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C2 Ep. 15 Eberron Reduced “Family Dinner”
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This week Sana gets the gang together for her family’s Unity Dinner, but customs dictate that everyone needs to bring something. Will the party members find everything they need, and will they make it through dinner without embarrassing themselves.
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Opening Credits and Introduction
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D20 radio, your game is roll.
Meet the Eberron Renewed Team
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, an actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. And welcome to
Recap of Previous Episode
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another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time? We finished a job for Olive. That is true. That's all I recall. We ran over someone with Tasha.
00:01:42
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Yes. Yes.
Norsen's Transformation
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And we did not get her name. Nope. It's perfect. Get her name. Something odd happened with Norsen as well.
Downtime Episode Begins
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He's turning into the Green Goblin. Yeah, he's. Norsen had an odd transformation, but still was not effective in attacking Hobb.
00:02:01
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Yeah, we will go ahead and move on to with a downtime episode. So it is I'm going to say just two days after the last job. So it's a pretty quick turnaround this time. It's. Middle of the week and it is.
00:02:22
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Evening time. You all are hanging out in your normal haunt, the for sales.
Eris and Hob's Downtime Activities
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And Kath and Sigil are there as well. So go ahead, if you all want, what are you all doing in the dining area of the for sales? Given that it's the middle of the week, it's not a very busy night for the restaurant drinking. OK.
00:02:48
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Eris has probably been at her table really all day other than when she was working.
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And she has a bunch of components spread out and it's sort of half built thing. And she's also sketching a design for a large and elaborate gauntlet. Okay.
Unity Dinner Invitation
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Hob is eating because if there's food nearby, Hob eats.
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And every few minutes, Eris walks over and measures something about Hobbes forearm in hand. Yes, I was going to say it is definitely taking more than a passing interest in what Eris is working on. I think Hobbes spends less. How can I say this? He's not interested in drinking. He doesn't have a hobby that he can work on. I think Hobbes spends a lot of time just kind of in meditation when they're at the foresales, when they're there because he thinks something's going to happen or he's waiting on a job like
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You know, so OK, he's just eating, came to himself, Eris comes over, he offers his hand, moves on. OK, so. While you all are drinking, eating, planning, plotting, Kath is also up at the bar.
00:04:23
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having a couple of drinks with Raynard and Milo and Sigil is off at their own table and they have been. Did you give all of the the schemas to Olive? I gave one of them to Olive. OK, not declared what I did with the other two. Would it be reasonable that Sigil could have gotten one off of your hands? Yes, I suppose.
00:04:48
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I guess Sigil is taking an interest in these and they are at their table examining, taking notes and looking through stacks of of papers. Very diligently working, so. Yeah, after.
00:05:09
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I mean, you all been hanging out for a while, just doing your normal thing. And Sana walks in and kind of looks around and walks up to the bar where Reynard, Milo and Kath are and.
Discussion on Unity Dinner Preparations
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I mean, I'm envisioning the seating arrangement being like Kath is the furthest away from the door. And then there's Raynard and Milo on the other side. And so Sona comes up to the counter and kind of looks across you to Milo and Raynard to Kath. And the son is like, Kath, mom, mom said that we need to bring desserts for tomorrow night if if we can swing it.
00:05:55
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Fine. It's fine. Let me let me ask everybody at the table. Have any of you and you can declare it simple? Yes or no. Have you all ever been to a unity dinner with Sona's family before? She presumably would have given passing invitations when they were happening, so. I would think Milo probably would have. OK.
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Do you know that Sigil has? I'm going to say probably not. OK. And I don't know. Yeah, I'm stuck. I assume I think I think he and Kat having Kat. I've grown close enough. How often is unity dinner? It's a monthly affair. They are very important to sauna, but not that important to Kathab. Oh, then I probably have it.
00:06:54
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I probably said I would and then Kath kind of was like, you really don't have to. And then something came up. Yeah. Well, based on those responses, it sounds like. It would be a large is this is a largish affair. It varies. It depends on how many people are in town and I mean, they're.
00:07:17
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There's a range like based on conversations you would have had with Sana asking about them one of these times when she may have invited you or you may have just overheard her talking about them. They range from anywhere to just being her immediate family to sometimes being 20 plus people, depending on how many people are in town and how many people decide to come. I think Eris has attended. Out of a sense of. Obligation, OK?
00:07:47
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Um, because. Going to a place where there's a whole lot of people she does not know. Is very far outside of Eris's preferred environment. OK. Well, we can we can say then if you want to just kind of strengthen the notion that Eris would have gone, that you went one of the months where Sana assured you that it's just it's just going to be me and my family. It's not it's not a month where there's a lot of people traveling or something like that. Um.
00:08:17
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if that strengthens the fiction a bit for you, Philip.
00:08:20
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No, I don't have a problem with Eris having gone. I was just trying to think of what would motivate Eris to go, especially if if Hobb does not go because she can hide behind Hobb in a crowd if she needs to. But if Hobb is not there, she would need a different reason to go. And I think a sense of obligation because she cannot hide behind Milo.
Bazaar Visit for Ingredients
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But Milo can hide behind her.
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And it's not Eris's preferred order of things. OK, so so Sana after saying that to Kath kind of nudges you, Milo, will say that you're you're sitting at the end with Reynard in between you and Kath. Sana nudges you, Milo, and says, Are you going to come again? My mom, my mom asked if you were coming specifically. Of course, Sana, you know that I I enjoy coming to these events that you have. Great.
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And she kind of beams at that. Raynard, come on. Well, I guess I have nothing else to do. Yes, I'll come. Tomorrow night, you'll come. Yes, I'll come. Excellent.
00:09:34
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OK, well, then if if I can get Eris has come before, so if I can get her to commit, then Hob might have to come. Because then everybody else will be. And so. So you all Milo and Raynard, you just kind of see sauna slowly back away from the counter and just nonchalantly very chipperly walk across the dining area to Eris's booth and slides into the seat across from Eris.
00:10:05
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Eris becomes very aware of someone else in what she views thoroughly as her booth and reaches up and pulls out the little earplugs which are blaring something very loud until she switches them off and looks up from her work with a
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Very.
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I need help reacting to something expression on her face. Hi, Hi, Sona. Hi. So I have a question and I don't feel like just to break break the role play for a moment. I don't feel like I've done a good job of physically describing Sona up to this point. So just so you all and the listeners have a good indication of physically what she looks like, she's about five foot four and has very much
00:11:11
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I mean, you all have seen her her punches and kicks. She's a very powerful half elf. So she has that kind of MMA martial artist type build with light brown hair cut into like a pixie crop cut like Emma Watson 2010 kind of look very, very short. And she she typically wears.
00:11:34
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clothing that allows her to have her full range of motion, but still very I don't want to say flashy because it's not like opulent, wealthy. It's it's just very loud. She she uses her clothing to make a statement kind of thing. So that's physically what sort of looks like just so we can have visual in our head.
00:11:57
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So, Sana puts her elbows on the table, potentially like sliding some of your stuff that's on the table out of the way a little bit, is she? Eris moves, immediately starts moving things, which so there's no apparent order to the things on the table. But she reacts as if there was a very precise order to the things on the table. So, Eris, I have a question. And if you say no, that's fine. But I would really like it if you would say yes.
