Thank you. Storyteller Orin here. Last time on
our little show, our luminaries made final preparations
for their journey to Sub -Sunko. Before making
their way to the Passage of Respite to fetch
a ride off -world on the Ruby Conquer Jewel,
they stepped by an old inn called the Ugly Coyote,
owned and operated by my old friend from the
home country, Ada. Shout out to you, buddy. After
staying the night, Jules LaRoche bit a... Tearful
goodbye to his cherry delights, and Zebulon faced
a disturbing ultimatum from his older brother.
With their loved ones at their backs, our heroes
made their way towards the ruby and the new adventure
that awaits them. Whew! Well, look at this! I
mean, you can't look at this, but oh my gosh,
our setup has improved a hundredfold. The table
has doubled in size. It is doubled in size. I
have an actual laptop. We have actual buttons,
real buttons. We're a real podcast now. We're
a real podcast. We're a real podcast. And a guest.
Yeah, we have our guest. Stomp is here with us.
Stomp, how you doing? Hey, good. How's everybody
doing? Oh, we are. I'm excellent. I don't know
about these guys. Yeah. Oh, we're fucking great.
Excellent. We're great. Very stoked to have you.
Oh, I'm glad to be here. It's been a lot of fun.
Thank you so much. And you guys have already
impressed the hell out of me with all this. gear
and setup. To do this live is killer. Very impressed.
We had a very humble setup before you came, but
you know, Snop was on his way, an adult was coming,
and we had to just clean up our act a little
bit, set up the table, get some actual buttons.
We did forget the room divider, but I don't think
it's that big of a deal. Well, now I want to
get it. Now Jeremy is freaking out. Now I just
want to get it for the bit. Oh, boy. Wow. Well,
where do we start with this one? Stump, real
quick here. We touched on it last time. Why don't
you tell us a little about your podcast? Oh,
sure. So I'm a co -host of the Sounds Like a
Search and Rescue podcast. My co -host is Mike.
who Mike McLaughlin from Mass Holyoke, Massachusetts.
And a couple of years back, we came up with the
idea of doing a show for hiking and, you know,
touching upon search rescue and stuff like that.
And we're like a year and a half into it and
it's going pretty well. It's starting to stick,
I think. Yeah. I think it's a lot of fun. I like
to listen. I listen every week. I'm a fan boy.
Stephen is starstruck right now. Yeah, it's neat.
It's just nice. It's such a great community.
So the stickers, we just found out that one of
our stickers made it to the peak of the highest
mountain in Scotland. So I saw that. No way.
I saw that. Isn't that crazy? And I wonder, was
Chris being cheeky? Was he the one who put that
there? Or did he genuinely find? a sticker at
the top of that mountain that he did not place.
I hesitate, I hesitate to say, cause I don't
want them to get locked up by Interpol. So I'll
have to just refrain from answering that at the
moment. That's fair. Either way though, either
way, whether Chris was the one who put the sticker
there or not, I think that's so cool. Oh yeah.
Yeah. It's very cool. So yeah. Anywho. You got
worldwide reach. Yeah, hey, when are you guys
coming up with some merch? You're going to have
to roll with that soon, I think. When people
start to ask for it, I suppose. Yeah, well, I
just asked. Hey, there you go. We got our first
ask. We got our first ask. All right, it's happening
then. It's got to happen. What is this, episode
nine? It is episode, yes, episode nine. Jeremy
knows. It's nine. It's nine. Man, wow. You know
what we have not done yet, actually? We're nine
episodes in, and this seems like a killer time
to do it real quick before we get firing on all
cylinders here. Let's talk about our history
with tabletop role -playing, huh? Sure. I mean,
like, we just kind of showed up, and we're doing
this show, and nobody actually knows what we've
done, what we know, our experiences. And we have
our first guest here, and I'm dying of curiosity
to know what Stomp's all about. But let's start
with Stephen. Oh, great. Thanks for putting me
on the spot. Yeah. Pressure. Always. Well, my
tabletop experience really begins with David,
with you. As a youth growing up, I played lots
of RPGs, specifically MMORPGs. Specifically one.
Specifically RuneScape way too much in high school.
Almost ruined my life, but that's cool. Jeez.
But more modern, David got me hooked on some
tabletop role -playing podcasts, and that's really
how I learned the game. Listening to guys like
the Glass Cannon Podcast or Taz. What's the name
for Taz? The Adventure Zone? The Adventure Zone.
You know Taz, but not the full name. Yeah, it
slipped for a second. Huh. The McElroy Brothers,
The Adventure Zone, literally wrote the book
on... They're hilarious. They did literally write
the book. And then probably, I don't know, a
year or two after I, I guess, sort of learned
the game listening to people play the game, David
roped me into way too many D &D campaigns. So
I've been playing way too many D &D campaigns
pretty regularly for a handful of years now,
maybe three. Yeah, probably three years. Probably
three years. That's... How I Met Jeremy, a couple
other friends that we have. And then when we
started this, really it was just because me,
David, and Jeremy lived nice and close to each
other. We wanted to play D &D together. And David
wanted to record our games really just so that
we could refer to them back for ourselves. And
when we rubbed Jeremy into it, Jeremy said, oh,
well, I've been making music for like the past
decade or two. So I'm going to take this to a
whole nother level. and here we are. That's kind
of how this beast ran away. Yeah, yeah. You took
it to the next level, Jeremy, for sure, because
this would have just been for us. If we're going
to do it, we're going to fucking do it. Yeah,
here we are. Well, that's a hell of a transition
over to Jeremy. What's your history with tabletop,
huh? Not that long, actually. I mean, growing
up, I played casually, but I wasn't serious about
it. I didn't really understand it like I do now.
I definitely hung out with the right crowd that
would have played those games and probably did.
I grew up doing theater and all that stuff, but
I never really got into it. Only in the last
five or six years, Evan and Emily actually got
me originally thinking about it. It was something
we kind of wanted to start doing, and then we
kind of dabbled in it a little bit, and then
met you guys through them, and the rest is history,
which is this very brief history of the last
few years. And it is now. an obsession, and I
blame all of you. Very grateful for our dear
friends, Evan and Emily, for bringing us all
together. Yes, yes. That's nice. Evan was our
original GM, actually. He ran a GURPS campaign
for us. That's right. We played GURPS. Awesome.
Fun as hell. That's how we all really got together.
