1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,960 Welcome back. We missed you. 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,480 Dumbgeons and Dragons will begin in a moment. 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:07,040 Bizard. 4 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:08,160 Uh huh. 5 00:00:08,759 --> 00:00:09,560 It's been a while. 6 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:11,519 Been a while. 7 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:12,480 Thank you. 8 00:00:13,839 --> 00:00:18,359 You've been talking to your mom about maybe taking over like the actual 9 00:00:18,359 --> 00:00:22,280 responsibility of the store is where we kind of left you. And if you don't 10 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,400 remember that, maybe I made it up. Maybe I didn't. 11 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:26,879 Sounds sounds right. 12 00:00:26,879 --> 00:00:30,160 Sounds like something that we came to in one of those last sessions that we 13 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:34,879 played together. But she's actually because of the conversations that 14 00:00:34,879 --> 00:00:39,280 you've had, the kind of arrangements throughout the story of making, she's 15 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,079 actually wanting you to meet Captain Jacob. 16 00:00:46,439 --> 00:00:46,920 Okay. 17 00:00:47,359 --> 00:00:52,519 So she's invited you out to dinner tonight. And this is in the terms of 18 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,000 like where we are in the episode release timeline. We're backing up a 19 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,400 little bit for our other friends that we will catch up with. But you're 20 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:06,680 busy getting ready. She's given you the Brewed Awakening is having a 21 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:07,960 prime rib buffet. 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,040 Oh, okay. 23 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:10,840 Bench. 24 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:11,439 Very nice. 25 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:14,920 So you're getting yourself ready to head out, lock up the store at the 26 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:20,960 end of the day. What's Bizard doing to prepare yourself to head out on 27 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:21,439 this? 28 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,039 Adventure of your own sort. 29 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:27,679 I mean, honest like that. This is this is going to be an interview for 30 00:01:27,679 --> 00:01:33,000 Bizard. So he is like dressing like he's going to his like final 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:39,159 seminar at school. He is presenting himself to the highest degree that 32 00:01:39,159 --> 00:01:45,920 he possibly could to use his knowledge and station to dominate this 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,959 conversation. That's how he's going into this. 34 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,040 So yeah, you've got cloaks on cloaks. That's right. 35 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:57,520 Prim and proper. Everything is quaffed. It's got a lovely haircut from 36 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:04,560 next door. And you're locking up the store. It's evening dusk. A few 37 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,920 people on the street, but really pretty quiet. You're making your 38 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,159 way giving yourself a little pep talk for for how you envision this 39 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:17,480 to go. And as you kind of round a corner onto Main Street, you 40 00:02:17,519 --> 00:02:23,959 pass by an alley and you hear some commotion down this down the side 41 00:02:23,959 --> 00:02:29,639 street like tweaks your ear. It doesn't it doesn't sound positive. 42 00:02:29,679 --> 00:02:33,159 You hear someone yell out and then there's some there's a bit of a 43 00:02:33,159 --> 00:02:34,399 scuffle that happens. 44 00:02:35,319 --> 00:02:39,879 Yeah. I'll rush down there. I'm a businessman in this town. Got to 45 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:40,399 represent. 46 00:02:40,879 --> 00:02:46,919 You run down this side street and you can it's pretty shadowy and 47 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:51,400 dark and you see one person on the ground up ahead of you. And 48 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:57,040 another taller, much heavier set man just lay a kick into this 49 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:57,520 person. 50 00:02:59,160 --> 00:02:59,680 Okay. 51 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:08,160 I'm going to walk forward and I'm going to cast reduce to make 52 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,200 them a size smaller. And I need a constitution save DC 14 from 53 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:12,440 them. 54 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,440 That is a 13. So that's not gonna make it. 55 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:22,400 All right. He's reduced by one size and has a negative one D four 56 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,719 to any of his attacks. And I'm just going to walk him say you 57 00:03:26,719 --> 00:03:30,159 seemed like you were such a big man before. What's what seems 58 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:31,199 to be the kerfuffle here? 59 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,079 As you cast this like he's laying in one more kick and 60 00:03:34,079 --> 00:03:37,280 then you see him shrink down in size and it's like 61 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,319 surprises himself as the kick lands and he's confused and 62 00:03:41,319 --> 00:03:44,919 turns and looks at you. Make a perception roll. 63 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:45,599 Okay. 64 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:50,199 Perception that is a five. 65 00:03:50,639 --> 00:03:52,199 You're preoccupied. 66 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,240 Oh, yeah, I'm constant. 67 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:56,240 Mom's boyfriend. 68 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:57,879 Yeah, you can say just say new dad. 69 00:04:00,919 --> 00:04:02,400 We'll see. It's an interview. 70 00:04:02,439 --> 00:04:03,319 It's an interview. 71 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:08,439 He turns and he looks at you. And like his face is is 72 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:13,000 covered in shadow and he says, Hey, you the magic man. 73 00:04:13,479 --> 00:04:16,360 I don't know. You tell me you're smaller than you were 74 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:17,600 a moment ago. What do you think? 75 00:04:18,319 --> 00:04:22,639 Before you have time to react, there's a hood pulled over 76 00:04:22,639 --> 00:04:23,319 your head. 77 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,160 And inside the hood, these runes begin to glow. 78 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,959 And you feel it cinch around your neck. And you hear 79 00:04:33,959 --> 00:04:36,279 footsteps coming from behind you. 80 00:04:38,079 --> 00:04:41,319 And someone pushes you to the ground. You hear one of 81 00:04:41,319 --> 00:04:45,439 them speak up and they say you picked the wrong side rope man. 82 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,480 They lay a kick into you. 83 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:49,639 Shit. 84 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:52,079 Let's see. 85 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,719 I'm going to try to cast something. Actually, no, I 86 00:04:58,719 --> 00:05:02,199 would observe the runes and see if I can decipher what 87 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:04,920 they're likely doing. Like Zard's assumption would be 88 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,199 that okay, well, this is going to keep me from using 89 00:05:07,199 --> 00:05:09,000 verbal components of my spells. 