fresh air. 477 00:21:24,380 --> 00:21:27,660 Listen, next time have them play around the pond. 478 00:21:27,660 --> 00:21:30,420 Don't bring them down to the docks. 479 00:21:30,420 --> 00:21:32,660 OK, anyways, we were down at the docks. 480 00:21:32,660 --> 00:21:35,859 And there was this lovely man singing a bunch of songs. 481 00:21:35,859 --> 00:21:38,019 So we all pulled up and gathered around. 482 00:21:38,019 --> 00:21:39,579 And he was doing a great job. 483 00:21:39,579 --> 00:21:42,019 And then he came to this one, the Banjo Man. 484 00:21:42,019 --> 00:21:47,019 And there was a tale about how there's some missing children. 485 00:21:47,019 --> 00:21:50,180 And it was a little bit of a spooky, scary ghost story 486 00:21:50,180 --> 00:21:51,620 more than anything. 487 00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:55,660 But then taught us this lullaby to sing about the Banjo Man. 488 00:21:55,660 --> 00:21:57,460 And we really loved it. 489 00:21:57,460 --> 00:22:00,940 Felt really calming. 490 00:22:00,940 --> 00:22:04,500 That song's like real creepy. 491 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,340 Well, which part did you hear? 492 00:22:06,340 --> 00:22:07,300 The end. 493 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:10,060 Oh, well, I mean, contextually, you probably 494 00:22:10,060 --> 00:22:10,660 want to hear the- 495 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:11,460 OK, well, sing me the whole thing, then. 496 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:11,940 OK. 497 00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:12,660 Convince me. 498 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:13,540 OK, you ready? 499 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:14,740 I'm ready. 500 00:22:14,740 --> 00:22:16,700 From your diaphragm, dig deep. 501 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:22,180 Hush now, child, and close your eyes. 502 00:22:22,180 --> 00:22:29,740 The Banjo Man will sing the skies with silver strings 503 00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:32,340 and gentle sound. 504 00:22:32,340 --> 00:22:36,500 He'll lead you where no harm is found. 505 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:39,299 See, no harm is meaning good. 506 00:22:39,299 --> 00:22:43,620 He plays for those who dream and weep. 507 00:22:43,660 --> 00:22:47,740 His melody will soothe your sleep. 508 00:22:47,740 --> 00:22:52,140 But if you wander far from bed, he'll 509 00:22:52,140 --> 00:22:56,580 play a song to fill your head. 510 00:22:56,580 --> 00:22:59,700 Soothing is what the Banjo Man's doing. 511 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:03,620 In shadows deep and woods so tall, 512 00:23:03,620 --> 00:23:07,620 the Banjo Man will softly call. 513 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:10,740 With music sweet, your steps he'll 514 00:23:10,740 --> 00:23:15,620 guide through mist and dark to where he'll hide. 515 00:23:15,620 --> 00:23:18,180 It's like a game, like peek-a-boo, 516 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:19,220 like hide-and-go-seek. 517 00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:20,140 So he's calling? 518 00:23:20,140 --> 00:23:22,140 So stay with me. 519 00:23:22,140 --> 00:23:24,500 Don't go astray. 520 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:28,420 Or in the night, you'll fade away. 521 00:23:28,420 --> 00:23:32,339 For once you hear his lonesome song, 522 00:23:32,339 --> 00:23:39,180 the Banjo Man won't wait too long. 523 00:23:39,180 --> 00:23:40,900 They like it when you go up at the end. 524 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:42,660 Tally, oh my god. 525 00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:43,580 What? 526 00:23:43,580 --> 00:23:44,539 That's messed up. 527 00:23:44,539 --> 00:23:45,779 What do you mean that's messed up? 528 00:23:45,779 --> 00:23:49,019 That is a horrific song to sing to children. 529 00:23:49,019 --> 00:23:50,220 But what are you talking about? 530 00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:53,620 I'm talking about some creepy dude 531 00:23:53,620 --> 00:23:56,539 singing a song to kids in the woods. 532 00:23:56,539 --> 00:23:58,539 Well, there was a guy down at the docks. 533 00:23:58,539 --> 00:23:59,860 That is different. 534 00:23:59,860 --> 00:24:02,259 Singing this very song to children. 535 00:24:02,259 --> 00:24:04,220 And there were adults there. 536 00:24:04,220 --> 00:24:05,580 Sorry, I bumped into you. 537 00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:06,580 I apologize. 538 00:24:06,579 --> 00:24:10,019 I'm just getting very animated. 539 00:24:10,019 --> 00:24:11,259 OK, I need you to hear me. 540 00:24:11,259 --> 00:24:12,379 So we don't like the song. 541 00:24:12,379 --> 00:24:14,539 Tell me what part about the song we don't like. 542 00:24:14,539 --> 00:24:18,539 I don't like that it is telling the children 543 00:24:18,539 --> 00:24:21,659 that there is a creepy Banjo Man somewhere 544 00:24:21,659 --> 00:24:24,379 who fills their head with nice songs, 545 00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:36,299 but also subsequently hides in the forest. 546 00:24:36,299 --> 00:24:37,980 And lures children. 547 00:24:37,980 --> 00:24:40,220 That's not what I took out of the song. 548 00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:43,139 Oh, but that's what it is. 549 00:24:43,139 --> 00:24:46,099 And then this song sounds like a warning. 550 00:24:46,099 --> 00:24:48,339 You better not go too far from your bed, 551 00:24:48,339 --> 00:24:50,740 otherwise a Banjo Man is going to get in your head. 552 00:24:50,740 --> 00:24:51,740 Well. 553 00:24:51,740 --> 00:24:52,740 Well. 554 00:24:52,740 --> 00:24:55,579 OK, so I'm hearing your feedback. 555 00:24:55,579 --> 00:24:57,019 I'm hearing your feedback. 