[0.0s] Shh, Dumbgeons and Dragons starts in just a moment.
[4.0s] Bizard, you step into your alma mater and are heading down the hallway towards Barnhart
[14.2s] Swan School of Magic Fighting and Dance's library.
[18.7s] There are young students coming and going out of the library, some of them just accidentally
[25.5s] bump into you as the hallways are packed.
[28.8s] Looks like it's probably between classes right now.
[32.0s] And Kav, you're following in behind and probably haven't spent much, if any, time at all
[38.6s] in Barnhart Swans as they keep it under pretty lock and key.
[43.0s] Not many tours go through unless you're intending to go to the school.
[47.4s] The walls and columns are all very intricately carved.
[52.6s] There's a different statue style carving of different wizards throughout time who have
[58.9s] all taught here and gone here.
[62.1s] This is prestigious, I guess is probably one of the best ways to describe this hall
[69.4s] that you're walking down.
[70.4s] And that up there, that's Ileana the Diviner and then you have TAlydinar the
[76.1s] Arcane Brewmeister.
[78.5s] It was an interesting school of magic that he decided to come up with, very, I don't
[83.0s] know, it's just brewing but with magic.
[85.1s] So...
[86.1s] Oh, cool.
[87.1s] Yeah, you know, it added some magical effects, like, you know, you start feeling a little
[91.4s] floaty more so than just from the alcohol, like you actually start floating around.
[95.1s] So kind of dangerous, actually, but still revolutionized some things.
[99.5s] Now it looks like very expensive here.
[103.9s] What's the tuition like?
[106.6s] Well, you know, it's been a long time since I've thought about the tuition and it's about
[114.8s] 2000 gold a year.
[117.5s] Wow!
[118.5s] Yeah, it's, you know, you do one of two things.
[123.5s] You have the money, or you work for the school to get the money, or you do something
[129.6s] illegal.
[130.6s] Oh, mystery third option.
[132.3s] Yeah, most people don't think of that one.
[134.7s] I like it.
[135.7s] You know, gotta get by.
[138.4s] And technically, taking money from your parents isn't stealing when you need it, right?
[143.3s] I wouldn't think so.
[145.1s] I didn't think so either.
[146.4s] Anyway, so I'm trying to find Darius.
[149.9s] I wonder if Darius is still around.
[151.7s] Let me find one of the nearest workers here.
[155.5s] Paige?
[156.5s] Yes, sir.
[157.5s] Yes, sir.
[158.5s] Is Darius currently working?
[160.8s] Oh, yes, I think it was around.
[164.1s] Come this way, come this way.
[166.7s] Have you been to Barnhart Swans before?
[169.3s] I see cloaks on cloaks.
[170.5s] You've been here.
[171.5s] Yes, yes.
[172.5s] Yes, of course, of course.
[173.5s] And this is my guest, Cav, so please.
[176.0s] Of course.
[177.0s] Hi, first time for me.
[178.0s] Nice to meet you.
[179.0s] Nice to meet you.
[180.7s] Let's head into the library.
[183.4s] Is there something in particular you're looking for that I can inform him of,
[187.7s] or just an old friend?
[190.2s] Both, actually.
[191.6s] Old friend.
[192.7s] I am looking for something specific, which you can go ahead and get on the work for doing,
[197.9s] unless you've already been given an assignment short of just reshelving books.
[201.7s] Nope, nope.
[203.6s] That's all I was doing.
[204.6s] I was just heading out for a little bathroom break, but I can do that later.
[208.2s] By all means, take care of yourself.
[211.2s] But once you're done with that, I need you to start looking into the magic behind
[215.2s] artificers.
[217.2s] People who would craft magical items, seemingly more so in that realm of just like,
[223.5s] instead of studying the magic, just being able to evoke it through an item.
[227.6s] So anything in that realm would be appreciated.
[231.6s] And you can stack that up.
[233.7s] Put it in the fourth stack.
[234.8s] I'll go and find it there.
[235.8s] That should be pretty close to where I think they would be.
[237.8s] Yes, okay.
[238.8s] I'm just going to run and tell Darius that you're here.
[242.1s] And sorry, your name was?
[244.1s] Oh, Bizarre.
[245.1s] Bizarre.
[247.0s] Bizarre.
[248.0s] Very cool.
[249.0s] Okay.
[250.0s] He runs up.
[251.0s] You see him duck into an office and he kind of like fixes his cloak, points out to
[256.7s] you and waves you over and says, he'll see you and he zips past you, holding
[262.5s] his legs together as he's running down towards the bathroom.
[266.1s] Go to the bathroom.
[267.6s] Sorry.
[268.6s] Okay.
[269.6s] Dedication.
[270.6s] I do like it.
[271.6s] I'd be lying if I said I wasn't in that position myself at some point.
[275.3s] Yeah, let's go.
[276.3s] Let's go speak to Darius real quick and get this knocked out.
[278.7s] It won't take long.
[279.7s] Perfect.
[281.9s] Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast.
[285.8s] And I'm your dungeon master, Russ More.
[287.7s] He him.
[288.7s] Also joining me today is Amy More as Alydin.
[291.9s] She her.
[292.9s] But maybe your next story could be about a team adventuring out to find riches.
[299.1s] Tom Laird is Kavlaran Goldweave.
[301.2s] He him.
[302.2s] Is one of the books portals, portals, portals.
[304.4s] And Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard.
[306.9s] He him.
[307.9s] Remember to take care of yourself.
[308.9s] Did you go and use the bathroom?
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[316.8s] There's a seven-day free trial and a whole bunch of episodes for you to listen
[320.5s] to.
[321.5s] We hope to see you over there.
[322.5s] And now fuck it, let's play.
[332.3s] Over to Vintersmouth, Alydin is running through the town and make your way to the mill where
[341.4s] June and her partner, they run the mill.
[344.9s] So June does exist in this space in case that comes up.
[349.5s] You're making your way to where the kids are at the mill and the person who we
[354.3s] put in charge of the mill was Florence.
[358.3s] Florence was the eldest child.
[360.6s] And as you are making your way towards the back of the open area where there is another
[366.3s] like shed type structure that June has cleaned up and allowed the kids to stay there.
[372.9s] You don't hear the song, but you hear some soft talking inside.
[379.1s] And as you get closer, it sounds very ghost story-ish in cadence.
[386.1s] I come to the door and I lean up and put my ear to the door to listen to see what Florence
[394.0s] is saying.
[395.0s] And it sounds like they're nearing the end of this tale and all you kind of make
[399.6s] out is she's talking very low, which is very hard to hear, but then raises her
[405.9s] hands and like claps them together and says they were never seen again.
[413.6s] All the kids scream all at once.
[417.5s] I knock at the door.
[419.5s] And then they scream again.
[420.5s] He's outside!
[421.5s] He's outside!
[422.5s] It's the banjo man!
[423.5s] It's me!
[424.5s] Oh, it's just Alydin.
[428.5s] It's just Alydin.
[430.1s] Everybody calm down.
[431.6s] I thought knocking would be less scary, but I guess.
[434.3s] Yes.
[435.3s] Hello.
[436.3s] Welcome to our abode.
[437.3s] Thank you for coming.
[438.3s] She's got a tattered rug laid out on the floor, which wasn't there the last time
[442.8s] you came.
[443.8s] There's a few chairs in there.
[446.0s] June gave us these chairs.
[447.4s] Have a seat.
[448.4s] Welcome to our humble home.
[450.4s] Wow.
[451.4s] You guys have more furniture here than we had back home.
[454.6s] June's taking really good care of us.
[456.7s] It's a lovely establishment that they run here.
[459.7s] Wow.
[460.7s] I'm super happy to hear that.
[462.3s] Is everyone doing okay?
[463.9s] Yeah.
[464.9s] June's taking really good care of us.
[467.1s] Good.
[468.1s] I'm glad.
[469.5s] Can I talk to you outside for just real one quick second?
[472.7s] Of course.
[473.7s] Walk outside and shut the door behind me.
[477.4s] So how have things been?
[478.4s] Florence, how old are you?
[479.4s] I'm seven.
[480.4s] Yeah.
[481.4s] Is this a quiz?
[484.4s] No, it's not a quiz.
[487.9s] I'm going to be very clear with you right now.
[489.7s] Are you ready?
[490.7s] Ready.
[491.7s] Do not.
[492.7s] Do not.
[494.1s] Tell the kids scary stories.
[497.3s] Why?
[498.9s] Because they just lived something very scary.
[501.9s] Yeah, but yeah, no, you're right.
[504.6s] I guess.
[505.6s] And you did too.
[506.6s] And I know you're being so brave and you really stepped up to take care of them.
[512.1s] I thought it was like fun because then we could share in like just a story that is safe
[517.3s] because it's just a story.
[518.8s] I'm just telling it to them and it's one we heard today because we got to go out.
[523.4s] We got to stretch our legs.
[524.7s] Tally was very, very happy about that, that we got to be out of the buildings
[530.5s] that we're in.
[531.6s] And it was just, it was just a nice moment.
[534.1s] I would like to say again that you guys are not locked inside.
[542.0s] You can go play.
[544.0s] Right.
[545.0s] Outside.
[546.0s] OK, well maybe we'll do that tomorrow.
[549.6s] But I, I, I want you to tell the kids stories.
[556.6s] Am I in trouble?
[559.0s] No.
[560.1s] But I want you to tell the kids stories that are fun and exciting and adventurous.
[566.5s] And there can be scary parts and parts where you're like, what's going to happen next?
[572.6s] But nothing that maybe they're going to have nightmares and scream about on top of
[579.4s] what I'm assuming is already some night screaming.
[585.1s] Who told you about the night screaming?
[587.1s] Well, this isn't the only place with a group of kids who are night screaming.
[592.6s] OK.
[593.6s] Yeah.
[594.6s] And that's OK.
[595.6s] Because it was super scary.
[596.6s] And you're here for them.
[598.0s] But your job right now is to make sure that they are not more scared.
[602.4s] OK, got it.
[603.4s] Or scared of something different because just replacing the scary isn't.
