June 27, 2022 • 53 mins
Kestral enters the Khakris Estate, hoping to send a missive to friendly forces, and gets far more than she bargained for. The missing wands of Exinidor Alfiron become the focal point of an investigation that the Night Shift crew will need considerable help with.
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The Night Shift is a real playD and D video and podcast series for
mature audiences. Content warnings can befound in the episode descriptions Last Time on
the Night Shift, Bill, canyou uh, where are you in Kestral
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to the family home? Is therelike an address the Kestral estate? Whow
Bill? I love this aggression.M I can't scream together. Go my
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souls already sold. Swim you trappedunder spell? I wish you well,
never creat wrong your streets. Youdo better to retreat if you want it
done right, don't the night Shift? Um in shorter, you guys arrived
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in front of the Orchestral summer Estate. I'm a little nervous. I'm a
little nervous for Orchestral. Do wewant to handle this? What are we
doing? Are we just walking rightin? Is there another? Is there
a secret entrance that guno of Orchestralthat we go in here unnoticed by anyone?
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Well? I mean, can youdescribe me the manner? I can?
Yeah, Like, um, ifyou sort of picked the windows,
you will all say, there,uh the cocrus manner, and this is
this is just their summer home.But it's an estate. I mean there
there's ah egregiously expensive landscaping out fromlots of like shaped plants and high walls.
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There are guards at the front gate. Definitely some naked statues. Definitely
lots of naked like more naked statuesthan really any person should you high born
people. I love dicks, sculpteddicks, vaginas all over. The right
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thing about right thing about everything abouta statue with dicks is there's usually a
statue with acid titties right next time. Balanced, I mean, you know,
to be fair, I didn't bringup the new statues A statues closed
are taking the statues. Honestly,the Cocrus family feels a little more conservative.
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Coats on a Yeah, there's everywhere. It's like they like very impressive
because like you can see straight.They did like they did like this is
just like tacky garden gnomes. Andthey did like the old school Catholic thing
where they're like, oh, wecan't have all these dicks, and they
just put leaves over him something.I'm ruined. The artist makes sense.
Yeah, in front of a fourstory manner damn Yeah, all white built
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with white stones, um, largewindows, that sort of thing, orchestral
this is your summer h yeah,it's a little small. It's a living
Wow, you came here a lotas a child, explained so much.
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Not really, not as much astheir spring hole. Man, your dad
really is a dick. He doesn'teven care about the bar, he doesn't
need it. What do we do? Okay? Um? I start walking
toward the were still in the wagonthere, right? Do you need the
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stables? Wait, we're still inthe wagon though. Yeah. Oh you
got out of the way. Weall got the wagon. She's out.
Yeah, that's up to your way. You get out. Yeah. If
we're in the state, we've passedthe gates. There's probably haven't even guards
out front. Oh so you can'twe get guards. I'm staying in the
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truly, I can kill them themto your own guards, right, I'm
also wanted and to SWN. Butthey are loyal to your house. No,
I mean, baby, I meanI think they have one chance to
be loyal and if they're not,unlash, can I roll a check to
see if I know the guards personally? Good? Um? Yeah, let's
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do history for that. M nineplus four. Hey it's they're both females
and you do know one of them. Okay, alsa Um, But like
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you didn't get along well with Alsalike she was. Okay, it's not
like y y'all didn't know you hatedeach other anything. You just didn't get
along with her. Well, youknow her name. But would she think,
uh that I would kill a wizard? You didn't get along well with
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a losa, so you probably didn'ttalk that much. M hmm. Maybe
maybe you could tell Bill like somem I don't know. Do you know?
Do you know how to? Yeah? Do you know how to sneak
into the compound without going through thefront gate on a carriage? Makes sense?
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Or we could? Um? Notreally, it's been a long time
since I've been here, just sayingwe could. I left home when I
was quite young, this is true. How young were you? It was
about sixteen? Damn? How oldare you now? Rude? I don't
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know. Oh well, like elveslive longer, right, so I don't
know. Thirty when I left homeand now I'm more like sixty. I
don't know. Please don't hold meto this. I don't. I feel
like I had an ancient at onepoint. That's how edge works. Yeah,
I don't remember what it was though, um hmm. Let's just hop
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over the fence. I think Ithink that's more like human years. Now.
Yeah, she's like on an lscale, yeah, she's twenty five,
But on an el scale, I'mmore like sixty five hundred something.
How long do you elves lives inD and D live half else, I
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say like six hundred. Let's notget backed down the details. You're half.
Let's right, UM's like six thewall, Go raid the garden some
carrots. Uh, I'm gonna trytalking to Alca. Okay, here we
just pull up the carriage. Yeah, see if I can out. Uh
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yeah, there will be no window. It's like a school carriage. Just
why I got it for so cheWhen the carrot stops, I want to
crawl through the hole at the bottom. Okay, in the ground. Well
the chaos this is bringing Okay,yeah, there's a twenty two. What
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are you trying to do? Areyou trying to accomplish? Um? Uh,
I didn't think about that part.I'll come back to Kestro. I
cast spider climb on him. Yes, and now I'm latched onto the bottom
of the bar finally like a rat. Perhaps if they can that's yes.
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I am now hanging on the bottomof the cart with no real plan I
love it keeping an eye on things. Yeah, kestro, you roll down
the wind which is a very newfeature on carriages. This is the latest
model, I mean carriage. Soit's brand new carriage. Co co coock
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in the window rolls down and oneof them, Aloxa, looks at you.
Aloxa, Hey girl, what's up? What do you need this?
Do you mean here? Yeah?Um, listen, I need to get
in touch with someone, and Iwas hoping I could use one of the
birds to send a message. Yourdad's inside? Is he really yes?
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Is he like really pissed? Idon't know. Well, could you like
not tell him I'm here? Ithink that would probably cost my job?
Well, okay, would you doyou mind waiting a little bit? How
long? I don't know, likean hour. We just need to send
a pigeon. Really, that's that'sit. I don't even need anything from
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you know. I don't want tocause any trouble. And you know that
I would never like obviously everything aroundis messed up. This is not me.
I would never kill Alfyron right,you know me. I don't know
you that well. We were kindof friends. No, you don't remember
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that one time I snuck you likea pine of like a thing of wine,
a craph of wine. I rememberI got drunk. Yeah, yeah,
we had a ball. I gotin trouble. Um, it's a
good time though. Um I can. I can give you like thirteen minutes,
okay, thirty minutes would be great. And you just need to use
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the pigeon. Yeah, we justneed to use the Yes, I need
to use the United Okay. Uh, you're gonna have to. The carriage
can't come in. We've locked thegates. But right, my friend's taking
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care of it. Right now.What happened? What are you doing?
I'm just listening all right. Yeah, the carriage can't come in? Yes,
is just you? Yeah? Ireached down through the hole and I
kicked Tom. Wait wait, holdon, the carriage can't come in.
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She's telling Kestrol no to bring inher own carriage in her own summer homes.
Yes, daddy's there. Wow.Okay, sure I kicked Tom locks.
That's a locks of bullshit. Okay, Yeah, I kicked Tom,
and I'm like, go get thefucking pigeon. Uh, just you kicked
me. Can't kick me. I'mliterally underneath the carriage. I can reach
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my foot, can you. No, No, I'm not you can't like
okay, so I like my bellyis not exposed by the whole you know
what I'm saying towards you get thegeneral j Yeah, he can't. Okay,
go get go, get the falcon, the pigeon, the pigeons.
Get the pigeon. We can senda bird to not a rock. I
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guess he's like climb out from needto kind of dust some off. I'm
like, oh hey, hey,locks up. What No, don't worry
about it. No, you cango in. Oh I can go in.
There's waste to spout, slot on. I'm going to climb back under
the carriage. Sure, nice tobe all right, I go. I
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go in. Yeah, so herand the other guard just kind of let
you walk by. You can seea locks of kind of exchange your words
with her. You get inside thegrounds, there's this like large garden area.
