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[SFX: Bakery Ambiance]Bea: Hold on for just a little bit longer. We're almost fully set up.Sig: Are you sure this is going to help?Bea: Of course! Nothing like a good ad to get people in the door.[SFX: Footsteps as Happy walks over.]Happy: You can use this device to capture his voice?Bea: Not capture. Record. Geez, Happy. You make it sound like I'm an evil sea witch or something. OK, I think we're ready. You got the script, Sig?Sig: Got it. But Bea, I'm still not sure--Bea: Oh, relax. If you mess up, we'll just do another take. OK?Sig: OK.Bea: And, we're rolling in 3, 2, 1.[SFX: Click and whirr]Sig: Uh, hi! I'm Sig and you should come check out the Signature Eats--[SFX: The door suddenly opens and the knight enters.]Knight: Pardon me. I'm looking for--ah! There you are. Sig, the Gemseer. The one with the ability to--Bea: Hey! Didn't you see the sign? He's closed.Knight: But you don't understand! This quest is--Bea: And we're kind of in the middle of something. Can't you see we have a whole set up? You're being really rude right now.Knight: But this is of the upmost importance and Sig is the only one who--Bea: Happy.Happy: Goodbye.Knight: Hey! Put me dow--ah![SFX: The door slams.]Bea: Don't worry. We'll cut all that out. Where were we? Better just start from the beginning.Sig: Ah, OK. (clears throat) I'm Sig and you should come check out the Signature Eats Bakery. We've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes and absolutely--[SFX: There's another knock at the door.]Sig: Uh, Absolutely--[SFX: Louder knock at the door]Bea: Ugh. Cut.[SFX: The recording noises stop.][SFX: Footsteps as Happy walks to the door]Happy: I will handle it.Bea: Is it just me or are these people getting more persistent?[SFX: The door opens.]Knight: Wait! Before you throw me out again, hear me out.Happy: State your business. And be brief.Knight: This gem is said to be made of the tears of the sun itself. Wielding it gives one unimaginable powers. If it falls into the wrong hands then it could have dire consequences. And you're the only one who can find it.Bea: He's the only one who can find it?Knight: Yes. The Gemseer.Bea: Well that's great.Knight: It is?Bea: Yeah. Because he's for sure not doing that so there's no way for it to get in the wrong hands.Knight: That's not what I--Happy (Reverb Echo): You will come back for pastries or not at all.[SFX: The door slams.]Sig (sighing): Absolutely no adventures.Bea: Yeah, we're gonna need a take two on this. This time with Happy guarding the door.Happy: Gladly.[SFX: Happy walks out and shuts the door.]Bea: Ok. From the top![SFX: The theme music kicks in.]Narrator: Absolutely no Adventures. A show about letting the call to adventure go to voicemail. Coming soon to your podcast feed.

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Episode One: The Sword in the Sheath

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: Fire crackles in the background.][SFX: A bell dings and the oven opens. Happy pulls the baking tray out of the oven and walks over to Sig.]Happy: It is done.Sig: I'm telling you, it's not.[SFX: Happy sets down the tray.]Happy: How can it not be done? I followed the recipe exactly. And besides, how would you know? You have never even seen one before and the Toroid of Dimension and Despair is a feat of mundane and arcane craftsmanship beyond your mere human comprehension.Sig: Mhm. Well, this human can comprehend that it's not done. It needs at least another ten minutes in the oven.Happy: It is done.Sig: Take a bite out of it then.Happy: I will.[SFX: Happy loudly bites into the Toroid. His chewing sounds get slower and less enthusiastic until they stop completely.]Happy: It...is not done.Sig: Truesight never fails. Just put it back in the oven.Happy: No. The ritual is ruined. If I put it back into the oven it will not be a Toroid of Dimension and Despair. It will be a common Toroid at best. Not worth my time.Sig: Aww, come on. Don't be grumpy. I'll eat the Toroid.Happy: Your attempt at pity is noted but not accepted. I will go into the kitchen and destroy the evidence of my failure.[SFX: Happy walks off. The door to the kitchen opens and shuts.]Sig: I believe in you, buddy! OK. What was I...uh, right, the day's sales. That was fifty loaves of bread. Three-dozen cookies. Hmm. Three pies. Slow day for pies.[SFX: The front door opens and shuts. Armored footsteps.]Isadora: Are you Sig? I'm looking for Sig.Sig: You found him. I'm Sig and this is the Signature Eats Bakery. We're closing up but there's still some stuff leftover if you really need something. Especially if what you need is pie. I made way too many pies today.Isadora: I don't need pies. What I need is help.Sig (suspicious): What kind of help?Isadora: I have come from very far to find you. I had to cross the Pax! And you weren't easy to locate once I was here.Sig: That's a lot of dedication for baked goods.Isadora: I didn't come for baked goods. You have to know that I didn't cross the ocean and show up in your bakery in full plate armor for baked goods.Sig: Well then I'm sorry, but I can't help you.Isadora: But, you have to!Sig: I don't think I do. Again, unless you've changed your mind on the pie thing, in which case, I am definitely your guy.Isadora: No! It--it has to be you! We read the prophecy. We followed the signs!Sig: You like signs, huh? Well, read the one on the counter, right there in front of you.Isadora: "Signature Eats Bakery. Adventurers Welcome. Absolutely No Adventures."Sig: It's right there when you walk in. First thing you see. But does anyone read it? Of course not. I don't even know why I bothered putting it up.
Isadora: I don't understand.Sig: Listen, I'm sure you don't want to hear my whole life story, but all you need to know is whatever adventure or quest it is you want to drag me into? It's not happening.Isadora: But the prophecy--!Sig: Nope!Isadora: A seventh son of a seventh son--!Sig: That's not really any of your business.Isadora: And a child of two worlds--!Sig: Also none of your business.Isadora: Not to mention the star charts--!Sig: I said no, OK? Don't make me get Happy.Isadora (confused): You mean angry?Sig: No, I mean Happy. Hap! Get in here! We've got another one![SFX: The back door opens and closes as Happy walks back into the room.]Isadora (disbelief): He's Happy?Happy: I am. But you may call me by my full name: Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage.Sig (come on): Haaaap.Happy (grumbling): Or, alternatively, as that is cumbersome for humans to say, you may call me Mr. Happy.Sig: As in, "Bye Mr. Happy," because you were just leaving, right?[SFX: Armored footsteps.]Isadora: Wait! Just--wait. Please. I've come all this way. Won't you at least talk to me? I'll--I'll buy some of your pie if that will help? I'll get a slice and--Happy (way too intense): Pies are sold whole or not at all! You will not buy a slice.Sig: Woah, Geez, Hap. Take it down a few notches.Happy: She will honor the store policy or she will have no pie.Isadora: Then I'll buy a whole pie. That's fine. I just want to talk. Here.[SFX: Coins jingle in her pouch and then clatter onto the table.]Isadora: Whatever that will get me is fine. I don't care.[SFX: Sig gets the pie.]Sig: Dealer's choice, huh? Then let's go with apple. My personal favorite. But this is cold. Let me heat it up for you. Happy, can you get it?Happy: As you wish.[SFX: A woosh of fire.]Isadora (alarmed): You just--! Fire! Out of your hand! Without a spell!Happy: Aberrant Ones can do many things beyond human capabilities.Isadora (even more alarmed): An Aberrant One!?[SFX: She draws her sword with a sick flourish.]Sig: Woah, woah, woah! Happy, stop freaking out the humans with your Aberrant One talk. And, you, put that sword back in its sheath. Happy isn't gonna hurt anyone. He just always sounds like he is. And I'm not gonna talk to you if you stab my best friend. I mean, I probably will but it'll be more like, "How dare you," and, "You'll pay for this."[SFX: She slowly re-sheathes her sword]Isadora: So you'll talk to me then?Sig: I will, but I'd prepare for disappointment if I were you. So, what's the story this time? You said there was a prophecy. Is this one of those "find a lost treasure" things or is it more life or death?Isadora: The second. If it was just for treasure, it wouldn't concern me but a dreadlich will descend upon our kingdom and destroy everyone within its borders unless the one fated to either defeat him or die by his hand is located, given the sacred blade, and brought back. I, of course, was given the task as I am the strongest and most trustworthy of the Queensguard and, when I consulted the Oracle, all signs pointed to you. I have tirelessly followed the trail since and here I am, pleading for your help.Sig: So you already have the sacred blade? You don't even want me to find it?Isadora: Yes, I have it with me. Was that your issue? You didn't want to go looking for something we might not find? Because, if that's your only reservation--Sig: No, no, no. I'm still not doing this. I just want to know, if you have the sacred blade and you know what you have to do, then why do you even need me? I mean, why don't you do it?Isadora: Me?Sig: Yeah. I mean, you're a knight. A really good one based on how fancy your armor is. In fact, you said you were the Queen's most trusted guard, right?Isadora: Yes, we've known each other since we were young girls but--Sig: So why would you--this fearsome warrior--cross the ocean to find me--a baker who has never successfully used a sword in his life--to fight a dreadlich--something you could not make me do for any amount of money--Happy: One million, seven hundred and fifty thousand gold pieces.Sig: What?Happy: I would fight a dreadlich for one million, seven hundred and fifty thousand gold pieces.Sig: Huh. Good to know I guess. And--uh, sorry. I never got your name.Isadora: Lady Isadora.Sig: Right. Lady Isadora. I've never seen you actually use that sword, but just by the way you're wearing it, I can promise you that you are 100% more qualified to fight the dreadlich than me. I mean, come on. Look at me. And look at you. Isn't this literally what you knight-types train for?Isadora (hesitantly): I had considered that. And properly using a sword is a lot trickier than most people realize. It isn't just waving it around like a fan. There's technique and you have to build the strength and stamina to properly wield it. (sighs) I tried to explain this to the Queen and we got into a ridiculous argument about my safety, as if I wouldn't give my life for hers a million times over, but it doesn't matter either way because I can't wield the sword.Sig: But I thought you were going to stab Happy with it?Happy: She would not have come close.Isadora: Oh, that's not the sacred sword. That one's mine. The sacred sword is in my pack. Uh, here, let me unwrap it and show you.[SFX: She unbuckles her pack and then sets down the sword, unwrapping it. There’s an ambient energy aura around it.]Isadora: See how you can almost feel the blessed energy? I would give anything to wield a weapon like this just once.Sig: Well, you have it. Why don't you?Isadora: Because I can't. See?[SFX: She touches the hilt of the sword and, after a very brief moment, we hear sizzling.]Isadora: Ah![SFX: She drops it and it clatters back down.]Happy: It burned you.Isadora: Only the chosen one can pull the sword from the sheath without being harmed. Which is why we need you. So please. The entire kingdom is at stake. Please say you'll help.Sig: Hmm.Isadora: What? What is it?Sig: Just trying to get a better look at the sword. Do you mind if I hold it for a second?Isadora: Of course not! Take it.Sig: Hmm.Isadora: Well?[SFX: Sig pulls the sword from its sheath with an almost angelic sound]Isadora (triumphant): You did it! This is wonderful!Sig: It sure is. Here you go.Isadora: Why are you handing me the sword? I told you, only the chosen one can use it.Sig: No. Only the chosen one can pull it from its sheath. But anyone can use the sword. See for yourself.Isadora: If I touch that, it'll burn me.Sig: It won't.Isadora: You just saw that it did.Sig: Fine. Happy, take the sword.[SFX: Happy takes the sword]Happy: The blessed energy is unpleasant but I am otherwise uninjured.Sig: See? Completely safe.Isadora: But how? It should burn anyone else who touches it, even an Aberrant One. And how could you even tell?Sig: It's the Truesight. Never fails. I could see that the spell effect didn't extend beyond the sheath. Really lazy spellwork honestly. Just put this sword in your normal sheath and you're good to go.Isadora: You mean I can just...have it?Sig: Are you kidding me? You're obviously the best person for the job and we definitely don't want it. Just go back home with the sword and tell everyone that you realized that you were the chosen one all along. They're not gonna question the lady with the glowing, blessed sword.Isadora (choked up): This is...the most amazing...the biggest thing...how can I ever repay you?Sig: Oh, uh can I keep the sheath? I bet I could win some bar room bets with it.Isadora: (laughs) Of course. And here.[SFX: She unsheathes her sword again]Isadora: Have my old sword to go with it.Sig: Eh...not really a sword guy.Isadora (amused): But how will you bet people they can't pull the sword from the sheath with no sword to go with it?Sig: Good point. I guess I'll take them both.[SFX: He sheathes the sword.]Isadora: If you don't mind my saying so, what was and still is a major concern for me seems like more of a...minor annoyance for you? I've never seen a sign like this before.Sig: Yeah, this happens a lot more often than I'd like. There was...a lot going on when I was born. I set off basically any prophecy or chosen one alarms that are even remotely close to me.Isadora: That's incredible. You are absolutely brimming with potential.Sig: The only things I want to be brimming are this shop with customers and me with warm pie. Speaking of--you want to have a slice before you head out?Isadora: I don't know. I--I shouldn't waste time. The kingdom is in danger.Sig: Come on. I might not be good at swords, but I do make pies good enough that people who are good at swords would stab people over them.Isadora (amused): Would they?Sig: I mean they would if I could figure out how to get the word out about this place. And you can subtract this from the time you would have spent trying to teach me how to sword fight.Isadora: Ha. You're right. You did save me a lot of time. And this pie does smell amazing.Sig: Doesn't it? I can't believe we have so much leftover.Happy: You do not sell them aggressively enough. The customer must be told what they want.Sig: I keep telling you that is not how this works.Happy: I get results.[SFX: Fork scraping against plate]Isadora: MMM. This is really good.Sig: Do you want another one to take with you? Half price.Happy: Full Price.Sig: Happy.Isadora: No, he's right. This is worth the full price. I'll pay, gladly.[SFX: Coins clinking]Happy: I. Get. Results.Isadora: And, again. I can't thank you enough. If there's anything I can do--[SFX: Armored Footsteps]Sig: There is one thing.Isadora: What is it?Sig: Maybe between now and the next time there's some big prophecy or quest or something that needs a chosen one-type you can forget my address? Unless you just really want to cross the ocean for another slice of pie.Isadora: I think I can arrange that.[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]CreditsEpisode 1, “The Sword in the Sheath” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with the theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and featuring Briar Zachary as Lady Isadora.Special Thanks to Executive Taste Tester, Camille.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagIsadora: What would an Aberrant One even do with gold?Happy (duh): Engage in commerce.Isadora: Ah.DedicationThis episode is dedicated to the loving memory of Gerald Ben-Ami. May you always have the greatest adventures.

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Episode Two: Wicked Lost

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: The front door opens and then slams.]Sig: Happy! I'm back! Did it come? Is it here?Happy: The mail has arrived.Sig: Aaaaaand?Happy: We received three letters.[SFX: Letters Rustling]Sig: Let me see those! Hmm. Invoice for that shipment of flour. Boring. An invitation to another award ceremony for Arnold.Happy: Is it not Prince Arnold now?Sig: Oh, my mistake. Another award ceremony for Prince Arnold. Ugh. That's even more boring than the flour. Pass. And--ugh. Another letter from Hexwell? How many times do I have to tell them no before they leave me alone? I'm not going to their stupid school.Happy: Should I get rid of it?Sig: Please.[SFX: Happy destroys the letter with a blast of fire.]Sig: Are you sure that was it?Happy: Would you like me to locate the mail carrier and threaten to rend him limb from limb if he does not allow me to inspect the contents of his mail bag?Sig: As always, thanks but no.Happy: The offer stands. Did you obtain the items I requested?Sig: I did but I thought you said they were baking supplies.Happy: They are.Sig: Some of the things in this bag are still moving, Happy!Happy: And?Sig: And? That's not normal!Happy: What about it is abnormal?Sig: Happy, name one ingredient that we use here on a regular basis that's still alive when we put it in the batter.Happy: Yeast.[SFX: There's a beat of silence.]Sig: OK, name one more.[SFX: The door opens and shuts again and we hear footsteps as someone walks in.][Note: Bea is pronounced "Bee" short for Beatrice.]Bea: Uh, hello? Oh wow.Sig: Oh, a customer. Let's table this. Hey! How're you doing? Welcome to Signature Eats Bakery. I'm Sig.Bea (distracted): Uh...Bea.Sig: You sure about that?Bea: What? Oh, sorry. I'm just sorta distracted. This is all so weird. Like, something from a RenFair.Happy: Ren...fair?Bea: Yeah, like a Renaissance Fair. But I guess you guys don't have those here, huh? Oh, I didn't get your name. I'm Bea.Happy: Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage.Bea: Whose?Sig: His.Bea: His?Happy: Mine.Bea: Is that like a threat or his name?Sig (at the same time as Happy): His name.Happy (at the same time as Sig): Both.[SFX: There is a beat of silence.]Bea: Anyway, I've been walking for hours and I’m starving but I don't have any money. Or at least I don't have any money I think you guys will take so I was hoping maybe I could trade something for food? I'm not from around here.Happy: That explains your strange clothes.Sig: I wasn't going to blurt it out but I was curious about that too. I've never seen pants like that before. They're so...blue.Bea (laughs): Jeans. And a t-shirt. Not even a clean one. You know, whenever I fantasized about getting whisked away to a magical world, I pictured myself wearing a shirt without a huge marinara stain on the front but at least I wasn't like, coming out of the shower or something, right?Happy: I have a question.Bea: Yes, Happiness Escapes...uh...Happiness Escapes Everyone--wait, I got this.Happy: You do not, but I appreciate the attempt. You may call me Happy.Bea: Oh, thank God.Happy: And you described this as a magical world. Does that mean that the place where you are from does not contain magic?Bea: I mean, I like to think it does but, scientifically speaking, no.Happy: Sig, that sounds like--SIg: Oh! You're right! It does!Bea: It does what?Sig: My mom wasn't from here either! She was from another place. Somewhere with no magic. She didn't talk about it much but I've seen it in her journal. Are you from Yourppee?Bea: Are you trying to say Europe?Sig (super excited): You've heard of it??Bea: I mean, yeah. Of course.Sig: Oh, man! This is so exciting! Arnie is gonna be so jealous! All of my brothers are. I never thought I'd meet anyone else from over there--wherever there is.Bea: Yeah, I've been trying to figure that out. Is this, like, another planet or more of a second star to the right thing? Literally every sign I've seen so far has been in English and I have questions about that.Sig: Huh?Bea: Nevermind. But, hey! That's great! And if you're interested in learning more about your mom, I bet I have something I can trade you. Let me just open up my bag and--[SFX: She zips her bag open and rifles through it.]Bea: Hmm, let's see. Buncha pens if you want those. Do you guys have pens or do you just use, like, quills and ink? Oh, and do you have paper? Because, if not, I have some gently used notebooks I can throw in. I'll just--[SFX: Paper ripping]Bea: Rip out these unfinished grad school admission essays first.Happy: What is this?Bea: Right? Is it a tablet? Is it a laptop? It's a 2 in 1 so it's both! Oh![SFX: The laptop drops.]Bea: Careful with that. It cost a lot of money and I kinda need it for, like, literally everything and--woah![SFX: Glowy noise]Sig: Is that red stone supposed to glow like that?Bea: It's not a part of it! It just flew out of the Sorceress's hand and melded with my laptop. But if it's glowing then that means--Sig: Oh no.Bea: One of you is the person who's gonna help me kill the witch so I can get home!Sig (sighing deeply): Here we go.Bea: What? Did I say something wrong? Should I not have said witch? Is that offensive?Happy: I think whoever this witch is would find you attempting to kill them more offensive than whatever you call them while you do it.Sig: Bea, you seem like a nice person so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. Can you back up a little bit and explain to me how you got from, "I want to get home," to, "You have to help me commit a murder"?Bea: Oh, I promise, it makes more sense in context. So, I was at home, working on an essay while this blizzard was going on outside. Well, I was actually scrolling on Netflix but I was right about to start on the essay when BAM! A branch crashed through my window and all this snow started coming in and swirling around me and it filled the entire room until I couldn't see anything and when it cleared, I was here. Well, not here-here. It was the middle of a town square. I mean, I think that's what it was but it was decked out like a Lisa Frank binder so maybe it was an 11-year-old girl's birthday party? Anyway, I'm all confused but then all the statues around me turn into real people and a lady shows up and says that I broke the curse this evil witch put on them. And the only way for me to get back to where I came from is to kill the witch once and for all.Sig: Did she now?Bea: Yeah. She gave me some pretty vague directions actually and she probably could have supplied me with some food or a map or literally anything but she said the stone would glow when I found someone who could help me and it's glowing so...Sig: OK, so let me get this straight. You found yourself in a magical land where you know nothing about the customs or the politics or anything really and the first person you meet asks you to murder someone you've never met and you're completely on-board with that?Bea: I have met her though! I forgot that part. She poofed in, threatened the Sorceress, and demanded I give her the stone but I couldn't because it was stuck. Then, she threatened to turn me into a statue if I didn't give it to her and she poofed away.Sig: You forgot that part?Bea: Hey, it's been a long day, OK?Sig: That happened today? You've been here one day and you're ready to assassinate someone?Bea: OK, assassinate is a really strong word.Happy: From your descriptions, it sounds like you are speaking of Adelaide, the Serene Sorceress and Petra, the Crooked.Bea (gasping): Yes! That was them![Sig laughs.]Bea: What's so funny?Sig: Oh man. Adelaide sent you to kill Petra? OH, I cannot believe her.Bea: Why? If she turned all those people to stone, I can see why they'd want her dead.Sig: Of course they want her dead. She only goes after them.Bea: Them, who?Sig: You know. The people who have the clout and money to retain a "Serene Sorceress". Nobles and the like. They're the only ones Petra goes after.Happy: The forest that borders Solegard is a part of her ancestral land. Any attempts to encroach upon the existing borders are met with swift and exacting punishment.Bea: But they said Petra was evil. "The Crooked" is literally in her name.Sig: Sure, but who do you think gave her that name and made sure it caught on? Adelaide. Which has got to be projecting because Adelaide will literally work with anyone. Corrupt nobles. Robber Barons. Even Fae which everyone knows you just don't do if you know what's good for you.Happy: She is a mercenary individual whereas Petra supports a specific cause.Sig: Yeah, I'm not saying she's a model citizen or anything, but without her, the tree spirit population would probably be down to nil just so the local lumber tycoon could make a little extra money so, you know. Maybe the sorceress who works for all of the greediest people in the kingdom isn't the best source of information on the one person who stands in the way of them and total deforestation, among other things.Bea: Huh.Sig: Just something to think about.Bea: But, if I don't kill her, how do I get back home? Who else is going to help me? I've been walking around for a full day and I haven't run into any other witches or sorceresses.Sig: OK, maybe we wait more than one day before we put murder back on the table.Bea: Wait. Didn't you say your mom was from where I'm from? How did she get here? Maybe I can use it to get back.Sig: She never really talked about it. She always says she was just running away and here was as away as anyplace else so she didn't really question it when she ended up here.Bea: Intriguing, but not super helpful.Happy: What about your metal device?Bea: My laptop?Happy: You said you use it for everything. Can it assist with this?Bea: No. It's not, like, "Beam Me Up Scotty." It's for things like finding and storing information and sending messages to people from far away.Happy: Ah. So it is your spell repository and focus.Bea: My what?Sig: Like your spellbook and wand but in one. Didn't you call it a 2 in 1?Bea: Yeah but my world doesn't have magic, remember?Sig: Then how do you send messages over long distances?Bea: With WiFi.Happy: What is WiFi?Bea: It's like...it's like there are invisible...signals I guess in the air and they get kinda...beamed over?Sig and Happy: Magic.Bea: It's not magic! Here, I'll show you. I'll just boot it up and--[SFX: WiFi ping]Bea: Wow! I have a really strong WiFi signal right now. This is better than the WiFi in my apartment. How do I even have a WiFi signal at all? Is Wifi just magic? Is science fake? Should I buy tarot cards?Happy: Home.Bea: Huh?Happy: Right there, next to the jumbled letters on your device, it says the word Home.Bea: Yeah. It takes you back to the Home screen.SIg: Have you tried it?Bea: Tried, what? Pressing the Home key to get back home? Come on. That's crazy.Sig: No, you know what's crazy?Bea (at the same time as Sig): Are you going to say murdering someone on your first day in town?Sig (at the same time as Bea): Murdering someone on your first day in town.Bea: Yeah, walked right into that one.Sig: I know you don't think that device is magic, but it seems pretty magical to us and, either way, now it has a big chunk of magic rock stuck into it so if it wasn't magic before, it probably is now. I say that, unless touching that might somehow accidentally kill someone, it's worth a try.Bea: Is there any special way to do this or do I just press it?Happy: Magic is largely a matter of intent so think of where you intend to be and press it.Bea: OK. Here goes nothing. Oh! Wait! I never traded you anything!Sig: Neither did we.Bea: No, but you did stop me from trying to kill someone, which is a phrase that sounds more wild every time I say it. I should give you something. Here, there's gotta be something in here you guys want.Happy: Hmm. What is this?Bea: Oh, that's a baseball cap someone gave me as a joke. But you don't want--and you're putting it on.Happy: I like it.Bea: It's bright sparkly pink and it says Business Babe on it in silver glitter.Happy: The bright color is eye catching and suggests danger. And I am a but a babe in matters of business.Bea: I--Sig: Yeah, you're not gonna talk him out of this one.Bea: Alrighty, well, easy trade for me. Enjoy the hat Business Babe.Happy (solemnly): I will.Bea (amused): OK.[SFX: She zips up her backpack.]Bea: Let's see if this works. I've always wanted to say this. There's no place like home.[SFX: She presses the button, the room begins to rattle, and there's a sound almost like an email wooshing away as she disappears.]Sig: See? Magic. I knew it.Happy: I do not think Sorceress Adelaide is going to be happy that Bea left with the magic stone and without completing her task.Sig: Serves her right for trying to ambush a stranger into a murder quest. And speaking of serving things right, do you wanna show me how exactly you bake with these--[SFX: His bags rustle and then he stops.]Sig: Oh no.Happy: What?Sig: They've escaped.[SFX: Giggling and skittering]Happy (extremely seriously): I will get the sword.[SFX: Happy walks off.][Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]CreditsEpisode 2, “Wicked Lost” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag[SFX: Bea's teleportation woosh]Bea: Woah. It worked! I'm home![SFX: Beat.]Bea (disapointed): Aw.

