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Quick footsteps are heard running down the hallway of the school, and there's several
children leading Alydin's way.
Come on, come on, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, you gotta hurry, you gotta hurry.
And they round a corner into a room, and as you enter this small dimly lit room,
you find and sense just this unsettling stillness hanging in the air.
There's a small cot in the corner that has rumpled sheets draped over its edge
as if, well, a child had been pulled from its sleep in the middle of the night.
You see a cracked lantern that flickers faintly on a wooden dresser and casts eerie
shadows across the space.
They weren't here when we woke up.
One of them runs over and kind of pulls the curtains open and lets some light into the
space.
I don't know, we looked everywhere.
We went and checked at the shed and we came to check with you, hoping that we
find them and we couldn't find them.
Who else shares this room with Cedric?
Well, there's a few of us in here, but none of us noticed them get up last night.
So he just disappeared in the middle of the night?
He just disappeared in the middle of the night.
Okay.
Have you checked all the places he likes to go?
Well, I think we checked most of them.
Yeah, we checked down by the bridge, we checked over in the shed, we…
Down at the bank of the river?
Oh, we didn't check the bank of the river.
Okay, okay, we're going to go check the bank of the river.
Three of you go together.
Okay, okay.
Nobody goes alone.
Three children run out the door.
I look to another miscellaneous child because I don't know how many people
are in this school at this moment.
I'm Peter.
Thanks, Peter.
There's a lot of you.
And I forget.
And right now is a stressful moment.
Okay, I'm new here.
I need you guys to all go into one room.
Get everyone from the school who's staying in here right now.
Okay.
And I want you to stay in one room.
Okay.
And do not open the door.
Okay.
And do not open the windows.
Okay.
Unless you hear my special knock.
Okay.
Got it.
You're new here.
You might not know my special knock.
I just got here yesterday.
But ask one of the other kids.
Okay.
Yeah.
Well, a special knock.
I'll close the doors.
Everybody!
Come on, come on, come on!
Thanks, Peter.
I'll be back.
I'm glad that Alydin, like, takes off, like, running only the way a child can.
Which is quickly.
Toward Bonwyn's house because, because she needs a grown up.
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When it's sticking out the window, maybe have it bottom up so it doesn't fill with
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Bonwyn's probably just been taking a long weekend, you know, visiting the rents, seeing
how the canoes doing, if her dad has a whole fleet of them now, you know, just hanging
out lakeside, maybe keeping a pretty sharp eye on the islands to see what she sees,
but mostly just like hanging out with the old folks.
It's been nice having you here for these last few days.
Yeah, thanks for letting me come.
I really needed there's so much to get done and I just really needed just a little reset,
a little break, a little lake time before I get back to, you know, rebuilding a
whole town, taking over the government, starting a school system.
I got a lot of plans.
I mean, you could just leave that to the people in the town.
Like that's what we did back in my day.
Well, I mean, I love you.
But because you did that back in your day, now, like everything is kind of terrible, right?
Like that's why the school's closed and the streets are falling apart.
I mean, I suppose.
I mean, maybe I didn't have a specific say in the school's closing.
Yeah, I didn't mean I didn't mean just you, of course.
I wasn't thinking you were pointing fingers.
Yeah, no, just more of a generational kind of thing.
Which you can have one if you want, you know, no charge, obviously, because you're
family. Oh, that's very nice.
I mean, honestly, I'd really just like to come visit you and then maybe use one
when I'm here. It's not going to do me.
I mean, I could bring it.
OK, well, we'll put one aside.
We'll put it up in your bedroom.
Yeah, perfect. Yeah, just put it in my room.
I mean, you can probably angle it up those stairs and then just get it out
the window. Oh, yeah, absolutely.
No, I've designed the house so that we can fit multiple canoes inside the
house in case the home floods.
That way, there's easy exit because as it floods, you go into the house.
Right. And then you have a place to leave.
Then you just launch the canoe.
I would maybe suggest, though, this is just a thought, just workshopping.
When it's sticking out the window, maybe have it bottom up so it doesn't
fill with rain. Good thinking.
And then you just flip it, launch it in case of flood.
Honey, we got to flip the canoes later tonight.
Flipping the canoes.
Baldwin says we got to flip the canoes.
No, I'm making potatoes.
We'll flip the canoes.
