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Animal Kingdom Ep. 26 - The New Guy
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Sam has returned to the podcast. Lets figure out who this little bird is and why is he working for King Elros.
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A Land of Sentient Animals and Mythical Creatures
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Our story begins in a far and distant land, a place ruled by houses of sentient animals and mythical creatures, an environment that is forever tipping the scales towards controversy and conflict. Grave danger lies hidden in every tavern, forest, and stranger's glance.
Adventurers Embark on a Kingdom Journey
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In this kingdom, we will follow a deviant group of adventurers, brought together by chance, or perhaps by fate.
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This ragtag group of a tortle, a tabaxi, an otter and a hound will travel across this great kingdom, fighting their way through the unknown and weaving a powerful destiny.
Introducing the Podcast 'Rolling Across the Pond'
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This is Rolling Across the Pond.
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Hey everyone! Welcome to Rollin' Across the Pond, and I don't know what to call this segment, uh, the Solo Hour, the, um, I don't know if that's the, like, copyright or anything, the, uh, One Shot 1, 1-1 v1, I don't know, but, um, that, yeah, that's what we're doing today. We are gonna kind of do a run-through for Sam to get his new character.
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and so he can kind of get a feel for him so he can kind of get the yeah the the whole picture you know you don't know something until you actually step in its shoes so
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That's what we're gonna do today and hopefully there's a little bit of backstory and kind of mixture of how his character has played a part in things and stuff like that. But if not, it's still gonna be a fun ride and he's gonna join the rest of the cast after. So yeah, it's gonna be good.
Meet Avalon Flamefeather: A Kingfisher Warlock
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So I am your GM Jesse and I am back with the wonderful, amazing, awesome Sam. Please introduce yourself.
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Hi, I'm Sam. I'm still kind of heartbroken about Lee. I had to take quite a long spatical because of how painful his death was. It still chokes me up. Honestly, I think Lee has been my all-time favorite D&D character that I've ever made or played. So we'll see if this character lives up to that. They're big shoes to fill.
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The character I'm going to be playing is called Avalon Flamefeather. I'm a kingfisher warlock. So that's going to be interesting. And yeah, I've got bright blue sapphire feathers with red tips on the feathers of my wings and my tail, hence the flame feather. Great. Where we're going to start is in King Elrass' recruitment camp. And that in a simple tent
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We.
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a roommate. It's an anteater. Okay. And we will enter this small tent, this homie-ish tent, and it will house our wonderful anteater and Avalon. And you have just arrived the night before you were sent to this tent and kind of just instructed to get rest and tomorrow you'll be instructed for what's next.
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What would when would be a normal time for Avalon to kind of like, get up and stretch and kind of want to be either want to look around or kind of just read a book or something? What season is it? Is it summer? As in celestial lights? It's probably closer to spring.
Avalon and His Bat Familiar, Pip
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Okay, so the sun doesn't get up very early. Not really. Okay. So like, because during the summer, I would wake up with the sun. Sure. So that's probably around four or five o'clock in the morning. Okay.
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But during the darker months, it tends to possibly go more between five and six in the morning. Okay. Just because of the darkness and less light. Cool. But certainly by the time the sun is up, I'll be up and about. Sure. Okay. Cool. That's fine. Up with the sun. That's great. So you wake up, what do you do kind of immediately?
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The best thing I would do is check on Pip, my little bat familiar. And Pip's really cute, like, often flies around me. Pip is sentient. He'll go off and do his own thing quite frequently. It's a nice little cute brown bat that follows me around everywhere. Now, as the GM, how does Pip sound in your head? Quite a high shrill voice, which I'm not going to attempt doing. How do you shrill like this?
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A little bit higher. Higher, higher. I want you to really push the height of your... I can't go there. Because Pip's a bat, Pip would speak with quite a very tiny kind of, I think like a Disney mouse kind of voice. That kind of thing is probably...
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the easiest way of describing it. So quite high, quite shrill, very simple. Me and Pip can... Yes, sorry. It's also why I'm not attempting it. But Pip is also... Me and Pip are able to communicate telepathically as long as we're within 100 feet. Cool.
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So yeah, and occasionally Pip will go further than that, but most of the time sticks with him. Pip can do his own thing whenever Pip wants, ready? But Pip also follows my commands and he can fill up a good friendship. Cool. Great. Which is unfortunate. Well, if, because I'm attached to Pip and therefore I don't want to lose Pip,
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You're gonna probably lose Pip. Yeah, I know. And then it's gonna take me a couple of hours to bring Pip back. And it's like... Yeah. So, yeah. All that effort. Cool. So, would you say you haven't lost Pip yet? Not yet. No. Okay. Okay, that's cool. That's fine. So, Pip kind of has his own... He has kind of his own chill places and friends. Okay. Yep. He's a little bit cheeky. Will often answer me back.
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And we'll often won't refuse my orders, but we'll often question them. So, like, at least if it is something that Pip doesn't want to do. Now, when it comes to things like combat, Pip's useless. Can still do actions, but can't attack.
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so hasn't got any attacks and will not attack but will do anything else okay uh that's one of the rules of familiar sure so you go check on pip pip is fine pip actually has his own perch he made it kind of like in the night he but it's it's like he's he's basically found a bunch of wood and and in a way
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at the top of the tent just smash it through where one of the poles were and just attached it to it and yeah just hanging out upside down kind of does a wave hey pet good morning hi come on i can't i can't do i can't do more more sharp but that's good yeah look what i did yeah it's looking good i don't see how you've made yourself at home
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Yeah, I think I still have a grub that you can eat if you want. I like to reach in and pull out a little grub and hold it up. Where is it? Is he like an immediate flyer or would he claw around? Probably glide down to me if he's at the top of the tent and then quite happy flying. Flying is much more ease at flying than he is courting.
