Hey, fam, Welcome to the team. Overworked and Underplayed is a not
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orchard. Every journey begins with its first step on the main highway to the
orchard. Upon arrival, you'll accept some food and beverage and get to enjoy
a wide variety of activities, which will now be explained to you by my
friend Dawn. Here. Hi, I'm done like the sunrise u. Oh
yeah, So you can do this really cool like drum circle. Also,
there's there's a fire circle where you can get your spirit name minus don and
no, no, no, don't throw the log sorry, yeah, it's
don't if you could keep it down while we're recording this, please. So.
Also, we have a traveling yoga instructor. Oh you talking about doctor
d doctor Tatarian. Yeah, the yoga is really good. Yeah, he's
got a cool mask. Yeah, it probably gets really sweaty under there.
Yeah, and after you enjoy a long day of all these activities, you
get to join us in the big tent. Because here at the Orchard,
everyone's family. On your first day, you'll be greeted a special guests of
our main man, Mike Chef is like literally the coolest. Yeah. Now,
after your dinner and you can clue your first day. We know you'll
stay because here at the Orchard, growth is always an option, but like
no pressure. Greetings, my paid and unpaid interns. I am Alex Capps,
your DM or district manager. And this is overworked and Underplayed. A
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week, what is your character's dream job? What up? It's you boy,
Marcel Hardy planning Richard Cox, a human consultant turned hafling bard who holy
believes it's better to be lucky than good, but it's best to be both.
And Richard's dream job is still undetermined. That's kind of why he's in
the situation that he's in now. You know, he got his first degree
in physics, couldn't find a job, and then so he went back and
down a business degree and now he's a consultant. But he doesn't like that.
So dream job still to be determined. Maybe he'll find it here,
who knows? Oh mystery. Hi. My name is Annelin Hardy, and
I played Taylor Jacobs, a suntaur barbarian with a heart of gold, and
her dream job is to be CEO of Coca Cola. She's going all the
way to that's amazing, specifically Coca Cola. Specifically Coca Cola. She passed
the Atlanta industry. Wait, how would she feel if she was the I
got offered the CFO of Pepsi Co. Nope, not same. Hi everyone,
I'm Katie and I play Crystal, the drow Druid with her very own
MLM, Crystal Clarity, and her dream job is obviously Crystal Clarity, right
is what else would it be? But secretly inside she would love to be
a real housewife. I could see it. But she's not married, so
she's trying to How can I be a housewife and also have to deal with
a husband. Yeah, so she's working a contract with Chad. Hey,
I'm Marjorie. I play Amy and Amanda, a basic brough and tumble human
fighter with a freshly minted dentistry degree. So in her deepest, darkest dreams,
the only thing that she would ever consider doing differently than dentistry would be
to become a veterinarian. I was really hoping dentist. Yes, yes,
all right, I'm Tyler. I play the IT palette and known as Bentley,
and Bentley's dream job is basically already what he's doing. He likes working
computers. It's not really a dream job. It was more something he originally
wanted to do because he could tolerate ic work and was happy to learn about
it. And then he struck big on bitcoin, and now he doesn't really
have to work, but he's like, why wouldn't I work? It'd be
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So when you guys last left off, you had made it to the
orchard. You've made some first impressions, some of you more than others,
and you made it to the main banquet area where Mike Scheff had noticed you
guys' arrival, and it had invited you to come be his guests of honor
at his table, aren't we wasn't he about to start speaking? Oh no,
we also had me. Bentley made a revelation not to the party.
Yeah, not to the party. Bentley he tried to. Yeah. Bentley
thinks he told the party via the bracelets. Yeah, that he detected something
fiendish and he just thinks we're ignoring him. Yeah, you don't know,
because that's how we ended. So, oh do you think she just left
you on red? I don't know. As we come back into the scene,
you guys are receiving a standing ovation from the rest of the Orchard as
their leader, Mike Cheff has invited you up to his table. He leans
in, he says, come on now, let's uh, y'all, come
on up and let's let's have a nice dinner. And there's much to discuss.
