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Ep. 36 What Makes A Hero
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What makes a hero? I'd always thought it was doing the right thing when it was required.. but I'm not so sure I can believe that anymore. Wildhill has been starting to get to me. What makes it my duty to right their wrongs? Why is my voice the one that should matter? Was Carmine right? Were we becoming what's to blame for the darkness in Wildhill? No, I can't believe that's true.. I do know though, I don't like what Wildhill is starting to do to all of us. - Krigs
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Questioning Heroism and Role in Wild Hill
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previously on the hired swords. What makes a hero? I'd always thought it was doing the right thing when it was required, but I'm not so sure I can believe that anymore. Wild Hill has been starting to get to me. What makes it my duty to right their wrongs? Why is my voice the one that should matter? Was Carmen right?
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Were we becoming what's to blame for the darkness in Wild Hill? I can't believe that's true. I do know, though. I don't like what Wild Hill is starting to do to all of us.
Introduction to Hired Swords Podcast
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you're listening to the hired swords a podcast about bladed weaponry and well how to give it a job
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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the hired swords. I am your dungeon master, Michael Prince. And I don't know if I've ever said my last name on this before. There it is. I will. It's all over the Internet. It doesn't matter. I'm here with my friends, Blaze. So Ash, Derek, you and Mikey.
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Yo. Yeah, we've got a guest friend joining us today. Hold on, hold on. Yo was my thing. You've got to pick a different thing. OK, OK. Opa. There it is. And we've got a friend joining us today. Everyone say hello to Sturbuck. Sturbuck? Really? I didn't even know she was in here. She's here. Just jumped in. I'm in your podcast. Hi. Hi, Tails. Uh-oh. Playing my sandbox with me. Yeah, we're going to have some fun. Play with me. Hello, everyone.
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Maybe your dice will roll better when you're around. My dice actually adhere only to the will of my true heart. So that's a that's a wheeler whoa for basically anyone. Yeah. So you've heard of Starbuck before on our show. We've talked about her during some of the breakaway segments of the podcast. But real quick, Starbuck, just tell everybody where they can find your info and stuff before we get rolling in the show and start our recap. Oh, you can just find me on Twitter.
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posting. Oh, sorry, I can't swear here. Dolphin posting on Twitter at Starbuck. S-T-R-R-B-U-C-K. I make stuff and I listen to tons and tons of podcasts and I play too much D&D. So I'm here. I'm here to play some more D&D. Nice. There's no such thing as too much. Awesome. Well, we're glad you're here. And I think it was fun to surprise everybody. That was cool. It worked.
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Sneaky sneaks. Yeah, we do what we can. I rolled high on my stealth. We both did. All right, so let's get into a recap and get into this next session.
Ambush by Goblins and Encounter with Carmen Stone
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When we last left off, we had a little bit of a conversation walking through the woods and then found ourselves ambushed by a group of goblins and their leader, a roguish man by the name of Carmen Stone.
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They took some damage, had some creative ways to complete the fight, but they did so victoriously. And Carmen himself talked his way out of being killed, gave them some answers to a few questions, not anything super deep, but they were able to get some info. And then Krigs would not allow
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the rest of the party to just end this man's life so he was able to get away. Actually, I would say Daven kind of had a part to play in that too, going ahead and letting him go. And so they continued on into town. When they got into town, they found their way to the chief where they said, or they complained to the chief that Darnaldi Bogueshaw had sent Carmen and these goblins to attack them
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mostly to kill Joxer, which he actually did knock Joxer unconscious, but due to their friend and therapist, Daven, they were able to bring him back and he was not in fact dead.
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The chief said, oh, that Darnoldy, he's such a stinker and basically decided he's going to find him for putting out a contract without permission. And that was kind of the end of that conversation. So we then what happened before that even too is Craig's left the party. He did not go into the tower with the rest of the group. He found his way to widow Talibor's house where he found the house closed up. Nobody there, but he saw a young woman leaning back against the
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the building just kind of looking around and there when she sees Craig's walking up,
Starbuck's Revelation and Seeking Widow Talibor
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she looks up and she kind of looks at him with a knowing kind of eye and begins walking towards him like she is already just beelining to get his attention. And that's where we're gonna pick up with Craig's and our guest star, Starbuck.