[607.7s] No, yeah, that's bad.
[608.7s] But this is a scary that we didn't, we don't know.
[611.6s] And that can sometimes make it scarier.
[614.7s] I guess I see the I see the point.
[617.1s] Yeah, but you're not in trouble.
[619.4s] OK.
[620.4s] But maybe your next story could be about a team adventuring out to find riches or
[628.2s] to be pirates.
[630.4s] There could be pirates.
[632.0s] Because the pirates aren't real.
[633.6s] That's right.
[636.3s] That's right.
[638.1s] And maybe they come across some some magic creatures like unicorns.
[645.0s] OK.
[646.1s] And stuff like that of unicorns.
[648.2s] Right.
[648.7s] I got sparkles.
[649.7s] Use your imagination.
[651.0s] Rainbows.
[652.4s] And then they live in far away land that isn't here.
[658.7s] Yep.
[659.9s] OK, that's great.
[661.1s] Anything else?
[662.0s] No, but here you go.
[663.3s] And I I go inside my little bucket and I take out
[667.6s] a little stack of cookies and I go share them, of course, with everyone.
[671.8s] Share them with everyone.
[673.1s] Even the screaming kids.
[674.5s] Oh, yeah.
[675.2s] Well, that's everyone, isn't it?
[677.3s] I would have to hand it back to you.
[679.0s] Yeah.
[679.6s] All right.
[680.6s] I pop my head back in and I go, do you guys need anything?
[687.1s] What do you have?
[688.8s] So no, then?
[690.2s] No.
[691.0s] OK, I'll come and see you guys tomorrow.
[693.6s] Bye.
[695.8s] So I shut the door and I jog off to the school.
[702.1s] We cut to the school and you head in through the front door
[706.1s] and down to one of the classrooms that had the least windows.
[710.2s] You know, fewest points of entry obviously felt like a more strategic,
[713.8s] secure place to to have the kids here,
[717.0s] especially because there's no immediate adult supervisor within this area.
[722.4s] You get down there and you hear just inside kids, kids playing.
[727.8s] You hear a crash of like some some wooden figurines or something on the inside.
[733.1s] You step through the partially open door and they turn and look at you and say,
[738.1s] Alydin's here.
[739.0s] Alydin.
[740.6s] It's so good to see you.
[741.9s] Hi, you guys.
[742.9s] Hi.
[744.1s] Hello, Alydin again.
[744.8s] How's everyone doing?
[746.3s] Yeah, we're pretty good.
[747.6s] Learning lots.
[748.5s] Oh, yeah.
[749.3s] Look, we're stacking blocks and making towers and they've got the animals over
[755.0s] there and points and they've just got animal figurines.
[758.8s] What's up with you?
[761.1s] I'm just checking in on everybody.
[763.2s] We're great.
[763.9s] Well, it does certainly seem like you guys drew the long straw.
[768.1s] What do you mean?
[768.9s] Well, you guys are just so lucky because you guys have toys here.
[774.5s] We do have toys.
[775.4s] Do they have toys at the other places?
[777.7s] We should take them some toys.
[778.9s] Not many.
[779.5s] That would be so nice.
[780.7s] I think they would love that.
[782.0s] That would be really good.
[783.1s] Yeah.
[784.2s] Just a quick question.
[785.9s] Can I talk to you in the hall, Cedric?
[787.9s] Just for...
[788.9s] Yeah, of course, of course.
[789.9s] Just a sec.
[791.2s] So I went to Tally and I went to Florence.
[796.9s] And when I went there, I heard stories and songs.
[803.1s] Oh, at the banjo man.
[805.3s] Yeah, we went and saw the singer down in the docks today
[809.6s] and they were singing that song.
[811.6s] It was pretty good.
[812.7s] I thought it was nice.
[813.6s] A little spooky, but...
[815.2s] Yeah, kind of spooky, especially for what just happened.
[818.4s] So I'm going to ask you not to tell tales
[823.0s] and sing songs about the banjo man.
[824.4s] More than we already have.
[825.7s] Yeah, like no more from this point forward.
[828.4s] Than we already have up to this point.
[830.4s] Yes.
[831.7s] Try to keep it upbeat, positive.
[835.5s] Yeah.
[836.3s] Upbeat.
[836.9s] Because we don't want them to be scared.
[839.0s] Nah, they're not scared.
[839.9s] Look at them, they're playing with blocks.
[841.0s] Yeah, they're really lucky they got blocks.
[842.8s] Yeah, we'll bring them some blocks.
[845.3s] Well, we'll walk some over now.
[846.8s] We'll check the other classrooms, too.
[848.4s] Maybe they got blocks in there.
[849.6s] We can bring extra blocks.
[850.5s] Why didn't we just pile all you guys in the school?
[853.0s] I'm not sure.
[853.7s] You said that this was the best place to be.
[856.0s] It was at the shed and in the mill and in the school.
[860.2s] The other rooms had a lot of windows
[861.9s] and some of them were broken.
[863.1s] So maybe cleaning up all the rooms
[866.4s] was probably not a great idea.
[868.0s] Yeah, but if you could bring them some toys,
[869.6s] that'd be super cool.