You know where you're going. Youkind of have to peel off of
the left to go to the ups. Actually, I want to be talking
to a lot, so I wantto stay out in this like kind of
chatting her up. Okay, okay, um, I go to um the
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place where all the pigeons are held, and um, I scrawl a quick
little note to note rock Um,telling him that we're in Dragon Spear and
saying that we will meet him inthe dregs um near the water treatment plant
because that's the only place that Iknow. Right, let's back up.
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You walk over, open the door, and your dad's there. Ye,
thank you. And I think you'reso like focused you almost don't even recognize
there's a person there. You justturn start grab a let her start writing.
And he's like kestrel. Hey Dad, He's sprints over to you and
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hugs you. Oh oh oh,hey Dad, I'm I'm so glad that
are Are you okay? Are youall? Are you all right? Remember
she smells awful. Um, Icould be you have smelled better. Yes,
you're not wrong. Um, wellI could be better if I'm being
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completely honest. It's great to seeyou, dad. I know that you
don't mean that. I do.I do. I have. There's been
We've been through a lot. Ihave since let us to everyone we have
ever known looking for you. Ohwell, now I feel bad. Um.
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Look, I know we said somethings and I said some things the
last time we were together, andlet's just put all that aside right now,
and I have to I didn't doit, daddy. Great, that
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was great? Oh good, becauseI'm gonna need that one. Yeah,
thank goodness. Oh nineteen tears,Oh no, I think they're real.
Nineteen plus you are a very hardheart. Yeah, she just has to.
Also, it's like she can beupset, but also I want some
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real emotion in the Yeah, helike he hugs you again. It's like
a right, it's all right,so so emotional. Jeez. Okay,
Um, is it possible you didit on accident? No, I didn't.
Just I know how you know youhave a temper sometimes. I mean,
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yes, but I wouldn't just killthe biggest sorcer. You really think
I'm capable of that. I thinkI'm capable of anything that you pund Oh
my god, that's actually starts crying. Yeah, that's that gets me.
I'm like really reading. Thanks,So why are you here? Well?
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What do you need? Well,my guild leader is supposed to meet up
with us so we can stay ina safe place. Yes, he swore
he didn't know where you were.Yeah that might have been a lie.
Um, but like that's well hedid he didn't know where we were to
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be fair, we've been traveling alot and we've uncovered this really terrible plot
that's going to happen in Guild Dragand we're trying to stop it. And
we passed this really terrible dragon placeand I gave up my dagger and then
a turn around bit me in theUS and I thought it was a really
cool move. But what what whatda guy? It's called? And I
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pull out the dagger and it's calledthe Dagger of yak Oh, that's that's
the one on the wanted posts.Yeah. I know it's technically mine,
but I didn't have it when Igave it up. I sacrificed the dagger,
all right, um, and somehowI got it back. Who are
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the Ruffians you're with? Well,they're my You met them at them because
they're my friends. Okay, dad, they're my friends. Oh god,
why did I see that? II mean, I know I didn't hear
it, but out of character,I feel emotional. That's very nice,
all right, Um, okay,I really just need to get a hold
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of note Rocks so we can finda place to say that's safe. I
don't want to get you guys introuble. It's why I didn't really want
to come here in the first place. Oh, you'll stay here, get
your friends. I'll arrange for NotreRock to come here under the auspices of
giving him a tongue lashing over findingmy daughter and you your part. Are
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going to stay out of trouble soI can help sort the problem out.
Dad. I can't promise that.There's more at stake than just our name
and my reputation. There's and myown safety. There's lives, so many
you don't understand. We're facing agenocide up in gilder Bag. We have
to stop it. He makes thislike really sad looking face. Did you
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say our man? Yes, ourname? All right, Um, what
was it that you need for me? Well, I mean it would be
nice to have a place to stay, but really we need to find not
a Rock because he's going to beable to gone. What else. I
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sense that there might be money,could get the Phoenix back. That's it
for right now. Thanks for allright. I want to push it.
We're going to say nothing to yourmother for the time being. That's a
good that's a good idea. You'regoing to stay in the guest suite out
by the pool. Okay, yourfriends are lurking that. I'm like,
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oh, we also might need torepair the carriage that we rented. You
rented a carroage, rented a carriage. Well I didn't rent the carriage.
Our friend Bill rented the carriage.He was a big turtle guy. Yes,
the yes, the large one.Um. Sorry, I'm just having
with rindin a carriage. Just aterrible use of money. Wasn't my decision
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to be fair? All right?Um, I'll runch the carriages outside.
Yes, I'll runt for the carriageto be brought in. Then all of
your friends can join you the cast. I'll go get note rock and then
we'll I'll leave you alone unless youneed something from that. Sound good?
Sounds great? So when Kestrol getsback to the guardhouse, in my head,
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I've been uh like bonding with alots of the entire time, right
Like I was like like watch thisship, and then I like like spider
climbing like up the wall and likeon the ceiling, like, well look
at this. You ever seen somebodydo this? All right, let's roll
up, let's do a charisma check. Okay, it's like a Christmas saved
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almost performance do I have any Um, I thought it was some half like
I give plus one charisma I've advantagedon deceptive at performance checks. Were trying
to pass myself off as another person. I can mimic speak what the fuck?
This is awesome? With it?You can do all kinds of things
that would have been useful in thissession. Yeah damn. Okay, well
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that's great, but I don't thinkthat applies here at only ten Only ten
Um Tom is pulling out all stops. Yeah, trying to impress als and
Alsa for her part, couldn't carefucking that's not true. She couldn't care
less. She's been used by itall right. Um, she's not impressed.
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Huh. But she's like, I'mlike standing upside down on the ceiling,
juggling. It's better than what shenormally does, stand outside the gate
and stare at nothing in particular.Yeah, no, no, it's it's
yeah, it's cool about this.I've just been trying to stay hidden and
quiet in the carriage, and Casherwalked back and looks is like, okay,
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good. She closes the gate behind. Oh, actually we need to
go back in. I already talkedto my dad and we're kind of cool.
You talk your dad? Yeah,inside, let's go. Come on,
okay, okay, did you getthe InBank? I think with your
dad, and your dad actually walksright up behind her. It's like you
can let them in. Oh okay, I was. I was about to
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come tell you that they were in. He's like, it's fine. What
does he do when he sees mestanding upside down juggling on the ceiling that
is a seventeen? He grabs thebars and presses his face to the gate.
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Huh, what is happening? Thankhim down your friend, Jesta.
Sure, it's he's a bard,same thing. So okay, give me
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back the phoenix in you bitch thegate. I'm sorry, I guess striking
distance. I don't know. Imean, yeah, I don't. I
don't really know. Yeah, strikeWhen you say bitch, he leans to
the gate. I'm sorry, I'msorry, I'm sorry, my state,
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I'm sorry. All right, I'msorry, Ruffians. You always did have
a certain dad. Can we notdo this? Yep? Come on,
and he disappears. Thank you,thanks mister, guys were going to the
He says, thanks, mister,I don't care enough to correct you.
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Yes, like I never really consideredthe Come on, guys, we're going
to the pool house. Pou dude, don't taking off. I'm doing great
in the swim trunks. Yeah,I mean we we actually show hop in
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the pool though, because we allsmell like shit. Yeah. Absolutely,
Yeah we can shower. Tom doesone of those like Looney Tune things where
he's like like literally running on airand this lifts me up. It's my
legs scurry in the air to holdsus off first, and then we'll get
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in the pool. We gotta doyour water spell again. No, I'm
not you wasting another spec the longrest. Yeah, just go take a
shower. It's right there. Okay, Oh wow, house with a shower.
What a shower? It's probably anawesome shower, isn't it. This
pressure is amazing, four story manner. How does it work like the house
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probably has its own water tower.Yeah, yeah, press property. Yeah,
I'm saying, are we in likea hot bath or is it like
a shower? Like a shower?Whoa? Yeah, okay, all right,
I don't think I've ever used ashower before. Teavap talking showers can't
be common, No they're not.No, yeah, this is the first
time they sure, I'm like,no, to be fair, it's like
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standing in the rain. What isthis? Wow, it's like your own
miniature rain storm. Unbelievable people.I'm always interested in role playing the most
moment an idea while I'm naked,talking through the whole process, I claim
myself, Wow. But with wonderman canniball in short order, you guys
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get comfortable. I think you yougo and get in the pool and then,
uh, Father Castro kind of rollsup. It's like, Lord Cochran,
perhaps perhaps um not be out inthe open. We have servants.
