Welcome everyone back to a wider World Live Play DND podcast
where we don't let know quite what the tagline is because we
haven't played the first episode yet.
No, I got one. I wrote one down today.
We're a Cobalt podcast about Cobalts doing the most
unproblematic version of the version of NS-2 ever exist.
There you have it, folks and friends, The least problematic
merchant to Venice the Internet has ever seen.
Beat Wilhelm's hole. We may not even touch a merchant
to Venice. So we've been, we've been off,
we've been playing other games, being other people, but we're
back. And not only are the five of us
back, we are back with drum roll please, a new player.
So welcome to the table Josh, or should I say Gareth.
It's good to be here. It's good to be here.
I'm honored. Oh yeah, give us, give us just a
little bit about Gareth. What it What do you want us to
know about Gareth? And introduce yourself a little
bit to us too. Oh, sure.
Yeah. I'm Josh.
Hello, everybody. I've been listening to the show
for a little while now. Wider world is definitely my
favorite because of a certain Marjorie Ridgeback for sure, but
you know, that's just how it is. But anyway, I'm a big fan of you
guys. I love the first act of of your
show so far, and I'm I'm excited to play with you guys.
But anyway going to Mr. Mr. Mogford, my character, he is a
bronze dragonborn from the ancient House of a Mogford.
And the ancient House of Mogford is essentially a vampire killing
society or like family essentially that he's from where
he was trained to fight vampires and such.
But tragically in his back story, his entire family was
murdered by Zed, said vampires. And now he goes out and seeks
his revenge on them for what they did.
To carry on. The the legacy.
Of the house they got revenge on your family and now your family
you only is getting revenge on them, their family.
There's just so much revenging. Very Shakespearean, but yeah,
that's kind of like the main gist of the vibe.
Gareth can do a lot of cool things as well.
He's a Ranger, he's got a cool weapon, a kusari Gama, which is
like a sickle whip thing out of Japanese origin.
I thought that would be something kind of cool for him
to carry. Such a cool weapon.
You can also fly, which is pretty cool.
He's got like this ability to summon wings that are spectral
in nature but also like elemental.
So I have like lightning wings when I fly, which is kind of
crazy. And think about your connection
to the the issues that the Cobalts are facing.
I didn't never thought about that until just this moment.
Bunch of lizards and then this guy like where does it hit?
Yeah, this guy actually, we could do a whole sub podcast
where this guy just goes and solves some of the cobalt
problems. I would love.
Nothing more to. Be honest.
I do kind of love how much of A purpose your character has
versus several of our characters.
Both of us have like goals and stuff, but I wouldn't say
necessarily any of us where it's like, OK, yeah, sure, all of us
need some goblins. Let's go, I think.
Better. Do you know one of the goblins?
They seem cool. Let's go get the rest of them.
Yeah. Season one Season 1 recap.
Speed run Nice. Hell yeah.
OK, well, welcome to the table, Josh and Gareth.
We will circle back to more, but we do have a traditional intro.
And with the traditional intro comes traditional intro
questions. And the idea for this episode
was we're dealing with theater. We're dealing with theater and
the undead. So you can share.
We can share either a theater experience or an undead
experience, whatever that means to us.
And then we can also ask Josh a question for his character.
So yo, I'm Theodore Stringer. I play everybody who isn't a
character here in the thing. As far as an under the
experience goes, one of the things that really drew me into
DND in the 1st place and like told me how specific and crunchy
it could get was man, I must have been, you know, 111213.
Whenever 4th edition was first coming out, one of the first
like supplemental books they put out was a book all about the
undead. And that blew my whole gourd
because there were so many types in there that I had just never
heard of that I had never conceptualized.
And that was sort of when I realized that this was a hole
that I was going to fall down and keep falling.
And it hasn't stopped. I am M and I for this beginning
of our Part 2 of Wider World, we'll be playing Ducketts the
Cobalt. That feels so good to say out
loud. Ducketts.
What a good name. I've just been thinking and like
shaking my head to myself like that's a, that's a good cobalt
name. Since I said it the first time,
I'm just so stoked. I love Ducketts.
He is the assistant production manager here for The Merchant of
Venice. What?
Does that mean? That anything the production
manager needs. Duckett's is fucking on dude.
He is good at his job. He is good at his job.
He has a whole sack of stuff that the director may need at
any given moment that is foreshadowing to his bag of
tricks. I am a cobold inventor.
The group was making jokes how I just love being an artificer but
this artificer gets a bag of good stuff.
Like the only thing I got to artifice is horrible.
Whatever. What a what a what a character
was just a ball of light. I get 8 things, one of which is
a scorpion on a stick. I'm so excited to just reach in
dude. OK sorry about that.
I am excited about Duckett's theater experience.
I, I mean, I was thinking all day that that was Shake Spear
specific and I was thinking about the only Shakespeare play
I think I've seen, and that was actually at the Globe in London.
I got to see King Lear there and that was just really cool The.
Only one. To tack on to to Theodore's
thing, theatre is also how I got started on D&D, and that was in
college, part of She Kills Monsters.
When they all made us play D&D or invited us to play, they
didn't. No one made us do anything, but
the whole theatre community was doing it for like 2 months.
It's because of that show. And so it was hard to not be
playing D&D for a moment. And then since then we've just
been playing and playing and playing.
Can't confirm that. Yeah, yeah.
We also had questions. We had questions for our new
character Gareth. I wanna to, to like flesh out
stuff about Garrett. The, the questions were for
Gareth, right? Like I'll, I'm down to ask Josh
question. OK, OK.
We'll find. We'll find out more.
We're going to all be playing. We'll find out more about Josh
as we. Go.
I would not have changed my question if it was for Josh.
The answer just would have been vastly different, and that is
Gareth. What's like the coolest thing
that you've haunted? He's, you know, you're a hunter
if it's only vampires, you know, But maybe there's something more
there. The.
Coolest thing I think the coolest thing that Gareth has
probably ever haunted was this one aristocrat that came through
town. See the thing about Gareth?
Is he's not really just. About hunting the paranormal.
Anybody not a vampire? Some guy.
He was he. Was so cool before I killed him
for his. Money.
He was asking for it. Before I killed him for his
money, he was just the coolest dude.
Had a pint with him, seemed swell.
Had to kill him though. Had to kill him tall, that's so
cool. I thought so.
And then I am Lawrence Jennings, and for the time being I play a,
you know, medium size for a. Cobalt I, I am the cobalt dragon
shield. So you know, I'm a little bit
burlier, I'm a little bit taller.
And my my character, he used to go by, as per the parlance of
this tribe, by the name of Squid SQUIDBD.
But when when we became we became a tribe of sophisticated
cobalts, he decided that he was going to take a name from his
favorite line and his favorite Shakespeare play, Romeo and
Juliet. And that is of course, but soft.
He goes by but soft. And that is of course from the
famous monologue but soft. What light 3 on her window
breaks. It is the and yeah, he's he's
here to hang out. He's here to, you know, keep the
production going. He plays he has a speaking role
in the play and he's just he's just happy to be here.
Worried about the dragon, still worried about the dragon,
worried that we're not going to get to pay the dragon.
But that's it. And then my question for don't,
don't skip over my question. Sorry I'm.
Sorry, what is the lamest? Thing that Gareth has ever
haunted What is the what is the least cool thing that he's ever?