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You remember a while back you came to my family's house for dinner? The unity dinner thing?
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Yeah. Yeah. So my dad thought that you were great. He thought that you had a great energy and you were a really good listener. You know how my dad likes to tell stories. And you sat there very politely and listened to him. And he was specifically asking if you were going to come tomorrow night for unity dinner. And I told him I would do my best to convince you
Unity Dinner Preparations
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to come. So what would I need to do
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to make that happen. He said I have a I have a good. I have a good what? You're a good listener. But what was the first I have a good energy? Yeah, you bring a good a good energy to the to the space that you're in. I might as an elf. You know, I they can be weird sometimes, but
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Or maybe it's just my dad. I don't know. All right. All right. Oh, yeah, yes. Awesome. OK. What? What do I need to to do? What do I need to?
00:14:02
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Well, typically it's customary for people that come to bring something. It can be something simple. Kath and I are bringing dessert, but if you could just get some kind of dish or something, my...
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Kath's dad really likes it when people bring stuff from like he's an adventurous eater. So he likes it when people bring their like culturally their their cultures cuisine. So if there's anything like a Kyron dish that you might want to bring, like that might be cool. But yeah, I mean, just.
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All right. Nothing expensive. And you just need to bring a couple of portions like there's so much food. You eat like a quarter of what you would normally eat if you were having dinner on your own. So. Right. Yeah. OK. OK. Yeah. I'll do that.
00:15:06
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Thanks. And one other thing. I'm going to go and she kind of lowers her voice and leans in a bit. I'm going to go ask Hob if he'll come. You know, he's never he's never come to one of these. And if you if it if it seems like he's waffling, if you could maybe help push him over the edge a little bit. That would be because Cass not going to help. But if you could help, that would be great.
00:15:37
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I think he would have a good time. I think him and him and Kat's dad would get along great, but he just I don't know. I might not need your help, but if I do, that would be great. Yes. All right. Great. Thank you. And she slides out of the booth.
00:15:57
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Um, OK, hop. She you you see. Sauna walk across the the dining area to your table. And pull a chair up and sit. Not across the table, but like one quarter at the table with you. Hey, hop. Hello. How's it going?
00:16:28
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Fine. What are you working on? What are you doing? Dinner. Working on this plate. Funny that you mentioned dinner. So. Tomorrow night.
00:16:43
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I don't know if you remember, but there have been a few times where I've mentioned that my family does this unity dinner thing. It's a core of our custom. And we invite the people that matter to us. And we also open up our homes to anybody that might need a warm meal. And like I said, you invite people that are important to you and that you want to have dinner with. And I was wondering if maybe you would want to come this time.
Unity Dinner Begins
00:17:18
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Sure. Really? I mean, I don't, I don't have plans for dinner or tomorrow. You say dinner. For me, dinner is an event that typically lasts between 45 and 90 minutes because I eat and then dinner's over.
00:17:49
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Well, it it lasts longer than that because it's it's dinner is just a part of the the function of the evening of sitting at a table and and with with people and talking and sharing stories and and having just a general good time in the company of other individuals. So a few hours. But there is dinner.
00:18:18
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There is food, yes, and dessert. Okay. So the only thing, if you can, so typically at unity dinner,
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people that aren't travelers, people that live in the area that the dinner is taking place, typically provide a component of the overall dinner, a side dish of some kind or a dessert. And so Kath's dad really likes it when people bring something from their background or their culture or something along those lines so he can try
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a flavor of wherever that person is from. So if there are any Goliath dishes that you know of, I'm not familiar enough with Goliath culture to know what that would be like. But it's not exactly a monoculture. And then Hobb kind of looks down at his plate, which is basically like
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bland meat and roughage. Like it's just, it's not, Hob does not have an exciting diet because that's just not who he is. And he says, but if you want me to bring something I like, I can. Yeah, that'd be great.
00:19:41
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And you don't need to bring a whole lot like just just enough for everybody to get a sample. It won't take much. OK, well, yeah, it's it's tomorrow night and I'll I'll I'll give you my address if you need it. But Eris has it. She's been before if you all are traveling together. And yeah, yeah, it'll be great. It'll be great. It's going to be great.
00:20:08
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I'm I'm sure it will. I'm excited for you to come. Thank you for the conversation and the fun. Yes. Yes. OK, I. I'm going to go fight with Kath about what dessert we're going to pick out. I will talk to you later. I don't think you should fight with Kath.
00:20:29
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Oh. See, it's a joke. I'm not a dumb person. It was a funny joke for you. Well, anyway, this dinner's not going to eat itself.
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And she just smiles and hops up and walks over to to Kath and Milo and Raynard you can hear Kath and Sana begin talking about how disgusting desserts are from the shadow marches and no matter how much Kath wants to bring one, they need to just go find a nice cheesecake. So.
00:21:05
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So, yeah, Raynard, Milo, have you all been talking at all during saunas round going talking to Eris and Hobb about tomorrow night? I think Milo, sorry, real quick, Milo, even though she didn't explicitly state it, you're aware of the custom of bringing something. I was going to explain that to my friend. OK, because because Raynard was wondering if wine would just be OK. Would Milo know the answer to that?
00:21:37
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wine wine would be fine as long as kind of the same same deal if you just go and
00:21:44
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get a three copper bottle of swill, then you're going to get some raised eyebrows. But yeah, if you get something nice to bring, then to share, especially if it's it would please Kath's dad if it had some cultural significance to the person bringing it. But that's not a requirement. I'm not going to bring Franzia, but we're not going to go like Moe Shannon. OK, so we're going to go in the middle. So so, yes, Raynard, I think a nice wine would be perfect.
00:22:13
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I think, you know, we can make a stop along the way. I do believe that I'll have my mother maybe make one of her famous mutton mince pies. Well, sounds like we are all set then. Let's have another drink. You know me all too well, my feet.
00:22:40
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Um, Eris, after your conversation with Sana, do you just go back to work or once Sana leaves Hobbs table like what? Um, I think. Probably Eris goes over and starts measuring Hobbs arm again.
Unity Dinner Interactions
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And. Hey. Are you going tomorrow? It would appear so yes.
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But that's good. Sure. Well, I mean, you know, it would be. It's food, right? I mean, you like food. I do do. So this is going to need a a pretty potent dragon shard. We might have to go find one. Somehow.
00:23:37
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You know, as she's gone back to the things she understands and is discussing the. And you want just to be the. You just do it like it's still just the straps around your arm. Right, yeah. All right. I don't. I don't want to telegraph that there's something special about them. Yeah, yeah, because.
00:24:08
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Because it's going to be good. Right. So I'm I'm told. That there is going to be an expectation of conversation with people that aren't. One of my people. At this thing. You think it's possible that perhaps you and me and maybe a few others could just
00:24:39
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be conversing most of the night, so no one else tries to come in. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I could. I could probably do that. Yeah, you know, in Rainard, Milo, they can, of course, be a be a part of our little group for as long as they can stand. Eris, you do know, having attended a unity before that
00:25:08
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something that you can warn hub of if you want or if not, that's also fine. Any kind of respect for boundaries of two people being in the middle of a conversation and not wanting to be so rude as to interrupt them kind of go out the window like people are mingling the whole time and stepping in and out of conversation. And so while Hobbes plan will get you get you somewhere, it's certainly not going to be a catch all. Wall kind of thing. They
00:25:39
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that they're very, they're very friendly. OK, OK. You know, you know. They talk a lot and close, they talk close. And
00:26:09
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You don't get a lot of you don't get a lot of personal space at it. Right. OK. We'll. We'll see how much space I feel like I need when we come to that. I mean, you occupy a lot of space just normally, so it's. It might be different.