556 00:24:57,019 --> 00:24:59,379 So what you're saying is that also, 557 00:24:59,379 --> 00:25:01,099 it's a song that they like, 558 00:25:01,099 --> 00:25:04,299 but also it warns them not to walk away in the dark. 559 00:25:04,299 --> 00:25:05,899 We've had that problem before. 560 00:25:05,899 --> 00:25:06,899 You've had? 561 00:25:06,899 --> 00:25:08,500 Well, I'm just talking about it in general. 562 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:10,899 You know, the kids sometimes have walked off in the past. 563 00:25:10,899 --> 00:25:11,899 They've been pretty good. 564 00:25:11,899 --> 00:25:13,500 They've been pretty good lately. 565 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:16,299 But like, this is a constant reminder to stay in the shed. 566 00:25:16,299 --> 00:25:18,700 That was Jimothy and he was sleepwalking. 567 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:19,700 OK. 568 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:20,700 Well, yeah. 569 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:21,700 I know. 570 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,700 Jimothy is the tale we tell everybody. 571 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:25,299 But now we've got the Banjo Man. 572 00:25:25,299 --> 00:25:27,500 Yeah, but I don't think that scaring the kids 573 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:28,500 is a good idea. 574 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:30,500 I won't sing the Banjo Man anymore. 575 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:31,500 Thank you. 576 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:33,299 What if you were to do the Banjo Man 577 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:36,099 What if you were to just change a couple of words? 578 00:25:36,099 --> 00:25:37,700 Make it your own. 579 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:40,099 Make it not so ominous. 580 00:25:40,099 --> 00:25:41,099 OK. 581 00:25:41,099 --> 00:25:42,099 That means spooky. 582 00:25:42,099 --> 00:25:43,099 That's a good one. 583 00:25:43,099 --> 00:25:48,299 Subsequently, I won't make it ominous. 584 00:25:48,299 --> 00:25:50,700 Nailing it. 585 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:52,099 Quick learner on that vocab. 586 00:25:52,099 --> 00:25:54,500 And it could be whatever you want. 587 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:56,700 But like, just don't make it creepy. 588 00:25:56,700 --> 00:26:02,500 And we want the children to stay because they like to stay 589 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,900 and they feel safe, not because if they leave, 590 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:08,299 something terrible will happen to them. 591 00:26:08,299 --> 00:26:08,900 That's fair. 592 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,500 I mean, we were singing the one that you taught us, 593 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:12,700 the Rockabye Baby one. 594 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:15,700 But like the baby falls from a treetop in that one. 595 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:17,299 The branch isn't that high. 596 00:26:17,299 --> 00:26:19,299 But I see where you're coming from. 597 00:26:19,299 --> 00:26:20,500 Cautionary tales. 598 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:21,099 You know what? 599 00:26:21,099 --> 00:26:24,299 Maybe just OK, going forward. 600 00:26:24,299 --> 00:26:26,500 We just sing happy songs for the kids. 601 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:27,299 Just happy songs. 602 00:26:27,299 --> 00:26:28,900 Yeah, because like stuff's really hard 603 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:31,299 and they like legitimately. 604 00:26:31,299 --> 00:26:35,500 That means like really, really just saw a monster. 605 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:37,099 That is true. 606 00:26:37,099 --> 00:26:39,500 And I bet that's going to leave 607 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:45,899 some long lasting, you know, stuff for them. 608 00:26:45,899 --> 00:26:48,299 Yeah, they have some of them scream in the night. 609 00:26:48,299 --> 00:26:51,299 But you know, that's. 610 00:26:51,299 --> 00:26:54,299 Jesus Christ. 611 00:26:54,299 --> 00:26:57,099 I'm going to need you to tell me 612 00:26:57,099 --> 00:26:58,700 who's screaming in the night. 613 00:26:58,700 --> 00:26:59,299 Sure. 614 00:26:59,299 --> 00:27:00,700 Tally begins to walk back 615 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:04,500 and you hear them singing the song again on inside. 616 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:05,899 OK, I'll shut it down. 617 00:27:05,899 --> 00:27:07,500 I just bust the door open. 618 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:08,500 Everybody shut up. 619 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:09,700 No talking. 620 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:14,700 Subsequently, Alydin is going to make sure 621 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:16,700 that we don't sing this song ever again. 622 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:20,700 Now, point to your friend who was screaming last night. 623 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:23,899 I point to Sarah. 624 00:27:23,899 --> 00:27:26,899 And then they point to Walter. 625 00:27:26,899 --> 00:27:28,500 And then they point to Dee. 626 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:30,500 It's everybody, isn't it? 627 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:31,700 Is everybody screaming at night? 628 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:32,700 Not everybody. 629 00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:34,900 Well, in my defense, once Sarah started, 630 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:36,500 what was I going to do, not scream? 631 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:37,500 It was like a domino attack. 