EE-3-4 - Would You Like To Play A Game

SUMMARY

Having secured a way home, the party has the rest of the day to explore more of The Midnight Carnival. Tempest is the first to find some games to play, but is quick to try to get the other to play. Meanwhile, Rem takes some time to go through his new gift from Ariel. As everyone gets back together they decide to see what has set up inside of the arena now that the main event has passed.

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SHOUT OUTS

DMs Guild – While coming up with the inspiration behind the Midnight Carnival, I turned to the DMs Guild for some help with getting ideas and coming up with things to keep the party interested. Two specific supplements that I used were Festivals, Feasts, and Fairs by Ashley May as well as Taverns, Inns, and Taprooms by JB Little. These helped me speed up the process and handle mechanics for crafting the shops, food, and events that the party experienced while visiting the Midnight Carnival and even more of their influence is shown in our next episode.

Patreon – A HUGE shout out to our Guild Members over on Patreon. Thanks to their support we have been able to start getting artwork commissioned on a more regular basis. We were able to commission art for Fioch, the legendary greataxe from before the podcast earlier last year and by the end of the year we were able to commission Lobhadh, a pair of legendary pair of twin daggers from the same series.

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CAST

Damian - The DM

Chris - Rem

Christa - Ariel

Chantalle - Kenina

Caitlin - Tempest

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Fimbulwinter – Vindsvept (intro)

Tavern Loop 1 – Serpent Sound Studios (2:28)

Fireplace Warmth – Monument Studios (3:57)

Improvisation for Harp – Monument Studios (4:06)

Elegant Dinner Party – Tabletop Audio (6:28)

Fireplace Warmth – Monument Studios (8:22)

I Feel So Alone – Dark Fantasy Studio (8:49)

Improvisation for Harp – Monument Studios (10:50)

Light Mood – Serpent Sound Studios (13:33)

Fireplace Warmth – Monument Studios (15:38)

Improvisation For Harp – Monument Studios (15:39)

Fantasy Medieval City – Michael Ghelfi (16:09)

Spooky Fair – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (16:10)

Bumper Cars of Madness – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (17:36)

Spooky Fair – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (22:03)

Ferris Wheel of Doom – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (22:31)

Spooky Fair – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (24:58)

Ferris Wheel of Doom – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (26:05)

Improvisation For Harp – Monument Studios (33:04)

Elegant Dinner Party – Tabletop Audio (33:05)

Fantasy Medieval City – Michael Ghelfi (33:09)

Spooky Fair – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (33:13)

Ferris Wheel of Doom – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (34:52)

Let Me Out – Dark Fantasy Studio (39:18)

Spooky Fair – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (40:22)

Let Me Out – Dark Fantasy Studio (41:58)

Bumper Cars of Madness – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (44:24)

Enter the Lair – Joel Steudler (50:21)

Spooky Fair – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (50:21)

Let Me Out – Dark Fantasy Studios (50:57)

Spooky Fair – Derek & Brandon Fiechter (51:13)

Last Stand – Vindsvept (Outro)

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Transcript

SPEAKER_08 0:00

This episode of Adventures in Aurelia is brought to you by Gabe and Jeff from Interparty Conflict, Red on Fire, Avoradond, and Powerful Condor on Patreon. You can join them in supporting the show at patreon.com/slash adventures in Aurelia. Hello and welcome to Adventures in Aurelia, a podcast where five friends sit around the table and record themselves playing Dungeons and Dragons.

SPEAKER_11 0:38

I'm Krista and I play Ariel, an Asmar Divine Soul Sorceress. I'm Chantel and I play Kanita, a Tiefling Sorceress.

SPEAKER_09 0:47

I'm Chris, I play Rim, a human paladin.

SPEAKER_03 0:50

I'm Caitlin, I play Tempest, a water genasi ranger.

SPEAKER_08 0:54

And I'm Damien, I'm the Dungeon Master. So a couple things as we get started tonight. First, going to continue the special shout-out from the previous episode, because we're still near the Midnight Carnival, so we'd like to give a shout-out to Festivals, Feasts, and Fairs by Ashley May and Taverns, Inns and Tap Rooms by JB Little. Both of these supplements can be found on DM's Guild and were used heavily for inspiration in the events surrounding the Midnight Carnival. And because this is going to come out well after it's come out, you can check out the new uh DD book, The Wild Beyond the Witch Light. Also, you know, shout outs to the wonderful patrons, but even though it's a couple months old at this point, we were finally able to get some art done. We actually commissioned art from an artist named Daniel. We commissioned Feuk, which is the legendary Great Axe that the players found in the campaign arc before the podcast. And is going to play a pretty key part in things as they return back to the City of Ribbon.

SPEAKER_01 2:07

And it's so cool, and I want to get more done.com.

SPEAKER_08 2:31

Previously, on Adventures in Aurelia, feeling unimpressed and put off by the main event of the Midnight Carnival, the party spends some time seeing what else the fair has to offer before turning in for the night. After waking up the next day, they decide to go their own ways and take care of some business before leaving the city. Rem visits an armor smith, Kanina visits the Fair and Travel Company, and Ariel and Tempest find a ship named the Iron Cask before Ariel goes off to find a bit of bait and tackle. So we are picking things up today, a little after midday, on the 5th of Monanon. It is a nice sunny day. So far, the party has spent the beginning of their day handling everything with their travel arrangements, including getting their dealings with the Farin Travel Company sorted out, securing some form of passage south on the waters by way of the Iron Cask, a interesting metal shipped captained by a dwarf named Thorstag, who Kanina knows from a previous adventure. After running their errands, Ariel, Kanina, and Rem, not all at once, but as things finished up with them, returned to their room at the Faron's favor. Meanwhile, Tempest decided to take a detour and explore a little bit more of the Midnight Carnival. So why don't we pick things up with Kanina and Rem already having both returned to the room at the Faron's favor. Is there anything the two of you are interested in talking about while you were at the room alone?

SPEAKER_10 4:11

Ah, I think Kanina will go ahead and uh consult Rem about some of the business she took care of in the morning. Just be like, Oh hey, Rem. Hey, how you gone? Oh, good so far. We had a productive morning. Um we got went ahead and secured travel for the ship. Uh so we're going to be You guys found a ship. We did. I actually ran into an old friend, uh, Thorstag. I'm I'm sure you remember all the times I've talked about him. Thorsteg Stonewind, he's the uh Was that the metal boat guy? Yeah! I I initially came to Riven uh with his help. He's a he's a good friend. He's a great captain. So we'll be uh sailing with him on the ship uh back to home.

SPEAKER_09 4:44

When's he leaving?

SPEAKER_10 4:45

Uh we have a kind of uh tend to leave set at 9 a.m. tomorrow, which is a little bit later than they are planning on leaving, but that's about the time. So if we if we need more time, we can probably negotiate that. But 9 a.m. is the plan so far.

