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World of Ae'oene Ep. 2: Peaches & Roadkill
2 Plays2 months ago
They are settled into town but are our unlikely party ready for what the town of Naevoa holds for them? The investigation is underway and its time to get some answers......
This is an adult show and contains explicit content.
This episode has the following content warnings: Misophonia
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Our cast:
- Curtiss Woosley as the GM
- MJ Guenther as Thalira Grimstone Eku'Lanathi
- Sapheara as Maeve Strongheart
- Rennie Armas as Kaldin
- Jack Baldwin as Jellen Ykalle
Additional credits:
- Show graphics by Sentic GFX
- Show editing by Mark Hitchen
- Intro/Outro music composed by Ryan Muns, Owner/Operator of Eyes On The Moon Studios
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Transcript
Introduction and Apologies
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Hey guys, Rennie here.
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Sorry for the late one, folks.
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We listened back to the episode, we had it almost all ready to go, and it sounded like absolute dog poo in a burning paper bag.
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So we really didn't want to subject you guys to that one.
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Thankfully, we still had our backup recording, so we just did some re-editing with those, and we are otherwise keeping to the upload schedule we promised.
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So next week will be a brand new one for you.
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Anyway, on to the episode!
Content Warnings and Introductions
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Hope you like shopping!
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The world of Aeon contains stories with mature themes.
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Content warnings are in the episode description.
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Destabilizing Foundations, Episode 2.
Campaign Reintroduction and Player Banter
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Welcome everybody back to the world of Aeon as we come back to what is this technically episode two guys?
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Yeah, episode two.
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I think that's what it is.
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Third recording, episode two, something like that.
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Either way, I am your humble DM, GM, Woos, and I brought back my table of amazing players.
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Guys, that's you.
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Hello.
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Oh, that's us?
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We're the amazing players?
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Yeah.
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Oh, no.
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Did you know that?
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Yeah.
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I'm flattered.
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I don't know.
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Imposter syndrome kind of kicks in pretty hard.
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I don't know about you guys.
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I'm amazing.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I like this attitude.
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I am amazing.
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I really liked the long pause before you agreed with me.
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I love it.
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Oh, man.
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Either way, we've got good friend Jack.
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How's it going?
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Jack is back.
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Rennie.
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Sup?
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Saphira.
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Hello.
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And MJ.
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MJ.
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MJ left the table permanently.
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What?
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Am I not coming in?
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Oh, there she is.
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weird.
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I said hi.
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I don't
Social Media and Community Engagement
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know what happened.
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So hi.
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There we go.
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All right.
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We are back with our campaign destabilizing foundations.
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And we still haven't agreed on an opening.
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If you guys remember last time we had asked you guys to comment on some ideas.
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Well, technically, as of this recording, the first one's not yet because we're still backlogging.
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But as of this recording, it should be out in exactly seven days from now.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Not even my players knew that.
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Yeah.
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So whenever you guys do finally get this, we still haven't decided, but we're going to try out some.
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But if you guys like some that we do or have any ideas for some intros, shoot them our way or find us on any social right now.
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I believe we have Twitter and TikTok up.
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The other ones will be up by the time this is released.
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So you can look us up.
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World of Aeon
Humorous Player Facts
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or Aeon spelled A-E-O.
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Oh, God, how am I not knowing how to spell my own world?
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I've been doing this for how many years?
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A-E-N-E.
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My players know better than I do.
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I'm looking at it.
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It's something.
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You guys can find it here in the description.
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You should know.
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But either way, welcome back.
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We're excited to get to you.
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Actually, I don't know if in the socials, sorry, I don't know if in the socials we have the apostrophe.
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So A-E-O-E-N-E.
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Yes, some do, some don't.
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It depends on if they allow it, if it's like the username or the name.
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You know how those platforms can be.
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But either way, we're going to do a little intro of mundane facts today.
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Yeah.
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I'm not going to start because I don't have one prepared because I wasn't sure what we're going to do.
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So I'm going to throw it to MJ.
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Oh, God.
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She has all the facts in the world.
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Hey, Safira, what are those weird mundane facts?
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The problem is I have the weird, like, really cool facts.
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I don't have the mundane facts.
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Did you hear that, guys?
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MJ just said that she's cool.
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She's not mundane in any way.
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Oh, no, that's a lie.
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Yeah.
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I might not be mundane.
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I'm not cool.
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I totally would have been stuffed in lockers if I would have fit.
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I absolutely would have fit in the lockers.
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But you were the one stuffing people in the lockers.
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No, I kept to myself.
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Everyone else was annoying.
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That's
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fair.
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That's fair.
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Okay.
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Let's see.
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Mundane fact about me.
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I woke up at the crack of noon today.
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At the crack of... Did you say noon?
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Noon.
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Yes, I did.
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I fully finished that sentence in my head and you said dawn.
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And I was not... I had to catch up to that.
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Noon.
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I'm so jealous.
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Oh, it was great.
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My sniffles woke me up at 6.30 a.m.
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this morning.
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Oh, no.
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I'm sorry.
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That sucks.
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Speaking of which, for anybody, I am so sorry if you have to hear me cough.
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I'm going to try to cut him out.
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But did I miss one?
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Sorry.
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Oh, I'm jealous.
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What was his mundane fact is that he's sick right now?
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Oh, my God.
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Thank you.
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Yeah.
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You know what?
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Yeah.
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We're going to use that.
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That's my mundane fact.
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I'm sick.
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I've got a sinus infection.
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For work, I had to go into a cold bakery and then go out in 100 degree weather about 15 times over the course of the day.
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Oh, God.
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There's my mundane fact.
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Fun.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Safira, what's yours?
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Oh, my mundane fact is that I found a can of unopened energy drink in my bag that has been there for a week and now I've decided to drink it.
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Oh, that's excellent.
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What kind of energy drink?
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It's a monster.
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Oh, yeah, you showed us that earlier, the juice monster.
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It's a monster.
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What kind of energy drinks do you guys have in Australia?
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Oh.
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Well, that is a very good question, Ruth.
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I would love to explain it to you.
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We have Vs, monsters, mothers.
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Mother.
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I am curious.
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Mother's milk.
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No!
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Oh, my God, I'm sorry.
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I did not take my ADHD meds today.
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Oh, my God.
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Shit.
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mother is an energy drink um and i know probably some others i like the juice energy drinks because i have issues i don't know next nice all right rennie what about yours uh i think i said it earlier my mundane fact i absolutely would have fit in lockers if i was bullied in high school yeah okay yeah that was the one
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Frankly, same.
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I was four foot nine until my freshman year.
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Well, actually, until the end of my freshman year in high school.
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Oh, that's so cute.
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I'm still four foot nine.
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The look you just, I know our viewers can't see it, but the look is just fantastic.
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Oh, man.
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Whew.
Travel Strategy and Logistics
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I think I would have died if that was in person.
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That was a look to kill.
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I perfected that at the ripe old age of like four.
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Fantastic.
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All right, Jack, what have I?
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That's been strong.
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All right, my mundane fact is that I currently work for a peach farm selling peaches, but I hate peaches.
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Oh, no.
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What?
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Dude, I hate peaches, too.
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I'm right there with you.
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I like the song Peaches.
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It is a good song.
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I have no idea what that song is, but I could really go for a fresh peach.
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I know.
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I love peaches.
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I disagree.
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What do you dislike about peaches?
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I don't know.
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It kind of just tastes like a wet spoonful of sugar.
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I don't know if I'd call that sugar.
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Like, I don't know.
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It's nectar.
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Yeah.
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Like, not good nectar.
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I agree.
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It's not good.
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It's so good.
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No, I love peaches.
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All right.
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Oh, well, there's some mundane facts about us, ladies and gentlemen.
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Hopefully you enjoyed that.
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We'll try something new on the next episode, which, frankly, we're recording later.
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But let's get into it and back to our story of our lovely little bunch.
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Let's get to our lovely little bunch.
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Lovely little bunch.
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Sugar lumps.
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What is my brain today?
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I'm sorry.
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Talir is going to be wild today.
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We're in for a trip.
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Oh, my God.
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Good Lord.
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When we last joined our adventurous group, they had just arrived to the town of Novella.
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having met with the town elder, I would give the name, but our lovely players don't remember it, I don't want to remind them, and made their way to the split-sum tavern to try to find room for their stay here, which sounds like it could be up to two weeks as their agreement with the captain of the Whisperwake, as that was when he will return.
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They took some time after meeting Bartok, the bartender, learning that he had also lost a child to the, I don't want to say legendary because that's not right, but the mysterious Mistborn.
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Infamous?
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Infamous, maybe?
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Yeah.
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That supposedly they're stealing kids.
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They've been doing so for like a thousand years.
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Now the Lord's just now finally doing something about it as our group's been sent to investigate.
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made their way around town and investigated talking to local herbalist, local apothecary, and a few other people that they had talked to.
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And we left them as they were just leaving Yari Mosgrove's house, the local herbalist, after learning
Campaign Backstory Exploration
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about Shabon in the sister city of Orlanus and how one of her kids had been taken and four others.
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And they were discussing on what to do next, and I think that is where we find them now, right outside of the lovely little ivy moss-covered log cabin of Yari Moss Grove, having just left.
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You see the elder, again, not going to say her name, the elder of the town, little lady, walking away with her cane, leaving you all behind in front of the home.
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Bye, Marianne.
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I feel like I remember it was M names.
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I don't know.
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I do also remember M names.
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We can't just go back and like listen to the other recorded episodes.
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We can in a week.
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Actually, no, we won't in a week because it'll be the prologue.
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As she walks away, she turns around.
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All right, Yarlan, make sure to keep that bunch in check.
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Keeps on walking off.
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You got it, Mitch.
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Okay, bye, Muriel.
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This bunch, I swear, God.
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Okay, chat, remind me.
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Speaker
I feel like there was a book that we were reading or something.
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Yes, we looked through the town records, didn't we?
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Oh, is that what it was?
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Yeah, Morrigan was bringing something for us to read.
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The book that had been provided to you guys, she had handed it to you after talking with Yari, is basically, if I remember correctly, it was a list of those who had been lost.
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times who they belong to things like that so all right yeah that sounds familiar and you guys had gone through it briefly kind of seeing that like there is indeed gaps from this city they don't have a list from the ones from orlanus but they you have learned that orlanus pretty much is like a yearly thing they always lost a kid and this year was five where novella they have the issue but it's a lot more intermittent on when they lose when a kid goes missing
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I don't remember if we've asked this before, so I guess if we haven't, then I'll have to ask it in character.
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Is it how many different villages have been having this issue?
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I believe all you guys have been told is it's just these two.
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I believe you guys have been provided a map that shows how many kind of villages and towns are on this peninsula.
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Very large peninsula, I do.
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It's like a country, essentially.
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But like...
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along this mountain range there's not a lot of them um and you can so you can kind of infer looking at that which ones may have also had issues but you don't know about okay would we be encountering any of them on our way through the woods i do not believe that there are any uh towns between nevoa and orlanus it is mostly rough rough mountainside
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Oh, that means a lot of sleeping out under the stars, guys.
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The best sleep.
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We do need to get a word back to the ship so they're not abandoning us here in a week.
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We have a couple of weeks.
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Two weeks, right?
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Because they said they'd be back in a week and it'll take us about two weeks or so to travel all the way to the other town, right?
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Right.
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Oh, shit.
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Can anyone time travel?
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Sorry?
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Unfortunately not.
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Damn.
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Does anyone have a carrier pigeon or something that can send word?
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I've got the sending stone, so we'll give him a call real quick, you know.
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Oh, right.
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I'll let him know.
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I forgot we had that.
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That is helpful.
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I will call the captain.
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All right, what do you say?
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So it's sending.
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I have 25 words, right?
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Yeah, I believe so.
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All right, I'm just going to say we need more time.
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About two weeks.
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We're traveling to Olanus.
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That's what I'll say.
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Okay.
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And back.
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Oh, yeah, I'm and back.
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Got it.
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Okay.
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You
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started to hear a response and then you said and back.
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Oh, man, that's quite some time.
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OK, so tell you what, you've got this.
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We're set to be back in a week.
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If you're not back by then, then there's a long pause.
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By the way, with sending stones and I own, it's not it's not in your head like it's it's visual or
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audibly coming out of the stone it's visually coming out of the stone yeah visually if you can't read you're fucked it just appears like a waveform you have to just interpret it there's a long pause as the stone resets and it starts again when you get back to us send word and we'll head that way i'll say okay sounds good thank you captain
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I was hoping you were just going to go, I say, okay.
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And then that's it.
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So what do we do now?
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Head back to the tavern?
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I suppose.
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Speak we split, see if he has any information about the road for us.
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It's a bit late for us to start heading out now, today.
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That is true.
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We drink!
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We don't have to do that.
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Did anyone bring camping supplies for the road?
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Speaker
I have some basic supplies.
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I'm sure we have something.
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I have my pack.
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Explorer dungeon, I can't remember.
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Because when you're packing a pack...
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You name it, and you're like, and this one's for exploring.
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Exactly.
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I think you're the early one who does that.
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This one's my exploring pack.
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This one's my engineering pack.
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This one's really derodic.
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This one's my Dungeoneers pack.
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This is my go pack.
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This one's just my overnight if I stay at a friend's.
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Ooh la la.
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Well, you see, this one here has my traveler's clothes.
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And this one here has my fancy clothes.
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And this one here has my big armor.
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Speaker
I need to see Talira's fancy clothes.
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It's basically a frilly skirt that she puts over her armor.
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Speaker
Yes!
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Speaker
Like a tutu?
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Yes!
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My God.
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Hey.
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Was that a pink tutu?
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That is so much better than anything I was imagining.
00:17:32
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Oh my gosh.
00:17:34
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Can we, listen, listen, we're working on, you know, revisions for character art.
00:17:38
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Can we like, I'll send the email.
00:17:40
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Send that in.
00:17:44
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I'll ask that they draw it separately.
00:17:47
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Okay, so this may be a thing that no one else knows what I'm talking about.
00:17:52
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In magazines, some of them used to come with like paper dolls.
00:17:56
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So you could cut out the doll and they have like clothes with little tabs so you could dress them with clothes.
00:18:02
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I'll ask for that to be done with the skirt so we can add it whenever we want.
00:18:07
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Oh my God, yes.
00:18:08
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Tabs and everything.
00:18:11
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It's just a separate layer.
00:18:13
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Oh, my God.
00:18:14
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Yeah.
00:18:15
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Let's see.
00:18:16
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We haven't really explored this place at all.
00:18:19
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Should we also see about any shops or anything for additional supplies on our way?
00:18:28
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Well, we know we're an apothecary.
00:18:30
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We do, yeah.
00:18:31
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Maybe we can sweet talk some... Well, probably not from the apothecary.
00:18:36
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I'm guessing we won't be able to sweet talk a discount out of her.
00:18:42
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I don't think anyone can sweet talk that lady.
00:18:45
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I don't know.
00:18:46
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Which team do you think she bats for?
00:18:47
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Someone could try to seduce her.
00:18:49
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Why don't we all try it once and then see what sticks?
00:18:51
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I think that is appropriate.
00:18:54
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We'll all line up.
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We'll each shoot our shot and then just take turns.
00:19:03
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The line speed.
00:19:04
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Speed they think.
00:19:05
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Yes, exactly.
00:19:09
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All right, team.
00:19:10
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Let's go.
00:19:13
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I don't think that's necessary.
00:19:15
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No.
00:19:17
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No.
00:19:21
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how did i do it was talira i knew it and she just like she and talira is not actually paying attention she just hears the big one in talira what okay uh oh my gosh we've been going through this town did we notice any other shops
00:19:44
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Yes, you would have noticed.
00:19:45
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So like most lumber towns there, the tavern slash this place, some time where you stand is one of the largest buildings in there.
00:19:53
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But also the general goods store gets a lot of traffic.
00:19:58
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It's a lumber town.
00:19:59
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It's not like they're going to have a lot of specialties around by any means, but the which generally in these kind of places, which everybody here is part of the Ventures Guild, you've probably been to similar towns that is like this, the general goods store.
00:20:11
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is a covers a vast variety of things like the dollar general of the of the fantasy universe more expensive than it feels like it should be then huh i mean i know what you're getting i guess um okay
00:20:27
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Wonderful.
00:20:28
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We should go to the general store, probably.
00:20:32
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Just pop in.
00:20:34
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Yeah, this, you see that, like, Novoa, it's kind of, it's very structured like a one-road town type of thing.
00:20:42
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Like, there's, it's all, there's the dock, which is obviously the main way in and out in here, and there is a road that goes along the coastline to some of the other places, and that road just kind of goes right through, and the town is situated literally right down, right down it.
00:20:54
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Love it.
00:20:55
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Old Western style.
00:20:57
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Nice and easy.
