WEBVTT 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:05.000 Hey, Pants people. Last week was wild. A lot 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:06.879 of you have reached out and said a lot of really 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:10.060 nice things. Thank you for that. This next episode 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:14.839 is really touching as well. So relax. Enjoy it. 00:00:14.919 --> 00:01:06.150 Thank you for listening. We all awaited a legendary 00:01:06.150 --> 00:01:09.150 effort from the young fighter. What nobody expected, 00:01:09.290 --> 00:01:11.670 however, was that dance did not show up to fight 00:01:11.670 --> 00:01:14.730 at all. But would you not yet know what drove 00:01:14.730 --> 00:01:17.129 Gabriela Cortez to flee from the Lucha Labor 00:01:17.129 --> 00:01:21.140 Contest? Oh, yeah, yeah, run the script live. 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.599 Yeah. Uh, looks like we have some huge news from 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:25.700 Satsutyan City. A possible connection to the 00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:28.239 disappearance of Dance Macabre. It seems that 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:30.340 just before Harkfight's early bouts, a violent 00:01:30.340 --> 00:01:32.400 altercation broke out amongst the criminal factions 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:35.879 of Satsutyan's old city. Now, the situation has 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.060 been quelled, though it has led to the tragic 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:43.219 death of new luminaries. No, no. No, that can't 00:01:43.219 --> 00:01:48.379 be. You need to check your source. Now. I don't 00:01:48.379 --> 00:01:50.239 care how... How many sources? Check them again. 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:55.519 I don't... Just cut the break. I said cut the 00:01:55.519 --> 00:02:02.280 goddamn break! You guys ready? No. Absolutely 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:09.860 not. We see various moments flash before us. 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:13.939 Moments not connected by space or by time, but 00:02:13.939 --> 00:02:18.639 rather by a powerful yet intangible bond. A bond 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.759 that has been so suddenly and cruelly severed. 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:27.099 We open up Tsubusanko on a scene in the Densing 00:02:27.099 --> 00:02:31.460 Night Market. We see Pepper the Haringan. He 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:34.039 is in his tent surrounded by crates of fresh 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:37.819 peppers. And he stares towards us and towards 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:41.039 the flickering image of a screen, absorbing the 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:45.960 news. His mouth is agape, eyes horrified, ears 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:49.639 hanging. And this is just the foreground of our 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:52.699 shot. Behind him in the background, we see young 00:02:52.699 --> 00:02:56.280 Gammon Zungun. He unpacks a crate of peppers. 00:02:56.780 --> 00:03:00.099 He's been helping pepper out ever since he came 00:03:00.099 --> 00:03:03.479 into the market. We see Gammon turn to smile 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:05.500 at a small figure resting on a nearby shelf. 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.099 And just how Gammon Zungun managed to get his 00:03:09.099 --> 00:03:12.699 hands on one of the straw Zebulon figures that 00:03:12.699 --> 00:03:14.960 have been all the rage in God's breath, made 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:18.419 by Hannah, little Hannah. is a mystery to us. 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:21.240 Gamon suddenly takes notice of Pepper's frozen 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:26.259 form, and he curiously begins to approach. And 00:03:26.259 --> 00:03:29.539 we cut from that. We cut to the ugly coyote, 00:03:29.620 --> 00:03:33.159 and to more figures staring towards a flickering 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:38.060 screen. Chester, Jeans, Fibro, Mulligan, Kiana, 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.840 and Ader, all together around a table. Chester 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.689 is the first to break. heaving, shaking sobs 00:03:46.689 --> 00:03:48.490 until he is grabbed by Gene's and pulled into 00:03:48.490 --> 00:03:51.949 a tight embrace. As all others stare towards 00:03:51.949 --> 00:03:53.729 the screen in shock, Chester pushes his face 00:03:53.729 --> 00:03:57.469 deeper into Gene's shoulder and weeps. And we 00:03:57.469 --> 00:04:00.270 pan away from this, zooming towards a painted 00:04:00.270 --> 00:04:03.550 scene across the back wall of the coyote, depicting 00:04:03.550 --> 00:04:07.090 heroic Zebulon in bold fashion, standing against 00:04:07.090 --> 00:04:10.930 the evils of the rattle. And we cut again to 00:04:10.930 --> 00:04:13.270 a close -up exterior shot of a plain -looking 00:04:13.270 --> 00:04:16.879 door. We see fists pound against wood, a POV 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.779 shot. And moments later, the door swings open 00:04:19.779 --> 00:04:22.180 to reveal the comfortable interior of a room 00:04:22.180 --> 00:04:25.980 at the Sandy Hill Inn. Jean Franklin stands in 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:28.060 the doorway, looking towards us with tired eyes. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:31.439 His expression quickly shifts to a haughty, annoyed 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.500 arrogance. But his silent words are exchanged. 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:39.230 We see that persona melt. Shoulder slumping, 00:04:39.329 --> 00:04:41.790 legs shaken as those tired eyes begin to blur 00:04:41.790 --> 00:04:46.310 and then run with tears. We cut to a cluttered 00:04:46.310 --> 00:04:49.610 mess of a manor. A veritable horde of trinkets, 00:04:49.610 --> 00:04:51.829 garbage, furniture, anything you could imagine. 00:04:52.370 --> 00:04:55.589 We zoom into the top of a pile where the beautiful 00:04:55.589 --> 00:05:00.149 contents of a red vase glow. A group of laopop 00:05:00.149 --> 00:05:03.689 flowers. Suddenly, a large, hulking shadow appears 00:05:03.689 --> 00:05:07.069 behind the flowers, Xena's face illuminated by 00:05:07.069 --> 00:05:11.069 their petals. She smiles. She gently strokes 00:05:11.069 --> 00:05:14.569 at the stems of the flowers, the claw. Her eyes, 00:05:14.629 --> 00:05:18.310 usually darting and wild, seem to settle as they 00:05:18.310 --> 00:05:21.750 hold tightly to a treasured memory. And then 00:05:21.750 --> 00:05:24.569 this is interrupted by the sounds of knocking 00:05:24.569 --> 00:05:28.050 at her door. Xena turns away from the flower. 00:05:28.730 --> 00:05:31.550 beaming, nearly shaking with anticipation, for 00:05:31.550 --> 00:05:36.050 she just loves having company. And then we are 00:05:36.050 --> 00:05:39.970 in the crystalline streets of a rural town. Just 00:05:39.970 --> 00:05:43.089 outside, the great diamond dome has become Sholay's 00:05:43.089 --> 00:05:46.410 own lair. Sholay herself and her human guise 00:05:46.410 --> 00:05:49.189 pushes through a crowd of eager, manic peoples, 00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:51.769 many of whom wear the black and yellow checkered 00:05:51.769 --> 00:05:54.980 vests of the Paparazzi Guild. A number of recording 00:05:54.980 --> 00:05:57.279 diamonds face the great brass dragon as questions 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:01.259 are hurled her way. But we see Sholay bat these 00:06:01.259 --> 00:06:04.399 off with a stony, cold expression. The shield 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:06.620 bearer at the door has eyes on the ground as 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:08.439 he performs the act of opening the way inside, 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:11.800 and Sholay just pushes past him. The door slowly, 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:17.259 swiftly, I mean, closes, silencing a new surge 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:21.459 of excited questions. And then we see her immediately, 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:26.420 almost... violently transform as her body shifts 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:29.379 into the form of the massive dragon. Her arms 00:06:29.379 --> 00:06:32.319 sweep out, toppling a tower of files and sending 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:35.939 various papers scattering through the air. As 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:37.839 they flutter around her, we watch Sholay take 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:41.240 in a few quick, agonized breaths as the same 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.699 claw reaches to her back and begins to rip out 00:06:44.699 --> 00:06:49.899 a number of her scales, boiling tears sizzling 00:06:49.899 --> 00:06:52.779 as they hit the floor. In trickles of hot blood 00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:54.560 running down her side, the great form of the 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.480 dragon arches her head back as she screams into 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:05.959 the vast chamber. We cut to black. We open now 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:09.019 on a single diamond resting on a dusty stone 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:12.860 floor. The smooth top facet of this conical shape 00:07:12.860 --> 00:07:15.519 points towards an open door across the room. 00:07:15.939 --> 00:07:18.100 This is the recording diamond Zebulon dropped 00:07:18.100 --> 00:07:21.949 as he rushed into this manor. not knowing that 00:07:21.949 --> 00:07:24.750 he would be recording his final moments. We see 00:07:24.750 --> 00:07:26.709 through the diamond into the dimly lit space. 