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Pants of people! This is David here with an exciting

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announcement. So during the heat of summer business,

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and while our good Rodriguez is traveling to

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Poland and Iceland, we're going to be taking

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a brief two -week break from our regular content.

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But wait, David. How is that exciting news for

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me and my family? Well, listener, if you just

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let me finish, I will tell you. You see, a while

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back, we all got together for a quiet Saturday

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afternoon for a fun experimental recording. We

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had a little idea to try out some new game systems,

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play some new stories and characters, and release

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these fun side adventures in a series we have

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lovingly titled Seat of Our Pants. Our first

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soup, that's the acronym, is a four -episode

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series where we dive full -on into the even -footing

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games system called... babies and broadswords.

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And let me tell you, it is awesome. Our very

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own Mr. Wolf is putting nose to the editing grindstone

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in these coming weeks to get these episodes out.

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So while our regular content is on a brief break,

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we'll be releasing these during our next two

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usual Monday slots, as well as our two bonus

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Friday episodes. So get excited, because this

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is not content you are going to want to miss.

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Expect laughs, thrills, and maybe even a couple

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tears. In the meantime, please enjoy this week's

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episode of Fantasy Pants. Boom, boom, bada, boom.

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I'm just kidding. It's David again. I know, I

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know, I know. Two intro sequences? That is simply

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irredeemable. And speaking of redemption, I've

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got a quick trailer for you guys from our friends

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at Rolls of Redemption. We're doing a bit of

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an ad swap, getting these communities united

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in our love of these games and these stories.

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So please, please enjoy. Do you like fire? Do

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you like hijinks? Do you like poorly thought

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out fire -related hijinks? Join the chaos at

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Roll the Redemption. Every Monday on Twitch,

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we stream a D &D campaign chock full of poor

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choices that often makes for hilarious encounters.

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As we battle the undead, try to outwit the politically

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corrupt, and fan the flames of intraparty romance,

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you'll find high -quality fun, absolutely terrible

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puns, and exceptionally questionable planning.

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And the fun doesn't stop there. Join our Discord

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server where the roleplay continues all week

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long and you can even scheme the party's demise

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with the DM. So join us on Monday nights at 8

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p .m. Eastern Time on twitch .tv slash Rolls

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of Redemption and let us redeem your Monday one

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roll at a time. I want to talk about an all -worlds

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favorite, Jericho the Traveler. Born and raised

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on the Radiant Citadel, Jericho meant her life

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had her trapped in a single small city. As she

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grew older, though, a deep desire for adventure

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burned within her soul. After years of working

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for the memes, she applied for a passport to

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travel between worlds, and her legend began.

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They say she has traveled to every one of our

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worlds, building her arsenal of weapons and experiences

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with each and every journey. And what an arsenal

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that is. Most notable are her magical goggles

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that, when paired with her keen eyes and bow,

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never let her miss a shot. And who can forget

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her elemental orb, a gift from her time on Anissa

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Academy in Sensai, which allows her to utilize

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various elemental powers. I have it on a good

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authority, lightning is her favorite. Jericho

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also carries a near -endless supply of daggers

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on her person, crafted in makes and styles from

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all our worlds. When weapons fail, Jericho can

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still fall back on her training in the amusement

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and martial art of jiu -jitsu. With complete

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elemental magic and skill on her side, it is

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no wonder Jericho found her way onto all our

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screens as a luminary adventurer. Jericho sounds

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pretty fucking OP. Jericho's pretty rad. That's

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intense. I don't want to run into Jericho. Wendy

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Luminary, Genie, thank you so much. Oh, no shit.

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Those from Genie? Nice. You might recognize,

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actually, a little while back, we had a little

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art contest. and Genie was the winner, and Jericho

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is the drawn character. No way. Adapted and changed

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for this setting, of course, but yeah. Sure.

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Sold the character, I think, hopefully still

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there. Wow. I love that. Yeah, I really love

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that. Is the character art ready yet? It's out

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there somewhere. I know she hasn't finished,

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and it looks so good. I'll hook up with Genie

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and with Eric and see if we can post it. Oh,

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wouldn't that be cool? Yeah, that'd be great.

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Oh, my gosh. Yeah, it's fantastic. So. So. We've

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got mail. Oh, what's it? Is it for me again?

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I need to make like a male sound. When we have

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it, it was just like male. All right. We've got

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some work to do on the, on the male jingle. No,

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I'm just, I'm just going to do it and it's just

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going to happen one show. I think that's great.

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I think that's great. Um, yeah, this is another

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package that David has no use for. We got small

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batch. Wow. D &D themed coffee. Oh, that's pretty

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cool. From our friends at Homebrew Coffee & Co.

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We got their starter pack. So we got four sample

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sizes. I mean, it's bigger than a sample. It's

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enough to make. It's a couple of French presses.

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Yeah, for sure. Our friends, Laura and Kelly

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over there sent it to us and we're super stoked

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to try it out. Recommend it to you guys. Our

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first one here is called Health Elixir. Hey,

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all right. And we told them that Jeremy likes

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a bit of a medium darker roast. I like more of

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a medium light roast. So they sent us kind of

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straight down the middle, some medium stuff.

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Well, I should say I do prefer like super dark

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roast, but there's less caffeine. Yeah, exactly.

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Yeah. That's why I like, yeah. I'm a morning

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coffee drink. I mean, duh. I really like a cup

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of coffee in the morning or two or three. Sure.

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So I like the morning roast, the light roast,

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whatever. Sure. This more medium stuff though.

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I mean, this is great for like an early afternoon.

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Oh yeah. You don't, you don't want that huge

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jittery buzz. Right. So please, if you're so

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inclined, check them out. Homebrew coffee and

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co. We'll put links in our description and show

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notes. Remind me. It's two weeks away. Remind

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me, please. And let them know your friends at

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Fantasy Pants sent you. Cheers, Steven. Cheers.

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Where's my Rockstar? I want a cheers, too. Give

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me a drink. Damn it. Do you want to try some,

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David? No. Okay. It's gross. Oh, that is a...

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It's medicine to me. That is a damn fine cup

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of coffee. I'm sure it's fine coffee, but all

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coffee is bad. I usually drink coffee with just

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like a little bit of cream and a little bit of

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sugar. I like this. For me, that's like putting

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A1 on steak sauce. Don't do that. A1 on steak.

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Yeah. But no, I mean, you know, when you're in

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your... Well, that's the thing. When you're enjoying

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something like a really nice steak or something

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craft like this, you don't want to put something

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in it to muck it up. You need to experience it

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as it is. Yeah, the way the creator wanted it

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to be enjoyed. And I mean, like... These ladies,

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I mean, talk about small batch, it's made to

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order. Oh, wow. That's fucking awesome. If you

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go on their website right now and you order a

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thing of coffee, it hasn't even been fucking

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made yet. Little mailbox, you know, ding, and

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they're going to say, hey, time to fire up the

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coffee roaster. Cool as hell, right? I mean,

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if it's coffee. If there's something else, it'd

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be really cool. Candy? Rock stars? Just straight

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sugar? I can give a high five. No, because we're

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adults. Some of us are. We're playing a game.

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We're playing Dungeons and Dragons. Hey, this

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is a pretty mature game. I'll give you that.

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I'll give you that. We're nerdy adults. I need

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my sugar. Do we want to switch from something

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that's super mature and adult to baby time? Baby

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talk? We can talk baby talk. You want to talk

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baby talk? I think we're going to, we think it's

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been brought up a little bit in the, uh, the

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sort of opening notes for this episode, but,

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uh, Hey, let's double down on it. Let's talk

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about babies and broadswords. Let's hear it.

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Let's hear you guys talk. What do you guys think

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about babies and broadswords? We're not, it's

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not out there yet. No spoilers, but real quick,

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one word. How do you feel about the adventure

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we ran when we ran it? Um, one word, one word.

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Come on. Easy. Fuck. It was fun and easy. That's

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the point of the game. Fun's a better word. Use

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that word. You made me choose one, and I wanted

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to say fun and easy. You're selling this to the

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people. That's a selling point. I love easy things.

