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Monument

As they finish their fight, Sypha prepares a spell, telling the man that if he kills Trevor she will kill him. The man says that he thought that she said he was the savior, which she does, but Trevor saved her life. He asks if she was a speaker magician, which she confirms, as well as that they both wish to stop Dracula. The man says that’s good and removes himself from Trevor, officially introducing himself as Adrian Tepes, the son of Dracula. Sypha say that he is the sleeping soldier, which Adrian confirms. He knows that the speakers consider the story information from the future. Which she confirms as she blushes. Alucard explains the story of the sleeping soldier, how they will be met by a hunter and a scholar. Trevor says that no one told him, and Sypha tells him that’s why her grandfather wanted him to stay. Sypha watches Trevor walk away. She asks what happens now, and Alucard says that he needs their help to defeat Dracula. Trevor asks why, and Alucard says that it’s what his mother would have wanted. They are the only ones who can do it. They then all walk out of the catacombs, to figure out how.

Arrival at Kraghammer

 * Keyleth suggests that Grog bring Balgus a drink.
 * Grog realizes that he's not gonna be able to convince Balgus, and throws Vex and Keyleth at him.
 * Keyleth runs down after Grog.

Into the Grayspire Mines

 * Grog asks if Keyleth wants plant stuff or potion stuff.
 * Keyleth is disgusted by Grog throwing the food at random people.
 * Keyleth tells Grog that she'll take a healing potion.
 * Grog is excited to see Keyleth turn to Minxie.
 * Keyleth attempts to go heal Grog.

A Show of Scrutiny
SAM: Are we going with them or not? Should we stay here? This is not our affair, right?

LIAM: I don't know. I'm having second thoughts about being here at all.

SAM: Well, you sent the kitty, didn't you?

LIAM: Yes, and we're not going to leave without him. Why don't we just--?

SAM: Follow behind a bit?

LIAM: That's right.

SAM: Okay. Sounds good.

LIAM: DM?

MATT: Yes?

LIAM: Is it possible for me, if Nott is holding my hand and leading me, to go full third eye and walk blind and deaf here looking through Frumpkin's senses?

MATT: I would say yes, but you are purely like-- because all you're doing is walking forward and you need someone to guide you.

LIAM: Right.

SAM: And he can't communicate to me either so--

LIAM: I can talk, but I can't hear you. I can talk and hold her hand so she can stop me from prat-falling all over myself.

SAM: Yes. But you can talk?

MATT: He can talk but he can't hear you.

SAM: Got it. Okay. Great.

LIAM: But we've done this before so you know to squeeze my hand really hard if I should pipe down.

SAM: Sure. - LIAM: I’m going to call my cat back to me and I drop the telepathy and I just start tugging you back to the Nestled Nook. Come on, we have to talk about this. We have to decide what we’re going to do.

SAM: Right away. - MATT: Meanwhile, the two of you are upstairs in your own chambers.

LIAM: During all of that, I would have dragged you back here, brought you upstairs. And I whip off my ratty coat, throw it on the bed and sit down on the ground so that I'm eye level with you, Nott.

SAM: Hi.

LIAM: Nott, you and I have to make some decisions right now, okay?

SAM: Now?

LIAM: Yes.

SAM: Why?

LIAM: Well, I know why we said we were coming here.

SAM: Get some booze, got some books, find a little taste of civilization, maybe some better food.

LIAM: Yeah. I didn't say, I also had the idea-- you know, you and I meeting and teaming up has been a good thing.

SAM: Oh, yes, very good. I know everyone else makes fun of your smell, but I don't smell nothing.

LIAM: That's what I like about you. I have been thinking, and yesterday just furthers that thinking, that I don't think you and I are enough. I had the idea that we would come here maybe and find others that we could tag along with, or meet up the way you and I did. But now I think that is a terrible idea! The people we spent the day with are lunatics. I don't think that we can do this. I've changed my mind entirely, and I think we should go, but we can't now because we are stuck here for the moment.

SAM: Under sort of holding arrest or something? We can't leave the city.

LIAM: No.

