Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
C2 Ep. 184 Racing Towards Dread Chapter One
521 Plays1 year ago
Picking up the pieces....again
This episode is brought to you by the generous donations of our amazing Show Sponsors: Laura Pickrahn, Darrin Katzska, Irene Viorritto, Ryan Royce, Darrell DeLaney, Charles Compton, Deviouspoptart, Nastasia Raulerson, David Scrams, Elizabeth Clark, Rebekah Gowman, deviouspoptart, Eðvarð Arnór Sigurðsson, Michael Clark, Jerry Theuns, Mark Stanley, and Shelby Johnson.
Recommended
Transcript
Introduction to Ever On New Podcast
00:00:09
Speaker
D20 Radio, your game is roll.
00:00:48
Speaker
Welcome to Ever On New New, an actual play podcast set in the Ever On campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I am the troubled Randy Milo. I'm Jeff. Welcome to another
Recap of Previous Episode
00:01:01
Speaker
episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time? We're in another plane, getting some medical assistance. Yeah, getting healed. Ulfin's getting fixed. Partway. Milo had a chat with the god of the realm or something. I'm not quite sure.
00:01:17
Speaker
Yeah. And he wasn't quite sure how to take it. So he just played it cool. And then you all came back to Eberron. We did. We did come back to Eberron.
Milo's Dilemma and Plans
00:01:29
Speaker
I mean, Milo was offered some kind of a chance to maybe get rid of his magic and basically all magic from his life in any capacity.
00:01:45
Speaker
And then Milo went off on his own. Yeah, other stuff happened after Milo got back to the plate. He just went home, but Milo's the only one who took action after this. That's right. Milo did do something else, didn't he? Yeah, Milo was on his way to put an end to Viggo, try to make it look like Viggo hung himself. But on the way there, there was one of those little newsies with a headline.
00:02:09
Speaker
that Viggo had been released, that the whole deal was he only confessed because he was coerced, so they let him go. Which is factual, just not in the way that they mean it. I mean, it's factual, it's just shocking to discover that the Charne police care.
00:02:27
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And so that's where we left things off was Milo discovering that. So we had established that everyone went home for the night. Milo, you said that you were going to return back home and plan another avenue of attack to deal with this issue. So unless anybody has anything else that would have occurred over the course of the night, we can jump to the following morning after the
00:02:52
Speaker
awful, very bad, no good boat
Raynard's Reflection and Urgent News
00:02:54
Speaker
ride. So day breaks. Raynard, what was your evening night into morning like? I mean, is Raynard paranoid about somebody sniffing around or like how is Raynard trying to deal with the consequences of his actions? I would say that Raynard is not paranoid.
00:03:17
Speaker
because he thinks he did a good job covering his tracks. And it's kind of just like how he'd approach any other job. Okay. So it's just kind of in that muscle memory mindset of like, no, I did the things I was supposed to do. I'm good to go. Okay. I mean, definitely a little bit of a little bit more of a not guilt, but like feeling of that. I mean, that was different.
00:03:41
Speaker
Yeah, but fair enough trying to keep it professional. I don't know what the right word is, but like, uh, not weird himself out anymore, I guess. Okay. He feels no guilt. Well, not really. He didn't really like him and it was going to need to happen because he wasn't doing the right thing. So, okay.
00:03:59
Speaker
Well, then at about. Well, I like the wealth. And because of that, therefore, Raynard has a restful night's sleep without a care in the world.
Family Secrets and Murder Discussion
00:04:11
Speaker
No, Raynard, you are looking abruptly still.
00:04:15
Speaker
like the faintest hint of dawn is on the horizon, probably like 5.30 in the morning as you are woken to loud banging on your door. Somebody is like side of the fist full, but like it's not bang, bang, bang, open up. It's like frantic, yeah, frantic beating at your door. Okay. Well, I guess Reynard opens the door. Okay.
00:04:44
Speaker
Does Raynard get dressed before opening the door? What is Raynard's pajamas situation? That's Raynard sleeping. Neck it as heck. No, I mean, like probably I envision Raynard Dickensian, Scrooge style sleeping cap full. Yeah. Yeah. I want the little the little conical sleeping cap. I think that's a must. A comically long one.
00:05:04
Speaker
Yeah, sure. Let's do it just for you. Thank you. You're too good to see how radar you hop up, open the door and you see Alastair on the other side and he quickly as soon as you open your door.
00:05:22
Speaker
steps, like slides in and shuts the door behind him. Have you heard? I've heard what? And Alistair kind of sighs and turns around and you see him do a series of somatic gestures and mutters under his breath as he locks the door magically and turns back to you. Someone has, someone's killed father. What? How? Deception check.
