 All right, you depart the docks on to the mainland of a linty to the city of Nuba sky a place of Festivity drinks tourism and a people as jovial as its dragon of which she proudly displays herself at the crown drool of the province the Colosseum walking out of the docks you look out for the elven man named Edmund that Lord Candela mentioned she sent missive to in order to help you, but You don't really see anyone that fits her description a literal knight in shining armor But you don't see anyone by that description at all And worse yet there's a crowd Forming around you as you walk off the docks The ones who greeted you to the docks start to swarm you people asking for autographs people asking what it's like in satcha Asking for you to deliver something or other Everyone wants a piece of you You're signing off again a few people asking hey, can I get a portrait with you a painting over there? It'll be a little bit, but we'll try to speed it up No Just remember my face You disappoint a few of them, but a few other ones are asking because they didn't hear your answer Just side-eyed them from that point on and this I'm a cat again. I'm on boys shoulder. I'm covering you. It's okay Incredible. Thanks. They don't need to know I'm here You're overwhelmed so much that this is going to begin as a Oh, no as so I'm gonna ask everybody to Hold on. Let me put your tokens on the board so that you can select it and roll. Oh, yeah, your initiative my god There we go. Where am I? Oh Trying to draw your way out of this one The other dog That's a fun whale I realize Love a good whale to be doing something. Did we get in a long rest? I forget you did not yet. We got in a short a short rest Boy, you can change your initiative to that first 11 I think that might have been me But you have to select your token before you roll Should I just roll again? Yeah, well again, but change it to your first initiative Roger that Here we go And you are gonna be 17 so you're gonna be there. All right. Yeah so The crowd is overwhelming you and although some of you are more attuned to being celebrities than others this crowd Could take a bit of time to weather and you have important business to attend to use your skills to get through the crowd Whether it be by granting their wishes or completely pushing them aside with four successes You'll have gotten through without using too much of your time But with three failures the crowd will overwhelm you and you'll lose the day by the time you finish everything will Likely be closed besides the inn Hmm I'll go last because word is like soaking this in yeah, all right Layra you're attuned to social situations. You're up first. Oh Fantastic Have I actually turned into a cat or has that been? I thought I was holding you. Yeah, I mean, I think that's definitely what I would have done Turn in so that's but eagle eyed fans would have noticed this and want to come pet you. Oh No, no no touching my friend. No Just up in the head feathers like no The crowd does not seem to be respecting your personal bubble. How dare they I can't cast spells in this form Can't I not unless you're a circle says that you can Beans I don't think it does. I think I just get a the bomb of the summer court thingy Cool Well navigating a social situation is very difficult and everything else I could do is a spell so I think Hmm I actually have a plus two to performance Can I make it very clear that I don't want to be touched? You most certainly can either yeah performance or intimidation of your choice Actually, they're about the same. They're both charisma all right proficiency. So let's just let's just do the performance Your hair stand up right you you hissep the The people and kind of paw at them to get back and a few of them kind of lift their hands Okay, okay, these people are not the not strangers to being clawed by animals So they give you your space. Well done. You've weathered a little bit of the crowd. That's one success. Heck. Yeah. Oh sweet Fuck I have some experience in protection Job, so I would like to just all right everybody clear out move out of the way Try to push my way around them. Maybe using athletics me you may that sounds like an athletics to me Oh, yeah, that's another success. Yeah, people out of the way funneling kind of a path for you to ease through Ironically making almost like a red carpet for word as he is like shaking hands Autograph out of the way for the boss. There it is Make room the boss is coming through well done. That's too. That's two successes out of four to be fritz Okay Do I get a disadvantage if I pick a liar up whilst doing an action? I don't think so. She's small enough I'm very small come here kitty I'm gonna notice. It's basically a massive crowd and just kind of like hopscotch my way across their heads You know, I like hop like Athletics, all right. Yeah, you can give me that athletics for that or acrobatics can fly Yeah, but it takes a while to like take off and I don't want people like, you know Wings you get a little bit up and you basically crowdsurf kind of Except with your feet so it's not nearly as painful for you But a little bit painful for everybody else as you kind of step on a few heads and they're kind of like hey Kind of like trying to reach for you, but Yeah, you're able to lead the way past the crowd a little bit as well. That is three successes We're yeah, I got you in my hand. It's okay. We'll get out of here We'll purring a little bit Okay, so as we kind of reach the end of the dock at words getting genuinely exhausted He's just like, all right, you've been a wonderful crowd, but I'm above this And I I'm going to use stealth I'm going to essentially kind of try to go to the side of the dock swing around it and just like climb on the underbelly You're trying to sneak away from the crowd. Ah, yep All success in a row wonderful Yep, you sneak away from the crowd. They you know while they're busy admiring whatever autographs You have given them or handshakes that they're kind of basking in they don't notice you slip away in the kerfuffle And uh, yeah, you guys are able to weather the crowd either whether it be You know sneaking away from them or making it through them enough that uh, you're able to make your way To the rest of the town without much trouble. Well done Not a single failure I'm sorry to people's heads, but it wasn't enough room for me to fly Yeah, as you guys do kind of like Uh make your way through a few of the guards are like kind of pushing people like they're congesting the traffic So they're like, all right. All right move on So yeah, all right, you have access to The rest of nuba sky Wow Awesome That's a sweet mustache. Oh, I should probably put you down. Sorry Lyra Whoa Oh, yes around you by the docks are basically a lot of housing for sailors barracks for guards Storage houses for merchant supplies and and residential housing for the locals for the most part As uh, most of the city is past the bridge connecting this tiny island And ravine to the mainland And the person who was supposed to meet us we can't see them Not that you can tell if you would like you could give me a perception I would certainly not mind. I just real quick I'm gonna look around and find Straight land. Yep. Looking around you just like trying to find someone who fits the description There are a few guards, but their armor is not quite shiny. We'll say Yeah, I'm just gonna go find wherever word went. Um, yeah get them with group I once you guys kind of reached the end of the dock and the crowd's gone I'll I'll just pop back in out of a bush or something All right, so we've got a good what five something years. Do we want a vacation here a little bit before we get going? I'm not wrong Yeah, it's true. Um I feel like we should go over the bridge into the rest of the town unless there's anything particularly interesting on this side Yeah, just the docks and uh look like storage houses or something We probably should run before crowd forms again. Oh, yeah I think I I think I know which one is the sort of the main Like government building we could go there and look for our contact. I guess I mean that big circle one over there What was that? No, that's the um, that's the coliseum Is that one of those places where people like punch each other for no reason? Punch each other fight each other All sorts of you know combat going on in the coliseum But no, that's not the while them that might be the laugh blood of the town, but it's not the Where the government has run. I don't believe I believe it's this there's a Is that the the symbol with the little fan on it? That's the government. That is a government pillar. That is the sigil of uh elinthi Sounds like it's good places. I need to start that's our group chat logo. Yeah Yeah Okay, so you're gonna head over the bridge then. Yeah, I believe so. Yes Heading towards the bridge All right, let's be less emotional about this. Oh, no, I deleted myself Not only his eyebrows and the anime blush stickers have survived Now those are those were mine Well Someone got rid of my mustache All right So you head towards the bridge connecting the docks to the rest of the city and at the foot of it stands a large Very heavily built troll taking coin from passing carts Mounted folk and pedestrians alike and he looks to you all and tips his hat Yeah, boy He stands he stands as like a building of a man about like 10 feet tall and Almost as wide as a cart and he looks down to you and tips his hat turn gold toll Yeah fritz, why don't you do me a favor and fly me fly me like right over there You want me to fly you? Yeah, that'd be that'd be nice. That'd just be swell five gold taxi fee I Second thought that water looks very swimmable Is that 10 gold each or total each? Oh I'm a little strapped for cash at the moment. Um, is it possible to take a rain check or Yeah, it can be right like an iou He narrows his eyes a little bit Hmm Listen You could be the lord of the life tree itself letting you through Don't put food on the table nor does it maintain the bridge and the materials I need for this thing ain't cheap I'm gonna turn back so I can talk Uh, I can offer you 20 total That's for all of us. Yes, I'm not good at math Give me Actually, he he shakes his head a little bit and why should I take 20 when I very rightly should get double Because we're the pilgrims. Did you not notice the you know what it's fine You can because it's better than nothing. You can give me a persuasion Oh god Critical failure Oh boy, he's 50. He squits his eyes like Leans down he almost has to like squat to meet you eye to eye I am small being the champions of sachia. You're lucky. I don't charge you quadruple I was expecting you would be lined with gold what was being Tasked with this from the lords themselves We're we supposed to be paid the homeland doesn't bring in all that much money. Yeah, uh I can what if we just like ration and stuff Saves you the time to go to the market and buy it I shot my shot. So is there like a path we could take that doesn't involve Taking this bridge. I mean, is there like an alternative? Roots are a persistent lot, ain't you I do have this pillow. Would you like this in trade? I'll take the pillow And you do a favor from me Very well I'm gonna miss that pillow He snags it out of your hand And just kind of puts it like behind his shirt in his back There's a troll on the other side of this bridge my sister her name is Checking my notes I'm definitely gonna take somebody else's pillow is this guy's name a pun on right hand Not that I would know left probably. Oh, okay Sorry, it's a little hard name. I don't I don't know Italian. I got a sister on the other side of this bridge names tamara You pay me five gold for each of you, but you give her this note and he scribbles down Some words that on like a piece of a notepad that he pulls out of his vest. It does anybody know giant Uh Nope. All right. Well, that is legible to you He hands it over to whoever will take take it Probably me. I love delivering. Oh just kidding. Yeah, for it's kidding You take that you take it to my sister And you better because I don't like swindlers Trust is what keeps things working around here And like this bridge if you knock out the foundations of that trust the whole thing comes crumbling down Don't me make me come crumbling down on you. You hear I swear my bird's honor on it. What a profound metaphor I'll give you I'll hand over the I'm really excited to deliver this. I'm gonna hand over the five gold and I'm like I just zip I'm like I'm going uh, and I'll give him 15 for the rest of us So is fritz going by herself or are you going with her? I think we're all going with her All right, you can see that he keeps an eye on you as you cross the bridge this thing is pretty far It's like a football field And