WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:08.400 This is an Unspoiled Network podcast. This is spoil Me 2 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:18.679 covering Dungeon Crawler Carl Book two, Carl's Doomsday Scenario chapters 3 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:30.239 five through seven. In these chapters, Carl actually says we 4 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:35.439 don't risk our lives for our pets, to the pet 5 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:40.000 that I am so sorry, but he definitely risked his 6 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:49.240 life for right, like right, he did that shit. I know, 7 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:52.240 like lots of other stuff happens in these chapters, but 8 00:00:52.399 --> 00:01:15.439 come on, Welcome to spoil Me. Welcome to the show everyone. 9 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.439 I am Natasha. Thank you very much to Michael for 10 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:22.599 commissioning this episode. Michael is here in the chat today, 11 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.959 delighted to Hattie, delighted to be back. It was so 12 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.840 funny because when I came back to recording last week, 13 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.040 I thought I was going to get another one of these, 14 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:35.359 and I was dismayed to see that it wasn't until 15 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:41.640 the week after. So very very pleased, you guys. This 16 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:49.480 world is wild. I really think it was okay. So 17 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:53.319 I was about to say that a certain thing was 18 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:57.599 a really good idea, but I kind of want to 19 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:01.719 take it back, because like every time I start to 20 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.719 really give the author total credit for certain things, I 21 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.439 have to remember that it's highly likely this is something 22 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.479 that was done in a video game, and that actually 23 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:19.840 it's not originally his idea because it's so heavily based 24 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:22.360 on video games. And I just want to be very 25 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.479 clear that this is not me being like, oh, if 26 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.199 you didn't come up with a completely original idea, then 27 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:30.039 it doesn't count and it's not yours, because I don't 28 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:34.000 mean that at all, Like I am a firm believer 29 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:38.840 in that there are no new ideas, so it's fine, 30 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:43.520 you know. But what I had been going to say 31 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:51.599 was the overall like I don't know if I want 32 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:57.520 to say dynamic, but that every three floors things like 33 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:59.759 change up in a certain way, and that there is 34 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:03.800 a pattern to them, but one that might be difficult 35 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:07.000 to detect if you don't if you're not informed of 36 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:11.000 it beforehand, or if you're not keeping track. I think 37 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.759 it's a really nice way to keep things interesting, to 38 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:21.680 keep us engaged, and a little bit like looking forward 39 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.000 to the next level. We're always going to want to 40 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.120 be like, well, I want to see what's next. I 41 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:31.639 want to find out where we're going. Like that's always 42 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:34.960 going to be an aspect of just a floor that 43 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:40.159 we have not yet explored for sure. But the difference 44 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.400 is that when you have an idea of what a 45 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.759 floor might be, like a little bit of a hint, 46 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:54.960 it really makes you that much more invested overall. And anyway, 47 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:59.400 this world that we have been dumped into has just 48 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:03.599 got so a whole different vibe than the previous Dungeon 49 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:10.240 levels did, and I couldn't help but be like almost 50 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.639 overwhelmed by it. You know, there's just so much going on. 51 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:15.800 There are so many new things. There are so many 52 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:23.519 I honestly want to like stop and think about what 53 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:28.680 it might be like if we were going to enter 54 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:33.920 this level without the help that Mordecai gives them, and 55 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.360 whatever future help he winds up giving in addition to 56 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:41.399 what he gives here, even though, as Carl does point out, 57 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:45.600 he's very very late and should have chimed in with 58 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.560 some advice earlier on, except he got fucked up. So 59 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:58.519 I just like I feel like Mordecai is so instrumental. 60 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:04.879 I cannot help but feel a little bit like anybody 61 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:09.160 who doesn't have a Mordecai right now is they've got 62 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:16.480 to be, if not out right straight up screwed, they've 63 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:20.439 got to be at such a disadvantage that they've been 64 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:26.199 given some other way of getting information, right, Like, I 65 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:32.040 just can't imagine trying to navigate all of this without 66 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.959 especially considering the dangers in some of the things that 67 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.800 Mordecai told him in the previous section where he's explaining, like, 68 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:40.639 you don't want to be in certain places at night. 