 So you guys are making your way out of the dungeon also known as Elias's dragon temple Disachun dragon temple and He leads you to the entrance and he points to the little podium that still has a bowl of candy sitting atop it And he speaks up. Did you like the candy I laid out feel free to take the rest as compensation for all that harsh villainy talk I Was carrying did get wet My head had a netty jawbreaker in my pocket Oh, no, yeah, it's a damn. It's gone shame. Some of those brands are not even being manufactured anymore. I hear it's a big shame I'm gonna stop halfway towards eating one of these corn taffy things and just slowly put it in my pocket instead Where did you get all these candies from if I can import milk mostly it would cost a Cost of fortune. I'll let you have that Some of them from Trevor setters some of them from the other kingdoms around the continent They were not easy, but I wanted to make sure that you know, you had the best of time going through the temple only the best for the pilgrims Well, they're doing survive Of course, of course and he leads you out of the temple and As you do head out to the grassy hills that will lead you home You know to the main town of Sasha you hear a sharp yell come your way muffled by as if they were behind some sort of Metal helmet of some kind pilgrims. I have come to bring your doom And We are so popular today and You can see Elias is kind of chuckled to himself and he goes rotten roots. Here we go And you guys Are out here you can see standing in the middle of The path back to Satya what seems to be an armored figure of some kind clad and a heavy plate and Brannishing a spear decorated with ornate carvings a hefty helmet adorned with horns from the fiery pits of the nine hells itself and The armored figure speaks up again. Well done getting the dragon hearts Fortunately for you, I have come to relieve you of it Do we have to fight this guy like for me we can't just walk past him. I was this close to taking heat metal this morning and Elias chuckles and turns back towards the temple and He's I'm just going to go clean up the temple you lot headed To the town hall and meet with Lord Candela when you're ready And she can get you all prepared when you bus guy But best of luck to you against this villain and he turns back and heads back into the temple Thanks, Elias, this is a complicated situation is really fair that all four of us fight this one I mean do you guys want to pick you to draw straws or I? I go over I pick up this great sword that is today's great sword. I'm gonna need you to make a strength check We're gonna party once we get set up over here hold on Would that be athletics? Yes, athletics if you if you wish And it doesn't budge at all it's a pretty hefty sword and the armored figure laughs Weakling and she gestures to herself in her clad armor Oh I am la destructora the destroyer and with my evil companion el coco We have come to spread devastation across elinthi starting with your precious dragon to conic pilgrimage and you can see Beside her is a horrific bloodthirsty hound clad in equally intimidating armor Yes, yes That sure doesn't play cardboard I didn't prepare heat metal this morning Clad in intimidating spooky armor is you made a wood She she's simply just kind of Size and shrug shrugs her shoulders a little bit. It was the best I could do it. What can I say? Yeah, love a girl you're on a budget I Pull out two daggers. Let's get this over with She she's gonna permit me to cast speak with animals before we start the fight I would really like to talk to that dog. You you may actually So yes, you you speak with animals and you can hear el coco is very excited You can hear kind of under his breath It's like ready to scare ready to scare ready to scare That's so sweet. I'm going to quietly say who is a good boy. I am good boy. Wait. No, I am not good boy I am bad boy. I'm an evil boy spread evil destruction. Yes, then be good boy later This is incredible And I'm very happy that it's happening And I'm gonna need what's up I was gonna say I leaned down to Fritz and I say I bet you the rest of your candy on the I got my money on I got the rest of my candy on the law to struck law Destructora. What do you think? Okay? I put I put off. I'll put half a handful in I'll put half a handful you got me Okay, and with that, I'm gonna need everyone real quick to roll for initiative. Yeah, there we go Early, but you can oh you can change your initiative to that 19 once you in the meantime We must battle this formidable opponent. Yes I want I want the the audience to know that the track playing is law destructora She has her own theme. Oh, I can't wait for her to come back 20 levels later. Oh Terrifying Genuinely like another drag. Okay. Yeah Let's see and la destructora and her hellhound Oh That you got a zero I thought they got a zero as well, but this is fine, too It just automatically adds it at zero when you first added in and Boy your first initiative is six so it will be that So first up is a word All right, I'm going to just rush forward and I'm going to make a jump and I'm gonna try and cut off the tip of her weapon. Okay Not attacking her at all No, not directly. Okay, just Cutting the the spear Do it Dagger do it. Well nice. Yes, you slice it off Handily with just like shoot like butter this thing is made of like PVC pipe Perfect and you can see she chuckles you think that I am nothing without my weapon you fool Try me Anything else stand back there. Yeah, that's nah. Yeah, I don't have any crazy bonus actions fuck your turn Um one shot me I Put my money on I Put my money or my candy on Ladres destructora, so I'm going to Not maybe I'll just move like Just to make sure nothing bad happens, and then I'll end my turn. Okay, I want to say I want to I think we're can I think word can do it Layra, but I but I'll step in if something bad happens. Okay, Larry your turn Yeah So for the folks at home we just went up a level. Oh, yeah, they leveled up last session I didn't say it on stream, but yeah, they're level four now, right? Which means I have access to a couple spells I couldn't do when we were in the temple and I'm debating if it's okay to use one of them So I guess DM Would you permit me to cast the second level conjuration spells summon beast summon Why thank you. What do you wish to summon? Well, uh, it's I would like to summon a Larger scarier looking dog Larger scarier looking dog. I don't know that I have a token for that. That's okay So I will simply put let's see what's the closest thing I have to a dog Can you just copy the dog? I'll copy the dog and make it larger There we go. Oh, I think it's technically supposed to be a small animal, but you know what it's a small beast a Smaller scarier dog a small scarier dog Like a really mean looking she won't know but I work out like bigger than the la destructoras terrifying beasts Yes, did she say his name? El Coco El Coco. Yes Yeah About attacking this person I Think I'm just gonna let El Coco 2.0 over here look extra scary this turn. I don't know is there some kind of check I could make Intimidation yeah, I I would let's see I get a plus two on this I don't know if this little guy with his charisma of five Kits to do that. So is this me or or Let's do you wait, is there is there so doesn't have a rule for it Wait BCL spirit. It does have a stat sheet. Yes, it does. So it's minus three charisma. So right So by am I rolling that yeah d20 minus three? Okay Is that wait? I don't know what I don't hold on. I don't know what I know. Oh, yeah one d20 minus Fantastic. All right, so I went for scary and it just ends up being very cute Yes, it is very cute and almost exactly mirrors El Coco on the other side as it's panting and kind of licking and you can see You hear with your speak animal El Coco on the other side friend. No enemy enemy must destroy then be friend later Must confuse him sniff sniff for most of day to be sure Excellent, I've confused him. All right. I don't want to attack him. So I think that's the end of my turn All right, love destructura turns around to you word with her Broken spear brandishing it with all her might You think this is enough to stop me you foolish pilgrim have a tool yeah And don't she she thrusts with what's left of her spear And she pierces your skin Stabbing you with all her might you take one damage. Oh my god Fall on the ground weeping Oh, no princess and El Coco she commands her hellhound companion El Coco attack and El Coco just like comes down Like next to your word and barks at you whoof And then you just hear her good boy Fritz your turn I Guess I'm gonna come walk over knowing that it I Like over to buck and I'm just like I'm gonna watch this play out. God. I love cosplayers Could I love cosplayers? They're so fun No, I'm my turn. I'm just watching. I'm just chillin next word your turn, okay I'm gonna put on a whole scene and just like clutch my chest where she stabbed me and be like, oh, what a wild What a wild and I fall to the ground and I'm gonna use a grovel cower and beg What a classic action weeping and crying Just nursing licking my wounds So anyone who would dare to attack law destructor has advantage Incredible That's why it's my turn. Oh wow Um, I guess I'll I'll say he's down Seize the moment Didn't you bet on word fritz I'm gonna bet on the dog All right, we're changing up our bets. You can bet on the dog I'm still betting that word's gonna actually lose this fight, and then I'll Just keep wasting time and never actually attack Leira Anything you want to do on your turn? Yes This is really fun words not actually incapacitated. He's just being melodramatic But he's within suiting the scene perfectly is what he's doing, right? But he's within five feet of la destructora, which means cocoa 2.0 gets packed tactics So I'm gonna be like How dare you villain? Get him my faithful hound and then I am going to let my faithful hound who I cannot move Thank you How can you actually close that is I mean I could have summoned him close enough. I think it would be fine Yes, so I would like my my small beast to just like Just like just like Raminder Just like just a Like maul but with no claws out, you know Let's see. So packed tactics give give my my beast advantage on the attack roll because word is close by and Yeah, just one attack my spell attack modifier to hit reach five feet one target You are also flanking so that will be plus two to hit really that's good So I guess I'll just roll it a d20 and we'll figure out what you add and subtract What's your spell attack mod? Good question. It should be like plus three or something. Oh, it's plus three. Yes. Yeah, there you go Yeah, okay. So hold on. I think I can just re-roll from here Possibly d20 plus five. Yep. So Coco 2.0 rams into her and just you just hear Just as he rams into this like cushioned outfit that she has on and Strikes down la de destructura as she is flung back in slow motion Dropping limp onto the soft grass below her. She curses under her breath Damn you pilgrims. You may have defeated me this time But I will get you eventually Coco to me and her hellhound bounces to her side She lifts her hand throws a smoke bomb to her feet Obscuring their escape as they vanish without a trace running back towards the town the way you came You have to cut the candy la destructura that was intense Candy buck Fine fine fine. I hand over all my candy. Coco 2.0 gets many scritches. I Go over I'll go over and help word up from the ground She did actually get me there. I think I got a bruise Coco 2.0 is fully sitting on word now Just like a lying on top of it Just is that that was an interesting thing to I guess we have a an official rival now for the rest of our adventure Yeah, that that might actually turn into a problem. Oh wait, what are we supposed are we gonna leave a weapon here? I? Think I think that's when we're done. Yes. Oh like fully fully done And that's if we want to we don't have to leave a weapon. I don't know did she leave her broken spear we could start it I go grab the tip of the spear and just a little deposit You can see that it's made out of cardboard and duct tape I put it on I put it on a rock. I guess Was that everybody starts somewhere I suppose Dm would we be able to tell was that like a child that? No, she seemed she seemed of average humanoid adult size and had a you know, but fairly mature like full-grown voice Okay If you would like you can give me a Retroactive insight or perception. I would love to do that. I can't believe none of us thought to do that Okay, I wonder if she's ever actually stopped anybody from doing the pilgrimage Oh, wow kind of lucky today You are feeling lucky and like Judging from what you could tell this person is Very trained in their role whatever they're playing. They're not a voice You are familiar with but you can tell they've done this before Interesting Interesting what does my critical fail on my insight check get me? Is the most evil Devastating villain you've never faced whoever they are they must be stopped My god want to destroy the world by taking our heart And then waiting five years Truly formidable perhaps she was attempted to let us into a false sense of security Check your pockets. Make sure she didn't actually just get it. We must be on our guard Actually managed to Hardest still in your pockets, you're fine. Very well Wow Well, that was I mean quite interesting. I wonder should we I think we're gonna head back now to Satya We have we're expected to meet up with the Ruler of the town after what's her what's her name her title is Lord that is just the title You know that lords are voted in and that you know, it's like Fairly rare that they stick around longer than like I don't know 20 years they're not like a it's not an actual like Monarchy it's just that's the naming convention the DM has come up with and has a hard time finding new terms to use For this fantasy fair fair enough Do you guys want to head to the Lord now or is there anything you guys wanted to do before we did that? I mean, didn't we