1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,839 Welcome back to Dumbgeons and Dragons. We'll begin in just a moment. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:13,759 The words crawling across its body slow then freeze mid-letter. Ink bleeds backward into 3 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:20,719 the seams of parchment and stone as if pulled by an unseen hand. The quill blade softens, 4 00:00:20,719 --> 00:00:25,359 collapsing into loose pages that scatter across the floor and fade into dust. 5 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:34,480 For a moment, there's nothing. Then, the room exhales. The shelves grind once more, 6 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:41,840 not in threat, but in retreat. Stone books slide back into the walls, titles erasing 7 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:47,600 themselves as they vanish until the chamber is bare save for the far wall. 8 00:00:48,079 --> 00:00:59,039 Where a door should be, there is only stone, unbroken, unmarked. A pause stretches for too 9 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:07,280 long and then the floor shivers. Fine lines etch themselves outward from a single point 10 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:15,040 at the chamber's center, not cracks but deliberate marks. A diagram emerges, circles, 11 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:23,680 angles intersecting paths carved with impossible precision. A map. Vintersmouth sits at its heart, 12 00:01:24,719 --> 00:01:31,360 not centered but pierced through as if something passes through the city rather than rests within 13 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:41,200 it. Three lines extend outward. Two are still. The third flickers, its edges blurring, 14 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:47,520 shifting by the second, sliding across the stone like a shadow that can't decide where to settle. 15 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:55,439 As you watch, the line drifts slowly away from the city, away from here. 16 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:02,480 The air grows heavy. Pressure builds behind your eyes like a thought trying to finish itself. 17 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:10,480 You understand that this was never an entrance. It was a marker. A false 18 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:17,759 index. Perhaps a test. A way to see who would come looking and how they would read the record. 19 00:02:18,799 --> 00:02:26,239 Behind you, faint and distant, the sound of quills resume. Not here but somewhere else. 20 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:32,959 Ink hesitates before writing as if considering you. The words appear uneven, 21 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:44,640 pressure changing mid-stroke. Seeker accepted. Then, after a pause, entry requires contribution. 22 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,040 One final mark bleeds through the stone. 23 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:55,360 Not words but a name-shaped blur, half-formed and familiar. 24 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:01,600 The stone walls around you begin to rattle and shake. 25 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:09,600 Alistair runs over to the map on the wall and begins sketching, as furiously as he can, 26 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:16,320 onto parchment. We have to get as much information as we can as stones begin to 27 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,840 fall around you. You look back and the way you came in, the long hallway has reappeared 28 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,840 and you see daylight down at the end. 29 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:53,520 Quick Alistair, rub it hard. 30 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,240 Dumbges and Dragons is a Patreon-supported podcast and we'd love for you to join us today at 31 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:03,920 patreon.com slash dumbdraggingcast. 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Fuck it, let's play. 33 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,120 Quick Alistair, rub it hard. 34 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:15,920 Do the rubbing real hard. 35 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,319 Is he doing a rubbing or is he drying? 36 00:04:18,879 --> 00:04:20,560 Because if he's drying, we're rubbing. 37 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,000 We don't have time for me to watch. 38 00:04:28,399 --> 00:04:29,439 Kyle set the tone. 39 00:04:30,319 --> 00:04:31,040 Yeah, that's great. 40 00:04:32,079 --> 00:04:32,959 We're in danger. 41 00:04:34,079 --> 00:04:34,879 Yeah, it's a problem. 42 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:43,680 He was sketching it, but perhaps he takes Bizard's cue and instead rubs the engraving, 43 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,879 which seems to be working a lot quicker for him. 44 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:51,599 He grabs it and looks at it and he's like, I think this will do. 45 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,199 All of you book it down the hallway. 46 00:04:55,199 --> 00:04:58,000 You hear stones filling the room behind you 47 00:05:00,319 --> 00:05:02,800 and the hallway collapsing in on itself. 48 00:05:03,439 --> 00:05:09,439 You feel dust and air pushing you out into the street as you all leap through the door 49 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:16,319 at the last moment and fall onto the pavement where onlookers are blasted by this dust 50 00:05:16,319 --> 00:05:17,519 out into the air. 51 00:05:18,159 --> 00:05:23,040 They're coughing and looking and there's a bit of panic and confusion 52 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,439 and you look up and you had gone in. 53 00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:27,519 It was evening. 54 00:05:27,519 --> 00:05:32,159 You heard the call of the bells as you were at the bird awakening 55 00:05:32,159 --> 00:05:35,519 and now it appears to be morning. 56 00:05:36,399 --> 00:05:37,199 Is everyone okay? 57 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:40,399 I think so. 58 00:05:40,399 --> 00:05:42,399 Yeah, yeah, I think so. 59 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,600 Because like I kind of thought we might die. 60 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,320 Oh, always at this point, right? 61 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:51,280 I mean, yeah, a little bit. 62 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:52,000 Yeah. 63 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:52,720 Yeah. 64 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:53,840 Where's Alydin? 65 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:54,879 Shit, where's Alydin? 66 00:05:54,879 --> 00:05:55,680 Can we look back? 67 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:56,879 Is everything just destroyed? 68 00:05:56,879 --> 00:05:58,320 Everything is just destroyed. 69 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,360 Okay, no, no, no, we need to get back in there. 70 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,720 Okay, but like, how do we get back in? 71 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,879 I don't know, but we can't just leave Alydin in there. 72 00:06:04,879 --> 00:06:05,600 It's Alydin. 73 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,800 She's just a child. 74 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,640 I'm going to pull out the thread and I'm going to walk right back to the center of that 75 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,800 and I'm just going to start unspooling it. 76 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,960 It was like, you make a fucking door right now. 77 00:06:15,039 --> 00:06:19,279 You begin unspooling, like pulling at the thread and as you pull at the thread, 78 00:06:20,239 --> 00:06:25,599 like the little bit that you're able to get at just spins the spool on top of it. 79 00:06:25,599 --> 00:06:30,399 It's like you're not actually pulling the string off of the bobbin. 