C03 - Ep. 29 - From On Hyra - Wilder Flower Power

Summary

Tales from the Stinky Dragon
Episode: C03 - Ep. 29 - From On Hyra - Wilder Flower Power
Air Date: October 29, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this lively, roleplay-heavy episode of "Tales from the Stinky Dragon", the party deals with divine disappointment, investigates the peculiar town of Raisin, returns to Fort Endrich, and receives promotions—plus a curveball cliffhanger! Amid irreverent banter and D&D shenanigans, major character development is explored, especially for Gunther and his strained relationship with his patron deity, the Wilder Flower. The episode delivers group camaraderie, classic running jokes, listener interaction, and vivid world-building—balancing comedy with a touch of emotional depth.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Segment – Party Banter & Arrow Question (03:20–13:30)

• Party and DM (Gustavo Sorola) roll for the "Arrow Question":
  "What bird do you most relate to and why?" Each player gives a character-rich, humorous, or deeply personal answer, riffing off each other with dramatic tangents (animatronic birds, penguins, ravens, ostriches, etc).

  • Tolv (Barbarian, Blaine Gibson): Chooses an animatronic bird that catches on fire, referencing Chuck E. Cheese and Five Nights at Freddy's—playfully macabre.
  • Gunther (Fighter, Chris Maris): Picks penguin, connecting to shiny stones (loot) and outcast status—building Gunther’s endearing oddness.
  • Doug (Artificer, Barbara Dunkelman): Chooses raven for its intelligence and memory, paralleling Doug’s perception of himself.
  • Natty (Warlock, John Risinger): Identifies with ostrich, highlighting "odd proportions" and showgirl-style dancing (“I got great, powerful legs” — Natty, 12:03).

Memorable Quote:
Natty (12:13):
"I feel like ostriches, you know a lot of people think that they're kind of like odd looking… but I think they're beautiful. I've got great powerful legs—which if you know anything about me, I'm strong and sturdy in the lower half, and they dance…"

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2. Gunther's Divine Dream – The Wilder Flower’s Ultimatum (13:44–18:20)

Gunther sleepwalks into a vision, confronting his patron deity, the Wilder Flower. The goddess questions his loyalty, demanding evidence of fealty after Gunther’s discussions with other gods.

• In the temple:

  • Gunther attempts to appease the Wilder Flower with fruit and a blood oath, sacrificing his vitality.
  • She rejects his fruit, takes his blood, and curses him by halving his max HP (“your maximum is now 33”—18:20).
  • She accuses Gunther of losing faith:
    “If I didn’t know any better, Gunther, I’d say you’ve lost your faith.” (17:54)

• Gunther awakes, physically wounded, and confides frustration about “failing my deity, my family, and myself” (19:41–21:22). The party shows concern, offering help with his personal quest.

Memorable Quote:
Wilder Flower (17:54):
"You lose the blessing I bequeathed the croak folk… you leave your family and home behind, you casually speak to other deities. If I didn't know any better, Gunther, I'd say you've lost your faith."

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3. Party Support & Gunther’s Backstory Revealed (21:22–39:10)

• The team talks through Gunther’s mission, pressing for details about his deity and the object he seeks.
  • Gunther reveals the eleven-toed thief who killed his family and stole a sacred artifact.
  • Doug and Natty, in a gesture of trust, admit to finding a wanted poster with Gunther’s face (24:45).
  • Gunther, with the party’s encouragement, shares his personal guilt and trauma, naming his old friend Bunlap and the criminal who scarred his past.
  • Party pokes fun (and frustration) at Gunther’s cryptic responses, but affirms their support—deciding to fold his quest into the group’s next objective.

Party Bonding Moment:
Natty (22:13):
"If your deity is treating you poorly, then maybe it's not your fault. Maybe it's the deity's fault."

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4. Ruins of Raisin: Wine, Wood, and Wasted Potential (41:11–66:36)

• The party stops in Raisin to check on the town’s reconstruction (41:11):

  • They discover abundant construction noise but little progress—most new buildings are stone, bone, and clay, not wood, despite lately acquired timber stockpiles.

  • The town’s water supply is sticky, sweet, and wine-flavored—animals and villagers alike seem inebriated. “The animals seem a bit unsteady on their feet” (65:43).

  • The party visits “Ye Olde Wineskin”, talks to Cobb and the French-accented bartender Connor (“Would you like the Merloth?” — 52:18).

  • Tolv secures a bottle of "the good stuff" for Natty; Doug investigates for purple-taloned individuals but finds nothing.

  • Insight: Raisin is incapacitated by perpetual tipsiness, possibly due to the wine-like water running through the creek.

  • The party resolves to check on Raisin intermittently, likening them to “sea monkeys” (61:41).

Memorable Moment: Natty (46:11):
"I promise I will get you some wine for your patience. Gigi needs some wine, too."

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5. Return to Fort Endrich – Promotions, Privates, and Letters (66:58–93:19)

• The group returns “home” to the military stronghold after about a week away (72:00).
• Sergeant Steel Eye welcomes them with the “alphabet game” debrief—each taking turns to recount their journey, one letter per sentence, resulting in hilariously spotty recollections (73:09).
• Steel Eye announces all four are promoted to corporal—each now commands three privates. The players rapidly improvise personalities and backstories for their squads (77:05–81:00):
  • Doug’s: Crumps, Saleth, Will Dorado.
  • Gunther’s: Libby, Rodney, Cersei (the “three musketeers”).
  • Natty’s: Electra, Allison, Lars (three older women with flair).
  • Tolv’s: Hunt, Not Wulu, Smurgle (the “three stooges”).
• Each player assigns training or reconnaissance tasks to their privates (83:00–88:22).

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6. Communication & News from Home / Plot Hooks (91:40–96:41)

• Privates return with results: maps, “toad” references, and animal-handling chaos with Gigi (92:05).
• The party receives letters:
  • Gunther: Warning from Aunt Shannon—“be on my guard” (93:11).
  • Doug: Council of Conservation wants more on his invention; Doug drafts a “bat echolocation” idea (93:53).
  • Natty: Pirate troop “Troop Troop” requests a theme song; John improvises “the Troop Scoop” (95:46).
  • Tolv: Update from Elva, undercover on the "Orca" ship; a silly argument resolves with cereal (Captain Crunch) and camaraderie (97:42–98:44).

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7. Cliffhanger / Shadowy Intruder (99:26–100:41)

• As the team reads their letters in HQ’s war room, Gunther notices a shadowy, many-limbed, camouflaged creature on the ceiling. Before they react, officers collapse after being darted—Steel Eye is among them (99:26).
• A voice whispers:
  “Time for your lesson, Gunther.” Then, Gunther is attacked with nunchucks.
• Episode ends on this high-stakes cliffhanger: Will Gunther survive the assassin’s lesson? Who is responsible?

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Natty, on ostriches (12:13):
  “Ostriches… a lot of people think that they're kind of like odd looking... but I think they're beautiful. I got great powerful legs...”
• Wilder Flower (17:54):
  “You lose the blessing I bequeathed the croak folk… If I didn’t know any better, Gunther, I'd say you've lost your faith.”
• Natty, on deities (22:13):
  “If your deity is treating you poorly, then maybe it's not your fault. Maybe it's the deity's fault.”
• Natty, on the party: (40:05):
  “You’ve changed. You used to be so polite and nice at the beginning of this little campaign. Now you’ve turned into a little bit of a stick in the mud.”
• Gunther’s blood sacrifice (17:08–17:54):
  “Gunther takes his sword and cuts like his palm… She grabs your palm with one hand so that your palm is open and then puts her other hand on top of it on top of the wound… This will do…”
• Tolv, on training music (88:22):
  (Sings) “It’s the eye of the tiger…”
• Steel Eye (75:07):
  “What a pitiful debrief from B Team… Sometimes I wonder how you all even made it through basic training.”
• Sergeant Steel Eye, on promotions (76:00):
  “Each of you is promoted to corporal. Each of you gets a team of three privates to command.”
• Gunther’s letter from Aunt Shannon (93:11):
  “Be on your guard. Wish you good luck.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:20] – Introduction & Arrow Question: What bird do you most relate to?
• [13:44] – Gunther's divine dream and confrontation with the Wilder Flower
• [21:22–39:10] – Team supports Gunther and unpacks his backstory; trust is built
• [41:11–42:00] – Entering Raisin; meeting Tanza and heading for Ye Olde Wineskin
• [46:11] – Natty and the wine quest; party splits to gather info
• [53:52] – Doug’s perception of the town, beginning to suspect wine in the water
• [65:08] – The party documents fishy details about Raisin’s environment
• [66:58] – Return journey; nightfall and moon/sun details
• [72:00] – Arrive at Fort Endrich
• [73:09] – Steel Eye’s “alphabet game” debrief
• [76:00] – Promotions announced; each player invents their privates
• [83:00–88:22] – Assigning training to privates
• [93:00–96:41] – Receiving and discussing letters from home/ties to plot
• [99:26–100:41] – Cliffhanger: Shadow assassin attacks Gunther and HQ

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Tone & Style

As always, the episode is irreverent, playful, and full of classic D&D group dynamics. High-energy jokes blend with moments of real vulnerability, especially for Gunther. The world remains vivid and slightly absurd, while the cast remains quick-witted and authentic to their characters.

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Summary Takeaways

• Party camaraderie and humor remain strong.
• Gunther’s divine/identity arc is center stage, opening the door for future drama.
• The town of Raisin is a world-building highlight—its logistical absurdity offers comedy and caution.
• Promotions and pilot squads reshape the party’s military involvement, promising more wacky NPC encounters.
• A new threat looms as the episode closes with a direct attack on HQ and Gunther—a rare moment of real peril.

Next time: Who targeted the party? Will Gunther survive? What happens to the chain of command with all the officers down? The next episode promises action, intrigue, and trademark Stinky Dragon chaos.

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For New Listeners:
This episode blends the best of absurdist comedy, strong in-character choices, and surprisingly emotional character arcs. It’s accessible to D&D newcomers and regulars alike, with brisk pacing and plenty of context baked in. The episode is an excellent illustration of both the campaign’s stakes and its heart.

Transcript

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[C]

Never more aware of the saliva in my mouth than when i have to read a long block of text and it's like oh my god is it always like this hello everyone welcome to tales from the stinky dragon i'm your dungeon master gustavo sorola and i'm gonna hit our four players with a bullet the dm hasn't gotten why is that.

[E]

An ongoing joke in our show why is that an ongoing joke i don't.

[C]

Know it makes me think of there wasn't there like an old meme or an old joke like oh my god that baby has a gun who gave that baby a gun it's like kind of like that just an unexpected juxtaposition of american life this week's arrow question is what bird do you most relate to and why everyone go and roll that d twenty and let's figure this.

