This is a new day.

It's a

new dawn.

It's new dawn on your day.

A new

And I'm feeling good.

That's right.

It's me, your GM, your muse fan, and your probably not editing this episode.

Isaac Allen Burns here with a broken jukebox who keeps playing behind me while I'm talking and with three exciting Dodos.

To my right, I have one Rowan Collins.

That's me, the broken jukebox.

I'm sorry.

Playing Pistachio.

And sitting directly behind Rowan, we have one Joe Diomede playing Cappy.

Did you know that if Isaac says he did edit the episode, he probably didn't?

And if he says he didn't, he probably did.

I did not.

We both stand at the door, and one of us tells only truths and the other tells only lies.

And you can only ask us one question to see which door it is to go any author.

Here's my one question.

Who edited the episode?

Oh, a good question.

This is too far ahead for me.

I edited the

Well, I edited the episode.

Which door do you choose, Amy?

One tells lies and one tells truth.

That's right.

No.

I I I think Joe is telling me the truth.

Hey, yo.

You know, GM's a

Thanks, Annie.

If you want a fun fact, this is this is a puzzle.

This is a riddle I can't really do on the podcast because it won't make a lot of sense.

Actually, I could do it on the podcast.

So never mind.

I'm gonna hold it to myself.

Cut this, Joe or me.

Hi, Isaac.

Hope you're having a good day.

Anyways, this is some solid energy stepping into this podcast.

So why don't we get right into it?

Hit it with the music.

Hit it with the short one this time, Joe.

Alright.

Thank you, Joe.

Thanks for saving us a little bit of time playing the shorter version.

That's right.

We have a shorter version in case you didn't know.

So last we left our dodos and our heroes.

They decided to take the young bone master back to where his home was, which was apparently in the manor district.

On the way there, they discovered the identity of this young man who was masquerading as the bone master.

He was in fact Antony Zechthon, the nephew of the late Viscount.

This news shook Cappy, but it didn't shake him as much as seeing the Apple People's cart just outside the Zeshtan Manor.

That's right.

They're over for brunch, and it is brunch time.

So gang, you are on the path to the Zeshtan Manor.

It is a well manicured estate with perfectly angled bushes, a two story possibly even more period drama esque manor that you see just beyond the way.

And sure enough out in front, with a couple of coachmen and horses are a few carts that are just outside of it.

Clearly guests of the Zechthons.

As you approach, it is clear to the three of you that Anthony, who has at this point kind of been a little petulant and a little clingy riding on the back of a choco dodo, seems to almost get fidgety.

Hey, guys.

We

should Happy.

We So you can kid, you can probably walk from here.

Right?

What?

Yeah.

I don't I mean Yeah.

Up.

Then Adam and I I lift him up Hey.

Off the

Don't touch me.

Hey, Pervs.

What are you doing?

Right.

Put him down.

Yeah.

No one's touching It's 50 yards.

You got this.

Yeah.

But, like, I mean, I could go myself.

Yeah.

I could.

Yeah.

But, like, you know, if you wanna come with me, that would be fine, I guess.

Why would I why would I come with you?

You know, it might not hurt, Cappy, to make some more friends in this city.

Guys, I don't think we're gonna make friends.

Yeah.

You should come.

Yeah.

You should come take me to the door.

So Pistachio has no reason to not do this.

And so it's like, okay.

Sure.

So, yeah, we could take you to the door.

What is your father or mother or parents or guardian's name that we should tell?

How should we greet them?

Because I know this is a fancy hotel.

It's not a hotel.

It's my house.

You probably won't see my dad.

You'll probably see my butler.

Your butler?

Yeah.

Is there a way to address the butler?

I always just call him shitbag.

That's what I call him.

I don't think that is how I'm going to address anybody.

Does he have a name?

You know, my dad always calls him Jennings.

Jennings.

Okay.

Butler Jennings.

And you're really tall.

He points at you, Crank.

He's like, you're really tall, you just stand in front of me.

I'll stand behind you.

Okay.

Is this like a peekaboo kind of thing?

Like, do I

do I knock on

the door and then you run?

Actually, that's a good idea.

Crank.

Bring the knock on the door.

I'm gonna stand behind Crank.

Okay.

Yeah.

So she

I'll knock on the door.

I'll walk up next to them just to

a butler, an aged elf.

