Welcome to the Cali Rex Game Corners Pokémon DND campaign
featuring Cindy, a young Vagabond from the Hohen region
with pyromaniac tendencies, Gimli, a stocky Burley miner
from Sino looking for his lost son, Elody, an enthusiastic
foodie and Baker from Carlos, and Schmidt, an enigmatic man
from Johto with a duck. My name is Rich and I'm the game
Master and this is Dunsparse and Grandpa.
It has been two days since the catastrophic volcanic eruption
in Lava Ridge Town. It seems like the town is doing
well to rebuild. Gray's Pokémon March is
underway, everyone pooling their efforts together.
The sky still has some sooty ash in it there.
The clouds seem particularly Gray, but a little bit of blue
light is starting to poke in. Now it is the morning at the
house that the party was recommended to stay in.
Cindy Schmidt, ALDI, Gimli and Sam, what are you doing?
What's? Next, Schmidt wakes up super
refreshed. He's like oh boy, I feel like
1,000,000 bucks. Nice, nice.
Did Schmidt notice that all the stuffed animals are now
surrounding him on the couch? Schmidt is a little word because
he has zero memories of yesterday.
So he sees all those and he's like, OK, and then he moves on
with this life. Trauma.
We'll do that to you. Put them all in his bag.
Good old trauma. Cindy wakes up from the bottom
of the pile of sleeping Pokémon. The pile is is 1 buggy friend
bigger. Do you have you want to offer a
little what you've come up with for a name?
I don't remember if we captured that last time.
So our new party member is Larva Star, which is a larvesta 'cause
she she's the star. Yeah, Star.
Correct. Yes.
They're the star. So Star as a nickname, perhaps?
Larva Star. Very cute.
Yeah, there's a there's a new baby in the mix, and it seems
like Cindy's party is taking them on amicably.
It also seems like, well, roll me, roll me.
Just a straight D20 Cindy. 7. Seven It seems like Soli is
starting to feel better. Her eyes are actually opening
and she can like look around and do stuff, but she is definitely
still tired. OK.
Gimli Elodie, how are you doing? Doing fine.
A little little sore from yeah, it's been a while since I've
done that much work, but still doing OK, yeah.
All right. Yeah, at least doing all right.
She has a new friend is with her as well.
OK, who are? They.
Aubergine. Aubergine the Purloin.
Very good. That's so good, such a good
name. A a little little purple Kitty
cat seems a little naughty. Seems like it should be an
interesting addition to the squad.
And because these are newborn Bebes, they have not been
captured. There's no party restriction as
it's the same as a as the Larvitar, same as Bean, that as
long as they're not captured, they can just hang out.
It seems like they aren't like ruthless wild Pokémon because
they're just little babies and they're hanging out with the
people that they saw when they were first born, so they don't
mind just sticking around. However, they are not
particularly powerful. They could still be a good asset
to have in the party. Except larva star is like
baller. Yeah, Larva Star is baller.
That's true. Sam's there.
She's slowly getting ready. Looks like she's she's grabbing
a granola bar. She's hanging out with Frostbite
the Weevile. It seems like perhaps the
motions are being made to continue the journey outside of
Lovrich. What's done is done.
The volcano erupted. Everyone's got their badges.
Now they need to decide where they go from here.
Of following Sam to follow up on her.
Is the media falls? Meteor Falls is the next stop.
Is that? Is that what we agree on?
Is it? That was, I think.
That's Sam's original purpose, OK.
Right. Do you, do you like check in
with her so you see what she says?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, Sam says.
Yeah, I'm still trying to get to Meteor Falls.
I think you all might have a good time there, too.
The festival's starting in two days, so I do want to start
moving. There's a couple different ways
we can get there. So we'll, I mean, I'm, you guys
are with me, you're helping me out, you're protecting me a
little bit. So then we'll leave that up to
you. But either way, we got to head
out to Route 112. Is everyone ready to leave?
Do we need to pick up anything before we go?
I. Think so.
Do we still have like a pile of gemstones?
You do LD does in fact. Is it worth trying to exchange
them for money or just hold them on as gemstones for now?
I doubt that anybody here like I feel like they kind of need the
money more than we do I'm. Not trying to sell.
It that's fair when they just experience a natural disaster
exchange so when we get back to malvil at like a jeweler or
something that. That's probably.
A good plan. I just wanted to put it out
there that we had them. Yeah, the post post volcanic
eruption town is not really in the market for jewelry sales I
think right now, yeah. Great.
Do we embark? Head out.
Let's go hit the road. Excellent.
The party walks out to Route 112 at the foot of Jagged Pass that
stretches out towards the desert, potentially up north to
whatever is up north, and then S back to Marvel.
There's a little steep hill you can walk down.
It seems like this route is popular with athletic trainers
in Pokémon. There's people going on jogs.
It seems like the air quality here is usually pretty nice.
Right now, it's not quite as much as a little smoky.
There is up a little hill, up a series of stairs.
It seems like there's a touristy spot that has a lift that
typically takes people to the top of Mount Chimney.
The lift has been destroyed, and there are many construction
people who are working on repairing the little building
that there is. There's also a sign that points
to a cave. And as you are walking forward,
all of you unmistakably notice, no perception needed, that you
are walking on a very peculiar puddle of slime.
There is a lot of slime in the center of Route 112, and it's
very strange. What you do with that
information is up to you, but the ground slimy here.
It's not usually. Can we investigate the slime
you? Sure can.
What do you want to investigate about it?
What the fuck? OK, give me a what the fuck
check. All right, I rolled a 14 on the
what? The check that goes through
Wisdom, correct? Yeah, of course.
Okay of. Course, it's wisdom.
Yeah. So that is a + 1.
So that is a 15 total. Great.
You can tell it's not sentient slime, but there is like it's a
little thick. It seems like whatever produced
this slime, there was either a lot of it or it was like a
really big thing that was making a slime.
We did encounter a really big thing recently.
Don't think solely makes slime. There was another really big
thing before that. I don't think camera is not
hollow right either. Sam is going to make a check on
it just for fun, because I want to roll a dice.
She gets a 10. She sticks her finger in it and
it makes a pleasant little squelching sound.
She lifts it up to her face and gives it a sniff and she says
this is really weird. I've no idea what all the slime
is about. I send a cookie out.
Yeah, I'm like cookie, cookie. What is this?
Because I figure as a goopy, sluggy, sluggy dragon, she might
know. OK, roll in nature for cookie.
The 15th. Cookie hits the field, she lands
in the slime, and it seems like she has a complete change in
personality. As she does so, her eyes kind of
like roll over in a way that you've never seen before, and
she immediately starts gooping up the hill towards the ski lift
and The Cave, like she has been overcome by something.
She's beginning to move. And Cookie's doing what?
Gooping. Cookie's gooping and heading in
a direction without your commands.
Cookie come back. What is it I follow?
