114. Lost Lands

[00:00:06] Speaker A: Welcome back to your barely D and D podcast, your sort of dungeons and Dragons podcast. This is your host Mikael speaking. I am not the host, and I always feel the need to say that, but I'm so excited to introduce to you episode. Oh, Zack's taking away. [00:00:28] Speaker B: Hold on. You definitely know the episode. What's the episode number, Micah? [00:00:34] Speaker A: Isn't it like a hundred? [00:00:35] Speaker B: No, Jackie, quit. Quit signing it to her. Quit signing it to her. No, Jackie, stop. No, like, you can do this. [00:00:42] Speaker A: 1414. So I actually would. [00:00:46] Speaker B: Only because Jackie signed it. [00:00:47] Speaker A: Me personally would always say someone asked the editor question, but guess what? It's me. I'm doing that today. [00:00:55] Speaker B: I'm the problem. [00:00:57] Speaker A: Yeah, it's me. This is from the book of many questions that Craig owns and has obtained. And the question is, what does your character daydream about? [00:01:10] Speaker B: Oh, that's fun. Okay, and then who should the DMNPC be? [00:01:16] Speaker A: I'm gonna give that to someone else because I've done a lot of talking. [00:01:21] Speaker C: Oh, we always do. Spaguber. [00:01:24] Speaker A: You love him? [00:01:26] Speaker C: No, I love him too. I was the only one that wanted to be friends with him in the beginning, but here we are. Lashla. [00:01:39] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:01:40] Speaker D: I want to know what Lashla Daydream is about. [00:01:43] Speaker A: What about nifty? [00:01:46] Speaker D: She just daydreams about beans. I feel, like probably. [00:01:55] Speaker E: Like, blood and guts in, like, gas. [00:01:58] Speaker D: She play dreams about her first kill. [00:02:02] Speaker B: Oh, man. [00:02:03] Speaker A: First kiss, first kill. You know, it's a difference. [00:02:08] Speaker B: One in the same. Ro, what's your. What does ro do daydream about? [00:02:15] Speaker D: I think she daydreams about, like, when she's, like, on the ship most of the time or, like, if they're camping in the wilderness. I feel like she daydreams about, like, nice, hot meals at a tavern or, like, a clean toilet. I feel like those are the things she daydreams about. Because she wasn't. She traveled a lot, but she was used to traveling a little nicer. Like, nice, hot meals, not, you know, so I think that's what she daydreams about. [00:02:56] Speaker B: You went from the life of a moderately successful musician to just a wandering vagabond. [00:03:04] Speaker D: Yeah, I mean, we got money, but we don't have money to, like, stop at a top. [00:03:09] Speaker B: Never spend upon comforts. [00:03:11] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:03:12] Speaker B: So that's what she does. Okay. Okay. Gotcha. [00:03:16] Speaker D: Lots of sweets that she. Lots of cupcakes she daydreams about. [00:03:22] Speaker C: One of those things is not like the other, Zachary. [00:03:24] Speaker B: Yeah, one of them is very not like the others. I see that. [00:03:27] Speaker D: When. [00:03:28] Speaker B: What are these things? Okay, two stool faq. All right. Creag. What is creag? Daydream of? [00:03:38] Speaker A: So Craig goes from, like, having no thoughts in his brain at all to, like, having all of the thoughts. I feel like he tends to daydream the most when he's on sea, because I think for him, he's used to smaller spaces, like being in the caves and stuff. And so being in the sea feels very vulnerable, feels very opposite of what he's used to just because it's so wide open. So I think he kind of daydreams about being back in the mines or, like, being in smaller spaces. The smells of them, and, you know, just, like, what feels like a warm embrace, like, to him. [00:04:12] Speaker B: Yeah. He gets uncomfortable when things are too wide open. [00:04:15] Speaker A: Yeah. Too vulnerable. Honestly, can't hide. You know? [00:04:18] Speaker B: That makes sense. It's a very dwarven response. Okay. I don't know why that was so funny to Abby, but fair enough. What is Abby hath been slain. Lando. What is boz dream about? Daydream about, Oz. [00:04:36] Speaker C: Daydreams of home. I think a lot more than what he lets on. I think also because now he has the power to understand it more than he did when he lived there. There are a lot of places that you just kind of don't go to because they're weird or dangerous or because they're not where they were last time. And I think that he's very. He dreams of home because I feel like he's at a place where he can know it in a way that he never did before. So he's very excited about the old. About the new. Yeah. [00:05:22] Speaker B: Okay. That was a frickin sick answer. [00:05:25] Speaker A: And very vague. It was very vague. [00:05:29] Speaker B: As all things are with landing. [00:05:30] Speaker C: I gave you a ton of information, Micah. What do you. Ask me a question, Micah, ask me a question. [00:05:34] Speaker A: Something's old, something's new. You know, better than. Better than other people. [00:05:37] Speaker B: Something borrowed, something blue. Anyway. [00:05:40] Speaker D: Anyways. [00:05:44] Speaker B: What is grabbolita daydream about? [00:05:50] Speaker E: I feel like we're in a daydreams a lot. I feel like she's very often spaced out, whether it be daydreaming or, like, thinking, because those are very different to me. But I think recently she's probably been daydreaming about probably going to Sandor and what that will be like. What's the town gonna be like? What is the order going to be like? Who's she gonna eat meat? Like, are they gonna like her? Are they gonna. Like. They're gonna think her notes are good. Has she been taking enough all of that stuff. But I also think probably about, I think she really enjoyed her time walking around in zyllium. I think that was. I think she spent. That's not the right place. [00:06:42] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:06:44] Speaker E: No, Zedge. [00:06:46] Speaker B: Oh, okay. [00:06:46] Speaker E: When we were in Zed recently, I think when we were recently there, I think she loved walking around, and I think she's probably daydreaming about, she loved those big open fields, like, probably because they reminded her of zileam. So she's probably daydreaming about, like, that little patch where we were traveling. Bruised edge. [00:07:05] Speaker B: Heck, yeah. Okay, lashla. What is Lashla daydream about? I feel like Lashla's daydreams are varied in recurring. She's a very system systematic mind. So I think, I mean, it sounds real basic, but I think she definitely daydreams about killing specific people and, wait. [00:07:34] Speaker D: Past ones or ones that she wants to kill. [00:07:37] Speaker B: No, no. People she hasn't killed yet. Oh, people she has dead or dead. She's done with them, and it's the people she will kill. I think she daydreams about killing Xavian. Again, I think she daydreams about probably killing the other generals, because all of the generals work in complete cooperation with each other. And will some of them almost die defending each other? But also would gladly they do that because that's the structure and power of the empire. They would gladly disembowel each other, most of them, and none of them participate in them. [00:08:12] Speaker C: Only one could be emperor. [00:08:14] Speaker B: Only one of them can be unplugged. [00:08:16] Speaker D: True. [00:08:16] Speaker B: Now it's a whole thing in the Kefkan empire that you can't go around assassinating each other. Cause that implodes, obviously. And once you get to that level, you have a lot of buy in on that. But, like, they all daydream of killing each other. So I think she daydreams of killing the generals, especially now that Dolgoth's dead, half of her daydreaming is probably done, but she probably daydreams she'd be mad. [00:08:37] Speaker D: That she didn't do it. [00:08:38] Speaker B: Yeah, probably. And then I'd say she probably daydreams quite a bit about being empress and ruling from the throne in Asgon's place and just, I'm sure she daydreams about Asgon. [00:08:53] Speaker C: That's the name of the emperor. [00:08:55] Speaker A: Does she replay her favorite, like, most satisfying kills? [00:08:59] Speaker C: No. [00:08:59] Speaker A: Does she kind of, like, replay the status wine kills? [00:09:02] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, she is the career woman. She's boss lady. Like, she doesn't if you're dead. She's done with you. Like, for Dalgoth, it was the struck and stuck in endless trauma, calcified into the worst kind of a person, just a psychopathic, selfish, predatory person. For Lashla, it's. I mean, she's completely unempathetic, but I, um. I don't. I don't know how much she relishes in killing most people. I think it's just what she considers necessary to do to get to her ends, and she doesn't particularly care that they're dead. And, you know, like, I'm sure some part of her enjoys killing people. Well, as she sees it, you know, like, being better than them, as a warrior. But I don't know that. I don't know that she sits there and is like, oh, the blood. I think she's more like, okay, time to clean my sword, you know? [00:10:06] Speaker D: Yeah, I can see that. With her. [00:10:08] Speaker A: I completely oppose that in morality, but valid, you know? [00:10:12] Speaker B: Yeah, no, she's not. Not a role model. [00:10:15] Speaker D: Yeah, I don't agree. [00:10:16] Speaker E: She sounds very grammatical. [00:10:18] Speaker A: Opposite of me, but. Oh, you, I guess. [00:10:23] Speaker B: Ou. I mean, Michael, all I can say is I'm really glad you didn't go. Oh, my goodness. That makes so much sense. [00:10:31] Speaker D: You go, boss. Babe. [00:10:32] Speaker E: Totally relatable. [00:10:34] Speaker D: What about Babe? [00:10:36] Speaker B: Well, then, for them nerds who do be taking the notes, that's me. This is it. Episode 114 of the accidental adventures. I waited a very long time to say this. [00:10:51] Speaker E: I knew she got it. Sorry. [00:10:54] Speaker B: This is episode one. No, you're good. You're good. Episode 114. Wow. Micah was right. I knew she got it. Oh, that's the name of the episode 114. [00:11:03] Speaker C: I'm writing that down. Yeah. [00:11:07] Speaker E: Wait, what was the title? [00:11:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:11:09] Speaker B: Lost lands. Lost lands. I'm very excited about this session. I'm very excited about. I was thinking about this the other day about how, like, obviously, things change all the time, because you guys change things, and I'm not in the business of controlling everything, nor do I think I can predict everything. But we're past the halfway point of the campaign, and in a big way. Like, I've just planned everything from here, and those plans can change. They can rearrange. They can shift. But I have a title for almost every episode to the end, and I change those. I move those. They can shift. But it's fun, because we're finally doing a thing that I was listening to the earliest episodes the other day, and this was a thing that the characters were talking about. Like, Ro and Boz started talking about this in episode 14. Like, this is yeah, I don't know. Sergeant in 14. And it's ending in 114. Wow. [00:12:04] Speaker D: Ending well, you know what I mean. [00:12:07] Speaker B: Re beginning in 114. [00:12:08] Speaker D: Landon just pointed out something that I have to make a note of. Asgard is an emperor, which is, like, technically, like, kind of along the lines of a king. So if Ro could just. So. So, like, we can fix all this. I'm thinking. I'm thinking, what if we. What if we. We seduce the emperor and take down the ketch from the inside? And now I just realized I've actually become a real bard because I just suggested seducing the enemy. [00:12:40] Speaker B: The key pronoun that Jackie used there was. We. She did not say I. She said we. [00:12:47] Speaker C: This is a team effort. [00:12:48] Speaker A: I will not be seducing anyone as Craig. [00:12:54] Speaker B: Oh, my goodness. [00:12:57] Speaker D: Anywho, I just needed to make that point to everyone. [00:13:02] Speaker B: Ro's all over obsessed with Ewan, and then she sees as gone, and she goes, now, hold on. [00:13:07] Speaker C: Wait, guys, have we tried talking to him yet? [00:13:11] Speaker B: Where's the taylor. What's the Taylor Swift song? I can change him. No, really, I can. Isn't that the song? [00:13:25] Speaker D: I can change him. No, really, I can't. That's like, rose. Like, that's Rose motto. She lives. Not really. [00:13:32] Speaker B: What was. What was. What was? Her ex fiance scrotum. [00:13:36] Speaker D: You're. [00:13:37] Speaker A: You're really mean. [00:13:38] Speaker B: I forgot. I forgot about that. Sir Crotch. [00:13:42] Speaker C: Sir Crotch. [00:13:52] Speaker B: What was it? It was something along the lines, wasn't it? [00:13:55] Speaker D: Like a sparkling water brand? [00:13:58] Speaker B: Sterling something. Sterling. Sterling's crotch. [00:14:02] Speaker D: Y'all came up with the last name. [00:14:04] Speaker B: Sterling crawl. Sparkling crunch. [00:14:12] Speaker D: I don't like you guys. [00:14:13] Speaker C: I'm glad that we're spending two episodes now laughing about this. Okay, guys, guys, guys. This is Laden. [00:14:26] Speaker D: Like, I hope so. [00:14:28] Speaker C: This is a really funny joke, and I think that it is hilarious, and that's why I'm laughing. [00:14:33] Speaker B: The date is 3488 Pb. Kalilan II omnim. Yeah, I really messed up with that one, but here we are. Okay, is this the song I want? Hold on. Is it playing the right thing? Yes. No, but this is not the song I want. Okay, so can you guys hear the music? [00:15:03] Speaker D: Yes. [00:15:04] Speaker B: Phenomenal. Fun, guys. You all are waking up on. Oh, it's good to be back. You guys are waking up on the poor bet. You returned to the ship the evening before with the tiniest little time jump, because, dear goodness, this campaign could use it every once in a while. And you guys have, you know, your fixed dinner. The crew was very glad to see you again, Chakuber. Was elated. You related the accounts of the house of pain, and everyone was thrilled. And you have, you have returned to the bazaar ship of the poor bet, sailing southward toward the sandor. And this is always worth remember reminding you all very slowly, and you guys are all, we'll skip the part where you wake up in the swaying bunks as you know them. And this, this group is not one that would have been originally so prone to the practices of, like, rituals and liturgies. But you've just been together for far too long now. You know, the time with the crew, it's not there, but it is approaching. It's closer to a year than not. And what's far more, the experiences you all have weathered, it is the closeness of the group. Grown together is much more like the time we've spent really playing this game. And so there are even elements in which, if there were even members here who not necessarily phrase it as, yes, we are one team and one crew, but nobody can help. But, like, all gather around the central raised floor of the lower deck and like eat hardtack and dried fish together there, just because, you know, it's like, it's so much habit. Everyone kind of subconsciously gathers for breakfast and fresh water has been passed around. And there is a real luxury here. You all have hardtack, you have dried fish. There is also a very large stash at this time of dried