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That's literally a selling point. I'm going to

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show you up here. I'm going to call it magical.

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Wow. That's a good fucking word. I mean, we all

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agreed after that that that day that we... You

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know what? We recorded all of these upcoming

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episodes in one setting. Oh, literally? Literally

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just because Stephen's work sucks so much in

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comparison, I'm giving you a button. Take this

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black button. I'm really sorry, but I'm not not

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going to take this button. Please take the button.

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There's a spite button. There's a spite button

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towards Stephen's. Easy. Cool. I'm going to use

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it for disadvantage for you. Steven, give me

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your button. No. Damn it. That's not how buttons

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work. Oh, yeah. I mean, we recorded all of these

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upcoming Babies and Broadswords episodes in one

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day. And once we finished the day, we all talked

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about how we just felt so incredible. It was

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a magical day full of love and friendship. Yep.

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Trying to earn that button over there, huh? No.

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Yes, we're taking a little quote unquote vacation.

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I'm going to be out of town. So in order to kind

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of ease our recording schedule for two weeks,

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we're just going to release Babies and Broadswords

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and then get right back to it with the regular

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campaign when I come home. Out of town, out of

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town. You're really lowballing this one. Where

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are you going? Tell everyone where you're going.

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The family and I were going to Poland. That is

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crazy. Very excited, yes. My grandparents were

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pregnant with my mother when they came to the

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U .S. She grew up speaking Polish, blah, blah,

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blah, the whole thing. So I've always, as a kid,

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I was always like, oh, mom, I'm going to take

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you to Poland someday. And now here I am, 31,

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and we're going to Poland. Oh, I want to give

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you a button for that, but you just, ah. You

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canceled it out. No, it's okay. That's okay.

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That is adorable, though, and I love that. That's

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awesome. That's so awesome. Oh, man. I hope it's

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a good time. Yeah. So if anybody has any Poland

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recommendations for me, hit me up. Ooh. All our

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Poland listeners. I know you're out there. Yeah,

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we're huge, and we're huge in Eastern Europe.

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We're coming for you, Europe. You just wait.

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You just wait. And don't fact check that. Take

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your word for it. We are on our way across the

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sea. Yeah. So before we move on. Yeah, what's

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up? Just so the listeners know what to expect.

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We recorded four episodes of Babes and Broadswords.

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Look for those this coming Monday and Friday.

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And then the following Monday and Friday. Shitloads

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of content. Mr. Wolf here knows the grindstone.

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He's putting in the work to get these to you.

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Yeah. Getting a double drop. Oh, man. It's good.

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It's really, really good. Really fun. Get ready.

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Don't let Steven talk you out of it. It's a really

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good time. You're going to love it. Do not miss

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it. Don't do it. I think more than anything,

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I'm really excited for the folks at Evenfooting

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Games to see what we did with their system. I

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mean, we just had a fricking blast. It was so

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much fun. Yeah, it was fun. I hope they like

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it. Um, and we'll, uh, we'll hear from them hopefully.

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We had a little combat happen last session. A

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very scary combat. By the skin of your teeth,

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you got out of there. I mean, you, Crispin, as

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you moved away from there, you discovered that

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bonus action shapeshift, Wild Shape, to get the

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extra movement speed. If you didn't find that,

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I was going to come at you with six more attacks.

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There was almost no way you weren't going to

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be dead. Yeah. Permanent death. I thought that

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I was totally fine. And I was just looking through

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my character sheet anyways. And it wasn't until

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after I figured that out that you told me, yeah,

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you probably would have been dead if you didn't

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do something. That bonus action. Oh, my gosh.

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Like I was I was sweating bullets like, oh, no,

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he killed me with 30 feet. That's within my range.

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And my my my what are they called? The holy weapons,

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the sacred. It's called the weapon attack. You

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know, the magical horns are floating around.

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That's also 30 feet. Spectral. Yeah, that's the

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one. You were in 30 feet. They were going to

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come at you. These guys are going to hit you

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with two different dagger attacks. You were low,

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low on HP. I mean, if you went down, no reason

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for me not to just keep on going at your body.

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Yeah. It was going to be a bad, bad, bad time.

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But you took on that dire coyote form, shapeshifting

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into this horse -sized coyote in the middle of

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this neon, brilliant, beautiful city of crystal.

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And you dodge to bursts of flame, sacred flame

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as you move out of the way. And you rush down

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the road. And that's where I want to open, on

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Crispin. Give me that music. We open on a dire

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coyote charging down a crystal street. We see

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structures of diamond blurring. As you rush past,

00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:12.679
pulsing lights of every shade mingling at the

00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.440
edge of your vision. A stream of cables overhead

00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:19.779
crisscrossing like a giant spider's web. And

00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:24.120
we see this street start to shift to dark, murky

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pools of water with broken strips of soft land

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forging a difficult path ahead. Diamond becomes

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the wood of tree trunks and of prickling brush.

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Cables overhead shift to gnarled, skeletal branches.

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And all that magical, colorful light is drowned

00:14:40.509 --> 00:14:46.690
out by a thick sheet of cold mist. You are back

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on God's breath. You are in the nightwater swamps

00:14:50.350 --> 00:14:52.970
at the edge of the black waters of Nightwater

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Cove. In the mists of the Shadowfell. You are

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in a memory. And you are being hunted. You can

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only vaguely see them. Large, dark shapes in

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the mist, chasing after you, so many of them.

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Their wet, gurgling roars filling the world behind

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you, just... Everywhere. The world is alive with

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it. So let me ask, how old was Crispin Dubois

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on the day that his village was attacked? Crispin's

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in his early 20s. A young rabbit of a man. A

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young man of a rabbit. Hell yeah. And how does

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his look differ from the way he looks now? He's

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not any smaller than he used to be. He doesn't

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wear his telltale bandana mask. Hell yeah. Good.

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And that's the figure we see. Running, running,

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your rabbit feet pounding through soil and mud,

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hopping over dark pools, just running and running.

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And you are getting tired. They don't get tired,

00:16:16.929 --> 00:16:20.649
though. They will catch you soon. They will catch

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you and they will tear you apart, just like they

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did to old Burke. You remember his screaming,

00:16:25.730 --> 00:16:30.590
Crispin. And you hope, you hope that this chase

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will be a success. And that your death... inevitable

00:16:34.450 --> 00:16:37.269
as it is, will lead them far enough away from

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your small village that the others can live.

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If only you have to die. And so you run and run

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and run, your heart beating so fast it feels

00:16:48.309 --> 00:16:52.350
like it's going to just stop. And you can feel

00:16:52.350 --> 00:16:55.809
keenly the loss of your own blood. A blessing

00:16:55.809 --> 00:16:57.710
as much as a curse, because it became apparent

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very quickly that these feral monsters, these

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undead crocodiles, have little intelligence.

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That the smell of your blood trickling constantly

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down the fur of your back will hold their full

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attention. Now that the other makeshift offenders

00:17:12.329 --> 00:17:16.230
have been consumed one and all. You don't know

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how far you've run. You don't even know where

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you are at this point. You lost sight of any

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familiar grounds a while back in this thick mist.

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You only know that they are closing in on you.

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And I want to ask you. what Crispin is thinking

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about right now in these final moments. He's

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thinking about the ones he left behind in his

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Warren, his grandparents, his parents, his little

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sister, village elders. I mean, it's a small

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community, but, you know, that means it's very

00:17:55.880 --> 00:18:00.400
tight -knit. Wow. He's got a lot to lose. Damn.

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And you push on. The trees seem to fall away

00:18:05.029 --> 00:18:08.430
from you. Only becoming vague shapes far away.

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In the mist, you enter this sort of larger swamp

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clearing. And you can hear them. Again, just

00:18:14.190 --> 00:18:23.049
right on your tail. And then, they're gone. The

00:18:23.049 --> 00:18:28.190
shapes are gone. The roars, gone. Absolute silence

00:18:28.190 --> 00:18:32.779
fills this space around you. Time doesn't seem

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to move. Something about this environment just

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:39.200
seems so surreal. It's too bright. There's an

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echo to the air, a sort of blur. A flash of lightning

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from somewhere above. Sound of thunder. Like

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a warning that stops you in your tracks. You

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:59.690
feel the wind begin to pick up around you. Trees

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creaking and swaying far off in this sudden cyclone.

