1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,400 Oh crumb's, Invisible Ears, Tagk here. Things are not going well. It looks like Nix has 2 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,880 wandered off in the night. I've been tracking him through the woods for the last couple 3 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:31,480 of hours. Surely he's not at another wild magic surge?! That'd be three in one day! But 4 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:36,720 he did say they could happen at any time and anything could happen. Just look at these 5 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:42,640 tracks. He's been trampling backwards and forwards, see? And look at these pine cones 6 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:48,640 hanging by strings from the trees. Did he do that? Was he trying to cast some kind of 7 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:56,520 magic spell of protection? If it wasn't him who was it? Because then there's this goblin 8 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:02,920 shaped heap of wood. Look at those spindly twigs lashed together. Don't they look like 9 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:09,680 Nix's mechanical arm? And look at those sweeping fir branches. Don't they look like Nix's 10 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:16,160 long coat of many pockets? And look at this gnarly knotty lump of wood that was placed 11 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:22,880 on top of the shoulders. Doesn't it look like his head's fallen off? Oh, crumbs. What's 12 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,120 am I going to D&D doodoo? 13 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:39,520 This view is just like beautiful. Don't get this in the dungeons. 14 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,400 Has Nix heard of karma? 15 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,120 He's all for it. 16 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:53,520 You run your toes into this loose earth, it just slips between your toes and you reach behind 17 00:01:53,520 --> 00:02:01,320 your ear, pluck another mushroom, pop it into your mouth and chew blissfully. Suddenly you 18 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,640 feel something bite your toe. 19 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,680 Oh! What the... bleedin' 'eck! 20 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:14,680 And you pull back quickly, pull your toe out and the soil sort of falls in on itself and 21 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,800 you peer forward and there's a little face peering back at you. 22 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,360 Oh right, who are you? 23 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,880 It sort of chitters at you a little bit, sort of chitters and squeaks. 24 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:30,480 I'll give it a little, I'll do a little squeak. 25 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:38,080 Oh right, you want me to talk Common, do you? 26 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:44,240 Well yeah, I wish I knew your language though. I thought I'd give it a little go. 27 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:49,840 Not a bad accent. Um... what are you doing? 28 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:57,760 I'm looking for a friend of mine. He's a kobold. I got separated from him last night. We had 29 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,640 a camp deeper into the woods. I'm Nix by the way. 30 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:10,840 Oh, hello. Are you one of them two frogs from the south, aren't you? 31 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,840 Yeah I am. 32 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:18,680 I've heard about you. I thought you were a big mushroom. You really smell of mushrooms. 33 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,400 Yeah I'm very mushroomy. Thank you very much. It's a very kind thing to say. 34 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,400 That's all right. 35 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:32,680 Yeah I got separated from my friend and our ponies and we had a camp deeper into 36 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:38,800 the woods but I woke up and I didn't know where I was. I'd just gone on a bit of a 37 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:44,400 wander so you could you could like think I'm a little bit lost in the woods but not really 38 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,400 lost at all. 39 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,400 You had a bit of a... wonder? 40 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:54,400 Yeah, I was walking around the woods not really knowing where I was going. 41 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:59,400 You had a walk around the woods? 42 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:00,400 Yeah. 43 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,400 Right. 44 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,400 Yeah... do you like the woods? 45 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:15,400 They smell great. They smell really good. I think I'm gonna go and get some breakfast. 46 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,400 Do you want some? 47 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,400 Yeah what are you having for breakfast? 48 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:20,400 Craggots. 49 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:21,400 Sorry? 50 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,400 Craggot. Craggots from the craggot field. 51 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:26,400 Craggots. 52 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:34,400 I'll tell you what though: you've got to watch out for the farmer though. Watch out for the farmer. 53 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,400 Is he not a good sort? 54 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:44,400 No, she's a nasty piece of work, she'll 'ave you. But you've got some good craggots just this way. 55 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:50,400 I don't think I've ever had craggots before. Maybe can I just postpone the breakfast for 56 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,400 like an hour or so and maybe I'll get back at you. 57 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,400 Yeah that's fine. 58 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,400 Alright cool. 59 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,400 Alright then. 60 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,400 Yeah what's your name? 61 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,400 My name's Fiffa 62 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Fiffa? 63 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:03,400 Fiffa. 64 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:04,400 Fiffa 65 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,400 Yes pleased to meet you. 66 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,400 Good to meet you. 67 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:18,400 She's got, she looks like a big mole, small eyes and a big sort of scooping front tooth. 68 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,400 It's like a spade. 69 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,400 Yeah. 70 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,400 And you see her head and neck peering up through the little hole. 71 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,400 Oh she looks great. 72 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,400 You can't see any ears. She's having trouble hearing you. 73 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:31,400 Yeah. 74 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:36,400 And she's also got very small squinty eyes. She's used to burrowing around. 75 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:37,400 Got ya. 76 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:43,400 Would you want me to get some food from the woods to bring for the breakfast? It'll probably 77 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,400 be like more of a late brunch you know. 78 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,400 Oh that sounds good. What sort of thing are you thinking of? 79 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,400 Well I could get some like berries. 