C03 - Ep. 28 - From On Hyra - No Sorcerest for the Weary

Summary

Tales from the Stinky Dragon

C03 - Ep. 28 - From On Hyra - No Sorcerest for the Weary

Release Date: October 15, 2025
Dungeon Master: Gustavo Sorola
Players: Blaine Gibson (Tolv), John Risinger (Natty Wonder), Chris Damaris (Gunther), Barbara Dunkelman (Doug Boone)

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Episode Overview

This episode delivers a signature mix of D&D adventure and irreverent comedy as the party navigates a bizarre sleep-worshipping cult inside “the Cragtus,” attempts to negotiate for the freedom of a suffering scapegoat, and accidentally hurls a massive geological object—and everyone in it—clear across the landscape. Expect inventive roleplay, slapstick problem-solving, and a dose of existential deity confusion, all wrapped up in the gang’s usual tone: gleeful, chaotic, and full of one-liners.

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Key Discussion Points and Story Beats

1. Character Introductions—With a Superhero Twist

[03:07–11:18]

• As an icebreaker, DM Gus asks, “If you were the main character in a comic book, what would your superhero name be?”
  • Natty (John): Leans into the drag-queen/warlock persona, musing on alter egos:

    “If I was a superhero, and some might say being a mom is a superhero…” (04:01)

    • John ultimately favors a French-flavored “Mystique” riff.
  • Tolv (Blaine): Jokes about secret identities:

    “I would be like 12 or like 12 man or 12 boy… and maybe I would have like the twelves. It’d be like 12 elves and they would be like my support team.” (06:15)

  • Gunther (Chris): Considers “The Croak Folk Avenger” or “Toad Man and Ribbit,” if teamed up with another.
  • Doug Boone (Barbara): Likes emulating comic book professors, suggesting “Professor Ironpaw.”
  • Everyone riffs on superhero/villain nomenclature, with recurring inside jokes and ribbing.

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2. Into the Aqueduct: Lizard Attack!

[11:18–21:01]

• The party wades into a rushing, shadowy aqueduct beneath Cragtus.
• Failures on dexterity checks send Doug and Natty tumbling, resulting in chaotic pratfalls.
• Suddenly, lizards begin leaping onto their faces. Rapid-fire action ensues:
  • Doug tries to deflect with a shovel (“like an umbrella”).
  • Tolv shields themselves and heroically punches a lizard away from Natty (“Must protect my queen!”).

    “You punch the lizard so hard that it doesn’t even fall in the water. It, like, goes over the bank and falls out onto the riverbank upside down.” (16:12) — Gus

  • Gunther and Doug get lizards latched to their faces, prompting a cartoonish synchronized headbutt that sends Gunther underwater.

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3. Arrival at Cragtus: The Sleep Temple

[21:01–36:29]

• The interior is revealed as a communal cavern filled with rock beds and a strange, shimmery fountain.
• Natty wrangles the team, hatching a plan to pose as eager sleep-cult initiates.

  “Who put her in charge?” (23:13) — Tolv
  “I think it might have been you.” (23:17) — John

• Everyone over-acts extreme sleepiness to blend in, culminating in Tolv cradling Gunther and pretending he’s a snoozy green baby.
• Barbara (Doug) investigates the alchemical research, trying to suss out what the cultists are brewing. She quickly realizes water from the magical fountain is a key (and strange) ingredient.

Notable Quote:

“Anywhere from, you know, Vaughn to 24 hours. Yeah.” (27:23) — Tolv, answering about proper sleep duration, badly faking sleep knowledge.

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4. Negotiations with Flynn, the Sleep-Cult Leader

[41:02–49:05]

• The party meets Flynn: a middle-aged orc in shimmery pajamas, who explains the cult’s sleep research aims.
• The backstory of “Bedrock” (their sleep deity) is explored:

  “It is through sleep we hope to become closer to her and learn her secrets.” (41:48) — Flynn (NPC)

• Natty proposes the team could absorb the cult’s sins (traditionally laid on the scapegoat), offering up Gigi, Natty’s little demon, as a substitute.
  • The plan works! The cult “offloads” their sins to Gigi, who promptly grows a foot taller.

Notable Quote:

“So we've just turned this sleepy cult into a death cult.” (74:04) — Tolv

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5. Experimentation: Sleep Potions and Divine Dreaming

[49:05–61:13]

• Doug investigates sleep potions’ effects further, and Gunther volunteers (or is volunteered) as a guinea pig—consuming multiple potions and salves at once.
• Gunther falls into a vivid, mystical sleep-dream—meeting Bedrock herself, appearing as a mole on a mountain of Z’s.

  “You see hammers walking in unison… In the distance, you see a mountain range. And it seems to be very quickly filling your vision… The soil under your feet becomes disturbed. Out from the soil pops a mole. And it’s looking at you.” (61:11)

• Bedrock confesses she doesn’t actually know much about sleep, only that the “Pale One” assigned her the job because her name has “bed” in it.

  “I don’t know anything about sleep. The pale one just knows my name has bed in it and assumed I knew about sleep, but I don’t.” (63:47) — Bedrock (NPC)

• Silent Steed (Death) is mentioned as picking up the slack on the sleep domain.

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6. Sleepwalking Disaster: Moving the Mountain

[68:06–80:05]

• Gunther, afflicted by sleepwalk/narcolepsy from the potions, unconsciously pushes on the wall of the Cragtus.
• The entire (massive) structure, and all its inhabitants, are inexplicably dragged across the land—back to the ruins of Raisin.
• A huge gouge is left in the earth; the party realizes they’ve likely altered the local geography (and economy!) in one spectacularly irresponsible swoop.

  “Let me get this straight, Gunther—you pushed us into, like, a completely different land?” (81:03) — Tolv

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7. Aftermath, Reflection, & Setting Up the Next Arc

[80:05–86:47]

• The team is shocked to find the scapegoat gone—possibly lost during the impromptu mountain-move.
• In a group huddle, they process the revelations from Bedrock: deities are being poorly reassigned domains by the “Pale One” after the “Bright One” was killed.
• Doug: “So it’s almost like they’re, like, assigning people these roles but don’t really know what they’re doing.” (76:13)
• Plans are made to regroup and report in at Fort Endridge, but there is a sense of unease about their involvement with divine machinations and the unpredictable nature of the gods in this world.
• The episode ends as Gunther, upon falling asleep again, is confronted by his own patron deity, the Wilder Flower, who demands his renewed loyalty.

Notable Quote:

“Gunther, you’ve been a bad boy.” (86:51) — Gus, as Wilder Flower deity.

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

Natty on superhero names:

“It’s a funny question to ask me considering Natty Wonder is already a stage name. So I’ve already burned one of my fake names.” (03:36)

Doug, undercover cultist:

“I actually am a professional, just making sure you guys are… have all the ingredients you need.” (34:12)

Gunther post-headbutt:

“I waved like I just don’t care.” (18:02)

Tolv’s mock sincerity:

“Yes, we love sleep. I am such a big fan of sleep.” (26:47)

On Bedrock's accidental domain:

“The pale one just knows my name has bed in it and assumed I knew about sleep, but I don’t.” (63:47)

On Gigi absorbing sin:

“You notice that… did Giggy just get… get bigger? Looks like Giggy grew a foot.” (50:04)

As the campaign’s chaos peaks:

“Wait, so he's like big, big?” (77:03) — Tolv, about Giggy
“We've utterly ruined that place. No one will want to travel there because there's nothing to visit.” (82:25) — Tolv, about the tourism fall-out

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Important Timestamps

| Time | Segment/Event | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------| | 03:05–11:18 | Comic book/superhero names and group dynamics | | 11:18–21:01 | Aqueduct descent and attacking lizards | | 21:01–36:29 | Arrival at the temple, integrating into cult | | 41:02–49:05 | Cult negotiations; Gigi absorbs the sins | | 49:05–61:13 | Potion tests; Gunther’s divine dream | | 68:06–80:05 | Sleepwalking Gunther moves the mountain | | 82:08–86:47 | Realization about gods, missing scapegoat | | 86:47–End | The “Wilder Flower” confronts Gunther |

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Tone and Style Highlights

• Improvisational, quick-witted banter—metacommentary and callbacks abound.
• Lovingly irreverent toward D&D tropes: Exaggerated “undercover” roleplay, nonsense sleep “facts,” and “testing” of magical artifacts through slapstick.
• Physical comedy and cartoon logic: Frequent references to Kermit, Bugs Bunny, pratfalls, and wild gestures.
• Meta-narrative awareness: Players openly joke about campaign mechanics, their own real-life relationships, and merchandising tie-ins.
• Running jokes on parental roles: Tongue-in-cheek “cradling the baby,” declarations of “I am not your mother,” and assigning cult roles.

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Conclusion

The party manages to free the scapegoat’s role (maybe not the goat itself…), upend the local cult structure, and accidentally relocate an entire religious site while uncovering secrets about the world’s gods—who are perhaps just as lost as the mortals. Gunther’s metaphysical misadventure and the culminating scolding from his own goddess set up new spiritual (and possibly moral) dilemmas for next time, while the group’s bumbling, enthusiastic teamwork continues to drive the campaign’s joyful chaos.

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For those new or catching up: This episode offers a microcosm of the show’s signature blend of absurd fantasy hijinks, clever table banter, heartfelt character moments, and the occasional existential crisis—all in a format that’s as accessible as it is inventive.

Transcript

[Tolv]

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[Gus]

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[Tolv]

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[Gus]

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[John Risinger]

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[Barbara Dunkelman]

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[Tolv]

Salutations all you saddle slime. Squelch on into the stinky drag and throw back our latest thirst quencher. Yippee ki yay Mother Flubber. It's a mixture of pseudo peas in a pod, gurgling green tea leaves, the chair you threw out last week on the side of the road that vanished all too quickly and now you're having second thoughts on whether or not it was actually a good chair. Should you have gotten the seat a second chance? Will other chairs support your tushy the way your old one did? Will you ever truly sit comfortably again? Previously, our adventurers saddled up for a raucous race with a volatile voice vociferated atop cractus. After a rush around the race course, B team booked into the crest of Crackdus and said hello to a screaming scapegoat that them to some sleepy sorceress. Now they find themselves touch and go as they go with the flow. Cobble a cup and let's continue this Cocodis Chronicle.

[Gus]

Hello everyone. Welcome to Tales from the Stinky Dragon. I'm your dungeon master, Gustavo Sorola. Hey Blaine, how are you? Good, Blaine, watch out. I'm gonna hit you with an arrow.

[John Risinger]

Oh, no.

[Tolv]

Point blank 10.

[Gus]

I wish we were video podcasting. Everyone could see how I looked at Chris. The question this week is, if you were the main character in a comic book, what would your superhero name be? And that was submitted by Amon Reddy. Everyone go and roll a D20. I know Chris has a 10.

[Tolv]

13.

[John Risinger]

I rolled a 19. Ooh.

[Gus]

All right, so it looks like we got John Blaine, Chris, Barbara, if I'm reading those right, 19.

[Chris Damaris]

10.

[Gus]

3. All right, Natty John, why don't you lead us off?

[John Risinger]

Hi, I'm John Risinger, and I play Natty Wonder, who is a drow, drag queen, warlock, mother. And if I was going to be a superhero with, like, an alter ego, it's a funny question to ask me considering Natty Wonder is. Is already a stage name. So I've already, like, burned one of my. My. My fake names already. But if I was a superhero, and some might say being a mom is a superhero.

[Gus]

Ok, about that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[John Risinger]

It's one of the most, like, difficult superhero jobs, and you don't get paid by anything, and it's difficult for, like, you know, forever. I would probably come up with a name that, like, plays into my ability to kind of get lost in all my disguises and voices, since I'm so gosh darn good at that. And I would probably kind of play into, like, the enigma of that, the mystery of that. And I pick something, like, mysterious because I love me some French. I think it's so glamorous when people have little French stuff. And so I love Mystique. You know, that little Q, U, E sound like, how's that work? But I love it.

[Tolv]

I'm such a fool. I just realized that Natty was just your way of building Mystique in D.