So shout out to Evan and Emily. How are you guys
doing? Cheers. Hey, Stomp! My childhood was sort
of usurped by Atari. Like the 800s. Oh my God,
so cool. So I spent the 800 and just all that
stuff. So any chance of playing RPG type of games
just got thrown to the wayside for many, many
years. And there was an occasion when I just
got curious about it and started to purchase
the things that I would need, like the dice and
the Dungeon Master books with all the rules.
And it was just literally so overwhelming that
I just, Couldn't figure out how to get into it.
And I was not connected to other individuals
at the time that would have sort of nurtured
me. And so anyway, long story short, maybe about
a decade ago, I was doing PT for an individual
in mass who was a brittle diabetic. And at the
time he was blind and he was, you know, he's
like wheelchair bound and this and that. And
he invited me to play. And that is when I actually
got exposed to the actual authentic game for
real. And, like, you know, it was really nice.
In a way, it was just nice to help somebody,
you know, spend their time and just be distracted.
And he couldn't play otherwise without somebody.
So we would play, and you can only imagine what
was going on in his mind, you know, having no
sight and this and that. So that's my biggest
exposure aside from this night tonight. So, yeah.
Wow. Pretty neat. That's incredible. Wow. That's
really powerful. He was a great dungeon master,
too. But again, we only got a few sessions together
before things happened medically with him and
things. Wow. Yeah. Still, it's just such a testament
to the power of the game. Absolutely. It means
so much to so many people. Yeah. That's amazing.
And I really just appreciate the fact that it's
in the realm of the imagination, especially these
days. You know, where everything is just in front
of your face on a phone, like just put the phone
down and live in your imagination, your mind.
It's just awesome. Yeah. Yeah. It's always a
good time. Yeah. Damn, that's really cool. Yeah.
Theory of the mind, for sure. Yeah, exactly.
We do a lot of that here. Yeah, we don't very
often have a physical map pulled up. David's
fantastic at explaining where we are in the universe
and just using your imagination to roll. That's
a really cool story. Yeah. So I have to follow
up Stomp. So I think we're just going to skip
me. That was the sweetest story. In terms of
me, yeah, I've been curious for many, many years.
One of my first experiences was for my own bachelor
party. I ran a campaign. I didn't bother looking
up any of the rules. I faked every role using
sex dice on my phone. Nobody knew. So when the
worms burst out of the old lady and started nibbling
their feet for damage, they didn't catch on.
It was great. Lick ear. Yeah. That was, it was
a hell of a night. It's a miss. They're looking
at me like, this thing has a lot of HP. It's
regenerating, isn't it? Yup. Oh, you figured
it out. Wow. You figured it out. HP, huh? That's
a thing. So many years later, I ended up picking
up a, I got a Curse of Strahd book, basically
secondhand from a buddy of mine. And another
friend of mine that worked at my parents' restaurant
with me was having his 18th birthday. And I was
like, hey, let's run this. Let's have fun with
it. And we're still doing it every week. Got
like three campaigns going on at that house.
I have a bunch of other campaigns. I've joined
Evan's campaign, met these, well, met Jeremy.
I knew Steven, but met Jeremy through that. We've
got this incredible group together. That same
group's doing a Frostmaiden campaign. We're all
over the place. So now it's impossible to get
you on a hike because you're always DMing. It's
true, but thankfully you're in most of them.
So you don't get to hike either. I know. It definitely
hinders my hiking. All right, so I guess with
that, what do you think? You guys want to get
right to it? I'm ready to play. Hell yeah. Great,
great. Well, I don't care if you guys are ready.
You guys can take a seat. It's the Me and Stomp.
Who asked? It's the Me and Stomp show now. Shut
up, Steven. Okay. No, I'm here for that. I'm
here for that. So we're going to start this off
a little weird because I like weird. We're going
to start off very similar to our opening episode.
We're going to start off on a screen of white.
Not a fabric canvas background this time. No,
no, we're looking at this gleaming, crystalline
screen, perhaps a facet on the great ethereal
diamond. And we see that same static, very colorful
flecks of every color of the rainbow just flickering
across the screen. We hear that same melodic
tune. And then we hear a voice say, The Morning
Jewel is recorded in front of a live studio audience.
And we flash to a brightly lit room with sparse
white walls. We see there's two chairs, Stephen,
forged of crystal with just an unnecessary amount
of cushioning. Very, very gaudy. Probably like
a maroon. We see sitting in one of these chairs
is this older dwarven woman. with tan skin and
raven hair pulled back into a tight bun. She's
got eyes that are dark and shrewd, with a delighted
spark just always kind of playing in them. We
see she's holding a long, handled pipe, just
rustling lazily at her lips, giving off a smoke
trail as bright purple as her silken robes. And
we hear her say, Oh, good morning, everyone.
Welcome to the morning jewel. We always start
our day brilliantly. I'm your humble host, Fubo
May. And today we have quite an incredible guest
sitting with us, Mr. Eminrath, and she gestures
to the chair beside her. And what does this guy
in this chair look like? Stomp? Well, we have
an individual that might be a little bit about
five feet or so, and a nice white full -grown
beard. No hair on his head except for that. tail
in the back that's popping out there. And he
has a three -quarter length jacket for protection.
And he dons a lengthy sword, which is pretty
cool. It's sort of a long sword, not so much
a claymore, but somewhere in between. And for
speed of movement, he's carrying a light wooden
shield, which he knows will not offer too much
protection, but it lets him move speedily. Okay.
Yeah. All right. Yeah. Yeah, and just coming
on arm, showing off all your gear, looking pristine
on this morning talk show. Yes, yes. And Fubo
May, she just kind of looks at you and just says,
well, stop, we got a lot of questions for you
here today, but I think every woman or, you know,
some male folk, of course, on every world in
the Concord wants to know the first thing on
their minds, is there a Mrs. Eminrath? First
of all, me name is not Stomp. Me name... Me name
is Emin Roth. Emin Roth. My apologies. My apologies,
dude. I was thinking of somebody else. The name
is Emin Roth, and it's in the R. It's in the
R for the Roth. Very important. Very important.
Oh my god, I love this. My apologies, Mr. M.
Rath. Thank you. I will forgive you this time.
Oh, dear. That may have been a veiled threat,
folks, but we love it here. Look at that chin
line. So, Mr. M. Rath, you hail from the Silver
Hills on Moor, yes? Silver Hills, yes. The beautiful
Silver Hills where I grew up with me Papa Rath,
Rath, and me Mama Rath. Who's that? Was that
the names? Yes. Well, yes. Of course that was
the names. That's the proper name. It's the wrath.