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And then, a whispering voice, frantic, mingled

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with the wind, blowing in from all directions.

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And the whispers begin to change, overlaid by

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meaning. You understand them, though you know

00:19:26.130 --> 00:19:28.430
in some strange way that they... They yet speak

00:19:28.430 --> 00:19:32.650
in this unknown tongue. The convergence must

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move forward. Must, must. Shadow fells influence

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grows. Consumes. We, we, we are misplaced. Broken.

00:19:42.769 --> 00:19:48.569
We, we, we, we are. In a new shape. Begins to

00:19:48.569 --> 00:19:51.970
materialize in the mist. It seems to slither

00:19:51.970 --> 00:19:54.890
in around you. A vague darkness pressing in behind

00:19:54.890 --> 00:19:58.859
the trees surrounding you. And it is massive,

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dwarfing the structures of the forest. You should

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:05.640
hear sounds of breaking trees, of grinding earth

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:08.859
at the approach of such a creature. But there

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:13.960
is nothing. It is simply there. And above you,

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:16.819
something begins to lower through the whiteness.

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An enormous, dark shape that steals the sky.

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It cracks open, revealing the shadowed forms

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of rows and rows of sharpened teeth, each of

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which is larger than you. A great tongue rolls

00:20:32.289 --> 00:20:35.089
out between them, reaching for you, twitching

00:20:35.089 --> 00:20:38.890
and swaying. Lightning flashes above it, constant,

00:20:39.049 --> 00:20:41.609
backlighting the shadowed points of these fangs,

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and you realize that its throat is filled with

00:20:44.170 --> 00:20:48.289
the swirling clouds of a storm. This jaw hangs

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above you, open. and whispering with the force

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of a hurricane. We, we, we are misplaced, broken.

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The Convergence must move forward, must. It will

00:21:01.430 --> 00:21:05.890
be, it will be, it will be, it will be. We will

00:21:05.890 --> 00:21:16.450
be Shadrakhan again. And with that, we are back

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in the streets of a rural town. You can't drop

00:21:18.369 --> 00:21:21.920
a bomb like that and then... Back in the streets

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:28.039
of a rural town. We see no swamp here. No trees,

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:32.900
no massive, terrifying, who knows what, looming

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:37.000
above. Just crystalline streets, diamond structures,

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:40.799
same neon lights blurring, blurring as you take

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a looping roundabout path. Professional Dire

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:47.839
Coyote Crispin Dubois. You have found yourself

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.920
in the Gateway Plaza right at the entrance of

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it. You see a number of diamond gates stand empty

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in the center of this plaza where two white -robed

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wizards, retainers of the Radiant Citadel, sort

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of lazily wait for anyone who desires passage

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to the entrance of the preserve and to the great

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:05.140
iron gates to the outside of the ethereal diamond,

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:09.480
the actual Radiant Citadel proper. You're here.

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You think you've lost your tail a while back

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:16.259
because you are fast in this form. You stand

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:20.359
here alone. This potential new ally you faced,

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:24.160
you assume he escaped. You saw him leaping away

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.559
the last you checked down the other side of the

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:27.420
alley. You don't know what happened after that.

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:29.900
At that point, it's survival. Crispin had to

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:32.900
get out of there. Best wishes. So what do you

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:37.339
want to do? Head through the gate. He's got somewhere

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:41.259
to be. See you. Pat up to the gate. Wait, are

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:45.140
you a dire coyote when you go to the... No. Okay,

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:48.079
it's a good... No, he shifts back. Bonus action.

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:54.099
The fuck? Alright, so you turn back into Christian

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:57.220
Dubois. You guys, I think they're like, you know,

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.519
almost like lazily. Maybe they're playing a little,

00:22:58.599 --> 00:23:00.180
like, talking to each other really close. Playing

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.539
some weird game with their hands where you see,

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:03.619
like, cards or something being traded. And as

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:05.700
you get close, they just... Drop them, put stuff

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:08.119
away, stand tall at the presence of a luminary,

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:12.940
and just nod, fire up the gate with a word and

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:15.220
a touch, and you see this sort of whirling energy

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:17.940
in the middle of this sort of empty doorframe.

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:21.099
And you know when you step through. You've done

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:23.180
this a hundred times probably by now. You'll

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:27.420
be at the entrance to the preserve. All right.

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Time to go through. And we see this Haringan

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:35.529
be doing one of his... Telltale Crispin cordial

00:23:35.529 --> 00:23:38.049
nods. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We love those. And

00:23:38.049 --> 00:23:46.490
you are gone. And let's pan away from that. Down

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the street just a little ways where two figures

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stand. We see Sholay staring very curiously at

00:23:56.450 --> 00:24:01.059
this figure before her. Dresden Kellig. Also,

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:05.180
just barely escaped from a very close encounter.

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:07.980
Yeah, some random -ass rabbit came and told me

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:12.880
to jump, so I did. That's some true Alice in

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:14.099
Wonderland shit right there. That's the most

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:20.319
random shit. You're welcome. She speaks. You

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:24.660
are Dresden Kellig, personal guard to Cirilla

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:29.589
LaRoche. And, if I'm not mistaken... She turns

00:24:29.589 --> 00:24:32.109
her eyes back to the street. The men chasing

00:24:32.109 --> 00:24:35.089
you were agents of the LaRoche family, weren't

00:24:35.089 --> 00:24:40.269
they? Yeah, they were. What happened? I'll make

00:24:40.269 --> 00:24:44.450
this very easy for you. If you still stand with

00:24:44.450 --> 00:24:47.529
the LaRoche family, you should walk away. Now.

00:24:48.089 --> 00:24:50.789
We'll both be the better for it. But if you stand

00:24:50.789 --> 00:24:53.089
against them and you do not tell me everything

00:24:53.089 --> 00:24:56.750
you know... They were there. Because I don't

00:24:56.750 --> 00:25:00.109
stand with the LaRoche family. Her lips crack

00:25:00.109 --> 00:25:03.190
into a big smile. My brother was trying to stop

00:25:03.190 --> 00:25:07.150
me. Ah, the new shieldbearer, Jessenth Kellig.

00:25:07.910 --> 00:25:11.589
He's not worthy of that title. We agree on this.

00:25:12.109 --> 00:25:16.769
But the family does have its influence yet. I

00:25:16.769 --> 00:25:20.390
could not fight that decision. We cannot speak

00:25:20.390 --> 00:25:23.970
for long, but we should speak. Are you heading

00:25:23.970 --> 00:25:26.549
towards the plaza? Do you intend to leave the

00:25:26.549 --> 00:25:30.900
city? I'm on my way to San Sitian. Even better

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:35.740
news. Walk with me. I will join you there. You

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:41.440
will not be accosted while near me. Okay. Then

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:46.000
she begins to move down the street slowly. San

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:52.059
Sitian. Why? You know why. You know who's there.

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:55.759
Do you know what they're doing? The last couple

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:57.720
weeks, I haven't gotten near as much information

00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:00.839
from Jules as I used to get. I just know where

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:07.460
they are. You ally with the prince. That is interesting.

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:14.099
I have some stake in Jules' fate as well. He

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:19.839
has partnered with my grandson. I know. Of course.

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:35.190
I knew before you. Suck on that. You are in danger

00:26:35.190 --> 00:26:38.490
here. Grave danger. They will keep coming for

00:26:38.490 --> 00:26:42.309
you. But if you go to Sansatyan, I at least can

00:26:42.309 --> 00:26:47.009
offer you some aid. I have very recently hired

00:26:47.009 --> 00:26:52.529
a luminary to serve as my eyes and ears on the

00:26:52.529 --> 00:26:56.910
world. A Haringan. Crispin Dubois. As long as

00:26:56.910 --> 00:27:01.549
he doesn't look funny, I think we're good. All

00:27:01.549 --> 00:27:06.990
right, no more funny business. I was just showing...

