96: The king of everywhere
Lateral with Tom Scott
Lateral with Tom Scott
4.9 • 742 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hannah takes off a rapper and sees the message, because then it would be a foot. |
| 0:05.5 | Why? |
| 0:06.6 | The answer to that, at the end of the show. |
| 0:08.2 | My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateran. |
| 0:16.4 | You fall down the well into a dingy room lit by a single flaming torch. |
| 0:21.2 | The only door is to the north. |
| 0:23.0 | There is a soft, grunting noise from the darkest corner. |
| 0:26.3 | Examine the corner of the room with sword drawn. |
| 0:29.0 | You don't have a sword. |
| 0:30.8 | Okay, make a sword first. |
| 0:33.0 | You take out your portable ford and make a sword. |
| 0:36.0 | Three hours later, it has cooled into a wonderful scimitar. |
| 0:38.6 | I'll fire an arrow into the corner. |
| 0:41.1 | Why didn't you tell me you had a bow, Tom? |
| 0:45.2 | It's been in my knapsack the whole time. |
| 0:47.5 | You fire the arrow, a goblin falls over, clutching the arrow in its chest. |
| 0:51.3 | Oh, oh, open the chest with the silver key. No, not a treasure chest. Like, his actual chest. Uh, oh, sorry, okay, I'm new to this. I've got it. Can we examine the door? The door is made from iron and seems sturdy. There appears to be a keyhole at the top, but it's too high to reach. Oh, oh, stand on the chest. There's still no treasure chest. |
| 1:11.5 | It's an actual, actual chest. |
| 1:13.5 | Right, okay, yes, sorry. |
| 1:15.5 | Attach the key to an arrow and fire it from the bow towards the door. |
| 1:19.5 | I can roll for that if you want, but there's no way in a million years. |
| 1:24.5 | That's... |
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