80 00:06:31,439 --> 00:06:31,839 Okay. 81 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:40,000 It's just revolving around and you hear a faint cough from somewhere in the rubble. 82 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,079 There's a bit of movement off to the side and 83 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:52,719 like some stones, small stones kind of push their way out and Alydin reaches a hand out. 84 00:06:52,719 --> 00:06:54,240 Okay, I mean, I'm going to go help dig. 85 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,439 I'm not just watching the child dig their way out of the rubble. 86 00:06:57,439 --> 00:06:59,120 No, I'm not watching. 87 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,519 I'm just listening to your beautiful description. 88 00:07:02,079 --> 00:07:04,560 No, I imagine we were like pawing at the rubble. 89 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:05,060 Indeed. 90 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:11,759 You pull her out and she coughs and then you hear a call from across the courtyard. 91 00:07:11,759 --> 00:07:12,879 It's the voice of June. 92 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:17,519 Alydin, what the hell are you doing over there? 93 00:07:17,519 --> 00:07:18,959 You're supposed to be in school. 94 00:07:18,959 --> 00:07:22,639 Alydin picks herself up and brushes herself off. 95 00:07:23,439 --> 00:07:25,920 Do I have to go to school right now? 96 00:07:27,439 --> 00:07:28,159 Are you okay? 97 00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:30,399 Are you broken? 98 00:07:30,399 --> 00:07:33,279 I'm like giving her the once over, make sure no bones are broken. 99 00:07:33,279 --> 00:07:34,879 Doesn't appear to have any broken bones. 100 00:07:34,879 --> 00:07:39,759 She's got a couple scrapes, but more or less she's just covered in dust and dirt. 101 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:42,800 I mean, after that, I'd say, yeah, you need to go to school. 102 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:44,480 School's a much safer option. 103 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,439 I think that's a great idea. 104 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,879 We love you and we value your education, so it's probably best if you go with June now. 105 00:07:50,879 --> 00:07:51,379 Absolutely. 106 00:07:51,379 --> 00:07:51,920 I love you too. 107 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:52,420 It's true. 108 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,879 Don't do anything fun without me though, okay? 109 00:07:54,879 --> 00:07:55,439 Nope, definitely not. 110 00:07:55,439 --> 00:07:56,480 We wouldn't dream of it. 111 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,360 June comes over and grabs her by the arm. 112 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,839 And what were you doing in the rubble? 113 00:08:01,839 --> 00:08:04,000 Come on, we've got some things to learn. 114 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,719 Alydin looks back at you and just waves solemnly. 115 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:09,600 She heads off towards school for the day. 116 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,800 Sometimes I forget she's just a kid and then something really dangerous 117 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,960 happens and I feel terrible. 118 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,240 Yeah, that was terrifying. 119 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,759 That was so bad. 120 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:19,780 Yeah. 121 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,960 Thank God for school. 122 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,360 Thank God for school. 123 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:25,840 Thank God for school. 124 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,120 That's what I'm always saying. 125 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:28,160 It's a good cold open. 126 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,840 We end on positive education. 127 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:31,460 There we go. 128 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,399 And we worked hard to get those schools back for this town, so like... 129 00:08:36,399 --> 00:08:36,960 Yep. 130 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:37,460 It's true. 131 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,320 We worked hard to get schools back. 132 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,320 The four of you are standing there. 133 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:43,920 Alydin has just walked off. 134 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,360 Everybody hears a very familiar voice come down from the city hall stairs. 135 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:52,000 And it says, Kavlaran, are you back from leave? 136 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:52,720 Oh, good. 137 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:53,840 This is a disaster. 138 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,120 We need somebody to watch it. 139 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,120 Thank you for saying yes. 140 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:01,600 Okay. 141 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,960 Yes, no, we just need somebody. 142 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,920 There's people putting up barricades around the rubble. 143 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,000 You just need to stand here. 144 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,520 Don't let anybody near it. 145 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:11,199 It will be perfectly fine. 146 00:09:11,199 --> 00:09:13,439 We'll come back and check on you in just a moment. 147 00:09:13,439 --> 00:09:16,559 Everybody else, get out of here. 148 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:17,840 We need to take care of this. 149 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,039 Kavlaran, don't move. 150 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,279 Sure, I'll staple to the spot. 151 00:09:21,279 --> 00:09:22,159 Don't worry about it. 152 00:09:22,159 --> 00:09:25,679 Could somebody tell us, I don't know, what time it is? 153 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:26,559 Well, it's morning. 154 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:27,600 What do you mean? 155 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:28,480 What time is it? 156 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,799 Did you not wake up this morning and then come here and... 157 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,199 Well, no, I was inside the... 158 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:34,799 Oh, you went inside. 159 00:09:34,799 --> 00:09:37,199 In there and it was night when we went in. 160 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,600 It seemed like we weren't in there for that long. 161 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,120 How was it inside? 162 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,000 Oh, dangerous at the end. 163 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,800 Yeah, a lot of this kind of situation. 164 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,560 This rubble, this... 165 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:51,280 Yes, well, no reason that Kavlaran should stay here, 166 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,920 remain on site, deter curiosity, 167 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,840 and record any changes that happen. 168 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:56,480 Okay. 169 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:57,759 Yeah, I'll do that. 170 00:09:57,759 --> 00:09:59,040 Nina hands you a notebook. 171 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,759 Kavlaran, are you excited to see more paper? 