90 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:11,800 Make an arcana roll. 91 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,360 Man, it's really like in those threes tonight. That's a nine. 92 00:05:17,959 --> 00:05:23,120 You're looking at them and like you feel like you can 93 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:28,040 piece together like just a couple quick runes before 94 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,600 another kick slayed into you're going to take three 95 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,480 bludgeoning damage for based on the two of those. You 96 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,839 can tell because he spoke before the smaller big man 97 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,199 says, stay out of the ink wizard to drown in it. 98 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,480 The ink as these runes kind of flash across your 99 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,480 eyes, like you get a quick sense that whatever these 100 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,560 runes are doing, their goal is to stop you from 101 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,959 casting anything. As the three of them gather around 102 00:05:59,959 --> 00:06:02,839 you, you hear a fourth set kind of get themselves up 103 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,519 off the ground. And that's where we fade out as you 104 00:06:06,519 --> 00:06:12,120 are being laid into dope. The four of them exit out 105 00:06:12,159 --> 00:06:15,159 into the street and one of them as they reach the edge 106 00:06:15,159 --> 00:06:18,000 of the road, you're laying on like coughing up 107 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,399 blood. One of them yells back, Kenny's not the only 108 00:06:22,399 --> 00:06:26,799 one watching you. You hear the footsteps fade. The 109 00:06:26,799 --> 00:06:28,759 fuck do they mean by the ink? 110 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,879 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast 111 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,959 and I'm your dungeon master Russ More, he him. Also 112 00:06:36,959 --> 00:06:40,040 with me today is Amy More as Alydin, she her. 113 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,279 We just got here. Carla Maxstab is Bonwyn Everbane, 114 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,600 she her. I mean, you can't miss a wedding even if 115 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,680 it is the fifth. Tom Laird is Kavlaran Goldweave, 116 00:06:49,719 --> 00:06:53,279 he him. Gorsh, hold the bow. And Kyle Claset 117 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,879 is Bazaar the Wizard, he him. One guy was big 118 00:06:56,879 --> 00:06:58,839 but I made him small and then there was a bag 119 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,680 over my head. Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon 120 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,000 supported podcast and we'd love for you to join us 121 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,560 today at patreon.com slash dumb dragging cast. 122 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,720 You'll get a seven day free trial to check things 123 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,759 out. And now let's get right to it. Fuck it. 124 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:22,000 Let's play. We're gonna cut ahead. It's been a 125 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,439 couple days catching up to where everybody else 126 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:31,199 is. Kavlaran, Bonwyn and Alydin, you've just 127 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:34,479 returned from this, what was supposed to be a 128 00:07:34,479 --> 00:07:37,240 camping excursion going out to find this ghost 129 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,839 elk. You arrive back in town with some of your 130 00:07:41,839 --> 00:07:44,879 findings. I'll leave you to kind of describe 131 00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:47,879 those as we're reunited with some with some 132 00:07:47,879 --> 00:07:50,959 friends in a moment. And there's this this 133 00:07:50,959 --> 00:07:54,959 large gathering in the center of town. There's 134 00:07:54,959 --> 00:07:57,719 this lectern that you've never seen it 135 00:07:57,719 --> 00:08:00,279 before, but there are people like looking into 136 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,840 the book and there's shock and confusion on a lot 137 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:08,240 of their faces. And one woman who we said her 138 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:13,160 name was Melody Shore, who is a younger girl in 139 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,520 town, often has worked part time, we said, 140 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,200 with Neven. She yells after reading in the 141 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,000 book. It can't be true. It's not true. I 142 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,240 swear. And she storms off as more people 143 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,120 gather around and there's this growing 144 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:35,679 cacophony of confusion. And as that happens, a 145 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,200 rather royal looking page comes up to the three 146 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,519 of you and has this this large envelope in 147 00:08:43,519 --> 00:08:46,440 their hands. And they immediately like you see 148 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,080 them, catch them out of the corner of your 149 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,840 eye and they like clock on to Kavlaran. And 150 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,560 they quickly walk up to him, hand him the 151 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:55,360 letter and say, You've been cordially 152 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,600 invited to your father's fifth wedding. 153 00:08:58,159 --> 00:09:01,440 Kavlaran looks down at it and he shrugs and 154 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,560 says, What can I say? He loves love. And the 155 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:10,720 page says, What a Tom answer. We must go 156 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,800 now. Quick, post haste. We have to make the 157 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,080 next ship. And Kavlaran looks at you too 158 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,200 and says, Gorsh, hold the boat. And heads 159 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,800 off to the boat with the page. What? 160 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,880 See ya. I mean, you can't miss a wedding, even 161 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,880 if it is the fifth one. Oh, my God. We 162 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,360 really could use his help around here, 163 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:39,040 though. Across the way, you see a little 164 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,360 bit, well, definitely more shrunken than 165 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,400 usual. You see Bazaard enter from the 166 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,360 other side, surveying the scene, not 167 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,680 really clocking you two yet. Oh, thank 168 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:55,680 goodness. Oh, thank goodness. Alydin, look, 169 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:58,240 look, we have. Oh, my God. Oh, thank 170 00:09:58,240 --> 00:09:59,920 God. I mean, we're just, yeah, we're 171 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:02,480 just going. Well, I'm kind of limping. 172 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,080 I did get, I have not gotten a bandaid 173 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:13,560 yet. I am very hurting. Why? What 174 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:16,520 happened to you? Oh, um. Before you 175 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,400 answer, you look at Bazaard, he's got 176 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,000 like a black eye, he's bruised, like 177 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,720 he's like cradling an arm, like he looks 178 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,360 like he, too, has been through some 179 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:31,519 things. What happened to you? Are you 180 00:10:31,519 --> 00:10:35,159 OK? You look not well. I have so 181 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:36,720 many things I need to ask you. But 182 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,159 first of all, how are you? Are you 183 00:10:39,159 --> 00:10:45,039 OK? I'm doing good. Who did this? You 184 00:10:45,039 --> 00:10:48,159 know, honestly, I can't say their 185 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,519 name because I didn't get it. What do 186 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:55,360 they look like? One guy was big, but I 187 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,079 made him small and then there was a bag 188 00:10:57,079 --> 00:11:02,559 over my head. That made me. I think I 189 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,159 couldn't cast spells if I wanted to. 190 00:11:04,639 --> 00:11:07,879 How small? She's thinking maybe she 191 00:11:07,879 --> 00:11:10,559 can take