Syndeo Ep.7 "Journey to the Inner Rim"

Previously on Quest Happens. Oh, hello, friends.

Hi.

Hello. Are you coming with? Of course, yeah, we're coming. Is there room for us?

There's always room if you're heading to the Kano party.

Alright, let's go.

Yeah. Great. Here we go.

Oh, this is great. Hey, you should help us.

Help you what?

We've got to get rid of all the stupid confetti.

Everyone in the meat L is like,.

Gosh, you. You really know how to just lay down their stuff right at the beginning.

Oh, yes. New visitors, welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome to Pete's Fall Crossing. You've come at wonderful time. I am the mayor of this fine town.What brings you all here? Are you here for the festival?

Aye, we have come for the festival in a kind of way.

Oh, let me guess, you guys are just here for the. For the festival as well.

Oh, we can actually be friends with somebody. He won't be mad at us for doing our job.

Well, hello there, sir. Actually, we're actually here to help clean this place up.

Oh, you're gonna clean it up, are ya? Oh, we need to get rid of it.

Yeah.

This is all bad. This is a bad omen.

Go easy, go easy. Go eas. Easy, easy.

Put my hands on my hips and. And then I'm like. Did you like my beatboxing?

Yes, I thought it was lovely. It sounded so good.

Oh, my gosh.

The bags begin to shake violently and yours is like shaking violently in your hands while you're trying to like, hold it. And you just hear coming out of all the bags as these wisps.And so like, the trail of confetti follows him and the confetti, like, converges and form what the wisp looks like.

Cool.

And they. There's like six of them.

You fools. What are you doing?

I said not to clump it. You are dealing with this yourself. Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of Quest Happens.We are so excited you are here listening to the show with us. Um, let's just get into it. My name is Corey. I am your DM and today I am joined with Nicholas Jackson,.

Nathan and Lauren Keller.

I love how it's always awkward, but I love it.

So awkward.

Thank you players, for being with us. Another episode. How y' all feeling today, man?

I'm ready. I am ready. Eluie is ready to.

I feel good.

Yeah. I got some good sleep.

Good.

And I feel rested and ready to go.

That's important for being on a podcast, I guess. Yeah.

No, like Mike. Oh, your character.

Okay.

Animation.

Like, I, you know, it's sometimes confusing when you're playing D d of. Are we talking about me or. Yeah, talking about my character.

Yeah, it would be. That's why you're not hearing my voice. The voices are the same, though. It's not my fault.

I don't know if you're talking or if it's.

It's not my fault.

Esmeralda. Monster.

Is Easy with us? Can. Can we speak with Easy?

Is she in the room?

Let's all hold hands and summon evil.

Is she with us now?

What do you have for us, Corey?

Oh, I have a wonderful story. Thank you for coming to my storytelling session tonight. Yeah.Where we last left off, you all were able to head over and, you know, stop some volcanoes from sputtering up a lot of confetti. You were able to, you know, neutralize the situation. You were supposed to get rid of the confetti. You did. You may have pissed off some of the locals.

Surely not.

I found my husband.

You did. You did find Sal. And so when you all were able to clear up the confetti, you had the fight with the confetti confetti wisps.But you were able to clear it all out. You save the town. Because who knows what would have happened if you all weren't there to fight them off.And then at the last minute, you got a call from Finch and SOS basically being like, hey, something's going on with the magic in this world. The wizards are going crazy. No one's doing what they're supposed to. We need some help. Please come take this.Everyone else is too busy, and I need you all to do this. And so that was kind of where we left off. You met a crazy wizard named Hutchinson who gave you all these little figurines.

Of yourselves as part of this figurines. So many of them.

So many in there. And they didn't know whether what he was saying was true or not. But you did find out at least one of the things he was saying was true.

Well, maybe two, because he also talked about the wizards.

That is true. He did say, seek the wizards.

Yeah.

So we'll say you all were able to, you know, after all this, you got some rest. You know, took your long rest. You're feeling nice and, like you said, refreshed. You have all your. This weird thing called hit points back.

Yeah.

And, yeah, you're feeling good. So it is the morning of the next day. The mayor is actually excited to get you out of town. Does not want you there at the moment for ruining.

Appreciate our work.

No you ruined his entrepreneurial idea of making more money.

We just started the confetti fairies.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What are we supposed to do?

I mean, some people are super excited, but it's kind of mixed feelings, you know, you kind of got run out of a couple towns now at the moment. Yeah. So what would you all like to do? You do know that finches require or ask you all to come back to take another quest.You did officially complete this quest, so that is your third completed quest. Which means when you turn it in, you will be clerk.

Yeah.

Yep. And yeah. So it's really up to you all. What would you like to do?

So we're outside the town. We just got kicked out.

Yep.

Stump says do he not know we are clerk?

Well, not yet. Once I think we turn this in, we'll be clerk.

Oh, that must be the problem then. Let's go turn this in and come back. Yeah, then he will love us.

Where do I. What's the situation with Sal? Like, where is he?

So he is. He got pretty badly hurt, so he is getting some medical attention.

Yeah.

Cuz I thought he almost was like.

Yeah. But I was going to go assist him and come to his aid and then probably stay with him and leave the podcast.

Unless Sal comes along.

Do the thing where you strong human, help him get back to health and he falls in love with you.

Oh, yeah.

Nightingale.

Well, we can say this before you all leave. Tan got kicked out. Would you have gone to see Sal?

Absolutely.

What, what, what were your like, your goodbyes like? Or are you like.

Yeah.

What would you have told him, knowing that you have to leave?

Is he conscious or.

It might be. Might be pretty graphic if I were describe what would happen.

Oh, gosh. Can we do a PG version? Yes, we can do a scene. So Sal is at the medical tent. Everyone leaves. You see these?

There's blood everywhere.

Silhouettes coming through the sheets of the tent and they're bouncing, bouncing in some motion.

Oh. Oh my goodness.

Just kidding.

Well, he's a dancer. They're dancing.

Get your mind out of the gutter. N.

I was thinking there's like a magical item next to him going.

Then it speeds up as Merela comes from the room.

Yes.

So, yeah. What would, what would. What would easy say to Sal? Sal is in the hospital bed.He's not doing too hot, kind of in and out of consciousness at this point. Like his daughters are there with his sister who's taken care of them.They're kind of not like in the room but nearby and you know, like, you all have to leave. These two are waiting for you outside the tent.And Sal kind of just opens his eyes and sees you, but doesn't really say anything, but you see it just the tiniest little. Like, try to smile. Come on his face.

Okay, well, as much, you know, talk as I talk, I don't really have games. So none of the stuff that I said that I happened did not happen. So I go in there. I kind of stumble, and I'm, like, asking, like, how he's doing. And.And. And then I was really thankful to meet him. And. And I will never forget you. And then how can I. We don't have, like, cell phones.How could we stay in touch in this period of time?

Well, you do know where your home is. Like the home that you all have in tumble.

Okay, so I give him my. I give him my address.

He's kind of a traveling party guy. Yeah, it's just my two daughters.

Yeah.

And so. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah.

So I give him my messenger system or something.

I messenger pigeon.

Okay.

There you go.

And so I give him my address, and then I ask how he's doing, tell him I'll never forget him. And I give him a kiss on the forehead. So no bouncing.

Just a kiss on the forehead. Absolutely. Yeah. He's kind of looking up at you, and he tries to speak, which is like he's. Yeah, he's hurting pretty bad from the fight, but. And it's.You're just like. Put your finger on his mouth. But he. He takes the slip of paper that you wrote. You know, you're dressed for Tom Vill on.

Put a heart next to it, too.

Perfect.

Yeah.

He takes it, and you see him, like, do the thing where he puts, like, both his hands and puts it, like, over his chest where his heart is. And then he's. He just gives you, like, a nod, like a thank you. And like, he understands.And then he looks over at his girls and then looks back up at you and then just kind of smiles and closes his eyes and.

Did he die?

No, no, no, he doesn't. Flat line. He's just, like, resting. He's resting. He knows you're leaving, so.

Okay.

Does anyone know Shocking grasp, Manipulating.

Stand back.

Oh, my gosh. That I. I've never known love like this. Okay, we have to.

Did you know that when they say clear, they're saying clear because you need to clear the room. Clear the area.

Yeah. Like, don't touch the body.

Like, you need to stand clear. That's what clear means.

Okay. If shocking grasp comes up in this podcast, then someone needs to be like, Clear.

Okay. I. Man, I really. I know we have to continue on, but we are coming back here or we are finding him. This will not be the end.

So easy. Doting and.

So did your boyfriend die?

He did not.

Oh, good.

I think. I think he's. I think he's gonna be okay. And then I like him giggling and blushing and.

Oh, that's nice there. Yeah, I'm sure he's in good hands.

Yes. And so. Okay, so this is in the background.

You hear. Clear.

Gosh, it's horrible. This is not the end of this story arc, though. This will come back around.

Got an ex lover. Stump's got an ex lover. He's a mouse.

Yes.

He's been around for 700 years.

Remember how many kids he had?

Are you down to clowns?

Lots of children show.

It's probably like 30 of them.

How many. How many women?

I mean, you know, I mean, are you a hustler? I don't know. It's. It's hard to say exactly what Eloise been through in his 700 years.

Eluzer.

He may have been somewhat in the first three or four hundred years.

He's gone through stages.

He hasn't always been. He's only, like, level four, so he just started not that long ago.

Just turned 500 years or so.

He's taking it slow.

Oh, okay. I would like to know more about that past.

So.

Okay, so now that I've kind of told my husband. Future husband, goodbye, and I think should we go turn in the quest first?

You know, one thing I keep thinking is we are climbing, like, the government ladder here, which I don't know how I feel about it. I mean, I think it's okay.

We're a real bunch of cogs, you.

Know, I just don't know if the government's listening to the people. But I guess we're discovering how that's all going. But we're also realizing that our boy. Oh, gosh. Yeah. Is kind of like some weird stuff's going on.So it might be good to.

We're kind of, like, changing things from the inside, right?

Yeah.

And I get a good feeling from Finch. Like, he can tell.

So, yeah, we're being cautious.

So let's move up the ladder cautiously. Right?

We're moving up the ladder, but not, like, blindly.

Yeah. Okay. There you go. Right. Okay. Eli says, all right, let's do it. Let's go back.

I still.

Let's turn it in and become clerks.

Yes. Where is Petunia? Where did I leave that little rascal? So when we woke up after the swapping bodies debacle, they were outside of that area with us.And we rode them because we got kicked out of the caravan.

And then we rode. Was talking about we're gonna go pick.

Up all the confetti.

And they're like, no. They're either outside the town or we forgot about them and they're dead or lost.

I think we.

I think we'll say they're like those characters in video games, you know, where your horse always, like, shows up.

Okay.

You know, it's like you go in, you do. You come back. Yeah, exactly.

The horse shows up like Moon Shadow in New World.

Yeah.

