EP. 107 How to Slay Your Dragon

[00:00:05] Speaker A: You are listening to an atomic broadcasting production. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the feature presentation. And remember, do your part. Such as, like, comment rate. And don't forget to tell a friend to tune in for an atomic time. [00:00:31] Speaker B: Now, where did we leave off? Ah, yes. King Ostog the Unslain summoned the party to enlist their help in taking down Fafnir. As they discussed the plan, his head researcher entered to help none other than Cyrdash. And welcome to the chair. [00:01:02] Speaker C: Come on, let's say space jam. So good. [00:01:07] Speaker B: Petite. [00:01:08] Speaker D: You were reading an article. [00:01:09] Speaker E: More than one, actually. Because I got really interested and I wanted a little bit more information here. [00:01:15] Speaker F: He's gone down a rabbit hole. [00:01:16] Speaker C: He's typing. He's been typing. [00:01:18] Speaker E: You guys know how we were talking about puce the last. [00:01:21] Speaker C: Yeah, time. [00:01:22] Speaker E: We were talking weird color. So I looked it up, and Because I just want. Because puis is a hard color to nail down. A lot of people apparently don't even know how to describe it, because when. Go ahead. [00:01:34] Speaker C: I was gonna say when he was looking it up, for some reason, it just had a bunch of pictures of ticks and fleas. [00:01:39] Speaker E: Well, see, I was getting to that. Okay, lightest red. But a lot of people, from what I've seen in different articles, purplish brown, grayish brown, or mauve pink. There's a lot of different colors, and it's really interesting. Puce in French is the word for flea, and that is why so many fleas popped up whenever I searched it. Looking more into it, it is the color of an engorged flea's belly. [00:02:04] Speaker D: Oh. [00:02:06] Speaker E: So apparently, if you're looking for what the color puce looks like, just look at a flea that's had a good dinner. Apparently, it was created back in the 18th century, popularized by Marie Antoinette, who had a thing for extravagant fashion. There's a lot of other things I read about Marie Antoinette, but we'll get to that in a different time. Apparently, after she started wearing it, it got a lot more popular. Oh, I forgot the main point. Marie Antoinette, she was wearing it. And her. Was it her husband? I don't know. I haven't actually read that. But Louis the 16th, when he was asked about it, he said, Ce piece, which means my flea. [00:02:49] Speaker F: They were married. Yes. [00:02:50] Speaker E: Okay. I don't know history. But anyway, it did end up becoming a thing. And in French, you can call someone ma pius, my flea, as a term of endearment. [00:03:04] Speaker A: Oh, the French. [00:03:05] Speaker E: So take that for what it's worth. It's just really interesting. [00:03:12] Speaker F: Thank you, Muppies. [00:03:13] Speaker E: To me. [00:03:16] Speaker C: That's weird. That's some weird things. [00:03:17] Speaker D: I don't know that I could call someone that as a term of endearment. [00:03:22] Speaker B: It sounds gross. [00:03:23] Speaker F: I'm gonna call all of you puce or flea from now on. [00:03:25] Speaker E: Well, there's also other colors that are derived from puce, and I'm not gonna try to pronounce the French, but flea belly. There's flea, thigh, and old flea. So there's more than one piece? [00:03:38] Speaker F: Flelly. [00:03:39] Speaker D: Old flea. Sounds like an insult. [00:03:43] Speaker C: It does. Also, I feel like flea. [00:03:47] Speaker F: Thigh. [00:03:48] Speaker D: You're just a flea. [00:03:49] Speaker E: Thigh. [00:03:49] Speaker B: You feel like a flea thigh. [00:03:50] Speaker C: I feel like a flea thigh. [00:03:52] Speaker F: Or a fly, if you will. [00:03:53] Speaker B: Sounds like a lisp. [00:03:54] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:03:55] Speaker E: So if you're ever interested, just look up the history of the word puce, because it's more than I thought I'd be getting into. Unless you're scared of fleas or real spindly bugs. [00:04:06] Speaker F: They don't have to look it up themselves. They just got a complete, unedited history from you. [00:04:13] Speaker C: Look it up yourselves. Anyway. [00:04:14] Speaker F: No, don't do it. Don't ever type the word puce into your computers. Don't listen to or they will know. [00:04:21] Speaker D: You know what, guys? [00:04:22] Speaker F: They will know. [00:04:23] Speaker D: You know what? Do what you want. [00:04:25] Speaker E: My third result is French Wikipedia. [00:04:27] Speaker F: You're not a pirate. You're not free. You can't do whatever you want. [00:04:30] Speaker D: What? [00:04:31] Speaker F: Do what you want because a pirate is free. You are a pirate anyway. Have you never heard that song? [00:04:36] Speaker A: No. [00:04:37] Speaker F: What's wrong with you? [00:04:38] Speaker D: A lot of things, actually. I don't know that we want to go into it. [00:04:42] Speaker F: That's fair. I know. [00:04:43] Speaker E: I want to have a show. [00:04:47] Speaker B: I wasn't. [00:04:48] Speaker C: Yes, I know. [00:04:48] Speaker D: A lot of things are wrong with you. We don't have the time. No, don't call me that. [00:04:54] Speaker C: It's endearing. [00:04:55] Speaker F: It's okay, my flea. [00:04:56] Speaker D: I'm gonna go to the fridge now. [00:04:58] Speaker F: No. [00:04:58] Speaker E: Sometimes I'm great at giving Geordi transitions. This is not one of those times. [00:05:03] Speaker F: Speaking of pews. [00:05:06] Speaker B: So when I was a kid, I encountered a book that was telling me that there was a French term of endearment. That was mont petit choux. [00:05:14] Speaker A: I know. [00:05:15] Speaker B: And it was like, the translation of that is my little cabbage. And I was like, that's weird. Then I read a different book that said the translation is my little pet. And I was like, okay, that makes more sense. I could understand that more and then come to find out the first book was telling the truth and the second book was lying to me, and I was like, that's weird, but okay. [00:05:39] Speaker C: I don't like Terms of Endearment that infantilize the other party. [00:05:43] Speaker E: So fun fact. [00:05:45] Speaker A: But calling somebody a cabbage is invalid. [00:05:47] Speaker C: My little pet or babe or baby. I don't like it. [00:05:50] Speaker D: I also, there's a people that enjoy that. It's disgusting. [00:05:54] Speaker F: Oh, you say hey, babe all the time. [00:05:56] Speaker D: No, say hun or love. But I call the dogs babe or baby. [00:06:01] Speaker E: I prefer to. [00:06:03] Speaker D: You can ask him. He's sitting right over there. [00:06:06] Speaker E: And call her item. Articles of Food. Articles. Items of food. You know, that's good. [00:06:11] Speaker B: Sweet freedom is articles of Food. [00:06:13] Speaker E: Honey, Cupcake. [00:06:16] Speaker C: Sweets. [00:06:16] Speaker A: That's mine. Sweets. [00:06:19] Speaker E: Sirloin Steak. [00:06:20] Speaker A: Sirloin steak. [00:06:22] Speaker C: I get that one. [00:06:22] Speaker D: Wait, are we still talking about Terms of