EP. 121 Don't Show Your Hand

[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. Following the guidance of the Golden Thread and the living lantern, the team made it to the witch's house in the woods. As they approached the door, it opened by means of a golden thread, and a voice from within beckoned them to enter. [00:00:59] Speaker C: I appreciate that you're wearing gloves. [00:01:00] Speaker D: My hands are so cold. [00:01:01] Speaker C: It makes. No, it makes me feel like you're some sort of like a hacker and you're trying to get away with. [00:01:05] Speaker D: So hard to type with these things. [00:01:07] Speaker E: Like a burglar. It looks like he's trying to break into your house. [00:01:10] Speaker D: Luckily, I can. [00:01:10] Speaker F: Actually, he's already in your house. [00:01:12] Speaker E: Oh, dang. [00:01:13] Speaker C: Yeah, it's got the technology tips. [00:01:15] Speaker F: Petite is a cryptid. He lives in your walls. [00:01:18] Speaker D: I am a cryptid. [00:01:19] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:01:20] Speaker D: I'm glad you acknowledged that. [00:01:21] Speaker C: The petite in the walls, I. [00:01:25] Speaker F: You must feed him Dr. Pepper and [00:01:28] Speaker D: Cheez its appease me. [00:01:32] Speaker C: Do you like cheez its? [00:01:33] Speaker D: I do, but they give me ferocious heartburn. Ferocious is not the word I was looking for. [00:01:37] Speaker F: But if you feed him too much cheez its or do not feed him enough cheez its in Dr. Pepper. He will slow your wifi signal. [00:01:43] Speaker D: I'm like, Goldie. Goldie stones. [00:01:45] Speaker C: He will what? [00:01:45] Speaker F: Slow your wi fi signal. [00:01:47] Speaker C: Wi fi signal? I heard slow your wife. [00:01:49] Speaker D: I will consume the wifi. [00:01:51] Speaker C: I'm like, what is that supposed to mean? [00:01:53] Speaker F: Inhale the 5G petite in the walls. He inhales your 5G. [00:01:59] Speaker D: Wi Fi is not 5G. But I will inhale your Wi Fi 6. [00:02:02] Speaker C: Please leave my wifi alone. [00:02:04] Speaker D: No, never. [00:02:06] Speaker F: Feed him Dr. Pepper and Cheez its. And he will. [00:02:08] Speaker C: We don't have either in our house. [00:02:10] Speaker A: Get some. [00:02:11] Speaker C: We don't even have Cheez its. We don't need. We don't really drink Dr. Pepper. We drink. [00:02:15] Speaker D: I bring my own. [00:02:16] Speaker C: We drink root beer and burners. [00:02:19] Speaker F: It's not for you. It's for the petite in your walls. [00:02:21] Speaker C: I don't. I mean, unless he's the one supplying the mice to the house. [00:02:25] Speaker D: Well, you know, you don't have enough cheez its. If you have guests over, you need to give them something. So you supply stuff for the guests. [00:02:34] Speaker C: You're an unwanted guest if you're living in our walls. [00:02:38] Speaker D: Unless you invited me. I'm not a vampire. [00:02:40] Speaker C: But have you ever been to our House. [00:02:42] Speaker D: No, I have not, nor have I been in your walls. Wink, wink. [00:02:46] Speaker C: I don't believe you. [00:02:48] Speaker D: I really struggle to say wink and do this at the same time, because it was like the same hand. I'm like, I wish you could see over the. [00:02:55] Speaker E: Why did you do that? People don't do that. [00:02:57] Speaker D: I don't know. [00:02:57] Speaker F: People don't wink with their hand. [00:02:59] Speaker D: I am a cryptid. [00:03:01] Speaker F: Oh, that's right. [00:03:04] Speaker A: He's trying to blend in with society. [00:03:06] Speaker C: Is that why you're wearing gloves on your hands right now? [00:03:09] Speaker D: No, it's because I'm cold. [00:03:11] Speaker C: It is kind of cold in the basement. [00:03:12] Speaker E: That's why I've got this scarf. [00:03:14] Speaker D: We don't talk about what you're wearing. [00:03:17] Speaker F: That's factual. How dare you break your number one rule. [00:03:19] Speaker B: You want to know how I got this scarf? [00:03:22] Speaker E: Burlington, holding this scarf. [00:03:26] Speaker F: Where you go to talk about. Actually, I went to Burlington. And they scarves. [00:03:30] Speaker D: I'm going to scarf your wall. [00:03:31] Speaker A: Yeah, there was a time there where it was like maybe 50, 50. You might get your package, [00:03:38] Speaker F: slurp it up like spaghetti. [00:03:40] Speaker D: Ew. The streams of the Internet, the WI [00:03:44] Speaker C: FI signal, just one bar at a time. Slowly leaves. [00:03:48] Speaker F: What does data taste like? [00:03:50] Speaker C: What does what taste like? [00:03:52] Speaker A: What does data taste like? [00:03:53] Speaker C: Probably a little like synthetic. [00:03:56] Speaker E: He's an Android. [00:03:56] Speaker B: Pop rocks, I think. [00:03:59] Speaker F: I think it tastes like space smells. [00:04:05] Speaker B: Or. [00:04:14] Speaker E: I like that. They both got two different things. [00:04:18] Speaker F: Space does have a smell. [00:04:20] Speaker C: What? I thought. [00:04:21] Speaker F: I thought. I thought. [00:04:22] Speaker C: It's a vacuum. [00:04:23] Speaker F: It is, but it does have a smell. [00:04:24] Speaker E: Is this a vacuum at home? [00:04:25] Speaker A: I forgot. [00:04:26] Speaker F: But it does have a smell. [00:04:27] Speaker C: Someone. Someone invent warp speed, go there, smell, and come back and let us know. [00:04:33] Speaker B: You guys have seen Futurama, right? Yeah. [00:04:35] Speaker C: No. [00:04:36] Speaker B: With that smelling scope. [00:04:37] Speaker F: Yeah, they have the smell of it. [00:04:38] Speaker A: Oh, my goodness. [00:04:39] Speaker E: So why would you use warp speed when you could just go to hell to go faster and then come out of it? [00:04:44] Speaker D: That's so rude. [00:04:45] Speaker F: What is that? [00:04:47] Speaker C: Did you just tell me to go to hell? [00:04:50] Speaker F: Go to hell to get there Smells. [00:04:53] Speaker E: If you want to go somewhere fast, you just take a little quick trip into hell and come out where you want to go. [00:04:58] Speaker D: Is that because you go eight blocks faster? [00:05:00] Speaker F: No, that's a spell. [00:05:02] Speaker B: This is a deleted scene from Star Wars Episode one. [00:05:05] Speaker E: Oh, you want the hyperdrive generator? [00:05:07] Speaker B: Go to hell. [00:05:09] Speaker F: There's a spell in here that does this in Pathfinder that does the same thing, but it transports you to the shadow plane. So is the shadow plane hell? [00:05:17] Speaker B: Yes, it is, Jimbo. [00:05:18] Speaker E: Okay, well, so like, in event Horizon. They try to invite Invent warp speed, but they end up going to hell instead. [00:05:25] Speaker C: Okay. [00:05:26] Speaker F: They also do that in two horizons. [00:05:27] Speaker C: I've never seen invent Horizon and I've never seen him. [00:05:29] Speaker E: And then in Warhammer, they travel through hell to go where they need to go. [00:05:33] Speaker C: I've never played Warhammer. [00:05:34] Speaker E: That's fine. [00:05:36] Speaker D: Why can't we just be normal and bend space time and then just go through a wormhole between the two? [00:05:40] Speaker E: That's not how it works. [00:05:41] Speaker D: That's literally how it works. [00:05:42] Speaker B: Take your pencil. [00:05:43] Speaker D: Quantum travel. That's how quantum travel works. [00:05:47] Speaker E: Then you look at. [00:05:47] Speaker A: So in Stargate, we can we just build portals. [00:05:52] Speaker B: We just build portals. Speaking of Stargate, I was going to talk about. [00:05:55] Speaker E: I was going to talk about Winnie the Pooh. [00:05:59] Speaker D: I was waiting for you to say