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<Silence>. Hello everyone, and welcome to Playing Games with Strangers.

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I'm Josiah Crandall and I will be your DMM four tonight in our special

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Halloween one shot if I get everything

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edited in time for Halloween. Um, but that's the plan.

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Um, so tonight with us, we have Dave,

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but not really Dave. It, it's me, Dave, David Clements.

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Uh, we have squid. Hello. That's me, squid.

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And a special guest this evening. Ben.

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Hi, it's me, Ben, Ben Avery.

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Ben Ben. <Laugh>.

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Yes, that's right. Uh, we just have a small crew tonight and that's going to be a lot of fun as we play

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this thing that I am reasonably well versed in. Yes,

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that is going to work somewhat well. So we are.

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So prepared for this. Yes. I.

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Listen, I have a full character concept ready to go.

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Okay. Must be nice. So. Here we go. Um,

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I'm going to just go ahead and start us off unless there's anything else we need

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to hit before we get going here.

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Alright, I'm gonna go ahead and get us started. I.

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So all three of you just find yourself in the midst of a

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crowd of people. Um, they look mangled and worse for wear. Um, you're not really,

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the environment around you is kind of nondescript black darkness. Um,

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and so you're in just a big crowd amongst this big crowd.

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You three find yourself standing next to each other. Um,

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and up in front there's a man, um, he's wearing glasses. Uh,

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well put together a cloak. And he seems to be kind of directing, um,

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these people at, in this crowd, um, down kind of a,

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a hallway behind him. Um, so I'm just gonna start. You,

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you three are just kind of hanging out there in the middle of this crowd.

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Well, I say we should get started. Do we know each other?

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This is a good point of order. Yeah. Yeah. I, I was, I was about to say,

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are we like strangers that are standing next to each other, or?

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Uh, yeah. You're just, you, you just find yourself in this crowd of people.

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You're not quite sure where you're at. Um,

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but everyone around you kind of looks again worse for where, like, um,

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there's a guy right next to you who seems to be,

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is that an arrow through his head? Um, I'm.

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Lean down to this gnome uncomfortably close. Uh,

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I am kind of a Chantilly put together suit of armor that doesn't quite

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seem like it all goes together and is kind of rattling loosely.

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Like it might fall apart at any time. Uh,

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instead of, uh, like it has a full face helmet with a smiley face drawn on it.

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I do say. Good, sir. Do you happen to know where we are tonight?

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I seem to have misplaced myself.

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I seem to know as much as, you know. I.

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I am a short no mish creature. I'm no mish.

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'cause I'm a gnome and I am wearing a, a red pointy cap,

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and I'm very.

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Big fan of gardens. No, I'm very uncomfortable right now. She's too close to me. <laugh>.

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Well. But I stand my ground. I am Reginald MCT fiba iii,

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and I say we now know something we didn't know before.

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Okay. Uh, John, I want you to go ahead and roll,

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um, AD 12 for me for your, um, let's see.

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It literally just rolled off the 12 and onto a seven.

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I am so frustrated with that role. This would be perception. So it's a seven plus two. Um,

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so that's a nine, uh, which will be a success. Um,

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so you're standing in the crowd and you, um,

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kind of glance up. You, you see the, the guy at the front with the,

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with the glasses and the cloak and the well dressed. Um, and you see his, his,

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you can get a, he's wearing a big name tag and you can see it clearly from where you're at.

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And on it, it says, uh, Marvin, uh, human resourcer,

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uh, on it. <Laugh>. Human Resourcer.

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Yes. Human resourcer. That's correct. Interesting. Uh, real quick. Uh, so is there,

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is there like a crowd around this area? Oh, yeah, there's a crowd. You're, you're moving along though.

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You're kind of just going with the flow of the crowd and you've gotten, um,

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within I would say four or five, like body length, uh,

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between this, this guy standing up. Um,

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so you're towards the front of the crowd at this point, but yes, a huge, and,

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and again, all these people look worse for wear.

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Okay. Uh, I am just,

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I see the crowd and I'm just, I'm handing out whatever the d and d equivalent of business cards.

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Okay. And, and of course, I, my, my, my character is a human bard.

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Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>. He actually looks quite a bit like Clark Gable. Okay,

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perfect. And, uh, he's going through the crowd and handing these out,

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and he is like, hello. Yes, yes, yes. Uh,

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my name is Raz Raz Hanoi. Uh, yes. Take a card. Everybody.

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Everybody take one. Yes. Yes. How do you do? All right.

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<Laugh>. Uh, I will go to take a card and as I do,

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the gauntlet of my seat of Armour will fall off and a little hand will get out

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quickly to pull it back up. Oh, pardon me. Pardon? I'll take one of those.

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Hello? Yes. Raz Hanoi.

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I am here for all your entertainment needs. Uh.

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Sir Reginald, Mick Tavish, Finbar III is my name, sir.

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I like the cut of your jib. I don't know what that means, but thank you.

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Um, as you're handing out these business cards,

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most of the people don't seem to be, um, extremely, uh,

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receptive or like, you know, all there. They're just kind of almost, uh,

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zombie-like moving through this line. Um,

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not really talkative at all. This seems to be a very dead crowd.

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Does anybody have any idea what's going on here?

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And at that moment, um, you're kind of find yourself at the front of the line and, uh, Marvin,

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uh, finds himself looking down at you. Ah, oh,

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excuse me. Uh, excuse me. Uh, you three see my.

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Yes. Hello. Take a card. Oh, ah, thank you very much.

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Ra Hanoi at your service RAs.

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Hano. For all your entertainment purposes. You have quite the crowd here,

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and they seem very non-responsive. Should I play a jaunty little tune to cheer them up?

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Oh, well, uh, I don't, uh, as you see, uh, they're not very responsive.

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You are. Um, well, <laugh>, it's, uh, interesting to find you here. Sorry,

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I'm a little flustered. You're, uh. Of course it is. It's interesting to find me anywhere. That is literally my job.

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You say your name is Raz Hanoi. And he pulls out this big book,

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he thumps it down on a little desk in front of him and starts flipping through

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pages As he. Opens it, I reach out and I close it again. And please, sir, there's no reason.

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There's no reason to read when I'm around.

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I can entertain you quite more than the written word,

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as they are saying the printed word is dead.

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Well, uh, a funny, uh, you should, uh, mention, uh, dead, um,

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you, uh, you seem to be, uh, maybe a little, uh, misplaced. Uh,

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this is the, uh, gateway into the, uh, afterlife as a.

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Oh dear. Yes. And, uh, so let me just open up my book.

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'cause it didn't seem like Ra anno Yes. Right here. Uh,

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you, uh, weren't due for well, some time yet.

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I knew I shouldn't have gotten in that helicopter. Actually, have I been invited? Hello?

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Yes. And you, uh, let's see. You are, what was that again.

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Sir? Reginald McTavish Finbar iii. And this is Tina.

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And I will point at my tortoise. I'm just gonna call you Reggie. Is that okay, Reggie? Of course. It's okay.

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No, but if you are going to insist, I suppose you will.

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I do insist. Uh, well, let me just, uh, yeah. Uh, Reginald, uh,

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is that the third you said? Yes.

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Yes. Uh, yeah. You've got a little extra time on you too. Uh,

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let me see what's going on here.

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I've got too much time on my hands.

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This is my new known friend as well. Should he be here?

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Oh, any, any pulls down his glasses and he looks.

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I'm Herbert. Herbert, uh, Herbert. Herbert, the Herbert.

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The, the Herbert son of Oh, son of Don, son of Ster.

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I knew daughter. Of Don ii. Yes. I knew Don Well, uh, it.

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Was Don. The third is my father. Oh, Don. The th You don't say I've got a, a lovely game of, uh,

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of esi, uh, that we play with, with him. Uh, or you.

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He was very good at esi. Yes. He, uh.

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I never won against him. I've got you ever noticed that Don's always seemed to be the head of their

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families? No.

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That was a Mafiaa joke. People come on. Ah, I, I got it. I got, I.

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Don't dunno what that is. Um, anyway, uh, it looks like, and then, uh, another, um,

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a little gnome, another gnome, uh, runs up, um,

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with a sheet of paper and hands it to, uh.

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Oh, look, you have a friend. Do you know each other?

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We don't all know each other. Okay. <laugh>, actually, I, I think I might know this one. <laugh>.

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This is Jim. Uh, Jim, cousin Jim.