Yes, yes. As far as I know. My siblings were
goats, so I do not know about anything else beyond
that. And I do have a nervous tick. If I get
nervous, I tend to make goat noises. So just
be careful. Don't push me too far. Oh, we're
going to push you so far on the show today, Mr.
Emin Roth. Roth. I'm trying. Takes a long suck
for a pipe. Blows it out. Well, Mr. Emin Roth,
I know you must be expecting this, so I think
we'll get out of the way now. You were formerly
a protege and sidekick of an Ozen Yoshikatsu,
you know. You know the Storm Eye. Yes, yes, the
big O. Yes, and you're, of course, aware of the
situation on Tythos and what happened, what he
did. Sadly, sadly, this is a troubling development,
and this is why I'm here. I can only talk about
it superficially, because it's just devastating.
And you were, uh... nearly a luminary in the
past, almost full -blown, and now you're back.
We see you're back after a bit of a hiatus for
many years. Yes, yes, yes. Is Ozen to blame for
this, too? Ah, yes and no. It's a long story.
I will tell you, there was one day up on the
Silver Hills at the homestead where I was ready
to slide down on my sword down to the lower village
to get provisions, and I was abducted. by the
Big O. And I was taken away to a training camp
for much of my adolescent life. I say I imagine
this was on Umizu, yes. Yes, yes, of course,
yes. So, I fell into servitude for the Citadel
under the stern, strict guidance of Mr. O. But,
eventually, I just burnt out. I had to get away.
And I went back to the Silver Hills with me Papa
Rath and me Mama Rath. Well, we all know Mr.
Olsen. He was a very tense, very strong man,
but I imagine he was a very strict tutor. Oh,
yes, but not so much as my Papa. Ah. Yes, and
may I tell you that my Papa had a curious, curious
little thing. He would spy on the neighbors.
I don't know if you know this. He would spy on
the neighbors. He would spy on the neighbors.
And this is very strange. So I know you've spoken
about this before, but he is also known as Papa
Razzi. Get out of town. You stole my thunder
on the last episode and I had to fit it in somewhere.
I can't fucking believe it. High five. So yeah.
And this is the thing we actually haven't touched
on this. Out of character, you're a half -elf.
Yes. So we assume if your father's the elf, he's
probably very, very old. So this all actually
checks out. I thought so. So much better than
I ever could have expected. Yeah, you and I are
out of this show. That's it. Yeah, you're out.
Sorry, guys. We just got to sit back for this
one. It's David and Stomp hour. Stomp, where
are we recording from now on? Because we don't
need to be here. Stomp has his own studio. Oh,
man. We're big time now. So that's it. I went
back home, and then I saw the news on the Citadel
Network, and I had to come back. It was a duty.
It was obligating. We're very glad to have you
back. We need her. We need young blood, old blood,
whatever blood we can get back in the luminary
front. We're facing so many tragedies, and Tythos
is just the tip of the iceberg. Yes, yes. It's
hell out there. I heard you're going on your
first major patrol then. Correct, correct. Going
to Sbsanko, yes? Sbsanko, yes. That's what I
understand. I have to assess the damage to the
community and... To the reputation of the luminaries,
actually. You know? Clearly, their reputation
has been trashed. That's very bold. It's very
bold. It's very good. Very just. And she, like,
puts her hand out on your knee and just... It
taps me on my knee. Well, any of you folks down
at Sonsonko, I want you to keep your eyes out
for... Mr. Emin Rath here, because he's going
to be there, and he's going to be keeping you
safe. But moving on, folks, our show needs to
focus on other matters, and we're going to talk
about them. And we scroll away from that image
on that screen. We start to pan down, down, down.
We see maybe another screen showing the, I talked
about it last time, but like a departure and
arrival list for the Conqueror Jewels moving
in, and people, you know, getting on them. Basically,
you can see at an airport, you see the very top
of the list. So Sosanko arrived now, uh, boarding
now, I guess would make more sense. And, uh,
I will say just to, just to help future me out,
um, way down at the bottom of the list, there's
actually another, another shipment, uh, from
Sosanko. They're, they're, they're boarding again,
but this is far later this evening. Um, so, you
know, you guys, you wanted to move, you wanted
to get on this, on this, on this Ruby. And, and
at the, at the time you knew that this was the
most recent or most, uh, soon -to -be ship out,
but there is one later this evening. It's only
important to me. Anyway, so. No, that could be
important to us. Could be important to you. Something
to think about. You can see it now. We're going
to take this story away from you again. Appreciate
the details. There we go. So before we get to
these idiots, Stomp. Yes. Take a button. Oh,
hell yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Hell yeah. Great
intro. Here's your button. Dude, like. I didn't
know what to expect because you were, like, texting
us. You were like, oh, man, this and that. Dude,
fan, like, hats off. Fan -freaking -tastic. That
was an absolutely perfect debut. We're so happy
to have you. Cool. This is excellent. Yeah. I'm
trying to be shameless. No, dude, no shame around
this table. I'll throw my shame away immediately
to make everyone feel better. So speaking of
shame, was that like Crystal Network Terry Gross
with a cigar? I don't know who Terry Gross is.
Oh, come on. I was just being, I don't know.
Barbara Walters, maybe? I don't know people.
Jesus. Tough crowd. Very sheltered. I have to
sit in my little home office and read D &D books
all day. Do you know how long I had that paparazzi
joke? I've had that for about two weeks. Dude,
I'm sitting at the basin because I had some time
to kill, parked at the basin, and I'm listening
to the new episode when you guys started talking
about that. I'm like, are you kidding me? Are
you kidding me? You're taking my joke. Oh, so
you came up with it independently? I came up
with it. Yeah. I was so wild. So it's Papa Roth.
Yeah. Paparazzi. I was trying to come up with
jokes. Ages. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's fantastic.
That makes it even better. See, I thought you
two were coordinating on the paparazzi. No, not
at all. I was like, what? What a twist. I never
saw it coming. I thought you listened to that
episode before you got here and just kind of
slipped that in under the radar. No way, no.
It's like I've got a Samsung Note here with all
details about things I was going to do with that.
Oh, my God. This is fate. This is so funny. This
is fate. Good stuff. Oh, my God. This is what
the game is all about. Yeah, man. It's just shit
like this. Absolutely. Yeah. So we see that list
of, you know, conquer, jewel departures, arrivals,
all that, and we keep panning down and down and
down, and we hit the streets of the Radiant Citadel
on that stony fossil, and we zoom in to two figures.