Endearment? [00:06:25] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:06:25] Speaker D: You call your wife Sirloin Steak? [00:06:29] Speaker E: She saved her face. Well, she doesn't listen to this. [00:06:33] Speaker D: If you're listening, you know what he says behind your back. [00:06:37] Speaker C: We'll make sure she listens to this episode. [00:06:41] Speaker A: We'll personally send her out. [00:06:42] Speaker E: How many episodes in are we? [00:06:43] Speaker F: 107. [00:06:45] Speaker B: Yeah. No, no. [00:06:47] Speaker E: Well, luckily we just started book three, so I think we can. [00:06:50] Speaker F: We can't trust Jordy. He just. [00:06:52] Speaker B: That's true. I haven't been able to count since this book started. [00:06:55] Speaker E: Well, he counted the first two books that he read in French. [00:06:58] Speaker B: Speaking of counting, I'm gonna count us in. 1, a 2, a 1, 2, 3, 4. Last we left off, you were talking with Ostog the Unslain. And his head researcher, Cyrdire, had just entered the room. [00:07:12] Speaker D: That man is everywhere, sir. [00:07:15] Speaker A: Dyer, head researcher. [00:07:18] Speaker B: Oh, yes, that's my day job. I'm an antiquarian by heart. But this is what pays the bills. [00:07:24] Speaker E: Did you become a head researcher because you were looking into the helmet? [00:07:29] Speaker B: No. [00:07:30] Speaker E: Oh, okay. [00:07:31] Speaker A: I didn't. I. [00:07:33] Speaker C: You all know him. [00:07:35] Speaker D: Oh, this is Serdire. [00:07:37] Speaker A: He's an old acquaintance. [00:07:39] Speaker F: He delivered the mail. [00:07:40] Speaker E: He's a new acquaintance. [00:07:41] Speaker C: The postman Paul delivers. [00:07:42] Speaker B: He's the. [00:07:43] Speaker D: No, now. He's the one that gave us all of Uwe's gifts. [00:07:47] Speaker A: He is the one I entrusted to give the gifts and find the gifts. [00:07:51] Speaker F: You were at home with your family. [00:07:52] Speaker C: Oh, that makes sense. [00:07:53] Speaker D: You completely missed him. [00:07:55] Speaker F: I had a riveting conversation with him. [00:07:58] Speaker B: We did. We did indeed. Yes. Now. And he slams this huge tome on the desk next to Neros I've been researching. There's not a lot that's concretely known about Fafnir. However, there is one thing that we were able to confirm as fact. Fafnir has in his possession an ability that scholars have termed the blasting breath. And he opens the book and starts flipping through it dramatically. [00:08:27] Speaker F: How creative. [00:08:29] Speaker B: Ah, yes. His blasting breath harnesses all the power of a cataclysm. What? [00:08:36] Speaker F: Cataclysmic? [00:08:37] Speaker B: Yes, that. A cataclysmic firestorm. And destroys whatever he targets. [00:08:46] Speaker C: Is that what he did to the city? [00:08:48] Speaker B: Yes, that's exactly what happened. [00:08:50] Speaker E: Were you not watching? [00:08:52] Speaker C: I was just asking if that was the name of the ability. I wasn't. [00:08:56] Speaker B: Now, Fafnir, of course, has many other abilities that have not yet manifested to modern eyes. This book, it's like 7,000 pages. And each one of them is a rumor of an ability that Fafnir may have. So we are going to be going through and doing some research about what he may actually, indeed have. And hopefully, some eyewitness accounts of Fafnir that survived. Hopefully survive, could tell us what he actually can do. And I'll be researching into that to determine what you'll be going up against. But for the meantime, these last few days, I have been able to confirm that he does have the blasting breath. And I've been looking into ways that you might be able to counteract this. So that were you to go up against him in Mortal Kombat, you would not be immediately flattened and killed and burned and destroyed by his blasting breath. Albert, you look like you had a question. [00:09:55] Speaker C: Oh. How old is that book? [00:09:57] Speaker B: This book? Oh, well, this one is a second edition, so. Well, probably about 72 years old. [00:10:06] Speaker F: I should have a copyright date. [00:10:08] Speaker C: How. How long has Fafnir been around? [00:10:11] Speaker B: Well, according to many sources, since time immemorial. [00:10:17] Speaker C: There are books underground around some Flesh Warps that are relatively ancient, dating back to the Thessalonian Empire. [00:10:29] Speaker B: And how old are the books? [00:10:31] Speaker C: Probably around that old. [00:10:35] Speaker A: I would imagine, sir Dire, that they contain information that might be pertinent. [00:10:39] Speaker C: I have notes on how to translate ancient Thessalonian. And I can give them to you. [00:10:43] Speaker F: Did you guys see any of those books that looked like they were about Fafnir? You looked through a lot of those? [00:10:48] Speaker C: I wasn't looking for that, Sedai. [00:10:52] Speaker A: I did research there before my last memory loss. [00:10:57] Speaker B: Oh, well, that seems like a good place to be researching on memory loss. There were all sorts of uncanny experiments being done by the Thessalonian Empire. [00:11:08] Speaker F: Right down there underneath Joel, actually. [00:11:10] Speaker E: Indeed, there were some weird creatures down there. [00:11:12] Speaker C: Last time we went, I mentioned the Fleshwarps. [00:11:16] Speaker E: Or to him. [00:11:17] Speaker C: Yes, just, oh, five seconds ago. [00:11:19] Speaker E: Well, you said. [00:11:21] Speaker B: I don't know what that Is Ostag breaks in, he's like. Well, I'll send a detachment down, some competent warriors, just in case there is anything unpleasant down there. And once we're sure the area is secure, we'll get you access here. Die. Of course. [00:11:35] Speaker E: Yes. [00:11:35] Speaker C: Thank you. [00:11:36] Speaker B: Now, regarding the blasting breath, I've been able to locate two. [00:11:45] Speaker F: You need water? [00:11:47] Speaker B: I'll just take a sip of my bubbly. [00:11:49] Speaker E: Everyone in this town needs more hydration. [00:11:52] Speaker C: Not the time for champagne. [00:11:56] Speaker B: I've been able to locate two relics of historical significance and vast power that have remained unclaimed heretofore due to their dangerous locales. You, however, a group of doughty adventurers. As if ever I'd set my eyes on one might be able. [00:12:17] Speaker F: I feel pretty confident. [00:12:19] Speaker B: No doubt he has in strong, competent and efficacious. [00:12:26] Speaker F: Oh, I like that word. [00:12:29] Speaker B: You may be able to press forward where no one else has dared to or succeeded to in the past and claim one of these artifacts to assist you in your assault on Fafnir. Let's see. According to my research, both of these artifacts may be found not far away in the Kodar Mountains. [00:12:53] Speaker C: The ones that were destroyed? [00:12:55] Speaker B: No, not the ones that were destroyed. The other peaks in the Kodar Mountains. [00:12:59] Speaker F: Over. Are those the ones? Sorry, Forgive me. In the near Troll Forge. [00:13:04] Speaker B: Yes. The same self. Same mountain range. Yes. So the first of these two is an artifact that scholars refer to. Scholars? Scholars