Once Upon a Witchlight | Ep. 50 | The Getaway Gangarang
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Welcome to Legends of Aventress! Torbeck's name is Torbeck, and you're listening to Once Upon a Witchlight. Here's what happened last time. There is only one ruler of Prismir, and that is Sibylna. Utilize the stolen cauldron of ancient magics.

and the Unicorn Wand that you now hold in your hand. To put the Palace of Hearts Desire in a time stop undoing this magic will take quite a few powerful magical artifacts. One, you will have to fell the foul beast that guards the castle, the Jabberwock. But you will need to find someone to help. Somewhere in Prismir is a warlock. The warlock is patron, his Baba Yaga.

It is through her that you will be able to learn more about the cauldron. You will have to gain her favor. There is an oil can named Squirt. You can find him at Little Oak with a getaway gang. Let us away, gentlemen. We are heading to Little Oak to meet the one and only Will of the Feywild.

You look up ahead and you see that there appears to be a small bit of a clearing. Maybe another crossroads or a fork in the road. Excuse me, young lady, do you need a strap and young lad to help you? What happened here? Are you all right? I'm on my way to Loon Lurch. I've got a favor to ask of Granny Mountain Shade. And as you look, you see that the forest is spinning out around you. And in the very center, towering over the rest of the trees, you see a giant oak tree.

who I think you now know, is known as Little Oak. A small rapscallion of a boy leaps from the treehouse and slams into the ground in front of you. As he looks up at all of you, he says, Stand down or face my merry hell!

You have been traveling through Thither for quite some time now. Just recently you had spent some time at the Wayward Pond where you had met the unicorn, Lemorna, and learned about how she had been separated from her lost love. And she was near inconsolable, had it not been for the vision that, um...

- Crummy, your character's name is Crummy in this, right? - No, it's Brigsby. - You gotta stop, you have too many lizard folk warlocks. - That's just my lizard folk warlock. - Oh my god, literally my mind went completely blank and I'm like which one is it in this one? Which one is it? - It's Brigsby. - Yeah, Crummy. If it hadn't been for the vision that Crummy had seen,

of the unicorn, the hornless unicorn held captive in what you now know to be Yon. It is with this information that you are able to gain the allegiance of this unicorn. And who knows what that may bring for all of you, but you do have a powerful ally at your hands. You just have to fulfill the deal of bringing her lost love back to her.

It is with that information that she provides you with some more information that you needed to know about Granny Nightshade. You have learned about her visage, that she is...

toy-like in nature. That she runs a workshop at Loom Lurch, and that she has a key in her back that depending on the way it turns can determine what her actual mood is regardless of what she may be saying at the time. A great way for you to determine deceit from truth. And she also gives you information about a tree where you can find

a group of young boys, a group of kids actually, that have escaped from Granny Nightshade, that may have additional information on how to infiltrate Loom Lurch and possibly more information on how to acquire that which you seek. And it is with that information that you make your way from the wayward pool, wayward pond, and journey further, deeper into Thither.

until you come to a crossroads and you meet an elderly woman who had just recently lost her husband. She was kind, if not a bit strange, but you were able to make a quick ally as she was headed directly to Loom Lurch for her own purposes. And though you may not completely agree with the choices that she's making in her life, you do imagine that should you both, should you find yourselves

at Loom Lurch together that you could help each other in some way. So you at least know one ally that you will have at Loom Lurch itself. And as you part ways, you continue in the direction that even she told you she believed the children to be. It doesn't take long before you eventually leave the

the tree line and find yourself in an outcropping overshadowed by an incredibly large tree. Little oak is what you've come to know it to be. And at first it is quiet. You see swings that hang down from the canopy, a large tree house embedded in the branches itself. As you scout out this place looking for any signs of

habitation, you eventually hear the sounds of creaking boards as a small boy leaps from the canopy from the balcony of the treehouse and lands directly at your feet, pointing a small dagger at you. He calls out, questions your purpose here and what you were doing at Little Oak.

And it is here that you stand. This small boy is staring out at you, having just said the words, "Stand down or face merry hell."

As he points to stagger at all of you, looking between you, you look up at the treehouse and you see other small forms peeking up over the wooden railing that surrounds it. You see small faces looking out of the windows of the treehouse. You even notice scattered throughout the canopy of the tree itself, children are hanging there, hiding, watching, waiting to see what will happen. Do I recognize this child? You do not.

I would say there is a very, there is a similarity to the image that you saw on the Wanted poster, but it's very clearly a drawing and it's not a... But I would say you could look at it and be like, that's clearly Will of the Feywild. Tormek screams and immediately tries to hide behind Graco. No!

He's got a knife! Get back here, chicken! Get back to me! And he shrinks behind Gricka. All standing scrunched up. Yeah, be scared! You've come into my domain. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't you disrespect me, little man. Don't you disrespect me in my home, crocodile. What did you just call me, kid? I called you a crocodile. You think I'm a crocodile? What else would you be?

You ever heard of a fucking alligator before? Watch your tone here, crocodile. There are children present. I think I can let this one slide. What do you think, you? I don't know, man. I mean, it doesn't seem to know anything about alligators. It's kind of just blatantly disrespectful. I mean, I think it'd take about half a punch from you. What do you think? I'd like to see you try.

You don't want to be punched by Gideon. He's quite the punch. He'd have to catch me first. Let me ask you a question. And he's quite fat and large. Do you know how many clowns Gideon has accidentally manslaughtered? That's how strong he is. Well, good thing I'm not a man. Well, you don't have to be a man. You have to be a clown. You have to be a man to be manslaughtered. He's got you there, actually. You're good. You're good. Damn. Fuck.

This kid's sharp. He really is. Not as sharp as my blade, and he twists it and points it back at you. If you don't know what an alligator is, I'm going to presume you don't realize what a fucking bounty you have on your head. What did I say about watching your words? All right. They're children present.

Guys, how are we losing this? Be smarter! Perhaps we should leave in defeat. Yes, to my friend's point, despite his vulgarity, you are aware that you have a bounty on your head, are you not? Yeah. All right. Are you doing anything about that, or...? Defending my home. I don't think you know who we are. Look, I'm just going to put it out there. I don't.

We could end things in about three seconds flat. Just, I think, for comparison, just so you know, I would love to negotiate. I'm not scared of you. You anger me, you anger the tree. You anger the tree. All right. You anger the forest. Where do you think you are, crocodile? Smack dab in the middle of the forest. I like those odds. Look, I'll acknowledge I'm in your world now, not my world, all right?

And I'm happy to talk, you understand? What I'd like to know-- Who are you and what brings you to Little Oak? Well, I guess we should do proper introductions instead of fucking screaming. What did I say about your words? Sorry, I'm-- look. This is gonna be-- What? What I do, my name's Kremla Crewe, and this is Carnival Le Crewe. We are a band of-- I can't say any of that. What? Huh? What? I'm gonna call you Crocodile. Why don't you just call me

Crammy. Cram? Crocky. Fine. You can call me whatever you want, mascot platform. But I was thinking-- All right, Crocky. And my name is Morning Frost. You can call me Morning Frost. No. Is he Crocky too? No, I haven't decided what I'm gonna call him yet. My name is Little Green. This is Big Red. Whatever you do, don't call him a bitch.

Don't say those words here. There are children present. Bitch, come outside now. Hey! It's a little inappropriate. Dorbeck's name is Dorbeck. I can say that one. Why does Scabatha want you so bad? Answer my question first. What are you doing in Little Oak?

We're in Little Oak to better understand why Scabatha wants you so bad. She's no ally of ours, and maybe she's an enemy, but the prize for turning you in is pretty high. - So you're here because you think you can claim the prize?

- I know, I can claim the prize. You're a kid, I'm a lady. - They indicated that he was under the protection of this tree. If we were to threaten you or the children, would the tree magically come to life and defend you? Is that how that works? - Wouldn't magically come to life, it's already alive. - Well then, can we talk to it? - He's the king of the trees, he's the treemeister. - This is the king of the trees in this forest?

We're in the presence of royalty! How can we know for sure that this tree is alive and it's also king? Little Oak?

And you watch as the tree begins to sway and move. The treehouse creaks, but the tree doesn't move in a way that would risk breaking it. As you watch as two large limbs, not holding any of the children, slam down one right after the other on the ground. On either side of you, dust puffs up around you. You begin to choke on the dirt as it's puffing up around you.

Thanks, buddy. Thank you. Pleasure to meet you, Little Oak. Well, if Little Oak doesn't like Scabifer, and he's the king of the trees, why doesn't he have the last march of the trees? What? And, like, blow up loon lurch. What? You know what I mean? Yeah, you could. I mean, that seems obvious. And you think that you...

- These buffoons could take me all of the getaway gang. Little Oak, all of the trees. - Without Little Oak, I think that we'd almost certainly be able to murder all of your friends and you. That's exactly what I was gonna say, bro. - It kinda seems like what you're known for is just getting away. You know? You don't seem like very good at fighting, you know? - Then I guess it doesn't sound like you'd be able to get me and turn me in for that prize then, does it?

Tormek doesn't have any interest in that, but if you don't have the knife, Tormek has like 20 feet of reach. Tormek's very long. It would be tough to get away from Tormek. Not that Tormek is suggesting that he would do anything like that. All I'd have to do is tie your ankle hair together and you wouldn't be able to chase me.

You'd be shockingly surprised how easy the fur detaches from Torbjörn's legs. Ew. It's actually probably a condition. Ew. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to use my parenting skills to defuse the situation. Please, please. Little boy.