00:05:50
Speaker
I knew it. Yes. You know, I just want to know if he knows how. Hold on. Yeah, he never said he didn't know how. The father was so good at not being killed. I hope he wasn't stabbed at the Tharani knife. Best skills. What's the difference? Killed in the warehouse district. What? Why? Why he'd never been killed for his whole life. What's the difficulty? The difficulty is going to be too red. Too red? Not as cunning. Spend a story point on it. Yeah, probably should. Difficulty is too red. Yeah. Would you like to flip a story point?
00:06:20
Speaker
Yeah, probably. Okay. So upgrade. Okay. And just to reflect your good thinking because of the Thirani knife, you're not a person of suspect in Alistair's mind. So I'll give you a boost die. Work. Okay. I'm worried. Go ahead. Another boost for the Thirani dagger. Yeah.
00:06:43
Speaker
That's what I literally just added a boost for me. I know, but I was trying to get around it by saying it in a different way. That's how that works. That's funny. I think Randy might think you're dumb, Eric. I don't know. Randy does think I'm dumb. Okay, rolling now. One failure, two advantage. So you have not communicated in a way to make it seem like this is a total shock to you, Raynard.
00:07:07
Speaker
Yeah. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that Alistair jumps to Jacuse. Good, because that's not my name. I would enjoy hearing Alistair jump to that though. You have two advantage. What would you like to do with them? You could do them to make Alistair further away from like
00:07:27
Speaker
You could have it influence what aspect Alistair finds suspicious about, Reynard's statement. Yeah, I was going to say, could it just seem like I'm really sleepy or something? And it's like, well, he's not awake or, you know, or does that, would that be more of like, Oh, it was successful? Yeah, that would be more on the side of success. Like he, there's something about what you've said that has raised suspicion.
00:07:50
Speaker
But you can use the advantage to influence where that is directed. Okay, his cap man. What do I want to do though? I don't I don't know. I mean, you can use the two advantage to say that Alistair simply thinks that you may have already heard about it and you were just trying to like act coy about the fact that you hadn't heard about the murder yet.
00:08:10
Speaker
You could have Alistair jump to a certain conclusion that you'd prefer him to jump to, like, uh, like Elder and already told you or something. Like maybe he found it out through certain channels. And so it would be believable that you would have heard about it as well through the same channel or something like that. Yeah. Let's say he thinks that Basil told me. Okay. I guess if he already knows, we'll say it does. Yeah.
00:08:34
Speaker
Okay, to advantage, Alistair kind of looks at you for a second and is like, listen, if Basil already told you as well, then you don't have to hide it from me. We need to be unified right now. All right, yes, I do know. I was a little tired.
00:08:51
Speaker
It's fine. I wouldn't be able to sleep either. Uh-huh. I like that. The question now is, what do we, what do we do, Reynard? Obviously, Thirani has been overstepping for some time, and now this seems to be a step too far, I would say. Oh, you can say that again. They've been up.
00:09:17
Speaker
Sorry, that's not my voice. Well, you can say that again. They've been a thought in my side the past few months. Yes, the house in general as well. So do you have any insights as to who may have done this, who specifically would have attacked father this way?
00:09:35
Speaker
Man, how can I say it in a non-deceptive way? I don't want to roll. I just want to be smart and I'm not. Do I have any insight on who might have killed Father? I don't know what to say. Man, I would be a terrible murderer. Good. That's comforting. Yeah, that's okay. We're okay with that. Don't say yourself short-term. I'd be a great murderer. I would just have to be really proud of it.
00:09:57
Speaker
Man, I think, uh, Reynard just goes to make a pot of coffee, kind of avoiding, not avoiding responding, but, you know, seemingly acting a little sad, I guess.
00:10:10
Speaker
Alistair follows you into the kitchen area and takes a seat. Well, I suppose you don't have much desire to rejoin house affairs and help me sort this out, do you? You've always been far better at house affairs than I have been. I know, but it's not like father was a generous man in terms of mentorship. I can't imagine he thought that
00:10:38
Speaker
It would be anyone else's time to take up the mental anytime soon. And I'm not prepared in terms of running house business in the city of Sean. I mean, did he mention anything to you about his plots against, what's her name?
00:10:53
Speaker
Elvinor. Elvin. Yeah. I feel like what's her name was very in character. Yeah. Her title is Baron. So Baron Elvinor might be the proper way that Reynard if Reynard's trying to put on air as a format. OK, but not Baroness. No, just Baron. Wow. Progressive Baroness El. Elvinor.