00:26:37
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OK, real quick, Raynard. Yes, let me let me get you to make a knowledge society check to get an idea what kind of wine would be that good middle ground for for an event like this, a society check, you say, knowledge, knowledge society. Yep. Knowledge society. Here we go.
00:27:04
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OK, so that's two failure and a threat, so lowered. So, yeah, you you have a really good idea. You're like, oh, I've got it. You know that the perfect wine for this type of event, it's from Arcanic's Vineyards up in on there. It's called Fireburst wine. And the notable thing about it is that it causes
00:27:27
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It's a phenomenal wine for events like these where it's casual, friendly, fun, and it's a carbonated wine.
00:27:36
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But when if you were to burp where it gets its name is if you burp even like subtly, then it causes a small spout of flame to shoot up. It's it's magically infused. So that's where it gets its name. Firebursts. This from Wonka wineries. So, yeah, you know that that is exactly what you need to bring for this event. And fortunately, it only costs a good sized bottle for an event like this would run you about
00:28:06
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eight silver pieces. So that's nothing. Look at how much money I have. OK, sorry, go back to Harrison Hobb. If you have anything else, I know what you. What are you going to bring? What are you? What are you? What did you eat before you came here?
00:28:30
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I mean, mostly the same thing that I eat. Now that I'm here, maybe just less eat had been applied previously. No, that can't be true, though. I mean, he went from Goliath to monastic, so it's nothing fancy in any regard. Yeah. No, I think he just says it. You know, I'm not much for cooking things.
00:29:02
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I'll figure something out, bring something I enjoy and see if anybody else wants it. That makes sense. Well, how's things? I'm done. Good.
00:29:18
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I figured out another thing about the schema for the Fletcher. And so I think it's going to it's going to really increase the the muzzle velocity of the rounds. And I'm working on adding some decoration on Tasha. And I've got the I've got this and she taps the parchment that she's making notes about measurements on.
00:29:48
Speaker
all in Goblin. And I'm working on something for myself at the same time. And I'm still trying to figure out something about those schemas I hope. I hope Sigil can get one back, can figure them out a little bit. And I gotta get that one back from all of it at some point. You know, Tasha, you mentioned, perhaps. Perhaps.
00:30:17
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How does Eris feel? How does Hob picked up the Eris feels about ownership of this craft? Does Eris treat it like it's hers? Out of character. It's a little unsure to me. So elementals come in like personified elementals like genies.
00:30:44
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and in just raw elementals. And I guess I need information from Eric to answer this question. Are the just raw elementals persons or are they the elemental elemental equivalent of horses? So I'm I'm going to say that they they do have personality that like the
00:31:13
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The level of personality that many people ascribe to their pets, that level of self-awareness and sentience, where they can be moody, they have certain things they like, certain things they don't like, but you're not going to have a conversation with one.
00:31:27
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Okay, that matches, I think, where Eris is. I think Eris, yeah, I think Eris interprets it as what she with Milo's help did was like going out into a herd of Mustangs and capturing one. And so she thinks of it, she thinks of the elemental as a
00:31:54
Speaker
as a really excellent specialized animal that's just super awesome and she wants to figure out everything she can about it. So I think she perceives the ship as hers, but she definitely doesn't talk about Tasha the Elemental
00:32:24
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as a thing. OK, then I'm not going to say I was going to make some joke about maybe maybe we have a committee run decision on decorations for Tasha. But if she really feels like that's her craft, then then he wouldn't say that because he doesn't care that much. He's not going to step on toes about it. So they saw him. And that may not be legally accurate, but that's probably how sure how he talks about it and thinks about it. So
00:32:52
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this dragon shard that we're going to need. How big are you thinking? It doesn't exactly have to be big. It just needs to be potent because I'm not going to attach a rock the size of a bird's egg to your fist. I'm going to have to break it down and embed bits of it in the strap all the way around so it can be hidden.
00:33:22
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But it's going to be a more Pokemon than anything I've ever used before. I'm trying to think of how to describe a fore rarity. I don't want to hand wave it, but what Hobb is trying to figure out is if there's something that needs to be
00:33:45
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purchased, stolen, found, or quested for. Because of the effect I wanted to have, it's going to need to be a Kyber shark, which is a little harder to come by than an Eberron shark, which is what I usually use. Normally, it'd be easy if I worked for the house or had a legitimate business. It's just that the dealers are a little bit specialized, and so I can't get it from my
00:34:14
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my usual sources. So it's going to have to find someone willing to sell it to me. Is that reasonable, Eric? Yeah, yeah, it's just going to rely on that check. And if the check doesn't pass, then maybe it becomes a quest. Right. OK, we certainly we've certainly altered people's willingness to do things before. I'm sure we can do it again. Yeah, yeah, I'm sure we can.
00:34:43
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While that conversation is going on, Milo, Raynard, you hear a sense of finality to Kath and Sana's back and forth. And then Sana comes up in between the two of you and.
00:34:59
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lean leans in, kind of puts an arm around each of your shoulders and looks at each of you and says, so Kath and I are going to go to the bazaar if any of you want to come, if either you want to come to pick up what you might need for tomorrow night. We finally kind of decided on what we're bringing. And so we figured that would be the best place to go get ingredients. Raynard, they have wine. Yes, I would very much like to go.
00:35:29
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I think that I'm pretty sure Mother has most of the ingredients we probably need, but I should pick up a leg of lamb for her as well. The bazaar sounds wonderful. And she kind of pushes off the two of you as she spins on her heel and approaches Eris and Hob at the tail end of your conversation.
00:35:53
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Says so. Raynard and Milo are going to come with us to go to the bazaar to pick up things for tomorrow night, if you all would like to come. Yeah, I could get some I could get some ingredients. Awesome. Great. Sure. Great. Let's let's go to the market.
00:36:18
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And she passed it, continues past all of you back to the back table that Sigil is sitting at and you see her begin to talk to Sigil after a couple of moments. Sigil does not move from their table and Sana looks.
00:36:35
Speaker
I you all know her well enough to wear and she she does not see any utility in hiding her emotions most of the time. So you can see that she's a little miffed based on whatever conversation she had with Sigil, but turns to all of you and is like, OK, well, I think I think we're ready to go if if you all are ready to head out for some late night grocery shopping.
00:36:59
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Eris runs over to her table and begins bundling things up and into a satchel. One of the things she was working on, she slides onto her own arm, and it's it's very clearly a city watch vambrace that she's obtained somewhere and then pulls her coat on and slings her satchel. OK.
00:37:28
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So you all living in sharn would have been been to the bazaar before or at least heard of its reputation that it is the largest market in the city of sharn, stretching out over dozens of different towers with walkways in between. But it is also famous for its pickpockets and con artists and
00:37:50
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Yeah, just the least savory types in in the that district as well. So something a place where you want to keep your coin purse cinched up extra tight unless Hobb wants to bait somebody into trying to steal from him and then punching them for amusement. No, no, but I think what he does do is when they first get there, are we there? I'm sorry, I know you're describing it. Has is anybody does anybody have anything they want to do before they leave the for sales?