as you head to the other side you see just as he described another troll She's gorgeous I like a zip over can I zip over i'm like here you zip over and you can see this other troll She's directing traffic in the other direction, uh the sister troll Um, however, you see that she's in a bit of distress You can see she's frantically counting coin jotting notes down on a notepad apologizing scratching out notes rewriting them again And then finally letting one person through the line Um And you can see there is a line forming like past her Hey, your brother's a real wad Excuse me. You've got mail. Uh, what what she turns back to you. Oh, sorry. Uh, I'm just doing Mom, what what is it? It's from my brother Yes Okay, what's monado got? Yeah, she uh Goes to look at the note and the line in front of her just groans. Oh come on And she starts making so many friends already. I just tell him to shut I want to tell him to shut up. I'm like shut There is nothing more important than mail serious business She reads it she briefly reads it She bears her teeth to the other side of the bridge where her brother is stomps her foot once which you can feel the force of it Well, I'm doing my best So it's so easy for him to say given how he's got so much more practice than I do She starts angrily scribbling down in giant on her notepad rips it off and hands it back to you fritz Okay, you give that to monado and see how he lacks it Fritz I'm going We don't know her anything yet. We've lost them forever fritz is just gone Fritz are you just going anyway? I'm fritz fritz charging for the reply Yeah, I was gonna say I was gonna be there. I am airborne and I am flying the goggles are on you head back to monado And hand him the note And he reads it over and he just kind of grumbles He grumbles and he stomps on his side of the bridge which shakes a little bit. However, you see cracks underneath his foot Oh He scribbles down yet another note for you to take fritz and hands it to you Delivery fee I'm kind of invested in this family drama. I'm going back No You're making proverbial rounds around jericho. It's gonna make it worth your while So you bring the note back to tomorrow then? Yeah All right, you bring the note to tomorrow. I land and I'm like out of breath like How long is this bridge? I'm gonna I'm gonna step off the bridge. I'm gonna also step off the bridge I'll step on the bridge. Yep. So you guys are on the other side of the bridge by all rights, which tomorrow let you um However, there are still people like waiting while she's still trying to count coin and you can see she's you can hear She's muttering to herself. Oh, no, no, no. Yep. Yep. I got yo one-second friend rotten roots And she is a struggling And as fritz you bring the note back to her she you're male She reads it over and she just That son of a And she stomps stomps stomps and then writes another note hands it to you A buck I just realized if we offered to like I'm like sitting on the floor like uh, no, no Her courier fee is five gold She just like looks to the the traffic looks back towards her brother looks to the traffic again and just She rips off a piece of stone from the uh From the road lifts it up and jams it in the middle of the road and starts stopping towards her brother Trapping has been stopped and everyone just starts groaning. Oh now look what you did Hey, we didn't do any of this We can take your gold Yeah, we should manage it. I would not advise this course of action I'll spend all day here. You guys go have fun at the mountain And so you've made it to the other side of the bridge, but whatever happens between these two I guess who's to say Yeah, I would love to eavesdrop on the beginning of their argument I'm not gonna cross back over that bridge right now I'm gonna keep going if you guys want to catch up later. We could do that or No, no, we should we should go Yeah, I like keep glancing back just like rubber necking the whole time And as you do Like no more no more As you do go kind of along the long line of people You finally do see someone that fits the description lord candle. I was giving you. Oh my goodness. Oh just stuck in line That makes sense. Yeah a knight in as she says shining armor and He uh calls out to you. Oh, thank goodness. Oh, I take it. You're the pilgrims sent from sachia Oh And uh, he just gives you a little salute. What's up? I have a little question my my good friend that I made last session Uh, paul of the rattler Did she stay on the ship or did she come with us or uh because her whole crew died Right. No, there was like one other guy left. Yeah, like one other guy You said that they're a part of your crew, but what does that mean? Exactly. I I essentially told her that she works for me But she's allowed to conduct business like as usual if I Like when I come back here when I'm done if I need or have a request or something She basically has to for right in that case It's kind of the implication in that case she and the other guy considering They don't have a sailing crew anymore would have gotten off the docks with you and parted ways Okay, cool I'm sure we'll see him again. I didn't write down his name either It's okay. I didn't either and I'm the DM Anyway, so we can just call them whatever and there's a good chance that we're correct Jacob, the name is Jacob Franklin. All right So Jacob Franklin jinkleheimer's man. Yeah, exactly You uh, you see the tall elven man with kind of dark curly hair and he gives you a little salute Good afternoon Edmund goldbach, uh I'm so sorry for all the inconvenience just now. The trolls truly gave me quite a lot of trouble and were not letting up Uh, I was sent a missive from lord candler to assist you in getting the lay of the land here Pleasure to meet you Joe, I raise you the image you used for the announcement again. Stop No Those soulful eyes That vego mortensen is aragorn energy We have to I think at some point have counsel with the dragon of this place, but we're a little banged up from a very Eventful sea voyage and I'm wondering if there's a place that we could Spend the night. No, of course my lord. Uh, I've been told to keep an eye on you and uh, my lord Well, yes, of course. You are the pilgrims of elinti. Are you not? Yes I'm not entirely sure what respect that affords us Troll didn't seem to think it afforded us any I technically own a plot of land. So I am a lord. Oh How interesting. Well, of course, it would be disrespectful to not have me refer to you without such title, of course I'm simply a knight Sent to keep an eye on you and protect you. I feel like it would be disrespectful to not provide you with some sort of title What are your credentials my friend? Well, I am a knight, of course I am foreign, of course. I'm not local to elinti, but this I'm tasked with my own pilgrimage of sorts I come here to prove my worth and be on a mission not from elinti at all. I'm not So I apologize if my lack of Familiarity with the land may provide A few information, but I do have lived here for a little bit so I can provide some information where I can Where exactly are you from a southern kingdom? South and west of here. That's not important really It's quite all right. Fair enough. Um, it's not on my map. So Is there anyone we should talk to now that we're in this Fine city anyone we need to declare our presence to? Uh, other than the dragon probably not the lord of nuba sky is currently out at the moment. I tried to get in touch with him, but You know Pencil pushing. It's not exactly my best interest And what is his name? Uh, his name is antwan Antwan Whoa, we are already judging this man Is is antwan the dragon or the lord is the lord the dragon is that minotaur lady, right? Yes the gladiatrix. Yeah And of course you are looking for somewhere to stay. Um, lord candela has Gone out of her way to provide free lodging as best she can add an in a place called the soft shores Run by a copper dragonborn by the name of rama. He should take you in quite well. He's a very friendly fella And is there like a um, I believe lord candela mentioned like a per diem or some sort of money that we Might be able to get or is there a way that we can Like get some money because that was a problem a little bit ago with the Uh, I don't have any money. I I understand your uh concern my lord But I apologize my political pull is somewhat limited in new buskye often It's a bit stingy when it comes to other provinces, uh, not least of which in satcha Lord candela has done the best that she can but I guess they see more profit in this than benefiting the world at large What's the lord guys name again antwan antwan Buck correct me if I'm wrong, but one of your skill sets is turning small amounts of money into large amounts of money, correct? Yeah, it's uh, I mean I'm pretty good. Yeah. Well, there is the gaming corner over on the other side of town and you can see, um The points in this direction if you are the more gambling type though, I wouldn't recommend it, but that is an All right Really carrying two giant roulette wheels I'm sure we all probably not probably avoid that Being high-born lords and ladies Later my what I was saying is my issue is um, I can turn a small amount into a large amount on a good day But I don't even have a small amount of money right now I need a amount of money to you need to borrow from me again buck And that's what I see that's the issue is I already borrowed from you once And I feel like I haven't returned that investment. I don't remember how much you owe me I'm going to uh pour out the 10 gold I have remaining and partition out five of them and give them to buck Well, we can go by the gambling corner later. I'm sure I mean we don't have to do it right now But well being the champions of satcha I do assume that you all have some sort of combat prowess as well And uh, this town does love its coliseum if you are willing to Forgo a bit of a beating you could earn some extra cash at the coliseum Just kind of got a look at buck I'll be right I can catch up with you guys later or I can go do this now Um, I would like to go to the gambling corner Oh, no, I've enabled him All right, my friends well buck attempts to turn your money into moors. I will show you how I turn other people's money into mine And I can start heading toward the gambling corner Uh, uh before you go, um Far be it from me to treat you grown adults as children on leash So if you said the dm to the players He holds out a very small Polished almost perfectly spherical orb of stone about the size of a small pill bottle and hold it out to anyone who will take it I'll take it. Uh, this is an orb. It's a sending stone It's got a limited range won't work outside of nuba sky But for however long it takes you to finish your task here if you need my assistance do not hesitate to call Otherwise, I will be at the city hall the official building that you assumed to the north there Uh waiting for the lord as I have business with him Otherwise do not hesitate to call on me if you need me Certainly sir gold buck Could you provide us directions to the inn? I believe it would be wise for fritz and I to go there and be as far away from possible As whatever buck and word are about to get into of course. Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute Lera, I mean I understand that this might all be new to you, but you and fritz, uh Or have never been to this town before right? Correct I would think that you I mean part of this Journey we're gonna have to experience new things. I would love to show you around the gambling corner if we're If i'm spending your money anyway Interesting Fritz, maybe you should go to the inn just so we ensure that we have our lodging and one of us is not about to get arrested For whatever word does sure I can always come I'll grab you a drink secure us a space and then come over to you guys Very well Very well do enjoy your time in nuba sky Yes, and good luck with your business, of course I want to nudge lyra. I'm like lyra. You've got it. You did it. You talked to a person. You got a dude's number I did I did. Is that what that was? I think I don't know. I've never talked that way to someone But I think you're so polite. Is that normal? I think But that guy was super weird, right I think he seemed like a nice enough fellow. I mean he left us alone, which was good enough I mean he comes from a place that doesn't exist. There's not a single like chip on his armor There's not even dirt on it. Does he like clean it regularly and not fight people I thought it was strange how he didn't Give the name of the place that he was from and sort of just referred to a geographic And people do people do that sometimes when they're from really far away places that people don't talk about I Correct You can see my I'm like I'm like running the five gold like in my hand Just back and forth and I because I've been I'm from this town. I know where the gambling you do know where it is And I'm like, uh, I haven't been here in a really long time. I would really like to So you said you were gonna do A Lizard things or whatever. I I have to And I show me the way. All right. Let's laira word come with me. Let me show you where we're going Well, laira is going to the end with fritz Oh, I thought laira Because buck invited me to the gambling. I'm gonna go with him So the idea I think the current plan is that fritz goes to the end just to like secure our rooms Make sure we're established and then I guess rejoins us. Um Yeah I mean, I think we have enough time if we all want I think our rooms have already been I don't know which voice I'm doing I think our rooms have already been secured by the other fellow and you mean we could call him You could call them laira if you wanted to since you have his number And we can uh, you can tell him to set it up and we can all go there after we're done He only just left would that be weird? Um, yes No, good to know. I don't think it would I don't think I'm gonna go against word. I don't think it would It goes in the backpack We'll call him if we need him. I'm sure he's a very busy man All right To the gambling hall, I guess Today is full of good decisions for all of us Buck is the definition of I'm not an addict. I can stop whenever I want I said whenever I want I think I'm gonna learn a valuable lesson about giving buck money today. Whatever happens Come on. I've made a gambling character. We're here at the gambling table. Okay I've been gambling every day for I've been gambling every day for 20 years. It's all I think about and I still haven't gotten addicted So I doubt it's happening And you're not like in the red you just don't have any money, which is fine. Yeah, that's right Oh, yes, as long as you don't have negative money, you're still okay Until you get up from the table, you don't lose any money. So that's that's the first thing to keep in mind That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about money to dispute it About money in general It very rarely comes up with shamaya Fair enough. Well, let's just go see what we got and uh dm if I may Uh, I because I picked the gambler background I have a feature called never tell me the odds. I don't know if I can share this Uh, I don't know if this is gonna I don't know if this is gonna share the whole background or just the part that I'm referring to Except for those times when you have no gold at all. Yeah, it's not showing your backstory. Don't worry Uh, I can no, no, no. I think I think there's a feature that I won't want to share here I'll just you've shown the trait which just seems to be about to have the background of the uh, yeah There we go There's the feature Uh odds and probability are your bread and butter during downtime activities that involve games of chance are figuring odds on uh Or the best oh, that's so cool You can get a solid sense of which choice is likely the best one and which opportunities seem too good to be true at the dm's Determination. Hmm. Wow That is so exploitable. Wow, okay That's why the deal. Yeah, so wrong. All right. That will come into play. Uh, yeah. All right. Heck. Yeah So Yeah, you go to the gambling corner and You can see that there's quite a few people like Playing various different games of chance and stuff and you can notice that there is one that you Partly recognize buck a person that you partly recognize but are not like on terms with it's not like you're not even really acquainted But you've seen them around and alan by the name of aurelia is currently kind of the game master And presenting a lot of things overlooking a lot of things and she sees you all and She opens her arms graciously and goes to greet you Hello Pilgrims of Oh my god I think I saw this woman in an avril avid music video in 2012 How gracious of you to bless my establishment. Have you come to make your fortune? Yes Yes, lady aurelia. Thank you for for having us If you wouldn't mind just I don't see is there any open tables any open gimmicks? Yes, there is an open table that I can provide for you But you I think I know you aren't you the one that lost a massive bet here last time you were here. What's it again? Um, I don't think that that was that might have been a it was a massive weight. No, I remember you have that No, I don't I don't think Well, this is a new clover. It would have been a new I would have picked another one before event But it wasn't probably wasn't me because I have um If he's going to lose money on flattery and not sold them That always works She just kind of like waves her hand a little bit. I see you've got new friends for these Uh, this uh, uh, we're I'm a pilgrim now. So, uh, this is my my Other pilgrims word and layra Pleasure to meet you I am the god king would Oh the god king then you must have deep pockets And even deeper look deeper every day Look, we're not we're not as easy marks as you would think I mean, I've I've done this thing before and I understand that I've lost some money in the past, but um We're just here for a very small You know just just to get our feet wet as it were in the world of nuba sky just to introduce these, uh Outsiders to this town. Oh, of course. I'll be sure to go easy on you Here follow me to this table and she brings you along to a table Where uh, you may pick a game of your choice between Uh hand of fate Which is a game of pure chance uh Taimora spinner, which is just basically roulette And What is this one hold on i'm looking through my nose boy mini game Come on, come on Step right up try your luck Uh and big cony island vibes here and gambit, which is basically like poker where you like try to get high points and try to Like bluff fold all that stuff What was the middle game again, uh Just roulette basically so you've got you've got You've got hand of fate, which is like a game of pure chance You roulette, which is kind of like either pure chance or you know, 50 50 Uh or gambit, which is poker I would like to play Hand of fate Eight It is a game of pure chance where you roll dice essentially um, where uh similar to 21 you're going to roll a d12 Aurelia is going to roll her own d12, but the first score is going to be hidden She's going to roll the second uh d12 and you're going to see the second one and uh, you are going to Roll your second one and you're going to call low or high on hers like whether your roll is higher than hers or lower Got it All right, it's like a monty hall thing Uh, i'm gonna So can I roll my d12? Yeah, you may roll your d12 and she will roll as well. Come on, baby That's a good thing though. That's a safe bet for lows So her first roll is going to be hidden and you may roll your second Actually, what are you anteeing up? Uh, oh, yeah, two gold. Wait. Do I have to I've I would have antied up just one Just one goal ante it up before before I before I would have rolled. I would have only antied up one one And she's going to call that one Okay And then she's rolled and you can see what that you ante up one. She just like Uh Smacks her beak not lips. She doesn't have lips just like oh, how disappointing Can I ante up? I know what this could actually be. I don't know if it's too late to ante up That beak sometimes so they really it makes like a kind of like sound huh So do I call lower high and then roll? No, you roll again You will see her second roll and then you call roll lower high. So Your total so what which one is oh, it's the total of the two Yes, it's the total of the two you don't see her first roll, but her second roll is a one and because of your gambler because of your gambler feet You can see that she's trying to hold a poker face, but she seems to be Have an air of confidence to her So the air of confidence wouldn't make me think that she's probably confident that I would say Low because I have a low number. I would be a I'm also honestly astounded that she rolled lower than me if that's the case Um, but I think if I'm picking up what the DM's putting down if she's So what is what she's trying to she's trying to put on an air of confidence? Yes, she actually has she has one Sorry, yeah, she has an air of confidence about her, but you can't tell and she owns a casino You can't tell if that's just her natural, you know state of Um, so I cannot possibly choose the glass it's in front of you get a solid sense of which choice is likely the best one um Yeah You can probably guess that going low is the better choice as when you noticed whenever her first roll she had a kind of very Interested look in the fact that you rolled a one Okay, I will I will go low because I feel like that's what we're if that's what I get So your total your total was a four her total was a 13 her first roll was a 12 Yikes, you have doubled your gold amount to two. I almost talked myself out of it Um, I interpreted it that way too If it sounded like she was confident when the easy choice for you would be low But if you saw that she rolled a one you had a four It was a one and four chance that she'd managed to go lower than you I'll put three gold pieces down and then I'll I'll I'll take lair and I'll push her forward Excuse me Come on. It's fun. We just won. We're on a hot streak I see you put down three and aurelia puts down a three as well to call Okay, so I guess I'm rolling now You may if you wish And sure why not she she looks at you and her eyes widen a bit. Ah, a greeny I'll quickly put down two on top of that. Oh She's referring to the missile to a five She'll call that too. There's 10 gold on the In the pool in the pot So you may roll a 12 All right, I think I did the command right no amy's no amy's no amy's five Could be worse. Oh boy. All right. She's gonna roll her first roll Okay, which I don't see you don't see she has a cup over it and uh buck you looking over her she looks Uh, she cocks one eyebrow. Whatever it is. It was very inquisitive Hmm, so I roll my second one now roll your second one and she will roll her second one Hmm All right So my total is I think you should go high. I also think I should go high. My total is 16 hers is six The odds are precipitously low that she has a higher number than mine And buck from your gambling Uh sense looking at her trying to keep her poker face You can see that uh, she looks a little bit concerned as well You can tell that she is reading layra's poker face and she in turn being able to read layra is concerned I'm gonna let layra make whatever choice she wants to make I'm gonna get her fear in a game of luck. Give him Oh, excuse me. Well, we're gonna go high regardless. Yep. You're gonna go high her first roll was a five It was an 11 you did a roll higher. Congrats. Yeah You have to give me gone up five gold Can I go up to gold? Yeah Deceptively simple and she Takes off her gloves to reveal her kind of more bird folk like Talon hands and she shakes them off a bit a little bit. Hmm. How about we turn this a little bit larger And she drops a sack On to the table you recognize it. It's a bag of holding Oh interesting And uh, what is exactly that you expect us to offer up against that Hmm She looks around looks at word. That's a fine jacket you have there It is indeed I would like something to spruce enough my outfit Spruce in I could I could give you the name of my tailor, but she doesn't live me. Oh, but you're right here right now And of course I do like a tight fit I don't want your stupid bag. This is my jacket. You're not touching it Oh, no Oh, well, let's play a different game. She puts one thing one finger to her cheek Oh, well and she goes to reach at the bag of holding and puts it away Oh What do I have in my inventory? I I gotta go use the restroom and word runs off and I am going to have him cast unseen servant in the bathroom What is he doing We're gonna play roulette for that bag. Oh, no My little guy's gonna grab the vault. Oh, no I Play roulette uh for the bag. So what is the unseen servant like doing specifically? He's gonna try and steal it with root With roulette the ball like kind of stays in one place and then slowly glides like across Like the space and then it falls in the pocket So I'll essentially have the unseen servants hands on the ball the whole time to make it look realistic Okay So you're gonna cast unseen servant then You cast unseen servant in the bathroom And immediately your hands start to glow bright like it would just hit by a fairy fire You know, I thought that might happen In a world where magic users are like more than half the population. I assume a casino has things about this I uh climb out the window You climb out the window and escape not a never to be seen Actually, no, I'm new character. I'm still running