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So, uh, what do you say as you walk up to him, Mr. Buck? You're... you're Kreeks, aren't you? I heard... I heard your friends, they... they called you Kreeks. Hey, Kreeks, it's close enough, yeah? You were with Sariah back in the forests. Yes, she's my... she's my team leader. I go on hunts with her quite a bit.
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Are you here to see the Widow as well? I am. And you are? I'm hoping she's able to help me with a bit of a favor. She had some insight last time I was here that was a little bit telling into at least her, her abilities to know things that I didn't expect possible. Well, that makes two of us.
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You know, they always said that she was just some crazy lady, but, you know, the older I get, the more wisdom I find in her words. Can I ask you something? I can't see why not. What is... What does the phrase, Safran Kriegs, mean to you? I thought it... I thought it was my name for a while.
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I thought, I thought it was Soleran Crease-Ferrin, but it was, it came in and out and as soon as we got into the wilds earlier, I heard it clear as day. It was Soughran Creaks. Now, if you are Creaks, what is that word? What is, what is Soughran? Who told you this word? It's not fair to answer a question with a question. There are a few people.
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A few people that would know this word, at least in Wild Hill, I'm assuming. That word is a name. Then two names instead of one. Yes. Well, you know me as Krigs and, well, I might know a sovereign. You might? Do you know where I could find them? What do you want with this sovereign?
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What do you want with the widow to Oliver? I suspect we're dancing to the same music right now. Suppose you don't have to look very far if you're looking for sovereign. That is a name I no longer go by. So it's you. It's your name. That is or was my name. I'm more curious how you know it. You are sovereign creeks.
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Kriegs is more of a chosen moniker. Sophrin was my birth name. Well, since you shared your secret, I'm assuming, since you held this so tightly, I will share mine. But if I could have your word that it does not, and she'll look around, she wants to make sure that they're not being observed. Make a perception check.
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I need dice? Yeah. I thought you came to play D&D. You didn't give me a character sheet. Oh, I have one. I have one. I have one for you. I have dice. I can probably track down a die or two.
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I rolled a natural four. Okay. So your modifiers don't work. Don't matter. So yeah, as you're looking around, you do see that there are people coming and going kind of walking around. It's kind of evening. Most of the townsfolk are starting to head home.
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But nobody's really paying attention to just two adventurers standing there having a conversation. At least it doesn't look like they are.
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Alright, so she's going to conspiratorily, uh, like, herd you to the side of the house. Uh, not, not so much paying attention to who is around, but more just making herself look super sus. Uh, but she's going to, she's going to bring you to what she feels is a safe location. And she's going to say, suffering, I,
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I can't quite explain it, which is why I'm here. I was hoping that the Widow Tal of her could help me understand it. It started as
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just feelings, just gut feelings really, when I would hunt and when I would be in the wilds, you know, just a gut instinct to let my arrow loose now or to follow a specific set of tracks. But then I started having dreams.
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You'd think, but it's more than that. It's more, I know things, but I feel things that are not always mine. And I have dreams now. I've seen things. I've seen you. I've seen your friends.
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and I saw what you did and I think
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I think that I hear, I think that I hear the wiles. I think they speak to me. And when we, and when we teleported in today, what, what was like a nagging, a nagging phrase at the back of my mind, which was more than I've gotten, I think ever. I, I heard it clear as day, sovereign creaks, and that's you.
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I don't know what to do with this. I... I don't either. It... Had you just come to me and said, your name's is Krigs, Galdor. I'm looking for a Krigs. I would have been confused, but I would have listened. He heard you out. But to know the name Sothrin is not something I can take lightly.
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I had never heard that before. And as I said, I thought it was... I thought it was Solver and I thought it was calling me. I thought the Wilds were calling me, but they weren't. They were calling you. So why are they talking to me? Why are they speaking to me and not just to you? Do you hear things? Do you see things? No. I...
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I'm just a dwarf that, frankly, feels like he's lost his way. I don't see things, I don't hear things, I don't... There's nothing special about me anymore. Except they want you. What, the wilds? I don't... I think so. I don't... I don't know for certain. That's why I'm here. But now you're here, and there has to be a reason for that.
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I mean, somebody's gotta have answers, and I sure don't. So maybe we can find them together. Well, I don't exactly want the name Safran getting out too far from now, would you? I'll go along with whatever you have in mind if you'll just promise me to keep that name between us for now.
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I mean, if you can promise me that she won't tell people that I hear voices in my head, then we're square. That, that is an easy promise to keep. All right. We're going to, we're going to jump over to everyone else.
