WWW Interlude #3: Matsuri
Added 2024-10-01 04:01:02 +0000 UTC
A few times a year, on auspicious days or particularly augur-laden nights, the rickety fence between Umora and the world of spirits falls away. Tonight, is just such a night. And what shall cross that diaphanous veil between worlds? A chicken, a pretty lady, a cabinet of masks, a demon named 'Amanda' and three young heroes left to their own autumnal (okay fine, VERY late summer), festive devices in this slice-of-life return to our Children's Adventure. Boo.
Starring Lou Wilson, Aabria Iyengar, and your DM: Erika Ishii!
Produced by Taylor Moore
Edited, Designed, and Music Supervision by Brian Flaherty of Many Sided Media. For more of his award-winning sound design, check out My First Dungeon and Bitcherton wherever you get your podcasts.
Music courtesy of Epidemic with some original music by Taylor Moore
Comments
Someone at the WBN team could track every road trip I take with my kid, because they always request this episode 😂🤩
Alyssa
2025-12-27 01:54:15 +0000 UTCIt’s been awhile since I listened to this story but it always brings a smile to my face. Thank you for a beautiful message and the magical music 🔥🤗❤️🦊
The Wizard Sparrow
2025-11-18 20:02:43 +0000 UTCThe amount of times my kiddo and I have listened to this is crazy 😂 We love this story! Little one in stitches, especially over Suvi/Wren’s “I GOTa FISH!!” I almost wish the app counted how many times an episode was listened to
Alyssa
2025-11-01 16:46:13 +0000 UTCThis is MONTHS late, but I just got the Patreon and am catching up. I need to have it on record that this show hadn’t made me cry this much until this episode. What beautiful narration by Erika. Really took me back to my days as a kid, in the summer, and yes, even wondering about the afterlife.
Susurrus
2025-01-29 00:35:09 +0000 UTCI'm slowly but surely getting caught up and I ended up listening to this on the day we interred my grandma which also happened to be Dia de los Muertos. Weird how the universe works sometimes! I found this to be a lovely, delightful, and heartwarming balm for the soul. Thank you, all, for sharing your wonderful gifts of storytelling with us and thank you, Erika, for DMing such a beautiful tale. 💕 You all are the best 💖
Abigail Beers
2024-11-05 16:55:12 +0000 UTCI'm late to comment but Erika absolutely nailed it.
Brittany-Marie
2024-11-01 21:26:22 +0000 UTCNothing can convince me that Ame doesn't have a crush on Suvi after this
Theo Vařák
2024-10-26 14:37:56 +0000 UTCI am devastated that no-one was verbally acknowledged as eating a surprisingly hearty miso soup that they had to finish off with a scoopy finger in a cup. Truly, a Toma culinary custom
Sil
2024-10-22 08:58:09 +0000 UTCIf we return to Umora and there aren't a bunch of sandy-haired carny brothers running around.... Also, afterlife and human souls confirmed? My idea for a witch's station is lore-compatible baybeeeeee!
Moosemade
2024-10-19 00:45:53 +0000 UTCDamn you Erika I'm crying at work rn
Jeffrey Lechner
2024-10-18 16:28:10 +0000 UTCTwelve Brooks & Matsuri supremacy 😭 I love the gentle softness of these sweet interludes they mean the world to me
Sonya
2024-10-17 00:16:32 +0000 UTCPour one out for Kish, he was a real one.
FooldiverDX
2024-10-16 22:24:59 +0000 UTCI love this SO MUCH that I like… need it in physical form. Like i need it on a CD or smthn I need to HOLD IT
Adriana Duffy
2024-10-15 22:26:07 +0000 UTCOh, this was so beautiful!! I got tearful when Kish left 🥹
Giu Alonso
2024-10-15 22:00:57 +0000 UTCI got such a big smile when I heard that first word! Happy to bring it full circle!