have to talk to that dragon guy? He didn't have to yeah. Also. What is our business with the Lord of the city? Do we require her dispensation to leave or something or I don't think that's the case I think she's supposed to help us get over to new basket a little bit easier Yes, that we could probably use all the help we can get I don't know if you guys did everything you wanted to do but we could head back to Satya and Tie up some loose ends things. We're about to hit the road for what could be quite some time. I would imagine Yeah, I personally thought we'd already be gone. So I Already said my goodbyes like twice. I Think tying up loose ends is a good idea Let's do that So what is the plan? I who do you down to visit first? Can I ride the dog on the way back? Of course. Thank you. Oh Boy, so you head back into good ol Satya. Let me get the music playing again. So You head towards Satya down back down the road that you came and And as you're heading that way you can see that la destructora gets further and further from your eyesight Whoever she is she has got some Cardio going she keeps running and does not stop until she is completely out of eyesight However, who does come into high eyesight is a familiar silhouette some kind of small humanoid with wings Ah as they get closer and closer Ah the Boyd guy And As they get closer you can see very at that it is kip. Yep. There she is That's not who I thought it would be the the sore loser that you beat From the term in the tournament to become pilgrims And then when she is within a decent distance from you basically like earshot ball I mean basically within earshot She lifts a finger as if about to berate you But then she doesn't say anything she crosses her arm. She looks the other way. It's very clear. She's internally wrestling with something What's your deal she Stares daggers at you word and she just And then she just kind of tries to hold in whatever nasty insult she was about to give Are you feeling better? I was really mean at the bar She flies up to you lehra and she points you Yes, and you're stupid talk about this stupid responsibility and your stupid duty about the tree doing the right thing You're stupid. She looks at all of you. You're all stupid and I hate all of you You took my big chance away and I'll never forgive you for it Interesting and And she takes a deep breath recomposes herself And she turns her body to to lehra again, but clearly avoiding eye contact And she grits her teeth real hard But you were right You're still stupid, but you're right Especially about that thing about Doing the right thing I'm glad to hear it Which is why I came to tell you She leans in a little bit. I know where the weather witch might be Oh, what? Where is she Now normally I don't care about snooping around but Jordan told me about what you guys had learned and earlier this morning I saw somebody moving into the house of some really bummed out drow Hmm And I have a sneaking suspicion That she might be the one who might have caused the blot because she's not a local. I never seen her before Let's go kick around Wait, wait, wait before you do I could have brought the guards Myself and taken all the glory But I worried that having a bunch of officials storming someone's house might cause a bit more panic than is necessary And considering that you guys are going to be out there representing sachia. I wanted to see how well you handle things See if you're really all that And also consider it a favor. I didn't have to tell you but I am because I'm nice Yeah, I'm getting that read from you. Thank you truly All right, let's go to wait. Where's the house? I believe it's uh Yes Are down on his luck drow friend who it appears has zero friends left in this town Isn't he supposed to get kicked out? I think he's already gone. I thought he'd left Yeah, it didn't seem like that. He got a lot of time and he just had to be She seems like perhaps he was supposed to read his old belongings And she kind of heads town alongside you guys, but doesn't really say anything. Oh, we're doing that awkward thing Well, I mean she's in the same direction at the same speed Yep And on the way back she makes like an effort not to make any conversation with you Perfect, we're we're gonna pass by the farm that koriak was working at Um, aren't we did we want to talk to him on the way back? Did you want to? Yes? It's on the way We may as well. Yeah, let's I figured. Yeah, I would like to talk to him. Okay. Yeah on the way back. Uh, you can see that Uh, koriak is still working on the farm. It seems like jor bib has left the area For whatever reason and you can see that as he sees kip flying back with you He kind of puts both hands on his hips and has a a big ol smile on his face And kip just flips him the bird And he just shakes his head a little bit as she continues flying back to town Um, I'll walk over to koriak and I'll say um So you we just got done getting the heart. It's not a big deal Did you say that you had something that you wanted us to Look at I can't quite remember something that you want us to speak to someone about. Oh, yeah, of course But of course I understand. Yeah, no is an acceptable answer I have a massive favor to ask you seeing as you'll be traveling the damn country for a few weeks or so Would you be in the means to deliver something for me? I guess it kind of depends where it needs to be delivered. Hi, uh, it's uh See, I do it myself, but um travel and shipment are quite out of the pockets when you're not the draconic pilgrims and uh So, uh, seeing that you're going to nuba sky. I've uh a few family heirlooms craft's project I've been meaning to send over nothing big of course is small can fit in your pocket, but uh There's a little town called visceri south of nuba sky Haven't seen my family in a while and considering you kicked my ass. You must be tough enough to make it out there as well But there's a lot on your plate So I won't be the last person to ask you to deliver something So it's only natural that you want to keep your load light Well, it's I mean It's not it's not that we're not gonna deliver. I'll say that personally I'm not much for delivering things, but fritz Where's fritz fritz? I heard delivery All right, you've been taking our mail to the mainland for a few years. I trust no one better to bring stuff to my family What I did not hear is a payment Uh, well, you just kind of scratches the back of his head a little bit Would you be the one delivering it? I want to like snark at him like why are you asking for payment? You're not the one delivering it now, are you? Well, we have to go together because we're the pilgrims and I don't want to waste time going somewhere out of my way unless you know I get something out of it You can make me a persuasion check if you wish That's good. I hope what's it for us say? Oh my god. Wow I'm evil And he he shrugs his shoulders a little bit I I guess I can spare a little bit of coin just to make sure You know certainty that it makes it there safe is only understandable. You're gonna need some money for supplies. Anyway I can promise you 10 gold pieces. Does that sound good? Yeah, that's fine. All right And uh, I'm just He lifts out a pouch of gold hands it over and a second little satchel in leather And he lifts the the flap up to reveal a little wood carving of a smaller kind of small looking dragonborn Uh with similar horns to his It's cool. And who I give everyone two gold. Yeah I have two gold Who is it that you you said there's a family member or there's someone specific? I mean, who are we look who are we looking for and how would we find it? Hi, it's a small group of white dragonborn similar to yours truly Uh, that one right there. That's a carving of my brother. I've been working with me hands recently trying to Put myself in some more craft other than you know muscle crafts. He flexes a little bit Just to keep myself busy seeing as I won't be going on the pilgrim, you know Admirable makes sense. All right before we go through all of this I've got to go through my usual procedure Would you like this to be assigned on delivery? And would you like to have a certain cost to effect if anything bad happened throughout the tongue? And would you like express Delivery or anything along those lines? Normal typical delivery is good enough for me as for insurance. I guess um If you can't make it there without it being damaged, uh a hug and a kiss to my mom would be good enough Okay, okay. I can do that for you. I can do that too signature To make sure that he got through to the right person or I perhaps uh Yeah If you do have a little bit of extra gold actually he throw he tosses you one extra gold piece If you could if there's a painter around the area I'd like to see how much they've grown in the past few years if you could get a portrait on me mom and my little brother Oh Sure thing. Perhaps send it back to me. Oh, and uh, he leans in don't mind me dad. He's uh, he's a little bit racist Hi, he's from uh, he's from Older world dragon belief is uh, you know high and mighty doesn't think those transforming into dragons or true bloods Just don't pay him any mind Interesting. Let's give him like the cold shoulder where we talk to his wife a lot and I give her a hug and a kiss and we don't say anything to him Yeah I'll make sure to give him looks in a wink. Can I hug his wife? We can strategize more when we survey the terrain. We can harass a racist later We're putting in more planning to dealing with the racist dad we did to fighting the dragon All right, just wanted to apologize ahead of time. He's uh, he's from a different place. Is it work that point Deliver to many types. Do not worry But thank you so much. I owe you a lot pilgrims Yeah, it's it's no problem. We're we got to be heading out now We've got some things to to deal with. Um, courier. If you if you don't mind if you could just let the um The head of the farm know that I'm not going to be picking up any shifts for the near future and Obviously, I'm sure he knows that I or he or she knows that I got this going on. I of course no problem at all Best of luck out there friend And thank you. All right One task down Question about the money It's are we just gonna how are we gonna split this Because they've given me ten gold. I'm gonna keep the one to pay the pain No, they they gave a word ten word ten. They gave you one word. You stole my Word was the one asking for the ten gold or asking for money and he he handed it over ten gold to word I gave everybody I gave everybody two gold. Oh, so we get to Fight you word My gold Yeah, so I'm gonna hand fritz my two gold So, uh considering the two from your share the two from Layra's share and the one extra you how you gained five Oh, make that seven. I'll give you I'll give you mine because technically I owe you now 48 gold I forget how much gold I owe you but it's and a bunch of candy. I think no, I think I owe you 15 gold. I forget how much money you lent me to buy the coin. I completely forgot that you owed me money Thank you for reminding me. I mean, uh, this is just because I feel like giving it to you What an honest gambler Oh, incredible. All right. Should we go back to the rest of town? Yeah, let's go back. Okay. I think we're we're going to the drow house Yeah, drow house. Okay. The drow house Tarellans house and uh buck You know the way pretty well. So because you you know, he's an old friend of yours You know Tarellans place And you Let me just prepare real quick My bookie bestie Every time you mention books that whole conversation comes back to my brain again How like everyone can't read in the party or like we can't read It's a waste of our valuable time So You guys enter are you guys entering the house or are you just like outside of it? I think let's start by scoping out the outside. So scoping out the outside You can see that it is mostly empty It seems as you can make the the plausible presumption that Tarellans sold all his belongings before he left town But not paying it every not every single thing as there are a few pieces of furniture And inside you can see an orcish woman rearranging some furniture putting things here and there If we're gonna I mean if we're gonna do this if this woman can control The blot. I mean, I don't exactly understand what our strategy is here I mean layra, you're you're sort of you got to be the expert about the blot in this group, right? I mean, what do you think? This is the first I've heard of anyone being able to control the blot, but I don't think we should assume that this woman is that wizard Yeah, and I think we're safe because there isn't any blot in that room We will also have a roof over us which might impede blot storm if worst comes worst We could simply just looking being concerned friends looking for a friend smile Oh, yeah, how do we want it? Do we have any sort of game plan here? Intimidated do we knock on the door pretend to know the guy that used to live here? Buck, perhaps you could knock you have the best reason to be at this house That's fine with me. I mean I can try to I can say that I'm looking for tea But are you all you all just coming with me or does I will hide inside of you poncho? I'm not going to do that Can I like climb up his back to where my tail is just hanging out it looks like Yeah, I don't understand the benefit of this Just piggybacking Yeah, can he all right Wow, bugbears are bulkier than I remember. Give me a combine from both of you stealth check Uh 17 and a 10. Okay, that's not too bad All right, you climb into the his poncho just like Hanging in there Yeah Be still your your nails are I got it. I gotta get situated What I'd fall off if I wasn't using them. Hold still just grab on to the I have a strap Just grab on from the inside from in there if I turn around I'll I do that thing where I like hold the like the the collar open so I can like look down through the poncho at him And I say word I I just gonna say this before this starts. I don't understand why we're doing this Is he on the front or the back? I'm