Cookie, you better get the Yeah. Can I send out Meryl cheap?
Sure to be an eye in the sky on Cookie?
Yeah, absolutely. I get away.
Yeah. Cookie isn't super fast, but
they are currently determined. Does everyone stick around and
follow cookie? Yes, OK.
Yeah, You notice Cookie goop up a little Cliff face.
It it appears the slime is somewhat in a in a trail and she
is moving. She's squelching and squirming.
It comes up to intersection where if you went up up a little
bit, you would end up at the ski lift that's being repaired
again. There's a crew there, there's
working there. There's people in Pokémon.
There's like some machokes that are carrying some heavy steel
beams and stuff. Cookie takes a left turn and she
heads towards the mouth of a cave that is has a pretty
haphazardly laid caution tape on it.
It seems like perhaps the crew that was working on the skillet
to put it there. It seems like it's maybe it is
some of their supplies and it says caution do not enter.
And there's a sign next to the mouth of The Cave that says
fiery path Cookie Is going there Anything to interact with Cookie
at all? What is the party doing?
I'm checking in a lot because cookie's not very fast, so you
have a lot of time to to consider the situation.
Yeah, Cookie's not really a known for.
Yeah. Yeah, we can have like a little
powwow to be like do we want to follow this or do we want to
just you want cookie out of it I.
Mean I'm curious. I'm curious too.
What does Symetra think? I'm going to roll because I want
to roll some more to see what she thinks, she says.
I'm not sure going back into Mount Chimney is really the best
call at the moment considering what just happened, but this is
also very intriguing so. Kind of in agreeance with that,
yes. Yeah.
I am curious but I also don't wanna do the thing.
Can we investigate from like the mouth of The Cave and see if
there's anything that we can see from the mouth of The Cave?
Please do 18. Yeah, that's a great role.
You can tell that the slime is accumulating and into The Cave.
It is getting thicker and there is more of it.
You can also tell that it seems like it's pretty hot in there.
It's called Fiery Path, so it's probably generally pretty hot,
but there was recently some volcanic activity.
This is a little tunnel that digs through Mount Chimney, and
you can see on the sinus this fiery path.
There's like a little illustration of the shape of it.
And it seems like this is like a shortcut potentially if you were
like in a rush, you can get to the northern route above the
desert without having to go through the desert, which could
be very convenient. But it seems very hot in there
and cookies going in. I mean, Cindy's probably
unbothered by the heat. Do we want to know what the goop
is We could get north of Mount Chimney?
Isn't that where we needed to go anyway we could to get to meet
Meet the Falls? Do a good old fashion what every
D&D player loves to do. Put.
The party. That is a terrible.
This is how I recommend we do it.
Gumi is the one that's getting obsessed with this.
Cindy wants to go investigate it.
Schmidt has Patricia who can carry two people if needed.
So me and Cindy go check it out and then we just fly Patricia to
wherever y'all are to catch up. We're just going to do a quick
poker, head in. If it's something dangerous,
we're booking it. That is.
That is my game plan. Yeah.
I'm still down to take the safe path.
If that's what you guys want to do, you can certainly do that.
OK, LED agreeance. Anyone else for or against?
OK. We need that party split.
Let's go. Cool.
OK, a plan is made. Oh, and for clarity, I think Sam
is going to go with LED and Gimli.
So. I figured that yes.
Sam didn't seem interested in going in The Cave.
Yeah, not not feeling that. Bits less interested in
investigating this and more interested in pulling Cindy out
if it gets too Harry. Got it.
So is Patricia out? Is Meryl cheap out?
Who is vibing? Meryl cheap is out.
Patricia is also officially out. Is Quacko out?
Quacko is always out. OK, so we are going to sneak
under the caution tape and follow Cookie.
I would say all of my Pokémon are away except cookie and larva
star that I'm have on my backpack.
OK. As we enter The Cave it gets
more slimy. Your footsteps sound like you're
walking in mud. Basically everyone, everything
that is not a fire type must make a constitution safe.
Cindy takes it with advantage because she has low con.
The DC is 10. And cookie is not a fire type,
so cookie needs it. Too, Cookie is possessed, kind
of. I don't want to say that as like
the DM that is the truth, but Cookie is like not going to
consider the heat right now. OK.
Everyone passes. Awesome.
I got A7 with advantage with. Advantage.
OK, that's fine. And all of your Pokémon are fire
types currently. All of them.
Oh, I guess larva starts on my bag but everyone else is away.
Yeah, that's fine. OK.
Yeah, that works. You enter The Cave, and Cindy's
pretty good at handling the heats, but she's sweating.
She's not feeling 100%. If she stays in here too long,
she might start to feel a little dehydrated.
Perhaps everyone else feels prepared.
We were just dealing with a lot of lava, so not a big deal.
You keep falling, Cookie. It gets a little bit darker.
But also not sure if this is the normal state of this cave or
not. But along the path like this
clear foot path like this is a cave that is generally well
traveled. There are little streams of lava
and they're all pointing towards like a glowing pillar in the
center of the room. And the squelching and squishing
gets louder as you move forwards.
And in the dimly lit area in in the dimly lit cave, you can see
and hear many small little bodies moving in a circle.
It seems like this is where Cookie is trying to go.
Are we still observing? Are we calmly, passively
participating? How close is cookie to the
circle? Cookie is going to take about 40
more feet. And I sent Meryl Cheap to just
going to Cookie right now, yeah. You're going to take cookie.
Yep, sure, just kind of hold them back, get them off the goo.
They are determined. So this is going to be a
contested strength check. You could roll for Cookie if you
want Cindy, but you're also not really in control.
So I think it might make sense if I do it actually.
So I'm going to roll for Cookie. So I got a 12.
OK, cookie got a 14 I mean. Might.
Lose cookie here. 40 feet is 2 like turns for cookie if that
helps like we have time. What is cookie's move speed?
Because cookie is dashing. OK.
So all cookies doing is mopping, so they are moving at double
speed. Also, the speeds don't matter
quite as much because we're not in combat.
But yeah, what? What did you want to do?
Can I roll like perception or investigation to see what the
other creatures are? Yes, absolutely.
Roll it. Probably investigation, yeah.
13. 13 all of the you can't tell for sure.
It's dimly lit and they're kind of pacing in a big circle.
If you had to guess, think that they're all probably roughly the
same size as Cookie. And you also notice that among
the loud squelching and the bubbling of the lava, you hear
like kind of a, a dim, quiet kind of chanting like.
Have we investigated on what is the glowy bit in the center of
the room? You did not, but you can try.
OK. I would like to do that.
That isn't 1818? Or was that all earlier when I
was trying to get like? Cookie Yeah.
It seems like there's like a natural kind of rock formation
that splits up, like it puts an intersection into the path. 1 is
the path that leads to the exit on the other side of the route,
and one just goes deeper in The Cave, kind of.
