Fantasia: World Tour!

Auditions are canceled! Zannin, Stream, Fizz and Jam decide to take a stand and save the judge.

Songs by Lost in the Forest, who can be found on bandcamp at Lost in the Forest, from the album II - “Song of the Bards” (song), from the album Lost in the Forest - “An Adventure Awaits” (song) and from the album Forgotten Lands - “No Return” (song)

Youtube Audio Library Songs:

Youtube Audio Library Sound Effects:
  • Desert Howling Wind
  • Washing Machine Door
  • Metal Machine Hum
  • Metal Gear Shifting
  • Cartoon Cowbell
  • Crazy Dinner Bell

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Creators and Guests

Host
Starry Eyes
Game master

What is Fantasia: World Tour!?

FANTASIA, a world whose histories have been shared through music for as long as society, sorcery, and song have existed.

Peace has been brought to the land thanks to the WORLD LABEL, a global record company formed by all states that is responsible for publishing all music.

The Dodger World Music Competition is again underway. Named after LORIE DODGER, the Queen of the Bands, who mysteriously disappeared two years ago. Whoever wins this grand contest earns the biggest record deal the World Label has to offer.

Join Starry Eyes and the other players at WKNC 88.1 as they play Dungeons & Dragons, exploring the world of Fantasia through music and seeing which band will rise to stardom!

Fantasia: World Tour! is a podcast produced by WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, student-run radio from NC State University.

Session 1 Act 2 - Gila Gang Strike The Party Units...
Meeting created at: 23rd Jul, 2026 - 6:07 PM

00:07
Starry Eyes
Hi, you're listening to Fantasia: World Tour. This episode is the second half of our session one, recorded here at WKNC 88.1 Raleigh with me, the DM Starry Eyes, along with Slim Chino who plays Schmoop Jam, DJ Orbital Death Laser who plays Fizz, Starburst who plays Stream and Sleeping Draugr who plays Zannin. If you haven't done so already, check out the first half of this session under the episode titled welcome to Con Abbando. And without further ado, this is Fantasia: World Tour! Previously on Fantasia: World Tour.

00:53
Starburst
There's a plasmoid over there. They got plasmoids here.

00:55
Slim Chino
Look.

00:56
Sleeping Draugr
Look. Where?

00:57
Starburst
Over that big box.

00:59
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You know, that was a pretty bombastic side eye, if I do say so myself. So I do wonder what that little elf had to say. That might have, that might have called.

01:08
Starburst
Me a little elf.

01:08
DJ Orbital Death Laser
That might have set them off.

01:09
Sleeping Draugr
I'm that little. I'm five, six.

01:12
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, you're actually like twice my height almost.

01:15
Slim Chino
Yeah, totally got the vibe of like if I were to bring anything up, they'd be like, oh, I got plasmoid friends. It's like, okay, man.

01:23
Starry Eyes
Yes.

01:24
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Step right up. Step right up to sign up for.

01:29
Starry Eyes
The auditions for the Dodger World Music Competition here at the Ember Garden.

01:35
Slim Chino
Oh, you have thoughts. You have thoughts about the manager? I need to know.

01:38
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I'm not allowed to discuss these matters, unfortunately.

01:41
Slim Chino
Can I, can I slide you one silver piece and be like, how about now?

01:47
DJ Orbital Death Laser
It's gonna need to be a lot more than that, kid.

01:50
Slim Chino
Well, consider it a tip then. For the drink.

01:53
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Alright, well, I appreciate that. You're the first to be so kind to me today. Zannin.

01:58
Starry Eyes
Zannin, You lean over and you're leaning over a little too close and you were so like. A tuft of like his hair kind of ignites but. But he doesn't notice it.

02:16
Starburst
For those, just like watching like Dan like reach over to this guy.

02:22
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah.

02:22
Sleeping Draugr
Just for all the audio listeners out there, he's like carefully reaching over the head just like. So are the other acts on stage right now, just like warm up acts. Is that sort of the vibe like if the judge isn't here?

03:08
Starry Eyes
Yeah, I think so. I think that would make sense. There's the main stage and there's. Yeah, there's actually, you see, there's a. There's a tabaxi solo act, guitarist right now on the main stage. Anyways, some other people over here that like the judge is running late. You could just like kind of overhear them grumbling like, shoot. What, what's up with the judge. Anyway?

03:40
Starburst
Where are we in terms of like placement on the list? Do we know?

03:44
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, like how many names before I was on the sign up sheet?

03:47
Starry Eyes
Yeah, Roll me a D100, Roll me. D100.

03:52
Starburst
A D100?

03:54
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah.

03:55
Starry Eyes
Do you have one like this? Like, I've got two though.

03:57
Starburst
Yeah, I. I rolled a 20.

04:02
Starry Eyes
Yes, 20.

04:02
Sleeping Draugr
20.

04:03
Starry Eyes
Oh, okay, so you're 20th in line. Okay, that's not bad. Not too bad, actually.

04:09
Starburst
And I'm right behind. I'm like 21st.

04:11
Sleeping Draugr
I think you're right in front of me.

04:12
Starburst
No, I think I'm right in front of you. So I'm like 19th.

04:14
Starry Eyes
Exactly.

04:14
Starburst
That makes me better than you.

04:16
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, we'll see. We'll let the judge decide that.

04:24
Starry Eyes
Yeah. So, yeah, you finish signing up and then you see suddenly there's just sort of random sort of bouncer. He's just. I'll say it's a Goliath bouncer, this big guy with a wide chest and sort of like stone colored skin. He has sort of a. I guess he isn't wearing an earpiece because those.

04:53
Sleeping Draugr
Don't exist, but a sending stone.

04:55
Starry Eyes
He has a sending stone? Yeah, he has a sending stone. And he sort of hurries over to Jorkas and Yerkis says, oh, excuse me, sorry, I need to take this. And so Yerkes gets pulled aside for a private conversation. But of course, if you want to eavesdrop, you can try.

05:18
Sleeping Draugr
So my last eavesdropping attempt did not go well.

05:21
Starburst
Well, that wasn't eavesdropping. You were trying to see a guy's watch when you could just ask at them the time.

05:27
Sleeping Draugr
Hindsight is always. And you know, the great people must make mistakes in order to learn.

05:35
Starburst
You know, they say hindsight is 20 25.

05:38
Sleeping Draugr
Did they say that?

05:39
Starburst
No, but they kept saying that in 2020 and it upset me.

05:45
Starry Eyes
Well, if neither. If neither eavesdrop. Of course, no pressure. He will shortly start heading over to the stage where Fizz was performing earlier.

06:00
Sleeping Draugr
I kind of want to look in the direction the bouncer came from to see if I see anything weird happening.

06:06
Starry Eyes
Yeah,.

06:10
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Give me a. Give me.

06:12
Starry Eyes
I'll let you choose. Perception or investigation.

06:15
Sleeping Draugr
I would love to do investigation. Yeah. I'm an intelligence class. Okay. I've rolled a natural 20, so a total of 20.

