Episode 75: Mysteries Unveiled: Adventures in the Town of Intrigue

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That's our audio clip right there . I'm going to forever be a boomer , that's it .

You , was it me ? Oh , that's not in history , I don't know .

I was muted .

I've slept since then . Yep , all all right . Welcome to a dnd story . I am brennan , the irish wookiee and with me today is bill .

Hello , this is bill . I play glenn , the half-elf rogue swashbuckler and justin hello , I'm justin hi Brandon .

Hello Justin , I play more sometimes , but I think this time I'm playing Sam the half-orc barbarian .

And Brandon Hi .

Brandon , I'm Brandon . No wait , I'm confused . Anyway , I am Nines the high elf monk .

And Maddie . Hi elf , monk and Maddie .

Hi everybody , I am Maddie . I play Montoya Inigo , the Arctic Tabaxi ranger of the hunter breed .

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At Abyssal Brews A-B-Y-S-S-A-L-B-R-E-W-S .

It was actually the javelin of Misty Step .

Nice .

I wanted to share some information . We have a new city that took over for our most downloaded city , I love that for us . I also love that for us because that means people are listening . I want to go visit . Where is it ?

Is it Total Downloads ?

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Yeah , that place . Yeah , I also love that yeah , yeah , I actually .

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Yeah , yeah , kind of you got it right when you say requirement like how negotiable are we on this responsiveness ?

aspect . I think one of the one of the problems with me being the , the social media guy right now is because , uh , I don't have the time to be as responsive as I'd like to be , so I also had Get a job , you bum . I also have an awesome idea Thanks to Brandon here . I think we should all just get really drunk one night and play D&D Like slosh .

I'm halfway there .

Let's get Andrew to do it for us .

I mean , we usually don't get much done anyway .

That's true .

Sexy ass .

Wednesday or Thursday night . Gotta work the next day Just hammer drunk , making inappropriate comments , everything else , You're just describing our normal podcast .

Oh wait , yeah , Alright . So does anybody have any questions before we begin ? Otherwise , let's roll for some recap . What's your question ?

Justin , yeah , it's for the listeners . Why don't you talk to us more ? We love you . Talk to us . I would rather have a message from you than a like To me . I don't speak for everyone , but you know , send us some love .

And where would you like for them to talk to you , because I don't know how to do that .

It is posted on all of our social media accounts .

Is that the best place ?

Yeah , absolutely , we're on there every night .

I'm there right now actually .

I'm right there too . Hey , you want to hang out on Discord later ?

I don't . I'm going to have to sleep this off eventually .

All right , I want to be able to control when the poison comes out . Everybody but Brandon roll for recap .

Oh , I even have my spreadsheet up , not my spreadsheet . That's the wrong thing . This is a character sheet Way better .

Man , if I'm doing recap tonight , it's going to be a bad night , bad night 19 . I want to roll anyway . I just want to see , damn .

It definitely would have been me again .

I rolled a fucking two .

Yeah , it looks like you got recaps tonight .

Yep , I got a seven .

I would have saved you .

Sorry , I tried so referencing my notes .

I actually took pretty good notes last time I got your back .

Okay , so Nines did the recap , or tried to do the recap , I don't know why I wrote it that way .

Yeah , I had problems .

And so Glenn worked on his forging abilities , monty makes some vials of acid . What did we actually do oh , we went to . So Monty and Mors were . Oh , that's what happened . So Monty and Mors were in one room , gladiator Nines were in the other room , and overnight Mors turned into Sam .

Okay , oh , interesting . I do like hearing that perspective , Glenn .

Gafferly went down to make breakfast , nines received a present from a yeah , dude , it was long and thick . From the princess Thornwell , Not princess the counselor , whatever .

Counselor Thornwell , Secret admirer and as a tip .

Nines gave a yelling prayer to the gnome , who was not happy with that as their tip .

You mean the male gnome ?

Yeah , the gnome carrier . Yes , your tip was a shouted prayer and Nines met Sam . The box filled very strongly of flowers and it had a oh because perfume javelin of misty step , and that was Brandon . Got that from a website , abyssal bruise yes and Glenn made an elaborate breakfast for everybody and he made a dish for sam , whose favorite food is radishes .

I apologize yeah , sam actually but , yeah , yeah , for for nines , oh we interacted with Sam .

Okay , interacted with Sam . I don't know what that means , but wow . Then we went to the asylum . Bray was the gatekeeper or not the gatekeeper , the concierge , I don't know . Whatever the person standing at a podium at the front , he's also a patient . Receptionist ? Sure , he's also a patient . Dr Trantor is the doctor . We talked to her for a while .

Can I interject ?

Hey , no , this is Glenn doing the recap .

It's true . Bill does the recap , as Glenn Was Bray a patient .

I do like him .

I knew he was slow we asked , we asked oh , I missed it .

Go ahead , Bill . I'll describe it afterwards . We asked ? We asked oh , I missed it . Go ahead , Bill . I'll describe it afterwards .

We walked through the cells , went to the isolation room . Sam failed . I wrote that down . We won't talk about that Names and images . So Sam told us what she saw .

I think we all probably shared .

Yeah , there's names and images of six cities . Artifacts to beat them .

Yes , and I have that . Crystals make an army .

Wow , that's a very abbreviated note-taking . And then we got to the cell and then there was drawings all over it . One of the drawings had an aboleth with holding a chain that is attached to a many-tentacled monster , and Glenn considered okay . And then we talked about it and I think somebody knew about the aboleth . Was it Glenn ?

It was Nines right , oh , nines , it was me .

They told us about the Aboleth and that they're my notes are done . There's no more notes . This is me going from memory now . So we found out about the Aboleth . They're a chaotic creature . They typically keep monsters as pets or servants , and we finished up in there .

Um , yeah , so justin to go into a little bit , trantor , uh , I think it was glenn that asked , but uh , trantor described that she's only got three employees including herself , so she's had to start utilizing some of the patients with more controllable issues to manage the building .

Oh , yeah , and I forgot this . The Trantor refused to let us view What's-his-name's-room . Hold on .

Because it was occupied by somebody else . Garmy .

Yep oh yeah , it was basically , that was a dead end .

All the evidence would have been obscured . There was yeah , it was the gentle way of saying there's nothing there , it's dead .

Yeah , it was . It wasn't that we got . We got railroaded more or less , which I was definitely fine with .

I was not . There was a bunch of signs saying don't go this way .

Yeah , no , that's what I wanted in my life .

And I think that's it . That's all I got .

That is . Yeah , that's a good recap , bill . You get some inspiration .

Thanks , I will not use it , hey we may get into combat .

Today I used mine . Damn you did use yours actually .

I feel like I should get inspiration for that . I'm just saying .

My one important addition is that I did write down notes to what we're going to try to do on this session , and that is .

Go for it , guard jute , oh okay , yeah constable jute constable jute , guard jute maybe you call them guard , but the . That was actually one of the original objectives .

Did you say fey-forged artifacts ?

That's exactly what I said .

Just making sure I heard you . Yeah , that's .

That's how I heard it and that's how I wrote it down . I don't know if it was right , though .

I don't remember if it was actually right . Oh yeah yeah , I sent it to you in your chat .

Yeah .

So do we know what the artifacts are ? I have in my notes I've got a bunch of locations .

Yeah , the six locations . And then had we been put on the artifacts already ? Why ?

do ? I think there are three of them . Maybe each artifact is from one of the locations . Maybe All you've been given is Starfallen , so the names of the cities if you want them .

Orgrimmar , deadpelt , shadows , mengeron , starfallen , misthaven and Glimmergrove .

We've already been to Mengeron . Well , Monty had .

We've also been to one of the other ones right .

We are going to Deadpelt Shadows , Mangeron ? Isn't that the we ?

passed through Orgobar . It was on the map Orgobrar .

We've almost been there , but we have not .

You've almost been there like six times .

A little bit slower here . I'll just copy it into a chat . There's no need for me to keep this a secret video anymore . I believe that's fair right , brando ? Yeah , yeah , absolutely .

Yeah , we shared .

Yeah , the only city you guys have been to is Mangaron .

Is Mangaron the dwarf town or is it the Dark Elves ?

town ? No , it's dwarves .