His ears droop with age, and his nose is up at everything as though in a constant state of disapproval.

He is well suited, tailored to the nines with big white gloves that have never seen a speck of dust in their life.

And as he sort of stands there and looks at the two of you, he says,

Ahem!

Oh, to what reason are you knocking on the door right now?

Do you have

a appointment?

Oh, hi, mister Jennings Butler guy.

We have found something that I believe belongs in Two's Manor.

Crank, if you could step aside, please.

I just say, hi.

I'm Crank.

We brought this for you, and I'll just step aside in, like, Vanna White, the boy.

You see that

you see that Anthony and Cavier are, like, midscarf.

And will you

just stop?

You just stop, and you see the butler looks, and his eyes go wide, and he yells,

young master Anthony, by the time, do you know how upset we were at your new disappearance?

Do you have any idea how concerned we were?

Do you even think about how your rebellious actions detracts from the family name?

I stand up straight.

Yeah.

Antony, we tried to tell you that this was going to happen.

That's right.

Listen to the blue man.

What if a Lovenhurst goon found you?

What if a

bear ate you?

Oh, he

What if a Lovenhurst bear found you and ate you?

Don't you know the specter has been rumored to be around, and yet you are still going out and doing nerd well activities by the nine?

Oh, Pistachio looks back at this kid and, like, feels slightly bad for him and goes, actually, we are part of the adventurer's guild.

And we did find him originally, but then we offered to let him shadow us.

And then we were gonna keep him safe and bring him back here as like a junior adventurer.

Yeah.

Right.

As a junior adventurer kinda thing.

So he's fine.

He wasn't good at we were watching him the whole time.

Awesome.

Yeah.

So you're lying to the butler, so go ahead

and I speak to think

Crank has an instant of a moment where he's like, oh, I should tell him what really happened.

Like, he's about to open his mouth to say, oh, he actually stole a magical artifact and raised an army of dead.

And then Pistachio is just like

Well, that's what happens if we fail this role.

Yep.

Yeah.

And by the way, Pistachio, this is a disadvantage.

Great.

What'd you roll, Pistachio?

A 12 with fear.

A 12 will pass.

And with that fear, I know exactly what happens.

So you see the butler looks at Anthony and says,

is this true, young master Anthony?

You are attempting to be a blue collar worker.

And you see Anthony is just kinda like he's like kicking a rock, and his, like, shoulders are slow.

He says, yeah.

Maybe.

Whatever.

What of it?

What are you gonna do about a chip bag?

And you see that the butler, who looks very disapprovingly, says, well, I would imagine your father would be quite cross to hear of this

little display that you've done.

Have you even spoken to

him or even your brother?

And at that, I'm gonna use my fear as you see the doors behind him open.

The foyer that is behind the butler, it's quite large, quite ostentatious, one could say.

A lot more gold and red than you would expect from someone from an old money name to the point that you think that this guy is just a real patriot for Voldain.

You know what I mean?

Voldain colors everywhere.

Mhmm.

But the door's open, and you see that walking into the room is a dwarven man.

You can see a touch of resemblance between Antony and this man.

This dwarven man, he's a young man.

And I want you to imagine, like, Keely from the hobbit who's the hot dwarf that pulled the elf.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

Where it's like, he's really tall for a dwarf, and he's just got very fine features.

This hot piece of ass walks into the room well well groomed, well coiffed.

He's got just the right amount of, like, hair where it's not long and flowing, but it's also not short.

You know what I mean?

And he walks in, a look of relief on his face as he says, Anthony, dear brother, I'm so glad that you've returned here.

And as he strides up, you see that he says, I just had to stand up from brunch because I heard the noise of my brother.

Are you three the ones who brought him to us?

Yes.

Absolutely, we are.

Hi.

I'm Pistachio.

Pistachio, like, awkwardly puts out their hand as if to be like, is this something that is approved in the higher court for a peer, like a lower person to give a handshake, but is gonna do it anyway?

That's so great.

As you do that, the butler in a flash takes off one of his gloves and smacks your hand with it

and says, hey, spy the night.

Have you no decorum?

Don't You shall not do it all.

You must walk in and be introduced properly to the family before you begin speaking to them as if you know

who they are.

Okay.

Well It is quite improper for you to even be speaking to young lord master Anthony.

