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Roll for initiative. All right, Pants People,

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you're up. So here's your options. You can either

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dodge action like a chump, like a coward, and

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not engage with our social media, our Discord,

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all that stuff at all, or you can commit full

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assault, get in there, get on our Instagram,

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our Facebook, our Discord. What else we got?

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Instagram? I said that one already. We got TikTok.

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I don't know. Go do that stuff. It's cool. We're

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doing things all the time. We're working on a

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YouTube eventually. We'll get there. But yeah,

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check us out, Pants People, and thank you so

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much for listening. See you guys the best. Uh,

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your turn's over. It's a new year today when

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this episode is airing. You know that? A new

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year. Yeah, by the time this airs. Oh, yeah.

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Oh, shit. Wait. I think this is coming out on

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New Year's Day. Oh, yeah. This is the New Year's

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Day. New Year's Day. So I think it's time, gentlemen,

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for a new Fancy Pants. Do something new in our

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show. You know what that is? You know what that

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is? Tagline? Holiday Boys. No. It's politics.

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We're getting political in the pants. I... Oh,

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yeah. Nope. Oh, yeah. Get ready. Get ready for

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this, okay? Because we... What color are your

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pants, David? As a nation. Nay. We as a people

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have a big problem, Jeremy. You know what that

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is? Do you know what that is, sir? I'm afraid

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of what you're going to say. I'm not going to...

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We simply do not have enough respect. for Kung

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Fu Panda. Now, I sat down with my meat pie last

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night, and I didn't watch the Abed on Control

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Christmas episode of Community. I watched the

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first Kung Fu Panda film instead, and it is a

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film. It is a beautiful film. Really good movie.

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Fucking great movie. Steven, we have enabled

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this way too much. Do you want me to get the

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timer up? Do you want to get the timer? I don't

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know if everyone's ready for the timer. Look,

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look, look, look, look, look. You better not

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start talking before I pull the timer up. Fine,

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you know what? Pull the timer out. Yeah, I got

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it. Okay. We're talking about a movie with just,

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like, some incredible kung fu choreography. A

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movie about a bear that self -actualizes and

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then kicks ass, right? This is a movie about,

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like, imposter syndrome. Poe's entire journey

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is honestly beautiful. And, like, there's this

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whole... Okay, if you haven't watched the movie,

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don't listen to this part. But there's this whole

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bit where there's a scroll that's supposed to

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tell him all the secrets of how to become this

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kung fu legend, right? And when they find the

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scroll, it's totally blank. And, like, you know,

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what's that mean? Is there nothing? Is there

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no secret? That's the thing. There is no secret

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because what is in the scroll is like partially

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reflective parchment or like fabric. And when

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he realizes he looks into it, he sees himself

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and he realized there is no secret. It's just

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him. It's just me. And then he fights the final

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battle just being himself. It's amazing. Like

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he fights in a style only Poe can fight. And

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it really showcases how someone, like you said

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with Zebulon, anybody can be a hero. Anyone can

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be special if they just believe in what they

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bring to the table. And like the villain, oh

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my God, I don't want to get into the villain

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right now, but the villain in the movie has a

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fantastic character arc as well. Lots of drama.

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Really, really, really good movie. One minute

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and two seconds. Okay, well, cut two seconds

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of that. All right, so that's politics. What

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do you guys want to talk about? Huh? Yeah. Wow,

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geez. Yeah, that threw me way off. You didn't

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expect it? That's because it's the new Fantasy

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Pants. You know what to expect. Wham, bam, we're

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on the side. We're on the edge. We're behind

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you right now, pants person. Boom, tap your shoulder.

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You can't silence me! 2024, more David on muted

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mic. I like this new direction we're going. How

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dare you? How dare you, sirs? I think the New

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Year's resolution thing is a little overplayed,

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a little overhyped, blah, blah, blah. But we

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haven't really talked about this outside of the

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table, so I'll be a little interested to see

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maybe what you guys... Oh, you're going to throw

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me off guard, too? Oh, damn. It's not that big

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of a deal, I don't think. It's the new pants!

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What do you guys want to see for Fantasy Pants

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in 2024? Man. Okay. Hear me out. Go ahead. Fine,

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I'll go. You go first, David. I think there's

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a chance that within the year 2024, we'll finish

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the Sansatyan arc. Jesus. Maybe. Yeah, maybe.

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That goes hand in hand with my hopes. And that

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is for us to reach level five. Level five in

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2024 would be nice. Hence, people, let's make

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this happen. We're going to launch this campaign.

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A campaign to get us to level five. Canvas the

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streets, everybody. Level economies in shambles.

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Stephen, what's up? I'm going to give you a little

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sort of... Peak Beneath the Fly, something we're

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kind of working on. Oh, baby. It's not a huge

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deal. It'll be fun. But if you watch us on social

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media, hopefully at some point in 2024, we're

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going to start to put up some different video

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content. So maybe you can see our faces a little

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bit more frequently as we play the game here.

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You're welcome, in my case. So that's what I'm

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looking forward to in 2024 for Fantasy Pants.

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I apologize for Steven. Yeah, it's going to be

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fun. Yeah. Sorry. You get to see David acting

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like this. It's a good resolution, though. It's

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a good resolution because it's going to be so

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cool to have more. It's not a resolution. Resolutions

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never work. True. That's a good goal? Plan? Plan.

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Sure. These are plans. Let's open up the thesaurus.

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We're going to level up to five. We're going

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to get some fucking videos of me and my face.

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At least two out of those three things are certainly

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going to happen. Guys, we are moving into the

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climax of this arc. All joking aside, Sunset

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Town is nearly over. We are at the cusp of the

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end. And believe me when I say shit's about to

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get so real and so hot so fast. So you two in

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this room, Danny on the floor, and listeners,

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wherever you may be, in your cars, at your work,

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hold on to your pants. Put a belt on. Tighten

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that shit. Because I'm going to try to blow your

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pants right off. You guys ready? Shut up. You

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guys ready? I'm wearing overalls, so I'm ready.

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I'm wearing jeans with a fairly tight belt. Then

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you're ready. All right, let's hit that sirenscape.

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Bringing this guy back again because I liked

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it last time. It's very ominous. I was digging

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it. I was digging it. Ominous is good because

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it is currently 8 o 'clock p .m. A great resurrection

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magic has just swept across the world of Sansatyan.

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The armored guard all throughout the population

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on Hill stand at attention. The red light yet

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glows within their helmets. Their steel plate

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bodies standing firm. To the unknowing eye, they

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would seem as staunch and reliable a guard as

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ever. But to us, to our players, to their characters,

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to the knowing, their frozen state may be obvious.

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8 o 'clock p .m. And Dresden pushes towards the

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meeting chamber too. Jean Franklin by his side,

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and I'm assuming Dresden even formed the tortle

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of just who was waiting for you beyond this doorway?

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Of course. 8 o 'clock p .m., and Blanche Trudeau

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is making her move. Please describe the first

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actions you make, just the very first, as the

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armored guard become locked in place. She unlocks

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the door and runs down the hall to the staircase

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to go upstairs. Holy shit. And we... are moving.

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Start with you, Dresden. You stand outside the

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door, hand out reach about to open it, and then

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Jean puts a hand up to stop you. Wait, what?

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Look, I've thought a lot about my conversation

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with Samuel, and there was an implication in

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his words. He boasted of his wife's contacts,

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many important people from many worlds. He said

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they could assist me, grant me power over my

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own world, and I think... I think he let slip

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that many of the people at this very party are

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involved in this group. What do you think is

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happening? Do you think he's been a prisoner

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to these people? Or a part of them? What is waiting

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for us inside? I don't know exactly what's waiting

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for us. But at the moment, I'm not afraid of

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going in there. The fact that everybody's involved

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doesn't surprise me. And he reached out. Nobody

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else did for any other reason. He's the odd one

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out here. It's true. Dresden, you've been aware

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of these people for a long time, right? You lived

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with Samuel. Unfortunately. I know it's not exactly

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my nature, but I'm going to stand at the back.

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I'll let you do the talking. I don't know how

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to tread carefully in these dangerous waters.

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You just stand ready for anything. Aye, aye,

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soldier. And with that, do you move into the

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room? Yes. You push the door open, and right

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now you see it's a good time. As you kind of

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turn to look back, everyone is generally gathered

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at the edge of the terrace, looking out. Looking

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down as the lights begin to spread throughout

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the city. A magnificent, beautiful sight, and

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a perfect distraction. The armored guard you

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see are frozen and far away. You don't know for

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how long. But this is a window, and you're going

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to take it. You push into the darkened room.

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As you enter, the first thing you see is Eatsman

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close by the door. His spectacled eyes sort of

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take you in, and he rushes you inside. Please,

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please, come quickly before they see. Okay. You

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step into the room. I think we just see an outside

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exterior shot as a door closes. behind you. Blanche,

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you're moving down the hallway, moving into the

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entrance hall. The armored guard stands at attention

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at the door, and you simply push past him. It

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does not react. It does not move. It does not

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stir. You don't know if it sees you. You don't

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know. But right now, the path is clear, and the

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stairs are just before you. You make your way

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up. Yep, up the stairs, down the hall to the

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door that she knows to be Eastman's office. At

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the very top of the stairs, another guard stands,

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the patrol that roams that hall. We need to move

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by very carefully in your form of turbo. But

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now you move past it again up to the office door.