[870.4s] OK.
[871.1s] All right.
[871.6s] You're doing a great job, Cedric.
[872.8s] Thanks, you too.
[874.2s] Thanks.
[875.5s] Uneasy feeling.
[876.8s] I want to roll a dice first.
[883.3s] What do you want to know?
[884.8s] Well, I want to know.
[886.6s] I feel like I'm being ushered out real fast.
[889.8s] OK.
[890.3s] I want to know.
[891.0s] So you want to roll insight.
[892.1s] Yes, is Cedric being sneaky about something?
[894.8s] I probably have a negative for my insight.
[897.7s] Nope, just a zero.
[899.3s] 19.
[900.6s] Wow.
[901.9s] You're trying to tell if the kid's being sneaky.
[905.0s] Yeah.
[906.4s] And I do feel like I would be good at knowing if, you
[909.2s] know.
[909.8s] No, absolutely.
[910.7s] He's trying to get me out of this room for a reason.
[912.8s] What's going on?
[913.6s] I don't think he's intentionally
[918.1s] trying to get you out of this room
[920.0s] for a specific reason.
[921.1s] I think he's being a kid in this moment who's
[924.6s] done having this conversation.
[926.6s] OK, cool.
[928.8s] Do you feel like he thought the story and the song
[933.5s] were spooky?
[934.1s] Yes, I do think you thought that.
[936.2s] Do you think he's not going to tell scary stories?
[939.5s] I don't think you can trust that entirely.
[942.3s] But he's not ushering you out
[944.5s] because there's something nefarious happening
[946.5s] on the other side of the door.
[947.8s] Cool.
[948.5s] All right, well, I am hungry.
[952.2s] So I'm going to head back.
[954.8s] We see Alydin exit the school, give a moment to pause
[959.5s] to kind of look back.
[960.7s] And you hear the sound of playing inside.
[962.6s] And you see a couple of kids running
[964.4s] past the hall carrying a bunch of blocks in their arms.
[967.5s] And one of them turns and looks and says,
[969.2s] we're taking them to the blocks.
[970.6s] You guys are awesome.
[972.0s] We'll be right back.
[976.1s] It's the middle.
[978.6s] We're in November now.
[984.8s] And this is the start of the middle.
[986.7s] And Tom is about to say about it.
[989.0s] Tell us about it, Tom.
[990.2s] Tell us what you really think about November, Tom.
[992.3s] Look, after about October 15th,
[994.4s] I don't know what happened on what day.
[997.2s] It's just all one glorious, gross streak of color.
[1001.5s] Yeah, we're all just trying to make it to the end.
[1005.0s] And for that, we're glad that you're here celebrating
[1010.0s] and enjoying some fun times.
[1013.0s] Absolutely.
[1015.1s] So thank you.
[1016.7s] Thank you for being here.
[1018.5s] I started the middle.
[1019.6s] I threw it to Tom, who just did that.
[1022.9s] And I didn't even prep for the middle.
[1025.4s] Yeah, well, what are we talking about?
[1029.6s] This is just a fun hangout time with friends.
[1032.7s] So what is everybody's Christmas plans this year?
[1037.6s] Jesus, fuck.
[1039.4s] As little as possible with as few gifts as possible as well.
[1043.8s] Nice.
[1044.8s] Good strategy.
[1046.3s] How about I send you some stickers in two years?
[1048.9s] Oh, that sounds lovely.
[1050.0s] That sounds great.
[1051.6s] You know what?
[1052.3s] I couldn't help myself.
[1053.2s] I just remembered.
[1054.0s] I know, so rude.
[1055.2s] Is that I got Tom a sticker.
[1057.0s] This wasn't one that we got together
[1059.6s] and I haven't sent him.
[1060.6s] It was a surprise fun sticker.
[1062.6s] I think that was like a year ago, Tom,
[1064.4s] that I was like, I'll got you a fun sticker.
[1067.0s] I'll send it to you.
[1068.2s] So is it just Tom and stickers?
[1069.8s] It's just Tom and stickers is what I'm saying.
[1072.0s] It's like the sticker void.
[1073.3s] I'm going to email myself, see if I can find that sticker
[1076.6s] and I'm going to send it to you, Tom.
[1078.6s] Heck yeah.
[1079.1s] If you can't, I mean, I have hundreds of stickers.
[1082.2s] So let me know and I'll.
[1083.4s] This is like a specific fun one
[1085.4s] that's like a joke from a podcast that literally only
[1088.0s] Tom, as a person I know, will get, I think.
[1091.5s] OK.
[1092.2s] Is it a stop podcasting yourself reference?
[1094.8s] No.
[1095.6s] OK.
[1096.4s] Is it, that's all the podcasts I know that you listen to,
[1100.6s] that I don't.
[1103.4s] Abdul was just on that show, by the way.
[1105.4s] He was.
[1106.1s] Well, it's because he's best friends with him.
[1107.6s] I'll have to download that one.
[1109.0s] Oh, that's cool.
[1110.6s] Yeah.
[1111.1s] I fell off with a stop podcast a little bit,
[1114.0s] but I'll get back on the horse.