They'll see people. Just you know, quickly, I forgot on Attilius's shoulders.
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I'm on Tim, he's a CastrilKestril Castro. Right, Dad,
I'm sorry, guys, let's caughtup in the moment. You know what,
do a little turnal jelly you putrobes on? Oh with with the
ornate k? Yeah it wrong,believe your dad kind of seems also,
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by the way, mister k,did y'all fix up that carriage and return
it? If it's all right?I would prefer Lord sorry, Lord ka
Um, I'm just going to buythe carriage. That's fine. Uh,
all right, cool, it's forme. Thank you, thank you.
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It's really nice though. It's anice um. Yeah, kestro, your
dad seems kind of awesome. Whyhave you never wanted to come back here?
Well, let's just say he wasn'talways this cool. We disagreed a
lot when I was growing up.I was a kid when I left,
teenager relative to your half of anhsu, man, these robes are so
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soft anything statue? Do you knowwhat I mean? Do we have drinks?
Food and food? Drinks and foodand in short order I knock on
the door on the poolhouse door,smoking my pipe too, but yes,
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continue, okay, we open itrock strong sky, Oh I don't.
I don't like that. Okay,progress, forgive me, sir strong shank
the night of course. Yes,close the door behind the fill. This
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tobacco, this cats cock orus tobaccois fantastic. So the ropes of food,
I mean, it's it's great here. As soon as he closes the
door behind yours. So I hearthat you made a stop in the southern
thundersides. Yes, ye, yeah, we are ran into some dowarves.
Pretty cool guy, quite an impression. We did you know what? I
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understand that, mister boulder spine reachedout to you on our behalf. Yes,
as I said, you made quitean impression because we really big bug
thing. Yes, still can't getthe bloodstains out of my face. Yes,
we didn't slay that even after theHave you ever had a shower?
I have never had a shower.She really tried to have one in the
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manner. What's your plan now thatyou're here? Well, we were on
you. Yeah, so you cantell us on the plan, Agdash said,
get to Dragon Spear, fine,notre Rock, and he'll fill you
in on the plan. That soundsright, okay, all right, Um,
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we're still searching for Davik. That'sstill a thing. So if you
know where he is, will goafter him. The other thing that we
have to worry about is that we'restill wanted and people still think that I
killed alf Iron and I did not. Yeah, and uh, mister strong
Shak the ninth sir. Uh.The other thing here is that the dwarves
are about to march their entire Heputs his hand out. Let's just pretend
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Okay, whatever, Well, I'mso angry right now. My good
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that will never truly understand, andthat is Victory Formation. And there's some
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assessment to be some sort of runicsymbols of some sort from these cans.
Well, yes, uh, thegood news is a hazy i PA eight
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It's quite delicious. Various stutes overthere. She worked on her kickball skills
like she's been working on her beer. Tom's fault, he missed the ball.
Mess the ball. You know thegame works, Why the field?
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Get your asses back of the feralLet's okay, cool? But okay,
okay, I'm gonna pretend that Idon't. Um, but like kind of
seems like maybe the way to prevent, you know, like a world war
would probably be to take out Davidor the Prince. I'd be killing assassination.
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Um, you know something like that. Gotten into this so fast.
Um, let's solve one problem ata time. Yeahs think is the want
to issue? M Okay, youwon't be able to accomplish much if everyone
is trying to put your head ona platform. Fair enough. Yeah,
and Kestrel did not kill his innadoor, so as far as I can
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tell, that is true. However, we don't have much evidence. Um.
I think is there a way tofind how I got the dagger of
yack back by giving it to thedragon spirit? I feel like that should
be a boy band song, TheDagger yak Back Continue? Yeah? Um,
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I mean literally did come back.Yeah, yeah, I'm not sure.
Here's the plan I have for yousuch that it is okay, Senator
off iron Head. Two close companions. You have met both of them as
far as I know, Sir AldusStrowbridge's guardian. He summoned you when you
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first got to Dragon Spirit for Eccenator, it's very brief. And Pilatus,
which was his assistant. Oh right, you met both of them pretty briefly.
Both of them are crushed by Exendor'sdeath, and both of them want
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to find the killer and want toget to the bottom of us. Mm
hmmm. The first one's name wasthe first one, Sir Aldus Stroebridge,
troll Bridge, troue Bridge, trollBridge. Are you saying troll troe Bridge,
Troelbridge. Oh my god, areyou saying fine? Oh? Sir
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artist Bridge. I think you shouldaddress on however you like. And Pilaritusitis.
So both of them want to getto the bottom of this. I
can arrange a meeting with either orboth m in they can clear our name.
Both seems risky. I think theycan. I'm not sure. That's
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just the only place I have tostart. Have you heard from Zedric?
Yeah, as far as I know, Xedric is probably drunk in an alley.
That sounds about probably or didn't hego with other people? Yeah,
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he's probably still drunk in an alleyseven though he's doing Yeah, and he
and Greg and the princess all went, Greg, yes, please set up
a meeting with him. Maybe inlike two you can kill us on site.
I think there's a chance that's notgreat, because so what's your plan?
Uh? There? Then I saidsuch that it was. I don't
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know. You're in a great spot. We're pretty Strobridge is a formidable warrior.
Alaritis is a formidable mage, prettygood at talking o making an impression
on are though, as far asyou know, I would say, not
polaritis, UM's plaritis. Who Igot all salty about about not giving us
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our food. Fascinating? Yes,probably so yeah, you might not remember
me too. Your experience with SirAldostroberds was he gave you a summon's letter
and that was it and explained itessentially. And then your experience with polaritis
was he took you to exenda Or'sroom, brought you some refreshments. That
was kind of whatever. One iseasier to get a hold of I suppose,
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or whichever one would I be ableto like roll insight to see which
one would be more Um, Idon't less likely to strike first. I
don't know about their reputations, butmy instincts so that a mage maybe more
open to conversation than a warrior who'shad his boss killed. I don't know
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that I could be wrong. Idon't know much a true I don't know
much about Trollbridge. Yeah, wedon't really need to go h you know,
risking getting into a fight and havingto kill another one of these guys.
Well, now that another murder.We didn't do the first one.
Now I don't want to have todo it. Pretty money now, Timbo,
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way to go try. We're tryingto clear our names here, and
we don't do that by actually likecommitting a murderer when we were trying to
prove that we didn't do the firstone. UM, that's my point.
M My suggestion would be not totalk to both, because why did the
circle gets the harder it will beto contain. I also, though,
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now that we're talking about I don'tknow that I trust a major in these
matches, for there is some sortof evil magic of foot. Well,
I think we could talk to himage, because they actually he may know
why I sacrifice the dagger and suddenlyI have it back. If I explained
to him what happened there, hemay understand why. Maybe he's the one
that took out We must consider thepossibility. Sounds like we have a classic
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who done it scenario? Well,right, that's the thing is that we
didn't kill Exenador, which means somebodyelse did. I assumed it was Davik,
but maybe it's not, or maybeit's somebody else working on behalf of
David, or maybe he turned Exenador'sunderstudy. What do you think we should
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do? Who do you think weshould talk to? I think Pilaricius is
the one we need to talk toyou. I think we should talk to
the Age too. Our trusts his a You're meeting like a week from
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now, though, so we couldstay here for a bit. The poolhouse
is nice. I don't think wecould get like seven arrange it as quickly
as a humans. Fair enough,chill, fair enough, Wow, Okay,
I'll set it up for whenever you'dlike to set it up, but
my suggestion would be quickly. Yeah, tomorrow it is. I guess,
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I guess not he knows best,all right, I wish all right,
Um, I'll send him over asquickly as I can. And he leaves
barn robs here. He's send sendinghim to us. Okay, well then
we get we get to hang outhere. What's the night? Can we
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order food? Like? Will theymake us whatever we order? Is just
shaking her head? Can I getfried falcon? No? Why would you
want to eat falcon? It's abeautiful creature here. It tastes like chicken.
