C03 - Ep. 42 - Under Oondar Fire - On Second Thawed

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Hello everyone, welcome to Tales from the Stinky Dragon. I'm your Dungeon Master, Gustavo Sorolla, and I'm going to hit our four players with an arrow. You turned that on. You turned that on. Look at that. Look at that glitz and glamour. This man's a performer. That's performance. The mic is on. We're rolling. It's time to razzle dazzle them. I like this guy. Me too. Have you ever shot an arrow IRL? Like with a bow? I think I have. Probably a couple times, yeah. Cool. He shot one in the short that you, you posted a while ago of like the, the D&D flubs. No, that wasn't me. I thought that was, oh, oh, the one where it hits him in the back. Yeah. Oh, yeah. He shot an arrow off the screen. Yeah, his form was terrible. Anyways, what's that question again? I didn't realize Blaine was the archery expert. Anyway, how do we get this off track already? Incidentally, this week's arrow question is, how do you celebrate your birthday? And that was submitted by Kitty Bumble. Everyone go ahead and roll a D20. Let's get, let's get an order here. 14. 12. 5. 20. So it looks like, it looks like it's 12 Doug Gunther Natty. 12, lead us off. Let's talk about birthdays. Hello, it's me, Blaine, and. Yoo-hoo, it's me, 12. Oh, guten tag. Even though I'm not German, I play a male thaumathek barbarian. Level eight and. Ooh, my birthday. The day of my production when I was fresh off of the assembly line. A day very fond of mine. I remember it crystal clear because it's still left. Wait, wait, wait. in my hard drives and process so, yes. Is your birthday the day that you are fully assembled or turned on? Ooh, good question. They were the same day. Oh, okay, okay. Nothing for me, yeah. They had the down for a science. Not that I remember too much of that now that I think of it. I'm trying to remember what. Canonically, I'm. Putting yourself in a corner there. Yeah, I don't want to back this up. I thought, I thought canonically you don't know your origins. You're right, okay. Taking that back. Yoo-hoo to me, 12. Guten tag, I'm not German. Take it back now. So, I happen to know the date of my assembly because it's scrolled in some ancient text here on my arm. It's on your flex. Next to Made in China. Yeah, yes. And it says, so I know how old I am and all of those things, you know, roughly. And for my birthday, I go through and I do a self-care routine. So, I go through and do all of my maintenance. I lubricate my joints. I clean out all of the hair and gunk in my internal fan and heating and cooling systems, you know. There's some compressed air. I treat myself to a little bit of that. And, you know, if I have any, like, you know, upgrades, you know, perhaps like sticks of RAM or anything like that laying around, I'll put those in. But they're harder to come by now. It's just told with a bag of, like, chips and it's just RAM in there and he's just munching on them. So delicious. Topping off the tank. Okay. Yeah. Nothing really special about it. No emotional impact. Refilling your windshield wiper fluid. Oh, my fluids. Yes, I need to refill my fluids. That's very important. Thank you. All right. Thanks, Tolf. Well, makes sense. I don't know what I expected, but that tracks. That seems about right. Yeah. Yeah. Next up in the list, we got Doug Boone. Hello, everyone. It's me, Doug Boone, played by Barbara Dunkelman. And I am a bugbear artificer. Great combo for anyone who wants to try playing that. Thank you for the commentary. Absolutely. Okay, next season. Yes, yes. And you know, my birthday is a weird time because I used to celebrate it with my brother, Phil. And every single birthday, he used to take me on a nice long walk and we would get my favorite lemon meringue pie. But unfortunately, the shop that sells that is now closed down. So I usually just take myself on a long walk and think about Phil and think about lemon meringue pie. And, you know, it's not the same. I try to find a lemon, sometimes, you know, the taste is similar, but not quite the same as a pie or the dessert in general. But, you know, hopefully someday I'll find that again. You have no lemon. When life takes away your lemon meringue pie, you make lemon. Yeah, you could say that, I guess. You could say lots of things. You could say whatever you said implied. Yeah, I didn't know how Chris was going to land that. And I don't think Chris did either. When life give you lemons. Yeah. It's great. It's like he just, he went towards that ramp and didn't know what trick or landing he was going to do. I applaud that. That's improv. That's the spirit of improv right there. Like you start it and you're going to find it one way or another. A hundred percent. Okay, lemon meringue. That's an interesting one, Doug. What was your, I don't know, what was it that you liked about it? Is it like the tanginess and the sweetness or? It's just something that my brother got me for, you know, one of the first birthdays I could remember and I loved the taste of it. And now I just associate it with my birthday. And I unfortunately also associate my brother with my brother. So that's been a little tough. Is it tougher not to have my brother than it is not to have lemon meringue pie? I would say. Yeah. Okay. That's a, it's good. Got a little bit of a Doug lore there. Thank you. John, John went through a phase when he was younger where lemon meringue was my favorite for a while. I went through a bit of a meringue phase. Lemon meringue is good. Key lime pie too. Oh yeah. Both similar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just remember the ones that came out of the vending machine, you know, like 50 grams of trans fat. In prison? What? The vending machine ones, you know, like the, like disgusting, you know, I don't know. I would imagine a lemon meringue pie out of a vending machine would be kind of gross. Yeah. I feel like you guys didn't spend enough time as kids on bikes running to convenience stores for little snacks throughout the day. Why would you buy stuff from a vending machine at a convenience store? Well, just like, you know, I'm just talking general junk food, like processed lemon meringue pie, you know? I'm just trying to, I mean, I would spend a lot of time on a bike, but not in prison like John's. Okay. Okay. We're so in the weeds. - We'll talk about it. about Blaine's convicted pass in Second Wind, our show just for Stinky Jack and Peyton. Bring pictures of this lemon meringue pie. I got to see this. Crazy. You've eaten it. Everyone's eaten these. It's Mrs. Baird's. They make a lemon meringue Mrs. Baird's? It's like a lemon pie. You know, they lost the meringue because the people that eat Mrs. Baird's can't pronounce that word, but you know. Mrs. Baird's. Okay, we're going to teach Blaine what lemon meringue is in Second Wind. Oh, that's not lemon meringue pie. Well, I'm so sorry, Chris. I don't eat fancy, fancy meringue pie. It's just a lemon pie. Okay, next up, we have Gunther. Gunther, go. Hi, I'm Chris Demers. I'm the Gunther, the male croak folk fighter. And for my birthday, when I was UCN, my village, there are many of us. And we all have birthday at the same time because we all came. And so what we do is we do this great, we go on a great swim together. All of the brothers and sisters, we take a swim together. And then afterwards, after celebrating with siblings, then I celebrate with my family. We play this where we put a fly in a room and blindfold us. And then you have to do this. And then you have to try and find it with your dog. It is a great fun. I love the delivery on that. What do you call that? Oh, that's called fly fishing. Fly fishing, okay. It would be something different for us, but yeah, cool. Okay, yeah. But then since I have not been with family, it has not been as fun. So what I do instead, I dig a hole and I go with it and I wait for the day to end. Wow. That sounds like me. It's just your wife. Helping you with the hole. Just covering me with the dirt. Does she give you your lemon meringue pie before or after you go in the hole? Well, I do not have the lemon meringue pie. It should just be unless, maybe perhaps we could make some pie. Yes, maybe that's like the next arc is making a pie. The team, the pie team. Pie team. All right. It's better than pea team. Yeah, don't want to hang around with those guys. Thanks, Gunther. Last up, finally, is Natty. Why don't you tell us about your birthday? Hello, everybody. It's John Reisinger and I play. Hi, John. Hi, Gus. How you doing? Good. You know, just lots of recording today, live stream, getting a lot of stuff done. How are you doing? I'm doing pretty good. Had a workout this morning. I feel good, late day. Nice. Yeah, I play Natty Wonder, who is a drow warlock drag queen mother of the bringer of the apocalypse. And once again, Natty might be the one that doesn't bring the party down a little bit and has happy memories of their family and past. What are you talking about? I have many happy memories. I have the best of memories. I didn't think about this until like Doug started talking. I was like, oh yeah, every time we talk about family and our past, it gets pretty dour. It's a pretty common occurrence on Stinky Dragon. Yeah. What's funny is, you know, recently, C-Squad season two came out and it was the same thing. All the arrows there were sad family ones, I felt like. A lot of sad family times. I have self-care going on. Yeah, yeah. I'm having a great birthday, everybody. I think I have self-care too. It's where I care to be in the hole. Well, birthdays are special with my family. And since my mamas, they are the high priestesses of my village, um, they actually are a big part of my birthday in particular. They're a part of everyone's birthday actually in our village, but their mamas and the priestesses. And so it's actually a whole day that we spend in our temple, um, where we are, our temple that is, uh, dedicated to death. And it's a whole day where we kind of like, we bring offerings to the temple and we do dances and face painting. And, and it's just kind of a whole thing that we kind of celebrate that there is a point where we came into this world and we celebrate, there's going to be a point where we'll leave this world. And it's a celebration from front to back is what it is. And it's a whole day thing. It starts when the sun comes up and it goes all the way until the night comes in. All the way till the night comes in. If it takes the entire day from everyone, is that not like every day a birthday all the time? Yeah. I mean, it's kind of like it happens a lot, you know? Uh, and, uh, I think it might be with like my birthday with my mamas. They make it a bigger deal. And I think that might just be a little bit what it is. You're special. Yeah. I've always said that. That is nice. Can you press that screwdriver? This one, Tolv? This one? No, no, no. Flathead. Flathead. That's, Okay. Wait. It's Philips. Is it this one? Is this the flathead one? No, smaller. Smaller one. The one next to that one. Is it, is it this one with like the holes in it? Hold your light still for the love of God. Gigi. Gigi. Blaine channeling every father trying to