This new dwarf that just entered in just kinda pushes the butler to the side and says, Jennings, we're in the country.

I think we can hold off on some of the more stricter customs.

See that he turns Silkachu Pistachio and holds out his hands and says, it is a pleasure to meet you.

My name is Benedict Zethon.

Benedict.

Okay.

Nice to meet you too.

And I'll shake his hand.

He looks over at Crank and holds out his hand as well and introduces himself.

Hello.

My name is Crank.

Benedict is a food.

Right?

Well, his eyes turn to you, Cappy, and he gets a look that you've seen from, like, a couple people before.

And you see that his posture kinda changes, and he reaches out a hand and says, hey there.

I am Benedict.

Really nice to meet you.

What's your name?

Hi, Benedict.

And Cappy shakes his hand.

He shakes your hands, and he puts another hand, like, on top of your hand and gives it, like, a firm shake.

Cappy puts his hand on top of the other hand and does the, like, you know, forehand shake.

Nice.

Nice.

You he's making, like, severe eye contact with you.

Pistachio's looking back forth, like, what is going on here?

Please.

You must you three must come in.

You brought my brother to me, and I can't thank you enough.

And he looks down and says, Anthony, we really need to talk.

And before he can finish, you see Anthony goes up and kicks him one good time in the shins and say, shut up, Benedict.

I didn't ask you.

And then he runs up the stairs.

And I'll even say you hear a little arf.

His little puppy runs out and follows Anthony upstairs.

The dog likes him?

Yeah.

The dog likes Anthony.

I'm gonna say I'm gonna say there's a

puppy that really likes Anthony and

runs up with him as Anthony, like, runs up the stairs to his room and you hear a slam.

I look at the gang.

I am really hungry.

Oh, maybe they have apple fritters.

Do you

have apple fritters?

I'm sure the kitchens could make some apple fritters for you.

It is brunch right now.

So Cappy really likes apple fritters.

Fritters?

Cappy does.

They're the key to his heart.

They are the key to his heart.

Of course, I did have to excuse myself from brunch, so I will have to go back, But I will make sure that the kitchen simply follow Butler Jennings into the kitchens.

Go past the standing room.

There might be some people sitting in the standing room.

Don't sit in the standing room.

Okay.

And next to that, you'll find the sitting room.

Okay.

Whatever you do, don't stand in the sitting room, Let's go past that.

How do we get through the sitting room without standing?

Well, just don't stand still.

You can walk.

Oh.

Walking is okay.

Laying down and lounging is also okay, but just standing in the sitting room would not be okay.

Okay.

So we don't have to, like, RB crawl through it or anything?

No.

Yeah.

Don't even get me started on crawl space.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, gosh.

There's a crawl space?

That's right.

Oh gosh.

We have everything in this house.

Wow.

Some say we do.

Don't go venturing through the house.

Simply go to the kitchen just to just to be completely transparent.

My father does know nothing about Anthony's disappearance or anything.

I was the one who put in the quest into the adventuring guild to find him.

So truly fantastic work that you got here so quickly.

I mean, we put it in, like, very early this morning.

Oh.

Well, yeah, that's what we're here for.

We're really good adventurers.

We did it.

Yeah.

We did.

Ain't that right?

New adventurers.

Okay.

Yeah.

Great.

Wonderful.

Now, look, go to the kitchen.

Uh-huh.

They'll feed you.

Okay.

I have to go back and make an appearance.

We have guests over right now.

Okay.

Some landed gentry that recently came from Bracken Road.

I'm sure that you heard of it.

It's quite it's quite terrible stuff.

The gentry from Bracken Road.

Okay.

To the We're from Bracken Road.

Yeah.

We're from Bracken Road.

Oh, the boys.

Know them.

Know the Apple people.

Oh, the Apple people are here?

Is Scarlet here?

Scarlet's here.

Scarlet's Scarlet's here.

Yes.

Oh, you know Scarlet.

Yeah.

She used to tutor me.

Chappy has his hand over his eyes and face.

Oh, well, that's quite wonderful.

Scarlet is quite a darling.

She is so cute.

We were going to do a stroll around the fields.

Oh.

A stroll around the yard if you would all like to join us.

That sounds great.

Beautiful.

I don't well, I I think it's probably just comes down to timing.