What you rich people do at all? You just eat? A whole
day passes. Yeah, after ahearty meal of wrong for a hearty meal
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of fried falcon and wine. Um, fried falcon? You rest easy?
Um, you rest easy. Andthe following day Notora comes back and we
don't have to role play. Itintimates to you that Pilaritis will not meet
you here, but he will meetyou, um in a neutral location.
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And he describes if that neutral locationis going to be um, much to
your ah excitement, it's the duckcan cover in. They're just gonna essentially
rent the place and empty it out. Wait, we have to go back
to an ast hamon. Oh,I'm sorry, not the duck and cover
the troll in the wall which burneddown, which is the phoenix. Can
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Ah, you're so I wish Iwish, trust me, I wish,
I wish too. We never wenever went to a pub in Dragon Spear,
I swear you did. I don'tthink we did well. We may
coffee and then a bunch of abunch of actual stores. Was it the
beans or it was a flatbread governmentflatbread that might have been a dragons getting
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a hamstring cramp. Okay, okay, we're good, We're good. Um,
why can I not find those man? That's oh oh uh, magical
portal to net David Maybe magical portalto the duck and cover in Maybe because
he's a he's uh No, Ilike, you know what, Let's say
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it's just a neutral location, nota place you've been before. Uh,
and let's call it flagging born inreflaging Born. I can't believe I remembered
something and remembering a lot. It'sgonna be they're gonna buy the place out
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for the day and just you know, y'all can bet their quiet place to
listen to our podcast. I guess, yeah, yep, all right,
so the next day the time comes, you have a carriage, you can
really just take that there. Yeah, that's the move, right, you
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can park it very close to thedoor and just kind of scurry. Did
we get new clothes? I mean, I know our old clothes are very
clean now, but I think yourold clothes are cleaned. Did catch will
ever have like a little friendly cleanman? We're like, we're not,
but the sister, Yeah, Iwant I want to every trying to get
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some nice livery and clothes very quicklyand not think about it too hard.
You get to the flag and bornin and um, I'm assuming you go
in? Yes, yes, allright, you walk in the doors closed
behind you, I know the rockum and on the far sides it's hilaricis
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who you kind of remember? Right? I mean he looks vaguely familiar?
Welcome? Um, I hear youhave a story to tell I big p
Yes. Um. First of all, you're not going to like kill us,
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right, like neutral zone meaning noweapons, no magic? Um,
tell us work. I think thatdepends entirely upon the story. Okay,
so I tell him everything we got. You gotta be tired of tell him
the story? Yeah? Well,I mean I tell him. I tell
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him especially I concentrate on the factthat I sacrifice the Dagger of Yak to
the dragon of Falcoon. Wow,and um, she's on fire today.
And then I explained that like thedragon, like the dagger was no longer
in my possession. And then somehowI arrived back after it had killed or
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somebody used it to kill. Um. As she's saying all of this,
I want to be, you know, like really like trying to read his
reactions and see if I got anyinside. And I don't cover everything about
like well, I don't cover everythingabout like the thunder Summit or like the
dwarves or anything, just how itrelates specifically to our shortation the rest of
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the room, making sure we're notlike you're getting the snuck attack or something.
Yeah. Yeah, But she doestell the part two where I did
that like flying leaping kill with thenine. Sure she spends a lot of
time on that. Um, that'sjust a nine, and my insight is
just ten. Okay, Um.I think it's he's a hard guy to
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read. He's pretty flat to beginwith. In the first interaction you had
with him, he didn't really talkto you at all, really he talked
exclusively to Ectenator. Um. Youcan tell that he is. His eyes
are red. He's upset about thiswhole situation. I feel think somewhere in
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your story he does intimate to youthat he was the one that found the
body. H. However, Tom, I think you in particular, Um,
when Castroll tells the story about defeatingthe snake, giant snake at the
temple that you want to, theTemple of Silence, Um, he becomes
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less skeptical, and by the endof the story, Um, the whole
story, I mean, he's kindof warmed up to you, But that
moment in particular, Um, fightingthe snake for some reason, seems to
turn him. Do you know?So she told you about the blue ghost
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thing? Do you do you know? Um? Do you have any knowledge
on how how they could have beendone? How? How? How how
how a person can hand items betweenthe planes? Well, that's uh,
that's above my level for sure,was in the door capable? I don't
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know. So Xenador was capable ofincredible, incredible things, but he was
also very secretive. The reason searchhe did over the last five years.
He wouldn't even let me scan.It wouldn't let me take a look.
However, one thing that I doknow is that he had an enchantment on
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those wands. That holster that hadthose five wands in it, he placed
a very powerful incantation upon it.If someone tried to take those wands from
him, their hands would be burntto a cinder. He puts his hands
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out and sort of backends for y'allto do the same. We put our
hands out. Okay, I'll doit my hands. Yeah they're okay.
Here you are with two of hiswands. Yeah, man, I mean,
it's only two things. Either someonein league with you killed him,
took the wands, suffered the damage, and then gave them to you,
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or he gave them to someone.I can promise you plaritis. There's not
a whole lot of people on ourside, so you can check maybe Bill
and note Rock, but that's basicallyit. When I asked Zennadore about these
wands, though, he was veryclear that, of course not him.
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What do you mean? He saidthat, um, no, he had
all of his wands, and thathe just did not or did he say
something or did he just ignore me? He just um he did not acknowledge
any knowledge of the situation when yousaw him after being gifted the wand.
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Yes, he didn't say anything aboutfresh after we brought back the children.
I'm not sure. I you thinkit's possible for somebody to have Are you
sure it was Innadoor on those finaldays? I think so. Um,
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do you have a reason to believeit's not? M hmm. Halfling's intuition
and and and and the wand stuffthat we just talked about. Seems like
that's a disconnect there. M hmm. Well do you know whether where his
other wands are? No, weonly have these two, ye, and
yet they are all missing. Mquest to find the ones, so of
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power. I mostly believe you.What don't you believe? It's just curious.
Well, there's a dead body withher name scrawled on a blackboard,
so that I could have been framed, and you have you have no idea
how? Thank you? Uh,you have no idea how the dagger of
Yaks somehow got back to me.I do not. With that said,
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that's not the most difficult thing inthe world to put something back in your
possession a pickpocket, h Yes,but I gave the dagger to sastical dragon.
That was so massive, it madea city. I mean, that's
strange. It's very strange. Yes, Dragon is dead and you just attacked
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Garinich. Well, Jaraniche was adick. That's an understatement. So I
think if you're up to it,the next step is to well, is
it the crime scene? Yes,yeah, I thought, I agree to
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the tower. We go next timeon the night shift. Get out of
the blood, Get out of theblood. Oh sorry, I didn't even
see that. I didn't even Myfeet are so large. I thought you
were onto something with the book firstone. Myself, I thought i'd found
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something as well.
The Night Shift is a real playD and D video and podcast series for
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the Night Shift, Bill, canyou uh, where are you in Kestral
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to the family home? Is therelike an address the Kestral estate? Whow
Bill? I love this aggression.M I can't scream together. Go my
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souls already sold. Swim you trappedunder spell? I wish you well,
never creat wrong your streets. Youdo better to retreat if you want it
done right, don't the night Shift? Um in shorter, you guys arrived
(01:08):
in front of the Orchestral summer Estate. I'm a little nervous. I'm a
little nervous for Orchestral. Do wewant to handle this? What are we
doing? Are we just walking rightin? Is there another? Is there
a secret entrance that guno of Orchestralthat we go in here unnoticed by anyone?
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Well? I mean, can youdescribe me the manner? I can?
Yeah, Like, um, ifyou sort of picked the windows,
you will all say, there,uh the cocrus manner, and this is
this is just their summer home.But it's an estate. I mean there
there's ah egregiously expensive landscaping out fromlots of like shaped plants and high walls.
(01:57):
There are guards at the front gate. Definitely some naked statues. Definitely
lots of naked like more naked statuesthan really any person should you high born
people. I love dicks, sculpteddicks, vaginas all over. The right
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thing about right thing about everything abouta statue with dicks is there's usually a
statue with acid titties right next time. Balanced, I mean, you know,
to be fair, I didn't bringup the new statues A statues closed
are taking the statues. Honestly,the Cocrus family feels a little more conservative.
