Action Castle!

In the first LIVE in-person recording, we sit down to play a text adventure, ACTION CASTLE. It about breaks Collin.

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special episode this week I guys, I

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think we did that

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this special live

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and in person holiday episode.

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Yes. Coming to you straight from the basement.

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Try and play a text adventure game today. We're gonna see if we can break college.

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College. This was my

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idea and I don't know why. I said the very very skirt

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you should be If I see a chest I'm going to kick it better not any mimics. But we will brief everybody on. They've been briefed on the instructions and we'll dive right in. Right here we go. Hey, we're gonna attempt to play action castle. Very free

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parsley adventure, a

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text adventure based game where I'm playing the computer. So you are standing in a small cottage. There's a fishing pole here. exits are out. Inspect fishing pole. The fishing pole is a simple fishing pole.

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And then you don't have to say what to do next yellow

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Look around the room. It's a small college. There's a fishing pole you take fishing. You have a fishing pole. Inventory.

Aaron, sir, yeah. Walk out.

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You're standing in a lush garden path. There was a rosebush here. There is a cottage here. exits are north and south, and in.

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You got to inspect the rosebush. It smells beautiful. There are lots of roses here. And it's not quite good. Okay. Well, I tried. I thought I don't know why he would say there's a rose bushes. There's nothing important there. So everything seems fishy. You're already out at Northeastern. South, South Ian. Let's go. Okay. You are walking along a winding path. There's a tall tree here. exits are south, east up. keep forgetting where we're going inspect tree. Uh, this is a really tall tree here. That's a stout. dead tree here. dead tree. Okay, that's new. That's new. Well, Aaron. Our exits are what? exits are south, east. Up east. climb up the tree. Yeah, I feel like super quick craft. It's fine.

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What's worse gonna

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die on the second time. Let's go.

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So what did you who said that

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you are at the top of a very tall dead tree, there is a stout branch here a stout branch well that's good.

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So what I want to do I don't know what the words I need to do to parse this but I want to

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survey the surrounding area from my perch and top this the this tree while holding onto the static brand so I do not follow

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on top the top three you see

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your winding path that you went down to the rose bushes off in the distance and a drawbridge nearby.

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We can fish from the tree

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obviously efficient tree. No. You surveyed Aaron of it. Ah. I'm gonna say climb down. Climb down. That was a good choice. You

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there, you climb down The tree there's a tall tree here exits are south east and up okay

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we're know itself so go east you are standing on one side of a drawbridge leading to action

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there it is there was a mean troll here ah ok so well question for ej was troll now the question is we did not expect south of Kevin we there was a winner at the cabin it was north or south yeah we're back Do we need to back because troll we can't fight I don't think we can probably find troll with a fishing pole could be

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one of those fly rods is very wimpy it could be we could whip it now

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let's let's go I want to go south now. Oh sorry. I'll bridge exits are West and East into the East Main draw. Yeah. So

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We need to go

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my crenellations my mouth. So you'd have to go back West. Go back West. Yeah, yeah. You are walking along the winding path. There's a tall tree here. exits are south, east and up. Yeah, South, South. We're standing on a lush garden path. There's a rose bush here. There's a cottage here. exits are north, south, and end. go south. South TD. Oh, you are at the edge of a small fishing pond. It's our north. Okay. This is good. This is good. I would like to initiate fishing.

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It's your lucky day.

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fish in the pond and you catch one. You now have a fish out of your inventory type of fish, fish. Fish. Okay, well Okay, I caught a fish. We might need to look around the pond though. Yeah, I was gonna say walk around the banks

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you can't really go around the banks here. It's a

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small fishing.

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Well, can I examine?

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You go? Yeah.

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Examine the fish.

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Fish I'm I wouldn't eat it though it's wrong. Don't be gross. Okay, well

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can I like, can you Is there any name of the Punisher anything else about the poem that is notable? I'm looking around the pond. I'm like yo is there Did somebody leave a weapon in this pond

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a strange strange woman lying in the pond distributing swords and that's what I want to look for. I'm sorry, I don't understand.