And this there's just a obelisk, a pillar in the center and from
above it there is lava dripping onto it from a chamber that is
above the fiery path on onto this pillar, this stone pillar,
it's like a Ruby red color and all of these creatures are
circling around it it it is very uncomfortable being.
Very 2001 The Space Odyssey. Isn't comfortable with both A it
is quite hot and B the floor is like very slimy, all of your
steps are squish squish and it's like it's a little sticky and
weird. I would imagine aside from being
warm, Cindy's having a great time.
Yeah, probably. It's pretty strange I.
Would imagine Schmidt is not only in physical distress but
terrified of the scene he is saying right now.
I will offer one more chance from each of you if you wish to
interact or stop with not solely with Cookie.
Make some sort of check, but otherwise Cookie is going to
head towards that gosh Dang lava pillar.
We need the. We need to.
You want cookie right now. The return cookie.
Yes, you have to make a dex check.
You do not want to come back. Dirty 20.
OK, you hold out your pokey ball and the laser beam shoots out
and it focuses on Cookie for a long time.
It seems like it is like there's some sort of resistance.
Someone doesn't want to go back and it's beaming and beaming and
then sucks Cookie back into the pokey ball.
OK, we got cookie. Still want to figure out what
these Pokémon are? Yeah.
Can I mimic Gumi's cry? Yeah, that sounds hilarious.
You can do whatever you want. Roll a charisma check I guess.
Oh no, how am I at Charisma +2? It's a 5.
It's a five. Yeah.
You just kind of make a squealing sound and it's a
little embarrassing. Good job.
And the the Pokémon have no reaction to that, no.
Reaction. They're all going in a circle
around this pillar and they are chanting.
And we still don't know what they are.
Yeah, you could get a little bit close enough.
I want to get close enough to see if if they are other gumi.
OK, it's Patricia is on standby, ready to yoink Cindy out.
Understood, it's still pretty dark so I will ask for a wisdom
check. Larva Star who is out also has
like flame body, so they glow, so I have a little bit more
light. Yeah, this.
Is a really easy check, but you still have to make the.
Check OK plus 1/17. These are all Gumi.
There's probably like 30 of them.
They're all all in this cave, all dancing around this pillar.
They're just straight up gumi. Just lots of gumi a rare
Pokémon, not like a. Like a slug bar or anything in
there, they're just a bunch of gumis a whole.
Bunch of gumis a you would conclude that the reason why
this floor is so slimy and why the outside was so slimy is
because a bunch of gummies have gathered here.
Is it like a ritual for them to evolve?
But I also don't want to be here all day.
Yeah, I was about to say, if we wait, how much longer would we
have to wait to find something out?
Who? Knows we just have to wait.
You don't have that information. OK.
I think we just find like a like a perch, get a little bit closer
to the, a point where we can see what's going on and a point
where we can make a run for the exit and then we can just kind
of hang out for a bit, try to see what's going.
On But if I let Gumi back out, how easy would it be to get Gumi
back? Don't, don't, don't put Gumi
out. We're just watching.
Oh, OK.
Gimli and Sam leave Cindy and Schmidt to their own devices to
figure out what's going on with the slime.
There's only two directions for you to go and one is back to
Loveridge and the other one is further down Route 112.
I'm assuming you're going further down Route 112 I.
Think further down. 112 is the appropriate direction.
You do that, you hit Route 112, a familiar route.
You've been here a couple times. It's like a narrow kind of
valley between 2 rocky cliffs. If you turn to your right, you'd
be heading South. You'd be going back down towards
the Winstreet House or Marvel City or to the north.
There's a blustery howling sandstorm.
There is a sign, it says Hoenn Route 111 and has like a little
sketch of like a map of like of the shape of it.
There's a symbol that clearly like from what you saw before,
the way to get north of the desert is either too well, walk
through the desert, or travel through fiery path, which is
currently unadvised according to the caution tape that is there
on that sign, there's a little scribble.
It looks like there's an A on it, a stylized little A, and it
says R + B forever spelled 4 EVR plus R.
Plus B Forever cute. Yeah.
What do you do? Well, can we get through the
desert with our current supply? Perhaps you can suss it out if
you want to make like a nature check or something.
Yeah, I think, I think a nature check is advised.
OK, that. Would just be AD 20D20 survival.
Yeah, you know, that's an appropriate time if you'd rather
make a survival check. 14. 14 Gimli is no stranger to harsh
environments and this desert is known to just always be windy,
always slapping sand around. So it's the visibility is low
and you're probably going to get pelts in the face if you don't
have goggles, but you can do it, it is possible.
Another concern about this desert is dehydration.
Seems like pretty dry and with all the wind blowing your your
sweat just like Wicks off immediately.
So it is not ideal. Not a great situation.
There are. It looks like if you peer into
the desert a little bit, you can tell that there are people in
there. There's some people that are
wearing like basically no clothes, but like a pair of
goggles and they're like running in the sand barefoot.
Very strange. And you see some people who have
little tiny pickaxes and magnifying glasses and they are
like picking away at the walls of the desert and they're
looking at unique rock formations and stuff.
It seems like that is what's going on, but it is brutal.
The people in there right now seem to be handling it OK.
And so I am concerned about this this sandstorm thing we got
going on here. We might all considering the
mods go we might not be able to get supplies but.
Right. But like, at least goggles and
like hydration are probably advised.
Well, do do you think you could drink the water produced by a
watertight Pokémon? Because I have two of those.
That's true. Is this a rhetorical question?
Is this a real question? This is a real question.
How do you wish to answer it? I have to answer it does that
what's? Happening.
No. Just like how What method does
LED? Does LED want to keep it
rhetorical? Does LED How?
How? Just how?
I I was going to say I suppose I could test it, but that sounds
extremely dangerous. If it doesn't work, is that
something I would know you? You can definitely roll.
For that, yeah, yeah, roll for it.
Roll, roll it. Maybe just a straight
intelligence maybe because I, I don't think that's a Wizard of
life. I I think that's something you
get out of a book, right. So.
All right, I rolled a 16. 16 Yeah, you think it's definitely
possible. You've heard stories of people
doing it before, so you just, you just got to try it.
Yeah, because it's not like spit, right?
Like it's it's. Water.
Like unless it's like a lot of spit, that's water.
Pokémon in a nutshell. We crack the code but like our
Pokémon dry out. So many burning questions.
We have to. Ask them all why can they like
if it's too hot? Can they not like but skald
exists like? True.
If it's like, does the water, did they get dried out like we
do? These are very important
questions. Regardless, we still probably
need goggles. We do still probably need
goggles. They might have some in lava
Ridge. I mean, it's, it's right there.
Yeah, we can. Look, I we might be able to go
back and look around. They were doing like a whole
like operation for construction, but they might have something
because there's no Mart. Exactly.
So I mean they don't just have goggles like construction
goggles like. Right.
Something like that, yeah, would be fine.