this gambit. Yeah, I circle I circle around the outside like in the front and I'm gonna cast a message to buck Be like come back to the front Does that can you can everyone hear the uh, it's just me who hears the message messages whispered In line of sight, but only you can hear it Okay, um So I want to give all the money back to Lara that she gave me which I think we now have Well, I think we made a profit of four gold. So you should have Uh, not well, you gave me five. I gave you five. You can just give me back the original five if you want Also, I'll have four. Yes No, no, no, you I I'll keep one you this is your you won this these three I did Oh, right. You guess the you you were this is your goal to win I mean, I'll I'll hold on to the one that I won but I'm not gonna take your winnings. That wouldn't be right Oh, well, thank you very much. Didn't it feel good to to win it was math It felt like doing math There's a little bit of luck involved though, right like rolling that 11 psst I think you're being hailed Oh, you see just like the eyeball of a cobalt outside the front door Just I I'll tell you what if you play like another game or something just look around find something you like I I promise it'll catch on a little bit. I have to go deal with the lizard and then I'll go You go to deal with uh Word and you can see even though he's outside of the gambling corner You can see the fairy fire on his hands are still Bright and prominent much as he as much as he tries to hide it as best he can It's still like visible like through clothing and stuff hands in the pockets Did you try to cheat? What's going on? I haven't cheated yet. I'm about to uh, there was something in the water That I was washing my hands. They have like tinkle fire or something. I don't know if my pee's magic I don't believe that. Okay. I take off my jacket and I hand it to you Look, I need you to play roulette and I need you to bet on black 15 Um, if this is gonna involve me Um cheating in a game of skin or a guy. I just I really don't I talked to lady luck in the bathroom. Um She said we we got this I'm so excited for you guys to get arrested within an hour of arriving in the city They weren't know if I'm outside. We've been doing some stuff together. I'm gonna be very clear about this I'm not going to cheat in a game of skill or sorry in a game of luck I'm not gonna be cheating you will just you will be betting with my jacket I will not facilitate you cheating labor labor get out here. Am I also being messaged? Yes, I'm hearing word. Yes I'm ignoring you I'm having no part in whatever's happening out there Why don't you come in with your fancy red hands and just bet the jacket in the first place That would be unsportsmanlike for some reason I like your word. Um, I'm not going to be involved in part of this uh endeavor So I'll give them at your jacket back and uh next time wash your hands more when you're peeing I guess less Well, I don't really understand the lie that you told me, but I'm gonna go back in to see what Layra's doing All right, and uh as he goes back in I just turn to my unseen servant go get some gold for me Oh the fake out All right, so the unseen servant uh any specific directions of how you want him to go get gold Uh, I I've seen like where the gold trade-offs are happening at the different tables Uh, can I make like a retroactive perception check or I'll just like stare through the door and see Like who's the least observant? Uh Person dealer like dealer. You may give me a perception check. Did that go through? Okay How do I you just click it and it shows up on roll 20. Oh normal roll or okay Okay, looking around you do see a prime target someone who seems to be like a newer employee Who's not really attuned to the whims of and nuances of working at a gambling place prime target found All right. Yeah, I wanted to kind of go behind the table and just grab like Probably not a noticeable amount of gold Like maybe five pieces or if they have any platinum or something and just like Slowly drag it low like across the floor like a rat or something Oh my god, I'm gonna need a sleight of hand for you because you are mimic Assuming mimicking the movements for your unseen servant to follow. Whoa. That's pretty good You sneak you pull out the coins that just kind of slide across this guy's like pant leg and just Rolling across the floor just being carried by your unseen servant And you can see aurelia is walking around as she is serving the different tables while lehra You know you and buck are just together making small talk and oh is buck back Yeah, this is happening while buck is going back and she notices buck coming back She's walking around and she stops right in front of the unseen servant She looks around And is checking she looks at the the newbie the the green employee who's a human She goes to say a few words to him and he just kind of seems a little bit sheepish And she's continued. She doesn't seem the unseen servant. Congratulations word. You gained 10 gold Whoa We've almost broke even on the bridge total. Yeah And buck you make it you make it back to lehra walk And you can see aurelia is uh kind of like looking at other tables But noting that you have come back. She wants to know if you know you need her again Um, I don't I don't want to take up the whole session like No, just if you had anything else I was I'm actually about to see if like that was all um because we can just say that you gamble there for a little bit And then go to fritz. Yeah, I would I would maybe I have one gold right now Maybe if I could get that up a little bit. That's what I would probably try and do Tell you what give me one d20 roll and We will see what happens 13 the luckiest number you can roll on a d20 And we'll say spending time gambling there and because of your gambling feature We'll say you gain 13 gold while gambling there. Nice All right And meanwhile while this is going on fritz you fly on over to the in the soft shores And heading inside you can see that it's a it's a pretty humble place Um, a little bit dirty a little bit dingy, but you know, you can tell that it's a mom and pop shop that uh Definitely serves good food and inside true as edmund said there's a copper dragonborn Rama who waves you in Nice nice to see you. Welcome to the soft shores. Hey, uh, can I reserve a A space for Wait, how many were there one two three four four people please Uh four of course. Yes, uh, that would be four gold pieces. Thank you each Uh, no just for the whole thing They already have reservations We already have reservations. They they like they like arranged if you tell them where the pilgrims will probably work Uh I'm not there. Why am I saying no, it's it's information. I would have known please let me know. I am I have a wonderful case of cannot Right. Yeah, Edmund Mentioned that he you know candela made reservations for you Oh, wait, um sorry birdbrain, uh Should have reservations actually for pilgrims Oh You're the pilgrims from satia. Oh, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have charged. Yeah. Yes, of course your rooms are ready Um, each Yes, uh lord candela has reserved about uh a week's worth in case you need that much but um I of course if you need longer, I can house you for longer if you like Oh, you're so sweet. Can I get a glass of whiskey? Yes, yes, you can may uh here. Let me go pour you some and uh, he goes behind the counter and he just pulls out some Some whiskey as you say pours it into a uh a mug and hands it to you Uh It is so nice for someone of note to come to my establishment It's not often I get a lot of business here, of course, but lord candela was so kind enough, but May I make a request of you and and the other pilgrims when they get here, of course It's just a small one, uh, if you could and then I'm like, okay now I can listen Ah business for my uh, my in has been slow So, uh, but you are pilgrims. You are very notable people and a lot of people seem to look up to you. Could I Please get a a small portrait of of you all together with with me, perhaps I can hang it outside and perhaps use it as a bit of advertising. I'll I'll even pay you for your time as well Well, I can't agree for everyone because they're not here, but I certainly will with you Even if it's just one that is that is wonderful news. Thank you. Well, we'll be back here soon. So Oh Why are you not with the other pilgrims by the way? I really wanted whiskey I'm not an alcoholic, I swear Just A little good whiskey clears any grugginess from a good old ship Yes, that is true How much for the whiskey, by the way? Oh, no, no, no on the house, of course You are a pilgrims you come to my establishment. It will definitely bring in more business. I could not ask you Slide into gold. I am making this man. I am paying whiskey is not a cheap thing. Uh-uh I'm slight and do gold He hesitantly takes it and puts it into his apron, but thank you so so much. You're too kind Um, you will be talking with uh, our dragon. Yes Cecilia the great Yes Ah, yes, um I have uh spoken with her before. Um, she is a bit much I'm sure it's not too much for me Perhaps not but I thought the same uh, but I just want to warn you that uh, she may be a bit much but she is kind of hard. I I know this for true You really care about her I do I do she comes in here every so often and A lot of the time she doesn't really show her boisterous nature as she often does outside. She just listens and I like talking to her but Uh, whenever she's not in here. She is Like I say much Oh, does she come here a lot? Uh, when she has the time she is so busy oftentimes always even sleeping at the coliseum Wow But sorry, I I did not mean to bring baggage onto you. You already have too much on your mind Uh, here I will leave you the bottle here. I have other things to attend to the bottle Yes, is that is that bad? I do not mean to be offensive. I am not from satia. I do not know what your culture is like No, no, you are now my best friend Oh, that happened very fast. I didn't realize it happened so fast. Oh very well. Uh, what You are Fritz Oh, well, it is nice to meet you fritz. Oh, I have a best friend now Nice to meet you rava best friend And so yeah, you guys spend your time gambling and or securing your rooms at the inn and learning a little bit about sissilia Uh, who is going where now? Like I assume you guys are meeting up somewhere. Yeah Well, I thought fritz was gonna come meet us at the The the gambling hall. Uh, I could come over it would maybe be considered drunk flying and that might be funny I'm on my way. Actually fritz. Are you downing the whole the whole bottle? I'm I've gone. I've gone halfway through it Halfway through give me a constitution check. Okay Oh As you are not someone who drinks alcohol all that often drinking that much all at once Uh, your fly your your flight is a little bit wobbly. We'll say yeah wobbly flight. I'm on my way Oh no, oh no Why is this flying so low? Oh a lot of turbulence in this city And I'm like hello wait are you guys in I forgot Uh, I'm standing outside with glowing hands waiting for that to go. Just the hands in the pockets. How long does that last? I'll say it lasts like five hours. So oh boy It's essentially like a magical five hour ban slash tattletale on you Yeah, it's like a brand. Yeah Yeah, you you see that word has you know, fairy fire glowy hands Uh, welcome back. Hello once um Yes Oh, no, wait, am I take it? Are you gonna show me your hands or do you want me to pour it down your throat? Oh, I'll show you want it like they're glowing like I think through the pants like Um But yeah, I'll take a few a few swings Good little plan. Oh wow Yeah, right. Uh, they're they're inside. I think turning money into A bag I don't know. Oh, yeah, are we actually going to try and gamble for the bag of holding? No, not without my magic Well, I can come in. I have an idea Oh, no, I'm gonna come in and I'm like To you I'm like I like point at you and I'm like friends and I'm running over Yep, you see and as you do run in aurelia notices a new face as well and she immediately takes an interest Even greener hello bird. Oh there she is Oh, and she she sees you and uh, she just kind of extends the hand Ah, hello, and you must be the final pilgrim Oh Come to have a little bit of fun at our establishment. Are you feeling all right? I am already having fun You're just making it better Oh Well, and would you like to play a few games my friend? I was never very good at math Oh, that's okay. It's all luck here No, it's not Luck is mad whatever I think I'm just watching with interest I think I haven't willingly gamble the less buck is put me back at the table again. I don't have money to gamble, but I have Uh fritz, I can I can spot you a couple of uh gold coins. Don't you oh fritz