Sturdy Beetle
2024-10-15 09:50:56 +0000 UTCAABRIA HOW DARE YOU sharing the fish 😭😭😭😭 y'all make my day every time
Alyssa
2024-10-11 17:54:35 +0000 UTCJust weeeeeeeping. So beautiful.
Natalie A DeNicholas
2024-10-11 05:05:23 +0000 UTCthis interlude was like the beautiful and sweet aftercare to The Clearing's heaviness, which i listened to yesterday XD loved both of them, ty guys <3
Juicebox.jpeg
2024-10-10 06:41:41 +0000 UTCAfter the dark tone of Arc 3 and Interlude 2 (both of which I love) this is such a bright, wholesome snippet from the childrens summer together, thank you. That said, I'm about to start Act 4 and am bracing for an absolute suckerpunch to the heart 💀
Alyeska Melendez
2024-10-10 00:45:50 +0000 UTCIs that a Souran Bushi reference??
Christopher Longair
2024-10-09 19:23:17 +0000 UTCThis is so good and makes the start of this new arc so much more sad 😭
Blake Draut
2024-10-09 13:12:43 +0000 UTCTHIS IS SO GOOD. ERIKA IS A NATURAL!!!
Michelle Morrison
2024-10-09 05:35:35 +0000 UTC😭😭😭
Katie
2024-10-08 21:37:47 +0000 UTCThis interlude was so great!! I really love seeing baby Suvi being so free and fun, baby Eursalon is flawless (Lou nails it), and lil baby Ame reminds me of myself as a kid 💕 If I could suggest... Please include misophonia warnings in the future. The eating sounds are really clear around 1:05:00 😭
McKenna
2024-10-08 16:15:33 +0000 UTCI listened to this while making pumpkin waffles and WOW what a good decision. Such a lovely story! 👏🏾💜
Kelly
2024-10-08 15:58:50 +0000 UTCI do not have children, I just recall being one. Days exploring with night vision, Days playing in the sun. I did not loose anyone At that funny tender age. I was schoold be finer folks, From respected yobbos to a sage. I listened to this story, I had to take some breaks. If halloween isn't gory, Then why am I left with what caring takes: Tears. A.G.
Aussie Griffin
2024-10-08 12:44:03 +0000 UTCI totally didn't cry then either, and I'm not crying now... honest. A.G.
Aussie Griffin
2024-10-08 12:37:48 +0000 UTCThis is EXACTLY the energy booster I needed to listen to on my way into day 7/7 of work. Thank you!!!!
1QDPRNJoy
2024-10-08 02:04:29 +0000 UTCHats off Erika! Amazing job 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ori Ganani
2024-10-07 19:58:56 +0000 UTCA lot different than the last interlude haha
OogaBooga
2024-10-07 18:46:32 +0000 UTCSuch a sweet story!
Benjamin Wories
2024-10-07 12:52:57 +0000 UTCAme was inside ren and named by taro
Oscar Swanson
2024-10-07 12:44:34 +0000 UTCTruly amazing, i cried when kish left, such a beautiful story
Mariah Maxwell
2024-10-06 21:41:17 +0000 UTC🥹
Sara Sorrell
2024-10-06 17:34:50 +0000 UTCI know this is a fun one-shot, but it did strike me how far back Ame and Eursulon's habit of not communicating spirit shenanigans to Suvi goes. As children that makes sense, they have a fundamental understanding of the world that is sooo different from Suvi's and it takes kids a while to catch that. But as adults there is a startling lack of them explaining anything to her, so it's no wonder she is a wee bit caustic about it? I wonder if there is some OOC knowledge blurring, simply because Aabria has had to point out more than once that Suvi wasn't looped in (EG: Casov collection, the importance of getting to Toma, the chalices on the man in black's vest, etc) where Erika and Lou have either forgotten or perhaps just didn't want to interrupt the flow. It is lowkey heartbreaking to see this little girl realize what she's missed out on after hours of panic, only to do the *exact* right thing to honor the spirit when she is finally aware. Ugh! Such fantastic characterization, it speaks volumes to how integral the spirit is to both Eursulon and Ame that they (for their own reasons) are involved enough to miss that they have to explain everything to their friend.