00:07:27.189 --> 00:07:29.810 The open door is perfectly framed in the center 00:07:29.810 --> 00:07:32.990 of the shot. Zebulon's body lies just beyond 00:07:32.990 --> 00:07:36.129 it, with Dresden Kellig kneeling beside him, 00:07:36.230 --> 00:07:40.129 head low. A moment later, Jules and Crispin reach 00:07:40.129 --> 00:07:43.930 the scene. As Crispin stands back, we see Jules 00:07:43.930 --> 00:07:47.670 drop aside Dresden. We watch a silent scene unfold, 00:07:47.930 --> 00:07:51.300 as Jules shakes Zebulon by the shoulders. Zeb's 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:53.660 head rolls back and we see Jewel screaming something 00:07:53.660 --> 00:07:57.220 towards him. Then as Ramin enters the room, leading 00:07:57.220 --> 00:07:59.339 a crowd of people behind him, the diamond is 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:02.360 nudged by a foot, rolling away from this scene 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:04.779 and turning to face the slate gray of the stone 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:09.139 wall. And here, I think we'll let some time pass 00:08:09.139 --> 00:08:13.199 as we transition to a mural of a black -haired 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:16.980 woman shrouded in a black cloak. A serpent coils 00:08:16.980 --> 00:08:20.310 around her neck. its mouth open, hanging by her 00:08:20.310 --> 00:08:24.990 ear. La Catrina, the spirit form of death itself 00:08:24.990 --> 00:08:28.810 that watches over the Moreno estate's ballroom 00:08:28.810 --> 00:08:31.370 -turned -temple. And as we zoom out from this 00:08:31.370 --> 00:08:33.110 figure, we can see that a large gathering has 00:08:33.110 --> 00:08:35.750 come together in the rear of Moreno's main floor. 00:08:36.070 --> 00:08:39.070 The makeshift benches are filled with old city 00:08:39.070 --> 00:08:43.490 folk. Every single survivor of Jessen's assault 00:08:43.490 --> 00:08:46.840 is there. as is Jean Franklin, whose head is 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.639 buried in his hands, white knuckled fingers pressing 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:53.820 into his scalp. Zebulon's body lies on the altar, 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:58.480 preserved by clerical magic. This is the work 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.620 of a dwarven woman that stands by the body, a 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:04.419 mysterious figure tall over a dwarf with brown 00:09:04.419 --> 00:09:07.840 eyes and long, dark red hair, a single lock of 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.360 white hanging over her forehead. Her face is 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.259 cherubic. In stark contrast with her outfit, 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:17.639 a black cloak with white lining, shoulders adorned 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:20.340 by silvered raven's heads, between which are 00:09:20.340 --> 00:09:23.259 draped beautiful black feathers. A black and 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:25.259 silver brooch with a raven's head and ruby eyes 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:27.759 held aloft by this woman as she whispers a quiet 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:32.320 incantation, and a pale light surrounds Zebulon's 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:36.559 body. This is Rinbell Strongheart, a traveler 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.919 to San Satyan, the one with, in my setting at 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.429 least, a rare clerical connection to a higher 00:09:42.429 --> 00:09:45.330 power. Though her interest lies more in exploring 00:09:45.330 --> 00:09:47.309 and understanding the strange magics that surround 00:09:47.309 --> 00:09:49.570 this city, particularly during the night that 00:09:49.570 --> 00:09:51.490 remembered she has been assisting the clergy 00:09:51.490 --> 00:09:54.889 of the Moreno estate, whose own deity shares 00:09:54.889 --> 00:09:58.870 domain with hers. I figured, given just how much 00:09:58.870 --> 00:10:01.269 she has done for us, it would only be right for 00:10:01.269 --> 00:10:04.330 a player character of Rochelle's to be here for 00:10:04.330 --> 00:10:07.950 this final celebration of Zebulon Black. Ramin 00:10:07.950 --> 00:10:09.649 Rasool stands on the other side of the altar, 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:12.860 He blesses Zebulon with tearful prayers for the 00:10:12.860 --> 00:10:15.720 Sunweaver. Though Zeb grew up on the Citadel, 00:10:15.820 --> 00:10:17.919 his ancestry links back to Ankar and Sengar, 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.240 and that's a fact that is not lost on Ramin, 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.360 who works through the tears. Heads turn away 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:26.360 from this ceremony suddenly as the door to Merino 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:30.639 bangs open. Backlit by the light of day, we see 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.399 the silhouette of a woman in the doorway, leaning 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.899 against it and panting hard as though having 00:10:35.899 --> 00:10:38.850 just run the entire length of the city. Dance 00:10:38.850 --> 00:10:41.950 Macabre rushes by the rows of bodies of the Sereno 00:10:41.950 --> 00:10:44.830 Hill into the ceremony at the back of this temple. 00:10:45.330 --> 00:10:47.509 She freezes at the back edge of the bench as 00:10:47.509 --> 00:10:50.289 her eyes and her skull mask stare in horrified 00:10:50.289 --> 00:10:53.450 belief at the body on the altar. Her gaze sweeps 00:10:53.450 --> 00:10:57.330 slowly over the scene and stops as she catches 00:10:57.330 --> 00:11:00.250 sight of Jules. Where does she see you, Jules? 00:11:01.710 --> 00:11:05.509 Jules is in the back row, as far in the corner 00:11:05.509 --> 00:11:09.440 as he can be. I am curious, what expression do 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.000 you wear as the service is performed before your 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:19.759 eyes? Absolutely no expression. It's a face that's 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:26.840 defeated and eyes that are lost. And while we're 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:32.379 here, where do we find Crispin and Dresden? Crispin's 00:11:32.379 --> 00:11:36.779 sitting among the hostages, the former hostages. 00:11:37.710 --> 00:11:41.789 I think Dresden is one or two rows ahead of Jules 00:11:41.789 --> 00:11:47.509 in line with him. We see dance without a word, 00:11:47.570 --> 00:11:50.389 moving around the back of the benches, moving 00:11:50.389 --> 00:11:54.389 to you, Jules. She leans to you or beside you 00:11:54.389 --> 00:11:56.110 and throws her arms around you in a tight and 00:11:56.110 --> 00:11:59.549 powerful embrace. Do you embrace her back or 00:11:59.549 --> 00:12:05.629 do you just? No, but Jules does. He maintains 00:12:05.629 --> 00:12:11.009 his. blank, lost expression, but slowly cocks 00:12:11.009 --> 00:12:15.309 his head to meet hers. I think your eyes just 00:12:15.309 --> 00:12:20.090 lock for a long moment as she slowly pulls away 00:12:20.090 --> 00:12:23.549 from you. We see her hand just slide down your 00:12:23.549 --> 00:12:26.730 arm, her fingers lingering over yours as she 00:12:26.730 --> 00:12:29.570 turns away from you, turning her attention towards 00:12:29.570 --> 00:12:33.669 the front, towards Zebulon. Rin and Ramin finish 00:12:33.669 --> 00:12:38.120 their respective rituals. And step away. Zebulon's 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:41.279 body still faintly glowing. Lies alone at the 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:45.860 altar. Before the crowd. And I think. It is now. 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:50.899 That we see Jules. Rising from his seat. As he 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:53.559 begins his slow approach. Towards the altar. 