SAM: But I was thinking about this. The people we met down there and spent the day with: they are lunatics, but they draw a lot of attention to themselves, leaving us free to sort of slink back into the shadows a little bit. It might be sort of the perfect camouflage. No one's going to be looking for a little goblin girl anymore, because they'll be looking at the crazy people, the tieflings running around smashing shit.

LIAM: You know, I had not thought of it quite in that way and that is a good point, but I am not convinced. I'm not convinced. And perhaps we're better off-- maybe I was too ambitious.

SAM: Well, let's give it a day and if things seem a little bit, you know, skinky-doodie tomorrow, we can fritter away in the middle of the day or something.

LIAM: All right. Well, we'll wait and see. While we're here, one thing, okay? No Money Pot. No Rat Food. None of those plays. I have silver, we don't need it right now.

SAM: But we need to replenish the healing potion you used. If we don't have that, then what happens the next you get, in trouble?

LIAM: We're sealed here, and they are watching. We're with a couple of tieflings, a little person in a doll mask, and a dirty ginger. We've got people staring at us every second of the day. We need to dial it back a little bit.

SAM: All right, but how on earth are we-- all right. We can cool it with the cons for a couple of days. But I can't promise that I won't get the itch again.

LIAM: You just talk to me. You hold Frumpkin. Just keep your hands full with Frumpkin, okay? Hold my cat, okay?

SAM: All right.

LIAM: And then this is going to blow over because we didn't do anything! We did something good.

SAM: No! I didn't do nothing, we just went to a show.

LIAM: That's right.

SAM: It was a pretty good show. Up until, you know, the dead people part.

LIAM: But it was a good show, wasn't it?

SAM: Yeah! Well, we'll lay low. Should we pretend that we're still friends with these people?

LIAM: I was going to suggest the same thing. In fact, I think we should go downstairs. They're going to be coming back. We don't want to cause a stir with them, either. We just want to leave if that's what we're going to do.

SAM: Don't worry! I'll turn on the charm.

TALIESIN: Thank God.

LIAM: Okay. Let's get a drink.

SAM: Thank gods.

LIAM: We head downstairs.

MATT: You guys head down. You get to the bottom of the stairs just in time to see Jester, Beauregard, Molly, and Fjord looking across the tavern.

SAM: Oh, thank God you're here and safe! We missed you! Somehow we got separated! Friends.

LAURA: That happens, yes. - - MARISHA: None of this absolves the dodgy goblin who slinked past that first question. Where are you from? What are you traveling from? Why the mask?
 * Caleb tells Fjord that he and Nott came to Trostenwald to relax for a few days.
 * Caleb makes Frumpkin snuggle up to Nott.

TRAVIS: Only because we seem to find ourselves in quite the predicament.

SAM: We're just a couple of friends, strolling around the countryside looking for adventure.

MARISHA: Sure you are.

LIAM: Do you see many goblins walking around cities here?

MARISHA: It has nothing to do with that. People who move from place to place frequently tend to have other stories as to why they're doing it.

LIAM: Well, let me make it clear: goblins are not typically welcome in any cities, that is why the mask.

MARISHA: Well, you're going back to the goblin thing. I'm more curious about the travel thing.

SAM: We have a string of bad luck. We tend to get in trouble in places for various reasons. Some of which is my fault. Most of which is my fault. I have sticky fingers. I can't help myself sometimes. I'm fascinated by little bobbles and fancy pieces of jewelries and *I love trinkets so much!* I just have to take them, and have them with me, and put them in my pockets. It's gotten us in a few scrapes a couple times. Caleb, he is fantastic. Very patient with me, understands. But really it's my fault; it's not him. He's a smart man, a brilliant magician! Have you seen? Some of his tricks are phenomenal, really.

TRAVIS: No, I'd love to.

SAM: I feel bad to because we never stay in one place for him to have a decent shower. - SAM: This is not how it usually works! The person is not really expecting it. This is embarrassing, really. I have the one skill and I failed at it.
 * Caleb calls Nott's stealing a "nervous tick".

LAURA: It's okay, you can keep practicing.

LIAM: There is that one magic trick that you're able to do. Would you like to show them the magic trick that you can do? I pull out a small red clay ceramic bowl. Then I pull out a copper piece. Here, you know the trick, right?