SPEAKER_09 4:56

Mm-hmm. Should be fine.

SPEAKER_10 4:58

And uh we also secured ownership of the cart and horses.

SPEAKER_09 5:04

I thought we already had the cart.

SPEAKER_10 5:05

Um, in in uh theory only, I went ahead and did all the paperwork for it. I ran over the uh signed document that we had from the Blackguard. Made it official, so the cart is now ours and we won't receive any trouble for it.

SPEAKER_07 5:18

Alright.

SPEAKER_10 5:19

And uh we wanted to make sure that we got uh passage on the ship that could also uh take care of the the cart and horses. Yeah. We were gonna be traveling back with quite a bit more than just ourselves this time.

SPEAKER_09 5:29

This is true.

SPEAKER_10 5:30

But uh, have you seen the others around?

SPEAKER_09 5:32

No, we're the first person I've seen today after uh after we left.

SPEAKER_10 5:35

What did you get up to this morning?

SPEAKER_09 5:37

Uh went down to the uh blacksmiths and put in an order for some some new armor. My stuff's a little old.

SPEAKER_10 5:44

Oh. That'd be nice, you nice shiny new armor.

SPEAKER_09 5:47

I don't know if it'll be shiny. Definitely be new.

SPEAKER_10 5:51

Ah, being flashy is the best, don't you think?

SPEAKER_09 5:53

Try not to be flashy. Try not to stand out.

SPEAKER_10 5:56

Oh well that's a shame. I almost forgot, but uh along with the uh deed to the cart, we also got a uh spell scroll that will remove the pharaoh logo from the cart.

SPEAKER_09 6:09

Uh leave that up to you. Uh I think you're a little bit more versed in the magic than I am.

SPEAKER_10 6:13

Yeah. I will take care of that uh after we get settled in for the day. She'll go ahead and tuck it away in the place that she is staying. Which is the couch, I guess.

SPEAKER_08 6:25

And as the conversation between Ram and Kenina starts to die down, Ariel arrives at the Faron's favor. And standing behind the counter is Tariel. Oh, welcome back. A couple of your friends, your companions, have already arrived and they are up in your room.

SPEAKER_11 6:47

Okay, Ariel has this crate with a net and a fishing pole. Like strapped to the uh the spear, so it's all like all together. The the spear is wrapped in a sheet on her back, then the the net and the fishing pole is tied to that, and then she's got this big crate or whatever she's got that has all the fishing tackle and stuff in it, and she's just kind of trotting herself in and Okay, uh, cool, thanks.

SPEAKER_08 7:16

Do you need a hand with that?

SPEAKER_11 7:18

Uh no, I'm good.

SPEAKER_08 7:21

And how was your meat order yesterday? D was it up to par for what you were after?

SPEAKER_11 7:28

Oh, yeah, the mead, thank you. Um, I haven't actually tasted it. I'm saving it.

SPEAKER_08 7:35

Oh, my my apologies. Since you ordered last night, I thought that you were looking for a little after-event beverage, but you paid for it. Do with it what you will. Yeah, I'm gonna share it with my friends on the boat. I see. So, a boat. Will you guys be leaving today? Tomorrow? Next week?

SPEAKER_11 7:55

Um, actually, I think our plan is for the morning.

SPEAKER_08 7:57

You guys have already paid for your stay again tonight, so we will be able to settle everything when you awake in the morning. Uh enjoy the rest of your day. I don't want to keep you keep you held up any longer.

SPEAKER_11 8:08

Because you're like straight with a heavy item. Okay, thank you. And she's just gonna make her way up the stairs with the crate. She's like, maybe I should have said yes to the help. So she makes her way up and she's just gonna be like, Hey guys, and then wait to see who replies because she doesn't know who's actually there. Can you probably be the first and just be like, oh, welcome back, Aurelial. Hey, is Rem here? Yeah. Rem!

SPEAKER_09 8:40

Rem's just sitting there, he's like closing his eyes. I'm not here, I'm not here, I'm not here.

SPEAKER_11 8:44

Rem, where's Rem? Uh, where where would you be?

SPEAKER_09 8:46

I'm probably still sitting out in the open where you can see me. Because we just finished the conversation, so he's probably sitting in the main room.

SPEAKER_11 8:54

Alright, so she's just like looking around. Rem! Oh, there he is. She's just gonna like walk over to him and just like not really drop, but kind of just let it go at his feet. So I got you some stuff. Um, I know I remember how much you had fun when we were on our way here, and as she's like explaining, she takes down the spear that's on her back, and you could see that there's a pole and a net, and she like unwraps it and she's like, so I kinda hear and she hands it over to him.

SPEAKER_09 9:26

Thank you.

SPEAKER_11 9:27

I didn't exactly know what he was talking about at the store, and I don't know how to fish, and I just thought you could figure out what you need, and so that's a crate of like a whole bunch of fishing stuff that he said you would need, and then a net and a pole. I and I think it's the right pole for out in the I don't know.

SPEAKER_10 9:49

Kenina's like peering over the shoulder, kind of just like looking at all the stuff, and just be like kinda kind of also like slightly surprised, and just be like, oh wow, that's a really uh thoughtful gift there, Ariel. Good for you, man. You'll have a hobby to do like uh when we get back on the ship.

SPEAKER_11 10:02

And as Nina's saying that, Ariel's like slightly blushing because she's remembering the bathroom time. And she's like, yeah, I hope you like it.

SPEAKER_09 10:12

Um I didn't get you anything.

SPEAKER_11 10:17

Oh, you what? You didn't need to get me anything?

SPEAKER_09 10:20

Uh okay. Uh thank thank you.

SPEAKER_11 10:23

Yeah, you're welcome. And then she's gonna go over to her room.

SPEAKER_10 10:28

Everybody's talking about the Kanina Baronship, but now Kenina's like making eyes looking at those two, just like, hmm. Kenina'll just be like, oh um, I can help you carry this stuff to your room if you like.

SPEAKER_09 10:38

Uh, I I think I'm okay. And he'll like set the rod and the net on top of the box and then just like pick up the box and walk to his room.

SPEAKER_11 10:46

That's probably how Ariel should have carried it all, I guess.

SPEAKER_10 10:49

And then uh Kenina'll kind of watch him go and just like kinda clap Ariel on the shoulder and just be like, good job, I think he's happy. Look at him.

SPEAKER_11 10:55

Did we know that Tempest was heading to the carnival?

SPEAKER_10 10:58

Nope. She got there before everybody, so she headed out herself.

SPEAKER_11 11:02

So Ariel goes to her room and she knows that we're gonna be leaving, so she just kinda wants to make sure like her pack and everything is all like situated, but she's gonna yell from her room. Do we know where Tempest went? Uh, I thought I last saw her with you. Did uh did we lose her somewhere?