Dwarves , dwarves , okay .

Orgrimmar , deadpelt , shadows , mangaron , starfallen , misthaven and Glimmergrove , and the payforged artifacts will be strong enough to overcome the crystal swarm if found .

I was thinking Misthaven , but it was . What was the town that we went to , we hung out in and did the side quests for everybody ?

In the with the syruplings .

Was it Tangent Town ? No , off Topicville , where Mors' boyfriend is Weed .

Hollow .

It's funny . Yes where Mors' boyfriend is .

I'm very confused as to why what you just posted in chat is identical misspellings included to what my notes say . Did you share this previously , or something ?

Yeah , it was copied . You got this from Brandon in your Discord chat .

Oh , did I just misspell something .

Artifacts only has one I Artificates . Artificates B capital T .

Capital F the Faeforged .

Artificates hey you guys aren't the only ones to drink .

Look , man spelling goes out the window . I missed an entire critical episode and I even took notes on it . I know when you were missing that episode I was like damn , you've missed a lot of good , a lot of things came out really good notes yeah , I don't know if you guys read those .

While I was sharing my screen , like I , we got to get a collective note-taking thing going . I think that might be the way I just got to figure out the way I'm .

I'm sure there are ways obsidian is I .

I can talk to you about note-taking software I did . I crapped on a research on note-taking stuff , so okay , bill's got the lead on this .

All right , I gotta talk about it now .

Let's continue with the episode okay , yeah , you there's stuff . Okay , Bill's got the lead on this . I gotta talk about it now .

Let's continue with the episode .

There's a lot of restraint on my part to stop .

I appreciate it . Well done , Bill Alright , so you've all just been let out of the asylum .

I don't think .

I would have been let out .

Yeah right , Unexpected turn , trantor has led you out to the front of the asylum and you are on your way to go see Constable Jute . So currently you are on the front and Trantor has pointed you towards the district garrison . So is there anything you guys want to do beforehand , or do you guys want to head right over there ?

Stab her in the throat .

Grantor .

I think we should just go straight there , perfect .

Alright . So as you've been walking , you still . You're still in a pretty pretty run-down part of the town . You can see that the buildings are all falling apart . The people that are walking back and forth or walking down the street are avoiding eye contact .

So it's basically fully manned , fully decked out with dude .

Yep fully decked out .

And dudette I mean dude gender neutrally Correct , like dudette I mean dude . Gender neutrally Correct , god intended .

So yes , I fuck dudes okay , right , she's a dude , we're all dudes , that went pretty extreme pretty fast .

I just wanted to get it out there before anybody asked a question .

You used the present tense there , but that's okay .

Remember that drinking episode you were talking about . Maybe not the best idea .

No , I think it's a great idea . We'll just record it and release it with no editing .

Wait what we should do . It live . There you go put it on twitch . We get ideas from the audience act out a mad lib dude yeah , we could . Whose line is it anyway ? Give me a name of a town . Okay , that's where we're going . Cool Work the audience a little bit .

It could work . So , with you all standing there , you do see a few of the guards look at you briefly before they continue their patrols . Nobody's trying to make any aggressive movements towards you . It just seems like they're all keeping an eye on you because they haven't seen you in this part of town before yeah , we are strangers .

Uh , do we look particularly different ? Uh , high elves , as most of us are yeah , this part of town .

You haven't seen many other uh many races in this area . You've've seen humans , a few dwarves and a couple gnomes , but elves are pretty few and far between in this area and taboxes are just unheard of in this part of town or in this part of the world .

Are the people in this part of town armed ?

Most everybody walking around you've seen , has some kind of short sword or dagger visible weaponry to discourage looters or being mugged .

So are there any people that appear rich or well off ?

Honestly , in this part of town , in this part of town . No , that's why everybody's been eyeing you , glenn . You seem to be the richest person in the area , yeah like all the jewelry and everything Big hat .

You're clean .

Pim clothes . I'm imagining it's probably like what , lunchtime-ish , noon-ish ?

Yeah , it's high noon .

Okay , I guess that helps set the stage two for what kind of people might be out and about .

You're right , I should be better about describing what part of the day it is and what the weather is like . I will make that as a note on me .

I was curious so I asked . No , I wasn't asking if there were normally rich people , I was just asking if there were any . If there's anybody that doesn't fit in with the poor , dirty , bedraggled folks .

Oh no , not that you've seen . The guards in this area are the cleanest people you've seen .

Okay , I'm walking next to a dude that's got like 500 gold in his pocket . I don't know if that's normal .

Just don't tell anybody . 500 gold .

I don't know what you're talking about . I don't have 500 . 500 gold .

I don't know what you're talking about . I don't have 500 . It's only 470 .

I said like it means approximately .

Alright , so we're looking for that constable .

Yeah , is there a .

Actually , is there a ? Do we have ?

a description of said constable . Actually , is there a kind of an obvious entrance or people who look like they might be in charge ?

You do see the garrison itself guarded by four guards .

Floating exclamation . Points or question marks no floating exclamation points or question marks no .

No monsters of any kind .

There is one guard at the entrance who seems to have half plate on , so a little better armored and equipped than most of the other guards , glenn a little more , a little better armored and equipped than most of the other guards .

Yeah , uh , glenn , okay , so what was the name of the constable we're looking for again ? Constable jute okay , so glenn will see that . The see the guy in half plate guy . Sorry , you did not say see the person in . Is it a human ?

uh , it is a human is it is a human male .

Okay , so Glenn will see the human male that is standing there in half plate and he will walk directly with authority , straight at him or to him , at him , whatever , and walk directly up to the constable and say , hey , we're from Councilwoman , Whoops . Thornwell Say Whoops , thornwell Say again .

Thornwell .

Thornwell .

Thornwell .

We're from Councilwoman Thornwell and we're here to see Constable Jute .

As you walked up as you walked up , you could see a couple of the guards their hands , move their swords , but did not put their hands on it . The guard that you walked up to in the half plate doesn't seem perturbed by your movements at all . He stares at you as you're coming up , as you're looking at him .

She should be making her rounds around the block . Well , thank you , constable .

Oh no , I'm not a Constable , by any means , I'm just Guard Frank .

Okay , well , thank you , guard . Frank , I will put in a good word .

You were very helpful , does that mean that Constable's above Guard . What's that Like ?

Constable is above Guard . What's that ?

Is it like Constable is above guard ? Is it like a rank ? Is it like detective ?

It's like a different role . I think right , no .

I think we should probably ask somebody , but .

I would think that a constable is like a detective and a guard is a guard . Right , a prison guard and a police officer would be above , would be ranked above them , because they have to actually do investigations and stuff .

Do we have any familiarity , do our characters have any familiarity with these terms in our world ?

Yeah , you've heard it a few times in other cities and towns . Constables are typically the ones that investigate . They normally start off in the ranks of guard and work their way up once they've proven themselves .

Something tells me Glenn is probably pretty familiar with how the law enforces stuff .

I bet he's been a CIA a time or two .

Alright , so Glenn , and here . After that he will nod at guard Frank and start walking in whatever direction he was uh , as you start to walk away , uh , you hear guard frank's voice once again .

He says uh , just a real quick . What , what are you ? Uh , what are you looking for , constable jude ? For I want to make sure I'm not sending trouble her way .

Oh , no , no . This isn't trouble , we're just here to get some more information , but I can't share any more than that .

Okay , would you like me to send a man or two with you so they can show you the way ?

Is it that complicated ?

No , I just wouldn't want you to get lost . There's some shady characters out there .

Oh , I don't think the shady characters will be tangling with us .

Okay , well , have a great day .

Thanks .

Nice . Don't we have some sort of I can do what I want thing ?

Yes , we have several .

Not that kind kind , I meant like administrative I can do what I want .

I mean that as well yeah we have several , oh no you did , yeah , you forged .

Uh , you're able to forge your signature , mhm , mhm . And so if we need to , I'm just right .

Yes , so we Mm-hmm and so if we need to , I'm just right , yes , so we follow the path we said we bid guard Frank .

Good day and we .

His direction is towards their direct constable jute . Okay , that's cool miss , miss constable jute .