00:20:58
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Okay, I guess I'll lead us to the store since no one else seems especially... Yeah, I feel like you're very good at shopping.
00:21:09
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Oh, look, they have a bloodbath and beyond!
00:21:13
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I really don't want to go in another one of those.
00:21:16
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The smell stuck with me for weeks.
00:21:21
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It smells like metal.
00:21:22
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It's like artificial metal somehow.
00:21:26
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Does it sell?
00:21:27
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It's awful.
00:21:29
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It's weapons.
00:21:30
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It's like cheap weapons, though.
00:21:33
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I don't know.
00:21:34
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I thought they sold, like, candles that smelled like weapons.
00:21:38
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Well, they have that.
00:21:40
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It is the part of the beyond.
00:21:41
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But you have weapons and dungeoneering packs and explorer packs.
00:21:52
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You could get some camping supplies if you need.
00:21:55
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I don't recommend that you waste your money on the weapons, though, because they're mass manufactured, I believe is what it's called.
00:22:05
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They're just not very good.
00:22:06
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That is okay.
00:22:07
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I think out of everything, we have our own weapons.
00:22:12
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As you do walk down the road, though, besides the bloodbath and beyond, you do see a couple different shops.
00:22:19
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You see Splint Crack Ironworks, which has an open-air forge on the side of it.
00:22:24
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So you can obviously see this is probably a blacksmith.
00:22:28
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Then a little further down, you see hook and barrel.
00:22:30
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And then you also see a couple buildings that don't have a name to them, but do have doors that are open with a sign that says open.
00:22:44
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It feels very much like going into people's homes when they're doing that.
00:22:47
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I wish they would put names.
00:22:50
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Is there a little bell that chimes when we go into the general store?
00:22:54
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Yeah, as you guys walk up to a pretty plain looking building, there's a nice wooden sign on an iron bar that hangs and says hook and barrel and has literally just a wood burned in picture of a wooden barrel.
00:23:12
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It's extremely, extremely basic.
00:23:15
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And as you walk in the door...
00:23:21
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No classic and sure enough, you walk in and there's probably a good six other townsfolk in here milling around in this as you go in the building actually is very long.
00:23:31
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And it has rows, rows, probably four rows down the building.
00:23:40
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of all kinds of goods from camping supplies to bandages to different kinds of foods you have a little fresh fruit area that's near the front peaches where it looks like it's probably not owned by the store looks like somebody somebody probably stocks this probably daily to keep it fresh and sure enough yeah there's
00:24:04
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weirdly enough, it's not really the region of the world that peaches would grow in, but there's like a stockpile of them.
00:24:09
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It's like their second biggest export somehow in this town.
00:24:13
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Yeah, it's just so many peaches around here.
00:24:16
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Um...
00:24:20
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But yeah, it can have everything you'd really ever need.
00:24:22
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All kinds of water, water canisters and water skins.
00:24:27
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One thing it doesn't have much of is really weapons.
00:24:29
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It just has a couple of daggers, but that's about it.
00:24:31
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But anything else you'd need to live a life out in the mountainside, you'd probably find it here.
00:24:38
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If there's any touristy trap things, like a rabbit with a cat's head taped onto it with antlers yelling, it's like, wow, guys, look at that.
00:24:46
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That's crazy.
00:24:47
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Where do you think they found that?
00:24:48
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I don't think that's real.
00:24:50
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I don't.
00:24:50
Speaker
Are you sure?
00:24:52
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It's here.
00:24:53
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It's right in front of us.
00:24:53
Speaker
It looks stitched on.
00:24:55
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Maybe it's meant to look like that for predators or something.
00:24:59
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Maybe.
00:24:59
Speaker
I'm sure somewhere this is real.
00:25:04
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In an ultimate universe, anything is possible.
00:25:09
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Yes.
00:25:10
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Far, far away.
00:25:12
Speaker
I have heard legend of this soda beast.
00:25:17
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You hear and you feel as well as hear.
00:25:23
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It's coming.
00:25:24
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This probably about.
00:25:25
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Probably about this like four foot tall gif.
00:25:31
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Comes comes running down the aisle seeing that Yellen is like grabbing like pointing to this thing and you see like it's a little section that's kind of off kind of like rope kind of roped off on the on the shelves right here.
00:25:46
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And there's several of these kind of like weird stitched together animals and yarn things.
00:25:53
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And this child gif comes running up.
00:25:58
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Oh, you like it?
00:26:01
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My thing?
00:26:03
Speaker
Oh, yes, I like it quite a lot.
00:26:05
Speaker
Where did you find it?
00:26:06
Speaker
What do you mean find it?
00:26:09
Speaker
Where would a creature like this live?
00:26:12
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Well, I mean, I found the mangled up body of one of them back behind the store.
00:26:16
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And then the other one was actually my first kill that my dad took me on just about a month ago.
00:26:25
Speaker
Oh.
00:26:25
Speaker
Wow.
00:26:25
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Yeah, I thought, you know, since I found one that was kind of mangled up, I took what was good at it, you know?
00:26:30
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And after we took the other one from me, you know, I could kind of put them together and maybe it would sell.
00:26:35
Speaker
I haven't sold anything at the shop yet.
00:26:37
Speaker
I've made a bet with my brother that maybe I could.
00:26:40
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So I've been missing my little second.
00:26:42
Speaker
How much is it?
00:26:43
Speaker
What's the price list of them on it?
00:26:47
Speaker
One copper.
00:26:48
Speaker
One copper?
00:26:50
Speaker
I'm going to take a copper out of my pocket.
00:26:53
Speaker
I'll take it.
00:26:55
Speaker
I'll take it.
00:26:58
Speaker
Thank you, sir.
00:26:59
Speaker
I told him I could sell something.
00:27:00
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Starts walking away.
00:27:01
Speaker
All right.
00:27:03
Speaker
We need to add this hat to the art.
00:27:12
Speaker
Does it fit on your head with the horns?
00:27:15
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No, definitely not.
00:27:19
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I'm just going to kind of put it in my backpack and thinking about all the creatures it's made of, I'm like.
00:27:24
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Mangled.
00:27:26
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Mangled corpses.
00:27:28
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Roadkill that was sitting out there for a while getting real grody before the kid found it.
00:27:35
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Got quite a pungent smell.
00:27:36
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Yeah, he didn't clean it.
00:27:38
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I don't think so.
00:27:40
Speaker
He should really probably chat with the butcher.
00:27:44
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I think I'm just going to take it out of town and put it somewhere.
00:27:48
Speaker
Bury it.
00:27:50
Speaker
Give it a proper burial.
00:27:53
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Yeah.
00:27:54
Speaker
Like three at least for each animal it's made of.
00:27:56
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Send it off with all the rights.
00:28:01
Speaker
Did the shopkeep not, like, say hello or something?
00:28:05
Speaker
Look, I've worked in customer service.
00:28:07
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That's fucking rude.
00:28:09
Speaker
As soon as you guys are having this little conversation and the kid had run off and now you hear a booming, booming,
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00:28:17
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somebody bought your... No.
00:28:20
Speaker
No, really.
00:28:20
Speaker
I mean, good job.
00:28:21
Speaker
But, like, who bought it?
00:28:24
Speaker
Point them out to me.
00:28:24
Speaker
Where are they at?
00:28:25
Speaker
Take them to me.
00:28:26
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Thumb, thumb, thumb, thumb, thumb.
00:28:31
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large gif kind of squeezing like miraculously not knocking things off shelves because it's their store but like just the shelves are just spaced well fed well fed gif all the peaches all the peaches yeah holding the peach in his hand like the final one has it coming just dripping the juice onto the floor
00:28:53
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Oh, no, the floor is like discolored from all of the stains from peach juice just dripping all over.
00:29:00
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Surprisingly, no.
00:29:04
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Surprisingly, no.
00:29:07
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Yeah, I'll get to that.
00:29:10
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But so I was walking up.
00:29:14
Speaker
Now, who bought who bought my son's creation?
00:29:19
Speaker
I did.
00:29:21
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He did.
00:29:25
Speaker
Nice to meet you.
00:29:26
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My name's Clazel.
00:29:29
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Yellen.
00:29:31
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I just want to say thank you.
00:29:32
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That's my son's first sale.
00:29:36
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Very proud of him.
00:29:37
Speaker
Son, you kind of nudged along.
00:29:39
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You go on.
00:29:40
Speaker
Thank you, sir.
00:29:42
Speaker
Of course.
00:29:43
Speaker
What's wrong with you?
00:29:46
Speaker
I just, I wanted to encourage him.
00:29:49
Speaker
The point of this was to discourage him.
00:29:52
Speaker
That's so fair.
00:29:53
Speaker
We're worried about him.
00:29:54
Speaker
Do you see what he made?
00:29:57
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I do now, after he explained it, and I was a little bit shocked.
00:30:02
Speaker
We were trying to tell him how wrong this is.
00:30:05
Speaker
But he was so insistent somebody would want one.
00:30:07
Speaker
You haven't noticed pets going missing, have you?
00:30:12
Speaker
Listen, I mean, no, not that I know of, but kids go missing, and that already worries us enough.
00:30:19
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Well, you know, uh, well, um, I could probably... We're here to figure that part out.
00:30:25
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Clayton, for no particular reason, my brain just works better if I can visualize the spelling.
00:30:31
Speaker
How do you spell your name?
00:30:34
Speaker
Oh, Gleisel.
00:30:35
Speaker
Um, it's K-L-E-E-Z-E-L.
00:30:38
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Exactly how I imagined it is.
00:30:41
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Well, yeah, of course.
00:30:42
Speaker
How else would you spell my name?
00:30:43
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I don't know.
00:30:44
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This is how I imagined it, so.
00:30:46
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You know what?
00:30:47
Speaker
I was so busy with the other customers, by the way.
00:30:48
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
00:30:50
Speaker
I did not.
00:30:51
Speaker
Obviously, you all are new around here.
00:30:53
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Welcome to my store, Hook and Barrel.
00:30:55
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If you all need anything, I'm the owner, Claesle Whithook.
00:30:59
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Pleasure to meet you.
00:31:00
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Pleasure to meet you.
00:31:02
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I'm Talira.
00:31:03
Speaker
Talira.
00:31:04
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Well, it's nice to have somebody else who can't fit in small spaces.
00:31:09
Speaker
It's nice to have a space I can fit in.
00:31:11
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Well, see, somebody appreciates it.
00:31:15
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Sorry.
00:31:18
Speaker
I hate mouth noises.
00:31:22
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That really got me off guard.
00:31:24
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That was a genuine gut reaction from me just then.
00:31:33
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So sorry.
00:31:34
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Oh my god.
00:31:42
Speaker
Jeez Louise.
00:31:44
Speaker
The juice is falling to ground.
00:31:46
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A little bit gets on your shoe.
00:31:50
Speaker
Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:31:52
Speaker
I get so... When I'm eating, I just love peaches.
00:31:55
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And I just get so messy.
00:31:57
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Here, one second.
00:31:59
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Whistles to the back.
00:32:00
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And like this essentially mop-looking thing on what you can assume based on the movement of the moppy hair.
00:32:12
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of like six legs comes running up and as it's running it's just you can't see its face it's literally just mop it's a full mop of moppy hair to the ground so you can't see its face head or anything and it's just coming up and as it's coming up it's just following the exact the exact uh path that the juice is and just a shiny floor
00:32:35
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It's leaving just a shine on the stone as it's going by.
00:32:38
Speaker
What is it, a slug mop?
00:32:40
Speaker
Geez, yuck.
00:32:42
Speaker
Not that kind of shine.
00:32:43
Speaker
What?
00:32:48
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Not like a goopy shine.
00:32:54
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Oh my god.
00:32:55
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Like a clean.
00:32:55
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Like it is very clean.
00:32:57
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Sparkle, sparkle.
00:32:59
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I still have concerns about hygiene.
00:33:03
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I have never seen one of those.
00:33:05
Speaker
That is brilliant.
00:33:06
Speaker
Is it magical in nature?
00:33:07
Speaker
Is it real?
00:33:08
Speaker
It comes a little closer, yelling like it's down and starts like.
00:33:10
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I'm going to roll nature, I guess.
00:33:12
Speaker
I don't know what this is.
00:33:13
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Like a dog.
00:33:14
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Yeah, yeah.
00:33:16
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I'm not great at nature.
00:33:17
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Yeah, go for it.
00:33:20
Speaker
You know what?
00:33:20
Speaker
I'm not that bad at nature.
00:33:21
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23.
00:33:21
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Hell yeah.
00:33:25
Speaker
What's everybody else's?
00:33:27
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Terrible.
00:33:27
Speaker
Let's see.
00:33:29
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Amazing.
00:33:30
Speaker
Well, paladins don't have to know much about nature.
00:33:33
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It's fine.
00:33:36
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I know how to hit things.
00:33:37
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Yeah, you're there to look pretty and smack things around.
00:33:39
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Righteously.
00:33:40
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Yeah, I'm just here to make sure everyone keeps up to date with their armor cleaning and good waxing practices.
00:33:48
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That was an eight.
00:33:50
Speaker
An eight?
00:33:50
Speaker
So eight, twelve, and twenty-three, correct?
00:33:53
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Uh-huh.
00:33:54
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Yep.
00:33:55
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Yellen has no interest.
00:33:56
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Um...
00:34:01
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as it's like cleaning his shoe yelling's like what is this i like this wow yes no he's he's quite handy to have around isn't he um i'm such a messy guy we had to we had to make sure we imported one um he's and plus my son loves him um honestly that part kind of worries me but with uh with 23
00:34:24
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Yeah, you remember maybe reading about this in a book somewhere.
00:34:29
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These are called... These creatures are called Tassel Tufts.
00:34:33
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Tassel Tufts.
00:34:34
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What a Pokemon-ass name.
00:34:36
Speaker
Right?
00:34:37
Speaker
Listen, I do collect Pokemon cards actively.
00:34:41
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I can now perfectly imagine what it looks like as a Pokemon as well.
00:34:45
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Yeah, it's a Tassel Tuft.
00:34:48
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They are...
00:34:49
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They are actually native to Nitrotare, the country in which you were in, just not this region of Nitrotare.
00:34:55
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You're in the northeastern portion on the peninsula.
00:34:58
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You're in the Jayona Peninsula, and if you go down to the, like, not necessarily the swamplands, not that far southwest, but more to the, like, marshland area, you can find these.
00:35:13
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They generally will, I'll even, 23 was such a good roll, I'll even give you more information for world building purposes.
00:35:19
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They normally will go around sucking up on the ground.
00:35:24
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Normally it's going to be very liquidy stuff, which is why he can clean up the peach juice so well.
00:35:29
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And they actually are carnivorous, and they will end up eating slugs and crawdads and things like that, and they end up sucking up.
00:35:39
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Have they been bred for domestication, or are they just... They have, for specific purposes of helping to clean the house.
00:35:50
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They are a pet and a mop.
00:35:52
Speaker
Pet mop.
00:35:53
Speaker
Oh, pet mop.
00:35:56
Speaker
Yeah, Yelena's like, you keep the place real clean, don't you?
00:35:59
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Yes, you do.
00:36:01
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Does it have a mouth?
00:36:03
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It sounds just like a Frenchie.
00:36:05
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I believe it.
00:36:06
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Oh, my God.
00:36:09
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Yeah, you can't see, you can't visibly see a mouth.
00:36:12
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The structure of these is like their faces.
00:36:13
Speaker
The mouth would be on the bottom, wouldn't it?
00:36:16
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Correct.
00:36:17
Speaker
Is it like a starfish?
00:36:19
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It's more like the, what are the fish that clean the side of your, the side of an aquarium?
00:36:24
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Lacostomus?
00:36:25
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Is that what they're called?
00:36:26
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I don't know, I legitimately don't know what they're called.
00:36:28
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The ones that you'd get, like clean the glass on the side of an aquarium.
00:36:30
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I love those fish.
00:36:31
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This is what this is based on.
00:36:36
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Oh god, what are they called?
00:36:37
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I just always call them little suckerfish.
00:36:39
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These?
00:36:39
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The little sucker fish?
00:36:41
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Yeah, sucker mouth catfish kind of thing?
00:36:46
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Yeah, very similar to that.
00:36:48
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Yeah.
00:36:48
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You can get little mini ones that go into aquariums and just stick to the glass and they're sitting there sucking the side of the glass the whole time, taking all the algae off.
00:36:55
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Some tasty fava beans.
00:36:58
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Indeed.
00:36:58
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He's sitting there sounding like a Frenchie.
00:37:04
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Getting all excited when he petting him.
00:37:06
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Oh.
00:37:06
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uh calden also does kneel down and cuts this thing i don't think you guys have maybe seen calden smile before this thing is making him smile oh i am unnerved we would like sleeping bags and rations
00:37:30
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:37:31
Speaker
So you guys are here for some camping supplies.
