Last time on Dodoborne.

We find ourselves back at the adventuring guild.

Okay, you three.

So how much do you know about the Louvenhurst gang?

I've heard that name about three times the day before yesterday.

Information I've been getting is that they've been recruiting pretty heavily from the refugees, particularly at the docks.

And they have some kind of new tech that hasn't been seen before, underground Novocyte technology.

I need somebody to get in there and figure out what they're doing and where their base operations is right now.

You pick the right people.

I don't know how discreet I can be.

You know, I do know some spells of the Book of

Cetyl, and it can change your appearance.

I think the only thing in my head is what's his name from the the manor?

He's engaged to Scarlet.

I think that's what

it works.

Come on, Bartholomew!

And, like, turns to everybody and is like, how do I look?

Are you?

What?

Did it work?

Wait.

Are we talking the older brother?

Yeah.

The older brother.

Benedict.

Benedict.

Benedict.

You aiming to be Scarlet's betrothed?

Well, I don't know if I had an intention.

Well, on the plus side, you are very attractive.

The other side, you're not really our type.

But like,

you, you look like a

spinning image of Benedict.

Oh.

So Hopefully,

that works.

Do you think he knows people at the docks?

Maybe he knows people at the docks and they can like pretend.

Probably.

He's kind of like really high up there.

I'm gonna point to the mirror so you can go look.

Yeah.

I'll go look in the mirror.

You go look in the mirror and sure enough, you are a spitting image of Benedict Zechthorn, that suave, nice individual that spoke with all of you, sorta tried to ease the tension between you and Scarlet.

You look like, once again, a well dressed dwarven man, tall for a dwarf with fine features, a well groomed beard, smile that seems to fit perfectly on the face, and hair that is trimmed to match.

Wow.

Hey.

I wonder if Scarlet would talk to

me now.

Prob probably.

Guys, quit.

Don't Hey, Frank.

What?

I'm taller than you.

Yeah.

Oh, Oh, okay.

We took it out.

Enjoy that while it lasts.

Okay.

Is it just like exactly as he appeared or does he also still have like the wizard hat?

Or

I would It would be really fun if you still have the wizard hat.

Know guys love the wizard hat and it makes me the same height as Cappy.

Oh.

I'm a hundred percent.

And I'm wearing like the the cape too.

You got the cape.

I I think we can work with this though.

I was talking to Hazel earlier today and apparently, we're moving, which is fantastic.

We have more stuff.

We're not all gonna

be crammed on top of

each other in a giant sibling puddle, which was a little bit annoying and all that good stuff.

But the whole reason is because Wally got a whole lot of money from the ducks.

Is your brother a gangster now?

I don't know.

Yeah.

Pistachio Hopefully a gangster.

So that's not our in.

Well, but I could ask my brother

if No.

He could You can't ask.

Why can't I ask my brother?

Because if he's a gang member, what do you think he's gonna do after you ask him?

Take me along to say, like, okay.

If I went up to my brother and I was like, Wally, I heard that you, have some good stuff on the dock and I'm not sure if this adventuring business is for me because my boss nearly died.

And then, my best friend didn't talk to me for like two whole weeks.

So I'm kind of regretting the whole like, adventure lifestyle.

Could you go and take me along the docks?

Maybe I wanna do that instead.

He's probably gonna be like,

oh, yeah, pistachio.

That's totally fine.

And then I can go in and see it that way.

Yeah.

I think it's a totally good plan.

Okay.

And then, you know.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Alright.

Yeah.

When did you stop listening to me?

When what?

Nothing.

Hey.

Let's do it.

Really?

Yeah.

Oh.

Crank.

I can't.

This is weird.

Crank?

I think you should probably call me Benedict.

I'm You

could call me Benny for sure.

Oh.

Yes.

Lil Benny?

Lil Benny?

Because you're a little shorter with than me without that hat.

Well, the hat is a very important part.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Alright.

Whatever you say, little Benny.

Little Benny, we are in and then I don't know.

How do we get you guys there?

Well, you're gonna get in.

Okay.

I happen to know of a great place near the docks.

Oh, yeah?

Yes.

So much fun.

Oh, yeah?

Little betting.

You're gonna love it.

Oh.

We can win money.

Oh.

And maybe other things.

I don't know.

Oh.

But Other things?

Yeah.

So Like what?

I can't guys, we're gonna do a heist.

Can't wait.

A heist.

A heist.

That doesn't sound like what the objective is.

Well, it's sort of what the objective is.

Right?

Are we are wait wait.

I'm I'm confused.

A heist.

Are we heisting the place with the money, or are we heisting the gangster hideout?

Well, the gangster hideout.

Okay.

Okay?

So what is the what is the place Alright.

Here's the plan.

Here's the plan.

Stachio.

Uh-huh.

You're gonna talk to Wally.

Uh-huh.

You're gonna tell Wally that you're sick of being an adventurer Uh-huh.