Whatever, I mean to Gareth, maybe they are like I'm a
vampire hunter, boring, but I he's been ignore me.
I do this all the. Time.
It's just another vampire. Just a guy.
I think that is canonical though, I think.
The the people. Are rare, but the vampires are
aplenty. Beyond that vampire, they're
like brunts. To him really compared to really
anything else. That's awesome.
It's. His boots.
The thrill of just murder. Just done it for so long it's
just numbing and. What about your theater
experience? Or your undead experience, yeah.
Undead. I went to theater.
School. I went to theater school and
then I graduated during COVID and so theaters stopped
existing. So I don't do anything with
theater anymore. Now I work in operations.
But as far as undead experience, my earliest experience that I
can remember is the video game Stubs the Zombie, where you play
a sort of like a pinstripe suit gangster undead guy and you use
your head as a bowling ball to like hit people.
And I remember one level that you fight the police in that.
And my dad watched me play that game as a child.
He went. That ain't right.
And so I always. Remember that?
I remember that moment I was locked in there.
Me stubs, the zombie fighting, the police, my dad going.
That ain't right. So 3 is me.
So I'm Grace Stringer and I will be playing EEP, who was a winged
cobalt and Eve comes from a family of your name is just the
first sound that you make and that's like it's like Pokémon
but not they don't know about Pokémon.
So it's but like you get it. But it does exist they.
Just don't know about it. Exist.
Yeah. Yeah, they don't know about it
because they're in a cave. What do Cobalts know?
Implying that Pokémon also are in this world somewhere.
For sure. Dude.
Hey, where does Meg end up? We've got the stat box sitting
around. Ape's family was in like the
wayback caves, very sheltered, very unaware of Shakespeare.
But oh boy, is Ape excited to give it a try.
Very green, very enthusiastic. Who knows if there's talent,
we're going to find out. And then paranormal experience.
I don't really have any of those.
I guess I do work at a crematorium, but I have not had
a paranormal experience, so I don't know.
You decide. And then theatre.
One of the few people here that didn't major in theatre, I
think. Mike, did you major in theatre?
Yes, I did. Am I the only one the?
Holy shit the. Outrank.
You you're outnumbering. This.
Major. You would have imagined theatre
majors on AD and D show. A lot more luxurious and a lot
more, a lot more you know job where the English major you know
very. An English major on AD and D
show. I guess for a theatre and
Shakespeare growing up went to Shakespeare in the Park and
Saint Louis. Shout out free Shakespeare in
the Park and Forest Park every summer.
Really good. What about that?
So that was like a good upbringing.
I didn't realize for a long time that they didn't actually like
they they were ancient. Like these were like old plays
because then Shakespeare in the Park, they would have themes
like there would be a Western or there'd be a 50s.
And so my young brain didn't realize that like, oh, like
we're wearing togas. Like this is like, why is it,
Why aren't we wearing poodle skirts?
Why aren't we, you know, but I still, you know, love
Shakespeare. Haven't ever seen Merchant of
Venice. At least I don't remember.
I was it came to Forest Park and I don't remember seeing it but.
You know it's. Not one that's performed
commonly anymore. So this is going to work out
with EAP. The EAP is going to be very
green. I'm very green, you know, method
acting. Here we go.
But Oh yeah, question for Gareth.
Question for Gareth, how old were you made your first kill?
When when did it first happen? Well, was it an accident or?
No, no, definitely not an accident.
It's more like a ritual that happens when you turn 5.
That's when you become of age to to kill.
Like a vampire only fledged we are a big vampire and then like
a 5 year old is there with like a steak and just parents are.
Holding it like straight. Like a steak and then you.
Yeah. Killed a kid in the forest,
Gary. Yeah, kid.
Killing in the. Forest is the kid killing in the
forest? Oh.
That's good stuff it it could have been, but.
Is it is it like a free kill or do you have to hunt this vampire
at the age of 5? Like your parents hold it down,
hunt it for you, and it's like prepared for for like a ritual
for. Your first murder yeah, OK like
does the. First like.
How to train your dragon exactly the Dragons.
How to kill your vampire? To kill your vampire.
But I meet your dad. I'm your dad.
Wow all. Right.
And I, I am Michael, and in this piece of the adventure, I will
be playing the cobalt sorcerer, whose first name is Bite and
last name is my thumbser. And he, he has a speaking part
in the production, but he's also in charge of pyrotechnics, which
as a sorcerer, he's a little unhinged anyway.
So he's looking forward to throwing in pyrotechnics at the
most opportune and maybe I'm inopportune moments as well.
So theater experiences are many and vast.
Lots of experience with Shakespeare.
But my very last theater performance before we moved to
where we live now is I played a beholder in a production.
Nice. So nice.
In what context? It was a play about Dungeons and
Dragons, and I played a beholder.
So that was my most recent theater experience.
And I loved it because as part of our rehearsal process, we all
played Dungeons and Dragons together to get into character.
And so my question for Gareth was, as you were becoming a
Monster Hunter, what was the worst beating you ever took
monster hunting? Was it when you were 5?
Yeah, man, they said. Take it well.
They said he. Was ready to go, but boy, he had
some fight left in him. Yeah, that's right.
Like the worst happens, everything else is great like.
That's awesome it. All happened when I was 6 like
so are we saying like worst beat down like ever?
Yeah, like as you are moving into your monster hunting phase,
what monster really took you to the cleaners?
I think with Gareth, I think the thing that he's lost the most to
is this one guy, this one guy named Peter he.
Hasn't never. But you spell it PETYR because
he's a vampire. Oh, it's a OK.
It's like the the leader of this big like clan of vampires that
eventually overtook the house the.
House. Mockford itself, and so Peter
actually canonically kills his mom in front of him.
So that would. Probably be his his biggest.
Loss. Your back story is so much
better than mine. Tragic back story.
Give us an episode, we'll find the humor in it.
Yeah, I hope so. Sorry about the way I'm going to
talk about this. Oh.
Man. You're playing Gareth, you
already introduced yourself, We got questions about you and.
Gareth and I play Gareth. I'm Gareth and I play Gareth and
theatre experience, I would say. I was also a theatre major in
college, so I've been there. Do you have a Shakespeare role?
Yeah, yeah, I was one of the four lovers in A Midsummer
Night's Dream. One year for my, I think junior
year, I was. I've been in Hamlet.
I forgot I assistant. Yeah, I was in that specific run
of Hamlet. That's not the only Shakespeare.
I've seen I. Thought it was fine during
Hamlet. Forgot about several of the
Shakespeare I've had until you guys were talking.
I'm like, Oh yeah, I remember. Oh yeah, that.
One too. Interesting.
Yep. We find ourselves zooming down
into the misty veil and down onto Gareth Mogford.
We find ourselves in the forest with Gareth.
Gareth, you are well. You were, up until perhaps 2
days ago, just kind of aimlessly wandering.
The cities have grown boring, the vampires impaling themselves
upon your sword just exhausting and.
No dudes to hunt. No dudes to hunt a whole world
of vampires and not one dude to hunt chasing the thrill of your
one singular dude hunt. You've tracked South and
encountered this forest. You feel good about the forest.
You're comfortable in the forest.
It's one of your your preferred environments.
So you've just kind of been making your way well, I guess.