00:37:33
Speaker
Yes.
00:37:34
Speaker
Essentially, you guys are going up into the mountains.
00:37:36
Speaker
Yes, we're here to investigate the missing children.
00:37:42
Speaker
Oh, you're that group.
00:37:43
Speaker
Yeah, the whole town's been talking about you all day.
00:37:44
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:47
Speaker
So anything that you have.
00:37:48
Speaker
Well, I'll make sure to give you all a discount.
00:37:50
Speaker
Thank you.
00:37:51
Speaker
Oh, well, thank you.
00:37:52
Speaker
That's wonderful of you.
00:37:53
Speaker
Well, absolutely.
00:37:54
Speaker
That's very kind of you.
00:37:55
Speaker
You're helping out the town.
00:37:56
Speaker
I might as well, you know.
00:37:58
Speaker
I mean, don't get me wrong.
00:37:58
Speaker
I still got a break even, but I'll give you, I'll give you the customer.
00:38:02
Speaker
I'll give you the customer.
00:38:05
Speaker
Customer price.
00:38:05
Speaker
I'll give you the customer.
00:38:08
Speaker
It's full price.
00:38:10
Speaker
But anyway, yeah.
00:38:11
Speaker
Most of the essentially exploration and camping kind of gear is going to be in the front left of the building.
00:38:18
Speaker
Whenever you're done shopping and whatnot, whatever you need, you just bring it on over and we'll get you checked out.
00:38:22
Speaker
Cool.
00:38:23
Speaker
Thank you so much.
00:38:24
Speaker
We really appreciate it.
00:38:24
Speaker
Thank you.
00:38:26
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely.
00:38:26
Speaker
If you guys need backpacks as well, if you want to load up what you're going to be needing and you want to preload into the backpack, that way, frankly, I'll be honest, that way I don't got to waste my paper bags.
00:38:36
Speaker
It would be appreciated.
00:38:38
Speaker
Of course.
00:38:40
Speaker
We can, yeah, I can use my backpack, but this is fine.
00:38:45
Speaker
I will need to purchase a backpack, but we shall do that.
00:38:50
Speaker
Do you have pre-packed packs themed for different types of
00:38:57
Speaker
adventuring oh you're wondering if we're one of them fancy city folk that's what you're asking uh don't worry let me see if i've got any in the back every now and then we'll get some together i'll be right back here though and those little dog thing it starts taking off i hate it i hate that thing
00:39:23
Speaker
I love it.
00:39:24
Speaker
It's brilliant.
00:39:24
Speaker
There's something, I don't know.
00:39:28
Speaker
What is the mop dog?
00:39:31
Speaker
Mop dunk?
00:39:32
Speaker
Pomeranian?
00:39:32
Speaker
No, not a Pomeranian.
00:39:34
Speaker
I know what she's talking about.
00:39:35
Speaker
It's like a big St.
00:39:35
Speaker
Bernard.
00:39:36
Speaker
Commodore, whatever, that looks just like mop fur.
00:39:40
Speaker
It's just got dreadlocks.
00:39:41
Speaker
That's the exact fur.
00:39:43
Speaker
That's the exact fur I had.
00:39:44
Speaker
I mean, there's no other fur you could have envisioned.
00:39:47
Speaker
But I'm imagining that, but like much squatter.
00:39:51
Speaker
So it's much closer to the ground, not like a medium-sized dog.
00:39:55
Speaker
If you take a Pomeranian, put its face on the bottom,
00:39:59
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and then put a mop of that hair on, that's what you got.
00:40:02
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And six legs.
00:40:03
Speaker
So do they have a head?
00:40:06
Speaker
Or is it, since they don't need one... I mean, kind of?
00:40:14
Speaker
It really depends on what your definition of a head is.
00:40:17
Speaker
Well... Ready, ready.
00:40:23
Speaker
Ready.
00:40:29
Speaker
We're going to have to change our rating for this podcast.
00:40:33
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
00:40:35
Speaker
I haven't said anything untoward.
00:40:38
Speaker
What are you talking about?
00:40:42
Speaker
That is too funny.
00:40:42
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:40:45
Speaker
Or is it kind of like the footrest dog in Beauty and the Beast, where it's all in the movement that you're like, ah, dog.
00:40:58
Speaker
It's, ooh, yeah, that's a good point.
00:41:01
Speaker
It's pretty similar to, yeah.
00:41:03
Speaker
It's definitely, you can definitely see the movement as far as dog goes.
00:41:06
Speaker
All right.
00:41:08
Speaker
Its head is like less, like there's no neck, you know?
00:41:11
Speaker
So like, it's kind of like a head section, but like there's no neck.
00:41:16
Speaker
So it's just, it's almost like the body was extended past the shoulders.
00:41:20
Speaker
So is that where eyeballs are and like brain and stuff?
00:41:24
Speaker
I'm going to make an anatomy diagram of this, so I really need to know.
00:41:32
Speaker
I will leave that to a mystery because you couldn't see anything through here.
00:41:35
Speaker
Runny is going to be the one illustrating our bestiary.
00:41:36
Speaker
What was that, MJ?
00:41:37
Speaker
I said Runny is going to be the one illustrating our bestiary.
00:41:40
Speaker
That's right.
00:41:44
Speaker
I just like to know how things work.
00:41:46
Speaker
Like, I also write fantasy worlds, and I go into weird amounts of detail, okay?
00:41:51
Speaker
I will leave that to the mystery.
00:41:53
Speaker
To the mystery.
00:41:54
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does he have things like healing potions and stuff or would that be the apothecary you you don't see anything necessarily labeled potions but it might be something you could ask him about speaking of which as he comes back in um well it did look like we got um just a couple packs left of uh like some pre pre-packaged ones and since you all want to be fancy city folk i'm sure i've got about five left and there's four of you you know i'm sure i can manage that if that's what you're interested in
00:42:23
Speaker
What, what comes pre-installed?
00:42:27
Speaker
What, what comes in the packs?
00:42:29
Speaker
Oh, they're going to have everything you need.
00:42:30
Speaker
We listen, they're going to have everything you need in these.
00:42:34
Speaker
Every now and then we get somebody from Crayola or something that comes out here thinking that they want to, they want to feel what the mountain life is like and they want to go find themselves up in the mountains or something like that.
00:42:45
Speaker
And they don't know what they're doing.
00:42:47
Speaker
And so these packs have to have everything you need.
00:42:50
Speaker
Any and more, um,
00:42:52
Speaker
I promise you it's going to have what you need.
00:42:54
Speaker
The only thing you might need more of is probably you're going to need to pack some extra food because, you know, we can only pack so much of that.
00:43:00
Speaker
And frankly, we don't know what people like, so it's kind of limited on food.
00:43:03
Speaker
Other than that, it's going to have what you need.
00:43:05
Speaker
Do you... I think we all prefer edible.
00:43:09
Speaker
Edible and long-lasting food.
00:43:11
Speaker
Was that a joke?
00:43:13
Speaker
Did she just make a joke?
00:43:16
Speaker
I think she just made a joke.
00:43:17
Speaker
Isn't all food edible?
00:43:19
Speaker
I think...
00:43:22
Speaker
no no no not if i cook it this is very true talira is not a god you remind me of my wife that's funny i didn't notice um but i might not be looking in the right place do you have healing potions or anything like that or would that be done at the potions um well i mean we do have we do got the herbalist um and of course our apothecary she makes like
00:43:48
Speaker
Real fancy potions and whatnot.
00:43:50
Speaker
But if you're looking for just some run-of-the-mill stuff, we got a discount bin in the back, right underneath the counter, and it goes behind and... And you can look in, and there's just little vials of different colored liquids.
00:44:04
Speaker
He's like, I got a discount bin.
00:44:07
Speaker
Essentially, what Veruthu told me is that... This is the stuff she... There wasn't enough left, is what she said.
00:44:15
Speaker
There wasn't enough left for a full potion.
00:44:17
Speaker
So she gave, I bought these at a discounted rate.
00:44:20
Speaker
Like a sample size.
00:44:23
Speaker
Yeah, kind of.
00:44:26
Speaker
So, and I don't know what each one is.
00:44:27
Speaker
I'm going to be honest with you.
00:44:29
Speaker
She didn't label them.
00:44:30
Speaker
I didn't.
00:44:30
Speaker
Listen, I'm a real sucker.
00:44:31
Speaker
So I call this, I call this the mystery samples.
00:44:33
Speaker
I'm a real sucker for miniature bottles.
00:44:35
Speaker
And I imagine these are real cute bottles.
00:44:38
Speaker
Yeah, they're different, like, a bunch of different shaped
Travel Provisions and Planning
00:44:45
Speaker
little vines.
00:44:45
Speaker
I want these.
00:44:48
Speaker
Yeah, they're little miniature different shaped files.
00:44:53
Speaker
How much are they?
00:44:55
Speaker
Seeing as we won't know what we're getting.
00:44:57
Speaker
Well, because I don't know what each one is.
00:45:00
Speaker
Some might be valued more than others, so it's all at an average rate of one silver per.
00:45:08
Speaker
Pick at your own discretion.
00:45:10
Speaker
Also, just because since Genoa got picked up as a
00:45:17
Speaker
Region of Nitro Tari, now there's laws I gotta follow.
00:45:23
Speaker
And he pulls out a pad and flips over one.
00:45:26
Speaker
He's like, if you could sign here to make sure that you understand that you are not sure what kind of potion you're getting and I am not responsible for any side effects, I would appreciate it.
00:45:36
Speaker
Oh, I think we'll just pop over for a full potion.
00:45:43
Speaker
But thank you so much.
00:45:45
Speaker
And this is where I always lose everybody.
00:45:48
Speaker
puts it every bag and he's like puts the little sample thing back.
00:45:52
Speaker
I was fully expecting you to say that there's like a glass bottle deposit charge.
00:46:03
Speaker
Where to deposit the potion?
00:46:06
Speaker
No, the glass bottle deposit.
00:46:08
Speaker
Do you pay for the glass bottle or you pay a deposit and then you return the bottle and get your deposit back?
00:46:16
Speaker
When he was like, and now that we're part of this, we have like an extra thing.
00:46:19
Speaker
That's a hundred percent what I was expecting.
00:46:21
Speaker
That's hilarious.
00:46:24
Speaker
It's another silver coin.
00:46:25
Speaker
Yeah.
00:46:26
Speaker
No laws and regulations.
00:46:27
Speaker
Got to make sure that you guys are aware that he's not responsible for side effects of an unknown origin.
00:46:33
Speaker
We will not be signing that.
00:46:35
Speaker
That's right.
00:46:37
Speaker
But we will be taking rations and anything else you may have that would aid us in our adventure.
00:46:43
Speaker
Well, little lady.
00:46:45
Speaker
That's like the entire place.
00:46:47
Speaker
I don't think we have that much money.
00:46:49
Speaker
I'll say really what you need is kind of up to you, little lady.
00:46:52
Speaker
But here's the four pre-packed foods along the back left wall, right next to where you guys saw the peaches.
00:47:00
Speaker
I know you saw those there.
00:47:02
Speaker
Can't miss them.
00:47:03
Speaker
Um, so you can find some, some salted food over there, salted meats, rations.
00:47:10
Speaker
Oh, well, what kind of water can you do?
00:47:12
Speaker
Well, that should be in the pack, right?
00:47:14
Speaker
I mean, there is a water can included in each pack, yes.
00:47:16
Speaker
Okay, well, that's good.
00:47:19
Speaker
We shall take those.
00:47:20
Speaker
How much, how much are the packs?
00:47:24
Speaker
Um, oh, the packs?
00:47:26
Speaker
I, uh, I linked them in, uh, at least the, uh,
00:47:30
Speaker
explorers pack in a session chat lovely i don't need it i have a pack and it tells you everything that's in it um but that link will also pull up all of the items and you can search nice have we told you you're awesome today thank you oh man it's like amazon but for dnd let's go perfect like i love the site it is my favorite
00:47:57
Speaker
Well, each of the packs are going to be four gold a piece.
00:48:00
Speaker
That is my cost to the store, so I'm not making any money on those.
00:48:04
Speaker
But as far as any kind of rations you're going to want, any salted meats, any of the fruits, I highly recommend the peaches, as you can see.
00:48:16
Speaker
Those will probably be a little discounted cost, but I can't quite bring those back down all the way at my cost because I'm already doing so much on the packs.
00:48:27
Speaker
I'll take a dozen peaches.
00:48:29
Speaker
Ah, hey, we got another peach lover.
00:48:31
Speaker
Love it.
00:48:32
Speaker
Peaches for everybody?
00:48:33
Speaker
Been in a long time.
00:48:35
Speaker
No, that's okay.
00:48:36
Speaker
Um, I'm really trying to start something.
00:48:40
Speaker
Nectar is not what's on one.
00:48:41
Speaker
I don't think I've ever had a peach.
00:48:43
Speaker
Oh, you should try one.
00:48:44
Speaker
They are just so juicy.
00:48:46
Speaker
I used to go down to the country and grab a lot of peaches.
00:48:55
Speaker
You gotta be careful on how you word these sentences.
00:48:58
Speaker
I changed the word slightly.
00:49:03
Speaker
You see a couple of people in the store kind of like, what did she just say?
00:49:09
Speaker
Not like that.
00:49:11
Speaker
We are in the country.
00:49:12
Speaker
Not like that.
00:49:14
Speaker
Peach.
00:49:15
Speaker
Peaches like a fruit.
00:49:17
Speaker
Yeah, the peaches.
00:49:18
Speaker
Okay.
00:49:19
Speaker
Okay, just...
00:49:20
Speaker
I thought I misheard you for a second.
00:49:21
Speaker
Yeah, no, peaches, yeah, they're great.
00:49:23
Speaker
I'm not grabbing bitches.
00:49:26
Speaker
I can't believe she got that.
00:49:29
Speaker
Not without consent.
00:49:31
Speaker
I didn't even get that.
00:49:36
Speaker
I'm embarrassed now.
00:49:37
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
00:49:37
Speaker
Anyway, you know what?
00:49:38
Speaker
Here, you know what?
00:49:39
Speaker
Here, here, have... Goes over, grabs a couple, grabs a handful, and he's like, here, five peaches on the house.
00:49:45
Speaker
One for each of you and one extra.
00:49:47
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
00:49:50
Speaker
It is okay.
00:49:51
Speaker
Thank you.
00:49:52
Speaker
You never tried one.
00:49:53
Speaker
I was just confused.
00:49:55
Speaker
I have never.
00:49:57
Speaker
Thank you.
00:49:58
Speaker
Thank you.
00:50:00
Speaker
Don't worry about the juice.
00:50:00
Speaker
Don't worry about the juice.
00:50:01
Speaker
A lot of my little guys are going to clean it up.
00:50:05
Speaker
It takes a bite.
00:50:08
Speaker
It's real juicy.
00:50:09
Speaker
These are like prime peaches.
00:50:12
Speaker
They don't grow around here.
00:50:13
Speaker
I got to get them imported.
00:50:14
Speaker
I'll be honest.
00:50:15
Speaker
It kind of cost me an arm and a leg.
00:50:16
Speaker
But man, I love them.
00:50:18
Speaker
It's worth it.
00:50:19
Speaker
Every penny.
00:50:20
Speaker
There is nothing like the soil that the trees grow on down south.
00:50:25
Speaker
It is perfect.
00:50:26
Speaker
I know, I know.
00:50:28
Speaker
Gotta get them from down in Viore.
00:50:30
Speaker
And let me tell you, we don't really have the greatest relationship with them as far as the country goes.
00:50:34
Speaker
So I gotta pay a hefty tariff.
00:50:36
Speaker
And it's not fun.
00:50:38
Speaker
There is something about the, like, juiciness dripping down his chin that just, like...
00:50:49
Speaker
tastes good but he's gagging at this sensation texture wise um Maeve pulls out like a um one of those fabric tissue things hang chips I don't I don't want to stain it is that are you sure it's like nice white embroidered okay thank you I appreciate it here
00:51:15
Speaker
Calden, Calden, here, let me see the peach.
00:51:20
Speaker
And Talira pulls out just a dagger and slices up the peach.
00:51:28
Speaker
Here, let's rip.
00:51:30
Speaker
Thank you.
00:51:32
Speaker
That is way better, yeah.
00:51:34
Speaker
Pop slices into his mouth.
00:51:38
Speaker
Not a bad way to go about it.
00:51:39
Speaker
Anyway, so yeah, y'all grab yourself some things, then come on back and we'll get you checked out and be on your way.
00:51:46
Speaker
Good luck going into the mountains.
00:51:48
Speaker
I will say, seems like the most dangerous part of the year has finished.
00:51:53
Speaker
So I believe it's going to be a little bit better for you.