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Coats on a Yeah, there's everywhere. It's like they like very impressive
because like you can see straight.They did like they did like this is
just like tacky garden gnomes. Andthey did like the old school Catholic thing
where they're like, oh, wecan't have all these dicks, and they
just put leaves over him something.I'm ruined. The artist makes sense.
Yeah, in front of a fourstory manner damn Yeah, all white built
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with white stones, um, largewindows, that sort of thing, orchestral
this is your summer h yeah,it's a little small. It's a living
Wow, you came here a lotas a child, explained so much.
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Not really, not as much astheir spring hole. Man, your dad
really is a dick. He doesn'teven care about the bar, he doesn't
need it. What do we do? Okay? Um? I start walking
toward the were still in the wagonthere, right? Do you need the
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stables? Wait, we're still inthe wagon though. Yeah. Oh you
got out of the way. Weall got the wagon. She's out.
Yeah, that's up to your way. You get out. Yeah. If
we're in the state, we've passedthe gates. There's probably haven't even guards
out front. Oh so you can'twe get guards. I'm staying in the
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truly, I can kill them themto your own guards, right, I'm
also wanted and to SWN. Butthey are loyal to your house. No,
I mean, baby, I meanI think they have one chance to
be loyal and if they're not,unlash, can I roll a check to
see if I know the guards personally? Good? Um? Yeah, let's
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do history for that. M nineplus four. Hey it's they're both females
and you do know one of them. Okay, alsa Um, But like
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you didn't get along well with Alsalike she was. Okay, it's not
like y y'all didn't know you hatedeach other anything. You just didn't get
along with her. Well, youknow her name. But would she think,
uh that I would kill a wizard? You didn't get along well with
(05:23):
a losa, so you probably didn'ttalk that much. M hmm. Maybe
maybe you could tell Bill like somem I don't know. Do you know?
Do you know how to? Yeah? Do you know how to sneak
into the compound without going through thefront gate on a carriage? Makes sense?
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Or we could? Um? Notreally, it's been a long time
since I've been here, just sayingwe could. I left home when I
was quite young, this is true. How young were you? It was
about sixteen? Damn? How oldare you now? Rude? I don't
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know. Oh well, like elveslive longer, right, so I don't
know. Thirty when I left homeand now I'm more like sixty. I
don't know. Please don't hold meto this. I don't. I feel
like I had an ancient at onepoint. That's how edge works. Yeah,
I don't remember what it was though, um hmm. Let's just hop
(06:34):
over the fence. I think Ithink that's more like human years. Now.
Yeah, she's like on an lscale, yeah, she's twenty five,
But on an el scale, I'mmore like sixty five hundred something.
How long do you elves lives inD and D live half else, I
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say like six hundred. Let's notget backed down the details. You're half.
Let's right, UM's like six thewall, Go raid the garden some
carrots. Uh, I'm gonna trytalking to Alca. Okay, here we
just pull up the carriage. Yeah, see if I can out. Uh
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yeah, there will be no window. It's like a school carriage. Just
why I got it for so cheWhen the carrot stops, I want to
crawl through the hole at the bottom. Okay, in the ground. Well
the chaos this is bringing Okay,yeah, there's a twenty two. What
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are you trying to do? Areyou trying to accomplish? Um? Uh,
I didn't think about that part.I'll come back to Kestro. I
cast spider climb on him. Yes, and now I'm latched onto the bottom
of the bar finally like a rat. Perhaps if they can that's yes.
(08:05):
I am now hanging on the bottomof the cart with no real plan I
love it keeping an eye on things. Yeah, kestro, you roll down
the wind which is a very newfeature on carriages. This is the latest
model, I mean carriage. Soit's brand new carriage. Co co coock
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in the window rolls down and oneof them, Aloxa, looks at you.
Aloxa, Hey girl, what's up? What do you need this?
Do you mean here? Yeah?Um, listen, I need to get
in touch with someone, and Iwas hoping I could use one of the
birds to send a message. Yourdad's inside? Is he really yes?
(08:54):
Is he like really pissed? Idon't know. Well, could you like
not tell him I'm here? Ithink that would probably cost my job?
Well, okay, would you doyou mind waiting a little bit? How
long? I don't know, likean hour. We just need to send
a pigeon. Really, that's that'sit. I don't even need anything from
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you know. I don't want tocause any trouble. And you know that
I would never like obviously everything aroundis messed up. This is not me.
I would never kill Alfyron right,you know me. I don't know
you that well. We were kindof friends. No, you don't remember
(09:37):
that one time I snuck you likea pine of like a thing of wine,
a craph of wine. I rememberI got drunk. Yeah, yeah,
we had a ball. I gotin trouble. Um, it's a
good time though. Um I can. I can give you like thirteen minutes,
okay, thirty minutes would be great. And you just need to use
(09:58):
the pigeon. Yeah, we justneed to use the Yes, I need
to use the United Okay. Uh, you're gonna have to. The carriage
can't come in. We've locked thegates. But right, my friend's taking
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care of it. Right now.What happened? What are you doing?
I'm just listening all right. Yeah, the carriage can't come in? Yes,
is just you? Yeah? Ireached down through the hole and I
kicked Tom. Wait wait, holdon, the carriage can't come in.
(10:41):
She's telling Kestrol no to bring inher own carriage in her own summer homes.
Yes, daddy's there. Wow.Okay, sure I kicked Tom locks.
That's a locks of bullshit. Okay, Yeah, I kicked Tom,
and I'm like, go get thefucking pigeon. Uh, just you kicked
me. Can't kick me. I'mliterally underneath the carriage. I can reach
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my foot, can you. No, No, I'm not you can't like
okay, so I like my bellyis not exposed by the whole you know
what I'm saying towards you get thegeneral j Yeah, he can't. Okay,
go get go, get the falcon, the pigeon, the pigeons.
Get the pigeon. We can senda bird to not a rock. I
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guess he's like climb out from needto kind of dust some off. I'm
like, oh hey, hey,locks up. What No, don't worry
about it. No, you cango in. Oh I can go in.
There's waste to spout, slot on. I'm going to climb back under
the carriage. Sure, nice tobe all right, I go. I
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go in. Yeah, so herand the other guard just kind of let
you walk by. You can seea locks of kind of exchange your words
with her. You get inside thegrounds, there's this like large garden area.
You know where you're going. Youkind of have to peel off of
the left to go to the ups. Actually, I want to be talking
to a lot, so I wantto stay out in this like kind of
chatting her up. Okay, okay, um, I go to um the
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place where all the pigeons are held, and um, I scrawl a quick
little note to note rock Um,telling him that we're in Dragon Spear and
saying that we will meet him inthe dregs um near the water treatment plant
because that's the only place that Iknow. Right, let's back up.
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You walk over, open the door, and your dad's there. Ye,
thank you. And I think you'reso like focused you almost don't even recognize
there's a person there. You justturn start grab a let her start writing.
And he's like kestrel. Hey Dad, He's sprints over to you and
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hugs you. Oh oh oh,hey Dad, I'm I'm so glad that
are Are you okay? Are youall? Are you all right? Remember
she smells awful. Um, Icould be you have smelled better. Yes,
you're not wrong. Um, wellI could be better if I'm being
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completely honest. It's great to seeyou, dad. I know that you
don't mean that. I do.I do. I have. There's been
We've been through a lot. Ihave since let us to everyone we have
ever known looking for you. Ohwell, now I feel bad. Um.
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Look, I know we said somethings and I said some things the
last time we were together, andlet's just put all that aside right now,
and I have to I didn't doit, daddy. Great, that
(14:07):
was great? Oh good, becauseI'm gonna need that one. Yeah,
thank goodness. Oh nineteen tears,Oh no, I think they're real.
Nineteen plus you are a very hardheart. Yeah, she just has to.
Also, it's like she can beupset, but also I want some
(14:31):
real emotion in the Yeah, helike he hugs you again. It's like
a right, it's all right,so so emotional. Jeez. Okay,
Um, is it possible you didit on accident? No, I didn't.
