Syndeo Ep. 10 "Arc 1 Intermission"

Sa. Foreign.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Quest Happens. We've got something a little special for you today. Well, I don't even know what we're gonna call this, y'.

All.

I mean, it's not gonna be a full episode, like, storyline stuff, but we. I think, kind of like an intermission episode. We're gonna actually just kind of sit and discuss all of arc one of our episodes.But I am your dungeon master, Corey Keller, and I'm joined today with.

Your first.

This has never happened.

Threw me off.

Lauren, does that make me second?

That makes you second.

This time it's Nathan and Nick Jackson.

Well, hello.

Always the last name.

Always the last one. Yes. So, yeah, I thought we would do something a little special. I mean, I. It's nothing new. A lot of podcasts do this.But we're done with arc one, and I figured before we jump into the second arc of our adventures, our adventurers quests, we could just kind of sit back, catch up and talk about, you know, arc number one and all.

Can we do a clip show like sitcoms used to do?

That's true.

We say something and then. Yeah, it shows that scene, then comes back.

Kind of hard to do a montage, a musical montage.

Could we do a clip show for a different show? Like, we just keep cutting to, like, Simpsons episodes we like?

Yes, I think that would be absolutely amazing, actually.

It makes sense.

You want to add laughing to the background when someone says something that's not even funny.

Yeah, exactly. Guys, I just found out I have. I just found out I have cancer.

That's. And then the credits roll.

That's the whole show. No, but, yeah, I just. Like I said, I just thought it'd be cool to sit and talk about.So we've done technically nine episodes in the Sendaio arc one quest line with three side quests. Well, technically two side quests, but three episodes worth of two side quests. So we've made some headway.

12 Episodes. That's more than a modern season of a serialized program.

No kidding. Yeah. I mean, I think that's pretty great. Obviously, we don't want each arc to be terribly long. We kind of want each arc to have a specific purpose.And I felt where we ended last episode was like, that's the specific purpose of arc one was the anomalies a little bit growing into who they are, finding out more about the dangers of the world and then being faced with the crossroads.And I mean, anytime you're faced with the crossroads, you'll either, what, sell Your soul to the devil to play guitar better or you'll, you know, fiddle.

Sometimes it's a guitar too.

Okay.

You know, or you decide to, you know, try to save the world.

Okay.

Yeah. So looking back, you all as the players, I mean, you had to experience all this and make the decisions and, you know, find the paths.So with our 12 episodes, you know, nine being the main storyline, three being side quests, like, how do you feel that, like, your characters are doing in this world?

I can't. I don't. My first thought is the. I just really enjoy the silliness. It's really been enjoyable. And the chemistry between.Between the characters, I think, has been really good. I wanted to share that.

Yeah, it's like, I guess as far as, like, how Stump is doing in the world. I went back and listened to all the episodes, and we have improved so much.And I feel like the way Stump actually is, is, like, it's more set in stone now. Like, Stump is Stump.At the beginning, it was like I had this idea of what I wanted Stump to be, but now it feels like it's just like Stump is naturally being Stump instead of trying to force it. Yeah, we've all gotten so much better at just interacting.One of the episodes, early ones I listened to, it's the one right after we served the citation to the dads. We just had no idea how to progress and we just kept going in circles. But now when we start something, we're all really good at knowing the cue.Like, okay, we need to stop, move on now it's time for fun now let's do story. And we have so much of a better pace now. But, yeah, I am shocked because I.

Feel like I still don't know what I'm doing.

No, seriously, I feel like all of us have gotten so good at just keeping up. We're not, like, as unsure of ourselves.When we first started, it wasn't, you know, it wasn't too bad, but, like, it's one of those things where, like, you can't notice how it gets better until you go back and listen to, like, nine in a row. And it's, like, really quite noticeable.

Absolutely. And how do you feel?Like, was it hard to kind of make that progression for you all to, like, start really filling your characters and learn leaning from each other? Or do you feel like it was pretty natural to kind of pick up off of.

I felt like picking up off you guys was, like, really easy the whole time.

Yeah.

My problem was finding the balance of, like, I was always worried That I was, like, not saying enough or saying too much and, like, finding that balance of, like, okay, I feel like I'm not taking things too far to where Stump is being overbearing and. But also not just, like, not doing anything.

Do you feel less in your head now?Because I never thought any of those things, even from the get go, But I know that you felt that way, and I hope that you are less in your head about it.

I am way less in my head.

Yeah.

Good.

I was. Was like, one day I'll be as good at this as Nathan.

I just want to be as funny as Nathan. That's all I wanted.

I do think that it's. I think it's like a.It is like a sitcom or a seasonal, you know, TV show or whatever, where the first season, the characters are all, like, a little awkward.

Yeah.

They don't know yet. They don't know how to interact or they're overdoing it or, you know, and I don't know that we had.We had some of that, you know, I. I could not get my. The voice down. I would slide over into, like, actually the stump.

Yeah.

Or Mario. Or Mario.

It's really hard to notice unless you're, like, listening for it, but yet there's, like, a couple moments where you, like, start going to stump and then you come back into elu.

That's on it. Yeah.

I had to watch a lot of. I was watching a lot of Scottish. How to speak in a Scottish accent videos. Yeah. Reels and stuff.But I do think just over time, at first I'm like, what. What is Stump doing?

Yeah.

But then how Elui reacts to that, you know, it was like, okay, if I see what now might happen here, and then I know the reaction.

Yeah. You guys got really good at, like, handling stuff, which I think all this.

Makes sense too, because in this world was the first time you all would have met to begin with.So it kind of worked out perfect to where, you know, first couple episodes, you're trying to really fill each other out, which is something that would actually happen, you know, realistically of trying to fill each other out. Learning each other's ticks, learning each other's, you know, how. What sets you off, what doesn't. And.And then starting to learn how to manage that or use it to your advantage or disadvantage.

Yeah, that's true.

Mm.

I'll say that. I really thought Nathan was. You were actually kind of. I was like, he must be upset tonight or something.

For the magic.

Yeah. Because at the moment. Yeah. Because you were not. So I was looking on some stuff.I don't know, actually, I think it was even last night and it was a reel. And it was talking about when you play D and D, you know, you're not the character you're writing the character you're writing. You're.You're like the author of the character.

Yeah.

And so it's not, it's not Nick being Louis. It is, it is. How would I write? What would he actually do here?You know, and so I just feel like you did that beautifully and I'm still kind of understanding some of that actually. And I'm DM this stuff. And you know, Corey got me into this a long time ago and. But I just thought I was like, oh, Nathan must be off.And then, and then I just, it kind of dawned on me. Even after the show, I was like, wow, he's writing the character. Yeah, he's got this back and then.

Now playing some part. He's a good actor.

Yeah, exactly. And he, he's not acting how Nathan feels. He's what would Stump do in the situation?And so my question is, how often do you sit around and think about what Stump would do? Do you contemplate these things?

That's a good question. So certain bits I do, I think about a lot. Like there might be one today, who knows?But like the thing with stumping the mouse and I think there was another thing I can't remember, but anything that like you guys could probably tell is a preplanned bit. Oh, Stump song. Obviously it was like a big pre planned thing. That kind of stuff. I do.But like when we started it and I realized we were at a magic school and there was going to be like students and stuff because I was thinking we were going to just like there's going to be like a dozen wizards in a big castle.But once I realized it was a school, I knew that Stump's background was he was raised by elves and life was hard for him being the only giant gray guy. And I just thought, well, like, well, how would Stumpp react to being at a place that was similar to his childhood?He'd probably be really insecure and he probably would start lashing out. And we also wanted to eventually get to a point where we could use the song that we were working on.

Because we have been thinking about that for months.

Yeah, because I had the idea that I just wanted to do some kind of musical element because I love musicals and the idea of Stump singing like a heartfelt song was so funny. And then I actually wasn't planning it to lead into that when I was doing this. Stump's insecure at school.And after the episode, Corey was like, hey, this will lead perfectly into the song, and here's how we could do it.

And I'm like, that's genius.

Let's do that. So, yeah.

And because, like, when I initially I did. I did not make. Like, we'll get more into this later, too. But initially, like, I did not make that to be a wizarding school.

Oh.

It kind of just happened.Like, I was kind of filling some vibes out, and I was like, you know, because I had it set to be, like, a really big old temple, and, like, it's a place of, like, worship and wizards to come practice their magic. And I don't remember what it was, but something like you guys were talking about something or something happened that triggered that thought.And I was like, oh, this is now a school.

That's interesting.

This is now a school. And then I didn't even think about Stump's backstory until you started bringing all that up.And I was like, okay, maybe this worked out perfectly, and just, like, lean into that really heavy.

The storytelling. I'm looking at Corey, the storytelling that you provide and your, I don't know, dedication to your character.Like, Nick was saying, like, it's just a very good combination. And so it makes me like you. And, like, with Nick's character as well. Like, it makes me want to. I normally don't really. I'm.I was just talking about how I won most lazy in my senior class, and. And I'm like. I'm just, like, too lazy to come up with a backstory. But it, like, inspires me to want to actually produce.

Yeah.

Produce more. Because it's, like, a really good story, and it just meshes well together.

