Thank you. Okay, hello, welcome back. Welcome
back, everyone. I'm Larry. This is Beginner's
Luck. And intro's always going to be very different
because I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
But I am joined by my players here. We're playing
D &D today. Right off the bat, right off the
top, we have... Bella, I play Annie, the Artifice
of Goliath. And of course we're playing D &D.
This is a D &D podcast. What are you talking
about? Yes. And you are playing... I just said
that! Did you say that? I said that! Okay, well,
right after you, we have... Oh, hello. My name
is Robert, and I am playing Gorda Sevrok. The
pleasure, as always, is yours. Of course it is.
And last but not least, we have... I'm Avia.
I play Raynor, the bard, the elf, the extraordinaire.
perfect okay so normally we start off these things
with me asking a question um but before i do
i do want to uh make a little shout out for my
little buddy um avia here he's also doing a campaign
of his own on twitch so if you guys would uh
Give them a little follow, a little shout out.
Go on and do your plug now so we don't have to
do it later. You can handle the money later.
I'll give you the money. Don't worry about it.
Yeah, it's on Twitch Fridays. Yeah. What time?
You got to give the handle. Fridays. So in Australia,
that would be 6 p .m. And yes, it's on channels
of Lee Coy. I'll check the links down in the
description below for you. Thank you very much.
Yes, please. Thank you very much. I will also
slip you the $100 that I slipped. Yes, I will
send you my PayPal and just make sure you do
that at the end of the day. Please. Dice are
not cheap. I need my crunchy cereal rocks. Okay,
let's start with a question. All right, so I'm
going to get you guys to answer this question
this time this week. And the question is... Yes,
I'll take a level up. Thank you. You only just
recently leveled up, so it is not happening anytime
soon. The question we have at hand here today
is, if you had to give a one -hour presentation,
what would that presentation be? Straight from
the top. Who do we have first? I guess me. Uh
-huh. So this is Bella speaking, not Annie. I
feel like she wouldn't have a presentation at
all, but if there were to be one, I think for
legal reasons, it would have to be on workplace
health and safety. Oh! Yeah, and then just one
off the side, how to properly mine and procure
ores and minerals, just so that there's no accidents
and the production line can just keep on going.
make sure that the work the warehouse is working
just fine and perfectly i can see the health
and safety thing yeah like i i feel like that
annie is very meticulous in the way she works
and she's very neat and tidy and she has particularly
like harkening back to that previous episode
with the old workshop um ensuring that like Not
only is the lady out of the room, but telling
her about all the dangers and everything. No,
I can definitely see that. Health and safety.
Yeah, cool. Alright, who do we have next? Well,
yes, I think that if I was to do a presentation
of sorts, it would be on how to delegate. You
know, one of my society don't need to do everything
ourselves. Manage my own finances? Ugh, never.
Look after the animals? No. You wouldn't even
see me in a kitchen. Get these hands dirty? No.
Delegation is an art form. Identifying on who
would be able to do what skills without causing
a nuisance or wasting too much money is an art
form. Would you delegate the presentation to
somebody else? yes it would be like a magical
presentation of like him just saying that and
then it would be somebody else going through
all the nitty gritty oh yeah i imagine that he
didn't even do the work himself Yeah, I can see
that. Yeah. He sat there in front of the magical
crystal, did what he wanted to say with his nice
side looking like his good side. And that was
all because he was so vain. He just wanted that
appearance thing and then just walked out of
the room and just like, okay, fix it up for me.
Nice. Yeah, no, I like that. I can see that.
And lastly. So, I think Raynor would have done
one of those sermons that, like, tried to scam
everyone. He's like, people of, followers of
Viara. So, you can make a lot of money. You just
have to pray. You just have to follow the steps
that I have outlined in this presentation. So,
remember, Viara, goddess of wisdom, commerce,
and wealth. We can do this together. Because,
like the magpies, we fly together. I think. So,
another scam. Yes, another scam. He's a cult
leader. Another scam. He's making it. He would
so be the person who makes a cult, scams everyone,
and then just disappears. Yes. I am ascending
to go be with the god. Sorry. I just need to
mention. Turns invisible and then just disappears.
Viara has blessed me and she will bless you once
I get all your money. I must go now. My people
need me. Oh my god. Very good. Okay, that's great.
And I hope that you're all very much well into
the mind of your characters. And what would the
presentation that you would do? Oh, again. I
think... And just how to be a complete total
badass, a man's man with whiskeys and cigarettes.
And how to brood and have that sort of mentality.
I hear that's really profitable right now. What
do you call it? The manosphere. Yes, I did. I'll
do one of those. I'm going to be doing one of
those. You know, Jeremy has been listening. This
is how you get a Lamborghini carriage. So this
is totally how I'm going to get all the girls
to be so in love with me. I need to get the cars
and all the monies and they'll just fall just
down at my feet. So I'll be making presentations
and selling them to folks like you. Another scammer.
Gotcha. That's a true con artist right there.
I'm just here in my garage with my Lamborghini
carriage. I imagine that these presentations
also take place on the same weekend in the same
convention center. And it's just like one talk
after the other. Oh, my God. It's the same audience
as well? Yes, the same audience, essentially.
So you've got people flocking in and out as well.
Oh, I'm interested in seeing this one. And he
said, oh, honey, we're going to have to go see
that faith healer that they have. They brought
him in all the way from... That would be great.
I can just picture that now. I'd want my money
back. Now, let's get right into it. We're going
to go straight into the recap. Standing and quivering
in the presence of this skeletal beast, its vociferous
voice thundering over our finicky foursome, a
threat to Antili and its citizens was called
in the draconic tongue. Feeling the trepidation
of their journey, our decadent derelicts made
haste towards Briar Rose. Their journey continues
through the dry and strangely saturated lands
of the Expanse, with Gimbal in the rope -harnessed
clutches of Goddard and both Annie and Raynor
rolling their eyes, until the group comes face
to face with a battle that should have ceased
long ago, with their presence going unnoticed
amongst the bloodshed behind them. and witnessing
what looks like the aftermath just ahead, our
group marches on towards any sign of rest and
respite. A fork in the road confused their guide
with his only map. Wild dogs sprung from their
peripherals, ready for a delicious meal, and
the group defended themselves with matching ferocity.
The tired and aching feelings of their bodies
are soon dissipated to make way for a much more
threatening aura. A stub of a man named Jeremy,
who exhaustingly and revoltingly insisted on
making Annie his bride -to -be, offering to take
the group over to his home of Briar Rose. Even
through the excruciating exchange, the group
find their courage and hogtie the strange man,
finally reaching their destination. What will
come next for this cursed Corhorn? We will find
out soon enough. And we return now with the three
of you with the sight of Briar Rose just on the
horizon and with Gimbal alongside the three of
you and also Jeremime who is hogtied and being
dragged. You've just seen this woodsman not too
far off the... the settlement wall cutting wood,
and it is almost dusk at this point. Surprisingly,
the place does not look abandoned at all. If
anything, it looks like as if from this distance
it is lived in. You see some smoke now beginning
to billow from the chimneys, some of the chimneys
for the night chill. And here you are. Gimble,
with book out, begins to start taking notes.
This is... I didn't think anyone would be around,
even living here. This is... strange, as he's,
like, making notes, and you see him, like...
As you're slowly walking towards the settlement,
he's making his sketches and such. Goddard leans
down and speaks quietly to the others. If we
see anyone or a group of them in white garments
and starting to mutter things in a foreign language,
we are getting out of here. I'm not dealing with
any cult nonsense. Oh. But they're really good
to make money off, though. Um, yes, if you would
like your spleen taken out and fed back to you
while being sacrificed to some weird monstrosity,
then you can do that, but I won't be. I mean,
that is a risk we all take, but... That is a
risk you take. We take. We're in this together.
Annie's our leader. Now who? And Annie has made
a decision to stay. Because, you know, they're
getting married, I think, right? Annie, did you
make this decision? The cult thing doesn't sound
too bad. I would rather have my spleen cut out
of my own body than marry this thing. As you
say this thing, you hear a groan. and you just
hear the you just see jeremy i guess nothing
beats a jet through holiday as as he tried wait
i can't think to get up i think to be bound i
also cannot see what have you all done to me
as he's beginning to struggle we have done nothing
absolutely nothing Then why is it that I cannot
see? My dear, beautiful wife. Soon to be wife.
You realize I said no. Have you tried opening
your eyes? That's actually a great idea. He opens
his eyes. And sees you, Annie. Who's the one
dragging him, actually? Like, far behind. Oh,
it is such a beautiful... He looks... No way!
So he's like... He looks... He looks around and
sees you and he's dragging him. Oh, what a beautiful
sight to see. Are you taking me back to our new
abode? I don't even live here. This is my hometown.
This is where we're going to live and raise a
lot of families. A lot of children. Wait. No,
no. I'm very virile. Oh my god, if you don't
shut your mouth, I swear I will shut it for you
in the terms of my barrel entering it. Shut up.
As you say that, just like sort of approach these
two guards just by the gate of the settlement
and see the three of you, see the four of you
approach and then see Jareth being all hog -tied.
Probably just like covered in mud because he's
hog -tied and then he dried from that. So just
mud and everything all over the front. Like,
twigs and, like, a piece of leaf and stuff stuck
in his hair. I think even Annie was trying to
walk over some rocks and stuff, too. A couple
of scrapes. Yep, yep. Trying to, like, skip over
pebbles, yep. The guards look at the five of
you quizzically. Ah, this is interesting. Are
you alright there, sir? He's fine. Yes, I'm quite
alright. Yes. This is my new lovely wife. No,
no. Allow them into the village. I said no. No
is just another word for yes. Excuse me. Oh god,
that is so icky. That was icky. That is so bad,
dude. Please don't cancel us. Please don't cancel
us. Just to make it clear to the viewers, to
the listeners, that is in terms of Jeremy, the
character. The character said that. It's not
an actual thing that we follow or believe in.
That is purely the character. So you can hate
on the character. I don't know if this game is
necessary. Because we're going to take care of
this. Don't worry. We're criminals. We got this.
I don't think we even need to preface that. It
is well understood that this is not a very well
-liked man. Someone out there may get the wrong
idea. I'm just saying it happens. And now all
my snakes bit him in the neck. Oh, look, Annie
cops her rifle. This is something to discuss
later. He said that awful thing that he just
said. The guards immediately rush towards Jeremim
and begin to help him up. Hey, hey, hey, whoa,
whoa, whoa. One of them approaches and the other
one goes, oh, so you are the great Jeremim's
guest, I assume. The great Jeremim's guest. I'm
sorry, the great? Yes, he's our leader. He's
the leader. You're joking, right? No, he has
protected this village for quite some time now.
And he's just going to, like, look over at Jeremim
and just see, like, this pathetic shrub of a
man compared to the village. He's getting untied.
He's getting untied. You see the guard, like,
just cut the ropes with a dagger that he has.
And then he stands back up. Yes, I am the great
protector of Briaroth. And then he does, like,
this sort of anime bow. I don't know how else
to describe it. Just a quick side note. Do you
mind if we just talk amongst ourselves for one
second? Sorry, who did you say that to? He was
just kind of talking to, like, the guards, and
he was just like, Taste the leader. I mean, this
fucking katana is plastic, almost. The Great
Blade. The Great Blade. I don't believe it for
a second. What has he protected you from? Oh,
great wild beasts. Of yonder, the four -fanged
megalach. And then the guard goes on about all
these other beasts. And even the great dragon
that flies up above the sky. He has protected
us from all these things. Almost like in this
prophet -like tale. Have you personally seen
any of these beasts? Well, no, but he told us.
Uh -huh. Ah. I think I know what's happening
here. I definitely do too. Well, how do we want
to play this? You see Jeremy sort of like dust
himself off and he begins to like just walk,
takes his stride straight into the village and
you're now beginning to hear all these people
like almost instantaneously. People are now just
coming out of houses and stuff and just like
cheering him on. and, like, congratulating him.
Oh, welcome back, this and that, blah, blah,
blah. And you see all these, like, these dotting
older ladies. Oh, it's good to see you, Shani,
and all these sort of things. And he's just a
very well -celebrated man. This feels wrong.
God is going to lean into one of the guards.