Just I know how you know youhave a temper sometimes. I mean,
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yes, but I wouldn't just killthe biggest sorcer. You really think
I'm capable of that. I thinkI'm capable of anything that you pund Oh
my god, that's actually starts crying. Yeah, that's that gets me.
I'm like really reading. Thanks,So why are you here? Well?
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What do you need? Well,my guild leader is supposed to meet up
with us so we can stay ina safe place. Yes, he swore
he didn't know where you were.Yeah that might have been a lie.
Um, but like that's well hedid he didn't know where we were to
(15:43):
be fair, we've been traveling alot and we've uncovered this really terrible plot
that's going to happen in Guild Dragand we're trying to stop it. And
we passed this really terrible dragon placeand I gave up my dagger and then
a turn around bit me in theUS and I thought it was a really
cool move. But what what whatda guy? It's called? And I
(16:07):
pull out the dagger and it's calledthe Dagger of yak Oh, that's that's
the one on the wanted posts.Yeah. I know it's technically mine,
but I didn't have it when Igave it up. I sacrificed the dagger,
all right, um, and somehowI got it back. Who are
(16:30):
the Ruffians you're with? Well,they're my You met them at them because
they're my friends. Okay, dad, they're my friends. Oh god,
why did I see that? II mean, I know I didn't hear
it, but out of character,I feel emotional. That's very nice,
all right, Um, okay,I really just need to get a hold
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of note Rocks so we can finda place to say that's safe. I
don't want to get you guys introuble. It's why I didn't really want
to come here in the first place. Oh, you'll stay here, get
your friends. I'll arrange for NotreRock to come here under the auspices of
giving him a tongue lashing over findingmy daughter and you your part. Are
(17:18):
going to stay out of trouble soI can help sort the problem out.
Dad. I can't promise that.There's more at stake than just our name
and my reputation. There's and myown safety. There's lives, so many
you don't understand. We're facing agenocide up in gilder Bag. We have
to stop it. He makes thislike really sad looking face. Did you
(17:41):
say our man? Yes, ourname? All right, Um, what
was it that you need for me? Well, I mean it would be
nice to have a place to stay, but really we need to find not
a Rock because he's going to beable to gone. What else. I
(18:11):
sense that there might be money,could get the Phoenix back. That's it
for right now. Thanks for allright. I want to push it.
We're going to say nothing to yourmother for the time being. That's a
good that's a good idea. You'regoing to stay in the guest suite out
by the pool. Okay, yourfriends are lurking that. I'm like,
(18:41):
oh, we also might need torepair the carriage that we rented. You
rented a carroage, rented a carriage. Well I didn't rent the carriage.
Our friend Bill rented the carriage.He was a big turtle guy. Yes,
the yes, the large one.Um. Sorry, I'm just having
with rindin a carriage. Just aterrible use of money. Wasn't my decision
(19:03):
to be fair? All right?Um, I'll runch the carriages outside.
Yes, I'll runt for the carriageto be brought in. Then all of
your friends can join you the cast. I'll go get note rock and then
we'll I'll leave you alone unless youneed something from that. Sound good?
Sounds great? So when Kestrol getsback to the guardhouse, in my head,
(19:23):
I've been uh like bonding with alots of the entire time, right
Like I was like like watch thisship, and then I like like spider
climbing like up the wall and likeon the ceiling, like, well look
at this. You ever seen somebodydo this? All right, let's roll
up, let's do a charisma check. Okay, it's like a Christmas saved
(19:45):
almost performance do I have any Um, I thought it was some half like
I give plus one charisma I've advantagedon deceptive at performance checks. Were trying
to pass myself off as another person. I can mimic speak what the fuck?
This is awesome? With it?You can do all kinds of things
that would have been useful in thissession. Yeah damn. Okay, well
(20:06):
that's great, but I don't thinkthat applies here at only ten Only ten
Um Tom is pulling out all stops. Yeah, trying to impress als and
Alsa for her part, couldn't carefucking that's not true. She couldn't care
less. She's been used by itall right. Um, she's not impressed.
(20:27):
Huh. But she's like, I'mlike standing upside down on the ceiling,
juggling. It's better than what shenormally does, stand outside the gate
and stare at nothing in particular.Yeah, no, no, it's it's
yeah, it's cool about this.I've just been trying to stay hidden and
quiet in the carriage, and Casherwalked back and looks is like, okay,
(20:48):
good. She closes the gate behind. Oh, actually we need to
go back in. I already talkedto my dad and we're kind of cool.
You talk your dad? Yeah,inside, let's go. Come on,
okay, okay, did you getthe InBank? I think with your
dad, and your dad actually walksright up behind her. It's like you
can let them in. Oh okay, I was. I was about to
(21:10):
come tell you that they were in. He's like, it's fine. What
does he do when he sees mestanding upside down juggling on the ceiling that
is a seventeen? He grabs thebars and presses his face to the gate.
(21:30):
Huh, what is happening? Thankhim down your friend, Jesta.
Sure, it's he's a bard,same thing. So okay, give me
(21:52):
back the phoenix in you bitch thegate. I'm sorry, I guess striking
distance. I don't know. Imean, yeah, I don't. I
don't really know. Yeah, strikeWhen you say bitch, he leans to
the gate. I'm sorry, I'msorry, I'm sorry, my state,
(22:14):
I'm sorry. All right, I'msorry, Ruffians. You always did have
a certain dad. Can we notdo this? Yep? Come on,
and he disappears. Thank you,thanks mister, guys were going to the
He says, thanks, mister,I don't care enough to correct you.
(22:36):
Yes, like I never really consideredthe Come on, guys, we're going
to the pool house. Pou dude, don't taking off. I'm doing great
in the swim trunks. Yeah,I mean we we actually show hop in
(23:00):
the pool though, because we allsmell like shit. Yeah. Absolutely,
Yeah we can shower. Tom doesone of those like Looney Tune things where
he's like like literally running on airand this lifts me up. It's my
legs scurry in the air to holdsus off first, and then we'll get
(23:22):
in the pool. We gotta doyour water spell again. No, I'm
not you wasting another spec the longrest. Yeah, just go take a
shower. It's right there. Okay, Oh wow, house with a shower.
What a shower? It's probably anawesome shower, isn't it. This
pressure is amazing, four story manner. How does it work like the house
(23:47):
probably has its own water tower.Yeah, yeah, press property. Yeah,
I'm saying, are we in likea hot bath or is it like
a shower? Like a shower?Whoa? Yeah, okay, all right,
I don't think I've ever used ashower before. Teavap talking showers can't
be common, No they're not.No, yeah, this is the first
time they sure, I'm like,no, to be fair, it's like
(24:08):
standing in the rain. What isthis? Wow, it's like your own
miniature rain storm. Unbelievable people.I'm always interested in role playing the most
moment an idea while I'm naked,talking through the whole process, I claim
myself, Wow. But with wonderman canniball in short order, you guys
(24:32):
get comfortable. I think you yougo and get in the pool and then,
uh, Father Castro kind of rollsup. It's like, Lord Cochran,
perhaps perhaps um not be out inthe open. We have servants.
They'll see people. Just you know, quickly, I forgot on Attilius's shoulders.
(24:59):
I'm on Tim, he's a CastrilKestril Castro. Right, Dad,
I'm sorry, guys, let's caughtup in the moment. You know what,
do a little turnal jelly you putrobes on? Oh with with the
ornate k? Yeah it wrong,believe your dad kind of seems also,
(25:29):
by the way, mister k,did y'all fix up that carriage and return
it? If it's all right?I would prefer Lord sorry, Lord ka
Um, I'm just going to buythe carriage. That's fine. Uh,
all right, cool, it's forme. Thank you, thank you.
(25:52):
It's really nice though. It's anice um. Yeah, kestro, your
dad seems kind of awesome. Whyhave you never wanted to come back here?
Well, let's just say he wasn'talways this cool. We disagreed a
lot when I was growing up.I was a kid when I left,
teenager relative to your half of anhsu, man, these robes are so
(26:14):
soft anything statue? Do you knowwhat I mean? Do we have drinks?