06:25
Starry Eyes
Oh my gosh. You rolled a natural 20. Okay. You notice that the bouncer came from like these sort of like side double doors that you're not really sure where they lead to. But you notice that your investigation, as you peer over towards Thor's doors, one of them is cracked halfway open, and you see that there's this elven man, and his face is all beat up and his hair is a mess and his clothing is torn, and he looks like he got sent through a sandstorm and he's being sort of tended to by a medic. Anyways, it looks like maybe something bad happened and. Yeah.

07:18
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, I think I'll sort of head over there.

07:22
Starry Eyes
Okay.

07:23
Sleeping Draugr
Do I think this could be the judge?

07:27
DJ Orbital Death Laser
So.

07:30
Starry Eyes
You rolled a crit on investigation, so you don't.

07:32
Sleeping Draugr
You don't have to tell me.

07:33
Starry Eyes
No, no. I think on the crit you'll notice that there were. It's.

07:37
DJ Orbital Death Laser
It wasn't like.

07:38
Starry Eyes
Maybe it should have been more prominently featured, actually. But I. I didn't think about it. But anyway, you. With your crit investigation, you did see that one of the signs that said the judge's name, it's Alir Lusalor, which. This man is an elf.

07:54
Sleeping Draugr
It does seem like an Elvish name.

07:56
Starry Eyes
Yes, Alir. And if you want to do a history check to see what you know about him, you can. It's up to you.

08:02
Sleeping Draugr
I would love to. I'm also not better history.

08:04
Starry Eyes
Okay,.

08:07
Sleeping Draugr
So it was a nine. I don't think I recognize this.

08:09
Starry Eyes
Is that with your modifier?

08:10
Sleeping Draugr
That is with my modifier.

08:11
Starry Eyes
Okay. I mean, he's really famous. So even with a nine.

08:15
Sleeping Draugr
Okay.

08:16
Starry Eyes
You know that he's an old and classic music producer. More than 400 years ago, his first claim to fame was an opera titled the Sun Squirrel. Anyways, he's produced many airs and arias and concertos and. But more recently, he's joined the world label. He's like a big studio producer now, writing for different bands. Anyways, so that's like, you know, the. Jason's basic just about him. So. Yeah, this could be him. You don't really know what he looks like.

08:50
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, I'll. I'll sort it. Because, listen, Stream went to Harvard or Bardford.

08:56
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Sorry.

08:56
Sleeping Draugr
So I'm like, kind of like. I try to elbow Stream, but I think I'm short enough that it just kind of hits your knee.

09:04
Starburst
Like, you hit, like, the center of my chest, like my stomach.

09:08
Sleeping Draugr
I mean, I'm like three feet tall.

09:09
Starburst
Well, okay.

09:10
Sleeping Draugr
Like three feet tall.

09:11
Starburst
People are like, up to here.

09:13
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah.

09:14
Starburst
And stream's, like, up here.

09:16
Sleeping Draugr
Okay, sure.

09:17
Starburst
You're like, oh, no, you are. You are like, hitting my thigh.

09:20
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, like, hey, I found the judge. You Know what? You know Lear Musselore? Looks like you went to Bardford.

09:28
Starburst
Yeah, but I wasn't paying enough attention to see the guy that just walked by.

09:32
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, no, over there. And I point towards the double doors where that beat up elf is.

09:39
Starburst
I don't think I've seen many pictures of the guy, but I know about him.

09:45
Starry Eyes
I think, yeah, roll me a history check. If you went to Bardvard. Roll with advantage. Roll again for advantage. Okay, so you didn't really study that much when you were there. You know, the same amount of knowledge that Zannin does. So you know that he's like an old classic, you know, like concerto producer, but now he's like record producing for like bands and stuff.

10:16
Starburst
I look at that and I go, well, I wasn't like, you know, studying his photo, but like, I mean, I don't know. He was an elf. He did cool stuff.

10:24
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, that's kind of where I'm at. I'm going to go over there and I, I'm. I really can't move anywhere stealthily because I refuse to leave this big briefcase behind. So I'm sure these two also see me dragging this not in the least bit surreptitiously, just gonna. Towards these double doors.

10:53
Starry Eyes
All right. You start heading towards the double doors and because you aren't being stuffly, there are a couple bouncers that will kind of roll over and be like, hey. They close the door and they're like, sorry, this, you're not allowed over there at this time.

11:12
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, of course. I mean, I was just thinking, I'm a very skilled person. I have skills in many different things, including healing. And I couldn't help but see us, people who are able to heal, we have sort of a sixth sense of injured people. I'm completely lying. I was hoping that I could use my expertise to help heal this person.

11:43
Starry Eyes
Give me a deception. Awesome.

11:46
Sleeping Draugr
I love lying.

11:50
Starburst
You know, I actually have a healing spell.

11:52
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, I actually, I do have a healing spell, but this is not why I'm going over there. And I don't have a sixth sense for injured people.

11:58
Starry Eyes
You're just being nosy.

12:00
Sleeping Draugr
I rolled a 16.

12:02
Starry Eyes
Okay. The bouncers kind of look at each other and then one of them shrugs and then the other one shrugs.

12:13
DJ Orbital Death Laser
And.

12:13
Starry Eyes
Then they look down at you. They're taller than you because.

12:16
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, definitely. If they're like Goliath, they're way taller.

12:19
Starry Eyes
And so like the one guy's like, well, yeah, okay,.

12:27
Sleeping Draugr
Okay, awesome. And I go, thank you, gentlemen. And I. Yeah, I'm gonna sorta scoot my way into the back.

12:39
Starburst
All right.

12:40
Starry Eyes
Yeah. They open the door and stream. Do you try and follow or no? Okay.

12:44
Slim Chino
Okay.

12:44
Starry Eyes
All right. I don't care.

12:45
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I'm minding your business.

12:46
Sleeping Draugr
I'm minding my own business.

12:47
Starburst
Yeah, I don't care.

12:49
Slim Chino
First time you've done that?

12:50
Starry Eyes
Yeah.

12:50
Starburst
Well, you head to the nonchalant, not nosy.

12:56
Sleeping Draugr
This is my chance to schmooze with the jut. To schmooze. To schmooze.

13:01
Starburst
You're schmoozing.

13:03
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You're gonna schmooze a guy who's just beaten to like an inch of his life?

13:09
Sleeping Draugr
I win. Listen, I came here to win this competition.

13:14
Starburst
By any means necessary.

13:17
Sleeping Draugr
Exactly.

13:18
Starry Eyes
You head through the doors and you see there's this elf guy. He's wearing very nice, like, white robes with sort of like golden cords and jewelry, but. And he's a sun elf, so he has this sort of a, I guess like reddish golden brown skin and it's very shiny. I mean, he's an elf. He's beautiful. He has like shortcut hair though, which. And it's sort of like these like golden highlights in it. But it's all messy right now because he looks like he got beat up. And. Yeah, there is someone else back here as well. This really tall Tiefling man who sort of like looks like he's overseeing the situation here. Very tall, hidden under several layers of extravagant fabric. Scarlet robes precisely tailored to completely conceal his body from the neck down, but never touched the floor anyways.

