C02 - Ep. 39 - Vengeance in Vainia - Tooth and Klawstred
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Previously our adventurers traipsed into the Tower of Vamspire and trekked through Talesadok. They brushed up with battlers, barrels, books, and more. But the cream of the crop was when they beheld Barney Farney's family. Cobble a cup of coffee, let's continue this cockatourous chronicle.

Totally forgot that happened. I forgot that happened. Hello, everyone. I'm Gustavo Sorolla. I'm the dungeon master of our future party. I'm going to hit our four-person arrow. Okay. I've accepted my fate. Here we go. This week's role-playing warm-up question is, describe the last time your character had a really good laugh, and why was that funny to them?

I'll go ahead first. Hey there, it's Chip Haney. It's your good friend played by Blaine Gibson. I'm a level. What are we at? Little seven? Seven. Tiefen Rogue.

Last time I had a good old hooping a holler and laugh was, oh, we were at the camp. And then I watched, I watched stinker and he, oh, he took a doo-doo by the campfire. And then I watched as my teeth and their corporeal form stepped in it. Oh, that was funny. And then, and then Elga walked over it with their little cape and all that. Oh, that got me. And then Barney stepped in it.

And he slipped in it and he fell down and he caught on fire because he's near the campfire. Oh, I laughed so hard. That was so funny. That was really good. I laughed so hard. Get out of my booth. Get out of my booth. And Barney was still cold despite being on fire. Yeah. He's the old man.

I'll go next. That was a lot. That was a lot. I like it. I like it. I'm inventing a story. I'm telling a tale. What does stinker poops look like? It's just a pile of bones. It's like normal poops, but ghost. From where? It just comes out of a skeleton. So what do you mean normal poops, but ghost? Like, okay. I know. Like, is it like blue slugs? Kind of blue slugs. Blue slugs. It's like ooze, like Slimer.

Well, I think more solid. I mean, like normal dog poop, but blue and translucent. Yeah, like ooze, like Slimer. It doesn't have a digestive tract. It's ectoplasm. It's ghost stuff. You're the ghost. I don't poop. Oh, wow. Matee draws pictures of poops and flushes them down the toilet because they want to be included. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hello, I'm Barbara Dunkelman and I voice Elgobunbra. They have that.

be here. Thank you. Thank you so much for the subscription. Thank you. Yep, yep, yep. I want to Twitch stream as Elga. I think that'd be so fun. Yeah, yeah. You know, Elga, she gets a good little chuckle out of a lot of things, but Elga needs to be careful with, you know, really going and, you know, doubling over laughing because if she goes out of control, she might accidentally rage. Oh, yeah. And they don't want that to happen. But, you know, I think last time

time Elka had the really hearty chuckle was when Matita and I were climbing the wall and then Barney and Chip tried to climb

wall and there was some horns in someone's butt. We had a good laugh about leaving them forever. Yeah, it was very funny. That wasn't funny. I also realized like laughing and crying in a character voice are two of the toughest things as a voice actor. Yeah. And I'm like, have I ever laughed as Elga? I'm sure you have. But I feel like I've only laughed as myself. Ha ha! What does an Elga laugh sound like? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

That's a dolphin. It's bat form. That's me calling Quiffly. Yeah. Well, hi, I'm Chris Damaris and I play Barney Forney, the human cleric. Besides, besides when I caught on fire.

That was funny. It was whenever, just about a week ago, and I went to go take a big bite of a sandwich, and then when I pulled out from the sandwich, my teeth stayed on the sandwich. Oh, that's disgusting. Wait, your teeth are not real? Well, they're real teeth. To someone else. Do you remember what kind of sandwich it was, Barney? Well, like, what kind of sandwich does Barney get down with? It was a sandwich.

It was roast beef. Yeah, that sounds like a Barney sandwich. That tracks. Roast beef with like pimento cheese. Extra mustard. No. Oh, yeah. Chris has a serious aversion to mustard. But I feel like Barney would love mustard. Nope. It's an evil liquid. He puts that on everything.

everything. How did I not know Chris doesn't like mustard? You have to have known that, Gus. I think Chris doesn't like two things, mustard and anything to do with ears. No, I don't mind ears. I just don't like... I got a video to show you. No, don't. I don't want to see your earwax video. The inside of the ear. Earwax and mustard. He just said a second ago his ears don't bother him. Right now he is cringing so hard. I don't mind ears themselves on the outside. No, I'm talking about like the inner ear. Yeah.

He loves it. I'm learning a lot. He's so uncomfortable right now. Chris is making a mistake of letting everybody know what he doesn't like. What if mustard got in your ears? Oh, at least I wouldn't have to taste it. I hate pictures of cute animals and free cars. I hate it when people just give me money. Yeah, I hate it. It makes me scared when they pass me blank checks.

My name is John Rising and I play Matty Comfey-Sews. He's an Eric Cochran ghost monk. And I would have to say that the last time I laughed, I try to get a good laugh every once in a while, but there was a really funny time where I was at the bank and I was making a transaction and then I was done with my transaction. And then my friend Barney, he helped me make more of a transaction. And I had such a good laugh. I thought that was such a fun little joke that Barney played. He inadvertently gave you a loan.

We're still low on health from that. Oh, I'm at, I got six HP. I'm at five. Yeah. You have six chemo points. Got any of them long rests there, Gus? Magic food, perhaps? Well, you're theoretically close to your home, right, Ilga? I would think so. Theoretically. Theoretically. Theoretically.

I run.

You see her! A Sferatu is gripping her arm and won't let go. But she's not alone. Two young boys run up and start throwing their fists against Sferatu's wings. But it easily knocks them both to the ground. It's up to you, Barney. Your family needs you. Marnie needs you.

Barney runs in. So where's the space like right now? This would have been back because you all were in the dregs, you know, doing your transactions in the black market. This would have been back out in the actual commissary. All right. Barney runs in and shoots the Nosferatu, the silver bolt from this crossbow. The Sfratu. Ooh. Yeah. Sfratu. Yeah. Make a, make an attack roll.

No, do you have lucky no So, what does that do Gus I'm just waiting it sounded like Chris was hemming and hawing no, that's it I love him he rolled an 11 mark

It must be because you're running, you don't take time to set up the shot, but the bolt goes wide and clatters off the wall. And already, you know, all the battlers in the room were kind of on edge with the scene going down. And now that you run out and fire off a crossbow bolt, you know, the battlers that are in the room begin very quickly making a beeline for the exits. Then I also have a bonus action. I mean, we're not in battle. Yeah, I am. Oh, yeah. I mean, initiative. Sure, yeah. Yeah.

Can I take another shot? We'll say that you run up and fire the shot, and that was a... We'll call it a surprise. Okay. Then I want to use my bonus action to cast Spiritual Weapon. You create a floating spectral weapon within range that lasts for the duration or until you cast a spell again. When you cast a spell, you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within five feet of the weapon. On a hit, the target takes force damage equal to 1d8 plus your spellcasting modifier, and I'm going to do that at... Let me see my spells...

Are you going to do a silly weapon? Yeah, I can't wait to hear what it is. I'll do that at third level. Do a chair. That'd be cool. No, I'm going to do a vampire steak. Ooh, big old steak. Yeah. What kind, like a ribeye? I give myself an inspiration die. As you should, guys. I take it. Don't do that. And so now that has its own turn? You can make a melee spell attack against a creature within five feet. Oh, okay. Yeah. So then...

Can you make the attack? I will attack with it. Okay. Yeah. It's been a while since we referenced it, but in Baldur's Gate, it would get its own initiative. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And make its own attack. I remember it's different in 5e. I loved having those in Baldur's Gate. So convenient. Little axe buddy. Yeah. All right. That's a 20. 11 plus 9. Nice. That hits.

Okay. And then I'm rolling for damage. That's eight damage. Does it have any extra bonus stack because it's made of silver, Gus? It's not made of silver. I was testing you. You passed, Gus. Well done. Good job. You get to keep DMing for now. I gave myself another inspiration die. We're screwed.

This Veracruz got so many now. Oh, no. So what kind of damage does it do? Let me check. Or does it do like what the weapon attack is? It does. Because it's a spiritual weapon. Yeah. Force damage. Force damage. Gotcha. So Jedi damage. Eight points of Jedi damage. But I'm not done. Oh. But wait, there's more. Stinker. Stinker.

Is he in the room with us? Yes. He hasn't used Stinker ever. Stinker runs and charges and then takes a bite. Oh, the dreaded Stinker bite. Jumps up and takes a bite at the Nosferatu's farm. Sferatu. Sferatu.

There's no Nos. Feratu, Feratu, Feratu. Feratu. Oh, God. It's a Phoenix all over again. I was thinking the same thing. It takes a bite at the bad guy. If it's a Nosferatu, it has nitrogen oxide, so it has, like, speed boost. Yeah. So extra speed. Nos. Flames come out the back. Yeah. Yeah. That's a plus three to hit, and then it's a 1d6 plus one piercing damage. So roll a d20 and add three. Are they called Nosferatu?