Food and food? Drinks and foodand in short order I knock on
the door on the poolhouse door,smoking my pipe too, but yes,
(26:36):
continue, okay, we open itrock strong sky, Oh I don't.
I don't like that. Okay,progress, forgive me, sir strong shank
the night of course. Yes,close the door behind the fill. This
(27:02):
tobacco, this cats cock orus tobaccois fantastic. So the ropes of food,
I mean, it's it's great here. As soon as he closes the
door behind yours. So I hearthat you made a stop in the southern
thundersides. Yes, ye, yeah, we are ran into some dowarves.
Pretty cool guy, quite an impression. We did you know what? I
(27:29):
understand that, mister boulder spine reachedout to you on our behalf. Yes,
as I said, you made quitean impression because we really big bug
thing. Yes, still can't getthe bloodstains out of my face. Yes,
we didn't slay that even after theHave you ever had a shower?
I have never had a shower.She really tried to have one in the
(27:52):
manner. What's your plan now thatyou're here? Well, we were on
you. Yeah, so you cantell us on the plan, Agdash said,
get to Dragon Spear, fine,notre Rock, and he'll fill you
in on the plan. That soundsright, okay, all right, Um,
(28:14):
we're still searching for Davik. That'sstill a thing. So if you
know where he is, will goafter him. The other thing that we
have to worry about is that we'restill wanted and people still think that I
killed alf Iron and I did not. Yeah, and uh, mister strong
Shak the ninth sir. Uh.The other thing here is that the dwarves
are about to march their entire Heputs his hand out. Let's just pretend
(28:42):
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get some miniatures for us and wecan have them on the table. Like
(29:51):
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(31:25):
gotten stronger, their hearts have grownthree times the size, and they appear
to be drop Okay, well,let's take a little break, ladies and
gentleman, and we'll be back atfives. Feel a little stronger since the
last time we leveled up, eventhough it's been a little while. Wow,
Wow, hey Bill, great jobout there, man, you really
uh well, I know you didn'tget on base today, but your effort
(31:48):
was astounding. Great job Bill.People keep telling me that I was,
I was, I was never gonnaget to third base, and I,
um, well, I didn't knowyou didn't. Did you miss that ball?
I can't do right gee, Imean right, gee? I might
as well use you. It's theball next. Be fair about the size
of the ball, and you kickedit time you climb up all matilius,
(32:08):
is that legal? We look inthe rule. Just pour me a drink.
Okay, whatever, Well, I'mso angry right now. My good
friends over at Rallycap took the libertyof brewing us a beer named after something
that will never truly understand, andthat is Victory Formation. And there's some
(32:31):
assessment to be some sort of runicsymbols of some sort from these cans.
Well, yes, uh, thegood news is a hazy i PA eight
percent alcohol by a volume. VictoryFormation is very tasty, even though we'll
never really understand what it's like.Hey, it's only fifteen to zero.
(32:52):
Okay, y'all, it's free.They don't have a chance, it is
for sure. It's a perfect sportsbrew. Yes, yeah, quenches the
first I reckon. When I crankout my Dingers, I can just trot
around the base path and watch itwith the dingers. This is the family
sport. We don't want to fuckinglove American football. I get it.
(33:16):
I can read the room just footballman. Fuck. Yeah, this is
actually great. Something happened. It'sall bump over there. Yeah, delicious
beer. Pelican Craft Brands distributes thisthroughout the Greater Louisiana area. Always a
fan of bringing delicious craft beer tothe people to take notes of citrus.
(33:40):
It's quite delicious. Various stutes overthere. She worked on her kickball skills
like she's been working on her beer. Tom's fault, he missed the ball.
Mess the ball. You know thegame works, Why the field?
(34:02):
Get your asses back of the feralLet's okay, cool? But okay,
okay, I'm gonna pretend that Idon't. Um, but like kind of
seems like maybe the way to prevent, you know, like a world war
would probably be to take out Davidor the Prince. I'd be killing assassination.
(34:29):
Um, you know something like that. Gotten into this so fast.
Um, let's solve one problem ata time. Yeahs think is the want
to issue? M Okay, youwon't be able to accomplish much if everyone
is trying to put your head ona platform. Fair enough. Yeah,
and Kestrel did not kill his innadoor, so as far as I can
(34:50):
tell, that is true. However, we don't have much evidence. Um.
I think is there a way tofind how I got the dagger of
yack back by giving it to thedragon spirit? I feel like that should
be a boy band song, TheDagger yak Back Continue? Yeah? Um,
(35:25):
I mean literally did come back.Yeah, yeah, I'm not sure.
Here's the plan I have for yousuch that it is okay, Senator
off iron Head. Two close companions. You have met both of them as
far as I know, Sir AldusStrowbridge's guardian. He summoned you when you
(35:52):
first got to Dragon Spirit for Eccenator, it's very brief. And Pilatus,
which was his assistant. Oh right, you met both of them pretty briefly.
Both of them are crushed by Exendor'sdeath, and both of them want
(36:14):
to find the killer and want toget to the bottom of us. Mm
hmmm. The first one's name wasthe first one, Sir Aldus Stroebridge,
troll Bridge, troue Bridge, trollBridge. Are you saying troll troe Bridge,
Troelbridge. Oh my god, areyou saying fine? Oh? Sir
(36:39):
artist Bridge. I think you shouldaddress on however you like. And Pilaritusitis.
So both of them want to getto the bottom of this. I
can arrange a meeting with either orboth m in they can clear our name.
Both seems risky. I think theycan. I'm not sure. That's
(37:04):
just the only place I have tostart. Have you heard from Zedric?
Yeah, as far as I know, Xedric is probably drunk in an alley.
That sounds about probably or didn't hego with other people? Yeah,
(37:28):
he's probably still drunk in an alleyseven though he's doing Yeah, and he
and Greg and the princess all went, Greg, yes, please set up
a meeting with him. Maybe inlike two you can kill us on site.
I think there's a chance that's notgreat, because so what's your plan?
Uh? There? Then I saidsuch that it was. I don't
(37:51):
know. You're in a great spot. We're pretty Strobridge is a formidable warrior.
Alaritis is a formidable mage, prettygood at talking o making an impression
on are though, as far asyou know, I would say, not
polaritis, UM's plaritis. Who Igot all salty about about not giving us
(38:13):
our food. Fascinating? Yes,probably so yeah, you might not remember
me too. Your experience with SirAldostroberds was he gave you a summon's letter
and that was it and explained itessentially. And then your experience with polaritis
was he took you to exenda Or'sroom, brought you some refreshments. That
was kind of whatever. One iseasier to get a hold of I suppose,
(38:37):
or whichever one would I be ableto like roll insight to see which
one would be more Um, Idon't less likely to strike first. I
don't know about their reputations, butmy instincts so that a mage maybe more
open to conversation than a warrior who'shad his boss killed. I don't know
(39:04):
that I could be wrong. Idon't know much a true I don't know
much about Trollbridge. Yeah, wedon't really need to go h you know,
risking getting into a fight and havingto kill another one of these guys.
Well, now that another murder.We didn't do the first one.
Now I don't want to have todo it. Pretty money now, Timbo,
(39:27):
way to go try. We're tryingto clear our names here, and
we don't do that by actually likecommitting a murderer when we were trying to
prove that we didn't do the firstone. UM, that's my point.