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I mentioned this last time. This door is fully

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sealed to the bottom. This door is locked on

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the inside by a bar. And... You took the time

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to purely investigate, and you took your time

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to investigate this door in particular. Because

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you spent time on that, I did reveal that this

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door is warded. There's a glyph of warding beneath

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the door. You can make it out. You don't know

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how far it goes into the room. You can tell,

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I believe, just from what you can see of it,

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that it is an explosive glyph. If you are to

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step upon it within the borders of this glyph,

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it will explode. Okay. It is a secondary measure

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to catch intruders. You have a few things in

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your way, the bar door, the glyph. What do you

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want to do? To start, I'm going to initiate the

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plan that we came up with. Well, for you listeners,

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it was last week. For us, it was yesterday. So

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if you did give me any feedback about our plan,

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sorry, I didn't get it yet. I do have knock prepared,

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so I think that... Not could be arguably used

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here, but... You know that the manor is largely

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soundproofed. Yeah, but if you're generous enough

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to let me do this cockamamie bullshit, then we'll

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go ahead and do... I like it. I don't think it's

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cockamamie at all. I think it's totally within

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the rules. Okay. You have every element ready.

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Yeah, okay. Then we're going to cast Mage Hand

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and use it through the eyes of Turbo. The...

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AG5 that's in the hall that Blanche is standing

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in? Yeah. How far away is that AG5? This AG5

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is probably about 50 feet away from you. Okay.

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What happens if she goes over to it and tries

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to move it? Huh. I think it's heavy. It's almost

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like rigor mortis that kind of locked into place.

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You could move it, but it's going to take effort.

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Shit. Well then. Given Blanche's arcane knowledge,

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if the glyph was triggered, Would it be dispelled

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or would it activate again if somebody else stepped

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on it? I'll say that looking at this glyph, if

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it triggers, it will be deactivated. Okay. Then

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she's going to try to get this AG5 onto the glyph.

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Wow. Okay. Okay. Holy shit. Okay. Interesting.

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This is going to cost a little bit of time, but

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you're going to sort of grab this thing and start

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trying to pull it? Yeah. Pull it. Drag it. I

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was kind of hoping that it would, like, zombie

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walk, but it doesn't seem like that's going to

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happen. It's, yeah, they're pretty, it's more

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like a dragging. It's kind of, like, locked into

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its current state. I think you respect the pig

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man a little more as you realize, like, how heavy

00:14:21.610 --> 00:14:23.250
this thing is. And he just juggled three of them

00:14:23.250 --> 00:14:25.710
earlier. But go ahead and make an athletics check

00:14:25.710 --> 00:14:27.549
to see how fast this gets done. I think it's

00:14:27.549 --> 00:14:30.769
well within your ability to pull. Sure. But,

00:14:30.830 --> 00:14:32.950
like, speed -wise, speed's important right now.

00:14:34.889 --> 00:14:37.970
That's single digits. That's a four total. You're

00:14:37.970 --> 00:14:40.409
struggling with it. You can't just get it over

00:14:40.409 --> 00:14:43.950
to the door. And you can sort of like knock it

00:14:43.950 --> 00:14:45.570
over and push it onto the glyph if you want.

00:14:45.929 --> 00:14:47.669
But it took longer than you would have liked.

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Certain DCs I'm going to be rolling are now increased.

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Fuck. Yeah, all right. I mean, that's, yeah.

00:14:55.450 --> 00:14:58.590
She'll push it over onto the glyph. Okay. You

00:14:58.590 --> 00:15:02.179
push that over. You know things are largely soundproof.

00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.899
There could be some sound that escapes into the

00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:06.340
party, but everyone's distracted. There's still

00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:10.879
music. So when the fire erupts all over the glyph

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and this armor gets hit hard, I think you see

00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:18.940
that it looks fairly badly damaged, not wholly

00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:21.720
destroyed. The AG -5? Yeah. It didn't land right

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.500
on the core, so it just blasts right into the

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:25.480
armor, right through the chest, leaving kind

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:29.070
of a hole. If it gets up, it will be... Hurt,

00:15:29.070 --> 00:15:32.129
for sure. Okay. Well, I guess that's maybe good.

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Probably good. Certainly good. You, like, bow

00:15:34.809 --> 00:15:37.929
away as this explosion rocks the hallway, and

00:15:37.929 --> 00:15:41.909
you look back. The glyph is gone. All right.

00:15:42.330 --> 00:15:44.509
She's going to get to work. Climbing over the

00:15:44.509 --> 00:15:47.409
suit that now lies in the doorway, you move into

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the room. Another suit of armor lingers in this

00:15:50.049 --> 00:15:53.169
room, standing at the far wall. Turn back towards

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you, red light glowing, fully frozen. You look

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around, and you see, again, there's, like, tools

00:15:59.009 --> 00:16:01.169
alongside the walls. As far as, like, out in

00:16:01.169 --> 00:16:03.070
the open, you know there's nothing to be seen,

00:16:03.110 --> 00:16:04.649
but you've been thinking a lot. You've seen this

00:16:04.649 --> 00:16:06.289
room already through the eyes of your familiar,

00:16:06.370 --> 00:16:08.389
and you know whatever you want to go to, you

00:16:08.389 --> 00:16:11.049
know where it is immediately. Yeah. There's a

00:16:11.049 --> 00:16:13.490
very juicy -looking filing cabinet, file cabinet,

00:16:13.750 --> 00:16:16.549
whatever, pretty close to the door among this

00:16:16.549 --> 00:16:18.610
sort of back wall in between the door and the

00:16:18.610 --> 00:16:23.200
small end table that holds the urn of Rosa. You

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.120
also see there's a number of, like, shelves kind

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.700
of hanging out above some of the tables, probably,

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:30.500
like, where ingredients or products made by Yitzmin

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:34.740
may linger. Okay. If given those two options,

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:37.659
we'll start with the juicy filing cabinet. It's

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:40.860
close. You move over, you grab the cabinet, and

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:46.340
you slide it open. Flashback. Whoa! What? What?

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:51.350
Flash. Back. Here's my button. Give me that button.

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What are you doing? Holy fuck. You mad son of

00:16:53.389 --> 00:16:55.889
a bitch. What's happening? Paloma, I'm expecting

00:16:55.889 --> 00:17:00.730
that we'll see some pretty damning evidence there

00:17:00.730 --> 00:17:05.410
in the manor. I'd hope you would. That would

00:17:05.410 --> 00:17:09.490
be incredible. In order to help your cause, I'd

00:17:09.490 --> 00:17:12.369
like to know if the resistance has a recording

00:17:12.369 --> 00:17:19.210
diamond that we could borrow. That's pretty good.

00:17:19.970 --> 00:17:23.029
That's pretty good. And honestly, I think it's

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wholly reasonable that they would have at least

00:17:25.309 --> 00:17:28.509
one. I will not ask for a roll. You gave me your

00:17:28.509 --> 00:17:34.289
butt. Baby! Paloma smiles at this. Now I like

00:17:34.289 --> 00:17:37.650
the way you think, Blanche Trudeau. Takes a drag

00:17:37.650 --> 00:17:40.509
off her cigar and produces from her pocket, her

00:17:40.509 --> 00:17:43.710
very own pocket, a recording diamond. All right.

00:17:43.829 --> 00:17:47.029
You just take good care of her, eh? I'll, uh...

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.819
I'll make sure there's something juicy on that

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:51.240
for you. I hear they have juicy filing cabinets

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:58.579
up on the hill. I heard that too. So with the

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recording diamond in one hand, her second hand

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:05.039
flipping through papers, and then her mage hand

00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:07.900
helping her to flip through papers, Blanche is

00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:11.119
going to start flipping through the filing cabinet.

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You see inside there's copious notes and journal

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:17.549
entries. organized with various schematics, various

00:18:17.549 --> 00:18:20.049
things. They're all just meticulously organized,

00:18:20.190 --> 00:18:23.869
very cleanly written. You're a fast reader, so

00:18:23.869 --> 00:18:26.190
you can scan over all the names, all the titles

00:18:26.190 --> 00:18:29.089
of these files, and you just immediately sort

00:18:29.089 --> 00:18:31.009
of absorb them. I mean, you're a wizard. It just

00:18:31.009 --> 00:18:33.369
makes sense, right? Your life is books. I also

00:18:33.369 --> 00:18:35.049
have a better idea where I think it would be

00:18:35.049 --> 00:18:37.250
cooler if the mage hand was holding the recording

00:18:37.250 --> 00:18:39.809
diamond, so Blanche with two hands is just fucking

00:18:39.809 --> 00:18:43.670
filing through. That's so cool. One thing you

00:18:43.670 --> 00:18:45.650
notice that these files are connected by lines

00:18:45.650 --> 00:18:47.710
of magic that feed into the back of the cabinet.