So , as you , as you're walking around down the street , about 50 feet ahead of you , a middle-aged human female in pretty plain light armor and she's got a plain light armor that is very well put together . She keeps her hair short and practical . It's a dark brown color and then it's kept neatly underneath of a cap . You can see her eyes moving quickly .

did you say 50 feet ? 50 feet so he pointed us 50 feet away , like about a 10 second walk I , I didn't , I didn't actually keep time for the walk , yeah okay . Well , I'm just saying it was like not far at all . Oh yeah , not far at all . No , it saying it was not far at all .

Oh yeah , not far at all , it was only a couple blocks .

To be fair , if I were in Guard Frank's position , I would probably want to send somebody with you as well , Glenn .

Right , I would too , but Glenn wasn't interested in that . It's the feather . By the way , 50 feet is less than a block Anyway .

Right , you walked a bit and then 50 feet ahead of you she came around a corner .

Okay , oh . Okay , I misunderstood . I thought you meant that she came around a corner , 50 foot away from where we talked to Frank . No no no , we could have just stood still .

Yep , not your fault .

Alright . So she made eye contact with us and Glenn would see that and just walk directly up to her .

Okay , she's a relatively short woman . She stands just under five six , so she's uh shorter than everybody in the party . Uh , significantly , she doesn't seem to be intimidated by any of you . She , as she stands there and as she sees you walk towards her , making eye contact , she stands her ground .

Well , glenn will put a large smile on his face and , with a friendly voice , say hey , we're here to talk to you about we . We met with Councilwoman .

Thorwell .

Thorwell , wow , we met with .

Councilwoman Thorwell . Two very common words .

And she said that you'd be the best person for us to get information , for we're trying to put some pieces together . Do you have a couple of seconds to talk to us ?

She tilts her head a little bit and she looks you up and down and she says what's this about ?

Well , we're here to find out some more information about some of those murders that I'm sure you've heard are going on , and to get some details about the scene that you found she immediately recognized what you're talking about and she , her brow furrows a little bit and she says I'm listening , but I must .

I must warn you , I've been advised to stay clear of anything related to this specific instance that you're talking about what information are you looking for ?

while I was just looking for , maybe , a description of the scene that you found outside of what you should be telling me . Well , I found ?

Is that outside of what you should be telling me ? Well , I get off duty in an hour and I can take you to the scene , but the scene is not my normal patrol .

Alright , okay , so could you give us directions to the scene ? And then I think my friends might want to ask a couple of questions .

Sure , are you looking for where I captured the lantern ghost killer , or are you looking for the murder that happened the day after he was executed ?

The day after he was executed .

Ah yeah , yes , I can take you there . We still haven't apprehended that killer . I can't believe we caught one and then another one showed up less than 24 hours after .

Man .

Are you stupid , Glenn ? Roll me some insight .

Garjut was on the skeptical side of who she caught was the dude . Isn't that what our Thorelden , or whoever , had told us Thornwell ? Am I misremembering ?

Glenn , what did your roll for insight ?

12 .

You can sense a little bit of sarcasm in her voice as she says that .

What did she say ?

She said I can't believe that there's another killer . That's been 24 hours after we caught the Lantern Ghost killer . I'm pretty sure that Glenn would recognize sarcasm pretty easily , but anyway , so to answer your question , yes , justin , she is on the more skeptical side .

Fair enough , so Glenn kind of gives a half smile . Yeah , yeah , must be a copycat .

Wink .

You see her the left side of her mouth curls up a little bit into a smile and she says yeah , I can tell you how to get there . It's down a few alleys . I think it would probably be better if I just took you there myself .

So are both of the scenes outside your normal patrol .

They are . Yes , I was taken off of the patrol that area . That was my normal route and then when we first caught the Lantern Ghost Killer , that was part of my normal route . I stumbled upon him after he had just murdered somebody route . I stumbled upon him after he had just murdered somebody , um , but the other one was called .

Okay , so I I don't want to get you in trouble , so do you need to like continue walking on your patrol ? We can walk with you and talk as we're walking uh , that'd be wonderful .

I just uh , I , to ask , because I don't know any of you , that you all stay within eyesight of me . Not that I don't trust you , but I've learned to keep my eyes open on strangers .

Sure thing , sure thing . Glenn kind of looks around , looks at Sam , expecting Sam to ask a question . I'm just kidding .

Sam's like I'm just kidding . Sam's like I'm new here .

I don't even know where the fuck I am .

Looks over at Monty .

Don't worry , I'll just stay in with a nice state of view .

She sees Monty , looks at him and just shakes her head . She seems pretty used to this kind of attitude from other people , specifically men around her age and other guards , so she just kind of shakes her head and immediately dismisses Monty .

Let's be honest about her sexual orientation .

Is it because of the ball cap and the shirt ? Crop tear Profiling ?

a little bit there . Matt , Definitely not .

So I was kind of looking to Monty to start asking some questions .

But so I think we're going to check out these two places though , right .

Well , yeah we're talking while we walk .

I mean Monty's pretty much only good for just hitting on girls . So Glenn is not really the investigation type , but sure he's more the breaking investigation types .

But anyway . So he'll say well , what do you think happened ? Well , I can tell you , while I'm on patrol , I can tell you that when I found uh when I found jarmy , he was standing over his victim with a bloody knife I immediately drew my weapon on him and told him that he was under arrest and he seemed very confused as to where he was and uh .

I normally have to end their lives right there do you think maybe there was a chance that he did not do it ?

no , no , it seems definitely the ghost lantern killer oh wait , so why do you say that ?

uh nines will nod sagely and say oh , he was mind controlled . That makes sense . That happened to me once , except I only stole all the oranges out of the mess hall .

He has a random dice generator .

Man .

I'm fucking insulted .

I just can't do that . That was great , it was good , it was good .

Commander Jute . She chuckles once , Commander .

Or sorry .

Constable Jute chuckles and says I've stolen my fair share of fruit from a mess hall .

I mean , you're hungry , you're hungry , you do what you have to do . But I mean , is there not the possibility that he just happened across the murder scene after it happened ? Hence his level of confusion .

I don't think so . You don't just stumble across and get that kind of bloody clothing and holding a bloody knife if you just walk across a murder . He had it all over his person .

What if he was trying to help the person ?

Uh , I don't think so . Obvious slash marks of obvious slash marks on the victim and there was defensive wounds on his arms . I don't think he just stumbled across .

Seems fair . I like that Defensive wounds . I was thinking that same thing we're all far too samples and maybe do a DNA .

Yeah , exactly .

We're far too steeped in the CSI society that we live in to not think about these things .

I don't know what DNA is sounds like to not think about these things . I don't know what DNA is .

Sam's like it's deoxyribonucleic acid .

Everybody just turns and looks at Sam Well . I read a book .

You read one book .

She turns a corner and you can see down this alley . There's nobody here and it seems like she's very familiar with this area . But as soon as she turns the corner , she looks around quickly . She hesitates slightly and glances around one more time and then leans in close to the group and says Listen , I don't have a lot of time .

Okay , okay , so Glenn looks around as well . Any idea ? Who is it , mr white ? Oh , mr , I know , senseis are in on it .

I don't know who mr white is . Um and I I really shouldn't say this . Her voice drops to almost a whisper and says Mr Dory .

Mr White Dory is the one we suspect so far .

Her voice drops even lower into a whisper and she says I shouldn't say this , but Counselor Dory has been having very private meetings with some of our commanders . None of us are privy to them and we're not sure I just I've never met're not sure I just I've never met Dory myself . I just I've heard rumors about him .

What kind of rumors ?

What'd you say , justin ? What kind of rumors . Oh , um , well , I I've heard that he wears a lot of perfume , uh , and he's uh , none of the other counselors like him very much . Well , I've heard that he wears a lot of perfume and none of the other counselors like him very much .

And that anybody who's been in his warehouse says that it's extremely hot and humid in there .

So just to recap the warehouse is hot and humid and he wears too much perfume .