this. Oh, no, it's no, 192 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,360 not at this point. I would have worn 193 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,319 off. But what is going? I'm fine. 194 00:11:15,319 --> 00:11:16,959 Thank you. I appreciate it. I will be 195 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,879 OK. There's other things I want to 196 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:21,960 talk to you about. Maybe you know, 197 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,600 maybe you don't. But what is 198 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:24,160 happening here? 199 00:11:24,879 --> 00:11:27,960 Alydin, do you? Well, you go. 200 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,400 I'll add. She kind of like lifts her 201 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,560 bloody hands off of her bloody torso 202 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:41,800 and is like there was a mean ghost 203 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,000 elk and they stabbed me. Mm hmm. 204 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:52,279 And. It was made, it was, it was 205 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:56,240 bleeding ink and there were all these 206 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:57,919 papers and we met this guy. 207 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:00,159 This happened first. 208 00:12:00,159 --> 00:12:02,759 We met this guy, Alistair, Alistair 209 00:12:02,759 --> 00:12:05,480 out all the sleep all the time. 210 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:06,759 Yes, narcolepsy. 211 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,440 Over by the book, as you're 212 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,919 describing this, there's an eruption. 213 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,960 Someone screams, you lie and 214 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,120 cheat. And you look over and you see 215 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,400 another man, Rufus Douglas, who is a 216 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,320 local farmer in Vintersmouth. 217 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,560 He takes a swing at Bench. 218 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:28,040 Oh, no, come on, hey, what the 219 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:29,120 hell's in that book? 220 00:12:29,759 --> 00:12:31,120 I want to run up and see the book. 221 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:32,960 Nosey as fuck. 222 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,639 You all make your way over there. 223 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,200 Bazaar and Bonwyn trying to break 224 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,080 up Bench and this Rufus. 225 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:41,320 Alydin, you go look at the book 226 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,200 and inside the book, the latest entry, 227 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,240 it looks like it's written in very 228 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,400 nice calligraphy. 229 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,760 It says, Bench waters down the 230 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,560 ale when he thinks no one will 231 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:56,080 notice. 232 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:57,520 Is this a burn book? 233 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,320 The phrase before it, what you 234 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,040 can presume was Melody's, she 235 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,600 dreams of another's bed, even as 236 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,880 she vows loyalty. 237 00:13:10,439 --> 00:13:11,000 What? 238 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,639 Scandalous. 239 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,559 I'm going to I'm going to take the 240 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:15,720 book and I'm going to close it. 241 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,879 As you close it, it begins to write. 242 00:13:19,919 --> 00:13:21,279 Do you wait? 243 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:23,399 No, I slam it. 244 00:13:24,039 --> 00:13:25,480 I think that Alydin has worked 245 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,840 with enough tricky books with 246 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,919 Bazaar to know that a book can be 247 00:13:30,919 --> 00:13:31,559 dangerous. 248 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,759 The words that you do see before 249 00:13:33,759 --> 00:13:36,440 you slam it are the maker still 250 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,639 dreams and it continues to write. 251 00:13:40,039 --> 00:13:40,960 I'll read that later. 252 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,320 This is just this is going to cause 253 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:43,799 trouble. 254 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,039 And I thrust it into Bazaar's one 255 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:46,519 good arm. 256 00:13:47,879 --> 00:13:50,360 The whole town behind you begins 257 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:51,919 to erupt like, hey, what are you 258 00:13:51,919 --> 00:13:52,399 doing? 259 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:54,039 You don't even know if any of 260 00:13:54,039 --> 00:13:54,919 this is true. 261 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,639 Oh, you guys are all just 262 00:13:56,639 --> 00:13:57,600 causing a big problem. 263 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,320 Few people like throw punches at 264 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,080 each other like this is very 265 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,480 unusual for for this town. 266 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:08,360 The friends. 267 00:14:08,799 --> 00:14:09,200 Yeah. 268 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,320 I'm getting caught up in it right 269 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:10,720 now. 270 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,440 A couple town guards come finally. 271 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,160 There were a few in the mix, but 272 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,800 they seem to have been caught up 273 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,640 in whatever whatever stirring 274 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:21,280 everybody up. 275 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,720 But a few more come and like 276 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,840 knock them out of it and they 277 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,360 begin dispersing the crowd. 278 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,040 I mean, we'd need to take this 279 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:28,840 book, right? 280 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,360 Can't just give it to them. 281 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,600 We can't just leave it here for 282 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,840 people to get in fights. 283 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,200 Seems to be a bad book. 284 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,400 A bad book. 285 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,440 Have you all seen this before? 286 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,560 This is no. 287 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:44,960 We just got here. 288 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,840 Yeah, lots of bad, lots of book 289 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,440 things, though, going on. 290 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:49,840 Maybe this is why they close 291 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:50,600 the schools. 292 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,480 I don't know. 293 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:53,759 Here, books make you gay. 294 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:59,480 Is this true? 295 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:00,920 Bizarre. 296 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,160 I read about it somewhere. 297 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:03,200 That's OK. 298 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:04,200 I was already gay. 299 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,120 Welcome to the middle, 300 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,279 everybody. 301 00:15:08,279 --> 00:15:09,039 Well, it's the middle. 