[John Risinger]

And D is the voice of Mystique's daughter.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I was going to say that there's someone from the previous campaign who would be very familiar with the word mystique and the Q, U, E.

[Tolv]

But we don't talk about that because he sucks.

[John Risinger]

Who are you thinking of? Sleek. That was two campaigns ago. My bad.

[Tolv]

I'm so sorry. I thought we were crapping on Sleek today. I was like, yeah, I'm all, I'm here for it.

[Gus]

That was so aggressive and confrontational.

[Tolv]

I thought you were just being mean to John.

[John Risinger]

Yeah. Blaine hates Mati.

[Tolv]

No. Okay, let me give you out here. Matid also sucks. I said, that's right. It's playing Gibson. I'm. I'm rolling right into mine because I rolled a 13. Yeah. Gus is g me a thumbs up. That means it's my turn. Bring back a Kyborg energy. Sorry.

[John Risinger]

Sleek.

[Tolv]

Just like, brought some chills down my spine.

[Chris Damaris]

Hello.

[Tolv]

I play to the male thaumatech barbarian, level six. Micah changed it from orc to thaumatech because he was tired of me messing it up and yoo hoo, it's me to. And if I were to be superhero, I think I would take on some sort of, you know, secret identity so that no one could find out who I am. So I would be like 12 or like 12 man or 12 boy. You know, I don't know one of those. And maybe I would have like the twelves. It'd be like 12 elves and they would be like my support team.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Wells.

[Tolv]

Yeah, the 12.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah.

[Tolv]

So I don't think anybody would be able to crack that.

[Doug Boone]

Would you have like a whole bunch.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Of arms as well, kind of like someone you really admire?

[Tolv]

No, I don't.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

You might have multiple arms. Talking about in a different campaign, like.

[Tolv]

More than three and less than five. So four arms. That sounds stupid. No, I hate that idea. So anyways, 12. 12 boy.

[Gus]

Yeah, 12 boy. All right, boy. That's a journey I feel like here. But in a way, Tove already kind of has a secret identity since he's wearing Bjorn's skin. Yeah, it's kind of like you already have a disguise on and you have like a power that you're hiding from everyone or you were.

[Tolv]

It was also like my name was like plain sight. It was 12 all over long. So I know that it would also work if I myself 12 man or 12 boy. Because you idiots didn't pick up on that sooner. I'm so sorry. I'm very aggressive today. I need to calm down.

[Gus]

Hey. Hey, Blaine, what kind of coffee did you have?

[Tolv]

An iced mocha from Dutch Brothers.

[Gus]

Yeah.

[John Risinger]

So sugar and coffee?

[Tolv]

Yes. Yes.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I think, Gus, that should be your question every single episode to gauge how.

[Gus]

We'Re going to be playing. Yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Coffee did you have today?

[Gus]

Let's. Let's get a coffee check. All right, thanks. So next up we've got Chris.

[Chris Damaris]

Hi, I'm Chris Damaris and I play Gunther the Croak Fol fighter and my superhero name. There's several options. It could be the Croak Folk Avenger. Or if I was to team up with Bunlapton, it would be Toad man and Ribbit. Oh, I would be Ribbit. Or if we. If the four of us were to team up and have some sort of super group, then it would Be the fantastic frogs.

[Doug Boone]

I like those, actually. Yeah. Let's get rid of B team, let's get a Brutella team, and let's go with that one.

[Tolv]

Brutella team is out. Fantastic frog. I am down for this. I'm already green. I do the. I look the part.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I hear it's not easy.

[Tolv]

No, definitely not.

[Gus]

I'm a little distracted having a side conversation with Micah here. I think initially he had written Croak Folk of Injure of Space. I N J, U R E, like, ah, stab injury.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh.

[Gus]

Instead of Avenger. So it was like Avenger also works.

[John Risinger]

That went over my head because I don't know what Chris said after he said Croak Folk. I couldn't understand Avenger.

[Gus]

Okay, so it makes sense. The Reisingers could not hear the word avenger today for some reason, or at least the way Chris said it. Well, it is interesting because Gunther has such an unusual cadence to his delivery. Gunther puts the accent on strange syllables, and then his tone rises and falls as he's delivering lines. It's. It's like it catches me off guard every time we start a session.

[Tolv]

Well, I don't know if you know this or if our audience knows this, but Chris's English is his second language. Yes.

[Bedrock (NPC)]

Yes.

[John Risinger]

Yeah.

[Gus]

Is Crowfolk your first?

[Tolv]

No, Gob.

[John Risinger]

His first language is he doesn't know a language.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

It's just a series of grunts and points.

[Tolv]

Yeah, there it is.

[Gus]

All right, thanks, Chris. I really appreciate that. And then last today, we've got Barbara.

[Doug Boone]

Well, hello, everyone.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I'm Barbara Dunkelman. I play Doug Boone, a character who no one has trouble understanding when I speak in my character voice. He is a bugbear artificer, currently level 6. The 5 and a 6 look very similar when your eyesight is very bad, Turns out.

[Doug Boone]

And, you know, Doug Boone actually is quite a fan of comic books. You know, he just likes to read. You know, he gets a little distracted by the pictures every now and then. He wishes there was a little less of them. But something that he learned is that typically smart characters are professors. And so I think if Doug was going to be a character in one of these, he'd be a really good guy named Professor Ironpaw.

[Tolv]

Ironpaw.

[John Risinger]

I like it.

[Doug Boone]

He'd be, you know, one of the people who teaches people how to invent things and inspiring all the young folk, even the Quoke folk.

[Chris Damaris]

All them folk.

[John Risinger]

It almost sounds like a villain name, just letting you know.

[Tolv]

Like, it could be Inspector Gadget's other villain.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, I guess. It depends on how you say it. If you're like, oh, Professor Ironpaw.

[Tolv]

Yeah, okay. That's a good guy. Yeah, yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

But if you're like, Professor Iron Paw.

[Tolv]

Oh, no, no, no. That's a bad guy.

[Chris Damaris]

Better grade.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I feel like the word paw, though, immediately makes it less intimidating.

[Tolv]

Yeah, yeah, that's true.

[John Risinger]

I don't know. Is Doug in a chair maniacally stroking a white, fluffy cat in his arms? Is that what he's doing?

[Chris Damaris]

No, he's stroking a gambot by stroking.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

It'S cleaning the dirt off.

[Gus]

All right. I like the name Ironpaw. That's cool. I like him. Go multiple ways.

[Tolv]

Gus, what's your bad guy name?

[Gus]

My bad guy name?

[Tolv]

Yeah, or your good guy name.

[Gus]

Whatever.

[Tolv]

I don't know. You be an antihero.

[Gus]

I didn't think about this. I had to prepare. My superhero name is Dorkyus. All right.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Blaine is hitting Gus with an air.

[Gus]

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[Doug Boone]

Gus is a player.

[Gus]

Yeah, it was fun.

[Tolv]

That was fun.

[Chris Damaris]

Forward match.

[Gus]

You all enter the water and realize that the aqueduct is kind of deep, you know, and is moving fairly quickly. Why don't all four of you make dexterity checks just to see how you're able to keep your footing and if you're able to resist the strong flow of the water.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, five.

[John Risinger]

That's an 11.

[Chris Damaris]

17.

[Tolv]

Oh, my dear God. Six. But did Natty give me a inspiration a while ago? I did. Can I use that, Gus? Or was it like, you need to.

[John Risinger]

Use it in the moment?

[Tolv]

Oh, 15.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I won't use mine yet. I'm gonna keep the five.

[Tolv]

Well, I just made a whole huff about being the water guy, so if I were to fail in front of Gunther, I would never hear the end of it. He'd be like.

[John Risinger]

He'd be like our barbarian. Failing on a bunch of strength. Check.

[Gus]

Doug and Natty lose their balance and get swept up with the current. The water rushes them forward, knocking them into Gunther and tolls the momentum, causes everyone to spin and flail about. Soon you all are careening down a dark underground tunnel, caught up in the current, unable to see clearly amongst the splashes. Skittering noises shuffle along the tunnel ceiling, and several beady eyes leer at you from above. One after another, lizards leap from the ceiling, lunging for your faces as you enter the crack. Does four lizards fall down onto you from above, falling straight at your faces? What do y' all want to do?

[Tolv]

Gunther, quick, your cousins are here.

[Chris Damaris]

Are they. Are they, like, humanoid lizards or just, like, lizard lizards?

[Gus]

No, no, lizard lizards. Like, kind of big lizards.

[Chris Damaris]

We should talk. They do not like to swim.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

They're falling from above, like, onto our heads kind of situation.

[Gus]

Kind of like under your faces, like. Yeah, your head.

[Tolv]

They also cannot figure out the lift situation.

[Chris Damaris]

Do not let them attack. They could plant a seed inside of you, like facehuggers.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Could Doug take out his shovel that he has in his inventory and just, like, pop it over him and as many people as possible to cover them, almost like an umbrella.

[Gus]

Sure. Doug, why don't you make a. I'll let you make the decision. Either dexterity or sleight of hand. Check to see if you're able to get that shovel up and block yourself. Then, depending on the success, maybe we can have it not only cover you, but someone else.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I'll do dexterity. They're the same modifier, but. But sex.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Yeah.

[Gus]

You pull your shovel out and try to cover yourself, but you don't quite get in time. Gunther kind of gets in the way with all of us flailing around and you're not able to turn. Well, I pictured you like Kermit now with, like, kind of wavy arms. You're not able to fully deploy it, and one of the lizards plops down on you, and it's, like, square on your face.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Does it, like, have any effect? Is it doing anything?

[Gus]

I'm gonna see if anyone else wants to do anything first before we start resolving that.

[Chris Damaris]

Try and grab it off of her face.

[Gus]

Well, you have to deal with one that's falling on you first.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh. Oh, that's right.

[John Risinger]

It's like when the masks come down in an airplane. You need to deal with yourself. Your first. Your lizard, before you get.

[Tolv]

That's a good point. I will also try to shield myself with my actual shield and then I guess, venture to try to save Natty.

[Gus]

Okay. Again, like the oxygen mask. Deal with yourself first for sure. Since you're pulling your shield out. Let's call this a dexterity saving throw.

[John Risinger]

Okay.

[Gus]

Which I have.

[Tolv]

Advantage it, John. 15. Oh, but I'm not done yet. 20V.

[Gus]

That's pretty good. Yeah. You're able to pull your shield out and block the lizard that's about to hit you. And then what was your second part of your action, since you're. Since you rolled a 21? Well, we'll say you're Able to do something else as well.

[Tolv]

Well, if I block one with my shield, I. I would see the one coming for Natty, and I would try to reach out and grab it before it hits Natty.

[Doug Boone]

Ooh.

[Gus]

Okay. Make a. We'll call it an attack roll. Like without a weapon. Like an unarmed attack roll.

[Tolv]

Okay. Must protect my queen. I'm white knighting you. 21.

[Gus]

That's pretty cool. So I assume Toll uses his shield in his left hand.

[Tolv]

John, what did the art for Toll? Which hand did he use? I'm gonna say right hand because Blaine would swing his hammer with his left. And if the shirt reflects otherwise, then just.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Just.

[Tolv]

Just buy it anyways, Please. It's coming out eventually. I don't know when.

[Gus]

Are you really left handed, Blaine?

[Tolv]

I'm mixed handed. It's like a crappier version of ambidextrous.

[Chris Damaris]

Just bad at both.

[Tolv]

Yes, exactly, Chris.

[John Risinger]

Thank you.

[Gus]

How did I not know this about you? I've known you, like, over a decade.

[Tolv]

I know, man. I don't know. I guess you just stopped looking at.

[Gus]

Me after a while.

[Tolv]

No absentee father.

[Gus]

All right, so the art does have your shield in the left hand, but that must be a mirrored image.

[John Risinger]

Yes.