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.379 Sliding his loot from his back. And into his 00:12:56.379 --> 00:13:01.139 arms. I think as he's walking up. His face isn't 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:05.139 changing. And he's walking extremely slow. And. 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.059 Every once in a while, stops and takes a half 00:13:09.059 --> 00:13:12.860 step back, like he doesn't want to get there. 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:17.659 Sorry, I'm going to need this. And finally, he 00:13:17.659 --> 00:13:22.419 makes it up, goes around Zeb's body, places a 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:26.519 hand on his chest, lowers his head down, and 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:35.990 then slowly raises back up. That's what I said. 00:13:36.950 --> 00:13:45.789 Can I take it back? Can I take it back? I'm sorry 00:13:45.789 --> 00:13:55.509 that I let you here into the darkness of my own 00:13:55.509 --> 00:14:02.360 fear. If you just say something. If you just 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:12.460 say something, maybe it'll be okay. If you just 00:14:12.460 --> 00:14:18.240 say something, please just say something, please. 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:30.870 Please. Oh, God. I'm so sorry, son. It's all 00:14:30.870 --> 00:14:33.570 my fault. I should have never brought you here. 00:14:33.730 --> 00:14:39.350 You're too kind. You were too good. And all you 00:14:39.350 --> 00:14:41.929 wanted to do was make the world a better place. 00:14:46.049 --> 00:14:50.929 But wait. But wait, no. No, you were supposed 00:14:50.929 --> 00:14:55.509 to protect me. You made a promise to Ronstadt 00:14:55.509 --> 00:15:03.879 that morning, remember? Does she know? You can't 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:08.039 go back on that. That's not what families do. 00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:55.779 Tell me why, Sam, why? Let's take a quick break. 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:03.500 Yeah. We'll open on a scene sometime later. As 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:05.460 far as how long later, we'll worry about that 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:09.120 later. Time matters in this arc, but I'm of course 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.440 going to make some leeway here and we're going 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:13.340 to get this all figured out afterwards because 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:17.500 we're not skimming over all this. With this initial 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:20.340 ceremony completed, Zebulon's body has been taken 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:22.580 to a weight transfer to the Radiant Citadel, 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:25.080 where he will be delivered to his loved ones 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:28.460 and celebrated again in a much grander affair. 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:34.440 With him gone from the altar, I think this temple, 00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:36.519 at least the benches at the sort of back of it, 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:39.639 have largely been cleared out. People just getting 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:42.840 back to the streets, back to their homes, back 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:45.940 to their life. But we... See a group sitting 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:48.039 silently at the front bench of the temple now. 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:51.639 Crispin, Dresden, Dance, Ramin, Jean Franklin, 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:57.120 and Jules. Together, alone. A voice suddenly 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:59.840 breaks this somber silence as Jamal comes up 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:03.679 to your side, Jules. Hey, hey, um, I just want 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:07.140 to say that I owe my life to you. To the three 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:11.220 of you. And to, uh, to him. I won't forget what 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:16.380 you did. Ever. None of us will. So, I know it's 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:18.779 a bit late, but I want to get you some breakfast. 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:25.140 The most important meal of the day. Sorry, that's 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:31.380 a callback to the last time we... Nice. Pangolins 00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:41.140 know how to cook. She retreats and leaves you 00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:45.269 all alone. And I'll ask. Amongst this group, 00:17:45.349 --> 00:17:49.049 who do you think breaks the ice? Oh, geez, well, 00:17:49.150 --> 00:17:53.549 I know who it's not. Yeah. Well, let's, I mean, 00:17:53.569 --> 00:17:57.609 where's Crispin at? Is that, is that? Crispin's 00:17:57.609 --> 00:18:02.230 embarrassed and ashamed because one of his tasks 00:18:02.230 --> 00:18:07.130 was to protect Xena's, sorry, yeah, well, Xena's 00:18:07.130 --> 00:18:12.490 sons, Xole's grandsons, which he spectacularly 00:18:12.490 --> 00:18:16.670 failed at. Well, half failed. So far, half failed. 00:18:17.210 --> 00:18:19.170 I didn't even think... Oh, yeah, Arhalon's out 00:18:19.170 --> 00:18:22.730 there somewhere. Oh, jeez. Oh, shit. And I'll 00:18:22.730 --> 00:18:25.670 say this. Actually, you know what? Only Zebulon 00:18:25.670 --> 00:18:27.529 knew that. Never mind. Then Frasians lost the 00:18:27.529 --> 00:18:29.789 time. I was going to say that the listeners might 00:18:29.789 --> 00:18:31.769 know that Shirley mentioned that Arhalon was 00:18:31.769 --> 00:18:35.069 sent to Sunsetion to assist the Serenno ill. 00:18:35.509 --> 00:18:37.950 But he's not here in Moreno, and that's where 00:18:37.950 --> 00:18:43.160 he would be. Right. So something went awry. Yeah, 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:45.519 I'm sorry. There's just no way that Crispin's 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:48.099 going to break the silence here. He's a quiet 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:50.539 guy to begin with. I think it's either Jaune 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:53.299 or Dance or Ramin. Oh, yeah, make me do the work. 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.519 Yes. You know what? I like that. I like that 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:59.220 because I think it actually is Dance. I think 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:02.680 she's sitting beside you, Jules, and she turns 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:07.299 to look at you. When I heard what happened, I 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:12.019 was waiting. The Marvel Arena in Fiesta Town. 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:16.359 For the battle. I heard there was some kind of 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.380 attack here. In the old city. I thought I heard 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:22.180 my people were dying. And I fled as soon as I 00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:25.839 could. I ran the city's length. I should have 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:28.259 been here. It was my job. These are my people 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:31.279 to protect. And it's just like then. It's just 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:35.000 like the fire. Zebulon taking charge. Zebulon 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.079 saving lives that I could not. I'm sorry I was 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:41.519 not here. I had my reasons for going, but... 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:46.200 No. None of this was your fault. You're here 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:53.519 now. And that matters. I'm glad. I... I had expectations. 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:56.359 I had hopes. There was much I could gain from... 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:59.240 Much we could gain. Our city could gain from 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:02.220 me. I should not have fled, but I'm glad I did. 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:07.259 I'm glad I did. What do we do? I don't know what 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:11.680 to do. When I heard that the sapphires fall, 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:17.380 when Mateo died, I was broken. He was everything 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:19.759 to me. He was everything to us, to this city. 