And like Roach and the Witcher.

Yeah.

All you got to do, you all have come up with your own unique calls. Yeah. And then you hear the. The honk of your, you know, bicycle horn as it comes. Right.

Oh, I almost laughed my headphones off. I forgot. Stump has a bite up, looks at this guy and goes, honk, honk. And his bike.

You look real good right now, but keep looking that way. What is my horse's name? Jason? I can't. I don't think it's.

I don't think it's Jason. I thought it was Bar. I don't remember what he called Derek.

Gary.

I can't remember.

It was. It was a.

Was it just a guy's name?

Yes, it was. Dang it.

I didn't write down what you wrote.

No. All right, well, I'm going to call it Jason for now.

Okay, sure. You have a horse of many names,.

And the horse is looking at you confused, like, what?

Yeah, El's got the Shetland pony.

That's not my name. El has Little Sebastian.

Yes, you do.

Yep. So, yeah, you do your calls, your animals, they arise very much. Video game, rpg, esque, you know, and then, yeah, there's. Poof, there they are. Yeah.And you're making your way back to the dmv. Well, luckily, the region you are in is the, like, Finch's region. So you do know you're not too far.

Okay.

And, you know, along the way, we're gonna go ahead and just, you know, you know the direction back, you know, you. You came here, you know the direction back. It is a little bit of a travel, but you left pretty early in the morning. Nothing is really going on.On the way back, you do notice a few different odd things because you all have your gravity rings. So, you know, as you're leaving, you know you've left the bubble of this, of the town. Most of the water is still rising up as it does.But as you're like heading to the dmv, you do notice a few instances where the water will all of a sudden just drop and then it like splashes them, goes right back up. And like, you've never seen it do that before. You've never heard of the water doing that before.And in some cases you'll see where the water is kind of level.At the same height, there'll be like a dip, like a U shaped dip and like different levels of the water and it's kind of fluctuating, which you hadn't seen before, you haven't really heard much of. But there are a few strange things like that that you see on your.

Way back is at work here.

Something's excused.

Something's a balance in the shoes, I.

Guess in the juice shoes. Oh yeah, there's something unbalanced in the.

Juice.

No longer balance. I saw what you did.

But once you get there, if you got good shoes on, you can get there.

And so eventually the rest of your journey, like, you take note of those things. But eventually you get to the dmv. It's pretty late in the evening now by the time you get there.And as you get to the dmv, same thing, same big silver building, one door that with the entry in, you know, you go in and it's another empty dmv. But this does rush back some memories from your first day. This is what, your fifth day in Sendo and already a lot's gone on.And while you're here, it's another empty room. All the seats are still there. You see a couple of the axioms behind the desk.And you see there's actually a couple like say, middle aged humans actually behind the desk with the axioms as well. And as you arrive, they look up and they say, hello. Turning in a quest.

Hello.

Yeah, we're here. I have a stone here. Oh, that's the seeing stone.

What?

What are we doing? Request in.

It's the orb.

Yeah, that's what it is, right? Yeah, yeah, we have an orb here to turn in. Yeah, we were just sent on the quest and we've completed it and we're perfectly. No, and here's the.Here's the orb.

We save everyone.

No issues,.

Please. Let me see.

And there you go.

He gives it like a shake and then he holds it up to his eye and you hear some like beeping noises and some weird sounds coming from the orb while he's doing this. And you see him, like, turning it in different angles.

Like a kaleidoscope kind of.

Yeah, but with like, one hand. And then he sets it down. He says, 86. Good job. What?

All right, 86.

Okay, look again. Surely it's. It is 100, sir.

My math is never wrong. And it does show here because he. And he actually, like, projects from this orb onto the ceiling.And you see like, a playback of everything you all saw. It's. It basically, like, recorded.

Oh, go back this part, Stump. Really cool.

Watch what Stump do.

He take easy. Make her a weapon.

And then this is where I jump in front of the love of my life to save him, right?

Oh, yes. It is a sacrifice. And he actually rewinds past that and he says, we do not care about that part. And he should go.He, like, focuses on the part where it just shows the stuff cleaned up and, like. And it zooms in on different people's faces that are really upset and scared.And he says, deductions for, you know, scaring off or for disrupting the villagers. But high marks on clearing out. You were 100 on clearing out the confetti. But do you have negative marks on disrupting the villagers?So that is what your score is. And this is the first time you've ever heard that you're actually graded on this. So that might key into what you all think about in the future.He goes and sets it down and he looks at it. He's like, oh. And he pulls out a clipboard. Oh, this is your third quest. Okay. All right. Well. And he looks around. Yes.And he pulls out a file, almost like a box, like, shoebox size. Opens it up and goes. He's like, fumbling through. He's like, this one. Could you all please hold up your wrists? I just need to see something.

Sure, sure.

Look, he's like, okay, medium, small, tiny, large might do.

I.

He's looking through. He's like, ah, okay. And he sets the box down. He comes over and he, Stumpy, hands you this leather bracer.

Okay.

Hands you all a leather bracer.

Okay.

So they're not injecting anything. That's what I thought.

Okay.

And on these leather bracers that go around, you're right or left wrist, it doesn't matter. You just get one. And it does have, like, the insignia of the DMV that is on there. And it says official clerk.

And Stump says, nice.

Do you have one for little stomp? And he holds up the little figure of Stomp Stump one to match.

He kind of gives that like, one of his eyebrows is raised, and he looks at the little figurine. He's. Sorry. No, I don't. I don't deal with toys. I'm sorry.

Well, I don't think they'd have one for that.

I don't.

You can make your own for your little toy. I'm sorry.

Okay,.

No, you are not to stuff.

Rips a little.

No.

What?

No, you are not allowed to damage any property of the dmv.

He spits on it and he smushes it back.

Okay, good. Now, can I please have your company name?

Oh, the company name. Oh, which was.

What were we? Oh, the anomalies.

We are the nomolis.

The minute you say the nomolis, his eyes kind of get a little wide, like, for just a split second, and he kind of gauges his composure. He's like, oh, you're the nomolis. Yes. One moment. And he goes to the back.

He recognized us. He recognized we are famous.

Don't tell you guys.

He comes back with an orb, and he says, yes, I believe you all are here to accept another quest, Correct?

Sure, yeah.

What?

Yes, this has your name on it, and it says. Oh, yes, this was left by Finch.

Okay, Finch.

Is he here? He's in back.

I'm sorry. Finch has been temporarily reassigned.

What this mean?

Well, do you know where he went?

I am not at liberty to say. I'm sorry.

That's very unfortunate.

Yeah, we. We here at the dmv and the Verdant Groves do not really know when he will be returning, but he has been reassigned.

But he's the best of you. Eloise, could you, like, you know, where's the Rock? Give him a ring.

Give who a ring? Finch, I. I'll give him a ring. Like a phone call.

His voice come from rock.

Oh, I see. Yeah.

Yes. Stop.

We'll do it later.

These more secrets.

Okay, well, if Finch gave you the ball, then we'll. We'll take it. Shouldn't we.

I need more information. You said reassigned. You don't mean, like, is he safe?

I am not at liberty to discuss anything with DMV to any low levels. I'm sorry, that is classified information.

Out of character, like, in my head. Like, I think past easy would have probably, like, done something to find out more information. But I'm gonna maintain my composure here.

A new focus.

Yeah, I'm trying. I'm trying to, like, on the music boy. And I just don't want to cause any fuss, but I. But also, should we. I don't know.

Stump is confused, but not smart enough to, like, get the implications.

Okay. How do you. How do you feel?

If you guys want to throw down or you want to talk about this,.

We should kind of.I think Finch will come around or he'll find us, and I think that we should kind of look and, you know, be aware of what we could find that help us understand that.

That's our boy.

Yeah.

Okay.

And then he also hands you a piece of paper.He says you are, I believe, supposed to be looking into the wizards union and what's going on with the wizards and the magic that is starting to fail around Zendayo. So we need you to go check that out.

Oh, the magic is failing.

Yes.

This mighty water is so strange.

Well, we don't know if the magic is failing. We just know that the wizards and their magic is what holds a lot of this world together.And because they're not using their magic and they're refusing to work, it is causing a lot of the stuff around Zendaya to fail. You may have noticed some odd things around.

Oh, no.

Well, you are going to be heading to the Tilted Expanse in the inner Rim. Oh, and you were going to head to. The tilted expanse is a region in the inner rim. And you're going to be heading to the town of Brinkwater.Brinkwater, yes. He says, have you been to the inner Rim before?

No, no, I've never been to the middle of Donut.

Not the middle. It is before you get to the middle. So there's the outer rim, where we are. There is the inner rim, where gravity is much less stable. And it is.A lot of us don't tend to go out that way. And then there's also the. The center where nothing good happens.

Gotcha. So we're going to. Most delicious part.

Well, exciting as we go along here. Is there a way you could help us with our gravity rings to make sure that they stay sufficient for us to stay on the ground?

Oh, yes. It is time for payment, isn't it?

Why, yeah, I guess I kiss you right there. We might have some vouchers coming our way in now, don't we? Yep.

So your payment, if you remember, is two vouchers each. Your reputation has gone up by one. And you also get one free week of gravity tacked on to your gravity rings.

There it is.

Okay, so you have two days left of your rings normal gravity, and then you will now have an extra seven days. So you have nine days left also on your gravity roll. So your reputation now comes to your reputation is now two. You are still considered commoners.

Okay, but we're at two clerk commoners.

Once you reach level three reputation, you will be cooperative.

Well, thank you very much. And I guess we'll take the orb, the new one. And we'll kindly accept this that Finch left for us.

He says be careful crossing the rocky expanse that divides the outer rim to the inner rim. It is dangerous, so just be aware.

What kind of danger?

Yeah, what might we expect? Consider just a dead area. There's lots of wild animals, bandits, things that like to live outside the law.And not a lot of magic really holds that place together. So it's kind of the wild region.

Sounds like Stump will fit in nicely. He's kind of a wild animal sometimes.

Stump don't know about this, but Stump, flattered.

You've also noticed like this guy you're speaking to the whole time is just not very emotional. Emotion filled, very. Just dry and just very, very government official.But the way he's kind of carrying himself in here, he seems to be kind of a pretty important person. And the moment you like any talking about Finch or who you all are, he's kind of just been a little like irritated at the fact, you know,.

You seem kind of sad. Would you like to hear joke?

I believe you all can begin your quest now.

Oh, well, you don't want your best joke ever.

You have 30 seconds, starting now.

Okay, so one time, Stomp have this big pile of rocks and his friends say oh Stump, where are your pile of rocks? And Stump say over here. And then we go look at rocks. And friends say those aren't rocks, those are pebbles. Don't think it was rock.

He looks at you, he's like, I'm still waiting for the punchline.

Did you get it?

It's quite a joke. Stomp and I. Stomp, I have a question. Did you come up with that joke on your own?