[1116.2s] It's nice because you can just dip back in.
[1118.4s] Yeah.
[1119.0s] Anytime.
[1119.8s] Just jump in.
[1120.6s] So go listen to stop podcasting yourself.
[1123.8s] Yeah.
[1124.7s] Are we still in the middle, or are we just everybody?
[1127.0s] Yeah, they need the support.
[1128.5s] And tell them we sent you.
[1130.2s] Yeah, do it.
[1131.4s] Maybe they reach out and they're like, hey,
[1133.5s] we heard that you're really awesome
[1134.8s] and they want to come on with us.
[1136.3s] Oh, I love that.
[1137.4s] They're so funny.
[1138.7s] I love those guys.
[1140.2s] Poor Canadians.
[1141.3s] Just light them into thinking it's their idea.
[1143.9s] I mean, also, you could probably just ask them
[1147.1s] and they might do it.
[1148.8s] Yeah, probably.
[1150.6s] OK, we don't have to play mind games with people.
[1153.1s] Mind, I guess.
[1157.0s] You know who we do play games with, though,
[1159.2s] is our patrons.
[1160.4s] Yeah, not mind games.
[1161.5s] That's true.
[1162.0s] Not mind games.
[1162.6s] Just fun games.
[1163.6s] Just fun games.
[1164.9s] Yeah, just fun games.
[1166.1s] All right.
[1166.8s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cats.
[1168.5s] Come join us like Kyle did today.
[1170.8s] He joined as a free patron.
[1172.2s] You can do that.
[1173.4s] You can do that.
[1174.1s] You can just be a free patron.
[1175.4s] Welcome to the scene.
[1176.5s] You hang around long enough.
[1180.3s] So wait, is this episode dedicated to me?
[1182.6s] No.
[1183.1s] No, no.
[1183.6s] So is your house that way.
[1185.1s] Yeah.
[1186.0s] We do dedicate an episode to a patron.
[1188.5s] Unfortunately, it's not Kyle today.
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[1225.5s] will help the rest of the year go by faster for you,
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[1232.2s] OK.
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[1233.6s] Solid.
[1234.6s] It's going to happen.
[1235.4s] It's going to happen.
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[1241.5s] Bye.
[1243.4s] We hear just a gentle knock at a door.
[1246.7s] And Bizard and Cav, you enter Darius's office.
[1251.5s] Darius is one of the head librarians.
[1253.7s] Looks up from the book he's reading,
[1257.3s] because he's a librarian.
[1258.8s] Very stereotypical.
[1260.3s] He says, Bizard, it's lovely to see you.
[1262.4s] Darius.
[1263.0s] Darius is a larger, jovial man.
[1267.6s] Stands up.
[1268.4s] His chair creaks underneath him.
[1270.2s] And he comes around, gives you the big bear hug,
[1273.5s] and squeezes you tight.
[1275.5s] It's so good to see you.
[1277.6s] And lets you go, drops you to the ground.
[1280.2s] Darius, oh, I have missed those, man, like no other.
[1285.6s] How have you been?
[1287.0s] I am doing quite well.
[1289.3s] They keep me pretty set up here.
[1293.2s] I've moved up the ranks since you were here last,
[1295.5s] and running the establishment.
[1298.0s] I mean, maybe not running the establishment,
[1300.0s] but I'm like pretty close.
[1301.1s] Give it time.
[1301.7s] Give it time.
[1302.5s] If you know what I'm saying.
[1303.6s] The gray is looking good on you.
[1305.4s] I'm liking it.
[1306.2s] Thank you.
[1306.7s] Thank you.
[1307.3s] A little bit more than it was last time,
[1309.0s] but I guess with how it is.
[1311.7s] Nature of the business.
[1312.8s] Nature of the business.
[1314.0s] Who is this?
[1314.8s] Who's your friend?
[1315.6s] Oh, this is Cav.
[1318.0s] We ventured here from Ventersmouth
[1319.8s] and become a recent really good friend.
[1323.1s] And yeah, just traveling back home.
[1325.4s] What a pleasure to meet you, Cav.
[1327.0s] Yeah, nice to meet you, too.
[1329.5s] Just a hearty handshake.
[1331.0s] It's just, well, any friend of Bazaar is a friend of mine.
[1333.2s] Come in, sit down, tell me what you're doing here.
[1336.2s] Well, I came back because believe it or not,
[1340.7s] I never thought I'd find myself
[1342.0s] in the role of being a teacher.
[1344.0s] But I have a potential student that
[1348.1s] is accessing magic in a way that I'm not too familiar with.
[1352.3s] It seems like, for example,
[1354.8s] when they come into contact with a coin, it lights up.
[1359.7s] It seems like more so they're imparting magic
[1361.5s] to an object at this point.
[1365.3s] And I think they could pull more out.
[1367.5s] I just don't know.
[1369.0s] I don't know how to make the connection
[1371.5s] because I think it's more so like artificer magic.
[1376.4s] Right, right.
[1377.2s] So they have an inherent ability.
[1381.4s] Right.
