Episode 229 - Fireside Chat

## Intro

**Episode description:**
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**Opening Quote:**
Kyle: And then what was I just saying?

Stephanie: Ah, shit. What the fuck did you say to me?

Kyle: I dunno.

Stephanie: Asking two stoners what just happened, I'm like... Man, fuck, I don't know! I don't know, like, literally a second ago.

**Player introduction:**
Lauren: Hello and welcome to another episode of the tabletop champions! My name is Lauren and I am your dungeon master and with me tonight we have Kyle who plays Irpaks...

Kyle (in Irpaks' voice): Opening quote.

Lauren: Sean who plays Abutton...

Sean: Ohhhhhh, no. I don't have one.

Lauren: Matt who plays Fanel...

Matt: I still don't have anything for Fanel.

Lauren: Y'all are fuckin killing me.

Matt: Tell you what. Um, to all the fans there, if you can find a tree-related pun for Fanel and I like it, I will use it for the rest of the season.

Lauren: Make a tree leave! Ben who plays Throden!

Ben: How do demon-worshiping monsters end a marriage? They get an - an a-gnoll-ment.

Lauren: I hate you, I'm kicking you off. Stephanie who plays Raquel.

Stephanie (in Raquel's voice): God, dahlings, quite frankly get your shit together.

Kyle: Never.

Lauren: Hi guys.

Matt: You know that's never gonna happen.

## Episode Summary

The episode opens with Irpaks fleeing the Rakshasa as an eagle and people from the camp going to put out the fire he caused. He lands in Abutton's tent as an eagle. Fanel and Abutton look out of the tent to check if anything is going on, and perceive the forest fire. Raquel and Abutton fly to it on Irpaks while Fanel and Throden follow on foot, Fanel being much faster. Raquel uses her endless tankard and Fanel helps with the guards using buckets, and they put out the fire. Irpaks regains his Irpaks form. Throden questions Irpaks, who tells him and Raquel of the Rakshasa. Raquel officially gives Throden the cup he used to scoop drow corpse227, and she and Irpaks get drunk. He tells her about the Rakshasa and they talk about the artifact. He shows her the unicorn horn. She asks about his work, and he says he does what needs to be done, and also that sometimes his jobs take generations to complete. He is currently doing such a job, so he is mostly free to do things with the group. They eventually fall asleep. Later Fanel wakes up, and he and Abutton do watch.

In the morning, an older human male makes breakfast and calls for assistance from adventurers. He introduces himself as Markus, and everyone is annoyed at him for waking them up. Irpaks pokes him with a stick to see if he's real. He tells Markus Milil told him to find him. Markus says he went with Kri'Zakth's followers to see how that would go (badly), and then rescued Skrag, D'Nias, and Aramel. They talk about the gems, Markus getting excited by the new information. Abutton uses *Thieves' Cant* to ask Raquel if Markus is trustworthy, and she responds yes, and could he always do this? Irpaks Messages Raquel to tell her he can also understand. Markus asks them to go look for something in the Centaur Woods. Irpaks asks him about an artifact. He doesn't know what it might be, but speculates that it might be in the *Centaur Woods*. Whatever is in there is important enough that Kri'Zakth sent waves of soldiers after it. The group agrees to the quest, and Markus teleports them to a field of brightly colored mushrooms, which Throden recognizes from his vision.

## Memorable Quotes

Kyle: The giant eagle takes its wing and thwacks you.

Kyle: He's saying caw, but he's really saying "You wanna go little birdie?"

## Trivia

* Kyle got inspiration for remembering the god who told him to find Markus was Malil.
* Lauren has never listened to season 1, where Matt played Markus.

New Abutton Phrases:

* A few casualties.
* Sound of water coming out of a pitcher
* Would you like a drink? — Raquel227
* You ever wanna just fly? — Irpaks
* Don't give that back to me without it being washed. — Raquel
* A bigger purpose — Raquel227
* They took their own lives.