1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240 Dumbgeons and Dragons will begin in a moment. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:26,080 Bizard, after you had returned from the Faye and dispersed from the group, primarily to go check up on your mom and the shop and all of that, everything that's gone on for the last three weeks, you're walking down the street and you see a rather large crowd gathered outside of the Magic Closet. 3 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:26,760 What's going on? 4 00:00:26,839 --> 00:00:42,679 It appears to be a happy tone among the group, and as you get closer, something looks different about the sign, where there previously was the Magic Closet sign and everything that that went along with that. 5 00:00:42,719 --> 00:00:52,040 It now reads, Bizard and Mom's Marvels, with a very colourful sign in the window that says, Wacky Wand Wednesdays. 6 00:00:52,799 --> 00:00:53,320 Okay. 7 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:54,759 Okay. 8 00:00:54,759 --> 00:00:58,640 She's taking a marketing class, I think. 9 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,399 She's really spreading her wings. 10 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:07,719 And it makes you happy, I'm sure, to see her spreading her wings, but also, this is your business. 11 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:16,359 Sounds like she's finding her bliss, which Bizard stops and goes, okay, you've been gone for three weeks, not three hours. 12 00:01:16,359 --> 00:01:17,480 Say this is three weeks. 13 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,599 You've been gone three weeks, not three hours. 14 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,080 Well, also mourning your disappearance, she's taken some initiative. 15 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,200 Three weeks doesn't seem like a very long time. 16 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:27,440 No, it really doesn't. 17 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,880 To switch business. 18 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,720 She had new signage. 19 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,560 Now we know where that entrepreneurial spirit came from, that Bizard has. 20 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:42,640 Look, on the boat trip over, she was like brainstorming ideas while she was cleaning out the crew of all their funds, so. 21 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,200 Yeah, Bizard's just like, okay, this could be a lot worse. 22 00:01:47,359 --> 00:01:50,719 Um, part of me was worried about Billy coming back. 23 00:01:50,719 --> 00:01:53,760 That was kind of first thing on my mind, but. 24 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:54,879 Yeah, yeah. 25 00:01:54,879 --> 00:02:00,480 Yeah, Bizard kind of like, just himself says, okay, you've been gone three weeks. 26 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,280 You got here here and you left her here for three weeks by herself. 27 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,240 You gave her a note in the morning. 28 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,159 Oh, Jesus Christ, are you kind of like your dad? 29 00:02:10,159 --> 00:02:11,039 Fuck me. 30 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:12,159 All right, walking in. 31 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:15,599 Um, and I walk in through the door. 32 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:21,919 Right before you walk in, you now get a, you kind of push your way through the crowd that's out front there, and there's a hushed murmur. 33 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:22,960 I said, hey, Bizard's back. 34 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:23,439 There he is. 35 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:34,000 And you see the full sign now, and it has a very intricately designed image of both of you up there. 36 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:40,079 So, Bizard, you are mid-spell and your mother is holding a parrot with a tricorn hat. 37 00:02:41,599 --> 00:02:42,479 Because why not? 38 00:02:43,359 --> 00:02:44,959 Because it's for her. 39 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:46,560 Oh, God. 40 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,400 I forgot about Toonie, her parrot from when I was younger. 41 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,599 Oh, I. 42 00:02:53,599 --> 00:02:57,199 Is Toonie still with us? 43 00:02:57,199 --> 00:02:58,639 I mean, they live a long time. 44 00:02:59,359 --> 00:03:00,000 They do. 45 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,719 We have to will them to people. 46 00:03:00,719 --> 00:03:02,000 They do live a long time. 47 00:03:02,959 --> 00:03:04,799 I mean, did Toonie come on the boat ride? 48 00:03:04,799 --> 00:03:07,359 Don't remember Toonie being on the boat ride. 49 00:03:07,359 --> 00:03:08,479 And find her? 50 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:09,199 Maybe. 51 00:03:09,199 --> 00:03:11,680 Oh, Toonie find her. 52 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,760 Maybe your dad had, like, expelled Toonie from the family home and then Toonie found 53 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,280 your mom again, and it's wonderful. 54 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,879 I think we're trying to turn this into a reunion. 55 00:03:20,879 --> 00:03:22,719 I'm trying to make it so that it's fun. 56 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:23,439 Band-aid thing. 57 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:26,480 Okay. 58 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:26,719 Yes. 59 00:03:26,719 --> 00:03:27,520 Hello, everyone. 60 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:28,319 Bizard's back. 61 00:03:28,879 --> 00:03:31,600 I'm glad you're liking the new storefront. 62 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:37,360 Everything looks like it's treating you well and very excited to have returned after 63 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,840 a long journey seeking magic. 64 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:41,599 More of it. 65 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:50,080 The store's been so much better since he's been away. 66 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,680 I wonder what he brought back. 67 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:52,400 Yeah. 68 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,800 I mean, it's going to be probably even better after I don't. 69 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,159 Okay. 70 00:03:58,159 --> 00:03:58,960 How's it been better? 71 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,439 I'm curious, you know, as a from a. 72 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:02,719 There's a parrot now. 73 00:04:02,719 --> 00:04:05,840 There's a parrot and they offer a lot more different items. 74 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,120 And Wacky Wand Wednesday. 75 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:08,400 Wacky Wand Wednesday. 76 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:09,120 Everyone loves it. 77 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:09,680 Wacky Wand Wednesday. 78 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,560 Did you hear about Wacky Wand Wednesdays, Bizard? 79 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,360 I implemented Wacky Wand Wednesdays after. 80 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,600 Oh, it's just you were away when it started. 81 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,439 So we assumed maybe you hadn't. 82 00:04:21,439 --> 00:04:24,560 Well, I haven't missed one ever. 83 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:25,680 Is it starting? 84 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,199 Y'all really do need a school here. 85 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:28,879 You know, people can write each other letters. 86 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,399 Like there's ways to communicate when somebody's not around. 87 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:34,399 Right. 88 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:35,600 Jesus Christ, we do need a school. 89 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,840 Like to tell more people about Wacky Wand Wednesday? 90 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:38,560 What do you mean? 91 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:39,199 Exactly. 92 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:40,719 Like write to my cousins out of town. 93 00:04:40,719 --> 00:04:41,680 I already did. 94 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,399 You should go. 95 00:04:42,399 --> 00:04:43,120 Good. 96 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:44,319 They're coming in next week. 97 00:04:44,319 --> 00:04:45,279 I'm so excited. 98 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:46,879 No, I'm saying is it doesn't matter. 99 00:04:46,879 --> 00:04:48,719 I'm going to go inside and take care of the store. 100 00:04:48,719 --> 00:04:49,599 Enjoy. 101 00:04:49,599 --> 00:04:50,240 What day is it? 102 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:51,439 Wednesday. 103 00:04:51,439 --> 00:04:52,079 Wacky Wand Wednesday. 104 00:04:52,079 --> 00:04:52,800 Oh, shit. 105 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,079 Wacky Wand Wednesday. 106 00:04:56,959 --> 00:04:57,839 Tally ho. 107 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:58,959 And I go inside. 108 00:04:58,959 --> 00:05:00,079 I have no idea what to say. 109 00:05:00,079 --> 00:05:03,759 I'm so beside myself, like both Kyle and Bizard. 110 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:05,919 Tally ho is the right choice. 111 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,439 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast. 112 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:12,240 And I'm your dungeon master Russ More, he, him. 113 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,759 Also with me today is Amy More as Alydin, she, her. 114 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:18,640 No, only four to a bed, four. 115 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,680 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, she, her. 116 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,920 And if that doesn't work, we'll have to like 117 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,160 conjure the ghost of my grandpa, I guess. 118 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,800 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, he, him. 119 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,879 We both know that when it comes to doing the work, 120 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:32,240 I'm not your man. 121 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,200 And Kyle Clastet as Bizard the Wizard, he, him. 122 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:37,120 Is my mom dating a hot pirate? 123 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,000 Damn it. 124 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,879 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon supported podcast 125 00:05:40,879 --> 00:05:42,719 and we'd love for you to join us over at 126 00:05:42,719 --> 00:05:45,279 patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 127 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:46,240 Right now, when you sign up, 128 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,279 you'll get a seven day free trial and instant access 129 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,159 to so many amazing bonus episodes. 130 00:05:52,159 --> 00:05:53,199 More of what you love. 131 00:05:53,199 --> 00:05:56,800 Come find it today at patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 132 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,000 And now fuck it. 133 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:58,639 Let's play. 134 00:05:59,519 --> 00:06:05,519 As you enter, the bell rings, the chime hasn't changed. 135 00:06:05,519 --> 00:06:09,120 And as you get in, everything inside has been completely 136 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,159 rearranged. 137 00:06:10,159 --> 00:06:14,639 All of the things that you have made and you have bought 138 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:17,120 is kind of, you immediately notice, 139 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,959 is tucked into one corner. 140 00:06:18,959 --> 00:06:20,000 It has been thinned out. 141 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,279 People have been purchasing it. 142 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,599 But obviously, you're not there to replenish things. 143 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:30,560 So filling out a lot of the other shelves, 144 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:36,000 you see that there are a number of vials 145 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,640 with different liquids and items inside of them. 146 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,920 You see a lot of things that are very nautical in theme. 