[1382.3s] So I mean, maybe some texts that speak on sorcerers,
[1387.0s] whether they're wildly tethered to the weave
[1390.9s] or through some other ancestry
[1393.7s] that they're achieving their magic,
[1395.0s] maybe something along those lines.
[1396.4s] But I feel like there was some text
[1399.6s] on some magical engineers that I really enjoyed.
[1403.0s] It kind of actually inspired me
[1404.7s] to get into my little magic shop that I'm doing.
[1407.4s] It's silly.
[1408.2s] I don't want to bore you with it, but.
[1409.5s] No.
[1410.4s] Oh, you've got your, you mentioned that.
[1412.7s] First off, it's not a little magic shop.
[1415.1s] It's Vinter Smelt's premier magic shop.
[1418.4s] That's amazing.
[1419.2s] That's amazing to hear.
[1420.2s] I always knew you had it in you
[1421.8s] and that you were going to do amazing things.
[1423.4s] That's good for you.
[1424.6s] Thank you.
[1425.5s] Bizarre's blushing.
[1426.8s] So I've already asked one of your pages
[1429.9s] to search through the texts
[1432.6s] and source what they can.
[1435.3s] But I know I'm not a student anymore.
[1439.0s] I mean, yes, alma mater,
[1440.2s] but you're not gonna let me walk out of here with books.
[1443.1s] That's not how this place works.
[1445.2s] It's not how this place works.
[1447.5s] But there's nothing to say
[1449.0s] that you can't take a moment
[1451.6s] and write down what you find.
[1454.1s] Well, I may need more constant reference.
[1458.8s] And I was going to see if you could recruit some scribes
[1464.2s] for some extra credit to copy the texts
[1468.5s] so that I can have them shipped to me.
[1471.9s] Because I know this ain't gonna happen overnight
[1473.4s] and we've got to head back out tomorrow.
[1476.3s] Of course, of course, of course, of course.
[1478.1s] Yeah, let's see what they find.
[1480.8s] Is that all you're looking for?
[1482.9s] I will make some notes of what we find.
[1485.1s] Just something quick so I can get started.
[1487.1s] So, Kav, I'll probably be spending the night here.
[1492.5s] I'm sure you have a place that you can stay,
[1495.0s] but I do want to get as many notes down as I can
[1498.5s] to get back and start helping out Alydin more.
[1501.2s] Yeah, no, absolutely.
[1502.5s] I'm happy to help you take notes.
[1504.4s] I just don't know if I,
[1506.0s] like, will I be able to understand everything?
[1509.6s] I mean, maybe.
[1511.8s] I guess it doesn't matter if I understand it,
[1513.3s] if I can just write it down.
[1514.8s] Yeah, if you can write it down,
[1516.0s] leave down any kind of sigils or ruins,
[1519.1s] I can take care of those.
[1520.8s] And maybe we can knock this out before,
[1525.7s] I don't know, 2.30, 3 a.m., maybe.
[1529.8s] I'm down to try.
[1531.7s] Awesome.
[1532.5s] Darius says, yeah, in fact,
[1534.6s] I see the scribe coming back there.
[1537.3s] I'm gonna go point him in the right direction.
[1539.4s] Come with me and we'll,
[1540.6s] there's a couple that I can think of.
[1543.6s] I was just looking into it not too long ago.
[1547.1s] Something about machinations of the arcane,
[1549.7s] thinking as he's walking.
[1551.3s] I think that was Professor Kelsar who wrote that one.
[1554.6s] And he pulls out a notebook from his pocket
[1559.5s] and he waves his hand over top of it.
[1562.3s] And this is runes, rivets, and relics
[1565.2s] might be another one.
[1566.4s] Let me go point them in the right direction.
[1568.3s] And there might even be one more that could help you.
[1570.6s] See him go off to the scribe
[1573.7s] and give him some direction
[1575.7s] on where he should go start hunting.
[1578.0s] And then he comes back to you and says,
[1580.4s] that'll take them a moment to track those books down.
[1582.9s] So tell me more about the shop.
[1584.5s] Well, I set it up as merely kind of a place
[1588.2s] for kids to come get prank items
[1590.3s] and whatnot to get into mischief
[1592.5s] as I was known to do from time to time.
[1595.6s] But it's really kind of grown
[1598.4s] and I've really grown to appreciate the community.
[1601.4s] In fact, it's taken me a little while to open up,
[1604.2s] but the people there,
[1606.3s] once you get to know them are very inviting.
[1608.2s] And it's a pleasure to get to see people
[1612.6s] I know on a regular basis
[1613.8s] still enjoy the things that I create.
[1616.2s] And knowing that it still brings them joy.
[1621.8s] Darius, it does it for me.
[1624.4s] That's amazing.
[1625.2s] That's so good to hear.
[1627.0s] Yeah.
[1628.1s] You spent a lot of hard,
[1630.3s] you did a lot of hard work here.
[1632.6s] When you went off, I was honestly worried about you.
[1636.4s] Whether you were gonna find your footing.
[1639.4s] I've seen your mom around.
[1640.4s] She looks like she's doing okay.
