Sorry, Your Boyfriend Pulled A Double Shift Down The Posting Mines And Now He Has Irony Poisoning. We

Sorry, your boyfriend pulled a double shift down the posting mines and now he has irony poisoning. We pulled him out before he could go full devil's advocate but sadly he's basically incapable of sincerity now. We're putting in a new screentime limit now, we could name it after your boyfriend if you like

This but for dialogue edits on actual play recordings

Me editing in the present: aw I wish I'd thought to use this turn of phrase here, would've been amazing

Recorded me from the past: (immediately) the exact turn of phrase

Me while editing: *adds a sentence*

*finds nearly identical sentence in the next paragraph*

The question with The Wizard, The Witch and the Wild One was always going to be "which worldbuilding detail will I find to fixate on", not "will I find something to fixate on", and the results are in:

it's the naming conventions

In Suvi's corner of the story so far we've had Soft, Stone, Steel, Archmage Silence, and Silver ... and Suvirin.

It's a clear convention but has not yet been lampshaded by any of the cast, which is of course delicious.

Is it an Empire convention, a Citadel one, a wizardly one? I'm guessing Citadel/wizard, since people like Roselyn and Grandmother Wren are presumably Empire citizens but don't follow the convention.

But is it something adopted later in life? Because Suvi follows the initial S but otherwise breaks the convention of the name being a dictionary word. Will she be expected to pick – or be bestowed with – a dictionary S-word when she's no longer an apprentice, is that it?

And if so ... what will it be? Sand? (sort of combines Soft + Stone)

OR did Soft and Stone break convention when they named their daughter?

the distinction between board games and TTRPGs only exists in your heart baby

All Rosamund's princely suitors died in the briars, Snow White's prince never showed up and she had to punch her way out of her coffin, Mira's prince didn't love her back - genuinely (Rosamund voice) what is going on with these men???

Basically in this episode and the next one I miss a couple of golden opportunities to use Fate's Create an advantage roll, one of my favourite Fate mechanics, and instead force some bastard child of an Overcome roll and a D&D-style "I guess just see how high you get" kind of thing the DM reaches for when they're not sure what mechanic applies (it me, I'm the DM)

A body in the back room. A mysterious figure fleeing the scene. What’s a newbie PI to do but give chase?

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STARRING:

Vikki as Cadence Fairchild, baby-faced P.I.

Ellie as Cam, cinnamon roll newshound

Alexander Pankhurst as Reginald Skinner, infamous corrupt businessman

Helen as Stella Sylvester, woo-woo femme fatale

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fate (Condensed)

MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman