Legends of Avantris - Beneath Dark Wings | Ep. 22 | Hoot and Holler: Part 2

Episode Date: November 6, 2024

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Welcome to Legends of Aventress. I'm Mikey Gilder, and you're listening to Beneath Dark Wings. Here's what happened last time. You arrive at a small hatch that is swung open, and you can see the darkened canopy of the forest. Garden of renewal. It's where the worshippers of Gareks reside. She opens up her pall, and you see that there is a beautifully,

crafted pendant. I want to help these people. I just don't want to commit genocide to do it. We are blindly trusting someone we know has been seen. That's not for me to understand. When you choose to take a life,

you cannot use ignorance as a reason for taking the wrong way. So I think our objective was to find out more about the wind spirits, the dukes, potentially being held captive by the Ocaxon court. We don't know. but I agree.

Hopefully we don't have to burn this whole place down. I think that it'll only cause more bloodshed. What business do you have in the Garden of Renewal? You have not earned yet the power of flame, the power of fire. You must prove that your hearts are made of fire, and you must swear to use it to destroy the evil. All been granted the power of flame. Now see if you can temperate.

See if you can temperate. control it. Can you resist the power of fire? I mean, everyone, the Confucian saving throw as the flame intensifies and you feel a warmth come over you as the gold and red fire shines down and fills you with once again more warmth and more power. And that original orb swarming dissipates for a moment and you're all at the late. Are now standing at the center of the garden of renewal, at the the central grove as the golden red flame that had been raging above you. You went on either side and the form of two draconic shapes has all dissipated into nothingness. The ashen remains on the charred grounds.

And where the remnants of those draconic creatures now is, you start to see movement beneath the soil and you see sprouting green plants rising up till these just small. little saplings appear. At the center, that small sapling you had seen now stands about four inches taller and is sprouting a few more leaves than it had been previously. As the calm settles, you feel that power instill within you, granting you level 8, you hear the voice no longer booming, but coming from central point from the tree line as you see Olfax step out. His lantern raised, well done. You've exceeded my expectations and gained the right to wield the power of the fire lord himself. He steps forward and shines the

light on all of you. You intend to take this to the Okaxian court itself, yes? That was what originally Farnock had wanted. Yeah, that was his idea. Do you know how to get there? I mean, up there. I am not one for infiltration into their great treetop cities. We work on the ground below in the bushes and the underbrush. But this one here, and he points to heart,

she has been to their cities, to their town. She's climbed and scaled, but she should know where to go and how to infiltrate best. And you see that heart looks a little nervous as she kind of rubs the back of her head and says, well, I mean, it was only one time and it wasn't even close to Kaleri. It wasn't close to the capital at all, but I did find out a few things. It's incredible, so you have inside information? Well, I wasn't sure if it didn't relevant, but I heard of a black market dealer who sells transmutation, the ability to turn yourself into a noble Ericocra.

identity for yourself. The lowerborn go to him to potentially try to get a new life. Wait, are you suggesting that these changes are permanent? I don't think so. I think that there are from Erakowra that want to lie and seek their way in to higher society. A terrible existence that constantly have to keep some kind of transmogrification. That's how they do things up there. I suppose perhaps even being lowerborn up there is... Just as bad as living down here. Definitely not just as bad.

Ellie's bad. Not good. Not great anyway. Perhaps less bad, but still not good. She looks at you. Very confused. I care why they go a spellcaster, why they use his services.

but what I care about is maybe how we could use it. Fair enough. It'd be a lot easier to get into Kaleri itself if we had disguises that weren't just illusions. Oh, there's not a chance I'm turning myself into a burden. Yeah, I'm going to have to find a different course of action. That is not happening. Just as we are not.

Quite literally not happening. It's not real. It's not a bird. It's not really. I'll actually be a bird. You'll still be... It's very temporary. You'll just look like a bird.

I'm the daughter of the Farrow of Siket, if you think I'm going to let some strange transmutation weirdo, turn me into a bird creature. You are sorely mistaken. It won't last forever. I bet he likes birds. Well, I'm not willing to row the dice on it. Does he like birds?

Who? The great Pharaoh of Siquette. Daddy? Yes. Certain birds. There are falcon-held gods. Well, perhaps you could be one of those I have a tobacco

I'm just saying For this very temporary way to get in And perhaps if we do this We won't have to burn things to the ground No It would be like wearing a costume No Perhaps we just go to this guy

And see what he's got And see if he's got No Well maybe he has different skills For what Anything? I don't know It sounds like somebody I'd like to meet to at least talk to him for a little bit. No, of course we should meet him, but I will not turn myself into a bed.

There's quite literally nothing you can say to let's make. Well, perhaps... Anubis himself would have to walk in front of me and said, You will be a bird. Could you perhaps ask him to... I'm not going to ask him permission to be a bird. He would have to want to. It would have to be so important to him

that he would appear in front of me in all of his godly glory and tell me to do it for me to do it. How crazy would be if he just appeared first. appeared right pen and there and told her to do it. When suddenly. Can he do that? I don't know. I'm not really much about that house.

You know I can hear everything you're saying. But I still thought it would be pretty fine. Well, I think that you should lead us to this guy, and we should at least see what he has to sell. Perhaps he has an invisibility potion for ours. I agree. I agree. And I definitely want to meet this potions for the rest of us.

Or scrolls even, that we might be able to purchase some things and copy them into our spellbooks permanently. I mean, my spell, I mean, just see what he has to offer. Well, I mean, I think if a bunch of us not being Erika just show up, he's, we're going to have to be really persuasive. We have to get to him. How did we get to him? You have to, I have to find him in his tree top town.

Oh, boy. Well, that does complicate things a little bit. Yeah. Well, um, I'm good at Kymond. So is Arras. I can float. She can float. I can float too. I can't do any event.

You probably can float better. I'm not willing to have this debate by now. Okay, that's good. I am not going to be a bird. Well, that's fine. But could you perhaps help Harts with, with maybe going up there and... Yeah, no one will make you be a bird. a bird. You say that with a look in her eyes. You're going to find a way to make me a better. Iris, you should know me better by now. That is exactly why I made the state of place. I would never, I would never make you do anything you didn't want to do, ever.

Do not trust you, Felix. Fair enough. But I do appreciate the gumption in which you are trying to convince me to you. Hart, I will help you. I will not be a bird. We understood. How can, Felix? Understood. How's everyone in climbing? They're not. But I probably could carry someone who's light atop my back if they held on tight. Well, if they float, you could just tie a rope to yourself. Well, it's less like floating and it's more falling like a feather. So it's not like the Livitate Spell like she can do. Yeah, so you're saying that you can't float?

Not yet, no. Uh, no. I see. No, that's not something I learned to do. I could probably climb fine. I mean, I can climb okay. I'm okay, you know. I could type myself to Felix to make sure it doesn't fall.

What, like, you're just gonna like... I'm just, I mean, I can climb a tree. I mean, I climb on trees. I start flipping through my spellbook and I like turn away from the roof. I climb the rigging of my boat. I could climb, I mean. I have some climbing gear in my pack. I don't need it.

Well, I think I might have climbing in a pack that I have. Maybe that we got when we first started. We love explorers packs, right? I think we have an explorers pack. It's a client here in the hazard. It's like, brogue. I just have rope, yeah. Rob and pittons. I only have rope. I don't know pitton. Pitton. Piton. Pottons? Pittons. I don't know, Renee. How do you, how do you pronounce that? Pittons? Pitton. See?

Pitton. There you go. Pitton. Ho-ha. It's a pitton. I have no idea. little jabby thing that you... Like a steak? Yeah, with that ring on the end. Oh, okay, I know what you're talking about. Yeah, you can do the old...

A railroad steak. A rope around the tree and then, and then jump in the... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That old thing. He-ho! I can climb... Do I have a magical rope with any card?

Nope. Well, actually, I don't know. I don't know why I said no. Don't? You don't? Oh, man. I don't. So...

At this point, Hart puts away her pack. It says, well, I think if we all work together and we're extra stealthy about it, I think I know way. This is an area that is more where a lot of the lowerborn Eric Hooker live. It's a lot less patrolled.

It's still going to be really dangerous. But it's where the black market is, and it's called boo-box. Boobox. But, well, not an M, no. Well, another one we should have looked in the mirror. Can you spell that for us? B-U-B-O-X?

Oh. Oh, the Vox play. Let a ghost. I've been out once in it. I pooped around. It's going to be a couple days from here. Up, up. Climbing straight up.

No, to where it is. And then we have to climb. Oh. I mean, those trees are really tall. I just got worried from it. It's going to take a while. But the further we get away from Kaleri, the safer we are. That's fine by me.

I trust your expertise. So you'll be going away from Kaleri by traveling in this direction? Yes. All right. Well, I'll lead the way. I think I'm ready to go and I get all my stuff. Is, uh... What's your shit?

What's his name? Olfax. Is Olfax still there? Yeah. Um, is there anything else we should know before we leave or anything we should take with us? Yes, you should take the power of the fire lord. We have spent years collecting it. Come. Oh. Oh. I thought this was more of like a...

Like a metaphor. Yeah, you did it. Kind of a thing. That's right. Yeah. The power of the fire lord is not metaphorical. Why don't you take us to whatever you're referring to is? come and he leads you out of this grove

and with his lantern held high he guides you through the winding of verdant garden until you see a large tree towards the back of this garden and there is a

large hollowed out hole that is bored deep into the tree and it's very dark as he approaches it. He shined the light casts this reddish golden light cross it. And you see that there are stacks and stacks of these palettes with jars, shimmer, and there's this thick, viscous black liquid in each of them. This here, when you arrive at Kalee,

Use this, cast it as much as you can, and then set it to flame. It will burn it all down with the power of the fire lord, the power of dragon's fire. We've done hundreds of years collecting this. How much should we take as much as you can carry? What is it? It is the oil of the Edelwoods. It will ignite dragons fire. blessed by Garrick's himself.

Well, be very far away when you ignite it, lest you be caught up in the power itself. We can take as much as we can carry. How much do you think I can physically carry without it being ridiculous? Yeah, that was giving me my question. How much do you think we can each carry?

I mean, you can carry a lot. I mean, the bag of holding is obviously very, there's a ton that you could fit in there. You could probably fit all of it into the bag of holding if you wanted to. I don't think we have one. Yeah, you do. Yeah, we do.

That's right. Oh, that's right. We have a bag of holding. Can you spell Edel Wood Oil? A-D-E-L. W-O-O-D-E-L. Okay. E-D-E-L.

We've been A-S this whole time. Do you want to just put it all in, or should we all be holding some? I'll just worry that it'll ignite and intentionally. In the bag of holding, it's at least like safe in their separate plane. Look, what do we have in there? That's true. That's true. That's true.

anything in me I don't think we have anything I think it's entirely This is perfect We have an empty bag of holding It's different That's true Because if it goes born

There's nothing in there It's a hundred years Worth of fire lord powers oils And we can put it all in the bag Yeah you definitely don't want to get that on you milk a tree For the oil

Is the milky process? You tap it Like sir You mill it Oh maple woods, syrup. Hundreds of years in the making. It's a lot of wood.

How is this different from normal oil that you use to invent stuff? It is an order of magnitudes, more flammable. It will catch and grow and spread like wildfire. It has the power, the magical power of dragons, It cannot be suppressed once lit. Well, this sounds like exactly what we've needed. Thank you for collecting this for the last hundred years. I'd certainly hope we don't mess it up.

Yeah. And can we take on it? I think if we could, let's try to fit it all in. I start loading it and kind of holding, if you're fine. Make a dexterity check with advantage. Oh, no. We're good. A gold, maybe.

23. 23. I'd say it takes you about an hour to basically fill the bag of holding to where you feel like it can be comfortable. And you basically have, I guess this is a climate-controlled storage room in the bag of holding. Exactly, right? Yeah. There's no air in there.

No. Even better. There's no air. And so you basically have a... It cannot ignite. Like magic dragon fighter. Well, I mean, that would be up to mic, right? That would be up to mic.

Yeah. Hopefully we don't have to cover. ever answer that scientific question. I'm going to say no. We'll say for all intents and purposes, no. But you manage to load all of these crates, or these palettes. And you see that there is a hatch, a thick wooden hatch at the bottom of this tree. And Ulfax seems to make no mention.

of it, but it seems to go down into the earth. You're not sure how much more may be in there. But Oldthax turns to you and says, do not use it carelessly, where you will ruin your mission, and

all surely perish. Well, we will use it very wisely, and we won't use it until we'll admit to. Agree. Trust us. Should you fail, we have waited this long, we can wait again. But if I saw you in the fire, it was for a reason. Burn it down. Burn it to the ground.

Break the chains with holy fire. We will. I wish you well. Thank you. We won't let you down and we'll make sure to use this effectively. Do I get the sense when he says break the chains, he is not referring to the Unchained God? Make a insight check. Twelve. Twelve? Seems like he's talking about

everything you can talk me about. It seems fine. As he he announces, you, as long as you stand beneath the flame and beneath the shadow

of Garex, the fire lord, You're welcome in the garden. Thank you. But I hope the next time we meet, it is amidst the ashes of our oppressors. All right. He turns, and without another word, he just walks off.

He parks that middle grove and disappears. That guy is really, really intense. Agreed. So, do you know the way from here? I think I can get, I think I can get a handle of my bearings, yeah. We should probably get going as quickly as possible, then. Okay. And she guides you out of the garden, and you see that warm firelight disappear behind you.

The second you penetrate that thick ring of trees. And once again, the sound gets muffled. gets muffled and dampened and there's nothing left but the ashy gray boughs or enda and trunks of these trees as you see once again the faces emerge and it's not much longer until you arrive back at where you out into the forests of erios let me change my music here so how will you guys travel to where you are going are going to travel to travel as much as you can. You're going to travel by day, travel by night. I was just going to say it seems like we should go travel during the day,

hide the night. I would agree with that. Yeah, I think it would make sense to sleep and rest and watch like we would normally at night and under the cover of the watchful eye of the a irios and move as much as we can unhindered during the day. It would be what I would say. Love character. Pop, is there anything else in the woods that we should be scared of? There are always are things to be scared of down here. There's all sorts of creatures and beasts and people that may not be Eirokokra that are working with them,

are just trying to make their own way. It gets really rough. Well, it's what it is. Okay, let's go. So let me get a group stealth challenge. A group? Two. Two.

Yon. Not bad. Can I twist that shit? Yeah. I got a 14. I got a 15. I got a 15. I got a 22.

I got a 19. 19. Six. Six. Oops. Even with a twist? I have the one. What?

Whoops. Wow. Wow. Felix? What did you? Oh, I got a 14. 14. Okay.

So, you travel for about a day and a half, so you'll enjoy the benefits of a long rest. Oh, yeah. You camp out, and you, heart leads you through the underbrush and beneath a huge boughs. You see, once again, the huge shapes of the giant owls, and you see it. occasionally the regiments of flying Eryokra. And it seems to get less and less the further away you get from the capital city of Kalei. And however, the every day that goes by, the storms come out more often. Sometimes they last for hours as the wind howls and the rain drips down and boons over you, the thunder.

And it's, and it seems like every single storm that comes, it gets wetter and wetter as if more and more rain is pouring down on top of this massive forest of giant trees. and it is on this on the second day of travel that you so on the second day of travel that you're traveling through the underbrush heart is continuing looking around and I am going to need

you are in a very small narrow path It's probably an elk path. Very narrow, there is enough space for you to all walk almost in single file. As you continue your way through the underbrush, it's been relatively quiet. You just have your mission. The bag of holding has allowed you to move about unimpeded of all of these jars of oil. And as at this point, it is about midday. and you haven't seen a lick of any owls, any air of poker at all.

And as you feel like you're basically out of the woods here, and you're really, you feel like you're making great progress. And you want to make a perception check for me, please. Perception. I am not too perceptive. Lied. I lied. Yes, 16.

16? Thank you for the following. Thank you for the follow of, Dead Max. Much appreciated. 15. 15. 21. 21. 21.

21. 21. Just barely. Iris and Lufney. As you're making your way through, there is, you hear a very, very faint snapping of twigs, and you see a very faint rustling of movement. and the glimpse of brown fur on either side of this trail. Is that?

Did you see that stuff? A dark thing to the day? Yes. Okay, cool. Yes. What is it? A brown thing. I stop and look around.

Not having seen what they're seen. There's something around us. I don't know what it is. I'm going to cast me a jarver on myself. What I know? You do that. And as you say that, suddenly you see just hatchets fly in from every which direction. As you realize that you have not been as careful as you could have been.

And suddenly, Axis fly in every which way. And I need everyone roll for initiative. As you see a number of bug bears appear. Now, I've got to give it up. You got a natural 22? Oh, 20 and the 19. Wow. Natural three.

Natural two. I have a 23. You're probably higher. I have 24. I'm going to last. Oh, peaches. And as, as, you see these bug bears emerge. And it's very, you've met a bug bear.

You gathered, you, you traveled and adventured with the bug bear for a long time. But these look gaunt, almost rail thin, starving. Their faces are sallow and sunken in. Their fur is patchy. As you see that they emerge from the brush on either side, having flung axes at you. But thanks to Luffy and Iris,

barely, barely noticing them. They do not get a surprise round, which give them some extra benefits. So would they have gotten a surprise round? They were not. So they did not enjoy the surprise round because of Dakota? Because you wouldn't be able to be surprised. You can't be surprised. But anyone within 30 feet of me can't be this.