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Episode Three: Admission Impossible

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: Fire crackles in the background.]Happy: Here is your change. I demand you have a pleasant day.[SFX: The door to the back room creaks open.][SFX: As the foregoing conversation takes place, we hear the front door open and close in the background.]Sig (quietly): Happy. Hey, Happy.Happy: What?Sig: Is he still here?Happy: He has not moved since he arrived two hours ago.Sig: Ugh. Why won't they just give it up?Happy: They have been remarkably persistent. Ignoring and avoiding him as you have attempted to do has not worked. I do not believe this one will leave until you either speak with him or force him out.Sig: Aww, man. Can't I just hide in the back some more?Happy: You can try, but I suspect he will simply come back tomorrow.Sig: Ugh, fine. You get the loaves out of the oven. I'll talk to the guy.[SFX: The back door opens wider and Sig walks to the front counter as the door shuts.]Sig: OK, let's just get this over with. Happy said you wanted to talk to me?Oliver: Yes, my name is Oliver and I am a representative from--Sig: From Hexwell. I can tell.Oliver: Well, I'll take that as a compliment.Sig: You would.Oliver: Anyhow, I was sent to come speak with you in person because we haven't gotten a response to any of the admission letters we sent you.Sig: No, what you mean is you haven't gotten the response you wanted to any of the admission letters you sent me. I said no to the first couple and then you kept sending them which is when I started incinerating them without opening them.Oliver: Well, you have to understand, Hexwell is a very selective institution. People come from all over the world to study at our school.Sig: I know. So give my spot to one of them. I don't even know how I got in to begin with. I didn't apply.Oliver: Those with Oracular abilities at Hexwell flag certain special individuals to monitor for admission potential and you turned quite a few heads.Sig: Yeah, I tend to do that. Listen, thank you for your interest but you don't have mine. My interest I mean. So you can go back to whoever sent you and--Oliver: Excuse me but I was sent by Headmistress Charmian Heath herself and I am not to return until this admission slot is filled.Sig: Well no offense but that sounds more like her problem than mine. So if that's all you have to say then--Oliver: I don't think you understand what I'm offering you here.Sig: Oh yes I do. One of my brothers went to your school.Oliver: Oh, did he? That's wonderful! Was he Trueclaw or Direbeak?Sig: Well, first of all, he was Trueclaw and I'm kinda offended you even asked me that. Second of all, it wasn't wonderful. Kurt came home every break with at least three new stories about how he almost died or how the world almost ended or both. Usually both.Oliver: Wait, Kurt? Kurt who defeated the third to last incarnation of the Avatar of the Dark?Sig: That's him.Oliver: I didn't realize. Headmistress Heath didn't mention that fact to me.Sig: It's almost like your school is poorly run or something.Oliver: Excuse me! Hexwell is an exemplary institution. I can't think of one example of mismanagement in all the time I've worked there.Sig: OK, how about the fact that you start every year by separating the good students and the evil students but then you still teach the evil students advanced magic instead of, I don't know, kicking them out or sending them to therapy or maybe calling the authorities?Oliver: See, this is exactly the kind of misconception I'm here to clear up. Only 30% of all graduates of the Direbeak cohort end up working with, for, or as the current Avatar of the Dark.Sig: That's still super high! You know how many bakers I know who worked with the last Avatar of the Dark? Zero! OK, technically one but all she did was make the cake for his Dark Ascension and she was told it was for a surprise party which, technically wasn't untrue.Oliver: Well, you have to admit, though not ideal, those are prestigious positions.[SFX: The back door opens.]Oliver: Ancient evils seek only the most qualified candidates when plotting the machinations of the end of days.[SFX: The back door slams closed.]Happy: He is correct.Sig: That is not helping to convince me, believe it or not.Oliver: I'll admit that a lot of Avatars of the Dark and minions of the Avatars of the Dark do come from our school--Sig: From a very specific pool of students from your school.Oliver: BUT, so do most of the people who end up STOPPING the Avatars and, if you're concerned about the next one then it might interest you to know that there is a prophecy about the next hero and the person it describes sounds a lot like--[SFX: The items in the bakery begin to rattle and then there is a loud sound like an email wooshing. The same as Bea's teleportation from last episode.]Bea: Woah. Ha! It worked!Happy: Is that--?Sig: Bea?Bea: Sig! And Happy! Wearing the hat I see. Looks good on you. How are you guys doing?Sig: How are we doing? How are you here?Bea: As soon as I got home I started trying to figure out a way to get back, obviously! Like, what? I was supposed to learn that magic exists and then just go back to filling out grad school applications? No thank you. I tried to recreate what I was doing when I got here the first time for like a month but that didn't work so then I thought about what you guys said about magic being mostly intent so I tried to code a program that would do it since this magic rock is still lodged in my laptop and bing-bam-boom, I'm in your bakery!Happy: Code a program?Bea: It's...a way to talk to the laptop.Happy (satisfied): Spellcraft.Bea: So, what did I miss? What's going on? Ooh, did you get a cat? Can I pet it? Oh--[SFX: Oliver recoils with a cat's 'mrow' of annoyance.]Oliver: I am a him not an it and I decide who does and does not pet me, thank you very much.Bea: Oh my God, I'm so sorry. Oh my God, I didn't realize cats were magic here.Oliver: All cats are magic.Bea: No, I mean, where I come from, cats don't talk.Oliver: Not all cats talk but all cats are magic.Bea: I don't have any way to look that up so I'm just going to take your word for it, Talking Cat.Oliver (mumbling): You know, I have a name.Bea: Is this a bad time? I can go wait in a corner or something until you're done with your conversation with the cat or actually can I just wait here? This is the coolest thing I've seen all...ever. It's the coolest thing I've seen ever.Sig: Nah, it's not important. Oliver here was just trying to convince me to enroll in--wait. Didn't you say you were applying for grad school?Bea: Not as hard as I should, but yeah. Computer sciences.Sig: How would you like to study magic instead.Bea: NO! SHUT UP? Are you serious?Sig: I--Happy (intense): Did you not hear her tell you to cease speaking?Bea: No! Keep speaking! Say more words now!Sig: Oliver here is trying to recruit me to his little magic school but I don't wanna go which means there's a spot wide open if you wanna take it.Bea: Literally I have never wanted anything more in my entire life.Oliver: Now wait just a moment! This is not how this works. I can't just bring some random girl.Sig: But you can't go back without the spot being filled, right? That's what you said. And there she is, extremely willing to do something she knows almost nothing about, just like you want.Bea: Super, super willing. Like, you don't even know how willing I am.Oliver: But the prophecy!Bea: Oh my God, there's a prophecy? Yes! This just keeps getting better and better.Oliver: There is a prophecy which is why we can't just admit any old student. We need you, Sig.Sig: No, you just need someone who fits the prophecy and those are always way more flexible than people think. What does it actually say?Oliver: The prophecy says that the hero to defeat the Avatar of the Dark this cycle will have one foot in each world.Sig: Well, there you go. Bea is from another world--you saw her poof in and you see how she's dressed--and now she's here. Foot in each world.Bea: Plus my mom's a Yankees fan but my dad's a Sox fan.Sig: Don't know what that means but sure. Box checked.Oliver: That's not all! The hero is also supposed to be found at this exact location.Happy: Is this not where you found her?Oliver: Well yes, but only because she happened to be here!Sig: I also just happened to be here.Oliver: You work here!Sig: Yeah, so how prophetic is it that I am where I'm expected to be? She and I are both equally here right now and it's a lot more amazing for her than for me.Oliver: OK, but how about this. The chosen one is supposed to have abilities beyond a normal human. Beyond even a normal mage.Happy: That one is simple. Bea wields the mystical powers of the WiFi.Oliver: The what?Bea: Oh! Oh! Let me show you. Watch as I...uh...I uh...hold on, lemme think. Oh! Watch as I summon an entire symphony with push of a button.[SFX: She presses a key and music starts to play.]Oliver: Hmm. That is interesting. And you were able to transport yourself here which is noteworthy I suppose.Sig: There you go. Spot to be filled. Special, chosen-y person to fill it. What do you say?Oliver: Well...I suppose--Bea: Yes! You won't regret this I promise. Let me shut this off.[SFX: She turns it off.]Bea: Now is there financial aid paperwork to fill out or an admission form or anything like that? Do you guys have a website? I'm still not clear on whether WiFi is literally magic or not.Oliver: Your tuition will be covered and there is no paperwork. Simply pin this medallion to your chest and it will shift to confirm your admission and your placement in a house.Bea: Aw man, there are houses too? This is just like--[SFX: There is a magical sound effect kind of like a splat as the medallion shifts.]Oliver: What? That can't be right.Bea: Cute! It's a little frog.Happy: It is a toad. That is the emblem of Toad House.Sig: Ha! Toad House? She's in Toad House? That's fantastic!Bea: What's Toad House?Sig: The Hexwells--the triplets who originally made the school--separated the students into three houses for logistical reasons. Or, at least, it was supposed to be for logistical reasons but the brothers--What's his face and what's his name--Oliver (almost offended): Madrigal and Florian.Sig: Sure. They had this intense sibling rivalry going on which they absolutely let bleed into the management of their terribly run school. But they had a sister--Celeste--who clearly got all the common sense out of the three of them because she realized that they were still running a school so instead of coming up with a dramatic name or mascot for her house, she just focused on building solid infrastructure and properly vetting professors.Oliver: I thought you said Hexwell was mismanaged.Sig: Oh, it super is. When I'm complaining about Hexwell, assume I'm not including Toad House. Toad House is great.Oliver: Not a single notable student has ever graduated from Toad House.Happy: 80% of magic related jobs in the region are filled by graduates of Toad House. That increases to 90% during times that a large portion of Trueclaw and Direbeak students are in short supply due to getting involved on opposite sides of a Dark uprising.Oliver: This is awful. Giving the chosen one's spot to a Toad House student? I'll get fired for this. And I can't take back the medallion once I've given it. It's a binding magical contract.Sig: See, these are exactly the kinds of management problems I've been talking about. Maybe if you used less arcane magical rituals and more normal paperwork, you wouldn't be dealing with this right now. But, flipside, Bea, congratulations!Bea: I'm so excited! I still don't have any money but I feel like this is a cake thing. How do I make this a cake thing? Can I trade you something?Sig: Oh no. You actually did me a huge favor here. Cake is on me. Matter of fact? Cake for everyone![SFX: There's a beat of silence.]Sig: That would have been a lot more impressive if anyone else was in here.Happy: I will cut the cake.[SFX: Happy exits through the back door to get cake.]Bea: Oliver, you're not gonna regret this. I got straight A's in all of high school and I had a 3.8 GPA in college and I am so not gonna let you down. Toad House for life![SFX: Oliver makes a kind of cat-like sound of annoyance.]Bea: Aww, come on. Do you want cake?Oliver: I don't want cake.Bea: Do you want pets[SFX: There's a beat of silence.]Oliver: Yes.Bea: Yeah you do![SFX: She pets him and, after a second of silence, he grudgingly starts purring.]Oliver: Oh that’s it, oh lovely.[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]CreditsEpisode 3, “Admission Impossible” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media.Sig is voiced by Wes Haas. Happy is voiced by Karsten Otto. Bea is voiced by Sarah Ruth. This episode featured Andrew Oakes as the voice of Oliver.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagBea: You don't usually deliver your admission letters by owl, do you?Oliver: Of course not. That would be ridiculous.Bea: Oh, that would be ridiculous.

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Episode Four: Happy Days

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: The front door opens and slams.]Sig: I got the mail! There's a letter from Bea. Sounds like she's having a good time at Hexwell. She wants to come over and tell us about it when school breaks for Janustide.Happy: That would be agreeable.Sig: Yeah, I was thinking of inviting her anyway. I want to try out some new recipes and she's a very enthusiastic taste tester. Honestly, she's a really enthusiastic everything. Also got an update from Chuck and the other two youngest on their last quest. He says hi. Oh, there's a letter for you too. Here.Happy: I was not anticipating a letter.[SFX: He opens the letter.]Sig: What does it say? Happy? Are you alright? Your face is turning a color I don't think faces should turn. Even yours.Happy: My brood mother is coming to evaluate my progress.Sig: What? When?Happy: Now.Sig: Now!?[SFX: There is a huge crack of lightning, Frankenstein style.][Sig sighs hugely.]Sig: Oh boy.Happy: Sig, this meeting going well is of the utmost importance. If it does not--SIg: Happy, don't worry. I got this.[SFX: The door is flung open dramatically with another huge crack of lightning. It is followed by cartoon birds and classic “nice day” ambience.]Terri: I have arrived.Sig: Very normal way to enter a building. Hi, I'm Sig. This is the Signature Eats Bakery. We're actually closed right now but I'm guessing you want to come in from the rain.Terri: Rain?Sig (so wry): Yeah, the rain. You know, because of those two huge cracks of lightning. It must be absolutely pouring out there. But wait, no. You're bone dry. You know what? I bet it's about to rain. That must be it. Right Happy?Happy (warning): Sig.Sig: Yeah, that must be it. Come in. What can I do for you? What's your name?[SFX: The door closes.]Terri: Terror Fills the Hearts of All Who Enter Her Fearsome Presence.Sig: An extremely normal, human name.Terri: Thank you. Yours is as well. You may call me Terri. And I am here regarding your work companion.Sig: Oh, Happy? What about him?Terri: He is my offspring and I have arrived to assess his progress.SIg: Ah, of course. I can see the family resemblance in your absolute lack of any kind of resemblance except for your extremely unsettling, unfathomably deep, inky black eyes. I love a family reunion, don't you? You know what this calls for? Food. Let's get you some food. Hmm, what do we have leftover? We've got some bread, some muffins, and some souls of the innocent. What sounds good?Terri: Souls of the innocent.Sig: Coming right--oh, wait. We sold the last one before you got here. Darn. Is a muffin OK?Terri: That is acceptable.Sig: Fantastic. Cinnamon or Blueberry?Terri: Blueberry.Sig: What was that?Terri: Blueberry.Sig: Sorry, didn't quite catch that.Terri (Aberrant One Echo): BLUEBERRY.Happy (super annoyed): Sig.Sig: Heard you loud and clear that time.Happy (grit teeth): Perhaps you should go to the oven and warm the muffin.Sig: Good idea. Let you two catch up. I'll be back in a sec.[SFX: He leaves and the back door opens and shuts.]Terri: The Vessel seems to have not caught on to your true nature. And I am not as skilled at interacting with mortals as you but I trust that I was convincing as well.Happy: It was a...remarkable performance.Terri: Naturally. Though it seems as though you have done an adequate job at integrating yourself into his life without suspicion, I see no evidence that you have progressed in your prime objective in any way.Happy: What information are you using to make that assessment? You have been here observing myself and Sig for less than five minutes.Terri: And, in that time, I observed no hint of madness, no rent garments, no arcane symbols scrawled in fresh blood.Happy: This is his place of business. He would not deface the walls with his blood. It would scare away customers.Terri (hopeful): Are you saying the scrawlings are in the back room?Happy: That is not what I am saying.Terri: Disappointing.Happy: The lack of blood markings is not an indictment on my progress. I have been employing a more subtle strategy. I would not have been sent to do this job if the others did not think I could accomplish it.Terri: I do not know that you appreciate the gravity of this situation.Happy: I do. Sig is meant to be the Supreme Cultist. Securing a hold on his mind is essential to our retaking the world and plunging it back into its rightful state of primordial chaos.Terri: All signs point to him being the only one who can perform the proper rituals to raise us into the material plane in our true forms instead of being forced to interact with the world in these pathetic, human bodies or, even worse, through corrupting souls and having them do our bidding. Though this would be a lot simpler if he would simply submit to corruption. Unfortunately, his mind is naturally protected from our usual tactics. A shame.Happy: Which is why my tactics are necessary.Terri: You are not pushing hard enough.Happy: I am pushing as hard as the task requires. Sig--Terri: The Vessel must be prepared and, if you cannot do it, we will find someone who can.Happy (grit teeth): I am am perfectly capable of ensuring that Sig--Terri: And you call the Vessel by his name. As if he is a pet.Happy (increasingly annoyed): Would you have me call him the Vessel to his face? Do you think that would help endear myself to him?Terri: He is not present at the moment. Why does it matter how you address him?Happy: It is important that I remain in character as to not slip up in his presence.Terri: If you believe that is even a possibility, perhaps I should recommend a replacement be found for you.Happy (betraying emotion): No!Terri: You dare raise your voice at me?Happy: I only meant--[SFX: The door very suddenly swings open then closes.]Sig: Who wants muffins? Fresh out of the oven. Well, freshly reheated out of the oven. Blueberry, as requested.[SFX: He sets down the plate on the counter.]Sig: Happy made those you know. He's my number one employee. I mean, he's my only employee but even if I had others he'd still be the best. He's punctual and hardworking and ph'nglui mglw'nafh Happy R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.Terri: What did you say?Sig: Good with customers. He's punctual, hardworking, and good with customers. And he's always expanding my horizons baking-wise. I mean, the other day, he made me this blood cake thing--I mean, he called it a blood cake but I'm sure it wasn't actually made out of blood. That would be weird. I mean, it only kind of tasted like blood. Anyway, I don't 100% remember what happened after that but I woke up in a field covered in sheep's blood which was weird because there were no sheep. Honestly, not even sure how I knew it was sheep's blood. Anyway, I've been craving another one of those cakes ever since. You think you can make me another one of those when you have a second?Happy: I...of course.Sig: Great. If it makes me so sleepy I completely black out like last time, that would be great.[Sig yawns.]Sig: I haven't been getting great sleep, what with the nightmares and all.Happy: Nightmares?Sig: Have I not told you about the nightmares? I mean, they've been going on for a while since...ten months ago? Eleven? Happy, when did I hire you? It was around then.Happy: Eleven months.Sig: Wow, that long? I'm surprised it hasn't come up then. Oh, you know what it probably is? Do you guys ever have a dream that's so existentially horrifying that you don't have the vocabulary to properly describe it? You know, the kind of thing that yi-nash-Hap-Py-he-lgeb-fi-throdog-Yah?Terri: What was that?Sig: The kind of thing that your brain refuses to properly comprehend. You know, like seeing a beautiful sunset but in reverse.Terri: I see.Sig: Does that make sense?Terri: I believe it does. I think I have learned what I came here to learn.Sig: Leaving so soon? But you haven't touched your muffin.Terri: I will leave you to your work but do not become too complacent in the pursuit of...baking lest you find yourself replaced. I will return when the time is right.Sig: Just another super normal thing for a human person to say.[SFX: She opens the door dramatically and slams it with a crack of lightning.]Sig: Wow, you were not kidding about her. She is a LOT. I know you always say that you were the least dramatic Aberrant One and that's why they sent you to try and blend in but I was not ready for that.Happy: Incorrect. You were far more ready than I anticipated.Sig: So I did good? I thought I might be laying it on a little thick there but I heard her talking to you and I thought I better go big. By the way, I have no idea what I said. I just copied things I've heard you say in Aberrant.Happy: Your pronunciation is atrocious but the effect was as you intended. I...I should apologize.Sig: For what?Happy: I feared you were not taking this seriously. Clearly, I was wrong.Sig: Oh, come on Hap. I couldn't resist messing with her a little because, well, because it was extremely easy and very fun but I wasn't going to leave you hanging. If you lose your job, they're just gonna send someone who actually wants to ruin the world by forcing me into some dumb Aberrant prophecy. I'd much rather have you. Anyway, I know how annoying it is to get dragged into something like this. I hate it when it happens to me. That's why I put up that sign. I'm not about to let it happen to you.Happy: That is...I appreciate the sentiment and share it.Sig: You wanna share this muffin too? I went through the trouble of warming it up. Might as well.Happy: I would accept half a muffin.[SFX: He breaks the muffin.]Sig: Here bud. Ha.Happy: What?Sig: It's just funny. Out of all the Aberrant Ones they could have sent after me, they sent the one with baking talent and no world conquering aspirations.Happy: That you know of.Sig: Ha, right.[SFX: A beat of silence]Sig: Wait, that's a joke, right Happy? You're joking. Happy? Happy!?[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]Credits
Episode 4, “Happy Days” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and featuring Demitra Papadinis as Terri.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag
Sig: Yi-nash--Happy: No.Sig: Yi-nash--Happy: No.Sig: Yi--Happy: No.Sig: Oh, forget it!

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Episode Five: Vampire Weekend

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: We hear pounding as Sig nails something to the door of the bakery.]Bea: OK, correct me if I'm wrong--I've been learning a lot of crazy things lately so I could be confused--but isn't Janustide the holiday where everyone goes over to their friends houses and they hole up for three days eating junk food and playing games without going out?Happy: That is correct.Bea: And Janustide is the holiday that's happening right now, right? I didn't get it mixed up with a different one?Happy: You have not mixed it up.Bea: OK, so explain to me why Sig is nailing a clove of garlic to the door.[SFX: The banging stops.]Sig: Sig is nailing a clove of garlic to the door because his life is filled with too many random omens for him to not be a little superstitious.Happy: He wishes to avoid being stricken with vampirism.Bea: Vampirism?Sig: I wish for all of us to avoid being stricken with vampirism. You're welcome.Bea: Wait, rewind. What does having a three day sleepover have to do with vampires?Sig: No one mentioned this to you?Bea: No! I would have remembered that! I thought Janustide meant Chill Out Day not Vampire Day.Happy: It means neither.Sig: It's kinda both but technically Janustide means Doorway Time. Speaking of...[SFX: He shuts the door.]Sig: We are officially sealed in. Merry Janustide guys.Happy: Merry Janustide.Bea: Yeah, Merry Janustide. And that doesn't clear things up at all.Sig: OK, so a long time ago, way back when people were still settling in the area, some scouts came to town to say there was a swarm of vampires coming. Well, I say town but it was more like a camp. There were only two actual structures built. Not very defensive. And the settlers had some weapons, but they were meant for hunting animals, not vampires and definitely not that many vampires.Bea: They couldn't run away or get help?Sig: There was nowhere to run to and no one to get help from. Like I said, they were settlers. They were in the middle of nowhere.Bea: So what did they do?Sig: They remembered that vampires can't cross the threshold--the doorway--of a building unless they have an invitation so they packed the two finished buildings with food, nailed garlic to the doors, and hunkered down.Bea: For three days.Sig: Exactly. The vampires passed through and banged on the walls and yelled and all that but they couldn't get in and, eventually, they all starved or fled. Every year after that, they re-enacted it in remembrance and boom. Janustide. Of course, it's more an excuse to see friends and not go to work now but that's where it comes from. A little weird, I know but--Bea: Nah. Back home, we have a holiday where a groundhog predicts the weather so I don't think I have that much room to judge. But, wait. Vampires and garlic and having to be invited in. That's all real?Sig: Yup.Bea: Does that mean other stuff is too? Like, werewolves and silver?Happy: It is their main weakness, yes.Bea: What about faries and iron?Sig: They can't even touch it without protection.Bea: And stakes through the heart? That's vampires again.Sig: I think a stake through the heart would kill most things.Bea: Huh. True. Well, good to know I guess.Sig: Why are you asking us all these questions? They aren't teaching you this stuff at your special, fancy, magic school? Speaking of, how is that going?Bea: Great! It's been so fun. Spells are actually a lot like coding so it's not that different than what I was already doing. Except obviously way cooler. Like, watch this. Uh...oh! Sig, throw something at me. Throw that hammer!Sig: What? No?Bea: Come on. Just chuck the hammer at me.Sig: Bea, I'm not gonna--Bea: Happy, throw something at me.Sig: Happy, don't--Happy: Done.[SFX: His sentence is interrupted by Happy shooting out a jet of fire. The sound of fire is cut off by what sounds like a computer error pop-up effect as Bea says--]Bea: Shield! Ha, denied!Happy: A very well constructed shield. I am impressed.Bea: Aww, thanks Happy. Yeah, I've been working really hard. It's crazy because so many of the other students act like...like they're forced to be there? They're like, "Oh, I don't wanna do homework," but I'm like, "Dude! We're learning how to do magic. How is that not the coolest thing ever?" Although, I guess you don't think it is or else you'd be at that school instead of me.Sig: Eh, magic is cool, don't get me wrong. I'm just more interested in baking. Besides, I don't want to get caught up in whatever ridiculousness is gonna happen this year.Bea: You keep telling me that but I'm not getting those vibes at all. Everything's been pretty chill. Not that I'm complaining or anything but with all the prophecy talk, I was expecting more excitement.Sig: Well yeah, you're in Toad House--the best house. But just wait. Before the end of the year something crazy is going to happen. Have you heard about any mysterious whisperings yet?Bea: No.Sig: Have they been instituting weird curfews without telling you why? They did that Kurt's year and it was because all the statues were coming to life and trying to kill the non Direbeak students.Bea: No but for sure tell me about that. It sounds wild.Sig: No random cryptic warnings?Bea: No I--wait actually. They did put up a new sign telling us to stay out of the North Tower.Sig: Uh-huh. There we go. There's that good old Hexwell chaos-in-waiting getting ready to sweep you up.Bea: Sig, I'll be fine.Sig: Mmm. Just be careful. And don't get sucked into anything you don't want to do!Bea: Geez, Sig. Don't you think you're being a little intense?Sig: No, I think I'm being basically the right level of intense.Happy: I have a great deal of knowledge about Sig's childhood and his abundance of caution stems from life experience, not simple paranoia.Sig: Translation, I know what I'm talking about.Bea: Never said I doubted you but...Sig: What?Bea: I don't know if I should say.Happy (reciting): No truth shall hide at Janustide.Bea: What?Sig: It's a part of the holiday. Everyone thought they might get eaten by vampires so they were blurting out secrets left and right, just in case they didn't get a chance to say them later.Happy: Janustide is the number one time of the year for proposals of both marriage and divorce.Sig: Everyone asks important questions during Janustide because we're trapped in a room together for three days and, also, it's supposed to be bad luck if you don't answer so it's the best time to ask really.Bea: I mean, if it's traditional...Sig: Bea, just ask.Bea: What's your deal? Like, you kinda mention it sometimes but I've never asked because it doesn't sound like you like to talk about it.Sig: No, it's not that I mind talking about it. I just hate when it's the only thing people want to talk about. I was...you remember when Oliver was here and trying to get me to go to Hexwell but then we convinced him to take you instead?Bea: Of course. He thought you were the chosen one.Sig: Yeah. But that's the thing. I am, potentially, the chosen one of a lot of things.Happy: Sig had what is referred to as a Miraculously Portentous Birth.Sig: That's how you get chosen ones usually. Significant portents. Like, being born on the night of a full moon or under a certain star sign. Things like that.Bea: So you were born under a portent?Sig: I wish it was only one. When I was born, the big moon was full and the little moon was eclipsed. Not only that, the planets were aligned and it was a leap day. On top of that, I'm a seventh son of a seventh son which matters for some reason and, oh. You already know my mom was from your world which makes me a child of two worlds. Very rare--except, you know, my six brothers. And speaking of my mom, she had trouble birthing me so they had to cut me out of her through her stomach which I guess technically means I was never "birthed" which opens up a lot of loopholes. And I have this stupid birthmark on my shoulder here that everyone says looks like something different.Bea: Oh, you're right. It's like one of those Rorschach tests.[A pause.]Bea: I see two dogs fighting over a sandwich.Sig: That's what the Earl from Helmund said before he asked me to come back with him and return his family to its former glory.Bea: Did you do it?Sig: I mean, I was ten so no.Bea: You were ten!? What did he expect you to do?Sig: Same as everyone. Save the kingdom, or the world, or the princess or whatever. Whatever needs to be done, I'm supposed to drop everything and go do it. Not that there's anything wrong with doing that. I mean, all six of my brothers are out doing the hero thing. They're all really awesome. You should meet them at some point. But I'm not into any of that. I never have been.Bea: Huh. You know, I always thought being a chosen one would feel kind of special. Like, I felt kinda special when I got your chosen one spot, even though we made all that up.Sig: I guess it comes down to who's doing the choosing. It doesn't feel super special when you get chosen randomly by Fate or Destiny or some prophecy you've never heard of. None of those people care about who I actually am or the skills I've worked to develop. No one's interested when I say, "Hey, let's talk pastries." They only care that I was born with a weird birthmark and Truesight--which is the one real perk of this whole Chosen One thing by the way. Even Happy is only friends with me because his people sent him to convince me to help end the world.Happy: Not end it. Plunge it into unending chaos.Bea: Wait, what?Happy: And, as I have noted in the past, even though that is how we met, in the extremely unlikely event that we had met under other circumstances and I refrained from turning you to madness for long enough for you to make an impression on me, I am confident that I still would have found you sufficiently diverting to take an interest in.Bea: Translation: You're awesome! And anyone who's trying to take advantage of you for your portentous birth thing is an idiot. Especially since what they should really be taking advantage of you for is your baking skills. Those cookies you guys sent me last month were so good.SIg: That was Happy's idea.Bea: Thanks Happy. Sidenote, for sure have some followup questions on that whole plunging the world into chaos thing but, right now, I am gonna return the friendship favor. Catch![SFX: Happy catches the bag thrown at him.]Happy: What is this? Chee-toes?Bea: You bet. And I still haven't gotten a clear answer on the whole Wifi thing but we're not gonna worry about that right now. We're just gonna use it to get on Netflix.Sig: You mentioned that word before. What's Netflix?Bea: Oh Sig, you're gonna love this. I've been wanting to do this all month. Strap in. It's time for me to introduce you...to The Great British Bake Off.[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]Credits
Episode 5, “Vampire Weekend” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe.You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag
Happy: So the cheetah on the packaging is meant to represent the abilities consuming this food will impart.Bea: Abilities, no. Fingertip coloration, yes.