Three figures, actually. One of them is small.
It's Ebulon. He's trailing behind. Catch up,
Zebulon. Smaller than the child who is Chester.
And we see these three are moving down the street,
right down the steps towards the Conqueror Jewel.
And let's take it up with you guys. What's going
on? You breathed like you had something to say.
I didn't. It just felt right. It felt appropriate.
I don't think, at least to start, I think Jules
and Chester are kind of walking in silence a
little bit. They're a little scared, a little
nervous. So we know that Zebulon's not very intelligent.
I'd like to think that he has some sort of small
amount of emotional intelligence and he's picking
up that you and Chester are a little nervous,
a little uncomfortable to leave the planet. So,
you know, Jules, this is only my second time.
Leaving the Citadel. The first time was when
I went to Tithos. When did you go to Tithos?
Well, we met on the Sapphire. Coming back. After...
That was your first time? Yeah. At Storm. That's
no way to see Tithos. So... You were all... From
there. Yeah. I'm really sorry. It's nothing.
I mean, I hope that you all can find a place,
a home here on the Radiant Citadel or one of
the other worlds, but I know that nothing will
ever replace Tithos for you and all those little
guys. I mean, if I'm being honest, Zebulon, Tithos
wasn't much of a home to us either. I mean, we
loved it, you know? But we weren't exactly treated
like royalty there. Not at all. We didn't even
have a set home. We just kind of roamed the streets.
That's called irony. No, home is where your friends
are. Yeah. We'll be all right. We'll be good.
We got each other. So you guys didn't lose any
family in the... We lost people, yeah. Yeah,
I mean, it's old mickin'. Little Sue? I mean,
I could list them for hours. I knew a lot of
folk in the city, but... Go ahead. He goes on,
well, there's Bob the Rat, Bill the Mouse. Oh,
Bill was still on there. He was still on there.
Yeah, I checked. Of course, he was the first
one I looked into. Yeah. And, uh... Of course
there was Matt. I'm sorry. I'm crying. I can't.
I got to stop right here. That's the end of the
list. That's the end of the list. I can't anymore.
But just know there was a lot. No, Zeb. We'll
be good. You take the bad times and you let them
make you stronger. So, Jules, I'm excited to
go on this new adventure with you and Chester
to Shipshunko, but... There's just one quick
thing that I feel like I should tell you about.
I heard my brother's report about what happened
on Tythos. And Ozen Yoshikatsu, he said that
what he was doing was for somebody named Shadra
Khan. Shadra what? What? He said... What I do,
I do for Shadra Khan. Do you know who that is?
I was kind of hoping that you knew. Fuck no.
Justin? It doesn't sound like a Tithos name.
I don't know it. Well, I just thought that I
should rope you guys in. That's all I know. That's
all I know about what happened on Tithos. That
was from Omizu, right? Maybe it's someone on
Omizu? Yeah. I'm not super familiar. They got
a king and queen like us? I don't know, to be
honest. I ain't really studied up on the other
worlds. Probably should have been, given this.
I figured the DM's character would know a little
bit about... This is my high wisdom character.
I have a different high intelligence history
proficient character. He's just not in your party
yet. You can ask him questions. Why don't we
keep our ears open? Keep our eyes open. Maybe
we'll be lucky enough to meet somebody on Shemshedco
who has a little more insight. Well, anybody
apart from here, they've got to know more than
us. And I think you're hearing this, this idea
that there was some other figure behind all this,
Jules. And again, maybe you just feel that fragment
of the cobblestone just resting against your
back, that strange sort of arcane runes written
on it. and you move down the stairs. Am I physically
feeling something from it, or is it... I think
you just feel it touching you. It's like you're
thinking of it. It's like, you know, there's
a lot of pieces to this puzzle, and you're holding
one. I think it was a movie moment where the
camera would just pan onto that pocket or that
part of here. Yeah, it just pans down. Hey, hey,
listener, don't forget about this part of the
storyline. Look, I'm used to running campaigns
with Steven, and Steven has a goldfish memory,
so I'm pretty used to just dropping hints. It's
really bad. It's so bad. The hints are much appreciated.
It's just like how I'm trained. It's just like,
all right, it's been two minutes. I'll probably
drop another hint. I think that works really
well for quote -unquote radio, though. Yeah,
it works well. You've been training me all this
time. It's what it is. That's what I'm here for.
That's what it's been. So you guys are moving
down these steps, and up ahead you do see there's
a line forming. So this line of basically tortoises
is basically, I'd probably say it's not hugely
long yet. Sipsunko isn't crazy popular. They're
loading wagons and luggage and stuff first, and
then there's just like... Did you just say a
line of basically tortoises? Tourists. Oh, tourists.
Yeah, it's all tortoises all the way down. You
don't know what's... Oh, this is going to take
forever. God! Take this button. Oh, yeah. I will.
Nice. 100%. Nice. I know. And it's like, you
guys think probably after last session's incredible
RP, you'd get some buttons, right? You'd think.
You would think. But I forgot. Yeah. And there's
just nothing we could do about that now. Asshole.
Look at all these buttons in my hand. I just
can't. You've got zero buttons in your hand.
You did it before? Yeah, I did. I set a bad precedent.
Never again. Steven said so. Want some buttons,
Steven? Fucking earn them. All I want is buttons
on here. That's all I want. Do something cool.
So you guys are moving down. You kind of reach
the end of this line. You can see way, way up
ahead. You're swiftly moving, and there's a number
of guards kind of like lined up in front of the
actual ramp leading up into the jewel itself.
There's a man in like robes. They're like these
brilliant white robes. That's actually like taking
a fare or checking writs, things like that. You
know, with the writs you have, it looks like
the fare has been paid. You're all set to go
through. So you just got to show them. But you
only have two, and you have a Chester. Something
you ought to think about. Yeah. So, Jeremy, add
a character, a little bit of table talk. Do you
want to just jump into it, or do you want to
talk about it? I'm going to make him invisible
and just send him on his way. We'll meet him
inside. I think he's going to be getting on easier
just going and doing his thing. All right. I
mean, I can't argue with that. However, for some
reason, long rest is not working on here because
I didn't do that last time. I currently cannot
expend my invisibility spell. You definitely
have rested. We have rested. So we'll call it.
Maybe we should go with D &D Beyond on this.
Maybe you just don't have it. Maybe now. Maybe
now. So, yeah, you reach out. What do you say?