172 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:02,960 Always. 173 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:03,680 Oh, you know, it's like... 174 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:04,720 How amazing. 175 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,400 Number one for me. 176 00:10:06,959 --> 00:10:09,039 And I just walk around with like the clipboard, 177 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:11,120 and I say, nothing to see here. 178 00:10:11,919 --> 00:10:13,600 Nothing to see here, anybody. 179 00:10:14,319 --> 00:10:15,360 Nothing to see here. 180 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,639 He's really kind of doing well with this new role. 181 00:10:18,639 --> 00:10:19,439 I wasn't sure. 182 00:10:19,439 --> 00:10:21,199 It seems outside his normal thing, 183 00:10:21,199 --> 00:10:22,720 but he's doing pretty good. 184 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,879 He should try yelling at people more often. 185 00:10:24,879 --> 00:10:25,519 Yeah. 186 00:10:25,519 --> 00:10:29,120 You see Alistair writing in one of his notebooks. 187 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,519 He's mumbling to himself, is it daytime now? 188 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:34,480 We went in there, it was nighttime. 189 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:35,600 We weren't in there for that long. 190 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:36,960 Were we in there for that long? 191 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,080 You fall asleep on a regular basis. 192 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,680 What has time lost to you? 193 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:42,480 Well, I don't know. 194 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,279 I don't think I fell asleep very much in there, did I? 195 00:10:45,279 --> 00:10:46,080 No, not much. 196 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,360 Not as much as usual. 197 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,120 Maybe the air in there is different. 198 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,560 Actually, I don't think you fell asleep at all. 199 00:10:54,159 --> 00:10:55,040 Well, that's interesting. 200 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,040 We're going to need a copy of that map. 201 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:58,639 Oh, yes, of course, of course, of course. 202 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,879 He holds up the map. 203 00:11:00,879 --> 00:11:01,600 Here's the rubbing. 204 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,639 I rubbed all over it, just like you said, Basar. 205 00:11:04,639 --> 00:11:05,919 Excellent. Great job. 206 00:11:05,919 --> 00:11:06,419 Thank you. 207 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:11,919 Do you have work to do, Kavlaran? 208 00:11:13,279 --> 00:11:15,439 Should we go and get you a snack or something? 209 00:11:15,439 --> 00:11:16,639 How long you think you're going to be here? 210 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:17,840 You didn't really get a lot of warning. 211 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,240 Yeah, there wasn't a lot of details. 212 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,639 Let's take care of this for you. 213 00:11:25,279 --> 00:11:26,960 I pull out a different spool of thread. 214 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:31,360 It's like this silver thread and I start putting it around where the door was 215 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,360 and I'm going to ritual cast alarm. 216 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,320 So if anybody crosses over it, we know it's happening. 217 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,279 And that way we can fuck off and do whatever we want. 218 00:11:39,279 --> 00:11:41,519 And Kavlaran doesn't have to listen to Nina. 219 00:11:41,519 --> 00:11:44,800 Breaking rules with wizardry by Basar. 220 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:45,300 Love it. 221 00:11:45,919 --> 00:11:46,419 That's right. 222 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,039 Okay, so snack, though? 223 00:11:50,879 --> 00:11:52,240 I mean, yeah, absolutely. 224 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,039 Yeah, you know what I was going to say, 225 00:11:55,039 --> 00:11:57,200 or should we like get into this whole thing? 226 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:57,840 But no. 227 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,560 Well, we can do that over the snack. 228 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,840 And honestly, if I've learned anything in the past few months, 229 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:11,200 it's that if you have an opportunity to eat, bathe, go to the bathroom, 230 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,200 you take it because you don't know when the next opportunity is coming. 231 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,240 You don't know. 232 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,600 So are we going to go eat first? 233 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:25,200 Are we going to go to the bath houses or what's the order here? 234 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,160 I mean, I say eat. 235 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,160 I mean, they used to have that buffet over at the bath houses. 236 00:12:30,159 --> 00:12:31,279 Do they still have that? 237 00:12:31,279 --> 00:12:32,879 Yeah, it wasn't that good, though. 238 00:12:32,879 --> 00:12:34,799 Remember how sick you got that time? 239 00:12:34,799 --> 00:12:35,519 Yeah, well, sure. 240 00:12:35,519 --> 00:12:37,199 But I get sick at most buffets. 241 00:12:37,199 --> 00:12:41,519 So I ordered the soggy waffle and I was not happy about it. 242 00:12:41,519 --> 00:12:42,719 It was too soggy. 243 00:12:42,719 --> 00:12:44,000 It was as described. 244 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,039 I mean, yes. 245 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:46,639 Yeah, yes. 246 00:12:48,079 --> 00:12:50,559 Yeah, probably just like them buns, though. 247 00:12:51,439 --> 00:12:51,839 Sure. 248 00:12:51,839 --> 00:12:53,120 Them buns, though. 249 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:53,600 My treat. 250 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:54,639 We're going for snacks. 251 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,839 I don't know what you wanted us to do, Russ, but we're going for snacks. 252 00:12:57,839 --> 00:12:58,959 You can do whatever you want. 253 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,879 This is a world where you have complete control over what your characters do. 254 00:13:02,879 --> 00:13:04,320 Tried to get Kavlarne to work. 255 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:05,360 That didn't work. 256 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:06,639 So nope. 257 00:13:06,639 --> 00:13:08,720 They 86'd it so fast. 258 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:09,519 Didn't want to leave. 259 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:11,600 We already lost Allen. 260 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,519 And why are we just going to leave Kav milling around the center of town? 261 00:13:15,519 --> 00:13:16,560 We want to stay together. 262 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:17,680 We're best friends. 263 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,280 It's a business owner episode. 264 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,840 Yeah, Tom, just sit there quietly. 265 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,519 You're guarding something. 266 00:13:27,519 --> 00:13:28,400 Just kidding. 267 00:13:28,399 --> 00:13:29,919 We kidnapped you with us. 268 00:13:29,919 --> 00:13:30,559 That's right. 269 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:35,679 Welcome to the middle, everybody. 270 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,079 No, I don't even want to talk about Fred Durst. 