14:32
Starry Eyes
His head kind of sticks out like a cherry on top of his outfit. But enough about him. You kind of step back here and this really tall Tiefling kind of looks to you, and the beat up elf looks to you, and the Tiefling says, oh, who are you?

14:58
Sleeping Draugr
Well, I'm somewhat of a medic. I couldn't help but catch a glimpse of an injured person and I knew I had to help.

15:07
Starry Eyes
Gimme deception.

15:10
Sleeping Draugr
Awesome.

15:11
Starburst
You know, I'm somewhat of a medic myself.

15:14
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Oh. Oh, no. Oh, my God. Did they just dice or something bad happened?

15:19
Starry Eyes
Something bad happened. Is that a natural one?

15:22
Sleeping Draugr
Yes, that's a natural one.

15:25
Starburst
I'm somewhat of a medic myself.

15:28
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, I think I set it up a little bit with that line.

15:33
Starry Eyes
The Tiefling kind of looks down at you and then I think it's a natural one. So I think that. Does your instrument just kind of like unfold maybe?

15:42
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, absolutely.

15:44
Starry Eyes
Just like the worst thing possible.

15:46
Starburst
I don't know.

15:46
Sleeping Draugr
Yes.

15:46
Slim Chino
So this.

15:47
Sleeping Draugr
This briefcase, like, one of the latches. I've been dragging it around. One of the latches fails and it spills open, and half of my instrument comes out, and it's this mess of cogs and gears and brass piping and wiring and strings and leather. And it is not any healing tools. It is not any healing potions.

16:15
Starburst
So you may as well ask your question now.

16:17
Sleeping Draugr
And actually, there's, like, a little. There's a little tail that pops out. A little tail made of, like, brass that wags.

16:26
Starry Eyes
It's excited to come out. Well, that's cute. But this. This, like, this red tiefling man sort of, like, straightens up like. I don't know, like. Like animal kind of rearing back almost. I don't know if that makes sense. But, like, he, like, kind of, like, straightens up and, like, he puts his hands on his hips, and you don't see his hands because he has, like, these really baggy cuffs, but he's like. I see. I think it's best you return to the lobby.

17:00
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, I. I think I'm a bit cowed by this very, like, silent, like, serious person. Like, I think that's a great idea. I'm going to. I'm going to pack up my. My briefcase and retreat.

17:16
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Is it like, a whole process?

17:18
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, it takes, like, solidly five full minutes. And like, all this, I'm like. I mean, I really. I really can heal. No, you're right. I should go.

17:34
Starry Eyes
The elf kind of, like, look over to you, but he's. He kind of was like. Yeah. He just thinks that you're this, like, bumbling musician. And so, I don't know. I don't think the natural one, like, they don't believe you.

17:46
Sleeping Draugr
I've not made any good. I've made a horrible first impression.

17:50
Starry Eyes
Exactly. Yeah. So he doesn't really say anything, and you leave and. Because, yeah, bad first impression. But you exit back into the main casino where Jorkas is taken to that sort of stage by the bar. And heads over to the microphone. There's people, like, playing roulette and blackjack, and there's, like, slot machines, too, and whatever. And, yeah, he takes the stage and he stares off to the audience with nervous eyes. And then he adjusts his collar and swallows to clear his throat. And then he checks his pocket watch once, and then he, like, checks it again. Good afternoon, everyone. I regret to inform you that something terrible has happened. Our esteemed judge, Alir Luce. Alir Lusalor. Yeah. He looks Nervously as watching him judge. The carriage has been raided by the Gila gang.

19:13
Starry Eyes
And the audience gasps and folks turn to one another and they murmur, how could this happen?

19:21
DJ Orbital Death Laser
How could this happen? I can't believe it.

19:24
Starburst
I can.

19:25
Starry Eyes
Yorkus says, yes, unfortunately, Lucilor has been kidnapped by the Gila bandits and well, auditions are cancelled and he hurries off the stage.

19:40
Sleeping Draugr
No. What?

19:42
Starburst
The auditions. So Stream looks at Xanan and goes, so that wasn't the guy.

19:48
Sleeping Draugr
So yeah, I don't think that was the guy.

19:50
Starburst
But you faked being a medic to go meet some random guy.

19:53
Sleeping Draugr
This is, this is great news. It means that I can have an actual good first impression with the real judge.

20:01
Starburst
I hope you have a good first impression next time.

20:03
Sleeping Draugr
All right, so we're gonna have to find some locals, cuz I don't know anything about this Gila gang. But I figure if we go. Are you in on this?

20:12
Starburst
What's your plan here?

20:13
Sleeping Draugr
If we go rescue Alir Moor, the judge for this competition from the Gila gang. I mean, come on, we basically get a free buy into the next round, right?

20:27
Starburst
Have you seen me? Stream just like pulls up his like his like shirt, like the like sleeves of his shirt and he's like, you know, I'm not like strong at all. Like I'm a bard.

20:43
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, you said you were bardward. Bardword bars can do incredible things.

20:47
Starburst
I mean, that's true. I mean, you know, I can do this. And he like pulls a harmonica out of his pocket. No, I don't have a harmonica. I don't have a harmonica. I should have a harmonica. Low key. Why don't I have a harmonica?

21:00
Starry Eyes
Okay. Okay. As you two are discussing, I want to. It's been a second. I want to jump and see Fizz's and Jam's like reaction to this news.

21:14
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I think Fizz, like, he listens to this and he's just kind of like, yeah, of course something like that would happen on the day of the big tournament or whatever. What is it called?

21:27
Starry Eyes
The Dodger World Music Competition.

21:29
DJ Orbital Death Laser
They have the big music competition beginning. Yeah, of course it would. And the Gila gang too. Yeah, they love to pull stunts like that. Should have known. It is a shame though, because there's all these young people here and they look so happy with stars in their eyes, ready to. Not a reference. They're ready to go and make a name for themselves. You know, I do feel a little bad. Like, I feel a little bad.

21:55
Starry Eyes
Are you like potentially just kind of like monologuing to jam.

22:03
Slim Chino
I'm just nodding my head,.

22:08
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You know, And I'm sure some. Some stupid kid is just gonna think I should go save the judge, and then I'll be the one who can prove that I'm a worthy competitor and I'll just become the greatest competitor and all get to be on the world stage. And I'm sure some kid is just out there thinking that right now. And.

22:26
Starburst
And then Xanan walks up to you.

22:29
Sleeping Draugr
Hey, so are you from around here? Do you want to see my Gila game?

22:36
Starburst
Wait, did you really walk up?

22:39
Sleeping Draugr
If you don't want me to, I can leave. But you gave me a great segue.

22:44
Starry Eyes
I need to walk in. Maybe bring the mic closely.

22:46
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, yeah, we'll talk into it at the same time.

22:48
DJ Orbital Death Laser
So you're the kid that I was just talking about, huh?

22:51
Sleeping Draugr
I mean, I'm 30.

22:52
Slim Chino
Oh,.

22:55
Starburst
You think all gnomes look young?

22:58
Sleeping Draugr
Wow.

23:00
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, once you get to be around half your expected lifetime, everybody just starts looking.

23:05
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, yeah, no, I've got, like. I've got like 370 years left.

23:09
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, you're just a spring chicken. What do you even know?

23:12
Sleeping Draugr
I mean, that all this aside, Gilligan or you, my. My plasma friend?

23:20
Slim Chino
Huh? I was kind of zoned out because I was just, like, tuning you out while you were monologuing.

23:28
Sleeping Draugr
All right, what's going on, Gila gang? Any. Any info?

23:33
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You definitely don't want to mess with those guys.

23:36
Starburst
Stream's just, like, here, like, listening in on everyone. And, like, stream's just like, I'm just gonna follow the same thing.

23:41
Sleeping Draugr
I mean, it's not just me. I have backup. And I point.

23:44
Starburst
I'm not the backup. Why am I the backup?

23:46
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Listen, weren't you the one that was.

23:48
Slim Chino
Being low key, like, a little. A little strange earlier? Because I'm a plasmoid.

23:53
Starburst
I overheard, dude. I've never seen a plasmoid before. My bad. You got a problem with plasma? No, I got no problem. I think.

24:00
Slim Chino
All right. Sweet. You want a drink? I got an extra ticket.

24:03
Starburst
Yeah, sure. Why not?

24:04
Slim Chino
Awesome.

24:04
Sleeping Draugr
Can you drink a drink while getting along? We can all take on the Gila gang, too, together.

24:09
Starburst
Okay. Okay. What are you saying? I don't know about all this? I don't know about all that.

24:13
Slim Chino
That's. That's a lot.

24:15
Sleeping Draugr
What. What do you do here?

24:17
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I work here.

24:18
Sleeping Draugr
And how would you like to not work here?

24:21
DJ Orbital Death Laser
He looks. He looks at you, and then he looks away at, like, his boss, who is kind of giving him a mean look, and then he looks back and he's like, no comment. But if you're gonna go mess with those ruffians out there, you might want me by your side. I've. Let's just say I've had a run in or two with them.

24:43
Sleeping Draugr
Perfect. Okay, great.

24:45
Starburst
You know, everything happens for a reason.

24:47
Sleeping Draugr
I'm so glad you offered to join for free and of your own volition.

24:51
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You could say that.

24:56
Starry Eyes
What drinks are you making for Stream? And are you having another drink, Jan?

25:03
Slim Chino
I'll finish off the ticket.

25:05
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I. I look at Stream and I'm like, I'm gonna need to see some.

25:08
Starburst
ID from you, dude, I'm 26.

25:12
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, but what is that in.

25:14
Starburst
Sorry, I'm 24.

25:16
DJ Orbital Death Laser
What's the, what's the drinking age of Fantasia? Is that allowed?

25:20
Starburst
I don't think they ask for IDs in this world, do they?

25:23
Starry Eyes
It's very much like if you look of age.

25:25
Sleeping Draugr
Like, what's of age?

25:26
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, I feel like elves are like so beautiful and I've got a beard,.

25:31
Starburst
But like it's not like a full beard. It's not like a full beard, but like I've got like a little patchy hair.

25:37
Sleeping Draugr
You're trying really hard.

25:39
Starburst
Like I've got like the growing ends of a beard, but it's not like a beard yet.

25:44
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay, well, I'll trust you this time. Don't make me regret it.

25:48
Starburst
And then you won't.

25:49
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I. I turn around and I make a couple of cocktails and they're just some variety of fruity beverages.

26:00
Starburst
You got any that are the color blue?

26:03
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, I can make it blue.

26:04
Starburst
Thank you.

26:05
DJ Orbital Death Laser
And then I, I turn around and I grab a little, like a little vial and then I pour it in and it turns blue like instantly.

26:14
Starburst
It gives a big smile.

26:17
DJ Orbital Death Laser
What is blue your favorite color?

26:19
Starburst
Something happen to like blue.

26:22
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay.

26:23
Starburst
You know, it's a good color.

26:25
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, that's good to know. And not a big fan of teal hangers.

26:29
Starry Eyes
Remember everything they do.

26:31
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah. So I'll remember that your favorite color is blue. And what's your name?

26:35
Starburst
Hi, I'm Stream.

26:36
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Stream, okay. Well that explains why your favorite color is blue, doesn't it?

26:40
Starburst
Oh, no, it's not related to that.

26:41
DJ Orbital Death Laser
All okay.

26:46
Starburst
The color white's pretty good.

26:48
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, I mean, can't argue with that. And then I, I like tug at the collar of my shirt, which is in fact a white shirt.

26:56
Slim Chino
Yeah.

26:57
Starburst
Pretty good color.

27:01
DJ Orbital Death Laser
So I guess after we finish our drinks, we should. Or I guess after you finish your drinks we should look around, see if we can find those.

27:11
Slim Chino
Who's this weed? What's this weed we got going on?

27:14
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, I just kind of assumed that since you all three were here, that were all gonna just, like, you know, go out and fashion some sort of adventurer's party. You know, Stream looks at.

27:24
Starburst
Looks at the plasmoid and looks at the kenku, and he's like, what are your names?

27:28
Sleeping Draugr
Oh, yes, great question. Yes.

27:30
Slim Chino
Oh, I'm just calling Jam. Shoop Jam.

27:33
Starburst
Yeah, shmoop Jam.

27:35
Slim Chino
Okay, you don't have to say it like that. You don't have to say it like that.

27:39
Starburst
No, I'm not. Nothing wrong with it.

27:41
Slim Chino
I know, I know. Shmoop Hoops. A little hard for you to pronounce. Just go with JM Just go with Jam.

27:45
Starburst
Don't question what I can or can't pronounce.

27:47
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, yeah. This guy graduated from Bard.

27:49
Starburst
I graduated from Bardford.

27:52
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Oh, Bardford, huh?

27:53
Slim Chino
You know the university that banned plasmoids? I saw that in the news. Whoa.

27:58
Starburst
They did not ban plasmoids.

28:02
Slim Chino
Sure.

28:03
Starburst
They did not ban plasmoids.

28:05
Slim Chino
Okay.

28:07
Starburst
It just so happens that no plasmoids go there. Mmm, that's not bad.

28:12
Slim Chino
This is telling me a lot.

28:14
Starburst
No, it's not.

28:16
Slim Chino
Regardless, I'll tag along, because my. Wait, hold on. Is. I know this is in a desert, but you said there was also, like, a port. Is this, like, on the water at all or is this just in the desert?

28:26
Starry Eyes
No, there's not a port. It's like the train station, but.

28:29
Slim Chino
Okay, a train station, that's fine, because I'm looking for intel. I think that. What was the gang name again?

28:37
Starburst
Gila.