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And I'll say that you can recognize that if they

00:18:50.789 --> 00:18:53.009
are drawn too far away as another failsafe, they

00:18:53.009 --> 00:18:55.130
will essentially burn. They will just destroy.

00:18:55.410 --> 00:18:56.910
I don't think she even needs to take them out.

00:18:57.029 --> 00:18:57.990
Okay, yeah, you don't. You know what I mean?

00:18:58.049 --> 00:18:59.069
Just want to make sure that's out there because

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we were like, well, why didn't you just grab

00:19:00.150 --> 00:19:01.569
the file? Sure, sure. There's a reason you can't.

00:19:01.569 --> 00:19:04.009
So you're looking through, you see that. Now,

00:19:04.069 --> 00:19:05.910
the question is going to be where you start because

00:19:05.910 --> 00:19:08.049
now I'm going to talk about a mechanic that we're

00:19:08.049 --> 00:19:10.109
going to be using right now. As you investigate,

00:19:10.250 --> 00:19:12.450
as you go and scan certain things, time's already

00:19:12.450 --> 00:19:16.349
passed a fair bit. Every second matters. These

00:19:16.349 --> 00:19:19.769
guards will activate. And you don't know when.

00:19:20.029 --> 00:19:22.750
I don't know when. Because I'm rolling checks.

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Every time you investigate something, I'm going

00:19:25.309 --> 00:19:27.990
to roll a check to see if they activate. That's

00:19:27.990 --> 00:19:30.970
fucking brutal. It's brutal. That's fucking brutal.

00:19:31.289 --> 00:19:33.849
But this is a cool -ass plan. You're going through

00:19:33.849 --> 00:19:35.029
it so much faster because you're recording it.

00:19:35.049 --> 00:19:36.609
So what I'm going to do is say... With two hands.

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You can look at two things. Per check. Two potential

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:44.559
leads. Okay. Now, let me tell you what these

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.940
leads might look like. Because as you go through,

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you do see a number of names or people or projects.

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A few of these tabs stick out at you. Big time.

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Donya Estella. Heard of her. Pigman. In parentheses.

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:06.880
Goltan. Whoa. Ooh. Tlacatacolo. In parentheses.

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:12.759
Serapio. Okay. Armored Guard Model 5. Calypsania.

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:19.839
Jules LaRoche. Zebulon Brass. Hmm. Don't need

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:22.279
to look at that one. Okay. So you're asking me

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:26.480
which... Yeah. Oh, fuck. I will ask you which.

00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:29.019
When we get back to you. Oh, okay. Because we're

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:31.740
going to Jules again. Sorry, Dresden again. Jules

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:34.180
in the desert. He's sick. Dresden. I wasn't prepared

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:38.029
for this. This was not supposed to be our scenes

00:20:38.029 --> 00:20:43.109
tonight. Holy shit. Okay. You step into the room.

00:20:43.910 --> 00:20:47.869
It's been, uh, basically as, as you move in,

00:20:47.950 --> 00:20:50.569
he like moves the door and gently, very carefully

00:20:50.569 --> 00:20:54.470
closes it and slides over to the lock, clicks

00:20:54.470 --> 00:21:01.690
it. I think we should be okay. Did anyone see

00:21:01.690 --> 00:21:04.950
you come in? Do you think anyone saw me come

00:21:04.950 --> 00:21:13.039
in? This is your place. I... Is it? Start talking.

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:17.940
Prison. They've been using me. Keeping me a prisoner

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:22.099
here in this manor. Donya Estella has me watched

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:26.980
at all times. Controls my creations. The AG -5.

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:30.759
They serve her. He's sort of moving towards the

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.220
back of the room now, and you see it's just like

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:34.240
any other, the other rear room you saw Jean Franklin

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:36.220
in. Small sort of table in the middle, like a

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:38.299
desk, two chairs on either side, a place for

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:40.579
people to do business. You realize, again, it's

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:42.119
soundproofed. It makes sense why it would be.

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:44.579
This is a place where people would want to get

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:46.640
to make perhaps shady deals. They wouldn't want

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:49.720
to be overheard. They want to be protected. You

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:52.200
also see one difference is that this room has

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:54.640
a doorway in the back that must lead deeper into

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:58.039
the manor. Eastman sort of moves to the far backside

00:21:58.039 --> 00:22:00.640
of the room and sits down at the desk, almost

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:06.980
like sweating, nervous. This is our chance. We

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:09.299
need to get out of here tonight. Do you know

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:12.940
Paloma, the resistance? Can you take me to her

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:16.160
tonight? What makes you think I can trust you?

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:19.700
He's trying to think like nervous or sweating.

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:21.779
I sort of lost. You better give me something

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:28.619
good. The Sereno. I know. I know what it is.

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:33.779
What? Not here. If I give you that information,

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:40.559
you won't take me away. Paloma hears everything.

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:43.599
Jean lingers in the back of the room, sort of

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:47.380
close to the door, standing ready. Dresden manifests

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:52.380
his echo behind him. He whirls around at this?

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.369
Behind me. Oh, okay. He looks over your shoulder

00:22:56.369 --> 00:22:58.829
at this and sees this thing and his eyes go wide.

00:22:59.650 --> 00:23:04.769
What? What is... Tell me. This is not a threat.

00:23:05.430 --> 00:23:09.549
I just don't trust you yet. He almost seems distracted.

00:23:10.269 --> 00:23:14.369
His eyes lingering on the echo. A magic that

00:23:14.369 --> 00:23:19.170
perhaps this genius of magical artificery has

00:23:19.170 --> 00:23:23.400
never before seen. His mouth is sort of just

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:28.480
slack -jawed. What is it? What is that? How did

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:32.700
you make that? He makes the echo disappear. The

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:44.460
demon is a person changing at night. Who? I don't

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:50.509
know. Blanche. David. What do you choose to look

00:23:50.509 --> 00:23:53.970
at first to record? If you're recording quickly,

00:23:54.210 --> 00:23:57.109
you won't read everything immediately. Sure.

00:23:57.210 --> 00:24:00.809
That's the one downside. Okay, that's fair. I

00:24:00.809 --> 00:24:03.930
do think that it's probably more valuable to

00:24:03.930 --> 00:24:06.130
record the information than to take it in. Yeah.

00:24:07.670 --> 00:24:11.170
I split it into high priority and low priority.

00:24:11.410 --> 00:24:13.470
Let me make sure that I have all the pieces.

00:24:13.890 --> 00:24:16.890
Yeah. These are the three on my high priority

00:24:16.890 --> 00:24:21.559
list. Serapio. Danya, Stella, AG5. Then on my

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:25.059
low priority list, Pigman, Jules, Zeb. Did I

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:28.819
miss anybody? Calypsania. Wasn't Calypsania the

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:33.779
AG5? No. Oh. It's a name that, actually, I guess

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:35.220
there's no reason why it would really stand out

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:39.160
to you. It just seems like it's, that file seems

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:41.980
important in its placement. Everything else is

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.700
alphabetically organized. This one sits at the

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:49.750
far back. Oh, shit. Fine, I'll do that one first.

00:24:49.829 --> 00:24:52.049
I was going to roll, but that just seems like

00:24:52.049 --> 00:24:55.410
it's out of the ordinary. Right, right. All right,

00:24:55.430 --> 00:24:59.390
so we'll do Calip whoever first. Okay. Wait,

00:24:59.490 --> 00:25:02.630
I mean, we've heard that name. Did we? Yes, we've

00:25:02.630 --> 00:25:05.450
heard that name before. These characters haven't,

00:25:05.450 --> 00:25:07.509
but the other characters would be aware of it.

00:25:07.529 --> 00:25:11.190
That's what, yeah. Calypsania was mentioned by

00:25:11.190 --> 00:25:17.940
Zavar. Oh, Calypsania. Oh, shit. Wow, yeah. Damn,

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.940
Jeremy. That was pretty fucking good. Well, you

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:24.000
already... Button? You know what? Yeah, you got

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:28.619
a button. That's pretty good. You seemed confused,

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:31.380
and I'm like, I know we've heard that name before,

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:34.319
and I didn't connect it all the way back to Zavar.

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:36.160
I didn't connect it to specifically where it

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.420
came from. You've heard it a few times, actually.

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:40.059
It's come up in a couple of Jules flashbacks.

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:43.660
Yeah. And thankfully, I said that after you selected

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:47.089
that one to go first, because... our characters

00:25:47.089 --> 00:25:49.829
didn't know right yeah there you go okay let's

00:25:49.829 --> 00:25:52.630
let's go with calypsania first and then i'll

00:25:52.630 --> 00:25:55.589
i'll roll for the the next one because i just

00:25:55.589 --> 00:25:57.009
i just fucking can't you get through the time

00:25:57.009 --> 00:26:00.430
so do you get this one so you go you flash your

00:26:00.430 --> 00:26:02.049
recorder over it as you scroll the back really

00:26:02.049 --> 00:26:03.670
quick you pull this out bring the quarter over

00:26:03.670 --> 00:26:05.890
it and as you do i'll say a few words strike

00:26:05.890 --> 00:26:11.880
you matriarch black dragon Oh, cool. Funny. You

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:14.680
see that very quickly. That's awful. Okay, great.