00:51:59
Speaker
Don't got to worry about none of them miss more.
00:52:01
Speaker
Excellent.
00:52:02
Speaker
What time of day is it?
00:52:03
Speaker
Given everything you guys have done.
00:52:09
Speaker
day and you got like a decently early no you guys yeah i'd probably say afternoon okay because you guys landed uh landed shore pretty early went to the tavern for a bit and then went around town so yeah okay cool well we should probably have some dinner and go to sleep after this at noon bright and early crack of dawn
00:52:36
Speaker
Dinner first, as I just said.
00:52:39
Speaker
And then... But that is like an evening thing.
00:52:42
Speaker
Dinner is evening.
00:52:44
Speaker
It is afternoon.
00:52:44
Speaker
After we finish this up, it'll be night.
00:52:46
Speaker
Dinner is around this time, and then supper is later.
00:52:52
Speaker
I don't care.
00:52:53
Speaker
You eat both dinner and supper?
00:52:55
Speaker
Well, they're separate meals.
00:52:58
Speaker
Well, that's like second breakfast.
00:53:01
Speaker
If you like.
00:53:02
Speaker
Really?
00:53:04
Speaker
It's kind of like lunch and dinner.
00:53:07
Speaker
I always have room for another dinner, but that is no question.
00:53:12
Speaker
Early dinner.
00:53:13
Speaker
Early sleep.
00:53:14
Speaker
Get up early.
00:53:16
Speaker
We leave.
00:53:19
Speaker
Yes?
00:53:21
Speaker
Maybe?
00:53:22
Speaker
No, I sleep!
00:53:24
Speaker
Yes.
00:53:24
Speaker
It
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00:53:25
Speaker
takes a lot of energy to travel.
00:53:27
Speaker
I need my energy.
00:53:29
Speaker
Exactly.
00:53:30
Speaker
That is why we will be going to sleep early tonight.
00:53:34
Speaker
So you can get your beauty sleep.
00:53:39
Speaker
Talira doesn't need beauty sleep.
00:53:41
Speaker
Talira just like... Talira blinks at you like, beauty sleep?
00:53:48
Speaker
Do I look like I care how I look?
00:53:51
Speaker
Okay, so yes, we need to go back to the herbalist or the apothecary.
00:53:57
Speaker
Yeah, so Yari or Minerva and then... Varusa.
00:54:02
Speaker
Yeah, Varusa's the apothecary.
00:54:04
Speaker
Varusa.
00:54:07
Speaker
Varusa.
00:54:09
Speaker
I would prefer the apothecary over the herbalist.
00:54:12
Speaker
Why?
00:54:14
Speaker
Because she seems to know more.
00:54:18
Speaker
A bit more medically inclined.
00:54:19
Speaker
I think if you're trying to sell stuff and you're rude, you know what you're selling.
00:54:25
Speaker
Well, that's not necessarily true, but it is where you're going to get the best Chinese food.
00:54:36
Speaker
Do we have China in this world?
00:54:39
Speaker
I don't think so.
00:54:40
Speaker
All these fantasy countries and then also China.
00:54:45
Speaker
China is multidimensional.
00:54:46
Speaker
It's across universes.
00:54:48
Speaker
Look at my entire map, see all the continents, all the countries, and just know that China is right off the map, not pictured.
00:54:56
Speaker
Guys, we promise this is not Chinese propaganda, but China is superior and exists in the multiverse and all universes.
00:55:07
Speaker
China is not originally from Earth, in fact.
00:55:09
Speaker
It is from my world.
00:55:11
Speaker
Yes.
00:55:12
Speaker
Yes.
00:55:13
Speaker
My world predates Earth.
00:55:19
Speaker
They time and space travel now.
00:55:22
Speaker
So we should sell these, not sell, buy.
00:55:25
Speaker
Make a profit.
00:55:26
Speaker
We don't need to sell anything.
00:55:31
Speaker
This guy was being so nice and gave us a discount, so he's making nothing.
00:55:34
Speaker
We're going to get them all, turn around, and sell them for profit.
00:55:38
Speaker
We just sell the peaches back to him.
00:55:42
Speaker
Scalping.
00:55:44
Speaker
Just literally turn right back around and come in and be like, oh, it's crazy.
00:55:47
Speaker
This boat just came in with peaches.
00:55:48
Speaker
Here, let me sell you some.
00:55:49
Speaker
We come from far away land.
00:55:57
Speaker
Same continent, just different land.
00:55:58
Speaker
It is now canonical.
00:56:00
Speaker
It is now canonical that Viore just has just vast amount of peach trees.
00:56:06
Speaker
So much peaches.
00:56:07
Speaker
I'm going to have to write that in.
00:56:09
Speaker
It's a countryside.
00:56:11
Speaker
What do you expect?
00:56:12
Speaker
Okay.
00:56:14
Speaker
We will, how much, what else do we need?
00:56:17
Speaker
We need bedrolls.
00:56:18
Speaker
We need the bedrolls come in the Explorer pack, I believe.
00:56:24
Speaker
The Explorer pack.
00:56:25
Speaker
Which, yeah, so we have bedrolls.
00:56:27
Speaker
We have... Potentially some nicer bedrolls would be good to have, you know, a bit more comfortable.
00:56:32
Speaker
We could get a nicer one, yes.
00:56:34
Speaker
Do you have like a longer, my sized bedroll?
00:56:40
Speaker
You can use mine.
00:56:41
Speaker
It's fine.
00:56:42
Speaker
I don't really sleep, so.
00:56:44
Speaker
Oh, wait.
00:56:45
Speaker
I already have one.
00:56:46
Speaker
What am I talking about?
00:56:47
Speaker
I am silly.
00:56:49
Speaker
I was going to say, you know, funny enough, you do come here.
00:56:52
Speaker
I'm pretty much as big as you are, so I do actually stock those.
00:56:58
Speaker
Only one at a time when mine goes out, but I'd be willing to sell it.
00:57:05
Speaker
Let me double check because I have in my inventory the Dungeoneer pack.
00:57:13
Speaker
I can't believe I forgot you kept that.
00:57:14
Speaker
That's really funny.
00:57:15
Speaker
Anyway.
00:57:17
Speaker
I have no packs in my inventory at all.
00:57:19
Speaker
I just did starting gear.
00:57:23
Speaker
My background is the haunted one, so I get like a monster fighting package.
00:57:31
Speaker
Holy water and shit.
00:57:33
Speaker
Oh, no.
00:57:33
Speaker
The Dungeoneers pack does not contain a bedroll.
00:57:35
Speaker
So, yeah, I would need to add a bedroll.
00:57:41
Speaker
Can I just say this is quality content?
00:57:43
Speaker
If I'm buying an Explorer pack, I get an extra backpack and a bedroll.
00:57:47
Speaker
So, yeah, we'll just do that.
00:57:49
Speaker
Backpack.
00:57:50
Speaker
Tell you what, I'll do you a favor.
00:57:52
Speaker
I'll switch out the one in your pack for one of my longer ones in the back.
00:57:56
Speaker
How about that?
00:57:58
Speaker
You are a peach.
00:57:59
Speaker
Thank you.
00:58:01
Speaker
What a compliment.
00:58:03
Speaker
This guy's the freaking nicest NPC, guys.
00:58:08
Speaker
I know.
00:58:09
Speaker
He sits there and catches a peach, throws it behind his back, rolls it up his arm, and then... No.
00:58:18
Speaker
For those that can't see it, Renny is just making the most disgusted face.
00:58:28
Speaker
Keldon leaves.
00:58:29
Speaker
Rennie leaves the call.
00:58:31
Speaker
It's like, I'll start early, guys.
00:58:38
Speaker
I'll see you later.
00:58:40
Speaker
I'm going to have to put in the episode description, like, warning.
00:58:45
Speaker
What is the, like, the phobia for mouth noises?
00:58:48
Speaker
Misophonia is an issue with sounds in general and it causing, like, a very extreme reaction.
00:58:55
Speaker
Oftentimes, mouth noises is one of the triggers.
00:58:59
Speaker
Right.
00:58:59
Speaker
I know Dropout puts that on several of theirs.
00:59:03
Speaker
I'm going to have to put that on the beginning of this one.
00:59:07
Speaker
Thankfully, you'll be recording with me so you'll always know when it's necessary.
00:59:15
Speaker
Just imagine.
00:59:16
Speaker
Just podcast.
00:59:17
Speaker
Warning.
00:59:17
Speaker
Mouth noises.
00:59:20
Speaker
Podcast.
00:59:22
Speaker
Oh, so great.
00:59:23
Speaker
Anyway, yeah, you guys gather some things.
00:59:26
Speaker
You gather a little bit more rations and salted meat as you guys need.
00:59:30
Speaker
He gave you five peaches.
00:59:30
Speaker
If you want to get more, you're more than welcome to.
00:59:33
Speaker
But like I said, the packs are about four gold a piece.
00:59:37
Speaker
And then any additional rations slash salted meat is going to be two silver a piece for those.
00:59:48
Speaker
And the peaches are...
00:59:50
Speaker
pretty expensive at two silver for just a single peach.
00:59:53
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:59:55
Speaker
And he gave us five for free.
00:59:57
Speaker
I know.
00:59:58
Speaker
I couldn't buy a pack even if I needed to.
01:00:01
Speaker
I am super broke.
01:00:03
Speaker
Let's see how much money I have.
01:00:07
Speaker
Oh, ten days worth of rations.
01:00:08
Speaker
That's fine.
01:00:09
Speaker
That tariff on the memports from Viore.
01:00:12
Speaker
It's rough.
01:00:13
Speaker
Yeah, I should have enough.
01:00:16
Speaker
You said it's four gold apiece for the packs.
01:00:20
Speaker
Yes.
01:00:20
Speaker
How much gold do you have?
01:00:22
Speaker
Eight.
01:00:24
Speaker
And how much gold do you have?
01:00:25
Speaker
What's that?
01:00:29
Speaker
Shockingly, Calden doesn't have much money.
01:00:32
Speaker
I think the one gold is probably what Talira gave him.
01:00:37
Speaker
I will buy Calden's.
01:00:41
Speaker
I don't have a pack.
01:00:42
Speaker
I have a pack.
01:00:43
Speaker
Oh, you don't?
01:00:43
Speaker
Okay.
01:00:43
Speaker
Oh, perfect.
01:00:46
Speaker
Calden came prepared.
01:00:48
Speaker
I don't know why the fuck the rest of you did not.
01:00:51
Speaker
Does Yellen have a pack?
01:00:53
Speaker
Yellen does have a pack.
01:00:54
Speaker
Well, see, the thing is, I have a Dungeoneer's pack, but the Dungeoneer's pack doesn't come with a bedroll, which is stupid.
01:01:00
Speaker
Yeah, that's really weird.
01:01:04
Speaker
Yeah.
01:01:06
Speaker
I guess they're assuming that you're going to be sleeping inside of the dungeon, but why would you not need a bedroll?
01:01:11
Speaker
Because that's like a nasty, hard-ass floor.
01:01:14
Speaker
Yeah, on a stone.
01:01:17
Speaker
It's really comfy stone, though.
01:01:20
Speaker
I've been in caves before.
01:01:21
Speaker
It's probably not.
01:01:26
Speaker
So I have 16 rations.
01:01:29
Speaker
Your packs come with 10.
01:01:31
Speaker
Yep.
01:01:32
Speaker
How many more do you think we should be buying?
01:01:34
Speaker
I think that is enough.
01:01:36
Speaker
We should be able to get some.
01:01:38
Speaker
We're going to a new town.
01:01:39
Speaker
It's a bit...
01:01:43
Speaker
Silly to buy enough rations for there and back when I can buy rations in the other town.
01:01:48
Speaker
Keldon also has every intention if we're going to be out in the woods, he's happy to go hunting.
01:01:52
Speaker
And I do have a hunting trap.
01:01:55
Speaker
I would probably, if I have enough money, I will pick up a couple extra things.
01:02:02
Speaker
Woos, I'm going to grab some caltrops.
01:02:05
Speaker
Let me make sure I don't have any of those.
01:02:08
Speaker
Yeah.
01:02:10
Speaker
I should be good.
01:02:11
Speaker
I'll just pick up some extra caltrops.
01:02:13
Speaker
All right.
01:02:14
Speaker
Now that you guys, assuming that we're done with the shopping, the shopkeeper, Cleezal, thanks you guys and kind of sees you out.
01:02:23
Speaker
And Nevoa in the world is yours.
01:02:26
Speaker
What is your guys' next steps?
01:02:29
Speaker
I guess the apothecary.
01:02:31
Speaker
Heading back to her.
01:02:33
Speaker
The apothecary?
01:02:34
Speaker
What's her name again?
01:02:36
Speaker
Varusha.
01:02:37
Speaker
Varusha.
01:02:37
Speaker
Varusha.
01:02:39
Speaker
Well, our paladin is a bit of an asshole and thinks that Yari is incompetent.
01:02:47
Speaker
I think Yari's incompetent.
01:02:49
Speaker
I guess we're going to Varusa.
01:02:50
Speaker
I just think Varusa's more competent.
01:02:52
Speaker
I would say Talira's just like, oh, we need the potions?
01:02:56
Speaker
Cool.
01:02:56
Speaker
And she's just going to start walking towards the Yari's.
01:03:01
Speaker
The nice one.
01:03:02
Speaker
Wrong way.
01:03:06
Speaker
Oh.
01:03:06
Speaker
Splitting the party this early?
01:03:09
Speaker
Never a good idea.
01:03:10
Speaker
Do we have to visit Veronica?
01:03:13
Speaker
Hey.
01:03:14
Speaker
She knows Ver- Ver-Utta, I believe.
01:03:18
Speaker
Oh, right.
01:03:19
Speaker
Yes.
01:03:20
Speaker
Trust me.
01:03:21
Speaker
I am from the city.
01:03:22
Speaker
I understand people.
01:03:25
Speaker
Ver-Utta.
01:03:28
Speaker
Let's go.
01:03:28
Speaker
Alright.
01:03:31
Speaker
So you guys make your way down to the house you're familiar with.
01:03:34
Speaker
You get up to see the whole name in front of
01:03:39
Speaker
Her apothecary, which I'm going to be honest, I can't remember the name of her apothecary.
01:03:45
Speaker
Oh, Greenwake.
01:03:48
Speaker
Oh, where'd we go?
01:03:50
Speaker
Somebody help me.
01:03:52
Speaker
I just have Greenwake getting down.
01:03:54
Speaker
Greenwake apothecary?
01:03:56
Speaker
Maybe.
01:03:56
Speaker
It's Greenwake something.
01:03:58
Speaker
It's Greenwake now, isn't it?
01:03:59
Speaker
I'm struggling.
01:04:00
Speaker
It is.
01:04:01
Speaker
Just Greenwake.
01:04:02
Speaker
Greenwake apothecary.
01:04:03
Speaker
Recon.
01:04:03
Speaker
Recon.
01:04:05
Speaker
Anyway, you get to Greenwick Apothecary.
01:04:07
Speaker
There we go.
01:04:08
Speaker
Whether it was or not, it is now.
01:04:11
Speaker
She rebranded while we were gone.
01:04:12
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
01:04:13
Speaker
We're back at the last hour.
01:04:17
Speaker
Within the last hour.
01:04:20
Speaker
And sure enough, the door's closed, as it was last time.
01:04:22
Speaker
Open the door, and... Oh.
01:04:27
Speaker
You're back.
01:04:30
Speaker
We're back.
01:04:32
Speaker
That's what I just said.
01:04:34
Speaker
Very perceptive.
01:04:36
Speaker
I like the new name.
01:04:37
Speaker
It's like, you know, to the point.
01:04:42
Speaker
So inviting.
01:04:43
Speaker
Actually, the old name, I just... Back to it.
01:04:46
Speaker
Oh, um... Sorry.
01:04:50
Speaker
It has a ring to it.
01:04:53
Speaker
I like.
01:04:55
Speaker
My late husband.
01:04:57
Speaker
How much are your healing potions?
01:05:00
Speaker
Sorry, I wasn't talking or anything.
01:05:02
Speaker
Healing potions.
01:05:03
Speaker
That's fine.
01:05:06
Speaker
What level of healing are you looking to do?
01:05:09
Speaker
As many as possible.
01:05:11
Speaker
Let's see what your prices are.
01:05:12
Speaker
We would like a list.
01:05:16
Speaker
Luckily, I like lists.
01:05:17
Speaker
I know.
01:05:19
Speaker
That tracks.
01:05:19
Speaker
I imagine with what you all are going to be doing, standard healing potions will probably be fine since you probably have nothing to investigate anyway.
01:05:29
Speaker
We're investigating your missing children.
01:05:32
Speaker
Never mind the fact we'll be in the woods where creatures exist.
01:05:36
Speaker
Whether or not you think we're going to find anything regarding the children, that's fine.
01:05:39
Speaker
You just want the list, please.
01:05:42
Speaker
I'm going to leave.
01:05:42
Speaker
I'm going to go Yari.
01:05:44
Speaker
I want my list.
01:05:45
Speaker
You guys can deal with this.
01:05:47
Speaker
She pulls out a piece of parchment.
01:05:48
Speaker
We'll see what the prices are.
01:05:49
Speaker
Here's the list of my potions and their prices.
01:05:51
Speaker
Thank you.
01:05:53
Speaker
And sorry about your husband.
01:05:55
Speaker
Oh, I'm not.
01:05:57
Speaker
But...
01:06:00
Speaker
It's got just a regular healing potion, greater, superior.
01:06:02
Speaker
It does not go up to Supreme and a variety of other potions as well.
01:06:08
Speaker
Wow, can't even make a Supreme healing potion, huh?
01:06:13
Speaker
Embarrassing.
01:06:15
Speaker
Do not sass.
01:06:17
Speaker
Apologies.
01:06:18
Speaker
That was some excellent like props, props use there, Renny.
01:06:25
Speaker
I'm strong.
01:06:27
Speaker
What are those prices?
01:06:29
Speaker
I'm guessing you are getting them to us.
01:06:32
Speaker
Probably just going up now.
01:06:33
Speaker
Yeah, I was going to say the site that I linked has like all of the prices on it.
01:06:40
Speaker
But you never know.
01:06:41
Speaker
This bitch might be overcharging us.
01:06:44
Speaker
This is true.
01:06:45
Speaker
Honestly, she probably will be now.
01:06:47
Speaker
That was one of the reasons I was like, I'm leaving.
01:06:49
Speaker
But it's not on the list.
01:06:51
Speaker
She magically changes the list.
01:06:54
Speaker
In front of you.
01:06:55
Speaker
You see the new prices rise.
01:06:57
Speaker
To answer your question, I can make a supreme.
01:07:03
Speaker
He didn't say that.
01:07:05
Speaker
She heard a very different voice whisper that in her head.
01:07:07
Speaker
Implied.
01:07:14
Speaker
I must have imagined you saying it because it sounds like something you would say.
01:07:17
Speaker
You don't even know me.
01:07:19
Speaker
Yeah, he has that face about him.
01:07:21
Speaker
What does that mean?
01:07:24
Speaker
Calden is a very nice person.
01:07:27
Speaker
I do not know what you are talking about.
01:07:29
Speaker
Thank you, Talira.
01:07:31
Speaker
I appreciate that.
01:07:32
Speaker
Don't worry.
01:07:33
Speaker
They say that about me too.
01:07:34
Speaker
Are you here to buy my goods or are you here to cause problems?
01:07:38
Speaker
That is a very good question.
01:07:40
Speaker
We're here to buy goods, but problems make her.
01:07:43
Speaker
Let's keep the problems to a minimum, please.
01:07:45
Speaker
I agree.
01:07:46
Speaker
A minimum of problems is always best.
01:07:49
Speaker
Would you like a peach?
01:07:51
Speaker
If you're offering, yes.
01:07:52
Speaker
Yes.
01:07:53
Speaker
I give her my peach because I don't like peaches.
01:07:57
Speaker
Thank you.
01:07:58
Speaker
These are expensive here.
01:08:01
Speaker
Is it 50 gold for a regular healing potion?
01:08:05
Speaker
Yeah, but potions are expensive as hell.
01:08:07
Speaker
That's annoying.
01:08:08
Speaker
Potions are expensive.
01:08:09
Speaker
She goes, um, well, in the city, yes.
01:08:13
Speaker
Here, no, but my potions of healing are mislabeled on purpose.
01:08:18
Speaker
Why?
01:08:19
Speaker
Potion of healing does about half of what your city one is going to do.
01:08:23
Speaker
Nobody here would be able to afford the potions if I labeled them and charged them correctly.
01:08:30
Speaker
I drink them a bit.
01:08:31
Speaker
What's the price on it?
01:08:32
Speaker
So you dilute the potion, use cheapest products to keep your profits still marginal, but at least have them at a correct rate for people living in this town.
01:08:42
Speaker
Ah, we have a smart one in the group, yes.
01:08:44
Speaker
Um, it is 25 gold and it does, will heal quite literally half of what a normal potion is.
01:08:50
Speaker
We'll keep that in mind.
01:08:51
Speaker
Thank you for letting us know.
01:08:53
Speaker
All in good business.
01:08:54
Speaker
Yeah, I am broke.
01:08:55
Speaker
I can't afford to eat any potions, so.
01:08:58
Speaker
We go!
01:08:58
Speaker
Yeah.
01:08:59
Speaker
If you can't afford potions, I do have... If you don't can't afford potions, I do have healer's kits available.
01:09:05
Speaker
How much is a healer kit?
01:09:06
Speaker
I have to have healer's kits.
01:09:07
Speaker
It's the only thing people buy.
01:09:09
Speaker
Oh, weird.
01:09:09
Speaker
It's almost like people don't want a half-assed product.
01:09:12
Speaker
That's so strange.
01:09:14
Speaker
Maybe you should wait outside.
01:09:18
Speaker
Healer's kits are normally... That was an inside thought.
01:09:21
Speaker
I'm sorry.
01:09:21
Speaker
Did that come out?
01:09:23
Speaker
Did I say that out loud?
01:09:23
Speaker
Well, in that case...
01:09:26
Speaker
I do have just a massive amount of healer's kits, as it is quite needed in this area.
01:09:31
Speaker
And with how supply and demand works, I believe now... Oh, maybe I have it backwards, but I think the price just went up to six gold.
01:09:39
Speaker
I don't think it did.
01:09:40
Speaker
I'm going to intimidate.
01:09:42
Speaker
You can certainly try.
01:09:49
Speaker
You can roll intimidation at disadvantage.
01:09:55
Speaker
Okay, I think it is time we all leave.
01:10:02
Speaker
This might have been a case of the customer is not always right.
01:10:07
Speaker
Given disadvantage because given the circumstances in which you are trying to intimidate.
01:10:12
Speaker
You're associated with me.
01:10:13
Speaker
In her own place.
01:10:14
Speaker
With being insulted so much.
01:10:16
Speaker
Not being taken seriously.
01:10:17
Speaker
Okay.
01:10:18
Speaker
I'm just going to roll my Nordicies.
01:10:21
Speaker
We're still leaving, but I'm just upset.
01:10:26
Speaker
No.
01:10:28
Speaker
Don't worry.
01:10:28
Speaker
Yeah, I... Calden turns around and walks out.
01:10:33
Speaker
Have fun at Yari's.
01:10:34
Speaker
That's why I wanted, yeah.
01:10:36
Speaker
I will admit I was wrong with this decision.
01:10:38
Speaker
Once we're out.
01:10:40
Speaker
I will take that burden.
01:10:41
Speaker
Thank you.
01:10:43
Speaker
We shall go to Yaris.
01:10:45
Speaker
If we're looking for things to keep us alive, I can do that pretty proficiently.
01:10:51
Speaker
Well, that is good.
01:10:52
Speaker
For now, anyway.
01:10:54
Speaker
Keeping us alive is important.
01:10:56
Speaker
If we do have a healer's kit, it would not be a bad idea.
01:11:03
Speaker
If we can take some of the burden off of you... That is true.
01:11:07
Speaker
That would be nice.
01:11:07
Speaker
Does anyone really know how to use one?
01:11:14
Speaker
I know how to use one.
01:11:16
Speaker
Oh, excellent.
01:11:18
Speaker
You could teach us.
01:11:18
Speaker
Yeah, I could show you how.
01:11:20
Speaker
It's not too hard, anyway.
01:11:23
Speaker
Perfect.
01:11:24
Speaker
We shall do that and go to Yari's.
01:11:29
Speaker
Let's be on our way.
01:11:30
Speaker
All right.
01:11:31
Speaker
You guys head back down to Yari's with a nice cozy cabin with Ivy kind of coasting up or rather kind of cascading down the side of the house.
01:11:40
Speaker
Nice little garden in the back.
01:11:42
Speaker
Very cozy house.
01:11:44
Speaker
Guys knock on the door and Yari comes up.
01:11:46
Speaker
Oh, hey, welcome back.
01:11:48
Speaker
What's bringing you back so soon?
01:11:50
Speaker
We were wondering what you have in the way of healing items we could take on our journey.
01:11:56
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
01:11:56
Speaker
Yes, of course.
01:11:58
Speaker
I should have offered before you left last time.
01:11:59
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
01:12:00
Speaker
My apologies.
01:12:01
Speaker
Come on in.
01:12:02
Speaker
Come on in.
01:12:02
Speaker
Here, take a seat.
01:12:03
Speaker
I'll get something worked out for you.
01:12:05
Speaker
Oh, thank you.
01:12:07
Speaker
Thank you so much.
01:12:08
Speaker
Oh, of course.
01:12:09
Speaker
Of course.
01:12:10
Speaker
It is my pleasure.
01:12:12
Speaker
It is...
01:12:13
Speaker
quite literally, the biggest reason why I'm more successful than Veruta.
01:12:18
Speaker
Well, I'm sure some of the reasons is that she is a raging bitch.
01:12:24
Speaker
I've looted her products.
01:12:26
Speaker
Oh, actually, no, I'll be honest.
01:12:28
Speaker
I applaud her for the idea.
01:12:30
Speaker
She's not wrong when she says that her products would be too expensive and, like, if she charged what they're worth.
01:12:38
Speaker
Seems like she's in the wrong market then.
01:12:40
Speaker
I told... Frankly, she kind of is, but it's...
01:12:43
Speaker
Until I came here, it was needed.
01:12:47
Speaker
It's no secret that me and her don't like each other.
01:12:49
Speaker
As much as it's not nice, I'm kind of trying to push her out.
01:12:55
Speaker
But, you know, maybe I'm saving her some trouble doing that.
01:12:58
Speaker
But regardless, she's not wrong.
01:13:02
Speaker
And her products are good, as much as it pains me to say, because she is a raging bitch.
01:13:07
Speaker
She is.
01:13:08
Speaker
And that's why I'm more successful.
01:13:09
Speaker
You know, it is what it is.
01:13:10
Speaker
It's called customer service.
01:13:11
Speaker
Learn to have some.
01:13:12
Speaker
That's what I say, at least.
01:13:16
Speaker
But she's not wrong.
01:13:16
Speaker
I mean, I don't blame her for diluting her products.
01:13:18
Speaker
The people around here, as much as I love them, they're not super educated.
01:13:21
Speaker
Like I told you guys, I just moved here in the past couple of years.
01:13:24
Speaker
It seems like doing something like that is a bit taking advantage of your customers, though.
01:13:30
Speaker
She was open and honest.
01:13:32
Speaker
It would only be taking advantage if she lied.
01:13:34
Speaker
People ask.
01:13:34
Speaker
She tells them.
01:13:35
Speaker
She just doesn't.
01:13:36
Speaker
Perhaps.
01:13:37
Speaker
Yeah.
01:13:38
Speaker
If they ask, the people who are going to purchase for you are, as you said, less educated, then who's going to ask?
01:13:46
Speaker
Also, why dilute?
01:13:47
Speaker
You might as well just use smaller bottles.
01:13:49
Speaker
It would have the same effect.
01:13:51
Speaker
You have... Right, but it's a little bit more advertisement friendly.
01:13:55
Speaker
You have valid points.
01:13:56
Speaker
Like I said... I guess you're correct.
01:14:00
Speaker
I don't think she's going to last much longer, so, you know...
01:14:04
Speaker
I'm sure she'll be happier in a much bigger city.
01:14:07
Speaker
I agree.
01:14:07
Speaker
People tend to attempt to connect with you less in those cities.
01:14:12
Speaker
That is true.
01:14:13
Speaker
That is true.
01:14:14
Speaker
She would fit better.
01:14:15
Speaker
I don't know.
01:14:15
Speaker
She's weirdly connected to this town.
01:14:20
Speaker
It's almost like she's got roots when she doesn't.
01:14:23
Speaker
It's odd.
01:14:25
Speaker
She hasn't had much business here since I've grown in popularity.
01:14:29
Speaker
And she still just won't give up.
01:14:34
Speaker
Weird.
01:14:35
Speaker
It's eerily weird.
01:14:37
Speaker
Nobody seems to like her.
01:14:38
Speaker
She has no friends.
01:14:40
Speaker
I don't know.
01:14:41
Speaker
Hmm.
01:14:43
Speaker
How is it weird that she's connected?
01:14:46
Speaker
I mean, she's lived here forever, right?
01:14:49
Speaker
Yeah, her.
01:14:49
Speaker
Her grandparents.
01:14:50
Speaker
I mean, like, family line.
01:14:53
Speaker
Then that makes her connected.
01:14:56
Speaker
I mean, yeah, like, the business was her grandmother's, don't get me wrong, which I guess there's a sense there, but, like...
01:15:02
Speaker
Given everything that happens here, why would you stay?
01:15:05
Speaker
Late husband, you know, died some time ago under mysterious circumstances.
01:15:10
Speaker
She supposedly is awaiting a new husband that's arranged from her people from the primordial plane.
01:15:18
Speaker
You know, the Ganassis, they do arrange marriages in the traditional manner.
01:15:24
Speaker
Supposedly is awaiting a new groom that's supposed to arrive.
01:15:28
Speaker
I don't know.
01:15:29
Speaker
Things are just off with her.
01:15:31
Speaker
Leaves on, like, she calls them scouting trips to go get herbs and whatnot.
01:15:35
Speaker
And let me tell you, if anybody knows that you don't have to go very far to get the herbs you need around here, it's me.
01:15:41
Speaker
And she'll be gone for days.
01:15:44
Speaker
Weird.
01:15:44
Speaker
That's all I'm saying.
01:15:46
Speaker
Maybe it's all coincidence.
01:15:47
Speaker
I don't know.
01:15:48
Speaker
Are they frequent?
01:15:50
Speaker
Does she leave often?
01:15:51
Speaker
Man, I gotta say, I mean, once, probably once a month.
01:15:54
Speaker
Is it around the same time?
01:15:58
Speaker
When was the last time she left?
01:16:00
Speaker
Yeah, it's like the very beginning of every month, pretty much.
01:16:03
Speaker
And what's today's date?
01:16:03
Speaker
And it's not our cycle?
01:16:06
Speaker
It's not far into the month right now.
01:16:08
Speaker
She just goes out in the woods to bleed for a few days.
01:16:11
Speaker
She's like, I can't do this in the safety of my home.
01:16:16
Speaker
I must do it out in the wild.
01:16:18
Speaker
Is this the third episode in a row where we've had period jokes?
01:16:21
Speaker
God, I hope not.
01:16:23
Speaker
I'm sorry.
01:16:24
Speaker
We can cut that.
01:16:26
Speaker
I brought it into existence in this world.
01:16:28
Speaker
I'm sorry.
01:16:30
Speaker
How dare you give us menstrual cycles, you monster.
01:16:34
Speaker
I'm so sorry I cursed the women of the world.
01:16:36
Speaker
Yep, yep.
01:16:37
Speaker
No, let's cut that.
01:16:38
Speaker
I don't want three in a row.
01:16:40
Speaker
That's so funny.
01:16:41
Speaker
Honestly, I don't know if I'll cut it.
01:16:43
Speaker
That's really funny.
01:16:45
Speaker
I don't think it was three.
01:16:48
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
01:16:50
Speaker
I created a male character just so that I could burden everyone else with it and not me.
01:16:55
Speaker
Amazing.
01:16:55
Speaker
It's fantastic.
01:16:56
Speaker
We thank you so much for that.
01:16:59
Speaker
Now I'm off to go scream in a wardrobe.
01:17:02
Speaker
All right.
01:17:04
Speaker
Anyway, but enough about her.
01:17:06
Speaker
I hate getting on tangents about her.
01:17:08
Speaker
She lives in my head rent free and really shouldn't.
01:17:11
Speaker
Anyway.
01:17:13
Speaker
Anyway.
Unexpected Meal and Food Discussion
01:17:14
Speaker
Yeah, so no, take a seat, enjoy.
01:17:16
Speaker
I've got some journals from the city you guys can read into if you want.
01:17:20
Speaker
It will take me a bit, but I'll get some things together for you.
01:17:25
Speaker
She heads off into the back of the house and you start hearing, hearing like crushing of leaves and like, ding, ding, ding of like some glass vials maybe hitting something and work has begun.
01:17:36
Speaker
So, what type of food does everyone like?
01:17:42
Speaker
We really should have asked what her pricing is before she started to make us something.
01:17:46
Speaker
Yeah.
01:17:47
Speaker
Oh, like... anything else?
01:17:51
Speaker
Yari?