[D]

Out roll that beautiful what.

[A]

We spend.

[E]

Too much time together yeah twenty oh.

[C]

Three seventeen six all right so we got twenty from blaine seventeen from chris six from barbara and three from john that'll be our order again what bird do you most relate to and why.

[D]

Hi i'm gibson it didn't work it was i tried to do a joke there it didn't work and i played tolve the male thaumatech barbarian level six yoo hoo i'm goose stepping in it's me tolv and you know birds i love birds but the the one that i relate the most to is like when you go to one of those children pizza combo arcade places and you go and they have this stage and then the curtains open and then they have all of the animals and then they're playing their music instruments and then one goes it's a small world after.

[B]

World world world small small small small.

[D]

And then the fur comes off and then it goes into flames and then you realize that there's a robot underneath and that the children oh they scream they scream from the robot that is that is the bird i relate to the most is is the animatronic one.

[C]

The animatronic bird whose fur lights up in flames yeah that's that's me that's.

[E]

What i relate to yeah and then a crazy man puts a child inside of your machine then their soul is stuck in the machine and you you start hunting josh hutchinson and dude and.

[D]

I don't even want to talk about five nights because my nephew is like dude it has not been forced to.

[E]

Watch it with children just now catching up that it's a five nights reference.

[A]

You'Re going for and then you said josh hutchinson and i was like wait what because i was saying the video game yeah and i forgot that it got turned into a movie right movies.

[D]

Yeah oh my god actually the trailer looks pretty decent so one movie per.

[A]

Night.

[C]

I'M not gonna let it slide by the way that you said a bird covered in fur do birds have.

[D]

Fur well the the animatronic ones do you know they're not going to cover those with feathers do you know how much feathers cost gustavo what are you.

[C]

Silly find some pigeons grab slap that stuff on all over your robot yeah.

[D]

That'S sanitary to put in a chuck.

[C]

E cheese all right thanks to appreciate your your insight into nightmarish animatronic birds welcome who's next hi i'm chris maris.

[F]

And i play gunther the male crook folk fighter level six first i want to say just had the thought gus gustavo would you be a goose and.

[C]

Then ha ha ha ha ha honk.

[D]

Honk.

[A]

Negative inspiration die for chris i.

[F]

Know i would say this about birds i do not relate to any of them because they sometimes rain down upon my village and attack us but other than that i guess i would say penguin flightless and other than them being in the cold weather if there was a hot weather one then i would.

[C]

Be it don't penguins also collect like special shiny stones that they give to.

[F]

Their partners yes they do do they.

[C]

That'S adorable yeah it's another connection for you there you like you like a shiny stone don't you gunther i like.

[F]

Shiny stone they made a whole don.

[C]

Bluth movie about it have you ever.

[A]

Seen penguins hug it's like i've seen people do it and they're like i'm doing a penguin hug where they put their foreheads together with their partner and then just like put their arms out straight and slap their butt like on.

[C]

The side i've not seen that it sounds cute sounds ador.

[B]

All right i.

[C]

Think that's that's a good one people often forget about penguins when it comes to birds that's that's a good one.

[F]

Gunther thank you penglings there so for you good birds.

[D]

All right did anyone.

[E]

Understand what that sentence was nope no we just laughed like just just to move across what he said being a.

[D]

Good scene partner john there are no.

[F]

Good birds yeah i see gus got.

[D]

It classic chris fraser.

[E]

It'S like steve carell and like bruce almighty when he's messing with him.

[D]

It'S all about it's what the feeling is it's not the words themselves true that's that's a lot.

[C]

Of podcasting it's just the feelings you.

[E]

Get it felt more like gus was laughing to get to move across what.

[C]

Chris said yeah sweeping that under and moving i believe next up was barbara.

[A]

It is hello i'm barbara dunkelman i play doug boone the male artificer bugbear.

[B]

And little known fact doug actually quite liked birds every now and then he'd do a little bit of bird watching you know sit in silence check him out and i think over the course of the many years of bird watching doug has come to the conclusion that he is most like a raven oh okay ravens very highly intelligent they know how to use tools you know they're they're playful they're loyal all the good qualities that doug season himself i think.

[C]

And they never forget their enemies well.

[B]

That too.

[A]

I feel like ravens do really have a good memory right yeah.

[C]

They like pass down knowledge through the generations of people who have wronged them like if you get on the bad side of ravens they will remember after that raven you have wronged is long gone its children and their children will remember you and not like you i.

[D]

Had an experience with raven it was the most intelligent bird wild creature i've ever had like i was helping one of its bird friends and they were all mad and attacking but then they're like oh he's chill and it was like the logic and understanding that they have ravens are crazy yeah just like.

[A]

Doug boone just like doug boone also side note question i heard someone say that wasps also like like remember faces so if you like wrong them or like hurt nest or something like that they'll remember you which terrifying enough like trevor had to kill a wasp nest the other day and i'm like kill all of them do not leave a.

[D]

Single one alive leave no witnesses keep.

[F]

Going wearing a baklava or something.

[E]

Balaklava not a sweet dessert chris is hungry.

[C]

I want to wear a baklava on my face i was getting in an elevator the other day in a parking garage and as i was getting in a wasp started flying into the entrance of the elevator as the door was closing and i reached out with my hand like i was going to swat it and bat it away and then i stopped myself i was like what am i doing like that is a sure way to get a wasp sting right in the palm of your hand and it turned away at the last.

[A]

Second not if you're fast enough yeah.

[D]

He'S not going to my floor oh.

[C]

You'Re going down i'm going up all.

[A]

Right bye i was on set one time filming something and there was a wasp on set that everyone was afraid of and one of the producers just came and like literally batted out of the air and onto the ground and it died hell yeah i was like i want to marry you i know i'm like betrothed but i'm into it.

[C]

That'S that's like some ad energy there just keep it keep it rolling just let's get this get this nuisance out of the way all right speaking of get out of the way i will step out of the way and let john take take his turn hello everybody.

[E]

I'M john rice here and i play natty wonder who is a drow warlock drag queen mother and if i do love birds i think they're so pretty and i think they have such like varieties and beautiful plumage and their and their voices sing you know are just a blessing to us all but if i had to pick a bird that i relate to i'm gonna go with an ostrich i feel like ostriches you know a lot of people think that they're kind of like odd looking and a little got some odd proportions and stuff but i think they're beautiful i great powerful legs which which if you know anything about me i'm i'm strong and sturdy in the lower half and they dance have you ever seen an.

[C]

Ostrich dance oh yeah yeah it's cool.

[E]

And i like when they it's almost like you can hear music when they're moving and doing that dance and i just like that about them plus i just i love that they got ginormous eggs you can make like an omelette for like five families with one of.

[D]

Them eggs i had you pinned for a peacock i want to yeah that's.

[A]

Or that bird from planet earth that when it's like dancing for its mate it's like it has that giant blue like smile on it it's so cool.

[D]

Yeah gus i'll go ahead and answer for you you're a turkey.

[C]

Because i'm great at bowling yeah i know i'm not what a flex john or natty i should say the interesting thing about when ostriches dance especially with their plumage and their wings it reminds me kind of like showgirls and like vegas showgirls with those big feathery fans that they have and they're kind of like moving them around so it kind of ties in with like the performance aspect that.

[E]

I think would enjoy sorry i don't think you guys know that reference but i'm just going to leave it there and let anybody who knows what song.

[A]

I was singing is that from snl.

[E]

Nope i mean they might have parodied.

[D]

It it was like a christmas movie with george clooney's mom right i know.

[E]

It'S a christmas movie i don't know who george clooney's mom so it could have been or no i don't know i'm not really good at like hollywood.

[D]

Legacies it was george clooney's aunt i'm so sorry rosemary clooney i'm glad you.

[A]

Corrected that thank you yep yeah chris.

[D]

Was really worried i think he needed to know.

[C]

White christmas chris you're bitter chris you good yeah i'm good okay.

[B]

Good good and i'm judy yeah all.

[C]

Right let's move on to the episode you hear something behind you natty sounds like sawing of lumber oh oh no.

[F]

More sleep turn around and i look.

[C]

At that turn around and you see gunther standing behind you saluting but with 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 oh isn't.

[A]

The wilderflower like your that's his god.

[F]

I'M sorry what have i done your.

[A]

Faithfulness is wavering gunther i have seen you talking with the other deities you must prove your fealty or suffer the.

[F]

Consequences what can i do for you.

[C]

As you say this you feel comfortably warm as a cool breeze brushes past you a cacophony of chirping and skittering reverberates off the walls from insects and tropical foliage sprawls across the floors walls and domed ceiling you're inside an ancient temple made of smooth stone with a dull sheen you know this holy place it's the sanctuary of first bloom i'm waiting she taps her toe does gunther.

[F]

See like does it open up anywhere or like anything present itself like in.

[C]

Front of him it's a pretty big room that you're standing in there's nothing you know the only thing directly in front of you is the wilder flower and then you know the walls and all this tropical foliage surrounding you now there is a pedestal nearby that's empty.

[F]

Can guthr go to the pedestal sure i'm sorry i have strayed in my path i shall make you whole i promise soon what can i do to ease your pain in the moment give.

[D]

Her water give her moisture spit on.

[A]

Her yuck.

[E]

I'M gonna need you to say that in toll's voice this is in this is in world you told.

[D]

Her we're not there blaine is though blaine's inside the temple how's it going.

[A]

Am i supposed to just do everything for you gunther and now look at you befouling the pedestal further oh no.

[F]

Gunther jumps off starts to clean it.

[A]

Do you notice anything at all odd.

[C]

About the pedestal gunther this is empty.

[F]

I know i shall fill it with gunther looks around for anything alive like like fruits or food or anything okay.

[C]

Make a survival check to see what you find it's fourteen fourteen yeah you find of course like i mentioned there are insects which are in abundance but as well you know you begin looking through the tropical foliage and you find various strangely shaped and colored tropical fruits that you're able to pick up and make a like a little snack plate.

[F]

Out of charcuterie charcuterie show this help.

[C]

She looks over the fruits that you've presented her i assume it's just like a variety of fruit is that correct okay she looks over the fruits you provided her and kind of picks through.

[A]

Them and says i'm more interested in vitality specifically your vitality gunther yes yes.

[F]

I understand yes yes yes gunther takes his sword and cuts like his palm okay so that's some like a blood oath yeah blood can drip from it.

[C]

She grabs your palm with one hand so that your palm is open and then puts her other hand on top of it on top of the wound.

[F]

High five.

[C]

It'S more like a gunther hand sandwich is what i'm envisioning yeah yeah yes this will do and then when she removes her hand off the top it seems like the wound itself is not healing i thought nadi's deity.

[D]

Was bad.

[C]

No she withdraws her hand and then she knocks all of the fruit you presented off of the pedestal she points at it and looks at.

[E]

You and says you lose the blessing.

[A]

I bequeath the croak folk you leave your family and home behind you casually speak to other deities if i didn't know any better gunther i'd say you've.

[F]

Lost your faith not lost it i've just lost my way i was trying to make you whole again and i got lost but i will find you again i'll find the way we'll see.

[C]

Gunther she exhales a breeze of fiery floral petals they swirl around you faster and faster and with a whoosh you're back with your companions saluting natty though the red sun hangs lower it now shares the sky with the moon and stars evening has fallen when she did.

[D]

The petals though she went.

[C]

It'S like a boomer in left four dead yeah yeah you look at your hand gunther and you have the wound here in your waking life metagame wise we're going to say that your maximum hp is lowered temporarily as a sacrifice to your god how much by half so instead of a maximum of sixty six you have a maximum of thirty three hit.

[F]

Points holy moly not a very nice.

[A]

God you got there where are we.

[D]

The rest of the party in relation to gunther at this point so you.

[C]

All are standing around gunther you at the outskirts of the ruins of raisin standing next to the crackdous and with natty leading you all oh that's right.

[D]

We moved the crackedus moved we're in.

[B]

A new land is gunther still out.

[C]

Of it right now no he has now snapped back too and a little bit of time has passed and they have gunther standing before you he was zoned out for a little bit hey.

[D]

Sleepyhead you good what's what you doing.

[F]

Over there i'm not good i am the opposite of good which would be.

[D]

Bad why are you bad what's going.

[F]

On i'm failing i think he's just.

[B]

A little clanky because he just woke up i i've been there before you know you just have a nice long nap and then someone wakes you up and just everything sucks i know the.

[F]

Feel does suck when i wake up right down now i'm i'm i'm i'm losing i'm i'm failing at everything i set out to do i need to hurry okay let's break it down here.

[D]

Gunther what do you mean you are failing that could mean many things you know education wise you could be failing a test or you know are you like failing a mission to be specific.

[F]

I'M failing my dear dear my family and myself i've been wasting time i'm.

[B]

Sorry i mean what do you what do you have to do i can't.

[F]

Be an army i need to go.

[D]

Like again though you're speaking vaguely like i cannot be an army what specifically are you failing at like tell me you know like be plain with me i'm very stupid and i need to.

[E]

Understand finally someone else said that to someone else in this group.

[D]

See how.

[E]

It feels tove when you're like a secret robot for like forever and then i just kept asking you questions you want to tell me you're a secret.

[D]

Robot i was waiting for a climactic cinematic place to do so i don't.

[F]

Know what that means something was stolen from my people okay and from my deity and i must return it and i can no longer be distracted and.

[D]

So like is your deity talking to you like what do they feel about all of is your deity in the room right now is the deity here.

[E]

Do you see the deity they are.

[F]

Here with me in my heart and in my soul and in my blood and they are not happy well i.

[B]

Mean maybe there's a way for us to help you gunther i mean we're all a team and so if there's something that you need to find maybe we could help you i must find.

[F]

The eleven toads the heathen who has stolen from my people the eleven toad.

[D]

He'S talked about this guy he's got someone betrayed him with eleven toes but like gunther it sounds like your deity is giving you lots of grief and you kind of saw how i interacted with my deity you know the sea drinker and how great our relationship is like have you considered you know i don't know opening up your options maybe looking at other deities perhaps.

[F]

That would be a crime and i shall not hear of it again okay i'm just.

[D]

Saying if your deity is treating you poorly then maybe it's not your fault maybe consider possibly it's the deity's fault i'm just saying you or a loved.

[A]

One been abused by your deity and you need someone to talk to call.

[F]

Five five no it is i who has been abusive and absent meta talk.

[D]

Gunther'S deity sucks right they're like super mean and jealous and they just hurt gunther in lordization like gunther's not the problem i mean gunther's a problem but he's not the problem a not the.

[C]

Very different we'll find out huh it's all a matter of perspective everyone has their own their own view on things.

[D]

Well from my perspective his deity is.

[E]

Evil.

[B]

Nice yeah maybe we could we could help you because you know we we'd hate for you to leave and then we'd be without you know our quote folk fighter lido guy that would be that would be a problem and you know we could work together you know we'll help you and then you help us and it all works out.

[D]

That way i agree with doug you know like we won't push the point any further you've expressed discomfort in us talking about this but just know that our door is always open me doug natty clearly gigi gigi gigi's there captain.

[B]

Grumbles i mean you could talk to gambot if you need too he's very easy to talk to yes he will.

[F]

Process it and maybe i should talk to ga privately anytime i appreciate your.

[E]

Love you you know what in the spirit of sharon you know we that's what we're kind of asking from you right you know we're like hey gunther and we hear that you're you're having a problem and you want to leave the army and we're asking you why and you and and and you're giving us a little bit of information but like maybe to help you feel a little bit more comfortable to share more i can share as well ooh doug.

[D]

Is sad i think i'm going to sit as well yeah i just wanted.

[E]

To hear about this i'm not sharing.

[D]

About me okay i'm standing up now.

[E]

I'M sharing about gunther okay i'm sitting back down now we kind of kept this to ourselves but you know what i've been thinking about it and i think it's silly for us to kind of be keep this as a secret i don't like secrets we found by we me and doug we found a little paper with your face on it down in the bottom of the ocean.

[B]

What oh we're telling him huh yes.

[E]

Doug and natty grabs doug's hand and squeezes and goes this is about making us a stronger group as a whole okay okay okay i thought you were.

[D]

Going to say that you had some sort of like tryst some secret romance but okay go on go on with.

[E]

Who i'm i'm betrothed i'm i got.

[D]

A wife you're right but i mean you know you could still you know.

[E]

That'S my son right there okay i.

[D]

Know i don't go to what's the.

[B]

Paper saying yeah and dog is not interested in people in that way that's.

[E]

My teenage son right there i was.

[D]

Saying gunther and gunther x natty oh.

[B]

Yeah well i think gunther also has a wife doesn't he i have a.

[D]

Wife you're a stupid idea i'm sorry i just learned the word trick i.

[E]

Was sharing this is my time this is my time i reclaim my minutes it said you were wanted it was like a wanted poster and by wanted.

[B]

Doesn'T mean like oh they want you it's like it's bad wanted for crime.

[E]

It was like a crime thing like you done something bad against someone else and they're like well i paid money to get this little so and so back here so we can punish him.

[F]

I have done many things that are bad and i do probably deserve to be punished so that that is not surprising but i do not know who would have such a paper on me.

[A]

Do we remember like who put out that wanted poster or like what the like who to contact if found kind of situation yeah about it in the.

[D]

Second wind it's for patreon members only and can be found at stinky dragonpod dot com very insightful show toll of.

[C]

Endorsement dolph take a take an inspiration to i blame yeah i have been.

[F]

Searching for a long time and i have been on my own for a very long time searching and i have been and i've encountered many people in that time and i have only joined army only because i thought i could maybe see people and find things that i could not find on my own because the army opens up opportunities that it is difficult to do as a single person but as a before when i was on my own i did many things to try and make my.

[E]

Deity whole okay but did you does the place sky blue falls ring any.

[F]

Bells i don't know does it sorry.

[A]

Yeah does gunther remember that place also.

[D]

Doug why does he keep talking about his deity's hole what does that even.

[B]

Mean i'll get one twelve.

[A]

Doug high.

[D]

Fives yes yes that's it was a.

[B]

Joke yes i i've been studying these things you call jokes and that i could tell was a play on words not to be confused with a pun.

[F]

I was not always alone oh i left my village but i did not leave alone oh so was it forever.

[E]

I'M engaged i know but he's just let him get the information he takes.

[D]

Long pauses and i need to fill in the blanks because it is i i can't stand awkward silences so chris.

[F]

Speed it up i left not alone but with my friend bunlap we had to separate because we were in prison.

[B]

So you escaped prison maybe but it.

[F]

Did not escape me well that's a.

[B]

Good one so is bunlap still in prison sky blue falls prison he may.

[E]

Be last time you left him let's just be specific there we go i.

[F]

Hope he is good but our mission is not to escape each other from prisons but to make our village whole what does that mean the thing that was stolen we must return it what was stolen i cannot say can you.

[C]

Speak of it broadly and help them out in that respect thunder an object.

[F]

An object that is sacred to my people that makes my deity whole that is that protects our village it was stolen and i must return it what.

[D]

If we named several objects and then you give like a subtle cue you know like a scratch to the nose or of ink why do you need to know the object i'm just so that we can also look for it.

[F]

I'M looking for it you do not need to look for it well i.

[D]

Can also help look for it that isn't my mission is it a cup no chair no vase no sword necklace no i'm just going to keep naming.

[F]

Things boots no no boots gloves well.

[E]

Here here okay team leader telling everybody.

[F]

Hush hush hush hush all right you.

[D]

Do that a lot i do cause you guys are cheating skills like let's be real.

[E]

Thank you doug i'm still holding doug's hand by the way.

[B]

So.

[E]

I'M a mediate here cause i could tell that the group's getting a little frustrated but also so is gunther okay he's trying to share but he's trying to confines that are comfortable for him okay you know so just so we're all on the same page you were with your people in your land wives kids all that kind of stuff then you and bunlap left your people because generally speaking you went to go to retrieve something yes okay and then while trying to go and retrieve something you did something that someone else thought was bad enough to put you guys in.

[F]

Prison yes i do not agree i'm.

[E]

Being very clear i'm being very picky with my words here so they decided you need to go to prison but while in prison you by yourself were able to get out of prison yes okay and then at some point after that you joined the army yes okay now the only little puzzle piece i'm trying to figure out where this lands in the timeline of gunther is that eleven toed dude where does he fit in what i just described was he before you left the land or was he like a prison dude no he.

[F]

Was in my village when i was younger he just he killed my family and stole from us and then i grew up and i said i will.

[B]

Find him he stole this object that.

[F]

Your deity needs yes oh yes yes sorry i did not know that was a question but yes yeah doug also.

[B]

Just realized you were saying eleven toad.

[C]

Yeah yeah yeah very very different.

[D]

You.

[B]

See the confusion coming from gunto i.

[F]

Mean i understand but there are the.

[E]

Person we were talking to was the alchemist okay.

[C]

Hold.

[B]

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[E]

Okay so he stole it and now you left and you left in order to reclaim your honor.

[F]

I left to to make my deity whole my honor was there okay so.