If he's so strong, then how were the three of
us able to overpower him? Surely this is something
part of his plan. I understand it could be some
sort of ritual for him. And the other guy's like,
yes, some sort of ritual. Whatever. It seems
as if whatever questions that you may have, they
will find an excuse from the sounds of it. Interesting.
A ritual? You are right. It is a marriage ritual
for our lovely leader here. He has finally found
a bride? They have been caught. He has a bride?
Yes, he has. And as a result, you should... Raynor,
Raynor, Raynor, what are you doing? Raynor, what
are you doing? Jeremy has found his bride! And
then the... the guards are now starting to scream
and then everybody like the celebration of jeremy's
return has now become an even bigger celebration
of great jubilation and then all eyes are now
on you annie and you see the entire almost what
you can only assume is higher village. And then
now these dotting old ladies and aunties are
now by your side and they're like leading you
on into the village and they're like muttering
and saying all these things. Oh, you're so lovely,
this and that, blah, blah, blah. Such a beautiful
young lady, this and that, da, da, da. And they're
slowly taking you into the village as there's
now this celebration. Oh my god. Why would you
say that, Raynor? Why? Are you getting dragged
away? Reiner! Reiner! Um, that might be an issue.
Oh, there's going to be a wedding! No, there's
not! I said no! This is just an opportunity.
I mean, we need these people to leave and now
we have a leader up there. Well, we're probably
going to need to try and milk this for what it's
worth. Find out where this mansion is. Yes, we
should get all the coin we can. Goddard's going
to turn back towards nearby guard. He's going
to look into their iris. Are they dilated? No,
not at all. If anything, they seem perfectly
normal. One of the guards, from the two of the
guards, one of them has now hopped on a horse
and is now going to the village and he goes,
there's going to be a wedding! Jeremy has found
his bride. The great old Lord has found a bride.
I said no. Your voice being drowned out by all
the cheers, Annie, by all these town folks that
are just here. And this writer is just going
through these. So from where you are, from where
you're standing, the gate that you are standing
at, it is almost this village itself. It's like
on a hill. So you're seeing, you're now seeing
this sort of. renaissance french village uh rolling
up this hill and by looking at the houses there's
at least about a 150 to 250 buildings houses
amongst other things and atop of the hill you
can see an even larger building not one that
you would think It's not something that is certainly
out of place from the scene that you're seeing.
Architecturally and the size. From here, you
can even see its doors, which are massive and
absolutely massive doors. And just below that
particular thing, that particular building that
seems to preside over this entire town, there
is also a... well another building that isn't
as large as that but does fit in the setting
that you're seeing and but it's more stands as
like a manner of sort and you can see from the
distance now you can see the the guard on horseback
and he's just like making these announcements
as like lights are now popping on in each of
these buildings as people are now coming out
And Jeremy returns to you, Godard and Raynor.
And he goes, it looks like there's going to be
a celebration this evening. It's going to be
at the town square. And he puts his hands on
both your shoulders. And I think it's only right
that I make the both of you my best men. You
know what? You've got it. But a town square?
Like, you're the leader here. You need to make
it lavish. You need to make it expensive. I say
do it in the biggest place in the biggest way
possible. See that massive manor over there?
Let's do it there. That's my... That's... That's...
My wedding home. That's your wedding home. Great.
None of us can go in there until... Until the
rights have been spoken. By right, do you mean
like, um, the first night? As in the wedding.
And then, you know, he does the finger thing.
Oh, I see, I see. Okay. Then we can move in proper.
Though we will not be able to have the celebration
in that place. It'll have to be at the town square.
But there will be no... ...worry of expenses.
Well, the town will provide. And then you can
see one of the snakes bites his hand. Oh, that
was the little thumb thing. Oh, my apologies.
The girls are very jealous. You can see it. You
can tap that anytime you want, but you just need
permission. That's what he says. God, I just
stand kind of stunned. Just like, what? So. Yeah.
As he turns around to return to his people, you
notice that he isn't covered. He's no longer
covered in mud or twigs and leaves. In fact,
a lot of the small minor cuts. whatsoever that
he had gotten from being dragged are surprisingly
healed. Gone, not present. And he just returns
to his people and you see Gimbal now sort of
just like making his way into the village itself,
the settlement of Briar Rose. And you still see
him with book in hand just making notes. Annie,
you're getting closer and closer to this large
crowd that has now just congregated around you.
And you're getting hands all over, shaking your
hand and everything. Congratulations and all
that. She's so beautiful. Oh my. And all that
sort of stuff. So young, so pretty and all this
sort of thing. not so young anymore, but... You
are being almost worshipped in the same sense
that Jeremy is being worshipped. Annie just sees
Raynor give her a thumbs up from, like, the distance,
and Annie's, like, she's plotting in her mind
to kill Raynor now. Like, hit list immediately.
I can't believe that goddamn elf. What do I do?
Okay. So, with the wedding, I'm gonna need a
dress. Sorry, just that constant thumbs up from
Rainer makes me laugh. For podcast listeners,
there is a constant every time that... Every
time there's a pause where Annie is a bit awkward
about what she's saying, there's a very distant
thumbs up. Brilliant. Yeah. And you see this
old lady. This old lady who seems to be the eldest
amongst all the grannies and the aunties. And
she goes, oh, don't you worry about the dress.
I am a very fine dressmaker. We will start on
your dress tomorrow. And she's like reaching
over to you and she's like almost manhandling
you in a way. Just getting the right measurements
to make sure that I have it all right. And she's
like just all over you. And they're slowly dragging
you to an inn. As you can see, there is an inn
not too far from the entrance of the gate of
this settlement. And this inn's name is going
to be... Let's see, how about... The Smoking
Frog. And on the... You have your classical inn
sign, you know, with the words on it. And there
is a... Carved in that sign is a frog sitting
on a lily pad with a pipe in his mouth. And they,
as they begin to hurry you in into this building
and as you enter, the lights flicker on and they're
just dotting onto you. Two of you, what do you
do? You're still like just witnessing this from
a distance about, she isn't too far, it's just
maybe a... four buildings away, you see Annie
being dragged into a building. I don't think
we should leave her alone. Probably not. I think
she might kill a little bit of them. But here's
my plan. What happens if she were to be engaged,
but the groom wasn't alive to finish the story?
Then we would only have one leader left. Yes,
but we don't need to own this town. What? Why?
Yes, we do. That's the terms of our conditions,
isn't it? That's what she wanted? She wanted
the town. No, we just had to claim the building
and then make sure it was safe. Oh. Okay, to
be quite honest, I wasn't listening to her. Because,
you know, she's giving me a lot of creepy vibes.
But if that's the plan, then, um... I guess...
We've made it simpler? I mean, yes. I mean, we
could just take control of the town. We're here.
I would much prefer just to get what we need
to do sorted. I'm pretty sure we are on a time
limit, aren't we? I don't know. Gimble! He just
kind of pulls the leash. Oh my drawing! He's
just pulling it. It's like, do we have a time
limit, Gimble? Well, we were supposed to return
tomorrow, but it... Having people here changes
everything. Mm -hmm. What do you think, Gorda?
What will happen if we don't arrive tomorrow?
Will they just blow us up thinking that we're
dead? Well, no, it wouldn't come to that. If
it was an assumption of death, then... I don't...
That would at least give you a week. Okay, well,
that's good at least. I was starting to have
a panic attack. So eight days. We have eight
days to deal with this. Okay. I mean, we were
supposed to come here just to make sure it was
safe for the rest of the expedition. But this
place looks like it's very well maintained. If
anything, for the past, what, 80 years, it's
been very much lived in. Mm -hmm. Well, it might
be well -maintained, but I'm still keeping an
eye out for white clothing and coat -like things
because these people don't seem normal to me.
I think they're great. You would. They are the
perfect mark. They seem to be friendly. And you
see these grandmas now leaning over to Gimble,
pinching his cheek and everything. Aren't you
a sweet little boy? Try some of my pie! And then
like shoving pie in his face. Yeah, he loves
it. Keep doing it to him. He runs off when you
don't do it. That's why you have a leash on him.
Gorda is going to use Subtle Spell and cast Detect
Magic. So instead of the eyes flashing over as
if he is seeing, it doesn't show any signs. And
he's just going to start concentrating on this
for the next 10 minutes and just walking, like,
as they're, well, I am going to walk towards,
I'm going to go ahead towards Ali and make sure
that she stays okay. If we lose sight of her,
it might end badly. Come, Gimbal. But the pie!
The pie! We have another eight days. You'll be
fine. With that spell, considering on where you
currently are, part of the world, it is very
difficult to get a read on things because magic
hangs on the air quite thick. If you recall,
last time, everything was almost, in a way, burning
of the retinas. And it is the same dealio here.
Like, even with the people who you would not
think have any sort of magical capabilities whatsoever
are aglow with magic. They're living in radiation.
Yeah. They're all irradiated. That's what I was
about to say. You just pulled out your Geiger
counter in the wastelands and you're just getting...
I wish I had one of Gimbal's suits now. Which,
by the way, he's holding his helmet but he's
wearing the suit still. Annie, you are now sitting
on a chair. You're not... Tied, but it feels
like you are tied to this chair as all these
aunties and grandmas are tending to you, to your
every need. Some of them are like kind of rubbing
your back, your shoulders. Oh, you're so tense.
You're tense, darling. You're tense. Relax, relax.
And they're like just trying to... And they're
just dotting over you. And then like you can
see some of the aunties coming out of the kitchen
with like... food and they're like just filling
these plates of food just in front of you of
like all these sort of meals uh dishes you recognize
dishes you don't recognize and there's just a
lot that is happening right now and there's this
one grandma now on like this stool step thing
she's slowly reaching up with a banner that says
mazel tov uh and into the newlyweds sort of thing
where she's just really trying to hang the sign
up. There's no need for the sign. I don't...
Actually, that food looks pretty good. Do you
have beans? You can see amongst the food, one
of the aunties is like, oh, but rather plain,
wouldn't you say? But I think we have some as
she rushes to the kitchen and... Not a moment
too soon, she comes out with beans on toast.
Great, my favorite. Seriously, there's no need
to put the banner up now. That's not necessary.
Where are my companions? As you say this, you
see your three companions walk into the inn.
Oh, thank fuck. Please help me get out of here.
That's your one. Yeah, I acknowledge that. I
know. It's okay. Oh, come, ladies. She's newly
engaged. Leave her alone for a second. Let us
sink in for her. Skodas walks over and starts
trying to peel them away. Yeah, I need some breathing
room. I'm just going to eat my toast. You...
When you first arrived, it was almost at twilight.
Now it is getting darker. And as the streets
are getting darker outside, you hear a bell that
rings. Almost like a church bell that rings repeatedly.
And... almost everybody in this room doesn't
like stop what they're doing but they begin to
all excuse themselves and some of them are telling
you to take rest here take refuge it is now time
for rest they say as slowly each and every one
of them begin to leave and return to their own
domicile that was strange what the fuck What
is going on here? I think this is a cult. We've
definitely walked into a cult. I think it's a
cult. I didn't see. Did you see any sickles or
daggers or engravings in their skin? No, just
a lot of abnormal. I don't know, guys. I think
it is quite appropriate. I mean, it is kind of
getting dark, so I think it is bedtime. Kimball,
did you ever look up anything about cults when
you were at the university? No, because that's
not something that was common in the city. You're
not even a real nerd. God, this place is great.
What do you mean? What do you mean as the door?
busts open and jeremy comes in with like a new
shirt and it's got his shirt that he's wearing
now is it's not his anime shirt that he's wearing
like last time it is his t -shirt now is um like
uh two wolves that are howling at the moon This
is so difficult for me. For the listeners, as
soon as Larry said that there were two wolves
on the t -shirt, both Rob and I just went so
dejected, face in the hands kind of disappointment.
There are two wolves in fight of me. So yes,
he's now wearing a shirt with a picture of two
wolves howling at the moon. He's now wearing
also khaki shorts and Socks and sandals. That
cut on his hair that you did, that haircut you
gave him earlier, no longer present. His hair
is nice and, well, I say nice. Back to normal.
