1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,200 Dumbgeons and Dragons will begin in a moment. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,679 There's one squeaky wheel making its way through the forest. 3 00:00:10,439 --> 00:00:20,440 Alistair has woken up. He is in fact pulling the wagon. So I love a love a long trek. How long exactly is it to Lingersville? 4 00:00:21,359 --> 00:00:26,800 Hey, Russ, so is it it's just like a wag. Is it like a wheelbarrow with two handles that we're pulling behind us? Is it a 5 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:51,120 rickshaw? I was picturing like a donkey pulling a wagon. But now we do have Alistair pulling it. So I don't know if I feel good about making him pull this cart. We're gonna have to pull him way more than he's gonna have to pull the cart while he's awake. Yeah, he'll fall down. You put them back in and carry. I feel okay. It's not like we're all in this. No, I assume. 6 00:00:51,120 --> 00:01:20,880 What if he just can't fit we just make him ride the donkey. But it sounds like there's not a donkey. He's pulling the cart. Cuz I was picturing a donkey. There's just one squeaky wheel rolling through this for one of four. One still a little bit locked. It's not rolling. So we don't have an animal with us. It's just like a cart we pull ourselves. Unless you really want a donkey. 7 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:34,120 Something bad will happen to it so it's fine. Yeah, this world isn't safe for a donkey. No it's not. We don't deserve donkeys. No we don't. I don't want to have to light a bitch up. Right? Someone hurts it. Again. Again. 8 00:01:35,120 --> 00:02:00,120 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a D&D actual play podcast and I'm your dungeon master Russ More, he him. Also with me today is Amy More as Alydin, she her. Can birds be ventriloquists? Carla Maxted as Bonwyn Everbane, she her. My nature roll to see if shit seems weird. Tom Laird as Kavlaran Goldweave, he him. More of a poke. And Kyle Claset as Bizard the Wizard, he him. Wave at the wines. 9 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:15,120 Dumbgeons and Dragons is a Patreon supported show made possible by listeners like you. Join us today at patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast and get a free seven day trial to try everything out over there. And now fuck it. Let's play. 10 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:27,120 Okay, so back back to the force. How long exactly is it to Lingersville? I know from when you're on the boat coming down the river, but that goes pretty quick because you're going with the current. 11 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:41,120 Anybody? It's not that far. I mean, we're not we're not traveling for two weeks or anything. Don't worry. We got the car and we'll pull you if you fall asleep so you won't fall behind. Yeah. 12 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:56,120 Alydin's in the back of the car laying down feet up book in hand. You got to take advantage of those opportunities to study while we're traveling. It's hard to walk and read. Yeah, I'm doing I'm doing my best here. I'm trying to keep it nice and smooth for you. Is the ride good? 13 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:03,120 You're doing great. Don't don't even worry about it. I got you and when you need to get got. 14 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:18,120 So I don't know. What do we think like a couple days? Well, that's that seems that seems reasonable. Yeah, I mean, we do want to kind of keep our heads on a swivel in this forest because I don't know. Is it urban legends? 15 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:28,120 There always has been talk about this forest. You know, we would tell stories when we were kids about things happening. 16 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:46,120 Well, I mean, we did lose a whole bunch of children. Yeah, I mean that one time, but like not here, but kind of here, right? Like they went somewhere else, but this was the way they got to the somewhere else. So yeah, just be aware. 17 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,120 I think we should just be aware. 18 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:58,120 OK, is it is anybody else seeing what I'm what I'm seeing? 19 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:11,120 And he's looking backwards like he stopped walking and he's looking backwards. We've been walking along this path. Yes. Yes, I assume so. 20 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:25,120 He looks back and beneath your feet in a couple steps back, you see footprints or wagon tracks and then further back, everybody sees that the footprints have vanished behind them. 21 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,120 Hmm. 22 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,120 Well, that's odd. 23 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,120 I would agree. That seems like a new one. 24 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:41,120 You hear the sound of a bird song, often to the left. 25 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:45,120 Alydin, your eyes are drawn up there. 26 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,120 I am looking upwards. 27 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,120 It's true. 28 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:55,120 And you you see the bird and it calls again and you see its mouth open. 29 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,120 There's no sound. 30 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,120 It flaps its wings and flies away. 31 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,120 And then the bird song comes from where it was. 32 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:09,120 What's that thing where something sounds close to you, but it's really far away? 33 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:17,120 But it sounds like it's in one place, but then it's not like ventriloquists. 34 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Hmm. 35 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,120 Can birds be ventriloquists? 36 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,120 Great question. 37 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,120 Hmm. I don't. 38 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,120 What the bird looked like? 39 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:27,120 Why do you ask? 40 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,120 Looked like a sparrow. 41 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,120 It was a yellow-breasted warbler. 42 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,120 Okay. 43 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,120 And you think it was a ventriloquist? 44 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:44,120 Well, where the bird was, it was there. 45 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,120 And then it flew away. 46 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:51,120 And then it sounded like the bird was there. 47 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,120 Hmm. 48 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,120 I sound crazy. 49 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,120 You don't sound crazy. 50 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,120 All of that weird stuff was happening in Vindersmith. 51 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,120 So maybe it's happening here too? 52 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:07,120 Maybe I'm just going to make a list of weird stuff. 53 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,120 Good call. 54 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,120 Okay. Yeah. 55 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,120 I guess get the disappearing tracks. 56 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:18,120 And the weird bird. 57 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,120 We're playing D&D. 58 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:27,120 Russ, can I roll, like, insight, I guess, or... 59 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,120 What are you trying to follow? 60 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,120 My nature to see if shit seems weird. 61 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,120 My nature roll to see if shit seems weird. 62 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,120 Yeah. 63 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,120 But it's a dirty 20. 64 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,120 I think shit seems weird. 65 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,120 Shit definitely seems weird. 66 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,120 You've grown up here. 67 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,120 You've been out this far. 68 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:52,120 You haven't been out to Lingersville in some time. 69 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,120 But I've certainly been in the woods around the town, 70 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,120 so I would know if, like, the flora and fauna was weird. 71 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,120 Yeah. 72 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,120 You haven't gone far enough out that, you know, 73 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,120 a day trip out to go collect some materials 74 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:07,120 or just spend some time in the forest. 75 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,120 Like, you haven't gone that far out from the city yet. 76 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:14,120 But yes, now that you're paying attention to it, 77 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,120 like, sounds are appearing off. 78 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,120 There seems to be some delay happening. 