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Episode Six: Post Mortem

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene]Sig: I'm telling you. You're overreacting.Happy: I am not.Sig: It's really not that serious.Happy: If it ever happened to me, I would act upon my name and make sure the perpetrator never felt another ounce of joy in their life again.Sig: Over melted ice cream?Happy (Aberrant One echo): Over the principle![SFX: Outside there is a thunderstrike.][Then a beat of silence.]Sig: And I say again: overreacting. Which, by the way, is also the reason that--[SFX: There is a WOOSH as Bea teleports in.]Bea (interrupting): Hey guys I--oh. Sorry. Am I interrupting something important?Sig (Overlapping with Happy): No.Happy ( Overlapping with Sig): Extremely.Bea: Extremely no or no, extremely?[Sig sighs.]Sig: We were watching British Bake-off with the old phone you left us and--Bea: Oh my God! You got to Bin-gate didn't you? Melted Baked Alaska? What are you guys? Team Iain or Team Diana?Happy: Iain is clearly in the right! She took his frozen dessert from the climate controlled space on what she knew was an oppressively hot day in what could only be seen as an act of sabotage.Sig: But then he lost his cool and just threw it all out. If he hadn't done that, he could have explained himself and they probably would have gone easy on him since it wasn't his fault.Happy: So you admit it wasn't his fault.Sig: I mean, it also wasn't his freezer so--Happy: It was dishonorable and he was rightfully angered.Bea: I love this. You guys are better than Twitter. Oh, wait. Do you wanna see tweets from when the episode aired?Sig: Twitter is the bird that delivers people's opinions, correct?Bea: Correct.Happy: I would like to hear from the bird. I'm sure it will show that the consensus is on my side.Sig: What about you, Bea? What side are you on?Bea: Oh, 100% Team--[SFX: The front door opens and shuts.]Sig: Oh sorry, we're closed.Luxe: Oh, I'm not a customer. I'm here with mail.Happy: You are not the usual mail carrier.Luxe: Nope. I'm new. Call me Luxe. And I have a letter for one of you. Can I have your name?Sig (extremely wary): You can call me Sig.Luxe: What a unique name. And what a charming little shop. And charming compatriots. My dear, your hair is lovely.Bea: Thanks! Yours is pretty too.Luxe: May I have your name?Bea: It's--Sig: Don't! Don't say it. She's not asking for what you think. Are you Luxe?[Luxe laughs.]Luxe: I knew it. I knew you'd have me pegged within three sentences. That's ten dils I get to collect when I get back.Sig: Truesight. Never fails. Besides, you're not as subtle as you think you are.
Luxe: Hmm. No point in glamours then, is there?[SFX: There is a shimmering sound as she drops her disguise.]Bea: Woah! You look all--model...cheekbones...sharp...pointy...ears...what just happened?Luxe: Good question, but the better question is what's happening now. Ha![SFX: There is a bolt of magic from Luxe cut off by the shield block sound from Bea as she says--]Bea: Uh--shield!Happy: Fae!Happy (Aberrant One echo): You will leave this place at once!Luxe: You think I'm frightened of you, you little abomination?Happy: You will be.[SFX Happy does his usual firebolt but a lot more intensely than usual.]Sig: Don't burn down my bakery! We're barely breaking even! I can't afford to rebuild it!Luxe: Oh, caught my robe. Not bad. But not good enough.Bea: Will someone please tell me what's going on?Luxe: Well, it's very simple Ms. Bea. One of you has something that doesn't belong to [you] [and] that I was hired to get back and, relatedly, one of you has ticked off my employer and I was hired to kill them.Bea: WHAT?!Luxe: Well, don't sound so scared. You're not the one who's gonna die.Sig: The Sorceress. She's the one who hired you. To get that stone back from Bea and then to punish me for stopping Bea in the first place.Luxe: Got it in one! That's another bet resolved in my favor. You know, I almost wish I didn't have to kill you. You're turning out to be very profitable for me.Bea: You don't have to kill him!Luxe: I'm afraid I do. A fae always tells the truth. We kinda have to.Bea: Doesn't mean we have to stick around for it. Hold on guys. Teleport![SFX: Her teleportation spell sound effect happens but glitches out.]Bea: We're still in the bakery. Why are we still in the bakery?[Luxe laughs.]Luxe: That was a nice trick with the shield--I wasn't expecting that. But of course I'm dampening your spellcasting abilities now that I know you have them. What kind of magical assassin do you take me for? Speaking of, back to the matter at hand.[SFX: There is a magic effect as she begins to choke out Sig, Vader style. He gasps for breath.]Bea: Sig!Happy: Let him go! I--[SFX: There is a sound effect like ice cracking in a glass as she freezes him with magic.]Happy: Arhg! I can't move.Luxe: I don't know about that. Your mouth is moving just fine. How long do you think it takes for him to run out of breath? A minute? Two? I'll put down ten dils on two minutes.Sig (ragged): Bet. Bet.Bea: I'm not betting on your death! Let him go!Luxe: No can do.Sig (ragged): Hap, bet.Luxe: Ha. Even losing consciousness he's more entertaining than you two.Happy: Wait! You enjoy bets, do you not?Luxe: I can't lie, I do.Happy: Then I propose a bet. A bet for Sig's life.Luxe: I already have that. What do I get out of this arrangement?Happy: The thrill. That's what you Fae are always after. The thrill and...and a favor. You may be powerful but Fae have limitations. I am more powerful than a mortal but without your limitations. A favor from me would be an asset.Luxe: Hmm.[SFX: Sig chokes.]Luxe: Hmm.[SFX: Sig continues to choke.]Luxe: Hm--Bea: OH MY GOD! JUST SAY YES!Luxe: Oh, alright.[Sig takes a huge gasping breath.]Luxe: You got me. I can't resist a good opportunity to gamble. OK, lay it on me. What's the bet? And you better make it interesting or I'm just gonna go back to choking out your friend.Sig: I--hold on--OK. I got it. I have one. I bet, that you can't pick up and hold for three seconds any one item that I choose in this bakery.Luxe (amused): That's your bet?Sig: That's the bet. Nothing nailed down or anything like that--I'm not a cheater.Luxe: You sure that's what you want to go with?Sig: Scared you can't do it?Luxe: You're real cocky for a guy whose windpipe is still trying to remember how to work properly. Alright then, bet made. You win, I don't kill you today. When I win, I get a favor from your little pet. Now pick your item.Sig: I pick...one second. I pick--[SFX: He sets a sword down on the table.]Sig: This sword.Luxe: Oh no. An iron weapon. Deadly to my Faery constitution. Whatsoever will I do? If only I had a magical, protective glove to shield me from this very eventuality--oh wait! That's this glove. It's the one I'm wearing right now. What are the odds, huh? What are the odds that a top-notch Fae assassin who spends most of her time in a world brimming with iron would have something like that? It's almost like I'm good at my job or something. How about that?Sig: Pick it up then.Luxe: What, you think I'm lying? Fae can't lie. You know that. But, a bet is a bet and I will uphold my end of the--AH![SFX: As she grabs for the sword, her flesh sizzles and the sword drops with a clatter.]Sig: Oof, that looks like it burned.Luxe: What? But my glove![Note: Sentence in brackets with the cadence of "It's not the heat; it's the humidity."]Sig: Tough break. You know what they say: [It's not the iron, it's the ancient and powerful enchantment on the sheath.] And I think that means I won the bet, doesn't it?[There's a long beat of silence, then Luxe bursts into delighted laughter.]Luxe: Very clever Sig. I'm impressed. I'm still going to kill you, but I'm impressed.Bea: But you said--Luxe: I said I wouldn't kill him today. That still leaves my calendar pretty open, don't you think? And I'll get that stone from you too. I may have failed in taking your name which would have made this so much easier, but I'll find another way. Don't you worry. Well, enjoy the rest of your day. You certainly earned it. Bye-bye.[SFX: She vanishes into sparkles.]Bea: Oh my God! Sig, are you alright? What just happened? Don't pick that up!Sig: Don't worry. It won't hurt me. Chosen one thing. I should send Lady Isadora a thank you note. Maybe some pie.Happy: We should also procure protection from Fae magic for Bea within the day. Us as well to be cautious.Sig: Good idea.Bea: Why are you being so chill about this?!Sig: Bea, don't worry. I'm fine. I mean, my throat isn't happy but, I'm fine.Bea: But she tried to kill you! And she said she's gonna do it again!Sig: Trust me, that was not my first assassination attempt. And I'm not worried about her trying again. Honestly, we probably don't even need the anti-Faery mojo. The people who want me dead and the people who need me alive for various chosen-one related reasons form a very delicate balance that pretty much cancel each other out. By the end of the day, everyone within that ecosystem will know about her and it'll be back to even again. I'm more worried about you. Are you OK? This isn't our first near death experience but I don't think you're used to this.Bea: I'm OK. Except for a brief second before I got my shield up, I was mainly worried about you and Happy, but you were all good.Happy: Your worry is appreciated but unnecessary.Bea: Hey, look. On the floor. It looks like she dropped something.Happy: Careful. It could be a trap.Sig: Lemme take a look. Hmm. No, I don't see anything weird. It should be safe to pick up.Bea: Is it a real letter? Did she, like, mug the mailman?Happy: Who is it for?Sig: It's for me, from--(gasps) no way![SFX: There is the sound of an envelope being ripped and a letter being taken out.]Sig: Dear Applicant...read your application...dah, dah, dah...ha!Bea: What?Sig: I'm in!Happy: In what? Is this the letter you have been, with the delusion of subtlety, waiting for for the past three months?Sig: It sure is!Bea: That still doesn't answer anything! What is it?Sig: The Annual Solegard Baking Competition! I'm in![Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]Credits
Episode 6, “Post Mortem” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of: Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea and featuring Nina Nikolic as Luxe. Special thanks to Jack Malban.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag
Mail Man: Oh, it's a letter for that nice baker boy. This looks like the one he's been waiting for. He's going to be so exci--ah![SFX: Luxe freezes him and yoinks the letter from his hand.]Luxe: I'll take that.

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene]Bea: I still can't believe it! This entire time we've been talking about this TV show about a baking competition that doesn't even have any prize money and you never one time mentioned that you entered a super major, magical baking competition.Sig: It's not a magical competition. It's just a normal baking competition.Bea: Yeah, but it's a baking competition in a magical world.Sig: That doesn't mean it's a magical competition. When I get my hair cut it's not a magical haircut.Bea: My point is, you should have told us! It's so exciting!Sig: I know, I just didn't want to jinx it. The Annual Solegard Baking Competition is kind of a big deal. People come from all over. Helmund. Sancterra. Bourelia. I've entered the past three years in a row and nothing. This is the first time I've ever gotten in. I'm still kinda in shock.Happy: It is a prestigious competition and they will recognize your talents or face the consequences.Sig: You're not going to kill the judges, are you?Happy: I simply meant that they will be proven wrong by history for not recognizing your talent. (beat) Unless you think it would help if I killed the judges.Sig: No! I mean...no. But I appreciate the offer. And I appreciate the help with this.Bea (melodramatic): Oh, what a tough job. Sitting in your shop, taste testing piles and piles of all your best baked goods. Truly not a task for the faint of heart. But I'm sure you'll find a way to repay us someday. Anyway, what's up next?Sig: Let's see. Last thing you tried were my Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate cookies.Bea: Verdict?Happy: Insufficient chocolate.Bea: Agreed.Sig: Tough crowd.Bea: You said be brutal.Sig: Indeed I did. OK, maybe this will be the winner. Et, voila. Chocolate hazelnut Danish.Bea: OK, see this is the thing I'm always talking about. You just called this a Danish but, like, do you even know what Denmark is? Have you ever heard of Denmark?Happy: A great many creatures mark their dens as either warnings or invitations for potential mates.Bea: Not even remotely the Denmark I'm talking about. So, if Denmark doesn't exist here, why is it called a Danish? Am I crazy? I feel like I'm going crazy.Sig: I do too because you're monologuing about the dessert instead of putting it in your mouth.Bea: Good point but I reserve the right to come back to this. And don't think I didn't notice that little bit of French you threw in which really just raises a whole new set of questions.Sig: Bea--Bea: Eating.[SFX: Bea and Happy start eating the pastries.]Happy: The chocolate distribution of this confection is adequate.Bea: Yeah, it's all good but I'm not getting as much hazelnut as I'd like.Sig: No?Bea: I mean, don't get me wrong, it's good. I wouldn't be saying this if this wasn't for a huge competition but it could use a little more--wait, I forget. Have I introduced you guys to Nutella yet?Sig: I don't remember.Bea: Oh, trust me. You'd remember. Give me one sec to pop back to my apartment at home and get some. I'm about to change your life.[SFX: Overlapping with the end of her sentence, there's a magical shimmering sound and then a mrow as Oliver teleports into the room.]Sig: Is that the same cat from before?Oliver: Again, I do have a name.Sig: And I have clearly posted business hours that you're blatantly ignoring so I'm not really getting your point here.Bea: What are you doing here Oliver? Oh! Do you wanna try some soon to be award winning baked goods?Oliver: That is not why I'm here.Bea: But this cheesecake is so good.Oliver: I happen to be lactose intolerant.Bea: So am I. Never let it stop me before. Come on, just a taste.Oliver: Perhaps we can revisit this topic of conversation once we've covered the original reason I came. I'm here regarding Gossamer.Happy: Gossamer?Bea: Yeah, she's this giant, sentient spider that lives in that tower we're not allowed to go in. She wakes up, like, every five years to weave ominous prophecies like a reverse Charlotte's Web.Oliver: A secret spider.Bea: Hey, you're the one who decided to burst in here and have this conversation in the middle of their shop instead of at school tomorrow. That's on you.Oliver: I suppose. Anyhow, she recently completed her new web and it's quite urgent that you read it.Bea: Already? Dang. I thought I'd have another year at least.Oliver: I'd hoped so too but see for yourself.[SFX: Magical effect as he poofs it in.]Oliver: And it's very delicate so be careful.Bea: You just brought the web connected to two poles? It's gonna break for sure. Why didn't you just have me go up there and take a picture?Oliver: This is traditional.Bea: See, this is the ballpoint pens vs. quills argument all over again. You guys have no innovation. Well, I better read this before a slight breeze rips it up I guess. Happy, Sig, can you roll it out so I can read it? Careful. OK, perfect. Let's see. 'Locate the King born of two worlds/Enter the Dark's first lair/Drown deep his cur-sed amulet/or this world has no prayer.'Sig: Why cur-sed?Bea: Huh?Sig: Why cur-sed and not just cursed? What's the difference? I always hear one or the other but no one has ever explained to me the difference.Bea: Just scansion I think? You know, so it sounds right in iambic pentameter. Drown-deep-his-cur-sed-am-u-let-or-this-world-has-no-prayer. I took a Shakespeare class as part of my gen-ed back in undegrad.Oliver: Ah, the Bard.Bea: Wait, you know him? You know Shakespeare? The Shakespeare? Is Shakespeare magic? Is Tempest real? Is Midsummer's Night real?Oliver: Can we please focus on the impending apocalypse?Bea: Absolutely the least interesting part of all of that but sure. We can put a pin in that. What's so cur-sed about this amulet?Oliver: It's an ancient artifact, capable of amplifying the powers of an Avatar of the Dark tenfold. A student brought it under our care long ago and we thought that would be enough. See, I brought it with me.[SFX: Oliver poofs the amulet in.]Sig: Woah! I don't love the idea of cursed jewelry in my shop. That's not gonna explode or anything, is it?Oliver: No. The main risk comes if--don't touch it![SFX: There's a dark, magical sound as she grabs it.]Bea (suddenly hostile, reverb): Of course you'd say that. Trying to keep all of this power for yourself you pathetic, useless, office administrator. The only noteworthy thing about you is that no one's gotten sick enough of you to get rid of you yet. I really ought to do it mysel--hey![SFX: The dark sound stops.]Happy: Do not resist. You should not hold this.Bea (normal, confused): I--! Ooh. Ugh. What was that? I hated that. I said the word ought? Who uses the word ought? Am I really one piece of chunky jewelry away from turning into a vintage Disney villain?Oliver: As I was explaining before, the amulet exudes a corrupting force. Whoever holds it is influenced towards the dark.Bea: Happy, buddy, maybe you should put that down.Happy: I do not feel any different.Sig: Does it not work on Aberrant Ones?Oliver: Possibly? I really wouldn't know. On the rare occasion they show up on the mortal plane, they're usually trying to usher in an age of madness beyond mortal comprehension, not volunteering for magical study.Bea: Are you sure you're good? You don't wanna flay us and turn us into wallets or anything like that?Sig: Don't love that you had that right at the top of your head.Happy: No more so than usual.Sig: Really don't love that response. Why didn't you just destroy that thing as soon as you got it instead of putting it in storage?Oliver: Carrying the amulet for extended periods of time is dangerous, even for a more advanced magic user such as myself. I have placed many wards on it to carry it here but it still was able to affect Bea. There is only one way to destroy the amulet and it would mean extended travel.Happy: To the first lair of The Dark.Oliver: Right. Within the sanctum, there is a well known as The Well of Shadow. Anything dropped into it is turned into shadows and destroyed. No other means can harm it.Bea: Got it. Tolkien rules.Oliver: You've learned of Mr. Tolkien as well. Excellent.Bea: ExCUSE me? I'VE heard of Mr. Tolkien? How the hell do you--Oliver: Beatrice.Bea: OK, OK. Focusing.Sig: Explain to me why Bea needs to do this and not a squad of, I dunno, highly trained and specialized wizards.Bea: It has to be a student or it won't take. That's how it always works with The Dark.Sig: Can't you just enroll some special ops wizards?Oliver (lofty):That's not how it works.Sig: Of course it isn't.Oliver: Rest assured, she won't be going alone. Quests of this magnitude are always undertaken in groups of three, minimum. I'm sure you already have some students in mind but I'd suggest friends you think would have an easier time resisting the effects of the amulet.Bea: Oh, we have that covered. I'll just take Happy. I mean, if he agrees to come.Happy: A wise decision. I will, of course, assist if Sig says that it is acceptable.Sig: Go for it. I'm not the boss of you.Happy: You are, very explicitly, the boss of me.Sig: Oh, right. Either way, it's fine. You can have the time off. I'll probably be at the competition while this is going on anyway so the shop will be closed.Happy: Then you have my assistance.Bea: Yay! I totally owe you guys.Oliver: No, no, no. Wait just a second. He is not a student.Bea: Right, but I am.Oliver: The team is always of students. Don't you have any friends at school you'd like to quest with?Bea: I mean, I have a study group.Oliver: Great! Bring them.Bea: Tad and Martha? No way! We're friends but we're not like, "Let's all go maybe die together," friends. We're, "I made you a copy of my notes because you were out sick," friends. They would not be into that.Oliver: Well there are plenty of other students. Perhaps from Trueclaw or Dire--Bea: Oh no. Not doing that. The Trueclaw kids are such tryhards. I don't think there's a single one of them that hasn't been in the Forest of Death on purpose. I don't want to be on a team where I'm gonna get outvoted on whether or not we should take a fun and casual shortcut through a forest of death. And the Direbeak kids are so...look, some of them are definitely working with the Dark and some of them are just jerks and the wild part is, I legitimately can't tell them apart. So an even harder no on them.Oliver: But--Sig: Hey, is the rule that the quest has to be all students or does a student just have to be the one who drops the amulet into the well?Oliver: Well, technically the second but tradition dictates that--Sig: Bea, you're all set.Bea: Great! It'll be me and the Business Babe.Oliver (flustered): That's...well but...you're still only two people. Well, a person and whatever he is.Sig: Strong words coming from a talking cat.Bea: Besides, it'll be three once we find this King of two worlds person and, speaking of. Elephant in the room. I know we're all thinking it so I'll just ask. Sig, are you the King of anywhere? Like, no pressure but I think you have to tell me if you are.Sig: I am extremely happy to tell you that I am not the King of anywhere. I'm technically the prince of a couple of places and I think there's a barony on my Mom's side but not a King.Bea: And, like, your middle name isn't King or something like that?Sig: No, but good on you for checking. That's definitely the right instinct. You're already acing this.Happy: Sig may not be a king, but he does have six brothers who are as much of two worlds as he is. Perhaps one of them is the King of Two Worlds we need.Bea: Good point. Sig, can you send them all letters asking for me?Sig: Sure. They're all hero types. I'm sure any of them will help you if it's them.Bea: Sounds like a plan. And we already have all this cake out to celebrate! That's so lucky!Oliver: Lucky??? The apocalypse is happening!Sig: An apocalypse is always happening which I know because I get called about a lot of them. Today, it's happening with chocolate cake. I call that lucky.Oliver: But protocol states that--Bea: Oliver, what's more important? That the world doesn't end or how the world doesn't end?Oliver: Well the first of course but--Bea: Then don't worry. We got this.Oliver: A member of my family has been employed at Hexwell since it was founded. If I'm the first one to break the chain I'll be disowned.Bea: Oh, relax. If we save the world, I'll tell them that if they fire you, I'll drop out. And if we don't save the world, it won't matter because we'll all be dead!Oliver (deadpan): What a cheery thought.Bea: Great! Apocalypse game plan is locked in which means we can get back to the important thing.Sig: Right, the baking competition.Bea: No! Shakespeare! How do you know him? Is he from here? Is he magic? Are Oberon and Titania real? Is he still alive? Did he write all of his plays because a lot of people think he didn't. And don't get me started on Tolkien. Is there a real Shire? Are there pictures of the Shire? Can we go to the Shire?Bea's excited monologue gradually fades out.[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]Credits
Episode 7, “What the Cat Dragged In” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media.Sig is voiced by Wes Haas. Happy is voiced by Karsten Otto. Bea is voiced by Sarah Ruth. This episode featured Andrew Oakes as the voice of Oliver.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagBea: So if I were to get a slice of bread and soak it in eggs and milk and vanilla and cinnamon and then fry it and serve it to you with maple syrup, I would have made you...?Sig: French toast.Bea: French toast!? French toa--! I need to lie down.

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Episode Eight: Something Im-portent

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: We hear Bea's email warp as she teleports in.]Bea: I'm here! And I brought--Sig: Oh good, Bea. You can help.Bea: Uh, yeah. That's why I'm here. To help with the baking.Sig: Forget about the baking. This is way more important.Bea: More important? You care more about this competition than the literal end of the world. What could be more important?Happy: A portent.Bea: No, I'm pretty sure it's pronounced important.Happy: No. Sig had a portent. An ill-omen.Sig: A SUPER scary dream.Bea: Wait, you had a vision? You have visions?Sig: Only occasionally. It's kinda bundled with the Truesight. I can't control it. I had one right before I woke up and came straight here.Bea: How bad?Happy: Sig dreamed of a voice that said his past would become his future and go up in flames.Bea: Yikes.Sig: Yeah, exactly. Which is why I need your help trying to figure out who's trying to burn my life to the ground a month before I finally get to be in the Solegard baking competition! I mean, try and kill me on a normal day like everyone else. That's all I ask.Happy: The voice did not say it would kill you.Bea: He has a point. But, I don't really think it's one of those things where someone says they're going to take you out and you think it's in the mob way but really they mean on a date. There's not really a good way for things to go up in flames.Sig: My thought exactly, which is why we need to figure out who from my past is coming to get me. I had Happy stop everything so we could work on this list of anything that might be coming back to bite me but I'm thinking maybe an outside perspective could be good? When this stuff happens to you on a daily basis, it all kinda starts to seem normal. Maybe one of these will stick out to you.[SFX: She takes the paper.]Bea: Sure, if you think it'll help. Let me see. Wow, this is a long list. Is this for the past year?Sig: This is just the past month.Bea: Oh man, we're gonna be here for a while.Sig: A-yup.Bea: Really pretty handwriting though. This is, like, calligraphy.Sig: You should direct the compliment at Happy. He's the one who wrote it.Bea: Really?Sig: He keeps better track of this stuff than me because he has to report back to his bosses back in the Abyss.Bea: That doesn't explain the calligraphy.Happy: I take night classes.Bea: They were worth the money. This is gorgeous. You know, I was thinking of getting us matching t-shirts for our quest. Maybe you could do the lettering and then I could get them screen printed. Something cool like Amulet Avengers or Battle Babes or--Sig: Can we please wait to brainstorm catchy, alliterative slogans until after I'm out of the portent danger zone?Bea: Sorry, sorry. Let's look at the list. Hmm, OK. Luxe the Fae comma, Swore to kill. Oh, right. I almost forgot about that. Has she been around at all since the last time? She hasn't bothered me.Sig: Nope. Slipped right into the ecosystem just like I thought she would.Happy: Perhaps Adelaide intends to send another assassin after you? Or to come after you herself.Bea: I kinda doubt it. I mean, she paid someone to do it and they haven't done it yet. I bet Luxe hasn't snitched on herself that she failed. Besides, I heard she's fighting with Petra right now so she's probably a little too busy to be personally ruining your life.Sig: Good point. OK, what's next on the list?Bea: It says Dark Lord comma--wait! The Dark Lord? He was here? And you didn't tell me? This could have saved me so much trouble!Happy: You are thinking of the Avatar of the Dark. This is a different entity altogether.Bea: Really? Are they related at all?Sig: I mean, they're both bad but in completely unaffiliated ways. They just have similar aesthetics I think.Bea: Huh. Well, that is some confusing branding but sure. What's his deal?Sig: Oh, nothing really. He's really not a bad guy.Bea: The Dark Lord isn't a bad guy?Sig: It wasn't the Dark Lord proper. It was Dark Lord Jr.Happy: The son of the current Dark Lord, sent to give Sig an ultimatum. Join forces with him or die.Bea: Well I notice you're not dead so I'm guessing he is?Sig: What? No! I didn't kill him or anything. And he didn't try to kill me either. After I told him that I wasn't going to join his unholy army, he panicked and ordered an entire chocolate cake. Then he stress ate the whole thing at the counter.Happy: It was extremely off-putting. He left chocolate smudges all over the counter for me to clean.Sig: Give the guy a break. It's not like he wants to be the next Dark Lord. He was born into it. I can relate. We had a good talk.Bea: So you just...talked him out of it? It was that easy?Sig: Kinda. I don't think it ever occurred to him that he could just...you know...not do that. Which you definitely can. In fact, I think I might be the world's leading expert in not doing stuff.Happy: He was convinced to take some time to think over alternative career aspirations after his talk with Sig and he left to do so.Sig: There haven't been any swarms of locusts or blood rain or anything else crazy since then so I feel like he's probably low priority right now. Who was after him?Bea: Um, it just says "Soul Scammer"?Sig: Right, the guy who tried to get my soul in a rigged game of Find the Lady. Guess he never got the memo about the Truesight. But, wait. Wasn't there something before him?Happy: You are thinking about the woman with the Lupine curse, but she is no longer a general threat.Bea: Lupine? Was she a werewolf?Sig: Close, but no.Happy: She was under a curse that trapped her as a mindless beast, not only under the effects of the full moon but at all times.Sig: It's the kind of spell that needs a royal kiss to break it. She was a noblewoman and she wouldn't marry this shady prince so he had the court Wizard curse her so her family would have to agree to let him marry her so he would fix her.Bea: Gross.Sig: Right? Luckily, instead of doing what he wanted, all of her siblings tracked her down, knocked her out, and brought her here.Bea: Oh right. You did say you were technically the prince of a bunch of places.Sig: Yeah. I don't care about the title but it is useful for curse breaking.Bea: Please tell me you didn't give them a hard time and point at the no adventures sign.Sig: Oh, come on. Give me a little credit. If you go through all the trouble of bringing the kiss-ee right to me, I would be kind of a jerk to not do the honors. The only part I don't like is when I get offered an engagement after. It's so awkward, especially when the girl is standing right there. It happened for the first time when I was eight. I woke up this little princess girl from a sleeping curse and her dad offered me her hand in marriage.Bea: Did you take it?Sig: Of course not. I asked for a toy horse and an invitation to her birthday party. We're still pen pals actually.Bea: Oh! Oh! Idea! What if that's what the portent means? Flame as in an old flame. Anyone that you turn down seem ticked off?Sig: Not really. They're usually relieved.Bea: What about that noble girl?Sig: Oh, she definitely wasn't mad. At least not at me. After she came out from the curse, she was so upset at the prick who did it to her that she made a vengeance pact with Happy to be able to transform at will so she can go back home and ruin him.Bea: That's so awesome. A little Aberrant One special, eh, Happy? Happy?Happy: Oh no. The Toroids![SFX: He rushes into the back room, door slamming.]Bea: Toroids?Sig: Oh no. Is that what you were making when I came in? Maybe it's OK. Maybe we can save them. Maybe--[SFX: The door opens. A baking sheet hits the table.]Happy (sullen): They are ruined.Sig: I'm so sorry, Happy. I didn't realize.Bea: What's going on? What's a Toroid?Sig: It's an Aberrant One special baking recipe he's been telling me about for months. The Toroid of Dimension and Despair.Happy: I have been working on it in my off time since I arrived to attempt to add value to the shop by perfecting the recipe and have been met with a string of failures. I do not deserve to wear this hat.Sig: Oh, don't say that. You're totally a business babe. And this one wasn't even your fault. I'm the one who barged in here and distracted you.Bea: Yeah, these aren't just overcooked. They're completely burned.Happy (realization): They went up in flames.Bea: Yeah, burned. Like I said.Sig (groaning): Oh, I can't believe it. This is what the portent was about? This?Happy: It is from your past. I have been trying to make this almost since I arrived. And they did go up in flames.Sig: I've been stressed out all morning because of a burned toroid? What a waste of time!Bea: Is it?Sig: Uh, it feels pretty wasted to me.Bea: I mean, think about it though. Visions are usually about important things, right? And it said that the thing that burned would be from your past and it would become your future, right?Sig: Yeah. So?Bea: So? Say hello to your winning entry to the competition.Sig: What? But, I can't make a toroid. It's an Aberrant One thing. Happy can't even make them.Bea: What do you mean? These are cronuts.Sig: Cro-whats?Bea: Cronuts. You know? Half croissant-half donuts?[SFX: She breaks the charred pastry.]Bea: See? Flaky on the inside, like a croissant, but it's donut shaped.Happy (awe): You know of the Toroid?Bea: Yeah, there's a place that sells these in SoHo back home.Sig: Is that what the Toroid is? He never really lets me see what he's doing. But that actually sounds...kinda genius. I never thought to do that but it makes a lot of senseBea: Yeah. People line up for blocks to get them.Sig: Blocks!? They line up for blocks?Happy (smug): Beyond human comprehension. Just as I said.Sig: You're not making this up?Bea: Nope. They're really popular. You've never heard of them?Sig: No! Although, I don't know if it matters since Happy hasn't been able to figure them out.Bea: So, we use the internet. I bet I could get you a really easy tutorial on how to make them online if that would help.Sig: He has to do a whole blood ritual every time he wants to look at the recipe. Yeah, I think it'll help.Happy: The ingredients are still out in the back room from my last attempt. We can try again right now.Bea: Guys? I got a good feeling about this. Let's bake![Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]Credits
Episode 8, “Something Im-portent” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagBea: You said blood ritual before. Whose blood--actually nevermind. Forget I asked.