632 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:38,500 That would be very scary. 633 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:42,099 So here's what I hear. 634 00:27:42,099 --> 00:27:44,900 Look, I dig inside of my bucket 635 00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:47,099 and I pull out a piece of chalk. 636 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:47,900 You see this? 637 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:48,900 Yeah. 638 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:52,900 This is magic chalk. 639 00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:57,900 For real, because I work in a magic shop. 640 00:27:57,900 --> 00:27:59,700 She's basically a magician. 641 00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:00,700 Whoa. 642 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:02,700 Is there an employee discount? 643 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:03,900 Can you eat it? 644 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:04,900 No, don't eat it. 645 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:05,900 It's chalk. 646 00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:07,300 Magic chalk. 647 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:09,500 So here's what I'm going to do. 648 00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:11,700 And I go to the front door 649 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:15,500 and I draw a thick line of chalk. 650 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:17,500 You see that line? 651 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:19,700 Yeah, everybody see that line? 652 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:20,700 Uh-huh. 653 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,900 That line is magic 654 00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:27,900 and no bad stuff can pass it. 655 00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:28,900 Wow. 656 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,900 What about at the window? 657 00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:32,100 Well, let me just check. 658 00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:33,500 And I go over to the window 659 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:35,700 and on the sill I go shh. 660 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:36,300 Good thinking. 661 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:37,900 Can't pass the window either. 662 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,500 Uh, so bad stuff can't get in through the door or the window. 663 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:42,700 So you know what? 664 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:44,300 Only good stuff is in here. 665 00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:46,100 So when you sing songs, 666 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:47,100 let's sing good songs 667 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,100 and fill this place up with good stuff. 668 00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:49,900 Does that mean Jim, 669 00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:52,900 are these feet stinks going to stay outside? 670 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:54,500 Oh, good question. 671 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:55,500 Are you guys smelly? 672 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:57,700 Jimothy, are you smelly? 673 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,900 Yeah. 674 00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:03,900 Whoa, Jimothy has a much deeper voice than I in it, doesn't he? 675 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:04,900 That's OK. 676 00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:06,900 It's called puberty. 677 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:08,300 Yeah, yeah, it is. 678 00:29:08,300 --> 00:29:09,100 And it's OK. 679 00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,300 Everybody eventually goes through it 680 00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:16,100 and all the kids look to each other in shock and fear. 681 00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:20,100 Oh, we did that little field trip with everybody. 682 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:24,300 So is this the first place or the last place you visited? 683 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:26,900 Because you probably want to tell them not to sing this. 684 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,900 Did not. 685 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:32,500 You want them to sing different songs. 686 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:34,500 This was my first stop, 687 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:36,900 but thank you for that information. 688 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:37,500 Great. 689 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:37,900 All right. 690 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:39,700 Do you guys need anything? 691 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:41,300 You got more of that chalk? 692 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:43,500 I dig inside of my bucket 693 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:45,900 and I find another piece of chalk. 694 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:46,500 Yep. 695 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:47,500 Great. 696 00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:49,900 So no eating it. 697 00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:52,300 Tally hands it over to one of the children. 698 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:53,900 Just make sure you do a full perimeter. 699 00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:56,100 Full perimeter of the shed, OK? 700 00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:58,100 Don't miss any spots. 701 00:29:58,100 --> 00:30:03,300 And I take out a few cookies from those buns dough 702 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:05,100 and I give them to Tally. 703 00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:05,900 Thank you. 704 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:06,700 Not just for you. 705 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:08,500 Split them among the kids. 706 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:09,100 Of course. 707 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:10,300 Yeah, of course. 708 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:10,900 You know what? 709 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:12,700 You're doing a really good job. 710 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:14,500 Oh, thank you. 711 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:16,100 It's a learning experience. 712 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:17,900 And you're nailing it. 713 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:20,300 And you took the feedback well. 714 00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:23,500 Well, I mean, if you put your back up 715 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:25,300 against constructive criticism, 716 00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:26,700 nobody gets anywhere. 717 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:27,900 Great words. 718 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:28,500 Wise. 719 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:29,100 All right. 720 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:31,100 Bye, you guys. 721 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:31,500 Bye. 722 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:32,500 Love you. 723 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:34,300 I love you too. 724 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:35,100 Door shuts. 725 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:36,700 Everybody go to bed. 726 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:38,100 I look up at the sky. 727 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:39,500 The sun's still up. 728 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:41,100 It's like four o'clock. 729 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:45,900 See Tally through the window just chain smoking. 730 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:48,900 Nap time, kids. 731 00:30:48,900 --> 00:30:51,300 Got to write a new fucking lullaby. 732 00:30:51,300 --> 00:30:54,700 And I book it to the mill. 733 00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:56,800 We see you tear off towards the mill. 734 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,100 And we fade back into Comptroller Wiggins' office, 735 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,100 who's flipping through the ledger. 736 00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:07,100 And he says, so tell me one more time 737 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:09,100 where you got these books from. 738 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:13,700 All right, so these books were under locking key 739 00:31:13,700 --> 00:31:15,700 in Nina's office. 740 00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:20,500 There are so many names in this book, 741 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:23,299 like names I don't even recognize. 742 00:31:23,299 --> 00:31:26,900 But some names I do recognize. 743 00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:29,100 Like Nina and the mayor. 744 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:31,900 Nina and the mayor are all over this. 745 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:35,900 I'm more concerned about, perhaps, 746 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:40,700 a noble name that exists not within that town, 747 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:42,299 but in this town. 748 00:31:42,299 --> 00:31:44,500 And he flips back a couple pages. 749 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:47,299 And he says, did you see this one? 750 00:31:47,299 --> 00:31:51,099 And he points to a name, and it's Lady Cressida Thorne. 751 00:31:51,099 --> 00:31:54,299 Yep, yeah, I saw that one in there a couple times. 752 00:31:54,299 --> 00:32:00,099 He sits back and takes a swig of his cold coffee. 753 00:32:00,099 --> 00:32:02,700 But like, what do we do with all these names? 754 00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:07,099 What do we do with all these names? 755 00:32:07,099 --> 00:32:10,500 He's gone, like, Stark White, 756 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:17,700 his previously unmentioned, unkempt mustache and goatee. 757 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:21,299 He starts pulling at it, just like combing it 758 00:32:21,299 --> 00:32:22,900 through with his hands. 759 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:27,099 He says, this is a little bigger 760 00:32:27,099 --> 00:32:28,500 than I thought it was going to be. 761 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,700 I thought it was just going to be some local stuff. 762 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:34,500 But this is like working with many different regions. 763 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,900 Oh, yeah, no, and like everyone from dwarves 764 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:39,700 to pirates to diplomats. 765 00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:40,900 It's wild. 766 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:44,100 How did Knops is inept? 