WEBVTT 00:00:01.879 --> 00:00:04.360 Hey there, Pants people. Steven here. Just want 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:06.639 to say real quick before the episode, thank you 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:08.419 for listening. Thank you for hanging out with 00:00:08.419 --> 00:00:11.339 us. Thank you for being here. We love you. Enjoy 00:00:11.339 --> 00:01:02.289 the episode. And took control of the past of 00:01:02.289 --> 00:01:06.469 respite. It was at that time that, uh, coincidentally... 00:01:06.829 --> 00:01:08.590 The Crystal Network had a sudden disturbance, 00:01:08.769 --> 00:01:11.790 whereas only just now worked itself out. Now, 00:01:11.810 --> 00:01:13.890 we had met on the scene there upon Antosh demanding 00:01:13.890 --> 00:01:17.189 control of the Fire Opal Concord duel to Sansatyan. 00:01:17.450 --> 00:01:19.569 Upon further questioning the hand of the Sun, 00:01:19.590 --> 00:01:21.950 we've declared that he was pursuing none other 00:01:21.950 --> 00:01:24.430 than the mighty Pink Man to face justice for 00:01:24.430 --> 00:01:27.890 a number of secret murders. Now, this is hard 00:01:27.890 --> 00:01:30.150 as hell to believe. And if it is true, it is 00:01:30.150 --> 00:01:32.609 a strange and troubling affair. As Illuminaire, 00:01:32.609 --> 00:01:35.239 Antosh has a responsibility to apprehend. dangerous 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:38.260 criminals, especially those protected by the 00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:41.299 Citadel's own protections, but very few besides 00:01:41.299 --> 00:01:43.060 Atash can contain a friend like the Pig Man, 00:01:43.140 --> 00:01:45.840 but Atash is also a sovereign king. The king 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.599 of Antwerp is a command to raid into another 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.500 world, directly insulting an agent of their higher 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:53.700 authority. This, folks, this could be an act 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:56.680 of open war. I don't know what's happening. I 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.219 don't know what's going to happen, but I do know 00:01:59.219 --> 00:02:08.560 this. I want to talk about a little something 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:13.280 called the butterfly effect. This idea that a 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.560 small act can set in motion a series of events 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:19.460 that in turn can cause catastrophes. A butterfly 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:21.879 flaps its wings and those air currents eventually 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:26.419 become a storm, a continent away. Or... For another 00:02:26.419 --> 00:02:29.560 more relevant example, let's talk about Blanche 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.699 Trudeau. Now, we've had this running joke about 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:35.439 Blanche getting into way more than she bargained 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.159 for here on Sansatian. And here, as she stares 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.340 up into the twin pools of infinite radiance that 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:45.219 are Atash's eyes, the world around her devolving 00:02:45.219 --> 00:02:47.259 into a chaotic battle between celestial warriors 00:02:47.259 --> 00:02:50.340 and automated armors, I have to wonder what Blanche 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:53.180 is thinking. Yeah, I mean, Blanche showed up, 00:02:53.180 --> 00:02:56.229 what? A day and a half ago? Yeah, something like 00:02:56.229 --> 00:02:59.430 that. And yeah, we already thought she was in 00:02:59.430 --> 00:03:03.389 over her head. And this is, wow. I don't even 00:03:03.389 --> 00:03:06.490 think that Blanche can put words to it yet. She's 00:03:06.490 --> 00:03:09.409 really just observing. I mean, she's in survival 00:03:09.409 --> 00:03:12.210 mode at this point. Yeah. I have to wonder what 00:03:12.210 --> 00:03:15.110 she would think if she knew that she herself 00:03:15.110 --> 00:03:18.689 was the cause of this scene. This will be fucking 00:03:18.689 --> 00:03:23.610 good. So let's go back and take a look. At a 00:03:23.610 --> 00:03:26.370 point in time, just a short while ago, the previous 00:03:26.370 --> 00:03:29.969 night, in fact, when Blanche Trudeau cast a little 00:03:29.969 --> 00:03:35.909 spell called Suggestion. Now, you cast this spell 00:03:35.909 --> 00:03:38.770 on the pig man. After lulling him into this sort 00:03:38.770 --> 00:03:42.370 of post -combat conversation, you befriended 00:03:42.370 --> 00:03:46.030 him. And the friendship, combined with the spell, 00:03:46.150 --> 00:03:48.509 combined with his own natural idiocy, caused 00:03:48.509 --> 00:03:52.169 him to confess to murder. Caused him to confess 00:03:52.169 --> 00:03:56.849 that Marfil Ironworks covered up murder. And 00:03:56.849 --> 00:03:58.889 in this moment, I think Blanche and Dresden, 00:03:58.949 --> 00:04:00.430 they took this in stride. This was something, 00:04:00.530 --> 00:04:02.030 I mean, this was information. Sure, they were 00:04:02.030 --> 00:04:05.629 interested. But what we didn't see in that moment 00:04:05.629 --> 00:04:08.889 was the reaction of Ramin Rasool, just a short 00:04:08.889 --> 00:04:12.189 ways outside the ring, standing over Jean Franklin, 00:04:12.409 --> 00:04:15.189 tending to him. We didn't see the way Ramin's 00:04:15.189 --> 00:04:20.079 eyes widened, mouth dropped, as he was hit. with 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.279 the ramifications of these words. We didn't see, 00:04:24.339 --> 00:04:27.000 not the full scene, when we flashed ahead in 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.180 time a bit, to when Blanche interrupted Ramin 00:04:30.180 --> 00:04:35.139 in his room below Salazar as he was using Ascending 00:04:35.139 --> 00:04:38.220 Stone, speaking the musical language of Celestial, 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:43.860 sending information to Atash. We didn't see the 00:04:43.860 --> 00:04:47.370 angels flooding into the Citadel. Just as this 00:04:47.370 --> 00:04:50.009 party was getting going, just around 6 p .m. 00:04:50.009 --> 00:04:52.829 on this day, commandeering the Fire Opal Conquer 00:04:52.829 --> 00:04:55.589 Jewel, Atasha's celestial warriors forcefully 00:04:55.589 --> 00:04:57.649 flying out and taking control of the jewel and 00:04:57.649 --> 00:04:59.730 just pulling it in, the shield bearers standing 00:04:59.730 --> 00:05:02.569 aside, gawking, unsure what to do, weapons ready, 00:05:02.589 --> 00:05:06.230 but what do you do when the first luminary appears? 00:05:06.970 --> 00:05:09.329 Commander Aria stands with them, and he does 00:05:09.329 --> 00:05:14.490 not move to interrupt this procedure, this raid. 00:05:15.269 --> 00:05:18.810 And who would try to stop this? I mean, only 00:05:18.810 --> 00:05:21.449 a few. Those who serve the Fractured Horn, the 00:05:21.449 --> 00:05:24.129 dark cult committed to Atash's immortal foe, 00:05:24.129 --> 00:05:27.430 the demon, Zilmante Shab. They would interfere. 00:05:27.930 --> 00:05:30.129 This raid stands to hurt them most of all, and 00:05:30.129 --> 00:05:32.350 so those in secret alliance with the cult, they 00:05:32.350 --> 00:05:35.470 simply can't speak out, for fear of being recognized 00:05:35.470 --> 00:05:38.310 by the Sunweaver's hand. There is one other, 00:05:38.370 --> 00:05:40.810 though. One that would stand in the way of the 00:05:40.810 --> 00:05:43.480 angels. One who could see far beyond the events 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.920 of today and now. One with the wisdom to see 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:49.779 the true effects of this moment. One who is most 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:53.819 wary of Atash's will. Yet there is no resistance 00:05:53.819 --> 00:05:56.740 from Speaker Sholei. She remains buried in her 00:05:56.740 --> 00:05:59.540 grief, hidden away in her lair in a rural town. 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:02.939 The death of her grandson still a fresh wound. 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:06.019 And normally there are heavy restrictions put 00:06:06.019 --> 00:06:08.879 on Atash's ability to act as a luminary. He is 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:11.899 seen as particularly dangerous, as great as he 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:14.540 is, because he is the sovereign ruler of Ankara 00:06:14.540 --> 00:06:17.959 and Sengar. His actions can be viewed as a foreign 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:21.720 invasion, especially at a time like this. The 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.920 government of Ankara and Sengar currently performing 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:27.480 a raid on the government of San Satyan. This 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.240 is big. And yet no one steps forward to stop 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.660 him. And no one since warning the San Satyan 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:36.000 of the impending raid, they can't. Because, mysteriously, 00:06:36.459 --> 00:06:39.279 As Atash and his forces appeared, the network 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:42.459 went suddenly down. Sending stones throughout 00:06:42.459 --> 00:06:46.160 the citadel went dead. Powery angels took hold 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.300 of the passage of respite, and no one has been 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:52.699 allowed to leave. Some magic interference, coincidence, 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:55.759 has been stopping all these transmissions out. 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:58.879 And this ensures the targets of this raid will 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.420 be none the wiser to the angels' plot. There's 00:07:02.420 --> 00:07:05.550 one, though. Clever. enough to get a message 00:07:05.550 --> 00:07:08.889 through. Sturgeman, always eager to help the 00:07:08.889 --> 00:07:10.990 Scion of Justice, convinces Atash to allow his 00:07:10.990 --> 00:07:13.610 presence on the jewel. As the Conqueror shifts 00:07:13.610 --> 00:07:15.610 from the ethereal plane to the physical world 00:07:15.610 --> 00:07:18.110 of San Satyan, Sturgeman's own sending stones 00:07:18.110 --> 00:07:21.850 reactivate, and he sends a warning out to Rune 00:07:21.850 --> 00:07:25.209 Rusong. Whatever happens next, you just remember 00:07:25.209 --> 00:07:28.970 that I did not stand in the way. And here... 