do a project with their kid. Oh my gosh. Whenever I, I have to tell you, you just, you just triggered a memory, guys. Opening up. Does everybody else have a way that they load the dishwasher? Yeah. Uh, yeah. Yeah. Like in terms of like strategy. Yeah. If you have children, they will never load it the way that you expect it to be loaded. And you will always open your dishwasher and you will go, who did this? At least they're loading their own dishes. It is good. I, I agree, Chris. That is a, that is a silver lining, but it bothers me that no end where I'm like, why is this bowl here? The bowl should be here. Yeah. Yeah. Got to make sure the cup doesn't flip over. Yeah. Yeah. So then one right after the other, almost perfectly synced up with the sound of the two crates hitting the, the ground in the distance with a mighty bang, bang, hit the wedge that's been driven into the, the crack in the tungsten. And with that, you see the fissure open up and run along the length of the statue. And you see the, the fissure open up and run along the length of the statue. And you see the fissure open up and run along the length of the statue. It's leaving it in two and it falls apart in two giant pieces, freeing what appears to be a dragon. freeing what appears to be a dragon. Emerging from the ruins of the statue, Emerging from the ruins of the statue, you see a dragon with cracked black scales. You see a dragon with cracked black scales. The cracks between the scales glow a dull red. And as you're looking at it, And as you're looking at it, the bright orange flames become brighter and brighter. The bright orange flames become brighter and brighter. The crack between the scales is a dark red. Okay, hey, I want to try a new ability. And it don't take any time because I've already done it. If you spend, it's know your enemy. If you spend at least one minute observing or interacting with another creature outside of combat, you can learn information about its capabilities compared to your own. Strength score, dexterity score, constitution score, armor class, current HP, total class levels. How, we've interacted with Inferno 7, studying for a while. How much stronger is she than us? Lots. I think as that ability is written, you have to like focus right now and spend a minute. But I'll dig into that in a second. Before I get to that, I should read a couple sentences here. I should read. B-team has mere seconds before either of these eventualities take place. One, the Fire Eater is bitten by the Frostbiter. Or two, Inferno reaches the party to attack them. Go in any order you wish, do whatever you want. But you all must act quickly. The Ice Cap Keep is melting, water's rising, and you still don't know the whereabouts of the Veil Die. And Gwen Stacy is falling off a bridge, and we have to figure out which way to go first. We need to find option three, the one that Micah didn't think of. That's how this works, right? You mean the option we always pick? Yeah. That's a very good point. Chris, I'm going to say, yeah, I applaud. I think the way that this is written, you're supposed to like spend a minute focusing at the moment. But you're right. You all have spent a lot of time. You all are in the military. You know, Infernus is the big bad for you all. So I'll say that you would have time observing, interacting with this creature outside of combat. So you can learn about her abilities compared to your own. What does the Pokedex say? Infernus, fire type. Actually, you say that, and I was going to confess that I have, from the beginning of this campaign, gotten Infernus mixed up with an actual Pokemon called Eternatus, which is a giant. A giant scary Pokemon. And so every time you've said Infernus, Eternatus has come up in my head. Okay. So you want to know the Infernus' stat scores? Yeah. Or at least total, I guess the broad, total class levels. Like what level is she relative to us? You would guess if you had to assign a level to her, she would be like, I don't know, level 20? I think if anything, guys, we should maybe protect the fire eater. Because, you know, we saved her, so she might be on our side. And I don't know if the frostbiter biting her is going to be good. Yes. That's cool. I agree. And with that, Natty flies up into the sky. Ooh. Caw, caw. You just ran away? You're leaving us? Towards the objective, Tove. That's who we're supposed to be saving right there. The one flying in the sky. She left us. She left us. She left us. Frostbiter fire eater. Where are they relative to us again? So the fire eater is right next to you on the ground, you know, spewing out fire and destruction all around. The frostbiter took flight and is in the air. I believe the frostbiter was about 60 feet away and is now in the air, kind of flying at an angle up towards the neck of the fire eater. Natty is flying up towards, like, the cross point of frostbiter. And, uh, sorry, crossfire's theme song just came into my head right now. Crossfire? Yeah. I was, like, I was, like, trying to turn it off in my head while I talked and it wasn't working. So are you going to Mr. President? But I'm going in that direction. Huh? Yeah. Are you, like, Mr. President-ing? Like, oh. I'm joining the fight. Okay. So you're positioning yourself. I don't think I'm going to stop. Natty's little, like, drow body is going to stop the frostbiter. So I'm not built that way. But, you know, thank you for the vote of confidence. Essentially, you're positioning yourself kind of by the fire eater's neck to guard it from the frostbiter. Yeah, I can shoot some stuff. All right. And then, so, Gunther did an analysis. Tolv and Doug, what do you guys want to do? Do we get the idea that we're going to be running or fighting? I know that, like, you're hopping in to help out. But I don't know if that's, like, as a means of getting the frostbiter away. Because I know that. Frostbiter. Because I'm. You could ask Natty. Oh, Natty, will you fly? Are you flying up there? Are you going to, like, engage the enemy? Well, I figure it accomplishes two things. It gets me further away from that thing with the giant sword and closer to the god that we're here to help. Okay. Tolv's going to rage. He's doing it. He's starting to breathe. He's becoming mighty. Okay. And anything else? Is there, what is your thought process or your positioning with this rage? In the event that we get hit by something, which I feel like I'm going to get hit with some strays, I just want to be protected. But also, if we're going to. Hopefully, what can happen is we take the side of the good lord, these names, the fire eater, and they will distract. It'll be fire on fire. You're fighting fire with fire. So they'll be going after old, whatchamacallit. Infernus. Infernus. And then maybe we then team up on frostbiter because I don't know if there is as strong as Infernus. So just FYI, Infernus appears to be flying directly at you all. I beat you. That's why Natty yelled. They're getting further away from that thing. Yeah. Heck it. I think I might just throw a javelin at the. Ooh. At Infernus to just slow them. I don't know. I mean, they're already, they're already like propped. They're mad. Anything at this point to just like slow their speed. So I'm going to throw a javelin. All right. Yeah. Go for it. Make your attack roll. Okay. 13. 13. You let your javelin fly and with a slash of her blade of nether flames. Infernus just cleans it in two as it's flying towards her. Great. I throw another. I throw another. Why? Toss it. No, I, maybe I'll turn it. I'll throw it at the frostbiter. I don't know. I'm just like, I'm scared. I'm throwing things. Who do you want to throw it at? I'm going to, I'm going to pivot and then I'll just go. Okay, great. Noted. Then I'm going to throw it to the frostbiter now. Okay. 12. Uh, turn and pivot and toss your javelin at the frostbiter. However, it flies behind the frostbiter. I guess the frostbiter is flying a little faster than you expected. So, uh, it's unable to connect. Okay. 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Okay, I am going to put my hand on Tolv's shoulder. Oh. I am going to cast Warding Bond. This spell wards a willing creature you touch and creates a mystic connection between you and the target until the spell ends. When the target is within 60 feet of you, it gains a plus one bonus to AC and saving throws. And it has resistance to all damage. Ooh. Wow. Also, each time it takes damage, you take the same amount of damage. Don't worry, no damage will be taken. I was wondering where the downside is. There it was. Listen, Tolv, you know, I think if I have faith in you, you'll have faith in you, and so I'm just kind of like, you know, don't get into trouble. I want to test something out. I want to see how bonded we are. I slam my toe against the nearby furniture. And stop it. Micah, I'm going to need you to take that sound clip of Blaine saying, no damage will come to you, and I want you to replay it with an echo the next time Doug takes damage because of Tolv taking damage. Tolv is down. Okay. So that's very selfless of you, Doug. So yes, basically, Tolv, when you're within 60 feet of me, you have plus one to your AC and saving throws, and you're resistant to all damage. Tolv, but Doug, you will not live to regret this. You will not live to regret this. I'm scared. Okay. So everyone essentially did something. Gunther, I feel like everyone else maybe had a little more. Is there anything else you want to do? Because you're thinking, like, thinking back on it, I feel like maybe I shorted you a little bit because you had said, like, this was kind of a thing you'd already done in the past. He's short. Got him. Thank you. Can I, how high up is the fire eater? The fire eater is rather large. Okay. Are you trying to gauge, like, if you wanted to jump? I was going to see if I could jump up. Like, onto the fire eater's head? Onto the neck where the, to, like. Oh, onto the neck. How, what is your jump? Like 25. Yeah, sure. Let's say you can do it. So you jump up and grab onto the fire eater's neck? And, like, grab, hold, and then, like, in a defensive manner to, like, block the attack from the other one, the flying one, the fire biter. The frost biter. Do you want to write these down? I have them all written. I'm just there, like. He just forgot how to read. The lie detector determined that was a lie. No, no. I have that list that Micah made all pulled up, but I have to, like, I'm looking for them, so I'm, like, which one is it? It's just, like, in terms of who we're fighting. I just may bring them down. Okay. You jump up and, you know, grab onto the fire eater's neck and take up a defensive position, Gunther. Why don't you make me a dexterity saving throw? Okay. 17. 