767 00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:47,500 How did Knops pull this off? 768 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:49,900 Oh, I don't think Knops did. 769 00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:52,299 That's the thing. 770 00:32:52,299 --> 00:32:55,100 So you think Knops is the fall guy. 771 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:59,100 Or like knows what's happening. 772 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:01,100 But I think he knows he's just like, 773 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:02,900 oh, well, there's much smarter people 774 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:04,299 who can run this instead of me. 775 00:33:04,299 --> 00:33:07,299 So I'm just going to like, I'll be the figurehead. 776 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:10,500 But that's as far as my role goes. 777 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:11,500 Right. 778 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:14,099 So we have to be. 779 00:33:14,099 --> 00:33:17,700 He closes the book, closes all of the books, 780 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:19,299 and stacks them back up. 781 00:33:19,299 --> 00:33:25,299 And we have to be very careful about this. 782 00:33:25,299 --> 00:33:28,099 Looks over your shoulder, makes sure the door is still closed, 783 00:33:28,099 --> 00:33:30,099 like checking the sill underneath, 784 00:33:30,099 --> 00:33:33,299 making sure there's no like shadows at the doors. 785 00:33:33,299 --> 00:33:36,500 We have to be very careful about this. 786 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,700 Who knows your back? 787 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:40,299 Everybody knows your back. 788 00:33:40,299 --> 00:33:43,299 Literally, everybody in the office knows your back. 789 00:33:43,299 --> 00:33:48,299 But what if like I leave again, 790 00:33:48,299 --> 00:33:52,099 and then whatever is going to happen, 791 00:33:52,099 --> 00:33:53,500 happens once I'm gone. 792 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:56,500 And then maybe people won't correlate 793 00:33:56,500 --> 00:34:00,299 that I had this news for you. 794 00:34:00,299 --> 00:34:02,700 So you're putting this on me? 795 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:05,700 Well, like you're Comptroller for a reason. 796 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:11,500 I do endless amounts of paperwork. 797 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:13,099 There hasn't been this. 798 00:34:13,099 --> 00:34:15,699 There hasn't been since I started. 799 00:34:15,699 --> 00:34:18,699 I've been here for 42 years. 800 00:34:18,699 --> 00:34:21,900 I'm supposed to retire in three weeks. 801 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:23,300 Oh my God, I had no idea. 802 00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:26,099 They were going to throw a big party for me. 803 00:34:26,099 --> 00:34:28,500 Usually there's like a card that goes around, 804 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,500 but I guess with me not being here for a while, 805 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:31,699 I probably missed out on that. 806 00:34:31,699 --> 00:34:34,300 It's probably on one of the piles on your desk. 807 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:37,700 Oh, yeah. 808 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:38,700 Bazaar, what do you think? 809 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,300 What should we do? 810 00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:45,300 Well, I find it interesting that a noble person 811 00:34:45,300 --> 00:34:49,300 from Kingston would wind up sending money to Vintersmouth. 812 00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:52,700 What reason would they have to do that? 813 00:34:52,700 --> 00:34:57,500 Especially considering like how the mayor has used 814 00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:59,500 the money for gold statues. 815 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:01,900 Unless they're trying to make themselves some kind of, 816 00:35:02,099 --> 00:35:05,700 I don't know, a vacation spot made just for them. 817 00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:11,300 But I love Vintersmouth, but I don't think it's that really. 818 00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:12,900 Well, I mean, I don't know. 819 00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:14,900 I don't know what the end goal is, 820 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:17,099 but looking through the book, 821 00:35:17,099 --> 00:35:20,900 it seems like her payments are, 822 00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:23,700 well, they correlate with Nopz's authority 823 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:25,700 and like anytime there's a challenge to him, 824 00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:29,700 she seems to like re-up that payment. 825 00:35:29,699 --> 00:35:33,099 So obviously something there between the two of them, 826 00:35:33,099 --> 00:35:36,099 but I don't know what it could be. 827 00:35:36,099 --> 00:35:43,299 What if we just focus on getting Nopz and Nina out? 828 00:35:43,299 --> 00:35:44,699 What about that? 829 00:35:44,699 --> 00:35:46,699 Yeah, we could focus on that. 830 00:35:46,699 --> 00:35:50,299 I think that's the move and the evidence here 831 00:35:50,299 --> 00:35:53,699 would hopefully, what we're willing to divulge, 832 00:35:53,699 --> 00:35:56,699 yeah, would certainly get them out. 833 00:35:57,699 --> 00:36:01,699 I don't know how rich this Cressida person is, 834 00:36:01,699 --> 00:36:03,099 but unless they have... 835 00:36:03,099 --> 00:36:05,099 You see Jav making the money sign 836 00:36:05,099 --> 00:36:07,099 with his fingers in the background. 