Town Chief Discussion and Resolution
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Take a, take a, take a camera zoom out, zoom over to everybody in the, uh, in the, uh, chief's tower still Gwendolyn has just come back in from the Lou.
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and trying to figure out. Did she or did she not? Use the loo. Yeah. She rolled a 16 earlier, so I think she did successfully. Yeah. I think you add your constitution to that.
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Oh, maybe more. You add fiber to that. Come on. OK. Trail makes plenty of fiber. That's a good point. Yeah, she doesn't have any problem with that. OK. Oh, yeah, no. We're moving on. No, I think we need to talk about this a little bit more detail. Didn't we get into this in the did we get into a bunch of the conversation like this in the behind the swords episode? Let's just say she rolled a natural, too.
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That was good. That was good. All right. So we're back in the tower. Gwen has just walked back in. The chief has turned to head back upstairs. And he's on his way, going back upstairs as Tomba has come back in as well. And you're kind of left there to have another drink before you leave, if you'd like. So what are you guys up to as you sit there around that table in the tower?
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Well, Jockster, I know that you are a big fan of these drinks, but I think that we have more important things to work on right now. Like, for instance, where did Krigs go? That's fair, and then I just chug the drink in front of me, because that would be the second one that I just brought mine off to his empty hand as he finishes. A gentleman and a scholar. The best drinking bunny is the one that doesn't drink. Is that the idea?
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So that'll be my third drink down as Gwen walks up. I come back and I'm going to be staring at Tomba just as we leave. Just. OK. Shady. Just come and watch him. Talk about sus. Daven's thinking to himself like, man, this girl's got a crush on everybody. Gwen, I'm glad you you made it. We we've already.
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We've already discussed with the chief everything we intended Yes, I just Are you okay? weird I Guess at this point. Can I look over at Tomba and make a perception check? Yeah, sure Probably a disadvantage with three drinks going in. I think you could handle three. Okay That's probably it though
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Oh, it doesn't matter. That's that's a that's a great seven. OK. Oh, he actually. I need someone else to see that he's weird.
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He actually walks behind a bookcase right as you go to look at him and you barely catch a glimpse of him walking that in between the two bookcases that are on the left side of the tower there. Well, I mean, he does have that voice. He's an interesting fellow to be, you know, to be truthful. I don't know how you mean weird. Maybe we should talk about this outside of the building. I guess. I'll mention it later.
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Come on, let's go. Let's see if we can find Craig's. OK, I'll stand and follow Devin out. OK. All right. As they walk out of the building, we're going to zoom back over to to Craig's. What are you? What were you as you were wrapping up your conversation there? I'm going to ask specifically, you said you thought you thought your name was what soffrin. What what is your name then?
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I can understand where you would get that mixed up. Who phone? Who dis?
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I guess while we wait, do you want a berry? And she's going to pull out, uh, she's going to pull out a bag of good berries and offer you one. I'm probably just going to take one because I don't have no reason to not trust you at this point, even though I don't, uh, trust you at all because you know my name. Strange danger. Back one HP. Oh no. Did you say it sets him back one HP?
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Oh, no, it gives him one HP. I think I can make 10 of them a day. So like, I'm just gonna like hand you the pack. It looks like you got a little scratched up back there. Just weird because you didn't, you have twigs in your hair, and she's gonna like start picking them out of your beard.
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Yeah, we ran into a few of your, well, I guess maybe not your, but some friends of Wild Hill alumni definitely ran into us on the way back. It was not great. Do you know who? I mean, we're not supposed to engage in...
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you know, slicey slices with each other. We're, you know, just doing jobs. It... some compatriots of Denali, I believe. He... he had his eye out on Joxer for some of the... the goblet or goblin, I honestly don't remember at this point. Some of the issues we had earlier in our time here in Wild Hill. Yeah, that guy's kind of stuck up.
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It's too bad you didn't beat him out there, though. I would like to. If a jerk falls in the forest, would anybody hear it? Very unlikely. So what did you have in mind to go from here? What do you mean? I'm assuming Toliver is not home if you were just standing outside, or have you actually tried to see if she's home or not?
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Well, I mean, the lights, the lights were not, I didn't hear anything. And I was kind of pacing back and forth, you know, wrestling with the grip on my own sanity. But I guess you kind of answered my most important question, which is whether or not I'm crazy. But did I, did I knock is what you're asking. And the answer is no.
