S2:E1 – The Fortune Teller

Hello there, wanderer, care to join me? I can reach your fortune if you like. No? Don't trust the cards?

How about a story, then? Now this story is about four wanderers, just like you, who uncovered ancient secrets. I first met them. Well, of course I'm in the story.

How else would I know all this? As I was saying, I first met them when I was working in a travelling carnival. We were working our way through northern reori. Have you ever been?

Beautiful place. The minotaurs really knew how to build cities. In fact, when they did that, well, I could tell right away that they were all bound for greatness. I don't think they had any idea of the adventures ahead of them.

Just as their paths crossed, a forgotten army stirred in the mountains. Welcome wanderers to Legends of Shell. So, Wilm, you are partaking of the many fun snacks and games and other entertainments of this traveling carnival. You're kind of patting yourself on the back.

I made a good decision to come to this town next in my travels. Absolutely. Look at all this fun stuff. You're not the funnel cake.

Exactly. You put the fun in funnel cake. You probably can't ride a lot of the rides. Unfortunately, they're not really built for cyclops sized humanoids.

There's actually, I feel like there's probably another cyclops or something who works there. I know, I keep telling them. It's like, you know, that we should have rides for people of all sizes. Do they have rides for the little people or is it also not halfling friendly?

I think that they probably let halflings and gnomes and such entourage that they maybe probably shouldn't because they could fly out due to momentum and a lack of restraints. Okay, so it's the 80s. I'm in the right mind space. You notice, though, sort of almost conspicuous because it's sort of this dark, almost black, but slightly, almost like iridescent, like a rose feathers or something, kind of purple.

There's this tent and it just sticks out from all the really brightly colored things. And it doesn't, there's just a little sign out front that says, Fortune's told for free. For free? Yeah.

Well, then I'm definitely getting my fortune told. I love fortune billers. So you walk in and it actually, it's one of those things where it seems bigger on the inside than it looked like on the outside, you were almost worried that you wouldn't be able to stand up inside this tent, but you find that you can stand comfortably. And it also seems to have a floor, which is very odd for a tent on the ground.

Yeah, it's almost like, it looks like wood planks, but you're not sure if it's actually wood or if it's some sort of illusion or stone or something. And there's just this very simple wooden table and there's a chair on either side. And you find that the chair closest to you on your side of the table actually is like cyclops sized. But you don't see anyone.

So I will call out and I'll say like, um, hello, I'm here to get my fortune told. Is that later? I saw that you were running a special. I like that.

I do. So the figure that emerges, what do you picture? I guess. Let me ask you that.

What do I picture? Yeah. Based on how simply you described the interior, I'm kind of picturing that it's just like a human or maybe half elven woman who has like commoners clothes and then has like a couple of colorful sashes like one tied around her hair and one around her waist to sort of like add a little bit of fortune telly mystique, but you can tell that like this is something that she doesn't do all the time. Well, in that case, you are very surprised when from the shadows at far end of the tent, which you realize almost look like a doorway into another room, but tents don't have room.

So that's silly. From these shadows emerges a slender elven woman dressed in all black, black, like a black wide room, pat a long black coat. Can't really tell what the clothing is underneath the cloak because it's also all black. So it all sort of blends together.

Oh, God. Yeah. She's not wearing any makeup and you are also surprised when from this very slender frame, there comes this this de-poise that says, hello, my darling. I see that you have come to find out what the stars and cards have to say about your future.

My eye lights up and I'm like, yes, I am. I love having my fortune told. Are you sure that you're not charging because that seems really unusual to me. Everything at this carnival, I paid three gold for this funnel cake, you know?

She smiles and sort of dodges the question and sits down and produces almost from thin air a deck of cards and begins shuffling them. And as she's shuffling them, she looks in your eye and says, now in order for me to know your future, I must know your past and your present. So tell me, darling, who are you? Well, my name is Will.

I'm from like way down south in the continent. I've been traveling for quite some time now. I used to live in a city called Newport and I really loved it there. But some stuff happened and so I decided I needed to get on the road and I want to just sort of put some good into the world.