837 00:36:07,099 --> 00:36:10,899 I could only assume based off of the brief numbers I saw, 838 00:36:10,899 --> 00:36:16,699 but if they have the money to throw like this, 839 00:36:16,699 --> 00:36:19,299 who says they wouldn't just throw it behind 840 00:36:19,299 --> 00:36:26,099 any kind of lawmen to make it just go away? 841 00:36:26,099 --> 00:36:27,299 And nothing happens. 842 00:36:27,299 --> 00:36:30,299 Yeah, yeah, I see your point. 843 00:36:30,299 --> 00:36:35,099 Evidence burned, evidence dismissed. 844 00:36:35,099 --> 00:36:37,099 Wiggums looks to you, Kav. 845 00:36:37,099 --> 00:36:38,699 Have you made... 846 00:36:38,699 --> 00:36:41,099 I see you've got some notes there on this. 847 00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:45,900 Have you made any copies of anything that's in this? 848 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:48,099 Not like a copy per se, 849 00:36:48,099 --> 00:36:51,299 but like jotting down my thoughts. 850 00:36:51,299 --> 00:36:53,299 Of course, of course, of course, of course. 851 00:36:53,299 --> 00:36:54,699 Here's what I'm proposing. 852 00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:57,100 Here's the spaghetti that I'm throwing at the wall here. 853 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:58,100 Love it. Hit me with it. 854 00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:00,500 I don't know how long you've been walking around 855 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:01,500 with these books for, 856 00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:04,300 but I don't think you should be walking around with these books. 857 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:06,300 Oh, yeah, full agreement there. 858 00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:08,900 We need to keep these books somewhere safe 859 00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:11,300 that nobody is ever going to look. 860 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:13,700 I would say the giant stack of paperwork on my desk, 861 00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:16,700 but someone might actually look there, you know, for the card. 862 00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:19,700 Okay, so what if we go find the card, 863 00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:21,300 get the card out of the stack, 864 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:23,500 and as ridiculous as this sounds, 865 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:27,500 what if we hid these books inside that giant stack of papers 866 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:29,300 that nobody's ever going to look, 867 00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:31,699 and they just keep piling papers on top of it? 868 00:37:31,699 --> 00:37:35,900 So your solution is to find the needle in the paper stack. 869 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:36,900 Yes. 870 00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:39,099 And then hide more needles in said paper stack. 871 00:37:39,099 --> 00:37:41,300 And then hide more needles in the paper stack. 872 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:45,699 And what I think I need to do here 873 00:37:45,699 --> 00:37:49,699 is to start asking some pointed questions 874 00:37:49,699 --> 00:37:51,900 to some people that I trust 875 00:37:52,099 --> 00:37:55,700 and figure out exactly how high this goes up 876 00:37:55,700 --> 00:38:00,300 so that we can figure out who to take this to. 877 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:03,900 And I'm sorry to tell you, but I don't think you're back yet. 878 00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:06,500 Oh, yeah, no, I'm thrilled to hear that. 879 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:09,700 I did not want to do anything back here. 880 00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:11,900 I mean, not that, you know, there's not, 881 00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:13,700 like, I want to come back here eventually. 882 00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:14,700 Yeah, I understand. 883 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:16,900 There's lots going on down in Vintersmouth. 884 00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:21,700 Yeah, I feel like we need to keep you in Vintersmouth. 885 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:25,300 You've developed some relationships with people 886 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:29,700 who obviously are presumably connected with this, yes? 887 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:33,100 Yeah, yeah, one really good relationship 888 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:35,100 with my friend Bench, who is, 889 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:37,500 well, he comes up in that book a few times, doesn't he? 890 00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:40,300 Yeah, he did notice that name. 891 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:42,900 Okay, so maybe, 892 00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:45,300 maybe you can use that to your advantage. 893 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:51,100 If you, guaranteed, he knows what you've been doing, right? 894 00:38:51,099 --> 00:38:52,699 We haven't been keeping that a secret. 895 00:38:52,699 --> 00:38:55,699 You were there with explicit directions to audit the office. 896 00:38:55,699 --> 00:38:58,900 Oh, yeah, yeah, he knows, he knows, yeah. 897 00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:00,900 He doesn't know what we found. 898 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:01,500 No. 899 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:02,900 But he knows what I'm doing there. 