[1643.8s] I check in on her every now and again for you
[1646.3s] just to make sure everything's all right.
[1649.4s] But it sounds like things are going a little tough there.
[1652.6s] But yeah, I'm hoping that my mom
[1657.3s] will make the decision to move out to Vintersmouth.
[1660.8s] Oh, that would probably be a good move for her.
[1663.4s] Yeah, I think so too.
[1666.2s] But thank you for keeping up with her.
[1668.6s] Yeah, of course.
[1670.2s] I couldn't ask for a better person to know here.
[1676.6s] I've had good relationships with teachers,
[1678.4s] but ever since I came to this school for this library
[1683.1s] and you were the first person
[1685.2s] who pointed me in the right direction,
[1688.3s] and that has stuck with me since day one.
[1691.1s] Like, you wouldn't let somebody look lost.
[1695.1s] Well, that's very kind of you to say.
[1696.7s] And as you were having this conversation,
[1699.4s] the scribe comes back with three large books
[1702.6s] and plops them on a table beside you and says,
[1705.3s] Runes, Rivets and Relics,
[1706.8s] Artificer's Guide to Enchantment,
[1709.2s] Machinations of the Arcane,
[1710.8s] Harnessing Magic Through Innovation,
[1712.8s] and the third one,
[1714.4s] The Alchemy of Invention,
[1716.3s] A Treatise on Arcane Engineering.
[1720.5s] These were the three that you were looking for, yes?
[1723.3s] Those sound like dead on the money.
[1725.8s] I see that you have been paying attention
[1728.4s] how to go through the cataloging system.
[1730.0s] Yes, yeah, yeah.
[1731.2s] Pointed me in the right direction,
[1732.4s] but I certainly found them.
[1734.4s] If there's anything else,
[1735.5s] I'd be happy to go find some more things.
[1739.0s] I can go take a look and see if there's anything else.
[1742.0s] Darius, it's okay.
[1744.1s] If he needs anything, he'll let you know.
[1745.6s] Certainly.
[1746.5s] And what was your name?
[1748.2s] That way I don't just keep calling you Page or Scribe.
[1753.0s] Name's Wayland.
[1753.8s] Wayland, I almost said Wayland Jennings.
[1756.7s] I know, I thought it too.
[1757.9s] As soon as you got to the end of that name,
[1759.6s] I was like, Jennings.
[1761.0s] Yeah, Wayland Jennings.
[1763.0s] Yeah, Wayland, fuck it, it's Wayland Jennings.
[1767.8s] Well, excellent.
[1768.7s] Thank you so much, Wayland.
[1769.7s] I appreciate your help.
[1771.5s] I will call out if I need anything else.
[1774.9s] We'll probably be here late into the night,
[1777.4s] so I may request for a, well, no.
[1780.6s] If you need to leave, you need to leave.
[1782.3s] Remember to take care of yourself.
[1783.4s] Did you go and use the bathroom?
[1785.0s] Of course I did, of course I did.
[1787.2s] I was headed right there.
[1788.6s] There were a couple detours along the way,
[1790.8s] but I got there, all is good.
[1792.7s] Good.
[1793.6s] Feeling refreshed, ready to go.
[1794.8s] Just don't make yourself do
[1796.4s] the Otto's Irresistible Dance.
[1798.1s] Yeah, good one.
[1799.8s] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, good one.
[1801.4s] Good one.
[1802.3s] He's walking away.
[1803.1s] Otto's Irresistible Dance, good.
[1805.6s] Gonna use that one.
[1807.4s] Darius looks down, so I got some time.
[1811.8s] I can help you get started.
[1813.2s] Darius sits down with you
[1814.5s] and he begins flipping through the books
[1816.1s] and the three of you are reading and writing down
[1819.1s] as you come across notes.
[1821.0s] Though, been up to, get out on any,
[1824.6s] anybody who leaves town,
[1825.6s] they always get out on adventures.
[1827.0s] Have you been up to anything of, anything like that?
[1831.0s] Well, yeah, kind of actually.
[1833.2s] The town recently got attacked
[1836.3s] by inter-dimensional monsters.
[1841.4s] What?
[1842.3s] Yeah.
[1843.6s] You said it was just a cozy little town
[1845.9s] where everybody knows your name.
[1848.2s] It was, yes.
[1849.3s] It was.
[1850.4s] The owner of a brothel wanted to go on an adventure
[1854.4s] and we helped him
[1856.2s] and possibly unleashed these things upon the town.
[1859.8s] So where, you unleashed them.
[1862.0s] Where'd they come from?
[1862.8s] I didn't, I never said I unleashed them.
[1865.1s] I said we may have unleashed them.
[1867.2s] Heavy emphasis on may.
[1868.0s] Allegedly unleashed them.
[1869.7s] You were in the vicinity when they were unleashed.
[1871.9s] Where did they come from?
[1873.5s] Some, actually I have a drawing of the portal here
[1877.5s] and I pull out the drawing of the portal
[1879.8s] that is like, this is what was at the bottom
[1881.6s] of the mine shaft that we were going through
[1883.4s] and actually, since I'm here, where's Wayland?