271 00:13:42,079 --> 00:13:48,799 I mean, it's kind of a nod to once you start doing it, you just kind of start rolling with it. 272 00:13:48,799 --> 00:13:51,439 Yeah, the idea of Fred Durst into the middle. 273 00:13:51,439 --> 00:13:52,240 Yeah. 274 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:57,919 And then, of course, everybody will sing the famous song in their head to themselves. 275 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,759 That one, they did it all for it. 276 00:14:01,759 --> 00:14:05,679 And that's when we just transition into something else. 277 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,519 Like, how awesome you are for being here listening to us. 278 00:14:09,519 --> 00:14:10,399 I mean, so true. 279 00:14:10,399 --> 00:14:11,919 Oh, the best. 280 00:14:11,919 --> 00:14:12,639 Very, very true. 281 00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:17,840 You know what I did is I put the memory card in. 282 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,919 And then I didn't actually hit record. 283 00:14:19,919 --> 00:14:24,319 So as the quality on our track changes, that's what happened. 284 00:14:25,439 --> 00:14:26,480 Just so you know. 285 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:26,720 Yeah. 286 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:28,080 I love that. 287 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:29,279 It's a little adventure. 288 00:14:29,279 --> 00:14:30,480 It's good now. 289 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:31,200 Yeah, it's good now. 290 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:31,680 Oh, perfect. 291 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:32,720 You weren't rolling. 292 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:33,680 Well, we're past it then. 293 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:34,720 I was not rolling. 294 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:35,200 But now you're rolling. 295 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:36,080 That's terrible. 296 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:36,879 What? 297 00:14:36,879 --> 00:14:37,840 That's terrible. 298 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,000 You did it on purpose. 299 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,840 Just play it off like you did it on purpose. 300 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:42,160 Oh, yeah. 301 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:43,120 Look at you. 302 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:43,680 That's right. 303 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,080 Yeah. 304 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,200 It's a good time. 305 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:45,680 Good stuff. 306 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,360 Let's never mention Limp Bizkit again. 307 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,040 Unless they happen to ever be our patron. 308 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:54,399 Oh, wow. 309 00:14:54,399 --> 00:14:59,279 In that case, we would mention them because they would get an episode dedicated. 310 00:14:59,279 --> 00:15:02,959 And they're part of the $30,000 Limp Bizkit only tier. 311 00:15:02,959 --> 00:15:04,159 Exactly. 312 00:15:04,159 --> 00:15:06,719 Or if you just want to make your username Fred Durst. 313 00:15:09,599 --> 00:15:12,559 You could say, hey, supported by Fred Durst. 314 00:15:12,559 --> 00:15:14,480 Just flag me when you do. 315 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,319 Jess, don't do it out of principle. 316 00:15:17,679 --> 00:15:18,959 I can see Jess typing. 317 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:25,360 Like, is this something that people could just sign up for under famous people's names? 318 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:26,480 Absolutely. 319 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:27,759 Look at our listeners. 320 00:15:27,759 --> 00:15:32,639 Literally, we have names that are not names for whatever you want. 321 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:35,280 I'm going to come in tomorrow as this is released, 322 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,519 and everybody's going to be Fred Durst. 323 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:40,160 That's what I love about her. 324 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,240 Or any other member of the band. 325 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:42,560 I'll have to look it up. 326 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,080 Yeah, we all know the other member's names. 327 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:44,400 Yeah. 328 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:45,040 Wes? 329 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:45,280 Yeah. 330 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,240 Wes Borland? 331 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,440 Wes Borland, that's right. 332 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,000 Fucking son of Al Borland. 333 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:52,720 Son of Al. 334 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,680 Richard Karn's figment. 335 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:01,440 I don't think so, Tim. 336 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,759 But no, you do get an episode dedication to you when you are a patron. 337 00:16:05,759 --> 00:16:07,759 If it's Richard Karn, I'm going to lose my mind. 338 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:09,680 God, I fucking hope it is. 339 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,399 But if it isn't, I'm going to love them just as much. 340 00:16:12,399 --> 00:16:16,480 Yes, it's not Richard Karn, but it is Alexander Wright. 341 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,560 Thanks, Alexander. 342 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,560 Thank you so much. 343 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:25,680 If you're having just one of those days you don't want to, 344 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,279 then we hope we can turn around by shouting you out 345 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:30,800 and telling you how much we love you. 346 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:31,840 Absolutely. 347 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,440 We appreciate your support. 348 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,200 Does anybody remember the hook of Chocolate Starfish 349 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,039 and the Hot Dog Flavored Water? 350 00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:40,800 I mean, that was the album, wasn't it? 351 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:41,759 That was the album title. 352 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:44,000 I'm pretty sure there was a track named that, too. 353 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,440 I did not have the album. 354 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,560 There might have been a title track situation, is what you're thinking. 355 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:49,920 I had the album. 356 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:50,800 Sorry, everybody. 357 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:52,000 It's okay. 358 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:52,480 I had the album, too. 359 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,880 You had somebody sending you CDs. 360 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:57,380 Yeah. 361 00:16:58,080 --> 00:16:59,360 Was it Columbia House? 362 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,040 Is that who was sending you CDs? 363 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:05,279 No, I had family who worked for Warner and Universal. 364 00:17:05,279 --> 00:17:06,880 And they were just like, here's Christmas. 