I do like how we didn't start this with here's this character's really long backstory. Okay. Here's the next character's really long backstory. You need to empathize with this character. You don't know instantly.We just went straight into it. And as it's going, we're figuring out who these people are.

Yeah.

And that's so much better of a way to do it, because once you start listening, you start asking questions like, I want to know how many Xs.

Eluite has, like, how many children.

I want to know that, too.

There's so many questions about Eluite that I just, like, I need to know. And then also with Eazy, there's like, we don't know anything about Eazy's past.

Except I don't either.

Eazy killed a bunch of people.

Yeah.

And then I. Yeah. That. I had a troubled past, and I just want to make up for it. I want to live a better life.

That's what I got. Yeah. I think I love your character. And the ongoing joke of the crushes.

Yeah.

Is very funny to me.

I'm just horn easy.

The horn easy.

Occasionally pootsy.

Yeah. Sometimes he just gots to get your freak on.

Like, I was relistening, and the episode with Sal is so good.

That's probably. Honestly, that's probably like, my favorite episode that I. For my character, I felt like that was a really.

Was a very easy, heavy story.

Yeah. And I don't know, the storyline felt easy to me. I didn't feel like I was overthinking it.

The easy story felt easy.

Yeah.

Yeah. I feel like that's the best is when it just kind of starts to flow naturally and you just kind of lean into it and just let it happen.Like, that's typically the best.

So you.

You all have definitely developed your characters, and I. It's been great for me to watch you all develop those characters and then start to see a lot of the back and forth and the.The ongoing jokes now that have kind of started to happen between some of your characters. And, like, the. The signature things.

Like what? Like, Easy touching his leg and, like. But not. But not Eloi. Not that.

Yeah, that's.

That's.

Isn't that great?

That's so funny.

Have you noticed that it's only when easy, like, because there's actually been a couple scenes where, like, you're like, ah, Stump, it's okay. And you pat Stump on the back,.

And it's like, oh, thank you, Eloise.

And then Easy.

He gets spooked by Easy specifically, but never you. And I've. And I've noticed that. And so I've been purposefully, like, trying to pat your leg to comfort you.

And, like, when Eloise has a signature laugh, like, I almost cracks me every time. Like, I start to go into something, and you do your, like, little Eloi giggles, and it's like I had to, like, hold it together so I can keep going.

He's so jolly.

Yeah, I know.

There it is.

Gnome humor is, like, s tier in my book. I love it.

Absolutely. So, like I said, yeah, you develop some characters, and I feel like it's going well.And hopefully, like, our listeners, like, have really started to latch on to your characters. And I know there's still a lot of like open endedness with your characters in this world because we're still in arc one.We're still seeing a little bit of the backstory as we go. So I'd like to dive into because I want to take these like episodes by episode and kind of talk about some things, you know.And so like with session zero, when you all were creating the world.

Yeah.

How much of the world that you all created are you like, oh crap, we should not have done that now without.

Water.

So when after we recorded that, I honestly was like this. How could this possibly work? There's no way this could work.

But Corey made it happen.

The further we go in and like Corey, the way he's building the world with the insanity we gave him, like, I wouldn't, I wouldn't change any of it, honestly.

Oh, I wouldn't change it. Yeah.

So like, I mean, you know, we kind of played a game to build the world, you know, and like the very first thing was running water. Go straight up was the very first rule of the Sunday world.

Sometimes hard to remember that that's a rule.

Yeah. Yeah. Even I forget. I had to like keep catching myself to be like, oh, yeah, water goes up. And then you remember this part.

Do we have a favorite rule? If I were to just think of one right off the top of my head, it would be that the auroras whispered government secrets or something.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's.

So you haven't seen that in its full effect yet, but you've got like glimpses of like, maybe we met Hutchinson, but it hasn't been clear that that's the reason why. But that is the first time you've seen the auroras at red.

And there's something so silly. I love it.

Yeah. So what's Yalls favorite?

Favorite.

So yours is Aurora.

Yeah.

Well, I didn't. I was like, really? We're doing cats and dogs. Like, what? Come on.

Also.

And there's like ma coming from dog toys and animal toys, you know.

Come on.

And that's. But, but I, I, for me. And I didn't like it. I was like, okay. I was like, good luck, Corey, you know. Right.And because, you know, there's only so much you can do. And the way that we were given to be able to set it up, you know.

Yeah.

Which I think I just, it's. It's brilliant. I think that this is an opportunity for creativity.

Absolutely.

So much other stuff in my life, it's not creative like, you know, oh, come on. And spreadsheets. And spreadsheets. Like, spreadsheets that are not acting appropriately and management and like, give me something. I can do this.Crazy. Anyway, so I just love that, you know, let's. Let's take some boundaries. Let's take something that, to me, doesn't make any sense, obviously. Right.That's kind of the point. And let's tie it together. And it's not really us, it's really Corey.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so is it. And I. So I just think you've done beautifully putting those. I think, think the wizarding situation and helping us to identify who's worshiping who.You know, if you got the. The, you know, Rufiogo, which was your.

Which was your name for them.

And then you have the. Yeah, right. Which. And then you have the.

The fringe wizards.

The fringe wizards with. What's her name? Eleanor. No, that's not her name.

Elephant.

No.

Lfl is Blue.

The turtle lady's name.

Aloysius.

Who is Aloysius Is one of the boys. But it is Elantra. Is.

She's real cool.

You know, my wife was listening to the podcast, actually, and. Yay. Sorry, this is side note here, but she. She was like. I couldn't even tell that was Corey's voice.And so I think that's a lot of fun that comes from a DM too, having to play so many different characters of, like throwing some of those things around. I think my favorite voice that you have is your boy Timothy. Right? Yeah.

Timothy Galinka.

That's such a good voice.

I love him.

Honestly.

Timothy Clean Clay. He used to sound kind of like this.

Sorry. But the question was about the rules, so I didn't. Talking about the dogs and cats and the toys and all this stuff, so.But I really like that when we got to the wizard situation that kind of gave some grounding and the background,.

There's a lot of world building.

The wizard and the Worshipper kind of thing.

Wizard. That's a. It's a novel. The wizard and the Worshipper series I do like.

I think it's a crazy rule that if you go through the middle of the circle, you go to your ex's world.

Yeah.

So I don't know.

We haven't. I don't know.

We haven't seen that.

We need to do that.

Assume that'll never come up.

Up.

We gotta find out. That's how we'll find out. Eloise passed.

That's where the final boss it could be. Yeah. And then. So some of the other. Oh, yeah, Nathan, what's your favorite? Then I'll tell some of the other remind people.

Also, I wanted to ask you, when we did the thing and we came up with all the ideas for the world in episode zero, did you have a moment of like, oh, God, oh, absolutely, I did. What is this?

Yeah, because. Well, kind of what Nick was saying, like, I wanted there to be constraints.That's why I designed the game at the beginning to where everything was going to be random, because it's these demigods who are trying to create a world, but they suck at it and just, like, throwing stuff against the wall.And I thought, okay, if we can just get all of these constraints on us, and then just like, all right, now we have all those constraints and all this craziness now let's just start, you know, melding it all, meshing it all together.

Yeah.

So at first I was like, yeah, how am I going to do this? So I just sat for, like, a couple days, just, like, going through the notes, organizing and being okay, if this, then that. If this, then that.And so eventually this.

So good.

Eventually came up with what I came up with now. Yeah, half of it was kind of made up on the fly while we were still going through the season.

But you would never.One of the things that I've learned, like, playing DND with you, is I never know what you have planned or don't have plan or when you're that good at it. And so, yeah, do you.

Maybe you shouldn't answer this, but do you sometimes, like, have it planned one way and then halfway through you're like, now 100. I'll change it to a different.

The wizarding school is one of them. Like I said, yeah, that's not going to be a wizarding school. And it just happened to turn into that.

So.

Yeah, there's been several times, even in these episodes that we've done so far in this first arc where. Because, like, Nick knows this too, as a dungeon Master, you want the game to be fun for your players, and you want story over rules all the time.Like. Like, if it's a good story, go with the story. Forget everything else. Forget your ideas.If the story is rolling and everyone's having fun with that and it's bringing, like, cool things. Yeah, I'm gonna throw my notes out and just keep going because there's been several times that I've had things planned.

Yeah.

One way. And, like, we never even got there because of what you all were doing. I was like, this is too funny. We have to keep rolling with this.

Would you be willing to just share just one of those? I know you don't like doing that, but I would love to know just one.

Just one of them. Let me think. Oh, the whole.When you all got to rum filled the whole like scene with the mowing dads in the back room and then trying to escape the prison guards and all that stuff. Like, I had it planned originally. Like, you weren't even going to meet the mowing dads there.

Wait, really?

Yeah.

What?

But halfway through that I was like, actually, it may be cool if they're here.

That's. That's wild. Because that felt so integral to what happened plan.

Yeah. I'm telling you, I will say the.

Original idea I had was you all were going to get there and realize they had already left and see like they were going to be nowhere to be found. You were going to find some clues and you had to keep hunting.

We would have never had the moment of betrayal at the end of the arena.

Krause. Devon Krause.

And the big thing also is because of Krause. Devon Krause, which we'll get to him later too, was partially why I also went ahead and added them there because I wanted him to betray you all.