Well, I say normal. Normal for him. And he comes
in and he goes, My dearest wife, my, well, my
wife to be. This will be your new home. And I
don't mean this crummy inn. Your friend. Over
there, he can run this inn, if all hith. I bequeath
it to him, he says, pointing at you, Godoy, saying
that you can run this inn. Again, what's with
the assuming I'm a male? Shit, I forgot about
that. I mean... Hands by his... hands down once
again it looks like he stares at you for a good
like 30 seconds after he said shit i forgot about
that and he stares at you then hands down once
more but doesn't matter i need to think pure
thought because we're getting married tomorrow
my sweet um fantastic just a quick pause on that
sorry uh we can't Because, as you can see, we
have necklaces around our neck, which will blow
us up. That's mere decoration. So, you don't
want to be a widow before you've even had your
first egg, because this will blow up tomorrow.
I don't know what you're talking about. What
I'm saying is that we have a reason to be here,
and... Yes, for the wedding! Yes, and we're also
going to die tomorrow. No. So either you help
us or you become a widow before you even had
your ritual. Go ahead and give me a persuasion
roll with disadvantage. Okay, that makes sense.
This is a man who does not listen. Yes, it is
very clear when he said. And I use the word man
very loosely. 22? If it is true what you say.
Only my sweet Annie, as he turns to her, both
hands up in almost that Shakespearean fashion.
Only she will be safe. For the ritual will cleanse
her. Excuse me? You will be cleansed, my sweet.
Cleansed of what, exactly? Cleanse body and soul.
Then we can become one and rule these people.
rule these people. You see how they worship me?
In time, you will worship me the same. Actually,
I have a quick question for you. Yes, my darling.
Quick question to the DM first. Was there only
grandmas surrounding Annie, or were there, like,
grandpas as well? And aunties. Grandmas and aunties,
but any... You didn't see no grandpas. Any men?
You've seen men. Okay. You've seen men out and
about as well. Okay. Of varying age. I think
the guards were men. Yeah, the guardsmen were
men as well, so... What do you mean by one? If
you mean have a kid, I'm afraid I am infertile.
You know where we need to conformate? And he
kind of blushes almost. I imagine him to do like
the weird like timid like shy boy thing where
he's like twirling his foot around. He's doing
one of these. Your kids do this thing. What do
you call that? It's like the uwu thing. Yeah,
the finger thing. The finger thing. The list
stuck on my novel speech all of a sudden. I hate
this guy. Boy, this guy stinks. You created him.
I regret it. You created your own devil. This
is your own fault. I regret it. You have to be
playing him the entire session. You know what?
We're never going to kill him. We're going to
keep him around forever. Okay, well, I don't
know about that. Annie's really considering it.
So as he does that stupid finger thing, he does
say, you know, consummate. That's what I mean
of becoming one. Okay. Jeremy. I... You may call
me husband or even bastard. I will not be calling
you either of those things. Listen, Jeremy, I
need a couple of minutes to speak to my compatriots.
Will you please wait outside the inn? I will
join you shortly. I shall return to my abode,
and you may spend the night here, but I will
see you in the morn. Well, I won't be seeing
you. I'll be seeing you during the ritual. For
after tonight, it will be bad luck of seeing
you again. Great. I shall away. And he goes through
the door. He shimmies out of the door. Are we
able to put a bookshelf in front of that door?
Can we please kill him? I don't want to be married.
He seems kind of nice. Not now, Gimble. Okay,
Gimble, we are not taking your thoughts into
consideration right now. Oh. The issue with killing
him is that everyone in this town reveres him.
If he ended up dead, we would have to fight the
hordes. Just a quick question, though. Can we
kill him? I mean, the mark I made on him isn't
there. He doesn't have any scratches, doesn't
have any marks. I'm sure he has some kind of
healer of some sort. A healer would make sense,
but can a healer regrow hair? Would Gordar know
about the regeneration spell from druids? I mean...
How... It's a high level spell. Yeah, how close
is it to... Is it an... very much close to sort
of like uh revivify anything like that um or
resurrection no it's uh regeneration it just
regenerates your like lost limbs and stuff like
that okay so it's not a necromancy spell no okay
all right um why'd you say it like that well
as resurrection doesn't exist it doesn't exist
in this world resurrection doesn't you die you
die you can't be brought back The closest thing
that you have, which is still considered okay,
is Revivify, which is basically a defib. Defib.
Yeah, defib. So I'm okay with that. But everything
else is not on the table. So the question was,
would Godar know about that spell? Yeah. You
tell me. Would he know that? Would it something
he would encounter in the past? Let's see. He
knows a lot of high people and that kind of stuff.
And rich people, let's be honest, they would
do stupid things, lose an arm and then regenerate.
Like pay someone to regenerate it. Magical Botox.
Yeah. Pretty much just like, ha ha ha, my arm
got chopped off in that sword fighting. Okay.
You, over here now. Regrows it. Let's have a
look. He does know about it. Okay. Um, well,
yes. Some fellows I knew would... They lived
on the wild side, and they'd have big, sore fighting
championships, not wear any armor, and lose an
arm or two, and just, you know... They'd have
someone nearby who would be able to regrow that
limb. Do you not have this where you're from?
No. Once you get a limb chopped off, that's you
done. Oh, what about you, Anne? Oh. Yeah. And
she's waving around her arm. Ah. Sorry. I didn't
put two and two together. That's okay. She's
got a cool hand. Speaking of, and he just kind
of like distances himself from Annie because
he sees that look she's giving him and he's like,
so? Engagement. Great. Don't. So do you want
to hear? As you say, don't, that, uh, the banner
that the grandma put up just, like, limpsly fall
down. What were you saying? We have a plan. Well,
kind of. The makings of a plan. Go on. So, uh,
it's come to my attention that we don't actually
need to take over this place. Mm -hmm. So, um...
Turns out, since we don't need to take over this
place, we can kind of just leave. And then just
go get those people back, right? Aren't there
guards at the gate? If we leave, I'm sure they'll
say something. Could always knock them out, or,
you know. And then she's gonna, like, tap on
her rifle on her back. Just saying. Are you sure
marrying him is... Oh. Never mind. He sees her
look and he's like, never mind, never mind. Um...
Koridar, do you have any ideas? Um... Not really,
no. I'm a bit exhausted from our day's travel
and fighting and... Um, I think... I think it
would be good if we get some rest, but I think
we should probably put something in front of
that door. Don't embarge in it. godforsaken times.
We don't want him trying to do the ritual before
the ritual begins. Oh, don't, no, oh, okay. I
appreciate that you're calling it the ritual
and not by its other term. Yeah, I just... Is
there any bookshelves or anything in this in
that we can just, like, slide in front of the
door? Sure. Alright. I'm not exactly the strongest.
Little hand, please. Yep. Is anyone else in this
inn? Eh, they can move the bookshelf if they
need to. Okay, um, I'm gonna find us some booze,
because I need some. Oh, please. I was gonna
try and, like, walk behind the bar and try and
find something. Please, if you find something
good, let me have some as well. It's a dry bar.
Of course it is. Oh, goodness. It is literally
a dry bar. There's not even water. You're telling
me that these people are sober and doing this.
Wow. That is an amazing hold he's got on them.
And he's going to take a look around the kitchen
and the dining area. Is there any sign of food?
Like, at all? Oh, what about the food on the
table? The food's still there, but the lights
go out. And you now hear thunder. And you see
a flash of lightning. And he's going to take
out her rifle at aim. Um... What was that? Goddard's
just going to, like, pick up whatever he can
next to him, and he's going to cast light. It's
like a faint green light fills up around him
as he lifts it. Um... What was that? You now
hear rain outside, and it is pelting. It is quite
heavy rain. Have you guys not seen lightning
before? Forgive me, I've been in prison for 30
years. Oh, Annie would not have. That's right.
I have, but I haven't had it simultaneously with
all of the lights turning off. So, I just want
to clarify. Are you saying these are like electric
lights? Or are these like candles? Candles, torches.
All of the candles just went out. That is not
normal. It could... Oh. It could have to do with
the bell. Give me a perception check. Godar.
It being dim and all. Annie, you can't see a
thing. You're having a bit of trouble. It is
quite dark. You do see the... I was going to
say hum of the good light, but it's not humming.
No. You do see the green light emanating from
the object, like a piece of wood from Godar.
Raynor, you can see, you've got darkvision. Okay.
All right. So just outside the range of this
green light, everything is in that sort of monochrome.
vision you have and the configuration of the
room is pretty much a shame. What did you get
for your perception? I got a 12. Okay. So the
object that you grabbed for was a piece of wood
and you now see that it is most likely an old
Leg chair. Leg of a chair. Did I say that right?
I don't know. And the configuration of the room
is essentially still the same. And then the lights
come back on. It is pelting outside. So all the
candles and stuff relight? Mm -hmm. Okay. Sorry,
my brain just got confused as light with, like,
electricity light rather than candles. Like,
a very different vibe. So, um... No, you know
what? It's a mixture of, like, candles at the
table and along the walls of this place they
have old gas lamps. Okay. Ah. Um... Does anyone
notice anything different? Yeah, the room is
absolutely dilapidated. It looks like it has
been abandoned for quite a long time. Oh. Ew.
Where's the food? Do you mean the disgusting
filth that is before you now? Guys. Something
is definitely not right here. Annie's going to
take a look outside the window. What does the
rain look like? It is just heavy rain. You can
see the building. Across from you. It's normal
water. It's not blood. Oh, let's see. Is it blood?
Oh my god. What have you done, Bella? What have
you done? I'm just curious. I'm sorry. That was
exactly what I was going to ask. I was like,
oh no. Yeah, so I'm not the only one. Okay, hold
on. I'm going to grab a D100. What have you done?
A D100. Oh no. It is definitely the blood rain.
Okay. That's not good. Annie's going to try and
look up into the sky from the window. Is there
any sign of the dragon from before? No. As far
as you can tell, it is darker outside now as
well. And peering outside, you don't even see
the night sky. clouds. It is now covered in clouds,
if anything, if you can see outside. Though,
peering out the window, you do notice that this
is the only place with light. Okay. Yep. Goda,
this is definitely a cult. Oh, great. But that
doesn't explain how this became all dilapidated
and rotten. I... I'm starting to think this is
more of a... ghost situation. Yes, I think it's
an echo situation. Which is arguably worse. It
is much worse. Oh. These ghosts aren't real.
Yes, but the fact that Jeremy can see us and
interact with us means that this is a more advanced
situation than that, I would assume. Wait, did
you say g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g
-g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g -g
-g -g -g -g -g -g -g Okay, I was just gonna walk
up to gimbal and just kind of slap him a little
And he's like pay attention. Oh, I don't Ghosts
are a rare thing if they even are a thing. So
they're kids stories scare kids Ghost it's not
something that is Something that even regular
adventurers would see Ghosts aren't real you
guys are just trying to scare me How do you explain
all of this? Pointing to all the rotten food,
the broken, dilapidated inside of the building
now. What do you mean? It's just a pie. And then
he grabs a piece of whatever schlop it is. No,
no, no, no. And he just eats it. Gimble, no.
No, no. Goddard was just ripping the rope so
he doesn't eat it. He's got to learn somehow.
It's just a terry pie. Okay. Yeah, a rotten cherry
pie. A cherry pie shouldn't be blue and green
on the inside. With fungus and mold. What do
you mean? And he's like, look, you see him peering,
like sort of almost trying to reach over to the
table. And he's just like, these all look so
nice. And he's like reaching for what was once
a piece of fruit. He's being pulled back. He
ain't touching anything. Like. The body is leaning
forward trying to get to it, but the arms are
behind him. He's not getting any closer to that.
Um, no, you are not eating any of that filth.
Are you guys okay? Are you okay? They might be
seeing something different to us. Why is that?
Gibble, what are you seeing right now? Food?
Could it be the suit? Can you look outside the
window for me? He rushes to the... Well, doesn't
rush, but he... Toddler walks. Toddler walks
because he's still wearing... Toddler walks towards
the window and he sort of hops and he can't see
so well. So he reaches over to that step stool
that the grandma was using and he looks and he's
trying to look out and he's like, it looks like
that same blood rain from earlier on the day.
if that's okay pretty much it okay annie yes
what is his suit made out of hmm so annie will
investigate the suit it's just she has she has
mended it already so it's just leather no polymer
no i would say at some point while you know traveling
he would have mentioned that the suit itself
has like magical resistance it is just an ordinary
leather suit so aside from gimbal we're all seeing
the rotten food on the table right yes what do
you mean rotten it smells so nice okay all right
um Okay, so you've definitely wound up in a cult.