Benny Bee
2024-10-06 16:00:30 +0000 UTCI thought he'd play a character since he wasn't GM. The role of Kish could have gone to Brennan. Someone else pointed out that Brennan is doing all the background voices (I did not pick up on that), so it might have been more fitting to have him do the adults? It was however lovely just as it was.
Dominic Corbin
2024-10-06 12:12:04 +0000 UTCI listened on the PocketCasts app, and had no issues. Sorry that you had trouble
Dominic Corbin
2024-10-06 11:57:15 +0000 UTCDidn't know how much I missed lil Eursalon 🥹
Genna
2024-10-06 10:34:14 +0000 UTCThat spirit kid was also an aspect of The Man In Black.
Adam Curtis
2024-10-05 18:08:14 +0000 UTCbeautiful told, well done erika on dming, yall are such incredible storytellers, thank you all at wbn for bringing this world to life 🖤
Jordan Craig
2024-10-05 01:48:26 +0000 UTCAnd Epidemic sounds!! thank you!!
Carla D.
2024-10-05 01:47:17 +0000 UTCBrian!!!! the sound!!! Taylor the music!!!! ERIKA THE DMING AND LEADING THE JOY AHH! its such a delight, im very happy to be by the fireside :)
Carla D.
2024-10-05 01:46:51 +0000 UTCWoof the chewing almost killed me 💀 otherwise ASTOUNDINGGGG perfect lovely whimsical
Laramie Hearn
2024-10-04 21:34:31 +0000 UTCHas anyone had a problem loading this after 1:12:20? I’ve been trying to since it came out almost and it just keeps stopping there
Olivia Buse
2024-10-04 21:30:54 +0000 UTCThat was truly a beautiful tale. honestly you guys just draw me in every single time and I always want more, if you were a book I'd lose sleep reading you xxx
Lou Wilson's big toe
2024-10-04 19:16:22 +0000 UTCI didn’t even notice that 😭
Amanda
2024-10-04 18:51:01 +0000 UTCWhen Suvi started saying what the Citadel tradition is for the dead 😭😭😭 - ‘may those who miss you, miss you less’ (I think was the quote I started crying to)
Amanda
2024-10-04 18:49:53 +0000 UTCThis was so sweet and beautiful! 🥹
Taylor Adee
2024-10-04 18:31:14 +0000 UTCBeautiful
Olive_NQaKa
2024-10-04 14:35:18 +0000 UTCAabria fully made me cry(not the first time) this was so so nice, thank you all so much
niv fecher
2024-10-04 14:31:12 +0000 UTCWhat a delight!
The Wizard Score
2024-10-04 14:23:58 +0000 UTCThis was beautiful. I LOVE THESE DAMN KIDS
Demelza Walkden
2024-10-04 08:41:42 +0000 UTCBallerina by Yehezkel Raz (probably)
bannedcheese
2024-10-04 05:42:40 +0000 UTCreturn of Kishiro in the main campaign or i riot
bails 🌀 witch of the what the fuck
2024-10-04 05:31:23 +0000 UTCand you’re so valid for that ‼️ (same btw i love 2 suffer)
bails 🌀 witch of the what the fuck
2024-10-04 05:29:07 +0000 UTCwhat’s the song at 1:21:40, I swear I’ve heard it somewhere
bannedcheese
2024-10-04 05:19:48 +0000 UTCERIKA KILLED IT! Absolutely gorgeous little story
Foxglove_Dreams
2024-10-04 04:33:46 +0000 UTCAlso LOVE that we got a little fireside chat of our own with Taylor at the end there!! Wish we got more of him
christie botos
2024-10-04 03:28:36 +0000 UTCLiterally can’t go ONE episode of the kids adventure without sobbing
christie botos
2024-10-04 03:28:07 +0000 UTCA bit from the very beginning when they were announcing the Patreon and the benefits of joining. "Bonus content" became "bone cone," for no reason whatsoever.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-10-04 01:47:23 +0000 UTCGuys I missed who/what/when/where/why/how "bonecone" became something we say? Please help
Lorsnax
2024-10-04 01:43:40 +0000 UTCCast, and sound design, Y’all have a way of transporting me like nothing else can. The content you make is truly my favorite joy. ❤️
Stone Pengelly
2024-10-04 01:42:38 +0000 UTCLoved this so much. 🥰
Joseph Wycoff
2024-10-03 22:27:04 +0000 UTCCongrats, Erika, at DMing your first 5e game!!! You rocked it, I'm hoping for many more, what a beautiful experiene :) Thank you so much!