302 00:15:09,039 --> 00:15:09,960 I didn't even see you. 303 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:12,720 And it even has I didn't either. 304 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,639 Just yeah, you were busy. 305 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:17,120 I was a minute and 35 seconds ago, 306 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:18,200 man. Where you been? 307 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,759 That was that was that other podcast 308 00:15:19,759 --> 00:15:20,480 you were trying to pitch. 309 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,200 Bird talk, bird talk. 310 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,360 And he's not going to budge on that. 311 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,600 Ooh, I get that. 312 00:15:30,519 --> 00:15:33,279 Hey, we're a little cuckoo over here. 313 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:35,799 OK, did you miss us? 314 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,160 Yeah, absolutely. 315 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,360 Yeah, yeah, we did. 316 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,480 We're glad to be back in this this year, 317 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,080 which is twenty twenty six, 318 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:44,960 which somebody just joined 319 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:46,160 the discord not too long ago 320 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:46,960 and said they were listening 321 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,280 to an episode in season one, 322 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,080 maybe where we mentioned twenty 323 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:51,920 twenty six. 324 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,880 And I was recorded in like twenty 325 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,840 twenty twenty seventeen or twenty 326 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,640 eighteen. So like future premonition. 327 00:15:58,680 --> 00:15:59,960 I don't know what the context was, 328 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,080 but we were talking about it. 329 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,480 So I think flying cars 330 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:05,840 and everyone's living on the moon. 331 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,920 Yeah, well, I nailed it 100 percent. 332 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,120 Yeah, we've done no wrong. 333 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:10,960 I think that's yeah, 334 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,480 that's the only future premonitions 335 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,000 anybody can ever have is one time 336 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,639 they're going to be right, though. 337 00:16:16,639 --> 00:16:18,519 Yeah, maybe we can be right. 338 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:19,879 All right. Twenty thirty eight. 339 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:21,039 If you're listening to this in twenty 340 00:16:21,039 --> 00:16:23,399 thirty eight and there's flying cars, 341 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:24,639 come into the discord 342 00:16:24,639 --> 00:16:26,639 and tell us that we were right. 343 00:16:27,039 --> 00:16:28,240 We finally did it. 344 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,920 Finally, finally did it. 345 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,399 Twenty thirty eight. 346 00:16:31,399 --> 00:16:33,320 Yeah, which which brings me 347 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,480 to another fun point, 348 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,440 which Google reminded me is this 349 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,680 January, of course, celebrates 350 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,120 the anniversary of this 351 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,720 Dumbgeons and Dragons. 352 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:43,720 And we're in our 353 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:46,560 a ninth year. 354 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,480 So then next year is our tenth year. 355 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,120 So we got to plan something big. 356 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,040 Oh, damn. 357 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,440 For our tenth year of the show. 358 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,920 Oh, we got to start thinking about it. 359 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:55,960 And so do you guys. 360 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:56,840 I'll work time. 361 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:57,680 What do we got there? 362 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:58,480 Yeah, I don't. 363 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,520 I didn't look that far ahead. 364 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,080 I've just thought of the concept 365 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,759 of thinking of an idea, Tom. 366 00:17:03,759 --> 00:17:05,039 So here's what we do. 367 00:17:05,039 --> 00:17:05,960 We get together. 368 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,680 Everyone we've ever played with. 369 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,120 Oh, my God, that's a lot of people. 370 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:11,120 I know the boy. 371 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,000 And that's all I've got. 372 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,360 OK, Kyle. 373 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:15,480 And then we do what? 374 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:16,680 I'm sorry. 375 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,840 Actually, you know, you're good. 376 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,240 We have to write an entire like ten. 377 00:17:22,559 --> 00:17:24,960 No, never mind, Tom, go. 378 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,319 OK, we fly. 379 00:17:28,319 --> 00:17:29,920 Everyone we've ever played with 380 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,840 to five star resort in Hawaii 381 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,279 and we all hang out for a week. 382 00:17:34,279 --> 00:17:35,840 Oh, I love it. 383 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,640 OK, so, yeah, my idea. 384 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,080 Yeah, your idea was work. 385 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:44,680 I'm always going to choose 386 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:45,920 vacation over work. 387 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,840 Always. Yeah. 388 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,320 Yeah, that's fair. 389 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:49,920 But you know what? 390 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,440 Also, I will always choose our listeners 391 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,400 over our non listeners. 392 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,240 Oh, yeah. 393 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:57,519 For listening to us 394 00:17:57,519 --> 00:18:00,079 because the non listeners will never know. 395 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:01,960 They'll never know. 396 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:02,519 How could they know? 397 00:18:02,519 --> 00:18:04,119 They can't know unless you tell them 398 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,519 to come listen and then through inception 399 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:11,119 or osmosis or some other 400 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,279 persuasion, threats, 401 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,319 any of the above, they'll become listeners 402 00:18:16,319 --> 00:18:18,440 and then they'll know. 403 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,639 OK, what are we talking about here? 404 00:18:20,639 --> 00:18:22,240 Well, I mean, that's the middle. 405 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,279 I think we've talked about it, 406 00:18:23,279 --> 00:18:24,400 but what we haven't done 407 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,680 is dedicate it to one of our patrons. 408 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:27,519 Let's do it. 409 00:18:27,519 --> 00:18:30,519 So today's episode, which you're 410 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,440 we would love for you to come join us 411 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,160 at Patreon dot com slash dumb dragging cast 412 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,600 where when you are a patron, 413 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,240 you get an episode dedicated to you 414 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,920 like today's patron, Les Wenzel. 