And that all of the pressure's mounted on you.

Really, whatever you have to do so that he feels comfortable taking you into whatever job he has.

Okay.

Best case scenario, he's part of the gang.

Uh-huh.

Worst case scenario, he's working at the dock, which is near where we know the gang hang at Hideout.

Yeah.

You're going to see where that leads.

Little Benny and I Okay.

And Cerulean That's me.

Are going to I'll be

honest too.

Hit the salty salmon.

Okay.

We are going to portray random patrons of The Joint Uh-huh.

Gambling away and enjoying our evening.

Uh-huh.

Once you find information Mhmm.

You'll deliver that back to us, and we'll make our next move from there.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

I I can I can do this?

I can do this.

Oh, I have one good turn, though.

Mhmm.

Quack.

I can take quackers.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

Yeah.

He Do I still have access to my, like can I reach through the illusion and, like, open up my

I'll say, yeah?

You just have

to open your human chest.

Just like Quackers could hide in here.

Oh.

Okay.

But there's like air vents?

Oh, I actually don't know.

I don't breathe.

Okay.

You'll be fine.

Do we trust quackers with all the money?

Oh.

Of course, we trust quack.

Alright.

I'm just making sure.

Well, Benny, get your friend.

Okay.

But can we get him a bed in there and just food and everything else Well, that he

there's still that rotten turnip in there,

in there?

No.

I buried Timmy outside Brackenrod.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

That's probably good.

That thing was probably gadget flies.

Rotten turnip.

Oh, yes.

Like a long story.

Okay.

And so we'll shove the duck in.

Oh.

Oh.

Bye, crackers.

Feels weird.

Okay.

Cracker

shush, buddy.

It's okay.

And as we go to leave, I wanna pull Pistachio aside for a second.

Hey.

Oh, yes, Cap.

What's a puss?

So I your your your birthday was when I was in the hospital.

Right?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

And he pulls out a, like, a really crudely wrapped thing.

It's, like, very obvious.

It wasn't wrapped well.

And it's just, like, with paper and there's, like, odd ribbon tied terribly on it.

And little Benny has already left at this point in Cyrillian.

So yeah.

I don't know.

Here.

Happy birthday.

And then I leave.

I think Pistachio likes little faces, like like, wells up with tears as I look down at this present, and they're, like, kinda, like, gingerly pull the ribbon off to see what it is.

Pistachio Mhmm.

Can you roll three d twelves for

me?

Okay.

Do I add them?

Yeah.

Add them all together.

Okay.

28.

28.

Oh.

Let me find something.

Where are you going?

Don't worry about it.

Don't ask questions.

Shut up.

Just trying to see if I can get I'm prepared.

Picking.

I think Craig notices this interaction from a distance.

Oh, the antennas.

And I was like, I forgot Pistachio's birthday.

Maybe that's why they don't want to be my friend anymore.

Oh, do you think we could go get something for them real fast?

Yeah.

I think I think that's a good idea, Cerulean.

Let's go abandon the plan that that guy said earlier,

and let's go get a

present for your friend.

Okay.

Maybe then they'll be your

friend again.

They'll forget all about that duck.

Oh, forget all about that duck because the I have the duck now.

You have the duck.

You have the Who's quacking now?

We hear quacking now.

No.

I can dispel him if you want.

He's just a familiar.

Wait.

What?

Yeah.

I can dispel.

You can dispel him.

Dispel that?

I don't wanna kill quackers.

No.

I mean

But yeah.

When Pistachio realizes it, he'll bring it right back.

We'll think about it.

We'll keep that in the back of our mind.

I have an errand to run that I just remembered, but I'll meet you guys at the docks.

Craig, wait.

What?

And I leave.

I like run out the door and Cerulean behind me.

Cerulean and Craig leave.

The statue holding in your hands right now is a major attune potion.

You gain plus one to your instinct until your next rest.

Oh.

I think Pistachio, at this point, their little face tears up and like, they don't he like runs up behind Cappy and just like embraces him from behind.

The potion was in a pistachio shaped Oh my god.

Which is why she bought it.

Oh my god.

That's too cute.

Yeah.

Pistachio, a 100%, is running up and just, like, you know, gloms onto you from behind.

Okay, kid.

Alright.

Easy.

Easy.

Easy.

Easy.

Like me.

You like me.

We cut to Cranky and Cerulean.

Where are they at right now?

What store did they wind up in?

I don't know.

I'm just walking through the market and trying to, like, find something.

You you see that there's a a dandy looking man.

He's an elf.

And he says, well, doth me eyes, deceive me.

There's that derby Benedict Zechelon over there.

Well, hello, me good friend.

Why don't you come on in?

Yeah.

Come on into me shop.

Oh yeah, that's me.

I'm Benedict Echelon.

Hi.

Of course.

Hello.

I remember you from the last time we spoke.

You're Yes.

Your last time we spoke and my Yes.

Can you remind me when that was again?