Maia Costea
2024-10-03 21:05:03 +0000 UTCThis is the cozy I am needing! I have listened to it 4x already.
Rachel Ann Harding
2024-10-03 15:10:55 +0000 UTCI wondered if rule-following Suvi would be upset by Eursulon doing the dance wrong. I love her compromise.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-10-03 13:08:29 +0000 UTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Great job Erika! WBN is my favorite thing to cry to. <3
Julia
2024-10-03 12:49:42 +0000 UTCIf this was the summer festival Ame missed going to the night Mirara showed up, her vibes were right! At least for baby Ame's understanding before meeting Kish.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-10-03 12:35:39 +0000 UTCThis piece, anyway, as opposed to The Clearing.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-10-03 12:29:30 +0000 UTCLovely!
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-10-03 12:24:37 +0000 UTCway to make me cry...you guys constantly kill this. I'll never read a better book.
KinzokuRa
2024-10-03 12:22:35 +0000 UTCWell that was beautiful ❤️
Lojaan
2024-10-03 11:13:17 +0000 UTCDelightful!
Zanna
2024-10-03 01:18:33 +0000 UTC*sigh* this was so good.
Lo
2024-10-03 01:01:20 +0000 UTCWell fuck you too Erika 😭
Sparrowhawk
2024-10-03 00:35:54 +0000 UTCAkajskajs Erica joining the single word starter gang
Timeka Stenhouse
2024-10-02 23:58:58 +0000 UTCFelt incredibly fortunate to listen to this while driving through Vermont in early autumn. Talk about emersion!
ScoffsAtGravity
2024-10-02 23:06:13 +0000 UTCwhy did suvi's last words in this ep and the last two pieces in the soundtrack leave me weeping? the power of music and storytelling... ✨✨
Hedge Mage Banbabbabeebiblioboo
2024-10-02 21:50:23 +0000 UTCNatsumatsuri!
Barron Botts
2024-10-02 21:45:08 +0000 UTCI've seen stuff on the discord, or Instagram, or Twitter, or tumblr! Sadly patreon won't let you share images in the chat Wherever you post, you should put the link here so we can admire it!
lunarsummer
2024-10-02 21:32:59 +0000 UTC1:06:25 is this the first mention of dragons in the umora setting? or have i not been paying close attention?
Hedge Mage Banbabbabeebiblioboo
2024-10-02 21:17:31 +0000 UTCobsessed with the background chatter just being multiple layers of brennan doing bit voices
Hedge Mage Banbabbabeebiblioboo
2024-10-02 21:15:20 +0000 UTCI love Umora so much. I love the main campaign. I love the children's adventures. I just... IT'S SO GOOD
Danielle St John
2024-10-02 21:11:15 +0000 UTCWhere should I drop fan art, friends?
AsterIsk-III
2024-10-02 20:42:31 +0000 UTCextremely excited by what looks like the prospect of future Children's Adventures DM'd by Aabria or Lou in future interludes
Hedge Mage Banbabbabeebiblioboo
2024-10-02 20:25:45 +0000 UTCNot me considering my mortality lol
nandrusin
2024-10-02 20:23:43 +0000 UTCthe plucked string part that plays while lou describes eursulon's glamor has my entire heart
Hedge Mage Banbabbabeebiblioboo
2024-10-02 20:18:19 +0000 UTCWhat a beautiful story! Perfect for the season. Our loved ones are always with us, even if we can’t seem them. And sometimes, ones we don’t know will sometimes walk with us.
