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Hello, Pants people. If you are listening to

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this on release day, Monday, October 23rd, I,

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Steven, am going to be streaming a Monster Hearts

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2 game with the Evenfooting crew. If you're not

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familiar with Monster Hearts, basically, it's

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a bunch of horny college students, some who are

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vampires, some who are ghosts. There's a whole

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crazy, it's going to be wild. Go to our social

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media if you want to find links for that. That's

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where everything's going to be. We'll be posting

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about it. Come hang out. Come say hi. And watch

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me, Stephen, play a horny college student. The

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first part of a luminary spotlight. Now, we've

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heard it time and time again. Luminaries are

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made by their backstories. The more interesting

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or mysterious, the more people will accept a

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new luminary entering the spotlight. When it

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comes to mysterious backstories, we have a number

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of extreme cases. Sturge Man, of course, is known

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for being unknown. It's a big part of his identity.

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What people tend not to discuss, however, is

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the incredibly mysterious origins of the mighty

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Pig Man. Here's a case of a luminary being discovered

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by their sponsor before entering the main scene.

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Now, it's not unheard of for a company or even

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a kingdom to raise a hero up to be presented

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before our worlds, to represent them on the network.

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It is rare, though. And ten years ago, when the

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pigman was first introduced, it's been practically

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unheard of. Where did Marfil find this incredible

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figure? What face is hidden beneath that Lucha

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Libre mask? These questions burn in us all, yet

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Marvel Ironworks is unlikely to never answer

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these questions for us. And rightly so, for it

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is in this mystery that the legend of the Pink

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Man is truly born. What you got, Steven? Yeah,

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you're... Set us off, Steven. So, David, you're

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wearing your Monroe's Family Restaurant shirt.

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I am wearing my... Riveting. This is a wonderful

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banter. No, keep going. I like this. All right,

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fuck you guys. Nice shirt, David. Fuck you guys.

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You want to talk about something? Go ahead. Steven.

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All right, come on. Nice shirt. My shirt's cooler

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than both your shirts, so fuck you. Yeah, it

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is. All right. I'm wearing a shirt. Monroe's

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Family Restaurant. Good -ass restaurant. You

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grew up in a way that's, I think, quite unusual.

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Is it? And I think that the pants people might

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like to hear about it. So your intro is David.

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Tell us your life story. Like I, for example,

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this is banter. I, for example. I love this so

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much. No, please go. If I ever get a chance.

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I, for example, have fond memories going to David's

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house during the summertime as a wee lad, hanging

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out, playing games, and, you know, getting fed

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restaurant food. As long as, as long as you go

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back and wash some dishes. Yeah. That's why I

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had friends. That's why I had friends. Cause

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I knew, you know, come on over, come get some

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free lunch, free breakfast, best breakfast around.

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Yeah. So like little kid, we wake up in the morning,

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head downstairs, go across the way to the restaurant,

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sit down, have breakfast, leave and go fucking

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play. That sounds fucking awesome. It was so

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cool. I mean, cause I mean like, especially,

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especially as a kid, you know, like, you know,

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my parents didn't have a lot of money. It's not

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like restaurants was something that we did a

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whole, whole lot. It was so fun. So special to

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go to David's house and sit at Monroe's and have

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a restaurant meal. I feel bad. Cause like that's

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my every day. Well, right. That's my point. The

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way you grew up is different than the way most

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people grew up. And I thought you might have

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some fun little insight or nugget to share with

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the pants people. But fuck me. You've made your

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point. Yeah, it was cool. I mean, like, yeah,

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my folks own a restaurant. You know I'm in culinary.

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Anyone listening to the show probably knows I'm

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in culinary. I've talked about it here and there.

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Yeah, and I've been in culinary for my whole

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life. There came a certain point in my life where

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it's like, son, I know you want to go and play

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with your friends all summer, but it's time for

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you to do dishes and prep all summer instead.

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You're like a 30 -year -old man with 25 years

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in the culinary field. How's the year I got fat?

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Good times. But yeah, no, it's been a fun little

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adventure. And yeah, I have some experience.

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I have some large amount of experience in the

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culinary field now. So there you go. Hey. That

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was my fun little idea. I saw David's shirt and

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I said, hey, you know what? I got a thing I want

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to talk about. Monroe Stanley Restaurant in Twin

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Mountain, New Hampshire. I don't mind. It's a

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good place. Check it out if you're ever in the

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region of Twin Mountain, New Hampshire. And well.

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We're in the middle of nowhere. Was it last week

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or the week before? The quote -unquote round

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stuff, the cinnamon roll that Gabby brought us

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was baked by your sister. My sister, who now

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owns the restaurant and is doing an amazing job.

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And she is an incredible cook. Honestly, I say

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I've been around for a long time. I'm a pretty

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good cook. Jillian, three times a cook will ever

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be, four times, ten times. I don't care. She's

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really damn good at what she does. So I don't

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remember if we didn't say it at the time. But

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thank you, Jill, if you ever happened to hear

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this. Thank you. Thanks, Jill. It was delicious.

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It was. Delicious. I can't wait for my meat pie

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at Christmas. Oh. Oh, they always give me a meat

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pie. It's my favorite. That is why I like Christmas.

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My sister always makes me a meat pie. What sort

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of meat pie? What sort of meat pie? I don't know.

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It's got like meat and potatoes. Okay. And I

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put some mustard on that bad, bad motherfucker

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and I eat it. Interesting. And I watch, I watch,

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this is a weird Halloween discussion. So every

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year I'll get that meat pie and I'll sit down

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and I have a weird sort of holiday Christmas

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tradition that I'm going to bring up now. where

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I watched the episode of Community known as Abed's

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Uncontrollable Christmas. It is my favorite TV

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episode of anything, I think. I fucking love

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that episode. It's all claymation. It just, like,

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touches my heart. I love that episode. Yeah,

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I think I remember the claymation one. I watched

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that for the first time and was so inspired.

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I made this entire comic series of kind of, like,

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my own, I guess, interpretation of my personality,

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who is a cactus. Never mind. We're not going

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to get into that. It was awesome. It's a great

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thing. That's what I do. That sounds awesome.

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You guys get any Christmas traditions you want

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to talk about this Halloween? Well, I could go

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on about meat pies because now I'm like, man,

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I want to make some meat pie. There's a French

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-Canadian meat pie. I'm going to butcher the

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pronunciation, but I believe it's called a toutsier,

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something like that. Okay. Sounds French -ish.

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So, you know, savory pie. It's filled with ground

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meat of some sort. It's like everyone has their

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own mixture. You know, it can be all pork or

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it can be all beef or it can be a mixture or

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there can be some veal, there can be some whatever.

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And then they use spices, not like, it's going

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to sound really weird, but they use like pumpkin

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pie spices, you know, like some cinnamon, some

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nutmeg, some allspice, stuff like that. So that's

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another way that you can customize this pie.

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That doesn't sound weird. That sounds really

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interesting. You can customize your spice mix.

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So it's like. There's all these different combinations

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of meat mixture, all these different combinations

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of spice mixture, and sort of like everybody's

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Tootsie -A comes out a little bit different.

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Damn. Maybe I'll make you one. Oh my gosh. Play

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your cards right. Compare it to Jill's. Play

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your buttons right. You'll lose. Yeah, I don't

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know if I could take on that challenge. Before

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we move on from this conversation, David, I'm...

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Meat pies? Yeah, no, no, no. You go first, and

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then I have to go real fast because I forgot

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something. No, Monroe's. I'm putting you on the

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hook with the Pants People. What? I have never

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been to Monroe's, and we keep saying we're going

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to go. It's so busy during the summer. It's so

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hard. It's so busy because it's really good.

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I hate going out to places that are super busy.

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Well, Pants People, flood our Discord and our

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Instagram until David says, okay, let's go to

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Monroe's. Also, it is no longer summer. That's

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true. No longer summer. That's true. The leaf

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peepers are gone. Right. Eh. Almost gone. What

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leaves? Well, yeah, sure. Maybe there's a bus

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that comes up and they're like, oh, wow, look

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at all these sticks. Oh, leaves on the ground.

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There's going to be a ton of people that came

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up and didn't realize that they hit wicked early

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this year. All right. We've bantered for too

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long, but I have one more thing. Okay. What do

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you got? Mail time. Mail time. Oh, we got mail?

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Mail time. So homebrew. coffee company. Oh, Oh

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yeah. Every year they run a, every year they

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run a charity, not the company. They run a charity

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auction and, uh, creators and artists, whatever

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from all over Instagram will donate pieces to

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homebrew. And then they auction them off and

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donate the money to a mental health charity,

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mental health awareness. Um, I forget specifically

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the hospital that it was for. Um, so I won two

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things. In that. Oh, no shit. Holy crap. I won

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the paper printout of our manor map by sound

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pukey girl, which is on the way. Yeah. So she's

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going to send that to me at some point. And I

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won a grab bag of minis. Oh my God. From a company

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called dice is not so nice. So they get, they

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sent me, they sent me a couple of a couple of

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grab bag dice here. A couple of grab bag minis.

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some fun little tokens and stuff like that. Does

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that mimic have legs? Yes, a mimic. Give me that

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sexy mimic. Dude, honestly, buff legs and buff

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arms. I was going to say, it looks pretty jacked.

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Holy shit. Yeah, that mimic is goals right there.

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Oh my God, look at those legs. Those are like

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your calves. Dude, for real. Damn. I'll post

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some of this stuff up on the Instagram and social

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medias and stuff like that, and you guys will

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get to see all our fun little treats and trinkets.

