1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,760 Thanks for being here with us, friends. 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,160 Dumbgeons and Dragons will start in just a moment. 3 00:00:07,919 --> 00:00:12,000 Alydin is sitting, yeah, I'm starting with you. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,080 We got to capitalize on this, on this energy here. 5 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:17,280 In fact, it's just all you. 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,440 So like everybody just sit back and watch the show. 7 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:20,880 Sorry about your voice. 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:32,719 Alydin sits in her room, the comforting scent of home cooked food, wafting from below. 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:40,480 Everything feels warm and familiar and safe. 10 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:44,159 I'm like, I got to get the fuck out of here. 11 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:53,120 But the longer you stay there, the more something does feel off. 12 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,280 The paintings on the walls seem slightly blurred at the edges. 13 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:07,680 The music box plays a song from the dresser that you feel like you should recognize, 14 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:09,200 but you don't. 15 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:18,560 And when you look down at your hands, you can't quite recall the last time you felt the mood. 16 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:20,640 What? 17 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:22,719 It's like Ricky Bobby. 18 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:24,000 I don't know what to do with my hands. 19 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,800 I was thinking about like AI and how the hands are always like weird. 20 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,719 Am I turning into a doll? 21 00:01:32,719 --> 00:01:34,079 Can I roll insight? 22 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:36,240 Do I insight that? 23 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:37,920 Do I fucking investigate my hands? 24 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:39,600 I want to move my hands. 25 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:41,280 Yeah, you lift your hands. 26 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,040 I want to Taylor Swift shake it off. 27 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:49,519 You lift your hands and it's more of a feeling of you don't know how long you've 28 00:01:49,519 --> 00:01:51,920 a been in this room at this point. 29 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:58,719 And the hands is more how long you've been seated in this position. 30 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:05,040 Like you lift your hands, you can move them and you can feel them and you can 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:12,159 you can you touch the bed around you and everything feels real. 32 00:02:14,719 --> 00:02:22,000 You hear murmured conversation coming from the floor below and you listen 33 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:24,400 as intently as you can. 34 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:29,759 But it all is it's all it sounds like is just like person next door kind of 35 00:02:31,759 --> 00:02:33,680 kind of talking to Charlie Brown. 36 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:38,000 Yeah, you can't make out any you can't make out what they're talking about. 37 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,840 But there are the two voices of your your parents downstairs. 38 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,719 My parents. 39 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,000 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast and I'm your dungeon master, 40 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,520 Russ More, he him. 41 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,960 Also with me today is Amy More as Alydin, she her. 42 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,040 I kind of want to see if I got roof access. 43 00:03:01,039 --> 00:03:03,919 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, she her. 44 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,840 I have no experience with disappearing. 45 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:06,959 That's bizarre. 46 00:03:06,959 --> 00:03:09,680 Tom Laird is Kavlaran Goldweave, he him. 47 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,759 We'll save the community center. 48 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:14,560 And Kyle Claset is Bizard the Wizard, he him. 49 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:20,239 And I began leading us forward in a waltz like dance that I learned at my school. 50 00:03:20,239 --> 00:03:24,959 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon supported podcast and it wouldn't be around if it 51 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:27,599 wasn't for fine patrons just like you. 52 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:31,759 Well, you can sign up today at patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 53 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:36,400 Get a seven day free trial and access to a whole bunch of additional adventures 54 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,319 that are ready and waiting for you. 55 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:39,759 And now fuck it. 56 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:40,400 Let's play. 57 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:44,560 Oh, God, I can't remember. 58 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:45,519 Do I have my bucket? 59 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:47,359 You have your bucket. 60 00:03:47,359 --> 00:03:47,680 Okay. 61 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:47,919 Yeah. 62 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,240 So yeah, in the room, there are a couple paintings on the wall. 63 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,560 There's a dresser with a music box on top. 64 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:55,919 That's just playing. 65 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,920 That is just playing a song. 66 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,920 I have not wound this thing. 67 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:01,840 Not that you recall. 68 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,920 It's just playing. 69 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:04,080 Cool. 70 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:04,560 Yeah. 71 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:04,800 Yeah. 72 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,000 There's nothing ominous about that. 73 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:06,720 That's fine. 74 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,560 There's the bed you're seated on. 75 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:16,879 There are a couple candles lit and there is one vertical sliding window. 76 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,920 And when I look out the window, I see nothing but field, right? 77 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:24,160 Yeah. 78 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,400 You look out and you can see the front yard. 79 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:31,120 There's like a white picket fence, but beyond that fence is tall grass. 80 00:04:31,759 --> 00:04:36,160 And that's all you can see as far out as you can see. 81 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,600 As far as my eye can see? 82 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,439 As far as your eye can see. 83 00:04:39,439 --> 00:04:40,480 That's as far out. 84 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:40,800 Yeah. 85 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,240 That's all that's there. 