LuChiChi4
2024-10-02 20:10:25 +0000 UTCCommenting before starting this ep because I really hope this one is a little less soul-crushing than the previous one.
Maddie Moreland
2024-10-02 19:04:54 +0000 UTCErika did such an incredible job DMing!! I really love listening to their summer as kids. I would love if we got more stories from that time even if it got to the point where we were like "wait a minute, just how long is this summer?"
Tyler Chapman
2024-10-02 18:33:27 +0000 UTCWIND!!!!
fishbananas
2024-10-02 18:16:51 +0000 UTCYou just made me cry. Ugly happy cry. Good stories about good people need to be in this world.
Thomas
2024-10-02 18:10:47 +0000 UTCI love it here
Zander Zamboni
2024-10-02 18:03:37 +0000 UTCI’m making vegetables with stick legs
Beignet Gesserit
2024-10-02 17:30:56 +0000 UTCHi, please take back the Onion Ninjas you sent to my house, thank you <3
bloops
2024-10-02 15:18:35 +0000 UTCThe fact that both times Suvi speaks directly to the dead she says “I hope you’re okay” is so telling and beautiful. Knowing her need to understand how everything works and what’s supposed to happen, and knowing she will never know what death will bring until she meets it herself, all she can do is hope everyone she misses is somehow okay now. y’all make me cry too much I swear
Fearne Pérez
2024-10-02 14:47:03 +0000 UTCYou guys. I was finishing listening in my lunch break. I have a zoom call in 5 minutes and have full panda eyes 😭
Cian
2024-10-02 13:52:05 +0000 UTCAabria my heart 🥹🥹🥹
Nicknack
2024-10-02 13:50:01 +0000 UTC“I am a chicken, beautiful and victorious”
Nicknack
2024-10-02 13:36:06 +0000 UTCGod seeing Suvi’s little justification machine moment even during the time of the children’s adventure is so heartbreaking.
Zinnia133
2024-10-02 12:29:59 +0000 UTCI was now years old when I realised why I thought this was a bit of a plot hole from "Hold on Tight," where Ame says she never got to go to the summer festival with her friends... this was a memory she was cursed to forget.
Sil
2024-10-02 08:23:21 +0000 UTCWhat a beautiful story 🥹 Erika, you're such a brilliant GM/DM. Kish was such a sweet boo 💜
Nandi Kayyy
2024-10-02 03:43:51 +0000 UTCWhy am I forreal crying at Suvi saying goodbye to Kish 😭😭😭
xatlern
2024-10-02 02:08:30 +0000 UTCI am deeply sobbing. Thank you for being a good friend
Richard Rogers
2024-10-02 01:47:07 +0000 UTCThis interlude was so friggin' cute!!! ❤️😭 So utterly magical!!
Evelina Meiklejohn
2024-10-02 01:35:56 +0000 UTCSpoilers… Did the pinwheel guy kill Kish in a rage because he won the prize???
DaphneDawn
2024-10-02 01:02:38 +0000 UTCSpoilers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... He wanted to play an adult because he never got to be one?
Ajax
2024-10-02 00:11:17 +0000 UTCEursulon making the pinwheel spin with HiS BREATH??? Yes, that’s how they work. No, I’m not ok
DaphneDawn
2024-10-01 23:44:50 +0000 UTCMatsuri & Twelve Brooks: 🥰✨🥹☀️🫶🏻🌈 The Clearing: 💀🐕🍄👻🫨
The Wizard Spicy 🌶️
2024-10-01 23:32:11 +0000 UTCLove this side quest, gang. Super cute, but I love any revisit to the children 🖤
Andrea Creson
2024-10-01 22:44:10 +0000 UTCThis was a beautiful adorable little side quest for the children.
