The camera fades in to see the four members of The Murder Hobos sitting around a round table, looking a little disgruntled and in the middle of talking. The outside of this room is filled with tabletop miniatures, paint pots, terrain and scenery, and posters of epic fantasy battles.
The audio picks up as Gruk, the Barbarian, slams his fist down on to the table.
"How can we defeat Power and then have no match? How is that fair! I'm going to Raaaaa-"
Aeyre, the Figher, interjects and tries to calm the situation.
"Hey now, Gruk, no need for violence right now. This table is sacred, many a great campaign have been played and lived at this table.. now, what you and Zayliss did at No Mercy was fantastic!
You picked up our first victory in this new land to conquer, and have set us on the path to glory .. and our destiny."
Zayliss, the Wizard, had kept his head down so far, but now looks up.
"There must be a reason why they've not given us a match of any kind tonight, surely there must be. Noko, do you have any thoughts?"
Noko, the Monk, looks at Zayliss and shakes his head, shrugs a little and breathes in deep. He then puts his feet up on the table and nods towards a poster on the wall.
The poster is of a party of four fighting a Dragon, the beast breathing fire and the heroes fighting valiantly to defeat it. The other three members look at it and then back to Noko.
"Noko, you are a man of few words, but you are a very.. very wise man. Of course you're correct, this conspiracy goes all the way to the top!"
"What do you mean to the top? To the sky? To a mountain? I don't understand!"
"No Gruk, Noko means.. upper management. The Dungeon Masters of this world. The BBEGs of this world."
On screen came some subtitles at the bottom, which read:
*BBEG is a Big Bad Evil Guy.. in nerd terms.
"So if the BBEGs want to keep us down, we know what we must do. We must band together to find them and destroy them. This land won't ever forget the party of adventurers known as .. The Murder Hobos."
"So does that mean I get to fight? Does that mean I get.. to.. RAGE!?"
"They very well might be on the cards, Gruk. We had mentioned to the top guys that we wanted to face Savage Sons tonight.. but
I think both management and the Sons are too scared to face us right now."
"I'm not sure that 'scared' is the right word for tha-"
"No, they're definitely scared. But if they won't give us a match tonight, we will find our own quest.. tonight, we must find the one who was once called a 'God' and deliver him a message."
Noko nods in acknowledgement and gets to his feet, hands in his pockets, and ready to leave.
"I think that only two of us should go, the others should stay here and keep our awesome s**t safe from intruders. Noko seems very willing to, and-"
"I'll go! I'll go! I'll go!"
"Actually, Gruk, I think this quest needs a more.. delicate hand. That's why I propose that Zayliss goes with Noko, to find this 'God'."
"It would be my privilege and my honour, gentlemen. Gruk, you stay here and keep watch.. smash anyone else who comes in here uninvited. Aeyre, we'll be back once the quest is complete."
The camera pans out to show Noko and Zayliss leaving through a side door, opening it and stepping through, and closing it behind them. The camera then fades back out, as TMH's logo comes on screen.