01:17:53
Speaker
Oh, yes?
01:17:54
Speaker
So sorry to interrupt you, but we are running on slightly limited funds, and before you go through all the work, we just want to make sure we can afford you.
01:18:04
Speaker
Oh, stop talking.
01:18:07
Speaker
It's free.
01:18:08
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:18:09
Speaker
Thank you so much.
01:18:11
Speaker
Free is good.
01:18:13
Speaker
Thank you.
01:18:14
Speaker
We do like free.
01:18:16
Speaker
Just follow through on what you're doing.
01:18:18
Speaker
That's all I ask.
01:18:18
Speaker
That's why we're here.
01:18:21
Speaker
Yes.
01:18:23
Speaker
So, what's everyone's favorite type of food since we are waiting awkwardly?
01:18:32
Speaker
For this person.
01:18:33
Speaker
Do people have favourite foods?
01:18:36
Speaker
I have favourite foods.
01:18:37
Speaker
I should say something like... Yes.
01:18:41
Speaker
The boar my mother roasted.
01:18:44
Speaker
But honestly, it was after I moved into the city and I had a pastry.
01:18:50
Speaker
That makes sense.
01:18:51
Speaker
Yeah.
01:18:51
Speaker
Pastries.
01:18:52
Speaker
Pastries are... They're just delicate, but still warm.
01:18:56
Speaker
I don't think I've ever had a pastry.
01:18:58
Speaker
Coat your tongue.
01:19:01
Speaker
Well, we will make sure you start eating a lot more variety of foods since you have not had a peach or a pastry.
01:19:11
Speaker
Yes, I have allergies, so there's a lot of foods that I haven't eaten.
01:19:18
Speaker
You hear a knock, knock, knock on the door interrupting
Cupcake Surprise and Awkward Chat
01:19:21
Speaker
your conversation.
01:19:21
Speaker
Oh, can somebody get that, please?
01:19:25
Speaker
Yep.
01:19:27
Speaker
And Talira lumbers over to the door, swings it open.
01:19:31
Speaker
Hello.
01:19:33
Speaker
You look down and you see her spouse, Etten Mosgrove, in his wheelchair, holding a tray that is full of little cupcakes.
01:19:44
Speaker
Oh.
01:19:46
Speaker
Oh.
01:19:48
Speaker
There's guests.
01:19:50
Speaker
Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
01:19:51
Speaker
We don't have business, although it's a little late in the day.
01:19:53
Speaker
Hello.
01:19:54
Speaker
You guys were here earlier, weren't you?
01:19:55
Speaker
We are back.
01:19:57
Speaker
I'm back, too.
01:19:59
Speaker
Cupcake?
01:20:00
Speaker
Sure.
01:20:01
Speaker
Thank you.
01:20:01
Speaker
Yeah.
01:20:03
Speaker
It is not quite pastry, but look, a cupcake.
01:20:08
Speaker
Talira, like, big, big dopey grin on her face.
01:20:13
Speaker
Child with candy, essentially.
01:20:16
Speaker
And announces, what did you say Yari's husband's name was again?
01:20:24
Speaker
Etten.
01:20:25
Speaker
Etten, thank you.
01:20:26
Speaker
Etten's back.
01:20:28
Speaker
Ah, yes.
01:20:28
Speaker
Trying to prep.
01:20:31
Speaker
Leah's not here, is she?
01:20:34
Speaker
Leah?
01:20:34
Speaker
Sorry, not Leah.
01:20:35
Speaker
That is her daughter.
01:20:36
Speaker
Not the right name.
01:20:38
Speaker
The dead one?
01:20:40
Speaker
Lenara?
01:20:42
Speaker
Not her.
01:20:42
Speaker
I read the wrong one off of my lip.
01:20:45
Speaker
Was it Lenara?
01:20:46
Speaker
No.
01:20:47
Speaker
Does he have dementia?
01:20:48
Speaker
Lenara?
01:20:49
Speaker
Yes, her.
01:20:49
Speaker
The helper.
01:20:50
Speaker
Yeah, Lenara.
01:20:54
Speaker
Yeah.
01:20:55
Speaker
Lenara.
01:20:56
Speaker
Lenara's not here, is she?
01:20:58
Speaker
We haven't seen her.
01:20:59
Speaker
I did not see her, no.
01:21:00
Speaker
I haven't seen her.
01:21:01
Speaker
Okay, good.
01:21:02
Speaker
I just want to make sure she didn't come back.
01:21:03
Speaker
These are for her birthday.
01:21:06
Speaker
Oh, should I put the cupcake back and then we all celebrate?
01:21:08
Speaker
No, no, no, no.
01:21:09
Speaker
I got extra.
01:21:10
Speaker
I got extra.
01:21:10
Speaker
You guys aren't going to be here tomorrow.
01:21:11
Speaker
Oh, no, you're right.
01:21:12
Speaker
It's tomorrow.
01:21:13
Speaker
Well, thank you.
01:21:15
Speaker
And tell her we said happy birthday.
01:21:16
Speaker
Have you ever had a cupcake before?
01:21:22
Speaker
I think I've had them a very long time ago.
01:21:25
Speaker
I'll have another one.
01:21:27
Speaker
Yes.
01:21:29
Speaker
I'm full.
01:21:29
Speaker
Thank you so much.
01:21:30
Speaker
Oh, they're cherry vanilla.
01:21:30
Speaker
That's so sweet of you.
01:21:31
Speaker
They've got a cherry in the center.
01:21:32
Speaker
They're so good.
01:21:35
Speaker
I don't like cherry, but thank you.
01:21:38
Speaker
I am going to enjoy.
01:21:39
Speaker
And Talira like shovels the whole thing in her face.
01:21:45
Speaker
I see.
01:21:46
Speaker
Now that's what I'm talking about.
01:21:47
Speaker
Um,
01:21:48
Speaker
What was... I'm sorry.
01:21:51
Speaker
Gentlemen, what was your name again?
01:21:53
Speaker
I was such in a rush earlier.
01:21:55
Speaker
Galden?
01:21:56
Speaker
Which one?
01:21:57
Speaker
Yellen or Calden?
01:22:00
Speaker
Sorry, I forgot I'm looking.
01:22:02
Speaker
Oh, Yellen.
01:22:04
Speaker
It's a pleasure.
01:22:05
Speaker
Sorry, I don't know if he introduced myself earlier.
01:22:08
Speaker
I was such in a rush.
01:22:10
Speaker
Yes, have you... Thank you.
01:22:13
Speaker
I'll take one.
01:22:14
Speaker
You seem like a timid type.
01:22:15
Speaker
No...
01:22:20
Speaker
He just kind of awkwardly bites it.
01:22:22
Speaker
No, definitely not.
01:22:24
Speaker
It's okay.
01:22:29
Speaker
Covering his mouth while he bites.
01:22:33
Speaker
Please enjoy.
01:22:35
Speaker
You two don't want one?
01:22:38
Speaker
No, thank you so much.
01:22:39
Speaker
I have an aversion to cherry flavors.
01:22:42
Speaker
Interesting.
01:22:42
Speaker
Even if it's real cherry?
01:22:44
Speaker
I don't like cherry.
01:22:47
Speaker
All right.
01:22:48
Speaker
Okay.
01:22:48
Speaker
No worries.
01:22:48
Speaker
I can't hear those things.
01:22:49
Speaker
I'm sorry.
01:22:49
Speaker
I didn't have anything you could like.
01:22:51
Speaker
Anyway.
01:22:52
Speaker
It is okay.
01:22:53
Speaker
She is a Debbie Downer.
01:22:57
Speaker
This is true.
01:22:58
Speaker
You admit to it.
01:23:00
Speaker
So self-aware.
01:23:02
Speaker
Yes.
01:23:03
Speaker
Good for you.
01:23:04
Speaker
Good for you.
01:23:06
Speaker
It's the first step, honestly.
01:23:07
Speaker
That's what I'm saying.
01:23:08
Speaker
Anyway, he puts it down, starts wheeling away.
01:23:11
Speaker
If it means anything, they do look delicious and they do look like you've put a lot of work and effort into them and they look well iced and baked to perfection.
01:23:22
Speaker
Well, I would say I appreciate it, but I'm not the one who made these.
01:23:27
Speaker
Oh, well.
01:23:28
Speaker
I appreciate it, though.
01:23:29
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:23:35
Speaker
Oh, it's so awkward.
01:23:37
Speaker
This is such an awkward conversation.
01:23:38
Speaker
Give her a pat on the back.
01:23:39
Speaker
I'm going to leave.
01:23:40
Speaker
So it doesn't seem more awkward.
01:23:45
Speaker
Sets it down and starts wheeling away.
01:23:48
Speaker
You need anything?
01:23:50
Speaker
Just give a holler.
01:23:52
Speaker
Alrighty.
01:23:53
Speaker
Thank you.
01:23:54
Speaker
Goodbye.
01:23:54
Speaker
Thank you, Witten.
01:23:57
Speaker
Yep, no problem.
01:24:01
Speaker
That was awkward.
01:24:02
Speaker
I think I would like to leave.
01:24:04
Speaker
How was the cupcake?
01:24:05
Speaker
It was very good.
01:24:06
Speaker
Delicious.
01:24:09
Speaker
It's sweet, right?
01:24:10
Speaker
They're sweet?
01:24:11
Speaker
Yes, it is sweet.
01:24:12
Speaker
The weather is nice here.
Yari's Herbalist Insights
01:24:15
Speaker
You see Yari come around the corner real quick and she has like
01:24:18
Speaker
something that looks like mud kind of on one side of her face.
01:24:22
Speaker
Her hair is kind of more disheveled.
01:24:23
Speaker
You can see like she gets really into her work.
01:24:26
Speaker
It's she's looking.
01:24:27
Speaker
She's like, hi, quick, quick, quick.
01:24:30
Speaker
One of you.
01:24:32
Speaker
You.
01:24:32
Speaker
And she like shoves it in your face.
01:24:34
Speaker
Calvin, did your finger taste this?
01:24:37
Speaker
I. Puts his finger in it.
01:24:42
Speaker
Smells a little.
01:24:44
Speaker
Smells grassy.
01:24:46
Speaker
Salty?
01:24:47
Speaker
Smells salty?
01:24:49
Speaker
What does salty smell like?
01:24:51
Speaker
I don't know.
01:24:52
Speaker
I don't know.
01:24:52
Speaker
I swear to God I can smell when something's salty.
01:24:55
Speaker
Maybe it's a placebo effect.
01:24:56
Speaker
I might.
01:24:58
Speaker
I don't know if I can or not.
01:25:01
Speaker
I feel like.
01:25:01
Speaker
Maybe it's a placebo effect, but I swear I can smell when something's salty.
01:25:04
Speaker
You didn't taste it in the air.
01:25:06
Speaker
In the air.
01:25:08
Speaker
Dabs it onto his tongue.
01:25:11
Speaker
It's extremely bitter.
01:25:14
Speaker
Oh my goodness, it tastes effective.
01:25:19
Speaker
Oh, is it bitter?
01:25:21
Speaker
A little, yeah.
01:25:22
Speaker
Fuck, that's not what I was going for.
01:25:23
Speaker
Okay, thank you.
01:25:24
Speaker
She rushes back around the corner.
01:25:28
Speaker
Wipes his tongue off.
01:25:29
Speaker
Do you want a cupcake?
01:25:32
Speaker
I'm good, thank you.
01:25:34
Speaker
About 20 more minutes goes by and she comes back around, this time not quite so rushing but looking just as disheveled.
01:25:42
Speaker
with a couple like little bowls that have like a cloth over top and like some sort of elastic band around it.
01:25:51
Speaker
He goes, sorry, sorry about that.
01:25:53
Speaker
I didn't give you an explanation.
01:25:54
Speaker
I've like ruined my taste palette.
01:25:57
Speaker
So I can't always taste when things are correct anymore.
01:26:00
Speaker
That's why I have to have a helper.
01:26:03
Speaker
You test things on yourself and something's bound to go wrong eventually.
01:26:07
Speaker
Anyway, these should be good salves to help stop bleeding and delay further internal damage and things like that for any kind of...
01:26:21
Speaker
like any kind of damage you might take.
01:26:26
Speaker
And the wounds.
01:26:29
Speaker
Wounds.
01:26:29
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
01:26:30
Speaker
It should stop it.
01:26:30
Speaker
Will it heal it?
01:26:31
Speaker
No, but it should stop it.
01:26:33
Speaker
And then I've got some healer's kits I keep stopped.
01:26:36
Speaker
Why did I have to taste the external use medication?
01:26:41
Speaker
Because that's how you tell if you're going in the right direction.
01:26:44
Speaker
Why don't you just smell it?
01:26:47
Speaker
It doesn't work that way.
01:26:50
Speaker
It can be sweet or better, but it's still going to smell salty.
01:26:56
Speaker
All right.
01:26:57
Speaker
I'm going to keep my consent.
01:26:57
Speaker
Thank you.
01:26:58
Speaker
I appreciate this so much.
01:27:01
Speaker
This is why you are the herbalist and I am not.
01:27:04
Speaker
Thank you.
01:27:06
Speaker
It's just I've ruined my taste palette.
01:27:09
Speaker
So I can't tell.
01:27:10
Speaker
And let me tell you, if I gave it to you bitter, you'd be coming back to me real mad.
01:27:14
Speaker
So.
01:27:16
Speaker
It's better that you tasted it.
01:27:17
Speaker
Or you might not be coming back to me at all if you have to use it.
01:27:21
Speaker
So, yeah.
01:27:22
Speaker
Anyway, here's these.
01:27:24
Speaker
It gives you one for each of you.
01:27:26
Speaker
A little bowl.
01:27:27
Speaker
Again, covered with a cloth and a little essentially a rubber band around it.
01:27:32
Speaker
And she brings out three healer kits.
01:27:34
Speaker
And she's like, this is all the healer kits I can manage to just give you.
01:27:37
Speaker
If you want to buy more from me, you can.
01:27:39
Speaker
But this is what I can afford to give away to you guys.
01:27:41
Speaker
So...
01:27:43
Speaker
How much do you charge for them?
01:27:47
Speaker
Helus gets?
01:27:47
Speaker
Ah, they're five gold apiece.
01:27:49
Speaker
Five?
01:27:49
Speaker
Okay, thank you.
01:27:50
Speaker
It's much appreciated.
01:27:51
Speaker
Thank you very much.
01:27:53
Speaker
Yes, we appreciate this so much.
01:27:56
Speaker
You have been very kind.
01:27:57
Speaker
He's hoping we come back with good news for you.
01:28:01
Speaker
I very much hope so as well.
01:28:02
Speaker
That's, I mean, if you want to look at this as an investment, technically, I'm just expecting a return.
01:28:10
Speaker
But things are risky.
01:28:11
Speaker
No pressure on us now.
01:28:15
Speaker
So if you guys need anything else for me, obviously, let me know.
01:28:17
Speaker
Um, but I hope this kind of fulfills what you were looking for.
01:28:20
Speaker
Yes.
01:28:20
Speaker
I imagine it'll be some time before we see you again.
01:28:24
Speaker
We should be heading out soon.
01:28:27
Speaker
Okay.
01:28:27
Speaker
Sounds good.
01:28:28
Speaker
Well, good luck on your way.
01:28:29
Speaker
Thank you.
01:28:30
Speaker
Enjoy the birthday party and the cupcakes.
01:28:32
Speaker
Yes.
01:28:33
Speaker
Tell her we said happy birthday.
01:28:36
Speaker
Oh, absolutely.
01:28:37
Speaker
I will.
01:28:37
Speaker
And if you, uh, if you see, if you see Rucker on the way out, you can, uh, let him know that his cupcakes were real good.
01:28:44
Speaker
I will.
01:28:45
Speaker
Who is a rocker?
01:28:46
Speaker
That's a lie, though.
01:28:48
Speaker
What?
01:28:48
Speaker
They were fantastic.
01:28:49
Speaker
They were very good.
01:28:51
Speaker
They were delicious.
01:28:52
Speaker
Who is a rocker?
01:28:54
Speaker
What does he look like?
01:28:56
Speaker
A baker?
01:28:56
Speaker
He works down at the mill.
01:28:58
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:28:58
Speaker
He works at the mill.
01:28:59
Speaker
Used to work with Edden, but he doesn't actually have a bakery, but he is a surprisingly good baker.
01:29:05
Speaker
So every now and then he'll help us out.
01:29:08
Speaker
Excellent.
01:29:10
Speaker
You could taste the cupcakes.
01:29:12
Speaker
I mean, yeah.
01:29:13
Speaker
They probably don't taste what you taste, but Etten told me they're good, so I'm trusting them.
01:29:18
Speaker
Okay.
01:29:18
Speaker
Have a good day.