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Well, maybe she has some more insight that neither one of us have considered yet. Would you like to see if she's home? I mean, we've. Oh, we've established she's not now.
Krigs's Search for Widow Talibor
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And yeah, she'll walk up to the door and give it a give it kind of a timid knock. You hear nothing after this first, your first little timid knock.
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Well, no, no one's home. I guess we'll just have to come back later. It's fine. Honestly, a couple of nights ago, I had a dream that it sent me a little bit unsettling for my family back at home. See, I don't dream myself, but I did have a dream that
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Some of my family were finding difficult times and I was hoping to reach them with either a message or with some kind of signal that they could return to me, that they are still okay. I see I don't, I myself, I don't feel like I could get back home, but I was hoping Toliver may be able to assist with that. But, uh, maybe that's for another day.
00:22:42
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Sophron, you know that we have mail, right? You can just send them a letter? I can. I... I...
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I couldn't trust just the normal mail carrier. Right now, you've never heard of that before. Yeah. What is mail? Chain mail? It's where you deliver it to a person who delivers it to a person who delivers it to a person. I don't know that I could have just handed the messages that I would like to send home back with just a carrier. I would want more of a guarantee than the mail.
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But I, I, I understand where you're coming from. It's, it's a fool's errand anyway. I'm sure they, they are fine. They are pretty stout. Well, I mean that crazy old bat can do all sorts of weird things. So who I, she like, she like looks towards the window and then she lowers her voice. She goes, I shouldn't call her a crazy old bat outside her house. Especially now when you're the one that hears voices.
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And then she just looks up and she's like, sorry.
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Uh... I'm gonna be honest, this was... Talking to the Widow was the end of my pre-existing plan, so the floor is open if you have suggestions now that we're in it together. You seem to think the Wilds want me, and you heard that more clear whenever you went into the Wilds.
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I heard it through my chest. It was... I didn't just hear it. I felt it. I was it. So you're describing it. It's not something you hear or feel. It's something that you know at your innermost core. I've had that feeling before. Well, then maybe you're crazy too. You know, you're probably right. Do you think
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I'm a little nervous to just go out into the wilds, uh, maybe. I mean, I can't blame you. I felt what you did to the elk. I can imagine that you must be worried what the, what the wilds would want to do to you after that. Um, I tried to make amends not too long ago, a few weeks back. Um,
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I prayed to the Wilds, mostly for forgiveness, but that I could speak again or at least be reconnected with the spirit of the elk. And I thought I was forgiven. I was approached by the elk and was able to have it as a companion on some of my journey, but I've yet to see it again. And I just assumed that it may be a result of some of the recent trials and tribulations I've had.
00:25:56
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Well, they want something with you. I'm honestly not sure if that's a good or a bad thing, but I'm also not sure if it's a good or a bad thing that this is happening to me. But let's look on the bright side and assume that they maybe just want to get to know you. Maybe you can replace the elk. That's a very optimistic way of thinking, but maybe
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I will, maybe I'll go out there. Were you interested in finding out for yourself? I mean, yes, but also. Should we? Also yes. Should we bring along my friends? And like it was planned, they walk around the corner.
00:26:48
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Of the of the of the tower of testing. Are they still like at the no, no, they walked to the front for the knock, right? So yeah, they're standing like near the front of widow Tolliver's house. You could see them right there from the street as they stand there chatting back and forth. People kind of coming and going. Not as many people anymore in the road as there were as it's getting later and later, so. I'll tap Gwen Childers. Is that Krigs?
00:27:16
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Um, right when he does that, Gwen's been having a conversation with Dale. No, it's not because he wears a toupee. He looks weird. I just, something about him is just weird. Who said he wears a toupee?
00:27:32
Speaker
It's canon now, buddy. Oh, man. All right. Let me go adjust my notes. But it's like miss colored. It's definitely not the same shade as my beard. It's just what I can pick up in Hurley's when I was there. Oh, I thought she was talking about Toba.
00:27:52
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I also thought she was. She was like boar hair. It's not even like. Yeah, I hear it's like all matted that really stream.
Investigation Plan for the Wilds
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It makes it makes you itchy just looking at it. But what about a tube? Is that Krigs? What?
