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Heart of Gold, Ep 256 - Comfort Food

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Boat activates a scroll of ham scrying and floats through the streets on a cloud of pork perfume to find the perfect ham.
The episode opens with host Ram Big Thighs summarizing the party's dire situation: Johannes has been kidnapped, the dragon priests know they are Infanterian, and they are no closer to stealing the crown from the palace. The group gathers somberly for breakfast at their inn. Alita reveals she spent the night trying to commune with dragon priestess spirits, gaining a vision that they will get into the palace and encounter the emperor's sister, Princess Ophelia. Boat uses a scroll of ham scrying, which emits a pork-scented cloud that floats him to a butcher shop called Cork Pork. There, he meets a ham master who offers him a ham perfected over 22 years, originally meant for his deceased son. Boat trades an arm-wrestling gem for the ham, bonding with the ham master as a surrogate son. Meanwhile, Johannes is imprisoned in a cell under the palace, playing checkers with a dirt clump. Michael visits, bringing mushroom soup, and Johannes explains he joined the dragon quest for friendship, not ideology. Boat returns to the inn, where Alita and Solanar debate plans to infiltrate the palace as servants or entertainers. The episode ends with a humorous aside about a ham and wrestling-based infinity gauntlet, prompting listeners to suggest stone ideas.

As heard by us

Kidnappings, dragon priests, and a ham-shop reverie keep the quest moving.

Quid Pro Roll keeps the quest moving while making room for a ham-shop detour that does not lose the stakes. Johannes is kidnapped, Charles is set to meet Michael alone the following night, and the dragon priests, Michael included, already know the party is Infanterian.

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If a kidnapping and Baskin Hambin's 41 flavors of meat can share an hour, you are set.

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