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Oh, yeah. Hell, yeah. Oh, that's great. That's

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great. That's mail time. We need a mail time

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like drop. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Just another thing

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to add to your plate. Get on it. No, it sounds

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good. Yeah. By tomorrow? I'm just kidding, Jeremy.

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Look at me. I'm just kidding. Well, this episode

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doesn't come out for a week and a half after

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we're recording this. Dude, it would be so cool

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if it was like a big explosive with like a guitar

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riff, like a mail time. I'm on the case. If anything

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else, we'll just reuse that clip. Oh, that'd

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be excellent. Do you guys want to play Dungeons

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& Dragons? Oh, man. Very much so. I am ready

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to go. If you're ready to go. Well, time's up.

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Episode's over. We have, if you'll bear with

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me for a moment, a bit of an intro to this one.

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Slightly lengthy, but I think it is very important.

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So I'm just going to dive into it. All good?

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Yeah, I'm good. All right, let's get started.

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Let me take you on a journey. A journey through

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the Radiant Citadel, if you will. He said it!

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I said the thing! He said it! I want to step

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away from the deserts and mountains of San Satyan.

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One very, very big step into the lush jungles

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of the world of Nowari. And we're going to open

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on a veritable sea. swaying green trees where

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they border upon a true sea of glistening crystal

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water. And we see at this point of transition

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an open field surrounding an immense and immaculate

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city. We see our camera sort of hovering far

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above where a road of seeming gold cuts across

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the field, through the city gates and splits

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into a branching network, spraying through colorful

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silk -draped booths, flower -adorned towers,

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and an array of marble buildings sporting conical

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roofs. To the west of all this lays a great,

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great garden filled with large, pink -petaled

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flowers. This is Zinda, the capital city of Nowari.

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As we look upon it now, we see a lazy, sleeping

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city. A city that is currently recovering from

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its annual March of Vice festival. This is a

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place of unparalleled beauty, unmatched spectacle,

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and of, many will assert, insatiable greed. But

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this is not where our focus will linger. I promise

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we'll be back here someday soon. But for now,

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I want to move north, along the sea coast. A

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short journey, a few hours on foot, will bring

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us to another place of beauty. And here we see

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that the sea has carved its niche into the land.

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A great bay. The shimmering water reflects the

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blue skies. The sun begins to sink towards the

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horizon's edge. Another, smaller city stands

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in this place, spreading thin along the coast

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of this bay. Structures of stone, more humble

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than Zinda in their material, but just as pompous

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in their spectacle. Banners of red and gold decorate

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these structures, flapping. Many portray the

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image of a leaping fish. The people of Zinda

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refer to this city as Melataran. The residents

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here, a populace consisting near entirely of

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tortles, call it only the Golden Bay. and I want

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to zoom in on one structure here, an arena of

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gray stone that stands upon the white sands of

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the coast. We can hear thunderous cheers as we

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move in towards rows of benches encircling an

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open battleground. We see where a wide break

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in this ring of benches faces the sea, and where

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the lapping tide is swiftly filling the arena

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floor. The water surges in around the ankles

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of a number of combatants. All are tortles. We

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see painted shells of many colors and crests.

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Many wield traditional spears and nets summed

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on shields. Only one wields a sword. Describe

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for me a younger Blanche, if you will, Stephen.

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Blanche, at this point, is full grown. She's

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an adult, for sure. She's not in her golden years

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like she is in our current story. Her skin is

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lighter, more vibrant. more verdant, and she

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wears a ribbon around each of her arms that hang

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down. Ooh. They're golden with red just on the

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tips, and they move in the wind when she walks,

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when she moves her arms. Huh. And she holds her

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sword, her trusty longsword, at the ready. And

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I is the field of combatants. If I may ask, this

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sword of yours, is it like ornamented, fancy,

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or simple? Efficient? Yes, quite utilitarian.

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Okay, okay. There are many like it, but this

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one is hers. Hell yeah. So we see Blanche there

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on the arena floor. And above the fighters, a

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grand, total man gestures to the crowd from his

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box in the stands. Sharp, blue eyes set beneath

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a thick and narrowed brow. A weathered, spotted

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face, mouth locked in a wide grin. Crimson robes

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falling over vibrant green scales. This is DiPiero

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Montelio, Zinda's seventh king of coin, and the

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sole lord of the Golden Bay Tortles. The crowd

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hushes at DiPiero's silent command, and after

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a short pause, his voice begins to boom across

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the benches. You have seen our combatants. You

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have seen their strength and their honor. So

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I ask, good turtles of the bay, will these fighters

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impress Condoralla? And you're just, cheers.

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He sort of waves the cheers down. The tides have

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covered the arena floor. Kondorala touches our

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fighters and watches from her throne beneath

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the waves. Should she be impressed by their prowess

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in this battle, then the tide shall be blessed

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with gold. Our harvest season begins tomorrow.

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Should it begin in glory, then the Golden Bay

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will prosper! Only one. Warrior here will have

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the honor of welcoming Condoralla's gift. Only

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one champion. As most of you know, this marks

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the final season that our good master defense,

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Jacques Dumiro, is retiring from his role in

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House Mondelio. And so, I will remind our combatants.

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that the great spirit of our bay will not be

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the only one keenly watching their performance.

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His eyes sweep over the many fighters, slowly,

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methodically, just putting on a show. Now, the

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sun begins to sink. The sky will soon fill with

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crimson, and the time for golden blessings will

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be at hand. Let the melee commence! His final

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word is punctuated by the blaring of horn. In

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the arena, the fighters all snap to action. Let

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me ask, as everyone begins to draw their weapons,

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begins to charge, begins to move, take stances,

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what does Blanche do? How does Blanche begin

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this great fight? Blanche wants to pick out a

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fighter who she thinks is weaker, one of the

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weaker fighters in the field. She wants to cull

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the field. And she will go forward and do so,

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making sure that she's not going to put her back

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to somebody who can challenge her. Somebody who

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she thinks, oh, that's going to be a tough fight.

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I've got to give them all my attention, so I'm

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not going to put my back to somebody like that.

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She blanches, wizened eyes sort of scan across

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the room. The second everyone starts to move

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and off to her right, one tortle, almost like

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watching everyone else hesitates for a moment,

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just this moment of fear. And she whispers to

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herself, Sandpiper at sunset. And starts to sprint

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towards it. Holy shit. His eyes just turn and

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see as Blanche charges forward. And we're going

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to cut past this fight to its end. To a sky red

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with sunset. Blanche stands now in the center

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of the arena, alone. The water level has risen

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swiftly. Sets the combat start and now touches

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up to her waist. The defeated combatants have

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been carried off the floor unworthy of what comes

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next. No only vague murmuring can be heard echoing

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through the stands. All hold their breath, waiting.

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All eyes are locked towards the opening of the

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ring where the tides of the bay push into the

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arena. For it is time for Kondorala's judgment.

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And... And... And we watch as the water begins

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to fill with luminescent flakes of gold. They

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surge in from the depths of the bay, spreading

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across the whole of the arena. Sighs of relief

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resound from the crowd, morphing into whispers

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and exclamations of awe as the golden flakes

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begin to whirl and swirl around the arena floor,

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around Blanche. Mottled specks of golden light

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shine on her, moving around her, blending, shimmering,

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and soon Blanche herself seems to be radiant

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with it. She looks to the Lord's booth, and De

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Piero grins down at her, his head slowly bobbing

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in this continuous nod. Beside him stands an

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ancient -looking Torah with broad, heavy shoulders,

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the current and retiring master defense Jacques

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de Miro. And he smiles as well, though it's this

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subdued thing. the look of a proud and seasoned

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warrior who has rarely been surprised, but is

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surprised now. Jacques reaches down to a smaller

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form in front of him, a young turtle who shares

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Lord de Pierrot's vibrant scales and blue eyes.

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The young lord, Jean -Francois Montelio, does

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not seem to heed the words that Jacques whispers

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in his ears. He is transfixed, spellbound. Rings

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of gold surround his pupils as he stares, mouth

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open, at the champion shining with the gold of

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Condorola's blessing. Blanche, eyes now locked

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back on the young lord, raises her blade towards

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the sky and shouts towards the burning heavens

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above. For the Golden Tides! The crowd erupts

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into applause. Horns blare again, mixing with

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the cheers and the chants and the ruling triumph.

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It all blends together, the very sound of honor,

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punctuated by three words shouted over and over

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and over again. For golden tides! For golden

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tides! For golden tides! For golden tides! For

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golden tides! And we are carried by these voices

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up and up and up until we are once again staring

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down from the sky above, looking down at the

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bay, now entirely shimmering. with a glorious

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golden light. Blanche, you awaken on a sort of

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small, very simple bed, surrounded by earthen

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walls and ceilings, to the sound of metal grinding

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softly on stone somewhere outside this room.

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You are in the old mining tunnels beneath Salazar.

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As you've moved through here, the other four

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of you have been moved to bedrooms, essentially.

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You've been passionate about the typical sort

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of wooden supports, like archways holding up

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the tunnel ceilings. And you've been told that

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these were originally mining tunnels back when

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this was the city. They've been largely forgotten,

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covered over, and now this is where the rebellion,

00:23:02.549 --> 00:23:06.589
the revolution, holds its base. You've been taken

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to a series of small side rooms where soldiers

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of the revolution have beds prepared. Blanche

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and Jean Franklin both share a room, as do Dresden

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and Ramin. And as you awaken, Blanche, I think

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you are very surprised to see that maybe for

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the first time ever, Jean Franklin is awake before

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you. His bed is empty. His bed unmade. Unmade?