This is an elder speaking. I'm taller than you. If-- fuck. Watch your language! Fuck! Watch your language! If you will let us up and parley with us, we will grant you a fly pad and a Seek You, Come, Little Robert, practical trousers popsicle. Throw in some V-Bugs, too. And

And we will give you 20 V-Bucks. Yes. We have V-Bucks? Have you guys been holding out on Torbjörn? What the fuck are V-Bucks? I don't know. What the fuck are they grabbing at? Just make shit up. Oh, man. We will parlay with you.

And we will come up with a plan to join your revolution and destroy Loomlurch and all of the inhabitants inside. What? That's the last thing that I want. We will do the opposite of destroy Loomlurch and all of the inhabitants inside. We will just kill Scabitha. So do you want to kill Scabitha or do you want to turn me in for a prize? Which is it, Croc? I will turn you in.

You threaten it. I wanted to discuss and negotiate, and I just made you aware of the bounty on your head. Does that work for you? Sometimes. With adults, it does. All I'm saying is... It's because adults are scared of everything. These adults aren't hip.

like little greenies. Why do you think bending over at a 45 degree angle with your arms crossed makes you cool to kids? Exactly. Damn, that was all I had left. That was a mountain of ideas! The hat, the hat, the hat! Oh! Oh! I'll reach in and I'll grab-- Don't watch the camera. I'll reach in and I'll grab-- I'll pull out my hat.

Okay, that's-- How about now? That's even worse. Tormek thinks you look pretty cool. What do you think this is, Saturday morning in the 90s? I think, Jack, you'll be in whack. His name is Will. Come on, Will, don't die on that hill.

Well, I do want to see Scabatha brought down. Granny Nightshade is a thorn in everybody's side. I'm not letting you up into the clubhouse just yet. That'd be stupid, especially with the threats that Croc has made. But you know what we'll do? If you'll agree to a drink among friends,

We'll talk right here, where Little Oak and the Getaway Gang can watch. So that way, if you step one foot out of line... I think you and the Getaway Gang will find these adults can really hang. You can call me Morning Floss.

I wish I was dead. I hate these guys. What is this feeling that Dormek has? Dormek feels embarrassed, but didn't say anything. It's called crib. All right, we can share a drink, rum or whiskey.

Yeah. Huh? Rum. I got some rum. Giv's got some whiskey. Take your pick. It's true. We won't. We don't drink alcohol. Wait, you're trying to get drunk with a bunch of kids, freak? Well, you offered a drink. What other drink could you possibly be intending? Yeah. What, you want to drink like tree sap? Uh, no. Blood? Morning mist. Morning mist? He looks over at you, stealing names. My name? You know, it happens during the morning frost.

There's no need to be so pissed. We'll join you for some morning mist. What? I'll let you handle this one. It's working. Is morning mist a drink? Yeah. Oh, oh.

They probably should have called me before they named it. I'm going to call my lawyer right away. I'm going to know it, please. Sloane, can you get us some morning mist, please? Sue the Feywild. Little Oak, can you make us some stumps? And you watch as a ring of stumps appears in the middle of this area.

All in varying heights to accommodate your different sizes. And then one that's just slightly higher than Gricko's for Will.

And he takes a seat as you watch as a ginger-haired female wood elf begins to climb down the tree. She runs around behind it and then you watch as she scampers over. She has a very kind face and she looks at all of you and smiles and then looks at Will who scowls at her and she goes... And she attempts to make her face look angry but she seems very...

She seems very curious about all of you as she holds up what are clearly the large bluebell flowers. And inside of them is a sparkling pale blue liquid that seems to be the condensed collection of mist in the morning of Feywild. And she begins to pass them out to you. This one's for you, Morning Frost. Thank you. You're welcome. Yeah!

"This one's for you, little green." Oh, thanks. But on the hip, give me some skin. She goes to slap your hand and then she looks over at Will and she goes, "Ugh, just take it." Too slow! Yeah. Oh no! Aw, I only brought six. I'll grab it and I'll say, "What is--

Why does it say "morning" and scratched out it says "Sierra"? It's very interesting. She goes around in this manner to all of you, handing out these flowers filled with this bubbling liquid. I'm assuming that Kremi actually spikes his whole nose like this. What do you think? Yeah, me too. Cheers.

You all begin to drink? Yeah. Yeah! It has a little bit of a natural fizz to it, but it is just very lightly sweet, effervescent, and as you drink it down, there's no citrus.

It's almost a floral note to it and you're unable to tell if it's because of the vessel it was sitting in or the liquid itself. But you, when you open your mouth afterwards, a bit of mist begins to spill out. Just a small amount. And you eventually drink down the entire flower of morning mist and Will just watches you curiously. So.

Your issue with Scabatha then, huh? You make a bum deal trying to get back something you lost. Well, I guess we sort of made a few deals. We did. There's really nothing we lost. A friend of ours, I guess you could say, she lost something. And we kind of owe somebody else. You begin to feel a bit woozy. Something that, what was I saying? Are you all right, man?

I'm just feeling a little... Anyway, I was saying... Oh, yeah. You spiked your drink, right? Yeah, I put a little bit of rum in mine. Jim, did you spike your drink? Oh, yeah. You also begin to feel woozy. Oh.

We talked to a hag who said, "There's a pain with my fucking dumbass system." What did I say about your language? Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I said-- She was quoting, you know? I mean, she really did say she was dumb. Are you both feeling okay? And ugly. I'm going to adjust my strategy, lads. I've got to go. Okay?

That's what happened, Matt. For real, for real, this drink be skibbity phantom tax on God. Skibbity phantom tax. What? This ain't no Ohio drink. Oh my God, you are not doing this. You're a straight Rizla, for real, for real. Giving me this skibbity drink. Oh, we've been poisoned! Mike, Mike, Mike, please take an inspiration.

Krikos lost his mind! That was really good, and I hate you for it. That would be fucking crazy. I'll look at Kutil, I'll be like, and she's looking horrified. I'm going to look at Krikos and just see if that worked. He seems very, very confused. I have no idea what you're talking about right now. Few of us ever do. But he looks up, you notice, actually roll a group insight check.

Oh, we roll dice in this fucking plot. You do. Wait, what are you rolling? Insight. I think I'm proficient in that. Let me check. Oh my god. With D&D Beyond. I'm wasted. That is not true. Am I feeling normal? The two of you, you're not like incapacitated. You're just feeling a little bit woozy. Just a little tipsy. Yeah, just a little bit tipsy where you're like, hmm, that hit a little harder than you would have expected. Man, it snuck up on me. Infest, you say? Mm-hmm.

Really open the blood vessels, you know? Yeah, it's like drinking on an empty stomach. 19. I got a 13. 8. 3, okay. 9. Yeah, no, that was a really, really shitty group insight check. It was really awful. No, there were only two of you that got higher than a 10. We don't know what children like. We ran a carnival.

He looks at you very, very confused as you're probably clearly looking up a Gen Z speak.

Ohio Riz. Oh God. Skibbity toilet. Skibbity Ohio Fountains. Can you explain what the Ohio thing is? That was so fucking funny. You just looked it up, so you must know. None of those words are in the Bible. Freaking sweet lowers. They made horrors beyond my comprehension.

It's Sand Undertale. I always come back. Purple guy. I think the kids are going to try to kill us. He's just watching you very confused. Thanos is in Fortnite. Huh? Thanos. Ariana Grande. Is it Ariana Grande still? No.

Do you want Frost to do the flossing again? I can't do the flossing. No, I just want the answers. The Los Angeles Lakers? Huh?

I'm playing Fortnite. I don't know. Oh, it's the globetrotters. I'm playing Fortnite. They have 11 from Stranger Things now. That's the latest skin. I'm looking up Fortnite. Yeah, it was only available for 24 hours. Is that true? Yeah, all of the Stranger Things stuff was only 24 hours, so if you didn't get it, it's gone. I got it. I'm at a 90 degree angle. Oh, Prada. Prada and Marriott Bonvoy.

Well, that's all in Fortnite, too. I'm not kidding. You can be Marriott Bonvoy in Fortnite. How does that work? I don't know. But it's real, I swear. He very clearly just wants you to answer the question. Look, we wouldn't mind killing Scabifer if that's what you're getting at.

Right? Look, we'll just come out and fucking say it, alright? We can kill the hag, and if that helps you, then maybe you can help us! What do you want from the getaway gang? Well, I kinda like Bricko's idea of like, all the trees come alive and it's like, "Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na!" And they start throwing-- Oh yeah, "Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah!" And a very ironic reversal: they all destroyed. Scaver fire!

and loom lunch, but not everyone inside, just Scabatha. Is there some kind of dam they could break to flood the place? While Scabatha's in power, the trees can't do that. Oh. Oh, really? You think if they could march against her, they wouldn't have already done it? You're not Scabatha. They could kill you so easy. Well, I have an idea. I think we do turn you in for a pie with a twist. Mm.

Refreshing. I'm about to take away your inspiration. It just stings. Plus five.

Yeah, Persona 5 tracker. But it's all gonna be a ruse, you dig? You're all being chained, but there won't be any chains, and we get you through the gates, and you're all prisoners. But it'll be like, "Oh no, that's whack. That's crazy." And then we say, "Surprise, Scabafa!" And then we murder her, and you break out all the kids, and it is a... It's a false... production.

The end. If you pretend to be our prisoners, we'll be able to get close to Skabatha and kill her. Why would I ever trust you with my life in that way? Yeah, it's kind of dangerous to put a kid in that position, guys. Especially when you walk in here and threaten me first. We never threatened you.