17. Yeah. You grab on, and I assume, you know, unsheathe your rapier. And take a defensive posture. When the neck you're holding onto begins to burn with the heat of a thousand suns, and you very quickly become engulfed in flames. Saw that coming. A mile away. He saw a fire dragon god and was like, I should ride it. Hip, hip, hop. Oh. And you take 23 points of fire damage. Okay. Cool. So. I am happy I did not put my warding bond on you. I was thinking about it. Can I talk to, well, I jump up. Do not worry, fire eater. I shall protect you. Oh, then we have frog legs available as an appetizer today. Seared frog legs. You also are under what we would call a fire dragon. We would call the burning, uh, condition, Gunther. So you're going to take a little bit of fire damage at the start of your turn. And you can, during your turn, you can take an action to extinguish the fire on yourself by taking the prone condition and roll it on the ground. You basically, you stop, drop and roll. Or you could jump in a river or I don't know. You can do something else too. Just you are burning. That's, that's the important part. That's the takeaway here. That's the, that's the cliff notes. Yeah. Okay. I'm on fire. Oh, and you fell 25 feet. Oh my God. I like that. Gus was like, you know what, Chris, I didn't give you enough. What do you want to do, bud? And then now he's walking away dead. Oh, wait, I have a question. Let me take seven points of falling down. What a favor Gus. The saving throw that I did, the, uh, dexterity saving throw. Did I pass it? Uh, no. Okay. Okay. So all of you had a, had a chance. Thank you, uh, Chris for making my day. So it's their turn. I guess everyone else's turn. We would say the frostbiter is still closing. And what is the frostbiter's, I don't think he makes it there. I'm just gonna double check the flying speed. Oh, that's a faster flying speed than I thought. The flying speed is 60. Uh, so the frostbiter does make it there. And then you said that's like a polar bear type thing? Yeah. Is he an owl bear, but like polar bear form? Eh, it's, the frostbiter is not an owl bear, but I could see why you would say that. It's, the frostbiter has a polar bear head, icicle teeth, and a giant owl body with frosty feathers. And he's wearing icy blue breastplate. So he's a bear owl. Yeah. He's a bear owl. He's a bear owl. Michael made the exact same joke. And the second you said it, he wrote bear owl, very different. Okay. So the frostbiter would actually make it there. And Natty would be in the way. I'd be very clear. I was not putting myself in the act, like I'm next to the fire eater as like an alternative option for the fire, for the frostbiter to be going at. I was not gonna put myself in between these two gods. Natty's smarter than that. Gotcha. Okay. Well, in that case, lucky for you, the frostbiter ignores you and gets straight for the fire eater. So Natty's essentially Clippy. Hey, I see that you're fighting the frostbiter there. I miss Clippy. Now we just have AI. Now we have co-pilot. I want a Clippy like tattoo, honestly. I think that'd be really funny. Hey there. Awesome. It's me, Clippy. All right. Yeah. The frostbiter flies straight at the fire eater's neck and attempts with, you know, opens up his giant maw and attempts to take it. He tries to take a bite out of the fire eater's neck, but misses. At the last second, the fire eater twists their neck around, maybe looking at Gunther on the ground. And the frostbiter fails to lock his jaws around the neck of the fire eater. Way to go, Gunther. Great distraction. That a boy. Okay. So then it is Infernus' turn and her fly speed is 120. So she definitely makes it to you guys. So yeah, with like in the blink of an eye, like you see Infernus, she locks it. She locks eyes with you all. You blink and she's right in front of you, Toll. I guess you threw your javelin, you blink, and then she's right in front of you, towering over you, looking down at you and evaluating all of B-team before her. Oh, it's you in real life. Don't make us hurt you. Through gritted teeth, she yells at you. Where is the veiled eye? It's right behind you. Can I roll for persuasion or deception? There it is. Yeah. Okay. And Toll, step lightly. That is a 17. Oh, okay. Let's see. I wasn't going to, but I'll roll for her. Let's see. Come on, please. God, please. God. Does she look? Does she look? Okay. So wait, let's play this out. If she looks, what is your play? I'm going to hit her so hard with the gavel of Gaelstrom. Yeah, she does turn around, shocked, and take a look over her shoulder. Is that an opportunity attack or can I take a swing? Normally, no, but I think it's really funny, so yes. Made you look. Natty's observing this and she's thinking to herself, I can't wait for Toll to meet my wife. I did, I did. He can meet her another time. I rolled a 19 plus 6, 25, and then. You know, another way to break this warding bond I have on you, Toll, is for us to be separated by more than 60 feet. And depending on how the outcome of this goes, I might just take a little run that way. Well, so like, what's the Wi-Fi connection? Say they uppercut me and I fly about 80 feet in the air. All right, good, then. Do we depart, but then I get back into range when I land on the ground? How does that work? Okay, so Infernus turns around, looking over her shoulder, and you swing your Gavel of Gaelstrup, and you hit 25, and that actually hits. Okay, yes. I hope so. I won't lie. I cannot tell a lie. I have my shield equipped, so that is a one-handed strike. So that'll be a D8. All right, all right, all right. Hey, I rolled a 1. But. But. Hold that laughter, John Risinger. I have Savage Attacker. which was the last thing that I updated with Savage attacker once per turn, when you hit a target with a weapon, you can roll the weapon's damage dice twice and use either roll against the target. Well, it can't be worse. So I'm going to roll the damage dice again. Okay. That's better. That's two. So that's five plus the two because I'm raging. So seven. Plus. Plus. Oh, wait. No. No, sorry. It's just your AC that I get you and resistance to damage. So I don't add any. Trust me. They're about to hit real hard. So I'm going to need that AC plus. Okay. So that's seven points of damage. Paul says that and turns around and sees Doug is already running and just counting the feet as he runs. Doug's now 61 feet away. I'm 59 and a half. I'm ready to take a step. And one more thing. I have something called Storm Aura, the sea. You get a 10-foot aura effect when you start your rage and as a bonus action on each of your turns, when activated, one creature of your choice in your aura takes lightning damage. But that's on your turn, though. Okay. Never mind. Well, just you wait until that it's my turn. You take a swing at Infernus and the gavel of Gaelstrom connects. And it seems almost like from the point at which your gavel hits Infernus, four demongrels jump out like a burst of black flames and surround you. What? Like out of her head? Or out of the wound. Like her arm or, yeah, wherever she got hit. She's spewing them. You see, Infernus, you had like a zit there and I needed to pop it. And now look. You're welcome. You got those guys out of your sister and I don't have to worry about it. I bet that was uncomfortable. You're welcome. See you next week. All right. Without saying a word, she swings her blade of nether flames around, taking aim at you, Tolv. Yeah, and? Hitting AC. Oof. I only rolled a five. She hits AC 21. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, wait, wait. I mean. Oops. Keep that in and bleep it out. That's the funniest thing ever. That's the first time we've like sworn on the main podcast in a long time. I think so. It's been a while. That was the best. I have a 20 AC. So 21 hits. Barely. So close. Oh, my gosh. She has a. 16. I want to pat myself on the back for saying she had a bad roll five, and then she still hits 21. It's a level 20 character. Oh, my God. Think of Bart, but add like five more levels. Unfathomable. Yeah. The blade of nether flames slashes across your metallic chest, doing 70 points of necrotic damage. He's resistant, though. He is. He is. He's resistant to all damage. Oh, is it resistant to all damage? Yeah. All damage. Yes. Because Barb is like, Doug is only taking 35, Gustavo, okay? So 35 points of necrotic damage. All right. Listen, Tolv. It was nice while it lasted. Could Doug run away 60 feet? Is it a concentration spell? No. It only breaks if I get down to zero or if we're separated 60 feet. Run for your life. Tolv, you turn around, and there's just like, a Doug-shaped cloud of dust. Oh, oh, oh, and make me a constitution saving throw. Oh, okay. That would be 21. Do I get anything else because I'm raging? Come on, give me something because I'm raging. Come on. 21? Yeah. No, no, you made it. You're good. You only take half the damage of what he's about to say. No, you feel almost like the life was being drained out of you. What are you? But you managed to hold it in. All things considered, not as bad as it could have been, you know? Yeah. Hey, I know Tolv probably has a fair amount of health. How full is Doug's cup? Let's see, because we didn't have a rest recently. Oh, John, it overfloweth. They're doing great. Let's say about one-eighth. Okay. Doug's running on fumes. But yeah, could Doug, like, while that's happening, because we're not in initiative, so could he have just taken off? Yeah. Okay. Like a double move? Yeah, double move. Is your speed above 120? No, it's 30 feet, so I'd have to double move for 60. That's what my question was going to be. Sorry, Tolv. That's okay, I understand. So it's just Tolv and a scorched frog standing in front of Infernus. You shall not pass. And as you're running, you're going to have to run. You see, like, under your feet, as you get about 30 feet away, you see, like, a semicircle of black flames that you have to hop over. And, Tolv, all around you, a helix circle of black flames surrounds you. It's about a 30-foot radius and begins smoldering. Like, like, it's giving me, like, that Chad face where it juts out its jaw and it's going in, like, its eyes are like, mmm, like smoldering. Like, mmm, like what I'm doing right now. Took me a second to realize what you were saying. I knew what he was laying down. I got it. I got you, Blaine. Yeah. Yeah, I'm smoldering. Metagame-wise, it just makes it easier for enemies to hit you. Can I leave? Can I run away? Can I just, I just see that and I just step away and I go, okay, just going to move over. You absolutely can. So, yeah, there's no. Opportunity attack win. Yeah, that wasn't going to say it, but. The Fire Eater would see all of this. Infernus is the bad guy. The Fire Eater's mad. The Frostbiter is trying to bite the Fire Eater's neck. The Fire Eater's going to try to destroy the Frostbiter. That makes sense. The Fire Eater is going to destroy the Frostbiter. So, you could think about Frostbite as being like, that's an actual thing. So, if that helps you guys remember Frostbiter. Yeah. And to keep this Pokemon discussion going, technically, Ice Pokemon are weak to Fire Pokemon. It's true. I did learn that. Good job, Barbara. Yeah, the Fire Eater turns around, unleashing like a fire breath on the walls of Ice Cap Keep, melting out one of the walls entirely, which collapses into a mix of little bits. Of ice and water, which begins flowing all over the ground around you. And as the Fire Eater spins around, their tail flies up into the air and smacks the Frostbiter out of the air. And the Frostbiter hits the ground with a loud thud and appears to be unmoving. Oh, cool. So, Fire Eater hurt Frostbiter. Chill