00:38:21
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I'm just curious how far away is the market from us? Like where is the market on our I assume there are markets ever in in all parts. It's just it's in Middle Dura and you're in the Lower Memphis Plateau. So it's actually around. You have to go around the central plateau or through it. It's on the other side of Sharn. So not a super long journey, but longer than most of the other places you've gone to thus far. So I mean, we we'd want to fly like we're not walking. Yes, correct. OK.
00:38:50
Speaker
You want to get a cap? No, we own one. Oh, fair enough. Fair enough. So now that it's alive, can we say we own it? We own the ship. The creature is like a really intelligent horse. It's like a really intelligent cart horse.
00:39:15
Speaker
Can you ever really own a horse, though? Anyway, yeah, I mean, so I mean, yeah. So, yeah, you all easily are able to navigate the traffic and and pull up to the the expansive sky dock linking to the bazaar with
00:39:37
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Basically, the Sky Dock naming convention is more applicable here because it is there are enough spaces on it where you actually can tie up your ship and leave it as opposed to just being dropped off. So so yeah, you're able to find an open spot to park Tasha and the even.
00:39:58
Speaker
It's past the dinner time, probably driving there. It's probably to equate real world hours, probably around 930, 10 o'clock at night. And the place you would think it is three o'clock in the afternoon. It is still busy because we live in a world where some people don't have to sleep. So why would things not be open? So.
00:40:22
Speaker
So, yeah, you all are navigating crowds. So what just just to have a clear idea. Milo is here for a leg of lamb. Rainard is here for some explosive wine. Eris, any more specificity with the ingredients that you're looking for? Eris needs to buy some very specific honey. OK. And some.
00:40:52
Speaker
Boy, I really. If I had known it was going to be cooking something, I would have looked up a type of grain to call this, but she needs this very specific grain that grows in Dargun. Gotcha. Whatever the standard Dargun equivalent of barley is or something like that. OK, so Eris needs to find a. A Dargul grocer, essentially.
00:41:17
Speaker
And Milo shops at a place that he goes to. Jorgen's Meats. Jorgen's Meat. OK, Jorgen's Meat. Sounds like a place Hobb would enjoy. Well, I actually have a question because Hobb knows what he wants to bring. For a while, Jeff thought Hobb was going to bring a joke, but then he decided to do something real.
00:41:45
Speaker
this marketplace, I assume has both pre and post processed animals. Yeah. Okay. Um, then hob really here just needs to go and see the, I either just the butcher or both the butcher and the live pig salesman.
00:42:10
Speaker
depending upon their personal policies on when they sell things. So we can go ahead and say that Jorgen also, Jorgen keeps their own livestock out back. Perfect. He's the pork chopper. Hang on, I'm gonna turn my camera on real quick to flip you off.
00:42:38
Speaker
OK, and on the drive over, Sigil did not come. Sigil stayed behind at the for sales. Sauna. Said that they are that that she is going to be bringing a. A sweet.
00:42:57
Speaker
It's a cake based dish, but also contains it contains pepper in it. So it's like a spicy sweet dessert thing. Orange peppers from northern Breland is where those grow. And then they it turns out they were not able to come to a conclusion on what they were bringing. So Kath has decided that she is not going to bring dessert that Sonic can handle that. And she is bringing kettle fried spiders with red eye berries, which is a
00:43:26
Speaker
It's a common enough dish where it's probably like on the appetizer's menu for the for sales. Like it's a thing that realish people eat. So, Jorgens meat.
00:43:36
Speaker
is probably the closest place to the sky dock. And then for the general ingredients like grains, honeys, even wine, that would be in more of the general market marketplace area. Jorgen having its own livestock means it's kind of separated from from the main hub area. Good call. Mostly just from a licensing standpoint with the city for the smell. So are we going as a big group everywhere or are we splitting up? I'm fine with whatever.
00:44:07
Speaker
Yeah, me too. We're all in this together. OK, he's going to go on his own. OK, so Jork Jorgen Jorgen's meet is closest and Kath needs her spiders from there as well. Jorgen sells spiders as well. Yeah. Outstanding. Are they like are they giant spiders? I mean, this being D&D, are they like they like cow sized spiders? You're not serving a spider leg on a big platter. It's just drat.
00:44:37
Speaker
Bite sized morsels. They're they're like, it's it's like wings. It's like like half hand sized spiders. So to us, horrifying abominations. But to people in a fantasy world, it's OK. Spiders the size of like a squirrel.
00:44:57
Speaker
Or a chicken? No, smaller than a chicken. So anyway, yeah. So this is great radio. Let's discuss your fighter sizes. So I'm here to tell you it is not. So. Jorgen Milo, you created Jorgen. So who is Jorgen? What's their deal? Jorgen is a bald.
00:45:26
Speaker
overweight halfling and his apron is just always it's it's a white apron, but it's essentially red. Yeah, he's a butcher. OK. So extremely jovial.
00:45:47
Speaker
Alright, Jovial, good. Okay, so you all walk into Jorgens and you see that there is a crowd of people with tickets in the air and Jorgen and his workers are behind the counter calling out order numbers and grabbing tickets and handing bundled satchels and things like that and the occasional like big
00:46:09
Speaker
hunk of meat. The the most notable thing you see as you're walking in is there is a half ogre collecting their order and it's just they just take a cow like it's been like cleaned and dressed and playing it over their shoulder as it stomps out of the the butcher shop. What would you all like just there there is a clear line to the counter where Jorgen can take your order
00:46:38
Speaker
But who's Milo? You've been here before. So if you want to take point, you can. Milo walks up to the counter. So good, my good man. How are you this evening? Hey, Milo. How's it going? It's going wonderful. I need a leg of lamb, please.
00:46:57
Speaker
Ah, your mom making that pie again? Yes, that wonderful, wonderful pie. Mutton mint pie. Tell her she hasn't brought me a slice and fab. I need to see that woman. She needs to bring me some more pie. Of course, of course. OK, so just the one leg of lamb? Yeah, and I do believe my friends here may need something as well. OK, what can I get for you? Oh, me? Yeah. OK. Big fella. OK.
00:47:28
Speaker
All right, so you know... You know when you got a pig, right? I do have a pig, yes. I'm familiar with the creature. All the white stuff that you normally would throw away. I want that. Okay. You know the dried corn that you feed them? I want that. Okay, so you want... Okay. And...
00:47:58
Speaker
He points to a burlap, he realizes that he's just ordered things, and so he points to a burlap sack that's kind of just off in the corner and goes, I'm gonna eat that. And, I don't know, some beef. Cubed. Cubed like stew grade beef? We need something nicer. I don't know who's stew. You're hilarious, big man.
00:48:29
Speaker
Do you need a particular grade of beef or is just anything fine? You know, um, I suppose so long as it came off a cow not too long ago, it's gonna work. Okay. Uh, all right. So also, um, I guess like bones
00:48:55
Speaker
bones. Yeah, sure. You know, from like the, the cow, cow bones. Okay. Yeah. And, um, okay. That's, that's primarily what we, what we have is vertebrae. Is that okay? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's great. And that is all. Okay. And
00:49:22
Speaker
So I got the white stuff from a pig that I throw away, some pig feed, particularly corn, cubed beef. Specifically corn. Specifically corn. Just the dried stuff that you throw the pig. Yes. Any part of the cow cubed up fresh and burlap sack and some cow spine.