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You're at Smoking at the edge of a small fish is useless

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all right well I guess

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why inspected that he

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hadn't North North he was standing on the lush garden path there is a rose bush here there's a cottage here exits are north south can can

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pick the rose

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you now have one frozen single red rose added to your inventory two years since it keeps coming up.

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There was gonna be like me every time I play some sort of RPG like this, like Oh man, I picked something and I turned a lead I accidentally pick it again. Like I just know

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that rose is gonna be an inventory for the next forever and whenever you use it. That's always happened to me in RPG. So we're wrapped up with the cabin. Got rose, yeah rose. We're going to Nori. Oh yeah.

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You were walking along the winding path. There's a tall tree here. exits are south, east and up, right well east, East.

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You are standing on one side of a drawbridge leading to action.

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There's a mean troll here.

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We have a fish arose in a fishing hole. Can we initiate a conversation with the troll? The troll is bored. He doesn't look like he wants to talk. Okay, well first of all, that's just being biased. I mean, I mean terrible. luck, consult everything. What if I offer the fish and troll.

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The troll is really hungry

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and the troll box away Yeah, please take one finish off of your inventory. Minus fish would there we go so nailed it. exits are west and east and yes we're going to me as a drawbridge down

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yeah

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it goes into the cast. Go ease you are in the courtyard of action castle there's a guard here blocking the path East exits are west, east, blocked up and down. So East is blocked by guard. Yes. Draw a stick figure with his arms crossed. In a frown he nailed it. The triangle into next, up, down, up or down or go back Yeah, but there's nothing back. Because someone when I try to inspect things he's like, yep, it's a cabin. Tell me about the cabin. And I want to know about to Kevin Can I take a board off the cabin? I don't have a weapon so

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down

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to the guard.

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Well let's look around that's what I'm hold on to that. I thought about giving the most control. I'm glad I'm one with the

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bad things happen if you don't give the fish to the troll.

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All right. All right. So yeah, I'm good down, down. You are climbing the stairs down to the dungeon is too dark to see. exits are up, down. Let's block. Okay. Okay, so, whoops. Well, let's go back up.

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You are standing in the courtyard of action castle. There's a guard here blocking the path. East exits are West. keast up and down well.

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Oh, yeah. You are climbing the stairs to the tower. There's a locked door here. exits are down.

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All right down here we go down. Here we go. Okay, okay.

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We're in the corner. We're in the courtyard and

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I got it. So I'm going to approach the guard.

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He talks he seems pretty leery of you and brandishing his short sword towards you. short sword towards me. We're being brainwashed at can we

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pegman given TV

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Can we

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say you mean true medieval times say Um Can we try to introduce ourselves to the guard? He's still brandishing that short sword and doesn't really want to talk

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to power

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Yes, let's inspect the guard and can I do do guard or can I do like guard and courtyard

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is a really nice courtyard to action castle. The guard is carrying brandishing a short sword towards you and his direction

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but has a key on his side. Keys that's for the lock door upstairs. Yeah. Okay, so the key. Do you need the key? So

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far

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as I expected, if we give the rose the guard There we go. Offer rose rose. guard

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the guard up with your antics flashes out to you and you die Why you have died in the courtyard of actually castle there we go

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Would you like to do on dead

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game? Oh yeah I guess Welcome to actually

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you were stating a small comment efficient

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yeah thankful you have efficient yeah go

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that was referring to this yes but full out. If you are standing in a lush garden path there's a rose bush here there's a common cheer as our north south. They will pick the rose again you have a rose smells beautiful. And Sally. You are at the edge of a small fishing pond. It's our North fish. You have a small you catch a small fish

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fish Fischbeck

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directions exits are North North north. You are standing on the lush garden path there was a rose bush here with no more roses. exits are North north, north south. If you are walking along a winding path, there is a tall tree here. exits are south, east and up. Do you think we can get the branch

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to be club? I have a feeling this will kill us but

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let's go. My turn. Yeah. Ah, you are at the top of the tall trees. There's a stout dead branch here. Yeah, I want the branch to now have a branch. Yeah.