Oh, that was about

oh, this be a test.

Are you be tested me to make sure that I be on the level now?

Well, the last we spoke was approximately two and a half weeks ago.

And what did we speak about?

Tell me something only I would know.

Oh, well, we should do this inside, of course, not out here in the street.

Come on into me, Sham.

You're right.

You're right.

Yeah.

Let's step in.

Alright.

Well, you see, the progress is going really well.

Yes.

Art that she asked me to smuggle out of Valgenia has successfully been Oh,

Oh, That's good to know.

That's good to know.

That's right.

The gift that she received from your new friend who you called the goat, wink, has been officially established.

Great.

And I recently received the okay from your boss who you simply named W that everything used to go as planned.

Excellent.

Yes.

Ye gonna be married, ye family is gonna be together, and you'll be stronger than ever.

And your plans will be brought to fruition.

Exactly.

Very good, my friend.

Of course.

Now what can I do for you?

You need some more things done behind people's backs in the dead of night?

I'm actually looking for a gift for a friend of mine.

Ah, looking for a gift.

I see.

Is this of the expensive kind?

Do you need me to get something from our from the bottom of me ship?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, whatever you have, you can just put it on my father's tab.

Very well.

Very good.

I will do that indeed.

Ye be looking for a gift for your dearly beloved, recently betrothed, aren't ye?

You're trying to make it seem like it's not a political thing, but it's one of love.

Oh, you two do make a very good couple.

Thank you.

Of course.

Well, I have the perfect thing for you.

You see, one of the one of my associates, perhaps in the reavers, recently came upon a volute merchant ship and sunk it to the ground even deeper than midnight's depths.

Not even the light of Splendor himself is going to find them, but they got all their loot.

And in the booty, they found this.

And he pulls out a potion.

He says, this here be wings sprout, be Lord.

That's right.

If ye imbibe this, you'll be able to fly around like ye got the wings of a beautiful butterfly.

That's right.

You give this to your beloved apple person, and she gonna be flying so high.

High enough to forget of all the sins of her family.

That's a fun little joke that we shared last time.

Oh, yeah.

I remember that exactly perfectly cool.

Of course.

About, you know, the payment, of course.

Oh, my father will pay.

He always pays.

Of course.

Of course.

He always pays.

Don't forget, you know, we did we were able to deliver you the special package that he asked for.

So just let him know that once it's all said and done, that we'd be

expecting the other half of

our payment as it wasn't easy to get Of the course.

Target after all.

Of course.

You have nothing to worry about.

Of course.

I know I don't from the from the Zestron family.

That's right.

Nothing to worry about.

Well, ye be having fun.

Ye give me regards to w and to goats next time you

see them.

Of course.

I will.

Remind me what your special name was.

I can't remember

what they called ye specifically.

Oh, well, I don't know.

They they just call me Dodo one.

You know, I don't be remembering that one.

Make a presence roll for me.

God if you crit.

Uh-oh.

Five was fear.

And he came in so cocky this session.

I'm a

roll crits.

I always roll crits.

See that he squints and says, wait, Dominik.

That that's just an inside joke between me and my buddies.

Alright.

I'll let my father know.

Wait just a minute.

Get

back here, but you'll get back here, Benadict.

Hey.

Wait a minute.

More names not deadly old deadly old tool for no reason.

Ye get back here or else this year, polyamorous version midnight time.

He's gonna, like, sick you deeper for midnight splashes.

He's yelling as you leave.

Alright.

Bye.

It was good to see you too.

Very good.

You leave.

Oh my god.

You being Benedict.

Wow.

Incredible.

Benedict's gonna be in trouble next time.

You

head on.

You where do you head back to?

You pretty much head right

back to the guild.

I'm going I'm going back to the guild hoping I can run into them on the way.

Bennett little Benny and Cerulean come running back just as you're done with your little conversation.

Oh.

Oh.

Hey, guys.

Pistachio has not let go of Cappy.

Can you I'm my back still kinda hurts.

Oh, it's no.

Oh, shoot.

Oh, it's

it's smart nights.

What's going on here?

This is I don't know.

I They're feeling things.

You're a big kid.

I've got a lot of feelings and

Well, if anyone cares to know, I came upon some very interesting information in my little walkabout Oh.

That Benedict is potentially involved with illegal smuggling.

Oh, illegal smuggling.

Just tell them everything that I heard.

And then I just I'm like, yeah.

I think I think Benedict might be a little bit in trouble if they see them again.

But also, maybe I should keep my head down while I'm looking like this.

Yeah.

May may

I kinda ran out of the shop without paying, and I told them that Benedict's father would pay.

And I'm not entirely sure if the shop owner believed me.

The goat.

Is that a cruel way of saying fun?

I I don't know.

It was a nickname, and then w and then I told them that my nickname was Dodo one.

Oh.

Which I think

Oh.

Oh.

Maybe wasn't believable?