venison on the trip with you, as well as venison jerky, as well as chiffouguber. Bought a six or seven jars of preserves, of jams. And then also you guys have like a whole barrel of completely dried fruits. So compared to how you usually eat, eating like royalty, and then you also have the good berry bonsai. So, you know, the crew has kind of learned that. And we can talk about where you place that on the ship in a moment. The crew has kind of learned that, like, if you just take a good berry off of the bonsai and squish it into your breakfast, then it's just the only meal you need for the day. So, Craig, you have returned with Bill free and plough from the upper decks, and you guys have finished your morning workout. Everyone's kind of gathered around. [00:18:12] Speaker D: I was there too. [00:18:13] Speaker B: Oh, yes, ro, thank you. Excuse me. And ro, put another, put another two days on your workout sheet because that's, that probably counts. But the four of you. So half the crew is in a crossfit gym now, and they return from the upper deck to the lower deck. Everybody, you know, a little sweating and panting, ro, very sweaty and panting. And also, Craig, there was a brief period where bill, free and plough just kind of couldn't hide the fact that they were massively impressed with your armor and you've grown closer with them. But you also can't shrug the reality that, like, I mean, they. They respect all of you a lot now. But, Craig, you've been working out a long time. You've got a whole suit of armor now. You've got epic weapons. Like, they just. They just. They respect. They do respect the drip. They can't hide it. So you guys are downstairs, gathered around communally in the listing poor bet, which is very much in the middle of the ocean. So it's pretty big. Bobs up and down waves from time to time, but it's just open sailing and everyone's below deck. Tello is the only one above deck currently manning the helm because he's spoken with you all about plans. Shabigooper's down there. So where you guys are all kind of arranged in a circle. Everyone has their breakfasts passed around to them, and Shippoo guber has bought everyone, like, multiple sets of wooden bowls, so you guys are eating out of them. Shaboo grouper grows up. Okay, well, welcome back, everybody. Good morning. First of all, I think it's worth saying that we don't have a formal system for awards here, but I have been thinking about how good some of us have been doing with our physical fitness in exercise. So, Rowena, Craig, Bilfre, plaz, you guys get the most improved fitness award. [00:20:17] Speaker A: Wow. What an honor. [00:20:19] Speaker B: And so I just. I mean, I haven't made one at this current time, but it's in your hearts, you know. And, Van. [00:20:32] Speaker C: As you can see, there's. [00:20:33] Speaker B: A lot more food and provisions. So just please remember to return those, the bowls. And, Ro, if you wouldn't mind prestidigitating them. [00:20:42] Speaker D: Oh, definitely. [00:20:43] Speaker A: Also do that now. [00:20:44] Speaker B: And, Craig, we appreciate that, but we had. We're not pointing any fingers. We had 13 crew members, not anyone in specific. And you just watch Noam make eye contact and visibly just raise her hand and take credit. Go complain about the way you were prestigious. And so maybe we'll let Ro do it. You know, it's not the favoritism, but. [00:21:10] Speaker A: It'S just a real quirky and different and makes. [00:21:14] Speaker D: Okay. [00:21:17] Speaker B: Craig, yourself, quirky and different. [00:21:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:19] Speaker D: Craig, I've had a lot of. It was like, the first spell I, like, ever learned. So it. You know, it's just, you know, I've been doing it like 20 years now or something. [00:21:31] Speaker A: If this bowl were trying to attack me, I would. I would win. I just want to. [00:21:37] Speaker D: Yeah, you would win. Way ahead of me. [00:21:40] Speaker A: For everybody has their own strength. [00:21:42] Speaker B: Oprah, who's sitting next to Craig? And the room, the room has subconscious just organically divided into jocks and casters. And Bill free, who's sitting next to Craig, just like, leans over and bumps his shoulder and says, what you would and just goes back to eating his venison jerky. Spooky. Okay, so what is on the agenda today? What are we thinking? Fun. [00:22:06] Speaker D: Guys, where are we exactly? Spaguber. I don't remember where. We are in the ocean. [00:22:13] Speaker B: We're in the eastern or, excuse me, the western is ill. That's right. [00:22:18] Speaker D: That's right. [00:22:18] Speaker B: And we're sailing south towards wildlands. We'll probably reach hashes in the next couple weeks. And then after that, we'll whip around the edge and go to Sander, probably. Uh huh. So we're probably about three weeks out. That's still where we sailing. [00:22:39] Speaker D: Gray act? Yeah, I think so. Right, right. Balls. Right. [00:22:47] Speaker C: That's the plan. [00:22:49] Speaker E: I wanted to tell you. She took over and I guess everyone. Also, I have heard some rumors that, I mean, you guys are used to traveling and stuff. I've heard rumors that the people on Sandor do not love to be part of poked around. Like, they're very secretive groups. [00:23:09] Speaker C: Listen up, Craig. [00:23:10] Speaker E: And there are no. There are a couple. [00:23:12] Speaker D: There are some poking people. [00:23:16] Speaker E: There are some groups that are. There's a secret group of assassins. And I don't want you guys to get involved. [00:23:24] Speaker B: I don't want to get assassed. [00:23:26] Speaker C: What if I want to join? [00:23:27] Speaker E: I just couldn't. [00:23:29] Speaker A: Boss. [00:23:30] Speaker B: Boss would make a good assassin. [00:23:32] Speaker C: I could, like, zip in and out. I'd be like, pop, pop, pop, pop. [00:23:35] Speaker B: Give me a sink. Be a good. [00:23:37] Speaker C: I'm good. [00:23:37] Speaker B: Fancy. [00:23:41] Speaker E: I'm just saying. And I'm looking to, like. And I, like, glance in Dom's direction. I'm just saying, you look at it's. [00:23:48] Speaker B: Look at that. And Bill free and just nodding. [00:23:51] Speaker E: Yeah. I just say maybe like, keep your head down and just turn out to be nosy. I don't know how you guys normally act. Just first. I don't know. [00:24:01] Speaker C: But, Goober, you still have that whistle I gave you, right? [00:24:04] Speaker B: Huh? He pulls out the little dragon. [00:24:06] Speaker D: Dragon whistle. [00:24:06] Speaker B: I carry it around my neck. [00:24:08] Speaker C: If you have anything happens or if anybody gets attacked by secret assassins, just blow that. Okay. That's what you. [00:24:15] Speaker B: Okay, understood. I mean, we'll do that. And then if that goes wrong, I'll bring out the big guns. [00:24:26] Speaker C: Blow the whistle. Are we in the middle of the ocean? [00:24:29] Speaker B: Yeah, you guys are. [00:24:31] Speaker C: Do it now. Blow the whistle now. [00:24:32] Speaker D: Wait, I don't know if that's a great idea. Is it possible? [00:24:39] Speaker B: Could everybody give me a constitution saving throw? Oh, gosh. [00:24:42] Speaker D: Oh, no. [00:24:47] Speaker B: And Abby, you can go and roll one for tello, too. [00:24:49] Speaker D: That's a 16. [00:24:51] Speaker C: I got a 23. I got a. Where's my saving throw con? I got a six. [00:25:02] Speaker E: Oh, my God. [00:25:03] Speaker C: I'm gonna guidance myself real quick. I got a ten. [00:25:06] Speaker A: Zachary. [00:25:11] Speaker B: What did you say? [00:25:12] Speaker C: Lando at a ten. [00:25:14] Speaker B: Okay. Oh, it wasn't a six. [00:25:16] Speaker C: No, it was a ten. [00:25:18] Speaker B: Okay, well, only one of you fails. Now, to be clear, no matter what happens, it's terrifying. So what happens is telegraph or Spiegel goes, okay. And there's no whistle sound. It's just. And the mic should pick this up. It's just blaring through the walls in the entire. Did that sound effect work? [00:25:38] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:25:39] Speaker C: Yes. [00:25:40] Speaker B: And the entire ship just rattlesnake and it goes on. It's just. I scared the crap out of Maya. Just like in the roar throttles everyone. You guys, like the bill free and Clough fall over and boz up just a little bit. And also you're deafened for the next minute. And everybody else is hearing impaired for 30 seconds. It's just, there's like, tinnitus ringing. And Goober, to be clear, scares himself so hard that he jumps backward into the ladder behind him. It's like he's pulling himself up on the floor. [00:26:17] Speaker A: Craig catches him. Craig catches him. [00:26:20] Speaker B: When he does that, the whole ship also goes veering suddenly in a direction because no one told Tello this was happening. And he's at the helm. And so the ship, there's like 10 seconds of floundering in terror. And then all of a sudden, there's like the. From the top door, and Tello's head sticks down and he goes, guys, there's a dragon. And I don't know where, but somewhere out here, there's a dragon. [00:26:42] Speaker D: It's not a dragon. It's not a dragon. [00:26:44] Speaker C: Wait, what did you say? [00:26:46] Speaker D: It was? The whistle. It was. Spagoober blew the dragon whistle. I'm so sorry. We forgot to tell you. [00:26:50] Speaker B: It turns around from the floor and he goes, hello. It's not the dragon. It was the wheel. And Tello just goes, oh, maybe they'll do that again. He just. His head, like, lifts back up on a thing and goes back to the helm. The ship corrects a little. [00:27:08] Speaker A: He leans over to bill free and goes, I knew that wasn't a good idea. [00:27:13] Speaker C: That was a great idea. That was a good idea. [00:27:18] Speaker B: Now we know it works. [00:27:19] Speaker C: Now we know we didn't get scammed. [00:27:21] Speaker D: Yeah, but what if, like, sits up. [00:27:23] Speaker B: With his pupils fully constricted and goes, uh huh. Well, I'll say that for only emergency circumstances. [00:27:31] Speaker D: How do we know that did it? [00:27:32] Speaker E: Like, I don't even know if that's a good idea for emergencies. [00:27:36] Speaker D: Like, what if it maybe that. What if it called on another dragon? Like, what if it was, like, a major ride? [00:27:52] Speaker C: I'll just, like, seduce it or something. I don't know. We'll be best friends. [00:27:55] Speaker D: You'll seduce the dragon? [00:27:57] Speaker C: Yes, I will. [00:27:58] Speaker A: Didn't we already talk about that? [00:28:01] Speaker B: Not this one. [00:28:02] Speaker C: Maybe not this one. [00:28:05] Speaker B: I just wanted to have Zachary. [00:28:07] Speaker A: Zach. [00:28:07] Speaker B: Zach. [00:28:08] Speaker A: I draw the line seducing dragons. [00:28:10] Speaker B: I do. I do draw the line there. [00:28:13] Speaker C: And you made valet. What are you talking about? You literally set this up. [00:28:16] Speaker D: Yeah, you're literally like, here's a handsome guy that's also a dragon. [00:28:19] Speaker C: Here's a handsome dragon. What are you gonna do now, guys? [00:28:44] Speaker B: Okay. Any who social, like, everyone collects themselves and picks food, goes off the ground and goes back to eating it. Also, when that sound went off, everybody lost track of Nam. And her head just pokes back up from her, like, multiple hammocks hanging at the far corner of the ceiling and on the tree. [00:29:00] Speaker C: She has her hammocks on the tree now. [00:29:02] Speaker B: Her pupils are just fully dilated, like a cat in her ears are back. What did you say? [00:29:06] Speaker D: Are you okay up there? [00:29:07] Speaker B: Oh, that's true. Her hammock. Excuse me. [00:29:08] Speaker C: Hammocks on the tree. [00:29:10] Speaker B: Boz is right. She's up in the tree now. So she ran up the tree. The tree that's a growing in this. Oh, and also, just really quick refresher for everyone. The poor vet has flowers growing everywhere on the upper deck. And the lower deck is covered in millions of emerald dust particles in the thousands of root grooves in the wall. With the tree growing up one side internally, magically, the roots, the canopy of roots, of branches of which have grown up into the ceiling, the roots on the floor. And Boz has, like, a nom is just like. And she's woven. She's taken her hammocks, apartheid, apart from the hooks in the ceiling, and laid them over the branches so that they make, like, off, like, a tarp wall. And she just lives up in the canopy now. [00:29:47] Speaker D: It's awesome. Wait, didn't I put. Didn't I put because of where the tree had to go? Didn't I put my bed up, like, on the other side of the canopy? I was in the roots. Okay. [00:30:00] Speaker B: Yeah. So in, like, the. Like, the hollows of the roots, because you're small enough, you can just curl up and sleep in there and keep your items between, which is really incredible. I don't know how we're ever gonna have a cooler home, quote unquote for campaign two. But anyway, I have a question. Yeah, what's up? [00:30:17] Speaker A: So, like, me and Bill free and Floth have been, like, in ro have been, like, working out, reading consistently. How are we on, like, besties level? You know, like, are we, like, besties besties? Like, are we all really dang close? Like, close enough? Have to, like, just go naturally from working out to, like, sitting in a circle and having, like, deep conversations, like, where are we at, you know? Craig, like, besties, right. [00:30:42] Speaker B: I don't get to say this in terms of emotional role play often, but you could certainly try. [00:30:50] Speaker A: Right? [00:30:51] Speaker D: I feel like Ro doesn't talk much in the mornings and just kind of follows along. So that's on y'all. [00:30:58] Speaker A: I'm just chilling in the back. I kind of, like, walks up to bill free and he's like, you're all. [00:31:06] Speaker B: Sitting next to each other in a circle. [00:31:07] Speaker A: All right. You're right. [00:31:08] Speaker B: Right. [00:31:09] Speaker A: I don't know. I feel like I just look so crazy. I just. I don't know. You guys. Like, I have, like, the armor, right? And, like, I feel like if I got, like, a white horse. Do you think. You think Catherine were like that? Like, if I, like, had, like, this, like, if I was just, you know, where are we gonna put a white horse? [00:31:28] Speaker C: I don't know, Greg. I could be a white horse. I will become a horse for you, Craig. [00:31:32] Speaker B: I will be your steed, Craig. I can be your white horse. Somebody write that down. [00:31:41] Speaker E: Craig, maybe you should try and impress Katherine with a horse. Other than, like, a horse, not a horse. Are other ways that you could game. [00:31:51] Speaker A: Screams, I'm a different man now. [00:31:53] Speaker D: Then maybe try listening to her. I mean, like, like, thinking of what she wants to do, saying you're sorry. [00:32:02] Speaker A: I've done that. [00:32:03] Speaker B: After your visions, after talking your star, I mean, you know, really, really, really recounted all that. After everything you said, I feel like the difference in who you are will come out a lot. Right. Also, you've got flecks of gold in your face now. I don't know that you could visually distinguish yourself more than you already have. So I don't think you need the horse right there. [00:32:30] Speaker A: Gotcha. Gotcha. [00:32:34] Speaker B: She kind of, like, knocks her head back and forth, like, thinking it