Just on the spot the Stump was up all long rest thinking of this joke to be honest.

Good job, buddy.

Very good, Stump. Very good. Well, along we go. I think we ought to be heading out now.

Yes, this good.

I want to know why this guy's so grumpy.

Probably because he's like a high ranking government official.

Yeah, yeah, pretty much.

Who hurt you by the way, sir, we didn't catch your name. Did you have a name?

Yes, my name is Eavesdropping.

Eaves.

Eaves.

If you don't mind, I have to get back to work. So just please finish this quest, come back, report what happens and just whatever you do just make sure they start working again.I don't care what you have to do. Just get them to get back to work.

By any means necessary.

I mean, obviously, don't kill them. Don't promise anything. You can't back up, so.

All right.

Just get them back working, please.

Why are you so grumpy?

I've got a million things to do today. Just. Just please. And he turns around and starts walking to the back.

Oh, my. Mr. Eaves, thank you very much.

God, that guy was a good eve sning. He. He's probably gonna go find some pebbles.

I don't know.

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Okay, okay. So two things. So Elu takes a look at the orb again to try to understand exactly what the mission is. So the mission is to get the wizards working.

Yeah. You're going to head to the tilted expanse, which is in the inner rim, into a town called Brinkwater.

Okay. Yes. We're going to Brink Water. We got to go over the rocky expanse.

I wonder if everything will actually be dead.

We're going to brink water a little tilted. And I need a pen maybe because.

It would kind of make sense with the shape of the world.

Okay. Yeah. So I guess you're gonna make your way. Do you all want to make your way now to. I mean, it is kind of night time. Do you. We can start your journey.Do the Inner Rim. It really depends on you find somewhere to sleep tonight, you know. What would you like to do?

Yeah, I think a sleep is good. But we did get well rested. And so if we are well rested after getting kicked out of that town, we probably ought to start heading that way. Yeah.And yeah, let's. Let's get on the road.

Let's do it.

Make something happen, you know, so technically.

Right now you all. I mean, even though it's round, you all are on the very far west side of Sendaio on the outer rim.So you just have to go straight east to the inner rim. It's where you need to go for.

So that is the question. Next. Right. One of transport. Are we taking Little Sebastian, which is not the name of the horse. That was Petunia and. Or bicycle. Sure.Are we taking a tube?

Tubes do not go to the inner rim.

All right, I guess we're hoofing it.

Hoofing. We're going to some literal hoofing.

Literal hoof.

All right, let's, let's, let's hoof it. Are you carrying the bike on your shoulders?

You're not letting it go.

Okay, so happy trails. Off to.

Gives me extra movement.

Yeah, that does.

That's can.

That is true.

Yep, it does. Sure does.

Really curious how that works exactly. The horse gets tired and you get.

On the bike and ride as long as that. As long as that bicycle is within like a mile of you or half a mile of you all, you get extra movement at all times.Yeah, it's got some weird magical property too.

I want to see the donkey ride the bicycle.

Donkey riding the donkey's riding the bike.

Well, honking the horn.

Oh, my gosh. Perfect.

Yeah.

So as you know, like through. Through the orb that you typically can see, like where you got to go and it kind of guides you. Yeah.Luckily you all are just going straight east, so you got to kind of cross a little bit. I mean, it is going to be a little bit of a journey, but if you all are just wanting to go straight there, we can kind of, you know, we'll.We'll maybe roll a couple times to see how the night goes, but we'll like, you know, it's probably going to take a couple days to get to the. The expanse that separates. But if you were like, no, we are going that way.We are going to keep moving, then we won't like, play out a couple of days worth of stuff. We'll just be, okay, let's see how we'll roll for how today went and see if, you know, something comes up or not.

Yeah, yeah, I like that.

Would I be able to roll for, like, what would it be, like, intuition of how Sal is doing if I.

Could just like now, I mean, you, you would need to see, you know, you would need. Need correspondence, something to get an idea.

You could like, take a flower and you could be like, pick the petals off and do that. Oh, he loves me.

He loves me. I completely forgot about that. That's what I'll do.

Or you can pray to either, you know, Rufiogo or Tugger for a sign. I don't know.

Does this world have a moon? I can't remember.

It does.

It does. Look at the moon and just know it's the same moon that Sal's looking at.

Oh, my goodness.

And in the background you hear clear.

How many times? Cuz brutal.

Generally straight line. I mean, you know, as we can get.

Yeah.

Clopping along.

What else do we have to do?

See what happens. You know, we're just looking around for things. I would say that before we left, elui did top off his cask.

Oh, is that the gong?

Yeah, that's gong.

Okay. You want to hook a sister up?

Yeah, I don't know. Yeah.

With a gun, I mean.

Yeah, you don't know. I know about that.

With a swig.

Yes. That's really good sound.

There you go. Last.

Yeah, thank you.

I'll give you all the energy you need.

And then I fall asleep.

Perfect.

Okay, so let's see how the first day goes. So I rolled a one on the.

First day I saw your face.

Wonderful.

So we'll, We'll.

We'll call this the not asking for directions, the trying to do it on your own day, you know, not realizing, you know, you're getting out of the beautiful greens of the verdant grove, you know, and. And the verdant greens. And so you're now getting into some different parts of Sandeo.And so there was some times you maybe didn't realize there was, you know, this large city here that you had to go around or a wrong turn situation going on.So what should have been a quick first stage trip turned into kind of a slog, you know, but you did also notice a few things, such as, like, some of the towns that had the gravity bubbles covering them. You did see, like, even though they had the gravity bubbles, while you're passing by one city, you heard like a.And then you hear like a lot of screams and like people like, floating up and then quickly falling right back down. Before, like, any, like, deadliness or injury happened, though.

Deadliness?

Well, because, you know, if it goes so high and then you fall, you might die. So you're seeing some like, flickering of stuff like that. But what should have been more traveled on that first day was cut by like 3/4.

So like, like Louis got lost looking for, you know, beer to top off His.

Yeah, exactly.

And got turned around. And it's like. Okay.

Little side quests.

Okay.

So, you know, it may take you now an extra couple days rather, you know, so it's gonna take you just a little bit longer. So let's see how the second day goes. Much better. Second day. Looky there. Second day, you're like, you know what? Let's stay on track.Let's stay focused. Maybe you ask for some directions, just, like, maybe some, like, routes you can take. And you have noticed that there's been.Now that you're kind of out of the verdant greens where all the grass is super high and stuff, you're starting to. Starting to hit some, like, more sandy areas.They almost look like pristine beaches you're going across, which is kind of weird, but everything's, like, combed and taken, like, really good manicured and, like, there are people every so often who are, you know, just taking care of things, maybe building some houses. There's a lot of activity in this area. And so the second day, you don't really see any, like, magic spurts or anything out of the ordinary.Is very good, eventful day that way. And now you're not quite there yet, but on your third day, it's a little above average day again. On your third day, you're.You're making really good time. Your animals are feeling nice and refreshed. You were able to, like, get a lot of, like, healthy snacks for them. And you found lots of water sources.Apples. Lots of apples.

Yes.

And so they're feeling good. They're making some good time.And as you're, you know, you know, whatever you're doing to pass the time, eventually in the distance, you kind of crest again and you see just this large in the distance, you starting to see some, like, some rocky crags. The sand and some of the trees and stuff are starting to, like, wither away in the sense of, like, they're becoming sparse.And now you just see a lot more just for miles ahead of you. You just see nothing but, like, rocky terrain.

Oh, okay.

Like black dirt.

Yeah.

Rocks, dead bushes. Doesn't look burned.

Okay.

It just looks like there's not life there.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay. Did we. Do we have any food? We don't need rations.

We have apples. We just said that.

Oh, yeah, we did.

Since you had a really good day, a really good past couple days of travel, we'll say you were able to at least get some provisions.

Okay. Some provisions there. Okay.

Okay.

And I was gonna say water, but Eloise at a Point where he doesn't really need water. He just drinks beer, too.

It's got water in it.

It's got water in it. So it's hydrating. Okay.

Okay.

All right.

Okay. As long as we have provisions and how.

How arrested likely or how. I don't know, how can our. I'm not able to speak. Can our steeds travel traverse this terrain?

I mean. Yes.

Okay.

I mean, it's not like.

What about a donkey riding a bicycle?

Probably not the bicy with a goliath on top. I mean, you're gonna have to really watch because it's not like you can go straight line now. You're gonna have to like.Oh, there's like a drop into a little cavern here. We got to go around it.

And.

Oh, this is like, nice and flat. It's just like really rough dirt and compact dirt and rock. And then. Oh, no, there's a bunch of boulders. So it's.

It.

This terrain varies. It's very much difficult terrain. Okay.

And Elu's been through something somewhat like this before, but wants to kind of make a. He wants to make sure that they're going to take a good path and look around to see if there's any obstacles or which way they should go.

Yeah. You want your role for a perception for me?

Yep. Okay, that'll work.

Roll to see. Good.

All right. Perception is going to be 13.

13. It's like one of those, you know in the movies where the person is calculating.You start to see all the numbers written in the air and, like, all the math equations. And then there's like, directional. And then you see a keg fly by and, you know, you see all these, like, random things.And then you hear, like, in the background and. And eventually just like. Okay. And so we'll say you take like 10 minutes.

Yeah.

To like, really just kind of study everything.

Long time weird because Stump and I are just staring at you.

Well, I mean, if you come to somewhere new like that, you're gonna take the time to look. Break.

We're just watching, like, staring.

He's like, disassociating for wide.

Yeah.

You okay.

He's in some kind of trance.

And then I'm like, waving my hand over his face.

And I will say, since you did that, what I'll let you do is since it's also going to take a little while to get through this area, I will let you see how your first day of travel goes across the rocky expanse and you can roll with advantage.

Okay.

And that will dictate how well you all do today.

Okay, so go ahead and roll again, and then we'll see.

Yes. Roll twice.

Okay.

All right.

And the next one is just an 11.

You can add survival to it.

Okay. Survival is going to be an awesome plus two.

Okay, so 13, because you're basically navigating.

Okay. Yeah. See if we can when and how and we can make it through. Okay. 14.

14.

Good work.

So with the 14? Yeah, with the 14, like, you had a good enough time to, like, look at everything, and you. You. You're like, oh, I know.If we go to the left side over here, it looks like a lot more dip. So we're gonna go take this right side around this cavern and, you know, make your way. And you do a pretty good job of leading everybody.Do you, first of all, do you, like, pull your animals behind you? Are you leaving them? Like, are you taking them with you? Basically, because they can traverse it. It's just, you know, slow going.

Yeah. I think Stump's got the bike on his back now, and he's leading Petunia. Okay.

Yeah, yeah. Little Sebastian's coming. Is. Is Peter the horse coming?

Derek. Derek is on his way.

Derek is on his way.

I'm glad Daniel's okay.

Yeah. Frank's been a good horse this whole time.

He's great.

What was his name?