And then, of course, it's not going to flood.
Yeah, the potatoes are going to be great.
Are you staying for dinner?
I know you said you were going to try and head back today, but.
Well, I don't know.
I mean, Mom does make some mean potatoes, but I probably should.
You know, I left Thane kind of in charge of everything, which is
they're more than capable.
But, you know, I like to kind of be there.
I had this really great new client come by.
It seems like he's off on an adventure.
He actually might have.
Did he come to see you?
The fellow who stopped by, who said he should come down.
Follin? Follin. Yeah.
No, pleasure. Pleasure of a man.
Yeah, no, we stopped and he had plenty of plenty of little finger
sandwiches and we we shared stories.
Did you take him out in a canoe?
Took him out in the canoe. He's going to buy two.
He's an adventurer, you know.
Yeah, he's heading off on an expedition with some friends,
but I think we're going to kind of outfit the whole crew.
And yeah, it's nice to feel busy with work in addition to all the,
you know, politics stuff that's going on.
Understand. Well, if you need if you need help at the shop,
I've been looking for a job.
Oh, come on. You're retired.
Enjoy your canoe building.
I'm going to be real with you, Bonwyn.
I have 14 big canoes.
OK, 15 midsize canoes and 20 of what they call kayaks,
which is just a small canoe.
OK, do you want to maybe start a little rental business down here
or something for the summer crowd?
I mean, that's not a bad idea.
Just something to keep you busy.
Yeah, that, you know, skips that one one cost purchase.
You know, this is what I mean.
Like one canoe over and over.
It gets used every day, ideally.
Mm hmm.
I mean, I can at the next business association meeting,
I can definitely bring it up with like the other business owners.
And they're talking to people.
I can let them know and send them down here.
Amazing. Yeah, I think we got pamphlets around here that we can whip up.
No, I haven't washed the pants yet, but all the shirts are done.
We'll get some pamphlets whipped up.
I think that's going to be good.
Yeah, it's been a while since I've since I've prepped some some business wears.
So that's going to be great.
I need a new business card, I think.
Make it make a nice sign, you know.
Yeah, I have to come up with a clever name.
That's OK.
We're going to have to come up with a clever name for canoes.
Yeah.
She's over here.
Hey, hey, how are you doing?
There's...
Dad, could you maybe get her a glass of water or something?
Yeah, of course, of course.
There isn't any time.
Cedric is gone.
OK.
He's missing.
I'm not sure I know who Cedric is.
Tall kid.
Kind of annoying.
With the eyes?
Yep.
Yeah, and one's always looking at this.
Yeah.
He's missing.
Yeah.
And you looked at all the places that he likes to go and checked with all his friends and...
from the middle of the night out of a room with other kids who are also sleeping in the room.
Oh, I don't I don't like that.
I don't like that.
We actually don't have time for the water, Dad.
Oh, yeah, of course.
OK, I'll take it back inside.
It's good to see you, Bonwyn.
Yeah, thanks for everything.
OK, I'll come.
Let's let's go back now.
We got to get this figured out.
OK.
Did you talk to Dase yet?
No, I I talked to the kids and I got everyone in one room inside of the school.
The other kids.
We need to go and get the kids from the mill and the kids from the shack.
Everyone could fit in the school.
I'm not sure why we separated them out.
Maybe if everyone was all together, someone wouldn't have gotten snatched.
Somebody snatched him out of his bed, Bonwyn, out of his bed.
OK, well, let's not overreact.
Maybe he just went somewhere that he wanted to go of his own free will.
OK, but that's also crappy.
I mean, we should also hustle.
Like, let's get back there.
I'm not. It was his his job.
He was put in charge of the kids.
Oh, no.
Fade out as you are making your way back to town with speed.
We be booking it.
Yeah.
The large doors of Barnhart Swan School of Magic Fighting and Dance push open
and a very bleary eyed bazaar steps out into the morning sun.
The bell tolls off in the distance, and there's a few students who are coming up
the steps and just maneuvering around you.
And so excuse me, sir, I'm just going to step by.
Yes, thank you.
Oh, it's been a while since I've pulled an all nighter like that.
Oh, Kav had to head on already.
I appreciate him staying as late as he did.
I'll have to buy him something nice to the chest of drawers.
And good to know Darius is doing well.
I imagine we'll be heading back today.