Yeah.

In the alleyway. Because I was trying to think of something for him to do since, you know, you stole the note back and he was pissed and everything.I was like, I gotta think of something for him to get them back in.

Like on the spot.

On the spot. While we were going through those mazes of the alleyways.

Wow.

In Rumfield, I was like, okay. I know they're supposed to get like in my head while you all were like playing and stuff. I'm like, I know they're supposed to get there.There's gonna be clues. But how can I throw in Krause, Devon Krause and like bring him back for this?And that's when I was like, okay, I'll have the mom and dad's actually be there. And then, you know, hopefully, like, my idea was like, hopefully you all will convince them that you're friends. Well, and which you all did.And I was like, okay, then I'm gonna have Crossedy von Krause show up and portray everybody.

I. I think one of the reasons I could never be a dm, I've never done it, and I don't want to do it is because, like, you would really have to, like, give up control.

Yeah.

You just have to be really flexible and you just have to go with the story, Because I think I would, like, put all this effort into the story, and I'd be like, why aren't.

You all doing one?

Okay. I spent all this time on this. I would be. I feel like I would be frustrated by that. But you're not like that at all.

No, it's all about making sure everyone's having fun.

So I remember one of the first times I played Dungeons and Dragons was that we had a friend, Blake. It was a little off the wall. We're through, like, a significant fireball portion of. Actually, it was the second one.It was the second session we had, and we were supposed to be discovering this thing. We're right on the verge of, like, actually finding out we're looking for these red brands or something. And we got into this tavern, and he.Blake was new, and they were all there, and, like, we had found them. And Blake, real reckless player. Yeah. And he was just like. So I'm a. I'm a tiefling, and I have, like, a fire spell. And he's like, yeah.He's like, well. And he's like.And Corey had described the whole scene for us, and part of his description, he said, there's a stack of hay, you know, just like, it's like a, you know, shanty town kind of thing. And he's like, have a fire spills, like, yeah. He's like, okay. He's like, I want to shoot my fire spell at this thing of hay. And we're like, why?We're like, we just found the. We just found the guys. And he's like, okay. He's like, roll it. Roll a D20 to see how effective it is. Of course, he hits a nat 20, and it's just like.And the whole thing is up in flames, and we all had to roll to get out, you know? And, like, they all died in the fire.

Oh, God.

That's how he played.

And so it. And so Corey had to audible to figure something else out. Like, okay, they're all dead, you guys.

Nah. What happens?

Oh, man.

But I think that's part of the fun. That's part of the fun.

That's definitely part of the fun of DMing because you have to think, okay, there could be four. There could be four scenarios with everything I give you, you know? So it's like, if they choose option A, I got to pivot this way.If you choose option B, I got these couple things I can do. You just have to have a lot of stuff just in your back pocket.

You just have to Plan more when you play with Blake.

Yes.

Knowing that you could.

Yeah.

Makes doing. Not doing it have more weight because you're not being forced into doing one thing.But it's like, hey, I could just, like, kill everybody and just ruin all of Corey's hard work and make this not fun for anybody.

He gave us this ultimatum. He's like, are you guys gonna skip out of this universe? Yeah. What would you have done if we were like, no, we're out.

That's true.

Oh, I guess. Yeah, absolutely.

I don't know. That's just a thought.

And I. And real quick, like, last episode, I was Cons. Seriously considering murdering one of the head wizards.

Yeah.

You almost killed, like, you almost headshot a kid.

Yeah.

And then you almost.

And I'm like, that would really change the storyline, and I really had to hold back. Okay, so continue.

No, I had stuff planned for that too. Yeah, no, yeah, like. Yeah, exactly. Like the last couple episodes. You know, first with Finch and then with the Wizards both giving you.Or especially with Finch. Like, yeah, yeah, Least. Or made the stone for you.

Yeah.

You can literally leave right now. And. But so, yes, I did. I did have stuff planned. If you did. If you did choose to do that.

Yeah.

Because if you remember, when you looked at the telescope, what did you see?

There were other Sindeos.

There were other sindeas. I didn't guarantee which plane or which universe you would go to. I just said you would be out of this Sandeo.

We could have been in the Sandeo where everybody has hot dog fingers.

That is true.

Or the Ratatouille Sindeo. We could have been there.

So, yeah. If you all would have chosen to leave and be like, peace, Finch. See everybody. We got all these crazy people wanting to kill us.Like, when I get out of here, man, I was gonna have. I had, like, a list of, like, different scenarios.

Yeah.

And, like, would have had you, like, roll and see which one you ended up.

At which point I was listening to our podcast and they chose to just leave everything. I'd be so mad.

What are you.

I was invested in the story you were telling and why.

Leaving everybody behind.

But no.

Yeah. There would have literally been no turning back if he would have.

Yeah.

Taken that option.

Would we show up at a DMV maybe? Like, what?

And it's just, like, our reality and there's no fantasy.

It's the year 2026. So some of the other rules. Real quick, before we move on to the next episode.Just remind everybody the seasons are based on the mood of the celestial cat was. That's when we first introduced. From Tom Tugger.

Yeah.

Volcano sneezing confetti.

Yes.

Rule of Gravity is now a subscription service.

Yeah.

So which, if you all have realized, like, it hasn't even been a week that you've been in Sendeo.

I know. That was another thing. So listening back to all the episodes, I was like, oh, my gosh, we've done so much, but it's just been good.So much we haven't done. Like, it's so big, but also it's not big at all.

Yeah.

And so, like, your. Your rings are still good. So, like.

Yeah.

You haven't had to deal with gravity too much except for the first episode. Really. Yeah. The dog God Rufiogo was a rule in the world. Volcanoes have allergies and no one knows why. The Nomo Wars.

Yeah.

Magic is a multiverse situation. Don't know where it came from. Magic seeped into this world. Dog connected.

What about Jeremy?

I was gonna ask about.

I was literally gonna ask you all what is. Is one of the rules that you have not ran into yet.

And it's. It's our guy. It's your guy, Jeremy, the big bloated whale.

Yeah. And he has, like. Well, does he have. There's something that he.

Barfs.

Yeah.

Oh, it's. Well, barf. They make candles or something.

It's supposed to bring good luck.

Yeah.

Was that. Was that my rule? And I forgot.

It was Lauren. Yep.

And I forgot about it.

Yep. So remember, like, I can't give. We have to, like, save room for the world still to be explored. So that's what hasn't been explored yet.So you don't know what's gonna happen.

Yeah.

So that was the opening episode which kind of built this world. And then. Yeah. Episode one is when you all kind of got to get a feel for the world. That was when you got your first quest in the dmv.Who was the first wizard you met that day?

And that was my first crush.

Yeah.

Yeah. And you got to meet the axioms.

Yeah.

Work at the DMVs.

Yeah.

Guys, my visual for Leester is, like, Scruffy from Futurama.

That's exactly what I said.

Except when he's in his blue robes, he's wearing blue ropes. But when we first meet.

Yeah.

I was like, this is Scruffy.

That's exactly who I based him off of. Which is so funny.

That's what I'm thinking, too.

Yeah. And then in that episode. Yeah. You all got a taste of the Gravity.Because you were going through the back tunnels and the gravity was kind of of kicking off, and you remember why the gravity was acting all funky.

There was those eye toys. Right.

Those eye puppies.

Those eye puppies. And then the.

The.

The dog toy that you found. Yeah, that was near them.

Yeah, that's right.

As you all are starting to learn now, that's probably a magical artifact.

Yeah, Right.

And so it was causing the gravity, which was a precursor to where you are now, where the magic is having a hard time controlling. So season one was a little bit. Or episode one was a bit of a precursor to what was going to be happening in episode nine.

Yeah.

You're so smart.

Yeah. Got to throw that in there. Yeah. So any thoughts on that first episode? Do you think it was like. I don't know, like, how do you feel? Like, you.That first episode was with your characters, and it was kind of figuring things out.

It was really fun. It was. It was like a good start to, like, our characters interacting. Like a.The first scene we did when we met each other at the dmv and Stumpwick kissed both you guys.

Yes.

And was just like, well, you guys.

Are kind of cute little guys.

Yes.

One's a dwarf and one is a halfling.

Is that where we discovered Louis Laugh?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think. I think he kissed you and you did the laugh for the first time.

He didn't really know what to do.

He kissed you, like, on top of the head, and then you did the laugh.

It was adorable.

Was that. So did you have that planned, or was that like, oh, I'm gonna laugh like this?

No, I was like. Like, it was. It was actually like, I don't know what else to do. I don't know what else would do. I think he would just laugh. He's just.

But how would he laugh?

Oh, it would be just like that.

That's awesome.

That.

That came from. That. From improv. That's cool.

Well done.

Well, thank you. Yeah.

Well, yeah. And that's also where your characters first, like, had that little bit of a Recognizing somebody in the dmv.

We had to tell a little bit about our history and.

Yeah.

How we got. We got there. What we remembered last.

Our people. Like. But the only one that we've really encountered that is actually remembered is you. Like, Right.

No, there was also blazer.

Blazer.

Blazer for you.

A blazer remembered what happened to him with Stomp.

The only. The only glimpse you got was during Malnag's side quests. You got a glimpse of some of the people you murdered.