I am unwillingly engaged to a possible madman.
Not the first time it's happened, but still it's
weird that it happened twice. Cults aren't real
and ghosts aren't real either. I think you guys
are just overreacting. Gimble, are you feeling
okay? Yes. Did... Did Jeremim ever touch Kimball?
I don't think he has. He's touched us, though.
I mean, his hand is on our shoulder. Something
is not right with Jeremim. If he was able to
heal without what I know of, if that is not a
common thing that everyone has access to, then
something is most definitely not okay here. Shall
we head to the... the... Did you want to rest
for the night, or shall we... I don't feel particularly
safe here. But we do have the key, and God Apple's
at the key, to that mansion. I think we should
rest. You mean the marital mansion? Yes, the
one that Delacroix wants us to make sure is safe.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and
it almost sounds like it's pelting. What are
those? Hail. Hail, that's the one I was thinking
of. It almost sounds like it is hailing, but
like the sound of metal, like tink, tink, tink,
all over the streets. I think we should just
rest for tonight. There's nothing we can kind
of do. We're all a bit injured, and I think...
plan. It should be done in the morning. Okay,
well, we should definitely take watches. I got
mine. Don't let them. Gimble, let's be honest,
you're not going to be that much help in a watch.
I think we should go in teams of two. I don't
think it should be a singular. Okay, Annie with
Gimble. Agreed. He's the ropes. Thank you. Thank
you. Just one thing. If, for example, we were
to get ambushed tonight, what would be the first
point? I would say through the windows. Or is
there like, is this a single floor in or is there
like an upstairs? There's an upstairs with rooms.
I think it might be best if we go upstairs to
rest rather than staying down here. At least
we have some height, and if they can fly, I guess
they come through the windows, but stairwells
will narrow their approach. But not... Wait a
minute. Do you ever have cellars? God, I was
going to go behind the bar and try and... Is
there a cellar door? There is a cellar door.
There might be some grog down here. I don't think
it would be safe to drink any of that stuff,
but hey, may as well try. The finest of wines
get better with age. Guys! What's now, Gimbal?
You see Gimbal standing on the stepstool looking
out the window. What do you see? You still hear
the rain as if it is hailing. And Gimbal says,
I don't... I think this is Rain. Who? And he
tries to rush outside. No, Gimbal, no. Pulling
tightly on the leash and he will not let Gimbal
go. Goddard's going to walk up to the window
and have a look out. It is raining gold. Oh my
god, this is my dreams. Rain or no? We can collect
it in the morning. No, no, no. We don't know
if it's going to be in the morning, Goddard.
Cordar, this is my dream. Hey, and what is to
say that the gold won't just disappear like everything
else? It's a chance I must take. I'm sorry, guys.
Raynor, at least... No, Raynor, no. At least
open up the window from here so that if you go
outside, nothing bad can happen to you. You can
see all these... As you're all looking out the
window, you can just see these coins are just,
like, falling from the sky and... It is tapping
onto the... landing on the ground, and it is...
Imagine, like, rain as it pours in certain areas.
It is the same with these gold coins, where it
is beginning to pool in some spots, and it is
just a thunderstorm of gold coins. Okay. I'm
sorry. Sleep. I'm casting Sleep on Raynor. Okay.
You can kind of just see him collapse on the
floor, just like, thud. So, you've got to make
a wisdom saving throw, please. Can I choose to
fail? Are you choosing to fail? Hey, it's going
to be best for the story. Is it you as a player,
or is it you as Raynor? Will Raynor want to go
to sleep? That's a good point. I'm going to do
it. And he saves. bugger okay so you can kind
of see that he does he does kind of he sees the
spell and he's like no and he casts mage hand
and then outside of the window he starts trying
to grab the coins yeah you're collecting coins
with your mage hand and he's going to try to
pull it back inside the room does it do anything
Yeah, you get about 26 gold coins. Guys, it's
real. It's real. Even if it is real, there is
something highly suspicious about this entire
thing. Honestly, we shouldn't look a gift horse
in the mouth. I think that's what it said. I
say we take it. We live here. Have a happy life,
Annie. We are sorted. Absolutely not. No, I am
not going to stay here and be married to some...
Oh, what's the word? That was his previous...
Simp! I mean, he's giving Godar this inn. We
are rich. We are rich. Oh, please. We... Did
you forget that we are in the Expanse? There
is no way that we will ever get visitors in this
inn. Godar's business is going to go corrupt.
My marriage is going to fall. Why am I thinking
about marriage? No. No. No. No. We cannot stay
here. We need to move. Probably not tonight,
but we need to move as soon as we wake up in
the morning. You make great points, but I...
Coin. Coin. Oh my god. Rainer, if you... If you
can assist us in getting out of here and my business
goes back up, I will give you all of the coin
that you want. I have no use for it personally.
Uh, so you're saying that you're going to...
Uh, um... How rich were you before? He's like
kind of looking at the coin and he's just looking
at you and he's like, coin, you, coin. I paid
all of my employees very well. My business was
very profitable. He puts the coin in his pocket.
He's like, okay, fine, fine, fine. This would
probably be the best time to mention though.
I've been having weird dreams about this. Kind
of. You tell us this now. Well, it's never come
up. I just thought they were weird dreams, you
know? Right. Well, go on. What are these dreams?
I'm sitting on a throne. There's like a lot of
gold around me. There's a voice that keeps saying,
free me, free me. And I'm just thinking like,
you know, it's just a normal dream. Are you associated
with any gods of any kind? Did you make a deal
with someone suspicious -looking a couple of
months ago? I make plenty of deals. I wouldn't
know. What do you think, Creamy? Could be anything.
Could be... Honestly, I didn't really think too
deep into it. Goddard, what are your thoughts?
Um... Honestly, I'm just... Mentally and physically
fatigued. I don't... I don't understand what's
happening. And I have a feeling that things are
about to get worse before they get better, so
we need to get some rest. If you have any more
creepy dreams, please let us know. I'd rather
you not wake up and start stabbing me in my sleep.
Oh, that won't happen. It'll probably just be
I'll wake you up. Again. That was quite rude
as well. Excuse you. Well, shall we rest for
the night? Cellar or room? I think we should
be in the top floor. A cellar, if they burn this
place down, we're going to be stuck underneath
it. Good point. Should we check the cellar just
in case, though? Wine? I do. If they burn this
place down and if we were upstairs, then there's
no way out. We could jump out. I can throw you
from the window and land upon you. It'd be fine.
Uh -oh. Oh, jeez. Is this going to be every episode
with this dude? You did the same thing last episode.
Oh, my God. Well, you have a very puffy jacket.
You'd be fine. I don't think they were nice.
Why would they burn this place down? They seem
like nice people. No, no, no. Not the place.
Us. You're the bride to be. Don't. He's affected.
Just don't listen to him. He's cooked. Well,
let's see if they have anything in the cellar,
shall we? Must and dust has brought forth an
earthy smell. There's a ladder that goes down
at least ten feet. It is dark, though. Godaira's
going to drop the piece of wood. that's lit and
it i think it's 20 feet bright 20 feet dim so
so from what you can see this uh from this uh
trap door you can just see earth oh it's a straight
tunnel so uh it it's not a title down But when
the piece of wood lands, it lands on earth, on
dirt. And from what you can see, as far as you
can see, as well as you can see from your vantage
point, it looks just earth down there. I'm not
seeing anything promising yet, but maybe. Gordos
is going to start slowly trying to climb down.
As you climb down, you reach the bottom of the
ladder and there are several, maybe about six
large, you know those large ale barrels? There's
about six of them down here. And it is a cellar.
It's just, they've just carved it out and they
haven't properly made it into a cellar. Any of
them tapped? I'm going to say maybe about two
of them are. Goddard's going to walk up to the
first one and then just, like, twist the tap.
Turn off. What does he smell? Booze. Cheap, if
anything. What type? It's mead. Booze. Mead.
It seems we have some mead down here. Do you
have any jugs or anything up there? Goddard looks
around. Does he see anything of that sort? Yeah,
you're down in the cellar. I imagine that they
have some stuff down here. There's a couple of
mugs, crates of mugs and stuff like that. You
definitely can find a couple of jugs and mugs,
plates. He's going to just fill up one of the
large jugs and then just like Jimmy, like cock.
It takes him a lot longer to get up. It's much
harder than they make it look. Manual labor.
I just dumps it on top. It's not for me. Well,
I found some booze. You have any cups? Is there
any? Yeah. I mean, like, the ones up here, they're
kind of dirty looking. Crappy, if anything. Um,
how do you feel about drinking something dirty
in something dirty? Honestly, not great, but
whatever goes. Raynor is going to be kind and
use presentation to clean it. You now have clean
mugs. Goodness, yes, okay, instantly just blub
blub blub blub blub blub blub. Perfect. Gimble,
how old are you? I just... I'm 19. Oh, yeah.
You'll be fine. No, wait. He just graduated.
Sorry. I'm 21. Oh, great. Yeah, you'll be fine.
Here. I'm just going to give him a mug. He's,
like, drinking it. Like, it looks kind of big
in his hands. And... I want to know, before I
continue on, in terms of... In terms of rest.
Who is taking watch? Who's taking first watch
and then who's going to take second watch? I
think I will take second watch with Rainer. So
just before Annie and I assume Gimbal will be
taking first rest, Annie's going to go downstairs,
go to the bookshelf of the front door and cast
alarm. Okay. Ooh. So you spend the rest of the
night drinking this cheap swell of mead. Not
the best, I mean, but it is giving you some sense
of relaxation. And you go ahead and perform that
alarm gimbal now off his hazmat suit, his diver
suit. He's never taken watch before, so you see
him pacing downstairs, back and forth, very attentive
and trying to be completely aware. And after
a while, you switch shifts. And Godar, Raynor,
you are now both on watch. And for the most of
the night, well, for all of night, it had been
very uneventful. Everybody take a long rest,
please. Yay. I'm no longer exhausted. As day
breaks, the both of you who are awake was taking
watch. You're beginning to hear the town slowly
also awaken, come alive. And you hear the scraping
of coins and metals on the street. And if any
of you were to peer outside the window, you see
townsfolk collecting coins into barrels or bags
and whatnot. And this seems to be, judging by
the way people are acting towards the coins,
this seems to be a regular occurrence. Um, that's
unusual. Is the gold out there? Sorry? Is the
gold out there? Yeah, so they have been collecting,
uh, yeah, that's what, uh, the people have been
doing, like, as they're waking up, they're collecting
the gold, like, in bags and barrels and stuff.
Um, Raynor, you might want to get out of there.
It seems the locals are collecting all the gold.
Huh? Uh, he kind of just looks outside of the
window, and he's just like, And he just kind
of like, he's like thinking about, he's like
trying to open this window now. He's just like,
come on, come on. Window opens fine. Oh my God.
You were struggling for a moment and not realizing
that you had locked it previously. And then like,
oh, the latch. Yeah. Yeah. The latch. Oh, okay.
And he's like. They had barrels. That means there
has to be a warehouse. That means we're going
to be rich. We're going to be rich. I mean, I'm
going to be rich. I don't know if you guys care.
You wake up. It's money. Of course I care. What
do you mean? With gimbal sort of scrunched, I
guess would be the word. Just by your feet. Like
a dog. Okay. Alright, up and at him. Come on,
wake up. Are you awake? Yes. I need to put my
suit on as he pops off the bed. And you see him
now putting on his little hazmat suit. His diver
suit. Alright, very good. She's gonna pick up
the leash. The rope of the diver's suit. And
sort of like... What do you call it? Like, jiggle
the rope, I guess? He's not a dog! Even though
I described him like a dog. Yeah, but it's like...