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.459 We see angels shooting into the skies above Manzanares, 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:35.399 moving into the clouds and moving slowly towards 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:38.620 the city. They wait for nightfall to mask themselves 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:41.279 amongst the stars as they move upon the hill. 00:07:41.459 --> 00:07:44.819 And there, they wait again for a signal from 00:07:44.819 --> 00:07:48.759 their agent on the inside. A signal that only 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:52.839 got through because you guys allowed it to. And 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:56.529 from here, we arrive at our current moment. Pari 00:07:56.529 --> 00:07:58.589 angels cleaving through metal armor with their 00:07:58.589 --> 00:08:01.610 golden blades, the red glow of arcane cores fizzing 00:08:01.610 --> 00:08:03.949 out in a flash as they are struck by a surge 00:08:03.949 --> 00:08:08.050 of radiant power. The AG -5 surround you, Dresden, 00:08:08.129 --> 00:08:11.029 but all their attention is turned away, the program 00:08:11.029 --> 00:08:13.610 pushing them to confront the larger threat. And 00:08:13.610 --> 00:08:15.810 a short ways away from this, Atash stands before 00:08:15.810 --> 00:08:18.670 the transformed pigman, weapon drawn as the monster 00:08:18.670 --> 00:08:21.769 comes bearing down on him. Yet we still do not 00:08:21.769 --> 00:08:23.329 see the full extent of this chain of events. 00:08:23.550 --> 00:08:26.730 It stretches on, beyond us and into the future. 00:08:27.329 --> 00:08:30.870 That's our butterfly effect. Blanch, cast suggestion. 00:08:31.490 --> 00:08:35.350 And the very worlds are irreparably changed. 00:08:36.289 --> 00:08:38.690 You think you can trust a guy with world -shattering 00:08:38.690 --> 00:08:44.009 secrets? You think? And our PCs don't even know 00:08:44.009 --> 00:08:46.649 about it. You don't? They have no idea. You know 00:08:46.649 --> 00:08:49.529 that Atash called out to Ramin. You do know Ramin 00:08:49.529 --> 00:08:51.950 was behind this. Somehow. You know he was involved. 00:08:52.169 --> 00:08:55.169 Sure, yeah. A tremor runs across the terrace, 00:08:55.250 --> 00:08:57.789 a burst of wind accompanying it, as Atash and 00:08:57.789 --> 00:09:01.389 the pigman clash. Blanche, you are near blinded 00:09:01.389 --> 00:09:04.070 by a flash of white -hot light as Atash's greatsword 00:09:04.070 --> 00:09:07.429 strikes into the ettin's flesh. It does not sink 00:09:07.429 --> 00:09:10.649 deep, though. The monster grins down at the blade 00:09:10.649 --> 00:09:12.710 that meets the solar angel's eyes with a roar 00:09:12.710 --> 00:09:18.860 of, Atash! I should also reiterate that both 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:21.960 of these beings are quite large. The big man, 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.659 Goltan, stands at about 11 feet. Atash stands 00:09:25.659 --> 00:09:28.700 just beneath him at a bit over 10. And so, this 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:30.840 monstrous fellow, Goltan, wraps his arms around 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.980 Atash, attempting to pin and to crush moves you've 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:35.980 seen before, but far more brutal now. There's 00:09:35.980 --> 00:09:38.960 a heat coming off of him, that rage intensified 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.580 more than you could ever imagine. Atash, with 00:09:42.580 --> 00:09:44.460 a furious beat in his wings, he begins to push 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:47.220 the monster back, pushing them both away from 00:09:47.220 --> 00:09:49.500 you, Blanche. Gul'tansar is stumbling against 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:52.620 the force, back, back, step by step, and over 00:09:52.620 --> 00:09:55.240 the edge of the pool. The two crash into the 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:57.519 water, which illuminates, filling with the Angel 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:00.019 King's light. And you can see the great shadow 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.759 of the malformed giant thrashing below the churning 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:06.639 waves as the two continue their battle. You can 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.419 also see that a few of the powery angels have 00:10:08.419 --> 00:10:10.379 peeled off to the edge of the terrace, where 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:12.840 they're... helping to escort guests to a safer 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:15.220 place, moving them towards and through the entrance 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:18.559 hall in a rush. The battle rages around you. 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:21.299 In the midst of all of this, what are you guys 00:10:21.299 --> 00:10:27.000 doing? Um, okay. Real quick. No. Real quick. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:29.980 No. Action time. What are you doing? Oh, really? 00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:33.659 Sorry. Okay. I'm so glad we caught that on camera. 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:37.580 I'm fucking, I gotta calm down. Dude, I'm in 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:39.320 it, but there's one thing I have to get. I gotta 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:40.950 calm down. Repress. There's one thing I have 00:10:40.950 --> 00:10:43.450 to get to before we move on. Yeah. Last week, 00:10:43.529 --> 00:10:47.330 Blanche left her recording diamond in the hand 00:10:47.330 --> 00:10:50.769 of her mage hand. What? Is that mage hand there 00:10:50.769 --> 00:10:53.309 now with the recording diamond still? Or is it 00:10:53.309 --> 00:10:54.929 fucking upstairs and she has to go get it? How 00:10:54.929 --> 00:10:57.070 does mage hand work? How does mage hand work? 00:10:57.129 --> 00:10:58.389 How does it last? The concentration? You haven't 00:10:58.389 --> 00:11:00.570 gotten hit. David, you're supposed to know this. 00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:02.009 Ah, I don't know. You're supposed to know this. 00:11:02.169 --> 00:11:05.289 I don't cast mage hand. I don't have that spell. 00:11:05.470 --> 00:11:07.009 No, it doesn't say anything about concentration. 00:11:07.190 --> 00:11:11.340 I'm just... No time limit? One minute. One minute. 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.659 It would have been longer than a minute as you've, 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.500 like, moved from there. But it's also a cantrip, 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:17.200 so I'm guessing that she would have, like... 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:21.120 Yeah. From the time she left the room to when 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:22.659 she got down there, like, do you think that she 00:11:22.659 --> 00:11:24.919 would be smart enough to be like, command the 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:26.440 mage hand to follow her down? I'm sorry, what's 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:29.570 your intelligence stat again? Yeah, pretty high. 00:11:29.850 --> 00:11:32.169 Yeah, you're fine. You're a wizard with, like, 00:11:32.169 --> 00:11:35.269 max intelligence. You're fine. Okay, so she's 00:11:35.269 --> 00:11:37.850 just going to pluck the recording diamond out 00:11:37.850 --> 00:11:40.070 of the mage hand at some point as all this is 00:11:40.070 --> 00:11:44.340 happening. What is she doing, though? Dude, that 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:46.220 footage is worth money. You just got the front 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:48.320 row city of Atash fighting that big, the first 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:50.480 and third luminary clashing right before you. 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.259 Like, you couldn't get closer to this. So they're 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:55.580 in the pool underwater right now fighting? Yes. 00:11:55.580 --> 00:11:57.340 You see, like, the waves churning, light just 00:11:57.340 --> 00:12:00.059 blasting. There's, like, rays of light that sort 00:12:00.059 --> 00:12:01.980 of shoot out, and the waves kind of parting, 00:12:02.059 --> 00:12:03.559 and these huge, almost tidal waves that splash 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:06.700 out over the terrace. Yeah. She's outclassed 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:09.779 here. But she also knows that this is the number 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:12.549 one luminary we're talking about. Hmm. She's 00:12:12.549 --> 00:12:17.049 going to scream out. That is my pupil. That is 00:12:17.049 --> 00:12:22.169 my charge. Atash, you bring him in. You save 00:12:22.169 --> 00:12:25.710 him or you answer to me and you answer to the 00:12:25.710 --> 00:12:29.210 people of the Concord. And then she turns around 00:12:29.210 --> 00:12:34.409 to find Dresden. Soldier boy inside. Let's go. 00:12:34.710 --> 00:12:38.009 We have no place here. Jaune fudgers inside, 00:12:38.250 --> 00:12:41.490 slew to his spear. And he's just like blown away. 00:12:41.590 --> 00:12:43.750 He's got this huge smile on his face. He's seeing 00:12:43.750 --> 00:12:46.769 all this around him. He's a big Autosh fan. He's 00:12:46.769 --> 00:12:48.210 also a big Pigman fan. So it's probably a bit 00:12:48.210 --> 00:12:50.850 of a storm inside of him. But like, still, this 00:12:50.850 --> 00:12:54.370 is crazy. He sort of like half stumbles away 00:12:54.370 --> 00:12:56.549 from the fight as like a way opens up for you 00:12:56.549 --> 00:12:59.149 as his angels begin to clashing through metal 00:12:59.149 --> 00:13:02.009 armor. You guys have a way through. So he's pushing 00:13:02.009 --> 00:13:04.389 along with that. Ramin, right behind you, Dresden, 00:13:04.470 --> 00:13:07.029 just turns to you. Eastman! Where is Eastman? 