28:39
Starry Eyes
Gila Monster.

28:40
Slim Chino
It sounds kind of familiar. I feel like it could be a lead. Someone stole my boat, and I want my boat back.

28:49
Sleeping Draugr
How'd you get a boat out here?

28:50
Slim Chino
No, no, it's not out here. It was years ago. It was stolen. I've been looking for. So I know there's some connections there. So I wanna.

28:58
Starburst
Why do you have a boat?

29:00
Slim Chino
You know, work.

29:02
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I mean, sometimes these gangs talk. I guess you might be able to rough one up and see if you can find some leads.

29:08
Slim Chino
And I want money. If they have money. And if we say I want money.

29:11
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, I'm also looking for money, so.

29:13
Slim Chino
Okay.

29:16
Sleeping Draugr
So much in common. I'm so glad we're friends.

29:18
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I'll be right back. And then I hop off the little stool that I'm on, and I, like, kind of like, downtroddenly walk up to my manager and I have to ask him for permission to leave the premises.

29:31
Starburst
You know, I was really hoping to get to like, do my audition.

29:35
Slim Chino
Yeah, I think a lot of people were.

29:37
Starburst
Well, okay. But like, I was really hoping for it.

29:40
Sleeping Draugr
I mean. And we'll still do them. We just have to go get the judge.

29:43
Starburst
Well, yeah. Had a really great song lined up.

29:49
Slim Chino
Yeah. Yeah.

29:50
Sleeping Draugr
You wanna elaborate on that?

29:52
Starburst
No, I feel like I'd be spoiling it.

29:54
Sleeping Draugr
Okay, well, you do go right before me. So I'll be watching for backstage, I.

29:58
Starburst
Guess, or front stage.

30:01
Sleeping Draugr
Probably backstage.

30:03
Starburst
Why not front stage?

30:05
Sleeping Draugr
I guess I could.

30:06
Starburst
Exactly. You should be watching my performance. It's gonna be really good.

30:10
Starry Eyes
As they're going back and forth about the front fizz, you walk over to your manager. We'll say it's the tiefling that jam helped, like loot stuff in with earlier. Sort of gray skin, slicked back, black hair.

30:30
DJ Orbital Death Laser
What's his name?

30:35
Starry Eyes
His name is Noldrin.

30:37
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Noldrin. Okay.

30:38
Starry Eyes
Why not?

30:39
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay.

30:40
Starburst
Why not? You can't just say why not?

30:44
Starry Eyes
Sorry. His name is Noldren. You've known this for a very long time. Anyway, he's like a lower level manager. You do have another manager who's like the really fancy guy that actually san and ran into earlier. And his name is Roboto. Yes, but. But Mildred. Yeah, you can. You can ask him for permission to.

31:12
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay. I walk up to him and I look up at him and I'm like, listen, Noel, you're gonna think this sounds crazy, but I need to go out for a little bit and help these kids. Rough Gila gang. I think they want to get this show on the road already. And. Come on, it'll be good for business if we get the judge, right? It'll be really good for business. And Come on, if I help them, we'll look like heroes. So it's a good idea. Come on, let me do this.

31:42
Sleeping Draugr
I'm convinced.

31:45
Starry Eyes
Give me. Give me a persuasion check. Yes.

31:49
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I haven't done this a million years.

31:53
Starburst
I got a D20.

31:54
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You got a natural 20. Oh, my gosh. Okay.

31:59
Starry Eyes
Oh, my gosh.

31:59
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I'm convinced. Yeah.

32:02
Starry Eyes
Noldrin like kind of like scratches his. His chin and you know, this was like. Oh, there's actually like a small little goatee there. But anyway, that's a. That's. Wow. That's. That's. Honestly, it's a great idea. Fizz. I didn't. I didn't know you had them.

32:26
DJ Orbital Death Laser
He like scratches his head like, this is a wonderful idea.

32:30
Starry Eyes
Yes. This is this is. This is your new job. You. You will find the judge. And. And this will. This is part of your service to the casino. Yes. This is a great idea.

32:46
DJ Orbital Death Laser
He looks and he's like. His voice kind of breaks because he wasn't expecting to get this far. He's. I won't let you down. Okay. I won't let you down. And he just, like. He turns around with, like, a pep in his step, and he hops back up on the stool. He's like, guys, let's get these goons. Yes.

33:07
Sleeping Draugr
This is what I'm talking about.

33:11
Starburst
Yeah, fine.

33:13
Slim Chino
All right. Look at these goons.

33:15
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah. So you guys have any experience with fighting or weapons or anything?

33:22
Starburst
So I play guitar.

33:24
Sleeping Draugr
Do I have experience with weapons? Yes.

33:27
Starburst
Xanan, how often do you lie?

33:31
Sleeping Draugr
I mean, I don't really keep count. No, really, I do have experience with Latinos.

33:36
Starburst
You should just start keeping count.

33:39
Sleeping Draugr
Like, for what reason?

33:41
Starry Eyes
I don't know.

33:41
Starburst
It just seems helpful for you and for me. We could make a song about it.

33:47
Sleeping Draugr
Wait, you're onto something here?

33:48
Starburst
I'm usually onto something here.

33:52
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, okay. Let's just say if you're around these parts a lot, you're definitely going to want to be a little scrappy. So if anybody's falling behind, I can help you, I guess. But I don't really want to, so don't make me.

34:05
Slim Chino
I've been around. Don't worry.

34:07
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay. All right. I trust you.

34:09
Slim Chino
I will say no more.

34:13
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I give a knowing glance.

34:14
Slim Chino
Yeah, you get the idea.

34:17
Starburst
I mean, I could put someone to sleep.

34:20
Sleeping Draugr
I. I like. I tap. I tap the. The top of my. My briefcase. Like, I use car sales. But this baby is a gist for music, I'll tell you that much. Cargo space, cargo space. Oh, no. Go space, cargo road.

34:42
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah.

34:43
Starry Eyes
Well, Yorcus heads over to Noldren and they have a private conversation. Of course, if anyone wants to eavesdrop, you can.

34:55
DJ Orbital Death Laser
How far away is this happening from us?

34:58
Starry Eyes
Yerkos kind of, like, heads over to the bar and kind of, like, waves Noldren over and so say, like, pretty close to the bar, not, like, too far away.

35:07
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I'm still on the clock for, like, this current moment in time. And I know both of these people, so I'm just gonna try to, like, inconspicuously, like, wipe down a glass while facing the other direction. Hopefully they don't notice me because I'm short.

35:23
Slim Chino
Can I also try? Because that's something I do.

35:25
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, you just like, like, slide over to them, be like.

35:28
Slim Chino
Yeah.

35:28
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Hey. Hey. What's going on.

35:30
Slim Chino
I will. Oh, sorry.

35:31
Starry Eyes
Go ahead. No.

35:32
Slim Chino
Oh, I was gonna say I. I was planning to at some point gamble in some fashion. So I was like, maybe I can use walking over to like, a roulette table as an excuse to just, you know, walk by.