over, but she's just listening. [00:32:38] Speaker D: I think if you brought. If you brought a horse home to, like, wherever, you know, you know, whatever home that you all decide to have, if you just bring a horse home without consulting with Catherine, that might be, like, a little bit of a red flag. If it's balls, I mean. But, I mean, balls can only be a horse for so long, you know? [00:33:04] Speaker A: Yeah, you're right. [00:33:09] Speaker E: Then give me eight levels, and I. [00:33:10] Speaker C: Can be a horse for as long as. [00:33:15] Speaker D: Do you really want to clean up? [00:33:20] Speaker A: This is a question for you now. When you, like, have to go to the bathroom as an animal, you get to experience what it's like to, like. [00:33:29] Speaker C: That's the best part. [00:33:31] Speaker D: Like, eagles and, like, I think it. [00:33:34] Speaker C: Was on your head. [00:33:35] Speaker D: Yeah, he literally. [00:33:36] Speaker C: That was one of my favorite moments. [00:33:39] Speaker A: That's weird. [00:33:42] Speaker B: And there's this cloth is, like, leaning. Like, she's sitting with her knees up in front of her chest, but she's leaning back on her very jacked arms, and she just leans forward and crosses her arms over her knees, and she looks like she's been thinking deeply. And finally, after all of this time, billfriend plough have really kind of gotten used to how weird you guys are, and it doesn't phase the. So plough just ignores everything you were saying and goes, it's not that you're getting bad advice here, Craig, but the horse is hot. I think you go for it. I think. Look, did you say the horse is hot? You've bulked up. You come home with armor, riding a big white horse. That just sounds really attractive. [00:34:24] Speaker A: Just imagine, like, because I still have some hair, right? So, like. Like, take off my helmet. Like, I, like, naturally and smoothly just, like, get off, you know, a horse, and then, like, walk up and take off my helmet and, like, you know, and. And then I have in my hands, like, I don't know, I'm gonna get her a gift along the way and be like, I'm so happy to be back. Like, I missed you. You know, things like this, and it's sunset. [00:34:55] Speaker B: Just saying, I think it's a good idea. I don't think it's a good idea. [00:34:59] Speaker E: You should practice getting on and off the horse, Craig. [00:35:02] Speaker D: I think it's saying straight out of. Out of a. Out of a Sylvia Plath novel, honestly. SYlvia Minoch, absolute via manolo. [00:35:16] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:35:17] Speaker B: From the canopy, nam sticks her head out and she goes, yeah, okay. But to be honest, though, Greg, are you tall enough for a horse? [00:35:27] Speaker D: I mean, how are you getting high enough? [00:35:31] Speaker C: Well, here's how it would work, guys. So he gets on my shoulders, like boz shoulders, and then I turn to a horse, and then he's on the back, and then I will walk back into Boz, and he can just dismount. [00:35:44] Speaker A: That's weird. No, no, that's weird. The ending. I like the beginning, but the ending is weird. I say I just try my luck, you know. [00:35:58] Speaker E: Step stool force of your estranged wife. Okay, I think you're. [00:36:10] Speaker C: I know a place where they do shining extensions. If you're into that, they can take your shins and extend them. [00:36:14] Speaker A: No, it's not if I'm into. Is she. You know, it's like, gosh, man. [00:36:21] Speaker D: Hey, isn't like. Isn't she, like, right. The exact height of you. Like, I think it's good that you guys are, like, similar in height, right? [00:36:31] Speaker B: Power word. [00:36:32] Speaker C: Grow. [00:36:37] Speaker D: All right. [00:36:38] Speaker A: I appreciate y'all's help. I just. I don't know, man. I really do think that time is just gonna heal. Like, just being able to spend time together and throughout her concerns, her feelings. Good horse is not gonna do that. Boss is our meteorator. That is true. [00:36:54] Speaker C: If you want to do the shit option, slip me or nom. No. [00:36:58] Speaker A: Are you, like, a licensed counselor? [00:37:03] Speaker D: What's a Casby? [00:37:08] Speaker A: Boss, do you ever help people solve their problems? [00:37:12] Speaker C: Yeah. Yours? All the time. [00:37:15] Speaker D: That's debatable. [00:37:19] Speaker C: Show me where I've been wrong before. I don't think it's happened. [00:37:22] Speaker A: You know, when, like, this is Micah speaking. You know, like, a doctor prescribes you medicine, and then you start having issues because of the medicine he's prescribed you. That's Boston Craig's. And friendship. [00:37:33] Speaker C: That has never happened to me. [00:37:35] Speaker B: Oh, no, that's happened to me. But anywho, gets very lost in the camaraderie of it all, he's just enjoying the return. Finally, he smiles and goes, so what is the agenda? Are we just kind of hanging out, or. What's the veil? [00:37:54] Speaker C: Yeah, well, you know, we're probably going to tree out into my home and. [00:38:02] Speaker B: Oh, my goodness. You're going home? [00:38:04] Speaker D: Yeah, just for a few days, right? Balls. [00:38:08] Speaker C: Just for. Just for a few days. Or however long it takes you to get there. [00:38:14] Speaker E: Will you call us for Gruber when you get to Sandor? [00:38:19] Speaker B: Of course. I mean, again, that's gonna be in, like, three weeks. But of course. [00:38:23] Speaker E: Okay. [00:38:25] Speaker B: All right. [00:38:25] Speaker E: Are you excited? I'm so excited. [00:38:27] Speaker C: I'm excited. I think we're going to have a fun time and. [00:38:32] Speaker E: Fun time. Oh, that's awesome. There's gonna be things for meeting your family. [00:38:40] Speaker C: What. What was the reasoning for meeting my family? Uh, well, I love. [00:38:43] Speaker D: No, the reasoning. Is there a reason besides, like. Like, obviously we've been wanting to go there, but was there, like, an impertinent thing? I don't think there was ever my. [00:38:57] Speaker C: Purpose, why I'm here, reason I started. [00:39:03] Speaker B: Want to do this, though. [00:39:05] Speaker D: Everything to me is there. Like I said, how do they rule in the lost land? [00:39:19] Speaker C: Don't rule. We just kind of live. [00:39:21] Speaker D: I mean, like, is there, like, a leader of your. [00:39:25] Speaker C: There's, like, a. Some people that we hold in high regard, but nobody really leads. [00:39:31] Speaker D: Do you guys have a castle? [00:39:33] Speaker C: No. [00:39:36] Speaker D: Maybe I was gonna find. [00:39:41] Speaker C: Eligible bachelors on this. [00:39:43] Speaker D: I was kind of, like, hoping that I would go and, like, find out that I'm, like, druidic royalty. But you're kind of telling me that's not. [00:39:51] Speaker C: If you want to do the lost lands bachelorette, I'm sure we can make it happen. Speaking as the DM's assistant right now. Assistant to the DM? [00:39:59] Speaker B: Assistant to the regional DM. [00:40:05] Speaker D: No, I know. I was just wondering if, like, if I specifically. I'm not talking about, like, marrying in. I'm talking about, like, if I find out that my father's, like, you know, the leader owns a castle in the lost lands kind of thing. There's not that. It's not a thing. [00:40:21] Speaker C: He may have, like, a house that. [00:40:22] Speaker B: He used to live in. [00:40:23] Speaker C: Everywhere I find about where families live and, like, their stuff. So I think you probably will find. I don't know, but I'm just thinking is, like, the home that he stayed at or used to live at or, like, a history of, like, the. Where he was. I don't know if I know him. There's like a. It's a huge island. Like, it's like a huge island. He might be alive. He might. He might be dead. I don't know where he is. [00:40:51] Speaker D: Balls. She, like, takes the boss's hand. Just balls. Are you my father? [00:41:03] Speaker C: That would be very problematic. Love dog. What are you guys talking about in the chat? Okay. It doesn't matter dog, I guess. [00:41:15] Speaker D: Okay, I'm just kidding. Balls. [00:41:17] Speaker C: All right. [00:41:18] Speaker D: I was just messing around. [00:41:18] Speaker C: Are you nervous? [00:41:20] Speaker D: That's why I'm joking around, because when I get nervous, I just start making. [00:41:25] Speaker E: Sure that your jokes. [00:41:26] Speaker C: Well, this island is about the size of Ohio. If I knew what Ohio is. [00:41:29] Speaker D: What is Ohio? It sounds like a strange place. [00:41:35] Speaker C: Yeah, I don't think it even exists. [00:41:38] Speaker B: How do we. [00:41:38] Speaker C: Can we like my home? It's perfect. Yes. [00:41:43] Speaker E: I just want to make sure that your family likes all of us also. Will they be mad if I write down you guys? [00:41:48] Speaker D: Yeah, they accepting. [00:41:49] Speaker C: Just don't break down private property. You should be fine. [00:41:53] Speaker D: Are there any tries I should do, though? [00:41:56] Speaker C: Everything's communally owned, I feel like, but it's also. [00:42:02] Speaker E: I can take notes on everything and nobody will be mad. [00:42:05] Speaker C: Oh, I. That's a good question. I would not. They're in charge of making sure everything stays a secret. Like they're, that's their job, is making sure that. [00:42:19] Speaker E: So I gotta memorize it all. [00:42:22] Speaker A: Chaos. [00:42:23] Speaker D: That they like, erase our memory when. [00:42:25] Speaker C: We leave anything down. Please. About this place, that's really hard for me. [00:42:29] Speaker D: Cause. [00:42:29] Speaker C: I know, but as your friend and comrade, I'm begging you, Greta, don't do this. I'm trusting you so hard right now, Greta. [00:42:38] Speaker D: Just write it down, but don't tell anyone. [00:42:41] Speaker C: Don't do it in myself out of here and leave you behind. I will do it. [00:42:45] Speaker D: I'm not afraid. You will never do your dad, Ro. She should have just remembered and then, you know, remembered the stuff and then written it down later in her journal. What did you say? Craig? [00:42:58] Speaker C: I think he wants to get off the boat. And I'm fine, too. [00:43:01] Speaker A: Can I climb some mean? Okay. [00:43:03] Speaker D: No, for real, Z, that's really mean. [00:43:06] Speaker E: Craig, you're reading mean. [00:43:08] Speaker A: No. [00:43:09] Speaker C: What did Craig say? I don't even know what Craig said. [00:43:10] Speaker D: Yeah, I didn't hear it. [00:43:12] Speaker B: Goober just sits down and goes, okay, guys, do we need to talk about some emotions or. [00:43:16] Speaker E: No, it's just that Craig is being really mean right now. [00:43:23] Speaker A: I was kidding. [00:43:24] Speaker B: I'm just kidding. [00:43:25] Speaker A: I'm so sorry. No, no. [00:43:28] Speaker C: It is basically impossible, Greta, for anybody to come to this island unless somebody from there is bringing them there. And it's like that for a reason and. Okay, okay. [00:43:45] Speaker A: You are so. You are so old and full of wisdom. We need you there. [00:43:52] Speaker C: Yeah, you're old, Greta. [00:43:54] Speaker D: Do you think anyone will recognize me? Like, do you think I've ever been there? Like when I was a baby, but didn't know that I was there? [00:44:01] Speaker C: We just gotta go. We just gotta go there. [00:44:05] Speaker E: Greta. Greta, like very nervous and like, melts into a little pile, like in her corner. She's just like, goes headfirst and like, shrinks. [00:44:15] Speaker A: Greta reminds me of the main like, howl's moving, castle. Like howl. You know how dramatic he could be. [00:44:24] Speaker C: I see that. Yeah. Yeah. That's not true. [00:44:32] Speaker D: Literally never been dramatic. [00:44:35] Speaker C: Dm, can I call cap? [00:44:38] Speaker B: Yes. Make a cap check. [00:44:40] Speaker C: That's cap. That's cap, bro. [00:44:43] Speaker A: What if we get there and your cousins are lined up and, like, ready to hug you and embrace you and, like, what if we get there and, like, people are like, oh, my gosh, where did you go? [00:44:55] Speaker B: What if we get there and people are ready to embrace you? [00:44:58] Speaker D: I don't like people touching me that don't know me. You know this about me. [00:45:02] Speaker A: Craig embraced you verbally. [00:45:12] Speaker C: I do. I do. I walk up and I touch the tree, and I feel like my hand print gets left in, like, a light gold and that kind of, like, expands to be, like, a door size from there. And I'm like, well, guys, this will be around for 6 seconds, so jump through if you want to come. And I leap into it and I'm going to. [00:45:30] Speaker D: Yeah. Jacqueline right behind me. [00:45:32] Speaker A: I run. [00:45:34] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:45:35] Speaker C: Bye, Spigger. We'll be back. I'll call you later, Bill. [00:45:38] Speaker D: Free. [00:45:38] Speaker C: Bye. Get down here. Release. [00:45:42] Speaker B: Tello jumps out the door, goes, why does no one tell me anything? [00:45:45] Speaker D: He's like, dies to shpiguberhenne. [00:45:49] Speaker C: Um. Would I. Would it be better for me to go to akbar the tree or to go to one of the trees outside of my house? Zachary? Would I know that? [00:45:59] Speaker B: Could you repeat the question, Lando? I'm sorry. [00:46:01] Speaker C: Would it be better for me to, like, take us, like, right through Agba, the tree or to, like, go to, like, my house? Like, outside my house or how far. [00:46:07] Speaker B: Away you'd be aware that Agba is the primal tree and that, like, tree striding through is, like, nearly. There's too much magic. [00:46:17] Speaker D: That's a big no no. [00:46:20] Speaker B: Not even, like, not allowed. Like, you don't. You've never seen anyone success. You've never seen anyone do it. [00:46:25] Speaker C: It should be fine. I just won't tell them that. [00:46:28] Speaker B: But it would probably make a lot more deal. It would probably make a lot more sense to go through any other tree instead of the cultural and religious center of your nation and people. [00:46:45] Speaker C: Okay, now jump. [00:46:47] Speaker B: You've been over much of the vast island nation, so you could pick almost any tree. [00:46:53] Speaker C: You know how we talked about my home being kind of, like, from that movie place? Like, similar to that? Yes. I imagine there's, like, a tree growing up, like, on top of it. Like, I feel like that's great because that's what I also planned okay. I cannot. That tree. [00:47:11] Speaker B: Okay, excellent. All right, so let's do some dming party. [00:47:17] Speaker D: Yeah? [00:47:20] Speaker B: Puts his hand on the tree. [00:47:21] Speaker C: That was a command. Sorry. [00:47:22] Speaker B: Gold handprint out. And as he does where he peels his fingers back, the fibers of the bark of the tree just, like, split and roll up, and it just pulls apart, disintegrating into golden green light. And everyone rushes through. Tello sprints down the stairs and shouts, why does no one tell me anything? And dives through, and the portal just closes behind it. And as you all rush out, you push each other over, and you guys have teleported a couple times with other magics, and there's that immense sense of force and that thermal difference, that thermal sensation of change and otherness. This is different. No, this isn't even so much the song I want. What's the song I want? This one, maybe. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I need the mood. Okay, we'll start with this one, and then if I pick a different one, we'll go to. How do I like this one? Do I want this one? What about this one? No, that's a bit too much. Okay. Yes. Yeah, let's go with this one. Okay, so you all go pushing one after the other, and you kind of tumble through the portal, which is a very instantaneous sensation, because when you all move with tree stride, with. With Boz's druidics magics, it almost. It's almost like it's a form of powerful conjuration more suited to organic creatures. Less just like a sudden manipulation of cosmic physical forces and more like a trans. Like a sewing together of seams of the natural world. It's like your bodies are more suited for it. And so it feels much more just like sort of passing through a thick membrane of temperature and sensation. Not like viscous and material, but like passing through a wall. I shouldn't have said thick membrane passing through a thin wall of temperature and sensation. And as you all step through, and then you all are walking, and then tello knocks you all over, and you guys go tumbling forward, the world sort of smears into colors, and the colors are dark browns and verdant greens and bright sort of white blues. And as you all kind of all spill out one another over each other, tumbling forward and eventually riding yourselves and picking yourselves up, you pull yourself up in soft ground, soft floor, so to speak, beneath you. And as each of you all sort of blink and spread your fingers out, you can feel a dense carpet of sort of like short, very thin, very needle like, very, very very soft grass, and it's sprouting from very loamy soils, just the most like Home depot soil. Like it's just topsoil, very fresh and soft. It smells earthy and alive and it separates easily underneath your fingers. And as you all push yourselves up, boz, you see a landscape you know incredibly well better than all the one we've spent in the campaign so far. And to everyone else, one entirely new. The landscape into which you all look is topographically variable. It is. It is an ocean of moving topography, not dramatic, not vast, but nowhere flat. It is very much rolling, tight hills that sprout up into shallow knolls, not Knowles, the D and D monster, but the grassy hill. And there are where the shallow hills dip and roll all next to each other. They're intercut by streams, every one of them by a forking stream and a stream that branches into a y here and then a stream that moves toward a hill. But instead of going around, it goes through it. Not with a cut, not with a ravine, just a hole like a tunnel. But it looks completely natural and it's supported not by stonework or shape, but a tree that's growing up through it, the roots separating the ground. And it's bizarre, because as you take in this sudden piece of visual information and the wash of imagery coming at you, you're struck by the fact that it looks like architecture, but not architecture made by people, architecture made by nature. As if the tree willed that the ground should be separated for the water to pass through, and so created a tunnel for the hillock that the water might pass through. And there's trills that branch and separate off from the streams, which are like many smaller streams. And all around you are growing an impressive variety of trees, maybe 14 different kinds. Some of them are shallow and thin, with black spot blotched, sort of like growing scars on a canvas of like, ash gray that have widespread roots. Shallow, shallow trunks that spread into dense, thick canopies of small ovate lobed leaves that split into many veins. And they sort of look like. Sort of like yopons, maybe, but they're dotted and filled with berries of each of them has berries that have three different shades, so none of them have just red or just green. All of them are sort of like russet and auburn and fall leaf color. But then the next tree has like, sort of like a bright green and a sky blue and a light purple. Each of them have sort of matching colors being schemes to them, dotted all through the trees. And there are many more trees to describe. Some of them are tall willows that branch up very high, like 40 or 50ft high, a little higher than a willow should be. And the weeping willows have long branches and they sway in the wind, which sort of spills and flows through the valley that you are, through the valley of hills that you're in, but less than moving, sort of in erratic patterns of wind. It's like the wind is flowing in a continual breeze, like a river. And the branches that move in it are not moving randomly. You notice it's almost like they're waving in a pattern that's not continual, but similar, as if the trees are moving with the movement of the wind, but also choosing a dance themselves. And there's this subtle background of noise, this soft flow of the river. And the wind. The wind almost has a tonality to it. Every once in a while it reaches a pitch and then falls back into dissonance. And the trees, there's a rhythm to their clapping of leaves, as if they're also a part of, and then row, it hits you as you take this in like a song, like the faintest little reverberations, final echoing notes of a song ever changing, but that you recognize, even if slightly, as if this landscape grows and thrums with threads of the old song. And which of you here I know boz does, which others of you speak Sylvan? [00:55:08] Speaker C: Only me, I think. [00:55:10] Speaker E: Yeah, I speak Sylvan. [00:55:12] Speaker C: Oh, great about that. [00:55:13] Speaker B: I thought someone else did. Greta, could you give me, could you give me a general, either a general intelligence is artistry under decks or intelligence for you? [00:55:30] Speaker E: Intelligence. [00:55:31] Speaker B: Okay, could you give me, okay, could you give me an artistry check? Artistry or performance, I'll say either one. Oh, I can't believe we're finally doing the lost lance. Okay, sorry, it's gonna be a 1919. [00:55:50] Speaker C: Wow. [00:55:50] Speaker B: Greta, as you're sitting there stunned, you take in a phenomena that Boz has been drinking in passively in the background radiation of his life his entire time growing up. As the Brooks move, as they babble, oh, the Brooks are babbling, the Brooks ever so indiscernibly, like, like a voice playing, echoing somewhere far in a canyon, not quite, you can't quite pick out what the words are. You, it feels as though if you listen to it for a very long period of time, maybe over the course of many years, maybe you could start to decipher what it's saying. The Brooks are whispering, they're talking, they're like singing softly or discussing. There are great stones growing out of the soils, but not jagged and rough and angularly cut. They're lobed and smooth. They have swirling patterns in them, as if water flowed through them. But they're not facing along the edge of the stream banks there, just sprouting suddenly up from the hills, as if they are growing like the plants do in this landscape. Other trees are. Are very large, maybe 10ft in diameter. Not the size of the Westwood redwoods, but. But huge. Or the Westwood pines, not, but, but they are. They are. Some of these are ten, some of them are 20ft across. And they grow up to a hundred feet, some of them. And they have vast branching canopies and wide, sort of star shaped leaves, some of them a foot or two across. And there's so much diversity in color of life. And the sky that you look up to is blue, but so fire, nitrogen, neon blue, electric blue at its center and so soft at its edges. It's as if someone expanded the gradient of the sky to make it more severe in the center and more pallid at its edges. And long wisps of clouds snaking and breaking across that sky like rivers themselves are flowing by. And the whole landscape has movement to it and breath as if it's not. A series of different elements come together to make an environment, but in an environment all woven from one fabric, though of many strands. And the tree to which you stand nearest bahs, you know very well it is the tree that grows over your home. It is maybe 15ft wide, the base of its trunk. Each of its roots is like. Is like the width of a sidewalk, coming up into hard ridges. The ground which boughs around and plants epiphytically grow up its edges and wrap their roots into its own. But the roots don't compete with each other. In fact, some of the grasses grow into the root of the tree, not breaking it, but connecting with it, as if the plants have grown into each other and one blooms with the other, supporting each other's life. The center of the tree raises upward and twists very slightly the whole way up, even leaning slightly to the east, as if someone took their hand and twisted the tree slightly. It has a sort of gray, silvery bark that's very smooth. You can hardly see texture in it. And it blossoms up into these huge arms of branches that themselves are filled with thick, round leaves that scatter light from among them. And as you all look up, you realize there are structures in the branches above, made structures, wood carved, guided. The rest of you all struggle to take in what Boz you know well. Here architecture in the lost lands is sometimes made from natural materials that are broken apart, shaped and put back together. But with so many druids and such long tradition in this landscape, buildings are sometimes just grown. And in the canopy of this tree, branches have been guided and woven together until they make thick mass nets and wall like structures. A bowl. And in this bowl, you all can see other materials that have been grown even more tightly. Different kind of branches. A floor. A living floor, woven together by magic. You can't see anyone who lives here. But, Boz, you know this as your upstairs neighbors who've always lived here. And below, there is a worn path through the grass and a hollow from many tens of thousands of strides that lead to a round wooden door. Again, not carved in slats and pieces, but like roots twisted together into a shape. It sort of sits, corking this dirt path beneath the tree. You know that this leads into your home. And the one last detail worth mentioning. Mentioning is to the west, you all can see a far, smooth, dark mountain ridge, very shallow, barely poking upward. The landscape, same to the east. Well, those are the smoothest mountains you've ever seen in your life, Boz. You know what you're looking at. For everyone else to take it in, you follow the roots to each path past the tree behind you. And then you see the dark mass filling one slit of the horizon, rising so much higher than any tower. Oh, that's not a mountain. Those are roots. And you look up at a tree somewhere in the distance. Someone can give me a sciences check if they want. And you would be you, too. [01:01:47] Speaker E: Wait, okay, I don't have sights. [01:01:50] Speaker B: It's one of the additional skills. It's an intelligence custom sheet you can use if you like, which has all the additional skills on it. Would you. [01:01:59] Speaker D: I got it. Oh, I got a 16. [01:02:02] Speaker B: Okay, Greta, I don't have. [01:02:06] Speaker E: I don't know why it's not a. On here. I'm gonna. [01:02:08] Speaker B: Well, you're. I don't think it's more than the one you took. You took proficiency in rumors, so it should just be an intelligence check, essentially. [01:02:16] Speaker E: But that doesn't. Okay, sorry. [01:02:18] Speaker B: So you add your intelligence model modifier into your g 20 rule. [01:02:22] Speaker E: That's a twelve. [01:02:23] Speaker B: Okay, the rest of you are staggered to take it in, but, ro, you have to guess that this tree is more than a thousand feet high. Much more. [01:02:35] Speaker D: What? [01:02:37] Speaker B: This tree. If you look up at the canopy, the canopy is like the mountain head of a cloud. It branches out like a landscape. Wow. The position of the sun over this tree must shade whole sections of Agbo. Throughout the day you start to realize that the shape of the land from this tiny space you can see is carved, moved by the path of these roots. The island must be built around this tree. It raises up like the land itself blossoms. You expect the gradual inclination of a mountain, but it just moves up in a sheer column of dark gray brown and blossoms up into a canopy so immense that it just looks like a cloud of green. Like the biggest cloud cloud you've ever seen in a wide, like, sort of upside down bowl shape. And you all stand in the air, which smells very faintly soft and sweet of Agba. You are in the lost lands. [01:03:48] Speaker C: There it is, guys. [01:03:51] Speaker B: My home. Taylor just sits up and goes. [01:03:57] Speaker A: This is crazy. You must think everywhere else is so ugly. [01:04:03] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, I do. [01:04:10] Speaker B: Yeah. Craig, your home was a dope. [01:04:15] Speaker C: No, Craig. [01:04:16] Speaker B: Underground rock. [01:04:18] Speaker D: I've never seen anything like it. [01:04:24] Speaker B: Ro. [01:04:25] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:04:28] Speaker B: This moment is stunning. It's hard to drink in. And it's as you start to acclimate to the wonder, to the incredible nature. Oh, my goodness. This year, 348 3488 pb of your life changed everything again and again. But after the sun begins to wear off, you begin to grow accustomed to the amazement. You realize that you may be feeling something no one else is feeling or something Boz is feeling. Feeling boz remembers well, one you've never felt before. For a moment it strikes you that maybe this land is under an enchantment because you have a sensation similar to the western westward. But it's not of confusion. It's a very faint sensation of connection. And in the westwood, it could be easily and surely accurately attributed to the deep magic, to being so close to fundamental truth, the force of life. But you realize now that you feel so something. You couldn't call it the sensation of being home because that's a result of familiarity, of experience, of meaning making. But this is like. It's like you're walking into a place you've always known, not because of how much you know it, but because you feel like every step is one that you've previously taken, or at least one you should have taken. Your senses are heightened. You feel from this place. And as you look at the tree, you have this bizarre sensation around. As you look up past Baza's home into the great tree, akba, the primal tree, the life tree in Jalabrin. As you look at her, you realize you don't just feel connection. You feel a pull, like a magnetic homing. Oh, my goodness. Ro, this is your north and in a moment, you realize this is why you have a keen mind. Because no matter where you are in Yalovan, this place has always oriented you. [01:06:54] Speaker A: That's so cool. Aw. [01:06:57] Speaker B: And right now, even though you have an uncanny ability to remember things, you feel the ability to remember things from all across your life, as if your memory is being heightened by your proximity to Agba and what Ro can't see but the rest of you all can, is that all at once, all of the hair, all of the blossoms and rose hair bloom and bahs, you are returned to that long, familiar sensation. As all of the seasons of leaves in your hair all turn to the shade of spring, your hair turns completely vibrant green. And you all watch as well. No. No one sees papa. As you feel the roots in