147 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,240 I'm going to go up to the first item I can find 148 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,439 and I'm looking at branding. 149 00:06:50,399 --> 00:06:54,719 Is there any, like, marking that shows, like, the crafter? 150 00:06:54,719 --> 00:06:56,719 Like, hasn't been me. 151 00:06:56,719 --> 00:06:57,920 Haven't been around. 152 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,680 Is it a hot pirate? 153 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,319 Tell me more. 154 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:02,160 Is my mom dating a hot pirate? 155 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:02,959 Damn it. 156 00:07:02,959 --> 00:07:03,600 Is it Gorsh? 157 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,839 Did your mom run up with Gorsh? 158 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:08,639 Good for her. 159 00:07:08,639 --> 00:07:09,920 I love this for her. 160 00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:15,279 As you pick up an item, which is a compass, 161 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,759 it has some packaging on it. 162 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:19,759 It does say Bizard in mom's marvels. 163 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:20,800 And you flip it over. 164 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:21,920 Custom merch already. 165 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:22,480 Wow. 166 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,159 Mention something about a pirate loyalty discount system. 167 00:07:26,159 --> 00:07:26,879 Oh, my god. 168 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:28,399 She went into business with the pirates? 169 00:07:29,039 --> 00:07:30,560 The murderous cannibal pirates? 170 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:32,159 Mom! 171 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,639 You hear footsteps coming from upstairs. 172 00:07:36,639 --> 00:07:38,000 Or, yeah, coming from upstairs. 173 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,480 They're coming down to the storefront. 174 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,159 And coming through the beaded curtain is your mother. 175 00:07:44,159 --> 00:07:46,800 And she looks at you and she just goes ash and gray. 176 00:07:46,879 --> 00:07:49,120 And she says, Bizard, you're back. 177 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,079 Where have you been? 178 00:07:50,079 --> 00:07:53,600 And she runs over and leaps at you and gives you a huge hug. 179 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:54,879 I embrace her. 180 00:07:54,879 --> 00:07:56,800 And I'm kind of startled. 181 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:04,400 But I've been, I had to find somebody who got really, really lost out in the woods. 182 00:08:05,759 --> 00:08:09,920 And it took a lot longer than it should have. 183 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,480 But they're OK. 184 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,199 I'm OK. 185 00:08:13,199 --> 00:08:14,800 I'm glad you're OK. 186 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,639 And the store is OK. 187 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:18,000 Well, you didn't come. 188 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:18,879 Yes, no. 189 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:19,840 Have a look around. 190 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:20,720 You didn't come back. 191 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,720 So people were just, they would come. 192 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,160 And I would say, well, I guess I started selling some things. 193 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,759 But then we started running out of things. 194 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,600 So I got in touch with some suppliers that I knew from Kingstown, 195 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,600 who worked at the different shops around. 196 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:40,159 And they helped me out in furnishing the store. 197 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:43,440 But in doing that, it kind of changed the tone of the store. 198 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,400 So really, I just wanted to put my name up on it, too. 199 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,440 And I thought that would be OK, being that I've come to live here now. 200 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,480 And if it's not OK, I totally understand. 201 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,760 We'll take it down. 202 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:56,720 That's perfectly fine. 203 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:02,000 But me and Jacob, we really just wanted to make sure that there was something new 204 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,280 and something exciting that brought a vibrancy, at least while you were away. 205 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:08,960 Is Jacob Bazaar's new daddy? 206 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,480 Kid, who are you? 207 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,240 Oh, sorry, I just kind of walked in. 208 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,680 I just kind of walked in. 209 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:17,840 Oh, wait outside. 210 00:09:19,039 --> 00:09:19,440 Sorry. 211 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,279 Yes, we're not open yet. 212 00:09:21,279 --> 00:09:23,600 We'll open for Wacky One Wednesdays in just a moment. 213 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,399 W-W-W dot wait, what? 214 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,120 OK, Jacob is who? 215 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,840 I met him down at Dem Buns, though. 216 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,639 She was going to say, me too, 100 percent. 217 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,279 And good for her. 218 00:09:41,279 --> 00:09:42,399 Get a hot sailor. 219 00:09:42,399 --> 00:09:43,120 Right. 220 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:44,159 Doing it. 221 00:09:44,159 --> 00:09:47,759 I met him down at Dem Buns, though, and we had a coffee and we got to talking. 222 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,840 He said he kind of, you know, has been around the city for some time and. 223 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,159 See, I'm trying to say it quieter now, but. 224 00:09:58,159 --> 00:10:00,639 OK, well, it still comes through on the same thing. 225 00:10:02,639 --> 00:10:04,240 We are not separated. 226 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,120 This is Amy commenting, not an NPC. 227 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:07,600 No, no. 228 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,159 Just say that. 229 00:10:08,159 --> 00:10:10,320 I just thought it'd be funny to react. 230 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:10,960 No, I love it. 231 00:10:12,639 --> 00:10:13,759 No, I thought it was great. 232 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,120 Yeah, had a coffee, got to talking. 233 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,680 I told him about how, you know, we came out here with my son and you had gone missing. 234 00:10:22,639 --> 00:10:27,200 And he is also an entrepreneur and has lots of these. 235 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,840 And she holds up another item, lots of these more nautical items. 236 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,639 And this one in particular is just a large stein. 237 00:10:36,639 --> 00:10:38,480 So we kind of shifted. 238 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:46,559 We went from all magic to like magic and the high seas, the river, the, 239 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,080 you know, pirate themed, you know, it's like a party store sometimes. 240 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:50,720 Right. OK. 241 00:10:53,199 --> 00:10:54,960 I'm glad you've made yourself comfortable. 242 00:10:56,559 --> 00:11:00,639 It looks like the store's doing well, the direction that you've taken it. 243 00:11:03,919 --> 00:11:05,200 Are you OK? 244 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:12,240 Like have you, you know, I'm assuming so, but also like I know I disappeared and I'm sorry. 245 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:12,720 You did. 246 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:14,879 It's OK. 247 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:20,240 We've been in constant communication with everybody who seems to have been involved. 248 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,920 I just didn't know what to do with my time. 249 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,320 I didn't know anybody here. 250 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,720 So I just thought, you know, dive in headfirst into this new new city. 251 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,320 I can't I can't blame you. 252 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,360 That's that's what I wanted you to do here. 253 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,879 So and this is the means with which you had to do it. 254 00:11:37,919 --> 00:11:45,759 And I'm not I'm impressed, honestly, to have somebody out front of my own store, 255 00:11:45,759 --> 00:11:48,879 say me, wow, it's it's so much better now that you've left. 256 00:11:48,879 --> 00:11:49,840 I mean, don't get me. 257 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,240 Oh, I told him not to do that. 258 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:52,720 It's fine. 259 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,480 It hurts only a little a lot. 260 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:57,680 I'll go talk to them. 261 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:58,480 Which one was it? 262 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:06,480 Don't. Joy and levity is what I wanted to bring to this town while I could. 263 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:11,120 And if the store is doing that, that's great. 264 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,639 I mean, we can roll out whatever magic items I have if I have them or 265 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:20,240 if things are working out well enough, you know, materials wise. 266 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:25,519 I mean, I I learned while I was where I learned a lot 267 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,879 about what I didn't know existed. 268 00:12:28,879 --> 00:12:31,679 And I know that's a very, very cryptic way of saying it. 269 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,000 But I think there's more to learn out there. 270 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,079 And I part of me feels like I'm not done learning. 271 00:12:38,079 --> 00:12:39,279 I thought I was. 272 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:42,480 Well, wherever you have to go and whatever you have to learn, 273 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:48,000 just just know that I can run a flourishing business while you're away. 274 00:12:48,799 --> 00:12:52,720 And that's you know, I'm this is very convenient for me. 275 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:57,759 And the fact that like I am, despite the event that I just experienced, 276 00:12:57,759 --> 00:13:00,639 I'm very excited and I don't. 277 00:13:01,759 --> 00:13:05,040 I'm glad this isn't like a burden and you've taken to it so well. 278 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,480 But I don't I don't I'm not going to just I'm not going out the door right now. 279 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:11,759 I'm back and I don't know. 280 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:12,560 You just got back. 281 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:13,279 Yeah, I don't know. 282 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:16,800 You know, I'm here for as long as as long as I know I'm here. 283 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,920 But something comes up and it takes me away. 284 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,960 I think I'm going to take the opportunities now that I can see what you're. 285 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:25,840 OK, I see your business acumen. 286 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,760 Well, you know, let's let's talk more about this. 287 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,640 But we do have to open the doors for Wacky Wand Wednesday. 