- That's called negotiation, all right? Clearly you haven't read "How to Influence People and Make Friends." - And neither have you. - Well, I don't think the advice is very good. - I gotta protect the kids. It's not like I wanna stab people that come to Little Oak. - Yeah, how many have you killed? - I don't wanna talk about it.

I'm a hardened killer. But the thing is, he points up to the tree, they've been through a lot. They were stolen from their homes. Scabatha steals children through dreams. They don't even have to come to the Feywild. What? They can be having nightmares at home in their bed.

And then they're just here, working in her factory, making her horrific little toys. All because she hates kids so much. These children are not from the Feywild? They are from the Primaterial Blame? Some of them are, some of them aren't. Just depends. She'll take children however she can. She's evil. She's awful. She's the worst. We gotta do something! And these getaway gangs, they're just the ones that I was able to save.

They're the scrappy ones that were able to get out on their own and I found wandering the forest. There's so many more at Loom Lurch right now. Imprisoned. Well, what's your secret, man? How you been breaking them out? Well, I have a secret of my own. I don't know if I trust you yet enough to tell you, but I know Loom Lurch like the back of my hand. I know things about it that Scabatha doesn't realize I know. I know entrances, I know exits. I know the timing of the guards.

And that's how you've been able to elude her for this entire time. Yeah. And with your knife, occasionally perhaps killing. Yeah. Look, I think you and I are more alike than either of us realized. I mean, we're both trying to protect our found family. Isn't that right? Yeah. We've both ended up in situations where you might have to cut the throat of a frog man stalking you through the swamp just so you don't get tracked to a

Carnival. Where you're doing a job to get a one-up on the frogman's boss. Did you spike your drink? Well, I mean, spike's a relative term. I enhanced it a little bit. Yeah, barely did. Yeah. Yeah.

Ooh, I want to apologize in advance for what's going to happen to you. Are they going to die? Oh man. I'm sorry, what? I didn't know if I could trust you. Oh, so you poisoned us and we're going to die. No, I gave you morning mist. I wanted to see if I could trust you. What are the ingredients? Please tell Torbjorn immediately what's going to happen.

Morning Mist makes you more susceptible to the magics in the Feywild. Things are probably gonna get crazy soon. And it will all be for the entertainment of the kids. You know? But for them... My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. But so here's the thing. Before all of that happens, I think that we could easily come to some kind of agreement. We still need to know that we can trust you, right?

I mean, sure, we're gonna laugh at what's gonna happen to you soon, and we'll all revel in the inconvenience that we have caused you here today. But when all of that's said and done, you could do us a couple of favors. Show that your heart's in the right place. Mainly one specific favor. All right. You'd do that? Well, what's the specific favor?

Yeah, it depends on how bad this poison is. Yeah, how long is it going to last? We should wait until after the effects to greet it. Well, I think you should greet to it now, and then after the effects, as long as you still do it, it shows that your loyalty is pretty sound. That was very sus and not win a chicken dinner. Yeah, I'm kind of a scamp. Ugh.

We just play it ourselves. Torvacs are in the Torvacs' insides, they're going to be Torvacs' outsides, things are starting to sprout genitalia all over the place. Why does this always happen to us? I'm worried about the colors. Your metabolism is really going to determine what happens to you now.

What happens next is up to your metabolism. That's always the case. So what we need from you is-- Okay, yeah, go ahead. There's only one way out of yawn that we know of, and that's an oil can named Squirt. Wait, yawn or--? Sorry, to yawn, out of there. To yawn, okay, all right, I'm tracking.

As much as Endelin is probably the worst of them all, when it comes to kids, nothing's worse than Granny Nightshade. And if I could get the getaway gang out of Thither, and at least into Yon, then maybe, if we could bring Little Oak, maybe we would be able to survive or find a way to get home. Your cause is a righteous one. We agree. I think we would agree regardless of the fact that we'd already made...

packs of our own to confront the Grangers. Yeah, we'll sign with you, hold on. Mr. Remy Giroux. I'm not giving you any kind of contract. Magic Rosloff, King of Hearts, Bavlona Blystraw, Unicorn Lady. What was that, the horse person? Oh. Diana Cloppington. Diana Cloppington. Just draw an arrow and put it in there. Grange mine.

That bugbear's brother. Oh yeah, big team Mermaid. I'll just draw the Mermaid. Hurly. Wasn't it Palasha? Yes, Palasha the Mermaid. I think it was Palasha. Oh, Miss Kettlestein. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, that's a little arrow. I'm going to draw a little bird. That's cute. Anyone else I'm forgetting?

Oh! Oh, bloody toes! Yeah, bloody toes. Yeah, bloody toes. Oh gosh, I hope that they do no kind of... We resolved everything with the keys lady, right? In the mountain? Oh, Tugeltec, oh yeah. PicTunia handled all that. Yeah, PicTunia handled all that. Oh, who's that... What about the guy in the cage? Oh, PicTunia handled that too? Thank God for PicTunia. So Tadavol, he's good. Okay. The Frog Prince, he's good.

And he's done. He's done. Who was that? Was that Pierre in the cooking show? Oh, no, Pierre never got his head back. Oh, he should probably make amends with Pierre soon. Okay. Alright, Morgo. What is she good? Oh, Morgo, she's not good. Oh, we gotta make good about Wiggle Long. Oh, okay. I'm gonna put Morgo in there. Okay. Morgo. We really do need a whiteboard. Yeah. What's the damage?

And we'll add Will of the Feywild to this list. William Walk? Get in the fucking line. I mean, the queue. Here's your copy. I don't need that. Oh. You pull out the yellow page that the carbon copy is. Oh, oh, oh! Will of the Wisp! Will of the Wisp! Not to be confused with Will of the Feywild. Will of the Wisp. Oh gosh. Whatever happened to her? Okay.

Oh, twig. We got to get twig back. Oh, fuck, twig. Oh, isn't there a pumpkin head guy? Yes, there's-- No, he's fine. Oh, clapper claw. I'm scratching that one. I'm counting that as a complete plus. That feels good. Check it off. Oh, yeah. We got the skull back? Mm-hmm. Nice. Oh, the little girl.

Who? Was she metaphorical or was she real? What the fuck are you talking about? He's on my will of the west. No, no, the little girl in the tower that was actually probably... Lardana. Zabilma. Oh, that was like a... Well, then we all got horribly killed by monsters. I don't know if she's real or not or what. I mean, I think we could add Jabberwock just because we owe him a... Yeah, fuck Jabberwock. Hold on, Jabberwock, Jabberwock. Jabberwock, okay, hold on.

What about that real depressing guy? Duncan? Duncan? No, not that depressing guy. Oh, more French dressing. The guy who's missing his heart. Did we get his arm back? Something, whatever guy. You found his heart. Oh, he didn't want it back, right? Heart's right. Heart's right. No, I don't think that he didn't want it back. I just can't remember if we, like, for the sake of brevity, that part. Or if you just left it there in the icebox. What about that naked satyr?

Oh, we just let him go. We just let him go and he said, "Oh, t'lut'le!" Yeah, didn't he give you something? Yeah, he gave you a... No, Torbjörn something! Have a beautiful road! Yeah, no, he's good. Okay, naked satyr in the cage. But we don't know the deal. He turned into a fucking bird. We should figure out what his deal was. He probably had to get... Okay, I'll try it again and give it to the...

Chat's saying Pigtoonia took the heart back, too. Oh, thank you, Pigtoonia! Okay! Depression guy, all for here! Pigtoonia's fantastic. Yeah, fine, Pigtoonia. Really. Sad that she's gone. So all we have to do is find an oil can. I mean, I guess technically we need it anyway, right? Oil can. Squirt. Because we're going beyond. Squirt's upstairs in the treehouse. But Squirt can't really help with anything because how he works is that you've got to fill him with boggle oil.

And when Squirt does things, well, he squirts. And so there's... Okay, you pervert. Okay? He's an oil can.

Everything that Scorts does uses his oil. And he's been working with us for a while, and now all of his oil's depleted. Well, the only place to get the oil is Loom Lurch.

I don't know if you're familiar with this, but boggles are created through the misery of children. So, Granny Nightshade makes sure that the children there are miserable to create more boggles to work for her so that they can create the oil that she uses to light the lanterns and keep the place running. Okay. An old lady with a dead husband.

There was no way she was making that man. Cross her off the list. I'll put a question mark. Yeah. Okay. Squirt. So next is Squirt. We need to fill him up. Yeah. And that's your new list. His name is Squirt? Yeah. Oh, instead of a circle, do the dotted circles so that we know it's an optional side quest.

Now I think it's optional, we gotta do it. Guys! It's the only way we're gonna get to young! Not to- No, not squirm with the fuckin' old lady! That's not making it, there's no way. Oh, I already put a question mark! Should I do a circlet? I think I also- Oh, double circlet. Oh, double circlet. Not to complicate things, but Torbac would be remiss if Torbac didn't also mention Nib in the game. Oh, fuck!

That was kind of an inconclusive ending! I'm gonna do another question mark in a dotted circle. Oh, also, we also had to teach-- start the redemption arc for Agdon Longscoth. Oh, what about-- what do we do with Juniper? And I look over at this giant elmer pulling a chariot. What do we do about her? Is there a place that she might be able to get some water and food here?

You look over and you can see she's already got water and food. Clearly some of the kids have come down from the tree. Oh, she's home! And she seems to have been handling it all very easily. Okay. Both her and Hootsie have water and food. And you notice that there are some bows tied into their owlbear fur. Oh, what about Mr. S.?

Who? And his son. Who? Going to theater school. Snake as Snake. Oh! Snake as? Oh! We got Snake! Snake as Snake! We're running out of bargements! I've got more. I've got more.