Go back and listen. Got to be one of those.

We said every name.

I did not write it down.

Goodness.

For some reason. Okay, so you get a good, good day's worth of leading everybody, and someone's.

Listening to the podcast going, it's.

It's.

I'm so sorry.

Before we started recording. So, yeah, you.

You.

You lead everyone a really good route. And the further you all get, you're realizing, okay, this is going to be a bit of a.And they didn't really give you an advice how to cross this didn't really, you know, tell you any specific ways. It just seems to be a wasteland. So I. If there is any ways. You don't see any, like, bridges or anything that would help to get crosses.

Gosh, they really suck at giving details. Like, you would think if they.If they wanted to be helpful, like, if they wanted us to do well and to get a good score, they would give us more instructions. I think that's kind of stupid.

Maybe we. We also probably should have asked for better instructions.

No, there's that, too.

We did ask a little bit, I guess.

I. We did. And he was just. He was. Was really. He was. He was grumpy.

Also depends on how Specific you want to get. And so.

Yeah.

Oh, okay. I didn't know we had to, you know, do that, you know, Specific.

Yes, absolutely.

Be specific. I just thought people would be helpful, you know, but. Okay.

And that's where you're wrong.

That's where you're wrong.

People are.

When it comes to the dmv, they're not. Finch is helpful. Where was.

Yeah, we gotta freaking find that guy.

So after a little bit, you know, your first day goes well. You lead everybody, but you're noticing. Yeah, this is rough. It's gonna take us a while, so you find a place to settle camp.There's not a lot of, like, cover in here.I mean, you might find, like, a little cove in some of the rocks to kind of, like, maybe put against your backs, you know, and then, like, set campfire and stuff. So you. You. You make it through your first day. Make the first night realizing, okay, this is gonna be a little bit of rough. Second day, you wake up.There's not a lot of noise out here. Surprisingly, from your first night's rest in this place, you didn't really hear a whole lot of animals, birds, nothing like that.So it's kind of eerie in that sense. But on your second day, as you wake up and begin to kind of plan out your route again, I'm gonna have. Let's go. Nathan.

Yeah.

Can you roll me a D6, please? We're gonna do this old school, D and D, classic dice.

That's a one.

Does he add anything?

All right. No.

Oh, boy. Okay, we're gonna see how screamy the sky is. Maybe.

Oh, no.

So you rolled a wand. Now, Esmeralda, I need you to roll me a perception check.

Perception.

You.

Back to the little dice?

Yeah, back to the little babies. I rolled a nine, good sir.

A nine. Okay. You, like, begin to, you know, get. Get up and get around.As you're kind of getting ready, gathering your things, getting ready for the trip, you kind of go behind out of this little cove that you all kind of made camp in. As you go to reach for something, you just find yourself face to face with a creature.

What kind of creature?

This creature. It is a tall, like, feathery body with the face of an owl, but it has the antlers of, like, an elk.

This is like what Michael Scott.

Yes.

Like, describe.

It has really large wings of a bat that are kind of, like, folded around it and kind of, like, opening up. And then you see, like, really big talons at its feet.

Oh, God.

And it immediately strikes at you.

No.

Just because of my one.

Your one was the encounter that's about to happen. And her perception was she did not see it as she was getting.

Sorry. I summoned an Al bear bat deer.

Al bat elk.

I was. I was too busy thinking about.

And since it is a surprise.

Surprise mother.

16 To your AC 16.

It meets. It beats.

It made to beats. And what it does is it drops its head and its antlers are going right into you. Oh, no.

What?

So I'm getting pierced.

You're getting pierced. Where is my. Oh, there it is.

Are we still asleep?

That is going to be. No, you all are waking up, like getting ready like to get grabbing all your things. That is going to be six bludgeoning damage.

Lord, I love you so.

Because they're not very sharp. So it's more just like, you know, beating you with its horns.Now you need to make a dexterity or strength saving throw for me, please, or you are going to be knocked prone.

Oh, I rolled a one. But I.

But I.

But I have. I have a thing where it's that little die. If I roll a one, I get to re roll because it's like natural.

You either have luck or you have the other, which is a. Anyone, is it?

Oh, that's only lucky is if you're halfling.

Yeah.

Natural. And then luck is the feet.

So. Yeah, so I don't have the feet. So I can.

That's like any time.

That's a four plus six.

Okay. You were knocked prone.

Am I being frightened?

No, you're just being knocked down.

Why am I never frightened? I never.

Because, you know, never tries to frighten. That's hilarious.

It sounds pretty scary.

Poisoned.

It's like a. Like a status.

So you two hear.

Yeah.

You two hear like hitting metal and then on the ground. What do you two do?

Stump enters rage, jumps up and. Yes.

Okay, friend.

Oh, thank you.

El just jumps up and he looks around to figure out what's going on.

Yeah. As you, you. You look in the distance of where you heard the noise come. You see like, like Easy's body come from like behind the rocks.And then this creature following. And this creature is just towering over. Yeah.

The fatherly instinct jumps in and Eloie wants to jump on this thing.

All right. What do you do?

I'm gonna jump on him and I'm going to hit him with my fists. Actually my bow staff. No, I'm gonna hit him with him.

All right, make an attack.

What are you gonna hit him with?

Here it comes. Seventeen.

That hits.

Okay.

And.

That's. Wow. Six hey, that's not bad with a one.

And then I'm gonna use Fury of Blows.

Okay.

And so after I hit him with my bow staff, we're gonna go with calculator. Yeah. 19.

19.

Yes, 19 and plus seven there. And then 15.

19. So 15 total.

No, 19 on one and 15 on the other.

Oh, I see. Gotcha. Both.

Okay, both hit.

Yeah, both hit.

Okay, punching this thing. And we're gonna go with 10 and then 8.

Nice.

And still shooting for non lethal as elui is not trying to kill things.

Yeah. Thanks, dad.

All right. Yeah. So you, you know, you're smacking this thing around. Fists are flying.This creature is, like, kind of, you know, all over the place, trying to, like, dodge, but she keeps getting smacked with your fist.

Smacking a smack.

Are you gonna stay just, like, within range?

Nope. So after I hit him, you're gonna leave me. I have a drunken technique that allows me to move in such a way that just I could disengage.And so after the jump, I'm gonna move back, you know, 15ft.

Perfect. Yeah, you kind of jump back, staying like you're ready to fight, you know, but you're just out of range.Stump, you are now in rage as you see this thing attacking your friends. You just saw Eloise just, like, whip up on this thing with really fast fists. What do you do?

I'm going to attack recklessly.

Yeah.

All right. I'm gonna roll. That's an 8. That's an 11. And I'm attacking with my great ax.

Does not hit.

Don't I get, like a. Don't I get the plus for my.

Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry. What's your plus?

It's plus six.

Oh, yeah. Then definitely you hit. Okay, Sorry, I thought you're saying that was with your plus in there.

No, no, sorry. And then 1d12.8.

Nice. Okay, let me add that. Is that. Did you add your bonus to the.

Yes.

Okay, perfect. Plus eight. All right. Anything else would you like to do?

No.

Okay, perfect.

I wasn't sure if grappling was to be clear.

Yeah, easy. What would you like to do? You were on the ground. This thing has been attacked. It's moved away. What would you like to do?

Okay, so I, like, take my sword.

Out and do you stand up first?

Are you taking that half my movement?

Just making sure. Nice.

You know the rules.

And so. So to get up and. And then I. Yeah, like. Yeah, and so. And then try to slash this move.

Okay, I'll give you advantage on this because it, like, as you know, you were down. It, like, walked over you because it was, like, you know, fighting with these guys. And so now you were technically behind it. So basically it.You are flanking this thing so you can get advantage on the attack.

Thank you. Okay, what do we got here? Okay. Oh, boy. Okay, so I don't like that face, Lauren. No, it's not good. Okay, so I got a 9.But before you say anything, I got a 9 and a 13. But I'm sure neither of those hit. But I can also use.

They do not.

I. I know. So I can use the superiority dice for that.

There you go.

And add. So there's something.

So you'll take your 13.

Yeah.And precision attack, which normally I can't say, when you miss an attack roll, you can expend one superiority dice to add the die to the attack roll. So, okay, so plus a D8.

Yep.

Nice.

Plus eight.

So that definitely hits now.

Yeah. So, okay, so now. Now I get to hurt the thing. So now I do 2d6. Oh, so 2d6. So I got 8 plus 4. So 12 damage.

Nice. As you bring your sword down, tell us how you kill this creature.

Nice.

Yeah.

And so this beautiful, unique one was like, creature.

I'm like, what are you?

I'm nearly extinct.

I'm. I'm really confused. And I scream, what are you? And I just stab it as it begins to answer.

I was about to say, as you stab, it's like, I am.

The last of my kind.

Oh, well, he shouldn't have attacked.

I would have granted you three wishes.

Yeah, anything you want.

Oh, my gosh.

That's funny.

I wonder if his name was Jason.

But no, all you hear is a really loud scream as you run your sword through.

Okay. And feathers just go everywhere.

Oh, yeah.

Okay.

Oh, yeah.

Jason.

Jason is now dead. Congratulations. You have killed this wild creature that hangs out in the rocky expanse.

Is there anything on this creature that we should, like, collect or.

I mean, it's not carrying any, like, physical items. It just has the antlers of an elk, the face of an owl.

Owl.

The body of, like, a giant owl. But it's like, arms or bat wings.

You could try to take the wings off and then, you know, have slow fall at some point.

It's pretty barbaric.

It is barbaric.

Oh, yeah.

I can help with this. And Stump attempts to rip the antlers off.

Oh, my gosh. Surprisingly, with your strength, like, you're able to actually get one of these antlers just ripped out of its head.

Wow. Here, Easy. One for you, one for Stump.

And it's probably bigger than I am. Oh, yeah, right. Like, and then I'm Like. And then I fall.

Sorry, Elohi. There's only two.

Oh, I appreciate this.

Wait, hold on. And stuff breaks it over.

Really.

There you go.

Oh, you know what?

Everybody have one?

I could use this for a dagger.

Because you threw all mine away. Didn't you? Stumble.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Can I add a dagger to my inventory?

Yeah, sure. Now you can spend some time. Yeah. Making a dagger out of this.

What can I do with this antler? I'm probably just gonna.

It's bone. So you can. Whatever you can do with bone. You can carve it into things. Like, he's carving a. They're gonna make a dagger out of it.

Okay.

Antler dagger. I'm putting it in right here. Customize.

Does 100 attack. Always hits.

Always hits.

Does everything all the time. Yeah. So you are now realizing that there's very creepy creatures probably in this area and.

Yeah.

You know, little uneasiness. So.

Yeah.

What are we doing? We packing up? Continuing on.

Yeah, we need to get going and out of here. And so Elu's kind of on the heads on swivel again. Just looking around. What's. What's.

What.

Let's keep going. So he says, all right, game gang. We better pack up and get going. We don't want to be here for long to see more of those fellas hanging out.