SPEAKER_10 11:16

Uh I went to go to the fishing store. Yeah, I I decided to grab a bite to eat before I came back here, so I I guess I uh I don't remember when I last saw her. It was somewhere near the docks, but I guess we split off somewhere around there.

SPEAKER_11 11:29

Ariel's gonna like stop what she's doing and come out. Maybe we should go find her.

SPEAKER_10 11:34

Um, I mean she she can take care of herself, I'm sure, but we'll we'll definitely wanna regroup at some point and make sure all of our affairs are order. Um, would I would I get an inkling at all like that maybe she would have headed to the carnival or anything like that? Go ahead and roll insight.

SPEAKER_08 11:52

I think that you could use deductive reasoning between the conversation you guys have had over the last day. I think it was clear that Tempest still had things that she wanted to do at the carnival, even though she gave no specific indication that's what she was doing. You would have a good chance to reason that she's either at the carnival or she's been kidnapped. It would be hard to get lost considering the carnival is literally right outside of your guys' building, and you walk through it and back.

SPEAKER_10 12:28

Honestly, I do think those are the top two options. Canina would probably go to either this normal thing or completely horrible worst thing.

SPEAKER_08 12:35

It's just she didn't give an indication that she wanted to do anything else. I would expect if it was Rem, you guys would literally not have any idea what he did, because he didn't give any indication, nor did he seem interested in the carnival. But with Tempest, you know that she was interested in exploring the carnival some more. Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 12:54

Can you go ahead and be just like, uh, I'm pretty sure she probably headed to the carnival. Either that or she got horribly kidnapped somewhere, but I'm sure she just went to the carnival because it seemed like she was really into it when we went, despite uh some of the troubles we ran across. And honestly, I've been wanting to go back as well, so if we want to, we could all head down to the group and try to meet up with her.

SPEAKER_11 13:12

Yeah, I just kind of finished packing and organizing in my room. Um, so I'm ready in the morning, so I'm good to go.

SPEAKER_10 13:19

And Canina will call over to Rem, like if he left his door open, she'll lean to the door, otherwise she'll knock.

SPEAKER_09 13:25

His door's closed.

SPEAKER_10 13:26

She'll go ahead and knock and call out and just be like, hey Rem, we're gonna head to the carnival and see if we can meet up with Tempest. Do you wanna come?

SPEAKER_09 13:32

Um shift through the door to see Rim sitting on the floor with the crate now open and everything inside of it laid out in front of him. As he slowly sorts through all of it. Uh I'll meet up with you guys a little bit later.

SPEAKER_10 13:47

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 13:48

He's like sitting there, like looking at all the stuff that was bought and like sorting it and organizing it again and putting it back inside the tackle box. And like, how much would Rim know actually about fishing?

SPEAKER_08 13:58

Tell me what Rem knows about fishing.

SPEAKER_09 14:00

Is it a pastime that that Rem He's never like pursued it, but being an old man, he kind of, you know.

SPEAKER_08 14:05

Okay, would we classify this as something that Rem has done before?

SPEAKER_09 14:09

But Yeah, like like passing and and something he's done.

SPEAKER_08 14:12

Usually with other people, not necessarily knowledgeable or pursued it on his own.

SPEAKER_09 14:18

Yeah, he's not a you know a fisherman. He's never done it himself, really. He's gone fishing, probably with other people, or maybe a couple times on his own, but it's like something he did as like for fun when he was younger every now and then, but it was never like he was never a hardcore hobbyist in Fisher.

SPEAKER_08 14:34

Okay. So Rem is probably familiar with most of the lures and equipment in front of him. Enough residual knowledge to know how to work with some of it, things like the basic knots that you would need to know for tying hooks and tying gear together. But there's also, since you said that REM is piling this stuff out and organizing it, there is a pile that you see off to like the farthest side of everything else that is Rem's, I don't know what the hell these are, how to use them pile.

SPEAKER_06 15:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 15:10

But there's a there's enough in there that you are familiar with that you can go ahead and uh and try your hand at fishing.

SPEAKER_09 15:16

Alright. So he'll probably, you know, he'll spend a little bit of time setting up the rod, like with line and a reel and all the stuff he needs to actually fish with it. Because I'm pretty sure when she bought it, it wasn't set up, it was just a rod. And then he'll he'll kind of like tuck everything away really quickly and you know, set everything off to the side, lean the poles up in the corner, you know, and then kind of like look around, make sure nobody was looking. But like after he's got everything put away, he'll like wander out.

SPEAKER_08 15:40

Okay, uh after Rem essentially turns down your invite to the carnival, do you guys just head out and go look for Tempest on your own?

SPEAKER_10 15:49

Um, I would imagine we don't have too much dilly-dallying. Like, Kenya might straighten up a couple of her things, but I don't imagine she unpacked as much as everybody everybody else might have because she didn't want to like throw her stuff everywhere in the main gathering room. So she would probably uh get with Ariel and just uh head out very shortly after, maybe like five minutes. Alright.

SPEAKER_08 16:08

Massive Star White Tempest. Yes. You've made your way from the wharf district of Port Norsaal back to the central district where the Midnight Carnival proper is being held. Yes. What is it that you are interested in doing? Are there games? Out here you see a couple small carnival style games. There's things like a ring toss over some conical-shaped objects, a ball tossed into a basket. Um, over at one corner, you actually do see a track with a bell on it ringed up with a large hammer that people are taking turns swinging at. However, you also know that inside of the arena, there was space set up for some larger scale games. Most of what's out here are small stalls. So a lot of the games and activities that you're seeing are smaller scale. There's places that you can pick up a lot of trinkets. You see as you're wandering around a handful more stalls carrying the souvenirs of the midnight carnival. What interests Tempest the most?

SPEAKER_03 17:23

Let's start with the ring toss.

SPEAKER_08 17:26

Okay, so Tempest approaches a stall that there is a relatively small, slendered with angular features. Man standing in front of it, twirling a couple rings over his fingers. Well, hello there, miss. Uh, would you like to play a game? This one here is the ring toss. You throw a couple silver my way, I hand you these rings, you throw them at the cones, and well, if you get some, you might win a prize. Uh, this should be a piece of cake! Ah, you think so? It's going to be a silver piece per ring. How many rings would you like to buy? I mean, you you've you've done carnival games before.

SPEAKER_03 18:06

Well, give them a gold. Ten, please.

SPEAKER_08 18:09

Oh, this one's got a real shiny here. Ten rings it is. He he kind of stacks up on a post over by the counter. Ten rings. For this ring toss, we're gonna go ahead and go with a athletics dexterity check. 14. Tempest grabs the ring, eyes out one of the cones, tosses, and it bounces right off the flat tip of the cone and lands off in the middle of it. Practice run. Oh my dear, that was close. Close. 17. On this one, Tempest readjusts from where she saw the first one bounce and manages to throw. It hits one of the ones closer to the front, but it does slip down onto one of the cones. Oh, well done! You've gotten one of the easy ones. The ones in the back, those are the difficult ones. 16. This one, Tempest tosses out, trying to throw a little bit further into the back, and it bounces off the front of one of the cones back towards the front and lands on the same cone as the last one.