refer to as the crown of the Storm King. Oh, yes. Legend once tells of a flying cloud castle that soared across from one end of the land to the other. And the king himself, who would sit upon the throne and command the storm. The cloud castle. He had command over the storm clouds. And he could call them in at will. And if one of you were to acquire this crown and to tame it to your own will, then once Fafnir let loose with his blasting breath, you'd be able to tame that breath itself and either quell it or perhaps even turn it back against him. [00:14:01] Speaker F: Are there going to be a lot of these giants there? [00:14:04] Speaker B: I will. The legends say that he had a retainer of dozens, if not two. Dozens of giants. [00:14:15] Speaker F: What was the other one? [00:14:16] Speaker B: Ah, the other item scholars like to refer to as the censor of the final breath. There was a group of monks who devoted themselves to. Let me refer to my notes here. It's a small deity. It's Dahri. He is a very austere minor deity who expects total perfection from his adherents to the point where every possible trapping of mortality, such as eating, drinking, or even breathing, was Prohibited. The best of the monks would not need these, as they would have ascended past mortality. Legend says that all of the potential breaths that these monks may have taken are stored within the censer. You could use this ability to unleash the breaths of the monks to counteract Fafnir's breath or possibly even contain it as the monk's breaths once were outward. [00:15:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:15:20] Speaker F: How is that useful? [00:15:23] Speaker C: Which part? [00:15:25] Speaker F: The monk breathing on the dragon. [00:15:27] Speaker C: So the idea is that the breath would be strong enough to push back his breath. Or alternatively, we can use the container to hold the breath. At which point we might be able to unleash it back upon him. [00:15:39] Speaker F: I guess monks must have pretty good lungs. [00:15:42] Speaker D: I wonder if any of them had halitosis. How stinky is that gonna be? [00:15:48] Speaker F: Pretty much everyone has it. [00:15:51] Speaker E: Stole my joke. [00:15:54] Speaker D: We'll just kill him with really bad breath. [00:15:58] Speaker F: So are those both at the same place? [00:16:00] Speaker B: Well, they're not far apart. One is here and one is there. And he's pointing to a map. Would you like me to explain with words? [00:16:12] Speaker D: That would be great. [00:16:12] Speaker E: Those were words. [00:16:13] Speaker A: You have been quite loquacious as always. [00:16:17] Speaker E: That was also a word. [00:16:19] Speaker B: Well, can I help it if my erudite vocabulary leaves others with more stunted word selections? [00:16:25] Speaker D: Listen, sir, some of us are stupid and don't know what the word erudite means. [00:16:30] Speaker E: Yeah, she needs to know what it means. [00:16:32] Speaker D: You shush, Sever. [00:16:33] Speaker B: I beg your pardon if I have been coming off as pendantic. [00:16:37] Speaker D: You have too many words in your brain. Can you dumb it down for the rest of us? [00:16:41] Speaker C: Sir, I just. How far apart are these? [00:16:45] Speaker B: Well, they're both very close to. Very close to each other. The Storm Crown King. Storm King's crown is said to have last been seen in the castle which is rumored to have been moored near the southern end of the spur of the Kodar Mountains that contains the Troll Forge that I've been told you've recently. [00:17:04] Speaker F: Gone to Usher to find that giant Storm King's castle. [00:17:10] Speaker B: It shouldn't be too difficult if you start moving towards the Kodar Mountains and just pay attention to a cloud that never dissipates. That would be your mark. [00:17:19] Speaker F: How do we get to Clyde? [00:17:22] Speaker D: You climb higher, Val. Obviously. [00:17:24] Speaker F: What do we climb on if they're more. [00:17:26] Speaker D: If it's moored on the mountain, then maybe we can climb the rope to the moor cloud. It's a moving castle. So they moor it. [00:17:35] Speaker C: It's like. [00:17:36] Speaker D: It's like a boat. It's like a sky boat. [00:17:39] Speaker A: Anchor. Yeah. [00:17:40] Speaker B: Word. [00:17:40] Speaker A: I think you're going for tying it. [00:17:42] Speaker D: A sky boat anchored to the mountain. [00:17:47] Speaker F: All right. [00:17:50] Speaker D: I don't think she understands. How do I understand this concept and you don't? [00:17:54] Speaker C: Is Val okay? [00:17:55] Speaker D: I don't think so. Something happened to her brain. [00:17:57] Speaker F: There's a lot going on. [00:17:58] Speaker A: Right. [00:17:59] Speaker E: We could have Sigurd fly us up there. [00:18:00] Speaker F: Oh, that's true. Sigurd. [00:18:02] Speaker D: I forgot that she exists. [00:18:05] Speaker C: Big bird. [00:18:05] Speaker F: She's right outside the window. [00:18:08] Speaker D: Big just thong. [00:18:09] Speaker B: Thong breaks window cracks. [00:18:13] Speaker E: I'll have somebody fix that soon. [00:18:14] Speaker F: Okay, so that's Castler. It's the other. The censer of the last. [00:18:18] Speaker B: Yes. The censor of the final breath. As rumored to. It's of course in the monastery of the Adherents of Dahi. And that could could be potentially at any of these three locations. Luckily, they're in about a 20 mile radius of each other. All at different valleys in the Summer Melt Valley. So the different ravines of the Summer Melt Valley. So not far from the drillstones, if you're familiar where those are. [00:18:46] Speaker A: The Summer Melt Valley, you said? [00:18:49] Speaker B: Yes. [00:18:50] Speaker A: Is that not where Ered Wint? [00:18:55] Speaker B: Oh, yes, yes. As. As I had been telling Albert about. No, it wasn't Albert. It was. [00:19:01] Speaker C: I just met you, sir. [00:19:06] Speaker B: He's taller, he's tall like you, but he's a lot bigger. Across a barrel chested sort of fellow. Where did he go? [00:19:16] Speaker D: Poofed. [00:19:16] Speaker C: It's very difficult to explain to you, mister. Let's just say he'll be back possibly in 20ish years. [00:19:30] Speaker B: Long journey. [00:19:31] Speaker D: He'll be a baby. Of course. [00:19:33] Speaker C: Yeah. Very difficult to explain. [00:19:37] Speaker B: Oh, Benjamin Button. [00:19:42] Speaker D: If that's what the way you want. [00:19:43] Speaker A: To see it, right? [00:19:45] Speaker F: Say there's two rumored things where supposedly Eren already went. What if Aaron already got the things? I mean, they're not gonna be there, right? They'll be gone. [00:19:55] Speaker A: If I remember correctly, the rumor is that he went to the Summermert Valley and returning from there he was covered in runes. And then went to go kill Fafnir. [00:20:11] Speaker B: Yes, exactly. [00:20:12] Speaker F: Okay, so not so much the items. But he ruined himself. [00:20:16] Speaker A: Yes, Perhaps. I don't know. There is one other place that you might consider looking to find more about Fafnir. And that is the library of the Erorid. [00:20:32] Speaker B: I suppose we could try. Most of the estate was leveled