Should I take care of?
He ponders to himself for a moment.
Door pushes open quickly behind you and
Wayland Jennings.
Page Wayland Jennings comes running out.
Sorry, bazaar, you forgot this.
You forgot this.
There was one more.
It was tucked underneath some of the books.
Thank you, Wayland.
I really appreciate it.
Tell me, what are you studying?
What am I studying?
Well, I came to a major where a dance major is what I came for.
I had the magic moves through my feet,
is what my mother always said.
So I came to specialize in various forms of dance and art.
And then I picked up a bit of an interest,
a keen interest in what the other more experienced
wizards are doing.
The study of magic really just excited me.
So still very focused on getting the dance major,
but with a little minor in wizard studies.
Excellent.
I think it's very practical, especially if you follow dance.
You'll be able to potentially tour around.
And if you ever get to that point in your Inventor's Myth,
see if I'm still around.
Oh, I absolutely will.
If you've gone through several of the classes,
if you had to pick a school of magic
that would complement fancy footwork,
what would you recommend?
I would recommend focusing on illusion.
Illusion.
OK, OK.
I was going a little more like a transmutation,
but illusion sounds great.
Well, transmutation could work,
because then if you're able to manipulate your surroundings,
you could create your own stage on which to dance.
So that's actually not a bad route to go at it.
However, a combination of the two,
then you could make yourself to appear to be dancing with,
well, whatever your illusions could conjure.
Oh, wow.
That's a lot to think on.
And also, you don't have to train a partner to dance.
Not something I thought of.
Not that you shouldn't find a partner, but.
Of course.
Well, it gives me a lot to chew on.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
All of this experience, working through these books,
was, don't get me wrong,
Darius gives us lots of experience,
but this was like real hands on stuff.
Like it sounds like what's a problem for you
that you're dealing with.
So if there's anything that I can do to be helpful in the future,
just you know where to find me.
I'll be here for another few years.
Excellent.
If I have to, I'll ask Darius specifically for you
if I can't find you myself, Waylon.
Thank you, sir.
Well, I've got to go to bed for probably at least an hour
before class starts here.
So it was great meeting you.
I can't wait to converse again.
I'm going to go take a, after I nap,
take a look at some of the illusion.
Have fun with it, Waylon.
Enjoy your time here.
Thank you. Thank you.
Zips back inside.
And I can walk off kind of just taking in the campus
since it's been so damn long since I've been back.
Just kind of like going over, remembering like,
kind of remembering times where maybe I didn't take advantage
of this place as much as I could have in certain ways.
Like kind of thinking back of like how long it has taken me
in Vintersmouth to actually like get to really know people
and have people that I would consider like a friend.
And I feel like I'm at that point.
And it's a stark difference, the dichotomy between my life
in Vintersmouth and my life here is very much on my mind.
So it's weird being back,
but it also lets me know my growth.
Perhaps absent-mindedly, perhaps otherwise,
you find yourself walking through this campus
and you make your way through the garden of the school,
which has very large topiaries all through it
and a winding mystical river,
which is what they refer to it as,
because it starts as if there's no point
of where the water's coming from
and terminates in this large pool
in the center of the garden
with a fountain that comes out of it.
And there are several students gathered around
going over their studies,
getting ready for their classes throughout the day.
But as the sun kind of comes up over the hedges,
it reflects off of this water
and there's this rainbow mist
that cascades down over your position.
I look around at the other students
and I'm just like, things don't change.
And I look around to see if they notice,
notice this rainbow showing up.
And I see a couple of them,
they notice it and they start to get up
and they put their bags in,
they put their books in their bag
and they begin heading off.
And a couple of moments later, like a class bell tolls.
And the rest of them kind of get into it.
I'm like, okay,
there are still observant students out there
knowing like once day hits this time,
it's time to go to class.
You see that rainbow, you get to class.
So I see it and like probably just like muscle memory,
like I begin to like walk with them
for a moment before I stop myself
and just kind of chuckle.
That realization comes that you have no class to get to.
Then a bit of hopeful unease sets in
as you only intended to be here for another day or so.
You know, you're helping Kvlarin finish up
anything he needs to do
before heading back to Vintersmouth.
But there's also another couple stops
that you wanted to make before finding a ship
to head back to Vintersmouth.
Reality sets in and I'm like, hi.