I want to hear all about you guys. Taylor is immediately suspicious because
she's never gotten this much positive validation. And on the other hand, Crystol
was already walking the table, like where else was I supposed to sit?
So she's just like yeah, and so, so basically what you to describe
the area so you have a better idea. The building is more of like
an octagonal shape. It would look similar like a circus tent, except it's
like a rigid structure. It's not temporary. And his table is it a
fabric reinforced structure. Was going to say, like glamping or something, Yeah,
and he is. His table is a circular table seated at the center
of the building, and all the other members of the orchard are seated at
extremely long rectangular tables that go out in like a pattern, almost like middle
circle. And then they all like at the end and facing the circle.
Is like, okay, so it's not the Hogwarts House tables because that's what
I pictured with. Yeah, well, I mean they're kind of like the
tables, but it's just in a circular pattern inside of this big building.
Okay, going back to my question, Yeah, what's up? Did Bentley
since that the magic didn't activate in the wrists or the bracelet? Make me
an insight check person? Roll of the session? Not good? You think
everyone heard you loud and clear and they're just being cool radio silence. These
guys freaking out just thought they would, would we like Bentley, it's a
themed probably if you if you were to tell Crystal that a fiend is in
the room, she would have no So just full disclosure. He looks like
a normal human, Yeah, normal. Yeah, he's kind of got like
a dad. Is he dressed in linen? Sure? Yeah, big,
just like a casual. He's a little bit more. He's a little more
fancy than what everyone else is wearing, but embroidered likely, so like like
not like if you saw them humble brug Yeah, like if you saw them
all walking together luxury, Yeah, if you saw them that is such a
crystal thing to say. The whole place is decorated boho chic. There's like
pillows. You can sit on it and there's hung up on the walls.
Yeah, oh good. I think I'm also a little bit suspicious because almost
everybody but Mom Untildy that we've run across has tried to screw us in some
way, shape or form. So everyone I think you can screw us over.
Actually, at least at least one has, you know what I'm trying
to say, So I should say a distinction because that did happen to you,
who doesn't have our best interests at her? Let me put it that
way. So I'm also a little taken a little suspicious based on his enthusiasm.
So I'd like, is there anything I can I'd like to see,
if you know, look back at the group and see if anybody else is
feeling the same way. If I can pick that up on their face.
Makes me a perception check, but with disadvantage, because everyone's kind of everyone's
kind of uneasy right now, because like there's a room full of people clapping
in like everyone except Crystal. Crystal is not uneasy at all. She's home.
So you say perception, yeah, oh, with disadvantage. It's four
with a four. You look around, you look at the rest of the
group, and you can see that pretty much everybody but Crystal is a little
uneasy already. Just but like you think about it, you're like, maybe
that's just because we're like there's all these people clapping and standing for us,
right, Okay, Like I have a question, Yeah, going back to
my channel divinity. What so this is the first time Bentley's pinged anything off
of it. What does it feel like to him to how does he determine
this? It feel evil that it's a sing so a cold chill runs down
your spine, all right, just kind of this kind of dark aura is
like kind of emanating off of him for just a second, and it's like
a voice whispers in the back of your mind. Something fiendish this way comes.
Okay. So it's kind of like that, like when you're somewhere and
you feel like something's off, like fuck out of Dodge. Yeah, you
definitely got the tingly feeling like something's not right. Okay, Bentley's gonna walk
slower than the rest of them. He doesn't want them to go up there
alone and him not go up there because he doesn't want to be separated.
But he's gonna be like hanging back and be like walk slow. Hopefully someone
notices are all of the chairs approximately the same height? And are they regular
heights to a normal table? Most of the chairs are the same height,
but there are some that look like they've been modified to be either taller or
shorter. Which is going to aim for one of the chairs for a shorter
sized person. I have another question. The food that's on the tables.
Is it like actual food? Is it just like a bunch of sides in
the main course has been brought out yet, so I don't understand an appetizer.
We're like human sacrifice. So right now all that's on the table at
his table is what appears to be a rather nice charcoterie board. So it's
girl dinner. Well, this is this is just the the app this whatever
trying to help ship. I have no idea. As you approach, Mike
Shift says, no worries, my friends, this is just a light course
to start the evening off over some you know, delicious beverages, all produced
here locally, along with our fresh charcooterie boards. Do you have kombucha?
You see? Is he like snaps his fingers and like another elf comes up
and he whispers and they said, and they walk off. He goes,
They're going to check and see if any of our fresh boots is available.
This is amazing. The question is do they have sauce? Are you asking
that? So I can I say thank you, mister chef for inviting us
to your table. It's it's so nice to finally meet something. Is a
chef's table? Ah, it's a show. Chef's table is a show?
Is that really a show? What do they do on the show? Chef's
like the chef's you know, like at restaurants like you're supposed to like,
it's like a special table they set up in the kitchens for rich folks,
which is funny because like you think that would be like the place where they
sit, like, well, rich people are always chasing the next miserable thing.
So yeah, this is just so they can see they can be very
close to the way their food has been prepared. That sounds like as as
someone who enjoys cooking. That sounds like the opposite of what I would want.
But anyways, so thank you, yeah, thank you so much.
And this is not you know, how to introduce myself to him, and
and you know, it's it's such a change of pace. Everyone. We've
almost everyone we've met up until the Orchard has been you know, kind of
a jerk, you know, Miss Amanda, I couldn't agree with you more.
When I journeyed this place, just as all of you have before,
I found a lot of darkness and a lot of just hatred in this world
out there, and that's why I gathered some like minded people and we created
our own little oasis. Wow. Well, thank you for letting us dine
with you, No, thank you for joining us here. I'll sit next
to Richard. Richard's gonna try to sit next to Mike Chef. Okay,
but Crystal sitting on the other side of my Make sure everyone knows that there's
two heads to this table, to this round. Fine, it's gonna set
directly opposite. I was gonna say, Taylor's right next to bent He's gonna
like his uh for protection purposes. Sure, there's still they haven't talked about
Taylor trying to kill Bentley has no memory of that. Remember, Taylor still
doesn't know. Seriously, Yeah, it didn't come up so fun. That's
Taylor's nightmare. Bentley, as he's sitting down, He's like, this is
a little uncomfortable and it's going to remove his like one of his weapons,
like put it between his legs just because it's uncomfortable. Quick quick pulse.
It's gonna be really funny when like one time, Bentley's like, man,
I've got a pounding headache, and Taylor's just over there like, oh no,
what I do like given him aneurism? So you take the you you
take one of your weapons. Yeah, just like put it between my legs
and like rust it because it's like it's kind of rubbing my back. Weird.
This is, uh, my friend, Do you want us to check
that in for you? Oh? No, I kind of want to rest
my head on it. It's a little the handle reaches up higher than the
table and I'm here. He says, hold on, hold on, that's
this nonsense, nonsense, and he snaps his fingers again. Another member comes
up, this time it's a dragonborn and he says he whispers something in his
ear and he comes back with a wooden rack and then props it up like
behind you, and he's like, feel free to rest your weapons here.
There's no need for them at this table. We're all friends here, aren't
we. Taylor's gonna roll and try and understand. Yeah, so both of
you roll insight. Yeah, I'm still looking to see if there's like any
veiled threaten. Okay, yeah, I want to see she's trying to understand
what the motive is here, what the game is. That's a twenty one.
So you don't really pick up anything. You look again, you even
though what you've given what you know, like you still feel on edge,
but nothing is telling you that you're in imminent danger. Mm okay, yeah,
Bentley will just put them on the rack as long as the rack is
close to them. So, Taylor, what did you roll? Taylor got
a nine? So, Taylor, you something about Bentley's body language bothers you
like something it just comes off wrong, Like I'm not gonna say it's like
you think he's being rude, but something kind of like you're just kind of
suspicious because Bentley's acting weird, like different, because every other time you've gone
somewhere, Bentley's been like, all right, I'm gonna go do this,
and he's just all laid back. But now Bentley seems very engaged and that
can you know, never seen this before? All the sirens going off?
All right, h Richard, he sat down. Richard, you said you
sat down next to Mike Chef. Yes, he says, well, hello,
my little friend. Uh so, Crystals irritated that he talked first.