Oh, so they would have gotten, they would not have been surprised anyway, I suppose. As long as unconscious. Oh yeah, yeah. So, but they did not get the jump on you. A brick flies out, knocks her unconscious, and they're well surprised. Mike is now going to knock you on conscience every time I have a sister

president. Hey, you know, 21 was enough. 21 was enough as bugbear ambushers fly at you. And there is something interesting about them. They all have these heavy nets and shackles. And their eyes are all wild looking at the group of you. And they all seem to be looking at one of you in particular. They also be looking at lifting.

No! Not my precious rain, clown! Okay, so 20 to 25. Holy shit. 23. Okay. He got a 24. Oh yeah, 24.

Oh, yeah, 24. 24. A 23. Can we have a map so we can... Yes, we do. I'm just trying to see... I'm trying to... I believe this one.

Yep. Okay. There you go. go. Do you want to do battle map? Yeah. Keep it here. I guess we can do better.

So you guys place yourself just whenever marching order. It's not a big deal. And they are getting ready to attack. Can you usually bring up the rear? Well, doesn't she at words? Where I am I, my mind, yeah. 15 to 20. That's right.

17. 17 for Herja. Felix, what do you get? And lift eight. I got a six. I got a seven. No. Wow.

I thought for sure that I was going to be last like I didn't run for my money. Caprice is a heart. We'll find the penis. And where are they? I'll place in a second when I do what do you call on? Oh, I kind of see you once. I see one penis. Maybe two, actually.

I see a small second penis. Three if you count the curvy ones. That's, that's, we've gone back to cave painting when you're there. So you see. One seems to be a bit larger. And while most of them have nets and axes, this one has this massive club that has blades on the side of it.

Jeez. They emerge from the cover on either side. That's not the Bigfellow, is it? No, boink. Boink. Boink. So that's going to be there. That's going to be there.

And wait, where's Big Phel? Jones. Big fella Jones. Oh no, we don't need him. We don't need him. Big fella Jones is right here. As you see him, he is getting ready to charge. With that, as Iris is turning. I'm gonna hold my action until I get in range.

What's the terrain like outside of the path? It's pretty heavy underbrush. If you're going to go to run around, it, I don't think it'd be difficult terrain. I think so it just you know just run through I'm gonna move in front of Lutti to come side can we do that or is it a five by five Q it looks like you can move back sure yeah okay so I'm gonna be between her and the camera um rich could be moving between Lifty and the camera essentially right there and

yeah I'm just gonna hold my um scared staff and if they move within um If they get within a melee range of Lifty, I am going to use it. Okay, got it. With that, it is old, it is their turn. Wow, they won't high. They did. They did. They don't very high.

Did it? One of the trees looks like a penis? Well, there's like a cave painting wiener in this room. Yeah, there's definitely a wiener in that one. You can see in this example, a snipe be short piece. Sure. I like the ears of that. So they are going to run.

That one is going to run within melee range of Luffy. The moment it gets into melee range, I'm going to shroud the area in scarabs they cannot see. Oh, all right. So it is heavily obscured. Heavyly obscured. What's the area? Just there where they are.

It's literally encompassing the three of us, so they will not be able to see you. They're like heavily obscured by like a storm of scarms. So the same thing. Second, that this bug bear, he has his neck as he's running right towards you, you're gripping your scarab staff that High General Zurn gave you. These bunkers have no idea what it does. And as soon as that happened, you slam it on the ground and you hear a loud, swarming, buzzing

as an incredible, dense cloud of scarums swarms over and is heavily obscured. And this very difficult sees. You can't see either, though, so just so you know. But I'm going to detect you. So I'm blind, right? Yeah, or well, it's heavily obscured, so whatever that means. Yeah, it's blinded.

You see, you hear a net fall down the thigh. I can see through it because that's just how the item works. Okay. With that, do I have knew that you passed that? I would have put my hand on you and been like, I will protect you. Okay.

Because they don't get in bags. You might still be like, it was like, they're not real. Number six is going to run into it and it has a, its eyes are wild, it's gonna run into it at disadvantage. Don't try to chuck that net on there. One would have been a natural 20.

What did it eat? Does the 16 hit? No. Okay. It would have. So. And I think her AC also goes up, right? I do not believe.

It's just disadvantage of all on, right? Yes. Because it's not actually, nothing's blocking them. She's on scene, so it's disadvantage. So they can't see you feel two nets cluttered down. And so with that, the other ones are going to adjust their strategy here. Oh, it's a 30 foot radius for me, so all... And with that, you hear axes just whizz into,

and they're just going to stand where they are, and they're going to all just be disadvantaged. So let's do... One is going to attack heart. It must protect your smile. It misses all three axes. Okay. Then one is going to attack Toa.

That's going to hit as it does because it's tooa. And it is going to, wow, that's not going to be a whole lot. I'm not even raging yet. Nine points of slashing damage and axe cleaves into you. You got a long rest, right? Yeah. Yes, we did. Let me just go on a little first up too.

Okay, three on Felix. My 66 got a Metro 1. I'm going to reaction and reduce that. The arrows are just, they are not able to see at all through this mass of scarfs as they're just flying and everything is... Towa just so massive. He just made the take on in this chariot for being so massive. So one, one, two, three. One is going to fly in and is going to actually hit ULifting as one of the axes. One of the other, an axe, an axe.

How is I'm going to deflect, use my reaction to defleck missiles? Okay, can you throw it back? Maybe. You can use a key point to throw it back. Roll your damage, though. That is going to be eight points of slashing damage. Eight. Okay, so I can definitely, so how this works is that when I do so, the damage I take is reduced by 1D10 plus 5 plus 8.

If I reduce damage to zero, which I don't even have to roll for. I can spend a key point and make a range of attack. Okay. Hell yeah. But you're also blinds or you're a disadvantage. Yeah, but you're just going to chuck it back to what it came from? Yeah. You got the sense of what were you talking?

It's in the Renaissance fair. Oh my God. Incredible. I don't know what the plus would be. It's a it's an improvised array. Or is it the plus of the weapon? What are they? What are they?

It's throwing. Handex. So if it is your strength, score so what's your trade score? What's your trade score? Plus one. Yeah, plus one. So it's proficiency plus plus your class.

So four. So four to them. Okay. Well, that was not yet. So 13. You know what I'm right here for that. Yeah. So not plus one?

No, plus four. Oh, plus four. Okay. Yeah, 13. 13. You fling it out and you just hear, uh, hit a tree. But I'm like war screaming, no, hold on.

I say, those guys are terrified, though. The Axis just, like, disappeared with a lot of bugs. It came right back out. That'll be horrified. And that's gonna, oh, I assume a 15 misses. Yeah, I misses. Okay, yeah, it flies and you hear, like, it's cleaving into some of these sceros,

but they're just bored that just take its place. They're unable to see. That was their turn, Jesus. The other ones aren't moving in at all? No, they're just, they're waiting. It's this huge... It's for 10 minutes. 10 minutes. They're just waiting to see what happens as that's what they do. Toa, you're up.

I think that was getting me. Anyone want to sprinkle on? No, I give them a lot. The spirit is willing, but that out. So I'm going to walk up there and I'm going to whip off my back the tribal Tiki mask with the feathers and stuff. and throw it on, I'm gonna punker down in my tribal war stance and raid, and then I will have my bonus action. And then as my action, I will cast the scary kind of war champ from the mass. And so everybody, but this guy needs to make a... And the guy on the other side too, right?

This guy, no, he's within range. This guy just barely out of range. Cheers. He's to make a DC-15 week saving from. So we're gonna go around the Horn. Number four is going to go around. to what's the DC 15 15 barely hits 15 number two is going to get a 25 number that guy is going to he's going to get an 11 and he fails that we are going to that guy closest to Nikki he

fails six yep and then they oh no no I think he's close to Nicky okay and then the guy yep and then the other guy around the horn he fails as well and then we're at five and then five I don't know what is this deal They're afraid. If you're required psych, the auto fails. It's blind. No, it's scary. It's not sad.

Just making sure. Scary can. With that, that is going to be a 14. So that fails. That fails. So the two right there is this, everyone else, as you hear this, as you don your Tiki mask, and it lets out this incredibly,

a repetitive, haunting chant. And you hear a as most of them seem to be just jibbering in fear. What language does everyone speak? Who speaks gobbling? Oh, like that's an actual thing? Yes. I do not speak gobbling.

Govlin. I don't think I speak gobbling, no. And if I have a quick second to yell out, I would say, please run away! We'll kill you all! Making Timesa check. Oh. Shit, 19.

There's like everything super cool today. 19. as the ones that seem to be afraid are are, and they're speaking in some strange guttural language. There's a lot of fear in their voice. Okay, Hersier, you're up. Is this blind darkness of types? No.

No. We're just blinded. It's heavily obscured. Literally nothing outside of getting out of the radio if you can do together about it. So just imagine tons of scarabs in your face. Yes. So if I hit somebody right in front of me, it would be a disadvantage.

Yes. Okay. I got it. One of you do something that requires them to make a save, you're not a disadvantage. So like, if you have a fireball, you can drop fireball on them. Yeah. But do I get the sense that they're all attacking Lifting? I would say that they're all turning to Lifting.

You know that the two Nets tried to connect with Lifting and deny. Connect. Okay. Can I use my action to, like, help her or protect her in some way that would potentially cause additional disadvantages outside of just my protection reaction? I would say that the help action is the thing you can do, which basically gives her advantage on stuff that she does. Okay. I will do that. I'll use my...

Do I know of her weapons magic? I would say you probably know that. If I'm touching something, like if I want to touch her weapon and cast magic weapon, is that something that would require sight if she's standing right next to me? I would say you could communicate and grab out for it, yeah. And it's not magical, right? Yes. Okay.

I'll be luffy, I don't know what's going on, but this might help, and I'll pack her and find her spoon. I promise I won't take this from two-thry, yellow salad, and I'll cast magic weapon on it. So your weapon becomes magical, and it's a plus one bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls. I'm concentrating on that, and then I'll just use the help action to blindly put my shield in front of her and try to warn him any attacks.

So you do that, the scarecurber swarming all around you. And with that, how does the fear work, Rich, for Bigfellow? So they're just here. So if you were to fight, they can move towards you. They can't move closer to me. Yeah, you're right. As you hear a voice called a and his voice is a lot more deeper.

He's still afraid and you see no movement. I don't think you guys are running to tie. Nope. As he's just gonna hunker down and try to resist. Hold it at the end of his turn. Hold on. It could make the save again. It succeeds.

Okay. With a 23. Yeah, 23. As, could you move from the, one close to Maya? I got it. Yep. As he resists it, though, okay? And trubs it off.

But he called out something to all of the other bug bears. Exactly. But none of us understand it. Unless he's got one. They don't be in it for them. I don't think so. To be blinded, but not. Yes, you are scared from anyone else.

Yes. Cool. Okay. With that, it is a heart's turn. As she is going to, Please don't get fire, Renberg. Don't do it. Thanks for hanging out though. They're hiding in a corner just to see what's up.

We appreciate the dedication, but please don't get fire. As she is going to just look, what's going on? She's here! And she's just going to bat up and get right next to Lifty and raise her shield up. And with that, it is a Lifty's turn. She moved like 40 years. Oh, yeah. She's now a magical link piece that helps with anything.

that helps with anything. And I'm helping you with whatever you need help with. Oh, my gosh. Would I be able to hear them? I mean, I can hear him, like, gibbering. Oh, yeah. There are two guys right next. Okay, yeah.

So I'm just going to, hearing that, I'm just going to wildly strike out when they my spoon. So with help, actually, are you going to give, are you using that to give her advantage on our first attack? So I'll just be a normal role because I'm disadvantaged and then available. If that's cool with you. Yeah. So you help us either you give someone advantage

because you're with the melee range of this guy? Or if you want to make an ability check, you would also be advantage of that. So you'll be able. 17 plus 8. You're an advantage, or no, regular, sorry. Yeah, sorry. Yeah, but it's great because it gets her to my disadvantage.

Okay, so that is... And then you add plus one to the attack and damage. So 3 plus 5 is... I think it's screwed a damage less than. Maybe. Okay, so that is 8. damage to number two a what is that number I can't see what this guy is a six a damage to number six yes and so also feeling like feeling that I hit him I'm

gonna strike out with an unarmed attack I'll just kind of kick out and this will be up this is a good yeah yeah yeah 16 plus 15 is the ace yeah yeah wow wow Those twos. No. Two, so seven. Seven. Seven was damage? Yes.

Okay. Number six. You fling out wildly. You feel this rough, like, patchy leather armor as your fist smacks in your cup crack, as some blood spits up on your arm. But the scared of swarming all around you. Is that your turn?

Yeah. Cool. Felix, you're up. I'm going to cast mirror image on myself. Okay. And then I'm going to just like run in a direction 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and then like, 5, 10, where's 30? What's like 30?

I'm trying to get out of the cloud. It's four diagonally. So I can get out here. And as soon as I see this guy, I'll move one more square. And basically I'm tumbling out of the, this four of me tumbles out of the scatribes. And all four of us go, oh, gods, what's that? At the same fucking unison, like, almost like slightly offset. And that's my turn.

So you tumble. And there's a bug bear right next to you. And he's like, ah! And all four of me like jumping you, this, and they have all these hand axes and these bandoliers, and they seem to be really roughshoddened and poorly made. With that, it is Irish's turn. Oh, I'm going to.

Um, come on. All right, I'll open this thing. The 20 foot radius is the other thing, right? Can you get that hornier? Um, I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to do that. I'm going to turn around to the guy that is immediately behind me, not the one that's frightened. Yeah.

And I'm going to put my hand on him, and I'm going to cast and clip wounds. Okay. And I'm going to do that at a third level. Got it. So he is going to take 5D10 points of damage. Did it hit him, I assume? Yeah, if it hit him. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh. 15. So you reach out your hand and even with you being able to see through the scararivis. Can I use a twist of bait? Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, of course you get sure. We've got a bunch of them. We've got tons. What are we down to like 11? Okay, yeah, now that's exactly right. Those spell slots. Yeah, no, that's a very strong. Oh, which is 10.

I have a slot. So if you do that, it fails, you use the slot. I lose my slot. Yeah. Full more. I'm gonna get some strapping. Everyone is here. 23 points of damage.

23 points of damage to number, number, which number is he? Wow. Wow. I don't know. Three? 23 points. Sorry, which this one's number three. And you reach out through this scarab swarm,

and he is flailing around trying to. trying to, you see there's another net that he's reaching for, flailing around, trying to squat these scarabs with no avail. You just easily reach through the swarm and you grab him and once again that same pestilence spreads over, he sounds very weak. Does the swarm move with you or just from where you cast it? Okay, so it moves with you. Yeah.

Come in closer. With that, it is their turn as this one seems to... So the two that are next to Lifty are going to once again use their action to cast the net. Disadam damage because of the swarm. It's going to miss. And that is going to hit. Is that a projectile? Is it net? I guess technically it is.

But... GM's rules here. It's going to be up to you, I guess. No, it's not. It's not a projectile. Because you're not like throwing something to hit. It's more... a mainly a male weapon.

It's a melee weapon. Yeah, so it just has a range. So it's, uh, you got lucky this to do. It's already disadvantaged. You already disadvantaged, yeah. So. You can't double disadvantage. You, uh, looked to, you feel that it's incredibly heavy net.

It seems to be weighted actually. No! Fall down around you and kind of wrap up in the ground. You're immediately brought down to the ground prone. You are grappled and restrained as well. What's the head? that wraps all around you. And so that is their turns.

You're going to see two. Let's look at Felix, and they just to take his hand out. He's a pro-and-grabble. Crone, grapple, and restrained, yep. So if you hit, I'll have to roll a D-20. So, oh, no, just kidding. If you target me with an attack, I'll hold. You're going to target me with three attacks.

All right. So the first attack, targets a clone. Target's a clone. AC-13. That is going to be an 18. So he's going to try to swing again. Next attack. Targets a clone.

12. AC 13. 12. This is clon survives. Okay. This one is not, again, see if it hits it. It targets it. It's me.

It doesn't matter. He just horribly misses. He just seemingly surprised. And Toa, you're out of the cloud, right? Yep. Okay, so this one is going to, this one is going to inch a little closer. outside of the range. He's even as close as he can outside of the range. And actually, as soon as the one that hit the net,

who hit me with the net? One of these guys. That guy. Number six. Yeah. He hit through the net. You hear a and it cries out to everyone and they all begin to act in kind. Oh no. As this is not as this one is just going to use his action to he is just going to book it into right towards lifting he's in a sprint which one uh no the one closest to me number two number two he's how far do you move uh he he'll be able to get there with his sprint he can't get there without it so he is going to just run up there and he's going to i think he would take an opportunity tag from either of those guys right from felix yeah he'd have to he'd have to do it through felix yeah well and it didn't

take war cash or so i'm I'll swipe out and win my dagger. No, I'm actually gonna see my reaction. Okay, I'm gonna take an opportunity. Okay, he just trundles on passing into the sort of, like, ah, ah, as you feel these grasping, these long grasping arms all around you. And then with that, we're going to get,

they can be anywhere closer to you. So we are going to just get, they're very afraid of you. They're just gonna do three attacks on Utah, because they're afraid they're disadvantage, right? Yep. Oh, that's still gonna hit though. 21. Yeah.

One is gonna fly at you. Seven points of slashing, and then the last one. That's gonna horribly miss, and then three more on you. Miss. Miss. Doesn't matter. Miss. Fly out, miss, okay?