Nah, sferatu. Nah. Stop it. 20. Sorry, 18 plus 3, so 21. 21, that's a hit. Bra sferatu. Skal sferatu? Skal. The sferatu is skanking. Damage. Roll damage. Sorry, sorry. We can't make jokes about nasferatu all day, okay? I was reading about the... Chris, you don't have to yell.

He does, but he gets... You have a microphone in front of your mouth. When he's going fast, he goes louder. Oh, I rolled a six, so that's a six. Seven. Oh, plus one? Mm-hmm. Nice. The stinker took a big bite out of him. Got a little bit of his paw. It's where they're diminishing returns. That is good. That's so obvious, like, duh. Yeah.

That's bad. I hate it now. Yeah, it does. Welcome to my world. Wait, what? Claw? Sferatu? All right, I'm out. I'm not leaving. I'm getting out of here. That was so dumb. Ha, ha, ha, Sferatu. Okay, the last one. That was from Promise. Kill me. I feel really Blasferatu right now. All right. Is there anything else you can do, Chris, or anything else you want to do? I mean, that's all I... I mean, I guess I move my movement towards as close as I can to get in the range. To get as close to what? To the...

F-R-A-T-U. S-F-R-A-T-U. F-R-A-T-U. What is it? Whatever it is. Just say F-R-A-T-U. F-R-A-T-U. But with an S in front of it. S-F-R-A-T-U. That is what I just did. You know, I think that's as close as we're going to get. I put an S in front of S-F-R-A-T-U. Is that it? Yeah, you did it that time. Whatever. Well, it's debatable.

Order a pizza. Get a Zah. Svarti. Places. Over through the alphabet. He's just sitting here with blankly staring off into the room, just going through stuff. Yeah. Svarti. I already made that one. Okay. In that case, we'll have everyone roll initiative at this point then. Whee! Do we even know how many people or what's in there? Ooh.

Do we have a lay of the land at all? So this came back into the commissary, which had the two long tables with the various... So we have all of those battlers. Wyatt said that they had started making space when they saw the confrontation. Then when Barney came out and fired that crossbow bolt, they very quickly started making for the exits. Gotcha.

Sorry, I was thinking of different straw two puns, so I didn't hear that. You and me both. I rolled a 22 on initiative. I rolled a nat 20. I rolled a 21. Does that do anything? I also rolled a nat 20. I also rolled a nat 20. I rolled a nat 20. Could we make it do something? We all rolled a nat 20.

22? Well, I did, Matee did, and Barney did, I guess. I rolled a 19 plus two, 21. Those are some of our collectively best rolls. But I'm a 24. Barney, what's your dex? My dex is two, or 18. No, sorry, 15, 15. So you can go for it.

18. 24. Three numbers. Let's do 15. Just say what the, yeah, the number. So I'm 14. So you would go before me. Okay. Well, I see Barney rolled an initiative of nine. Yeah, I rolled twice because I have my initiative. Oh, right, right. Oh, and I also have advantage on initiative. Do it. You'll get better than a nat 20. Yeah, thank you. I have a question. What does my family look like? Just can you describe them to me? That's a great question. Let me finish my initiative roll right here and I will get right to that.

We all see the family too, right? Maybe you'll find out on your turn. Okay. I'm worried. Top of the initiative order is Mateet, but I know you did have that question there, Chris. So, you know, Chris, when you came out, you know, you very clearly see Marnie, who's a female elf and she's prone on the ground. And alongside her are two strapping boys who you recognize as being Samson and Titus. Cool names. Actually, I'll tell you what, Marnie, why don't you tell me, how do they, how do they look? Well, I'm...

How old are they? How old do they, like? I mean, Marnie looks exactly like you remember her and like you saw in your dream several episodes ago. As far as Samson and Titus, they're not small boys. You know, they're strong. They're probably, you know, in their early to mid-teens, you know, from a human perspective. Are those your sons? Yes. Oh. So, I would say... Strapping young boys. Yes.

Yeah. Samson got dark hair and freckles and looks like his mom. And it's the taller of the two. And then Titus has more of a lighter kind of like dirty blonde hair. Looks like his grandmother on his father's side. So Barney's mom. Yeah. And it's just a little like a little shorter and then a little like just a little cute, a little pudgy.

Okay. I recall your mom is a nice Irish woman named Blarney Farney. How did you know? Blarney. And then Marnie is... She's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. And she's got...

dark hair and freckles and a cute little nose. I like how you described your sons in your voice, Chris, and then your wife as Barney, which is really sweet. I think Barney has a soft spot for his wife. I think I want to go introduce myself. They need to meet their Uncle Chip. We

We got to save this family gang. Uncle Chip's got a few people going before him. Oh, shoot. First up in the initiative order is Mateed. Then after Mateed is Barney. Do I see these people? Yeah, you run into the commissary and the scene looks as I've described. There is a female elf and two boys on the ground who are at the feet of a Sviratu who is currently being bitten by a stinker and assaulted by a spiritual weapon. Did you say what kind of weapon it was? A stake. Oh,

Oh, that's right. A steak. Yeah. Because you made that super wicked steak joke, remember? Yeah, the New York strip. High five. Please give me an inspiration. I'm about to die. How many Sferatus are in the room? One Sferatu. Oh, okay. We can take care of that. I'm sure he hasn't called us back up. Is he the only one that seems aggressive? Correct. The only other people in the room were the battlers who are making their way to the exits. Gotcha. Gotcha.

Okay. Well, I suppose I should assist in this battle. I guess I'd rush in. Can I go in? This frog is probably facing away from us, right? Yeah, he was because he was dealing with Barney. He's probably starting to turn at this point. He might be still... I'll say he's still facing away because of Stinker. Okay. I'm going to stab him with a spear of Superior Baker. Remind me... I think the...

I have two attacks or two damages. I guess I should roll for attack first, see if it lands, and then I can ask this question. Another, a mat, 20. A mat, 20 twice in a row. You were rolling good today. Come on. We should shut down Rooster Teeth more often. I was going to say, you rolled another 20.

The 20s are wrong. It came out of nowhere, Gustavo. The 20s are off the charts today. Oh, my gosh. Hey, you know, tragedy plus time equals comedy. It's been a day. It's been a day. We need a little more time. It's been 24 hours. All right. Yeah, that's a, yeah, 20. Wow, that's a 29. That's a critical hit.

2d6 plus 6 it has the little symbol that looks like a piercing thing and then there's 2d8 plus 6 What is the 2d8 plus 6? So yeah, it's versatile. So if you'd wield it one-handed it's 1d6 Then if you wield it two-handed it's 1d8. And if I wield it two-handed

What is that? I can do that and then switch off of it, right? Because I don't have a shield or anything. Right, exactly. And I'm going to do it with you, Hans. Do it. Yeah, just to give you that versatility if you want to use a shield or not. Yeah, I'm versatile. Exactly. Zeti's 13 plus the crit. Great. So it did one of your D8s in here. It did two D8s. So we're going to modify that five to an eight. So we'll add three to this, so 16. Okay. I want to make that a stunning strike. Okay.

Okay. What does that entail? That means you do a con save of DC 14. Okay. I have a plus four, which means I need a 10 or better. Don't do it. A three. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Seven? Does that make it? No, I don't know. You are stunned, which is great. Stunning. So since you're stunned, I'm just going to go ahead and keep hitting you. I'm pretty sure it's like a punching bag. You're just like going to use this for like speed bag. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to go ahead and do the exact same attack on you again with the spear. All right.

That's a nat 20 again. That's a nat 20 again. That's a nat 20 again. Another one? Oh my God. Yeah, so we'll do the same thing again. It's going to automatically roll a 2d8. We'll make the second one an eight. All right, so that's 20 points of damage. Okay, I'm going to keep hitting him. I'm going to cast Flurry of Blows and kick this vampire. That one's only a 16. That's good. That hits, I should say. Then that does five points of damage.

magic piercing damage. With your talons. Yes. And then I will do it again. That's a bad one. That one. Critical fail. That misses. No, I don't want to use it. I hit him three times already. It's silly. What? I've got six HP. I'm fine. He's stunned. You might hold on to that and spray for later. All right. Just...

peek behind the curtain I made a roll to see if you act since you critically failed if you accidentally stomped on one of the children and you made it so you're okay okay oh god that that yes to it's they were off balance because they critically failed on there is an aggressive word no like trying to get the this for our to it's also a show in New York

I remember watching that choir class. I saw Stompy in Austin once. Oh, yeah? Yeah, like 20, 25 years ago or something. Wow. I just imagined Gus that night practicing in his underwear in his kitchen. Just going... Why does he have to be in his underwear? Because I always imagined Gus in his underwear. It's how you're confident enough to speak in front of him, right? Yeah. The second I get home, it all comes off.

Okay, is that-- that's it for Matide? C'est fini. All right, so Barney, you are up. Your friend Matide has come through and really put some damage on the Sfratu. The Sfratu's looking definitely much weaker than before and stunned. And stunned. I want to hold up my crossbow to its chest and shoot.