288 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,720 Have I told you about Wacky Wand Wednesday? 289 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,080 You only just got back as she walks over to the doors 290 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:42,400 and unlocks it after the kid had left and locked it. 291 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,560 I think it's like on her system. 292 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:45,520 They saw her come in. 293 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,760 She's not like locking them out. 294 00:13:47,759 --> 00:13:48,960 They're respectful. 295 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:49,360 Exactly. 296 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,159 Yeah, exactly. 297 00:13:50,159 --> 00:13:50,879 Ruckus. 298 00:13:50,879 --> 00:13:52,879 But there is a growing chant outside. 299 00:13:52,879 --> 00:13:53,679 Wacky. 300 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:54,319 There is. 301 00:13:56,159 --> 00:14:00,080 There are a lot of people and the children are uncomfortably pressed up against the door. 302 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:00,879 Of course, of course. 303 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,439 She goes over, flips that open sign. 304 00:14:03,439 --> 00:14:06,960 So Wacky Wand Wednesday as she opens it and people start to pour in. 305 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,720 Wacky Wand Wednesday is where people come in and try some of these magic wands 306 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,240 that we don't know what they do. 307 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,679 It's a lot of fun. 308 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:17,200 Watching the wands just kind of like going off doing whatever they do. 309 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,160 It's like this seems not logic. 310 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,280 This doesn't seem good. 311 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:25,600 Everyone's having a good time. 312 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,440 Freddy turned into a frog. 313 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,480 I have eight noses. 314 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,360 I'm going to look at one of these wands and be like, 315 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,840 are these temporary effects? 316 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,280 What are these things? 317 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,360 As you investigate the wands. 318 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:42,000 Oh my god. 319 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:42,480 Wait, no. 320 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,320 This is what she's got going on. 321 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,680 She's doing this. 322 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,400 And then they're going to need some magical remedies. 323 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,040 She is causing her own. 324 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,640 She's creating a market. 325 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,240 She's creating the market for it. 326 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:54,800 Yeah. 327 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:55,120 Nice. 328 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,520 What a sly fox. 329 00:14:58,320 --> 00:14:59,280 Crafty old lady. 330 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:09,840 We go over to the hospital where our dear friend Kavlaran was taken 331 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,920 after he had returned and been quite, quite bad off. 332 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:16,560 Yeah. 333 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:17,920 No, Kavlaran got his butt kicked. 334 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:18,800 He really did. 335 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:19,600 Yeah, no. 336 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,200 Yeah, I really did. 337 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,920 And lying on a bed, we see Kavlaran. 338 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,440 You're patched up and you've been there for some time. 339 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,040 And you hear through the glass in the door, 340 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,640 you've noticed that there are guards 341 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,880 and they've kind of been going through a rotation. 342 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:41,040 You've been here kind of had several hours, if not half a day. 343 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,120 They've been going through a rotation. 344 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,639 And then you hear a knock at the door 345 00:15:44,639 --> 00:15:49,360 and you see through the shining glass, you see the face of oak 346 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,720 and he kind of waves at you really, really big through the window. 347 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:57,600 And like points like he wants to come in, like gesturing. 348 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,560 Now, I'm not in like a full body cast. 349 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,360 No, not quite a full body cast. 350 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,519 That's exactly what I was picturing though. 351 00:16:07,519 --> 00:16:08,399 Me too, 100%. 352 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:10,720 Fully in traction. 353 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:12,240 I wave him out. 354 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,000 He opens the door and says, yeah, thanks guys. 355 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:19,120 And he comes in and says, oh my gosh, Kav, it's so good to see you. 356 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,759 It's been, there's so many things that have happened. 357 00:16:21,759 --> 00:16:25,919 First, tell me everything about why you're in this state. 358 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:28,159 I brought you mom's favorite foot scrub too, 359 00:16:28,159 --> 00:16:30,320 but it looks like you're a little bandaged up down there. 360 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,720 So maybe we'll, you can try that out later. 361 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,279 Not we, you, you can try that out later. 362 00:16:35,279 --> 00:16:36,240 You put it right over there. 363 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,560 Okay, I'll put it with these flowers here. 364 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,040 So what happened? 365 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,560 Great question to start off with. 366 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,080 And it's really nice to see you. 367 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,080 Oh, well, it's so good to see you. 368 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,600 You know, I started to forget what your face looked like 369 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,200 and how you smelled in the morning. 370 00:16:58,160 --> 00:16:58,480 Yes. 371 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:01,200 Go on. 372 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:02,880 That's the one. 373 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,000 Don't stop there. 374 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,519 No, that's what he forgot. 375 00:17:05,519 --> 00:17:07,440 Everything else was crystal clear. 376 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:08,880 Crystal clear. 377 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:09,200 Okay. 378 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:09,440 Yep. 379 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:10,080 Got it. 380 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,120 Well, so as far as what happened, 381 00:17:15,039 --> 00:17:15,440 I don't know. 382 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:16,559 It's kind of hard to explain. 383 00:17:16,559 --> 00:17:18,720 Have you ever read about the fae? 384 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:20,080 Yeah. 385 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,120 And like in like kids books growing up. 386 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:24,960 Uh-huh. 387 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:25,440 Yeah. 388 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,240 Well, it's all true. 389 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,840 Every single thing you ever read was true. 390 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,039 Every single thing? 391 00:17:29,039 --> 00:17:31,840 Yeah, I cannot keep the shit low key at all. 392 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,160 What do you mean every single thing? 393 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,519 Like, like. 394 00:17:35,519 --> 00:17:37,920 Well, like if you heard it in a story, it's true. 395 00:17:39,519 --> 00:17:39,920 What? 396 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,559 The dawn of misinformation in Vinger Smith. 397 00:17:48,559 --> 00:17:49,680 Oh my gosh. 398 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,440 That's the original truther. 399 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:51,839 Wow. 400 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:53,759 Every single thing, hey? 401 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:55,359 Like that. 402 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:56,319 Every single thing. 403 00:17:56,319 --> 00:17:56,960 I mean, anything. 404 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:58,160 Blows my news out. 405 00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,039 I've ever heard. 406 00:17:59,039 --> 00:18:01,920 I saw like all of it when I was there. 407 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:02,160 So. 408 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:03,519 Wow. 409 00:18:03,519 --> 00:18:05,680 Oh, yeah. 410 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,920 Like, like portals to go through. 411 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,879 So the book portals, portals, portals is is true. 412 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,759 Oh, my God, I need to read that book. 413 00:18:14,319 --> 00:18:15,200 I got to read that. 414 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:16,799 Well, I'll see if I still have it. 415 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:19,519 I don't think I don't know if I hung on to it. 416 00:18:19,519 --> 00:18:22,480 Mom's probably got it in a basement down somewhere. 417 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,559 You know, never been much of a reader. 418 00:18:24,559 --> 00:18:27,119 But like now that I've been through some of these portals. 419 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:27,839 It makes you want to read. 420 00:18:27,839 --> 00:18:29,279 I need to know about more portals. 421 00:18:29,839 --> 00:18:31,359 I didn't know portals had that effect. 422 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,440 I don't remember that from portals, portals, portals. 423 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,880 But OK, OK, this is good. 424 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,000 This is great. 425 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,200 Hey, yeah. 426 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:47,680 So he points over his shoulder to the guards and kind of whisper. 427 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,600 So some things happened while you were away. 428 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,480 And like what? 429 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,720 Well, you don't have a job anymore. 430 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,799 Oh, OK. 431 00:19:00,799 --> 00:19:07,279 Yeah, like shortly after you left, you just you like 432 00:19:08,159 --> 00:19:10,559 there was word that you came in on a boat like 433 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,279 but then you weren't here and nobody in Kingstown knew where you were. 434 00:19:15,839 --> 00:19:19,440 Well, some investigators showed up looking into the 435 00:19:19,919 --> 00:19:28,319 looking into Mayor Knops in the office saying that you had brought them ledgers 436 00:19:28,879 --> 00:19:32,079 stating that there was some corruption happening. 437 00:19:33,599 --> 00:19:39,279 Long story short, Mayor Knops's office, they had this huge counter campaign 438 00:19:39,759 --> 00:19:43,759 and were able to prove that those were falsified ledgers. 439 00:19:44,159 --> 00:19:50,079 And you had had done the work into trying to just run them into the ground. 