He's in hot yoga and none of the other counselors like him , and he's heavy is he overweight ? No , he's not overweight . He's a little short , but he nothing . He wears heavy clothing . Um , even in the middle of the summer , I don't really understand it .

any idea ? You said it's very private meetings , very private meetings with the commanders . Do you have any idea ? You said it's very private meetings , very private meetings with the commanders . Do you any idea what they're talking about ?

I don't , I have , I'm not sure at all , do you think maybe we could talk to one of these commanders , somebody that would be uh sympathetic to speak with outsiders ?

I don't think that's a very good idea . I've been told by no uncertain means that the lanterntern Ghost Killer is caught and I'm not to investigate or talk about it anymore . I was almost completely let go from my position because I was pushing it .

Oh , we're not saying that the Ghost Lantern Killer isn't caught . We're just trying to figure out more information about that so we can trace the copycat killer .

Good call .

That's good , I like that .

That was good . Roll me a persuasion check Bill .

Yeah 16 .

She says to you I really don't think it's a good idea . I've only been met with aggression every time I bring up the topic .

Would you perhaps be interested in helping us , even if we happen to encounter aggression ?

I can . I will not take you to the commander . If you want to find the commander , you'd have to go through the normal routing , the normal chain . I cannot bring you there myself .

Could you tell us one of their names ?

Yes , yes , I can .

So , while you're looking that up , how much does a guard make ?

Money-wise 470 gold , 170 gold .

Furniture-wise .

I don't know .

Yes , money wise they make zero furniture while you are inventing that particular answer , nines is going to generally ask the group isn't counselor Dory , doesn't he like , literally and figuratively , smell bad here ? Isn't Counselor Dory ? Doesn't he like , literally and figuratively , smell bad here ?

Isn't that the term I mean if he wears perfume . I would say so .

Glenn , so well , it depends on the perfume . Some perfume smells good , but I mean , it's really a matter of preference .

So do we need to talk to every other person in the city , or should we talk to dory first ?

I , I , I mean , I can't believe I'm saying this , but nines makes a lot of sense in this . Uh , in this matter , I fucking love that I I would have to say there's when you find a fish in the cabinet , just remove the fish . It smells bad . I think we should go straight for this or your sleeping bag that was the mermaid lady 100% .

So my commander's name is Commander Noah , bill , uh . So Constable Jute says my commander's name is uh , is Commander Noah , uh , bill or Glenn ? You've heard rumors that guards in this area make about seven gold a month .

Okay .

Does that sound good or bad ? That's below average . A water deep guard , for instance , makes 15 gold per month .

Really Wow . Seven gold per month , oh Wow , that's a lot . Seven gold per month , oh wait , is Nines privy to this ? He's about to be amazed about how much money that is .

So what Glenn is thinking is , if she does get fired for helping us , maybe hiring a guard to come around with us ?

She's clearly killed people , yeah , you see how excited Brandon is about that idea .

I love playing a DM and a PC .

We haven't had a little like beyond lackey , since our last one got kidnapped years ago .

Yeah , because being an NPC is terrible .

Awful Random trees fall on those NPCs all the time .

Yeah , it's true . One got kidnapped right . We had a whole side quest for it . That's probably done , yeah .

He's in someone's handbag for a while Like a goblin satchel or whatever it was . Yeah , he's long gone .

All right . So Constable Jude is listening to you all speak and she says well , if I can make a suggestion , I I really think you should check out the , the crime scenes I also know of two of . While I was investigating I came up with two of dory's uh of uh , two of dory's business partners , or at least people that he interacts with on a regular basis .

how to get a Dory himself ?

I mean , you can always go to his warehouse .

So , that doesn't sound like a bad idea in and of itself , and I quite happen to like it . Where is this warehouse located ?

His warehouse is located in the Alchemist District .

There's a district for Alchemists . I mean , I guess it doesn't have to be that big , but it'd still be a district even if it's a building . But um , Okay .

Imagine having a district full of alchemists . I mean not literally , just imagine it .

I wonder what you would do there I'm questioning it so .

Glenn will say , yeah , that's probably a good idea . So yeah , I definitely want to go check out these scenes , especially if you could take us to one of them or both of them , um and the other .

You said that you had some names of his business associates uh yeah , people who he's interacted with a few times , on more than one occasion , and seems to have regular dealings with them . Yes , well , there's a perfumer named Loquid .

How do you spell it ? I'm just kidding .

L-O-Q-U-I-D . I nailed it .

So did I .

Not to be convinced with liquid exactly .

He seems to frequent that business more than any other . Again , he wears a lot of perfume . It's overwhelming , really . And the other one is a female gnome named Groton Longflint .

Groton Longflint .

Groton G-R-O-T-T-E-N . Damn it . Not that Groton .

Say Groton and .

G-R-O-T-E-N Lowflint .

It's a rotten gnome . I get it Longflint .

I got a Longflint for you .

What do you mean by that ? Explain yourself . I want to hear this .

Everybody shut up .

You can make a fire with it very easily because it's so long and your steel doesn't have to rub it very hard .

You're going to be super safe because of how far away everything is from each other .

Sam clears her throat and speaks up . What does Grotten Longflint do ?

She's a female gnome .

Well , she describes herself as an adventurer , but in this town she's known more as a burglar and pickpocket .

That's way less entertaining as a whore .

I'm sure you can find those in this area . Monty , if you're interested , Adventure is out there . Adventure is out there . There's a whole table on what STDs you can catch in D&D Wow .

That's well thought out .

There's a table for determining how big your dick size is . In D&D they have tables for everything .

Have we talked about this system and I ? Forget the name of it right now .

Which one ?

There is a role-playing game system that is depravity written down . It has tables for everything from penis size to vagina opening capacity to anus capacity .

Yeah , I'm telling you , I never thought I'd hear there , yeah , no , there .

There are ways to calculate through in this game , uh like , how much damage rape would do based on your relative sizes . It's insane and honestly , pretty fucking disturbing . It's out there , don't look for it .

Just go to the penismightiercom .

Yeah .

If you're ready for a change , you go to lemonpartyorg . You should actually edit that out , don't .

So Constable Jude looks around a little bit and she starts her patrol up once again . She moves a little bit ahead of you guys , ahead of the party , and she's walking a little bit ahead of you guys ahead of the party . And she's walking a little bit ahead of you now .

That's good . I really miss her . I haven't seen her in years and if you have some details about her , that would be great . I really miss her .

Yeah , of course , just give me a couple minutes , okay , and she turns and walks away from the party .

So what does ? So we just walked around on her patrol with her . What did we see as far Like this is the docks right .

You're a little bit away from the docks , but you can still smell the salt air from here .

yes , Okay , so what are we ? I mean , is it ? What kind of buildings Is this shops ?

No , mostly shacks , shanties . There's a couple pubs around . There's trash all over the street . You see a couple people sleeping on the street itself . Nobody seems to be well-groomed in this area . Trash all over the street . You see a couple people sleeping on the street itself .

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Perfect Constable Jute . After about 15-20 minutes , constable Jute comes out . Uh , she is still wearing her light armor uh and has her short sword on her side , but she has lost the uh daggers on her chest and the hand crossbow that was on her waistband , glenn .

As a note , she is taller than Glenn , is she ? Glenn is 5'5" five five .

Oh okay , he just has a personality .

The feather makes him look taller well , yeah , with the feather he's like six foot tall , yeah , yeah do you guys know what I did with my pen ?

In your hand . Yes , seems like a weird guessing game .

Did you slide back ?

It's like the riddle what's in my pocket .

Yeah , I could win the contest . What does he keep in his pocketses ?

For our listeners out there . This is why we never make fucking levels .

No , it's not .

We do everything but play the goddamn game , and it's so fun .

I have a blast , and that's why most of our listeners listen to us , right ? Because we don't take it too seriously .

Oh , no , Some of them are interested in the story proceeding . Yeah , like are we fucking over .

Like what percentage ? I don't know .

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Let us know .

Even for the story or just us fucking around .

Ask us a question , we'll be sure not to answer it . Just talk around it .

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I'm here for the hijinks . I'm here because of that sexy ass , nines . I'm here .

Actually they will probably .

They better fucking say that , because it's obviously if you're going to invite people . If I am not the reason , a single person listens to this shit , then I'm going to suck , start a shotgun .