How very noble. Now, you tell me you come from the south where most recent travels taken you before here. Oh gosh, that's a really specific question, Max. Okay, sorry.

Well, see, the thing is the second question was supposed to be where are you from? And I just panicked when I realized you already answered it before I asked it. So let's try this again. You come from the south.

So what brought you here? Well, I'm just kind of going around sort of trying to see where I can help people. But I was going off the road and I noticed a big sign that said that this carnival was going to be in town. So I thought that I would come check it out.

Ah, yes. A-lar is very good at advertising our presence. Who's A-lar? Oh, he just runs the carnival.

Just an old, old con man who retired to do something a little more honest. Run a carnival. Of course, yeah. That's a good, honest career choice.

Big smile. She, oh, she smiles at you and she feels out a row of cards. When you look at them, it's a little confusing because you feel like you should be able to recognize whatever the images are, even if you don't really know, you know, tarot or anything. You should be able to look at them and see what's on the cards.

But for some reason, when you look at them, they just sort of look like these swirls of color. Hmm. Are these the backs of the cards? They're very pretty.

Oh, no, darling. These are the fronts. They just are very difficult to discern when you're facing them from your direction. That's all.

Okay. She looks at the cards that she's just now. You are a student of the College of Glamour, are you not? Oh, I'm surprised you could tell.

Was it just my charming smile and my fashionable attire that let you know? Oh, the cards let me know. Although the umbrella was a little bit of a giveaway. That's fair.

And she says, you know, the glamour magic has its origins in the Feywild. And I think that you should be cautious in dealing with any Fey you meet. Well, I feel like that's always good advice. She nods.

This is your future. Your future is unpredictable. It is very much in your own hand. And I can only really offer you this to help guide you.

And she actually picks up one of the cards in the row and hands it. Okay, I take it. And she hands it to you. The image becomes clear and it is the valet of cups because it's one of those X.

Okay. And it looks pretty standard. There's nothing that really speaks to you about it or to well, I don't know about there. And she says, if you can find others who have my card, you will find the path to your fortune.

All right. I'm not sure I'm looking for a fortune, but I'll keep in mind. Does she do anything to indicate that the reading is over? Does she like to disappear in a puff of smoke or anything?

Or is it like up to me to end this encounter? She simply collects her cards and reshuffles them and says, I think that you would better get on your way. There's plenty of part of the left to see. And I get the feeling my next customer will be here soon.

Okay. Thank you so much for the reading and for the card. Do you have one to replace it? I feel weird taking it and I'm sort of like slowly backing out like uncomfortably now that I have her tarot card.

These things have a habit of finding their way back to me. Don't worry. Okay. Well, thank you again.

And I like sort of give an awkward bow on the way out and leave. She tips her hat for you. Now, Hey, look, you remind me the skeletons did. Did they actually eat and drink?

Yes, they eat calcite. I see. So they don't really like do food. No.

Okay. It's going to be interesting finding food on my journey. I have to go to like mine and be like, Hey, do you have any calcite around or I don't know what stores myself calcite? Cool.

Figure something out for that. And what's your chicken's name again? Mildred. Mildred.

Okay. I just wanted to get that before I set the scene. So Hector, you and Mildred have been enjoying this carnival probably, you know, doing more of the rides and games rather than the food, although I don't know if Mildred's allowed on the rides. That might not be safe.

I see. As you are walking through the carnival trying to decide what to do next, you see this tent, which is a dark, dark, kind of iridescent purple, almost black, except when the light hits it just right. And out front is a little sign that just simply says, fortunes told were free. And you feel unable to resist this bargain.

And head towards the tent. Sounds interesting. Yes, I will knock on the tent flap. The tent flap is already open.

Okay. I'll knock beside it. A deep voice has come in. I will enter.

Now look around. And sitting at a rather simple table is an elven woman dressed in all black with a large rod rimmed black hat and a long black boat. And you notice a few things about this tent that are strange. It seems bigger on the inside than it looked like on the out.