This isn't like a leash as well. It's tied around
both his forearms. So, it's not like... I don't
want to degrade him that much. It's not like
an actual leash. No, no, no. I don't expect it
to be. Do you know those child leashes? those
top what toddlers have yes it's essentially it's
either a back yeah harness it's either like a
backpack that they wear or a strap to uh on the
arm yeah you return downstairs and you find the
uh food on the table you find this room not so
dilapidated as it was last night as it was as
if you first entered it it was nice um The change...
For those of you who were on watch... It's as
if you did not even notice there was a change.
Either it was something that was slowly just
happening. Or but everything seems to be normal.
The food is all there. And Gimbal's like, BREAKFAST!
As he rushes over to the... table to get something.
Who do you think made this, Gimbal? No one's
been in the building. This is the one from last
night. We left it exactly as it was. It looks
the same. Except some was thrown across the room.
You mean that? And then he points at the pie
smear with a sign that has been slightly fallen.
The one that you stopped me from eating? And
that? And he points at the fruit. That piece
of mango. I told you, it's just food. Kimball,
you should know that a true researcher doesn't
just eat anything they've been given. They need
to make sure that everything is safe. Yeah. Grandmas
are safe. Grandmas are safe, really. Okay, well,
what about grandmas in expense? In a place that
was meant to be empty. They looked just like
normal grandmas. They gave me pie and it was
delicious. I want to figure out why you did your
research and really questioned their authority.
I graduated Valley Victorian for your information.
So there's people dumber than you. whoa oh my
god that's so good poor gimbal sorry no that
was great no that was brilliant yeah keep bullying
him that's that's perfect so what are the what
is the plan of action of the day well shit i
mean and he's gonna get married so that's oh
god here's the plan right We need to figure out
where they're housing all these coins. Then we
need to figure out how we can take these coins
with us. So, they have a bunch of barrels that
we can see outside this window. We collect them,
right? And then we need to figure out how to
transport them out of this expanse. Okay, I'm
hearing you, but I don't want to get married.
Oh, you mean that problem? Um... Yeah. That problem.
I'm not about the married life. I don't want
to be married. Give me a second. What if we do
this? The bell sound that we heard yesterday.
What happens if we ring it early? Will they just
disappear? I mean, it's worth a shot. Or we convince
Jeremy to push back one day, then we could...
Then we leave, just as they leave, towards the
hall. The manor, whatever. Or we can go for it
now. He's not going to see you today. That's
true, he's going to leave me alone. Does that
mean if I try to approach him, he will run away?
Uh, that's a good question, probably. He can't
see you. That's true. Honestly, I am... I am
looking forward to seeing what's in the marital
mansion. Probably a dungeon of some sort. With
a lot of leashes. It's, um... Anyway, uh... Why
were you smiling when I said that? Just some
old memories, don't worry about it. Okay. But,
returning back to this main point. The gold.
What is it with you and gold? I mean, who wants
to be poor? I mean, sure, but you can also be
rich in other ways, such as values and morals
and all that cheesy other stuff. Values and morals
don't keep us alive in the Narrows, so I will
just take the gold. Okay, from the Narrows, yeah,
that makes a lot of sense. Okay, um, alright.
So we try to postpone the wedding by a day. Yeah,
that's plan B. That's plan, yeah, sure, B. And
then for plan A, you have to find whatever, wherever
they're storing the gold. Yes. So we find the
gold. We deal with the gold. We deal with your
marriage. We keep the bell as a backup plan to
see if they need her. disappear or whatever and
we try to sketch out this manor this whole manor
same thing okay um my only my only concern with
this plan is sorry goddard just one second are
you going to distribute the gold to us evenly
or are you going to just give us the scraps i
thought you said you didn't care about gold Still,
this is a plan that's being orchestrated by all
of us. This pie's really good. Yeah, don't worry
about him. He's fine. Yeah, he seems plenty occupied
already. Yep. Oh, goodness. If he dies of food
poisoning, that would be the worst way for us
to go. He can die from... any... What? He's eating.
Pull him. Yeah, I mean, if he wants to eat strange
people's food, he can eat it. He's alive, isn't
he? Yes, but if he dies from food poisoning,
we get killed. Oh, right. That's what you were
saying. Okay. And instead of pulling, she's going
to just reel in the rope. Like a fishing rod?
You took the time this morning to make a fishing
rod -like device for this lead. A full winch?
Yeah. As you're pulling him closer, you hear
the door jiggle, the front door. Oh, right, the
bookshelf. And then you hear someone trying to
open the door and you hear an old lady. Oh, my.
Hello? Gildar, you're the manager of this place
now. Why don't you open the door for that lady?
Yes, I am the manager. Can you go and open the
door, please, Annie? Delegation. You see, I'm
just not equipped with the right tools and the
right safety gear for this kind of movement.
You are literally double my size. Hello? And
have a metal arm. I think you're well equipped
with moving a bookcase five inches. Young lady,
if you'd kindly open the door. Yeah, yeah, I'm
coming. Oh, God, help me. And it's that same
old lady. As you've pulled the bookshelf. Off
the door, the door opens, and it's that short
old lady. And she comes up to you, Annie. Yes.
I assume that you've already had breakfast? Uh...
Yeah. Good. You're going to have to come with
me. We're going to make your dress. Great. Actually,
how do you feel about me wearing a suit and not
a dress? Oh, no, no, no. Lord Jeremy insists
that you wear a dress. Okay, but he did choose
me to be his betrothed. I believe I should have
the choice in my own wedding attire. Women having
choices? As she says, come along, we'll get your
dress made. The whole town is like this. Are
you sure we can't just take it over? You know
what? I am quite fashionable. I think I might
come and help. My compatriot, Gordar, is quite
experienced in the hands of well -dressed fashion.
Kind of pushes down towards their flowy, silken,
Roman -ish, Greek -style robes. She looks at
you and she squints. Give me a persuasion check.
DC... DC 15. I got a 15. Very good. Yes, we will
bring the other young lady along. So, she begins
to drag you, Annie, and you now see all these
aunties and grandmas also waiting outside. Okay.
Is Annie still holding onto gimbals? Yes, I was
going to say. No, the young man can't come along.
He can't. It's a very private affair amongst
ladies. Okay. Please, I need this mouse man.
He's my emotional support. You're getting married.
You don't need other men in your life. You will
have Jeremy. No, that's... That's okay. Cora's
going to grab the rope. It's okay, Annie. I'll
be with you. And as I'm going to slide the key
for the mansion into Gimble's hand. Okay. You're
going to be spending the day with Raynard and
make sure you give him that little gift and kind
of like push him towards Raynard. He nods in
understanding with the key in hand. You see him
sort of just... And he turns back, heads back
in size, and walks towards you, Raynor, and he
looks behind him for a brief moment, making sure
that no one can see, and then he produces the
key so proudly, and he hands it to you, Raynor.
Raynor takes it. Well, ladies, I expect a runway.
and the finest of wines you have, because this
is going to be a day. Oh, hush you. You are not
in charge here. I am, says the old lady. Um,
actually, no. We will take your... And this discussion
carries on. He starts, like, the catty talking,
just like... the little banter but just like
the side eye like subtle like knife edge banter
just like yeah which is it is coming from it
is coming from both uh both sides from the grandma
from goddard and you the both of you are being
pulled away by these gaggle of um aunties and
grandmas uh back at the inn so what is that key
that is for the manor What manor? The one that
we're meant to go to? Oh god. Do you remember
everything? Samson never said anything about
a manor. What did he say then? Well, our explicit
orders was to ensure that this place was safe
and then return today, this afternoon. Again,
a lot of these people changes everything. Yeah,
well, we need to make sure it's safe, right?
Yeah. So let's go into the manor and make sure
it's safe. It's the only place we're not allowed,
so that means it's probably the most dangerous.
Okay. I don't know what manor you're talking
about, but sure. He steps back outside, and then
just before he steps outside, he pops his helmet
on. Raynor looks as confused as ever, because
he... barely listens to what the group is saying
so he doesn't know what he's doing but he's just
like but we do need another man all right what
do we have to take over this place so this that
particular um that particular directive was straight
from um mademoiselle de la croix yeah it was
not something from that was told from samson
or anything so this particular thing was is unknown
to them okay yeah so gimbal gimbal is unaware
of this mansion mission cool so he steps outside
and then he calls you over so i can see two just
up on the hill do you know which one he's just
kind of like oh god there's two of them isn't
there um is there anyone around him like just
A random citizen? Civilian? Yeah. Yeah. He's
like, hey, I'm part of the bridal party. I was
just wondering, because it's going to be so sad
seeing my friend leave. Like, I'm so proud. And
our lord protected us. Well, you're more than
welcome to stay in this town, young man. You
certainly can't stay here. Thank you. Don't need
to leave your friend behind. I wasn't planning
on. I mean, gold every morning? This place is
a paradise. And with the Lord and Protector,
Jeremy... So it should be. Just a quick question.
Yes, Jeremy has provided all these things. Just
a quick question. Where is my friend going to
be going? The Bridal Manor? What? Speak up! I
can't hear you! The Bridal Manor! What? The Bridal
Manor! You don't need to yell. There's no reason
for you to be yelling at me, young man. Okay.
The Bridal Manor. There are two estates in this
town. The larger one over there at the very top
is the Old Embassy. That is where A lot of the
old dragon delegates used to come and make their
dealings. Okay. And the other one, we stay away
from that place. Okay. It is cursed and ghosts
and whatnot. Oh, ghosts. Yeah. Little Gimble
here is terrified of ghosts. But I understand
that our great Jemim has taken. The old embassy
as his abode. But he says that he will not take
it until he is married. So if that is the place
that you are referring to, you are strictly forbidden
to even step in there. So Gramps, just to, you
know, confirm. So there's two places. One has
ghosts in this curse. The second place, the embassy,
up on the hill, is the place he's going to take
back Annie for the ritual. You mean the wedding?
The wedding will happen at the town center? Yes.
Have you ever been at a wedding before, young
man? No, we usually just get straight down to
the business, you know? What? I can't hear you.
Speak up, young man. We get down to the business.
There is no business here. We're quite happy.
There is no need for stores whatsoever. There
is no stores. Well, everything has been provided.
This is an absolute paradise. Great, great, great,
great, great, great, great, great, great. Okay,
so we're going to be walking around and surveying
our new paradise. Thank you, Gramps. Make sure
you take those chickens out and feed them well
for the day. Of course, Grandpa. We will definitely
feed the chickens to something. Don't worry.
You better. If you have not fed the chickens
by midday, as you're slowly walking away, I will
give you a right spanking. Okay, Grandpa. Okay,
which... So, he has informed you of the two buildings.
The larger building up on the hill is the old
embassy. Yes. And there's also the haunted...
the haunted manor that he had mentioned, which
is cursed and full of ghosts, according to him.
Okay. Ghosts aren't real. Ghosts are not real.
What are you talking about? He's just an old
guy who thinks we take care of chickens. Don't
worry about it. Oh, okay. So we're going to that
one. As you're moving along this town, you can
see that people are now beginning to prepare
for the celebration. Garlands of flowers are
being placed amongst the gas lamps along the
street. You can see people preparing food in
stalls and almost like a great banquet that is
a great table just along as you go past the town
square. You can see that they have decorated
the fountain here. and the fountain in itself
you can see this is uh in the fountain at the
center of the fountain is a statue and it is
a statue of uh jeremy who has uh have slain a
dragon slow slew a dragon uh in that same style
of uh saint george killed the last dragon so
jeremy is standing and Well, you assume it's
Jeremy because it has the same bowl cut, but
this statue looks nothing like him. It is a figure
of great physique and standing very tall and
almost an exaggeration of what he is. Cool. You
continue to make your way up the hill through
the town until eventually you reach that manor.
There is this... Along this manor, it is completely
fenced off. This old iron -wrought fence and
also a gate. And above the gate, it just says
Delacroix. And the manor itself, as you approach,
you understand why now the old man has said it
was cursed. The manor itself and... the the surrounding
area is engulfed in these large vine vine uh
thorny vines uh almost engulfed in it uh almost
locked away from the rest of the world so this
is the mansion you were talking about yep this
is it Do you have paper I could borrow real quick?
He pulls out a piece of paper, hands it to you,
and even hands you a pen. He takes the pen and
he's like, went inside manor, if we didn't make
it out, too dangerous. And then he puts R and
uh, gimbal. It is spelt with a G, right? Yes.