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So yeah, he just glides down. Probably takes a bit longer and he's a little bit kilometer. Yeah. And pips really small. So I'm only like, I think it's five foot or three foot, three foot. Yeah. Three foot. So pips only like a lot smaller than that. Sure.
Roommates Avalon and Chunk
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Small enough that I could like quite happily let rest on my wing.
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Oh wow, so like, probably like half a foot. Yeah, basically. Okay, cool. That's fun. That's fun. Oh, that's so good. I can only imagine like the larger animals are like, what do you have on your shoulder? Like, why do you have a spot on your shoulder? Basically. Yeah. You wake up and you check on Pip and you also see your roommate.
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I'm thinking of Chuz. Ah, chunk. You see a roommate chunk. He is in his wooden mesh of a bed, hanging over it with his large tongue hanging out. He's still asleep. Not really. He's also new. He didn't arrive probably at the same time you did, but he arrived maybe in the last
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24 hours. So you can see kind of some of his stuff is around. But then as you kind of getting used to things, you get an arrow flies into your tent, and it has a notice on it. Okay. And this is like a regular hour? Yeah, just a regular hour. Okay.
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Do I notice the arrow flying? I guess I notice the arrow flying to the fence. It's prime to be very obvious. It's like it basically flies through an eye line. Not your eye line, probably. Probably like an average four to five foot person. But yeah, I feel it go in my head. Yeah. See, you get to make the small jokes on me now. Yes, I do. Yes. Yeah. So what do you do? I'll try and read the note. So is a note like
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wrapped around the shaft. Yeah, it's wrapped around the shaft. Okay, but it's not like a Robin Hood movement. As it appears, as it penetrates, the post does unravel. Oh, nice. Clever. So I kind of watched the arrow go past and I'll go over and inspect the note. Cool. It says, you don't need to roll or anything. It's just obvious. It says mess hall now. Does it say who it's addressed to? No, just as mess hall. Okay.
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Do I know that Chunk is called Chunk? No, you arrived and he was already asleep. Okay. Yes, loudly, I would say, Good morning. Hello. Chunk is still asleep. So I shake my head disdainfully, roll my eyes and kind of hop over to him. And just very kind of loudly and condescendingly.
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go hello he wakes up roll a deck save 19 oh yeah you so he as he wakes up he's all he's like like i said he's hanging off the bed quite a bit uh but his tongue is even further out and he kind of he wakes up and you just hear the
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and he's swallowing his own tongue, and it almost goes and hits you, but it's, yeah, you easily avoid it, and you just hear, oh my hand. Dude, be careful, mess hole now. Mess hole, man, all right. Where is the mess hole? Oh, oh, yeah, let's go, I'll take you, yeah.
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That's cute. Let's go. You can almost feel my eyes roll as my idea. All right, man. What's up? Hey, hey. My name's Chunk. What's going on? How are you? What's your name? Glance at Chunk. Then just go. I'm Avalon. Avalon. Nice. No, Avalon. Avalon.
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yes but faster can you speak faster right are you able um yeah i think it could um okay so let's yeah good let's go right the mess hall and he he like grabs his clothes and he kind of just as he's walking out the the tent he he's putting him on he's like bouncing around trying to
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trying to get everything done and you guys start heading out and as you do you open the tent or he opens the tent and you walk out and you see hundreds hundreds of tents it's incredibly massive you look around and you actually don't see sky it actually looks like you're in a building or no it looks like you're underground
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Is it dark or is it? It's lit by light. Quite a lot of light. And there is light from some of the windows and the holes. But yeah, it's just... Like firelight? Yeah! And then there's a massive hole of the far distance that is creating a lot of light as well. Okay.
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And you see a lot of animals coming in and out and around and just in your area you do see a lot of your animals heading one direction. As Chunk is bouncing around and kind of getting himself gathered up I've grabbed my backpack and it's just casually on my back but in a kind of very neat and pristine kind of way and I'm walking kind of quite methodically I guess and so
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I'm not bouncing, I'm just, there's a purpose. I'm walking next to junk, but it's kind of clear that we're very different, just from the way we're walking. I'm prim and proper, but he's obviously not. Yeah, he's just chill about life.
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But not in the chill about life sense. It's pretty much he does not care. It's the point where he just is. It's not about other people. It's not about himself. He's just there. Or maybe he should just be there somewhere else.
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He's like, so this old man, where are you? What's going on? Where? How long did it take you to get here? Right now, we're going to the mess hall. Right, right. Mess hall. Mess hall. Let's go. Let's go. Is that where everyone else is heading? I don't know. We're going to breakfast time. Okay. The note sounded urgent. Sure.
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cool great let's go and he and he's like okay
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Whatever man, let's go. And you guys head out that direction. And like I said, like a lot of these animals, you see a vast majority, like a vast variety of different animals from like a frog to an armadillo to a zebra. Like there's loads of different animals. Like a bear, like there's just vast amounts from different parts.
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and you they're all kind of it's kind of a mixture of how they're walking like some are like casual others are kind of like you but more nervous rather than just that's who they are
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and yeah you see as you get closer to the massive tent that's in your area there's kind of a queue forming to get into it yeah and uh so you chunk goes yes dude dude we're here you want you want to wait in the queue with me we can be birds oh dear i suppose righteous man are you normally this what's the it's the word
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peppy chirpy i don't know about peppy um or chirpy i don't know do i chirp you're the bird again you hear my eyes roll in my head and i just look the other way he's like yeah you know i don't know man i just i just i just am i don't know just this this is me deal with it not i don't care it's all good okay well let's keep moving
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And he kind of blathers on about like he was from the Baloch Kingdom and they were ring-rated but then he cast Ray of Frost and they picked him up.