415 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:44,880 Thanks, Les. 416 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,560 Oh, Les, thank you so much. 417 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,880 Amazing. Amazingly awesome. 418 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,240 In that. 419 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,000 Shout out from Loki. 420 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:54,840 Our dog. 421 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,440 Yeah, let's go. 422 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,759 But you can join us like Les again. 423 00:18:59,759 --> 00:19:01,759 Patreon dot com slash dumb dragging cast. 424 00:19:02,039 --> 00:19:05,200 Help us fund this Hawaii was a Hawaii trip. 425 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,519 Maybe it could not be Hawaii. 426 00:19:06,519 --> 00:19:07,519 Maybe it could be. 427 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:09,480 Greece. 428 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:10,799 Oh, sure. All right. 429 00:19:10,799 --> 00:19:12,279 Mecanos. Yes, here we go. 430 00:19:12,279 --> 00:19:13,440 Mm hmm. There we go. 431 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,440 So see myself in Greece. 432 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,000 Help us fund this 10th anniversary, 433 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,759 something that we're going to do. 434 00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:23,000 And you two can get an episode 435 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:23,920 dedicated to you, as well 436 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:25,320 as a whole bunch of other bonus content. 437 00:19:25,319 --> 00:19:28,200 But that said, we'll get you back to the episode. 438 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,359 Thank you so much for being here. 439 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,919 Excited to be back for the new year. 440 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,159 Hopefully you are having a wonderful time 441 00:19:34,159 --> 00:19:34,879 and we'll talk to you soon. 442 00:19:34,879 --> 00:19:35,839 Love you. Bye. 443 00:19:35,839 --> 00:19:38,279 We did it. Love you. Bye. 444 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:40,679 I. Thanks, guys. 445 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,519 Thanks, guys. I'm sorry. 446 00:19:42,519 --> 00:19:45,279 I. Are you OK? 447 00:19:45,679 --> 00:19:47,000 Yeah, I feel like I'm asking people, 448 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:47,839 are you OK? 449 00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:48,879 Way too much. 450 00:19:48,879 --> 00:19:50,599 Benj, where did this book come from? 451 00:19:50,599 --> 00:19:52,240 I don't know. 452 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,399 I was I was working and 453 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,360 I mean, to be fair, it's he's not wrong. 454 00:19:58,560 --> 00:19:59,880 It's not wrong. 455 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:01,759 I do and I'm sorry. 456 00:20:01,759 --> 00:20:03,440 But like, I don't know. 457 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,480 I think it's just a crowd started started gathering. 458 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,680 And then I came out and then this this 459 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:12,920 stand was here with a book on top and. 460 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,759 Uh, I don't know where it came from. 461 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:19,680 It's been lots of lots of strange people in town. 462 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,040 Like like Alastair. 463 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,200 Yeah, Alastair, there was another guy 464 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,680 who left a book, a different book at the at the bar. 465 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,960 I thought he'd come back for it, but I haven't seen him since. 466 00:20:31,279 --> 00:20:32,440 Do you have it? 467 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:34,559 Yeah, probably. 468 00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:36,200 It's underneath the counter. 469 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,480 Lost and found. 470 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:38,039 I'll be right back. 471 00:20:38,039 --> 00:20:39,279 We should look at that. 472 00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:41,640 Yeah, you kind of push through some people. 473 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,360 Someone like takes a one last swing towards Benj 474 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:48,160 and before they're pulled away by one of the guards. 475 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,120 This is this is bad, guys. 476 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,200 This is it's good insight. 477 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,960 I've taken the book with me. 478 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:54,600 For sure. 479 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,600 We're in Benj's accent. 480 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:57,400 Do you get punched? 481 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:58,559 Did it get punched out of it? 482 00:20:58,559 --> 00:21:00,319 I got punched out of it. 483 00:21:00,319 --> 00:21:02,480 Now he's got a normal voice. 484 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,440 Why? It's only in the bar. 485 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,680 Somebody else punch him in his bench. 486 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,759 Yes. Oh, my God. 487 00:21:07,759 --> 00:21:11,000 No, I've become a custom post. 488 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,680 Yeah, let's go inside. 489 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,319 I've got that book under the desk. 490 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:20,120 He lets you in and locks it behind you. 491 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:23,120 And I think we should close early for the night. 492 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,720 And he goes behind and pulls out. 493 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,880 Where did that book go? 494 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,240 Oh, you said it was under the counter. 495 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,240 In lost and found. 496 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,120 Lost and found. Yeah. 497 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:38,160 That's where it went. 498 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,880 He pulls out this slim leather bound journal. 499 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,559 There's no title on the cover. 500 00:21:42,559 --> 00:21:44,319 He says, I don't know. 501 00:21:44,319 --> 00:21:47,120 They left it a few nights ago. 502 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:48,920 If you want it, you can have it. 503 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,600 It gives customers the heebie jeebies. 504 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,000 Was it the sleepy guy? 505 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:55,279 No, no, Alistair, your friend? 506 00:21:55,279 --> 00:21:57,400 Not Alistair? A different guy. 507 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,640 Different guy, yeah. 508 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:00,359 Okay. 509 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:01,279 What did he look like? 510 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:05,680 Yeah, he was kind of tallish. 511 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,000 A little bit taller than Bazaard. 512 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:13,000 He had a dark cloak, a long nose. 513 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,799 Like I only say that because it was unusually long. 514 00:22:16,799 --> 00:22:18,079 I mean, it was a normal nose, 515 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:19,960 but it was kind of long. 516 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,680 Big bushy eyebrows. 517 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:26,279 Olive skin. 518 00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:28,240 He looked like he was, I don't know, 519 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,480 kind of my age, which is like 30-ish. 520 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:32,759 80, oh, 30. 521 00:22:32,759 --> 00:22:37,759 Yeah, no, 30-ish, maybe 40, maybe closer to 50. 