But they were like, not real.

Right, okay.

Correct.

They were trampled.

All that was a simulation.

That is true.

Yeah.

And you. You also got paid your first bit of money during that first episode and. Yeah, so I think that was a great episode. Kind of like a little.I wanted it to be an easy starter quest. That one kind of showed off the. The laws of the world.

Yeah. And it was nice because we were in a building, so it wasn't like, okay, you guys start in this big open world. Which way do you go?It was like a nice little. It's kind of like a video game. We started in the tutorial zone.

Absolutely.

Yep.

Tutorial zone. And then we ended that episode with the doors opening. You see the great vast Zendaya.

Yeah.

Lights out.

We had our breath of the wild moment. We were up on the cliff and we were like, oh, okay, we can go anywhere.

Yes.

Also, I don't think I had a grab. If I remember correctly. I didn't have a gravity ring.

You did not purchase one. Correct.

So I was on. I was on a leash.

Yeah, we had you like a balloon.

You were a balloon. Yes.

That second episode. Yeah, the second episode. They had to tether you and then you kind of got to. To see the like overgrown lush grass and nothing really being cut. And.Yeah. Episode two was called Modads Mo Problems.

It's true.

Yes. Your first time seeing the world of Sendo as your characters.Also the first time we kind of got to see Stump just kind of go willy nilly with things saying, yeah, like, you're not supposed to cut the grass. You're like, I'm gonna cut the grass.

So that was a part of like, like, cuz in my head I was like, one, I was trying to follow Stump, and two, I was trying to like, encourage story elements to become relevant and progress things. But I was like, so worried that you guys were going to be like, oh my God, Nathan is just.

What are you doing?

Sabotaging everything.

Yeah.

You were playing your character.

Okay, I'm glad.

But that's good.

When we first started, you know, like, we were all still getting to know each other and I was like, there's a part of me that was like, oh, man, I hope they're not just.

Like, like, I'm so pissed.

What did we sign up for? Getting this guy on.

Yeah. And then do you remember who you met shortly after in that, like, do you remember who you met in that episode?There was kind of a lot that actually happened in episode two.

Okay.I do Want to say theoretically, if someone, I don't know who could have prepared like let's say a pop quiz, a lot of this stuff might be answers on there.

Okay. On that quiz, I see that that means like, okay, we've been pretty good. It's like now. I think now it's time for a special segment on the show.

Yes.

Is there a podcast? I think so. Before we dive deeper into the world, we have a special segment and I'm going to play some music right here.

Well, I wanted to keep this on the down low of Corey, of course now. But I got Stump.

Oh, Stump gonna be here with us.

I got Stump really hard. He does not read his email, but I got him on the phone. He has email and he wants to be on the show.

What?

And I can't do a great Stump impression, but he was like, oh, yeah,.

I do it in stuff.

So he's actually waiting outside right now.

Oh, my gosh.

Bring him in.

I got a text that there's like an armadillo in my backyard. So I'm gonna go grab Stump, send him in here. Go take care of that. That and then I'll be right back.

Okay.

I can't find you that armadillo.

Oh, and one more thing. No matter what happens, under no circumstances do not let Stump know that he's just a character on our podcast. It will destroy him if he finds out.

Oh, it's like. It's like a Buzz Lightyear type of situation.

I'll be right back.

It'll be okay. Bye, Nathan.

Just don't win.

Oh, hey.

So he goes that way.

Yeah, I think he had to go.

To the bathroom or something over here and sit here.

Oh, yeah, you can have his seat. It's right there.

Okay.

Wow.

Welcome. Welcome to the show.

Stump, do you have bigger headphones?

Yeah. Let me put two of them together.

Easy on that chair, bro.

Okay.

Welcome to the party.

Hello.

It's stuff. Evidently.

There he is.

The double headphones.

Hey, have you seen Easy or E?

They are hanging out in the van.

I kind of. I kind of sound like her, but don't be confused.

I was going to say, are you related to Easy?

Could I? Could be. Yeah.

That's crazy. You actually sound like. Exactly, exactly. It's kind of creepy.

It's pretty weird.

But yeah. Nathan, he pick us up in his van and stop like vans. Very loud. Go fast. Yeah.

What a surprise this is.

Nathan asked me to be here and to do to. He wants me to pop the quiz.

Okay.

Okay.

Just pop away.

Well, my name Is Nick. Nice to meet you.

Hi, Nick. It is nice to meet you.

And can I ask you a question?

Oh, sure.

When's the last time you took a shower? Oh, he's sitting right next to me, and I just wondered.

He's just.

Well, you know, these showers in Tsinteo, they go up and stuff. He's very good at going down that. Maybe.

I wasn't gonna do anything.

To.

Brag, but, yes, this is the case.

Okay. Very good.

Okay. Welcome.

Great to have you in here.

Yeah, absolutely. I'm excited for this. Top of the quiz.

Sure. Should we start the quiz?

I think so.

Yeah, let's do it.

So stop curious, though. Like, what is this podcast? It is like.

Oh.

Oh, yeah, it is.

Is it like fishing? No, you get the part and you cast it and you catch.

No, that was the one we used to do. We changed this one up. This one just like to hang out and tell stories.

Oh, you tell story. Okay, that sounds good.

Yes.

Storytelling.

Nathan leaves this beer behind. You think Stump could have it?

I think you should be good.

Okay.

All right. Nobody tells.

Save some for Eloie then.

Okay, you. Now you need another one or one sip, it's gone.

He's a good, good beginner. Good starter. Yes.

Yes.

Okay, so Stump have questions here? Yes.

Ask away, Stump.

Do you mind if I just listen and let these two answer? Oh, boy.

So Nathan tells Dump that D1. You are Corey.

Yes.

Yes.

He said you probably would have unfair advantage.

Okay, cool, cool.

He said he thought it would be funny if you just destroyed the other two.

We're going to be put on the spot. Did you know we were going to be put on the spot here?

Lauren has a horrible memory and.

Come on.

And so you'll. You'll do fine.

I don't remember details very well. Okay, let's see how we can do this.

I can. I know quote to. To Billy Madison pretty well. And that's all.

That's all I can remember.

Strong barbarian. Yeah,.

He sounds strong. Good name. So would you like to be on the team or play against each other?

Obviously against each other.

Against each other. Okay. That is correct. If you had said you want to be on the team, you would have been wrong. That is the first question.

So I think we nailed it.

You each get one point.

Thank you,.

People that aren't here.

What?

Cory's good at that. He's got some.

Oh, is this magic?

Kind of a. Yeah, I've been practicing my magic.

Oh, very good. He's good magic.

You do your fingers like this.

Okay, so Next question then.

Okay.

What were the names of the three DMV adventurers the party meets on the Crash Bridge?

Grass bridge.

I remember them. But Curtis.

Wow. I was gonna go with Steve.

That's always the. It's always there.

And Penelope.

No, no, we have used those names quite a bit, I feel. Or Penelope quite a bit. I'm going. I'm going with Curtis. Final answer.

I'm gonna go with Marcus.

Marcus and Curtis.

And Dan.

Marcus, Marcus, Curtis and Dan. This is not correct.

Or Jorge.

Does Corey know the answer?

He's looking at his notes.

No. Magical.

Out in close your computer competition.

I'm gonna be completely honest. I made those names up on the spot and I never. So no, I do not know.

I remember meeting this.

Yes, I do too. Because that was the first time he.

Really stepped in it and they were upset. They were upset because this one.

Yes.

So you make these names up?

I did make the names though.

What were you their father?

Oh, I mean actually I just. It's been a while since I've seen them so I just kind of forget their names.

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, stop think maybe with their father or something. All right, stop.

He made the names.

Okay, well, nobody got that one. That's okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Stump doesn't know either.

Well, Stump knows because he has answer on this magic tablet that Nathan gave you.

Oh, good.

Okay.

Their names were Cotton Eye Joe.

Oh, how can we.

Where? Cuz I said where do you come or where you go? I think Louie said where do you come from?

So funny.

Timothy and Frank Fartech.

Timothy.

Oh, there's is it another couple Timothy?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Timothy II and Frankfurt.

Wow, I completely forgot about Cotton.

I. Joe Nyjo is very good name to start.

That was a whole thing. Yeah.

Wow. Good start everybody.

All right.

Okay, one for one.

Next question. How long is Eloise beard?

You should know.

I mean Eloise should know this.

Six feet long and he's only four feet tall.

That is correct.

Yes.

Why that's unfair.

You must know Eluiten.

I know Elui very well.

Oh wow. It's good. He has never brought up anyone way back, but. Oh wow. Stump don't know too much about this past, so. Yeah, this makes sense.

Yeah.

Okay, next question. Huh? Okay. What was the weapon of mass destruction?

The mower worth one voucher or two vouchers?

Five vouchers.

It was two vouchers. You are correct.

I was like. Because I was world pissed that it wasn't more.

Stop. Still think it's ridiculous that weapon of.

Mass.

I not being pretty upset about that actually.

Okay, crazy tied two to two.

Okay, another question. Well, maybe stomp. Skip that one. It look really hard.

Oh, really?

We come back to that?

Are you sure?

Come back to it.

That could be a final one.

Try one.

Okay. What were the names of the weapons that the anomalies got shot for the arena?