something. [00:06:01] Speaker A: I. [00:06:02] Speaker E: That was my. [00:06:03] Speaker C: What does that have to do with anything? [00:06:04] Speaker E: That was my banter topic. [00:06:06] Speaker C: We didn't talk about that. We talked about other things. Next episode. [00:06:11] Speaker E: Sam, tune in next week for Winnie the Pooh. [00:06:14] Speaker C: Next episode we will talk about Winnie the Pooh. [00:06:19] Speaker B: We open with a close up shot of Alward's hand reaching out towards the door. We see through Alward's eyes this golden thread snake out through around the door jamb, lift the latch, pull the door open and from inside we hear. Come in, Alward. Inside the hut is small, simple, messy. And there's a little old woman sitting at a table, just sitting in a chair. Yarn hangs from like the ceilings, like in loops and spools and there's like piles of just like various colors of yarn on the floor and a big bear skin rug by a fireplace. [00:07:09] Speaker F: Immediately upon seeing the yarn, Alwards face drops because he no longer believes it was anything to do with time. He thinks it has something to do with all of the yarn. [00:07:23] Speaker E: She's a yarn mancer. [00:07:25] Speaker D: Yeah, that's my next archetype. [00:07:27] Speaker B: Yarn bender. [00:07:30] Speaker F: I'm going to. Before I step in, I'm going to lean over to Zafir and be like. You could practice your knitting and then step inside. [00:07:39] Speaker E: I'll try and stay close behind him. [00:07:41] Speaker B: What is it you seek? [00:07:45] Speaker F: I turn back to Val. Do we be forthcoming? [00:07:48] Speaker E: Why not? If you're asking about any sort of deception you've asked, you turned around to the wrong person. Howard. [00:07:57] Speaker F: Right. [00:07:59] Speaker A: We've come to inquire about the children. [00:08:04] Speaker B: The children? Well, I'm afraid you'll find no children here. [00:08:09] Speaker E: Alward. [00:08:11] Speaker A: What does it still lead? [00:08:14] Speaker F: Oh, Alward's going to look at the doll again and see if the thread Leads anywhere. [00:08:19] Speaker B: The thread is now kind of bending off to the side towards a closed door on your right. [00:08:24] Speaker F: Allward's going to try and point to the door without getting her attention to the fact that I am pointing to the door. [00:08:35] Speaker B: Make a deception or stealth check? Your choice. [00:08:38] Speaker F: I'm bad at both, but better at one than another. [00:08:42] Speaker E: That's usually how that goes. [00:08:45] Speaker F: 27. Deception. [00:08:51] Speaker B: She follows your gesture to the door. There's no need to concern yourself with my storage compartments. [00:09:01] Speaker F: Uve. You want to concern yourself with her storage compartments? [00:09:06] Speaker A: If there is nothing to worry about, then you certainly don't have the children. Then maybe you can indulge an old man. [00:09:15] Speaker B: I did not say I had no secrets. [00:09:21] Speaker A: The children are of utmost importance to aged ones. Such as they are the future, are they not? [00:09:29] Speaker B: Perhaps they are the future indeed. [00:09:34] Speaker F: How did you control the trees? And that lantern. How did you make it like that? [00:09:42] Speaker B: Come now, don't play the fool. You know I'm a witch, right? [00:09:47] Speaker D: But. [00:09:47] Speaker B: But how? Magic child. [00:09:52] Speaker F: But how? [00:09:54] Speaker B: Albert, would you make me an occultism check? Sure. [00:09:57] Speaker C: While he's doing that, can I, like, you know, come in to the house? [00:10:01] Speaker E: Yeah. We could all still. [00:10:02] Speaker C: Can we not be in a bottleneck at the entryway? [00:10:07] Speaker F: I am going to turn back the clock also. [00:10:11] Speaker E: What else is happening? I think Val will kind of put her hand on Uvaire's shoulder for a second and, like, look at the door and kind of motion, like, should I go check it out? You know, because, like, if there's something back there, like a trap or something, it's probably best for Val to get blasted by it. [00:10:30] Speaker F: 42. [00:10:31] Speaker B: 42. Alward, you can tell that she's not really making any effort to hide her appearance as being like, you know, typically when you've got a hag sort of situation, they try to look like an old woman. And just a kindly old woman. She's not really making any efforts. She is appearing as a hag. But she looks like a winter hag specifically. [00:10:56] Speaker F: That doesn't make sense. [00:10:57] Speaker B: No, it doesn't. [00:10:59] Speaker D: We've dealt with one, haven't we? Wasn't that what she was we dealt [00:11:03] Speaker C: with, like, a storm hag? [00:11:05] Speaker F: Well, yeah. [00:11:06] Speaker A: Can I discern what type of hag she is? [00:11:09] Speaker B: Make an occultism check. Or society. Your choice. [00:11:14] Speaker A: I'll take society. [00:11:15] Speaker F: Society. [00:11:17] Speaker A: 32. [00:11:19] Speaker B: She. You. You also corroborate she appears to be a winter hag to you as well. [00:11:24] Speaker A: Conceal, spell, resist energy, cold. Oh, and I'll make it so you have resistance. Five against cold damage. [00:11:34] Speaker B: All right, now, I do Appreciate how far you've come to return to me something that is mine. [00:11:44] Speaker F: Oh, no. You can't have the doll back unless you tell me how you controlled things. What magic you used, how you used it. [00:11:51] Speaker B: No, deary, no. The doll is merely a trinket. What I want. And she lifts her hands out from her sleeves. And her left hand is completely missing. Is my hand. [00:12:04] Speaker F: I turn to vow the lantern. [00:12:07] Speaker E: Look at my prosthetic truck. [00:12:11] Speaker F: That was made for her. That's not yours. [00:12:14] Speaker B: No, no. That hand. And she points at uvere. Oh, Uver. You feel something kind of like tugging. Like a cat climbing up your clothes. As a hand climbs up the back of your shirt and is perched on your shoulder. What the. [00:12:29] Speaker D: Do I see this? [00:12:30] Speaker C: Where did that come from? [00:12:31] Speaker E: I checked to make gouvere has his two hands. [00:12:33] Speaker D: Do I see this from where I'm standing, which is right behind him? [00:12:35] Speaker B: Yeah. You will, like, watch it climbing up on. [00:12:37] Speaker D: I'm swatting at it. Did I not notice that I am swatting at it? [00:12:41] Speaker A: I have perception plus 21. [00:12:44] Speaker F: It's a very stealthy hand. [00:12:45] Speaker E: It's got very stealthy three stealth. [00:12:48] Speaker F: It cast invisible on itself. [00:12:49] Speaker C: Oh, he's suddenly in the addams family. [00:12:51] Speaker D: It's wearing gloves. [00:12:52] Speaker B: Zafir, go ahead and make a just like an attack roll to swat at the hand. [00:12:56] Speaker D: Okay. [00:12:58] Speaker C: I thought she was calling uvaire her hand for a second, and it was very concerning. [00:13:02] Speaker E: I was worried she was gonna start talking about your hands. [00:13:04] Speaker D: What's 19 plus 22? [00:13:05] Speaker F: 41. [00:13:06] Speaker E: Yes. [00:13:08] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:13:08] Speaker B: So you smack the hand and slams against the wall and then just, like, writhes a little bit as it slides down the wall and thumps on the floor. [00:13:16] Speaker F: Can I pick it up with my telekinetic hand? Yeah, I do that. [00:13:20] Speaker B: Sven is just staring at me. [00:13:23] Speaker D: You're going to do something with that. [00:13:26] Speaker A: Now I understand how you would know that we were coming. [00:13:30] Speaker B: Yes. Like