Michael Waltman
2024-10-01 21:22:57 +0000 UTCWhere was the Renn Fair cover of Tanko Bushi?! 😂
Ryan Smith
2024-10-01 21:15:46 +0000 UTCSuvi's become a woman now 🥹
argylsocks
2024-10-01 18:39:04 +0000 UTCAs a 4th Japanese American kid I am SQUEALING with glee at the thought of an Umora-equivalent to Obon!!!!!!!!!!! I’m only 5 min in and already my heart is so nourished!!
Addi Miyako
2024-10-01 17:20:06 +0000 UTC*tearfully* You had me at "snackums."
Lilith Evenstar
2024-10-01 17:05:42 +0000 UTCThis was wonderful 😊
Andi
2024-10-01 16:56:20 +0000 UTCSo dang cute! Also, great job GMing Erika!
Kevin Goodwin
2024-10-01 16:19:26 +0000 UTC🥹🥹😭
Hex DeWitt
2024-10-01 16:12:36 +0000 UTCYou all are such wonderful storytellers, and here you did it again. I'm sobbing in my kitchen, I've had a weird, bad day and this is healing my heart. Thank you, so much ❤️
Alice Farina
2024-10-01 15:48:16 +0000 UTCThis was just so very satisfying. Truly beautiful job by all involved. Thank you for this lovely interlude. 💜💜💜💜💜
susan tiss
2024-10-01 15:47:23 +0000 UTCAlso it would be the coolest and most heart wrenching series if we ever got the crew to play what happened on that mission
Aspen Oakley
2024-10-01 15:46:34 +0000 UTCEpisode making me wonder when exactly soft and stone died. Was suvi at the memorial after they died?? Were they watching over her there??? 😢
Aspen Oakley
2024-10-01 15:45:11 +0000 UTC“I like it here because I’m with you.” I’m dying baby Suvi is tooooo sweet
DaphneDawn
2024-10-01 15:40:49 +0000 UTCThanks so much!
Many Sided Media
2024-10-01 15:29:29 +0000 UTCAABRIA I'M AT WORK!!!! SOBBING AT MY DESK! HOW VERY DARE!!! Excellent 'sode, everyone.
malsherlocktyrion
2024-10-01 15:26:53 +0000 UTCI saw the twist a mile away, and I love it every time. This kind of story always gets me in the feels 🥹
Rai
2024-10-01 15:16:39 +0000 UTCTIL that Umora has a decorative gourd season... and it's somehow late Summer? Hey, seasons work differently in different places, suspension of disbelief ACTIVATED
Bob Chapman
2024-10-01 15:16:12 +0000 UTCCongratulations on the amazing Dming, Erika!!! And Lou and Aabria, all three of you did a wonderful job slipping into your characters’ younger selves. The ending was so heartwarming, this was a good calming episode before the storm that will be Arc 4.
Joseph Brili
2024-10-01 15:08:52 +0000 UTCI'm not 15 minutes into this episode and it's DELIGHTFUL. Erika is wonderful as a GM!
Jo Lee
2024-10-01 14:53:49 +0000 UTCI did not expect to cry at work with this super cute and fun story but you GOT ME at the end!
Jenneryy
2024-10-01 14:49:53 +0000 UTCI love them all so much. 😭😭😭
Elizabeth Boskey
2024-10-01 13:45:22 +0000 UTCThat was so lovely *sniffle* I saw where it was going and it still made me cry.
Elizabeth Boskey
2024-10-01 13:40:20 +0000 UTCNot hearing anything weird on my end. Timestamp?
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-10-01 13:38:55 +0000 UTCOr what?
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-10-01 13:35:47 +0000 UTCOof Suvi at the shrine got me more emotional than expected this morning.