00:13:07.190 --> 00:13:09.610 We can't let him escape! We've taken his compound, 00:13:09.730 --> 00:13:12.169 his allies, his guard, but... He yet has the 00:13:12.169 --> 00:13:15.149 demon! He has Serenno! It is still his greatest 00:13:15.149 --> 00:13:17.350 weapon! He will go for it! Dresden, he will go 00:13:17.350 --> 00:13:19.470 for it! To escape with it, we need to find him 00:13:19.470 --> 00:13:22.610 now! Okay. It's Serapio, Dresden. It's Eastman's 00:13:22.610 --> 00:13:25.090 son. What? Serapio. Dresden, there's something 00:13:25.090 --> 00:13:28.149 I have to tell you. I... Upstairs, there's... 00:13:28.149 --> 00:13:31.350 There's files on... There's all sorts of information. 00:13:31.409 --> 00:13:34.129 I got what I could, but there's... There's one 00:13:34.129 --> 00:13:36.970 file I wasn't able to read. It's about jewels. 00:13:38.129 --> 00:13:42.370 Dresden takes a pause. Follow, Eatsman. I won't 00:13:42.370 --> 00:13:47.309 be far behind. Oh, shit. Split the party. Well, 00:13:47.389 --> 00:13:50.389 okay, hold on, hold on. Because we didn't discuss, 00:13:50.590 --> 00:13:54.509 we discussed our options, but we didn't discuss, 00:13:54.730 --> 00:13:57.590 we haven't discussed yet, if we want to follow 00:13:57.590 --> 00:14:00.419 those. What? What would it mean mechanically, 00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:03.340 David, if we ran upstairs to look at that file? 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.220 We know that Eatsman is running away. We know 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:09.559 that we want to chase after him. How far behind 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:14.220 would we be if we ran up to grab that file? Before 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:16.759 I answer this, I'd like Blanche to roll a straight 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:24.539 intelligence check. Okay. Just an 11. 11, okay. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:30.840 I will just say this. You can't recall the words, 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:32.200 so you might need to take a second to, like, 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:34.700 look at them, but you have images of, like, his 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:38.159 file on Serapio, and there may be information 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:43.080 on where he would meet with this being, this 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.700 demon. You know he's been giving orders to it. 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:48.539 There has to be some place where they're meeting. 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:51.460 Maybe you don't need to follow him. Maybe you 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:54.779 can hit him off. Interesting. Okay. You might 00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:56.309 be able to, if you can... Figure that out. If 00:14:56.309 --> 00:14:57.769 you have that information, you could spend time 00:14:57.769 --> 00:15:00.809 here. Sure. I will say, though, just because 00:15:00.809 --> 00:15:02.990 I think this is going to be happening, as you're 00:15:02.990 --> 00:15:06.009 kind of discussing this on the terrace, an explosion 00:15:06.009 --> 00:15:09.210 rocks out from the pool. Water sprays up in a 00:15:09.210 --> 00:15:11.409 blast as two beings start flying up into the 00:15:11.409 --> 00:15:13.549 night, sort of rolling out. Everything begins 00:15:13.549 --> 00:15:15.590 to shake. I think a Pauly Angel sort of drops 00:15:15.590 --> 00:15:17.529 down sort of between before you guys and says, 00:15:18.289 --> 00:15:22.029 Go! Now! Yeah, we want to be inside. Okay. Out 00:15:22.029 --> 00:15:24.470 of the terrace. We're getting the hell out of 00:15:24.470 --> 00:15:25.149 the way. You're running. Okay, so cool. We're 00:15:25.149 --> 00:15:26.649 getting out of the way. So we're kind of like 00:15:26.649 --> 00:15:28.889 at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the 00:15:28.889 --> 00:15:30.269 second floor. Oh, yeah. So you're diving into 00:15:30.269 --> 00:15:31.649 the second floor. Yeah, and you're inside now. 00:15:32.029 --> 00:15:34.309 You move inside. People are starting to like 00:15:34.309 --> 00:15:36.909 run, crowding out around the sides of it, charging, 00:15:36.970 --> 00:15:39.049 charging. And all of a sudden you hear the sound 00:15:39.049 --> 00:15:42.970 of splitting like wood. People begin to scream 00:15:42.970 --> 00:15:44.990 and you hear the sound of metal falling upon 00:15:44.990 --> 00:15:49.429 like tile as something lands right before the 00:15:49.429 --> 00:15:52.610 four of you. You see an armored guard with its 00:15:52.610 --> 00:15:56.470 open sort of chest cavity torn and black as if 00:15:56.470 --> 00:16:00.490 rocked by an explosion. You recognize the one 00:16:00.490 --> 00:16:02.870 you fought upstairs. Oh, my God. And you are 00:16:02.870 --> 00:16:04.990 recognized by it as a threat. Roll for initiative. 00:16:05.370 --> 00:16:07.669 All right, here we go. Come on. Here we go. Yeah, 00:16:07.690 --> 00:16:12.169 baby. Jeremy, I'm going to say it. I think Dresden 00:16:12.169 --> 00:16:16.250 should go while we fight. Yeah. I think so. It's 00:16:16.250 --> 00:16:17.789 the only way we're going to get it. I think this 00:16:17.789 --> 00:16:19.389 is insanely deadly. It's the only way we're going 00:16:19.389 --> 00:16:22.149 to get it, yeah. I'm thinking that you'll be 00:16:22.149 --> 00:16:24.769 back in, like, two rounds, maybe three rounds. 00:16:24.909 --> 00:16:27.049 Yeah. I want to say this. Dresden could read 00:16:27.049 --> 00:16:28.929 the file. If he wants to get actual evidence 00:16:28.929 --> 00:16:30.129 of the file, he'd need the recording diamond. 00:16:30.250 --> 00:16:32.149 Which is still sitting there. Which is still 00:16:32.149 --> 00:16:33.850 sitting there because... Well, he has it now. 00:16:34.289 --> 00:16:35.830 Yeah, Blanche has it. Remember with the mage 00:16:35.830 --> 00:16:38.330 hand? Yeah, but if you left the mage hand up 00:16:38.330 --> 00:16:39.730 there, wouldn't it just disappear and the diamond 00:16:39.730 --> 00:16:42.110 fall where it was? No, David ruled that the mage 00:16:42.110 --> 00:16:44.029 hand followed her down, and so she plucked it 00:16:44.029 --> 00:16:46.629 out of the sky. Okay, okay. So just make sure 00:16:46.629 --> 00:16:48.490 that's out there so you're passing the diamond 00:16:48.490 --> 00:16:50.629 along. Yeah. Okay, hell yeah. I was going to 00:16:50.629 --> 00:16:51.710 say, are you going to pass the diamond to me? 00:16:52.090 --> 00:16:53.750 Well, she's going to have to, yeah, for sure. 00:16:53.889 --> 00:16:56.629 Yeah. All right. Okay, initiative. Let's do it. 00:16:56.750 --> 00:16:58.129 Yeah, I was going to say, do you want Dresden 00:16:58.129 --> 00:17:01.509 to roll anything to try and... Ooh, baby, that's 00:17:01.509 --> 00:17:06.609 good initiative. Sorry. 19 plus 4. That's pretty 00:17:06.609 --> 00:17:08.890 good. Yeah, that's pretty good. All right, what 00:17:08.890 --> 00:17:10.890 do you want Dresden to do? All right, so you're 00:17:10.890 --> 00:17:12.230 leaving, you're going upstairs. I am leaving 00:17:12.230 --> 00:17:13.710 and I'm going upstairs to that room. We'll just 00:17:13.710 --> 00:17:15.569 pull a new different scene as you start to move 00:17:15.569 --> 00:17:18.410 away. Okay. So you just pull, you're running 00:17:18.410 --> 00:17:20.849 up the stairs. We'll go to the first round, we'll 00:17:20.849 --> 00:17:23.849 cut back to Dresden. Okay. Hell yeah. Is Blanche 00:17:23.849 --> 00:17:25.809 passing me the diamond? Yeah, yeah, definitely. 00:17:26.130 --> 00:17:29.329 Hell yeah. Full metal bad guy. How about some 00:17:29.329 --> 00:17:31.309 full metal die? Thank you, Captain. Let's roll 00:17:31.309 --> 00:17:33.430 these guys out. That's why you wanted the metal. 00:17:33.609 --> 00:17:35.410 That's two in the die, Captain. That's two in 00:17:35.410 --> 00:17:39.509 the die. Ooh. Ooh. And you should roll for Amin, 00:17:39.549 --> 00:17:42.990 Dresden, unless you want him with you. No. I 00:17:42.990 --> 00:17:47.890 think he'd... Yeah, no. Okay. Eleven for Jean. 00:17:48.210 --> 00:17:53.160 Okay. That's a six for, I mean... Okay. I didn't 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.980 know it was going to happen, but I wasn't expecting 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:58.839 combat like this. Ooh. I'll tell you this, though. 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:00.660 I think this is pretty cool to let you know. 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:04.799 This one particular AG5, between the explosion 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:06.539 you hit it with and your max damage lightning 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:09.079 lure, it actually is sitting at exactly half 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:11.640 HP. It's looking pretty bad. Okay. That's kind 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:14.180 of one of the reasons why I was, like, okay with 00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:18.660 Dresden going upstairs. Maybe like as Dresden's 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:20.579 running up the stairs. I know that, you know, 00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:23.019 we're not quite there in time yet, but Blanche 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:26.079 will shout after him. There's a shelf up there 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:30.059 as well. You might want to, the DM mentioned 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:32.119 it last time, but you might want to look in there 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:35.339 if you have a... Dresden rolls around the corner 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:37.359 at the top of the stairs and I want Blanche to 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.579 make her first move. Okay. All right. It really 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:43.819 has to happen. Bonus action. She's going to go 00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:46.339 into Bladesong. She's going to draw her blade, 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:50.619 and you can see her center herself in one hand, 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.940 point the blade towards the sky. You see this 00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:56.880 thing also wields a shield and a longsword, just 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:59.519 like a full knight sort of red glow coming from 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:02.539 the crest and the helm, and it has some sort 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:04.339 of parts of its chest sort of torn open