in the devastation. [00:20:39] Speaker F: I'm sure the books are fine. [00:20:41] Speaker D: I guess we could go poking around and find out. [00:20:44] Speaker A: Well, let Sir Dire do that. [00:20:47] Speaker D: Or he can go poking around and find out. [00:20:49] Speaker B: I am head researcher and I have scores of young lads who would be willing to work for me as assistants. [00:20:57] Speaker D: Howard, do any of them have impressive biceps? [00:21:02] Speaker B: Well, there was one. [00:21:08] Speaker A: Do you remember his name perhaps? [00:21:11] Speaker B: No, I can't say that I do. [00:21:13] Speaker D: He doesn't have a name. Let's just admit it. [00:21:18] Speaker F: Lyra spying into the myth Eclipse. [00:21:22] Speaker A: That is another question we can ask later. [00:21:26] Speaker D: Yeah, I mean, it's on my to do list. [00:21:30] Speaker C: So I guess we're off then. [00:21:34] Speaker B: Ah, was there any other questions that I might be able to answer? [00:21:39] Speaker E: Do you have anything you'd like to give us? Like any presents or anything? I don't know. Each time you see us, you tend to give us things. [00:21:46] Speaker C: He gave us knowledge. [00:21:48] Speaker B: I. I gave you a gift of knowledge. [00:21:51] Speaker A: How about a certain wolf cloak? [00:21:54] Speaker F: Oh, he's been wearing it. He's been wearing it the whole time. [00:21:58] Speaker B: I just independently remembered on my own. Your barrel chested friend Aina had dropped off this. [00:22:08] Speaker C: Now he remembers. [00:22:09] Speaker B: Well, I just independently remembered on my own. [00:22:14] Speaker F: I'm glad you said independence. Here. Diet. [00:22:17] Speaker A: Also better chested. [00:22:19] Speaker F: Better chested. [00:22:21] Speaker D: I also heard, better chested. [00:22:24] Speaker B: I'm not going to disagree that he has a better chest than I do. But when you're a 300-year-old elf, you take what you can get. [00:22:34] Speaker D: I heard better than his friend. [00:22:37] Speaker C: Yeah, I thought he was a gnome. [00:22:43] Speaker B: No, I'm a very tall gnome. Take your stupid cloak. And he throws the wolf skin fucking arm. [00:22:51] Speaker C: Wait, so he's like middle aged? He's a middle aged elf. [00:22:59] Speaker B: I'm not answering any more questions. He slams them. I'm going to search. [00:23:05] Speaker F: I thought you were an elf. Now you're saying you're a told no. [00:23:08] Speaker B: Good day to your madam. What did I do? [00:23:12] Speaker D: Sir Dire. [00:23:13] Speaker C: It was a pleasure meeting you, sir. [00:23:16] Speaker B: Oh, the precious. All mine. [00:23:17] Speaker D: Nero spoils here. Dire, a kiss. As he's storming out. [00:23:22] Speaker B: He just kind of like catches it. Opens the book, presses it between. [00:23:29] Speaker D: Yeah, you keep that for later. I don't know. [00:23:35] Speaker B: Ostog is just sitting there grinning. I knew I picked the right bunch. [00:23:41] Speaker F: Things get a little chaotic sometimes. [00:23:44] Speaker E: Did you know we knew him? [00:23:46] Speaker B: I knew Uwe did. He'd spoken of Uwe. [00:23:50] Speaker F: Oh, we're besties with him. [00:23:52] Speaker B: Well, good people, he's a good man. [00:23:54] Speaker C: I've never met him. [00:23:55] Speaker B: Good elf who's not any less than a man. But he is. [00:23:59] Speaker C: Yes. You seem very fixated on getting our ancestry correct. [00:24:04] Speaker D: Are you trying not to be racist? [00:24:05] Speaker B: I am. [00:24:06] Speaker C: Okay. It's making you seem more so. [00:24:08] Speaker B: Well, the land of the Lunar Kings is very historically racist. And I'm trying to be A progressive king. [00:24:14] Speaker E: So Seer Dyer gave us information about the helmet, or at least we tried to get some information. I can't remember if we got any, but do you. Do you know what I'm talking about? [00:24:24] Speaker B: Which helmet? [00:24:25] Speaker E: The. The one of the Arids. [00:24:28] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, well, I. I don't know. I know it was part of his suit of armor that he used to assault while he wasn't wearing the armor himself. [00:24:40] Speaker E: I don't know where I was going with that. [00:24:42] Speaker B: Just. [00:24:43] Speaker C: So I guess get packed and we can leave in, like, two days. [00:24:48] Speaker A: We can leave as soon as possible. [00:24:50] Speaker E: I could leave right now. [00:24:52] Speaker D: I don't want to leave right now. [00:24:55] Speaker A: I can take us there. [00:24:57] Speaker F: Oh, that sounds fun. [00:24:59] Speaker D: How can you take us there? [00:25:01] Speaker A: We have a map. I can. [00:25:04] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:25:05] Speaker B: Okay. [00:25:05] Speaker A: Reposition us. Teleport. [00:25:08] Speaker F: All of us? [00:25:09] Speaker A: Yes. [00:25:10] Speaker F: That's kind of cute. I like it. [00:25:12] Speaker E: And I could bring us back, if that helps. [00:25:14] Speaker D: Can you teleport 20 miles? [00:25:16] Speaker A: I can. I can teleport 100. [00:25:19] Speaker C: Yeah, the spell's 100. [00:25:20] Speaker B: Oh, what spell is this? [00:25:22] Speaker A: Teleport. [00:25:22] Speaker F: Just teleport and it works out. A whole group. [00:25:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:24] Speaker A: Yep. [00:25:25] Speaker C: Up to four other people. [00:25:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:27] Speaker C: Okay, well, so can you just teleport us to the mountain? [00:25:31] Speaker A: I can get us to, like, Copperberg. Edith. [00:25:33] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:34] Speaker B: From Joel to, like, just past the drillstones would be your maximum distance with one teleport. So all of your potential destinations are within that spur of the Kodar Mountains. So anywhere where either the mountain was last, the Cloud Castle was last seen, or the three potential locations for the Monastery of Dahri was theorized to be are within 100 miles. It's just that you don't know exactly where it is in that area. [00:26:02] Speaker A: Where's the Troll Forge? [00:26:03] Speaker B: Troll Forge is just here. It's about a day's journey north of the drillstones. [00:26:09] Speaker F: We could start there. [00:26:10] Speaker A: That's what I'm thinking. [00:26:12] Speaker C: Okay, well, we'll take a couple days, get some cold supplies and stuff to help with the cold of the mountains. [00:26:20] Speaker A: We do need to prepare. [00:26:23] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:26:24] Speaker B: All right. So while you all are taking just a couple days doing the prep work, collecting any supplies you need for the journey. Was there anybody who wanted to do anything in town before you head out alward? I know you had a scene you wanted to do. [00:26:42] Speaker C: That is. Sorry. That is correct. My brain was thinking about lamp oil. Sorry. [00:26:49] Speaker E: Not sustainable. [00:26:50] Speaker B: I'll work some off. [00:26:54] Speaker F: Keep those lamps lit for our dark vision. [00:26:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:26:59] Speaker F: So we can