00:11:12
Speaker
Literally just told you it was not Baron S. Trevor. Baron! Wow. Baron? What? What machinations? What plotting? What do you know to answer your question? What did you know? Well, he basically asked me to take her out of the picture. This was that very veiled conversation that we had.
00:11:33
Speaker
Yes. Maybe, maybe someone heard about it and decided to do something. But who would have, if father wanted to take her out of the picture to take her place, who would have succeeded him? And Alistair kind of trails off and looks at you. Seceded him in the family or? In running the day-to-day affairs of Sean, if he was taking over the cops. Would that not be you? I mean, I don't know if Raynard's trying to lie right now, Trevor, but he did offer it to you.
00:12:00
Speaker
Oh, he's not really lying, but I... I know. I'm just making sure that Trevor the player remembered that conversation. Yes, but my thought is maybe he had already talked to Alistar before Reynard.
00:12:15
Speaker
Yeah. Does that make sense? Well, yep, clearly not. Okay, so, cool. Confusion on everyone's face. Amazing. So, so no? No to that? No. Well, in the conversation I tried to tell you about, he did offer it to me. Is that something that you...
00:12:33
Speaker
want. I don't think it would ever be something I would want. I think we all know enough about me to realize that's not really where I would want to be headed. Alistair sits back and runs his fingers through his hair and just shakes his head. Well, he should probably come by the house some point today, see Mother. Yes, absolutely.
00:12:54
Speaker
I will begin making arrangements as well as trying to figure out how to retaliate against Thrawny. Figure out who did this and why. Well, I look forward to seeing what you decide upon.
00:13:08
Speaker
Alistair stands up and begins to turn to leave and stops and looks back and you know that you can come home now. No strings attached. He's... I didn't like what you did either, but what he did to you was too much. So, even if you just want to have
Morning Routines and Gathering at Four Sales
00:13:26
Speaker
your old room back and be a part of the family without being a part of the family. In italics. And I know we would all like that. Thank you. I'll try and see you later today then. Very well.
00:13:38
Speaker
and Alistair turns and does somatic gestures at the door. The magical rune disappears and he opens it and walks out. What does Raynard do immediately after? Well.
00:13:49
Speaker
Right now, I think Raynard's thinking, I should have just told him. Interesting. As Raynard thinks that Arthur hops up onto the kitchen counter and looks at you. Meow's. Arthur, it sounds like these. I wish you were some kind of shape-shifting villain like everyone thinks you are. He nuzzles the top of his head against your hand and purrs. Who I am. And Raynard drinks some coffee. OK.
00:14:12
Speaker
what's everyone else getting up to in the morning? Everyone had the opportunity to get an early night's rest, so perhaps early rising as well, who knows? I mean, Hob doesn't have this rich life outside the group right now that everyone else seems to, so he kind of wakes up and waits to see what's going on. His entire existence has been whatever's going on with the rest of these three people for the last couple of weeks, so.
00:14:42
Speaker
OK, anybody in particular that goes to check out or does he just hang around obvious until you hear something? I think he always calls Eris first. OK, so I guess he reaches out to Eris. How early does he reach out to Eris? Oh, he definitely wakes up earlier than she does. I don't know if he waits or not. He's probably learned to wait until whatever time she she should be awake, whether she is or not. He does all of his all of his exercises and stuff. Yeah. All of his all of his extremely healthy morning routine. That's right. Yeah.
00:15:11
Speaker
and a couple of breakfasts and then. Sure. You had a pre-workout breakfast and then a post-workout breakfast. You got it. Once the time hits double digits, it then begins to get answering like, OK, it's reasonable for somebody to be awake at this hour. If she's not up by now, I think she really should be. I'm going to call. And a little sending stone.
00:15:31
Speaker
Hey, you up? I'm awake. Right. Not exactly what I asked, but that's good. It's better than not, I suppose. How are you? How are you feeling? Physically? Almost ever. No. Yeah. Almost everything hurts.
00:15:45
Speaker
Right. So I wanted, I almost said I'm sorry for, for kind of taking you someplace. I knew you weren't really going to want to go, but that's not true because we needed it a lot. And so I hope that you can forgive me despite my lack of contrition. Okay. All right. What's going on? Anything you need? What's going on today? I'm reaching out.
00:16:06
Speaker
I haven't heard from anyone else. I'm always going to go over to the sales and see if Ulfin needs anything and I mean my left arm doesn't really work still and I might work on that problem a little bit. Sure yeah that would be yeah. You know I mean if I can do something let me know of that whole arm thing but you know. Did you see the scars? Did I see the scars? I popped like I had all of the
00:16:33
Speaker
It's got this weird ghost scars. I'm trying to remember if I saw the injury happen or not. I think you saw her get injured. I don't think she like... Yeah, we didn't talk about it, that's for sure. Yeah, she mentioned them at the end of the last episode. I can't remember if she physically showed them, but I couldn't remember if that was before or after she returned home. I'm going to say no then. No, I mean, I saw you get hurt, but I didn't see... I was doing my own healing thing. I didn't see how it scarred pretty bad.