It bolts into its heart. You got advantage on this attack. Yeah, because of the stun. Normally, I'd say, you know, an enemy would try to move away or wrestle with you, but because of the stun, we'll let it go. Barney's kind of John Wicking. You'll let it go. They're stunned. Well, normally, all you would get is advantage. I wouldn't say you could, like, hold up a crossbow to their heart. Oh, oh, oh, you're talking about him. Yeah, yeah. 19. This is going to be the coldest kill in the series yet. Yeah, that hits. Oh, shit.

I only did five damage. But, but the Silverbane Bolts, they're coated in silver and offer a plus two bonus to attack and damage rolls. All right, so that's seven points of damage. Do you say anything when you fire the bolt?

Come on, Barney. Do not Sferatu today. Yeah. Yeah. Could use some work. That was probably good, actually. Yeah, you say that and you pull the trigger on your crossbow and the bolt pierces the Sferatu's heart. He's talking like my teeth. Yeah.

And it like for a brief moment it freezes then its entire form turns to ash and it falls to the ground in a pile at your feet. I have a feeling we might get in trouble for this.

Matisse starts shuffling the dust under a carpet. Just using wings to go. Someone comes in, they're like, have you seen Bill? It's his birthday today. Are we able to reclaim those bolts, the silver bolts? I'll say you can reclaim this one. If you want to look for the other one, it might take a while because it went wide and hit like the wall. Sure. Okay. Barney turns to his family. Yeah, I guess at this point, Barney would look up and see the Sviratu has turned into ash and says-

I'm standing next to Marnie, right? Yes. Since I'm just so awesome.

Can I tell if they're a ghost if I were to check? Do you have to make a check? You just know, right? I would imagine. Yeah, throw a chair through them. It's like gaydar. Yeah, yeah. It's been perfect up till now. Can I get that extra apartment? I just haven't used it on you yet. Marnie, from your perspective, which you know, Marnie does not appear to be a ghost, no. It's Marnie. Oh, yes. I'm Marnie. These are my children.

Get up, boys. Boys, it's me. It's dad. They like look at each other and, you know, then just kind of like start look. We'll say Samson looks at his feet and Titus just kind of looks at his mom. It's Barney.

Please don't go. Please don't go. I'm going to interject here. Hey, hey, hey, hey. It's me. It's Chipaini. How's it going, everybody? Good. That was a heck of a fight.

Hey, Marnie, how long have you been in the service of Count Trixie? Just out of curiosity. Count Vixie. Count Vixie, so sorry. How long have you been working under them? She kind of furrows her brow and looks at you and says, That doesn't make sense. Do you not know how many years, or is it hard to recollect? We've always served Count Vixie. Put a number you haven't. Make me a wisdom check with advantage, Barney. I have a theory. Nat 20, 25. You realize someone's missing here.

Your daughter Calliope is not here. Where's Calliope? I'm sorry, who? Our daughter! Our daughter? What? She looks a little uncomfortable and says, Like I said, we really must be going. Count Fixie will be very upset with us. How are you able to get up to the quarters of the vamps? She points east.

All right, out that door. Yeah, out the door to the east. The stairwell is just through there. In fact, we should probably be returning there right now. Come on, boys. Wait, no, Marty. She gets her boys by the hand and begins leading them out and leaves the room to the east. I'm sorry. Well, this is awkward. Yeah, yeah. Um, anyways, Barney, I think maybe

Maybe your family has been brainwashed. Because I believe you when you say that that is them. Right, everyone? Right? We believe, Barney, that that is in fact his family and he is not pretending that other strangers are his family. Barney, I think it also could be a thing like, seems like you've aged, but they haven't. So maybe there's, you know, what's afflicting Elga is maybe impacting them as well. Oh, I would not say that. That's not a good thing to say. They did not say...

seem to even know who Barney was. - They're like, "I'm supposed to be the one who's not supposed to have the tact, yeah." - And they also didn't know that his daughter, which would be also her daughter and their sister.

Well, why, how are we- Perhaps what we can do is Barney- Barney, Gibran's after him. Okay. So you leave east out of the commissary and you enter a dark chamber echoing with snores and furnished with rows of shoddy coffins and cobwebs in the corner. It seems like some of the coffins are occupied by sleeping battlers. And then from here, there's another door that exits out to the east. And as you walk in, you see those doors closing. Okay. And Barney runs towards it. You run through those doors and-

And you enter a bustling chamber with battlers running in and out from the northern and western doors. The western doors are the ones you just came in. To the east is a rack of identical robes, and to the south is a bench of identical belts. It's like a locker room for battlers, I guess. And do I see... Make a...

Call it an investigation check. 15. Chip's also doing a loose tail on this. So you're following Barney in? Yeah. You don't see Marnie and the boys, but you do notice that the door to the north is closing or has closed as you're entering. Barney rushes towards it. Marnie and the boys is a great band name. That is a good name. M-M-M-Marnie and the boys. Yeah, you run to the north and this is, you know, a wooden door that leads down a passage to a stairwell.

Can I also ask, and I know this might be too late to do a check or anything like that, did I recognize them at all? Make a, let's call it a wisdom check with advantage. Okay.

They were like your chambermaids. They cleaned up your poop. Okay, that's a nat. Oh, gosh. Those are bad rolls. Four is with advantage because I rolled a nat one. One and a three. And I don't have any inspo dice, so that is my roll. No, they do not look familiar to you. You've never seen them before. That you can recall. What if I go... And I like... Rub your eyes. As you're doing that, Quiffly runs in. Yeah, I was going to say it sounds like...

What are you doing? I thought you would have gone upstairs by now, Erica. Well, quickly, we have a situation going on. There is just a woman and her two sons in here. And my friend Barney here, this old man who is my friend, don't ask questions. He claims that they are his family, but they don't seem to remember him. Do you know who they are? I don't see them. Where did they go? Her name is Marnie, and their sons are Ty.

- Titus and Samson. - I wanna say, Barney's not here. He's ran out. You're like running. Yeah, you're up the other hallway. Yeah. - The doorway to the north led to a stairwell that went down? - The doorway to the north went down. They led to a stairway that I haven't talked about yet. - Copy that. - Barney, Samson, and Titus?

That sounds like they could be Count Vixie's battlers. Yes, that's correct. I know of them, but I don't know them very well personally. Are they vampires? No, they're battlers. What does that mean? They're servants for Count Vixie. Battlers are typically victims of vampire mites that are compared to serve other vampires. Oh, like familiars. Similar, but not quite the same.

Do they not age kind of like vampires as well? Yes, that's correct. And who is Count Vixie? He's one of the bigwigs upstairs. Oh, does he? He's like friends with Dracula kind of bigwig? Yeah, he's well-to-do. Okay. I don't want to interrupt your Quiffly conversation. Can I step in as well? Quiffly, this is my friend Chip. He's a... Don't tell my father, but Chip's got bigger than me. This past week.

Hey there, Chip Haney. Pleasure to meet you. I'm about a sixth of the age of this little one. Don't ask questions. It's weird.

Quiffly, when you have a vampire bite like a battler, does that also impact memory and things like that? What are some of the effects of a vampire bite? Typically, we can't recall our lives from before we were converted. Is that including you? You don't remember? Yes. This is all I've ever done. Oh, that's very unfortunate. Now I feel kind of bad for being part of the system. Well, you benefited from the system. Yikes.

But you really should hurry upstairs. Okay, yes. And that is this way, correct? Correct. Just go east here, through the dressing room, then north, and you'll be at the stairs to go up. Okay, and is that where Count Vixie is as well? Yes, definitely upstairs. All right, team, roll out. Yeah. Quickly.

to if you want. Oh, I can't. I'm still running errands, but I will be upstairs shortly. Hey, we're the Autobats. Roll out. Oh, that's good. I like that. Okay. Chip, I think you

are gonna be good friends. Yeah, yeah, if I could help him get his memory back, that'd be kind of cool. Because, you know, he has slave owners or, you know. So you guys follow after Barney going in the direction that Quiffly told you. I would say yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So Elga, Chip, and Mateed, you go east following Barney, and you enter a dark chamber echoing with snores, furnished with rows of shoddy coffins and cobwebs in the corner, and some of the coffins are occupied by sleeping battlers.

and there is a door leaving this room to the east. - Are there name placards or anything like that that indicate whose bed is what person's? - There are no name placards. - Okay. - And Barney's already ahead at this point? - Yeah, Barney, we'll say you're going to the stairwell at this point.

I'll continue into the locker room place to just keep an eye on Barney. I don't want to let him get out of my sight too far. Yeah, so you continue east and you enter the bustling chamber with battlers running in and out from the northern and western doors, which you just came through. Can I grab a belt and rope? Yeah.

There's to the east is a rack of robes and to the south is a rack of belts. So I guess on your way through, you could just grab a belt from the south, then a robe from the east, and then continue your way north. The robes appear to be like cheaply made black robes. Make me a perception check.

Sure is a robe. Yep, it's a robe. And the belts are made of leather. Wait a second. Before I put that leather belt on, is this the kind of leather belt that, like, Carol had? Is there any, like, weird... Make an investigation check. 17. Yeah, these seem to be magical belts very similar to the one that Carol was wearing. However, these belts do not appear to have fangs or vials attached.