69 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.279 This place might be even more dangerous than the other 70 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:50.199 area is during the night. You know, like there's there's 71 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:53.399 it seems like a much higher level of risk in 72 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:58.920 all of this. And if you don't have anybody coming 73 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:03.519 through and warning, you know, you're just going to get 74 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:10.199 absolutely flattened almost instantly. I would think. It's Uh, I'm 75 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:14.560 just wondering if there are other means that have been 76 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:20.040 implemented via the game to give people some of this information. 77 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:29.480 So anyway, chapter five begins with Mango almost doubling in size, 78 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:36.399 and I am so excited to see exactly how big 79 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:39.800 he's going to get. My assumption because he says that 80 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.560 they he obviously can see Mango has been based on 81 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:49.600 the raptors in Jurassic Park, So my assumption is that 82 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:54.439 he's going to wind up like around eight feet tall, 83 00:06:55.480 --> 00:07:01.399 nine feet tall, I'm not sure if that's like I'm 84 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:04.879 sort of estimating based on my memory in Jurassic Park, 85 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:09.079 because they were definitely taller than the people and they 86 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.399 sort of walked with a weird like their heads low 87 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:17.160 to the ground. So it's difficult to say, but I 88 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:21.079 feel like they were taller. Not that much taller, though. 89 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:29.040 But Mongo's progression in all of this is so adorable 90 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:33.000 and so like charming because he trusts Doughnut so much 91 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:37.399 and is this is what leads to this whole thing here. 92 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:44.839 So first we get a new achievement. It's elementary. My 93 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:50.680 dear crawler, You've received a quest, puzzles and intrigues and mysteries. 94 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.519 Oh my. If you want to survive in this world, 95 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.439 you're gonna need to be more than just a pretty 96 00:07:55.439 --> 00:08:00.920 sword swinging barbarian. Some quests require brute strength, yes, but 97 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:06.439 sometimes you also got to use your noggin. So Donut 98 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:14.959 gets an earth Hobby potion. Per Subsection twelve fifty sixty 99 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:19.079 of the Indigenous Species Protection Act, this particular reward is 100 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:21.959 required by the Syndicate government to be awarded to all 101 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:26.279 crawlers who have chosen a domestic class. Taking this potion 102 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.279 is optimal. However, it may not be sold or transferred 103 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:33.200 to other crawlers or entities. Upon drinking this, you will 104 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:36.799 immediately obtain a level three scalability in a unique Earth 105 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:40.360 based hobby. The benefit is chosen at random. However, you 106 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:44.799 will not receive a skill that you currently have. This 107 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:47.480 could be something like parkour, jiu jitsu, or you could 108 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.960 get fucked and receive some useless crap like stamp collecting 109 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.799 or kombucha brewing. Don't get your hopes up. The fact 110 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.559 your planet was filled with so many boring assholes with 111 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:01.360 inan ridiculous hobbies tips the scale way out of your favor, 112 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:07.879 and Carl laughs and says, was this some bureaucratic attempt 113 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:12.039 at preserving Earth culture? It didn't make sense, yet at 114 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:15.039 the same time reminded me of some bullshit the military 115 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:20.159 would enact. And I found that concept really really interesting, 116 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:24.919 that it's like required to be given to a certain class, 117 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:30.919 a domestic class, and that it's like, like, I don't 118 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:34.679 I can't imagine why that would be. And his explanation 119 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:37.559 is the best that I can think of. I mean, 120 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.679 I feel like it can't be that, but I also 121 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:46.039 feel like, how else would you explain it, you know, 122 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.039 Michael says, everyone else has their own game guys. We 123 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:53.200 don't know how good they are compared to Mordecai. That 124 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.600 we can guess he's a step above based on Odette, 125 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:58.120 But for general info about a level and well known 126 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.720 danger spots, most decent game guys should be able to 127 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.960 give that info. The non manager game guides also have 128 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.919 access to the Dungeon newsletter, which Mordecai lost and he 129 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.720 became a manager. If you'll recall, yeah, I did forget 130 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.559 about that, the Dungeon newsletter. I don't really remember how 131 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:16.440 much he used that. I'm sure it's a disadvantage to 132 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.240 not have access to it, but I have I've forgotten 133 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:25.720 if that, it's been mentioned very much by him. So 134 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:35.799 