79 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,120 You've also been able to see and notice this bird song echo 80 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,120 like half a second or a few seconds late 81 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,120 as you all begin to walk again. 82 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,120 You're picking up that your footsteps appear to be doubling in sound 83 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,120 or doubling the sound as they hit. 84 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,120 Kind of thing. 85 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:45,120 And you're more kind of paying attention to your surroundings 86 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,120 as everybody picks up a little bit. 87 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,120 But you hear from somewhere behind you 88 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,120 like creaking, slow creaking wood. 89 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,120 And as you turn around to look where the sound is coming from, 90 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,120 it stops. 91 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,120 You heard that too? 92 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,120 I did. 93 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,120 So we all heard it. 94 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,120 Heard what? 95 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,120 Oh, okay. 96 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:17,120 And that's not just the delay of our own squeaky wheel, was it? 97 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,120 Mm-hmm. 98 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,120 I moved the cart back and forth a little bit. 99 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:26,120 How far back do our footprints disappear? 100 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,120 Only like two or three steps. 101 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,120 Oh, that quickly. 102 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,120 They appear to be disappearing, yeah. 103 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,120 Okay, can I pick up a rock and like throw it as far as I can back 104 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,120 to see like, I don't know, if that acts normal, 105 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,120 like does it just go and land and be normal or does something... 106 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,120 Or do I hit a force field, I guess is what I... 107 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,120 Sure. 108 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:47,120 Ricochet is off of it. 109 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,120 Or does it spin around and then hit me in the forehead? 110 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,120 Like what happens? 111 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,120 No, yeah, you pick up a rock, 112 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,120 hook it, you're just hocking it back down the path 113 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,120 that you're walking on. 114 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,120 It goes and you see it before you hear it, 115 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,120 but you see it skid along the ground 116 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,120 and then you hear the faint sound of it. 117 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,120 Okay. 118 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,120 A bit delayed from what you would expect, 119 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,120 but you hear it skid to a stop. 120 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,120 So it behaves normally aside from the sound thing 121 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,120 that is obviously happening. 122 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,120 So we're all in sync with ourselves, 123 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:22,120 but anything outside of us is out of sync. 124 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,120 So is the cart in sync with us too? 125 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,120 Like the squeaky wheel or does that have a delay? 126 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,120 It is intermittent, 127 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,120 but it does appear to have a delay as well. 128 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,120 But we don't, we're just extra loud, 129 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,120 like our footfalls are extra loud. 130 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,120 Correct, yeah. 131 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,120 So you're all looking around 132 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,120 and maybe even looking back to where you were walking, 133 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:49,120 the sound of that creaking wood picks up again. 134 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,120 As you're drawn back towards it, 135 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,120 it's always behind you. 136 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,120 It stops any time somebody turns and looks directly at it. 137 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,120 This time when you look back down the path, 138 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,120 you feel like the path has narrowed slightly. 139 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,120 Do we think we're... 140 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,120 You know, the night that we came, 141 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,120 we came into the woods, like is that woods? 142 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,120 Are we in that place now? 143 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,120 Feels, it feels very... 144 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,120 Fae-y. 145 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,120 Yeah. 146 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,120 The path isn't lined like it was. 147 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,120 You're right. 148 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,120 Different path, good point. 149 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,120 We can do, and I'm going to pull a staff out of the wagon 150 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,120 and I'm going to mark something on the road, 151 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,120 like make a clear marking, just like a T. 152 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,120 Okay. 153 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,120 I'm going to groove into the road and say, let's keep going. 154 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,120 And if we see that again, 155 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,120 maybe that would be a little bit of an indication. 156 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,120 And somebody just keep looking back. 157 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,120 Okay. 158 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,120 I position myself. 159 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,120 I'm like, I got to stop reading though. 160 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,120 Okay. 161 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:58,120 Take a break. 162 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,120 I'm just like sitting crisscross the back of this wagon, 163 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,120 just like hands on my fists. 164 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,120 Yeah. 165 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,120 As long as you're looking back, Alastair pulling you, 166 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,120 he's been awake for a surprising period of time. 167 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,120 So any minute now we can expect him to go down. 168 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,120 Yeah. 169 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,120 That's right. 170 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,120 You all carry forward and as long as you're looking back, 171 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,120 the sound of that creaking wood doesn't come back. 172 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,120 You carry along the path and you carry along 173 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,120 for another 45 minutes to an hour. 174 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,120 You haven't passed that T marking at all, 175 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,120 but coming up from the sides, 176 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,120 you see roots that begin emerging 177 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,120 from the sides of the path very slowly, 178 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,120 probably about 25, 30 feet ahead of where you are, 179 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,120 making their way slowly towards the center of the path. 180 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,120 Two or three to start, 181 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:58,120 but then you see there's movement coming from the foliage 182 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,120 and the brush alongside as well. 183 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,120 Um, the tree roots are being weird. 