He uh, well, technically, he looks. I don't mean any offense
by this, but we have booster seats if you if that would make you
more comfortable where you could sit more easily at the table with everyone, Well,
that's what I said. Richard was going to try to get a chair
that Oh, okay, you meant at this particular table. Yeah, so
he gets a chair brought in for you. Then okay, and uh and
he says, there you go. Now you can sit up here with all
of us so we can all eat his equals, just the way things used
to be, the way things used to be. He says, uh,
you know, we don't get many draw here. What's your story? Miss?
Oh? Thanks for noticing. I'm Crystal, Miss Crystal. I have
heard of this Crystal. Anyways, go on, what did you say?
I think I've met a Miss Crystal before, but she looked different than you.
Anyways, neither here nor there, tell me what's your story? She
launches. She launches into her entire marketing platform, and she's like, have
you heard of Crystal Clarity? I've heard of the church he uses quotation marks
of clarity. Yes, yes, well that was stolen from me. Yeah,
my identity was completely snatched. I lost my cell phone on the trip
here, and someone snagged my phone and they took all of my marketing,
all of my materials, trying where are you from? You know, not
here. I really don't know how to explain it because every time I've done
so, people have given me very strange looks. And she just looks around
to her like fellow traveler Amy and is mouthing Atlanta. It's not like that
because she think Crystal doesn't know where she's that's like peak like Amy and trying
to help. You know the name of your boyfriend, and we're all like,
she knows. Yeah. So we're from out of town, like really
out of town, and we're we're currently trying to get back because I have
an empire to run and a lot of my other travelers we also have like
lives and jobs that we're just kind of stuck here until we can figure a
way back home. But let me ask you a questions. Were those places
stressful? Yes? In a very amazing. I had some amazing coping mechanisms.
Have you ever heard of essential oils? I've heard of alchemy, so
yes, Uh well, I specialized in making alchemical solutions to stress related problems.
So, miss Crystal, what do you really want to do? It's
not walking around talking to people and selling products, is it? She's like,
she's beginning to realize this century question. Taylor's like, what I mean?
That's just a means to an end, isn't it. Well, I
like my lifestyle, so I need to do things to maintain it. Well,
what lifestyle is that? Well, they work very hard for my money,
and so I like the finer things in life, like what like nice
cars and nice clothes and shoes and all of the facets of an upper class
life. So I like to shop at urban outfitters. Oh, we have
one of those at the card Interesting. So you exist only to acquire goods.
I exist only to help others to acquire goods. Taylor's like, here
here, but there's no greater purpose to help others achieve their goals. While
they're talking back and forth, Richard is going to try to use the bracelet
and talk to Taylor m and he's gonna be like, this guy's asking a
lot of questions and she's mentioned a lot of things that they shouldn't know about,
and he's so I want you to make a both make a stealth check
or no, do a sleight of hand, and then give me that result
that's a fifteen on sleide of hands, Okay, And then I need you
to make an insight check because you don't hear any response from Taylor inside okay,
fourteen. You say that right into the bracelet, and you don't hear
any response from Taylor Jacobs right for a long time. And you know,
Taylor hasn't even like looked over at you or anything. And when you so
you get a little anxious and as you take your hand off of it and
you kind of look back, you just glance. Not Mike, one of
his people sitting at the table was like kind of glanced over at you when
you did that, Like like it's like he was like looking out of the
corner of his eye. And as you turn back, you see him like
avert his gaze over something else and it's sitting at our table. Ok.
Yeah, he's at the table with you, guys. What's up? Tyler
I was wanting to do a history check with my plus two to orchard checks
and see if it's common knowledge that they are led by someone fiendish. Okay,
So yeah, is something that I could just make a history check.