Yeah. Easy. Are you hurt?

I'm. I'm okay. That really got you pretty good. Yeah, but I'm good.

Okay. Okay.

I'm good for now. Thank you.

Eloi, why don't you roll me a perception check.

Okay. Man 9.

Okay.

Good to know.

Can.

I didn't see that one coming. Evidently.

Oh, man.

You two were still playing with the antlers again.

It would be impossible for us to perceive Sindeo's pastime. Playing with.

Playing with antlers. Yeah. So, yeah, you're packing everything up. You know, like, let's get the heck out of here. Who knows how many more could be nearby.

You know how many more could be nearby?

I definitely know how many more could be nearby. Tell us as you pack up. Yeah. You start to go back on your. Your way.You know, you're looking at the orb again, like, you know, looking through it, making sure which direction you need to head. And so you realize, okay, you need to go this way. But this doesn't look as, like, rocky and crazy. There's a lot more open space here now.It looks more just like a rocky desert. Like A gravel desert almost, in a sense, at this part of it. And so you're like, okay, you're making your way. We'll say a good, good nine hours go by.You know, you make your way. Maybe stop now. It's like, need to get some refreshers, get some more food. And so. Stump, can you roll me another D6, please?

Here comes.

Sure.

That's a one.

Reroll.

Okay, thank you.

Not gonna do the same one twice.

Three.

Oh, great.

Why?

I was hoping this one would get rolled. Okay, cool. As you all are, like, you know, you're getting, you know, some food and everything.Stump, it kind of seems like, you know, when you see a mirage. It's like the sun is kind of waving because like the sun is really hot right now. And it's so flat out here and just.There's a lot of just like black dirt and the sun is kind of wavy. It's like. I think I see figures in the distance, like, making their way towards us. And first you're just like.I don't know if that's a mirage, what it is. But as it kind of like gets a little bit closer, you see there are two gentlemen standing there.And the two gentlemen have on white T shirts, they have jean shorts and they're wearing shoes with an N marked into them.

There it is.

And they seem pretty worse for wear. Seem like they've been here for a while maybe. But you notice who the two of them are.

Johnny Clean Cut or whatever you see,.

You see Timothy Clean Cut.

Oh, I was close.

And Bruce Halfacre.

Guys, the, the. The dads. Look over here. Oh, no, they have these shoes.

We. We betrayed them.

Yep.

And so they're walking towards you. They look a little tired. You see, they're like carrying equipment with them.And as they're like walking and they like are squinting and they look at you three and they're like, hello. And now like, their eyes of like, oh, you gotta be me, you dirty.

So the.

And the other guy's like, oh, my God, look who it is.

I missed your voice so much.

You have no idea.

Hello. It is Stump.

Come over. Because of you three, because of you three, we've been on the run. We got banished out here. How is it we've been hiding?

How is it our fault? You're cutting the grass.

You seem like you've been dealt a bad hand. Would you like. Would you like some beer? I've got some.

Speaking of hands, you're about to lose yours.And you see him pull out this stick and he, like, stretches it out, and on the end of it, this string, and he starts spinning it, and the string starts spinning really, really fast. Let's go finish it.

Oh, my gosh.

I don't want to.

I don't want to kill these guys.

These guys.

Guys. 14 For Eli.

I don't think I rolled above a 10 yet.

So, nine, your good rolls routine.

Thanks, dad.

Is a nine?

Yep. Oh, a four. Okay.

Yeah. You just happen to find where they were hiding out.

So they're on their feet, just walking. There's. There's not anything, like, around really.

They're holding something.

No, they were like. Like, walking towards the verdant greens, and you all are walking away and looks like they've been here for a while.Like, their shirts are all, like, sooty and black. But the minute they saw you, they were pissed. Like, they.

Why wouldn't they be? We. We didn't help them.

What do you mean? How do we betray them?

Well, because we could have said, like, oh, they're okay. They're with us. They're good guys. But we were like, they're. We kind of just. Just didn't say anything in the arena. Right.

Stump said they never did anything wrong, didn't do anything to try to prevent anything.

Now, these two guys weren't in the arena. They were the original guys. They were the ones that got chased out, that were doing their cutting.And it was your first mission to go check out, like, the cut. The mowing, death.

Okay, well, then I don't feel bad, because that's not our fault. They're. They're the ones. The ones that are not obeying the law.

They're the ones we gave the thing to.

And they were like, super, buddy. They're like, all right, we're just together. And then, you know. And then you didn't stop the DMV from them.

And the others.

This is not our fault. I don't feel bad.

It makes sense why they're mad at us.

Yeah.

Oh, why?

And so we brought the DMV to their situation and left the old man in the house.

Yeah. You led the. The. The process servers to them. And so. Yeah.

Did we. Or did Krause. Devon Krause.

No, no, you're thinking the other guy.

So earlier than that, it was the first time we met Modad.

Oh. Like, at their house.

We showed them the thing, and they're.

Like, don't give that to me.

This is what will happen. And then we were like, here you go.

Yeah.

That whole situation with Mouse in the grass.

To be fair, Stump was not there.

Easy was the one that gave them the note when they were like, please don't give this to us. And she was like, I'm sorry.

Yeah.

And then. Oh, and then I said, I'm just doing my job. And then you said something about Nazis.

Yeah, that's what the Nazis said.

Yeah.

They don't even recognize Stump, but Stump just saw them as dads and was like, hey, dads.

Yeah, but you saw other dads that look like them, so. Yeah, but anyways, yeah, so they. They've whipped their little weed whackers into gear and they're both carrying them and they.They both, you know, kind of spread out and old Bruce out, Bruce Halfacre is going to come at. Who would have been the one in the lead. Eloise, were you still leading everybody?

Yeah, I was probably in the front.

So, Eloi, that is going to be a 14 total.

Misses.

Misses.

Look at you.

So he runs at you with his wee whacker. He's like just right over the top.

And he's like, now, hold on. And he just kind of ducks now.

And then he was like, stand still. And then you hear, I'm gonna get him, Bruce. And then he runs over to Stump. It's a great voice.

So good.

18 Hits. All right. He's like, I don't remember you, but you're gonna get it.

I don't remember you, but okay.

10 Damage.

Okay. I want to use stones Endurance.

Oh, yeah, because you didn't even meet Hate these guys.

Nope. He was hiding in the bushes because.

You were with your mouse wife. Who is. What's. What's her name? What's the mouse's wife's name?

I don't think we do.

We establish that.

I told you. What the.

Oh, yeah. Somebody said that the name could be Maria.

Yes.

I think it's a good name.

Yeah, we can make that canon. We can do that.

Okay.

I rolled 11. Damage reduction with Stones Endurance.

Oh, perfect. So you take no damage.

Wow.

I can't do that again until another short rest.

Cool.

All right. Sweet.

Yeah. So, like, he, you know, goes to wacky with this. He's like, oh, what is going on? It's like, you know, it's exactly.He expects it to, like, cut into skin, but it doesn't really do it. All right, Eloi, you were up so illy. Will you have one up against you? Stomp. You have one against you. Easy.You're kind of off to the side watching this go down. Yeah. Eloise, you were all right.

I'm gonna go for the guy right.

In front of me.

And we're gonna roll a man. It's a 13 that hits.

All right.

Rock and roll. And we're gonna do eight on that eight damage. So it's a three plus five. But then I'm gonna spend a focus point. Yet another perfect.In order to roll Fury of blows, which is two more fist hits. Whopping. Okay, 8 and 9 both do not hit. Son of a. Okay. Does miss. And he did actually. No, he's gonna disengage and step back about 15ft.

Oh, perfect. I like that that you can do that. All right, easy.

Okay, So.

I don't know.

I really don't want to hurt them. I think they're just, like, misunderstood and I. But I also don't want them to hurt us.

So just knock them out until we can chat with them.

Okay. Yeah. So I will do. I will take a page from Eloise book and not do a lethal.

Which one are you going after? The one that Eloise just disengaged from, which is Bruce or Timothy? Who's attacking Stump?

Timothy.

Okay, so go for Timothy.

Timothy. Okay, so I take a. My great sword and I go up to him and I rolled nine plus six.

So that hits.

Yeah. And 2D six. I'm doing 13 points of damage.

Okay, 13 points of damage.

Yes. I'm mocking him. So I'm gonna do action Charge.

Okay, do another attack.

And so I'll do another attack. And so I'll just do the same thing. Okay. 11 Plus 6. So 17. That should.

That hits.

Beautiful. Okay, so 8 plus 4. So 12.

12. And you said you want to do this non. Lethal.

Yes.

How do you non lethally take him out?

Oh, no.

So maybe I just take the butt end of my sword and I just kind of smack him in the back of the head to kind of knock.

Them out with the hilt. Okay.

Yeah. Is that what it's called?

Hit him with the hilt? That or.

But I like, hit him with the butt.

It's a lot more tame than I thought it would be.

Yeah, I mean, they are not fully, like, with it with it. Like, they've been out here for days. They're. They're losing stamina. They're not very healthy at the moment. So. Not.I mean, they put up more of a front than what they're showing. So. Yeah. Timothy is now down. Bruce is still, you know, going on.

Come on, Bruce.

It is now.

I think it's Bruce's turn.

It is Stump's turn.

Oh, okay.

Stump. I Guess goes over to Bruce and. And he says, you know, in times like these, sometimes you just need to hug it out. And Stump grapples him perfect.

Give me a strength tag.

So sweet.

And my strength is a plus 6, so that's 11.

11. Do you get anything special with your grapple perk? Your grapple feet.

You have advantage of advantage. Oh, yeah, Advantage to pin him.

Him.

Once I've grappled.

Oh, once you've grappled. Okay, so it's a straight strength check.

In order to get into grapple, and.

Then you get advantage on pinning him.

Did I not hug him good enough?

He managed to get out of it, surprisingly.

Oh, man.

Feisty New Balance wear.

Yeah, he's feisty little guy.

He's agile.

Okay, well, darn.

Just trying to spread the love.

That's. That's my action, right? It's not a bonus?

No.

All right, well, then Stump looks at him and it's like, whoa. Okay, then.

It is now. It is now the mowing Dad's turn. So it is now Bruce's turn. He, like, you see, he sees that grapple coming in.He kind of ducks down, you know, and as he ducks down, you know, you kind of go over him. He's like, face to face with your crotch, and he just like, punches.

Not cool, man.

So that'd be 13.

Oh, it's a miss.

All right. He does not catch you with that, then. I'm not going to give him advantage.

He's.

He's a little tired. So, yeah, he goes down. He's like, oh, sweet. He goes to punch, but he just miss, aims and goes like, between your legs.Rather than hitting on target, he just.

Hits the flap of the loincloth.

Yep, he hits the flap. And then when he hits the flap, your flap kind of goes up and he sees. Sees Timothy behind you. Oh. And he's like, no, no, you sons of.And is now Eloise turn.

