you're unnatural, babe!

[image description: a drawing of Aubrey from the chest up against a bright orange background. She has dark brown skin and short curly red hair that’s shaved on the sides. She’s wearing a red vest over a black top, and she’s wearing black lipstick. She’s smiling with her eyes closed and looks very happy.]

[image description: a drawing of Carey, a blue-skinned dragonborn with a long tail. She’s standing, looking off to the left with a small smile on her face. She’s wearing an orange sweater that reads “Knife Wife” on it.]

ID: Several sketches of Duck Newton from the bust up. 1: He's in a ranger uniform, glancing to the side, brows raised, frowning slightly. 2: He's wearing a t-shirt and raises his arm to rub at his head or neck, grimacing and sweating. 3: He glances to the side, grimaces, and holds Beacon in front of himself with both hands; Beacon curls up and behind him. End ID.

[ID: traditional art of Lucretia from The Adventure Zone, with the Voidfish floating behind her. Lucretia's a young woman wearing her red robe, with a stoic, determined expression as she stares forward. She has brown skin and long, curly black hair, and wears glasses. End ID.]

I often find myself pondering how Barry knew that Magnus would recognize Thieves' Cant in Wonderland. Did Barry do a little possessing to spy on Magnus and Carey's rogue training? If he did, then who was the unlucky possession victim, given that Pringles was already thrown in the brig at that point? Or did Magnus learn Thieves' Cant originally during the Stolen Century, possibly even alongside Barry back then? In that case, did Carey notice that Magnus was picking up Thieves' Cant really quickly on Faerun, except for maybe thirty percent of symbols that he just kept getting wrong (always by inventing a new symbol that Carey had never seen before in her life) because Faerun Thieves' Cant was different than what he was used to? Or did Barry just not know that Magnus would know Thieves' Cant, and was he willing to try every method of covert communication he could think of until one finally worked, just being kind of delighted and amazed when the one that worked was actually the first one? The possibilities are delightful and endless.

[image description: two doodles of Merle, a dwarf with a thick beard, one wooden arm and glasses. In the first, he’s looking to his right, arms slightly raised over his hand and fingers wiggling. In the second, he’s looking to his left, arms raised higher and mouth wide open as he says, “shah-bah-doo!”]

[Image Description: The image is of Merle from The Adventure Zone, who is an old, rosey skinned dwarf. He has grey hair put into a bun along with a grey beard and mustache. He’s wearing a flower crown which consists of pink roses with one green leaf each and red dots which remind me of holly. He also has two pink roses in his beard. He’s wearing brown sandals, yellow/gold shorts with a fanny pack, a yellow shirt, and a blue beach shirt with orange outlines of flowers. He’s also wearing circular glasses. He’s wearing his b.o.b bracer on his left arm and his right arm is wooden with one pink rose on it.]