recognizes like, you might say, there's a witch now which this entire time you have brought my hand from so far away. [00:13:43] Speaker C: Why did we pick this thing up? [00:13:45] Speaker D: I thought it was a spider. [00:13:46] Speaker E: What do you mean so far away? [00:13:49] Speaker C: Where did it come from? [00:13:51] Speaker D: Where did it go? [00:13:52] Speaker F: Where did it come from? [00:13:53] Speaker D: Cat. Nigel, [00:13:56] Speaker A: how far? [00:13:58] Speaker B: Well, last I knew, my sister was out to retrieve it. [00:14:04] Speaker F: Oh, [00:14:07] Speaker E: is that the one? [00:14:08] Speaker C: Was that the storm hag? [00:14:11] Speaker E: Was there a hand during that session? [00:14:14] Speaker C: Was there a hand? [00:14:15] Speaker F: Oh, no, there was not. [00:14:17] Speaker D: Who is your sister? [00:14:19] Speaker E: But what does she do? [00:14:23] Speaker B: Lightning storms, evil stuff. Eating people, you know? [00:14:26] Speaker D: Oh, you think that's evil? [00:14:27] Speaker B: Well, you know, we fear well, you [00:14:32] Speaker F: can't just ask if somebody's diet is evil. [00:14:35] Speaker D: If you do it, you would assume that you would. [00:14:37] Speaker A: It's been with us that long? [00:14:39] Speaker F: None of us have. Well, I recently got unseen. Like see the unseen, but I've never cast. [00:14:45] Speaker E: What about when I cast detect hands like three of us? [00:14:50] Speaker B: As you're having this conversation, Alward, the hand is now on your shoulder. [00:14:55] Speaker F: I'm holding it with my mage hand. [00:14:56] Speaker B: Oh, right, I forgot. You picked it up with your mage hand. [00:14:58] Speaker A: So it's just wiggling in the air? [00:15:00] Speaker B: Yeah, it's like a face hugger. [00:15:03] Speaker D: This is what happens when you cast lay on hands too many times. [00:15:07] Speaker E: My hands. [00:15:08] Speaker D: One hand, two hand. [00:15:09] Speaker B: Three hands. [00:15:10] Speaker A: So if I was gonna conceal spell vampiric. I can't say that word. [00:15:15] Speaker B: Exsanguination. [00:15:16] Speaker A: Thank you. On that hand, it would also hit [00:15:19] Speaker B: Alward because it's a cone. [00:15:22] Speaker F: Please don't hit me. [00:15:24] Speaker A: How far are you holding it from you? [00:15:26] Speaker B: I mean, I guess you could hold it at any distance. [00:15:31] Speaker F: I don't want to hurt the hand. Yet. Regardless, you still can't have it back. Unless you explain everything. [00:15:40] Speaker B: Oh, of course, of course. You give me my hand and I'll answer whatever questions you may have. [00:15:46] Speaker F: No, you answer whatever questions we may have honestly, and then we give you your hand. [00:15:52] Speaker B: And why should I trust you? [00:15:55] Speaker F: Because we have your hand. [00:15:58] Speaker B: What's to stop you from getting the information you seek and then destroying my hand and leaving? [00:16:03] Speaker F: So I think what we're in is called either a catch 22 or prisoner's dilemma. I don't know which right now. [00:16:09] Speaker A: Then allow me to break this dilemma. Val, please search for the children. [00:16:19] Speaker E: Val, who is, like, about to test the doorknob. It's like, yeah, I'm gonna try the doorknob. [00:16:26] Speaker B: It's locked. [00:16:27] Speaker E: Yeah, that makes sense. [00:16:28] Speaker B: As you try the door, the witch just like suddenly stands up and is like, get away from that. It's none of your business. [00:16:38] Speaker D: So when should I cast paralyze on her? [00:16:43] Speaker B: Preferably never. [00:16:45] Speaker D: I wasn't in character. Shake your face. [00:16:48] Speaker A: We have come for one reason only. 2. [00:16:51] Speaker F: 3. 3. [00:16:52] Speaker D: 4. [00:16:53] Speaker A: How many? [00:16:56] Speaker F: The thing that brought us here to begin with. And then the children, and then the time things that we presume that she's doing, which I don't know if it's yours, but still a reason. Over. [00:17:08] Speaker A: We have come looking for the children, which I believe are here. You have said that your sister was evil or does evil things in the sight of normal folk. Yes, yes, I would. Would it be safe to assume that you also do such things? [00:17:29] Speaker B: Of course. I'm not going to lie to you. [00:17:34] Speaker A: Then I think we are at impasse because you will not return the children to us if you have them. Would you? [00:17:42] Speaker B: I'm not going to surrender any children that I may have. [00:17:48] Speaker A: Zen, I believe this discussion is over. [00:17:51] Speaker C: I want to cast charm or the shot. [00:17:54] Speaker B: All right, what is your DC30? [00:17:59] Speaker E: Do I need a hero point? I assume she has high will. [00:18:04] Speaker C: She probably does. I do want to use a hero point. [00:18:08] Speaker B: Okay. [00:18:09] Speaker C: To give you disadvantage, please. [00:18:10] Speaker E: Dude, if she fails it, this is gonna be awesome. [00:18:12] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:18:14] Speaker B: What was the last thing Uwe said then? [00:18:17] Speaker A: I believe that this conversation is done. [00:18:20] Speaker B: Yes, it is. Now if you would step aside. This young lady and I have much to discuss. [00:18:28] Speaker C: What did you roll? [00:18:30] Speaker B: And she pulls out a chair and is like, please have a seat, my dear. [00:18:33] Speaker E: Keep in mind she could just be witchy and try. [00:18:35] Speaker C: What did you roll? [00:18:37] Speaker F: We don't get to know. [00:18:38] Speaker B: You don't know. [00:18:40] Speaker C: I hate that. [00:18:41] Speaker D: Seeing this offering for Nero Zafir Zephyr pushes through alward and overt pulls one knitting needle out of his hair and the other one out of his boot and says, is this evil yarn or are you just inviting her? [00:18:58] Speaker B: I'm inviting the young lady. Please, all of you boys settle down. [00:19:03] Speaker E: Zephyr, Zephyr, come here. I'm a woman. [00:19:06] Speaker B: Ow. Let me make a perception check. Oh, that's a nat one explains everything. [00:19:20] Speaker E: It's okay, I'm very muscly. [00:19:23] Speaker D: And have your woman talk. [00:19:26] Speaker E: Zever, can you pick the door? [00:19:33] Speaker B: Carry on. [00:19:34] Speaker A: Hold on, I got this. Conceal spell invisibility on Zafir. [00:19:40] Speaker B: She's watching you guys right now. She would see him disappear. [00:19:44] Speaker A: No, no, distract her. [00:19:45] Speaker B: Daros, you guys won't let me. [00:19:49] Speaker A: I step in front of Zephyr, Zephyr [00:19:52] Speaker D: let her do her thing and then she'll probably be distracted enough. [00:19:56] Speaker B: I want to know how Neros responds to this invitation to the chair. [00:20:00] Speaker C: I'm gonna sit in it. Okay, People will let me talk. [00:20:04] Speaker B: Now, what can I do for you, my dear? [00:20:09] Speaker C: Well, for starters, it's very cold outside. Do you have any. Just herbal tea or anything to warm up with? [00:20:17] Speaker B: Of course. Let me get a kettle on. She heads over to the fireplace and puts a kettle on, keeping a stern eye on the other four of you boys. [00:20:27] Speaker C: And Val, can you just, you know, just sit down or something? We're having a chat. [00:20:33] Speaker D: I sit cross legged on the floor in the exact spot I'm standing. [00:20:36] Speaker C: That's fair. [00:20:36] Speaker F: I'm going to go sit on the Edge of her bed. [00:20:39] Speaker E: I lean against the door. [00:20:41] Speaker C: Everyone just calm down. [00:20:43] Speaker D: Why are there footprints on the