522 00:22:39,279 --> 00:22:40,360 He's an age. 523 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,640 He stopped in, had a couple drinks, 524 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,120 and then just, you know, 525 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:46,720 he had a couple different things with him, 526 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,559 met with somebody, and then left. 527 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,399 And this one, he left this one here. 528 00:22:53,799 --> 00:22:56,599 I take the book, lay it on the counter, and open it up. 529 00:22:57,639 --> 00:23:01,440 So you open the book, and all the pages, 530 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,599 it kind of flipped past a few, 531 00:23:03,599 --> 00:23:05,359 just to kind of get to a center point, 532 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,759 and everything is blank. 533 00:23:07,759 --> 00:23:09,879 And as you look at it, 534 00:23:09,879 --> 00:23:13,000 words begin to scrawl themselves 535 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:18,000 in shaky ink handwriting, forming an entry. 536 00:23:18,679 --> 00:23:20,399 That reads, 537 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:25,399 the maker dreams of chains that bind the waking world. 538 00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:28,559 As you look back, you see that Alydin 539 00:23:28,559 --> 00:23:32,200 has kind of like poked herself up and over, 540 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,480 and her eyes are locked onto the page as well. 541 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,679 The maker. 542 00:23:36,679 --> 00:23:39,639 So there's this thing called the Weeping Archive. 543 00:23:39,639 --> 00:23:40,480 Oh, right. 544 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:41,919 We haven't had a chance to explain 545 00:23:41,919 --> 00:23:43,319 because of the book and the punching, 546 00:23:43,319 --> 00:23:46,119 and Bench losing his accent. 547 00:23:47,319 --> 00:23:48,319 Devastating. 548 00:23:49,279 --> 00:23:51,559 Alistair told us about the Weeping Archive, 549 00:23:51,559 --> 00:23:54,240 and he's looking for it, and it's like this, 550 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,559 I don't know, all the world's knowledge or something? 551 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,039 Okay, and where did this Alistair person come from, 552 00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:02,960 and how did you end up talking to them? 553 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,159 Oh, great question. 554 00:24:04,159 --> 00:24:06,720 Oh, we saved all of his stuff. 555 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,480 He fell asleep, and then. 556 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,279 He has narcolepsy, so he fell asleep, 557 00:24:10,279 --> 00:24:11,599 his bag, everywhere. 558 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:14,159 I caught him, so he didn't get a head injury. 559 00:24:14,159 --> 00:24:15,759 We started picking up all of his stuff, 560 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,680 and he is like a scribe, I guess, and. 561 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:21,839 A scholar of some kind. 562 00:24:21,839 --> 00:24:22,839 A scholar of some kind. 563 00:24:22,839 --> 00:24:24,920 He had a bag just chock full of books, 564 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,079 all kinds of books, 565 00:24:26,079 --> 00:24:28,119 and he's looking for the Weeping Archive, 566 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,240 and then we thought, well, I don't know, 567 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,279 maybe that's a fun adventure we could go on, 568 00:24:32,279 --> 00:24:36,960 but first let's go on this fun camping cosplay adventure 569 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:37,920 with the old guys, 570 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,960 and then the elk thing happened with Alydin. 571 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,160 I should probably get this taken care of. 572 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,680 Yeah, we should head, yeah. 573 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,880 Did I hear something about bleeding ink earlier? 574 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,080 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 575 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,320 So we were looking for a ghost elk, found it, 576 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,480 when it bled ink, 577 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:01,480 and also there was random pages all over the forest. 578 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,759 And the wind was saying stuff. 579 00:25:04,759 --> 00:25:05,799 Yeah. 580 00:25:05,799 --> 00:25:08,880 All of this is to say, my god, we missed you. 581 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:11,920 Oh, wait. 582 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,519 I have so many questions. 583 00:25:13,519 --> 00:25:14,720 The archives. 584 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:15,560 The archives. 585 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,039 Are meant to close the gap 586 00:25:20,039 --> 00:25:23,599 that is being made bigger between our world 587 00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:24,960 and the fae world. 588 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,519 Yeah, so it's kind of important maybe 589 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:27,799 that we go and help with that 590 00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:31,720 because we need to stop all those super weird things 591 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:32,799 that have been happening. 592 00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:34,240 Yeah. 593 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:38,159 Okay, Bizarre, you look back at the book 594 00:25:38,159 --> 00:25:41,879 and there's another phrase that has written itself 595 00:25:41,879 --> 00:25:43,359 since you've been talking, 596 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:46,160 and it says the wizard's spell book 597 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,840 is already on the shelf. 598 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,040 What does that mean? 599 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,080 I don't know. 600 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,680 I don't know if that's referring to me 601 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,440 or another wizard. 602 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,000 So I have a couple of things coming together 603 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,800 and it involves, now that we're here, 604 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:09,800 it involves the event I had the other night 605 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,400 that caused all these things. 606 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,759 So I don't know why, 607 00:26:13,759 --> 00:26:16,560 but they kicked my ass and said, 608 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,320 stay out of the ink. 609 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,240 Oh. 610 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,560 And I don't know why they would say that, 611 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:24,560 but they're not, 612 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,640 I was expecting Kenny's people, 613 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,800 but they said Kenny's not the only one watching me. 614 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,680 Real bummer of it all is I did not get 615 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,160 the delicious prime rib from the other night. 616 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,000 Oh, the buffet. 617 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,560 Oh, it was so good. 618 00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:42,279 Ah, that's where you were. 619 00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:43,639 Uh-huh, bleeding. 620 00:26:43,639 --> 00:26:45,279 The whole town was writing about it. 621 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:46,279 I'm so sorry. 622 00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:48,679 Oh, I'll get it another time, 623 00:26:48,679 --> 00:26:53,679 but did y'all happen to collect any of the ink blood? 624 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,440 Yes, and I hold up my bucket, 625 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:02,200 which is stuffed full of not only the regular accoutrement 626 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,599 that one holds in a bucket, 627 00:27:03,599 --> 00:27:08,480 but also ripped pages of journals 628 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:13,000 and two vials of inky blood. 