00:27:06.990 --> 00:27:12.549
I didn't know why that was the response. Yeah,

00:27:12.609 --> 00:27:14.910
and you realize instantly, like, that is probably,

00:27:14.950 --> 00:27:18.240
like, a haranguan in a rural town. Very rare

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.980
sight. That had to have been who just showed

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:22.519
up in the alley a moment ago. In like a blur

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:25.079
of motion, just runs to the alley and out. And

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:28.240
just holds you a jump. I suppose I could use

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:32.039
another pair of hands. Yes. We don't have time

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:35.079
now, but I would like to hear everything you

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:38.440
know about the LaRoche family. Their inner workings

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:41.640
and their dealings and management of the cult

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:45.000
of the Fractured Horn. But I can't hold you here.

00:27:45.460 --> 00:28:07.950
They will... I... hold on. And she stops walking

00:28:07.950 --> 00:28:09.690
for a second, kind of reaches into her sleeve.

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:19.220
If the two of you be working together, you may

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:22.359
need a means of communication should you separate.

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:27.180
Take these and do with them what you will. And

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:30.039
she reaches out with two sending stones, very

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.839
much similar to the one you saw. Ooh, baby. Oh,

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:39.380
yeah. Ooh, man. Sending stones acquired. And

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:44.759
again, you can, once a day, send a 25 -word message

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:47.400
through. and then get a response back. Okay.

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:50.160
I think by your book, it casts an ending spell,

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:52.920
which might be in your mind. I've changed them

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:54.319
because I think it's more fun and cool. If they

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.859
do a weird whispering thing like a telephone,

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.799
you pick them up, and then they send the message

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:59.900
through. Walkie -talkie rocks. I like walkie

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:04.299
-talkie rocks more. It's cooler. Yeah, and she

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:07.319
hands you those. You are at the edge of the plaza

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:12.440
now. Okay. Dresden takes the stones. We share

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:17.369
similar goals. then we are allies. I'll tell

00:29:17.369 --> 00:29:20.130
you whatever you want to know, as much as I can.

00:29:20.890 --> 00:29:25.710
But you take it easy on Jules and Zap. Those

00:29:25.710 --> 00:29:29.029
are the two most noble people around. Jules is

00:29:29.029 --> 00:29:34.930
a positive influence. I can agree to that. But

00:29:34.930 --> 00:29:38.910
you must understand that nobility and sensibility

00:29:38.910 --> 00:29:42.710
are very different things. For all the good they

00:29:42.710 --> 00:29:45.930
can do in the world. They could do so much worse

00:29:45.930 --> 00:29:48.349
with the wrong words and the wrong places, the

00:29:48.349 --> 00:29:52.329
wrong choices. I agree. And you need to think

00:29:52.329 --> 00:29:55.849
about that yourself, too. Careful, Mr. Kellig.

00:29:56.950 --> 00:29:59.950
Everything is a two -way street. Just saying.

00:30:00.730 --> 00:30:06.809
No disrespect. Hmm. Watch yourself. The next

00:30:06.809 --> 00:30:11.119
fire opal should arrive at... Approximately five

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.660
o 'clock a .m. If you stay in the Radiant Cyrodiil,

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:17.160
there'll be people around. You should be safe

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:19.980
from attack. Shieldbearers on staff, and they

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:23.480
know Jessent's face. They may try to follow you

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:27.460
to the world. You are not an asset. Cerise will

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:32.019
let slip. Easily. That makes me your best weapon.

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:39.339
Oh, I agree. Very, very much. Good luck. Perhaps

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:43.200
when you return, we will toast to the fall of

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:46.599
the LaRoche family. And she begins to move away,

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:49.980
turning back down the street, and you stand at

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:53.160
the edge of the plaza. Dresden watches for a

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:56.839
brief second, nods to himself, turns around,

00:30:57.019 --> 00:31:02.519
and continues. The two retainers there, they...

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:05.180
made out the figure of Sholay, and they are just

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:07.799
like full -on, straight -backed, high salutes,

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:10.160
standing tall. They are not letting their guard

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:13.740
down now as you step up to them. And we touched

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.900
on this before, but I believe you have all the

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.339
proper writs to go to San Satyan. You would,

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:20.339
since the LaRoche family has business there,

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:22.099
they would have seen that through for you in

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:25.180
case you were sent. Yep. You are good to go.

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:31.980
Okay. I don't say anything as I pass them. I

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:34.460
just show them what I've got to show them and

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:36.779
move on. These actually don't need to be written

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.740
for here. They just... The second you step forward,

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:43.279
they fire up the gate and you move through. And

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:45.480
you are at the entrance to the preserve. Now,

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:47.900
I assume, Crispin, you didn't wait around there.

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:50.819
I mean, you know that the next... You would know,

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:52.599
I think you would have looked it up and saw that

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:55.759
the next Fire Opal departure is around 5 o 'clock

00:31:55.759 --> 00:32:00.160
a .m. It would probably say so on any of the

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:02.180
screens you could find or on the facets of the

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:04.220
diamond that would talk about when the next landing

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:06.859
departures are going to happen. So the question

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:08.819
is, where are you waiting for this to go down?

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:12.480
Right now, I will say, it is approximately 2

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.460
.30 in the morning, about two and a half hours

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:18.500
of time to kill. Yeah, I actually think that

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:23.220
Crispin probably is curious about what happened

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:29.119
there in the alleyway. He's a pretty small, fairly

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:32.940
sneaky fella, so I think he might even hang out

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:36.579
by the other side of the portal to wait and see

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:39.579
if this mysterious man from the alley got away

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:42.279
and if he's coming that direction. Hell yeah.

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:46.119
So I'll say he, you know, is out of sight, out

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:49.660
of the way, but close enough that he can see

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:52.799
who comes through. And so as you stand there,

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:55.539
maybe a few minutes after you've passed through,

00:32:57.539 --> 00:33:00.700
Light once again fills the gate, and the silhouette

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:03.240
of the figure steps through, resolving themselves

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:06.640
at the top of this cliff, overlooking the starry

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:11.000
observatory. Preserve, that's the word. They're

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:14.240
both Zerv words. Preservatory. Preservatory of

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:18.519
the ancestors. And once again, Crispin and Dresden

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:22.640
come face to face, or face to crotch, because

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:28.410
you're tiny. Jesus. It makes sense with this

00:33:28.410 --> 00:33:32.950
character. It's not just picking on him for the

00:33:32.950 --> 00:33:36.109
sake of being a bully. Crispin just says, I know

00:33:36.109 --> 00:33:38.250
that crotch. Oh, God, it's this weird -looking

00:33:38.250 --> 00:33:41.869
guy. I'd tap that crotch with jump magic. Oh,

00:33:41.869 --> 00:33:43.950
God. I thought you were going to say, I'd tap

00:33:43.950 --> 00:33:49.230
that crotch. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Talk to

00:33:49.230 --> 00:33:51.009
each other now. I'm going to get a drink. Where

00:33:51.009 --> 00:33:54.089
did they go? Let's get back on them. Yeah, so

00:33:54.089 --> 00:33:56.880
Dresden comes through the portal. And gives a

00:33:56.880 --> 00:34:00.599
brief kind of look around, and his eyes stop

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:05.119
on this weird -ass looking dude that zipped past

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:09.679
him in the alley. Why are you so hung up? I don't

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:13.179
know. Okay, it's over. It's done. It's in the

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:18.800
past. I'm glad to see you made it out. Thank

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:23.800
you. What was going on back there? Just some

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:27.900
family shit with my brother. Well, uh... He's

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:30.559
not too happy with me. As long as you're safe

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:35.199
now. I feel a lot safer now. Where are you gonna

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:40.980
go? Going to, uh... Saint -Cityon. Well, uh...

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:44.760
What a coincidence. I found myself heading there.

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:51.840
I'm, uh... Dresden. Crispin Dubois. Reaches out

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:55.530
his little... His little hand. Oh my god, it's

00:34:55.530 --> 00:35:02.190
so cute. It is pretty cute. Did you say Crispin?