I wish I could just go to class.
I've never wanted to go to class more than right now
because I know I'm going somewhere else
and I really don't want to deal with.
Screw it, I burn an hour in a class
and then just leave randomly and then go find my mom.
What class do you take?
I go to the introductory,
introduction to divination magic.
I always thought divination was super cool
being able to have that foresight.
While I've learned a few, it's not like my,
it's not my big thing.
But I was always kind of like interested,
just didn't meet my ends.
As the professor's wrapping up their lecture for the day,
he's a middle-aged woman who has long,
very curly hair and these big bottle cap glasses.
She's calling out to the students as the bell's tolling
and don't forget to finish the assignment.
You have to give a premonition for someone close to you
and it's, hopefully is a good one.
Hopefully is a good one.
Oh man, that's a hell of a lesson to end on considering
and you know, Bazaar's like, of course,
of course I couldn't see that coming.
That's a, you know.
Should've taken more of these classes.
I'm going to go up to her and I'm going to say,
I used to be a student here a while back.
I don't ever think I had you
when I was coming through here.
So pardon the informal nature of this request,
but I need to know if I'm about to do something
good or bad.
Okay.
And like, I just, I don't want to,
but if I know something good could come out of it,
then maybe I'll make that choice.
Well, come up to my desk.
Come up to my desk.
She pours you a tea.
Have a seat.
Sit down.
Take a moment.
And I don't have a class next.
Not sure if you caught my name.
Aurelia, Professor Star Whisper for the students here.
What is it that you are hoping to find in this?
I'm hoping to find a resolution.
I found news that my father is likely near his death bed
or on it.
And I haven't had a great relationship with him.
And I don't know if actually going there
is going to accomplish anything.
And I don't want to waste time,
but against my better judgment,
I expect it to go bad
and have no hope for it to go good.
She sits down at the desk with you
and as you take the last sip of the tea,
she grabs it from you,
swirls the tea leaves in the bottom of the cup
and her eyes, you see like a shine that comes to her eyes.
She places the cup before you and says,
well, let us see what the leaves whisper to us today.
Her voice is soft but confident
and she gazed into the cup and she says,
here at the bottom, I see a symbol of the sun.
A powerful omen represents clarity
and success and the dispelling of shadows.
Whatever challenges you have faced recently,
they will soon give way to brighter days.
The sun, it promises prosperity and personal growth
so trust that you are on the right path.
She gently traces the rim of the cup and says,
here, pointing to show you here near the edge,
a butterfly takes shape.
It's the sign of transformation and freedom.
You are at the cusp of something significant,
a change that will allow you to spread your wings
and embrace your true potential.
Don't, don't be afraid of this transition though.
It could lead to unexpected joy.
Okay, I'll have to take your word for it
and follow that and believe.
Pardon me wonders if that's something I've got to find.
I'll just have to experience it on my own.
Thank you, thank you.
I appreciate it Aurelia, I do.
I hope you find what you're looking for.
The leaves are clear in their message.
You're walking towards a bright future
filled with transformation and success and lasting strength
so trust your instincts.
The universe will guide you well.
Best of luck this semester.
I hope your students are very well versed
and give you a lot of laughs.
Some of them are real dummies, but it's.
We all are at some point.
It's going to be okay.
Thank you for coming in today.
Please feel free to sit in on any class
as you find yourself here.
Will do, kind of slap the table twice
and stand up and say, well,
onto that destiny, I guess, right?
Yes, of course.
Make my way up the stadium style seating.
Make my way out of the lecture hall.
We'll be right back.
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We cut back to Vintersmouth.
Halladon and Bonwyn,
you've made your way back to the school.
Many of the children have now been rallied
back at the school.
A few stragglers and then the three you sent down
to the riverbank, they've come tearing back
as you're coming up the way as well
and said, we can't find Cedric down at the riverbank.
We've looked everywhere and we've asked everybody,
we don't know.
All right, just go and just stay
with the others at the school.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Okay, so Halladon is everyone other
than Cedric accounted for?
Like they've all come here?
As far as I know, yes.
That's a great first step.
Could I look at where he was sleeping
or where he disappeared from?
Yeah, let me show you.
She leads Bonwyn down a hallway in the school
to one of the empty-ish classrooms.
This is where he was sleeping
and then other kids were sleeping over here on the floor.