86 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,439 I want to go in and investigate the music box. 87 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:47,280 Okay. 88 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:47,920 It's weird. 89 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,400 It's just playing and I don't remember doing it. 90 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,240 I'm rolling virtual dice. 91 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:55,199 Plus 14. 92 00:04:55,840 --> 00:05:00,240 So you get off the bed and soft footsteps over to the dresser. 93 00:05:02,079 --> 00:05:04,079 What are you doing to investigate it? 94 00:05:04,079 --> 00:05:06,960 I want to pick it up and inspect it. 95 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,280 Look at the mechanism inside of it. 96 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:12,560 I like trinkets and things like that. 97 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:13,920 Is there a ballerina? 98 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:14,879 What's spinning? 99 00:05:14,879 --> 00:05:15,120 Yeah. 100 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:17,920 There is a ballerina spinning on top. 101 00:05:18,879 --> 00:05:24,319 So yeah, there's a ballerina with a pink tutu and hair done up into a high bun. 102 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,319 You pick it up and it is a carved wooden box. 103 00:05:30,319 --> 00:05:34,800 Looks like it's a light brown in color and it's carved with... 104 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:43,280 It has floral patterns and as you look at it there appears to be 105 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:49,040 with like very intricately within those patterns there appears to be... 106 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:57,840 They're not characters but they look like they could be. 107 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,840 They look like something you've seen at the magic shop. 108 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:03,760 They look like more like runes. 109 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,560 And as far as the mechanism goes it does look like a crank mechanism. 110 00:06:11,519 --> 00:06:15,360 But the song just keeps repeating. 111 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,280 Make an insight check. 112 00:06:22,399 --> 00:06:23,199 Yeah, dude. 113 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,920 One and I have a plus zero. 114 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,240 So the break didn't improve rolling. 115 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:31,840 No. 116 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:32,319 No. 117 00:06:32,319 --> 00:06:32,879 Okay. 118 00:06:32,879 --> 00:06:34,319 Although I did well at the table. 119 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:34,959 You did? 120 00:06:34,959 --> 00:06:35,519 That's true. 121 00:06:35,519 --> 00:06:36,319 You did. 122 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:38,720 Do you need physical dice back? 123 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,600 I don't think that makes a difference. 124 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,320 Yeah, you look it over and... 125 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,360 Wow, this is curious and I put it back down. 126 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,880 I mean you see everything I described to you but 127 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,680 that's all you glean from it at this moment. 128 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,240 I want to go and open the window. 129 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,480 You walk over and you lift it. 130 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:05,680 It's a little stuck at first and you kind of lean into it and it throws open and 131 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,120 there's a cool breeze that comes pouring into the room. 132 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:12,560 Do you stick your head out? 133 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,720 Do you just look from inside the room? 134 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,319 Okay, there's no screen then. 135 00:07:16,319 --> 00:07:17,840 Yes, I stick my head out. 136 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:18,480 Yep. 137 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,480 I kind of want to see if I got roof access. 138 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:22,000 Yep. 139 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,720 So yeah, you stick your head out and there is a small 140 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:34,319 five foot extension of roof that goes along what looks like you look to the left and right. 141 00:07:34,399 --> 00:07:37,120 Goes along the entirety of the home. 142 00:07:37,839 --> 00:07:42,800 You hear the wind out beyond the fence blowing the grass. 143 00:07:43,439 --> 00:07:47,759 Beyond that, without actually going out onto the roof, that's all you can see. 144 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:50,959 I think I want to go out onto the roof. 145 00:07:51,519 --> 00:07:52,019 Okay. 146 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,159 Yeah. 147 00:07:54,159 --> 00:07:54,659 Yeah. 148 00:07:55,519 --> 00:07:58,079 You toss a leg up. 149 00:07:58,079 --> 00:07:59,519 It's a little higher than... 150 00:07:59,519 --> 00:08:01,279 Just throw it right up there. 151 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,360 It's a little higher than is comfortable to reach up. 152 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:11,680 But yeah, you get up and you prop yourself up and out and your bucket kind of... 153 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,480 I guess, hold on, before I say that, are you trying to be sneaky about this? 154 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,960 Well, yeah, I think I'm definitely trying to be sneaky about it. 155 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,680 I'm trying to be sneaky about everything I'm doing here. 156 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:25,520 So just roll stealth. 157 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,720 So sneaky 18. 158 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:29,220 Okay. 159 00:08:30,180 --> 00:08:34,740 Yeah, so it's a little tricky at first, but then you throw your leg up and you get 160 00:08:34,740 --> 00:08:40,259 halfway through and then as your bucket's about to hit the wall, you reach back and grab it 161 00:08:40,899 --> 00:08:46,500 and pull it slowly through the window with you and pull your second leg through 162 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:47,940 and now you're out on the roof. 163 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:58,899 I want to kind of scale along, not scale, I want to walk along the roof. 164 00:09:00,180 --> 00:09:03,060 To see if I can see around the other side of the house. 165 00:09:04,340 --> 00:09:09,940 Or if there are any other windows that I'm going to pass by. 166 00:09:09,940 --> 00:09:13,540 You take a look left and right and the roof appears to... 167 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:19,620 Like it wraps around the side of the house, but as you get to either side, 168 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:20,980 that's where it terminates. 169 00:09:20,980 --> 00:09:26,500 The actual roof part doesn't continue along the side. 170 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:28,180 Not a wraparound porch situation. 171 00:09:28,180 --> 00:09:29,540 Not a wraparound porch. 172 00:09:29,540 --> 00:09:31,460 So it is just extended over the front. 173 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:35,060 You don't pass by any other windows. 174 00:09:35,060 --> 00:09:38,900 Your room appears to be the only one at the front of the house. 175 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:44,100 Looking over the roof down to the ground, it's 12 to 16 feet up. 176 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:47,620 So it's not a huge drop, but it is a drop. 177 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:49,300 Yeah, it could be a break your ankle drop. 178 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:49,940 Could be. 179 00:09:49,940 --> 00:09:52,100 Yeah, with how Amy rolls, it could be a break your ankle drop. 180 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:52,820 Could very well be. 181 00:09:52,820 --> 00:09:53,700 Could be a... you die. 182 00:09:55,540 --> 00:09:56,260 Tragically. 