on the back. Oh, oh, I thought you were on the back. I'll leave Just looks like you have a fat little dragon tail Yeah to the untrained eye it looks like you just you just have a hunchback, but uh Uh No one would really pay you any the wiser there are weird there have been weird uh stranger shapes that have come into satia No one would give you a second Look really Maybe maybe the person inside will feel more comfortable if they think they're only dealing they're not dealing with too many So I don't know if Layra or fritz if you want to hide back or if you also have some sort of trick Where you can hide somewhere on my person, but otherwise I'm just gonna walk up with uh word We can hang back a little bit make it less obvious that we're here Layra you want to you want to sit on the roof with me? Certainly Cool I'll like fly up and then when I'm there I'll like pull them up. Thank you. Okay, so um The the housing situation is kind of like those uh houses along a road that are just like kind of like wall to wall next to each other Um, but you are able to reach the roof because it is a very hilly town So of course there's plenty of just like natural area to climb up. I am going to bring you to a map To situate you you know where where you're you are and all that stuff So give you a lay of the land there are a few people outside as well You can see the bottom there is the road kind of like a a pavement road for people to walk on with a few plants and trees and stuff And I've placed you where You can abstract a roof where there would be Before before you guys having a conversation hanging over the doorway waiting Before before you guys before they go I'll say to you if I say the the the key word Ambush, then you guys come down and and help me fight this Woman if that is necessary that is very subtle. I like that I'll scream the word ambush. It'll be it won't be very so That does seem like the most efficient way to inform us of the plan It's quite efficient Do we want to come up with a word to just get you guys in here without attacking her? Like just to tell you that everything's okay Fruit cake Fruit cake. All right. That's the plan and then I'll start off towards the door and I'll knock on the I'll knock on the door. All right. You knock on the door Word Word's head is poking out of and it's my body Just unnecessarily doing like two kids in a church For no reason whatsoever To be frank. I don't think there's a reason for us to be doing the current thing we're doing, but it's fine so you knock and uh The orcish woman comes to answer the door and she pulls it open Uh, hello. Oh good someone in this town knows how to knock I'm sorry, um miss. I was uh, I took my hat We I mean, I we're hoping to find um, Tarellen here is is T Outer you watching his house for him or she puts one hand on his cheek Oh, no, I haven't heard of any Tarellen. Not that I know. I don't know of any name by that I'm sorry. I just moved in recently Right did did um I'd said here. I was I was looking for tea in a third. He um I heard he might have been heading out Away from sachia. He had mentioned something like that. Did someone sell you the house or? Oh, no, it was vacant and you know, I asked around if uh, if there was any owner of this house and A few said that there was once a draw man, but he seemed to move out and sell all his things So I decided to move in myself and I'll be signing official papers of ownership very soon Well, it's it's it's good to you know, it's you got to take what's yours and you got to move quick So it's it's it's good. We're gonna have a nice person Here in town. Can I do an inside check? Please while we're listening in on this Thank you Can I also I want to see the outside Hey, that's not bad Can I am I allowed to do an insight? You most certainly can yeah You can like see through the window and like hear her with an earshot like listening in Oh, there's a window. Yeah, there are windows in houses Whoa Yeah, so listening in you guys hear like The slightest of sarcasm in her voice and a little bit of joy as well Whatever she's saying she seems to be playing it up a little bit Hmm The thing about it is is um, the reason I came here Was because I actually left something in the house Um, do you mind if I step inside just to see if T may have gotten rid of that or or sold it. Give me a persuasion check Oh boy. Ah, it's not gonna be. Oh god. Do I roll the you want to flip the coin? I really do want to flip the uh Yeah, I want I kind of want to Of course you want to flip the coin you haven't had any failures yet. Oh, baby. It had to happen eventually She leans in and whispers like right in your ear I know why you're here. So why don't we cut the bullshit and bring your friends in and we can have a civil conversation about this He's um, is this gonna be an actual civil conversation or do you intend to uh Uh try and make a big mess out of Tarellin's house She leans in to like grab you by the scruff of your neck and pull you closer I mean this sincerely that entirely depends on you It's your choice friend Oh, buddy Fruit cake I just like I guess I just climbed down like oh, hello She lets go and walks back into the house And goes to sit on the bed Fritz wait Were you scooched down? I I know I would like to wild shape and do a squirrel and just nestle on your shoulder Uh, so I look like your animal companion and nobody is suspicious Does she know that word Inside From what you can tell it doesn't seem like she Has suspected word Heck yeah, the ruse is still up. I guess they're about to roll if they suspect lyra I'm just a hand an animal companion hanging out on your shoulder And I just have a hunchback. There's only two of us here me and my friend fritz And you can see here. Let me show you the portrait Yes, there she is Her hair is messy, which means she definitely is a witch That's not that messy. She's got a little flat Yeah, but it's all frayed and frizzy Like she's been messing with the weather or something super humid or moving furniture all day No, listen, listen, I can fix her. Okay I'll close the door behind fritz and the squirrel Making making sure not to like reveal my back too much I'm backing I'm backing up to close the door Well, we are masters of disguise and truly the best qualified people to take on this quest about most importance Also, since you are a sneaky squirrel, I'm gonna need you to make a stealth check as well. Oh god All right, cool. What do I got plus zero delicious? I don't suppose being a squirrel gives me a benefit on this I don't know actually it might hold on. Oh, yeah You get you gain the stats of the thing you wild shape into Yeah, that's why it would be really nice if dnd automatically provided me a list of those things and stats, but it doesn't do that A squirrel has plus one dexterity. So you would have plus one Awesome. I'll just roll it straight and then we can add plus one in post. Yeah. Hiya eight So you are kind of skidding around trying to hide around fritz But you get the you get the feeling that you're not hard to spot I'm well. I'm not trying to not appear to be here. I'm just trying to look inconspicuous My mistake. My mistake. She's a ranger rangers have animal companions sometimes. This is completely normal I'm just giving her a very judgmental stare On my shoulder She leans back in the bed Sitting on it and crosses her arms and looks at you buck and fritz So what are you here for? Well, do you want me to go for buck? Which one of us are better at the whole talking thing here? You can go ahead. I would assume it's you but We we can talk together. We had heard that um terrellon was in touch with someone who had orchestrated that whole blot business at the uh tournament She uh kind of chuckles a little bit with a slight smile And kind of looking at her hand kind of putting it back and forth. Yes, that would be quite the impressive thing for someone to do, wouldn't it? Happen to know anything about that Hmm She leans in close you can tell she's she's trying to get a read on you And what is it to you? Oh Can I snap a little inside check? Can I do an inside check? I really want to know if this lady's jerking us around Yes Oh, come on Yes, you're allowed to say something fritz. You don't really learn much lehra. She is Whatever she's got going on. She's able to keep a pretty well good poker face Why do people have to make all these things complicated? What is it to us? I mean You have a lot of people to answer to what it is Do you know how many people are at that stadium? I do Did you know the consequences that would come across with it? Well, I was hoping that drowman would understand that before he asked me to do him a favor You don't seem like a very good read of people so I Don't know how productive this conversation is going to be if your attitude's going to be like that Saying that she just shakes her head. All right fine I did summon the blot and yet nobody got hurt As is that drows instructions. I did make them harmless as possible I only not entirely Because of us She shrugs her shoulders a little bit and shakes her head if that's what you wish to believe I would like to change back How do you command the blot nobody's commanded the blot She uh smiles a little bit puts one hand to her chin. Now, that's the question, isn't it? Yes, I would be happy to give you that information But I ask for a bargain And why exactly should we bargain with you? Because I've made the magical discovery of a lifetime And that information might be useful to you as well as everybody else in the realm But in order to make that discovery I had to do something that no doubt would land me in a jail cell for the rest of my life Then it sounds like you're in no position to make demands Ah, you say that but you turn me in and that new information that discovery dies with me I doubt you're so special that nobody could reproduce your results Who? She leans in well, then I hope you're ready to take that chance Buck me good cup I was just about to say we're doing Ladies hold on one second. I think we're maybe getting off on the wrong foot here. We're here in a in a in a Disgraced bookies home who's been driven out of this town Let's let's look at things the way that they're supposed to be. What is that? What exactly is this bargain before we and I look at Leira before we reject it What let's just hear the bargain first. I'd like to know what cards we're playing with Ah, finally someone who is reasonable Good cop bad cops working Go team And soon invisible cop who's underneath the good I'm the only undercover cop and I can quickly become the stabby cop Baddest cop She closes her eyes a little bit I crave a promise I give you information on what I've learned about the blot all I've learned And in return you never speak of my involvement in its summoning to anyone in attempts to use it against me Would that include all notes in research? She shakes her head a little bit I intend on casting a hex on you to make sure Whatever it is you wish to do with that information as long as it doesn't involve me You are free to do as you wish But make no mistake. I am no gin. I won't be pulling a fast one on you Hmm, that's what I was just about to ask I suppose this hex won't prevent us from Intervening if you try and pull this stunt again Yeah, that's what I was gonna say counter-argument She flicks her hand a little bit. Oh posh it takes intentions into account You could still have good intentions in summon the blot I Look, I want to trust you, right? You're giving a very good whole reason of things but You Your Negligence of just handing it out to a beggar someone who didn't have a good reason to really want the blot To just do it willy-nilly and put people in danger is making it very hard to trust you right now No matter how brilliant your mind might be or your research I'm a bit hesitant you could say Well, if I could provide my own perspective, I'm simply trying to make my way throughout the world And if a man is willing to offer me some sort of payment, who am I to deny it? For something so dangerous And she looks around at this new living quarters. Well, it did get me a house, didn't it? Touche gone on here with that one the nature of this hex it will only prevent us from Implicating you directly She nods And what are you gonna do if Let's say we go through with this and we take the hex Are you gonna stay in satya? Just stay in a tea's house for the Remaining of your time here. Well, that's not really your concern now. Is it nor is it part of the deal? May not be part of the deal, but it's still part of my concern and could definitely weigh into whether or not we accept Give me another persuasion Feel lucky. I can roll it Come on daddy needs a new para shoot. Oh that was a d20. That's okay. What's your charisma modifier? Oh, sorry. I was gonna roll the I was gonna try and roll the uh, what's it called the the coin? Yeah I did d2. It's fine if you want to do the 15. Let's do the 15 I mean just yeah, okay. Uh, I don't add anything to pursue. I don't add anything. Okay 15 correct with a 15 She Just sighs a little bit fine I've been struggling while on the road and seeing that this place seems to have fairly regular business I thought I'd have to do some less dangerous work for a change And finding a place to stay is the perfect way to open up shop and do some ethical weather Hmm You might be onto something You know the dock can't always bring things in because of storms Exactly where my services would be demanded So it'd be purely No blot services Correct. Can can we um the three of us can we just sort of confer for we like to make decisions as a group Would you mind just grant us a brief respite? She turns ever so slightly in the bed. I've got time Go over here Fritz Lerner What do we think? I I just want to make sure she doesn't do the blot again if she has genuine Once of helping out the dock I'm all down Investment in the safety of the town is one thing. She seems very self motivated Hmm That's fair, but We're also going to be out of this this town real soon. I mean I've been to