900 00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:06,299 Okay, if we're able to keep you there, 901 00:39:06,299 --> 00:39:08,900 you can gain any more information. 902 00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:10,500 Obviously, these books are gone. 903 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:13,699 That may pose some questions. 904 00:39:13,699 --> 00:39:14,299 Could be a problem. 905 00:39:14,299 --> 00:39:17,699 But why would you come back if you had the books? 906 00:39:17,699 --> 00:39:18,699 Only a fool would do that. 907 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:21,100 Only a fool would do that. 908 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:22,900 It looks too bizarre, right? 909 00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:23,500 Only a fool. 910 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:26,300 That's my thought on it, too. 911 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,900 Okay. 912 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:32,700 When's the next ship out that you're looking to take? 913 00:39:32,700 --> 00:39:35,100 Biz, like tomorrow, right? 914 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:38,300 Yeah, we can head back out up and hit up the library tonight 915 00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:41,300 and then see what my mom says tomorrow morning, then we're off. 916 00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:41,900 Perfect. 917 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:43,900 Oh, we still got to stop by a chest of drawers. 918 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:44,500 Of course. 919 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:46,100 Maybe that can just be like on the way. 920 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:48,300 If you know what you want, I know what I want. 921 00:39:48,300 --> 00:39:52,500 Got their catalog in the mail a couple of months ago and saw what the... 922 00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:55,300 They've got some nice seasonal patterns. 923 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:56,700 I was just there last week. 924 00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:58,100 Oh, okay. 925 00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:01,900 I always love when they get the seasonal stuff in because it's not in the catalog. 926 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:03,700 So you just have to kind of go see what's there. 927 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:04,300 That's right. 928 00:40:04,300 --> 00:40:05,300 It's exciting. 929 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:06,900 Okay. 930 00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:10,100 I will start spreading the news. 931 00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:13,300 I'm going to go tell Stacey that you're not going to be here. 932 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:14,700 She's going to be very upset. 933 00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:17,900 Well, I mean, literally, if you tell Stacey, then everyone will know. 934 00:40:18,099 --> 00:40:22,700 So I'm going to go tell her that you're not here and there's been a bit of a mix up. 935 00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:24,500 They'll continue to pile papers. 936 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:25,700 Yeah, just keep putting that paper. 937 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:26,900 I'll be back to do it. 938 00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:29,500 Don't you worry about that aggressive wink. 939 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:30,500 Yeah, yeah. 940 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,099 Bureaucracy is cool. 941 00:40:32,099 --> 00:40:36,900 Take these books and put them back in your desk. 942 00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:41,700 I trust you to put them in a place in a certain stack. 943 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:43,700 Nobody's going to touch the fucking stack. 944 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:44,700 That's all I'm saying. 945 00:40:44,700 --> 00:40:49,500 So put them back in your desk and then casually exit the building. 946 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,100 I will ask those questions. 947 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:59,900 I will try and get some information before you go as to what could possibly be your 948 00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:06,700 next step or if there's somebody we can take this to quicker. 949 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:07,700 Sounds good. 950 00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:09,100 Always a pleasure, Wiggins. 951 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:10,300 Always a pleasure, Cass. 952 00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:12,700 And I am sorry. 953 00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:13,700 No, no, no, no, no. 954 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:14,500 This is great. 955 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:16,099 This is what we sent you out there for. 956 00:41:16,099 --> 00:41:20,500 I was hoping he was just inept and didn't know how to add numbers. 957 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,900 But it turns out he's got enough backing that... 958 00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:26,099 Oh, yeah, there's some super corruption. 959 00:41:26,099 --> 00:41:27,099 Gosh. 960 00:41:27,099 --> 00:41:28,500 Okay. 961 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:34,500 He cracks open a little container and pops two pills into his mouth and just starts 962 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:35,500 chewing them up. 963 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:40,300 Oh, no, you mixed up your cyanide, Cass. 964 00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:42,699 And now he's dead. 965 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,900 It just seems like a running joke in this office. 