80 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:55,400 Nice. 81 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:56,400 Yeah you like berries. 82 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:57,400 Yeah nice. 83 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Alright. 84 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,400 And a bit of mushrooms. 85 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:00,400 You like mushrooms? 86 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:01,400 I love mushrooms. 87 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,400 Alright. 88 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,400 Yeah yeah I'll get you some mushrooms. 89 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,400 Quite like toes too. 90 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,400 Yeah I noticed. Thanks for that. 91 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,400 Got a right little nip. Is that how you say hello? 92 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:18,400 I thought you were a strange mushroom, so I just thought I'd give you a 93 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,400 little nibble to see. 94 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,400 Thanks very much. I am a bit of a strange mushroom. Thanks. 95 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:31,400 I'll see you soon. Hopefully I'll go and find my friend now and yeah I'll bring them back 96 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,400 and I'll introduce ya. 97 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:34,400 Who's your friend? 98 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,400 They're called Tagk. 99 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:37,400 Tagk? 100 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,400 Yeah they're a kobold. You can give them a nibble too if you like. 101 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,400 Oh. Do they taste the mushrooms? 102 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,400 Nah I don't think so. 103 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:46,400 Yeah okay. 104 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,400 But you know you can be the judge of it. 105 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:49,400 Okay. 106 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:54,400 How's your hearing underground? Can you like pick up vibrations and that? 107 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,400 Oh yeah yeah yeah but I think as well... 108 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,400 She just sticks her head out again and has a really good... 109 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:06,400 I don't know there's a funny smell coming from the orchard. 110 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,400 Oh really? Okay. 111 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,400 Yeah it's just something a little bit het up. 112 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,400 Right. 113 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 A little bit stressed. 114 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,400 Oh alright. 115 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,400 Yeah. 116 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,400 Oh man. You can smell stress can ya? 117 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:17,400 Oh, yeah. Loud and clear. 118 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,400 Well that could be Tagk. 119 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,400 It's very fizzy. Very fizzy smell. 120 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,400 Fizzy? 121 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:23,400 Fizzy. 122 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:24,400 Alright. 123 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:25,400 Yeah very fizzy. 124 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,400 Well yeah I'll keep my ears open. 125 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,400 Alright. 126 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,400 And I'll let you know if I see anything. 127 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,400 But watch out for the farmer. 128 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,400 Yeah I will. 129 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:34,400 Watch out. 130 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,400 I'll keep my goblin peepers open for them. 131 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,400 Alright then. I'll see you soon. 132 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:46,400 Alright. Where do I meet ya anyway? Shall I just like stick my head in this tunnel and give you a whistle? 133 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,400 Yeah or give me a stomp. 134 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:49,400 Yeah I'll give you a stomp. 135 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:50,400 Give me a stomp on the ground. 136 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,400 Yeah. 137 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,400 I come find you. 138 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,400 I'll do a little goblin dance. 139 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,400 So I'll do one for you now. 140 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,400 So I'm gonna do this sort of thing. 141 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,400 Ba da ba ba ba ba ba ba ba. 142 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,400 He throws some shapes. 143 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,400 Do you want to do a performance check? 144 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:11,400 Oh yeah. Check out me moves. 145 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:12,400 Oh! 146 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,400 It's a 19. 147 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,400 That feels great. 148 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,400 The vibrations are good. 149 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,400 Oh great. That's good to hear. 150 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,400 Right then. I'm off. 151 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,400 Alright. I'll catch you later... Fuff. 152 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,400 Fiffa 153 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,400 And she does a little somersault. 154 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:30,400 Burrows down. 155 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,400 Cheers Fiffa. 156 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,400 She's off and away. 157 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,400 Let's see what Tagk's up to. 158 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,400 So Tagk is still in the clearing. 159 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:49,400 He's looking in great distress at what he thinks are the discombobulated remains of a Nix who's been turned into wood. 160 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,400 Okay. Let's see. 161 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,400 And he takes out his notebook. 162 00:08:54,400 --> 00:09:01,400 Things I could do. I could run away. No. I'll just put it on the list and then it's there. 163 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,400 I could run away. 164 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,400 I could gather Nix up and bring him with me. 165 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:12,400 I could stay here and wait for him to...for the magic to wear off and he might turn back. 166 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,400 I think that's it really. 167 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,400 And there's a hoot in the trees as the owl returns to go back to roost. 168 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,400 And Tagk jumps. No. I can't stay here. Right. 169 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,400 He shrugs off his rucksack and he opens it up. 170 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:33,400 I think a long time ago Tagk talked about how his rucksack was actually a parachute? Yes. 171 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,400 That he'd folded... that his mums had made him. 172 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,400 And it all sort of folded up on itself and made this little rucksack. 173 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,400 So he opens it up and it's like a big parachute. 