00:17:00
Speaker
It's real weird. It's like, didn't get cut, but there's these big white scars, like some great big tiger or something mauled in the arm. That's wild. Does it, almost doesn't hurt. That's ridiculous. Yeah, it hurts. Does it hurt different then? Does that make sense? I don't think so. Feels like salt went up inside and mom's real weak, but yeah, it's weird. So things were weird up, up, up there. What are we over there?
00:17:30
Speaker
Man, I don't know. Like, the other plane was definitely down there. I feel like- I know what you mean, though. But while we were there, am I crazy or did- did Rainard say he killed his dad? Yeah, yeah, he did do that. Yes, he did say that. Alright, we've got to address that. August did kind of a good job, it sounded like.
00:17:51
Speaker
Right. No, I'm, I'm proud of the guy, but I think we're going to have to have a talk about repercussion about going forward. Right. Yeah. And like, I mean, we to help with that. Yeah, we would. That's the sort of thing we wouldn't help with. Right. I'm not so concerned about that. I mean, he got it done. It's just, you know, like we were talking with about Milo in the whole, maybe he takes over his family. Well, now we got this other guy.
00:18:18
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Well, and you know, we just, we're all kind of in this if he comes down on him. And so people just, you know, it'd be like if Milo headed out to murder Vigo in his prison cell without talking to him. It'd be, it'd be bad, right? You know, we wouldn't, I mean, some hypotheticals aren't worth bringing up. Well, that's why I used it. It's like, you know, it's way out there.
00:18:43
Speaker
All right. I mean, I guess I can meet you at the sales. Uh, I might reach out. Want me to, all right, Milo, tell them we're heading there. Rain Org. Okay. This is the thing. But Lister, this happens every morning. Just assume we just never done it before. Milo, what, what are you going to see in the morning? Milo has finished his big bowl of honeydough meal with sugar and heavy cream and just drank his last cup of coffee.
Interrogation and Group Sharing
00:19:07
Speaker
And he's headed out the door, newspaper tucked under his arm and heading to the four sales.
00:19:13
Speaker
okay muscle memory taking him to the wrong location or is he headed to the new spot now he's headed to the new spot okay um
00:19:24
Speaker
All right, Milo, as you're walking, you are intercepted by a figure who calls out, Milo, hold up. And if you turn, you see Verla approaching you. OK, just Verla. Just nobody else. All right. And it didn't sound as an antagonistic voice. It was Milo keg bottom freeze. It was. Yeah, Milo, hold up. All right, Milo.
00:19:49
Speaker
pauses and waits for Verla to catch up. Hey, Milo. Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to ask you about what you were up to last night. What I was up to last night? Well... She pulls out a little notebook and... I'm curious as to why you ask. I will tell you, but why do you ask?
00:20:11
Speaker
investigation about something that happened in the district last night. I see. Well, let's see. I went for a walk and purchased a newspaper and essentially came home and stayed home for the evening. Okay. Noted. And do you have any any affiliations with House Thirani? House Thirani? No. Okay.
00:20:37
Speaker
I think she knows, I think we told, this has been a long time ago, so I think she already knows that we figured out that, man, what's his face? Who was the House Thirani agent that was Viggo's supposed minion? Jason? Jason? Ignacio. Yeah, I think she knows that we figured out that that guy was trying, was a Thirani who was trying to kill you. I mean, well, you know, Milo would say, other than what you already know.
00:21:03
Speaker
Other than that, dude, you're pretty sure that I killed, but can't pin it on me, sucker. Okay. And does the name Ocon Thirani mean anything to you? Ocon Thirani. Does it? I don't, that name sounds familiar to Randy. You've had, Milo has had a run-in with him in the warehouse with. I was going to say he was in the warehouse with the ghost things. Yes.