The far end of the tent, it almost seems like there is an opening into another room, which is a while because tents don't have rooms, right? And there is a floor instead of the ground under your feet. Very nice floor. It almost looks like maybe like granite slabs or something.

And you see in front of you on the other side of this table, there's a really lovingly carved wooden chair with these sort of like bird motifs carved right into it. The woman gestures for you to have a seat. Okay. I will sit down and say, I'll say hello.

I'm a hector. It's a pleasure to meet you. You sure have a lot of interesting things here. I saw on your side that you have free fortunes.

What's a fortune? She looks around the tent and kind of raises an eyebrow at the comment that she has a lot of interesting things in this rather Spartan room. And she says, ah, well, you see, in this case, a fortune is sort of like a future or fate. And it is my job as a diviner to try and predict what might be in your future.

Oh, okay. That sounds interesting. She she nods. She says, oh, I'm sure hector that you have a very interesting future.

Oh, what is your little friend's name? This is my friend Mildred. Hey, I was wondering. I know that a lot of people around here eat chickens.

Do you eat chickens? Oh, she she pauses as if deciding whether or not to to answer honestly. She says, sometimes I do, but don't worry, Mildred is perfectly safe. And how do you how do you carry Mildred?

Is she just like sitting on you or? Yeah, she's probably just sitting on me. He sits where she walks sometimes on my shoulders, sometimes on my head, maybe on my one of the weapons struck across my back. She's so inclined.

The woman makes a small gesture and Mildred hops right off of you and comes over to get some little scriches behind the waddle and then returns to you very quickly. Oh, seems to like you. That's pretty good. Do you tell chicken fortunes?

She laughs and shakes her head. She says, I don't think I've quite mastered that arc yet, but please let me let me tell yours and she begins to shuffle the stack of cards. And as she does, she says, so you have told me who you are. Where are you from?

Oh, I'm from I'm from Skelletown. Don't know if you've heard of it. It's up in a place that used to be called the Witchwood. So I was born and raised there and I was in the militia and then I moved on down to what was it called?

Bells Run. Whenever the rose opened up and stuff. And so yeah, that's generally where I'm from. Those two places I like to wander around and explore a bit.

She now, I've heard of the Witchwood. You know, I think a lot of folks have come from that direction into town recently. Maybe there'll be a familiar face or two. Could be, I don't know.

Yeah, it's a, I'm not surprised people have moved out from there and looking around. They were trapped there for years from what I understand. So I expect they, some people want to see what's out there like I do. She looks at you a little bit pointedly and asks, is that all you want just to see what's out there?

Yeah, pretty much. There's a lot of stuff out here that I've never seen or heard about before, especially in this fair. You got all kinds of weird foods here and these ride things. I can't really go on most of them because they won't let Mildred come with me.

And, but they seem interesting. It's probably for the best that Mildred doesn't get on the rides. They tend to be a little, they're not very well maintained. And as she says this little man spreads out some cards in a line in front of her and you find that you aren't sure how this person is able to, to divine anything because to you, these cards look like their faces are just sort of these weird swirls of color.

Hey, those are kind of great. She nods just, oh yes, the stack is one of a kind in fact. And her brow furrows a little and then an eyebrow cocks up and then it goes down. And then the other eyebrow cocks up for a second.

And then it goes down. And then the DM goes, should I use the word cocks so much in that sentence? But anyways, she says, Hector, I'm sorry to say this, but I'm having a little trouble seeing your future. All I can tell you is that you should take this and with that she hands you a card.

And once it's in your hand and you sort of are, you haven't sort of flipped around to face you, you can see that it is the valet of wands. And she says, take that with you. And when you find others who are also carrying my cards, those are the people that I think will take you to see some truly amazing things that this world has to offer. Oh, that sounds really interesting.

This card's pretty pretty too. I get to keep it. Oh, yes, don't worry. They have a habit of finding their way back to me eventually.