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Unmade. So, I'm sorry. Before we move on into

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anything else, can I just pause to say how fucking

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epic of an intro and flashback that was? Yeah,

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:42.920
that was great. Holy shit, I had goosebumps.

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That was fucking incredible. Me and Steven, all

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of that, the culture of the Golden Bay, almost

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:51.299
everything was undecided. We went on that hike

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:53.380
yesterday. After we all hiked, we went on a second

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:55.380
hike just to talk about that, and we ironed out

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:58.680
all the details. It was amazing how fast this

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shit just fell into place. Our feet hit the trail,

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and one of the first things we decided was, okay,

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:06.000
the like. Rally cry is going to be for golden

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:10.119
tides. And then by the end of the walk, that

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:12.980
phrase had so much meaning. Hell yeah. And it

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:16.619
was freaking awesome. Hell yeah. You did excellent.

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:20.440
I'm glad. I kind of crammed all that in last

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:23.420
night because I didn't have any idea what we

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:27.279
were doing until last night. Good times. So yeah,

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bet on made, which is, I think, strange. John

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Franklin's of a somewhat disciplined, almost

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:36.740
military mind. You've made sure of that. And

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:40.359
this is off for him. Even being awake early is

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:43.519
off for him. One mark against you already, Tadpole.

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You can see hearing that sound of stone on metal

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:54.200
somewhere outside. All right. Blanche will get

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:58.180
up, quickly make both beds, and go to investigate

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the noise. I love that you're making both beds.

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You push open the door, back out into sort of

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the main tunnel, and you see kind of just a little

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ways down the tunnel and sitting against the

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:15.240
wall, Jean Franklin is sitting and drawing a

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:18.380
whetstone across these two, there's one on the

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.819
floor, looks like it's already finished, another

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saber. Maybe you have seen these before, maybe

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you haven't. You as a player know these were

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:29.279
Zebulon's swords. Yeah, shit. And he's just sort

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of... staring down, almost beads of sweat running

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:38.480
down his head as he's focused. That's heartbreaking.

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:42.299
Good morning, John. Oh, sir. I hope I didn't

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:44.559
wake you, sir. You seem to be enjoying a dream.

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Yes, I quite was. You're up early. Oh, yes. Honestly,

00:25:54.319 --> 00:26:02.140
couldn't sleep very well. Shh. Why is that? It's

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:06.440
hard to rest when I know that Jules is suffering.

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:10.299
Serenade will be taking its toll again now. Night

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:13.339
has fallen outside of this place. We have to

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:17.519
make a move, sir. This plan, this party, it's

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:21.099
too passive, isn't it? I mean, to wait until

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:24.700
tomorrow to investigate. Isn't there something

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:28.099
we can do? Something more direct? I don't know.

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:31.779
What to do? You can't help your friend without

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:35.579
being at your full strength, Sean. Sleep is important.

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:39.980
You know that. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Kind of like

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:45.400
puts the sword down. But if everyone's starting

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:47.839
to wake up, then perhaps it's time for us to

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:52.819
make our move on the pigmen. Are you really sure,

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:57.789
sir? This is not what I would consider a... wise

00:26:57.789 --> 00:26:59.829
course of action. I don't want to question you,

00:26:59.869 --> 00:27:06.130
but... I'm open to suggestions, Tadpole. Don't

00:27:06.130 --> 00:27:07.529
seduce the pig man. I'm simply trying to help.

00:27:07.849 --> 00:27:13.230
Don't do that, please. It's icky, and I don't

00:27:13.230 --> 00:27:16.069
like it. I'm simply trying to use my strengths

00:27:16.069 --> 00:27:19.490
to help you and your friends. Yes, I understand.

00:27:19.690 --> 00:27:23.789
I appreciate that, sir. It's just... Well, I

00:27:23.789 --> 00:27:26.710
suppose we've committed. We should make the others.

00:27:27.089 --> 00:27:30.450
We should make a plan. Dresden, do you think

00:27:30.450 --> 00:27:32.890
you're awake already? Oh, God, yeah. Hell yeah.

00:27:33.029 --> 00:27:36.410
Yeah. Dresden's up just before dawn, just before

00:27:36.410 --> 00:27:38.569
first light comes up. It's actually night right

00:27:38.569 --> 00:27:40.910
now, so it's kind of a weird offset. You guys

00:27:40.910 --> 00:27:42.150
are waking up. Actually, right now it's about

00:27:42.150 --> 00:27:44.670
1030, I would say, at night as you guys are just

00:27:44.670 --> 00:27:47.210
got your eight hours. I'll amend it to say he's

00:27:47.210 --> 00:27:50.670
always up 10 minutes before he needs to be up.

00:27:50.769 --> 00:27:52.789
Hell yeah. How about that? Is this bed made?

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:58.420
Of course. Of course. Well done, soldier boy.

00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:02.559
He's no ragamuffin. Norman's, I think, already

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:04.440
awake as well, but kind of has already been engaging

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:07.119
in like a long, maybe 10 minute prayer to the

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:09.599
Sunweaver that, you know, very pious. You know,

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:12.400
his bed, of course, also made. He is an acolyte.

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:15.519
He takes things seriously. He's sort of leading

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.819
on the side of it as you kind of maybe knock

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:20.900
on the door and are invited in. Pushed through.

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:23.039
Dresden, I imagine, just fully geared up, all

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:25.819
ready to go. Oh, yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah. He's

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:28.279
the type that he's up early before everybody

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:30.880
else, and he's already sitting on his bed, dressed

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:33.440
and ready, just waiting for everybody to be up.

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.480
Just stone -faced. Yep. Staring at the wall.

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:39.019
Yep. Hoping that Ramin doesn't wake up and we

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:41.839
have an awkward 20 minutes while we wait for

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:43.700
everybody else. Literally, it's like you're sitting

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:46.400
on your bed and he's just praying. So maybe he

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:48.079
is kind of a weird... You're hearing this...

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:51.269
Oh, my God. like whispers, um, maybe not even

00:28:51.269 --> 00:28:53.130
in like, in like this main English, maybe in

00:28:53.130 --> 00:28:55.589
like, like, like Sangari, like the, the language

00:28:55.589 --> 00:28:57.890
of his world. Um, as he finally kind of like

00:28:57.890 --> 00:29:00.970
the door opens, uh, you turn your head. Ramin

00:29:00.970 --> 00:29:03.849
nods, stops his prayer and everyone gathers together

00:29:03.849 --> 00:29:07.509
in this room. Oh, before we get to anything else,

00:29:07.670 --> 00:29:11.670
Ramin doesn't look that good. Ah, Sereno has

00:29:11.670 --> 00:29:15.490
struck again. I would make you roll, but here's

00:29:15.490 --> 00:29:18.349
the thing. Ramin actually auto -passes his Sereno

00:29:18.349 --> 00:29:21.390
check. He only gains one point. Some meta knowledge

00:29:21.390 --> 00:29:28.569
for Steven. But he does look sick, though. And

00:29:28.569 --> 00:29:31.230
I'll tell you right now that Ramin, I didn't

00:29:31.230 --> 00:29:32.490
mention this on your sheet, and I'm glad to bring

00:29:32.490 --> 00:29:36.109
this up now, he already had three levels of exhaustion.

00:29:36.529 --> 00:29:40.150
Holy shit. So that guy's useless. Yeah, his initial

00:29:40.150 --> 00:29:42.599
gain of it. One point, and now another fourth

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:44.240
point for this knight. Oh, my God. This has been

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:46.759
two days. This is his third knight since he contracted

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:49.039
Sarah. When do you die of exhaustion? At ten.

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.019
Ten, okay. So it weighs off. And for him, because

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:53.759
he auto -passes for reasons... He's got six days

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.720
left. He's got time. Yeah. You don't know how

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.660
much you contract if you fail past the first

00:29:57.660 --> 00:30:01.160
check. Jules avoided that knowledge. But it could

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.960
have been very scary if he failed his check.

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:08.960
Now, let's discuss a course of action. I'm happy

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:12.980
to continue on with... The plan that I devised

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:19.279
previously. However, if I'm to put myself at

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:24.779
risk for this Jules, I'd like to know a little

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:29.019
more about him. Who is this man? What makes him

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:34.019
so special? Did you mean me with Ramin? What?

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.740
What did you mean, Steven? Oh, shit, I did mean

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:39.400
you. Okay. You're right. Okay. Actually, let's

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.880
put that, let's make sure it's in this. I had

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.920
to double check my character sheet. Let's make

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.460
sure it's in this because I forgot. Yes, no,

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:47.319
you have Jaune, you have, yeah. Yeah, so I didn't

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:49.059
tell you, Jeremy, you have four levels of exhaustion.

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:53.720
Ramin does. Burp, burp, burp. Jules is the most

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:57.079
noble man I've ever known. He's got a fireball

00:30:57.079 --> 00:31:02.640
of a mouth on him. But he always does what's

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:05.240
right, even if that means putting himself in

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:08.640
harm's way. I think Ramin actually might even,

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:11.460
like, step in, too, to offer his own kind of

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:15.880
POV on this. I'm not trying, Ramin. Huh? I'm

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:18.380
not trying Ramin's voice. No, I'll do it. What

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:26.380
is his voice? Oh, yeah. Yes, Dance and I met

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:28.500
Jules after we were offered a shot at sponsorship

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:31.819
in the Didn't Sing Night Market. A gnome named

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:34.839
Rune Rusong sought us out and offered us a place

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:38.019
in the market games. A sudden blessing that came

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:41.160
from pretty much out of nowhere. Jules, Zebulon,

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.359
and their sidekicks, he nods to Jean Franklin,

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:46.519
fought bravely and cleverly and defeated us in

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.960
the end. They then put their lives on the line

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:52.200
to save a family from a fire in the market and

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.380
investigated a murder. We helped a little. I

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:59.220
can't say that I know Jules well, but I like

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:02.829
him. I liked Zebulon. I saw them both as good

00:32:02.829 --> 00:32:06.470
people, unknowing allies of the great Sunweaver.