your feet with the. The quirk of the man prince. Now part of it, you feel it connect with the landscape, and you feel the feeling of connection you've always known. But deeper now in this moment, you can hear the thrum of agba like you felt in the westwood. [01:07:59] Speaker C: Like I just close my eyes and I just. I just take it in. [01:08:10] Speaker B: Just take it in. Tello pulls out his pack and he pulls his crossbow out and takes his, like, sheath of arrows out and just puts them in his pack and slings it back over his back and he goes, probably not going to need these here, huh? [01:08:26] Speaker C: At least not on this island. [01:08:30] Speaker B: This is amazing. I see. I see why you fought so hard to protect us. [01:08:40] Speaker C: It's, um. It's unlike any other place. But doesn't mean the other places we've been to are any less special. It just means that this one's special to me. [01:08:52] Speaker B: Yeah. No, I mean, this one doesn't have honey birds, so I get it. But. Wow. [01:08:57] Speaker C: I think we could make it, though. The honey here. Here is different than anything else you've ever had, so who knows? [01:09:03] Speaker B: Too special. [01:09:05] Speaker C: You know what? I understand why you feel that way. [01:09:07] Speaker B: Your people have so much craft and skill, but it's just too senior. [01:09:12] Speaker C: I get it. I get it. You know, it's different. It's too. You know. How do you say we home? [01:09:19] Speaker B: Baguette? [01:09:20] Speaker C: Yeah, it's lacking some we ho ho baguette. Alright. I don't know if my family's home, but I think the guest room is always open, so I don't remember the last time they had guests. So we could put all of y'all in there. And I have my own room, so I'll just stay there, if that's okay. [01:09:39] Speaker B: And the boys should probably bump together, you know? [01:09:42] Speaker C: No, it's a small room. [01:09:45] Speaker D: Well, how big is the guest room? [01:09:47] Speaker B: The guest room is sleepover. [01:09:53] Speaker C: Well, let's go down and talk. Let's go. They didn't, they didn't know that they weren't expecting guests. It could be like a. [01:09:59] Speaker D: I'm down to sleep just outside here. [01:10:02] Speaker C: My neighbors, you could also. We might be able to ask my neighbors if you could stay. [01:10:06] Speaker D: Good. It feels like the bed I make every night, except I don't have to grow it. [01:10:11] Speaker C: Yeah, y'all might just be able to sleep outside. I mean, typically, it's pretty nice. [01:10:17] Speaker E: Yeah. [01:10:18] Speaker D: What's, like, the temperature dm? Like, does it feel like. What does it feel like? [01:10:26] Speaker B: You have trouble determining it, ro, because you've never quite had this thermal feeling, because you feel warm and cool at the same time. The sun feels balmy and 70, but the breeze keeps you feeling kind of 65 and maybe 68. The range is too close to each other. And each of you, though thermally different from each other, feel fully thermally equilibriated, as if every moment is perfectly warm. But the breeze is ever cooling you, and the breeze never stops. It just moves from so soft, you can barely feel it to strong enough to make it known. It's never terribly strong, never gone. It's like. It's like a landscape fully in balance. I have a check that are like hot Texas. [01:11:23] Speaker C: Oh, sorry. [01:11:24] Speaker B: What's up, boss? [01:11:25] Speaker C: I want to check and see if things feel worse than they did when I left. Would you give me, with my roots in the ground and the babbles in my ears and the breeze on my face, I wanna feel if I can just take in a generic vibe and feel if something's worse. [01:11:43] Speaker B: Give me an insight check with advantage. [01:11:48] Speaker C: Okay. [01:11:49] Speaker B: Okay. [01:11:50] Speaker C: That is not good. [01:11:52] Speaker B: Let me see. You have advantage. [01:11:53] Speaker C: You know, I just got back. I'm taking it all in. You know, it doesn't mean it's gonna be perfect. [01:11:58] Speaker B: Okay, that is your inside modifier. Huge. [01:12:01] Speaker C: Yeah, it is. It is big, which is why it's not gonna be awful, but it's just not gonna be amazing. Can I guidance myself? [01:12:07] Speaker B: You can. [01:12:08] Speaker C: Okay. I'm gonna need it. [01:12:09] Speaker A: All right. [01:12:09] Speaker B: So this is something you can sit. [01:12:11] Speaker C: There and think at 16. [01:12:13] Speaker B: So, okay. [01:12:14] Speaker C: Hold an eight. [01:12:15] Speaker B: You hold low. Sorry, buddy. Sit there and take it in with your roots connecting. No, everything feels good. Good. Things do sound very slightly different. There's a buzz. [01:12:32] Speaker C: In what way? [01:12:33] Speaker B: It was always nearby. It isn't? No. It tells you that the hive that should be growing above your home is gone, and that the remnant who took the portion of their population you took with you in your magical apiary may now be all that's left of it. No, of the hive you grew up tending, of the hive that has been cared for by you since your adoption into. Oh, that's the wrong document. Adoption that you've been adopted to since. Oh, no, I've got the wrong document open. Okay. Anywho, it feels like the hive's gone. Okay, sorry, I got my document open. Now, since your adoption into the Louise Ella vistial, this feels like the first time you've not heard that hive buzzing. Okay. [01:13:45] Speaker C: I don't say that out loud. I just. I just kind of take it to myself and internally aware, not out of breath, not quite a sigh, out of breath. And I basically just kind of motion to go inside, just walk down like a little hill, little mound that we're on towards the front door. [01:14:09] Speaker D: Are there any. As we're walking to the front door, are there any, um. Like, do we see any creatures like the bees? Like, are there any bugs or creatures flying around or birds or anything that look more. [01:14:28] Speaker B: Give me either an investigation or a natural light. [01:14:31] Speaker D: Okay, I'm gonna go with nature because I have a very high thing now. [01:14:37] Speaker B: Do it all perception reworked as well. [01:14:44] Speaker D: Okay, so nature. So that's gonna be, I don't know, a 31, of course. [01:14:57] Speaker B: Well, ro, what you notice first, you hear, because your hair has quickly attracted a very dull buzzing. And they're not Boz as fat bumblebees, but many tiny insects that you can't identify. At first, you think it's some sort of like a fey magical sparkle in the air, because there's all these little flashes of color moving by. And then when you pair them with the buzzing, moving, and looping patterns around your head, back and forth, you consider that maybe they're luminescent creatures like Boz's bees. But as one lands on your hand and you see it, they're tiny, little. Are you guys familiar with native bees in Texas? So not honeybees and not big, fat bumblebees, but tiny little itty bitty bees that look like little gemstones. [01:15:45] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. [01:15:47] Speaker B: These are, like, tiny little, like, sort of like if ants had wings and a more segmented body. And these are different. It looks like each one is a different shade of, like, a perfectly polished iron that's dyed, tinted, and dyed toward one area of the color spectrum. And the light coming off of them is them reflecting the sun. And as they're buzzing around, you row again, there is some amount of musicality to their movement, like a. And you realize that they're pollinating back and forth in your. Even if you don't know the word, back and forth in your flowers. And as they do, poisonous flowers, one of your flowers. And as bugs have died before and you go to stop them, ro these are not poisoned at all by your flowers. And the bases of one of the flowers in your hair swells and drops. The flower falls to the ground, dissolves rapidly, and then up from the ground, the first stalk of a plant froze. Also, looking around the landscape, you see many birds singing and darting back and forth from canopies. You can't get a good enough look to see how these might be magical or different. But the other creature you witness is moving very quickly back and forth between, actually walking kind of lazily around the landscape, stopping to chew on some of the very soft grass. Is a rabbit, a hare, completely shock white, except its eyes are like a bright cyan blue. And it has soft nubbed antlers growing out of it. Its head, a jackalope, if you will. [01:17:34] Speaker E: Awesome, awesome, awesome. [01:17:36] Speaker B: It has little flecks of gray on the base of its paws, and it just stops, chews, and then rushes off to a shrub nearby. Otherwise, the group walks down to the doorway and. Boss, reaching the door of your own home, what do you do? Boss? That is. [01:17:57] Speaker C: A knock. [01:17:59] Speaker B: Okay. [01:17:59] Speaker C: Rap, pop, pop. [01:18:02] Speaker B: There's. There's the. And, uh, the door you all watch. It doesn't move. The roots pull apart and part for boz, um, recognizing not the sound, but the touch. And, um, the space you all look into is this domed space where the roots of the tree are exposed here and make up this winding pattern that gives structure to the walls and the ceiling. And the shape does not have a perfect shape. The room is the shape of the roots, so it's uneven and lobbed to one side. And the walls are not even spaces. So the room is longer on one side and has uneven walls. And it just follows the root pattern of the tree and down, guiding along and dug tunnels that are much smoother and of compacted earth. To either path of the larger roots of the tree are hallways that you would assume lead to other rooms. And here is like a central, sort of like a living room. Foyer might be too pretentious a name for it, but it's a sort of circular living room with a compacted floor. The dirt's so heavily compacted here that it looks like stone. And all the furniture is just very smoothly carved wood. Holy cow. The trims are geometric. In the middle of the room, there's this wide table with a series of. You'd assume they're chairs, but each one is kind of like a half semicircular bench, perfectly smooth and low. And it's this very warm, sort of pinkish cherry wood. But inlaid into the top of the table is. Oh, my goodness. What's the images you make from many small broken pieces that add up together to make an image? Yes, there is a mosaic, a broken mosaic from river stones of, like, a tree growing. And there's, like, a blown glass over it, but not smooth, with a very gentle waved pattern. And the space is lit. It is light, but the light is coming from no clear source. There's just, like, ambient light here, and you're not sure why, around the space. In fact, it's kind of like the shadows are all coming away from the center of the room. But you look to the middle of the room, and there's no light source, so that's confusing. And the walls are decorated on some of the walls, like the root protrusions have been grown outward to support, like, a long fishing pole and other satchels and sort of coats. Whoa. You recognize that that coat is made out of that leather. That's not like leather from animals, but leather from thick leaves is making up a couple coats that hang not on, like, a rack by the door, but like, root hooks that come out. And there are other seating areas. And there are books. Whoa. The books don't close to one side. They're circular books, the spines of which are semicircular, that you open outward, folding like an accordion, and close back the other way. And those are at different sections. And there are wooden cups and vases and a water basin. And the tunnels lead in different directions. And you can see that one shallowly leads to sort of like a kitchenette preparing area with many dried herbs hanging on a wall and preservatives on another. And then paths lead to different ways. Boz, you recognize the path leads to your room, to fouches to your fathers, to your mothers. Well, father and mothers, and then another that leads to sort of like, storage room and then another to a room. You know, the purpose of Boz, you know, the severe decoration of home is due to your father. But you all walk into the space, and you all are in there for only a moment before there is, like, a padding of feet from sort of that, like, hallway that Boz, you know, leads to your mother and father's room and a woman walks out. Baaz, for the first time in a long time, you see your mother, and she is an entrancing figure of warmth for all people new to her, averagely heighted for a dryad woman, she is not half dryad. She's fully dry eyed. She is slender and gorgeously adorned with a wash of plant life. Her skin is hard, light green, like the bark of a very young tree, and it deepens into a near emerald at her extremities. Her rounded face blossoms into a high volume of crowns blooming lantana as the foliage of her hair sprawls away from her. An explosive beauty. Down, like, sort of crowning up over her head and down her neck, and it grows down her back like it's spilling away. But it's also growing very much out of her neck and shoulders. And she has just warm, bright green eyes. She walks out and she says, foosh, I wasn't expecting you back so soon. [01:23:21] Speaker C: Hey, mom. [01:23:22] Speaker B: Back, boss. Darlingenhe and friends. [01:23:35] Speaker C: Yeah, these are my friends. [01:23:38] Speaker B: That's a lot of metal. And she just sort of jogs to you, Boz. I give her a big hug, and she kind of jumps into your arms a little bit. She's shorter. She's taller than most of your group, but she's four or five inches shorter than you. And she jumps in your arms a little bit. She hugs you really, really tight. And as you set her down a little bit, she just looks up at you and she puts her hands on either side of your face before going, honey. Goodness, what has happened to you? You look. It's a good look, but you're all different. [01:24:17] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a long story. [01:24:19] Speaker B: Do you have gems in your skin? I do, baby, your hair. I like what you've done with it. She just runs her fingers through the hair fronds and also the leaves. [01:24:32] Speaker C: It's like, just to make sense, I look more green now than I did before, right? [01:24:36] Speaker B: Yeah. Green earth. You look more like your mother than. [01:24:38] Speaker C: You like a dryad now than I do in elf. [01:24:40] Speaker B: Yeah. And she. Honey, what's happened? [01:24:47] Speaker C: I, um. That's like I said, it's a long story. [01:24:54] Speaker B: Okay, well, are you allowed to. [01:24:56] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm doing great. I'm doing really good. [01:24:59] Speaker B: She takes your hand in hers, wrapping it, and she says, honey, how are the bees? [01:25:03] Speaker C: They're doing all right. [01:25:06] Speaker B: Okay. [01:25:06] Speaker C: I noticed the hive isn't here anymore. [01:25:10] Speaker B: Yeah, you're probably gonna want to speak with Fez about that. I'm being rude. Hello. Boz is friends. [01:25:20] Speaker D: Hello there. [01:25:22] Speaker B: I'm Galelleg. Who are each of you all? And that name for the note taking nerds is Gallelg. And pause explained to you a very long time ago, that dryad name are named after sounds made by nature or interaction with nature. And she is named after the sound you make when you pour water