where 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:06.660 you can see some great pulsing glow within this 00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:09.640 arcane core. You can't quite get to it, but you've 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:12.160 opened the way a good deal. okay i love this 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:15.480 your singer your blade singing as you get in 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:18.059 a stance i love that shit so much give me two 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:21.200 seconds to look through my no one stuff real 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:25.240 fast two there you go wow i'm right now i didn't 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:28.539 even prepare like okay that's fine we're just 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:31.160 gonna do it we're gonna do it this way blanche 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:35.000 is gonna move up and just do a sword attack holy 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.259 shit I was about to click D &D Beyond, but I 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:40.039 don't like to do that. I like to roll a real 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.819 human die. Let's see if he can hit this full 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:43.119 metal armor with a shield and sword. Oh, yeah, 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:48.559 he's got a shield, yeah. 15. No. No, I didn't 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:51.180 think so. Ping off the shield. Just knocks your 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:53.779 shield wide with a sudden swift movement. It's 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:56.259 hurt, but damn, can this thing still fight. Yep, 00:19:56.319 --> 00:20:00.779 that's fine. And that's it for Blanche this turn. 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:04.210 Sir, look out! Jean moves in. His turn. I wish 00:20:04.210 --> 00:20:07.849 I could pull Jaune up in a different tab, FYI. 00:20:08.230 --> 00:20:10.710 That may be possible. I have a sheet for Jaune 00:20:10.710 --> 00:20:12.750 separate. I put the sheet on your pages, but 00:20:12.750 --> 00:20:14.950 I have the separate sheet in my homebrew collection. 00:20:15.289 --> 00:20:18.230 Do you have the same for Ramin? Yeah, I have 00:20:18.230 --> 00:20:20.690 all the sidekicks on separate. I homebrew sheeted 00:20:20.690 --> 00:20:23.009 all of them. Well, let's do that, please. Yeah, 00:20:23.049 --> 00:20:25.710 you can have access to those. All right, Jaune's 00:20:25.710 --> 00:20:29.230 just going to go for a plus four spear attack 00:20:29.230 --> 00:20:34.539 here. Three on the die, so that's a ping. Another 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:39.000 off the shield. This is not good. No, definitely 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.700 not going well. And Jean doesn't really have 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:45.160 any other actions, so that's it for Jean. Blanche, 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:49.059 Jean, I can help. Jeremy, Ramin's up. Fucking 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:51.940 hope you can, Ramin. Oh, my God. Oh, God, I haven't 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:54.619 played Ramin in a little while. Oh, no. I threw 00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:56.859 you guys right into the fire. I don't have a 00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:58.779 plan for this combat. Oh, God, no, not at all. 00:20:59.350 --> 00:21:01.150 Not at all. As you can tell by the first round. 00:21:01.910 --> 00:21:03.849 The fact that you injured this thing beforehand, 00:21:03.910 --> 00:21:05.890 though, is incredible. Yeah, absolutely. I wanted 00:21:05.890 --> 00:21:07.190 to have you guys fight at least one of these 00:21:07.190 --> 00:21:08.589 on your way out, and then you hurt this one. 00:21:08.670 --> 00:21:10.789 And I was like, okay, I want to reward the damage 00:21:10.789 --> 00:21:12.369 and go to play. This is the one you're going 00:21:12.369 --> 00:21:14.109 to fight. All right, so Ramini's going to cast 00:21:14.109 --> 00:21:18.049 Sacred Flame. Okay. This burning white holy flame 00:21:18.049 --> 00:21:20.309 lights up beneath this thing, and I'm going to 00:21:20.309 --> 00:21:27.920 roll a saving throw. That is only a five. You're 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:35.500 good. 1d8 radiant damage. That's a 6. 6? Hell 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:40.920 yeah. Okay. So let's end this round with my armored 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:44.619 god, my AG5. Let's see here. I'm going to move 00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:47.099 up on... I have two attacks. One on Blanche, 00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:48.500 one on Jean -Francois. I think that's fair. Oh 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:51.680 my god. Let's do it. This one's going to move 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:56.990 in and strike out with two attacks. That is a 00:21:56.990 --> 00:22:00.589 hit on Jean -Francois with a 25. A miss on Blanche. 00:22:00.650 --> 00:22:05.829 Blanche. Blanche. Blanche. With a 10. A 10 doesn't 00:22:05.829 --> 00:22:07.369 hit you, right? I'm sure. Yeah, no, especially 00:22:07.369 --> 00:22:10.170 with the Blade Song. All right, Full Metals, 00:22:10.190 --> 00:22:14.049 let's get nasty in here. Jean's going to take, 00:22:14.230 --> 00:22:17.849 oh my gosh, a whopping 11 points of damage. Whoa. 00:22:17.910 --> 00:22:20.109 As this thing cleaves in. That was a good roll. 00:22:20.250 --> 00:22:22.410 Dear Lord. Just cleaves in deep with its sword. 00:22:26.429 --> 00:22:29.589 Hell yeah, and that's Blanche. People are screaming. 00:22:29.769 --> 00:22:31.190 There's still people running around you, rushing 00:22:31.190 --> 00:22:32.930 around you in a crowd, but they're sort of broken 00:22:32.930 --> 00:22:36.670 in sort of a ways around you. Just pushing out 00:22:36.670 --> 00:22:38.589 the door, and there's this massive sort of chaotic 00:22:38.589 --> 00:22:40.650 shuffle, and you guys are just in the middle 00:22:40.650 --> 00:22:44.470 of all this. Total blood splits across the floor. 00:22:44.650 --> 00:22:48.369 Okay, so is there a way that I can run around 00:22:48.369 --> 00:22:51.890 the side of this AG -5? Obviously, I don't want 00:22:51.890 --> 00:22:56.809 to. take an ao but i want to get my allies outside 00:22:56.809 --> 00:23:01.109 of a 10 foot radius you can a radius of you um 00:23:01.109 --> 00:23:03.369 yeah you'd have to take an ao if you want to 00:23:03.369 --> 00:23:07.789 get that yeah crap just a little ao what could 00:23:07.789 --> 00:23:10.369 possibly go wrong yeah but it's but it's it's 00:23:10.369 --> 00:23:12.309 not it's not centered on me it's going to be 00:23:12.309 --> 00:23:14.970 centered on them so so this isn't that's not 00:23:14.970 --> 00:23:18.150 going to work oh on it yeah yeah on it yeah i'm 00:23:18.150 --> 00:23:23.269 probably just gonna have to I'm really in trouble 00:23:23.269 --> 00:23:29.150 here. Okay. Shit. I guess I'm going to try it. 00:23:29.829 --> 00:23:33.789 Yeah, I've got the spell slots. Okay. I'm going 00:23:33.789 --> 00:23:37.789 to try to cast Witch Bolt on this thing. Let's 00:23:37.789 --> 00:23:43.930 see if I can hit it. 17. Dear Lord, it's not 00:23:43.930 --> 00:23:48.049 hit. What the fuck? Okay. I hope you're really 00:23:48.049 --> 00:23:53.490 fast, Dresden. Actually, I just realized we did 00:23:53.490 --> 00:23:54.970 a nice turn by showing up to Dresden after my 00:23:54.970 --> 00:23:57.589 fight, so we'll do one more round and we'll get 00:23:57.589 --> 00:23:59.329 to Dresden. Okay. Give them a little time up 00:23:59.329 --> 00:24:01.990 there. That's John. I was going to say, by the 00:24:01.990 --> 00:24:03.549 time we come back around, have I already been 00:24:03.549 --> 00:24:08.069 in there then? No. We'll get to you. John, let 00:24:08.069 --> 00:24:11.809 me handle this. Brace for Riptide. And John's 00:24:11.809 --> 00:24:15.750 going to go into shell defense. Yes, sir! I love 00:24:15.750 --> 00:24:19.630 it. Okay. Honestly, good move. That's what I 00:24:19.630 --> 00:24:21.970 mean. See, how many times can he use the sacred 00:24:21.970 --> 00:24:24.089 flame? Forever. It's forever? Cool, he's going 00:24:24.089 --> 00:24:25.710 for it again. Hell yeah, I'm rolling dex save. 00:24:27.549 --> 00:24:30.269 18 on the die. So this time around, it's ready 00:24:30.269 --> 00:24:31.789 for it, and it kind of like dances out of the 00:24:31.789 --> 00:24:35.769 way as a flame. Shit, I mean, crap, I mean, don't 00:24:35.769 --> 00:24:41.609 tell Atash. Don't tell Atash. He's right behind 00:24:41.609 --> 00:24:46.890 you. He kind of just heard you. That's me. Let's 00:24:46.890 --> 00:24:48.170 do the same thing again. One on Blanche, one 00:24:48.170 --> 00:24:50.329 on Jean, huh? You guys are up close and personal. 00:24:51.029 --> 00:24:53.950 Jaune has, what's this, extra AC? He's got a 00:24:53.950 --> 00:24:57.369 plus four, so 19 plus four. He's got, yeah. Okay. 00:24:58.930 --> 00:25:04.130 I miss. Blanche. That is a 15 to hit Blanche. 00:25:04.130 --> 00:25:08.470 No way. Okay. Bounces off the shell. You parry 00:25:08.470 --> 00:25:11.009 it with your singing blade. You guys are standing 00:25:11.009 --> 00:25:12.930 hard against this thing. Yeah, that's kind of 00:25:12.930 --> 00:25:16.960 going to be my tactic here. I don't want to burn 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:18.839 a bunch of spell slots, so I'm just going to 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:21.220 kind of chill out. Dresden, you come running 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:24.480 down the hallway. You see the open sort of steel 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:27.519 doorway. You know it's obvious what the lab is, 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:29.960 and you peel on into it. You look in, and you 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.920 see exactly what Blanche saw before, just steel 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.680 plating on the floors, steel plating on the walls, 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:37.559 a number of work tables, some sort of drawers, 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:40.619 whatever word I use. What word do I use? Drawer? 