365 00:17:07,759 --> 00:17:11,120 So you got the CDs with the notches out of them. 366 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:12,320 The promo CDs. 367 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:12,820 That's fine. 368 00:17:13,539 --> 00:17:17,539 Yeah, you ask for one rap album one time, 369 00:17:17,539 --> 00:17:21,379 and you only get boxes full of rap albums, which are great. 370 00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:26,419 Love the genre, but you got to mix it up a little bit, 371 00:17:26,419 --> 00:17:29,859 like throwing some Dolly Parton every now and again or something, right? 372 00:17:29,859 --> 00:17:30,339 Yeah. 373 00:17:30,339 --> 00:17:32,740 So thank you, Alexander, for being here on this journey. 374 00:17:32,740 --> 00:17:33,619 Thank you. 375 00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:36,579 I keep forgetting we're in a middle, like, seriously. 376 00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:38,579 We just had the gook hang, 377 00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:41,299 which if you are awesome like Alexander 378 00:17:41,299 --> 00:17:42,980 and you come on over to Patreon. 379 00:17:42,980 --> 00:17:44,259 Yeah, come to the gook hangs. 380 00:17:44,259 --> 00:17:46,659 You can join our monthly gook hangs, 381 00:17:46,659 --> 00:17:50,099 where we do a kind of shoot the shit and talk about random stuff. 382 00:17:50,099 --> 00:17:52,740 I feel like we should explain what we did. 383 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:55,139 So gook hang makes no sense. 384 00:17:57,220 --> 00:17:58,419 That's not a word. 385 00:17:58,419 --> 00:18:00,819 It is so far from that, yeah. 386 00:18:00,819 --> 00:18:01,319 Yeah. 387 00:18:02,019 --> 00:18:05,619 We used to do it on Google Hangouts, guys, when that was a thing. 388 00:18:05,619 --> 00:18:07,139 And we called it the gook hang. 389 00:18:07,139 --> 00:18:08,819 That was 10 years ago. 390 00:18:08,819 --> 00:18:10,099 We still call it that. 391 00:18:10,099 --> 00:18:12,259 So now people are like, I don't know what that is. 392 00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:13,539 I'm not going to that. 393 00:18:13,539 --> 00:18:16,019 But we just hang out and have a little chitty chat. 394 00:18:16,019 --> 00:18:17,779 And we played a really fun game. 395 00:18:18,819 --> 00:18:19,299 It's true. 396 00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:20,259 We host on Discord. 397 00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:24,500 And they did try to change the name multiple times and I wouldn't. 398 00:18:25,139 --> 00:18:26,500 It's gook hang forever. 399 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:28,179 Yeah, always has to be. 400 00:18:28,179 --> 00:18:32,099 I only remember it's weird because Aidan was like, 401 00:18:32,099 --> 00:18:33,699 hey, what are you guys recording tonight? 402 00:18:33,699 --> 00:18:35,459 And I was like, oh, we don't record. 403 00:18:35,459 --> 00:18:36,419 It's the gook hang. 404 00:18:36,419 --> 00:18:37,699 And he is like, the what now? 405 00:18:38,259 --> 00:18:39,859 And I was like, oh, right. 406 00:18:39,860 --> 00:18:42,420 I normally translate that from us to you. 407 00:18:44,420 --> 00:18:45,620 I'm sorry, the what? 408 00:18:45,620 --> 00:18:48,980 That just gave me the outside perspective of someone being like, 409 00:18:48,980 --> 00:18:49,540 not tonight. 410 00:18:49,540 --> 00:18:50,740 It's the blibli borp. 411 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:51,620 Yeah, exactly. 412 00:18:51,620 --> 00:18:54,100 He was like, I don't know what you're saying. 413 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:56,660 Like, we're saying it like it is a real word and it's not. 414 00:18:56,660 --> 00:18:57,220 Yeah. 415 00:18:57,220 --> 00:18:57,940 Yeah. 416 00:18:57,940 --> 00:18:58,420 Don't worry. 417 00:18:58,420 --> 00:19:00,660 We're having fun and we're not doing anything dangerous. 418 00:19:00,660 --> 00:19:00,900 Bye. 419 00:19:05,860 --> 00:19:08,980 Anyway, if you remember, you should come because it's really fun. 420 00:19:09,779 --> 00:19:11,059 We played Monster Dating Game. 421 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:12,660 We did. 422 00:19:12,660 --> 00:19:14,579 And maybe it'll be a different game next time. 423 00:19:15,380 --> 00:19:16,180 Maybe. 424 00:19:16,180 --> 00:19:22,740 We got a list of them now so we could spring on any improv game at all. 425 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:23,460 Please do. 426 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:24,420 I love it. 427 00:19:24,420 --> 00:19:24,819 Okay. 428 00:19:24,819 --> 00:19:26,500 Patreon.com slash dumpdragoncast. 429 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:28,660 Join us for all the fun at the first Tuesday of the month. 430 00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:29,779 Did we say first Tuesday? 431 00:19:29,779 --> 00:19:30,420 No, we didn't. 432 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:31,059 I yelled it out. 433 00:19:31,059 --> 00:19:33,059 That's the gook hang first Tuesday. 434 00:19:33,059 --> 00:19:34,259 I would have caught it in post. 435 00:19:34,259 --> 00:19:36,420 But yeah, thanks for being here. 436 00:19:36,420 --> 00:19:37,059 Love you. 437 00:19:37,059 --> 00:19:38,099 Have a great week. 438 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:38,500 Love you. 439 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:38,740 Bye. 440 00:19:38,740 --> 00:19:39,300 Bye. 441 00:19:39,300 --> 00:19:39,620 Love you. 442 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:39,940 Bye. 443 00:19:42,020 --> 00:19:43,140 Cut to them buns though. 444 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:48,180 You've got a lovely beverage, a warm beverage, hot chocolate or coffee, 445 00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:49,220 whichever you prefer. 446 00:19:49,220 --> 00:19:54,100 There's fresh croissants because it's very morning as previously described. 447 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:58,580 The freshest of baked goods have been laid out before you. 448 00:19:58,580 --> 00:20:02,580 You've got the little egg bites too that everybody's raving about. 449 00:20:02,580 --> 00:20:07,700 That's laid out and Alistair puts the map out onto the table. 450 00:20:08,580 --> 00:20:11,940 So this is this is what I got. 451 00:20:14,020 --> 00:20:16,420 You know the town in the area the best. 452 00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:18,660 And he kind of he's looking at the map. 453 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:20,980 Then he kind of spins. 454 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:22,580 There was one glowing, wasn't there? 455 00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:24,660 Yeah, kind of flickering. 456 00:20:24,660 --> 00:20:28,180 Yeah, I only had one color, so I didn't. 457 00:20:30,340 --> 00:20:32,420 Was it this this one? 458 00:20:32,420 --> 00:20:36,980 And he points to one pointing off into the hills. 459 00:20:36,980 --> 00:20:38,500 I don't know. 460 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:39,380 Do you guys remember? 461 00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:45,140 That looks like is that going up to the mines? 462 00:20:45,140 --> 00:20:47,380 Yeah, I have eye for detail so I can. 463 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:51,620 Really, it's to find a hidden creature or object, 464 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:54,099 but it's got to be good for looking at maps, right? 465 00:20:54,099 --> 00:20:55,779 I mean, I would have to think so. 466 00:20:55,779 --> 00:20:57,700 Roll investigation. 467 00:20:57,700 --> 00:20:59,140 Bonwyn for your eye for detail. 468 00:20:59,140 --> 00:21:00,660 You can roll photography. 469 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:05,779 Well, there is sometimes you have like map makers to it. 470 00:21:06,259 --> 00:21:09,460 That's true that but I love when that shit comes into play. 471 00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:11,379 Thank God that was with advantage. 472 00:21:11,379 --> 00:21:12,660 That's a 23. 473 00:21:12,660 --> 00:21:13,779 OK, you're looking at them. 474 00:21:13,779 --> 00:21:15,059 Otherwise it would have been a seven. 