How are we gonna do all of this? Oh, a little personal one. Check in on Busty, see how the Ruppet with David is going. Jesus Christ! A little reminder, a little reminder. Okay. Oh, all of Gideon's wives. Ask about Taxi Driver. All of Gideon's wives. Don't forget the unicorn, Lamorna.

Oh my god. Oh, Lamona! Oh, Mr. Witch and Mr. Light! Yeah, Torbek has some unresolved issues with them. Torbek is trying to work through it. Oh, Burly! That's what I was saying, Hurley and Curly and some of the brothers.

And it is at this time that you all begin to see a pink mist begin to form around you. The accumulation of witch light in the air that you don't normally see, but as the morning mist changes the way you view the world around you, you can see what you've been breathing in. It's almost magnetized to you, as if drawn to you by that which you have imbibed.

I need you all to roll a d100. Oh! Screen it back. Let's see if I can get another 100. Hey! I know what that's gonna be. Oh my gosh. Okay, that's not what I thought I got. I got a 26. 2. Wow. 2? 2. On the dot. 42. 94. Wow. What did you get, Frost? 42. The answer to everything. 38.

Well, also life in the universe. You feel this. You have experienced this before. You already know what's coming before it happens. But it does not take a hold. It doesn't take hold immediately.

you live in this feeling for quite a while as you continue to have this conversation with Will. He watches you as you make your list and he eventually tells you that those terms are acceptable to him and the Getaway Gang. And with a...

with a loud cheer from all of the children in the canopy of Little Oak. They all agree with him that these terms are acceptable. And Will lets you know that what happens next is solely for the enjoyment

of the getaway gang. And it's the first time in a long time that they've been able to find this kind of amusement and entertainment here. As one of them lets down a swing from the canopy, he jumps onto the seat, holding onto both of the ropes, and they pull him up into the canopy, and he takes his rightful place in the front of the treehouse. The getaway gang

corralling behind him as they all cross their arms, bend 45 degree angle and look down at you waiting for whatever madcap shenanigans that you will get into. But it doesn't come immediately. And eventually they begin to get a little bit bored and they start to mill about the treehouse. They...

begin to pay less attention, but none of them make any attempt to come down and communicate with you or engage with you in any way. And so for the time being, you are in relative peace as you sit still on these stumps that Little Oak had made for you.

some drinks not morning mist had been left for you, just simple sparkling spring water from somewhere in Thither that you're able to drink. There are some refreshments that had been left by Sloane, the redheaded wood elf girl. And you are left to talk about what it is you plan to do. - Red-haired girl named Sloane? - Mm-hmm. - Sloane.

Torbjorn knows that this has happened a lot. Yeah. Is it so much to ask for Torbjorn to just hope that maybe once this mist would just let us take a nice nap? It's possible. I mean, if it's totally chaotic at random, presumably one of these times we might just be able to enjoy a nap. You know, that'd be nice, but I'm seeing colors I've never seen before, so I'm gonna guess not. Mm.

Oh, we have to stage an intervention for the Seder priest. Oh, that was a bit of a grim turn of events. This list is really daunting! Should we maybe make a donation to Thakko's wife's foundation?

Oh, yeah, and we should probably talk to that catering company about listing their ingredients. Oh, fuck. Are we really going to... I mean, it said peanut butter pie right on the fucking placket. I mean, there's not much more planning we could have done. We don't know the way of anything.

Are we gonna also, all the clowns that he killed, that Gideon killed, are we gonna go back and find their loved ones and give them a little something? I mean... No, Gideon probably just trying to finish the job! Right, they could be clown wives. We don't want to endanger them. We're certainly not obligated until some greater court makes it a class action lawsuit. And then we're gonna owe a whole lot more money. Yeah, that would be a real clown show.

Should we have been perhaps a little stricter with Will and the kids? They're just watching us and they poisoned us and they're waiting for us to drink balls. I feel like we're adults, we don't get it, we're out of touch. We could have put on a show. What the fuck is a gat? I don't know.

I don't fucking know! A what? I don't even know! A gat? A gatling gun? I don't fucking know! I have not heard that one. What the fuck is a mogus? Well either way, we're still headed to whatchacallit.

To fucking whatever it is. Oh no! I can't believe you got this one. I used to know what "it" was. Until it wasn't "it" anymore. I never, I never have. We have no reason to keep her alive as far as I'm concerned. She's fucked up stealing kids with their dreams. We kill her, we get the boggle oil, we get the painting, we bring it back to Will of the Fair Wild, we bring it back to, um... What the fuck's her name?

The last name? Bavlor. Bavlor Blightstraw. And then I think we're done. I wonder if when we get there, we'll accidentally fall through some sort of portal and arrive back in the prime material plane where a small toddler will be chased around by a chameleon villain. Um,

And we'll have to protect them in order to get them back to the fine material point again. That seems extremely likely given everything I've just learned regarding the stealing of children and using their grief and misery in order to power a factory. Francis, did you just make a Monsters, Inc. reference? I did! I love Steve Buscemi. Are you adding Steve Buscemi to the list? Steve Buscemi. Kremi and Gideon, can you each roll another d100 for me, please? What?

- 38. - 49. - Uh, Kremi, can you roll again? - 31. - Wow, and the 30 is gone still. - Yeah, I don't know what to do. I can change my roll. - Continue. No, you're good. - All I gotta say is it's about time we're talking about killing eggs.

Yeah, let's refocus ourselves. Okay, the youth has gotten away from us. They've reminded us that we're all aging. We're probably past our prime. Whoa! Don't tell me that. We're out of touch. I don't want to hear it. And we're not hip anymore, and that's okay. It's okay to not be hip because...

What are they doing to save the Feywild and the mermaids? What the fuck are we doing? I'll deal with the mermaids and the mermaids. They're cutting throats! Cremmy, as you were watching, the strange drunkenness you were feeling has faded. But it begins to be replaced by a need for thievery.

As you look at Gricko and the things, and the list that he's holding, that quill looks really nice to you. You feel kleptomania overtake you. Say the joker to the thief. Yeah, that's good. And my smile will, like, roll up. Uh, okay. Understood. Continue talking. Torbjorn generally isn't for violence, but...

This hand sounds extra bad! And as you say that Torbeck, you realize that there's something you've never told your friends before. You are the greatest artist a Vantress has ever known. You are the greatest artist that has ever stepped foot in the Feywild.

Funny enough, you're only able to draw stick figures, but they are the greatest stick figures that any artist, you truly are ahead of your time. And you realize this is something about yourself you've never shared before. As Thornbeck was saying,

We have to do something to help these kids! And most importantly, get back that painting! So we can show everyone who the true artist is! No, my devil, it was in that bush! And I want to turn, and the closest bush near us, I want to shoot and I'll just blast at it. Okay. Ah!

Oh my god! We are gone, fellas. Oh gosh! Do you think it's a thief? I mean, back when I was a little goblin boy, I saved up all of my tuppences to buy this quill. It's my greatest family heirloom. It's so precious to me. I would hate it if there was a thief in that place. More importantly, Mr. Kremade, you cut Torbeck off.

as Torbek was saying, we have to get the painting so we can compare it to a true artist who is Torbek. And I take the quill out of your hand. That's fine. Just momentarily.

Is anyone concerned about probably Kettlesteam in the bush? She's been in track now. Gideon. And that was permanent quill, man. Don't put that on your tongue. As this happens, Gideon, you are overwhelmed with fear as Cremmy tells you this. You, you're a coward. Cowardice is your first name, not even your middle name. You are Cowardice Gideon. Oh, there's a lot of beef in that bush. There's definitely beef. Oh!

Oh no! Oh my god, my family heirloom! I am not paying attention. You can see that I am going, I'm just drawing on this beautiful, I took the extra piece of parchment that you were gonna start the next list with. I'm taking the quill and I am very preoccupied. It is difficult for you, Gricko, to give up the quill, not because you don't want to loan it to Torbek, but because you realize that your body is oddly magnetic.

and there are metal components on that quill, and as you try to give it up, it snaps back into your hand, and Corbuk has to pry it from you, and he is eventually able to do so.

Here you go. Here you go. Walls is happening. I want to slip behind Gricko and try to take the hat off his head. We don't got no dice, Joel. You won't even need to roll for it. You can just do it. He is so distracted by the magnetic quill that he doesn't notice as you slide up behind him and steal the hat from his head. I take the hat off his head. Your hat's gone. Oh, I don't... You don't notice. Suddenly it is...

and I'm just completely just slooped up onto Torbeck's back and all his machinery. Yes. I don't know this. Well, this is different. I was going to say it's all in your mind, but you seem to have become magnetized. What are you talking about, Frosty? And he does. And as you're watching him, you realize that that's an awful place to be. Not nearly as awful as the things that you have done.

you are overwhelmed by the urge to confess all of the evil things you've ever done. And if you can't think of something you've actually done, you'll lie about it, because people need to know that you are truly, truly evil. Oh my gosh. Oh no. What the fuck is happening? Oh no.

Oh gosh. Oh gosh, you know, I've never been this close to your back. Greg- Greg, help! Where did you go? No, I'm behind you! I'm behind you! Torbjorn was drawing you! I'm behind you! I'm behind you! What? I'm behind you! I'm behind you! Stop it! Torbjorn can't draw you! No, I'm behind you! You gotta help! Help! Gideon, come help me!

Oh, this looks terrifying. No, leave him! There's a thief on the loose! Oh no! Let me go! Let me go! Oh gosh! Oh, you're a miracle to all of us! Let go of my chains! Why are you doing this? All of this screaming, crying, and chains reminds me of something. Reminds me of the time that I...

