Once Upon a Witchlight | Ep. 3 | Let Them Eat Cake

**Erika** (0:02)
Welcome to Legends of Avantris!

**Derek** (0:04)
Chuckle's here and you're listening to Once Upon a Witchlight!

**Erika** (0:08)
Here's what happened last time!

**Nicky Uproar** (0:13)
You found yourselves in significant amount of debt when Remiguru decided to collect on what he believes he is owed.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:22)
You, for the first time, did something that you never thought you could. You went to the job board.

**Nicky Uproar** (0:28)
It was there that you found an old notice for one Madrake Rosloff, a warlock that was looking for help finding his warlock patron, an archfey named Zabilna. He was offering treasures untold.
And if you were to make your way to the Witchlight Carnival, there could be a way into the Feywild, into her realm of Prismir, where you could attempt to find Zabilna and confirm that she was safe and unharmed. Through a floral archway, you glimpse wondrous and vibrant creatures, elf stilt-walkers, dancing fairies, and painted performers.

**Mark** (1:02)
They know everything that happens here. The Carnival can tell what your mood is and what the mood of the whole Carnival is.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:10)
If you can't pay the price, you can make a pact. But if you agree, I will tell you, those that make a ticket pact do have a better chance of becoming the Witchlight Monarch.

**Nicky Uproar** (1:19)
You must declare your love for unicorns at every opportunity.

**Brennan** (1:22)
I guess I didn't really know that about myself either, but I really like unicorns.

**SPEAKER_7** (1:28)
I really, I love unicorns.

**Brennan** (1:31)
Oh, look, there's a carousel, look.

**SPEAKER_9** (1:34)
Zabilna is frozen in time. Three hags have seized control of Zabilna's domain. Together, these hags form the Hourglass Coven. Each hag is convinced her sisters are plotting against her. Good luck.

**Brennan** (1:48)
To the feasting all. Are you ready?

**Mark** (1:50)
I hope they have a children's menu.

**Nicky Uproar** (2:01)
You stand before the entrance to the feasting orchard.
Looking in, music and mirth radiate from this park. The heady scent of flowers, mead, and berry pie waft through the air. Stilt-walkers pluck fruit from trees. Musicians drum, pipe, and strum. And everywhere, they're singing, dancing, in an inordinate amount of custard.

**Brennan** (2:26)
Gid, look at Custard here.

**Carlos** (2:29)
Oh my gosh. Custard.

**Brennan** (2:31)
You hungry, right?

**Carlos** (2:32)
Oh, I'm hungry.

**Brennan** (2:34)
I mean, I don't think that's gonna fill you up. You know, I was thinking, I like dessert never really fills you up, and you always got room for it.

**Carlos** (2:41)
I'll try, though.

**Brennan** (2:42)
Let's just, let's go ruin this guy's day.

**SPEAKER_12** (2:45)
Wait, wait, before we go, does everyone have their Witchlight Carnival Admit 1 ticket?

**SPEAKER_13** (2:55)
Of course.

**SPEAKER_12** (2:55)
Who said you got your pumpkin?

**Carlos** (2:57)
You think there's a ride in here?

**SPEAKER_14** (2:59)
I think we're gonna ride the explosive aftermath of whatever we eat.

**SPEAKER_13** (3:06)
Perhaps they've set up some sort of slide. You can ride the custard down. That seems very un-themed.

**SPEAKER_12** (3:11)
Custard wrestling.

**Carlos** (3:12)
Oh, like a waterslide or a...

**Nicky Uproar** (3:30)
The game has already begun.

**SPEAKER_13** (3:32)
Yeah, some kind of a custard slide is exactly what I was imagining, though I prefer to have some sort of protein or a carb if they have it here. I don't know if they only serve custard. I look around to see if the custard is all they serve.

**Nicky Uproar** (3:46)
It's not. Looking around, you see that this small grove is encircled with these beautiful fruit trees, and they are, they house fruits of vibrant colors and many different colors. Blues being the main color, but you do see purples, pinks, reds, oranges.
And you see that there are hay bales placed here and there where people are sitting and eating different desserts, pies, treats of all kinds. You also see that there is, towards the very back, there is a stage with a bard who is performing music, a very rousing country tune. And in front of that, there are four long tables where you see a multitude of people sitting and shoveling what appears to be some kind of cupcake, some kind of cake in their face, one cake after the next. Outside of this, it looks like it's a place to stroll around, enjoy some music, try some treats, and potentially enter into, I'll say you look to the side and you see a flyer that says the fairy cake eating contest.

**SPEAKER_13** (5:02)
They make cakes out of fairies here.

**Brennan** (5:05)
It's a little gruesome.

**Nicky Uproar** (5:07)
You look at it and you see that it's a fairy-sized cake, so it resembles a cupcake.