this uh, when she Mordecai not Mordecai, sorry, Carl, he 135 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:41.720 is thinking this over. Donut gets a caller for Mango, 136 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.759 so that shows up him as an orange dot on 137 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:51.159 the map. And then she finds a spell a spell 138 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:59.399 it's her spell book in a mailbox. I swear to God, Donut, 139 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:01.879 you better have read the description first. Oh, relaxed, Carl. 140 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:04.919 Watch she waved her paw and Mongo, who was currently 141 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:08.399 running in circles around the prone form of Mordecai suddenly 142 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.480 split into three. Now there were three of them running 143 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:14.759 in circles. One of the forms squeaked in concern, jumped 144 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:17.600 upon the counter and started growling at the other two forms. 145 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.639 A moment later, the other two also jumped on the table. 146 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:23.720 The first one cried out in fear and ran, running 147 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.559 to hide behind Donut. The other two looked at one another, 148 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:29.279 then jumped down and resumed circling Mordecai like a pair 149 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:33.960 of sharks. Please tell me that's an illusion. They're real, 150 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:37.799 Donut said, Isn't it great? They only last for a minute. 151 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:41.720 It's an expensive spell too, it costs twenty six points. 152 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:46.080 It's called clockwork triplicate. I can only cast it on 153 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:50.720 spells and minions though, so no clockwork Carl and we 154 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.879 get her levels here, which I had noticed in the 155 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:57.120 kindle book were highlighted by a lot of people, and 156 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.360 it occurred to me as a really good idea for 157 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:02.000 being able to go and check that, So I went 158 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:05.159 ahead and highlighted it as well, because I'm a follower. 159 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:12.720 So Dona in the previous section had gotten a cat tree, 160 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:14.840 and she asks him to put it together and light 161 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:19.519 her candle, and he does not feel like putting it together, 162 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.399 and he puts it off, and I kept I'm gonna 163 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:25.559 it would be very funny to me if this book 164 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.559 ends and he still hasn't assembled it, because like that 165 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.720 would be accurate to life in my experience. I am 166 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.840 actually I normally can be pretty good about that stuff. 167 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:42.360 But I will say that two weekends ago, I finally 168 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:46.840 decided to get out this set of drawers that I 169 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:51.399 had bought that they're just plain white rolling drawers that 170 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:56.960 slide under a desk. I ordered these, I think in 171 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:01.000 August of last year, but when I went to look 172 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.600 up the assembly, I was so overwhelmed by how complicated 173 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.519 it was. And when I read the reviews it had 174 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:11.639 so many people being like assembly fucking sucked and took 175 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:14.919 me forever that I kept putting it off. I finally 176 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:19.080 pulled it out in two weekends ago, and I was like, 177 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:22.039 I'm going to do it. And one of the reviews 178 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:23.960 was like, it did take me a couple of hours 179 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:25.639 to do, and I'm like, all right, I can do that, 180 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:30.080 my friends, it took me five hours. It took me 181 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:36.519 so much longer than I even expected. I thought, I'm 182 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:38.159 going to put this together and it won't even be 183 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:39.759 that bad, and I'm going to feel like a real 184 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:42.399 idiot for putting it off or so on. No, no, 185 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:44.960 you know what I was right to do, so I 186 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.399 was very right and valid to not do it sooner. 187 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:51.679 And it's great to have these drawers and I love them, 188 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:56.279 but oh my god, I went through an entire season 189 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:59.039 of this procedural I was watching just putting it together. 190 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:06.720 It was insane. Anyway, So he opens his box and 191 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:11.440 he has a hobby potion and we wind up seeing 192 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:18.799 what they've gotten later and she gets scutellophilly. I don't 193 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:21.919 know if I'm saying that right, which we find out 194 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.679 eventually is badge collecting or no, we don't find out eventually. 