[Gus]

Yeah, that's. That's what's going on there. So you raise your shield with your right hand, block the lizard from falling on you. It falls down, hits your shield, and bounces off and falls in another direction. Then, like, with almost. Again, with almost, like, superhero reflex speed, you turn and your other arm shoots out and grabs the lizard right as it's about to fall onto Natty Tall boy. Do you want to grasp it or do you want to, like, punch it out of the way?

[Tolv]

I'm gonna punch it. Yeah, let's punch it. I don't know if I want this thing slithered into my hand.

[Gus]

Just roll me a. Let's just call it a D8.

[John Risinger]

Okay, that's an 8.

[Gus]

You punch the lizard so hard that it doesn't even fall in the water. It, like, goes over the bank and it falls out onto the riverbank upside down.

[Tolv]

And I do that thing that that one politician did where I go.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

And Blaine is no longer up for reelection.

[John Risinger]

Can Addie respond to that?

[Gus]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Natty helps. It's easier.

[John Risinger]

Turn. Wow. Told. That was amazing. I didn't even see you switch your shield from your right hand, where you usually hold your shield, to your left hand. That was so impressive.

[Tolv]

I. Yeah. I don't know if you know this, but I'm mixed handed, so I can Swap back and forth. It's okay. Not many people know it. Even people you've considered, you know, like best friends for over 10 years.

[Gus]

You know, I just want to say, I think even Natty got it wrong. Natty said switched it from the right hand to the left hand, but it's supposed to be in the right hand because he swings the hammer with his left hand instead.

[Tolv]

Well, you know, I'll forgive Natty because they're a fictional character, but, Gus, I. I expected more from you.

[Gus]

Well, we'll continue this discussion in second wind about Toll's preferred hand, which is available to patrons@stinky dragonpod.com. all right. Anything else you want to do, Natty? Or is it. Can I pass on to Chris?

[John Risinger]

I mean, my lids are taken care of.

[Chris Damaris]

Okay.

[Gus]

Chris slash Gunther.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, I was going to go with ducking under the water and swimming past, but I really like the. The visual of Kermity. So just, like, slapping at the. At the lizard.

[Gus]

Okay. Yeah, yeah.

[Tolv]

Waiting about.

[John Risinger]

Just like.

[Gus]

Which, let's be honest, that's probably what I would do in that same situation. In that case, make me. Let's call it two unarmed strikes. Because you. You're flailing both arms around.

[Tolv]

Okay.

[John Risinger]

At disadvantage.

[Chris Damaris]

9 and a 5.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Excellent.

[Gus]

Somehow flailing your arms around does not yield the results you would expect. And the lizard almost seems to be dodging your hands and falls and lands right on your face.

[Chris Damaris]

I waved. Like, I just don't care.

[Tolv]

Quick, Gunther, before he sells you car insurance.

[Gus]

Okay, so there's a lizard on both Doug and Gunther's faces. They scurry around, and it seems like they make a beeline for your precious eyes and looking for the moisture on your eyes. And they're both trying to lick it off, but they fail.

[John Risinger]

What?

[Gus]

They. Like they're trying to get to your eye, but they can't quite get there. Metagame wise, they tried to make an attack roll to lick up your eye fluid, but they missed. So you got lizards on your faces. What do you want to do? It seems like they're really intent on eating your precious eyeballs.

[Chris Damaris]

Can I headbutt Doug?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Yes.

[Chris Damaris]

So that both of our lizards are. Smash each other.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay, go for it.

[John Risinger]

Yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

So I guess I'll. I'll help with this.

[John Risinger]

Oh, okay. I was gonna say if Doug wasn't helping. There's a height difference here that we're gonna have to negotiate. But if Doug's gonna go down. All right.

[Gus]

Yeah. Both of you make up.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Doug's going down.

[Gus]

Both of you make attack rolls.

[Tolv]

That Means Doug has, like a lot of wind up. They're gonna lean back and then just.

[Gus]

Go and gravity assisted.

[Chris Damaris]

Like what kind of attack roll?

[Gus]

Unarmed. Yeah, this is the most pure form of an unarmed strike. There are no arms involved. I mean, this is.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I'm gonna use my inspiration die because that was a five.

[Chris Damaris]

Okay, well, nat 20. Well, I haven't got a good counter for that. A one.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, I did a nat 20 and.

[Tolv]

You did a one. Where does that, Gus?

[Gus]

Yeah, I'm gonna say that that means that Doug gets a wind up and goes down to meet Gunther's headbutt. And it's successful. The headbutts connect. But Doug's headbutt is so powerful that it forces Gunther under the water. Like, it was such Gunther flat on his back. It would be like tubing on the river, but there's no tube.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Well, the lizards are looking for water, so wouldn't that be good that he landed in the water? Because then they'll be like, oh, actual water. I could get off your face.

[Gus]

Now they're looking for precious eye fluid. I juice you.

[Chris Damaris]

These are dastardly creatures. I moisture so important.

[John Risinger]

You can't say any of this. You're knocked cold. You are knocked.

[Gus]

You hear gurgling as the bubbles come up and pop. You hear the words like in a cartoon. Alternatively, it could be the thing where the bubbles come up and when they pop, the text appears. Yeah, Instead of hearing the sound, you can read the text of what he was saying. Okay. But yeah, because of the hyrule, though, the lizards do fall off as well. And they're floating away.

[Chris Damaris]

Am I drowning? Am I knocked out?

[Gus]

Yeah, no, you're fine. You're fine.

[Tolv]

Tov will fish out Gunther.

[Gus]

Okay, great.

[John Risinger]

Who.

[Chris Damaris]

Who are you?

[Tolv]

I'm just gonna shake him by his little froggy leg to dry him off and bring him back to his senses.

[Chris Damaris]

Ah, it worked perfectly. Good job.

[Gus]

So you all emerge unscathed for the most part from the lizard, and you find yourself inside Cragtus. Just to refresh your memory, this was that huge boulder like object that you had ridden that lifts up to the top of and was about 100ft tall.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

And we saw that animal at the top there.

[Tolv]

Scapegoat.

[Gus]

Yeah. So, yeah, you look around and you see on the interior, it's like a huge cavern. And in here you see what appear to be beds carved out of rock as well as a fountain and some people milling about.

[Tolv]

Wait a second. Are they beds or are they catacombs? Like, like dead people beds?

[Gus]

They appear to be regular beds. From what you can tell, I was.

[Tolv]

Trying to get ahead of the pun. You know, like cactus cracked is catacombs. You know, I was thinking bedrock.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, that's the name of the deity, isn't it?

[Gus]

Yeah. Good memory or good memory and or good notes?

[Tolv]

Both. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Definitely remember that. By myself, not flipping back a page to last week's episode.

[Doug Boone]

I do remember. You know, they were talking about how sleep is very sacred. So maybe this is like their temple or something like that. Because it's all the beds.

[Tolv]

Yeah. Okay, that makes sense. Do they have like, like a fountain of warm milk and like, like a bunch of blankets in one corner? Like, what kind of sleepy vibes do they have?

[John Risinger]

Their communion is they just take melatonin. Remind me canonically, what happened? We entered this place at the behest of somebody. There was somebody. It was a sorceress escape. Flynn. Flynn. No, they were talking about Flynn. Did we get the sorceress's name? I don't think we did. So we're. We're entering here and there's people in here. Have they seen us or are we entering stealthily?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I don't want to alarm you, but Gus is rolling dice.

[Gus]

Yep, I'm always rolling dice. Why don't you make me a. Let's call it a perception check for me, Natty.

[John Risinger]

15 plus perception. 3. 18. Stop rolling dice. He's rolling perception checks for everybody in the room. That's what he's doing. Yeah.

[Gus]

It looks like they have not noticed you so far.

[John Risinger]

Okay then. As according to my notes, current team leader, I put my hand up like a mom, stopping the kids getting flying towards the front of the car when you hit the brakes. And I say, and I, and I, and I gathered the team around to make a game plan. Cuz we're kind of entering this place without any kind of a strategy.

[Tolv]

Who put her in charge?

[John Risinger]

I think it might have been you.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh my God, you're right. Does it seem like there is a leader?

[John Risinger]

If I remember correctly, we're here. That's John, if I remember correctly. Because the scapegoat, they're up there to like, pay for all the. The nastiness and sins of everybody here. Yeah. And so I'm. I'm worried maybe we should. We should enter this place with some sort of idea of what, What. What is our goal?

[Tolv]

Well, I think we should find, you know, bedrock or the person that is like the mouthpiece for the bedrock and see if we can maybe negotiate some other terms for how we can Deal with this like bad voodoo so that they will not blame the scapegoat. Because I think that that's what you're here to do is save the scapegoat.

[John Risinger]

Yep. Save the scapegoat. Save the world.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Save the world and then the cheerleader.

[John Risinger]

Why can't the scapegoat be a cheerleader?

[Doug Boone]

Huh?

[John Risinger]

Huh?

[Doug Boone]

I mean, the scapegoat could be whatever they want to be after they get out of here. You know, make your dreams come true.

[John Risinger]

Why don't we enter this room as, like, we're curious about joining in their church? How about that?

[Doug Boone]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, I'm going to start looking real sleepy.

[John Risinger]

Oh, perfect, perfect, perfect.

[Tolv]

Barbara. I'm going to get out in real life. My eyes are watering now.

[Chris Damaris]

And told who doesn't sleep is like, yes.

[Tolv]

I'm so sleepy. I'm also extremely sleepy.

[Gus]

So is Doug making, like, loud, kind of exaggerated fake yawns?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Yeah, but I think in doing the fake yawns, they would turn into real yawns, because that is something that happens to me if I'm trying to fake a yawn. It then turns into a real one.

[John Risinger]

And told, like, even helped us a little bit. Why don't you carry Gunther who's sleeping?

[Doug Boone]

Oh, good idea.

[Chris Damaris]

Okay, I'll take a nap.

[Tolv]

I will hold him like a baby. I will bundle him my cape.

[Doug Boone]

I think they might really like me here because I'm like a giant teddy bear and so I'm, like, designed for sleeping.

[John Risinger]

Yes.

[Tolv]

They will, like, pay you to be in their religion.

[Gus]

Yeah. At the yawning, one of it looks like one of the people who's milling about turns and notices and begins slowly.

[John Risinger]

Walking over, like, casually.

[Gus]

Yeah, it seems like pretty casual.

[Tolv]

They're running at us with swords.

[John Risinger]

You know, this is a theater of the mind podcast. I have to know how they're approaching us.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay.

[John Risinger]

Then I'll walk up to them and say. And say in a very, very dulcet low tone, howdy. My name is Natty.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Hello.

[Gus]

Hello, Pyren. How are you?

[John Risinger]

I'm doing fine, Pyotr. We're just new in town and we heard about your little. Are they a religion, Gus? Would that be accurate?

[Gus]

Yes, I think that would be accurate.

[John Risinger]

We heard about your religion, and I'm sure you can tell just from the look of us, we are ready to participate in your great tidings.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, that's good.

[Gus]

What have you learned about it?

[John Risinger]

Well, you know, that's a good question, because we've just kind of learned the surface level stuff. And I'm hoping you can give me a little more information. We do know that you all really do value Slate and you like bedrock.

[Tolv]

Yes.

[Gus]

Acquiring knowledge is good, but you need experience as well.

[John Risinger]

That's interesting to say.

[Doug Boone]

And is that experience taking a little nap ski in one of these beds and going a drift off to dreamland?

[Tolv]

Yeah.

[Gus]

Flynn could probably help you with that. He runs the show and Kyoter kind of turns and points at one of the other people who's milling about.

[John Risinger]

Okay, I think I would love to talk to Flynn.

[Gus]

Just be careful. Sometimes some people here get a little nervous when we have unexpected guests. But, you know, you four seem all right.

[Tolv]

Yes, we love sleep. I am such a big fan of sleep.

[Gus]

Oh, are you all about.

[Tolv]

Yes.

[Gus]

What's your favorite part of sleep?

[Tolv]

When you close your eyes. Yes, I know all about sleep. Yes.

[Gus]

The beginning.

[John Risinger]

Yeah. The anticipation of what's to come.

[Tolv]

Yes.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah.