[1888.3s] Bring over a book on portals, motherfucker.
[1891.0s] That's how I'm gonna request books
[1892.2s] from the library from now on.
[1894.2s] Wayland comes over and Darious is looking at it
[1899.4s] and writes down on his notepad
[1902.4s] what looks like the name of three different books
[1906.2s] and gives him direction on where to go
[1907.9s] is I think I have something
[1909.4s] that can help you with this too.
[1911.0s] Is one of the books portals, portals, portals?
[1915.3s] Wasn't, but it is now.
[1916.7s] Gotta be careful,
[1917.6s] because there's portholes, portholes, portholes,
[1920.0s] which is a completely different book.
[1921.8s] Very easy to mix those two up.
[1922.6s] Very nautical.
[1923.5s] Yes, yes, for our nautical magicians.
[1926.6s] He heads off to go find those books,
[1928.2s] which does take him quite some time.
[1930.2s] We fade out on the scene of you transcribing
[1933.0s] basically anything you can within the artificer's books
[1936.0s] and Darious pulls over a few scribes to help you
[1940.0s] where they are able to.
[1941.3s] Obviously three books,
[1942.8s] but gives you time to rest your hand.
[1945.0s] And we see candles lit and fade off into the night.
[1950.0s] And then we hear a rooster crow and Alydin,
[1954.8s] you open your eyes inside the cot
[1959.0s] that Bazaar has set up for you within his house.
[1962.2s] Sun just kind of peeking in through the cracks
[1965.5s] in the curtains the next morning.
[1966.9s] And you hear after a brief moment,
[1969.7s] the sound of frantic knocking down at the door.
[1973.0s] I.
[1973.8s] Alydin.
[1974.7s] Coming.
[1975.5s] Alydin.
[1976.4s] I spring up out of bed and I grab my bucket
[1978.0s] and pull on my tunic and rush downstairs
[1982.0s] in a quick manner without falling
[1983.5s] that only a child can do.
[1985.2s] Burst through and into the main store area
[1989.0s] and you're unlocking the door
[1990.5s] and you see Tali on the other side who looks panicked.
[1994.5s] You swing the door open.
[1995.6s] She says, Alydin, Alydin, Alydin, Alydin, Alydin.
[1997.4s] What?
[1998.2s] Cedric, Cedric's gone.
[2000.4s] The kids that ran over this morning, Cedric's gone.
[2003.0s] What?
[2003.8s] Come quick, come quick, we gotta find him.
[2006.9s] And she runs off down the street.
[2009.0s] I close the door, I lock it,
[2012.1s] because I'm an employee
[2014.4s] and I take my job very seriously.
[2016.4s] And I haul ass behind her to the school.
[2020.3s] I.
[2021.1s] Dumbgeons and Dragons, season four, episode 10
[2030.2s] starring Amy More as Alydin.
[2032.2s] Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave.
[2034.3s] Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard.
[2036.7s] And Russ More as your dungeon master.
[2039.0s] Dialogue editing by Carla Maxdead
[2041.0s] and sound design by Russ More.
[2043.0s] This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound
[2045.5s] and Slipstream and sound effects from Epidemic Sound,
[2048.8s] Boom Library, and Sound Ideas.
[2051.2s] Our amazing cover art and character designs
[2053.6s] are by Matt Garbutt.
[2054.8s] And a huge thank you to our supporting producers,
[2057.4s] Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak, Cat Waterflame,
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[2098.8s] Don't marry a producer, everybody.
[2101.3s] They will gaslight you.
[2102.4s] And be like, what are you talking about?
[2106.2s] That never happened.
[2107.1s] Listen to the tape.
[2108.6s] I held it.
[2109.4s] There's a recording of it, check it.
[2111.8s] Zip past giggling.
[2113.6s] Hee hee hee.
[2115.3s] Like me playing hide and seek.
[2117.1s] Exactly.
[2117.9s] They're never gonna look here.
[2119.6s] I can't help it.
[2121.3s] They never do.
[2122.1s] You're there till night.
[2125.0s] My brother did that to me once.
[2127.5s] We do that to our friend's dad.
[2128.3s] And I had the best hiding spot.
[2129.8s] My mom had high boots in her closet and long dresses.
[2132.8s] So what I do, I got inside of a dress,
[2135.6s] put my feet in the boot, and I was like,
[2137.5s] he's never gonna find me.
[2139.4s] That's great.
[2140.2s] No, yeah, he wasn't looking.
[2141.6s] To begin with.
[2142.4s] It was hot in there.
[2144.0s] Yeah.
[2145.4s] It was hot in there.
[2146.2s] I come out, sweaty, being like,
[2149.0s] huh, he didn't find me.
[2150.4s] He's watching TV.
[2152.2s] You're still here?
[2153.4s] Fuck you, Jeremy.
[2154.2s] Jesus.
[2155.1s] Yeah, classic older brother move.
[2156.4s] Classic bullshit, that's what that is.
[2158.5s] Yeah.
[2160.4s] Jeremy gets called out on the pod.
[2163.1s] He doesn't listen.
[2164.4s] He gets called out again on the pod.
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