gold I do oh fritz gold. I can't pay back the whole thing. It's a whiskey or nothing a little bit I'm sorry. I'm playing out of it. I hope that's okay. I love this. This is very funny I like I like slam my fist in it and I'm like the whiskey or nothing. Are you playing it for it? She kind of narrows one eyeball. Um, we've got plenty of drink here Yes, but it's one I'll put down two can I put down like two gold pieces and just like kind of like give a relia like a just dude This is just what She takes it while eyeballing you fritz And uh, she puts her own two gold on the table as well And what will we be playing today? Buck, what are we playing? Oh, well, um, there's a roulette, uh, which I think would be a lot of fun You get to watch a ball go around a little uh looks just like my hammer here. Um, that'd be fun for you to do It's truly action packed But I do bore of this small game of chicken scratch I would like to make it more interesting. Do you have anything culturally insensitive? I only have my friendship and a bowl of whiskey Here I've got something I can offer. Um, can I put the uh, potion of healing the greater healing potion? Oh, I knew it was only a matter of time before we went into our our stash of actually important adventuring supplies How about it? I'm feeling I'm feeling good You know what fritz? I appreciate you taking the time to try and engage yourself in a new experience So I will put up this and I'll put the Uh potion of healing. Yes, I am engaging in a new experience Hmm Not being drunk the playing of the game Right Very well then How about a potion for a potion and she puts up one of her own potions that she pulls out of her pack And on it you can see that there is a fist Uh symbol kind of on the label. It is a potion of giant strength Ah, yeah the potion for cusco cusco's potion cusco's potion So it's too gold too gold and the potion too gold and your potions We make it slightly sweeter from an from an owl to a half owl, you know buddies Hmm, what do you propose? Fuck You know what I said I had no gold What about the someone said something about a bag if I put four of What more gold extra could we get the bag thrown in maybe? Hmm this bag is very important to me. Tell you what we'll play a little bit I'll get to see how you play and then we'll see about the bag You are new after all and playing at luck is like speaking a language. I want to see what your accent is Oh, I have many accents I could talk like you very well then All right, then let's go. Let us see All right, so roulette, uh, I have the roulette table up Do you are you going to bet on a color or a number? I like colors. What is a color? What colors are there? There there is red and there is black I like a darker beige is passed. I will go for red. Thank you Then I'll put mine on black and this is just going to be a coin flip then in that case so she drops a Uh metal orb onto the roulette table. It spins and spins and spins And I'm going to roll on one d2 on a one. It will be red on a two. It will be black. You are red, right Fritz Yes, all right on a one one is red. Come on one two is black It's yeah Bill Genners luck is but you see That it's rolling rolling rolling. It lands on the one or on the red And then it over to the black and buck you notice because of your gambler feet She cheated What does she do? I mean you can see that uh while she's like Moving around you can see her her gloves. She whisks her hand underneath the table into a spinning motion That pushes like you think that it's going to fall on the red But just at the last moment it tips over to the black And she goes oh a darn shame and she starts to reach for the potion and money Um, I will take my smaller. Do any of the others of us notice either what happened or how she did it I would say buck is the only one that notices is because of his gambler feet Um, I will take my uh, I have a smaller hammer in my uh inventory and I will like Pound it uh in between so like essentially placing it in between Uh her hand and where she's reaching for Oh, um, she stops Now I've been doing this for a little while So Believe me when I say I I don't want to Uh accuse anybody of being on fourth ride in a game of chance We I think you and I both know that fritz Won that game fair and square and is entitled To her winnings She stares you down for what seems like an eternity And she takes her other hand to tighten her glove And she tips her hat Well played bub And she leans back You have you can take your winnings I uh take I take the winnings and uh, I Um, so it's what is it it's four It's so we got I put down two golds so I get four back And then we and then I also get the uh Potion of giant strength two fritz. All right. Um, and then I'll take I'll take I'll take one. Um, I'll take one, uh, gold piece and I'll flick it towards, uh, aurelia. Oh Uh for your troubles And as a fellow servant of lady luck And I'll let her have that one She kind of narrows one eye. You can tell that she looks at you as if she has been Disrespected She has I think now might be a time where we should Head out of here. Oh, but you were doing so well This is a home home brew potion potion of giant strength what it does is This is a hill giant strength is it makes your strength 21 for For one for one hour awesome, um Leera it's I just think that We can probably find a more reputable establishment to do this Oh Well, I defer to your expertise Was my ax my impersonation of the map bad was trying to match accents Oh, no, it was it was really good. It was perfect. Perfect. Let's But let's uh, let's continue this party. I got a deck of cards. We can Finish this up at the uh at the end where Were you able to find where it is fritz? Yes um Might be hard to get back And why why would it be hard to get back so you I've been trying to fly in a straight line Uh I'm sure we can follow the roads. Yeah, it sounds like an idea It's like all for a shoulder in case you're a little wobbly I am a strong bird. I got this don't worry You guys are gonna head to the soft shores in then Yeah, I think that's the plan unless anyone else anything they wanted. Um, I think we're good We're good. All right. Yeah, you go towards the soft shores in you meet Rama as well Who sees you all there? And he is like taken aback. He almost drops Uh, kind of the plates that he's carrying as he's cleaning up some stuff. He's like, oh, oh Pilgrims, uh, you're here. Wow. Oh wow That's friend Hello pleasure to meet you. Yes. I am Rama. Uh, it's nice to meet you all Thank you. Uh once again for for coming to my uh paying uh coming here sleeping here Not not with me while sleeping in my place, but not my home, of course, but my my in It's interesting to see this from the outside You um Right and you have beds for us. Are you I'm confused. Do you want us to sleep in your bed? No, no, no Uh, I sorry fritz fritz. We trusted you to find a respectable This is a respectable establishment Buck you don't get to talk to my best friend like this No, best friend Best friend she scratches the back of his head. I'm sorry. Uh, your standards must be a lot higher since you have pilgrims I I will make sure the beds are as soft as possible. You have the best sleep I guarantee it is uh, you have your own rooms I have was just planning on going to make the beds today. I I I'm just cleaning them right now They are soaking in the soaps, uh, but yes, they will be dry by by tonight, of course I'm sure it'll be more than sufficient. Thank you for your hospitality. Thank you, of course. Yes, um And he kind of rubs his hands a little bit You can see he's got nerves all through his whole body. He's shaking. He's got the jitters This is common biologically speaking Uh, you can as you get close he kind of like hesitates a little bit like he kind of Kind of pulls himself away just ever so slightly. It's there Something wrong. Is it is all okay? I wanted to offer friend comfort Oh I I I guess that's okay. I Is this normal in satya? Have confidence. It's normal for friends. Have confidence. Have confidence Thank you She's very good at her job. I recommend you let her do her thing I give amazing hugs And you give him you give him a little pat on his back But thank you It is very nice. Uh uncle go sit down with my whiskey now While the bed sheets are soaking and and cleaning up, of course, uh If you could would you have perhaps maybe 30 minutes to spare? I always wanted Such accomplished people to come to my inn and I wanted to be immortalized so that I may show it off Maybe bring in some more customers, but mostly just for myself a piece of mind Would that be okay? That sounds absolutely. Yeah, yeah immortalized. Yes. Thank you so much I will send for the painter right now and you can see he whisks his hand. He does a little sending spell And uh, he says they'll be here soon I will leave you to it here. I uh here refreshments and he puts out a couple of bottles. You can see that it's um Some carbonated drinks some alcohol general stuff and some cracker as well This is very nice I forgot to make a note of it because I'm stupid. Um, or I did and I don't know where it is Wasn't there something I was supposed to deliver it and I to someone's was it family? Were they the dragonborn family south of us? Yeah, so not in nubiskay. Okay, you were gonna do it when we're wait Let me let me make sure I make a note of that now whilst I'm getting the information quickly Yes, you have a little wood carving of a small dragonborn like about the size of like you can hold it in your hand of a small white dragonborn as given by koriak to bring to his family in vicharally So we're just waiting for the artist show. Yes. So you guys are in there you You can have snacks. You can have whatever you need to do during downtime. Um Does this like a short rest? Oh, yes, if you you can while long rest is eight hours, um, right But you can you can't call it a day if you want Uh, or you could short rest if you so wish Uh, what does short rest replenish? I forgot short rest replenishes as many hit points as you're willing To spend your hit die, which right now you have four since you're level four. You can spend a four hit die Um, some spells depending on your subclass. I don't think you work out over any spells. Uh as a ranger No, but certain certain class features I get my wild shape and my swift stride shifting back. So I'm just gonna eat a couple crackers But yeah, if you want you can spend a short rest spending like a hit die You can just click a hit dice or Uh To recover hit points if you so wish I I was fully healed thanks to Mayer last time. I yeah only my temp hp took any hits last time. I got really lucky But yeah, uh, you guys can have a short rest and uh after a little while Rama's painter comes in with their big old canvas and he sets kind of a little table for you guys to sit at and Be painted and he mentions that it will also take about half an hour And is word on the table. I have to know Yes standing triumphantly perfect and uh Rama uh kind of sits off to the side away from you guys to give you enough space And the painter starts Sketching out and starts painting putting oil on it and while this is all going on Rama just uh Mentioned uh, you know, this is the best news that has happened to me in recent memory. So I I thank you so much for Allowing me to do this it's uh Been quite a rough few weeks for me recently and You coming here just seeing you even if you did not come to my in Seeing the pilgrims come to newbaskar. It's uh It is nice It brings some normalcy. I remember when I was a child seeing the pilgrims from a decade ago coming through newbaskar Uh, it was a sector behold. It was like heroes coming through our town to save the world and Seeing that the heroes are now here in my in Kind of helps me feel like I'm part of the story. You know Of course you are Has anything been wrong Or is it just a rough week? uh well I am still new to this owning a business thing this business was passed down From my father who passed a couple of years ago. I'm okay now. It's fine. I've moved on but Ah, I feel I am running into the ground People used to come here all the time. I would make friends with the neighbors and people of newbaskar They treated me like a little brother, but Now I don't know what to do It's almost as if I've run out of my use Maybe it's time I moved on Do you have a business competitor or something similar that could be drawing attention? Well, all of newbaskar is my competitor This is a place of tourism and People to come in and you need to provide the best service or some sort of a gimmick for people to want to go to you Me I uh, I've not run a business for many decades like my father did so I don't know what else I could be doing. I provide good food as best I can. I provide lotting But I don't know I don't