floor? [00:20:44] Speaker B: Alward, FYI, the bed, like the COVID of the bed, is made out of a wolf skin. [00:20:49] Speaker F: Okay. [00:20:51] Speaker C: I'd like to sense my motive. [00:20:52] Speaker B: Okay. What's your perception? [00:20:54] Speaker C: Bonus 19. [00:20:57] Speaker B: She seems to like you. [00:21:00] Speaker C: Okay, yeah. [00:21:02] Speaker E: That could mean a lot. [00:21:03] Speaker B: That could. She comes back over with the kettle placed over the fire and is like. Now, I'm sure you and I can come to some sort of arrangement, even if the others are a little, shall we say, churlish. [00:21:15] Speaker C: Yes. Yeah, they can be. That's for sure. Um, I was. I was just wondering, do you have any of the children here? [00:21:27] Speaker B: Just out of pure curiosity, between you and me, dearie? No. [00:21:35] Speaker F: No? [00:21:35] Speaker B: No. [00:21:35] Speaker C: Then what's in the closet? [00:21:38] Speaker B: I've got something for an old friend. Just looking after it for him. [00:21:43] Speaker C: Who is this friend? You know, between friends. [00:21:47] Speaker B: Well, I probably shouldn't say. [00:21:49] Speaker C: You can tell me. It's fine. [00:21:51] Speaker B: I mean, you probably don't even know him. [00:21:54] Speaker C: I mean, you never know. This is. I've been a lot of places. I know a lot of people. [00:21:59] Speaker B: Make a diplomacy check. And I will say, while we're speaking kind of quietly, you guys are in a small room. You can hear everything. [00:22:07] Speaker C: Yeah, 30 didn't roll that well. [00:22:13] Speaker B: He probably wouldn't really appreciate me throwing his name around to strangers, you know? [00:22:19] Speaker C: Yeah, I can understand. All right. What is it that you're holding on to? [00:22:26] Speaker B: Oh, you're very curious. I am. [00:22:30] Speaker C: I like to know things. [00:22:31] Speaker B: She puts her bony hand on your shoulder. I really would like to help you, dearie. I really would. But these are just difficult questions and I don't really understand why. Could you help me to understand why you need to know what's in my closet? [00:22:47] Speaker C: I'm just curious why you're so protective of it. [00:22:49] Speaker B: It's not mine. I swore I would look after it. [00:22:52] Speaker C: It's not your closet, or the object is not yours. [00:22:55] Speaker B: That which is inside the closet is not mine. [00:22:57] Speaker F: I had a whole closet built. It's not my closet. [00:23:00] Speaker D: Okay. [00:23:01] Speaker C: Interesting. So are you the one that's been stealing the children from the village over there? [00:23:09] Speaker B: She looks around, leans in close. Yes. [00:23:12] Speaker C: Why? [00:23:14] Speaker B: Well, you've heard the rumors and legends that witches eat children. Yeah. I don't. [00:23:22] Speaker C: So then why are you stealing them? [00:23:25] Speaker B: I need them for my craft. [00:23:27] Speaker C: What craft is that? Curiosity, my dear. Curiosity. [00:23:33] Speaker B: I suppose I could show you, but for that I would need my hand back. [00:23:40] Speaker C: So if you haven't been able to, you know, do your Craft without your hand? Then why are you stealing the children? [00:23:47] Speaker B: It's a lot easier with two hands, I assure you. [00:23:50] Speaker C: So you've just been doing it with one? [00:23:52] Speaker B: Yes, it's very difficult with one hand. [00:23:55] Speaker C: Could you just tell me? [00:24:00] Speaker B: I don't know if I trust your friends. You seem like a very, very reliable young lady. [00:24:07] Speaker C: Yes, yes, I am quite reliable. [00:24:11] Speaker B: At least for the next, like, 55 minutes. [00:24:13] Speaker C: Yes, yes, of course. So did you just fail? [00:24:18] Speaker B: It's a NAT one. [00:24:19] Speaker C: Oh, my gosh. Critical failure. [00:24:23] Speaker E: Is that because of the hero point? [00:24:24] Speaker B: Yes. [00:24:25] Speaker E: Yes. Good job. [00:24:26] Speaker C: Thank you. [00:24:28] Speaker B: Oh, sounds like the kettle's going. What? Tell us, what sort of tea would you like, my dear? [00:24:33] Speaker C: Do you have any, like, you know, like, wildflower teas up here in the tundra? [00:24:39] Speaker B: That's all we have [00:24:42] Speaker C: up here in the tundra in the frigid north. [00:24:46] Speaker B: And she comes back with just some, like, echinacea tea? Why not? [00:24:51] Speaker C: Cool. Can I sense motive on the tea? [00:24:57] Speaker B: Seems safe. Seems good. It looked like she didn't add anything weird in it. [00:25:00] Speaker C: Okay, take a sip. [00:25:03] Speaker B: Tastes good. Okay, well, I mean, it tastes like hot water with leaves in it right now. Because it's so shortly after. [00:25:08] Speaker C: I don't feel anything. [00:25:09] Speaker B: No. Okay. [00:25:12] Speaker D: I was gonna try to pick the lock. [00:25:14] Speaker E: Wait, I have a different idea. That's more inconspicuous. [00:25:21] Speaker A: I'm gonna remind you that you have [00:25:23] Speaker C: message while we're chatting. [00:25:26] Speaker B: Fair enough. [00:25:27] Speaker C: Will it give them enough cover to kinda. [00:25:29] Speaker B: You can make a deception check to keep her attention away from them. [00:25:34] Speaker F: Okay, can I attempt to aid by, like, examining the hand in a weird way with my mage hands to make her, like, uncomfortable? Like, I'm gonna do something with the hand, like throw it in the fire or something. [00:25:45] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:46] Speaker F: Okay. [00:25:46] Speaker B: What skill would you like to roll for that? Counting one finger. [00:25:54] Speaker D: Did you just say you were gonna throw the hand in the fire? [00:25:56] Speaker F: Actually, can I use Flesh Warbler? [00:25:59] Speaker B: Ooh, yeah. [00:26:00] Speaker F: Awesome. 23 to aid. [00:26:04] Speaker B: All right, so you can add a plus one circumstance bonus to your check, Abby. [00:26:07] Speaker C: Thank you. 36. [00:26:11] Speaker B: So, Neros, you kind of angle yourself and situationally position things so that she ends up turning progressively further and further to have her back to the others. And at this point, she doesn't seem to be paying them any attention as she's engrossed in conversation with you. [00:26:27] Speaker C: Okay, then I will just continue talking to her old friends. [00:26:33] Speaker D: Zephyr. [00:26:34] Speaker E: Zephyr. I have an idea. [00:26:39] Speaker D: I get up from twiddling my thumbs in the floor, sneak my way over to her. [00:26:45] Speaker E: If we go outside, I can get you through the wall. [00:26:49] Speaker D: I put my finger to my lips and go. [00:26:51] Speaker F: Shh. [00:26:52] Speaker D: I point to the door. [00:26:53] Speaker E: Yeah, let's go outside. Let's go outside. [00:26:56] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:26:57] Speaker F: Over there. [00:26:59] Speaker B: Hold down the fart. [00:27:05] Speaker A: Uvara's eyes haven't left the witch as we step outside. [00:27:10] Speaker E: Okay. Zephyr. Zephyr, I think you've got a good soul for this. So I'm just going to touch you. I'm going to push your soul out of your body and then you're just going to take a peek on inside. [00:27:21] Speaker D: Hold on. You said I have a good soul for this. What does that mean? How? [00:27:24] Speaker E: Like if I did do there, I don't know what would happen with all the runes. I think he's got a soul. I just think it might be complicated. [00:27:33] Speaker D: What happens if I don't have a soul? [00:27:36] Speaker E: You have a soul. You're alive, right? Yeah. You're good. [00:27:39] Speaker F: Doesn't the spell hurt