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Episode Nine: Last Action Hero

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, a special surprise item soon to be debuted at the Solegard Baking Competition, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene]Sig: OK. Out of the oven, iced, and cooled. Moment of truth.[SFX: We hear crunches as Sig and Happy taste the cronuts.][SFX: A beat of silence. Then…]Sig: I think I'm going to win this competition.[SFX: Bea's warp plays as she teleports in.]Sig: Bea!Bea (distracted): Hey guys.Sig: Just in time! You gotta taste it! I did this batch by myself and I think I got it.Bea: I don't know. I'm not really feeling sweets right now.Happy: You are upset.Bea: No, I'm fine. I'm just a little stressed about this whole quest thing. Headmistress Heath is breathing down my neck about this. I don't have that much time before I have to get the amulet to the well, but I can't go until I find this King guy. That's why I came. Have you heard anything from your brothers?Sig: I have but it's not really good news.Bea (sighing): Let's hear it.Sig: I thought Arnie, my oldest brother, would be the best bet since he's the one who married a princess so he's actually in line to become king but he says the king is extremely healthy so it doesn't look like he'll be getting anywhere near the throne anytime soon.Happy: If you would like that changed, I can arrange it.Bea: That's sweet Happy, but no. Casual regicide is not on my to-do list today. Who's next?Sig: Kurt. You know, the one who went to Hexwell? He said that he's not a king as far as he knows but he also says that, if the world doesn't end, he'd love to meet you. You know, since you're from the other world and you guys both went to the same school and stuff. There's some questing tips in the letter too. Here.Bea: Thanks. I'll read them later. What else you got?Sig: Look at this one. From Sly.Bea: This is just a giant pawprint.Sig: Ha, right? It came today.Happy: Sylvester is a skilled bounty hunter. One of his abilities is transforming into different animals to better hunt his quarry. It seems that, right now, he is a tiger.Bea: A tiger? You're sure. Not a lion maybe?Happy: I am fairly certain.Bea: Dangit.Happy: Do you have a strong preference between the two?Bea: No, it's not that. It's just, if he was a lion, then that might be the answer. You know, like king of the jungle?Happy: But lions do not live in the jungle.Bea: Huh. I guess you're right. But it's a thing people say. I dunno, I thought it might be something.Happy: Perhaps we could convince him to turn into a lion and accompany us?Sig: I doubt he'll be back soon enough for that. He only sends back letters like this when he's pretty deep into whatever he's doing and doesn't want to break focus by doing something as human-y as writing.Bea: Dang. Well, that's three brothers. What about the other three?Sig: I don't know. They haven't gotten back to me yet.Bea: Oh, come on! Don't they know the world is ending?Sig: In their defense, there's a good chance they're also stopping an apocalypse right now. They have an adventuring party together so they're always traveling. It can be hard to get a message to them.[SFX: Bea sighs.]Bea: Great. Fantastic.Sig: Hey, let's take a break. You can try the new dessert if you're up for it.Bea: It does smell good in here.Sig: Come on, just a bite. It'll make you feel better.Bea: Ugh, I'm supposed to be eating healthier. Making friends with a baker was a mistake.[SFX: She takes a bite.]Bea (mouth full): Oh my God.Sig: Yeah?Bea: Oh my God, this is amazing.Sig: You think so?Bea: Sig, you're gonna win! This is totally gonna win!Sig: Ha! I thought I might be hyping it up too much but, if I have your seal of approval, say hello to my official entry to the Solegard Baking Competition: The Bea Happy Toroid, by Signature Eats.Bea: After us?Sig: Yeah. I wouldn't have been able to do this without your help.Bea: Aww, Sig. That's so cute.Happy: It is an extreme honor.Bea: Well, I definitely feel a little better, but I still wish I could figure out this king thing.Happy: There are rituals I could attempt to contact your remaining brothers. However, there is approximately a 12% chance that the recipient of the message will lose their mind.Sig: Well, if we do it, we should for sure do it on Dolph. He's clearly already lost his mind with all the crazy stuff he does. The last time they visited, he'd gotten a face tattoo. A face tattoo, Happy!Bea: You have a brother named Dolph?Sig: Yeah. Fourth oldest, after Sly.Bea: Ha! You have brothers next to each other in age named Dolph and Sly. That's funny.Happy: I do not understand.Sig: Yeah, why is that funny?Bea: Oh, right. You wouldn't know. There's a really famous movie back home called Rocky. Well, Rocky IV specifically. And the stars are Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren. Actually...what are all the other names of your brothers again?Sig: Oldest to youngest, there's Arnold, Kurt, Sly, Dolph, Chuck, and Jean Claude.Bea: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Damme! All of your brothers are named after famous, 80s, action stars! Your mom must have been a big fan.Sig: Mom always said the names were from great warriors from her world.Bea: Well she was right. Oh, man! I can't wait to show you guys Terminator. But, wait. If all of your brothers are named after 80's action stars, why are you named Signature?Sig (laughing): What? Sig's not short for Signature. You thought my name was Signature?Bea: I mean, it's called the Signature Eats bakery and your name is Sig.Sig: Signature's not a name!Bea: Neither is Happy but here he is!Sig (still laughing): I can't believe you thought my name was Signature.Bea: OK, OK. Laugh it up. That still doesn't explain why you don't have an action hero name.Sig: I do. Sig is short for Sigourney.Bea: Oh, duh! Sigourney Weaver! From Alien. Very good movie. You'd like it too. But wait. She's a she.Sig: Yeah. Mom said she'd been wanting to use the name for ages but she kept having boys. When she was pregnant with me, she thought, "Whoever's in there is getting this name," and, ta-da, it was me. But it's not a name anyone else I've met has so no one ever teased me about having a girl's name.Bea: I don't think I've ever heard of anyone besides her and you having that name. Actually, let me check.[SFX: We hear typing on her phone in the background.]Sig: I'm curious. Do you know any other Happy's Happy?Happy: No. I won the rights to exclusive use of the name by defeating the past holder in combat to the death.Sig: That's a joke, right?Happy: Correct.Sig: Oh, good.Happy: The combat was not to the death.Sig (come on): Happy.Bea: Oh my God.Sig: What?Bea: Oh my GOD.Sig: Bea, what?Bea: I...I can't...I gotta take a lap. Happy, hold my phone, I'm taking a lap.[SFX: She walks off.]Sig: What does it say?Happy (reading): "Sigourney is a male name found in the book, the Great Gatsby, made famous by actress Sigourney Weaver. It is of French origin and has the meaning...daring king."Sig: WHAT?[SFX: Footsteps as Bea returns.]Bea (almost hysterical): It's you! It's you. I've been looking and looking and the king of two worlds has been you this entire time! I feel...I feel...I feel like they need to invent a new emotion to describe what I'm feeling right now.Sig: This can't be real. How is this my life? How is this always my life? And you know what the craziest part is? I didn't even see it coming. For once, I didn't see it coming.Bea: Oh, man. OK. Brainstorm. How flexible are spiderweb prophecies? Like, it says without the king we don't have a prayer but is that set in stone?Happy: I believe it is set in web.Bea: Not what I meant. I mean, can we fudge it. Find a workaround. There's gotta be something.Happy: Twist the meaning?Bea: Or try the lion thing.Sig: Or you could just ask me.Bea: Huh?Sig: You never asked me to do it.Bea: Yeah, because I can read, Sig. "Absolutely no adventures." I don't want to force you to do something you're not comfortable doing, even if the world is ending. I mean, it's ending all the time, right? We'll figure it out.Sig: You don't need to figure it out. I'll help. Of course I'll help.Bea: But your policy--Sig: Is for random people who don't know me knocking down my door every day for me to solve their problems. Not for my friend, who needs help on her school project and has a dessert partially named after her because she spent so much of her free time helping me with my big project.Bea: Oh no! The baking competition! The timelines overlap, don't they? I don't think you'll be able to make both.Happy: The Dark's first lair and the competition location are in opposite directions. There is no way you would be able to both do this quest and make it in time for the competition.Bea: Sig, I won't be mad if you go to the competition. I know how much it means to you. And your vision. It said these were your future.Sig: Well, it's a good thing the future hasn't happened yet, right? Don't worry. I'll get another chance at that. What's important right now is making sure you can do what you need to. Besides, what kind of a daring king would I be if I said no?Bea: You sure?Sig: I'm sure. If it's for you then I am absolutely ready for exactly one adventure.Bea: Then you know what that means, right?Happy: What?Bea: ROADTRIP![Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]Credits
Episode 9, “Last Action Hero” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagBea: Oh, duh! Eye of the tiger. It was right there!

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Episode Ten: Something New

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: I'm Sig and I'm not actually at Signature Eats bakery right now. Kinda got caught up with something. But, don't worry. Soon, I'll be back, serving up breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely--[Intro Music stops]Happy: Sig![Music restarts]Sig: Absolutely no--[Intro Music stops]Bea: SIG! We need you!Sig: Absolutely--oh, never mind. I'm coming guys![SFX: We hear Sig draw his sword before the intro music plays us into the scene.][SFX: Throughout, everyone sounds like they're eating cronuts on and off.]Bea: That's your pick for worst moment? Really?Sig: 100%Happy: It was extremely simple.Sig: It was insulting! We're bringing this amulet powerful enough to end to world to a well strong enough to destroy the world ending amulet and, on the way there, we have to tell a bridge that the greatest magic of all is friendship so it'll let us pass? No, I'm pretty sure it's the amulet. Or the well. Or literally any other kind of actual magic. It's ridiculous!Bea (teasing): I don't know. No one's ever been able to magically force you into a quest before but I did it.Sig: Doesn't count. Friendship isn't magic. Friendship is friendship. Magic is magic. Otherwise, they'd be teaching you how to make friendship bracelets at Hexwell, not how to cast spells. You didn't beat that dragon with friendship. You beat it with a giant bolt of magical lightning like a proper wizard.Bea: Ugh, don't remind me. That was my least favorite part for sure.Sig: What? But you crushed it. In fact, I'd say you zapping that thing is in the top five moments of the quest for me, and not just because it was definitely about to eat me.Happy: I agree. You fought admirably.Bea: Loving the love-fest guys, but I don't feel great about zapping an innocent dragon.Sig: Innocent!? Are we forgetting the part where it tried to eat me?Bea: It's not his fault someone made him guard that crypt. It's like...it's like a dog.Happy: I can assure you, it is not.Bea: I think it is. There are no bad animals, only bad owners.Sig: Oh, trust me. There are bad animals.Happy: Like those traitorous pegasi.Bea: Happy, I keep telling you--Happy: If they had just flown us all the way to the lair--Bea: The Dark would have pinged their auras and blasted us out of the sky as soon as we got within range of the lair. We had to walk. They took us as far as they could.Happy: They could have carried us further if they were not cowards.Bea: OK, let's not get into that again. If that was your least favorite part, what was your favorite part?Happy: Speaking with the well was...amusing.Sig (laughing): Oh, that was so funny. Bea, Bea. Do it with me.Bea (laughing): Yeah, yeah, do it.Sig (sinister,whispery): Give in to the Dark. Let it flow through you and facilitate your every whim. Your darkest desires. Your deepest fantasies.Bea: Nah.[SFX: They burst out laughing.]Sig: I am so glad my job was lair entrance opener and not amulet holder.Bea: Hard same. Would not want to see the timeline where one of us had to do that.Sig: Or one of those Direbeak kids. Can you imagine?Bea: We should be fair. They're not all evil.Sig: No, but non-evil ones don't exactly condemn the evil either.Happy: What was your favorite moment of the quest?Bea: Me?Sig: Oh, come on. It's gotta be dropping the amulet into the well, right? That's always the best part the way I hear people say it. Killing the thing or finding the thing or destroying the thing. You know. Checking the box.Bea: Actually, no.Sig: No?Bea: No. I mean, don't get me wrong, that was super awesome. But I think my favorite part was just..hanging out with you guys.Sig: Boo! Pick a real thing.Bea: I'm serious! I'm really glad you guys came. The parts where we weren't literally moments away from death were really fun. Like a camping trip. I'm glad it was your guys' shop I stumbled into when I got here. Really.[SFX: Beat.]Bea: Finding out that all of Toad House gets automatic straight A's for the semester because of this was also pretty sweet. I've gotten so many magi-messages from my classmates. I'm basically a rock star.Sig: There we go. There's your real answer.Bea: No, I stand by my first answer. No matter what cool stuff happened, it wouldn't have been as cool if I hadn't done it with you and the Business Babe. Sorry about the hat by the way.Happy: A small sacrifice to make in pursuit of the quest. I would have given up a thousand hats.Bea: Aww. Don't worry, I'll get you another one exactly like it. Ooh, you can even come with me if you want. We keep saying we're gonna make a trip to my neck of the woods and we never do.Happy: That would be agreeable.Bea: I still can't believe I won you over with a hat. You're a cheap date Happy.Sig (laughing): You think it was the hat?Bea: Uh, yeah. That's the only thing I gave him when we met.Sig: It wasn't the hat.Happy: The hat helped.Sig: OK, it was a little bit the hat. But it was mostly his name.Bea: What do you mean? Happy?Happy: My full name. Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage.Bea: Oh man, I totally mangled it when we met. I'm sorry.Happy: You attempted to say it correctly. That is more than most people do. It cast you in a favorable light.Bea: Well, you weren't put off by pink or sparkles which also (mimicking) cast you in a favorable light.Happy: I do not understand the correlation.Bea: Neither do I but gender roles were established long before I was born so you'll need to take it up with someone else. But hey! It all worked out! Oliver did not lose his job which he is extremely happy about. I screwed up so many betting pools which serves them right for betting against me. And the Dark is defeated!Sig: Yeah, until he comes back next year.Bea: Are you sure? That death felt pretty final.Sig: Yeah, Kurt staked him through the eye with a blessed unicorn horn and he was back six months later trying to infect the school's water supply with some kind of darkness plague. Trust me. He'll be back.Happy: And, when he does, you will have our assistance.Sig: He is unfortunately correct. But please don't spread it around that I went on a quest or else--[SFX: The front door suddenly opens.]Isadora: Hello?Sig: Lady?[SFX: Bea slaps Sig.]Bea: Sig! Rude!Sig: Ow! That hurt.Isadora: Oh, no. He wasn't being rude. He was simply giving me my title. I don't believe we've met.Bea: We haven't. I'm Bea. Nice to meet you.Isadora: Likewise. And I'm Lady Isadora, though, not for very much longer.Sig: Oh, no. Don't tell me. Something went wrong on the quest and now you're on a mission to reclaim your honor before you're stripped of your title and you need my help. I swear, you go on one quest for a friend and--!Isadora: No, no. You've got it all wrong. The quest went amazingly. Dreadlich defeated, Kingdom still standing. Sword mine to keep. It went as well as possible.Happy: Then why are you losing your title?Isadora: Not losing my title, Mr. Happy. Gaining a new one. See?Sig: Woah!Bea: Look at the size of that rock!Happy: This is what is known as an engagement ring, correct?Isadora: Correct. Although, technically, keeping the sword was the engagement present. The ring was a formality after the fact.Bea: So then your new title is...Isadora: Queen Consort.Bea: Oh man! Way to go! I don't even know you but mad respect.Sig: Yeah. Congratulations.Isadora: Congratulations yourselves. I've heard that you'll need to put an asterisk on that sign of yours. Absolutely no Adventures, except for the one.Sig: Oh no. Are people talking about it? I knew this was going to happen. Did you just come here to rub it in?Isadora: No. I was under very strict instructions by you not cross the ocean to see you again unless I wanted pie.Sig: You came here for pie? I mean, we're closed but if you came all this way--Isadora (chuckling): I didn't come for pie. Or, rather, I didn't come for pie right this second. I'm having a wedding.Sig: Right.Isadora: Which involves a lot of hiring.Sig: Right.Isadora: Including a baker.Sig: Ri--oh! OH! Wait? Are you serious? You want me to make your wedding cake?Isadora: I want you to make our everything. Cakes, pies, cookies. Anything you can bake. Everything needs to be of the highest quality, even if I have to ship you across the ocean to make it happen.Sig: Really?Isadora: Sig, at a point in my quest, I had a serious internal monologue about whether it was wiser to finish the pie you gave me before I faced a monster in case I didn't survive to eat it or to save it as a reward for defeating it. That is a caliber of dessert I want at my wedding. And, besides I doubt this would be happening at all if you hadn't pulled the sword and given me a chance to wield it so, yes. I want your best cake. I want your best pies. I want...whatever it is that you're eating right now.Happy: Bea Happy.Isadora: I am. Ecstatically.Bea: No, that's the name of the dessert. Sig named it after us. The Bea Happy Toroid.Sig: Yeah, it was supposed to be my entry into this competition.Isadora: The Solegard Baking Competition?Sig: Yes! See Bea! I told you it was a big deal.Bea (amused): I never doubted you.Sig: Here, try one.[SFX: She does.]Isadora: This might be better than the sword. And I really love that sword. I saved the kingdom with that sword.Sig: You like it?Isadora: "Like" would have to cross the Pax 12 times over to approach the vicinity of what I'm feeling right now.Bea (aside): So buff and yet so poetic. Someone is absolutely hitting the jackpot here.Isadora: We have to have these. As many as you can make in as many flavors as you can make. They'll be a hit. We'll pay you handsomely of course. Name a price and I'll double it. I happen to know the woman holding the purse strings for the kingdom and she's extremely agreeable.Bea: Wait a second. This is a royal wedding type deal, right?Isadora: Yes.Bea: Well I'm not an expert on royal protocol but I did see Princess Diaries 1 and 2 at least fifty times each. People are gonna come from all over for this, right? Other royal people from other kingdoms?Isadora: Of course. The guest list isn't complete but it's shaping up to be a real to-do.Bea: Ha! Sig! Your portent!Sig: What about it?Bea: Don't you see?Happy: Ah!Bea: See? The Business Babe's got it.Happy: We assumed that the toroid was your future in that you would win the competition with it which would earn you accolades that you could parlay into increased success in your business. However, if your dessert is featured in well attended, high profile, royal wedding then--Sig: This could be huge. For business. For me. This could be the thing people know me for. I won't even need the sign! I mean, I'll probably still need the sign, let's be realistic, but still!Isadora: So you'll do it?Sig: I--wait. Can I get two plus ones?Isadora: For your friends here? Of course.Sig: Then you got yourself a deal. Let's talk pastries.[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]Credits
Episode 10, “Something New” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with the theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and featuring Briar Zachary as Lady Isadora.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag
Isadora: I remember my first dragon. I lost a tooth. But it was going to fall out soon anyway.Sig: Hold on, it was a baby tooth? You still had baby teeth? And they let you fight a dragon? That's...you...bad!Isadora: It was only a baby dragon. I hardly even got burned.Sig: Still bad!

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Special: Let them eat Wedding Cake

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Amaranth Royal Wedding, catered by Signature Eats! I'm Sig and I'm serving up pies, cookies, toroids, one VERY important cake, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene]Scene 1: INT. ROYAL KITCHEN - EARLY MORNING[SFX: Fire crackles in the background.][Sig sucks in a breath, impressed and overwhelmed.]Sig: Oh, wow. The royal kitchens. This is-- oh man. Look at the size of that oven. And the quality of these pots and pans. And all the counter space! I've never seen this much counter space in my life.Bea: Yeah, it kinda feels like Ye Olde Food Network in here.Sig: I can't believe this is happening! This is so amazing! I feel like a kid on Hollymas! Come on, I can't be the only one who's freaking out![SFX: Near the end of Sig's sentence, soft footsteps approach.]Isadora: In a good way I hope.Sig: Huh? Oh! Lady Isadora!Isadora: Hello Sig. Bea.Bea: Hi!Isadora: And (short pause) Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage?Happy (gratified): You may call me Happy.Isadora: Excellent. Thank you.Sig: You're up early. And this is the first time I've ever seen you in clothes that don't make it look like you're on your way to kill someone.Isadora: Yes, believe it or not, I do own articles of clothing that aren't armor. And I had business to attend to when you arrived last night but I arranged to have your attendants wake me when you got up. I hope your travel was easy?Bea: Yeah, it was no problem. Hexwell owed me a major favor since I saved the world and everything, no big deal. So they let me use their souped up teleportation circle. And I think I should be able to get us back since my personal teleportation spell more or less works on Pokémon rules.Happy: Pokémon rules?Bea: You know, you can only fast travel to a place you've been before?Happy: I do not see what that rule has to do with poking mons.Bea: I'm gonna tell you what that word means, but first, I want to hear what you think it means.[SFX: There are footsteps again. The queen yawns.]Marigold (sleepy): Izzy?Sig (quiet, amused): Izzy?Isadora (flustered): Your Majesty!Marigold: Izzy, we're engaged.Isadora: Uh, sorry. Habit. Marigold.Marigold: Better.Isadora: But you should be in bed.Marigold: So should you, and yet, here we both are. And I see we're not alone. Hello.Bea: Hi--I mean, hello. Greetings your majesty. Or, highness? I've never met a queen before. We don't even have queens we're I'm from. We fought a whole war about it. I'm just going off of Disney movies. Should I bow? I feel like I should be bowing. Am I even allowed to talk to you? Wait, you talked to me first. Or am I making that up?Marigold (amused): I did speak to you first. And you don't need to be so nervous. You are the bakers I'm assuming?Isadora: Yes, this is Sig and his friends Bea and Happy.Sig: Hey.Happy: Hello.Marigold: Welcome to the palace. And thank you for agreeing to do this. Isadora spoke so highly of your bakery that once we were engaged it was the most natural thing to do. Especially after what you did for her.Sig (hesitant): Made her a very good pie?Isadora: She knows about the sword. I was going to have to tell her at some point. We're getting married.Marigold: But, rest assured, I understand that your interests are all baking related and that's the only capacity in which your services will be required. I can promise, no one will be asking you to pull any blessed swords from enchanted sheaths while you're here. All I need is for you to stay completely within your wheelhouse. If that's alright with you.Sig: It is SO all right. Queen Marigold, this is an amazing opportunity. Thank you so much for hiring us. I promise, you are going to have the best wedding reception ever.Isadora: That was going to be the case regardless, but now we're going to have the best cake at a wedding reception ever too.Marigold: You obviously have full use of the kitchens and the pantries. Please let anyone know if there's anything you need and they'll get it right to you. Oh, and of course, you'll have full use of the kitchen staff, once they're awake, which should be soon. They're all very skilled and, with your direction, I'm sure you'll--[SFX: As her sentence ends, we hear more footsteps.][Note: Ana is pronounced "Aw-na" like in Frozen, not "Ah-na".]Ana: Oh! Your Majesty. And Lady Isadora. I'm sorry, I can come back--Marigold (warmly): No, no. Come in Ana. You should meet the people you'll be sharing a kitchen with for the next three days. This is Ana. She runs the kitchens. Ana, this is Sig--the baker--and his friends, Bea and Happy.Sig (aside): Did you hear that? She called me Sig, the Baker.Ana: Nice you meet you all. I just wanted to make sure everything in here was properly set up before we start prep for the big day. Pantry stocked. Knives sharpened.Marigold: Ana.Ana: Ovens cleaned. Floors spit-shined.Isadora: Ana.Ana: And I need to extra super double check the menu because I know it's been finalized for weeks now but I need to be sure on the allergies for everyone because if there's an international incident because I forgot some Duke was allergic to cilantro and he goes blue and passes out right in the middle of the first dance then--Isadora and Marigold: ANA.Ana: I'm going to stop talking now. Heh.Isadora: As you can tell from our extremely thorough, youngest ever kitchen manager who should be more confident in her own competence, you are in good hands.Marigold: Yes, the best. (she yawns) Now, I'm going back to bed.Isadora: And I--Marigold (playful): You are also going back to bed. Queen's orders.Isadora: That's not stopping is it?Marigold: Absolutely not. It's so effective.Isadora: In that case, I am also going back to bed. I'll check on you again at some point in the afternoon.Sig: Sounds good. Don't worry about anything. We've got it covered.Bea: As long as it's baking related.Sig: Right.Marigold: We have complete faith in you. Now, come along Izzy.[SFX: Footsteps and a door opening and closing as the couple leaves.]Bea: Sig, I will pay you 20 silver pieces to call her Izzy to her face. (Bea laughs).Sig: Ha! Sure, let me antagonize the woman with the huge blessed sword who got me this cushy job. That sounds like a really great plan for both my career and my intestines. Hey, Ana, right?Ana: Yes, hi. Uh, I'm sorry. I know I already got your names but I'm kind of in my head right now so I sorta blanked.Sig: No worries. I'm Sig.Ana: Hi Sig.Happy: I am Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage but as we are to be working in close quarters and time is of the essence, you may call me Happy.Ana: Interesting. Is it a family name?Happy: It is Aberrant.Ana (alarmed): Oh?Bea: Don't worry, he doesn't bite.Happy: Biting would be an inefficient way to cause bodily injuries and breaking ones mind is always more effective in the long run.[A beat of silence.]Ana: Was any of that a threat?Bea: Nah, he just talks like that. Don't worry about it. Also, I'm Bea! I love that necklace.Ana: Thanks. It's a lily. And I like your metal thing. The crystal is pretty. What is it?Bea: Oh, it's my laptop/tablet.Ana: Laptop?Bea: Oh, uh...it's a thing from where I'm from that I use for spellcasting and more trashy reality TV show marathons than I'd like to admit but you don't know what that means so it's probably fine.Ana: Where you're from? You mean Solegard?Bea: No, I go to Hexwell but I'm not actually from here. I'm from another realm.Ana: Wait. You're from another realm and he's an Aberrant One. Do you all just run the most supernatural bakery in the realm?Bea: Ha. That's nothing. Sig here is–Sig (interrupting): Really excited to get started on everything! Why don't you and Happy get the oven fired up?Bea: Oh, I love watching Happy do that! Come on, Hap![SFX: Footsteps as they walk off.]Sig: Ana, we don't wanna step on your toes. Tell us where we can work and who we can use and we'll make sure to stay out of your way.Ana: Oh, I don't mind. In fact, I've been really looking forward to you all arriving. A little excitement. A little variety.Sig: You're not getting that from, "Once in a lifetime royal wedding"? Because I'm basically living my dream life right now.Ana: I mean, yeah it's a wedding, but we're in the kitchen. That's not the exciting part.Sig: Trust me. The kind of excitement you're thinking of is overrated.Ana: I'm just saying, it'll be nice to have some new people to talk to in here. And I was just excited to talk to some people from overseas. But here you all are and turns out she's from another realm and he's from The Abyss.[SFX: In the background, there's a WOOSH of fire as Happy lights the oven.]Happy: The oven is lit.Ana: I mean, come on. Did you see that? He shot fire out of his hands. That's exciting.Sig: Yeah, well, hopefully, that's as exciting as it gets. Not to get into it, but I'm coming off of more craziness than I ever want to go through again and the absolute last thing I need right now is--[SFX: There are sudden footfalls and panting as Isadora runs back into the room.]Sig: Woah. Lady Isadora?Ana: My Lady? What's wrong.Isadora (slightly breathless): The-the ring. I just checked and it's not there. The ring is gone.[SFX: Bells chime][Music: There is a short downbeat musical transition to the next scene.]Scene 2: INT. ROYAL KITCHEN - LATER THE SAME DAY[SFX: There are now the sounds of a busy kitchen in the background. The kitchen door opens and shuts.]Sig: Any luck on the ring?[Ana sighs]Ana: Still nothing. I told them we're keeping an eye out, but I can't think of why it would be in here.Bea: Can the wedding happen without it? I mean, fingers crossed we find it, obviously, but can't they just go to Fantasy Zales and pick up another one?Happy: The Flowers of the Crown are of great arcane significance. A simple replacement would not suffice.Ana (surprised): Yes. How did you know that? Most people who live here don't even know that.Happy: They have been responsible for disrupting more than a few otherwise meticulously planned Aberrant operations in Amaranth.Ana: Oh, right. You would know.Bea: What are the Flowers of the Crown?Happy: A set of 7 pieces of jewelry belonging to the ruling Amaranthian royal family.Ana: 6 pieces actually, but yes. Tiaras, necklaces, rings. Presented at important life events and stages of life. Coming of age, taking the throne--Sig: Getting married.Ana: Yes. They're very well known as symbols of the crown. But they're not just pretty hunks of metal. I wouldn't be telling you this if he didn't already apparently know, but they have some very strong protective wards on them that help keep the royal family safe and, with them, the kingdom.Sig: Oh, that makes sense. Amaranth is a Synecdoche isn't it.Bea: A what?Happy: A Synecdoche. Meaning, the well being of the Kingdom relies, at least in part, on the well being and actions of the ruling monarchs.Bea: Wait, so like, if Queen Marigold catches a cold, everyone comes down with the sniffles?Ana: Not exactly. It would have to be something more serious and probably magical. Like a curse or a magical plague. And it's not all bad. Like, witches or Fae sometimes show up to bless royal marriages and births. A blessing on the royal family does a lot of good for everyones' health and the crops and all that so the best thing to do is to take the good with the bad and try and minimize the harmful side effects.Bea: Which is why they need the ring. Got it.Ana (hesitantly): It's...not just that. Queen Marigold, she's...how much do you know about Amaranthian history?Bea: I know everything you've told me in the conversation we're currently having.Ana: Right. Different realm. Ah, OK. So, everyone loves Queen Marigold. She's strong and fair and she's kept the kingdom safe. But, she took the throne at a young age. Too young.Sig: Oh, I know about this. We learned about this in school. Another noble family--the Radicans--they staged a coup, right?Ana (increasingly emotional): Mhm. Yes. Her entire family was wiped out. All of the Amaranths gone, except for her. All her family from the other houses too. The ring was her mother’s. It's got a lot of sentimental value attached to it. I've heard her talk about it. It means a lot to her to be able to wear it.Bea: Hey, I'm sure they'll find it. Everyone's looking. And the wedding's not for three days. That's plenty of time.Sig: And our job is making sure everything on our end is perfect for them once it happens. Right?Ana: Right. I'm sure it'll be fine. It's nothing for us, in the kitchens to worry about and--Sig: Huh.Ana (majorly excited): What? Did you think of something? Did you find it?Sig: No, I just realized I grabbed baking soda instead of baking powder.Ana (disappointed): Oh.Bea: I'll go get it. And, maybe when I get back we can talk about my cake topper spell again?Sig: Bea, the last one you tried blew up the test cake. Happy had to scrape frosting off the ceiling.Happy: The blast radius was impressive and doubles as a cake delivery system. I believe it would make a striking and functional cake topper but I was overruled.Bea: See! Happy agrees with me.Sig: Still no.Bea: Come on! It really tied the whole cake together.Sig: It literally did the opposite of that. Frosting on the ceiling.Bea: The spell just needs some tweaking.Sig: You get me a version that doesn't turn the cake into a weapon in the next three days and sure. Until then, we're sticking with fondant.Bea (mumbling under breath): I'd rather eat ceiling frosting than fondant.[SFX: She walks away to the pantry.]Sig: OK. We're going to have to start work on the cakes today and get as many of the decorations done as possible. The main cake is going to be chocolate ganache for the Queen, Lemon Cream for Lady Isadora, and Vanilla, for the picky eaters.Happy: There are also the cakes for the other two branches of the family.Sig: Which is a little morbid considering the...uh...circumstances but traditional so I'm not gonna argue. That's what the staff is working on right now. We've got Red Velvet for House Rosaline and Angel Food Cake for house Lil--[There's suddenly a sneeze.]Sig: Did that cupboard just sneeze?Happy: I believe it is the child sitting inside the cupboard.Ana: Oh, that better not be--[SFX: She opens the cupboard.]Ana: Parker! I told you to stay out of the kitchen!Parker: But I--!Ana: You already ruined a whole roast chicken the last time you were in here!Parker: I didn't ruin all of it! I just took a leg!Ana: Oh, and I guess I was just supposed to have them serve the Queen an amputated chicken with dinner. Hmm?Parker: I said I'm sorry! And I'm not here to steal food.Ana (scoffing amusement): Likely story.Parkie: Annie!Ana: Oh, nonononono. You're not sweet-talking me today, Mister. Hmm. Go on. Get out of here, Parks.[He huffs.]Parker: Fine.[SFX: He leaves, brushing the door on the way out.]Ana (sighing): That's Parker, Lady Isadora's Solegardian nephew. He's in the ceremony and he's gonna be constantly underfoot if we're not careful. I've been shooing him out of here since he arrived with his family two days ago.Sig: Did you know he was in the cupboard the whole time?Happy: Of course.Sig: And you didn't think you should say something?Happy: How was I to know that he was not meant to be in the cupboard?Sig: We don't have kids in our cupboards. (beat) We don't have kids in our cupboards, right? What am I saying, of course we don't. (beat) Right?Happy: Not currently.Sig: OK, well, glossing right over that, we've been prepping all morning and I'm starving.Ana: Oh, I can help with that. Uh...Lydia, can you have three test plates made please? Thank you!Sig: You don't have to do that. I don't wanna make things harder for you.Ana: Oh, don't worry. We were gonna end up eating all of this anyway. It's the dry run for the rehearsal dinner tomorrow.Happy: A rehearsal for the rehearsal dinner?Ana: Yes. I have to make sure that everyone can do this backwards in their sleep when the time comes.