475 00:21:16,420 --> 00:21:19,539 You're looking at the map and Alistair's like spinning it around 476 00:21:19,539 --> 00:21:26,099 trying to remember and you take it from him and you just take a minute. 477 00:21:26,099 --> 00:21:28,180 Kind of correct the map in front of yourself 478 00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:33,700 so that ventures myth is oriented in a way that makes sense for looking at this map. 479 00:21:34,420 --> 00:21:35,460 And there are three lines. 480 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:39,220 There is one that goes off through the hills towards the mountains, 481 00:21:39,220 --> 00:21:45,460 which as previously mentioned, may be in the direction of the mines. 482 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:47,940 There's one that heads down into the south 483 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:53,620 and then there's one that you distinctly recognize as being the glowing one, 484 00:21:53,620 --> 00:21:55,299 which is heading off into the north. 485 00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:01,220 In the sketching of the map, 486 00:22:01,779 --> 00:22:08,180 you see some symbols which could be the forest and then it continues to go off. 487 00:22:08,180 --> 00:22:10,819 And your long experience here, Baldwin, 488 00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:14,259 you know that somewhere off in that direction, 489 00:22:14,259 --> 00:22:17,700 you can't exactly remember how far, but there's a ghost town. 490 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:22,900 The river diverges and it's a dry like a dry bed. 491 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:28,339 Why the town, at least why you were told and through history of the town, 492 00:22:28,339 --> 00:22:33,779 why it was abandoned and ventures myth was made more into the port town that it is. 493 00:22:33,779 --> 00:22:38,500 But that line, you distinctly remember being the one glowing in the 494 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:42,339 in the cave area that you were in and the library that you were in. 495 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:45,699 And that's the direction that it's pointing. 496 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:52,819 So player knowledge, this is like heading through the verboten forest to like 497 00:22:54,579 --> 00:22:58,019 back in the olden times when we made our hilarious penis maps. 498 00:22:58,099 --> 00:22:58,599 Exactly. 499 00:22:59,379 --> 00:22:59,879 Perfect. 500 00:23:01,619 --> 00:23:03,299 Alistair, do you have a different color of ink? 501 00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:07,059 Because this, this line here, that one was the one glowing. 502 00:23:07,059 --> 00:23:07,559 Sure. 503 00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:08,420 Yeah. So if we could. 504 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:09,220 Filtering through his bed. 505 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:09,940 That'd be amazing. 506 00:23:09,940 --> 00:23:12,099 Pulls his, here you go. 507 00:23:13,539 --> 00:23:18,259 Thank you. So I don't, you're all sort of newish here. 508 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:22,500 There's like a ghost town over here. 509 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:24,180 It was like the original settlement. 510 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:27,460 You're like, you know, generations ago. 511 00:23:28,019 --> 00:23:30,980 Wasn't that what the sheriff was talking about in the goblin caves? 512 00:23:32,019 --> 00:23:32,579 Maybe. 513 00:23:32,579 --> 00:23:34,339 Oh yeah, that rings a bell. 514 00:23:34,339 --> 00:23:37,539 Yeah. So there was a settlement there, 515 00:23:37,539 --> 00:23:40,500 but I think like the lake or the river dried up because they're, 516 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:41,779 you know, it kind of split. 517 00:23:41,779 --> 00:23:43,220 So I don't know. 518 00:23:43,220 --> 00:23:45,059 I mean, you know, the school's closed down. 519 00:23:45,059 --> 00:23:48,980 I don't remember exactly if we were ever even really taught that. 520 00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:52,980 But yeah, ghost town. 521 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:56,900 And that's the one that was lit up. 522 00:23:56,900 --> 00:23:58,500 That's the one that was glowing. 523 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:04,420 Which tells me, warning, don't go there, 524 00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:08,340 which secondarily tells me that's probably where we're going to go. 525 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:15,700 Yeah. Unless there's no point in deactivating something that can't be deactivated 526 00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:17,460 and we need to prevent. 527 00:24:19,140 --> 00:24:25,060 But I wonder, I wonder if we deactivated this one. 528 00:24:25,539 --> 00:24:29,619 Does this this looks like it goes up into the into the hills. 529 00:24:29,619 --> 00:24:30,099 It does. 530 00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:35,700 I wonder if we deactivated that in a sense. 531 00:24:36,419 --> 00:24:39,460 Oh, and that's why that one's not glowing. 532 00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:41,859 Oh, interesting. 533 00:24:41,859 --> 00:24:44,500 Russ, thinking back to those monsters, 534 00:24:45,220 --> 00:24:49,299 like I'm trying to draw a connection of like appearance 535 00:24:49,299 --> 00:24:54,339 and they're like the way their body was manifested, 536 00:24:55,139 --> 00:24:58,099 if it was like inky in any kind of way, 537 00:24:58,099 --> 00:25:01,699 if there might be a connection to their biology. 538 00:25:01,699 --> 00:25:04,819 There wasn't specifically anything inky about them. 539 00:25:06,099 --> 00:25:11,859 They were definitely more like muscle bones in you, 540 00:25:11,859 --> 00:25:15,939 like a traditional monster that you'd thought of. 541 00:25:15,939 --> 00:25:17,459 Aberration monstrosity. 542 00:25:17,459 --> 00:25:21,220 There was, as you went down into the mines, 543 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:24,980 like there was a portal effect that you did see. 544 00:25:26,019 --> 00:25:30,100 In fact, Bizard contemplated going through it at the time. 545 00:25:31,140 --> 00:25:34,019 Actually, I took a memory of that. 546 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:37,220 Like I saved a memory of that portal. 547 00:25:37,220 --> 00:25:39,220 Yes, yes you did. 548 00:25:39,220 --> 00:25:46,100 And did that happen to look anything like the door that we just went through? 549 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,420 What does it look like when you're calling upon that memory? 550 00:25:48,420 --> 00:25:52,660 So I know the spell is kind of odd, but like I encode thoughts. 551 00:25:53,380 --> 00:25:56,340 Duration is only eight hours, 552 00:25:56,340 --> 00:25:58,980 but if you cast a spell while concentrating on the spell, 553 00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:00,660 let's see, through this charge, 554 00:26:01,779 --> 00:26:04,740 I can literally just pull the memory from my head 555 00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:07,539 and like view it. 556 00:26:07,539 --> 00:26:09,940 So again, it's another one of those things 557 00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:12,420 where I just pull like this strand out. 558 00:26:12,420 --> 00:26:16,019 I'm just going to do the magic thing of dropping it into a bowl 559 00:26:16,019 --> 00:26:19,220 and saying, oh yeah, like this is my soup, whatever. 560 00:26:19,220 --> 00:26:19,779 Okay. 561 00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:22,019 Was anyone else picturing like the magicians 562 00:26:22,019 --> 00:26:24,019 like tied up handkerchiefs coming out of his head? 563 00:26:24,019 --> 00:26:24,500 That's right. 564 00:26:25,539 --> 00:26:27,779 Yeah, I have a good chicken noodle soup going on 565 00:26:27,779 --> 00:26:30,740 and it literally depicts the memory in the noodles. 