00:25:41.230 --> 00:25:42.990 Drawers? Drawers? Whatever. Oh, wait, the filing 00:25:42.990 --> 00:25:44.710 cabinet? There's a cabinet on one part of the 00:25:44.710 --> 00:25:46.549 filing cabinet, and then above some of the tables, 00:25:46.630 --> 00:25:48.690 there are some... I think you said a shelf? Shelves. 00:25:48.690 --> 00:25:50.650 Yeah, there we go. There's shelves. Sort of like... 00:25:50.650 --> 00:25:52.670 I think they're covered shelves, kind of hanging 00:25:52.670 --> 00:25:54.589 above some of the tables. Okay. You see all this. 00:25:55.450 --> 00:25:57.950 What do you go for? I'm going to go for the files 00:25:57.950 --> 00:26:00.740 first. Okay. You dive for the filing cabinet. 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.059 With the diamond. With the recording diamond. 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.700 With the diamond. You dive over to the filing 00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:05.380 cabinet. As you move over to it, you see exactly 00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:07.000 what Blanche saw when she first entered this 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:09.599 room because it's pretty close to that little 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:13.019 table that has the urn, the picture, the nameplate, 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:15.619 Rosa. Maybe like, no, you know what, Serapio, 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:17.319 you put these same things together, you kind 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:19.240 of see where Blanche got this information. Sure. 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:21.160 You turn, you spin to the cabinet, open it up. 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:23.740 You know what you're looking for. Jewels. Okay. 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:26.000 Do you want to read it or take a picture of it? 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:28.220 I pull it out and I take a picture of it, but 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.220 as I'm taking a picture of it, I quickly glance 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.579 my eyes over it. Give me some words. Give me 00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:34.640 the words. Give me the words! Can I roll for 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.539 a certain amount of words? Which actually could 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:38.819 actually work not in my favor. That's interesting. 00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:41.180 I won't say no, because it could work out in 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:43.660 your favor. It could. Give me a straight intelligence 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:45.799 roll. Or perception. Beast perception. That makes 00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:49.759 more sense. 18. Pretty good. That's not bad. 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:52.420 That's not bad. This is actually a pretty... 00:26:53.109 --> 00:26:55.509 large file. As you look in jewels, use a couple 00:26:55.509 --> 00:27:00.230 pages. You're just looking through. Zavar's Experimentations. 00:27:01.029 --> 00:27:05.450 Purest Influence of Magic. Perfect Vessel. Zomate 00:27:05.450 --> 00:27:09.809 Shab. Essence of the Planes. Changing Souls. 00:27:11.329 --> 00:27:15.430 Emotion. Artistry. And that's what you see as 00:27:15.430 --> 00:27:17.349 you kind of take pictures. So, so far, nothing 00:27:17.349 --> 00:27:20.740 I don't know. There's a lot more to it. Nothing 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:22.359 Dresden doesn't know already. That's all right. 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:24.359 We've got the... It's fine. But yeah, so as I'm 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.799 doing that, I'm taking pictures of every single 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:29.299 page. Okay. Okay. Cool. And then once that's 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:32.180 done, I shove it back in, close it up. Yeah. 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:34.039 And then I go for the shelf. Go for the shelf. 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:35.660 You turn, you run, you see like there's a number 00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:37.900 of shelves kind of lining one wall that are kind 00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:40.160 of almost like closed sort of cabinet style. 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:42.440 You can just like flip them open as you go. Yes. 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:45.710 And I should note too, while I'm in here... And 00:27:45.710 --> 00:27:47.829 I'm moving around. Yeah. When I'm not directly 00:27:47.829 --> 00:27:50.230 facing the diamond at what I'm looking at. Yeah. 00:27:50.329 --> 00:27:52.990 Particularly, I'm also scanning the room with 00:27:52.990 --> 00:27:55.890 it. Okay. For just in cases. Just in cases. For 00:27:55.890 --> 00:27:57.609 just in cases. Just in cases. You're moving in 00:27:57.609 --> 00:28:00.710 a line. You're flipping open these cabinets. 00:28:00.970 --> 00:28:03.170 You open first one. Nothing. Second one. Nothing. 00:28:03.210 --> 00:28:07.150 You're going down. Perception check. Twelve. 00:28:07.549 --> 00:28:10.750 Twelve. Okay. That's fine. You're opening up 00:28:10.750 --> 00:28:12.730 things. You're going down deeper into the room. 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.519 Cabinet, cabinet. As you're looking at it, you 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.680 see, like, various tools, small items. They don't 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.640 seem to have much meaning. Like, sort of glass 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:20.700 jars, various sort of metal contraptions. None 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.440 of them really stand out to you. You get to the 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.859 last cabinet at the very edge of the room. You 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:27.579 open it, and something almost like, you know, 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:30.400 shaken up by all the sort of violence happening 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:32.240 everywhere sort of clatters out in front of you. 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:34.640 Ding, ding, ding. This metal, long bar falls 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:37.380 down the table before you. And let me describe 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:40.299 this thing real quick. Ooh, what is it? We found 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:44.119 something. That was my best Grinch impression. 00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:48.940 I thought it was good. The fingers. Yeah. You're 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:51.920 looking at a sleek metal rod that fans out at 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:54.339 the end in sort of almost like a fin. There's 00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:56.259 a magical inscription running down engraved with 00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:58.079 diamond dust that goes down the length of this 00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:03.460 rod. Give me an Arcana check. Oh, it's a spell 00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:05.940 wand. So you can figure out what this thing is. 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:09.240 Is this button worthy? No, no, no. I don't think 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.839 so. Because you're going to take it anyway. I'm 00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.579 going to take it anyway. That's true. That's 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:15.049 true. I don't fucking know what it is. You know 00:29:15.049 --> 00:29:17.470 what it is. Not with a five. Okay. No. You've 00:29:17.470 --> 00:29:20.930 known what it is. You take it in. You're taking 00:29:20.930 --> 00:29:24.309 it with you? Yes. You grab it. You hear chaos 00:29:24.309 --> 00:29:27.170 outside. You turn to face the door of the room. 00:29:27.269 --> 00:29:28.769 No. That perception check you failed earlier? 00:29:28.990 --> 00:29:30.450 No. Now you're supposed to see the effects of 00:29:30.450 --> 00:29:32.069 it. See what you didn't realize. I should have 00:29:32.069 --> 00:29:34.349 used a button on that one. Oh, it's not that. 00:29:34.589 --> 00:29:36.819 What you didn't realize. So this room's beginning 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:39.099 to get warmer. And as you turn to face the door, 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:41.099 you see that there is a glowing sort of almost 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:43.400 redness in the floor and the steel plates between 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:45.759 you and the doorway. Oh, come on. As the metal 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:48.059 of the room is beginning to melt down. And you 00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:51.460 realize, each man has done something. He's destroying 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:54.519 the evidence. He's destroying the room, and you're 00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:57.519 in it. Okay, so. What do you do? I manifest my 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:59.420 echo just outside the door. Oh, my God. And I 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:02.720 fucking teleport. Fucking yes! Fucking high five. 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:06.839 Holy shit! Dude. Fuck you. Holy shit. Dude, I 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:09.799 did. It immediately hit me. Take a fucking button. 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.539 Immediately. That was so fast. The second you 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:13.759 started saying that, I'm like, this is stupid. 00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:16.420 Oh my God. So good. You turn to see like the 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:18.299 room, all of the floor around you is turning 00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:21.079 to molten metal. The table sinking quickly into 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:23.839 it. Rapidly, everything melting away into this 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:26.960 pool of destruction. The filing cabinet. And 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.559 you see this. You realize it's about to hit you. 