We can pick up stuff for the gang while they're doing their
thing because we definitely need that stuff because it's
otherwise it's going to be, it's going to be a bad time.
Oh, for sure. Like Cindy might be fine.
But the little doodle on the not doodle, it's like a professional
looking kind of map for people who are traveling.
The desert is expansive. Yeah, I think preparations
advised here. What?
What do you think, Sam? Sam is going to make a roll
because I love rolling for Sam today, she says.
Yeah, I've, I'm pretty keen on not dying in the desert.
So if if we need to stock up on stuff, then then we'll take care
of that. Give me a roll of roll of
perception real quick. Yeah, 14.
An athlete runs past you into the desert.
They're barefoot. It seems like that's what they
like to do. They've got some goggles on, and
right before they hit the sand, they pop something in their
mouth as a scent that seems strangely familiar to you.
Yeah. You definitely got off there.
God damn it, no, I'm so sorry. It'll be.
Fine. He popped a thing in his mouth
and then. It has a scent that is familiar
to Gimli. OK, whatever was just consumed
is something that is nostalgic for Gimli.
Nostalgic. Nostalgic might be like a weird
word it it it triggers a memory potentially.
I will let you roll a history for that memory if you'd like.
Yeah, that's intelligence, right?
Yes, I play a role well because oh, I did 18.
Yeah, Gimli thinks back to a few days ago when he was romping
around Marvel City and he was entranced by a little stall
downtown. He remembers the slogan Gerba's
Gerkins. Come get your Gerkins.
I knew great gherkins. Great.
I knew some of that tree. It's Gherkins.
Great for you know that. How is that your first thought?
It's a Gherkin. 'Cause I was thinking about the
fact that I had the gherkins like not but like 15 minutes ago
and I was like, hmm, you know, gherkins would be good for
snackies. And then he pops something and
then it's like, Gimli, you might know this.
I'm like, it's Gherkins. It's definitely.
Gurkins. There's a desert immediately,
Gurkins. Oh well, Gurkins, obviously.
They were advertised for being particularly quenchy.
Yes, yes, they were the. Quenchiest.
The quenchiest gurkins. I have a half a pound of
gurkins. Hey, that's pretty good.
Pretty pretty thick amount of Gurkins there.
So we'll be fine. We'll be OK for hydration across
the board. We can definitely supply
ourselves a little bit better, but we definitely want to make
our way back to town to get those goggles and probably some
like other like sun repellent attire because we don't want to
like just get burned out. Like I have a sun hat but for my
bald head but you guys do not so.
You also have Go goggles, don't you?
Do I have go goggles? Yeah, when we introduced our
characters in Session 1, you said he's got a I.
I thought I did, but I didn't have it written down.
So I was like, oh, maybe I'm wrong.
Yeah, but I no, the go goggles make a lot of sense that I would
have that. OK, so I have goggles but you
guys definitely use that. So what's the plan?
So we are probably gonna, I would think, head back to town
unless like how far away is, well, I guess we don't want to
backtrack a lot in Marvel. That's too far.
And like, because I was like, well, maybe we get more
gherkins, but I have plenty of gherkins.
Like, I think that's fine. And we could, like, look, see if
there's other supplies because, again, we don't want to die out
in the desert. Sure.
So. OK, yeah.
So we'll backtrack. Backtrack to Leverage.
Yes, we'll backtrack. We definitely.
Love it. Love how fun and also mundane
your experience is compared to the other twos.
We're back. Welcome back, hope you had some
good conversation. We did.
We talked about how tall people are and gummy rituals.
So we last decided to just kind of scope it out, see what's
happening, see what's going on, Correct.
OK, you do that. Some time passes, and it seems
like that the lava is that is dribbling on this pillar is
forming A circular pool around it, probably with a radius of 15
feet maybe. And it's like almost a perfect
circle. And it's that circle, but all
these little goomies are dancing around.
This is probably over about 10 minutes, probably, we'll say if
you're still scoping out in there and the chanting is
getting slightly louder and the goomies are going slightly
faster. Are you still observing?
Yeah, I guess we're committed by this point.
We don't have any reason to leave, do we?
Not necessarily. I got a feeling you're about to
give us a reason to leave. It's like uncomfortably warm,
but like I I feel that Cindy would want to see what's
happening because she has a soft spot for Cookie and just wants
to see like what is happening with these gumi.
Yeah, sure. The pool that is built around
this pillar begins to bubble it concentrated in one particular
spot close to the pillar, and the bubbles get larger and
larger, not threatening you in any way, but they're they're
sizable. And rising out of the lava comes
a formless large goopy entity begins to slowly rise.
It is expelling so much heat from it that your ability to see
it is fairly distorted. There's like an excess of heat
lines that is obscuring this, whatever it is.
It is roughly, I'm going to say it is less than 10 feet tall as
it rises out, and it's got a vaguely humanoid shape.
But as far as anything beyond that, it's very hard to tell.
You can make some checks and then all the gummies stop
chanting and going around and they all face towards it and
they make a unison kind of sound.
I want a roll investigation to see if I can see it better
through the heat lines. Perfect.
Do it. No plus 310. 10 It's kind of
hard to tell. You can tell that there are
particulates that are falling off of its body into the lava
pool. Doesn't seem like it mines it is
in the lava currently. How?
Big is gudra. It's about a person size like
it's smaller than this. Are there any actions or checks?
Should we continue to? Observe.
I guess just observe, right? Is this?
As long as we're not threatened, yes, continue to observe.
And we are still like Patricia is in position to just yoink us
and get out of. There, OK, yeah.
And Cindy's like close enough to Schmidt that that could happen.
That is correct. You are not a.
Little bit like a step forward, closer to the madness, but not
like so far that she can't be yoinked.
Correct. The creature, whose shape is
hard to make out, lifts up some limbs on either side of it and
makes a a sound that isn't scary, but it isn't necessarily
calming either. It goes, and then all of the
little goomies chant. Back they go, and as it lifts
its arms, this puddle of lava starts to make little trails,
very skinny little streams that dip out of it.
And they are. There's about 30 or so of them,
and each one is pointing directly at one of the little
goomies that is standing at attention.
That might be a good or cry. Also, if it's possessed by some
kind of otherworldly experience, whether it be like the plate or
something, it could be bigger. This is true.
Experienced. We have the fire plate, don't
we? And this is definitely a fire
creature. I mean it's in lava.
Gumi is not a fire type, it's dragon so it could have like the
dragon plate. Do the gumi seem like they're
being harmed by the lava that is coming at them?
No, they are not flinching. They are it's it would be weird
to say that they're having a good time, but they are not like
it. It.
Their faces seem, their little snaily faces seem to suggest
that they are performing some sort of duty, that they must be
here. I look at Schmidt.
Should I send Cookie back out? I don't think so, no.
What if it makes cookie super strong?
But what if we you lose cookie forever?