566 00:26:30,740 --> 00:26:31,460 I love it. 567 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:32,339 Okay. 568 00:26:32,339 --> 00:26:34,420 Okay, yeah, I like that a lot. 569 00:26:34,420 --> 00:26:39,619 So yeah, you pull the memory and lead it into this bowl of soup that you have. 570 00:26:40,259 --> 00:26:45,059 And before you, like instantly you and Cav are teleported back there. 571 00:26:45,059 --> 00:26:46,899 Bonwyn, you hadn't seen this. 572 00:26:46,899 --> 00:26:47,700 You weren't there. 573 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:48,740 You weren't present for that. 574 00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:53,619 But the two of you are transported back to that moment 575 00:26:53,619 --> 00:26:57,940 and the four of you, five of you are in the caves. 576 00:26:57,940 --> 00:27:03,460 You see this, it looks more rift-like, 577 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:11,779 more like any portal you ran into with the banjo man. 578 00:27:11,779 --> 00:27:12,419 Oh, okay. 579 00:27:12,420 --> 00:27:14,259 So going through the trees, 580 00:27:14,259 --> 00:27:16,180 going through different doorways, 581 00:27:16,180 --> 00:27:19,220 transporting, you know, ending up in different places. 582 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:22,019 There's more of a direct connection there. 583 00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:27,539 That said, now that you're analyzing this memory, 584 00:27:27,539 --> 00:27:30,740 what you perhaps didn't notice in the moment 585 00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:32,660 as things were falling down around you 586 00:27:32,660 --> 00:27:35,060 and monsters were trying to eat your face off, 587 00:27:36,019 --> 00:27:44,740 is that there are distinct runes that are present. 588 00:27:44,740 --> 00:27:47,059 It's not like they're written in some sort of phrase, 589 00:27:47,059 --> 00:27:50,419 but you see them scattered throughout the space. 590 00:27:50,980 --> 00:27:54,579 A lot of them very faint and worn down, worn over. 591 00:27:54,579 --> 00:27:59,460 But roll a history, roll a history check. 592 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:00,179 Got a 12. 593 00:28:01,460 --> 00:28:04,099 Bonwyn, you can roll us too, because you are seeing this memory. 594 00:28:06,019 --> 00:28:08,339 A seven for Cav. 595 00:28:08,339 --> 00:28:08,839 19. 596 00:28:09,460 --> 00:28:11,619 Ten and up, you're making the connection. 597 00:28:11,619 --> 00:28:13,700 Is you, the runes you see, 598 00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:16,339 so the portal you see very similar 599 00:28:17,539 --> 00:28:19,619 to your banjo man experience, 600 00:28:19,619 --> 00:28:21,539 to going to the fey that way. 601 00:28:21,539 --> 00:28:25,059 The runes, however, aren't as similar 602 00:28:25,059 --> 00:28:27,059 as those that were along the pathways 603 00:28:27,059 --> 00:28:30,500 that you were walking, anything you saw in his house. 604 00:28:30,579 --> 00:28:36,180 They're more similar to some runes you saw 605 00:28:36,180 --> 00:28:40,099 just in this library area, in this false entrance. 606 00:28:40,099 --> 00:28:42,980 And there are distinct differences between the two. 607 00:28:42,980 --> 00:28:46,259 Can I do my cool move, like I pulled in the library, 608 00:28:46,259 --> 00:28:48,819 where I can use my stone cunning 609 00:28:49,539 --> 00:28:53,619 to check history, the origin of stone work. 610 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,980 I'm proficient in that, to see if it will, 611 00:28:57,940 --> 00:29:00,740 I don't know, give me any info other than, 612 00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:02,500 like last time it basically just told me 613 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:05,140 it was like ancient and hadn't been used in a long time. 614 00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:06,660 But, you know, something like that. 615 00:29:06,660 --> 00:29:07,539 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 616 00:29:07,539 --> 00:29:10,099 Yeah, we pulled that in, and like it told you 617 00:29:10,099 --> 00:29:12,740 that there was definite dwarven work 618 00:29:12,740 --> 00:29:13,539 that went into this. 619 00:29:13,539 --> 00:29:14,039 Yeah. 620 00:29:15,940 --> 00:29:16,740 Yeah, for sure. 621 00:29:18,339 --> 00:29:18,839 21. 622 00:29:20,339 --> 00:29:23,539 Looking at this memory that Bazaar just pulled, 623 00:29:23,539 --> 00:29:24,500 it's on a loop. 624 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:26,420 He pulled a specific set of time, 625 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:28,259 like you see monsters jumping out, 626 00:29:28,259 --> 00:29:30,900 you see the portal, and then you see a collapse. 627 00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:36,259 Looking at the carvings underground, 628 00:29:36,259 --> 00:29:38,580 like this is different. 629 00:29:38,580 --> 00:29:40,500 This is a very different space. 630 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:42,340 This is mining carving. 631 00:29:42,340 --> 00:29:46,580 Like, there's no real distinction of who did this. 632 00:29:46,580 --> 00:29:50,340 The reason why is that they were mining for minerals, 633 00:29:50,340 --> 00:29:52,820 for ore, for any number of things. 634 00:29:53,379 --> 00:30:00,579 The runes, however, you don't draw any historical significance 635 00:30:00,579 --> 00:30:04,019 to you in terms of specific stone. 636 00:30:04,019 --> 00:30:10,019 Can I also, what would I try to see if I know the runes? 637 00:30:10,019 --> 00:30:11,779 Also history, or like? 638 00:30:11,779 --> 00:30:16,339 Could be history, or religion, or arcana, if anybody. 639 00:30:16,339 --> 00:30:19,539 Arcana might be a little more along those lines. 640 00:30:19,539 --> 00:30:20,039 Yeah. 641 00:30:21,299 --> 00:30:21,779 No, OK. 642 00:30:21,779 --> 00:30:22,899 Well, just kidding. 643 00:30:24,259 --> 00:30:24,899 Love that. 644 00:30:24,899 --> 00:30:31,059 The distinction you see is that although the spaces 645 00:30:31,059 --> 00:30:34,980 are different, the portal mechanisms are different, 646 00:30:34,980 --> 00:30:37,220 like the general vibe of them is different, 647 00:30:37,220 --> 00:30:39,539 there are those same similarities. 648 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,619 So there is a connection within those specific 649 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:45,539 runes that you're seeing. 650 00:30:46,659 --> 00:30:46,899 OK. 651 00:30:47,539 --> 00:30:49,139 So not totally dissimilar. 652 00:30:50,339 --> 00:30:53,059 No, seems like the two are connected, 653 00:30:53,059 --> 00:30:56,259 and it seems like we have the actual archives, 654 00:30:56,259 --> 00:31:01,379 and then this was a, it said it was a false index. 655 00:31:03,059 --> 00:31:05,059 So we could just call that, like, what, the fee? 656 00:31:05,940 --> 00:31:06,440 F-I? 657 00:31:07,059 --> 00:31:08,420 Oh, sure, yeah. 658 00:31:08,420 --> 00:31:09,859 Yeah, sure, yeah. 659 00:31:12,339 --> 00:31:15,779 I've read about false indexing. 660 00:31:15,779 --> 00:31:23,700 I don't, it's, they seem to pop up in the texts 661 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:28,180 as more of a, as more of this, as more of a marker, 662 00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:31,299 as more of it testing the space. 663 00:31:35,139 --> 00:31:37,779 He puts his head on his hands, and he's just like, 664 00:31:37,779 --> 00:31:40,180 you notice after a second, you think he's in thought, 665 00:31:40,180 --> 00:31:41,859 but he's in fact falling asleep. 666 00:31:41,859 --> 00:31:45,139 So to his point about testing a space, 667 00:31:46,339 --> 00:31:52,019 the old city that dried up is lit up. 668 00:31:54,019 --> 00:31:54,980 What if they failed? 669 00:31:55,859 --> 00:31:57,220 And then that destroyed the town? 670 00:31:58,339 --> 00:31:59,700 I mean, it could happen. 671 00:32:00,899 --> 00:32:02,980 Yeah, I mean, nobody, like I said, 672 00:32:02,980 --> 00:32:04,339 there always is just kind of like, 673 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:06,339 yeah, people used to live there, now they don't, 674 00:32:06,339 --> 00:32:07,859 river dried up, blah, blah, blah, 675 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:11,460 but I mean, it could be anything, right? 