have a gimmick Hmm, perhaps simply Being good at what you do I like to think I am good at what I do, but maybe that is not enough Maybe I'm not caught out to be an innkeeper Have you ever thought about what you would do if you do not do what you do other dreams? Not really I usually don't Yes, and I am in that same scenario, but I fear that I might have to do something else I just don't know what that might be Is there anything you want to do? Hmm Well, I did always want to go on a journey like the pilgrims, but I am I'm no combatant I don't know the first thing about swinging a sword I guess me having this job was more of a compromise really Well, there are many paths To travel the world Perhaps combat needs not be your strong suit Oh Really? Well, it certainly isn't mine Well, what do you do? Plants mostly Oh, like an herbology Sort of I suppose it's a matter of finding what you're good at And finding what you enjoy and hoping those are the same thing Oh, but what if I try one and things go horribly long? You still have tried I will keep this in mind Thank you You're welcome Rama will remember that Did I do something right? Did I do something wrong? They are a socially awkward one that weirdly gives really good advice Why do I keep talking to people? I'm so bad at it And after about half an hour the portrait is complete and you see that it's uh That in the portrait Rama has actually Scooted a little bit closer to you guys in the portrait as compared to when he started after a little bit What are you guys doing in the portrait by the way I assume word is posing heroically How awkwardly balanced was it like how much of a trial did it become after five minutes? A word word is fully committed like he's been kind of staying silent, but like Trying really hard not to change his face while listening to you guys I assume he's doing the like Napoleon like strong chin up like Yeah, one of his arms is definitely like over his head. Oh, yeah One leg up wonderful And after that's all done, uh, he Gives you his thanks and he mentions that he's going to go get the sheets already in the back And yeah, you guys have the rest of the day. Is there anything else you wish anything anywhere else? You wish to go there is another general markets and a uh blacksmith and uh, you know a church Now that we have a non-zero amount of money if there's anything we need We could potentially Rely on rations now That we're off the ship. I think this is an inn, right? This is an inn. Yeah, they think he was giving us food Is probably a thing we can do here. Well, that I just mean like because we're gonna be leaving this place after a while It's just something to keep in mind. I guess before we leave. Yes We don't need to stock up now We all had a bit and I and I wanted to say this before we Go to bed that I really appreciate you guys all coming with me to the gambling corner A little gift from lady luck to us has been some gold I say if we we go out and sample some cuisines of this fine town while Uh, because some of you have never been here before Interesting Yeah, I could eat my hands stop glowing. So that's that's nice I still can't believe that. Were they glowing like during the beginning of the portrait? Yeah, they would have faded out by the end like That's like repainted so they're not pink anymore. Yeah Awesome. Oh boy I think I might know some might be able to find us Whip us up some new Biscay grub. Let's let's let's let's head out. Let's Take advantage of the fact that we're traveling certainly Buck would you happen to be bringing them to to a place that you're familiar with? Oh, uh, that was not the plan, but I just maybe want to look Oh, man Can maybe I just maybe want to look or like Just no that is not the plan. I do not want to That's okay. We don't have it. You must be this level friend to unlock my tragic backstory I don't I don't know about taking him to I honestly didn't know whether or not you're going to put that in this Assuming we're you mean you're giving me back story and expect me not I know I don't know. I just I don't know Maybe maybe not this maybe not right. I don't know. We'll see what happens. Maybe I would just like to Yeah, I would just like to walk by the food stuff and see what I see Okay, and then maybe make a decision. All right Yeah, you walk by you kind of bring them to the more like restauranty areas where there's you know eateries and stuff like that um It's got a lot of um unhealthy foods like the the fantasy equivalent of fast food very greasy lots of Meat and fries and a lot of pastries and stuff like that Very carnival food Right And a lot of them fairly cheap as well like just a few silver like at most Oh Well, that's good for us right now Yeah, uh, is there anything in particular you're looking for? Um, I I guess something like You know what joe? I I want to look and see is the uh, the place that we're talking about the Are we walking by that place at all? You know that that place is around this district? You can go there. So yeah, you can walk by it It's that that Surely he doesn't mean that I feel like I do want to like I guess maybe I'll like try to go on a route where I can walk by it And see if I if I see how it's doing Yeah, you walk by it and you can see that it's actually doing really well there's a few customers inside and you can see the person inside actually notices you and Oh Nice note and starts to walk out And you hear the jingling of the door open and you hear her speak up Buck buck is that you? Snaps to attention um It's clear that our word and layer what are word and layer and fritz doing Oh, I'm just I'm like sneering at you Like the face that I have in the art is the one that I have right now that I'm looking at you Buck back right you don't see me for several years and you don't even want to come say hi Oh Dillindra, I'll like turn around and see and And you see that there is a tiefling woman from the bakery who comes out And gives a warm smile and you can see that she is just decorated with pastry Frostings and breads and just a lot of stuff and she just puts both hands on her hips Tilts her head to the side gives you a smile buck and she just speaks up. Well, it's nice to meet you Nice to see you rather I tilting her and I like kind of like you take one hand one like long arm and scratch my head I really I really meant to ratch you and tell you that we were um that I was going to be in town Um, because it's been a while since I've been back, but It's you look great. It's it's great. It's great to see you again And I'll Would you like to introduce us to your friend? Oh, uh, yeah, who is this? I'll uh walk forward Can I give her like our I've assumed we're cordial enough where I can give her a hug Is that awesome? I don't know that's a gamble my friend I think I I think I think with her I can you go up to her and she actually hugs you first And she goes and grabs you around the way she's quite Shorter than you quite a bit shorter and she wraps around the waist and she's just like well, I'm just glad that you're doing okay Um to linger this these are um, I don't know if you had heard I don't know if we're got here, but I'm uh I'm a pilgrim for words. Definitely here. He nearly got arrested this morning I don't I'm a pilgrim now for the uh, uh the quest for the the great tree Ah, you're the pilgrims of satia. That's quite an upgrade to what you were before Right, right. Um, and this is uh farma Right. This is fritz, uh and word and layra. Nice to meet you all Me and buck. We got a little bit of history. We go back a little bit, but uh, I guess I just wasn't really right for him Isn't that right Right. This is my um, this is my ex-wife Oh, oh Well, it's lovely to meet you Yeah, there's there's a lot of gravity here right now. It's very interesting After you left things started to really look up for me Perfect, I mean things have been looking up for me too after I left I mean I've been I've been doing pretty good. This is considered. I mean like I said, I'm a uh, I'm a I'm a pilgrim now, so I'm doing pretty good. I could see the the bakery is Uh doing really really well. I have a vitally important question Can I tell if there are any kids in that building? You do not see any kids You do see that there is another older tiefling that resembles, uh, talandra a lot Talindra a lot. It seems to be very older. You can probably guess that it's probably her mother Okay, cool. I'm just filing things away in my head. You know, one piece of advice you gave me buck actually did pay off You told me to take a chance and so I did and here I am making catering for the dragon Oh really? Um, well, I've it's really good to To see you didn't see you're doing so well Can we we're looking for something to eat if we could if you wouldn't mind us stepping in for Just a little bit. Oh, sure. I'm happy to show these folk Here you're all new to town, right? I know all the best spots And she gives you a little bit of a tour throughout the place shows you kind of the more hidden mom and pop places that are around Um, she spends more time talking to you all rather than buck like deliberately And oh, baby, she's very friendly to you. She provides, you know, some some stories about Um, the town, you know, where she's been, uh, she's traveled a little bit herself But mostly kind of holed up here And keeping details about her and buck fairly light Probably good She mentions that her shop was a lot more humble when she was together with buck and she was trying to kind of Uh, as she puts it balance things And yes, she she shows like a few fancy restaurants, but uh, yeah So tell me that's my story. What about y'all? What are y'all getting out of this whole pilgrimage thing? I never quite understood how it all works Well, it's fame glory and superiority Over everyone. It's a vitally important role to play in the renewal of elinthe as a whole Yeah, that too Good whiskey Well, sometimes the best things in life are the smaller things. It's always nice to find someone who agrees with that I'm not very good at reading the room, but I'm gonna hand the rest of the bottle to them. I'm handing the rest of the bottle to them I'm like, you need this more than me She takes it and she kind of like, uh, nods her head a little bit lifting the bottle and takes a swig like it's nothing No, this is my type of person What was that little man? What buck leave? Yeah, uh, we don't really need to get into These are your new friends. I would assume that you shared some secrets with them. Yeah Oh, we've been friends a long time. I'm surprised. He hasn't shared it with you No, not exactly true. I just The issue is uh, you know, it's such a long story. You and me. I got plenty of time Yeah, plenty of time, huh? Well, maybe we just keep it You just keep it as short and you don't have to go into too many details Fuck my friend my good my good old friend buddy pal. I I didn't ask you Me it's my prerogative to share or not, but you can stay out of this if you want you seem to like to stay out of things Fuck the buck is just The word does like a little snap. I think I think what you could tell from buck is that he um He's like embarrassed like he's embarrassed. Uh, by uh, um By the situation by the situation in general. Yeah, listen, I tease buck. I don't hold anything against you Really, it is quite silly. I'm honest when I say I hold no ill will against you I just like to poke a little bit out of your gamble all your money away I don't know if I have too many insecurities But Didn't seem like you barely talking. Oh, yeah, just like how you seem to take it really well whenever I beat you in poker I don't know that that happened too many times. I can't really seem to remember She looks down at work You see hun me and buck we hit it off pretty well But he had other priorities as he liked to put it and well, I wanted to settle down and he had other plans I don't hold it against him buck. He's got plenty of other plans. Your plans led you to settle down in a farm. What's up? You I just he looks at buck He was like your plans led you to settle in a different town in a farm It was a long time ago that Tillinger and I were together and I was a much younger man. She a much younger woman and I had to Not not like that. I mean She was so young I was younger. I wonder what that means No, that's not what I meant. I didn't mean to say it like that. I mean just we were younger. We were younger we were I mean I think we I was just we were just kids and I I had to I wanted to go out last hot check kids don't seem to get married Okay, I'm gonna cast a message on buck and I'm just gonna relay. Yeah, there's probably fewer pastries back then, huh? You're right. You're right. We we were adults we may I mean I just say kids because it just feels like So long ago and I She puts she goes up to you