trevissetta I mean the if we get far enough out the blot can be really dangerous having some amount of information Could be helpful And especially to to everybody if she's if she's Got some way to control it, right? Yet if we leave the town Harboring her unknown We won't be here to help Why do we write up a contract? I think it's part of the bargain is essentially the contract Okay, I may be able to warn my mentor that the weather which Is in this town even if I cannot name her The hex may be limited I've never considered myself a protector of this town laira I trust your decision on what it is you want to do And I don't know if my if my back feels anything about the situation My back might be acted up if they have something I'm like less. I might just work you Can you do anything to I just like sink one of my fingers into your back just like Acknowledging that you're trying to talk to me, but I don't I don't want to get discovered because if she does Cast this hex on targets I'm gonna fuck her up. Yes That's actually brilliant. Okay I mean nothing going on what your concerns are with just I do you have concerns just with the blot or The blot poses an existential threat And we don't know anything about it Or at least certainly not enough Her information is invaluable, but I don't trust her to use it responsibly And I don't like leaving the city undefended Why don't we just ask her to not do the blot? She'll only listen for until a better offer comes along Not if we make it a part of the hex I think she's hexing us. I don't think we get to hex her back. Yeah, but she she can hex. Yeah, we can hex her back Can we I can't hex people. I mean she can cast one on herself, can't she? I don't I'll admit. I'm not exactly an expert on the nature of magical hexes. I don't believe a legally binding contract with herself is going to particularly Yeah, and here's here's another thing that I just would like to say I mean we can just jump this woman if we really I'm just I would throw it out there that if we really wanted to I mean, I have no it no problem putting her in jail for what she did or at least trying to beat her up Then we won't have the information I know that but I'm just I'm just looking at all of our our options here. I think I would not be so confident that that is an option She can't control the blot, huh? She can control the blot. Essentially the whole town is a hostage if we attempt to So maybe it's best to be to play it close to the chest and just take the hex and get what information we can Can I ask her a couple of questions? I want to see if I can work out a little bit of a motivation Is that all right? Yes, yeah, all right. I'll like shuffle over They're uh, they're still discussing but I I just want to get a read on you. Uh You you've been on the road a lot, right? I have Is this your first time having a home? Hmm first in a very long time perhaps You would say you don't want to go back to the road, right? Not at least for a while It does bring with it its own discoveries. You learn things from different cultures and I do like the scent of air flowing through my hair So we can we can relate on some point here. We both didn't have homes. Um Now you can understand This is where we've grown up when this is your home. You want to protect it As someone Who has been on the road to someone else who's been on the road. Do you want to keep this place and keep it nice? Well, so long as I'm staying here that would make it my home now, wouldn't it? Mm-hmm And we don't want to dirty our own carpet. Do we of course not That's why I'm putting all this furniture here rearranging it making it feel homely Why would I want to set my own house aflame? That is fair. Can I rile inside to see if she's been Yep, you most certainly can Okay Oh ho ho So looking at it you can tell that she is someone who has weight in her words Whenever she says the word home, you can see that it carries with a very significant amount of emotion That uh, especially when she's looking around she does seem genuinely proud about being in like an actual house From what you can tell it doesn't seem like she has much ill intent where she is Okay, then I guess I'll I'll just like look at her and give her a bit more of a Like a sweeter softer smile and I go back to my group seems to see this as an actual home Like I share like my conversation with them Once again I don't like this but The only thing that makes her dangerous is that she's the only one Who we've ever known to be able to command the blot if she shares her information that might change I'm willing to do this And I have information so valuable. Yes that If she's willing to to play her part in the workings of this town And if nobody knows that she's here To try and exploit her abilities There are worse deals that we could be striking I don't like it But it's the right thing to do I think That's all I mean. Yep. That's all I need to hear And I don't know just me here. Um, let's go let's go over the she doesn't know the words hiding So then what is your decision? We'd like to and I think I'm speaking for everyone here like to we accept the hex for the information Very well And are there any Other instances that you would like to add to the deal just so that you Get your end of the bargain, of course I know how to make deals and I know when people want it sweetened for them when I see it Can you make it so only you don't share this again? That that the information only passes between us I don't for it's that Well on I would still sweeten it for you information only between us don't share it with others and I can try to pull some strings to make sure you have a stable job at the dock Yes, I have a I have a question When it comes to the nature of the hex My mentor Shamiah is the druid who manages Much of the workings of the nature around this town You might find Some work to be had with her will the hex prevent me From pointing her in your direction for the purposes of honest work She waves her hand around you don't need to worry. There's not going to be any Technicalities or loopholes that will stop you from good intentions such as that Very well And she holds up one hand just like and I promise I will not summon the blot again Cross my heart I simply saw this as an opportunity to learn something She's got big wizard vibes. I don't trust Well, how do we do this? So how do we do this hex thing? I'm ready to I'm glad you asked she gets up claps her hands twice And an arcane circle appears right below you Oh, sick nasty. You just have that ready cool And she steps on it go on into the circle And as she conjures it she she her eyes perk up a bit. Oh There are four of you I slide down and step out of the circle Can you sneak can you sneak out? Yeah, well, she she knows that i'm here now I would have done that when she was starting the circle. Is that at all an option? The door is right behind you stealth check Okay, I am going to use my ring. What's the dc? The dc for a successful stealth check to avoid her gaze would be 19 Oh, baby So close I slip away, but I know that now that I've been caught Yep, she she says the phrase. Oh, there are four of you I'm not doing this You put my family in danger That's not something I can forgive and I pull out a dagger. Whoa Give me an intimidation 13 What are you 13? She smiles a little bit. Ah wearing a heart on our sleeve. I respect that Very well I assume you have wishes that you want as well I can sweeten the deal Anything you would like to impose on me Death Oh Oh, well, that's not in my schedule sadly We'll have to make some room then word and I would like to Attack her wait let before you do so considering that this is a Minor as a divisive moment. Yes It is a divisive moment as three of the party decides to go with the deal Yeah to you do you want to hash this out? Yeah I don't want one thing to conflict with another player's wishes. Yeah. No genuinely This is something that I think would be very fitting because word is entirely about his little culture of underground people And she put them in danger already Which means she has the ability to do that again and she plays her cards too well to be someone who can actually Make a promise right right? Yeah, I agree. I I understand the logic. Um, I The thing is I think I think Party decision we we do want to do we want the information about the blot Um, we want her as an ally we can use in the future if things come to a head at any point Because she does seem extremely knowledgeable about stuff even though, you know There's very unhappy with her. Uh I I don't think word feels comfortable like having her in his home with his people nearby That's like letting a wolf sit next to your pups Right um, I think if we could If we could I mean she's offering to sweeten the deal a lot Would word be happy if for instance, uh, she Swore to never harm any of the kobolds in this town or you know, something like that Well, what well what would convince word though? She can say that but what would convince word? She didn't She did say that she wouldn't summon the blot again, but it's up to you guys if you wish to believe that I mean full disclosure. I'm gonna go and tell shamaya like by the way, there's a new powerful Well, whether it's themed spellcaster in town You should totally go talk to her anytime. There's weather in the you know So like I'm gonna get that information to her as somebody to keep an eye on not not even with the intent of like don't trust her But like genuinely like hey, this is important. You should know because you know, this is your whole job Uh, so she's not gonna be unsupervised Uh, also she's new in town. I think you know, this is a pretty small town everyone kind of seems to know everybody else Yeah, you know So what if I pull the curtain back a bit and reveal the Uh The outcome of either decision would that would you guys be okay with that to help you make the decision? Um, that's more like just how the situation itself plays out. I would play out rather. Yes. Okay. Yeah Mainly find a play something words character would be happy with that's what I'm yeah. Yeah. No for sure. This is a Difficult thing, but I like that you're sticking to your character for sure. I appreciate you being diplomatic about this as well I don't want to just piss everyone off and do the thing that my character for sure because you're a good player Yeah, you guys can actively like try and stop me But uh, well, I'm in this standoff Can I make a sleight of hand? Check to write a note saying that she is the weather witch Like that she calls the blot. Yeah, you can't I okay So in terms of just what what we would be doing if word makes a move to attack her My plan was to fire off my last first level spell as an entangle not to keep him in the circles just to like basically Stop word from doing that. Yeah, so he's out of the circle. So we have time to negotiate and nobody gets stabbed While he's entangled he could probably do the sneakily writing while we're negotiating Rune Smith, would you be okay with that happening? Yeah, so you're gonna stop me with entangle. That's what I was thinking Would you want me like to enter the circle because no one would be charging at her? I would want to entangle you as soon as I don't want to lock you into the circle Because I feel like that would be the worst thing for worry. I really can yeah I would want to grab you as soon as it looked like you were you know Leaping in so just like entangle you out out of the circle so that we can negotiate Kind of on level footing sort of nobody stabbing anybody, but you're not in her magical effect Um, if that's okay. Yeah, that would be my let's go ahead and do that And I think I'll auto fail just for narrative purpose. Thank you. Yes. So word you brandish your dagger You're about to leap in and then Leira you pull the entangle to keep him at his place and you can see that the orcish woman is very entertained by this Of course she is and she puts one hand on her cheek. I can see when I'm not welcome Do you know how many of my people will you put in danger? Hmm as I said they were bound to my will and I willed them to not harm anyone you can believe that or not But if you wish We did all see the dragon when he came back from fighting them He wasn't exactly uninjured So I don't believe you I believe that your control over the blood is imperfect. I think you're tampering with something you can't actually control Well, then you can forgive me for falling off the first time I ride a bike. Hmm Yeah, this is definitely equatable to that That was the first time you tried to control the block It was yes But I can tell that I'm not welcome here If you wish no hex can be made and I'll leave town forever You haven't exactly done much to earn a hero's welcome, but we can discuss word She's offered to sweeten the deal What would you ask of her word that she never harms a kobold in any way? She puts one hand to her heart and Lowers her head closes her eyes I swear on my life You better And I'll kind of I did do the sleight of hand thing Yes, you wrote wrote a little note. Yeah, I wrote a little note I will um use my dagger to kind of cut through the the entangle and step into the circle She holds up her hand. You know what? I like you a show of good faith You don't have to be hex little kobold Hmm Trust goes both ways after all I suppose it does Very well and know that when you break my trust I break other things And I expect a veritable army of little ones to come at my door if I do Good And I just lean up against the wall kind of tossing the dagger Perfect very nicely played great work team We did it. Yeah So she snaps her fingers and the arcane circle glows bright And she kind of weaves around her hands as if painting a picture Definitely a wizard I'm making specifications so that you aren't so scared of technicalities The hex can tell your intentions and so long as you keep Your secrets you should be fine And the circle vanishes And you three glow very dim pink before it goes away Very well then so long as you don't speak of my involvement