00:35:02.769 --> 00:35:06.730
That's me. Dresden reaches into his pocket and

00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:12.110
pulls out the two stones and hands one out. This

00:35:12.110 --> 00:35:16.010
is from Sholay. From Sholay? He reaches out and

00:35:16.010 --> 00:35:19.070
grabs it. I'm guessing he recognizes the sending

00:35:19.070 --> 00:35:22.289
stone. Yeah, you've seen it before. She wants

00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:25.070
us to link up. So you're working with Sholay,

00:35:25.090 --> 00:35:28.510
too? Apparently. She caught me on the way here.

00:35:29.250 --> 00:35:35.650
Just after all that. Well, uh, sounds to me like

00:35:35.650 --> 00:35:38.510
we got a lot of kitchen up to do. I think so.

00:35:39.769 --> 00:35:44.550
And we'll call it there. Well, I'm thinking they

00:35:44.550 --> 00:35:46.750
can maybe exchange some information as they're

00:35:46.750 --> 00:35:51.610
walking to the bus station. We take a nice long

00:35:51.610 --> 00:35:54.670
-ass stroll through. Hot cold, hot cold, hot

00:35:54.670 --> 00:35:57.969
cold. What? What? We're not in the preserve?

00:35:59.090 --> 00:36:01.829
Oh, no, no, you're out of the preserve. We went

00:36:01.829 --> 00:36:04.349
through the gate. Good memory on that, though.

00:36:04.949 --> 00:36:07.389
I'm into that shit. You're at the top of the

00:36:07.389 --> 00:36:09.710
stairs right now, so if you were to walk... Okay,

00:36:10.250 --> 00:36:12.250
we went through the portal from Aurora Town to...

00:36:12.250 --> 00:36:13.989
To the top of the cliff, so you're overlooking

00:36:13.989 --> 00:36:15.389
it all, and now you're just moving back down

00:36:15.389 --> 00:36:17.829
a little forested hallway, essentially, that

00:36:17.829 --> 00:36:19.989
leads to the Great Iron Gate. Someone's there,

00:36:20.190 --> 00:36:22.940
opens them for you. And you step out into the

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:25.599
cool streets, into the ethereal sort of mists

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:28.199
of the ethereal plane surrounding you, to the

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:30.360
thundering sounds of the keening gloom still

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:35.199
swirling down below, always there, waiting. You

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.619
are in the Radiant Citadel, standing on the top

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:40.500
of this great fossil, surrounded by buildings,

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:42.800
and even some people at this late hour moving

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:46.420
about. You see shieldbearers, and you feel doubly

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:49.199
safe, because even Jessent isn't dumb enough.

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:53.619
to come at you in the presence of actual guards.

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:57.940
Good. Um, crap. We kind of already did shopping.

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:01.239
And it's also 2 .30. Yeah, there's no stores

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:04.320
open. What does it say? It leaves at 5? Yes.

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:07.199
Okay. You chat for a bit. We'll say it's 3 as

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:09.000
you're kind of moving out of here. All this stuff

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.239
happened. Got two hours to kill. Well, you tell

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:13.159
us what we're going to do. What are we going

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:14.440
to do for two hours in the middle of the night?

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.800
We can figure this out. We can figure this out.

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.260
What are you going to do for two hours in the

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:19.519
middle of the night? You can awkwardly stand

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:21.119
next to each other at the station. Okay, that's

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:24.420
what we're doing. I roll out a blanket. We play

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:28.320
dice. Yeah. We're going to start gambling. Ooh.

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:31.519
We can't go shopping. Yeah. You might as well

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:33.300
just trade our money back and forth. I actually

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:35.440
love this. I want to see what these, like, pretty,

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:37.659
like, seriously, oh, get -the -job -done characters

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:41.179
do when they just have to kill two hours awkwardly

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:42.920
with each other for the first time. Like, it's

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:46.480
like, for me, a social anxiety nightmare, right?

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:48.199
Like, you just meet somebody and it's like, all

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:50.519
right, cool, let's hang out for two hours. And,

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:53.119
like, it's the worst. I'm having an out -of -character

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.260
anxiety nightmare because I'm like, what the

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:57.360
fuck do you want us to say? What do you want

00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:00.059
us to say? Do you want us to go up and around

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:02.400
that corner so your goons that you already have

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:04.219
hiding there can come out sooner? I don't make

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:07.119
the times. I don't set the times for these conquered

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:09.400
jewels. Hell, you're just lucky that a Marvel

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.320
Ironworks shipment is due to come in this morning

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:13.239
because otherwise the next gem will be later

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:16.360
in the day. Yeah, I thought that far ahead. Boom.

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:19.880
Well, I do think that they probably catch each

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:23.019
other up. Yeah, absolutely. I tell him everything.

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:26.000
Yeah, they talk about the trip from Sholay. And

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:30.019
literally, I think Crispin pulls out a set of

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:33.460
dice. And, like, I don't know how to play dice.

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:35.679
But, like, you know how people just, like...

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:37.340
I'm going to teach you how to play dice. All

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:39.000
right, let's do it right now. Well, not right

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:45.099
now. Come on, I got some bone D6. No. There are

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:47.119
a million different interpretations of dice as

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:50.760
well, so... Okay, well, Crispin knows one of

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:54.309
those interpretations of dice. And he pulls some

00:38:54.309 --> 00:38:57.929
out and he's offering to play with Dresden. Pass

00:38:57.929 --> 00:39:00.590
the time while they wait. Well, I guess we ain't

00:39:00.590 --> 00:39:03.230
got shit else to do. So I take it this is probably

00:39:03.230 --> 00:39:06.010
happening right around the plaza where the...

00:39:06.010 --> 00:39:09.329
I forget every single time what this thing is

00:39:09.329 --> 00:39:12.670
called. The bus station. The bus station. You

00:39:12.670 --> 00:39:14.750
know what? Fine. Up at the bus station where

00:39:14.750 --> 00:39:16.929
the Conqueror Jewels dock at the very top, the

00:39:16.929 --> 00:39:19.530
very head of this fossil. That's where you stand.

00:39:21.170 --> 00:39:24.739
Great. I mean, it's a very relatable, you know,

00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:27.440
hanging out, waiting for the fucking subway or

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.880
whatever. Yeah, yeah. I imagine you're like on

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:31.360
the steps, maybe like that move down to it. Kind

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:32.579
of out in the open because you know that you're

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:35.340
by far safest out in the open. Yeah. Hell yeah.

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:40.559
And you roll dice? No, hold on. What? Oh, we

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:42.920
take a short rest. We don't have four hours.

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:45.320
It's one hour for a short rest. It's one hour?

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:47.760
Yep. Oh. Why did I think it was four? Clock that

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:49.760
short rest, baby. Oh, fuck yeah. Because I imagine

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.440
the whole time you might be like looking out.

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:53.820
Because there's a chance you might be followed

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:56.739
onto this jewel. Right. I always like to think

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:58.480
that in these settings, because it's always so

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:00.920
weird how you just heal from wounds, but my kind

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:03.039
of interpretation is it's kind of like the inherent

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:05.179
magic that exists in everyone's blood and air

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:07.340
and everything in these fictional settings. I

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:09.719
think humans, and I mean all races, just generally

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:12.119
have this sort of internal ability to kind of

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:14.519
like slowly regenerate. It's the only way it

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.800
makes sense. You take a short rest and it's like,

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.269
boom, you're fine. Even a commoner will. get

00:40:19.269 --> 00:40:21.750
outed, knocked out straight by a brick falling

00:40:21.750 --> 00:40:24.070
on his head, and he'll be fine in, you know,

00:40:24.090 --> 00:40:27.469
an hour. That's my... Yeah, I'm really glad you

00:40:27.469 --> 00:40:28.909
brought that up, because that's pretty cool.