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Devin, is that Krigs over there? He just gives up on that conversation. I love it. Um, yeah, I think it is. Sorry. There is a girl. Is there anything around that I could like hide behind? I mean, you can try to like, you can try to like duck into an alley. No, it's a girl. Yeah.
00:28:40
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I'm like, Oh, no, no, we don't want to interrupt anything. And that. OK. Yeah. You can make a stealth check to try to find a place to tuck away. Oh, I'm so excited. Today's role. Terrible. Oh, that is actually a natural one. Oh, my God. No way. All right. So there's a there are a few barrels, a few barrels sitting on the on the side of the road.
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near outside one of the houses. And and jocks are looks around and just trying to be a good wingman, tucks himself behind one of those barrels. But Craig, you catch out of the corner of your eye. His movement is too sudden and it catches your eye and you see him move and duck himself under. So you've just seen your friend tuck himself away behind a barrel over there across the road. Do I can I see David and Gwen? Oh, yeah, you see him all walking up just as as jocks or seems to be the only one who tried to hide.
00:29:33
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In fact, Devin's sitting there, kind of struggling his shoulders with his hands up, being like, what in the world is going on? Orin doesn't even notice. You just hear, guys, guys, what are you doing? What are we doing? What are you doing? How was the tower of testing? I guess. Salarin's going to take a whole handful of good berries and just shove them in her mouth and start chewing. So she does not have to talk.
00:30:01
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Um, it was, we'll talk about it later. Who's your friend? Solve one. It was nice to meet you. You remember her from Sariah's party back in the woods. You should remember, uh, she was a part of the party that we ran into on the last little race, if you will. Gwendolyn's gonna put down her bag and then just run up and start smelling her. She smells you back.
00:30:31
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Both of you make like either perception or insight checks depending on what you're trying to. You're basically like two dogs circling each other trying to smell each other's butts. Yeah, exactly. Jocks are just kind of like a loosely just locked up. I'm going to look at Daven and just ask, is this an elven thing or? You're asking the only other human in the building. I rolled a nine. A nine, okay. Yeah. I rolled a natural six. Do you want an insight?
00:31:01
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Well, it depends. Are you trying to like learn about her or just like figure out where she's been? Yeah, like I'm trying to get like I'm I'm doing a sniff check like I'm I'm trying to Like I'm doing a vibe check. Okay, then We'll just we'll just make it We'll make it insight rad. That's a plus five. So it's an 11. Oh nice. All right, so she smells Gwendolyn
00:31:31
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It doesn't smell bad. She smells crunchy, like very natural, right? She smells very granola. You get the whiff of seeds and dried fruit from the amount of trail mix she carries. You get a whiff of just her not being afraid to walk through the bush and get in the dirt and see the animals and pet them and touch them. Gwen, what did you roll?
00:32:02
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or is it nine, seven, eight, nine? Yes. So Gwendolyn's you, you don't get as much of that natural vibe as she does from you, but you definitely can, can sense that there, this is, you may have a little kindred spirit here with the smell of nature that is on her.
00:32:27
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David's going to take this moment to go up and sniff Craig's. Okay. Just because it's like everything that everyone's doing. Okay. Um, not good. It's an eight. It's an eight. Okay. Uh, he just smells like body odor. Oh God. Well, I'm glad I did that over the taste test. This conversation has got him sweating. So I'm going to, uh,
00:32:52
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I'm going to lick Daven. I'll show you taste test. Yeah, Joczer is now just lost now. I feel like Sauron like catches them as she's like making her final round with Gwen and then she just like looks at them and she's like, do they?
00:33:14
Speaker
Did they always do that? I don't know what they're doing, but you were the girl in the woods. You were the wolf in the woods. Yes, and she smiles, but then she... Doesn't really like wolf. Her smile kind of dims. Why didn't you stop them? Well, why didn't you say anything?
00:33:41
Speaker
Stop them from what? Doing our job? Yes. Sometimes it's hard to speak. Has it always been like that? I mean, yes and no.
00:33:59
Speaker
Wild Hill has always been about the job. It's always been, you know, those of us who grew up here, that was what you wanted to be, was you wanted to be a hunter. And it just seems so much simpler then. But now with these monsters,
00:34:27
Speaker
And in the wild, it's not, these are new. These are not, these, that's not normal. And I don't, I don't know why we're pretending that it is. I'm sorry. What is going on here? Exactly. You two are having a conversation. It seems, Krigs, you've shared quite a bit of information with this woman. Oh, we don't even know who she is. I mean, we know that she works with Sariah. You said your name was Solrin.