into a wooden basin. She says, I'm Galelk. Welcome to our home. Who are each of you? [01:26:00] Speaker C: This is Craig, this is Greta, and that's Robert. [01:26:05] Speaker D: Hi, I'm Rowena. [01:26:07] Speaker C: Yeah, her dad's from here. [01:26:11] Speaker D: Yeah, I think so. Maybe. [01:26:13] Speaker B: Well, darlin you're not from here. [01:26:16] Speaker D: No, no, this is the first time I've been here. My, uh, Balls was the. [01:26:24] Speaker B: You have an exotic accident. [01:26:26] Speaker D: Bals was the first person I ever saw that looked like me. [01:26:32] Speaker B: And Boz, your mom flashes you this really brief look. That's a smile. But it just ends at the very end. This very scandalized look. Just sort of like. She looks back at you. We're all like, oh, not from here. He says, honey, welcome. [01:26:48] Speaker D: I've never met thank you. [01:26:50] Speaker B: One of us, not from here, but wow. Welcome home. [01:26:55] Speaker D: Thank you. [01:26:58] Speaker B: Okay, so it was Rowena and Greta and Craig. Inu telos smiles forward, reaches out a hand, shakes hers and says. She says, oh, wow. I never hear that kind of calling. Okay, well, welcome to our home. Um. Oh, tell her, like a bird. And tell her goes, yes. [01:27:30] Speaker C: Yeah, exactly. [01:27:31] Speaker B: We, um. Craig, what are you named after? I can't place. Like, what's it. What's my. What's a Craig? [01:27:44] Speaker A: Rock. Like rockstar. [01:27:49] Speaker B: So you all watch as she kind of physically manipulates, like, the volume of a rock in her mind and goes, Craig and Boz, you know, no one else knows what's happening but Boz, you know that she's, like, trying to place. How do you get the name Craig? What onomatopoeia sound from rocks hitting you? [01:28:07] Speaker C: Where Craig's from, they don't name people off of sounds. They just have me. They just have, like, words, like, just like Craig make their own sounds. [01:28:19] Speaker A: I'm Melvin. She does a lot. I didn't think it was Elvin, but you're actually a dwarf. [01:28:28] Speaker C: Craig is a dwarf. [01:28:32] Speaker A: So in my language, Craig means rock. Like it, like when you say like, oh, my gosh, that big old Craig. [01:28:40] Speaker B: So your name's not like Kush. It's like. It's like Craig. Wow. [01:28:47] Speaker D: Think about it. He worked with rocks. [01:28:52] Speaker B: I see it. I see it now. Uh huh. Wow. Like millennials. Kids. Wow. Amazing. And then, okay, well, welcome to our home. Are y'all thirsty? Hungry? Oh, my gosh. Darling, I haven't seen you in so long. [01:29:07] Speaker C: We actually ate right before we came here. [01:29:10] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:29:10] Speaker C: Okay. It was mostly hard crackers and dried meat, so I am hungry. I am hungry for anything. Anything we have. [01:29:21] Speaker B: Excellent. Excellent. Well, sit down. Your father. Fish. They should be back at some point, so just take a seat and. I mean, I'm not exactly the cook around here, but I'll see what I can do. [01:29:32] Speaker C: No, no, it's okay. We can. There's no rush. Like, we'll be here for a little bit. [01:29:35] Speaker B: Okay. So just. Oh, my goodness. She gives you, like, another hug, and she just kisses your shoulder really hard because she can't kiss your head in many decades. You're too tall. But she kisses your shoulder, and she hugs really hard, and she goes, sweetie, it's so good to have you home. Take a load off. Oh, my goodness. Wow. You all have weapons. Just. Yeah, just be comfortable. [01:29:59] Speaker C: Yeah. Okay. [01:30:01] Speaker B: I'll at least get into my room. Let me show you. [01:30:06] Speaker C: I was gonna make some snacks. Do you wanna see my room? [01:30:09] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:30:11] Speaker A: So that I'm having dinner here. [01:30:13] Speaker C: Y'all wanna have a sleepover? My mom said y'all could stay over if y'all want. [01:30:18] Speaker D: You definitely can. [01:30:20] Speaker B: All right, Boz, do you. Okay, so here's the thing, Lando. I have some ideas. However, I'm also totally down for you to just run away with your room. [01:30:33] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [01:30:34] Speaker B: So would you like to describe your room? [01:30:36] Speaker C: Let's do it together. I will start, and then I probably am not gonna have a lot of details that I think you will have. And I think that you can kind of take. Yeah. Because I'm flexible. [01:30:46] Speaker B: Collaborative storytelling. Okay, Boz. So as they go down the hall, what do things look like? [01:30:53] Speaker C: I feel like Boz has a pretty simple room. You walk in, and there's a wooden bed. I feel like it's small. Just big enough for him to lay down in. And it has whatever type of padding or nature materials they use for cushions or whatever. It's not a bed. It's a cot. He has a cotin. I like Zachary's vibe. He has a cot. Copper hose. Below the cot is like a wooden, kind of, like, crate filled with trinkets of some sort and belongings. There's a wooden desk with a wooden chair against the wall with dusty quills and parchment. There's a shelf above it with small little sculptures. And I feel like there's a way for lightning to get in. Zachary. But I don't know how that would happen, but I feel like there's. [01:31:45] Speaker B: I got you. [01:31:46] Speaker C: All right. Take it away, Zachary. [01:31:50] Speaker B: Well, Baaz's room is exactly as Landon has described it. The floor here is highly compacted, but the dust gathered around places is not like organic particulate, but instead little green dustings where leaves have decayed and dirt, like, sort of pulled in from cracks and walls. And the cot is not carved sections of wood so much as roots grown together to form a base and then a bold groove which come back to a headboard that just grows up into the root of the wall. And so it's less of like we're used to furniture being in squares or circles, but these are just living organic movements, like a slit of wood and into it. The cot itself is not a stretched fabric, but instead stretched thick leather like leaves, bound and dried back over each other, hard at their base and softer above until they form a pretty pliable, soft surface. And, Boz, things are very untouched as you remember them. The shelf above the desk. The desk is actually, like very much carved wood. Again, Baz, you know, another affectation of your father, a gift many, many, many years ago. And the shelf above is not wood sticking out from the wall, but dirt dug back into it, protruding. And the window above does indeed lead to the surface outside. But it's not just a hole grown through. It is a lattice of roots, thin back and forth, far too small to be coming from the tree that grows above you. And instead they are root work that a druidic friend of your father's grew here. And your father took pieces of stained glass he made. Not stained glass like the clear ones we would know from a parochial window, but instead, like sort of smooth and rough, like sea glass, sort of. And they've been stuck very tightly in weaving patterns in those roots until they bathe the room in a sort of rainbow light, very softly diffusing and create something of a. A temperature moisture barrier to the outside. And the space is very much as you left it, boss. And, Landon, if you need to go, grab that right now, I could just describe a couple extra things. [01:34:08] Speaker C: I would love to be here for the description. Maybe y'all can. I don't know. Yeah, real quick. I'll be right back. [01:34:16] Speaker B: Okay. Boss is walking around the room fondly, taking in details. Y'all doing anything? [01:34:25] Speaker A: I look for diaries. [01:34:29] Speaker B: Craig, give me an investigation check. [01:34:35] Speaker A: I love it. It fell. [01:34:42] Speaker B: Greta, ro, you doing anything? [01:34:43] Speaker A: I have inspiration. [01:34:45] Speaker B: You do? And you always spend it on the most important things. [01:34:50] Speaker A: I tapped my head and rub my stomach so now I have guidance I can do, wait, can I do guidance I can do guidance. [01:34:58] Speaker B: You can. You can, because this isn't an instantaneous thing. This is a prolonged thing you're doing. You can stop and say, I'll guide myself. Okay. [01:35:08] Speaker A: As Micah's on this bizarre search. [01:35:10] Speaker B: D four. Yeah. [01:35:15] Speaker A: 14. [01:35:16] Speaker B: Okay. Okay. Greg, you don't find it as you search the room, and you're doing a not awful job of doing it surreptitiously. However, you're very sure that it is here somewhere. So you just need to look more. Look. Yes, please do. Please do. [01:35:33] Speaker A: So there's, like, there's a bed in his room, right? [01:35:36] Speaker B: Mm hmm. [01:35:38] Speaker A: I'm focused. So I'm focusing solely on the bed. So, like, I'm looking under it, I'm, like, moving it, and, like, looking underneath the covers. I'm, like, getting into the bed and. [01:35:50] Speaker B: Like, okay, so never mind. Craig's not being subtle about this at all. Craig is very obviously searching the space. Pretty obvious. [01:35:56] Speaker E: Craig, what are you looking for? [01:35:58] Speaker B: And at one point, Craig for secrets. Greta does the spell casting and then goes back to searching. [01:36:04] Speaker A: I'm looking for secrets. Do you want to join? [01:36:08] Speaker E: No. Told me not to take notes, and I'm gonna apply that logic and courtesy. [01:36:15] Speaker A: Never said take, not take notes with brain. Did you know you brain? [01:36:20] Speaker B: Just to make this make sense, Boz has momentarily stepped out to speak with his mother. [01:36:26] Speaker E: Craig, how long have you known me, craig? [01:36:30] Speaker A: Too long. Just kidding. Not long enough. [01:36:38] Speaker B: Greta, join me. [01:36:42] Speaker E: I've always been having them in my brain. Craig, you don't even know. [01:36:45] Speaker A: What do you mean? Grieva. [01:36:50] Speaker B: Tell is at first comforting Greta, rubbing your shoulders, and then when things start getting weird, he just steps back and lets you guys do whatever that is. Ro, are you doing anything in the space? [01:36:58] Speaker D: I think I'm just taking in like this. I don't know, this kind of just. [01:37:06] Speaker B: Vibe of, ooh, let me ask this instead. This is actually a great time for Boz to be out, for this to be happening. Ro, what is going through your mind that you care to share? Of course, you don't have to divulge everything, but what's going through your mind as you stand in the place that you never realized you were really from, all of a sudden you can feel it. And to have this place called your home. [01:37:37] Speaker D: And I think it Boz's mom saying, like, welcome home. And how she was, like, so welcoming of, like, and even thought that I was from here. I think Ro is like, it's kind of like you said, like, it's a weird sensation. Like, things. Even though, like, it's not like she got here and it was like, oh, here's a map laid out of who your father is and what your history is. It's like, even though it's not like questions were answered in the literal sense. I feel like she just feels like how something was missing all this time and how she did always feel weird. And even though she's only seen one other person here, there's just something about this place that feels right. And it's like there's a calmness, I think, within her that she's not used to feeling. Cause, you know, Ro is always a little bit. Just high strung, a little bit on edge. And I think this place is helping something about it. The moment she got here, it's like, almost like a calming effect. Like it just feels right. It feels easy. [01:39:05] Speaker B: And as you have that thought, Ro, as you entertain that moment, you have this other sensation. It is not magical. It is just a thought that permeates your mind. A realization? No, a feeling that what you know, what you understand and it is so very little, has not changed, but that now, as you stand in this place, this place you always, or well, for almost a year now, have known exists. But as you stand in this place that is now in front of you, real, it dawns on you that the possibility of a father is so very real. That just like this place, that far distant concept that you have known for so much longer, you've wondered about since the start of your life, is so much closer. And all of that that could mean dawns on you the possibility of a father, the possibility of a father figure, the possibility of a rejection, the possibility of a death, the possibility of identity. Maybe the most tangible opportunity to know the mom you've been trying to let go of this past so far. You stand on the eve of so many things that had always been daydreams. [01:40:47] Speaker D: Yeah, I think there's a very. It's like. It's calming in a sense, but at the same time, it's like it opened up so many other things. Like she feels at peace, but it's like there's still that thing in, like, the back of her head, but it's like it feels like she can, like, breathe at least. [01:41:14] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:41:14] Speaker D: Instead of holding it all in, if that makes sense. [01:41:23] Speaker B: Excellent, boz. You come back from speaking with your mother, who briefly called you in the kitchen to ask if there were any dietary restrictions. As you come back, Craig stands up really quickly from looking under your bed and you are returned, Craig. [01:41:47] Speaker C: Are you stooping through my stuff? [01:41:49] Speaker D: No, no, she's behind. [01:41:52] Speaker B: Crazy. [01:41:53] Speaker A: I needed to see really bad. My dreams, my closed eyelids. I don't know what you want from me, Boz. I was sleeping. You okay? [01:42:02] Speaker C: I only had a couple things in there, Zack. Or what did you say that I had in there, Zach, so we could be aligned? [01:42:07] Speaker B: Well, Craig, you rolled well enough that you found a lot of belongings. You found old clothes that look like they haven't been worn for a long time. You found. You found a great many things, but among them, you also found an iron needle, a tiny clockwork dragonfly, and a sort of wax sealed leather or letter on vellum paper folded up on itself. You found those items. You found them before Boz came into the room. Did you do anything with them or. No. [01:42:46] Speaker A: I stuffed the pocket sized ones into my pockets. [01:42:50] Speaker B: Okay, so Craig took all three and put them in his pockets, so. Okay, Boz, um, you. You know Craig, what do you say as Boz asks you what you found? [01:43:05] Speaker A: My. My closed eyelids. My dreams. What more do you want for me, Boz? I was sleepy. [01:43:12] Speaker C: It's been a long trip, Zach. [01:43:15] Speaker D: Did we. [01:43:15] Speaker A: So comfortable. [01:43:16] Speaker C: I just wanted to make you aware that I sent you a message, direct message, while back. [01:43:20] Speaker B: I did. I did see that. It implicates lore I'm not certain of. It's supposed to be super old. [01:43:28] Speaker C: It can be like a milk. It could be, like, however long ago. Like, it doesn't matter. [01:43:31] Speaker B: Is that involving the letter? [01:43:33] Speaker C: Yeah, that was just from the letter. [01:43:35] Speaker B: From something. [01:43:35] Speaker C: But it doesn't have to be. It could be, like, time you. Whimy. Doesn't even matter anymore. [01:43:40] Speaker B: I don't know. [01:43:41] Speaker C: I was just trying to give you something helpful. But if that's not good, well, I may imply. [01:43:45] Speaker B: Employ it. Who knows? Okay, it just has a lot of specific nouns, so I'll have to wear it. [01:43:51] Speaker D: Specific nouns. [01:43:53] Speaker C: It does. Okay. [01:43:57] Speaker D: Did we see Craig stuff things in his pockets? [01:44:03] Speaker A: Stealth, check. Stealth, check. [01:44:05] Speaker B: Yeah, your passive perception is. Well, okay, yeah, Craig, let's make a slight of hand and see if you can beat the passive perceptions of these two. [01:44:12] Speaker D: Do I roll or just my passive. [01:44:15] Speaker B: No, it's your passive. [01:44:17] Speaker E: Okay, what's your passive? [01:44:19] Speaker A: Ro? [01:44:20] Speaker D: 20. [01:44:21] Speaker E: Crazy. [01:44:29] Speaker B: What'd you get, Micah? [01:44:32] Speaker A: I got it. Ten. No, wait. Yeah, I got ten. [01:44:36] Speaker B: Ro. Not only did everyone else in the room see it all day long, there's also a lot of metal clinking as it happened. [01:44:45] Speaker A: Just a lot of. [01:44:50] Speaker D: Ro's gonna be a total narc, as she is in this group. Not to, like, other people, but tattling on each other. And she's gonna say, boz, I'm pretty sure Craig stuffed, like, five things in his pockets just before you. [01:45:06] Speaker A: I thought you were friends. [01:45:08] Speaker D: We are friends. But, like, you don't steal his, like, what if those are his childhood toys or something? [01:45:15] Speaker A: I was going to turn them. [01:45:18] Speaker C: Did you put my stuff in your pockets? Did you steal from me? I brought you into my house. [01:45:24] Speaker D: Like his toy that, like his good luck charm or something. [01:45:27] Speaker C: Making you dinner. Did I have them back? [01:45:37] Speaker B: Sad, but real sad. [01:45:39] Speaker D: Can I ask? [01:45:42] Speaker A: Yeah, I just. I was gonna give them to you. I was gonna surprise you with them. And then you, like, empties out. [01:45:48] Speaker C: You're gonna surprise me with my own stuff? Yeah, I was gonna tell you about these things, but now I'm not. I'm not gonna tell you anything about them. [01:45:57] Speaker D: Well, I'm so curled, Craig. [01:46:01] Speaker C: Okay, I'll tell you about it. Cause I really want to tell you about it. [01:46:04] Speaker A: Okay. [01:46:06] Speaker C: Do you give it back to me? [01:46:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:46:08] Speaker C: Okay. So part of what I did here, or what I do here. Is that the islands around Agba are moving slowly. They never run into each other. They're all moving to, like, almost like a constellation of stars, if you would imagine. Sometimes we don't know exactly where an island is or isn't. So we have to go find it again and chart it. You know, we've kind of gotten good about, like, protecting the locations. This is Greta, because of, you know, we've been here for so long. But I go out and I confirm them. Yeah. Greta, you had a question? [01:46:49] Speaker E: So is this always happening, or is this something that's happening because of the sickness? [01:46:57] Speaker C: No, no, it's always happening like a normal thing. [01:46:59] Speaker E: Okay. Normal behavior. [01:47:02] Speaker C: Agba is the middle. It's like the center. [01:47:06] Speaker B: That's why I feel. [01:47:07] Speaker C: And I have no concept of astronomy, so I can't provide metaphors. But this is. This is. You revolve around it. Well, it's the seven stars. We have to have some concept of astronomy. [01:47:18] Speaker B: Yeah, you actually, your people have. I mean, you don't have concepts of advanced physics. But you actually have an excellent concept of astronomy. [01:47:25] Speaker C: Okay, so you guys don't know this, but actually all the. We're on a planet and we're revolving around a star. [01:47:31] Speaker B: No. Okay, back it up, back it up. Except that, actually we didn't is among people in all of y'all. But do you're on a planet because. [01:47:40] Speaker D: Old told us. [01:47:48] Speaker C: Some of them are more random than others. Dm. [01:47:50] Speaker B: Correct. [01:47:50] Speaker C: Me if I'm wrong. Some of them are pretty easily tracked, but others are kind of, like, not where you'd expect them to be. So I go out on a really fancy canoe, and I kind of chart them. [01:48:03] Speaker D: I didn't know you were like, a map charter balls. [01:48:06] Speaker C: Well, I like. I chart. [01:48:07] Speaker D: Why don't you know your directions better? [01:48:10] Speaker C: I know my direction is just fine. What are you talking about? [01:48:13] Speaker B: Just because I don't immediately know where. [01:48:14] Speaker C: North is doesn't mean I can't tell. [01:48:16] Speaker B: Where I'm at just as a helpful piece of interstitial tissue. The reason, you know, the reason that you're sent out to these islands to. To chart them, is that as part of your job with vistial, and specifically with the Luzella vistial, is that you, the. The bees go in between islands, and. [01:48:37] Speaker C: So I have to take care of them on different islands, different locations. [01:48:40] Speaker B: Their pollination of plants across the isles spreads Agba's magic to the places that it's really can't touch. And so it's your job to see where the paths of the bees lead. You're one of. You're one of the people in Agba who does that. One of the ogbans who does. [01:48:53] Speaker C: Hey, Zachary, I just had an idea. [01:48:55] Speaker B: Ye, girl. [01:48:57] Speaker C: Some of the locations on this area are dangerous. Would it be possible that, like, one of the ways that we kind of, like, navigate and go places to, like, take care of them is that sometimes we'll, like, cover ourselves in the pollen of some sort? Like, pass, almost like the bees do? [01:49:14] Speaker B: Love that. [01:49:14] Speaker E: It's awesome. [01:49:17] Speaker B: Understood. [01:49:18] Speaker C: Officially canon, of course. But, like, some girl. [01:49:24] Speaker B: Did I stutter? I said cannon. [01:49:28] Speaker C: So we do that. But we. I'll go take care of the hives on, like, different islands, and I'll also keep track of where they are. [01:49:36] Speaker B: And. [01:49:36] Speaker C: And so it kind of, like, blends together. But this stuff is just random stuff that I found while doing that. Sometimes you find, like, this place is connected to the feywild and the shadowfell in ways that are weird. And sometimes I'll just find things from there here. And these are just a few things I found. [01:49:56] Speaker A: So does having them in your bed affects your dreams? [01:50:01] Speaker C: You have weird dreams here no matter what, so. [01:50:03] Speaker D: No, wait, what? [01:50:05] Speaker B: Yeah, you have crazy dreams here. [01:50:06] Speaker D: We all have had weird dreams. [01:50:08] Speaker C: So you're telling me that's, like, drinking? [01:50:10] Speaker D: Like, dreams are gonna be weirder here? [01:50:12] Speaker C: That's like the dreams you're having. Like, Troy, this is like whiskey. [01:50:15] Speaker A: And, like, next time we start having. [01:50:17] Speaker B: Weird dreams, we would start maybe not Greta. [01:50:19] Speaker C: Greta's like, yeah, Greta gets Lagavulin instead of Lacroix on a daily basis. Anyways. This, this needle, you can't thread it. It's impossible to thread. [01:50:36] Speaker D: Says you. [01:50:37] Speaker C: You can't thread this needle. I dare you. Try. Okay, try it. [01:50:44] Speaker D: Wait, here. [01:50:46] Speaker C: Here's some thread. I reach into the desk drawer and I pull out like a roll of like thread that's bum with like a spider kind of spiders silk, which is canon because. That's true. [01:50:57] Speaker D: That's true. [01:50:58] Speaker B: Oh, I forgot about that. [01:51:00] Speaker D: She licks red and is trying to do any roll. [01:51:05] Speaker B: As you try to push it through, it's not going. And you're just missing again and again. [01:51:10] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:51:10] Speaker B: Then as you look closer with your incredibly high perception. No. Holy crap. Every time you put the thread toward it, the thread is splitting around in your pen. [01:51:21] Speaker E: It's like this. [01:51:23] Speaker A: I don't know. [01:51:23] Speaker C: I have no idea. I don't know, Greta. [01:51:27] Speaker E: I mean, sorry. [01:51:28] Speaker D: Where did you find this? [01:51:31] Speaker C: I can't remember which island it was. [01:51:33] Speaker B: Oz, would you like the answer for that? [01:51:37] Speaker C: Yes, I would like the answer for that, actually. [01:51:39] Speaker B: Okay, talk for a second longer. Let me scuttle. But this document and I will find you the answer. [01:51:46] Speaker D: I was gonna cast something on it, but if you want to, Greta, I'll allow it. [01:51:52] Speaker E: That's fine, it's fine. [01:51:53] Speaker D: No, you can if you. [01:51:56] Speaker C: Peanut butter jelly sandwich that he's holding. [01:51:59] Speaker D: Oh, here go. Greta. [01:52:06] Speaker E: Sorry, I'm gonna wait. [01:52:10] Speaker D: I love you guys. [01:52:12] Speaker B: Have to do something. I'm reading, so. [01:52:15] Speaker E: Oh, well, I want to identify on the needle that requires DM input. I know. [01:52:24] Speaker B: So let's do something else first. [01:52:26] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:52:27] Speaker E: Okay. I'm sorry, Jackie. I stole that from you. [01:52:31] Speaker D: That's okay. I can identify on a lot of. [01:52:34] Speaker B: Things from the many islands of. Of the lost lands. You've gotten all three of these? Well, not the letter. The letter was an heirloom you've inherited. I know that. It's just the joke is up. Nobody in the family ever opens it, but it's just like kind of a joke passed down. This is the letter we never opened. [01:52:57] Speaker D: That's amazing. [01:52:59] Speaker B: And the other two you found on the island of get ready note takers. Also, I was about to say something about. You don't have to take notes. I know everyone's going to compulsively brace yourselves. There's a lot of lore for the lost lands, but you got this from the island of. And also you are aware that Sylvan is the dominant language here. And so you guys didn't expect Baza's family to speak common. Maybe you didn't. Baz, you're aware that this is. I do. This is a trait picked up from many of Ogbon's citizens. Well, not many, but a handful of family lines are from outside of the lawslands. That's because every once in a while, someone makes the Lawsons. They just don't leave. They get stranded there. And sometimes those people stay. Well, those who survive and make it to Agba are then in a wonderful place and gladly ingratiated and adopted into the society, and then just become part of the culture. And so from thousands of years of every so many decades, a person getting stranded there or a group of people. Common is actually a slightly uncommon language in the lost lands. Like, people speak common, but just because it's like, a french person getting stranded in Texas every couple centuries and sometimes 30 at a time when a shipwrecks there. And so, like, people speak Canada. Yes. [01:54:24] Speaker C: Cool. [01:54:25] Speaker E: That's hilarious. [01:54:27] Speaker B: But so you're aware that Sylvan is the dominant language, but there are different dialects of Sylvan. So there is the fay Sylvan, the most common here, but there's also pixie Sylvan. And some of the stranger names often come from Pixie Sylvan as well as others. So this island, you're aware, is named after Pixie, is named from Pixie Sylvan. And this is dim dim dap pop. Knop is where you got all these items from. So that is dim dap dash pop nop. Dim dap pop knob. About this island with your compatriots. [01:55:06] Speaker C: I don't share all that detail, but I base. I mean, I assume everybody's wondering what. [01:55:09] Speaker B: I haven't given you the detail yet. [01:55:11] Speaker C: So I share that, and I shared it. This is from dim dap pop. Not everything's from dim dap pop. Not except the letter, which we don't open. Craig. Craig, wait, did Craig try to open the letter when he got it? [01:55:22] Speaker B: Craig, did you try to. Okay. [01:55:24] Speaker C: Did you? [01:55:24] Speaker A: I wouldn't. [01:55:25] Speaker B: Would you like it? You didn't know any of this information, did you? [01:55:31] Speaker A: I know I didn't know this information. I'm not gonna say that Craig got that far. [01:55:36] Speaker C: I would have been hilarious. I would have loved that. That would have been so awesome. [01:55:40] Speaker A: I would not. [01:55:40] Speaker C: That's the letter. I would not want. [01:55:44] Speaker B: To that out. [01:55:46] Speaker A: Of Metagame for a second. Um, no. [01:55:50] Speaker B: I'll tell you what. We'll call it an odds or evens on whether or not you opened the letter. [01:55:55] Speaker C: No, it's okay. Let my guess. I believe her when she said she wouldn't do it. [01:55:58] Speaker B: Okay. Okay. So, Boz, what you may or may not tell everyone else, but you know about dim dub popping up is that it is one of the dangerous islands of the lost lands, not because of dangerous denizens or powerful forces. Also, you went to this island kind of often out of, like, the curiosity of, well, are there any here this time, or can I find anything here? Because you usually don't get any bees there. It's a hard place for bees to be. And that's because dimmed up popnup is. They call it the broken island. It's literally named that because in Pixie Sylvan, the name is supposed to reflect the pieces, metaphorically, that the island is in. Because the island is broken. Reality doesn't work right there. Forces such as, you guys wouldn't have a turn for this, but gravity often fluctuate there don't work correctly, thermal forces can work wrong. And portals between other realms are often torn open there, dropping things in. And so you go there because you're like, well, is a bee colony making it there? And sometimes it does for a brief time, but never for long. But also because you're aware you can find fun stuff there because it just drops out of portals. And so you're aware that that's the island that these objects came from. And you didn't even have to get too far inland. You could get in a little bit and find some wild stuff and then be like, okay, you got to get out of here. You've had some wild experiences there being suddenly thrown up into the sky, being temporarily pulled into the ground. You've had some nutty experiences there. [01:57:49] Speaker D: Did boss tell us this about weird stuff? [01:57:55] Speaker C: I say, I got this from this island, and here's why. I may not go into, like, the details of, like, gravity can lift you to the air and shove you into the ground. But I say weird stuff happens. Things don't work right. Portals open to other realms and just kind of drop stuff in. [01:58:08] Speaker D: Could you accidentally get sucked into a portal? [01:58:11] Speaker C: I have heard of that happening before, but I've never. [01:58:15] Speaker B: I mean, you've heard a lot of rumors. [01:58:17] Speaker C: How many people go there, but I've heard stories. We should go there at night as kids, you know, never. Like, I'm a trusted adult. [01:58:26] Speaker D: Like the forbidden forest. [01:58:31] Speaker C: Anyways, yeah, this is the. This needle thing. And I pick up the mechanical dragonfly, and I say this. I it's pretty cool. It doesn't fly. But I, like, I twist