with the blot With the intentions of giving me any trouble you all should remain your happy little selves And what happens if the hex is activated? Well, let's just say you'll be joining a very large and happy fungal family I hear linty is rich in toadstools Interesting And now for my part of the deal The man had asked me such a stupid request after learning of my trade that I nearly cursed him then and there At the mere mention of it until I had to think about it I noticed that the arcane signature of the blot was eerily similar to This artifact I had found in one of a linty's old abandoned ruins And she pulls out a broken rusted bracer of some kind lying with a bunch of carvings and Just like so old and decrepit to the point you could probably crush it in your bare hand Huh Well, I was just gonna ask like any of us good at history. Yeah, if you would like you can uh Give me a history score not rule for it. Just like If you just a passive history score Well, my history is only plus one Minus one Fritz word. I I just Plus zero word No, I don't I don't history Plus one to history, you know the very basis thing that you've learned is that Uh, linty is built off, uh Kind of the remnants of an old long lost civilization that nobody really knows the name to anymore Um, even older than old deosia the place the the kingdom that was once here before Basically destroyed itself But yeah, this is this does track at least with the history books that you've learned that There was some kind of ancient royalty some thousand years ago that used to be here before you I see remnants of a lost civilization, but then Why was it so similar to the blot? Perhaps they were part of the lost civilization of some kind And so I chipped off a piece used it as a component cast control weather with a dash of necromancy And there it was I got a small amount of blot to appear before me just as all of it Hmm more like called it. It seemed like the blot was already there. I simply needed to corral it as it were Huh Just as just as all of a linty's best mages has already learned though There were no life signs in this blot Just a soulless husk even less than a reanimated corpse which itself is already bound to the will of whoever raised it So whose will is the blot bound to I wonder? Evidently not yours not entirely and clearly not considering. I botched that whole summoning It's got to be an extension of someone somewhere who's causing everybody a lot of problems Hmm daring and smart I found the new crack ship folks You're compliments And that is what I learned Most most think that it's not a necromancy and I still believe that it's not but there is some hint of it deep inside somewhere What is the rarity of this arcane signature? Is it present in all the ruins or? I believe it seems to be in these pieces of jewelry perhaps some kind of royal lineage long lost in ancient blood It doesn't seem to be taken into account whenever I pull some Some odd peasants cloth of some kind But this bracer for instance Must be some royalty of some kind concerning And so any thoughts on what we should be on the lookout for in terms of defeating these things or learning about them on the way around the linty She puts her hands on her hips. Well, if I were you if the first place I would check to learn more about this ancient civilization and its connection to the blot would be delving into some of those ruins But I'm not you so I don't have to do that I'd also possesses a will Otherwise you would have no difficulty in commanding it That is true That's very concerning Or is that the extent of your research? Very much so I do have one pointer Of all the places in the linty that have the most arcane knowledge A gunan is never missing for a page on the Subjects that you're looking for But if you do go there and you possibly are considering you are pilgrims I would try my best to look in the restricted section There are things even the kingdom of a linty wishes to keep secret This is uh compelled you to even look into this Simply see if I could that would make me one of the more powerful mages on this continent wouldn't it And besides it was a good bargaining chip She points again to the house It's a nice house I couldn't resist the challenge It's a nice house and in a nice neighborhood Yeah, how much they sell for these days All right To the best of your knowledge Is there anyone else who's Figured out this this tidbit This key to the blood She shakes her head. She actually looks frustrated. Sadly. No. Otherwise. I would love to have a lengthy conversation with them Very well If our business is concluded I think it is I hope you save travels pilgrims And I do mean that genuinely And I hope your stay is uneventful I'm gonna head for the door Make sure to register your address at the docks So I can deliver your mail. It's really annoying when they don't do that Oh, thank you Just like a little sheepish Oh boy, please get that done Nice meeting you Nice meeting you too and Do a bit lady luck my thanks, will you? What did she mean by that? Can I roll insight on when she said that? You can roll insight on what she meant by that She personally knows lady luck Uh, whatever you can glean from it as like a player That's probably what fuck this figurine Interesting that what a good way to to narrate a ten there Yeah Very middling answer there I'll exit I'll I'll I'll do a double take and then just kind of shake it off and walk outside Yeah, I'm gonna I'm just gonna all the way out without looking back And back to satcha we go Yeah, and yes, you have Completed the encounter with the weatherwitch Where else do you wish to go before you? Uh, just I don't know what's next on the agenda How do we feel about spending one more night in town and then leaving tomorrow? Because we did kind of get our asses kicked a little bit during the dragon fight. Yes. Yeah I would like to rest as well. Um So we gotta talk to the lord, too Yeah, so perhaps we go see the lord then we go back to our respective, you know Places for one more night, and then we leave tomorrow morning Are you? Oh, yeah, let's let's go do that. I think that makes sense. Sorry No worries Do we want to talk to the royalty? Probably today. It's still early. Yes. Yes. I agree. Yeah, it's like afternoon. Maybe late afternoon. Yeah Yeah, do we know what we're supposed to talk to this lord about or I'm just gonna get a liars mentioned her helping you with the rest of preparation for your trip Right. Okay. So it's not that we're just gonna turn up and be like, uh Yeah, yeah, maybe maybe they give us like a per diem or something for each day or I don't know It's a per diem. It's like, uh, they give you a like a voucher for food or something like that Like they pay you money for each day. So you don't have to worry about food You can worry about spending your money on other stuff. Yeah, I normally just like getting money, but I guess that works Yeah, I mean it's the money is supposed to be per food for But you could I guess spend it on other stuff if you didn't want to eat But I don't think they're gonna do that I just said, you know, maybe maybe that's something they could let's go talk to them. Let's go. Let's start. All right. All right I'm sorry. I'm a little bit flustered. I feel like maybe the uh, the the hex might be causing some indigestion. I don't know mental interference So you guys head up the road to the city hall you can see kind of at the top over here It's a large official building where you know the lord rests as well as many other official things Including a barracks to the side where a lot of the guards kind of set up shop And kind of a town meeting place the bell tower right over here And as you head inside You pass through uh, you pass by a handful of what look like some bickering business folk Who are not from this town kind of making their way out the main doors as you pass in they seem a little bit upset about something And inside the hall uh is not exactly as as we're going by can I pick one of their pockets really quick? Yes You are it. Let's see You sneak a hand and you do manage to pull out a little coin purse, but then one of them notices. Hey Give that back He just dropped it. I was I was handing it to him and I like I put it back in the pocket And I like pat his waist and I keep walking he snatches it out of your hand out of your hand and just like dirty such-ins It's where they could learn a thing or two from trevisseta Yeah from what trevisseta uh Isn't that the neighboring one no that one's all the way on the other side of like the mainland like too far west All right. I'm definitely gonna do something somewhere when we get to trevisseta. Enjoy the walk back fellows Yeah such your rules All right, let's get in here before we cause a diplomatic incident again All right, you head inside and in the hall It's not exactly as spotless as you would imagine an official building would usually be there's a few bits of grass And leaves from outside that's made its way in some tracked in dirt But it's clean enough the place looks surprisingly lived in for like a lobby And uh, there's a receptionist that notices you come in recognizes you and it's of elven descent It seems like and they lead you inside and escort you up the stairs to lord candela's office Which you are brought inside and you see that there is A gnomish woman. Let's see. Will it show players? There it is. Hey It's worth nibbling it's preferable You see a gnomish woman dressed in silks and a fancy beret and she's hunched over some papers behind a large desk With towers of papers on either side of her She straightens up immediately at your entrance and seems to have fixed her hair a little bit before addressing the receptionist Thank you patrice. You may leave us and the receptionist bows and leaves the door clicks And lord candela immediately drops drops back into a slump. Ah, fuck I was hoping that you would take your time before you made it to me Congratulations on the win again. You are the hope of the realm and may the tree bless you and blah, blah, blah You already heard all the rundown from a lie. No doubt. So what do you need of me? I mean once what specifically? I had no idea that this whole time the lord was a lady You Well, yes, of course lord is a gender neutral term. Is it not? I didn't think so. How long have you lived in this town? I I don't get out up here that much No, it's okay. I don't get out that much often either look at me. I am so pale Yeah Elias directed us to you Yes she At the mention, uh, she just like just kind of shuffles Around her desk like moving papers around shit shit rotten roots. Where did I put that permission slip? Yeah She throws a few papers off her desk in frustration and just like throws her head in her hands I'm sorry. The last few weeks have just been so much with the tournament And now you leaving every other peddler that comes in wants a piece of you Not to mention all the pencil pushing I have to do to make sure that you maintain your independence in the other provinces on your pilgrimage Do you know that trevisseta has had 50 new laws about using Unsanctioned healing magic in the region I do not like trevisseta me neither. Um those business folk can go fuck themselves Yeah, I tried to make them They were too smart I Can I pick up some of the papers that she's put on the floor and I'm just like putting them in a nice like Pile in my hand. She seems to calm down a little bit. Thank you. You don't need to do that I'm my apologies. My problems should not be your problems. Many people will make that the case They will shove their problems onto you just because you're pilgrims But you have the choice whether to accept them or not. Don't forget that The only thing that matters right now is you bringing the heart of the hearts of quarence to quarencia And making sure to not make satire look bad in front of the other provinces But honestly besides a goona. I think you have a very hard time doing that Well, that's encouraging No, trust me the folk in the other provinces. They are stuck so far up their own asses. I'm surprised they can smell anything Wow We appreciate you doing all that for it seems like you're working awfully hard for all of us So we we appreciate that um Are you able to like help us get over the Over to the new basket or I think that's one of that and and much more of course I'm just looking she pulls a stray piece of parchment after giving up on what she was looking for And just writes a few notes plus her signature This is a letter of recognition for you to bring to the merchants in town They will provide you with whatever supplies they have on hand and readily available to give away And I will make up the necessary funds that were needed in providing you with those supplies I urge that you take only what you need and no more. Yes And I have opened my coin purse for you, but it is not bottomless Unlike trevissetta. We like to pay our people here So I hope you can forgive me that I don't have a horde of wealth, but I will help well where I can Now so like a per diem or yes, exactly I Give a thumbs up to word And once you are finished in the ready You may head to the docks and captain dozen of the nadoho gear will take you across the waters to the mainland I hear you miss fritz are very good friends with him Oh, yeah talking about saving travel won't be a problem. Very good. I do hope so But yes, here's your permission slip. I'm sorry that I wish I had more time to converse with you But I have so much going on right now, but I thank you for helping me where you can Sorry, I wish I had more foul flowery language to tell you good luck, but honestly, I'm at my wit's end here, so Can I just give him a hug like they sound like they need a hug You give yeah, you can you give her a big hug And she just like Oh good mother tree And she just pats you you can see that she's really shaky and fritz you gain an inspiration for that Oh, I don't know what that does, but thank you. That's the power of love Honestly things were so much easier with with the older lord around