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And that's how he kind of came into this and he made an agreement that they wouldn't attack his separate, like his family in that area if he came with them. That was kind of his agreement. Oh, so you do have some form of intelligence? I think so, man. Yeah. Well, better than nothing, I guess.
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Yeah, uh, roll insight. You, you catch, uh, you basically know when you say that in his face, kind of like, is like, like you can tell that the story isn't fully told. And basically his ray of frost wasn't necessarily an intelligent move. He was kind of just messing around and he used ray of frost.
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I wouldn't really expect much else to be fair. So he kind of like, yeah, I think so.
The Mess Hall Gathering and Fae-nine Leaders
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Like, yeah, maybe. So you guys get inside and you see, there are some tables. There are not some tables. There's just areas where people are just sitting on the ground. There are chairs in some other areas. And then there is a stage in the middle of the tent. Ah, okay. Yeah. And people are, well,
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Uh, animals, uh, sitting, just sitting around. Yeah. Some animals have food. Some animals don't. Is there like a place that's serving food? Yeah. Yeah. So it would be a long, uh, left or the right side. They know there's a lot of animals there. So there, and there's quite a big spread. It's not like grunt food, if you know what I mean. It's like pretty nice food. Okay.
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Are there like perches as well, like places that birds could just go and perch? Oh yeah, there's plenty. They're very accommodating in this tent anyways.
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The animals in the queue just going up and getting food and yeah. There's no, you don't see like regulators. Like a buffet type spread. Yeah. And okay. And then you can see like, like a few either fake trees or like palm tree areas where you can perch if you, if you prefer. Okay. So I would tend to chunk and go, well, chunk, it was nice to meet you.
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right on man i guess i will see you later oh and with that i kind of hop over to the food and then get some and then fly off to a perch and just settle down and right on my vantage point just see watch everything else that's going on cool
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As for food, was there some fish and stuff like that? Yeah, there's fish, there's fruit, there's cooked meat, there's not cooked meat, there's a lot of vegetables, there's lettuces, there's leaves, there's seeds, there's... Yeah. So for now I'd have taken some small fish. Cool. Probably a couple of grapes for Pip.
00:21:06
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And of course Pip is with you. You see from that perch, did you try and find like the secluded corner of it? Just an empty perch that is kind of out of the way, but not too... So it's not like right, obviously out of the way, like I'm trying to be secluded. This is kind of my blending and technique of, I don't want to look like I'm trying to avoid people, but I don't want to actually be with people. So I kind of find it that middle ground.
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Fair, fair. And yeah, so it actually, as you do that, you see other animals come in, and it's still a large cube, but it's starting to die down, and other, they're eating. But as people are kind of continuing to eat, they, a fainine actually ends up in the stage that's in the center. And
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Firstly, this is probably the first Fe9 you've seen since you've been here so far. And since forever. Since ever you've seen. And this Fe9 says, Welcome.
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like really grunty and crunchy. And all those new, old, this breakfast time, let us eat. We have a walkthrough for those who are new, so stay behind. If this is your first day, I am Elros. I'm your general, I'm your captain, I'm in charge. I appreciate you coming here. I know a lot of you didn't want to,
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Uh, yeah. And he looks at his, uh, partner and she's like, Oh, good job. Good job. And it's another fae nine. She's a poodle. He's this St. Bernard, but like a really massive one, like abnormally large. And she's quite a long poodle and apparently very attractive. To other fae nine or just everyone? To everyone. Okay.
00:23:11
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Yeah, yeah. So he says, uh, so let's eat. And he like punches the stage and cracks it. And he does it loud, like howl. And then there's others that do howls and different shouting. And then he gets off the stage and breakfast kind of starts and it continues anyways.
00:23:33
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And then after that, a lot of animals leave, some kind of stay in the background. Most first dares or sort of like within the past 24 hours come in and Elros is there. Yeah, so he kind of gathers you around and other fainines start piling in at the same time. So there's about maybe like eight or nine, these massive, really, really muscular
00:24:03
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dog folk, which are basically dog folk are barbarians. That's a flat, that is what they are, except for one. And you do see that one, she's kind of got, I think she says she has glasses on, but she's got a lab coat on. And yeah, she kind of just, she's watching from the back. From your vantage point, do you get down? Do you get closer? Or do you kind of stay with
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So as as the tent emptying, do all the other new animals move more central? Yeah, they kind of go towards a stage. So are there any purchase closer to the stage as well? No. OK, so I would kind of stay where I am at the moment.
00:24:53
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I've got a good vantage point. I can still hear, I can still see what's going on. And I'm still a bit kind of, I don't particularly want to mix with all these commoners. Okay. And so you, yeah, you stay there and King Elrass or Elrass says, uh, welcome again. Uh, I hope you enjoy helping the cause of, uh, us gaining back our freedom and our kingdom and, and yeah, just you, uh, magic users, you,
00:25:22
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you wizards of all kinds, let's rally around and make it okay to be us." And he kind of goes off on a spiel, then he leaves, and I need to really remember this. I'll say, purity kind of stands forward and she says, all right, all right. Well, welcome. I know we keep saying that a lot. Our general, Elros, is
00:25:51
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A great man, he will guide us. And I promise you, this plan will not fail. We will break through. You've already seen what we can do. But now we have more of you. This is just gonna blow up. It's gonna be amazing. But first, we're gonna do initiation. We're gonna make sure you're all pretty legit. So we're gonna need to do some tests, obviously.