out. The Frostbiter is the one that has a thing with the Sea Drinker, right? Oh, good memory. Is that right? Okay. Yeah. There's like a, it's like a three, it's like a triangle of confusion. And the Fire Eater is in love with the Sea Drinker. Or there was like some sort of romance. There's some jealousy. I thought there was a romance. Well, I think it's between the Sea Drinker and the Frostbiter. I think they call it a situation ship. Is this a throuple? Frostbiter jealous of the Fire Eater and Sea Drinker. Oh, because they're a demigod as opposed to those guys, which are real gods, probably. I don't know. I think we said this last episode, so I don't feel bad saying it because of the relationship that they share. Oh, indeed. Okay, so Doug made a double move and is moving to a new town. What are the other three? I think, Natty, you were starting to say something when I interrupted you with the Fire Eater. Oh, I was going to make a dumb joke about Natty is composing a song about her long-lost friend told to sing his story to those who never got to meet him. Actually, what would Natty do at this point? Oh, could Natty address the Fire Eater? Yeah, why not? And Natty would like really try to emphasize her tongue. As she talks to show she got the split so that the Fire Eater knows that we're, you know, simpatico kind of thing. Because that's my person, right? That's my church. What is that group called again? It's the Flame Eaters. All right, I'll tell you, John. Thank you. Just if you remember. Yeah, I was just curious to see if you remember. It's the Kindlekin. Kindlekin. I was like, I know it's a double thing. Yeah, I think it's such a fun name. Okay, yeah, so you show your forked tongue. I guess you emphasize that that way the Fire Eater will see it. And what do you want to say? Natty would say, Hail, great Fire Eater. My name is Natty Wonder. As you can see, I've been, I've entered into your group of worshipers or just fans. You know, I like to think of it more as like a, as a relationship, not like a worship. Anyways, you might know my wife. She's the Silent Steed. And we were hoping that. Well, I was hoping you might help those charred creatures below us. That one's Tove. And that one's Gunther. And then that cute little so-and-so running away, that's Doug. We actually are the ones who set you free. So we could use some help making sure that we survive this whole shindig. Because that lady. The lady down there with the sword, I think she means business. Uh, make me a, let's call it a Persuasion check with advantage. Because you showed your Kindlekin tongue. That's 18 for the first roll, and a six. We're going to go with the 18 there, Gus. That's pretty good. I think the Fire Eater would be amenable to what you're dropping here. Also, it helps that Infernus is attacking you because the Fire Eater is not an Infernus fan, especially not at the moment. I think the Fire Eater would, uh, would look at you. narrow her eyes, would address you now. Maddie, and just say, Flee! Oh, this command? Okay, message, no, message heard, message heard. In order for us to flee, I feel like we could use maybe just a little bit of some expeditious assistance. Is there anything you might be able to provide my little friends down there? Some sort of teleportation or something? Anything, you know, maybe just like a distraction from infer, I don't know, anything. I'm just a humble kindlekin, beseeching a really cool-looking dragon. I mean, you got to tell me who your stylist is, because they are working it. The Fire Eater would kind of rise to her full height and look down at the Undarians below, and every Undarian within 120 feet, except for Infernus, drops their weapon and prostrates themselves before the Fire Eater in fear. I mean, that helps, that helps. Yes, queen. The Fire Eater reaches down, and it looks like she's trying to grab at Infernus directly. Perfect. Could we call that free action talking? Or is that my action? Okay. Yeah. Then I want to help. How can Natty help these boys move faster? Oh, could I make a little shadow portal? Yeah. Fancy. Is there a door that hasn't been melted close by? Like maybe one of them igloos? Yeah, I'd say that there are several floating freely now. I did mention that that wall collapsed. So they're floating out past the walls of the keep at this point, like out to the surrounding area. Oh, actually, I forget. This is actually, I've misread this every single time. It's that you create the door, but the door can be in a wall, cliff, tree, or similar structure. So I'm just going to create a portal. I'm going to shoot my portal gun, and I'm going to shoot it down. You know what? I'm going to shoot it down underneath the broken frog so that he just falls through. Whee! Because he's going to need to deal with burns more than deal with doors. And I'm going to set it just 200 feet outside of where we are. Call it a rock or a tree that Natty can see. Or we're in some sort of mound of a glacier, a wall of ice, whatever. Absolutely. Okay. And then Natty yelled out, and as Gunther falls through, like, Tov, follow the frog. Tov would like, okay. And then he just like, not like jump in, he would slowly just kind of like crawl his way in. Just like one foot. Just trust falls in. You haven't seen the last of me, baby birdies. Get in the hole! And then Natty would use the rest of her movement for that, so she hasn't moved at all, to just start flying away. Okay. As you're flying away, and Doug, as you're running in that direction, you see that the remaining walls of Ice Cap Keep begin to fall, and melt. And you hear the furious sounds of, you hear roars and sounds of furious combat coming in from what remains of Ice Cap Keep. And it fades into the distance as you put some space between yourselves and that location. You all reconvene at a safe distance where Natty's portal had plopped out the frog. And you take in the scene, and you know, you watch Ice Cap Keep fall down and become totally destroyed from a safe distance. Am I solid-fire? Yeah. You're, like, sizzling now. I will say you put it out. I will stomp you out, put out the rest of the flames. Thank you. I like to think Tov, like, shapes Gunther like a basketball. And, like, begins dribbling him around, putting him, like, between his legs. So you find yourself back not too far from where you were initially when you looked at the Veiled Veil and regarded all of the different options before you. You know, you see before you a valley blanketed with darkness, except for moonlight in the distance. You see where a glacial fortress once stood. You also see a spherical building that sways between two dead trees and a labyrinth gated by luminescent golden mist. Can I do a quick pause to send a message out? Just close. Yeah. To who? I'll close my eyes and I'll say, "Hey, Seedrinker. It's me. It's Tov again. I know. Ooh." Quick little update. This might affect you. Just want to let you know. Uh, we let the Fire Eater out last we saw him. Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who was that? Why are you--? It was like that-- We let the Fire Eater out. Oh, yeah. Okay. So, sorry. That was Gunther. He was making a joke. He's blowing on his arm. He's still on fire. I'm very badly injured. Yeah, he's taking inspiration. Die, Gunther. That was fun. Okay. Um, so anyways, last we saw them, they were fighting in Furnace. They seemed to have handled things with a frostbiter, but thought you'd want to know. Love and kisses. Bye. That's my prayer. I think before we make our decision for the next episode, the next place we should go, we should set up camp. I think now is a good time for us to try to find a defensible position that's not in sight of all that over there, um, and take a little nannies. I would agree with you, Natty. That was a beautiful song there, Doug. I like that. Thank you. I'm afraid for my life, so I would like to, uh, maybe restore myself a little bit, and I think Gunther also could use it. Doug turns to Gunther. Gunther and he's just smoking. I really liked that warding bond. Should we do that again sometime? Uh, you know, I'll consider it. Maybe when we're going up against someone who isn't in Furnace. Okay. She's really scary. Tolv, why don't you make me a religion check? Can you pray to the sea, Drinkle? 16. Oh. You finish up your prayer, and in your mind, uh, you hear a response. You hear what's said in your mind. It sounds like a roaring fire and screams. Okay. Read receipts are on, so I think they got the message. Wait, but does that mean they were in there? Or maybe there. Because we were just in a place with roaring fire and screams. Wait, did we miss the sea drinker? Maybe they have the same bond that you, the, the warding bond as well, and they were connected with the, uh, frostbiter. Frostbiter! Guys, I think, uh, I assume Tolv tells us that we're in the wrong place. I think we're in the wrong place. All right. This is a long rest. I have hit the long rest button. Okay. 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And, you know, like Natty said, like we're in trance and stuff like that. I feel like it wouldn't take long for Tolv to kind of get back to where he was, because his HP wasn't quite as low as Tolv's. Everybody else's. Can he at least, like, observe what was going on? Like, there's got to be a light show off on the horizon from where we left. Can he see if this fight's still going? Kind of how it went? Is there any trace of the sea drinker? OK, so make me, before I answer, I guess, make me an intelligence check. OK. Oh, almost 20, 13. OK, you, you know, are observing the the fight in the distance, which actually does not last that much longer once you all flee. The intelligence check. The entire ice cap keep is raised and is no longer standing. However, the light show does die down pretty quickly. And, you know, as you're sitting there watching that and as you're thinking about the message you received from the sea drinker, you don't think it sounded like the same as the location where you just were. It didn't sound like ice cap keep. OK, well, I wouldn't wake everybody up and say, guys, I think I've solved it. I would wait until the morning, but I would pass that information along. Sure. OK, well, good morning, everybody. Hope you got a restful night's sleep. We have two options of our next locations to abscond to. I vote for the one that is not a maze we could get lost in. I, I would acquiesce leadership. I believe I have leadership to talk. Oh, OK. Yes, I'm ready to take up the mantle of leadership. Now that I'm rested and not tied to Toll's HP anymore. Yeah, you'd showed a lot of leadership back there with that boarding bond, though. Because of that. Yeah, I think I rewarded you with some nice brown noise while you were sleeping. I was by your ear going. And I gently woke you like an alarm clock going cuckoo, tweet, tweet. Well, my sleep score was off the charts today. I tracked that, too. You did. You got it. You got an eighty nine. Not bad, not bad. So now you're saying we should avoid the one that's kind of a maze like if we look out here. I mean, they're. It's probably like a 50/50 chance of, you know, one's more dangerous than the other. But when I