But it has like the... Yeah, on the buckle is a sigil. It's the shape of a red blood drop and inside is the outline of a white upside down triangle. Okay. Which would make a sick tattoo. Yeah, bro. Am I right? Head us up at StickyDragonPod.

What's his voice? Don't know. I don't like it. It's your broth for all two. I don't know. I guess I got like my idea is that, you know, we disguise because it seems like we're going further. And I know that we're already in disguise as vampires, but it's been a bad disguise so far. It's gone fine. We haven't gotten in a fight. That's not

just tell everyone that you're her friend and you're good to go. I mean, you can change if you want. I like how I look. Yeah, yeah. I'll appear to be a battler. Okay, you could be my battler. So you put on the robe and the belt? Yes. He's a battler in training. He's my battler. But Elga's Elga and Mateed is still just wearing the cloak from earlier. Yeah. Dummy. Barney is a little further ahead up the stairwell. Yep. I kick Chip.

Is there anything else of note in this room? No, just the door you came from and then a door to the north. Okay. All right, shall we continue north? Go get me some tea now. I think I smell Barney went that way. Yeah, you all go north and you see Barney just a little ahead of you. You know, you're moving maybe a little faster than he is, but when you go through the door to the north, it's a small chamber with an ascending spiral staircase and it is flanked by two igneous stone bat

guard goyles on either side. Oh, there's a passcode probably, huh? Yeah, so at this point, I'll say you catch up to Barney here at the base of the stairwell. Should I go up to them and investigate the gargoyles? Guard goyles. See if they're the same type as the ones we saw out of the front gate? Yeah, make a, what do you want to call that, a wisdom check or perception check? I'll leave it up to you. I'll do perception. That is a 20. Nice. Yeah, they appear to be very similar to the ones you saw before outside of the vamp spire. You think it's the same password?

Stoker. Stoker, yeah. It is me, Elga.

May me and my friends pass up here? They're not going to say anything like the other ones as well. There is no response. And you went through fine last time. Yeah, and I'll probably be able to go up fine. All right, Chip, which one of us will go through? Barney, are you waiting for any of this? Right? Barney seems to be on a mission, so maybe he busts through. Yeah, I think Barney would be going full. Oh, yeah. Go ahead, Barney. Oh, like Matisse's son. Oh, yeah, you go on there. I mean, I can't stop him. I can't stop him.

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All right, so Barney goes through. Does he say anything or do anything? I think he would just charge through first. Uh-oh. You don't want to throw, like, a password out? What is the password? Oh, Stoker was the one that got us into the castle. Stoker. Barney, you start rushing through and say the password as you go through. And very, like, with lightning-fast reflexes, one of the gargoyles lashes out and claws at you. And he said Stoker? Yeah, I figured it was not going to be the same password. Yeah. Yeah.

It hits AC... You never want to use the same pass for twice. No, it misses. Okay. We'll say it hits you, but the claw bounces off of your armor. Both guard goyles kind of like pop to life and start blocking your way, hissing.

like blocking my way to the staircase. They attacked you, Barney. And then, you know, the attack bounced off your armor and then they, you know, kind of hop to life and block the path going forward. Are they like living gargoyles or are they just like, like turrets? I guess. What are they made of? It looks like they're Ignis stone, but you know, they started moving like,

I don't know if you would say animated or living, but they are like moving. They're not just attacking from like a set position. They actually moved, got up and then like stood in your way. And they're stone. Yeah. Well, one, I think I still have my spiritual weapon. What's the duration on that? One minute.

No. Okay. Would you consider them a stone object? Depending on the context, yes. Because they're not strictly objects, depending on what... Look at stone shape. You touch a stone object of medium size or smaller, a section of stone no more than five feet in any dimensions, and form it into any shape that suits your purpose. Maybe. Let me see how big these are. They're medium. It's probably not any bigger than five feet in any direction. Probably right around there. We'll say, yeah, why not? A couple of short kings. All right. Well, then I touch one of them and I shape it into...

Something silly, something goofy. Go on.

It's your imagination, Green Lantern. Something so silly. I shape it. Come on. Comedy podcast. You can do it. I just don't think that Barney's in a comedic mood. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So then what's his... Forms them into teardrops. Makes them into something sad. I make it into a sword shape. You made them a weapon. No, no, but like an M and A. You could have gone with like a tree. A ball. Okay, well, I was going to say a sword, then I could pick it up and stab the other one with itself.

Okay, yeah, you make the gargoyle into a stone. Let him cook, Matee. Oh, yeah, a five-foot... Yes, Sam. All right, all right, no, this, I do this. I didn't say don't do it. I just pointed out. I just pointed out a stone that's attached to the ground, like, so it's just a block. So you just turn him into a stone block. That's like... Merged with the ground of the stone. Okay, so you make, like, a Minecraft...

Stone block. Makes it into a swamp for Mario. I don't want to be a negative person, but he just made something that blocked the stairwell more. No, no, like a ground, like, no, that doesn't block the way, like, that's just like a thing on the ground. I think we could fly over.

Yeah, so a five-foot cube of stone. Yeah, that is it doesn't block the doorway right? I'm visually I'm not gonna be Trying to point out so that Chris could potentially turn into something that was helpful if needed I got you so one of the guard goyles turns into that can you do anything about the other one? Well, that was my I guess action

So then my bonus action, man, I'm running out of spells. We're not in combat, just FYI. We're not? Have you rolled initiative? Yeah, but I mean, if you don't do too much, otherwise we roll initiative. Yeah, yeah. Let's keep it loose. Let's keep it fun. Let's keep it rolling.

Jeez, I'm running out of things to do. I'm running out of things to do. If only you had a stone sword. I know. You've got to stop. You're just being that way. I just can't imagine stabbing a stone statue with a stone sword. I know what I want to do. I want to use my bonus action, and I want to shove it

out of the way with my telekinetic powers. So it shoves to the side so I can continue on my way. Is there a weight limit on that? No. A target must succeed a strength saving throw of DC 16 or removed five feet.

I was about to say, it can move anything, Gus. He can move a mountain five feet. One creature within 30 feet. Can Mateed do something while Barney's doing this? Yeah, why not? I want to go back in the last room we were in. Okay. Grab my crossbow. No, the room before that. After that.

I'm going to get a running start. No, it's the sleeping room. Okay, the sleeping room. Got it. It failed its save. I rolled an eight plus four. That's a 12. So it gets shoved aside and I run past it and continue. Okay. Yeah, the guard seems very shocked at this turn of events. I don't know if it's ever...

And he was ever shoved it. It doesn't make any sense. And then, yeah, you run past. As you run past, Mateed runs back out to the room with the sleeping battlers. Well, I was going to do that because I didn't think that it was going to get shoved. But let's say Mateed witnesses this. Does the guard go get back into place? Yeah, I think the guard coil would reset back to its neutral position where it was initially. OK, then I would like to go in the sleeping room.

Okay. Can I find a little sleeping battler and just go up to him and go and like, like just try to like whisper like, excuse me. Um, I am new here as a battler. Um, what's the password to get upstairs to the vampires? Uh, well, just put on a belt. Oh, okay. I forgot, you know, new stuff. Uh, thank you. Go to sleep. Okay.

I go back in, grab two floor belts. No, you only need three. Well, I want to give one to the man that ran, just in case you need it. Well, I think Blaine has one on already, right? You put one on? Yeah, I'm in disguise. You said I was stupid. You said, oh, I like the way I look. I guarantee it, Ben's Warehouse. Chip Brady's not so dumb now, is he? Oh, okay.

I grab three belts, put one on, and give one to Elga. Although Elga could just probably pass through, right? Yeah, do I need one? I don't know. I grab one just in case. Could I try to go through before? Yeah, you pass through and the gargoyle does not move or react at all.

Okay, then I just have my belt and I'm holding one for Barney and I approach the gargoyle and act like I'm walking through. You strap on the belt and you're able to pass right through. No problem. As I pass the gargoyle, I say, that's right. I walk through as well. Okay, yeah. You follow your friends. Oh, I tell the gargoyle, don't let him through. Barney, I assume you put yours on? Barney's off. Okay.

So you all begin running up the stairs or going up the stairs following Barney who seems to be charging ahead. Everyone roll me a perception check.

Nat 20, 24. What is it? This is the Nat 20 episode. No, I love it. 15. 12. Yeah. 8. You plus me makes us a 20. You're just too busy looking at your belt. It's a new shiny belt. Reminds me of when I was a white guy. Which you needed assistance for.

Go ahead and give yourself an inspiration. Hey! Uh, Chip. It works. You see, it's just, you just gotta, it's, uh, what is it, uh... Pity? No, it's quantity. Quantity over quality. All right, so we'll deal with you, Chip, first. It's just maybe the pressure of all of this, you know, the chaos of the Tales of Dock running up here to the next level. Like, it's just, maybe it's getting to you because all you can see right now is red.

Mateed, you see this is an extensive hallway that seems circular. It's adorned with red velvet carpet and is lit by golden sconces and ornamental glass chandeliers.