00:26:18
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So do I know that they're specifically recruiting wizards? You don't know at this point. They haven't, they've only addressed wizards. So overall insight, maybe. Also because of my research or ability, it's like when I attempt to learn what we call a piece of law,
00:26:41
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if I do not know that information you often know where and from whom I can okay cool so I guess with this I would know I could just ask somebody and they'd be able to tell me yeah as in one of the people already in the account but yeah I'll roll in sight and see if that actually does answer it first no it's not going to at the same so you can if you ask somebody okay
Harsh Initiation: Wand Practice
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yeah i'm not going to ask that question okay yeah you see purity point to this rack like the the guards they're not barbarians they're guards they have like full plate armor they walk in with this rack of sticks in your eyes and she says take one and we'll get started yeah what do you do do you mean that this kind of
00:27:30
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people are starting to move well animals are starting to move towards these sticks yeah some some are like uh what about i already i already got one yeah me too hey what about me i do i have to get one and so there's like a but there's also
00:27:49
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Some that are giving up. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. The majority of them are probably going up because they have power, but they don't, they either never used it before or they've never used a wand with it. Okay. So I would follow the group of people going forward, the group of animals going forward to get some sticks and I'll get a stick to kind of see what's happening to kind of look like I know what I'm doing.
00:28:18
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But also because everyone else seems to know, kind of know what they're doing or not know what they're doing. It seems to be going that way anyway. So who kind of following suit. Cool. So you, you hop down and you go get it. Uh, do you go back to your perch or do you kind of stay closer to that group of people?
00:28:35
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kind of stay a bit closer to that group of people okay in that period they say okay can we have those who have never had a wand before go to the left corner of this place and those who have wands go to the right corner and those who don't know what they're doing here stay in the middle so i would go with the group that have never had a stick before
00:29:02
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I'm assuming that when she said wand, I'm like, okay, she means these are wands. I'm still thinking it's a stick.
00:29:12
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yeah yeah you you can have a little chuckle to yourself and be like it's just a stick guys come on what is this wand business like like like i said wizardry is kind of more like a legend it's not practiced anymore there's no alive wizards if that makes sense yeah yeah you so you go with them uh the one where does chunk go
00:29:38
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Chunk obviously goes with the ones that firstly got their wand today. They didn't have one before, although he does have one from before. I don't know if he has one from before yet. No, he don't know if he has one from before. Time to talk about our lovely sponsors. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
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00:31:24
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So I stand on the other side of the group to jump. Okay, that's fair. Yeah, you see that. He kind of comes with you. And you do see a guard kind of look at him strange. Sure, sure. What's that already in your pocket? What? And he's like, oh man, this is my wand. What? What's this then?
00:31:53
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uh sir if you already had a wand you don't need another one oh i'll keep it anyways and he's like and he stays there he just stays there do i i do i see him here this go on yeah yeah you kind of hear me under my breath and those who have no clue should maybe just leave and you do see those in the middle they are given wands and so there's about 10 of them
00:32:23
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and they are given these sticks and they're like so what why i don't understand what's going on what what and immediately are pushed out of the tent i was gonna ask which one of them cast fireball on themselves no they all get taken out of the tent and you just hear screaming so i kind of very quietly whisper pip do you want to see what's going on okay so pip
00:32:55
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and takes a little flutter. It kind of looks like a really black butterfly, if that makes sense. Just brown, but yeah. Well, brown, but like a darker butterfly. Yeah, sure. Flies into an opening on the tent and sees these animals just getting smashed by these massive war hammers and just completely killed. Ouch.
00:33:25
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telepathically now thinking that what's going on? Oh, it's not good. It's not good at all. What's not good? You need to tell me. They they they smashed him with the hammer. They all have war hammers. They're all getting killed. Guards, the people taken out the fainine. The fainine are being smashed by the fainine. The fainine are smashing them with hammers. Oh, OK.
00:33:53
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Thank you, Pet. You can come back in now. Thank you. That's enough. Okay. Let's get out of there. I'm gone, I'm gone, okay. And flies back to your shoulder. I don't know if I can unsee that. I give Pet one of the grapes that I took from earlier. Oh, this is wonderful. I'm just gonna go in here, cry a little bit, and he like covers himself, covers his face with his wings and just with the eating, eating the grape at the same time. To everybody else, all they hear is,
00:34:25
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like so like really really tiny does anyone look at me when they hear that no okay
00:34:36
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So immediately to the ones who have already had wands, they ask them to cast a spell for your group. And so those who cast a spell, out of a group of 30, about eight cast proper spells, and the others just can't for some reason. So then from that, the eight are asked to stay and the rest are asked to leave. I want to group Jaime.
00:35:04
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No, no, no, out of the ones that already had wands. Oh, wow. Yeah. So they ain't come to you guys nailing it. Uh, Purity... Uh, yeah, sorry about the screams and stuff like that. It's just about secrecy. We still don't want others to know that we are here. So, we kill them. We know you're new, so you're not gonna get your spells right away. Or you're just tricking us and we'll find out at some point. That's fine.
00:35:31
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Yeah. So what we're going to do right now is we're going to practice a cantrip. And if you get it first try, amazing. I'm so proud of you. If you don't, you have until tomorrow to get it. If you don't get it by tomorrow, you probably got okay. I kind of raised my wing in light to make it look like I have a question politely. Okay. Just to see what happens, kind of just to see what happens to see if questions are allowed and
00:36:01
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you see she like opens her jaw and her teeth show and she's like what are you doing? I appreciate your knowledge in such fine craft and was simply wondering if it was a specific cantrip you want cantrip you wanted us to learn or if any cantrip was okay?
00:36:22
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There is a specific hand trip. She says, press the dissertation. Yeah, let's start with that. Keeps people clean, or otherwise. But she's like, in a way, she's still grinding her teeth like, why did you ask her a question? I was getting to that.
00:36:38
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So yes, press the dissertation.