see a maze that's covered in a mist, I go, maybe that's for later Natty's problems. And today's Natty gets to go to the cool place that's like an ore building that I don't know, might have a coffee shop or something. Well, I don't know about that. But, you know, they both look pretty good. And don't worry, Natty, because Doug could figure it out. Even if it is a maze. Well, since you're now our appointed leader, you you do have the say. So we have to step in line and Natty salutes to Doug. Should I let chance determine our fate? I mean, I don't I don't think we should. I think we should make decisions based off of deduction and reasoning. If there is a God of chance, I think they hate us. We could the swinging house thing is on the way to the maze. Maybe we could stop in and do a sneak. It is the morning and you guys do need coffee. And it does seem like a pretty dope coffee shop. If this isn't a coffee shop, I'm going to be very disappointed. So I want to be very clear. I don't think it's a coffee shop. All right. So we're going to go to this swinging coffee shop. Gus, lock it in. OK, sounds like we want to go to the building that's kind of hanging in between and kind of floating up there doing his thing. You know, it looks nice. Yeah, I'm sure it's just going to be just as crazy as the other place. What's the name of the coffee shop, by the way? The Hanging Bean. I was going to say Star Trunks. Oh, that's good. Because it's hanging. It's between trees. Yeah. Take an inspiration diadron. Yeah. You all approach this location and it's a spherical building that slowly sways like a hammock between two dead trees. And as you get closer, you see there's a sign and the sign reads. Welcome to Apothecarium. Open dusk till dawn. Cool. It's a shop. Open dusk till dawn, huh? Oh, wait. Is it closed? It's dawn right now. Or did we sleep? Because, gosh darn it. Oh, it's only open at night. All right. Natty hits, I think it's T to pull up to, like, skip time. And you can kind of set how long you sleep till the next time. Sounds like we're going to the maze with the gold dust, everybody. OK, yep. So you all make your way over to the labyrinth? Sure do. Yeah, let's go see David Bowie. You walk over, avoiding the spiders from Mars, and you find a pitch black labyrinth gated by luminescent golden mist. Any any signs or is there like a door? Tracks. Yeah. What are we looking at? Just an open hedge maze? What's the maze made of? Something clearly open for us to go inside. So it's not a hedge maze. It's thick glass walls. Labyrinth. That's confusing. Yeah, but it's pitch black, like black glass. Well, it's thick glass walls, but the inside is black, like there's no light source. So it's just. Could Doug use his or his magical tinkering to pull up a little rock and use a five foot radius light on it? Sure. Like a little flashlight? Sure. Is it like volcanic stone? It's just like it's like thick glass walls. OK, OK, OK. I'm reading as like it's a magical darkness. Yeah, possibly. Yeah. And it's pitch black and you see this golden mist that seems to be floating. Uh, near the entrance. Natty, you said something that piqued my interest. Or John, one of you, John or Natty said something that piqued my interest a little earlier. Why don't you make me a survival check? That's an 18. What is Natty's survival modifier? Plus zero, 18. You do see some tracks walking in and out of the entrance of this labyrinth. And it seems like feline type tracks. We encountered some feline type creatures earlier, did we not? Correct. They were the tent guys. Yeah. And they had gold mist, too. They did. Sure. Well, it seems as good a place as any place to start a maze. So if we just keep following the right wall, as long as this isn't like a magical maze, we should be able to we should probably stay in contact with each other since it's dark in there. Why don't we follow the footsteps? If we're able to see them, I assume it's too dark to maybe, unless you use your skills to feel them on the ground. I was going to say we should test to see if the light is able to escape this dark place. Doug, do you want to step in with your special rock and see if we can see you? Yes. Here I go. And that was the last we saw of Doug. Here I go. Doug, you step in and you hear a voice in your head. Bring forth innermost thy novelty to bear and unearth thy providence to the freshest of air. Everything's got to be a fancy Shakespearean riddle with you, Micah. When you walk in, it seems like your your rock gives off far less light than it did before. But still a little bit? Yeah, a tiny little bit. Okay. Natty will cast dancing lights to assist as much as she can. And those are able to move with her. And they are, I think there's like four of them. Yep. Four torch-sized lights within range, making them appear as torches. You can also combine the four lights into one glowing, vaguely humanoid form of medium size. Never seen that before. Yeah, we're going to have Glowy walk with us. This is my buddy Glowy. He's going to be, he's going to walk with us through this maze. I love it. Tell him to scout ahead. Yeah, yet another NPC. Doug, also, since you walked in, make me a dexterity saving throw as well. 21. Okay. Doug, you walk in and that golden mist, you know, surrounds you and swirls all around you. And it's almost like it's sticking to your body, to your fur, but then it slowly slides off. Okay. And did I feel anything when it stuck to me? Like any temporary effect? No, no. It just, it tickled a little. Okay. Natty, we'll walk in behind Doug and grab Doug's shoulder. Okay. Make me a dexterity saving throw as well. What? Saving throw. 3, 17. Same thing. Yeah, you see the golden mist swirling all around you and like adhering to your body and then just kind of slowly sliding off. Oh my God, Doug, someone's grabbing your shoulder. Hello? Would I not recognize that being Natty's hand? Maybe. Has Natty ever put her hand on your shoulder like that? Why? I. I think so. I think we've hugged before. And it's dark and scary. It's just, it's just me, Doug and Gigi as Gigi walks in with Mama and Cat and Grumbles and Glowy. And Glowy. I want to join the conga line behind Glowy. Yeah. Okay. Colvin, Gunther, both of you make me a dexterity saving throw as well since you're stepping in. That's a 24. I rolled an eight, but I have advantage on dex. So. That is a nine. Could I possibly use flash of genius on toll? When you use an ability check or saving throw, you could use, I could use my reaction to add plus four to your roll. Oh, 13. So it's a 13. Thanks, Doug. Yeah. Gunther, same with you. The glowing mist circles all around you, touches you, it tickles a little bit, and then it slowly rolls off of you like water off a duck's back. And, and do we hear the voice? Yeah, all of you as you step in, you hear that same voice in your head repeating the same thing. Oh. Toll. Yeah. The mist circles around you and begins touching you, however, it does not roll off of you. Even with the flash of genius? It adheres to you and sticks to you, and you're covered in a golden mist of light, and you're radiating a dim light in a 10 foot radius. Oh. Oh, so it's a good thing. Oh. What? Um, here, Natty wants to talk to Doug, uh, to remind Natty of this. Natty has something that Natty can't remember right now. Yes, what's up? Actually, the whole group can, can join in. But when we, when we saw them kitties with the tents, do you guys remember what our interaction with them was? 'Cause I feel like one of us was glowing during that time, too. Might have been Tov. Did they run away? Well, they did. We, we, I, I talked to them. I'm looking, I'm reviewing my thoughts. This did happen. If you don't remember, I'll tell you, but I'm curious to see if, if anyone has any notes. No. Yeah. So what we told you at the time was that. When you're coated with this, that enemy attacks have advantage. Okay, that's what I thought. Someone, someone was, was it Tov? Was Tov glowing? I think it was Tov. Okay, my memory's not terrible. It's just not good to remember things two months ago, apparently. Perhaps this is a defensive mist to guard something to, so that we are vulnerable and cannot see, so we should use our ears. I agree, that's a good one. And noses. And all the other senses, too, even the sixth sense. Hmm. Dead people. The Bruce Willis. I see gold people. All right, Doug, you're, you're in the lead, leading your, your group. You're both the leader and the, or I should say, you're both the leader of this military detachment and the leader in this line, as you are the first in line. Conga line. Conga line, and you, you know, you are finding your way through this winding path of glass walls that spirals before you. It's dizzying how far it twists and turns. I mean, are you even taking the right path? Does it ever end? Got to find some right path cards here. Oh. Oh. Okay, I was going to say, I was going to have a whole strategy at hand to figure it out. Is it? Oh, you're messing, no, no, no. He's messing, he's messing. No, no, no, I'm messing with you, I'm messing with you. Yeah, I was going to say, we need to be, like, dropping snacks or something. But after several twists and turns, you come to a slight clearing in the labyrinth. And before you, you find a glass table with various tools. There's a cylindrical glass column with red, thick liquid inside at the bottom. And a boulder-sized glass bulb. You all hear that same voice in your head again. "Leaveth thy foothills of framework and seek. Thy pinnacle of production reacheth thy peak. Bestow thy birthed brainchild, though certainly not human. Mine pillar of plasm shall likewise illumine." I think it's telling us to sacrifice Gigi. I don't know if that's what it's saying. It's the only thing I can interpret. I actually think it's telling us to sacrifice Gigi. I think Tov is in the right direction, but not hitting the target. It's saying something about production and reaching our peak. It's, like, plasma's also blood. Maybe that's what's in that jar. Could Doug go inspect what's in that jar, the liquid? Micah, is it plasm or plasma? 