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Yeah. Hi. And, uh, Jim looks, Hey, um, he hands,

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hands the paper to, uh, to Herbert, or sorry, Marvin, and then, uh, goes off.

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Uh, yes. Uh, this is very unfortunate that it says, uh, all of you,

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uh, have kind of, uh, made it here, uh, accidentally.

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So let's see. Herbert, right? Yes.

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Herbert, you, you found yourself caught in a,

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a stampede here, and that, uh, that was not, uh, supposed to happen. Do you add,

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is anything coming back to you here? It didn't happen to be a large turtle, did it?

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Perhaps a wild pony?

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No. It was goats.

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Worry. Not Tina. It wasn't us.

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No. <laugh>. I mean, a stampede requires more than one anyway, so, ah.

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Yeah. Multiple passes by the same one.

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<Laugh>. I'd have to check a dictionary. I'm not sure about that, but, uh,

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I do know that I did. The last thing I remember seeing was, was some goats,

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and they were running my way.

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That, that, uh, that makes sense. I, that is very unfortunate. And then, uh,

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you, uh, fit, uh, oh, shoot. Sorry.

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Getting a. So Reginald mct Reginald, you bob the third, of.

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Course. Regina old. You, uh,

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let's see. Oh, uh, your shoe, uh, seems like you,

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uh, your shoe was untied. Uh, is that ringing a bell?

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I can see he left. One of the, uh, armor boots behind, and Oh, well, pardon me. Beef,

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I seem to be falling to pieces here. Yeah, the afterlife. Oh.

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Well, it, it's, it seems like that, uh, had to do, uh, with the,

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the current life too. Uh, you, you, uh, have trouble, uh,

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seems you tripped a little bit. Is that, uh, ringing any bells for you?

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No, I. Don't think I've gone on a trip recently except to here, so, perhaps.

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Right. Okay. Uh, and, uh, moving on. Let's see on here.

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Uh, teleportation gone wrong, it looks like for you, sir.

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That's preposterous. Nothing I do ever goes wrong.

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Are you sure? I mean, I'm looking at the, the page right here. Uh, this is,

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this is. All, perhaps you didn't catch my name. My name is,

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my name is Ra Hanoi. Yes. Ra.

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I am glorious, let.

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Me tell you. And not, not very good at teleportation evidence.

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I'm fantastic at teleportation, sir. I will not have you slander my good name.

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Right? Are you better at singing? I'm FI am best at all things.

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Well, anyway. Um, unfortunately, I, uh,

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can't, uh, just, uh, put you back where you belong. Uh,

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there's a lot of hoops to jump through, but, uh, but.

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You put us where we don't belong. I'll find my way.

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Um, I've got, uh, I've got a job opening here. And, uh, if, uh,

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let's see. Let me grab some more paperwork. Yes. Uh, if you'd like, uh,

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we could probably work something out, um, to get you back, uh,

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where you came from. Uh, it just, uh, would take a little, uh, um, well,

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uh, just a quick job from you, uh, from you all just to, uh, uh,

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collect the supplies, uh, that you'd need to get back.

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Is that, is that the It's, it's a, so we have a side business down here,

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<laugh>, uh, we, uh, we make dungeons, uh, if you're interested, there is a,

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a way out back into the living world. Uh, just, uh,

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you'll just have to go through one of our mini dungeons as, uh, testers. Uh,

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and we've got an opening right now for three, um, three,

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uh, individuals to test out one of our latest dungeons. Uh, well.

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Let's go then. The last time I took a test, I got a little bit frozen.

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Last time I took a test, I aced it because I am magnificent.

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So, what are the consequences if we don't do this? Well, I.

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Well, uh, you know, you could just stop, just grade.

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It on a curve. That's a good Herbert.

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Herbert have no fear. You are with Ra Hanoi and Ra Hanoi doesn't fail anything.

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Uh. Except teleporting. <laugh>.

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Diplomatically speaking. I just want to cover my bases. Yeah.

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No, that I, I completely, I,

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I understand you 100%.

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I am all about the paperwork and covering the bases, and he pets his book.

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Um, so well, you can't get more dead than you are right now.

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Uh, so that's a plus. Uh, you can either, uh, go ahead and,

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uh, pass on through to the afterlife. You can, uh,

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make it through the dungeon and, uh, get back. Or you can, uh,

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fail in the dungeon and be right back here. Uh, and then,

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then right on through. So, uh, well.

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That sounds good. 'cause Tina has a hair appointment next week,

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so I suppose we need to get back.

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Would you like some food? Tina. Tina doesn't speak 'cause she's a turtle.

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But Tina, eat your food. <Laugh>.

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Um, I'm just gonna go ahead and, uh, move you right along here, <laugh>.

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I've got a quite a line, uh, that is, is queuing up.

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We don't want to get a backlog. So, uh, right through that door. Um,

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you're going to be looking for four, uh, keys, basically that,

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uh, once you, um, collect all of those, you, uh, will just be able to,

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you'll find the right door, pop 'em in,

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and you'll be right back into the land of the living.

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I played a video game like this once. Uh, video games. Uh, where are you from?

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It's unclear at this moment. <laugh>. Well, uh, I'm sure that the, that, uh,

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you probably have played a video game then. Um,

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you just might wanna keep that on the, the, the dl. Uh,

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some of these other folks may not know what that is.

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Onward. I will mount Tina and we will be on our way.

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So he points towards a, a, a. A.

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Door, kind of off to the side. And you guys can go on through.

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Uh, on my way. I, I scribbled down a, just a quick note and hand it to, uh,

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my cousin to give to, uh, to Don iii. Oh, okay.

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Yeah, I'll pass this on. Thank you. Good seeing you again, Hubert.

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Hope not to see you very soon, but can't wait to see you again. Love ya. Yep.

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Bye. Little fist bump. Yeah. Touching. Truly touching.

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Um, so you guys walk through this door, and as soon as you go through,

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there's a bright light, and I need, uh,

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let's go ahead and have Reginald roll AD 12 for me.

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I would love to. That's a 10.

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That is a 10. Well, great. Um,

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this is gonna be great for you as soon as you walk in. Most things are, um,

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you walk into basic what looks like, you know,

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your standard dungeon cave,

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a couple torches going down into the distance, um,

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and right in front of you is a key just laying on the ground there.

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Ah, well, this is an easy task. I'll pick up the key.

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Okay. You pick up the key and you now have a key.

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You need three more to exit the dungeon.

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Wonderful. Real quick.

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I never knew dungeon delving with so easy.

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Yes. Is it, is it all th do all three of us need to get four keys?

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Or is it one? Each of us need to, you know, four 12.

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Is it like four for the group, or four for each person? All.

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For the group. Four for the group. Yep. Okay. Yep. Um, so, and then you pick up, you.

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The key. You're quite good at this sort of thing, Reggie. Thank you.

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Hubert, could you roll AD 12? D 12?

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Yep. Nine.

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Okay. Nine. As you guys walk forward, you come to,

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um, a, um, fork in kind of the cave here.

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I pick. It up. <Laugh>.

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No, we're looking for keys. <Laugh>. Um, the fork, um, is of the, uh, the plastic variety,

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uh, something that you're familiar with. The other two probably haven't seen,

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um, this sort of material before <laugh>.

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Interesting. I shall use this for my taco salad later. <laugh>.

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So, uh, which way are we going? Left, right,

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left, right. Whichever way you go. Go with confidence. That's how you get everywhere.

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Let's take the left hand path. I have heard good things about that.

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All right. So suddenly I feel like we should go right, but I will go left with you. <laugh>.

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<Laugh>. Alright. You take the left hand path, um,

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and you come to kind of a winding staircase that leads upwards,

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um, into darkness. And a sign on it says,

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why can't you trust these tricky stairs?

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This is the setup for the most terrible joke I've ever heard.

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But do you know the answer to the terrible joke.

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Or, well, if I, if I had to guess, I'd say the,

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the stairs are about to turn into a fun slide.

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Okay. <laugh>. I, I feel like that might not be the answer here.

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<laugh>. Well, are they liars? Because I wouldn't trust a liar.

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What does it say again? The, the sign says, why can't you trust these tricky stairs?

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And you can look around at the stairs all you want.

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Yeah. Can I make an investigation check? Sure.

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Or whatever the equivalent of that is. Yeah. So for that would just be, um, your, let's see.

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That would just be a knowhow, I think is what it would be.

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Just a straight knowhow. D 12.