00:49:50
Speaker
And Milo is just looking at it. I'm like, what in the world? OK. And then Kath steps up. It's like, yeah, I I need like two dozen spiders. It's like, OK, spiders, any particular type, dia, fire. I just run in the mill, realish,
00:50:17
Speaker
Breelish spider, nothing, nothing special. It's like, OK, standard spider. Got it. And you hear him turn around and in just incoherent jargon start rattling off your all's order. But in a it's it's common that he is speaking, but you have no idea what the rhyme or reason for this order is at this point. But you're common.
00:50:42
Speaker
Yeah, Butcher can't. She just bought spiders, but my thing's weird. OK, everybody, this is fine. As you all are waiting and it's kind of it's a noisy, it's a busy hub with lots of people standing around waiting. You all kind of moved to the back of the area where people are picking up their orders and Sana turns to specifically Reynard and Hobb.
00:51:05
Speaker
And says, OK, so since you two haven't ever been to a unity dinner before, I just want to give you a heads up on the type of personalities that you can expect specifically from our our family. And Kath interjects, says, don't don't don't talk to his dad. Just don't. Eris did once and that was her whole night. Right. And she kind of looks to you, Eris.
00:51:36
Speaker
Eris looks like someone who doesn't know what to say because Eris feels very uncomfortable to suggest anything but honorable compliments about her friend's father.
00:51:56
Speaker
Uh, and, um, I, he, I mean, he, you know, he had, um, he has some interesting stories. And Kath just kind of size says, well, take my word for it.
00:52:11
Speaker
If you want to be able to mingle, don't talk. Don't don't get in a long winded conversation with with Sona's dad and Sona. It's fine. He has a lot of stories. He's been alive for like 800 years. So supposing I want to neither mingle nor talk to Sona's dad. Is there a third option? Hob, give me a perception check.
00:52:40
Speaker
Yeah, that was a bridge too far, and I know it was, but... Eris looks horrible. It was a joke for Kath that I forgot... I'd literally forgot Sana was standing right there. I thought I was just Kath talking to her. Yeah, so I deserve whatever comes to me from this one. Perception, you say? Yes. Yeah, this'll go fine. To success.
00:53:08
Speaker
So, yeah, you can as soon as the words leave your mouth, Hob, you can tell that, like, yeah, that that was not a cool thing to say. And Sana did not take it in good natured stride at all. So she has gotten very, very quiet at that point. And Kath kind of sensing things, takes over the conversation and says, but.
00:53:30
Speaker
I mean it's it's a situation like people are there to chit chat and and engage with other people and share stories so it if you if you don't really like engage in a story like if you don't like tell a story or express.
00:53:47
Speaker
a strong interest in somebody's story, then they're largely just going to move on to the next person. So I mean, that's that's kind of the way that I play things at these is feign a polite disinterest in what most people say. And they they tend to let me be. But Raynard, I you'll you'll do fine. Just there's lots of wine. So just.
00:54:11
Speaker
Be yourself and people will love you for it. So I'll sit right in. We haven't established Raynard being a full elf. How old is Raynard?
00:54:24
Speaker
Uh, that depends how old do elves live. I mean, in hundreds of years, it may be thousands like it's pretty much a blank check for how long you want Rainard to have been alive. I mean, based on Rainard's personality. So how long have you avoided growing up? Elves are considered in Eberron. Elves are considered adults when they hit 100.
00:54:49
Speaker
That's not to say they physically don't become adults until they're 100. It's just that that's in an elven culture. They're not considered an adult until they're 100 years old. So so Raynard is certainly over 100 based on the fact that he is out and about, but. But I mean, let's say 300. 300. OK, yeah, that sounds so 30. Right. Sure.
00:55:19
Speaker
So, so, yeah, Kath says, Raynard, I mean, you'll you. Unlike most of us here, you remember a time when this whole place was just a single country and before the war and everything. So I'm sure lots of people will be interested in stories you have from from that time. So I'll do my best to remember them.
00:55:46
Speaker
I you all hear your ticket numbers start getting called, and so you all can start moving your way up there. Milo, you're grabbing a whole leg of lamb there, but so how how is this working for you? Do you have a cart or something that you normally bring or what do you do? I mean, it's. Are they that big for a leg of lamb?
00:56:10
Speaker
I guess the legal name isn't that big. No, that's fair. I mean, I'm assuming that that Jorgen, you know, has wrapped it and. Yeah. Put it in some kind of a tote for me to throw over my back. No, I want you to hork it up over your shoulder like Captain Caveman.
00:56:29
Speaker
We'll say that there's there's a knock that that Jorgen does where he he loops string around both ends, but then ties another connector across to create kind of a duffel bag esque sling. Yeah, it's where you can just kind of throw it over your shoulder. And Hobb, he.
00:56:51
Speaker
He looks at you, says, OK, here is the white stuff we throw away. Here are the cubed meat. Here is the feed. Here is the vertebrae. And here is a burlap sack for it all to go in. And he dumps it all in. And your leg of lamb milo costs two silver pieces. All of your stuff. Hob costs three silver pieces. So it's a nice sack.
00:57:22
Speaker
And yeah, Kath grabs her satchelow spiders and you all are good to head to the the general market. All right. Thank you very much, Jorgen. Nice to see you again. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You when you when your mom's done with that pie to make good. OK. Yes. Lovely to meet you. Yes. Nice to meet all of you to have a good have a good evening. Meet meets you. Oh, you were making a joke. OK.
00:57:52
Speaker
Never heard that one before. God, it would be so interesting to hear the stories of any other 300-year-old elf.
00:58:02
Speaker
So, yeah, you all can head to the general market and CAF continues explaining the the general expectations of the Unity dinner. And so there there might be people that nobody knows that that come. Unity dinners happen all over the city and pretty much everywhere in the country.
00:58:23
Speaker
And it's just an opportunity for Corovar to open their doors to any other Corovar that are traveling or for in Ural's case, people that reside in the home, inviting people that they want to dine with and want to have conversation and break bread with. So that's the just general kind of thing. It's a dinner party. It's not complicated. So just.
00:58:47
Speaker
Don't be weird and don't break anything, I guess. So, yeah. We get to the general market and everyone give me a. Perception check. Eris one success, two advantage. Hob two failure, one advantage. Raynard one success, two threat. That's what I'm talking about. Milo Milo one success, one threat.
00:59:17
Speaker
So. As a collective crew, you all are walking about and given your knowledge of the bizarre, you're you're keeping your eyes moving, keeping your head up. Hobb, what would be a reason for in this moment, Hobb to be somewhat distracted? Just general ambivalence. OK. So, yeah, you all
00:59:45
Speaker
spot a person sizing up hob, but because the majority of the party passed. So there's this human with a cloak with a hood pulled up, just kind of walking nonchalantly and looks like they're about to do the bump into hob thing. And they quickly see Eris, Reynard and Milo all like looking about and look at them and they kind of sidestep and go around hob.