Tortured a man to death. Just to see him die. I watched as the light left his eyes. He was... glad for the pain I'd put him through.

Frosty, what the fuck are you talking about? Oh, fuck. Frosty's a monster, man. Why would you say that in a time like this, Frosty? What's that? You seem to be choking. It's Gideon's big, fat fists are choking on Gideon's fists. That's good. That's good. Continue. Frost, hold still, Frost. Hold still.

You, Gideon, your manacles are attached to Gricko and you hear the words that Frost is saying. And you smell the metallic smell of your manacles. And your stomach grumbles as you realize you love the smell of blood. You thirst for blood. How are you going to get the blood which you desire so much when you're so...

- Cowardice. You're so cowardly, but you want it. - Oh, blood's so bad, man. - What do you think? - Frost, I'm too scared to do it, but you seem a little psycho, man.

But Torbek, you realize that what could be more artistic than to draw a man's likeness in his own blood?

Wait... Wait... Dormek is inspired. Slash away! Slash away! I'm not gonna cut his throat, I'm not gonna cut it. Slowly, slowly he needs to bleed. Just bleed it. No, no, I'm so hungry, bro. I'm always good, because Dormek wants to be able to see the light leave Graco's eyes. He's expecting Graco. Graco lives.

I mean, I think we should give him the blood. I've always had a taste.

During this chaos, I want to sneak around and try to, if like Frost's big backpack is sitting off to the side wherever he set it, I want to take it and put it up. Roll a perception check at disadvantage. You are doing this and you're moving to the side and it is evening now as the moon pierces through the trees and you realize that you are not just a thief. You're a werewolf thief.

And though you are not the kind to drink blood for the purpose of, you're not a vampire, you're not a daytime or nighttime Dracula, but you do like your meat raw. You like it rare. And where there's blood, there's generally raw meat.

We've never had Goblin before, but it could be pretty good. I'm coming to help you. You're the only one who's safe. I'm coming. I slowly expect one claw. We'll start somewhere soft and painful and work our way around the book. Just the artery frosting. Just the artery. Just let me drink.

There was a blood in time. Just let me know when it happens. I can't look. What did you get? I got a seven. Roll your sleight of hand. I got a 18. Oh, yeah. You can pillage the entire thing. I just put it on. When Frost goes up and just runs his nails. Oh!

Very slowly along the musculature of Bricka, drawing like 18 inches of bloody line. I just... Oh, no, get in! I put the backpack on him. You want to get the blood for your drawing, yes? The second I smelled the blood, and I had the backpack on, I was going to go...

I call out all fours. I've seen that look before. I saw the hat in the back. Torbeck has never seen such a beautiful scene. Like a feral banjo. So who's holding what? So currently, Torbeck

I'll say Little Oak has created a small table for Torbek to work on. And he is creating a masterpiece. He has a small acorn filled with Gricko's blood that he's dipping the quill in to draw his masterpiece. Gricko is attached to the mechanical contraption on top of Torbek's back because he's magnetized.

Gideon's manacles are affixed to Gricko's face and throat and chains. They're all attached to him while Frost goes around his small goblin body and makes cuts that Gideon is feeding upon. Death by a thousand claw marks. Gricko, my record is 47 hours and I'd like to beat that record. Stop skipping it! Stop skipping it! It's so hard!

Oh, yeah. Yes, the cries and the screams make it more beautiful. Oh, what a do, Tobeck, what a do. Can I see that painting that you got there? I'm not quite finished yet. Please don't rush the greatest artist in the world. As you point your quill at me, I lunge for your hand, bite it, and then death roll to try to rip the hand off with the quill. It's this clunk.

And you just start to twist Torbek's alchemic flesh. My arm just starts twisting. Excellent work, Gryffindor. You chomp into his hand, but your teeth immediately meet metal. There are metal rods infused in his bones, at least in his wrists. You're unable to sever the hand. Can I at least slurp the quill out of his hand? I will roll a dex check versus, I guess, strength.

Or dex, whichever you want to contest with. Torbjörn is much better at dex. Just straight dex check? Athletics, acrobatics. Okay. Do I slide a hand? What am I doing? Athletics, acrobatics. Torbjörn got a 21. Well, I rolled the natural 20. I'm going to dread you. What? I want the blood art to continue. Oh, I got a little...

14. Torbek holds strong to the quill and as your gator mouth latches onto his hand, your teeth are pained against the metal that you hadn't expected to be there. As the quill jams into the back of your throat and you retch a little and you rear back.

not able to procure the quill that you were hoping for. Is Torbeck bleeding? Yeah! Yeah, no, definitely. I like silent splats all over the painting. That was horrible. And I move over and I start sucking at Torbeck's bloody wrist.

And as you do this, you're thinking to yourself, oh no, what if I get sick from this? I'm a fire genasi. Am I allowed to? What happens if I consume blood? Is blood okay for my body? It's the second time I've asked this question. First, was that one strange night in Agua? Have you had enough Grigol?

all the life is left gringo's eyes all the fight is gone i just need you to answer me one question is it safe

Is it safe? Is it safe? I'm going to get my mage hand out now, and my invisible mage hand appears. Now it's got 30 feet of movement every six seconds. If we put all of that movement into rotation, and we go, let's say for a minute, that would be, well, 300, 600, 600 rotations per minute. That's almost as fast as a power drill, and it's got 10 pounds of torque. Let's find out what we can do. Ah!

- It is at this time. - You're gonna get very dark. - And it is at this time that you don't notice them doing this, but every single one of the members of the getaway gang pulls out a dandelion and blows at it. As all of the little tendrils of the dandelion float down around you and begin to coalesce,

you immediately start to feel these compulsions fade from you as you breathe in the dandelion fluff. In minutes, you find yourself still in these same precarious positions.

Kremi, you're still crouched on all fours, hissing with stolen goods adorning your body. Gideon, your mouth is covered in blood as your manacles demagnetize from Grico. Grico, you fall to the ground at Torbek's feet, covered in cuts. Fros, you look down at your friend, realizing what you've done. Torbek, nothing changes. You continue to draw your stick figures. - Oh my god, Grio, are you okay?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I, I, I, I, I, I, uh, whatever came over me, it was all the Vainwild magic, I swear, I swear, are you okay?

You had dandelions the whole fucking time? That was not on God. They're laughing. How glorious. Didn't you see what he did with the mage hand? Why are you laughing? Now you had enough? It had 600 pounds of torque. One banana. I cannot wait to see what Andy's found. Two bananas.

Will steps forward and he says, "So, even after all of that, you're still gonna help us?" What the fuck am I wearing? You have my backpack. I do have your backpack.

I mean, I still kind of like the steel now that I think about it. You have my backpack back? Backpack? Your what? My backpack back. Your backpack back. Dormatruly is the greatest artist in Adventress.

Where's my hat? Yes, yes, this is Tormek's greatest masterpiece! Hold on. I start digging through all of your stuff and I find, like, I had stashed all of my own things in your backpack. So I like take out my like chef's hat, my hat, and I get everything out of it. Here you fucking go. Cheers. Thank you. I'm very sorry, Gray. I...

Don't know what came over me. I suddenly felt like a madman, a psycho killer. It's like you were the final boss of Ohio. The man behind the slaughter. I'm not sure what that means. Neither do I. If I could help it, I would have. You know that, right? I was under the influence of that strange mist slaughter. Wait, does that mean he's gonna return?

I don't know. I don't know anymore. I understand if you're mad at me. I just miss when it was all cool hats and skateboards. We'll get you a skateboard. I'll get you a skateboard. I will make it up to you. So, again I ask, now that you've been through the getaway gang's trial, you still agree to help us? It's like we got jumped in, man.

Oh my god. Oh, it's Dormek and his friends! Hello, hello.

I look a little bit like I have breasts

Those are your arms, Fra! You always do this! I did, I did. How dare you! I feel like this is our Blue Steel moment, where he reveals it and we're like, "Oh gosh, it's beautiful." Are these fireworks? What the fuck is this? That's his witch-like canister. That's Torbec's! Torbec is that. Did you forget?

Torbek can't forget! They're in him forever! Torbek, you got me so good, I look just like that. Oh no, you look-- No, you're such a good joke, capturing my essence. You're all the way down here, see? Where? Here's your ocarina.

and your little vest. I kind of like how tall I am. Look at the frost. It's a little pipsqueak compared to me. It's all hat. Tourbeck started drawing and quickly ran out of space. No, look at that torso. This should be a t-shirt, I agree. You can't see it, but those are your scales, Mr. Krabby. Look at the detail. Tourbeck, you kind of look like that yeti from that ski game that got all these people up with the little hands. Oh, you know.

What do you all think? I think it's beautiful. Thank you. Elwell calls down, "Can we hang it in the treehouse?" Tormek would be honored. Make sure that you sign and date it. You just have to tell everyone about the greatest artist in all of Aventress. Tormek will sign. I thought you were going to sign it me. That would've been very funny. Oh, that's very lovely, Tormek.

He knows how to write his name. Look at that. Well, he's trying. He got it. He got it. Well done. Oh, so he still thinks he's the greatest artist in the world. Yeah. No, that hasn't changed. That's just genuine. That's just genuine now. Here you go, Will. If I could put this on a shirt, I would. One of the vines comes down from Little Oak, and there is a small dwarf boy.

hanging from the vine. His beard whiskers are finally starting to come in as he reaches out and grabs the art from Frost and is whipped back up into the tray. Hold on, hold on, hold on. You have to date him. Okay. Well, remember when he dated the last one?