but Well, we won't keep you from your duties any longer. Thank you so much for all your help and support Yes, of course Is there anything else you need of me any questions anything you wish to report to me? I know you being pilgrims will definitely flip your whole world upside down and uh, have you learned a few new things, but If you wish to speak to yourself, that's completely okay Nothing that would Currently concern you Goblin friend requests something about a library or more books in the library. Oh, yeah I yes, uh, but you seem very busy. So uh, I'll add it to the list more books in the library and this was made A request from a goblin. Yes Uh Help me out. Does anyone remember door bib? Yes. What a memorable fellow. He was uh Sure bib. She just leans in you can see her face immediately softens and she puts her cheek on her on the palm of her hand Oh She immediately scratches out whatever she was writing. I will put it on the top of the list I'm sure he'll appreciate that She notices you as like kind of like and she immediately goes from a blue to a purple and she's He and I are good friends just good friends He's he's done me a few favors in the past and I just want to return some to him. That's all Of course He was saying actually that he would I mean if you're if it's going to the top of the list that he he was looking to kind of have a more Direct role in any sort of advancements Uh to the library. So maybe you could include him In whatever procedure you decide to have. I'm sure he'd he'd like to have a more active role in that. Oh, yes Yeah, he's definitely the one that uh cares about books. Oh, yes. Yes, of course. And uh, I well considering It is the official library. I will definitely have to show him around as well and and guide him through. Yes, of course. Yes All right, um, I think we've taken up a bit of your time. Shall we Get out of here. You can see that she now has a smile on her face as she's writing down more things on the notes That she was writing and she mouths the words. Thank you to you guys Aw I have one thing to I have one thing to ask her What's up? Um, do we is there like a um like a contact in nubeske that we should maybe Go For we just roaming around looking for this drag. Ah, yes, of course If you so wish there is a knight of the lord of nubeske His name is edmund I can send a missive to him to let him know that you are on his way so that he can help perhaps guide you Make sure you're not lost. Yes Yes, that would be yeah, great. Yeah, of course. Thank you. Remember his name is edmund You can tell because he will be literally a knight in shining armor We fought one of those outside the temple back there That was not shiny armor that shining armor. Yeah Oh, yes, uh la destructura. Yes, uh, thank you for protecting the room from her devastation and all that It was a dangerous situation Yeah, I still have a bruise Very well, oh she get out of your hat. Yeah. Yeah. Well, thank you for making my day ever the more brighter. Thank you Nice And yeah, you guys head on out with your new Little slip that says that you can basically Get here's how I'm gonna say One free item or service from any store per person Wow Let's go to the magic item shops again Yeah So we so we each get one like almost like a voucher for something or a service from one play Like we don't like we only have the one voucher. Yeah. No. No, it's basically just a slip signed by the lord That's like here, uh, like just Get their signature and I will pay for whatever these adventurers have taken from you essentially But yeah, that includes the smith the general good store the library, uh, you know even a night at the the inn Okay, let's see But yeah, you guys head out and you have this voucher and uh If you wish to roleplay the shopping we can but it's not completely not necessary if you wish to just like look through them I can't oh, excuse me I can show you, uh, what shops are available left. Uh, there is the smith and the library I think that's pretty much it the ones you didn't visit. I think so Yeah, but um Yeah, uh, is the plan to just grab what you what's you wish today and then like leave tomorrow I think that's the idea. Yeah. All right. Um, is there anything anybody specifically needs? Can we see the Get some some good valuable items and just trade them up at the next town Get some money. Yeah. Yes. Yes. We could probably do that. Is there anything we need though? Can we see the uh Goods from the library and the smith. Yes one second. Let me show you the library and the smith Uh, the library the head librarian is an orcish man called furan rick. Let me show you Oh You can see he's friend shaped he has uh, he has um Spell scrolls and cantrip scrolls if you wish to buy it, but mostly just books Uh, they are free to rent of course so long as you bring them back within on a lot of time Um, as far as what spell scrolls are available It's just any basically any spell of that spell level that you can find in like typical Uh, D&D rules and the smith is an elven woman called nadia and She has um, what did I say? She's not really ambiguous you can totally flirt with her Yeah, and uh, she has so the uh weapon skill thing will be dependent on the weapon It's basically a special thing that like a special action almost like a feat for your weapon that you can use like once a day But yeah, so um, yeah, that's the smith. She does allow weapon upgrades or armor upgrades Um infusing it with an element and all that stuff. You can see the list there Would I be able to upgrade my weapon with um The voucher or no. Yes, you can like I said one free item or service per person. Oh, yeah, I'll do that for sure So upgrade plus one or add weapon scale Uh upgrade upgrade plus one. I want to upgrade my big fight plus one to hit and also plus one to damage All right, I'll see if I can edit my thing on here But that's the thing we're not paying for them what does infusing a weapon with an element do So that will allow you to essentially add one Die smaller than your weapons hit uh damage die as an element Basically infusing it with an elemental crystal to add additional damage in the form of that element I was wondering if there was a point in upgrading my one melee weapon, which is a dagger, but it's a d4 damage. So I don't think it would add anything Oh That would be like plus two. Yeah, we're probably a good question. I didn't think about I didn't You know what? We don't need to I I think I only have in case of emergencies anyway Like I could get something like a scimitar that hits a little better, but I don't know I need as many die to roll as I can can I upgrade one of my daggers and just get a double d4? Uh Yeah Okay, and I will pick Fire fire. All right. Yeah. So yeah the you can Your yeah, I think I'll I think that's fair and that gives reason to have smaller weapons is that you're not losing out So, uh, yeah, sure. Yeah, your dagger now has she infuses a little orange crystal into the the little hand guard And when you hold it it feels gently warm to the touch and now deals fire damage Nice So the thing was one upgrade per shop per party member or per party member Okay Cool. Can we hold it for other towns? Hmm I think it's it's only in sachia. Sadly. It's only limited to sachia Would I be able to pick up a scimitar from here? Yes Cool, would that be your one thing then that would be sorry. Is it one thing? Total per character or is it one thing per shop per character per shop per character Then yeah, that would be my one thing from the smith. All right. Yeah She hands you a handily made scimitar Cool. Let me just pop that sucker in here. Um, and I assume you already have you can find the stats for that Yeah, yeah, I'll just add it on the inventory. What does infusing a weapon with element really do? Uh, it adds a so whatever the weapons damage die is it's one die smaller So like if it's a d12 you get a d8 uh of a chosen element And I will take a scroll of invisibility Ah Wonderful So is that from the library? Yeah, that's from the library because he sells scrolls Right. Yes. Let me Look at what he's got Can I just get a book like a book to read a book any any sort of book or just like are you looking for something fiction non-fiction history? Um, what about like a Like a romance novel You most certainly can find a romance novel. There's one that's incredibly graphic There's one that's uh Kind of more on the very slow burn to the point where like the readers have complained That they haven't even gotten to the point yet and it's so much build-up And it's basically giving everyone like just literary blue balls for 80 chapters I'm not looking for uh, I'm not looking for smud. I just would like something very wholesome like a nice wholesome Romance story. Yes. You're able to find something. That's very nice sweet and short And even though it is a complete series everyone keeps asking for another chapter even though the story is already complete Wow, do you want to do you want to come up with the name of it right now? Or should I not put you on the spot like that? Lost and adrift Lost and lost and adrift. Yes. That's how you feel reading it. It is about it is about uh an old kind of Like almost veteran airship captain who feels as though his life has not much left towards it So he is simply drifting until he runs into uh another sailor who's in a very similar predicament They try to find their purpose in life together and try and find a new purpose when in reality the purpose they found in themselves Aw lost and adrift i'll add it to my inventory way for fruits to find out what sex is Oh boy Can I use my voucher to infuse my crossbow with an element? You most certainly can So what's the damage down your crossbow? It is one d8 plus d8 so you'll be adding a d6 of elemental damage Okay It doesn't really matter they're just flavors at that point aren't they it can matter depending on what uh opponent But it's still more damage than you have more damages more damage, right? But yeah flavor for the most part I want to do Fire All right. That's the second one for fire the arsonan that we had. Yeah We'll burn them all This just inspired a thought within me Oh Could I get uh from the librarian? A scroll of enlarge slash reduce what second level that's second level you most certainly can It's a source or a wizard thing. So I can't get it normally. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely Thank you Anything else is that everyone I'm pretty sure fritz you didn't grab anything from the library. Did you no, I just I used my Thing I don't have enough money for you. No, so you get one free item per shop Oh per shop Yeah, a yo, okay. Um If you need because it has to do with spells if you need time we can do it off stream I'ma pick up the smut book Yeah Okay, you're learning the smut book is very graphically written but not very well written. It's like not even good But you wouldn't know that because you've not read smut It's my Come up with the name for that one too. Oh, jeez. Um, go ahead. It doesn't use the term You pick up the amorous axe maiden Yes, the amorous axe maiden I just imagine fritz reads it and has no idea what's going on. So things actually a really good read Every time it has a synonym for dick fritz is like, oh, it's another thing How many things are involved in this process? I like that there's like there's it's like a series of books so like after the amorous axe maiden There's like the busty battle may I'm sorry. I'm gonna steal one from chat because it's way better somebody said 50 shades of fey Yes But she hates the fey, that's fine. Oh, no, no, okay. If she doesn't if she wouldn't pick that up Then amorous axe maiden is fine But it has written underneath tiny 50 But they don't know yeah I want to still keep the name, but like let's say someone tried to cover it up because it was so graphic with a different name Oh, no, it's false advertise somebody put on the wrong cover It's like the dust jacket for the wrong one because this is like a proper hard cover The actually good smut but if somebody used it to cover up, uh, 50 shades of fey Because it would have been embarrassing to be reading 50 shades of fey, but amorous axe maiden That's how they know you're classic. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They're classic. That's a classic that one won an award Fritz you sure that's like that's the book you want to pick out. I mean there's other books You know, you don't have to pick that one out if you don't I don't know. Oh, that's a good one cover No, I just say it's good Yeah, I mean Oh, I loved it. It's one of my favorites. Oh really? Yeah Well, then it's settled just studiously looking at the scrolls over here and you can see uh Faran rick is just like he you can see him like eyeballing but then slowly lifting his book up to cover his eyes You just you'll have to let me know how it is I guess I've never read it before read the sequel Oh, okay. I will there's a prequel, but that one's not that good Oh Yeah, like the star wars of smut. Oh, no. Oh my gosh, I'm haunted by the kiss. Good night, everybody Awful, thank you. So that's the library. Uh, did you word did you grab anything from? Yes, you did invisibility. Um, I think that's everyone For both shops. Yeah Yes Now I know what you're thinking, but sadly no no tail is not eligible for this Because he is not a local shop owner. So he does not fall under the Lord's jurisdiction. Here we go. That's a shame I really wanted to re-up our temporary tattoo supply But he is still in town because just like uh the deal that you guys made he he basically pretended to leave town But then didn't Right genius friend much to the dismay of Dario Wasn't our fault. Yeah, it should have been more specific Well, these are probably these are probably good for a night at the um, the the sweet nectars if we wanted to hit there Yeah, is that the end? Yes. Yeah. Oh I'll take a complimentary drink, but I'm going I'm going below the surface tonight. Yeah I'll be checking back in in shamiah Who said we didn't have drinks down there? All right, so are you guys parting ways then? Um, I think we're we're hanging out at the tavern for a little bit. Oh hanging out at the tavern. Okay. Yeah unless um Layra you had something Well, I'm just assuming that these vouchers wouldn't let us go back to any of the other shops We've already been to and be like, hey, can I take some of your healing potions or whatever? You can You know like the previous shops you've been to like the general goods and stuff Yeah, yeah, you can even though you've already been there earlier today. You have a voucher now because like yeah But like there's stuff that we couldn't buy uh, because we only had like 25 gold each Oh, yeah Yeah, so if that we might want to give that a look and then yeah tavern. Yep Yeah, so if you want like a health potion or a mana potion Yeah, I just think more health potions is always a good thing. I'll get a I'll get a greater healing potion Yeah, once once again, here's the list from just because other general goods stores have these Listings for the most part as well. I just showed Dario because I didn't make a general goods store for every possible person who might be here right, yeah You know what I might take that large man a potion. I would love regaining three first level spell slots Very good. Just grab that. Thank you Dario. Pleasure doing business He is very unhappy after you promising that no tail would get out of here. He doesn't say any words to you. He's just like Oh, very grumpy But we did He left he just came back. Who's fault is that we have things to do we can't sit staying god He just lifts one finger And just like shakes his head just like don't Okay, yeah, otherwise hanging out at the tavern you can see that The hustle and bustle has died down the tavern is actually pretty nice and calm here. You can see persimmons is Just you know doling out drinks as per usual. She's uh Chatting up one of the patrons and stuff, but it's generally a nice just Soft gentle time right now Yay Okay, if ever I'll use my deck of cards and Like start up a game if anyone wants to we don't have to like Yeah, why not? Yeah And you guys pass the time and have have a moment to chat if any of you wish to like have conversation with each other or anything Like that If we're are we all um We're I guess we're all sitting around a table. Is that right? Yeah, I would assume that you would all sit at the same table I want to I want to ask so I'll I'll deal a hand to so as I'm sort of dealing out cards to everyone One to word one to uh, one to laira one to fritz and as I'm going around the table. I'll say um I don't mean to um bring this up, but you all seem Fairly young um compared to myself. I mean have any of you been outside of Sasha before Yeah Yeah I mean, I'm not not from satya. I don't spend very much time in satya, but I don't think that's what you mean Right, I just mean this is gonna be a pretty big journey and I just Want to make sure everyone's mentally prepared for Leaving a place. I mean, I'm also not from here originally, but I don't know if you all have thought about you know Saying goodbye. This is a I understand a pretty dangerous journey and we may not be back I mean, I guess possibly ever Yeah, I'm gonna miss it here. I'll be taking my leave of shamiah tonight I might not come back No, I just mean like it's of course you'll come back No, I yeah, we we're all gonna survive and everything but it's there's a lot of risk, uh And who knows you might find something out there that makes you want to Stay But Satya is all I know Satya is home When you get back that'll be different We are going out into the unknown But what if I don't want different? What if I don't like different? I this is then satya will be here satya will be here when we get back I I've never thought of anywhere else but satya Well, well then you're in for a lot of it The world out there is pretty damn different Well Gonna be that bad It's not that different bad people are Loud and rude everywhere you go, but The rest of the world is sometimes me Yes, yes I guess there's just there's just a lot more out there. I can't spend my whole life here You can spend your life anywhere you choose but Exploring the vastness might be good is now your responsibility Yeah, I know I just Even though this is my home. I I don't really have a place or I have my business, but that's it. I just use borrow the docks as a place to put it through Doesn't was the reason I did this. They're like, oh, I bless you can't you can't stay here You got to find yourself, but it's scary Yes But you know knowing that something is scary to you and doing it any way of getting involved That's what being alive is And besides we aren't exactly aimless. We know exactly what we're going to do. Yeah, we do have a job to do Yes, that is true. We have a world to save technically I think it's only I was gonna say I think it's only just kind of dawned on me that that's really what we're doing here We're trying to make sure we keep everything in order It is so baffling to me that nobody seems to be You know what? It's fine. Everyone has priorities Well, maybe I should this is and I'll um take my lemonade and put it down and then But cards on the table I should say that At the very least there's worse people in this town that I'd rather be traveling The rest of a lengthy with and in the time that I've come to know you I guess I'm glad that we're Kind of put this little group together for this I I sort of needed to get out of here for a while and I've been kind of stuck in a rut. So I'm excited that Seems like I don't know how to find the right people It seems like we're going to be doing something good. Um Have a little bit of meaning back so Uh, I look forward to going on this adventure with all of you Yes, likewise buck likewise Buck I want fritz to pull out their candy thing and they like secretly They eat some but then they very clearly give you a larger amount like shift it over on the table I pull out my giant candy wad Yeah, I'll eat some of that. I'll like I'll just like kind of thank you and just I definitely I like blush, but yeah, like I don't thank you for the candy. I like I like the candy The one ancient corn taffy that I haven't eaten That's just been in my pocket because I didn't have the heart to like put it back in front of alias But when he was like, oh, I can't even remember when some of those things got in there. I was like, I'm not putting this in my body But buck can have it. Oh, thank you. You're all just handing me candy. That's not what I mean I didn't do this I'm like blight red with fritz and layra handing me the candy And I'm like, oh thank you My huge chunk who said I was giving you my candy Um Well, uh, if you all have I'm just gonna be here tonight I don't know if you all have anything else that you'd want to do before we Head out in the morning, but I'll be ready for that. Yes Anything now, I mean now cards are literally on the table if anyone feels like there's anything that needs to be said Now it's probably the time to do it I put my cards on the table Literally not metaphorically You don't cards word. How many jacks are in that hand? Um I think five interesting I made you to reevaluate my impression of a standard deck. You put it on the table Face down. I'm not losing the game. Oh The rules of this game are very intricate Play rose peeking Was that not allowed if you're sitting right next to me Oh boy, how have you still been losing this whole time? Oh, no Well, I gotta go warn my people about uh, you know the witch. Ah, yes See you all in the morning word gets up and he he heads off to the underground I should take my leave as well I may be able to communicate something to shamaya if nothing else I believe I'll be able to put her on guard Oh, I'll hand you the note that I wrote. Oh Uh, thank you. We'll see if I can find a way to do this without turning into a mushroom Yeah, that'll be kind of bad. I agree But it would certainly draw attention in her direction after a while Let's call that plan c And I will uh, I'll scooch So you guys uh depart to your respective places uh fritz and buck are you guys staying at the end? I'm staying at the end. I don't know about what fritz would be doing Yeah, I mean I kind of half live here Yeah, but I didn't know if you wanted to go to the docks and I don't know like Sleep by the uh, I don't know some of the in like places there that some of the sailors like to stay Oh, I could yeah, I guess I could sleep on one of the But yeah, I think there are buildings by the dock too. Like sailors have to stay somewhere. Yeah I'll just take all the I'll take all the cards and I'll play I'll put them into solitaire formation and I'll play by myself Good luck with all the jacks word somehow added to the deck. Yeah, I'm like counting the cards Like there's not supposed to be like 65 cards in a deck Have them have different like back patterns Tarot card in there just like a laundromat card But yeah, friends, where are you where are you going? Are you staying at the end or are you going to uh, some of the buildings by the docks? I might go to one of the boats because I want to cuddle up with sifa. Yeah You do you do find sifa like just like around Um, is it a he or she? Sifa is a cat They they would big mood they would find you at the dock and you would have a hard time finding them considering they're completely black Um and blend into the night beside their glowy green eyes But yeah, you're able to keep them company and we're gonna go one by one firstly word You find your little underground hideout with your lackeys and you can see That they are all huddled around kind of blocking view of something that you can't quite see Um Yeah, I'll just kind of without a word Without speaking I will uh step forward and like push a couple people aside and see what's What's what a few of them just like oh boss is here boss and they all spread and you can see that they have made a really Not very good stone statue of you This Is the best work of art in this whole town This is precious you can see the snout is like crooked the eyeballs are like They they're like little pebbles in place of eyes and it's About to fall apart And you can see claudio, uh kind of stands up as the pseudo lead of the pack and it's like boss boss Yeah, we're so glad you like it boss We worked on it all day considering you are away and you know Seeing that you were moving away tomorrow and we won't see you for a while We we wanted to give you a little bit of a parting gift as a thanks for taking care of us We're just like wipes his eyes for no reason It's uh, it means a lot claudio. You really are You really are a an artist Oh, not not just me the whole lackeys and they're all they're all like, uh, just holding their hands up You can see some of them are a little bit callous Oh You are you are precious people and I have a warning actually there is uh That witch that made all that gunk rain down from the sky. She is gonna be staying in town You see a few of them gasp. Yeah You want us to have a boss? Maybe when I get back we'll see but uh for now if you see an old orc woman Walk it around and he'll like kind of describe the general area Just steer clear And if she does anything strange go let people know what she did Oh You got it boss Stay safe. You can see claudio walks up to you. Uh, hey boss and she kind of tugs at your coat a little bit So uh me and the other peeps we we were talking we was talking about some stuff and This will be the first time in a long time. We'll be without a boss and uh, well we There are a few things we ain't too sure about Like what didn't I tell you that don't take all the chickens and pumpkins are bigger? Yeah Yeah, actually that was part of the thing really um like first why is it so important that pumpkins are bigger? I mean, you're right. They are but why do we need to know that? I'm just saying if a hunter comes if Farmer or a gardener comes out chasing after you you're gonna want the pumpkins not the the smaller fruit The vegetables like the carrots and stuff. They're too tiny You can see a few of them are whispering and nodding their head. Oh, yeah, he's he's right there Oh Right, you're so smart boss The cool thing about pumpkins is if you cut open the top you can put other stuff in them and carry it off like a bunch of carrots They're like little bowl fruits. You mean you can put fruits and veggies inside other fruits and veggies You can He's like kind of realizing it himself Oh my gosh boss, you're so wise Right, you're so smart boss. Um, just uh, you know, don't go don't go putting chickens and pumpkins. It doesn't work like that. Oh, okay Uh, now the next question we had was um What do we do while you're gone? Yeah, I mean You had plans for us before you signed up for the tournament and and then you won because you're so great But then what do we do like specifically? Well, uh, obviously you gotta keep expanding the sewers, you know make make more rooms for the new people Bump up our numbers a little bit while I'm gone I'll help with that before I leave on the orders of the boss. You don't need to get nasty I don't know maybe maybe keep an eye on the farmers figure out what they're doing do like the same thing that they're doing Oh make make food for us Okay. Ah, I got you and yeah, you know if there's anything shiny, you know grab it. I'll look at it when I get back And one more question boss Last one for the night. Uh me and the lot were concerned about What happens and you can see claudio is really struggling to find the right words and she's just like kind of rubbing her hands What happens if you find a new group of lackeys out in the mainland? Better lackeys No You have too little faith in me claudio There's no one else out there that matters more than you guys Oh You could see a few of them are like tearing up and like hand over their their snouts Oh, it's exactly why you're so great boss that i'm worried You're so charismatic that anybody would follow you to the ends of the earth and There's only so much boss to go around sometimes and If that does