440 00:19:50,559 --> 00:19:55,679 I mean, oh, can we both know that when it comes to doing the work, I'm not your man. 441 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:56,640 Well, they did. 442 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:01,920 They did interview me and I said, well, Kavlaran, he smells great in the morning 443 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:08,640 and drinks a lot of coffee and doesn't do a lot of the hard work. 444 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,600 But, you know, as they were explaining it, I couldn't. 445 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,759 You know, maybe you weren't doing that work because you were. 446 00:20:15,759 --> 00:20:17,039 I didn't want to believe it. 447 00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:19,120 Cav, tell me it's not true. 448 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:20,400 It's not true. 449 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,759 I haven't done a single bit of work since I've been here. 450 00:20:23,759 --> 00:20:24,400 I believe you. 451 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,880 I don't know if I don't know if the new mayoral assistant, 452 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,840 Westland Flickerbach, is going to going to approve it. 453 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,120 Nina went missing. 454 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,800 Oh, well, isn't that convenient? 455 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,400 Well, she was part of the investigation. 456 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:39,280 She was cleared. 457 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,880 But then after the investigators left, she was gone. 458 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,920 And the mayor hired this new assistant, Westland Flickerbach. 459 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,400 And, well, I mean, he's a smooth operator. 460 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:54,240 Oh, it's a he. 461 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,759 I just assumed otherwise. 462 00:20:55,759 --> 00:20:56,320 My bad. 463 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:56,960 Oh, yeah. 464 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:02,400 Well, you know, he, yeah, he's really painted you as a, 465 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,160 what's the best way to put it, as a villain to Mayor Knapp's. 466 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,560 OK. 467 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:10,880 Really? 468 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:11,360 A real arch-rival. 469 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:13,360 I've never been like a villain before. 470 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,120 And that's why you have these guards here. 471 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:19,200 They're making sure you don't go anywhere. 472 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,360 I mean, not that you really can right now 473 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:26,160 because you're he looks down quite injured, I assume, still. 474 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,720 I mean, I'm not great, but doing better every day. 475 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,200 Does that happen when you go through the portal 476 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:34,960 or was there something on the other side 477 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,920 that like maybe a set of a flight of stairs you fell down? 478 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,440 I just a prankster imagination. 479 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,800 He just can't. 480 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:47,920 That's all he can think. 481 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:49,039 Yeah, it was. 482 00:21:49,039 --> 00:21:52,000 It was very similar to falling down a flight of stairs. 483 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:53,360 Yeah. 484 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:54,000 So OK. 485 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:55,039 Cool. 486 00:21:55,039 --> 00:21:55,519 Villain. 487 00:21:55,519 --> 00:21:56,640 Villain number one. 488 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:57,519 Love it. 489 00:21:57,519 --> 00:21:58,640 Love it. 490 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,240 So they're probably going to keep you. 491 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,480 I'm cleared to come visit. 492 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,519 I've got I got a little promotion to myself. 493 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:06,960 Oh, good for you. 494 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:07,680 Congratulations. 495 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:08,160 Thank you. 496 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:08,480 Thank you. 497 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,360 I appreciate that. 498 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:11,039 I get to do more paperwork now. 499 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:12,720 It's really quite exciting. 500 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:13,600 Absolutely. 501 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:14,080 It is. 502 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,039 I knew you would like that. 503 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,680 So is there anything I can bring you? 504 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,480 I know that the hospital food here isn't the best. 505 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:27,519 I had a couple questions and jello is always the answer to that. 506 00:22:27,519 --> 00:22:28,160 On it. 507 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:28,400 Yeah. 508 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:28,720 OK. 509 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:29,680 I'll get you the jello. 510 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,799 You've seen my handiwork or lack thereof. 511 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,360 Did these books look like I worked on them? 512 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:41,200 Well, I didn't see the specific books. 513 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,080 They weren't really passing them around to lower level. 514 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,600 Well, not me specifically. 515 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,760 I, at the time, did not have the promotion that would allow me to see such classified 516 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:50,400 documents. 517 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:56,560 But what I hear through the grapevine is that, I mean, they were very intricate. 518 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:01,440 They had a lot of information about the whole organization, which I mean, 519 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:02,640 you've been here auditing. 520 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:03,600 So it wouldn't. 521 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,440 It wasn't a stretch for them to make that you would have had access to that information. 522 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:15,440 And there were allusions to maybe you were working with another organization 523 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,240 that also could have helped put these together. 524 00:23:19,519 --> 00:23:21,440 OK, cool, cool, cool. 525 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,039 So there are they charging me with something? 526 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,080 That's uncertain because they thought maybe you'd completely just like 527 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,120 fled and gone. 528 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:37,279 But now that you're back, like there is a, you know, criminal. 529 00:23:39,039 --> 00:23:39,680 Due process. 530 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,279 Due process. 531 00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:42,000 Good job, nurse. 532 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:44,240 OK, cool. 533 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,120 We don't we don't have that in vendors. 534 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:49,359 It starts now. 535 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:55,039 You said that you didn't have access then to take a look at this stuff. 536 00:23:55,039 --> 00:24:00,079 But now that you've been promoted, would you have access to these things now? 537 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:04,000 I could probably go ask a few more questions now that you're back 538 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,920 and we've got both sides of the story. 539 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:06,160 Sure. 540 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:12,079 Well, I mean, you know, my my writing and my capabilities in this area. 541 00:24:13,039 --> 00:24:18,319 I'm sure their theory of it being farmed out or me working with someone else, 542 00:24:18,319 --> 00:24:22,480 I guess, could could be explanatory towards that. 543 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,559 But like, I trust you, you'll you'll know it when you see it. 544 00:24:26,559 --> 00:24:27,919 OK, I will. 545 00:24:27,919 --> 00:24:28,879 I will take a look. 546 00:24:28,879 --> 00:24:30,079 I'll go see what I can do. 547 00:24:30,079 --> 00:24:31,919 OK, I'll get you the jello first. 548 00:24:31,919 --> 00:24:33,439 Be right back with that. 549 00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:33,839 And then. 550 00:24:35,279 --> 00:24:36,240 I'll go take a look. 551 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,720 I'll ask I'll ask the right questions to the right people. 552 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,839 You know, me, I I make sure I'm thorough. 553 00:24:41,839 --> 00:24:44,079 Thorough in my own investigations. 554 00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:47,039 Yeah, you always dot those I's and cross those T's. 555 00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:50,480 So I'm not too worried about that word of advice, though. 556 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,720 OK, watch out for portals. 557 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:53,759 Oh, yes. 558 00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:54,879 And be careful. 559 00:24:55,599 --> 00:24:58,000 OK, where or how do I know if I see a portal? 560 00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:03,439 You'll know it where there will be like a shimmering type 561 00:25:03,439 --> 00:25:08,000 like circle or type of thing where there shouldn't be. 562 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,119 And chances are something will be coming out of it or going into it. 563 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,200 So those are like your number one and two. 564 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,600 Like this is a portal may have seen something like that 565 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,440 as he kind of walks towards the door. 566 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,800 OK, I'll keep an eye out for that blue, green or red. 567 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,720 I mean, dealer's choice, baby. 568 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,560 OK, I'll go see what they got downstairs. 569 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,800 Exits and heads down to the cafeteria. 570 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:33,760 Welcome to the middle, everybody. 571 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:35,600 Hey, hey, hey. 572 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,280 Hey, what up? 573 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,160 How you doing? 574 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,520 You having a good time? 575 00:25:39,519 --> 00:25:40,720 Everybody collectively? 576 00:25:41,599 --> 00:25:42,240 Oh, yeah. 577 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:42,480 Answer. 578 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,000 What are we in the middle of this time? 579 00:25:44,639 --> 00:25:47,839 We're in the middle of the episode. 580 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:49,200 Do you want to know which episode? 