[E]

The thing that was stolen it damaged your deity yes okay okay i cannot.

[F]

Return home without it because i have.

[E]

No honor so then no sorry yeah tolf i'm all about yeah here i'm gonna pass the talking ball over to to okay to you take the talking.

[F]

Ball what is this ball it's the.

[D]

Talking ball whoever holds the ball gets to talk okay hi to you who it's me this thing you don't have to say what it is but.

[E]

I.

[D]

Had it it was a really good question that was gonna set chris up.

[E]

Well here's what we can we can figure out is that the eleven toed fella have you told us what kind of race that creature is i do.

[F]

Not know all i know is the.

[D]

Number of toes you saw something's toes.

[E]

And you don't know what it was.

[B]

Do you know what color the toes.

[D]

Were or like it could be like.

[C]

In jurassic park when they're hiding under the table and to see the raptor feet coming by it's like you don't see the rest of it you just see like the claws you could pick those raptor feet out of a lineup but you don't know what the raptor.

[E]

Looks like yeah yeah if it was was it a raptor it was not a raptor okay okay i all i.

[F]

Saw was the feet and that is.

[E]

What kind of feet were they were they like your feet or were like my feet or were they like doug's.

[F]

Feet i don't know well it's got to be where they.

[E]

Maybe we should figure that out right now well i.

[A]

Mean is this something where you genuinely don't know or like you just chris saying like reveal it in the story.

[F]

I haven't haven't been determined so i.

[E]

Don'T know okay okay we can we can go back to that or you.

[C]

Can make that decision now if you want but totally up to you do.

[E]

It do it craft the world as.

[F]

We go it was a toes that have long talons and they were the color of purple i love this this.

[E]

Is just we're weaving a tapestry of narrative joy hey natty just a quick.

[B]

Question i know this might be weird what do your toes look like natty you're kind of purple i am purple.

[E]

But i don't have talons okay i.

[F]

Trust you you also only have ten toes i have looked that's weird to.

[D]

Share but okay i've looked at all.

[E]

Of your toes yeah that tracks okay i feel like we've kind of got an idea of like what gunther so it sounds like you just had a dream that your deity is getting impatient and a little huffy could i ask.

[D]

What this object does like what purpose it serves you don't have to say what it is can you tell us like the use of this object no oh god my oh my we are trying to help you i cannot say you are not in my village i swear to god if this is like some sort of like hacky sack or like one of those whoopee cushions the.

[E]

Holy hacky sack so here cause i can tell that we don't want to lose our gunther but gunther wants to be able to do his little journey let's find a middle ground here okay we're on our way back to fort endridge to finish out the mission we're on right now what if once we get to fort andridge we then can discuss with our superiors an opportunity to integrate your mission into what we do.

[B]

Next i think that's a great idea.

[F]

Personally yes that would help okay i thank you for that well you're welcome.

[E]

And i encourage you i mean talk to here sharon is karen it makes you feel better we can all hit we can all carry the load okay.

[F]

Yes okay i know we shall share the load because i do not feel very strong right now why not i just feel weakened and gunther shows his.

[D]

Hand oh my god what happened that looks bad yes we don't know about what happened thank you blaine it is.

[F]

Me giving to my deity to help them be strong but it'll make me.

[D]

Weak yeah that's quiet wow sea drinker never asked me to do anything like.

[E]

That just saying it ain't a competition.

[D]

I'M saying he deserves you've changed all.

[E]

Of you used to be so polite and nice at the beginning of this little campaign now you turn into a little bit of a of a stick.

[D]

In the mud well now i got to know you guys and you're like gee whiz i mean dog you're cool but these are the.

[F]

Wow wow wow.

[E]

Wow wow wow it's really all coming out now yeah yeah dude.

[D]

All right.

[E]

Well we're gonna have to talk about this we got some yeah we're spinning.

[D]

The party that's right me and doug are our own party now isn't that right doug doug is there anything you.

[E]

Need to share to get off yeah.

[D]

Doug go ahead let's share what your feelings are and then we will go.

[B]

Our separate ways i proposed this idea probably twenty minutes ago in this conversation and everyone ignored doug what was the proposal that we go and help gunther on his quest in addition to doing.

[E]

Our stuff yeah i feel you on that i think we had to like bring gunther to your level doug is what we had to do it feels.

[C]

Like there was a journey here that everyone had to take part in you.

[E]

Put down a stake doug at the front end yeah but i had to like you know you gotta drag a horse to water sometimes yep that's exactly.

[C]

What i said you can lead a gun through the water but he's not gonna acknowledge it sometimes you gotta scoot.

[E]

It from the behind and be like keep moving keep moving there's water see that where doug is doug's where water.

[B]

Is okay yeah i'm sweaty this whole situation makes me very nervous that's barbara.

[E]

Slipping into doug listen you gotta put.

[A]

Some of yourself into your characters and.

[F]

I still don't know where this ball.

[B]

Came from oh that's gambot sorry that's.

[E]

The cut that's the talking ball it's.

[A]

Just handing gambot around yeah and he's.

[D]

Just got his little he's just looking.

[E]

At you while you talk smile face okay shall we head yes great idea.

[B]

Natty.

[E]

All right so doug's also passive aggressive now we're all developing in new.

[A]

Ways is it not directed at anybody.

[C]

I love it so to set the scene you all are outside the ruins of raisin and you know you all did pass through here on your way many many episodes ago you did pass through here and people say that some locals here aren't as drunk as you think there's the constant racket of hammering and sawing but the locals are connoisseurs of fine wine the entire town is under construction and and there is a creek nearby that i believe you all crossed on your way through here and a temple that also appears to be being rebuilt here in town oh this.

[D]

Was cobb and his crew and they were looking for lumber yes so there's ham there's there's construction did they find.

[C]

The lumber yes you all kind of made a deal with them they found you all not all of us they found some of you at the greenhouse with the fake gardeners and tolv i think you made a deal with them to take the lumber in the area from the trunks of teehi and to use it to rebuild their town and then you dove down the the chasm to regroup with your party told the.

[D]

Diplomat returning to his people i am the savior hello are there any out or do we see them do we have time to stop by and say hello do you guys want to talk to the ruins of raising cobb do you want to get an update from.

[C]

Cobb a human who's walking by notices you all and catches eye with you you know he does that thing where he was staring at the entirety of the practice which wasn't there before and his eyes come down and see you four and he walks straight over to.

[F]

You guys oh did you just see that mountain move that was weird are.

[C]

You okay that mountain didn't hit you.

[D]

No good yeah i know we're good.

[F]

We ducked oh that's good someone order.

[D]

A crackus.

[C]

What are you doing here i don't recognize you as a local.

[E]

We'Re here to see this practice look at this thing radically lying to these people because i don't want to talk to them about what why this practice is here i just don't feel like having that conversation right now mom is tired mama wants a glass of wine.

[A]

Okay you should be able to conjure that for yourself no well that's what.

[E]

Gus said that they're known for here is is that they got one i want to get to that part the.

[C]

Name'S tenza and who are you what.

[E]

Are your names i'm natty i'm doug.

[D]

Doug boon gunther i mean to what i'm gunther you are trying to take my identity i'm looking for an eleven toed man but i'm going to tell.

[F]

You why you are not looking for.

[C]

Such a person to on the dark web doing identity theft literally the person's right next to him you who it's.

[D]

Me told sorry so tanza you know we've actually passed through these parts before we talked to cobb where where is.

[C]

He oh he's busy rebuilding meta talk.

[D]

Are we recasting cobb did we not get his voice actor back it's cameron it's cameron we can afford cameron can we talk to cobb that guy needs verk.

[C]

Meta wise it's kind of a decision point for you all right like this npc comes out to you and it's up to you whether you want to engage and go into the ruins of raisin or if you'd rather just talk to this person and then keep moving on it's kind of like you're at a a nexus of choices for.

[D]

The party i certainly will not make the decision i wouldn't mind talking to the people the ruins of raisin to get an update because i think we left things off rocky and i think this is our opportunity to patch things up with them because we kind of.

[F]

Help helped and we certainly left things off more rocky now because there's a giant mountain yes good one good one.

[C]

I think that's a call for your.

[E]

Team leader that's natty yeah yeah we could do a little bit of a pit stop quick pit stop not we're we we ain't staying here for long we're gonna we're get a little bit of an update and get out of.

[B]

Here and gunto if you happen to see anything that looks like the object you're missing you don't have to tell us just maybe like maybe just give us a sign or something or like.

[D]

A little it signal like a like a or something yes i shall do that okay okay natty i promise i will get you some vine for your patience.

[E]

Giggy needs some wine too oh.

[D]

He'S a b oh my goodness i.

[B]

Guess they don't know they're drinking h.

[C]

It'S up to you know maddie's a.

[E]

Parent i subscribe to european style parenting.

[C]

A fringe so to you're asking tenza.

[D]

About cobb yeah i'd be interested in seeing cobb i'm asking tanzow if he.

[C]

Can take us to cub i can't take you but he's over there and tanzao points at ye olde wineskin perfect.

[D]

Tanza thank you so much for your help enjoy the practice i hear that it used to be a huge source of economic growth for the place that it came from and now it's yours.

[C]

Oh it's mine okay well it's not.

[D]

Yours it's the you know it used to be solar sods but now it's it's it's in the ruins of raisin so have fun oh mine okay all right enjoy the elevators let him have.

[E]

This let him have this he seems.

[C]

Distracted yeah yeah he's looking past you he's now looking at the cactus and walking past you over towards it you.

[D]

Guys want to head to the wine.

[C]

Place yeah let's walk over so you all make your way in the direction that tanzao pointed into the town that's under construction and specifically to the building he pointed out ye olde wineskin and as you walk through town all four of you make me perception checks our.

[D]

First role of the day we've just been role playing yeah nineteen sixteen eleven.

[C]

Twenty one okay those are all good enough rolls all four of you notice that for all the noise that seems to be happening non stop the construction progress is slow not much has happened since you were here last and it seems like all of the construction that's going on seems to be haphazard and not very focused or directed you approach yield wineskin and of course as the name would imply it's a winery a shop of some kind and there seem to be a handful of buildings under construction near it homes an inn bank schoolhouse you know typical town stuff and specifically for ye olde wineskin it has a blurry sign and and a sagging roof and a door that seems to be slightly askew you think the people.

[B]

Who built this place already had a little bit of taste test of their.

[D]

Product yeah i don't know if i feel safe going in there but i want to see cob so so bad knock knock knock no let's go in door just falls off.