183 00:09:56,899 --> 00:09:57,460 You perish. 184 00:09:57,460 --> 00:09:58,019 Tragically. 185 00:09:59,460 --> 00:10:02,340 Okay, people fall down and die all the time, okay? 186 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:03,139 This could happen. 187 00:10:04,019 --> 00:10:07,700 I go... I carefully make my way back to the window 188 00:10:09,379 --> 00:10:10,419 and go in. 189 00:10:11,059 --> 00:10:13,620 I want to shut the window and then... 190 00:10:19,779 --> 00:10:22,500 You come back into the room and grumble. 191 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:27,620 And shut the window behind you, which... 192 00:10:27,620 --> 00:10:29,379 I don't like being in this situation. 193 00:10:30,019 --> 00:10:31,299 It's weird. 194 00:10:31,299 --> 00:10:39,379 Yeah, you shut the window behind you, which does cause a small amount of noise. 195 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:46,740 And downstairs, you hear the low murmured conversation stop for a moment. 196 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:50,580 Hold your breath. 197 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:55,300 And then after not too long, starts back up again. 198 00:11:07,540 --> 00:11:10,740 So the three of you, Bazaar, Kavlaran, and Bonwyn, 199 00:11:10,740 --> 00:11:15,620 you've been pushing deeper into this forest that you've been walking down. 200 00:11:15,620 --> 00:11:17,780 You've been walking down this pathway that had... 201 00:11:18,659 --> 00:11:21,139 Bazaar, you found along the path, 202 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:24,579 and you continue to find them if you keep looking for them, that is. 203 00:11:24,579 --> 00:11:29,299 Is like old ruins, arcane ruins, 204 00:11:30,019 --> 00:11:33,860 that are going along the path that you've been following. 205 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:35,139 They're dirt covered. 206 00:11:35,139 --> 00:11:36,899 Like the fact that you found the first one 207 00:11:36,899 --> 00:11:39,139 and continue to find some along the way 208 00:11:43,139 --> 00:11:44,819 is very lucky of you. 209 00:11:45,780 --> 00:11:51,300 The three of you have been following the sound of banjo music, 210 00:11:52,260 --> 00:11:53,540 which isn't a surprise. 211 00:11:54,820 --> 00:12:00,420 And this seemingly endless path that you've been walking down, 212 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:05,060 almost to the point where maybe you stop, 213 00:12:05,060 --> 00:12:07,860 maybe you turn back, maybe you try and find another way, 214 00:12:09,140 --> 00:12:14,500 suddenly and abruptly stops and opens into a moonlit glade. 215 00:12:15,780 --> 00:12:22,420 The air in this glade is thick with the scent of honey and pine, 216 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:25,379 and at the glade's center, 217 00:12:25,379 --> 00:12:30,020 a weathered wooden stage stands upon a bed of mist. 218 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:35,379 Soft, ghostly music hums through the trees. 219 00:12:36,180 --> 00:12:41,460 A slow, haunting waltz played on an unseen banjo. 220 00:12:42,660 --> 00:12:44,420 The banjo waltz, of course. 221 00:12:45,299 --> 00:12:46,099 Of course it is. 222 00:12:47,139 --> 00:12:50,740 On the stage, five spectral children, 223 00:12:51,459 --> 00:12:56,339 their forms flickering like candlelight dance in perfect unison. 224 00:12:56,339 --> 00:12:58,419 Their faces are expressionless. 225 00:13:00,099 --> 00:13:02,099 Their movements eerily stiff. 226 00:13:03,299 --> 00:13:05,459 And the moment you step into the clearing, 227 00:13:06,099 --> 00:13:09,139 the music surges and the children stop, 228 00:13:09,779 --> 00:13:12,019 turning their hollow eyes towards you. 229 00:13:12,980 --> 00:13:14,980 The music surges but does not stop. 230 00:13:15,939 --> 00:13:18,179 The music surges but does not stop, yes. 231 00:13:18,899 --> 00:13:21,460 Do we recognize any of the children? 232 00:13:21,460 --> 00:13:25,779 Like, is sweet Cecil there with his lazy eye? 233 00:13:25,779 --> 00:13:26,340 Or... 234 00:13:26,340 --> 00:13:26,980 Cedric. 235 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:27,620 Cedric. 236 00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:28,740 Oh, Cecil. 237 00:13:28,740 --> 00:13:29,299 So close. 238 00:13:29,299 --> 00:13:29,860 Cecil, so close. 239 00:13:29,860 --> 00:13:32,100 I haven't even heard in a while. 240 00:13:34,419 --> 00:13:38,659 From this distance, roll... 241 00:13:38,659 --> 00:13:42,980 Roll an investigation. 242 00:13:44,579 --> 00:13:45,939 Roll a squinty check. 243 00:13:46,740 --> 00:13:47,139 Investigation. 244 00:13:47,139 --> 00:13:49,699 I mean, I wouldn't recognize the child even if I... 245 00:13:49,699 --> 00:13:50,659 22. 246 00:13:50,659 --> 00:13:56,100 He's been described to me many times in all of his unfortunate physical attributes. 247 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:58,500 The one with the eye that works too hard, yeah. 248 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:00,100 But these are hollow eyes, so you don't know. 249 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:01,219 That's true, that's true. 250 00:14:01,219 --> 00:14:01,939 Are there even eyes inside those sockets? 251 00:14:01,939 --> 00:14:04,259 Is one of the hollow eyes looking in a different direction? 252 00:14:04,259 --> 00:14:06,500 It's 22 is what I rolled. 253 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:07,699 22, yeah. 254 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:09,940 You take in as much as you can. 255 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:15,060 From where you are, these children do not look like any of the children from Winterfell. 256 00:14:15,060 --> 00:14:19,300 Okay, so obviously, Alydin isn't there because we would recognize her. 257 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:21,940 And like, are... 258 00:14:23,460 --> 00:14:29,140 Are they dressed in a way that they could be from where we are from? 259 00:14:29,140 --> 00:14:32,420 Or is there like an anachronism in how they're dressed? 260 00:14:32,660 --> 00:14:32,820 Or... 261 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:44,260 Many of them are dressed in a way that could be from the region, or at least from the same country. 262 00:14:44,260 --> 00:14:46,020 They don't look old-timey or anything. 263 00:14:46,660 --> 00:14:48,180 They're not in just white dressing gowns. 264 00:14:48,180 --> 00:14:49,300 That's right, yes. 265 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:53,140 They look relatively modern as far as you are concerned. 266 00:14:56,420 --> 00:15:00,500 All of the clothes look worn, but not tattered. 267 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,260 They look well used. 268 00:15:02,580 --> 00:15:07,299 Not like they've been torn or thrown down or anything like that. 269 00:15:08,179 --> 00:15:08,500 Okay. 270 00:15:10,179 --> 00:15:14,899 Bazaar is going to step forward and look at his friends and be like, 271 00:15:14,899 --> 00:15:17,059 well, I've kind of trained for something like this, 272 00:15:17,059 --> 00:15:20,500 so I put my hands out to the side and say, just follow my lead. 273 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:26,340 And I begin leading us forward in a waltz-like dance that I learned at my school. 274 00:15:26,980 --> 00:15:28,500 Oh, of course you did. 275 00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:29,860 Yeah, you did. 276 00:15:30,740 --> 00:15:32,659 God, we have a magical dancer with us. 277 00:15:33,539 --> 00:15:35,539 That would be a 17 on performance. 278 00:15:36,580 --> 00:15:38,500 Okay, 17 on performance. 279 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:43,379 So you begin dancing to the music. 280 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:49,940 The two of you behind also roll a performance for me. 281 00:15:52,899 --> 00:15:55,139 Just to see how well you keep up with Bazaar. 282 00:15:55,860 --> 00:15:56,659 14. 283 00:15:58,019 --> 00:15:58,659 That's pretty good. 284 00:15:58,659 --> 00:15:59,460 That's a 12. 