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:23.480 He took on the luchador guise of Demi Lich. She 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:26.460 became a luminary in honor of Moreno, in honor 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:30.240 of her. She points towards the image of La Catrina, 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:33.000 the spirit of death, because he wanted to stand 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:37.099 up for us, bring our plight into the light. He'd 00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:41.000 been building fame for that. And I wanted so 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.799 badly to find out what happened to him to avenge 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:46.339 his death. That's where I was on Sosanko when 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:51.119 I met you. You and Zebulon. And ever since, I've 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:54.440 seen things differently. Revenge does not honor 00:20:54.440 --> 00:21:00.099 Mateo. Carrying on his will does. And so I came 00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:03.819 back here to help my people. And I'm going to 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:07.980 keep helping my people. For him and for Zebulon, 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:10.920 who died to protect them when I was not here. 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:14.700 That is my answer, Jules. And I don't know if 00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:16.460 it's yours or if it helps you at all to hear 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:22.740 it, but that's my answer. She's right. Crispin 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:28.299 stands up. We should do exactly what Zebulon 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:32.660 would want us to do. And? Just bitterly, Jean 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:34.839 Franklin looks towards you. What do you think 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:39.039 that would be? Hmm? Have you asked him? He was 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:41.380 supposed to be my guide. So what are we supposed 00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:44.799 to do when we can't ask him where to go? I... 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:49.299 Stupid. Stupid. He just kind of stands to his 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:51.200 feet and kind of walks away from you guys and 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.000 kind of into his own sort of corner. I don't... 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:59.420 I don't know Zebulon like... like you all did. 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:05.430 I imagine you could channel. what you know of 00:22:05.430 --> 00:22:09.450 him, and decide what is the best course of action. 00:22:10.809 --> 00:22:14.450 I really hope you guys are right. Because right 00:22:14.450 --> 00:22:20.269 now, all I want to do is kill them all. Every 00:22:20.269 --> 00:22:26.230 last one of them. My mother. My cousin. What 00:22:26.230 --> 00:22:29.809 of your father? Is he a part of this? Because 00:22:29.809 --> 00:22:34.369 he is here. In the city. On the hill. You do 00:22:34.369 --> 00:22:39.089 not know. I don't care. No, no, you should... 00:22:39.089 --> 00:22:43.349 I should tell you something. My reasons for entering 00:22:43.349 --> 00:22:47.490 Hogfight, it was not to gain fame, though becoming 00:22:47.490 --> 00:22:50.589 a luminary would be a shoo -in if I had succeeded 00:22:50.589 --> 00:22:52.789 and I could have carried on Mateo's will, but 00:22:52.789 --> 00:22:56.309 no, there's more to it. Even more than the money 00:22:56.309 --> 00:22:58.049 that I could have brought to our people here. 00:22:58.789 --> 00:23:01.049 The winner of the fight. They would have been 00:23:01.049 --> 00:23:04.380 invited to Pappalotti on the Hill. I fucking 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:07.220 did it. Sorry. Got it. I noticed it. High five. 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:09.160 I noticed it. Give me a high five. I need this. 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.400 I need this. Thank you so much. High five. All 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:15.059 right. To the estate of Yitzmin Del Prado, the 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:19.539 CEO of Marfil. The Tresena will be there. The 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:24.339 city's leaders. And your father, Samuel de Roche, 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:28.500 is their guest here. He will be there, too. I 00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:31.339 need to talk to Yitzmin. I... Nobody has seen 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:35.640 him. He is reclusive. Enigmatic. But I have a 00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:39.400 theory. I think... I think he is held captive 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:43.500 by the Trezina. They use him. They use his factories 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:46.599 to abuse our people. For their own wealth and 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:49.859 gain. But maybe he knows something. If I could 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:53.660 have just gotten to... But that's gone. I'm, 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:59.539 uh... Not much for politics. But, uh... Jules... 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:02.559 I know that you're sick. And there are a lot 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:05.720 of people sick here. We can still save them. 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:10.559 Yes. Serono. It's linked. To its men. To the 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:12.539 Tresna. To all of them. They did not want me 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:15.079 to win. Hogfight. There were supposed to be others 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.680 with me. Three others. All of them sick. All 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:21.119 of them taken by Serono. And two nights ago, 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:24.019 me and Ramin were walking the streets. He felt 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:26.420 an evil presence and pushed me aside. A foul 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:29.259 wind took him and he... She looks at him and 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:31.839 Ramin... still just staring at the floor, looks... 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:36.359 Amazia looks sick. I think there are answers 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:39.859 there, on the hill. At the very least, they are 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:43.000 here in the city. Whatever's causing this is 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:47.000 in this city. Please, Jules, please. I know it 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:54.900 hurts, but I need you. Okay. I'll come with you. 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.940 And if you think that... If you think that they 00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:02.089 are... Trying to cover this up. To Sarah now. 00:25:02.990 --> 00:25:07.190 I'll go with you too. I think Ramin finally speaks, 00:25:07.390 --> 00:25:10.509 just staring towards the floor. I asked you before, 00:25:10.769 --> 00:25:15.930 what are you doing here? And I never got an answer. 00:25:16.809 --> 00:25:20.910 Looks towards you, Jules. Why are you here? What 00:25:20.910 --> 00:25:23.950 brought you to Sanstian? What brought you to 00:25:23.950 --> 00:25:27.809 Rosas? To speak with Serapio? You seemed you 00:25:27.809 --> 00:25:33.019 had a... A mission of some importance. Did Jules 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:35.759 have the flyer? I think Jean might have had it, 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.359 at least at one point. I don't know if he was 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:39.119 the last one to have it. Because I know we're 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:42.500 here to investigate a lot of stuff, but the second 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:45.380 that we saw that flyer, it became about, for 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:48.920 Jules, it became about one thing. Yeah, we were 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:51.680 sent to investigate Serenno, and then the flyer 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:55.180 happened pretty quickly. Yep. So, wait. Who did 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:57.460 we just say had the flyer? Either Jules or Jean. 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.559 I'm guessing it's Jules. I think Jules would 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:03.720 have held on to that. Yeah, so Jules silently 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:08.619 reaches into his pocket and pulls out the wanted 00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:13.960 flyer and passes it to Ramin. I think before 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:16.140 he kind of weakly reaches out towards it, before 00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:18.500 he gets it, it's just snatched very fast by dance. 