'Cause you wrote plasm in the chat. That's also what Gus said, plasm. Like ectoplasm. Well, then I don't know what that word is. Plasm. Could I go look at what's in the jar, though? Yeah, that's smart. Go, Doug. Yeah, take an inspiration dive for. for acknowledging I said plasm. Me? Uh, Barbara, yeah. I already have one. Uh, you go take a look. So it's a cylindrical glass column with a red, thick liquid inside at the bottom. And you wanted to investigate that? Yes, I wanted to see if I could tell if it's blood or what it is. Yeah, make a. investigation check. Not like a medicine? No, no, investigate. You drink it, maybe you could do a medicine check. It's 11. Use. I'll give an inspiration dice. Well. I could use my own. I'll use my own. Investigate again. That was a 15 this time. Okay. You poke around and look at it, and it's definitely not blood. You have a very tinkering mind. You're an artificer, Doug, so, you know, you're used to looking at things like this, so you could tell it's definitely not blood. You think that it is some kind of marker, some kind of indication. So not something you consume? No, you do not believe so. Marker? So, like, maybe we have to. It's like a paint? Is it okay to put on ourselves a rune? We have to maybe make. make something, build something? Do I notice any of the color of this, like, anywhere else in the room? It's just a ring around Giggie's face. Definitely not consumable. Uh, no, I'll say you do not. The bulb. You described it as a bulb. Like a light bulb or like a plant bulb? What are we looking at here? Boulder-sized. It's a boulder-sized glass bulb. I'd say more like a light bulb, not. not a plant bulb. But it's a. is it a closed shape or is there an orifice? It is a closed shape. And it's just huge. You would know it, Natty, I guess. You would probably know this as being kind of like a light bulb. So we wouldn't. It's not like the liquid inside is open to the air. It's. you can't just reach in and touch it. Like, it's like it's just closed inside the bulb. The liquid is in a. the glass column. So it's all enclosed. It's not like. Correct. And what else? Oh, I misspoke. John, you would know it as a light bulb. I think I said Natty would know it as a light bulb. Well, Natty knows what light bulbs are. She's smart. What else is on this table? There are just various tools laid out here on this glass table. This is an Earth Day providence to the fresh. Is it something about, like, finish the project you were working on and release it, share your. what you're. what you've created? Could Natty just hand the pillar to Gigi? And see if anything happens? It's probably too big for that, but you could, like, position Gigi over there if you want to. Oh, it's that big? Yeah. Well, the bulb itself is, like, boulder-sized, so it's pretty big. Oh. Well, wait, so the column and the boulder. the bulb are big? Yeah, they're both big. Okay. Bring. bestow thy birth, brainchild. I don't know if it's Gigi now. I think it's just, like, an idea. Like, you know, like, a light bulb is like, "Ding!" You have an idea, and it wants us to come up with an idea. An idea for. to make something productive? Seems like, yeah, inventory or tinkery-based. And then I think it'll. it means maybe this helps us escape, 'cause it's something about to the freshest of air. Is there a version of this where I can turn the difficulty of this game down a little bit? Does it need. does it want an offering? Could I. I have a question. Do I have my Echo Pulse Locator on me still? Yes. Could I put it down on the table? Oh, look at you. Make me. an intelligence check. How dumb was that idea? Let's find out. I think. I think you're. I think you're doing something smart here. -Oh, gosh. -Oh, dang it. I rolled a six, and I used my inspiration die. You can have mine. Okay. Intelligence, once again. -Yes! -Oh! -23. -Yeah! -Thank you, Gondor. -Very good, very good. The level of the liquid in the cylinder rises, and while it rises, it changes in color from red to orange. Okay. - Mm. - Oh, that's why you need an indicator, okay. Oh, oh, let's put our thinking hats on. And then you've got to put his eel skin hat on. Nice. You mean on the table? But are you going to give it to the table? To the table and put the hat. Put the thinking hat on the table. Yeah, make me an intelligence check. With no inspiration, no. Well, I have mine. We're going to burn through them. I want to see what happens when he fails. Nothing seems to happen. Natty is just like, I got to do this again. And she puts her auto harp on the table. I just got this dang thing. I've got an idea in mind after the auto harp. Okay. Make me an intelligence check. 14, 14. The auto harp sits there. Make me a perception check as well, Natty. Dirty 20. Okay. Yeah, you put the auto harp on there and nothing seems to happen. However, you hear the sound of sawdust. Soft footfalls coming from behind you. And you turn around and you see yet another one of those tent-shaped felines slowly walking into the room. Oh, hi, kitty. Do they seem angry? It does yet another slow blink at Natty. Yeah, remember, we figured that out. Barbara's having a conniption. Trying to do slow blinks. Natty slow blinks back and bows. And then goes, hey, do you know the answer? Here, this little room? Like, will we, do you speak? Could we communicate somehow? It looks at you as you're talking. Then it looks at the glass table and pads over and walks to the table. And it does that thing. I'm sure you've seen cats where they get on their back. Like, they put their front legs on the table and look at what's on it. And it starts batting at your auto harp. Okay. Natty picks it up and takes it back. And turns and looks at you. Okay. Natty just opens her arms up and goes, what, what do I give? I think I have an idea at what it's wanting. Okay. Good evening, sharks. I am here to bring my invention. So as we've been on our quest, I've been collecting some body parts of Undarians to patch my Bjorn skin. And I have made this undergarment of skin from Undarians. I call it Undervair. That's very good. And I put it down on the table. And that is my invention. Wow. Take an inspiration die. Undervair is very good. What, uh, what, what, uh, how much are you looking for? And what percent of your company are you offering here? I'm looking for six million down and you can get five percent. Wow. Yeah. That's a very high valuation. Three hundred million dollars, I believe. Yeah. Yeah. I hope we restock that at store.stinkydragonpod.com. Once we get, uh, Tolv's beard, we can sell some Undervair with it. Undervair. Make me, uh, an intelligence check, Tolv. Okay. Uh, that is a, okay. Not bad. Sixteen. Yeah. The level of the liquid seems to rise. And once again, it changes color from orange to yellow. Oh. And the, the bulb begins slowly brightening with light. So I think it wants physical manifestations of ideas. So it's Doug's invention, my piece of crap that I just came up with. And I think we just need like one or two more things where it's like, Hey, don't call it that. I think it's a very smart invention. Actually, Tolv, Undervair, I mean, come on. What happens if Natty plays a song that Natty wrote? Yeah. So how would you do that? Just from where you are, you pick up your auto harp and start singing a song or playing a song? Maybe sit on the table. Sure. Natty sits on the table. I, I, I'm, I'm here for ideas. Yeah. You sit on the table and begin plucking at your auto harp. The, the cat creature seems very intent, is watching you very intently as you do this. A material, a material. Stinky. The story's over. If you, if you're on our Patreon, you can go listen to Now That's What I Call Stinky. John and I both sang Material Girls. Amongst many others. You don't have to though. You don't have to. It's, yeah, it's wonderful. It's a recording. It's, it's, now that's what I call something. Make me an intelligence check, Natty. Seven. Nope. No inspiration die on there? No, I do have inspiration die. I'll use it. 16. Oh, okay. Yeah, the level of the liquid rises and the liquid changes in color once again from yellow to green. And the bulb brightens and seems to have, just seems to reach like a maximum intensity. And with that, you see yet another egress present itself to you. Could Natty try to, to like reach out a hand to like thank the, the kitty? Yeah, make an animal handling check. 13 plus zero, 13. Yeah, I'd say that it like flattens its ears as you reach out to it and seems like it's ready to bolt at any moment. Okay, Natty pulls her hand back. No pets. No pets. And then once you pull your hand back, the, the cat takes off running. Oh, just like a real cat. Okay. Well, we solved this room. Bye-bye, kitty. Kitty. Should we conga line to the, the egress? Yes. Okay. Same, same conga line order? Why not? Yes. Did we solve that? Or was that? Are we? You, you, you've given that to us. Gift horse. Gift horse. Get away from its mouth. I say nay. We got it. We got, we, we, we did it correctly, clearly. What do you think? Let me, let me, let me turn it to you. What do you think, Blaine? Yeah, I think we, I think we got along the lines of what you wanted. I don't know if it's exactly what you wanted, but sometimes you guys like loosen the rules and you're like, eh, good enough. Yeah, we solved it. Yeah. Yeah. A brainchild, something you created with your brain. Yeah. Yeah, underwear. Came in clutch. Exactly. And unfortunately for that reason, I'm out. Oh, the timing. So good. Take an inspiration dive. That was, such good timing. Okay, yeah. So you all continue winding your way through the labyrinth. Seems like you can't make heads or tails of the direction you're going. And eventually you open out into another room. And in this room, you see a black and white chessboard that's six by five, so 30 squares. Okay. In the northwest corner, you see a patch of grass with blossom flowers and hatchling birds tweeting merrily. In the opposite corner, which I guess would be the southeast, snow falls and dried up roots and skeletal remains are on it. And you all hear a voice in your head. Mine own days are numbered to thy best laid plans. I counteth to twelve, but ne'er by hand. Blizzard by way blossom, Cradle cometh for crypt. Till thou reacheth the end of mine well-seasoned script. It's gotta be seasons. Is he talking about seasonal depression? I don't know. Well, it's got 12. So yeah, that's like months. Blizzard by way of blossom is winter giving way to spring. Cradle. No, uh, spring going to winter. Blizzard, oh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Cradle cometh for, so winter, you know, cometh. Well, season, well, definitely season. Natty steps on the spring looking spot and sees what happens. So like in the very, in the northwest corner? Yeah, let's just do something. Yeah, you go out there and stand on it and nothing seems to happen. But, dramatic pause, everyone else when you're looking at Natty, she looks good. Well, yeah, duh. I mean, tell us something new, Gustavo. Does she have like a new skincare routine or something? She's looking younger and fresher. Uh-oh. Keep going all the way to the end. Is she going to turn into a baby? Try walking in all the way in, uh, direction. Yeah, this thing's, this thing's 30 squares, which is basically a month. So I'm going to head from Sunday all the way to Saturday. Okay, so you work your- Which isn't the, it's six, so it's not Sunday to Saturday. So it's Sunday to Friday. You work your way across a horizontal line then. Yeah, going east. A row versus a column. Thank you. Correct. Thank you. Horizontal line, what am I, stupid? Yeah, come on, excel. Yeah, that also works. Yeah, you work your way down the row and, uh, you still seem to be getting younger, but maybe not quite as rapidly as you were initially. That's weird. It looks like Maddie's getting younger currently. Yes. With each subsequent square. It's saying count to 12, but never by hand. So it's not like every square she's getting younger and younger. She just continues to get younger regardless of where she's standing in those six squares. It's like a ticking clock, I guess, as soon as you get on there. So 12 would be the 12 months, right? Yeah. I mean, yeah, I mean, unless it's referring to something else. So what happens if Maddie at the end of this row goes down one