That's okay. We can date it on the back. Are you sure? Yeah. Just remember that it's the 27th day of the fourth month. I was going to say just the equivalent of Wednesday. Why is there so much blood everywhere? Because I was a little bleeding Gricko in a fit of torture. We were all kind of, you know, developed a taste for blood. I did the whole hissing thing again. I can't believe actual alligators sound like that. You went very feral, yeah. Yeah, it really hurts the...

Larynx, you really wanted blood, but in a very cowardly fashion. Yeah, I've had blood of, I mean, most of us now. We're really like one big family. Like a second-hand vampire, you know? Yeah. I feel like I got chug-jugged by SCP-6765. What the fuck are you talking about? I kind of understood that. Let me have a drink out of this.

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So, do we have a deal then? We had a deal before. Yeah, and the deal was that you would agree to it afterwards too, okay? We still have a deal. Restate the deal and then we'll agree to it if we still agree to it. Yeah, I restated the deal beforehand. Do we have a deal or not? Yeah, we got a deal. One condition!

No conditions. Did you like Torbeck's painting? Yeah, we already put it up in the treehouse. Then we have a deal. I actually put it up on the back of the DM screen. Yes, we can put it on the board too. No, no, it's staying. So I am collecting certain things from Witchlight on the back of the DM screen. There are only two things here so far. Yes! One is Torbeck's drawing and the other one is what...

the note Frost slipped me that said, for Gricko, a nice sweater for Hootsie in exchange for all of his Deez Nuts jokes. So that's here. And as things happen, I'm just going to keep collecting them back in the TM screen. I love that. No, this is staying. It's going to be right there so I can look at it all the time.

And so as you agree, some of the getaway gang begins to release these vine rope swings and slowly begin to lower them. You're able to stand atop the wooden platform, hold onto the vines as they use these cranks to wheel the swings up. And you find yourselves in the canopy of Little Oak.

Little Oak moves the branches, creating small stairs for you to climb up off of the steps and straightens out his branches to allow you quick access to make your way down to the platform with the treehouse. And it is here that you find yourself.

The floor of the treehouse is covered with blankets, cushions, and piles of straw. Hanging from the six-foot-high ceiling by a rope is a basket that holds apples, berries, sugar cane, and a few crumpled-up sheets of parchment. In one corner, lying on a cushion, is a rusty oil can that looks out of place. Heaped in another corner is a crude unicorn costume made of polka-dot quilts and a wooden horse's head that has a wooden horn attached to it. Uh, well, Torvik has a question. Uh, yeah?

Has Scabitha ever managed to take back any of the kids you've rescued? Yeah. Scabitha. Too recently. We're out hunting for food. Apples and gathering mushrooms and different things to put in the basket. And some of her tin soldiers were out on patrol. She's...

I think getting wise to what we've been doing and the tin soldier patrol has changed a little bit and uh they were caught Dormak is sorry to hear that it's okay pretty nice digs I see you got a rusty oil can that squirt very pleasant oh well that squirt yeah squirt doesn't work because he's all out of oh god is he like is he dead no he just can't do anything without oil is he

We have a small amount of oil. When we're ready to enact the plan, and I have an idea. When we're ready to enact the plan, put the little bit of oil we have left in him, and Squirt will be able to help us. But he's not gonna last long. We've got to make sure we get enough to fill him up. You said you have an idea of where this oil is produced and how it's made? Oh yeah.

Oh, yeah. Loon Lurch. No, I know that, but is there a specific spot there? Is there like a factory? How big is Loon Lurch? Like, I don't know, 10 by 10? What? It's huge. You think Little Oak's called Little Oak for a reason. Huh? Loon Lurch was gigantic when that tree fell. Oh, wow. Oh, it's a fallen tree. Yeah. There you go.

Ooh, hence the lurching. And I see you also got some kind of a costume over here. Oh yeah. Does it feel like anybody to put it on? I mean, I guess you could wear if you want to. I don't think it'll fit you. It was made for us, but it's the only way we can access the wayward pool. You know? Oh. You gotta be a unicorn to get...

into Wayward Pool. And so we made our own unicorn costume. And that allows us to get through the barrier and then we can collect some of the water. It's the best water in all of Thither. So we make sure that we have some for the kids. I wouldn't go back to the Wayward Pool for a while unless you want sepsis. Frosty had a bit of a

Bit of a time. Did you poop in the Wayward Pool? I may have gotten some poop in the pool. I didn't... Some? I wasn't actively shitting in the pool.

Wait, so you weren't actively-- you just put it in there after the fact? No, we waded through it. There would have been some form of-- we're getting off topic. Wait, are you saying you had shit in your pants before you got into the pool? Hey, watch your way!

Sorry, I think that this situation warrants it. No, we don't need to think of it. It's not important. Frosty probably doesn't remember. His mind wasn't his own. He just waited, waist deep, dropped trowel and just let loose. So wait, so you're little green, you're big red, are you medium brown? No, that was a big brown. Anyways, that's very...

I'm going to start walking to the unicorn and kind of kick at it and just act a little nonchalant about it. I don't really care about it. I'm picking it up like, I'm bored, you know, inspecting it. He doesn't seem to stop you. It's not bad.

- It does seem like it was made for children. But you imagine though you probably wouldn't be able to get the actual costume itself on, the unicorn, the cloth unicorn head with the wooden horn, you could get on enough. It would just look very small for your head. - Well, I have the real thing. You know what, I'm not gonna steal from children. It's just nice. It's pleasant. - Thanks. I think so too.

So, uh, does Little Oak, does he say much? No. I've never heard Little Oak talk. Oh. Little Oak protects us, keeps us safe, and he listens to me. So what you're saying is that Little Oak is sentient? Oh, yeah. So you just say something and he'll just do it? No. Little Oak will do what Little Oak wants, but if he agrees with what I'm saying, then yeah, he'll do it. Well, so how do you know it's sentient, not just coincidence? You think that...

when Little Oak slammed down around you at my orders that that was coincidental? - Well, maybe it's just like some sort of defense mechanism like a Venus flytrap. - Toss him out of the treehouse, Little Oak. And you immediately feel the treehouse lurch and you are pitched out. And you will take--

Two points of falling damage. Wow. Well, that was unexpected. Am I out of the treehouse? Oh yeah, you're just flung out of the treehouse and you land on the ground. I'm surprisingly okay from falling like 45 feet. Grammy, are you all right? I just got the wind knocked out of me. Your hat's up here.

Oh, yeah, thanks. Just toss it down. I'll wait down here. My hand will deliver to you. Another one of the swings will come down and the getaway gang will essentially order you back into the tree. All right. What are you supposed to drink when you've donated blood? Oh, that's right. You probably need meat. The more iron, the better. Do you have any iron? Haven't you had bananas?

Yeah, but it's just potassium. It's just potassium. I'll need the rest of me electrolytes. We need more electrolytes. Do you have any, uh... Well, no, I suppose that's it. Well, we got some fresh water this morning. Do you have any salt? Sure. Do you want to put a little salt in your water? Do you have any meat?

We'll feed you soon. And he goes and gets you an acorn filled with some water and there's a large rock salt that he shaves off a little bit of rock or a little bit of salt into the water and hands it to you. You gulp it down. Yeah, we got that from the wayward pool this morning. Here you go, buddy.

Your eyes are starting to look crusty. Pink, even. Wait a minute, this morning? Yeah. Salmonella doesn't exist in the-- Bring a drink of boog juice! Oh, that happened before this morning?

Oh, yes, I... Oh, no. I suppose all of the... Thank God the rest of us haven't had any of it. I was just about to say, that's... I thought that was the brown of the ankle. Torek is disgusting!

You shouldn't drink any more, Fricka. You'll get very, very, very sick. Yep, I'm going to be right back. I want to go to the pool. This is going to be long. I need to go to the little goblin's room. Yeah. I pat her off. Do you have any nun, once he gets back? Who wasn't from the Wayward Pool? We collect rainwater. Oh, that's very funny. You were very comical. Thanks. Is that short for William?

Or Will Olymew, or some sort of a, is it just Will? Just Will. How did you find yourself in the Feywild? Oh, that's a long story. We don't have time for it. We should probably talk about what the plan is for how we're gonna rescue the kids. Well, do you know where they're being kept? Yeah, I told you, in Loom Lurch. No, I mean, I know in Loom Lurch, but like, it's a giant fucking hollow-- Yeah, in the workshop. Workshop. Okay, the workshop. Is that near where the oil is produced?

That's gonna be a little bit complicated. Okay. So I do have a plan, and I could tell you what the plan is, and then you could tell me if you think it will work. Plans are good. If you have the ability to draw, I can provide you some parchment, and we could perhaps... That's okay. I can show you. I have a little bit of magics myself. Oh my god. And he uses a minor image to start showing visually some of the things that he's talking about.

So first is the approach. Bobby, Sloane, Xenor, and Star, they're all going to creep through the woods to the west of the tree and hide just out of sight of the screaming scarecrows. Meanwhile, I'm going to sneak around to the entrance to the kitchen on the east side of the tree. While that's happening, there's going to be a distraction. You're all going to go to the Goblin Market. You're going to pretend like you're travelers, purchase some sweets, arrange for a meeting with the Hag. During the meeting,

All of the kids will alert the screaming scarecrows and they're gonna lure the 10 soldiers into the garden. Okay? While that's happening, while everyone is distracted,

You guys are going to go to the workshop and free the captives. I'm going to climb into the textile mill and free the captives that are there. Once all the children are set free, everyone will run back to Little Oak. We're very good at plans like these. I'm sure we'll remember every step and execute them flawlessly. I wasn't distracted at all during your speech at all. I have it all right. Great.