01:29:20
Speaker
Just because my palate's ruined doesn't mean I don't taste.
01:29:24
Speaker
You can taste texture, I guess.
01:29:27
Speaker
That would make sense.
01:29:28
Speaker
I'm not getting into that.
01:29:29
Speaker
And you guys have a good rest of your day.
01:29:32
Speaker
Stay safe.
01:29:32
Speaker
Good luck.
01:29:34
Speaker
Again, thank you so much.
01:29:36
Speaker
We'll get out of your hair.
01:29:39
Speaker
Oh, yes, speaking of hair.
01:29:40
Speaker
She starts...
01:29:42
Speaker
Be safe.
01:29:43
Speaker
And starts, like, going to, like, try to brush her hair out with her fingers.
01:29:46
Speaker
Okay.
01:29:49
Speaker
So.
01:29:50
Speaker
Food?
01:29:50
Speaker
Food sounds good.
01:29:51
Speaker
Yeah, so I'm guessing we'll head back to the tavern now.
01:29:55
Speaker
About what time would you say it is at this point?
Dinner at Split Stump Tavern
01:30:00
Speaker
You had to wait around at Yari's for a bit, and you went to Verruta's, had to walk between both.
01:30:04
Speaker
You're probably looking at early evening.
01:30:07
Speaker
Okay, good time for dinner.
01:30:08
Speaker
Dinner time.
01:30:09
Speaker
Yep, yep, yep.
01:30:10
Speaker
Heading back to Split Stump Tavern.
01:30:12
Speaker
Yep.
01:30:14
Speaker
Head on back, and sure enough, old lumber town like this, the tavern is a lively place.
01:30:20
Speaker
And of course, now that people are off work nearing the end of the day, the tavern is getting pretty lively as you walk in, and there are three other individuals walking in with you.
01:30:33
Speaker
A dwarf and two humans, actually.
01:30:37
Speaker
Oh, hello.
01:30:40
Speaker
Oh, um, hello.
01:30:43
Speaker
After you.
01:30:44
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
01:30:45
Speaker
Ladies.
01:30:46
Speaker
Ladies first.
01:30:47
Speaker
Oh, thank you.
01:30:48
Speaker
I guess I would block your entrance, huh?
01:30:51
Speaker
Um, not going to lie.
01:30:53
Speaker
Yes, you might do that.
01:30:55
Speaker
Um...
01:30:55
Speaker
Talira steps out of the way.
01:30:58
Speaker
No, no, no.
01:30:59
Speaker
Not out of the way.
01:31:00
Speaker
Ladies first.
01:31:01
Speaker
Please, after you.
01:31:02
Speaker
Right, yes.
01:31:04
Speaker
Thank you.
01:31:05
Speaker
She just kind of lumbers in again.
01:31:09
Speaker
Ah, yes.
01:31:13
Speaker
The rest of you may follow her.
01:31:14
Speaker
Oh, good.
01:31:15
Speaker
I walk in.
01:31:18
Speaker
Calden is sticking pretty close to Talira right now.
01:31:21
Speaker
Yeah, I wasn't going to be that rude.
01:31:24
Speaker
do I come off that way?
01:31:25
Speaker
And he, like, turns to his buddies.
01:31:26
Speaker
Do I come off like that?
01:31:28
Speaker
Like, I would be that rude.
01:31:29
Speaker
And then you guys walk, leaving him behind.
01:31:34
Speaker
You're not rude.
01:31:36
Speaker
You are very polite.
01:31:37
Speaker
We are just, um, tired.
01:31:42
Speaker
Oh, uh,
01:31:44
Speaker
They walk in after you.
01:31:45
Speaker
Okay.
01:31:46
Speaker
My name's Ma, technically.
01:31:47
Speaker
It's Driga.
01:31:48
Speaker
But anyway, my name's Ma.
01:31:49
Speaker
Nice to meet you guys.
01:31:50
Speaker
Talira.
01:31:51
Speaker
You guys are the group searching for the kids?
01:31:54
Speaker
That's us.
01:31:55
Speaker
Yes.
01:31:57
Speaker
Well, fantastic.
01:31:57
Speaker
He, like, kicks his friend.
01:31:58
Speaker
He's like, introduce yourselves, guys.
01:32:02
Speaker
And that was the dwarf, by the way.
01:32:04
Speaker
Another guy goes, well, my name's Rucker.
01:32:08
Speaker
Nice to...
01:32:09
Speaker
Your cupcakes are delicious.
01:32:12
Speaker
Oh, you're a rocker.
01:32:14
Speaker
I kind of said that out of nowhere.
01:32:19
Speaker
We had them just now at the herbalist.
01:32:24
Speaker
He's kind of blushing a little bit.
01:32:28
Speaker
Thank you.
01:32:31
Speaker
Not many people get to taste that.
01:32:33
Speaker
Thank you.
01:32:33
Speaker
They look amazing.
01:32:36
Speaker
He's kind of looking down at his buddy.
01:32:39
Speaker
Rucker, you bake?
01:32:42
Speaker
Um, yes, sometimes I do, yeah.
01:32:46
Speaker
Oh.
01:32:47
Speaker
Man, I'm parched.
01:32:48
Speaker
I'm gonna get us some drinks.
01:32:51
Speaker
Starts walking up to the bar.
01:32:54
Speaker
They maybe should have warned us that it was not knowledge that should be shared.
01:32:59
Speaker
I'm sorry.
01:33:00
Speaker
Yeah, they just kind of came out as soon as we heard his name.
01:33:04
Speaker
Oh, it's all good.
01:33:05
Speaker
I just like to give him shit.
01:33:06
Speaker
We knew.
01:33:06
Speaker
We just don't talk about it.
01:33:08
Speaker
I just like to throw him in awkward situations.
01:33:10
Speaker
It's hilarious whenever his cheeks get rosy.
01:33:15
Speaker
Well, we do seem to excel at making people feel awkward, so.
01:33:20
Speaker
Well, you know, I feel like around here, you know, a bunch of city folk coming in.
01:33:25
Speaker
People like, well, frankly, like you guys.
01:33:27
Speaker
I mean, what's your name, lady?
01:33:30
Speaker
You are so tall.
01:33:31
Speaker
I'm Talira.
01:33:33
Speaker
Yeah, see, we don't see much of Goliath around here.
01:33:37
Speaker
I guess every now and then, more so than others.
01:33:41
Speaker
And... Excuse me, sir, you are really pale.
01:33:46
Speaker
Thank you.
01:33:48
Speaker
I mean, not in a bad way.
01:33:48
Speaker
I mean, you look great.
01:33:50
Speaker
Like...
01:33:51
Speaker
Thank you.
01:33:52
Speaker
I think, see now, is this what you mean by getting awkward?
01:33:55
Speaker
Is this what you mean?
01:33:56
Speaker
This is exactly what we mean.
01:33:57
Speaker
Yes.
01:33:58
Speaker
Okay.
01:33:59
Speaker
Nothing here.
01:33:59
Speaker
We bring out the worst in people and I don't know what it is.
01:34:03
Speaker
You are fine.
01:34:04
Speaker
Cool.
01:34:08
Speaker
Finger guns.
01:34:10
Speaker
I'm going to.
01:34:13
Speaker
See you guys around.
01:34:14
Speaker
See you there.
01:34:15
Speaker
Lovely to meet you.
01:34:17
Speaker
We'll see you back.
01:34:20
Speaker
They're a third person.
01:34:23
Speaker
They left a long time ago.
01:34:25
Speaker
They done walked away.
01:34:26
Speaker
They did not stick around.
01:34:29
Speaker
Why do we keep doing this?
01:34:31
Speaker
I don't know what's happening.
01:34:32
Speaker
Says the person with eight charisma.
01:34:34
Speaker
Noticeably pale.
01:34:37
Speaker
Do I look weird?
01:34:39
Speaker
Do I stand out?
01:34:40
Speaker
Do I stand out?
01:34:42
Speaker
Not any more than I do or Yellen or Maeve.
01:34:47
Speaker
We all are unusual.
01:34:50
Speaker
Yes, you stand out.
01:34:51
Speaker
Yes, you're pale.
01:34:54
Speaker
Yeah.
01:34:55
Speaker
But it suits you.
01:34:57
Speaker
Thank you.
01:34:58
Speaker
Because you have that.
01:35:00
Speaker
dark hair that is contrasting and it really suits your complexion and it's it's it's there's like no blemishes and it's very like this might be also the nicest thing that Maeve has ever said to Calvin yeah I think
01:35:24
Speaker
Our character Maeve is trying to like be bluntly honest, but also like add the positives as well.
01:35:31
Speaker
So she doesn't come off rude.
01:35:32
Speaker
She's really trying.
01:35:34
Speaker
She knows you're supposed to like sandwich, but she really doesn't get like how.
01:35:41
Speaker
She's just used to business.
01:35:45
Speaker
Yeah, you look really fucking weird, but like in a way that suits you.
01:35:49
Speaker
Oh, thanks.
01:35:50
Speaker
Yeah.
01:35:51
Speaker
Thank you.
01:35:52
Speaker
It's what they call an aesthetic, I think.
01:35:57
Speaker
Well, I don't care about looking good, so I guess that's fine.
01:36:02
Speaker
Well, then you...
01:36:06
Speaker
Did good at something.
01:36:08
Speaker
I think it's time to move on.
01:36:11
Speaker
Shall we get dinner?
01:36:12
Speaker
I would like a drink.
01:36:13
Speaker
How would anybody like a drink?
01:36:16
Speaker
I think that sounds delightful.
01:36:18
Speaker
What is on the dinner menu?
01:36:20
Speaker
At this point, you guys turn around from this just...
Arm Wrestling Challenge
01:36:25
Speaker
series of awkward instances of moments and you turn around and indeed the tavern is bustling you can hear the background of clinking of glasses together muttering conversations chairs being moved at one point um as you turn around and start to take your first step towards the bar top you hear a thinking ah yes i finally beat him you look over and there was a guy guys doing some armor wrestling on one of the tables oh shit um it's a bustling tavern clear oh shit
01:36:54
Speaker
Talira, don't.
01:36:56
Speaker
I might be able to give her some money.
01:36:59
Speaker
Don't lose our money, please.
01:37:02
Speaker
It is legal to gamble, I think, in this country.
01:37:08
Speaker
You think?
01:37:09
Speaker
Okay.
01:37:10
Speaker
I'm going to order some food.
01:37:12
Speaker
Food.
01:37:13
Speaker
Food is good.
01:37:13
Speaker
With the arm wrestling area, are there coins on the table?
01:37:18
Speaker
Does it look like people are throwing down bets, or is it just for fun?
01:37:21
Speaker
Currently, no.
01:37:23
Speaker
Hmm.
01:37:24
Speaker
They all look like very gruff, bearded, rough, hardworking men and women.
01:37:31
Speaker
These are the lumber guys.
01:37:32
Speaker
I think somebody might be able to beat me.
01:37:36
Speaker
What do you say?
01:37:37
Speaker
I don't think so.
01:37:38
Speaker
Say it loud enough for everybody.
01:37:39
Speaker
No, I don't think any of them could possibly beat you.
01:37:43
Speaker
I don't think they could.
01:37:45
Speaker
Perhaps this coin says no one can beat you.
01:37:49
Speaker
I am not betting.
01:37:50
Speaker
I won't.
01:37:52
Speaker
Talira is looking at the big burly mussels and she just realized, wait a minute, these guys actually might be able to beat her.
01:38:00
Speaker
She's no longer caring about money.
01:38:02
Speaker
She's in this for the fun now.
01:38:05
Speaker
If y'all want to bet on it.
01:38:06
Speaker
Should we order her food as well?
01:38:11
Speaker
Yes.
01:38:11
Speaker
All the guys look over, but they kind of look over and kind of like have a sly smile about him a little bit and a couple like whispers and things and they all kind of look past you as you hear a chair move and a guy walk up, tap you on your shoulder.
01:38:23
Speaker
Can you reach?
01:38:24
Speaker
He's like this.
01:38:26
Speaker
Full on.
01:38:29
Speaker
You hear a very, a very almost calm and very deliberate earthy toned voice.
01:38:36
Speaker
I think I might be able to beat you.
01:38:38
Speaker
Okay.
01:38:39
Speaker
You turn around, there is an orangish-brown skinned, completely bald and very, not very bulky, but very toned looking, an athletic earth genasi.
01:38:52
Speaker
Okay.
01:38:53
Speaker
So an ale, what sort of food do you want us to get you?
01:38:56
Speaker
I think we should get her some meat.
01:38:59
Speaker
Maybe some rice.
01:39:00
Speaker
She said she likes rice.
01:39:02
Speaker
I'll be ordering some meat for sure.
01:39:04
Speaker
Yeah, maybe we shouldn't distract her.
01:39:07
Speaker
We'll just get maybe like a platter.
01:39:08
Speaker
Well, I just figure we'll get, we'll order it so it's ready when she's done.
01:39:14
Speaker
Yes, we'll see if they can keep it warm for her.
01:39:17
Speaker
I'll probably just be able to figure it out.
01:39:19
Speaker
I'll get you food.
01:39:20
Speaker
Don't worry about it.
01:39:21
Speaker
Thank you.
01:39:21
Speaker
Something filling.
01:39:23
Speaker
Maybe some ale to...
01:39:26
Speaker
Yeah, I've got L on the list for sure.
01:39:29
Speaker
Pull up her.
01:39:30
Speaker
I was first.
01:39:33
Speaker
What are your rules?
01:39:35
Speaker
I mean, assuming we're talking arm wrestling, why does there need to be rules?
01:39:40
Speaker
Okay.
01:39:41
Speaker
So there's no such thing as cheating then?
01:39:43
Speaker
Because there are no rules?
01:39:45
Speaker
Yeah, exactly.
01:39:46
Speaker
You heard me.
01:39:47
Speaker
Interesting.
01:39:48
Speaker
I feel like that's incorrect.
01:39:51
Speaker
No, Kaladin's gone.
01:39:52
Speaker
He's gone off to order food.
01:39:54
Speaker
Yellen is very intrigued.
01:39:55
Speaker
He's like, oh my god.
01:39:57
Speaker
Lead the way.
01:39:58
Speaker
Well, come on over here to my humble abode that I do call my table.
01:40:03
Speaker
Sounds like a plan.
01:40:05
Speaker
And, uh, yeah.
01:40:06
Speaker
He pulls out a stool and kicks the other one out for you.
01:40:09
Speaker
And Talira, she Rikers over the stool and, like, sits down.
01:40:14
Speaker
As you sit down, there's, like, a moment of pause where the entire place is pretty quiet.
01:40:17
Speaker
And then you just hear... Everybody seems to get up from their table and starts to walk over.
01:40:24
Speaker
Oh my gosh, what a relief.
01:40:25
Speaker
Now I don't have to like weave through throngs of people.
01:40:28
Speaker
Yeah.
01:40:29
Speaker
And I know where they all are.
01:40:31
Speaker
Anxiety levels just went down.
01:40:33
Speaker
Yeah, you two get up to the bar and it's empty now.
01:40:37
Speaker
And you see Splat, you're going, ah, you're back.
01:40:39
Speaker
Welcome.
01:40:40
Speaker
I see we've got a crazy tall lady over there.
01:40:43
Speaker
Gonna be trying to arm out of Sylvana.
01:40:45
Speaker
Bit of a show, yes.
01:40:46
Speaker
Please do not reference my friend as crazy, but yes.
01:40:49
Speaker
I'm crazy, it is okay.
01:40:50
Speaker
She's a beautiful lady.
01:40:51
Speaker
You do what I do long enough, you're gonna be crazy.
01:40:55
Speaker
Can we get some ale going for her?
01:40:58
Speaker
She'll want afterwards.
01:40:59
Speaker
Yes, I remember.
01:41:00
Speaker
What's on the dinner menu?
01:41:02
Speaker
Dinner?
01:41:03
Speaker
I believe we did just slaughter a cow earlier today.
01:41:06
Speaker
Right after you all left, actually.
01:41:08
Speaker
Lovely.
01:41:09
Speaker
Can I get an order of it?
01:41:10
Speaker
Blue?
01:41:11
Speaker
And medium?
01:41:15
Speaker
I'll do my best.
01:41:16
Speaker
Not very often we get blue order, yes.
01:41:18
Speaker
Also like a... Whatever medium.
01:41:20
Speaker
Vegetables and starches you use.
01:41:22
Speaker
And I think... I think a friend... I'm not sure what he would like...
01:41:30
Speaker
You let me know what he wants.
01:41:30
Speaker
I'll get some ale going up for you.
01:41:32
Speaker
Any wine?
01:41:34
Speaker
Not for me, thank you.
01:41:36
Speaker
What about for the awkward lad?
01:41:38
Speaker
For Yellen.
01:41:38
Speaker
Yeah, Yellen, that was his name.