Sig: Man, and I thought I was thorough.Ana: Well, if you're gonna be thorough, now's the time, right?Sig: Oh, 100%. I mean, I know you already work here full time but this has got to be your dream gig, right? (beat) Ooh, wrong. I know that face. I've made that face under very different circumstances.Happy: You do not wish to help with the wedding?Ana: Oh no, of course I want to help with the wedding. That's maybe the only worthwhile thing I've ever been asked to do. But the kitchen? I shouldn't be here.Sig: Then why are you?Ana: I don't have a choice.Sig: Sure you do. Talk to Lady Isadora. You were all buddy-buddy with her cousin so obviously you have a good relationship. She can ask the queen and--Ana: I can't ask the Queen for anything more than I already have.Sig: What do you mean?Ana: Well, I grew up in the palace. Not because I belong here, but because I don't belong anywhere. I don't have family. I have this necklace from them and that's it. The queen took me in as a ward when I was very young. I owe her everything. I owe her this job which I should not have. I can't cook to save my life.Sig: You sure? Because everything smells really good.Ana: Yeah, and I didn't cook any of it. I manage the kitchen. If I served any of my cooking to anyone with a title it would probably be some kind of treason.Happy: If the Queen cared about you enough to take you on as a ward, would it not follow that she would not want you to be miserable in your current position?Ana: Oh, I'm not miserable! I just don't love my job. And who really loves their job, huh?Sig (passionate): Me. I love my job. There is literally nothing I'd rather be doing than this.Ana: OK, fine, so you're the exception.Sig: And I'm pretty sure Lady Isadora does too.Ana: Two exceptions. That doesn't change the fact that–Happy: Bea.Bea: I got the baking powder! Also, it's snowing in the pantry.Sig: Snowing? What? Bea! Where did you get that sword? And your hands are covered in... is that blood?Bea: Oh, don't worry. It's not my blood.Sig: Ideally there's just no fresh blood involved when we're baking but I guess that's slightly better than the alternative.Happy: You said it was snowing within the pantry?Bea: Well, it wasn't really in the pantry When I walked in I found the baking powder pretty quick but then I realized that the pantry kinda just kept going and I was curious so I kept walking and then there were trees--Sig: There were trees? Bea!Bea: I know, I know. I'm curious, OK? Sue me. I walked through until I ended up in this circle of pine trees and it was snowing.Happy: It was also snowing when you ended up in our world for the first time.Bea: Hey, you're right. I didn't even think about that. That's weird that it happened twice, right? I know two isn't that many but it feels weirdly specific enough that it could be a pattern. Maybe I should talk to Oliver about it. Do you think he's awake? What's the time difference between here and Solegard?Ana: Wait! Go back to the story! You just walked into a portal to another world? That's incredible!Bea: Oh, it was wild! The place was called Everall. I met a half-bunny guy named Timor. Apparently since I was the second one through the portal I'm, like, 'the Herald' and I have to bring this sword back to the 'True King' so he can come back and 'finish what he started' and end the eternal winter. I may have met Santa Claus but he was extremely jacked so I'm not sure. He's the one who gave me the sword.Ana: You did all that in the past five minutes?Bea: Nah, I've been gone like three days. But Timor said I'd come back around the same time as I left so, all good.Sig: You…I...OK, there is so much to unpack there. But I'm choosing not to. Are you OK? Not hurt or psychologically scarred or anything like that?Bea: Yeah, I'm good.Sig: OK, great. Then, uh, Happy. You hold on to this sword for now. Bea, you have apparently been adventuring for three days so maybe you get the blood washed off of you before you help with the test toroids?Ana: Ooh! I'll take her. You can tell me about everything![SFX: Their voices get quieter and there are footsteps as they start walking away.]Ana (fading): Now you said he was half bunny. What half are we talking?Bea (fading): That's a very good question and the answer might surprise you...[Sig sighs.]Sig: OK, we should probably tell someone about the portal in the pantry. Maybe they can put up a sign or something. And we'll deal with the sword later too. Lady Isadora knows all the knights here. She'll probably know who is supposed to get this. In the meantime, we have a job to do that does not involve swords. It involves sugar and flour and--[SFX: There is suddenly a dramatic warping/transportation effect and then cracking (like ice cubes in water) sound effect as most of the people in the room freeze. The kitchen noises stop.]Balefic (unbearably dramatic): My, my. Wedding preparations are well underway, I see. And it smells divine. But, oh. You all look so surprised as you're frozen there slack jawed and stupid. Are your memories so short that you've already forgotten? Well, Balefic hasn't forgotten. And, just like I promised, I'm back and--Sig: Uh, hey.Balefic (totally thrown): What?Sig: Over here. Yeah, hi. Who are you exactly?Balefic: I--why are you not frozen? Neither of you are frozen.Sig: I dunno. It could be one of like a double dozen things I could name off the top of my head for me and Happy's Aberrant One mojo throws off a ton of spells calibrated for mere mortals.Happy: But this being is clearly Fae and Luxe was able to incapacitate me when she attacked us.Sig: Good point. Oh, maybe those Fae wards we got?Happy: We left those in Solegard to protect the shop.Sig: Oh yeah. You're right. So, back to my question. Who are you exactly?Balefic: I--Balefic. I just said...were you not paying attention to my entrance? I put a lot of work into that. If you're not going to freeze like you're supposed to, the least you can do is pay attention.Sig: No, I got your name. Not that it was super clear the way you said it but you look like the type of person who refers to themselves in the third person a lot so I figured it out. What I mean is, why is this happening? Cause we're all on a pretty tight deadline here with the wedding so–Balefic (back to drama mode): Ah yes. The wedding. The reason I'm here. The re-occurrence of Amaranth's great slight to me, Baleflic, the elegant, the powerful, the--Sig: Happy, do you know what this is about?Balefic: What--no! Stop interrupting!Sig: Sorry, it's just, you're really dragging this out and we're kinda in the middle of something important.Balefic: Nothing is more important than my revenge!Sig: Happy?Happy: I have no knowledge of a Fae named Baleflic who is of any significance to Amaranth royal affairs.Balefic: How dare you! You're lucky I don't turn you into a toad.Happy (amused): Though I doubt that you could accomplish that given your inability to even hold us in place, I would not be opposed to you (he chuckles) attempting to do so as Bea would find it amusing if you succeeded.[SFX: We hear her charging a magical attack.]Balefic: I came for elegant revenge but if what you want is a brawl then–Sig: OK, OK, OK. Calm down. Balefic, clearly you need to get this out of your system so why don't you just--Balefic: It was the wedding of King Hawthorne and Queen Vivienne. Invitations went out to all of the most prominent families, human and Fae alike.Sig: And you weren't invited? That's why you're upset?Balefic (scoffing): Of course I was invited. Well, I was dating the Dauphin of the Summer Court at the time and he was invited and I was his plus one but everyone knew we were dating. It was a thing. So it was basically the same as being invited.Sig (unconvinced): Sure.Balefic: The ceremony was moving. The decorations were tasteful. But then, we adjourned to the banquet hall and...the insult. The indignity! The…the chicken.Sig: Chicken? Like, the bird?Balefic: Like the menu item I didn't select! I wanted the fish! I was very clear! I even double checked the RSVP before we sent it!Sig: Wait, wait, wait. This is over a fish dinner you didn't get?Balefic: Not just 'a fish dinner'. It was salmon with a toasted lavender almond reduction sauce served with sides of grilled asparagus and garlic mashed potatoes.Sig: You remember all that? That must have been...what? Like 45, 50 years ago?Balefic: I remember it like it was yesterday!Sig: If you think about it, that's kind of a compliment to whoever designed the menu. I wonder if they're still alive.Balefic: Yes, I wonder. So I can properly pay my respects.Sig: Right, and by 'pay your respects' you mean...?Balefic: Since that day, I have dreamed of nothing else but revenge on the kitchen staff of Castle Amaranth and I–Sig: Wait, what? Come on. The kitchen staff? That's who you're going after?Balefic: Do you have a better solution?Sig: Yeah! So many! And none of them involve killing the kitchen staff!Happy: We are not part of the Amaranth kitchen staff.Balefic: What?Sig: Oh, good call, Happy. Yeah, we're outside contractors. That's probably why your freeze zap thing didn't work on us. Overly specific revenge spells have that extra flair but throw in some extra people and you're stuck talking to us instead of monologuing to statues. And, back on topic, you can't kill the kitchen staff and I need you to get out of here.Balefic: I never said I was going to kill the kitchen staff.Happy: That still leaves many unpleasant methods of revenge available to you.Balefic: Who said it would be unpleasant? Who's to say a group this flighty might not even enjoy it?Sig: I don't like that little emphasis you put on the word flighty. What do you mean by–[SFX: There's a poof of magic punctuated by flapping sounds. ]Balefic: There, isn't it elegant?[SFX: The door opens.]Bea: ...and that's why I'm never eating another peppermint in my life no matter how good of an idea it seems at the ti--woah. Where did all those doves come from?Ana: And where'd everybody go? Wait, is that a fae? There's a fae in my kitchen? Then--hey! Did you turn them all to doves?Bea: What!? I leave for three full days and I miss nothing but then I go to wash my hands and everyone’s doves all of a sudden? Someone explain!Happy: She is displeased she was served chicken instead of fish one time 45 to 50 years ago and so has decided to punish the current kitchen staff who I do not believe had anything to do with the decision.Bea: If this is over chicken, then why didn't she turn them all into chickens instead of doves?Sig: Don't ask us. She's standing right there. Ask her.Bea: Hey, why didn't you turn everyone into chickens instead of doves? Wouldn't that have made more sense?[SFX: There is a beat of silence, punctuated by dove cooing and wing flapping.]Balefic: Fly! Fly free you dumb birds![SFX: The birds fly away, making a ton of noise as the others, overlapping, try and get them to stay.]Sig (overlapping): Hey, stop!Ana (overlapping): No, wait!Bea (overlapping) : They're getting out the door![Balefic does a petty, evil laugh.]Balefic: If I didn't get to enjoy my meal, nobody does! Good luck with your wedding reception. Love to the couple. Mwah![SFX: Transportation effect as she poofs out. Fluttering noise of the birds' wings and bells dissolves into the next scene.]Scene 3: INT. ROYAL KITCHEN - AFTERNOON DAY 2 (DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING)Marigold: So it's the day before my wedding and my entire kitchen staff are now birds?Sig: That about sums it up. Except for us of course and Ana.Bea: Which is kinda weird. Like, she wasn't in the room but even staff that weren't on duty got hit so it wasn't an area of effect thing.Happy: Perhaps because she does not actually cook?Bea: Oh! Or maybe it's the overly specific revenge thing? It was keyed to the Amaranth kitchen staff. You never knew your parents. Maybe you're not actually from Amaranth.Marigold (oddly vehement): She is very much from Amaranth. And I am not so much concerned about the why as long as she's safe. That fae shouldn't have even been able to get in here. But with the ring still missing, the wards on the palace are weaker than usual. We're honestly lucky her revenge was so bird-focused and not more deadly. And, speaking of, what's the status on the...birds? Cooks? Both feel wrong.Ana: We spent most of the rest of the day and this morning trying to chase them down.Marigold (gently chiding): By yourselves?Ana: Well, everyone else is doing more important things. Kitchen management is my responsibility.Marigold: Yes, you run the kitchens, not an aviary. I don't expect you to chase after birds.Sig: She did a really good job for the record.Happy: Hmm. She has a clear affinity for animals.Bea: Yeah, and even after a full day chasing them down, her hair still looked amazing.Ana: Really?Bea: Yeah, when you took it down it looked super cute.Ana: Aww, thanks. (hastily back on topic) Ah, and, more importantly, all of the doves-slash-cooks have been tracked down and confined so that's the good news.Marigold: And the bad news?Bea: I don't think we're going to be able to turn them back fast enough to help with the wedding prep. I did a diagnostic on one of them and it looks like they'll turn back by themselves the morning after the wedding so that's good at least, but to do it manually would take more time than we realistically have and transmogs really aren’t my strong suit anyway. If I botch it, they could get stuck as birds even longer. Or something worse.Ana (sighing): This is all my fault.Marigold: Your fault? How could this possibly be your fault?Ana: I had one simple thing to do--Marigold: And then a fae showed up and turned your staff into birds.Ana: But if I had been there--Marigold: She might have decided to turn you into a bird too which would have helped no one. Ana, please, you're doing a wonderful job as always. Don't be so hard on yourself.Ana: But I wanted to do this for you and I let you down.Marigold: Ana, you have never let me down. And you're my ward, not the other way around. You shouldn't be worrying about me like this. Besides, this is a solvable problem. Not ideal, but we can contract out some of the work to local cooks. Extremely short notice but with enough financial incentive, I'm sure we'll find enough people willing to help.Ana: OK, we'll have to tweak the menu. We don't have time to teach the more elaborate recipes to so many new people.Marigold: That's fine. Whatever makes it easier. And you, Sig. How are things on your end?Sig: Well, we can still get the wedding cake done no problem but you guys ordered a lot of other desserts and that's what we needed the extra manpower for. We'll do our best but--Marigold: That's all I'm asking for. I'll get you some assistance if possible. And I’m so sorry about the birds.Sig: Believe it or not, not the weirdest thing that's happened to me while trying to make a cake. As long as you don't have any other fae looking to ruin your wedding, I think we should be fine.Marigold: Great. Ana, you can come with me and we'll discuss the menu. The three of you, send for me if you need anything. And I know you've already looked but if you do see that ring--Sig: We'll let you know.Marigold: Thanks.[SFX: Footsteps as Marigold and Ana walk off.]Sig: OK, so we have no staff and about a day and a half before people need to be eating cake. Like I told her, the cake shouldn't be a problem but I'm iffy on the toroids. We could do more cookies a lot faster but I really wanted to debut the toroids here.Bea: Maybe we do mostly cookies and then a small batch of toroids for just the family table? Oh! Or maybe we make a bunch after and give the guests goody bags before they leave, like the Oscars.Sig: Hmm, maybe. But then we have to worry about packaging.Bea: Maybe I poof back home, go to Party City, and--[Happy sniffs]Happy: I smell the child.Sig: OK, you have got to pick a less creepy way to announce that.

Bea: Parker! Come out of the hall!Parker: Maybe I was just walking by. You don't know.[SFX: There's a squeak.]Sig: Are you holding a mouse behind your back?Parker (lying): No.[SFX: Another squeak]Happy: He is correct. That is a rat.[SFX: Squeak]Sig: Parker, you weren't planning on letting that rat loose in the kitchen to distract us while you tried to swipe food, were you? Because that would double our work on the already really stretched timetable we're on and you don't wanna do that, do you?Parker: I'm not stealing food! I'm on a secret mission and--Sig: Right, right. Important mission. Fun. But can you go play somewhere not in the kitchen? Like with the birds. The palace suddenly got a ton of birds. Kids like animals, right?Parker: But--Happy (Aberrant echo): Go view the birds.Parker: Ugh![SFX: Footsteps as Parker leaves.]Sig: Normally, I'm against you doing that to kids but desperate times calls for--Bea: Double our work!Sig: What? No. Why would we--Bea: No, I have an idea for a spell. Happy, can you get the test toroids out of the oven?Happy: Yes, one moment.Bea: OK, OK, so we can make everything but we don't have the manpower to do it in bulk, right? But, what if we could just make everything once and then multiply it?Sig: Could you do that?Bea: I mean, we'll see. I'm trying to write something now. But hypothetically it should work.[SFX: We hear her start typing, very quickly.]Sig: It would help us out a ton. And we could help Ana on the cooking side if we ended up with extra time.Happy: Here they are.[SFX: He sets down the tray.]Bea: Thanks. And I think...done.[SFX: The typing stops.]Bea: OK, this should be ready for a test. Fingers crossed and--[SFX: She presses the key and there's a sparkly puff effect as a duplicate toroid appears.]Sig: Ha! It worked![SFX: There's another puff.]Sig: And another one! Bea, you're a lifesaver.Bea: It smells OK. Happy, I didn't accidentally transmute the sugar into arsenic or something, did I?[SFX: There's another puff.][Happy sniffs.]Happy: No. The duplicates are safe for your weak, human constitution.[SFX: Another puff.]Sig: At this rate we should be able to just make one quick batch before the ceremony and then multiply them for everyone no problem.[SFX: Two puffs.]Sig: Oh, Bea, you can turn that off.Bea: Sure, I--uh…uh-oh.Sig: Bea?Bea: Hold on, I can fix this, I can fix this.[SFX: The puffs start coming steadily and faster. Bea hits keys on her laptop frantically.][SFX: A ton more poofing sounds.]Bea: I don't think I can fix this.Sig: Bea![SFX: The room is filling up with toroids.]Happy: I believe they are increasing exponentially. They will overtake the volume of the room in roughly 40 seconds.Sig: Bea, you have to stop it! Smash your laptop or something!Bea: I can't do that! Then it wouldn't be controlled at all!Sig: Is it really controlled now?Bea: It should crash soon and that'll stop it!Sig: OK, but is it gonna crash before or after we (he spits toroid out of his mouth) drown in toroids?Bea: Oh! Idea!Sig: Please let this be better than your last idea.Bea: Happy, clear a path to the pantry!Happy: As you wish.[SFX: WOOSH of fire, then footsteps.]Bea: OK, follow me. This should...OK here. And then I came this way and yeah over here![SFX: A rustling sound.]Sig: Are these trees?Happy: It is snowing.Bea: Yes! We're in Everall![SFX: A TON more poofs and then an effect as her computer crashes. A bunch of toroids dump onto the snow.][SFX: Outdoors ambience and footsteps on snow.]Sig: And just in time because this for sure would have killed us. Is everyone OK?Happy: I am sticky but unharmed.Bea: I'm fine too. Phew, sorry guys. That is 100% my bad. I must have screwed something up. I bet my variable definition was sloppy. See, this is why you always test your code.Sig: Well, plus side, it didn't not work. We did make a bunch of toroids.[Sig bites into a toroid.]Sig: Ugh.Bea: Ugh? What's wrong? Happy said they were fine.Sig: They're not poison, but they're not fine. Taste for yourself.[Bea and Happy taste the toroids.]Happy: This is stale.Bea: Aw man, I bet I know what happened. It's like when you make a copy of a copy and the quality just keeps degrading.Happy: Is there a way to retain quality in the copies?Bea: Probably, but I don't know that I can learn it in such a short time. I mean, we just saw what happens when I rush out code.Sig (sighing): OK, well it was worth a shot. Thanks for trying. Now, how do we get out of here?Bea: The way back will show up once we do whatever we're supposed to do.Sig: What do you mean 'whatever we're supposed to do'? Can't you teleport us out?Bea: I can't. It's like a no-fly zone. You can only get in or out if Everall lets you. (beat) I promise it's not as ominous as I just made it sound.Happy: Something is strange.Sig: Would you like to narrow that statement down or should we start guessing?Happy: Below the snow. I sense something.Bea: Something we should try to dig up or something we should run from before the Jaws theme starts playing?Happy: The former.Sig: Do you need help or--[SFX: Woosh of fire.]Sig: Or you can just melt the snow with Aberrant fire. That's fine too.Bea (gasping): That looks like...oh my God! Is that…?Sig: That's a ring! Is that the ring?Happy: This is a Flower of the Crown. The Regent's Ring.Sig: Yes! Aw, finally, something is going right! How did it even get here? Actually, I don't care. Hey, maybe that's why Everall let us in. To get this back. Maybe we should try to leave and see what--[SFX: There's a rustling sound and then some scampering.]Sig: What's that?Happy: Stand behind me.Timor: Don't be frightened. It's only me.Bea: Timor?Sig: Woah. When you said half-bunny, I was thinking like, top/bottom. Not split down the middle.Bea: Wild, right? Anyway, Timor! Good to see you! How's it been? Actually, how long has it been for you?Timor: The last time we spoke in this spot was 10 years ago.Bea: 10? Dang, you look good. Really good. If anything, your fur looks less gray than the last time I saw you.Timor: Ah, such is the way of age.Sig: What?Bea: It's easier to just go with whatever he says.Sig: Got it. "What" retracted.Timor: I trust you've been well, Herald?Bea: Yeah. I mean, we almost just died but it's no big.Timor: And what news of the True King?Bea: Oh, right. That. Uh, working on it. Sorry it's taking so long. There was a whole thing with some birds. Long story.Timor: I'm sure whatever it was was very important. But I was sent to you with a message to deliver along with the sword.Sig: Just a message? That's great. Being on the fringe of a quest is way better than being the main guy. What's the message?Timor: He no longer needs to come to Everall to slay the Witch's mount.Bea: Oh, awesome. Should I just bring back the sword then?Timor: No, he'll need it. He no longer needs to come to defeat the beast because it is no longer in Everall.Bea: Come again?Timor: The seals keeping Everall separate from your realm have weakened due to the perpetual winter and the lack of renewal caused by the seasons. The beast escaped and hunts the one who slew its master.Bea: Wait, so there's just a monster somewhere in the palace and nobody noticed?Timor: The beast is tricky. It will have hidden up until now if it thought it would get a better chance to attack. But once you return, it will sense you have been made aware of its presence and I fear you won't have long.Sig: But, we do, right? Time moves slower here so we can just sit here and plan for a couple of hours and then when we get back--[SFX: There is a final sounding chime.]Timor: Ah, the Tolling.Sig: What does that mean?Bea: It means we're getting kicked out.[SFX: A magical warp effect.]Bea: Yup, see? There's our exit.Sig: What? No, we need more time!Timor: You must go now. Find the True King. Return to him his weapon. He is your only hope.Bea: Got it! Oh, sorry about all the litter! We'd clean it up but--[SFX: There's another bell and they're sucked back into the pantry with a shudder.]Sig: OK, OK. New development. Don't love it, but maybe it's not so bad. Just because this monster knows we know it's here, doesn't mean it'll attack right away. Maybe it's taking a nap.[SFX: There's sudden screaming and commotion from the halls faintly.]Happy: I do not believe it is taking a nap.Sig (no pause, so annoyed): Yeah, I got that, Thanks![SFX: Bells chime to transition us into the next scene]Scene 4: INT. ROYAL KITCHEN - AFTERNOON (LATER) DAY 2 (DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING)[SFX: The door quickly opens and closes.][SFX: Distant fight effects in the background as knights fight the witch’s mount.]Isadora: I got Bea's message and came as quickly as I--why are there toroids all over the--nevermind. Is everyone safe?Sig: Well, none of us are safe-safe with the monster and all, but we're OK.Isadora: Then why did you call for me? Not that I dislike seeing you but something rather pressing is going on.Sig: This is related. You should probably know there's a portal in your pantry to a place called Everall.Isadora: Ever-what?Bea: Long story. I'll tell you later. But we found the ring! Show her, Happy.Happy: Here it is.Isadora: Yes! This is it! But how–[SFX: Monster screech.]SFX: Nevermind. Thank you for finding this. Truly.Bea: That's not all. We also have this.[SFX: Metal scraping as Bea gets out the sword.]Isadora: A sword? I have a sword.Bea: It's not for you. This is the only weapon that can kill that thing. Again, long story, but someone accidentally walked into Everall before I did--probably in the last couple of days--and they did a whole quest with this sword. Timor said it was a fearsome warrior wearing foreign garb, small in stature but a master swordsman. Probably one of your guys, right?Isadora: That could be a couple of guards I know.Bea: Great. Round them up. Figure out which one it is. Give them the sword, and we should be good.Isadora: Right. Thank you. And you all stay safe here. You've already been through enough trouble since you've been here.[SFX: She gets up to leave.]Sig: Oh, wait!Isadora: What is it?Sig: Did you decide between the confetti and chocolate sprinkles for the cookies?Isadora: Definitely confetti.Sig: Ah, great! Good luck with that monster.[SFX: The door closes.]Sig: OK, assuming we don't all die, this wedding is still happening tomorrow, and there still needs to be a cake. That little duplication spell ruined all of our progress by smashing up everything, but we still have just enough time to get this cake made. Bea, I'm hoping you know some spell that can get this place cleaned up super fast?Bea: I have an idea but you're not gonna like it.Sig: Try me.Bea: I can try to send the mess to your kitchen back in Solegard. You know, like an equivalent exchange thing? I would send it to a different kitchen but yours is the only one I really spend enough time in to make it work.Sig: Aww, we totally scrubbed down that place before we left.Bea: I don't have to do it.Sig (sighing): Yes you do. We can't spend all night cleaning. Let's just have a moment of silence for future me and uh...alright do it.[SFX: She presses a key. There is a sparkle.]Sig: OK, now we're getting somewhere. Let's set up a place to work. We need sugar, butter, flour, eggs--[SFX: There is hard pounding on the door.]Parker: LET ME IN.Sig: Parker?