00:21:26
Speaker
He's Raynard's cousin that has, you know, you had to run in with him. You didn't actually fight him. You all talked your way out of that. But that's that's it. Yes. I seem to remember that he's right now. I mean, does she know he's Raynard's cousin? You don't know what she knows. She hasn't told you spot. That's true. I vaguely remember that name as we had to run in with him a while back in a warehouse. There was no fighter or anything, but
00:21:56
Speaker
But that, that's essentially all I know of that person. Okay. Okay. Well, that's all I need. Thanks Milo. Well, can I ask what it's about? His body was found in the district last night. So we're investigating the cause of his, his deaths and seem to be magical in nature, Firebase magic, which
00:22:24
Speaker
I mean, being perfectly frank, Milo, I've seen you operate before and I've seen that you, it's not necessarily fire, but you have heat as a component of your magic, so. Yes, that's very, very true. And well, let's just say that the Ronnie people turn up dead. I have a list of people that I like to talk to. Yes. Well, that's, I understand and that's perfectly fine. Okay. Well, thanks for your time. And if you see Raynard, let him know that
00:22:52
Speaker
I'd like to talk to him. I will pass it along verla and verla goes take a step and turns back and says and make sure that he'd like
00:23:00
Speaker
as a cop, I would like to talk to him person that I need to speak to. Yes. I will, I will relay that to him. Thank you. And Verla goes to
Discussion of Recent Events at Four Sales
00:23:10
Speaker
walk away. Does that deviate Milo's path at all? Or is Milo still headed to for sales? I think he would still head to the for sales. He assumes that Raynard's going to eventually show up there as we typically all do. Yeah. Okay.
00:23:24
Speaker
So, Raynard, I guess Hobb puts out the call to everyone, like Milo's already most of the way there. Raynard, anything that would prevent you from joining the rest of the crew at the four sales?
00:23:37
Speaker
Guess that's up to you, big boy. Anything that Raynard would like to do before heading to the forest tables. No. OK. No. OK. Aeris, as you start to get up and get ready, you hear work going on in the warehouse, which is very common. Olive always gets up before Aeris. Yeah, that sounds like a universal reality. Yeah, as the tides rise. So as as you anything that Aeris does before emerging from her room,
00:24:05
Speaker
I mean, she's not this is not a hungover drunk thing. So she probably undressed before sleeping. And so she she dresses. It's really awkward because her arms all screwed up. And so she kind of does the one armed dress thing. And so there's probably like a crash as she falls over or something.
00:24:25
Speaker
and various other sounds of comic mayhem before she emerges with her coat on one arm. You see as you emerge, Olive is in the harness and you can tell that Cinder is active and you see two one of the legs is planted firmly on the ground and holding her up.
00:24:50
Speaker
in the air and she has a long piece of refined metal in one of the clauses in the middle holding it and you see the metal in the center glowing hot as she has the other two arms at the end and she begins to bend it and she sees you walking in and she's like
00:25:15
Speaker
figured out how to use Cinder's inherent heat to exhaust through the arms. Well, I'm super unhappy about this, but Eric says, yeah, I figure in applications. My mind is obviously, you know, makes bending metal easier for constructing things. But I imagine that, well, people that fight more might think of more combat oriented use cases, but it's still neat. But you don't need to do that.
00:25:45
Speaker
No, but and she sets the metal down and you see it begin to cool and she lowers herself down on the ground. How's the arm doing? My shoulders cold and it's real weak. And that's the arm I've got a big metal glove hanging off of so weakness in that kind of sucks. Yeah. I might just have to take that off for the moment and to like figure out what I'm gonna do.
00:26:10
Speaker
about it. Yeah, I got, I got a couple ideas, but it's just gonna, it's gonna take some work. Yeah. Well, I know that Patience is your strong suit. Yeah. And Aeris probably goes over and works through the process of releasing the attachments of the gauntlet and slips her mangled hand out of it so that she can get the coat the rest of the way on and just sticks her hand in the pocket of the coat. Yeah.
00:26:37
Speaker
Heading out? Yeah, I'm gonna go see how often it is. Make sure we didn't wreck the place too badly. Yeah, okay. Well, don't forget tomorrow. What's tomorrow? The garden opening. Right, yes, yes, okay. I know, I know, but it'll be nice for people to see you there. Okay. We don't have to stay for very long. Okay, yes, I'll go. It'll be all right. Okay, well, do you want me to come to the Forest Sales or? If you want to, you can, but if you're working, that's all right.
00:27:04
Speaker
I've got a couple other things I want to try out with cinder active and I might head down after that.
00:27:12
Speaker
All right. OK. See you later. See you. There's sort of pulls her collar up around her face and around her head and her neck and goes out the door, heads down towards for sales. As you as you exit, we could walk down the street. You see a hobgoblin, the older hobgoblin that you've seen multiple times, no longer carrying dirt, now carrying plants in large clay pots, one under the each arm. And you see trailing Durgoth.
00:27:39
Speaker
is a very confused and hapless ace carrying one potted plant in a clay pot, kind of like looking around as he just follows Durgoth. Ace? Hey, Eris. What are you doing? Well, I mean, see what you're doing, but why? I saw this gentleman carrying plants and said, hey, could you use a hand? And he said, yep. And if you'll let Ulfin know, I'll be there as soon as I can. OK.
00:28:07
Speaker
Aris nods to Durgoth. I don't know if Aris has met Durgoth. No, we offered to let Ygritte carry dirt for us. Good morning. Hurries on her way. As Aris gets close to the four sails, you do see Ace's bike parked out front. She slows down and sort of walks around it.
00:28:32
Speaker
a couple of times. Then she. Your faint infernal with no. I can't believe I didn't do this the first time, but she pulls the goggles down over her eyes and looks at it and sees what the goggles might.
00:28:46
Speaker
might identify about it just in their innate property. In their innate property, they identify the bike as a modified skiff. Material is saw wood, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. The only thing that you note is that it is also classified as a magical implement. Interesting. Slash weapon. But that would be more of a categorical like a wizard staff might be mundane or destructive.
00:29:17
Speaker
Right. Can I tell I honestly just can't remember if I looked for this last time it was that many things happened between then and now. Can I tell what its power source is? You did try to figure this out, I believe, last time. And you just saw there is no Tasha. There is. That's right. OK, there's no. Yeah, that's yes. I remember that now. OK.
00:29:38
Speaker
Is it covered in runes or anything like that? Are there markings on it? Between you and Milo examining it, you examine the markings. I can't remember exactly what information. You're more than welcome to make a check. Eris looks around, sees that Ace is way off of his back to her, and she just
00:30:02
Speaker
Fumbles around in her pockets till she comes out with a scrap of paper and a bit of a bit of pencil and takes rubbings of all of the all of the runes that are easily reachable. OK, unless the bike like growls at her when she touches it. I don't know. Find yourself in another plane or a frac bike says finally. And then then she goes inside.
00:30:23
Speaker
OK, yeah, you see Ulfin and Sana both inside cleaning, getting stuff reset. Obviously, a lot of stuff shifted around and moved in the in the commotion yesterday. And so that that's what you see in the immediate is them kind of getting the place reset. They both look up and seem physically. Give me a perception check.
00:30:48
Speaker
two purple and a black. It's the black from just being generally unempathetic. It's it's from Ulfin's and his capacity to hide his emotional state. To success. You can tell that Ulfin is worse than he is willing to let on. OK. He is walking around like everything is fine and just yeah. So. OK. Eris sits down. She's not going to be very helpful in in fixing things right now. And obviously,
00:31:17
Speaker
the healthy way to deal with any kind of, like, you know, difficult emotional thing is not to discuss it, but to move on to something else and compartmentalize. And so once, once Ulfin is within reach of being engaged, Eris says, okay, so, so what am I making? I mean,
00:31:37
Speaker
pirates have hooks, but I can make something better than that, you know, get you a whole hand or like a hook with more than one hook that can grab stuff like what you what you think. I mean, claw. I think that either something that
00:31:57
Speaker
the tool could be swapped out like some kind of base. Oh, yeah. Don't allow for hot swapping. Or, you know, a mechanized hand would also be also a viable one, whichever one. OK, so if you like, it'd be like we'd attach an attachment point to your to your wrist and then you could swap out different different mount different things on it. Oh, that's good. You know, wisp, spatula, et cetera.
00:32:23
Speaker
Oh, that's great. Hand also. Hand. Okay. Do you know, I took a tracing and she pulls out... I took a tracing of your hand, but was there anything other than being the other hand? Was there anything different about the hand? I mean...
00:32:41
Speaker
Because it occurs to me I have no idea. Was the hand still sitting on the deck when we left? Please just say it's gone. It was gone. Yeah. I mean, other than being my sword fight in hand, that's the only distinguishing factor about it. Sorry that that happened, by the way.
00:32:58
Speaker
didn't mean to put you in that position both times. It's all right. Did the place make it okay? Yeah, no. She seems to be settling in nicely and not sure when we're going to be ready to open to people. I want to get to know the neighborhood. I want to make sure that people don't think I'm coming in trying to overstep, as it were. So there's another spot just down the street.
00:33:22
Speaker
There's a good bar as they do. They do insensitivity named Kyron food. It's pretty good. Oh, so they got a drink called the morning sunrise. Morning with you. Morning's embrace like with you. Yeah, I'm not really OK with that. And Milo keeps ordering them. Interesting. Yeah, but it's good for it. Are they Kyrons that run the bar? I want to say that's true. Right. Yes. Yeah.