Edit that out hang on forget the bite earlier where you came out of the closet . That that's our new soundbite . No .

What I meant was he's had three soundbites so far .

If nobody is here for nines , then fuck all of you .

No , no no Wait , no , no , no .

Hang on .

Nobody's here for nines I'm moving to Ph no Hang on .

Nobody's here for nines . I'm moving to Philly .

All right , Constable Ju comes out of the garrison and she walks up to you , Glenn , and she says oh , cousin , are you ready to head to the bar ? And we can start talking about this .

Yes , I am . Let's go talk about granny . I haven't seen her in forever .

Monty kind of looks over to Nines and gives him this weird side eye .

Because Nines is the right person .

Just to see what Nines' response is . How does Nines respond to hearing that About this grandmother thing ? Yeah , and then Monty looking at him .

I wonder what kind of oranges they have in that garrison laughter .

Nain feels compelled to apologize to Nines . Feels compelled to apologize to Constable Jute and empathize with her for the loss of her grandmother .

No , no , she's not dead .

I'm just so sorry . I know what it's like to lose a loved one .

That is great , that is awesome yeah it's , it'll be okay , it'll get better .

It gets better from here .

The council stops you and she says she's still alive .

Yeah , don't curse our grandmother .

What I ? Oh , no , I must pray about this . Okay , bob Glade .

Sensei Monty looks to Sam and points at nines and does the same like quizzical . Look See what kind of response he gets .

You're on the eyepatch side . He just doesn't see . You see what kind of response he gets .

You're on the eyepatch side . He just doesn't see you . He turned to sir the fucking pot . Fair enough , moving on .

I do have to say that I appreciate Justin's how he plays Mors versus how he plays Sam . Sam is you know beat-em-up character . She doesn't give a shit about all this and Mors would be in this , doesn't ? Engage , and Mors would be in this Like he'd be asking all the questions .

So I appreciate your goodness .

That's what I appreciate about you Well , thank you , take it down about 25% there .

Oh man , sam is the bloody , nine .

Love that .

She just feels like she's in over her head and she's just like tagging along for a good time . That's fair .

Literary reference for anybody who doesn't get it about Logan ninefinger look it up .

Okay , read the books I'm not gonna give us a reference . Nine finger that is the reference .

All right , I'll look it up . I've noted it all right , uh . So the constable starts walking , uh , down the street . She's making casual conversation with you , asking you about your trip here , asking you just trying to get to know you all a little bit better .

That's the same color as Cerulean right .

I think so . I'm not really sure . I've not seen Cerulean before .

Oh man , you guys have such lame names for colors . Sam what's your ?

name oh man you guys have such lame names for colors . Sam looks back .

Nines per minute .

And looks back . So in my head I'm trying to separate me from Sam here . In my head , half orcs kind of like would be fairly common around the docks as sailors and strong hands to load cannons and other wares . Is that common in this world that you have created for us here , brando ?

It is not common in this town , in this town .

Okay , oh well , I don't think I'm anything special . Oh well , I don't think I'm anything special . Just , you know , my whole tribe is filled with people that look kind of like me and now that you mention it , I haven't seen a whole lot here . But back in Wheat Hollow is that where we're from Lightshell light show . Thank you , back back in light shell .

I I've never seen one before . I you seem very pleasant . I don't understand why people are so afraid of of half works .

Oh well , we can be a bit much sometimes .

Oh should , should I be afraid of you ?

Of me ? Uh , I don't . I don't see why you should be . No , I mean , unless you're looking for some trouble , are you looking for trouble ? I can be trouble .

Her hand .

She raises a hand up to her ax half .

She's like I could be trouble as soon as your hand starts to move , she instantly goes down to her sword and is ready to draw it this , it does .

Does she say anything back ?

no , she hardens she . She locks eyes with you and hardens , she .

Looks like she's in a battle stance we're about to kill her and form it . Man , this sucks .

Nines will reflex grab his staff as well , because that's how he trains .

So Jute is back by them , and I mean where is ?

You're all walking in as a group , yeah .

Monty's there next to Sam , correct , correct . So what my traveling companion here means is she is ready enough for anything when a threat presents itself , but you definitely did not come across as a threat to us .

Okay , her hand slowly moves from the grip of her sword , but she still is very wary of Sam .

Sam takes her hand down . She had like a half smile on her face . She's like oh , you don't want trouble , that makes sense . You know , normally it's just in the bars that I fight or with . She points at Monty and Glenn Like actually knowing these two , but otherwise I try to be pretty peaceful .

It's not really my profession to Don't worry , sam Soon , we will find some adventure and the excitement you are looking for , but for now I do believe Jute is quite an ally .

She is very respectful in our eyes , oh sure it kind of is your profession , but that's okay .

Yeah , yeah , aren't you a barbarian ? Fair enough .

That's a class not a profession ? Hello , I'm a merchant . That's a class , not a profession . Hello , I'm a merchant .

You're an instrument maker .

Yep .

Didn't your business close down ? I mean not technically , no , because Glenn bought something from her .

Oh , fair , fair , alright . So the constable stops after a couple blocks and she says uh . The constable stops after a couple blocks and she says Okay , uh , which scene would you like to go to ? Do you want to go to where I found Jarmy , or would you like to go to where the second murder occurred ?

Uh , let's go to the second murder scene first .

That's uh , that would definitely be my recommendation first . That's uh , that would definitely be my recommendation .

Yeah , uh how big of a dark alley did she turn into ?

uh , pretty big dark alley yeah she trained ?

did she cast the spell ?

that's why we don't get anywhere uh so so poor leadership . After a couple of blocks , the constable turns into a dim , narrow alley where a chill mist hangs in the air . It mutes the sound of the city in the background . The alley is bordered with tall , dilapidated buildings . They lean precariously over the cobblestones on the street and they cast deep shadows .

How long ago did the murder happen ?

Two days ago .

Is there a ?

I'm sorry , is there a chalk outline ?

No , there's no chalk outline .

Has it rained ?

It has not rained .

Amateurs .

They didn't tape it off either .

No , no tape either , nines .

Nines , this is a fun scene . Was any magic used here ?

I'm not sure about that . I have not seen any scorch marks , any ice formations . I have not seen any kind of residual effects of magic that I've come across before . So , to the best of my abilities , no , I've not seen any magic used here .

Oh then how were they killed ?

They were stabbed A lot .

Oh , I thought it was a ghost lantern .

So Glenn will go get closer to the scene and investigate . I thought it was a ghost lantern ?

Alright , alright , okay , so Glenn , roll me a survival check .

Not an investigation check .

Nope survival . Of course Investigation check Nope survival . Of course , eleven , eleven . Okay , you notice tracks , some new , some old , but you can't really distinguish anything that attracts from one creature to another . Roll me an investigation , check . Attracts from one creature to another ? Roll me an investigation check 19 .

You see a couple drops of blood on the cobblestones leading down the alley Towards the way we came in , or is there ?

another exit out here , the other side of the alley .

yes , so is the alley open on both ends .

Yes , it is open on both ends .

Okay . What is it ? If it's not open on both ends , is it an alley ? I ?

don't know .

Why not ? It's an alley . All it's got to do is it's a non . It's a passageway that goes to . Okay . An alley is just between two . It's a roadway between two things . It's not an actual road , it's just a small .

Yeah , but it has to be between two things not just a dead end right Between two buildings . No , I mean between two . Like other paths , I thought .

Is it point to point or just like it doesn't matter . I think we're it's fun to think about , right ? I love this shit .

Fuck you , this is . I'm not here because you guys are just fun to be around . You're all a bunch of nerds .

And I fucking thrive on that energy . So Glenn is going to follow the trail of blood .

Okay .

Anybody else ? No , nothing else .

Like I said , it's been a couple days . Anybody else looking around ?

Yeah , monty is just kind of looking around to see what he sees . Sam is also looking around . Yeah , monty is just kind of looking around to see what he sees sam is also looking around all right listening to whatever nines is not looking around , I figured as much .

The truth is surfing the web all right , sam , and I'm laying on his phone notes .

Can you please like ?

calm your gen x tits sam and monty , give me a survival check .

You're not in a forest .

Natural 20 for a 26 .