We

I I think Cappy needs an apple fritter,

and then he'd definitely be on the Yeah.

Cappy's a little hangry right now.

Oh, well.

Yeah.

He smiles at you, Cappy, and says, I'm sure we can figure out something to do about that.

And then he, like, reaches over and, like, gives your shoulder a squeeze.

Okay.

And then he Capsule look.

Drops his shoulder.

Okay.

And then he walks inside and then, like, kind of does a hand signal to the butler.

And as he strides into those doors, you see the butler who disapproves of you, walks up and says, follow

me.

Why don't you Okay.

Unbecoming a blower.

Right.

Just speak

to me this way.

I'm a butler, and I have to

take three lowly peasants into the kitchen.

You see, he shuffles is saying this out loud because he knows the butler has to listen to Benedict.

The butler, who's incredibly upset, shuffles through a few rooms.

You walk through these rooms, the sitting room, the standing room, the smoking room.

Do we smoke in the smoking room?

You do have to smoke

in the smoking room.

Just put

the piss of god down

and follow me.

Okay.

Okay.

Like, shuffles into the kitchens.

And inside, you see this enormous kitchen.

Wow.

It's so big.

I want you right now to imagine the kitchen of, like, that rich friend that you had in elementary school who invited you over one time and just went out to school for a birthday party.

That's what this looks like.

As you step in there, multiple cooks running to and fro, furiously cooking things.

You see trays being sent out and in and out and in because as you know, the nobles eat good.

And as you step inside, you see that the butler says stay here and don't go anywhere.

And he shuffles over.

You see one of the cooks walks up.

She's a young woman of

Qatari.

Mhmm.

A young Qatari girl walks up and says, hi.

This butler asked me to give you some food, and so here is a plate of apple fritters and some bagels.

If there's anything else you want, please ask me.

Oh, yeah.

Thank you.

What's your name?

My name is Melly.

Hi, Melly.

I'm Crank.

It's nice to meet you.

It's so nice to meet you too.

I so rarely see anyone Hi, Melly.

Come through here.

Hi.

What is your name?

I'm Cappy.

And she looks over at Pistachio.

Hi, Pistachio.

It's nice to meet you.

Hi.

Oh, it's so nice

to meet all three of you.

Melly, what time do you get off?

I'm sorry?

Like, what time do get done here?

Oh, well, it's brunch right now.

So I have to help cook for the next hour, and then I have to clean all the dishes.

And then once the dishes are all clean, then I have to help make supper.

And then I have to clean all the supper dishes.

Wow.

And then once the supper dishes are finished, then I have to make dessert.

So, like

And then

I have to seven?

Oh, no.

I'll be working until very late.

And then I have to go and clean all the rooms.

And once I'm done dusting everything

Okay.

Then I can go to sleep for two hours.

Thank you, Melly.

And then I get to wake up and start making breakfast.

Okay, Melly.

This has been great.

They don't pay me very much either, but it's the only life I've ever known.

Wow, Melly.

Have you been working here your whole life?

Well, ever since my ever since my evil stepmother came in with her two mean stepsisters who also work in the kitchen and hit me all the time.

What, Melly?

Yeah.

Do you need help?

Well, no.

Are you being trafficked?

Are you being trafficked?

Blitzy three times.

You're trafficked.

Means oh, like, when it's a really busy street?

Well No.

You know, the cooks around here move really fast.

So sometimes the the traffic gets real bad, especially when people are carrying sharp things.

They're supposed to say sharp, but sometimes they don't.

Maffy.

Oh my god.

Can I get you some fruit?

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

She, like, skips away.

So what do we think about Benedict?

Benedict seemed very nice to me.

I mean, he seems nice, but I don't know.

I I trust the dog.

He was really nice to Cappy.

He was really nice to Cappy.

Suspiciously nice?

Suspiciously nice.

What?

People can be nice to me.

I'm a nice furball.

Yeah.

People should be nice to me.

I'm I get along with almost everybody.

Well, you didn't get along with Stefaniel.

Fuck Stefaniel.

And you didn't get along with was there anyone else he didn't get

along with?

Get along with Sebastian.

Yeah.

He didn't get along with Sebastian.

Sebastian tried to murder us.

I mean, that's true.

And then who else did he not get along with?

He was very suspicious of your mom.

He was very suspicious of my mom for absolutely no reason.