Oh.

Probably not.

I don't think anybody knows about Dodos outside of us.

I think that's suspicious.

I I didn't know what else to say.

Maybe little Benny or oh, eggs Benedict.

Easy Dodo three.

I don't think this is gonna be an issue.

Julien kinda like nudges you, little Benny.

He was like

I'm confused.

They're giving me mixed signals.

I'll give them a thing.

Do you think they want

should I give it to them now?

Should I give it to them now?

Okay.

Okay.

Stachio, I got you something for your birthday that I didn't definitely didn't forget about.

Oh, you you remembered it was my birthday too?

Yeah.

I did.

Yeah.

I remembered it was your birthday.

And I'll I'll pull out the little potion.

Oh.

And I'll say, yeah, this is called wing sprout.

And I thought maybe it could make you a flying dodo.

Because I can't fly as a dodo.

You know that's

how much I'm like, can't.

And they like glomm onto you.

So so are we still friends?

Of course, we're still friends.

I don't know.

I thought you avoided me for two weeks and I thought that it was because of that.

But you just were looking for a birthday present when I got

That's exactly it.

Oh, you could've just like,

said something or like, it's been there, but it's totally fine.

Just I really wanted to find you the perfect gift, I didn't wanna talk to you until I did.

Oh, that's well, I thought you hated me because

I thought you hated me because of Quackers.

I'm because of Quackers.

Quackers is your best friend and I felt replaced.

Quackers is a pet.

You're like you're like an actual feeling person.

Quackers has like very little sentience.

They're like, I I like them, but they're

like in my friend in a way an imaginary friend would be a friend.

You're like a real person.

Oh, that's that's good.

You didn't deal that way.

Well, you didn't talk to me for

too I didn't.

I'm sorry.

So I've been seeing someone.

There's a mechanic Oh.

Who like has been helping me process my feelings.

Aw.

So hopefully, I'm doing better now.

Hey, gang?

Yeah?

Oh, great.

Great.

Qualy.

Oh.

So glad we're doing this.

Yes.

We do have a mission.

Oh, right.

Best glad you guys have been able to talk through your feelings.

Oh, yeah.

Thank you.

But we have a job to do.

Right.

Do.

Right.

Aye aye, Dodo, to squawk.

Affirmative.

Yay.

Squawk.

Should we squawk squawk on three?

Let's squawk this.

Fucking one, two, three.

Squawk.

Squawk.

I don't if guys fell for that.

Let's go.

Cerulean's just sort of clapping his hands and he's like,

oh, I just love friends.

This is nice.

I lean over to Pistachio.

Mhmm.

Yeah.

The over excitement's a little annoying, isn't it?

I don't know what you're

talking about.

You all head on out.

Pistachio, you head to your new home, which Hazel thankfully gave you the address of off camera.

Mhmm.

While Kathy, Crank, or should I say, little Benny and Cerulean head off to the salty salmon.

Pistachio, you head to your new place.

What does the new place look like?

So you said it was, like, in the nicer district.

Not quite the manor District, but, like, the Merchant District, I think.

Yeah.

Kinda outside the Merchant District.

So I think it is above one of the stores.

It's like a bakery below, so you can feel smell the wok fresh bread under it, like, pre furnished, so it has a lot of cool amenities.

It has a couple of different rooms in it.

There's a room for each one of us and track that goes up that allows for, almonds to go up the stairs without using her legs very much.

Almost like an elevator, but like a magical Nice.

Flip.

Yeah.

For sure.

Yeah.

As we step inside, you see that your mother is there.

She's currently in a wheelchair just so let her legs Still kind of working with her hands doing some doing some knitting, we'll say.

It is the middle of the day and so your your brother does not seem to be there.

But who is there is your father.

He's taking the day off today and he's in the kitchen with another individual.

There is another fawn that's in the kitchen with your father.

He looks suspiciously kinda like your father, almost like they're brothers.

What does this man look like and what's his temperament, if you don't mind me asking, Rowan?

So I think that this guy kind of looks like Cashew in the way that he's got the same facial structure, but his hair is longer tied up in a, like, a ponytail to get out of his face.

He has a lot more laugh lines and a smile that is always going on as if like, he never quite dressed without a smile.

He's also got much cleaner clothes.

Not in like, quite suit, but almost like business casual.

Yeah.

He's got a business look about him, an easy smile.

Your father's body language, his arms are crossed, and he seems unhappy.

But the conversation stops as you walk in.

Your dad looks over at you and says, hey hey hey, Pistachio.

Hey.

Oh, hi hi, dad.

Hi, you.

Oh, yeah.

I guess you haven't met your uncle Gabe.

Gabe.

Gabe

kinda smiles and says, hey, Pistachio.

You're not a nut.

No.

It's you know, I changed my name a couple decades ago.

Oh.

And it was no big deal.

Nothing really.

Nice.

It's so good to meet you.

I've heard so much about you.