00:34:55
Speaker
Yes. Solrin, Chris, Farron. What's my real name? Dehevin. All right. It seems about right. She at least knows both of us. Well, he just said your name about five seconds ago. That's right. I know you're Gwen, and I know- The guy in the trash can over there is Joxer.
00:35:18
Speaker
Oh, you can come out now, by the way. He knows you're here. Don't worry. No one is going to smell you. I had already walked up, but okay. Not anymore. You haven't. That was too good. Okay. Yeah. Then my head, my head picks up and you see a very slow wave. Hi, super slow waves back.
00:35:42
Speaker
So walk, walk up very slowly. We were looking for you just as you turn this corner back from the tower at testing.
Starbuck's Confession and Connection
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Salrin came, well, she didn't exactly come to me, but she was trying to reach the Muto Toliver at the same time I was and just so happened to recognize me. And we made the connection that, um, well, she knew my name and heard it from a very unlikely location.
00:36:10
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And I was considering whether or not I should investigate where she heard it from. And fancy that, it was back in the wild. Did either of you try to talk to the widow? Well, we knocked on her door. Didn't get a chance, but... Salaron, are you... You can trust my friends enough, I believe. Especially...
00:36:37
Speaker
Now that they know you know my actual name, I'd like to think they know I trust you. You can tell them something of what you heard. Well, I have trusted you for all of about 10 minutes. And in that 10 minutes, I did ask you one very specific thing and you did just, you know, kind of do the thing you said that you would not do. So I am feeling a little nervous about that now.
00:37:03
Speaker
She's going to rock back and forth on her heels and toes, not looking at you, but also pointedly, passive aggressively speaking to you and not looking at you. I'm going to approach Salrin and I'm going to hand her a little trinket.
00:37:22
Speaker
It's a golden orb, much like a handed justice. I made a few of them in my time, and they are of the halls. If you hold them up into the moonlight or the sunlight, you can see through the orb a little passageway similar to a kaleidoscope. You can see the halls of Stone Mountain, where my family lived. And I'm going to say... Solrin, I come from a family that...
00:37:53
Speaker
As much as you wanted there to be secrets, it's impossible to actually keep secrets. I know that I said that I would keep the information you gave me close to my chest, but those that travel with me have become my brothers and sister at this time, and I trust them not only with my life, but my secrets in tow. I do apologize that I've put you in a precarious situation, but you have to understand
00:38:23
Speaker
I'm alone out here, and if you're going to tell me something, I have to hopefully know that they can be trusted as well by you. I don't mean to interject again, but what exactly is the downside to your secrets? What is the ramifications of telling people whatever it is you're afraid to tell people? Well, if I told you it would.
00:38:50
Speaker
If I told you, you would know why. And if I tell you why, then you don't know why. And if I know why, that's bad. I don't... I don't know. I don't... Let's do this, Sauron. Do you want to go into the wilds and investigate the information that you and I know? And would you like the company of my friends? Or would you prefer they...
00:39:18
Speaker
go back to our little Bogus shack at night for this evening to relax and we go figure out the source of our troubles. I'll let you make this play as it is your information that you brought to me. I think she's going to look at each of you in turn and not just like look at you but like
00:39:46
Speaker
like make that like laser eye contact. And you can't really tell, you don't really feel like she's doing anything, like it's a little bit creepy. But after she's gonna look at Daven and she's gonna look at Gwen.
00:40:11
Speaker
and her eyes are gonna flicker down to Dale and she'll smile. And then becoming serious again, I think she's gonna look at Joxer and tilt her head a little bit. And at the end of a beat, I think she's... So you see Joxer just pull his hood back down so you actually see his face since he seems like this is a moment he shouldn't be under his hood.
00:40:42
Speaker
Um, so after she takes that, that beat, I think she's going to kind of like suck in a breath. Like she's been holding it this whole time. And, um, she's going to say, I've never, I've never looked at, I've never looked at people and felt like I already knew them. And that's weird and scary. Um, but I'll tell you.
00:41:12
Speaker
And then she's going to look at Kriegs very seriously and hold up a finger to him, like right in his nose and say, but that's it. No, no one else. I don't want your word. You've already broken it. Uh, and she's going to swallow and kind of like puff herself up and like sturdy herself. Uh, and say, I will answer your questions as much as I can.