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There you go pack them.

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Oh, yeah. You are walking along a winding path.

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There's a tall tree here with

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not as many branches above us. The ones were care. I gotta go.

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Oh, sorry. Yeah, exits are

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you You are standing on one side of a drawbridge leading to action castle there's a mean troll here. exits are West.

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Give the trolls me and your fish troll. I'm so hungry. He says as he punches on it crawls bunnies. All right, that's our west and peace. All right. Peace. You are in the courtyard of action castle. There's a guard here blocking the path East exits West, up down

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the yard. Well, last time we did and when he was just cross, he was very grumpy and he has a key. And now we have a branch. So we already know that he's going to, he's going to

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have this last time.

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So don't say like a quick branch.

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No, this is a two handed weapon.

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I don't think you've got this

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strength

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you need to go into the woods and grind it up we inspect the guard he's carrying a small key on his side

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and he's brandishing a short sword towards you and doesn't

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look very happy that you're there

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you're killing the guard you knock out the guard Where did you kill him that's really mean that oh I got a club he killed me last time they're

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dead guard was knocked out all right. Knocked out so I attack guard search guards body there we go. There is a key and sword sword sword sword here. Oh man can take both. Can you both at once and take loot the yard. The kids really hanging on to that short sword, but you have a key in your inventory. Hidden with Khloe again Break his car balls. If that sword sword

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do not have a key his hand

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is not moving. You have a key or dm is not going

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to have a level four hi

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yes to

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have yourself there you just started mastering the use of a stick.

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Right key up when you are climbing the stairs to the tower

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there's a locked door here exits are down.

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Unlock or take key and try to unlock the door. You successfully unlocked the door. exits are down and up. Oh, you are inside a tower. The princess is here exits are down. First of all before anything happens examine the room.

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There's a beautiful princess here. She's sad and lonely and sits here awaiting her prince it's not a very nice looking room though.

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Talk to the princess She doesn't look that interested in talking to them. Should we hit it with a stick?

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Is there a pair

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back we can speed round back to this point

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and we got we got

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a skip, skip, present rose princess she looks

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flattered and

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an eager to learn more about you know how long have rose yeah that's one off yeah Also, game you need to scratch off

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branch because you cannot use it one

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single use item

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I supposed to say that whenever

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you are supposed to say when you use it is that

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we didn't bludgeon this person. Yeah.

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I'm writing now what we use these for

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is do I still have a fishing pole? You

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still have a fish. Okay, that was a single use fishing. No. Okay. Now talk to Princess again. My father haunts the dungeon as a restless spirit.

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Cool. You can ask by the way you can ask some more content and I'll see if she can talk to you about that or not. We need the we need a torch. So we talked we gave her the rose. Yeah, she's talking to us. Her dad is in the dungeon. He's ghost. fantasma needs

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Well who's the who's the guard guarding? Guarding an entrance? No the guards don't guard only it was only up or down right? No You go back okay so if this is like any she's like another NPC we just leave her there. Oh, back. So we've mastered yesterday we probably need to go east because we can't go down. Yeah and if there's nothing in here that looks like a lighting device, no single use. We'd like to print this on fire and

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you can ask her about

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herself. Yeah, she says I cannot leave this tower until I am married. Here. here's a

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here's a lamp for you to use for adventuring.

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Way of acquiring the keys to us also guilty shattered shattered

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Doesn't have oil it does a word

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to find oil for the land is one less thing that she got as a Christmas present and it turns out it's one of those games we have to like you have to keep finding what was that game we have to keep finding oil your lamp doesn't work anymore yeah yeah yeah you're terrified your land just like runs out you can use anymore cuz it's like over like Alan Wake you have no batteries. The

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exits are down

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down so we gotta go down right Whose turn is it? Yours mine Okay.

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Oh, that's your if that's your only dialogue tree down Okay.