00:32:07.150 --> 00:32:09.589
Hey, roll me an insight check. Just Dresden,

00:32:09.670 --> 00:32:12.609
or? Both of you. It's not Jean, because he's

00:32:12.609 --> 00:32:17.430
stupid. Thirteen for Blanche. Just a five for

00:32:17.430 --> 00:32:20.329
Dresden. One second. Keep you on your toes a

00:32:20.329 --> 00:32:24.809
little. Oh, God. Blanche, you notice Ramin's

00:32:24.809 --> 00:32:28.589
eyes seem to, like, stray downwards in this last...

00:32:30.889 --> 00:32:33.650
Unknowing allies of the great Sunweaver. His

00:32:33.650 --> 00:32:37.470
almost like a little break in his voice and his

00:32:37.470 --> 00:32:39.450
eyes kind of trail downwards like there's something

00:32:39.450 --> 00:32:43.269
he's not saying. That's all. I'm trying to decide

00:32:43.269 --> 00:32:46.049
if I should press him on it. I think Blanche

00:32:46.049 --> 00:32:48.529
would think it would be rude. I think she's going

00:32:48.529 --> 00:32:50.990
to save that in her back pocket. Okay. Makes

00:32:50.990 --> 00:32:54.910
sense. Maybe bring it up later. Well, if you

00:32:54.910 --> 00:33:00.359
all and Blanche looks to John. believe this Jules

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:04.460
to be worth the risk, then I suppose I can't

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:09.640
back down now. He's my friend. And my luminary.

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:13.859
He is worth any risk, I assure you. He's the

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:19.119
real deal, sir. A hero. Then let's begin to make

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:23.180
a plan on how I'll get in to the pigman's palace.

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:30.440
And I... I have a friend who could help. And

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:36.460
as a ritual, Blanche begins to cast Find Familiar.

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:41.140
Holy shit! Oh, yeah. Whoa, I did not see this

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:47.339
coming. Oh, baby. Let's see. What shape is Blanche's

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:52.160
familiar going to take today? We will pick...

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:55.660
Oh, well. You didn't have this predetermined?

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:58.779
I wanted something like a mouse, and I'm looking

00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:01.480
now, and there's... I think he gives you a finite

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:05.519
amount of... There's rat or spider. I feel like

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:08.920
rat is too big. I feel like spider is too small.

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:11.719
Too spooky. Fair. Too spooky for our story. A

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:16.440
spider can get places, though. Well, how about

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:19.800
a bat? I like bats. Yep. They're the coolest

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:22.760
animal. So today, Blanche is going to summon

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:27.260
her familiar. in the shape of a bat. Okay. So

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:29.019
suddenly, like, right in the ceiling of this

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:32.239
cave, a bat appears, maybe, like, some shimmering

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:35.980
magic light just hanging off the ceiling, hanging

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:40.300
off of one of those wooden supports. Now, none

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.780
of us in the room know where the pig man lives,

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:45.380
right? I know Paloma. Paloma knows, and Paloma

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:47.619
also said that there's an agent on the inside

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:49.869
that can kind of, like, let you in. So the bat

00:34:49.869 --> 00:34:51.309
might be good for scouting out, though, when

00:34:51.309 --> 00:34:53.349
you do get there. Yeah, that's kind of the plan

00:34:53.349 --> 00:34:55.690
is for me to get there, do some scouting with

00:34:55.690 --> 00:34:59.269
the bat. When you're ready, if it's cool with

00:34:59.269 --> 00:35:00.809
you guys, I'm okay with just, like, shuffling

00:35:00.809 --> 00:35:04.510
you to the scene. Paloma can sort of tell you

00:35:04.510 --> 00:35:05.789
where it is, give you what you need to know.

00:35:05.969 --> 00:35:07.829
If there's any information you want, I can give

00:35:07.829 --> 00:35:09.489
it to you straight rather than running a whole

00:35:09.489 --> 00:35:12.130
scene about it. Who will take me to the scene?

00:35:17.090 --> 00:35:21.730
Jeremy, do you have anything else to... Negative.

00:35:21.969 --> 00:35:24.389
All right. I wasn't... Yeah, I mean, Dresden

00:35:24.389 --> 00:35:28.429
knows what has to be done, and he's just, he's

00:35:28.429 --> 00:35:32.030
at the ready. Yeah, so what is everybody else

00:35:32.030 --> 00:35:35.190
going to do, I guess? Is everyone just going

00:35:35.190 --> 00:35:38.050
to kind of like hide outside the palace? I was

00:35:38.050 --> 00:35:40.730
going to say, do you think, yeah. But I don't

00:35:40.730 --> 00:35:44.019
know if we should get close enough. Right. Like,

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:45.500
we need to just seem like we're not there at

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:47.199
all. Hell, I mean, like, if you're allowed in,

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:49.840
you could potentially enter, but only Blanche

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:51.480
could proceed to the pig man himself. You could

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:53.900
be in the building. If you're going in the cover

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:55.159
of night, that's kind of what you're led to believe.

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:59.199
Basically, what Paloma tells you is, well, an

00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:00.739
agent they have on the inside is going to bring

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:02.579
you in the servant's entrance, so you'll be kind

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.980
of far from where the pig man normally would

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.659
be. You could be in the building. So everyone

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:08.500
could go in, but Blanche is going to go and be

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:11.380
seen and be... The idea Paloma had in mind...

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:13.619
I'd feel much better about it if we were... All

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:17.159
in the vicinity. Yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah, Paloma's

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:21.360
idea is at exactly midnight, this servant is

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:25.000
instructed to open the door, let you in, everyone

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:27.320
else will be asleep, all the other staff, and

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.400
there's no guards. That's something Paloma made

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:33.400
sure to let you know. There are no, there's no

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:38.059
security, no guards of any sort at this structure,

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:42.000
the pig man's home, because, as she put it, why

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:45.980
would he need security? He's the pig man. Paloma

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:49.440
herself will not be joining you. She cannot leave

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.900
the underbelly of Salazar. Just too much heat

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:53.860
on her. She's basically been down here directing

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:55.760
things, but if she was to be seen on the surface,

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.840
the guards would catch her instantly. People

00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:00.380
would be after her. She is a known revolutionary,

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:05.460
a known danger to the Tresina. So it's all happening

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:09.440
from beneath the ground. All right. Let's get

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:14.000
into this shiz. I'm ready. All right. So what

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:16.360
can you tell us about this? I keep saying palace.

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:20.559
Is it a palace? Tell you what, let me describe

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:23.860
it. Let's say we cut to, you know, you guys are

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:26.420
maybe like standing outside in the shadows. You're

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:28.940
now in, when we get to this, we'll say it's around

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:32.239
midnight, around the chosen time. You are in

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:34.880
Fiesta Town, but off into the sort of residential

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.880
district, off into sort of a corner of the sort

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:40.039
of very, the party district, the tourist district

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:44.039
of San Sitian City. So here, there's not a lot

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:46.780
of street light, only the dim moonlight is shining

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:50.380
down, falling upon the sort of path leading up

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:53.820
to this great structure before you. You see this

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:55.440
building is quite unlike anything else around.

00:37:56.230 --> 00:37:58.389
You see that the pig man's home is just a single

00:37:58.389 --> 00:38:03.030
enormous story, wide and long. There are no windows

00:38:03.030 --> 00:38:05.750
set into the sides of the structure. And there's

00:38:05.750 --> 00:38:08.510
only two entrances, a large gate in the front,

00:38:08.650 --> 00:38:10.869
like large, like the kind of thing you'd see

00:38:10.869 --> 00:38:13.630
at the head of a castle. And then there's a smaller,

00:38:13.650 --> 00:38:17.030
more average -sized door in the back. The servant's

00:38:17.030 --> 00:38:19.829
door. Ramin is sort of standing behind you, shivering.

00:38:20.630 --> 00:38:26.570
So are you ready to go? The Serenno just like

00:38:26.570 --> 00:38:29.550
really drawing out his strength. Boy, is there

00:38:29.550 --> 00:38:35.389
somewhere else for you to be? I feel like you're

00:38:35.389 --> 00:38:39.309
going to waste away out here. Not for a few days.

00:38:39.449 --> 00:38:43.050
I can still be helpful for a few more days. Yeah,

00:38:43.050 --> 00:38:45.920
I was just going to say. Like, we should have

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:49.079
just left Romine back. He wouldn't let you. He

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:51.139
very fiercely wants to be here to be helpful.

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:53.039
Well, remember what happened last time Romine

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:58.099
stayed back? Zebulon died. Yeah. He's fiercely

00:38:58.099 --> 00:39:00.579
determined to be here despite whatever pain it

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:04.579
puts him in. Well, stay safe and stay out of

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:08.539
the way. You go where we tell you to go. Yes,

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:12.739
sir. I go where you tell me to go. Now, where

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:17.039
is this inside man? As you say that, you're standing

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:20.119
amidst some brush at the edge of the property.

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:23.920
You can see a crack of light forms to a square

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:28.900
shape, or rectangular shape, as a door opens

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:33.159
far ahead down the back path. There it is. Let's

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:37.159
go. You see a short, thin figure waving you in

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:39.199
as you rush towards. So you guys are moving in?