Pray tea. Barney, you're in the same boat as Mati. Maybe you're like rushing ahead. Get that to my boat. Elga, you know, you see, of course, each door is lavishly and uniquely decorated, either with gold, jewelry, you know, fancy things, but none of them are labeled. And in the distance, you think you hear bells. These resonate much deeper. Okay. Do I like recognize this hallway? Yeah, you know this area. Like I said, all these doors are unique and lavishly decorated. And you remember what the door to your home looks like.

What does it look like, Kim? At the same time. Ready? One, two, three. You can construct it. So the door to like essentially our... To the Von Braff home. So it's a dark black door and it has... Well, like what kind of material? Is it like onyx or some exotic material or is it like a black wood? Yeah, onyx. Okay. Onyx is cool. It's a black wood.

It's a good Pokemon. And it's got gems kind of decorating it all the way down. And it says big VB in gold. I would like kind of like cursive writing. When you say gems all the way down, do you mean covering the entire door or like in columns going down the door? Columns going down. That would be a dazzle. Oh.

Yeah, I got bored one afternoon, you know. Eternity of living gets a different time. Just being in a vampire. It's bedazzled. But like the tiny little trips. Yeah, yeah.

So from a metagame perspective, you know, Elga, since you grew up here and you know many of the count families up here, while you're here on this level of the VAM Spire, make sure if you do any charisma-based checks, you have advantage on them when dealing with other counts and their families. Okay, cool.

So I must know if I'm familiar with this hallway and our door, I must be familiar with who lives where, right? To an extent. The problem is you don't remember where your door is. But I know what it looks like. You'll know it when you see it. Let's go find it. Well, are we also not trying to find the Counts or Count Trixie? Dixie? Dixie? Sure. We could do both. I don't know what we're trying to do first because that

I also know Barney wants to figure out what's going on. Barney's off, right? Yeah, I'll say you caught up to Barney. Like, you're kind of, like, rubberbanding here. So you catch up to Barney here, and then it's up to, like, Barney or you guys if, you know, it's going to continue. All right, let's find the Vixie. Wait, so we're all collectively in this, like, it's a circular room, you said? It's like a circular hallway. Oh, everyone else, you realize Chip is looking at the ground. He's looking at the floor. Low perception, you know me. That's why all he saw was red. Yeah. Yeah.

So the floor is red. Looking all around, it's like, so it's like a bunch of doors, like. Yeah, it's a seemingly like almost endless doors. This is like your block, your cul-de-sac. Okay, I look through all the different, was there any movement when I came in? Well, we heard bells, he said. He wants to know if a door closed, kind of like he saw how Marty. Making perception check for me, Barney.

Solid 12. Not bad. It's better than a fragile 12. It's hard to tell. You didn't necessarily hear anything else. Just maybe the shock of the opulence and the ringing of the bells kind of drowned other things out. The bells? And you said they're deeper sounding, right? Yeah. Not like a small ting, ting, ting, ting, but like a deeper resonating bell. Like a big heavy bell? Not like... Like a

Like a church bell. Cathedral or a church bell, right. But, you know, somewhere in between. Is it because we're near the source, or is this a different... Do you think that this is a different significant type of bell? I have to investigate that. Yeah, we'll have to find out. And I'm sorry, I should have said this earlier. Elga, you also know the name of this level of the Vamspire. Just like the first level was the Tales of Dock, you know that this level of the Vamspire is called the Clostrid. Welcome to the Clostrid. This is where...

residences. That's lovely. And I know the meaning of clostrid, correct? Yeah, what is it?

claustrophobic. I don't know if Elga would have ever thought to wonder about that or ask that. It's like, it's just reality. It's like one of the things you don't think about. What does it mean? Are we allowed to know? Maybe we'll find out. Well, let's go to the, let's see if we can refresh your memory and find the Vixie house. I hear those bells. Should we go towards those? We could do that as well. I'm easy peasy. Someone's getting married or died.

Or both. You know, bells mean multiple things. Sorry, go ahead. So your door has a VC for your... Nope. What was it? VB. VB. Do any of the doors have lettering that might indicate who the VC... He said none of them had signage on them. Yeah, they're not really labeled.

except for presumably the one that has a VB on it. It'd also be funny if everyone's had a V because it's just vampires. It's just V. It's not helpful. I will say this just to expand on something that was asked a little earlier. From your understanding, Elga, Clostrid is like, it's a name. It's like an ancient Vanian name. It's just...

Okay. So it doesn't mean anything? Right. It's just like... Because I know Tales of Dark was like... Right. That had a meaning. This is just more like a name. It's named after something. Is there a heads of dark? Perhaps. Get out. Okay. I'm going to flip this coin. Give you my inspiration. So Elga doesn't know where Vixie is, right? Correct. Okay. I go to a door and knock on it.

Old. Yeah. Well, that's what I am. Okay. You knock on it and you hear a voice from the other side say, Come in. Oh, this did not go the way I thought it was going to go. I open the door. You open the door and it opens up into a foyer. Oh. Is there someone there? Yeah. In the middle of the foyer, you see a golden-haired Mohawk halfling. Oh. Who's like looking around at the wall with their back to you. Looking around at the wall with their back to me. Bonjour. Shush. Oh. I'm... Shh. Oh. Alright.

Right here. Who's here? Do you hear it? Right there. She points at the wall. Is it a rat? She's just pointing at the wall. I look at the wall. There doesn't appear to be anything there. I hear them. What do you hear? Rats. I'm going to let you deal with that on your own. I'm here to deliver a package to Count Vixie. Do you know which door it is? Down the hall. But what's it look like? It's the one that Count Vixie has.

If I'm asking you which door, I'm asking for more than that. I can't be bothered with that right now. I'm in the middle of something. It's because it is what it is. What size is this person? It's a halfling, so pretty small. It's a halfling? Yeah. I walk in and I grab them. What are you doing? You put Countess Vixoft down. Countess what? Vixoft. Vixoft? Yeah. Which door is Count Vixie?

dare you lay your hands on me, battler. I'm not a battler. I'm dressed like a vampire. She points at the belt you're wearing. I've been explaining that. It's underneath my cloak. Fashion statement. It's like wearing Carhartt, but you're rich. I rip it off. You rip the belt off? Sure. Oh, no. Yeah. He doesn't have one on. This might not be good. You go to take the belt off, and you find you can't get it unfastened. That's cool.

That's fine. I don't care that you think I'm a battler. Switch doors and I will leave you alone to the rats. You are speaking to the partner of Count Vixie. Oh. Then why did you point it down the hallway? And I don't know where he is. Wait, are you in your home or someone else's home? I'm in my home looking for the rats. Wait, do you live with Count Vixie?

So when you pointed down to our way... He's down there somewhere. I don't know where. You're very bad at this. I'm busy. Okay. I put the halfling down and I dust them off and I go, thank you for your help. Are your battlers in here? No. That's why I'm

for the rats. Oh, okay. Ask where the powers are. I will let maintenance know that you have a rat problem. Okay. You have a wonderful day. Get out. Knock, knock. Maintenance here. I can't get out of the door. I can't get out of the door. I tackle Chip to the ground and close the door. Did somebody order a pizza? Which direction did they point? Which direction did they point? Further down the hallway. Because you all came in up the stairs and then this was presumably the first door and then there's

There's more doors. I make note of what that door is that I just came through. So I remember it. Okay. Can we start going down like through the doors to see if I recognize my door? What did they say? Vic soft, Vic soft. Yeah. Yes, you can as well. Uh, Barbara, Vic C and Vic soft.

Vixie and Vixoth. I feel like they might be related. They're partners. Yeah, they're partners. Right, but like... It might be incestuous. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm getting at. How dare you make that claim of them? Yeah, nobility never does that. Let's go down the hallway. Yeah. Or Matide goes down the hallway. Yeah. Did you explain what you found in there? No, I just go without explaining. Okay. No, I say... Okay, that's where Convixie's room is, but they are not. They are down the hallway. Let's follow me. Let's go. Okay, let's go.

And I'm going to be looking at the doors to see if I recognize mine on the way down. And I knock on all the doors as I walk by. Do you? I've got a lot to talk about if you're doing that. I just ding-dong ditch every single one of them. Awful.

Actually, I tell you what, everyone make me a perception check. Does Stinko need to go potty? I have a bag I'd like to put in right now. 18. 15. What did I, was I rolling? I was making a poop joke. Perception. Six. That's a 14. I am the perception master now.

Behold! He's looking up. Behold! I see y'all. Well, you are in a way, Chip. You can tell as you're going down the hallway that the floor is continually rising. Like you're going in a spiral. So even though you're going in a circular hallway, yeah, you're continuing to rise as if you're going up a spire. Okay. So yeah, you go for several minutes until finally you do see a door that looks familiar, Elka. What did it look like again? A big door.

Black all next door with gems all the way down.

vertical lines with a VB written in gold cursive. That was it, yeah. This is the one. This is it. You found it. He just goes, that's not the one. This one has all of that except the VB is not in cursive. It's BV. Bonfrat. Yeah. Bonfrat. Maybe they're partners. Yeah. Bonfrat. Could I open the door? Yeah, you open the door. Guys, this is my play.