581 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:50,799 I already know. 582 00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:52,799 It's that one. 583 00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:53,759 Yeah, it's that one. 584 00:25:53,759 --> 00:25:54,799 I think it's that one. 585 00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:58,160 Yeah, it's where we find out that you have a new store name. 586 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:00,799 Yeah, I know. 587 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:01,440 Yeah, I know. 588 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,680 That exact episode is the one I was thinking of. 589 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,759 I was just clarifying for the other people on the call. 590 00:26:05,759 --> 00:26:07,759 I do like how you handle it, though. 591 00:26:07,759 --> 00:26:09,119 Was that a joke about my mom? 592 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,240 You're going to clarify my shop? 593 00:26:14,799 --> 00:26:17,119 Russ, those big jokes of yours. 594 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,160 But also write that down because she should expand. 595 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:20,960 Yeah, she should. 596 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,799 That should be like a cleaning product, 597 00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:26,960 like a magical prestidigitation type of thing. 598 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,799 Instead of fabuloso, it's clarify. 599 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:30,720 Yep. 600 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:31,200 Look at this. 601 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,759 We're building out your mind. 602 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:36,720 Really, it's just going to be all centered around. 603 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:37,279 Yeah, I know. 604 00:26:37,279 --> 00:26:40,000 Sometimes it just turns into a brainstorming session, OK? 605 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,039 Your mom becomes the big bad evil corporation 606 00:26:43,039 --> 00:26:44,720 who takes over the world, OK? 607 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,000 And then that goes into some of our Patreon content, 608 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,599 which damn, our Patreon, y'all. 609 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,639 People here know how to talk about it better than I do, 610 00:26:52,639 --> 00:26:53,519 so I'm going to let them do it. 611 00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:55,599 Kyle, you're part of a lot of it, 612 00:26:55,599 --> 00:26:57,920 so you know how to talk exactly about it. 613 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:58,559 It's true. 614 00:26:58,559 --> 00:26:59,039 It's true. 615 00:26:59,039 --> 00:27:01,119 Over there, you can get a lot of great content, 616 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,079 like billions and trillions of episodes of things 617 00:27:04,079 --> 00:27:07,839 that all these good people here have done in the past. 618 00:27:07,839 --> 00:27:12,720 And of course, you also get to join us on these recordings 619 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,319 where I get to flounder and figure out 620 00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:15,519 what the hell I'm talking about. 621 00:27:15,519 --> 00:27:17,279 Oh, don't listen to him. 622 00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:17,919 He's doing a fantastic job. 623 00:27:17,919 --> 00:27:20,319 I like how I pressured him into continuing. 624 00:27:20,319 --> 00:27:20,879 That was great. 625 00:27:20,879 --> 00:27:22,720 Nobody else jumped in to save him. 626 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:23,919 No, no, it's fine. 627 00:27:23,919 --> 00:27:25,919 I need to get comfortable with this. 628 00:27:25,919 --> 00:27:28,079 You know, if I'm uncomfortable, it means I'm growing, 629 00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:30,399 and if I'm growing, then that means I'm getting better. 630 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,160 Very true. 631 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,240 But one of the important things about Patreon, 632 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:35,600 other than all the awesome content, 633 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:36,880 getting to see us record, 634 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,040 is the fact that you get an episode dedicated to you 635 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:40,640 every week. 636 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,320 Like today's patron? 637 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:43,920 Stuttering GM! 638 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,200 Thank you so much. 639 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,160 Thanks for being here. 640 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:51,759 Appreciate it. 641 00:27:51,759 --> 00:27:52,640 Couldn't do without you. 642 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:53,759 And I sympathize. 643 00:27:53,759 --> 00:27:54,320 It happens. 644 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:55,360 All of us. 645 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,080 You just get a little tongue-tied sometimes, 646 00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,680 and that happens to us. 647 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,759 Just take a breath, and you go right along. 648 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,560 And also, everyone out there in the world 649 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,640 can relax and wait. 650 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:06,960 Yeah. 651 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:07,600 Indeed. 652 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:08,320 100 percent. 653 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:09,279 Yeah. 654 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,080 If they can't, fuck them. 655 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:12,560 That's right. 656 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:14,480 Yeah. 657 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:15,680 Yeah, that's it. 658 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,039 They don't deserve your stories. 659 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,440 You, too, could be like Stuttering GM 660 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,799 and join us over on Patreon, 661 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:22,480 patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast, 662 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,519 where when you sign up, you get seven-day free. 663 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:26,799 Oh, yeah. 664 00:28:26,799 --> 00:28:27,519 You get a full week. 665 00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:29,200 See, that's something I didn't remember. 666 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,039 To dip in and try it out. 667 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:32,880 And you know what? 668 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,960 All of our things, very well organized. 669 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,960 They all have all of our different shows, 670 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,039 different RSS feeds that are exclusive 671 00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:40,640 for you, the patron. 672 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,080 And they're not all in one feed of 800 episodes. 673 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,120 So, yeah. 674 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,480 Russ worked very hard on that. 675 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,080 So thank you, Russ. 676 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:51,759 But yeah, then if you just want to be like, 677 00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:54,799 oh, I just want to listen to this specific thing. 678 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:56,799 I want to try a downtime. 679 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,279 I want to try the adventures of. 680 00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:01,759 Just get your ad-free Dumzins, catch up. 681 00:29:01,759 --> 00:29:02,079 Yeah. 682 00:29:02,079 --> 00:29:03,359 So if somebody gets a free week, 683 00:29:03,359 --> 00:29:06,639 that's like, what, 168 hours? 684 00:29:06,639 --> 00:29:08,240 If they stayed up that entire week 685 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,720 listening to content, what could they finish? 686 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,799 No sleep, headphones in. 687 00:29:12,799 --> 00:29:14,079 So no, you don't need to worry about 688 00:29:14,079 --> 00:29:15,200 key breaks or anything. 689 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,799 But I want to let our people know 690 00:29:16,799 --> 00:29:18,399 how much content they could consume 691 00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:19,200 in that free time. 692 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,720 You could listen to, I think, 693 00:29:23,359 --> 00:29:26,159 could you listen to all of the adventures of? 694 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,200 Because that season four goes to 45 episodes 695 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,720 for very little good reason. 696 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:33,920 For no fucking reason. 697 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,759 It's like 10 episodes, 8 episodes, 698 00:29:35,759 --> 00:29:39,120 10 episodes, 8 episodes, 45 episodes, 699 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,440 6 episodes, 10 episodes. 700 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,080 It's because the rules are made up 701 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,279 and the points don't matter. 702 00:29:47,279 --> 00:29:47,600 That's right. 703 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:48,960 So we do what we want. 704 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,640 That said, you could listen to 705 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,080 all of the adventures of if you listen, 706 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,880 if you stayed up all or very close to. 707 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,880 You could do a very serious deep dive 708 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,800 on Dumbgeons or Facing Fate. 709 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,880 If you're not caught up there, go ad free. 710 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,880 That'll help save you some time there. 711 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,520 You've got the first couple episodes 712 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:08,480 of Cyberpunk Red, 713 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,400 which you should definitely listen to 714 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,680 because we're recording season two 715 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,480 and releasing season one to patrons 716 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,000 before it's publicly available. 717 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,360 So that's something you can't get anywhere. 718 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:20,880 That's exclusive, baby. 719 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,600 That is. 720 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:22,800 That's free exclusive. 721 00:30:23,599 --> 00:30:24,799 Seven days. 722 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:25,759 That's right. 723 00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:26,559 So go try it out. 724 00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:27,119 Give it a go. 725 00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:27,919 Have a little taste. 726 00:30:27,919 --> 00:30:28,960 And of course, thank you again, 727 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,119 Stuttering GM for, you know, 728 00:30:31,119 --> 00:30:33,039 just being you, just being cool, 729 00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:34,319 signing up for our Patreon. 730 00:30:34,879 --> 00:30:37,519 So, yeah, we appreciate it. 731 00:30:37,519 --> 00:30:39,279 Okay, we'll get you back to the episode now. 732 00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:39,599 Love you. 733 00:30:39,599 --> 00:30:39,839 Bye. 734 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,119 We jump over to Ever Baines 735 00:30:47,759 --> 00:30:50,960 and Bonwyn, you've spent 736 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:52,559 the better majority of this day 737 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:55,519 trying to restoke the forge. 738 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,880 It has gone cold 739 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,240 and has resisted any effort you've put in. 740 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,319 Nothing seems to be getting this thing going. 