184 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,120 I'll add that to the list. 185 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,120 Are we okay to keep going? 186 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,120 Should we... 187 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,120 Look, I don't know if we're going to be able to. 188 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,120 Are the roots coming, like, because Alydin's facing backwards, 189 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,120 they're coming behind us, closing in, 190 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,120 or they're in front of us? 191 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,120 Or they're just surrounding us. 192 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,120 Or they're just surrounding us. 193 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,120 Yeah, let's make that make sense. 194 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:33,120 Yeah, you had originally seen them 25 to 30 feet ahead of you, 195 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,120 as previously described. 196 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,120 I didn't hear the 25 to 30 feet. 197 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,120 I'm sorry, I was trying to get my... 198 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,120 I was like, maybe my dagger can do something. 199 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,120 That's okay. 200 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,120 Blacked out. 201 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,120 But yeah, as Alydin calls back, 202 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,120 you realize now that it's more... 203 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,120 They're coming in from the side. 204 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,120 Yeah, it's more obvious from all around you. 205 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,120 You look to the sides, 206 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,120 and there's more of that creaking sound again, 207 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,120 and vines are beginning to weave themselves 208 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,120 across the path further ahead of you. 209 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,120 The roots still binding themselves, 210 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,120 almost trying to... 211 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,120 almost covering the path ahead of you. 212 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,120 Um... 213 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,120 I've never witnessed this on my travels. 214 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,120 How about you? 215 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,120 Well... 216 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,120 Well, it's a new one for me. 217 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,120 Hello? 218 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,120 A bigger cart? 219 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,120 That's not a problem, 220 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,120 and I'm gonna cast Enlarge on the cart 221 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,120 so that we can roll over these roots. 222 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,120 Now we got four-wheel drive, baby! 223 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,120 Yeah! 224 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,120 Okay, you cast Enlarge. 225 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,120 The cart grows in size. 226 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,120 Oh, my God! 227 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,120 Alistair... 228 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,120 Need some help now? 229 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,120 He's struggling a little bit. 230 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,120 As convenient as it is, 231 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,120 I don't know if I'm strong enough 232 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,120 to cast Enlarge on the cart 233 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,120 with Alydin inside of it. 234 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,120 Perhaps someone could give assistance here. 235 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,120 I hop out, too. 236 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,120 Oh, okay. 237 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,120 Alydin, you hop out, 238 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,120 and you feel one of these roots 239 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,120 rolling up over your foot. 240 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,120 Ah! Oh, no! No! 241 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,120 I give it a little, like... 242 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,120 Not a hard kick, but I... 243 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,120 Yeah, I kick it. 244 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,120 You kick it, and it recoils, 245 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,120 and another one moves past, 246 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,120 and you grasp at the wheels of the wagon. 247 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,120 No! 248 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,120 Okay, if you don't want us to come, 249 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,120 we're going somewhere, 250 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,120 so if you could just let us go. 251 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,120 Am I talking to Vines right now? 252 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,120 I don't know. 253 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,120 We've talked to weirder things. 254 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,120 I agree. If you understand me, 255 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,120 give me a sign. 256 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,120 Are the trees alive? Okay, wait. 257 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,120 Extra alive. 258 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,120 Are they extra alive? 259 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,120 Are they sentient? 260 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,120 Do we actually want to wait for Russ to do a middle? 261 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,120 Like, what was... 262 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,120 No, let's do our version 263 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,120 where he has to do inserts. 264 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,120 So we're already doing a middle, 265 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,120 and we don't even know it? 266 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,120 Exactly. 267 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,120 Oh, shit. Y'all caught us. 268 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,120 You caught us. Russ is away, 269 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,120 and the ding-dongs will play. 270 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,120 Ding-dongs will play! 271 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,120 That's right. 272 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,120 We're attempting this. 273 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,120 People in the arts got out of the car 274 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,120 and switched, like, driver and passenger. 275 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,120 Oh, wow. 276 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,120 I wonder if someone's teaching someone how to drive. 277 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,120 There's a real drama unfolding. 278 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,120 Well, they're obviously not listening 279 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,120 to Dumbgeons and Dragons while they drive. 280 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,120 That wouldn't be happening. 281 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,120 They'd be laughing. 282 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,120 They'd be enjoying each other's company more. 283 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,120 Exactly. 284 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,120 They would realize how much they need 285 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,120 to value each other's company. 286 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,120 That's the real takeaway of it all. 287 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,120 You know who we value? 288 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,120 All of our wonderful supporters. 289 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,120 That's true. 290 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,120 Too true. 291 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,120 They're amazing. 292 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,120 We got them over there on Discord, 293 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,120 in Patreon, 294 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,120 and if you are a patron, 295 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,120 you do get an episode dedicated to you. 296 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,120 Like Jay's patron. 