35:41
Starry Eyes
Oh, I like that idea a lot. You head over to a roulette, do you. What do you. You bet on black, red or green?

35:50
Slim Chino
Oh, I. I wasn't actually. I was just gonna do it like on the way over, but I can gamble.

35:55
Starry Eyes
Oh, you don't have to.

35:56
Slim Chino
No, I want to.

35:57
Starry Eyes
But as you're like, you're heading over to kind of like eavesdrop, right?

36:00
Slim Chino
Yeah.

36:01
Starry Eyes
Yeah.

36:01
Slim Chino
Okay.

36:02
Starry Eyes
But I mean, if you want, I.

36:04
Slim Chino
Just thought I'll put it on. I'll put it. I'll put. How much should I put on red? How much? What's the, what's the buy in for the table? Or black or whatever it may be?

36:14
Starry Eyes
What's the buy in? Oh, yeah. I mean, isn't roulette just like. It's like there's like one green and then like half. Half black, half red.

36:25
Slim Chino
Yeah.

36:26
Starry Eyes
I don't really know how casinos work. I don't know. You put down however much a million gold pieces.

36:31
Sleeping Draugr
What's a minimum?

36:32
Slim Chino
What's a, what's a silver.

36:36
Starry Eyes
Piece is the minimum?

36:37
Slim Chino
Are there any gambling games specific to this universe that I can gamble on?

36:43
Starry Eyes
Oh, specific to this universe.

36:45
Slim Chino
Oh, yeah, you can make a.

36:51
Starry Eyes
Sorry, wasn't roulette wasn't that good?

36:53
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Do they have coffee?

36:54
Slim Chino
I'll do, I'll do roulette. Can I put a bet on the odds of us saving the judge?

37:00
Starry Eyes
I mean, I don't know.

37:02
DJ Orbital Death Laser
There's just like a big screen and it's like, will the judge be found? 98%. No.

37:08
Starry Eyes
Maybe there's, I don't know, like a chicken race or something. Can I,.

37:13
Slim Chino
Can I put two silver on red?

37:16
Starry Eyes
Yes, go for it. Okay, roll me.

37:22
Slim Chino
What should I roll?

37:23
Starry Eyes
Roll me a D100.

37:24
Slim Chino
D100.

37:26
Starry Eyes
If. Yeah,.

37:30
Sleeping Draugr
Perfect. You be at 10 place once this.

37:36
Slim Chino
Okay, so 15 on red. Yeah.

37:40
Starry Eyes
Okay. Yeah, no, it. It lands on a black one. Oh, sorry. Even 15 is a red number. Is it?

37:47
Slim Chino
In my head it's red.

37:49
Starry Eyes
In my head, I was doing red was even and black.

37:52
Slim Chino
Well, no, I just mean like the number 15 is like the color red. It's not. Not like on a roulette wheel. It's just a roof.

37:57
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I actually agree with you. I do feel like 15 is like.

37:59
Starry Eyes
A Red number not to influence your.

38:02
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Decision as the dm.

38:04
Slim Chino
I'll lose my two silver fair and square if I can. If I can try to eavesdrop.

38:08
Starry Eyes
Sure. I'll say you get advantage on the eavesdropping because of this. And Fizz, you also get advantage because you work here. So you blend in anyways. You can either do deception or you can do perception. So it's like, are you trying to blend in more or are you trying to just listen closely?

38:28
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I guess I will go for. Actually, I guess it doesn't really matter. I have a plus one to either. So I'll just roll and we'll see what happens.

38:37
Starry Eyes
Totally. You have advantage though.

38:39
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I actually got a two, so it will be a three and I do a bad job of listening.

38:44
Starry Eyes
Well, advantage. You roll again.

38:46
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Oh yeah. Let's go. Okay. What's that? Okay, I got an 11. Okay. Okay. A little better.

38:54
Starry Eyes
That's. That's good enough. And jam.

38:57
Slim Chino
Yeah, I've got. I'm trying to figure. I have like the DoT under profit for deception or proficiency. And then I also have plus three.

39:04
Starry Eyes
That's good.

39:05
Slim Chino
And what should I roll? A 20?

39:06
Starry Eyes
Yeah, 20.

39:07
Sleeping Draugr
Okay.

39:10
Slim Chino
Five.

39:11
Starry Eyes
All right.

39:11
Slim Chino
Yeah, I roll that again for advantage. 15. That's more like at 19.

39:18
Starry Eyes
Awesome. 11 And 19. That's enough to ease drop in. You hear Yus talking to Naldrin the manager? Well, yes. I just heard that the judge was kidnapped over by the part of the railroad that passes through the Red hills. Yes. You can't see it, but Fizz is like leaning in very intently right now.

39:49
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Got a big hand over my head.

39:51
Starry Eyes
And Noldren says, oh, okay. Well look, we should probably keep this information on the down low. We don't want people to get too hysterical. That said, Noldren kind of like looks around and then like he looks at you, Fizz.

40:10
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I make myself smaller. Like I'm. I'm just like cowering and like wiping down like a glass. Like they can't see me if I'm short. Fizz.

40:20
Starry Eyes
Fizz, get over here. Get over here, Fizz.

40:22
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Oh, okay. And I kind of like scamper over there and I'm like standing attention. Yes.

40:32
Starry Eyes
Don't spread the word too far around because we want our best people working on this. We heard that the Gila gang was last seen heading towards the Red Hills. You know the Red Hills that are in the desert around here? Yes.

40:47
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, I mean, I've been sent on a couple runs over there time to time. Yeah, I can. I can get there.

40:55
Starry Eyes
Good. Very Good. Very good. Look, if you do it, that'll be a great image for the casino.

41:03
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, I. I care a lot about the image of this casino. And there's nothing that I want more than for you guys to be in a good place and for people to look at you fondly. There's nothing I want more than that.

41:18
Starry Eyes
This is so sweet. This Tiefling man is not he. He smirks. Very like pitying you. Yeah. Jam, you overhear this conversation?

41:32
Slim Chino
I listen, I learn. I try not to draw attention.

41:39
DJ Orbital Death Laser
So do they have like an encampment over there? Like, what are we looking for exactly?

41:46
Starry Eyes
Yorkus kind of. He scratches the back of his blue hair and he kind of like feels it again and notices that there's like maybe a little bit like less hair than there was before. Maybe it's like. Feels a little crispy. But he kind of. He just looks confused, but he doesn't know why it feels that way. And then it says, we don't really know what's over there. But this is just what the authorities from the train reported seeing. They said that they're wargs and we're heading towards the Red Hills, so could be an encampment. Yes.

42:27
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay. Those bastards and their wargs. When I make a sour face.

42:35
Starry Eyes
Indeed. He checks his pocket watch.

42:43
Starburst
Anyway, this guy needs to stop checking his pocket watch.

42:47
Starry Eyes
He's nervous.

42:48
DJ Orbital Death Laser
This is stress.

42:49
Starry Eyes
It's stressful.