The short sword.

Yes.

Oh, yeah. One everywhere.

Yeah.

There was a fecal cone.

Did I. You had the shark. I had the short.

No, I did.

You had the sharks.

Of course I did.

Oh, I had the chainsaw sword.

That's right.

You get another one.

Yes. There's only one weapon left. It was the one Stump got. What?

And.

But he would never got. He ran to boxes or something.

He never got to use it.

Yeah, it was a.

What was it?

Full arm. You know, Corey.

Oh, I know this one. Yeah.

Oh, oh.

Maybe Stump could give clue you. You can't see, but Stump is now pointing finger is a gun. And he go with finger laser gun.

Oh, in corporate office and. Hiya, pal.

Staple gun gun.

No, finger. Finger gun.

Oh, that's right.

Yeah, you got it.

Wow, the rings of finger guns.

Yes, it was ring of finger guns. The short sword and the chainsaw sword.

Ah, yeah.

So does that mean I get the point and he doesn't?

Well, he got chainsaw, but I get two points.

You got shark. You did get finger guns.

That's like good way to do it is you get two points. You get one.

Yeah.

Okay. That one work.

That makes sense to Stump. Okay, next question. Oh, this is probably the hardest question. We'll see what comes after 137.

29, 138.

I remember.

I remember this scene.

Cory, Cory, do you know what comes after 137?

I just remember I was laughing so hard when he did this. Because you're having all of the.

The.

The volcano stuff.

The.

The confetti.

Confetti.

Thank you. Yeah, because he was like, guys, guys, what comes after 137?

And then he forgotten started back over or something.

Shoot.

Ah, crap.

What did you.

It was confetti. Stump hat.

You forgot. So it's number one.

Ah, I don't remember what the answer was. I was laughing too much.

Purple.

Oh, do you guys give up?

Up? My answer is purple.

The answer is nobody knows.

Nobody knows.

Because you kept asking.

You're like, nobody knows to know the answer.

Dang it.

Very good question.

Nobody answered himself. Nobody knows.

Okay, ready for next one?

Yes.

I love these.

What race is Mayor Tinselwick?

Oh, he was a. He was a What's It's.

It is an incorrect.

I can't think.

Dwarf. Gnome.

Also incorrect.

What was he? He had a small head.

It's true. He has small head and even smaller hat on his head.

Not gnome.

No, nothing.

And he wasn't human.

Probably won't.

Was he human? Did you already say that?

Well, yes, but that is not the answer. He is a heavyset man.

Oh, I do have man on here. Okay. I thought I changed his mouth.

Easy.

Did you say human and he was heavy.

I did say human man.

Yes, he is human, but that's not the answer.

Sorry.

Answer is heavy.

Heavyset man. Yeah, I have it in my notes. A short, stout man.

Okay, so there's just a few more here.

I'm gonna get this. I'm in the lead so far. I think.

Don't feel like you guys will do good on this one.

I hope so.

What is the name of Easy's horse?

Penelope.

Yes.

No.

What else?

It's exactly.

Yes. Thank you.

Jeremy.

That's correct.

Corey, do you know.

Samuel?

I was gonna say Samuel.

Samuel.

It's also Penelope. It's also Jeremy.

Carl.

It's also Carl. That is correct.

Oh, Franklin.

Yes, that is right. Yes.

Also Donald.

I'm nailing it. How many points is that, Michael?

Oh, that's like five points.

I get. I get most points for the actual name.

Don't forget about LaFonda.

That's right.

These names were not.

Oh, Nacho was another name.

Yes, yes. And Eugene.

And then also double sided tape. That was a good one.

Yeah.

I'm really. I'm really confused. And I want to win this game.

I think it was sunkissed.

That's right.

Okay.

It's because no one can remember the name.

That's why.

Okay.

Horse of many names.

Horse with many names.

Exactly.

Okay.

What could not remember.

It's okay. Stop. Have trouble remembering lots of things. If he didn't have this magic tablet, it probably wouldn't be so easy for Stump.What was the name of the allergy medicine that helps prevent sneezing caused by volcano confetti?

No blow.

No, it was not. No blow.

Antish.

That is good one, but no.

Oh, it was. Did we do a commercial on it?

Yeah, we did.

It was Nachu.

Oh, my gosh. Why can't I remember this? I even wrote the dang commercial. Or. No, we all wrote that commercial together.

Okay, give us a letter in the. Give us the second letter.

Don't. Never knew that we had writers for commercials. This is.

Oh, I mean, this is great.

And it makes Sense, though, because it's.

Like we get the script and stumps.

Like, where'd this come from? I guess it was always here, but now.

Stop.

No.

God.

Can you give us the second letter of the answer?

The second letter?

Yeah, the second blow. No.

Man, we are having a hard time remembering our own show's trivia.

Oh, it's a sneeze medicine. And so it has to do with something with.

I was thinking gravities. That's what I was thinking. Ease. Okay.

Gravities.

Yeah.

Don't remember gravities.

E. L. L. Was it aller?

Oh, you're so close. Holy cow.

What was the last letter?

Aller.

Aller. And then you say it.

E. No, you said Y.

It end with Y. Yeah, Aller.

Allergy.

Allergies.

So close. Okay, it. You want enter.

Gosh, I can't.

We're giving this second to the last letter.

Nick's not gonna give up.

Oh. Oh, my God. The whole time.

That was one of my next guests.

That is correct. But don't want to give you points, honestly.

No, no, we don't.

We don't deserve it.

It's a show where the points don't matter.

Okay, so this next one is kind of like a three parter.

Oh, my goodness.

I love it.

What is the name of the Rufiogo loyalists? Leader.

Ah, I said that earlier.

Yes.

Elantra.

Yes.

Close.

No.

Elena. Eloise.

Elvira.

Oh, my gosh, Myra. You literally said this word earlier. I. I know this one. Finally.

So there's Felix and then there's Ella. Alon. You said Elantra.

That's the other one.

Okay, so next question you got right already. So you get the point.

Okay.

But there's more to next question.

Okay.

Oh, but yes. Alantra is the leader of the fringe.

Yes.

Who is leader of Rufio loyalists. And who is leader of the rum Tom Tugger loyalists?

The old douchebag.

Stop. Don't like him. He's very. Yeah, Felix can go. He can suck a brick, kid. But what is Ruf. Yogo? Leader.

Okay. Elantra is Felix, and it's another kind of flourishy word.

You work close because you say ella.

That's what it starts with.

Ella, Ella, Ella, Ella. What is the answer?

Elantra.

Stump to tell you.

Yes.

Okay, answer is elephant. You're really close, and you get the other two, so that is very.

Yeah.

Who. He gets one point. I get one point.

What's the purdy lady's name? Oh, you remember that,.

Stump.

Think you both should get two points because you Both get.

Okay, so I'm still ahead.

Stomp could tell both of you now, right?

No, I got. I got one you didn't get for bonus point.

Oh, bonus points.

What was on top of Ell's staff?

Crap.

Each.

There was not crap on top of.

The each magic person. They have special magic item.

Mushroom.

Stump want to know which each one is on El. So we can start with El. But Stump also want to know.

No.

The others.

A seashell.

No, no, not seashell.

No. A snail shell. No, no.

A shell is the elf.

Ella the elf.

A tree had a plan.

Their leader of Rufioko.

And this was the part where dog toys.

Yes, it is a dog toy. Do you know what kind?

Bone.

Oh, no, not bone.

Why would it not be a bone?

Cory?

Why would it not be?

When I was. When I was introducing all of the wizards to you, all I meant to mentioned what exact specific toys they have so on.

Lfl is the dog and it is a. How could it not be a rope?

Ellis has a staff, if that helps you out.

Yeah, it's on top of staff.

Definitely a ball. Duh.

Yes, that's right.

Oh, how could it not be a ball?

It is a squeaky ball. Good job. Now, the leader of the fringe, Elantra.

Yeah.

Turtle.

What did they have on their shell? They have lots of these shells. We're on the shell.

Shell's on the shell. Fish bones. Tortoise.

Tortoise shell.

No, no, no.

It can't be. It's not a toy. It's a mouse. It's a different toy. It's a Canadian bird toy.

What'd you say?

Mouse toy.

Yes. Mouse on a string. Good job. Good job.

Good job, Nicholas.

Okay, so this next one, it was also a type of mouse on. But do you know what it was, how it was worn?

It was worn on his beard.

Nope.

Around his neck.

Yes, sure, around the neck. And what do you call it when you have a thing around your necklace? That's right. It was a good necklace.

They're back.

What? Oh, it's magic size. Don't forget. Okay. All right. So. So two. We just have two more.

Okay.

Okay.

This one is extra hard. You know what? Let's maybe do this one last.

Okay.

Cuz it's so hard.

We're doing really good so far.

All right. Stump heavy.

Not bad, actually.

Yeah.

Yeah. You guys doing great. Nathan said you would do way worse than this.

Nathan? We could talk to him when he gets back in here.

He's kind of annoying.

Oh, man.

He's just like.

We Just stay here anyway.

Let him leave and you can stay hang out with.

Yeah.

This Stump like this idea. Stump think he'd be way better.

Well, you gotta get back out there in Sendayo.