00:41:42
Speaker
I mean, personally, I have no idea what's going on. So the only question I have is where are we going and when are we doing it? I'm not sure what is happening right now.
00:41:59
Speaker
Gwen's just looking around. She has no idea. I don't know what secret we've... what... what... Krigs broke. I'm sorry he broke it. Whatever. She's... Sauron's gonna get really kind of like flustered that like... She like, she like, steeled herself for like the... what she knew was coming and she's just gonna say...
00:42:25
Speaker
All right. Well, let's, let's just get the boar out of the room. I hear, I hear voices. Uh, and that's how I knew Safran's name and we're going to go to the wilds and because that's where I think they're coming from and we're going to find out why, why they're saying them to me and why they're saying his name. That's your, your big secret is you hear voices.
00:42:50
Speaker
Can you not say it so loudly? Everybody here, raise your hand if you hear voices. And Devin raises his hand in the air. I raise my hand. Joxers, he like sort of raises his hand. I will use telekinesis to raise Gwen's hand.
00:43:07
Speaker
I don't recognize my hand. Every voice is real to me. Just chilling down here. She's just like, wow. Just didn't know that everyone just listened to voices. Solrin, as far as I can tell, you fit in perfectly with this group. Maybe that's why you feel like you know us already. She'll grin at that. Should we, uh, should we take a rest or are we just going as is?
00:43:37
Speaker
I mean, I guess there's really no rush. I do have room back at the Bogus Shack if you'd like. I'm sure you have lodging here, but if you are trying to head out first light, it might be best if we stuck together. Yes.
00:44:01
Speaker
I mean, we did just do a job today. The chances that we're going to go on another tomorrow is not good. So, uh, I don't think Sariah will need me. Um, it's not totally unusual for me to not be back. Um, yeah. Plus I was shot with arrows today. I want to sleep for a little while. None of mine. None of yours as far as I know. Uh, and she'll say,
00:44:31
Speaker
Well, nothing builds trust like an old-fashioned sleepover, right? Berries? I'll roast the trail mix. Hello, fight. All right, so we'll head home. We'll get a good night's rest. And first thing in the morning, we'll go back to the wild. I guess we just montage it back to
00:44:54
Speaker
You, uh, a sleeping montage.
Return to Bogus Shack and Preparation for Adventure
00:44:57
Speaker
Yeah. Your jocks are tell, uh, uh, Devin, you just don't sleep in this time. Oh, don't tell me when to wake up. I'm kidding. I would be the first one up. I'll have breakfast ready before. No, you're nevermind. You wake up so early. All right. So if you guys are just going to head back to the bogus shack.
00:45:22
Speaker
I can't believe I called it that. Oh, well. It's a great name. It's not that bad. You're right. And I like that it kind of pokes fun. Anyway, so you guys head back to your home. And as you approach, you go on in. And what's sleeping arrangements? What's everybody doing once you get inside? If we're going straight to bed, you have jocks are going downstairs. OK. Is everybody planning on just going straight to bed?
00:45:53
Speaker
I think so. Oh. There's a there's a basement? Yes. If there's plenty of room down here. If if you want more space. Are you are you agoraphobic?
00:46:12
Speaker
I don't believe so. It's not really... I only ask because you are going to sleep underground and you jumped in that barrel when you were frightened. Just curious. It's not... I was trying to give Krigs and use space. I didn't realize it was...
00:46:37
Speaker
I'm not agoraphobic. I wasn't scared. I had just had a few drinks. Excuse me. I didn't realize that Jockster was so awkward around girls. This is great. I don't know that BMO conversation got real weird too.
00:47:06
Speaker
too many years in the monastery. Solarin, if you'd like, there's two bedrooms. Gwen's got one. You can have the other. I'll sit by here with Krigs. It's fine. What's the layout of this house? Are there two floors to it?
00:47:22
Speaker
No, there is just like a like a cellar dug into the ground beneath the house. And then the main floor has the main entryway with just kind of cushioned benches and stuff with a curtain over to like a kitchen food preparation area. And then there's a small hallway with two bedrooms, one on each side of the hallway. And one of them looks like a little 12 year old girl's bedroom. And the other one is like a more like a parents bedroom with a double bed and two nightstands.