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:18.099
All right, now I'm going to roll for the other

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:21.559
three. AG5, Dania, Stella, Serapio. I'll go alphabetical

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:25.700
order. A is one. Reroll fours. That's a four.

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:33.059
Three, so Serapio. Serapio. Okay. You scroll

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:36.180
over it. You just see just like... Very quick

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:38.380
flash of information, just the words as you're

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:44.059
using your camera. Zavar. Awakened. Serenno.

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:48.779
Rosas. Mostly that's all you see. I already know

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.859
all that. But yeah, you know, there may be more

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:54.180
amongst it. Sure. All right, now I'll do... Well,

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:56.940
I guess I have to roll the investigation check

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:59.720
first. I'm going to roll something. Okay. You're

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.140
not doing checks. Oh, God, I don't like that.

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:04.400
Your... Between rolls, I'm going to roll. Oh,

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:06.579
right. Yes, yes, yes. I get two bits of information,

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.200
then you do a roll to see if they come back,

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.920
and then I get two bits of information and back

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:12.119
and forth. Okay, great, fun. Now, it took you

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:14.279
a while to get that armor. It's not a good athletics

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:16.599
check. So I'm going to have a bit of a higher,

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:19.660
or I guess I should say a bit of a lower DC for

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:22.440
this roll than I had initially planned. We'll

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:26.740
see if you get anything else. He was about to

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.079
roll twice, but he only rolled once. So that

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.819
means it was either a really good result or a

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.599
really bad result. I thought I had advantage,

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.079
but no, it's just a lower. I was thinking, like,

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.299
do I have advantage of the roll? No, it's lower

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:38.279
DC. So I had a weird brain fart moment. The armors

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:43.339
do not move. Okay, fucking sweet. Okay, AG5 is

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:45.579
going to be odds. Donya Estella is going to be

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:50.279
evens. Hell yeah. That's even six. Even six.

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:55.299
Reach out for the Donya Estella page. Dresden.

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:01.799
What's Dresden doing on the Donya Sala page?

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:07.980
What fun tonight. He doesn't know. Oh. And as

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:10.759
far as Dresden knows, I mean, I guess you do

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:13.700
know that apparently his child is this thing.

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:15.319
You don't know it's the Rapio. Blanche has not

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.460
been able to share that information with you.

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:22.079
But you do know Itzman's son is the demon. Jules

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:25.579
uncovered that from Miskin. You know that Itzman

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:29.160
just lied to you. That's right. Well, thank you,

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:31.720
benevolent DM, for pointing that out. Yeah, of

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:34.220
course. There's so much information in this arc,

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.519
and I can't expect to remember everything you

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:41.119
guys know. It's totally fair. Dresden re -manifests

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:48.779
his echo. Try again. I don't understand. What

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:58.609
is this? Try again. A long, long pause. Then

00:28:58.609 --> 00:29:02.230
Ichbin reaches up, pushes his glasses up higher

00:29:02.230 --> 00:29:06.309
up the bridge of his nose. His eyes settle into

00:29:06.309 --> 00:29:11.430
dark pools. His mouth firms. Posture straightens.

00:29:12.390 --> 00:29:16.970
My apologies. I thought you would be unintelligent.

00:29:17.250 --> 00:29:23.000
My mistake. I am Ichbin del Prado. Of course,

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.720
I know all about you, Dresden. I've been in frequent

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:30.579
contact with your former master, Speaker Cirilla.

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:34.779
Samuel may be a blundering idiot, but the Leza

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:39.259
family, they have been invaluable to me. You

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:42.140
see, he kind of pulls out a sending stone from

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:44.200
his pocket, puts it down the table. You see the

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:46.599
strange sort of carvings around the mouthpiece.

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:51.500
And I think you remember that night. The night

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:53.640
that started all of this for you, when Serla

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:55.759
received a message on her sending stone from

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:59.160
a contact on Sansatian, telling her about the

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:01.940
assault on Jules. The voice there was, there

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:04.700
was no character to it. It was monotone. But

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:06.839
as you see the etchings in this stone, you realize

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:11.000
it's just a facet of this particular relic. And

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.779
you know the voice on the other end was Itzmin

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:16.220
del Prado. If I look around, can I see that we're

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:19.819
the only ones in the room? You can. Jaune's like,

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.980
Eyes are kind of going wide. He's sort of like

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:24.640
braced, trying to reach for a spear and kind

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.519
of like holding strong, waiting for your word.

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:32.079
So, what now? What are you going to do? Scream

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:35.119
out to the partygoers outside? Even if they could

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.759
hear you through these walls, it wouldn't matter.

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:42.359
Puppets. All of them. And I hold the strings.

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:46.799
I own the voters. I own the trust now. I own

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:49.509
this world. You think yourself in a position

00:30:49.509 --> 00:30:52.470
of power because you have a war pick. Armor.

00:30:53.029 --> 00:30:55.549
You're strong and you have mysterious magics.

00:30:56.210 --> 00:31:00.410
That's not power. Dresden, please sit. We should

00:31:00.410 --> 00:31:06.970
discuss power. Dresden doesn't budge. I would

00:31:06.970 --> 00:31:11.269
prefer not to have a scene. It would be an embarrassment

00:31:11.269 --> 00:31:14.450
to my company. I have a lot of investors here

00:31:14.450 --> 00:31:17.069
at this party. People I have not worked with

00:31:17.069 --> 00:31:21.940
before. Not everyone here serves the Horned Lord.

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:26.359
I was hoping to catch you all, one by one throughout

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:30.000
the night, take you in. You were kind enough

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:32.440
to come and join me here. I would like to pay

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:37.039
favor to that. I do not wish to harm you, but

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:41.279
I need to know. Where is Paloma? Where are the

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:45.960
rats hiding? Tell me. There's one standing right

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:49.359
across from me. And the rest are outside that

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:54.880
door. Smart and funny. Fine. Then we'll do this

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:59.519
the hard way. The door behind him opens as he

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:04.079
makes a gesture. And you see one of these strong

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:07.579
servants, men in full garb, is currently holding

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:13.759
Ramin Rasool. A dagger held to his neck, Ramin's

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:16.599
hands bound behind his back. What the fuck are

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:21.579
you going to do? Blanche, back to you. Oh, God.

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:25.160
Blanche doesn't know there's a meeting. Blanche

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:30.559
doesn't know there's a meeting. So, Donya Stella,

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:32.940
what can you tell me about her? You open the

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:37.559
Donya Stella page, and I think you just scan

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.039
through the diamond. You see various things.

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:49.789
Servant, fraud, criminal. Okay. And AG5. AG5.

00:32:49.789 --> 00:32:54.970
Most of this page is sort of specs, and you see

00:32:54.970 --> 00:32:58.230
a number of schematics for the AG5. You see some

00:32:58.230 --> 00:33:00.450
of the more inner workings of them. If you can

00:33:00.450 --> 00:33:02.369
observe this later on, you may have some benefits

00:33:02.369 --> 00:33:04.950
while combating them, if you can read it fully.

00:33:05.049 --> 00:33:07.230
But you do see, I think, one very quick tidbit

00:33:07.230 --> 00:33:12.230
at the bottom. The AG5, all of the AG5 are primarily

00:33:12.230 --> 00:33:15.599
controlled. by Yitzmin Del Prado himself. They

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:18.440
serve only Yitzmin and his commands. They will

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:21.740
attack who Yitzmin deems an enemy. Okay. What

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:24.799
would it cost me to read into this a little bit

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:29.559
more? Time. Okay. But you... Keep going. You

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:31.059
could get out of here and, like, not be in front

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:32.859
of these guys and read afterwards. That's always

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:35.740
a possibility, too. Sure. Because you have pictures.

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.579
We're saying, like, essentially, I imagine, because

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:39.400
you can record via the diamond. You can also,

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:41.339
like, take essentially still frame pictures of

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.880
the diamond to look at, too. So I imagine that's

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:44.339
kind of what you're doing is, you know, it's

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:47.460
like an old, like, reporter in a, you know. Right.

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:49.019
Exactly. Old detective serial is going through

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:51.460
and taking, like, flash images of each file.

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:56.930
Okay. So. If I wanted to either cast or prepare

00:33:56.930 --> 00:33:59.809
a spell or something like that, that has a casting

00:33:59.809 --> 00:34:02.410
time of one action, is that going to make a significant

00:34:02.410 --> 00:34:07.930
difference in my time here? No. Okay. Then I'm

00:34:07.930 --> 00:34:11.150
going to cast Alter Self and change my appearance

00:34:11.150 --> 00:34:18.909
to Itzman Del Prado. Oh, shit. Wow. Oh, shit.