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:31.920 Your feet are about to fall in. And you just 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:35.599 echo, teleport. Your echo just kind of vanishes 00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.039 as it melts into the floor. But you are fucking 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:41.059 out of there. Dresden's like, no big deal. Holy 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:44.059 shit. Yeah, man, that was awesome. Try harder. 00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:46.299 Holy shit. And you're running down the hallway 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:48.099 again. At the end of this next round. Dresden, 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.920 run. Oh, no, of course Dresden's running. Well, 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.779 duh. At the end of this next round, you're rolling 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.400 initiative for the fight as well. Okay, cool. 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.920 You'll be back. Cool, cool. Back to the fight. 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.859 Blanche, you're up. Okay, I'm going to do what 00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:58.940 I should have done like two rounds ago. I'm going 00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:01.609 to cast True Strike. And that's Blanche's move. 00:31:02.029 --> 00:31:04.529 That's Blanche's turn. Oh, shit. Okay. Yeah. 00:31:05.089 --> 00:31:07.589 Okay. So that just makes it so, like, you, like, 00:31:07.990 --> 00:31:10.430 hone your weapon. The song kind of, like, almost 00:31:10.430 --> 00:31:13.849 like the song reaches more of a harmony. Like, 00:31:13.950 --> 00:31:16.329 it's a high point as you wield your blade forward. 00:31:16.589 --> 00:31:18.990 Exactly. She's concentrating a little bit more. 00:31:19.269 --> 00:31:22.089 That's awesome. Jean. Jean's going to stay in 00:31:22.089 --> 00:31:25.730 shell defense. Okay. Hell yeah. Ramin. Going 00:31:25.730 --> 00:31:28.869 for that sacred flame again. It hits. Roll me 00:31:28.869 --> 00:31:32.539 a D8. It's something. It's four. This guy's in 00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:35.500 his back foot, kind of being pushed back by his 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:39.400 foes, and that's going to actually surprise him 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:44.920 this time. Not bad. His turn. How far away is 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:48.559 Ramin from the AG5? I see Ramin as being about 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.839 5 -10 feet back from you guys. Do we have the 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:53.599 map on this? No, don't map. We'll do it in Theta 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:57.720 Mind. Can I retcon that Blanche told him to move 00:31:57.720 --> 00:32:00.059 a little further back? Because if the AG5 is 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.779 going to go for him, I at least want to get an 00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.880 AOL. Yeah, he's far enough back it would. He's 00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:05.880 10 feet back, so if it goes past you, it's going 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.720 to... He's far enough back that you'll be okay. 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:11.180 Okay, perfect. He knows to stay. He's not tanky. 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:14.720 Hell yeah. One on Blanche, one on Jean. Jean 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:18.920 first again. It's cracked. That's a three on 00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:22.259 the die. Jean's fine. Blanche. Ooh, this might 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:24.460 hit. 11 on the die for A. I shouldn't have said 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:32.700 that. For a 17. No. Oh, my God. That's a total. 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:37.539 Dude. Oh, so bing again. Dude, you guys are killing 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:40.259 it. Yeah. This is the build, my man. This is 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:43.259 the build. Okay. Slash, slash. You guys knock 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:45.740 away two more. That's his turn. 17 is her base 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:50.759 AC before Bladesong. Oh, my God. Holy shit. That's 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:55.000 amazing. Yeah. Okay. End of the round. Dresden, 00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:59.720 roll initiative. And that's a 13. 13. That puts 00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:03.480 you, I believe, below Jean, above Ramin. Jaune 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:05.660 had... Was it 12, actually, on Jaune? No, Jaune 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:08.319 had 11. 11, okay, you're right. So Dresden's 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.880 right after Blanche. Blanche, you're up. Okay. 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:13.640 Blanche is going to use her true strike to gain 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:16.519 advantage on this longsword attack. Can you hit? 00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:20.559 Can you hit? 19 plus 7, you tell me. That will 00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:23.339 hit. Oh, yes. All right. I'm going to roll again 00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:25.200 to see if I crit. This invincible foe, and you 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:28.359 finally, you hold your moment, and you see the 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.619 opportunity. You can get through that armor. 00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:37.059 11 damage. Holy shit. Nice. That's good. You 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:39.259 just go in. You cleave a huge piece like this. 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:42.279 You're going to hold yourself. This thing moves 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:45.180 into strike at Jaune. Bounce on the shell. Moves 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:47.420 into strike at you. As it does, you kind of like 00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:49.880 carry it with your blade, and you're kind of 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:52.460 still in this moment of focus. Its guard is open. 00:33:52.910 --> 00:33:55.390 You slide in and just cleave a huge part of the 00:33:55.390 --> 00:33:57.849 breastplate out, the arcane core pulsing behind 00:33:57.849 --> 00:34:01.569 it, and you have more direct line to it now. 00:34:01.730 --> 00:34:05.130 Hell yeah. Just sparks flying as your sword cleaves 00:34:05.130 --> 00:34:07.190 through the metal, cutting right into one of 00:34:07.190 --> 00:34:10.110 the seams. And that's Blanche's turn. Dresden, 00:34:10.250 --> 00:34:12.210 you're at the bottom of the stairs. What do you 00:34:12.210 --> 00:34:15.710 do? How far am I away? 30 feet. 30 feet? Somewhere 00:34:15.710 --> 00:34:18.110 within 30 feet. You can attack this turn. Cool. 00:34:18.170 --> 00:34:20.110 Perfect, because I'm going to dash. I'm going 00:34:20.110 --> 00:34:21.489 to use Charger again. I'm coming up behind him. 00:34:21.489 --> 00:34:24.250 Oh, Charger, baby! Fuck, yeah. I'm coming up 00:34:24.250 --> 00:34:27.849 behind him, right? Yeah. Yeah. Do I get any sort 00:34:27.849 --> 00:34:30.110 of advantage or flanking? Take a flank bonus. 00:34:30.449 --> 00:34:32.230 Yeah, certainly flanking. Perfect, perfect. Okay, 00:34:32.269 --> 00:34:34.690 plus two on this. All right, so I use the dash 00:34:34.690 --> 00:34:36.829 action, and then I get a bonus melee. Hell yeah. 00:34:36.909 --> 00:34:38.289 Oh, yeah, that's right, because you can either 00:34:38.289 --> 00:34:41.110 push it or get bonuses, yeah. With the plus two. 00:34:41.530 --> 00:34:44.230 Now, is Charger unarmed attack, or is it let 00:34:44.230 --> 00:34:47.230 you use your weapon? It says melee attack. Let's 00:34:47.230 --> 00:34:48.710 say you're using a weapon for it. Perfect. Because 00:34:48.710 --> 00:34:50.289 you're just going to go with a war pick as you 00:34:50.289 --> 00:34:52.750 charge it. That makes sense. Either way, it's 00:34:52.750 --> 00:34:54.510 still the same modifier. Well, it's a plus one 00:34:54.510 --> 00:34:56.150 for your weapon because it's a magical weapon. 00:34:56.329 --> 00:34:58.550 So I have a plus eight to hit. Well, it should 00:34:58.550 --> 00:35:00.969 be, if you've added the plus one weapon to your 00:35:00.969 --> 00:35:03.349 inventory, then it should show up. Just check 00:35:03.349 --> 00:35:05.809 the inventory and see if it's selected. No. It 00:35:05.809 --> 00:35:08.650 is not correct. So should this be six? Look, 00:35:08.650 --> 00:35:12.150 see? Oh, actually. Oh, my goodness. You know 00:35:12.150 --> 00:35:14.050 what's wild is I don't even have my plus one 00:35:14.050 --> 00:35:16.670 long sword. Oh, jeez. I have just my regular 00:35:16.670 --> 00:35:18.429 long sword. If it helps, this thing has 20 AC. 00:35:18.489 --> 00:35:19.829 You wouldn't have hit those other attacks anyway. 00:35:19.969 --> 00:35:22.170 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, yeah. So then I do, with 00:35:22.170 --> 00:35:24.489 flanking, I get a plus eight to this hit. Plus 00:35:24.489 --> 00:35:29.429 eight to this hit? 20 AC. 24. Oh, yeah. You hit. 00:35:29.670 --> 00:35:32.369 This thing is currently recovering, stumbling 00:35:32.369 --> 00:35:34.650 back from flanking attack, and suddenly, with 00:35:34.650 --> 00:35:37.420 all the force of the fucking... Rhinoceros! I 00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:39.340 don't give a shit. Dresden comes flying in with 00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:41.039 his Warpick. Oh, yeah, and guess what? What? 00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:43.679 If I hit? Yeah. With Charger? Yeah. I get a plus 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.079 5 to damage. That's pretty good. Yeah, plus 5, 00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.679 yeah. That's pretty good. So guess what? This 00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:50.480 is 1d8 plus 10. Yeah, buddy. Is it really? It's 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.039 really 1d8 plus 10. Go ahead and roll. You don't 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:55.099 actually have to, though. Oh, my God. 9 HP left. 00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:56.440 You've just finished this thing off. Fucking 00:35:56.440 --> 00:36:00.159 God. Holy shit. Describe it. Hold on. Well, let's 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:01.380 see what I get first. All right, roll. Roll, 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:03.960 then describe it. Natural 1. I'm just kidding. 