SPEAKER_02 19:23

Bonus points for getting on the same cone.

SPEAKER_08 19:27

You seem to really have a thing for that one. Consistency. Nine. This one doesn't even hit one of the cones. It like almost defying physics twists onto its side and lands straight down. Seven. This one as Tempest throws it at the cones, it bounces off the front one and flies directly at the guy running the stall, hits him in the shoulder, and he kind of jerks and catches it. It's like you're supposed to throw them at the rings, not at me. Meant to do that. I'm sure you did.

SPEAKER_02 20:03

Eight.

SPEAKER_08 20:04

That was that was throw six, right?

SPEAKER_02 20:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 20:06

This one, Tempest throws out and it bounces off one of the front cones, flips, and then lands like wedged in between the points of four cones. Oh, that's a tricky one, but it's not quite what we're going for. So unfortunately, it doesn't count, but it does look cool.

SPEAKER_03 20:26

Okay, she's going to throw up the last four all at once. That's two tens, an eight, and a nineteen.

SPEAKER_08 20:37

Tempest, seemingly ready to be done with this guy, grabs the remaining stack of four rings and just throws them all out into the field of cones. While three of them bounce around and eventually settle down towards the bottom. One of them skips across a couple of the cones and lands near one of the back rows. And the guy running the stall goes, Oh, well done! That was a little more difficult than the first one. You might have overdone it throwing all four of them since most of them missed, but you are eligible for a little bit of a prize. And he reaches underneath the booth that you are you are at and pulls out a small doll that is a clean bearded, long moustachioed man wearing a long purple coat.

SPEAKER_10 21:31

It's fucking Amadon, isn't it?

SPEAKER_08 21:34

It does appear to be a representation of Amadon. If you had gotten one of the back ones. Would have been a bigger one?

SPEAKER_02 21:43

No, it would have been the dragon. Oh, she'll take the doll and just kinda chuckle. I've got plans for this.

SPEAKER_08 21:55

Well, that is creepy.

SPEAKER_02 22:00

Sweet days! Just cackles and walk away.

SPEAKER_08 22:06

So after getting your limited edition Amadon doll, what does Tempest wish to do?

SPEAKER_03 22:12

Um, I guess I'll go try the strength game. Strength game. The hammer.

SPEAKER_08 22:18

Alright, as Tempest walks through the stalls, seeing the the tower with a bell at the top of it and hearing it ring. Once every few minutes, she makes her way over. And uh there's a woman running the stall. You there! You look like someone that can make things happen. Would you like to ring the bell? Can you ring the bell? The challenge is here for the taking.

SPEAKER_03 22:45

Tempest will walk up to the the booth and I the You said it's like a railing with a in this case slider thingy on it.

SPEAKER_08 22:55

It's not the same kind of booth like the ring toss was. It's more that there's a board with a weight on a rail that goes up to a bell that is staked out and held up off to the side, and next to it at an angle is a stand that this woman is standing in front of, and she's carrying around a comically large wooden hammer. And she kinda twirls it around in her hand. So, are you here to take the challenge?

SPEAKER_03 23:27

I'll give it a go. She steps up to it and takes the hammer. How heavy's the hammer?

SPEAKER_08 23:34

The hammer is is a few pounds. I mean, it's a hefty chunk of wood. And before she hands the hammer over to you, it's gonna be two silver per swing, but if you can ring the bell, you get a prize. I'll just give it one try. She she kind of swings a hammer up over her shoulder and holds a hand out to you.

SPEAKER_03 23:55

Tempest is gonna stretch out her arms and her back a little bit before uh taking up the mallet.

SPEAKER_08 24:02

So after taking the two silver from you, she holds the hammer out to you. Go ahead, give it a swing, and this is going to be a strength athletics check. 17. Tempest steps up, does a bit of a wind up, and lays the hammer down onto this paddle board and watches the weight travel about 80% of the way up to the top. And the woman running the stall, fists balled up on her hips, watches the weight go up. Oh, that was a close one! Do you want to give it another go?

SPEAKER_03 24:42

Tempest is gonna kind of be uh sort of rolling her shoulder. You know, rotate her cuffs a little sore after that. I'm good, but I gotta find Nina. Turn around, start looking for my friends. Cause cause Nina's gotta do this.

SPEAKER_08 25:00

Tempest hands the hammer back to the woman running the booth, steps back and looks around because she said that she needs to find Nina, and happens to see Ariel and Kanina, who have just seen Tempest make an attempt at ringing this bell.

SPEAKER_10 25:16

Kenina's face will light up a bit and she'll nudge Ariel and be like, oh my Tempest, and hey Tempest! Nina! Nina, you gotta try this! You're so strong! Yeah, we'll trot over. Yeah. And Kanina will take a look-see and just be like, oh, so what's this? I see you got into the games. Are you here to ring the bell?

SPEAKER_08 25:34

Uh two silver per swing. Ring the bell and win a prize! Ooh, prizes? Yes!

SPEAKER_10 25:42

That's why you pay to do the games. Oh, I think that sounds fun. Uh, alright, sure, I'll I'll give it a go.

SPEAKER_03 25:49

And yeah, hook over to two silver. You take the hammer, like this this really big hammer, and you hit that as hard as you can. Hey, hey, that's my job.

SPEAKER_08 26:00

Oh, shut up. You take this big hammer and you swing it right there at that plank. Shoo, shoo, shoo.

SPEAKER_10 26:08

But after that explanation, Kenina will go ahead and uh hand over the silver, grab the hammer, and she'll kind of widen her stance, kind of shuffle herself a little bit, and uh center up on that plank and give it a try.

SPEAKER_08 26:20

Alright, this is a strength athletics check. That is an 11. Kenina widens her stance, swings down at it, and maybe it's something about the the widened stance, but you only have like a glancing blow at this plank. And the weight only travels about halfway up the rail. Ooh, that was that was close. Not not the best swing. Would you like to give it another go?

SPEAKER_10 26:46

Hmm. Yeah, I think I will. I feel like I can do better than that. I think I was maybe just a little off-center.

SPEAKER_08 26:51

Yes, yes, you want to try to hit on the board.

SPEAKER_10 26:54

Okay, I think I got it this time. Yeah, you can kind of see if she's getting determined a little bit more now. She'll uh roll up what short sleeves she has. You can see her muscles going a little bit more, and she's gonna hope that she can get this. And it's a lot worse. She's not feeling strong today.