Oh, OK. That's pretty good. Thank you. Is there anything else?

Is that my fortune? Unfortunately, that's all I have for you. OK, well, I don't know. Enjoy the rest of the fair.

I don't know this. I know this. Thank you. That was very nice meeting you.

I hope you have good customers and stuff. And goodbye. Very nice to meet you. As you leave, I had to stop myself from.

I really almost lost it when you said you couldn't go on the rides because they wouldn't let Mildred on. I don't know why. I mean, but what? Next, you have been at this carnival.

I think you are one of the one of the few members of the party who could probably with relative safety enjoy most or all aspects of the carnival rides, games and food. And there have been lots and lots of interesting people to sketch in your book, which actually if you don't mind, would you like to describe your book? OK. What I'm imagining is a kind of thick, dark, leather-bound book similar to the one out of what's the movie with the Necronomicon?

Evil Dead? Evil Dead. Yeah. It looks a little like that.

But the flesh on it is shaped into a very rough Phoenix on the outside. And it has actual bound pages, but it also has jutting from it like a college professor's notebook, a lot of loose pages as well. And it's stained with all manner of colors, some of it paint, some of it ink, some of it a little too red to be comfortable. And I almost always have it out.

And I'm paging, flipping through, pausing and jotting down notes or actually taking the time to sketch when I either ask someone or just do it on the slide. Very nice. As you are walking through the carnival, you see this tent that sticks out from all the others because they're all very brightly colored. And this tent is this very, very dark, nearly black kind of iridescent purple.

And outside is a little sign that says, Fortune's told for free. And I don't think Nick's can pass off that deal. I think you're right. Currently, since I've arrived, I've been running around in the form of a female gnome.

And so that's the one that I actually go up to the tent in. Hello? Hello? Anyone here?

Hello? So the interior of this tent seems so much larger than the outside. There's not much in here, though. There's just sort of a table and there's two chairs, one that's facing towards you and one that is facing the other from the other direction.

And you also notice, instead of the ground in this tent, there's actually a floor. And it's just a sort of very old, dusty kind of stone floor. And sitting in that chair across from you is this elven woman, Black Cat, Black Coat, and she's sort of idly shuffling a deck of cards. She says, oh, hello, her surprisingly deep voice.

Why don't you have a seat? Hi, hi, thank you. Thank you so much. Give me one second.

I just want to, I'll get down on my hands and knees and lay my face down on the stone and just look along the length and then slap the floor and say, I can't believe this. This is amazing. This is the tent, but it has a stone floor. This is amazing.

Um, she simply smiles, says, oh, one of a few tricks that I've picked up over the years. So sit right here? Okay. I'll hop into the seat and I shuffle around like a little kid who needs to go to the bathroom.

She says, oh, if that seats doesn't quite reach, I'm sure that you could take a form that's more accommodating, right? Oh, sure sure. Yeah. Hey, how did you know?

Her eyes seem to kind of sparkle with a sort of unnatural arcane gleam and she just smiles, doesn't say anything and sort of deflects and says, oh, what a lovely book you have. May I see it? Um, yes. Are you going to take it forever?

Because that would make me unhappy. Oh, no, darling. In fact, if your session is anything like the others I've had today, I dare say you'll be walking out of here with something of mine. That sounds like a good trait.

Here you go. And so she sets down her deck and takes the book and sort of runs her hands over it. And she has this kind of it's not that there's a look on her face. It's that there isn't a look on her face.

Um, it's just this sort of very kind of blank like you're not sure if she's hiding something or if she's in some sort of trance and there's just this very kind of tense moment of silence and then she hands it back to you with a smile. And she says, that seems like a lovely treasure. You should hold on to it. All right, it's a deal.

As she chuckles and resumes shuffling her deck and she says, now, I don't believe you have told me your name. Who exactly are you? Well, all of them, everyone outside, they think I'm Gelly Pickle-Dekl. But you know my secret.