I'm just going to kind of turn around, give Chester
a little tap, and be like, meet you in there,
bud. What do you mean? Oh, my gosh. Have fun.
Whoa. Quiet. You know what I get up to like this?
Shut up. You know, they can still hear you. They
can still hear you. We're so close. Right. Sorry.
Go do your thing. We'll meet you inside. Meet
you inside. He's a big guy. And Chester. you
can hear like a pitter patter of feet. You see
someone go, Oh, like, like someone just brushed
against there. Uh, someone's behind. I'd also
not. Okay. Chester. I'd also like to include
that this happened before we got up to really
in eyesight of whoever's. Sure. Yeah. You got
a little ways in the line. Um, so you send them
on his way. And, uh, then I think maybe you do
this right before you even hit the line. Then
you kind of step up from there. That way you're
not right next to a bunch of people. Right. And,
uh, you guys move up and you are. In line, and
you look up ahead. You look at the man in front
of you. About five feet tall. Head mostly bald,
except for a snow white top knot. Sort of ponytail
on the back. And I want you, Zebulon, to roll
me. You know what? Actually, I don't need you
to roll this to me. Or for me. Because we established
you worked with Ozen Yoshikatsu. And Zebulon,
in the first session. Zebulon knows what's up
with Ozen Yoshikatsu. Nat 20. Yeah. Yeah, nat
20 to history check on Ozen. Even in the back,
you're kind of looking. I think you're staring
at this head for a moment, kind of like quizzically,
and then you're like, oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.
This is Emonrath. It's Emonrath in front of you,
in line, right now. So I'm trying to decide.
I think Zivulan's a little starstruck. He's trying
to decide if he should talk to Emonrath first.
Or we should talk to Jules first. Okay. He's
going to look over the back of his shoulder.
Jules, look in front of us. And that's Emin Rath.
Do you know who that is? No. He? Emin Rath. You
got to take a peek? No, listen. Listen, Jules.
Emin Rath. He learned under Yoji Kasu. What?
Come on, man. Do you want a stealth roll or something?
Oh, no. He knows exactly what's happening. He's
right in front of you. I think he's heard everything.
Every single whisper. Passive perception is a
thing. Let me look at his. It's high enough.
Oh, my God. Evan Roth, you hear these guys dorking
out over you behind you. What do you do? I ignore
them. Just like the real Stomp would. I'm looking
for a peaceful commute. Okay, hold on. Am I cool?
Do I look cool? And Zebulon's, like, touching
his horns and his wings. Do I look cool? Yeah,
sure. Okay, okay, hold on, hold on. Hold on a
sec. And he taps Emin Rath on the shoulder. What
are you doing? What are you doing? Hello? Are
you Emin Rath? I mean, I'm just, I'm a fan. It's
okay, son. Emin Rath. Rath. Sorry. Get it right.
I usually say it right. It's just, it's hard
to whisper the rolling R. Yes, yes. What can
I do for you today? My name's Zebulon. I'm Zebulon
Brass. This is my friend. This is Jules LaRose.
Yes, yes. Hello. You two are familiar. Well,
well, my grandmother is Sholay the Brass Dragon,
and his parents... Excuse me, hold on. What?
I'm listening. I'm Brass Wagon. Close. Really
close. Dragon. Ah, I see. You know Sheolay. Pardon
me, pardon me. Yes, yes. She's, yeah. Wow. So
we're, and Zipulon's kind of like looking around,
like back and forth, like motioning to the area.
We're on the same, the same passage to Shipchenko.
Shipchenko, yes. With the famed Emon Wrath. Wow,
I have so many questions. I have so many questions.
Shoot. Yeah, okay. I think that's a good... Well,
thank you for whatever this was. I don't want
to bother you. But it was really a pleasure.
Big fan, again. Big fan. Your name is Zeb? And
Jules? That's us, yeah. He's Jules, I'm Zeb.
I have a feeling we may meet again. Have a good
day. Did you hear that? It's so good because
he says that coolly and turns around and is still
standing there because you're in a line. It's
just like, all right, well. But then Zebulon
is so stoked and he turns back around and is
to Jules. He's like, oh my God, that was so cool.
And Jules is just, all right. Face and palm.
I have like, I have, oh, he can. Ocean cards.
But I didn't think to bring anything. Like, I
didn't think I'd see one of Ocean's protégés.
Like, what are the odds? Probably pretty good
at this point in time. So, do you think I should
ask him about, I mean, what Ocean did? I don't
want to. Let's take it one step at a time. I
don't want to. Maybe we'll just get on. Is that
rude? He hears everything you're saying. He's
just standing there staring forward and listening
to everything you're saying. I feel like Jules
just needs to take a step back. He's just going
to let whatever's going to happen happen. Okay,
well. He's got no control over it. Zebulon's
really trying to keep his cool. I think he's
going to try to stand and be civil on the line.
Zebulon, for being that uncool for that long
and playing it amazingly. Take a button. I mean,
as per usual, it kind of feels like a win when
you give me a button, but I'll take it. That's
good. That's good. I had fun. We all had fun.
You always seem to give me a button with, like,
a slight diss. Yeah. Can't let you get too big
for your britches there, Steven. Thanks. Just
because you have nice, big, gigantic calves doesn't
mean you can feel good about yourself. We'll
fix that. Let's get on this goddamn ship. See,
I'm okay with you taking all the shit. We're
not just doing the line for the entire session?
Do you want to roll for cue? Well, I was just
going to ask about that, actually. Like, can
I have an action or do something? Whatever you
want to do. Yeah, you let me know. Well, I just
want to get out of turn. I mean, is there an
order to turns or no? Not yet. If we're in, like,
direct combat. Okay. Because I was thinking it
would be cool to just use my ranger power. disappear
and jump up in front of the line. Get away from
these two fans. Oh my god, yes. I want to get
away from the two fans. Roll me a stealth check.
I have your stealth right here. It's a plus three.
So a d20 plus three. Four. So that'd be... It's
pretty low. Low is bad, high is good. So I can
jump ahead maybe a couple people. So you guys
are watching and like... And the rat very coolly
starts to slide ahead in line. And so it's like,
excuse me, sir. He's just bumping through. And
he just ignores him, bumps through people, shows
them out of the way. And then he's just like
ahead in line, standing still. And you just watch
this absolute flailing attempt to sneak away.
That's too funny. That's classic. Was I too much?
I don't think I'm in a rat place to be. Too close.