00:34:18.929 --> 00:34:23.590
That's cool. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Not bad, right?

00:34:23.809 --> 00:34:26.030
That's really good. Not bad. That's really good.

00:34:26.530 --> 00:34:30.469
You take these two images, and very quickly,

00:34:30.469 --> 00:34:32.650
as you realize you're looking back at the guard,

00:34:32.829 --> 00:34:35.590
did it just twitch? Did you hear metal scrape

00:34:35.590 --> 00:34:37.190
is about to move? You don't know. It could have

00:34:37.190 --> 00:34:40.710
been your mind. And very quickly, you cast this

00:34:40.710 --> 00:34:43.329
magic. And suddenly, Eastman Del Prado himself

00:34:43.329 --> 00:34:46.210
stands in his own workshop. And I'm going to

00:34:46.210 --> 00:34:49.809
roll a die. Oh, fuck me. I think we're both getting

00:34:49.809 --> 00:34:53.150
fucked tonight. The guard does not move. Whoa.

00:34:54.409 --> 00:34:57.449
Bad rolls both times. Whoa. Holy shit. Higher

00:34:57.449 --> 00:34:59.769
is worse for you the way I'm rolling it, and

00:34:59.769 --> 00:35:02.170
I've rolled below 10 on both these significantly.

00:35:02.610 --> 00:35:06.869
Nice. Okay. Each round this gets even lower DC

00:35:06.869 --> 00:35:11.789
too, so it's crazy. So in addition to the juicy

00:35:11.789 --> 00:35:14.429
file cabinet, you said there was a shelf. Do

00:35:14.429 --> 00:35:17.570
I? I'm just going to go through the rest of this

00:35:17.570 --> 00:35:19.349
first, and then we'll deal with that later. What

00:35:19.349 --> 00:35:22.519
next two do you want? Okay, I think Pigman should

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:26.039
be one of them. Then I will roll between Jules

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:30.019
and Zeb. Okay. Oh, I like that a lot. I mean,

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:32.420
we're here to play dice. We're here to play dice.

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:38.460
So I will do evens, Jules, odds, Zebulon. That's

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:42.880
three. That's odd. Okay. Okay. Sorry, Jules.

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:44.659
I hope it's not that important. Or I hope I get

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:47.900
another turn to do it. I feel so left out. So

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:52.000
first is Pigman? Pigman first. Okay. You see,

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:55.320
as you're taking these pictures, a name. Gulta

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:58.920
Porg. Looks like almost two names combined together.

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:07.900
Zavar. Experiments. Mask. Savage. Etten. Oh.

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:12.139
And upon that word, something flashes in your

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:15.739
mind. Oh, my God. I know. Do I have a brother?

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:23.909
Oh, fuck. That's just... Wow. Wow. Messed up,

00:36:23.949 --> 00:36:27.530
David. Players, and not characters, might recall

00:36:27.530 --> 00:36:30.730
Miskin talking about Shalmal. How this ettin

00:36:30.730 --> 00:36:33.809
that took him in had a child that they lost many

00:36:33.809 --> 00:36:38.670
years ago and never found. Fucking weird, dude.

00:36:39.110 --> 00:36:41.909
And then you open the one that says Zebulon.

00:36:42.769 --> 00:36:47.739
There's not a lot here. a brief note, and then

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:49.019
it looks like some sort of personal note down

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:51.420
below. But you're trying to be quick, right?

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.980
Well, I mean, if there's not a lot there, then

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:58.519
I can be quick. I'll say this. You want to roll

00:36:58.519 --> 00:37:01.440
for it? I'll say this. If you're being quick,

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:04.280
you can go through and read, like, you get the

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:06.760
brief sort of statements on the actual chart

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:09.860
itself that seems to describe almost a biography

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:12.219
of this person, which is strange enough. Why

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:16.269
Zebulon? Why in Itzman's cabinet? Why is that

00:37:16.269 --> 00:37:20.650
name important? But there's also a note. It looks

00:37:20.650 --> 00:37:25.650
to be like written differently. Almost like in

00:37:25.650 --> 00:37:29.190
the margins of the page. Something personal.

00:37:29.530 --> 00:37:31.809
So basically you're telling me to choose? Yes.

00:37:31.949 --> 00:37:35.449
You get a basic word from the first part. No,

00:37:35.550 --> 00:37:38.849
I want the personal note. Okay. If you're just

00:37:38.849 --> 00:37:40.110
scanning over to get a picture of the first part,

00:37:40.230 --> 00:37:42.989
one word leaps out at you as you go. Because

00:37:42.989 --> 00:37:45.840
you've seen it already one other time. Calypsania.

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:51.840
Gotcha. Then you read the note at the back. My

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:55.980
mind is razor sharp. My memory perfection. Yet

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:58.420
I cannot recall a single detail about Calypsania's

00:37:58.420 --> 00:38:01.780
former partner, father to Zebulon. Oh, fuck.

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:07.099
A curse, an impossibility. What did Sholay do?

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:12.480
What the fuck? Damn. Damn, that's so fucked up.

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:18.929
Okay. Okay. Uh -huh. Behind you, you hear metal

00:38:18.929 --> 00:38:23.590
scrape against metal. Oh, my God. As the armored

00:38:23.590 --> 00:38:28.690
guard begins to awaken. Dresden, we're back to

00:38:28.690 --> 00:38:31.369
you. And the ball's in your court. I asked you

00:38:31.369 --> 00:38:37.969
a question. Where is Paloma? Where is the rebellion?

00:38:38.090 --> 00:38:40.570
Where are the revolution hiding? Where are the

00:38:40.570 --> 00:38:44.199
rats, Dresden? Itzmin sits very confidently behind

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:50.639
his desk. Ramin is... I'm sorry. I'm sorry. He

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:55.980
looks you in the eyes. Dresden, get me outside.

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:59.500
You have to get me out. And he's like, a fist

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:02.539
just crashed into his face and he spits out blood

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:06.760
from the corner of his mouth. Silence. You're

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.519
not the one I want to hear from. Itzmin looks

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:14.090
back to you. Jean is frozen in place, mouth open,

00:39:14.349 --> 00:39:18.429
spear in hand, but he can't move. I will let

00:39:18.429 --> 00:39:22.489
him go. I will let you all go. You can enjoy

00:39:22.489 --> 00:39:25.670
your last night. You will not leave the hill.

00:39:26.329 --> 00:39:30.030
But if it's any consolation, you are never going

00:39:30.030 --> 00:39:33.690
to leave this hill alive. I don't know where

00:39:33.690 --> 00:39:38.349
that fourth member of yours is, but when I find

00:39:38.349 --> 00:39:41.179
Blanche Trudeau, You seem to know so much about

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:45.679
me. You don't even realize why I'm here. I'm

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:49.840
here on my own accord. Yes. Cirilla mentioned

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:52.960
in our last contact that you had gone missing.

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:58.519
Your brother, too. And I'd heard someone matching

00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:02.119
his description causing some problems in the

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:06.920
old city. They say he vanished. What? Have you

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:10.179
been doing on this world, on my world, Dresden

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:13.559
Kellig? What brought you here? What accord do

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:17.000
you follow to come into my lair? To walk into

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:19.719
my trap so... I don't have to explain anything

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:24.739
to you. I beg to differ. He snaps his fingers

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:27.320
and you see the dagger around his neck presses

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:30.219
in just a little bit. A small bit of blood begins

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:38.800
to run down. Now. I'm a businessman. I can be

00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:43.599
reasonable. This, everything, it's just a transaction.

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:48.219
So what are you after? What do you get in all

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:53.480
of this? You really think that Cerise is going

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:57.860
to give you any power? This is her game, and

00:40:57.860 --> 00:41:03.219
you're just a pawn. My company has spread throughout

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:06.610
every single world. When this... Party is done.

00:41:06.949 --> 00:41:12.250
When these little people take my soldiers into

00:41:12.250 --> 00:41:16.429
their homes. Soldiers are under my command. My

00:41:16.429 --> 00:41:18.250
control. What do you think is going to happen?

00:41:18.630 --> 00:41:21.869
Who has the power then? She's had the power all

00:41:21.869 --> 00:41:25.690
along. Paloma. He's getting like visibly angry.

00:41:25.849 --> 00:41:28.849
He's trying to change something. Paloma. I want

00:41:28.849 --> 00:41:33.650
the revolution. Once she's smoked out of hiding.

00:41:34.269 --> 00:41:36.769
Once she's dead, the rest will fall with her.

00:41:37.170 --> 00:41:42.210
My world will be at peace. All puppets on my

00:41:42.210 --> 00:41:46.869
stage. And you're a puppet on her stage. You're

00:41:46.869 --> 00:41:52.469
already dead too. Fine. Fine. Let's cut the stakes.

00:41:53.349 --> 00:41:58.750
It happened so quickly. The door behind you is

00:41:58.750 --> 00:42:02.010
yanked open. And one of these armored guard...