Yeah.

But she

was in love with me.

No.

She wasn't.

She She's suspicious.

Suspicious behavior just like Benedict.

Just like Benedict.

Did someone say Benedict?

Yeah.

Melly says that she comes back with another plate of fruit.

Oh.

Oh.

Is he as nice as he seems?

Isn't he dreamy?

He is dreamy.

Had one dream.

It was not that.

Oh, no.

Dreams are so important because this is a world of magic.

He is conventionally attractive, I think.

Isn't he?

He is.

One time, I dropped something, and before it could shatter on the ground, he leapt for it.

He went fully horizontal and was able to catch it before it shattered because if it had broken, my step my evil stepmother would have thrown me into the ashes and made me pick up all the rice that was in all the ashes.

Kelly, I every thing you say makes me sad.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I won't say anything else then because I don't wanna make you sad.

No.

It's okay.

It's not you.

It's just I want you to be treated better.

How does Anthony treat you?

Oh, Anthony's so quiet.

He never comes out of his room, well, ever since his mom died, which has been his whole life.

When oh, his whole life?

Yeah.

Because his mom his mom this is a secret.

I'm not supposed to say it, but we we people who do serving stuff and period dramas love gossip, so I'll tell you everything about it.

I'll tell you literally everything.

Okay.

You see, because when he was born, his mom died at childbirth.

And so ever since, his father, I think, has resented him for it and treated him really bad.

But Benedict has always been kinda nice to him, and that's really nice.

I don't know what it's like to have a good sibling relationships.

After all, I have no siblings of my own other than my two mean stepsisters.

They spill hot coffee on me, and then I have to go change because I have stains on it.

Melly, I would like you to not work here anymore.

Can I take a big swing?

Yeah.

This is all happening, and at some point, you turn around, and I'm just not there anymore.

Oh.

Where?

Oh, crap.

You think you want to find Scarlet?

We cut away too.

Cabby.

Cabby, what are you doing right now?

I'm gonna say real at the start, though.

The kitchens are crazy, and the butler simply hates looking at all of you.

Mhmm.

And so you can easily sneak away

during this conversation.

I wanna find something to steal.

Oh.

Oh gosh.

So here's A chest?

Something locked?

A door?

Yeah.

So this is a mansion.

It is.

Sort of casing the joint.

What role do you think this would be for trying to figure out what to do?

Would this sort of be agility sneaking around?

Would it be knowledge or instinct knowing where to look?

What would you think?

I think given Cappy's formative years, it would be knowledge.

Do it up.

12 with hope.

12 with hope.

Okay.

You saw the Ground Floor as you were coming in.

Nothing too interesting going on there.

There's no everything on the Ground Floor is mostly for show and for hosting.

The upstairs, though, is where you can find the goods in many of the different rooms, offices or bedrooms or such.

So here's a question.

As you get to the Top Floor, Cathy Mhmm.

You look to the left, you see the double doors that suggests an office.

As you look down the hall, you see a single door that suggests the master bedroom.

You have a feeling that you'll only be able to get to one of those before people notice that you're missing.

What's behind door number three?

I'm just kidding.

I I'm gonna go for the single door.

K.

You go up to the master bedroom.

It is locked.

As you try it, what happened?

What do you do?

Do try to get through it?

Well, I have a domain card, pick and pull.

Oh.

So I have advantage on action rolls to pick non magical locks, disarm non magical traps, or steal items from a target either through stealth or by force.

I would definitely say this applies.

This is not a magic lock.

Alright.

Do it up.

Here we go.

Crit.

Let's go.

Crit on fives, and then I had a three for my advantage.

Awesome.

Those mat those numbers matter not.

However, what does matter is how easily and willingly this lock falls to your touch as you step into the master bedroom, locking it behind you as though nothing ever happened.

Like riding a bike.

Just like riding a bike.

And as you step inside, you see a very well adorned room.

The things that stick out to you is, for starters, there's a desk on the side.

This isn't an office desk, so this would not be any kind of business.

But you do see some papers on top of it, so there is some kind of perhaps correspondence there.

You see that there is a chest at the foot of the bed.

You see that the bed itself is one of those big, like, curtain y beds along the sides.

Only one pillow.

Additionally, you see that there is a balcony that you can get to at the end.

There's, like, a way to get outside that has these small wooden doors that swing open very easily.