297 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,120 Russ, 298 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,120 insert name here. 299 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,120 Alex Martin. 300 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,120 Thanks! 301 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,120 Alex Martin. 302 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,120 You're amazing. 303 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,120 We love you so much. 304 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,120 Alex Martin. 305 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,120 And I'm sure Russ is making a fun 306 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,120 play on your name, 307 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,120 because we're counting on him to do it, 308 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,120 because we love him and you. 309 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,120 He is the Atlas 310 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,120 supporting the world in this situation. 311 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,120 No pressure, Russ. We love you. 312 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,120 No pressure. Look at us 313 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,120 jumping into it, getting the middle out of the way. 314 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,120 We can't do things without you, 315 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,120 or we can't do without you. 316 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,120 Exactly. 317 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,120 Also Amy, I thought for sure when you said 318 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,120 they're on Discord, on Patreon, 319 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,120 and then I thought you were going to be like, 320 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,120 and we have special Discord channels for patrons. 321 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,120 Just landing it all. 322 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,120 Just landing it all. 323 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,120 You know, we just 324 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,120 love them and cherish 325 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,120 them and we love that they love 326 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,119 us and 327 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,119 there's just so much 328 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,119 loving and 329 00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:10,120 cherishing. 330 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:12,120 But not outside your house, because those Yaris folks. 331 00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:14,120 Still yelling? Nope, they're gone now. 332 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:16,120 They just needed to switch who was 333 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,120 driving. They got it figured out. 334 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:20,120 They got it figured out. 335 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:22,120 I hope. For their sake. 336 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:24,120 If you want to be as awesome as 337 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:26,120 Alex Martin, come join us 338 00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:28,120 on Patreon. Patreon.com 339 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:30,120 slash dumb dragon cast, where 340 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:32,120 we have so many cool things. 341 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:34,120 A lot of cool things, extra episodes of stuff. 342 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,120 I'm sure there's some random one shots. 343 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:38,120 For sure. 344 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,120 There's a whole other game that Tom runs. 345 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,120 That's true. 346 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,120 That's very true. 347 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,120 Six seasons of that. 348 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:48,120 Crazy business. 349 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:50,120 All kinds of good stuff. 350 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:52,120 So join us like 351 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,120 Alex Martin. 352 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:56,120 But now let's get you back to the episode. 353 00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:58,120 Heck yeah. Thank you. 354 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,120 Love you, bye. 355 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:02,120 We nailed that you guys. 356 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:04,120 Man, fucking money. 357 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:06,120 Did it. 358 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,120 Did it. 359 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,120 You don't hear 360 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:12,120 any response. 361 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,120 The vines still, vines and roots 362 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:16,120 still continue to like weave 363 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:18,120 across this path. The vines 364 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:20,120 themselves up ahead of you have created 365 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:22,120 almost, 366 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:24,120 there's still 367 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:26,120 light that you can see through 368 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:28,120 to the other side, but they're creating 369 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:30,120 a wall in front of you. 370 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:32,120 Um, I wanna 371 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:34,120 I wanna take, I wanna use 372 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:36,120 my new present. 373 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,120 Okay. 374 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,120 And I wanna 375 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,120 like, cut at the wall that 376 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,120 it's trying to do. 377 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:46,120 Okay. Okay. 378 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,120 Make an attack roll. 379 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,120 Uh, 380 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:52,120 14. Not really 381 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:54,120 trying to 382 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:56,120 get it, like, and slash it 383 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,120 down. What are you trying to do with it? 384 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:00,120 When I hit it, I will 385 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:02,120 learn its 386 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,120 magical 387 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,120 school influencing it. 388 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,120 So you're stepping over these roots that 389 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:10,120 have carpeted the path in front of you. 390 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,120 Oh yeah, I'm just 391 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:14,120 hopscotching my way through this. 392 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,120 You get up to it and you stab 393 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:18,120 into it, and like there's this 394 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:20,120 Like, gently, like, gently. 395 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,120 Okay, you pour a poem into it. Yeah. 396 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:24,120 You gently caress it 397 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:26,120 with your new 398 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:28,120 tool. And 399 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:30,120 uh, there's this 400 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:32,120 ripple effect 401 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,120 that happens. And like the vines 402 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,120 themselves recoil. 403 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:38,120 You get 404 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,120 that it's not 405 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:42,120 a specific school 406 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,120 of magic. Which 407 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,120 triggers your 408 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,120 memory. Something that you 409 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,120 perhaps didn't remember about 410 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,120 your time in the fey. 411 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:54,120 Um, was actually getting to 412 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,120 the banjo man's house. 413 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:58,120 Like there was a point of 414 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:00,120 which you were in the 415 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,120 material plane. 