676 00:32:11,460 --> 00:32:12,339 Could be that. 677 00:32:12,340 --> 00:32:16,020 I'm gonna go on the very, very extreme and say, 678 00:32:16,020 --> 00:32:18,660 what if the people were indexed to be goblins, 679 00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:20,340 and they moved into the caves, 680 00:32:21,780 --> 00:32:23,140 and that's what happened to them. 681 00:32:24,740 --> 00:32:26,580 I mean, that's an extreme, like, 682 00:32:26,580 --> 00:32:28,500 woe out there kind of theory. 683 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:32,500 But they did have like that whole civilization, 684 00:32:33,460 --> 00:32:34,260 the goblins. 685 00:32:34,260 --> 00:32:38,340 Yeah, I feel a little bit worse. 686 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:43,540 Yeah, were those like, had been, huh, 687 00:32:43,540 --> 00:32:46,180 I think it's maybe best not to think about that. 688 00:32:46,180 --> 00:32:47,220 How could I have known? 689 00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:48,500 You couldn't have known. 690 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:49,540 We were in danger. 691 00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:54,660 It's true, but pretty wild and out there shit, 692 00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:56,180 if that's what's actually happening. 693 00:32:57,220 --> 00:32:58,820 I don't know, what are y'all's thoughts? 694 00:32:58,820 --> 00:33:01,620 Well, I mean, I feel like we kind of 695 00:33:01,620 --> 00:33:03,300 have to follow this path, right? 696 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:05,140 And at least see what we can see, 697 00:33:05,540 --> 00:33:11,540 not just at the end, but also the journey there, right? 698 00:33:11,540 --> 00:33:14,100 If there are signs of anything and- 699 00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:16,660 Right, like clues to pick up along the way, sure, yeah. 700 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:18,180 Exactly, clues. 701 00:33:18,980 --> 00:33:19,780 Should we go now? 702 00:33:21,780 --> 00:33:25,780 Bonwyn, does anybody know how long it's been 703 00:33:25,780 --> 00:33:27,780 since that town was abandoned? 704 00:33:28,980 --> 00:33:31,780 Do your parents remember by chance, or? 705 00:33:31,780 --> 00:33:34,259 I mean, this was so long ago. 706 00:33:34,259 --> 00:33:37,059 Like, generations and generations ago, 707 00:33:37,059 --> 00:33:38,660 even they wouldn't know. 708 00:33:39,379 --> 00:33:41,460 I mean, there's a chance. 709 00:33:43,460 --> 00:33:46,339 You know, before the schools all shut down, 710 00:33:46,339 --> 00:33:49,700 there was a pretty good library. 711 00:33:50,819 --> 00:33:52,819 There probably still is on the noble side. 712 00:33:52,819 --> 00:33:54,980 I mean, there could be something there, 713 00:33:54,980 --> 00:33:57,859 like an actual history. 714 00:33:57,859 --> 00:33:59,779 You know, we've been kind of, 715 00:33:59,779 --> 00:34:02,259 kind of living in the moment for a while. 716 00:34:02,259 --> 00:34:05,299 I think we utilize our resources, 717 00:34:05,299 --> 00:34:10,739 and Kav, you have a fantastic resource up at City Hall 718 00:34:10,739 --> 00:34:13,619 who could go and be a gopher for us 719 00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:16,659 in getting texts that are like- 720 00:34:16,659 --> 00:34:20,579 Yes, an expert at finding information in books. 721 00:34:20,579 --> 00:34:21,380 Exactly. 722 00:34:21,380 --> 00:34:22,340 He's the best. 723 00:34:22,340 --> 00:34:24,099 We have more important things to do. 724 00:34:24,099 --> 00:34:24,900 He's the best. 725 00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:25,940 Oh, great idea. 726 00:34:25,940 --> 00:34:27,300 Oh, perfect. 727 00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:29,139 Plus, I miss the little guy. 728 00:34:29,139 --> 00:34:30,340 I wonder what he's been doing. 729 00:34:30,340 --> 00:34:31,860 We haven't seen him in a while. 730 00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:33,380 We haven't seen him since you went away. 731 00:34:33,380 --> 00:34:34,420 It's been a minute. 732 00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:38,180 Probably just putting lotion on his mom's feet from what I hear. 733 00:34:38,180 --> 00:34:39,539 Probably been doing that. 734 00:34:39,539 --> 00:34:40,820 I mean, I've missed him. 735 00:34:40,820 --> 00:34:41,940 He's a good dude. 736 00:34:41,940 --> 00:34:43,059 He's a sweet guy. 737 00:34:43,059 --> 00:34:43,559 Yeah. 738 00:34:43,940 --> 00:34:44,440 Yeah. 739 00:34:45,700 --> 00:34:46,900 Do we go to City Hall? 740 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:47,700 Is that rude? 741 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:49,620 I mean, that's where he's going to be, so. 742 00:34:49,620 --> 00:34:50,120 Yeah. 743 00:34:50,980 --> 00:34:52,579 Maybe you should wait outside, though, 744 00:34:52,579 --> 00:34:56,099 because you are supposed to be explicitly at that. 745 00:34:57,460 --> 00:35:00,579 But I mean, you know, that's close to City Hall, right? 746 00:35:01,380 --> 00:35:06,579 Yeah, I'll just head over there and tell people that there's nothing to see here. 747 00:35:07,699 --> 00:35:12,819 And you guys hit up City Hall, and we'll meet back up in like an hour? 748 00:35:13,940 --> 00:35:15,539 Yeah, I don't think it'll take us. 749 00:35:15,539 --> 00:35:16,819 I mean, he'll see us, right? 750 00:35:16,819 --> 00:35:17,319 Yeah. 751 00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:22,099 We'll just tell him to go do the job and then meet us for dinner tonight. 752 00:35:22,099 --> 00:35:22,739 Yes. 753 00:35:22,739 --> 00:35:23,460 Perfect. 754 00:35:23,460 --> 00:35:26,179 And then, as an extra little treat, 755 00:35:26,179 --> 00:35:29,940 in case he's not super inclined to skip out on work to do it with us, 756 00:35:29,940 --> 00:35:33,139 he knows he has a dinner with you at the end of the day to look forward to. 757 00:35:34,019 --> 00:35:34,980 Who could resist? 758 00:35:34,980 --> 00:35:36,659 And a paid dinner at that. 759 00:35:36,659 --> 00:35:37,220 Indeed. 760 00:35:37,220 --> 00:35:37,720 Love it. 761 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:40,179 Okay, I love this. 762 00:35:40,179 --> 00:35:42,099 Are we bribing a government official? 763 00:35:42,579 --> 00:35:47,860 I think we are hiring someone freelance to do a research project. 764 00:35:48,019 --> 00:35:57,059 Dumbgeons and Dragons Season 4 Episode 52 Starring Amy More as Alydin, Carla 765 00:35:57,059 --> 00:36:02,740 Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, Kyle Klasset as Bizarre 766 00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:06,340 the Wizard, and Russ More as your Dungeon Master. 767 00:36:06,340 --> 00:36:10,099 Dialogue, editing, and sound design of today's episode is by Russ More. 768 00:36:10,099 --> 00:36:12,579 Our community manager is Jessica Babiak. 769 00:36:12,579 --> 00:36:16,500 Music is from Epidemic Sound, and sound effects are from Epidemic Sound, 770 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,579 Boom Library, and Sound Ideas. 771 00:36:18,579 --> 00:36:21,380 Our amazing cover art is by Matt Garba. 772 00:36:21,380 --> 00:36:24,739 A huge thank you to our supporting producers, Gabriel Lynch, 773 00:36:24,739 --> 00:36:28,099 Jessica Babiak, Angaron Kierzen, Perry Matey, 774 00:36:28,099 --> 00:36:31,940 Cat Waterflame, Jacob Madden, Old School Gamer D, 775 00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:37,139 Craig Zeiss, L.A. Branton, Chibs 1012, and Kudzu828. 776 00:36:37,139 --> 00:36:40,500 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon-supported podcast, 777 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:45,380 and all of our amazing community help make sure that we have adventures for you every 778 00:36:45,460 --> 00:36:46,420 single week. 779 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:49,460 Come join us today, patreon.com slash dumbdragoncast. 780 00:36:49,460 --> 00:36:54,980 We hope to see you over there, and you have yourself, right now, a great week. 781 00:36:54,980 --> 00:36:56,980 Yes, and we'll talk to you very, very soon. 782 00:37:00,980 --> 00:37:05,460 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.