Yeah, it's true. Stump have things to do, Louie.

And he would miss you.

Yes, yes.

Easy.

Gotta get back to the van.

All right, give it to us. What's the.

The van does not have ac. So I'm worried. Oh, no, but the music's on and it's their favorite song, so they are listening to it.

Free bird.

What is this? All birds are free.

Oh, okay.

What? Okay, Stump have riddle.

Oh, oh boy.

Ready?

I like riddles.

I don't, but I think this will be fine.

Okay. So Stump usually he say stomp, but for this stop going to just read the riddle the way it is.

Okay.

I make you happy, I make you smile. I ward off hunger for a while. I have no heart, I have no soul. If you push me, I will roll. What am I?

Say it again, please.

Of course. I make you happy, I make you smile. I ward off hunger for a while. I have no heart, I have no soul if you push me.

Dang it.

That's right.

I saw your eyes light up like.

The moment you thought of it too.

Hey, good job.

That is correct.

It is donut.

Yes.

Because I was like. Oh, Stump is saying this. Of course.

Personal questions.

Oh, of course. Stump already like you.

Do you like donuts?

Oh, donuts are the best. But it is crazy because Stump, where he come from? Whole planet is donut, but nobody knows what donut is. Really annoying.Stump hopes one day he find donut on donut World.

But oh my gosh, I'm not quite.

Sure how you got here. But we do have donuts here in this world.

I know. Nathan took me through. You have a great donut place.

All right.

Yeah. Yes, Stop get many donuts and probably get more before you go back there.

You go home to the people that there in San and share them out.

I can show it to them.

Especially if they don't know what they are.

Yeah, I can stop telling them to imagine an apple confused.

Yes, I remember that.

Okay, here is the last question and also hardest question ever.

Probably not created of all time.

Okay, can you name all the dads?

Yes. Timothy.

Yes.

Bruce.

Yes. You have to do both names.

Clean cut.

That's right.

Bruce Halfacre.

Yes, that's right. There's more. Do you want to know how many?

Oh gosh, is there like five?

There are seven.

Yeah.

Oh, crap.

Well, okay. You know, we have These Lonnie. Oh, yeah.

Oh, our character's Lon Jovi.

Stump miscount.

There are six.

Oh. Oh, Stump who? Stump don't know these people.

That's true.

If they're from a different story that.

You guys like to talk about, Stump don't know them, so. Exactly.

Okay.

Oh, man.

Bruce Halfacre.

One.

Well, I. I said that. And then tempting the two. I get those points.

I said.

I said them.

There are four. Four more Deads that had names.

There is definitely.

Samuel.

Kid Rock. Not Kid Rock.

They love. They love him.

That sounds kind of like Man Jazz, man.

Yeah.

Are they similar? Oh, yeah.

Oh, man. Man Jazz.

Stump's not the fan of Man Jazz's.

Music, but there's another one he had a couple interactions with, so.

I know Ed.

No, we have Brute, we have Bruce, and we have Timothy. Those are the ones we found later so that we know them because we.

Well, we met them and then we. Solomon again.

Dan, this is very hard question.

Your side quest characters met one of them.

Oh, a side quest.

Oh. Oh, God. Bruce Halfacre. Just kidding.

We've already said that.

Okay, this one's tough.

There's one. I think he will get. The other three I doubt they're gonna get.

Yeah.

Is this question very hard?

This is for all of our, like, diehard fans out there.

Gary. Gary is definitely one.

Kevin. Are we just saying our dad's name?

Kevin.

Yes, yes. Oh, Kevin. But do you know Kevin's last name?

Duh.

Bielberg, Probably.

Well, you want the clue?

Yeah, the.

The last names are, like, has to do with gardening.

I know. I know that.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

But I can't. I know that, but I can't think of.

It's very hard.

Oh, Kevin Tree Whacker.

That sounds kind of.

That's his name.

That's what you said. No, we're struggling bad.

We're struggling.

Yeah. This really hard. Hey, you guys get two?

Two out of seven's pretty good.

Yeah.

Stump think you do. Very good.

Yay. Thank you, Stump.

Corey, do you know how many do you know?

You're looking at your notes.

I have way more than six because there are some you still haven't met yet. But the six that they have all met was Bruce Halfacre, Timothy Clean Cut, Carl Greenwell.

Carl. I said Carl. No, that was about the horse's name.

Mike. Mike Turfson.

Yes.

Kevin.

Mike Turpson.

Yeah. Kevin Mulch and Alan Sodwick.

Yes. Well, on magic tablet, Stump did not have Carl. He had Derek Lanfall.

Wow.

Oh, yes.

Sorry. Derek is also one that was at the place Stump.

Remember Carl now. So Magic Tablet forget one. Whoopsie.

But Carl was the one who the.

Other guys met in side quest as well. Yeah.

See there are so many dads. Not even Magic Tablet.

No many dads.

Only so many dads.

This Corey person who is extensive magical.

Knowledge of all things Zed Flanders.

I mean I know 13 dads for sure.

That's perv. Unbelievable. Do you know Hutchins?

He likes mouths.

Yes, I have met Hutchinson a couple times.

Oh my good. You must be wizard.

I. I have been wizard before.

Could you help us? We're trying to get three magical items. Do you know where they are? Yeah. Could you maybe like just point us in the right direction?

I think. Here's what I can do. I can tell you where they are. But I'm going to first tell you a very very long story.

Oh.

So if you're. If you're down to sit and listen to a long story. Stop. Love story over like probably another year year. Then you'll find out where they are.

Well, it's not like story but the year sounds really long time.

It does sound.

Maybe we'll take it.

How about you come every other week and I'll tell you a little bit more of that story? Yeah, you just come every other week.I'll tell you a couple hours, we'll talk about the story, you'll learn more about it and then eventually you'll get there.

This is great. Well, stop. Had a really good time here.

Hey, thank you for stopping by.

It's actually really nice to meet you and person.

That's nice. Everybody smell really good here.

Thank you.

It's kind of crazy. And also all of your water go down.

Yeah.

I was going to say it's cuz the water flow.

The water.

You know.

It's great when we pee here, we don't hit ourselves in the face.

Yeah.

And see Stomp. Okay. Everybody else is like it's not a big deal. But Stomp gets really sick of that. Like Elo told me he said ah. I kind of like it so.

Oh my.

God.

I remember that when it first comes out.

Do you know Elu too?

I do.

You guys know so many things about me and my friends. It's kind of creepy.

Well, you're kind of getting famous out there.

We just hear lots of stories about you.

That's true. We are the anomalies.

Yes.

We're pretty important.

Oh, you're the anomalies. I should. I should go.

Oh, so many people do that. It's weird. Okay, well, you know, stubble, get out.

Of your hair and hit the old dusty chair.

The old dusty trail, as in the old stinky van.

Yes.

Okay.

Super nice to meet you. Yes.

You guys are great.

And it's. It's good.

Ow.

Okay. All right. That's a pretty firm handshake. No problem.

Sorry about that, squeezy, big guy. But, yes, it's good to meet you, person. That sounds exactly like easy in a way that it is kind of creeping.

Stomp out a little bit, but sorry.

And to Magic Man Corey.

Bye, Stump.

Bye, Stump. Thanks for hanging out.

Goodbye, Stump. Go now.

Oh, there goes. Stump was such a nice guy.

Hi.

Wow.

Yeah, he is. Oh, hey, Nathan.

Hey, guys.

Hey. Welcome back, man.

So how did Ghost? He looked really, really happy, like he had a good time.

Yeah, it was. It was really good. He had a lot of fun.

You gotta tell that guy about hygiene. Yeah, he needs to take a shower.

We know where he's from. It's kind of our fault that we made the water go up, so. Yeah, can't really blame him. Okay, so I'm glad that everything went good with Stump.I do want to say, though, I would like to send a message out to, I guess, just like, law enforcement in general or the people that make laws. If you're gonna make a law, you need to. People need to know about the law.Because I don't think it's fair that, like, how am I supposed to know you can't sit on an armadillo like people. Okay, so is that a law? Well, at the time, yes, apparently. And at the time, the armadillo looked very sturdy.And, you know, and then there's cops at my door. It's a whole mess. I'm still sorting it out.

You sat on the armadillo or someone else? I'm confused.

I sat on the armadillo.

What possessed.

It looked really sturdy.

Yeah, well, it's a good thing you sat on it instead of Stump.

There should be, like, signs that say,.

Don't sit on the armadillo.

Don't sit on armadillo.

Me?

I think it's. I think this country's sick. That's what I think.

I'm so sorry, buddy.

That is a serious conundrum, though, that you like.

Well, I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do that.

Yeah, and they're. I have to pay, like, so much money. It's insane.

Brutal.

Didn't.

So. I really hope this podcast does well.

Hate to break it to you, bud, but you're going to jail.

You going to jail.

What are you in for? Sat on Armadillo loitering.

Well, I mean, at least we got to hang out with Stump. Sorry.

I'm glad things went well.

Sorry.

He had there.

He had a huge grin on his face, so.

Well, welcome back. Should probably.

Happy to be back.

Yeah, probably shouldn't.

He asked us some tough questions.

Strange guy.

Did he?

Yeah.

I told him you guys were going to ace it. That you guys were going to know every answer.