I'm actually nicks. And my face ripples briefly to show something underneath, but then it goes back to the gnomes face. She's not disturbed or terribly surprised by that. She says, oh, I knew only that you were a changeling, not your name or anything like that.

Now, nicks, darling, why don't you tell me where you're from so I can try to see where you might be going with the cards? Oh, oh, yes, of course. Story time. It's story time.

Many moons ago before the days of nobles when the dragons winged in the skies, when the automaton worked in the mines before magic had made its way into the world and he eligible for the children of the wood. I was standing outside this tent and then I came in. I don't remember anything after that. Beautiful.

I did get the fried whack-ups from one of the other tents and they're not as good as I remember, but I don't really remember anything. So maybe they're good? I don't know. Do you want one?

I know we're not technically in the adventure yet, but you have inspiration for that. That was amazing. Oh, she laughs a little. Oh, I'm not hungry right now.

Don't worry. I get plenty for free working here. So you don't remember where you're from. Well, could you maybe tell me what it is you're seeking?

What brought you here to this place? Then she'll just pan. I don't mean specifically my tent because I know it was the sign. Well, inside this book, there's funny little words and I've been going through them and going through them and it makes me think that there's more funny little words out there in the big world and maybe there are words that are big enough to fix all that's broken or maybe there are words that are big enough to break everything that's left.

I don't really know what I'm up for, but I'll find out. So she lays out the cards in a row in front of her and you can't see what they are. You're not sure if it's because they're upside down from your point of view or what, but they just sort of look like these weird swirls of color and she's quiet for what feels like a very long time, but probably isn't actually that long before she says, I think that you're right about the power of those funny little words. And if you're not careful, you could end up crumbling like this and she hands you a card, which is the tower.

And she's actually, why don't you hang on to that card? And I think that if you happen to meet anyone else with cards from my deck, maybe they can help you find more of those little words. Thank you so much. I love it.

I love it. And she tips her hat for you and she says, all right now, I think I have another customer coming. Thanks. Bye.

Pass has been at the fair. Another one of the few party members who can probably ride some, if not all the rides and enjoy the various foods and stuff. As he gets on the rides, he probably like drew and craft some finds around himself as a kid. Yeah.

A good idea. They don't have much budget for repairing things when they break down. They just kind of spit on it and slap back together, whatever. Oh, dear.

Oh, dear. And as you're, as you're maybe walking off the jitters of that last exhilarating ride that almost killed you for the 10th time, you see a tent that sticks out from all the others on the, on a carnival grounds because it is this deep purple almost black until the light hits it right and you realize it's kind of iridescent. And out front is a little sign that says, fortune's told for free. Looks like a butterfly walk over a little garius.

Orchins, never had much faith in those. Inside is a surprisingly spacious. I mean, it's like a room and there's a simple table and there's a couple of chairs, one that's occupied by an elven woman with a black hat and a black coat. And there is one that seems to be for customers to sit in that it almost looks like someone like drew it crafted a chair.

It's just this sort of very natural, like some, some sticks and twigs and whatnot together with sort of a leafy kind of cushion. And you also notice that there is a floor. It's this tent which is very strange because typically, you know, it would just be the ground or like some fabric or something. And it's like a nice like carpeted floor, but it feels solid.

It feels like it's not just a rug on the grass. It's like there's something under the rug. Oh, just very speaking a little bit because you should have as much shoes. I was hoping you would say that I've got to give them a fancy one.

So you walk in and you track some dirt, there's these little dirt footprints behind you. And I mean, I do, do you sit down? Do you, are you waiting to be asked to sit or? He'll look up at hello.

Is this a, I hear there are fortunes. Oh, yes, yes. Of course, I am a great diviner of destiny. Well, mostly a little bit of an off day, but I'm sure you'll be set that right.

Why don't you take a seat? Oh, I wonder how I could be a help. I don't do much of an fortunes. She's shuffling the deck.

She says, so why don't you start by telling me who you are? Well, my name is Tast. Nice to meet you. Charm.

She's waiting. She's waiting. Yeah. She, well, once you give her the name, she's waiting.