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:23.000 Serapio, you dealt with Serapio? And she's like... 00:26:23.130 --> 00:26:26.029 opens a flyer and looks at it for a moment. This, 00:26:26.130 --> 00:26:31.430 even for him, this is despicable. When I see 00:26:31.430 --> 00:26:34.069 that man, just rapidly rolls it up and like, 00:26:34.089 --> 00:26:36.890 like hands it towards you. Do you know this child? 00:26:38.029 --> 00:26:42.089 He's my family. And he's here. I have reason 00:26:42.089 --> 00:26:47.690 to believe. And he's hunted. 600 gold. Someone 00:26:47.690 --> 00:26:50.150 in power wants him gone. This could be a link 00:26:50.150 --> 00:26:53.009 too. This could mean something and... We can't 00:26:53.009 --> 00:26:55.930 stand idly by and let this happen. Time is running 00:26:55.930 --> 00:26:59.829 out. We must speak with Serapio. Crispin's paying 00:26:59.829 --> 00:27:02.630 attention to this as well because he was tasked 00:27:02.630 --> 00:27:06.569 to investigate the bounty by Sholay, but didn't 00:27:06.569 --> 00:27:09.710 know who the target was or that they were connected 00:27:09.710 --> 00:27:16.930 at all. Well, where do we go first? I think I'll 00:27:16.930 --> 00:27:19.490 answer that question for you. A nervous energy 00:27:19.490 --> 00:27:22.190 suddenly begins to... filled this great interior 00:27:22.190 --> 00:27:25.369 of this building as the door at the far back 00:27:25.369 --> 00:27:31.450 groans open. We see a number of the robed acolytes 00:27:31.450 --> 00:27:35.289 of Lakotrina turning and looking. We see even 00:27:35.289 --> 00:27:38.569 figures down their beds turning over as this 00:27:38.569 --> 00:27:42.730 anxious energy just fills the space. We see a 00:27:42.730 --> 00:27:45.829 group of three moving into this temple, pushing 00:27:45.829 --> 00:27:48.869 towards the altar at the far back very casually. 00:27:49.549 --> 00:27:52.329 pushing towards you. And as any of you glance 00:27:52.329 --> 00:27:55.970 behind, you will see the man himself. Speak of 00:27:55.970 --> 00:27:59.650 the devil. Half -teethling Serapio, backed by 00:27:59.650 --> 00:28:02.269 a cold -eyed woman and a massive mustache of 00:28:02.269 --> 00:28:05.410 a man. As he gets close, the roll of snow of 00:28:05.410 --> 00:28:09.950 roses grows strong. You can see he holds a bouquet 00:28:09.950 --> 00:28:12.430 of the very flowers in his arms, wearing an expression 00:28:12.430 --> 00:28:18.079 of such solemn grief. Dance. shoots up to her 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:21.259 feet immediately, turning on the intruder furiously. 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:24.460 Serapio, you dare to show yourself here? My sweet 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:27.220 Cabela, I'm only here to pay my respects to the 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:30.140 fallen, a hero of the old city. I understand 00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:33.700 your anger at me. As this is happening, Jules 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:39.819 realizes it's him who bursts up. You! You! And 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:43.799 then he starts running at Serapio. You could 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:46.599 have fucking helped us! I see. Somebody hold 00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:48.779 me back. And nobody's holding me back. Oh, okay. 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.799 Because I'm going to go in for a fucking strike. 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:53.440 I mean, we'll try. Yeah, I considered it. And 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.920 then I was like, I'm going to let it happen. 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:57.400 But yeah, no, no, no. Somebody's got to hold 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.779 me back. Crispin will jump up and try to grab 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:05.339 you. Only issue is that in his little form, I 00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:07.519 don't know exactly how well he'll do. I think 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:09.000 Ramin's going to help. So take the help action 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:14.920 on this. As Jules runs by Crispin, he's going 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:18.539 to. dive at his feet and try to grapple and try 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:21.519 to stop his feet from moving. Look at who you're 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:26.799 rolling against. And I got a pretty good athletics. 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:34.319 Me too. Plus one. I have plus six with advantage. 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:38.279 What the fuck? All right. Nat 20. Here we go. 00:29:42.229 --> 00:29:45.430 I got an eight. That's 18 plus six without even 00:29:45.430 --> 00:29:48.930 taking advantage. Easily you stop Jules. Ramin 00:29:48.930 --> 00:29:51.549 goes by your side. The second was a 19. So yeah, 00:29:51.630 --> 00:29:54.109 you're fine. Let me have my moment. The old Jules 00:29:54.109 --> 00:29:56.750 grabs Jules and Serapio just kind of looks at 00:29:56.750 --> 00:30:02.430 you. Cox is almost a half smile. I do not help. 00:30:03.250 --> 00:30:05.529 Perhaps if you'd taken up my offer in the first 00:30:05.529 --> 00:30:09.109 place. You're a piece of shit. Gabriela, I had 00:30:09.109 --> 00:30:11.829 sent for these men to come and help you in Hogfight. 00:30:12.170 --> 00:30:14.890 My gift to you, my gracious, gracious gift. And 00:30:14.890 --> 00:30:17.009 they spat on my arrangement. They spat on it 00:30:17.009 --> 00:30:20.750 all. But that's what they get for turning their 00:30:20.750 --> 00:30:24.250 backs on the city. So he's got my feet. Can I 00:30:24.250 --> 00:30:28.089 cast a spell? Sure. I will say, before you cast 00:30:28.089 --> 00:30:33.009 a spell, you do hear a... Hang on. As Dan's full 00:30:33.009 --> 00:30:36.210 slap Serapio across the face. Okay, in that case, 00:30:36.269 --> 00:30:39.539 I'll say I bring my... And up. And as I see that, 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:43.700 I pull it back down. I don't care about Hogfight. 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:46.099 Where were you when our people were dying here? 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.819 You preach revolution, and you stand to the side 00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.920 like a coward when our oppressors kick down our 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:55.039 doors and shed innocent blood. And now, I hear 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.420 you've been denying sleeping medicine to the 00:30:56.420 --> 00:31:00.299 people. You are a villain, Serapio. I am not 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:04.380 denying medicine to anyone. Well, just one. Just 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:07.190 this outsider. This werewolf in sheep's clothing 00:31:07.190 --> 00:31:10.309 is pointing towards Ramin. This man you so fully 00:31:10.309 --> 00:31:14.130 trust. If I did not expect himself to hold and 00:31:14.130 --> 00:31:16.789 hoard such a bounty, I... For the last time, 00:31:16.789 --> 00:31:19.450 Serapio, there is nothing romantic between me 00:31:19.450 --> 00:31:21.190 and Ramin, just as there is nothing romantic 00:31:21.190 --> 00:31:27.769 between me and you. Ooh. Whoa. Okay. He just 00:31:27.769 --> 00:31:30.849 kind of goes quiet, like bites his lip. Huh. 00:31:31.769 --> 00:31:35.859 Now, you're going to tell me everything. Everything 00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:39.339 you know about this. And she reaches out to you, 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:43.119 Jules. Reaches for the scroll. I'll give it to 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:48.079 her. She unfurls it. I see. Eyes flicker to you. 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:51.640 This is why you came to me. This is why you came 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:54.940 to my office earlier today. Jules doesn't respond, 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:58.819 just keeps staring. What is it to you? You want 00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:02.099 the money? Fine. It's an absolute mess anyway. 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:35.380 War out there. Call it off. Crispin says from 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:39.319 the ground with his arms wrapped around Jules' 00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:46.160 legs. Call off the bounty on the boy. You're 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:49.559 trying to start a revolution, but you become 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:54.700 the very thing you're trying to take down. And 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:59.220 that's all you are, a thing. And you will be 00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:03.000 squashed if you don't come to your fucking senses. 