see. [00:26:59] Speaker A: See, color. [00:27:00] Speaker E: The color puce. [00:27:03] Speaker C: Presumably, we will be gone for quite some time, so I need to stock up on a lot of potions for my mom. [00:27:12] Speaker B: So I'm presuming you head to the apothecary, Angel. Yes, and we'll go ahead. We won't play out the whole scene, but suffice to say, you're a much richer man than last time. You stopped the apothecary. You're able to buy out the like two weeks that he has on stock. But with two weeks just being two weeks, he offers that he could supply you with as much as you want and just have a shipment of the medication delivered. [00:27:43] Speaker C: Yeah, I, I give him more than enough gold for that. [00:27:47] Speaker B: Perfect. So you've got a shipment of a six month supply that's scheduled to be delivered in three weeks. [00:27:56] Speaker C: Perfect. Perfect. [00:27:58] Speaker A: How much gold did you give him? [00:28:00] Speaker C: 152. [00:28:02] Speaker A: Subtract it. [00:28:03] Speaker C: I did. Nice. [00:28:05] Speaker B: So let's go ahead. We'll do crossfade and we will have Alward, just as you're walking up to your crazy apartment. Looks normal from the outside, but inside, who knows what the layout is today. [00:28:21] Speaker C: There's a pool. [00:28:23] Speaker B: Oh, is it an indoor pool or an outdoor pool today? [00:28:25] Speaker C: It's an indoor pool today. [00:28:26] Speaker B: Okay. So as Alward walks up to the house, Lena's sitting in the pool, just dipping her feet in. And Alward opens the door, heads on inside, and he sees, you know, it's a little more homey than last, you know, a couple weeks ago, the party was using this as like a base of operations in a war room while they were fighting against the resistance. Now that your mom, Valia and your sister Lena have moved back in, it's already starting to feel a little bit more homey again and reminds you of back before the adventure started when you actually lived here with your family. [00:29:05] Speaker C: Albert's going to step in and sort of take the layout of the place at his leisure. And he's going to walk into the kitchen and sort of beside his mother, place the bottle of a month's supply of medicine, say, I have that for you. And then in about three weeks or so, there'll be a larger shipment here. [00:29:32] Speaker B: Velya looks down in surprise at the bottle. It's much larger than the bottles that Alward had been bringing previously. She looks at it and is like, Albert, this is. You said there's another shipment coming, six months worth? [00:29:46] Speaker C: Yes. I don't know when we're gonna be. Hopefully we're back before then. [00:29:51] Speaker B: But she nearly drops the bottle when you say six months and carefully sets it back down. Is like six. Albert, where did you get all this money. [00:30:03] Speaker C: Specifically from this. I believe it was a shark, man. But we're working contracted with the kings now. So. [00:30:17] Speaker B: You'Re working for the king. That's a big step. [00:30:24] Speaker C: Yes, I just. I wanted to make sure that you were, you know, good. And then he sort of nods curtly. [00:30:37] Speaker B: Well, are you excited? [00:30:41] Speaker C: No, not at all. I'm terrified, actually. The other kings think it's a suicide mission, essentially. I don't want. Sorry. [00:31:03] Speaker B: She said that, puts her hands on your shoulders and guides you towards the kitchen table and is like, sit down. I'll make some tea. [00:31:13] Speaker C: Award's Mage hands get summoned in front of him and clasped together, and they start twiddling their thumbs while he's also twiddling his thumbs under the table. [00:31:26] Speaker B: Albert, I know. I know that this is a lot, and it's hard, but I also know that if there's anyone who can do this, it's you and your friends. [00:31:43] Speaker C: Well, I. [00:31:44] Speaker B: And I know that you think I'm just saying that because I'm your mother. [00:31:50] Speaker C: I mean, I'm. I'm an accountant, Mom. I. Alward, I brew coffee. [00:31:58] Speaker B: Howard, you are not just an accountant, nor are you just a barista. Alward, you are a bright young man with the whole world in front of you. And every day I see you grow bigger and stronger and just you become more you. [00:32:24] Speaker C: I don't want the world in front of me. I don't want to have to fight that thing. I want. I'll be okay. I'm going. It's all gonna be fixed soon. I'm sure of it. [00:32:46] Speaker B: Velia hands you a mug of tea. [00:32:51] Speaker C: Alward takes it with his hands and takes a deep breath, inhaling the herbal scents and then slowly sips it. [00:33:05] Speaker B: Alward, I do worry about you. Of course I do. It's kind of my job to worry about you. But I also don't want you to be held back. [00:33:18] Speaker C: Sips tea so do you think, like, Kellogg put a spell on this place? Cause it didn't used to have a pool. [00:33:31] Speaker B: I had that on my list of things to ask you about. [00:33:38] Speaker C: All right, I'll. Alward sets the tea down after it's mostly drunk and stands up. [00:33:43] Speaker E: And. [00:33:46] Speaker C: We'Re gonna go soon. Apparently, Zephia Nuvea picked up a teleportation spell, so this was sort of the last stop before we head out. And then, without any warning, he hugs his mom in a way that latches her arms to her side. And after a long moment, he lets go and is like, I'll. I'm sure we'll be back after we do what we're doing. [00:34:26] Speaker B: And basically, as soon as he lets go, Velia puts her arms up and wraps them around him. And as he kind of, like, finishes what he was saying, she just says, albert, it's okay to be afraid, but don't be afraid of who you're becoming. And with that, we will shift our focus away to another part of town. Val, you had something you wanted to do before we left. [00:34:56] Speaker F: Yeah, she's had some stuff she wants to follow up on. I have that piece of painting that Barsack used to leave this place to get back to the Deadlands and the Boneyard and whatnot. Is I'm going to try to commune with him and. Or a psychopomp that serves him to try because he wanted to talk to me, and I want to try and follow up with him. You know, build that network connection. [00:35:29] Speaker B: We'll establish that scene. Val is now standing on the filthy, cracked floor. The ceiling of the chapel is completely gone. The walls are still fairly intact, but any trappings inside, tapestries and such, have been either destroyed by rubble or burned by flame. And there's just that corner of the painting that Val has left. Val, go ahead and make me a religion check. [00:35:58] Speaker F: I can do that. I'm pretty. You know, I'm something of a religious myself. [00:36:04] Speaker B: What's your crafting skill? [00:36:06] Speaker F: I'm trained. [00:36:07] Speaker B: Okay. [00:36:08] Speaker F: But I'm a master of religion. Gonna use this hero point because I'm so good at religion. [00:36:17] Speaker B: What was your original number, Herald 4. [00:36:20] Speaker F: And I was like, well, I'm a plus 21. Like, that's still pretty high. But I thought a 19 is so much better. It would bring me up to 