Hmm

... as well, so...

And then I realized I didn't even ask his name because I was excited about movies, but that's it.

So I would like to pull up the club membership info of the person who just rented Rashomon today, see what it is, and then see on the list, 'cause he seemed n- he seemed fine.

They could have a closet and everything.

Hey, could you do me a favor? I don't know exactly why I'm asking you to do this, but I just have this gut feeling.

Could you bring the copy you made back to the store? You don't have to bring anything else back.

We won't charge you any fees and, and I won't tell anyone you've been making copies, but I think you should bring that one back here.

or

I'm trying to.

And I have a pile of games that are on my shelf of shame that I've never played.

And I was like, I really want to play them before I decide if I'm keeping them or not.

And so when I knew I was coming to LFGCon and I was going to be playing a game with some people, I was like, what a great opportunity to play a game from this pile Did you get the full eight? I got full eight.

That's amazing.

We had full player count, which I would never really be able to do in my real life, honestly.

the largest con in North America for board games, and then Essen Spiel is in Germany, which we haven't been to.

[laughs]

... uh, there as a theater student.

I was like, "Oh, I could pull this modern musician artist sheet and be the, like...

I'm in, like, my film classes, and, um, maybe I'm gonna be an actor one day.

I'm not sure yet.

I'm not sure, but I'm here.

I have this job.

Um, [laughs] what does she look like?

I've been waiting to introduce my character.

[laughs] Uh, and she'll just stand up and come over and sit down at your table.

And who you see approaching you is, um, yeah, just like a really, like, fit, short, stout, she just, like, is, like, built, um, dwarf with, uh, three braids, her blonde hair, like, one in the middle, two on the sides that kind of braid down into one long braid together down her back.

And she has, um, tattoos on her neck that you see then go under her armor.

You don't know, obviously, 'cause the rest of them are under her armor, you have no idea, uh, what happens to them after that.

And she just comes over.

Um, "I can't help it.

Yeah, that he-

[laughs]

Don't you ever dream of something other than just working in the hydroponics bay or at this museum that hardly anyone comes to? Or Connie, you never even have any messes to clean up.

What are we doing and why? I think...

And I'll look.

Holly looks at Grayson and, like, sees, I think, clarity in his eyes that she has never seen before, and just all these things she's been questioning.

I mean, her sanity is 30.

Well, now it's 29, but-

[laughs]

If you're all in this cafeteria zone, robots sort of trundle by on their rollers with cafeteria trays, bringing them back to be washed.

I think, uh, Holly will pull from one of these trays of food, uh, Holly will pull a bowl of salad off and, uh, and, and kind of start digging through it, like inspecting it.

And when you see her, you see that, uh, she's got, like, galoshes on and, like, overalls, you know, so that she could, like...

If she were gonna get wet or in the dirt, it would be fine, but also a lab coat so that everyone knows she's official and a scientist.

I, uh, I don't know.

Do you all think, um...

She stabs, like, a piece of lettuce on her, her biodegradable, made-from-corn fork and, uh, holds it, holds it up to show to everyone else.

I suppose we're here.

Sure.

You painted the leather silver? [laughs] Yeah, everything, it looks...

Yeah, I l- yes, I painted it silver.

I, maybe I stuck little weird metal plates on it.

But there's three of us in here, so there has to be enough.

There has to be a suit of some sort.

But I can't afford the real stuff, so I won't take the mechanical benefits of it, but let's pretend I'm wearing some.

Do you wanna try to climb up with one goblin strength, carrying armor, gear, and two goblins?

Is that right?

Yes.

Um, I'm Lottie Linville.

Um, uh, you might find her, right now, um, she is, she is young.

Um, I, I believe she probably has come out to society, um, but maybe just.

Um, and she loves music, so she's probably sitting in front of her pianoforte, um, playing some songs, practicing her sheet music, um, because she loves doing it.

She loves the way it sounds.

Yeah

Ooh.

Uh, I think my involuntary reaction to this, hearing "I'm also cold," is to just start obsessively, like, rubbing my hands together, trying to, like, warm up.

No, I can't be cold.

I can't be cold.

I'm-- I haven't done any- I don't even know what's going on here.

Why would I be cold the way Constantine was cold, the way all these other people are cold? And I just start, like, rubbing my hands together.

Yes, you.

I think I'm standing in this doorway in the bedroom that I used to inhabit at some point, and I've just watched Leon Slenderman-ify, soak up into the shadows.

Mm-hmm

... uh, as you walk in that wraps around, um, the side of the, that entry room and up to the upper levels.

Yeah, just room after room after room.

Um, furniture that has clearly been in the family for generations, you know.

You know, Victorian style, you know, settees and things.

And then I, I lead them down a hallway into a door that would be Constantine's study, which again is w- the walls are, are bookcases, and there's a desk and a fireplace in there and, uh, and one of those green, like, lamps.

You know lamps-

Yes.

Yes.

I think Dame Fiona's face would show pity and concern, um, because I think I fully believe in portents being sent through dreams.

Dreams could be messages or visions.

There could be meaning here, and this could be something bad if you're having the same nightmare over and over.

But I also feel pity for him if that's the case, uh, I think, because it's not in his control.

Um, Sir Quigan, have some pity on poor Patrickless.

Don't you remember what it was like to be squire? I, I certainly do.

[laughs]

What do you look like? Who is this person that rolls up?

Yeah.

Um, well, walking up next is Ava Lee, Ava Lee Adams.

Um, she is early 30s, and, um, she's got, like, long wavy hair, all one layer, and she's got...

Uh, the most distinctive item of clothing she has on is, like, one of those, like, cardigan, like, dusters.

I don't know how to, like, explain it, but imagine, like-

How does this manifest?

I think in this moment, I, I, all these memories come flooding back.

Which is-

And yes, we're starting on the first series, which everyone's like, "Don't watch that one," but we're doing it, so get over it.

Yeah, go buy some stuff

...

in the entire world, and I wish everyone would do that.

Like, what? I love that.

... know how to milk, for one thing.

We will take the child, so you don't have to worry about it.

You won't have to worry anymore about whether it is a changeling or not.

That will, that will now be, uh, our, our responsibility.

As knights, it is our duty to, uh, protect those who are not knights.

And-

Peace.

[gasps] [outro music]

Um-

I do actually produce work with my significant other, and, um, we have had the kind of conversation that goes, "Look, I would rather just not make this anymore if it means we're gonna keep fighting about this." [laughs]

Yeah.

Sometimes the conversation goes, "I just, um, I don't understand what's funny about this script," and I'm like, "You don't get all of the jokes I wrote in here?" It's like, "I just, I don't see the comedy in this," and I'm like, "Oh, we're gonna..." [laughs]

Uh, and, um, now you may ask your question.

Uh, I would...

As we get to the edge here, Yalka wants to stop everyone and say, "This feels very strange to me that nothing is growing in this area.

Before we get closer, will everyone wait a moment for me to try and figure out if anything unsafe is here?" And I would like to d- try to detect magic to see if, if we were to enter this...

What I'm trying to figure out is if we were to enter this area, will we come under some sort of magical effect? Is it like, is there, is there something magical that is causing this space to be devoid of life?

That's three for Olag, and then we come to Yelka.

Okay.

The first thing Yelka is going to do...

[laughs]

Well, I'll tell you why I had the reaction I did to this question is because my answer legitimately is King Arthur, and I was like, "That's gonna make me look like a stupid suck-up."

My God.

Uh, 'cause I thought that was funny and, and I do think it, it leans into the fact that I managed to roll a six on the die for religion and, and-