I think it's fine. That's not the person with the highest perception right now
is a completely history Yeah, like oblivious to what's nine. You do not
in the stuff you learned about the orchard, you do not remember any mention
of fiends. Okay, and so that's what you see, Richard. So
Mike Cheff turns back. He says, so Crystal, seriously, though,
I mean, there has to be some greater purpose to all of this,
right, Oh there is. Again, it is to further other people's success
and build up other females and help them launch their careers. So what I
hear is that what you value most is the ability to help others achieve what
you have. Absolutely, she's lying. Has ever been more heartened. I
want you to make a deception check. Okay, hold on, that is
a eighteen plus five. Okay, So you say that, right, you
say, of course, and you see he just kind of grins. He
says, absolutely, of course, no need to take this af offline,
overworked and underplayed will circle back after these messages. Now you wait. She
wants to know if you believed her roll for insight. I'm such a dead
roll. It didn't even roll anywhere. So that is seven plast six.
Yeah you think he completely believed you? Okay, he says, now you
you're a peculiar one. Looks directly at Taylor. He says, what's your
story? How did such a fine lady show up at this place? How
did I get here? Or what brought you to the orchard? I always
love hearing everyone's stories of the winding roads our lives. Take take a song.
Yes, I mostly walked. It's very literally. This feels very weird,
but she knows that she answers honestly, She's probably fine, so she's
gonna try and keep it direct and vague. She said. He says,
Oh, that's a good one. I've never heard that one before. All
right, Well, we'll continue the conversation as the evening goes on. But
uh, what is what would everyone like for dinner tonight? I always like
giving my guests some options. Amy And has already made a huge plate of
the shark eatery. Oh whatever you guys want, I don't mind, what's
the chef special? The chef special, Yeah, he said, uh,
we do a mean eggplant parmesan. Here is it vegan? He gets very
confused look on his face and he goes, uh, I think the main
cook is from Trevaria. I don't know if he's from Vega, but uh,
never mind. Okay, yeah that sounds that sounds amazing. Yeah,
what about the rest of you. We have multiple kinds of fish we have.
Of course, we do have some meat available for those who wish to
partake in the flesh of another living creature. I just hope you realize that
you're asking millennials to decide what to eat for dinner without a menu. I
hope you realize it's not an issue for Bentley. Bentley's like, I want
some fucking barbaricoa tacos, no steak, medium rare with potatoes, all right,
straightforward and honest. Taylor would like some apples she's got. She's like,
at first it was kind of offensive. She's like, these things are
fucking good for them. Now, what did you say? So they're better
for any apples ever in the real world? Right, yeah, exactly,
so, as the people are deciding. Taylor wants to turn the questions to
chef. Can we just call him chef? He says, well, yes,
chef. When you say behind, welcome to Hell's kitchen, Oh my
god? And does he look like it looks like? So? He says,
yes, you wanted apples, miss Taylor. We have Red Delicious,
Honey Crisp, and Granny Smith. Which would you prefer? I have all
three? Actually, oh of course, any kind of preparation or do you
want them raw? Just you want like an apple salad? Give it to
me, wrang, I just want to yeah, just so like a basket
would be great, of course. Of course, anything for my honored guests,
thank you? So like steak, potatoes, the eggplant parmesan. And
then my good friend should what what about you sponge? That is true,
I do go by the sponge. You've already had your vision, you've seen
your spirit animal, I believe, so, yes, well this is a
joyous occasion. I'll have them bring out some wine as well. Yes,
And with that, so I heard eggplant parmesan and you said there are meats?
Can I get a chicken parmesan instead? If not, I'll take the
eggplant. But you know, preferably that millennial thing where he asked for something.
But it's okay, you don't. I absolutely, I mean no,
no, or anything. I will. I will see if cook can deliver
such a dish for you. So the member of the organization who took everyone's
orders runs off to what appears to be a back round. He actually running,
He's not running, He's prancing off towards the kitchen. Mike turns back.
Yes, now where were you? Good sir? He points at Bentley.
He says, you've been awful quiet this evening. How did such a
strapping young paladin night? I'm assuming by the armor. We don't get many
knights and Paladins out this way? How did you end up in such a
place as this? I was traveling with my friends here. They were curious.
We all just like Taylor Jacobs to roll a perception check to see if
you caught Bentley. Absolutely no, why wouldn't How about this a wisdom saving
throw? No, no, no, no, just hold on to see
if you're able to hold in your excitement. The fact that he referred to
all of you as friends pretty good. Yeah it's nineteen, so that's eighteen.