741 00:31:06,319 --> 00:31:08,160 It's gotten towards the end of the day 742 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,360 and Thane has packed things in and gone 743 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,480 and you're left alone in the main area. 744 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,640 Well, I think, okay, just one more time. 745 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,720 Just going to try one more time. 746 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:23,920 I'm not going to look. 747 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,560 I'm just going to hit the flint 748 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,440 and it is going to light now. 749 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,680 The flint strikes and as those sparks 750 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,320 make their way towards the opening of the forge, 751 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,160 they fizzle before they even pass 752 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:38,240 the opening of it. 753 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:39,120 Fuck. 754 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,640 God damn it. 755 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:41,680 Okay. 756 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:43,200 Okay. 757 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,520 Well, Thane couldn't do it. 758 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:48,400 I couldn't do it. 759 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,000 Really the only thing to do 760 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,160 is go ask the expert, my dad. 761 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,440 Do you want to go down and ask him tonight 762 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:58,400 or do you want to do that in the morning? 763 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,560 I guess it's probably the end of the day 764 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:02,400 as you said. 765 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,720 Well, also can't do anything here anyway 766 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,160 so it's not like Thane's just dusting quietly 767 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,560 or something before he left. 768 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:11,680 Can't do anything either. 769 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:17,600 What about, yeah, I'll go in the morning 770 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,120 but maybe now I'll go to the school 771 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,320 and like see how the kids are doing 772 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,720 because there's a whole bunch of kids now. 773 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,800 New, fresh kids and the other kids 774 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,120 so I'm worried about them. 775 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,280 I'll grab some takeout on the way 776 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:40,800 for a hundred kids. 777 00:32:41,519 --> 00:32:42,800 You grab some food 778 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,040 and you make your way down to the school. 779 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,759 There's quite a commotion 780 00:32:47,759 --> 00:32:51,599 you can hear coming from inside the building 781 00:32:51,599 --> 00:32:53,119 and you open the door 782 00:32:53,759 --> 00:32:57,119 and you hear June's voice down one side 783 00:32:57,119 --> 00:32:59,839 calling out to the kids to get ready for sleep. 784 00:32:59,839 --> 00:33:05,200 I told you, no, only four to a bed, four, four. 785 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,440 It's warmer when we snuggle so close. 786 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:08,960 Eight is too many. 787 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:09,460 Fine. 788 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,799 I'll head down toward where I hear June 789 00:33:13,599 --> 00:33:14,480 back in her element. 790 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:15,920 Just screaming at the children. 791 00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:18,640 With a heart of gold. 792 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:19,519 As June do. 793 00:33:19,519 --> 00:33:20,240 A heart of gold. 794 00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:22,879 Hey, June, how are they doing? 795 00:33:22,879 --> 00:33:31,359 Oh, well, they're, well, well, Bonwyn, 796 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:33,440 there are many of them. 797 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:34,720 There are many of them 798 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:36,319 and some of them aren't even from here. 799 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:39,920 Have you chatted with them much? 800 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,359 Have they told you where they were? 801 00:33:41,359 --> 00:33:43,039 From what I could get out of them, 802 00:33:43,759 --> 00:33:45,839 it was a magic place 803 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,840 and they were stuck 804 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,800 and there was a lot of music. 805 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,880 Yeah, that's all true. 806 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:55,840 Where did they come from? 807 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,000 Well, so the kids were going missing 808 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,360 and we went to go find them 809 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,160 and we like, this is all going to sound so crazy 810 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,000 but you know me, you've known me my whole life. 811 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,120 You know I'm not like given to flights of fancy 812 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,320 but we, I mean, did it, 813 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,640 did people travel through a magic tree 814 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:18,159 to a weird land where there was instruments, 815 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:24,960 cruel, weird simulacra of instruments attacking us 816 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,519 and there was children and they, 817 00:34:27,519 --> 00:34:30,159 it just was really bad 818 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,319 and they all survived that 819 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,400 for a long time, some of them. 820 00:34:35,279 --> 00:34:35,920 Okay. 821 00:34:36,799 --> 00:34:37,119 Yeah. 822 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:38,239 Well. 823 00:34:38,799 --> 00:34:41,279 I know it's, yeah, hard to believe. 824 00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:43,679 Well, yeah, who am I to say 825 00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:45,119 what's your truth? 826 00:34:45,759 --> 00:34:47,279 I believe you believe it. 827 00:34:47,279 --> 00:34:48,399 I'm a little on edge. 828 00:34:49,919 --> 00:34:52,719 There needs to be more than one adult in this building. 829 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:53,519 Yes. 830 00:34:53,519 --> 00:34:54,719 Something needs to happen. 831 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:55,039 Yes. 832 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:56,639 Well. 833 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,440 I need to go to the Brewed Awakening 834 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:04,079 for a quick business situation 835 00:35:04,079 --> 00:35:06,399 and are you fine with the children? 836 00:35:06,399 --> 00:35:08,960 They just need a bedtime story, nothing scary? 837 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,039 Yeah, of course and longer term, you know, 838 00:35:11,039 --> 00:35:13,119 I'm going to go see my parents tomorrow 839 00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:17,359 and maybe they can come back and help more with the kids. 840 00:35:17,359 --> 00:35:21,359 Oh, yes, that would be so, so, so very helpful. 841 00:35:21,359 --> 00:35:22,400 Yeah, I'll run it past them. 842 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,799 We definitely need, and just, I'm just going to ask, 843 00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:28,960 you know me, I don't beat around the bush. 844 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,039 Did you steal these children from their homes? 845 00:35:31,039 --> 00:35:35,839 Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, definitely not. 846 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:42,639 Definitely rescued them from a scary magical musical place. 847 00:35:43,279 --> 00:35:45,199 Okay, okay. 848 00:35:45,199 --> 00:35:48,319 We need to find their parents. 849 00:35:48,319 --> 00:35:50,239 Yeah, yeah, we do. 850 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,319 Maybe after the Brewed Awakening, 851 00:35:52,319 --> 00:35:53,759 after you go to the Brewed Awakening. 852 00:35:53,759 --> 00:35:54,559 Yeah, just gone. 853 00:35:55,679 --> 00:35:56,159 That's fair. 854 00:35:56,159 --> 00:35:56,960 That's a shift. 855 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,559 June sized hole in wall. 856 00:35:58,559 --> 00:36:00,319 Fair, yeah. 857 00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:02,319 Oh, yeah. 858 00:36:02,319 --> 00:36:05,679 She used to work at the school, but June's older now. 859 00:36:05,679 --> 00:36:07,279 June doesn't have the patience for this. 860 00:36:07,279 --> 00:36:09,599 You're spouting out nonsense. 861 00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:11,199 Total nonsense. 862 00:36:11,199 --> 00:36:13,199 Musical shenanigans. 863 00:36:13,199 --> 00:36:15,599 You head into the gymnasium of the school 864 00:36:15,599 --> 00:36:17,519 and there's cots set up everywhere, 865 00:36:17,519 --> 00:36:20,079 bedrolls all sprawled apart, 866 00:36:20,079 --> 00:36:23,599 and there are four kids kind of packed under blankets 867 00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:25,119 and huddling together. 868 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:32,000 You see, like in one of the back corners, 869 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,719 Alydin and Tali, but they're like passed out asleep. 870 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,480 A couple of the kids run over and they say, 871 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,639 where's June, she's coming to tell us a story. 872 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,400 June just had to step out, a grownup thing. 873 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:45,520 You wouldn't understand, 874 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,560 but I'm going to tell you a story instead. 875 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,880 Is it going to be about your adventures 876 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,480 where we saved our lives? 877 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:54,320 That might be. 878 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:55,520 Maybe that's too fresh. 879 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,520 Maybe an older story. 880 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:58,800 Maybe an older story. 881 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,560 There was one man who we saw on the street 882 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,480 who said all the stories are real though. 883 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,360 Is that still true? 884 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:08,320 I don't know about that. 885 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,360 Some things, some things are definitely true. 886 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,400 I mean, as you know, 887 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,800 you've all been through quite an experience. 888 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,559 And watch out for puddle portals. 889 00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:18,080 Oh, is that what he said? 890 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:19,200 Something like that, yeah. 891 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:20,800 Or is that something you're telling me 892 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,320 as a word of advice? 893 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,000 Well, if I have to watch out for them, 894 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,039 you should watch out for them 895 00:37:25,039 --> 00:37:26,320 because you're not much taller than me. 896 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,080 That's, that's true. 897 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,039 That's true. 898 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:30,800 I could probably beat you in an arm wrestle though. 