SAM: Yes, I know the trick. Takes a little bit of time, doesn't it?

LIAM: You're good.

SAM: Okay. (clears throat) I do know one piece of magic. Feast your eyes on the sacred money pot of school. If you place a copper piece into this pot and say the magic words-- what’s the magic word, again?

LIAM: Fibulous.

SAM: Fibulous! It will turn into a silver piece.

SAM: For everyone has their own magic word, and it won't work with you. By the ancient order of the school, fibulous!

LIAM: That is a silver coin right there.

LAURA: Well, tomorrow can you make it gold?

SAM: I think it only does the copper to silver?

LIAM: The magic is not that strong.

SAM: Yes, it's a mild magic pot. But if you'd like to purchase it from us, we can sell it to you for five gold.

LAURA: Yeah, but I have lots of money. I don't need it.

SAM: But this is free money, that you don't have to work for.

LIAM: Also, you know, they basically helped us out today. You can do it for one, for them.

SAM: All right, one gold. - LIAM: I am well into my second trost at this point. I can show you a trick. Young lady, if you would assist me please. Step up onto the table.

SAM: Absolutely!

LIAM: Adjust your minds. I begin to weave one hand in a slow circle around the other, and a globe of golden light poofs out.

SAM: I put my hands and feet out in an akimbo pose.

LIAM: A second little globule of light comes out.

SAM: I feel it coming! Hit me!

LIAM: Then two more at the same time come out of my hand. Then they amass upon my little companion and form a similar sized little humanoid of light that then coincides with my little friend. She is glowing golden on a table in the middle of the Nestled Nook.

SAM: (sings)

LIAM: The Goblight, ladies and gentlemen. The Goblight!

SAM: Thank you!

MATT: There's some claps in the back rooms. You see one of the drunken gentlemen has come to semi-consciousness and goes, “That's impressive!” then passes back out on the table.

TRAVIS: How did you learn to do that?

LIAM: I could always do that a little bit, as a kid. I was always good with magic. I had a knack for it. That one's easy.

TRAVIS: That's impressive.

LIAM: Well, thank you. - MATT: Okay, the two of you come to consciousness. What are you up to?

SAM: Get some breakfast, I guess?

LIAM: Yeah, we're already down there. - MARISHA: And you're so concerned with your goblin friend. I mean he's in the same boat as the tieflings.

LIAM: That's a girl.

SAM: Listen, we've all had a rough night. I know that my features aren't necessarily the most feminine. Among goblin kind, I understand. It's hard to tell.

LAURA: I can tell.

LIAM: Everybody can tell - LIAM: I'm going to squat down over with you, privately. I still think that this is a bad idea, but I can tell that you want to.

SAM: Well it's just that-- listen, there's no offense, I enjoy our talks and your schooling and everything, but I haven't talked this openly and freely with other people in months. It's amazing.

LIAM: It really is pretty nice, isn't it?

SAM: Yes!

LIAM: Still, if this goes south, we leave.

SAM: We're the first ones out the door.

LIAM: Easily.

SAM: Yeah. They'll never know who we were.

LIAM: Caleb and Nott.

SAM: Well, don't say that too much. I mean, yes, they do know that we're Caleb and Nott, yes.

LIAM: All right.

SAM: Okay.

LIAM: So we're doing this?

SAM: Yeah, let's just go with, and see where it leads.

LAURA: Can I walk up to Nott?

SAM: Hi! Yes, we weren't talking! - LIAM: Hey kiddo, do you want a piggy-back?

SAM: Sure, that sounds like a good idea.

LIAM: Scramble up, let's go talk to some people.

SAM: All right, I'll jump on Caleb's back.

MATT: All right.

LIAM: I'll wander down to where people are working. Where people are moving crates around.

MARISHA: He’s on Caleb’s back!

MATT: Okay, that would be probably closer to the Northward.

LIAM: Okay, so that's the plan, is to look for people moving crap around, the same way that Enon is said to have. So that's what we'll do.

MATT: Okay, make an investigation check.

LIAM: All right.

SAM: Shall I help, or no?

MATT: If you want to.

LIAM: Not that great.

MATT: You aiding him would give him an advantage in the roll.

LIAM: Oh! That didn't help. 12 for me.