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Well, maybe there are more questions, but I don't care. Okay, so before that, like, Can we ask her to leave with us?

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He says I cannot leave the tower until I until I am married. I said that. Oh, we got to bring her the garden to marry this woman. Well get out movie Shrek very much love her. Right? You gonna propose to

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know she'll stay there. If we're just gonna treat it like an NPC and just be there stuck in that dialogue and we come back it'll be like we never left. Okay?

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She just said my father off the dungeon. I could never leave my father. I could never leave so down. You are climbing the stairs climbing down the stairs to the tower. There is no longer locked door here. exits are down, down again.

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You are in the courtyard of castle there is a

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unconscious guard here with a really messed up looking wrist. exits are west,

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east, up, down, so we gotta go. You want to go east? Yeah, yeah, you are you stand in the great feasting Hall. There is a strange candle here. Ooh, exits are West. East. Okay, so go east table with the candle. Let's keep walking.

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Oh yeah. Thing

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bra

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like you don't just put a candle on table and

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have the dialogue strange candle

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candle candle is covered in strange runes. Munich candle

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What did you say? Oh you a nice Okay, well no, I didn't set the candle. Oh, okay. Oh, I said there were runes on there we went. Can I read them they seem to give you some sort of clue the runes seem to be some sort of spell of exorcism

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do I now learn exorcisms will try not to do that? It's it's the candle I have to take. Take candle candles in your inventory. I don't know. Go picking up demonic candle demon candle

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this room? Yeah.

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Now with ruins

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When I find Linda Blair I can wave this candle. Uh oh. So you are in the great fusing all ages are West and East so that East know there's a throne room here of action castle with an ornate golden throne.

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Exit our west Okay, end of the line

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let me draw my own

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draw I'm drawing a script over here

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vendrick King vendrick a dark souls to Joker and all you inspect drone. It's very ornate and very golden Anvil naked, making nothing under it. I think behind it. No

is our west you gotta go

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yeah obviously you don't feel like that's appropriate to do you don't feel I have a demon

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demon candle

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no last

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to stand in the great feasting Hall here they're using an empty spot where a candle used to be

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exits are West and West again

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you are in the courtyard of action castle there is an unconscious guard here with a still really messed up wrist he should probably get that looked at pretty soon.

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exits are West East up and down we will

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will do we can't we I go down. Down you are you are climbing the stairs down the dungeon it's too dark to see exits up. Equip lamp

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and candle.

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You light the lamp and can see very, very well.

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exits are up and down. Okay, keep going down. So just We're just using the lamp right now. So my turn was us lamp, the lamp. Follow the directions. We'll sit down we'll just Elizabeth

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just let your light source

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exits are up and down in the downstairs down you are in the dungeon there's a spooky ghost here. exits are up.

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Used candle

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light that goes up with that candle. lighting the strange candle will give it a strange accurate smelling smoke. The smoke causes the ghost to drop the crown on its head which you didn't ask about because he didn't care what it looked like before you killed it runs away.

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The ghost ran away. A good thing. taunted, grab crown, you have a crown in your position. You get the candle one time you do. What do you think? Yes, candles gone up. No more can Okay, so exits are up, right? So okay, step one here's safe

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from anything from games will be moderately easy isn't no save now it's not that I have any opinion as your parser but that was really late in the game, same game do do do.

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Do do do

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do the same game to to save Okay, I'm saying

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we got sales we got through all that stuff we have this crowd what do we do with the crowd? So you just set up and stay if I didn't say up yet I just said save, save. Yeah, we're gonna talk about where we gotta go, we have a crown. So, one of two things happens at the beginning we we put on the crown married the princess goes on the throne. Or we throw the crown in the foreign throne room and we just go back to the cabin and fish. Thanks fancy name cams gonna go face

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to scared. Scared.

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There's still there's

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unconscious guarded a troll.

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Troll ran away. That's under the bridge. But he ran away he's not on there. He probably isn't that we should fish off the drawbridge dang it. uh let's get back to the corner corner. Okay, so you are hiding the dungeon stairs. It's not that dark anymore since you left that man. That was a good idea. Again extra.