285 00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:01,300 Well, that's not too shabby. 286 00:16:02,019 --> 00:16:04,659 Yeah, the two of you are following in step, 287 00:16:04,659 --> 00:16:06,980 missing the occasional one here and there. 288 00:16:07,779 --> 00:16:12,659 Are you, Bazaar, are you dancing, moving closer to the stage, 289 00:16:12,659 --> 00:16:16,659 or are you kind of staying in position and seeing what happens? 290 00:16:16,659 --> 00:16:18,820 I think I'd start with staying in position, 291 00:16:18,820 --> 00:16:22,820 and then once everyone's feeling comfortable, 292 00:16:22,820 --> 00:16:25,460 we can, you know, move forward if we're feeling it. 293 00:16:25,460 --> 00:16:26,500 I love this. 294 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:28,740 They're like, yeah. 295 00:16:29,940 --> 00:16:34,019 In a little, just a three-person triangle as we approach, 296 00:16:34,019 --> 00:16:36,419 but still, it's pretty good. 297 00:16:42,019 --> 00:16:43,139 Welcome to the middle, everybody. 298 00:16:43,139 --> 00:16:45,379 It's so great to have you here. 299 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:47,620 We're doing it. 300 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:48,820 This is how they always start, 301 00:16:48,820 --> 00:16:51,779 but sometimes I head it off a little bit off the top there, 302 00:16:51,779 --> 00:16:54,820 and then now Jess is seeing that, oh, shit, it is a train wreck. 303 00:16:54,820 --> 00:16:58,180 It's okay. 304 00:16:58,180 --> 00:17:00,260 We're going to get this train back on the track. 305 00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:00,900 We're probably not. 306 00:17:01,860 --> 00:17:03,860 Mostly self-deprecating. 307 00:17:03,860 --> 00:17:06,100 Competent self-deprecating is what we are. 308 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:11,539 I gotta say, Jess stepped in there with a professionalism 309 00:17:11,539 --> 00:17:12,980 of getting it right back on the tracks. 310 00:17:12,980 --> 00:17:13,860 Yeah, she did. 311 00:17:13,860 --> 00:17:15,220 This is exactly what we need. 312 00:17:15,940 --> 00:17:18,340 And we just started throwing things on those tracks 313 00:17:18,340 --> 00:17:19,299 right in front of us. 314 00:17:19,299 --> 00:17:20,019 Immediately. 315 00:17:20,019 --> 00:17:22,740 There's a princess tied up. 316 00:17:22,819 --> 00:17:24,980 You gotta choose the path to one person. 317 00:17:24,980 --> 00:17:25,480 Exactly. 318 00:17:26,099 --> 00:17:27,299 The trolley problem, yeah. 319 00:17:28,420 --> 00:17:29,539 There is a right answer. 320 00:17:30,259 --> 00:17:31,380 There is a right answer. 321 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:32,740 Hey, Jess is here in the middle. 322 00:17:32,740 --> 00:17:33,299 How come, guys? 323 00:17:33,299 --> 00:17:34,500 Jess is here in the middle. 324 00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:35,380 Welcome, Jess. 325 00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:38,420 You beautiful humans. 326 00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:38,900 What's up? 327 00:17:39,620 --> 00:17:42,740 We hashtag hired Jess as our new community manager. 328 00:17:42,740 --> 00:17:44,259 Yeah, we did. 329 00:17:44,259 --> 00:17:46,980 Like Carla said, manifesting really works. 330 00:17:46,980 --> 00:17:47,539 Really works. 331 00:17:48,339 --> 00:17:49,940 I think we all really made it happen. 332 00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:51,380 Great news. 333 00:17:51,380 --> 00:17:54,340 There'll be like some cool stuff happening. 334 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:55,700 That isn't just the- 335 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:56,900 We may have socials. 336 00:17:57,700 --> 00:17:59,940 We'll have like social stuff, guys. 337 00:17:59,940 --> 00:18:00,820 It's gonna be good. 338 00:18:00,820 --> 00:18:01,540 It's so exciting. 339 00:18:01,540 --> 00:18:06,580 Also, how did we get together five millennials 340 00:18:06,580 --> 00:18:09,620 who cannot internet and do not- 341 00:18:09,620 --> 00:18:10,100 We know. 342 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:11,380 Like, what were the odds? 343 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:14,020 What do you mean we can't internet? 344 00:18:14,020 --> 00:18:14,580 Well, I mean- 345 00:18:14,580 --> 00:18:15,860 Well, we can't social. 346 00:18:15,860 --> 00:18:17,380 We're not doing good on social. 347 00:18:17,380 --> 00:18:18,980 Here, we can't internet. 348 00:18:18,980 --> 00:18:20,980 No, I was like, I can log on to the internet. 349 00:18:21,540 --> 00:18:22,100 Yes, I can. 350 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:23,300 You can, honey. 351 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:26,580 I just dial up and I hit the old motor. 352 00:18:26,580 --> 00:18:29,700 You don't even know how many free hours of AOL I had. 353 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:30,200 Right? 354 00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:33,140 Seven CDs worth. 355 00:18:33,140 --> 00:18:35,940 But yeah, no, we really need Jess. 356 00:18:36,820 --> 00:18:37,780 Because we were hopeless. 357 00:18:37,780 --> 00:18:38,900 It's gonna be really great. 358 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:42,420 For two years, it's like Amy posts on Instagram every Saturday, 359 00:18:42,420 --> 00:18:44,500 and every Saturday, I did not post on Instagram. 360 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:46,980 I was so happy when that got removed from the calendar. 361 00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:54,900 And now you'll just have a million notifications of me getting things approved to post on the Instagram. 362 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:55,380 I love it. 363 00:18:55,380 --> 00:18:55,940 It's fine. 364 00:18:55,940 --> 00:18:57,220 That makes me so happy. 365 00:18:57,220 --> 00:19:00,740 That's easy, because basically, unless it's like, 366 00:19:01,860 --> 00:19:04,420 I can't even think of what it would be for me to not approve it. 367 00:19:04,420 --> 00:19:09,940 I mean, we could adopt a, you know, ask for forgiveness instead of permission policy. 368 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:11,220 Okay. 369 00:19:11,220 --> 00:19:13,539 That is, I mean, that is always an option, too. 370 00:19:13,539 --> 00:19:15,620 As long as it's not political. 371 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,060 Yeah, no, we don't want any politics or stuff in there. 372 00:19:19,060 --> 00:19:20,900 No, nobody wants any politics. 373 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:23,060 Who talks about that shit? 374 00:19:23,060 --> 00:19:23,460 Yeah. 375 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:24,660 That's gross. 376 00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:25,380 Weird. 377 00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:28,580 Hey, uh, we have a Patreon. 378 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:30,580 We do. 379 00:19:30,580 --> 00:19:31,060 Yeah. 380 00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:31,460 What? 381 00:19:32,580 --> 00:19:34,580 And that's the next manifestation goal. 382 00:19:34,580 --> 00:19:35,460 We're getting those numbers up. 383 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:36,340 Oh my goodness. 384 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:37,940 Yeah, baby. 385 00:19:37,940 --> 00:19:39,620 This is just getting us on track. 386 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:40,100 I love it. 387 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:43,860 Uh, patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 388 00:19:44,660 --> 00:19:47,540 Lots of cool stuff going on over there, including a new thing. 389 00:19:47,540 --> 00:19:51,860 Or if you're a supporting producer and you want to watch us record the show, you can. 390 00:19:52,660 --> 00:19:55,220 And I'm sorry, but also you're welcome. 391 00:19:55,220 --> 00:19:56,180 Sorry. 392 00:19:56,180 --> 00:19:58,420 They would ask for that if they wanted it. 393 00:19:58,980 --> 00:20:03,060 Yeah, but you get to see like the good, the bad, and the ugly. 394 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:04,180 Yeah. 395 00:20:04,180 --> 00:20:04,820 Yes. 396 00:20:04,820 --> 00:20:05,140 Yeah. 397 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:10,020 Like, I'll maybe dress up for people for like the first couple weeks. 