[Video] In which Pidonus finds a thing!

[have_hat_will_travel]

So I decided to ask a drone for things for being less bored, and it found something!

[Pidonus dramatically tosses her phone up into the air, then mutters something, the camera stopping directly above her pointed down, where she holds up... a copy of "The Settlers of Catan", a box of some decks of Poker cards, and a copy of Munchkin.]

Board games! And cards! A start to the solution for the boredom problem!

This is a good day! To do things! Who's interested?!

[And then the phone drops to the ground, thankfully not damaged, but the camera going dark as it lands on the floor. Pidonus apparently failed to keep her concentration on the Prestidigitation effect. Also, all the stuff's shrink-wrapped... Huh.]

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[riderofcharlemagne]

[He gives a quick wave before allowing himself in, not bothering with asking.]

So, where's this weird game at?

[have_hat_will_travel]

[Pidonus just points to the pile on her bed - Munchkin clearly on the bottom, along with two of the expansion packs for it.]

[riderofcharlemagne]

[He settles himself on the bed to go through the pile. He looks at Munchkin, examining the box before opening it and rifling through the cards.]

What's so weird about it?

[have_hat_will_travel]

... It's too punny.

Like, is it supposed to be a simulation of a world like mine somehow? Our world's not that pun-centric...

[riderofcharlemagne]

[He suppresses a snicker. Punny. Funny. Oh, Pidonus.]

Is that so bad? They're pretty amusing.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... You actually like them, huh?

That's... They're kinda painful for me on some level, but I could roll with it maybe.

[riderofcharlemagne]

Like...physically?

[He doesn't know how your world works okay, puns might be some kind of detrimental magics.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

Er, no. Not that bad, I'm not vulnerable to puns.

Just. Groaning hard enough hurts.

[riderofcharlemagne]

[He has a flick through some of the cards and...those sure are some puns.]

They are a little corny, but isn't that the point of it? So you can make your friends suffer with them?

[have_hat_will_travel]

... I. Guess?

Gelatinous Octahedron, though... How would that even be a stable shape???

[riderofcharlemagne]

We could see if there's any jello in the kitchen and find out.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Edible ooze?

Now you have me curious.

[riderofcharlemagne]

Yeah, yeah! Modern humans have it as a dessert. It seems pretty fun.

[He doesn't know about the jello salad of the 1950s and it's better off that way.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Kinda, huh.

Still curious how that can be safe.

[The jello salads would be worse than the oozes...]

[riderofcharlemagne]

I think it's just sugar, and probably some kind of animal bits. Safe, unless you get concerned about that stuff.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Oh.

That would be safer than acidic unintelligent ooze motivated only by the constant desire to consume.

[riderofcharlemagne]

That's very specific.

[WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IN YOUR WORLD?]

[have_hat_will_travel]

It's actually not! There's a boatload of different varieties with different capabilities.

It's an entire ecosystem. Kinda crazy, huh?

By which I mean I'm trying very hard not to think about it too much.

[riderofcharlemagne]

[...]

Have you ever poked one?

[have_hat_will_travel]

I've been shoved into one.

Remember how I said that just because I have damage reduction that lets me recover from small injuries and partially from big ones, it doesn't mean it still hurts?

I also have Acid Resistance. It. Still. Hurts.

[riderofcharlemagne]

[He inhales sharply, and winces a little.]

I see.

[have_hat_will_travel]

It totally destroyed my lute, too. I liked that lute...

[riderofcharlemagne]

You play?!

[Band plans: forming...]

[have_hat_will_travel]

Any Bard worth her salt has the Versatile Performer feat so she can rapidly adapt to any instrument or mode of performance! Lutes, harps, horns, my voice, my dance, even freaking alphorns if need be!

... So, yes.

[riderofcharlemagne]

[Astolfo excitedly claps his hands to his mouth as Pidonus explains. Once she's done he shuffles closer to her and leans in inches before her face.]

You know what this means, right? [Shuffle.] Right?