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You stand in the corner and of action castle there is still the guard here with really bad looking risk seriously, someone should go help. exits are West East up down okay so I'm going to Korea for us

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to go up and talk to the princess because doesn't make any sense just go to the throne room this is not this is not dark souls to you just don't go down yeah like I'm King go ahead and put the crown on now

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ready saved so I mean we can we can we don't need the exam the crown probably

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this is a very kingly looking crown that looks like it's

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only fit for someone once they're going to be a king

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Some might say you just can't wait to be king Jeff oh no only 10 seconds though

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we are blessed so I'm going up oh wait extinguish lamp. Oh wow good conservation of resource you are climbing the stairs to the tower There's an open door here. exits are up and down. You're inside the tower. The princess is here. My father's crown you have finally put his soul at rest in a now succeed him.

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Crown to Princess. That's not something I wear. That's more like a king. Okay. Oh, we're talking about she's probably she presumably already has one. So

very nice.

Did you offer the crown? Yeah. She offered new dialogue. Yeah. I guess you could just ask you could just ask to see if there's more dialogue. It's more dialogue. Hey, next

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What do you know about her so far? What were the two dialogue that you had before? My father's a dead ghost hunting the dungeon and

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I lost this tower until I get married. Okay, so I was listening I press a two

emotionally mean I propose first I'm as if you put it on first she would see that as an insult and like throw you out the tower

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is I'll get down on one knee and propose she accepts gladly and thinks the ground and places on your head and says

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let's get out of here. Okay, exits are down.

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married so we can remove the crown now you know it's just

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a clip it's just a little diamond is that bow you are climbing the stairs down joyfully with princess and bride by your side exits are down and up and down. You are standing in the courtyard castle hanging out in the tower some more.

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By this time the Guard has awakened and drops to his knee and hails his new King exits are West East up, suck i will get another stick don't even

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don't even mess with me I guess. So question to the throne room or back to the cabin. Talk to the guard. Yeah.

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Okay, I can tell that our our how 9000 over here wants us to go to that easy. You are saying the great peacing Hall now filled with revelers and More people celebrating the new arrival of the new ruler of action cast. Where did they come from? There's only two doors. exits are east and west. I

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want to talk to people this head east.

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But this is actually castle. There's our Nate golden throne here. The room is full of courtiers, guards and other subjects.

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Star West guess what I mean when the throne room to sit throne, you sit on the ornate golden throne. The people cheer for the new ruler up. that entire

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process took less than half of our normal life.

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You want to do another one?

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That was easy.

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Like Was there any other options? No you guys and you get two points for each room you visited and you hit all of them. Five points for each new item collected and you collected all of them. 10 points for defeating an enemy you defeated

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three

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three of them the troll the guard in the ghost. Five points for giving the rose to the princess before interacting with her. Which guess you didn't do that.

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You got five points for sitting on the throne and winning the game. Yeah. Yep. And you cannot get this can't get 100 out of hundred if you get killed. But I mean yeah. So what what other ways can we have died? The troll

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the troll the jumping our tree if you were to just sit down I would have had to like

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you also can't swim so if you would have tried to like jump off the drawbridge or go into the pond you would have drowned

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the ghosts hell with the ghost

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as you stand there the ghost has bony collect fingers and wears a crown The Ghost will reach out to the prayer to stop his heart If a player linkers here See I like see I didn't linger eyes throat

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and that's okay here we go. Cancel accomplished so

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I have three others

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Oh no.

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There's there's there's there's returned action castle. There is

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six gun showdown and then there is jungle. That one sounds all jungle adventures are not ready for a huge map.

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Okay, we can try it. retraction canceled tomorrow. There we go.

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Yeah, so there we go. I like that a lot.

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Yeah, he's getting mad at us. You know, like my plans. All right, I'm gonna go back to the cast. So how many connections can I have? You

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see how it works

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like fishing princess

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