SPEAKER_08 27:16

Kanina squares up for a second swing, manages to hit this time, but maybe it's a little bit of the flustering from the miss on the first swing, and it once again only goes up about halfway on this rail. Oh! That that was that was better. You did hit the plank. Do you want to give it another go with the same oomph that you gave the first one? Or would your friend like to take a try at it? Do you would you like to take a swing of the hammer? Ring the bell and win a prize.

SPEAKER_11 27:44

Ariel's gonna like feel her arms from carrying that crate earlier. Uh I can try. Are you done? Would you like to take another try, or would you like to let your friend have a go at it? Oh, I can I can wait for her if she's I can go after she's done.

SPEAKER_10 27:58

Um sure, I'll I'll give it one more shot and then I'll I'll hand it over. Uh, third time's a charm, right? That is what they say. Yeah, Canina's sweating a little bit now.

SPEAKER_08 28:13

Kanina takes another swing at this bell. It feels like everything is going right. The weight shoots up to the top, and uh the the woman running the booth looks looks a little excited, looks up and following the weight all the way up to the top, and it is mere inches from actually ringing the bell. It it's almost like the the air coming off of it rattled the bell a little bit, but not enough to actually have a nice ring come out. Ooh, that's the closest one I've seen in the last hour or so. You sure you don't want to give it one more shot?

SPEAKER_10 28:47

Um, it's tempting, but I'll I'll go ahead and let Ariel give it a try now. Well, alright.

SPEAKER_08 28:51

I'm going to be here the rest of the day if you'd like to give it another shot later.

SPEAKER_10 28:55

Yeah, I'll I'll probably be back. I I do like games after all, and I feel like strength is normally one of my strong suits, but I guess uh swinging a hammer is a bit too much for me.

SPEAKER_08 29:05

Well, kind of dejected. Alright, my turn? If you would like to go, yes. It's gonna be two silver per swing.

SPEAKER_11 29:12

Alright, she'll dig into her pouch and grab a couple silver and hand it over.

SPEAKER_08 29:16

Alright, so kind of like your friend just did, you want to stand back just a little bit, both hands on the hammer, and swing down and hit the plank. Ideally, you get the weight to ring that bell.

SPEAKER_11 29:29

Okay, she looks up at the bell, goes down with the hammer, kind of like lifts it to see how heavy it is, brings it up onto her shoulder. It's a bit heavy, and then she's gonna just drop it, like let all the weight fall onto it.

SPEAKER_08 29:44

Alright, this is gonna be a strength athletics check.

SPEAKER_11 29:48

It's a seven.

SPEAKER_08 29:49

Oh, that's an interesting technique, but I think just dropping it from your shoulder doesn't give it the oomph that it needs. Do you want to give it another go?

SPEAKER_11 29:59

Yeah, she'll hand her a couple more silver. Alright. So now she's gonna pull it back up onto her shoulder.

SPEAKER_08 30:05

And at this point, the woman running the booth is just beaming, wide smile on her face, bright eyes. She's really rooting for you.

SPEAKER_11 30:13

And then she's gonna try to put like all of whatever strength she has from carrying the crate and fishing stuff, everything that's left, and try to just like slam it down. Fifteen.

SPEAKER_08 30:25

Oh, that was much better than the last one. And the uh the weight makes it about three-quarters of the way up the track.

unknown 30:33

Um.

SPEAKER_08 30:34

Would you like to give it another go? Would you like to give it another go? How about you looking over at Tempest? All your other friends have taken at least two swings now. Considering I also did the best out of them, I think I will try again. Alright, so hand the hammer over to your friend unless you're gonna take another swing.

SPEAKER_11 30:50

Ariel just is like rubbing her shoulder. Yep, I think I'm done. I carried heavy stuff earlier, and then hands the hammer over. Thanks. It's only a 15.

SPEAKER_08 31:02

You can actually see as as Tempest takes a swing at this, that there's a pretty pretty strong wear spot along the uh track that this weight is on that seems to go up right around to the the 14 to 17 range of it. Seems like a lot of people get in this range.

SPEAKER_03 31:21

Tempest is gonna hand the the hammer back. This game's rigged. Let's go, guys.

SPEAKER_08 31:27

You think the game's rigged? I can assure you the bell rang just about two hours ago.

SPEAKER_10 31:32

Well, I'll I'll give it one more good solid try. And then she'll hand over her two silver and then give it a go.

SPEAKER_08 31:39

You seemed like the type that just wouldn't let it go. You seem like a real go-getter. You set your mind to something, and you're going to accomplish it.

SPEAKER_10 31:47

Well, that's the hope. Minute to win it. It's a crit.

SPEAKER_08 31:53

It's a crit?

SPEAKER_10 31:54

One! I think the hammer just slips out of her hands.

SPEAKER_02 31:59

We should probably go before we hurt ourselves.

SPEAKER_10 32:02

I don't think she has a good grip on that hammer. Her hands are sweating now, and she's just like, whoops.

SPEAKER_08 32:07

As Kanina swings down at the plank on this one, it's almost like as as your nerves have worked up, your hands have gotten a little sweaty, and you lose not so much the grip on the hammer, but the steadiness of it, and actually end up hitting the plank with the flat side of the hammer instead of the hammer's head. Take one point of bludgeoning damage just from the shock of of hitting the the wood plank. It's kind of like when you hit something hard and solid with a bat. Yep. Oh! That one looked like it hurt. You wanna you wanna take a break now?

SPEAKER_10 32:47

Ouch. Uh yeah, I guess I will. I guess it's just not my day today. Maybe I worked out a little too hard this morning. There's always later. Yeah, I'm I'll probably be back. And then she's like muttering yourself, we'll definitely be back. Gonna get an extent.

SPEAKER_08 32:59

Juice up.

unknown 33:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 33:01

She'll hand the hammer back and she'll look for new games elsewhere. At what point does Rem try to catch up with us?

SPEAKER_09 33:08

So basically, when Rim comes down, he's gonna hit the street, look, you know, left and right, and then close his eyes for a second and cast locate object on Tempest's uh spyglass.

SPEAKER_08 33:20

Interesting way to do it. Does Tempest have her spy glass on her? I don't think so. Alright, so Rem casts locate object. And as as you concentrate on the spyglass that you've seen Tempest carrying before, you're getting a ping back up at your room. So he'll be like, uh try to make it. Alright, you have a beacon out in the stalls of the carnival out in the town square. So he'll walk to meet everybody.

SPEAKER_09 33:53

Or at least he knows these two.

SPEAKER_08 33:55

He's not sure if they've found her. And you see the three of your companions walking away a little dejected from a tower that has a bell at the top of it and a rail with a weight.

SPEAKER_10 34:08

Yeah, I imagine Canina's kind of shaking her hands, you know, that little like stingy feeling you get after you do hit something hard. Yeah, so she's probably shaking them, get the feeling back a little bit, shake away some of the pain.

SPEAKER_09 34:18

He'll kind of, you know, shift so that he intersects with them and be like, no luck, huh?