[C]

So y' all go in yeah sure okay you walk in to to yield wineskin and as you you know look around the interior of the building it seems like there's bulging leather seats set out all around inside of the room and looking at the bar it seems weird because it looks like the bar also slopes to one side and behind the bar stands a middle aged human and sitting in one of the leather seats you see a gnome who you recognize as cobb.

[B]

Hey cob what's up fella good to see you again i can hear the.

[E]

Finger guns i can just hear the.

[C]

Finger guns cobb kind of slowly turns his head around looks at you four kind of squints his eyes for a second oh hey get on over here.

[D]

Oh here we come you recognize us right cobb you remember us yeah it's.

[G]

You guys how's it going so good.

[D]

It seems like things at the ruins of raisin are it's less ruins and more like new builds am i right this is looking good new raisin huh.

[G]

Oh we're working on it really trying to get the temple of the vine dresser rebuilt but there's a lot to.

[F]

Do yes yes we have been good to no longer with the great sick.

[D]

It is past we are cured come.

[G]

Oh the great sick right he turns.

[C]

And looks at giggy who is now much bigger than before oh he's still.

[G]

Big is that because of the great.

[F]

Sick there were permanent side effects yes.

[D]

But he's a strong and healthy boy.

[C]

Now yeah yes yes if i remember right the last time you came through gunther said that the great stick was affecting giggy and that's why he looked the way he did yeah just put.

[D]

The video up for it or animation.

[G]

Yeah that's too bad will the rest.

[F]

Of you look okay yeah so like.

[D]

It seems like you've got that lumber that you were looking for remember when we helped you find it huh oh.

[G]

Yes the trunks of tea it's a lot of lumber i don't know how to use it all we're figuring it.

[F]

Out good it looks like a solid build and gunther slaps.

[C]

Dunk dunk yeah cobb puts his wine glass down on the table and it begins slowly sliding down the slanted table.

[B]

This is just a question for cobb when the last time like the first time we met you had you been spending some time here in ye olde wine skin maybe okay just trying to figure out if like it's just the way you talk or if you just you know spent a little too long in here it's.

[G]

A regional accent oh really cool say.

[D]

Can i buy some of that vine.

[F]

Some of that regional accent yeah i'll.

[D]

Have what he's having that's a specialty.

[G]

Go talk to connor over there and.

[C]

Tolf make me a charisma check twelve okay yeah cobb kind of motions for you to come in closer like he's gonna tell you a secret okay i.

[D]

Come in this closet close as i can without being blown away by his.

[C]

Terrible breath it's pretty bad connor keeps.

[G]

The good stuff in the back ask them for the merloth okay thanks for.

[C]

The tip cobb cobb does a very exaggerated wink to you wink that's a.

[D]

Blink but okay.

[A]

Is it with both eyes slowly like they're out of sync.

[D]

I'Ll talk to cotter yeah you walk.

[C]

Over to the bar and the bartender is wiping down the slanted bar that's in front of them they've got a patchwork blouse on and as you get closer you kind of get a smell off of them like tea you know.

[D]

Tea leaves you must be connor hello yoohoo my name's tove how's it going.

[C]

Oui i am connor oh another regional.

[D]

Accent conair siwa las demeto yes yes yes i would like a bottle of the good stuff i've been told that the merloth is especially good here.

[C]

Connor disappears for a moment going behind the bar and then emerges with a dusty bottle and pours you a glass from the bottle and it's a deep black ruby color and slides it over to you oh one glass of of the.

[D]

Maloth can i get just a bottle like unopened you know it's a gift for a friend oh big spindle they.

[C]

Disappear again behind the bar and come back out with an unopened bottle looking very similar to the first one they brought out and put it down next.

[D]

To the glass very nice what's the damage that'll be five gold okay i will hand over five and i'll go ahead and give that that that bottle the the glass a sniff and i'll say ooh notes of of berries and yes the body oh look at that and what about the legs the whole great legs yes the legs on this yes the potency what year is it what yeah oh is this a vintage oh it's the freshest vine great okay well thank you for business connor keep it up love this establishment support local.

[C]

They just kind of nod at you and go back to wiping down the.

[D]

The bar okay and i give natty the bottle for her her troubles here you go natty as promised bottle of wine for the busy busy mom you know it's tough job so happy mother's day.

[A]

Could doug walk up to connor.

[B]

Yeah absolutely hey connor was it correct have you happen to see any anyone purple with some talons walking around town.

[F]

Pepper with talons no.

[B]

Good to know good to know maybe they just don't frequent places like this but if you happen to see one just just be.

[C]

On the lookout ooh okay also i.

[B]

Like your accent the fine.

[E]

The i.

[D]

Am french.

[C]

Oh it's it's terrible terry.

[D]

Blay he's from parish.

[C]

Please do not talk to me too much so easy.

[E]

Is it gus.

[A]

We need to not cast this character because i want to.

[E]

Talk to that italian guy again.

[F]

Laughs.

[E]

Let'S just take gus around europe and see what we get let's not do.

[D]

That barb were you were you done talking to connoisseur oh oh there it is so so cob tell us about the temple of the vine dresser what is that is that associated with some sort of a deity that i might.

[G]

Know yes of course the vine dress.

[E]

Dresser that's usually what the temples are named after to you got me there.

[D]

What makes the vine dresser so special are they like you know do they frequent these parts you know like what's.

[G]

What'S their deal oh they're the greatest deity all right they can conjure summon and control vines and grapes and create.

[D]

Magical wine wow that sounds like a very cool deity right gunther that's a pretty cool.

[C]

I was wondering where you're.

[D]

Going with that shop for new ones.

[E]

Trying to like like blind date gunther.

[D]

Up with a with a guy and so this vine dresser are they looking for more acolytes and followers the vine.

[G]

Dresser is always looking for more people to become pruners i shall not talk.

[F]

With other deities.

[D]

Sorry.

[C]

I could picture at that point gunther's doing like the see no evil hear no evil evil speak no evil he's like covering his ears and his eyes and his mouth.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Who have you been talking to.

[D]

So you know cobb it seems like things are going well you know you're rebuilding the vinedresser and things are going great for the the ruins how how were things with teehee did was that like an amicable relationship are you guys.

[G]

Supporting each other oh yes almost too much wood don't know what to do with it all they're having their own construction too luckily they make tons of.

[D]

Lumber that's great seems like everybody's happy and we helped out right cobb yeah.

[C]

Good job and it gives you a big thumbs up okay that's all i.

[D]

Needed that i i have been fulfilled this is the point of this mission i got natty the vine i've got my thumbs up i'm good to go.

[C]

Cole was doing his victory last for diplomacy here in the ruins of racing.

[D]

I'M just saying like wow private parts did you hear that we fixed every.

[C]

I fixed everything private parts scribble some.

[A]

Notes private parts still with us yeah.

[F]

How much wood would a raisin raise for raising could raise wood oh it's.

[C]

A good question gunther and toll make me let's call it perception checks again it's a fourteen that's a one gunther you notice that you know as tolv is talking to cobb and they're talking about the trunks of teehee and all the lumber you know you're looking around and thinking about how you walked into ye olde wineskin and in your opinion gunther most of the new construction is stone bone and clay it doesn't seem like there's a ton of wood being used in the new construction stone bone.

[F]

And clay this is an interesting use of wood i see.

[G]

Oh yeah so.

[F]

So much fun how do you go about building these this fine structure i'm interested as as someone who also likes.

[G]

Building normally one of us starts building on one side and someone starts building on the other and then we figure.

[C]

It out meet in the middle and.

[F]

So the wood how where does the wood come in because i don't see.

[G]

It well that's an interesting question with many answers you see the wood comes in from the trunks of tiki gets put here and we kind of grab it and slather it up there oh.

[C]

Slather it up yeah it's a technical.

[B]

Term i'm not familiar with slathering wood.

[C]

Personally why don't you make me an insight check doug is only an eight yeah you have the distinct feeling that cobb has no idea what he's talking.

[E]

About hey cobb you're not like the leader around here who's in charge around.

[G]

Here in charge no one that sounds.

[E]

Like a perfect structure for things to get done well do you perhaps have like a priest who's like helping with the the vine dresser's temple no but.

[G]

What we'll find one though after we build the temple first the temple then.

[E]

The priest so the temple's not not done oh no y' all made your bar first yeah you gotta have a.

[G]

Place to unwind after a long day.

[E]

Yeah i get i get it how it's going around here cuz i mean.

[B]

You could you could worship wherever but.

[E]

You know i i agree i agree.

[B]

Places gotta have their liquor licenses and.

[D]

That'S all it takes a while.

[C]

And with no one in charge to approve them i mean it's a terrible bureaucracy.

[E]

Where where is the wood from t he going like do you guys have a storage area that you're keeping it it seems odd that you said they're slathering wood everywhere but i ain't seen much slathering oh yeah it's it's out.

[G]

In the middle of town cool nettie.

[E]

Motions her party to go with her out there to investigate i go with.

[C]

Natty yeah i'll go yeah i'll go.

[E]

Sure thank you cobb we might be back with more questions but you take it easy maybe drink some water he.

[C]

Lifts a glass in your direction and kind of nods and turns his full attention back to his drink okay yeah you walk back out and you know there's several different buildings all around the town square and sure enough in the middle of town there's like a large surplus what you call it like a depot a holding area with lots of.

[E]

Lumber all right group i feel like there's some fishy going on here and we can figure this out we're we're very good at this now we've had practice with these kinds of puzzles and mysteries okay so very true why don't we spread out around this lumber and we can see if we can find any clue onto what's going on here why is everybody all drunk but hasn't made their temple and why are there's a wood not being used i have.

[D]

A theory i i think that that's just it that they're just a town of drunks and they just don't know what to do with the wood you know i don't know if there's much of a mis mystery of foot to.

[B]

Be honest maybe they're professionals professional crash.

[C]

In hat.

[D]

They'Re procrastinators yeah yeah i've.

[E]

Dealt with that before okay to i think you might be right i think we just might have stumbled upon a bunch of drunken idiots who are not doing a good job of what they should be doing i mean maybe for.

[D]

The safety of these people we report back to the mortality and then they just like like send like someone from the corps of engineers or something you know like so that these guys don't.

[E]

Die you know what i like that idea why don't we just keep checking on this city like every every so and so and see how they're developing and we can we can get more and more of this story they're like.

[D]

Our sea monkeys you know we'll just every now and then poke our heads.

[E]

I like that i like that okay.

[F]

Because they love the mortality don't they.

[E]

I mean i'm curious to see what they're going to do with the practice when we come and visit them again.

[D]

I bet they're going to build like tree houses but very poorly on the.

[E]

Practice they're just going to mine the.

[D]

Practice we're going to come we're going to come back to like a a memorial around all of the practice around all of the people who died in the elevator system.