Holy shit . Sample to 17 .

Alright .

Sam , you see , in the tracks you can determine that there are old tracks and new tracks . But the old tracks you notice , have they're . They look like almost slithering through , like a few large snakes Slithered through the mud in the area .

Tracks of a skoom S-K-U-M .

S-K-U-M .

That was not even close to how I spelled it .

S-K-U-M . And so these coomers , you say they're common , or ?

coomers . Monty hasn't said anything yet yeah , nobody said anything .

Monty's going to say that himself . Is it a ?

scoom with an M or an N .

M Mike .

Mike , yeah , s-k-u-m . Monty feels like he's in a forest . Right now . He's not in a forest , but he got a good enough roll . He feels like this is a forest .

How would I have not noticed that track ?

They're two days old . They're not even feet .

He's good at this stuff . You had to roll for it , man .

You cheated on different stuff .

I'm 11 .

Actually . So Monty knows what a skoom is , but Matty has no freaking idea so let me go ahead and Google this .

Well , I mean , that's what I did .

Oh , it's like a , it's a mermaid , it's an Ursula , so it's a humanoid on the top and a squid on the bottom . Yeah , it's Ursula . There we go . So this is like the little mermaid . Oh , I get it . It's punny Hybrids of human and fish .

So Fucking fish , oh um . Hybrids of human and fish . So fucking fish ? Uh oh , maddie or monty mines would never monty , uh . Scooms are amphibious humanoid creatures that , uh , originally were created by malevolent avalists . They're typically used as soldiers for dark entities . They have green to gray skin that appear wet or looks like they're sweating at all times .

Okay so if Monty and a scoom in a dark room together which one would be able to see the other .

The scoom would likely be able to see you first .

But Monty has darkvision Darkvision .

Yes , I know that so does the scoom . Actually , nines also has darkvision Darkvision yes , I know that so does the Scoob Actually .

Nines also has darkvision .

Glenn has darkvision . What about Sam ? Does Sam have darkvision ?

No .

No .

Great .

Okay , I love this .

In fact .

Monty looks around , he points at the ground and he sees . He primarily he looks to Nines and then quickly like , focuses away from Nines and looks over to Glenn Because Nines is just looking

around the alley like .

I see Nines being the teenage girl playing on her phone uh nine stole my monty's uh was an ever-flowing chalice and created beer with it or something , um , anyway . So monty looks to glenn and sam and says if you , you look here . I have only seen this a few times , but this is the track of a scum . A scum , I am dead certain on it .

Well , we saw a picture of an aboleth .

There's a picture of an aboleth .

Oh is there ? Okay , no , you're saw a picture of an aboleth . There's a picture of an aboleth , oh you're right A picture on the wall .

It was one of the guys . What's his name ?

Jeremy .

He drew it on the wall with his poop .

Jeremy drew a picture of an aboleth , and aboleths are known for . I'm talking about a lisp , now Aboleths are known for creating'm talking about a lisp , now . Abilith are known for creating scooms from other sentient beings , and I believe that is what we are seeing here and he looks to Constable . Damn it , jute .

I don't think they investigated it .

I don't even know what that is . This is the first time I've ever heard that word .

A skoom is a creature that is created from another sentient being that is controlled by an Aboleth .

Definitely was here at the time of the murder , sensei the Lion told me not to do it in the baths anymore .

What he ?

says Just don't worry about it . I do believe there's quite some foul play here , potentially from the scum . We must continue to dig deeper .

So Glenn will say well , I found some blood trail going down this way . I'm sorry , did I talk over you , justin ?

Oh , okay , let's just make a case . Let's follow this blood trail .

Okay , so the drops only go For about 60 feet . They don't lead out of the alley .

Brandon was raising his hand .

Oh , I didn't see it .

Brandon Nines is just looking up at the sky .

Yeah that tracks the chart Fair enough . So an alley is just a .

Sorry , an alley is just a narrow passageway between or behind buildings . Doesn't say anything about having an open opening .

Alleyways are so versatile and I never realized that , and I love that about them .

Hey , stick with D&D story . We learn some things every day , morse .

Sam , I'm Sam .

Nice try , You're Morse Now Hi .

I'm Morse , sam is gone and now Moroise is here . Sam looks over at Monty and says I don't know what a scoom is , but these look like tracks from a big snake , is that ?

related A scoom on the bottom half . Is that something of like a squid or an octopus ? So that does track .

Could the tracks that I see be from a giant squid or octopus ?

Yes , they could .

Oh , that makes sense . Would Sam know what a squid or an octopus is ?

I hope so . I would say so . Nines goes and looks at the tracks and says I don't think this is what you think it is . It's normally a different color . What do you mean ? Oh , um , okay , so the way Sensei the Lion explained it to me . Yeah , sometimes , when you are very happy , the scum will slither in the mud . Can we say it that way ?

That is the grossest way to say that I've never heard .

Sam folds her arms . I don't understand . What do you mean ?

Okay , so imagine you're an orc , not like your kind of orc , like a real orc , like a Cerulean one , and you want to cut off something's head Right or murder a bunch of monks .

But first Just one .

Just one , and so Nines will go on to explain the birds and the bees , using the attack on his monastery as an analogy for that .

But where does the head come off ?

Oh , when you apply the axe to it normally .

Yeah , okay , that checks out . I don't . I think . I think I I'm seeing the symbolism , but I think I'm missing something . Is it relevant to the murder , or should we just talk more over beer ?

Oh , I like beer .

Murder . So Glenn will continue to walk down the alleyway .

Hang on everyone .

I think somebody's been killed .

Nines has an epiphany .

So , glenn , after about 60 feet down the alley , you don't see any more blood drops . Monty has been with you . I need you both to roll me another survival check . Monty got a 21 21 you got better 12 alright , monty , you do see the tracks .

Monty will say the blood tracks follow this way and he leads the way down to the left .

Finally , a ranger is doing his fucking job .

It's about time right . We're not even in a freaking forest .

Yeah , Council of Jute follows along Sam realizes , sam realizes that she and Nines haven't looked behind and grabs . Nines gently by the shoulder and urges him to catch up to Glenn okay alright .

So is this a zoom that we do ? Yes , you do easily . All right , so there's a zoom that we do ? Yes , you do Easily . Yeah , monty's taking a little bit of time . He has to stop every couple of feet and make sure that he's still following the tracks and reassuring directions , and so on and so forth . So , yeah , you're easily able to catch up .

Was Monty using his nose ? Is he sniffing the ground ? Oh , that'd be pretty good . What does Monty look like when he investigates this blood trail ?

He's just looking very inquisitively at the ground .

What's his tail doing ? What do you see with her cat ?

eyes Twitching back and forth . Cat eyes are focused . Are you getting low ? Are you wiggling your butt ?

Nope , definitely not Okay , never mind Alright , so Okay , never mind .

Alright , alright , so , so yeah , the trail leads through several muddy , reeking alleys and eventually , after about 30 minutes or so of walking and tracking , minutes or so of walking and tracking , you end up at a large warehouse that has a ship suspended over the docks does it smell like perfume ?

not from where you're at no Glenn will turn and look at jutes . Is this the warehouse ?

I think it is this is counselor Dory's warehouse .

yes , so do you have family in this town Other than you know our grandmother ?

She looks a little confused for a second and then she remembers .

She goes oh , oh , yes , I have , I have a younger brother here okay , so we're gonna go into this warehouse and typically when we go and do stuff it causes problems and oh , but only fire and things like that yeah , and chaos and explosions and sometimes things turn to stone . But , um , do you want to come with us ?

I can't follow you in there , especially during the day that place is normally pretty busy with workers . Anymore . I can't follow you in there , okay , especially during the day that place is normally pretty busy with workers . But even if so , my brother's here I don't think I could leave him .

Okay .

That's fine . Just know that if you need to , you can come with us .

I appreciate that . I mean the only way , as long as I can't leave him . Something absolutely terrible would have to happen to him for me to leave . How old is he ? He's in his early years . He's an adult now , so a young adult . He's 14 or 15 years old . All right , all right 15 years old .

Alright , alright . So why don't we just meet in the bar in this evening ?

Which one ?