195 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:28.240 I looked it up. That's what it was. It's badge collecting, 196 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.200 So who knows if that's going to be useful in 197 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:37.000 any way. And Carl gets the Sesta Punta skill, which 198 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.559 I looked up Sessa Punta, and it is a sport 199 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:43.279 that's sort of like reminding me in pictures of lacrosse 200 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:51.159 combined with cricket. It's a weird like basket like contraption 201 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:56.399 that you throw the ball with almost like a baseball 202 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:58.639 kind of vibe. But that's why I'm going with cricket, 203 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:03.159 because cricket also as a vaguely, weirdly baseball vibe. Anyway, 204 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:07.360 I have to assume that the systapunta skill is going 205 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.200 to come in a lot more handy than the badge 206 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:15.519 collecting skill. But you know, I am interested in seeing 207 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:22.120 how these things happen, Michael says, Natasha spoiling herself. You know, 208 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:25.200 it didn't even occur to me that I was spoiling myself. 209 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:27.840 I didn't even like question it looking it up. But 210 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.840 you might be right, Michael, maybe I shouldn't have Maybe 211 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:34.720 I shouldn't have done it. When I finally get to 212 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.240 this part in the books with my husband, I'm gonna 213 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:40.039 ask him if he wants me to tell him and 214 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:43.320 see how he responds, because like, yeah, I just I 215 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:50.360 in my kindle, I literally can highlight the uh scpitalithhally word. 216 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.360 I can just press on it and it just pops 217 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:53.320 up with a definition. 218 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:53.679 You know. 219 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:57.200 So it was just like so easy to do that 220 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.919 I just didn't even consider. But you might not do 221 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:08.120 that next time. So let's see, I'm trying to see 222 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.639 what oh, right, right, right. He gets a cactus plant 223 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:16.759 and a clay pot, which we don't really get any 224 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.320 attachment of significance to that exactly here, but it is 225 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.919 mentioned that it was four dollars from home depot. The 226 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:28.679 second item was a shrink wrapped set of small paperback books. 227 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:33.080 Oh wow, I said, turning the pack over in my hands. 228 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.960 It was a collection of Louis Lemore books Westerns. My 229 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:41.559 dad had an entire shelf of them. As a kid, 230 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:43.799 I'd sneak one here and there and read the entire 231 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:46.679 book in one night, hiding under the covers with a flashlight. 232 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:50.559 This was a pack of eighteen books, all from the 233 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:55.039 same series, the Sacket Family saga. I hadn't read any 234 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:58.480 of these. I put the books into my inventory. My 235 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:05.279 hands were shaking, realized, and I wasn't sure why. I 236 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:08.960 am so curious about this, guys. I am curious both 237 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.920 about whether there's any significance to these gifts or if 238 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:15.559 they are random. I am curious if his hands are 239 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:20.000 shaking simply because this, like it brought up a memory 240 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:22.920 of his father, and he's clearly got a lot like 241 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:28.039 there's triggers galore in his memories of his dad. I 242 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:33.119 am wondering if it's possible that maybe the fact that 243 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:40.119 this machine that distributes gifts apparently knows enough about you 244 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:43.119 to give you something that your parent had when you 245 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:47.839 were a kid, maybe that's just a little unnerving, because 246 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:50.039 I feel like that would freak me out a little bit. 247 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:54.319 It's not even really like at this stage, I don't 248 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:58.920 know if this would even bother Carl, because you know, 249 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:03.079 you're in here to the death, and it knows like 250 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:05.599 it's gotten to know a lot about you and exploited 251 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.200 you in so many ways that perhaps this wouldn't phase 252 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.039 you at all. 253 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:16.839 But I feel like the I feel like the AI 254 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:22.559 knowing about something that personal specifically is a really. 255 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:27.039 Different vibe than you know, like you can get a 256 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:30.039 sense of somebody's personality, which it clearly has with Donut 257 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:33.799 and has decided to give her stuff that's like cute 258 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:38.039 and purple and you know, a cat treat because she's 259 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:40.160 a cat. And I don't know if the candle is 260 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:44.400 because Beatrice had candles and because she mentions that, or 261 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:47.319 if it's just like, well, we want something that feels 262 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:50.160 sort of luxurious and this fits the bill, you know 263 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:54.119 what I mean the fact that they both got something 264 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:58.160 that somebody close to them had, though I feel like 265 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:02.839 it has to be on perp, you know. I am 266 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:09.039 She's getting a candle which her owner, Miss Beatrice, had 267 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:12.920 all over the place, and Carl is getting like a 268 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:18.799 book series that