Can I roll investigation?
Please do.
I have no magic so I can't tell anything that way
but I can roll a 17 investigation poll.
Amazing, so as you walk into this room,
the curtains have been opened
so they're still hanging in the air
this unsettling feeling that washes over you.
The bed in and of itself rumpled sheets all over the place.
The cracked lantern that previously mentioned to Halladon
is no longer lit.
There are several cots and sleeping bags
and blankets all over the floor
and as you walk towards the bed,
your foot pushes one aside
and there's what looks like something
that has been scratched into the floor
and as you push away the blankets below it,
your attention's drawn to what looks like
a twisted musical note
that's scratched into the wooden floorboards
near the bed.
Note looks like it was burned into the wood
with its lines spiraling unnaturally radiating
with a faint shimmer to it.
Next to the bed are a scattering
of dried autumn leaves
that are predominantly found near an open window.
You take a look outside
and there are no trees in the vicinity.
You look at them and they don't,
I mean having grown up here,
they don't look like any leaves
on any of the trees that grow in this region.
They're sharp edged with a faint golden hue
and as you look down at them,
a cool unnatural breeze passes over your neck.
This whole room's really given me the willies.
Has it been like this?
Do you feel that?
That like.
Right and it just,
it makes you feel like worried
and kind of like.
I assume it was not like that
when the children settled in here.
No, I visited them.
No, of course not.
Right before everyone was going to bed.
I saw everyone.
I spoke with Cedric and I told him,
stop singing and telling stories with this stupid guy
and then he was like,
oh yeah, I'm not doing it.
Okay, well I think we probably should go talk to Dase
because he's a crime fighter, good guy
or the closest we have on this side of the river,
but maybe first and I pull out a scrap of parchment
and kind of scratch it over the thing
so I get an impression of the weird symbol.
What are you doing?
Well, there's this weird thing here
and it looks, it seems very fresh and creepy.
So I'm just going to kind of take a bit
of an impression of that
so we can remember what it looks like.
And also these leaves are weird.
Like you're from here.
These don't look like any leaves we have here.
So I'm very carefully,
maybe even using that same piece of parchment,
like scooping the leaves into a small bag
that I have with me, but not touching them
because this room's weird.
So you think Dase will know what's happening
because of the picture and the leaves?
I think it's possible.
I think they might help solve this little mystery
that we've got here.
In the meantime, can you show me the room
where they all are,
just to make sure like the vibes are good?
Yeah, they're just all down this hall here.
As you go to leave the room,
the door has been blown closed a little bit,
not all the way, but on the back of the door,
which you didn't see walking in
and now that you haven't seen,
is pinned up with an old nail, a child's drawing.
The sketch shows a crooked figure playing a banjo
standing at the edge of what looks like a misty wood
with strange glowing eyes staring out from the trees.
In the lower corner of the drawing,
the child scribbled the words.
He's coming from the forest.
Fuck this.
I quit.
I look up at it.
JK, JK.
I look up at it.
I told them just to stop talking about it.
You recognize this?
Yeah, well, no, yeah.
And Alydin rips it down.
Take a close look at it.
She don't care.
She was gonna pick those leaves up with the bare hands
before you went in and scooped them.
I'm like, oh, that's a good idea.
It's a good thing I'm playing a child
because I just have all the instincts.
Just come with me.
Yeah, let's get out of this room.
Yeah, hard agree on that.
Let's get out of here.
We'll go to the room where all the kids are.
Just make sure everything's okay.
And you can tell me what you know
about Creepy Woods Banjo Man.
Yeah, we just go a few doors down
and I knock the special knock,
which is just like the, so special.
Hey guys, it's me, open up.
Okay, was it three at the end or two at the end?
Oh my God, open up.
Okay, yeah, of course, of course.
Door opens.
Did you just pretend to make locking sounds?
Yeah.
That's a good idea.
It makes it seem safer when there's locks on the door.
I hold up the picture to the group of children
and I go, who did it?
Who drew it?
Oh, okay, Alydin.
Hello, everyone.
I think I've met all of you.
I'm Bonwyn, if we haven't met.
Hi, Bonwyn.
How is everyone?
I know we've had a bit of an upset with Cedric
not being here, but everybody's feeling okay.
Not feeling scared.
Yeah, no, it's not been great.