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:43.380
Yes, sir. Sandpiper at sunset. You're a member.

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:47.139
Adios, sir. And just drops down and charges forward.

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:49.219
We're right beside you. Stubbly runs in. Yeah.

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:54.559
Cutting across the grass. Dude, hell yeah. I

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:56.920
think you reach the end. He just, like, nods

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:58.719
to you as you're about to, like, enter into this

00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:03.739
place. For golden tides, sir. You approach a

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:07.159
brown, wrinkled face adorned with drooping white

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:10.840
mustaches. You see this bony frame is wrapped

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:13.710
in a pink floral apron. You were told this man

00:40:13.710 --> 00:40:16.590
is named Hector, and he is the pig man's personal

00:40:16.590 --> 00:40:20.130
chef. Very old man, who's worked for the pig

00:40:20.130 --> 00:40:23.050
man for quite a long time. You must be Hector.

00:40:24.110 --> 00:40:27.690
Yes, I am Hector, personal chef to the pig man.

00:40:28.269 --> 00:40:30.570
Please come in, come in, step in from the cold.

00:40:31.289 --> 00:40:36.090
Do we know why Hector is helping us? He is a

00:40:36.090 --> 00:40:38.690
revolutionary. Okay, then I'm just going to follow

00:40:38.690 --> 00:40:42.769
Hector. And then, is everyone coming in? Yes.

00:40:42.769 --> 00:40:46.349
Okay. Yep. Cool. You guys move in. Dresden's

00:40:46.349 --> 00:40:48.510
the last one out. Closing the door behind him.

00:40:49.530 --> 00:40:51.750
As you are sealed inside, you look around and

00:40:51.750 --> 00:40:54.969
see sort of the walls. Like I said, there's no

00:40:54.969 --> 00:40:56.809
windows. The walls are adorned with sort of magical

00:40:56.809 --> 00:41:00.869
lights that are set pretty dim. And you are standing

00:41:00.869 --> 00:41:04.730
in what looks like a sort of larger, almost warehouse

00:41:04.730 --> 00:41:08.429
for food supplies that feeds into a couple different

00:41:08.429 --> 00:41:11.239
hallways that lead out. Hector, what can you

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:16.019
tell us about the pig man? Well, not as much

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:18.699
as you would like. He's a bit of a mystery to

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:21.619
us staff. Friendliest person you'll ever meet,

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:25.420
but odd. He's gone basically all day, every day.

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:28.679
When he comes home, he consumes a frankly absurd

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:31.960
amount of food. Then retires immediately to the

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:40.110
pig pen. His personal gym. There he drinks and

00:41:40.110 --> 00:41:41.929
works himself to the point of unconsciousness,

00:41:42.010 --> 00:41:44.630
passes out in the ring, gets up in the morning,

00:41:44.750 --> 00:41:49.769
and does still again. And he never has any callers,

00:41:49.769 --> 00:41:54.869
any visitors, any ladies? I can tell you that

00:41:54.869 --> 00:41:56.889
he has never, in all the time I've worked here,

00:41:56.909 --> 00:41:59.349
brought home a partner for romance. People have

00:41:59.349 --> 00:42:03.110
tried, but he has never brought one back. I cannot

00:42:03.110 --> 00:42:06.190
tell you if you'll be interested in them. Turtle

00:42:06.190 --> 00:42:08.630
kind. You see, he's been, like, informed of the

00:42:08.630 --> 00:42:11.849
plan. He looks kind of bashful about it. Or even

00:42:11.849 --> 00:42:15.329
if he has any interest in women at all. I can't

00:42:15.329 --> 00:42:17.630
tell you. I can tell you he does not eat pork

00:42:17.630 --> 00:42:21.110
of any kind. To him, that would be akin to one

00:42:21.110 --> 00:42:25.150
of your folk using a turtle shell as a toy. Yes,

00:42:25.150 --> 00:42:30.429
I do think that would be quite strange. You were

00:42:30.429 --> 00:42:33.829
waiting to pull that one out. Fucked up. Bullshit!

00:42:37.869 --> 00:42:40.150
I can also tell you to be wary of mentioning

00:42:40.150 --> 00:42:43.429
the crimes of Marfil. Some have tried, and it

00:42:43.429 --> 00:42:46.190
has only ever angered the pig man. He doesn't

00:42:46.190 --> 00:42:49.230
seem to believe these lies, or at least he acts

00:42:49.230 --> 00:42:53.929
like he doesn't. Also, do not take off his mask.

00:42:54.130 --> 00:42:56.110
Do not reach for the mask. Do not touch the mask.

00:42:56.190 --> 00:43:00.250
Just don't. These are the hard rules. And the

00:43:00.250 --> 00:43:05.489
pig man is now in his pen? Yes, he is in the

00:43:05.489 --> 00:43:15.070
pig pen. Will you prepare for me a snack, a meal,

00:43:15.150 --> 00:43:19.210
to take to the pig man? Already done. And he,

00:43:19.210 --> 00:43:22.989
like, bustles into the next room, steps out holding

00:43:22.989 --> 00:43:25.829
this, like, steaming tray. I think he's got,

00:43:25.889 --> 00:43:28.869
like, a couple, like, tacos in a holder. And

00:43:28.869 --> 00:43:33.309
when I say a couple, I mean 20. He's got just

00:43:33.309 --> 00:43:37.210
this full tray. It is around time he would want

00:43:37.210 --> 00:43:40.079
to eat. He likes to be awoken to consume more

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:41.460
calories in the middle of the night. He says

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:45.940
it's good for the muscles. Do I have enough time

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:51.079
to... And Blanche summons her familiar. Do a

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:54.679
bit of scouting. By all means. He kind of gestures

00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:59.099
down the hallway. Okay, so Blanche is going to

00:43:59.099 --> 00:44:06.670
sit down and... use her familiar to see through

00:44:06.670 --> 00:44:11.489
its eyes. Give me one second to, like, yeah.

00:44:11.610 --> 00:44:13.530
While your familiar is within 100 feet of you,

00:44:13.570 --> 00:44:15.349
you can communicate with it telepathically. Addition

00:44:15.349 --> 00:44:17.130
is an action. You can see through your familiar's

00:44:17.130 --> 00:44:18.909
eyes and hear what it hears until the start of

00:44:18.909 --> 00:44:22.750
your next turn. So we're going to do that. Okay.

00:44:22.829 --> 00:44:27.889
She's going to see and sense the building here

00:44:27.889 --> 00:44:30.369
through the eyes of her familiar within 100 feet.

00:44:31.130 --> 00:44:32.800
You... So you're basically sending the filler

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:36.360
ahead to fly, or... Do we have a map? Uh, no.

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:39.239
Ah. No, they'll have the building. Okay. Then

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:40.820
I feel like this won't be very helpful. Maybe

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:42.199
I'll just put that in my back pocket. It actually

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:44.900
might not be as unhelpful as you'd think. Okay.

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:48.360
So I'll say this. You turn, you go down a hallway,

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:51.079
you kind of curve, and, like, as you curve, you're

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:52.480
turning back, so the hundred feet, you're still

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:54.440
well within your radius. You're passing maybe

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:57.199
some servant rooms and, you know, side buildings,

00:44:57.380 --> 00:45:01.389
or side rooms for whatever, like... cleaning

00:45:01.389 --> 00:45:04.869
or cooking or more storage, this and that. And

00:45:04.869 --> 00:45:07.670
you kind of leave these backgrounds behind. The

00:45:07.670 --> 00:45:09.550
first thing that you notice as you kind of push

00:45:09.550 --> 00:45:11.909
through an open doorway into, I guess, what you

00:45:11.909 --> 00:45:14.030
might call the main part of the building, there's

00:45:14.030 --> 00:45:16.829
an immediate distinguishing feature, which is

00:45:16.829 --> 00:45:19.849
that the main part of the building has these

00:45:19.849 --> 00:45:24.610
wide, tall hallways. It's much more expansive,

00:45:24.750 --> 00:45:28.429
much larger than the back wing where the servants

00:45:28.429 --> 00:45:32.659
are. You are struck by the sense as well of almost

00:45:32.659 --> 00:45:35.579
like condensed functionality. While this place

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:37.820
is wide and tall, the rooms that surround you

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:40.179
are tight together and generally light on decker.

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:44.280
There's one dining room, single chair, a lounge,

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:46.460
a bedroom, doors open, furniture looking brand

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:49.900
new and untouched. I think you have to wonder

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:52.940
how this building can be so large when so much

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:55.440
of what you'd expect to see is accounted for

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:57.849
here. And you also note that the servant section

00:45:57.849 --> 00:45:59.670
of the building that you pass through was nicer,

00:45:59.769 --> 00:46:02.050
prettier, and just generally more full than the

00:46:02.050 --> 00:46:05.130
pig man's actual sort of main hall. And it's

00:46:05.130 --> 00:46:07.409
short. You reach the end of this shorter hall.