Okay. And G's the one with like the little squiggle
and then the line. Are you? And he looks, he
grabs the piece of paper. Do you know how to
spell? I know how to write, kind of. He crumples
it up. He grabs another piece of paper and then
he writes, he writes what you, he writes down
to whom it may concern. It only concerns two
people. He writes it so formally. If Raynor or
Gimble has not returned, know that we have died
within this matter. Sincerely, Gimble. And he
hands you the piece of note, and it's beautifully
written. Damn, Gimble's gotten sassy. Yeah. He's
just kind of like, I guess that looks right.
He just kind of puts it on the gate, and he's
like, all right, let's go in. So there's vines
blocking the thing, the door? So the gate itself
isn't, you push it and it just, it opens with
a heavy creak. You can see the vines now all
over this place. Black and purple thorny vines
seem to engulf the area of this manor. And as
you slowly walk up towards the manor itself,
the vines seem to come alive and almost engulf
the manor even further, almost like a protective
arm that seems to shield you away from it. Great.
The two most useful people are off in wedding
dressing, and I'm stuck here doing the hard work.
I'm taking a bigger cut. I'm taking a bigger
cut. They won't know. Speaking of wedding dresses,
Godar, you are arguing with grandma and bickering
at this point. Why would you choose that design?
That design hasn't been used in like 120 years.
Tradition. Oh, yes, tradition. Where is that
gotten to? This ritual, this wedding, that is
happening. And this, and he turns to you. Oh,
no one's going to want anyone into that. Would
you like the silk? Or would you like the... And
she pulls out this newer material. I think they
call it velour. Um... I... I will choose whatever
my compatriot thinks is best for me. I will be
making the decision. I think we shall use the
silk. Oh, I do not think you will be at all.
You are not my compatriot. Thank you very much.
You are not my compatriot. Bring out the silks!
No. No. Oh, yes. Yes, bring out the tablecloths.
Ugh. Now, what are you two doing? What is going
to happen here? What is happening? What are your
plans? What is... At the moment, while Gordar
is doing this, he is just... He's in full, like,
cult observation mode. He's worried that one
of them are going to pull out, like, a sacrificial
dagger or something and, like, try and stab her
or, like, that kind of thing. So he's just constantly
just a little bit jumpy whenever anyone new enters
the room. No cultish behavior. I mean, the closest
thing is just... That's not going to stop him
from staring. Yeah, no. But just a reverence
for... The closest cultish behavior that you
can observe is just a reverence that they have
for Jeremy. Eventually. So, um... This ritual,
the marriage of sorts, how does it go? How do
you guys do it out here? It's quite simple. They
present themselves to those who listen, and then
they exchange words of love, loyalty, and dedication,
primarily from the bride. And they are to be
intertwined. And then they are excused and brought
in a shack to which then it is consummated. Oh,
how romantic. No. She says very sarcastically.
No. She's too old to pick up on that. Yeah. Going
to look towards Annie with like the biggest eyebrow
raise. When is this going to take place again?
Fairly soon. We need to get this dress. And this
is the dress you're going to want to go with.
We haven't made the dress yet, you swine. Oh,
I understand that, but are you going to make
a dress in like a couple of hours? Watch me work
my magic as she cracks her bony knuckles. I don't
think you have a magic bone in you. We shall
see. Gordar. Gordar is going to subtly impose
himself in the dressmaking process and try and
hinder it as much as possible. Okay, great. Subtly,
just like, oh yes, and just slide one of these
sharp nails down a seam and stuff like that.
Make a contested dexterity. Just dexterity? Slide
of hand. Slide of hand? Alright. Oh boy, you
got a plus one. So you'll have to beat 17. That
is a unnatural 20, baby. Oh, very good. Okay.
So the making of the dress is taking a lot longer
than what it should be. Grandma yells at you.
You call yourself a professional, yet you have
no idea what you're doing. You call yourself
a professional? Look where you worked. And then
it's going to point towards where the seam is
not put together properly. You did that part.
She points out where you made an incision or
a break. Don't think I didn't notice what you
did over here. And then she's trying to mend
it as best as she can. And then now, like, all
the other aunties and grannies that are in heat,
not exactly putting their hand on making the
dress, but they are now beginning to make other
dresses, which they seem to be wearing for themselves.
White robes? No, not white robes. White at a
wedding? Oh, girl. Okay, so while this is all
happening, what else do you guys, the both of
you, want to do here? Rayna is just trying to
hinder it and then, oh, Rayna, sorry, Gordar.
I'm Rayna now? Gordar is just trying to just
hinder the process as well as, like, egg her
on and annoy her as much as possible. That's
working. I think Annie, like, she's so shocked
about the whole thing. She's just, like, going
to try and escape. Like at any chance she can
get. Go through the door, go out the back. Anytime
you've tried to make any sort of escape, there
is always going to be another granny or an auntie
there. So there is no out. Even with your lithe
proportions. uh they still insist also on you
wearing a corset no no absolutely not unnecessary
they've almost it's almost in this forceful gesture
where they're like holding like like arms up
and they're like just trying to get this corset
on you and everything okay no absolutely not
and she's gonna get the rifle out and she's gonna
aim it at all of the grandmas Take a step back.
They have no idea what you're pointing with.
So they're just kind of laughing. Oh, look at
that. That's quite lovely. They're all clapping
their hands. Don't mock me. I will shoot you.
Step away. No. It's traditional that you have
to wear this. Oh, yes, traditional. I had to
wear my one for Barry. And then, like, you can
see now that this corset that they're trying
to put on you has these embroidery on it of this
almost like scenery. And on the back where you
tie it, it is the joining of a man and a woman.
And so when it gets tied there together and around
it, it's just like this scene of happiness, of
flowers and birds. And across from some of the
areas. Uh, it has Jerememe's name on it. Like,
written, like, Jerememe coming down from this,
uh, the left side, and then also on the right
side. Absolutely not. And Annie's going to, like,
take the corset and rip it apart. Okay. Give
me, uh, I would say it would, uh, Dex first.
We'll see if you can take it off them. Okay.
Uh, you would have to beat a 15. Can I give the
help action? You're busy with the dress with
Grandma. Oh, okay. No worries. That's a two.
You did not clasp it out of their hands, so they're
still trying. In fact, now give me a strength
check. Oh, God. They're holding me back. They're
holding me down. No. Also a 15. 16. Okay, so
you managed to fight them off well enough. And
then you now begin to hear, like, they sort of
back away from you and they're, like, muttering
to themselves. Get off of me! Oh, my. Is this
the brute that Jeremy wants? I don't know about
this anymore. This may be some sort of omen.
And they're, like, whispering all these things.
First of all, I never agreed to marry Jeremim.
I hated him the moment I saw him. Okay? He was
rude. He was obnoxious. He was a pervert. Oh,
honey, that's how I felt when I first met my
Barry. And you're happy? Very much so. Oh my
god, no. And I'm still wearing the same corset
that I wore when we got married. That can't be
healthy. I'm out of here. I'm gone. And she's
gonna try and leave. Okay. And we will take a
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it. So, let's go back. Raynor. Hello. As you
just sigh and lament in your current predicament
of having the harder job. The vines, they are
hugging this building. They move as every time
you try to get closer, it's almost, it is this
thing, it is keeping you out. I see. Does it
feel alive? Like it can understand or like...
I mean, it's a plant, so yes, it's alive. He's
like, Gimble, what do you know about these kind
of vines? These are unusual. Certainly not to
this size. And... vines don't move like this
so regular vines thorny vines almost like and
you see him uh approach one of the bigger ones
he scratches on it he scratches on it and you
can see that the blackish purplish sort of color
it has scratches away and you can see almost
uh you can see the cogs turning in his brain
this is this is a rose oh okay that is great
to know but i don't Okay, it's a rose. What now?
What do we do? Except roses don't get this big,
and they don't move. And where is the flower
then, I'm assuming? He shrugs. Okay. Raynor kind
of takes out the key, and then... Yeah, Raynor
just takes out the key, and then he just kind
of points it, hoping that, like, the vines will
kind of move out of the way, now that he has
the key. You can see that as... You've presented
the key itself. And looking at the key, now that
it is in your hand, it does have the, it has
a print at the head of the key. It is a rose.
And you now begin to see the thorns begin to
react and are slowly parting ways. And as they
begin to part ways, You shouldn't be here. This
place is cursed. And Jeremim is just like standing
there next to you and he's wearing a t -shirt
with a tuxedo print on it. This is a bad place
to be. You shouldn't be even being here. You
are right. We need to get back to the party.
You make great points. I will get back to the
party. I just... That's right. You need to get
dressed, too, because you're going to be one
of my best - And where's the other, um, person
who's also going to be the best person? They
are with Annie. They're making sure that Annie
gets the best dress possible. You know, make
sure they look good for you. Then you better
come with me, because we need to get you a real
rizzing suit like mine. Do you have anything
with a Hawaiian print? You know, just - continuity.
But, just... I think one of the uncles have lots
of thirts like that. Just a quick question. Why
are you here when it's cursed? I heard the gate.
You heard the gate? From all the way up there?
In the embassy? I told you yesterday, I can't
go in the embassy. The old embassy. I'm not allowed
in there until I get married. Oh, so, just a
quick question. Is your name Della... Dela...
Gimble, what does it say up there? Delacroix?
Is your last name Delacroix? Is that, like, some
family you're part of? No. That's just some weird
haunted place that that was here. Oh. And how'd
you get past the vines? He's like, Raynor is
kind of hiding the key right now. I heard the
gate because I was staying right there. And he
points just at a building just across. I see,
you're in that building. Okay, but do you want
to leave first and I'll follow you? It's just,
you know, I think Annie is having second thoughts.
So I think it's better if I take you with me
right now to make sure that we get you suited
up up straight and center and to make sure that
everything goes as planned. I can't think of
a reason why I shouldn't. Let's go. Gimble, come
on, let's go. But aren't we supposed to open
this place up like you said? God damn it. I mean,
yes, we are. But see that, like, he wants us
to get suited up. What do you mean open up this
place? I told you this place is haunted and it's
cursed. It's cursed? With what kind of curse?
I didn't remember that. He's like standing like,
oh. Like a staunch. As he said, he's staunching
up. Yeah, he's staunching up to you. Wadim, I
told you, it's cursed. Do you see any other building
here that is affected by these horrible vines?
I don't think so. I mean, the vines are kind
of just the big rose, aren't they? That's what
Gimbal says. If it's a rose, then where's the
flower? All I see are thorns. You know what?
You make a great point. I don't see a flower,
too. But what if this entire mountain is a flower?
What if the flower's inside our hearts? What
are you even talking about? Look, I'm getting
married to your very hot, sexy friend. Mm -hmm.
Which she's having issues with down there, yeah?
I think you're starting to lie to me. Lie to
you. You know, I honestly don't think I can be
your best man when you're doubting me like this.
Guards! Guards! Just so you know, he rolled a
twin. Of course he did. Guards! Goddammit, Jeremy.
And then you see the very same two guards that
was out in the front before approach. Would you
both kindly take the best man to make sure that
he's getting properly suited up? He will not
get what he requested in something in a fine
Hawaiian, but he'll get something along the lines
of such as this. And both the guards now sort
of have their hand on you. Hey, hey, I can walk.
I can walk. I can walk. It's fine. Don't come
back to this place. It is cursed. You should.
It is cursed. Okay. But we're supposed to open
it up. Shut the hell up, Kimball. No one is opening
this place up. And he turns to the... As you're
being taken away, the other guard... Jeremy turns
to the other guard. Make sure you have men posted
at the gate and have it locked. I don't want
anyone coming through here anymore. This place
is very dangerous. There could be a dragon in
there. You're all sort of marched away. Goddard,
Annie. Okay. With the alterations and changes
that Goddard has made to the dress, the dress
isn't that great. I mean, it's pretty in some
eyes, I suppose. There's no such thing as an
ugly dress. That's my personal opinion. Is it
very much like one of those ones that you see
from the 20s and wonder where it's like a full
length? Yeah, so with a puffy shoulder. Very
constricted. Yeah, puffy shoulder. Very conservative.