398 00:20:10,019 --> 00:20:12,660 And then it's, it's all jammies and no bra. 399 00:20:12,660 --> 00:20:15,779 Like, it's, you know, very catch. 400 00:20:15,779 --> 00:20:16,660 Yeah, yeah, no. 401 00:20:16,660 --> 00:20:17,299 Yeah. 402 00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:17,779 Yeah. 403 00:20:17,779 --> 00:20:19,619 Like, I mean, it's the end of, it's the end of the day. 404 00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:20,660 We're having a good time. 405 00:20:21,539 --> 00:20:23,700 I was like, what costumes are we going to wear? 406 00:20:24,339 --> 00:20:27,859 No, I just meant have, I just meant not have my jammies on. 407 00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:28,579 That's what I meant. 408 00:20:28,579 --> 00:20:28,980 Put on lipstick. 409 00:20:28,980 --> 00:20:31,220 That is dressing up for me. 410 00:20:31,220 --> 00:20:33,539 Well, if you're not going to wear jammies, I'm going to wear jammies. 411 00:20:33,539 --> 00:20:34,660 I thought that role was taken. 412 00:20:34,660 --> 00:20:36,259 Well, I always wear jammies. 413 00:20:36,259 --> 00:20:38,259 So I'm just saying if we have people in the background. 414 00:20:38,259 --> 00:20:40,019 I always wear clothes. 415 00:20:40,019 --> 00:20:43,059 That's why Kyle's always wearing a three-piece suit. 416 00:20:43,059 --> 00:20:45,779 Oh my god, yesterday in his suit. 417 00:20:45,779 --> 00:20:46,980 And the top hat. 418 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:49,220 A little six-year-old dapper. 419 00:20:50,259 --> 00:20:50,819 So cute. 420 00:20:50,819 --> 00:20:51,539 Very cute. 421 00:20:51,539 --> 00:20:52,420 That's adorable. 422 00:20:52,420 --> 00:20:56,180 But something else that happens over on Patreon is you get an episode dedicated to you. 423 00:20:56,180 --> 00:20:57,619 Like, today's Patron. 424 00:20:58,259 --> 00:20:59,140 Pick Patron. 425 00:20:59,140 --> 00:20:59,940 Oh, I said that weird. 426 00:20:59,940 --> 00:21:00,660 Patron. 427 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:01,220 Patron. 428 00:21:01,220 --> 00:21:03,379 Today's Patron. 429 00:21:03,379 --> 00:21:04,579 Killian Gray. 430 00:21:05,460 --> 00:21:06,180 Killian Gray. 431 00:21:06,180 --> 00:21:08,180 Thanks, Killian Gray. 432 00:21:08,180 --> 00:21:10,340 He's a dope ass name, by the way. 433 00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:16,980 Dope ass name, like a cool bad guy or a really cool, I don't know. 434 00:21:16,980 --> 00:21:18,019 That's like a spy name. 435 00:21:18,019 --> 00:21:18,420 Morally Gray. 436 00:21:18,980 --> 00:21:20,100 Morally Gray. 437 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:21,539 Morally Gray, yes. 438 00:21:21,539 --> 00:21:22,180 Yes. 439 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:22,740 Very here. 440 00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:23,860 I thought it was Killian Gray. 441 00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:24,340 Oh, of course. 442 00:21:26,180 --> 00:21:26,580 Yeah. 443 00:21:26,580 --> 00:21:28,500 But we're happy to have you here, Killian. 444 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:30,019 We're lucky to have you here. 445 00:21:30,019 --> 00:21:34,820 We're lucky to have you here in your cool suave style, making us all look better. 446 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:36,420 It's true. 447 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:37,460 You too can be like Killian. 448 00:21:37,460 --> 00:21:41,140 Join us today at patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast, where we have all those great things. 449 00:21:41,140 --> 00:21:44,820 And now let's get you back to the episode that's happening right now. 450 00:21:44,820 --> 00:21:45,860 Love you, bye. 451 00:21:45,860 --> 00:21:46,420 Love you, bye. 452 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:56,500 You begin dancing as you remember this waltz. 453 00:21:56,500 --> 00:22:00,500 And, you know, as you're kind of out of the corner of your eye and watching these children, 454 00:22:01,460 --> 00:22:12,099 they keep their focus on you and everybody in your group, but they begin dancing again. 455 00:22:12,099 --> 00:22:13,619 They begin their movement again. 456 00:22:13,619 --> 00:22:20,500 And it is, there's a similarity to it, but there are enough differences that you 457 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:24,259 know that this is, you are not doing the same dance that they are doing. 458 00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:27,299 I should have paid more attention in class. 459 00:22:27,299 --> 00:22:27,700 Fuck me. 460 00:22:28,339 --> 00:22:30,339 Can we see anyone playing the music? 461 00:22:31,299 --> 00:22:32,500 You cannot. 462 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:34,099 Is it just ethereal? 463 00:22:34,099 --> 00:22:39,859 Yeah, it appears to be like coming from everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. 464 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:42,500 There is no one person playing a banjo in the corner. 465 00:22:43,139 --> 00:22:49,859 As you continue to dance and begin to feel confident and maybe move a little closer, 466 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:55,059 I would assume that because the two of you are following behind Bizard, 467 00:22:55,059 --> 00:22:57,619 maybe you've got a closer look at the children. 468 00:22:57,620 --> 00:23:01,620 If you want to roll, as you're now watching the children, 469 00:23:01,620 --> 00:23:08,580 trying to pick up on what they're doing, roll Insight or Investigation. 470 00:23:10,580 --> 00:23:12,260 Insight would get me a 10. 471 00:23:13,220 --> 00:23:14,740 Dancing was not my strong suit. 472 00:23:15,940 --> 00:23:16,740 It was a mandatory class. 473 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:18,900 You are thinking like one, two, three. 474 00:23:21,380 --> 00:23:24,260 Bonwyn, do you also want to roll Insight Investigation again 475 00:23:24,260 --> 00:23:26,420 as they begin dancing and moving again? 476 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:27,700 Sure I do. 477 00:23:29,220 --> 00:23:31,940 That is a 22 once again. 478 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:39,460 Bizard, you keep up with your movements and the three of you are progressing closer to the stage. 479 00:23:39,460 --> 00:23:46,019 We'll say you're about 30 feet from the stage and slowly moving closer. 480 00:23:46,019 --> 00:23:47,460 This is a larger clearing. 481 00:23:49,140 --> 00:23:52,340 Bonwyn, as the kids begin moving again on stage, 482 00:23:52,340 --> 00:23:54,740 the children begin moving again on stage, 483 00:23:54,740 --> 00:23:58,420 you're watching them and you're trying to keep Bizard in the corner of your eye 484 00:23:58,420 --> 00:23:59,620 and mimic his movements. 485 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:08,259 You notice that each child gets to a point in the dance 486 00:24:09,140 --> 00:24:13,779 and it looks like they are struggling to complete a certain motion, 487 00:24:14,339 --> 00:24:20,740 hesitating as if they've forgotten how this dance progresses or ends 488 00:24:20,740 --> 00:24:22,900 or the portion that they're getting to. 489 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:26,820 There's almost a stumble step that they all collectively kind of make. 490 00:24:26,820 --> 00:24:27,860 You pick up on that. 491 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:30,820 At the same time or they have different? 492 00:24:31,460 --> 00:24:34,180 That's all more or less at the same moment. 493 00:24:34,180 --> 00:24:36,740 Like it's the same beat or two. 494 00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:38,259 They're all, yeah. 495 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:42,820 Okay, so I jump on stage and I push them all the way 496 00:24:42,820 --> 00:24:45,060 and I start doing my amazing break dancing moves 497 00:24:45,060 --> 00:24:49,780 and everyone's like, yes, yes, Bonwyn, Bonwyn, Bonwyn. 498 00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:52,180 She's raising the money for the car wash. 499 00:24:52,180 --> 00:24:52,740 That's right. 500 00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:57,140 She's going to be in the Olympics. 