I think maybe Cedric drew that.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure
that's all I'm doing the other day.
Okay.
Alydin, you said, was he telling a story about?
He's singing a song.
He was singing a song about a scary man from the woods.
Alydin, you said we shouldn't sing it,
but Bonwyn hasn't heard the song.
Maybe that would give Bonwyn a clue.
It's really catchy.
We could sing it again.
We could all sing it again.
Okay, but this is-
Okay, but this is the last time.
Okay, just a taste.
Hush now, child, and close your eyes.
The Benjamin will sing the skies
with silver strings and gentle sound.
He'll lead you where no harm is found.
Wow, well, first, great singing.
Thank you, thank you.
Everyone, that was beautiful.
Cedric, correct the thing.
I think, probably never sing that again.
That's a very scary song.
That's what I said, and this is not the only,
I went to every group to check on them yesterday.
It was the man down at the-
They all went on a trip down to the river,
down to the docks.
There was a man singing a song.
Which I talked to Tally about,
and I talked to Cedric about.
You did talk to us about it, I'm sorry.
No, that's fine,
because it was like after you'd already done it,
but I heard them singing the song
at every single place that I went.
It's a catchy diddy.
Yeah, it's a bop.
It's scary.
Now that a child is actually missing.
Sorry.
Did you see?
I'm pointing at the picture.
You saw this person down?
No.
Oh, just everyone was singing the song.
There was a man who's just a traveling entertainer,
just out singing songs.
And that was one of the songs they sang.
And that's when we walked up
and then it got stuck in our heads.
And we all just thought it was a great little song
to sing.
What did he look like?
Oh, the man, he was a younger fellow.
He had like a little bit of patchy hair on his face.
He had like shortish hair,
like kind of like Petey's hair,
but a little bit longer,
a little bit of gray in there.
He had a long sweater.
And I say sweater because it looked like
it was kind of knit,
but it had multiple colors,
but it went down like past,
like longer than a sweater normally goes.
Yeah, I said it was like a dress.
Kind of like a dress,
but he wore a belt,
but it was like very fashionable.
And he had an over cloak.
Maybe it was a cloak or was it like a cape?
No, it was more like a cape.
It was a cape.
Yeah, it was a cape.
Yeah, yeah.
And then he had open-toed shoes,
open-toed shoes, like sandals.
You could see his feet.
Yeah, he had very hairy,
hairy toes and the tops of his feet.
But they looked pretty well taken care of
considering they'd be out of their shoes for so long.
And hanging out under a dock.
This was a human man, an elf.
He was a man.
Yeah, a human man.
A human man.
Yeah, no, he was singing some songs before that.
And did he have a banjo with him
or a flute or any kind of instrument?
He had a box on the ground
that he would stomp for the rhythm.
And then he had also a lute,
I think is what they call it.
So multiple strings,
but no, he didn't have a banjo on him.
Otherwise he might be singing about himself
and he might say,
I will sing the skies instead of the banjo man
because he's the banjo man.
Okay, number one, you have an incredible memory.
Thank you.
Number two, no evil dude is dumb enough
to put themself in the song and use I
because there will be questions.
Yeah, okay.
So you think he was the evil man?
Well, we don't know,
but just don't assume that the evil people
are always gonna say,
hey, I'm an evil person.
Or look evil.
You know this kids, you're so smart.
Maybe he assumed the banjo man's really popular
and didn't wanna get mobbed by kids
because of how cool he was.
Valid point.
Okay, I feel like you guys might be taking
the wrong lesson from this whole thing.
Do not leave this room.
Yes.
Just stay here, stay safe, no more singing.
Actually, sing as much as you want,
just don't sing that song.
Okay.
Sing something more upbeat, more positive.
All right, and a one, and a two,
and a one, two, three.
Happy birthday to you.
That's where we'll end today's episode.
Happy birthday.
Dumbgeons and Dragons season four, episode 11,
starring Amy More as Alydin,
Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane,
Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard.
You heard all of us, plus Tom Laird and Abdul Aziz
as the singing creepy children,
and Russ More as your dungeon master.
Dialogue editing by Carla Maxted
and sound design by Russ More.
This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound
and Slipstream, and sound effects from Epidemic Sound,
Boom Library, and Sound Ideas.
Our amazing cover art and character designs
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