Jennifer Sieben
2024-10-01 13:21:21 +0000 UTCI was listening and playing Stardew Valley (I’m fittingly in the Autumn season of the game) and I have to say the music in the interlude really matched perfectly! ✨🍂
Audrey B
2024-10-01 13:00:16 +0000 UTCListen, this is so wholesome I'm gonna cry. Thanks for making a rainy day feel a little extra cozy!
Beth Guthrie
2024-10-01 12:51:11 +0000 UTCWIND
lukas roman
2024-10-01 12:09:32 +0000 UTCYus this wil be teh best for the sneaky it in rogue. Timing is when they go to auro and youcan see that its teh part of ark lol;lol. def time to touch funny style!
The Pompous Peasant
2024-10-01 11:48:35 +0000 UTCI swear this series is soul-healing.
Ty6260
2024-10-01 11:47:38 +0000 UTCI started this in the wee hours when I could not sleep. Bad news: I didn't finish it. Good news: I did fall asleep while listening and now I get to listen again :)
Cypress Purdie
2024-10-01 11:38:04 +0000 UTCThis is so lovely. The music at one point reminds me of the tones of Rugrats theme music. Vendor: catch this fish with a net Suvi: apple bobbing? fish bobbing? same diff Also, WILD tonal shift between last interlude and this one haha.
Emily C
2024-10-01 11:21:05 +0000 UTCThis is fantastic
Jessie Harris
2024-10-01 10:54:32 +0000 UTCErika did such an amazing job dming!!! I hope they run more bonecone games in the future!!!
Abigail M
2024-10-01 09:47:56 +0000 UTCReally cute story! I'll always be happy to revisit that time in the story... On a technical note - I'm noticing heavy artifacts on the music. Anyone else?
Leo Burn'd
2024-10-01 09:29:13 +0000 UTC"Whose faces are these, Ame?" 13/10
Shameel and Mariam
2024-10-01 09:16:53 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but I love that Erika's interlude -- which is the most explicitly Japanese-coded we have yet seen the culture of Toma -- also perfectly embodies the dramatic structure of kishōtenketsu.
Brandon Carbaugh
2024-10-01 07:35:50 +0000 UTCThis is a great palate cleanser after The Clearing
Nicholas Savage AKA Eursulon’s knight in training
2024-10-01 07:27:48 +0000 UTCthis was absolutely Darling. Erika the GM that you are!
Udoka
2024-10-01 07:15:53 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to listen to this while sipping tea from my new candle street bakery mug!
Katlynn
2024-10-01 07:00:08 +0000 UTCneeded this today, yipeeee
Hen
2024-10-01 06:52:58 +0000 UTCWhat a lovely little piece of happiness this is
Moosebeanie
2024-10-01 06:30:34 +0000 UTCthe idea that eursolon can only conceive of names of people he already knows and loves 😭 sweet baby boy
Udoka
2024-10-01 06:28:07 +0000 UTCWhat a delicious bit of joy to bring us into October. Amazing sound design Brian!
Caroline
2024-10-01 06:14:57 +0000 UTCAnyone else get punched in the feels by Eursulon and the koi fish as compared to Naram and baby Eursulon
rio
2024-10-01 06:13:33 +0000 UTCOh I loved this!
Gry Aavik
2024-10-01 06:13:31 +0000 UTCSuvi used all her good rolls as a child, and now Aabria is stuck with adult Suvi's horrid luck (or her dice just hate imperialists, idk 🤷🏻)
rio
2024-10-01 06:07:53 +0000 UTCErika starting with "Wind" ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ryan McNiff
2024-10-01 05:59:27 +0000 UTCGreat fucking job
Justin
2024-10-01 05:51:01 +0000 UTCThat SENT me! Erika would never waste an opportunity to carry on the bit 😂
Benny Bee
2024-10-01 05:34:02 +0000 UTCI'll bring blankets for optimal comfort! 💛
Benny Bee
2024-10-01 05:32:04 +0000 UTCWe are all listening to this together as best friends, right? I’ll bring popcorn and brownies 🩵
Temperance
2024-10-01 05:17:39 +0000 UTCGoodbye, sleep! Hello, happiness!!