Okay, so you start to get really excited, and then you remember
that this that the you think the cultist guy is kind of creepy, and
you just kind of like hold your excitement back because you don't want him to
get the wrong idea. Yeah, yeah, I think we thought that.
Yeah yeah. Basically, he says, so you've all been traveling together for
a long time. Sure it feels like a long time. A few couple
of weeks, hmmm, interesting, something like that. So what boat did
you guys take to get here? To get to Trevaria three twenty seven,
three twenty seven, the SS three twenty seven? He says, Well,
why is the SS? To make it a boat name? What is SS?
Super? Super ship? Super? Not what it means? What it
means to me? And I lost it? Is it sailing ship? Sailing
ship? Anyway? So we got here on the SS thirty two, three
twenty seven, he says, a few weeks? Okay, Well, so
what's your story then? What makes Bentley tick? What is it that drives
you? God? Supposedly interesting? I feel like in your that does make
a dragon god. Supposed that a dragon god, which one tell us no,
interesting. I'm not mistaken. That's the isn't that the dragon of law
and order. It is so you value order and laws and adherence to such,
adherence to protocols and standards it He says, Well, you know,
we are always looking for people who value the society that is built around such
things as law and order and and adherence to such. I try to stay
away from the darker side of society. Though, what do you mean,
my friend, what do you mean by the darker? There's nothing? What's
dark here? Look at this, and he points out to the whole room,
people laughing, talking and enjoy I'm gonna burn another divine sense just to
see can they sense when they're pinged? I mean, do you know make
a religion check. I don't know. That's just a nine. So on
a nine, you don't think that they can sense it. I'm gonna do
it again anyway. I hope he can. I hope he can sense it.
Okay, so you see the same information as you saw before, And
are there any other ones? There's just him? No, just the one
is the only one you sense within sixty feet of you, within six out.
Gotta establish that. Well, look, I'm just being thorough. Yeah,
clearly, there's gonna be an army of sixty one feet. Yeah.
Oh, I'm sorry. They were right behind a lead lined brick wall.
You couldn't see them. Uh and uh, he says. Well. Nonetheless,
he says, everyone finds darkness where they go looking for it. I
guess sometimes closer than you would expect. Yes, indeed, so, Mike,
you said that you and a couple of other people found in this place.
Are they still here? Are we going to get to meet them too?
Oh? I mean yes, of course. Uh. Myself, Clover
and Leaf founded the Orchard with the goal of bringing all of the peoples of
the world of Osia together. Mike, I have a question, why don't
you have a nature name? You know? I get that question a lot,
and I'm glad you asked. Not everyone has the same vision. And
when I sat in front and performed the ritual and received my vision, all
that I was shown was a mirror. So mirror. Well, there was
a lot of debate about that, and what we ended up coming to the
conclusion of was that I should keep my name because I was already that unleashed
persona that was needed to move such an organization forward. Well, thanks for
sharing that it is It is a little disappointing. I must admit, when
I received my vision, and I didn't get vision of some form of nature,
I always saw myself as more of a falcon or an eagle. But
you see, okay, can we tell if he's lying. You could do
an insight check seventeen with your seventeen. You since a little bit of anguish
when he starts talking about the eagle or the falcon like he was man,
he was really wanting to be an eagle or a falcon. So he drinks
his own kool aid, got it? Yeah? Oh yeah, so and
Crystal's not suspicious of him, so she really does believe like she's. This
is just extra convincing for Crystal, but she's she's found her people. Oh
my gosh, Crystal, you try this cracker, this cheese, this jam
and this cracker together. It's delicious. Oh okay, there's so many different
kinds of combinations. It's incredible. The main food hasn't even gone here.
Guys, and speak to the devil. You don't get to laugh at your
own jokes. We all do it. All the food begins coming out.
Your food comes out, Richard, and your chicken parmesan is literally like an
entire roasted chicken, then covered in parmesan cheese and breading. What did I
should not have expected anything different? Now, Crystals worried about her food.