Do you have any particular goal here in the forest?
Are you you looking for for civilization?
You looking for a monster? You looking for anything in
particular? I think I'm probably looking for
a monster of some sort out here in the forest.
Nice, hit me a survival check first.
Check the season. Does it bode well?
Set the tone. Sort of.
It's a 13. OK, with the 13 you are
following the prints of a giant alligator.
Not perhaps because it is good prey.
They have fairly limited territories and they don't come
out of the the rivers very often.
But they themselves are prey to giant Jaguars and chimeras and
other things that enjoy reptile brain.
And so you figure if you track it, perhaps you can find
something bigger that is also tracking it, be it from your
vast experience or your various traumas you are familiar with
the the sense, the presence of the undead.
Usually when you experience it, you're, you know, down in a
mausoleum or in a haunted house or some other place, the bottom
of the lake, but all of the sudden, like a switch has been
flipped. You feel it all around you.
It is a a weight upon you, this, this sudden undeadness in the
air. For a moment it almost like the
edges of your vision go black and you sort of sway and, and
lean up against a tree and it it intensifies and it pressures in
and down on you and all of a sudden it's gone.
All of a sudden it's as if it was never there.
The sky is once again blue. You do have a a sense of
direction on this feeling though.
As it retreats you, you have a sense of where it came from.
I would assume your instinct is to probably head towards that.
Yeah, I'd I'd head towards the sense.
So that was a couple days ago and you've been tracking, you've
been tracking southwest since then through the forest.
I wouldn't say that you've encountered any any specifically
undead changes in this forest, but you've had this same
sensation a few more times. It's been perhaps 20 hours
between the first time and the second time.
Then it was maybe 16 hours between the second time and the
third time that this sensation happens.
But you've been heading this way and most of most of the time
you've been trying to stay, stay out of sight.
You've been avoiding the various sounds.
They've most, they've been, you know, creatures of various
sorts. But all of a sudden, you hear, I
mean, you hear what sounds like you hear a sound that is more
familiar to you were you on a road than if you were in the
forest. More specifically, you recognize
this sound from from times when traveling groups of entertainers
have rolled through a town that you've been you've been in.
This is the sound of a bickering theater company.
Oh God, out in the forest. No, you're not doing the lines
right. You're not.
You're not treating the material with the respect it deserves.
Yeah, tell him. I'm I'm in the process of
telling him right now. Yeah, you tell me.
Now who? Now who else is here?
I may be blind. Introduce yourselves to me.
Can I lights up, please? Lights up.
Me. Me.
Yeah, sure. And I run over to a tree and I
pull some ropes and it moves some big old leaves that open up
a little spot in the canopy to let in the sunlight.
A little bit more like directly. Is that enough lights?
Gareth, make a stealth check. I'll check, yes.
And can you remind me your characters name again?
Duckets. Duckets.
It's me Duckets. You know me, buttsoft.
Yes, yes, duckets, I know you. That was an 18.
Yeah, okay, so you sneak your way, you get right down and you
can contradict me at any moment. If it doesn't feel like, if you
want to, you know, activate your your lightning wings and, and
fly up into a tree, you can do that as well.
But I am in my imaginings, you are crouching down low in the
underbrush to try and, and, and scooch up on these, these folks.
And you peer up. You just just the top of your,
the top of your, your head and your eyes up above the top of
this Bush and you see into this clearing and this clearing's
been decorated is a word bits of cloth.
Anything that these Cobalts have have been, has been sort of
generously donated by, by grateful merchants.
So it's like bolts of not very great cloth and it's, you know,
brass candlesticks and it's old dented lanterns and and maybe
bits of wagon wheel. There's other things.
Whatever you guys want there to be, you can have, unless it's
money. And in in this clearing are a
group of cobalts. How are they dressed?
What are their costumes? How are they?
What's what's up? You got you Cobalts.
Buttsoft is there with his low passive perception and he he's
got just sort of like a leather. It's not quite a doublet, but
it's like a leather vest, puffed up tight, sewn together in the
middle. And he's got a leather shield
that he's just loosely hand holding in one arm.
Ducats is in a leather vest as well.
You can see that there's a piece of like cloth that is like
pinned up on two corners covering up the lips from
probably like a kissing lips logo right from the kissing
booth, like old merch or whatever.
But he just needed like a normal leather, you know, almost like
leather tunic, leather vest kind of style thing.
He has a bag over his shoulder and he he is out of breath as he
has been running around this clearing playing both characters
and trying to run like bits of the tech behind the scenes at
the same time. And Bite is dressed in the
gaudiest, most raggedy red velvet long shirt with an
oversized belt strapped around the middle as he waits in the
wings to come on stage. Like a belted toga, this shirt.
Yes. EPA's really excited to be there
and he's wearing one of those like he didn't really get the
memo, but he's really excited. He's wearing I don't he has
don't know, don't ask how his family knows about this, but
it's one of those like peasant woman hats that like are dunce
cap, but then it's got like a little like a little ribbon
hanging off of it. Yes.
You know, it's like a cone. It's just a cone.
But like, and like women will wear them.
He's wearing one of those. He's wearing one of those.
Your. Family is us.
Also holding up like one of those, a really big kissing
booth. Like oversized kissing booth.
Leftover merch like trying to maybe hold up as a dress.
Just for my own understanding of the timeline really quick
kissing booth merch are we are the other?
Is the party back? Is this where is this tick?
No, OK. Y'all are on your tour right
now. This is This is Tour 1 stuff
they may have grabbed from us when we were there that one time
we were OK. I just, yes, we whipped that
merch. Them.
Quick, I love it. We were so committed already to
being a band. We were like, we're going to
need merch. We're going to need merch.
Mine's from the original tour. I don't know.
I don't know about. You know, like in merch then?
I was just thinking for a second, is it just something
that Barson and Sparkalonius? Had on deck for whenever Sparson
sets it up for market. Whatever was in the wagon and
Parson was no. I'm not mad about that.
That does seem like a like a campfire conversation back when
when Barson and Sparkalonius were on on We're going solo.
What do we we call the band whenever we get a band?
I'll. I'll go right ahead.
I'll I'll make merch. Oh my God, it was always there.
That's awesome. We'll set up a cart right in the
market. These raggedy kissing booth
stuff. This has had a long history.
Wilhelm was sleeping under it, and now it's here.
Shit the tie. Insurance are crazy already.
Wilhelm's wearing a literal band T-shirt with the kissing lips
logo on it. Best retcon, but the Cobalts are
in the midst of a lion reading. I was just saying that it's,
it's hard for me to get to the lights and be be reading
Salarino by myself, Sir, boss, I mean.
Wait, I thought I was Salarino. I thought you were, Saliano has.
That been my issue this whole time.
All I know is that I'm Bassanio. Yes Sir, give me 15 minutes.
I'm let me read over these lines real quick and he starts like
sweating and crying a little bit while reading over more lines.
All right, we're going to. We're going to take 15, I guess.
Have I always been in charge? I could do it with.
It in my hand, have I? Have I always been in charge or
is this new? I.
Don't. Know.
Oh yeah, I guess I am the production manager.
OK, well I consider this managed for the next 15 minutes.
I start crying harder. Now what do those of us who are
off book want to do? Oh, guys.
I what page we're on IPA's like looking through.