The bar , whatever one we're staying at , I can't remember .

Oh , the tavern yeah .

The salty leg .

Oh , you mean the Bard ?

Rock Cafe .

Oh yeah , the Bard Rock . Yeah , why don't you meet us at the ?

Bard Rock .

Cafe leg . Oh , you mean the bard rock cafe .

Oh , yeah , the barbara . Yeah , what do you mean ? How could you forget ? Yeah , of course . Yeah , it's a case of the barbers , not great with names .

Yeah , it's Gladiators , listen I love punny names and I'm a little upset that you forgot Bard Rock Cafe . All right , yeah . So the constable says yeah , I think that's a great idea . Do what you need to do here , don't try to cause trouble . If you're just going in to ask questions , now would be a great time If there are other things that are happening .

Okay .

I hope it's help for us .

No , I don't . I thought I was pretty clear about that .

It's not help for us . I feel like we're on the good guy's side .

Yeah , everybody does . Oh , no , actually I am literally one of the embodiments of good .

Okay , so we'll see you in a couple hours .

Is that early afternoon ? I'm guessing .

She didn't sound like she believed me . She said , okay , but it was such a . I don't understand that tone .

Sam Pat's you on the back , I believe you .

Thanks , Morsan . Yes , it's early afternoon .

Yeah , it's . Some of the clouds have rolled in , but the daylight's still shining bright . It's mid-afternoon right now .

Okay , so Glenn will look at the group and say I can try this once she leaves .

Yep , she has walked away .

So Glenn will say , I can sneak in and check things out .

I think we're all pretty sneaky . We could go together .

Glenn looks at Sam . Why don't you ? Let me try it first ?

I mean , if you say so , you're the pro , I'm just yeah .

Alright , so Glenn is going to try to sneak in .

Okay . So in the front you can see that there are there are a couple patrols on the street walking back and forth . They look like guards in that hired armor that you're familiar seeing them in . You do see , four looks like hired guards in the front of the warehouse itself . They are not dressed uniformly , they seem to be .

Okay , is there a way to sneak in ?

You could . Your options are Actually give me a . Give me an investigation . You're so good at that .

Better than .

Survival .

Yeah , better than survival 14 .

Okay , so you see a couple options . You could try to disguise yourself as a worker and head right through the front door . You could try to sneak around and hop the fence , or you could try to climb up the side wall that is hanging over the water and into the ship .

I think climbing is the way to go .

Glenn is very good at climbing .

I've never had problems climbing ever .

So of those , my skill set would be disguise . I believe , yeah , disguise kit , what do I even roll for that ?

for disguise kit , you would roll's an intelligence role .

Where did you get that from ?

Just the Reddit thread that I'm on how do disguises work ?

What do you get when you click disguise kit ?

There you go , roll 20 .

So what I'm seeing is it's a pouch cosmetics , hair dye and small props that lets you create disguises that change your physical appearance . Proficiency , with this kit , lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make to create a visual disguise .

I would say deception is the best way .

No , it's not deception . I thought it might be .

That's what disguise is , or performance .

Or when you're acting like that . Yeah , absolutely . But you have to disguise yourself as the worker first , which seems to be a straight roll . So just let everybody know we're going to get through this disguise part .

we should take another 10 to 15 minutes , then we're going to call it from there okay , so um glenn will put on the disguise , using the disguise kit , as well as um his prestidigitation .

Yeah , okay , so you're making marks on your clothing Understood .

Yeah , All right . So basically using it as an assist to his disguise , and just so you know , he is a charlatan and that is his background . That's part of what his background is is to be a disguise person .

I was planning on letting you roll a d20 with advantage .

Okay , Just a straight d20? .

Straight d20 .

There's no way to do a straight d20 with advantage .

Sure , you can right click , can't you Know ?

as true is food .

Yeah , yeah , I'm just gonna right click it , or I , or I'm just going to roll two of them 18 .

Okay , Okay , All right . So you scuff up your clothing pretty well . You're able to hide your ears and you make your clothing look like . With your kit , you make your clothing look pretty close to what the other workers are wearing To the rest of you , Glenn , you've never seen Glenn like this Dirty , marked up , ripped and tattered clothing .

This is new to you .

A good disguise , alright . So Glen will be watching around as people are going and then try to pick up a box or crate or something and walk in there and act like one of the other workers to get into the . Did you ? Say there's a window .

Not near the door itself . No , there are a couple windows up on the second floor . Yes , okay , so I will go in and basically up on the second floor .

Yes , Okay , so I will go in and basically act like one of the other people and walk in through the front door .

Okay . So yeah , you find a box that the other workers are picking up and you start carrying it to the front door . The guards are looking over everybody and the guard with the short sword eyes you for a second and stops you and says I don't think I've seen you here before .

You didn't see me . I bumped into you like 15 minutes ago , you don't remember ? Wait , no , that was that guy , and he points over at another guy Said please , I got to get this best . If I don't get this box in there right now , the foreman's going to yell at me and I might lose my job . And not only that , he'll probably hit me in the head again .

Give me a deception roll , glenn , you're good with this .

So it's a 17 , but it's actually a 21 .

Why is it a 21 ?

Because I cannot roll below a 10 on anything I'm proficient in .

Yeah , that's pretty crazy . That's under your features and traits .

That is yep . That's what I got for a level 11 . Which ? One is that Something about skillfully , something or another .

Hang on yeah that sounds right to me Reliable talent .

Yeah .

Huh , crazy .

So anyway 21 .

That's a nuts skill or feature ? Okay , crazy . So anyway , 21 that's a nuts skill or feature ? Okay , yeah . So the guard looks , he says oh yeah , I think I , I remember you bumping into them . Yeah , please go ahead .

So good , we'll walk in all right .

So as you walk in , you see Dozens of workers inside . They're moving crates , they're moving boxes and they seem to be putting them all in piles so that they can be taken onto ships . They're separating them into different areas , different areas . You do see a , you see a couple .

All right , I'm going to use my . What do you call it ?

Inspiration .

And I rolled the exact same thing . Oh no , I didn't , I rolled one less , so apparently .

I got a seven , so oh , hold on a second .

Uh , where is that thing ?

Oh , so , knowing that Glenn doesn't recognize it , he tries to speak to Arnold and ask Arnold if he knows what those things are .

Yeah , you do not get an answer .

But if you were to describe them to somebody , though you don't recognize the creatures , you do recognize something that they look like . The closest creature that you could say they look like would be a flying lion with a spiked tail .

Like a griff tail Like a griffin .

Or a manticore , but Glenn doesn't know that yeah .

I was going to say a manticore .

Okay , alright , okay , so Glenn will be taking this , taking the box and setting it down , and he's looking for an opportunity where things are not looking at him so that he can dart behind the boxes , and he's also looking for shady places to hide .

There are a couple large piles of boxes . You could probably hide behind one of them pretty easily . Nobody's looking directly at you , but there's a lot of movement in the area , that's even better . Yeah , so you're going to try to hide behind one of the boxes ? Yep , okay , yeah , we'll say that you're able to do that pretty easily .

Okay , so I will now investigate and try to figure out , see if we can see what's going on and listen and pay attention . And of course they're probably going to be speaking in Dwarven or some fucking nonsense .

No , they're all speaking in common . Okay , so you see the boxes around you creates boxes , packages . Most of them are marked with a personal symbol of a business or an alchemist in the area , but they all , almost all the boxes say fragile or handle with care .

After you hear a whip crack and they start moving once again after you hear a scream , okay , um , can we tell what the voice ?

said , yeah , like was there more than just slimy bubbly , or no , he doesn't understand the language .

Uh , okay okay , um Okay . So can I tell anything that's in the boxes ? Are any of them that are behind there ? Can I figure out what's inside any of these boxes ? They are all nailed shut , but do you have anything that could pry them open ? A hammer , a crowbar ?

Yeah .

Okay . Oh wait , does prest ? I don't know , that won't do anything . Prestidigitation it can make noises , but can it make things quiet ?

No , it just can make noises .

Oh , it can't even Okay , okay .

Okay , so you're trying to open a box .

Yeah , at least open it just slightly enough that I can peek inside . Alright box to your left . Don't forget , I have darkvision .