00:40:29.030 --> 00:40:32.250
I never, never really thought about it. Yeah,

00:40:32.289 --> 00:40:33.469
I think it just makes sense. It's like, it's

00:40:33.469 --> 00:40:34.690
the only way to really make, I mean, like, you

00:40:34.690 --> 00:40:36.530
know, people always argue that, you know, the

00:40:36.530 --> 00:40:37.869
rest of the mechanics make no sense, but it's

00:40:37.869 --> 00:40:39.889
like, eh, all you gotta do is change the, you

00:40:39.889 --> 00:40:41.789
know, nature of the fiction and the setting at

00:40:41.789 --> 00:40:43.730
base, and boom, it all kind of fits together

00:40:43.730 --> 00:40:46.269
very neatly. Super healing. Yeah. We're all a

00:40:46.269 --> 00:40:48.900
little, uh, we're all a little Wolverine. We're

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:51.500
all the Wolverine on the inside. I just figured

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:53.940
it was like, oh, what's that? You got stabbed

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:56.059
in the belly? Rub some dirt in it. You'll be

00:40:56.059 --> 00:41:02.860
fine in an hour. The old Wolverine method. So

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:05.380
your wounds begin to heal a bit as you just kind

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:08.159
of idly hang out, playing dice with each other.

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:11.139
Do you guys, I mean, you're telling your stories

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:13.539
as you go and catching each other up. And out

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:15.539
of curiosity. How do your characters feel about

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:17.239
the other character here? Like, I'm curious if

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:19.440
you were like, oh, God, I got to work with this

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:21.780
guy or I could work with this guy. Like, what's

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:26.300
the vibe there? Well, Crispin's kind of like

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:28.880
a straight shooting professional, sort of. So

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:33.159
he's not questioning that it's his responsibility

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:38.159
to work with Dresden. He accepts it. And, I mean,

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.920
they haven't gotten into a fight yet. They seem

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:42.920
all right. I think Dresden has always been so

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:45.480
much of a loner. You know, I mean, he's had his

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:48.579
brother, but it's been, you know, extremely tumultuous.

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:52.400
And, you know, so I think it's easy for him to

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:57.900
just let down his wall for Crispin because he

00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:00.440
knows we're on the same side and he knows we're,

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:03.440
you know, he's... Because Crispin's not treating

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:05.940
him like shit. Right. He's potentially a friend.

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:08.780
Yeah, how long? You've had a friend near you.

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:10.440
That's actually, I never thought about that.

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:14.300
He's not outwardly all giddy about it. He just,

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:17.420
you know. It's like, wow, somebody who doesn't

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:20.000
actively hate me. Yeah. Who isn't just an active

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:22.199
evil person. The only one you knew was Craig.

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:23.820
He was okay, but he was a little bit of a dunce,

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:28.719
that Craig. Fucking Craig. Craig can go fly with

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:32.619
the boys. Probably fucking narked on you. The

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:35.619
second Jesseth came out and said, Where is he?

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:38.099
Craig said. Oh, he went that way. Craig's on

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:40.800
Dresden's shit list now. Yep. You roll dice.

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:43.880
You get to know each other. And time passes.

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:47.460
Two becomes, or I'm sorry, three becomes four.

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:52.699
Becomes 430. The light, sort of cool blue of

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:54.699
the dime begins to shift a little bit, maybe

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:57.619
to like a little bit of a verdant green as it's

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:59.280
starting to shift towards sort of that morning

00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:01.539
yellow brightness that eventually will fill the

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:04.400
space and... Give everyone just, like, light

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:07.019
and life. And I think you start to see the early

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:09.280
risers are waking up. Maybe some early forgers

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:11.019
start firing up. You hear the pinging of hammers

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:13.079
as the city kind of slowly begins to wake up

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:15.739
around you. Can I make a perception check to

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:18.460
see if anybody did end up following us? You know

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:20.280
what? So funny, because I was just about to ask

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:22.460
for you both to make perception checks. All right,

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:29.570
all right. Hey. Mmm. Crit my pants on the perception

00:43:29.570 --> 00:43:32.789
check. Nice. Plus seven, because Crispin is broken.

00:43:34.090 --> 00:43:40.909
Holy shit. I had the near exact opposite. I got

00:43:40.909 --> 00:43:44.329
four. Man, and I'll say I did pretty damn well,

00:43:44.429 --> 00:43:49.730
but not well enough to beat that. Dresden, you

00:43:49.730 --> 00:43:52.710
don't notice the figure that seems to, like,

00:43:52.730 --> 00:43:55.889
appear from the showers of an alley, working

00:43:55.889 --> 00:43:59.480
their way. quickly towards you, coming up behind

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:03.840
you. But Crispin, you do. You clock that someone

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:07.440
is there. You have a moment to react as this

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:12.539
figure looms up behind Dresden. All you know

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:15.260
is you feel something moving, a blur, as the

00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:18.119
figure is kind of very quickly, but very stealthily,

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:22.460
very quietly moving up to Dresden. I know. Moving

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:25.139
up to Dresden, do I know how far away he is?

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:27.280
By the time you're aware of them, they're moving

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:29.179
fast. They came up from an alley very close by,

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:30.820
so we'll say they're closing in on ten feet.

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:34.019
Crap. When you're aware of it. Okay. All right.

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:37.559
I will try this. This is all I got. I'm going

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:39.820
to... I mean, I guess I'm going to have to ready

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:41.340
an action because they're not within five feet

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:45.300
yet. Okay. Maybe he can step up to the side of

00:44:45.300 --> 00:44:50.960
Dresden and prepare to cast Gust. Ooh, okay.

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:53.400
You seize the air and compel it to create one

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:55.219
of the following effects at a point you can see

00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:57.539
within range. And here's the one that I'm going

00:44:57.539 --> 00:45:00.800
to use. One medium or smaller creature that you

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:02.760
choose must succeed on a strength saving throw

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:05.059
or be pushed up to five feet away from you. So

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:06.960
it's not super duper helpful. It's really just

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:10.639
kind of flavor, but it'll give us time for you

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:13.039
to turn around and react. Yeah, that was going

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:16.320
to be my next question is since he now has reacted

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:19.530
and moved up next to me. Can I turn around? We're

00:45:19.530 --> 00:45:21.750
going to say this all happens in a moment. The

00:45:21.750 --> 00:45:23.849
right action is triggered. I was in five feet.

00:45:23.889 --> 00:45:25.710
When that happens, he spins around using that.

00:45:25.829 --> 00:45:29.730
You spin around to see this. Drisdan, move. I

00:45:29.730 --> 00:45:34.010
roll badly. You just see a small figure gets

00:45:34.010 --> 00:45:38.349
blown backwards. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. As this

00:45:38.349 --> 00:45:41.769
red -haired child in a long brown jacket gets

00:45:41.769 --> 00:45:44.469
thrown through the air. Fucking knew it. Rolling

00:45:44.469 --> 00:45:47.110
and collapsing against the stones of the earth.

00:45:47.510 --> 00:45:51.570
Fucking knew it. Whoa, whoa, hey, hey. Hey, little

00:45:51.570 --> 00:45:54.369
guy. Calm down, calm down. Hey, whoa. It's, uh,

00:45:54.369 --> 00:45:58.670
I'm not bad. Um, wait. I know you. I know you.

00:45:58.769 --> 00:46:03.449
I... Oh, shit. My name's Chester, alright? Chester...

00:46:03.449 --> 00:46:17.010
Meeps? What the fuck? We don't use that name!

00:46:21.690 --> 00:46:23.670
How am I gonna get it back to the voice now?

00:46:23.929 --> 00:46:31.909
Oh my god. Oh my god. Fuck me. Look, look, look.

00:46:31.969 --> 00:46:33.989
I'm a friend of Jules, alright? Yeah, I know.

00:46:34.030 --> 00:46:36.780
That's why I said your name. Yes, yeah, he pointed

00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:37.980
you out to me once. I don't know if you, so you

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:41.659
know me. Good. Yes. Yes, yes. What are you doing

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:45.900
here? Well, look, I'm going to guess you know

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:49.780
this, but Jules is on San Satyan. He left last

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:52.559
night, and I was going to be here every day when

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:54.280
it comes in, waiting to see if he comes back,

00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:57.159
and I saw you here now, right after he left,

00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:59.699
and that's got to mean something, right? And

00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:01.280
he looks like scared. He's kind of like rubbing

00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:03.539
the dirt off his jacket. He's kind of getting

00:47:03.539 --> 00:47:05.679
back to his feet. He looks like, Legitimately

00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:08.539
scared and nervous. Look, look, look. I felt

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:11.900
something earlier, okay? I... Something's wrong,

00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:15.320
isn't it? Isn't it? Fuck, you're gonna make me

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:18.880
take Chester into danger because Dresden doesn't

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:21.440
know about all that. It's up to you. This is

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:25.780
entirely... Jules left him here. God. Yeah, Crispin

00:47:25.780 --> 00:47:28.139
has no reason to take this child with us. But

00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:32.039
Dresden has no reason not to. Except that we

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:36.849
can't get him on the bus. I mean, we're not even

00:47:36.849 --> 00:47:38.769
there yet. We're not even to that point yet.