[Tolv]

I love when I. My mouth goes. Which is what I do when I sleep, because I sleep.

[Gus]

Yeah. A classic sleeper here.

[Tolv]

Yeah, that's me. I've been doing it for years.

[Doug Boone]

And what is like the typical rain range of hours of sleep? One would get told, oh, you know.

[Tolv]

Anywhere from, you know, Vaughn to 24 hours. Yeah.

[Chris Damaris]

He's so good at sleeping. He should be a sleeper agent.

[Tolv]

Oh, yeah, it's very good. Oh, I thought you were sleeping.

[Chris Damaris]

Go back.

[Tolv]

I cradle the baby.

[John Risinger]

Okay.

[Tolv]

This is my son. Notice how we were both green. This is my boy. My baby boy.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, he taught me everything I know about sleeping.

[Tolv]

That's right. Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

[John Risinger]

Okay, so we're gonna go talk to Flynn now, if that's okay.

[Gus]

Yeah, let him know Pyotr sent you. Maybe it'll open some doors for you. Maybe it won't.

[John Risinger]

Oh, okay.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah.

[John Risinger]

Pyotr. All right. And then can we walk over to Flynn?

[Gus]

Yeah. I assume you all begin. Well, you told me you were heading in that direction. Besides Pyotr, who, you know, obviously came over, separated himself from the group to come talk to you all, there appear to be six other people milling about, and all of them in here seem to be wearing like an aquamarine pajama gown and nightcaps.

[John Risinger]

Are they doing anything in particular? They just kind of chat with each other. Are they participating any sort of rituals or anything like that?

[Gus]

That's a great question. Make me a perception check, please.

[John Risinger]

That's 14.

[Gus]

Oh, it's pretty good. A few of them are having conversations, talking to each other. However, the bulk of them seem to be working on some kind of alpha alchemy. It seems like they're brewing potions and medicines of some kind.

[Doug Boone]

Right.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I'd be able to walk over to where they're doing that and see what they're, like, putting in it. And maybe using my knowledge of, like, science and chemistry to figure out, like, what they're actually making.

[Gus]

Yeah. Doug sees science happening and, like, the whole rest of the world disappears. And like a cartoon, Doug isn't walking. Like he's lifted off his feet. Like when a cartoon character smells something like an apple, it wasps in it. Like, right? Yeah. Except you see science. It's like your eyes pulling you forward to, like, beakers and Erlenmeyer flasks.

[John Risinger]

Gus is excited. We're about to talk about science.

[Tolv]

I know.

[Doug Boone]

I didn't realize I was dreaming already. Am I right, guys?

[Gus]

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[Gus]

You walk up, yeah, they notice you coming and they kind of turn around to to kind of. How can I say to kind of regard you and see this. This lumbering giant walking towards them.

[Doug Boone]

Regards, my fellow chemists. What. What we all brewing here?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Oh, we're just experimenting with trying to learn more about sleep.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, so like, are you trying to make like a sleep potion? Like, to help you actually fall asleep, stay asleep?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Like, what's this?

[Doug Boone]

What's the problem we're trying to solve?

[Gus]

Two of them kind of look at each other and then look back at.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

You and say, maybe you should talk to Flynn first. We really shouldn't be talking to you. Flynn can probably fill you in on what's happening. It's not something we should be discussing with. With outsiders.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, well, I'm not an outsider. I'm right here. I'm inside. And yeah, Flynn said it would be fine. You know, I actually am a professional, and so I'm just making sure you guys are. Have all the ingredients you need and making sure your, you know, measurements are correct and everything like that.

[Gus]

Why don't you roll me a deception check?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Really? We noticed you come straight here from the aqueduct.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, that's right. I was sent through the aqueduct by Flynn.

[Tolv]

Oh, the lies deepen.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

We're happy to talk to you, but all you have to do is talk to Flynn, and once he gives us the okay, then, yeah, we'll be. We'll be happy to. To fill you in. Once you're in with Flynn, then you're a. Okay.

[Doug Boone]

Okay, so I'd like to saying here.

[John Risinger]

Yeah, that's what we all say.

[Doug Boone]

All right, well, you know, I could have helped you, but, you know, maybe I won't now since, you know, you don't trust me.

[Tolv]

We'll make our own purple drink if.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

You want to help.

[Gus]

One of them turns around and grabs a flask and hands it to you.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

You can drink this.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Could Doug smell it? See if he could tell what's in it?

[Gus]

Yeah, make a perception check.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, man.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay, seven.

[Gus]

It smells pretty gross, like stagnant water.

[Doug Boone]

You know, I think I'm gonna pass. But here, you take this back. I'll go talk to Flynn, and then, you know, we'll be back to check in.

[Tolv]

Wait, is that a baa ba? I could give it to my son in my arms here. You would?

[Doug Boone]

I don't think any of us should drink this.

[Tolv]

No, no. He's so thirsty. He needs his baba. It's baba time. Isn't that right?

[Chris Damaris]

Yes, Papa. I need my baba.

[Gus]

You all have a mother with a literal child.

[Tolv]

Yes, that is my five. Yeah, we're all one big Happy family, Mama.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

As I'm leaving the table, could I just see, like. Could I just quickly glance at what ingredients they might have?

[Gus]

Yeah, I'll let you make it. The call either perception or investigation.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Check perception. Okay, 20.

[Gus]

You see that not only are there potions out on their table, but some of the finished products that they're working on seem also to be like salves and food of some kind that's been created alchemically. And as far as ingredients, it seems like water seems to be one of the predominant ingredients that's portioned out here.

[Doug Boone]

The secret ingredient for sleep.

[John Risinger]

Water that makes me get up while I sleeping.

[Gus]

What did you roll again? A 20.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I rolled a 20.

[Gus]

Yeah. The water seems a little unusual. It's shimmering with various hues of, like, blues and greens. It's not just like, well, water that you would get and, you know, be drinking or water out of a river. There seems to be like some kind of iridescence about it.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Did it look like the water that Gunther fell into when we were attacked by the lizards?

[Gus]

No. Seemed distinct from that.

[Chris Damaris]

The lizards were going after eye water.

[John Risinger]

They were, yes.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

That we all know. Shimmers with blues and greens notoriously.

[Tolv]

Do you think that that's what this is? Is the eye water stuff?

[John Risinger]

Like eye drops?

[Tolv]

I think the only way we can find out is if Gunther drinks this.

[Chris Damaris]

Yes, Papa.

[Tolv]

So thirsty.

[Doug Boone]

No, Gunther. No, no, no.

[Gus]

You.

[Tolv]

He's so thirsty. Look at him.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, if he wants to be a test subject.

[Gus]

I like this constant cutting back to Gunther with his mouth open. Ah, this is conversation happening.

[Tolv]

I'm gonna go ahead and feed him the water.

[Gus]

Okay. Yeah, I guess. As Doug, you finish your conversation and turn to walk away to go talk to Flynn. And like, you do that thing where you turn to your right, but from your left side, Toll walks up with Gunther so you don't see him. And to grabs the flask and feeds it like a bottle to Gunther, who's cradled in his army.

[Tolv]

We've been traveling for so long and he's so thirsty. Look at him. He loves it. So what does this stuff do anyways?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

We're curious to see.

[Tolv]

Well, we're happy to help.

[John Risinger]

I just rewatched Mickey 17. I'm getting major expendables vibes here.

[Gus]

Gunther, you can feel like a warmth as the liquid travels down your esophagus into your stomach. And then it radiates out from your stomach all to your extremities to, like, your arms, your legs, your fingers and your toes. And you feel like a Calming warmth just settle over you.

[Tolv]

Are you peeing on me right now?

[Gus]

Well, he is a frog. Well, not only could you fall asleep, but you feel like you can control sleep a little bit.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, control sleep.

[Gus]

Sleep like lucid dreams, metagame wise. If you want for the rest of today, for the rest of this session that we're playing on, you can cast the sleep spell on yourself, you can try to cast it on others, but there's going to be a check and it might backfire.

[Tolv]

Gunther, if you need to get out of like a bad conversation, just put yourself to sleep.

[Chris Damaris]

I have all power of slave sleep. It is warm and comfy.

[Tolv]

You know, we are just trying to get involved with this religion, so we're happy to help in any way.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Interesting.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay.

[Gus]

One of them turns around and grabs like a little sachet of what appear to be like leaves and herbs and hands it to you and says, you can chew on this.

[Tolv]

Me or the baby?

[Gus]

You. This. Hey, because you said you're happy to help.

[Tolv]

Yeah, yeah, totally. I, I put, I'll put it in my mouth.

[Chris Damaris]

Look at the hay.

[Gus]

Okay.

[Tolv]

What is the. This is like a salad. What is this?

[Gus]

It seems to have no effect on you. It's like you're chewing on leaves and sticks and nothing seems to happen.

[Tolv]

And what is the intention of this? Is this also like a sleep potion?

[Gus]

We're trying to find out. And they begin writing down on some scrolls that they have.

[Tolv]

Oh yes, very sleepy. Opens my nasal passages. Wow.

[Gus]

If you want to help further, you can go take a nap on one of our rocks beds. And they point over to the beds.

[Tolv]

That sounds like a great idea, but I think first. Gay, we should probably go talk to Flynn.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, we know what he looks like. But just to confirm that you guys know what he looks like, why don't you describe him for us?

[John Risinger]

I'm laughing at. The initial plan was like, let's just go in there and let them know we're curious about their religion. And you guys have gone complete like lie crazy with like.

[Tolv]

We'Re immersing ourselves in their customs.

[John Risinger]

That's the fight. That's fine. Hey, it's a choice. And I, I support it. I'm here. I'm here to support it.

[Gus]

I love it. They pointed Flynn out specifically for you. But I will describe him. I think that's a good question. He appears to be a slightly older orc, not like super old, but not, you know, very young either. On the, let's say the back half of middle age. Maybe a Little older than that.

[John Risinger]

This is the most you've ever gone into detail about the age of something we've approached.

[Gus]

He's got a weathered face, and he's wearing a sleeping gown and a night cap like everyone else. It's made of aquamarine silk that sparkles.

[John Risinger]

Let's go talk to Flynn.

[Gus]

Okay. Oh, I assume all four of you head over to Flynn, who sees you.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Coming and says, welcome to the crack to.

[Tolv]

Yeah, we've been here for a while.

[Gus]

Yeah.

[John Risinger]

That's a lot of energy to bring to a sleepy place.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Yes, our research is on sleep. Then the mystical powers of rejuvenation.

[Tolv]

God, lower your voice. People are trying to take a nap.

[Doug Boone]

No, a lot of energy.

[Flynn (NPC)]

If you can sleep through this, you've mastered the sleepy art.

[Tolv]

That's my boy. Number one sleeper.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Impressive.

[John Risinger]

What is the connection of your interest in sleep to your connection to your deity, who I assume is Bedrock?

[Flynn (NPC)]

Yes, it is the bedrock. It is through sleep we hope to become closer to her and learn her secrets.

[John Risinger]

So is this practice. Is this, like your. Your temple? Is it a laboratory?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Or what is the.

[John Risinger]

The importance of this structure?

[Flynn (NPC)]

We seek research into performing the art of sleep so that we can better commune with the bedrock.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, you see, we are masters of sleep. Yes. They called me, as I hail from the desert, Mr. Sandman.

[Tolv]

Yes.

[Chris Damaris]

And then here is my papa, who is so good at sleeping, he has transcended need for sleep.

[Gus]

That's right.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Heresy.

[Chris Damaris]

No, you seek knowledge. He has mastered the art of sleep, so he is always sleeping.

[Gus]

I like the complete 180 you did there, by the way. Give yourself an inspiration. Die for Mr. Sandman. That was really good.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Yeah, clever.

[Flynn (NPC)]

The goal would be to sleep as much as possible.

[Doug Boone]

You know, like, you guys believe in, like, rejuvenation and stuff like that caused by sleep and stuff like that. But you, no offense, look pretty old. So, like, are you, like, really old? But you don't look that old because you've been sleeping a lot or just. Are you just trying to find the answer so that it could rejuvenate you? I'm just being observant.