Life as New Recruits
00:36:40
Speaker
Let's give it a go. And she kind of puts, she calls one of the guards from outside and it's a, it's a rhino, but it has like chain mail on him. And he walks in. And she says, come here. And she stands up right in the middle. Have at it, everybody. Go. Now! And she's like, howls. Is it
00:37:07
Speaker
Does it look like everyone's going one at a time or does it look like everyone's doing the exact same time? So yes, I would attempt to make a decision, basically make a little picture of a tree on the ground. Cool. Roll deception. Okay. And just like the way I do that is I'm like kind of half watching what everyone else does, seeing them kind of playing with the stick. So I'm kind of like,
00:37:33
Speaker
half playing with the stick at the same time roll inside okay what is with my dice today 11 11 yeah it's not good enough so you do just see them playing around with it okay i'm assuming half the group don't even know what they're doing with it it's true it's true but yeah so i'm kind of like half kind of uh hoping i'm holding it by the right end and kind of like doing a little swishy note backwards and forward and that's actually not a bad roll
00:38:03
Speaker
because my deception's pretty good. So that's a 22. Oh, 21, sorry. 21. Yeah, you're fine. You kind of do a quick, like, like, I don't know, within yourself in your necklace. Does it glow? Does it sprout roots? Does it? No, I kind of feel a slight warmth coming from it. Oh, cool.
00:38:26
Speaker
And like I get this idea as I'm casting a spell to kind of half draw the picture of a tree with the wand as I'm doing that as well. So yeah, which I have no idea if that was the right thing to do or not. I'm like, it looks like I'm trying to like draw a tree at least. And a tree is the picture that
00:38:44
Speaker
with a pair in front of me. Yeah, that's fair. So that happens, it works very well. Obviously, Chunk does it immediately. He's like, what, this? Like, not like in an arrogant way, but kind of like in a lazy kind of way. Which one does he use? I think he uses the Erase the Smell one, where he just gets rid of the smell of the rhino. Oh, okay.
00:39:13
Speaker
Cause it ran out of stink. So seven of you do it and 10 of you don't. And they're like, Oh yeah, no, that's great. Uh, you who you questioned question bird. Well done. Thank you. I appreciate your encouragement. No more questions though. Question bird.
00:39:36
Speaker
I like, I basically raised both wings in kind of just like a, yeah, that's fair kind of response. You see Pitball through the same, like, but more like fear, like, I don't want to touch that. On my shoulder. Yeah, exactly on your shoulder. Does anyone notice to that? No.
00:39:54
Speaker
okay he's so tiny she goes to chunk and she's like wow that was great well done he's like yeah man no problem let's let's just how about how about we we finish eating now can we do that yeah i guess uh you can join the group that know what they're doing kind of or at least i think they know what they're doing if you've done it now and we will get you moved
00:40:23
Speaker
to a new area and he goes, Oh man, can I, I just met my roommate. Can I stay with him? It's the, it's, it's the bird. The dude. You kind of see me put my wing on my forehead. Shaking it. Why?
00:40:47
Speaker
You know what? You guys seem like good pair. You guys can stay together. It's fine. It's good. Glad you guys are making friends. You joined the other group, a small group of them, and
00:41:02
Speaker
the rest kind of go off on their own and they kind of continue to practice and stuff like that and purity sends them off and you guys are still in the tent and are told to reallocate to the another area it's more closer to the entrance
00:41:23
Speaker
And it's kind of like, you look around, there is blocks of like fences within, but they're not super high. It's kind of like a, you can see over them, but it's just to segregate the newcomers from everyone else, basically. I can see over it? Yeah, you could probably see over it. Not like you couldn't see like the ground over it, but you could see roofs and stuff like that. Okay.
00:41:48
Speaker
So you end up in this You end up in a house kind of more substantial More wooden it still looks kind of like a halfway kind of house and in that you and chunk are walking back with your stuff and his stuff and That's kind of where you spend the rest of your day. Just hanging out kind of get you're able to leave the the building this time and
00:42:15
Speaker
Before in the tent, those who arrived earlier could not leave their area, but now you kind of can't get the lay of the land until you get another call at some point, but you don't know when that's going to be. So do you kind of go off exploring or or do you kind of just soak soak it all in? I think I would take a short walk around. Yeah, I would take a short walk or fly around, actually. Oh, sure. Like gently, lazily fly kind of thing, just watching
00:42:45
Speaker
how the other animals are behaving, like kind of trying to observe a little bit more of how other animals are using their ones if there are anyone. Is anyone doing that? Sure. Because that still looks a bit kind of suspicious to me.
00:42:59
Speaker
like with the stick thing that i'm now having to carry with me like what's the point of this you can see you see like families you see little animals you see big animals you see pups you see baby like chicks like you see different kinds of families together you see different you see um elroz's tent which is the magnificent massive one in there you also see another another one similar to his that's next to it
00:43:29
Speaker
And you know it's his because he kind of like walks in and out of it quite a lot in a short amount of time because there's his massive tent and then there's the battle tent right next to it which has all this stuff and you'll learn all that later if you survive this. But it'll be fine.