You hear as the trees are getting pelted with these axes. Splinters are flying everywhere. And with that, it may make their seams. Okay. So six. Six. saves. The other one fails. Okay. So he's still afraid. And there's another guy that has one more guy.

Oh, I didn't see him. Yeah, he's back there. That's going to be in 11. So he's still afraid. Okay. So they can't mess, okay, or they, they can't resist it. Okay. Caprice, it's hard as she is going to, she hears the one that is up, that is, has strungle next to her and she's just going to swing at it. That's not she going to hit. In the next one? Nice, heart. Two natural 20s. No! No!

Excellent. I would like to use a sudden and a death door on the gate. Two, one in four hundred chances. Man, heart's getting the good. Heart is... I love heart. Wow. And that's also max damage.

I love heart. Holy hand grenade Batman. So that is... Where are we here? Caprice. Did you go? Yeah. I didn't go.

Right? You went. Because I took my first turn. Oh, well, we'll just skip her. I'm just going to keep her. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. So I, so, no, we should have been Toa. So I'm going to keep her because she got a natural 20.

We're going to have her go. And then, and then we're going to go back to time. We were monsters too. Yeah, yeah, we were menstruation too. What's the different to be monsters, one in monsters too? Big boss versus one. Oh, there's a big boss. This guy is, he's different.

Oh, I didn't know that. He was feared for a round. I need a never ring. That is going to be... I'm sorry. And what number is that? He's number two. As you...

She's swinging around right in here. And blood just splatters you. He's sounding very weak, but he's still hanging on barely. With that, it is toad. I don't... This is a huge form of scare up there, so I have no idea what's going on there.

It's heavily obscured. But I know that... I hope you guys are all right. I'm gonna run up here and I'm going to non-lethaly attack this guy. I'm going to... It's ruined I can still all over again. Iris is gonna set this airs like their corpses like... Just 18 hit?

18 does have, yep. And you give me strength. 26 damage for the first attack. Okay, yeah. You smack and you're... all of his ribs cracked. He's horribly wicked. Another hit.

Oh, no, sorry, I had two more damage on top of that. Yep, okay. He's barely hanging on still. The 1911 12, 13, 23 damage. You cave in his skull. No, no, an uneath, one on leaf. Oh, okay. You smack in, and he's like, his ribs are all cracked, and you just boop him.

He's down, cold, snoring. Um, and be kind of. I believe my feet, as long as I knocked them out, I can bonus action attack a guy. I'll just make sure that it's not, yeah, when I reduce it to zero HP, which I have done, right? Yep, what's that? Like, why is that? Like, Mike's not a male?

No, no. When he, if he kills somebody or renders them unconscious, he can make another. Oh, I thought it was a key. He specifically asks them unconscious and they can keep going. He shakes them to zero. I thought that was just like big, big friendly. So he is out. out. And then the scarabs devour him and he's dead. No, I'm kidding. Is this past

the terrain? Uh, that is, that is just, yeah, it's fine. Okay, whatever. It's just green. It's just green shit. I will bonus action attack that guy. 17 to hit. Hits, barely. One, two, so three. Ten damage. Ten damage. Uh, as you follow up as, as the leader, he, he looks at you and he is ready to do battle. Ten damage. You move him a little bit. Okay. With that, it's her just trying. Do I feel or hear Lutti going down next to me? I would say you went down like a sack of potatoes.

You would have heard her crumbly. Can I feel around to see if this is just like, netting is covering or can tear the net off or if I have to like... I would say to get a sense of the sense of it, you would have to use your action to do that. I want to just grab the net and try to tear it off. Okay. Then make an athletics check.

15? 15. With that, you heave, just take the AC, barely, just barely, you heave and lofty, you feel the neck, get yanked off and you chuck it off to the side, and you are no longer grappled or restrained, and you're still prone. Thank you, whoever did that. The neck comes slide back into the swine. Oh, because I'm not. You know, darling, I watch the little thing through my sclerb storm. No, everybody did look out because I'm really mad.

I can't see shit! Yes, I know, darling, but they can't see anything either. Um, I will not. I don't have really bonus action to use here, so I'll just hold my hand out for trying to, like, help. Goose to you up. I'll be my phone. Okay.

So you throw the net of the side and the swarm is still all around you. And with that, it's big guy Jones. It's big, it's big, it's big guy Jones. Yeah. No, they still went. So this is correct. Oh, he is monsters one. Okay, I'm just, correct.

I just went. I had a heart go tour. So, and he's going to look at you and he's going to call out This is what sounds like As he's going to froth and his eyes are wild His eyes are wild as he's going to just make What attacks does he have? Oh, he has two attacks

Boink, point. One's going to miss, but one is absolutely going to hit As he smashes in with his blade club On who? On Toa. Oh, shit. So he's going to pivot around you, however, and he's

going to head towards the swarm. I can see it. 19 points of bludgeoning damage as it smashes you. I was going to say you hunkered. You did your tramps. Right? He did. Right. Yeah, he did. Okay. With that, she already went, lift you're up. You're on the ground, but you feel the net

get thrown away. So that removes grapple and restraint? Yes, but you're still prone. Okay. I'm going to stand out and just and strike out with my Spangible spoon. Please make magic or spoon. And I guess in theory it would be whichever one

if I could hit, but I guess I'll aim for two. Yeah, go for two. That's okay. This is still disadvantaged. Am I still advantage of you or that was just the touch? No, that was now it's just plus one. It's just plus one to the attack of the sketch. Okay. She had to use her action to get it. A lot of things go on.

Mm-hmm. B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b. One more time. Why? Because you're dis-maged. Oh. Okay. You're welcome.

So 19 either way. 19 either way, yeah. That hits. Okay. Roll that first, please. We'll do seven damage, and I'm going to spend a key point to make us spending straight. No, I'm sorry.

Eight, what did I say seven? Eight damage, and I'm going to spend a key point. I'm going to spend a key point. Key point, you hear a little sickening snap as you hear a loud fun. Which number? In that case, I'm going to spend a key point. Would I hear that there's a guy next to him? I would say that even though it's a swarm, you still see bits of body parts, right? It's still heavily obscured, but you're able to see that there are guys on it. We're going to outline.

Okay. Then I'm going to... Does advantage don't? Yeah, I'll spend... I'm just going to do a bonus to time on him. Okay. knee off into his gut. Ooh, six close. Knee gut. It's 14.

15. You don't add the one to that because you're not using your. Oh, you just found. Okay, so what did I just say? 14. 14 to hit. 14 to hit misses. As you reach out, but you're unable to see him very well, so it misses.

Okay. Is that it? That is it? Feel drop. All right, I'm gonna move. I'm gonna move. I'm 10, 15. And then I'm going to shoot this guy with a, what do I got here?

Hit him with the, oh, man. I'm just going to hit him with the old firebolt. So it's a plus eight to hit. Okay? AC17. Oh. That's going to be a big old miss for me. It flies off and hits the tree, singeing the bark.

With that, it's Irish to turn top of the round. I am going to cast Spirit Guardians on this. self the third-level. Oh, Jesus. You do that. And when I cast it, I can designate all of my allies to be unaffected quiet. Yeah, you can. And it hits those two guys right now.

Okay. Six and three. Where they're at. Um, and they're both blinded. So I don't know how you would want to rule that work to the spirit guardians, but it's a wisdom saying. If it's a wisdom, they fail anyway. They've got a three and a four. So cool.

They're going to take three eight things. To have spirit. Hard is going to an escarves. Yep, that's my, the scarabs are my, my staff. Oh, shit. Both. Okay, cool. 13 points of damage. To both of those that are next to us. You see the flashes, and you're able to see glues and you're a newbie and warriors, slices down the one that's wounded,

and he falls to the ground dead. The other one is on that, number, that was number two? He's dead, all right. So six or three it would have been. Three. Three. Three. Six. Oh, how much time did you say? 13. Thirteen. Barely, barely hanging on. As it cuts him, he's very wounded, but he's... I am then going to use my feeling agility and run up between these two guys. Okay. These two guys over here. So in the middle of them, so they're now.

Okay, they're now in this area. Did we decide if he's dead or not? Three's dead, yep. Okay. Oh, I think he said barely hanging on. So now on their turn, if they're still there, they'll take my spirit guardians, but not now. Okay, with that, it is their turn, and now they take it. Okay. Right? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So they have to do their thing.

That is going to be a, so the one there is going to be V's dumb. That's going to be 22. That passes. And that's going to be a 24. They're going to take half of that. And remind me of which that's five and... Could you move that default? That's damage, how much one?

Hell you. One in five, I assume. They both passed? No, they passed Roset. As you know what numbers they are. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. So they take nine points of damage. Nine points of damage.

So five and one, as they're slicing and managing to resist some of this, but then they're going to roll for their fear, right? Or no, they have not moved yet. That's the end of their time. And then one is just going to try to hatchet, Felix. Actually, he's unconscious, right? Yeah, four's unconscious. Four's unconscious. Number six is going to call out and he's going to try to net, because he is not, no longer can't see the scarp. You've got to be kidding.

What was he's fourth? 13 doesn't hit, doesn't hit for a little. The net once again flies impotently. Then with that, it is going to, he's unconscious and then we're going to just get six attacks on iris of disadvantage as they're going to just one two seventeen's plus five is amazing okay so that will hit one is going the hand axe is going to deal four points of slashing damage next one that's going to miss the other one is going to get three attacks in that's going to miss that's going to hit do another four points of slashing damage and then that's their turn and then they're to make the wisdom save and both of them succeed on the fear as they are not able to move

close their toe and then they resist it and that's a 19 and a 20 is there everybody's turn yeah okay with that as toaster I'm going to turn around and recklessly swing in I'll do the first one of the power attack here 21 21 hits yeah BC 17 I think I've 6, we made 19, 11, 12, 13, 23 damage. 23 damage number to Bigfellow? Yep. Okay. You smash into them with your mall, you're cracking a bone.

14, 15, 16, 16, 16 missiles, right? Yep, yep, barely. So I am done. Okay, you managed to parry the next one with his club and send your mall down to the ground. The Tursha, you're up. hurry, a remake. Now I can see the date number six. Yep. I'll use my bonus action try to knock the crown. Okay. So a flat X is an eight. Yeah, it always

rolls so well on these. Yeah, no, it's like a 22. Okay. So my first attack, uh, 22. All heads. Uh, ten points. Number six. You smash him cave in his skull. Uh, blood splatters everywhere. Okay. So he's dead? Yep. I will, so I can't see anything here because it's all... Correct, do you see a massive swarm of scurbs? Okay. So we can see it.

Yeah, it's following me. Got it. Okay. So once I realized I knew you were safe enough that you guys could handle that last guy, I moved to the outline. And they're in difficult terrain, right? Because of the spirit curtains? Is this like a tree right here or can I move in this spot? You can move in that spot.

It's all just green shit. Yeah, it's fine. Where you want to go? here. That's 25 feet of movement. And that's my turn. Okay. Oh, I still have another attack. Well, I can't throw my javelry. It has to be a melee attack for multi-attack. It's a great question. No? Attack action on your turn. Okay. You can throw javelin. I'll try an impala javelin at a big class number one. Yeah. Plus five. Big cellar. They call 18. That'll hit. Oh my gosh. Nice.

Shoot. That'll do min damage. Three, pure. Three, who are it piercing? As it flies in, it pierces the side and clatters the ground. Okay. Wow, no light. Oh, wow, it's a big old storm. As the storm is now raging all around you. As for flavor, you're allowed a crack of thunder way above you,

a hundred of feet in the air. And with that, big fella is going to just, he is going to... Look at you, Lofty. He's gonna see all of his dead dudes and he's just gonna run away from Toa and he's gonna head directly towards you As so he's gonna move how far can he move you get an opportunity attack 30 yeah I'll get an opportunity attack he does not care Toa to a Oh yeah

He's gonna start moving towards her yeah, yep yep yep so Recklessly does not what you call it right? It's my term sorry I'm I know. Okay. So he's going to move 30 feet. 15, 20. 25.30. And that's going to be barely.

He's going to pull out his own net. That's super heavy in weight, and he's going to chuck it on you, Luffy. He seems to be very desperate here. He's disadvantaged because he's far away. He wants his big old arms. And that's going to be a three and a four. So you manage to dodge out of the way as his eyes are wild with determination. termination. Okay. That's gonna be

Hart's term. And she's gonna run up to him like, yes, go to me first, and try to stab him. She slices. Oh, my heart. And she misses both times, terribly. As he- Give him a double 20. Yeah, come on, she got a double 20.

As he slices and slices, he managed to parry both, and he looks at her and spits blood down on the ground. And with that, it is. is a Lifty's turn. Right. I'm gonna, Why don't you take a picture? It will last longer,

and I'll charge him with my spoon out and just try to, like, get a picture. You still have the magic weapon from Hersia. I do. Oh, yeah. So I'll kind of, like,

I kind of want to, like, step in front of her. Is that good? Yeah, that's fine. I was trying to kind of get between them. Let's see, here we go. 15. Z.C. said that breakfast stays until your next turn,

Rips, you should have had a bandage. Oh. So 24 hit with the staff. That'll hit. Yeah, that'll hit. That'll hit. Yeah. Oh, that's nine, 10 damage. On number one?

On number one, big dad. And then we're gonna follow that up with a flurry of blows. You smack, you're allowed to crack as he owes to you the net now sitting impotently down on the floor. Okay, so that is 17-18 hit and a bunched. No, I just make into attacks. Gotcha.

So both should hit, six, seven. 17 damage. 17 damage, okay. And then I will just sway and kind of like disengage away from him. You dance back and you snap, do you, and he's too busy paring a heart, and you manage to just get three incredibly fast attacks in his side and then dance back.

With that, it is Felix's turn. You're up. All right, I'm just going to hit this guy with another fire bolt got it hey that'll do it 23 that'll hit 20 23 yeah 23 it's 23 is sorry I'm trying to like see what spells I can actually just gonna change the direction that I move and move away some so that was 10 5 points of damage okay five fires I mean his fur starts to sing just a horrible smell okay he's looking pretty rough Irish drop I'm just gonna move this way I am

going to look at him I'm gonna point my finger towards him as you see like mummy wrappings and like necrotic bits of magic flow towards them. Yeah. So, can you make a call savings girl please? I can do that. I can get a 12. Oh, that's a lot of damage. It's 8.8.

That's a damage. You want a DA? Yeah, please, if you don't mind, because then I can just roll that twice. Okay. I'm going to hand you back one because it'll be easier to just roll twice. I'll try and do that. I wrote those. 33 months of damage.

Hey, I don't do this. As legally as possible. I just reach my hand towards him, like, with my claws out. It looks like I'm in the sucking the soul out of his body, and I just want to rip it straight towards me. As you do that, it looks like the fucking mummy, starring Brendan Fraser. As your claw kind of this swirling dark magic is abandoned

and these scarabs and these swarming pestle and reaches out, and it washes over it. And with this horrific tail, you see this faint wisp of this shadowy energy as the soul's ripped out. His eyes roll back and he collapses to the ground. You have been judged damned. Damn. Damn is right. Do I hear that?

Yeah. Damn is right. And they're going, they have no idea what you did. They're going to have to do their thing. Oh, yeah. because I sell my spirit guardians. They both failed. Sick burn.

I don't care what you did. Mark off the 4thal, 12. This is three leads. Oops. Is this Cuphead? Of course. It's Electro-Swing remixes of Cuphead, so, you know. Incredible.

Very cool. Very cool. 12 points of damage to go through that. 12 points of damage. The musical goes. Check him out, take out his channel. He's really awesome. Oh, they're slicing into both of them as they are both taking the same amount of damage, actually.

12 points of damage that, as they're looking rough, as they're swirling around, they have no idea. The swarm is around. They don't know that their boss is dead. As they are looking around, they're both blinded. The boss is the guy. This guy. He just broke. He just killed.

He is. He hurt the soul out of his face. Oh, that was him. Yeah. They're going to just stumble forward as they know that they are going to just keep at it because they have no idea. And they're going to be disadvantaged for each of these. So we're going to just do some hatchet attacks. Miss.

Miss. Miss. Miss. Okay. So the next guy, any hatchet attacks? Miss. We have the same. We have to see.

That is going to be a 19. That hits. One, only one of all six hits. And that got, it's going to be four points of slashing damage. as you cleave into it. And then with that, it is Toa's turn, right? Yeah, Toaster. And let's give you this time.

I'm gonna run over to this guy. I'm gonna say, I tried to stop you, I tried to save you. Your disadvantage. Oh. Scared Storm. So do I even know that there's, I probably, I saw that the guy was there, right? You know roughly where they are.

Like, maybe said you can see kind of bits and pieces, but it's the bench. 16 missets, right? No, no. No, that hence, Big Bad was 17. Oh, guys. And you get there's 15. 11. Damage?

Fucking dies. You just hear a sickening crack his head caves in. You don't? Wait, so hold on. So I was where? I was here. Yeah, you're right. One, two, three, four, five.

And I believe I have 40 movements. So you can move. Okay. Just finish them off. Put him out of minutes. So I rolled twice already for that. So it's 15. Deadheads.

Oh, gosh. He gave me the item. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen. I like, he's dead. That's literally like the- How do you do this? How do you do this? Because it's the last guy of the battle.

Um, I just want to, uh, I don't know, do you which choice? Uh, you just cave in one skull, you walk over, cave in the other one. A blood splatters all of you, collapses to the ground. And, uh, uh, you just cave in one. Um, uh, you. I'm going to drop this scarab storm and then immediately feline agility over to Lifty. Darling, are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.