I'll return her again. It's fine that.
Kind of only half worked last time.
Don't know if we can guarantee that that will work again.
How close would I be able to get to this happening safely?
That's kind of tough to gauge. You want like city to go right
up close. In if I let cookie out yes, if
not like I don't. I don't think we should get up
close. I don't.
I don't no keep cookie in, just observe.
It is very hot. I'm not going to say it's
impossible. The Cindy can handle the heat.
Of course, what is generating the most heat is the seven ish
8:00-ish foot tall monster that is obscured by by warmth.
I guess where is the? Obelisk, the monolith, and all
of this. It is behind the the tall boy
currently and it is in like the lava pool was growing because it
was dripping from above and then out of its rows.
This other creature that is large, not necessarily
threatening, but you can't really make out what's going on.
OK. Can I roll another
investigation? Sure.
I'm not really sure what I'm investigating.
Then you might do a perception. Maybe Perception Dirty 20?
3020 What do you want? Like what?
What do you just in? General I guess that I guess I
want to see like if what's happening is safe, but also like
to get a better understanding of what's happened like from what
I'm seeing. Cindy has spent enough time in
the wildlife that she acknowledges that this is like a
natural thing. Whether or not it's common or
special, she has no idea. She's not familiar with these
Pokémon. It is clear that no one's being
harmed or this is not a volatile encounter to what Cindy thinks.
There is danger, sure, but there's no aggression happening.
And she also observes, she makes a note that's the pool of lava
around the obelisk was like shallow when they first came in,
but it was like stationed on the ground.
And it's it is peculiar that something that is roughly 7 or 8
feet tall emerged from it when it was a puddle.
It was like, where did they come from?
How did they come from below? That is something that strikes
Cindy as curious. Does that serve The Dirty 20 for
insight? Does that kind of the
information you wanted the vibe check?
I think so. I'm just like deep in me as
like, what if this is like a big evolutionary event like the
Bulbasaur and that one episode of that one new Pokémon series I
watched? I don't.
Think I don't think this is it. I think this is something else.
Schmidt is just on standby to Yoink.
Yep, Yoink prepared. All of these little streams of
like little trickles of lava that are coming out from the
pool kind of stretch up towards the gummies and like they make
like a circle, like a like bicycle wheel kind of right?
Like there's a puddle in the middle and they all stretch
outwards towards individual gummies.
The streams are about to connect with all the individual gummies
and all they're chanting becomes a little more fervent and
they're excited. After a moment, it connects with
all of them at the same time, and in that moment the entire
room illuminates brilliantly in a big flash.
The heat also increases noticeably.
After a few moments, it settles. All of the gummies that have
been chanting have slightly deeper voices, and they're a
little bit taller, and they are expelling light off of them, as
they are also drippy and goopy and they are leaking.
Rather than slime, they are leaking little slimy lava
bubbles. And they let out a cheer, a
little gummy ish cheer, a little sluggish cheer.
It seems they're a little extra lumpy and they've got some lawn
antennae and they have a reddish, darkish brownish hue to
them. And they just stand there and
they wave their new little forelimbs in the air very
excitedly. And that seems like there's some
sort of celebration going on. I.
Feel like Cookie missed a really good opportunity.
Is it too late? I said cookie outs.
It seems to be less chaotic. OK, sure, you do that.
Cookie scrambles forwards towards the pool.
It seems like all of these slightly larger enhanced goomies
are beginning to scatter. They're about to.
They're all marching either northwards towards the northern
exit, or southwards to the exit that you came in, and the larger
creature that came from the lava is beginning to descend into it.
Cookie is rushing over hurriedly.
And I need Cookie to make a Charisma check.
Come on, cookie. Oh no, it's a -1 modifier.
No, it's a 2. It's a 2 cookie, charges
forwards. Whatever this large creature is
that was emerging from the lava. Whatever its topmost extremity
is, whether it's a head or something, it's a notices Cookie
and just stares as it continues to descend.
And Cookie is standing right at the pool and just kind of like
chirping in a goomy way. This, all of this, all of the
new taller slug creatures are now moving past you.
They're very close to you now. You can make them out very well,
but they'd pay you no mind. They're trying to leave all.
Right. Is there anything you still wish
to do? It seems Cookie has somewhat
gathered the attention of of a monster, but there is they're
running out of time. Can cookie make a chant check?
Chant Check. Yeah.
Can Patricia assist with that somehow?
Sure, I don't know. Patricia has singing, but I
don't think that helps with anything.
What is? Patricia's cacophony, but like.
I don't know, just to help. Just to help does.
Backup singing. Backup singer, Yeah, to do some
harmonies. Sure, Cookie is not necessarily
chanting. She is like kind of rambling,
maybe in, in, in, in goomi speak.
But Patricia, yeah, here's what's going to happen.
OK, so Patricia is going to get involved somehow.
I want Patricia to make her own Charisma check and I want Cookie
to add, well let let's see what this check is first from
Patricia. That's just a straight 12.
Straight 12. OK, Patricia notices some sort
of drag, anything happening I suppose, and lets out a draconic
kind of chirp in the direction of this activity between Cookie
and this monster in attempts to, who knows, something
instinctual, just like saying something.
And it seems it has that Patricia has somewhat captured
the attention of this mysterious creature that is shrouded in
wavyness, WAVY heat. It seems like maybe Cookie has
another chance. Give Cookie a + 8 to another
Christmas check. Plus 811. 11 Cookie very
desperately chanting and and and screaming and in little sluggy
sounds to the behemoth that not behemoth, that's exaggeration to
the large creature that's descending to the lava.
The creature sticks out an appendage, a little goopy
appendage, and taps Cookie on the head with it in.
In a far less glamorous moment, Cookie begins to shine.
Do you press the B button or do anything such as that?
No, I let this happen. OK, After a few moments, Cookie
emerges from the light, a little bit smaller, noticeably smaller
than all the other expanded creatures that are walking past
you, and the monster that was descending to the lava completes
its descent, and it seems like perhaps it gave like, a little
wave to Cookie or something. Cookie looks around, turns
around at you, delighted, surprised, Big old stupid smile
on its face. Cookie is a Helenian Sligu.
Congratulations. So does it pick up fire typing?
Perhaps. You.
It seems like the other ones did.
Mine's a little small though, but that's fine.
Yes. You look at it, small little
baby. And yeah, it is noticeably
probably like 6 inches shorter than the rest, but it's still
quite larger, so much taller. Instead of just being a BLOB, it
has a shape. Little little forelimbs, little
hands, little appendages, antennae from the top, and it is
constantly dripping. Instead of goo, perhaps warm
goo. It is reddish in color, and its
body is like a its body is the same color and composition as
like a rocky puddle of magma. If you think of it that way, it
seems like you could probably touch it, maybe.