00:33:51
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Makes it a little, little better. Yeah, no, I mean, maybe I wouldn't eat there if it was not Kyren's making that joke, but still. Fair. I mean, maybe it's fair. I wasn't there. So, yeah. Well, if you have time, I don't know what your is on your docket for today. If you could swing my lower Memphis. I'm working on hands today. If you could swing by or call Milo, I know he still lives over there. Swing by lower Memphis and
00:34:20
Speaker
Make sure that Ace remembers that we're in a new spot. Yeah, he's he's look that that bite he's riding is terrifying, right? That's that speeder he's got is is alarming. I'm not I'm not alone in thinking that's weird and alarming that he suddenly showed up with this really, really, really nice speeder that doesn't have any kind of elemental powering it or anything like that. I'm not alone.
Raynard's Situation and Strategies
00:34:45
Speaker
I mean, it's confusing, I guess would be the word that I would use, not necessarily suspicious, maybe suspicious, a little bit suspicious, at least. Right. Yeah. No, there's this, there's this old hobgoblin who lives here in Dorgos and.
00:35:01
Speaker
I don't know. He's got some sort of like just gravitational pull. When he walks down the street, people just start helping him with things. So Aces carrying plants to this garden thing that Durabas working on. All right. Well, he said he'd be here after. Great. Hope it's a small garden. I don't know. All right. Well.
00:35:22
Speaker
Can I get you anything to eat or drink? I should probably eat. All right. But nothing, nothing fancy. Just something to eat. I'll whip something up for you. Thank you. And at that time, everyone else. There we go.
00:35:39
Speaker
Hob gets lost, he's forgot where we put it, and shows up a little later, and everyone else, I could've sworn it was on the other side! Outstanding. Honestly, based on the way everyone was talking, Milo probably gets there first, because Milo was already on his way. Then Hob, then Raynard, so... Yes. Milo walks in. Oh, Raynard!
00:35:58
Speaker
Reynard's not there yet. Fine. He's not. No, it's, it's no Eris. Eris. And Ace is by. Bro, he's not inside. That'd be weird. True. So Eris has, I mean, is Ulfin like right out there? Is he busy somewhere at this point? Ulfin just went to go make Eris some food in the back.
00:36:17
Speaker
Alright, so Eris, how's often getting on today so far? Awkwardly. Yes. Probably a missing hand might do that. And how are you doing this morning? My shoulder is cold and it has weird ghost scars. Yes. And I couldn't lift the gauntlet so I took it off. Hopefully you'll be able to rectify that situation soon. I'll figure something out.
00:36:42
Speaker
Yes. Reynard needs to hurry up and get here. I have something to share with him concerning his cousin. His cousin. Which one? He seems to have a lot of- His cousin, yes. Which one was it again? O'Con. Yes. I was like Connor- What's happening? Canundrum. I don't know what was going on either. I was just joining Randy in the snapping. Yes. His cousin O'Con. Apparently his body was found.
00:37:09
Speaker
I'm not the ninja that ambushed us in the... Wait, he's dead? Yes, yes, he's the one in the warehouse a while back, yes. Apparently he was found dead and he was killed with fire, so Verla had questions for me, and she wishes to talk to Reynard. And she emphasized in a professional capacity. Did you kill him? Who's that? Did you kill him? No, I absolutely did not. I had no reason to kill him.
00:37:39
Speaker
Look, people are going off killing people. I just check it in. Who's going off killing people? Reynard. Other than Reynard. What? You know, I just thought maybe it was becoming a thing. Oh, we've all gone off and killed people on our own time before. Yes. Well, it might be another thing because check the paper today. And Milo hands Eris the paper. Hob has actually entered. Yeah, no, I'm there. Hob. You might want to see the paper as well.
00:38:09
Speaker
All right, I take a look. And rain us now. Everybody's here. Okay. Your cousin's dead. Geez. No, my father is dead.
00:38:18
Speaker
Well, Reynard, along with your father, your cousin Okon, his body was found last night and Verla questioned me about it because he was killed with fire magic and Verla basically interviewed me about it and she wanted me to relay to you that in her professional capacity she would like to speak with you as well. Well, I shouldn't mention
00:38:45
Speaker
I never really cared for him, right? Oh, I don't think she'll be surprised to learn that you're callous, Raynard. Well, I mean, you never know. I mean, just to check in, did you kill Yokozen in Okon? No. Okay. Well, you should probably tell Verlo. And you already asked Milo, and he said he didn't, right? Milo, you didn't? Right, yeah. No, I just don't even really know Okon. There's, I mean, there's got to be a lot of guys that use fire magic. Of the offensive magics, that feels like a top tier one.