people? [00:27:41] Speaker E: No, I just stun some. [00:27:43] Speaker F: Oh, okay. Yeah. [00:27:46] Speaker D: Will you make sure I don't like, die or anything? How do you get back in? [00:27:51] Speaker E: It'll be super easy. Six seconds, in and out, and then you'll be just sucked right back into your body. [00:27:56] Speaker D: Like automatically. [00:27:57] Speaker E: Yeah. Oh, instantly. You'll just wake up in six seconds. [00:28:03] Speaker D: Only six seconds? [00:28:04] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:28:05] Speaker D: How can I get there that fast? [00:28:08] Speaker E: I thought you have a movement speed of 60ft. [00:28:11] Speaker D: No, wait. What? [00:28:14] Speaker E: Okay, you'll get a whole turn reactions. [00:28:17] Speaker F: Okay. [00:28:18] Speaker D: Just make sure I don't, I don't know, pee myself or anything. I don't know how this works. [00:28:23] Speaker E: I don't think I could stop you from doing that. [00:28:26] Speaker D: Okay. But I don't say anything if it happens. Okay? [00:28:31] Speaker E: I won't tell anyone. [00:28:32] Speaker D: Thank you. Go ahead. And he closes his eyes. [00:28:36] Speaker E: Okay. [00:28:36] Speaker D: Holds out his arms. [00:28:38] Speaker E: All right. I've done this before. All right. Three. [00:28:41] Speaker D: He opens his eyes at that. [00:28:44] Speaker E: Three, two, one. [00:28:44] Speaker B: Go. [00:28:48] Speaker D: What sound does somebody make leaving their soul? [00:28:51] Speaker B: Camera cuts to a side angle as Val shoves against Zafir's chest. And from our perspective, we now see a ghostly Val's arm. Just keep pushing. And pushes a ghostly Zafir out Zafir's back. And through the wall. The extra exterior wall of the hut and into that closet. [00:29:11] Speaker D: I don't even have to worry about walking, man. Nice. [00:29:14] Speaker B: Z'ver. You have six seconds. [00:29:15] Speaker D: I'm gonna open. Well, my eyes are already open. I'm gonna look as much around as I can. I have dark vision. [00:29:22] Speaker B: You do? In this room. It's cluttered, close. There's stuff all over the place. In one corner of the room is a child sized bundle of yarn that's kind of struggling. On the other side of the room is a chair. Sitting in that chair is a man with a knife in his throat. This man is an aphorite elf. [00:29:48] Speaker E: Oh frick. [00:29:49] Speaker C: Oh snap. [00:29:52] Speaker E: Didn't she kidnap someone for hanging? That'd be crazy. [00:29:55] Speaker C: I don't like that. [00:29:57] Speaker F: Take it back. I redo time. Do it again. [00:30:00] Speaker C: Oh my gosh. [00:30:03] Speaker D: Everybody else is reacting much more than I am. [00:30:05] Speaker F: I'm an alright elf. [00:30:07] Speaker D: Wait, is he alive? [00:30:08] Speaker B: He doesn't appear to be. [00:30:11] Speaker C: Oh wait. [00:30:13] Speaker F: Wait. Is my papa Probably. Probably [00:30:18] Speaker C: killed him. [00:30:19] Speaker F: He killed him with a knife to the throat. I don't know. [00:30:21] Speaker C: How is he here? [00:30:23] Speaker D: Is that all I can see? [00:30:24] Speaker B: What else would you like to look for? [00:30:26] Speaker E: What the crap? [00:30:29] Speaker D: I don't know. [00:30:30] Speaker F: Well, there's. [00:30:32] Speaker C: Is there anything interesting about that knife or is it just a knife? [00:30:36] Speaker D: Yeah, it is the knife. I've been interested in daggers all my life. Apparently. So. Is there anything significant about that knife and. Or are there any like besides the child size yarn? Do I see anything else that could contain a child? [00:30:57] Speaker B: There are a few crates that could fit a small child but nothing else that seems conspicuously child hiding. [00:31:03] Speaker D: Okay, now about the dagger. [00:31:05] Speaker B: The dagger is bone handled and the blade is made out of a deep brown wood. [00:31:11] Speaker D: Does that sound familiar? [00:31:12] Speaker B: It does fit the description of the weirdcutter. [00:31:17] Speaker E: Did you say that bundle of yarn was moving? Like there was person in it? [00:31:20] Speaker B: Yes. Okay, you have one second remaining. [00:31:23] Speaker D: I'm just gonna like that last second thing. I'm gonna reach my hand out and almost touch and then just get sucked back. [00:31:31] Speaker E: I'm dabbing under your nose with a [00:31:34] Speaker F: tissue, some smelling salts. [00:31:36] Speaker E: You're dabbing under my nose and it's got blood on it. [00:31:41] Speaker D: Whose blood is this? [00:31:43] Speaker E: I hit your nose? [00:31:44] Speaker D: What'd you do that for? [00:31:45] Speaker E: I'm sorry. [00:31:47] Speaker D: I didn't pee myself, did I? [00:31:49] Speaker E: I was. I looked down. I don't think so. I was concerned about your bloody nose. [00:31:56] Speaker D: Okay, so there's a spaghetti monster and a dead alro in that room. [00:32:01] Speaker E: Spaghetti monster? [00:32:02] Speaker D: Yeah, it's. I mean it might be on. It's moving [00:32:09] Speaker E: and A dead man. [00:32:10] Speaker D: A dead owl. [00:32:10] Speaker E: Word. Dead owl. [00:32:13] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:32:13] Speaker E: Is that if it's time things. [00:32:15] Speaker D: I don't. I don't know. It's. He's. It's an elf. It's a thing that looks like Alward [00:32:19] Speaker E: and so it's just not Alward. It just looks like Allard maybe. [00:32:22] Speaker D: I don't know. I Don't know how these things work. [00:32:24] Speaker E: Is there a children? [00:32:25] Speaker D: Well, like I. Well, it's a spaghetti monster's child sized. [00:32:30] Speaker E: What do you mean by monster? [00:32:32] Speaker D: It was moving and it was spaghetti. [00:32:36] Speaker B: The consequences of sending Zafir to scout. [00:32:38] Speaker E: I thought about this ahead of time. I was like so should we like run in there and brush down the door? [00:32:47] Speaker D: I should have said the alward dead thing also has. It looks like it has the knife that we're looking for in his neck. [00:32:55] Speaker E: The knife that cuts fate, breaks curses. [00:33:00] Speaker D: Yes, I think so. [00:33:01] Speaker E: There. I'm sure there are implications that Howard would understand. [00:33:06] Speaker D: That may be what she's holding on for a friend. [00:33:10] Speaker E: Or the spaghetti monster. [00:33:13] Speaker D: That's true. Yes. Could be for but it didn't have any hands. [00:33:16] Speaker E: Remember the last hag we met with was threatening to kill the owners of the house. So that could have just killed the people who lived here. [00:33:23] Speaker D: That's a good point. That could be the owner. [00:33:25] Speaker E: I feel compelled to go inside. [00:33:29] Speaker D: I mean I think we should. [00:33:30] Speaker E: And kill her. [00:33:31] Speaker C: Well, no, not maybe I'm having tea with her. It's been a pleasant. [00:33:37] Speaker E: It's not like a window or anything into this room, is there not into [00:33:41] Speaker D: that room now no windows. [00:33:42] Speaker E: I have an idea. [00:33:44] Speaker C: Pipeau through the window. [00:33:46] Speaker E: Val goes up to the door. [00:33:48] Speaker A: I will once again remind Zephyr that he has the message Cantrip. [00:33:56] Speaker D: He's thinking it's me you're talking about. [00:34:00] Speaker E: Zev. Look fair. [00:34:03] Speaker D: Hold on, I got this. [00:34:04] Speaker E: Oh, okay. [00:34:05] Speaker D: U. Wants to say something. [00:34:18] Speaker C: This episode has gone off the rails. [00:34:21] Speaker A: What is it? You hear the response? [00:34:24] Speaker D: I don't know. It's what Val wants to say. [00:34:27] Speaker C: Do you have