I don't think I anybody even touch me at all. I was trying to put you in shuttles. I saw Zaddo. It was weird. I don't recognize them. Do I also mind me or something? Is there any reason that any of us can think that somebody would want to kidnap Lufty? Yeah.

Look at how haggard they look. I feel bad that we just killed them all. Maybe they're hungry. How would you feel if someone... What? Is I going to eat me? I don't know. Maybe they would detain him to take you.

Guys, this one's still breathing. Can I inside check Lusti? Yeah. I'm going to turn towards it. Why is this one still breathing? But don't kill him. I don't have to see what he has to say. I'm going to go towards the big boss and pick up his net and just bring it over.

You take the net and you just drop it on him. He's still unconscious, bleeding out. I should get one of these. I still have like scarabs for him. I mean, I'm like very frustrated. frustrated that my friend was almost stolen. I rolled a 10 for a little. It's okay.

I mean, yeah, I didn't have a lot of time. You knew. She seems to be telling the truth. Okay. As Hart walks over and she sheaths her sword, why would they want to take you? I don't know. Who is that?

Well, I don't, do I recognize any of these? You don't need to make a roll. No, you have no idea. You have some rando bug bears. I mean, I knew that there were bandits here, but what? But why wouldn't they want to take the one with the one with the one? they want to take the one with the most money. I'm not the prettiest one.

I mean, you're obviously of the highest standards. Yes, exactly. Like me. It's worth searching their bodies to see if they have anything on them. Is this kind of thing common here in the woods? I mean, people are desperate. They do desperate things, but I don't know why they don't go for, why wouldn't they go for the jewels?

That's right. That is my point. Well, I'm wondering if there's a contractor or something. You should look through them, Phoenix. It's all spread out. I'll help you guys. We'll just all take bodies, I guess, and start looking. Yeah.

Okay? I'm actually, I'm pretty good at it. I'm pretty good at it. That's my remaining mirror images. They pooped away from existence. They worked better than usual. The bugs actually kind of protected us. That was the plan.

I'm sorry that it made you a little less effective, but it made them less effective. I still got a few good steps. Investigations took advantage. At advantage, you say? He's going on advantage. Okay. 21.

21. You pat around and you find a total of 17 copper pieces on all of the regular guys. Oh, we loaded. But then when you loot the, when you start going through the body of the boss man, you find a hefty coin purse. Oh, baby. That's my favorite thing that comes from his body. I've been known to do that once or twice. Oh, wait, I'm not dangerous.

You find 400 pieces of gold. Oh, wow. I'll just divvy them up evenly amongst us. You find 400 gold pieces, and you find a crystal. It seems to be this light blue, nearly translucent crystal that seems to glow. And as you pick it up, you're just to see that the glowing moves. And as you move around, the point, it is a crystal with four points. And as it moves, this is a faint, purplish blue light each corner, and it blows brightly,

and it seems to follow lifting. Oh, this must be a haughty compass. I see it. We would take inspiration. 8-0. Big zero. This is... This is...

Some sort of compass, but it... No matter which direction I go, it just points to Luffy. What a useless compass? What do you mean? That's a fabulous compass. This is exactly what I was concerned with.

They were specifically hunting. They were using this compass to track you. They found you because of that thing. Why on earth would they want something like you? What value do you hold to anyone but to me? Perhaps there's more information on the ghost body. I didn't mean that as an insult. Do you guys mind?

I'm not saying people really like. I'm saying specifically, who have you screwed over? Many people. Who is the one who's screwdriver who is the most powerful? Many people. Didn't you like sleep with a bunch of guys during that one week? Oh yes, but none of them are mad at her. I could tell by the way they were speaking.

I know. I'm really pretty happy with me. Yes, I know. Does anyone mind if I hold on to this just to study it? I've never seen anything like this before. No. See if you can, you know, see what it is, but I think I want it. Certainly.

You can keep it if you like. I'm just curious that's how it works. Yeah. How did it? Because it didn't like take any of my hair, I did say. But you know there wasn't like a counter-partuate or something where you're minor an issue. There might be.

It's worth studying. I'm going to like start to study it while they're all discussing. So, Dolly, again, who have you angered? I don't know. Probably a lot of people, most people, like I said, like me a lot. You bring to climax, yes. Not necessarily. You know, sometimes I play games and we talk and sometimes climax.

But, you know, so forthplay. Yeah, but you know, not just sexy things. Like, we play card games. I'm a very entertaining person. It is true. I've seen her inaction. Well, I don't think, I mean, everybody loves me. 27-God.

You don't know why everybody wants you. No, I don't know why anybody wouldn't love me. I mean, look at me. I'm so lovable. I'm like the most lovable. I think she was hidden there. I wasn't. Are you feeling alright?

Yeah. No, maybe hold me. I'm scared. We could wake up. one guy you guys knocked out I've got a resource prepared that could help yeah break him up are you going to make him tell the truth I can't is a type of paladin that I can't is a really hope for paladin to be pretty cool I want to know what he has to say I don't think I've ever used it so we'll see how it goes but I can do it well I think the question here is can anybody speak to him because if he only speaks the one

language I could not understand a single thing you'd say. Did anybody, Hats, did you understand that? I don't speak Goblin now. Oh, you're too good. I never had any need. Is Goblin script any sort of books? That's not one of the dozen or so languages I actually know. Can I archa-check?

Yes, device. Yeah, make an account. Oh, I got a, uh, been 11. It does seem, it absolutely seems to be a magical device, and it seems to be divine, And it seems to be divining something about Luffy, but beyond that, you don't really get anything else. Well, if you want to keep this thing you can, if you don't like the fact that it's constantly pointing at you, I can try to dispel whatever magic might be on here. But it's up to you, and I hand it over to her.

Do I feel anything when it's, like, touching me? As you're touching it, it starts to, as it gets in the palm of your hand, it starts spinning, wildly and glowing very brightly. And then all of a sudden it goes, Hey, what's up? I'm your third such a woman. Hey, what's up? I vibrate and I'm magical and I talk to you.

Sounds perfect. Well, if it's funny to me anyway, I guess it doesn't hurt if it's just already on me. I think somebody would have to have this to reduce it. Can you tell what kind of magic? on it? Oh. Was I able to tell what kind of magic was on it?

Is it dividing the divinition? I can cast detect, well actually shit, you can do that will. Damn it! Well, I want to... Where's my thing? So this detect magic would tell you what school of magic is. Yeah. So I would like to do that just sort of like,

since this is a new thing for me, I would take it and feel that there's magic, kind of unknowing what I'm doing, like to see what I, what sense I'm getting from you sense it and you kind of channel your innate magic blood. And with, despite blinking, suddenly your hand glows and you're in your mind, you know that this is magical and it has divination magic. Okay. So would I know that Goblin shares a script with Dwarvish?

I would say for Persia? I knew this as a player. I want to know if I would know. So I think when it shares a script, it's still not the same language. So it's kind of like how gnomes and dwarves, they use runic languages. But if as a gnome,

I wrote out gnomish and dwarven rungs, a dwarf couldn't read it. They could read it but not understand it. No, you would recognize it. You would say, oh, I recognize the symbol, but they don't mean anything in that order. But it's still nomish. It's the same thing as if you try to read Spanish.

It's using the same script. Right. Swedish has the same script as English. But we don't understand what the words mean. I suit you mean. They just use the same letters. Like some languages you all use Cyrillic, but they don't, you know, you can't read it if one's Russian and one's whatever. Sure. No said much like how English uses Latin characters.

Andy, get out of my head. Are there any other little villages or something nearby? This is pretty sparsely populated out here. Usually they don't let people settle out this far away from. the central centralisation of power. Honestly, I don't think that it's a horrible idea to give Persia's idea a shot. If he speaks common, and she can force him to tell the truth,

she can say, do you speak common. Well, that's true. Yeah. And then if he speaks common, he would tell him the truth. We are being very stereotypical, so they would only no problem. Please. I mean, we've met one of these creatures, the drunkard charity. That's very true.

And she spoke common. No, no, darling. She spoke back. Oh, yes. Peaches of fruit. Both bars are so. True, yes. And both can be alcoholic.

Well, common is pretty common, so it might just be that he speaks it and we can just ask him and just wake him up. Is he balanced? He's not. Yeah, I don't mind. To us, I'm sliding away first though. Would it be better to cast it on him when he's not awake? Does it matter? I'm not sure it matters.

It's at least in shape. From a medicine, he was in it, I don't know if it matters. Karzma saving through him. I think even if he's unconscious, he wakes up to the- It's his will. Yeah.

Okay, so he has to be- makes a difference. Give him a good slap. I slap him, wait. I'll pass him as soon as he wakes out. Do you speak coming? Hold on. Oh, no, I don't.

Do you speak coming? Yeah. DC's 14 Christmas saving. I said, do you speak coming? I get a 13. I just got 14 because I put two points in Christmas. Hey, go. That's how you do it.

That's how you do it. Because he would have otherwise... The genuine joy on my assays. My DC's sports are so low. And you smack him away, and he's so wounded. Like, you see him, the net is on him, and you see him look around, and he tries to heat himself up,

and you destroyed his fucking rib cage. Like, horrific. And he cannot go anywhere as he's looking at you. Why? And once again, this one, this bugbearer material was incredibly sallow. and sucking in. You remember Jammity was a lot more well-fed,

reading around and getting, stealing pork and booze. He seems very gaunt. Smith. Gotts. Hey, ma'am. Do you speak common? And so, so, remind him, so so don't do you mean, when he's in, he has

told the truth. He can't willingly tell him. On a fail-safe, creature can't speak a deliberate libel in the radius. You know when, each creature succeeds or fails on its savings or so I know that it failed. An affected creature is aware of the spell and can thus avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as it remains within the boundaries of the truth. So the problem is that he can just say, yes, I can speak calm and in goblin.

He looks at you and he says, burp on your fireball. I'm going to take one of my cat's claws and put it right at the wound on the side and put it in just enough that it hurts, but it doesn't do any deal. damage and I'm going to say in common, I can heal you and then take that life away over and over and over again. In the moment you are on the brink of death and you're begging for release, I will not let you get there. Nubis will judge you, but you will not find the afterlife. If you can speak common, I urge you to do so now. Make an intimidation chicken at valise. Uh, intimidation, you say? I don't think I'm really intimidating. That's definitely intimidation.

Um, 14. 14, with, yeah, that, that's a pass. That's a past. You see him flitch as his ribcade is caved in. He's horribly contorted from toa obliterating him. And then the claw, you see him wins as he looks at you. And he says, I can speak coming.

They can speak common, guys. So I know. Well, uh... What do you want with Lufty? Yeah, what do you want with me? Who are you? What is your name? My name is Sorbeck.

He keeps darting his eyes back. He'd give the sense that he would be a lot more resistant, but, uh, he's very, very, uh, shook, as the kids say. He's hashtag shook as... Living up in trees, promised bring genie we get food we get gold we get to live in the tree tops see I told you guys you just trying to make an honest weight well maybe not honest that's not honest the trust trying to survive the crystal says you're a genie am I technically a genie I thought a genie was like a full-blown genie oh you're your

That's your lineage. And you have blood. That's your lineage. I wasn't. I don't know all those numbers. What is that crystal? What does it do? It finds blood, creatures of air.

But who told you, who sent you, precisely? Were you looking for me or just any genie? They need one more. What do you mean one more? They have six. All-Air, Genese? I don't think they have ever met another Genese. Wait, do they need...

They need six genies? Not genie. Air. Wind. Storm. And she's one of them? She has blood. They decide if it is

one of seven. What are they trying to do with the seven? I do not know. We were not told, but storms getting worse. You just simply want a good love? I want to eat. They promise us food. They promise us.

They birds. They want to bring storms. Where do they want to bring storms? where promised we promised to be safe beneath trees but you want now were you they were only safe once we find the last the last of the air creatures they need do you know what other air creatures they have no I know they have six I saw one only what did it look like was a she she was large and Blue skin, dark blue skin, long black hair, braids.

The rich. So, do you know where they're keeping these six? Kaleari, where else? Do you know how to get to the city safely? Nothing is safe for me anymore. I am dead. Why you did? No, we kept you alive. Does not matter. We were only kept alive because we promised we could track, and we were sneaky.

But we were not as sneaky, not sneaky enough. They will kill you anyway. Yes. I do not know if I get her. Maybe I get food and gold and a good life in the trees, protected from the storm beast. They want to call. You stay there in your net. I need a huddle.

Do you know the name of the person that told you to come after us? No. No. Boss did all dealings. He can speak their language. They can speak, they can speak this tongue, but they refuse to sing to our level. What did you want to say?

So, what if we use this guy to get us up there. We do zero like reverse prisoner trick. My exact thoughts, Lufty, I knew that you were smart and that was a reason they kept you up. Thank you. Well, they're not going to care about him. Sounds like they only talk to the dead guy. Yeah, but they will care about him if he's able to say I caught a gene. And Lufty and I speak their language. As do I. If only there was a way to talk to the guy that was dead. Oh, Eric Croker's script? They, well, I'm assuming we spoke to the, we heard them talking when they attacked us.

You heard them speaking a dialectic, Warren, which both of you would know is a dialectic primord. So maybe we could keep going to the shop, keeps this guy as a prisoner, get a couple of those roles to turn a few of us into Eric Croca, and we can warm our way inside. He's looking pretty rough. rough. Do you think you can bring it back from the brink? Of course I can. That is not all I think we should do there. I believe

that they have been starving them and using their desperation as a means to control them. And my fear is that should we attempt to work with this creature, that his fear and his need

for gold and the food and that which he is being starved would cause him to betray us in some way. I think that we should give him the things that he seeks. We should feed him. We should warm him. We should show him that he is safe with us. I'm fine with providing him gonged pieces. Yeah, of course. I don't have much need for money. I mean to a new life afterwards. Maybe he could coitus interrupt us with Jametie. Is that what you do? That's I don't know what that is. Bum slamming thing.

Coitus, what did you say? Coitus. Coitus interruptus? Is that what you're called? I don't know what you're saying. I'm a woman of the cloth. I don't like to talk about such things. It's like you have little babies or something.

You hear a little snicker. Am I saying it's wrong, don't? No, that's really cool. I look so hard. I'm just like, so hard. Just like scratch your head. How old are you not? I'm not enough.

Are you in your team? Your 20s. Four hundredths. I mean, I'm sure you thought I was like 28. You're definitely very mature. I'm 16. I knew it. You're going to grow down.

Tower of the west. You'll be fearsome. I haven't grown. I haven't grown in a long time, but I haven't grown. I'm going to hear some. Not to interrupt, but my zone of truth only last 10 minutes. Oh, we already got everything we need out of him. No, we should still see if he would want to come and work with us.

Well, he doesn't really have a choice. We're just trying to sweeten the pot. Feel free to ask him, though. Yes, of course. Maybe, you know, better to know if he's lying. Off him some jello salad. I don't have any other eyes. I avoid.

I'll approach him and, like, offer him some jerky. I don't know if he's like his arms. are working, but feel it. He has a net, so he could technically reach out. He's got this big, old long... I'll stick the piece of jerky through the net into his mouth. There's poison?

No. No, I take a bite out of it and chew on it and feed him. Psychologist, walks on the poison food. I'm sure there are quite a few, actually. I'm resistant to it, so I'm very well quite. Anyway, so I look down, I'm like squatting over him, over the net. He needs to roll a

Constitution saving through or actually wisdom saving through to be enchanted by the gigantic thighs that are now in I-5 fucking broad friend to. Oh, I'm glad I got your attention. So what about this? I can't assure you that you're going to be safe even after you attempted to try and turn Lofty in, which you failed to do. Yeah, don't do that again. We prefer if you don't do that again.

But what I'm saying is, I don't think that the Erakow would have given you safe passage. I mean, you heard it yourself. They wouldn't even talk to you guys in your common tongue. They only spoke in whatever they talk. I don't know. Birds speak. Yeah. I don't like it.

What makes you think that they're not just going to kick you off the freaking trees as soon as you turn her in? Your life as good is gone to them. I don't think they have much respect for you guys. Herger actually has a really good point. You don't know the deal that your leader made. He could have had you working for them, and he was going to get all the gold and the money, the gold and the food, and the stature,

and they were going to kill you. He would never know. He had gold said we could get our share once we found the air creature, and it was the one they needed, all seven. How much were you promised? What was your portion? What was more than...

Okay, I'm going to step into the zone of truth and choose to fail it. Okay. As you know, you cannot lie here, and neither can I. I will give you 100 gold pieces. We will feed you, we will clothe you, and we will offer you our protection. If you assist us in bringing down the trancey of these bird people, you have my word that I will do everything I can to keep you safe and to make sure that going forward, you can live a healthy and happy love.

Make your persuasion. Do we have your word? Persuasion of 24. 24. His eyes are wide as he hears that. He sees 100 gold pieces. Something he probably hasn't even seen that much in one place offered to him in his entire life. Absolutely not.

As his eyes are wide and he looks down, he's distracted by Herja. after failing the save I magically cannot tell a lie and girl you're sicker than a bowl of oatmeal my thanks I immediately fireball to me I cannot tell

as he Zomack I really knew ye Zobank God Sorry, he continues. Soorback looks at you and he says, you will not kill me. I will eat.

I get cold. Yes, yeah. But you have to promise that you'll work with us and you won't abandon us when we need you. We need to get to the top. We need to burn down this incursion. Tell me what Zorback would do. Food. Safety.