I was like, these.

These are my best friends. They're so smart.

Smart.

Oh, that's what I told him. Yeah.

I love that you have confidence in us.

Of course.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

Sweet. So that was fun. I mean, I like getting a visit. Yeah. So kind of diving back into our wonderful world that we have all created with each other. I mean.Yeah. After you, you know, you found out about the mowing dads.Cause all those issues, you finally got your first place of residence over in Tumbille, which you literally spent a morning at that. And so you never really even got to spend like a full night in your place.

That's so funny, because that's another thing I was thinking about when I was listening back was we left our home and like, we still haven't gone back.

Gone back. Yeah. And that kind of surprised me that no one had really gone back to it yet. But at the same time, also, it's like, oh, stuff is happening.We want to keep moving, you know.

Well, Stump broke the bed. So, like.

Oh, her name was Penelope there.

Everybody. Everybody.

There's probably like a giant donkey.

Donkey.

There's like a big package on the doorstep. That's the replacement bed. It's just.

Just sitting there.

No one's claimed it.

Probably.

Porch pir.

He would be. He would.

So you had that house, you know, you got to finally take your first fast travel with the. The water tunnel.

Yeah.

The water tubes that the DMV provides. You got to do that a couple times and kind of experience that part of the world. And then kind of what happened after that? Yeah.Then basically, you know, you found your ways over to the magistrate, Lord Floof in Rumfield and kind of learned a little bit about how that kind of goes.

I also liked his voice.

I love Lord Floof.

He was pretty great. And. And then. Yeah.

Well, the house is where we met Kraus Devon.

Yeah, the house is. We met.

And then he. He went out and then we tried to chase him down. And that's when we met his.

His grandma.

Grandma also quote, unquote, Grandma. Very confused.

Grandma.

Girlfriend thought it was my grandma. No, my s. Everybody is Penelope and.

Everybody is your grandma.

Yeah, and then. But then also you thought the malag was my grandma. Yeah, she is.

Everyone's your grandma.

Never.

My gosh.

My favor about Kraus, Devon Kraus, is that he only enters and exits through windows. He's like a window goblin.

Yeah, that's where he showed up.

That's funny.

Oh, you were like. I remember that now because you're like. Window person.

Yeah, Window person.

Window person.

That was so funny.

Yeah. Okay. Sorry.

Yeah, so, yeah, and then. Yeah. So you kind of got a taste of the world, you know, and then you made your way to Rum Field because you're trying to get.Because you got the notes about the media things with the mowing dads, and kind of your main objective was, for a while was stopping the mowing dads and that whole thing, which led to some side quests and other stuff. So.So kind of what I want to get to point out now is, in our short amount of time of these 12 episodes total, that you've got to explore the world, kind of learning characters, meet some new people. Who would you say are some of your favorite NPCs that you've met so far?

Oh, man, there's so many.

Old Hutchison.

Timothy.

Because of his voice.

Finch is.

Oh, thanks, man.

Timothy. What?

Where.

Oh, where'd he go?

Where'd he go?

Oh, he left already. He popped his head in and out, man.

I didn't.

Back to the van.

I didn't think he got in my van. He snuck on, but, yeah, obviously, Finch. That's like the. The obvious one.

The goat.

Yeah. Finch rules.

He was a goat.

We all instantly loved Finch.

Yeah.

Like, yeah, Mayor Tinselwick, Hutchinson.

Sal.

There's so many. Sal.

My husband. Boy can get it.

Wait, hold on.

What.

What was.

He was just really cool.

Sal was a dwarf, too? Yeah, I believe so.

Yeah. And he could just.

Because maybe you're like, oh, you're from a different clan of dwarves.

And he said, these are my dwarf dogs. Daughters.

And Stump said, hard to tell as.

I remember that.

He could cut a rug. Yeah, like real.

He also, his heart monitor gave out like, six times.

Leaseter's intriguing.

And least there's a great one.

Yeah.

Leash is a great son.

There he is.

I mean, we all hate Felix, but, like, sometimes that's what you need.

You have to have those characters.

Hateable guy.

It's like a Bellatrix in Harry Potter, you know? It's like.

I hate that it's like a Pirelli and Sweeney Todd.

Yeah.

It's a.

He loved to hate the guy.

Yeah.

Yeah. What about. Yeah, so we talked about Crosson Cross. A little trickster. Do y' all think you'll see more of Krauson?

Kraus?

I hope so.

I hope that.

That mother trucker.

Yeah.

If we do, Stump is definitely going to be like, he still thinks he's our friend.

Our friend, yeah. Exact.

Yeah.

What do you think of Melnag.

Is very interesting. There's definitely so much more to Malnag.

It's just interesting that she's so old and you wouldn't think she'd be so powerful.

Yeah. She's working for the dmv.

No, she's scary.

Yeah.

That's kind of interesting thought, you know, because I think the characters are going through the world and they've been assigned by the dmv and they're. They're trying to find their way. They're trying to figure out what they really want to do. And are they going to side with the dmv? Right.This whole thing. And now. Now we. We know a lot more about the story. Seems like someone's doesn't, you know, like, what's going on. Yeah, Finch and all of that.

Yeah, Finch already, like, kind of stood up to them, and we saw how that went.

Right.

So that kind of helped us make our decision. But it's funny enough, we're out here on order orders from the dmv, Right. Yeah. We're supposed to be bringing these things back, you know.

Yeah. And that's one of the major things I wanted when I first started this world, was to give you all a moral dilemma. Like, you are you.You've been welcomed to this world by the dmv. To you, it seems like that is the social norm. That's where you start. You're given your identity, your papers. Excuse me. And then you.You know, that's how you make money. And so what I wanted to do was, like, give you all. Okay. The dmv, they're take care of you. You do these quests, you do these things.And then you start being faced with this moral dilemma of, are they on the up and up? Do we need to kind of separate ourselves from that? Like, they're providing us jobs, they're providing us money and solid work.

Yeah.

But at the same time, is there some kind of motives behind that? Do we want to stick with and become clerks, or do we want to move on to something else?

In any storyline, it's hard to tell Hard to know who to trust and.

Yeah.

And who didn't go with.

And like, there's like a saying that is. It's hard to see the picture when you're in the picture.And like, if you're like listening to a story, it's kind of like, oh, well, obviously you guys should just side with the dads or like, you know, screw the dmv. But when you're like kind of living it like we've been, we chose to like, oh, let's play both sides. Let's kind of feel this out.

I'm really glad you all went with that route too because I feel like that added so much more depth and dimension to it by being like, we're going to kind of play both sides. Like, we're making sure they're still friendly with us, but we're still doing our job. So I think that worked out great.

I really like that quote and I'm going to use that in my personal life.

That's one of my favorite quotes. Which one?

What he just said it's hard to.

See the picture when you're in the picture.

Yeah. Were you listening?

That was like what you say? That was like a. A homeless man in New York City. City said that.

What?

Yeah, there's like, I can't remember who it was, but he was like asking homeless people in New York City, like he'd got any wisdom. And one of them said he was talking about his life and he said, you know, it's hard to see the picture when you're in the picture.

I was like, dang, gotta, gotta step back.

I guess another question I have for you all.Since some stuff, you know, was kind of done and then situations caused, you know, oh, we gotta turn right, you know, we've got to kind of leave the situation. Are there any currently like open ended things that you've been like, gosh, I really wonder about this, we never got to do this.Or is there something just like burning in the back of your mind so far that you're like, man, I really want to know what would have happened there.

I do have one actually. So when we first went to Tumble, we didn't explore Tumble very much.And one of the things Krause von Kraus talked about was there's like a dinner where everybody in town gets together.

To eat the dinner.

And I bet there's like a million characters that we just never met that are like, they're still meeting for dinner back in Tumble.

Oh yeah. Like the guy that Zed Flanders challenged on the Rooftop. That was very Icelandic.

Wait, is he from Tumbill?

What's that guy's name?

I don't know. There's some stuff I can't give away.

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

Okay.

That's cool. I didn't realize.

Yeah, there's a lot of people.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That. Well, not just. Yeah, that around that we haven't met.

Yeah, yeah.

Did you guys have any, like.

But I will say that the whole tumbille thing with the dinner, I was kind of hoping you all would have stayed for that. But it's nothing like really story, like, altering.But yes, it is literally something that happens what I say every, like Thursday or something like that.

Yeah. It was very regular. And it was like, literally everyone will be there.

It's just a very. It's one thing that everyone in that town, because I was going to be like, this is one thing that everyone in the town can agree on.And there's like, they put everything aside, like, because it's just so good.

Yeah.

That everyone literally just comes together, has a huge meal, they dance into the night. And that's just a general, normal thing.And I was going to make it just a very general, normal thing, like, because I know a lot of times when you throw that into games, it's like they start questioning it. Is this cult. Is this a. This. It's like, nope. They literally just have this one thing a week that they can all agree on on a wonderful place to be.

We would have gotten so paranoid and suspicious. We would have ruined it.

We still could.

Still good. Yeah. Is there anything else that you all have been like, oh, man, I should have, like, wondering.

I should have wrote this down.Because oftentimes when we're, like, driving home, like, like, I'll say something and you're like, yeah, I had all this plan that you guys could have explored, but you didn't.