Like it doesn't seem actually as dangerous as lava, but it seems
very similar in structure. If for the first time you are
approached by Cookie waving its hands at you, because now it has
hands. They don't have fingers, but
they have hands. I give Cookie a hug.
Cool. Yeah.
Role. Constitution.
Finally, a good goal. Jesus, Constitution 16. 16 You
hug Cookie the Sligu, and you notice that it is in fact warm,
and the the it's droppings are dripping onto your arms and it
is warm, but it seems like it has some sort of control over
how warm its body is. And if Cookie is hugging someone
it cares about who may not appreciate being burned, it is
able to kind of stifle that natural power.
That's awesome. The lava pool that was in the
middle of the room around the obelisk has drained.
Where did the tall thing go? Who knows?
And it is still very warm in here.
And you can see on the other side a little hole of light from
another mouth of The Cave. It's probably 100 feet down, but
it's there. What do you do?
OK, I guess that's our exit. I, I think so.
I think they went around. So the goal was to meet back up.
So I guess we'd go. I understood I.
Think we all walk to that mouth and then everyone has to go back
on their poker balls when we ride Patricia because Patricia
does have a weight limit. Understood.
Yeah, Gimli, Elodie and Sam March back towards Loveridge
Town in efforts to get supplies. Elodie, give me perception.
Got it. Oh boy, I got 6.
Six, Yeah. You don't notice anything.
You notice that as you go back on this route, it's it's slimy.
Still, the slime hasn't changed. Nothing is different as far as
that goes. If you peer at the mouth of
fiery path, you do not see your friends.
You see nothing different. It looks the same.
Nice. Off to Lava Ridge, no.
No activity is good activity. Yeah, when it comes to those
two. Perhaps.
When it comes. You get to the town without
problem. Gray is standing around.
He has like a tiny little makeshift booth.
It reminds you of the one that Jay had at the Lily Cove Summer
Festival. Is that where you wish to gather
supplies? Do you wish to go somewhere
else? We can check with Jay.
I think it's a good idea. This one's Gray.
Excuse me, I'm. Going all the way back to.
The Yeah, I know, I know, I know.
Yeah, Gray recognizes you. He managed to salvage his little
spinning computer chair that he was sitting in the first time
you came to the shop. And he's, like, spinning in
circles, he says. Hey friends, welcome back.
I'm at my shop right now, but I'm happy to get you some
supplies also. By the way, thank you.
You really saved our town. Oh yeah.
Yeah, no problem. For the only casualty to be my
shop, I don't mind at all. That's a worthy trade.
What can I get for you? So we're looking to cross into
the desert and that comes with its own problems, as you
probably could guess. So we definitely are looking for
supplies for our group, just goggles to help protect our
eyesight and probably something to keep us hydrated.
He says, yeah, I did lose some of my inventory, but a lot of
what we sell at this Mart is for travelers that either go on a
hike up Mount Chimney or they go through the desert.
So let me see what I got. And he digs around in some
boxes. I'm going to see what he has
with a roll. Yeah.
He pulls out a pair of GO goggles, undoubtedly the little
plastic bit that secures the lens to the left lens to the
front of it. It's like a little melted.
It seems like it was exposed to heat.
He was like, ah shit, I can't sell this.
You want to just take this one, It should still work.
Yeah. Yeah.
It's all yours. So you're in position of a pair
of go goggles that the left lens like the covering, the plastic
is like a little melted. It's a little droopy, but it's.
Sounds like a perfect one for Schmidt.
It's a little equipable. He keeps digging through and he
finds a few others, probably about four or five.
And he says, wow, I really want to give you some, some free
merchandise. I'm really not in a position to
be giving away inventory right now, so I will have to charge
you for it. I'll I'll give you a discount.
I'll do my best. Oh no, that's fine.
Yeah, that's really fair. He says I can part with these
for six pokey dollars each. OK, well, does Sam need a pair?
Does Sam need a pair? No she doesn't.
She has 1 already. Oh yeah, she did before, yeah.
OK, so just two two pairs, I can purchase 2 pairs of Gogo goggles
well. We could split it if you want.
Sure. Split it.
Nice. Yeah, 6 each.
That's fine. Gray says thank you.
Is there anything else I can get for you?
I know that there's a traveling merchant by the name of Gerba
who sells these really quenchy little, tiny little Pickles and
you take one bite and it's like, oh, it's amazing.
It's like the the juiciest cucumber you've ever had and it
just makes you feel really good when you're traveling to the
heat. I love gherkins.
Oh, you love gherkins. Great.
Yeah, You know what I'm talking about.
Hopefully Gherba's around here. I know she travels around.
Maybe. Maybe you'll find her.
I don't know. I don't have any gherkins on me,
though. I can sell you some bottles of
water though. I think we'll we'll take the
bottles of water too. That'll be good.
He says great, I can give you a half dozen for five pokey
dollars. Yeah, that's great.
That'll do. You make these change, he says.
Do you need trainer goods? I still got a little, got a
couple potions, got some pokey balls.
We can buy. Some potions too, right?
I think I'm good on that front. I don't know if you want to get
any. Oh sure, what I mean what kind
of potions you have? He says Right now I got a couple
standards, I got a few supers, I have two hyper potions.
How much for supers? He says supers for you, Gimli,
the hero of Loveridge Town. Let me think, he says.
I can part with these for I'm going to say 7 pokey dollars.
OK, Yeah, I'll take them. It's.
Quite a steal. How many would you like?
He he's, he's in possession of five.
I'll take them all. Take them all 5 * 735.
You give him 35 pokey dollars. Yep, mark it down he says.
Thank you. This is really going to help me
out, help me rebuild so I very much appreciate it.
Is there anything else I can get for you?
And what pokeballs do you have? Yeah, glad you asked.
I got a fresh inventory right before the volcano erupted of
quick balls. Very fun.
I got a dozen of those. I got some classic Pokey balls,
I've got a couple Loveridge balls and I have two Ultra balls
leftover. How much for a quick and ultra?
He says quick as a specialty and I'm going to give you a
discount. I can give you that for 18 pokey
dollars. The ultras are going to be hard
to discount. I can part with each of those
for 25. I'll I'll take an ultra.
You do that, the exchange is made.
LED shopping. I think I'm good on pokey balls.
OK, As he's digging through the pokey balls, he picks up what
looks like a little metal orb and has like a little tail on.
He's like, you're not supposed to be in your buddy.
And then it expands. It's like a little hedgehog.
It's got a little spikes on it. And he tosses it to the side and
it clinks and it has a smile on its face.
It likes being thrown around. That's interesting dynamic.
Yes, he says. Well, I hope to see you all
again soon. Wherever you're going, I'm
assuming the desert. Good luck on your journeys.
If you ever need anything, just come back right here to
Loveridge. We'll be ready for you.
Thanks. I'm sure we'll revisit.
Great, you on your way back. Yeah, let's go find Garkins.
OK, you're back on Route 112. It's still slimy.