Gold, thighs. I mean, did he promise? I didn't put it past her. I mean, she may have, I wouldn't put it past her. Fair enough. She looks, he looks like her tongue. I'm just saying. I can't promise you thighs, but

I won't kill you. She doesn't point out. Dakota will shout at us when you're nearby. She'll consider you a friend, and I tried a friendly, but kind of probably looks too threateningly, Show him my foil. I will help how I can.

But I, without one of their owls, without a bird, they will not speak to me. Well, we will see what we can do to change that. For what it's worth, you're not a vermin to me. Agreed. I have a good friend that's about there. She's a drunker, but she's... She's a good friend drunker.

I'm still a little mad at you, but I could be persuaded to come around. His eyes look and linger. He actually seemed to be genuinely shameful. And he looks, he feels kind of bad as he's being scolded. And he's like, I only want to eat. Toa. And to not be thrown.

And I'm going to sit down. I'm going to feed him food through the things of our dried around things. Do we know. You do that. Was Jamity just a drunk or about bears in general prone to alcohol? Make it Make a nature check in advantage. Bugbears grown to alcohol.

It's really good. So, but you're a mutual 10. 10. You know that, you know, being that like goblinoids and bug bears are pretty common in Strugan, and this is your home, you know that they definitely like a drink. Jammini was on a whole other level. level. I would say that Jammy is absolutely on a whole other level, but you know that they

enjoy a good drink. They're usually lazy and loafing, unless desperate. And this, as Zorbeck seems to be. I think we could be fun. Open your mouth. I'll pour a little my drinking morning. It's like a, like, kind of a wounded animal or an animal on a trap. He's very cautiously opening his mouth. Why do you do this for Zorbeck? The answer is quite simple, Zorbeck. You did not do this on your own free will. They starved you.

They made you fear them. Same tactic I used to get you to speak. Fear can be a powerful thing. But I, however, was willing to give you the chance. I do not believe that they were. They used you as canon for it. And I don't think that's fair to do it anymore. It is not my job to judge you.

It is that of the Nupus to do so. Prove yourself worthy of this life. But you may live in happiness when you rest. I want to live. Hopefully when you're not hungry, hopefully you'll be able to tell say more things to us. You know some jokes.

No. I do not have jokes. Do you promise, man, while you are under our protection that you will not be deceitful, you will treat us like France, at least like colleagues, and maybe just stick to speak in common?

you already gave them the gold or you're handing it out? I have a little sack of it, and I basically counted it while I put it in the sack, so he knows exactly how much is in there, and I'm holding it. You give gold. You do not kill me. I keep more food. I will do what you need.

I will help how I can. I cannot do much, but I know my way around this forest. I will hand it. from the sack of gold. How do you bug bears tend to seal a deal? Do you shake? Do you piqui? We drink.

Same basal. I think we can make arrangements. That's my kind of bug bill. Are we cool? Sure, of course. Yes, he seems... Your name again. Well, intent.

Zorbeck. Zorbeck. I've given you 100 gold. Should, you prove useful and kind, and willing to help us. and you do not betray us. I would be open to negotiating additional gold

at the end of all of us. That may not be all you are for me. I would like more gold. I would drink. I take the netting off of him and help them up. You easily pull it out with the time that you have. How bad does he look?

He's really... Toa fucked him up. Toa fuck him up. He's keeping an eye. He softened a little bit towards Iris after the intimidation. All but he sees, John. He sees Toa and like, he's like horribly like an angle. Yeah, and he's only in a world of magic could anyone come back from what Toa did to him. I'll point.

I'll pour, as I'm pulling him up, I'll pour 30 points of lay on hands into him. into him as I'm watching that he it you hear like the sickening as his bones start to re-align and unbreak as as his wounds just that this you impact the blood this was pouring out from toa's horrific mall attack sorry about him while her's just fixing him up i just turned to and i'm like uh remember the time we were in that dungeon and uh you almost turned and liquefied my bones which work which time yeah you got that you got this this stuff in your face and you turned on me and then you almost mold me to death. Oh, right, that time.

I'm really glad that I didn't end up like that. Well, me too. And I just recently learned how to do a really lot of damage. So I'm glad I didn't have that then because then I think your head wouldn't exist now. I'm grateful by it. Thanks. And just one more question. Sure. What's a colleague?

Oh, you know, the idea of someone who's equal to you, you work together to get a common goal complete. Like a coworker, like someone who works together with you. A co-worker? Yeah, like two people who work together are colleagues. Just like a friend? Like a family member? No, it's more of a professional thing than a family thing. It's more professional level.

Oh, so like a white collar office job? I don't know what that is. Well, he said colleague to the bug bear, and the bugbear acted like he knew what the word meant. And I'm like, I don't know what that word means. So like in like a college where there are people who teach, there were maybe two teachers who work together, They are colleagues.

Oh, got it. They're co-leading. They're in league together. Oh, that makes sense. I'm just frustrated that we killed the guy that had all to the information. I'm not. Neither am I. And he begins to, after healing me, he says, his eyes go wide as he sees,

oh, you save me. I did. Eyes. Yeah, I have to. Thank you. You're welcome. Is he holding an ant, antler and, like, falling? I like the way you smell.

I like the way you smell. You're pretty. I like you. Do you have drink, you see you? I think so. I ain't got no teeth, but I love you. Here you go.

One for you, one for me, one for friendship, that makes three. I'll take a drink and pass through. Sway it. You have Zorbeck's friendship. And we've got Zorbeck's friendship. And we've got Zorbeck Beck.

You have my friendship as well, Zorbeck. You have my colleague. Thank you. Towa won't try to liquefy your bones anymore. No, I... Unless you betray us. Yeah, it's very very friendly. But what I said in the beginning is to the Sands.

You betray us, and I would keep you on the very precipice of life. No, not... No, not. Zorbeck knows. But, if you're good to us, we'll let you walk behind Hersch. Uh-uh. Uh-huh. So if I could like that very much. This is a horrible. I just spit all over away.

I like that. I like that. Oh, God. What have we done? What have we done? As he's to get up, he's quite tall, not as tall as Toa, but he's quite tall, not as tall as Toa, but definitely, um, uh, even probably even shorter than Jammini a little bit as he steps forward looking at all of you. Hey, I collect my axes.

I'm going to walk over to him and I'm going to link my arm through his. You do not need to be afraid. We have friends now. Let's collect your things, get your clean death, and get some food in you. All right? And he goes and he just starts taking all of the axes from all of his, all the people. And I'd say with, you don't even need to make a roll. And as he passes over the boss, he stops and he looks down.

And he spits this huge alugi on top of his corpse. I would like to contest the loogie and try to spit a bigger loogie on top of the world. Okay? I will do the same thing, but I've never spit a loogie. And think of Titanic when Rose is trying to hack a loogie off the side of the ship. I think this will be the first time and probably the only time we'll ever get a Constitution check. Because how much can you muster your flab? Yeah, that's a good idea.

I'm gonna do mine at disadvantage because- No, yeah, disadvantage for Iris. That was 100% gonna do it. Okay, perfect. Straight con-check. Uh, not great. I got a 12. A con check?

No, his is considered, he got a 17. Oh, considerably larger. Irish, and there's like a little bit of dribble hanging down from her cat lit. Oh, that's horrific. It's like slimy. Oh, oh, hold on, huh. And heart spits.

Oh, my God. And she does even worse. Then I... Oh, you've got a little... Oh, God. Wow, you guys really do have Hero's hearts. Well, I don't know if I'd call that heroic.

You just saved the life of... I was gonna stab him in the neck. I got you meant about the spying. Well, I'm glad that I decided not to kill him and just simply knock him out. No, that was really good of you, Toa. Yeah. You did the right thing. Well...

You're pretty nice. Thank you for not groaning at me in character. To be fair, I was getting PTSD flashbacks. Nikki was groaning, not Iris. I just started laughing because I knew Nikki was gonna be like, Lorne helped me. I was. But I'm blaming Iris, not Sylvie, so Iris would be lenient.

Zorbeck, I just want you to know that you're very lucky, lucky that there are no forest, no fame warlocks in this campaign. Otherwise, you would have, the lights would have gone dark. I do not like forest gnomes. They scare me. Oh, they are... I've heard they can be very horrific. They are bloodthirsty.

They are. Do not cross a forest gnome. Hersia's going to look down, disappointingly, that her lugi was smaller than his. In her inner mind, she's going to go, what that mouth do, though? And we can keep walking. No one in the Hersia knows this happens.

She thinks in her mouth, in her brain. Jesus Christ. As you all pack up and he gets all his axes ready to go, he has his satchel, and he starts to root through.

And you notice that there's actually a bit of climbing gear in all of their satchels as well. And some camping gear, and basically, we'll say there's like a dungeoneering pack in everyone. So there's six dungeoneering, or seven engineering packs. I'm going to take the climbing gear. Yeah. Yeah, so he passes it out.

Can I get some extra rope? Yeah, you're able to let's say another 50 feet. Should we just each add a dungeon pack? Each add a dungeon ear packs to your inventory, which should have climbing gear, rope. Pitons, I think, is how you pronounce that? Pittins. I think the climbing kit has all of that in it. There's an item called a climbing kit.

Yeah, climbing kit. There's a climbing kit on all of them because why not. Special pittins, boot tips, clubs, and a harness. Those are only the climbing pad. Do the climbing pack. Well, so there's a climbing pack very conveniently because why not? Climbers kit. Climbers kit.

Oh. It's a climbers kit, yeah. And then it just says that when you're using this stuff, you can't fold more than 25 feet from the point where you anchor yourself and you can't climb more than 25 feet away from the point that you're without undoing the anchor. So like you have to climb anchor, climb anchor. Well, um, I think I'm a whole arm. I guess that solves our problems. It certainly helps.

Uh, how much farther do you think we have to go today before we must? before we make camp and then how much farther till we start climbing well i guess boobox is not that much farther we could probably make it there in another another half a day if we hurry so we can make it to the base of wherever when you start climbing and then get a fresh start in the morning i think that's a good idea let's go it sounds good to me well i will follow where you go why don't you stay with me we can talk while we go all right how are you feeling I bet her

thanks to her I hand him somewhere jerky thank you it's happening she's always gonna have some weird animalistic boyfriend in each campaign there's a comic that I'm going to send you

right after this it's PG so in Faywild Renee has a minotor and hers is now got a bugbear yeah I'm gonna send everyone the comic maybe I'll post it in the Discord literally from this freaking session.

Yes, thank you, thank you. And he just devours it immediately. He seems absolutely ravenous. And you all be, When was the last time you ate? An actual meal. Meal? Or maybe a week. Oh, that's a squirrel.

Scraps. I ate a squirrel four days ago. Take all day's worth of rations. And let's give him like a bread, and there's probably some cheese and sausage and fish and stuff. He just completely destroys hip in five seconds. I was literally linked arms with him, so I've got all this food. Oh, yeah, I know.

There's saliva and food bits. Anubis grant me the patience. I'm just going to keep walking. It all over my face. Leave the way home. While this is going on, I want to talk to Hersia. Okay. I walk up to you and in Draconic, I say, I didn't know you know how to speak Draconic.

Oh yeah, I know. How did you learn? I think my dad just got me growing up. That's incredible. It's not unusual, I think, for dwarves considering our kin against dragons, so it's kind of useful to know it in case we would come across one. That's great. I guess I don't really know very much about you, and I should take the time to learn more.

I also know Dwarvish, as you may imagine, but that's the only other languages I know. I also am really good at Manning O'Mackett, so if we ever get horses and a cart of some kind, I can always drive. I don't speak Dwarvish, but maybe you can show me some things sometime. Sure. What other languages do you know? A whole bunch, celestial, common, draconic, elvish, gnomish, primordial sylvan. Things that help me learn magics and spells, whatever I. I can, you know, muster up. That's super helpful.

I would definitely like to know another language at some point. I just don't know which one. It's quite the option. It just comes with the whole learning thing, I guess. I don't know. But thank you. This was nice. We'll have to practice Draconic and stay sharp.

I agree. This is good. I haven't had the chance to talk with Drakhanic with anyone since my dad learned. Ma barely knows it. Cool. I give him a fistful. It's Derconic for cool.

I don't like how that sounds. Do you say that out loud? Do you say that out loud? Sure. I turn to you in a draconic. I tell you what it is. Oh, do you speak trachonic? I'm from neck there.

It's like one of the same language. That's true. I don't like it when everybody's saying things and I can't understand them. I only know. I only know three. Not nearly as cool as fearless. I'm sure you couldn't tell, but he'll... No one's ever said that...

Labelled off like 14 languages. No languages is cool. Oh, it's fair. phenomenal. You would be my father would absolutely love you. It would make a valuable member of the court. Be able to talk to so many people from all around the nations. I hope I get the opportunity to meet your father one day then. Oh, thank you. I've done a lot of traveling and I like never know what anybody's saying. So I just have to like, oh, and do things like that.

Yes, well, your assets are a little bit lower than your men. Yeah. Your assets are pretty going. Thank you. But everybody just thinks I'm stupid. I don't think anybody. I don't think that's beautiful. Well, most people speak common, though, luckily, so.

Yes, of course. You can speak with just about everybody. No comment. Yeah, but they intentionally exclude me. Yeah, me too. We could speak common together. Well, maybe what day we should try to speak common together at some point. You want to, we should set a time to sit down and speak common to each other.

Oh my God, too. You're really adorable right now. But I'm also incredibly sad because you probably do not realize how stupid you are. Zorvex speaks Coburn. See, it's so widely spoken, even this guy speaks. We can speak Calvin. Do you speak giant? Bodgeheads?

Giant, no. Goblin. Coblin. Oh, maybe you could teach Felix. He's a quick learner. I could at least give him a little bit of schooling. It is easy. It's easy.

Not many sounds. Mostly grunting. Oh, lovely speaks goblin. Oh, I heard Louis. I didn't know. I heard her grunt before. Oh, no. You want the one grunting.

Oh. You know, you can't just keep giving me these things and taking them away. Oh, I'm just saying you don't speak it. I'm just clarification. Me. You're very smart. I think you're inspired. I'm going to go ramble off just kind of angrily.

What do always be primordial? I always do that. I say things. I guess you would understand. And I blush. I'm just going to stumble for a little while. Oh, my. Oh, my.

So, you make your way through the forest, and it takes you probably another, for the rest of the day. And you see, that's it over there. And you see a, you see a, you see a, you see a, a treetop village. It spans across three massive trunks connected by bridges as well as various landing pads. And you see that you remember the bits of some of the cities and towns that you had seen with this glorious architecture and a beautiful, polished woods and perfectly carved or ornately. And this has nothing like that. All of the, there's there's stacks upon stacks upon stacks,

of dwellings and nests all built up on top of each other, with walkways and ropeways, all connecting all of them. In a configuration that looks like this was the lower class or even maybe the slums of the Oaxean court, this is probably it. And Hart stopped us. This is Boobox. We're here.

So this is where the dealer is. I snuck up here. I told everyone that I went to Kaliri. That was a lie. I'm sorry. But it's okay. This is it. I know that I thought that maybe if I could pretend to be an air cochra,

then maybe I could do something. But I got scared and I ran away. Oh, well, let's get a good night's rest and we can go finish what you started. Agreed. I don't suppose that they are going to let us sleep. there no down here oh hi in the underbrush and we'll just get a night sleep and then we'll climb up there and turn in the boots yeah I don't want to well what's our plan won't be a note should we kill him or no why what to

kill the dealer oh maybe oh he's gonna help us to be dead yes maybe his get us and turn us away immediately so he won't deal with was non-arococry Oh, unless, unless I guess, unless he thinks that we're with, with the government, with the court. And he probably will with the help of our new friend. Who are you looking for? We're looking for the owl that gives everyone a new life, a new lease. And he looks, he rubs his chair and, If it's worth anything, you know, tomorrow morning when I have some time to prepare, I can

disguise myself for up to an hour, at least if we need to get in somewhere, as an arachoker, I could never done it before, but I could probably figure out. You've seen what they look like. You are looking for Gaboro. Gaboro. Gaboro, Gaboro. Gaboro. Gaboro. Gaboro. He's an Aricor? Yeah. You know what, that actually sounds like something that I heard them talking about. I just know that he has the ability to give people fake identities and make them look different,

like they're higherborn. That is Goboro. He is a powerful bird. Lots of money, lots of gold. Our boss did deals for him. bad deals. I did bushwhacking.

He will not speak. He will not dare speak anything but his tongue. Although he is lowborn, he likes to be the king of the worms. I think at least a few of us know

bedtime. Perhaps. If we wait until the morning, I should be able to cast a spell on the rest of you don't speak trangodial and you should be able to speak and understand the language. Since we all try to go or maybe just send Felix? My fear is that should we just send Felix, something may go awry and he may be killed

on the spot and I would have you there to protect him. That is a real possibility. Maybe you could disguise yourself like Bossman and go up there with... with uh... so... zorbeck especially if he recognizes you all the only thing is we don't really know his personality the only thing i'm worried about too is if this

person gaboro is as strong as powerful as they're saying you might be able to see right through my magic anyway but you have the orb uh... what you're the crystal word that tracks lufti oh well lufti has it for now but i guess i could take it back as some If you needed to like prove your stuff. Sure, sure. Yeah, no, I think that's a great idea.