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:09.159 Yeah, that's 15. 15 damage. Yeah. What does it 00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:12.719 look like? The core is open before you can see 00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:14.860 where Blanche cut open. Like right in the side 00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:16.920 as you move in, you can like see it. As I'm running 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:22.079 in, full force, right shoulder down and barreling 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:25.559 into this thing. I hit him with such force that 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:29.880 it just shatters and explodes. And as the pieces 00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:34.440 fall, Blanche. Jean Franklin and Ramin. All get 00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:39.380 speared by tons of shrapnel and die! This is 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:43.320 worse than horses. Yeah, right? The pieces fall 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:45.800 around Dresden and he's just standing there like 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:49.199 fucking Neo -Matrix style. Your shoulder clips 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:53.480 the core and just causes a reaction. Let's go. 00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:55.860 Holy shit, you got this rod on your back that 00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:57.139 you're carrying that's like, what the fuck is 00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:58.780 this thing? Wait, it's rolling a chrono check 00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.940 if you want to see what this is real quick. Yeah, 00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:02.440 I'll check it out. Just guess, why not? Otherwise, 00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.739 you'll have to wait and figure it out later. 00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:09.679 Or use Identify. 23. Maybe you just recognize 00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:11.760 the sort of runes on the side of it or the sort 00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:13.280 of inscriptions on the side of it. Maybe you've 00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:17.039 seen or heard rumors of this new line that Marfil's 00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:21.519 been working on. This is a prototype Marfil rod 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:24.380 of flying, we'll say. It's a broom. What? It's 00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:27.420 a broom of flying. What? But it's not a broom. 00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:32.449 Yeah. Yeah, baby. Holy shit. You don't know the 00:37:32.449 --> 00:37:34.329 command word for it. You'd have to take time 00:37:34.329 --> 00:37:36.329 to, like, rechange it unless you figure out what 00:37:36.329 --> 00:37:39.110 the command word might be for its means. Prototype. 00:37:39.409 --> 00:37:42.630 Vermaflying. Sure. Rotaflying. All right. I bet 00:37:42.630 --> 00:37:46.730 Pigman knows. Well, I think Pigman's dead. You 00:37:46.730 --> 00:37:51.570 hear? Oh, yeah. roar from outside as the battle 00:37:51.570 --> 00:37:55.190 clashes. The whole place shakes behind you. Upstairs, 00:37:55.309 --> 00:37:57.449 smoke begins to pour out from where that room 00:37:57.449 --> 00:37:59.889 is. This molten metal starts to slide, almost 00:37:59.889 --> 00:38:02.550 like going out down the hallway, dripping down 00:38:02.550 --> 00:38:04.690 the stairs, people screaming. The whole crowd's 00:38:04.690 --> 00:38:06.590 almost fully outside now. You're the last few 00:38:06.590 --> 00:38:09.429 left. This manor is coming down. The terrace 00:38:09.429 --> 00:38:12.289 is currently just like falling apart. What are 00:38:12.289 --> 00:38:14.590 you guys doing? Let's go. Dresden, give me that. 00:38:15.469 --> 00:38:19.619 Sorry. I'm sorry to be rude. I found it. I found 00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:21.619 it. I'm sorry to be rude. No, no, no. I'm not 00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:23.360 even talking about the rod. I'm talking about 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:25.460 the recording diamond. Blanche is going to grab 00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:27.719 the recording diamond and start flipping through 00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:32.260 the Serapio file as we're running out the building. 00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:35.239 Oh, good idea. Hell yeah. Good idea. You dive 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.159 out the building and into the streets. As you're 00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:38.699 pushing out into the streets, you look down. 00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:41.599 You can see many red lights down the hill charging 00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:45.210 up your way, feet moving. All the AG -5 patrolling 00:38:45.210 --> 00:38:47.949 this area are currently moving in on the terrorists, 00:38:48.010 --> 00:38:50.730 currently moving in on the new threat. Itzman's 00:38:50.730 --> 00:38:53.650 calling in everything to make sure he gets away. 00:38:54.269 --> 00:38:56.030 You're scanning through. You guys step out on 00:38:56.030 --> 00:38:57.530 the streets. You're running, running, pushing 00:38:57.530 --> 00:38:59.469 through the crowds, pushing down where the crowds 00:38:59.469 --> 00:39:00.670 start thinning out as people are starting to 00:39:00.670 --> 00:39:03.030 kind of gather around to watch the miracle happen. 00:39:03.250 --> 00:39:06.090 Watch the battle. You're pushing, pushing. And 00:39:06.090 --> 00:39:07.869 as you're scanning, Blanche, you're a wizard. 00:39:07.909 --> 00:39:10.170 You can run and read at the same time. You're 00:39:10.170 --> 00:39:12.829 getting, like, a lot of information on Serapio. 00:39:13.849 --> 00:39:17.789 And this file is more personal than any other 00:39:17.789 --> 00:39:20.789 ones you would have seen. It's very obvious from 00:39:20.789 --> 00:39:25.489 the start. You see that Serapio had been experimented 00:39:25.489 --> 00:39:27.989 on by Zavar ten years ago, just after his mother, 00:39:28.170 --> 00:39:31.329 Ichmin's lover, died. She had met a servant here 00:39:31.329 --> 00:39:34.829 that he had fallen for, that he had relations 00:39:34.829 --> 00:39:37.590 with. They had a child, and she, discovering, 00:39:37.690 --> 00:39:40.010 I guess, what he was, wanted nothing to do with 00:39:40.010 --> 00:39:43.659 him and his sort of... connections with Zomate 00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:46.719 Shab and the cult. She left, went down to the 00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:49.820 Old City, and he respected this choice. He watched 00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:52.679 from afar as she raised their child. But when 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:55.960 she died from a tragic accident, something broke 00:39:55.960 --> 00:40:00.500 in Eastman. You can see just this, such a fondness, 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.980 a reverence for the way he writes about Rosa. 00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:04.119 But all the other notes in this are so direct, 00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:07.980 so cold. You see... Every statement about Serapio 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:11.880 is like this, just cold and angry, this underlying, 00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:15.599 like, current of hatred, almost, for his son, 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:19.320 for his blood that took Rosa from him. You also 00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:21.599 read that after these experiments, Serapio is 00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:24.900 left to his own in the old city, until the time 00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:27.159 came when he awakened, which happened only a 00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:30.079 few months ago. Itzen became aware of this, and 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:32.539 he had codes implanted into the mind of Serapio. 00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:35.440 Codes that gave him sole control over the young 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:38.579 man's night form. Each night, the Chaticola will 00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:41.579 await Itzen's coming in the vast rose garden 00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:44.239 that spreads out at the back of the Rosas estate, 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:48.610 at the foot of Papalatian Hill. Itzmin has secret 00:40:48.610 --> 00:40:51.150 ways to quickly and stealthily reach this spot. 00:40:51.409 --> 00:40:53.150 Tunnels beneath the hill that jut out from his 00:40:53.150 --> 00:40:55.969 manor. And here, he will give orders to his demon 00:40:55.969 --> 00:40:58.269 and send it off to spread its sickening curse 00:40:58.269 --> 00:41:01.829 through the ranks of the Tresna's enemies. Serapio, 00:41:02.010 --> 00:41:04.809 you can see, like, there's notes on the bottom. 00:41:04.889 --> 00:41:09.309 Serapio, he hates Itzmin. He hates this form. 00:41:09.369 --> 00:41:11.590 He rebels against it. And he truly does want 00:41:11.590 --> 00:41:15.050 to bring the Tresna, bring his father down. And 00:41:15.050 --> 00:41:18.110 yet... He will not make moves to end himself. 00:41:18.750 --> 00:41:21.630 And so every night, he comes to serve Itzmin's 00:41:21.630 --> 00:41:23.869 will. And with this, you know where they're meeting. 