It was a little awkward. All right, well. Just
a little bit. If I ever get another chance, if
I ever get another chance, I'm going to be cool.
You play it cool as a cucumber, man. Jules, you
take the lead. Jules. No. Next time. Next time.
So I don't mess it up. You take the lead. Thanks,
man. I just don't think it says it. I think it
just shrugs it off. And with that, you look ahead
and you see Emonrath has reached the front of
the line. You're that close now. And Emonrath
is ushered inside. Basically, you have a full
passport. You are a luminary. And I think you
just flash your passport and they... Now, if
I'm coming from the Citadel, do I have some documentation
about everybody that was on scene on the other
planet? Like, what I know about these two individuals?
You wouldn't know about these two, no. Like a
CAA type of guy. Okay, all right. Yeah, you would,
if you're going into, for a particular mission,
they would give you a whole dossier about what
you're going into, what you need to know. Your
mission is very vague as it is. It's basically
just to kind of help, you know, reignite, you
know, people's sort of hope and luminaries, people's
spirits. You're there to basically be a presence.
Gotcha. Especially because you're this, you're
this like anchor to Ozen's past, to when he was
considered this incredible hero. And I think,
People want to see you out there. People want
to see you especially out there just kind of
showcasing that everything Ozen has touched hasn't
gone corrupt, you know? So, yeah, basically you're
just told, you know, head down to Sonsonko, patrol
the roads, hit up the night market, come back,
you know, when you can. And that's your mission
right now. Copy. Just be present. So you reach
the front, you flash your passport, and you vanish
into... the Grand Ruby Stadium inside the Conqueror
Jewel. Find yourself a place to sit and await
departure. And just a few minutes later, the
two of you reach the white -robed mage who's
sort of handling these things and just looks
up. Yes, sir. Can I help you? You guys are fair.
Can I see your passports? Passports? Oh, here,
I've got them. Sorry, sorry. Here, I've got them.
Zeb pulls them out of his pockets and hands one
to Jules and hands the other to his two. He's
eyeing you. I think you still look super scruffy,
Jules, and this guy's kind of eyeing you. But
he looks down at the paperwork. It's rainy, tropical,
the usual. I'm not making eye contact. Oh, wow,
yes. It all looks good. I ain't got the stamp
of approval right here. Well, you must know people,
Mr. Ah, Jules Laroche. Interesting. Is it unusual
for everyone's wits to be in order? Well, it's
not unusual. It's just... Well, never mind. And
he just hands you the red, still kind of staring
at you. As I grab it, I say, yeah, never mind.
And he looks at you, and... And you're one of
Sholay's, yes? You're one of the brass? A little
Zebulon? Zebulon, anyway. Oh, yeah, of course.
Sorry. And you have any Bridges' handout? Yes.
Takes it. Let's see. Hmm. Yes, but how did you
get that signature? I'm sorry, did you... Does
your grandmother know that you're planning a
trip, Zebulon? I mean, I assume Sholay knows
everything that happens on the Citadel. Do I
need Sholay's express permission? No, no, you
clearly don't. And he's staring at the paper.
Like, he's really impressed. You must have gotten
some clearance with someone pretty high up. And
I think it hits you in this moment. Like, that
Rune Rusang fella's got some serious connections.
Because this guy seems surprised that the two
of you are getting off -world. But you are getting
off -world. And he gives you your writ, and he...
points the way. He's like, please enter. We'll
be departing shortly. Enjoy your time in Sipsunko,
gentlemen. Thank you. Thank you so much. And
you keep moving on. It's just like, you're so
delighted. We're going to have such a hard time
getting off world next time. Yeah, it's hard
to say what's going to happen next time. So,
I think as we walk in, I'm going to kind of be
just taking a peek around at the entrance there
at least, seeing if I can see Chester up ahead
inside. Roll me a perception check. Oh, yeah.
What's Chester going to do? This is a scary thought,
but it's up to David. 18. 18, and that's total?
Total. Yeah, so with an 18, I think you walk
in, you're looking around, and you're kind of
like scanning around for Chester, and you know
it's going to be hard to see him. And you see
something kind of interesting. You look up towards
the very center. There's a sort of dip ramp that
leads down into the sort of open area in the
middle. That's where all the luggage and wagons
and shit will go, where the medical tents were
staged back when you were leaving Tithos. So
you look down at this, and you see there's this
big sort of open wagon with a bunch of sacks
of grains and such heading in towards Sipsunko.
As you're looking at it, you see that there's
an impression in one of the sacks that seems
to move slightly, like someone's lying around
and kind of rolling around on it. You do a stretch,
and you're like, okay. It's the first one that
you immediately see, so it's like you figure
Chester got comfortable in the first spot he
could. I breathe a hefty sigh of relief. Hell
yeah. Chester made it, Zeb. We're good. All right,
so we're all on the ruby. All right. And there's
no reason to dawdle here. You get comfortable,
and you... You wait it out for just a bit longer,
and then somewhere you don't see, the words are
spoken. The ruby moves away very smoothly from
the dock, 500 feet out. The light becomes brilliant,
blinding, and you shift from the ethereal plane
to the material plane on the world of Subsunko.
And again, you're about 500 feet in the air.
Moves down. Everything's closed up. You don't
really see what's going on outside. Eventually
you kind of settle. The door opens and everyone
starts to funnel out. I wonder what Evan Rath
is up to here on Shevchenko. Do you think he's
doing something really cool, Jules? I don't know
what to say to that. What do you think Evan Rath
is up to? You don't need to fill the space. Oh,
I wasn't even doing that, not on purpose anyway.
Okay, cool. I just need to open up this document.
I found a really comfortable place to sit, and
it's in a wagon. And as I was sort of moving
around, trying to find a comfy spot to sit on,
I rustled somebody that I couldn't see. Hey,
watch it! Oh, shit. No one here. I'm a sheep.
What is this? Who are you? Something slides out
of the wagon and something runs away. What was
that? I do not know. I always knew Chester was
a coward. Everyone's funneling out and you guys,
I assume, join the herd, so to speak. Move out.
Move around. Chester, where are you? You here,
Chester? And you just kind of suddenly feel like
a tap, tap. Hey, I hear Jules. I'm with you.
Quick, punch me in the leg. He punches you in
the leg. There you go. You're not invisible anymore.
Oh. Hey, look at that. That's a weird condition.
I don't make the rules. So I can tap you and
it's fine, but if I punch you, I turn invisible
again. I don't know how magic works. It's weird.