it. I know. I open a drawer and I pull up, like a little key, almost like a little clock key, and I stick it into the side of it, and I twist it up, and I set it on the desk, and the wings. [01:58:54] Speaker B: Go. [01:58:58] Speaker D: Just like steampunk vibes. [01:59:00] Speaker B: Craig, you are summoned. Yeah, could you give me. What? Rock check. Stone cutting checks. [01:59:10] Speaker C: This is why Micah plays d and. [01:59:11] Speaker B: D. It's gonna be a very IDC. [01:59:15] Speaker C: Fight. [01:59:24] Speaker B: What'd you get? Mecca. Guys, guidance on yourself. Craig's just. You can do this. Focusing deeply on the object as he farts slightly. And a little puff of blue magic goes. [01:59:40] Speaker D: Rop. [01:59:41] Speaker A: You said it's a high. You said it's a high DC. [01:59:45] Speaker B: Yeah, sure is very high. [01:59:48] Speaker A: What if you lowered it? [01:59:51] Speaker B: Then it would be different. [01:59:53] Speaker A: I love that. [01:59:55] Speaker D: But what if you. [01:59:56] Speaker C: No one's ever tried that before. [01:59:58] Speaker B: Does it work? [01:59:59] Speaker A: Honestly? [01:59:59] Speaker B: No. [02:00:01] Speaker A: Nine plus 817 plus two is help. So 17 plus 17. Don't tell me 17 plus two is 19. [02:00:17] Speaker B: Wow. [02:00:19] Speaker A: I work with money sometimes, Craig. [02:00:23] Speaker B: It's a fascinating, fascinating little doodad. And you are aware that minerals got. [02:00:28] Speaker A: This is one fascinating little doodad where. [02:00:30] Speaker B: Some people could make vaguely mechanical things, but nothing else necessarily occurs to you about this object. [02:00:37] Speaker A: Oz, can you tell me things that I may not know about this object? [02:00:41] Speaker C: I don't know anything about it. I just know that I spin this little thing and it flaps its wings. That's it. [02:00:47] Speaker A: It's not helpful. [02:00:49] Speaker D: But does it ever do anything, you know, magical or anything? [02:00:52] Speaker C: No, it just. It just does this. [02:00:57] Speaker B: Something that moves without magic is weird. Not particularly familiar with that concept. [02:01:02] Speaker D: Oh, true. [02:01:05] Speaker E: Can I. [02:01:08] Speaker D: Can I do a slide? Oh, go ahead. [02:01:12] Speaker E: Sorry, you first. Yes. [02:01:14] Speaker D: I was just gonna ask if I could do a science or invention. Check. [02:01:21] Speaker B: Are you familiar in inventions? [02:01:23] Speaker D: No, I write. Invent songs. [02:01:28] Speaker B: You cannot make that chat. [02:01:32] Speaker D: But, Greta, I just try to use your skills. [02:01:37] Speaker B: Give me a d 100 roll. It's gonna be another one of those moments in this campaign I've already rolled. [02:01:55] Speaker A: Okay. [02:01:57] Speaker B: It wasn't a threat. Wild. How far you guys keep the dice away from you. [02:02:04] Speaker E: Well, I'm not used to mowing. [02:02:08] Speaker D: Do you do in hundreds? You know, those are, like, the least used dice. [02:02:13] Speaker E: I got a one and I got a double zero. [02:02:19] Speaker B: Holy crap. That means you got one on a t 100 roll. [02:02:23] Speaker D: That's wild. [02:02:24] Speaker B: First time this has ever happened. This table? Yeah. [02:02:26] Speaker D: Wait, what's a 100? [02:02:27] Speaker C: That's a critical. [02:02:28] Speaker B: Critical fail. Well, it's not a. The check doesn't work that way. A 100 is double zeros and a zero, I believe. No, it's a ten is 100. Now, I don't remember what 100 is. [02:02:46] Speaker D: It's gonna bug me. [02:02:48] Speaker B: Yeah, somebody look that up, please. But doesn't come up a lot. So I've already rolled, and the way that this was going to work and will continue to work is that if you rolled within 25 of me, something insane was gonna happen. If you rolled within, like, 50 of me, something really crazy was gonna be the case. And if you rolled, well, something still kind of nuts is gonna come of it. [02:03:15] Speaker D: A roll of double zero and zero is a 100. [02:03:18] Speaker B: Okay, so I was right. Okay, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. [02:03:22] Speaker D: I don't remember future reference. [02:03:26] Speaker B: Okay, so that was right. Anywho, Greta, what does it look like as you cast identify on the needle? [02:03:33] Speaker E: Um, I said there's a lot of chatter going on in the room, and I, like, people kind of, like, I, like, didn't snatch it, but I did kind of snatch it from Ro. I took the thread, and I'm just saying I, like, curled up in, I moved over and, like, sat down in Baaz's bed, probably like, a yemenite, the foot of the bed. And I just sat there, like, watching as, then as I put the thread in it, and it split. And almost without even realizing it. [02:04:05] Speaker C: Does have a bottle of whiskey on his side table. I will say that. [02:04:08] Speaker B: Okay. And he drinks from it just like. [02:04:09] Speaker E: Landon did without even realizing it, just like, the meditation and, like, the focus on such a singular, like, thing and just, like, wondering, like, how is that working? How is that working? It just, like, the magic, like, just, like, a green, like, a light green and yellow just kind of, like, starts, like, like, coming from the motion of her trying to get the. [02:04:35] Speaker B: Symbols into the air of definition. [02:04:38] Speaker E: That's awesome. Yeah. [02:04:40] Speaker B: They leave behind little cyan and gold echoes or. No, I'm sorry, you said light green and yellow. They spiral out in those eye designs. And you guys, everyone else stops talking because you realize Greta's doing that thing where she zones out, starts casting magic and muttering the thread. [02:04:55] Speaker E: The thread. Like, as I'm doing it, the thread, like, unspools and, like, starts forming the glyphs. [02:05:00] Speaker B: Oh, girl. Greta. Inspiration. [02:05:03] Speaker D: Yes. [02:05:04] Speaker B: And as it traces the symbols in the air, Greta, that thing where she starts whispering divination incantations, you could tell she's just, her eyeballs are just slightly apart, just zoned out. And, Greta, your mind sort of, like, the image in front of you melts a little bit, and you just look at a really, you look at a strange swirl of colors, like deep purples and kind of burgundy reds, a very dark green. And then all of a sudden, there's, like, a split in them into a bright landscape that you suddenly recognize not as a different one, but as your own. The sky of jalabrin. And then you watch a little piece of metal just fall into very dark brown granular sand, and then there's a. And the bright light landscape disappears, and your information is flooded with. You don't get an exact identification on this object, but instead, what enters your mind is kind of whisperings that you surmise to mean far and broken. The two words you get are far and broken. Greta's doing something weird. And then stops, right? [02:06:36] Speaker E: Like, I just. I, like, stop and, like, stare off for a little bit. [02:06:45] Speaker D: And then I. [02:06:46] Speaker E: Just look around at the room. [02:06:52] Speaker B: How you doing? [02:06:56] Speaker C: Bet you're back. You're here. The fun guys. [02:06:59] Speaker D: You. What you do, like, what you figure. [02:07:02] Speaker E: Is trying to get more information. Not much. [02:07:05] Speaker A: It's found. [02:07:08] Speaker E: Like, I saw it fall. I saw it fall from the sky, but it was like, I watched it fall where I was. It was like it. It came from where I was, and it just fell. [02:07:22] Speaker D: So you didn't figure out why it does what it does? [02:07:25] Speaker E: No, I just saw that it was. I got that it was far, like, far away and broken, but I don't know what that means. [02:07:33] Speaker B: Interesting. Yeah. It's cool, though. So, like us, I'm not speaking anywhere. [02:07:38] Speaker D: We're far away from home and kind of broken. [02:07:41] Speaker B: Yeah, true. Not anymore. [02:07:43] Speaker C: And there's no christ to make us whole. [02:07:46] Speaker B: Well, gosh, bud, I didn't know you were gonna be having friends. I haven't seen you in forever. In Boston or your children. The voice of your dad comes, and while you guys were engrossed in this moment, has come. In the doorway is a high elf, descended from. From an ancient lineage of fey, wild elves. And he's a tall man, an inch or two taller even than boz, with fair skin, long features. Not unhandsome, long, luscious locks of, like, honey brown hair, very like lord of the rings, elven straightened, falling around his shoulders. And he has a mild, gentle demeanor. And he's draped in kind of, like, some soft cream cloaks. He just walks in and smiles and says, um. Wow, I can't believe you're back. You look, I really like the look. It's different. [02:08:45] Speaker C: It just kind of happened. I just woke. [02:08:47] Speaker B: Just. [02:08:47] Speaker C: I woke up, like this one time. [02:08:49] Speaker D: Well, you touched a tree. [02:08:51] Speaker B: No, this is a smile spreads on his face. And he walks up and just puts up, like, hand on your shoulder and shakes and goes, it's so good to have you back. [02:09:01] Speaker C: I missed you so much. [02:09:03] Speaker B: I missed you too, buddy. He, like, brings you into a hug, squeezes you for a second. Let's go. And says, you're shiny. What's your deal, bud? He points at you, Craig. [02:09:15] Speaker A: Oh, I didn't touch a tree. But I like a. [02:09:23] Speaker B: That's like a whole. [02:09:24] Speaker A: I did statement. [02:09:25] Speaker B: Wait, what's the. What's the. What's the piece? What was the inspiration? [02:09:28] Speaker C: It has a lot of statements. [02:09:30] Speaker A: I. I do. I have many. [02:09:32] Speaker D: That's true. [02:09:32] Speaker A: Um, you see, I found religion in some ways. [02:09:36] Speaker B: Oh, okay. And your religion is a strength metal? No. [02:09:46] Speaker A: It'S about. [02:09:47] Speaker B: Okay. [02:09:47] Speaker A: It's. [02:09:48] Speaker B: Well, I don't have to pry. Still learning room in this house. [02:09:56] Speaker A: What's your name? My name's Craig. [02:09:59] Speaker B: I'm in thrall Edin. It's good to meet you, Craig. And for the note taking nerds, that's AdR El. [02:10:11] Speaker A: So, like, did he freeze? Spelling? [02:10:15] Speaker B: Adin. [02:10:16] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [02:10:18] Speaker B: Adril. Adr. E l l a D I n. So, like Adderall? [02:10:22] Speaker A: No, just kidding. [02:10:25] Speaker B: Adrenaline. [02:10:27] Speaker A: Adrenaline. [02:10:31] Speaker B: I am adrenaline. And I'm totally. And he says, I'm. Well, I'm boss's dad. It's so good. I didn't know he was gonna come back with friends. [02:10:45] Speaker C: He's also the best sculptor in all of AgbA. Did every single one of those. [02:10:53] Speaker B: Look at the figurines on the shelf. Holy crap. That's, like, a perfect sculpture of, like, a young boss. [02:10:58] Speaker C: Like, it's me as, like, a kid. As, like, a teen is, like, an adult. And then, like, one that looks very reminiscent of me right before I left. [02:11:06] Speaker D: Boss, this is a lot better than your carpentry. No offense. [02:11:09] Speaker C: I'm not as good. I tried to. I learned how to do holes and pegs, and then they made me stop. [02:11:16] Speaker B: So, buddy, that's, like, the first step. That's. [02:11:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [02:11:19] Speaker B: That's so important. Not trying to pressure you, but I am thrilled you're taking up whatever you're doing with it. I'm excited about it. That's great. And that's great. Okay, so, Craig. And then. Hello. It's good to meet you. Hello. Shakes her hand. Oh, wow. So formal. [02:11:37] Speaker D: Hello. [02:11:39] Speaker B: And then are you, young lady? And he points at the very old Greta. [02:11:44] Speaker E: Hi, I'm Greta. [02:11:46] Speaker B: Greta. That's a great name. Very Greta. Ta. It's fun. And then you. Who are you? [02:11:54] Speaker D: Hello, there. I'm Ronnie. [02:11:57] Speaker B: Have we met before? [02:11:59] Speaker D: Uh, no, I don't believe so. I've never been here. I know it surprised. [02:12:05] Speaker B: Which of the. Which of the aisles are you from? I'm sorry, I don't mean to pry. I don't recognize the accent at all. [02:12:11] Speaker D: Um, I'm. I'm from Zej, actually. Um. [02:12:16] Speaker B: Hi. Wow. [02:12:20] Speaker D: Um. [02:12:21] Speaker C: I don't know. [02:12:23] Speaker D: I guess. I think my mother tried an og. [02:12:28] Speaker B: Been in a bar. There were two of you out there? [02:12:30] Speaker D: Yeah, I think maybe walked into their bar. My mother wasn't from here, but. Which means that I guess my father had to be, but I've never been here before. [02:12:45] Speaker B: Wow. [02:12:46] Speaker C: I think her dad's like mom. I think her dad's like mom. I don't know. [02:12:51] Speaker B: I'm glad. Yeah. Okay. Wow. I. You know, I've never. Well, but then how did you. [02:13:04] Speaker D: I don't. I honestly don't know. I grew up in Zedge, where she left me. I didn't really know her. She was a traveling. No, no, no. [02:13:18] Speaker B: It's. [02:13:18] Speaker D: No, it's fine. [02:13:20] Speaker B: Okay. Gosh. Welcome. Welcome. [02:13:24] Speaker D: Thank you. [02:13:25] Speaker B: Welcome to our home. This is fun. I never get to stretch my common. Gosh. Okay, well, you know, welcome. We'll probably have a meal in a bit if you want to partake. Oh, boss, you're gonna get a real ribbon. Foo, she hasn't seen you in forever. [02:13:45] Speaker C: I know. I'm scared a little bit. Yeah. [02:13:49] Speaker B: She'S. She's getting. She's just getting the trades from the cart. So do you want to go out and see her? [02:13:58] Speaker C: Yeah. Hey, guys, mind if I step out for a second? [02:14:02] Speaker D: Sure. [02:14:04] Speaker A: You know what happens whenever you do that, so. [02:14:06] Speaker D: Yeah, maybe. [02:14:07] Speaker B: That's not a root on your back, is it? Oh, my goodness. Is that a root? You don't play music, do you? [02:14:14] Speaker D: And it's Boz. [02:14:14] Speaker B: You walk out. I do this just suddenly insisting on her playing. And, Boz, as you walk out toward the front of your home, that is where we'll end ep. 114 of the accidental adventures. We'll call that the end of Lost Lands, but not the lost lands. Next episode, we're just listeners for another one. I'm very, very, very excited to be beginning this arc. I have so much fun stuff. Very fun to be back with you guys adventurers. You gain 0.03 levels, and the Patreon is really cool. We're going to record some more bonus special stuff soon. We're going to have our patron one shot soon where some of the patrons are going to play the original one shot. We all played together, so that's really fun. But listener, we could say so many things. More than any of it, we just want to save it. Life. [02:15:20] Speaker D: Wait. [02:15:21] Speaker B: Oh, I can't hear any of you guys anymore. Hmm, that's interesting. Have you guys been close it out? [02:15:29] Speaker E: No, I was just. [02:15:32] Speaker B: I can hear you again. [02:15:33] Speaker D: I was just going to say we're at 11.522 XP. [02:15:40] Speaker B: Thank you, Jackie. I'm sorry if I was talking over you guys for a bit there. For some reason, my headphones cut out. You were? Oh, no. Listener, life is an incredible adventure and you are an important part of it. We say unto the skippity Wapa. [02:16:05] Speaker E: I have to.