What do you do?

What do you approach?

I think Cappy's he looks at the desk with the papers, and he's like, boring.

Because homie doesn't read.

And then he sees the chest, and he's like, there it is.

Nice.

You go up to the chest, and sure enough, this thing is definitely locked as you can tell.

I'm using my pick and pull.

Use the pick and pull, man.

Let's

go.

This is one you don't wanna fail.

Uh-oh.

Oh, no.

That's I didn't.

I did well, wait.

No.

I'm good.

22 with hope.

Dang.

Nice.

Get that hope.

Alright.

Here's what I'm gonna do.

Good reminder.

Thank you.

Here's what I'm gonna do.

You open the chest, and you see that it was trapped.

There's a small little mechanism just inside, a small string that would have simply sent out a poisonous gas into the room that you feel like would have incapacitated you.

Oh, hello.

But you're able to kinda disarm it and make it so it doesn't go off.

And as you look inside, let's talk about loot.

Hello.

It's me, your GM, Isaac Allen Burns.

Nice to meet you.

This is crazy, isn't it, gang?

Have you ever seen this before?

So for loot, something that you can do is you can refer to a rolling guide, a table in here, if it were, to see what kind of loot someone would get in different circumstances if you haven't prepared ahead of time some kind of loot for them.

Or if you just wanna fill a kind of chest full of something else important with other stuff to make them feel good.

In this case, because we are once again in tier two dagger heart, I'm gonna say that this is going to be uncommon items.

So if you could, go ahead and first roll two d 12 for me, and then roll three d 12 and tell me what those numbers are.

Okay.

The first one is 21 with hope, if it matters.

Okay.

Will matter this time.

Alright.

And then for the three, nineteen.

So

as you open up this chest, it becomes clear to you that this thing holds, like, personal effects of war.

Right?

Oh.

You see inside is a Voldain army uniform, an old one from before the civil war that occurred ten years ago.

It's sort of an older something that you might see sort of put up and hung somewhere to be seen.

This one seems more personal.

It has been marred.

It's been damaged.

Clearly, he's holding on to this as more of a memento.

Inside, you find a minor health potion recipe, little notes written down for him to remember how to craft them, which means as a downtime move, you can use a vial of blood to craft a minor health potion.

Just get yourself a little bit of your own blood.

You can make a health potion from that.

Additionally, you see a little bottle in there, and inside the bottle is a little guy, a little sprite.

He he's blue.

He's got big eyes.

He's kinda knocking on the glass.

Knock, knock, knock, knock.

Additionally, inside, you find what looks like a nice golden dagger encrusted with jewels and rubies.

It is nice.

It is ceremonial.

It is not sharp at all whatsoever.

But boy, oh, boy, if you foisted this on some kind of black market, you could get hella money for it.

And someone roll a d 10.

Someone.

Yeah.

Someone you know what?

Yeah.

Not you.

You've rolled a lot.

Someone else now.

Me.

Six.

You find six handfuls of gold in there.

Hey, yo.

The equivalent of six handfuls of gold.

Yep.

I start stuffing my jacket.

I take the dagger.

I'm like second, man.

I'm doing something here.

And I yeah.

So I I pat it.

I take that the dagger, and I put it on the inside pocket of my jacket.

Mhmm.

I feel in I find that envelope again, and I shove it back in.

Okay.

And then I pick up the little vial.

Hey.

Don't shake me around so much.

What are you doing in there?

I'm a little spray.

I'm a corrector spray.

You're a what?

I'm a corrector spray.

Can you spell that?

Yeah.

I no.

I can't spell.

I can't read.

Okay.

Why are you in this?

Well, you see, I'm I'm what I'm supposed to do is I'm supposed to be in your ear canal, whisper helpful advice to you during combat.

Because once per short rest, you can gain advantage on an attack roll if I'm in your ear.

Just speaking sweet nothings to it.

Don't worry.

I'm mostly quiet.

So Kathy, what's your name?

Well, normally, person who hear us say it in gives me a name.

Okay.

I forget my name once I go into not an ear.

I'm a brand new person each time.

The only existence I've known is in this bottle.

I'd really like to get out.

Please let me out.

Put me in your ear, sir.

So you can help me fight.

Yeah.