MATT: You take a couple hours wandering through the Northward, asking questions, and most of the information you get is, they have no idea who that is, or like, "Ah, he died? It's about time."

LIAM: And there's no point even asking questions because we've asked them all for two hours, yeah?

MATT: I'd say yeah, based on that roll.

LIAM: Okay, well that's a big zero. You want to go book shopping with me?

SAM: Sure!

LIAM: Okay. I believe that gentleman said that the Burnished Bibliots was in the Northward, correct?

MATT: I believe you are correct. Yeah, it's in the southern portion of the Northward by where it borders the Lochward.

LIAM: Okay, so I'll start asking questions to get us there.

MATT: Easily enough. You eventually are led to it, and you come to a closet that's affixed to another building. The wood used are almost driftwood and heavily weathered, and the front door is closed as you approach. It looks like a glorified storage shed that has been bolted and put up against another structure.

LIAM: All right, well I will walk up to the door and knock on it.

MATT: Okay. (knocks) No response.

LIAM: Is there any breaks in the door or the building or cracks that Frumpkin could fit into?

MATT: Visual glance, there look like there's the space underneath the door. Probably not big enough for a cat to slip into.

LIAM: Are there any windows or anything or is it all a big, dirty, dingy mess?

MATT: There are windows, but if you look at the back of the windows all you see is scraps of material, stacks of books, piles of boxes and crates, it's literally blocked out with things stacked up against it from the interior.

LIAM: How busy is the front of this place?

MATT: Not busy at all, it's just the two of you, right now, standing at the front door.

LIAM: No one's around us, though?

MATT: It's not on the main street, it's a little pushed back, recessed about ten or 15 feet from the main road so there's no one immediately around you. But there are people walking back and forth on the road behind but you're out in the open, per se.

SAM: And no one's coming to the door?

MATT: No one's come to the door yet, no.

SAM: Want me to break in?

LIAM: Yes. No.

-

SAM: I start unscrewing my flask.

(laughing)

LIAM: Frumpkin climbs back up onto Nott's shoulder and nestles in.

MATT: (meowing)

SAM: Can you give me something to look for? To distract me and give me a mission to go on, please?

LIAM: Yes. You want to find some sort of tool that helps you do what you do best.

SAM: All right.

LIAM: Investigation check, that is a 21.

MATT: 21?

SAM: I rolled a 21 investigation check.

MATT: All right.

SAM: I'm just looking for baubles to steal.

-

MATT: “Of course. Sorry about your cat, friend.”

LIAM: It’s okay. Nott?

SAM: Have I heard all of this conversation?

MATT: You’ve been hearing all of it, but you’ve also found, amongst the chaos, a brass baby bottle that’s fairly dented, but it’s very shiny and polished, you can already see on the inside.

SAM: Are we going to leave now? Should we leave? I think we should leave. Maybe we should go. Do you need some money? I could lend you some money, if you want.

LIAM: Maybe we’ll come back tomorrow.

SAM: All right. Lovely place you got here!

LIAM: Piggyback?

SAM: Yes, please!

MATT: “I’ll hold these books for you! Come back when you can!”

LIAM: Within the week, I promise.

MATT: “All right. Have a good day, little girl!”

SAM: I will!

MATT: You guys exit the building.

SAM: I’m sorry! I did it again, I couldn’t help it. I took some things. Do you think he noticed? Do you think we’re in trouble? Maybe we should hurry back.

LIAM: I don’t think he saw.

SAM: All right. Are you cross with me?

LIAM: No. Just wait one moment, okay? Wait for me here?

SAM: Okay. I heard you talking about money, by the way, I could lend you some, if you’d like.

LIAM: Wait right here. I cast Detect Magic just before I walk back into the store. I look all around. What are your hours, here? As I look to see if there is anything besides that book, anything.

MATT: You glance throughout the interior, and you don’t sense anything magical, unfortunately, within the piles of rubble.

LIAM: Besides the book he put down?

MATT: The book’s not radiating any magical aura. But he answers. “Oh! All hours! I don’t really close. I don’t really sleep.”

LIAM: Middle of the night, even?

MATT: “Sure!”

LIAM: All right. Business is business. Thank you!