Very restrictive as well. Covering every single
part. No. Not shame. It is not pretty to look
at this dress that you are now wearing, Annie.
And it has, what do you call it? You also have
a garland of flowers around your neck. I hate
this. I hate this so much. I can't. I can't do
this. No. And she's going to like rip off the
flowers off of her neck. And she's going to like,
she doesn't care if she rips the dress. She's
going to like stride and angrily walk out of
the place that she's currently in. Grandma grabs
you with incredible strength. She pulls you closer.
Get off of me. And with that, where is it? Giant
ancestry storm. It's a reaction to an attack.
She feels attacked right now. I feel personally
attacked right now? Get off of me! Okay. So.
Go ahead. Could you explain to me this ancestry
feat once more? So. just reading off of it, you
are descended from giants, granting you a supernatural
boon. You can use this boon a number of times
equal to your proficiency bonus. When you take
damage from a creature within 60 feet of you,
you can take a reaction to deal 1d8 thunder damage
to that creature. This is not physical damage,
this is emotional damage, but we're still going
to count it. Okay, just go ahead and roll me
that 1d8 of thunder damage. Yep. eh not gonna
kill her just a one so this do you feel the grip
on her on your arm loosen and as grandma screams
uh in pain uh she falls to the ground almost
writhing and immediately all the other grannies
and um grannies and aunties are now converging
around her and they're just surrounding her almost
like shielding her from you. Both of you quickly
give me a perception check. That's a 17 for Gorda.
That's an unnatural 20 from Annie. Dirty 20.
So the both of you when grandma fell it's almost
as if she shriveled. And shrunk. And her form.
Almost seemed to have changed. In that brief
moment. Before she was surrounded. By all the
other aunties. And grandmas. And they all. In
that moment. When they've all huddled. Over her
now. They all turn to you Annie. And. They're
like. It's okay. We understand you're stressed.
We understand your apprehension. Yes, don't you
worry. It'll be okay. It'll be fine. And it's
as if what you thought where everything would
turn for the worse. It's almost as if like these
women are trying to come from a place of understanding.
You'll be fine. It's okay. And then you hear
Granny, head honcho Granny, groan for a brief
moment, and you see her slowly getting back up.
Because of those great rolls that the both of
you saw, those two great rolls that you made,
you can see as Granny is getting up, Her arms
are tiny, which then come back out like really
quickly as she's like getting up. And you see
all these other little tiny arms running across
her body, which seem to just come back inside
her. Oh, hell no. I understand that you're scared.
But you have been chosen. And the ritual needs
to start soon. I refuse. There is no refusing
this as Granny slowly walks outside. What? Hey,
where are you going? The daylight will be leaving
soon. And we need to have this wedding. It is
for Master Jeremim. And then it has that... Again,
everyone here sort of speaks in those hushed
tones and the devotion and those hushed sort
of reverence that they have for Jeremy. The wedding.
It'll be beautiful. This and that. I don't like
this. Neither do I. I'm talking, obviously, stage
whisper. We'll get you out of here, okay? Don't
just... We might need to just go with it so we
can find an opening. You expect me to marry that
thing? No, I don't expect you to marry it. I'm
expecting you to go along so they don't keep
staring at us non -stop so we can get the fuck
out of here. I... If you keep throwing things
at them, they're just going to chain you down.
And we're never getting you out of here. Fine.
Fine, I will... Play along. And with that, she's
going to walk away from Gordar and walk towards
the granny who's now outside that she did injure.
As you're walking, like a lot of the aunties
and grannies are putting garlands of flowers
over you once more. Granny. She's like wearily
and weakly. Yes, my dear. I am sorry that I hurt
you. That is quite all right. Like I said, I
understand. Okay, great. We all must do these
things for the people we love. And I know that
you love Jeremy. And she's going to look over
at Godard from the outside. And her face is just
that of, like, worry and, like, do I really have
to do this? All the snakes as well. Yep. I sure
do love him very much. Raynor, you are standing
on a stage next to Gimble. Both of you are now
wearing actual tuxedos. You have been forced
to wear tuxedos while Jeremy stands there with
a tuxedo shirt and is quite comfy. Yours is like
two sizes too small. It is very uncomfortable.
Gimbal's one is clearly oversized and he too
is having trouble, but not in the same sense
as you are. you can see that the whole town has
gathered for this event uh people uh now uh there
have been seating that has been set up uh in
front of this stage and people are taking their
seats and not too far off you can see i'm sorry
so uh You are standing there with Gimbel and
also I did mention Jeremy was there. What was
I thinking? Yes, Jeremy is also there with his
shirt and he's waiting and there is a the same
grandpa from earlier who was who gave you information
about the two manners and goes I saw that you
fed the chickens. I tried but I got kicked out.
That's not what I want to hear. You should have
fed those chickens, young man. The chickens are
right there. And you can see like... Talk to
Lord Jeremy. I wasn't allowed. Do you have something
against him? He straightens up and he is part
of the ceremony. He's wearing white robes. Yes.
Actual white robe. And he has also has a garland
of flowers around his neck as well. And you now
see a gaggle of grannies coming through. And
now beginning to take their seat. And as they're
slowly taking your seat. The organ begins to
play. Just off here at the town center. And you
now see Annie and Godard approaching. Godard,
Annie. You see the place. This town center has
been changed. It is a celebration to be had.
Flowers everywhere. You can see all the town,
majority of the town. Well, the entire town is
here. All of them in white. You can see some
of the grannies and aunties that are with you.
Not in white, I mean, but very drab coloring
and they begin to take their seat. The head honcho
grandma is holding you by the arm, Annie. And
she's like, don't worry, dear. You have this.
You got this. You, young lady. She points at
you, Goddard. You may take your seat amongst
the others. I shall walk her down the aisle as
the organ is playing. I am the bridesmaid. I
ain't going nowhere. A what? If he's allowed
to have groomsmen and best men, why can't there
be a bridesmaid? There's no such thing as a bridesmaid.
Well, you need... There is for my wedding. You
need to catch up with the times. God, I was going
to walk up and... stand where a bridesmaid would
be. When you said, Annie, when you said, oh,
this is my wedding, and she goes, oh, Pash, don't
be silly. This is the family's wedding. Every
Reddit nightmare. So, you are now slowly being
ushered up onto the stage, Annie, by this little
old lady. And you can see your companions standing
in their positions. And you can see Jeremy in
a staunch pose. And you can see an older gentleman
in this lavish white robe and with garlands of
flowers, much like the ones you are wearing now.
And as the granny sends you up the stage, gives
you a quick slap on the butt. As she takes her
seat. She takes her seat. Oh, God. Okay, I guess
this is happening. What did I do to deserve this?
What did I do to deserve this? No, this is what
I wanted. What did I do to deserve this? I've
got this. He's having trouble. Oh, no. The more
heavier that Jeremim is, like, breathing like
that, and he's just going to take, like, a step
back every time. We are all here today for the
joining of our great and lord Jeremim and this
young lady. What's your name? Oh, um, and, um,
and... Anastasia. We are here gathered for the
joining of Jeremim and Anastasia. We say this
before the eyes of the golden gods that bless
us, both of you. And you hear oohs and ahhs from
the crowd. And you see Gimbal with her tissues
crying. I just cry on weddings. Gimbal, what
the? Okay. Is this your first wedding? No, I've
been to plenty and it's making me cry, okay?
Join and hand to hand. And Jeremy kind of loosens
up and he reaches out his hands towards you.
Oh no, my arm. It's broken. Allow me to get that
for you, my dear. One arm it is. Now I've got
both your hands. No, please don't. Why are your
hands so wet? I'm a little nervous, my love.
This is my seventh wedding. Caressing your fingers
and it's like clammy and like sweaty. Please
don't caress my fingers like that. No. Did you
guys hear that right? No, that's... Now that
you are joined at the hands, Anastasia, devote
yourself to Lord Jeremim and tell him, us, and
the golden gods on how much you devote yourself
to him. Do I really have to do this? Yes, you
gotta say your vows, my darling. I didn't prepare
any vows. Just tell him that, just, just... Let
it come from the heart as he squeezes your hands
just ever so slightly. I really wish you would
stop doing that. Gordar is like slightly leaning
around looking towards Raynor, just like mouthing,
what do we, what do we do? Raynor is as nervous
as he's just like, all right, I guess. Do we
do something? Do we do something now? What, how
close is Gordar? How close is Raynor to? this,
like, happening? Is he, like, side -by -side?
Is he a little bit off to the distance? I wouldn't
say side -by -side. So they're at least five
feet away from you at this point. So there's
a definite gap between you and the three of you.
And then, like, this five -feet gap, and then
it is Jeremy and Annie. So about range is 15
feet, you would say? Yeah. Rainer is going to
do something very stupid. but there is nothing
else he can do in this moment as he starts going
he's coughing as black smoke kind of comes out
of his mouth and he casts darkness as you begin
to cough the uh this smoky uh smoke smoky smoke
Of inky blackness. Begins to pour out of your
mouth. And it begins to. Engulf the area. That
you're in. And how big is. This entire 15 feet.
So they're well within it. And you create. This
sphere now begins to form. And. As this is happening.
Germing squeezes your arms Your hands even tighter
You have to say it, my love You have to say it
Do I have to? Be, and as the darkness Engulfs
you Three, four, five of you No, six of you are
now in this This ball of darkness. There is now,
you can now hear the crowd beyond of some anger,
some confusion. And then you hear the old priest,
the old man, as he screams and that's where we're
going to end it. The wedding is the centric.
I actually did have vows prepared. I'm not going
to lie. So she did want to marry Jeremy. No,
no, no, no, no, no. I had a completely different
twist, but since it's not happening, I will not
say anything. I was almost not going to do darkness.
I was going to let it play out. And then I was
like, oh, this could go very badly. Yeah, I was
like. If she says anything, this could go horribly
wrong. I'm like, shit, I don't know. There's
nothing I can do. Unless I just want to start
launching fucking fire. I'm like, oh, fuck. It's
also his best. Well, thank you for running. Thanks
for playing, guys. thank you and thank you for
the listeners for listening and i hope you enjoyed
that uh you'll just have to wait for another
two weeks for the following episode to see how
this wedding pans out we don't know what's happening
we're not recording straight after this we have
to wait as well so before we all give our goodbyes
just one more time avia just let's do that plug
again if you could just finally give it your
little um no not little i shouldn't have said
little your equally just as good dnd game that
you do run uh through twitch uh a live play rather
than a pre -recorded session such as this uh
and where can they uh what was the handles once
just as importantly make sure you write a comment
on this one so that people can actually watch
it and we can finally reveal what happened to
annie will they get married we'll find out all
right say goodbye everyone Bye. Bye. Good night,
Mrs. Akhmanek, wherever you are. Who? Hi. Please,
stop. Don't go anywhere. Not because I need your
love, but because we have Table Talk coming up
right now. What's Table Talk? Well, Table Talk
is where we talk about the episode we just played,
things we enjoyed, and just talking about, unfortunately,
the cringy man that is Jerememe. But we also
plot to kill him, so stick around. You can see
us as personalities talking about the game that
we love. See you there. What a session, guys.
What a session. Oh my goodness. I can finally
relax. You're getting married. Congrats. Not
yet. Not yet. Theories. Theories. I have many
different little theories, but... Okay, before
I want to hear your theories... What I do want
to hear first is highlights. Well, I prefer a
yellow. I've seen people use pink and green,
but those don't work well with my eyes, so a
yellow just works. Oh, that's exactly what I
wanted for highlights. Oh, you mean what we just
played? Yes! Let's start from the top. Take it
from the top. None of it. go on eddie oh god
i okay to be honest my personal favorite was
the wedding itself i i did like actually getting
to that point um and i also loved reina and him
casting just darkness that one i did not expect
that was really good um yeah that's my uh highlight
i guess the other one would just be how jeremy
just spawned with reina just in front of like
the delacroix like fencing or the gate that what
the he can teleport that's crazy well no in my
mind both rainer and uh gimbal was facing the
manor so he was just like he just almost i don't
even think he crept up he's just like do you
guys know that this place is cursed why what
are you doing here it's kind of like kind of
behind him yeah what are you doing here so he
didn't teleport Good God. Oh, geez. So those
are your highlights. Yes. The wedding was great
just because I was just on edge. I'm like, I
don't want to impose myself and just start attacking
because there could be another way around this,
but also... if we let this go on this sounds
very much like a ritual of some kind like we
could literally be just yep yep yep yep and now
she's possessed or now she's dead or like now
she's like assimilated and you're like ah shit
i should have done something and i'm like sitting
there just like i don't know what to do i don't
know like i was like maybe i could like like
you know in some kind of confusion or something
like i could use something to like And I was
like, shit, alter self. It's in the name. Self.