SPEAKER_10 34:23

Uh, no. Uh tried out uh the strength challenge, and I thought I'd be good at it, but I didn't have any luck. Got close.

SPEAKER_09 34:31

These games aren't always exactly made to be easy.

SPEAKER_10 34:34

Well, of course not, and that's part of the fun of them. If it was easy, everybody would win.

SPEAKER_09 34:38

Did you see any of them do it?

SPEAKER_10 34:40

Uh no. Um, she said uh nobody's won for the last couple hours, and no one here got to ring the bell.

SPEAKER_09 34:45

Huh.

SPEAKER_10 34:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 34:48

Ram, you should try it.

SPEAKER_09 34:49

I don't know.

SPEAKER_11 34:50

Come on. It's just too silver. I'll pay for you if you want.

SPEAKER_09 34:55

No, it's okay. He'll walk up to the to the lady and be like, hey, when was the last time somebody rang a bell? About two hours ago or so. Can you do it? I've done it before. Show me.

SPEAKER_08 35:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 35:10

He's gonna watch very carefully on how she does it.

SPEAKER_08 35:13

She takes the hammer, kind of see her twirling it in her hands in a little bit, see her stressing her hands and the grip. Instead of a wide stance, takes a one-foot leading stance with the other foot behind the same the same foot that she's kind of holding the hammer with, steps forward with the back leg while bringing the hammer over, and stomps it down as she brings the hammer down, and it does ring the bell.

SPEAKER_11 35:41

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_08 35:42

Of course he will.

SPEAKER_09 35:43

So while he's paying attention, does he notice anything with where the foot landed? Does she stomp?

SPEAKER_08 35:47

Go ahead and roll perception.

SPEAKER_09 35:50

16.

SPEAKER_08 35:51

The place that you see her foot land is is just packed dirt.

SPEAKER_09 35:54

Okay. And then is there anything he notices about the hammer since she was twirling it? Did she pick a specific side to hit with?

SPEAKER_08 36:01

Uh it doesn't look like it was it was intentionally chosen. You did see that she she eyed it, but you haven't seen her do it enough to know that she's particularly favoring one side over the other. Okay. And she big smile on her face, resting the the head of the hammer down, looks up. You see her tilt her head to one side so that her ear is facing the bell. Ain't that a glorious ring? Would you like to give it a shot now? Sure, I'll give it a shot.

SPEAKER_10 36:28

You need a standing by flabbergasted, and she made it look so easy.

SPEAKER_09 36:35

So Rim will pass over to Silver.

SPEAKER_08 36:37

Alright, this is a strength athletics check.

SPEAKER_09 36:40

First of all, Rim's gonna look at the hammer really closely, make sure one side's not like padded. Go ahead and roll perception. That's terrible. Ten.

SPEAKER_08 36:48

Uh it doesn't seem like it.

SPEAKER_09 36:49

Okay, so he's gonna feel out the hammer, make sure it feels decent, and then he's gonna take it.

SPEAKER_08 36:54

You're gonna like feel around the head.

SPEAKER_09 36:56

No, just like like he's gonna test the weight in his hand, see if he can find like the center of balance on it. And then he's gonna take up his stance, which is more like he's going to be mining down into the ground. So one foot forward, one hand up close to the head, the other hand near the end, and then as he goes back, he's gonna bring it down real hard.

SPEAKER_08 37:10

Basically taking the same same swing that she did. That she did, yeah.

SPEAKER_11 37:13

Ariel's gonna cheer him on. You're gonna have to.

SPEAKER_08 37:15

Strength athletics, you said? Yep. Go ahead and roll with advantage.

unknown 37:18

Advantage.

SPEAKER_11 37:19

And she's watching intently.

SPEAKER_09 37:24

Was it an at one and an at 20? No, it was an a four, which makes it 11, and then it was a one.

SPEAKER_05 37:30

Oh.

SPEAKER_09 37:32

So an eleven.

SPEAKER_08 37:33

Rem feels like he has done everything right to mimic exactly what she just did. And as you take your swing, this weight only goes up about halfway on the track.

SPEAKER_09 37:44

Okay, so he'll watch it, and then he'll look at the hammer again, and he'll be like, give me one more shot. So he'll give her another two silver. And this time he's gonna flip the hammer over and try the other side of the mallet, just in case.

SPEAKER_08 37:54

Alright. You're gonna go ahead and roll with advantage again. Oh. 24. Rem takes up the same stance that he did before. The only difference is that he has flipped the hammer around in his hands, takes a big old mining swing, and launches the weight up into the bell. And for the second time in about two minutes, there's a big clang as the weight strikes the bell.

SPEAKER_09 38:19

Ariel's just like clapping and grinning. Well done! Be like, you're right, that is a pretty nice sound.

SPEAKER_08 38:27

And one moment you did pay for your swing. She walks over to the booth. While previously she had been standing in front of it, demonstrating and everything. This time she walks around to the back, and you see her take a few moments back there, hear the sound of coins moving around, as it seems that she's probably emptying her pockets. She pulls out a small piece of parchment and hands it over to you. This here is uh is one full meal. You'll see a couple couple places for various vendors to check off. Two, uh, you get a free ale, a free savory pie from one of the stalls, as well as a sweet pie. Alright.

SPEAKER_09 39:06

Have a good day.

SPEAKER_08 39:08

And a wonderful day to you two and the rest of your friends. You've seen it done twice now. You want to give it another go?

SPEAKER_10 39:15

Uh, maybe later. We're gonna take a walk around and look at some of the other games. I don't blame you. Yeah, you know, go ahead and clap Ren on the back and just be like, Great job, Rem. That was really impressive.

SPEAKER_09 39:24

Thank you. And he'll take the parchment and he'll hand it to Ariel and be like, hey, thanks for the the fishing stuff again.

SPEAKER_11 39:29

Oh, you're you're welcome.

SPEAKER_09 39:31

Uh pie vendor down that way is pretty good. And he's gonna point to the place that he got his breakfast pie at. Okay.

SPEAKER_11 39:37

Thanks. I'm actually really hungry.

SPEAKER_10 39:39

You know, look between the two. Don't say anything, just looking.

SPEAKER_11 39:43

Ariel's just gonna like look at Rem, smile, look at Nina. Uh, food. That way?

SPEAKER_09 39:49

Yeah, he's just down that way.

SPEAKER_11 39:51

Alright, she's gonna head that way too. I'm gonna go get food.

SPEAKER_10 39:54

Oh, Rem, maybe you should uh show her just so she didn't get lost, so we should go to the right pie vendor, you know?

SPEAKER_09 39:59

It's that guy right there.

SPEAKER_10 40:00

He's gonna give you a slight shove. You know, you should go with it. I'm not gonna be super persistent about it, but I am trying to.

SPEAKER_09 40:11

He would have he would have eventually been like fine and like walked. What time is it?