Of course. We have all night to discuss and I guess as we set up our camp, we just setting up camp and we can try to come on whatever it is. I just need to know before morning before I do my spell preparation for the day. So we think that it might be better for me to disguise myself as the deceased bug bear as opposed to an era copro. Oh, yeah, I guess you're probably right. No, no, yeah, that's what I mean by Bassman. Yeah.

Especially if he's worked with him before. You could tell us a little bit about his personality. Maybe he could try to match it, be unsuspecting. We also have this ring. Oh, yeah, you could. Disguide self. I mean, you can speak it. Maybe you take this.

If you want, if you can change your race to be a bug bear into anything, it should be bird. That was what I was thinking, but I take all of your word. Bossman. Was one worm above the rest of us worms? Well, I don't want to be a worm. But bird is like tapworm. I think you should take this. Since you speak the language, you even speak the dialect.

If I understand the whole language then correctly, you'd be the best person to speak directly to them. Yeah, but then I have to be a bird. You'll just look like a bird. You want to actually be a bird. I don't like to look like a bird. I think you both go... No, I honestly think the best thing that we could possibly do is Lufty is one of the few people, the few of us that can go in there undisguised and be important.

They wanted to take her anyway. But they want to capture her immediately. If Felix were to make himself look like a bird, you were to make yourself look like a large and imposing bird, then you could technically shackle, I'm sorry Lovtie, but shackle Lufty. You could take the... orb thing showing that you've been tracking you were able to capture her and I have no idea what the hell her general do but you'll figure it out we'll be down here I can't climb all I could carry you on my back

okay um we also have all this climbing gear and I can have that as well I think both of us can probably get her okay and if the two of you were with our new friend acting as though we were delivering lovely to have a run as a place that is a way that we could gain audience Goporo will very much have interest in her he will see it as a way to

rise above his station my only concern is if he does and then he decides he wants to take her then we have a fight on our hands other than that I think it's a perfect plan What, seven on one? We just don't want to cause the scene too early.

I'm happy to go and do the plan. I just don't speak the language. You can help me understand the language. And I can help you speak. I can speak the language too. You'll be able to speak it back yet. Oh, well, then I can definitely do it. And I immediately try to turn into an Eric Oprah.

Can I look like something that I... Make an answer check. You've seen Eric O'clock. Yeah. No, but like... And it all says that you have to have the same basic arrangement of limbs. That's the only, like, restriction. But there are they all owls around here?

Yes. And just keep in mind that if a creature decides to use his action to inspect you, and it succeeds on an investigation check and dump the spell, D.C., it figures... I'll say for Rule of Cool and for this purpose, you see Toa put on the ring and he taps and suddenly, he poofs, and you're standing before you is a... a large owl creature. The wings are sitting on your back.

You're not able to move them at all. And this is, if anyone knows the Eurasian eagle owl, that is probably what you look like, these bright red eyes, tall tops, absolutely massive, this kind of whitish, light gray feathers. And you're a large imposing owl error, co-coker. Is this convincing? Yes, very much so.

Oh, my. Oh, wow. This dark as brownish, grayish, fur. Furr enough of her feathers. Oh, my God, those people. All right. And I'll shift back. Okay, I think we can do this.

Agreed. All right. So what's the plan? We're all going to get disguises from the sky. We're going to be disguises for everybody and fake identities. I kind of assumed you knew what the plan was once we got to him. I just want to make sure that's still the plan. No, that's the plan.

We're going to get identities. And then you guys still. Following fall behind so you're not too far in case things go wrong. Are we staying up there and continuing on or do is this our way into the city or are we trying to come back down to the I think once we're up there we're up there We need to get to Kaliri is this a way to Kaleri is through the black market No, it's far away. This is the only way we can pass ourselves as nobility but do we continue through the tree houses into Kaliri or someone has to go back down unless we can find a way to there. Fended. Let's see what this guy has to say in the morning.

Do we all want to go up, though, even if we have to come back down just in case there's an attack? Yes, I think we should all go up together so we aren't met far. Okay. I'm no worried about these ladies, but I'll try to make it work. Are you talking about actual flies? I am. Do we know if Averickokker have night vision, dark vision? I would say you would know that Erakoka probably generally don't, but this variety would absolutely

do we know, I'm just going to ask Hart in character. At night, I know they're mostly nocturnal. Do they keep light in their villages at night? Like if we are to walk through the cities and make our way to Kaliri, are the way to lighted at night? Yes, I mean, from what I know, that even though they can see well in the dark, they can see better with light. The only reason I ask is I have to know what I'm going to be using tomorrow, and if I don't need dark vision, I might give it up. We may.

I can't promise that we're going to be in well-lit conditions the whole time. We need to dive into the underbrush. Of course, of course. All right. I'm going to get some sleep. Me too. Nice to be your new adventuring, pal. you butt bear.

And she walks over and goes to bed, and Zorbeck looks at her, just, Thank you for not stabbing me in the throat. Look, because I like best funds all over you. It's so sweet. And so, unless anyone else wants to discuss, you all enjoy long rest, we'll say. We do.

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Awake as the hustle and bustle in the city above. You hear the flapping of wings and you see the silhouettes of the owls flying all around. The giant owls themselves flapping around as well as the Aricokra. And it seems to be a hustle and bustle. And Zorbex says, I know where we can be unseen. take the way. And he guides you, and it's not very far. It probably takes you half an hour.

As you all make your way and you find a part where there's a huge wooden plank far above you, where you had seen a huge rows and rows of these nests and dwellings all built up. And it seems as if all of the, there are a number of patrols with weapons, but they seem to not be Doesn't seem to be nearly heavily patrolling. Did what's his face? I don't know. I can't remember his name. Zorbeck.

Zorbeck. Zorbeck. Zorbeck. Did he say what type of buildings, like what kind of material are the buildings made out of? All wood. All wood. All wood.

There's some, you know, there's some stone, I would say that, you know, stone that's used, but not a lot of heavy use. I mean, there is some metal, obviously, to reinforce, but it's mostly good. Got it. Where are we going? And you see that there are a few points of where there are gaps in the large wooden planks that are built into these huge tree-top cities that make up these massive promenades and foundations

for these huge structures. So what's this plan? Yeah, no, that's a good question. So what's, should I, am I going to turn into an hour of co-cra? Well, I think not right now, but once we go up there and get disguises, then yes. Can you turn in, you can't turn into an era cook or otherwise, can you? No, that's why I wanted to come find this guy. Yeah, so what we're going to do is we're going to go up there.

It's going to be for three of us, I think we said. And can I call you Zorl? Oh, me? For sure. You can call me whatever you want. All right. So you and Zorro get to grow up. And then we'll follow behind.

All right. Then you guys be as selfish as you can. And I guess it's just the three of you stealthily staying behind. I'll certainly try. All right. And I'll use the ring to shift back into the owl. I'm not going to cast a disguise self on myself until we get up there. It's all the last an hour.

I am going to cast major armor on myself if I start the day. You do that. All right. So this is the trick. Yeah. And I'm going to take 10 minutes in one action to cast a ritual spell really. Okay, so you're getting ready to go. You see Heart goes over to you.

Hurd is like, well, I can help bring you up. You know how to use climbing gear, right? So I'll be, we should still tie it on my waist because I can dig in real good. No, that would be great. I'm kind of heavy, though. Well, I mean, I carry around all this arm. I'm pretty strong. All right.

I'll trust you. I'm going to dumb my climbing gear as well. Just figure out how to use it. Yeah. Okay. Do you know how to use climbing gear? No, but it's pretty straightforward, and I like to think I'm at least semi-intelligent. I'm sure I can figure this out.

Just help. Here's a rope. I'll just make sure that you're always tired to me. Fair enough. Buddy system. I'm going to dig my claws into the wood of the morning and climb up. Okay. And what was the ritual spell?

Do I have to tell you? Oh. If it has an effect. Why don't you slip in a note? If you don't want everybody else. Just tell him and don't tell us. That's what you want to give it. Do the math or service.

Yeah, write him a note. Just like write them a text message or something. Unless you don't want him either. It's not in... I've cast it so that it's active on myself, but I'm not currently using it. That's fine. I'm not let you know if I can use it. So you all kind of make sure that you're all climbing.

So I'm going to need everyone to make a self-cham. I'm a D.M. I'm a D. So I don't trust myself, I don't trust other DM. May I use a twist? I rolled a... Would you say a stealth? Yeah.

I'm going to use one as well. Thanks. Alright, that's one. 15. 11 for me. 11? 11? Got it.

16. I got a 12. I think 12s. I don't care if I'm being so sneaky, do I? I don't think so. I think it's less important. Yeah. I'm gonna roll the base.

Okay. And I'm also going to need a group at 11th. group athletics check for everyone without a climbing speed at advantage. So because... Acrobatics, he said? Athletics, he said? Akrobatics, he said? So does the climbing here give me climbing speed?

No, you'll still need to be using it. And so the advantage because heart is kind of helping everyone, a claw around and... Okay. Okay. So you, so if I don't have a climbing speed, you don't need me to roll the athletics check. If you do have a climbing speed, you don't need... You don't need... So...

Okay. Got it. So Hart and Iris don't need to do it because they can climb there. You said athletics? Athletics? I got a 14 because it's a plus zero. Okay. That was at advantage?

Oh. I thought you just said roll it right on. Yeah, no. I just don't have to roll out. I rolled another 14. One of four hundred hands? Sixteen. You get maxed today with these?

10? 10? For athletics? 23. So you all manage to make your way up. Persia, however, it's been a while since you used climbing gear and you keep occasionally stumble and heart. Heart is like, oh gosh, I wish I...

I should come sorry. You're even having... I told you. You should have my... Okay, no, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine. And so, Herja slows everyone down considerably. Okay, no, it's... Okay, I got it. I got it. And so, her's just like, you're occasionally slipping, but heart is really...

She's making sure that she knows the weak link in the chain. And she is doting on you at this point. And you all eventually, as you rise, the huge wooden planks that go off, hundreds of feet on either side all around this tree are giving you pretty insane cover. You see the occasional wings flap around, but it looks like the flying air of Coker are not looking beneath the tree. As you all manage to get to probably about 50 feet below where these massive wooden planks are. And a heart points out at a, there's a narrow gap about maybe 8.000. and a half feet wide and she points at this I think we can get through there and

there's an alleyway that's how I got up I look up the slip and then I look down on my hips and I pondered in myself low like that you think about that well I fit and only the gods would know and I look up I look up to the slits I look down at my hips yeah and I ponder does it fits that is the next anewbus cryptic rye. That better not be. Is that wheel or woe or both are niler? Is that wheel or low or is it?

Whoa. That's a low. Yes. You arrive and you get closer and you hear the the rumbling of thunder almost shakes you from how much the storm is raging. That wind is whipping around you. The rain is pelting down.

It's occasionally dripping down. But it seems like the canopy of these huge trees is keeping everything a lot more dry than it would have been. and however, heart looks at all of you as well. I guess we'll be here if you need us.

I guess that's going to have to be good enough. All right, you're going to cast that thing on me, right? Oh, yes, sure. Oh, are we not going to do that anymore? Oh, no, of course. I just completely forgot about it. Oh, well, I remember before I continue to scale the street. I'm so glad you did as well. I'm going to reach out and I'm going to cast time some.

What? What? Did you guys understand that? Did you guys understand that? Did we? Yes. What did he say? I said, hey, ma'am.

I just put my head and my hands and I just like shape change. And I try to like make myself look like a smaller version of Tella, but like not the same. I'm modeling my- A small owl. Yeah, I'm modeling my image though off of, you know, I'm using it as a- Make a major challenge. a way to not fuck this thing up. A natural 20.

Yeah. Plus five. For nature? So you could look at the tops of the nature model that, and you see, fuck, Felix, disguise self, and feathers erupt, and there's this kind of bright, tawny coloring, and you shape into a screech owl with these large yellow eyes and a considerably smaller than Toa. But you look to be, you fit the part 100%. I do a little tap dance. So do we put her in chains?

As we're all hanging down. Yes, we need to shackle you up right away. Do we have chains? I have, yes. Chains. Of course you have chains. Of course, that is what my whole thing was. How are we going to convince them to turn her chain to a bird?

No, we just need to understand how the whole disguise works. We need to be like, we need a few from our. Now do our gang and we'll pay you these good gold. If I had to guess, it might just be spells trolls, but I don't know, and we might just be able to bring them back without having to bring the person there. But we'll find out, and we'll let you know. Lovely. Good luck, don't you die?

Try not to. Do I know if Airprocra are... Are they just considered humanoid? Yes. Okay, then that's fine. Everybody. Are you ready? Let's do this.

And I look at out in the direction. What else? Who? My fault. No, you screech. Like the first time, that was better? No. Oh.

Oh. No. Zorbeck stops, and he turns to Persia and says, If I die, thank you. And also. Thank you. And he like, as he climbs away, he's got to shoot a shot, bro.

As he begins to climb up. And all of you do that and I'll say you've all, with all the check you managed to get away as the two tabaxi and the dwarf and I guess the Capriese is here. Like, ah, I'm gonna play on my fiddle, I don't know. So we know where to run it. Right? I mean, like Hart would have told us. Well, the bugbeard nose.

Okay. So I'm like, whew! And as you all, the narrowing crack, you're having an hour, by the way. Gets higher and higher, gets closer and closer, and you, but all managed, you, all four of you, pop out to this, this filthy back alley, these large wooden buildings, a very narrow alley

that's no more than five feet across. There's a couple of crates and barrels blocking your path, but you see that it's a hustling and bustling street. You see a humanoid feathered forms walking along. They're wearing rags almost or just very simple clothing as they're just going about their business. You see men and women, males and female, and you see the occasional small little outlet running around as you all manage to see the...

the crowd walking by. It's not super populated, but you see Eric Hoker of all shapes and sizes. I'm just excited. As the much larger owl and the smaller owl stand up, and Zorbeck stands up. I'm like over-puted with like woodsy creature goodness. Everything's so cute.

Like Kelsey cute or like Lifty Q? Kelsey Q. I can't wait to burn all the girls. Oh, I'll grab the chains. Who do you? Just play. No, just play, cool for you. Sorry, sorry.

You do talking. We'll just... I do not understand. Of course. Yeah, we'll do the... Don't worry. Just show us where we're going. She's our prison.

Okay. Oh, I would have passed tongues on him, too, for two of them. I will not speak. You still do talking, I will understand. Sure, just just take us where we're going and we'll pretend like we'll belong here. Okay. as you all stumble out of the alley and he looks around, all of a sudden,

everyone's eyes turn to you. You see all of these large, yellow, gold, red, white eyes all turning towards you as they see a bug bear walking around and a genasi. As their eyes are all turning, everyone to make a performance check to see how naturally you're doing. This is going to be pretty cool.

Oh, I am so chained up and said, oh, terrible. six. Me too. I didn't do so good. Oh my god. 12. We have twists of hair. Come on, you genie. Trash.

My hands like slips out of the shackle and I'm like, ooh. I'm going to do a group inside check for that. You genie, trap. So the eyes turned to you and they all kind of linger as Zorbeck looks like, oh no. This way, this way. And rocked, the bum bear leads you, and I just kind of linger on you,

as you see this city is rose upon rows upon rows of these Ericocra slums. Almost it doesn't feel unlike the Seven Heavens, but a tree top version of it. It seems to be the owl folk that you're seeing seem to have the same kind of general gait and look if they were just birds. as it's honestly not so different from this perspective.

As you make your way through these wooden streets, you cross a rope bridge, as some look at you a little bit longer than others with that. And their eyes linger, and you see the occasional sentry flying around, but they do not seem to notice you. And then you make your way, you get to one of these central trees, and you begin to rise higher and higher on this spiral

walkway that goes to the very top. And there is a large circular building. There's a large circular building on top of this. And there's a number of these large barrel-chested Eryokokra that seem to be like common thugs or goon standing at either side of this large door and you see this sign that is in gaudy design that says goboros and it has these splatterings of red and green and purple as if it's supposed to look magical and it says um uh enchantment illusion transmutation as as as you see that the door is dark, but there's this faint glow coming from inside. And the thugs keep an eye on you as these large Erakokra, their eyes linger on you,

but they let you pass. They especially linger on you lifting. However, they see Zorback. And they are going to... Okay. and there seems to be a bit of acknowledgement as they nod and turn to the side and let you enter. Come on you, let's go. Oh, no.

As you enter this room, it is a large building that is very warming. There's kind of this faint glow of torches that are flickering with, you. with this bright red and green and purple flame, that to make it feel inviting and magical, you see walls and walls and walls of papers and scrolls and folded paper all around you. You see rows and rows of strange rings and trinkets that seem to be like huckster items,

but I'd say you would guys, you two would get the sense that there's a faint magical glow to it. You're not sure how powerful this guy is, but it's probably way more powerful than any of the average people that you pass by. And at the center, you see a circular desk where sitting behind facing the door is a large plump, bloated, gray feathered owl-a-cocra with these huge feathered circles around his large yellow eyes. It's a group of a great gray owl situation.

A very small beak. as he looks at you and his eyes look discerningly between you. He lingers a little bit on Zorbeck when there's a look of disgust. He brings up these feather, these clawed fingers and clacks the talents together. And he says, welcome in orange. What have you brought me today? bring this Philipson to my shop. We have

something you may have an interesting word was that the higher-ups were looking for one of them. This is a creature of air. Don't you recognize a genie when you see one? And you used this worm to procure this beauty. And he clacks his talent together.

You see that there's a huge ring on every single one of his talents. As you see He is these long gaudy velvet robes. And on his hat is this green hat with a huge colorful feather out of it. His eyes look up and down. And do you wish to sell her? Is that why you come?