And Cappy thinks about the battle with Ashe and thinks about how he reacted in the battle at the cemetery, and he's like, bet.

And just opens opens it up.

Uncork it and like Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, this little Sprite shoots all around the room and then shunts into your ear.

You hear kinda echo what you hear.

Oh, hey.

It's nice in here.

Wow.

You clean you keep yours nice and clean.

Yeah.

That's good.

Savage.

Yeah.

Well, don't clean enough so I can use some of this wax to make some furniture in here.

Oh,

k.

That way I can be chill.

I can help you out.

Don't worry.

I'm not gonna talk to you very much because that'd be really annoying if I just kept talking to

you.

Mhmm.

Maybe I'll just pop in every so often with a funny joke.

Okay.

And I get to name you?

Yeah.

You can give your name.

What do I name them?

That's on you, man.

That's a question for only the gods, answer.

I have a name, but it's so stupid.

That's so great.

What do

you have to?

It's Blarmy.

Blarmy.

That's fantastic.

Oh, Blarmy.

That's what popped into my head when

Deep deep magic courses into the threads of the universe, and this thing's name is now Blarmy.

Alright, Blarmy.

Alright, boss.

You're gonna help me out.

I sure am.

Was virtual rest.

I get real tired after I help you.

Okay.

I use a lot of, you know, you you know, I use a lot of magical energy to be able to make you better at fighting one time every few hours or so.

Okay.

I can work with this.

Yeah.

You can.

Anyways, alright.

I'm be here now.

Okay.

Bye.

K.

Bye.

Cut to.

Also, the whole time

I was holding the duck.

The whole time I was holding Quackers.

And I look at each other, and we both, like, nod.

Like, we just pulled this off, and then, yeah, we cut

away.

Quack.

See.

Back to the kitchens.

So he probably went to go and see Scarlet.

So we gotta go interrupt, I think, because well

I'm sorry.

You're gonna go interrupt the brunch happening right now?

Well, I

Gabby probably

want did to see Scarlet because him and Scarlet, you like gossip.

Right?

Of course, I do.

Yes.

Tell me everything.

So him and Scarlet were like a thing.

And he loves her, but they are on a will they won't they Really?

Thing.

But she's so pretty.

She What?

She is so pretty.

Yes.

She is very attractive.

Yes.

Yes.

Is this true?

She looks at you, Greg.

Is this a true thing?

Her face is very symmetrical.

Yes.

Do you have any idea where Scarlet might be?

We won't go in or interrupt, but we figure that he's probably going to go after her probably.

So we're gonna catch him and make sure he doesn't interrupt anything.

Well, Scarlet is currently in the dining room

Okay.

Dining Okay.

Because that's what you do in the dining room.

Okay.

We're in kitchens where food is made.

It's kitchen food.

Okay.

Does the kitchen connect to the dining room?

Yeah.

It is.

And she looks

Is there, like, a little window?

Yeah.

To see if he's in there.

Is is there a little window?

There is a little window that you can look through if you would like, but I will warn you, some of the cooks are going in and out of the door, and they might run into you.

So just be very careful.

Oh.

Well, if they run into me, they'll hurt themselves.

I'm gonna go stand by the window.

Sad.

I'm just gonna, like, look through the window.

Keeping out the window.

See if I can see either Cappy or Scarlet.

You look in through the window, and you see a long dining table with only four people seated at it.

You see Benedict sitting.

You see rich apple people at one side.

You know him.

You love him.

You've seen him before.

We know him.

You see Zeshon at the other end of the table.

He's an older looking dwarf, very finely manicured beard and nails, looks every bit the pompous ass that you would expect the brother of the late Viscount to be.

Seated next to Benedict, however, is Scarlet.

And Annie, can you describe Scarlet right now?

The only word that I'll give you to start with is gorgeous.

I think her father probably made her dress up for this.

Most definitely.

And, like, just, like, looks like she's going to a ball, but, like, it's brunch.

Yes.

And, like, I just wanna try to catch her eye, and, like, wave at her through the window.

Nice.

Yeah.

You see that she's

anyone else now.

She is in full, like, period times regalia, like a long kinda hoopy dress.

The goods pushed up, but not pushed out.

You know what I mean?

She her hair is done like you have never seen her hair like this before.

Most of the time, it's pulled back into a very practical look, but now her hair is down, and she rocks it.