00:39:13
Speaker
Yes. It seems straightforward. Like, I don't like it when it's not magical. It's got to be tough when it's magical. Yes, well, you know, Verla made the comment that when certain things happen, that she has a list of people that she will go and talk to. Right. Apparently, I am on that list, and I imagine the rest of you are as well.
00:39:32
Speaker
Yeah. And that certain thing is anyone dies. She's going to come and check with us now. Pretty cool. Yes. She didn't call me. Yeah. And Ocon is like tangentially within our orbit. I suppose. Yes. Yes. I guess it was me because of the magic used. Hey, radar, how you doing, bud? I think I have to tell my brother what I did. That sounds like a bad idea. It sounds like a
00:40:00
Speaker
Worst idea to get caught. Remind me, Trevor, or Eric. I agree. Have we spent time with Alistair? No. I don't think we've met Alistair, so we don't know what he's like, except for through radar, who we don't trust to have a good handle on it. Did we not meet him? Wasn't he an under... Let's see, he undercover as a member of the Charm Watch. That's Basil. Basil was... Basil. Okay, different one. All right, gotcha.
00:40:21
Speaker
What makes you think you should tell your brother because you think it's better that he knows up front rather than discovering that you did it? I do think that. How do you think you'll feel about it?
00:40:35
Speaker
That I do not know. Oh wait, do you think it was your brother who killed Okon? Well... Didn't you use a Thrawny dagger and now there's a Thrawny agent dead? That could definitely be a possibility. Does your brother use fire magic? I thought we all took that as a given that this was retributive. Right? Like it is, right?
00:40:54
Speaker
It makes sense to me. To my knowledge, he does not use fire magic, but I also don't know who his friends are. Or who he could use his practically limitless resources to hire. Yes. No, it seems very... Or a device. I mean, I don't use fire magic, but I could make some. Yes. Right.
00:41:14
Speaker
Well, you mentioned telling your brother possibly. Does your brother feel the same way about your father as you did? Maybe not specifically, but I think generally, if that makes sense. Yes, I'm just trying to decide or figure out maybe what his feelings would be if you actually come out and just tell him. Either way, I've kind of put myself in a bad situation.
00:41:39
Speaker
Well, if you tell him, will he tell somebody else, say perhaps your mother, or will you tell your mother? Will your mother care? These are all the wonderful questions that I do not know the answers to, which is why I'm in this pickle of what to do. Ace interred. Okay. Covered in dirt. While you think about it, measure my left arm. What? She hands you a measuring string. Fabric tape. Yeah, fabric tape. There it is.
00:42:06
Speaker
You know, Eris, if you're having trouble lifting your gauntlet, perhaps you could finally take me up on that offer of a bit of personal training.
00:42:13
Speaker
I was stronger yesterday. Sure. And we can get you back there. With a little personal trick. Han's been trying to get any of these three jokers to work out with him for years. Or as long as he's known them, each individual. Right. But I need, like, to not have the muscles spectrally torn up before that. Okay, sure. Yes. Fine. But, but first also this.
00:42:39
Speaker
Oh, sure. Yeah, no, just, you know, several things. And he looks at Milo and me, and he's like, all right, who else? Eddy Hagerst? Eddy, me? Fine. You know, but, Harb, if I were to work out with you, do you think it would increase, you know, some of my muscularity? Well, yes, that's what working out does. And it will come freely without a cost, other than the cost of working out. Pain. Coloric burn.
00:43:09
Speaker
Yeah, like, it's gonna, you know, there's some time involved, and I... Look, are you...? Well, you know, I was thinking of increasing certain skills on my character sheet. Right, yeah. No, that's not a question for Hob. I thought that might be what we're doing here. Do you think working out is like making a pact with a devil? It's not... Making a pact with Hob.
00:43:27
Speaker
No, you're making a patch with a better you. Let's get in the gym, guys. So done. End of episode.
Conclusion and Sign-Off
00:43:33
Speaker
Thank you all so much for listening. If you want to be part of the conversation surrounding this episode, you can head over to our Discord, the link to which you can find all of our socials, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter. We also have a YouTube channel, youtube.com slash eatpinkgon, where you can watch TTRPG videos made by myself and Phillip's going to plug something.
00:43:49
Speaker
There's also a YouTube channel that is tangential to this thing called The Laughing Tree, where there's an actual play called Kyber Shards that I run and Eric is a player in. Indeed. We also have a Patreon, patreon.com slash TheGeekPantheon, if you want to support the show. You can do so over there or you can buy some merch at thegeekpantheon.com. Thank you all so much for listening. I've been your game master, Eric. I'm Trevor. I'm Philip. Randy.
00:44:13
Speaker
I'm Jeff. We'll see you next week.