[E]

Okay well tol said he's been satisfied for what he wanted to do i'm really itching to get back to fort andrew i guess i.

[F]

Meet you too oh we should get.

[D]

That checked out going through i'm down.

[E]

That'S just doug's hair all over you it gets everyone gets y' all itchy.

[B]

You know yeah try being me.

[E]

I'M starting to think that fort andrews not might not be there anymore how long we've taken to get back to it.

[A]

So let's head there i was hoping maybe to look at the creek real.

[E]

Quick on the way out we could.

[C]

Yeah is that possible the creek is on that side of town let's do that that's where you stopped on your way from fort andridge so you would be able to see it as you're.

[D]

Leaving town perfect what if fort indridge got moved like the crack this.

[A]

So could i go up to the creek.

[C]

Yeah you know you all begin leaving town in the direction of fort andridge and you do come upon that creek you know it's a pretty small creek it seems to be kind of very soothing water and you know you look at it and the water's almost kind of i would say like it's a velvet colored water and it quietly churns and bubbles when you look at it and the light hits it just right it seems like it almost has a purple hue to it can i like.

[A]

Scoop up a little bit of it and see if it reminds me or like i think doug's sense of smell would be pretty good because like smell is a really good memory trigger yeah does it smell like any of the concoctions that they were working on in the crack test for sleep oh interesting.

[C]

Question make me hmm i'll defer to you intelligence or a wisdom check i'll.

[A]

Do intelligence okay twenty dirty twenty so.

[C]

How are you examining it just so i can give you the appropriate answer.

[A]

Just smelling it i would say so.

[C]

You get a little bit in your hand and try to smell it yeah so right away you can tell it's not the same because when you touch it it's almost like sticky to the touch whereas the fountain in the cactus was a very like clean water this seems almost like more viscous and and sticky and when you smell it it has a kind of a sweet odor.

[A]

To it okay could doug remember if he's like ever touched or smelled or seen this type of liquid before i'll.

[C]

Say without a roll i'll give you this one i would say yes this almost smells like a kind of a diluted wine.

[D]

Maybe it's like waste or something from the leftover berries and things.

[B]

Well it almost seems like if if all the water in this town is also like just a diluted wine it seems like everyone is just constantly in this like state of being kept in this like almost like a little tipsy.

[D]

You know maybe they need like good plumbing or something like they need need fresh water not you know booze yeah.

[E]

Perhaps maybe that's just why the the vine dresser likes to or their their temples here maybe that's why maybe i mean if the people are happy i.

[D]

Guess we don't have to intervene but yeah that seems like dangerous it's just it's just alcohol all the time yeah.

[C]

Yeah and as you look around you know besides the creek water there is also a crumbling stone bridge and it a ruined carriage and there are multiple animals near the riverbank are the animals.

[D]

Drunk they just fall over are they.

[A]

Kind of like wobbling a little bit.

[C]

Make a investigation check okey dokey that's.

[E]

A fifteen twelve yeah the animals seem.

[C]

A little unsteady on their feet it's.

[E]

That scene from dumbo well this feels like something that someone should should fix but not us go ahead and write.

[D]

That down take note of that private.

[C]

Parts private parts furrows his brow and.

[A]

Writes it could doug just take like a little bit in like a little container vial yeah yeah like a sample.

[C]

To take back with you sure okay and you can probably write like raisin creek water that way we remember what.

[E]

It is okay i will say to you that when we realize that through our actions had somehow relocated the practice to this town i was like oh no we might have ruined this town i don't think we ruined this town.

[D]

I think we raise the property values.

[E]

I think we might have helped them.

[D]

You know who knows i don't know.

[F]

If they would know if we had.

[D]

Yeah in the very least we've provided like a storm shelter that will not crumble under like a tornado or we.

[E]

Just provided the new temple for the vine dresser all right party move out.

[A]

Move out and they wanted pruners which is a funny word for that i guess that makes sense like how you.

[E]

Cut down pieces of a plant were.

[D]

There any villagers who were stomping grapes and then they fell down and they went classic the best internet video.

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[C]

You begin your trek in the direction of of fort endrich and by now it is fully night but the red sun is.

[E]

Still present how is it night when the sun stays up and is fixed.

[C]

It'S just what you how you would divide the day i think at this point it would be what would be commonly decided on right like i mean we even have parts parts of the world here that it's nighttime but the sun is still out okay yeah better.

[F]

Not be a flat earth type scenario.

[C]

No no no there's not a multiple.

[D]

Sunshine situation where like one will go away but the other will be like kind of a stagnant moon or yeah.

[C]

I got no no the moon and stars are present though okay yeah because.

[D]

This planet doesn't move so you all.

[C]

Arrive back after a bit of trekking you arrive back at fort endrich and as you're approaching private parts chimes in and says we should probably report to.

[F]

Sergeant steel at hq oh i miss.

[D]

Him i wonder how his his voice is doing.

[A]

Gus is getting ready i.

[E]

Would i nominate that our best note taker be the one to debrief with steel eye before y' all make a.

[B]

Joke it's doug thank you thank you thank you for volunteering natty oh no wait our best note taker is private parts obviously so he is he's constantly taking note it sounds like i think private parts will debrief sergeant seal eye and we'll just be there listening and hear the recap of everything we just.

[D]

Went through i think we could step away we could just let them talk to each other and you and all of us could just go like to the mess hall or something while they.

[E]

Rest yeah.

[D]

Private parts any thoughts we should all probably report to sergeant steel.

[F]

Eye together but if you're happy either.

[C]

I could do the debrief or duck doug whatever you want i think you.

[B]

Would be great at it private parts.

[E]

Oh no i think you're being modest doug you can you can help you can help us out just answer any questions dl i has no i already.

[B]

Nominated private parts okay private parts like.

[C]

Kind of stands up straight and begins.

[B]

Walking let him have his moment i.

[E]

Was trying to give you a moment.

[C]

Come on bt this way do you all follow private parts yeah i follow.

[D]

Home sweet home what what of many homes over there is where a fire started and then over there is where we got fooled because there was someone who was like a skinwalker who was acting like someone they've earned i'm familiar with that over there's where they got accused of stealing fun all right so.

[C]

You know you all are back at fort endrich which is the westernmost military base for the mortalion and it's where most recruits are sent to for basic training it's where you guys performed your basic training oh so long ago do you remember where hq is you've been there before it's a two story stone building and there's four soldiers guarding outside of it and the front door is obviously guarded but you all are recognized as being members of the mortalion so you're able to walk straight in at.

[B]

Ease everybody the team is back this.

[C]

Is the building where the courthouse is where you went through your court martial oh so long ago as well fond.

[E]

Memories never forget attempted court martial yeah.

[C]

Okay fair enough you're led to a room where sergeant steel eye is overseeing some plans and looks up as you all walk in welcome back it's about.

[B]

Time b team oh how i missed your sweet voice oh my wife missed.

[C]

It too i'm sure she's mad as heck right now what does misses steel.

[D]

Eye do what's her deal.

[E]

And we're.

[C]

Not here to talk about her we're here to get a debriefing on what's.

[E]

Been happening i'm curious if you had to make an estimation how long since we've been gone great question that is.

[C]

A great question it's been a week has it been a week that's it it's been yeah it's been roughly a week wow it's been one week since you looked at me.

[F]

Feels more like.

[C]

A year so let's have a little fun b team with this debrief why don't we play the alphabet game you.

[B]

Guys know the alphabet english alphabet sound.

[D]

What familiar let's play it yeah you.

[C]

All are gonna debrief me one person at a time one letter at a time going through the alphabet oh god.

[D]

I love it that's great on the.

[E]

Conversation of how long it's been i was going just through all my notes in my notebook to see how many me it's like twelve pages of notes.

[C]

Not quite two pages a day all right so what we're doing is we'll play the alphabet improv game while debriefing the mission we're going to take turns alphabetically by name we're going to go barbara blaine chris john first player is going to speak a phrase beginning with the letter a the next person b so on and we'll end the game when the group gets to the entire alphabet or when someone pauses too long or uses the wrong letter okay you.

[B]

Points at doug hey go alrighty so we left fort edge and then went on our journey and here's what happened next.

[D]

Hey how long is this episode supposed to be before we could get to indridge bay we stopped off at the ruins of raisin where they were struggling to build things because they didn't have any wood so we went to teehee to see if we could give.

[C]

Them wood see can you believe that.

[F]

We next went and found some people pretending to be priests and and wood and then they became actually not that where they were demons and we fought them fell down hole fell down other hole and then ren and tolf here made peace with raisin and the other people where they said hey take this wood but they do not take that wood and use it very well but then we met the baron nice got.

[E]

It next go everyone thought we were gonna lose our fight with the baron.

[D]

Over game over d d d oh.

[E]

Okay he talked so long i forgot.

[C]

What letter we were on oh what a what a pitiful debrief from b team sometimes i wonder how you all even made it through basic training can't even get through the most important part of a debrief debrief the letter d nice nice nice all right despite my best efforts guess i'm pleased to tell you you four have been promoted.

[B]

Are.

[D]

We talking colonel general are we at your level are we sergeants so i.

[B]

Just want to point out we we didn't really get through the debrief are you satisfied with the amount of information we told you about i'll get the.

[C]

Rundown for parts oh okay okay cool each of you is promoted to corporal.

[D]

Including private parts now this is just b team well i would like to formally submit a you know recognition to private parts without him we could not have done such a good job i i think that he should be corporal parts corporal okay all right parts do.

[C]

You know what responsibilities come with being a corporal i bet you're gonna tell us you're right tove each of you gets a team of three privates to.

[D]

Command oh more npc's you sure about.

[C]

That oh me no that's up to.

[B]

Them did i call dibs on private.

[D]

Parts oh dang it no you get.

[C]

New recruits doug your privates are right over here private crumps private solis and.

[B]

Private will dorado will dorado okay now.

[C]

Now doug my old eyes can't see very well why don't you help me figure out what they look like you.

[B]

Got it well clearly private krumpth over here is a halfling you know a little bit on the shorter end of things he's got it looks like brown hair but it's kind of in like a buzz cut so it's really short and then a really really big schnauzer on him sorry if you heard that.

[C]

Private crumps he kind of looks down.

[B]

Yes sir and then saleth over here oh wow they look maybe like they're an elf of some sort long long blonde hair unrelated to any other character we've ever met before who's an elf with long blonde hair totally distinct and very pointy shoulders okay i like it good for a uniform wearing yeah and then finally will dorado for some reason they're wearing a cowboy hat i don't know why but that's just what i see when i hear will dorado and it's got a big red scruffy beard.

[C]

Love it sounds good it seems weird like a cowboy hat wouldn't be part of uniform but he seems to be.