So your eggplant parmesan comes out looks exactly like you think. It looks an
entire Richard's beating him myself up for making it. What do they call it?
Modification? Modification to the order? Chef's mad. I'm sitting right next
to Richard. Richard, you can have some of mine? I don't mind.
You want to share? Yeah, you can. He like takes some
like parts of the chi he doesn't like, and gives us like three fourths
of the chicken, gives her all the dry ass white meat. Delicious.
This is great, Chef, Yes, enjoy your food, Bentley. Your
steak comes out and it is, like I'm talking, like they basted it
in butter and everything like it is it is. It looks pretty good.
Have a coffee crust? Yeah, yeah, sure they sod it. No,
there was no sou vegan no, this was this was French cooking methods.
Was no French, no sauce, no French. He says, before
you eat all of your food, can I interest you in any sauce.
But we all are. I just look at everybody around. We're all like
jaws on the floor. Yeah. Yes, we have one that's called white
herb sauce, and the other one is more of a tomato based kind of
sauce. Would you call it like, would it be like a MARINERA.
I don't know what that means, but it goes really good with potatoes.
I think I want them to Oh sorry, keep going. Yeah, No,
I think I want that. I want the red sauce. Okay,
does anyone the white sauce is definitely going to be catch up. He's not
gonna eat yet. He's like, I need to say a prayer before my
food. Of course, we we respect observance of of other religious entities.
It's gonna be a long prayer, so we expect to wait for just you
go ahead and eat. I'm going to ritual cast detect poison. Okay,
So you're gonna you're okay. My long player is going to be detective poison
and disease is a ritual cast. When the sauce comes to crystals, she's
also going to dip her fingernail and so Tyler, when did you collect the
leaf of a yu tree, oh ship that we're doing components, you don't
cast I guess I did it, so I can't do it. Okay,
I'll just make up a fake prayer. Then, No, don't you have
like a I guess you probably don't have like a holy symbol that you can
use as your I mean I do. It's on one of my weapons.
That setting a little bit away from that's unfortunately. Yeah, that's the only
reason I brought up the component, because you're you're you're I also not have
a necklace, sword, chain mail, keyring, skeletons, dagger, necklace.
I don't think that's it, though, No it was. I thought
it was on your shield, but no, you don't have I don't have
a shield. I'm a builder. Yeah. Anyways, No, you put
it on your swords so you didn't have to drop your two swords in the
middle of combat. I have an accent a sword. Now think, oh,
I'm sorry your axe, and you're right, I did. I did
do that. So I can't do that because I would have to go get
my Oh, I said, one of my weapons, but it was the
axe. Yeah, it could still be eb be the sword on my back,
but I would have to grab it probably and sha and so I won't
do it. You're right, Yeah, I'm just saying that'd be kind of
sus like if I'm sitting at a table with something that like, I gotta
say a prayer first and they pull out a fucking sword, I'm having some
questions. Maybe they've lived by the bushido away, maybe to really like got
to him and he accepted the life of the summer. Anyways, he he
says, well, all of you, I hope you enjoy your meal.
And you know I've been asking I just realized I've been very rude this evening.
I've asked you a lot of questions. Do you have anything you want
to know about the orchard? Or I have a question for you? Actually,
yes, Mike, do you have any like what do you like to
do for fun? Do you like to go travel or anything? Oh,
We've got this new thing here called yoga. Mm hmm. It is so
enjoyable. It really helps me stretch out the old bones, you know what
I mean. Crystal pipes up. She's like, I'm a certified yoga instructor.