message? [00:34:30] Speaker A: I don't. [00:34:30] Speaker D: Oh, he wants to know what the message is. What you want to say. [00:34:36] Speaker E: There's a dead guy in the other room with a spaghetti. [00:34:41] Speaker D: There's stuff in the room [00:34:46] Speaker C: that translates [00:34:48] Speaker D: well, definitely stuff in the room. [00:34:50] Speaker F: This is like the worst game of [00:34:51] Speaker A: Telephone Uber's not facing you, but you see his shoulders just dropping like. [00:34:59] Speaker E: What did he say? Did he say what did he say? [00:35:01] Speaker B: He said [00:35:04] Speaker E: what did you say to him? [00:35:05] Speaker D: I said there's stuff in the room. [00:35:07] Speaker E: I told you to tell that the specifics, Uvet Zephyr. The specifics. [00:35:13] Speaker D: Okay. You hear another message. There's a dead man and spaghetti in the room. [00:35:23] Speaker E: Alright, you have a limited word count. [00:35:24] Speaker A: Don't. No, he doesn't. [00:35:26] Speaker F: No, he does. [00:35:27] Speaker B: No. [00:35:28] Speaker F: Am I thinking of sending. Yeah, okay. [00:35:30] Speaker D: Anyway, that's literally what you give. [00:35:36] Speaker A: Spaghetti monster. [00:35:37] Speaker D: No, I didn't say monster, just spaghetti. But it is A spaghetti monster. [00:35:40] Speaker A: Spaghetti. Okay, Sapphire, you went into the room? [00:35:45] Speaker D: Yes, my ghost soul did. [00:35:47] Speaker A: And you saw spaghetti And a dead man. We'll get to the dead man. [00:35:53] Speaker D: No, I think it has the thing we're looking for in him. [00:35:56] Speaker A: The weird cutter. [00:35:57] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:58] Speaker A: Okay, now the monster in the room. How. Why do you call it spaghetti? [00:36:04] Speaker D: It looks like spaghetti. [00:36:05] Speaker A: As in zepasta? [00:36:07] Speaker D: Yes. It could also be an imposter. It was child sized. But this is boring. [00:36:12] Speaker E: Why are you guys talking? Why isn't he coming outside? [00:36:14] Speaker D: I don't know. This is magic. [00:36:17] Speaker B: Did [00:36:19] Speaker A: Uvaire looks around the room, just trying to put pieces together. Was it somebody tied up? [00:36:26] Speaker D: Potentially. But they would have been in it. Or do you mean the dead man? Because he was dead. I don't think there would be any point in that. [00:36:33] Speaker A: The thing that you saw moving. [00:36:37] Speaker D: Have you ever been in a pile [00:36:38] Speaker A: of yarn so that it wasn't necessarily spaghetti. It was yarn, which would make sense. [00:36:47] Speaker D: Have you ever been a child's soul? It was not easy to see. Sorry, I'm getting off topic. Yeah, maybe [00:36:58] Speaker A: Uber's face is trying to hide it. [00:37:03] Speaker D: Can I cast conceal spell on his face? I don't have concealed spell. [00:37:08] Speaker E: What is that? [00:37:08] Speaker A: She's not facing me, right? [00:37:10] Speaker B: Can I get you some more tea, dearie? [00:37:13] Speaker C: Yes, please. My friends are idiots. [00:37:15] Speaker D: Put a little something in the tea, please. [00:37:17] Speaker F: How is this arm not attached to you right now? And still moving? [00:37:23] Speaker B: I'm a witch. [00:37:24] Speaker F: I'm not aware of witch magic, but thank you. [00:37:28] Speaker C: How did you lose your hand? What happened? [00:37:31] Speaker B: Now that is a story. And she sits back down with another cup of tea. You see, I was once a very prominent witch in these parts. [00:37:39] Speaker F: Albert is, like, scooted ever so slightly closer. [00:37:42] Speaker B: She's. She's okay with it. You could just keep scooting. [00:37:45] Speaker F: Yeah, I'm just gonna scoot until I'm at, like, the edge of the table. [00:37:48] Speaker B: She pours you a cup of tea too. [00:37:51] Speaker A: Then we have one final question. Are we killing the witch? [00:37:57] Speaker D: I do not have the clearance to answer that. Clearance? [00:38:04] Speaker C: Yes, clearance. [00:38:07] Speaker A: Is there any other way into the room? [00:38:09] Speaker D: Not that I can see. [00:38:11] Speaker E: Well, we're. Well, we've been doing all this. Are you able to get any information? [00:38:17] Speaker B: They've been focusing on just holding her [00:38:19] Speaker C: attention because I was trying to distract her from y'. All. [00:38:23] Speaker F: Yeah, so you could do things like pick the door. [00:38:25] Speaker B: Yeah, but she has explained that she lost her hand because she used to be a prominent witch in these parts and just kind of went afoul of the more, you know, politically powerful. And she Was banished, you know, stripped of her powers. So they cut off her hand, which made her lose her magic. [00:38:45] Speaker A: Okay, wait, she doesn't have her magic. If we have her hand, that is [00:38:50] Speaker B: how her story would be interpreted. [00:38:52] Speaker A: That doesn't jive with everything we've seen. [00:38:56] Speaker F: She said she could use her magic and it's just a pain. [00:38:59] Speaker A: Just more difficult. [00:39:00] Speaker C: So we should destroy. [00:39:02] Speaker A: U turns around and goes to the door. And now he uses conceal spell and invisibility on Zephyr. [00:39:15] Speaker F: Oh, sweet Neros, try and try and get her to tell you what her magic is. [00:39:20] Speaker B: I'm trying to. [00:39:22] Speaker D: Try again. [00:39:22] Speaker B: She likes you. [00:39:24] Speaker D: Are you gonna ask her about the time stuff? [00:39:27] Speaker F: She won't tell us. I've tried multiple times. [00:39:28] Speaker D: You didn't say anything about strings of time. [00:39:31] Speaker C: This was before I cast charm. [00:39:33] Speaker F: Yeah, that's true. [00:39:34] Speaker E: Is it safe to tell her that sort of information? [00:39:36] Speaker F: I mean, I would say so. [00:39:37] Speaker B: I will say that the witch's attitude towards Alward has obviously improved over the course of time. Of her just talking with the two of you. [00:39:47] Speaker E: Politely buttering you up to take the hand. [00:39:50] Speaker F: Exactly. Albert's gonna lean over to neighbors, be like, ask her about like, threads of time. I don't know how to bring it up. Okay, maybe use the knitting stuff around us. [00:40:03] Speaker E: Do one of Jordi's classic transitions. [00:40:06] Speaker C: So time. [00:40:10] Speaker B: She holds up her hands in the timeout gesture. Yes. [00:40:13] Speaker C: No, not that. Not that. Threads. Time threads. Do you know anything about time threads? Just, you know, I know it's out of left field, but are you speaking [00:40:26] Speaker B: of the esoteric idea that all of one's life could be visualized as a thread? [00:40:34] Speaker C: Sure, [00:40:37] Speaker B: sure. That seems like a reasonable way to visualize things. [00:40:42] Speaker F: Our just sitting there like, visibly frustrated and can like. The look on his face is one of just stunned frustration. [00:40:52] Speaker D: Is your string getting shorter? [00:40:54] Speaker B: Force herself some more tea. Have you ever heard of the Norns? [00:40:58] Speaker C: The Norns? [00:40:59] Speaker B: The Norns? [00:40:59] Speaker C: I don't think so. [00:41:01] Speaker F: Have I heard of the Norns? [00:41:02] Speaker B: You probably have. Let's have an occultism check to see how much you know about them. [00:41:06] Speaker C: Can I roll just to see if I know any? Can I have gossip lore help me on this? [00:41:11] Speaker B: Yes. Would it be occultism or nature? [00:41:14] Speaker E: She knows all about the trauma between the Norns and what's going on. [00:41:18] Speaker C: 34, 29. Gossip lore. [00:41:21] Speaker