Okay, so as. As he's down calling f. Sons as and looking through stumps.

Such a funny phrase.

Yeah, you know, legs E rolls a. Well here. Let's roll. 18 And still non lethal.So he takes his bo staff and hits him with nine points over this side of the head to try to get him knocked out.

And that was all you needed.

Okay, so as he's down there, he just takes his bo staff and he's like, come on. And just like knocks him upside the head to knock him over.

And as you do that, he like, kind of gets a little shaky, falls over. And as he falls over, like the Satchels that they're carrying.You notice, like, his satchel pops open and like some little, like, animal, like dog toys and stuff, like, fall out of his bag.

And Eloise says, now let's just all take a rest. We're not here to hurt. Yeah, well. Or not to kill you.

They're not listening. They're knocked out.

No, you need to pay attention.

Are you paying attention?

Knock louder, Eloy.

I'm not here to hurt you.

They are both out cold.

Old.

What. What size shoes do they wear? And what. How does that compare?

Human 11 and then human 12.

How does that compare to my foot?

Because that would be like a size 64 for you.

It's like a clown foot.

Well, you know, I'm like a hobbit.

You're gonna steal these guys that's pretty jacked up. They're out here walking around.

Yeah.

On their own on the rough road and you're gonna steal their shoes?

I really just want some new balance.

We ruined their lives and now you're gonna just take their shoes?

I. I mean, not. Not in a. Anything sounds bad when you say it that way.

Okay, so elui walks over to investigate the dog. The things that came out of the satchel.

Yeah, absolutely. As you go to investigate it, you notice there's at least four. There's like a little chew bone.And the chew bone looks like it had been like wrapped in rope and maybe try to be hidden at some point. There is a tennis ball. Well, sorry, you don't know what test ball is.There is this green ball that's like really bouncy, has these white lines on it and it's really dirty and it's. Oh, I forgot the name. I was like, what is the name of a tennis brand? Oh, oh, it says Wilson on it. And then. So that's two of them.And they see like some various ones. You see like a half. It looks like a half eaten chew bone, also in the shape like a bone, but much more exaggerated.And you see one of those, like, ring ropes. It's, you know, it's like a rope that's like putting like a ring. And all of these have, like little like carvings of like dogs or like cats on them.

Gotcha. What is this? Elohi?

Well, why don't we does who? So I could roll an arcana check, but it's a negative one.

Yeah. You all aren't magical creatures.

So I have plus zero.

So is that the best that we have as the group?

Yeah. So Eloise says, easy, here, take this and Tell me what you think. Is there magic in it?

I'll do my best. And so I roll for Arcana to maybe. Gosh, still haven't really. I haven't rolled over 10. I don't think so. So I rolled a seven.

I mean, you don't know anything. You can't really tell anything about it. You don't get any vibes off of it.All you know is anytime you've seen a little dog toy, it's either been, like, on a wizard, near a wizard, or, like, thinking on its own. Because, like, from the first one you all got from your first mission of the dmv. So they are, you know, they are kind of important.You just don't know, like, the. The history of them, why they're important.

You know, these are probably. We should be careful of these getting into the wrong hands. And these, you know, these guys are kind of loose cannons.So we'll do the world a favor and take these from them. Don't you think?

Yeah, well, it's probably wisest to do so.

Yeah.

Stump says, yeah, this true. And he's like, juggling the rules.

This is a good point.

Goes down. Look, Stomp learns you're gonna blow yourself up or something. Okay.

Okay.

And then we put them in the satchel, and I'm gonna sound like a Louie.

Okay, so you put them in yours.

Stump picks up the dads and puts them on Petunia, and he kind of pats them on the back, and he's like, you would have liked Stump's hug. Oh, he comes back over to you guys.

You're purified.

Are you leaving them on Petunia?

No, no, it's leading Petunia.

Oh, you're taking the dads with you.

We still have. Have. Oh, that's. They don't want to go the way we're going, do they? Well, now they are, I guess.

I mean, if you want. No, we can't.

We, like, did you a favor. Wait.

Okay. Stump ties them to Petunia. He's like, no, you will never fall off.

I love it.

Oh, my goodness.

Sweet. Okay. Yeah.

And onward we go.

Yeah.

So Eloise kind of looking at it, and he's kind of like, I don't know, man. He, you know, he's like, this. This might be a good idea, and it might be a bad idea.

Absolutely. Hey, Stump, can you roll? No. I'm just kidding.

No.

Yeah. So, I mean, it was kind of weird seeing the Mowing dads out here after everything that's kind of gone on. They.You Know, they seem to be going a different way, carrying a bunch of stuff that most likely does not belong to them. Hey, you've kind of recovered that. You've put in your satchel. The other satchel didn't have any, like, the dog toys in it in Timothy satchel.But there was more, like, food provisions in that satchel. So it seemed like they still had enough to survive a little while on. And then you saw some, like, vouchers in there.

Doggy. Okay.

At least another five vouchers. Yeah, man, I don't want to.

Plus five vouchers for us.

I don't. I don't want to steal their vouchers. They were so kind to us, and. And, yeah, it really did them dirty.

And it's not taking the vouchers or.

I feel like we, as a group, don't put this.

He put them in a community.

He is like, well, those don't belong to us, do they? And he's not really into, like, you know, taking people's money and stuff.

What about their shoes?

Oh, he would definitely steal their shoes. No, he would never. Never.

If they were your size.

He. And he. He says, wow, those are vouchers. But they could probably. Probably use those for sustenance when they get back, though.I wonder who they're going to change them in for, too.

Oh, these good points. Because they are, like, super bad.

Maybe when they wake up, we can have a conversation with them. I'm not used to taking people against their wheel stomp. Are you sure you want to tie them up to your horse?

Yes.

Onward. Okay, here we go. We'll see how they feel when they wake up after their long rest.

Missed.

So let's move. Move it on. You know, move them on, move them.

Out, move them out. R. Hide.

You're starting to see some change in the scenery. You were starting to see in the distance that you're starting to see something resembling grass starting to show up in the distance.It's still amongst the. The rockiness. So it's almost like you're coming up to the next border because you know that this is what separates the inner room and the outer rim.And it's a very hard border, which. Because it's this rocky expanse.So, you know, okay, if there's, like, some grass coming up, that probably means we're getting close to the next border, which would be the border of the inner rim.

So Eloise says, now, everyone just wait just a moment. I would like us to all proceed with caution. Whoa, Petunia, we're coming to the border.

Yes.

And it might be very dangerous on the other side. So let's all be aware of ourselves and look around and proceed with caution.

Yes. If Stump take one more step, Stump will be the furthest away from home stuff has ever been.

Yes. Wow. I think you're. I think you might be right there, lad.

Also, last step. It was furthest away from stuff before that too.

I. This is true. I love it.

Okay. Yeah. So you.

Is that Homeward Bound?

No. It's the greatest movie ever.

How did I not know? Yeah.

Samwise Gamgee.

Yes.

Out of the Shire.

Come on.

Have you ever seen. There's like an edit on YouTube where every step he takes, it just plays that line again. And the movie's like 50 hours long.

I love it.

Have you ever watched Lord of the Rings, Nick?

Well, not familiar with the.

Okay.

With the concept. Just kidding.

Just kidding.

So, yeah.Are you wanting to make your campsite here now before you enter the inner rim, or do you want to get to the inner rim and they make campsite, like, just before.

If we could find some shade a little bit maybe. Because the rocks are coming up, right? Yeah, we're gonna have to cross.

No, no, it's not like. Oh, my gosh, mountains. It's. It's. It's. They're coming up a little bit. So like, you know, 4 or 5ft tall. Like it. But it's also flattening out. So.Because you're getting to some there. You even see some trees in the distance.

Okay.

As you get into the borders, like where the border is.

Yeah.

In the distance you see, like, grass and there's a couple trees, but they're still, like, either flat or rock. It just depends on where you're at right now because it's very.

And so as we look, as we're coming out, we're kind of in a desert. Ish. Kind of rocky, gross. You know, dry. So are we seeing, like, from.Like, if I look all the way left and then all the way right, are we seeing this jagged rock situation going on? And on the other side, there's trees.

Just in front of you is where you see the trees. Because the left and the right, it just goes on forever.

Okay.

Just rocky expanse. Because like I said, it's a giant ring that goes around as the inner rim. So you're looking to the right, left, and it just goes on forever.But in front of you, like, in that direction, you're starting to see that's where the border is.

Awesome. And to get over these rocks I mean, it's not a mountain. No, it's more like just jagged rocks at 5, 6ft.And then all of a sudden it starts getting greener.

Yep.

Cool. Okay. Yeah. So I think we want to go in just a little bit maybe.

Oh, going to the trees and.

Yeah, yeah. To kind of get some shade. Sure, sure.

Cautiously, cautiously. There you go. Roll for stealth.

Okay. Or should we do all of us just looking around?

Yes.

I have disadvantage as a big Goliath. I'm very stealthy.

I rolled a 19 plus 7, so I'm a 26.

Oh, nice.

So I rolled a 16 and then a 1. So I have disadvantage, but I can re roll the one.

You can.

I got two, but it's plus two actually.

So four plus two on stealth.

Yeah, I didn't expect it.

So whopping four. And then easy. What was yours?

I have disadvantage. So I do have a plus one.

You got a disadvantage on stealth. I have such clunky.

So I'm like, I rolled a four.

Clunk, clunk, clunk.

And so two fours and a 26. I am non existent. And y' all are loud and obnoxious.

That's what we do.

Nice. Yeah. And so.

I try to be cautious.

I mean, I'm taking. Trying to take the average. You got really, really high roll. And then, you know, 4, 4 and.

26 Is going to be 34 divided by 3 is going to be.

That's just how math works.

And a half. 11.2, 11.33.

Checks out.

Checks out.

Good math.

I hope that math is right.

It.

Okay, they. You have a 25% chance that somebody spots you.

Oh, no.

They have, like, they have a 25% chance of spotting you, so their odds are lower. So your. Your odds are better for. For something happening. So still a chance. Yeah. And so, you know, you make your way.Okay, let's get into the inner room a little bit more. And you know, you're making your way. You're still pulling the.

The.

The mowing dads have not woken up. They are still just out cold. The exhaustion plus the fight plus the knocking them out.

Just tuckered out.

Yeah, they're not waking up for a bit. So you eventually get to the inner rim. And as you get to the room, you do see that there is a sign posted that says region tilted expanse.

Oh, guys, this is the place we made it is where we going.

All right, so you made it to that region. So within the inner rim, there are five regions, and the tilted expanse is one of those regions.And the regions are like, massive, you know, and then they'll have, like, their own town circle.

They're in a rim. Okay.

So the inner rim is a circle, and then there's five regions that make up that circle.

Cool. And we're on the.

You just happen to be nearest to where.

Any cartographers listening?

Yeah. Start making it.

Make a little map.