SPEAKER_08 40:16

Uh at this point we're at about 3 p.m. Okay.

SPEAKER_09 40:20

Because I Rim remembers that the armor vendor had asked him to show up later.

SPEAKER_03 40:24

Have you tried out any other games, Tempest? I did the ring toss over there, and it was okay. The person running the stall was kind of annoying though. Oh really? Hmm. That might just be everyone.

SPEAKER_10 40:40

I suppose uh there are a lot of different personality types, and it takes a special kind of person to run a uh carnival game.

SPEAKER_08 40:48

As you guys are walking through, various vendors are shouting over in your direction.

SPEAKER_10 40:53

Wes for sale! What are the games that we see?

SPEAKER_08 40:57

Out here, uh, what did I say? I said you've got the ring toss, you've got a a ball into a basket hoop looking thing, you've got the um the hammer bell that you guys had just done, but there is also stuff inside the arena that you haven't explored yet today. Does Rem end up going with Ariel to show her the food? Or more specifically, does Ariel actually walk off to the the pie vendor that Rem was pointing out?

SPEAKER_11 41:26

Yeah, she's walking there. She doesn't have any idea that that happened. She's heading over there.

SPEAKER_08 41:32

Does Rem end up following?

SPEAKER_09 41:33

He would have like taken a couple quick steps to match pace and then been like, here it's this guy over here and walk her over.

SPEAKER_08 41:40

What do uh Canina and Tempest do?

SPEAKER_10 41:42

Uh, Canina might be interested in trying out the ring toss, or if uh Tempest has her eye on another game, then we might try that together.

SPEAKER_03 41:50

If you want to try the ring toss, I'll come cheer you on, and then after we can go check out the stuff that's inside. Sure. Yeah, so Canina walk up to the ring toss stall.

SPEAKER_08 42:00

As Ariel and Rem approach the stall of this pie vendor, it seems that just ever so vaguely this older man recognizes Rem. Ah, so you came back. You like the pie this morning?

SPEAKER_09 42:15

I was letting my friend here know that you have some pretty good pies. She's pretty hungry.

SPEAKER_08 42:19

Ah, what can I get you today? Um, right now I've got a spinach and grape leaf, a lamb and leek, and uh the the specialty of the city, a fish pie.

SPEAKER_11 42:30

What kind did you have, Rem?

SPEAKER_09 42:32

Rem pointed to one of the pies. That one.

SPEAKER_11 42:35

Alright, I'll I'll try the one that he had.

SPEAKER_08 42:37

Alrighty. Huh? Let's see.

SPEAKER_11 42:40

She's gonna hold up the voucher thing. I got this. Ah, you've won one of the games.

SPEAKER_08 42:45

Congratulations!

SPEAKER_11 42:46

Oh, he he did. He gave it to me.

SPEAKER_08 42:49

He uh he gives a somewhat knowing look over in Ram's direction. Well, congratulations, Fine Man. I can sign off on a savory pie here for the for this one. Would you like one of the sweet pies or an ale? Or would you like to explore one of the other vendors? What?

SPEAKER_11 43:07

She just knows she gets a pie.

SPEAKER_08 43:10

The the the voucher that you just that you that he just got for you is entitled to a a savory pie, a sweet pie, and an ale. Or a glass of wine. Oh, um. I happen to have some grape pies if you'd like to get a sweet one here, or you could explore the other vendors. Or I have this lovely elven fruit beer if you'd like to get a mug of ale from me too.

SPEAKER_11 43:36

I think I'll just stick with the with the meat pie for right now.

SPEAKER_08 43:40

Uh suit yourself. Uh, can I can I see the voucher?

SPEAKER_11 43:44

And she's gonna hand it over.

SPEAKER_08 43:45

And he pulls out a a quill, signs off next to the savory pie, crosses it out, and hands it to you with a pie in hand. Thank you. And uh good day to you, and thank you for the recommendation. Of course. Would you like something else? It's been a couple hours. I I understand.

SPEAKER_11 44:04

And Ariel's gonna look up Drem. Well, and she's gonna look and see that Tempest and Nina are not around.

SPEAKER_08 44:10

You see them a across the way over at the ring toss.

SPEAKER_11 44:13

Oh, do we see them?

SPEAKER_08 44:14

Oh yeah, it's a it's a big, like, wide open square with stalls all around it, but it's not like you guys are traveling drastically far away from each other.

SPEAKER_11 44:23

Okay, so she's gonna look at Ram and be like, okay, so uh should we go meet back up with them?

SPEAKER_08 44:29

Sure.

SPEAKER_11 44:29

Okay.

SPEAKER_08 44:30

Ah, so I see you've brought your friend with you. Would you like to do a ring toss? Yeah, I'm gonna give it a try. Alright, has she filled you in on the rules of the game?

SPEAKER_10 44:40

Uh, not quite. She left out some details.

SPEAKER_08 44:42

Alright, and he holds up a finger spinning a ring. One silver piece per ring, I can give you ten rings for gold, and the goal is to get your rings over one of the cones. The ones in the front are only worth a minor amount of points, and the ones in the back get you a grand prize. I'll go ahead and uh grab five rings. Alright, that'll be five silver pieces! And this will be a athletic's dexterity jump.

SPEAKER_10 45:10

17.

SPEAKER_08 45:11

The first ring that you you pick up and toss out, it bounces along the front row, and it does settle down on top of one of the cones. Well done! First shot. That must be some beginner's luck here.

SPEAKER_10 45:24

Oh yeah, that's that's pretty encouraging. Give it another shot. She's gonna try to mimic again what she did. 16.

SPEAKER_08 45:33

The the ring bounces off some of the back ones up towards the front row, once again, landing a couple over from where the first one is, but falls around the base of one of the cones. You must be a natural at this. Do you do practice? Do you have a setup like this at your home?

SPEAKER_10 45:50

No, I can't say that I do. I guess uh, like you said, beginner's luck.

SPEAKER_08 45:54

Well done. Your progress is going great so far.

SPEAKER_10 45:57

Gonna give it another shot. That one's not so good. I think the beginner's luck has worn off. Uh, seven.

SPEAKER_08 46:05

This one kind of skits off of the the front set of cones where the other ones have landed and then rolls off to its side, falling in between them. Oh it must have been a case of beginner's luck, but you still have a few more rings if you'd like to keep trying. Yeah, give it another shot.

SPEAKER_10 46:24

Ooh, that is 19.

SPEAKER_08 46:26

This one bounces and manages to to bounce over a little bit of a gap and land in the middle row of cones. Well done! I see you seem to be getting the hang of this, dialing things in. A little bit further than you could get for the grand prize. Ooh, there's a grand prize? Yes. If you manage to land in the back row, then you will get to walk away with one of our dragon dolls.