his father had. I feel like that's 269 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:25.880 got to be significant somehow. But I'm really very very 270 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.240 curious about how all of this, like if it means 271 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:37.160 anything or not. So Donnut. She has managed to get 272 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:40.440 to a point where her manna is refilling one point 273 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:43.359 per twenty seconds, which is pretty quick, and so she 274 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:50.799 keeps casting this clockwork spell, but it's not going up 275 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:53.640 in experience, and they begin to think that maybe it's 276 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.200 just because they're in a safe room and it doesn't count, 277 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:00.319 which I think makes a lot of sense. Honestly, it's 278 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.319 a little bit cheating to just chill in a safe 279 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:06.799 room and play with your spell repeatedly until you level up, 280 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:13.160 Like that would be a very annoying bug or exploit pet, 281 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.640 you know what I mean, something that they would have 282 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:20.400 to patch, probably, So he decides that he's going to 283 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:25.000 go play around with explosives for a little while. I 284 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:28.680 moved my examination to my stash of goblin smoke bombs. 285 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.039 The apple sized bombs were just a bit too big 286 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:34.559 for my slingshot, and their design didn't really allow me 287 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:37.119 to break them down. I wondered if I should switch 288 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:40.799 to a sling Frustrated, I put it all away. I 289 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:43.119 had a lot of random chemicals and a load of 290 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:46.200 black powder, but with my limited knowledge in chemistry, I 291 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:48.359 didn't have the correct combination of items to make what 292 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:51.279 was in my head. I needed to seek out a 293 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:54.960 store that sold explosive supplies, or, better yet, find a 294 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:58.480 village of hobgoblins and raid their stash. It seemed they 295 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:02.880 had higher quality stuff than the goblins. We were supposed 296 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:04.880 to make our way to that larger settlement before it 297 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:07.880 got dark, but I made the executive's decision to stay 298 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:10.960 in the area and explore. I wasn't certain when night 299 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:13.519 would descend, but we still had several hours before the 300 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:19.799 next recap episode. Michael says, I was mostly kidding. I 301 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:21.519 was too lazy to highlight the word and look it 302 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:24.000 up myself. No, I really didn't take it as like 303 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:27.960 a criticism, really, but it was just sort of it 304 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.960 just I didn't even think about it, you know, So 305 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:33.839 It's an interesting question, and I wonder how many people 306 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:36.000 read the book and didn't look it up right away, 307 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:39.480 because I have to assume that this author was probably 308 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:42.440 figuring people would look it up right away. So I 309 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:46.079 don't know whether I'm going to be interested to see 310 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:48.799 how this pays off, and whether or not it's something 311 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:51.519 that I would have enjoyed the payoff more had I 312 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:56.319 not known. You know, We'll have to see. And then 313 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:58.359 Michael says, gamers don't call it cheating. We call it 314 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:02.799 utilizing the system to its and being smart, you know, 315 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:08.599 in terms of what the player the gamers are actually doing. 316 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:11.920 If a game is designed to make it so that 317 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:14.480 you can do a thing, I don't fault you for 318 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:18.039 using it, just to be clear, like I think it 319 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:21.079 does sort of defeat the purpose of playing a game 320 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:24.160 is to have a good time, and to me, the 321 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:27.599 idea of just sitting in a safe room and doing 322 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:30.279 a thing over and over until you level up, it 323 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.160 doesn't sound fun to me. So I would argue that 324 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:35.200 it's just not really in the spirit of why I 325 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:37.720 would want to be playing a game. But I also 326 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:40.480 know a lot of people don't approach approach gaming like that, 327 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:47.759 and in Carls's scenario here his Doom'sday scenario. He is, 328 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:51.079 you know, this is a life or death situation that 329 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:56.640 is meant for entertainment, and it wouldn't make any sense 330 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:59.200 for them to make this any easier or to make 331 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:03.759 it that boring to watch. So I'm just saying in 332 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:08.640 terms of like thinking of the design from that standpoint. Yeah, 333 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:14.079 So Mango is the one when they decide to go 334 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:17.920 out and hunt some clowns, he is the one who 335 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:23.160 clocks this weird Lemur thing. And I was so pleased 336 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:27.720 that Mango's like able to zero win and be useful 337 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:34.680 almost instantly. These things had some sort of stealth ability. 