899 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,720 Bonwyn, what is mass hysteria? 900 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:41,680 Or collective hallucinations? 901 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:42,800 Oh, we don't need to. 902 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:43,920 June was saying that. 903 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,720 Well, June just, hmm. 904 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:48,800 I like that word, hallucination. 905 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,320 It is a fun word to say. 906 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:51,760 And she just kind of wanders off. 907 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,040 Hallucinations. 908 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,160 There is a lot of, yeah, 909 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,440 we've all been through a lot. 910 00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,360 Why don't we, how about everybody? 911 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,200 Just, we're going to get really quiet now 912 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:02,880 because some people are sleeping. 913 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,440 But what I want us all to do together 914 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:09,440 is maybe just like take in one big good breath 915 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,760 and think about something that makes you happy. 916 00:38:12,559 --> 00:38:13,119 You ready? 917 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,760 And then let out that breath 918 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,320 and get rid of something, something scary. 919 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,440 Just get rid of it. 920 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:22,480 Scary. 921 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:23,440 Let's do it one more time 922 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:24,400 now that we know what we're doing. 923 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:25,280 Okay, ready? 924 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:26,240 Big breathe in. 925 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:30,000 Oh god, something scary. 926 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,460 Scary. 927 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:33,200 Scary. 928 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:35,440 How many do I have to do? 929 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,200 Do I have to do for one for every scary? 930 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:38,240 No, no, no. 931 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,560 The scaries can all kind of go together. 932 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:45,360 On one of these large breath exhales, 933 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:46,960 kind of pass over the room 934 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:52,160 and land on Alydin who's deep in sleep. 935 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,080 She begins to stir. 936 00:38:54,079 --> 00:39:02,880 And we fade to a forest. 937 00:39:04,639 --> 00:39:08,319 Alydin is standing by herself 938 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,679 and she does not recognize this forest. 939 00:39:13,679 --> 00:39:15,279 The trees are too tall. 940 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,440 Their bark glimmering like burnished bronze. 941 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,319 The leaves ticking faintly 942 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,880 like the slow winding of gears. 943 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,039 The canopy above turns not with the wind 944 00:39:29,039 --> 00:39:29,840 but in rhythm. 945 00:39:30,559 --> 00:39:32,960 Leaves turning over and over 946 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,559 like the hands of a clock. 947 00:39:34,559 --> 00:39:37,280 And time pulses here. 948 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:38,320 Not like a heartbeat 949 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,680 but like a mechanism barely holding tension. 950 00:39:43,039 --> 00:39:46,000 Now the center of the grove stands a great tree. 951 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,559 Its trunk split open like a seam 952 00:39:48,559 --> 00:39:51,600 revealing a lattice of glowing brass branches 953 00:39:51,679 --> 00:39:53,279 and pulsing crystal sap. 954 00:39:54,319 --> 00:39:58,079 Hanging from its bows are hundreds of pocket watches. 955 00:39:59,039 --> 00:40:00,719 Some swing gently, 956 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:02,239 others spin wildly 957 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,319 and a few lie broken on the ground 958 00:40:04,319 --> 00:40:08,000 leaking what can only be described as stardust. 959 00:40:09,839 --> 00:40:13,199 A child's laughter echoes from somewhere unseen, 960 00:40:13,199 --> 00:40:14,960 soft and fragmented, 961 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:18,000 caught in the air like dust motes on sunlight. 962 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,239 Alydin, you move towards the tree. 963 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:24,400 Feet sinking into moss that hums faintly with lullabies. 964 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,719 You don't remember learning. 965 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:32,079 As you near, one of the pocket watches falls at your feet. 966 00:40:33,199 --> 00:40:34,320 It clicks open. 967 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,519 Inside, a tiny perfect version of Vintersmouth. 968 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:45,599 You see Everbane's, the children, the magic closet, 969 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,679 the magic closet, all moving in miniature, unaware. 970 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,599 The hands on the watch begin to turn backward. 971 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,719 You look up and now there's someone sitting on one of the branches. 972 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,639 A woman with glass eyes and a crown of thorned ivy, 973 00:41:04,639 --> 00:41:07,679 skin patterned like shifting wood grain. 974 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,039 Her smile is sharp, not unkind. 975 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:12,960 She whispers to you, 976 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:20,880 little maker, you'll shape the world with screws and fire. 977 00:41:22,159 --> 00:41:26,400 But would you shape time if it meant saving what you love? 978 00:41:29,039 --> 00:41:32,159 The moment stretches, the ticking grows louder. 979 00:41:33,519 --> 00:41:36,240 And suddenly, Alydin, you awake. 980 00:41:43,199 --> 00:41:43,760 Bonwyn? 981 00:41:44,639 --> 00:41:45,139 Bonwyn? 982 00:41:46,079 --> 00:41:46,880 Yeah, are you? 983 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:49,039 How are you doing? 984 00:41:49,039 --> 00:41:50,000 I didn't want to wake you up. 985 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:50,480 You were out. 986 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:51,840 You were really out. 987 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,599 I just had the weirdest dream. 988 00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:53,920 Oh. 989 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,480 There was a woman and she kind of looked like a tree 990 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,720 and there were lots of watches everywhere 991 00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:02,720 and I'm gonna change the world but something about time 992 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:06,960 and then and then and I can I can help something. 993 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:10,800 Did it feel scary? 994 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:14,960 Did it feel like the place where we just were with the banjo man? 995 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:15,600 Did it feel okay? 996 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,000 No, it felt different than that. 997 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:18,720 Okay. 998 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:19,600 But still weird. 999 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,000 Yeah, it all definitely sounds weird. 1000 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:23,039 I feel like for both of us, 1001 00:42:23,039 --> 00:42:25,519 our scale of weird has maybe changed a little bit 1002 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,120 the last little while. 1003 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,400 I feel like if it didn't seem really scary, 1004 00:42:31,039 --> 00:42:31,920 that's a good sign. 1005 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,160 So probably just like it like our things. 1006 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,519 Are things still things? 1007 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:40,739 Hmm. 1008 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:46,719 Like so magic and stuff. 1009 00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:47,440 Yeah. 1010 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:48,079 Yeah. 1011 00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:50,800 Which I mean we knew. 1012 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,599 We knew but I mean it's like bizarre does it right? 1013 00:42:53,599 --> 00:42:56,320 But not not like what we saw. 1014 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:56,880 Watches. 1015 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:57,920 Did you say watches? 1016 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,159 Lots and lots of watches hanging from like a tree and stuff. 1017 00:43:02,159 --> 00:43:05,199 Oh and there was a teeny tiny little Bonwyn 1018 00:43:05,199 --> 00:43:09,280 and a teeny tiny little venturesmith inside of a clock 1019 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:14,880 and is this our dreams dreams or dreams magic? 1020 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,040 What is magic and what is dreams? 1021 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:18,560 You know. 1022 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:20,560 I feel like your volume is getting kind of up here. 1023 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:26,720 She's like working herself into a bit of like a existential crisis. 1024 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:31,200 The thing is Alydin, you're an adult so you know. 1025 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,760 Oh she definitely kind of like straightens up a little like. 1026 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,960 Sometimes we just don't know the answers. 1027 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:44,560 But I think what we should do is go back to sleep in the morning. 1028 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:50,320 Go talk to Bazaar because honestly he's the smartest guy I know about all of this stuff. 1029 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,640 And and I'm going to go see my parents 1030 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,920 and we're going to get them back here to maybe help with all the kids. 1031 00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:01,280 So you can go back to the magic closet and we're going to figure it out. 1032 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,360 I don't understand any of it. 1033 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:04,640 I don't I'm not going to lie to you. 1034 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,519 But we're going to figure it out. 1035 00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:10,000 And I believe you are going to change the world. 1036 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,039 So I think maybe a tree lady knew what she was talking about. 1037 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:14,800 Okay. 1038 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,599 I just don't know what is not magic. 1039 00:44:20,159 --> 00:44:21,599 Yeah I get it. 1040 00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:24,159 Everything was very real. 1041 00:44:24,159 --> 00:44:25,280 Can I tell you something? 