00:46:07.510 --> 00:46:11.110
You pass these doorways, these rooms, and you

00:46:11.110 --> 00:46:14.389
reach a large set of double doors. Sort of akin

00:46:14.389 --> 00:46:17.150
to the entrance of a castle. A stand at the hall's

00:46:17.150 --> 00:46:20.449
end and that stand open. And I think you're nearing

00:46:20.449 --> 00:46:24.250
the end of your 100 feet as you peer out into

00:46:24.250 --> 00:46:29.019
this room. You peer out into the pigpen. You

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:33.719
see a massive, open gym. Larger than any banquet

00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:37.039
hall you've ever been in, ever seen. Magical

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:38.719
lights, much like those that line the halls you

00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:41.059
pass through, are set to shine a dim, soothing

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:44.340
blue along the walls and ceiling. You see one

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:46.639
wall is covered with climbing holds. You see

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:48.760
weights practically lie everywhere. The size

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:51.610
of many are akin to the wheels of wagons. You

00:46:51.610 --> 00:46:54.050
see acrobatic bars hang down from the ceiling

00:46:54.050 --> 00:46:56.750
in a number of places. There's a pool set in

00:46:56.750 --> 00:46:58.849
the floor in the back, long and made for back

00:46:58.849 --> 00:47:01.630
and forth laps. Almost any sort of exercise gear

00:47:01.630 --> 00:47:04.510
or athletic gear you can think of is contained

00:47:04.510 --> 00:47:08.050
within this room. And at the room center stands

00:47:08.050 --> 00:47:11.650
a simple lucha libre ring, hexagonal in shape

00:47:11.650 --> 00:47:15.829
and about 30 by 30 feet. It is surrounded halfway

00:47:15.829 --> 00:47:19.389
around by rows of stands. A smaller version of

00:47:19.389 --> 00:47:21.670
the great Marvel arena that stands not far from

00:47:21.670 --> 00:47:23.469
this place where the pig man was supposed to

00:47:23.469 --> 00:47:26.389
fight dance earlier this day. In the middle of

00:47:26.389 --> 00:47:29.949
this arena, a shadowed form lies in the ring,

00:47:30.070 --> 00:47:33.570
surrounded by bottles and snoring deeply. And

00:47:33.570 --> 00:47:34.989
you can't really get any closer, but you can

00:47:34.989 --> 00:47:38.349
just see this figure. Can you hear? I think you

00:47:38.349 --> 00:47:40.369
choose one or the other, right? I could be wrong.

00:47:41.230 --> 00:47:43.210
Yep, you can see through your familiar's eyes

00:47:43.210 --> 00:47:44.969
and hear what it hears. So yeah, you just hear.

00:47:53.769 --> 00:47:57.570
It's loud, sort of snorting snores. Well, she

00:47:57.570 --> 00:48:00.130
knows the way to go. There will be no surprises

00:48:00.130 --> 00:48:03.590
when she gets there. She will call her familiar

00:48:03.590 --> 00:48:08.030
back, return it to its pocket dimension, grab

00:48:08.030 --> 00:48:13.250
the quote -unquote snack, and make her way to

00:48:13.250 --> 00:48:15.409
the pig pen. Nothing actually even just says,

00:48:15.510 --> 00:48:17.789
like, feel free to tell the pig man that I sent

00:48:17.789 --> 00:48:21.170
you. It's all right. He won't fire me. Marfil

00:48:21.170 --> 00:48:25.519
can't get him to fire me. I'm a very good cook,

00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:28.539
is your wink. I'm very impressed, Hector, as

00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:32.099
she smells the tacos. They smell amazing. Really

00:48:32.099 --> 00:48:35.019
strongly seasoned, but like, ooh. Damn, Hector.

00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:41.559
You're making your move. Yeah, when she approaches

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:47.480
the pig pen in a loud voice, she calls out, Master

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:54.489
Pigman, I have your snack. Yeah. So, like, you

00:48:54.489 --> 00:48:55.869
step in, you're in the hallway, you step into

00:48:55.869 --> 00:48:58.610
the room, you hear, like, this, like, this thing.

00:49:00.090 --> 00:49:01.769
And you just, like, immediately start talking,

00:49:01.789 --> 00:49:08.050
you just hear it go. Snore cuts off. Like sniffing

00:49:08.050 --> 00:49:13.409
in the air. You a fan? Or an assassin? Or both?

00:49:14.250 --> 00:49:16.849
Believe it or not, I've had a few. Signed my

00:49:16.849 --> 00:49:18.690
autograph on their full -body cast after all

00:49:18.690 --> 00:49:23.059
was finished. The big ear. Sort of starts to

00:49:23.059 --> 00:49:25.500
pick himself up from the middle of the ring.

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:29.599
Not aggressive, more jovial. And you see the

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:33.840
pig man. You see huge bright brown eyes staring

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:36.780
at you from a pink pig mask. This like fillers

00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:38.719
use the material to give the mask sort of a vague

00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:42.800
pig snout shape. And it's not like, it's cute,

00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:44.760
it's silly. It's not as terrifying as you might

00:49:44.760 --> 00:49:47.500
imagine a pig mask could be. Like it's supposed

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:51.710
to be like kid friendly. The pig man's head just

00:49:51.710 --> 00:49:53.929
sits somewhat leaning and offset on these broad,

00:49:53.949 --> 00:49:56.010
rolling shoulders, and you see a body that is

00:49:56.010 --> 00:49:59.150
just massive, muscular to the point of ridiculous,

00:49:59.289 --> 00:50:02.610
a veritable wall of meat, standing at around

00:50:02.610 --> 00:50:07.329
11 feet tall. Oh, holy shit. Holy shit. Did we

00:50:07.329 --> 00:50:09.510
know he was 11 feet tall? Whoa. I mean, you're

00:50:09.510 --> 00:50:11.869
walking through the hallways and you see these

00:50:11.869 --> 00:50:14.739
gigantic... Sure, but just like... You know,

00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:18.199
in the canon of the Radiant Citadel, people know

00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:19.679
that he's 11 feet tall, I assume? I think people

00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:21.500
see him on the network, and it's kind of one

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:22.900
of those things where, like, he looks big, but

00:50:22.900 --> 00:50:24.380
no, it's got to be a trick of the... And then

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:25.860
you see him in your life, and you're like, holy

00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:28.780
shit. He's well known, but I think it's not believed

00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:30.940
until you really see... Because, like, he's so

00:50:30.940 --> 00:50:33.119
grand and imposing. Until you see him in person,

00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:35.619
you don't believe the big man. Yeah, there's

00:50:35.619 --> 00:50:39.659
no way we're fucking... And you see all this

00:50:39.659 --> 00:50:41.880
giant wall of me is all contained in a tight

00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:49.579
pink wrestling singlet. Fantasy spandex. I'd

00:50:49.579 --> 00:50:54.739
hope to avoid the cast, Master Pigman. Hector

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:59.360
let me in. I'm certainly a fan. Oh, all right.

00:50:59.780 --> 00:51:03.239
Come on over. He kind of waves you. I think he's

00:51:03.239 --> 00:51:04.559
standing up, and as you kind of start to move

00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:06.739
over, you just hear him. He sits down in the

00:51:06.739 --> 00:51:08.460
ring kind of aggressively, and the whole thing's

00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:11.860
like, boom! As he just drops into the center,

00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:15.079
the floor shakes. And he just leaves like, he's

00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:16.719
like, you know, sitting in the center, leaving

00:51:16.719 --> 00:51:18.860
kind of an open spot for you, his legs kind of

00:51:18.860 --> 00:51:21.579
left open where you could drop a tray. And he's

00:51:21.579 --> 00:51:24.460
just kind of waiting patiently, kind of his large

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:29.239
brown eyes sort of watching you. As she, as Blanche

00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:33.619
hands him the tray, she says, to be honest, Master

00:51:33.619 --> 00:51:39.280
Pigman, I'd like to be your sidekick. Oh, oh,

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:46.519
oh, wow. Oh, hang on. He just grabs like three

00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:49.480
in one hand and just shoves them and just eats

00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:53.820
them, licking his fingers. Well, I'm flattered.

00:51:54.159 --> 00:51:57.860
You look probably tough. I actually haven't seen

00:51:57.860 --> 00:52:00.900
one of you turtles before. Turtle, right? That's

00:52:00.900 --> 00:52:05.019
the... Turtle, yes, Master Pigman. Yes, we're

00:52:05.019 --> 00:52:10.880
quite tough. It's kind of like head leans to

00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:16.289
a side, eyes take you in. Yeah. You're a fighter.

00:52:16.989 --> 00:52:19.949
I can see it. Well, thank you, Master Pigman.

00:52:20.730 --> 00:52:24.170
Unfortunately, I don't really assign my own sidekick.

00:52:24.230 --> 00:52:26.469
I could put a word in, but that's, you know,

00:52:26.530 --> 00:52:28.449
that's Marfil. That's the guys upstairs. Oh,

00:52:28.550 --> 00:52:31.469
I see, I see. Yeah, yeah, you know, keep me on

00:52:31.469 --> 00:52:33.449
a short leash, but you know how it is. Well,

00:52:33.449 --> 00:52:36.289
give me some pointers. How does one get in good

00:52:36.289 --> 00:52:39.690
with Marfil, then? Oh. I mean, you, yourself.

00:52:39.909 --> 00:52:43.920
I mean, this is all very impressive. Oh, hey,

00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:46.539
hey, come on, don't flatter. Hang on. He just

00:52:46.539 --> 00:52:48.099
sort of reaches over. He grabs, like, a bottle

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:50.119
of wine that's sort of spilling out on the arena.

00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:56.059
Just... I hope that wasn't your last bottle.

00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:58.860
And she reaches and grabs the bottle of wine

00:52:58.860 --> 00:53:01.719
that she got from Paloma. Oh, shit, yeah! And

00:53:01.719 --> 00:53:05.039
just snatches it. You want a split, or...? I'll

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:07.980
have a swig, of course. I'll just do you first.

00:53:08.159 --> 00:53:11.619
And she takes a swig of wine. A reserved swing.

00:53:12.019 --> 00:53:17.739
Swig. Not taking swings. As you offer it, he

00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:25.579
takes a very unreserved swig. This is a treasure.