If anybody ever wants to do my classes, I'm happy to host them
here. Wait, you're a yoga instructor. Yep, he says, So
you've studied under mister datarian No. Actually I studied under Todd. I don't
think that's one of his nicknames. Who is this guy that you're just the
man who brought yoga to us? Well, I believe his first name was
Ammon datarian No I. Actually, you know, yoga from where we're from
is a pretty far spread practice, and so a lot of people train under
a lot of other individuals to become masters. Interesting, so my yoga may
in fact look different than your yoga because they are, you know, different
masters, also probably different locations. And now she's beginning to question on whether
or not this yoga looks like her yoga. He says, But yes,
I love yoga. I love spending time getting to know my fellow brothers and
sisters in the orchard, and of course our goal of bringing the great Aspen
Network to connect all of the peoples of the world. But how are you
enjoying the food? We take great pride in our food here, I sad
this earlier but Tyler was trying to cast detect poison. But I'm also going
to do that because specifically the sauce, not because she's suspicious of him,
but because she doesn't know what's in it and she's worried that it's going to
have something weird in it. Not because she's like worried that he's trying to
actually poison her. Let you do that, because it's going to fuck with
his plan. No, Well, my fingernails are already painted with the stuff,
so all it would take is for me to just dip my fingernails in
the sauce. So no poisons. Okay, cool, No, I just
wanted to fuck with Tyler. Oh my god, that's really good. Okay,
it's amazing how you do something like that and everyone just assumes that something
bad is gonna happen. Well, no, and Crystal really wasn't assuming that.
She just was kind of worried because like what their version, she's like
this this whole thing she's she's she made me oblivious to a lot of things,
but she knows that sauce isn't. So basically, anyone who gets the
sauce, the red sauces ketchup and the white sauce is literally ranch dressing.
I should rich where did you get sauce from? It's so uncommon. It's
it's not that uncommon. Several of the nicer restaurants throughout Trevaria in particular,
are well known for their sauce. I think the answer is yes. How
are you all enjoying your meals? Is it your life? Is there any
complaints? Not at all. This is going to sound weird coming from where
we come from, But the portion sizes are just a little bit off.
Well we we do. You know, when we make the order, we
don't specify the race of the individual, so sometimes the portions are a little
wonky because you know, dragonborn versus a gnome. You know, as far
as eating, there's gonna be some difference there, especially when you are a
new guest. Once we know you a little better, it's easier to adjust
those things. How are the apples apparently? And your your steak wonderful?
What did he eat? So you guys are all eating? You notice he
has not eaten anything. Do you do you want some? I can reach
over and give you a play to this, He says, uh no,
I have been grazing pretty much all day. You know, I normally spend
so much time talking that I don't really get time to eat, So I
try to eat beforehand at these events. And he looks at he looks at
miss Crystal. He says, from what you've told me, you can understand
where I'm coming from. That's in character Crystal like she like has a bite
and she like puts her hand over her mouth, and she's like, oh,
totally, I am interested. How are you all feeling? How are
we feeling? I feel I need everyone to make a constitution, constitution,
a constitution saving throw. I'm taking the omend dice. Oh you're taking the
good one. I'm taking the dis on the other one. Okay, Well,
y'all hear Taylor got a fifteen. That's a nineteen plus numbers, okay,
fourteen, twenty three? Okay, Richard got a ten with the with
the right and what did Taylor get? Fifteen? So Taylor, everyone fifteen
in below your eyes are getting really heavy. Fifteen. Yeah, your eyes
are getting really heavy. So my detect poison just didn't wasn't joy I'm so
confused. It's not poison. I need to look up supposed to before all
right, and you guys are his head back, Yeah, Richard, technically
isn't poison. Yeah, okay, Richard, get a little sleepy. That
was their head is out cold, Richard? What Crystal puts her head on
amy And shoulder is going to be like you bastard. Bentley's immediately going to
stand up and grab his weapons. Okay, so you stand up and go
to grab your weapons. What does Amy and do? Yeah? So I
got Crystal on one side, Richard on the other. She's like, how
many how many hit points do both of you have? I have thirty one?
Oh, dear, I think I have thirty six? Yeah, you
guys have a lot of Where are the tanks were? I think? Right?
And you see? Is he he like you jump up and he's gonna
cast sleep on us? The bitch? Yeah, okay, take a take
a nap? Mm hmm okay. So amy EN's asleep. If Taylor jas
wasn't already asleep, she'd be like, yeah, that's how she falls to
sleep every night. Bentley. How many hit points did you have? Thirty
six? Thirty six? Okay? Oh yeah, that's that's multiple eights.
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