629 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,440 Oh, right, yes, and I do, 630 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,519 I have elk antlers that I'm just kind of dragging around 631 00:27:19,519 --> 00:27:21,279 like a backpack at this point. 632 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:23,599 They're mine and they glow. 633 00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:24,680 Sick. 634 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,440 Are you making them glow? 635 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,279 No. 636 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:29,039 Well, good, let's work on you then. 637 00:27:30,079 --> 00:27:33,559 So yeah, if you let me see that ink real quick. 638 00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:34,839 So I'm thinking of a few things, 639 00:27:34,839 --> 00:27:36,200 and I'm pulling out a quill 640 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,360 while I'm prepping this ink 641 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,320 as if to use it for writing. 642 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,160 We've had a couple of very strange events. 643 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,160 The very first one being the monsters coming from the cave. 644 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:53,360 Perhaps this is part of the gap that's being referenced. 645 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,280 That could be a reference to that. 646 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,960 We have the maker still dreaming, 647 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:02,880 or the maker dreams of chaos 648 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,040 that binds the waking world. 649 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,599 Who's the last person that we know 650 00:28:07,599 --> 00:28:10,240 tried to bring chaos and binding to the waking world? 651 00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:13,240 Like the banjo man? 652 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,079 Yeah. 653 00:28:14,079 --> 00:28:16,159 Yeah, we also, there was that entrance too, 654 00:28:16,159 --> 00:28:18,559 like through the tree when we went to see the banjo man. 655 00:28:18,559 --> 00:28:22,559 So there's some, there's a few options for. 656 00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:25,319 Well, and Alistair said that it could be starting 657 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:27,839 to kind of happen anywhere. 658 00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:28,680 Yeah. 659 00:28:29,879 --> 00:28:31,000 And more often, 660 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,680 like people have been seeing some really weird stuff. 661 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:35,480 Yeah. 662 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,360 Like smoke in the shape of animals, 663 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,519 like teeny mushrooms that are grown on the food, 664 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:44,720 like lanterns. Candles. 665 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,200 Yeah, burning with no oil. 666 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,519 And, you know, looking in a mirror 667 00:28:50,519 --> 00:28:52,880 and seeing like a forested background. 668 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,440 The river was singing. 669 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:56,720 Yeah. 670 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,240 So many weird things have been happening. 671 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,880 It's almost hard to keep track of it all, but. 672 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,200 I'm thinking though that nature talks a lot. 673 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,320 The river singing, then the wind whispering. 674 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,440 Bazaar, you would have seen a lot of these. 675 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,600 Bazaar, you would have seen a lot of these, 676 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,520 like town happenings, 677 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,400 like written in the Vintersmouth Gazette. 678 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:19,240 Okay. 679 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,560 Sorry if this has been answered and I'm forgetting it, 680 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,000 but why did you go kill a ghost elk? 681 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:29,880 Oh. 682 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:36,000 So Folin Verham, that nice older man who was my new client 683 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,720 and I was making all that stuff for him, 684 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,200 his other adventuring friends all came, 685 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,640 kind of a group of retirees out for an adventure, 686 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,560 you know, inexperienced, I would say. 687 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,600 And a couple of them and one of their, I don't know, 688 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,600 butlers said, you guys should come. 689 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,640 We're going to find this ghost elk, 690 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,040 you know, go out for a couple of days. 691 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,680 We thought it would be kind of nice, you know, 692 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,680 like kind of a camping trip. 693 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,320 And we were kind of testing them out because they were like, 694 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,360 why don't you come adventuring with us? 695 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,400 Yes, they invited us to go adventuring. 696 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,759 And we're like, well, let's see if we like this. 697 00:30:09,759 --> 00:30:11,279 We didn't like it. 698 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:12,120 We didn't like it. 699 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,920 It was for boring reasons and then blood reasons. 700 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,000 Sport. 701 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,600 One of them like moved out of the way 702 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,080 and then I got hit by an elk. 703 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:24,920 Yeah. 704 00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:28,200 Yeah, so we will not be going adventuring with them. 705 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,640 They're not even taking care of, 706 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,640 are not a child, but still a young person friend, Alydin. 707 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:38,240 So that's how we ended up out there having an adventure. 708 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,360 But we did not, we were just like, 709 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,080 we didn't go out to like kill anything. 710 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,440 No, no, no, we just wanted to see the ghost elk. 711 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,759 And it looked so cool. 712 00:30:48,759 --> 00:30:49,600 It did look so cool. 713 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,560 But then it looked at us and like, we weren't cool. 714 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,360 And then it's antlers were dripping 715 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,520 like black blood ink stuff. 716 00:30:57,519 --> 00:30:59,839 And then it just lost it. 717 00:30:59,839 --> 00:31:00,680 It lost it. 718 00:31:01,639 --> 00:31:02,759 As they're telling me this, 719 00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:04,639 I dip the quill into the blood ink 720 00:31:04,639 --> 00:31:07,680 and I write into the book, who are you? 721 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,720 As the ink touches the paper, 722 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,279 like you get to the end of the phrase 723 00:31:12,279 --> 00:31:17,079 and the ink behind it begins to smear across the paper. 724 00:31:17,079 --> 00:31:21,440 And then it begins to form entangled glyphs. 725 00:31:23,839 --> 00:31:26,759 There's definite familiarity to a lot 726 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,960 of like the glyphs and runes that you've seen 727 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,839 over these last events that you've been talking about. 