501 00:24:57,140 --> 00:24:59,220 Isn't going to be shut down. 502 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:00,100 We're doing it. 503 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:02,259 We'll save the community center. 504 00:25:02,259 --> 00:25:03,860 JK, don't do that. 505 00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:05,539 That was the, that was the result. 506 00:25:05,539 --> 00:25:06,740 How you solved my riddle though. 507 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:07,240 Oh no. 508 00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:13,060 This is the honey episode of Dungeons. 509 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:15,940 Well, this is all very creepy. 510 00:25:17,299 --> 00:25:21,779 Can I like, since Cav and I are sort of like in a line in the dance, 511 00:25:21,779 --> 00:25:23,619 can I look at him and just be like, 512 00:25:25,859 --> 00:25:31,220 make a like WTF kind of face and see if he has any insight? 513 00:25:31,220 --> 00:25:34,500 Again, we're like, I feel so out of my element. 514 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:39,859 I am from normal world and this is not normal world. 515 00:25:39,859 --> 00:25:41,220 Can I clarify something? 516 00:25:41,220 --> 00:25:43,139 Are the children solid? 517 00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:46,819 Like, or do they look like ghostly? 518 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:49,460 I know the stage you said was misty. 519 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:51,779 No, they are more, yes. 520 00:25:51,779 --> 00:25:54,259 How I described them were they were spectral children. 521 00:25:54,259 --> 00:25:57,700 So their forms are flickering like candlelight as they move around. 522 00:25:58,740 --> 00:26:01,620 They wouldn't have appreciated my sick moves anyway. 523 00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:03,539 They're probably not even there. 524 00:26:03,539 --> 00:26:08,180 Yeah. The closer you get, like those, those hollow eyes, 525 00:26:08,180 --> 00:26:12,740 like they are like shadows where their eyes should be. 526 00:26:12,740 --> 00:26:13,700 I don't like that much. 527 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:14,660 Creepy. 528 00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:18,259 For us and the scary kids, it's just a never ending theme with this guy. 529 00:26:19,460 --> 00:26:25,140 Um, can I like, hmm. 530 00:26:25,140 --> 00:26:27,860 You guys can talk amongst yourselves too, right? 531 00:26:27,860 --> 00:26:32,819 Yes, I mean, Bonwyn is a practical dwarf. 532 00:26:32,819 --> 00:26:38,660 So like, she's probably trying to like keep doing the dance, 533 00:26:38,660 --> 00:26:44,180 but also like look around and see if there's anything happening 534 00:26:44,180 --> 00:26:46,980 or they're like mirrors that are making this work 535 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:48,500 or is there actually a stage 536 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:50,579 and it's just like a sick smoke machine 537 00:26:50,579 --> 00:26:53,539 or like she's going to be trying to see through the illusion 538 00:26:53,539 --> 00:26:57,299 because she doesn't, she doesn't believe it. 539 00:26:57,299 --> 00:26:59,700 I mean, it's so out of her experience. 540 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:03,299 It would be like, if Carla saw that, like she is. 541 00:27:05,299 --> 00:27:10,660 Make a, just make a straight wisdom check. 542 00:27:15,539 --> 00:27:16,819 How is my wisdom? 543 00:27:16,819 --> 00:27:19,059 Oh guys, did you know that my wisdom is really bad? 544 00:27:21,059 --> 00:27:21,700 That's a 10. 545 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:24,659 It's a minus two to Bonwyn's wisdom. 546 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:27,059 You live in the world you live in. 547 00:27:27,059 --> 00:27:30,179 She presents as wise, I feel like, but it's a trick. 548 00:27:32,099 --> 00:27:34,339 You know the right things to say at the right moment. 549 00:27:34,339 --> 00:27:35,139 That's what you have. 550 00:27:36,099 --> 00:27:40,579 So you're looking around trying to figure out what the trick is here, 551 00:27:40,579 --> 00:27:43,939 trying to figure out what the magic piece is or the, 552 00:27:43,939 --> 00:27:45,700 like you said, the mirrors, the illusion, 553 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:47,700 and you're looking around and the more you look around, 554 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:51,140 the more real everything becomes. 555 00:27:52,340 --> 00:27:55,620 And as you're looking around, you're turning, 556 00:27:55,620 --> 00:27:58,420 you're looking for trees or light sources 557 00:27:58,420 --> 00:28:02,100 or another person like pulling levers or something like that. 558 00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:03,460 You see none of that. 559 00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:06,019 But as you turn, you also notice 560 00:28:06,019 --> 00:28:08,420 that the path you came in on is now gone. 561 00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:13,700 Oh, I'm going to like, 562 00:28:16,180 --> 00:28:17,940 I guess I'm like spun around, 563 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:21,460 but like hit cav, like it's the path's gone. 564 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:22,500 Oh, okay. 565 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:26,420 Do we have any experience with disappearing paths? 566 00:28:26,420 --> 00:28:28,660 I have no experience with disappearing paths. 567 00:28:28,660 --> 00:28:29,160 Bizarre. 568 00:28:30,660 --> 00:28:31,700 Your dancing looks great. 569 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:33,460 Solo waltzing up by the stage. 570 00:28:35,460 --> 00:28:36,819 The path's disappearing. 571 00:28:36,819 --> 00:28:39,779 And I feel like I've fallen back in line maybe. 572 00:28:39,779 --> 00:28:40,980 Stuck here maybe. 573 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:42,340 Like path's gone. 574 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:44,100 Is that cool? 575 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:44,660 Is that cool? 576 00:28:45,620 --> 00:28:49,300 I would not say it is, but it's interesting. 577 00:28:51,380 --> 00:28:52,980 So is this entire experience. 578 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:54,740 And you see him kind of like scratch his head 579 00:28:54,740 --> 00:28:57,700 and then like you see his like eye kind of twitch 580 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:59,940 as he pulls this like silver strand 581 00:28:59,940 --> 00:29:01,460 out of the side of his temple. 582 00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:03,140 And he pulls out a little bottle and stop her 583 00:29:03,140 --> 00:29:06,259 and I just cast encode thoughts to remember this moment 584 00:29:06,259 --> 00:29:08,100 in case for some reason, if I leave it 585 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:10,500 and I don't remember it, I have a memory. 586 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:12,100 So I'm going to keep that with me 587 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:13,460 because I do not want to forget this. 588 00:29:13,779 --> 00:29:15,299 Bizarre can do the coolest shit. 589 00:29:15,299 --> 00:29:17,140 I can't wait till I'm not level two. 590 00:29:17,140 --> 00:29:19,380 It's going to be dope. 591 00:29:19,380 --> 00:29:22,100 Bonwyn did he just like, what did he do? 592 00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:23,380 Yeah, did you see that? 593 00:29:23,380 --> 00:29:23,940 What was that? 594 00:29:23,940 --> 00:29:24,420 I don't know. 595 00:29:24,420 --> 00:29:25,539 I call them mind boogers. 596 00:29:29,140 --> 00:29:29,640 Okay. 597 00:29:30,180 --> 00:29:30,680 Yep. 598 00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:37,059 Well, how rude of us to not introduce ourselves. 599 00:29:37,059 --> 00:29:38,740 I'm going to turn to the children 600 00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:41,220 and in Elvish I'm going to say 601 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:43,460 what dance are you doing? 602 00:29:43,460 --> 00:29:45,299 All of their heads at that moment. 603 00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:49,539 That sounds no, I mean, this whole thing's creepy. 