[SFX: More knocking.]Parker: OPEN THE DOOR. IT'S AN EMERGENCY.Bea: Oh my God! What is he doing in the hall?[SFX: She opens the door and yanks him in.]Bea: Are you trying to get yourself killed?![SFX: Door slams.]Bea: There's a monster on the loose and you're still trying to sneak in here for food!?Parker: I'm not here for food! That's what I keep trying to tell you! I need to get Brightsong!Sig: Brightsong?Bea: Hang on. Brightsong? That's the sword Timor gave me.Sig: The sword has a name?Bea: Yeah, sorry, it didn't come up before and– Wait, rewind! WHAT?Parker: The Witch's mount is loose. I thought I killed it when I killed her but I only wounded it. I need to put Brightsong into its heart or else we're doomed!Bea: But Timor talked about the hero like he was a full adult! You're, like, ten.Parker: Yeah, he ages backwards for some reason. I kept telling him I was a kid, but he wasn't really getting it.Bea: OHHHH, that explains his fur and that weird thing he said. But he also said you were a master swordsman.Parker: I come to Amaranth during the summer to train with my aunt.Bea: Your entire family is so unfairly cool.Sig: Hey, Ana said you were in the wedding. Are you the ring bearer by any chance?Parker (sheepishly): Yeah.Sig: And that explains how the ring got there.Parker: I wasn't trying to steal it! I just wanted to hold it and I didn't realize I left it in Everall. That's why I kept trying to get back into the kitchen but no one would listen to me![SFX: Monster screech.]Sig: OK, well we're listening to you now.Parker: Great! I need my sword!Happy: Your aunt is currently in possession of the sword.Parker: Where is she?Sig: Looking for you apparently.Parker: I'm gonna go find her.Sig: OK, hold on.Parker: Hey, let go of me!Sig: Are we cool about sending a ten year old kid out alone to kill a monster? Because it wasn't cool when I was a ten year old kid being asked to go kill a monster.Parker: I can do it!Sig: But do you want to do it?Parker: I wanna do it!Sig: Still feels iffy.[SFX: Monster screech!]Sig: But I also don't love that.Bea: Don't worry, I got this. Lemme just shift to tablet mode and... OK, Parker, on my back.Parker: What?Bea: Come on, piggyback. There we go. And shield![SFX: She presses a key and her shield spell forms around them.]Bea: You guys handle the cake. I'm gonna get the ten-year-old to his magic sword so he can kill a monster before it ruins this wedding. (beat) That's gotta be a new sentence. OK Parker, you ready?Parker: Ready!Bea: Let's rock![SFX: The door opens and slams.][Music: A triumphant fanfare plays us into the next scene.]Scene 5: INT. ROYAL KITCHEN - AFTERNOON DAY 3 (DAY OF THE WEDDING)Bea: Oh my GOD. If you don't have a 5 star Yelp rating after this, we should sue.Sig: I can't believe we're done.Bea: Like, I don't even know who you'd sue, but you should find someone to sue and sue them. Sorry I couldn't help much until the end.Sig: Uh, you were fighting a monster. I think you get a pass.Bea: That kid honestly could have done that without me. He was really good. Actually, I was thinking about it and I think he must have been in there for a lot longer than me. Like, he mentioned some stuff that happened, and it was way more than three days worth of stuff.Sig: How much more?Bea: Enough that someone should definitely help him unpack that at some point but not enough that he's currently having an existential crisis so that's good at least.Happy: The ceremony should be nearing completion. We will need to bring the cake to the banquet hall.Sig: I know. I just want to take a breath and relax for just one second. Guys, we did it. I know it's been a long couple of days, but it's all worth it because--[SFX: The door swings violently open.]Isadora: It's cursed!Sig: Wha--no, no, no, the cake![SFX: The cake absolutely SPLATS to the ground.]Ana: The cake doesn't matter! Make room for her!Bea: Oh my God! Is that the queen? Is she--Isadora: Not dead. Not yet at least. I mean, she's breathing and...Sig: OK, slow down. What happened? You said there was a curse?Isadora: Yes, I-I mean, I assume it's a curse. The ceremony was happening. We were near the end. Everything was good. She placed the ring on my finger and then I placed this one on hers and…and she collapsed. And then everyone else collapsed too. The cleric. The wedding party. The guests. Everyone except for me and Ana. I came straight here because I hoped you might also be unaffected given your various resistances to magic.Sig: Let me get a look at the ring.Isadora: Careful.Sig: Yeah, I can see it. I can't tell what it is exactly, but I can see the curse with my Truesight. Oh, man. I didn't really get a good look at it when we found it before and it's really subtle.Happy: It is Aberrant.Sig: You can tell? And you didn't say anything? Is this another kid in the cupboard situation?Happy: No. I could not sense it before it was activated. Now I can. And it is likely that you would not have been able to sense it earlier either, even if you had been looking.Isadora: If it's Aberrant, do you know what it is or how to reverse it?Happy: I will request the information. One moment.[SFX: Happy disappears to a backdrop of horrifying ritual screeching.]Sig: I will never get used to that.[SFX: There is a beat. Then the screeching happens again as he re enters.]Ana: Anything?Happy: The Radicans.Isadora (cold fury): They were eradicated years ago.Happy: Not before one of the family made a pact with one of my kind to have a curse put on the Regent's Ring as a final act of treason. It was to lie dormant until Marigold married then throw the kingdom into turmoil to provide for them another opportunity to coup if they survived to use it.Ana: But none of that helps us. What about the curse itself? How do we break it?Happy: It is a simple curse, undone with a kiss.Isadora (distraught): No, I tried that. Obviously that was the first thing I tried. It…it didn't work.Happy: No, not a romantic kiss. The kiss must be familial in nature. Blood family.Sig: Oh. That's easy then.Isadora (angry): Easy?Ana: Don't you remember?Isadora: She doesn't have any blood family! They slaughtered them all!Happy: That was the goal. To make a simple curse impossible to break, adding insult to injury.Isadora: Why are you saying that so casually? I don't understand why you're so calm!Sig: I wasn't going to say this because it's really none of my business and it's clearly a secret since neither of you know but it's relevant all of a sudden so I'm going to let you all in on something. The queen does have family. Blood family. And I'm looking at it.Ana: M-me? No, No. I'm not--I'm an orphan.Sig: Yeah. Because your entire family was slaughtered by the Radicans. Well, most of it anyway. I mean, think about it. The queen took you in personally. She doesn't do that for every orphan, does she?Ana: I mean, no, but--Sig: Plus before, with the doves. And again just now. You should have been cursed, but you weren't. Did you wonder why? I mean, Happy and I are weird. Bea's witchy and not really from here so she probably slipped the Synecdoche’s entanglement that way. And the Consort's Ring is also a Flower of the Crown so it's protective. But what about you?Ana: I thought I got lucky.Sig: Not lucky, protected. You said there were 6 Flowers of the Crown, but Happy was right. There are 7. And you're wearing one. The Lily.Ana: But...this is just something my parents left me with.Sig: Right, your parents, the duke and the duchess of the House of Lilies.Bea: Oh my God. It all makes sense. The perfect hair and the talking to animals? I shoulda' guessed. That's all textbook princess stuff!Sig: And, one more thing. Ana isn't your name. Or at least not your full name. I had Happy check the Abyss records the other day for confirmation since I was curious so I'm sure. You're not just Ana. You're Liliana, Princess of the House of Lilies.Ana: N-no. She's dead.Sig: She's you.Ana: But...but if...if that's true, why wouldn't she just tell me?Isadora (dawning understanding): For safety. It makes sense. She would know you'd have a target on your back. Letting everyone think you'd died, including you, would be the safest. And it would explain the job in the kitchens despite the lack of affinity. No offense.Ana: None taken.Sig: It was an easy way to keep you close and safe. But anyway, my main point here is we can all take it down several notches. The curse can be broken. Everything's fine. Except for my cake.Isadora: Oh, no. I…I wasn't thinking. I'm so sorry, Sig. I didn't mean--Sig: No, no. It's fine. I mean, it's your cake. And I get it. Cake or wife isn't really a hard choice. Speaking of, Ana, you should probably wake her up so they can make that official.Ana: Oh, yes, of course!Sig: Actually, wait.Isadora and Ana: What?Sig: Happy, they're not in danger or pain or anything while they're knocked out like that, are they?Happy: No. They are, in effect, sleeping.Sig: Great. Then do you two wanna take one last quick 6 to 9 hour trip to Everall--assuming the portal lets us in again?Isadora: The place the monster came from? Why?Bea: Oh, I get it! Time warp shenanigans!Sig: Hang tight for like a minute. Don't worry. I promised you a wedding cake and you will have a wedding cake.[Music: A triumphant fanfare plays us into the next scene.]Scene 6: INT. ROYAL KITCHEN - AFTERNOON DAY 3 (POST-WEDDING)Bea: Do you think we'll get in trouble if we just fall asleep here on the kitchen floor? Like, worst case scenario, what do they do to us? I mean, Ana's in charge of the kitchens and she'll be cool about it, right?Sig: Oh no.Happy: There is no reason to be concerned. Bea's assessment is correct.Sig: No, I just remembered we shifted all the mess to the Bakery.Bea: Oh, I forgot about that. Do you think they'd let us shift it back here? I mean, they kinda owe us.Sig (sigh): No, we can't do that. That's like, the opposite of customer service. We'll figure something out. But let's worry about that later. I think we deserve a break.[SFX: As he says the last sentence, the door opens.]Marigold: I'd be inclined to agree.Sig: Oh, your Majesty.[SFX: Footsteps. The door closes.]Marigold: Enough with the formalities. If we're alone, just call me by my name. Isadora too. We talked about it and we decided that you have more than earned the right after all you've put up with the past three days on our account. We consider you friends of the royal family. The entire royal family.Sig: Heh, yeah. Sorry about letting that cat out of the bag but, in my defense, I didn't really have a choice and it was kinda hidden in plain sight.Marigold: It doesn't take as many layers of artifice as you might think to hide a person who's supposed to be dead. The easiest mystery to keep under wraps is one no one is trying to solve. And I'm not upset that you told her. She needed to know. I was planning on telling her last year but there was that whole business with the dreadlich and it didn't seem to be a good time.Bea: She really cares about you. And she hates working in the kitchens. She's not gonna tell you to your face, but you should probably hook her up with a new job.Marigold (chuckling): The job was always meant to be temporary. I know she doesn't enjoy the drudgery of the kitchens but I thought it would be good for her to learn management skills and the ins and outs of palace life while keeping a low profile. Soon enough, she'll be managing a lot more than just kitchens. But, I trust you'll keep that information to yourselves until it is officially announced?Sig: Of course. At Signature Eats, we have a very strict, Baker-Client confidentiality policy.Marigold: Well, I'll be sure to tell that to all the guests who asked for your contact information.Sig: They asked for my contact information?Marigold: That's what I came to tell you. Expect a lot of correspondence in the next few weeks. I believe you're about to have a lot more exciting opportunities.Bea: Hopefully not this exciting.Sig: Uh, not that this wasn't a great experience.Marigold: No, she's right. I would not wish a repeat of the last three days on you all. I'm not even sure I'm fully caught up. There's a portal in the pantry?Bea: Don't worry about that. It should be sealed off now. But if it acts up, just get Parker to handle it. He knows what he's doing.Marigold: And the cooks who got turned into chickens–Happy: Doves. They were turned into doves over chicken.Sig: Over fish really.Marigold: Right, my mistake. But how are they? Are they back to normal?Bea; They should be by the morning.Marigold: I'll have to check in on them then. And what about–[SFX: Footsteps as Isadora approaches.]Isadora (yawning): Marigold, it's late.Marigold: Ah, so that's the amount of wine that needs to be in your system for you to finally drop my title. Duly noted.Isadora: You should all go to bed too. You've been awake 33 hours of this 24 hour day. In fact, I am ordering it. First order as Queen Consort. Go to bed.Sig (chucking): Well, in that case, we better go. Come on guys.Isadora: We can talk in the morning. And, uh, Bea, you have to show me how you did that cake topper. It…it really tied the whole cake together.Bea: Ha, I knew it! Night Marigold. Night Isadora.Happy: Until the morning.Sig: Goodnight Marigold. (pause) Night Izzy.Isadora: What did you just--?Sig: Bea, you owe me 20 silver pieces! Run![Music: The wedding march plays out to credits.]CreditsThis Special Episode, “Let Them Eat (Wedding) Cake” was written and directed by Destiny Howell. The show is produced and edited by Audiohm Media with theme music by Laurence Owen.Sig is voiced by Wes Haas. Happy is voiced by Karsten Otto. Bea is voiced by Sarah Ruth Thomas. This episode featured Briar Zachary as the voice of Lady Isadora, Sarah Griffin as the voice of Queen Marigold, Georgia Holland as the voice of Ana, Kaylie Horowitz as the voice of Parker, Sumara Meers as the voice of Balefic, and Andrew Oakes as the voice of Timor.Special thanks to Nina Nikolic.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag[SFX: Magical Effect as Luxe breaks the bakery wards. Then her teleportation effect.]Luxe: Ha! You thought some flimsy wards were enough to keep me out of here? Seems like someone forgot who they're dealing with. Wait. Where is everyon-- AH![SFX: Lots of poofs as Luxe is avalanched by the mountain of toroids transported from the castle. She spits out a mouthful of toroids.]Luxe: SIG!

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Episode Eleven: A Familiar Feeling

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: Fire crackles in the background.]Sig: Sorry, guys. But I promise, that cake is just as good and we'll have more toroids in the morning! The front door closes as the customers exit.Happy: You should not apologize. It was their tactical error which led to them being deprived of toroids. If they wished to partake, they should have arrived earlier. It is an insult to your baking prowess that they believed there would still be stock to purchase this late in the day.Sig: Aww, Happy.Happy: In the Abyss, such an insult would be met with swift retribution.Sig: Hey now, they still bought a cake. Maybe let's cool it with the retribution talk.Happy: Mmm. For now.[SFX: We hear Bea's teleportation effect as she arrives.]Bea: Hey guys! Is it a bad time? I can come back later if I need to.Sig: Nope, perfect timing. We were just shutting down for the day.Bea: It's so weird to not be able to just pop in whenever I want anymore.Happy: You still, very much, pop in whenever you want.Bea: I mean, yeah, but now there are usually people here when I do it! Business is booming!Sig: I know, isn't it great? The buzz from the Amaranthian wedding really helped to spread the word. Plus, the fact that Isadora and Marigold order about a case of baked goods a week doesn't hurt.Happy: My superiors are pleased as well. As toroids are an Aberrant dish, they believe that the proliferation of the desert is the first step in some grand machinations in service of turning the world to madness.Sig: Lining up at 4 AM for a baked good isn't NOT madness so they may be on to something there.Bea: Speaking of, I know you must be sold out by now but any chance you may have saved some dessert to proliferate my way now that I'm done with class registration for the semester?Happy: Of course. Your toroid.[SFX: Paper crinkles as he hands it over.]Bea: Yes![SFX: She takes a bite.]Bea: Ugh, thanks. I needed that after registration. It has been an absolute beast.[SFX: Sig sighs.]Sig: Are they still doing beast quests to see who gets first dibs on classes?Bea: Yes, but only for the Trueclaw and Direbeak kids. Toad House just does it alphabetically by class year.Happy: Then what was the difficulty?Bea: I had my entire schedule worked out but at the last minute, my Chronomancy class got rescheduled to six months ago and it blew up my entire schedule. I had to change everything. On the plus side, check out what elective I picked up![SFX: Paper rustles as she hands over her schedule to Happy.]Happy: Confectionary Witchcraft?Bea: Yup! You guys make it look so fun so I figured I should get in on the action. Plus, candy witches get such cute familiars! Licorice cats, hot chocolate dragons![SFX: Bea gasps.]Bea: There is a girl in my dorm who has a gummy toad! How cute is that???Happy: It is, objectively, extremely cute.Bea: Any class where you get to eat your homework is a winner in my books.Sig: Well that sounds great but be careful. That class tends to fill up with Direbeak kids.Bea: Really? Why? Does The Dark have a big sweet tooth?Happy: I am unaware of the desert preferences of The Dark but I believe using confections as a lure is a fairly common practice amongst magic users who wish to ensnare children and others with an inclination towards sweets.Sig: Yeah. Think gingerbread house in the woods.Bea: Oooh. Gotcha. I didn't think about that. Hey, does that really work?Sig: No, gingerbread isn't a very good building material. Even with the magic, the gingerbread usually isn’t load bearing. What you'd really wanna do is-Bea: No, I mean, does it actually trap kids? Don't you have like, stranger danger PSAs here? "Don't take candy from people you don't know, especially if it came off the walls of their house in the middle of the dark and creepy forest"?Sig: Bea, look me in the eyes and tell me that wouldn't have still worked on you.Bea: I honestly don't know if it wouldn't work on me now. Arguably it did work on me because I'm taking this class.Sig: I rest my case.Bea: Well, I can't say I love the idea of my classmates using chocolate for evil, but I'm still excited!Happy: As you should be. It is a very worthy endeavor.Sig: Yeah, and let us know if you need any help! With the baking part at least. I can't really help you with the magic.Happy: I can help you with the magic.Bea: Uh thanks, Happy but the last time you helped me with my homework, my professor had to take a leave of absence because he said he could see an eighth color beyond the spectrum of visibility and it was driving him to madness.Happy: But did you not get an A?Bea: You know, that is an excellent point. Let's revisit this during midterms.[SFX: Happy sniffs.]Sig: Do you smell something, Happy?Happy: Bea, did you walk through Hexwell's dragon enclosure today?Bea: No. I don't have Magizoology until next semester. Why?[SFX: The front door opens.]Delphine: Ah, hello?Bea: Ooh, Sig. Your new clientele is so fancy. Hi, I'm Bea! Where did you get that tiara? It's very adventurer chic.Delphine: Thank you! That's exactly what I was going for. And I'm Princess Delphine. It's nice to meet you.Bea: Nice to meet you t--oh my God is that a dragon????Sig: DRAGON?Happy: Is that the same dragon from the quest?Sig (terrified): Oh no. It found us.Bea: SHIELD.[SFX: Magic effect as Bea casts her shield spell.]Bea: Get back! One Lightning Bolt Special coming right--!Delphine: Wait, wait, wait! Calm down. I promise it's safe!Sig: What do you mean it's safe? It's a DRAGON. A dragon that has ALREADY TRIED TO EAT US.Delphine: I'm sure that's true but I promise Maxwell isn't going to hurt you. He's really a big sweetheart.Happy: Maxwell?Bea: Maxwell?Sog: SWEETHEART??????Delphine: I know, I know. But he's not burning down your shop so maybe you can take that as a good sign and let me explain?Sig: OK, even if I wasn't totally freaking out right now--which I definitely am for the record--there are still other people around here who will DEFINITELY start freaking out if they look out their window to gaze at the sunset and find their view casually blocked by A GIANT DRAGON.Bea: Oh! I have something that can fix that! One second. Incognito Mode![SFX: She presses a button on her laptop and there is a magical effect.]Bea: There! One invisible dragon!Sig: Great, now we can't see the flying monster with a taste for human flesh. That makes me feel so much better.Delphine: He actually prefers fish. With caviar if possible. He has very expensive tastes. I really shouldn't spoil him but, I mean, look at that face and tell me how you could say no to it?Happy (overlapping with Sig): His face is invisible.Sig (overlapping with Happy): Very easily.Bea: OK, wait. Can you like, back up? The last time we saw this dragon--er Maxwell, he was guarding a cursed crypt. I had to zap him with magic lightning so we could get away before he ate us. And that's not even the worst part!Sig: Yeah! We got dangerously close to becoming dragonfire barbecue.Bea: No, not that! We had to give him Happy's Business Babe hat for his hoard to distract him while I got the lighting bolt off.Sig: That was worse than almost getting eaten???? Did we go on the same quest??????Delphine: Ah! So the hat belongs to Happy. Which one of you is Happy?Sig: Well, I don't think any of us are super happy right now but, to answer your actual question, that's him.Happy: It is short for my full name: Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage.Delphine: Well, Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage, I believe this belongs to you.[SFX: There is a rustling sound as she produces the hat.][SFX: Happy gasps.]Happy: Is this what I think it is?Bea: No way!Sig: Is that Happy's hat?Delphine: Yeah! I'm clearing out Maxwell's hoard and getting as much stuff as I can back to the rightful owners.Bea: How did you find us? We didn't exactly leave a note.Delphine: I cast a spell to track the emotional connection between the object and the true owner. This had one of the strongest emotional signatures of all the items in the hoard so I wanted to deliver it as soon as possible. And, just so you know, there were wedding rings and what were clearly family heirlooms in that pile so it was quite a lot of emotion.Happy: The loss would have been devastating if not for the fact that the sacrifice was in service to the one who gifted it.Bea (emotional): Happy!Delphine: Well, in that case I'm especially glad to return it. I'm sorry you lost it in the first place. Maxwell is sorry too. He's going to be a good boy from now on.Sig: Wow. You really have a handle on that dragon, huh?Delphine: It's not as crazy as it seems. They only get a bad rap because bad guys take advantage of their protective instincts to make them kidnap people and guard their lairs. I always say, there are no bad animals, only-Bea: Bad owners! Yes, thank you! That's what I said![SFX: Delphine sighs.]Delphine: I only wish my parents could understand that. They are not going to be happy when they find out about this.Sig: Oh, is this like a runaway princess, overly traditional parents sort of deal? I've met a few of those.Delphine: Actually no. My parents are very supportive of my endeavors, of which I have many. Adventuring, a bit of magic, metalwork--I made the tiara. And my intended, Prince Ellis has been very sweet about my tendency towards wanderlust. He's more of a homebody himself but it means we always have lots to talk about when I return.Bea: Aww, cute!Happy: If neither your parents nor your betrothed are bothered by your non-traditional activities then why does this concern you?Delphine: They're fine with pretty much anything I do but we have a strict "no dragons" policy in the kingdom. That's the only line. Which, in fairness to them, doesn't come from nowhere. Half of the women on my mom's side have been kidnapped by at least one dragon. But I've never bought into the dragon hate. And when I heard about a quest to finish off this dragon, I decided to try and rescue it first. I was going to set it free but I didn't expect him to be so cute.Sig: I mean, it's no gummy toad but I'm sure it's cuter when it's not trying to kill you.Delphine: Heh, yeah. Sorry again about that. Anyhow, it seems like you were busy closing up so let me get out of your hair.Happy: Wait. What do you intend to do about the dragon and your parents?Delphine: I don't know. Stall for as long as possible before telling them, I suppose.Sig: Maybe this is a dumb idea but can you just. You know. Keep Bea's invisibility spell up?Bea: It's not gonna last forever. It'll wear off eventually--probably at the most inconvenient possible time based on my personal experience.Delphine: Besides, he would still take up a lot of space and I'd have to explain where a LOT of fish was going every day.Bea: Hmm...although...Sig: Bea, do you have an idea?Bea: Maybe. Delphine, did you say you studied magic?Delphine: Just a little. I didn't have the focus for it but I learned the basics--like the tracking spell. By the way, very impressive spellwork with that shield before. You did that beautifully.Bea: Well first of all, thank you. And second of all, did you get far enough into magic training to learn how familiars work?Delphine: Um, I learned a bit. When your magic is strong enough, you can cast a spell that manifests a creature to help you with your magic, right?Bea: Yes. It starts off invisible, and incorporeal, but over time, it gets more visible and solid and then bam! You have a little friend. Or maybe, a big friend.Delphine: You think I should pass Maxwell off as my familiar?Bea: I mean, think about it. You don't pick the form of your familiar. The magic picks. And I bet I could homebrew an invisibility spell that lasted a while and wore off a little every day if I worked on it.Happy: And if the kingdom's princess manifested a dragon familiar, perhaps the policy against dragons would be revisited.Delphine: Could you really do that?Sig (gently teasing): I've found that Bea can do most things if you give her a plate of sugar and enough time to screw it up three or four times first.Bea (jokingly defensive): Everyone has their process, OK?Delphine: You'd really help me with this?Bea: Are you kidding me? I've been looking for a replacement hat for Happy for months with no luck and then you just stroll in with the original like it's nothing? Of course I'll help you! I'll even give you some tips on how to cast an invisibility spell yourself if you want.Delphine: That would be useful. Maxwell is very handy for transportation but not very stealthy.Bea: I'll need some time to work on the modified invisibility spell. Can you come back sometime next week?Sig: Ah, after dark next time maybe?Delphine: Yes, that would be wonderful, thank you so much! Wow, I was thinking I could maybe pick up a cupcake while I was here, not a fix for my dragon problem. This must be a strange day for you.Sig: Ehhhhhhh.Bea: Not as strange as you'd think.Happy: I anticipated more fire.[SFX: Delphine laughs.]Delphine: This is a very interesting bakery. I think I need to visit more often.Happy: You have done me a great service and I am forever in your debt. Should you ever need the aid of dark forces, simply call and I will be at your side.Sig: That also means he'll save toroids for you which is pretty huge.Delphine: I feel like I should be the one doing a favor for you. Is there anything you want or need or--oh! Do any of you have a problem with heights?Sig (wary): Why do you ask?Delphine: How would you all like to ride a dragon?[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]CreditsEpisode 1, "A Familiar Feeling" was written and directed by Destiny Howell with sound design by Brad Colbroock and theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of: Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea, and featuring Sneha Kumar as Princess Delphine.Special Thanks to Executive Taste Tester, Camille.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagDelphine: Sorry again for landing a dragon on your front lawn.Sig: Honestly, the fact that it didn't at any point end up inside of the bakery means that you're really ahead of the curve here.