Well, I think we're looking for something perhaps we could trade. What is your name? You do not know who I am, Mrs. Gaboro. Oh, I just wanted to make sure that you were the one on the sign. Have to sign. Make a deception check of disadvantage. I rub my feathery head with my feathery face finger things.

No. What? I did it. Just want to make sure it's old. Excuse my friend here. He's a little confused. Make a deception check straight. That's going to be a 20, baby.

He was 19 in sight. As his beak clacks, as his talon fingers, his large gray wings almost kind of bulging out from his large belly as he leans forward over his desk. He seems to be the simple one. I would ask that you speak to me. I will not speak to him again. Fair enough. Of course. Of course.

We're just... Stop. Oh, what? We're looking the trade my friend speaks of. of is we're looking to get ourselves a better standing in this society, and we hear that you're the one who can give it to us. Like all the rest, you want your one-way ticket to clear you. Well, you're the best in what you do, and you offer me this pretty little prize.

Oh, who, who. I rattled the chains. Rattle the chains. Yes. Oh, I kind of pull her, so she's like, you kind of like, you kind of I do that trip, like, oh. Oh, no. Bring her to me.

I rip her over. I'll pick her up and I'll put her in front of him. He extends a plump, a talon hand. Hunt you a pretty one. Do you know what you have here, boys? Of course we know what we have. Yes. We got her.

We do know what we have. Have you told anyone else about your find? We can't do it. No. No, no, no. What he means by no. The Nairus just immediately started screaming in the clearing

somewhere for now even. What he means by no is that there are a whole group of us who had to work together to capture her. What my friend means by no is that, of course, it wasn't just the two of us that worked together to capture. We had a whole crew of people.

There's no way we're going to trade her just for two standings in society. We want at least seven. Make a deception check at advantage. It's true. I'm very proud. Oh, you're very sorry. You're amazing. Thank you so much.

Tootown area. You see that there's a bit as soon as Toa said no, his eyes lit up and he looked towards the thugs at the front of his room and he looks back and you see, you see, that there are four in the shop in towards the back as he looks back and then there's when you say that he seems to buy it and he's there's a little bit of disappointment that comes in face very well this whole place is made wood right yeah okay good make uh intelligent check oh well here comes the one i actually didn't see what it was seven That'll be a, if it's just straight intelligence, it'll be a 12.

Making an archa check. I'll say making an archa. That would be plus eight, which would be 15. 15. I would say that, although all this is made of wood, there's a bit of a slickness and glisteningness as if the wood is treated beside them. Shill-ups. And with that, he leans forward, you're looking for seven new lives. As long as I'm not miss counting.

Yep, seven. Yes. And I get her. So, so whatever you say. Yes. I do. You will leave her with me then? Well, I don't know about that.

We need to make sure there are our standings are going to be in good position first, and we need to talk about the details. We need to know about what you do to make this possible. Are you all looking to be part of the same noble house? Sure, that sounds fantastic. What are our options? What are you looking for, friend? We didn't get it. The same noble house sounds fun unless you have a pamphlet with a...

Does that make it easier for us to move around if we're all part of the same noble house? There is quite a dramatic difference in heights and weights and girls. I will come up with something individualized. So how does this work? What do you do to make this work? I will give you one of my famous little rings. You will peer high-born, noble, plumage that you cannot think. Without my magic, without my transnational.

mutation. And then I will provide you the appropriate papers. What do you think, friend? Give me one moment with my colleague here. We want to make sure that this trade is even... Will you leave my little prize here with me? Not while... I will handle the genocene. Not while we're discussing. No, we haven't made any trains yet. Well, she's worth almost nothing. Oh, that is... I can't believe you would even offend us like that. Seven is a good enough deal that you can expect. I pull the chains towards me and...

Come on. And, like, we're heading towards the door a little bit. Like, we... Make a persuasion check. For performance. Do I get to choose? Yeah. Why not?

They're the same. What do you know? I got an eight. Uh-oh. His eyes narrow as you yanker away. It's like, you have... three minutes before I rescind my generous offer. That's all the time we need. And then I'm really quietly, I'll, I huddle into a tell and I say, okay. So we need to say, to fit,

we need to verify the veracity of the offer. So we need to take her and we'll come back with payment later. You think he's just going to give us those rings and we're going to walk away with, with, with them and her? There's no way. Maybe we give a lofty, get the rings and and then we'll meet up with the group, and then we'll come break around. Listen, I'm not the one. If we do that, Iris will kill us. We can't just turn over Lifting.

You think we can do that? I hate it. Prison us. That's all he hears is how, like, rattle the chains. Marlins! Make a performance check. Rattle the pages. Yep.

Uh, 15. Okay, to tie it up. I don't know what other choice we have. So Olivia. Is that Felix or England? Tell me how. I'm not sure what I'm getting. It was Andy, but he said it.

His mixed signals, I'm very confused, Felix. I am getting impatient. Just, just, exactly. I don't see any other way out. We'll take the rings. And you can keep our genusia. Very well. Well, here, my pretty.

Somewhere in the world right now, there is a cat that is ripping all of the hair out of her body. She goes to her back and pulled it like a pristine regal pillow. And it's crazy. My dear, you're a creature of air like we are. We're practically the same species. First of all, we are nothing the same. And you can help me if you think that you can take you.

Quiet, prisoner. Hold me. Make an athletics contest. 15. 17. Knock it. You take five points of bludgeoning damage as she kicks you. Do you not have you prisoner under control?

Well, you heard what she said. We don't own her anymore. Rings, please. Bring her to me. I very cautiously approach Luffy. And I say, Come on now. This direction.

And I rattle the same and I pull at her. We'll be my back. We'll come back for you. Just all. I promise. This way. White, hot fury of a thousand suns.

Just birds in my eye. He grabs the chain in his talons and yanks you forward, Luffy. Say please. Better women than you have tried. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. You guys can go now.

I'm done with you. Rinks. Allow me one moment. And he yanks luffy around the room as, uh, he yanks Luffy around the room as, uh, you. He stands up, you see that this Eric Okra is not nearly as large as Toa, but he still has an imposing presence as he yanks around. His talents go over the various rings that are on the shelves. What are the... How many men and women?

Four women and three men. Very well. And he goes around the room pulling out rings of different. colors and then these papers that are all hanging on the wall three and one two three oh one two three heart seven oh okay eight I wasn't I wasn't worried about the worm gag to be honest that's why I said I wasn't sure if I missed counted but I don't think he's gonna come with this this whole time so I counted six plus one for heart and he goes around and yes very much so he puts he opens up a case

and there's a number of slots rings and he of the case. And he puts seven ranks out, and he folds up each one. They're color-coated by the wax seal. Even an imbecile as you should be able to figure out. And he hands you, the case he slams it shut. We're going to make sure that these work, and if they don't, we're coming back. They work just fine.

You now are nobles, congratulations. Thank you. It was a pleasure to meet you, Gaboro. Don't thank him. Go! I push him out towards the door. You do that, but you make a protection check as you leave. Oh, and let's his Zoro's with him, too, right?

Yeah. Well, he's speaking low. 19. 19. I think I got a 17. 17? Okay. And both of you here,

as he says, well, I think we're going to need to have a private chat. As soon as we get outside, I put my hand on toes, like, arm, and I'm like, Oh, God, oh God, oh God! We're going to go save her! Immediately! Why did you talk me into that? He talked to you and did it?

No, you said me to have it. Come on. It's fine. It's fine. Just, we got to be cool. Okay. Okay. I'm like sprinting back where we came from.

Make a performance check and disadvantage. I'm trying to be as cool as I can. Eight plus two is ten. Okay. You freak out, and once again, eyes turn to you as you all start making your way back as quickly as possible. And, uh, lifting. You are immediately yanked forward as the guards on either side make way. There's four guards.

and then there's two more, so there's six in total. As the, as there's that door towards the back, is come, my dear. Well, I suppose I have to, but I will come because I want to. Let's go. Make a deception check. Nine.

As soon as he shuffles forward, his large robes are dragging across the floor, his gray tail is poking out from behind. As he says, He looks at all of his guards and says, take a walk, tell the boys to, just keep an eye on the place. As he, as he, as the door opens.

And the door opens and the door opens and. Too much outlander. I've seen this one. As the door opens and, and you see a room that. That is, that is totally, this complete guardy, this red velvet everywhere and purple and green. As like, you see, you smell this disgusting incense. This looks like a little wooden hollow.

Almost like a little owl's nest, but just with this plush, like, they're just trying to compensate for something. As you see a large jug of wine and he says, well, My dear, I've persuaded you quite easily have a seat. I've persuaded you, please. I am a very powerful and rich man. I can see this, from your many, many rates. Do you wish to live the rest of your life in chains?

Your short life? Well, that's not very nice. I think we got off on the wrong foot. And what foot would that be, dear? I don't know. That's the right one. Lufty. Make a choice and check in advantage.

So yeah. Giant Goga says Jabba the Hunts of the Lay of 10. Yeah, exactly. Did he play Final Fantasy 7? I got a 10. Uh, Tan.

My day is... He extends his hand. I am Gaboro. The most powerful man in this whole city. The whole city, you don't say. Yes. My goodness.

And perhaps you would be more amenable to this beautiful company, there's no better arrangements in the whole city. I believe it. Most beautiful fabrics, I love it. It's very classy. Some people say that you should not mix red and purple and, you know. Some people would find this gaudy.

I think it's just enough. Make a deception, Jack. It's not deception, I'm going to quite a question. Okay, make it for Spazenjack. There we are. There we. Yeah, uh, 21. He blinks and he's been, and he clacks his fingers.

Do you really think so? I hear all of my goons giggling and making fun of me behind my back. Oh, well, what do they know? You know, I have just been in these chains all day, and they have dragged me around and it's been terrible. And I think a drink might make me feel better. Well, a drink we shall have. As he steps over to the large picture of wine,

and he grabs two goblets, and he pours two large goblets, and he places it down, and he raises it up and says, two ripping off roobes that don't know what they have. I just want him to laugh because I like it. Make it for a way you should check into that. Because I like it. I love it when he does the little... Oh, 13.

You can say, I don't mean to put you on the spot. No, he's a... And he clinks his glass to yours. I go to raise my glass up and clink his and then I... Oh. Oh, I can't take it. I can't dig it with these chains. This is terrible.

It smells so little from here. It must be very fine one. Make a deception check. That's like swell. Deception. Oh, that I did that advantage. Sorry. 17.

17. He looks at you, and he blinks a little bit. If an owl could blush, there's a bit of rosiness coming to his feathers. And he says, oh. Ice time. Well, I suppose you are a poor, helpless little girl. I am. It's awful.

You're the nicest man I've met all day. I suppose I can. And this is how I got my start. He extends one of his talents and he goes into the man and calls. Oh. And undoes the shackles as they clatter to the ground. Oh, thank you. Your drink, my dear.

Oh, thank you. And I'll take a sip. To think, I don't think that you are the one they looking for. You don't? No, I think you're far too beautiful. Oh. Would you, did you care to try your drink? I'll take a little sip.

Taste like meh wine. You've had much better. It's the finest wine that we can find here in all of the areas. Oh, I believe it. Mmm, so good. Uh, so, how, you know, why are you around this town? Why are you, you know, why are you not up in the big capital? You're so smart, I can tell from now, from here.

Oh, you're very wise. to shame that they would sacrifice you to an elder tempest. Silly, I don't wish to, I don't wish to waste. I don't wish. I am enough of these two. To waste such a pretty young thing. But you're so smart. Yeah, yeah, I know lots of things.

I've traveled all around you know. And what are you doing here? They caught you, those knuckleheads. They did. I'm really quite embarrassed. You are a frail, weak thing I can tell. But don't worry, don't be scared. You got the nearest part getting in the gun.

Oh, honey. Yes, I, um, I suppose I over-endulged and they got to better. me one night snuck right up to my cap well they didn't know what they had no they certainly didn't there are birds that would pay a very very very very hefty price for you and I could easily use any of my own devices and walk right in as a noble but I would be the bottom of the rung amongst the nobles so why not rule of the vermin and the peasants here that is what I give. I would rule over

the actions if I could. Would you? Listen to us to. And at this time, you all are arriving back to the group. Oh, no. I'd go. Oh, God. What have we done? Tell me she's going to kill us.

Now, you have to tell her. What? I'm not dealing it. This was your idea. God's damn it. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm not the idea guy. All right. Just such a beat out. I'm not the idea.

Stop, stop, stop. Find. Find. And we'll walk in. Well, they're down into the tree. Oh, okay. Well, I guess we'll meet up wherever we left them. Yeah, yeah, you're right down there.

And you're able to poke your head in and talk to them, I'd say. Okay. And I are sitting on the ground. I have my leg up against hers. I don't think my thighs are that much smaller than yours. Why did the large ones mean so much to strange hairy creatures? If I shaved the fur off, it would only be slightly smaller. I unbuckle my thigh armor.

and it just fans out like... Oh, my God! How did you make it do that? It's like a thigh corset, basically. I have to keep everything really tight to make sure I stay firm and strong and not pliable in carbon. It's like cottage cheese.

Well, it's more like a, you know, like a red firm cottage cheese, and I'm like squishing on it. And that's what we're doing. So you said we're able to like poker hands. You get the thigh squish? You get like that great thigh squish. and make you just go like...

So we're able to just poke our heads out. I would say for the sake of ease of role play, that yes, you can poke your heads out. Oh, hi, hi. I'm kind of like one bear leg. I'm looking up. Take this. Here's one ring for you.

One ring for Herscher, one for Caprice, your heart. You can take this. The rings that are going to turn us into birds. Yes, yeah. There's probably documents in there as well. I don't want to be a bird. I thought that was in a bird.

We'll talk about that first. There's something that's going to concern you far more than being turned into a bird. We got the rings. Let's focus on the positive. We had to leave Lofti with the guy. I'm sorry, what? We left Lofti with the guy, but it's fine.

I immediately, Phelian agility climbed the tree, and I'm like literally in Felix's face. We're going to go break her out. Darling, can you repeat that for me one more? Toa made me leave her with the guy. No, I didn't do anything. It was Felix's on deep. Made the sins bury you when you stand.

I asked from my staff, my giant, my giant scarab, and I have like three giant scurbs now, Towers. They immediately are online. I swear to Anubis, I will kill you both. Just, just, just, look, we gotta use our rings and break her out right away. Just bring your sprows and... But we, while we're going back,

can we read to see who was meant for what? I will say you're all, you all have new names and you all find that you have an identity and we'll discuss that next session. You have an identity and you all have an owl form that you're able to find this probably appropriate for each of it. Do I get to be Albert Sunshot Benedict Power Bottom the third again?

We'll discuss that. Okay. Adventure some chill. Yeah, Albert Songstall. I'm hiding behind my teeth out, out, aka my armor. And a heart is just looking completely horrified, like, and she always is a, ah! I back in heart under my thumb. Well, come on, there's no time to waste.

We should probably go right away. We're just going to go break her out. It'll be lickety split in and out. Put your rig on, quick 20-minute adventure. Did you do tow on and feel? us. There was no other way. Toa said we had to. He's a lot bigger than me.

No, he, I just didn't know, I understand. I couldn't think, I'm not very smart. I couldn't think of something on the spot. We walked up, but he's like... If you felt that you were too stupid to get the job done, you should have had someone else do it. I was there to protect him, the smart one. Well, obviously, he's not very smart, is he?

I never claim he. Hosea. Corset up those thighs and get around. Right away, right to win. We just squish all this back in there. I'm just like, I'm literally like rolling on the ground. I got my leg up in the air and I'm like, she's very, very valuable. He's not going to do anything to her.

That you know if they touch a hair on that strange little clouded head of hers, I will destroy you both that you understand me. I will crush your bones in the palm of my hand and feed it. Fuller responsible. So whatever the hell that hairy muscox thing is that over the mouth. I agree. Deal. Complete deal.

This is completely honest. We understand. Wait, here you think, do you mean Peyton or Shack your mouth? Orsorra girl. His ears gonna poke up. Now. I think she needs Peyton, but let's not worry about that.

I just wasn't sure. We have to fix this. Literally a figure. Maybe I'm gonna get her out. We'll put the ring on her finger. We'll disappear into the night. We are waiting. We are not worthy, we are just words.

Oh man. Rings on the both of you and I'm gonna smash their heads. If I ever hear that you sell my friend in slavery ever again. We didn't sell her, we're taking her back. So you mean that when you provided her as payment for rings, you did not sell her? No, it was more of a barter. I smack her. It is in your best interest that the both of you shut up.

Both of you, shut up. Let's move. Pursier, you're my new best friend until I get Lifty back. Let's go. Okay. Should I stay here? Yes, don't.

Don't. Please, just say right here, just don't be seen. If I knew you better, I would blame you for what they've done. I could understand, but I was powerless to stop this. I completely understand. You should. You will come with us and you will assist us.

Put your ring on. No, he doesn't get anything. I don't have ring. Well, he has to stay by it. I keep forgetting that Caprice is here. Caprice, how could you let them do this? You know, I actually have a thought about owls and I'm Phelpin, suddenly. Okay.

All right, I'm going to extract my ring on. So Zoroas did I come in with us? I don't think you can, no. Well, why didn't we get him a ring? To be honest, I didn't want to be bogged down by another NPC the whole time. And I mean this, it's no offense. All the bug bears look the same. No, he can come with us.

It's normal for them to see. No, he can be with us. He can't be with this right now because he knows that we were we was with the other boots. Do you honestly think whoever this gentleman is is going to remember the face of a bun. All right, Zoro, you're coming with us.

As someone who's nobility, I can promise you. You do not. Do you mean he's coming with us or not? I mean, you should shut your mouth to her. I'm just okay, I agree with whatever you say. Why don't we give him one of the rings and we use the ring that we already have to look like the new us

so that we match the plumes? Give him your ring, Toa. It sounds like the one we got is now better anyway. I throw in my ring of disguise. We'll just say, Hatoons would immediately, he says DM Fiat. And now, we will go save Lufty. Okay, but what's his story?

Because his father age is a little different than our... Darling, best friend, new best friend. Temporary best friend. Shut up. The both of you, any wound she has received, any emotional pain she is really. Any discomfort she is received. I will do, thank you, I would do to the each of you times ten.

Do you understand? Understood, yes. And when I bury you alive and you are screaming for my mercy, I will stand over your suffocating corpses and I will laugh. Do you understand me? Understood. And then when Lofti convinces me to unbury you and she reprimands me, I will apologize. But until that time, I am furious. Understood. Heart is peaking up behind Herses' thighs and like try and like mimic as well.

And she's so cool! All right, we should go. Yeah, I want to try my ring. You try, you all turn on your rings and you all turn into Eryokokra. And although you're unable to use your wings, the plumes that you have is just this absolute, is a magnitude of thicker plumage, of a beautiful, there's a shimmering machine, the beak, the tofso of those that have it, and you all look like just a pristine noble owls.

My whisk is. And with that, we're cutting back to Lifty. As... It seems a black owl. As this this... A plump owl is finishing his wine and he's starting to, his eyes are kind of glazing over. I just don't know why they would sacrifice something as precious as this.

I know, they are just terrible. But now since we're getting to know each other, I think maybe I'd like to get a closer look at you. He's such a big, handsome bird. Make up Sweden take advantage. Oh, we keep forgetting my person. Plus two. 19.

You're so pretty when you talk. And he kind of leans in, this is like, what are you going to do? Yeah, let me take a look, and I'll put my glasses on, and I'm going to attempt to use my glasses of turning. Oh, hey. He gets a seven. What do I?

It's your smell safe, do you see? So it's 13. I'll say, can't be that low. He failed, 100%. Just as I thought, handsome up close to, and you're such a big bird. I bet that, you know, I don't know how those rings fit on your fingers. I bet these chains that I was wearing, they wouldn't even fit on you, you big strong thing, huh?

No, I am a big strong thing, yes. I believe it. Try them on. The pink glasses had flashed just momentarily. Quick enough for anyone who wasn't looking for it to miss as his eyes go pink, and then they glaze over and he looks at you dumbly. As he, and even more so than the wine that he's consumed is, oh, I am. A big, strong bird, yes. Oh, I believe it.

Okay, let's play a game. You try on these chains, and I try on one of your rings. I bet that they won't fit, because I'm so tiny, and you're so big. That could be a bracelet for you. Oh, you're right. You're so tiny. I am. I want a fan art this?

I was never really into this, but I'm open-minded. And he clasps. as he shuts the manacles around his, uh, his, uh, his, uh, his, uh, his, uh, his res and, and, oh, see? And, oh, here, take whichever you'd like. Oh, he's just the best one. They're all very nice. You think so? Yes.

Which one would fit my beautiful personality's the best? I think this one, he points at one that's just the sky blue, uh, that almost matches your skin. Oh, yo, I love it. And I'll, uh, slip the ring off of his finger. You, uh, slip it off? I'm just gonna hold it in my palm. Okay, and you hold that. You feel the kind of magic radiating from this ring.

As, uh, is you check magic that is. It suits you so well. You think so. Let us sit on the, is there a bed in here? Yeah, well, it's more of like a giant beanbag. It's like a gaudy velvet plushed ass. Right back and he out.

Yep. He's got fuzzy walls. Yeah, oh, it's all fuzzy walls. Yeah, yeah. Oh, God. There's actually like a, the bead walkthrough. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. But let's have a seat over here that's more comfortable. Okay, ooh, and he falls back, and he lands back as he tries to like, take another sip of wine and it spills all over, staining his feathers, and his robe. I think he was that, and I'm going to take the goblet and just start pouring. just start pouring in his mouth. Oh, thank you. Just slowly enough that he can keep drinking,

not choking on it. And he lapsed it up, and he does not stop, because he is charmed. And- It is so good, isn't it? It is. You know, I just always feel so sleepy when I drink wine like that.

Do you feel sleepy? I don't know, do I? I feel very sleepy. So sleepy when I drink wine like that, Do you feel sick? Okay, Counts, here's what I found. In the area. Thanks, Mary.

You're very persuasive. I'm feeling very sleepy. And he zonks out onto his bed. All right. I'm going to detect magic on the ring. You detect magic. It has transmutation magic on it. Oh, I guess it wouldn't tell me what it's...

It's not identified. Letty go. And I'm going to slip it on my finger. You slip it on your finger and you feel like you can... transform into a noble-looking owl-air-a-cocra. Is it a... Do I look like a girl owl?

Try it on. You ever... Yeah, you put it off. Yeah, try it. You look like a female owl-air or cobra. Okay, because I just picked my reason. He recommended it. Well, that's true.

That's true. But I don't know what he's into. Sure point. Tush. So, I'm going to look around the room. Is there any exit beside the one where we came in? Make an investigation check. At advantage.

Damn, nice. So 19. 19. 19. So you start digging around. He has passed out. And actually behind his bed, you see that there's a strange little pillow that's propped up. And as you pull it back, you see that there is a little escape shoot with a wooden slat with a handle.

That'll do. I'm going to open it and just kind of peek and see if I see anything. And if the coast is here, I'm going to go out. and you see that there's a little rope ladder and then a little perch and it opens up to the outside and as you see down you see remember that there's a spiraling a wooden pathway you look down and you see the slums of the city below and you see a group of uh you there's one person that you recognize being the bud bear and the rest of these uh owl erikoka looking like they're they're power walking up with a vengeance the one in the first of the first one in the first one in the first one in the

front keeps turning back and yelling at two behind them. We just keep looking really too frustrated. I'm gonna walk, uh, I'm gonna just walk down furiously at them like power birdwalk. Okay. I'm just gonna flat my big birdie wings that I read. What, oh god, what are these? Hello. Hello. Oh my god. Oh, Lutty, I told you we six. We don't. She's not dead. She's fine. She's fine. They did. I'm assuming you got him to clerics. No, actually, he just fell right to sleep.

Sometimes that happens. I'm so close to kill him, darling. Well, it's not off the table yet. I'm so sorry, Lufty. It wasn't my idea. It was a terrible, terrible plan. We just, we didn't think. I didn't know of a way out.

Rare of options. They said they did not have any other options. Was that the case, or were they just too stupid to think of any? well probably the latter but I also could not think of anything so that is one point

in your favour but how on earth did you get out oh it's quite a story please tell us regales oh well

my glasses they're not just making me look cute they're for charming people oh yes I knew this oh you do oh so they're nooos oh

I'm not the nobles man that's crazy fast. What the fun? I haven't, I just thought of it. Because you did, I'm nervous. You see a little red feather

like burrowing-looking owl kind of scamper. Wait, you broke yourself out of the big bad owl guy? Yeah, he was like a big fluffball. How are you guys? How are you guys so cool? Honestly, I don't know she was capable of it, but it makes sense. She is my best friend. And yeah, now we have an extra reeling too, I guess.

Did you learn anything? Oh, not really. He's kind of lame. He just, you know, basically what's... What's the Zorbaq? No, wait. Zoro is what the Hesius has been calling him. What is the Bumpbears name?

Zorbaugh, Zorba. Zorbe. Yeah, he's basically what Zorbeck said. He, you know, just laws of this tiny slum. Does, so he didn't say anything about where the wind creatures that they're capturing are being hidden? I didn't ask him. He was gross, and you guys left me there.

I'm really, really sorry. Well, you'll both have to say something very nice to me. You do. You're very, very... Think about it before you speak, because if it's not very good, I will hurt you.

I will rip yourself in the body. I'm just going to kick them, but that's good too. I think the way that you got yourself out of of the situation that we put you in was the most resourceful thing I've ever seen in my whole life. And I think that you are very, very clever.

Is that good enough, darling? Seems like a lie because of my own. But you told her, so, you think. Was it good enough? I have, like, my claws extended from me out of the same. You may kiss my feathers. Do it, feelings. I kiss her feather hand.

The beak, the beak kind of collar. It's a wax up against the hand. I extend my talents again. Toma. You're very, very, very intelligent and amazing and so capable that we were just in the position that I can think of anything. I have a very average intelligence, and I'm sorry that I couldn't ask you for what we should have done in the moment because of the situation.

But anyway, I think you're... You're very capable and you don't even need us. We may as well not even be here because you can do all this on your own. Well, you do need me, though, well. Oh, of course. But he just hit the right ticket. So, you make his mind. Of course.

Out of course. Out of us, are you? If you ever sell my friend into slavery again, possible things would happen to put. Fair enough. You know, the worst part is that I had to drink his wine and it was so bad. It was awful. That does sound like that was.

Wait, how did you get out? Did you get out unseen? There's like a little twat door in his room. She told us he's sleeping. Yeah. He's in my chains. Like a secret hidden entrance back here. Yes, that's very clever.

Yeah. He's going to just wake up and he's not going to know nothing. Actually, he's what it sounds like. We should go. We should get in there and we should make sure that he can never say anything ever. Well, we should at least tie him up and see if there's... He's in chains, tow on. We should just get in there.

Just get in there and see if we can find any information on the wind spirits. Well, you know, that's something that's allowed you to do, had you nuts on my friend into slavery. I just think we'd be very stealthy and we feel a back way in that's in his private chambers. Perhaps we... That's what she said. Perhaps we... Backway into his private chamber. Keep going.

Never mind. Oh, well, we just sneak in and perhaps we could learn quite a bit. We can ransack the whole place. He does have a lot of magic stuff. He does. I'm with you on this one. He's already in chains. You got him good and liquor up. We can just sneak in and see if we can get as much information if you're comfortable with that and Iris thinks it's a good idea. He may sleep through the whole thing. Wolfke should go back in maybe with Iris if she's cool with it and you could be like, I'm not really good at a friend and the two of you could do some talking because I'm not really good at that. I can't really be sexy. Two of you're really good at them together and you don't be far apart. I don't think we should be. He's unconscious, right? Yeah, but he's going to know that she knocked him out. He's going to be in chains.

He's going to start. He's going to know what she looks like. He might sleep through the whole thing is what I'm hoping for. I doubt. I'm sure he'll sleep on the actual. Let's your thing. Nothing's clear in my throat. And doesn't he have goons?

Or would they be checking on him? Mm-hmm. He don't tend to take a walk. I don't know. I don't think I heard that. That doesn't mean what I'm going to come back. I think we should go. there and we should slit his throat. That's kind of...

It seems to lose by necessary. Why? He was willing to purchase my friend. That's true. What it wasn't that mean? I don't know. I'm not really into just murdering people. I think if we want to talk to him, maybe we can. I don't think you should be looting. The problem is...

The problem is... You can go and you can loot them. You can do it every thought. But he knows exactly. exactly what our papers say, what our bird's true. And the moment he knows that you've swindled him, these disguises will be completely worthless.

And then you incurred my wrath, you sold my friend to slavery all for nothing. That's true. Yeah, I guess the papers wouldn't be any good. He wouldn't know what we look like, but he knows our names. What do you mean he wouldn't know what we look like? He gave us the rings.

I'm sure he knows what he'd be thrilled. Oh, that knows exactly what we'd have to look like. Do we have to kill him? We'd necessarily have to kill him. We should go up there and threaten him and make sure that he knows that we're very powerful and that will come and kill him if he wrecks us out. What about that's going to stop him? He could call down the entire force of the street-top thing.

What if we turn ourselves into one of those Gehrig's force? They seem to be fearing of the leisure fork. No, I think only in their garden. Right? That was the other. Oh. Well, uh, if we just want to go, that's fine. I just feel like, I believe your boss said that the owl guy knew something about what they were doing with these windbeards.

At the current state of things, we are not at fault for what life is done. He'll be looking for her, not us. not us. You paid the price. She got won over on. His vendetta is now with her and not with us. That's a good point. As long as we do not show back up with her, we'll be fine. I agree. This is what I suggest. You do not wear his ring. He will know exactly what you look like you to want you to wear it. You will wear toa's previous ring and look like a completely different vote. We have seven, we have an extra ring. She can where the ring originally intended for her,

and he'll never know that it was her. Lovely, perfect. Well, he made the rings, so he would know exactly the truth. But he didn't know that she is the one very. Right. Do you know any different? If she were to try the like same, two different rings on and just like...

You get the sense that it... So each ring casts herself, and each ring has seemed to have a different look for Eryokokra. It seems to be based on the sex and the height and the size and all of that business. All of them seem to have that. pristine, noble plumage. So we need to put you in the ring that we got for you.

As you can't be seen walking around wearing his ring, you'll be able to pick you out of the crowd. Okay. And then we just put the other ring in the air. But you keep that as a token of your deception. Kind of a trophy at this point. It is. So we're not gonna go learn more?

I don't think we can, Tiro. I know. You've thought about that. There'll be more opportunities to learn more. I'm with heart. This isn't the end. We look like real. I'm almost disgusted with myself, but this is so cool. I am disgusted with myself and you should be too hot. Oh, should I? Oh, I'm disgusted. These hands, what these hands have done, these talons have done.

Ha ha! That's so cute. No, it's fair, and I don't want to risk anyone, I don't put anyone else in danger. Oh, you don't. I don't. I don't. So let you should go. Do you feel remorse for what you did? Yes, I do. I feel terrible. I'm so sorry, Luffy. I didn't mean to. I'm glad you're in harm. It's a huge relief.

I was worried about it for those like 10 minutes where I was like, oh, no, Iris is going to kill us anyway. You should have heard me screaming. I threw up. He was screaming. He literally threw up. Is that sweet? He did throw up. Oh, okay. Leakwood.

I would have thrown up two if I had a cat, tobacco towering over me, threatening to rip myself. spine at the top of my head. I think the saddest part about all of this is I became Iris' best friend for all of 90 seconds. A little longer than that. What are you talking about? What? Are we bonding? I don't know what you're talking about.

We are. We are bonding, I can tell. Only fair as I suppose. Yes, yes. Is that real? It's what's real. What'd you sad? What did I say?

That I'm one of your best friends? Of course. Since when? Literally like 10 minutes ago. But you said she was going to replace me as soon as you got her back. Well, I know, but I'm feeling emotionally exhilarated. If you want, I can take it back. Okay, fine, you're not to my best friend.

It's all right to cry. So we should leave them. We should head back down. Well, right? Towards the capital city. Well, right, but it's a very long journey away. We've got to go down. Do we?

I thought we just traveled through the treetops. No, it doesn't connect. Unless we can find another way, but I guess we could look around this city. Wait a minute, but the other co-cocrys, they fly. We can't fly, no. Oh, we can't fly. We just look like... We just look like it.

I just assumed that be... Oh, fall. Oh. Well, that's a great idea. We could look around the city in these disguises. No. Look, we are nobles. If someone asks us to fly. Are you seriously asking me to waste my energy?

I think a lot of the nobles don't. No. How do they get around? I think it's giant owls. They're walk. Oh, perfect. Giant owls. I will teach you everything there is to know about being better than everyone.

Thank you. Let's go explore the city and figure out what we're going to do. Let's do it. Now, as we're walking, hold your heads high. Do not make eye contact with anyone that's not look like they have more money than you do. And if they look like they have more money than you do, you make sure you look at them as if you're still better than they are. Noted.

So, what, this? Oh, my God. That's such pretty good. I can do that too. Tewa, can you look less like you have to poop? Yeah. What are you both doing with your mouth? We're just, we're showing disgust.

Well, he's the thing I really have to poop. And that is where we're going to. So, and as you actually noticed this, as despite you all be in the middle of the street arguing with each other, all of the Alaroka artists like, nope, like they see that there are a bunch of nobles. They seem like, oh, the nobles are arguing again. Why are they here? And they're just, they're just like, oh, don't, don't make that kind of, as they're all kind of just darting away from you. You seem to, no one seems to be even

looking in that second glance at you. As they're all kind of keeping an eye on the, oh, actually, then you actually realize the bug bear, Zorbeck was actually able to disguise self as well. So there's a bunch of, he doesn't look like a noble, but the other do. And so no one seems to be paying you any mind. You're able to do all this.

So Zorbeck, do you know any of them up here that are maybe a little higher up? Like, oh, not good. Here. Gabor? He is the most high up here. But we may be able to find other ways to get around. Yeah, well, I do feel bad that I forgot to ask.

I was just really angry at you guys. And I forgot to ask maybe so important questions. No, no, you shouldn't have had to ask me. Not at all. Don't, you have nothing to apologize for. I'm thinking maybe if we can find some other, you know, slightly higher people here, maybe they would know. If not here, then definitely towards the capital, for sure. Or alternatively, maybe some, like, really lower people who are like hunting these things and would know who asked them to hunt.

That's a good idea too, yeah. I think there's no place to go, but out here in this city. Are you excited? You seem excited? I am. I mean, I don't care who knows it. This is going to be a hoot. And that is wrong on the session. Yeah. Check out what they wanted.

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