and puts one hand on your arm buck But it's okay. It's in the past I just hope Tillindra I just hope for your own sake that you figure it out what it is you want We don't need another situation like us You know that I've been trying to I'm still trying to figure it out now, but uh I I got more time to to do that, but I'll figure it out eventually. This is all sort of been a part of it and these fine folk and I are gonna go out and I think maybe You know work towards that a little bit more so Can I give you a piece of advice buck as someone who deeply cares about you and still thinks of you as a friend? Sure You better figure it out fast before you rope somebody else into your shenanigans No one else should have to pay for what you do and I say that because I care Especially these as you say fine folk You understand me I always have It's been quite a few years and I like to believe that you're a better man than you were Please Fulfill that trust I'll do my best being a pilgrim is a good first step Well, um, so she claps her hands who wants doughnuts What's a doughnut? Oh, you're in for something sweet my friend. Come on. I'll bring you back to the shop probably comes from like a Like a tree and your mother's in there, right? Uh, I'll stick I'll stay outside And she brings you back to her shop Nana bring them some doughnuts And uh, yep you guys get uh a You have some delicious pastries. If not doughnuts of your choice There's some cakes and stuff She lets you have like at least like one serving of something on the house Anything else is going to cost you like a silver to get And uh, these pastries are incredibly delicious and everyone who eats one can roll me a d4 I'm absolutely eating one Slash, so what kind of tree does this doughnut come from? Two two All right, these pastries are so incredibly delicious and imbued with magic that you gain temporary hit points equal to what you roll Oh, heck. Yeah These are gonna last for until we sleep incredibly popular with the gladiators Um, do you have anything really really sweet like small like I can carry you down I can get you an eclair if you'd like how much Oh just one silver for you darling Yes, she wraps it into some like packing paper Um, and puts it in a fancy little box with a cute elinthian sigil on on on it Oh, thank you. I don't think she would be that nice about if she knew who I was giving it to Oh Well, this is quite a lovely shop. Uh, thank you. I really did mean it though that following bucks advice was a good thing I was very concerned about branching out and although it did take a lot of money to start Doing stuff for the coliseum. It was quite a leap of faith in the first few Years it was very very difficult on us, but it paid off and now we're doing really well. I'm thinking about expanding actually Oh Well, if you ever get into, uh, sachio, I mean They could definitely use it. We could definitely use a good bakery over there. Um, when this is all over, I'm sure Oh, absolutely. I hear they got some wonderful ingredients over there. Y'all got a farm, right? Many in fact and a dog inputs are really cheap Having homegrown ingredients is always good Well to linda and I I don't mean to I I mean this sincerely it was really really nice seeing you again and I'm really happy that you're Doing as successful, uh I'm doing as well as you are. I mean, it was nice to see you too. I didn't really mean that It was the right choice for you. I'm I'm confident in seeing that and I'm really happy for you and uh It's good to see you found your place in in this town the longer they take the more cupcakes I'm buying just anything to do other than eavesdrop on this And I do hope that you find what you're looking for buck I don't know what it is. You've always been lighting on the details, but I just worry if it's all worth it, you know all the trouble you go through To be wary, it doesn't hurt anybody else. Yeah, of course. Um, I'm I'm not out to break any more hearts or anything like that. So, uh, we'll uh Uh, I think it's oh, I'm so tired. I just get a long boat trip We fought a like a goop monster on the way in and oh, yes, that was today Oh my gosh. I got it. Yeah, you run into the plot Yes, oh my gosh. Well, I'm by by gods. I'm so happy that you're not hurt. I wouldn't have even guessed Here here do take some more of the donuts and she hands each of you an extra of the gladiator's donuts Oh heck yeah Add to inventory Snacky. Yeah, so in case you didn't couldn't tell a gladiator's donut you eat it you get a d4 of temporary hit points Oh incredible Let's see Custom item Whatever the case may be I won't keep you for long I hope this tour was fun and it was genuinely nice to catch up to you buck and I'm glad you're doing what you're doing now Yes I'll make sure to stop by here on the return journey I look forward to it Well, if anyone else has anything to say to my ex-wife, I'm gonna head on out uh here No, that was that was it was a pleasure to meet you Pleasure to meet you too On the way out I want to like I'm like I know it's kind of awkward to talk so I I grabbed you this and I slide you the eclair Oh Thanks, it's it's not it's not too awkward to talk. It's just been a long time and there's I think it's maybe there's just maybe a Lot more to say that I don't know how I guess in that sense. It is difficult to talk. Let's go back to the Hopefully a sweet thing leaves A better taste in your mouth and leaves it on a better note Oh To be to be frank with you fritz. I've never really had to Worry with to lindra. She's always been Sweet as the donuts and the eclairs that she sells Makes me a part of the reason I think I feel so bad about it. You always did like sweet things All right, I'm blushing shut up Here's the here's the some of the gold that I owe you and I give you 10 10 gold I borrow that from you. How to end this conversation Take my money. Take my money I was like I did I still owe you five more. Oh, baby. It's it's okay. It's literally fritz would not remember and i'm so glad I don't have to either That's okay. I remember for you. All right, so you're going back to the inn then Yeah, let's do it. Yeah, go back to the inn and You have your rooms all readied up. Thanks to rama who has fluffed them up. They're fluffy and soft fitted sheets How do I erase that? Uh, you gotta select it with the select tool and delete I get Okay, nobody saw anything Nobody saw anything rama shows you two rooms gives you keys And you guys have the rest of the night to yourselves Whoo We've done is there anything anyone wishes to do before they call it a night I wish to pester rama and try to give them a temporary tattoo Oh You pester rama and uh, he is just setting up for the next day. Oh, yes, miss fritz Rama, have you ever thought of having a tattoo? Oh, yes, I always wanted to get one of my dad's name, uh, except in a cool font, you know, like with flames and stuff It's not permanent, but I have some lettering here and I'd like to spoil it out What you want Yes, let me and he picks out some letters. Please tell me his dad's name is short On your back, right I was thinking on my arm, but my back is definitely more heroic. Yes I'm like trying to look around for like a wet dishcloth or something. I'm like, can I use this? Good Well, yes, of course use whatever you need and I'm like, I like put it on that back Is it gonna work on scales? Yeah Uh Yes Because I said it does because it's a fancy world Yeah, yeah, of course it would be their magic tattoos And you you spell it out as he describes each letter he says f l e a n o fliano And then whenever you're finished, he just kind of like flexes his arms up kind of looking at his back And uh, he props up one of the silver plates to use as a mirror and he just like Yes Now he will always be with me for a little while Yeah Always for a little while The temporary tattoos and be like here put them on as much as you can until you have the courage to get it done He takes the sheet and tears start to roll down his eye Oh Oh, thank you miss fritz. I I will treasure this and use it Whenever I need to sparingly. I want to keep hold on to this for as long as I can use it when you lose courage Thank you I'm okay. I've done my good. You already have an inspiration but take another one You have two inspirations now. I don't know where to mark it down. Just I don't know somewhere you have two inspirations to spend I'll put it in my notes Yeah All right, and anybody else doing anything else throughout the night I'm collecting your babies Uh I think I'm good. Leira. Do you have a casting focus of any kind? Uh, I have a druidic focus. Yes. Um, what is it? It it's like a little um mistletoe Like living sprig that I have kind of woven as a bracelet Uh, the mistletoe starts to like Move its kind of leaves and flowers as if like one of those sped up videos of flowers blooming for the sun Indicating that shamaya is trying to communicate with you Oh Is there anything I have to do to make that happen? I said we've done this before Then I'll sit and meditate you sit and meditate and out from the floor A kind of smoky incense similar to the one from the tent appears in the form of shamaya And let me find her There she is she was in the archive section And she appears before you Speaking through the incense as you see her image form through the smoke Hello child. I wanted to check up on you. This is the first time you've been away from home in quite a long time And quite far at that point. I wanted to see how you were doing Hello things have gone Fairly smoothly so far. I believe it can be difficult to judge We were attacked by the blot on the ship, but we successfully repelled them. So I'm considering that fairly smooth all things considered Yes, the blot Correct me. Uh, did you tell her the nature of the blot that you've learned from the weatherwitch? Oh, uh I I actually don't think I've yet explained that we know it has some sort of necromantic link to the The like the it's like the jewelry artifacts of the old ancient civilization. Um That's a good point. Uh, I didn't bring it up because I was so focused on bypassing the gage last time to Drop the hint about the weatherwitch that I kind of forgot to mention the important stuff. Um, but thanks for reminding me I can actually, uh, communicate that now that um We have, uh Learned something of its nature though. I'm not entirely sure How to pursue it just yet there appears to be some connection between the blot and the relics of An ancient civilization whose ruins are spread throughout the wilderness. We haven't yet encountered them, but I was hoping we could pursue further investigation if we pass any of the ruins on our journeys Ah, yes, the ruins of the old world There would be a very good place to look if we had to learn any more of the blot and From your accounting of this weatherwitch that you mentioned I have studied a little bit more Of the nature of her summoning the blot. It's very intriguing As for your little encounter, I must apologize But it will take me a little bit more time before I can lift her restraints on you whatever they may be I'm trying my best child But I do hope that you can be a little bit more patient with me Everything is fine I think that's about all I can say on that subject. Like I can't even acknowledge what she just said I understand that you cannot speak on it, but that is why you are my best pupil. You're very clever Okay, thank you Nothing else to report then Buck has had some personal drama, but I believe that is to be expected Um and word has successfully not gotten arrested today. So I am a miracle worker just through the wall muffled I suspect there is an intelligence at the heart of the blot and that alarms me when we were attacked One was unlike the others and it targeted me specifically Hmm. You are the one with the dragon heart. Are you not? Yes, I haven't let it leave my person since we acquired it. This is the first case that we've seen a blot Attack with prejudice usually they simply act on instincts going for whoever's closest That does bring up questions Yes Thank you child. I'll put this into my research. See what I can find Happy to help She squints her eyes a little bit as if she's almost trying to peer into you You remind me of I never mind You have a good night's rest child Uh, yes, you as well And the incense dissipates as her form goes away. All right. Well Nice that that's well in hand. I think Now I'm gonna go to sleep Get my spell slots back Now that you have something to keep you up at night. Yeah Well, I mean, honestly It's it's nice to know that shimaya is like up to speed on what's going on with the blot and potentially working on it That makes me feel better about the whole situation Yes right, but uh Yeah, if that's the night then you all rest up you get a long rest your All