I can't do any, I can't change her. Disguise
self. Self. Can't change. I'm like, God. And
I'm like, I don't know what to do. And then I'm
looking through all like my mind altering spells,
but it's just to make them friendly. It's not
going to change their, like say like, you know,
to do something else. And I'm like, oh. They're
already friendly. Yeah. And then also like grandma
turning into like a centipede of hands. Yeah.
That's scary. I was like. oh you fuck i knew
she i knew she was like obviously it's this town's
fucked yeah we we knew this but like it's just
doubling down on like god i was just like this
is this is a cult like some dark god creature
thing or whatever and yep cool cool we're gonna
get eaten we're gonna be assimilated very cool
Rainer, what would be a highlight for you? I
have a couple. Yeah. For me, one of the bigger
moments was Annie in the beginning, kind of like
getting ushered by the grandmas towards this
inn. I thought it was kind of funny because Rainer
totally sold her out there. Yeah. It was very
funny. Very funny. Rude. Absolutely uncalled
for. Straight under the bus, just like as it's
going past, just push. Yeah. I like the thumbs
up. Thumbs up. You got this. That part was good.
That was really funny. And then there's Gorda
arguing with them about the wedding dresses.
I was like, that was just like peak Gorda. I
was like, this is gold. And I think the last
one was Gimbal just like ruining. Rainer thinks
like, oh yeah, we were supposed to go in. I'm
like, this rat. I had to be stuck with it. Oh
my goodness. What was your highlight? For me,
I really liked when the granny's arms thing,
how it was small. I described it small and just
slowly. comes out and then these multiple other
smaller hands that just sort of pull back in
inside her thought was really really cool uh
just that it just it just reminds me it gives
me like very much like the thing vibes yeah you
know my love for body horror stuff like you know
like you know it's broken it walks around a corner
re -heals itself, like, goes back to its normal
form and then kind of, like, comes back around
and is like, no, there's nothing wrong with me.
Yeah, exactly. I swear I saw something wrong.
What? It's like, no, nothing wrong. No, no, not
at all. I also very much like, um, Raynor, like,
with the, the whole, uh, manor thing, uh, opening
it up with the, uh, the key, like, knowing just
as the, I, I love that. I also loved when Jeremy
was just like, this place is cursed. I shouldn't
be here. Wearing a tuxedo t -shirt. The t -shirt
is the worst part. Of course he is. So bad. Of
course he fucking is. Oh man. I wish I had fireball
right now. This whole place would be going up
in fucking... I wish I had a wall of fire. Straight
down the center. I had a whole thing planned
in my head of how this situation would resolve
if you didn't pause what you did. I was like,
this could work so well. I think I can make this
work. It needs coordination. We didn't coordinate.
We didn't coordinate. I didn't want to interrupt
because you were just like, oh, and, you know...
us two were arriving at the wedding area i was
like shit okay i was like okay we're not gonna
backtrack we're just gonna keep going with this
and just go with the flow i was like i could
have tried to like oh well actually do we have
a discussion about this and plan this i'm like
no it's more fun if we just go with it yeah like
rather than i'm actually i'm gonna make a plan
for everything it's like ah it's not so fun let's
just see what happens in the moment and hope
we don't get fucked over oh yeah i i think it's
more entertaining that way and because of the
situation you're in Like, the only real moment
you guys had to plan for anything was the night
when you guys were alone. Yeah, and we're too
busy worried about, like, the house eating us.
Yeah. Or, like, something happening. So that
wasn't the forefront of our mind. Yeah. I was...
The vows is something I was kind of looking forward
to. Yeah, I did have a whole thing in my head.
Jeremy would have said something, some... some
crummy thing like... You will be the player two
to my player one. Oh my god. But... the reveal
that he had seven wives before? Jeez. Yeah! Uh
-huh. I'm not gonna lie, I didn't hear that part.
Yeah. Oh, I did. Oh, okay. I was wondering if
any of you noticed... I didn't want to interrupt.
I wasn't part of the scene. But then I know the
both, but then when both of you, when Rainer
and Gordar mentioned it, they're like, okay,
good. They heard it. Like, I'm glad that, you
know, it was picked up. I had a feeling Bella
wasn't going to pick up on it. And I did not.
I think that was the real kick in the ass of
just like, we need to do something now. We need
to like, so we're like searching through our
list of like things that we can do, which is
like, we, okay. If he's had seven wives before
and he says this at the altar, shit's really
about to fucking go down. Yeah. This isn't going
to be like a fake out of, haha, you're married
now. And then you just exit like a normal married
couple. It's like, wait, what? What did he say?
He said, this is my seventh wedding. Yeah. Yeah.
God. And you're like, wait a minute, what? Everyone's
made it out as if you are the first one. Yeah.
And then he just mentions that. You're like,
oh. Yeah, this is not good. This is not good.
We're definitely in some cult area. Culty, culty
shit. Culty, culty shit. We also probably need
a shout out. Bella is dressed for the occasion.
No, I'm not. She's in my pajamas. She's currently
in all white right now. These are my pajamas.
And on her chair is a white. I don't know what
that is. It's a blanket. It's a white blanket.
So it looks like she has a veil. No, no, no,
no. She has cosplayed for the occasion. I will
say. She's ready. I will say. She also pulled
up flowers. I have my Lego flowers. She has Lego
flowers as well. I'm a method actor. What can
I say? god no like as soon because we had a break
in the middle of recording right so as soon as
rob pointed out that i was dressed in all white
it finally actually came to me like oh shit i
manifested this no absolutely not and then i
started like like going in my head i'm like fuck
no no no absolutely not oh far out no all right
so there are a few things that i do want to mention
why is my few things to mention but i would like
to actually hear some theories okay my first
theory instantly knowing that there were multiple
hands coming out of the grandma it's like whenever
the marriage doesn't work or whatever the ritual
is when it doesn't work the body of the bride
just it's in like it merges with the grandma
okay interesting my other theory right is that
jeremy doesn't age but the grandma was his first
bride interesting okay that's an interesting
theory i'm thinking it's some kind of i think
jeremy was probably like the first person and
then they just assimilate and kind of like assimilate
all the wives and whatnot and then kind of like
expunge them as a person it's like a hive mind
kind of thing and it's like you know getting
more and more people as much as possible as to
why everyone worships him because they are like
mentally like assimilated and persuaded okay
i do like what before we go into the next area
i just want to mention I found it absolutely
hilarious when Raynor asked... I think it was
Raynor that asked one of the guards, did you
actually ever see any of these creatures? That
was Gordak. Oh, it was Gordak. It was so funny
to me, because it's like, no, he told us. Yeah.
We believe him. That was instantly, like, the
biggest red flag. They're just like, no, no,
no, we believe him. He told us that. Yeah. Oh,
you just unequivocally believe this, dude. All
right, yeah, we're fucked. What's your theory,
Abia? I think that this place doesn't exist where
it is now. I think it existed a long time ago,
and Jeremim is some byproduct of some creature
keeping it going. So he, like... takes in new
brides and then uses them to continue the blood
rain so maybe there's like a cellar of just women
somewhere that are hooked up to this device that
just rains blood oh damn very close to a blue
bead situation kind of okay okay so What's your
theory, Larry? My theory is that Jeremy is just
a guy and he just wants to get married. Lies.
Lies. Slander. He's just absolutely in love with
Annie. The feeling's not mutual. He is literally
the worst. The line that no is just another word
for yes. Oh, God. I felt so gross saying that.
Does anyone have a nuke spell? I'm sure Annie
could do something. Annie, yes, can you build
a nuclear bomb, please? Yep, in about six levels.
We're already surrounded by radiation. You should
be able to work something out. We can help. My
intention for Jeremy was to just create the most...
awful person disgusting you've done it it doesn't
mean our hate towards gimbal is not there oh
no no that wasn't like i think it's just the
creation of jeremy was just originally it was
just supposed to be a guy who just parrot memes
it's the worst soy jack ever this dude yeah hence
the name of you know jeremy um And, like, even
in this episode, he did open up with the Jets
2 holiday meme. Yeah. And seeing all your faces
just give that, oh. Yeah. Awful. And as, like,
from last recording to today, like. Obviously,
he's continuously developed in my mind. And he
just progressively got worse and worse. And I'm
just like, he's a piece of shit. He's an absolute
piece of shit. And I even did the whole, oh,
brother, this guy stinks. That whole thing was
running in my head any time he spoke. But I think
I did succeed in creating. A monster. Yeah. I'm
sorry, but I'm not a toy boy Petercock. An actual
barf. A fucking two -wolf shirt. That, to me,
was like peak comedy right there. That was so
bad. I'm going to need to go for a walk after
this. See the sunshine and just refresh. Drink
some motherfucking water, touch some grass, like,
oh god. And I can't seem to get away from a lot
of body horror stuff. Like, I already know, like,
obviously I already know what these people are,
right? No spoilers. But never did I thought that
I would cross it with doing body horror things
because it never occurred to me that they would
get hurt at any point right like in the way well
at least this soon and so i was like okay that's
why i asked for that perception check and i wanted
to say oh it'll be in my head it's like really
cool this would be really cool if like guys rolled
so well and so like in my mind yes Yes. For those
who obviously can't see, I'm just miming hands
coming out of my body as like the grandma was
doing. Yeah, I enjoyed this session very, very
much. I like where I'm never going to get tired
of saying this, but I love the dynamic that this
party has. the it's for me it's not a regular
party of adventurers and it's always going to
be just these three people who are forced into
this situation who have no real ties to one another
and while i wouldn't i wouldn't say that this
is an evil campaign i there is certainly it's
that very gray morally gray area on how they
are very much like the intention that i had like
this the setup that i had that you guys are going
to be this suicide squad style sort of thing
and i'm very happy in the way you guys portray
your characters and the way that you you have
your exchanges and your banter i think it's just
all awesome and i'm very happy about it so that's
two thumbs up from me It's only going to get
worse from here, bud. Yeah. We'll see about that.
That's what I think is pretty funny. We knew
we were going to be going out into the expanse
before we made our characters, but we've all
made characters who would live in the city and
not go exploring. We've made characters who are
social, who are different parts of society and
whatnot, but also rely on... the city for a lot
of their stuff like annie getting technology
and connections and all that kind of stuff reyna
with all his connections and his people smooching
and you know scamming and getting money off people
got out with his high society and all of his
abilities and magic is pretty much based on manipulating
people yeah and then we just out into the wilderness
where none of that is there for us anymore and
it's just like oh shit which i also think is
very is uh very interesting too because the the
way that these characters are like they've they've
spent their whole lives in a city in the walls
yeah uh where um with the exception of annie
well within a prison but still in a somewhat
civilized um setting whereas now you're out in
the wilds which is something that none of your
characters have really experienced and it's just
the way you guys handle it and like address this
whole ordeal is just so well done and the taming
the taming of the gimbal is uh by far still very
very funny and fun for me uh where it's almost
like it is the the three of you have uh the three
of them have essentially become These glorified
babysitters. And it's fun to watch you guys trying
to come up with ways to keep him safe. Not because
you want to, but just because you don't want
to die. Yes. Uh -huh. Yeah. I think the funniest
thing was when he was starting to give it back
to Raina by scrunching up that note. And I was
like, that little... I don't know how to write
this, but I will let you go through it. Yeah.
Writes a nice little note. I imagine Jeremy actually
saw that note too. Yeah, probably. What is it
that they're doing here? They shouldn't be here.
This is all wrong. The wedding is today. I think
we can leave it there for now. I think so. Well,
thank you all for joining us for Table Talk,
everyone. Bye, everyone. Bye. Good night, Mrs.
Sophomonic. What?