604 00:29:49,539 --> 00:29:51,620 All of them turn to look at you 605 00:29:51,620 --> 00:29:53,059 and they continue the dance. 606 00:29:53,940 --> 00:29:59,059 None of them respond in any way that is 607 00:30:00,579 --> 00:30:04,740 that you can interpret as it responds to your question. 608 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:09,620 They look at you and lock eyes with you 609 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:12,980 and continue moving the dance, 610 00:30:12,980 --> 00:30:15,460 stumbling over that one step 611 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:19,540 and continuing the dance and stumbling over that one step. 612 00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:25,060 And then as time passes, not too long, 613 00:30:25,060 --> 00:30:26,900 30 or 45 seconds, 614 00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:29,220 their heads begin to drift back to each other. 615 00:30:30,260 --> 00:30:33,460 Can I just yell Alydin like so loud? 616 00:30:33,460 --> 00:30:34,660 Like, I hate this. 617 00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:38,340 I want to find Alydin and get the fuck out of here. 618 00:30:38,340 --> 00:30:39,780 You can do whatever you want, Carla. 619 00:30:39,780 --> 00:30:40,660 This is our world. 620 00:30:40,660 --> 00:30:41,160 It's true. 621 00:30:41,780 --> 00:30:42,280 Alydin! 622 00:30:43,620 --> 00:30:44,120 Alydin! 623 00:30:46,420 --> 00:30:47,140 I hear her. 624 00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:49,540 If only she hadn't closed that window. 625 00:30:52,500 --> 00:30:55,060 Can I try and replicate the step they're messing up? 626 00:30:55,780 --> 00:30:56,180 Yes. 627 00:30:56,180 --> 00:30:59,700 So I'll give a response to screaming out Alydin first. 628 00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:02,020 So you yell out and it, 629 00:31:04,580 --> 00:31:06,260 however many times you yell it, 630 00:31:06,259 --> 00:31:08,500 you feel it like echo off the trees. 631 00:31:09,140 --> 00:31:13,940 Like it is, it is not making it beyond this space. 632 00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:14,440 Right, okay. 633 00:31:16,339 --> 00:31:19,539 As you do that, you also, 634 00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:22,660 what's your passive perception? 635 00:31:26,099 --> 00:31:26,980 No, 10. 636 00:31:27,539 --> 00:31:28,500 Probably like 30. 637 00:31:29,859 --> 00:31:30,900 As you do yell out, 638 00:31:31,859 --> 00:31:34,980 realizing that this space that you're in is 639 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:39,059 keeping that sound insular. 640 00:31:39,619 --> 00:31:43,940 You hear, you catch out of like off to the side, 641 00:31:43,940 --> 00:31:49,940 which causes you to turn like an unusual creaking coming from one of the trees. 642 00:31:49,940 --> 00:31:53,059 You turn your head quick and you don't see anything moving. 643 00:31:53,940 --> 00:31:56,259 Trees are moving with the wind. 644 00:31:56,259 --> 00:31:58,819 The mist is kind of roiling around. 645 00:32:00,019 --> 00:32:01,859 And then you hear it off to the left. 646 00:32:02,660 --> 00:32:04,900 There's a creaking noise that you hear. 647 00:32:05,460 --> 00:32:07,140 And then that fades away. 648 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:10,980 Kyle, you wanted to check out the dance that you're doing. 649 00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:11,940 Yes. 650 00:32:12,660 --> 00:32:14,580 What kind of role would you like on that performance? 651 00:32:15,380 --> 00:32:16,660 Are you observing? 652 00:32:17,460 --> 00:32:19,380 You're continuing to observe the children. 653 00:32:20,340 --> 00:32:22,820 Have you progressed to the stage at all? 654 00:32:22,820 --> 00:32:24,820 Or are you still keeping a distance? 655 00:32:24,820 --> 00:32:26,980 Like what's your position that you want? 656 00:32:26,980 --> 00:32:29,780 I'm going to approach the stage as I observe 657 00:32:29,780 --> 00:32:33,620 because I need to like see what they're trying to do to understand what needs to be done. 658 00:32:34,580 --> 00:32:35,080 Sure. 659 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:37,380 So you continue to walk up. 660 00:32:39,140 --> 00:32:42,500 Kavlarne and Bonwyn still following in step. 661 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:47,060 I feel like, you know, the dance that you have been doing, 662 00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:52,100 you tell me if you've stopped, but like you could in theory stop it. 663 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:56,020 And you're walking up to the stage and you're watching the children. 664 00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:00,900 Give me an investigation role 665 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:04,340 as you get closer to this stage. 666 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:05,620 That's a seven. 667 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:07,540 Okay. 668 00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:09,140 You're just feeling the moves. 669 00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:10,340 You're just so into it. 670 00:33:11,140 --> 00:33:15,300 Thinking back to that dance you were at your second year. 671 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:17,700 Get your lighter out. 672 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:18,200 Yeah. 673 00:33:21,220 --> 00:33:27,300 Bonwyn and Kav, you two are also up near the stage. 674 00:33:27,379 --> 00:33:31,220 Like these children are not appearing to, 675 00:33:32,740 --> 00:33:37,539 they don't appear to be aggressive towards you. 676 00:33:37,539 --> 00:33:40,419 Like they turn at you at certain times, 677 00:33:40,419 --> 00:33:44,579 but they haven't made a move to come harm you in any way. 678 00:33:45,379 --> 00:33:47,779 Both of you also make an investigation role 679 00:33:47,779 --> 00:33:50,259 as you all approach the stage here. 680 00:33:50,259 --> 00:33:50,819 Oh my word. 681 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:52,980 Kav, you got it. 682 00:33:52,980 --> 00:33:54,339 This is on you, bud. 683 00:33:54,339 --> 00:33:55,299 It's an 11. 684 00:33:55,299 --> 00:33:57,139 I mean, it shouldn't be on Kav. 685 00:33:57,140 --> 00:33:57,460 10. 686 00:33:59,460 --> 00:34:04,340 The three of you are watching these children moving around this stage. 687 00:34:06,340 --> 00:34:07,300 Dumbfound it. 688 00:34:08,420 --> 00:34:10,660 Trying to figure out, like looking around. 689 00:34:11,940 --> 00:34:15,140 You move around the entire stage. 690 00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:17,140 You look around the entire perimeter. 691 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:21,619 You are struggling. 692 00:34:24,260 --> 00:34:25,460 In game and out of game. 693 00:34:25,460 --> 00:34:26,820 Yes, correct. 694 00:34:26,820 --> 00:34:28,019 It's all just struggle. 695 00:34:28,820 --> 00:34:36,500 And as like a sense of defeat comes over you, 696 00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:39,700 like you lean up, like you lean on the stage. 697 00:34:39,700 --> 00:34:43,380 Like you're trying to like get a close eye and like you're watching them. 698 00:34:43,940 --> 00:34:46,980 And bizarre, you put your hand on the stage 699 00:34:46,980 --> 00:34:52,340 and you feel the grain of the wood as you slide your hand on there. 700 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:56,740 And then you also feel underneath your fingertips an engraving. 701 00:34:56,820 --> 00:34:57,620 Mm. 702 00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:08,100 And we'll go back to Alydin as you run your hands over it 703 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:13,220 and you feel something that requires further investigation. 704 00:35:13,220 --> 00:35:14,500 Yeah, uneven floor. 705 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:15,700 That's why they're fucking up the move. 706 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:17,140 It just doesn't make sense. 707 00:35:17,140 --> 00:35:18,260 It's got to be it. 708 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:19,860 Shoddy carpentry. 709 00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:22,900 Alydin, you're back in the room. 710 00:35:23,940 --> 00:35:25,460 Music box is playing. 711 00:35:27,059 --> 00:35:31,780 I'm slowly going crazy hearing the same song over and over again. 