00:43:45
Speaker
and you do see others practicing their wands you see the others learning new spells you see them doing like a flick of the wrist and stuff like that i'd say with that you probably if you roll inside with advantage 19 19
00:44:06
Speaker
otherwise it would have been sex you can kind of get the feeling that this is this is a society this is a lost culture this is a kind of like yeah you remember what they did to your village and it wasn't pretty but you can kind of see that they you know they didn't mean harm to you anyways when they approached you they
00:44:33
Speaker
Didn't and when and you see around that they're just living a life, but they do it with magic Which point I would head back to my house or abode and Kind of open up my book of ancient secrets and just have a little read cool Yeah, and hoping that chunk has gone out to explore Always asleep Okay
00:45:04
Speaker
Is his, is his stuff like, are we still sharing a room or have we got separate rooms now? You have separate rooms. Okay. So going into it. Like is his, is all of his stuff in his room or has he like just left stuff lying all over the house? He kind of just left it around the house. Okay. Yeah. And is there anything else living in the house or was it just the two of you? I rolled for that. Okay. So I would kind of,
00:45:28
Speaker
in my room, I'd start putting my stuff out very neatly and precisely as to where it goes. There's obviously an order and structure to it. And just kind of making it a bit more homey for me. And so you kind of do that you continue to
00:45:45
Speaker
game of the land a few days pass and still no news and then all of a sudden a a very proper hippo comes to your the front of your tent or your home your abode whatever you want to call it it's not a tent obviously and they knock
00:46:16
Speaker
Chunk is not awake. Okay, so I will go and answer the door. Sure, it's about midday by the way. Yeah, yeah, I figured as much. So I opened the door and I'm like, hello? Oh, you're so cute!
00:46:35
Speaker
i shut the door sorry sorry she knocks again sorry sorry i um i opened the door again yeah sorry about that it just it's just so little i wasn't expecting it i didn't i i i'm your i i'm your captain i'm your team captain i'm you're my team can i can i give you a squeeze no oh right uh right okay i'll come in oh just yeah yeah okay yeah come in sorry right
Mission Briefing: Infiltrating the Volding Kingdom
00:47:04
Speaker
are not used to the culture. Right. Yes. That's right. You guys are new. That's what I'm. This is my first team. I'm leading. So I I'm trying to get to I I met your other teammates. They will join us when we're we venture out on our mission. But basically and
00:47:26
Speaker
She goes off on the spiel of the cause and why they do things, which is, she mentions that the fae-nine have felt that their kingdom had been taken from them, and apparently King Darin had exiled all fae-nine and all magic users, and we've been all also forgotten for some reason.
00:47:55
Speaker
I don't even remember when I've gotten my powers, what and all that stuff. What we will be doing is we will be either infiltrating and hopefully not killing. I'm not a fan of that, but probably some killing. Collateral damage.
00:48:17
Speaker
But we will be infiltrating the Vol'Din kingdom. If we can, if not, we will be circling it, making sure that reinforcements and other things like that get stopped. And you and... You're here, but where's... There should be another one? Yeah, he doesn't wake up much. He doesn't? It's nice I wouldn't be asleep. Is he? Is he in his bed?
00:48:45
Speaker
probably. Oh, we won't we won't disturb him. We can lock the door. No, he's a part of the team. Oh, you're so adorable. I'm excited. So so tell me tell me what was your first spell? What what made you feel that rush flow from your body? My first spell? Yeah. Prestidigitation.
00:49:11
Speaker
Wow, that was very convenient for you to be doing it then and to do it during the test. You probably had that spell like the back of your head, you probably knew it, no problem. It was convenient. Yeah, great. I mean, I imagine it's something a lot of animals start with, being one of the basic tantrums. Yeah, yeah, of course, of course. So I imagine I'm not the only one.
00:49:40
Speaker
I, uh, I myself just needed a light and, uh, Cass. So which one did you cast? Fireball? Oh, I don't know. Kind of saying this is like a hint of hopefulness in my voice. Can I say that? No, I don't. I don't know. Fireball, uh, spark spark. Oh, okay. Yeah. That's close. A bit.
00:50:09
Speaker
Yeah, maybe. It was by accident. I didn't know, really. Well, everyone starts somewhere. Yeah. Your quest for knowledge. How is that going? I mean, you want to learn more, don't you?
00:50:29
Speaker
I oh, I am learning so much being here, but I really love to bake. I like sitting in the sun. No, like like bake cupcakes and and and pie and and. Well, chunk will love eat. Oh, that's great. I can't wait. This is gonna be amazing. And maybe for what it's worth.
00:50:54
Speaker
You could teach me a recipe or two sometime. And she like, almost goes forward to give you a hug, but she's like, he doesn't like it. I take a step back. Oh, sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just not used to the physical side of relationships. That's okay. That's okay. I, we will respect your boundaries. We will respect you a hundred percent. You tell us what you like and don't like, and we will put that on the journey. I like quiet.
00:51:24
Speaker
Maybe not that. We will figure it out. We'll figure it out. Just can't... So tomorrow... No, we're not leaving tomorrow. We're leaving in about a week. So learn all you can. You need to go to the equipment shop. Get all the equipment you need. We have everything. Just extra weapons. Two robes and all that fun stuff. Are there particular spells you suggest?
00:51:54
Speaker
I should learn like type of spells or... Thornwhip is always a good one. Okay, how about... so many of my conscious, they're not worth a conscious, which does make it clear that which is why I was like please be press attention. I'm just gonna grab one and guess, how about acid splash?
00:52:17
Speaker
Yeah, acid splash is good. We are going, okay, so what's happened right now is, so we infiltrated different places. I'm sure we infiltrated your place of living. Hopefully we didn't kill too many people. If we did, I'm sorry. If you're here because you're family and stuff, we understand that and we honor that and we will not kill them. We infiltrated a lot of places, but the Volding Kingdom seems to be it held up.
00:52:47
Speaker
quite strong we've taken winterhold without a doubt we have that no one can take it from us there's there's absolutely no way it'll fall and we actually have you uh don't know this but there is a fae nine wizard that is actually there hold um keeping kind of account of of their team oh i do know this now
00:53:12
Speaker
You do? Yes, that's, yes. Okay. Yeah, that's not a secret. So it's not a secret? No, no, no. She is well known around here. Her name is Blaine Joy. And she, she is the only Fae Nye wizard. Yeah, she's well known.