00:33:04.109 --> 00:33:08.230 Roll an insight check. I'm going to two. Damn 00:33:08.230 --> 00:33:10.450 it. Two, two. You have a good insight. I want 00:33:10.450 --> 00:33:17.930 that. Eleven. Thirteen. Okay. Don't worry about 00:33:17.930 --> 00:33:21.549 it. I can't call it off anyway. It's too late. 00:33:21.950 --> 00:33:26.509 They're already in the field. You coward. It's 00:33:26.509 --> 00:33:29.970 too late. The hunters are already out. They've 00:33:29.970 --> 00:33:32.289 gone to the borderlands. The last known location 00:33:32.289 --> 00:33:34.970 was Millsapool. If it's too late for him, that 00:33:34.970 --> 00:33:37.549 means it's too late for you. Wait, wait, wait. 00:33:38.150 --> 00:33:40.970 You know where he is? We know the direction. 00:33:41.630 --> 00:33:44.150 General location. I don't know if he's been found 00:33:44.150 --> 00:33:48.009 yet. It's... Tell me. It's gone to hell. Tell 00:33:48.009 --> 00:33:51.289 me! Look, something out there has been slaying 00:33:51.289 --> 00:33:54.710 the hunters I've sent. Some hulking, winged figure. 00:33:54.769 --> 00:33:57.849 Some monster knight. I don't care. Do you want 00:33:57.849 --> 00:34:00.690 to save him? I'll let you go. I will tell you 00:34:00.690 --> 00:34:03.059 what I know. It's out of my hands. You are already 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:06.140 a rebel to the Laroche family. They won't think 00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:09.300 of me as an ally to you, and so my place is secured. 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:13.320 The last I heard some great demon in the Borderlands 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:18.239 was slaying the hunters. I've heard recently 00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:20.639 that the creature has been wounded during an 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.139 attack, has retreated to the town of Mizzapool 00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:25.559 to lick its wounds, and the remaining hunters 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:28.059 I've sent are banding together to slay the monster. 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.699 Before continuing their pursuit of the half -orc 00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:33.559 child, you want to stop the hunters? They'll 00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:36.940 all be together. And this creature may know something. 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:40.619 I thought you knew where the boy was. I know 00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:42.920 he is in the Borderlands. That's it. The last 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:46.820 I've heard, he was moving east from Hollow. All 00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:49.239 right. Can we do a little table talk and figure 00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:53.519 out exactly what that means to us? Yeah. So give 00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.489 us the names of these towns again? Okay, so the 00:34:56.489 --> 00:35:00.730 town of Milsapul is far to the eastern borderlands, 00:35:00.769 --> 00:35:04.050 far to the northeast of Santillan City. Now, 00:35:04.070 --> 00:35:05.929 when you were coming down towards the city, there 00:35:05.929 --> 00:35:07.789 was a point where the road sort of split. There 00:35:07.789 --> 00:35:10.050 was an old sign. I think the sign actually, I 00:35:10.050 --> 00:35:11.550 didn't mention this, but like there was another 00:35:11.550 --> 00:35:14.489 name there sort of faded out. You might have 00:35:14.489 --> 00:35:16.170 been able to read the name Pantazuela, but it 00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:18.449 was sort of scratched out and the name Hollow 00:35:18.449 --> 00:35:22.050 was carved in its place. That was one branching 00:35:22.050 --> 00:35:24.389 path. The other branching path led you to Sanctityan 00:35:24.389 --> 00:35:27.590 City. Now, Serapio is saying that the half -orc 00:35:27.590 --> 00:35:29.829 child was last seen, the last known location 00:35:29.829 --> 00:35:31.909 when this bounty was given, was that the child 00:35:31.909 --> 00:35:34.730 was heading east into the borderlands from Hollow. 00:35:34.869 --> 00:35:37.829 Hollow was to the north of the city. So he mentioned 00:35:37.829 --> 00:35:41.150 another town called Milzapul. And I will say, 00:35:41.170 --> 00:35:42.670 maybe you know maps, maybe someone will point 00:35:42.670 --> 00:35:46.250 it out to you. Milzapul is... Far to the east 00:35:46.250 --> 00:35:49.289 of Hollow, far to the northeast of Sunsetian 00:35:49.289 --> 00:35:52.690 City. Another very small, small, just borderlands 00:35:52.690 --> 00:35:55.389 town. That's where the hunters are gathering. 00:35:55.489 --> 00:35:57.909 Whether or not the child is near there, it's 00:35:57.909 --> 00:36:01.050 a big maybe. But it seems like something strange 00:36:01.050 --> 00:36:03.349 has been happening. You may have another enemy 00:36:03.349 --> 00:36:04.949 in the field, you may have an ally in the field. 00:36:05.090 --> 00:36:07.150 You hear a sound of a great winged creature in 00:36:07.150 --> 00:36:08.650 the night, and it might remind you of a certain 00:36:08.650 --> 00:36:12.389 thing that you dealt with not too long ago. I'll 00:36:12.389 --> 00:36:15.789 add it to the Sunsetian map on. Roll 20 as well. 00:36:15.929 --> 00:36:18.969 Oh, okay. Perfect. Yeah. So, so it's kind of 00:36:18.969 --> 00:36:20.909 like, it's like a triangle. You say, let's say 00:36:20.909 --> 00:36:22.789 one is two short ways to the almost roughly North 00:36:22.789 --> 00:36:25.269 of the city. Hollow is where miserable is very 00:36:25.269 --> 00:36:28.250 far away to the East, like almost a day's travel. 00:36:28.530 --> 00:36:33.030 So that's like diagonal up. Yeah. Okay. Let's, 00:36:33.030 --> 00:36:35.309 let's talk the actual mechanics of what's happening 00:36:35.309 --> 00:36:38.130 right now. Uh, because I want, you know, basically 00:36:38.130 --> 00:36:40.570 everyone to be on the same page with this dance 00:36:40.570 --> 00:36:42.230 has been saying that there is something happening 00:36:42.230 --> 00:36:44.440 in the city. that there's some great conspiracy 00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:48.139 is causing Serenno. Jewel, Serenno is still coming 00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:50.440 to kill you. Killing Ramin, killing a lot of 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:52.719 people. This needs to be stopped. And she believes 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:56.219 wholly that the answers lie in the city, perhaps 00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:59.980 on Popolitean Hill. But Miskin is the reason 00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.679 you came here in the first place. And now you 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:06.039 know he is far outside the city. And I think 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:09.599 all of you would slowly gather this, that there's 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:13.119 not time to do both as a group. You will need 00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:17.860 to split. Let me open up the map for you. I mean, 00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:21.119 we all know where Jules is going. Right. After 00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:28.079 just losing Zebulon, there's no fucking way he's 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:32.000 going to let another one go. I'm GMing layering 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.980 them now, so you'll see them. Hollow is here. 00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:39.130 Okay. Millsapool is here. Oh, wow. Okay. Holy 00:37:39.130 --> 00:37:41.349 shit. Way off in the McGuay Valley. Wow. Okay, 00:37:41.349 --> 00:37:47.070 and let's go over again who was where, just so 00:37:47.070 --> 00:37:52.989 I can now put names to it. Okay, so Hollow is 00:37:52.989 --> 00:37:56.650 where Miskin was apparently last seen heading 00:37:56.650 --> 00:37:59.349 to the east, heading into the Borderlands from 00:37:59.349 --> 00:38:02.570 Hollow. That's all that they know going into 00:38:02.570 --> 00:38:04.289 the hunt. Right. So all the bounty hunters moved 00:38:04.289 --> 00:38:06.110 into the Borderlands, moved into the McGuay Valley. 00:38:06.650 --> 00:38:09.670 Around the territory of Milpazool. I've been 00:38:09.670 --> 00:38:11.230 saying it wrong. I'm a doofus. I'm an idiot. 00:38:11.489 --> 00:38:16.190 Shit. Around Milpazool. Some creature has been 00:38:16.190 --> 00:38:18.989 slaying the hunters in the night. Apparently 00:38:18.989 --> 00:38:20.630 it was wounded and apparently it's been tracked 00:38:20.630 --> 00:38:23.230 to Milpazool. And all the hunters are gathering 00:38:23.230 --> 00:38:27.030 around the town to finally kill this thing. Okay. 00:38:27.070 --> 00:38:29.190 So they can resume the hunt unbothered. Okay. 00:38:29.230 --> 00:38:34.289 So the owl thing, the hunters, and presumably 00:38:34.289 --> 00:38:38.369 Miskin. are all in the direction of Millsapool. 