174 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:49,400 Beautiful stitching. Beautiful sort of embroidery around the edges. Real elegance. 175 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,400 And little motivational quotes embroidered on. 176 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,400 You know, like 'Don't look down!' 177 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:04,400 and 'It's not going to get much better so look on the bright side now.' All that sort of thing. 178 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,400 Hands on his hips. Right. 179 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:15,400 And he meticulously makes...he lifts each piece of the Nix effigy and lays it in the parachute 180 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:22,400 and records what order they went in so that he can put you back together in the right order. 181 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,400 OK. And then he ties it all up. 182 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:32,400 He tries to attach it to the pony but it's all lumpen and everything. 183 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:38,400 So in the end he just makes do by having it sort of trails off behind and the pony drags it along. 184 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:42,400 Right. We're done. Right. Ermintrude, hang on. 185 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,400 Puts his notebook away. Takes out the Hide and Seeker gem. 186 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,400 Hide and seeker gem again. 187 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:54,400 Checks the signal and goes right this way. 188 00:10:54,400 --> 00:11:01,400 And he heads on through the woods. The trees are starting to thin out a little. 189 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:06,400 Is he following along the path that I've been making behind me? 190 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:11,400 No he's not. He's starting to peel off a little bit now. 191 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,400 OK. Cool. Not that you know. 192 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,400 No. I know nothing. 193 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,400 I'm just finishing off my little jig. 194 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,400 I've probably got a little bit too into it you know. 195 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,400 Oh what was I doing? Yeah. All right. Tack. 196 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,400 Oh blimey. 197 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:40,400 Right I'm going to do... I'm going to just sort of go back into the woods a little and just try and do another Message. 198 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:46,400 So I'm going to get my little copper rod and insert it into my claw again. 199 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:55,400 Stick my finger... one of my talons up in the air and sort of wiggle it around just like connecting to the magical frequencies. 200 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,400 Yeah. And then go. 201 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:03,400 Hello. Oi. Tagk. Wakey wakey eggs and bakey. Are you out there? 202 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,400 Let's roll to see if you're successful. Cool. 203 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:17,400 Could I use one of my.... so get my sorcery points. Could I use one of those to sort of boost the signal? 204 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:24,400 Because usually you can use it to create a spell slot. But if I could put it into Message? 205 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,400 Yeah. Try and heighten the effects. 206 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:33,400 Well, let's say if you get six or higher you're successful. 207 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:38,400 Great. Plus four... 208 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,400 Twelve. Right. 209 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:47,400 Hello Tagk. It's time to wake up. 210 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:56,400 Nix?! Tagk is just going to... He pulls on the reins and he looks back at the pile of sticks. 211 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:05,400 Nix?! And he jumps off Ermintrude, runs over and he starts scrabbling in the wood pile. 212 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,400 Nix, are you alright? Have you changed back? No! Are you OK? 213 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,400 What are you going on about? 214 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,400 I'm so sorry your head's fallen off. 215 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,400 Has it? No. No. 216 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,400 Why? How are you talking? Where's your mouth? 217 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:21,400 Well I'm... 218 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,400 Have you done this on purpose? 219 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:30,400 Just give us a moment. Just calm down alright. I'm fine. 220 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,400 You don't sound very good. 221 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:37,400 I've had one of the worst nights in living history. 222 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:42,400 Oh my word. You know you look quite peaceful when you went to sleep. 223 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:48,400 You just lulled me into a false sense of security. Where are you? How are you talking? 224 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,400 Well I'm using my claw. I'm using a bit of magic. 225 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,400 What this? And he grabs the bit of spindly twig. 226 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:01,400 This claw? Right. You're this pile of wood aren't you? 227 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:06,400 What? No. What pile of wood? 228 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,400 I found the goblin in the woods and it looked like you. 229 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,400 I brought it very carefully with me. 230 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,400 Oh dear. Why are you laughing? 231 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:22,400 He is quite a fetching fellow that big pile of wood. 232 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:28,400 No that's not me. I just made that to like... you know, 'Oh, I've been here...' 233 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,400 I'm gonna kill you! 234 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,400 Alright. 235 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,400 Well... we've got some firewood now, haven't we? 236 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,400 He starts kicking bits of wood about 237 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,400 Oh dear. 238 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,400 No. I'm fine. 239 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,400 Where are you? 240 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:52,400 Well I'm at the edge of the woods and there's like a farm. 241 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,400 Where I am? I've left the woods. 242 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,400 Alright. 243 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,400 I'm in an orchard. 244 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,400 Got you. Alright then. Yeah I'll er. 245 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:08,400 Because did Fiffa point out the orchard? Would I know which? 246 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:13,400 Yeah the orchard is the direction that she said there was something that sounded very stressed. 247 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,400 Yes. Yeah. Cool. 248 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,400 Right yeah I've got a sense of where you are now. 249 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,400 Great alright. 250 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,400 Alright I'll start heading your way. 251 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,400 Right okay I'll see you in a bit. 252 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,400 See you soon. Sorry. 253 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,400