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Yeah. Plus your knowhow.

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What do you know? Another seven. Okay.

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Plus knowhow is a zero. So it's a total of seven.

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Seven. Um, so let's see. That is, that is still a success.

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Um, so how are you checking out these stairs?

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Uh, I'm looking for anything mechanical that's gonna cause these stairs to flatten

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out and become a fun slide.

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Okay. Um, as you do so, um, you find,

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you don't see anything mechanical on these stairs.

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They seem like pretty straightforward stairs that are just going, you know,

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up and up and up. Of course I do. I'm never.

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Wrong. Is it because they'll always let you down?

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Uh, you don't, you don't, you're not getting any like,

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sense of recognition from any, anyone. You just, well, never. You hear crickets,

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um, whenever you sit, when.

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You, they have an infestation in you. Yeah.

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Um, but as you are, um, looking at the stairs, um, John, you just,

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you're marveling at how they just keep going up, up and up and up.

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These stairs just seem to go on forever.

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I have a feeling that these stairs don't actually go anywhere.

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They're tricky. They're tricky. I'm gonna gently put my foot on the bottom step uhhuh.

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And nothing happens. And I'll gently take another step. <laugh>?

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Yeah. I'm on the second step. You're.

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On the second step. But they were, they were big steps for a little gnome.

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Big steps for a little guy. Yeah. Are there 12 of them?

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12 Steps? 12 Step program?

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Uh, no, there's not 12 steps. There's a, there's a lot of steps and they go on for a long ways. And this, uh, just,

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this is like the sign says, I mean, to pass on.

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I'm just, you, you need to figure out why these stairs,

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why you can't trust these tricky stairs. This is more of a riddle than an encounter. So.

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Did you take into the account the fact that we're all rather dumb?

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<Laugh>. <laugh>? You know what? I didn't, uh, <laugh>. Ah.

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I see where you've gone wrong. We, we could be, we could be here for a while.

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<Laugh>, we all die at these stairs. <Laugh>, <laugh>.

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I have a feeling that these stairs are up to something.

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And at that moment, the stairs, uh, collapse.

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And behind the stairs there's a door. Uh, you have solved the.

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Riddle. Look at that. Uh, once again, I am amazing ha.

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A door. Do you know how to open them?

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Is there a keyhole? Uh, there is a keyhole, but you, it, it, you don't feel like,

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um, this would be the proper place to put the key.

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I'll open. The door. Not put the key in a keyhole. What preposterousness is this?

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Alright, as you open the door, roll AD 12 for me.

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What if I just find another key? <laugh>? You might.

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Oh, probably not, but that's a five.

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Oh, A five, yeah. You walk into, let's see,

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is this. Okay? The door feature.

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And we are gonna go with a two. Perfect. That's,

25:17

you walk into what seems to be a tavern. Um,

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there's a bunch of rough and tumble characters around. Um,

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and it seems like you're, you're run of the mill, uh, tavern. There's a,

25:29

there's a music playing. And, uh, this might be a tavern you'd see on the seedier side of town.

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Music playing. I love music playing. I do it the best.

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Um, some of the patrons kind of look at you and give you a, a dirty look. Um,

25:47

they're not. I start to sing to them. There's a black greasy band stain on my headband

25:54

and a yellow streak running down my back brace.

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Uh, can you go ahead and roll? Let's see. Yeah. Charm.

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This is not gonna end well. Yeah. So that's a total of six.

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Okay. Six. Um, the people that you're singing it to,

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they do not look like they are enjoying this at all. But you see, um.

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Of course they are. You see someone kind of coming from the far side of the bar, uh, towards you.

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Um, and it is a, it is a mushroom laden goose. Uh, and it has, um,

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she's holding two big things of, of, of beer.

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And she's coming into towards you. And she says.

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Well, hello there. I, I am a fun goose,

26:43

and I just wanna party. I love your.

26:46

Attitude, Mr. She hands you under the.

26:48

Beers. I love your attitude. Here, take a card. Oh, uh, okay. Uh, I just love Gabes like this. What do we got?

26:56

She picks a card. <Laugh>.

27:00

And there you go. You won. Whoa. This is awesome. You, oh, and who are your friends? Here.

27:09

Let me guess The card that you picked, it says Raz Hanoi on it,

27:14

doesn't it? It does. How did you ah, is thi is is this like your little assistant?

27:20

Uh, yes. His name is Herbert. And this is my other assistant. Reginald. Hello.

27:25

They are here to support me. I am Sir Reginald McTavish. Augh ii.

27:31

You can call him Reginal. And. Wow, you guys, you are the best. You know what?

27:36

I wanna let you in on a little something. Does anyone want to lick a mushroom?

27:43

Come on. I know you do. I know you do. Sure.

27:46

Uh, can I see it first? I think you're looking at several of them.

27:51

Uh, yeah. So as you're looking at this goose, I mean, there is,

27:55

there's a couple mushrooms, like one, one on the top of the head,

28:00

couple down. Its back, a few on its wings. I mean, do.

28:03

I recognize any of these with my wilderness knowhow?

28:06

Ooh. Okay. Um, yeah, give me, let's see,

28:10

what is your wilderness knowhow? So that's a 13.

28:15

13. Yes. Uh, you know for sure that you don't wanna lick, um,

28:22

the blue mushroom, um, because it will, you, you've,

28:27

you've had experience with this. If you, um, lick the blue one, uh,

28:30

your hair would turn into noodles, um, <laugh>. And you don't want that.

28:36

So don't lick the blue mushroom. Raz. Go ahead and lick the blue mushroom.

28:41

<Laugh> well being as we're best friends. Herbert,

28:45

I trust you implicitly and.

28:47

I, I mean, you have no reason, no reason not to trust me. So, uh, I.

28:50

Lick the blue mushroom. Okay? As you lick the blue mushroom, you've get this weird sensation of,

28:58

of kind of, this. Is fantastic.

29:00

Wet, uh, kind of wet squishyness on top of your head as,

29:05

as your hair turns into noodles of.

29:08

Tea delight bowl. Spaghetti variety.

29:11

Fantastic. Who doesn't love noodles.

29:16

If. I may? Yes. What is the point of licking the mushrooms?

29:21

And then the fun goose looks at you with a serious look.

29:25

Well, it's fun. Fun.

29:28

My armor miles back at her <laugh>.

29:31

Do I recognize any of the other mushrooms? Go ahead and roll AD six and I'll tell you, um,

29:39

which, which mushroom you recognize. I rolled a four. A four. Um, you know,

29:44

if you lick, um, the one with, uh,

29:47

polka dots that you'll become ethereal for,

29:52

um, for a little bit. And in this case it'll be for the next two encounters.

29:57

Um, but it basically, you'd become ghost-like for,

30:01

for the next little bit. Well, you've convinced me. Yeah. I enjoy fun.

30:08

Roll AD six for me. A one.

30:15

<Laugh>. Perfect. Uh, all of a sudden you kind of shrink up.

30:21

Um, and now you transform into a co talking goldfish in a bowl for the next

30:27

two encounters. <laugh>. Fantastic.

30:30

So there's now a goldfish in a bowl on top of Tina. Um,

30:33

and you can still talk and stuff, but you are a goldfish.

30:38

What happened? I don't seem to notice a change. Well,

30:43

you're a goldfish. Oh, that's, that is the fun <laugh>.

30:48

I just want. I I'm sorry. And.

30:50

You got noodles. Mr. Mr. Fun, goose.

30:54

And Mrs. Mrs. I, I do apologize. I just.

30:58

Are you. Biased against our tortoise friend here?

31:03

That the tortoise shouldn't lick a mushroom?

31:08

Tina doesn't need mushrooms. How do you know we haven't offered her one?

31:14

Well, I suppose that's Tina's choice. <Laugh>.

31:18

I'm more interested in this cute little gnome guy. Come on. You wanna lick one?

31:23

I I I, I really feel like I don't want to, but.

31:28

Come. On. You could do it. What, what are, so what's left?

31:34

Uh, well, basically, let's see. There's polka.

31:37

Dots. Her. The Reginald and.

31:41

RAs one. Yeah. Yep. Um, so, you know, uh, there are, let's see,

31:45

there's three more left. Okay. Um,

31:52

and you know that most of those would be, um,

31:57

would be like, they not detrimental, um, to you. They're not like

32:03

poisonous. You're not exactly sure what they would do though.

32:07

Okay. Well, I, I'm gonna choose one of the three.