And she's sitting there having polite conversation.

You see that a laugh that comes out of her is one that you've seen before when people try and crack jokes at the bakery that aren't funny.

But she sits there, and you're trying to get her attention.

Let's say, here's what I'm gonna have you do.

Let's have an agility role here for a very specific reason.

If you succeed or fail, something different will happen that involves agility.

Okay.

You didn't crit.

No.

Oh my god.

Again?

Two fours.

Ayo.

Ayo.

Isaac is a

Isaac You know, 8.3% is supposed to be a very small number.

And yet here I sit once again, so many crits.

What is to be done?

My world.

Anyways so, Crank, you definitely step out of the way of a cook that pushes the door open.

And as it's pushed open, you are sort of held in full profile in the open doorway.

Kinda like, you know, those doors in the kitchen that go either way and swing back and forth?

It's one of those things where as it swings open, you can just see everything in there.

And the only thing anyone looking at the kitchen would see is you.

On that success, you did not get run into.

So there is no big kerfuffle that happens, which is why I was hoping for fear.

And you do get her attention because you succeed.

And because you succeeded so well, no one else has your attention.

Scarlet sees you.

Her eyes go wide and then narrow.

I'm just leaving.

Hi, Scarlet.

Hi.

As you're looking in, you see that she kinda dabs her lips with a napkin.

And, you know, she's some some kind of conversation occurs, and you see the four of them stand up.

And you see that Benedict kinda goes over offers his arm to Scarlet, and she takes it.

They head out towards the foyer while you see the two patriarchs of the family head over to the standing room.

You see that happen, and Scarlet does not look back at you as she leaves to the foyer.

But eventually, as the kitchen staff brushes by you in a flurry of cleaning as the dishes are taken away as though they were never there, The two of you are in the kitchen.

Oh, oh,

maybe I think Scarlet saw me waving to her, but I don't

Oh.

Oh.

I

think I don't I don't know.

I feel like she might be mad at me or something.

Mad at you?

Yeah.

She was like, hey, Scarlet.

And she just kinda, like, looked at me and then, like, looked away and then left with Benedict.

Oh, I feel like maybe she doesn't want her dad to see us or something, but they went that way.

Well, yeah, they went that way.

And they should we go try to Yeah.

Talk to Scarlet?

I guess

yeah.

Let's let's go after them and see if that's good.

And maybe Cappy's in the foyer, and we'll meet up with him.

Oh, yeah.

Maybe.

Okay.

Yeah.

Oh, that that's it.

She's she's probably just like she got something in her eye or something.

She doesn't hit this like us at all.

It's it's just a misunderstanding.

It's totally

fine.

Okay.

Alright.

You're probably right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You should let's let's go.

Who could hate us?

Right.

I mean, I bring people food.

Right.

Oh, let's go.

Let's go let's go.

Let's go say hi.

Let's go say hi.

More more direct.

So you go

out to the foyer?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Mhmm.

Very good.

You head out to the foyer where you see Scarlet and Benedict are walking in.

And as the two of you come in, you see that Benedict smiles and says, oh, hello.

Yes, Scarlet.

These are the people that I was just about to tell you about.

They brought my brother back to me unharmed.

Hi, Benedict.

Hi, Scarlet.

Hey.

And you see that Benedict looks over at Scarlet and says, they said that they knew who you were, that they had met you.

Isn't that interesting?

You were both from Bracken Road.

Right?

And Scarlet looks at the two of you and looks at Benedict and says, my memory is so foggy, though.

I just I meet so many people.

I'm so sorry.

I don't recognize you, though.

What are your names?

Scarlet, it's me, Crink.

We we, like, met at the bakery every morning for the past, like, month.

Yeah.

Yes.

I met a lot of people at the bakery.

Of course, that's how I know you.

Well, I mean, like, you literally cried on our shoulders about the fact that you were being arranged to be married.

Like, that's how we know you, Scarlet.

I don't understand.

Like, what are you talking about?

Isaac put his finger that.

I can can joke about that.

Okay.

I'm gonna need, like, five minutes to think about what happens here.

Okay.

Thank god.

I I have to pee so bad.

Okay.

Yeah.

That's it for this episode of Dodoborne...

I'm gonna go take a walk and do a think real fast of what kind of Jane Austen consequences that's gonna

happen.

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