happen, I'll bring them back and they'll work for you. Oh, really? Oh, yeah, and you know don't doubt for a second that i'm that i'm not coming back Nothing's gonna happen to wood And they all kind of lift their fist and and chant boss boss boss boss boss boss I'll go to my little like sewer throne made of garbage and I sit down Pop open. Yeah, um, you know what? Yeah that corked bottle of ale that I was given. I'll pop that one open and I'll shake it They all take a few sips and start to quiet down as the night comes. Yeah So next we're gonna go to Leira as you are heading back to your cot with shamiah Yep And she hears you come in and uh kind of just like, how was your day child? Eventful Do you wish to elaborate? Well, we fought the dragon I worry we disappointed him slightly. We didn't go through every room in his very exciting dungeon Oh, well heaves are going to have to suck it up. It's part of the job I know I completely ignored several of his strange mazes that he made for me when I went on pilgrim He does seem to enjoy mazes. Yes. Um Yes, well, I suppose it's happening, isn't it? Yes, quite in fact I actually had some concern for you child and wanted to ask you something Oh Yes I know everything you do tends to Be in attempts to make me proud and all that and taking on this pilgrimage to save the world as it were And that's mighty fine motivation to have but is that all you care about? Well, is that all there is to prove make me proud and save the world Well, I've had very little else It does seem that you and the world are the only things I have She gets up from her workstation and walks on over to you and looks you in the eyes for one of the rare times And one of the rare times she makes physical contact with you puts a hand on your shoulder Lera I brought you into this world so that I could bring something good into it But you're a person You're a person With your own being and your own independence And I want you to find your own purpose not mine not someone else's not even elinthies Yes saving the world is important, but I want you child to be your own Whatever that purpose may be I do hope that you can find it not for me But for you Well, well of course, but But someone does have to do this and if This is what i'm good at and And there's so little else That has ever made sense to me and I she puts one hand to caress your cheek But and that is all well and good But not let it don't let it be all you are You understand I I think so We we discussed today that the world is very large and Much of it is different than all I have known and I suppose it's difficult to conceive of that until I Experience it but I I like to think I am prepared because I have to be She shakes her head and looks down a bit. Oh child How poor a teacher am I? We're never prepared No, I I understand there's Just today We've dealt with so many things. I've I've never seen before things I didn't think were possible and I I suppose the only measure of readiness is to be able to confront the unknown but This is important and it's so strange to me that that nobody Acts like it is there are There are many things in this world, but so few of them matter and and the The more I see the less I feel that I can do But if I'm good at this one thing That needs doing I don't know I The world is so big but so little of it Has a place for me So Well, I fear I've made may have made you more like me than I thought You've been an excellent teacher and I I I appreciate all that you've done for me and I I know I'm not the best student and I Struggle with many things that that seem to come so naturally to so many others and I appreciate very much All the time you've given me And if I can repay it In any way I want I want to make you proud, but I want to Be worthy Of what you've given me and if pride follows I suppose that's all I could want And she nods her head ever so gently And she just looks up to you I already am proud of you child Oh boy Pupils go big Then I suppose all I can Continue to do is attempt to save the world Well, let's not put too much pressure on your own shoulders. Yes, it is important, but It was that Idealistic naive girl today that taught me that this journey is as much for you as it is for everyone else No, no doubt allies has told you and there are safeguards and this is more of a celebration rather than an actual duty Yes, it is a duty. It's complicated. Why do I have to make things so complicated? Yes, that's been confusing me as well. This feels like it should be simple It should be the priority. It's the well-being of the entire kingdom You can thank internal politics of the provinces for mucking that up Who would think something such as keeping the world running would be so easy, but I suppose that's what we're for Yes But I do hope you heed my words to heart child that It's okay To have something for yourself as well I will attempt I'll do my best And that's all you can do Yes, now get some rest. You've got a long trip ahead of you certainly Oh before I forget, um, there's a New spellcaster in town with skills in weather manipulation. I believe she could be helpful in confronting certain difficulties while I'm gone She squints her eyes tilts her head a bit Walks up to you. She waves a hand kind of across your face and it starts to her hand starts to glow a little bit Oh dispelling it and uh, she takes it and I see Well, then I will have to go ask her for some assistance now, wouldn't I? Yes, I believe that would be very helpful for many people in the city Okay Very good. Thank you for letting me know child. Of course and I'm sorry if that leash is a bit too tight. I will be looking into breaking it for you Oh Well, thank you very much And she goes back to her workstation and I'm gonna go to bed Oh, thank goodness. I'm so bad at lying All right, and next Is going to be fritz and seafor You are both just at you know the shores looking out to the sea Is there anywhere in particular you are like just on the docks in a building in a boat? You know like some of the little boats that they'll have to transport from the bigger boats Just kind of sitting in one of those and she's like a little just like blankets like a makeshift little bed You can see that uh, seafor is just kind of purring laying on her her back with a pause Uh, just pointed up into the sky It's kind of wait. Did I miss that this cat was named after an explosive? No, that's that's not the joke. So let's see slowly say the name seafor seafor. Sorry Oh seafor seafor say say see Yeah, like she has ocean fur See for cat seafor cat The letter seafor cat. Oh my god. My brain went to seafor cookie. That makes a lot worse No, not seafor Named after a real cat Oh, that's great But yeah, seafor's just kind of pawing at the sky. You see the stars are out. There's like just like a little fly above them that they're just trying to nap at And uh, it's mostly a quiet night No one come to disturb you And the the cat is just kind of enjoying The presence with you and you can hear kind of footsteps Uh in One of the boats nearby just like the clacking of Uh shoes on wood just walking back and forth pacing I just Like I kind of pet seafor. I'm like, oh, I miss you seafor Seafor gives a little meow it's in a big yawn You're my first little friend, huh? One of many but first I hope I can make more See if we're just like turns its head just like I won't forget you buddy. Don't worry seafor goes back to its comfortable position You know looking at the water it's scary when you realize you've got to go out there I've only been on boats a couple of times, but never with the intention of going out Seafor gives you an inquisitive look like tilting its head Just like me You're just like me, you know like This is all we know. This is where we are. We both just ended up on the docks one day and Kind of just never left Seafor gets up and gets to kind of like the tip of the boat just hanging and looking out Towards the dimly lit nuba sky in the distance and looks back at you It's pretty and they stay eyes fixated on it. What's up? It's just like it'll be fine. I'll be fine scary Cat gets back down Curls up on your lap Stretches a bit and then goes to sleep Well now you can't move for the rest of the night, so no I can't move now Hope whoever's on that other boat is fine with not being a plot hook tonight Cats are like immovable rods Deadlock when they sit in your lap If you can't want to fall asleep in midair, it's great for oh, it's so good And lastly We go to buck in the inn Have you already made your way? Like into your in room. Are you still like playing solid here by yourself? No, I've I've like cleaned up the solid air and then Finished it so fast and then I I'll go up into yeah, I'll go up to my room Yep, and you can see that persimmons has just finished cleaning it and getting it prepped and ready for you And she kind of walks outside and just like there you go buck Thank you persimmons. I I appreciate it. Um It's we're gonna be leaving for a while I haven't forgotten my pledge to get you something shiny while we're all out there. Oh, thank you buck Well, uh, it's all the same. I gotta turn in for the night And she kind of goes to grab you a little bit and just pulls you back a little bit And she Speaks up buck I know you've been through your hardships and troubles, but no matter what anyone may tell you She puts a finger on your chest. There's a good man in there. You've done a lot of people wrong myself included But I can see there's a good man in there And you don't forget that okay I'll take my hand and I'll like kind of uh reached my one of my hands to where her hand is on my chest And I'll just like take her hand in mine. I'll say I um, I appreciate the the thought. Um, I'm hoping to find some form of Something out there. So, um, if that can start here at home Assuming that that's what sachi is to me now. I I appreciate it. I really do I see that lint in your eye You've got something that you've been chasing a long time and I I thought I thought so You know, I've seen that eye in many a man in my time Oh, well, and I'll like let her hand go and uh, uh take a step back towards the door of my room. Don't worry I know it's not me It's not that No, no, it's it's it's not. I mean you're you're beautiful and of course and I That's not what I meant to say I there's just I guess you're right. There's just always Some one that I've been chasing so well As someone who has had that same glint on her own eyes I'll let you know now that Be careful to temper those ones We don't know who it might affect I know I've definitely lost some good ones to some of my obsessions But that's all in the past, huh? You sleep well buck You do the same persimmons Um, and then I'll go into my room And I'll look down at my hand And I'm gonna take off all three of my rings and I'll just put them at the night stand and um I'll sit down and kneel by my bed and I'm gonna Uh, like take the the deck of cards out and I'll put I'll lay out all eight cards and for all eight blank cards out in front of me and um I will say a prayer And um, so I'll fold my hands as I'm looking at the cards and I'll be like Dearest lady I'm setting out once again for whatever darn reason I decided to do I really hope that this is what you Have a hand over and all this Look, I know I've asked for a lot over these years and Oh man, these These kids that I'm traveling with they're really really gonna need a lot of luck if we're gonna make it through this All together. I mean these they have no idea what's out there Uh, but they're they're they're they're nice people And if you would see fit to guide your hands over this journey for us Maybe just whatever last luck I got left in me to squeeze out of If you could just give it to to them for the rest of this journey, I promise I'll I'll I'll end this stupid quest of mine. I'll I'll I'll give over to whatever it is you want me to do I'll work in the fields for the rest of the time that I have left, but I feel like I really need this And I need it to go well, so If you could just end up not letting those three get hurt on account of me That's Kind of what I'd be asking for And I'll just be quiet And as you're saying this when you like just the the momentary shuffle of your breathing Your coin falls out of your pocket and it Just kind of like rolls across the floor and gets slotted into one of the floorboards Midway so that it doesn't fall heads or tails. Oh my god No, no Later you page I will I will gather up the the the eight cards and I'll put them back in their sleeve And then I'll go lean over And I'll pick up the coin and just sort of inspect it just really quickly. It's your all or nothing coin Seems to have landed on its side I'll take in all like squeeze my hand and be like I don't know what that means I don't know what that means All right faith in you All right Good night dearest lady, and then I'll turn in Go to sleep and you do so Yee, huh? You all actually sleep fairly soundly. We're almost done Oh, thank god. I can mark off a long rest. Yep mark off a long rest You get all your your hit points back you get your spell slots all your Class features I'll return And you all kind of gather after you gather your belongings and get ready and say your goodbyes Captain dozen Calls you to Come aboard the Nadoho gear the main ship to take you to the mainland And as you are all boarding a large crowd has formed by the docks Waving you so long and good luck on your trip Including jorbib and koriak persimmons is there blowing kisses claudia and the lackeys are chanting boss Today is waving farewell while her other arm is like hung over her uncle's shoulder Even shamea is standing by the shores away from the crowd to watch it apart. Oh my goodness Just about everyone in sachia has come to bid you farewell as The captain dozen calls anchors away And the ship departs For the mainland of elinthe and that is going to be where we call today's session Whoo Like gives a wink to lyra She has to hold down the fort while i'm away Yeah, we had we had to bump up those numbers