00:47:39.690 --> 00:47:42.769
I don't know exactly what's going on. But we're

00:47:42.769 --> 00:47:44.750
on our way to Sunsetion right now to find out.

00:47:45.550 --> 00:47:48.309
We're going to make sure Jules is safe. Mr. Dresden,

00:47:48.409 --> 00:47:52.369
I don't think he is. And look, I'm going to be

00:47:52.369 --> 00:47:54.489
honest with you, all right? I'm kind of benched

00:47:54.489 --> 00:47:56.989
right now. I'm not doing the fighting thing.

00:47:57.269 --> 00:48:01.250
I can't. I had some trouble. He looks to Crispin.

00:48:01.570 --> 00:48:05.699
And you, I saw you on... on God's breath. I was

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:08.880
that, the farmhouse. I was one of the guys that

00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:13.000
done for the thing. I, um, look, I don't like

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:16.880
to think about it, but I, I, I used to be a fighter.

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:18.219
I could, I could work with Jules. I was working

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:20.579
with Jules up until lately and I couldn't anymore,

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:23.400
but I, I can't fight, but I know cities and I

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:24.980
know that everything that happens in Sons of

00:48:24.980 --> 00:48:27.159
Town goes through Sons of Town City. If you need

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:30.880
someone to, to scout, to be your man on the inside,

00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:33.920
I can do that. I don't want to, I don't want

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:35.360
to wait here if something bad happens, all right?

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:38.800
Why are you here if Jules is over there? Jules

00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:41.960
told me to stay back. The things that happened

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:46.199
on God's breath... He looks at you again, Crispin.

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:52.260
They stuck with me, in a way. Um, I've been taking

00:48:52.260 --> 00:48:54.719
time, and I've been working with the bow, I've

00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:58.019
been training. I'm getting stronger. I don't

00:48:58.019 --> 00:49:00.639
know if I'm ready to see action like that again.

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:03.039
But if there's any way I can help, any way at

00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:07.420
all, I'm good. I'm good in the city. I'm sorry,

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:12.139
young man. That was a terrible tragedy to behold.

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:15.780
Yeah. You should have seen the thing in the basement.

00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:20.079
It was, uh... Look, I ain't gonna try to follow

00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:22.179
you or anything. I just want to know that Jules

00:49:22.179 --> 00:49:25.500
is okay. And if I can do anything, anything to

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:29.219
help, I could be your man. As long as Jules doesn't

00:49:29.219 --> 00:49:33.110
know. He can't, uh... He can't catch wind. And

00:49:33.110 --> 00:49:35.610
I'll leave this up to you. Can you be our eyes

00:49:35.610 --> 00:49:38.630
and our ears on the Citadel? We need as many

00:49:38.630 --> 00:49:44.090
people as we can get. Yeah, I can stick. You

00:49:44.090 --> 00:49:46.789
can trust me when I'll tell you. We're going

00:49:46.789 --> 00:49:50.809
to keep Jules safe. All right. Du Bois sounds

00:49:50.809 --> 00:49:55.329
like he could be useful. Ooh. Ooh, this is interesting.

00:49:55.449 --> 00:49:58.840
You just said... Well, because I thought... You

00:49:58.840 --> 00:50:01.880
just said Crispin has no interest in taking this

00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:04.820
kid. You can say no. You can say no. You can

00:50:04.820 --> 00:50:07.519
say no. Right, but Dresden is now thinking if

00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:10.079
Jules had him stay here, it's for a good fucking

00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:12.920
reason. If it helps, I can teleport and shit.

00:50:13.260 --> 00:50:14.820
It's kind of weird. I don't really get it yet,

00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:20.380
but I can... Kid. Okay. Yeah. You seem really

00:50:20.380 --> 00:50:22.639
nice, and you seem like you got your head on

00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:24.619
straight. All right, great. When do we start?

00:50:27.309 --> 00:50:31.409
And Dresden looks over to Crispin. But if Jules

00:50:31.409 --> 00:50:36.130
had him stay here, it was for a reason. He looks

00:50:36.130 --> 00:50:39.269
back at Chester. It seems we're all in this together.

00:50:40.090 --> 00:50:44.489
Can you be our eyes and our ears on the Citadel?

00:50:45.210 --> 00:50:49.329
Yeah, of course, yeah. I'll hold the fort. I'm

00:50:49.329 --> 00:50:52.269
just glad to know this backup going. And I'm

00:50:52.269 --> 00:50:56.230
glad to know it's you. And you. I mean, I felt

00:50:56.230 --> 00:50:59.650
your wind. You're tough. Not a fart joke, by

00:50:59.650 --> 00:51:03.750
the way. I'm not so disrespectful. You're a luminary.

00:51:04.489 --> 00:51:09.789
You guys playing dice? I just... Player Jeremy

00:51:09.789 --> 00:51:12.889
wants Chester to go, but... Yeah, no, play to

00:51:12.889 --> 00:51:16.170
the character. Dresden... I'm not trying to push

00:51:16.170 --> 00:51:18.269
any decisions on you. It's wholly, like I said,

00:51:18.309 --> 00:51:19.849
this is... It's just not lining up. This whole

00:51:19.849 --> 00:51:22.170
arc is very based on everything you guys want

00:51:22.170 --> 00:51:24.070
to happen, your character's decisions. This is

00:51:24.070 --> 00:51:27.460
just... one potential ball to throw in the court.

00:51:27.619 --> 00:51:30.199
I know. It's a hell of a ball to throw in the

00:51:30.199 --> 00:51:35.539
court. But yeah, no, Dresden just wouldn't. Hell

00:51:35.539 --> 00:51:39.800
yeah. Yeah, Chester mentions the dice. Crispin

00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:44.380
picks them up. Yeah, kid. Keep them. Oh, well,

00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:46.440
thanks. They waited, because I got a waited pair.

00:51:48.300 --> 00:51:52.360
That's no way to play. Well, you ain't seen the

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.010
streets of Tythos. Well, yeah. Well, I'll take

00:51:55.010 --> 00:51:59.829
him. I think time begins to pass. Maybe like,

00:51:59.849 --> 00:52:01.489
you know, this whole conversation happens and

00:52:01.489 --> 00:52:03.269
a few minutes have passed and it's gotten to

00:52:03.269 --> 00:52:04.630
the point where people are starting to show up

00:52:04.630 --> 00:52:08.489
and line up in the plaza to get ready to board

00:52:08.489 --> 00:52:11.789
as the fire opal is about to make its appearance.