[B]

Pulling it off yeah somehow maybe it's a contraband but they allowed it in.

[E]

Somehow they wear it for religious purposes.

[A]

The dorado clan careful with the word.

[C]

Contraband around steel eye i know okay oh that really helps me doug gunther yes these are your privates private libby private rodney and private cersei why don't you help me figure out what these three knuckleheads look like yes they look.

[F]

Like muskrats all three of them look like muskrats and they bear swords and they i call them this this the.

[C]

Three muscaretiers july lets out a hearty gaffaw and patsy on the back gunther no but seriously specifically what are they.

[F]

Help me out they look like muskrats they're like like humanoid like anthropomorphic muskrats.

[C]

Yeah yeah yeah oh okay okay okay okay okay i thought maybe it was like a like a insulting lovingly kind of ribbon kind of thing i didn't realize it was the actual description that's why that's why steel i was also kind of laughing like it's kind of like a up him insulting you so i think that's why he kind of latched onto that okay next up natty may i present private electro private allison and private lars you want me to.

[E]

Tell you what they look like yes well private electro is quite a beautiful looking humanoid woman with short curly brown hair she's kind of covered in all this kind of like she's got her uniform but then she's also got to kind of decorate with a little bit of some like silken coverware oh yeah and private electro is actually for some reason they're like an older woman it must have been somebody who decided to join the army a little late and private allison is also an older woman a little bit taller than private electro and kind of has like blonde curly hair and a little bit bigger than a little longer cut than electro's and she's kind of wearing like a a nice little kind of a bright blue pantsuit with a big old belt with a big old belt buckle again all over their uniform apparently these this trio was given some license to kind of decorate themselves a little bit although i think we have been too we don't i'm not really wearing our uniforms are we we got a pirate a fighter and a bugbear and then and lars lars is actually the tallest of them all and lars is actually also a humanoid old lady with like silvery white hair and is wearing these big old hoop gold earrings and has a pearl necklace and kind of like a puffy scarf around her neck as well and she's also kind of wearing these like silky robes as well let's go girls.

[C]

You got some fancy privates there natty.

[E]

Why thank you.

[C]

Cole yes let me introduce you to private hunt private not wulu and private smurgle smurgirl private smeargle i can't say it right private smurgirl.

[D]

I look my my troops up up and down oh yes yes very good very good shall i tell you how.

[C]

They appear yes son all right well.

[D]

This first one very charming young man he's got a buzz cuts very military cropped hair that's hunt and then not wulu oh yes they have you know they're really trying to grow out their hair it's long and curly but they have this big bald spot right down the middle and then you know hair on the sides and then smurgler here has a nice trim bowl cuts yes very good very good look they sound familiar to you guys.

[C]

A little bit a little bit sorry got steel eye.

[D]

In the brain it's the three stooges i was going to do that if.

[F]

I didn't do the three musketeers that's.

[C]

A good one that's a good one all right as corporals what are you gonna do with your privates son don't don't don't laugh at me what training or orders do you give to them.

[B]

What we gonna do with them from.

[C]

A meta perspective you can treat them as a unit rather than dealing with.

[B]

Individuals well i guess you know this is our first time as corporals so stars and steel eye what are our.

[C]

Options well you can send them to do training you can pick it give them order perform some kind of task around fort endrich sky's the limit doug.

[B]

Well i i think the first order of business is to get some training in for these guys so crump salif will gerardo off to training with yi.

[C]

The three of them give you a salute and run out the door very enthusiastically oh wow such power you didn't.

[E]

Even tell them where to go train.

[B]

They left i know they seem to just know i like these guys already.

[C]

Go getters yeah let's dig into that.

[E]

What kind of training well first doug has to go catch them they come.

[C]

Back in confused they salute and they're like what kind of training sir what.

[B]

Kind of training that's a great question.

[E]

What kind of training would be important.

[A]

To doug is there like a library or any type of place with like i guess documentation on the wars and the history and everything like that sure.

[C]

Why don't i give you a quick rundown of the buildings here at fort endrich this might be helpful for all of you it's been a while since y' all have been here it's been a week it's been so there's the gatehouse there's the barracks there's the mess hall the cortege courtyard the seesaw which is where you all did some of your like it's the scrimmage indoor simulation area the armory and there's hq within hq there are of course the war room the raven room the mp office and the courthouse i guess would the.

[A]

War room have documentation and things that they could kind of study the history.

[C]

Of there's a lot of maps laid out on tables with battle miniatures it's kind of like where the planning for future actions are made i'd say i'd.

[A]

Want them to go study the maps so they have good sense of direction.

[C]

Okay so they salute you and then run over to another table here in the war room and begin pouring over maps and the lines as they stand.

[B]

Now they make quick work of this.

[C]

All right gunther what do you want your privates to do yes hello hello.

[F]

Musketeers there is someone who has done bad for army they are very bad very bad and let me tell you they have leans in close to whisper they have six toes on one foot and five on the other and they are purple and you shall try and find of them or find new news.

[B]

Of them he already told his privates more than he ever told us.

[D]

He'S really grown on these young fellows question.

[C]

Right away okay private libby salutes you gunther and says we will report to the raven room and study any communications that may have come to look for evidence of this eleven toed individual yeah secret mission so the four of them run out of the war room they.

[F]

Went to the raven room yes all.

[C]

Right natty what do you want to do what order do you give yeah.

[E]

Okay electra allison and lars your first bit of training is how to deal with an uncooperative and unruly prisoner okay so your job is to deal with gigi for a bit and give mommy a break natty turns to gigi and goes now baby i want to be very clear i don't want you to be easy on them at all i want you to take them through the ringer and you give them what for okay do mommy proud and at that point gigi just leaves like a like just walking chaos through the camp all right training starts now i think your.

[C]

Privates would salute look at each other with some concern and then run out the door chasing gigi keep your hands.

[E]

Away from his mouth both i imagine.

[D]

That giggy like ran up a wall onto the roof did like a full three hundred and sixty and then out.

[E]

The door out the door in a.

[D]

Blink of an eye just love it.

[E]

And natty just goes.

[C]

That'S the first.

[E]

Break i've gotten in quite a while.

[C]

I like to think the second giggy runs out the door natty's pulling out that bottle of wine yeah yeah okay tol what about you i want to.

[D]

Check my shield any anything happening no.

[C]

Your shield appears its normal state okay.

[D]

Well first of all privates i have something to tell you guys and steel i i think you should be tuned into this as well and then i pull off my face and reveal my thomitech and first and foremost be on your toes because anybody could be anybody how does steel i react from that.

[C]

I'M gonna make some rolls to determine.

[A]

That yeah because i guess this is his first time seeing it too right.

[B]

Yeah i hope he's not angry it'll.

[D]

Be fine he loves me well that's.

[C]

Some intricate armor there to good on you pat you on the back as far as your privates private smurgle looks to the side and you know gets a little sick but then quickly regains.

[D]

His composure just vomits at the face okay i i slip my mask or my my face back on and i say okay now i want you guys to be in tip top shape i know fort indridge was described as being coastal is that referring to like indridge bay that's like farther towards the coast like the fort itself is not near.

[C]

Any water right there is a moat around it and it's coastal in the sense that it's relatively close to the coast but yeah you are correct andritch bay is the actual city that's on the coast itself okay well either way.

[D]

I want you guys to do like a training montage so i want you running up and down the water the moat like like on the beach i want you to do strength training i want you to do you know cardio just also like boxing training like all of the cool things while listening to.

[A]

Like cool music okay living vicariously through all of these guys yes these are.

[D]

My these are my kids kids my children my babies sir can you sing.

[C]

Us a quick little ditty of cool music so we know what to work out to sir.

[D]

Perfect that's rocky three.

[B]

You should know this he's gonna keep going if you let it.

[D]

Actually that's rocky four i'm sorry that's the one where we put it's the russian ivan drago anyways if you die you die.

[C]

Now get going salute and then run out the building yeah i think tol would like rocky four right there's a robot in that one no that's five.

[D]

Isn'T it the sun has a robot four that's four robot in a rocky movie yeah it gets real weird rocky's son gets a rope it's it's a way of showing that rocky's like he just got a ton of money wait like what kind of robot so paulie gets a robot and i think it's like a it's like a kind of like a like betty from future like jetsons the jetsons yeah it's like like rosy yeah like rose i think that.

[C]

This would be a great thing for us to talk about second wind yeah which is our bonus show available exclusively for patrons over at stinky dragonpod dot.

[E]

Com i've never seen rocky we should.

[C]

Have a quick aside blaine let's make sure you and i are on on this second win to dig into and talk about rocky specifically rocky four perfect but again yeah all levels of or paid patreon tiers have access to that over sneaky dragonpod dot com with the lowest level being five dollars a month what a deal okay all right so you all have dealt with all of your the privates that are under your command let's make some rolls to see how they are all doing we'll start again with doug since you had them investigating and like looking at maps and whatnot why don't you make me a let's call it a history check history.

[A]

Check on behalf of my privates twenty.

[C]

One wow wow okay gunther you had yours going through communications and exchanges in the raven room looking for evidence or leads on the eleven toed person why don't you make an investigation check on their behalf to see what they're able to dig up i want to re.

[F]

Roll i rolled a four i want to use my inspiration die yes okay that's better twelve nice above average above.

[B]

Average your name tolf oh that is.

[C]

Natty what did you do with your privates i don't remember oh yeah yeah yeah they're taking care of gigi why don't we do animal handling for you.

[A]

To see how that goes that's offensive.

[E]

It'S not untrue that's a two.

[C]

Perfect and finally toll if you had yours working out here why don't we make an athletics check to see how they're.

[D]

Doing doing oh that's plus six good good good good good thirteen okay yeah they're out there working out and mike is gonna compose a montage song for.

[C]

Them i like how you just make like mountains of work for other people.

[D]

I say the thing micah that waves his hands and he does the thing.

[C]

You know it's great yeah yeah it's.

[D]

That easy that easy it's not it's.

[C]

Not doug your privates come back to you with a stack of maps showing you where the front lines are and with suggestions for deployments that can be made to try to advance the lines.

[B]

Oh excellent job everybody salute and he.

[A]

Does a little salute to them they.

[C]

Copy the salute back to you natty.

[E]

Notices the maps all have the word reference on them and realizes they're not supposed to have taken those out of.

[D]

The library.

[C]

Gunther your privates come back and they present a stack of messages to you here you go we found all the instances of toads that we could find in the raven communications oh.

[D]

No.

[C]

In the distance natty you hear the screams of your privates as they try to wrestle with giggy lars didn't.

[D]

Make it did he.

[C]

You hear specifically one of them yell you said to.