SPEAKER_10 46:53

Oh really? Canina kind of perks up a bit at the mention of a grand prize, and she's gonna definitely uh try to embrace that look she got with some of her previous shots and mimic what she uh what she got the best she can, but aim a little bit higher for that back row. And she changed something she probably shouldn't have in her stance there and got a four.

SPEAKER_08 47:15

This one, like, it hits the the front of the table, bounces back towards you, and rolls, and the dirt underneath the counter is like, oh, well, you are still entitled to one of our minor prizes. And he reaches out under the table and pulls out for this. You can get a uh doll of Amadan himself, our lovely ringmaster.

SPEAKER_10 47:40

Oh, how charming.

SPEAKER_08 47:43

Isn't that what she won? Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 47:45

Yeah. Yes.

SPEAKER_08 47:46

Canina ended up getting the exact same score.

SPEAKER_10 47:49

I really. Uh, she's gonna go ahead and purchase one more ring, one more good try. Oh, you'd like to to bank it and go for another another try. Yeah, I'll I'll do do one more ring just to see if my uh my luck will turnaround for this last one.

SPEAKER_08 48:03

It has been a little bit of an up and down race with you. That is a 20. This one once again bounces and lands in the middle row. Oh, another middle row! That is another well done try. If you would like to keep going, one more in the middle row will get you a dragon doll.

SPEAKER_10 48:24

Oh, really? Is how you keep earning money.

SPEAKER_08 48:28

At this point, we could have gone and just bought one. Three in the middle or one in the back? Oh, really? I think some people stay here for 10 and 20 minutes continuing to throw rings.

SPEAKER_10 48:39

I do think Canina's definitely one of those people who's addicted to that uh feeling of winning. Don't ever let her into a lottery or a casino. Yes, she she she falls for his his ruse here and buys one more ring. Uh eight.

SPEAKER_08 48:55

Oh, so close. Yeah, it's so far, my dear. You're welcome to keep going if you'd like.

SPEAKER_03 49:00

Why don't we go check some of the other games out?

SPEAKER_08 49:03

Just hold the pile of rings. Just go.

SPEAKER_10 49:07

You can see Nina kind of just like intently watching them. She's like, has a slight, slight want to do it, but if you're insistent enough, she will.

SPEAKER_08 49:15

How about I got you a deal? Twelve rings for a gold piece.

SPEAKER_10 49:20

I think just as we're about to turn away and try out another game, hearing the deal offer, I think Canina will go ahead and take and just be like, alright, sure thing.

SPEAKER_08 49:28

And he splits out two stacks of six for the expediency of things. I'll just have you roll out the dice and tell me the numbers. Yep.

SPEAKER_10 49:40

So the first one is going to be a seventeen, a ten, a three, eleven, nineteen, sixteen, fourteen, six, fifteen, five, twenty, and seven.

SPEAKER_08 49:59

So Canina posts up, throwing ring after ring, many of them miss. However, she does get a couple more into the middle row, as well as a couple into the easy row, and he looks down, starts tallying him up, and he's like, You have gotten enough that you can exchange for one of the dragon dolls.

SPEAKER_10 50:21

Yeah, I'll do that.

SPEAKER_08 50:23

Congratulations! And he he reaches down and pulls out a a cute red dragon wormling doll. It's, you know, it's doll-sized. We we aren't going going full carnival, larger than life. It's bigger than a person.

SPEAKER_10 50:39

Is it one of the bigger plushies or is it more like, you know, just just plushie? It's uh around cat-sized. She'll be happy with that. He may have gotten almost a couple gold out of her, but he did cut her a deal, so she's satisfied that she'd at least got something out of this win.

SPEAKER_08 50:57

That's much of a struggle as it was. So, Rem and Ariel, having having seen Tempest and Kanina over at the Ring Toss, were you heading back to them or were okay. Rem and Ariel heading over to the ring toss where Tempest and Kanina were. See Kanina turning around with a smile on her face, holding a small dragon doll in her hands.

SPEAKER_11 51:22

Ariel has a mouthful of her meat pie, but she's gonna be like, oh, that's really cute. As she comes up to Nina, holding the little dragon.

SPEAKER_10 51:32

Yeah, I'm glad I finally won something.

SPEAKER_08 51:34

Give like the plush a squeeze. And the uh the the guy running the the booth has a smile on his face, leans out around Kenya's shoulder and it's like, Oh, you have friends. Would one of you like to throw some rings? One silver per ring.

SPEAKER_10 51:47

Uh I would be careful, guys. This game is very addicting. Once you buy one ring, you can't stop. She's probably tallying up the amount of rings she bought and just be like, we may be rich, but that wasn't a great idea, maybe.

SPEAKER_11 52:00

Ariel's just eating her meat pie and she just shakes her head no.

SPEAKER_10 52:03

Yeah, can you know look behind the scene and just be like, ah, it looks like we're uh we're done here for for now, so. Thank you very much, sir.

SPEAKER_08 52:10

And thank you for your patronage. And congratulations on the trials. Good day. Farewell. Go over to the next game. There's a uh basket and uh ball type thing. There are a wall filled up with blown-up balloons. And there are a number of things that you guys had walked by in your initial uh run through the arena yesterday for a number of events and stalls inside of the uh Port Noor Sall arena. Number of trinket vendors, places that you could buy pies, both savory and sweet, places that are selling ales and wines. Time is it? Um, at this point we're getting up to about 4 p.m. Time did the vendor want me to bet be back? I believe he said seven, because he is less of a vendor. He is he is someone that has an established location within the city. In fact, he probably hates that the Midnight Carnival is going on with all of the extra people and distractions. What would the party like to do?

SPEAKER_10 53:16

But she she will look to Tempest, because Tempest was excited by coming to the carnival, and she still gets that that feeling kind of from her, though. She might be a little miffed now that she's had a couple losses. She'll look to Tempest and be like, well, any other uh games you want to try out?

SPEAKER_11 53:30

Shall we go at least check out what's inside the arena? Sure. Ariel's gonna be like shoveling what's left into her mouth and then like swallow and be like, Yeah, I wanna try another game too. That hammer thing was too hard.

SPEAKER_10 53:43

Yeah, I thought I'd do really good at the strength test, but uh, I guess my my skill lied in the uh throwing challenge. I think I just got tired from carrying the fishing stuff. I do I do think you did take a break from exercising in the mornings. You start to feel a little more weary after taking a break from those kinds of things.

SPEAKER_11 54:01

Oh, maybe that's the problem. Yeah, maybe we can find something that doesn't really rely on my strength. I'm sure they'll have something.

SPEAKER_08 54:12

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SPEAKER_07 55:08

We interrupt this program to inform you about the new radio drama, officially sanctioned by the Immortal Emperor himself, Ghost on a Train. Ghost on a Train is all about the pride of the dust wall and the courageous but eccentric lifeballs that keep our railway safe. Let's hear from the Bulls now, and from Anderson, and Dustin.

SPEAKER_00 55:36

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