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:05.440
very swiftly steps through. It's moving so fluid

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:10.219
and fast. Jaune spins around to meet it as the

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:12.179
door closes behind this thing, as its, like,

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:17.639
weapon is drawn towards him. I will kill Ramin

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:21.260
Rasool, and I will have my guard strike down

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:26.619
the tortle on Tellio. How much is this information

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:30.159
worth to you? How many friends need to die tonight,

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:36.469
Dresden? Where's Blanche? Flashback. What? To

00:42:36.469 --> 00:42:39.590
the moment when I am talking to Turbo. Holy shit,

00:42:39.630 --> 00:42:42.230
what the fuck? And I let Blanche also know that

00:42:42.230 --> 00:42:44.829
I am meeting with Eatsman at 8 o 'clock in this

00:42:44.829 --> 00:42:48.989
room. Holy shit. So Blanche knows exactly where

00:42:48.989 --> 00:42:53.670
Dresden is. And you scouted the party. Holy shit.

00:42:54.530 --> 00:42:56.849
That's fucking crazy. Throwing darts at the dartboard.

00:42:57.170 --> 00:43:00.349
Yeah, I mean, we're... kind of fucked here, so

00:43:00.349 --> 00:43:02.489
that's going to help get the party back together.

00:43:02.789 --> 00:43:04.909
You know enough about the layout of this place,

00:43:04.989 --> 00:43:06.389
even though you didn't fully explore the first

00:43:06.389 --> 00:43:08.349
floor, I'll say you could approach this from

00:43:08.349 --> 00:43:12.070
either direction. That's crazy. I'll ask you

00:43:12.070 --> 00:43:14.449
this then. Should I transition to Blanche at

00:43:14.449 --> 00:43:20.150
this moment? After I say, Sean, brace for Riptide.

00:43:21.010 --> 00:43:24.710
Holy shit! I'd give you a button if I could.

00:43:24.789 --> 00:43:26.909
I'm giving you a button for that. Oh, hell yeah.

00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:30.920
That's good shit. Yes, sir. And we see Jean just

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:35.400
tuck in and go in to tackle the armored guard.

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:39.360
Fuck. Wait, AG5 armored guard? Yeah, baby. Oh,

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:42.260
we're so fucking dead. Jean's going in. Oh, we're

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:44.280
so fucking dead. I actually think this is so

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:46.320
cool. I actually think this is so cool. I'm going

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:48.599
to say this is what happens. I'd like a strength

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:50.519
check from Jean -Franco Montelio. Oh, my God.

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:54.309
I'd like a contest. The door is not fully closed

00:43:54.309 --> 00:43:56.530
yet as this guard has kind of moved in. I'm going

00:43:56.530 --> 00:43:58.329
to give Jaune a chance to tackle the guard in

00:43:58.329 --> 00:44:01.670
this moment and potentially push it out of the

00:44:01.670 --> 00:44:04.269
room. All right, Jaune's got a plus two. This

00:44:04.269 --> 00:44:05.690
could draw attention to you guys. It's a really

00:44:05.690 --> 00:44:11.349
cool move. 13. Okay. Roll low, HE5, you stupid,

00:44:11.510 --> 00:44:17.349
stupid metal son of a bitch. Jaune tackles into

00:44:17.349 --> 00:44:21.320
this thing. You said it was a 13? Mm -hmm. Who

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:24.059
the fuck does Ty go to? Whoa, Ty goes to the

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:26.719
attacker, right? Oh, shit. The attacker. Yeah,

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:30.360
Ty goes to the attacker. No way. Holy shit. No

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:34.369
fucking way. Holy shit. Right? Yeah. Holy shit.

00:44:34.369 --> 00:44:37.250
So Jean tackles this guy. You hear the sound

00:44:37.250 --> 00:44:39.510
of a shell clanging against metal steel plates.

00:44:40.010 --> 00:44:42.389
The AG -5, taken aback by this sudden movement,

00:44:42.590 --> 00:44:46.170
is knocked backwards, like pushed five feet back.

00:44:46.409 --> 00:44:49.170
The door is not yet fully closed behind it as

00:44:49.170 --> 00:44:51.050
it kind of just entered this room. And suddenly

00:44:51.050 --> 00:44:53.809
the doors burst open. The AG -5 slides out into

00:44:53.809 --> 00:44:55.889
the party proper. Jean Franklin tackling him

00:44:55.889 --> 00:44:59.070
out. And you hear like gas and some screams.

00:44:59.389 --> 00:45:04.929
Oh my God. It's been looks up in some amount

00:45:04.929 --> 00:45:08.429
of startled like horror as this little scene

00:45:08.429 --> 00:45:12.050
has now been put on display Blanche, what are

00:45:12.050 --> 00:45:14.429
you doing? This thing is actually behind you

00:45:14.429 --> 00:45:16.369
turn around you see that one of these armors

00:45:16.369 --> 00:45:19.949
is approaching you It's approaching you slowly

00:45:19.949 --> 00:45:22.670
Awkwardly, there's something in its movements

00:45:22.670 --> 00:45:24.989
that tells you it's it's like having like an

00:45:24.989 --> 00:45:29.110
error like You know, I see eats men but it doesn't

00:45:29.110 --> 00:45:31.670
fully believe it's seeing Yzmin. So you have

00:45:31.670 --> 00:45:33.289
this moment of like this thing sort of stalled

00:45:33.289 --> 00:45:36.090
out. From what you read on that note about the

00:45:36.090 --> 00:45:38.469
AG5, you would think that Yzmin has some sort

00:45:38.469 --> 00:45:41.730
of mental connection to them. It sees its master,

00:45:42.070 --> 00:45:44.250
but does not feel its master, if that makes sense.

00:45:44.369 --> 00:45:47.570
And so there is a contradiction in its programming.

00:45:48.050 --> 00:45:50.590
It doesn't know how to proceed right now, but

00:45:50.590 --> 00:45:52.650
it might make up its mind very quickly. Okay,

00:45:52.650 --> 00:45:56.710
okay, okay, okay. The Knight of the Remembered

00:45:56.710 --> 00:46:00.460
has... Caused a glitch in the magic. I believe

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:03.039
there's an intruder in the east wing. Go investigate

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:09.159
now. Deception check. Button. Oh, man. I'll take

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:12.300
it. I'll take it. Blanche has a plus zero. This

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:14.400
is officially the most buttons exchanged in a

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:18.719
single episode of Fantasy Pants, I think. First

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:22.500
one's a 10. So it's all riding on this roll.

00:46:24.739 --> 00:46:29.860
14. Okay. I had a weird thought just now. Anyway.

00:46:30.900 --> 00:46:34.679
Anyway? I don't like that verbiage. No. Is it

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:39.000
a 13? I said a 14. 14 is my passive perception.

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:40.980
I think, no, insight would be lower than that.

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:44.980
So, yeah, actually, you get it. It turns away

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:48.400
from you and begins to, like, move. And it's

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:50.579
almost like it's in a hurry in its pace, but

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:52.840
you do notice something interesting. As it steps

00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:56.539
into the hallway, it suddenly, like... Head locks

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:59.840
up. It shifts down into a full sprinting stance

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:03.920
and begins to run. And you realize it's been

00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:06.860
called. Something is happening. The armored guard

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:08.980
are mobilizing. The one on the ground is beginning

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:12.460
to try to stand up. It's having a hard time getting

00:47:12.460 --> 00:47:14.179
itself off the ground, but it's also trying to

00:47:14.179 --> 00:47:17.539
respond. They're all responding. And Blanche,

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:20.579
given the flashback we just had, I think you

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:22.739
know exactly what they're responding to. Yeah.

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:28.179
Okay. Blanche, on her way out the door, wants

00:47:28.179 --> 00:47:33.519
to cast lightning lure on the AG5 that's on the

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:37.920
floor. So it's a lash of lightning energy that

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:39.599
strikes at one creature of your choice that you

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:41.900
can see within 15 feet. The target must succeed

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:43.980
on a strength saving throw or be pulled up to

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:46.179
10 feet in a straight line towards you and then

00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:50.800
take 1d8 lightning damage. So she wants to cast

00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:54.130
this, pull it towards her. So it takes the lightning

00:47:54.130 --> 00:47:56.449
damage and then hop over it and run out of the

00:47:56.449 --> 00:47:59.110
room. Holy shit. That is incredible. That's incredible.

00:47:59.150 --> 00:48:00.710
That's so cool. No fucking way. Give me that

00:48:00.710 --> 00:48:04.369
damage. Am I rolling against it right? Yeah,

00:48:04.429 --> 00:48:08.469
you need to roll against a do -do -do. It's a

00:48:08.469 --> 00:48:14.400
strength save. 14 is the DC. Five on the die.

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:16.920
Okay, sweet. So then you take 1d8 lightning damage,

00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:19.019
and you're pulled 10 feet further into the room.