Oh,

likewise?

Yeah.

I know we've never really met officially, but, you know, I was just in town, thought I'd stop by and, you know, meet my younger brother.

His smile's really big.

Yeah, uncle Gabe.

Yeah.

I don't remember ever ever meeting you before.

Is this have I I met you when I was much younger or something perhaps?

No.

Unfortunately, yeah.

I've never I've never had a chance to meet you, unfortunately.

This is really exciting for me.

Finally getting to meet my little my little nibbling.

Your your little, yeah, nibbling.

That's that's the yeah.

Nice to meet you.

Yeah.

Yeah.

They kinda, like, cautiously bound up and, like, extend a hand.

Is it possible because I think Pistachio has instinct check, like like, sussed people out by their handshakes before.

Is he like why is

he here?

Like, is this a

Yeah.

Go ahead.

Give me an instinct roll.

Business occasion or that is a 16 with fear.

16 with fear.

You kinda

Take my fear.

Oh,

thank you so much.

Except I'm gonna use it immediately.

Oh, please.

And take a fear move.

And you see that you start to look at this guy and you shake his hand.

And for a moment, you're like, there's something familiar here.

But the moment that that thought comes to you, it's quickly washed away by your father.

Yeah.

Your uncle was just leaving, actually.

He was he had just stopped by and he was about to go.

Then hopefully not ever see us again.

Oh.

And

Gabe just sort of rolls his eyes.

Sorry, Pistachio.

Some some wounds take a while to heal, but I do hope to see you around sometimes.

It's really good to meet you.

Okay.

Well, maybe I'll run into you then.

Oh, I'd really like that.

I really get to love

to catch up sometime.

Your father says you could do magic.

Yeah.

I feel like they're, like, now incredibly suspicious because I don't know how much they feel like their father would, like, talk about them, especially like that.

So they'd be like, this guy give me vibes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm a part of the Adventuring Guild.

So if you ever need me, you know, I'm you can always find me there.

That is really awesome.

Yeah.

That's really fantastic.

That's a

lot of good life experience in the Adventure guild.

Yeah.

It's so far been a lot of a lot of things have happened.

Yeah.

Hey.

I heard about what happened in Bracken Road, and it really breaks my heart to hear that.

Yeah.

You know, the farm is no longer.

So Yeah.

Yeah.

But new new life, new start.

Right?

Of course.

You've you've done it before.

Right?

Changed your name to whatever it was before.

We keep going.

Yeah.

That's Just that's us Droops.

I'm just really happy to

know that I'm not the only Droop who can still do magic.

You can you can do magic too?

Of course.

And before he can continue, you see that your father kinda steps in and says, alright, Gabe.

You can leave now.

Sasha, let me help him.

Help me show him the door.

Oh, sure.

Gabe

just kinda puts up his hand and says, don't worry, Sasha.

Sure.

I understand.

All balloons and whatever.

Door.

Let me get that for you.

He walks to the door, you open it for him, and he steps out and just has a nice little smile and says, hope to see you around again sometime.

Yeah.

Your people call my people, I guess.

He kinda laughs at that and says, sure.

Okay.

And he starts to leave and your father kinda huffs.

What?

What was that?

Don't worry about him.

Don't even think about him again.

Oh, okay.

But, like, you didn't tell me that you had a brother who could do magic and isn't named after a nut.

Very important.

He left the family a long time ago.

Okay.

That's all I'll say about that.

And then he does the dad thing where clearly he's not gonna say anything about it, and he just kinda turns and walks away.

Okay.

Cool.

So I guess that's gonna be something that we bury and never talk about ever.

Great.

Hey, mom.

How are you doing?

Hi,

Pistachio.

It's so good to see you.

Yes.

Good

to see you up and around.

Have you seen Wally?

Is he

Well, you know, you just missed him.

He just headed out to the docks

just a little while ago.

I dang.

I was gonna hope to hope to consult him with some incredible older brother, younger sibling advice.

Oh, yeah.

Sure.

I mean, you know, I'm just and that's really good to hear.

I'm really you all seem to be doing so well.

Yeah.

Hazel's doing great.

I just saw her.

Yeah.

Hazel's doing more with the church, and Wally seems to be doing really well with the docs.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, did did he say what kind of job he ended up getting down there?

No.

He didn't really say.

He just said that his boss really liked the work that

he was doing.

He said he really is kind of coming to his own.

I'm really happy because he seems a

lot more comfortable, you know, with his face and all because

he's really

scarred up.

I was really worried that he might be self conscious or wouldn't do,

but I ruined his mug.

Now, Pistachio, you didn't ruin anything.

I ruined his mug.

I didn't

get to

it quick enough.

If I did, like, magic or something, maybe his face would have stitched together different.

Well,

yeah.

I'm sure you can catch him if you head to the docks.

I'm sure he'll be there.

Yeah.

I will do that.

Thanks, mom.

Love you.

Much love you too.

