Yeah, I know, we were supposed to meet you at the Three Crowns Inn but we went there and it was closed! It’s never closed! Every Friday night, for the past four years, we’ve been at that Three Crowns Inn! Guess it was due, though, right? Anyway, we found this refurbished Philips 32” 720p LCD HDTV so it’s cool. We’ll just have a quiet night in. Got some chips, gonna get a pizza, it’ll be fun!
No, I don’t know what to watch. Everything looks good on a 1366 x 768p HD LCD screen. I mean, they do make larger versions but it’s all going to be new to us, right? C’mon, take a seat. Hey, can you remember the last time we had a Friday night to ourselves? In fact, as I think about it, we’ve been so active since roughly the middle of June. Every night, all of us together, chasing after that magic orb. I bet that magic orb doesn’t have built-in Dolby Digital though. Even still, it’ll be nice when we finally get those last two pieces.
Here, have some of this ale that I swiped from the tavern. Can you believe that no one was there? I didn’t even have to make a Dexterity check! It was like nobody was in charge! I could have done anything! Cheers, Darkleaf! Mmm, good stuff. Say, the Philips 32” 720p LCD HDTV also has 3 HDMI ports in case we want to watch a Blu-Ray instead. Yeah, our bard isn’t here tonight to tell us any stories. Hey, Thunderhelm, what do you want on your pizza? What do dwarves eat on pizza? Do dwarves eat pizza? Anybody know? Go look that up and tell me what you want.
No, no, Darkleaf, the bard’s not dead, he’s just away. I heard through the grapevine he was off with a different group all of a sudden. Word on the street is he was teleported into some vampire kingdom. Yeah, I heard they called it “State U”. Crazy world, right? Good luck to him, though. A man’s got to follow his destiny, and if it takes him away from his life-long friends, well, so be it. At least he’s got something to do. I wish I knew why that inn was closed!
What’s that, Darkleaf? You were at the Forgotten Character Home today? Man, why were you over there with those old guys? Oh, Darkleaf, honestly. You can’t believe those bitter old vets and their stories. I mean, “college”? Not only is that name totally unrealistic, it’s also a crazy idea. We’ve been together four years straight, right? We were level one when we started. You’ve been resurrected nine times. Nine! If there are forces out there in control of our destiny, why would they suddenly all walk away and leave us behind after all that effort? You think they’re just going to forget about it?
Look, it’s just a slow night, is all. Let’s just enjoy this rare chance to watch our lovely Philips 32” 720p LCD HDTV and not worry about the crap those old guys say. I mean, we’ve only got one more piece of the orb left, and who could walk away from that? Plus then we’ve got to find the people who made it, and then we’ve got to stop them all to save the universe, and that’s at least five more years of work. What sort of person could walk away from that, especially because of some made up place called “college”?
That inn will be open next week, Darkleaf. You’ll see. This is just one crazy night. Hey, Thunderhelm, you figured it out yet? What? Pineapple and anchovy? Are you kidding me? Man, dwarves are weird.