your class features are brought back to full your hit points are brought back to full your spell slots everything everything is back up And the next morning comes A bright beautiful day in nuba sky Oh glorious And i'm guessing that uh, you guys will be heading actually, where are you heading now? What's the plan? What's the plan for today? You want to call the person? Oh, yes, uh, what do we have to say to him I don't know you talk just see if we can figure out because we I think at this point we should Hold on does everyone feel ready to go and meet the dragon I see no reason to delay I think so definitely before we leave we should go do some stuff in that their uh coliseum I think it would certainly be who of us to introduce ourselves to the dragon Perhaps it would even be disrespectful not to on our first full day in the city Right, absolutely. I'm just saying like later we we shouldn't leave without that of course Uh, I guess I can pull out the sending stone and uh call The the knight in shining armor But like what do I mean? Do we need him to like liaise on with the dragon or are we just like letting him know? That is a good question. I'm entirely sure what like what role he fills in our He could just be just I think he offered to show us the way to the I mean he could show us the way to the dragon or I mean it couldn't hurt to just give him a call and just ask if he could help us Get to the dragon. I mean, okay, uh, I'll pull out the sending stone. All right, uh And I will use the one charge it has per day. Uh, I guess Uh, it's got infinite charges in a day. It just can only be used in the sky Oh, okay. Cool. Well, I had to add it from just the inventory. So it's a bit generic. Okay. Um, uh, and I will say, um Sir gold bark good morning. It's the pilgrims from Anyway, we were hoping to See the dragon today and we thought it would be best to liaise on with you about this I hope we haven't woken you up Talked soon And you get a message back from uh, oh my god gold bark. He says Left on red. He says Good morning I am currently waiting on a meeting with the lord You can head to the coliseum the dragon is likely there I don't wait. I can respond. I because he said infinite charges. Yep All right Thank you That's it. Let's go Okay How did go did did he respond? Yes, uh, we can't hear him through the stone. Oh, yeah, it's my apologies. Can you? Yeah, you can It's like a like on speaker. Oh, okay. Yeah, just push the little button. It glows a little brighter Shall we all right there all my interests have been met. Yes All right. Well, so you start to head your way to the coliseum And uh, there's a crowd outside having a fun time having drinks singing songs It appears as though whatever event that's happened inside seems to be over by the time you get there As it takes you like about an hour or so to reach. Is there a banana and pajamas right there? What are you talking about? That's just It's me Head to the coliseum the crowd outside seems to have completed been celebrating some kind of event that has happened and checking closer To the crowd you can see that kind of in the center of it all There's sort of a larger figure and checking closer. You see the undefeated champion herself Cecilia the great dragon of nuba sky Here comes the art Oh big hysterious energy Yeah And she seems to be taking in her most recent victory and is lounging about her adoring fans Kind of like flexing and posing and just signing some autographs and stuff Well, I wouldn't want to interrupt her She's not doing anything she's done I can interrupt her. Oh, no You're very good at that go get him Go Yeah, go go interrupt Go word use word You said she's just like signing autographs kind of making jokes kind of being a celebrity Okay I'll walk up to her Like kind of offhandedly waving to people as if I also just Yes, they don't seem to take any note of you Well, just below the island you are Cecilia We have been looking for you me and my friends over there mainly the big one We are the champions of olimpi Oh, yes, here you go little one and she signs like a sheet of paper and hands it to you Guys I got the heart Really? Is that easy pretty easy? I mean that was incredibly easy Uh excellent work word. I'm gonna walk in Let's get out of here. Let's go next town, baby So you walk into the crowd though I'm going into the crowd. Yes. It's actually kind of refreshing that everyone's looking at somebody else Yeah, you walk into the crowd It takes quite a bit of pushing around to try and nudge your way and and she is just continuing to make jokes and stuff And yeah, what do you do? Maybe maybe I can scalp that significantly. Oh boy free gold I'm going to uh If assuming I get to like I guess the front of the line or whatever Um, I'm going to bow a little bit Um, I'm sorry for the interruption. This seemed the quickest way to reach you We are the pilgrims from sasha. She interrupts you before you even finish your sentence She notices you like come and bow and she's like, oh someone with some respect. Oh, thank you What can I do for you autograph painting portrait? I can show you the cannons if you like and she doesn't wait for an answer before she flexes her arms pointing to the sky Too late. They're already gone See that one's free and she winks at you Uh, I appreciate it Perhaps we could discuss the matter of your heart and she kind of like waves her hand. Yep. Yep. Yep. Cool. Cool. Good. Good Oh you over there and she starts to walk over to somebody else We're the pilgrims of sachia You're the dragon I don't think she understands. There's a slight difference She just kind of like signing some things. It doesn't seem like she's heard you She is really into the crowd right now Lyra, what did I say about inside voice when you first met me inside voice doesn't work You got to use the outside voice Remember the first time we met go for it Um Lyra Cecilia is a is like a performer like a like a gladiator. So Best if you're gonna call her out like that do do it proudly and and in front of all her fans Why am I doing this buck? Maybe you should be doing this I think I think we kind of voted when you were gone and fritz fritz and word and I kind of agreed. Maybe it was You do it. Yeah, I thought this was kind of you this is a conversation that happened Like nudge You got this We all have faith in you. We're we'll back you up if you we'll follow your lead you call her out In fact, I'll I'll stand right next. I'll stand next to you as well. Yeah, we'll yeah, we'll fritz. Let's put fritz fly on top This is my literal nightmare. I would like to Here I'll get I'll get I'll get her attention. No, there's no need I would like to step in front of celia and I'd like to step in front of celia and wild shape into a bear I'm just gonna stand there. All right, you wild shape into a bear the crowd kind of disperses a little bit Whoa, like in the gasp and Cecilia kind of like flexes her arms and like Notices and kind of cracks her neck a little bit. Oh a challenger. Are you? I'm not making any move to attack, but I would like to hold up For the first time I'm taking it out of my inventory. I didn't wild shape it away. Elias's heart She and then I'm gonna put it back. She looks at it. You want me to sign that? Uh, the the most disappointed look a bear can muster It goes back into the fur All right, you're just sending me a lot of mixed signals here I'm gonna turn back. I'm sending you exactly one signal We are the pilgrims of sachia and you are the leader of this city We need to talk And on top of that the big guy over there and I point at buck he wants to fight you Yes, also that is happening. Oh The pilgrims of sachia. Oh, I'm so sorry. I thought you were tourist My mistake, but hey, you're still free to admire if you like Yes, that's very impressive. I've been admiring this whole party Uh, can I lean over to all three of them and say guys just follow my lead on this And then I want to take out the big blind my hammer and I want to slam it on the ground, uh, is uh As forcefully as I can And I want to say, um Cecilia the great we're calling you out She notices. Oh Aria And she puffs her chest out nice and proud and the crowd just like And what are the terms of this challenge? I'm stepping as far back as I can go. This is a mess. I'm I want to stop later I don't what what if like we flip a coin and if it lands on heads, then you give us your heart Well, uh steel cage match She takes her fist and pounds it with her hand. Oh, that's what I'm talking about Mono e Quadro Ladders chairs all for the belts fritz name something get get it on this The world cup the final champion. What are the brother buzzwords? Um, just you're doing great. Just the other one The fire the ultimate goal the height Yes The future of of the planet a great performance this sunday Hangs in the balance layer add something come on tables More tables again She crosses her arms and tilts her head and kind of gives a little nod of approval And here I thought the pilgrims this year would have been a bunch of squares You all know how to have a bit of fun all right, then cage match tables chairs ladders The whole nine yards came to labyrinths And Nine more. Yeah, however. Well, you got a team. I get to bring my own team Don't worry. I won't be in dragon form because I won't need it I'm sorry. We're all participating in this You did say one on four didn't you? Did we I didn't say that at all Tag team Tag in and out. We we forgot to do tag team. I don't know what the rules are She she she like her eyes go wide actually that sounds interesting tag team. Let's do it Ah Yeah, boy what I got her attention layra. What would you want? I got her attention She was responding to me when you hit the hammer on the ground I know I was following your lead. You turn it. You turn it to a bear like you wanted to find her. I was just trying to I turned into a bear to be an eye level with her. I am small I'm sorry. I'm misunderstood, but we got her attention Fuck all the love in my heart. This city is a mixed bag Oh, come on. I've seen I've seen all kinds of fights and wrestling going on in the coliseum It's all fake. Anyway, it's just like a carefully crafted narrative told amongst multiple Uh, you know multiple adventurers fighters and stuff. They have narrative storylines that play out over multiple fights It's all it's all fake. It's we'll be fine. I'm sure of the audience I don't she uh, she pipes up. Oh, don't worry. I'll give you the heart whether you win or lose Oh, good. Oh, that's extremely generous in the match Oh god, that makes me more nervous actually. I'm just like beaming like yeah, we have to be a good entertainer Actually as far as I'm concerned all of my uh worries are now gone. Thank you for being so sporting about this A sport is all I'm about darlin Hmm Fine later this evening two hours Uh-huh, I'll see you inside pilgrims And she gives a wink and she starts to head off into the coliseum and the crowd around her cheers. I love you Cecilia Oh boy Surprisingly, yes We we got an in at the end there. So We know what to do. What's a what's a tag? I don't know like um, well We're gonna Only a certain amount of us are gonna be allowed in the ring fighting only a certain amount of them And then when you've had enough you tag your teammate out And they go in for you Okay So it's just two fights in a row Well, it's all one big fight, but you got to take down the other team Joe if i'm wrong about my understanding of the tag team, please feel free to step in You can tag people in at any point during a fight. I'm going wwe rules here Oh, no, this is kind of the vibe I was getting anyway And I don't know to be honest, I just said steel cage. I don't know where I don't really don't know What came over me to do that Me neither We're possessed by the spirit of the game I just something about this city is Seeping its way back in to me and I All right, so we got to do like a persona thing, right? I'll be word that the god king conqueror Uh, what are you guys gonna be? who Um, like character names We have to pick different names I don't think we have to do anything god king conqueror I will call myself feathers. I'm light as a feather and move super fast. That's not true No, I gotta go. I gotta go by the ground Oh, no, give me time to think about mine. Um, maybe you can help me out with the persona because I don't think I can think of anything right now Well, while you figure out your new personas for the wrestling match that's upcoming. I think that's a good place to call today's session Oh goody I want to see where We will fight the dragon of nuba sky Cecilia the great Next time steel cage match I'm gonna be I'm gonna be upfront and honest We're probably not going to do tag team because there's already enough waiting around and fair enough. Oh, thank god