728 00:31:31,839 --> 00:31:32,680 In the hood? 729 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,079 In the hood. 730 00:31:34,079 --> 00:31:36,039 In the hood, in the hood? 731 00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:37,079 Yeah. 732 00:31:37,079 --> 00:31:41,000 Yeah, there definitely are some similarities 733 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,759 to the one, there are some similarities 734 00:31:43,759 --> 00:31:45,160 to some of the ones you saw in the hoods, 735 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,559 but definitely more so in the fey. 736 00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:50,559 Like the ones you saw written across the path 737 00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:52,279 and that sort of thing. 738 00:31:52,279 --> 00:31:54,720 It forms into these tangled glyphs. 739 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,319 You don't know what they're saying. 740 00:31:57,319 --> 00:31:58,240 What they're saying. 741 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,000 But there's something trying to communicate back. 742 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,759 Appears that way or may appear that way. 743 00:32:03,759 --> 00:32:06,360 And as it does so, 744 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,240 you pick up a faint smell of burnt parchment. 745 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,759 Can I like see what he's writing? 746 00:32:15,759 --> 00:32:18,279 I'm not hiding it yet, it's open on the counter. 747 00:32:18,279 --> 00:32:19,880 What if you drew a picture? 748 00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:23,960 I spin the book around and hand you the pen. 749 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,319 What if you drew a picture? 750 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,000 Art, art with tallies thing. 751 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:36,000 And I draw very crude sketches 752 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:41,880 of like a deer's head with antlers 753 00:32:42,519 --> 00:32:45,600 and then a question mark beside it. 754 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,559 And then a happy face with a question mark 755 00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:50,920 or a sad face with a question mark. 756 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,400 Because how do you communicate with someone 757 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:56,840 who doesn't speak the same language as you? 758 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,840 I mean math, I guess. 759 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,519 But I don't know math. 760 00:33:00,519 --> 00:33:02,360 I didn't have a lot of schooling. 761 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:03,200 Exactly. 762 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,000 So, hence these pictures. 763 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,160 There were no art classes. 764 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,320 Yeah, so you draw pictures of the deer or the elk, 765 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,560 I assume is what you're reflecting. 766 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,920 Happy, sad and similar, 767 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,880 same thing as with Bazaar. 768 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:24,640 Like the ink smears itself behind you 769 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:29,160 as you are writing it. 770 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,000 And instead of what did, 771 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,080 I mean you couldn't read it, 772 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,280 but what did look like it was maybe writing a phrase. 773 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,280 Like it draws this circle 774 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,760 that is made up of tiny runes, 775 00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:49,920 tiny glyphs that go all around this circle. 776 00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:56,119 Then they smear to form this doorway 777 00:33:59,359 --> 00:34:01,839 that opens into blackness. 778 00:34:06,759 --> 00:34:10,039 I have, and I'm searching through my bucket frantically 779 00:34:10,039 --> 00:34:11,719 for a piece of paper and I read, 780 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,840 the archivist will fall asleep and dreams the door open. 781 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:20,840 At that, you hear a fast knock at the window. 782 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,680 And Bench looks over top of everybody. 783 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,039 He's just been kind of standing there. 784 00:34:26,039 --> 00:34:28,680 He served you drinks and like just kind of standing there 785 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,600 watching everything happen. 786 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,079 But looks over at the window 787 00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:34,840 and he points before anybody turns around. 788 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,559 He says, that's your friend from the other night? 789 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:41,400 You turn and you look and you see Alistair 790 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:42,680 and he's like waving. 791 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,120 I'm already running so I can catch him if I need to. 792 00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:47,839 Yeah, before you can even get there, 793 00:34:47,839 --> 00:34:51,480 like his eyes roll back and he falls to the ground. 794 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,759 Oh, speak of the devil. 795 00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:55,279 I really tried. 796 00:34:55,279 --> 00:34:58,639 Dumbgeons and Dragons, season four, episode 44, 797 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:01,159 starring Amy More as Alydin. 798 00:35:01,159 --> 00:35:03,639 Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane. 799 00:35:03,639 --> 00:35:05,960 Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave. 800 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,279 Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard 801 00:35:08,279 --> 00:35:10,599 and Russ More as your dungeon master. 802 00:35:10,599 --> 00:35:12,239 Dialogue editing and sound design 803 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,440 of today's episode is by Russ More. 804 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,920 Our community manager is Jessica Babiak. 805 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,800 Music is from Epidemic Sound 806 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,880 and sound effects are from Epidemic Sound, 807 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,039 Boom Library and Sound Ideas. 808 00:35:23,039 --> 00:35:25,760 Our amazing cover art is by Matt Garbutt. 809 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,200 A huge thank you to our supporting producers, 810 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,240 Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babiak, 811 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,480 Ongarong Kierzen, Perry Matey, 812 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,720 Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden, 813 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:37,360 Old School Gamer D, Craig Zeiss, 814 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:41,559 L.A. Branton, Chibs1012 and Kudzu828. 815 00:35:41,559 --> 00:35:44,880 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon-supported podcast 816 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,400 and all of our amazing community help make sure 817 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,840 that we have adventures for you every single week. 818 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,840 Come join us today, patreon.com slash dumbdragoncast. 819 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,159 We hope to see you over there 820 00:35:55,159 --> 00:35:59,360 and you have yourself right now a great week. 821 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,719 Yes, and we'll talk to you very, very soon. 822 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,440 Do we see him? 823 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:05,279 Yeah. 824 00:36:05,279 --> 00:36:06,099 Okay, we see him. 825 00:36:06,099 --> 00:36:06,940 He doesn't see us. 826 00:36:06,940 --> 00:36:07,759 Correct, yes. 827 00:36:07,759 --> 00:36:10,519 Sorry, my brain just reversed that. 828 00:36:10,519 --> 00:36:11,920 Nobody sees anybody. 829 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:12,759 You're all blind. 830 00:36:12,759 --> 00:36:16,119 We all just stand around not looking at each other. 831 00:36:16,119 --> 00:36:17,079 Perfect. 832 00:36:17,079 --> 00:36:20,000 Masturbation does cause blindness. 833 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,800 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.