Okay, it was lovely meeting you. We will see you later. Just make sure to take your shoes off. We're dropping your little girl off. Yeah, I don't think Barney... Lovely homeboy. Well, maybe my family could help figure out what's going on and where your family is and what's going on with them and how to maybe break this curse. Yeah, Barney, I think we lost the scent and, you know, I think Elga's family could probably help us. But if you want to go off and separate from the group, that's great D&D tactics. Okay.

You know, I heard.

I don't, I can't leave them again. Right, we're not saying leave them. You've already left them. They've left you. They're in the building. We are going to figure out where they are in the building and maybe more information of what is their situation from experts of the building and their situation. We got to formulate a strategy here, Barn. We can't just rush in headlong. You know, I think that this is the right path forward. I know how you feel, though. At least we know they're here. They could not have left the building. Yeah, do you know if they're in Elka's room? Mm, oh.

Okay. Okay. Let's go in. So you open the door? Yeah. Is it open? Yeah, it's unlocked. You open the door, and similar to the previous home you went into, the door opens into a palatial foyer adorned with immaculate marble fountain bubbling with blood. Ooh.

On either side of the fountain are two respective chains, one with a ruby handle and the other with an ivory handle. Do I remember what these chains do? Make me a wisdom check with advantage. I bet it's the difference between the kinds of bells that it rings. One's ballard and the other one's that deeper one. Okay, that is a 17.

And then they, so 17. Yeah, you do remember. The ruby chain, if you pull it, it rings bells alerting Straw to an emergency. Oh. The ruby one, okay. Yeah, and then the one with the ivory chain rings Quiffly's personal bell to summon him. Ah.

You said his belt? Belt. Oh, okay. Wait, does that mean that those bells that we heard earlier, the deeper ones, are summoning Sfratu here? Don't know. We don't know. But possibly. Uh-oh. Then from this foyer, you can either go west or east. Let's go west. Mi casa, sir. Welcome in. Su casa. So formal, Elka. Don't touch any of anything. Okay. Thank you. It's like that feeling when you were a kid and you went to one of your friends' house and you're just kind of like...

The little things anxious, you know? Or like when you're showing people around your house as a kid and you're just like, that's where I sat and I ate my bubble gum and then this is the window I looked out and I saw a pigeon flying. That's how Blaine introduces his house as an adult. Yeah, it's true. You walk west into the unliving room. Oh, Micah, you... Here you find a brick fireplace that lights what would be a cozy unliving room, but...

But right away you notice all of the furniture is overturned, including overstuffed aurochs leather armchairs and a couch made from scales. Like someone was looking for something? Or like a cool party. It's been ransacked. Like it doesn't look like intentional, it looks like... Correct. Okay. A jewel-framed painting that clearly once hung over the fireplace now lies ripped near the cinders of the fireplace. Oh my goodness. Uh-oh. Well, can I see what the painting showed? Yeah, you take a look at it and it appears to be a family portrait with a jacinth-encrusted frame.

The painting has been marred and it looks like it fell on the fire stoker and some ember singed parts of the portrayal. All that's left are two little girls. You recognize, of course, Elga, but on the portrait as well is a

Avina, who is straight-faced with piercing blue eyes, wearing a black blouse and blue skirt. Elga, what did you look like in this painting? In this painting, I look the exact same as I do now. I'm holding Boris, my teddy bear. And I also have a red cardigan over my clothes that I don't currently have with me right now. Nice. But curly blonde hair, kind of cream blouse with my locket on, and then my red skirt.

May I see this? The painting? Yeah, I'm not going to tell you what to do with your eyeballs. No, I mean, like... Is it on the floor or on the wall? Yeah, it's on the wall. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's on the floor. Can Barney pick it up and cast a bending? Yeah, why not? Ooh.

interesting. Now we see the parent reveal. I'm imagining it's the scene in Beauty and the Beast where she sees the painting of the prince and like pushes the fabric up and it like reveals his face. She goes, oh gross. Puts it back down. Beast better. Reading through Mending, it wouldn't fix the entire painting but it would kind of restore it a bit. It kind of, you know, fixes some of the singed portions and you know,

repair some of the tears. Parts of it are still missing though because they're burnt off. So mending can fix like tears but not necessarily things that have been burned and destroyed. Something's happening here. I feel like those faces are going to be important later. Yeah, do we see the faces? No.

But is it clear? You can't see. It's not just the faces that are missing. It's like a lot of the body as well. Could I tell if it's just one body or if it's like two or more? Like where there originally is a room for like two people. If there's me and my sister. Is it mama? You would presume there's enough room for two people in that space.

This is crazy because I haven't seen my mother in a very long time. Perhaps we should investigate the other side of your... Or maybe there's more to investigate in here. You haven't seen your mother in a very long time? No. Can you elaborate? She left when I was pretty young. To get, like, cigarettes or something? I don't really know why, but she was an elf. So I don't know what else. Maybe she had some duty to do. I don't know. Hmm.

And what was she like you? We really should have asked each other more questions and met each other. You know, I'm starting to realize we're all just kind of strangers. I don't know anything about you guys. We've only known each other for a week.

Yeah, it's true. Except for you, Chip. You tell us everything. Anything that comes into your brain. I'm an open book. I'm a big old purple book. Maybe we close some of that book. No, no, no. I'll tell you more. Let's save some of that book for later. Yeah, do we see anything else in this room? Like anything? Nothing else. Just a door leading to the north and a door leading to the south. And you, of course, Elga, know that the door to the south leads to your room and the door to the north leads to Ivana's room. Can I look for Count Von Brass' Vlad Bonk card? No.

It doesn't appear to be in here. Let's go to my room. You guys want to see my room? It will be perfectly intact in there. Yeah. Yeah. Like I said, it's the door to the south. Why don't you tell them what it looked like before you lead everyone in there? How did it used to look? What did everyone's room look like? Theory of the mind here, guys. I like it. Barbara gets to play Sims right now. We're coming into my room.

It's not that big. It's pretty humble size, but I have one little twin bed, and it has a black post on it. It's like one of those canopy beds with white sheets. And then I have my toys in the corner. I have my play stuff, like my dollhouse, and Boris should be in there, I think. Oh, I see you had the latest Slay Station 2. Yeah.

it's actually a playstation exclusive

Or it used to be. Is it PC now? I think they ported it. I don't know if it's PC. I think it is. I think people complained about the quality of the PC port, if I remember right. Anyway. Let's talk about that a little more. That's not D&D. Yeah, as you're saying that, you know, you open up the room, or you open up the door to your room, and as it opens, you see, much like the unliving room, it is also in disarray as if it's been ransacked. Goodness. Is Boris still here? One item does stand out amongst the rest. You do see your teddy bear, Boris. Boris!

She picks it up and cuddles it. I shake Boris' little paw. Hey there, Chip and Annie, pleasure to meet you. Oh, Boris is talking! Whoa! And then Elgo, like, proceeds to, like, dance with the chipmunks. Yeah, oh, cute. I feel like you guys should have a talk with Quifty. He's not doing a very good job of keeping your house in order. Yeah, I'm very confused with what's going on here. I did not leave my room like this. I'm not very...

a little messy sometimes, but no, not like this. Maybe we get quickly in here and get some man sales. Do I see any clues of like who might have done this? Make an investigation check. Can I also look around just to see if there's anything of interest or any... Barney's gonna steal from Elga. Not, not, I don't want to steal, but... 15. Like, starts putting like silverware in his little thing. It's silver for later. I rolled an investigation. I don't know if it matters. Tell me what your roll was. 16.

16. Okay, I'm going to deal with Elga first. You don't find any clues, like nothing like footprints or nothing very obvious that would lead you to make you think it was a particular person. Barney, the only interesting things in here would be if you were Elga, I think.

Boris. Yeah, Boris dolls. Okay. A black canopied bed. I pull the white chain out in the foyer. You don't want to go to the other room? There was another room? Yeah. Well, there's Avina's room. We could also go east. East of the foyer. I don't know if I got you out of this stuff. Okay, well, let me go see if my sister's room looks like this too because...

If it doesn't, I have high suspicion she might have done this. You walk across the unliving room to the northern side and, you know, Avena's room, the door is closed. I assume you open it and walk in? Yeah. You open up the door and it's a dark room with clothes, bedding, and belongings strewn about the room. A ripped book sits open next to the bed. What is that? Can I go look at the book? There's a ripped book. Is it ripped pages or ripped, like, cover? Cover.

Okay, so you said you looked at it, right? Yeah. Yeah, you take a look and cover says, It seems to be a book written in an ancient form of Vanian with strange symbols, diagrams, like teeth, stars, moons, and more.

And heart stars and rainbows. Do I understand it? Like, could I read this language? You're familiar with Vanian, but this is like an older form. It would be like modern times trying to read like old English where you can pick up on some of it, but a lot of it's very different. And does it look like her room also got like ransacked? Yeah. I mean, things are strewn all around. And, you know, as you're flipping through the book, you notice a page seems to be ripped out and is missing.