40. [00:36:29] Speaker B: Ooh. So, Val, you're holding this painting, focusing your spiritual energies and stuff, remembering how Barzok walked through the painting as if it were a door. And as you're holding it, you kind of, like, get a sense of weightlessness in your hands, and the painting, just that corner of the painting starts to sort of ripple in your hands, and you get the sense that if you were able to duplicate the rest of the painting, you would be able to activate a door that recreate this freaking painting. You worship Shelyn, don't you? [00:37:08] Speaker F: I do. And I definitely know what it looked like because it had all the Valkyries on it and everything. Right. Is that. That's the same one, right? Okay, so if I. Okay, so she's gonna kind of look at it and hold it. Think about it and just say, the passage provides a way and she's going to start looking to see if she can find any other pieces before she decides to dedicate herself to redo the whole thing. Another corner or two might save her sometime. [00:37:42] Speaker B: Yeah, you're able to scrape together maybe, like, 10% of the painting, but the bulk of it, you're going to have to reproduce. [00:37:51] Speaker F: Cool. That's exciting, actually. I like that she will put all that in her pack, kind of take another look at the chalice real quick, just kind of stare at it, and she's gonna start putting it back and walk away. [00:38:13] Speaker B: All right, anybody else? Any last minute shopping does. [00:38:18] Speaker E: What we talk about earlier does that just kind of. [00:38:20] Speaker B: Yeah, we'll just assume that's been taken care of. [00:38:23] Speaker A: Shopping. I want to buy spell scrolls and learn them. [00:38:26] Speaker B: Okay. [00:38:28] Speaker A: So you just have to give me a list later, maybe. [00:38:29] Speaker B: I mean, as long as they are level five or lower, you can buy whatever. Oh, yeah. Once it starts to get to rank six and up, then it starts to get to a high enough level that it's more difficult to locate, and you might have to go somewhere specialized or find contacts. [00:38:45] Speaker A: I'll make a list later. [00:38:47] Speaker B: Okay. All right, so we will go ahead and jump forward in time a couple days into the future. You've all met back up at the appointed place at the appointed time, prepared to teleport to Troll Forge. [00:39:02] Speaker F: Val now has, like, a full easel and, like, compart. Like, paint, like a. Why am I thinking. I can't think of the word. Like, where you roll up your paintings and you. You slip them into, like, a little case. [00:39:14] Speaker D: I know what you're talking about. I don't know what that's called, but. [00:39:16] Speaker C: I know what you're talking about. [00:39:18] Speaker F: She got bigger. This is a bigger painting than she usually does. So, like, the supplies have now, like, grown its size, essentially, with her. [00:39:26] Speaker B: Where are you all meeting up to do the teleportation? [00:39:30] Speaker C: Where else but my. The war room department is domicile. [00:39:35] Speaker F: The mansion. [00:39:36] Speaker B: So, as you're standing in, it's now taken over. [00:39:39] Speaker C: Joel. [00:39:40] Speaker B: The. The foyer of your apartment, your cavernous ceiling. [00:39:44] Speaker D: It's a mega mansion that just takes up the entire city of Joel. [00:39:49] Speaker B: No, it just takes up one small building. [00:39:52] Speaker F: It keeps stretching out, taking over. [00:39:57] Speaker D: Just. [00:39:59] Speaker C: Love it. [00:40:01] Speaker B: So, Uwe, are you the one casting the teleportation spell? [00:40:04] Speaker A: I will be, yes. All right, is everyone ready? [00:40:10] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:40:10] Speaker E: Nod in agreement. [00:40:12] Speaker A: That's good. And he looks a little nervous. I don't remember ever having cast a spell. [00:40:19] Speaker F: You don't need to tell me that. [00:40:21] Speaker A: Everybody be Touching. And we will attempt to go to the throw forge. [00:40:31] Speaker D: I don't know how I feel about being zapped to a random location. I don't want to. [00:40:34] Speaker B: I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna be mean. [00:40:36] Speaker A: You're gonna be mean? [00:40:37] Speaker D: Why are you being mean? [00:40:39] Speaker C: Please do. [00:40:39] Speaker F: No. [00:40:40] Speaker B: How many targets can you teleport along with you? [00:40:42] Speaker A: 4. [00:40:44] Speaker B: So I'm counting Ruby. No, I'm counting U. Yep. Neros, Val, Al word, Zafir and Sigurd. [00:40:57] Speaker F: How dare you. [00:40:58] Speaker D: Sigurd can fly there. It's okay. [00:41:00] Speaker F: How dare you. Cigarette is my friend. [00:41:05] Speaker E: I. I could teleport too. [00:41:08] Speaker C: You could? [00:41:10] Speaker A: Actually, I could just Sair and Cigarette. [00:41:14] Speaker B: Now it's my turn to carry you. [00:41:18] Speaker A: Actually, yeah. Yeah, you could. We could split this up. That would be eight people. Or eight. [00:41:23] Speaker E: I think I will. [00:41:24] Speaker C: It'd be 10 total. [00:41:26] Speaker B: Are you guys going to teleport together, or are you going to go one and then another at the same time? [00:41:32] Speaker C: We're going to synchronize spells. [00:41:34] Speaker D: Sounds dangerous. [00:41:35] Speaker A: Yeah, just for funsies. If you're taking Sigrun, your teleportation takes shorter. [00:41:41] Speaker C: That makes sense. [00:41:42] Speaker E: Kind of wondering if we should split up differently. Like, you take maybe Valen, Sigurd. I take Alward. And Nero's. [00:41:51] Speaker C: You take on Alward. [00:41:52] Speaker D: We could split it evenly. [00:41:53] Speaker C: Let's split it. [00:41:54] Speaker D: One could take two, and the other could take two. [00:41:57] Speaker E: Wait, that is even. [00:41:58] Speaker C: Good job. [00:41:59] Speaker A: Well, whoever takes Val would probably take Sigurd. [00:42:02] Speaker F: So who am I riding with? [00:42:04] Speaker C: Sigurd. [00:42:05] Speaker F: Whose car am I getting in? [00:42:07] Speaker A: Whose teleportation am I getting? [00:42:09] Speaker C: It does not matter. We teleport. [00:42:11] Speaker F: It might, if we randomly get teleported. [00:42:13] Speaker C: Oh, that's fair. I'm gonna go with maybe. [00:42:16] Speaker A: I may be seeing if Jordy's gonna take an opportunity here. [00:42:18] Speaker E: It kind of does depend on what I remember. I'm going because we're probably not going to end up in the exact same. [00:42:25] Speaker C: Let's go. [00:42:26] Speaker B: Okay, so let's just break it down real quick. Who's going with Zafir? [00:42:31] Speaker E: I am. [00:42:31] Speaker B: Al Hood, Albert and Zafir. [00:42:34] Speaker D: Okay, I guess I'll go and near us. [00:42:36] Speaker B: Okay, so then Val, Sigurn, and Uber. [00:42:39] Speaker A: Mm. [00:42:40] Speaker B: All right, I'm gonna need Zafir and Uvaire to each give me an Arcana roll. [00:42:45] Speaker A: Oh, we make a roll. [00:42:47] Speaker B: Not in the spell, but I thought it would be fun to handle it this way. Okay, I'm asking for an extra roll in your favor. [00:42:54] Speaker C: Is it? [00:42:55] Speaker E: Is it really? [00:42:57] Speaker D: Is it? [00:42:57] Speaker F: Is the roll ever in our favor? [00:42:59] Speaker D: I mean, do You. Do you remember how he rolled during the arid fight? [00:43:03] Speaker C: Oh, so bad. [00:43:04] Speaker B: Oh, no. [00:43:08] Speaker F: You're making us spend hero points. [00:43:10] Speaker B: You don't have to. [00:43:13] Speaker D: Oh, yeah. You might want to spend that. [00:43:15] Speaker F: Is that a one? [00:43:15] Speaker E: It's a one. [00:43:16] Speaker F: Oh, my goodness. [00:43:17] Speaker E: He lands in the lava. [00:43:21] Speaker F: Sends a media reaction. Oh, no. [00:43:24] Speaker A: 28. [00:43:25] Speaker B: 28. And Zafir. [00:43:27] Speaker E: I'm just checking my math. [00:43:28] Speaker C: Are you mastering Arcana? [00:43:30] Speaker A: Mm. [00:43:32] Speaker E: 36. [00:43:32] Speaker C: Sorry. [00:43:33] Speaker B: All right, Sven. [00:43:36] Speaker A: Mm? [00:43:37] Speaker B: Pick a number between one and eight. [00:43:39] Speaker F: Oh, no. [00:43:40] Speaker C: Feeling real good. About seven. [00:43:42] Speaker A: I was gonna say five. [00:43:44] Speaker F: I don't like this. [00:43:46] Speaker B: All right, you begin your teleportation spells. The air crackles with energy, and with a blinding flash of light, Zafir, Alward, and Neros find themselves standing directly outside of the gates of Troll Forge. [00:44:01] Speaker F: Oh, no. [00:44:03] Speaker B: Good job, Zafir, Uvair, Val, and Sigurn find themselves in a tree about half a mile south of in a tree. Because otherwise you would be in a ravine. It's on the same plane as the ground Troll Force. [00:44:28] Speaker F: I think you're thinking of the wrong thing. [00:44:32] Speaker A: Varis is just smoking around him. I need to practice more. [00:44:40] Speaker E: Luckily, you're the ones with the bird. [00:44:44] Speaker F: All right, Sigurd, go find out where Troll Forge is from here, please. I hope it's close. [00:44:51] Speaker B: You can see it. [00:44:52] Speaker F: Oh, look, there it is. Zigur's just like over there. Oh, there it is. All right, I'll just hop down off the tree, kind of give do a couple little, like, running in places, a little stretching, and she's like, let's go. And starts just jogging. [00:45:09] Speaker A: Yep. Uber more carefully jumps down or gets off the tree. [00:45:14] Speaker F: Sigurd could fly you there if you'd like. You're pretty small. [00:45:17] Speaker B: Yeah, she's a large creature. [00:45:21] Speaker A: I am old. [00:45:24] Speaker E: Excuse me? [00:45:25] Speaker F: Looks at bodies, like, not even middle aged. He's like, I'm so old. [00:45:29] Speaker A: He more looks at your legs and goes, I can't keep up with that. [00:45:33] Speaker F: Try be jealous of my thunder thighs. [00:45:38] Speaker A: What is your movement speed? [00:45:40] Speaker F: Actually, it's like 40. [00:45:41] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:45:43] Speaker F: I have 40ft moving seats because I got those wings on my feet. [00:45:46] Speaker A: 20. You're twice as fast as I am. I will take you up on that offer. [00:45:52] Speaker F: All right, I'll just start running meanwhile. [00:45:56] Speaker B: Because it takes a little bit of time to run half a mile. Not a lot of time. Just a little bit of time. Figured we'll fly him over the three of you. Zafir, Alward, and Neros are already just outside of Troll Forge. The gates, which were laying smashed on the ground when you first were here, are now placed back up and are sitting on their hinges. And are open. And you hear from inside. Clang, clang. [00:46:22] Speaker D: Yes. Pilgrims at work. [00:46:25] Speaker E: Where? [00:46:26] Speaker F: Where? [00:46:26] Speaker E: Where are they? [00:46:27] Speaker D: I don't know. [00:46:29] Speaker A: You could probably look out and see a giant. [00:46:31] Speaker B: Giant? [00:46:32] Speaker D: I look behind me. [00:46:34] Speaker C: Is that. [00:46:35] Speaker E: Is that Sigurd over there? I thought he was a better wizard than that. [00:46:41] Speaker D: He is. [00:46:41] Speaker F: Old one would think you're not here. [00:46:49] Speaker E: Well, should we wait for them or go ahead and go in? [00:46:52] Speaker D: I think we should wait. [00:46:54] Speaker E: I don't like waiting. [00:46:55] Speaker D: I don't like splitting the party. [00:46:57] Speaker B: And I think by about that point is when Val would probably catch up. [00:47:00] Speaker D: See? [00:47:00] Speaker B: Look. [00:47:01] Speaker D: They're here. [00:47:03] Speaker E: It's about time. [00:47:05] Speaker A: Val has a seven minute mile. Yeah. [00:47:07] Speaker F: I guess she wouldn't really even be out of breath. [00:47:09] Speaker D: It's half a mile. [00:47:11] Speaker C: Yeah, I know. [00:47:13] Speaker D: Four whole minutes. [00:47:14] Speaker A: Four whole minutes. [00:47:15] Speaker F: Howdy everyone. [00:47:16] Speaker E: Howdy. [00:47:17] Speaker D: Wait, what accent was that? [00:47:18] Speaker F: I tried something out. [00:47:22] Speaker D: Can you go back to your normal voice? [00:47:24] Speaker F: All right, that's fine. [00:47:26] Speaker E: So where's the hair? [00:47:28] Speaker A: You just hear whoosh. [00:47:31] Speaker C: She drops you. [00:47:32] Speaker A: Thank you, Sigurd. And I pat her neck. [00:47:35] Speaker E: I believe we have a welcoming party in there. [00:47:42] Speaker C: Pilgrims in there, presumably. [00:47:45] Speaker F: That's great. [00:47:46] Speaker A: Well, someone is certainly using the forge. [00:47:49] Speaker C: That's a good point. [00:47:50] Speaker A: Say hello. [00:47:51] Speaker E: I didn't think it could be someone else. [00:47:53] Speaker F: I wonder if he's still using that hammer I gave him. [00:47:55] Speaker A: I guess we will find out. And Uwe goes up to the door and instead of knocking on the door, he just takes his staff. [00:48:03] Speaker C: Boom. Boom. [00:48:04] Speaker B: Boom. Sven. [00:48:06] Speaker F: Sven. The doors are open. [00:48:07] Speaker A: I know. Instead of knocking on the door. [00:48:09] Speaker F: Okay, I'm sorry. What are you talking about? Knocking on the door? [00:48:13] Speaker D: Like the doors are open. [00:48:15] Speaker C: Instead. [00:48:15] Speaker B: Instead. Sid. [00:48:17] Speaker E: He's got to be invited in. Come on. [00:48:18] Speaker F: Instead implies that you. You could do this thing. [00:48:21] Speaker A: You can knock on the door if it's open. [00:48:23] Speaker F: I guess. [00:48:24] Speaker B: The hammering stops. [00:48:27] Speaker A: Hello? [00:48:28] Speaker B: Does that sound like somebody there? [00:48:31] Speaker C: Pilgrim. Just shouting into them. [00:48:33] Speaker B: Oh, is that you, Mr. Alwood? [00:48:36] Speaker E: The fear just waltzes in past his while he's doing the. Yeah. [00:48:42] Speaker B: And as you're coming in, Pilgrim comes around the corner and he's like wiping his hands off on a cloth and he's got a big apron on. He's like just doing a bit of tinkering. What brings you back? Bye. [00:48:54] Speaker F: Is he wiping blood off of his hands? [00:48:55] Speaker B: Good soot. [00:48:56] Speaker F: Okay. [00:48:59] Speaker D: Why are you