416 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,120 You were taken, and then 417 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,120 you were there. You have 418 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:08,120 this flashback of you walking 419 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,120 through a 420 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:12,120 very forested area. And we see 421 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,120 the path that was 422 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:16,120 more described when Kavlaran 423 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:18,120 and Bizard 424 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:20,120 walked down, which was more of a cobblestone 425 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:22,120 path. You see 426 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:24,120 ruins all along 427 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,120 the perimeter. 428 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:28,120 Along the edge of it. 429 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:30,120 And you remember walking 430 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,120 with this figure beside you. You can't quite 431 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,120 place them. But you remember walking 432 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:36,120 along with this figure. And there was a very similar 433 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:38,120 like wall that was 434 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:40,120 up in front of you. And this figure 435 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:42,120 like waved this 436 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:44,120 wall away. And it's like it opened 437 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,120 up. And opened up onto 438 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,120 into this wide 439 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:50,120 open field where the house 440 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:52,120 stood in the center. 441 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:54,120 Oh, then I am. 442 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,120 You see me like 443 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,120 backing my shit up. 444 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,120 Like it's 445 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:04,120 with this memory, I'm 446 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:06,120 probably very 447 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:08,120 panicked 448 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:10,120 because that was 449 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:12,120 a horrifically scarring 450 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,120 experience. And so 451 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:16,120 I like backed my 452 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:18,120 closer 453 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:20,120 to Bizard. 454 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:22,120 I don't think 455 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:24,120 we should go through there. We shouldn't go through there. 456 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,120 Pause for a second. 457 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,120 And as 458 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,120 horrific as the memory 459 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:32,120 is, you get this faint 460 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,120 feeling 461 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:36,120 more than anything. 462 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:38,120 That the vines ahead of you 463 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,120 are not trying 464 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,120 to trap you 465 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:44,120 or 466 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:46,120 they're not hostile towards 467 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:48,120 you. But you feel like 468 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:50,120 there is some sort of protective 469 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:52,120 nature about them. 470 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:54,120 They're trying to prevent you 471 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:56,120 from going further. 472 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:58,120 Do I get the feeling like 473 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,120 they're protecting us or they're protecting 474 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,120 what's 475 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,120 past it? 476 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:06,120 I would think more the former 477 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:08,120 is the feeling that you get. 478 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,120 I don't think we're 479 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,120 supposed to go this way. 480 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:14,120 I think they're keeping us 481 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:16,120 out for a reason. 482 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:18,120 Okay. 483 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,120 You all right? You look a little 484 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,120 shaken. 485 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,120 Yeah, I just, when I 486 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,120 went up 487 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:28,120 to them, I didn't 488 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:30,120 remember being taken by the banjo man 489 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,120 and that was 490 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,120 nice. But I 491 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,120 just remembered walking 492 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:38,120 up to a wall of vines 493 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:40,120 and 494 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:42,120 them just being waved away 495 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,120 and then the house was there. 496 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,120 So. 497 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:48,120 Oh. 498 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,120 You don't think the 499 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:52,120 house is on the other side of where we are 500 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,120 right now though. Do you think that? 501 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,120 Oh, it better not be. I don't know. Didn't you burn 502 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:58,120 that thing to the ground? 503 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:00,120 Yeah. Yeah, we did. 504 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:02,120 But 505 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:04,120 I mean, is this just, could 506 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:06,120 the people leaving Lingersville 507 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:08,120 like put up a ward 508 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,120 or something so that people wouldn't go back 509 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,120 because of whatever happened, which 510 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:14,120 is what we're trying to find out about? 511 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:16,120 Is this a turn around and go the other way 512 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:18,120 situation or 513 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,120 we know we shouldn't go here, but we're going to go 514 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:22,120 any way situation. What do we think? 515 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:26,120 Definitely seems like a place we know we 516 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,120 shouldn't go to, but kind of have to 517 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,120 and. Yeah. Yeah. 518 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,120 So. 519 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,120 Well. 520 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,120 If it's not 521 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:42,120 threatening us and it's trying 522 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,120 to keep us out of there, then 523 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,120 maybe try 524 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:50,120 letting it know. 525 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,120 Know and command it in the 526 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,120 same way that you saw. Emulate 527 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:56,120 is what I'm trying to get around to. Yeah. 528 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,120 Because you said they like 529 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,120 shazam. 