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Episode Twelve: Failed It!

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: Fire crackles in the background.][SFX: A Netflix video plays in the background.]Happy: This competition is infuriating. The contestants are incompetent.Bea: They're not incompetent, Happy. They're amateurs. That's the whole point.Happy: The point is to celebrate failure?Bea: No! Well, kinda? It's about trying things you're not great at and not taking yourself too seriously. It's fun!Happy: I do not see what is amusing about repeated failure.Bea (exasperated): Happy.Happy: I should be in this competition. I would demolish my opponents.Bea: It's for amateurs!Happy: Then I should be a judge. I would not coddle the contestants. This Jacques Torres is too soft.Bea: You are still completely missing the point but also, I would pay any amount of money to see that so...[SFX: The front door opens and Sig walks in.][SFX: There’s a click as Bea pauses the video.]Sig: I'm back.Bea: What took you so long? Your lunch break is almost over.Sig: Luxe tried to kill me on the way back.Bea: Again?Happy: By what means?Sig: She just tried to stab me! Not even with magic. She just tried to straight up stab me with a knife. There was zero finesse. I don't think her heart was in it.Bea: Why doesn't she just give it up?Happy: A fae contract is exceedingly hard to break.Bea: Are you OK? Did she actually get you?Sig: No, but she did stab right through my sandwich and destroyed my side salad which means I had to stand in line AGAIN which is why I'm late.[SFX: Sig sighs.]Sig: At least she cut the sandwich diagonally the way I like. You know, I would almost feel bad for her if she wasn't always trying to murder me. Anyway, there's only fifteen minutes left in my lunch break so...[SFX: The door opens yet again.]Sterling: Well, well, well. Hello Sig. Did you miss me?Sig: What the...ughhhhhhhh. Sterling.Bea: I'm sorry, who is this? Is this a bad guy?Sig: Ugh, no. Way worse.Happy: This is Sterling Argys. He has deluded himself into believing that he is Sig's heroic rival, though Sig has never partaken in any competitive activities with him or shown any interest in doing so.Bea: Sig, you never told me you had a rival.Sig: That's because I don't.Sterling: Once again, spitting in the face of prophecy, I see.Sig: Yeah, it's kind of my whole thing.Bea: There's a prophecy?Sig: Bea, when is there not a prophecy?Bea: Fair.Happy: The prophecy pertains to the twinned fates of Sig and Sterling.[SFX: Sig sighs]Sig (bored): Always Silver, Never Gold/Always Princely, Never King/Shake the Shadow's Looming Hold/Else, Endure it's Painful Sting.Sterling: You mock me with the words. Just like you've been mocking me my entire life with your constant one-upmanship.Sig: WHAT? When have I ever tried to one-up you?Sterling: Oh, so you're saying beating me is so easy you don't even have to try?Sig: How could you have possibly gotten that from what I said? See, this is what I'm talking about. He's always making everything about this stupid rivalry he invented in his head.Sterling: Oh, it is very real. Like the time I had just saved a princess from a sleeping curse and then the very next day, you saved two princesses from the same curse.Sig: They were cursed in my shop by poison apples a witch planted and they were TWINS. Did you want me to just let one of them stay asleep forever so you could keep your lead in this imaginary contest?Sterling: If the competition is imaginary, why are you ranked above me in the regional adventurer leaderboard?Sig: I didn't even register for that! You registered me behind my back to try and force me to compete with you. I've been trying to get myself off that list forever.Happy: They send copious amounts of junk mail with no regard to the environmental impact.Bea: So let me get this straight. Your plan is to just keep trying to beat Sig forever because some prophecy said so?Sterling: It's a prophecy. What it says will happen, will happen.Bea: Cool, so you're OK with losing forever then?Sterling:I didn't say that.Bea: You said you believe that what the prophecy says will happen. And the prophecy says you're always going to be silver and never going to be king so shouldn't you just give up if you're gonna take it completely literally?Sterling: Never! The prophecy directs me to leave my rival's shadow and that's what I aim to do.Sig: Have you ever considered that maybe the prophecy is saying that if you keep obsessing about this you’re gonna drive yourself crazy? Because you're definitely driving me crazy.Sterling: That sounds like a cheap tactic to throw me off my game, right when I'm about to finally beat you.Sig: Oh, you've won? Great. Congratulations. I knew you had it in you. Why don’t I give you a cake on the house so you can go celebrate literally anywhere else.Sterling: I don't need your cake. The Adventurer's Guild will throw me a party once I go report on my latest quest.Sig: Great! Why don't you go there and do that?[SFX: Beat]Sig: Like now. Right now.Sterling: Aren't you even a little bit curious about what feat I accomplished to topple your lead?Sig: Not remotely.Happy: No.Bea: Maybe a little.Sig: Bea! Don't encourage him!Bea: I'm sorry! I'm a Leo, OK? I like drama.Sig: Ughhhh, fine. Fine. Fine. Only because Bea's curious, what is your latest heroic accomplishment?[SFX: Sterling giggles in anticipation]Sterling (overly-dramatic): For the past year I have been tirelessly collecting the scattered pieces of a map which when brought together, revealed the location of an ancient weapon. I hacked my way through treacherous terrain and ravenous monsters until finally, I collected this most blessed knife.[SFX: He unsheathes the knife and it glows with blessed energy, but the effect is weaker than the effect on Isadora's sword.]Bea: Oh, cute! That looks kinda like Isadora's sword, but way smaller. And less glowy.Sterling: Isadora?Happy: It is likely this blade is an inferior copy. Blessed weapons are difficult to design successfully so unscrupulous bladesmiths are notorious for re-using older designs.Bea: Did you have to pull it out of a sheath too?Sterling: A sheath?Bea: Yeah! Sig said that he had to pull Isadora's blessed sword from a magic sheath.Sterling (scandalized): You pulled a sword from a sheath???Sig: Just the one. And I didn't even use it. I handed it right off to Isadora.Sterling: Who is this Isadora person you keep...wait. Isadora as in the Lady Isadora of Amaranth?Happy: She is now Queen Isadora, but that is correct.Sterling: What? Since when? And you would address her so casually? Not respecting me is one thing but she's a knight of the Queensguard!Bea: He's not being disrespectful. She said we could use her first name after we saved her wedding.Sterling: After you what?Bea: Saved her wedding. To Queen Marigold. You must have missed the news while you were questing. There were portals and a faery and this freaky monster. It was a whole thing.Sterling: You liar! I knew you were going on quests!Sig: That wasn't a quest. I was in the kitchen the whole time. I catered the wedding. I. Am. A. Baker.[SFX: Sig shakes baking utensils]Happy: He is correct. The only quest he completed was the one directly before the wedding.Sig (dude, shut up!): HAPPY!Sterling: Ohoho. I see how it is. You try to lull me into a false sense of security with your whole no adventures act and then as soon as I'm off doing a daring deed, you're picking up the first quest that comes your way.Sig: That's not what it was!Sterling: Then what would you call it?Sig: Helping Bea with her homework?Sterling: You're enjoying this, aren't you?Sig: Not really, no!Happy: Perhaps I can be of assistance. Sterling, I have been recently informed that when you are an amateur, it is acceptable to publicly fail without fear of humiliation and that it is fun to "not take yourself so seriously". Though I find the idea absurd, perhaps that is advice that you can utilize in your day to day life, considering you seem to face failure on a regular basis in this arena.Sterling: Alright I've had enough![SFX: He brandishes his dagger.]Sterling: Fight me.Sig: Sterling.Sterling: I demand that you fight me! A duel for honor.Sig:The fact that you think you're involved in any way in my calculation of honor is honestly the most insulting part of this. Now put that dagger away. I'm not dueling you. You can either buy a cake or you can leave.Sterling: Or else what?Sig: Or else Bea and Happy will play rock, paper, scissors over who gets to zap you with a firebolt.Sterling (goading): You'd hide behind your friends like a coward?Sig: Yes! Absolutely! They are a WITCH and an ABERRANT ONE. If our lives depended on someone making a nice ganache, then I'm sure they'd hide behind me!Happy: Sterling, I think it is time for you to leave.Bea: Yeah, Sig basically ate your entire lunch so-Sterling: Ate my lunch? We'll see who eats whose lunch![SFX: There's rustling as Sterling grabs Sig's actual literal lunch.]Sig: HEY! That's my sandwich!Sterling (mouth full) What do you think about this!?Sig (disgusted): I think you should chew with your mouth closed.Sterling (mouth full): Will you finally challenge me? Or will you wear the embarrassment forever?Bea: Yeah, I don't think Sig is the one who needs to be embarrassed here.Sig: Sterling, unless it's a baking competition, I'm never going to fight you, OK?Sterling (mouth full): This is your last chance. Fight me or-[SFX: Sterling begins choking.]Bea: Is this some sort of weird bit?Sig (concerned): No, he's turning blue. I think he's gonna-[SFX: A huge thud as Sterling collapses.][SFX: Happy sniffs.]Happy: I believe the knife Luxe inadvertently stabbed your sandwich with was poisoned.Sig: Huh.[SFX: There's a beat of silence.]Bea: OK, not to be that guy but do we haaaaaaave to help him or-Sig: Bea. We're better than that.Bea: I know, I know.[SFX: Another beat of silence.]Bea: Are we better than drawing on his face before he wakes up after I hit him with a healing spell?Sig: Oh, absolutely not.Bea: Great, I'll get Sharpies!CreditsEpisode 2, "Failed It!" was written and directed by Destiny Howell with sound design by Brad Colbroock and theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of: Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea, and featuring Jack Malban as Sterling.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagBea: So you've just been dealing with this forever, huh?Sig: Yup. The prophecy was written on our birthday. I was born one minute before him.Bea: You guys share a birthday? That makes sense. This is totally Aries behavior.

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Episode Thirteen: Sweet Dreams

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: Fire crackles in the background.]Sig (muttering under breath): OK the cake for the Count's birthday party is out for delivery, I collected payment for the cookies from last week, and the menu of specials for next month is all set. I think...I think that's everything. I guess I can just...hang out.[SFX: There are several beats of uncharacteristic silence before the door to the back swings open.]Happy: This is a disaster.Sig (right away): Yeah, of course it is. What is it this time? Portal? Monster? Is Sterling back because if he is, I swear-Happy: We have flour weevils.Sig: Flour weevils?Happy: Yes.Sig: OK, and?Happy: And?Sig: Yeah, and. Like, are they enchanted flour weevils? Or are they sprites in disguise?Happy: I do not believe so.Sig: Oh, maybe it's a curse of flour weevils.Happy: I did not get the impression that the weevils are a result of a curse.Sig: Huh. Just weevils? That's it?Happy: Is an infestation of ravenous insects, fixed on the goal of eating your very livelihood not a cause for concern?Sig: No, no. It's definitely not good. I was just expecting...Nevermind, you're right. We should start dealing with this right away.Happy: My thoughts exactly. And I believe I have the perfect solution.Sig: Oh, no. I don't know why I keep having to say this but cleansing fire isn't the answer to every problem, Happy. I would argue it's the solution to very few problems. And the cause of a LOT more of them.Happy: Though I stand by the effectiveness of a well placed burst of Aberrant fire, I was going to suggest we discard the infested food, thoroughly clean the storeroom with a vinegar solution, and reevaluate our storage protocols for the future.Sig: Oh. That's...exactly what I was going to say. I guess that's on me for assuming. Sorry, buddy.Happy: Would you like me to begin the process now?Sig: Yeah, I think we should. We can't really bake anything until this is taken care of. The sign is already flipped for the day so I can come help. Oh, and I should put in an order for new supplies. Let me just-[SFX: There's a knock at the front door.]Sig: Is…is someone knocking? Has anyone ever knocked on that door before?[SFX: There's another knock at the door.]Sig: Uh, come in?[SFX: The door opens.]Bea: Hey guys. Thank God you're here.Sig: When are we not here? Also, since when do you knock?Bea: The sign said you were closed.Sig: I mean yeah, but you usually don't even use the-Happy: Bea, did you need something? You look distressed.Bea: Oh, yeah! You're not gonna believe what happened at school. I am in major trouble you guys!Sig: So, business as usual?Bea: Pretty much.Sig: Allright, what is it this time? Direbeak kids sic a monster on campus? All your roomates get turned to bats? Magic duel to the death?Bea: No, worse than that! I have to make a souffle![SFX: There is a beat of silence]Sig (dubious): A souffle.Bea: Yeah, for my Confectionary Witchcraft class. I don't know what our professor is thinking! Last week she had us making cookies and now we're doing chocolate souffles? Like, "Hey, good job passing your driver's test. Now fly this rocket to the moon!" It's crazy! Why do we even need to know this? I've never heard of a story about an enchanted souffle.Sig: Let me get this straight. You showed up here, panicked, over a souffle?Bea: Souffles are hard!Sig: Yeah, but they're like, baking hard. Hexwell is usually Life-or-Death hard. Last year they sent you to fight the physical manifestation of all Darkness and you barely broke a sweat. Now you're freaked out over a souffle?Bea: Sig, this is like half my grade!Sig: OK, that seems a little harsh, but still.Bea: Come on Sig. I really need to get a good grade in this class if I want to qualify for advanced classes next year. Can you guys help me out?Sig: Well obviously we'll help. It'll actually be pretty fun! You know, I don't get to do fancy stuff like this too often. We have to deal with the weevils first but-[SFX: Yet again, there is a knock at the door.]Bea: Are you expecting someone?Sig (slightly suspicious): No, I'm not.[SFX: Sig opens the door.]Oliver: Hello. Is this a bad time?Sig: Oliver?Oliver: Yes, may I come in? The sign said you're closed but I hoped we could still speak. I have a matter to discuss with you that's quite urgent.Sig: Uh, yeah I guess?[SFX: Sig closes the door]Oliver: I hope I'm not interrupting anything terribly important.[SFX: There is a beat of silence]Oliver: Why are you looking at me like that? Do I have tuna on my whiskers?Sig: No, I just don't think you've ever said that to me before.Oliver: Have I not? How rude.Sig: Eh, I'm used to it. So, what's going on? What's the emergency? New prophecy? Rogue monster?Oliver: No. There is a tournament coming up. We host it once every decade and it's very prestigious. To winners come great fame and fortune. To the losers, great embarrassment--that is if they even survive.Sig: OK, there we go. There's the good old Hexwell I know and love. Well, know and grudgingly tolerate. What do I need to do?Oliver: Well, you don't need to do anything but I'm hoping you'd cater it?Sig: Cater it?Oliver: Yes, we had someone lined up but it fell through at the last moment. I believe they were bitten by a werewolf or some other creature of the night in the Forest of Death. Very unpleasant. But when talk of replacements started, I threw your name into the ring. You already have connections to both an alum and current student at Hexwell. And you have a proven track record of catering large events. Everyone agreed that it would be a good choice so the job is yours if you want it.[SFX: There's a magical effect as he poofs in a bit of parchment.]Oliver: I have a contract all ready for you to sign. Oh.[SFX: The same magical effect as he poofs in a quill]Oliver: And here's a quill.[SFX: Sig begins laughing. Slowly and first and then increasingly hysterically.]Bea: Sig, are you alright?Oliver: Yes, I don’t understand what's so funny.[SFX: Sig finally stops laughing to speak.]Sig: Wow. This is--this is really good work. Like, really good. It's not even pinging my Truesight. Do you know how good you have to be to dodge my Truesight?Happy: I do not understand what you are referring to.Sig: Surrrrrre you don't. Man, if you had just stuck to the weevils that would be one thing but all of this? I mean, come on.Bea: Sig, you're kinda freaking me out. Maybe you should sit down and-[SFX: Bea's teleportation effect plays as the Real Bea appears.]Real Bea: Ha! Finally! Oh, Sig! There you are! I've been trying to break through to you for like an hour!Dream Bea: What the what?Dream Happy: Imposter!Real Bea: What, no! I'm not the imposter! She is! I would never part my hair like that! And they're all fake too!Dream Oliver: I'd thank you to refrain from bandying about dubious claims of my legitimacy without a shred of evidence. Really, I'd expect better of you Beatrice--even a doppelganger of Beatrice.Real Bea (gearing up for a big heartfelt speech): I'm not a doppelganger! Sig, listen to me! I know it's going to be hard to believe but we've been through so much. You have to know, deep down that-Sig: Oh, I believe you.Real Bea: I--wait what?Sig: I said I believe you. You're the real Bea. Everyone else here is a fake.Real Bea: Uh...yeah. But how did you--?Sig: It's been so calm here all day. The biggest issue we had was a weevil infestation which is a totally normal bakery problem. Happy didn't immediately jump to torching the place to solve the problem which honestly should have been my first clue. Then fake-you came in with a dire souffle emergency which, yeah right. And Oliver KNOCKED before he came in because we were closed which, again, YEAH RIGHT.Dream Bea: Sig, calm down and think for a second. We should talk about this. Are you really saying you think all of us are fake because Oliver knocked on the front door?Sig: Ha. The front door.Dream Bea: What about it?Sig: You also came in through the front door.Dream Bea: Yeah, and?Sig: Bea--real Bea. When was the last time you entered the bakery through the front door?Real Bea (genuinely confused): Why would I use doors when I have magic?Sig: I rest my case. Bea, how do we get out of here?Real Bea: I can cast a spell that will fix this but it will take about eight hours. Or we could do this the fast way.Sig: I notice you're not elaborating on what the fast way is.Real Bea: That is a good observation.[SFX: Sig sighs.]Sig: Just do it.Real Bea: Sorry in advance.Sig: Wha--?[SFX: Bea SLAPS Sig. HARD. There is a magical shattering effect. Sig bolts awake on the floor of the bakery.]Sig: OW! That--Whoa!Real Happy: Sig. Are you awake?Sig: Owwwww. If all of that was fake, why does my cheek hurt so much? And why am I on the ground?Real Bea (groggily, as if waking up): Oof. Did that work? Is Sig back?Real Happy: He appears to be awake and unharmed.Sig: Yeah, except for friendly fire! That hurt!Real Bea: Sorry! Slapping someone awake is just the fastest way to wake someone up from a dream like that. At least once they figure out it's not real.Sig: Ohhh, it was a dream. That explains why my Truesight wasn't working. Can't use your eyes if they're closed.Real Bea: Exactly.Sig: What even happened? My memory is all fuzzy. I don't remember anything weird this morning.Real Bea: Ugh, my lab partner is what happened. I got paired up with this Direbeak girl--Morrigan Redgrave. She's the literal worst.Real Happy: Is she the one who turned your locker into a portal to an active volcano last week?Real Bea: Yes, she's so annoying! Anyway, Sig, you were helping me make moon cakes for my Confectionary Witchcraft homework--you know for sending secret magical messages. But she must have swapped out my normal lotus paste with enchanted lotus paste. Just a taste of that and boom. You're stuck in a dream. A really nice dream but stuck is stuck so I went in after you while Happy protected your body. And got you a pillow it looks like. Nice touch.Sig: Well thanks for the pillow and the rescue.Real Bea: No problem. But you almost didn't need it. It seemed like you already had it figured out by the time I showed up.Sig: Yeah. I was pretty suspicious. It was all getting a little too...baking focused.Real Happy: I have heard that victims of a Lotus Eater curse may find it unpleasant upon awakening and suffer withdrawals from their pleasant fantasy. Are you experiencing any of those symptoms?Sig: Not really. I'm pretty used to things not really going the way I want.Real Bea: Aww, that's sad. Was there anything really fun you were getting to do in your dream? Maybe we can make that part real for you.Sig: Hmm..well, there was one thing.Real Bea: What is it?Sig: You--the fake you--asked me to help make a souffle. I haven't made souffles in ages. If you guys aren't super busy, maybe we could-[SFX: Oliver teleports in with a magical flourish.]Oliver: Everyone, stop what you're doing! This is much more important. I have grave news!Sig (sighing): Yeah, that's what I thought.[Music: Play out to credits with slow medieval music.]CreditsEpisode 3, "Sweet Dreams" was written and directed by Destiny Howell with sound design by Brad Colbroock and theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of: Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea, and featuring Andrew Oakes as Oliver.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagSig (a bit petulant): Well I'm still making souffles.

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Episode Fourteen: Can't Stand the Heat

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and--huh?[SFX: There’s a magical warping sound as someone appears.]Sig: Hey, I'm kind of in the middle of something so–[SFX: There’s another magical warping and then a rustle as Sig is handed a piece of paper.]Sig: Huh, a letter? From the health inspector? Why would--THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THE BAKERY?[Music: The Intro Music Breaks Down][SFX: Fire crackles in the background.]Bea: OK, Sig, take it easy. Deep breaths. You need to calm down.[SFX: Sig laughs hysterically]Sig: Calm down? How can I be calm? They shut down the bakery! That's it! I'm done for! I'm finished! I'm gonna have to...I dunno. Be a knight or something? I don't wanna do that! Armor is so heavy, Bea!Bea (there, there): I know, buddy.Happy: Does the notice list which health code the bakery is in violation of? Perhaps if we remedy the issue, they will allow us to operate again.Sig: It doesn't! There's just some vague stuff about unsafe and unsanitary conditions but that's not true! This place is SO sanitary! I cleared out the last batch of flour just because it was weevil infested in my curse dream that wasn't even real! And OK, maybe it's unsafe sometimes but that's usually because people are trying to kill me, not the customers!Bea: Did you ask the person who gave you this letter?Sig: He said the details of the order are under seal.Bea: Under seal? What, like they're state secrets or something? Why?Sig: I don't know! None of this makes any sense. I don't know what to do.[SFX: The front door bursts open fiercely and armor jangles.]Isadora: I came as soon as I got Bea's message! Don't worry, we'll have this all sorted as quickly as possible.Sig: Isadora?Bea: Yeah! I called her after you told me what happened in case she could pull some royal strings and get this fixed. I didn't expect her to show up, like, right away though. Seriously, I called you like barely half an hour ago.Isadora (brimming with righteous indignation): I called the meeting I was in short and took the teleportation circle! I couldn't let such an injustice stand!Bea: You're running low on pie aren't you?Isadora: That is entirely beside the point!Sig: This is going to ruin my reputation! I can't have people thinking I run a dirty kitchen! I'll lose all my credibility.Bea: I dunno man. There's a pizza place I go to back home where someone literally took a picture of a rat covered in sauce running out of the front door but it's the best dollar slice in a three block radius so there's still a line out the door during the lunch rush.Sig: Ughhh, I wanna eat enchanted lotus paste and lie down.Isadora: I don't know what that means but there's no need for that. As soon as I arrived, I marched over to the municipal office and demanded an explanation.Happy: Why is it that when she speaks to the municipal office, it is acceptable but if I offer to do it, then it is deemed "overkill"?Sig: Well first of all, she's not my employee. Second of all, looking into her eyes for too long doesn't drive people mad.Bea: She does have a sword strapped to her back though to be fair.Isadora: I do? Oh, I left so quickly I completely forgot to change. That may explain how I got this so quickly.Sig: You got the records unsealed?Isadora: I did. Apparently, the complaint was made by a nearby bakery owner and they asked for the record to be sealed to prevent retaliation. I haven't gotten the decision reversed yet but I'm confident the clear conflict of interest will weigh in your favor.Sig: A nearby bakery? There aren't any bakeries nearby. That's why I opened up shop here.Isadora: Oh, I believe the bakery is new. And the name of the owner is–[SFX: She produces the order with a crinkle of paper.]INTRO (AGAIN!)[Music: Distorted intro music plays]Sterling: Welcome to the Trademark Bites bakery! I'm Sterling, and if you want cake or bread or...whatever else you get at a bakery, you've come to the right place! Treats so sweet, no other baker can compete![Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene]INT. TRADEMARK BITES BAKERY - AFTERNOON[SFX: A door is opened and a bell jingles and Sig, Bea, and Happy walk in]Sig (furious): I don't believe this! This looks exactly like our bakery! He stole the whole layout! Even the sign!Bea (reading): "Positively no adventures."Sig: Give me a break. He's never refused the call to adventure in his life! That is such a load of-Sterling: Are those the dulcet tones of customers I hear?Sig: As if I'd ever buy anything from here.Sterling: Ah, Sig! Come to cheer on a fellow local bakery?Sig: "Fellow local bakery"? You had me shut down!Bea: Yeah, not really feeling the fellowship.Sterling: Oh, was your bakery shut down? That's so terrible. Can I offer you a macaron in this trying time? They're really are excellent. At Trademark Bites, our sweet treats can't be beat![SFX: There’s a crunch as he grabs one]Happy: I will be the judge of that.[SFX: There is a warning chime from Bea's Laptop. Crinkle as Bea snatches the macron away.]Bea: Wait! Don't eat that! That's my firewall. It's pinging something bad.Happy: Dark magic?[SFX: Bea Groans]Bea: Worse. Jerk magic. Did you get these macarons from a Direbeak student named Morrigan Redgrave?[SFX: There's an extremely dramatic magical flourish as Morrigan teleports in.]Morrigan: He didn't just get them from me, I baked them for him. Hello Wandless Wonder.Bea: Ugh. Morrigan. Were you just in the back eavesdropping so you could make a dramatic entrance?Morrigan: Jealous because you got a C in Drama?Bea: It's a stupid class! I thought it was going to be, like, theater! Not literally being magically dramatic.Morrigan: Why would there be a theater class at a magic school?Bea: Excuse me for thinking maybe you guys valued the arts.Sig: Morrigan? Wait, are you the girl who gave Bea the enchanted lotus paste?Morrigan: Are you the one who ate it like a moron?Sterling: Morrigan was my first recruit when I decided to open up this charming little establishment. She's got a stellar school record at Hexwell and I'm told she's doing very well in Confectionary Witchcraft.Bea: You do know she's like, the runner up for most likely to be the next Avatar of the Dark, right? My whole house has a betting pool and it's like the guy who talks to vultures and then her.Sterling: I don't buy into harmful stereotypes.Sig (outraged): Harmful? She's the one who harmed me!Morrigan: Oh, boo hoo. I gave you a good dream. Calm down, baker boy.Happy: I do not think it is an accurate assessment to refer to a lotus eater curse as simply a good dream.Morrigan: You prefer I give him a bad one?Happy: I would prefer that you refrain from interfering with the lives and baking supplies of Bea and Sig.Morrigan: And if I don't? What are you gonna do about it, big guy?[SFX: Lightning Strike]Happy (Aberrant Echo): There are a great many unpleasant things I can do.Sterling: I wouldn't be so sure about that.[SFX: There is a dramatic crack of lightning and a warping effect.]Sunny: I was summoned?Happy (shocked): ImpossibleSig: Is it just me or did that crack of lightning come from indoors?[SFX: There is another warning chime from Bea's Laptop.]Bea: What the--? Happy, are my readings wrong or is that guy--?Happy: Aberrant.Sterling: Meet my new friend, Sunny!Sunny: My designation is He Who Eats the Sun and Drinks the Moon but, as I am in a blood pact with Sterling, what he calls me is not my prerogative. Yet.Bea: Hmm, vague, yet ominous.Sig: Sterling, you have got to be kidding me. You made a blood pact with an Aberrant One?Sterling: You made a blood pact with an Aberrant One.Sig: No I didn't! I've told you a million times, Happy and I are just friends!Sterling: I like to think of Sunny and myself as friends as well.Sunny: You should not. The moment our contract is complete, our time together will be over and your soul will be forfeit.Bea: Less vague, just as ominous! Cool, hate that!Sterling: He doesn't mean it. It's a dialect thing. Words lost in translation. You know what it's like. I'm sure your Aberrant One talks about your soul being forfeit all the time.[Note: The next 4 lines in rapid back and forth succession]Sig: Uh, no.Bea: Literally not one time.Sig: You can't seriously believe that.Bea: He's honestly one of my nicest friends.Sunny: The human describes you as nice. But it is no surprise. You have always been the weakest of us.Happy (distorted, disdain): He Who Eats the Sun and Drinks the Moon.Sunny (distorted, equal disdain): Happiness Escapes All Who Behold His Great and Terrible Visage.Bea (whispering): Are you getting a vibe or...?Sig (whispering): Oh, there's definitely a vibe.Sunny (more distorted): I see you have made no progress in securing the human's position as supreme cultist.Happy (more distorted): I have made all of the progress necessary and I would advise you to tend to your own affairs.Sig: See, that's what an Aberrant dialect sounds like.Morrigan: Why is my nose bleeding?Sig and Bea: You get used to it.Happy (distorted): You have recruited an incompetent Aberrant One for aid in the matters of baking. He could not make an adequate pound cake, let alone a toroid.Sig (distorted): He doesn't want aid in baking. He wants aid in messing with me! I mean, come on Sterling! It's not like you've ever been the most subtle guy in the world but an Aberrant One and a Hexwell student? You copied my bakery and my friends.Sunny: We are not friends.Morrigan: I'm just here to screw with the toad.Sig: At least they’re being honest. Just drop the act.Sterling: Nonsense! I have simply gained a new appreciation for the profession you find so important. You refuse to take me up on any of my challenges to duel.Sig: Oh, you care so much about baking, huh? What's the first step in making a macaron?Sterling: Well, that's very simple! You, ah...well you...you hire a confectionary witch to whip up a batch of course!Sig: Unbelievable.Sterling: Come now, Sig. You're being very unsportsmanlike.Sig: Said the person who had my bakery shut down.Sterling (breezy): I don't know what you're talking about but I'm happy to give you tips on running a clean kitchen.Sig: I'm not gonna take bakery advice from someone who doesn't even know how to temper chocolate.Sterling: I think the only one with a temper here is you. It's not good to keep that bottled up. Wouldn't it make you feel better to let it out? In a duel perhaps?Sig: THAT'S your endgame? To get me to duel you? You did ALL OF THIS, to get me to duel you?Sterling: We have to fight eventually. The prophecy-[SFX: Sig slams the counter]Sig: The prophecy is garbage! And it's not even about us dueling! I don't know why you're so hung up on that but I'm not going to fight you!Sterling: You're a coward.Sig: I'M A BAKER!Sterling: Fine. If you're a baker, so am I. And if I can't destroy you on the dueling grounds, then I'll destroy your bakery. You can't fight fate, Sig.Sig: Watch me.[SFX: Bea's laptop chimes brightly.]Bea: Oh, Magi-message from Isadora. She's got things all sorted out with the health inspector. You're back in business, Sig.Sterling: Not for long.Sig: If you think I'm going to take this lying down then-Bea: Sig, let's just go. He's not worth your time.[SFX: Footsteps as they leave]Sig: Fine. We'll see who's the real baker here.[SFX: The front door opens and the bell jingles.]Sig: Oh, and by the way those macarons are cracked, the piping is terrible, you overmixed the batter, you used so much food coloring that they're practically glowing, and don't even get me started on the-Bea: Sig!Sig: Coming!CreditsEpisode 4, "Can't Stand the Heat" was written and directed by Destiny Howell. Sound Design is by Brad Colbroock and theme music is by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea and featuring Briar Zachary as Queen Isadora, Jack Malban as Sterling, Katie Marie as Morrigan, and Dylan Duck as Sunny.Special Thanks to Sarah Griffin.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag[SFX: Armored footsteps.]Marigold: Darling, where were you? Someone said you disappeared mid-meeting.Isadora: Marigold! I-I, uh, had to tend to foreign affairs.Marigold (dubious): Did you now?Isadora: Yes. Of the utmost importance.Marigold: Izzy, you have pie crumbs on your face.Isadora: I can explain, heh.