[John Risinger]

Doug is a master at negging.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Yes. I have spent a long and fruitful life researching sleep. However, my research has nothing to do with trying to bypass the great sleep.

[Doug Boone]

The great sleep?

[John Risinger]

Is that like dying?

[Flynn (NPC)]

Yes. Eternal slumber.

[John Risinger]

Well, not that we're necessarily looking for that right now. Although I do love death. Could we maybe. You said you use sleep to commune with Bedrock. Does that mean you guys are actually able to, like, connect and Communicate with this, this great God.

[Flynn (NPC)]

So far our efforts have been unsuccessful, but we hope to perfect it soon.

[Tolv]

Is bedrock, like a person is the bedrock in the room with us right now, or they like, you know, someone mystical and, you know, unseen?

[John Risinger]

I like the idea of just going into someone's church and being like, is. Is the God with us right now?

[Gus]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tolv]

Well, in this land, it seems like deities can walk amongst them. So I'm wondering if there's a physical.

[John Risinger]

No, that's the whole point of this campaign.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Yeah, she's not here now, but we hope to be able to find her and learn from her wisdom.

[John Risinger]

Tell you what, as you've already heard of from my compatriots, we're quite skilled at sleeping. We got Mr. Sandman here, we got our scientist here, who's very good at coming up with sleep concoctions and everything like that.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tolv]

Doctor Sleep.

[John Risinger]

Doctor Sleep. Yep, that's. That's their name. This tall drink of water right here, he can just turn off at like, like that, like, like a snap of the finger. And I think if there's might be a button that might cause that too.

[Tolv]

We. We didn't know. I don't know.

[John Risinger]

So, you know, we're so interested. But you know what? I heard something about, you know, as I was traveling around, I heard something about you guys. You guys have a friend upstairs at the top of the practice.

[Gus]

Flynn would ponder for a second and.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Then say, oh, the scapegoat. He is no friend of ours.

[John Risinger]

Like I said, I'm an empty book ready to be written in.

[Doug Boone]

About.

[John Risinger]

About your religion. What is the connection of the scapegoat and bedrock?

[Flynn (NPC)]

The scapegoat carries the evil doings of mortals, and we cast him out to cleanse ourselves for the bedrock.

[Chris Damaris]

What did you do that was evil?

[Flynn (NPC)]

I stayed up late, pass my bedtime.

[John Risinger]

So is it that bedrock wants you guys to be like, clean and pure and so you're trying to get to that for your God?

[Gus]

Yes.

[Flynn (NPC)]

You understand? Perfectly.

[John Risinger]

Perfect. Okay. I think I have a proposition to make for you, Flynn.

[Doug Boone]

Oh.

[Tolv]

Spooky.

[Gus]

Listen, sometimes I make myself laugh.

[John Risinger]

Is Flynn also a frightened magician or something?

[Chris Damaris]

He's a ghost.

[John Risinger]

You know, I hate to see a creature as beautiful as a goat suffer so much, but I understand you guys are trying to rid yourselves or bring yourselves closer to your gut. I can connect with that. I'm always trying to chit chat with my God as well. Yeah, who said that?

[Tolv]

Yeah, I wasn't looking at the screen.

[John Risinger]

And I was like, who said that? Was that Chris or Blaine?

[Chris Damaris]

I was confused too. You, like, didn't move your mouth.

[Tolv]

There was like a bubble in my throat and I just didn't commit to like, the joke I was gonna make, so I just went.

[John Risinger]

I tell you what, I would love to take this weight off of the goat, but I understand the goat is of importance to you, so I got a little buddy here, this little guy. And I point to Giggy. He's just hungry for sin. He. He's just. He's just ready to gobble it all up. Look at him.

[Gus]

What's Giggy doing?

[John Risinger]

Let's say Giggy has a. Is on the ground, just chewing on his own leg.

[Gus]

Perfect. Like when you have a dog and they're just like going to town chewing on their leg.

[Tolv]

Chewing on one leg where the other leg is kicking. So he's just going in circles while doing this?

[John Risinger]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's kind of bored cuz we. The adult's been talking for a while.

[Tolv]

Yeah.

[John Risinger]

And he didn't get to eat any of those lizards.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

That's very true. We should have saved one for him.

[John Risinger]

I know you got to give him snacks or he gets restless.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I know the feel. I'm the same way.

[John Risinger]

Doug Wood and bark. So what if we were to. I'mma offer you two propositions for the price of one. My little demon here would love to take the sins that you guys need so that we can let that. That goat go. Because again, I just hate to see a poor little creature like that just hanging out up there at the top of the cactus. And then I bet you I. I guarantee you we could commune and get in touch with your bedrock.

[Tolv]

How's that idea? Does that sound pretty dreamy?

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah. Come on. Think about it, old man. Or should I said Rip Van Wrinkle?

[Doug Boone]

Okay, that's it. Listen, I know what I said was pretty offensive, but this is taking a one step. Duval.

[John Risinger]

Natty turns around and goes. You guys understand I'm trying to get something here, right? You understand this is negotiations.

[Gus]

Why don't you make a persuasion check? I was going to give you advantage, but, I mean, there was some insults that started flying by.

[John Risinger]

You know what? I'm. I'm just glad you didn't go disadvantaged. So I'll take it. That's 19 plus. Persuasion is plus 4, so 23. My Gustavo.

[Doug Boone]

Nice.

[Gus]

So just so I make sure I understand, your proposition is that they put their sins onto Gigi.

[John Risinger]

Yeah.

[Gus]

And that Gigi takes the scapegoat's place.

[John Risinger]

Well, I was just thinking that Gigi could like top them up. Like could kind of like get them at a, at a zero again. And then Gigi could just kind of like give the goat a break. And, and then to sweeten the deal. I don't know why I'm talking in like Natty's accent. To sweeten the deal, we would also help them commune with Bedrock. Maybe I didn't communicate that well, but.

[Tolv]

I think we should take the goat with us. I think we should take Scapegoat with us. That's important.

[John Risinger]

I'd like, I'd like to save Scapegoat.

[Gus]

Yeah.

[Tolv]

Plus I love collecting NPCs.

[John Risinger]

Where's Captain Grumbles lately? I haven't checked on that guy. Oh, he's. Oh, he's over there. Captain Grims. Go lay down. Go lay down.

[Gus]

I think Flynn would, you know, kind of ponder it for a second.

[Tolv]

You need to sleep on it, Flynn.

[Flynn (NPC)]

No, let it be done.

[John Risinger]

Okay.

[Gus]

I think Flynn would close his eyes then outstretch his arms before him.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Oh yes.

[Gus]

He's mumbling to himself. Why don't you have Giggy make a constitution check as he's sitting there chewing on his foot?

[John Risinger]

That's a plus zero on Giggy's constitution. He rolled. Oh, that's a nat. 20.

[Gus]

After going to seemingly like seance for a minute, Flynn opens his eyes and all four of you make a perception check.

[John Risinger]

It's kind of hoping that this would just turn into like confessional kind of thing where all these guys would just line up and just tell Giggy all the terrible things they.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Dirty 2012.

[Chris Damaris]

3. My eyes are closed.

[John Risinger]

9. What does Doug see?

[Gus]

I say to and Doug both noticed this. Are you imagining it or did Giggy just get. Get bigger? It looks like Giggy grew a foot.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

A foot?

[Gus]

God, like a foot in height. He's way bigger than he was before.

[Doug Boone]

You know what's weird is that his own mom didn't realize that it kind of tracks. I think Giggy might have grown a little bit.

[John Risinger]

Gus. Is he just increased in scale or has he matured a foot taller? Like aging?

[Gus]

His voice is also a little deeper.

[John Risinger]

Oh gosh.

[Tolv]

Oh no.

[John Risinger]

He's taller than Gunther now.

[Doug Boone]

He's about to have teenage angst.

[John Risinger]

Well, Natty would just be beaming with pride. Look at my boy.

[Tolv]

See, that's. It's already working, Flynn. It's taking on all of the sins of the scapegoat.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Mhmm. Interesting.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Yeah.

[John Risinger]

Is there pretty more? Does any other guys need to like take a Turn. Or does that feel like that's good enough?

[Flynn (NPC)]

This hostess are cleansed.

[Gus]

Oh.

[Flynn (NPC)]

We can begin fresh and anew.

[Doug Boone]

Okay, so is this, like, a permanent change on Giggy or.

[Chris Damaris]

Yes.

[John Risinger]

I'm curious.

[Tolv]

We'd have to get, like, new animation assets for Gigi.

[Chris Damaris]

I hope not.

[Tolv]

You're gonna have to make a new puppet.

[Gus]

We'll find out.

[John Risinger]

Okay, so does that mean maybe we could go up and let the scapegoat go?

[Flynn (NPC)]

Ms. Make it so.

[Tolv]

That was easy. The day is saved, thanks to Doctor Sleep, Sandman, Nap Nap, Napsy Wonder, and me, Mr. Pillow.

[Gus]

My pillow. Yes.

[Chris Damaris]

Now we shall all convene with Bedrock.

[John Risinger]

Yeah, I actually do want to see if we could maybe convene. Use Bedrock.

[Gus]

Okay, how do you want to do that? Like, are you going to go take care of the scapegoat for, like, what's the. What's the plan here?

[Chris Damaris]

Put myself to sleep.

[Gus]

Okay, so, Gunther, you're going to put yourself to sleep.

[Tolv]

Well, do we even need to convene with Bedrock? If we save the goat, Maybe we don't.

[John Risinger]

Yeah.

[Gus]

I'll tell you what, Natty. Why don't you figure out what the team's doing and let me know?

[John Risinger]

Well, okay. I'll turn to the team, like, well, I think we have a mission accomplished. Is there any sort of strategic benefit from us, like, trying to commune with their.

[Chris Damaris]

Their God and we said we would.

[John Risinger]

Yeah, but he gave in.

[Chris Damaris]

I could go for now.

[John Risinger]

I think he is old and his memory's not very good. Okay, why don't we let Gunther take a swing at it, see what we come out of it, and then we can skedaddle, go get us a goat and keep heading to Fort Andridge.

[Tolv]

Doug, what are you vibing with? What are you thinking?

[Doug Boone]

I'm on a constant quest for more knowledge. So personally, I would also like to maybe meet Bedrock.

[John Risinger]

Okay.

[Tolv]

We could split the. The party, because obviously I'm not communing with Bedrock. I mean, look at me. I've never slept a day. I am totally lying to these people. I don't know a thing about sleep.

[John Risinger]

Yeah, we know that.

[Gus]

Yeah.

[Doug Boone]

Wait, what?

[Tolv]

Yeah, no, I just go into, like, a trance whenever you guys sleep. I've just been watching you guys sleep all of this time.

[Doug Boone]

You're just a really good actor, I guess.

[Tolv]

I know.

[Doug Boone]

Get me food.

[John Risinger]

Seeing as how I also don't necessarily need to sleep, I think this might be good if we watch over our compatriots as they attempt to commute, you know?

[Tolv]

Okay.

[John Risinger]

A little bit of a watch System.

[Gus]

So how are you all going to try to accomplish this?

[Chris Damaris]

Maybe you lay upon the bed and papa shall rock me to sleep.

[John Risinger]

I feel like the bedrocks might serve as, like a. As a holy place to sleep.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Yeah, the little, like, beds that we saw when we walked in.

[Tolv]

Yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Could we just go lie down in this?

[Tolv]

They're like a vessel.

[Gus]

Yeah, absolutely.

[John Risinger]

Hey, Doug, do you want to ask those gentlemen over there if they might have a little concoction that might help?

[Doug Boone]

Well, I. I was gonna go back over and say, okay, guys, I met Flynn and now we can talk about things. But. Yeah, okay. Okay, I'll be quick. Okay, Gunther, you start doing your. Your nighttime ritual.

[Chris Damaris]

Gunther looks at to.

[Tolv]

Oh, you're very close to my face.

[Chris Damaris]

Hello, Rocket. Rockaby.