Are you back? No. We just hear you downstairs. Moaning from down the hall, you know, like clearly in pain. I thought he was going to go back.

Arden really does imitate life. Krigger comes back. Someone's got your toilet. I hope you got a plunger. I'm holding on!

Thank you for reading my mind. That was so funny. Oh, I was dying. Did you say Goblin Market? Yes, is there a market that goblins run, perhaps? Yeah. Oh, thank God. It's a candy market.

And the goblins sell candy. Yeah. Candy? Yeah, it's a way to lure children to loom lurch. Oh, what do they use for legal tender? Anything they feel like. Classified. Torbeck wants candy! You can get tons of candy there. It's so good. It's...

It's scary good. Wait, wait, wait. Does the candy affect you in any way or cause like hallucinations or a poison? You've had the candy? Some of it. And were you swayed by magic when you ate it? I'm still alive. Well, they keep saying they're not affected by that kind of stuff. Yeah. That's probably magical nightmare candy. You don't know. Oh, yeah. That probably is. No. No. I mean, maybe not. It's got to be.

Probably is. Dormag's like... No offense. Dormag is like six times the size of Will. Surely Dormag can resist! Well, you know, in the farewells, I think drugs is drugs, Dormag. I think it's done. Oh, no! That's so stupid. Just look around for some literature. We're fine down here.

Do you want me to bring up a book? Cran-juice! Wait a minute! Mr. Crammy! Whoops!

It's just normal water! What are the chances that Grogo ate something MAD? Just a minute, I'll help him out. I go upstairs and I slide a Sears catalog underneath the door. Enjoy! The real magic trick is how you slid an entire Sears catalog under the door. That's like half-door. Oh, he just passed it over there. Washing machines, full percent. Oh!

That was really good. Oh, man. Jesus. Yeah, you can read all the instructions for their heat pump water heater. I'm just screaming. I come back. He's going to be all right. All right. Your plan sounds fine. I mean, we have a goblin. Can we use that to our advantage at all? I mean, I feel like if it were any other goblin... Yeah. You're right. That one thinks that...

You can hear it. Torbjorn's kind of like a hairy goblin. Yeah, he's a goblinoid. We got two goblinoids. Both of them speak goblin. Well, I mean, you're not kids, right? So if you can find a way to convince the goblins to get you an audience with...

with Granny Nightshade, then I mean you're set. You really don't need to do much more. The goblins are just there to sell candy and to potentially set up a meeting with her. And to kidnap children. Well yeah. What if our idea earlier wasn't such a bad idea after all? We don't need to capture you and take you and risk your life, but perhaps we could just say that we have information regarding your whereabouts.

We don't have to say anything at all, but we probably would get an invitation or access that way. Maybe you have some kind of article of clothing you're known for. My dagger. I could give you my dagger. Oh, is it one of a kind? I mean, it's the one I use. Well, I mean, what if she accuses us? Oh, you just made a dagger. Just a regular old dagger. Anybody could have made that. We would need some form of evidence. Something like perhaps that costume or...

We can't give you the costume. How else are we gonna get into the wayward bond? You wanna save these kids or not, Will? Give us the unicorn costume! Well, I gotta be able to give them-- I have to be able to feed them and water them. You can get brain water. Would that be-- Thank you. You don't want the water in the pool, all right? The water in the pool does more than just quench your thirst. Not anymore!

Wow. Oh, I'm so thirsty! Your mom's just, cut it out of me! Cut it out of me! It's happening! It's finally happening! It would be a risk. This is the big one! Uh...

Look, all right, okay. We make a distraction in the Goblin Market. Okay, then we're... No, no, you won't make a distraction in the Goblin Market. We make the distraction. Do I need to go over the plan again? The distraction is what allows us to get to the market. You were paying attention.

No, Sly and Wilbo go to the west side. You go to the north side. I'm going to tell you the plan again. First, there's the approach. Bobby, Sloane, Zenor, and Star. Zenor? Zenor. Oh, jeez. Oh, shit. See, nobody. Bobby, and he points, and you see the...

You see the male dwarf that had helped you with his beard finally starting to come in is sitting off in the corner whittling some wood, creating a little figurine. Then he points to Sloane, who's the female ginger-haired wood elf that had provided you with your morning mist. And then Zenor, he points to what is very clearly a female orc child.

and she has her feet kicked up and she's just looking at you, scowling. And then finally points to Star, who you hadn't noticed before, but peeking out from beneath one of the many pillows that adorns the floor of this place is a small displacer beast kitten. - Whoa.

So as I said Bobby Sloane is an or and star are gonna creep through the woods to the west of the tree and hide Just out of sight of the screaming scarecrows Meanwhile, I'm gonna sneak around to the entrance to the kitchen on the east side of the tree. All right Next is the distraction You are all gonna go to the Goblin Market posing as travelers purchase some sweets and arrange for a meeting with a during the meeting

We're gonna alert the screaming scarecrows and thereby lure all of the tin soldiers into the garden and away from you guys. She got tin soldiers? I already told you the tin soldiers are her guards! Oh, sorry, I've been a little distracted with all this shit. How hard can they be? I'm sorry. They can't be very good guards if they're made of tin. It's tin. They fall apart. We just descend upon them. Okay, well...

You're gonna be in for a hell of a surprise, okay? So they'll be gone. Yeah, so the tin soldiers are gonna make their way over to the garden where the screaming scarecrows have been alerted. At that point, everyone's gonna be distracted.

Granny Nightshade is definitely going to be distracted and is going to want to know what's going on. During that time, you will, because you'll be inside waiting for the meeting, the meeting's going to be delayed because of the distraction, so you can sneak into the workshop and free all the captive kids there. While you're doing that and the rest of the getaway gang is fulfilling the distraction, I am going to sneak into the textile mill and I'm going to free the children captives there.

Once all the kids are set free, everyone's gonna run back to Little Oak and we're done. Oh, and then maybe while she's distracted, we steal the painting too and make good if we can find it. Torbeck thinks this is one of those rare occurrences where we make sure the kids get out okay and then we deal with the hag. Well, I mean, that's one idea, right?

Oh, we can all get out okay. We can't just leave her to keep doing this to the kids. She's already been recapturing them, man. I know Gideon will agree with Torbeck. We've also committed to dealing with her in other ways. I think I agree with Torbeck. Once the kids are free, then we may need to take action. You're talking about violence.

Well, hell yeah. Against someone who is spreading violence. Yeah, but we have no fucking idea what she's capable of. It was about time he started talking about violence. I thought I was going to start calling him Kitty Softballs. Will, are you familiar with Skabitha's abilities, with her magics? Do you have any way that we could perhaps prepare for what she might throw at us if we came to blows? There's no way to prepare for Granny Nightshade's malevolence.

That's what I'm saying. Look, if we get the kids out, all we need is the fucking trinket, whatever it ends up being. I'm sure we'll find it, or it'll speak to us like the last one did. Or, oh and, we need the painting, we'll free the kids. Done. In and out. And then we don't have to risk anybody's lives. She'll just be like, oh, foiled again. But, after that, y'all can't stay here. She'll, I'm sure, look for revenge.

So we gotta be ready to go to Yharn before we fucking... And that's why we have to make sure that in all of that, in all of that, we find some time to fill up Squirt. All right. Because Squirt is our only way out of here. Frost, I hope you take a notice. Oh, speaking of that... I sniff into the room, looking like an M.D. Capri Sun.

Does anybody smell a fire burner? You've lost a lot of blood and other fluids. Before I got in there, one of these getaway gang kids shit everywhere. Rico, watch your language! You might want to clean that up!

Is that why you were yelling so much? It was a frightening scene. It was like the restroom and the Dairy Queen on the way to Gen Con. Oh, I think that story's too gross for the stream. Oh, no.

Oh god. Use your imagination. The only word in the goblin dictionary I can use to describe that was, is "asplosion." All the kids just learned a new word. That's really bad, Gringo!

Well, you missed the whole plan, but I guess you would have missed it out of the way, so... Okay. I'll describe it to you, but I'm gonna need some heisty jazz music. We want to look like bongos to play, and we can montage it. It'd be very cool. Oh. Anybody got bongos?

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Where'd you come from? I don't believe that! Ow! A small halfling boy accompanied by a very tall blue elf girl walk into the treehouse. That's a deep fucking cut. Holy shit. They look at you and just wait. The blue elf girl says absolutely nothing. Jesus. And Bongo waits for-- Bongo, blue elf girl.

Pleasure to meet you. I just wanted to make sure you existed. You can go. They look confused. They look back and forth between each other and then they leave and continue to climb the tree. Wait, where's the music? Well, we also needed like a breathy flute. I don't know if they have, I doubt they have one of those lying around. Do you have a breathy flute? No. You don't have anyone named breathy flute? We have someone named Flute who speaks breathy. That's close enough.

I can do it. It's got to blow it really high. No, we can bring out first. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I'll waddle back to the bathroom.

Well, instead of, you know, she doesn't actually have an instrument. She could just do it like scat style. Oh, so two-speed. I just cracked. Like an outline cloud of where Mirko was. Yeah. Anyways. All right, I like the plan. I think whatever we do, what you're saying is that if we can fill up Squirt... Oh! Oh!

All of us can get... Kelsey is somewhere. She has no idea why and she's in tears. Just absolutely in tears. She doesn't know why. So all we need is have him filled up and we're all getting a yawn. All of us. Yeah, all of us. I like this plan. I think... Getaway tree.

a getaway tree with a getaway gang, and you're now honorary members. Oh, thank you. Even though you're very old. Yeah. Bristle cool. Oh! Your bones are creaking. I mean, this allegedly works. Anyway, I think that we should plan to leave at first light. Spend the night here. You're welcome to stay in the getaway gang treehouse of terror.