32:11

Okay. That. I, that I don't know. Okay. But that I've, I trust are,

32:16

are not as horrible as Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>, some of these other ones. Mm-Hmm.

32:18

<affirmative>. Um, okay. Just go ahead and roll AD six for me and I'll.

32:26

Three. Three. Yeah. Um, so you,

32:30

all of a sudden you just lift, um,

32:33

like a couple inches off the ground and start floating there. Um,

32:37

so you're just, you're just a few inches off the ground for the next two encounters, um,

32:44

floating there. It's kind of, it's kind of fun. Yeah.

32:49

Are you able to walk while you're floating? I mean,

32:51

you're not making ground contact. Don't, don't overthink it, man. <laugh>. Just, just roll with it.

32:58

You got noodles for hair. Let's have some fun here.

33:02

I am in an advantageous position to roll at the moment.

33:07

The, uh, the fun Go Goose looks at you guys.

33:09

You guys are just so great. Uh, but I've got some other people to get back to,

33:13

so, uh, thanks. So no looks for the tortoise then.

33:18

Oh. Nah. I just, you guys, you're.

33:22

So silly. No, it doesn't sound. Very fun to me. Without a, a tortoise involvement.

33:27

She walks off, um, towards the back of the crowd. Um, and then, um,

33:33

you see the door, uh, behind you open, swing open.

33:37

Um, again. I will turn around in my fishbowl to.

33:44

Look. I really kind of hoping to see a key at this point. <laugh>, that's,

33:49

that's just the door. Okay. I guess we're going through the door, guys.

33:52

Let's, lets go through the door. Uh, go ahead and roll. Uh,

33:55

Herbert roll AD uh, roll your D 12 for me here.

34:02

Uh, seven. Roll the seven. Okay. You see, um,

34:06

right above the door, um, hanging on a,

34:11

on a thread is a, is there's a key right above the door. Unfortunately,

34:15

it is a little out of your reach.

34:17

Yeah. <laugh>. Whereas you think you gotta reach, reach that key. There.

34:22

A key. You. See it, it's right there. This reminds me of a joke. I say as I reach in to grab the key. So.

34:28

It's, you know, it's, it's above the door. Um, how,

34:31

how tall do you think you're Raz? Oh, I don't know. Maybe five 10.

34:34

Okay. Um, I would say this is, what a.

34:37

Shame, I've been shrunk. Down. This is about, it's eight, eight feet. Um,

34:43

is where it's, where it's at, up there. Perhaps.

34:45

We could catton had it, if you know what I mean.

34:49

I. Don't, I mean, like, literally I'm five 10. If it was eight feet,

34:52

I could reach up and jump to grab. So yeah, go ahead and give.

34:56

Me a boost. Lift me up there. I could grab it.

34:59

All right. I on Tina as well. I'm, I'm going to grab Herbert and as I lift them up, I'm be like, you.

35:05

Lift me up so I can move the

35:11

mountains. Got.

35:14

It. Okay. Okay. You grab the key. Um,

35:20

John, do you, like, where do you let go of Herbert?

35:24

After I put him on the ground. Okay. You put him back on the ground two.

35:27

Inches above the ground. So you put him on the ground and he, he, he slowly floats back up. Uh.

35:33

That's incredible. Now it's fun. Now you have two keys. Um, and the door is wide open Before you.

35:41

If you would look, I can hold it in here. And the other key is floating around my <laugh>.

35:46

<Laugh>. Your, your fault. Yes. Yes it is. As you guys come into the, you walk out of the door, um, in front of you,

35:54

there is a room, um, uh,

35:59

with another locked door in front of you that reads left

36:06

and the door behind you closes and, um,

36:09

then kind of disappears into the, the rock faced. So you see one door,

36:14

um, that says left in front of you. Alright.

36:18

Look left. Um, okay.

36:24

You see is a, a faint shimmer.

36:29

Uh. What is the door shimmering or is. Uh, it's, it's, yeah, kind of, kind of right.

36:35

A around the general area of the door. You see a shimmer. Um,

36:38

it's more in front of it. Um, oh.

36:42

Onward Tina to the shimmer. As you look really close, you can kind of see the faint outline of, of, of,

36:48

of a form there. Um,

36:52

and then you see that all of a sudden it, it kind of materializes.

36:56

And there's this old, uh, ghost, um, in front of you.

37:01

Hey, well, I say. I am the king of the world.

37:06

Hello. I am Sir Reginald, big tavish.

37:10

God III is Tina.

37:12

I Neil your majesty. You wouldn't be the first king I performed in front of,

37:17

but here have a card. I would gladly take your card.

37:21

And it just falls right through his hand. <laugh>. I'll just leave that right there for safekeeping. I'm Herbert.

37:29

Herbert, it is a pleasure to meet you.

37:34

So. How's it going? Oh, I the best I've felt in years. In fact,

37:40

I could feel like I could run for ages and I could fly

37:45

and I mean, I am just so happy.

37:50

And you look phenomenal. I wanna roll fast friends with this guy.

37:56

Okay. Uh, let's see. What does fast friends do for you?

38:00

Plus charm once per session. Instantly become chummy with NPCs out of conflict.

38:05

Okay. Yeah. Uh, that's a total of 10.

38:11

Yeah. I think that will be a success. Um, so yep.

38:15

That should be a success. Say chum, we happen to be looking for some keys.

38:20

Would you happen to know whether it would be any by chance?

38:23

Would I be happen to know where there's keys?

38:25

Why There's keys everywhere. Look around you. So many keys.

38:31

I I reach into the fish tank and pull one out. One that's similar to this,

38:35

perhaps. Oh, yes, there's a key over there and a key over there. And a key over there.

38:40

And he's pointing all around the room. Uh.

38:44

Can you see the keys now? Are they in the room with you?

38:48

Oh, there's keys. There's, yes, there's keys in this room.

38:52

There's keys in all these rooms. I see. Oh, I don't see, I'm sorry.

39:01

<Laugh>. I would like to insight check him, whatever that is.

39:06

Okay. Yeah. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That's, that's a three.

39:10

A three. Um, yeah, you,

39:13

you pretty much believe what this guy is saying. Um,

39:18

and well. Thank you Powell. And I will go in the first direction that he pointed, just.

39:22

Okay. Yeah. He points. Unwaveringly. You can right through that door. It's the only door in this room, and it, uh,

39:30

it's the best door ever. I go through the door.

39:35

Uh, the door is locked. You wouldn't happen to have a key for this door, would you?

39:39

<Laugh>? Of course. I have a key. There's a key here. There's a key there.

39:44

I go to that first. This right here. I go to that first here that he points at. Yeah.

39:48

Um, it's, there's just a rock sitting in the middle of the room.

39:51

I pick up the rock and try to jam it in the keyhole.

39:54

It does not work. I, I think your key is broken, sir. I don't, uh.

39:59

Did you know I invented fire? I sure did. That was me.

40:04

That's pretty fantastic. Yep. So what I'm hearing is a little bit of maybe malarkey.

40:10

Where are you? But you calling me a liar.

40:14

I'm just a. And at that moment when you, uh, you, you, you look.

40:18

Right. Trust me, I'm a fine judgment of character. This man is 100% ao. Okay.

40:24

Um, you can see a door that says right in front of it,

40:30

um, this ghost is a really bad liar. I mean, you can see right through him.

40:35

Um, <laugh>. I will open the other door.

40:42

But he said this door has the key. Oh, well that's a shame.

40:48

Do you know how to pick a lock by chance? I.

40:50

Don't have hands. I know how to pick a lock. I have been picking locks for years. In fact,

40:55

my father was a lock pick. And his father before him and his father before him was.

41:00

Your father was a lock pick. Yep.

41:03

And. You're the king of the world. I am the king of the world.

41:06

Your majesty. Look at Raz. You're the only one tall enough to open this door right now.

41:12

<laugh>. You think maybe you could. This is the way to go.

41:17

Let's do the other one. Just, you know, just to see what's behind this other one.

41:21

Well being as we are best chums, I will try this one.

41:24

And I have this fabulous hair thanks to you, <laugh>.

41:27

And the noodles slap against your neck as you've, you flip them in the wind.

41:33

Uh, I will attempt to open the other door that Herbert is.

41:39

In front of, basically pointing towards, wait, the, the wrong door, the right,

41:43

the right or the right door. The right door, yes. The one.

41:45

That Herbert's telling me to open. Yeah. You open.