00:38:38.409 --> 00:38:40.969 That sounds dangerous as fuck. Millpazool. Millpazool. 00:38:41.110 --> 00:38:42.769 Millpazool. Let's say it ten times, all together 00:38:42.769 --> 00:38:43.789 now. I'm never going to say it. All together 00:38:43.789 --> 00:38:47.010 now. Millpazool. Millpazool. Millpazool. Millpazool. 00:38:47.110 --> 00:38:53.329 All right, sorry. Millpazool. Thank you. Wow, 00:38:53.329 --> 00:38:58.809 Jeremy, he will be our leader. I think Serapio 00:38:58.809 --> 00:39:02.949 just takes you in. So, are we done here? You 00:39:02.949 --> 00:39:06.250 better take... Good, hard look in the mirror. 00:39:07.050 --> 00:39:10.570 Or else I'm coming back for you. My good friend, 00:39:10.670 --> 00:39:14.750 I spend much time in front of my mirror. He gives 00:39:14.750 --> 00:39:17.510 you this, like, real snarky smile. Sorry for 00:39:17.510 --> 00:39:21.809 you. His eyes flicker to dance. I will see you 00:39:21.809 --> 00:39:24.909 later, Gabriela. You cannot evade me for long. 00:39:25.050 --> 00:39:28.849 All of the finest things in this city I will 00:39:28.849 --> 00:39:32.429 have before long. You've got to earn the girl. 00:39:32.969 --> 00:39:35.570 You can't buy what Crispin says as he stands 00:39:35.570 --> 00:39:39.949 up and dusts himself off. I think he just glances 00:39:39.949 --> 00:39:43.130 at all of you, raises his gloved hand, and almost 00:39:43.130 --> 00:39:46.809 seems like a sort of easy, casual wave as he 00:39:46.809 --> 00:39:51.030 turns around and begins to walk away. His small 00:39:51.030 --> 00:39:53.730 retinue following him dance, just standing defiant 00:39:53.730 --> 00:39:56.849 before him, staring after him, just daggers into 00:39:56.849 --> 00:40:00.250 his back as he vanishes out the door and back 00:40:00.250 --> 00:40:06.750 into the old city. Kingdom. So, Serapio is gone. 00:40:07.650 --> 00:40:11.449 And it's time for decisions. There are two objectives, 00:40:11.630 --> 00:40:14.110 it seems like. Jules, you seem like you've made 00:40:14.110 --> 00:40:19.150 your mind up. Everyone looks to you. Welcome 00:40:19.150 --> 00:40:20.829 to be in the face of the group. Dude, seriously, 00:40:21.010 --> 00:40:22.570 yeah. Welcome to be in the face of the group. 00:40:25.050 --> 00:40:27.429 You're carrying the show on your shoulders, you 00:40:27.429 --> 00:40:33.599 sad, sad man. I'm so scared for you. Jules looks 00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:40.179 to dance, and his eyes turn to almost a pleading 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:46.039 stare. I can't lose another one. You don't have 00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:49.480 to. This could be connected anyway. Samuel LaRoche 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:52.519 posted the bounty. All of this is connected, 00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:57.239 and you will not go alone. Jules, will you take 00:40:57.239 --> 00:41:10.099 me by your side? Oh, I'll take you. So many emotions 00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:12.320 in this episode. All over the place. What a range. 00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:19.239 He doesn't nod or say yes. He just stares and 00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:25.880 says, thank you. Crap. What, here comes Crispin 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:28.300 to poop on it all? No, no, no, no. I mean, the 00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:30.719 group, I think we all know the group has to split 00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:33.920 up. And I'm trying to decide where Crispin's 00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:38.329 going to go. Because, God, wouldn't it be awkward 00:41:38.329 --> 00:41:40.809 if Crispin and Dresden, or sorry, Jules and Dresden 00:41:40.809 --> 00:41:44.150 went to the same place? Yeah. Well, let me ask, 00:41:44.210 --> 00:41:46.150 before you make your choice, where's Dresden 00:41:46.150 --> 00:41:49.849 going? I mean, I don't think Dresden would go 00:41:49.849 --> 00:41:52.489 with Jules to begin with. Well, that's your choice. 00:41:52.510 --> 00:41:56.989 I think he is much more, I think he'd probably 00:41:56.989 --> 00:42:01.710 stay and do what he can here. If I might make 00:42:01.710 --> 00:42:04.880 an addition to the scene. I think for the first 00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:07.119 time in a very long time, a voice finally breaks 00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:36.260 in the corner. You're the only friend I have 00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:40.559 left in this world, Jules. I will save you. And 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:45.420 he turns to Dresden. You. You want to save him 00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:50.679 too, right? Will you join me? Please. I can't 00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:55.039 do it alone, but... I'll be here. You're not 00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:59.039 alone. I've got a lot of responsibility, Jules. 00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:04.929 To, uh... to solving these problems here on Sansa 00:43:04.929 --> 00:43:08.610 Tian. I've got no right asking you to come. I 00:43:08.610 --> 00:43:13.630 can't watch you go through it again. I, uh, I 00:43:13.630 --> 00:43:19.809 know laws. I'd like to go. Okay. We can, uh, 00:43:19.809 --> 00:43:23.010 leave the, uh, city business to these fine folk 00:43:23.010 --> 00:43:27.309 here. I feel, uh, a little more comfortable outside 00:43:27.309 --> 00:43:31.909 the walls anyway. Yes, for his part, Ramin. stands 00:43:31.909 --> 00:43:35.409 up, looks between the two groups like he's just 00:43:35.409 --> 00:43:40.030 so torn, and then Dan's nods. I mean, I'll be 00:43:40.030 --> 00:43:42.510 gone from the city. They will need a light in 00:43:42.510 --> 00:43:48.030 my place. Stay. Help them here. Please. And he 00:43:48.030 --> 00:43:51.090 nods and turns towards Dresden and Jean Franklin. 00:43:51.670 --> 00:43:56.250 And I think that's everyone decided. Holy shit. 00:43:57.369 --> 00:44:01.230 So doing some calculations... I believe right 00:44:01.230 --> 00:44:03.230 now the time would be, if you think this is fair, 00:44:03.409 --> 00:44:06.449 about 2 o 'clock in the afternoon. Everything 00:44:06.449 --> 00:44:09.570 would have just ended around 11 .30. The funeral 00:44:09.570 --> 00:44:12.489 would have started maybe starting to get set 00:44:12.489 --> 00:44:13.869 up a half an hour later, maybe really getting 00:44:13.869 --> 00:44:16.789 full swing an hour later at 12 .30, wrapped up 00:44:16.789 --> 00:44:20.309 around 1. And now an hour later is where we find 00:44:20.309 --> 00:44:22.650 our party here having this conversation, 2 o 00:44:22.650 --> 00:44:27.920 'clock. It is about 15 miles to Mil Pazul. So 00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:33.559 about a seven -hour walk. Night falls at eight 00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:37.420 o 'clock. And at that time, Serenno will strike 00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:41.480 again. Your exhaustion jewels will return, as 00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:43.599 Oral means, but he won't be in that group. He 00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:45.719 won't be the one leaving. That's the one thing 00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:48.380 I will say. Likely before you reach Milpazul, 00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:50.480 you'll be dealing with the effects of Serenno, 00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:57.489 and they will worsen. But... I got no buts. Sorry. 00:44:58.510 --> 00:45:03.889 So let's see here. Well, I mean, I don't know 00:45:03.889 --> 00:45:08.949 that I could argue that it would be very restful. 00:45:08.989 --> 00:45:11.889 We've at least passed enough time for a short 00:45:11.889 --> 00:45:14.730 rest. That's true. I'd allow it, yeah. Yeah. 00:45:14.789 --> 00:45:20.929 Okay. Then if that's the case, let's talk about 00:45:20.929 --> 00:45:29.030 how far a wild -shaped crispin Could get towards 00:45:29.030 --> 00:45:34.269 meal puzzle. So going with Crispin, we have dance 00:45:34.269 --> 00:45:37.789 and jewels, correct? Yeah, that's the tricky 00:45:37.789 --> 00:45:39.670 part. Both of which aren't very heavy. I'll say 00:45:39.670 --> 00:45:41.150 if Jean Franklin was there, you're in trouble. 