Temperance
2024-10-01 05:11:51 +0000 UTCperfect thing to begin October with, can't wait to listen
Savannah Johnson
2024-10-01 05:08:57 +0000 UTCIMMEDIATELY wheezing, I'm so glad that the Brennan intro turned into such a meme, will it truly never end
Joshua Vern
2024-10-01 05:05:52 +0000 UTCErika DM WOOOOO!!! also no Brennan?
Jay
2024-10-01 05:02:51 +0000 UTCFuck yes. I could not sleep and have tomorrow off. A perfect thing for late night listening. Grwat job Erika!!!
Justin
2024-10-01 04:59:04 +0000 UTCWhimpering with joyyyyy
Kirsten Griffith
2024-10-01 04:47:02 +0000 UTCAnyone else feel like that intro was addressing us? ‘You’ do xyz
AsterIsk-III
2024-10-01 04:34:10 +0000 UTCThe precious babies are baaaack! 🥹 it makes a lot of sense that Grandma Ren and Brennan are missing from his episode. Really gives the feel of 3 little kids left in charge of the house.
Jade_Jerichooo
2024-10-01 04:33:34 +0000 UTCOh hooray!
Lilith Evenstar
2024-10-01 04:33:03 +0000 UTCI love that the “Grandmother Wren is absent” intro is a meta-parallel to Brennan being absent. The amount of shenanigans our beloved Umora trio will get up while Wren is away is nothing compared to what Erika, Aabria, and Lou are capable of when Brennan is away 😂
Marcus Mercer
2024-10-01 04:30:36 +0000 UTCI love that if we eventually get enough bonecone of the children’s adventure, then we could have a Phineas and Ferb length summer.
Dylan
2024-10-01 04:27:23 +0000 UTCAt the start of the episode, beyond excited ☺️❤️
Annabel Mont
2024-10-01 04:27:11 +0000 UTCNeeded this today!! Absolutely delightful
AsterIsk-III
2024-10-01 04:24:47 +0000 UTCthere better be some goddamn flutes in this taylor
Cyan
2024-10-01 04:23:02 +0000 UTCOh my god I missed the baby trio so much this is adorable
TPK_light
2024-10-01 04:21:50 +0000 UTCWind!
K80
2024-10-01 04:20:55 +0000 UTCThis one better be cute you monsters
Bill Posters
2024-10-01 04:19:05 +0000 UTCBedtime has been postponed it is time for Bonecone
EJ Knotts
2024-10-01 04:17:37 +0000 UTCDear Taylor, I walked past the college marching band brass section practicing with the snare drums, and the Citadel vibes were VIBING!
rio
2024-10-01 04:17:37 +0000 UTCAw, but it’s my bedtime! I have to wait until tomorrow!
Jami Martin
2024-10-01 04:16:42 +0000 UTCDebating if I have time to listen before bed 🤔
Andi
2024-10-01 04:16:20 +0000 UTCYES!!! I’ve missed the children’s adventures so much.
Marcus Mercer
2024-10-01 04:15:16 +0000 UTCholy bone cone 😳
Jaron Williams
2024-10-01 04:14:29 +0000 UTCThanks for the early release!
Michael
2024-10-01 04:14:28 +0000 UTCAAAAAAAH
The-End
2024-10-01 04:13:57 +0000 UTCWhat a lovely surprise this evening!
Michael
2024-10-01 04:13:49 +0000 UTC👁👄👁
David Tordecilla
2024-10-01 04:13:44 +0000 UTCOH SHIT OH SHIT
natasha
2024-10-01 04:13:25 +0000 UTCWIND???
Masochismet
2024-10-01 04:13:20 +0000 UTCAhhhhhhh
Erika Ishii
2024-10-01 04:12:40 +0000 UTCHoly fuck I'm first
Christopher Anselmi
2024-10-01 04:12:21 +0000 UTC