[Tolv]

Oh, yes, Rockaby. Gunther in my big arms.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

All right, as that's going on, I.

[Tolv]

Will put him on a bed in save him from harms. When the giggy screams, the Gunther will sleep and go down in bed without making a peep. I'm gonna throw him at a rock. Just get him out of my arms.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Really good.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Pretty good.

[Gus]

Really good.

[John Risinger]

Wow.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

We should make that into a real song.

[Gus]

Okay, just so I'm clear now, Gunther is being put down to bed in one of the. Or put down to sleep in one of the beds. And at the same time, Doug is going to go talk to the people who were working on the potions. Is that correct? Sure.

[Tolv]

I have more of a toss. I don't. I don't gently put them down.

[Gus]

I just kind of throw them at a rock.

[John Risinger]

But yeah.

[Gus]

And then Tolvin. Natty, what are you all doing?

[John Risinger]

I will accompany Doug because I'm going to be Doug's sleep buddy.

[Gus]

Okay.

[Chris Damaris]

Gunther uses the toss to land on his head. And while the toss, now that he has sleep warmth, lands on his head, so he takes a hit and then activates his sleep thing.

[Gus]

Perfect. And then toll for. Are you going or what are you doing?

[Tolv]

Well, I don't want to split the party. I guess I'll. I'll watch after Gunther. I'll go get like a bowl of that sleeping liquid. And then when Gunther's nice and tired and sleeping, that I will put one of his hands in it. You know, just so he has it nearby and he knows where it is.

[John Risinger]

Barf keeps yawning. Barb just yawning.

[Gus]

CB Doug, you re approach the sorceress who are working on the various concoctions. What do you want to do?

[Doug Boone]

Hey, guys. Doug again. Here back. I just spoke to Flynn over there.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Doug points over to Flynn.

[Gus]

Flynn sees you point and then waves and points back.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, we've established that connection over there. I was just curious. What are you guys actually making? What are you using to make it? Give me the lowdown.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

We are working on experimental sleep aids. We have various salves, edibles, potions to further our research for better sleep.

[Doug Boone]

And is it, like, for, like, a temporary sleep or, like the internal sleep that Flynn was referring to?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Oh, these are temporary sleeps.

[Doug Boone]

And are the ingredients found here in the crag test, or do you guys tend to have to venture out to find them?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

It's a combination of both. If we had a mattress sponsor, this would be a perfect time to mention Casper Helix or one of those companies. But they got to give us some money before I get into that.

[John Risinger]

Instead, just become a patron. You can fall asleep listening to our. Our bonus content.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Exactly.

[Gus]

Yeah, yeah.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Sweet sounds.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

But a lot of our research centers and focuses on the natural fountain found inside of here at Cragdus.

[John Risinger]

Oh, the fountain.

[Doug Boone]

Is that, like, what, like, why it's all, like, blue and green and shimmery and stuff like that?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Yes, the waters of the fountain shimmer blue and green.

[Doug Boone]

How did you stumble upon this water? Is it just natural to this habitat?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Yes, that is why we have set up our research here to be close to the fountain.

[Doug Boone]

Interesting.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay, Doug is noting this all in his little notebook.

[Doug Boone]

And are the lizards that are kind of in here, are they, like, into that, or, like, why are. They went for our eyes. And so I'm wondering, like, why that is.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

They're super annoying. They're obsessed with faces. They can't get enough of trying to drink our eye liquid.

[Doug Boone]

That's really strange.

[Chris Damaris]

It is.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

So we have no idea why that is. They're just here.

[Doug Boone]

Just a kind of a personality flaw of those lizards.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Okay, got it.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

I don't know about flaw. It's just a quirk.

[Tolv]

Maybe if you use the lizards as, like, an ingredient for your sleepy potions. Have you tried milking the lizards?

[Gus]

They look at each other.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

No, we'll get on that.

[Doug Boone]

Well, is there any of this that I can maybe, like, have?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

You can have some if you try them here. So we can observe using the scientific method and determine what works best.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, I mean, if you guys think it's safe.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

We guarantee it is safe.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I do an insight check on that.

[John Risinger]

Yeah, same. Natty's gonna roll an insight on that.

[Gus]

Insight check.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

11, 30, 20.

[Gus]

You don't think they're entirely confident about that? Doug, that guarantees not 100%.

[John Risinger]

Could Natty peek out from behind Doug and ask a question. Hi, Natty here. I'm actually kind of curious. Flynn over there said that your guys's, like, kind of ultimate goal is to through the power of sleep, commune with Bedrock. Is that what you guys are participating in?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Yes, our research is to make for better sleep, which allows for better possibility of communication with the bedrock.

[John Risinger]

Okay, well, we got one of our buddies over there already kind of getting into the position to maybe help with that study. And then Doug here, he's gonna participate as well. He's a sleepy little boy, if you can see. He keeps yawning the entire time we've been in this temple.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

That's true.

[John Risinger]

Maybe if you guys have something that, like, you've gotten the closest, like your most promising concoction, and Doug here could give it to Gunther and we'll see how, you know, if we can't, you know, make some scrambled eggs.

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, because I will say this, guys. I am kind of a scientist myself, so if we give it to someone else, I could help you observe the, you know, symptoms, the reactions, all that stuff too, and maybe help you fine tune your ingredients and measurements and everything.

[Chris Damaris]

I'm a bit of a scientist myself.

[Gus]

You're asleep.

[Chris Damaris]

Spider man quote.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Well, your friend over there took one of our potions already. Perhaps he could take the other three as well, and we could observe what happens when someone takes all four at once.

[John Risinger]

I'm the leader of our group, and I can volunteer Gunther to take all three potions.

[Gus]

All right, so you. Are you gonna do. You gonna go and do that, Doug?

[John Risinger]

Do you want to administer it?

[Doug Boone]

I. I mean, I don't know if I want to be held responsible for that. What are you saying about Gunther?

[Tolv]

You know, I mean, his mouth is open. You know, I could. I could just siphon all of the liquids and fluids in there. I mean, he's. He's an open receptacle.

[Doug Boone]

Why don't you give my buddy Tove there the. The three different potions, okay?

[Gus]

They hand over some stuff to you to. It's not all potions. They hand you a salve, a sachet of herbs like you tried to eat earlier, and an additional potion as well.

[Doug Boone]

Okay.

[Tolv]

I'll run over and I'll be like, drink up, Gunther. And then just.

[John Risinger]

Then you got to rub the salve on him and you.

[Tolv]

Gotta slap him around a little bit, you know?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I like that you to. Then you put it on, like, those football players where they have, like, the lines under the eyes.

[Gus]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. You give them all to Gunther, who does not seem to to be resisting. And the. I don't know if I mentioned the Sorceress come along as well to observe and see what happens.

[Tolv]

Yeah, as you can see here. I mean, he's taking great to it. He loves fluids. So, I mean, if anybody else has any other things, let's just throw it in, you know?

[Chris Damaris]

I mean, it's gonna hurt like asleep goes.

[Gus]

I just picture like when Gum Gum insisted Cyborg shoot the healing potion into his mouth with an arrow. Like. Like mouth open. Okay, I'm going to cut to Gunther, who's asleep. We'll deal with this waking world in a moment. We're going to deal with Gunther in his sleep. Now, for a moment, the Pink Floyd music video.

[Tolv]

That is Gunther's dream.

[Gus]

Yeah. You see hammers walking in unison. You're asleep, Gunther. And you. You're having a dream. In the distance, you see a mountain range. And it seems to be very quickly filling your vision. It's like it's getting closer and closer. And as it gets closer, the mountains begin to look less like mountains and more like sideways Z's. Until it zooms in and you're entirely on the side of one of these sideways Z's. You look around and it seems like there's loose soil and boulders everywhere. And some of the soil under your feet begins to become disturbed. And out from the soil pops a mole. And it's looking at you.

[Tolv]

Will you whack it?

[Chris Damaris]

Hello, mole. Are you Bedrock Yayos?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

And you must be Gunther.

[Chris Damaris]

Ah, my reputation precedes me.

[Bedrock (NPC)]

You've been working with the sorceress, haven't you?

[Chris Damaris]

Yes, I have. Are you happy?

[Gus]

I guess. What's wrong?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

Oh, there is much work to do. It never ends. So tell me, Gunther, what brings you here? What do you seek of the bedrock?

[Chris Damaris]

I want to know what's wrong with you. What's up? What's the deal with needing so much leave?

[Tolv]

Jerry, what troubles you?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

Well, I have many responsibilities. And sometimes I seek to find others.

[Tolv]

To share the load.

[Chris Damaris]

How do you share such a load?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

It's a very difficult task. It's deity stuff, Gunther.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

If.

[Bedrock (NPC)]

If I were to share it with you, it would you. It would melt your brain.

[Chris Damaris]

Who is able to help you? Could it be another God like the bright one or the sea drinker who I'm very good friends with?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

Oh, are you? What has. That's very impressive, little one.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I like how the mole is calling Gunther, little one.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah.

[Tolv]

Also cut to the outside world to is just Standing on top of the bed with like a several gallons large barrel of fluids. We're just gonna top him off here. He's, he takes to it great. He's very small, but he holds a lot of fluids.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

We just hear Gunther going.

[Doug Boone]

Well, the.

[Bedrock (NPC)]

Problem is the bright one understood me quite well, but the pale one does not understand me. Gunther, can I tell you a secret?

[Chris Damaris]

Yes.

[Gus]

And then the bedrock kind of looks around and like beckons for you to come lower so she can whisper to you.

[Chris Damaris]

Gunther lays on the Z mountain.

[Bedrock (NPC)]

You see, I, I don't know anything about sleep. The pale one just knows that my name has bed in it and assumed I knew about sleep, but I don't. Luckily I found someone to help a little bit. The silent steed has been picking up slack on the sleep domain.

[Chris Damaris]

The pale one just assigns deities.

[Gus]

Yes.

[Chris Damaris]

Remind me again about the pair one. It's been a while since we met.

[John Risinger]

Why is your guys's go to to lie?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

The pale one has taken over the mantle, as it were, as cosmic ruler and has seen fit to dole out responsibilities to the deities.

[Chris Damaris]

How's the bright one feel about this?

[Tolv]

It's like gossip girls. Like you're like.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Spill the tea.

[Bedrock (NPC)]

The bright one was murdered, so the pale one has taken over. So the bright one really has no feelings about it.

[Chris Damaris]

Is there a way the bright one could come back?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

Well, that's beyond me.

[Chris Damaris]

What about the silent steed?

[Bedrock (NPC)]

I know that you have a friend who knows all about the silent steed.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, I do.

[Tolv]

I, I, I meta talk. I want to meta talk. But only if you want to.

[John Risinger]

I think we gotta leave Gunther on this. All right. All right.

[Gus]

Yeah, that's exactly what I was gonna say.

[Bedrock (NPC)]

If you wish to learn about the silence deed, you could do so and.

[Gus]

You'Re other life and the the mole kisses you on the forehead and you begin zooming away from the mountaintop.

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[Gus]

Plus, while all that was happening, I guess you all are watching Gunther's sleep and he seems to be having a fitful sleep thrashing about on this rock bed before you. It seems like he's having quite a bit of dreams. He's just tossing and turning non stop.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

In the bed rock, bed, bed rock.

[Doug Boone]

Rock bed, bed rock.

[Tolv]

Could I have been backing up a carriage filled with those herbs and leaves to like, like to like, just dump into Gunther's mouth?

[Gus]

Got like a big funnel that you've just put in there. That's right.

[Tolv]

Keep coming, keep coming back. Oh, he needs this.

[Doug Boone]

I said I can't. I think he might be waking up. So you gave him four different types of sleeping potions and he only slept for three seconds.

[Gus]

As you all are watching him and as to is backing up the truck, Gunther suddenly sits up in bed and then gets up out of the bed and begins walking straight towards the aqueduct.

[Tolv]

Is he sleepwalking?

[Chris Damaris]

Some Ambien.

[Gus]

It looks like he's still asleep, but he's walking straight for the aqueduct would follow.

[Doug Boone]

Let's follow him.

[John Risinger]

Don't, don't wake sleeping sleepwalkers, you know. Yeah, that's, that's the number one rules. You don't wake them.

[Chris Damaris]

T.O.

[Tolv]

Will have his arms out to like grab him if he were to do something like jump into the aqueduct or something.

[Gus]

It's not that he's jumping into the aqueduct. He's, he's walking straight into it. He's like two steps away from walking right into the aqueduct. Oh, you got a Mr. Magoo. Him.

[John Risinger]

Visually, would the depth of the aqueduct be dangerous?

[Gus]

Normally, no. But he's asleep, so who knows, maybe.

[Doug Boone]

Just like pick him up. So like he'll still be walking but he won't be moving.

[John Risinger]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tolv]

I'll gently, like lift him, but spin him so that he walks away from the aqueduct. You know, real like Bugs Bunny stuff here.

[Gus]

Yeah, yeah. You pick him up and spin him. And as you pick him up, Gunther, you wake up and you see Toles holding you.

[John Risinger]

Baba.

[Tolv]

Oh, hello, little boy. How was your nap?

[Chris Damaris]

It was the good, good nap. I met a molecule.

[Gus]

You fall asleep again immediately.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Tolv]

Andy's out and he's out.

[Doug Boone]

I have a Feeling that's gonna happen maybe a couple times over the next few days.

[Tolv]

This is affliction, narcolepsy.

[Doug Boone]

Well, just with the amount of stuff we gave him that's, you know, designed for one person for an entire sleeping session, and we gave him all of it.

[Gus]

As you're holding him, his legs begin moving again, like he's walking.

[John Risinger]

Okay, I'll let him free.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, maybe he knows something we don't and we should just, like, let him go and follow him.

[Tolv]

That's a great. Yeah, that's a great call. I follow.

[Gus]

He begins walking back to the alchemical station where all the. The sleep aids were.

[Tolv]

Guys, he wants more chemicals. Quickly whip up a new badge.

[John Risinger]

Let's just watch.

[Gus]

He begins grabbing them and mixing them all together, generally making a mess of the station. The Sorceress begin rushing in, trying to get everything off of the table so that he doesn't create a mess and doesn't create problems for them.

[Tolv]

No, no, no. Let him cook.

[Doug Boone]

Literally.

[Gus]

Gunther, you wake up again and you've got two flasks in your hands.

[Chris Damaris]

And then, I guess, tries to, you know, you put yourself back to sleep. So I can just continue whatever I was doing. Like, I want to ride this sleep train.

[Gus]

Oh, Lord. Yeah. You wake up for a second and then you decide you were better off sleeping and go back to sleep.

[Tolv]

He wakes up as you go. Eggs and milk.

[John Risinger]

He goes back to bed.

[Gus]

You put down the flask that you were holding, and he begins walking towards the side of the practice. And he walks up to the inner wall of the crack just where you all are, and he puts his arms on it and he looks like he's pushing. The other three of you in the party make dexterity.

[Tolv]

Saving throws 18, 8, 7 and 11. Night advantage.

[Gus]

Natty, you managed to stay on your feet, but Doug and Tolv, you both fall to the ground as it feels like the entire crackedus begins shaking and moving. As Gunther is pushing on the wall.

[John Risinger]

Natty turns to Flynn and goes, is that normal?

[Doug Boone]

No.

[Gus]

Let's see if Flynn manages to stay on his feet.

[Doug Boone]

Someone help the old man.

[Gus]

No. Flynn falls on the ground.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Help me. I've fallen and I can't get up.

[John Risinger]

Good.

[Tolv]

Life alert.

[John Risinger]

Natty helps him. Natty helps him.

[Gus]

Okay. Flynn gets back up to his feet.

[Flynn (NPC)]

I think your friend has moved the practice.

[Doug Boone]

Is that even possible?

[Tolv]

No, is.

[John Risinger]

Is like.

[Tolv]

Is Gunther strong?

[John Risinger]

Like, what's happening is the whole cracked is, like, moving along the ground?

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Yeah.

[Gus]

You know, the sides were kind of like stained glass. And what you See on the exterior now looks a little different than what you previously saw. Oh, it's hard to see exactly because it's stained glass. But it does seem like the exterior is different. And Gunther, you now are away.

[Chris Damaris]

Moly. Moly.

[Tolv]

Moly.

[Doug Boone]

How did you do that?

[Chris Damaris]

I do what? Talk to them all.

[Doug Boone]

Oh, well, we'll get into that after. But you moved the entire practice.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, must be the Bedrock. We are good friends now.

[Gus]

I think Flynn would push his way to the front.

[Flynn (NPC)]

You met the Bedrock. Tell me about it.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, a Bedrock is being. Is very proud of you.

[Flynn (NPC)]

I knew it.

[Chris Damaris]

Yes, Bedrock is very proud, but also needs help with the silent steed. Are you aware of the silent steed?

[Flynn (NPC)]

Help with the silent steed? Should we murder the silent steed?

[Chris Damaris]

No. It is not a scapegoat. No more scapegoats.

[Flynn (NPC)]

But you said needs help with the silent steed.

[Chris Damaris]

If you really want to make Bedrock happy, you should also pray. Two silent to eat.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Interesting. This changes everything. The eternal slumber and the temporary slumber are connected somehow then.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, you're right.

[Tolv]

So I think that's what I was.

[Gus]

Trying to say, Chris.

[Tolv]

Silent steed is Natty's partner.

[Gus]

I think.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Well, I mean, Natty's wife, Death, who is like a centaur kind of looking.

[Doug Boone]

Right?

[Barbara Dunkelman]

But is that.

[Doug Boone]

I mean, hey, Natty, is you. Is your wife named the silent steed?

[John Risinger]

Yes.

[Doug Boone]

Okay. There we go.

[Tolv]

Okay, so we've just turned this sleepy Colt into a death course.

[John Risinger]

I'm really trying not to meta everything that I heard the mole say. And I'm trying to go off of what Gunther said, but it is difficult.

[Flynn (NPC)]

So we must help people with the eternal sleep. Understood.

[Chris Damaris]

Got it.

[Gus]

More.

[Chris Damaris]

Just. Just, you know, it's not so much to help kill people. That does not help them sleep.

[Flynn (NPC)]

No eternal sleep.

[Chris Damaris]

I think you should just keep sleeping. You're doing a great job. No more goats.

[Flynn (NPC)]

Okay. So let it be said. So let it be written. So let it be done.

[John Risinger]

Hey, Talf. I think baby needs to get out of the tent.

[Tolv]

I. I'm. Let's take a group puzzle real quick.

[John Risinger]

Yeah. I want to talk about this, but I don't want Flynn, who seems a little zealous, to hear the wrong story.

[Tolv]

And I think that that's why we should maybe have Gunther maybe steer them in a direction that's not going to cause them to do terrible things.

[John Risinger]

I think we might be at that inflection point with him just telling them, just keep on sleeping. Do you feel like more. More repairs need to be done?

[Tolv]

I Don't know really how to patch up up this ship. It's pretty. It's sinking pretty quickly.

[John Risinger]

Yeah.

[Tolv]

Doug, you have a read on this whole situation?

[Doug Boone]

Well, I mean, I. I know nothing. It was Gunther who experienced all of that.

[Chris Damaris]

So can I convey what I saw to the party?

[Doug Boone]

Sure.

[Gus]

So that you get them on the same page.

[Tolv]

Yeah. Gunther is essentially the frog Messiah.

[John Risinger]

More like a prophet. Yeah, there you go.

[Doug Boone]

They're saying that the mole that you met is not actually the deity, but they think it is because she's got bed in the name.

[Chris Damaris]

Well, it is the deity, but they do not know anything about what they are doing.

[Tolv]

Well, the pale one seems to be responsible.

[John Risinger]

That is so clear.

[Tolv]

Pale one is the one that's divvying out all of these things, but it seems like they are just not good at their job. They're filling in for the bright one. Pale one has no idea what they're doing. And then they're just saying, like, you do this. Hey, your name is Chuck. You're the Chuck wagon guy. Now you know what I mean?

[Doug Boone]

Yeah, I gotcha.

[John Risinger]

Great, great examples.

[Gus]

He just passed away.

[Tolv]

This is very hard.

[Doug Boone]

So it's almost like they're, like, assigning people these roles but don't really know what they're doing.

[Chris Damaris]

Manager.

[John Risinger]

Well, maybe what would help is. It sounds like I should have a little conversation with my honey.

[Doug Boone]

I. I think that might be a good idea.

[Tolv]

I think so, too. Do you want me to give you some potions and things? I'll take good care of you so you could, you know, become one with them.

[John Risinger]

I watched your care of Gunther, and I think I'm gonna pass and said care.

[Chris Damaris]

I hate when my mama and papa fight.

[John Risinger]

I'm just gonna make this very clear. I am not your mother. That's my baby over there. I'm good with just mothering the bringer of the apocalypse.

[Tolv]

Napsy Wonder. You're tearing this family apart. Wink.

[Doug Boone]

Nazi mama.

[Gus]

Nazi mama. Everyone turns it looks at, like, a hulking, bigger giggy now who's, like, slightly terrifying.

[Tolv]

Wait, so he's like big, big.

[John Risinger]

Wait, are you saying he's grown even more or are you just making a joke?

[Gus]

He is bigger. He's a foot bigger than he was before.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

He hasn't grown again, though, like, a second time?

[Gus]

No, correct. Correct.

[John Risinger]

Yeah. Hulking brings a level of growth that I was just trying to be clear. He wasn't like. Okay, so the pale one seems like they don't know what they're doing. And they. We also didn't. I Hear the Infernus talking to the privateer.

[Gus]

Correct.

[John Risinger]

Yeah. They're trying to find. This is John recapping what the Infernus goal is. They were trying to find the sea drinker. Cuz the sea drinker knows how to find things.

[Tolv]

Pathfinder.

[John Risinger]

They were trying to find the Pathfinder. Why were they trying to find the sea drinker? No, they had the sea drinker.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

They had them captured.

[Gus]

They were trying to use the sea drinker to find out where the Path Pathfinder.

[Chris Damaris]

Because the Pathfinder could get them out of the hell place that they're on.

[Tolv]

You know what?

[John Risinger]

I wonder if my wife knows where the Pathfinder is.

[Tolv]

I've asked her that before.

[Doug Boone]

I'm almost scared to. To know the answers to that. Because like you know, like if we know stuff and they know we know, we might get tortured. So like we find out where. If we find out where the Pathfinder is. That's some dangerous knowledge. But you know, I think it's probably important to our quest.

[Gus]

Especially if they. They know you know, that they know.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Where did you know that we, you know.

[John Risinger]

Get out.

[Chris Damaris]

Get.

[John Risinger]

Get back behind that.

[Gus]

Okay, sorry, sorry. I'll go back up into the cloud.

[John Risinger]

Okay, this is a lot to take in. But we do have one more thing that I want to take care of before we leave here.

[Chris Damaris]

And that is not make them death cold.

[John Risinger]

No, I just want. We got the goat. Let's go. Take care of escape, guys.

[Tolv]

Of course, yes.

[John Risinger]

I can fly. How about I just fly up and talk to the goat real quick?

[Gus]

Sure. Well, I assume you all exited from the inside the cactus to go outside to then retrieve the goat. But correct me if that's not the correct.

[John Risinger]

Oh, but there is a way to get up to the top of the practice from inside, right?

[Chris Damaris]

No.

[Tolv]

Who built this place? It's so like that it's not even solid. It moves when you push it. Not accessible.

[John Risinger]

Okay, I'll go get the goat. Can I bring the goat down?

[Doug Boone]

Down?

[Gus]

Okay, first of all, everyone roll me a perception check.

[John Risinger]

Yeah, because we moved, right? 14, 17.

[Gus]

So the 14 and 17, you go outside and you see. You know when you go to examine the practice for what you're about to do, you notice that the chairlift, the base station is gone and the chairs are on disarray on the side of crack.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, because we moved the mountain, right?

[Gus]

Natty, you fly up to the top and it seems like scapegoat is no longer up there.