530 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,120 They like waved it away. 531 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,120 Yeah. Do you want, 532 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,120 do you feel comfortable doing that? 533 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,120 This is going to be like 534 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:10,120 the cows. 535 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:12,120 OK, I'll try 536 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:14,120 and do whatever you like. Amy 537 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,120 and Alydin have a lot of trauma 538 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,120 related. Yeah. And 539 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:20,120 that's understandable. Just wave 540 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,120 at those wines, those vines. 541 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:24,120 Yeah. 542 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:26,120 Wave at the wines. 543 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:28,120 Wave at the wines, everybody. 544 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,120 Would you would you like somebody to come stand 545 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,120 with you? Would that make you feel more 546 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:34,120 empowered? 547 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:36,120 Yeah. Yeah. I 548 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,120 gladly do. I would gladly stand 549 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:40,120 with you. You have. 550 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:42,120 He holds out his quill. 551 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:44,120 You have my quill. 552 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,120 And my sword. 553 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,120 And my hammer. 554 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:50,120 You know I'm here. 555 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,120 All right. 556 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,120 We got you. 557 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:56,120 I mean, 558 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:58,120 you're a champion. You're a fighter. 559 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:00,120 I'm trying to focus. 560 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:02,120 We're all in your corner. 561 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:04,120 And 562 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:06,120 Alydin just whispers. 563 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:08,120 We're OK. 564 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:10,120 Thanks, though. And waves waves 565 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,120 her hand like swoosh. 566 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:14,120 Thanks, but no. 567 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,120 Yeah. So 568 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:18,120 just so I get the picture, you're not 569 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:20,120 holding anything. You're just 570 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:22,120 gesturing like you saw. 571 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:24,120 Like I saw in my vision. 572 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:26,120 My memory. 573 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,120 Everybody else and through squinted eyes, Alydin, 574 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,120 you see like there's 575 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,120 there's a hesitation 576 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:34,120 that you can sense from 577 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:36,120 these vines. 578 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:38,120 And then after a brief moment, they don't 579 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:40,120 part the same way that 580 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,120 you saw, but they 581 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:44,120 pull back and create 582 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,120 this doorway for you. 583 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,120 The carpet 584 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,120 of roots that have grabbed hold 585 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,120 of the wagon 586 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:56,120 slowly release 587 00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:58,120 and make a path that 588 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,120 goes through the wall that 589 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:02,120 was created in front of you. 590 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,120 OK, thank you. 591 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,120 Good job, Alydin. 592 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,120 Yeah. 593 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,120 That was great. 594 00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:12,120 And no spooky 595 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,120 dream house. So that's a win. 596 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,120 Yeah. What do we see? Just more forest? 597 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:18,120 More forest. 598 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,120 You actually see that the forest 599 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,120 kind of comes to 600 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:24,120 a bit of a clearing up ahead. 601 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,120 So you see some light. You don't see 602 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,120 it's not the same house. 603 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,120 It's more of a hill that 604 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,120 wraps up, not wraps 605 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,120 up, a hill that moves 606 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:36,120 up and then you see some 607 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,120 light parting through some of the trees. But yeah, definitely 608 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:40,120 not the same clearing 609 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,120 and house situation that you saw before. 610 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,120 That was pretty 611 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,120 exciting. I'm glad we were all there for you, Alydin. 612 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,120 I'm just going to 613 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:52,120 Alistair passes 614 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:54,120 out onto the path in 615 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:56,120 front of him. OK, I can lift him, but I can't 616 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,120 lift him up into this wagon now. It's way too high. 617 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:00,120 I got you. Oh, sorry. 618 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:02,120 We don't need to add brake concentration. 619 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,120 No, we throw him over like a rag 620 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,120 doll. 621 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:08,120 You threw him up as I made it smaller 622 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:10,120 and just extra falling. 623 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,120 He goes over and 624 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:14,120 whoops, poor dude. 625 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,120 Oh, bad timing. 626 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,120 You get Alistair back up 627 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,120 into the regularly sized wagon 628 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:22,120 and carry on and you move up 629 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,120 this hill and you 630 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:26,120 get to the top of it. 631 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:28,120 And as you 632 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,120 crest over it, you see 633 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:32,120 just like this 634 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:34,120 plume of smoke coming 635 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,120 up from some of the trees up 636 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:38,120 ahead. Like from a chimney 637 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,120 or like from a forest fire? 638 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,120 Yeah, how concentrated 639 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,120 is this plume? Does it smell like tires? 640 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,120 More like Vancouver Island 641 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,120 garbage fire. Oh, OK, so 642 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,120 like tires. Nailed it. 643 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:52,120 Yeah, so a burn pile. Got it. 644 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:54,120 A burn pile up through trees is 645 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:56,120 what you see. Yeah. 646 00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:58,120 But you see that. 647 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,120 It's tough to tell 648 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,120 exact distance, but 649 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:04,120 if you had 650 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:06,120 a straight shot to it, you feel like you could get 651 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,120 there in like 20 to 30 minutes. 