00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:21.380
That's so cool. I was actually going to make

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:23.059
you roll a check to get over this thing, so that's

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:26.840
actually brilliant of you. Max damage. Eight

00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:29.960
lightning damage. Oh, hell yeah. Metal shavings

00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:32.039
just tear off of this thing as you open a hole

00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:33.780
in it as this lightning bolt strikes through

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:36.139
it, yanks deeper into the room, scraping metal

00:48:36.139 --> 00:48:37.940
against metal as it slides across the floor,

00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:40.800
and you weave your way out the door over the

00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:43.719
ruined cliff. In Heatsman Del Prado. goes out

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:48.079
the door. Holy shit, yeah! Holy shit! Oh my god.

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:52.159
And you're rushing where? So if I'm looking at

00:48:52.159 --> 00:48:54.159
the map correctly, it looks like the fastest

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:57.800
route is to get out of the room and go left and

00:48:57.800 --> 00:49:00.320
come down here to get outside onto the second

00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:04.780
story porch or terrace, whatever fancy porches

00:49:04.780 --> 00:49:07.090
are called. Is that right, or am I wrong? Or

00:49:07.090 --> 00:49:08.510
is that the first floor that I'm looking at?

00:49:08.590 --> 00:49:10.949
Yeah, the first floor. The fastest route from

00:49:10.949 --> 00:49:12.250
where you are would actually be going through

00:49:12.250 --> 00:49:15.010
the Grand Entrance Hall. Of course it is. All

00:49:15.010 --> 00:49:16.650
right, we're going to go through the Grand Entrance

00:49:16.650 --> 00:49:18.610
Hall then. So you dive down, you're rushing,

00:49:18.789 --> 00:49:21.769
you're sliding down the stairs. Outside, Sean

00:49:21.769 --> 00:49:25.250
just tackled this armor into the main room there.

00:49:25.510 --> 00:49:29.389
Eastman just takes him and gestures to the staff

00:49:29.389 --> 00:49:32.789
who's got Ramin, and they start to move backwards.

00:49:33.110 --> 00:49:36.230
Ramin, once again. Dresden, get me outside! Now!

00:49:36.369 --> 00:49:39.110
Now! You have to get me outside! As he's being

00:49:39.110 --> 00:49:42.110
pulled deeper in, perhaps a bargaining chip for

00:49:42.110 --> 00:49:44.590
later use, and eats me himself, stands up and

00:49:44.590 --> 00:49:47.289
begins to, like, rush out of the room as he realizes

00:49:47.289 --> 00:49:50.789
things are going wrong. You can hear metal clanging

00:49:50.789 --> 00:49:54.730
outside. Many, many metal, uh, sort of, sort

00:49:54.730 --> 00:49:57.849
of, gauntleted feet charging towards your location.

00:49:58.210 --> 00:50:03.920
People screaming. Dresden. Is Ramin already gone?

00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:06.719
No. Right now, I believe you have a moment of

00:50:06.719 --> 00:50:10.179
choice. Yitzmin is escaping. Ramin is being pulled

00:50:10.179 --> 00:50:11.619
away. They're going to be pulled in the same

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:13.659
direction, but in that room in different directions.

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:18.019
Jean is currently about to be assaulted by not

00:50:18.019 --> 00:50:21.679
just one, but many potential adversaries in these

00:50:21.679 --> 00:50:24.300
armored guard. You have three different targets.

00:50:24.579 --> 00:50:26.880
Do you want to go for Yitzmin, Ramin, or Jean?

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:31.659
You know what to do, Jeremy. Well, I know. I

00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:35.500
know. You know what to do. Let's go fuck shit

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:42.099
now. Bye, Jean. Jean will be fine. Are we in

00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:46.099
initiative? Not yet. Dresden is going to command

00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:48.420
his echo behind the being that's holding Ramin.

00:50:49.139 --> 00:50:52.260
Okay. This guy's sort of moving backwards, kind

00:50:52.260 --> 00:50:53.760
of facing away from the dagger on Ramin, and

00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:55.519
he bounces into this thing. For a moment, the

00:50:55.519 --> 00:50:57.940
dagger lowers because this was a very surprising

00:50:57.940 --> 00:51:00.800
thing. He suddenly spins his head. As this happens.

00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:04.449
Yeah. I'm excited. It's so exciting. Oh, wait.

00:51:04.489 --> 00:51:07.110
Hang on. Hang on. How far am I away from this

00:51:07.110 --> 00:51:08.929
creature? It's about to change. How far am I

00:51:08.929 --> 00:51:13.250
away from this creature? Creature. 20 feet. 20

00:51:13.250 --> 00:51:14.329
feet. He's being pushed in the back. Perfect.

00:51:14.730 --> 00:51:17.730
Then as my echo gets behind him and he kind of

00:51:17.730 --> 00:51:20.190
quivers a little bit, I am going to use the dash.

00:51:21.250 --> 00:51:27.250
to use Charger. Yes! I've been waiting for this

00:51:27.250 --> 00:51:30.750
for fucking ever. I have heard of Charger, but

00:51:30.750 --> 00:51:32.130
I don't remember what it does. If I use the dash

00:51:32.130 --> 00:51:34.130
action, I can use a bonus action to make a melee

00:51:34.130 --> 00:51:36.869
weapon attack or shove a creature. If you move

00:51:36.869 --> 00:51:38.929
at least 10 feet in a straight line before using

00:51:38.929 --> 00:51:41.449
this bonus action, I gain a plus 5 to the damage.

00:51:42.309 --> 00:51:45.230
If I choose to make a melee attack. Or push the

00:51:45.230 --> 00:51:47.880
target up to 10 feet. So I can... I can just

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:49.980
push at 10 feet. Is it lined up that he can just

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:53.579
push him out? If you can shove him, I think it's,

00:51:53.579 --> 00:51:55.320
I mean, are we rolling a check on this? I don't

00:51:55.320 --> 00:51:57.659
know. It just says if you move at least 10 feet

00:51:57.659 --> 00:52:01.119
before using my bonus action, I either gain a

00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:03.320
plus five. So if I either gain a plus five to

00:52:03.320 --> 00:52:05.460
the damage roll on the melee attack, or I push

00:52:05.460 --> 00:52:07.199
the target up to 10 feet. So it sounds like if

00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:09.360
I move at least 10 feet, I push him 10 feet.

00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:10.699
I think it's a roll. I think it says I get to

00:52:10.699 --> 00:52:12.320
land the attack because it's part of the attack.

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:13.079
Oh, you're right, you're right, you're right.

00:52:13.320 --> 00:52:14.420
So if you land the attack, you get the damage

00:52:14.420 --> 00:52:16.420
and push him. If you push him 10 feet, he will

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:18.880
let go of Ramin. Okay. So you got to land a stack.

00:52:19.139 --> 00:52:20.360
It's the best shot. You got to land the attack.

00:52:20.539 --> 00:52:22.719
It's the best shot. Yeah, that's huge. This guy

00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:24.719
is wearing a staff scarb. Oh, yeah. He's not

00:52:24.719 --> 00:52:26.340
fully armored. Oh, yeah. Button for advantage.

00:52:26.360 --> 00:52:27.719
That's the button time. Give me that button.

00:52:27.800 --> 00:52:29.940
Give me that button. This is crazy. He's going

00:52:29.940 --> 00:52:37.699
for it. It's a high number. It's a high number.

00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:40.780
Oh, wait. What's my... Do I get a modifier for

00:52:40.780 --> 00:52:45.059
my melee? It'd be your normal weapon attack.

00:52:45.300 --> 00:52:47.780
Oh, no. Seriously? It'd be your strength. My

00:52:47.780 --> 00:52:51.340
unarmed strike? Yes. Okay, either way, it's plus

00:52:51.340 --> 00:52:55.840
five, so that's 23. You come rushing. This guy

00:52:55.840 --> 00:52:58.039
bats against your echo. He's sort of confused

00:52:58.039 --> 00:53:01.380
for a second. The echo kind of sets you up, kind

00:53:01.380 --> 00:53:03.360
of shoves him, and as he kind of turns away from

00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:06.179
that, Dresden comes barreling into the room.

00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:08.059
What's it look like when you knock this guy 10

00:53:08.059 --> 00:53:11.719
feet? I think all that anybody hears is just

00:53:11.719 --> 00:53:18.289
the... of my armor. Holy shit. And I barrel into

00:53:18.289 --> 00:53:21.349
him and I hit so hard he goes through my echo

00:53:21.349 --> 00:53:24.250
and actually makes it just disappear. He definitely

00:53:24.250 --> 00:53:27.349
took at least one point of damage. That's so

00:53:27.349 --> 00:53:32.909
badass. And then I smash him back through. There's

00:53:32.909 --> 00:53:34.710
a door behind him, right? Yeah, they're moving

00:53:34.710 --> 00:53:36.170
into the other room. I smash him through the

00:53:36.170 --> 00:53:40.170
door. Immediately get up. Ramin, run! H -Man

00:53:40.170 --> 00:53:41.889
is disappearing around a corner in the other

00:53:41.889 --> 00:53:44.730
room. He's like, out of here. Ramin is let go.

