Episode 228: The Dawn of Realization

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Episode 228
Unless...
The Dawn of Realization
Date Published	Tuesday December 21st, 2002
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We find out that there may be some problems with the ship...

Cast Appearing

• Black Mage Evilwizardington
• Red Mage Statscowski
• Fighter McWarrior
• Bikke

Setting

• Bikke's Ship

Script

Black Mage	Okay, so the see monsters aren't a direct threat. But it sounds like they're hitting the hull awfully hard.
Red Mage	Yes, but, as I said, these attack are routine. Why, they're as much a part of sailing as the water. Ships are designed with these aggressive attacks in mind. We're fine.
Black Mage	Oh. Well, good.
Red Mage	Unless...
Fighter appears with his arms up.
Fighter	No unless! Undo unless This is a universe sans unless!
Red Mage	Well, I was just thinking. If Bikke was an irresponsible captain, he might have skimped on a few things. Like the expensive and frequent repairs that are fairly integral to the hull not, y'know, collapsing.
Red Mage turns to Fighter.
Red Mage	You can put your arms down.
Fighter	Looks down. Sorry.
Black Mage	Wait, wait, wait. Let's get back to these hull repairs. How integral are we talking here?
Red Mage	Well, y'know how you need MP to cast magic spells?
Black Mage	Yeah. Looks down. Oh. Well, I'm sure we have nothing to worry about. Bikke seemed the responsible sort. I mean he only fed his faithul, loyal, beloved pirate crew Cheetos for three months because it was cheaper than real food. And since that led directly to their deaths, he was then able to keep all the money Garland paid for his full crew to kill us. Money that would've undoubtedly of gone toward the upkeep of this boat had he not insisted upon giving it to us. Why does that sound like something Thief would do?
Meanwhile, inside the Provokia casino...
Bikke	Suckers!