E: Ooh, nice. [00:41:21] Speaker F: Occultism. [00:41:24] Speaker B: So you both have heard of the Norns? They are what you know of them as being is they are fae that are just one step under gods in their power. [00:41:36] Speaker C: Okay, [00:41:40] Speaker E: Sven, looks. I don't Know, maybe concerned. [00:41:46] Speaker B: Let's see. I'll just give you a little. A little bit here from the description on Archives of Nephis. Ancient beyond imagining. Norns are powerful, fey women who hold in their hands the physical manifestation of fate and destiny in the form of golden thread. They watch over all life, intervening with reluctance when called upon or with a vengeance when the strands of fate are twisted and abused by lesser beings. [00:42:12] Speaker A: Is that so? [00:42:13] Speaker B: Hmm. Hmm what? I don't know what you're talking about. [00:42:17] Speaker D: Man, you got all things coming at you. Dogs, women. [00:42:20] Speaker A: Interesting. [00:42:24] Speaker F: Can't keep their hands off. [00:42:25] Speaker C: Oh, hang on. Don't spit tape. [00:42:28] Speaker B: Picked a bad time to sip my coffee. [00:42:31] Speaker A: Could I hurt. Could I have heard the. Her mention the North? [00:42:33] Speaker B: Sure, sure. Yeah. [00:42:35] Speaker A: Can I make that same check? [00:42:36] Speaker B: Yeah. Nature, Occultism Society. [00:42:40] Speaker A: I'll take society. [00:42:42] Speaker B: You can roll any of these. It's just what you roll is gonna be more relevant about what you know about them. Is your society better than your occultism? [00:42:50] Speaker C: Yes, I'm a master in society. [00:42:52] Speaker F: It wouldn't matter. It would have been plus one more. But like, okay, I am a master disturb society. [00:42:57] Speaker B: So the reason I'm asking for occultism from you, Albert, is because the information that you are more poised to know. [00:43:03] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:43:03] Speaker B: Is occultism information? [00:43:04] Speaker F: No, I got you. [00:43:05] Speaker A: It would have been 28. [00:43:07] Speaker B: You've heard of the Norns? Yeah. Probably gotten the same description that they got of like. Yeah, I'm familiar with them. I've heard of them. [00:43:15] Speaker A: Does that ring any other bells? [00:43:17] Speaker B: Probably not right now. At least. You're probably. You're probably kind of distracted right now. [00:43:21] Speaker A: That's true. [00:43:23] Speaker F: Are you saying you worship the Norns or. [00:43:26] Speaker B: No. But one could learn from their methods. [00:43:30] Speaker F: Alward's making a mental note. Is that how you controlled the trees? The door, the lamp post? I think that's all of them. [00:43:43] Speaker B: She, like, kind of looks at you very curiously. What makes you think that the same sort of magic is behind all of these? [00:43:55] Speaker F: A hunch. I lie. [00:43:59] Speaker B: What's your make a deception check? [00:44:02] Speaker F: Doesn't she have to make a perception check to beat my deception? [00:44:05] Speaker B: Yeah. What's your deception? D.C. it's bad. [00:44:09] Speaker F: 26. [00:44:12] Speaker B: I think you're light. No, she just squints a little harder and just kind of subtly just reaches into her sleeve with her good hand and just pulls out just a golden shining thread hooked on one of her fingernails. Neros. You don't see anything. She just reaches her hand into her sleeve and just pulls it back out. [00:44:33] Speaker F: Aller's just staring at it. Obviously even Though he's trying to be inconspicuous. [00:44:40] Speaker B: Interesting. She reaches back in and pulls out like a network of threads. Go wide, Neros. You're just seeing her holding up just like her hands, just kind of held like a claw. You have a gift, child. [00:44:58] Speaker C: What's happening? [00:45:00] Speaker F: So she. I don't know. I try to. [00:45:06] Speaker E: I have no idea. Tries to close eyes. [00:45:10] Speaker F: Can't stop staring. [00:45:11] Speaker B: Tell me, where have you seen these before? [00:45:14] Speaker F: I can. I would presume that he's been caught in the lie. [00:45:21] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:45:22] Speaker F: Okay. The question is, do I double down from the doll that you had made? And [00:45:33] Speaker B: she looks even more curious. The doll? [00:45:37] Speaker F: The. The. And I pull out the doll again while my mage hand is still holding her arm a distance away. Telekinetic hand. [00:45:46] Speaker B: She like, gestures like she's trying to grab something. Like, you know, if you're trying to pull a spider web out of the air, but you can't quite see it kind of thing. What are you talking about? [00:46:00] Speaker F: You. You can't. Who. Whose threads are those? [00:46:08] Speaker B: Mine. She puts them back in her clothes. [00:46:13] Speaker F: Yours. [00:46:15] Speaker B: Who? [00:46:15] Speaker F: Yours originally or yours now? [00:46:19] Speaker B: They are mine. [00:46:21] Speaker E: Oh. [00:46:23] Speaker C: Oh, guys, your. [00:46:27] Speaker B: Yes. Please tell your friend to keep his impertinent questions to himself. [00:46:32] Speaker C: Oh, that was out of character. [00:46:34] Speaker B: Oh, well, I picked up on you being uncomfortable. You're my friend, you know, I. [00:46:39] Speaker C: Yes, I know. And thank you for all this tea. It's quite lovely. Anyway, about this winter that's going on. [00:46:47] Speaker B: Oh, that's just a thing. [00:46:49] Speaker F: Winter just happened. [00:46:51] Speaker C: It just happened. [00:46:52] Speaker E: Very insane season right now. [00:46:53] Speaker B: It's irison. [00:46:54] Speaker C: Oh, it just snows here all the time. [00:46:56] Speaker B: Yeah, you see that? So there's the Winter Witches. And they're the people who are like, in charge of everything. I used to be one of them. Then they cut off my hand. I don't want to get into all that again. But anyway, they. [00:47:07] Speaker A: They. [00:47:07] Speaker B: They just like it to be winter. So they just make it winter all the time. [00:47:10] Speaker C: So they just like the cold. [00:47:11] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:47:12] Speaker C: Okay. Interesting. As we're chatting, I feel like you can do your thing. Zephyr. [00:47:20] Speaker B: So, uh, subtle spells. Zafir, you are now invisible. [00:47:24] Speaker D: Yes. How long do I have? [00:47:27] Speaker A: Conceal spell. [00:47:28] Speaker B: 10 minutes. Yes. Conceal spell. [00:47:30] Speaker E: Oh, nice. [00:47:32] Speaker D: Okay, I'm going to creep in, even though I'm invisible and nobody can see me. [00:47:38] Speaker B: Anyway, what's your stealth bonus? [00:47:42] Speaker E: Imagine making so much noise, just tripping over everything. [00:47:48] Speaker D: 22. [00:47:49] Speaker E: He's feeling 22. [00:47:52] Speaker B: Okay, so you stealthily creep in. [00:47:56] Speaker D: I don't burp. [00:47:58] Speaker A: Just don't pretend to be a doorknob. [00:48:00] Speaker D: Don't worry. I am the invisible one. Not, not blind. Yeah, I'm gonna creep up to the door. How confident am I that she is not kind of looking this direction? [00:48:15] Speaker B: She's engrossed in the conversation at the table. As far as she's aware, you guys all went out to the door and were just like having a hushed conversation and then nothing. So she's occasionally might glance over in that direction, but she's not watching the door. [00:48:30] Speaker D: Okay, I am going to attempt to pick the door but not open it. [00:48:37] Speaker B: Okay. As you reach in, you pull out your lockpicks. You start fitting the first one in. And there's a. And she looks up and looks over at the door. [00:48:49] Speaker C: Distracting flattery. [00:48:51] Speaker B: Yeah, let's go ahead and make distracting flattery work. So what is your. Or go ahead and make your deception check. [00:48:57] Speaker F: What is distracting flattery? [00:49:01] Speaker C: Okay, so I've never used this before. I haven't really had a good situation to use it, but I have it because Nero says a dandy. Anyway, the trigger is observing the targets. In this case, the witch. Attitude toward yourself or your allies decrease as a result of an ally's behavior. You know how to maintain a good impression and manage your image even while keeping uncouth company. Make a deception check against the targets will dc. Regardless of your result, the target is temporarily immune for of this for 10 minutes. Basically, if I succeed at this, like, it doesn't really decrease our standing with the witch. So she's not. She potentially might not use like, hostile actions if she notices Zafir or something messing with the door. But if I fail, things could happen we don't want. But regardless, see if this works. 