I understand you have darkvision , so you pry the box open . The wood does crack a little bit as you do it . You don't seem to attract any attention and inside you see about a dozen green vials that are not labeled . They're neatly packaged and it seems like they're very carefully put in there so that they're not touching one another or the box itself .

Okay , did I . Is it open enough where I can slide my hand in there ? You'd have to move it up a little bit more , but yes , Okay , so try to open it so I can get one of them .

Okay . So you open it a little further and more cracking sounds occur Nobody seems to notice and you're able to pull out one of the vials .

Okay , is there anything else in the box other than the vials ?

Nothing else in that box .

So Glenn will sneak away from that box and then go around the outside of the perimeter looking for a way out . Are there stairs ? There have to be stairs .

There are stairs to go to the second floor . Would , I be able to sneak up the stairs . The manticores are flying up and down the stairs , or the second floor . It rings the outside , so it's a very . It's just a pathway around . The second story .

Okay , so Glenn will just continue to around the perimeter , staying in the shadows , and try to pick up any more information and see if he sees anything that would help him figure out if the murderer was here , well , where the murderer is , or anything like that .

Okay , as you go around the perimeter , you don't see anything that would openly tell you who the murderer is . Again , you do see those cloaked figures , but you can't really get close enough to them without revealing yourself .

Okay , yeah , I think , yeah , I don't think I .

The workers seem to be giving them a wide berth .

Sneak up behind one and pick its pocket .

Um , no , so I will find my way to an area that looks like there's . It makes sense for one of the workers to be walking from there and get ready and redawn not redawn , but basically reassume my worker and just walk out to go get another box . Okay , yeah , a group of just walk out to go get another box , okay .

Yeah , a group of workers walk out and you're able to get in line pretty easily and walk out . Guards aren't really paying attention to who walks out of the warehouse .

All right , glenn , we'll go back to the group . Okay , do I make it ?

Yes .

All right , so he will describe the flying monsters and then he will let everybody know that he found some vial and he'll pull the vial out . I don't know what this is . Does Glenn have any idea what is in it ?

No , glenn does not have any idea what's in it . No , glenn does not have any idea what's in it now monty will take a look at the vial .

Does he recognize it ?

uh , no , there's no labeling on it . You don't know what it is the real reason . Morris is not here listen , I gave justin an option and he told me to make him roll for it .

Whatever , it's way more interesting , oh , for sure .

So Sam after Glenn explains all this stuff , sam asks so do we go in now or do we this vial to Constable Jute ?

We have no idea what this vial is about . It very well could be nothing .

It very well could be nothing .

Is this the perfume ?

Let me smell it Is that a good point . Do you want to smell it ? That's a good point .

Do you want to smell it ?

Nines will grab it and uncork it and smell it Nines .

it's an overwhelming stench . It almost knocks you off your feet . Give me a constitution saving , throw as .

Glenn sees this happening , he's going to try to , if not , grab it away from him , but if he starts to fall , he's going to try to grab it , snatch it , I uh .

Oh I , what a great roll . You did it . I rolled a 2 , but I also have a plus 2 for con save , so it's actually a 4 . It sounded bad , but it's like twice as good as you initially thought Sounds right .

Nines starts to look a little wobbly and he starts to fall to the ground .

I am immune to disease and poison . Does that make a difference ?

No , All right , so Glenn will snatch it , Stegan no , no , it does not .

Glenn give me a sleight of hand check .

Can Sam catch knives ? Thank goodness .

So that .

Yeah , give me an athletics check .

Am I charmed or frightened ?

No , but it's actually a 23 . Okay . And he will be holding his breath as he does this .

What you got , Sam .

Natural 20 . Plus 8 .

Okay , yeah . So , sam , you're looking away when it happens and you hear the stopper come off of this vial and you hear Nine's moan as he starts to fall to the ground , and you turn .

So Glenn will continue to hold his breath , reach down , pick up the stopper and put it back in . Okay .

Nines until your next long rest .

You have a disadvantage on ability checks all of them good , let me oh , just like what is the effect when you're tired .

Yeah , exhaustion .

Exhaustion Disadvantage on ability checks .

So Glenn will look at 9s and say what did it smell like ?

It smelled like the worst perfume I've ever smelled .

Alright , alright so as Glenn was describing the creature in there . Monty , nines and Sam , give me a nature check .

Oh hey , I rolled an 18 plus 2 for 20 .

You have disadvantage . Nines I rolled another dice , but this happened before he did it right Technically , oh , but it doesn't matter .

Yeah , listen , dm , I have a message for you , it came from the universe . It says I rolled a 19 on my disadvantage roll . So yeah , the 18 stands motherfucker Alright .

So Nines and Monty Monty got a 19 to the good .

Nines and Monty . You immediately recognize the description of a manticore . Typically they have a body of a lion . They have a muscular torso and powerful limbs . Its head looks semi-humanoid , but it often depicts a grim , malevolent expression , and sometimes is adorned with a mane of coarse hair or fur that extends down its back .

know these to be a good or a bad thing .

Yeah , you both know them to be pretty evil creatures . They're known for their physical and aerial abilities . They're capable flyers , fearsome fighters that use their claws , teeth and tail spikes . And , even worse , they're known to be extremely intelligent creatures .

Monty gets a worried look over his face when he hears Glenn mentioning the manticores .

Okay , glenn doesn't have any more information .

And I say this is definitely not good what should we do next ?

Why are they not good ?

They didn't look that these are not exactly the type of creatures you'd want to take home to mom , if you know what I mean .

Hey , hey , hey , no , no , no , it's fine . Hey , listen , hey , why does my voice sound funny ? What was I going to say ? No , you guys manticores Super cool . I have learned so many stuff about them .

This is why drunk D&D is going to be a great idea .

Sorry , I thought you said something .

No , I see that you didn't say anything , alright .

Is there anything else we want to do before game night end ?

Why end ?

Because the next scene is likely going to be a fight .

I mean D&D , why ? Why game night ?

oh we can talk our way out of this fight okay or can you list us ?

uh , I think we're good I think we're good all right I guess , sam only wants to know if we are going to do something about this now or if we're going to go meet up with Jute and then do something . Sam asked the question and did not get answered .

I think we should let Jute know about the . So first off , I think we should head back to the Bardrock Cafe , yeah , and get some dinner . And looking at our friend here , he looks a little wobbly on his feet . He might need some rest and we can talk to you .

Oh no , I'm fine .

Thanks and talk to her about what I saw in there with the what was the other thing you said was in there .

A red slag .

A red slag and the manticores and those shadowy creatures and this poison maybe but I did not know if Jude would actually be able and or willing to help us . It sounds like she finds herself in quite a predicament between her brother and her job in this town .

Right , I don't want her just to get information .

This might be a situation we best handle ourselves .

So do you want to just go in there and kill everything ? I'm down .

I mean , it does not seem like a , it does not seem like a bad option , all things considered . I appreciate Nine's intuition of something just not smelling right there , and all things pointed . Dorvey , dorvey , not Torvey .

Or we could just burn the place down .

Nobody has fireball . That's the other campaign .

I have flint and steel and oil .

That's literally just one way to make fire happen . I'm pretty sure , we all have flint and tinder and fucking torches right .

Yeah , and oil . I have flasks of oil . You can make oil with your thing , can't you ?

If we burn it down , we will not get any answers .

I have a tinderbox .

Not to mention all the innocent workers in there .

Nope , figure it out . They're working for the bad guys .

I mean , if we're going to burn it down , I'll give them a warning . Stand behind the building and say fire , Whisper fire . In case you didn't catch that yes , yes .

Everybody run away .

Monty simultaneously tries to cast message to 70 people and just loses his fucking mind .

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a joke oh understood .

Sorry , it took me a second Jesus have I had too much to drink or have you had not enough ?

what is ?

happening here .

I'm going to say not enough .

Yeah , man , I sound like an idiot there . I'm just going to delete this whole segment . We all know I won't All right .

You're going to be here to translate .

It's fine .

And Justin , if you want to take us out tonight .

Absolutely . Tonight it has been Drunk is my native language , Wait that's not right .

Me too .

It's been nerdy .

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