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Episode Fifteen: Role Call

[Music: Upbeat, Intro Music Plays]Sig: Welcome to the Signature Eats bakery! I'm Sig and we've got breads, pies, cookies, cakes, and Absolutely No Adventures.[Music: The Intro Music Plays Us Into The Scene][SFX: Sig chews on a cupcake.]Sig: Hmm. Moist. Good aftertaste. And I like your idea about the rose petal decorations.Happy: Attention to detail in all matters is of grave importance, but especially in matters of baking.Sig: I couldn't agree more! So I think that's two big thumbs up for the vanilla and rosewater cupcakes for next week's menu. What do we have left to test?[SFX: Happy slides over a tray of cookies. Agonized moaning sounds can be heard.]Happy: There is still the matter of the cookies.Sig: Happy, we're not selling those cookies. We're trying to attract more customers. Not scare them away.[SFX: Happy slides the tray back.]Happy: The fact that it is an Aberrant recipe does not automatically mean that they will scare customers away. The toroid is the top selling item at Signature Eats.Sig: They're not going to scare people because they're Aberrant. They're going to scare people because they're despair flavored! Why would anyone want to eat something that's despair flavored?Happy: It is a unique culinary experience.Sig: That's like calling getting stabbed in a library a unique literary experience. What kind of crazy person is out there thinking, "Chocolate chip? No thanks. Let me get a baker's dozen of despair."[SFX: Bea teleports in.]Bea: Hey guys![SFX: She sniffs]Bea: Why does it smell like my high school gym in here?Happy: You are most likely smelling the Aberrant despair cookies.Bea: Despair? I'm intrigued. What does that taste like? Can I try one?Sig: I do not retract my previous statement. Also, Bea, you're late.Bea: I know, sorry. But you're going to thank me! I come bearing intel. Check it out![SFX: She drops a box onto the bakery counter.]Sig: A pink box?Bea: It's from the competition. We have to know what we're up against if we're going to beat them. And don't worry, I had Tad buy them for me so they shouldn't be spiked with anything nasty.Sig: We've been to the shop. Sterling couldn't frost a cupcake if his life depended on it. And Morrigan is spite-baking, which is never a recipe for success. I'm not worried.Bea: Well, not to be all doom and gloom, but maybe you should be. When I was there earlier, there was a line out the door.Sig: There was? Huh, I guess it has been kinda quiet here today. But we've been so busy with the new menu that I didn't notice.Happy: They have been established for less than a week and their baking prowess is substandard. How have they amassed such a large customer base already?Bea: Magic.Sig: Magic? Like mind control?Bea: No. Magical recipes. Like confectionary witchcraft. They're not just selling regular baked goods. Morrigan is using recipes from class. It's a full Willy Wonka's chocolate factory situation in there.Happy: Hmm. Is that the movie about the deranged warlock assassinating children for sport?Bea: That's not...huh. Yeah, I guess that is what that movie is about.Happy: TroublingBea: Anyway, this is a sampler box. It has a little of everything.[SFX: She opens the box.]Bea: First up, angel food cake bites.[SFX: Sig tries one.]Sig: Hmm. Ugh. This is way too dense. Why would anyone eat these?[SFX: There is an angelic sound effect and then fluttering.]Bea: That's why. Voila, angel wings.Sig: Ah! Get me down! I don't do heights![SFX: There's a bonk as his head hits the ceiling.]Sig: Ow!Bea: I gotcha. Don't worry, it should wear off in a minute.Happy: The cake causes the one who consumes it to sprout wings?[SFX: Magical effect as SIg’s wings disappear]Bea: Yeah. Here, try one.[SFX: Happy takes a bite. There is a similar sound effect but demonic sounding.]Bea: Whoa.Sig: Is that supposed to happen?Happy: I have grown wings. Is that not what you said the intended effect was?Bea: Yeah, but it's supposed to give you fluffy angel wings. You look like you should be on a heavy metal album. Which is totally sick by the way.Sig: Huh. I guess it's his Aberrant mojo messing with the effect?Happy: My corporeal form is resistant, though not impervious, to unwanted physical changes.Bea: Makes sense. Sig, when you went down from the lotus paste, I had to be the one to go in after you because it didn't affect Happy. Oh, and speaking of, next on the menu is Sleep Tight Lotus Bites. Guaranteed to give you good dreams.Sig: Eh. hard pass. I don't want to take another nap on the bakery floor.Bea: Totally get you. One time in college, my roommate didn't label a tray of brownies in the fridge and let me tell you-Happy: What is this confection?Bea: Huh? Uh, it looks like a cinnamon roll. But we haven't made those in class yet. I don't know what it does.[SFX: Happy sniffs the cookie.]Happy: It smells Aberrant.Sig: Uh, maybe we can skip that one for now.Happy (offended): You do not trust it because it is Aberrant.Sig: This again? Happy, it's not because it's Aberrant. It's because it's an unknown baked good made by Bea's least favorite classmate and your...I'm still not clear on what Sunny is to you. Sworn enemy? Longtime rival. Ex?Bea (stage whisper): My money's on ex.Happy: We tried the human magical confections. We should try the Aberrant one as well. It is only fair.[SFX: Bea types and her laptop clicks and whirs]Bea: I don't know, Hap. I'm getting some weird readings here. Maybe you should-[SFX: Happy chomps into the cinnamon roll, defiantly]Bea: Nevermind.Sig: Well?Happy: It is...subpar. Like the others.Sig: Great. We've established that you can make a cruddy pastry with human magic or Aberrant mojo. Is that the lesson you wanted me to learn here?Bea: Are you feeling OK? Any magical effects?Happy: Hmm. I do not feel any different. But, as I said, my Aberrant physiology is resistant to physical--AH!Bea: Happy! Are you OK?[SFX: A dreamy tone starts to overtake the soundscape and everyones’ voices get echo-y]Happy: I feel...Ah!Bea: OW!Sig: HEY![SFX: The three wince in pain and the sound increases until there is a pop like a soap bubble][NOTE: At this point the three have swapped bodies. "Sig" will refer to Happy in Sig's body. "Bea" will refer to Sig in Bea's body. "Happy" will refer to Bea in Happy's body.]“Happy”: Ughhhhh."Bea": What was that? Is everybody OK?[SFX: There's a beat.]"Bea": Wait, why do I sound like...Bea?"Happy": Yeah? Oh, weird. I sounds just like-[SFX: "Happy" gasps.]"Happy": Oh my God! Sig?"Bea": That's me.“Happy”: And Happy?"Sig": I believe so."Happy": Oh my God. [Aberrant Echo] Oh my God![SFX:There's a thunder crack outside.]"Bea": Bea! Calm down. You're triggering Happy's dramatic echo."Happy": Sorry, sorry. But can you blame me? We got Freaky Friday'd!"Sig”: It is a Wednesday."Happy": No, it's not about the day. It just means we switched bodies."Sig": And this usually happens on a certain day of the week?"Happy": No. I think they just liked the alliteration. It's a movie with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis and--why am I explaining this? You don't know who any of these people are."Bea": Yeah can we stay on task here please? No offense to you and your body--I'm sure it's great--but I would like to get back into mine. Do you know how to fix this?"Happy": No, but let me check my-[SFX: There's a loud zap from Bea's laptop]"Happy": Ow!"Sig": What happened?"Happy" (outraged): It zapped me! My laptop zapped me! That's so-[SFX: "Happy’s hand bursts into Aberrant flames.]"Happy": Ah! My hand's on fire! My hand's on fire! My hand's on fire!"Sig": Bea. You must stay calm. It is only Aberrant fire. In my body, it is not dangerous to you."Bea": But it is dangerous to my very wooden shop! Please put that out!"Happy": Don't you think I'm trying? [Aberrant Echo] Do you think I want my hand to be on fire? Oh! Sorry! I don't know how to turn that off. Happy, how do you control this?"Sig" I simply recognize that my corporeal body is a weak shadow of my true self, bound to the mortal plain and existent for only the purpose of carrying out my will, and that knowledge allows me to subjugate it into submission.[SFX: A beat of silence]"Happy": Are you sure I can't just listen to whale sounds or something?"Bea": Hey! Your hand's not on fire anymore!"Happy" (excited): It's not?![SFX: The flame ignites again]"Bea": Well, it wasn't."Happy": Ughhhhhhh."Bea": OK, calm down. I'm sure we can fix this. You were going to check something on your laptop?"Happy": I was, but then it zapped me. I don't know wh--oh! Duh. It's the security measures. It's my magical focus so it won't let anyone but me use it for magical stuff. But I'm not really me right now so it's locking me out."Sig": Sig, perhaps you can try since you are in Bea's body?"Bea": Uh, Bea is that OK?"Happy": Go for it. There's a fingerprint pad right there. Just put your pointer finger there and-[SFX: The laptop chimes.]"Bea": It worked!"Happy": Great. OK, now press the little cupcake icon. That's my textbook for Confectionary Witchcraft. I borrowed it from the library and digitized it. I promised myself I would never spend money on another textbook and that still applies in a magical world.[SFX: There’s a mouse click]"Bea": OK, done. What should I look for?"Sig": The cinnamon roll had an Aberrant magical signature, but it is not an Aberrant dish. Perhaps Morrigan modified an existing recipe?"Happy": Yeah. Search for any kind of cinnamon rolls."Bea": Alright one sec.[SFX: There's typing and then a ping.]"Bea": Oh! I think this is it. Cinnamon Role Swirls--Role spelled R-O-L-E. "This advanced recipe swaps the minds of any individuals within its area of effect. Caution: Spell effects can be unpredictable. Substitutions or additions are not advisable.""Happy": I'm guessing Aberrant energy isn't on the ingredient list?"Bea": No it is not."Sig": Aberrant Ones specialize in manipulation of the mind and soul. It is highly probable that Morrigan failed to complete the recipe as written so she employed Sunny's abilities to approximate the intended effect."Happy": That's not good. Mixing witch magic and Aberrant magic can get really dicey if you're not careful."Bea": Yeah Bea! I think we got that!"Sig": Does the book give an instruction on how to reverse the effects of the spell?"Bea": Uh, according to this, with the amount that Happy ate, it should have worn off already."Sig": As Bea said, the Aberrant effect likely changed the spell. And I do not think the base spell was meant to be cast on an Aberrant one. It likely would have misfired regardless. We may need to undo the spell's effect manually."Bea": Bea, is that something you can do?"Happy": Maybe? But I'd need my laptop and I can't use it right now, remember?"Bea": Oh, right. Well, could we call in reinforcements? Happy, you said Aberrant Ones are great at mind games. Can you get one of your contacts in the Abyss to reverse this?"Sig": If anyone in the Abyss learns that I am in the body of the supreme cultist, they will undoubtedly believe that it was due to purposeful machinations and proceed to begin the subjugation of all mortal-kind."Bea": Alrighty, suggestion retracted. Maybe we can get a witch or a wizard then? I'd call my brother Kurt, but I think he's doing a foreign exchange type thing with Everall right now. Maybe we can call someone at Hexwell?"Happy": Ehhhh, we can try, but not everyone is going to be as chill about Happy as we are. I had to make a whole cloaking spell so Trueclaw kids would stop sensing Happy on my aura and trying to smite me."Sig": Additionally, magic of this sort is very personal. It has the highest possible chance of success if done by one who is well acquainted with the affected minds rather than an outsider, however skilled."Bea": So you're saying one of us should do it?"Sig": That would be safest, yes."Happy": Well Happy, you're in Sig's body so you don't have any magic. Can I do it in your body?"Sig": In theory, yes. If you could harness my Aberrant abilities properly, you would be able to override the spell effects by directly rearranging our minds. However, it is a very delicate operation and failing would have dire consequences."Bea": So either Bea needs to learn to control her emotions so she can use your powers or I need to learn how to code so I can use Bea's laptop."Sig": That is correct.[SFX: A beat of silence. "Happy's" hands burst into flames again.]“Happy”: Oops.["Bea" sighs]"Bea": Find me a tutorial.CreditsEpisode 5, "Role Call" was written and directed by Destiny Howell with sound design by Brad Colbroock and theme music by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of: Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits Tag"Happy": Sig, you're probably going to want to stay away from dairy while you're in my body.["Happy" gasps.]"Happy": Wait, Happy, you're not lactose intolerant, are you?"Sig": No. My physical form lacks the organs required to experience intestinal distress."Happy": Sweet! I am going to enjoy this while it lasts! Ice cream sundaes, here I come!

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Episode Sixteen: Mightier Than The Sword

[Music: Wonky Intro Music Plays]Sterling : Welcome to the Trademark Bites bakery! I'm Sterling, and if you want a cake or bread or-[SFX: The door opens violently]Sig: HEY![Music: The intro music stops abruptly]Sterling: Oh, Sig. What a surprise.Sig: Don't give me that! Do you know how much time we had to spend cleaning up your little mess? We had to shut down for two weeks so I could learn Javascript! Do you even know what Javascript is? Of course you don't! I barely know what it is and I've been staring at code for the past two weeks!Sterling: Clearly you're agitated. Perhaps a nice slice of cake will make you feel better.[SFX: He slides a plate across the counter]Sig: Are you kidding me? I'm not eating anything from you! That's how things got messed up in the first place! And even if getting my soul ripped out of my body again wasn't on the table, I still wouldn't eat anything from here!Sterling: Well, now you're just being rude.[SFX: Sig sighs.]Sig: Look, Sterling. You've made your point but if you keep doing this, you're going to hurt someone eventually. You can't just throw around magic like that. It's dangerous. You have to shut this place down.Sterling: Can't I'm afraid. I'm far too busy and you know how passionate I am about...baking.Sig: You literally couldn't even say that with a straight face.Sterling: Of course, if I had more pressing things to attend to--say a long overdue battle with my sworn rival--then maybe I could be persuaded to hang up my...uh...mySig (dry): Is the word you're searching for "apron"?Sterling: Is that what you call it?Sig: Ughhhh. OK, fine. If I sword fight you, will you promise to shut this place down permanently?Sterling: Those terms are acceptable. But you must attempt to best me by your own hand. And no using magic to help you win!Sig: Says the guy who hired a witch to put spells in his batter.Sterling (sing-song): I didn't hear a yes.Sig: Yes, alright? You, me, tomorrow behind my bakery after hours. And then I never wanna see you holding a rolling pin ever again![SFX: The door slams][Music: The last bit of the intro music plays][SFX: Sig drops into a chair]Sig: Ughhhh, why did I agree to this fight? This was a terrible idea. This is what happens after I spend two weeks in your body. I get all impulsive.Bea: I would be offended by that, but this is totally something I would do.Happy: Though Sterling is a deficient baker, small business owner, and general person, he is an adequate swordsman. I do not think you have much chance of besting him.Sig: I don't care about besting him. Me winning isn't a condition of him shutting down his bakery.Bea: Then what's the big deal? Just lose and you'll be done with him.Sig: Uh, hello? This isn't just some game of hopscotch. It's a sword fight. I don't care about winning but I do care about keeping all of my blood inside my body. That's my favorite place for my blood to be!Bea: You don't think he'd try to seriously hurt you on purpose, do you?Sig: Well he's not exactly known for his subtlety and self control.Happy: Sterling has long felt confined to your shadow. I fear that he may see this as an opportunity to remedy this perceived injustice.Bea: This is all about his dumb prophecy, right? How does it go again?Happy (reciting): Always Silver, Never Gold. Always Princely, Never King. Shake the Shadow's Looming Hold. Else, Endure its Painful Sting.Bea: Right. That doesn't sound too bad. Nothing about the world immolating or eternal night. Can't you figure out a way around it? That's what you always do.Sig: That only works when the other person is willing to work with me. The only way he knows how to solve a problem is running at it with something pointy.Bea: Gotcha. Well, if you're worried, I can try to find a spell that will help you out.Sig: Thanks, but I promised I wouldn't.Happy: I would offer to take care of him myself, but I suspect that, as usual, it would not be an acceptable solution for you and, regardless, Sunny's presence would make it more difficult than I would prefer.[SFX: The front door opens and there are footsteps as Isadora enters.]Isadora: Sig?Sig: Huh? Oh! Isadora! You're here!Isadora: Yes, hello all. I got Bea's message. Though it may not have come through correctly because it sounded like you wanted me to train you for a sword fight?Bea: No, that's what the message said.Happy: Sig has accepted a duel with Sterling.Isadora : I'm sorry, you did what? What on Earth possessed you to do that?Sig: OK, first of all, ow. Not loving the lack of support.Isadora: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. That's just...so unlike you.Sig: I know. But it was the only way to get him to stop desecrating the art of baking. You're the best swordswoman I know so I was hoping you could give me some pointers--uh, pun not intended.Isadora: Of course! I know you're very capable and I'm sure that after several months of daily training–Sig: Uh, so here's the thing. The duel is tomorrow.Isadora: Tomorrow?! Sig, I can't train you to be a competent swordsman by tomorrow, let alone a proficient one! You know that! That's the first conversation we ever had! That's why you gave me this sword![SFX: She pulls her sword with a flourish]Sig: Oh, don't worry. I know. I didn't call you to help me win. I want you to help me lose.[Music: A dramatic flourish plays]EXT. SIGNATURE EATS BAKERY - EVENING[SFX: Outside Evening Ambiance.]NOTE: "Sig" refers to Isadora in Sig's body and "Isadora" refers to Sig in Isadora's body."Sig": Is it almost time? This feels strange. I'd like to get this over with.Bea: Don't worry. You'll do great. Oh, you have crumbs on your face. Let me get that."Sig": Oh, do I? Thanks.[SFX: Happy sniffs the air.]Happy: They are arriving.[SFX: Morrigan's dramatic teleportation effect drops Sterling's trio into Sig's backyard.]Bea: Really? You needed to do the scary Dark Magic teleportation? You couldn't just walk here? Your bakery is like ten minutes away.Morrigan: And that's why you got a C in Drama.Sunny: Happy.Happy: SunnyBea: Get a room you guys.Sterling: Looks like everyone's here. And--oh! Queen Isadora! Your Majesty! What a surprise! I wasn't expecting to see someone of your magnificence here at Sig's lowly bakery."Sig": For your information, Si-er, I am an excellent baker and the Amaranthian royal family wouldn't appreciate you insulting my bakery."Isadora": He's right, you know. And also, stop bowing. It's weird.Sterling : Of course. I didn't mean to offend.Morrigan: Can we get this show on the road? I'm so bored I could drink hemlock.[SFX: Sunny sniffs "Isadora’s" face]"Isadora ": Uh, excuse me?Sunny: What is that smell?"Isadora " (nervously): Uh, it must be my perfume. Amaranthian specialty. Anyhoo, we should probably get this duel thing out of the way, right? I can officiate, since I've done so many of these before. First to get the other to drop their sword wins. That's fair, right? What am I saying. Of course I'm right.[SFX: Sterling draws his sword.]Sterling: It's time to end this, once and for all.[SFX: "Sig" draws his sword.]“Sig”: Let's."Isadora": Three, two, one, duel!Sterling: Ha![SFX: Sterling thrusts his sword but "Sig" quickly and easily disarms him.]Sterling : What--hey![SFX: His sword clatters to the ground.]Sterling: You...you disarmed me!Bea: Oh my God, Sig. That's the coolest you've ever looked!"Isadora ": Isadora! That wasn't the plan!"Sig": I'm sorry! Force of habit! And his form was so poor! I couldn't help it.Sunny: Ah, that was the smell. Cinnamon.Morrigan: Whoa. You made Cinnamon Roles to switch bodies and cheat? Didn't think you had it in you, Toad.Sterling(outraged): You used magic to win!? That was expressly against the rules!"Isadora ": I didn't use magic to try to win. I--ah!"Sig": Ow![SFX: Their voices go echo-y as the Cinnamon Roles wear off and Sig and Isadora return to their own bodies. Sig drops his sword and it clatters to the ground.]Sig: Ugh.Bea: Did it wear off? Are you two back in your right bodies?Isadora(slightly woozy): Ugh, yes.Sig: Ugh, same here. And like I was saying, we didn't switch bodies so I could win. I asked her to switch bodies with me so that I wouldn't get hurt when I lost. I figured she could take a convincing dive without accidentally getting my spleen stabbed but I guess that's on me for recruiting the best knight in the Queensguard to help me lose.Isadora: Again, so sorry.Sig: And, for the record, I didn't actually break any rules. You said I had to fight you with my own hands and that I couldn't use magic to help me win. Those were my own hands and I was trying to use magic to help me lose.Sterling (frustrated): Ah! Again with this verbal trickery! You're a coward who refuses to face any problem head on! I refuse to allow my fate to be bound to yours any longer![SFX: Sterling brandishes his sword]Sig: Whoa! Sterling, the duel is over. Put the sword down.Sterling: You had a chance to defend yourself, and you threw it away! I'm done being chivalrous.Sig: Sterling, I get it. Being stuck under a prophecy is the worst. But you don't have to let it take over your life. Just put the sword down and we can-Sterling: No! No talking! I'm sick of talking to you! I've had it! If I can't beat you, I'll end you right now! Then, there won't be any doubt about which of us is truly--why did it get so dark all of a sudden?[SFX: There's a loud DRAGON SCREECH from above]Sig, Sterling, Bea: AHHHHHHHHHH![SFX: The dragon loudly swallows Sterling and then belches fire. Isadora draws her sword which glows with Blessed energy.]Isadora: DRAGON! Get behind me!Delphine: Wait, wait, wait! Don't slay him!Sig: Delphine?!Isadora: You know the woman on the dragon?Delphine: Yes! He and his friends helped me out with a problem a few months ago. I wanted to visit to say thank you, but when I looked down, I saw that man trying to stab Sig so I told Maxwell to deal with it! Was I wrong? Was he your friend?Happy: Definitely not.Isadora: I'm sorry, the dragon has a name? And you are riding a dragon. They are not subtle. Why didn't we see you coming?Delphine: I used a cloaking spell Bea taught me.Bea: You got it working? That's awesome!Delphine: Yes! Thanks again. It's much easier to travel with him that way. People tend to get very frightened when they see a dragon shaped shadow suddenly appear under them.Sig (realization): Ohhhhhhhh.Happy: What is it?Sig: "Shake the Shadow's Looming Hold. Else, Endure its Painful Sting." This whole time it was a literal shadow. He really should have listened to me.Bea: I feel like "painful sting" is kind of underselling getting chomped to death by a dragon.Morrigan: Ugh. You're going to get a C magizoology too. Dragons don't chomp. They swallow their prey whole.Bea: OK, but is that better? He's still super dead.Sunny: He is not. I still have business with him. As he passed through the dragon's digestive tract, I transported him to the Abyss. It is time for me to collect on my end our bargain.Morrigan: Oh, you're going to the Abyss? Can I come? I've heard it's an absolute cesspit.Sunny: As a human, it is unlikely you would be able to withstand traveling to the Abyss without losing your mind.Morrigan: OK, and?Sunny: I do not think my superiors would object to me condemning another mortal soul to the Abyss.Morrigan: Then let's party. I'm not getting any younger.[SFX: He teleports them out with Aberrant teleportation]Bea: Huh. Morrigan in the Abyss. I can't tell if that's a bad thing for us or a bad thing for the Abyss.Isadora: I just want to be absolutely clear. You don't want me to slay this dragon?Sig: No, no. His name is Maxwell. And he's..[SFX: Maxwell coos][SFX: Sig sighs.]Sig: He's a good boy.[SFX: Maxwell coos again]Bea: Aww, I told you!Isadora : In that case, my apologies for threatening your...pet?[SFX: Isadora sheathes her sword.]Delphine: Pet slash familiar slash best friend. And no worries. I know he makes a strong first impression.Sig: I feel like I should be more freaked out by what just happened but Sterling did just have me at swordpoint so...does everyone wanna go inside for pie?Isadora: Yes, please!Bea: Ooh, I know an enlarging spell so Maxwell can have a dragon sized slice.[SFX: Fade out gradually on these last lines.]Delphine: Do you have meat pies? I don't know if he'll go for sweets.Isadora: Believe me. He will go for these sweets. I don't care if he is a dragon.Happy: If he does not care for sweets, there are some Aberrant recipes he might enjoy.Sig: We are not feeding the dragon despair cookies, Happy!CreditsEpisode 6, "Mightier Than The Sword" was written and directed by Destiny Howell. Sound Design is by Brad Colbroock and theme music is by Laurence Owen.Starring the voice talents of; Wes Haas as Sig, Karsten Otto as Happy, and Sarah Ruth Thomas as Bea and featuring Briar Zachary as Queen Isadora, Jack Malban as Sterling, Katie Marie as Morrigan, Dylan Duck as Sunny, and Sneha Kumar as Princess Delphine.If you enjoyed the show, be sure to leave us a review and subscribe. You can find us online at noadventurespod.com or at our Twitter @noadventurespod for extras, transcripts, and absolutely no adventures.Post-Credits TagBea: Just so you know, we all totally would have gotten Sterling for you if Delphine didn't beat us to it. I had a petrification spell ready to go.Happy: And I am always prepared with Aberrant Fire.Isadora: I was just going to disarm him...but I was prepared to use lethal force if necessary.Sig: I'm starting to think Sterling got off easy with the dragon.[SFX: Maxwell growls]