00:53:44.769 --> 00:53:46.650
He sort of drops to the ground in front of this

00:53:46.650 --> 00:53:48.610
guy. This guy goes flag, smashing back into the

00:53:48.610 --> 00:53:50.889
back wall. We'll say he clads against the stone

00:53:50.889 --> 00:53:53.170
wall and just full goes unconscious, just drops

00:53:53.170 --> 00:53:56.369
to the ground. I mean, these guys are, the damage

00:53:56.369 --> 00:53:58.750
would do it. And we're not quite an initiative

00:53:58.750 --> 00:54:00.889
right now. Ramin just looks at you like, thank

00:54:00.889 --> 00:54:04.789
you, thank you, go. And he begins to run outside.

00:54:05.849 --> 00:54:08.309
Blanche Trudeau, you curve out the main door

00:54:08.309 --> 00:54:11.409
into chaos. The partygoers are screaming, rushing

00:54:11.409 --> 00:54:13.110
to the edge of the terrace as armored guard are

00:54:13.110 --> 00:54:14.590
pouring. All the ones that are lying at the edge

00:54:14.590 --> 00:54:16.690
of the terrace at this party are rushing towards

00:54:16.690 --> 00:54:19.869
Jean Franklin, who stands over like one guard

00:54:19.869 --> 00:54:21.889
that's kind of like in front of him, weapons

00:54:21.889 --> 00:54:25.469
about to come down. And suddenly, the crowd sort

00:54:25.469 --> 00:54:29.369
of parts as a huge figure barrels out like, hey,

00:54:29.630 --> 00:54:32.590
what are you doing to my sidekick and her friend?

00:54:33.360 --> 00:54:35.960
Turns and the pig man comes charging. Of course

00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:37.559
he does. Smashing through some armored guards.

00:54:37.579 --> 00:54:39.820
He picks up a guy, just dropkicks an armored

00:54:39.820 --> 00:54:42.719
guard, suplex, smash him over his back. Holy

00:54:42.719 --> 00:54:46.239
shit. What do you do? Blanche instantly drops.

00:54:46.239 --> 00:54:49.340
What the fuck? Instantly drops the spell. So

00:54:49.340 --> 00:54:52.460
she appears back as Blanche Trudeau. I'm so glad

00:54:52.460 --> 00:54:55.019
you did that. Yeah. I thought it might be useful

00:54:55.019 --> 00:54:57.539
for getting out, but I mean, I guess it kind

00:54:57.539 --> 00:55:00.440
of was. And then she, yeah, runs back to the

00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:03.010
terrace to. to join up with the rest of the party.

00:55:03.550 --> 00:55:06.250
She calls attention to herself as she comes out.

00:55:06.889 --> 00:55:11.449
John, Pigman, what's going on out here? I don't

00:55:11.449 --> 00:55:13.550
know. Where's Inchman? Where's Inchman? This

00:55:13.550 --> 00:55:15.269
isn't right. This isn't right. Pigman's, like,

00:55:15.289 --> 00:55:17.349
kind of losing it. You see he's starting to go

00:55:17.349 --> 00:55:19.489
into, like, that same sort of fevered rage before.

00:55:20.839 --> 00:55:22.679
smashing its metal. The guard are moving away

00:55:22.679 --> 00:55:25.019
from him. They're coalescing around Jaune, who's

00:55:25.019 --> 00:55:26.880
starting to kind of, like, get buried behind

00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:28.739
them. You can see, like, they're moving in formation

00:55:28.739 --> 00:55:31.900
surrounding him. Ramin steps out beside him into,

00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:35.239
like, the night. Dresden, where are you? I think

00:55:35.239 --> 00:55:37.119
by this point, after a few seconds have passed,

00:55:37.280 --> 00:55:39.880
I've run up and I'm behind Jaune. So, okay, Dresden,

00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:43.440
Ramin. Jaune, all together as armor guard come

00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:46.059
surrounding them. Blanche, Pigman's closer to

00:55:46.059 --> 00:55:48.239
you. He's looking at you. Where's Itzman? What

00:55:48.239 --> 00:55:50.880
do we do? What do we do? Sidekick, you got what

00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:53.380
to do, right? You gotta help me, right? Yes,

00:55:53.380 --> 00:55:55.000
Pigman, I'm here to help you. What we're going

00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:58.420
to do, she points to the party over there. Because

00:55:58.420 --> 00:56:00.559
everybody's within eyesight now, right? Yeah.

00:56:00.780 --> 00:56:04.360
So she points to Dresden, Ramin, and Jaune. She

00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:06.900
says, we're going to get the three of them out

00:56:06.900 --> 00:56:08.960
of here, and then we'll find Itzman, I promise.

00:56:09.710 --> 00:56:13.429
He looks at you. He nods excitedly. I don't really

00:56:13.429 --> 00:56:16.809
get it, but all right. This seems wrong. And

00:56:16.809 --> 00:56:21.230
pig man fights injustice. Let's go. And he freezes.

00:56:21.690 --> 00:56:28.010
The spot. Oh, pig man. No. David, what are you

00:56:28.010 --> 00:56:31.289
doing? He looks around as if he hears a voice

00:56:31.289 --> 00:56:35.150
right beside him, right beside his ear. You recognize

00:56:35.150 --> 00:56:39.710
someone who's being affected by message. And

00:56:39.710 --> 00:56:46.150
he looks over to Blanche like, Wait. Who's gotot?

00:56:46.630 --> 00:56:49.670
And you watch as his hand, as if he doesn't even

00:56:49.670 --> 00:56:52.329
know what's happening, reaches for his face.

00:56:52.789 --> 00:56:56.050
You watch his fingers wrap around the pig mask.

00:56:56.449 --> 00:57:00.710
And you see the horror in his eyes as a mask

00:57:00.710 --> 00:57:03.309
is being pulled. You hear one last, Blanche!

00:57:03.429 --> 00:57:08.829
Blanche! As the mask is torn. What you see beneath

00:57:08.829 --> 00:57:13.809
it is something hideous. A monstrous, mutated

00:57:13.809 --> 00:57:16.670
face bearing curved tusks, bulbous features,

00:57:16.769 --> 00:57:20.130
completely bald. A thick brow overhangs two small

00:57:20.130 --> 00:57:23.969
eyes, bulging with a deep fury. And you know

00:57:23.969 --> 00:57:27.610
what you're looking at now. A magically altered

00:57:27.610 --> 00:57:31.389
Ettin. An Ettin with only one head, strengthened

00:57:31.389 --> 00:57:35.579
through whatever dark powers Zavar used. Yet,

00:57:35.599 --> 00:57:38.960
Ettin's body contains two souls. Whatever magic

00:57:38.960 --> 00:57:42.880
was used to alter this pigman, to alter this

00:57:42.880 --> 00:57:45.639
creature, did it destroy that other head? Did

00:57:45.639 --> 00:57:47.500
it destroy that other soul? Or did it merge them?

00:57:48.380 --> 00:57:51.679
Dude, did I have a brother? And looking into

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these eyes in that moment, you realize the pigman

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is gone. What stands before you is not the pigman.

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The pigman was the mask, and the mask has been

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torn. But he did have a brother. Sleeping consciousness.

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You barely grazed this suggestion that previous

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night. And now, Goltan is awake. This monstrous

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face looks towards you. And begins to charge

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at you. Blanche, death comes for you. This great

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shadow of death. You fought this thing before.

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When it was... When it wasn't serious. You felt

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the power of the pig man. And now the pig man

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is gone. Now this new thing has awakened. And

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you know you are about to die. Will you make

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your stand here? Yeah. Yeah, Blanche isn't ready

00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:56.219
to die. But I don't think she's afraid of death.

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She knows that the only chance, if there is one,

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is to keep her cool. And so you keep your cool

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as this abomination comes barreling towards you.

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Dresden, you know you are about to die. AG -5s

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surround you. You stand beside Jean, beside Ramin.

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Will you fight with them? To the last? Yes. As

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chaos erupts. As you stand beneath the stars,

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some stars shooting across the sky like comets

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in the night. As all the dangers of the world

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collapse around you, Ramin looks to the sky.

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Please, come. And fires a sacred flame, a white

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burning flame upwards. A signal in the stars.

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begin to fall. Streaks of light crashing down

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on the terrace, taking form as they smash down

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bits of stone spraying all around them, taking

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the form of angels, celestials, maybe a dozen

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of them wielding weapons of gleaming gold and

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silver. You see the pastel blue skin and scarlet

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wings of powery angels. White robes flowing beneath

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plates of golden armor. Eyes burning with a fierce

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orange light. And they fall upon the armored

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guard, crashing into them with the forces of

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falling stone and brighter. and larger than all

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the rest, shining with a light that seems to

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bring day to the night of the remembered U .C.

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Atash. Hand of the Sunweaver. Scarlet robes,

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golden crown upon his head, great wings shining

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with the light of holy flame. The sound of sing

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metal rings out as his great sword cleaves down

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to the ground before you, Blanche, where he lands.

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Before the pig man. Before Goltan. His attention.

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turns towards ramin child you have served our

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god well leave the murdering swine to me and

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we'll call it there