This time I want Gimli to make a perception check.
Dirty 22. 3022 Yeah, From the direction of fiery path you hear
a repeating, maybe like chant, like sound.
It is moderately high pitched and it echoes down the chamber
and it sounds like in that rhythm it is not ceasing.
Huh. What is that noise?
Do you hear that? I'm supposing I didn't, so no, I
I don't. It's like a chanting, you know
that like that way. Do you want to check it out?
Yeah, might as well got a bit of time.
That's true, yeah. Still waiting on the rest of the
gang. We can make progress, but don't
want to go too far. Right, of course.
Sure. We March up to fiery Path then
just to check it out, scope it out correct?
Yeah. OK, Yeah, you do that.
You go up the stairs, you see the construction crew that's
working on the lifts trying to repair it.
And as you approach the mouth, there's a little flash of light
from inside and the chanting changes pitch.
It's deeper now, and these hear, like, little beastial cries of
maybe delight or celebration. And right.
I'm assuming you want to enter, correct?
Yeah, I would say so. Right as you're about to enter,
you're cut off by probably 15 creatures that you've never seen
before. They are marching past you,
marching perhaps they don't really have legs.
They are sliding past you and they look like moderately sized
slugs or snails that are composed of a substance that is
like a slimy lava that drips off of their bodies.
And they kind of, they kind of just push past you and they
don't make eye contact. They're just like leaving.
They're just on their way out. They're just going somewhere.
That's awesome. Little cargo.
Right. For sure, it's definitely that
one, not the other one. Not the other one.
Do you? Yeah.
Do you? Do you still enter?
There's about 15 of them. I mean, they're just walking
past, so yeah, yeah. OK, you go inside.
Good for you. I'm going to summon everyone
together so to catch you up. Elodie and Gimli notice a
strange sound coming from Fiery Path, so they've decided to
enter, and they were cut off by a troop of about 15 strange
Pokémon that they've never seen before.
They've entered into the southern end of this area and I
do need to require the two of them to make Constitution saves
because it's very hot in here. I got a nine.
OK. I got a 15.
OK, LED is having a hard time. It is quite hot.
She's not a fan. If she spends too long in here
she may take HP damage. As you enter you notice that the
floor is very slimy, like it was on your way up and we off in the
distance you can see a few figures.
You see two people, you see what looks to be like a fluffy cloud
that is also a bird, and you see the same figure that you saw 15
of leaving the chamber in front of a person, but they're a
little bit smaller, but they're still emanating a brilliant
light. What'd you do?
And I shout towards them because I can clearly recognize that's a
That's our gang. Yeah, shout out at them.
What do you say? Oh, what's going on up there?
Yes, here. No.
Do we? Do we?
Hear you will hear it will echo in this into The Cave.
You you heard Ghibli. What the?
Nothing, just vibing. Yeah, we, we just, it's hot.
It it. Yeah, it.
Doesn't seem like nothing. It wasn't nothing a minute ago,
but it's nothing now. Say why?
Why are these lava slugs just crawling over to what you guys
but. OK.
Yeah. Cookie evolved.
Yeah, we could pull our lava slug back out.
For the first cookie evolved, for the first time that anyone
any of you have ever heard of, you are greeted by a Hawenian
Sligu. That's awesome.
Let's go. Wait, that means crustal might
be original variant? It's looks very similar to goomy
but just a little bit taller. It has antennae and like little
4 limbs that are just like sticks basically.
And it is constantly gooping, constantly dripping.
But rather than pure slime, it looks like goopy magma.
Perhaps its body coloration is looks like if you peered into
like a volcanic crater, kind of like it looks like rocky lava.
Basically is what his body looks like.
Very cool. So cool.
For clarity, you're in a little tunnel that reaches to a distant
point on the other side of Mount Chimney.
It's a little hot. I think L DS not having a great
time but everyone else is doing OK.
Yeah. Well, if if we want to take this
route, I could potentially use one of my water types to try and
cool me off or we could go back to the desert.
Up to you guys. I.
Mean how far is it if we walk quickly?
As I described it, it is about 100 feet.
Walking quickly isn't going to change it.
You might just make you more hot.
Gotcha, gotcha. We also bought like supplies if
you guys want to just go through the desert and backtrack.
Got some goggles? Some water.
Some water can't find the Gokins lady.
We've got Gherkins. Don't we still have a pair of
gherkins? I still have I don't have a
pound of Gokins, but Gokins apparently good for the desert
so retain the moisture. I'm down to get out of this hot
cave and figure out what to do from there.
That's fine. Yeah, we can go through the the
desert. We all leave fiery path to Route
112. Yep.
Mm hmm. You do that off in the distance,
scattering into different directions.
S on Route 111, you see about 15 or so other Helenian Sligu going
into the mountains, going into the forests, going over to
wherever they were coming from who knows?
As you mark that March back towards Route 111 to the
entrance of the desert for the first time, Cindy and Schmidt
noticed a sign that was appeared at earlier.
It's like a little map of Route 111 in the desert and there's a
little little graffiti on it and it says there's like an A
symbol, like a stylized a looking symbol and it says B + R
forever, but the forever is spelled for EVR.
Oh God, my parents. What?
It would be cute if it wasn't so
weird. I would think it would be cute
if they weren't criminals. Right.
And they were loved us once before.
They were criminals, right? Sam says it's also vandalism.
Someone's got to clean that. That is more crime.
Yeah, what are you going to expect from criminals?
Recent was that? You can suss it out.
Make it roll. Yeah, I'll suss it out.
Touch the spray paint. Made a 16 on a SUS check. 16 on
a SUS check. That's pretty good.
It's probably less than a month. More than a week.
What? That's pretty recent.
That's fairly recent. That's like more recent than
like the cause like we knew that they were in the jagged pass
hideout. Like obviously like they were
there. That was months ago.
That's. For a week.
More than a week. Between a week and a month.
Oh. Yeah, a week or a month, a
storm, It's very. Recent.
That's like, what puts it before the terrorist attack at Lily
Cove. Yeah.
They could have been there. They could have been in Marvel.
Sam says. Interesting.
Well, that that's fun, but. I'm not cleaning it up.
Well, that's. That doesn't sound like my
problem to clean up. I mean that they are your
problem. When they abandoned me, they no
longer became my problem. There's still a problem and
they're here OK. So you guys should take some
goggles. Who wants the melted ones?
I'll take the melted ones, just I'm not affected by weather.
Conditions it's. A melted.
I'm not affected by like Sandstorm.
Don't. Don't be too confident you can
handle it. You can handle it better.
We'll say you're not. Just affected by saying That's
wild. Yeah, it's coarse and it gets
everywhere. True.
Do we dawn our safety gear? Yes.
Let's go for it.
Cool, everyone looks sick as hell.
Do we have? A pair for Quacko.
Do you? We did.
We did not grab a pair for Quacko.