M My suggestion would be not totalk to both, because why did the
circle gets the harder it will beto contain. I also, though,
(39:49):
now that we're talking about I don'tknow that I trust a major in these
matches, for there is some sortof evil magic of foot. Well,
I think we could talk to himage, because they actually he may know
why I sacrifice the dagger and suddenlyI have it back. If I explained
to him what happened there, hemay understand why. Maybe he's the one
that took out We must consider thepossibility. Sounds like we have a classic
(40:17):
who done it scenario? Well,right, that's the thing is that we
didn't kill Exenador, which means somebodyelse did. I assumed it was Davik,
but maybe it's not, or maybeit's somebody else working on behalf of
David, or maybe he turned Exenador'sunderstudy. What do you think we should
(40:39):
do? Who do you think weshould talk to? I think Pilaricius is
the one we need to talk toyou. I think we should talk to
the Age too. Our trusts his a You're meeting like a week from
(41:01):
now, though, so we couldstay here for a bit. The poolhouse
is nice. I don't think wecould get like seven arrange it as quickly
as a humans. Fair enough,chill, fair enough, Wow, Okay,
I'll set it up for whenever you'dlike to set it up, but
my suggestion would be quickly. Yeah, tomorrow it is. I guess,
(41:22):
I guess not he knows best,all right, I wish all right,
Um, I'll send him over asquickly as I can. And he leaves
barn robs here. He's send sendinghim to us. Okay, well then
we get we get to hang outhere. What's the night? Can we
(41:43):
order food? Like? Will theymake us whatever we order? Is just
shaking her head? Can I getfried falcon? No? Why would you
want to eat falcon? It's abeautiful creature here. It tastes like chicken.
What you rich people do at all? You just eat? A whole
day passes. Yeah, after ahearty meal of wrong for a hearty meal
(42:08):
of fried falcon and wine. Um, fried falcon? You rest easy?
Um, you rest easy. Andthe following day Notora comes back and we
don't have to role play. Itintimates to you that Pilaritis will not meet
you here, but he will meetyou, um in a neutral location.
(42:31):
And he describes if that neutral locationis going to be um, much to
your ah excitement, it's the duckcan cover in. They're just gonna essentially
rent the place and empty it out. Wait, we have to go back
to an ast hamon. Oh,I'm sorry, not the duck and cover
the troll in the wall which burneddown, which is the phoenix. Can
(42:59):
Ah, you're so I wish Iwish, trust me, I wish,
I wish too. We never wenever went to a pub in Dragon Spear,
I swear you did. I don'tthink we did well. We may
coffee and then a bunch of abunch of actual stores. Was it the
beans or it was a flatbread governmentflatbread that might have been a dragons getting
(43:25):
a hamstring cramp. Okay, okay, we're good, We're good. Um,
why can I not find those man? That's oh oh uh, magical
portal to net David Maybe magical portalto the duck and cover in Maybe because
he's a he's uh No, Ilike, you know what, Let's say
(43:52):
it's just a neutral location, nota place you've been before. Uh,
and let's call it flagging born inreflaging Born. I can't believe I remembered
something and remembering a lot. It'sgonna be they're gonna buy the place out
(44:12):
for the day and just you know, y'all can bet their quiet place to
listen to our podcast. I guess, yeah, yep, all right,
so the next day the time comes, you have a carriage, you can
really just take that there. Yeah, that's the move, right, you
(44:34):
can park it very close to thedoor and just kind of scurry. Did
we get new clothes? I mean, I know our old clothes are very
clean now, but I think yourold clothes are cleaned. Did catch will
ever have like a little friendly cleanman? We're like, we're not,
but the sister, Yeah, Iwant I want to every trying to get
(45:07):
some nice livery and clothes very quicklyand not think about it too hard.
You get to the flag and bornin and um, I'm assuming you go
in? Yes, yes, allright, you walk in the doors closed
behind you, I know the rockum and on the far sides it's hilaricis
(45:30):
who you kind of remember? Right? I mean he looks vaguely familiar?
Welcome? Um, I hear youhave a story to tell I big p
Yes. Um. First of all, you're not going to like kill us,
(45:51):
right, like neutral zone meaning noweapons, no magic? Um,
tell us work. I think thatdepends entirely upon the story. Okay,
so I tell him everything we got. You gotta be tired of tell him
the story? Yeah? Well,I mean I tell him. I tell
(46:12):
him especially I concentrate on the factthat I sacrifice the Dagger of Yak to
the dragon of Falcoon. Wow,and um, she's on fire today.
And then I explained that like thedragon, like the dagger was no longer
in my possession. And then somehowI arrived back after it had killed or
(46:36):
somebody used it to kill. Um. As she's saying all of this,
I want to be, you know, like really like trying to read his
reactions and see if I got anyinside. And I don't cover everything about
like well, I don't cover everythingabout like the thunder Summit or like the
dwarves or anything, just how itrelates specifically to our shortation the rest of
(46:57):
the room, making sure we're notlike you're getting the snuck attack or something.
Yeah. Yeah, But she doestell the part two where I did
that like flying leaping kill with thenine. Sure she spends a lot of
time on that. Um, that'sjust a nine, and my insight is
just ten. Okay, Um.I think it's he's a hard guy to
(47:23):
read. He's pretty flat to beginwith. In the first interaction you had
with him, he didn't really talkto you at all, really he talked
exclusively to Ectenator. Um. Youcan tell that he is. His eyes
are red. He's upset about thiswhole situation. I feel think somewhere in
(47:44):
your story he does intimate to youthat he was the one that found the
body. H. However, Tom, I think you in particular, Um,
when Castroll tells the story about defeatingthe snake, giant snake at the
temple that you want to, theTemple of Silence, Um, he becomes
(48:07):
less skeptical, and by the endof the story, Um, the whole
story, I mean, he's kindof warmed up to you, But that
moment in particular, Um, fightingthe snake for some reason, seems to
turn him. Do you know?So she told you about the blue ghost
(48:30):
thing? Do you do you know? Um? Do you have any knowledge
on how how they could have beendone? How? How? How how
how a person can hand items betweenthe planes? Well, that's uh,
that's above my level for sure,was in the door capable? I don't
(48:50):
know. So Xenador was capable ofincredible, incredible things, but he was
also very secretive. The reason searchhe did over the last five years.
He wouldn't even let me scan.It wouldn't let me take a look.
However, one thing that I doknow is that he had an enchantment on
(49:15):
those wands. That holster that hadthose five wands in it, he placed
a very powerful incantation upon it.If someone tried to take those wands from
him, their hands would be burntto a cinder. He puts his hands
(49:35):
out and sort of backends for y'allto do the same. We put our
hands out. Okay, I'll doit my hands. Yeah they're okay.
Here you are with two of hiswands. Yeah, man, I mean,
it's only two things. Either someonein league with you killed him,
took the wands, suffered the damage, and then gave them to you,
(49:59):
or he gave them to someone.I can promise you plaritis. There's not
a whole lot of people on ourside, so you can check maybe Bill
and note Rock, but that's basicallyit. When I asked Zennadore about these
wands, though, he was veryclear that, of course not him.
(50:22):
What do you mean? He saidthat, um, no, he had
all of his wands, and thathe just did not or did he say
something or did he just ignore me? He just um he did not acknowledge
any knowledge of the situation when yousaw him after being gifted the wand.
(50:43):
Yes, he didn't say anything aboutfresh after we brought back the children.
I'm not sure. I you thinkit's possible for somebody to have Are you
sure it was Innadoor on those finaldays? I think so. Um,
(51:04):
do you have a reason to believeit's not? M hmm. Halfling's intuition
and and and and the wand stuffthat we just talked about. Seems like
that's a disconnect there. M hmm. Well do you know whether where his
other wands are? No, weonly have these two, ye, and
yet they are all missing. Mquest to find the ones, so of
(51:34):
power. I mostly believe you.What don't you believe? It's just curious.
Well, there's a dead body withher name scrawled on a blackboard,
so that I could have been framed, and you have you have no idea
how? Thank you? Uh,you have no idea how the dagger of
Yaks somehow got back to me.I do not. With that said,
(52:00):
that's not the most difficult thing inthe world to put something back in your
possession a pickpocket, h Yes,but I gave the dagger to sastical dragon.
That was so massive, it madea city. I mean, that's
strange. It's very strange. Yes, Dragon is dead and you just attacked
(52:25):
Garinich. Well, Jaraniche was adick. That's an understatement. So I
think if you're up to it,the next step is to well, is
it the crime scene? Yes,yeah, I thought, I agree to
(52:46):
the tower. We go next timeon the night shift. Get out of
the blood, Get out of theblood. Oh sorry, I didn't even
see that. I didn't even Myfeet are so large. I thought you
were onto something with the book firstone. Myself, I thought i'd found
(53:07):
something as well.
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