00:53:28
Speaker
So we have Winterhold, the Baloch Kingdom's really hard. We've broken through their defenses, but we cannot seem to find all of them. They keep moving in the trees. So we might head down that direction at some point. For right now, we're heading to the Volving Kingdom to help out. Okay. And how many
00:53:48
Speaker
people, or how many animals are already in this team? We're six, including the three. So there's three others. Yes. And I'm assuming we will meet them in a week. We'll meet them in a week. Yeah. Okay. So we're not meeting before we leave. She like, she like gets this parchment paper. That's like, like, it looks like she's like looking through her agenda. She's like, I don't think so. Should we?
00:54:17
Speaker
So I'm obviously new at all this, and could be mistaken. But if we are going to operate as, say, a team, would it not be good for us to firstly be a team? You might be under something there. Just the suspicion. Well, what do you think? Should we go get coffee at the coffee shop?
00:54:46
Speaker
Should we? I mean, that's probably a good start. As disdainful as coffee. Do we do sleepover? Please no, but I suppose. Oh, with sleepovers. Yes. You know, things that will create a certain bond between us. Sounds wonderful. Either that, or we're just, you know, six strangers pretending like we know what we're doing.
00:55:15
Speaker
which is basically what we are doing, but... Yeah, I guess so. I mean, I know I'm supposed to lead this team and I think I'm leading it pretty well right now. I think you're leading it wonderfully. Yeah, I think so. Keep following my suggestions and you'll be leading perfectly. I think they're my suggestions, but you're a really helpful person. Oh, of course they're your suggestions.
00:55:37
Speaker
I just voice your suggestions. Yeah, exactly. That was great. So we have an understanding that tell chunk that tomorrow we're going to meet for coffee. Okay. And we're going to talk about our feelings. And maybe some like, what are our strengths and weaknesses as well as our feelings? Because you know, talking about our feelings is, is good. But so are learning each of the strengths and weaknesses. And they should both go side by side. That's good.
00:56:04
Speaker
I'm glad I thought of it. Great. Yeah. Okay. It's such a good idea. Yeah. I'll take it. Yeah. Um, yeah. Uh, so we'll do that tomorrow and then we will have a sleepover at some point. Please go to the equipment area as soon as possible because all the good stuff goes as soon as so.
00:56:25
Speaker
At the time we have an influx of new newcomers, we do gain a lot more equipment. Do you have time right now to take me to the equipment place? No. And then, you know, I would show Chunk. I need to go. Okay, so point me in the right direction and then I'll...
00:56:45
Speaker
yeah so you just travel down and she kind of tells you exactly where to go it's not that hard it basically is the it is like a junkyard of things and most of it has either like if as you're arriving to there they're probably like dumping more equipment in there
00:57:07
Speaker
and it's not been cleaned and stuff like that so it's just bloody or like there's remains on them because they're from the animals they've either recently killed or found.
00:57:19
Speaker
dead. Yeah. So then you, you guys hang out and do all that stuff for that week. You enter the equipment. So it's been about a week. Like I said, you're getting to know your team. You have chunk and the hippo's name is, uh, Gladys. Gladys. I like that. And you have a, oh, Komodo dragon. That's fun.
00:57:48
Speaker
and his his name is it's like it's like russ russ russa russa you have a skunk ask you if you want a skunk you can have skunk uh and the skunk's name is uh felicia now let's do along with the name flick
00:58:10
Speaker
or flea flea flea and uh then you also your last one is two more isn't it no there's three of you oh yeah me i forgot to count me and then your last one is a another bird but they're like more what are you trying to say it's like a pigeon
00:58:36
Speaker
A pigeon. Or parrot, whatever one you want. Not a parrot. Okay, okay. A pigeon. It's already not allowed, I don't know what's in this too. A pigeon that's called Eric. No, not Eric. I already have an Eric in there. Joe. Pigeon called Joe. And you guys kind of get to know each other a bit. What is it that you're looking for at the equipment?
00:59:06
Speaker
uh particularly anything that looks magical okay uh role investigation or arcana 19 19 oh 18 sorry so you can see that there is a leather armor that is actually uh it looks like there's like a shimmer on it okay you can see that there is
00:59:31
Speaker
a gem that is emitting some sort of glimmer as well like some sort of aura and you see a cloak that is also it has some sort of like shimmer like aura but it's like if there's no like metal on it or gem it's just inscripted with runes on it and of these three items uh does one come across or
Discovering Magical Items
01:00:01
Speaker
Like, do they give off any sort of presence, like negative vibes or anything like that? So the gem, with a 19, you can tell that the gem is a curse. You can tell that the glow is quite hate, quite evil, quite... And yeah, that's why it's still there. It looks like very valuable and stuff, so why not be taken? But it does have this dark essence about it.
01:00:29
Speaker
Okay. But the robe and the letter Rama, they're fine. I mean, quite normal. Okay. So, uh, this is one of those character defining moments of, do I go down the route of, well, I have to touch things if I'm not sure. Like, and I don't want to go down that route just yet anyway. So we'll leave the gem alone.
01:00:54
Speaker
But I would pick up the leather armor and a robe and take them to you. Is there like a vending place or do I have to buy them? No, you just take them. Just take them. Okay. And like, okay. So are there any pearls around? That would be the other thing I'd be looking for is pearls. Preferably rather expensive looking pearls. There's probably one or two. Yeah. Okay. So any particular that look like they would cost around 10 gold pieces or more.
01:01:21
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. Right. Okay. So I would take as many cells that look like they would cost. So yeah, great. There's not very many, but okay. It's perfect. So with that, then I would definitely take the robe and the leather armor. Okay. The two pearls. Yeah. There is a one as well. That's okay. That is, that looks different. Okay. But yeah. And I, I would show them the two pearls.