338 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:37.640 The moment I saw him, his dot appeared on my map. 339 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.880 He was overlooking the street with the dead crawlers, his 340 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.440 back to us a trap. I could only see one Lemur, 341 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:48.440 but I had no doubt there were more. So they 342 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:50.799 decide to go back and try and sneak up on him, 343 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:55.920 and he don't. It's like, I'll take him out, and 344 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:59.200 he says, do it silently, and then she just jumps out. 345 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:04.480 She crossed the roof walking low. Huh. I thought she'd 346 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.440 managed to be a lot quieter than I thought she 347 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:09.559 could be considering her. She jumped to the center ceiling 348 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:13.960 beam and landed right behind the Leamur. Even from here 349 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:16.839 I could hear the little charm on her collar jingle 350 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:19.759 as she landed on the roof. In this silence, it 351 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:22.880 was as loud as a damn church bell. Her backside 352 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:28.079 armor also clinked loudly onto the beam. Mango, deciding he 353 00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:31.839 wanted in on the fund, screeched loudly. The Leamur turned 354 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:35.839 looking over his shoulder just as Doughnut pounced. She somehow 355 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:38.000 managed not to fall off the edge and into the 356 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:44.680 street below. So she slashes this thing open and it falls, 357 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:48.039 and then Mango jumps on it and begins to feed 358 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:53.440 on him, and Doughnut jumps down, and it's just like, hey, 359 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:56.160 well it took care of that, didn't I, And like, 360 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:59.519 honestly she did. Even though the thing she made noise 361 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.759 at the end, it doesn't seem like it really mattered 362 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:07.880 all that much. And he said, we're gonna need to 363 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.720 do something about that bell of yours. If you want 364 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:12.920 to be stealthy, you're too fragile to do stuff like 365 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:16.599 that without planning it out. I need to make a 366 00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:21.359 good example, for my child, Carl. He's not your child, Donut, 367 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:24.640 He's a pet. We don't put our lives in danger 368 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:28.680 for our pets. I regretted it. The moment the words 369 00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:31.720 came out of my mouth, Donut looked as if I'd 370 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:37.519 slapped her. I suddenly felt like an enormous asshole. Mongo 371 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:40.640 ripped off the painted skull, revealed the dead Leamur's own skull, 372 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:45.559 ew Donut said, looking horrified. The look of hurt had 373 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:49.000 disappeared just as quickly as it had come. Carl, do 374 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:55.200 you see that? It's disgusting? Yeah, that's really gross, I said, 375 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:58.440 happy for the quick change of subject. The human skull 376 00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:01.359 hat covered a secondary skull with a pair of baldous, 377 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:04.799 bloodshot eyes. The thing had no fur or skin on 378 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:07.680 its head at all. It looked even more scary without 379 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:12.400 the skull hat than it did with it. So this 380 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:16.240 moment is so odd because he says something that clearly 381 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:20.960 hurt her, and then they immediately are distracted, and it 382 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:25.599 feels like purposely distracted, Like there's a sense for me 383 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:30.440 almost of her trying to smooth things over by distracting 384 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:35.599 him and mentioning like do you see that I don't 385 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:39.039 know if I'm giving her the credit here when it 386 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:42.279 really is just her being a little bit add and 387 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:46.039 just like, you know, getting immediately noticing this thing and 388 00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:48.720 having no choice but to say out loud, look at that, 389 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:52.079 that's crazy. But you know, a part of me did 390 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:58.160 sort of wonder, like this is something that I have 391 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:02.799 been kind of bad about in my past, where somebody 392 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:09.559 will have said something shitty and I will know that 393 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:14.599 they didn't really mean it, and I will dance right 394 00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:18.920 past it almost like it didn't happen, And it doesn't 395 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:23.880 really work to like settle anything, because it festers. I 396 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:28.000 remember what they said. It's not like it me doing 397 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:33.519 that erases that they said it. But it does smooth 398 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:39.720 over a potentially awkward moment, which is all I'm immediately 399 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:42.559 concerned about, is like I would like to not be 400 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.480 uncomfortable right now. I would like to not be awkward 401 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:49.119