We're on page 9 is where we're starting.
Do you remember page 9? Somewhere in Salarino's line
right there. Yeah, Uh huh.
My wind cooling my bra. Yep, that's the one.
Just anywhere in there you can start.
You can start anywhere in there. Well, but well, but that's.
That's. Bites.
Those are bites lines. Yeah, don't.
Stop. No I I stop it.
I was just saying what what's ever on we all know even cries.
You're all being too emotional. You need to remove yourself from
the the emotions of yourself and appreciate the emotions of the
character. That's what Sparkalone has told
me. Duckett's is like quickly
flipping through some pages and he says if you'll remember,
you're Antonio for pretty much the whole thing here.
The whole thing meaning the play that is correct.
Yeah, that's, that's you, Eep, Just in case you got confused,
you're Antonio for the the whole thing.
You're in almost. Every seed here.
Oh man, wow, I'm in every seed. Am I the star?
The almost congratulations. I'm not ready for this.
Well, we need to be off book. We need to be off.
We were supposed to be off book. I think sooner than this.
All of us, I think we were given 10 days and I think it's been 9.
Perhaps two of us have been reading the same part for 10
days. And you know what?
That's on me as the production manager.
I'll take full responsibility for that one.
I'm gonna need some time to be ready.
You get the lights that you've been practicing.
Should we just give it? Should we just give it a quick
go? Or should we just do?
We need 10 more minutes. I'm gonna you know what?
How everyone let's take a walk. At your leisure, boss.
Let's take a 10 minute walk and I think bite.
Sorry, no, I'm not bite. I'm butt, butt.
But it's going to begin. But it's going to begin
gesturing everyone to sort of come along.
We're gonna we're gonna walk around.
We're just gonna stretch our legs.
You know, you, you don't get anywhere by just hitting the
same thing over and over and over.
We're doing theater warmups. Which is what I which is what I
learned about merchants. You don't get the same thing by
hitting them over and over. You get different things.
We don't do that anymore. No, just in the placer.
And I, I, I guess I would like to, I, I don't really like make
a check. I guess I'm just gonna like,
enjoy the nature out here, you know, just.
Just do a nice little wander and walk around.
I'm right behind him with a bottle of water notepad in case
he needs me to write anything down.
How filled is that notepad? Oh so full.
It's been all 10 days. I filled it up once and now I'm
on the backs of pages. Can you read me day 4 please?
Day 4 Flip flip flip flip flip flip flip.
Well, EP was still trying to play celery on day 4.
Yeah, you know, in retrospect, this has all been my fault.
I as a Dragon Blast, I really take this personally.
And, you know, I'll take I'll take all of the the fall,
whatever the the gang gets back. I I don't want to disappoint
Marjorie especially, but boy, we're going to really get it
from Gibb. Well I mean if we stay to our
track we should at least have maybe the 1st act done by then.
I hope we get the first page done by this episode.
I'm certain we will with enough gust now.
Then I'm going to keep walking around in the nature.
Actually, on Antonio, Sir, we should be getting this done in
no time. I think today was just a little
confusion, boss. He's been, he's been on top of
Antonio since, well, day 4. I'm going to get it and day six,
believe me, no. Day 5 was a step backwards.
Pictures are not in one bottom trusted not to one place not is
my whole estate apartment. I think I can hear.
I think I can hear eat killing it right now.
He's on it, boss. Therefore, my merchandise makes
me not sad. This is just like holding it up,
just remembering that I'm Antonio.
I'm so I'm so glad we all know comments.
The entire page fully in front of his face.
Oh yeah. Without even looking back or
away from my my assistant production manager notes, I
shout back at Eep. Why then are you not in love?
Wait, that's my line, isn't it? No, I'm so you are Sal Rito,
Sir. I.
Cannot do this. I am starting to panic.
He crumbles immediately in the drama.
He can't handle it. He.
Was not built with theater. I'm not going to lie, this is
bad. This.
Is exactly what the Cobalts of Venice would be.
Oh. Well, at least we've been better
at being merchant guards than we have been at being the merchants
of Venice. Oh.
I I was this close to bringing the dragon on stage.
Jesus Christ, you guys. To.
Do with scene. We got this.
Really. Glad I didn't.
I just have to zoom in the text. I don't think you.
Got this zoom I just. Have only seen one person try to
read the line. Solanios on it.
Ducats is all over. Ducats responded right away.
All right, we go back and we start from.
To think on this. Yes, Sir.
From Salarino wait. We've got it.
That's gonna be between line 35 and 45, Sir.
Yeah, it's right there. OK.
OK, I run back across the. Stage.
I think we should. We've.
Got this. We've got the Spirit right now.
I can feel it. OK to think on this and and
shall I lack the thought that such a thing behanced would make
me sad? But tell me not.
I know Antonio is sad to think upon his merchandise.
Me. No, I make my fortune for it.
My adventures are not in one thought of trusted Noah to one
place. Noah is my whole estate upon the
fortune of this present year. Therefore, my merchandise makes
me not sad. Why then are you in love?
Fine, fine, not in love neither. Then let us say you are sad
because you are not merry. Antwer as easy for you to laugh
and leap, and say you are merry because you are not sad.
Now by two headed Janus nature hath framed strange fellows in
her time, some that will evermore peep through their
eyes, looks back at his script, looks away and laugh like
parrots at a bagpiper and other of such vicar aspects.
Stop, don't make me laugh. That they will not show their
teeth in way of smile though. Don't Nestor swear the just be
laughable. Here comes Bassino Bassanio.
And then we come in. Yeah, here comes Bassino,
Bassanio, your most noble kinsmen.
Gratiano and Lorenzo fare you well.
We leave you now with better company.
I I would have stayed till I had made you marry, if worthier
friends had not prevented me. Your worth is very dear my
regard. I take your own business calls
on you and you embrace Asian and.
With an overflourish good Morrow, my good Lord.
Get his heart into it. A good singer's boom.
No strange. You mustn't be so, Sir.
Sir, it's definitely not what we've been practicing the last
10 days. I have it all in my notes here.
I appreciate that at set. I'm pretty sure that was really
good. So for the final you think that?
I mean, that's what I'm going to do.
Is that, is that how you're doing that?
Yeah, absolutely. That's the Sanyo.
That's him. Gary, what do you make of all
this? You're having a good time.
Well, you see, the thing about Gareth is back in his his
training, it also included a little bit of the arts.
So oh hell yeah, he's. Got a little bit of the script
in him, you know he's falling. Nodding, he's like, yes, yeah,
so bad. It's forensic.
You know what's? Going on make a charisma.
Well no honestly. Do you want to just join?
Do you want to just step out of the bushes as enter someone
else? Absolutely, I would love that.
Oh hell yeah it. Was it that Lawrence just tried
to read? Lawrence was trying to read
Messonio, but I really do think that I gotta, I gotta put down
AAGM veto because that doesn't actually sound like your
character doing the IT sounds like you've just made-up a new
voice, Lawrence. I was acting.
What do you mean that's how passan yourself?
Welcome to our Merchant of Venice, Andy fan cast.
Oh my God, I told you it's the least problematic version.
Because we cannot get to the play.
We cannot do The Merchant of Venice's The opener just seen,
is one of our episodes of our show.
We can't just do the whole thing for an hour.