How could you? No, we bought, We bought.
Did we not buy it or? Something we we bought three.
Well, we bought 2 pairs and then he gave us one and then you have
1. So that's only four total.
Quacko doesn't have a POCO ball. Nothing for Quacko.
I kind of forgot about the fact that Quacko doesn't have a poco
ball. I'm sorry, how?
High in the air is the sand from the sandstorm.
And how high can Quacko fly? I am not putting that much
distance between me and Quacko. That's understandable.
I am going to take my goggles and I'm going to put them on my
bird now. We're just going to have a time.
Couldn't you also fly with Patricia over?
This sandstorm really something you can fly over.
You can check. Depending on how high you get.
Also, we just separated the party, yeah.
I'll do that. Again, we got lucky with the
last one. I I don't think we're going to
get lucky with that again. We can go back to Lava Ridge and
buy more. Google probably bought them.
Because we're literally right outside the town, right?
Right now, yeah. I was about to say, how far is
Lava Ridge right? There you can get there pretty
quickly. If I just like flew on Patricia,
like just solo man missions while everyone else waited, how
would that be faster? Yeah, we can do that like
instantly. It's 5 bucks.
We'll just do that. Hey, what's up, Goggles real
quick, kind of on a time limit. He says.
That's crazy. I sold some to your friends
earlier and then some other people came by and they cleared
out my whole stock. I'm all out.
Fuck does he? Have anything that could be made
into makeshift goggles or like a hat to put over Quacko's face?
You can like carry him. Anyone else who has goggles that
you know of in town that I can borrow or bribe?
He points behind you and he says looks like that family's all
going to the desert and they got goggles on.
There's two adults and a child. How many pairs of goggles do
they have? 3.
Damn, is there anyone who like lives here?
That's like not using the goggles that you might know
would have goggles. He says, well, a lot of us in
Lovers take trips in the desert, so if you wanted to knock on
people's doors and ask, I'm sure you'd find someone.
Yeah, OK. I didn't realize this was going
to be an actual errand. OK.
Do we know people? Like if I check with the right
of learning first, are people going to be there?
Maybe. Who knows?
OK. I'm going to Yonk over there and
I'll be like, yo, you got any extra goggles?
Yeah, you'd open up the doors and there you are greeted by
some people in lab coats and they say you want go goggles.
Is that what you're looking for? For the sand.
Yeah, they're totally out at the Mart.
I was just wondering if I had a pair I could borrow, I could
return them. I'm a super responsible guy.
My duck took my pair. I just wanted to see if I could
get a pair from me. It's totally like not a big
deal, but if I have some. A researcher says that's
actually one of our projects right now.
We're working on a prototype that is potentially more
comfortable and helps with the visibility.
The lens filters out sand particulates in your vision, so
it gives you really clear vision.
That's how it's supposed to work.
If you want to test it for us and come back, we'll give them
to you for free. Yeah, I'm down to test drive.
Cool, the lab assistant gives you not really a pair of
goggles. Are you familiar with the emote
Wicked? Not.
They are. It's like silly ass, like kind
of rainbow hued like a like a sunglasses maybe.
Yeah, it's like, it's like a sports visor, almost basic.
Oh my God. That's.
That's awesome. That is wicked, not gonna lie.
Yeah, Hell yeah. And it seems like it could
probably fit on a quacko the the the nose piece like extends you
can make it smaller or bigger OK.
So yeah, these 4 Quacko or these four are human.
The lab system says you can put it on anyone that's got eyes.
OK, Duck can't communicate so I will do the test drive.
OK. Sounds good.
Great. Do you fly on back?
Yeah, with my Gurren log on glasses and toe.
Perfect, Yeah. Just heads up triumphantly.
Just. The best way to just I'll carry
a shirtless with the glasses. Yeah, for for those listening,
they're like sports advisors, kind of like in a very stupid,
silly way. They looked like it.
Yeah, Gurren Logon is a good way to describe it.
They're like stupid ass Gurren logon glasses.
That's perfect. Let's get a perception check
from Ality. Got it 17. 17 You look up in the
sky, and you see Fluffy Cloud with a Schmidt on in tow.
You can't really make any details, but you see that
they're coming back. You recalled hearing the
discussion earlier about like, oh, can you just fly over the
desert? So you're looking in the sky and
you look over and you can see that, like, there's columns of
sandy, like tornadoes that go like pretty high up, pretty
menacingly. However, you do see a handful,
maybe like half a dozen, maybe more, maybe less of birdie
shapes that are circling above the desert.
Interesting. But Schmidt arrives.
Panda Buzz, sorry. Do you?
I'm sorry, were you trying to communicate with the party?
Yeah, I was just going to say that there are birds above the
desert, that's all. Oh bird friends.
Neat. Everyone can look and they can
see little silhouettes. They are moving.
They're just circling very slowly, but it seems like
they're not particularly fazed by the intense winds and sands
way above it. Let it be known that they are
like within the sand, they are being pelted, but they are up
there, OK. And they're like in a circle,
like in a, like in a yeah, they're gliding in a circle and
they're like, you can see that they have wings and they're like
kind of stabilizing their flight.
But they're they're circling and they have like long, skinny,
stupid necks and. Are.
They darker in color. They're a little too far away,
maybe a little. They're maybe a little bone
sticking out of their hair. You're kind of just seeing
silhouettes at this point with. The with the with the overcoat
ability so they're not getting buffeted by the sand.
Yeah, who knows? Oh, it's crazy.
Just a wild guess, but you know. What if it's a regional?
Yeah. What's the regional variant?
You gotta think about that. Come on.
That's the thing now you just experienced that.
I did just. Experience that it.
Was it was a thing? It was a thing for.
Sure, cool. Do we venture forth?
Do we check that thing out or do we go?
Is that like on the way to where we need to go?
It's like in the middle of the desert in.
The desert, yeah. So that would be out of our way,
if I understand my desert math correctly.
Perhaps Symetra, you're the shot caller right now.
Where are we going? Symetra says 1.
No one's called me Symetra in a while. 2.
I don't know. I want to do what you guys want
to do. We're going through the desert.
Yeah. I'd be.
Yeah, but this is this is your errand.
You needed to get somewhere. So she says I need to meet your
falls, that how we get there is no matter to me.
And she slaps on her goggles. OK, I I, I, I throw on my Gurren
Logan goggles and then Sariro starts playing in the
background. It sure does.
I've put on my milty goggles. Nice.
Yeah, they stick to your face. Not like sticky, but like
they're they're misformed. They're definitely a reject GOG.
They were melted by the the lava.
Yes, it was they. Were free, Really.
Never would have guessed. Oh really?
Thank you. Maybe you thought it was a
style. I don't.
OK all. Right, let's go.
Feel like I should recognize that cry.
Schmidt is not going to recognize that cry, but the.
One I made with my. Mouth.
Maybe you remember that one. Oh, OK.
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