She thinks there's going to be more, but then there isn't. And she realizes that. Oh, well, why don't you tell me where you're from, Tast? And perhaps that will help me to figure out where you might be going.

Oh, I'll get on. Call that. See, um, out of sight. Because I see, well, that's not terribly surprising.

Well, perhaps you could tell me if there's something out there you're looking for. Like, what brings you here to Graz Ermistra, the city in the shadow of the warrior mother? Oh, I didn't know that it's history. I just saw the signs for the carnival.

And you get the rights might be a little fun. And, you know, good for me. Be around people every once in a while. She's sort of, nah, it's like, yeah, it's probably, you probably do need to spend some more time around people.

Yeah. She doesn't say that. She spreads the cards out in a line in front of her about five of them. And you can't really see what all the cards are.

They just sort of look like these colorful swirls. And she lets out a big size, just, oh, dear, I really seem to have lost my touch. I think you're the third or fourth person today whose future I couldn't clearly discern, which either means that my divination skills are simply waning or that you are meant for something so great and so grand that it would be against the will of the gods almost for me to tell you. And so she picks up the card in the center of this line and hand it to you.

All that I can give you is this. And all I can say is that if you happen across anyone else with cards from my deck, I think they can help you find what you're looking for, even if you don't know what that is. Oh, thanks. That doesn't sound ominous.

The card that she hands you is the moon. And it's a very simple, it's very minimalist deck really. So, and with that, she just gives you a little tip of the hat and she actually walks with you to the entrance of the tent. And she says, I think I'm about done for today, but you should make sure you take another walk around.

I think there's still plenty of more for you to see here. Okay, have a good one. And as you leave the tent, someone else walks by and you hear this sort of offhand comment they make, that's really strange to you. They look at the sign, they go, no wonder that Forge Intellers closing early.

Ten gold for getting your Forge Intell that a carnival? That's a crazy price. Oh, dear. So I'm just going to set the scene for you guys real quick.

It's getting close to the end of the day. Because I mean, the carnival is going to keep going into the night, but you all have been there for a while. You're probably getting pretty tired of it. And, Willm, you're looking at the card you were given.

And suddenly the wind picks up and pulls it right out of your hand. And I presume you would chase after it. You don't want to lose that. It's so pretty.

Yeah, absolutely. Does it seem like I just rock it or does it seem like a magical happenstance? It seems like an unusually strong wind, especially since it doesn't seem like there's a storm coming or anything. And at the same time, Nick, you happen to accidentally drop your book and test trips over it.

And wouldn't you just know it? But here comes a skeleton chasing a chicken that's carrying something in its mouth. And the four of you are sort of all, you all sort of converge on the spot because Willm, you finally catch the card as it's about to float away past Nick's on the wind. And Nick's out of your book pops the card that I'm sure you stuck in there for a safe keeping.

And as you probably still had it in your hand, as you just came from the fortune tellers, you dropped yours on the ground. I was too busy looking at it. Yeah, exactly. And whenever you guys look down, you realize that this chicken is also holding a tarot card.

Yeah, all right. And you realize you've all found each other. You've all found the other people who got cards from the fortune teller. And that is how your party is.

I've never been in a party. But a chicken got a card. Yeah. Must be a very important chicken.

That's not food. Our new party leader. No, no, no, no, no. Me, no, no, no, no, no.

Me, no, no, no. Me, no, no, no. Me, no, no, no, no, no, no. Me, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Me, no, no, no, no. Me, no, no, no, no. Me, no, no, no, no, no. Me, no, no, no, no.

Me, no, no, no, no, no. I don't know why Tass would decide to join these three insane people. Hey now, only two of you are really insane. And it's not next.

I guess like he's like, oh, no, this he probably looks at these people and goes that this is going to be trouble. I better make sure you need a dad. Control on these guys. Tass is always just wanting to hang out with a skeleton or change the land of Cyclops and then they're left on dream.