We haven't. Even done the whole page.
We totally. Could I just put that out?
I just put that out. We definitely could.
Oh man, leave it in I I am actually enjoying it.
Hold on, let me, let me, let me roll a let me roll a dice about
it to see if that's the. Character's voice really quick.
It's a natural 20. That's the character's voice.
I don't know what to tell you. Or it could be that you were
testing us with a natural 20. You know, I don't know what to
tell. You all right?
Really, I'm gonna miss that natural 20 when I want it later.
Renzo wants to pull out of the bushes and come in with a line
that's at roughly 75. We can say that we've skipped
AA10 lines ahead or whatever. If we can take it to to 69.
He comes in prepped with line 69.
Red flag. When shall we laugh?
Say, when you grow exceedingly strange.
Must it be so? We'll make our leisures to
attend on yours. Me and Celerina look at each
other and shake our heads and walk out and slink.
Off the stage. I imagine that Duckett turns
around to come in as Lorenzo. I walk off the stage and I I
like switch my hood up and I start to turn around through the
bushes and then instead. Outcomes.
Out of the bushes comes an entire dragon board.
Line My Lord Pisanio, since you have found Antonio, we too will
leave you. But at dinner time, I pray you
have in mind where we must. Meet I I I will not fail you,
Sir. You look not well, Senior
Antonio, Sir, that's not me. You have much respect upon the
world. Yeah, I think I figured that
out. Who arm, arm yourselves.
Everyone arm yourselves who are name yourself.
Is it time for pyrotechnics? Are you a merchant?
Do we need to protect you? Are you?
It's always time for pyrotechnics.
I step back behind the PD. Behind my PD shield with my PD
spear. Good evening.
I mean, none of you harm. I'm simply hunting something in
this wood and I heard that you were putting on a little bit of
a protection. And it's not cobalt shaped.
I've been well trained in the Shakespearean arts myself.
I love what you're doing. Can you help us?
We we need so much help. Incredible love of God.
This has been the toughest experience of my life.
Our benefactors are going to be back, I think, in a day, and we
need to be ready. Oh my God.
Benefactors you. Say 24 hours, we got this.
He's got like a paper bag and it's just like breathing in it.
He pulls his bag up and back over.
His shoulder and he starts breathing into it.
He's folded up the kissing lips, SAT and.
I'm just so I'm just so worried that something bad's going to
happen if we're we don't do good.
That's so cute. Thanks.
We need. We need several characters.
Porsche's been a big issue keeping held.
If you could do Porsche and Lorenza that would be huge.
Wait, wait, wait. Yeah, I'm not trying to do a
double cast quite. Oh shit, I'm I'm.
I'm literally just striding on through.
If you don't, beggars can't be choosers.
If maybe. Just Porsche said something
about benefactive. I'd be.
Yeah, We were by the leaders of our tribe.
We were instructed to, you know, make a business in merchant
protection and to put on a play. And the first part has gone
really good, but the second part is not gone so good.
And I mean, I guess really good by our standards.
I mean, it's been fine. We've got some stuff.
I'm enjoying the process. And they don't.
They don't throw like rocks at us anymore.
I'm not enjoying the process. We.
Certainly got the spirit for it, thanks.
I love the cut of gib as they say.
Do you know? Gib Gib, he's one of our family.
He's in charge of us. I just thought you had said his
name. I'm sorry it's been a while
since. We've seen it, it's just the
same. He's with our benefactors.
Cut of our Gib. You know, do you know our
benefactors? No, I've never heard of them.
Are their pockets perhaps full? I don't know.
I've never. I mean, one of them doesn't have
pockets I don't think. Well, they they offered to take
us on us like they're stewards. They seem to have all the money
in the world. They took they took some of our
money, but they are going to pay off our dragon debt.
They said that was to but you got to spend money to make money
and he. Said that is what that.
Is what is not the kind of? That didn't say that you got to
spend money to make money. It's one of the things that we
wrote down. It's.
An Econ class. They did take half of it, but we
have at least enough to pay the dragon this time around.
Sounds possibly lucrative. Well, maybe you could pave the
dragon in theater. I don't think the dragon would
accept theater. I don't know.
About this theater. I'm Dragon, I'm Dragon blessed,
so I know more than everyone here and I don't think Dragon
would accept. That it's true, he does.
You know, because I'm a green dragon.
I don't mean to bring it up, but I like to bring it up.
No, you bring it up. I flip through it all the time,
every. Day.
That's the thing about me that I just decided.
But yeah. So you know.
So glad you helped us. Well.
Gareth, you're also a wee bit lost.
You could be in use of some help yourself.
You don't know where like the nearest town is per SE.
Not that you can't make your, you know, livelihood here in the
forest, but not many people with money to pay you to do things
here in the forest as far as your own immediate troubles go.
Oh. Well, it's, it's, it's been fun
chatting with you all and and being a player for a moment or
two. But I must ski doodle on by.
I have a thing I have to do. Wait, you're you're not, you're
not staying. What are you doing well?
You see, The thing is about old is that I need.
'Cause that was much better than Duckett's performance.
I, I have so many roles. There's four of you and and
maybe 30 roles on my OK. Maybe you should stay.
You have you have a day to do all of.
The You should have seen us on day.
But I guess we could help you instead.
I mean, we're not, we're probably not going to get the,
we're probably not going to get the play done, to be honest.
Yeah, we're only on same one play by.
Duncans by the end, that's what they're in the car.
Well, how about this? We can make a deal.
If you. Set up a meeting with your
benefactors. Will they be here in a day?
Or two. I mean, that's what they said.
I think 10 days have. We been could be more days.
A bit, if that's all right. Could be more days, I agree.
I'd have to ask God. God has abandoned us.
Our our sense of time isn't. We've been.
We're in a cave. Yeah, we're in a cave.
The sun doesn't. Well, is this the one time I
wish I had brought my watch? What's a watch?
Yeah.
It's like a sundial but on your wrist.
Sounds expensive. Sounds against stealing.
Are you emerging? We don't.
Steal. We don't steal anymore.
Sorry, sorry, sorry. It's hard, bad habits and all
that. Wait, are you emerging or?
Nope. Nope.
Nope, Nope. I don't do that anymore.
I don't. I'm not from Venice and I am not
a merchant. I don't want.
Well, I guess we'll be seeing you.
I must go back to reading a lot. Good episode everyone.
We couldn't get him to join our group.
And he couldn't get you to join his, whatever he's doing.
It's OK. We're kind of on a timeline.
It's like the elvish kids that won't work at words.
Oh my. Gosh.
I hope you have a second character repaired because those
guys bunch of shifty little children.
Two kids in the woods and I, I thought they were evil, so I
just kept going. Sounds pretty smart.
Sounds smart. Sounds like such a good idea.
You sound. Like a smart.
Great idea. All of my senses were saying no,
no, no. You sound really smart, could
you maybe help us please? Dear God.
In exchange for a meeting with your benefactors, I will gladly
be dual cast if that's what. You, yeah, I mean, if you could
help us for the next 24 hours, I'm sure they'll be around or
for 48 hours some. Point.
Thank you. They'll be here.
I don't know the the the numbers.
Are increasing. They're coming too.
Why is that? They're good.
I don't. They're coming soon.
Depends on how long they plan, you know.
Unless they unless they died I guess.