652 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,120 And it's coming in the direction that the path 653 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:12,120 keeps going or a different direction? 654 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:14,120 Yeah, more or 655 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:16,120 less. Like you don't know 656 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:18,120 which way the path kind of winds through this, 657 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:20,120 but it's directly more or 658 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:22,120 less in front of you with the way you're facing 659 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:24,120 right now and in the direction 660 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,120 you continue to walk. 661 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,120 You carry along the path and 662 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:30,120 everybody make a 663 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:32,120 person, everybody's head zones. What's 664 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:34,120 everybody's passive perception? 665 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:36,120 Ten. 666 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,120 Twelve. 667 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,120 Fourteen. 668 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,120 Oh my God. What? Cav, get out of 669 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,120 here. 670 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,120 He's too busy not working. When he wants to. 671 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,120 He's just looking around. That's right. 672 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,120 If it's something Cav's interested 673 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,120 in, he's all in. 674 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,120 It has to be an organic experience too. 675 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,120 It can't be told by a boss. That's right. 676 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,120 That's right. Cav, 677 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,120 you're, everybody's 678 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,120 focused on the path, checking 679 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,120 things around them. You hear 680 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,120 from off in the trees 681 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,120 and you even catch sight 682 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,120 of what is very clear 683 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,120 to you of a large 684 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,120 animal. 685 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,120 It's tough to tell exactly what it is, 686 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,120 but based on the 687 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,120 cadence of the steps, 688 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,120 you're uncertain if they are in fact 689 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,120 delayed, but it's a very 690 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,120 lumbering cadence that you hear. 691 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,120 Make a nature 692 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,120 roll for me before 693 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,120 you reveal anything. 694 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,120 I can do that. 695 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,120 Ooh, a minus two 696 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,120 to nature. That's an eleven. 697 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,120 He's a city boy. 698 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,120 He is a city boy. Cav's a 699 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,120 city boy. He's traveled. He's 700 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,120 camped. Lord Harrison has taken him out 701 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,120 camping a couple times. 702 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,120 Their idea of camping was not 703 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,120 camping though. No, of course not, 704 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,120 but you've been in the wilderness at least 705 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,120 for a moment. You've seen trees and you've read 706 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,120 at least five books. Exactly. One of them had to be about 707 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,120 nature. I mean, twenty percent chance. 708 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,120 Jack London's Call of the Wild, I think, 709 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,120 is what he was one of them. 710 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,120 But you see this animal 711 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,120 before anybody else does, and 712 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,120 you get the distinct sense 713 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,120 that this could be a bear, 714 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,120 making its way closer 715 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,120 to the path that you're walking on. 716 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,120 Do I get the impression that it's 717 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,120 like coming straight for us? 718 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,120 Or is it like if we 719 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,120 make ourselves quiet 720 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,120 and don't get in its way, 721 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,120 it will just like mosey on around us? 722 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,120 Make an insight roll. 723 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,120 Is this Tom or Cav? 724 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,120 Because that's a bad idea. 725 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,120 We need to be quiet 726 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,120 and sneak up on it. We've got to be loud 727 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,120 or scared away. 728 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,120 It's okay. 729 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,120 That's why we have Bonwyn. 730 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,120 Tom also has not been in the woods. 731 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,120 Free rug. 732 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,120 What do you mean? Come on. 733 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,120 That is a fifteen 734 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,120 on the insight roll. As nature 735 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,120 worthy as you are, you get the 736 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,120 sense that it is, whether it 737 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,120 knows you're there or not, it is 738 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,120 walking towards the path, kind of 739 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,120 intersecting with where your friends are walking. 740 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,120 Tom knows a thing or two about bears. 741 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,120 I didn't mean to call him out. A couple. 742 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,120 Fine. 743 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,120 Yeah, I'll give everyone 744 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,120 well, okay, first off, 745 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,120 I am going to look for like any 746 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,120 kind of like rock 747 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,120 or any surface like that that I can 748 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,120 hit with my hammer and create some 749 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,120 noise with. 750 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,120 And then after I do that, 751 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,120 I'll explain to everyone 752 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,120 what I'm doing. 753 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,120 So everybody else hears 754 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,120 behind you, around you, 755 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,120 this loud sound 756 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,120 of hammer hitting this 757 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,120 this large 758 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,120 stone that is on the side 759 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,120 of the that you find on the side of the path 760 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,120 draws everybody's attention 761 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,120 back to you. 762 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,120 And Cav, as that happens, 763 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,120 you see that this 764 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,120 the figure of this animal 765 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,120 stops moving. 