And Say hi to your friends for me, especially the handsome ones.

Mom.

Oh.

Who's the handsome one now though?

She doesn't know about little Ben.

I guess she

doesn't know.

Not yet.

She doesn't

know.

Oh, hey, mom.

Do you remember that one thing we talked about forever ago?

We might need to enact that plan soon.

Of course, I do.

Yeah.

Remember what we talked about a long time ago.

Yes.

Yeah.

We'll talk about it.

Yeah.

Anyway, Kaira and love you.

Bye.

Love you too.

Bye.

You leave,

And we cut to the salty salmon.

You both have GM secrets.

I don't have any GM secret.

My GM secret was just that I wanted to get pistachio a gift without saying I wanted to get pistachio a gift.

A

surprise in and out both for me and pistachio.

So you all head to the salty sand.

What are y'all doing in salty sand?

I'm showing little Betty how to gamble.

I'm just like looking over my shoulder and making sure I don't see a shopkeeper.

I think I've taken off the hat because it stands out.

Yeah.

I've, like, stashed it in the in my my dwarven chest.

Quackers is where it

is.

It's Quackers is in the hat, like, like, it's a wizard hat and it's a rabbit like that.

Oh, my boy.

That is so great.

I

love it.

So I'm trying to make myself as inconspicuous as possible while being, like, one of the most conspicuous people I can be.

Cerulean has just been buying cocktails and having the best time ever.

They're like

I'm glad they're enjoying this.

You ever

heard of this, a mojito?

This is great.

I don't I don't Cerulean, I don't drink.

Oh, I really wish you could.

Yeah.

If we get

to Polaris, they can make a spell that'll make it so that you can drink.

We can drink together, Crank.

Wouldn't that be great?

Yeah, sure.

That would be great.

Sounds like a good time.

What about you, Paki?

Would you want some mojito?

Of course, I want a mojito.

We have a job to do.

Oh, you're right.

I've already had two of these.

Yeah.

I just

want an empty stomach.

And you're a small person either.

I'm a small little guy.

You need to relax.

Okay?

You're gonna blow our cover.

You're hey.

Hey.

Hey.

You're gonna blow our cover.

Oh, I would Dodo recruit.

Not gonna do that.

Yeah.

And then the other hand, he's

still there.

Lady knows.

I'm like, you just gotta be chill.

And I lean over to the dealer and I'm like, alright.

Yeah.

Roll another

Five handfuls on black.

Uh-oh.

Begin the montage.

Yeah.

That's right.

Or whatever

it was.

I think it was yeah.

Was finesse.

It

was finesse.

Yeah.

It's a lot of money, Capi.

Are you sure about that?

It's a lot.

I sure am.

It $20.21, 22.

22 with it is with fear, but it's still a 22.

Yeah.

I'll bank that fear.

Thank you so much.

Yeah.

You can have it.

It's on me.

I've got so Give me more money.

Oh, it's so great.

Okay.

Roll

a Can't be on a hot shot.

Roll a d 10.

Woo.

Did you get double zeros?

This definitely ain't it because that's a 40.

Okay.

So that's a four.

That's a four.

Four.

Yeah.

Right.

So you gain four handfuls of gold.

Think I think well 100 because While Cappy's gambling, I'm kinda, like, surreptitiously looking around to see if I think that anyone is recognizing Benedict.

Yeah.

Do a do an instinct role for me.

And the whole time, Cappy's basically just talking to little Benny like he's there, but he's not

there anymore.

I'm just like yeah.

I'm like, so the whole thing is really that you just have to focus.

You have to will winning into existence.

Makes total sense.

And it's all about confidence.

Right?

Because people are gonna tell

you that you can't win money.

People are gonna tell you that you need to stop, but you only have to stop if you don't win.

And if you still keep winning, you never have to stop.

It's really the best thing

It's really distracting because I just rolled a nine with fear.

Yeah.

I'll take that fear.

I'll just bang that bad boy too.

Oh, wait.

Was it instinct?

It was instinct.

Yeah.

11 of fear.

Oh, okay.

That unfortunately is still a failure.

You look around, it doesn't really look like anyone's paying attention to you.

You don't notice one person in particular making glances towards you, maybe a little confused.

But as Cappy once again wins, the doors open and a little pistachio walks in.

I'm glancing around.

Where is Wally?

Do I see him anywhere?

You do not see him in here.

Okay.

Pistachio.

Oh.

Hey.

Over

here.

Oh.

Oh.

Come in.

Did you did you find or hey.

I'm sorry.

Did you find Wally?

Oh, no.

I haven't seen him yet.

I was supposed to run into him on the way here, but and oh, wow.

That's a you're accumulating a lot.

Are you good at this?

Some would say I'm the best.

Well, I would say you're the best.

I look around now also looking since I Wally is not here, is there anybody else like suspicious around?

You know, you're gonna

have to

be a little more clear because everybody

here that's salty salmon

is a

little suspicious.