00:45:41.289 --> 00:45:43.750 Sure. He's a heavy boy. I think you could carry 00:45:43.750 --> 00:45:45.969 on. If you're going horse again, you can carry 00:45:45.969 --> 00:45:48.369 both of them. And I will say, I don't want to 00:45:48.369 --> 00:45:50.369 go all number crunchy because I don't feel like 00:45:50.369 --> 00:45:52.829 it. If you're going to use an actual like slot. 00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:56.260 That'll get you a good start on the way to Mil 00:45:56.260 --> 00:46:00.139 Pazul. I would cut off maybe an hour and a half 00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:01.880 to two hours. I'll get you there right as the 00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:04.960 sun is sinking, but you'll have time where day 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:07.099 will still be active. You will not be dealing 00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:09.079 with Serenno when you reach whatever situation 00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:11.119 is waiting for you there because you know something 00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:14.900 is happening. Okay, yeah. So he would be horse 00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:19.099 -shaped for an hour because it's his druid level, 00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:22.130 half his druid level rounded down. So that'd 00:46:22.130 --> 00:46:23.630 be an hour. So like you said, if you don't want 00:46:23.630 --> 00:46:25.710 to get too crunchy into, ooh, how fast can a 00:46:25.710 --> 00:46:27.750 horse go? If you have a horse traveling this 00:46:27.750 --> 00:46:31.050 way. Right. And Sarah knows traveling that way. 00:46:31.230 --> 00:46:33.409 Sarah knows something. A 95 -degree angle at 00:46:33.409 --> 00:46:35.510 six miles per hour. What would it hit? But don't 00:46:35.510 --> 00:46:37.170 forget, if you roll a natural one while you're 00:46:37.170 --> 00:46:39.849 on the horse. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, no, no. Oh, 00:46:39.869 --> 00:46:42.889 my gosh. So I guess that's fair if you're going 00:46:42.889 --> 00:46:45.429 to say that we can get there before nightfall. 00:46:45.750 --> 00:46:47.210 If you're rolling that one, can I just have you 00:46:47.210 --> 00:46:51.340 sneeze and turn into a horse? Is that? Sorry. 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:53.719 You always have a horse at the ready now. You 00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:57.059 don't have to fabricate away. I don't have to 00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:59.820 roll for wild shape, but I'll roll. No, you don't. 00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:03.119 I just mean any natural one ever that anyone 00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:05.199 makes, and you just turn into a horse and kick 00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:09.440 them. Geez, I've already used all my hit die, 00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:11.679 so I guess I'm just going to take a short rest 00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:14.019 and regain my wild shape. So that's the thing. 00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:17.639 You realize, you wild shape, you can get everyone 00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:21.300 to Milpazool just before dark. which means you'll 00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:24.559 have time to accomplish something, at least, 00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:28.079 before Serenno strikes at Jules. But you need 00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:32.800 to leave now. Now. Well, uh, the day is short, 00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:38.800 Jules, and, uh, I think it's time. Yeah. Let's 00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:42.300 go. Now I can get you there before the sun goes 00:47:42.300 --> 00:47:46.519 down and before the sickness, uh, well, takes 00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:49.199 its toll. We'll cross that bridge when we come 00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:55.449 to it. Good luck to you too, Nutri. Dance looks 00:47:55.449 --> 00:48:00.050 at Dresden. You want to save Jules. You need 00:48:00.050 --> 00:48:04.150 help. Go to Salazar. Remember the words, only 00:48:04.150 --> 00:48:07.690 the dead are free. I still remember that. Only 00:48:07.690 --> 00:48:11.550 Jules knew this. That's true. But I've been waiting 00:48:11.550 --> 00:48:13.809 for the time to fucking say it. Hell yeah. Say 00:48:13.809 --> 00:48:18.289 it again. Only the dead are free. Speak to Enolvidado 00:48:18.289 --> 00:48:21.960 that rests. At the main building. And Paloma 00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:25.460 will help you. The Resistance will help you. 00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:29.920 And whatever you do, do not trust Serapio. He 00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:32.699 speaks of Resistance, but he is a snake. Of course, 00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:36.639 you have seen this. And she breaks eye contact 00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:39.760 with you, Dresden. Dresden just gives her a nod. 00:48:40.940 --> 00:48:46.659 Jules, John Brinkman moves up to you. Just be 00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:50.599 careful, okay? I think Jules grabs the back of 00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:55.219 John Franklin's head. I need you too. You stay 00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:57.719 safe. And he's going to try to pull him in for 00:48:57.719 --> 00:49:00.460 a hug. What does John Franklin do? I think there's 00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:05.659 a bit of resistance almost at first. And it's 00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:10.179 like a real hug. It's not just some joke. I got 00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:14.159 you to hug me. It's a genuine. I would hope that 00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:18.909 John Franklin can feel. That it's a genuine connection. 00:49:19.929 --> 00:49:22.570 His arms are like almost stammering to the side, 00:49:22.590 --> 00:49:25.789 slow to move at first. And they wrap around you. 00:49:26.510 --> 00:49:29.329 Strong, total muscles holding you and pushing 00:49:29.329 --> 00:49:31.809 you towards his shell. And he just says, you're 00:49:31.809 --> 00:49:36.989 my best friend. I, I, damn it. I'm not good at 00:49:36.989 --> 00:49:40.650 this. This isn't, I don't do this. But damn it, 00:49:40.650 --> 00:49:43.369 you're my best friend, Jules. I will save you. 00:49:43.730 --> 00:49:47.420 I will. I will save you. I think at that moment, 00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:50.340 Jules backs off from the hug, still kind of holding 00:49:50.340 --> 00:49:56.059 John Franklin's shoulders. Save me. Please. I 00:49:56.059 --> 00:50:00.079 need you alive. Anyway, when this is done... 00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:04.340 I got you back. I'm a sidekick without a luminary. 00:50:04.639 --> 00:50:11.340 And, well... No, you're not. You got me. He smiles 00:50:11.340 --> 00:50:16.579 and he steps away. Steps back. You guys... Take 00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:20.239 to the steps of Moreno and leave? Yep. It's time 00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:21.960 to book it. Yeah, we're going to step outside 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:26.340 and Crispin will, wild shape, check that off. 00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:31.980 Okay. We see a horse take form, dancing jewels 00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:33.840 go over the top, you know, jump on the back, 00:50:33.940 --> 00:50:36.739 and you start galloping through the streets. 00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:38.659 People, you know, sort of making a way for you 00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:41.559 as you push your way through the city towards... 00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:44.300 Actually, there is a gate out of the city in 00:50:44.300 --> 00:50:47.880 the old... In Los Gavilanes, that will lead you 00:50:47.880 --> 00:50:51.059 straight to the northeast, to the borderlands. 00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:54.179 A shortcut. Yeah. So you are very, very swiftly, 00:50:54.239 --> 00:50:58.940 you find yourselves riding across the dusty desert, 00:50:59.179 --> 00:51:02.940 pushing on towards a sinking sun, whatever lies 00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:08.699 far to the northeast. We cut away from you, back 00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:12.000 to the church. Let's go back into camera mode, 00:51:12.099 --> 00:51:15.130 right? Let's go back to... Slow camera moving 00:51:15.130 --> 00:51:18.130 down on Jean Franklin, who turns, sort of facing 00:51:18.130 --> 00:51:23.070 us, facing his new compatriots, Dresden and Amin. 00:51:23.530 --> 00:51:28.949 Well, so, where do we start, anyway? And as he's 00:51:28.949 --> 00:51:31.889 facing you guys, facing away from the doorway 00:51:31.889 --> 00:51:36.530 into the great church, against this great light, 00:51:36.670 --> 00:51:41.769 we see a silhouette step into frame. Just a vague 00:51:41.769 --> 00:51:46.440 figure. Do they say anything? There you are, 00:51:46.539 --> 00:51:53.420 Tadpole. Jean's eyes go wide. Mouth drops slack 00:51:53.420 --> 00:51:57.679 as he slowly turns to face the figure. And we'll 00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:58.260 call it there.