01:41:40
Speaker
No, I think he'll like water.
01:41:43
Speaker
Water, okay, I'll get him some water.
01:41:44
Speaker
Yes.
01:41:45
Speaker
I'll do that.
01:41:46
Speaker
Thank you.
01:41:46
Speaker
Medium, medium, blued.
01:41:48
Speaker
And I'm just going to throw a big-ass T-bone on a plate for your big friends.
01:41:52
Speaker
I'm not sure that'll work.
01:41:54
Speaker
Just kind of scorch it, like blow some hot air over it.
01:41:58
Speaker
Sounds good.
01:41:59
Speaker
Thank you.
01:42:00
Speaker
Right.
01:42:01
Speaker
I'll tell you what, she can have the T-bone for free if she can beat Vonna.
01:42:03
Speaker
I've never seen anybody do it yet, so.
01:42:05
Speaker
Oh, there you go.
01:42:07
Speaker
Thank you.
01:42:08
Speaker
If you can eat the whole thing, you get the meal for free.
01:42:13
Speaker
All right.
01:42:14
Speaker
Talira, the earth canasi in front of you, puts his elbow onto the table, and when he does, and these tables, by the way, are all stone tables.
01:42:22
Speaker
Okay.
01:42:22
Speaker
They're not wooden.
01:42:24
Speaker
You see, when he puts his elbow onto the table, it molds.
01:42:28
Speaker
Like, the stone comes up to mold to his elbow.
01:42:30
Speaker
Oh, shit.
01:42:32
Speaker
You agreed, no?
01:42:33
Speaker
Yellen's gonna kind of, like, walk up behind you like a coach, like, are you sure you can do this?
01:42:37
Speaker
He just, his elbow's in the table now.
01:42:39
Speaker
It is okay.
01:42:41
Speaker
And Talira cracks her neck and touches her belt.
01:42:50
Speaker
And a rune lights up.
01:42:53
Speaker
And I use one of my charges of giant smite or one of my uses of giant smite.
01:43:01
Speaker
And Talira grows to a large creature.
01:43:06
Speaker
Oh, shit.
01:43:07
Speaker
Big lady.
01:43:08
Speaker
Can the chair hold this weight?
01:43:12
Speaker
Good question.
01:43:12
Speaker
You hear a... These are wooden stools, though.
01:43:15
Speaker
You hear a...
01:43:17
Speaker
As it starts to, you can see Talira, like, get lower, even though she got taller.
01:43:21
Speaker
Like, as she's getting taller, it gets lower.
01:43:22
Speaker
It evens out.
01:43:28
Speaker
Oh, trick's up your sleeve.
01:43:30
Speaker
That is why I asked, what are your rules?
01:43:34
Speaker
I respect it.
01:43:34
Speaker
All right.
01:43:37
Speaker
We are ready.
01:43:37
Speaker
I'm ready when you are.
01:43:40
Speaker
She's got this big shit-eating grin on her face.
01:43:43
Speaker
She knows this is not going to be easy.
01:43:45
Speaker
Yeah, as soon as we have a neutral party, say go.
01:43:49
Speaker
We go.
01:43:51
Speaker
I'll count you in.
01:43:54
Speaker
I get right in between them.
01:43:56
Speaker
All right.
01:43:57
Speaker
I don't want anybody to die, so nothing crazy.
01:44:02
Speaker
Set.
01:44:03
Speaker
One, two, three, go.
01:44:06
Speaker
There'll be a strength roll from you.
01:44:09
Speaker
I get to do this at advantage now with giant smite.
01:44:13
Speaker
Ooh.
01:44:14
Speaker
Okay.
01:44:16
Speaker
I imagine he gets advantage too because his arm is melding into the table.
01:44:23
Speaker
He does not get advantage, no.
01:44:25
Speaker
But he has some big buffs.
01:44:27
Speaker
He just gets an automatic plus 20 to the roll.
01:44:31
Speaker
Are we doing a basic strength check or are we doing athletics?
01:44:36
Speaker
You can use strength or athletics.
01:44:39
Speaker
I will allow you either.
01:44:40
Speaker
Yes.
01:44:41
Speaker
I will tell you, he rolled a 15 before modifiers.
01:44:44
Speaker
Okay.
01:44:46
Speaker
Don't tell me what you rolled yet.
01:44:48
Speaker
Okay.
01:44:51
Speaker
As Yellen says, go.
01:44:53
Speaker
You can see you, of course, would immediately, you can see the muscles on Talera start to bulge as you start to apply pressure.
01:45:00
Speaker
You can see that his relaxes.
01:45:04
Speaker
And where you could see like the movement in his arm as he relaxes, it almost looks as if it stops being living skin.
01:45:15
Speaker
Interesting.
01:45:16
Speaker
And he says go and he just breathes out nice and steady.
01:45:20
Speaker
So the horrifying thing is if you win, you're just snapping his stone arm off or whatever.
01:45:25
Speaker
You just got to break the table.
01:45:27
Speaker
Yeah.
01:45:28
Speaker
I'll levitate the table.
01:45:31
Speaker
So you will be rolling against his 15.
01:45:34
Speaker
Okay.
01:45:35
Speaker
Plus five for his constitution.
01:45:37
Speaker
Okay.
01:45:38
Speaker
And that's it.
01:45:39
Speaker
I also rolled a 15 plus eight for athletics.
01:45:45
Speaker
So that's a 23.
01:45:46
Speaker
Nice.
01:45:47
Speaker
Describe to me how, what does the process look like as Thalera struggles against an immovable stone arm that has molded itself into this table and to win you literally, this table will fracture where his arm is and it will fall away from his arm.
01:46:04
Speaker
That's the only way to win.
01:46:05
Speaker
Okay.
01:46:06
Speaker
I was actually thinking, what if what happens is in this struggle that
01:46:12
Speaker
Talira, she's fighting.
01:46:15
Speaker
You see her arm moving or like the muscle bulging and she leans slightly and starts tilting the table.
01:46:28
Speaker
Okay.
01:46:29
Speaker
The entire table.
01:46:31
Speaker
So he's also going to have to change his balance.
01:46:35
Speaker
And she's just using her the angle she's pressing and her like her body weight.
01:46:41
Speaker
She's not doing anything else.
01:46:43
Speaker
She's not moving other than just leaning in with her arm because his arm is melded into the table to tilt the table.
01:46:52
Speaker
Nice.
01:46:53
Speaker
As the table tilts and tilts and tilts, at some point it reaches the point where it cannot go back any further.
01:46:59
Speaker
And as it does, gravity then takes form.
01:47:02
Speaker
And because he has given, he's not using strength to do this.
01:47:05
Speaker
He outlasts his opponents.
01:47:07
Speaker
It gives and it falls and the table shatters.
01:47:11
Speaker
You're able to take his fist to the ground.
01:47:13
Speaker
There he goes.
01:47:14
Speaker
Oh, shit.
01:47:15
Speaker
I lost.
01:47:20
Speaker
Can we get an extra order of ale as well?
01:47:22
Speaker
Yeah, oh my, absolutely, oh my god, that was wild.
01:47:29
Speaker
The whole place is erupting.
01:47:31
Speaker
Vana recovers, he like, takes some of the stone dust off of the table, off of his arm.
01:47:36
Speaker
That was impressive.
01:47:37
Speaker
Well played.
01:47:39
Speaker
Nobody's done that yet.
01:47:39
Speaker
They have now.
01:47:41
Speaker
Looks like I'm gonna have to get a new trick in my book.
01:47:44
Speaker
I'm sorry for the table.
01:47:48
Speaker
Don't apologize to me, that's Splits table.
01:47:50
Speaker
I'm sorry for your table, Splits.
01:47:53
Speaker
It is now the Splits table.
01:47:57
Speaker
I like that, I like that.
01:47:59
Speaker
That was good.
01:48:01
Speaker
That's great.
01:48:02
Speaker
All right, that was good.
01:48:05
Speaker
Next time I see you, I'll have something new for you.
01:48:07
Speaker
Deal.
01:48:08
Speaker
All right, he goes up to get a beer.
01:48:10
Speaker
How big are you now?
01:48:13
Speaker
I am a large creature.
01:48:16
Speaker
Whatever that, that's what, 10 feet?
01:48:19
Speaker
shit.
01:48:20
Speaker
You can't stand, can you?
01:48:21
Speaker
Yellen runs up to you.
01:48:22
Speaker
He's like, I can't believe you did it.
01:48:24
Speaker
That was incredible.
01:48:25
Speaker
He starts shaking you, but he's shaking himself because you're so big.
01:48:33
Speaker
Talira just holds up her hand for a high five, and she doesn't move her hand because she at least recognizes her own strength.
01:48:41
Speaker
That would be so dangerous.
01:48:45
Speaker
Kel then comes up with two big mugs of ale for you.
01:48:50
Speaker
After about a minute, she goes back to her normal size.
01:48:53
Speaker
That is fantastic.
01:48:57
Speaker
I think we should find another table, though, to eat.
01:49:00
Speaker
Yes.
01:49:01
Speaker
Agreed.
01:49:03
Speaker
But he hands one and goes, good job, friend.
01:49:06
Speaker
Thank you.
01:49:07
Speaker
Oh, that was fun.
01:49:09
Speaker
I never doubted you.
01:49:11
Speaker
Split walks up.
01:49:12
Speaker
Holy shit.
01:49:13
Speaker
That was wild.
01:49:14
Speaker
That's going to suck to replace.
01:49:16
Speaker
Apologies for the table.
01:49:17
Speaker
Does anybody have like a way to mold earth or anything like that?
01:49:25
Speaker
I'm sure I can get somebody to do it.
01:49:28
Speaker
Ah, we'll see.
01:49:30
Speaker
Listen, Vana's been doing that trick for a while.
01:49:32
Speaker
I figured for somebody to beat him, the table would end up breaking.
01:49:34
Speaker
I'm gonna be honest.
01:49:35
Speaker
Nah, that's fair.
01:49:36
Speaker
You know, he becomes the table.
01:49:37
Speaker
Can I mend it?
01:49:38
Speaker
Can I use mending?
01:49:39
Speaker
Yeah, how broken is it?
01:49:41
Speaker
If it's like shattered, I think it won't work.
01:49:42
Speaker
Is it too broken?
01:49:43
Speaker
It's in quite a few pieces.
01:49:46
Speaker
No.
01:49:46
Speaker
No.
01:49:47
Speaker
But I will say congratulations.
01:49:49
Speaker
Here's T-Bone on the house.
01:49:50
Speaker
Thank you.
01:49:51
Speaker
Because that was just... This looks delicious.
01:49:54
Speaker
That's the people are going to be talking about this in the town for weeks.
01:49:57
Speaker
I mean, this is going to give me some good business tonight as well.
01:50:01
Speaker
Good.
01:50:02
Speaker
Glad to help.
01:50:03
Speaker
We need to get her some drinks.
01:50:04
Speaker
Oh, um, split.
01:50:05
Speaker
Could I also get a bottle of a red wine?
01:50:08
Speaker
If you have it.
01:50:09
Speaker
I done asked your friend if anybody needed wine and she told me you wanted water.
01:50:13
Speaker
It's not for me, but I do need one.
01:50:16
Speaker
Oh, um, well, yeah, I can get you one.
01:50:19
Speaker
Give me one sec.
01:50:21
Speaker
He like kind of looks at you, Calvin.
01:50:24
Speaker
I told you.
01:50:26
Speaker
Chi?
01:50:28
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
01:50:29
Speaker
He looks at you.
01:50:33
Speaker
I done told you.
01:50:34
Speaker
He needed some.
01:50:36
Speaker
I also noticed he didn't drink it last time, so.
01:50:41
Speaker
Let him see that.
01:50:43
Speaker
He goes to get you some red wine.
Evening Plans and Investigation
01:50:45
Speaker
Oh, we also got you a medium steak, Yellen.
01:50:49
Speaker
I wasn't sure how you wanted it, so I chose the most popular option.
01:50:53
Speaker
Oh, thank you.
01:50:54
Speaker
I appreciate that.
01:50:55
Speaker
Well, the tavern is a bustling.
01:50:58
Speaker
People are talking about what just happened, having a great time.
01:51:00
Speaker
Ale is being thrown, not actually thrown, but it's being thrown around.
01:51:04
Speaker
Everybody's having a good time drinking.
01:51:06
Speaker
Are you guys wanting to sit and have a conversation or are you just wanting to eat and then go to bed?
01:51:10
Speaker
Talira would probably be up partying and celebrating and having a good old time.
01:51:16
Speaker
It's Talira.
01:51:19
Speaker
Delira, she's celebrating her win.
01:51:21
Speaker
She's a bro.
01:51:24
Speaker
I forget.
01:51:25
Speaker
So we were given free rooms because we're here for the children.
01:51:29
Speaker
Were we given separate rooms?
01:51:32
Speaker
No, we were sharing, weren't we?
01:51:33
Speaker
Yeah.
01:51:34
Speaker
We had two rooms.
01:51:35
Speaker
Yep, boys and girls.
01:51:36
Speaker
Yes, I believe Calvin and Yellen, yep, and then Delira and Mace.
01:51:42
Speaker
What does Yellen do?
01:51:43
Speaker
For, like, conversation or bed or...
01:51:48
Speaker
Yeah, like what's his plan?
01:51:50
Speaker
Yellen, you notice he's put the wine in his backpack, and instead of going upstairs, he kind of stands up like he's going to go somewhere.
01:51:59
Speaker
Are you good?
01:52:00
Speaker
You want to come?
01:52:01
Speaker
Either of you.
01:52:02
Speaker
Where are you going?
01:52:05
Speaker
Well, I...
01:52:06
Speaker
I had an idea the herbalist, Verruth, is she?
01:52:12
Speaker
Well, the scouting trips and everything makes me think she might know something more than she's leading on.
01:52:18
Speaker
So I'm going to bring a bottle of wine and a few glasses and see what I can learn.
01:52:27
Speaker
I think that is a good idea.
01:52:28
Speaker
I think maybe if you want to get information out of her, not me.
01:52:36
Speaker
I should not go with you.
01:52:37
Speaker
I actually think it might be good for you to come.
01:52:40
Speaker
Oh?
01:52:41
Speaker
Why?
01:52:42
Speaker
Yeah, you know, you guys have a bit of a spiky relationship and, you know, alcohol tends to heal things, smooth them over, or make them worse.
01:52:51
Speaker
Hopefully the latter, but... Indeed.
01:52:54
Speaker
If you'd like me to come, I suppose I can.
01:52:58
Speaker
I was going to stay up for a while anyway.
01:53:00
Speaker
If you want to, you're more than welcome to.
01:53:02
Speaker
Maeve?
01:53:03
Speaker
I think if there's too many people going, she might feel intimidated and on guard.
01:53:09
Speaker
Plus, I don't want to leave Talia here by herself.
01:53:12
Speaker
She's enjoying her win, and I don't want her to feel like we've all just left her.
01:53:19
Speaker
So I'm happy to stay here.
01:53:21
Speaker
Plus, I'm a slow eater.
01:53:24
Speaker
All right.
01:53:25
Speaker
Sure, I'll go with you.
01:53:26
Speaker
All right then.
01:53:27
Speaker
Enjoy.
01:53:28
Speaker
All right.
01:53:29
Speaker
This is going to be fun.
01:53:32
Speaker
keep your inside thoughts to your insides please says Maeve Maeve of all people Maeve is just blonde she's just honest that is so funny all right
01:53:51
Speaker
So I think this is a good time to call it as it seems like Yellen and Kelton are making their way out of the bar during the celebrations to go to a little bit of investigating.
Episode Reflection and Closure
01:54:05
Speaker
We'll see how that goes in the next episode.
01:54:07
Speaker
Making money moves.
01:54:09
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
01:54:09
Speaker
Were you trying to actually do like a closeout?
01:54:12
Speaker
He can cut us out.
01:54:13
Speaker
It's okay.
01:54:14
Speaker
He can cut us out.
01:54:16
Speaker
I'm over here riffing.
01:54:18
Speaker
It's going to be even better that way.
01:54:20
Speaker
Thank you guys.
01:54:21
Speaker
Thank you to the audience for everybody listening for continuing to follow along with our story.
01:54:25
Speaker
It's so sorry.
01:54:26
Speaker
Thank you.
01:54:30
Speaker
I hope we didn't scare you off.
01:54:33
Speaker
And if we did, join us next time.
01:54:34
Speaker
There went, there went our two listeners.
01:54:37
Speaker
Oh, bye.
01:54:39
Speaker
Bye mom.
01:54:40
Speaker
Join us next time on the stabilizing foundation in the world of Aeon.
01:54:44
Speaker
We'll see you.
01:54:45
Speaker
Bye.
01:54:46
Speaker
Bye.