00:47:53
Speaker
Okay. Gwendolyn will show her to one of the rooms. Uh, this, this one's a Davins, but, but, but if you get scared, you can come over to mine. I mean, I can't, I can't just take your, take your, take your rooms. I, I'm, I guess here, I guess. I mean, I can, I can sleep outside even that's, I mean, it's comfortable for me. Um, Davins already rolled his bed rolled down like in the living room.
00:48:23
Speaker
Well, you guys are, don't you two, and she's gonna like point back and forth between Devon and Kriegs, and don't you two sleep together? I mean, I saw you licking each other, I just thought that. I mean, when it gets cold or conjugal a little bit, but if you're talking about- Typically, I'm the big spoon, believe it or not. I mean, I can see it was a backpack, yes.
00:48:50
Speaker
I'm very offended right now. David's just putting together what she's talking about. What? No, no, no. David. Everyone here is just friends. There's nothing going on. Sure, we are friends, but if I, I would be honored. If you lick me one more time, there'll be a fireball exploding in your face. I don't know where this is coming from. I would be honored to call you mine.
00:49:21
Speaker
Soren's going to look at Gwen with this absolutely delighted look on her face. I can't believe I'm going to be part of a proposal moment. There's not a lot of marriage that happens here. Most of the time, people die before they can. No, there's no. And he's just going to use Dimension Door and he's just gone. And as you go, aren't you going to say yes?
00:49:49
Speaker
More living room for me and Kriegs is just gonna spread out on Davin's bedroll that is now vacant.
00:50:01
Speaker
On that note, I'm just going to go to bed and she walks into a room and closes it and you just hear it. Just so loud. I imagine Dale's going to have something to say about that. Yeah, she's shushing Dale at the same time. Shush, shush, shush. Devin, where'd you dimension door to? That's none of your business.
00:50:27
Speaker
I got 500 feet. I'm the only one whose business it is. Yeah, right. I dimension door down into the basement cellar area. So suddenly there's like, and there's Daven standing down there. She gets to you too. Yeah. She's troubled, I feel. Not in a bad way. In an interesting way. Can I sleep with you here tonight? But I'll sleep over here. You sleep over there. We're friends. Everything's good. Yeah. So are you okay?
00:50:58
Speaker
I'm tired. I'm going to sleep. That's fair. Did I hear something about Krigs in a backpack? Let's just go to sleep.
00:51:10
Speaker
I'll ask tomorrow. All right. Good night. And Devin, I don't have anything else in my inventory to sleep on. So I'm sleeping just on the ground. I've got some common clothes I use as a pillow. Okay. Uh, you're, you're welcome to, if I have, nevermind. I'll be fine.
00:51:31
Speaker
Okay, so left we have, it seems we have, uh, Solrin and Sofrin both standing upstairs in the living room, just the two of you right now. I mean, I guess I'll, is he, does he usually come back from that? I think we scared him off for probably the night. Um, I do appreciate that. That was good fun. I know, uh,
00:51:57
Speaker
I know that it's going to be a long morning, but I am sorry again for jumping the gun on what I can and cannot say. It's all right. I can understand. You did say that you would keep it close to the chest and I don't see anything closer than them. So I can see why they didn't count. If it makes any sense.
00:52:28
Speaker
You saw that day with the elk and you saw the only reason I was fighting the elk was because they were in danger. Maybe you can understand where I was coming from. And like you said, they are the closest thing to my chest right now. Well, not literally. He's in the basement now, but you get the idea. Yeah. I feel like I kind of messed that up for you. I'm sorry. It's okay. There's always another day.
00:52:57
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, don't be afraid to ask twice. And she's going to turn back towards Devin's room and just wave in goodnight and then immediately just close the door. OK. I'm going to just sit in the rocking chair and start rocking myself to sleep. Not in the bedroll. That was more for the laughs.
00:53:27
Speaker
Before actually going to sleep sleep, I'm going to try again and say a prayer very similarly that I did to the wilds. Whenever I asked originally for the elk to have it spirit reached out to me, I just want to kind of similar to how I had prayed to helm before just. Hi, Krigs here. Hope you're well and then go to sleep. OK, as you.
00:53:56
Speaker
You pray and I mean, you know, in your casual way and you kind of feel a warmth in the palm of your hand. Just, just slightly. And for a second you feel it. And then you start immediately to doubt that you felt anything. And when you look, it looks like it has just like branded, basically like there's, you know, there's nothing there. And.
00:54:26
Speaker
That's where we're going to leave this session.
00:54:44
Speaker
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