766 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,120 And you can't see 767 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,120 it directly because of all the shadow 768 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,120 that's being cast. But like you get the 769 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,120 sense that it's turning straight towards 770 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,120 you. Cav, you okay? 771 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,120 I know 772 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,120 it is a strong hammer. 773 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,120 You just want to check it out? 774 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,120 You gave me a heart attack. 775 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,120 I just thought everyone should know 776 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,120 that there is a giant bear 777 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,120 coming our way. And I was hoping 778 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,120 to maybe 779 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,120 scare it off. Okay. 780 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,120 Okay. Okay. 781 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,120 Oh, it's coming right for us. 782 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,120 You hear this low rumbling 783 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,120 growl as this 784 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,120 hulking 785 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,120 figure like pushes through 786 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,120 the trees. You see some smaller trees 787 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,120 begin to like snap as it 788 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,120 pushes around it. 789 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,120 What do you do? You realize it's going to get 790 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,120 here quicker than we 791 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,120 than we hear it, right? 792 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,120 That's right. 793 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,120 Was that hammer blow 794 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,120 in right time? Like, 795 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,120 are we still in normal time? 796 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,120 It would have been twice as loud maybe like 797 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,120 our footsteps. It was 798 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,120 quite loud. 799 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,120 And there was like this echoing delay 800 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,120 to it. Okay. 801 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,120 We got to be loud 802 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,120 right and big and scare it. 803 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,120 We're a bigger bear. 804 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,120 Right? 805 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,120 I think so. That's what I heard. 806 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,120 Stand up on the cart. Yeah, stand up on the cart. 807 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,120 Everybody yell real loud. 808 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,120 We're a 809 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,120 big bear. 810 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,120 If this thing doesn't stop, I'm casting 811 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,120 Web like right before it gets to us 812 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,120 to try to trap it down. 813 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,120 It doesn't stop. And then we'll eat well tonight. 814 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,120 And right before 815 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,120 you cast Web, 816 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,120 some light 817 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,120 goes through the trees 818 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,120 and Bizarre, you get 819 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,120 like a pretty 820 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,120 clear picture of this 821 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,120 bear. And it is a bear. And it looks 822 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,120 like twice the size 823 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,120 of the biggest grizzly bear you could picture. 824 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,120 Oh shit. 825 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,120 And you get 826 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,120 a weird feeling because 827 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,120 all along like the joints 828 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,120 and the back of this bear, 829 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,119 you feel like you see 830 00:34:08,119 --> 00:34:10,119 like mushrooms 831 00:34:10,119 --> 00:34:12,119 growing out of it. 832 00:34:12,119 --> 00:34:14,119 Okay. 833 00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:16,119 And is it being aggressive or is it just 834 00:34:16,119 --> 00:34:18,119 like plodding up to us? 835 00:34:18,119 --> 00:34:20,119 So far it's just, it's plodding. 836 00:34:20,119 --> 00:34:22,119 It has picked up pace a little bit 837 00:34:22,119 --> 00:34:24,119 since the loud camera shot. But it hasn't done a like 838 00:34:25,119 --> 00:34:27,119 Yeah, it doesn't look like it's doing 839 00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:29,119 like attack stance. Okay. 840 00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:31,119 Yeah. It's more just like 841 00:34:31,119 --> 00:34:33,119 what are you doing? Yeah. 842 00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:35,119 Why are you guys killing? Guys, I don't want to 843 00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:37,119 kill a bear. Like we're in the woods. I just wanted 844 00:34:37,119 --> 00:34:39,119 to go away. I don't 845 00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:41,119 think that's really, I mean, it was 846 00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:43,119 a bear maybe. 847 00:34:43,119 --> 00:34:45,119 Do you see the mushrooms? The 848 00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:47,119 the fungus 849 00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:49,119 through the light. You now see it 850 00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:51,119 stand up on its back legs 851 00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:53,119 and you see these 852 00:34:53,119 --> 00:34:55,119 wounds that are just 853 00:34:55,119 --> 00:34:57,119 overflowing with these mushrooms 854 00:34:57,119 --> 00:34:59,119 and it lets out this 855 00:34:59,119 --> 00:35:01,119 you can see its face now that like 856 00:35:01,119 --> 00:35:03,119 it steps out into the light 857 00:35:03,119 --> 00:35:05,119 and it lets out this 858 00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:07,119 blood curdling roar 859 00:35:07,119 --> 00:35:09,119 towards you as the trees themselves 860 00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:11,119 shake 861 00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:13,119 and you hear them like parting. 862 00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:15,119 That creaking noise 863 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:17,119 comes back as they pull themselves 864 00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:19,119 away from this bear now. 865 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:21,119 And it's standing 866 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,119 probably eight, ten feet 867 00:35:23,119 --> 00:35:25,119 tall. 868 00:35:27,119 --> 00:35:29,119 And it lands down on its four 869 00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:31,119 paws and begins 870 00:35:31,119 --> 00:35:33,119 charging towards you. 871 00:35:33,119 --> 00:35:35,119 Shit! 872 00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:53,119 And Russ More as your dungeon master. 873 00:35:53,119 --> 00:35:55,119 Dialogue, editing, and sound design 874 00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:57,119 of today's episode is by Russ More. 875 00:35:57,119 --> 00:35:59,119 Our community manager is Jessica 876 00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:01,119 Babyok. Music is from Epidemic 877 00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:03,119 Sound and sound effects are from 878 00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:05,119 Epidemic Sound, Boom Library, and 879 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:07,119 Sound Ideas. Our amazing cover 880 00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:09,119 art is by Matt Garbutt. A huge 881 00:36:09,119 --> 00:36:11,119 thank you to our supporting producers 882 00:36:11,119 --> 00:36:13,119 Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babyok, 883 00:36:13,119 --> 00:36:15,119 Angaron Kierzen, Perry 884 00:36:15,119 --> 00:36:17,119 Matey, Count Waterflame, Jacob 885 00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:19,119 Madden, Old School Gamer D, 886 00:36:19,119 --> 00:36:21,119 Craig Zeiss, and L.A. 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