I know it's a dumb question. Which page? Like, is it like... It's hard to say. It's like in the middle of the book. And I can't tell by context of what was before and after it. No, it's like you're able to pick out words here and there, but no real greater context. Butter Demon? That's an interesting book. What's that about? Butter Demon?

I was like, what is he talking about? What are you talking about? The joke came and went, and then I was just like, I'll throw it in. Hold on to that one for later? It's definitely later in the book, like in the mid-200s pages. Okay. We had an encounter with missing pages in the library, too. Do I also recognize this book as something Avena owned before? You feel like this is a book she would have. Okay.

Check the front, see if she stamped her name at the library. Avena's into all sorts of weird stuff. She's more of the reading type. You're more of the beating. Yeah, you

You know, I read my own books like Here Come the Choo Choo Train and things like that. I never got past the sixth grade level reading. One bat, two bat, red bat, blue bat. I do not like green eggs and blood. Everyone make me a perception check.

18. I think that's the version of Gus being in the room as the teacher and putting their two fingers up to get our attention. Yeah. 20, six, eight. Not one or critical fail. So five. So the highest ones were Barney was 20 and Chip with 18. Is that correct? I see all, know all. Barney and Chip, you know, as, you know, Elga is flipping through the book for some reason, something draws your two set of eyes up to the ceiling. Yeah.

And you notice scrawled on the ceiling in blood are strange glyphs and candle wax laid out in a triangle. Oh. That's a Viena.

Always with their art projects. Always been doing arts and crafts on the ceiling. Are those like constellations or is that like a new band? Like a poster? There's candles. Could I ask if I recognize this as being the room from that nightmare I had? Make a wisdom check with advantage.

16. Yes, it is the same room from your nightmare. Okay. Because I was on the ceiling. Yeah, the blood and the wax and stuff. Maybe she like summoned me in a dream to the ceiling.

You know, summon circles? Maybe. What's your relationship like with your sister, Elga? You know, it used to be okay, but I guess she just started acting weird at some point, and I don't know. Was this, like, in the most, like, before your trip? Like, very recently? Or has this been, like, a long-running thing? Not too long, but, you know, my parameter of time is kind of off a little bit. So is mine. Yeah. You and me, Barney, are so old.

I guess I don't have some detect magic, but I'm kind of like, is there anything I can... Do any of us recognize the glyphs or anything like that? Do they look like what's in the book? You can do an arcana check. Exactly. Y'all can make an arcana check if you want to try to figure that out. We're all good on intelligence.

Yeah, it's like your forte, right? Seven. Nine. Eleven. Yeah, it's Greek to you. But does it look like what I saw in the book? Like in the book you just saw? Yeah, sure. Okay, so it's probably a page she ripped out, maybe, is what she used up on the scene. Probably. And none of us can read the book, right? Have we all checked? Correct. Okay. Do you want to go to the other space? I know there's one more room. Why don't you hold on to that book, Elka? Yeah, I'm going to take it with me. Yeah. Okay.

Put it in my bum bag Cool Okay well this is weird Something is definitely amiss In the Von Brath household Yeah your ass is a little creepy You might Well thank you You might fire quickly I don't think you can be fired Set my flame That's a bit dark

So shall we move on? Yeah, what's the other rooms? Yeah, Elga, you know, east of the foyer is the parlor and the room for Countess Von Brath and the room for Count Von Brath. There's those kinds of people. Countess Von Brath is your mother. One would assume. And they sleep apart? Oh, I guess your mom's no longer around. Real smooth there, Chip. I just assumed he was a big snorer. Yeah, you know.

Everyone likes having their own space. You know, like me and my sister, we're twins and we have different rooms, which some people might think is weird. But it's a big place.

Yeah, you cross east of the foyer and walk over to the parlor. What would be a posh parlor is now tarnished. Nevertheless, it is furnished with a marble countertop bar, jasper stone stools, a fire opal chandelier, and a pipe organ with ruby keys. Cool. I kind of want to play Diddy on that. Do it.

Can I play the organ? Performance check. Can I play the organ? Yeah, you can try. You got experience. Does Chip have experience playing the pipe organ? Oh. You know, sometimes I volunteer at the Little League baseball games. Oh. Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba

Make a performance check. Let's try it out. Okay? Oh, that's a 20 You uh you tickle the ruby and let out some old ballpark tunes We need to buy my family so many families are missing right now

I know where mine is. Where? Dead. You know, Matilda, I'm starting to think mine might not be alive in

Maybe. We don't know. It's so mysterious. I'm scared. Let's go to your mother's room. Why not? Well, we are in this... Parlor. You're in the parlor. Yeah, to the south from here. So it's like a mirror image of the other side. The parlor is like a mirror image of the unliving room. The unliving room. To the south, like a mirror image of your room, is Countess von Brath's room. Okay. And then to the north is Count von Brath's room. And there's nothing else in here that we could look at? No. Okay. So do you want to head south to the Countess's room? Yes. Yes.

Ah.

Mama's a bit of a nerd, huh? Yeah, she studied a lot, and I think that's where Avena got her love of reading and science and all this stuff.

I wonder if she knows about the Feywild or anything like that or other planes. That's relevant to my interest. Correct. Should we start taking a look at the bookshelves? Yeah. Your mom has been gone for a while. You seem to be very interested in my mom, Barney. I'm just trying to understand what's going on. Yeah, she's been gone a while. I don't...

We don't really know what happened. My father hasn't really told me much. I just kind of dealt with it. Can I look and see? By becoming a barbarian who has rage issues. Can I look and see if there's dust that has been unsettled recently? That's a smart call. Like something's disturbed? Yeah, assuming no one's been in this room for a while. It's possible Avina, though, has been.

Sure. But then that might also indicate something. Yeah. Why don't you make me a perception check, Barney? And I say aloud my plan. Okay. Okay.

I will also look around for unsettled dust. I got a 23. Matit flaps their wings and disturbs everyone. Yeah, the room appears to be undisturbed, Arnie. However, in your investigation or when you're looking around, you do notice that the rug appears to not be centered in the room and one of the corners is folded over. Can I pull back the rug?

Pull the rug out. You pull back the rug, and you find there's a trap door hidden underneath the rug. I didn't know about this. I don't think I've known about this. It seems news to you, Elga. My mother couldn't possibly be under there. And if she is, I'm worried this will cause me lifelong trauma if I do something wrong.

Should we open it up? Let's open her up. Yeah, let's open it. You open up the trap door and the chamber it leads to is quite cramped. It's only big enough to hold a small chest that's sitting inside of it. Can we look in the chest or see if it's open? Or check it for traps first. What are you doing? A lot of suggestions here. Can I check it for traps? Go for it, yeah. Yeah, make a investigation check. Five. It looks good to me. Yeah, no traps. Could I check it for traps? Sure. It takes one large step back.

With advantage, right? Because I'm close up. Yes. She says as she rolls a one. Gosh, dang it. Seven still. Yeah, no traps. Can I check it? I take a second step back. Go for it, Chip. Okay, what am I doing? Investigation. Investigation. All right. 16. Yeah, no traps. No traps. Okay, well, looks like I'll put this down here. Didn't think it was that valuable. Maybe they just are, you know, being silly like keeping the front door of your house unlocked.

Everyone's very trusting around here. Let's open it. Yeah. You open up the chest and inside is a picture of a young girl with dark features and black hair. Is it Avena? You take a look and it does not look to be Avena to you. You don't know who this is. Is it my mother? Wait, describe the person.

It's a picture of a young girl with dark features and black hair. Do I recognize the picture? It's a young girl, so it's hard to say. It doesn't look like anyone you know. Just to clarify, just so I know, and maybe the audience wants to know this too, has Elga ever seen her mother? Or, like, when was the last time she saw her? I mean, I think she would have been probably, like, seven, like, in actual years. So it's been a long time. Because Elga's, like, what did you say, like, 300 years old or something? Mm.

Who knows? I think you said something like 180 to 300. Somewhere between there. It was a huge number. So it's been... I'm noncommittal. It's been a couple of years. Yeah. Make me a wisdom check with advantage, Elga. I'm so not wise. But you have advantage. Not going to help me nine. You don't recognize it. Okay. Do I recognize it?

Does Chip recognize a girl? Do I remember anything about what my mother did look like? Because I feel like if you're seven, you would. Yeah, you have some memories, but, you know, it's fuzzy. Did she have dark hair? Yes.

Does the person look like Elga to the rest of us, outsider's perspective? No. No, it doesn't look like her. But it's hard to say, you know. It's an old photo. And if she's a young, you said it's a young girl, right? Yeah. The only thing that's in the chest? Yes. It's just the photo? Yes. Is it Francesca? No.

No. Is there anything on the back? You flip over the photo and, you know, take a look at the back and you don't see anything on there. Okay. Is there anything else in this little, like, nook that we just did? No, it was so cramped. This chest was all that could really fit in there. Do you think we should take this photo? Yeah, why not? What if it's that, uh, what's that story about the guy that has the Dorian Gray? Yeah. Huh? Huh? I don't know who that's.