It's not, it sounds scarier than it is. We just like to tell stories at night. Stay here with us, we'll have a nice dinner in the morning, we'll fill up Squirt and we'll head out-- And we'll head out to Loom Lurch right as the Goblin Market's open and hopefully if you're the first ones there, you'll be able to get a very quick meeting with Granny Nightshade.

How does it sound? I think it sounds fine. I think you should call it the candy market moving forward. Just as more appropriate. It seems like a place where they sell candy. Yeah, none of these have that. All the shuffle back in. Ian Morven, FD Carissa. Draco, you've lost a lot of fluids today. Are you all right? Will was one of the getaway gang named Mop.

No. Oh gosh, we have a bra boy. Zooms in on a hyper-realistic, dried out SpongeBob, and they go-- This is a nightmare. It's horrible. It's a nightmare.

That was very funny. Well, I think we have a plan. You've clearly put a lot of thought into this and without any knowledge of the place we're going or what challenges or risks we're taking on, it seems reasonable on face value. Yeah, yeah. And it's been a long day so I could use a rest. Yeah. Well, we've earned your trust, I hope.

I hope you don't let me down. Something that goes both ways. Are you hiding anything from us? Yeah, most definitely. Well, can you tell us what you're hiding? No. Well, tell us. No, why? So that we are not... We're putting our lives at risk. Yeah, me too. Yeah, which one of your gang has irritable bowel syndrome? I think his name is Greco. Which one is it that isn't me? Ugh.

We don't hide stuff from us if we're going to be putting each other's lives in each other's hands. It doesn't affect any of this. We need to know. No, you don't. Do I need to know all of your deep, dark secrets? That's a good point. Definitely things that you haven't told me. I'm not prying. Well, he gave us a bunch of drugs and he committed all his torture crimes. I did commit. Yeah, but the rest of you didn't. I got drained of half my blood and then the rest of me. No, nothing's making you shit.

You're doing it on your own. It was just rainwater. I'm allergic to that. Oh, yes, he's allergic. He's had a terrible rainwater allergy his whole life. Allergy. Allergy. Allergy. If it's not swamp water, it destroys my tummy. Okay, anyway, the time will come for that information, but the time isn't now. It doesn't affect what we're doing.

As long as we're not taking on additional risk of something that we don't know, fine. I'm not trying to pry. I just want to make sure that we're looking around every corner. All I will say is don't try and remove any curses. Not on me or on anybody else. Oh. All right? As long as you don't do that, nothing has to change. Glad you let me know.

It's a pretty ominous thing to say. It's an important piece of information we should know before we go into a cursed place with a bunch of breakable curses. Does that mean you're actively cursed? I mean, if you don't want to talk about it-- From a certain point of view. But personally, I think the outcome was much better. Okay. Does that mean that you're actually hundreds of years old, cursed to being a child forever?

From a certain point of view. Ah, yes. So there's two things. There's a couple things that we need. Can you put your pants back on? You're not wearing pants. They're for their children. He's got like those heart boxes. The flaps open in the back. Okay. The flap is blown out of the back. Okay, number one, we need some bedding and a good meal.

before we go off to adventure. Number two. I don't think it would be a good idea for you to eat. That ain't done. You're fucking bad. Torbek didn't want to say anything. Torbek is seriously concerned with the number of bananas that Gringo keeps eating.

This might have a serious impact on his gut biome. It's probable that the amount of fiber would be affecting him, yes. That seems very logical. Torvax saw me eat like 50 bananas today! And isn't each one like the equivalent of all the food for one day? Torvax just sayin'! Oh man, he's probably been backed up for months.

And it is with that that Will and the rest of the Getaway Gang make you a delicious meal. You have beds set up for you. They create hammocks that are large enough to fit your forms, and you all find places within the Getaway Gang's treehouse hideout to enjoy a meal and to sleep. You get to know the Getaway Gang, tell you the stories of where they come from, and

the families they hope to go back to and that they hope that returning to the material plane, they don't seem to understand how time passes. They are convinced that, you know, some of them have only been here months or a few years and they're convinced that their family's still out there looking for them. And they all have a sense of hope.

And though at first they are a little hesitant around the adults that are here in their hideaway, they warm up to you and they are excited for the plan and for the prospects that this brings to them and for the chance to finally leave thither. And it is with

A night filled with storytelling and laughter and jokes and a little bit more drinking of the morning mist that, on the kids parts that is, that you all eventually find yourselves lulling into a deep sleep. Your night is dreamless and restful as you all awake in the morning.

You awake, fully rested, to the sounds of the getaway gang preparing for the day's task ahead. They already have satchels of food and water should anybody get split up, and additional time needs to be taken to get back to Little Oak. Everyone has been briefed on the day's plans, and unless there's anything else you would like to do in the morning, outside of a quick meal...

The getaway gang seems to be ready to depart. I look at Hootsie, I'll say, okay, after what happened, hopefully you don't remember the whole Jabberwock thing, you stay here with Little Oak, here's some new flies for your fly pad, and make sure you build a structure before nightfall or else the spiders are going to come out and get them. Good, good, good, good. You stay here. We're going to be just fine. Don't worry about it. And Juniper's going to

Stay with Hoosie. Mm-hmm.

They're basically best friends. Not all of the kids in the getaway gang are coming with. There's obviously a good portion of them that are not tasked with this mission. And they have become fast friends with Hootsie and Juniper, who also seem to have taken a liking to Star, the small displacer beast kitten, who, when you wake up, is jumping about on Hootsie's tummy. Look at you!

Continually rolling a ball down to her beak as Hootsie knocks it up into the air and Star uses her additional, her little tentacle things to grab it and once again roll it back down as they play this game together. Very quick friends. How did I not notice you yesterday? How did I miss that? Oh.

You're so cute. She prances over to you and nuzzles into you, smelling Hootsie on your clothing and in your hair and realizing that you are akin to Hootsie. Here, share your flower pad with Star. Look at you, you can play together. They added multiplayer, I think. It is with this that Will alters the plan and chooses to allow Star to stay behind.

instead choosing Bongo and the unnamed blue elf girl to take Star's place in this adventure. Flute! Well, I suppose we're ready. Our first step is to fill the strange creature of Squirt with the remaining oil. Yeah, we really should do that. Will...

We will handle that when we get to Loom Lurch, because we're going to split off and Squirt's gonna stay with us. Okay. Squirt doesn't know you, and so if he comes too while he's in your possession, that will freak him. All right, so all we have to do is just appear like normal travelers looking for candy at the market. That's right. Roll right up and act like nothing's the problem. We got two goblin nois to handle the goblins.

They're talking about candy. And then Will, you're on your own. And then we got Sylvester, Bongo and Kazooie, and Ruby. What? Bobby, Sloane, Zenor, Bongo and Flute. Oh, okay. Close enough.

Bungle is short for Bungolomew. I learned that last night while we were telling stories. Bungolomew! That's good! That's good now! That's a beautiful name! Bungolomew! Oh, I love Dungeons and Dragons. Let's proceed.

And it is after a very quick, it is after a very nice breakfast that with full bellies, fully rested bodies, and the companionship of new friends that you make your way into the forests of Thither, deep within the treeline as you approach what you know to be the very center of Thither itself. And it takes time.

It takes a while to get there, a few hours travel, but these, the Getaway gang, they know this place like the back of their hand. And you're able to find it as quickly as it is possible to find. The forest is at its darkest here.

Up ahead, a colossal dead oak lies on its side. Three living trees grow naturally out of its fallen remains. Their shapes resemble towers with candlelit windows twinkling in the gloom and wooden balconies encircling gnarled branches. On one side of the fallen tree, firelight spills from a pair of quaint storefront windows, illuminating a clearing filled with merchant stalls. That's where you're gonna go. We're gonna head around to this area.

"You're gonna go to those merchant stalls. "That's the Goblin Market. "Good luck, new friends. "We'll see you when it's all over." And he rushes over to each of you and he clasps your hands. And then as he's turning to leave, he rushes back and he rips off a piece of his shirt and he hands it to you. "If you need proof, I got away." - All right, kid, all right. Skibbity on guard. - For real, for real, no cap. And he darts into the treeline.

"Boss-in!" Boss-in! No. Well, he turned out to be pretty cool.

I mean, he did. He and all his friends did laugh as I was horribly tortured and slowly bled and drained of all of my fluids. I am sorry about that. Are you feeling better now? I feel like we'll have to resolve that another time. There's just no time. There's candy to buy. I mean, sell. I mean, I'd completely missed the plan, so. We're purchasing candy. We're gonna improvise.

No, no, there's a very specific plan that has to happen. Great! I'll do great winging it! Let's go lads! Bully! We almost have to go. Three stalls selling candy are situated in this clearing, lit by windows carved into the giant fallen tree to one side of it. Two goblins are working in each stall, and the whole enterprise is watched closely by a goblin with a toffee apple head who appears to be muttering quietly to himself.

As you walk up, he seems to notice you as he puts his hand up, almost as if to quiet you, to hush you. And he taps on the side of his candy apple head, and you hear him say, I don't have time to listen to you right now, you stupid thing. Damn maggot. Get out of there. Get.

There! And that's where we'll end the session. - He's got a brain worm. - That's disturbing. - Wow! - Or at least he thinks he does. - Thanks for running the session. - You're welcome. - This is gonna be bad. - I will show you this. Ah, that's the music. This is what he looks like. - Whoa! - That's way more horrifying than I thought. - But he's like a goblin. - He's a goblin with a candied apple.

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