37. [00:50:13] Speaker B: So what do you say to her as she like kind of starts up from your conversation, looks over at the door? [00:50:24] Speaker C: I see her like, her attention start to like, go toward the door and it's like, so. So with this tea, where do you get all the flowers? You know, for. It's for, you know, the winter and everything. Surely it's not good, like plant growing season with all the winter witches keeping it forever. Winter. Oh, well, do you have like a greenhouse or anything? [00:50:43] Speaker B: No, it's. There's. There's sort of gullies. And she turns her attention back away from the door and starts talking about all the places she likes to go to harvest the flowers and just all the detail that goes into drying them just right. And it seems like you were able to smooth that over. And you know, when she looked over and didn't see anything and the conversation just Kept going. She kind of relaxed again. [00:51:06] Speaker C: Nice. [00:51:07] Speaker F: I pick. [00:51:09] Speaker D: I pick. [00:51:10] Speaker B: Look, give me the check. [00:51:12] Speaker D: I pick. Look. [00:51:14] Speaker A: I roll. [00:51:15] Speaker D: Give you card because I roll one. Hey, I cannot get with glove. [00:51:24] Speaker C: Maybe take your glove off. [00:51:25] Speaker B: No. [00:51:26] Speaker C: Okay. [00:51:26] Speaker D: Nine. That was different accent. Here you go. 29. [00:51:32] Speaker B: 29. [00:51:33] Speaker D: 29. [00:51:34] Speaker B: That's your first success as you get one tumbler to set. [00:51:39] Speaker E: Oh. [00:51:40] Speaker B: This is rules as written, Sven. [00:51:42] Speaker F: Oh, man. [00:51:43] Speaker D: How many tumblers are there? [00:51:46] Speaker B: Can I tell with a 29 on your thievery, you can tell that there are two more tumblers. [00:51:51] Speaker D: I feel like I'm on. [00:51:53] Speaker B: What is your theory bonus? [00:51:56] Speaker C: 18. [00:51:57] Speaker B: Oh, okay. Tell me if you roll a one. [00:52:00] Speaker D: Oh, I did the first time, but I gave you a card. I'm gonna give you another card, and I'm gonna switch dice. Where did I put them? [00:52:10] Speaker B: Where the heck did I put this Door doesn't want to be unlocked. [00:52:13] Speaker C: Put that one in jail. [00:52:14] Speaker D: Jordy. This was the die that you gave me. [00:52:17] Speaker E: Oh. [00:52:17] Speaker D: This was your gift, and now it's going over there. [00:52:21] Speaker B: It was my plan all along. [00:52:23] Speaker D: Ah. Well, that's better than a one. That is 25. [00:52:29] Speaker B: That's success. Okay, the second tumbler clicks into place. You have one tumbler left. [00:52:35] Speaker D: I am rolling so bad. But it's not a one. That would be a 22. [00:52:42] Speaker B: The last tumbler clicks into place, and you feel that you could lift the latch and open the door. [00:52:47] Speaker D: Okay, here's what's gonna play out. The latch opens just enough that the door, a sliver of the door opens and that I can see the darkness inside. And I'm going to teleport with my shadow to whatever I can see. [00:53:12] Speaker C: That is really smart. [00:53:13] Speaker A: That is really smart. [00:53:16] Speaker B: I'm gonna roll to see if she notices the door just cracking open. [00:53:20] Speaker C: We're talking. I'm distracting her with my flattery. [00:53:23] Speaker D: Miniscule, eaty, weeny little bit of crack, like a centimeter. [00:53:29] Speaker F: I wonder if he could have done that by, like, getting on the floor and looking under the door. [00:53:35] Speaker B: The door just cracks open the slightest bit, and Zafir, the entire room is dark. You can teleport to anything. You can see through that crack. And she doesn't seem to notice. You are now in the room and invisible. I think, judging by the clock, that's where we're gonna end this episode. [00:54:01] Speaker C: Nice. [00:54:02] Speaker E: Can't wait to see Howard's dad again. [00:54:05] Speaker B: You shut your mouth. All right. And the hero point for this episode goes to Petit for his clever shadow teleportation and amusing game of telephone. [00:54:20] Speaker D: Well, thanks. Thanks. I'm glad that my powers could come in handy. I'm gonna go read up on some Pastafarian. [00:54:35] Speaker B: What? [00:54:36] Speaker F: It's like Rastafarian, but with pasta. [00:54:39] Speaker D: Literally. They worship a flying spaghetti monster. [00:54:41] Speaker E: Oh, that. I thought you were thinking like Mustafar from Star Wars. [00:54:46] Speaker B: And I want to see theories on the Discord. Who's. Who's the man? Why is he here? [00:54:51] Speaker C: It's gotta be obviously Alward's dad. [00:54:54] Speaker F: It's gotta be. [00:54:55] Speaker B: Too bad nobody who could identify him has seen him. [00:54:58] Speaker C: I know Padre. His papa. [00:55:00] Speaker E: Who's in the yarn. [00:55:01] Speaker F: But how? [00:55:02] Speaker A: And also, why is the yarn actually spaghetti? [00:55:05] Speaker E: What if it's Amy? [00:55:06] Speaker F: Oh, the yarn is 100. [00:55:07] Speaker E: What if Amir is taking the children? Put in the minutes. [00:55:10] Speaker A: It's Hamers. [00:55:11] Speaker C: Why is Alward dad in that room? [00:55:13] Speaker F: Why is Hamer making deals with witches? [00:55:15] Speaker A: Why is there spaghetti? [00:55:17] Speaker D: Where'd the hand come from? [00:55:19] Speaker B: Tune in next time to find out. [00:55:22] Speaker F: None of these will be answered and more. [00:55:24] Speaker B: And we'll see you all the next episode. This has been an Atomic Broadcasting production. If you enjoyed the show, make sure to give us some support by liking commenting and following. These things really do make a difference in getting the word out and helping our community grow. Also, make sure to check us out on threads and check out the Discord server where you can chat with other fans and discuss all the recent developments and happenings. 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[00:56:39] Speaker D: I was just gonna say that. [00:56:41] Speaker A: That makes sense. [00:56:43] Speaker B: Although different areas potentially smell like raspberries or sulfur. [00:56:48] Speaker C: Do they fart in their spacesuits? [00:56:51] Speaker F: Yes. [00:56:51] Speaker E: Do you not? [00:56:53] Speaker F: I mean, where else are you gonna do it? Wait. [00:56:55] Speaker D: Raspberries come out the top. Sulfur comes out the back. [00:56:58] Speaker C: If they fart in their spacesuits while they're out in space, does it propel them? [00:57:04] Speaker D: If you fart in space, does it make a sound?