They better not I. Don't know, they seem they seem
big. I don't know.
I I don't, I don't listen to the show.
So if you just hit Porsche, I can continue with all of the
other side characters. There's a few where I'm talking
to myself. Feel free to jump in when you
see that happening, but if you could just cover the Porsche
ones that would be great. This is Eep.
He plays and. We want to try and put this on
its legs. We could go back to The Cave
where the stage is, you know, get the blocking done.
Hell yeah. I've got all the.
Blocking here, I say. As we start talking blocking.
Blocking. No blocking wait.
It's where we put the blocks, where we're going to stand on
top of them to talk. Ah, OK.
Finally, a professional. We were giving.
We were given dwarven katas, not.
Rehearsal technics and everything.
Yeah, our, our warm up games are like 50 push ups there's like.
Super bubble balls, beefy arms, I like ABS walking our eyes
we're. All OK, Yeah, We're all
canonically shredded Cobols. We're all really hot, we're all
really big and strong. Oh man, everyone had plus one of
your strengths that. Dude.
I do actually need the Cobols to be a little bit buff because
like if this goes in any sort of level 5 direction you guys will
all die. Yeah.
Damn. That keeps my strength at still
-1 but canonically, it's a ripped -1 I mean.
No reason, but you might have to defend us if something strong
attacks us. Really.
Is he like bigger than us?
Are we tiny? Yeah, you guys are.
You guys are all good. Size small.
He's like 2 to three of us. Yeah, I'm sort.
Of like looking up like this. Yeah, he's and he's a
Dragonborn. So he's he's basically a huge
cobalt to you guys. He's like a huge noble.
Cobalt and he's like covered in weapons and gore and he's just
killed 4 vampires getting here. Drag us.
Separate them. I wanted that alligator.
The what? You know, some people say we
look like crocodiles. Some people.
I believe it. So are you guys is are you guys
headed back to the Cobalt cave? Are you guys rehearsing?
What's the? What's the?
What's the I think we're going back to the Cobalt Cave to
rehearse you're. Going to show him the stage that
we've. Built.
I thought this was our rehearsal spot.
Yeah, but we're gonna go put. It up on the leg, up on top,
where we'll perform that we're gonna get it on its legs.
We're. Just rehearsing outside for the
day, you know? Just we were having a hard we
only have. 24 hours. We're gonna go.
We're gonna go explore the space.
As. We wanted.
Space exploration slash dress rehearsal.
Yeah, cuz those happen at the same time.
Oh my God, wow, so stressful. Oh my God, it's it's sit to
chill down my spine, dunking sprints, fucking tears ass down
the bat. Oh my face drop.
Technically, the show is tomorrow, so all of our
rehearsals today should be dress rehearsal.
At what time of day is it right now?
Down the path. Early afternoon.
Oh, no. Good.
Gonna have to put this thing on
its legs. And we're so dead.
We're gonna be OK. We have our By the way.
What is your name, friend? I am but soft, you know from the
play. Oh, that's good to meet.
You. You too.
These are my. These are my brothers.
Yeah. Who do we have here?
I bite my thumb, Sir. Excuse me?
No, that's his name. You don't have to do that.
My thumb, Sir. Oh, oh, I see.
Oh yes, pleasure. You can just call me bite.
It's a pleasure. And who?
It's me. Sorry, yes.
Yeah, that's the name also. Also the my brother's name is
Eep. I'm like, I'm standing
awkwardly. Like not really with the group.
Like not super like socially aware just.
Eeps always like that. What is this little creature
doing here? Hello.
Standing on a tree stump trying to get into your eye line.
No duck, Ducketts just sprinted down the path because he
realized it was struckets. Is gone.
If we get into a combat, we're so screwed I think.
So vulnerable. Ducketts had to go get dress
rehearsal. Ready.
I think we should. I think we honestly, we should
probably pick up the pace too. Let's go.
Yeah. I would like to roll an I would
like to roll an athletic check. Here I go.
Oh my gosh. Let me double check my my
bonuses here. I've got A13.
OK, I mean you, you set off to back to the the cobalt camp at a
brisk trot, which is walking pace for for Garrett.
A slow stroll, if you will the. Cobalt Campground is.
I would say it is much more active than than it was when
when last the camera was here. As you guys are coming down the
valley into the ravine where the where the waterfall is, you see
the Cobalt campsite and the campsite now extends outside of
the waterfall via a series of pavilions.
I guess little like overhead structures.
They just they keep the sun off. Basically they let the Cobalt
know about their Cobalt lives with their sunlight sensitivity
outside. And so there are many a cobalt
frittering about out here. And I say frittering, but they
do actually appear to be quite organized.
Groups of them are doing exercises, groups of them are
sparring. Maybe there is someone trying to
figure out how to like maintain weapons and tools, but that's
not going as well. You see, You see Cobalts darting
in and out of the waterfall still.
There's still a lot of activity going on back in there as well.
Gareth, you don't know quite what to make of that.
But as you guys stroll down and how do they feel how I guess, I
guess the rest of the Cobalts are fine with you guys.
You guys are are carrying out a a direct order from the from the
benefactors. We're the only four.
Yeah, Are we like famous? Well, I mean, it takes a lot of
people to run a business. I I kind of thought we could
handle it, yeah. There's a there's a bunch of,
there's a bunch of comos, but yeah, now it's, it's just you 4
who are the ones who who went down the theater path.
Everybody else chose Buff and we're the theatre majors.
Buff theatre majors. Everyone else chose ROTC and
we're. Very much.
They told me I couldn't be in charge there, so I now I'm in
charge here. Yeah, they've all got what group
cuts. They all.
Yeah, cuts. Wearing backpacks for no reason
at all times of the day. Backpacks and hiking boots.
Full foot on lizards. They painted this El camo
everyone but you guys and. Then you said there's all these
groups and then duckets and several tables with costumes and
he's going over and like, he's quickly sewing a hole here and
like patching a, a pair of pants over here.
He's the whole costume department, I guess now.
I considered having them like like harassing duckets, but I
don't think that's that's the way I do.
I do think that there's like a rivalry between the the ROTC
Cobalts and the theater Cobalts. That sounds like bullying.
It sounds like they bully us. Does it sound a little too good?
But. There's 4.
A little close to home, Lawrence.
There's one of me and 30 of them surrounding me in a circle when
you get back. Good.
I'm just trying to put on the show guys.
Leave Duck, it's alone. He doesn't need that today.
He needs to get off book. Why don't you go after it out?
Go do a push up that's. What we're trying to do?
Yeah, and they stuff a pair of tights over your head.
Why don't you go there to go modern, modern theater?
Yeah, I'm sorry. That I I'm sorry that I improv
this I'm. So sorry, yeah.
You're an interpretive. Dance of that.
Yeah. I'm also Eve.
Why are you joining them? Stop making fun of me.
You really need to get it under control this man.
Prefer he's just having fun. Come on, we're all just having
fun. Look at them all in touch with
their feelings. So, yeah, are the stages in the
waterfall, you know, for off the yards.
So whatever, we invite the crowds here.
There's nothing else behind the waterfall, not like a, not like
a trap or anything like that. There's nothing in the waterfall
except for the stage where we live.
Is this true or is the trap? Still there.
I don't think the trap is. Armed.
Yikes, let me walk through there.