41:47

This is the right door. The left door is the one that's left, is wrong.

41:49

Yep. Uh, yeah. You open it up and, uh, there you can see more,

41:54

um, dungeon, uh, through it.

41:58

Wonderful. Is this the right way to go, sir? Your majesty.

42:02

There's, there's no, you don't see any keys in this room?

42:05

Tell ho I know there's the wrong way. Don't go through that door,

42:10

<laugh>. You see this is the wrong way.

42:14

But he's, he's lying. Guy's a liar.

42:18

Hey, I am not a liar. I'm gonna haunt you for the rest of your life. Ooh.

42:23

Let me, let me ask you, thi I'm. Not to worry 'cause you're a liar. You're not the rest of your.

42:28

Let me, let me ask him this. He will have to answer truthfully.

42:32

And no matter what, we'll get down to the root of the matter.

42:34

I'll look at Square. And like this guy, he's my best buddy.

42:37

I'm everybody's best buddy. Uh, you a majesty.

42:41

Yes. Are you not a liar?

42:49

Of course. Um, wait.

42:52

<Laugh>. I am most definitely a liar. I am not a liar. Uh,

42:59

um, I plead the faith. <laugh>.

43:03

<Laugh>. Uh, and then he just disappears in a.

43:07

Poof. Well, that answers that. I owe you an apology, Herbert.

43:13

I was in dubiously deceived

43:17

by that. Ian. You were deceived because you're you of your friendship.

43:24

And that's the best reason to be deceived. But it's also the worst reason to be deceived.

43:27

'cause that means you have a poor choice of friends. But, but.

43:29

You're my friend. Herbert. But you trusted because you were friends.

43:34

Would you like to join me in the next room.

43:36

As well? Reggie, you are being impatient.

43:39

Learn a lesson from Tina and keep you Yap shut.

43:42

Let's find the key. Okay, you guys walk into the next room. Uh, who hasn't rolled? Uh,

43:51

AD 12 for a little bit? I don't think, uh,

43:55

the second Fitz Herbert has rolled for a little bit. Have you?

44:00

Um, I mean, I rolled for that earlier key.

44:03

Okay. Uh, I.

44:06

Rolled the first one if you'd like me to go. Again. Okay. Go ahead and roll again for me.

44:12

Another five. Another five. Well, unfortunate for you guys, uh.

44:19

Way. To go square. I don't like the way you said that. My name is Reginald McTavish.

44:24

Finbar iii. Thank you. Oh, we have a method actor here.

44:33

I am about to get the fishbowl out, then get into character.

44:37

So two columns, um, in front of you rise from a pit of spikes.

44:42

One of them stands bright green, and there is a leafy goose holding a giant stock of asparagus,

44:49

like as spear the asparagus looks at you.

44:54

Um. That is quite the spear of asparagus you have there.

44:57

There are a lot of geese in this dun.

45:00

<Laugh>. You just happen to get both geese. Uh.

45:04

I'm convinced there are only geese in this dun.

45:07

<Laugh>. Wait a minute. That, that dastardly ghost in the previous room was not a goose,

45:13

but he was a ghost. So his goose was cooked. Well, he lied.

45:15

Maybe he might be right. He said he was a ghost, but he probably was a goose.

45:20

Oh, he was lying. And.

45:22

You just can't trust what he had to say. So maybe he was.

45:27

Hello. Fair goose. Hello.

45:30

And well, Matt. I am the spare goose.

45:35

If you want to travel deeper into the dungeon,

45:38

the best two outta three rounds wins for a game of

45:43

tine. Hmm. Do I have

45:49

anyone willing to compete? Me and Tina love to joust.

45:54

And he points his asparagus stock at you.

45:57

Ah, yes. You look like the perfect jousting competitor editor.

46:04

Um, and then it's a fish. And a bull <laugh>. You can't even to hold the spear. What's going on here?

46:09

He, he hand, he, he hands, um,

46:13

he puts like an another stock of asparagus right on in front of Tina,

46:17

and it just kind of like falls over.

46:20

Take a, your whipping. Let me assist you. I'm gonna put the, the, the asparagus into the bowl.

46:27

So it's just kind of laying out at an angle as you do.

46:31

How big is this? Asparagus? Uh, like a giant, you know, like a, a big, a big stock of a, like I.

46:37

Have some rope if you'd like to tie it down. Sorry. Sorry, Ben. I am used to Josiah's brand of shenanigans.

46:43

So I knew exactly where he, that this thing was gonna be big enough to do what I was doing.

46:47

Here. Yeah. It's like a geling stick, basically. A long asparagus. Um, um.

46:52

I act, actually that's a grid idea. Ac I tithe the asparagus to Tina so it's pointed directly forward.

46:59

Okay. With the, with the rope. And the, the asparagus, um, goes to the opposite side of the room. Um,

47:06

and then you're facing, facing each other, like you're about ready to, to joust.

47:11

Um. Now first we will,

47:15

we will test our strength.

47:19

Um, so you're gonna be rolling. Oh, I would. Love.

47:21

To, you're gonna be rolling for strength as you two charge, uh,

47:25

against each other here, <laugh>. Um, so D 12,

47:30

let's do it. Well, I have a move called feet of strength.

47:34

Okay. What? Once per session I can perform an act of heroic strength beyond a normal

47:39

adventurous capabilities. Yes. But he's a fish. He doesn't have any feet. Ben, beat.

47:44

Me to the joke. Dang it. I must roll mic for it,

47:49

but that's what I can do. Okay. Uh, yeah, let's, let's see what happens here. Um,

47:54

you'll roll your might I will roll mine. I'm going to give you, uh,

47:59

I'm just gonna give you advantage on this. I don't think I need it.

48:02

Okay, roll. 12. Um, you roll the 12 and he rolled an eight. Um.

48:10

I rolled two twelves with advantage. Wow. So you did quite well. The, the asparagus, um, comes charging at you.

48:18

Um, and even, and you.

48:22

Breakneck tortoise space. Yes. At a break. Neck tortoise space face. Um,

48:25

the two asparagus stocks meet and they shatter, um,

48:29

in a as aspa asparagus shocks. Do they just kinda, you know,

48:34

<laugh>. Um, and you, you notice, uh, um, that underneath the goose, uh,

48:39

he seems a little scared and it may have peed himself a little bit. Um,

48:43

and the smell, uh, it's not great, uh.

48:47

Because he is been eating asparagus. Because he's, uh, been eating asparagus. I.

48:50

See. He's an asparagus. He's as it does have that effect.

48:55

Well, best two out of three. I'll like to see you do that.

48:59

Again. Um, and he goes back around, around what.

49:03

Happens if we win? That's the. <Laugh>. You can pass if you win.

49:08

Could you just let us pass now and just give us the key?

49:12

No. Heavens no. So, okay. The, the ragus comes back around.

49:20

Again. Any points at you and you start riding off towards each other this time.

49:26

I would like you to roll, uh, for, um,

49:31

let's see. Dexterity.

49:34

You sure? Yep. Are you positive.

49:37

<Laugh>? Yes, I am. Oh, is that nimbleness? Yes. There's no dexterity.

49:45

So yes, that would be nimbleness for this one. Mm-Hmm. <affirmative>.

49:49

Are you sure? Yes. Nimbleness.

49:51

Long, right? Well, it's not great.

49:56

It's not great for the goose either. I, what's great for the goose is <laugh>.

50:00

Good. For me? For the Reginald, I suppose.

50:03

Um, so the goose got a two as it rolled at you.

50:08

Um. Well, I ruled a two, but I have negative one.

50:12

Well, so the goose, um, he's looking a little shaky. This.

50:15

It doesn't look dextrous, right. Don't. Um, but he, he hits, he hits, makes a solid hit on the bowl and you kind of

50:24

w wave back and forth and a little water, um, falls out of your um, right.

50:28

Wobble, but they don't fall over. Aha. It's one-to-one now again.

50:35

And alright. Right. Comes turns around and then he starts running at you again with, with the, can.

50:41

I yell while he do this in attempt to intimidate him?

50:44

Yes, you can. Uh, this one is gonna be cunning and I'm having you roll though.

50:49

What is cuing. Cunning? Um, I'm gonna call that one 'cause this is for anything. Um,

50:56

let's just, yeah, let's roll. Intimidation.

50:59

Darn right. This bear goose is not very intimidating. So, you know.

51:06

A six. Ooh. Um.