[A]

Keep your hands away from the mouth.

[E]

Well they gotta learn their lesson somehow.

[C]

And tolv after a bit your privates return and they look like they're exhausted after having completed a couple of laps around the moat and here that surrounds fort entrich oh good work that's the.

[D]

Smell of hard work and then i poke him in the eyes that's how.

[C]

You salute yeah yeah gunther as you're looking through these messages referring to toads that have been presented to you at the bottom of the stack you see that there's actually messages intended for each of you addressed to each of you wow yeah there's a letter that has to's name one for natty one for doug and one addressed to you gunther.

[F]

We just got a letter gunther opens it and hands it out to the.

[C]

Others gunther you open yours and hand the others their letters and gunther yours is from shannon there's only two sentences.

[F]

Gunther pulls his friends close and says my aunt shannon she says to be on my guard what take good luck my aunt shannon she said to be on your guard we should be extra.

[B]

Careful are you sure she's not saying like on guard like she wants to.

[F]

Fight you again either way you should be ready to fight she's just lurking.

[D]

In the shadows waiting for gunther waiting.

[A]

For you to open it yeah she.

[C]

Got like a ninja mask on in the ceiling doug you have a letter that's addressed to you from the council of conservation thanking you for entering their contest and they're asking they're saying that they would love to hear more about your ideas for an invention oh absolutely.

[B]

Let me just is there like a.

[A]

Return address that i could write them.

[C]

Back on yeah you can just send something back via the raven a raven.

[B]

Just like doug the raven oh yeah nevermore dear council of conservation doug is writing a letter back i am currently working on an invention that i would like to submit for your approval it's called the echo pulse locator it emits a soft sound pulses like bat echolocation to detect hidden animals without causing any panic and then also draws them into the device's location ooh fancy yours doug.

[C]

Boon kisses ps miss you if we have a little bit of downtime maybe we can dig into actually crafting and getting the process started on that dug into all right so you write that and seal it and prepare it to send back via raven natty you have a missive from troop troop who would love to know more about your song idea and their asking you to submit the first melodic line or lyric yeah.

[E]

I totally prepared that and didn't forget that that was something that was coming down the line at all so troop troops pirates right yes okay and they need a song just for like a theme song for themselves is that what.

[D]

This is for you need help coming with rhymes there's group poop swoop soup.

[C]

Scoop songwriter wanted troop troop is looking for a songwriter of both talent and experience audition required payment negotiable interested parties to send raven to duke okay puke.

[E]

They just need a song all right i got i got i got a song for you if you got like.

[C]

A diddy or a line or something.

[E]

Yeah yeah i'm made of diddies yeah.

[B]

Why don't you sing it for us why don't you regale us with a diddy.

[E]

If you would just let me i'mma sing my ditty okay go ahead this is just this is just like the beginning of the song okay we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna workshop the rest this haven't gotten haven't gotten like to the chorus and hook yet okay but i got i got a name for the song the troop scoop oh okay yeah it's a song that's about troop troop you know get scoop on okay yes yes and it goes like.

[D]

This here we are pirates here to sing our song we are troop troop.

[E]

Here for you why don't you sing.

[D]

Along oh and it'll go into a.

[E]

Whole thing where like they ask everybody to sing along with the song verse.

[D]

Two.

[F]

I have an idea for the hook yeah a pirate hook yeah let's.

[B]

Go i see what you did when.

[C]

You started singing here we are i thought you were going to go into the highlander what's that one the highlander theme song here we are born to be kings we're the princes of the universe oh no one am i the only old person here i got bored.

[F]

Of that movie it could be only.

[E]

One it's not a very good movie.

[D]

I just know that sean connery played a guy from spain yeah there's also.

[C]

There'S also a tv show was syndicated that ran for a while in the.

[E]

Nineties was the tv show better i.

[C]

Liked the tv show but i was also like fifteen at the time so i thought it was super cool all right cool thanks daddy you go ahead and prepare that and get ready to send that back via raven as well okay tolve that leaves you i have a letter yeah it's a brief letter addressed to you from elva this is my first letter ever she is informing you and getting you up to date with her journey to tropic hern island if you remember both of you decided she should go there to investigate further she informs you she snuck onto a ship traveling to tropicaren island as a stowaway toll i can't make it out what was the ship's name oh that.

[D]

Ship there was the oh wow now i feel like john being put on.

[B]

The spot.

[E]

All you gotta do is come up with the name of a.

[D]

Ship this is a hard one i want to come up with something clever but maybe something referential there's a ship named from jaws oh what was that the orca that's all right she joined.

[C]

The orca yeah the orca that's right yeah she she snuck onto the orca as a stowaway and while traveling among foggy seas the ship's crew got into an argument that led to a fisticuffs an argument yeah argument and it's blurry here i can't read it what was the argument about how did they resolve.

[D]

That oh it was about captain crunch and whether or not he actually held the rank of admiral or captain oh.

[C]

Classic what did they decide they decided.

[D]

That the berries are the best part of captain crunch they they got distracted and hungry and just started eating it.

[F]

And they went down their berry way.

[C]

Yeah they found common ground that's a good way to to settle an argument.

[D]

Yeah half of the ship wanted just the yellow parts and then the other half wanted to oops all berries classic.

[C]

Argument she goes on to inform you that the ship should arrive in a day or so and that she'll send a follow up raid raven soon so as i said you know you all are standing here in the war room and you know it's a circular stone room with a large one large round table that you all are around and other smaller ancillary tables where doug's privates went to go do their research and look at maps and there's officers and aides in various positions standing and sitting all around the room and as you all are here talking looking over your letters gunther you see something of a shadow flip past your peripheral vision make a perception check at disadvantage ooh three.

[F]

Thousand and twenty nice oh nice very.

[C]

Good perception you catch a quick glance of a creature prowling along the ceiling it has multiple limbs and two sets of eyes but it's difficult to make out its shape almost like it's camouflaged and whoosh it vanishes into the shadows once you're done training your privates i'll get them out you see steel eye pull a dart from his neck oh god what the crash one after another all the officers in the room collapsed to the floor unconscious from behind you a voice whispers time for your lesson gunther here the glint of nunchucks strike across your body with a wham find out what happens in the next episode of tales from the sneaky dragon gunther.

[D]

Dies that's the end.

[C]

Will gunther live will gunther die who will inherit gunther's privates find out in the next episode of tales and the stinky dragon oh.

[D]

Dibs on croms dib no wait no that's dibs on libby dibs on libby.

[F]

Think it was a triplet pair thanks.

[C]

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[C]

House you see a shadowy figure dart down an alleyway ooh so they took.

[D]

My coin purse then they took all.

[C]

My monies seems like they might have you can't find all right i say.

[D]

Stop in the name of the law and then i run after them i.

[C]

Give chase you chase the shadowy figure down an alleyway and you turn the corner and you find two small children at a wrought iron gate it seems like they're trapped in a dead end.

[D]

Oh no i walk up and i say hey there little guys to meet you painty pleasure to meet you and i see you took my money purse there and i slowly deploy my arm blade of the blurling and i say i'm gonna tell you the story about how i threatened to kill ol henry at the university okay let's not have this happen to you so let's just give you that money back because i spent a lot of my blood sweat and tears but mostly my blood on.

[C]

It the little girl looks really scared and she says i'm sorry mister and she hands out the bag bag out.

[D]

With her hand oh that was easy.

[E]

No intimidation check not at all no.

[D]

Oh wow blade of blurbling does it.

[B]

Okay listen little children you can't go stealing around from people all right it gives us a bad rap people are gonna think kids are all you know mischievous and doing things that they shouldn't be doing so you know we don't.

[C]

Want to we need to give it to the monster in the basement of our house so to keep it from coming and getting us you got to.

[B]

Pay a monster for from stopping to.

[C]

Come to you yes it'll come and eat us if we don't give it.

[D]

Money so that monster there's that's called a landlord all right so what you're gonna do is you're gonna go to your local authorities.

[C]

It craves hemo pieces.

[D]

Yeah that sounds like a landlord once.

[A]

Again that's stinkydragonpod dot com we are incredibly grateful for your support which makes this show possible some of our friends voiced npc's in this episode and listeners who interacted with us on the stinky dragon discord had npc's named after them the wilderflower voiced by bk our friend lackcrystal cobb named after cobb voiced by cameron fletcher amron fletcher on instagram connor named after true fuzzy voiced by ryan haley ryan's shorts on instagram and youtube and ryan experience on twitch private private parts voiced by ben ernst at halcyonben rene zeus named after renee dejesus voiced by james willems and zach anner who are ames willems and zach anner from the answer for it podcast at answer for its show tanzu named after jer shi sergeant steeleye named after sergeantsteel eighty two private crump named after captain crompth private celesi named after selessie s private will dorado named after will dorado private libby named after libby brown private rodney named after rodney ross private cersei named after cersei private electro named after boblectro private allison named after allison ellison private lars named after drax lars private hunt named after alice hunt private not wooloo named after not wooloo and finally private smurgle named after smurgle three thousand four hundred ninety five thank you all so much for being wonderful patrons of the stinky dragon podcast this week's arrow question was submitted by sandria this episode of tales from the stinky dragon was produced by ben ernst written edited and composed by micah reisinger with additional editing work by katherine arnold tune in next time for another thrilling episode of tales from the stinky dragon.

[D]

What'S up what's up it's tove on the ones and zeros that's binary that's right oh yes we got a full show planned for you guys today everybody is letting go of their fluids and for some reason i am dry so i'm going to sit here and entertain you for the time being let me see what do we have in front of us today we got paper okay and then we've got we've got a pin we got a writing instrument so i'm gonna draw a picture okay this will be fun all right yes oh that's nice it's a it's a hashtag hashtag let me see i'm gonna put some extra axe's nose that's right i'm playing tic tac toe with myself isn't that fun isn't that weird okay and that's a cat game i don't know what they call it the cat game but here we are wow that's been twelve on the ones and zeros we'll catch you next time when there will just what oh dog hey wait a minute i'm just checking out the equipment what exactly is going.

[B]

On in my buttons you you sat in my chair the butt print that i've been leaving in this studio chair is now not molded to my butt.

[D]

It'S so fairly comfortable i just i'm just digging into it it's just so nice you know lumbar and whatnot when.

[B]

You have to call security oh no.

[D]

Oh no i'm i'm sorry i'll let.

[B]

It slide this time as long as you'll be a guest on a future episode of dubs on the ones and twos equal streets yes yes of course.

[D]

The the post show to that post show told from the ones and zeros it's it's a binary joke you see.

[B]

Oh i get it mine was a math joke here's a binary joke yes.

[D]

I'M a robot excellent beep boop wait.