712 00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:32,340 Which is? 713 00:35:33,860 --> 00:35:37,380 I am slowly going crazy. 714 00:35:37,380 --> 00:35:40,660 One, two, three, four, five, six, switch. 715 00:35:40,660 --> 00:35:41,780 That's so funny. 716 00:35:41,780 --> 00:35:43,539 Crazy going slowly. 717 00:35:43,539 --> 00:35:46,260 Am I six, five, four, three, two, one, switch. 718 00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:46,820 I hate it. 719 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:49,539 Make another insight roll. 720 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:51,460 How about a 10? 721 00:35:53,380 --> 00:35:55,860 50% is a pass, is it not? 722 00:35:55,860 --> 00:35:59,059 I'm not really crushing it with the roll, so I guess that's been great. 723 00:35:59,059 --> 00:35:59,380 Yeah. 724 00:35:59,380 --> 00:36:00,660 Well, this is on brand for me. 725 00:36:00,660 --> 00:36:01,539 What's wrong with you guys? 726 00:36:02,340 --> 00:36:07,700 The more you listen to this song, yes, it is increasing your frustration. 727 00:36:08,340 --> 00:36:10,260 It is playing over and over again. 728 00:36:11,140 --> 00:36:12,579 This is meant to break me down. 729 00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:16,099 Something feels wrong. 730 00:36:16,099 --> 00:36:19,300 You can't put your finger on it, but something feels wrong about this song. 731 00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:24,900 Like, it's a song that should feel like you should know it. 732 00:36:25,380 --> 00:36:32,099 But something about the song, even though you've never really, in your own mind, 733 00:36:32,099 --> 00:36:35,700 you've never heard this song before today, it does feel memorable. 734 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:38,260 But there's something about the song that feels off. 735 00:36:41,220 --> 00:36:44,019 Amy and Alydin are tired of this fucking song. 736 00:36:44,579 --> 00:36:48,980 She goes over and picks up the music box again. 737 00:36:48,980 --> 00:36:52,099 And are there any screws? 738 00:36:52,099 --> 00:36:53,300 Any nails? 739 00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:55,220 I want to take this fucking thing apart. 740 00:36:55,220 --> 00:36:56,580 I want to see its insides. 741 00:36:57,460 --> 00:37:04,500 It looks like the music box has been put together with an adhesive. 742 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:06,180 Oh, they've fucking dovetailed joints. 743 00:37:06,180 --> 00:37:08,019 They've dovetailed those joints. 744 00:37:08,019 --> 00:37:09,860 This is a well-created box. 745 00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:13,300 There is the one mechanism, the winding mechanism. 746 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:16,740 And as you approach the dresser and you're looking at this box, 747 00:37:16,820 --> 00:37:24,340 you look up into the mirror, and something is off about the mirror in front of you. 748 00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:27,780 It's almost like a waver in the image that you see. 749 00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:29,940 Then it settles back. 750 00:37:31,220 --> 00:37:37,700 Alydin reaches out to cautiously touch the glass. 751 00:37:38,660 --> 00:37:47,140 Yeah, you touch it and like your mind expects there to be something that you can, 752 00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:48,660 your hand is going to go through it. 753 00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:54,180 But as it approaches, your hand is solid on it. 754 00:37:54,820 --> 00:37:57,780 It's cold glass below your hand. 755 00:37:58,420 --> 00:38:03,140 You're looking up and seeing yourself in it, the music box in your other hand. 756 00:38:03,619 --> 00:38:06,420 If I hold the little dancer, 757 00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:12,980 will it stop the music like it does if I were to hold the little dancer? 758 00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:14,339 Is it a tiny dancer? 759 00:38:15,139 --> 00:38:15,539 Is it? 760 00:38:16,739 --> 00:38:17,779 How close are you holding it? 761 00:38:19,219 --> 00:38:20,019 You hold the dancer? 762 00:38:20,019 --> 00:38:21,219 Yeah, and I hold it closer. 763 00:38:26,819 --> 00:38:29,699 Whatever mechanism is inside the box that you can't see. 764 00:38:30,739 --> 00:38:31,619 Is it straining? 765 00:38:31,619 --> 00:38:36,259 It's straining, it's grinding, but it's not stopping. 766 00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:40,179 The dancer, you stop the dancer from moving, 767 00:38:40,179 --> 00:38:44,659 but it sounds like whatever gear on the inside continues forward. 768 00:38:44,659 --> 00:38:47,619 Is the little turnkey still turning? 769 00:38:47,619 --> 00:38:47,940 Yes. 770 00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:48,739 I want to hold that. 771 00:38:50,099 --> 00:38:50,659 Music slows down. 772 00:38:50,659 --> 00:38:54,900 So you're holding the dancer with one hand, holding the turnkey with another hand. 773 00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:57,380 Yes, I have two hands and I'm doing those things. 774 00:38:57,380 --> 00:39:00,819 The box itself begins to try and lift off the table. 775 00:39:01,859 --> 00:39:05,460 Like, almost like the mechanism is still trying to move it. 776 00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:07,779 Like it's now rocking back and forth. 777 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:10,659 I'm turning it in the opposite direction. 778 00:39:10,659 --> 00:39:13,539 You turn it in the opposite direction. 779 00:39:13,539 --> 00:39:15,460 I'm fucking with this box. 780 00:39:15,460 --> 00:39:19,380 I'm doing everything that child Amy would do with her music boxes, 781 00:39:19,380 --> 00:39:26,739 which is turn it, wind it up really fast, and then try to get it to go back, 782 00:39:26,739 --> 00:39:29,859 and then do it so hard that you can actually unscrew the thing. 783 00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:30,820 100%. 784 00:39:30,820 --> 00:39:32,740 Bop it, twist it, pull it. 785 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:42,660 The tune begins to turn from that grinding into a distortion, 786 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:49,059 and it turns, the song begins to play backwards. 787 00:39:49,059 --> 00:39:51,380 It's real Dilingo's electric moment here. 788 00:39:51,380 --> 00:39:54,420 Save once, save doesn't. 789 00:39:54,420 --> 00:39:58,180 The tune begins to play backwards, 790 00:39:58,179 --> 00:40:01,379 and it distorts into this eerie whisper. 791 00:40:03,219 --> 00:40:05,059 Repeating two words. 792 00:40:06,659 --> 00:40:07,460 Not real. 793 00:40:08,419 --> 00:40:09,219 Not real. 794 00:40:10,179 --> 00:40:10,980 Not real. 795 00:40:13,460 --> 00:40:14,179 No shit. 796 00:40:21,779 --> 00:40:25,379 Dumbgeons and Dragons Season 4 Episode 17 797 00:40:25,379 --> 00:40:27,859 Starring Amy More as Alydin 798 00:40:27,940 --> 00:40:30,420 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane 799 00:40:30,420 --> 00:40:32,740 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave 800 00:40:32,740 --> 00:40:35,059 Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard 801 00:40:35,059 --> 00:40:37,460 and Russ More as your Dungeon Master 802 00:40:37,460 --> 00:40:41,220 Dialogue Editing and Sound Design of today's episode is by Russ More 803 00:40:41,220 --> 00:40:43,700 Our Community Manager is Jessica Babyuk 804 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:45,620 Music is from Epidemic Sound 805 00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:48,900 and Sound Effects are from Epidemic Sound and Boom Library 806 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:51,620 Our Amazing Cover Art is by Matt Garbut 807 00:40:51,620 --> 00:40:55,140 And we'd like to say a huge thank you to our supporting producers, 808 00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:57,780 including Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babyuk 809 00:40:57,780 --> 00:40:59,860 Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden, 810 00:40:59,860 --> 00:41:01,940 Angaron Kiersen, Perry Matey, 811 00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:05,780 Old School Gamer D, Craig Zeiss and L.A. 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