You just see someone a little taller than you over here. I'm just a no. And I'll actually I'll give you a wink and say, give a little of these guys. I think we're looking.

Hey, I mean, what is this book that you have that I've ever. This is the way we're looking. Is it great? That's one way to put it.

We'll save it for bedtime. I got the best stories. Oh, dear. I guess I look forward to it.

After I catch up with Mildred, I just like I realized that my hoods down. And so I just bring it back up over my head and look around and see if there's a mall coming out for me and I like to use on a technique. I look at you like delightedly like, Oh, you're a skeleton. How is that happening?

Are you alive? And I sort of reach my hand out towards you like I'm going to touch you, but then I realize I realize I read that isn't for the back town. Yes, I'm alive. It's complicated.

Oh, I've worried someone might have a bone to pick. People tend not to like skeletons running around. I think it's creepy. So that's why I have this big hood to hide.

Well, your secret's safe with us. Thanks. Yeah, I've never met a skeleton before that didn't just attack me right away. So I figure you're good.

Well, we're from the witchwood. There's just one town of us, some evil sorcerer made us a long time ago, but that was a long time ago. I'm not that old though. I'm pretty young still, but you know, I think old men bones is the only one who's around from the sorcerer days.

Maybe there are a couple of others, but so how's your day been? I see that you saw the fortune teller. I'm hector by the way. What are all your names?

I'll work with workplace conversation. I'm like talking the card into my pocket. I'm like, Oh, of course, how rude of me. My name is Will and I've reached out to shake your hand.

I will shake your hand and all of the other two of you as well. I'm Tess. Nice to meet you. Hi, you're really tall.

My name is Gailie Pickle-Dekl, but you can call me next. OK, did you say Pickle-Dekl? That's a very interesting name. I agree.

I thought about myself. Oh, you can say she has a look on her face like making a mental note of that. So we all got cards? That's that's really neat.

Can I see your cards? Oh, absolutely. And I will show mine. So I hold on my card and it is the page of cups.

And it has like sort of an oddly, I guess they wouldn't be oddly dressed if it's minimalistic. So it has a young person on it and they're holding a cup and they're sort of looking in confusion at the cup because there's a fish coming out of it. OK, mind system. It's just a simple white on a black field.

Well, I don't want to brag, but I think mine is the coolest. Look at this. It's a tower and it's being exploding and falling down. Oh, it's so fun.

Is that good? I don't know anything about the tarot cards. Maybe we should if this is going to be guiding our futures. Maybe we should learn something about it.

Finds the page of wants is a person with a walking staff, basically. I thought that was funny, Farron. Sorry, I've summed out. Oh, I typed it.

I just said that that card is basically Luke Skywalker looking at the setting sense. So we've all been sort of thrown together. What are we going to do about that? Do we want to go on an adventure?

Does anybody have anything that they're planning on doing next? Just a second. I one of you must have a divine purpose or something, right? And I'm supposed to follow you and I would be glad to do that.

No, and an adventure sounds fine. I don't have one line up or anything. Oh, what is that you're eating? That looks really weird.

Is it good? What is it? It's called a funnel cake. It's like it's like fried bread, but like it's a weird bread.

I don't know how I don't know exactly how it works. You can have some if you want. No, I can't actually. Oh, I'm sorry.

I mean, I guess that makes sense. It might just fall right out of you. I can. Yeah.

I think it's how it works. I tried once. What happens? Yeah, I basically just fell right out of me.

You're right. That's what it does. OK, I'll try and I'll try and be better about the scale of the thing. I'm very sorry.

How rude I'm being. I've seen bread for and that's very interesting. And you eat it, huh? Yeah, it's very tasty.

Weird. Well, what do you eat? Calcite. Rocks.

You eat rocks. Yes, I mean, specific rock. But yes. Well, here's what I think.

OK, if we're all supposed to go on an adventure together, we should go to a tavern because that's how the ventures start. I should know I'm a bard. So we should go to a tavern, get dinner, and maybe something will happen. That'll let us know what our adventure is.

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