01:01:50
Speaker
Okay, I would probably take the wand as well. Okay. Just because I'm intrigued by these sticks and what significance they seem to have. Sure. Do I like sense anything when I pick the wand up? When you so you physically touch it, you just know that there is a kind of like a heat to it like a warmth to it. Okay, great. First of all, I'm gonna just check see if there's any crossbow bolts.
01:02:17
Speaker
Yeah, there's loads. Like, I don't know, you can get, how many do you want? They're pretty light, so as many as I can take, pretty much. You can take 30. Okay, great. I'll definitely be happy with that. So, in my spare time, once I've picked up, like, are there any gold pieces as well lying around? Just... Yes. Okay, so I would take as much gold pieces as I can as well. Okay, roll D20.
01:02:47
Speaker
you get you get you find two really good for single coins and then like one or two kind of roughed up coins. Okay. Of course you got a two on that. Okay, so yeah, once I finished, you know, gathering stuff like that, I would basically go back and in my spare time, when I'm in my room on my own, I would cast identify as a ritual on probably on the
01:03:18
Speaker
Are there places around where I can get the wand identified? Not there. Okay. So then I would cast Identify with one of the pearls on the wand and one on the robe. Then you would know that the wand cast Fireball at a fourth level. At a fourth level, okay.
01:03:42
Speaker
Yeah, but you can only use it twice in a day, or after until a long rest. Okay, but yeah, that's the sort of thing I would do in my downtime. But that uses up the two pearls.
01:03:55
Speaker
I would need to get some more pills to identify anything else. Okay. And you will probably have that time, so I can definitely give you that later. So you head out, you do your first mission, let's say, and it goes pretty well. No deaths, no... You don't get into the Volding Kingdom, but you do stop a raiding team coming in. And you, like, I don't know, how is...
01:04:24
Speaker
How is Avalon kind of feeling about his team after, you know, getting to know them, getting to, and traveling with them? And so obviously Gladys and Chunk are quite loud and Gladys is kind of overbearing with warmth and cuddliness and Chunk is just out of it. Sure. But for Russa, Flea and Joe, what sort of personalities are they? Just briefly. Joe!
01:04:53
Speaker
He's kind of curious more than anything. But he never kind of sits still, like, you know, pigeons kind of just like, they can't control their own heads, but they can see their own butts at the same time. Like, it's like that. He's kind of always asking questions. He's kind of a little bit weird in that aspect, but nothing too strange. I see why I wasn't allowed to ask questions.
01:05:23
Speaker
You see, Ressa, he is more quiet and he uses his senses more than anything. Okay. Flea, she, she is more flirty-esque, but more to land creatures than... Sure. Yeah. Okay. So my feeling towards the team then would be that on the whole, most of the team are pretty loud and
01:05:52
Speaker
not necessarily very intelligent. So I would naturally, like the biggest question in my mind would be why is Gladys leading this team and not me, basically. So I would naturally think, well, I'm clearly the smartest person on this team. And I kind of sell it into the role of unofficially being Gladys' advisor and therefore basically leading the team.
01:06:20
Speaker
But it's like through Gladys. And yeah, but naturally affinity wise, I would probably get on the best with Rusa.
01:06:32
Speaker
Okay. Cause yeah, the quiet. Yeah. Yes. Because of the quietness, because like, I wouldn't necessarily talk much and he doesn't seem to talk much. So between us, we'll just be around each other and let all the loud people be loud and we'll be in a quiet place and just, yeah. Cool.
01:06:53
Speaker
And we'll talk at times, but most of the time it would be kind of just very basic kind of questions if needed. And so yeah, you kind of go on a few missions with them and things like I said, they continue to get in your favor. Wizardry, it doesn't necessarily, like you're having to still hide your stuff, but you're understanding how to use your wand now, your life.
01:07:18
Speaker
You're watching your teammates and especially Gladys because she's been a wizard for a long time. And so in the advising, you're also paying attention to her and getting those things.
Team Dynamics and Kingdom News
01:07:29
Speaker
So... She still doesn't write viable. What? She still doesn't write viable. Yeah. Kind of tells you everything. She doesn't do that kind of magic. Or she doesn't want to anyways. Sure.
01:07:44
Speaker
So then you hear on the grapevine or like when you're back at home for a rest that at this time apparently the daughter of at this point King Elrass has been found and she's on the beach and Blaine Joy has brought her back to us.
01:08:08
Speaker
Then later on you hear that the name of this daughter's name is Hava and there's a moose with her and no one really knows about this moose but apparently it's loud and kind of obnoxious. I don't want to meet the moose.
01:08:26
Speaker
and and you are sent on a mission but right before that you have heard that King Darren has passed there is now a weird pyramid in the kingdom and and in that there is also a monster in the pyramid that we kind of need to take care of not you specifically but the wizardry
01:08:57
Speaker
And apparently Goro has been spotted, like a tortle has been spotted, exiting and entering. They think it could be Goro's dad. Yeah, you kind of get all that news and as you enter or get closer to the Volden Kingdom you have noticed and you're understanding that the layout of the Volden Kingdom is separated now and that the religious organizations in the Volden Kingdom have actually
01:09:26
Speaker
being a lot of help to reconstruct, to bring people together and to help things out, and then you also know that there is also a military regime in there that's trying to keep the Voldemort kingdom the way it was, and even though King's Darren's gone, we're still in charge kind of thing.
01:09:48
Speaker
have to remove a pyramid and rebuild the palace. Yeah, and yeah, that's it. That's where we'll end it. Yeah, cool. Thank you for listening. And yeah, thank you, Sam, for rejoining us. That's gonna be good. I like this character already. Yeah, it's really fun. All right, we'll see you next time.