I mean, we're all so buff now, we're all so buff now that do we
need the trap Like we're a whole nest of buff cobalts.
They're just in case, but yeah, I would say also swung into
position. We are only like 9 days training
cobalt so like we're buff but we're not like.
It's been 9 days. I guess it's true.
It's not like guys are. Really super jagged.
We can see the difference. Look at that, we're getting
games. You are getting games.
It's not a bunch of little fire hydrant Cobol's running around.
You're on that. You're on that path, but you're
on like the first leg of that path.
Good, that makes the bullying so much more fun.
Well, the bullying. The bullying does stop
immediately when a a triple sized COBOL joins the party.
That's right, punks. He's at our show now.
That's Porsche right there. Suddenly, Gareth, you find
yourself surrounded by a mob of camo cobalts, all saying things
like. You bench press.
What's your PR? What do you bench?
What's your? What's your?
Stats. What's your stripe on fire?
Text for us Can I hear from your bicep?
I will not be saying that out loud.
I will not take my information. Thank you very much.
What's your? Social.
Security number. Besides, we need to we need to
go. From the back.
We need to rehearse though everyone, but we do because
they're coming back tomorrow. We think we got, so we got to
go. I don't actually know if it's
tomorrow. Neither do I.
I don't think it's tomorrow. I feel like there's more days
than that. Good.
Pressure. There are 10 days in a week that
is Canon. We had two week.
We had 20 days, two days, two canonical weeks, which is a 10
day. 20 days this is. Or like the days are called like
blink score and that kind of game.
Brindle, HA. But now we do also have blink
scorth which I am going to write down.
Blink Scorth. The 10th day.
We'll have all 10 days of the week by the end of Season 10.
I just can't remember all the different ones.
Blink Scorth. All right.
It's next Blink Scorth. Actually, you guys have been
making me panic. All day.
To be fair, I'm not good at time.
What is this? I think there's like 10 days
left. That sounds right.
I think that the the the kissing booth is.
Like, that's right. That's what I bet we have 10
days. Duckett is breathing easier
already. Kissing Booth is probably
fighting spiders in the woods right now or something on that
order. Oh yes, Duckett's.
Is fighting a panic attack? You know, everyone's fighting
something. We have all got our battles.
So yeah, we have much more time to rehearse with you New Fred.
Sorry that we, I guess baited you here because we thought it
was tomorrow. I don't beat it in like a trap
way. I beat it in like an accident
way. We don't do that anymore.
Yeah, go behind the waterfall, Eve.
Eve, stop it. Do I believe that?
I mean, we'll all go first if you want.
Be nice to our guest. He's helping us.
He's playing Porsche. I'm not.
I'm. Not quite sure about.
That old. Habits, old habits, you know, my
Mama said you should always have people try and go behind the
waterfall. That's how you're getting good
with the green combos, that's how you're getting good with the
big shots. It was my brother too.
She did say that I. Too.
But still. We don't do that anymore.
All right, you're right. You probably shouldn't go behind
the water. At least let me go check first
to make sure they know it's you coming.
Slither on your belly behind the waterfall.
You'll be. Fine.
On your belly, yeah. You go first.
All right, so the Cobalts someone.
Goes on our bellies. And make sure everyone.
Gets down low. Make sure that the Gareth
doesn't get absolutely blastered by some nasty anti tall trap.
He's level 5, he'd be fine. He would be fine, but it would
be dumb to do it again to another.
Oh, no, no, no. We would get wrecked.
We're still just Cobalt. There's a bunch of us, but.
We would, yeah. That would be the end of the
troupe and Gareth would be stuck putting.
On the entire and then Garrett would have to.
Fight one mansion. Marjorie and Marjorie will kill
you. I'm so glad we have more time.
Yeah. So what do you think about?
I guess I have to wait. So does Gareth follow us?
Cuz we would go through here. Stalking on the other side.
Yeah, yeah, he'll definitely follow the same way, following
this culture. OK, so in here the The Cave is A
at least as far as we've seen. There might be other passages
that we've not yet seen, but as far as we know The Cave has two
major chambers. This first one used to be the
Cobalt's main like living area back when Iron Bones was running
the running the show out of the backroom, But now it seems to be
more of a like a recreational sort of a like a common space
rather than a sleeping space. There's a selection of of rocks
that look like they've been rolled out of the stream in a in
a semicircle for chairs and then some.
Some crates in in varying conditions have been lined up to
make a stage or at least places for four to stand.
And there's a pet. What kind of pet should the
Cobalts have? They should have the.
Crocodile. He's hunting, my God.
They have a regular. I'm not gonna not a big
crocodile, not a giant, a regular sized crocodile.
Yeah, but you do have a regular sized crocodile.
He's in here, He's tied up. There's there's a couple
cobalts. There's a couple camo cobalts
sitting on him feeding him jerky.
Jerky. It's got to be jerky.
Yeah, that's our pet jerky. Jerky the crocodile.
It's because whenever we first
put the rope around his snout, he just kind of like, jerked
around a little while. He's cool about it now.
Yeah, he really. He jerked us right off.
Our feet. That's what, 82 of us?
That's. Very, very creative.
If I can get him to talk, he's still playing Shylock, but I
can't get, I can't get him to say anything.
He doesn't need to say to say his Ora is all it needs.
Yeah. That's awesome.
So I guess we better get started.
Let's get to it. All right, let's do another hour
of the merchant events now. Are they ready?
The. Merchant events is so funny as
cobolds, but it would have to be somewhere with different
characters because we the next one's a monologue.
Yeah, it's a lot of chunks. Yeah, it's it's Shakespeare.
I should have picked something snappier.
Like. I'm just going to go to the next
scene, Act 1, Scene 2, and we're going to find we have Portia and
Narissa. Yep, that's me.
It's just the till of the novel page.
Yeah, okay, all right, so it's so it's it's Duckets, Duckets
and Gareth. We're gonna go from line 91.
Yeah, so let's take it from line 91 really quick and just sort of
see how you do. I'm sorry, Portia, what's your
name again? Did you tell us your name?
My non my my non player name is Gareth Mogford.
OK, great. Nice to meet you Gareth.
Hi Gareth. Good to have you all though.
Nice to meet all of you, yes? I'm Teresa Eve.
Hello. Duckett.
Hello. Yes.
Yes, little Eve and I'm I'm still butts off.
Excuse me? I'm still.
Like the light in the play? It's from a.
Different play though not. This play, yeah.
Not this one. Yeah.
I don't know where he read that the last nine days, but if it's
different lines, I'm again, I'm gonna be real upset.
It was a book that. Plot twist, I sent I, I sent
just Lawrence you and. Julie It was a It was a part of
a book that dropped out of Sparkle Odious's pot.
Sparkolonius somehow has the complete works of Shakespeare.
Well, not anymore, not anymore. He doesn't had.
Had mouth and mouth, now butt. Butt has them.
Are you ready, Director Production?
Oh, yeah, sorry. That's me.
Yeah, go, go ahead. You're gonna go or what?
I'm. Trying on these rocks.
To watch. We're practicing OK if he should
offer to choose and choose the right casket.
You should refuse to perform your father's will if you should
refuse to accept him. Therefore, for fear of the
worst, I pray thee, said a deep glass of reddish wine.