That's true.

And you know what?

That's that's a fair question.

I was gonna say Sorry.

I was gonna say somebody that's looking at us weird.

But y'all specifically?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Give me give me an instinct.

Give me an instinct.

You can have another fear, I

see.

Yay.

It is a 20.

I gained one from each of you.

So as you look over and she has a person in the corner, back pretty straight.

Clearly, this person works out.

Though you would think that the muscles are pretty much all for show and not there's not actually, like, any bodybuilding, like, strength behind it.

He's a orc with blonde hair and blue eyes, and he's staring over specifically at little Benny.

I've created a monster.

Dota one Dota one.

Oh, that's that's me.

What what is it Dota three?

There is a, eagle eyed blonde man looking straight at you, and, you're 06:00.

I whirl around.

Oh, no.

You whip around.

I look directly at this orc who cocks his head to the side and just kinda stands up, saunters over.

Oh, I turned back around.

Oh, no.

Is he coming over here?

Yeah.

Yeah.

He is he's coming over here.

Hi.

Hi.

Hello.

Beautiful man.

What can we what can we do for you?

I'm not speaking to you.

Oh.

I'm speaking to you.

Oh.

Oh, okay.

Benedict Zechthan.

Both our fathers are important people and thus, so are we.

Yes.

Yes.

You are exactly right.

I haven't seen you at this seedy establishment in quite some time.

Yes.

Yes.

Can you remind me when the last time was?

Well, last time was, I believe, about a month ago.

Okay.

I got stationed here Right.

Against my will.

I wanted to stay in the capital underneath my father's watchful gaze so that he could see how good I am at all this.

And yet they sent me here as though to test me and see if I'm actually captain material.

Don't even get me started on the lieutenant colonel.

She's disrespected me too too many times.

You understand what that's like?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I know.

I get that.

I hate being disrespected.

Yes.

So do I.

That's why we're such good friends.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The best of friends.

Exactly.

So what are you doing here with these?

Looks at the rest of you.

Low looking types.

Oh, well, I I just met these people not five minutes ago outside of this very door.

Ah, Benedict.

So magnanimous of you taking in the little people, making them feel like they're important and your friends.

Of course.

That's exactly what I'm doing.

Yes.

Indeed.

Actually, I was just leaving.

So

Yeah.

And me me too.

Oh.

Sorry.

This is a this is a week a week.

I apologize for talking to you in such a casual way, sir.

Beautiful sir.

I'm gonna leave now.

Thank you for Alright.

Plan.

To Marcella.

Thank you.

Bye.

I'm pushing I'm pushing him and Cerulean out the door.

Okay.

Stranger, you got this.

Also, you're not that beautiful.

I pointed if I could what's his name?

Don't you know who my father is?

God.

I can have you court martialed.

Oh, no.

Wow.

Okay.

Wow.

Wouldn't wanna be court martialed by daddy.

Oh, no.

He would court martial you.

Don't make me get daddy into this.

Okay.

Alright.

And we're we're out to the and we're out the door.

You're out

the door.

You see that he turns to you.

Oh.

Then he ends in.

Oh.

Now just you and me, we can talk about how great our fathers are and how

that makes us all so

My father is wonderful.

Make a make a present thrill for me.

13.

No.

11 with fear.

Thank you.

I'll take that fear.

You, you are trapped in a conversation with this guy.

An 11, I will say, is a success.

And I think that on that I think that because it was with fear, what I'll say is that it's a success because he does not notice that you're not talking.

He's just talking about how great he is and how much cool information that he has.

Yeah.

I'm just, like, saying the same things that I said to Cappy when Cappy was describing gambling to me.

I'm like, uh-huh.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Yes.

You see he's got

a yes.

You see, and that's Lieutenant Kerril doesn't know

how important

my father is and how that makes me important as well.

I was given very specific reports and information that, you know, is it's it's in a need to know basis, and she clearly didn't need to know after

all.

Mhmm.

Yes.

Because my name is Byron Stormwater,

and I'm here because my father was important.

I like, repeat it to myself under my breath to remember it.

Byron Stormwater.

God.

Oh, man.

I hope I hope Crank's gonna be okay since well, Pistachio doesn't realize that crackers isn't familiar, but I, Rowan, know that crackers isn't familiar.

The whole time I'm in this bar, crackers just going

And I

so it says on this card that if I spent like, I can communicate with them with a spell cast role to command them to perform simple tasks.

Okay.

So I think how I wanna narratively say this is that I just as Pistachio, I'm like, just like, oh, man.

I hope Quackers, like, can't get cranked out of this somehow.

No.

Okay.

Yeah.

Do your spell castle.

Isaac, you want more fear?

This is a scary game, y'all.

This is a scary game.

This is a 15 with fear.

Does that beat the spellcasts

that you Yes.

Need to

It does.

Nice.

So so Annie, describe how Quackers gets you out of this in the worst way possible.