01:00:14
Speaker
But, Hob, you are unaware of anything that has happened. OK. I'm just my corn kernel. So, Kath, as you all get into the general market and start making your way to, let's head to a wine shop, a good winery for Reynard's selection.
01:00:40
Speaker
She she asks you all as you approach. So do any of you all have any questions about the concept or anything? I know Eris Milo, you've had some experience with it before, but Eris, you didn't get a whole lot of the the actual experience of the the night. Eris is.
01:01:00
Speaker
head sort of shifts and a slightly alarmed and uncertain expression passes across her face. I know it's it's it's just that the idea is to mingle with a lot of different people and get like a lot of different perspectives and cultures and stuff. And I know that you you listen to a lot of sauna's dad's stories that night. So I mean, that's you had a conversation, whereas typically it's it's a lot more moving around and stuff like that. Not to say that you had a bad experience, just it's not
01:01:39
Speaker
Does anybody have any questions they would like to express?
01:01:42
Speaker
No, we approach the the wine stand that Kath has kind of led you all to as she's walking. And you see a elf behind the the counter of this stand examining a half full glass of wine, very pretentiously just like nose pointed at like 11 o'clock in the air.
01:02:08
Speaker
Um, so Raynard, you're, you're buying wine. You said I know what this wine is or am I, I'm just. Yeah. You, you, you are aware of this wine. That's why I had you make the knowledge society check. Cause you know, wines, you go to enough parties and stuff to know wines. So you, you think for this occasion, Fireburst wine would be a great wine to bring. Perfect. Uh, so I approach the merchant. Hello.
01:02:37
Speaker
Hello, yes, I'm looking to purchase some Fireburst wine. And while you while you're speaking, he is slowly drinking from the glass of wine, but his eyes are just fixed on you. Fireburst wine, you say? Yes.
01:02:59
Speaker
What an interesting choice, as he lazily slurs the wine in his glass, and then he has a very elongated nose, so he sticks his whole nose into the glass as he sniffs the wine. Well, we do have that. It's a pretty insignificant wine from a palate standpoint, but if that's what you would like, then I suppose we can accommodate you.
01:03:27
Speaker
Yes, that is what I would like. And let's take two bottles, please. Oh, big spender. As he reaches below the counter and grabs two bottles of wine and puts them on the counter. Just try to go out with a bang, you know. How charming. That will be one gold, six silver pieces, please. Is that correct math? Because I don't know.
01:03:59
Speaker
Yes, it is correct. All right. Well, here you are. Thank you. Enjoy your wine. Yes, he goes back to. Just the weirdest dude. Fireburst, Reynard. Are you sure that's a wise choice? Milo, have you known me to make wise choices?
01:04:29
Speaker
I have no need to make fun choices. Huzzah. Very well. OK, you all are able to navigate the the rest of the shops to get the honey. Oh, go ahead. I need to go specifically to a dark rule grocer. OK. To get the things for what heiress intends to make.
01:04:55
Speaker
So I assume there is one of those. I mean, there's a lot of goblins that live in in Sharn. Yeah, you you see a Dargul grocer that has a bugbear behind the counter that is grabbing. It's the most intimidating kind of. That is currently stocking items. So half paying attention to any potential customers and just
01:05:26
Speaker
Grabbing large things and putting them on high shelves and stuff like that. So Eris sort of adjusts things a little bit and she takes off her satchel and hands it for me, hands it to Hob with your sack.
01:05:43
Speaker
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01:06:08
Speaker
There's nothing gross about anything I bought. I just made it all sound gross. Fine. There's a cow spine in your bag. There are there are pieces of cow vertebrae in there, like, and it is wrapped up and it's not thrown in there. That's white stuff. I don't know the way this is all described. It really sounded like all those ingredients in the bag loose, like here's some cubed meat. Here's some white stuff from a pig. Here's some cord. Mix it all up.
01:06:37
Speaker
And so era sort of adjusts, gets her her her hair down over the left side of her face and make sure that her gloves are fixed on and stands up as straight as she can and then walks in and towards the grocer. So she says waving. Hmm. And the bugbear kind of turns quickly and sees you standing there like, well, you won't.
01:07:08
Speaker
Eris makes really solid eye contact with his knees. And yeah, I need some noon and some ghoul shot. And if you have a bottle of Corlott,
01:07:29
Speaker
That would be I wasn't sure if if you had that here, that would be good, too. I think I got so in the back there. And the bugbear disappears around a corner. An heiress just sort of rocks on her feet waiting. OK.
01:07:49
Speaker
So, yeah, after a couple of minutes, you see the bugbear around the corner again with an armful of the requested items and begins plunking them down on the counter and really help. Thank you. How how much?
01:08:11
Speaker
I have essentially bought a bag of flour, a jar of honey, and a bottle of very strong liquor. Eris is forced to lift her head and sort of tilt. I'm sorry. Can you say that again?
01:08:39
Speaker
He looks at you like very intensely, Eris, and like exaggerates his mouth movements and goes, eight silver. Oh. Hey, Mozo. And she reaches in and pulls out the appropriate silver and passes it.
01:09:00
Speaker
Uh, passes it across. Did you have a good day? Tamut, uh, see what he says and turns and walks very quickly out of his stall shop. I don't know what the arrangement here is. Okay. Anybody want to make any other stops while you're in the bazaar?
01:09:27
Speaker
OK. Oh, OK. I think I think Hob likely has whatever else he needs, mostly just water and flour. OK. So. Now that you all have everything.
01:09:44
Speaker
Presumably you all drive back to the parking spot outside the for sales. And as you all unload, Kath stands there with with her ingredients and Sana had picked up some some ingredients for her dessert and Kath kind of gives it an awkward beat and says, OK, well, I guess Milo.
01:10:06
Speaker
Aeris, you know the address, you know where to go. So, I mean, we can get it to you tomorrow during the day or just get it from each other. And yeah, let's say 6.30, good time to arrive. Sounds fine. Yes, very, very good. We'll probably eat it around 7, so don't expect to be eating as soon as you get there.
01:10:32
Speaker
Um, yeah. Okay. Well, uh, see you all tomorrow night. Yeah. We'll, we'll just go and fast forward to six 30 the next night, unless any of you want to, um, undergo roles to do you want me to make a role for cooking? Um, what would be that skill? I was trying to think of that and I'm not sure. Uh, unless it's, unless it's alchemy.
01:10:58
Speaker
I would accept. Yeah, let's have everybody go and roll to cook their thing. That'll be fun. I don't need to cook wine. I know you've already made your check for your your your gift. Alchemy survival or alchemy or survival? Yeah, that works. What else you got, man? Does Eris get any kind of bonus from the fact that Eris's kitchen is a restaurant kitchen?
01:11:27
Speaker
since Eris lives above the four sales. You can have a boost die. Cool. What about Milo, since Milo's mother is making. Oh yes. Does Milo have to roll or do we just assume that Milo's mother is an excellent cook? Content. Yeah. If you don't want to roll Milo, we don't have to roll for you since your mom's doing the cooking. I mean, I don't mind rolling for her, but.
01:11:50
Speaker
Go ahead and roll Eris on your check real quick with your boost die. So Eris sets up her music box like the one that Hob has in the kitchen and turns on a
01:12:08
Speaker
the music by the the the Hounds of Balkan, which is her preferred band, and then she is going to make some some noon, which is like cornbread. And she is also going to attempt to make some. Sha Ta'ar, which is a sweet bun filled with honey cream.