51:09

Hey, before you roll, Josiah. Yes, sir.

51:12

Uh, can I use, uh, fighting music? Okay. Yeah.

51:15

I think that might be appropriate for here. Yes. That would be great.

51:19

Um, because, uh, it, it, it count, it makes my,

51:24

uh, guitar as arranged instrument and it deals dread.

51:28

Okay. I don't know how to deal dread, but it deals dread and I think if it,

51:32

if we're going based off of intimidation, dread would be helpful.

51:35

Yeah. So I'm gonna go ahead. Um, let's see,

51:38

as he starts playing some fighting music to make this, this last <laugh>

51:46

sticks, and I'm just gonna have you add that to what squid got.

51:51

See if you can beat what I have here. So.

51:53

You're three. You're looking to beat a nine right now. What.

51:58

Meets a. Nine? That meets a nine. Um, so you guys kind of pass, um,

52:02

each other without either one of you hitting. Um, and you he turns around to go.

52:07

One more time. That. Didn't count. <Laugh>.

52:11

One moment while I confirm with my friends. I'll shout out. Swinging a miss.

52:16

Do we want this goose to live? Oh.

52:22

I feel, I see no reason to kill somebody when we ourselves are already dead.

52:27

Seems a little bit hypocritical. He might be dead too.

52:31

He might be. But we don't know. Excuse me. Miss Mr. Asparagus?

52:37

Yes. Yes. Uh, are you currently dead?

52:41

Uh, no. I am a.

52:47

Are you not a liar. <Laugh>? I am not a liar. I Hey, look, bud. Any,

52:54

any <laugh> <inaudible>. This is my day job.

52:59

Okay. If, if, if we lose this battle here, uh, just, just out of curiosity,

53:05

not that I'm a pessimist, but I'm a realist. And if we lose, what happens?

53:11

If we win, we get to pass. But if we lose.

53:14

Oh, well, if you lose it, I just, uh.

53:18

Any. Hold on a second. And he goes and grabs a book and he looks through.

53:22

It. <laugh>. Sorry, I'm manual. Yeah. Uh, this is my, my first day here.

53:27

Uh oh. Yes. Because we're testing the dungeons. Yeah.

53:30

Oh, right, right. They just added this section in. I was lucky to get it.

53:35

You are. You are. You're doing a fantastic job. I just want you to know that.

53:38

Oh, thank. You. Uh, well, if you lose, uh, we just have to, uh,

53:43

let's see if you'd lose, I get to ask another one of you to, uh,

53:47

uh, joust with me. Oh, fair enough. Okay. All.

53:52

Right. What happens if we all lose the joust?

53:56

Uh, then there's a giant pit that opens and you fall into the

54:02

hippopotamus. Uh. I see.

54:05

Yes. My friend. I might kill this goose.

54:09

<Laugh>. Please try not to. He is only doing it for,

54:12

he works hard for the money. And, and. Just please, uh, I, it's my first day. Hey.

54:22

Oh yes, of course. George, Tina <laugh>.

54:27

Yeah. Right, right. And. He, he, he, he runs back over to the other side, uh,

54:31

and then he starts running towards you. Um, and then just, let's just roll.

54:37

Just you're straight. Vim. Ooh.

54:40

I would like Tina to run this man over if I could.

54:44

<Laugh>. Okay. What'd your role for your. A four.

54:47

<Laugh>? Uh, no, unfortunately, um,

54:51

he rolled a six for that. Um, so.

54:55

All right, I'm gonna burn it. Um, I'm gonna roll. I would like to roll narrator.

54:59

I mean, I can't have Tina run him over. Okay. Yeah. Roll narrator.

55:03

Um, yeah, that's a total of four, so.

55:06

Oh, that is a failure with a plus. Uh, oh.

55:10

Dear. Is, is narrator similar to Nom Fable?

55:13

Uh, I think so. What does your narrator do? It's, uh.

55:17

Uh, once per session, I narrate a desired outcome of a specific action or situation,

55:22

beginning with the phrase, and then I just go ahead,

55:25

go ahead with a plus one for bonus for rhyming. But I don't, I I don't think a,

55:30

I don't think a five would fix this either. So.

55:34

Uh, a six would fix it, but a five.

55:36

Would. Yeah. So. Um, you can go ahead and narrate for me, <laugh>,

55:40

tell me what you want to happen. And then the goose was loose,

55:48

but Reggie let forth the juice and defeated said goose loose.

55:54

And we were set free to find a key, which was beyond the.

56:00

That's really pretty good. Uh,

56:05

so I like it <laugh>.

56:10

It's just too. The dice didn't, the. Dice didn't, is Josiah gonna do the rule of cool on this?

56:16

Um, as, um,

56:21

your rhyme, it's what happens here is,

56:27

um, what you said does not exactly take place, but,

56:32

um, the plus is what it manages to do is no longer

56:40

is Reginald a fish. All of a sudden, um,

56:44

Reginald pops back up to his full size,

56:49

um, in the suit of armor. Um, and it scares the asparagus as he's coming towards you.

56:56

Oh. My goodness. You're not a goldfish.

57:03

I'm not. My armor jingles all around. It almost falls apart.

57:08

I, as you can see, once again, I am fantastic at everything.

57:12

Perhaps not the intended outcome and yet.

57:17

Okay. I'm going to, um, you know what,

57:22

don't tell anyone, but we're gonna call this one a draw. Just stop,

57:26

just go on to the, to the next room.

57:33

And the key. <Laugh>.

57:35

Uh. Very key. Do you have a key for us?

57:38

Roll A, um, let's see.

57:42

Mr. Asparagus, I just want you to know I'm having a fantastic time in your dungeon.

57:46

Oh, oh, thank you very much. It's, it's not my dungeon, but, uh.

57:51

Well, you're doing a fabulous job. And this was quite, yes,

57:55

this was quite a rousing rump we've had in this room. If I, if I, if I,

57:59

if I had to say anything so far, your room has been my favorite.

58:04

Well, thank you very much. I'm gonna toss him. I'm gonna toss him a couple silver.

58:10

I'm like a tip because you have earned it.

58:13

Well, thank you. Um, Hubert, go ahead and roll. Just a, um, uh,

58:22

I guess I'm gonna call it Vim. Yeah. Charm. You have charm there. Um,

58:26

asking for that key. It's a plus zero,

58:31

so Yeah. It's a, it's a two. Um, he, he.

58:37

You nearly got. Him. Yeah. You nearly got him. Uh, but he, uh, now.

58:41

You old and I won't let anyone know that you didn't make it through.

58:45

But did you, did you have a key? Like did you, did you have one?

58:48

Do you actually have it? You don't have to give it to us right now, but.

58:52

Not in this room, I'll tell you that. Okay. You only there. There're only in,

58:56

uh, a few of them, so just.

59:00

It's been magnificent. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Come again. Anytime.

59:06

I probably won't. Next time I die, perhaps.

59:11

Indeed. Uh, and the door closes behind you. Um,

59:18

you guys need to roll another D 12 for me.

59:25

Seven. A seven. Um, nope.

59:29

No, nope, nope. I take it back. It looked like a seven. It's a one.

59:33

It's a one. Great. Um, yep.

59:37

Did you hear the one about the unpopular key?

59:41

No. Apparently it was a little dorky.

59:46

We need a regular dorky. Um, speaking of dorky <laugh> in front of you, um,

59:54

there's a, there's a man in tattered robes. Um,

59:58

and he comes running towards you and he says.

1:00:01

The way to progress forward is to

1:00:06

destroy the magic seal. And then he runs past you.

1:00:11

We have to kill a seal. Is it a baby harp seal by chance? I could use a new hat.

1:00:18

Well, as is, do you wanna keep going down this hallway?

1:00:21

Yes. Yes. As you do, you round the corner of this hallway and there's this giant door. Um,

1:00:27

and in front of this is, uh, a cute little baby seal playing with a ball.

1:00:32

Oh, good. A new hat. Perhaps if you make him laugh.

1:00:37

I have to destroy him. That's what the guy Let's talk do.

1:00:39

First. I'm leaving. Let's, he said break the seal.

1:00:43

Let's talk to the seal. Excuse me. Seal. Uh, but to quote Dolf Lundgren,

1:00:49

I'm to break you. Um, and the seal looks at you and it,

1:00:54

and it's bouncing this little ball on its nose and it hits it up and,

1:00:59

and it rolls towards you. I pick it up, I toss it back.