I don't think it's Dorian Gray. Maybe it is. Basically a person that couldn't age or like whatever because they had a painting of him and the painting aged in their stead or something. I can't remember the story. Yeah. But I mean, that means that the painting would look like poop and this is a nice painting.

It's a picture. And it's its own picture, right? It's not like part of a picture? Correct. Okay. Well, I guess I should maybe take it. Why not? I mean, it is in my house, which means it's my property. Right. The chest, is it just a regular ordinary chest? There's anything ornate about it? It seems to be a very plain wooden chest. What?

Why would you block away a picture if you're, unless you're trying to hide something? Okay. Well, we take it. Yeah. And close up the chest. One more room. And I guess let's, yeah. Do you want to look around this library type room? We did. And there's nothing. Yeah. Okay. Oh, right. Nothing got settled. Because we did our little checks. Okay. All right. So you head to Count Von Broth's room? Yes. Yes.

You head across the parlor to the north over to Count von Brath's room. Oh, before we do that, was Countess von Brath's room also like disturbed as if people were looking around? I know. No. And Barney even investigated and it seemed undisturbed.

Okay. I kick the chair over so it looks the rest of the way. Everything's a kick with Mateed. Yeah. Wait, you can touch things with something else? I like the idea that their pants are just always in their pocket. Remember when you didn't realize Mateed had arms? Yep. Yeah. He's playing a lot of Breath of the Wild. Cool. So,

So across the parlor is Count Von Broth's room. You open the door, and this room is in disarray and is decorated with trophy after trophy of beast and humanoid heads mounted on the wall. Cool. There's a shelf with an assortment of goblets, chalices, steins, and other stemware. And most curiously, there is a bloodstone font, but it is empty of liquid. Von Broth, Papa's a bit of a hunter, huh? Yeah.

Sierra gonna like have trouble sleeping with like 80 heads staring at him? I like his style. I think that'd provide comfort for him. Maybe. Are there any Aarakocarans or tieflings up there? No. Okay. Does it look like this room's been like... I think he said, yeah, it looks like it's been turned over. Yes. What else could we gather from here? Like, does anything look out of... Other than it being a mess, does anything look like it's been taken or... Make a investigation check.

Sure. Oh, my God.

You got bad rolls? A nine. Yeah, I rolled a one and a nine. I don't know what's at my dice. Yeah, it seems nothing stands out. Are there any weapons or something? I'm assuming they're like a hunter. His mouth. This seems to me mainly be more almost like a trophy room. There aren't any weapons that you can see. Is there like a bed? Yeah, is there a bed? Coffin? I look up at the ceiling. You look up, there's nothing on the ceiling. And no, there's no bed or coffin. Closet?

No. Does it also look like there might have been any sign of struggling? You know, things are turned over like every other room. Like it's kind of in disarray, but not necessarily any signs of a struggle. Okay. If I had to guess, maybe the person was looking for that picture for some reason. Why wouldn't they go into one room? Well, it was underneath the carpet. But they didn't even look in that room.

Yeah. It's true. Unless they lived here and they knew that it wasn't in there or something. I don't know. Well, it wasn't me. What is up with this house? Is this a haunted house? Yes, thank you. Perhaps now is the time when we should go quickly. That's a good idea. That's a good idea. Could I go back out into the foyer and ring that? Ivory. Ivory.

Pretty sure it's the red one. Chain? No. Yeah, you pull the ivory chain. Okay. Do I hear quickly coming down the hall? Use your... Distant running. It's like whenever Chris is running into a room. Apologizing profusely. Everyone roll me a perception check. Those have been going so well. Oh my god, six. Five.

- Oh, three. - 11. - 15. - So no, you don't hear necessarily any footsteps or like the sounds of anyone approaching. However, Barney, you hear howling coming from somewhere down the hall in the vamp spire. - Howling like down the hallway that we just came through? - Yes, but like not the direction you came from further down.

Like werewolf howling or like howling like someone's in pain? It's hard to tell. It kind of reverberates through the hallway. I don't know what that is, but we should probably go check that out. Yeah. There's not typically a lot of howling here. Is there a no howling ordinance in the Gramps Fire, in the Clostrid? The HOA. That's 10 o'clock PM, yes. Right, yeah. Barney, since you made the highest perception check, why don't you make me a survival check? Also, I mean 10 a.m.

Yeah, you were able to follow it, you know, something about it like strikes a chord with you and you track the origin, you know it's coming from behind a plain wooden door with a doorbell and you know that the howling is coming from the other side of it. When you say doorbell, do you mean like a ding, ding, ding, dong? Yeah. Or like a button?

There's a button. You want the ring or you want to just go inside it? Wait, we're all, what do they call them? Not coughs. Colds? Battlers? No, no, no. We are. What are those things called? Cold? What's cooler than being cold? Ice. Ice. I open the door. What are we? You open the door and it appears to open to a vacant, unfurnished apartment.

Nobody's in there. Close the door. I'm just saying we're going to be cold. Get on the ground. Well, this is where the howling was. A single room or like multiple rooms? Like a couple of small rooms. And it's unfurnished? Yes. When you say howling, did you mean like, oh, or like wind howling? Not wind. A creature? Yes. Can I look and see if there's anything in this room that's not just vacant? Yeah. Anything? Make me an investigation check.

I have to look around. 15. Don't forget to look at the ceiling. You're in really good roles here, Barney. I'm lucky. You look around and there doesn't seem to be anything in the apartment. However, you do notice that there are claw marks on the outside of the door that you came in through. Oh. On the outside or inside? Like in the hallway or like when you're in the apartment? On the side of the door facing the hallway. Oh, okay. So the one that we, when we approached it. Correct.

Which makes me think something is inside right now that clawed its way in. Hey, do your sound. Nothing. Nothing. Figures. We're going to have to try. I realize we're recording an audio podcast. I was looking around, like up in the air. Josh just goes, do your sound. I'm like, wait, what am I doing?

So we heard it was a howling coming from this room. Wait, doesn't Barney have a bear? I forgot about the bear. What? Oh, I forgot I have a bear. Yeah. You forgot you had a bear, so you didn't bring it along. No, I didn't. I did. You know I would. You have to remember. Make me three animal handling checks. I got that soap stuff. Oh.

The blue topaz or orange topaz stuff. I got that soapy soap. All right. Yeah, you have a bear with you. Oh, my God, there's a bear. Do you smell it? It's where your family ran away. I should have shut up. I'm sorry. I just remembered. It has nothing to do with what's going on right now. I just remembered. The bear puts its nose on the button for the doorbell and takes like a big sniff from it.

I push the doorbell. You hear like a deep bell ring. Wow, it's a deep bell. Maybe, but nothing seems to happen. I push it again. You push it again and the door spins around, revealing a dark, cramped stone room with an angry young girl blindfolded and chained up. Oh my gosh. Oh my goodness. Look what I did.

Do I recognize that as a Vena? No, it is not a Vena. Is it the little person in the... It's a young human girl with olive complexion, brunette hair. You can't see her eyes because she's blindfolded. Do I recognize her? She's covered in scars and clothing blood-stained rags. You do not recognize her. It's the one from the painting that we found, or the picture that we found. It does not look like that.

All right. I'm going to assist the little person. Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to help him up. Well, is there anyone or is there anything else around him? Or is it just the girl? It's just like a small cramped room. Yeah, she was helping. So then I understand what happened. Was it that the second ringing of the bell like revealed a secret room? Correct. Thank you. Okay, I'm going to help her. Yeah, she kind of hears you approaching. She can't see because, you know, the blindfold. She begins like growling and like trying to lash out as much as she can in your direction. Dang.

Oh, it's okay. I'm here to help you. You seem like you're in a little bit of trouble there. Are you okay? She doesn't reply. She's still very restricted in her movement and blindfolded. Okay, I'm going to pull off the blindfold. You see now that she has hazel eyes and full eyebrows. Who are you? I...

I'm- Hey there, I'm Chipainy! Pleasure to meet ya! I feel like I set that up for you. You did, you sure did. You said the secret sentence. What's going on here? Are you- Have you been kidnapped? What's going on? No, I'm here of my own free will. I love it here. This is so great. No, I'm just kidding. Uh, well, let's-

Help me, okay? Let me out of here right now. I think we should exercise caution right now. Yeah, can I do like some sort of...

Insight? Yeah, like some sort of vibe check. Vibe check, yeah. Insight check. Do you think she might be the one who clawed? I think so. She's very feral, spicy kid. Ah, yes. I see all. Well, one. Yeah, she doesn't seem to be concealing anything. Should I do an inspiration? You do you. You all will free me right now and take me back to my mother. Who's your mother? Lorenzo Wolfman. Oh!

What? Why? Who took you and why? Maybe we'll find out. No! In the next episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon. Oh, no. Thanks for listening, everybody. This was a fun one. I'm loving the VAMS fire. Me too. It's twists and turns. It's a fun art. It's intense. Yeah, I know. Families coming together. Breaking apart. Thanks for listening, everyone. We'll be back next week with another episode.

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