Yeah, it'd be awesome.

Make a domain.

And so, yeah, you. So it's kind of like, you know, you're welcome to this new region. Here's a tilted expanse.You find some areas to camp, and sure enough, you set up camp, and you're good to go.

We're gonna long rest it.

Are there any, like, when you enter a town, is there any, like, points of interest?

You're not in town.

Oh, okay.

Well, you're just, like, in the wood. It's like, welcome to Oklahoma sign, you know? Like, you could be in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah.

You know, or welcome to Texas. You know, one of those text type of things.

But Oklahoma, that's crazy.

Who lives there?

Everybody sings there, right? Like, it's always a musical every day, like that. That's all I know.

Oklahoma. Okay. And tornadoes.

Yeah.

Is all that getting cut?

Probably, but yeah. There's not, like, town here. But there is just, like, in most areas, there's signs posted so you know where you are in the world. Yeah.And so that's the only sign you see. Everything else, though, is just, you know, still open land, but there are some now trees and stuff. You can kind of set up camp.

Cool.

As we're camping, I would like to. What are you laughing at? Oh, you're burping. I would like to. As we set up camp, I would like to look at the. The. I would like to look at the.The pet toys one more time and just like, try to maybe look at them with insight and to see if there's, like. If they're magical or if there's something to be done with them.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So go ahead and roll me another arcana check.

Okay.

4. We're doing real good.

I mean, you're not magical beings, so.

Having a hard time understanding what these things are.

Can I try again?

I'm just over there, and one of.

Them is, like, squeak. Squeak.

Yeah.

So I mean, as far as, like, that goes, like, touching them, messing with them, they feel just like raggedy. Like animals play with these, you know, and they. These look like they've been through a lot.And with that rule, I'm sorry, you're not gonna get much more.

Okay. So I've rolled my third one. So. So do you.

Just as a halfling.

It says, look, when you roll a one on the D20, you can re roll the die and you must use the recycle, and it's like unlimited. So it's. But the other luck is like, I can reroll anything, but this is only ones ones.So I just think it's weird that I've rolled three one, so maybe I shouldn't use tiny die.

Probably not.

How long have we all been telling you that.

To not use the tiny die?

Yes, it normally cursed.

It has done me so well. I've had them. How long have I had these dice, Corey?

A while.

Like 10 years. I don't know.

Dang.

Oh, there you go. And then I chose another die that normally doesn't do me well, and it's a 20. So I rolled a one and then it's 20. And that's how it's done.

20 On your arcana. So you're looking at these things. You still don't. Like I said, you're not a magical creature, so you can't tell the magic from it.But with that good of a role, at least, like, you're looking at these things. And even though you can't tell the magic because you're not a magic being, you. You do feel a sense of worry come over your body a little bit.Like, vaguely. Okay, vaguely. But you just enough for you to notice that that's out of the ordinary while you're, like, holding these things.You were like, you were messing with these Eloi, like, all over the place.Nothing, you know, but Eloise, Esmeralda, you're as you're, like, looking holding things, you start to feel that sense of just, like, uneasiness and worry.

Easy feels uneasy.

Yeah, Easy feels uneasy, but just like, barely, you know.

Oh, that's my. I. That's Easy's favorite feeling. And that's Lauren's favorite feeling, too. Yeah. Sarcastically so. Okay. So I relay that to my party.

They're dog toy bombs.

On you. You are. On you.

Yes, very.

I couldn't tell. Okay.

Yeah.

Oh, I want to say one other thing. If I tell you that you did notice as well, is you felt just the tiniest also bit of vibration coming from them.

The vibration from the cause, but not good. Good vibrations.

But not. Yeah, not good vibrations. Bad vibrations, bad vibes.

Okay.

Juju.

Yeah.

I also share that when you wake.

Up these New Balance guys.

So while we're asleep, can I do a thing? Yeah, okay. Can Elui. An Easy roll Perception.

Uh oh.

Why would everyone sleep Dungeon Master.

Is that okay?

Sure. It's perception. So it's not like he's trying to steal anything or fight anything.

19.

He just wants you to see if you see him do something.

Just a 10 for E. Louis.

Okay, well, easy in the night you kind of hear something.You wake up, you look over at Stump and somehow while you're asleep, Stump got your guys miniatures of you and he's over by himself and he's like, oh, I am easy. Hello, hello, I'm Eloise. Hey, want to kiss?

Is that what you want for these characters? What do you mean? You're like, you're married now.

That's what he's doing.

But what do you.

This is a typical seven year old behavior.

Is Stump's character just like watching he.

Doesn't know you see him, he's like over by himself.

No, like do you have your mini just like as a third wheel?

Yeah, he actually, he built a little chair out of rocks and some sitting in the chair. It's in the corner.

Oh, thank you.

Do you say anything to Stump as you notice him doing that?

I don't know what I would say. Why wouldn't you want to kiss me? I'm. I'm offended. Okay. And confused.

Oh, so easy looks and she's pissed because she didn't use. He didn't use Stump to kiss.

Yes. Why wouldn't you want to. But anyways, I, I look, I look at the moon and I think of Sal and then I go back to sleep.

Okay.

Okay. That was.

I'll.

I won't say anything, but I won't for.

Perfect.

That was very.

That was so embarrassing for you and for me and you don't even know.

Yeah, okay. Thankfully Louie didn't. Louie didn't say anything there.

Lord. Okay, well thank you.

That's. That's it.

What an interesting night. Yeah.

So yeah.

So you're sleeping the rest of the night like getting your, your long rest in. Did you tie up the mowing dads? Are they still tied to up to.

Oh yeah, they've been tied up this whole time. Also when you wake up, your miniatures are like next to you like.

Okay.

Like nothing happens back.

Yeah.

And Ludy wants to get up early and start trying to cook the closest thing to bacon that he can find on his war gong as a skillet.

Oh, nice.

Oh that's cool.

We'll pay use.

Yeah. So do you say you have bacon or you got to go hunt for something?

Yeah, I was just looking for The. You know, the glass. Yeah, something. My rations. Probably.

Okay.

Yeah.

So y' all wake up to the smell of sizzling mystery meat?

No.

Good morning.

And then I, like, see you. And I'm like. Because you don't know why, but I'm just like, uncom. I'm awkward and I'm uncomfortable, but you don't know why.

Did you have a bad dream last? Are you okay? Come get me.

Delicious.

Delicious.

Well, it's not exactly bacon, but it'll do.

And I just keep stammering and then I just, like, go and sit.

Okay, let's just take your time there. It's okay.

Soap comes over and sits next to you. He's like, oh, what is this? Smell good?

This is breakfast.

Oh, delicious.

Let's eat.

And I'm just like.

And then we can check on our friends there in the white district.

Are you guys cooking breakfast?

Oh.

Oh, they're awake.

Hi. We made some.

Some for you, too.

You can go to hell. Let us out.

Here comes the what? Not the airplane.

We can untie you if you. If you'd like to eat something and.

Just don't hurt us.

Sure, you hurt us.

We didn't kill you. Emotionally and physically, but we didn't hurt. We didn't kill you.

Come on now. We're not here to hurt you. We didn't kill you, did we? Now come be friends with us.

You reject Stump's hug. Why you do this?

Well, I mean, we're just very angry at you all. You got our friends arrested. You got us almost arrested.

Oh, now, I was going to tell you. Now that I've got your attention. We did run into some of your friends there at the arena, and they went to jail.

Why would you say that? I see what I mean. That's why we hate you guys.

Why would you say this?

Wait, wait, let him finish.

You can't know a story until you hear the whole thing.

Very good.

Oh, the meat. The mystery meat is burning. Okay, now that's settled. Well, we told them to lay low and that we'd be back.We would take care of them the best we could. So we're telling you now that your friends are there and we are willing to help you, but we're just trying to understand the lot of it.So please don't be mad at us. At us. But if you'd like some breakfast, you can have some breakfast and we'll send you on your way. We just didn't want to leave you out there.You know, there's some terrible creatures out there.

Here Comes the train. Oh, maybe not the train.

There's a train coming. I'm very conflicted right now because we've been on the run and we've been out here forever just trying to get away.And we don't know what happened to the rest of our crew. And you said they got arrested. And I don't know what to believe anymore. I'm just so hungry and tired of running.

Well, come eat first and have a beer and that. Only. That'll calm your nerves. Yes.

It's 8am Have a beer.

Well, it's a morning beer. You know what the morning beer is?

Oh, yeah. Everyone's got. You gotta have a morning beer. You gotta have a beer when you're out fishing. You gotta have a beer when you come over.

Yeah, that Stump table takes. He's had like a spoon of food held up this whole time. Whatever. Here it comes. And he just puts it in his mouth. There you go.

What is this?

Well, it's a little bit of this.

And a little that.

My mom used to make something. She called it Spam.

Oh, these sound good. Very healthy.

Spam.

Can I try and hug them?

It's a roll for hug.

Yes, please. I always want to roll for hug.

Like nowhere birds just walk.

Are we gonna untie them?

Because he said he was just so tired.

Roll for hug.

Okay, wait, wait, wait.

Are they still tied up?

No one's entitled.

Okay, good.

What am I adding?

Love. Love.

Add your love.

Which. Which is plus.

Well, persuasion maybe or actually performance.

Perfect. Okay. 19.

19 Total.

Yeah.

You give a great hug and I'm.

Like, Stump is seething. Oh, he like your hug, huh?

And then I just like. He's quite a bit taller than me and I kind of have him come down and I just.

Well, is he on the back of the horse or is he tied up or is he on the ground?

Oh, he's on the horse, right? I'm like hugging him on the horse.

His face is blood red.

Crawl up on there.

Yeah, yeah.

And so I'm like. It's okay.

Do you hug it him? Like when his head's down and you put your head near his hips butt?

What?

Like, how do you hug him if his head is down and he's leaned over a horse? Do you just like. Do you get like down on your.

It's like a spider man hug.

Oh, there you go.

Do you hug his.

It's not anything sexual.

Tummy.

Yes.

And. And put your head on his back?

Sure, sure.

The behind her.

So he sees your knees.

Yes. And then I'm like, they're there.

Either way, it's a good hug.

Either way.

Either way, it's a good hug. And he actually feels a little warm inside. And he's just like, I'm just so tired. Guys, can you and Tyus and I. We're not gonna go anywhere.I mean, you have our stuff, and I. I still think you guys are cool.

They're here to. We're here to help you if we can, and we're not. We don't want to fight. If you promise not to fight, we can untie you.

Yeah. He says he'll be good. Stop. Think he'd be good?

You have my word.

What friend?

He's still out.

Louis walks over with his antler dagger.

Oh, very nice.

And reaches back and cuts the ropes off of his hands and says, there, lad. Now come down and have some breakfast and the beer, if you like. And be a friend.

I appreciate that. And he reaches a hand out and he's like, friend.

Friends. And Elu reaches out it. Grabs his hand, shakes it. Wow.