00:53:25.739 --> 00:53:28.800
This is pleasant. It's nice to meet a fan. A

00:53:28.800 --> 00:53:33.340
fighter fan. Yeah. Those pointers. I don't think

00:53:33.340 --> 00:53:36.300
you finished your thought. Huh? About Morphel?

00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:40.199
Morphel. Kind of like almost vaguely looks around.

00:53:40.380 --> 00:53:43.590
Kind of blinks a little bit. Like, the thought's

00:53:43.590 --> 00:53:47.849
just gone from his mind. Huh. Does Blanche have

00:53:47.849 --> 00:53:51.630
any reason to believe that that was magical?

00:53:52.150 --> 00:53:54.530
Give me an insight check. How about an arcana

00:53:54.530 --> 00:53:58.210
check? You can do both. Okay. Wow, we're being

00:53:58.210 --> 00:54:03.210
very generous. Roll some dice! It's a dirty 20

00:54:03.210 --> 00:54:09.900
for insight. Just a 14 for... With a 14, you

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:11.559
don't have any reason to believe. Nothing really

00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:13.699
seemed to, like, nothing seemed to shadow over

00:54:13.699 --> 00:54:15.739
his eyes. Nothing seemed to, like, almost abruptly

00:54:15.739 --> 00:54:19.539
change his demeanor. It realistically, and with

00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:21.380
that insight check, this kind of confirms it,

00:54:21.440 --> 00:54:25.380
it seems like he's just not very smart, to put

00:54:25.380 --> 00:54:28.300
it lightly, to put it, like, softly. He's just,

00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:31.059
like, he just already forgot what he was talking

00:54:31.059 --> 00:54:32.800
about. And he's just, like, very one -track,

00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:34.639
very just kind of, like, he's just this kind

00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:37.170
of dumb jock. And actually, now that you're sitting

00:54:37.170 --> 00:54:40.110
with him, there's something almost childish about

00:54:40.110 --> 00:54:42.269
the pig man. I mean, the way he talked about

00:54:42.269 --> 00:54:44.849
Marfil, almost like a child talking about their

00:54:44.849 --> 00:54:47.670
dad, like, oh, you know, I can't go out. Dad

00:54:47.670 --> 00:54:51.030
will ground me. It's weird. But, like, you came

00:54:51.030 --> 00:54:53.230
in here wondering if he's with Marfil, if he's

00:54:53.230 --> 00:54:54.610
like the bad guy. With the Dirty 20 insight,

00:54:54.789 --> 00:54:57.789
I think your initial inclination is that maybe

00:54:57.789 --> 00:55:02.230
he really doesn't think Marfil's bad. And maybe...

00:55:02.739 --> 00:55:05.320
he's just been so trained and he's so single

00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:07.400
-minded that it's just, you know, it's like a

00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:09.739
kid being told his parents are serial killers,

00:55:09.960 --> 00:55:12.019
you know? Mm -hmm. Not gonna believe it. All

00:55:12.019 --> 00:55:17.619
right. And I'll let him continue. Oh. Yeah, yeah.

00:55:17.780 --> 00:55:19.440
Oh, yeah, yeah, sidekick. You wanted to be a

00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:22.360
sidekick. Um, yeah, you gotta go to Marfil about

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:24.800
that, but, I mean, I could, I mean, I don't really

00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:27.519
know you, but I could put in a word. I haven't

00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:30.460
had a sidekick before. What do they do? Well,

00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:34.269
uh... If I was your sidekick, Master Pigman,

00:55:34.369 --> 00:55:38.409
I would have your back. I would be not just your

00:55:38.409 --> 00:55:41.190
combat partner, but your friend, your confidant.

00:55:42.070 --> 00:55:45.369
Oh, I mean, it's a good offer, but if I'm being

00:55:45.369 --> 00:55:47.289
honest, I mean, I'm worried that if someone else

00:55:47.289 --> 00:55:48.889
is around when I'm fighting, I might, you know,

00:55:48.909 --> 00:55:52.650
I might kill them. Not on purpose, Matt. It's

00:55:52.650 --> 00:55:55.210
just, you know, it's easy to hurt people when

00:55:55.210 --> 00:56:00.199
you're... Well, perhaps we could... Train together

00:56:00.199 --> 00:56:05.739
and find out. Huh. Huh! He almost, like, rolls

00:56:05.739 --> 00:56:07.760
back onto his back, and he's staring at the ceiling,

00:56:07.880 --> 00:56:11.340
kind of scratching at his pig nose. Ah, but,

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:15.960
alas, it may be too late for a friendly wrestling

00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:19.079
match. Oh, no, no, not too late at all. In fact,

00:56:19.159 --> 00:56:22.340
actually, you might know this. Earlier today,

00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:24.019
I was supposed to have this big, exciting match,

00:56:24.179 --> 00:56:25.820
right? And he gets up. He's, like, almost, again,

00:56:25.940 --> 00:56:30.159
very childish, very energetic. Oh, this old wrestling

00:56:30.159 --> 00:56:32.960
partner of mine, or enemy, Demi Lich. He was

00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:36.940
good. I liked him. Well, his sister, Dance, she

00:56:36.940 --> 00:56:38.440
was going to take me on in the ring. She didn't

00:56:38.440 --> 00:56:41.380
show. I was so bummed. It was going to be great.

00:56:42.619 --> 00:56:45.800
But, but, but, but, but. You must have. puts

00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:48.760
an arm, a hand on his arm or, or whatever. You

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:51.719
must have so much pent up energy. I do. I do

00:56:51.719 --> 00:56:55.619
have so much pent up energy. Oh man. Uh, I mean,

00:56:55.619 --> 00:57:00.440
we could, if we spar, if you can show me you're

00:57:00.440 --> 00:57:03.340
worth something, I could put you up to Marfil.

00:57:03.400 --> 00:57:05.739
I mean, you know what? You know what? There's

00:57:05.739 --> 00:57:09.039
this, uh, so again about the match I have, I,

00:57:09.119 --> 00:57:10.980
I got a, there's this big old party tomorrow,

00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:13.440
right? And I was going to bring the winners to

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:15.659
the match if they beat me to the party, you know,

00:57:15.679 --> 00:57:17.940
as guests, because Marvel didn't like it very

00:57:17.940 --> 00:57:21.320
much. But, you know, sometimes I do my own thing,

00:57:21.360 --> 00:57:24.519
I get in trouble. But I could bring you. I mean,

00:57:24.579 --> 00:57:25.900
I don't think they'll mind. You're just somebody.

00:57:26.099 --> 00:57:28.860
I mean, I'm sure it's fine. Well, that, wow,

00:57:29.039 --> 00:57:31.840
I would be Master Pigman. I would be honored

00:57:31.840 --> 00:57:34.659
to go to the party with you. And his eyes sort

00:57:34.659 --> 00:57:37.380
of set hard suddenly, like almost like dropped

00:57:37.380 --> 00:57:40.760
down, just like, sure. But you're going to have

00:57:40.760 --> 00:57:48.280
to beat me. Have to beat him? Wait, do you have

00:57:48.280 --> 00:57:50.460
friends? There was supposed to be four earlier.

00:57:51.619 --> 00:58:00.139
God damn. I'm out. I'm out. Friends, well, well,

00:58:00.139 --> 00:58:03.880
sure. I mean, I have friends. Don't you have

00:58:03.880 --> 00:58:08.599
friends? Oh, I mean, everyone's my friend, right?

00:58:08.969 --> 00:58:12.090
All the worlds, all my fans, they're my friends.

00:58:12.150 --> 00:58:15.389
That's right, Master Pigman. Yeah. And how about

00:58:15.389 --> 00:58:17.530
this? Please, just call me Pigman. Just Pigman's

00:58:17.530 --> 00:58:20.389
fine. Pigman, Pigman, since we're friends now.

00:58:20.949 --> 00:58:24.349
Oh, wow. I mean, I'd like to think of you as

00:58:24.349 --> 00:58:30.750
a friend. If we do this friendly match, I'm still

00:58:30.750 --> 00:58:34.809
looking for an inside scoop, perhaps for each

00:58:34.809 --> 00:58:38.969
round, you say. You can tell me a little something

00:58:38.969 --> 00:58:42.510
about Marfil that might help me with my resume.

00:58:43.150 --> 00:58:47.610
Oh. A little inside scoop to give me the edge

00:58:47.610 --> 00:58:51.130
over all the other applicants, I'm sure. I mean,

00:58:51.150 --> 00:58:54.710
wouldn't you like me to be the top applicant?

00:58:54.929 --> 00:58:58.230
I want a deception check. Ooh. I'm willing to

00:58:58.230 --> 00:59:02.190
take disadvantage on my passive insight because,

00:59:02.250 --> 00:59:06.090
again, he is really naive. Okay, I'm going to...

00:59:06.349 --> 00:59:08.710
I'm going to use a button as well. We're going

00:59:08.710 --> 00:59:11.869
to double up on this. I need to pass this roll.

00:59:12.030 --> 00:59:21.849
Holy shit. 18. Well, Marfil does like to talk

00:59:21.849 --> 00:59:24.030
about Marfil. If you know a lot about Marfil,

00:59:24.090 --> 00:59:26.130
they're going to like you. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:59:26.170 --> 00:59:28.750
I could tell you a few things. Nothing too sensitive,

00:59:28.849 --> 00:59:32.050
mind. I'd get in trouble. But, yeah, I could

00:59:32.050 --> 00:59:37.639
tell you some things. Well, that's great. Um,

00:59:37.639 --> 00:59:42.420
how about I meet you back here in, is ten minutes

00:59:42.420 --> 00:59:44.920
too long with my friends? I think I can get them

00:59:44.920 --> 00:59:47.579
here in time. Oh, yeah, that's really fast. Holy

00:59:47.579 --> 00:59:52.900
shit. Okay, yeah. Um, he stops again. You seem

00:59:52.900 --> 00:59:56.860
tough, but let's be straight. The guys I was

00:59:56.860 --> 00:59:58.940
going to fight today are seasoned. I knew at

00:59:58.940 --> 01:00:02.800
least that I wouldn't, to be, you know, frank

01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:05.230
and honest and all that. Break them in half in

01:00:05.230 --> 01:00:07.889
a moment. There's a lot of stuff around here.