00:52:12.690 --> 00:52:19.710
You safe here, boy? He looks past you safer than

00:52:19.710 --> 00:52:25.130
you. And... you turn to see that, indeed, Jessenth

00:52:25.130 --> 00:52:28.489
Kellig in his, not in his shield bear armor,

00:52:28.570 --> 00:52:31.250
actually. You make out the figure, but he's actually

00:52:31.250 --> 00:52:34.210
wearing, like, more street leathers and, like,

00:52:34.210 --> 00:52:35.670
some, like, ruffle -looking chainmail, but, like,

00:52:35.670 --> 00:52:39.130
more like almost the getup of a mercenary. And

00:52:39.130 --> 00:52:43.070
you see those same four guard are, you recognize

00:52:43.070 --> 00:52:46.409
them all, also no longer wearing their LaRoche

00:52:46.409 --> 00:52:49.389
colors, but also sort of dressed up like they're

00:52:49.389 --> 00:52:52.119
kind of... Inconspicuous mercenaries heading

00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:54.000
towards the world. You see those two cloaked

00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:56.760
figures in their hoods still. This group moving

00:52:56.760 --> 00:53:00.960
up to join the line. Eyes towards you. Oh, they

00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:03.340
see us. Oh, yeah. You guys are kind of out. But,

00:53:03.340 --> 00:53:05.579
like, they're not going to make a move. You know

00:53:05.579 --> 00:53:07.920
that. But you know they're also going to be looking

00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:10.500
for an opportunity anytime they can find it on

00:53:10.500 --> 00:53:13.659
this world. Are you going to be okay? I know

00:53:13.659 --> 00:53:15.480
that guy. He's a piece of shit. I mean, you know

00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:19.460
that guy. He's one of those, right? He did the,

00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:23.019
uh, he points to, like, your eye patch. Yeah,

00:53:23.019 --> 00:53:25.719
that was him. Hey, eye for an eye, right, big

00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:31.840
guy? Sure. We'll be okay. Then I will be your

00:53:31.840 --> 00:53:34.659
eyes and ears. You just, when you save Jules,

00:53:34.800 --> 00:53:37.880
you make sure he's okay. You tell him I said

00:53:37.880 --> 00:53:40.199
hey, alright? You'll tell him yourself when we

00:53:40.199 --> 00:53:43.559
bring him back safe. Just this big, freckled

00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:47.719
-faced, gap -toothed grin. Alright. Trust me.

00:53:48.329 --> 00:53:52.210
I'll see you around. And the figure before you

00:53:52.210 --> 00:53:59.469
vanishes into mist and is gone. He loves the

00:53:59.469 --> 00:54:01.670
drama of the new power. He's having fun. How

00:54:01.670 --> 00:54:05.829
couldn't he? He just was basically a normie who

00:54:05.829 --> 00:54:07.710
suddenly can teleport. It's the coolest thing

00:54:07.710 --> 00:54:12.030
in the world. Hell yeah. Yeah, I mean, I guess

00:54:12.030 --> 00:54:15.269
there's nothing really to do but to... Fucking

00:54:15.269 --> 00:54:17.789
get in line behind this guy who wants to kill

00:54:17.789 --> 00:54:20.590
us. Or at least a little ways behind them. You

00:54:20.590 --> 00:54:21.949
can wait for a few folks to get in line between

00:54:21.949 --> 00:54:24.630
you. Yeah, we do that. You see, like, as the

00:54:24.630 --> 00:54:28.199
ruby or opal appears. It's going to get so hard

00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:30.199
getting these gemstone names right. It lowers

00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:32.699
down. Shipments of wagons are kind of pulling

00:54:32.699 --> 00:54:35.119
out, filled with, like, metal bars and sheets

00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:37.340
and tools and weapons and armors and just various

00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:39.960
things coming from the ironworks of Sansation

00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:42.639
City, which you guys would be in the position

00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:44.619
of knowing that's, like, the major, major, major

00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:47.460
export of Sansation is, like, their magical ironworks

00:54:47.460 --> 00:54:52.380
are a massive industry that... The entirety of

00:54:52.380 --> 00:54:54.639
the population there is almost, at this point,

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:57.139
based around that industry and making this stuff

00:54:57.139 --> 00:55:00.579
happen. You see wagons coming off of this ruby

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:05.260
opal. Gosh darn it! It's your eyes! We're getting

00:55:05.260 --> 00:55:08.880
lost in your gemstone eyes, Steven. Your ruby

00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:14.039
eyes. Easy over there. As it sort of empties,

00:55:14.199 --> 00:55:18.059
a call is made. People start to board. You guys

00:55:18.059 --> 00:55:20.300
step in the line, and all you see before you...

00:55:20.670 --> 00:55:24.269
Justin turns his head, smiles his ratty smile,

00:55:24.449 --> 00:55:28.030
doesn't say a word. Dresden slowly lifts up his

00:55:28.030 --> 00:55:34.750
hand with the middle finger. And then slowly

00:55:34.750 --> 00:55:37.889
lowers it back down. Dresden just sneers and

00:55:37.889 --> 00:55:44.329
turns away, steps up, enters the fire opal, and

00:55:44.329 --> 00:55:49.480
your time comes. You move up with no issue. Your

00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:52.159
writ, everything is good to go. It couldn't be

00:55:52.159 --> 00:55:55.059
canceled on any sort of late notice. And especially

00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:57.699
if there are forces within the family working

00:55:57.699 --> 00:56:00.079
against other forces in the family, it really

00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:04.239
ties the hands of Cirilla and Samuel. And of

00:56:04.239 --> 00:56:08.199
course, Crispin, as a luminary, you just receive

00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:11.139
a cordial nod yourself as you step onto the Fire

00:56:11.139 --> 00:56:13.820
Opal, this great, brilliant, orange, flaming

00:56:13.820 --> 00:56:18.829
gemstone that just so recently... Two other heroes

00:56:18.829 --> 00:56:24.230
stepped on. And so, you see, you step into the

00:56:24.230 --> 00:56:27.349
opal, you move to your bleachers. Justin's on

00:56:27.349 --> 00:56:30.269
the other side from you with his group, hunched

00:56:30.269 --> 00:56:34.130
over, whispering, faces watching you and waiting,

00:56:34.210 --> 00:56:37.909
waiting for the right moment. But for now, you

00:56:37.909 --> 00:56:41.639
are safe. You said he's got four guards with

00:56:41.639 --> 00:56:44.199
him? Four guards and those two cultists who gave

00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:46.400
you some help. The whole crew. The whole crew.

00:56:46.480 --> 00:56:49.420
Still stacked. Still stacked. They didn't get

00:56:49.420 --> 00:56:51.760
a chance in the alley. Yeah. So I'll be taking

00:56:51.760 --> 00:56:54.219
my chances somewhere else. At least we know those

00:56:54.219 --> 00:56:58.420
guards are lousy. How dare you. Weaklings. Weaklings.

00:56:58.639 --> 00:56:59.920
They've lulled up three times since you last

00:56:59.920 --> 00:57:02.280
fought them. Technically they won that fight

00:57:02.280 --> 00:57:05.420
and got the XP, so ha. They just did lunges the

00:57:05.420 --> 00:57:10.380
whole way to the gemstone. That sounds like something

00:57:10.380 --> 00:57:15.639
in a Mel Brooks film. Now with new friends by

00:57:15.639 --> 00:57:19.519
your side and new friends left behind, old friends

00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:22.760
waiting for you ahead on the world to which you

00:57:22.760 --> 00:57:27.079
travel, and old and bitter enemies watching your

00:57:27.079 --> 00:57:32.119
every move, we see these two heroes rising up

00:57:32.119 --> 00:57:41.719
in the air in this gem. Vanishing in the ethereal

00:57:41.719 --> 00:58:05.619
skies. And we'll call it there. How's everyone

00:58:05.619 --> 00:58:10.119
friends again? Jesus Christ. No! I'll just not.

00:58:10.199 --> 00:58:12.400
Post -credits. We can do a post -credits friend's

00:58:12.400 --> 00:58:14.340
banter if you want. Look, look. Depending on

00:58:14.340 --> 00:58:16.440
time. All I was going to say. If he keeps talking,

00:58:16.539 --> 00:58:17.900
this is going to post -credits. All I was going

00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:20.579
to say is that Chandler and Monica finally got

00:58:20.579 --> 00:58:23.380
engaged and I couldn't be more thrilled. As a

00:58:23.380 --> 00:58:26.440
fan of love and good things, this is happy for

00:58:26.440 --> 00:58:29.179
me. As Stephen, as the literal devil, you wouldn't

00:58:29.179 --> 00:58:32.139
care, but it's great. Finally, in 1995, they

00:58:32.139 --> 00:58:34.820
got engaged. Dude, it was beautiful. You see

00:58:34.820 --> 00:58:38.519
this face? This is the face. Of zero empathy?

00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:41.139
Don't you fucking... I'm taking that button back

00:58:41.139 --> 00:58:44.019
by force. No, you can't. It's on my side of the

00:58:44.019 --> 00:58:48.719
table. It's a good, beautiful couple. Let's get

00:58:48.719 --> 00:58:49.179
to the show.