966 00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:46,900 Somebody else's problem now. 967 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:48,300 Oh, you cyanide pills. 968 00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:49,100 Oh, no. 969 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:50,500 Womp, womp. 970 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:51,100 All right. 971 00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:56,500 So we'll meet tomorrow at the usual spot. 972 00:41:56,500 --> 00:42:00,300 You know where we do all the office outings. 973 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:03,700 You know, you've been to the office outings, right? 974 00:42:03,700 --> 00:42:04,100 Yeah. 975 00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:06,900 You've never been to a single office outing. 976 00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,700 No, I haven't. 977 00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:14,900 So we started meeting at the escape rooms so we can go meet at the escape rooms. 978 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:15,300 Okay. 979 00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:19,100 Nobody's going to expect a business dealing at the escape room. 980 00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:20,700 That's a place where joy goes. 981 00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:21,700 Okay. 982 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:23,500 I'll see you tomorrow. 983 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:25,500 He heads down the office. 984 00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:28,500 Stacy, you hear it calls down. 985 00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:32,700 The two of you head back down the hallway towards your desk and you've got those 986 00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:34,100 books in hand. 987 00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:36,900 Oh, I put them back in my bag at this point, I believe. 988 00:42:36,900 --> 00:42:39,700 You're not walking around with them like this, just held it in front of you. 989 00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:41,300 Don't look over here. 990 00:42:41,300 --> 00:42:42,500 You've got the books in your bag. 991 00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:44,500 Mind your business. 992 00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:47,500 At the books in your bag, you're heading back towards your desk. 993 00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:51,700 You hear George walks by, he says, oh, sorry, I actually back. 994 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:53,300 Stacy said you weren't. 995 00:42:53,300 --> 00:42:54,700 Oh, yeah, no, just back. 996 00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:59,900 Just just for a little scooch of time and then back to back to back to the 997 00:42:59,900 --> 00:43:00,099 dub. 998 00:43:00,099 --> 00:43:00,900 It's good to see you. 999 00:43:00,900 --> 00:43:02,500 Do you mean to keep water in the ficus? 1000 00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:04,300 Are you going to take that with you? 1001 00:43:04,300 --> 00:43:04,900 You know what? 1002 00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:06,099 I'm going to take it with me. 1003 00:43:06,099 --> 00:43:06,500 Roger that. 1004 00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:08,300 I appreciate you keeping it alive. 1005 00:43:08,300 --> 00:43:11,699 It's one of the easiest things I've ever done in this place. 1006 00:43:11,699 --> 00:43:13,500 Well, it's good to see you. 1007 00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:17,500 Can't wait to see when you are back and pleasure to meet you. 1008 00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:18,900 Keeps carrying on. 1009 00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:19,699 Good, dude. 1010 00:43:19,699 --> 00:43:20,900 Yeah, you know what? 1011 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:21,500 George is solid. 1012 00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:25,699 And as I like, I tuck the books into like the never-ending stack of 1013 00:43:25,699 --> 00:43:29,900 paperwork and the card is like on top of one of the other stacks. 1014 00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:30,699 It's delightful. 1015 00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:42,699 Dumbgeons and Dragons Season 4 Episode 9 starring Amy More as Alydin, 1016 00:43:42,699 --> 00:43:46,900 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, Kyle Clasett as Bizard the Wizard, 1017 00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:49,300 and Russ More as your dungeon master. 1018 00:43:49,300 --> 00:43:53,500 Dialogue editing by Carla Maxedad and sound design by Russ More. 1019 00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:57,500 This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound and Slipstream and 1020 00:43:57,500 --> 00:44:01,500 sound effects from Epidemic Sound, Boom Library and Sound Ideas. 1021 00:44:01,500 --> 00:44:05,300 Our amazing cover art and character designs are by Matt Garbutt 1022 00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:08,100 and a huge thank you to our supporting producers, 1023 00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:11,700 Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak, Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden, 1024 00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:16,300 Christian Brown, Angaron Kierzen, Perry Matey, Old School Gamer D, 1025 00:44:16,300 --> 00:44:20,300 Craig Zeiss, L.A. 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