01:00:07.989 --> 01:00:09.849
If you want to put me at ease, if you could prove

01:00:09.849 --> 01:00:11.769
yourselves, you know, prove at least you got

01:00:11.769 --> 01:00:15.269
some strength in you. Use the equipment. Put

01:00:15.269 --> 01:00:18.090
on a little show. And if you can show me that

01:00:18.090 --> 01:00:20.630
you're strong enough, I'll step in the ring.

01:00:21.369 --> 01:00:25.309
Right? Very well, Pigman. And enjoy the rest

01:00:25.309 --> 01:00:30.380
of your tacos. And I'll be back shortly. You

01:00:30.380 --> 01:00:32.920
turn away and just hear like a, there's shells

01:00:32.920 --> 01:00:35.340
flying, hard shell pieces flying everywhere.

01:00:35.559 --> 01:00:41.219
Bits of lettuce. I know, I know he's just stupid,

01:00:41.300 --> 01:00:45.119
but part of me feels like he's luring us all

01:00:45.119 --> 01:00:49.820
in there as well. I don't get that sense. Not

01:00:49.820 --> 01:00:51.880
enough to not go in there. Right. We have to

01:00:51.880 --> 01:00:53.420
go in. Yeah. Or else something's going to be

01:00:53.420 --> 01:00:55.000
fishy. But we definitely have to be cautious.

01:00:55.079 --> 01:00:58.099
But yeah. Yeah. And even like, it sounds like,

01:00:58.119 --> 01:00:59.780
you know, hey, it's a fun little thing, but he

01:00:59.780 --> 01:01:01.699
said himself like, hey, I really don't want to

01:01:01.699 --> 01:01:05.179
accidentally kill you. So it's not like safety,

01:01:05.219 --> 01:01:08.099
even if he's fully genuine, it's not like death

01:01:08.099 --> 01:01:11.000
isn't on the table potentially. Right. Because

01:01:11.000 --> 01:01:13.260
when you're... Because he's 11 feet tall. In

01:01:13.260 --> 01:01:15.199
the heat of battle and you're strong as fuck.

01:01:15.940 --> 01:01:17.639
That's why he's trying to make sure you guys

01:01:17.639 --> 01:01:22.599
are up to snuff. All right. Blanche is going

01:01:22.599 --> 01:01:26.760
to go back to... The kitchen, the chef's quarters,

01:01:26.880 --> 01:01:30.519
the servant's quarters, and... It's already over.

01:01:30.800 --> 01:01:35.780
Did you do the thing? Ew, gross. We're going

01:01:35.780 --> 01:01:42.619
to fight the pig man. What? Excuse me. Um, yes,

01:01:42.719 --> 01:01:46.719
please excuse him. And me. What? In order to

01:01:46.719 --> 01:01:49.980
secure my spot at the party, the pig man wants

01:01:49.980 --> 01:01:53.420
to wrestle us. He was supposed to get a melee.

01:01:54.280 --> 01:01:58.579
earlier today, but it was canceled on him. And

01:01:58.579 --> 01:02:04.139
I promised him makeup. You were supposed to wrestle

01:02:04.139 --> 01:02:08.440
with him, not us. I like this idea better, actually.

01:02:08.619 --> 01:02:11.519
Honestly, a lot better. I'm terrified out of

01:02:11.519 --> 01:02:15.059
my shell, but I mean, I like this idea much better.

01:02:15.159 --> 01:02:20.920
The best tactical plan is a flexible one. Gross.

01:02:21.389 --> 01:02:28.909
Again. You were supposed to wrestle him. Hector.

01:02:29.789 --> 01:02:31.989
Hector's laughing his ass off. You don't suppose

01:02:31.989 --> 01:02:37.610
this is some sort of trick or trap? No. This

01:02:37.610 --> 01:02:40.449
is classic big man. I should have expected this.

01:02:41.110 --> 01:02:44.610
He was very disappointed tonight. He only ate

01:02:44.610 --> 01:02:47.829
half his dinner. Still a full table, but... Well,

01:02:47.949 --> 01:02:51.670
I told him I'll be back in ten minutes. with

01:02:51.670 --> 01:02:55.550
friends. A party of four. We have to prove our

01:02:55.550 --> 01:03:00.289
mettle to him, and if we seem tough enough, he

01:03:00.289 --> 01:03:03.769
will agree to our wrestling match. Very well.

01:03:03.849 --> 01:03:07.090
I will come to ref the match, if it were, as

01:03:07.090 --> 01:03:10.730
it were. That seems, uh, that seems reasonable.

01:03:11.110 --> 01:03:14.610
And they'll bring snacks. Snacks, yes. So we're

01:03:14.610 --> 01:03:17.090
proving ourselves. It should be no trouble for

01:03:17.090 --> 01:03:20.329
me. I imagine the brute here will be fine, but...

01:03:20.769 --> 01:03:23.869
John looks over at Ramin. We may have a problem

01:03:23.869 --> 01:03:30.550
with our fourth. Oh, I'm sorry. Well, there may

01:03:30.550 --> 01:03:33.969
be a way to gain ourselves advantage. Yes, he's

01:03:33.969 --> 01:03:39.030
a button. Sorry. Hector, have you ever seen the

01:03:39.030 --> 01:03:43.710
pig man eat to a point of... Have you ever seen

01:03:43.710 --> 01:03:47.769
him eat himself into a stupa? Hmm. I'm going

01:03:47.769 --> 01:03:50.210
to roll a d20 about this. In fact, you know what?

01:03:50.809 --> 01:03:53.190
Put the D100, roll it over there, tell me what

01:03:53.190 --> 01:03:54.889
you got. I want to see what we get on that D100.

01:03:55.150 --> 01:03:56.570
All right, I'm rolling it in the box. This is

01:03:56.570 --> 01:03:59.030
a luck die, because this is an interesting idea.

01:04:01.150 --> 01:04:07.429
36. No, not that I've seen, no. He seems to just

01:04:07.429 --> 01:04:10.929
eat and eat and eat. He doesn't seem to go anywhere,

01:04:11.070 --> 01:04:15.670
and it never seems to fill him. Damn. All right,

01:04:15.670 --> 01:04:16.989
well, I'm not going to waste a bunch of time

01:04:16.989 --> 01:04:20.679
down that rabbit hole. Well, then we'll have

01:04:20.679 --> 01:04:24.480
to do it the old -fashioned way, boys. Let's

01:04:24.480 --> 01:04:27.760
see if Ramin can prove himself to the pig man

01:04:27.760 --> 01:04:31.800
and see if he'll accept our challenge. Holy shit.

01:04:32.380 --> 01:04:35.340
Let's do what we gotta do. And so you all move

01:04:35.340 --> 01:04:37.800
down the halls. You see exactly what the bat

01:04:37.800 --> 01:04:40.579
saw. Exactly what... What's the bat's name? Bat

01:04:40.579 --> 01:04:44.099
have a name? If he does, at least not yet. Give

01:04:44.099 --> 01:04:49.760
the bat a name. Yeah. Chandelier. We're going

01:04:49.760 --> 01:04:51.960
with Night Scream for now because that's a Transformer

01:04:51.960 --> 01:04:54.880
from Beast Machines. Anyway, you're moving down

01:04:54.880 --> 01:04:59.420
the hall. Here's an emo kid Transformer. It was

01:04:59.420 --> 01:05:01.719
great. Anyway, you're moving down the hall and

01:05:01.719 --> 01:05:04.460
you move into the larger portion. You move towards

01:05:04.460 --> 01:05:08.300
the gym and you see as you step in, the first

01:05:08.300 --> 01:05:09.940
thing you notice is those dim blue lights along

01:05:09.940 --> 01:05:12.679
the walls are now bright white lights. The whole

01:05:12.679 --> 01:05:15.550
thing is... lit up. There's like a great spotlight

01:05:15.550 --> 01:05:17.909
shining down right on the ring and the pig man

01:05:17.909 --> 01:05:21.070
is standing in it, just full height, hands all

01:05:21.070 --> 01:05:25.469
sort of crossed, big smile, kind of sizing you

01:05:25.469 --> 01:05:27.929
all up. And again, you step in and just like,

01:05:28.010 --> 01:05:32.789
it's like this monstrous towering figure. Oh,

01:05:32.949 --> 01:05:35.590
hey there. Wow, you do have a lot of friends.

01:05:36.309 --> 01:05:39.230
How's it going? Ooh, these are all mean. And

01:05:39.230 --> 01:05:44.679
just kind of like, well, we'll try. I was telling

01:05:44.679 --> 01:05:48.980
your friend here, well, she wants a fight. And

01:05:48.980 --> 01:05:52.079
I love a little spar myself. But I need to see

01:05:52.079 --> 01:05:55.639
that you guys can handle it. Because I'm a little

01:05:55.639 --> 01:06:00.000
strong. So there's a lot of equipment around.

01:06:00.699 --> 01:06:03.420
You guys want to show me what you can do? And

01:06:03.420 --> 01:06:04.119
we'll call it there.