I don't know either. I should have rolled an
unarmed attack. But I don't need to roll because
I'm Chester. So you guys are... You guys move
down the ramp. And the first thing that really
hits you is the heat. and the humidity, something
neither of you have ever really felt in this
way. Not on Tithos, which is generally pretty
temperate, and not on the Radiant Citadel, which
realistically is just room temperature all the
time. It's the only room that's actually room
temperature. Yeah, right? It's just like never
changing. You feel the air is just thick with
earthy and floral scents, probably. I don't have
a sense of smell. I don't know. That sounds about
right. Does that sound right? This episode brought
to you by anosmia. Did I say that right? I think
so. I think it's anosmia. Huh. Yeah. Could be
wrong. Tell us in the comments. Yeah. I think
you're close. The podcast comments, sure thing.
You hear the buzzing of cicadas, a tuneless song
that surrounds you in all directions, frequently
accompanied by the squawks and calls of various
tropical birds. From the jewel, you're just met
by the sight of a large clearing in the midst
of a rainforest. Very thick trees all around.
There's a large circle of packed earth below
your feet. As you reach the bottom of the ramp,
that slopes up to the ruby's doorway. At the
fringes of this large dirt plaza is just a circle
of tents. There's small shops offering wares,
treats, information, and places to rest for travelers
between worlds. I'll say right now the sun is
growing. Well, yeah, it's probably like right
in the middle of the sky, right? It's just around
noon here as well. I'm going to say that all
the Concordia locations share a time zone. So
wherever you leave the Radiant Citadel, that's
going to be the time of day. You're going to
be wherever you go. They all just happen to.
I mean, not happen to. It's magic. It happens
this way. It's very convenient. They all share
a time zone. I like that, and I'm a fan of that.
But yeah, so as you're moving down here, as you're
going down to this plaza, seeing these tents
all around, you're immediately faced with this
wide road cutting south through the thick rainforest.
You see there's a pretty large signpost hanging
over the road, marking that this is the way to
the Dinsing Night Market, which stands about
two and a half miles in that direction. You see
tourists ahead of you are charging ahead, hopping
into horse -drawn carts piloted by chatty kobolds
and gnomes, or you see rickshaws. You know rickshaws?
Yeah, of course. You see rickshaws. Two wheels.
Two wheels, right? Two wheels on a bar? Yeah,
being pulled by these humanoids. You see there's
a Swiss exchange of money. Between folks, you
see, like, orcs and well -built dragon boards
and humans in loose, colorful attire just, like,
pulling these rickshaws down the road. And as
you step down, you see, like, pretty much every
vehicle is just gone instantly. Zebulon's doing
his best to keep an eye on those vehicles. He's
pretty curious to know where Emonrath is going,
and he wants to get a beat on that dude. Em and
Rath, you were kind of taking it easy inside.
And I think like when they start to move the
wagon, you kind of are broken out of maybe a
slight nap. And you're, oh, oh, shoot. So you're
a bit late getting out there. And so you, like
these goons, missed a ride. You're going to have
to walk, unfortunately. You step out and you
see that most of the people on the jewel have
already either taken a wagon or a rickshaw. powering
down the road, or there's folks who are running
over to different stalls. There's, like, information
booths and stuff they're, you know, dorking out
over. And you're kind of left, Snay, next to
these two guys. Not really sure where to go next.
Yep. I'm here to assess the community and see
what's going on. See the damage that was made
and check out the roads and sort of... Test the
mood of the populace. If there's a place to do
that, it's going to be the Dinseng Night Market.
That's the main sort of hubbub of culture and
civilization here in Sipsunko. So I decide to
walk. I mean, that's going to give me the most
information in the community. And I'll be amongst
the people and see what's going on. All right,
and you make it your way towards the trail to
walk. It may be grown just a little bit, either
externally or internally, when you realize that,
well, you're just happening to be paced at the
same speed and leaving at the same time as Zebulon.
Zebulon's trying so hard to be polite. Like,
he sees Emon Wrath coming out of the Conqueror
Jewel, and he can see that all the wagons and
all the rickshaws are gone. And then when he
sees Em and Rath go down the same path that Zebulon
has the map for, it's like that weird thing where
you're walking behind somebody and you're trying
not to exactly match their pace. And it's so,
it's so awkward. I think every once in a while,
I just kind of laid over to Zebulon. Play it.
Cool. Do you think he's going to the night market
too? I mean. This looks like the only place this
trail goes to. Well, all right. George. What?
Be cool, okay? I'm cool. I'm cool. I don't know
about you. Hey, Emin. Oh, you fucking fanboy.
Emin Rash. Yes? Are you going to the... We're
going to the Dim Shing Night Market. You are?
Are you going... Where are you going? This is
fantastic, because I do not know my way to the
location. Look, look, look, look, look. And Zebulon
runs over and shows Emon Rath the map that he
has of the Dinzing Night Market. I was like,
with that, you also have a map of General Subsunko,
which I have on your tablet here. That's kind
of what I figured. And let me, so you guys are
right a little ways up the road from here, two
and a half miles, but you see that there's only
one road that leads to it. And maybe you keep
that to yourself, because like, The path there
is very clear and obvious. Emonrath cannot get
lost on this path. I'm just putting that out
there so you know. Especially because, I mean,
Zebulon, like we have established as a fan, and
knows that Emonrath is a ranger and can probably
figure out his way through the one path. Emonrath
could probably get lost in the woods and still
make it to the Insignite Market. But he's still
going to share every bit of info he's got. I
mean, it's Emonrath. It's M and Rath. Sorry,
sorry. It's M and Rath. Rath. So this is good
timing. Is it, um... I mean, I don't know. Do
you mind if we go with you to, um... I mean,
we're going to the same place. I agree. You're
more than welcome to join me on the road. Oh,
it's such a relief. Thank you, really. This is
really cool for me. There you go. I'm going to
be cool. I'm going to be cool. There you go.
George, be cool. You don't have to tell me twice.
So the three of you, four of you, Chester's invisible.
He's visible now. You all walk together. Chester's
kind of just groaning and rolling his eyes at
Zebulon's antics, looking at you, Jules. Just
like, ah, these guys. Come on. Yeah, I kind of
give him a look of, you know, just let him do
it. Let him do his thing. Like the child, the
15 -year -old is rolling his eyes at you and
your childishness. Poor Zebulon. And you guys
are moving down the road. And this is where I
need to take a quick second to bring up some
stuff about worlds. Now, Journey to the Radiant
Citadel is an amazing book. Amazing adventures.