42:51
Starburst
He's setting me.

42:53
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You're gonna get mad at a man for stimming?

42:55
Starburst
Yes.

42:58
Starry Eyes
All right, Fizz, you have the info? The Red Hills.

43:02
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay, I. I go back over to where. To where you guys are standing at the bar. And I'm like, good news, guys. Not only do I have permission to go out here and look for these people, but I have a pretty big lead on where they might be.

43:19
Sleeping Draugr
Yes. I knew it was a good idea to talk to you.

43:22
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, you got lucky this time.

43:29
Sleeping Draugr
Good one.

43:30
DJ Orbital Death Laser
We're looking for the Red Hills. We're looking for the Red Hills. Do you know that place? Oh, I guess you wouldn't. You're not from around here. And I chuckle and I'm like, it's going to be a pretty long walk, but we'll get there maybe by nightfall.

43:48
Starburst
That's a really long time.

43:49
Slim Chino
Yeah.

43:50
Sleeping Draugr
Do you know, I mean, unless we want to do a little wait until night if I do a little sneak attack.

43:56
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, I do blend in with the knight.

43:59
Sleeping Draugr
I don't.

44:02
Starburst
Ever done a montage before. Can we just like skip over there and like a montage? I'm Saying this in character.

44:10
Slim Chino
A what?

44:11
Sleeping Draugr
I don't know. What. What do you mean what?

44:12
DJ Orbital Death Laser
We can do a montage.

44:13
Sleeping Draugr
Let me cut to a mont.

44:27
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You can see the bantering in the montage.

44:29
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, the banter is so good.

44:31
Starburst
The entire montage is just the bantering. Yeah, it just like cuts between like them walking.

44:36
Sleeping Draugr
If the background changes occasionally, it doesn't.

44:40
Starburst
Really change that much. It's all desert.

44:42
Starry Eyes
It's so much desert. The, the sky does change colors because then the sunset and it's pretty. And. Yeah. As the sun is kind of on the horizon and setting into twilight,.

44:59
Sleeping Draugr
You.

44:59
Starry Eyes
Need to see if you could find any tracks. So if anyone wants to do a survival check and if anyone wants to.

45:07
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Help, I have a plus three on survival,.

45:13
Slim Chino
Plus one. So I'm not. Not of much use.

45:16
Starry Eyes
Well, yeah, okay. If people are interested in helping, you could do that if you want.

45:21
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, I would love to aid.

45:23
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, you can help. You can help us survive.

45:25
Starry Eyes
Yeah. So you will get advantage on the roll then.

45:27
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay. Okay, well, I'm definitely gonna want to roll again because that was a five. Let's do it again. Oh, okay. A 19 plus three. So we're good.

45:39
Starry Eyes
Really good.

45:39
DJ Orbital Death Laser
We live.

45:42
Starry Eyes
The montage stops as the sun is setting and with the long cast shadows, you kind of kneel down with your little bird legs to the dry, cracked earth and you notice that there's prints in the sand and yeah, this is no doubt. These are like warg prints for sure. And not only that, yeah, there's. There's signs of life nearby. You notice that you can hear some people. I don't, maybe not people, but if like very far off in the distance, there's this like a, I guess like a grumbling sound of a warg. Yeah. Anyway, there's signs of wargs.

46:32
DJ Orbital Death Laser
We, we must be getting pretty close here. They're dogs.

46:36
Starry Eyes
So. Yeah, if you lead the group up towards a hill and you kind of peek over this desert hill, there's like a few shrubs that you can also kind of hide behind. You will see that they have made a little encampment and it's looks like something temporary as they're kind of like making their. Their way through the desert. But there's a campfire at the center and there's just like there's some goblins and a bugbear and like a few other sort of just, you know, humanoid bandits. Not nothing like really of note, but the bugbear is definitely like, of most like, notice. Oh yeah, it's the Gila Gang. And by the campfire, you see there's a sun elf with his hands tied behind his back, sat before the fire. And he looks roughed up.

47:34
DJ Orbital Death Laser
I think I see the judge. I think. I think they've got him tied up. But those Gila gang guys, they've got some pretty tough looking enemies. So I would make sure you guys are ready before we go over there. And I'm whispering.

47:50
Starburst
Streamlight has this hand and his bag, like, he's just like his whole arm, like, dipped into this bag, and it's like it shouldn't fit in there.

48:00
DJ Orbital Death Laser
You good there?

48:02
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, I'm good.

48:03
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Kind of. Kind of deep in that bag.

48:05
Starburst
Don't worry about it.

48:06
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Okay.

48:07
Slim Chino
Can I just cast invisibility on myself to be prepared?

48:10
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Well, how long does your invisibility last?

48:13
Slim Chino
Less than or equal to an hour.

48:16
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Oh, well, yeah. Yeah. Okay.

48:18
Starry Eyes
Yeah. If you want to go invisible.

48:20
Slim Chino
Yeah, I just figured you might as well.

48:23
Sleeping Draugr
Well, I should probably deploy my thing.

48:25
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Deploy my thing. Go my thing.

48:28
Sleeping Draugr
Go my thing. All right. And I'm gonna, like, I'm gonna go down the hill a little bit because I assume this will be a little bit loud, and I want to kind of put some distance so we don't draw too much attention. And I'm going to purposefully this time, unlatch my brief, my oversized, un. Huge brass briefcase, and let the dogs out. So what unfolds from this briefcase as this. Oh, shall I lean closer to the mic? Okay. So what unfolds from this briefcase is as the sides fold down and then fold in on themselves in this mess of just brass mechanisms, cogs and strings, keys. It definitely looks like there is some sort of a instrument happening, maybe like a mix of like a, A, A harpsichord and like a xylophone.

49:18
Sleeping Draugr
Like, there's a lot of various instrumentation happening on this thing, and it eventually resolves itself into the form of a very large dachshund, a very large wiener dog with completely made of brass. The same sparks of blue magic that flow through Zannin's gear also flow through the future instrumentation for the rhythm of graceful resonance, shortened to fear gear, or fifi. And Zier gear says, like, fifi heal. And this huge. It's big enough for him to use it as a mount just very happily, like, trots up next to him and there's like little tiny, like, bright chords that echo with the dog's footsteps. And he says, up. Stealth. Stealth, everybody.

50:18
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Right.

50:19
Sleeping Draugr
Okay. And gets down and sort of like cranks like a Couple gears. And then the dog is quiet. He looks at it.

50:26
Starburst
He's like. Our stream looks at it, and he's.

50:28
Starry Eyes
Like, what the heck?

50:30
Starburst
Hell is that?

50:31
Sleeping Draugr
Well, you see, this is my future instrumentation for the rhythm of graceful resonance. I call her Fifi. This is my instrument.

50:40
DJ Orbital Death Laser
That thing is an instrument.

50:42
Sleeping Draugr
I mean, I would be happy to demonstrate. You see?

50:45
Starburst
Streamlink. Pull the guitar out of the bag of holding, like, the thing that he was just, like, holding his hand in. And he's like, this is an instrument. That's a dog.