We're turning over a new leaf. We have. We have friends. Actually, I don't think we've.

It's your first friend in all of Zendaya.

Except Sal. Yeah. And Finch. Yeah.

Yeah.

Finch.

We gotta find Finch. Okay.

This is such a moment.

Yeah.

It's so nice. Elu says no. Did those things, the. The toys, did they come out of your bag or someone else's?

They came out of Bruce's bag. They came out of Bruce's bag.

Okay. Well, we were just curious about them. And we also wanted to say, if you'd like to go on your way, we will allow you to do that.We just didn't want to leave you out there by yourself all alone.

I appreciate that. Like, we're. We're.We tried to, you know, start a revolution, bring a new balance to the world, but, well, you all kind of broke up our plans, to be honest.

No, your time may yet come, lad.

We're trying to get back to the Rufiogo Isles so we can, you know, regroup and figure things out.

Where is this place?

The Rufiogo Isles?

Yes.

It's in the southern part of the Outer Rim in Sendeo.

Oh, so is this close?

No, not from here. We're quite a ways away. It's just past the Whiskerlands in the south.

Oh, this is right here.

Nice.

Yeah.

Well, I tell you what. If you all will join us, then we'll have you. If you'd like to help us, we're Looking for some wizards.

And.

Oh, the wizards, they're probably at the Wizards Union Hall.

You know where that's at?

Yeah, the Grand Union Hall. It's where all the wizards hang out. It's like where all three factions are at.

This is perfect.

Yeah, this is where, this is where the, the, like, central hub for all the factions are, is here in Tilted Expanse. You're looking for brink water, right? That's just down the way.

Clean cut. I'm glad we ran into you.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

So Clean cut.

So glad he didn't crush your head like melon.

And honestly, if you, you can just give them those dog toys back. I told Bruce not to take them, but he got little, you know, little, little sticky fingers there.

Little sticky.

I don't want, I don't want no wizards coming after us. And I know that's theirs.

I, I think we could take them and return them if you're okay.

Yes, it's a good idea.

Might help us on our mission.

Yeah, And I'll tell you what, but just be careful. They're kind of crazy in there.

Oh, are they?

Yeah.

Crazy like what?

Oh, there's a lot of arguing happening. I don't know why.We passed by, you know, yesterday on our way out of here, and there's a lot of arguing going on in there, and they're just not too happy with each other.

That's good to know.

Maybe they just need hugs.

Hug?

I mean that you give him a hug like you gave me, you might be fine.

Oh, thank you. I, I, I appreciate that. I give good hugs. Yes.

Well, I mean, I don't know what we're gonna do. I might have to ask Bruce what we're gonna do, but we might be able to go with you and Eloise. Why don't you roll me a perception check?

Yeah. 14.

14. Good enough.

Yes.

From the direction where he said the Tilted or from where he said the Grand Union hall was, where the, the, the wizards are at? Coming from there, you see a large creature, but they don't look, I mean, they look menacing, but you see that they are walking towards you all.They are a large rabbit folk, tall ears. One of them kind of hangs crooked a little bit.You see that they, they have, in one hand, they have what looks like an energy sword, almost like from Halo. What, the kind of like an energy sword?

That's my favorite weapon.

Yeah, it's like awesome, but it's like thinner and a little bit longer and it seems to be glowing like red. And they are walking towards You. And they are just locked on, like, eyeballing all three of you walking straight up, not really menacing.And they're coming in your direction.

So not intimidating. Just like.

I mean, they look intimidating. They look very badass.

Okay.

Yeah, that's what I was going to ask. Yeah.

But they're not. It doesn't look like they're, like, in fighting pose. Like, the weapon is to the side. They're holding on to it.And as they get closer, you all do anything as they get closer to you all.

Yeah. Elui prepares a mug of beer and then also kind of puts one hand behind his back on his staff.

Do you offer the beer to the creature? Is that.

Yeah. And as they're coming up, you know, Eloise says greetings, and kind of holds out this mug of beer, but while holding on to the staff behind his back.

Absolutely. And as they get, like, up to you all look. They look at you, and like I said, large rabbit folk, big ears, very, like, hand, like, stitch clothing.That's, like sharp leather armor. Like, very cool design. And they pull out a rock from their pocket, and they go to the ground in front of you, all set the stone down.It's like a perfectly, like, flat, like, skipping stone.

Okay.

And then you see from the stone someone appear. You kind of remember this stone from one of the process servers that you had seen that had this stone.Well, actually, it was the first time you saw Melnag.

Yeah.

He didn't quite know, you know, and she used that. And it was like the same type of stone, and it was like a traveling stone.And so out of this traveling stone, you see a very, like, almost, like, looks holographic image. It doesn't look like it's fully materialized. Even though, you know, these traveling stones, you can actually physically apparate somewhere.But it seems like this image is not fully here. And you see, it is. Finch. Oh, Finch.

Yes.

How'd you get so small?

Oh, if it's normal size, the operation is fully sized.

It comes up from the stone.

Comes up from the stone. But one thing you do notice, Finch, is bruised. No bloodied, clothes are ripped. Dude, he doesn't look good, Finch. He says, hey, you guys.And, like, it's almost like the audio's kind of getting cut out. Like, this sounds kind of cut out. He's like. Like, I don't have much time. I sent. I sent them to bring you this message. Listen, I don't have much time.I'm being followed. I'm being watched. I got out. I think I'm Safe. Right now, I can't talk much. Listen, they have a letter.And you see this rabbit fold pull a letter from their satchel and they're like, hold the letter up, please. Read the letter. Everything important is in that letter. Everything I need to say. Listen, I don't have much time.Look, I need you to commit something to memory. Do not write this down. Commit it to your memory.

Don't write it down.

I mean, you as players can write this down, but as your characters. He tells you, do not write this down. He says, first, red, orange, green, orange. Second divisible by three.

Wait, go back. Stop. You get lost.

Stop. No, don't write this down.

He just remember. But can you repeat?

Yeah. Oh, Okay. I don't have much time. Stuff. This is the last time. Red, orange, green, orange. The second thing divisible by three. I don't have much time.And finally. Left. Right, right, left, left.

Finch, stay with. Stop.

Oh, I think they're coming. I have to get away. Listen, I'm gonna get somewhere safe. I. I'll try to reach out again. I don't know if I. The image disappears. Finch, no.

That's terrible.

Did you see? Finch looks so hurt and bad.

I am going to heart is breaking for the little one. Nothing but trying to help us.

Yeah, whatever.

And you see this rabbit folk who stands like six feet tall, handing letter just out.

Okay.

Eloie reaches forward and takes it gingerly.

All right. I'm assuming you're opening to read the letter?

Yes.

All right. It's kind of long, so bear with me.

Yeah.

This is a letter from the desk of Finch. Dearest friends. Yes, I consider you friends. It is with a heavy heart that I write this. Everything changed when you three arrived.The system was sent into chaos and newly appointed process servers raised my suspicion. TE is keeping everyone in the dark. And has appointed the process servers as the new new order of leadership across Zendayo.I brought up my findings to the higher ups, thinking they would want to find out what was going on. But instead I was taking somewhere secret. I was tortured for any information about you three. But I gave up nothing.It's not like I knew any more than what they probably knew anyways. After hours of torture and beatings, my captors left me alone. They didn't realize they forgot to take my trip, traveling stone away from me.And in panic, I forgot I had it as well. So I escaped. I gathered all the information I could from my office in the COVID of darkness and left.I am currently on the run and seeking refuge in an undisclosed location. I'll be safe for a little while, but I fear they will find me soon. I need to stay on the move. It is not safe for me to be near you all at the moment.What I am about to share with you will change the course of Sindeo. Hopefully. Listen to the wizards. You must speak to the wizards. I believe they know what is happening to the magic in Sendaio.Magic is the only thing keeping a balance between the order of the gods. The process servers grow stronger as the magic of Zendaya weakens. They need the magic to fail. They all remember who you three are.They are tasked with finding you and removing you at all costs. It is not safe for you three, so please watch your backs. They are trying to remove the magic. And this is the reason.The magic is what binds the evil in the central descent in the center of Zendayo. If the magic fails, the evil from the depths will rise and Zendayo will be sent into darkness.I found correspondence from Te and the process servers discussing taking out points of magic. This is where you come in. I know it is a lot to ask, and your destiny is held to your decision. I present you with two choices. Choice one.I had Leaster help me and I was able to charge a traveling stone using his dark magic. That will teleport you three to another dimension, away from Zendayo. This will take you to safety.It is a one way charge and you will never return to Sendaio. But you will be safe. And I will be satisfied knowing you three are safe and I was able to help you. And I will not blame you for choosing safety.Choice number two. Stay. Fight. Help the people of Sendayo. The DMV has descended into chaos and is not looking for the best interest of Zendayo.It wants to now bring its destruction. You three have something special that no one in Sendayo. A connection to another time and place.It brings with it special perks that have yet to be realized. I know that the second choice could mean your own deaths. And it is a chance you would take. But Sendayo needs hope. And heroes.I leave you with one of my oldest friends, Sage the Void Slayer. They will guide you to either choice you take. Your choice to leave to safety is only good under tonight's full moon.Once it passes, you cannot leave to safety. Sage is a mighty warrior and will aid you on your quest if you choose to stay. Please, friends.Whatever you choose, know that I will forever be grateful to you for all all you're showing me of kindness and Opening my eyes to more than just my duties in this world. I do not know if I will ever see you again, at least until the DMV's plans are stopped. But, my dear friends, please don't forget me.

Finch.

Wow. I have a single tear.

Did Eloue. Okay, so, Elouie, like, read that out. You heard it all right.

Yes.

Well, Stump says, well, Finch, you're wrong, because there is no choice. Stump say we stay and we fight for Finch.

I've lived a long time, and there's nothing like living for a purpose. And if we can fight to help someone like Finch, I think we ought to do it.

Agreed.

I think we're all agreed on this point.

Yes.

Do we put all of our hands in the middle? And. Yes, we do anomalies as you threw.

You're putting your hands in the middle. You hear, hey, guys, you have my weed whacker. And he puts his hand in the middle.

Another lotr. Yeah.

So nomolis. Is that what you're doing?

All right. Or we will say the nomolis is.

Stuff Looks at the rabbit guy and he's like, oh, you want in on this, Sage?

Come on, Sage, will you help us? You'll stay with us while you're not.

Same serious face on Sage. And they. They look at you three, and they walk closer. Put their hand in the middle. I will lead you to your destinies. Yes. Oh, yeah.

One, two, two, three.

And in the background, you hear clear. And it. The word Nathan is cleric.

Oh.

Oh, I'm saying clear it. Yeah, I think I was like, tomato, tomato situation. I think.

No, no one calls a cleric a cleric.

Yeah, I think cleric. Cleric is specific. Yeah. Specifically, it's Teemu, damn it.

Okay, okay. Cleric.