Amazing settings. I have a gripe with it. Asterisk.
I have a gripe with it. And I have to gripe this
real quick. Okay? So... I understand why this
is the case. They need these Avengers to fit
into any setting. They need you to be like, hey,
it's Forgotten Realms. If you travel, you know,
six miles away from whatever land, you know,
the sunless sea, there's the Valley of Sosunco
hanging out there, right? It makes a lot of sense.
It doesn't make a lot of sense as a world. So
I had to get a little creative with this because...
Imagining a scenario where you have this entire
world, this whole civilization connected to the
Radiant Citadel, and there's nothing outside
of it. Now, in the map, in the book, the world
of Sun Sunco that you're exploring is four miles
by four miles. And I hate that. It's a really
small world. It's very, very small. It's really
not, you're not even exploring. You're just taking
a mild walk. So I've changed it. I've added a
zero, and I'm going to do this basically every
map. It's 40 by 40 miles in this valley, and
there's a lot of world outside this valley, but
this is the main hub of civilization. In fact,
rather than being the valley world of Sbsunko,
I will tell you that this valley you're in is
known as the Valley of Zantini in the world of
Sbsunko. Okay, gotcha. Yeah, so a lot of these
locations, like the world will be named after
a city in the world. making some changes because
clearly, you know, it's set, it's designed for
playing in forgotten realms and not as well designed
for playing as the Radiant Citadel and portals
to different worlds and such and such. So just
want to put that out there. These worlds are
small in general though. They're almost more
like pocket dimensions. They are not globes.
They have an end. There's a lot to unpack with
that and I'm not going to bring it up now because
we got things to do. But there's a lot going
on with these worlds, and we'll touch on them
later. If you have questions, there's information
booths at every world. You can go talk to people
there, and I have to give you answers. I know.
We kind of walked right by the information booth.
You did. You did. So I figure I should at least
tell you a little bit about the valley, and you'll
know nothing else because you're fools. And boom,
here you are. Let me take a quick pee, if you
don't mind. That's actually perfect because I'm
about to end this episode. You're going to call
me out? I'm going to call you out. I thought
there was going to be no banter. Well, we're
still in the episode. Are we recording? Yeah.
Are you talking about mid -ep banter? It's not
banter. Okay, so we need to take a quick break,
like four minutes before we end this episode,
because Steven had to pee. So I just want to
use this moment to address Steven's incredibly
small and incredibly active bladder. I think
three out of four of us peed. During that break.
That's correct. We hike. We're in the White Mountains
in New Hampshire. We go on a lot of hikes. I
cannot tell you how many times me and Steven
have driven to a hiking parking lot. We'll be
two minutes down the road from the actual site.
He'll pull over, get out of the car and pee because
he can't take it. Get back in the car. We'll
drive those two minutes, pull over to the parking
lot. He'll get out of the car and rush over to
pee again. You know what? No. I think Stomp knows
exactly what I'm talking about. Stomp does know
what you're talking about. Get this. It's pre
-hydrating, man. If you don't drink half a gallon
of water before a hike, you're not trying. I
don't drink half a gallon of water before a hike,
actually. How about two liters? What's a gallon?
A gallon's four liters, right? I drink about
two rock stars before a hike. You're the brewer,
man. You tell me. Yeah, right? Got him. Zing.
Zing. Don't make us do math. I don't know the
liter to gallon conversion, but I'm pretty sure
it's four. Hold on. Let me pull up my cellular
device. All right. Perfect. Better late than
never. Dead late. All right. You numbskulls are
walking down a road. You're moving down this
big, wide road. All around you, just this dense,
dense tropical rainforest. 3 .78 liters to a
gallon. Thank you, Steven. Thank you so much.
That was pretty fucking close. Round her up.
It's a four. Sorry, you were trying to describe
Subsenko. Yeah, yeah, I was. I was. Tropical.
Oh, wait. We're not done with episode... No,
we're still in the episode. No, we're still in
9. We're doing it right now. We're ending it.
Right here. Right now. Okay. Are there porta
-bodies along the way? Zebulon has to run off
into the forest and piss on... God, I could only
hope. A fire ant crawls onto him. Yeah. Sub -Sanko's
foliage season? Or what? There are actually some
pretty cool floral stuff happening on Sub -Sanko.
But only at night, so you're not seeing it. Well,
Sub -Sanko is an Asian -based world, isn't it?
What I've always heard is our region here in
New Hampshire and there's, I guess, a region
somewhere in China that supposedly the two of
them have the best foliage. Interesting. Yeah.
But the region in China doesn't have the reds
and the oranges like we do here in New Hampshire.
They just have the yellows and the golds. They
might just come up in the world of zing. Zing.
That's really interesting. Yeah. That's what
I've always heard. I don't know if there's any
truth to it because I haven't done my own digging.
It makes sense, though. Secondhand knowledge.
The more you don't know... That was a bird. They're
birds. I'm gonna let you... And you're walking
around hearing birds do that sound. And, uh...
So are you guys walking in silence? Are you talking
about fucking the leader conversion with each
other? What's happening here? I think Jules is...
Jules is walking quietly. He's looking around.
Kind of nervously because he doesn't know what
the hell this place is. He's never been anywhere.
Jules, what the hell was that bird? I'm pretty
sure it's four liters to a gallon, right? Four
liters. I'm pretty sure it's four. How do you
know that was a bird? It sounded like a void
to me. Was it not a void? I think we need to
assess this. Dude, I just had like three almost
spit takes at you guys saying Boyd. Thank you,
Stomp, for trying to move on beyond Boyd. All
right. All right. Let's get back on this road
because we are all over the place. We are on
this road. You're traveling down it. Any chat
that's going on or are you guys kind of just
moving along smoothly? We already did liters
to gallons. Did liters to gallons. Debulon is
just going on and on and on to Emin Rath about,
I guess, anything and somehow that turned into
liters to gallons. Did you know that a milligram,
excuse me, a milliliter and a gram is the same
thing? One gram weighs the same as a milliliter?
Really? Yeah, it's pretty, I mean, I think it's
kind of cool. Anyway, this conversation is cut
off abruptly as somewhere around the corner ahead,
you see the road store takes a quick turn. So
all you see is a bunch of trees ahead of you,
but you hear a voice echoing down this path.
And it says something like, Thieves! Criminals!
You've ruined me! And we'll call it there. Holy
shit.