01:12:36
Speaker
Nice. This is gonna be an average difficulty, so two purple dice. Okay. And you've got my boost die added? I do have your boost die added. Cool. Here we go.
01:12:47
Speaker
Whoo, one success. So you you have made it as according to the recipe. Yes, that is exactly how Eris does food. It is the only thing that Eris does that way, but that is precisely how Eris does food is according to the recipe. OK, given given the style of cuisine hob that that you kind of described Goliath's as as partaking in,
01:13:15
Speaker
Um, let me take a look. It's athletics, right? It's it's all. Yeah, it's like there's some cross training. There's some physical work involved in one of these recipes. I think that bra. You got to punch punch that dough. So I want to know, is the white stuff like tripe since tripe is white? No, no, it's I.
01:13:44
Speaker
It's Lord, he's making fry bread. And then the corn is for corn soup. I would take discipline because it's, yeah, I would take discipline. Let me set the difficulty real quick for you. So you're making fry bread and what else? Okay, so yeah, I really wanted it. Yeah, yeah, I didn't want to call it fry bread. I wanted to think of it for it. Well, think of it for it. Well, I don't know yet. I probably just be like, here's this. I don't think we named it. It was the food we ate.
01:14:13
Speaker
Fair enough. No, the two things he's making are fry bread and corn soup. Corn soup is oxtail for the broth, cubed meat, and corn. That's literally all dried corn. Okay. And then the fry bread, flour, water, lard. Okay. Baking soda. Okay, so discipline.
01:14:33
Speaker
Yep. What? What? Of all the rules. All the rules. Two success, a threat, and two triumph. Unbelievable. It's just one shot. Yeah, it's a transcendent dish that you have created. It's so good that nobody notices when Hob leaves early.
01:15:02
Speaker
No, it's so no here I here you go. It's so good that when people try it, they they can't find the words to speak to you about it. It's just they can't like they just have to keep eating it. So Milo will be pestering you to give his mom the recipe.
01:15:24
Speaker
Oh, OK. OK, there. You want the white stuff? OK, and then Milo, we'll go and have you roll for your mom cooking just to see if anything happens. Since your mom has made this dish on the regular, the check is going to be a bit easier. And she's so yeah, it'll just be one purple. OK, and alchemy, I guess.
01:15:53
Speaker
Yeah, 10 boost dies. All right, here we go. There we went. Oh, OK. Two advantage. So the crust is a little dry.
01:16:07
Speaker
The meat is a little overdone, so it's not it's not gross. Like nobody's going to get food poisoning. But as you were like tasting the elements as your mom went along, you know that she's she's done better work. She's getting a little old. So but with the two advantage, nobody's going to get food poisoning from it. So it's all over, not under.
01:16:28
Speaker
Yeah. OK, so it is the next night you all arrive at at Sana and Kath's family home. And do you all travel up there together or I mean, it's not super important, but you do have a car, so it would be happy to pick everyone up. If how far is it from? Oh, my gosh, I just forgot the name of the place that I live. It's obvious because that's where he's cooking. He's using their kitchen because that's where he lives.
01:16:56
Speaker
If he could get there more quickly, just heading straight from his house, he would do that. Otherwise, he's happy they'd catch a ride. No. So that's an interesting bit is that Sana's family and like the only reason you all know this is because of unity dinner. They live in the Mithril Tower District in the upper, upper, upper, upper part of the city. They can see the night sky.
01:17:21
Speaker
from their from their house. So so it is a drive to get up there. And it's on the central plateau. Maris is dressed in her least dirty clothing. Milo's happy to catch a ride. OK. So, yeah, you all you all arrive at six thirty ish and you see.
01:17:43
Speaker
The front doors are open to their home, just propped open. And you can see Kath and Sana running around in the house alongside a an orc and Eris and Myla, you would know them just on site. Kath and Sana's mother, who is a half elf and then Sana's dad, who is a elf and Kath's dad, who is a orc.
01:18:11
Speaker
Oh, walking around, setting up the table as well. Do we know their names? Cath's dad is named Drawther. D.R.A.U.T.H.R. Sana's dad is named Malen. M.A.Y.L.A.N. And their mother is named Catherine. C.A.T.H.E.R.I.N.E. OK, wait, is Cath short for
01:18:34
Speaker
She has never made that clear. It is now. So you all can enter the home easily enough with your various plates, with whatever material Eberron uses to cover hot dishes to keep them warm. Probably just an enchanted pyrex.
01:18:55
Speaker
You see Catherine stop in her tracks as soon as you all walk in and walks up to Milo and is like, Milo, thank you for coming again. Oh, is this is this the pie? Does she make the pie? She did. Most suddenly, yes. Thank you, Eris. Thank you for coming again.
01:19:15
Speaker
Um, uh, yes, yes, of course, uh, make Malin will be thrilled. Uh, and she looks, uh, at Raynard, um, Raynard, right? Yes. Wonderful to meet you, Raynard. My name is having us. Yes. Thank you for coming. Uh, I hear you brought an interesting wine for us all to try.
01:19:38
Speaker
Yes, I'm sure you're going to love it. Excellent. And you must be Hob. Hob just holds out a piece of fried bread and goes here. I mean, I mean, I made for your dinner. Thank you. The table is right over there, Hob, if you want to go and put it down. My hands are a little full right now and she turns on her heels and goes to set Milo's pie down. OK, so the pie is good enough.
01:20:07
Speaker
So, yeah, the people begin filtering in primarily half elves and the the mingling begins. So I would like to know from my own amusement, this being a slightly formal occasion, does Hobb wear a shirt?
01:20:24
Speaker
I think Hobb would have found out if he should have or not. So Eric, you tell me, does Kath or Sana tell Hobb to dress differently? He's not going to wear pants. I mean, he's just going to put a tunic on. Right. Presuming that that question would have come day of, like after the shopping trip, Kath would not have told you, like Kath would have said just or whatever. It's fine. And any attempt to communicate with Sana would have not worked. So.
01:20:55
Speaker
The olive branch of asking what's appropriate to wear wouldn't have worked. She she she hasn't been around for sales all day. Like Kath Kath was there, but you weren't able to get a hold of her. OK, if Kath says that it's OK to wear whatever, then. He may double check with Eris, but he'll probably just not. Yeah, he probably just wears normal stuff. So. I don't know if he did double check with Eris. Yeah.
01:21:23
Speaker
Eris definitely thinks it's a very formal occasion to be invited to someone's home. Eris is probably wearing a skirt.
01:21:32
Speaker
which maybe is the only time Hobb has seen her wearing a skirt. And she's wearing some. She's not wearing her usual gloves. She's wearing big, long gloves and a nice looking shirt as opposed to the grease stained one. So Eris totally thinks Hobb should wear a shirt, but Eris is also not really into telling Hobb what to do. So no, she can though.
01:21:58
Speaker
It would depend on how much Hobb would press her for actual advice, because Aerys' initial thing would be to do exactly what Cass is like, oh, no, no, you wear whatever you want, that sort of thing. So it would just depend on whether Hobb would press or accept that as permission. Hobb puts on the only shirt he owned.