so suspicious? [00:49:02] Speaker E: She learned she can't trust anyone. [00:49:05] Speaker B: So what brings you by? [00:49:09] Speaker A: Travel. [00:49:10] Speaker C: Yeah, we're off to find a wizard. Sorry. [00:49:19] Speaker B: Travel. That sounds nice. It's good weather for it. [00:49:22] Speaker E: Not cloudy at all. [00:49:24] Speaker B: There hasn't been too many clouds here. [00:49:28] Speaker C: Pilgrim, you've traveled around this area, right? [00:49:30] Speaker B: Of course. [00:49:31] Speaker C: Have you seen a floating castle or a. What was the other space? We're looking for a monastery or a monastery? [00:49:39] Speaker B: No. [00:49:40] Speaker A: You ever heard of the Storm King? [00:49:42] Speaker B: Oh, maybe. Is he the chap that's flown around on his cloud castle terrorizing people? [00:49:50] Speaker A: Yes, that one. Oh. [00:49:52] Speaker B: Why is he back? [00:49:53] Speaker A: Have you seen them recently? [00:49:55] Speaker B: No. [00:49:56] Speaker C: Were you looking for his castle? [00:49:58] Speaker B: Oh. [00:49:59] Speaker A: Where did you see him when you did? [00:50:02] Speaker B: I haven't seen him. I've just heard of him. That's what. What I said. [00:50:05] Speaker A: Oh. Where did you hear of him? [00:50:08] Speaker B: Oh, well, you know, trolls talk, sharing stories. [00:50:13] Speaker A: They give a location of where they saw him. [00:50:19] Speaker B: Why are you looking for him? He's bound to be trouble. [00:50:23] Speaker A: We're going to kill Fafnir. Have you heard of him? [00:50:29] Speaker B: I don't. I don't mean to be rude, but I don't know if you can. [00:50:35] Speaker A: If we don't try, he will kill everyone else. He is back. [00:50:43] Speaker B: You're right there. That he will. [00:50:46] Speaker A: Do you know Fafnir? [00:50:48] Speaker B: Oh, he's been trouble for my people for a long time. [00:50:53] Speaker A: We need the Storm King's crown. [00:50:57] Speaker B: I suppose that would help. He starts walking out and looking up at the mountains. You might stay a day or two and just see. There's a few spots I can see right now where there's clouds big enough to obscure the castle and low enough that they might be accessible without flying too high. You know, if one doesn't move, that might be the cloud castle you're looking for. [00:51:29] Speaker F: That sounds good. I can watch as she steps outside. Val steps back outside and sets her easel up in a little stool to where she can look at the clouds. [00:51:39] Speaker A: And paint Uber as he. As he says that. Uber just gets a small smile as he remembers what he told Pilgrim when the last time he saw him. [00:51:53] Speaker B: I think many things were told to Pilgrim. [00:51:55] Speaker A: True, but the last thing Uber said is, I think there's more to you, and you are wiser than you think. Or something along those lines, because he's lying to us. [00:52:05] Speaker B: Did you just whisper something to your easel, Val? [00:52:08] Speaker F: No, I'm painting. [00:52:11] Speaker C: You're painting the fair. [00:52:13] Speaker E: Walks out with his hand on his. On his brow, just kind of looking up into this guy going, you think that's about 60, 80, 100 miles? I don't know how high that is. [00:52:24] Speaker B: Oh, that one There is probably 30 miles as the crow flies. It'd be A bit longer on foot. [00:52:34] Speaker E: That's why we like you, Pilgrim. You give it as it is. You tell it. You go girl. [00:52:42] Speaker A: Girl. [00:52:43] Speaker B: Vote Pilgrim for president. [00:52:47] Speaker F: I mean, do we know Pilgrims again? [00:52:50] Speaker B: I don't think anybody's checked. And my apron covers it now. [00:52:54] Speaker C: It's Pilgrim. Pilgrim is Pilgrim. [00:52:58] Speaker E: You don't say good go, good go. Nevermind. [00:53:03] Speaker F: You go boy. [00:53:06] Speaker A: You go troll. [00:53:09] Speaker F: That's rude. [00:53:15] Speaker A: Well, I for one think that we should follow his advice. [00:53:21] Speaker B: Yes. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to step back inside. It's a bit warm out today. Steps back into the cave. [00:53:30] Speaker C: Is that a joke? Because it's warmer in the forest Forge. [00:53:33] Speaker E: I don't know if he could have heard that. [00:53:35] Speaker C: That wasn't to him. That was to you all. I'm. [00:53:39] Speaker A: I don't know. I think there are a lot of things about Pilgrim we don't know about. But I quite like his company. As u slowly turns and follows after Pilgrim. [00:53:53] Speaker C: Oh, do I have to be a vegetarian again? [00:53:57] Speaker E: As I walk in, I take out my blanket one more time, fluff it a couple times, and just put it out in front of the doors and just lay there enjoying the sun. [00:54:09] Speaker F: There's a nice grass spot near me. [00:54:12] Speaker E: I've already picked up spot. [00:54:14] Speaker F: You're in the middle of the doorways. [00:54:16] Speaker E: Nobody's gonna walk here. There's no foot traffic. [00:54:18] Speaker B: What if I need here I come with my wheelbarrow. [00:54:22] Speaker E: If you want to pull me over there, feel free. I'm not gonna getting up. [00:54:25] Speaker F: Okay. [00:54:29] Speaker E: Little tuckered from the teleportation. [00:54:31] Speaker F: This is going to be better on your back. It's not as rocky. [00:54:36] Speaker B: As Val and Zafir are getting comfortable painting cloud watching, trying to determine which of the clouds aren't moving. The camera kind of pulls back through one of the windows of Troll Forge and we see Pilgrim just kind of looking really worried. And that's where we'll end the episode. He is the Storm King. [00:55:00] Speaker E: That is not a silver lining, Geordi. [00:55:03] Speaker B: If it had silver lining, it would fall. That's heavy metal. All right. And the hero point for today's episode goes to petite for some fun Zafir moments with shenanigans. But also a very effective teleport outclassing our wizard. [00:55:26] Speaker A: Let's. Let's be honest. It's because of the Teleport. It is 100% because of the teleport. [00:55:31] Speaker F: No, I'm kidding. [00:55:33] Speaker E: You know Zephyr is always funny. Well, thank you. Thank you for helping me teleport. Thank the dice for actually giving me a good number. I think I'm gonna go take a eight hour nap overnight. [00:55:47] Speaker B: All right. [00:55:48] Speaker A: You're following Michael's command? [00:55:49] Speaker C: Yeah, from last episode. [00:55:51] Speaker E: Last episode. [00:55:52] Speaker B: Well, I'll carry on over the other half of his command to make sure you get into the Discord socials. All that good stuff. Connect with us. We do love hearing from you folks. So until next time. We will see you in the next episode. [00:56:06] Speaker C: How dare you not fall asleep last week. [00:56:08] Speaker A: How dare you roll better than me. [00:56:10] Speaker E: I just finished the last episode so. 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[00:57:03] Speaker F: Since everything that happens before Fafnir or BF if you will, and after Fafnir or AF if you will. [00:57:15] Speaker B: Let's not call it af. [00:57:17] Speaker F: It's five AF man.