column? Anything bad? It seems like you're stabilized and you're not necessarily getting much younger. You're more or less at equilibrium. Um, what, what, hey, Maddie turns her group. What should I do next? I don't know. It seems like whatever you're doing is actually working because it seems like you're getting better. It says blizzard by the way, blossom. Cradle cometh. For crypt, maybe you take something from the, uh, spring area and take it to the crypt. What? Like a flower. Like a flower. How about to accomplish that, Maddie just goes west on row two. Yeah, you go west on row two and very slowly you start getting younger again. Okay. Okay, so they gotta go in order. Wait, that's weird. Keep me. Because that's going backwards. If you're going from east to west, that's going backwards in the calendar, which means you'd be aging in reverse. - How about we try something crazy? Natty pulls a bitch out. up and just goes diagonal to blizzard diagonal to blizzard so like to the southeast corner yeah why not what's gonna happen yeah you move to the southeast corner and you begin aging do you feel like your knees hurt your body just aches in general and it's hard to stand up straight cradle decrypt kids make you upset the sound of tick tocks and six seven upset you is it us currently what happens if daddy stands on the blizzard square that's where you went right to the to this yeah yeah okay that's what so that's yeah okay and then natty runs back to the spring square and then yeah the opposite happens you get a younger okay you begin like moving your hands up and down all right doug's doug said he could figure this out doug figured out that's right taking something from the spring side to the all right natty grabs a flower can natty grab a flower yeah i'll get one of the birds um you stop with the birds oh you don't want to push anywhere near you though right gunter i know take the bird and take it away i'm not gonna try to catch a bird right now i'm gonna pick up a flower all right so you take you pick up a flower from the northwest corner and you take it to the southeast corner am i understanding that correctly sure yeah yeah yeah you take it to the southeast corner and it very quickly withers okay and the petals fall off yeah take the bird now wait what if you took one of the skellingtons back to the spring corner dang that tov that's probably smart i grab a i grab a i grab some bones i just gather them all up and i run over to the the pool who's it gonna be oh it's a corpse bride for cat and grumbles cat and grumbles yeah you take those bones with you and uh you know once you step back up into the northwest corner the bones it's almost like they begin decomposing but in reverse composing we'd call that composing composing and it sounds beautiful recomposing there you go recomposing and then after just a few seconds there's a bird chirping in your hands no not again get that bird you created more birds okay and natty looks for the egress that opens because because toll figured it out we did it all right could gunther try and get all the birds to take them wait wait oh is there so the the the room is the complete calendar there's no way of like skirting around the edge so that i could start in the winter part right correct i'll say you all when you first enter the room you're like in the doorway so you're not on the grid uh that's where the three of you are standing watching natty from the entire room itself is uh the grid how many birds are there there's seven i'm wondering how many skulls are there on the other side five oh twelve twelve seven and five twelve i made those numbers up i made those numbers up oh we did it we did it we did it natty just yells out it's a year it's a year yell it like a baby natty i don't know how to yell like natty like a baby you gotta lose your balls it's a year it's a year it's a yeah very good very good get inspiration done it's very good that strains my voice so much my days are are mine own days are numbered to thy best laid plans i counteth to twelve but ne'er by hand blizzard by way blossom cradle cometh for crypt till thou reacheth the end of mind well seasoned script i think we should get all the birds and take them the skulls okay let's let's yeah you know what no i think we should do the opposite we've been saying but uh let's let's that's yes and gunther and natty starts trying to grab birds can i help natty you're now crawling on all fours son of a trying to grab at birds oh google gaga natty try walking in the sequence of the dates to get there natty starts crying doug holds up something shiny uh towards natty follow the sparkly thing okay i'll i'm gonna pull a gigi and i'm gonna roll a dice to see if i follow oh god i rolled a seven daddy doesn't follow gunther grabs uses his tongue and zip you have hands you sicko you have hands i do not want to get near birds i'll help gather birds okay so gunther you pull natty to where towards the center so they stop being baby time okay and while that's going on toll you're going to go try to catch birds in that first square yeah okay do you have to make like a an attack or something to hit natty gunther it's a 10-foot range trying to grab something they need to make a dex grapple check with it 10-foot range you want and they can't i can't move anything more than 10 pounds so it's baby natty more than 10. we'll we'll fudge it from that one for this time but you are going to need to step in and get a little closer if you want to pull 10 feet yeah all right okay gunther steps in make that dexterity check i guess natty unless you want to willingly fail it let me see if nat's willing 11. do you want to pull the dexterity check i guess natty unless you want to willingly fail it let me see if natty is willing 11. natty is willing so okay and he fails gunther is in the middle and pulls baby natty towards the center and natty you slowly start aging and becoming your the age we know you all come to uncle gunky natty reaches a rebellious teenager phase and shoots uncle gunky in the face with an elder so told you go up to that square and you start trying to gather the birds make a like a touch attack roll up d20 and add your dexterity and proficiency modifier that's a 14 and i have a plus three on dexterity and then what's your modifier 17. efficiency is three so that's 20. nice sure you're able to grab all the birds why not yay oh excellent job yes wow now take them to heaven okay but before i do that i take off my face my uh uh skin suit yeah my skin suit to see if it'll regenerate my papa leave him in the in the life corner i'll come back for you you're gonna be alive and with me forever and always i've solved the answer to death i've conquered it skin just gets smaller that's exactly what happens barbara the skin uh begins getting smaller oh bjorn was so cute as a baby as a skinned baby okay all right we're gonna move on uh i take the birds to the death corner and see if that does anything the birds all very quickly age and pass away and turn into bones and serves them right yeah yeah could uh doug try something yeah what's up doug could he just basically go through from start so like what day one on the calendar would be and move down from left to right down the calendar until he's on the 12th day yes you will have to reset once you reach the end of row one into row two and i have a plan for that okay what is that plan he pulls out gambot stands on his head and asks gambot to launch him using his force and power to end over to the other side that's smart interesting yeah you uh do that you know you get across to the end of row one and you stand on gambot and get locked over to the first column in row two make me a dexterity check just to make sure you land where you want to uh doug okay 12. well uh yeah you're able to stick the landing it's not the most graceful landing but you land uh on your intended target okay and then you continue your way through all of row two correct yes yeah as you do this you know you let you start on the first square and then move your way through the first row and then the second row and you feel yourself becoming younger feeling more spry and then that process slows as you work your way through the different squares until you've eventually feel like you've reached equilibrium and you're more or less at the age you feel is appropriate for yourself okay and i'll stop there okay 12 your joints are starting to lock up come to me come to me where i am yeah no anger is opened up so i'm gonna take all the bird bones throw them back into spring and then follow the path that doug did okay or just stand on 12. yeah yeah i just i can't sleep knowing i killed all these baby birds so i wouldn't i want all 12 of them that was the spot that i stopped and i was the right age what death the the no the one where doug is right now yeah so i joined doug as well i'll join there yeah before i die i'll gather the birds put them on the first corner and then go back yeah you all seem to more or less be an appropriate age what you would expect all right okay all right i want to do this i want to run up and down 12 times through it through all of the different squares yeah i wanted a full circle running like a year and do it try it yeah but keep an eye on those birds every time i get to spring they've been animated and reanimated and dead and re-alived every time yeah you uh begin running through all of the different squares doing laps doing 12 laps of course giving plenty of space to the birds uh every time you get close to them doug as he's as you're watching him do this i want you to make me a perception check get that brain working 16. yeah you're watching gunther run around and as he's you know making progress going around something catches your eye in one of the squares that he steps in it's a square where you all are standing you look down and you can see that there's a rune on the ground that's barely visible it's kind of obscured by the stuff that you're standing on and you can see that there is a roman numeral on this square what is the roman numeral X-I-I Twelve That's my name Gunther, make me a constitution check Okay Fourteen Okay, yeah, you're able to complete all your laps You're very tired, but you do it All right, now that Gunther's tired himself out Gunther, come stand on this square with us Okay, I'm gonna stand Just do a little hop over Yeah, okay Yeah, yeah Yeah, nothing seems to happen Are there any other runes on any other of the squares? You look at the one next to you, Gunther And you see that there is one on there, too It says X-I Eleven It's eleven What about the one on the other side of this one? Like below you? I guess what would be south of you? Yeah, we're at the end of the row We're at the end of the row, okay Right, right, because it's six Okay, is it just asking us to go one through twelve? Or one through thirty in the entirety? That's what I did Yeah, I just did it twelve times Count to twelve, but never by hand Oh, like a one What if it's a clock? Yeah, just a Do we see any sort of clock in here? Make a Make an investigation check Fifteen You look around and you don't see a clock per se However, well, like I assume you're like looking on the walls