On the contrary, casket. Or if the devil be within, and
that temptation without. I know he will choose it.
I will do anything, Narissa. Yeah, I will be married to a
sponge. That was really good.
That was good. I liked it.
It's way better than. That yeah.
Wow. He's good.
This scene did not go nearly as well when it was just me talking
to myself. Yeah, yeah, this scene sucked
before, okay. You may not fear, lady, the
having of any of these Lords. They have acquainted me with
their determinations, which is indeed to return to their home,
and to trouble you with no more suit, unless you may be won by
some other sort than your father's in position, depending
on the caskets. If I live to be as old as say, I
will die as chaste as Diane, unless I be obtained by the
manner of my father's will. I am glad this parcel of wooers
are so reasonable or there is not one among them, but I don't
on his very absence and I pray God grant them a fair.
Watcher. Do you not remember Lady in your
father's time, a Venetian, a scholar and a soldier that came
hit her in company of the Marquess of Mont Ferret?
I will pick AI will pick a pronunciation at some point.
It was you and not me. Yeah, I think it's.
Gareth, you were great. Montferrat.
Maybe it's Montferrat Montferratu.
Wait. You better not have to.
Kill them. If it was.
Don't say that name. Say that name.
Oh. My goodness.
Did I pronounce? We're just gonna keep right.
So we're gonna keep reading the version of Venice for the rest
of the. No, we have.
I just don't know where to break in because I am also having a
good time. Did I?
That's pretty fun, production manager.
Did I pronounce Mon Ferret right?
Is that how I've been doing it? Yep, Mon Ferret, that's the one.
Rama Toji. Sorry I'm I'm new to common.
Is that right Gareth? Not 100% sure.
I show him the script in Draconic, which he can also
read. Yeah, yeah.
I'm pretty sure he can also read that, yeah.
OK, not fair to. This, I think, should there be a
Should there be a sword fight in this part?
Between the. Serving man and parks.
Man fight you would fight with knives.
You want to add a sword fight now?
Three knives come flying onto the stage.
Maybe not. It seems a little unfair given
that fastness and stature. Maybe in a different scene. 1
without Porsche. And maybe in a different scene.
Yeah. Porsche and Naresa, Sir.
Boss, they don't make sense stabbing each other with daggers
and the like. Yeah, not yet.
Yes, yes, it was Bassanio as I think so was he called?
True Madam, he of all the men that ever foolish eyes looked
upon, that ever my foolish eyes sorry, sorry from the top.
True, Madam, he, of all the men that ever my foolish eyes looked
upon, was the best deserving a Fair Lady.
I remember him well, and I remember him worthy of thy.
Fine piece of ass. That was off script.
Oh, we have different scripts. Oh, they wrote in my script
again. I'd be a second I.
Added that I added that part. I thought that was pretty good
the. ROTC, you guys are like.
I guess I. Can't start crossing out random
lines we. Know them and I hate them.
We hate. Them good, we do too.
They're fine. They're fine.
I think we're guys. I think we're going to make this
happen. Yes, I will.
What's do what? This is a question that no one I
don't think we've asked what's our Dragon's name?
Like what do we refer to our dragon as?
Because I was going to say if as God as my witness, but then it's
not like I would say with blank as my witness.
You know what I mean? Man, Dragons always have names
with like hella consonants and like 6 syllables.
Yeah, they're always like, like drag hawk roof logs and I'm not.
Just call them like Ned or like Nelson or you know.
Oh oh God, I sure hope Nelson doesn't burn down our town with
his big fiery breath and his big tail.
Wait, do you guys know Nelson? Not terrified, no.
So I owe him so much money. Oh, me too.
Wait, do you know Nelson? Oh yes, Oh yes, I know, Nelson.
How? You owe him money.
I've just, Nelson knows. Very much of the insides of my
bags of loot, though, stole. My money.
Stole. Stole.
Your money? Yeah.
He takes our buddy everybody once a month.
Our big dragon. Our big green dragon who blessed
me. Nelson, WE.
Get it? A new voice enters the chat.
Knows it. Nelson.
As memory serves, that debt was in exchange for reading you of a
certain vampire problem. That's ATRIC for sure.
Why hello? Not Atric?
It's good to hear your voice. No, this is it's gonna be
Nelson. Atric had a different voice.
That's Nelson. It could be actually handling
Nelson the ground, but. It was dog moth.
I also thought it was Zagmoth. Zagmoth has a different
intonation that which it was close.
I hit the ground hard enough to rumble it if.
It's still. Yeah, yeah, Gareth, you put
around. Space first as well.
Now evis. PS.
You whip around and the whole. The whole I'm supplicating.
Entrance to The Cave. Now there's a head.
There's a head in The Cave. I was just enjoying a little bit
of the arts. You are an improvement on my
usual subject's performances. It really does sound like Sogma.
Nelson, this is Gareth. He came to join our show.
Oh, great and powerful Nelson. We're putting on a play for the
culture and for money, for you, for buddy.
Yes. Oh, is this the first time we've
seen Nelson since the adventures?
Well, doesn't he come every month get take money from us?
I thought his minions came and took money from us.
In my imagination, you guys, there's like a designated spot
that you guys drop off stuff like you leave your tribute for
him and sometimes, like sometimes he's there, sometimes
he's not. But it's, you know, the edge of
the swamp. Gotcha.
Terrifying. Nelson's whole head is in this
thing. He fills up the the entrance to
the cavern and his his jaw hangs open.
Green mist lazily seeps from his from his maw as he says yes, but
soft. I do receive the extensive
reports you leave for me every day.
Yeah, I have buckets help with those.
I've been writing them. He just sends them.
But I say them. Say he says them, he signs them,
he sends them, we get it. I do that.
I do that so I he's blasted. I'm not, I don't exactly.
Puckets is like flat on the ground, fully prostrated.
Yeah, we're all talking into the dirt.
Ron is talking into the ground. Yeah, hands are up, head is
down, palm's directly facing. My forehead is on the floor.
However Gareth Mobs heard, I think that this time it may be
me that needs your help. Holy shit, Gareth, you're going
to get a quest for the Dragon. Nelson.
What? Do you need?
Man, I'm so tempted to end the episode right there.
Yeah, so it's been good. Thanks everyone for being here
at the table. Thanks everyone for listening to
the podcast or the stream. However it is that you access
this content. We love you all.
Yeah, hell yeah. Welcome back.
Welcome back to WIDER WORLD. Indeed.
And welcome to the Whole State podcast.
Thanks for this. Season.
Thank you guys. Good to be here.
It's fun. What's your weakness?
What's your? Greatest, yeah.
What's your fear? I should have used that.
What? What am I doing?
Am I even do this show? I just listened to the whole
thing. That was the callback.
What? Oh my dice, I don't have tights.
I also don't have dice. Grace is gonna come back and be
like, all right, last episode we played Mario Kart.
That's so mean. Grace, I've had people reach out
to me about the episode post Mario Kart, and two people
separately have said, I can't believe she forgot the entire
episode because we came back and you're like, all right, we're on
a pinball board. We're like, no, we just played
Mario Kart and you're like Mario Kart.
People reach out to me and they're like, is she good?
So funny. Holy shit.
I've been missing out babe. Wow, how did?
This not come up before oh. My God, that's so funny.
Even more. Listen, listen, listen.
OK.