stones of farspeech

[thegoofball]

Hey there, islands. Happy new year and all that, if that even matters. I mean, the holidays don't seem to matter here but there's a calendar so...?

[There's a pause, and Lance clears his throat.]

Anyways, this isn't about that! Recently I put in a request with the good ol' Storyteller because I was reminded of something from back home and thought, with all the crazy things that happen here, something that's a little more chill and lowkey might be good?

It's this, uh, game? Called Monsters & Mana. It's a little hard to explain and it's super nerdy, but it's pretty fun! You roll dice and pretend to be a character and go on an adventure the Lore Master puts together for you.

I've got a lot of books for it and everything we'd need to play it, but I don't want to just keep it to myself? So if anyone wants to take a look at it or play it just hit me up!

See ya!

[If the emojis were Free, there would be a sparkle and a heart emoji. Unfortunately, they're not.]

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[thermalwind]

Yeah? And what did you make? Some sort of dashing thief ninja?

[Bap.]

So we makeup people, set up their skills, and have fun together. No wonder all of you like it so much. We're friends so that makes it more fun.

[thegoofball]

Uh, they were a master assassin, thank you. Not a thief!

[He Was A Thief.]

Yeah. It's a shame you didn't get to play with us.

[thermalwind]

Yeah, it’s a shame I didn’t get that blind run with you guys. But we can play it together now and make our own memories with it. [He pauses and adds a gentleness to his tone that hasn’t been there before.]

And I wouldn’t have been as much fun then. This way, I’ve found myself and we can really just enjoy it.

[thegoofball]

[Aww, Keith is being sentimental. It's...nice to see, in a way.]

Yeah, yeah, we can do all that mushy stuff. But most importantly, we don't have to worry about all the monsters just being Coran.

[thermalwind]

[Silence.] ...wait, what? Coran as every monster??

[thegoofball]

He was the Lore Master.

[That's all the explanation you're getting.]

[thermalwind]

[He's just confused by that one. What the hell does that mean? Wait.]

...then he has no room to complain if Shiro always wants to be a Paladin.

[thegoofball]

There's plenty of room to complain about Shiro always being a paladin. And dying all the time!

[thermalwind]

At least it isn't like...an orange mustache on every enemy. And deaths are the result of bad dice rolls, right?

[thegoofball]

If you imagine the enemy with an orange mustache, they've got an orange mustache.

[There's a pause.]

And usually, but sometimes you just grab a cursed sword and get torched.

[thermalwind]

How was he to know it was cursed? [Look. It's a legit question.] And what did you imagine the enemies as then?

Like the ones in Pidge's video game?

[thegoofball]

It was in a dragon's hoard, Keith. They don't just hoard regular swords.

Definitely, yeah. Killbot Phantasm is a great game!