1:01:04

You toss the ball and, and the seal. Um, he gets a,

1:01:10

a happy look in his eyes and he grabs the ball and he hits it. Um,

1:01:14

back to you. I catch it.

1:01:17

I'm going to have us roll, uh,

1:01:24

D six back and forth here.

1:01:28

Alright. So, um,

1:01:31

let's see if you get a one or two,

1:01:35

you drop it. Okay. Good to know. That was a one <laugh>.

1:01:43

And it just, it rolls past, due to, um,

1:01:46

to Hubert's feet. Um,

1:01:50

the seal looks disappointed at you. Very disappointed.

1:01:53

I feel the full weight of that <laugh> <laugh>.

1:01:58

Look seal. Can you talk? Uh.

1:02:05

Okay. Well, that's not gonna work. So I, I'm just gonna chuck the ball back at,

1:02:09

this is a ball I can lift and throw. Right? Oh yeah. It's just like a,

1:02:11

like a inflatable type beach ball sort of thing. Situation. Yeah.

1:02:15

You throw it and, uh, chuck it back at him. Yeah, the seal catches it. Mm-Hmm.

1:02:18

<affirmative>. And then he, he chucks it back towards you. Uh,

1:02:21

go ahead and roll. AD six. <Laugh>, a two <laugh>.

1:02:26

Uh, it just flies right over your head. He definitely underestimated. Um.

1:02:32

Well, all right. Res, I want you to listen to me.

1:02:36

Is it time to make a hat? And I will point at RAs and go. You can do it.

1:02:41

Make a hat. No, <laugh>. Oh, throw the ball.

1:02:45

And I'm going to attempt to inspire him. I do.

1:02:51

You inspire him. You get plus two to a check. So now you can't roll a one or two.

1:02:56

Okay. That sounds like my kind of game.

1:03:00

<Laugh>, stack the odds in your favor.

1:03:03

May the odds ever be in my favor. I tossed the ball towards the seal.

1:03:08

It only works for the first roll though. He catches it. I'm very sorry.

1:03:11

And he throws it back to you and you catch it and you throw it back to him

1:03:16

and he catches it and he throws it back to you. This is a, this is, that's.

1:03:21

A five. Oh yeah. You catch it and, um, you throw it back to him, I assume. Mm-Hmm.

1:03:26

<affirmative>. And as you do, um, as he,

1:03:30

he catches it again, he disappears. Um, in a,

1:03:34

in a flurry of sparks. Um,

1:03:37

and a key drops in front of the door and the door swings wide open.

1:03:42

My hat. <Laugh>.

1:03:45

Key number three. Let's go guys.

1:03:49

Very well. Again, my pockets are really small.

1:03:54

I can't take the key when You can can take it.

1:03:56

Put it in my pocket. I put it in my pocket. You.

1:03:59

Can put it in your pocket. <laugh>. Indeed.

1:04:05

Alright. All right. Thoe. One more key to get out of this dungeon. Um,

1:04:13

you could win it right here with a good roll on AD 12.

1:04:17

Alright, Herbert, give it a go.

1:04:23

Two <laugh>. Well, it's not.

1:04:26

The worst. It's, it's not ranged it, but it's,

1:04:28

it's always that tinge of getting a low number. It just feels.

1:04:32

So low. Yeah. You guys walk into a room. Um, it is a, a brick room. Um,

1:04:39

and I need one of you guys hurt our face to roll. A perception.

1:04:44

A perception. Perception. Perception. Yeah. I think it's Now do you do.

1:04:48

That? I have a plus. One. Yeah. It's under Vim. So just 12.

1:04:52

Whoa, I see. I got a 10 total.

1:04:55

Okay. I got an eight. Yeah. Um, in the corner you see a sword leaning up against the, the,

1:05:03

the, the wall, um, in a stone room. Um, and, uh,

1:05:08

it's just, you know, an otherwise mundane bastard sword laying against the,

1:05:14

um, the stonewall. Not as good as my magnificent sword. And I'll draw my sword. Oh.

1:05:20

Uh, um, this, this, the question might sound.

1:05:24

Silly, uh, but are, are you my dad.

1:05:30

Now? I should think not. You're not my dad.

1:05:38

I won't answer that question. Did you kill my father?

1:05:47

I am, I am a, uh, I am a traveling entertainer.

1:05:51

Can you explain what your father looked like?

1:05:54

A traveling entertainer killed my father.

1:05:58

No. Then he probably, I've never killed anybody who didn't have it coming to them.

1:06:04

Um, the sword starts floating up in the air, um,

1:06:07

and he swings himself around. Um, at,

1:06:12

at u uh. I will attempt to intercept with my sword.

1:06:16

Okay, let's do that. Which is out.

1:06:18

Your sword is out. Penelope away.

1:06:21

I start playing fight music again. Okay.

1:06:31

I do have a move that is called Swan Protector, in which I have to roll,

1:06:35

intimidate. And if I get a six plus, it does re-address it towards me. Okay.

1:06:39

If you would like me to actually roll the move. For it. Yeah, you can roll that move. That'd be, that sounds cool.

1:06:43

Seeing is how That's a built-in mechanic in this case.

1:06:49

That is an eight plus two. Okay. So it does.

1:06:51

Indeed. It comes. So he was aiming for, um, for, uh,

1:06:56

the, the, what's your name again? Raz. Raz.

1:06:59

Raz. Annoy. Ano. He was heading towards Raz. Uh, but then you redirect the blow towards you,

1:07:06

um, and he will attack with, um,

1:07:10

what is your defense. Plus one.

1:07:14

So he rolled a three then,

1:07:18

which is a miss, the sword blazes right past you. Um, and it kicks up some,

1:07:23

uh, dust, uh, as a, like cares across the wall.

1:07:28

And some of this dust, um, from him slicing into the wall.

1:07:33

Fills the room. Well done. Penelope.

1:07:36

Um, so you guys will have a, a little bit of a disadvantage as you can't really see where he is at right now.

1:07:44

Um. Josiah? Yeah. I would like to roll Good news. Okay.

1:07:49

What does your good news do? Uh, role plus realms, Uhhuh <affirmative>, uh,

1:07:55

once per session create a positive fact or rumor about an NPC place or

1:08:00

thing. Perfect. <Laugh>. He has a father.

1:08:04

Uh, so realms would be, yeah, you should have a plus one to realms on there.

1:08:09

I do. And I roll a 10. So this is an. 11. Okay. Yeah. That is a success. That is a success right there.

1:08:15

And I'll, and I will say, uh, you know, I actually,

1:08:19

your father isn't dead. I'm pretty certain I encountered him in Eastern Europe somewhere.

1:08:24

He is currently on display in a museum. You.

1:08:27

You know, my father. He's a, I believe I've met, I believe I've met him once or twice. He's a,

1:08:33

he's a beautiful source. Europe. You say.

1:08:36

In Eastern Europe. I've never been to Europe. I've always wanted to go to Europe.

1:08:41

Have you ever been to Europe? And he looks at the other two of you in the room.

1:08:46

I don't know what that is. <Laugh>, I'm gonna say no, I haven't been to Europe.

1:08:54

Oh, it's, I hear it's a wonderful place. Oh, okay. Okay.

1:08:58

So you say My my dad is is is alive in, in, in Europe.

1:09:03

Yes, of course. Do, do you know, it. Sounds as though he's trapped. Do.

1:09:07

Why would I lie to you? Do. You know how to get to Europe? Uh, you have to, uh,

1:09:13

be alive and in the world that I'm from.

1:09:17

Uh, just don't teleport there. What?

1:09:20

Whoa, don't teleport with this guy. That's all I'm. Saying. Oh, oh, oh, okay. Okay. Um, can I, do you think I could come with you?

1:09:28

Sure. Uh, uh, not you.

1:09:32

Oh. <Laugh>. I see. Nevermind Penelope. He's not interested.

1:09:38

<Laugh>, you, you already. Have a sword. I put, and he hurts.

1:09:41

Penelope away. Uh, yes. I I can definitely take you with me. We shall be traveling companions.

1:09:48

Yay. Um, and he, um.

1:09:53

Come along. Chum, he flies into your hand. Um.

1:09:57

Oh, this is so exciting. I've, I've always wanted to go on a trip.

1:10:01

I, I start swinging him around indiscriminately and start singing my song again.

1:10:06

Before you, before you sing too much more. Do you have any keys here? Oh.