MATT: “No worries. See you then!”

LIAM: Bis später.

MATT: “Bee shimter!”

LIAM: That guy does not speak Zemnian!

MATT: No, he does not.

LIAM: Let’s go back to the hotel, shall we?

SAM: Let’s do it.

-

SAM: Two in the morning?

LIAM: You were out that late?

SAM: Sorry.

-

LAURA: Well yeah, he's a good friend. He watches out for me, I watch out for him, you know. We're a good team. Like you and Caleb.

SAM: Not at all like that, but yes, all right.

-

LIAM: I have some magic for that.

SAM: Yeah, he has a magical spell that alerts you when someone tries to break in your room.

LIAM: That is correct. Yeah. I will take a moment to do that and it will let me know.

SAM: Best part is, it doesn't alert him when I sneak in or out.

LIAM: That you know of.

SAM: Wait. What?

LIAM: One mile of the warded area.

SAM: Ooh!

MARISHA: That's better! Let's do that.

LIAM: I just need ten minutes. And I pull out a little spool of silvered thread and stretch it out. Where did you want this? Over the window?

LIAM: Well, I can do the entire room really, I can go doorknob to-- The funny thing about this thread, there's no end to it. So I start looping it all the way around the room and tie it off, and take out one of my books from the holster, the one on the left side, and I open it up. You guys watch as I spend ten minutes referring to the book and tracing symbols on the floor. Along, underneath the thread, and about ten minutes of time, nothing happens, but that's taken care of.

LAURA: Nice.

SAM: See, he's really good.

-

SAM: Oh, my deception check was a three minus three.

LIAM: But roll with advantage.

SAM: At advantage?

LIAM: I’m helping you, you little--

SAM: Seven minus three!

LIAM: Oh no!

MATT: Okay so as soon as these two crownsguard see this, they go “Shit!” They pull their blades and they start charging you, Nott to try and protect their other crownsguard--

LIAM: I take Nott and slam her into a wall as hard as I can and say: Down you beast!

MATT: All right, as you rush up in a jog, blades drawn, one of them is going to go ahead and attempt to strike.

SAM: Oh god! Sure.

LIAM: I have it! And I punch Nott right in the face.

SAM: Oh!

MATT: All right, you take one point of bludgeoning damage, Nott, and blood just (flowing noise) from the nose.

LIAM: I have this we’re taking these people across to jail.

TRAVIS: (Regal voice) Indeed, stay our blade, please, obviously he can handle this.

LIAM: Don’t you fucking move you little green piece of filth.

SAM: (spits)

TRAVIS: Right in your face! Haha, incredible.

LIAM: This one is mine, thank you. Beat her within an inch of her life.

MATT: I need you to make a deception check on that one.

TALIESIN: We are just the worst. This is just terrible.

MARISHA: Oh man.

LIAM: Natural 20.

(cheering)

SAM: We’ve practiced this before. We got this routine down.

LIAM: The rest of you lot fall in line. I drag the little one off.

SAM: (snivels)

-

TRAVIS: Is that a natural thing for you guys to just attack each other in moments of stress?

LIAM: Are you all right? I am so very sorry, I’m so sorry--

SAM: No, I’m fine that was good acting. You were perfect. I panicked, I didn’t know what to do. I was trying to create some sort of distraction.

LIAM: Let me see your teeth. Okay. You look all right.

SAM: They’re all over the place.

(laughter)

TRAVIS: Oh, I can’t tell if that got worse or better.

MARISHA: You fixed them a bit!

LIAM: Okay. Who wants to go to the circus?

-

LIAM: You you want to go with them? I’ll go with Fjord.

SAM: Sure, but will you be watching me or no? You don’t have to.

LIAM: Frumpkin will.

SAM: All right. I’ll go with you and-- who else is going? Are you stealthy?

Ship Test

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 * Captain Charming — the ship between Captain Hook and Prince Charming
 * Captain Swan Fire — the ship between Captain Hook, Emma Swan and Neal Cassidy
 * Charming Family — the ship between Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, Henry Mills and Prince Neal
 * Daddy Charming — the ship between Emma Swan and Prince Charming
 * Captain Floor — the ship between Captain Hook and the Floor