We didn't explore a lot of the Magic School.

Yeah.

And I think that's probably part of it. And he's was so much more there. So I kind of be like, what else was there?

Yeah. I will say.I will say, like, I had a lot of stuff planned at that wizard school when it was going to be just the original whatever, you know, wizard school or not. I had a lot of the rooms, like, completely fleshed out and I had so many small secrets I was going to reveal.Like, in each room that you, like, explore floor, but you all never quite made it around the corner to all the, like, really important rooms. I will say that.

Oh, the really Important ones.

Really important.

Yeah. He told me something, and I was like, what?

I had a feeling because we asked you and you didn't give too much away, but there was like a. Like a touch of like, oh, we missed something big.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I want to know more about Sage, too.

Yeah, I will say. Say sage is going to play a big part in this next few episodes, at least in your start of your journey.So, yeah, you'll definitely have plenty of opportunity to kind of see more about. See more of Sage. See more of them. Yeah. But, yeah, back to the wizarding School.I was super excited there for some things to share, but I was like, oh, they never got there. Oh, well, I guess they'll never know. I can't tell you what they are because they'll reveal stuff about the world.

We're, like, locked into the bad ending now.

Well, exactly.

He chose the wrong.

Nothing else we can do.

The. The good thing is, is that you're talking to Lauren and Nick and Nathan and not easy and alien.

I don't want to influence it.

May all of a sudden start going that way.

Do you need to open.

Depending on what happens, I may, like, tell you some things.

Nick's going to open up. Beer.

Oh, open that beer. Go for it. But, yeah, depending on. On where things end up, I might have to reveal some things.Like, if you find some things out later, I'd be like, okay, you would have found this out, like, seven episodes ago in the Wizard School if you would have went this way. You know, I'll make sure to kind of bring that up. Yeah. Any other.

Trying to think if there's. Yeah. Anything else that we could be about.

Mel Neck, whatever. Like, if I can share about it. I'd love to.

Where'd Finch go?

Wait a second. We're gonna jump ahead 70 episodes.

Where is. And what's the answer for the puzzle to get the ball of no Return.

That's.

That's one I would.

That's the one you want.

Oh.

Do you know that the modads have their own manifesto?

I did.

That was one thing you all never found. That was on the farm.

Oh, man.

When he first met the original modads. I did leave behind a manifesto, but.

So we should have gone into the house. That.

Where it was, was inside the house.

It was inside the house.

Yeah.

And we even saw it about.

You just went about it wrong.

We. Well, we thought about going back and sneaking in so we could pet his dogs.

Yes.

But then we. We decided not to.

I will say, you probably will never find this Again. So I'm gonna go ahead and. Do you want to know what the Mowing Dad's manifesto is?

Absolutely. It's probably just the lyrics to a kid rock song.

All right.

Did I just ruin it for you?

The manifesto of ordered growth. This is something also known as the manual or the Book of lines or that lawn thing.They'll have many names for it, but this is what the modads live by. Okay, so, listeners, you're getting a good glance into more into the lore of the Mowing Dads. All right?And it's, like, the thing, and then something about the thing. So, like, the first, like, oath. I don't know if you want to call it that.We believe the world has forgotten balance and has, like, little text under it. Growth without care becomes chaos. Chaos invites rot. Rot invites collapse. The grass knows this. It grows. Yes, but it also waits to be shaped.

Wow.

Second, we believe the law is wrong, obviously.

Yeah.

The no Mo edict was written by those who fear responsibility. To tend is not to destroy. To cut is not to kill. To trim is to love.

I can't believe we missed this.

See, he puts so much effort and thought into. Oh, I got a lot more that we don't even. I know, but there's. This is just, like, a piece of all the things that you prepare, and I watch you prepare.There.

It's more so, like, understanding. Like, there's so much more you could find if you take the time.

But the episodes are two hours long already.

I know the third thing. The third rule. Whatever. We believe the grass remembers. Long before the sprawl swallowed roads and homes. The land was ordered. Paths were visible.Edges were respected. The grass bent willingly. Willingly beneath careful hands. Hands. We believe tools are sacred. The blade, the shear, the line. These are not weapons.They are instruments of clarity. Each cut is a promise. And this will not be abandoned.

Wow.

Although some tools have turned to weapons, true in the years to come, we believe growth must be earned unchecked. Growth is indulgence. Discipline allows life to flourish where it matters. A trimmed lawn is not empty. It is prepared.We believe the world will thank us when the vines retreat and the paths reappear. When the land breathes again, they will understand. They always do. Eventually.Until then, we will work quietly on weekends at night, where the guardians do not look. Order through trim is the mantra, alternating lines. Cut once, do not apologize. And at the back of the manifesto, when it was flipped over, is.Is a repeated handwritten line dozens of times. It looked better before. It looked better before. It looked better before. It looked better before, and so on and so forth.

Wow.

That is the modads manifesto.

We might have even been more inclined to side with them had we found that I.

And I initially really did kind of want to side. Side with them.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think you and Nick were, like, very pro dads, and Stump was very, like, no, these guys. I don't like these guys.

They just were so hospitable.

Yeah. And. But Stump was in the grass and he was just.

You were getting married.

Yeah.

Get married to a little mouse wife.

Sweet.

So, yeah, that was kind of one thing now that, you know, we kind of accepted this great big responsibility. The last episode we left everyone with was you all being like, okay, I guess we are now these saviors.That is basically your new title by Wizards Union is you are now the saviors of.

No pressure. Yeah.

No pressure at all. So with that pressure and knowing going forward what it is you have to do, you've got your objectives, collectives.Find the three magical artifacts, bring them back. Say, finch, save the world.

Yeah, I like that. You know, there's.It's some stuff that's complicated, you know, with the ram tum tigers and the rufiogos, but this is something that brings restoration to the whole world, and so it's a little easier to get behind that without getting behind any one particular.

Yeah. Where do you think this story is going to go as far as your characters?

To Jeremy.

To Jeremy.

Yeah.

We have not seen Jeremy yet.

I can't believe I forgot about him. And now I'm real close.

If Jeremy talks or. Yeah, it's just, like, too big.

Jeremy sound like Elantra.

I don't know.

Oh, my God.

Wow.

Of me.

Have you ever heard, like, whale songs in the water?

I'm going to. I can't wait.

Two wells were sitting in the bar, and one lean over to the other one and said,.

What? So. So.

Oh, my gosh. I think that's a wonderful spot to wrap this up. Yeah.

Thank you for sharing.

As. So as your dm, I am very excited to see where your characters are going to go now. Now, faced with this responsibility, faced with.With this weight, I'm excited to see how that's going to change with the pressure put on them.

Yeah.

With what Stump has just gone through with past trauma and, you know, learning to deal with that and these two standing up for you and, like, what this is going to look like now, traversing still this world you. You've only been into for what, six days now?

Yeah.

You know, and now it's like, you've been here six days. You know that there's 60 people looking for you, all that you have been responsible for their deaths in one way or another.So not only do you have to worry about finding the artifacts, but you also have the DMV after you. And all those people that you've killed previously, whether on purpose or an accident, are also looking for you.

Up until this point, too, there's kind of been, like, an order to things. Like, we get a quest, and there's like, a clear list of, like, okay, we go here, then there, then there. Now it's like, we could go to.There's three different.

One.

We. We could go anywhere.

Yeah.

It's now in the open world section of the game.

Yeah.

I also wonder, like, before we wrap up, do we. So we have, like, the main objectives. Do. Do you guys have, like, personal objectives? Because mine is to probably get married.

Okay.

Like, yeah. And so do I. I think this.

One's trying to find a donut.

Yeah.

Yes.

Are you gonna get married to just one. One person, or do you have one in each region, multiple husbands or wives in mind?

That's. That's. That's a good question. I. I have mostly my eye on Sal, but, you know, I. Sal's.

Will Sal return? Will Sal make a comeback in this?

I hope so. Find him.

My money's on he's hanging out six feet under right now.

That's so hard.

No, no, that. That's a tavern in the.

Oh, yeah, that's what I meant.

I didn't mean that.

Oh, my gosh. Louie is definitely alert to the Malnag and what that means.

That's right.

There's so much comes back with that and what. You know, and he's. He's suffering from serious, you know, trauma response from his.

So, I mean, as you know, like, the Malnag has made a couple appearances so far and is, like, very, like.

Yeah.

Wants you to know that she is toying with you. And so I'm excited to see how where that goes as well.

All that. Yeah, yeah. It's the fruition.

Absolutely. Well, thank you all for sitting and chatting with this intermission episode. I wanna. And listeners, let us know, too, what you think.Like, I think this is a great idea after each arc is done, to kind of go back and discuss the arc and kind of what's happened and what's to come and just. It's a great way to just kind of all also remember what the heck we did.

Yeah.

And, you know, it's a great thing to do and then to just talk about the thing. So thank you listeners so much for listening to this intermission episode. We are excited to hop back into Ark 2.I won't let you know what the name is until the first episode is released. We're excited about that. But as always, I have been your Dungeon Master Corey. And I've been here today with Lauren.

Nathan and Nick Jackson.

And this has been Quest Happens. See you on the next episode.

Bye,.

Sam.