01:22:18
Speaker
which is nice because he only owns it because occasionally he has to go to the place. But as far as the rest of the thing, he does not feel that what he is wearing is any means informal in the sense that it is what he wore through his training and through growing up. That's what he wore for the most sacred events of his life. So he'll put a shirt on out of respect for
01:22:43
Speaker
people who appreciate less skin showing as far as as far as wearing anything nicer. He's like, this was good enough for every important thing that's ever happened to me. Yeah. OK, we'll leave his staff and artists and at home. Eris's scarf is serving as a sash instead of around her neck tonight. So the the event begins. Boy, this is fine. But if we get the situations. Oh, there's a knife in the sash.
01:23:15
Speaker
So I'm I'm going to use the other triumph from Hobbs check for the first little mini scene before we conclude this episode. Hobb, you're you're standing around. It's really early on in the night and Sana walks up to you, Hobb.
01:23:35
Speaker
And basically says, hey, so here's the thing I. I know that you didn't mean anything by what you said yesterday, and I took it a lot harder than I needed to. And I just want you to know that. Family is a really important thing to me, and so I sometimes get sensitive about that, and I consider you all part.
01:24:00
Speaker
of that. And so it just it was weird for me. So sorry, I took it so hard, but that's just. No, let me. So it's not that I don't. Well, first off, I meant nothing specifically about your phone and I and I shouldn't have said it that way.
01:24:22
Speaker
I don't want to talk to anyone, it's that I am terrible at it. My desire to avoid conversation with your father or with any stranger that I cannot punch if I must is
01:24:46
Speaker
For when I do it, I feel bad. Does that right? So all that to say, the fact that I'm able to speak with you this way, I hope shows that I feel the same. Yeah. Yeah. And I I know I know you do academically. It's just, you know, I I sometimes have knee jerk reactions to that kind of thing when it deals with
01:25:13
Speaker
the people that I care about. And so I just met your mom and all I said was bread here. I know. By the way, the bread is very good. I know you're telling me. The stew, though, I don't know what's wrong with people that are eating it, but they get very quiet and close their eyes. So I don't know if I want to try it, but it seems like they're having a really good time while they're eating it.
01:25:40
Speaker
Yeah, it's good. It's good. It's good, too. It's got corn. Oxtail. Well, we'll cut to real quick. So what what are the rest of you making your best attempts to do at the at the party? Eris is actually using mail in as she normally does. Hob.
01:26:02
Speaker
because by talking to Malen, she is spared from being in the middle of a crowd. And so Eris is, but actually, I mean, I think Eris really likes Malen. Malen is older, he has lots of stories. Eris is very, stories matter a lot to Eris, and she really likes hearing what Malen has to say. And he mostly tells stories and doesn't ask a lot of questions.
01:26:32
Speaker
And Eris really hates the questions, Eris hates small talk questions about herself. So she really likes talking to Meyelin because there's not small talk, we're just telling stories. And so Eris is in a corner telling stories.
01:26:50
Speaker
Sorry, this is in the goblin glossary and exploring everyone, and I have to interject it into the story. Talking to Maelin. And she's got one of the buns she made. And it's got this fruit in it. And the fruit name is really funny because what happened is a Lazar explorer was visiting Dargun. He asked
01:27:20
Speaker
the dar, what this exotic yellow fruit was called. The dar don't really like to talk to strangers, and so what the dar said means, I don't care, none of your business. But what he said was ban-na, and so the laws are
01:27:48
Speaker
Explorer thought he was telling him the name of the fruit, and that's why it's called a banana.
01:28:06
Speaker
That is remarkable. That is so interesting. I never heard that story before, Aris. That's very, very, very cool. Yeah. Orvin told me that one. So so you might not be true, but it's a good story. Yeah. Raynard, what are you doing at the party? Raynard is just trying to convince someone to drink this wine. But I mean, that's hard. It is a dinner. Feels like people might know what's up.
01:28:38
Speaker
Um, give me give me a charm check. OK, here we go. Ready? I did one success, two advantage. So, yeah, you you get a group of people, especially people from outside of Charne who are just traveling through and give me your pitch. Raynard, what are you saying to these these folks to have them drink this this fire burst wine?
01:29:01
Speaker
um yes gather round gather round come come come yes yes yes very quickly quickly um i promise you've never had anything like this before uh we're about to really get this party started i'm excited to share this with you and here we go
01:29:19
Speaker
And so they all. So charming. Here we go. So they they all like toast to you, Rainard and clink. Are you drinking it as well? Yeah, why not? It's a good wine. It's got a pretty strong cinnamon flavor, which some people find off putting. But and so, yeah, you all kick it back and.
01:29:41
Speaker
You feel a rumbling in your in your tummy, Reynard. So go ahead and give me a resilience check to fight off the burp. I would like to say that Milo is there enjoying this also. Is Milo drinking? Yeah, Milo would have. Oh, oh, no. Oh, no, no, no. That is for failure and to advantage. So you feel you.
01:30:11
Speaker
So Milo and Raynard both down this glass of wine. Milo got four failure as well. So you all feel your stomach kind of...
01:30:21
Speaker
turn and you feel this coming up and you both like point your heads up in the air and let out this like louder than appropriate.
Fire Column Incident
01:30:30
Speaker
And just a column of fire shoots out probably about like two and a half, three feet from your face as just. And I would like to see others have experienced this as well.
01:30:49
Speaker
We're going to help. So everybody kind of stops for a second. And Raynard, give me another charm check to try and put out some fires, as it were. OK. OK. So you can tell that with the two threat.
01:31:11
Speaker
Catherine is kind of annoyed, but Malen and Drauther thought that was hysterical, like your kind of gesture afterwards. All of the Corovar that were standing around drinking it with you who are also suppressing belches think it's hilarious. So you have it like wreck the party or anything.
Apology and Acceptance
01:31:31
Speaker
Catherine, while seeing the good fun in it, finds it a little bit off-putting, having people loudly belch at,
01:31:38
Speaker
a unity dinner, but Drawther, Kath's dad, comes over and is like, Hey, what can I I need a glass of that? That was awesome. Please. The rest of this bottle is yours, sir. Yes. And yeah, so Milo wants to go apologize to Catherine.
01:32:02
Speaker
Okay.
Light-hearted Family Moment
01:32:03
Speaker
So, you know, and I'm just, Catherine, I'm terribly sorry about that. I did not realize that that could occur. And I'm not sure if Reynard did either. Please accept my most humble apology.
01:32:22
Speaker
It's fine, Milo, really it is. I'm sure it seems like everybody, especially Drawther, is going to be having a good time for the rest of the night based on the little bit of showmanship from you and Reynard. So it's fine. I'm sure people will be talking about
Episode Reflection and Closing
01:32:37
Speaker
it, which that's the name of the game at a dinner party, I suppose. Yes, I take your point there, of course.
01:32:45
Speaker
And you see in the corner, Drawther has now grabbed a Stein and is pouring a healthy dose into it for Kath as well. And they are in the corner drinking together. And that's where we're going to end this downtime episode. So.
01:33:03
Speaker
So, yeah, thank you all. This one oddly is probably going to be one of the longer ones, the dinner party episode. But we hope that you enjoyed it. We hope that it was a fun little insight into the personalities and quirks of our band of characters while Sigil stayed at home and did homework. So, yeah.
01:33:22
Speaker
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01:33:50
Speaker
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