Oh, no.

I think I'm just like like Byron has his, like, arm, like, around my shoulders.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Like like a bro, and he's just, going on and on and on about how important he is.

Yeah.

And how nobody realizes how important he is.

And I think I'm just like, uh-huh.

Yeah.

Yep.

Mhmm.

I understand how that feels.

Yeah.

Mhmm.

Yep.

Yeah.

Bothers.

Am I right?

And then, like, the latch on my locker just kinda, like, kinda is, like, has been wonky.

Shifts out of place just enough for my dwarven chest to burst open.

And Quackers just get restless.

For a a wizard hat to jump out of my body and onto the floor and start running around.

What was it?

Everyone in this place screams.

Because

they've just seen a man's chest burst open in a hat.

Pop out.

Byron faints.

And just

little duck feet.

Just like

Oh, no.

Under under the wizard hat.

Like

My my totally normal hat.

Oh, no.

I'm just chasing it around.

A woman gets up on the table and squeals like she's looking at a rat.

Oh my goodness.

Yeah.

I just chase it around and like, I try to like, hurt it towards the door and just like trying to run towards

the Everyone just shot like scatters.

Everyone scatters.

That's how you Bursts get

open and a little walking hat runs out with little Benny

I right pick up

the hat and crackers under it and put it on my head.

Casually.

Just

Incredible.

Hey, little Penny.

Your chest is open.

Oh.

Yeah.

Oh.

That's why everyone was screaming.

Yeah.

Okay.

Oh my god.

Benedict Zestan died.

Benedict Zestan's chest burst open and he died.

Oh my god.

Wow.

I'm sure

that will have no repercussions later.

Okay.

None.

I just so casually am looking for Wally and the ducks right now.

Alright.

Listen.

Pistachio.

Uh-huh.

I'm gonna take little Benny.

Uh-huh.

Cyrillian.

Uh-huh.

I'm gonna take that hat.

Okay.

And quackers.

Okay.

And we're gonna go up on the roof.

Okay.

Okay?

Alright.

Be there.

Okay.

We'll keep an eye out.

Okay.

If anything happens.

Uh-huh.

I need you to yell the safe word.

What's the safe word?

Squawk.

Squawk.

Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

Can I didn't get that?

Can you say that one more time?

Squawk.

Still didn't get it.

What?

How are you not getting this?

One more time.

Sorry.

Squawk.

Squawk?

Squawk.

Squawk.

Yes.

Squawk?

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Squawk.

Good job, Bakuki.

Okay.

I'm gonna take I'm gonna take my grappling hook.

Didn't the roof do something?

It sure did.

Yes.

You're referring to cobblestone streets and mission tile roofs.

Friend, while you are moving along the rooftops, you are considered hidden from anyone on the ground.

Okay.

I'm gonna throw my grapple hook up there.

Is that just for him or everybody?

That's for anyone on the roof.

And I'm taking all of you.

Alright, guys.

Alright.

First so for those who haven't hung out on roofs before, they're a little bit slanted.

So you gotta watch your footing.

Okay?

And we're just gonna go up there, we're gonna hang out.

It's really nice sometimes.

Can we

keep this mojito that I took from No.

Put the mojito down.

You can't drink and roof.

You can't roof and drink.

Okay?

Okay.

He just kinda like chucks it and shatters on the ground somewhere.

Okay.

It had somebody running.

Somebody's running.

They've done Crash.

A glassy screen.

They were running from

the incident.

Oh my god.

What's what's oh, my god.

Fred Menedict has thrown a glass and I've stepped on it.

And they run away with bloody Oh my god.

One bloody footprint walking away.

Yeah.

Benedict Sashthan assaulted me with a glass at a bar and then he died.

He died first.

So three of you are up on the mission tile roofs and pistachio.

Go ahead and give me an instinct check.

I think I'm gonna drink the thing that Cappy gave me, which gives me a plus to my instinct until I rest.

Oh.

Oh.

It.

Do it.

That's a crit.

Hell yeah.

We finally got one.

Finally.

There it is.

I gotta go back and listen.

I don't know if we've had a session without a crit.

So Pistachio Mhmm.

You look out at the docks, classic docks.

Right?

You've got big metal containers lining the large open area where ships have parked and they're offloading all of their equipment and merchandise and cargo, which is the word I was looking for.

Where do you see Wally?

I feel like Wally is a lookout on one of the docks.

He's, like, standing supposedly inconspicuously and probably would be inconspicuous if you didn't know Wally in front of one of the, like, cargo ship containers.

He's kinda, like, hanging out as casually as he possibly can.

Just kinda, like, watching towards the docks.

Isn't there, like, a job in the navy where you have to, like, inspect the cargo as it comes in?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Cool.

People doing that.

Yeah.

A couple of peacekeepers are doing that after Very good.

As you head over towards Wall E, that is where we will end this episode of Dodo born.

Don't squawk yet.

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