1042 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:27,039 Yeah. 1043 00:44:27,039 --> 00:44:30,559 I can't light the forge at Everbane's. 1044 00:44:30,559 --> 00:44:33,360 I've been able to light the forge since I was like born. 1045 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:34,880 I don't remember a time I couldn't do it. 1046 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,760 I don't remember a time the forge wasn't lit. 1047 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:38,160 I know. 1048 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:40,720 Well is it wet? 1049 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:42,400 No I tried everything. 1050 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,400 Thane tried everything. 1051 00:44:46,559 --> 00:44:47,840 Yeah so things are weird. 1052 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:49,119 But maybe Bazaar can help with that too. 1053 00:44:49,119 --> 00:44:50,160 Maybe I'm going to go. 1054 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,680 That's why I'm going to see my parents too because my dad's like you know the 1055 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:54,880 Everbane's expert. 1056 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:55,360 Yeah. 1057 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,000 Yeah and if that doesn't work we'll have to like 1058 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,000 conjure the ghost of my grandpa I guess. 1059 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:02,000 Oh my god. 1060 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:04,480 Really? 1061 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:04,880 I don't know. 1062 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,480 Maybe that's a thing we can do now. 1063 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:07,760 He was really the expert. 1064 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:12,639 Just throwing an idea out. 1065 00:45:12,639 --> 00:45:13,039 Why not? 1066 00:45:15,199 --> 00:45:15,760 Right okay. 1067 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:16,559 Gotta have a fall back. 1068 00:45:17,679 --> 00:45:18,719 Talking to dead people. 1069 00:45:20,159 --> 00:45:20,960 Tree lady. 1070 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:21,360 Things are weird. 1071 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:22,000 Tree lady. 1072 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:25,840 I hope your parents can help you. 1073 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:31,679 And I'm gonna go back to sleep. 1074 00:45:31,679 --> 00:45:33,039 Yeah you go back to sleep. 1075 00:45:33,039 --> 00:45:34,159 I'll be here. 1076 00:45:34,159 --> 00:45:35,519 Keep and watch over everybody. 1077 00:45:36,399 --> 00:45:37,119 Where'd June go? 1078 00:45:37,839 --> 00:45:38,799 She had an adult thing. 1079 00:45:38,799 --> 00:45:39,359 Don't yeah. 1080 00:45:40,159 --> 00:45:43,839 Did she go to the over to the brood awakening? 1081 00:45:43,839 --> 00:45:45,440 Yeah but yeah she did. 1082 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,039 Yeah I don't blame her. 1083 00:45:47,039 --> 00:45:48,319 You're an adult you know how things work. 1084 00:45:48,319 --> 00:45:48,960 These kids. 1085 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:56,639 She shakes her head and pulls some of the covers that Tally's definitely burritoed herself into. 1086 00:45:58,399 --> 00:46:02,239 And rolls over to try to sleep. 1087 00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:04,160 Halladin you close your eyes again. 1088 00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:11,520 It takes you a while but you begin to drift back off and you fall back into the same dream. 1089 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:14,160 Standing in the forest. 1090 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,600 And we cut to Everbane's. 1091 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:20,560 The door opens. 1092 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:25,760 You've been relieved of your duty and you head to the back room and as if 1093 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:31,520 trying to find anything to kind of help with one last ditch effort 1094 00:46:31,519 --> 00:46:32,639 to light the forge. 1095 00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:38,480 You're digging through all of the old drawers and flipping things out 1096 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:43,039 and like the floor is now covered in things as you've turned this place over. 1097 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:54,880 Until you pull open one drawer and in the bottom of this drawer you find an old journal entry. 1098 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,559 It's oiled around the edges. 1099 00:46:58,559 --> 00:47:00,320 It's been there a long time. 1100 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,720 Probably hasn't been seen in many years. 1101 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:06,480 And Everbane does not simply strike metal. 1102 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,039 We carry what others refuse to bear. 1103 00:47:09,039 --> 00:47:09,760 The sorrow. 1104 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:10,480 The promise. 1105 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:11,119 The memory. 1106 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,960 The heart fire will not answer flint and bellows alone. 1107 00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,680 It remembers the truth of the hand that stokes it. 1108 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:18,880 Blood and purpose. 1109 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,240 Joy and grief. 1110 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:21,840 These are the sparks it craves. 1111 00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,280 Each time I've relit it, I've lost something. 1112 00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,000 A locket. 1113 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:26,480 A letter. 1114 00:47:27,039 --> 00:47:29,519 Once my voice for three days. 1115 00:47:29,519 --> 00:47:31,360 But the fire sang for me. 1116 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:34,400 It roared with my silence and glowed with what I gave. 1117 00:47:35,039 --> 00:47:38,160 Should the flame go out fully, God's forbid. 1118 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,000 Let the next of our line remember. 1119 00:47:40,559 --> 00:47:43,120 The forge is not yours by name alone. 1120 00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,160 It is earned by offering what you cannot bear to part with. 1121 00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:47,840 Speak your name. 1122 00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,559 Feed it your burden and pray it burns bright. 1123 00:47:51,519 --> 00:47:52,960 Malon Everbane. 1124 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,039 My great-great-great-grandmother. 1125 00:47:56,079 --> 00:48:01,199 And as you place that journal entry down and think upon it, 1126 00:48:01,199 --> 00:48:07,039 you hear soft hammering coming from out in the main area. 1127 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,799 Go see what that is, of course. 1128 00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:16,960 Door's a little bit open, but you pull it open and it's dark in there. 1129 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:24,480 You don't see anyone, but you still hear the sound as if somebody is working away. 1130 00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:25,679 Hello? 1131 00:48:27,199 --> 00:48:28,240 Hi, I'm here. 1132 00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:29,360 Do you need something? 1133 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:35,360 There's a cool wind that cuts through and you see an open window on the other side. 1134 00:48:37,039 --> 00:48:38,320 No response comes. 1135 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,199 I'll head to where I hear the sound coming from. 1136 00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,159 You're heading over to the forge. 1137 00:48:44,799 --> 00:48:49,679 You don't hear a response from anyone, but it does sound like they continue work, 1138 00:48:49,679 --> 00:48:52,799 and the sound gets louder the closer you get. 1139 00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:05,599 Dumbgeons and Dragons Season 4 Episode 27 starring Amy More as Alydin, 1140 00:49:05,599 --> 00:49:10,239 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldwave, 1141 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:15,040 Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard, and Russ More as your Dungeon Master. 1142 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:19,040 Dialogue editing and sound design of today's episode is by Russ More. 1143 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,280 Our community manager is Jessica Babiak. 1144 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:26,560 Music is 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We'll talk to you soon. 1158 00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:10,480 Oh, my God. 1159 00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,120 Oak should be so offended if he thinks that 1160 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,840 Cav was cooking the books and didn't ask for his help 1161 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,960 when he is clearly the one that is the best at paperwork. 1162 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,440 Like, who else would have work with? 1163 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:24,000 Come on. 1164 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:26,000 Oh, good. 1165 00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,240 I mean, they didn't show up to work half the time. 1166 00:50:28,240 --> 00:50:30,800 A lot of your advice is you'll know when you see it. 1167 00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,360 The books, you'll know it. 1168 00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:35,360 The portals. 1169 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:38,400 Look, like, if you know me, you know my work. 1170 00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:41,680 Cav can't even be bothered to give full explanations. 1171 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:44,320 You'll know it. 1172 00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:44,960 You got this. 1173 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:45,760 It's fine. 1174 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:47,120 Everything you read is true. 1175 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:47,600 It's fine. 1176 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:49,920 Everything. 1177 00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:50,960 I put that in my notes. 1178 00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:52,800 Everything. 1179 00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:57,440 Don't look over like I'm not taking notes. 1180 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,440 I'm coloring and taking notes. 1181 00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:01,920 Multitasking. 1182 00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:02,320 All right. 1183 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:03,519 It's good. 1184 00:51:03,519 --> 00:51:04,240 My brain likes. 1185 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:10,960 Are you setting a scary schedule? 1186 00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:12,000 Is that what that just said? 1187 00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:16,000 Yeah, but there's nothing called scary scheduled for 1 a.m. 1188 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,000 to 1.59 a.m. tomorrow. 1189 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,600 Are you scheduling your nightmares? 1190 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:20,880 What on earth could that be? 1191 00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:21,760 This is my nightmare. 1192 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:22,400 That's how you tell me. 1193 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,120 That's when my sleep paralysis demon shows up. 1194 00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:25,600 Yeah. 1195 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:29,200 He accidentally synced his calendar with yours. 1196 00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:29,840 That's awkward. 1197 00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:30,960 It's just convenient. 1198 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:31,600 Lucid dreaming. 1199 00:51:31,679 --> 00:51:33,039 I can look at it and be like, listen, 1200 00:51:33,039 --> 00:51:34,239 I got a big thing going on tomorrow. 1201 00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:34,639 Yeah, I can't tonight. 1202 00:51:34,639 --> 00:51:36,799 So can we just bump it? 1203 00:51:36,799 --> 00:51:38,239 Or could we make it at like 6 a.m. 1204 00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:39,519 and then I got to get up anyway? 1205 00:51:39,519 --> 00:51:44,639 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.