and the ceiling And just like around in general Or is there like any specific place you want to like focus your search on? I just want to look at the floor some more Just because seeing like the numerals Roman numerals were down there And so I want to see if there's anything else that might be kind of Covered up Yeah, you don't find a clock per se However, at the very northern end of the room Kind of in the center You do see a long rune that seems out of place Oh A long rune? Yeah M-M-X-X-V-I Is that two hundred and twenty-one? What is that? M-X-X-V-I Twenty-six Oh, V-I Is that M is two? Twenty-twenty-six Twenty-twenty-six So that's this year Huh And that's on the north? Yeah, the north Can we go back to 2019 and stay there and fix it? And put a vaccine and some masks? But then we'll never have our hit TikTok I'm okay with that A New Year's Eve one Okay So that's the current day Is there any of the runes like lit up? Or like How about Natty stands on one that says X-V-I That'd be sixteen Like sixteen like today You go down To the north To sixteen Which isn't too far from where you are It's just down one more row And kind of in the middle And yeah, you feel nothing unusual If anything, you feel like you are the exact At the exact place in time The exact age you should be Can twelve go to three? Three, yeah You go up to three And similar to the first square You begin getting younger pretty quickly I'm gonna hop over to the sixteen as well Yeah I guess we'll go to sixteen We'll go to the sixteen For reference, we're filming this on the sixteenth Everybody at home For everyone playing along Yeah, you feel pretty centered Pretty much where you should be I'm gonna stay All right, well, that was solved So Is that the end of your script, sir? Script keeper Script keeper That's a good reminder For our audience at home I'll re-read the voice that you all heard When you first walked in Okay Mine own days are numbered To thy best laid plans I counteth to twelve But ne'er by hand Blizzard by way blossom Cradle cometh the crypt Till thou reacheth the end Of mine well-seasoned script Is there like a button we could click for a hint or Is there anything else? How about this? How about this? Actually, Natty can't help Since we have done a long Rest I'm gonna do Augury Ooh, I like Augury And it is the thing that allows me to I'm able to talk to an otherworldly entity About the results of a specific course of action That you plan to take within the next 30 minutes And then I get response There's wheel, woe Wheel and woe and nothing Okay? Please So Natty's standing here with her friends She's hugging everybody She's got her hands around all of them And she just Kind of starts centering herself And reaching out to this otherworldly entity Whoever it is that Is the Augury It might be Silent Steed Yeah, who are you reaching out to? I think it's Silent Steed Okay Okay, so then I go Hmm, how would I ask this kind of like I receive an omen from an otherworldly By the results of a specific course of action Okay How about she asks her friends How should I phrase How should I ask What kind of action we're gonna take Because I'm gonna get like a yes or no Or maybe so Are you asking us? Yeah, that's Natty's talk Why did they pick 12 birds? I mean, can you ask for a clarifying question? That was just random Maybe just like Are we thinking about this in the right way? Are we like on the right track? Oh sure, like a hot and cold Yeah Yes, Natty just thinks that Like are we heading in the right direction? Or are we so far off We should just go home So It's about The results of a specific course of action So you're asking If you should give up and go home? No Okay, help Help Maybe ask if the answer lies At the end of the calendar Okay Then my course of action If I were to go from here And take a trip to the blizzard Is that gonna Is that gonna be in the direction of solving this puzzle? Wheel That's good results Okay What if we just all Walk The 30 days? Oh man, okay Together? Sure Doug, why don't you like that? I just, uh, you know I don't like the idea of getting old You know, my Beard's gonna get all gray You're gonna look so good You're gonna be like a silver fox But it's a bear Like a silver bear Silver bear My back's gonna give out Yeah, I get more grisly As I go A silver back A different animal That's okay Oh Yeah We walk the 30 days 30 days? Yeah You walk the 30 days And when you get to the 30th day Again, you know In context of the whole walk You know, when you get to the first square You feel like you're very rapidly getting younger Then as you go through By the time you get to the end You feel like you're very rapidly getting older And when you reach the last square I want everyone to make me an investigation check 11 13 5 Nat 20 So the 20th day The 20 and the 13, I think, are sufficient When you get to that final square Those of you who got those rolls Notice that the corner of this square curls up a little bit Almost like a dog-eared page Oh Could Doug go and lift it up? Yeah You lift it up And the entirety of the floor begins lifting And you lift the whole thing And as you begin lifting it It detaches from the northern wall And disappears And the entire grid vanishes Oh, you turn the calendar Yeah The calendar page slowly turns over Grass, snow, and all therein Begin to build up Into an avalanche of A dark path once again stands before you For miles, it seems You wander to and fro Looping this and that Looping back onto yourselves Could we turn the page again? I don't like this one I like the way That Marv's thinking There's a nothingness before you There is no page There is nothing So it's like a new space we're in Well Yeah As they say Into the unknown Yeah Did you want to say something, Blake? Did we win that? Are we doing it? Jesus Christ What? I was curious I don't know I think we're past it I think we're on to the next Whatever comes next here Okay It seems Lead the way, leader Okay Can you guys hold my hand a little bit? Yeah, yeah Natty holds Doug's hand I will hold your hand as well Thank you Toll if you could just You could just hold on to whatever Congline Clothing or anything else is behind us I only have two hands, unfortunately All right Doug will slowly step forward Into the Toll if your skin still doesn't quite fit Is it because it's baby skin? Yeah, it's too small Well, it's been moisturized, you know Yeah, I'll just, you know Get to stretch it out If you wash it again and stretch it out Yeah, yeah It's just a hand puppet of Bjorn now Yeah You lead everyone, Doug And eventually you find before you A square floor Wider than snow That stretches as far as the darkness Hush falls No sights, smells, or sounds Just creeping in of one's own thoughts I think this might be my least favorite room Natty What would be a place Whereon thee hath been lost? Jesus, you gotta Natty's a simple girl She talks simple, Lack She talks like the common folk Say that again What would be a place What would be a place Whereon thee hath been lost? Where have you been lost before? Yeah Natty How about, yeah Natty got lost in the night market Once When she was a young drow And it was one of those instances Where, like, she lost sight of her mom And the night market is so full of other folk as well That she got scared And ended up, like, hiding Like, underneath the table Of one of the booths Okay, and the night market Where, like, where you grew up? Yeah, yeah, the night market Uh near, around my, the cave and forest that I grew up in. Okay. Doug. What would thy 11th commandment be? Thou shall be curious. Ooh. Good one. I'm ready to get down. That's good. That's good. Disregard the other 10. Total. What did thee desire to be once thee hath grown up? I think, like, a vending machine would have been nice, you know? Instead of dispensing death, dispensing delicious beverages and maybe candy bars, you know? I don't know. I still want my sentience, though, but it'd be cool just, like, getting a couple quarters. Here's your Coca-Cola. Oh, you could do fish, a fish vending machine. Fish vending machine? I dispense fish? Yeah, you make fish. That's so sad, because then the fish are trapped inside of me. That's so sad. Well, you cook fish, do you not? Oh, I see what you're saying. Like, a food vending machine. Yeah, it'd smell like butt, though. Anyways, Coca-Cola machine, lock it in, Regis. Coca-Cola. Okay, got it. And Gunther. What would be a vile habit? A vile habit is, oh, I, yes, it is quite clear. It is when you dump your waste and trash into the water where people are, the children are swimming. That is, it's just a vile thing. You should keep the water. It's clean. As you all are thinking about the answers to these questions in your head, the scenery around you changes. What once was an empty room transforms and becomes a bustling night market. Yo! The floor, however, does remain blank and white. And in the night market, you see a giant drink vending machine that is smashing its way towards you, dumping trash into all the fresh water that lies around. And the rule of law for this arena is, thou shall be curious. Oh, no. Oh, no. And it's curious. Oh, no, it's asking questions. I think that's a good thing. Oh, we're in an arena. Uh-oh. Find out how it all comes together and what happens in the next episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon. Weird. About to fight this thing. It's like Ghostbusters. We picked our own bad guy. We should have done the giant marshmallow man. If anyone asks you if you're a god, you say yes, Gunther. We're hosting a five-year celebration stream on May 4th at 4 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Join us in celebrating five years of magic and our very first campaign, The InfoNights. 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Hey, does everybody hear a narrator saying the same thing over and over again? Sometimes the narrator mispronounces things and needs to get multiple takes to give options. That's a part of David Attenborough you don't get. Apothecarum. Apothecarum? Open dusk till dawn. Carum. Carum. Okay. Yep. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Here we go. There we are. Open dusk till dawn. Is that it, Micah? How many signs does this place have? You've just been sitting here reading all these. He wrote close enough. Do you want to give it to one of us and see if we can do it? It's all one sign and all of these are just listed under each other. With like X down. Apothecarium? Welcome to Apotheca. Apothecar. Oh, Apothecarum. Apothecarum. Apothecarum. Apothecarum? Apothecarum? No? Apothecarum. Open dusk till dawn. No, Apothecarium. Apothecarium. Apothecarium? Apothecarium. Apothecarium? Apothecarium. Apothecarium. Apothecarium. Apothecarium. Open dusk till dawn. Apothecarium. Apothe. Open dusk till dawn. We do this for a living. I love it. I love it. Let's have a whole episode that's just that. It's just me trying to read it. It has R-E-M like REM cycle. So yes, it makes sense that it's open at night. Apothecarium Abdul-Jabbar. All right. Let's head to the maze. Now that we know how this place is pronounced. Apothecarium. Apothecarium. Apothecarium. Carium. 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