50:54
Sleeping Draugr
This is an instrument.

50:55
Starburst
That's a metal dog.

50:56
Sleeping Draugr
Listen, I, I'm an innovator. I, I, I've made something new, something fresh, experimental.

51:04
Starburst
Innovators play bass guitar. That's an instrument.

51:08
DJ Orbital Death Laser
We are, like, only a few, like, tens of feet away from the enemies. Could we maybe.

51:14
Sleeping Draugr
Yeah, you just. You sound like the rest of my guild. You'll see. You'll see tomorrow.

51:22
Starburst
Tomorrow?

51:23
Sleeping Draugr
Yes, when we do our auditions.

51:27
Starburst
If it's tomorrow.

51:29
Sleeping Draugr
Well, you'll also see something tonight. I've really tricked this baby out. Your dog? Yeah, my dog called it Fear Gear. Fear Gear. Or Fifi.

51:44
Starburst
I'm not calling it Feefee.

51:46
Sleeping Draugr
Well, Fear Gear works. Or, you know, you can use the full name. Fearg. F I R G. A little at it.

51:54
Starburst
Like, he's, like, shocked.

51:57
Sleeping Draugr
Fear.

52:00
Starry Eyes
So down at the bottom of these, like, red, sandy hills, you see the Gila gang is clustered around the campfire. There's a couple wargs, some goblins hanging around. And this bugbear captain, the judge, Alir, is helpless, waiting to be saved. And after more minutes of banter between Zannin and Stream than expected, right before a fight, the four of you get ready to head down and do. Are you gonna do a sneak attack?

52:45
Slim Chino
I mean, I'm invisible, so I'm.

52:47
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Yeah, I'm all kinds of good for a sneak attack.

52:51
Sleeping Draugr
I'm just gonna crouch at the top of the hill with my dog and ready to rush in after everyone else picks their presents.

52:56
Starburst
I'm a bard. I don't think there's any sneaking for me. I go in and I go.

53:00
Slim Chino
You can be a distraction.

53:06
Starburst
Oh, and you're.

53:08
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Should we just, like, send you in as live bait?

53:11
Starburst
Okay, I've got a couple of spells. Like, I was thinking, like, what if I just, like, use, like, dissonant whispers on them?

53:16
Sleeping Draugr
Like, I'll, like, freak them out a little.

53:18
Starburst
I just, like, pull out, like, my random, like, charm person or minor illusion or, like, dancing lights. I give them a performance.

53:25
Starry Eyes
Yeah, totally. Well,.

53:30
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Let's go.

53:31
Starry Eyes
I guess we'll just go in a line and just like give me what's going on in your character's head as you're heading down to save the judge and what might you be preparing and whatnot. You want to start with us, Fizz?

53:45
DJ Orbital Death Laser
So I am holding on to my walking stick, which I kind of pull into two pieces, and then I snap it back into one piece, like kind of reversing it, and it turns out into a mighty cool javelin with all the little steampunk gears and accoutrements on it. And, you know, he's. He's walking with some confidence because this is not his first rodeo with the Gila gang being in debt to the casino. They have him do many a various battle with an enemy or two here and there, and he is pretty much willing to go out and fight. It's a. A lot more interesting than being a bartender, that's for sure. And he's just thinking, man, they actually seemed to be pretty confident in me this time. Maybe I'll be allowed to leave after all. I'm not sure. Maybe.

54:40
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Maybe if I do good and I prove myself, then they'll consider that a job well done and I can get out of here. So that'll be nice. He'd. He has no clue. And he just kind of like brandishes his weapon and is just. He's not too worried about being seen. He's a. He's a very like black as night crow walking through the desert at night. They're not going to spot him. Come on.

55:07
Starry Eyes
All right, Zannin.

55:09
Sleeping Draugr
All right. Zannin is hiking up the backside of this hill to crouch at the top. A little bit less stealthy maybe than other members of the party are being right now. But with Fifi by his side and he quietly, like, points over the ridge of the hill towards Alir, towards the Judge. And tells Fifi quietly, ready, defend. But keeps a hand on the top of the dog back like a hunting dog. And Fifi ready to spring forward when he releases. And then in his other hand, he sort of waves his fingers and a bright blue flame sort of coalesces and he's ready to strike with that as well. And he. But he mostly has eyes on the judge. This is his opportunity. This is his chance to. To prove his guild wrong. And he. He is on the edge of his seat.

56:13
Starry Eyes
Okay. And jam.

56:15
Slim Chino
Yeah. I'm just trying my best to quietly walk over, but I'm not really like sneaking around. I'm just kind of like making sure that my steps are pretty quiet because, I mean, they can't see me. And I'm honestly tempted on the way. Like, I'm looking out for any, like, coins or trinkets or things they may have left around to just pick up while I'm invisible before I cast a spell. Just trying to decide what I'm gonna do once I get there. But I'm like, well, maybe like, while they still don't see me, I could just like take this little bag of coins and take this little, you know, little thing they got on the ground at their little camp.

56:51
Starry Eyes
Snooping around the camp. Yeah, totally. And then stream.

56:59
Starburst
Looky, we're gonna die here.

57:15
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Next time on Fantasia D and D. Will they win the encounter with the infamous Gila Bandits or will they die? Find out next time on Fantasia DND the only WKNC podcast. It's the only one. There aren't any others.

57:43
Sleeping Draugr
Vintage is not the only podcast on wknc. If podcasts last longer than eight hours, please see your doctor.

57:50
Starry Eyes
Thank you for tuning in to Fantasia World Tour. See you next time.

57:58
DJ Orbital Death Laser
Good job, everybody. Good job.

58:08
Starry Eyes
This episode concludes the second half of our session one recorded here at WKNC 88.1 Raleigh. I'm the DM and DJ Starry Eyes. Thank you so much for tuning in to Fantasia World Tour. Our music for this episode was provided by the following Lost in the Forest who can be found on Bandcamp at: lostintheforest.bandcamp.com as well as music from artists available on YouTube listed in order of their appearance. In this episode, we had El Mosco by Inaban, A Baroque Letter by Aaron Kenny, Champion by Telecasted, Wunderkind by Freedom Trail Studio, Almost a Year Ago by John Deley and the 41 Players, Today Remains Sweet by Lish Grooves, Up and At Em by Nathan Moore, East West along with Minor Lament for Solo Bass by John Patitucci.

59:07
Starry Eyes
We also had You Are My Rainbow along with Light Expanse by Unicorn Heads, Swing Haven 10 by Austin-Reed Mathis, Guera Encantadora by Casa Rosa, Midnight Prophet by Sarah the Illstrumentalist, Harpsichord Fugue by Sir Cubworth along with sound effects from the YouTube audio library. A big shout out to our lovely DJs who played in this episode. DJ Orbital Death Laser, Slim Chino, Starburst and Sleeping Draugr. This concludes Fantasia: World Tour!'s first full session. Thank you for listening,.

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