1:10:10

Sir. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I, I do. Um.

1:10:14

And you don't have to call me, sir. I'm just, you know, just a little sword. Uh,

1:10:18

I don't. Know your name. And that's just my default. So. Uh, yeah, my name is, um, uh,

1:10:24

I'm gonna name your sword for you real quick. Uh, your name is

1:10:31

LI, what's his name? Lee.

1:10:35

LIV, uh,

1:10:41

LI of the north. He is Canadian.

1:10:45

And you are sure you are not interested in Penelope.

1:10:49

Before we talk about Penelope the key, you have another key?

1:10:54

Oh, yeah. Uh, the key's in. That corner and he points to the opposite corner that from where he was sitting.

1:11:00

Um, and it's just, it's just sitting up against the wall there.

1:11:05

What's up? All right. You're, you're coming with us?

1:11:08

Yeah. Sounds good. <laugh>. Um,

1:11:11

this key just hops over towards you guys.

1:11:14

I will add him to the other keys. What is your name?

1:11:18

Bill. It is a pleasure. Would you like to meet Penelope?

1:11:23

So. Maybe not.

1:11:29

All right. We got four keys. Does anybody know how to get to the door? We need to go to.

1:11:36

Which door? Uh, the one that lets us go back to life.

1:11:40

Bill, do you know what door you open? Oh yeah, yeah.

1:11:45

<Laugh>. Will you tell me?

1:11:48

Yeah. You take two lifts and a lift. That's three lifts.

1:11:55

Hey, this not my dungeon. I just live here. So.

1:11:59

Should we just take a right and make it faster? Yeah, you could do that. It's not as cool. Bill.

1:12:07

Do you happen to be related to Francis Scott by chance?

1:12:11

Francis. Francis Scott?

1:12:15

Yeah, I've heard of him.

1:12:19

Let's, uh, I guess we should go, huh?

1:12:22

Long work. We've. Got our four keys. Let's, let's move, let's do this thing.

1:12:27

Let's get back to the land of the living, eh? Okay. Um, as you take, we nearly lose another problem.

1:12:33

So are you gonna take a right? Are you going to take. I am. Take two left and then.

1:12:37

A left, two left and a left. I'm just following I.

1:12:41

Okay, so you guys take two lefts and a left, and lo and behold, um,

1:12:46

in front of you is this large gate, um, with four,

1:12:50

four key holes, uh, right in front of you. Um,

1:12:56

what are you gonna do. Bill?

1:12:59

Yeah. If I may, another question.

1:13:02

Sure. Is there a specific order in which these doors need to be unlocked?

1:13:09

Uh, you put the first key in the first keyhole second key,

1:13:13

and the second key, third key in the third key, and the bill and the fourth.

1:13:19

Wonderful. I can do that. I want that.

1:13:22

Over the fourth key. Over the fourth keyhole. I'm gonna write insert bill here.

1:13:27

<laugh>. Um, so you guys put the keys in the hole. You see you guys lid.

1:13:35

Um. It's been very far. And the doors, the doors open, um, to this, you know,

1:13:42

majestically white room and there's this giant teleportation circle, uh,

1:13:47

in the middle of the room. Um, and.

1:13:51

I know this might be traumatizing for you, Raz.

1:13:56

It's your chance to redeem yourself here though.

1:14:00

Watch, we all go through the teleportation circle and my presence just causes us to die

1:14:05

again. <laugh> the guy at the front's, just like I, I don't know.

1:14:09

The guy at the front's, like, uh, this is how it's supposed to happen. <laugh>.

1:14:14

I told you, you had a little more time left. <Laugh>.

1:14:19

Um, so you guys gonna go on top of the te teleportation circle?

1:14:23

Tina? Oh, away. Alright.

1:14:26

I will lose a boot in the process. Your. Boot balls off. Um,

1:14:30

you guys are caught up in a blaze of light. Um,

1:14:35

your boot stays behind glory in the, in the dungeon. Um,

1:14:39

and you guys find yourselves individually back, um, where you, um,

1:14:44

left off. Let's start with, uh, Tina and um,

1:14:49

Reginald here. Um. Oh yes. Well, having just arrived back at home,

1:14:58

my other boot is here that fell off when I left. However, as we're home,

1:15:02

it's time to get undressed for the day. So I take my armor off and as each piece falls off,

1:15:07

there's a slightly larger than normal catman inside

1:15:12

that had certainly did not feel the armor by any means.

1:15:19

And you can see as he hangs the breastplate up that there's two eye holes in it,

1:15:22

which is where he was actually looking out. I had totally had the vibes of that dog creature from the

1:15:30

labyrinth. So that tracks that.

1:15:34

Tina lays down in a little bed in the corner. Um.

1:15:38

And by little, I mean a large bed for a tortoise that a man can ride.

1:15:43

A cat. Herbert. Uh, you wake up in a field with goats grazing around you.

1:15:52

And I just bask in the warmth of the sun and just enjoy

1:15:57

life. Um, returning. To my body.

1:16:00

And as you do, you see a little, uh, a piece of paper, um,

1:16:05

floating down, uh, from the sky.

1:16:08

Oh, I grabbed this bit piece of paper and I take a look and read what is on this

1:16:14

piece of paper. And it is a note from your father.

1:16:19

Oh, it's from Don the third. It says, dear Herbert,

1:16:25

thank you so much for losing so gracefully at par.

1:16:29

Hopefully you'll be better at it when you join me in the afterlife

1:16:33

until next time. Don iii.

1:16:40

And then the. Distance you see the goats start to run <laugh> like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

1:16:44

Goats ghosts. Hey, <laugh>. It's then you realize that you should probably get out of the middle of the goat

1:16:49

goat field, um.

1:16:51

But do it subtly. Otherwise you're just gonna end the back up in the same spot.

1:16:57

All I sneak my way outta there. Yeah. And then, uh, John, um,

1:17:02

where do we find your character? I wake up at, I wake up in a padded room, Uhhuh <affirmative> with,

1:17:09

with a straight jacket on. Perfect.

1:17:13

<Laugh>, because I don't know if you noticed, but Raz is quite insane. <laugh>.

1:17:18

You don't. Think I hadn't picked up on it.

1:17:22

Um, so you wake up in this padded room, um, and,

1:17:28

uh, you're are,

1:17:30

did you say you were in a straight jacket or not in a, oh, yes.

1:17:33

Sir. Okay. I, I, like I said, Raz is quite insane. He, he has.

1:17:37

Rant zero con about Dungeons and Dice and <laugh>.

1:17:41

He, he, he has zero connection to what reality is. Yes.

1:17:45

That's the reason why he was completely unfazed by everything he just

1:17:48

experienced. Yeah. Um, and then you, you even, um, as you're looking around, um,

1:17:53

in your padded cell that you've been, uh,

1:17:56

familiar with for a while now you see in the corner, um,

1:18:00

a sword laying there. Hey.

1:18:06

Fantastic. Why don't you loosen my bonds and we can go say hello to a few

1:18:12

orderlies, then I'll take you to your father. Ah.

1:18:16

Sounds great. And then, uh, he, your, your,

1:18:21

um. Next time. Strangers <laugh>. And that's it.

1:18:27

Happy Halloween. It took a turn, but I'm here for it.

1:18:32

So there we go. That was our, our session today. It, it went rather smooth.

1:18:37

More geese than I was planning for <laugh>. Um.

1:18:41

We got all the geese. Oh. Convinced that there are only geese in, I never described my sword.

1:18:46

It makes me sad. Okay, you, if you want to describe your sword now.

1:18:50

It was a magnificent sword, you see? And the hilt was my suit of armor.

1:18:55

Just tpo <laugh> across golf.

1:18:57

<Laugh>. That's amazing.

1:19:01

It's dare I say magnificent. Magnificent.

1:19:06

So it also has a smiley face painted on.

1:19:08

The arm. I like, I liked the smiley face painted on the armor. That was fun. Um,

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so yeah, that's, uh, that is our a Halloween episode.

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Nothing too spooky. Just a fun little, uh,

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dungeon crawl with some ghosts and some. Well, it depends on how they feel about.

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Geza Geese. Yeah, there was some dead people in it and, uh, uh,

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we made most of it up as we go along. I gotta say you three fantastic.

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Just making up your characters on the spot and going for it. We have a good, uh,

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good time. So thanks for listening. Listen to more. Uh,

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that's all folks. Stay fresh cheese bags.

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Bye.