[Tolv]

Escaped.

[Chris Damaris]

I wanted them to reunite and make amends.

[John Risinger]

Okay, well I. I come back down to the group and I. I share this bewildering mystery.

[Tolv]

Okay, Natty, did the goat get away, or did you kill the goat and you're just lying to us right now?

[Chris Damaris]

No sacrifice.

[John Risinger]

Out of our entire group, I've been nothing but straight with y'. All. No, goat wasn't up there. I don't know where the goat went. Maybe it fell off when this boy over here moved the mountain.

[Tolv]

So Gunther killed the goat.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh, no.

[John Risinger]

Maybe.

[Chris Damaris]

Can we look for the goat?

[Gus]

As you all look around, all of you, regardless of your perception check, realize that you're in a totally different area than where you were before.

[John Risinger]

Like, locale all around.

[Gus]

Right? All of you make wisdom checks.

[John Risinger]

Oh, gosh.

[Tolv]

Okay, are we actually, like, asleep right now? Because this is really weird.

[Gus]

4, 12, 10. All right, the 12 and the 10. You recognize where you are. You are at somewhere you were before. You're just outside the ruins of Raisin.

[Tolv]

Huh?

[Chris Damaris]

Did we teleport? Like, can we still see the mountain?

[Gus]

You see a huge scar in the land behind the practice where it looks like the entire practice was shoved along the ground back in the direction where you were.

[John Risinger]

God, wasn't that, like, a different hex altogether?

[Gus]

Yes, you are now outside the ruins of Raisin, which, on the bright side, you're closer to Fort Endridge.

[John Risinger]

What did you do, Gunther?

[Tolv]

So let me get this straight, Gunther. You pushed us into, like, a completely different land?

[Chris Damaris]

I did not know he was so strong. It must be rock. The Mole have dug a hole.

[Doug Boone]

What did he do?

[Chris Damaris]

Dug a hole. Mole Bedrock does not sleep. He moves mountains and earth.

[Tolv]

So she is in charge of mountains and earth and geography and things and not sleep there?

[John Risinger]

Yes.

[Gus]

Wow.

[Tolv]

This place is totally messed up, man.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

What is the area like, where we see the ruins of Raisin? Do we see any type of, like, barrier or, like, illusionary type thing? Like, what does it physically. I don't know what you were gonna.

[John Risinger]

Ask, John, but I was gonna ask the path that you're calling like, a chasm, is it just, like. Yeah, as far as the eye can see. And is it just, like, destruction?

[Gus]

Yeah, it seems like it goes off into the horizon and. Yeah, it's like a scar on the land. Everything that was in the way has.

[Chris Damaris]

Been leveled from our knowledge. Were there, like, towns and cities, things that were destroyed?

[Gus]

Not as far as, you know, it was pretty empty. And then to answer Barbara or Barbara slash Doug's question, no, it appears to be there's no barrier or anything. You're outside the ruins of Raisin. There's not an illusion.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

And if we look down, like, where that scar is, if we're close enough to see. Is it like just a pit?

[Gus]

No, it's not very deep. It's like a very superficial.

[John Risinger]

So it got just drug into exactly ground.

[Tolv]

So what did we do to, like, Solar Sod's local economy? If we took away their, like, biggest tourist destination, we've utterly ruined that place. No one will want to travel there because there's nothing to visit.

[Doug Boone]

Are there? Mustangs.

[John Risinger]

Okay, where's Private Parts?

[Gus]

Private Parts is wandering around. Says on the bright side, it's a quick hop back to Fort Idridge. Beer.

[Chris Damaris]

Why do you think Bedrock wanted to move things? Almost like they wanted to move things along.

[Gus]

Think of inspiration. Die if you don't have one.

[John Risinger]

I'm gonna make a guess and say that through your communion with them, they might have bestowed upon you a little bit of their juice.

[Tolv]

Or we made you into a super soldier with all of the fluids that I put to you.

[Chris Damaris]

Punch me.

[John Risinger]

Well, he not only did something that was physically impressive, but it was physically impossible. He moved something from inside of it.

[Tolv]

I mean, you know, sometimes a cat can get stuck in a box and then the box moves around, you know? That's true. Different scale, but I see what your meaning is. Yeah.

[John Risinger]

I'm just saying that it also happened in, like, a half second. So that's something to keep in mind for future communions with these gods.

[Gus]

Okay.

[Tolv]

So I think we should probably. There is something to be done here. Clearly Bedrock. She wanted us to be here for a reason.

[Gus]

Oh.

[Tolv]

But, like, at least that's my interpretation. But, like, where is Flynn in the rest of the sleepy time? Cold. Are they still around?

[Doug Boone]

Probably just still in the cracks side of it.

[Gus]

They're still inside. Inside. Okay.

[Tolv]

Welcome to your new homes.

[Gus]

Yeah.

[Chris Damaris]

Are we. Are we good with them?

[Gus]

Yeah, they don't see. They don't seem to be coming out or anything. They're still doing their work.

[Doug Boone]

Do we maybe, like, go back into practice, take another little nap ski, and have another talk with Bedrock?

[John Risinger]

I'm scared to.

[Doug Boone]

Or should we just maybe, like, go over to the ruins of Regine? Because, I mean, it's here and it's. I feel like everything happens for a reason.

[Tolv]

Private Parts. I'm pressing Start Menu to see what our objectives are. Private Parts, what's your read on the situation? I mean, we probably just totally messed up, like, zoning and stuff like that, so.

[John Risinger]

Well, he's. He said we're closer to where we were heading, which was Fort Andrews. This is just us on our way.

[Gus]

Yeah. I think Private parts would probably say.

[Chris Damaris]

The will of the gods could be capricious and mysterious. I can't fully understand what the bedrock may have been thinking, but we should.

[John Risinger]

Take advantage of this boon which is.

[Tolv]

Presented to us and make our way back to report to Sergeant Steel Eye.

[John Risinger]

We got a few things to report.

[Tolv]

Yeah.

[John Risinger]

Just a few. Yeah, just a few.

[Tolv]

Well, I mean, Natty, do you.

[Gus]

Your call.

[Tolv]

You are the leader. Apparently someone put you in charge.

[John Risinger]

Phone ranks. Yeah, that's what I feel.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Doug gets right behind Natty and salutes.

[John Risinger]

That's you. There you go. You know? Yeah, I like that. I want. I want to. I want to report in. I feel like if we wander around anymore, we're gonna have way too much stuff to report in.

[Chris Damaris]

Yeah, yeah.

[Gus]

Private parts scribbles your. Your order down, Natty. Hey, Gus.

[Chris Damaris]

Is that a long rest?

[Gus]

Yes, we'll say that was the longest for Gunther because of all of that. Actually, speaking of long rests, you know, everyone forms up behind you, Natty, and you hear something behind you, Natty. Sounds like sawing of lumber.

[Sorceress/Alchemist (NPC)]

Oh.

[Chris Damaris]

Oh. No more sleep.

[John Risinger]

I turn around and I look at that.

[Gus]

Turn around and you see Gunther standing behind you, saluting, but his head drooped. He's fully asleep and snoring. Okay, Gunther, you see in your mind a youthful humanoid flower. It burns with flaming petals. You know it as the Wilder Flower. She's visibly upset, burrowing her brow at you, Gunther.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

Oh, isn't the Wilderflower like your.

[John Risinger]

That's his God.

[Chris Damaris]

I'm sorry. What have I done?

[Doug Boone]

Your faithfulness is wavering, Gunther.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

I've seen you talking with the other deities.

[John Risinger]

You must prove your fealty or suffer the consequences.

[Chris Damaris]

What can I do for you?

[Gus]

We'll find out in the next episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon.

[Barbara Dunkelman]

It didn't mean anything, I promise.

[Tolv]

We're just friends. I swear.

[Gus]

Gunther, you've been a bad boy. Thanks for listening, everybody. We had an eventful episode. A lot going on. Gunther really literally pushing the story along. Yeah, thanks for listening. We're back with the next episode in two weeks. And if you're a patron next week, you can listen to an episode of Second One where we dig into this, talk about this episode and things related to it.

[Tolv]

Check out store.stinkydragonpod.com where we're going to be selling stinky sleep potions. That's right. John will be brewing them in his home. You can experience the same wonderful sleep that Gunther had in this episode.

[John Risinger]

I'm have to Put another thing in the store that's sold out, aren't I?

[Tolv]

No, we're really selling it. I'm.

[Gus]

As we were recording, I saw Ben submit the merch idea for the Sleepy Dragon nightcap. Love it. Wow.

[John Risinger]

What an amazing episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon. I John Reisner, I'm a huge fan of this show and love the shenanigans those guys get up into. Do you know what? I also love Halloween themed apparel and you can get that [e-mail] do you guys remember those little jokes about those T shirts when they were at the Peace Day parade and it was like the tea neck and they were like these little shirt. We made those shirts. The Grotesque shirts. We made them. They're up on the store right now, so go get them. Okay. And just because we love the Halloween time so much, we also gave you some more stuff. We gave you content. The grotesque Second Wind episodes we were missing because Second Wind wasn't a thing until like, I don't know, three months into the Grotesque campaign. Well, we went back and re recorded those second wins and released them for everybody in our Patreon. So you can go listen to that stuff right now and you get yourself a a cool little Halloween shirt. Have a wonderful spooky month.

[Gus]

Hey.

[John Risinger]

New episodes of Tales from the Sneaky Dragon. It premieres every other Wednesday wherever you stream podcasts and on The Stinky Dragon YouTube channel. But if you want to listen to the show 48 hours early and ad free, that's two days early without commercials. You can support us by becoming a patron@stinky dragonpod.com or you could join as a member on Beacon TV. Both give you early ad free access and a members only discord for each platform. But if you're looking for even more stinky content and community perks, our Patreon specifically offers exclusive bonus shows behind the scenes content access to the Stinky Dragon Discord members only, live streams, stinky community events and a shout out on the show. Just like hey Jay Davenport, I see you. I'm shouting you out. Ugne4617 YouTube Celia Thomas Morgan 447 Red Web thank you for being patrons. These patrons directly support the show. Get ad free episodes access to our patron only Discord server bonus content like Second Wind and Behind the Screen or Stinky Pop. I'm kind of partial to that one. And other stinky perks. Once again, that's stinky dragonpod.com we are incredibly grateful for your support which makes this show possible. Some of our friends voiced NPCs in this episode, and listeners who interacted with us on the Stinky dragon. Discord had NPCs named after them. Like Flynn, named after Braden Howell and voiced by Matt Bragg. Matt Bragg and Private Private Parts voiced by Ben Ernst. At Halcyonben, the Bedrock was voiced by Kristen Bates. Kristen K. Bates. And don't forget to support your local PBS stations. The Wilder Flower, voiced by Bkrystal and Pyotr, named after Bart Piotrlovs. I nailed that. I'm sure I did. I'm sorry if I didn't. This week's ERA question was submitted by Amon Reddy. This episode of Tales from Sticky Dragon was produced by Ben Ernst and written, edited and composed it by Michael Risinger with additional editing work by Katherine Arnold and Davis Sonier. Tune in next time for another thrilling episode of Tales Tales. Tales from from the Sticky. You drag at it.

[Doug Boone]

Alright peeps. Doug back on the ones and twos equals threes. It's a late night version of this one as we're very seepy on this episode. So this is coming to you with a late night Doug Boone on the ones and twos this week. We are sleeping after this episode recording. Barbara will be sleeping. Yes, let's keep in mind it is only 2 o' clock in the afternoon. Perfect time for nap time. If you if I do say my so wow. Let's try that one more time. If I do say so myself. Man, Doug's so sleepy that he can't even form sentences correctly. Yeah, Doug is also working on having a radio show for himself. You know, having all his his listeners, all his many many fans out there in the world. Colin and ask Doug a question. See if he could give his sage advice all his life life experience helping those in need. So be on the lookout for Doug on the ones and twos equals threes. It's a real show. All right. Good night, good evening and good, good sleeping.

[Gus]

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