00:41:24.329 --> 00:41:26.869 Rose's estate. The back of the estate. The Rose 00:41:26.869 --> 00:41:29.070 Garden behind it. That's where you'll find him. 00:41:29.170 --> 00:41:31.150 That's where the demon will be waiting. That's 00:41:31.150 --> 00:41:32.829 where Itzmin will try to make his escape. You 00:41:32.829 --> 00:41:36.369 have one chance. One chance to stop this. Blanche 00:41:36.369 --> 00:41:39.130 is yelling that as she's reading it. To Rosas! 00:41:39.230 --> 00:41:42.119 To Rosas! And she puts the recording diamond 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:45.400 away in a safe place. Yes. My next question is, 00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:48.260 I forgot, where are we at with the resetting 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:51.539 of the sending stones? Midnight. No, sorry, daybreak 00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:53.900 next day. It's dawn. So that's not going to work? 00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:57.400 No. Nope. Okay, everyone, continue. They're meeting 00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:59.980 in the rose garden at Rosas. We have to get there 00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:03.559 with all haste. Now. Let's go. You all begin 00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:06.519 to run. Your feet's pounding as you're moving 00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:09.960 down the way. you're pushing down the hill past 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:12.739 the crowds you are uh making progress and you 00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:14.639 know that like like basically where the streets 00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:16.739 sort of line this hell where they curve down 00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:19.739 they'll eventually meet sort of fiesta town uh 00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:21.619 but this sort of barren area of the hill nobody 00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:24.460 wants to live near the the old city right nobody 00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:26.840 wants to live by rosas and so as you're kind 00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:28.650 of like Moving through the crowds, you can see, 00:42:28.690 --> 00:42:31.110 like, more of the AG -5 are pushing past you, 00:42:31.190 --> 00:42:33.750 knocking people down as they go to make their 00:42:33.750 --> 00:42:36.469 moves to fight the Angel. You can hear more explosions 00:42:36.469 --> 00:42:38.849 and see lights, like, spectacle behind you, just 00:42:38.849 --> 00:42:41.610 flashes in the night as you're charging, charging, 00:42:41.730 --> 00:42:47.170 charging. As you move, I think Ramin is sort 00:42:47.170 --> 00:42:49.530 of, like, keeping up with you, and it's hard 00:42:49.530 --> 00:42:52.429 for him now because Serenno has come to claim 00:42:52.429 --> 00:42:54.929 him again. I believe he is currently at a negative 00:42:54.929 --> 00:42:59.150 four as he's just... Trying to breathe, trying 00:42:59.150 --> 00:43:01.190 to move, but he's trying to keep along with you. 00:43:01.210 --> 00:43:03.590 And even though it's painful for him right now, 00:43:03.750 --> 00:43:06.929 he's trying to run and talk at the same time. 00:43:06.929 --> 00:43:11.670 Just, please, please, let me explain. Let me 00:43:11.670 --> 00:43:15.489 explain what happened. I've kept things from 00:43:15.489 --> 00:43:18.429 you, and I'm sorry. You are my dear friends, 00:43:18.590 --> 00:43:21.190 and I'm sorry. But I will tell you the truth 00:43:21.190 --> 00:43:25.590 now. Now to the truth of Ramin Rasool. Just... 00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:31.579 know that I am celestial, half angel. It is the 00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:33.940 reason Atash put me back from the dead. It is 00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:36.340 the reason I awakened with powers following my 00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:39.059 resurrection. My mother had relations with one 00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:45.019 of Atash's faithful. It was a grave skin. You 00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:48.440 thinking about skin, David? It was a grave sin, 00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:51.659 an unspeakable error. My father will spend an 00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:54.159 eternity in the bowels of the sky prison in judgment 00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:57.159 for his crime. But Arthash and his wisdom saw 00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:59.880 fit to remove me from my parents' sins. And I 00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:02.619 serve him now. I was sent to travel the worlds, 00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:04.900 to become a luminary, to use the freedom afforded 00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:08.280 to me by my humanity. And to serve the Sun Reaver's 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:10.659 light. The path I walked was barren and fruitless, 00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:13.739 but I had faith. And my faith... He's looking 00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:16.639 at you all, just smiling. It led me to you. Through 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:19.079 your actions, the Pigman had been hit to murder. 00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:22.719 Pigman, a luminary of the Seidel, confessed to 00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:25.659 a major crime. Not just that, but he implicated 00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:28.500 the whole of Marfil Ironworks as well. The Tressener, 00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:30.900 everyone, admitting that they covered it up. 00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:33.420 Ever since I saw the poor treatment of these 00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:35.480 people here in Saint -Cityon, I had been seeking 00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:38.179 some way to bring the higher powers here to justice. 00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:41.679 My word was not enough, and the poor living situation 00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:44.000 cannot be directly attributed to the criminal 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:46.880 acts of Marfil. I had been looking for evidence 00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:48.800 of something more during my time in the city. 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:50.780 Anything that could hold weight with the speakers. 00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:54.750 This, though. This was enough. Pigman's admission 00:44:54.750 --> 00:44:58.449 was enough to get his attention. I knew it was 00:44:58.449 --> 00:45:00.949 a risk. He cannot move across worlds as easily 00:45:00.949 --> 00:45:04.570 as most. Yet I sent him a message. I prayed for 00:45:04.570 --> 00:45:08.650 a miracle. And it came. And he's just, like, 00:45:08.650 --> 00:45:10.449 beaming at you guys. He's running, like, this 00:45:10.449 --> 00:45:14.550 giving him strength. He came. And you realize 00:45:14.550 --> 00:45:17.750 now, too, why he autosaves. This is more meta. 00:45:17.829 --> 00:45:21.630 Why he autosaves on his Serino effects. The... 00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:25.460 celestial sort of blood running through him is 00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:28.800 actually resistant to the demon's curse. Yes! 00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:34.840 Yes! I did it! Really, you did it, Blanche! You 00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:38.559 got him to admit it! You used your magic! You 00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:41.920 used your cleverness! You befriended him! Tricked 00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:44.460 him! You did it! You got him to commit a murder 00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:47.860 and now he can pay for his crimes! Now we can 00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:50.679 save the city! As she's running, looking over, 00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:54.429 making Eye contact with Dresden. And she just 00:45:54.429 --> 00:46:01.030 mouths, not out loud, just to Dresden. How could 00:46:01.030 --> 00:46:04.110 you? Not you, Dresden. She's talking about Ramin, 00:46:04.230 --> 00:46:07.110 but... Yeah. Ramin, too sick to even notice this. 00:46:07.250 --> 00:46:08.909 His eyes sort of like, this has been pushing 00:46:08.909 --> 00:46:10.889 him too much, and his eyes are kind of like fading. 00:46:10.949 --> 00:46:14.070 He's kind of sweating and rubs his head, and 00:46:14.070 --> 00:46:17.210 he's just beaming, smiling. It all worked out 00:46:17.210 --> 00:46:20.940 so well. Ah, Tosh. He can take care of it. But 00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:22.780 then he just kind of nods, transformation to 00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:24.940 his eyes. Our job is not over, though. We need 00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:27.840 to find Itzman. He yet holds one weapon undiscovered. 00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:31.840 The demon. We must stop him. The many lives rely 00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:34.739 on us stopping him tonight. We're the only ones 00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:37.019 who can. As we're running, Dresden will look 00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:40.300 over to Ramin. We'll talk about this later. He 00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:43.940 just looks confused. as you push downwards. You're 00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:46.460 reaching sort of the base of the hill now, reaching 00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:48.440 the sort of end where it falls into Los Gavilanes, 00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:50.019 where the streets fall away. You're just running 00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:52.880 down straight sort of grassy terrain. You push 00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:55.199 over this, and you get a view of the old city, 00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:59.440 and you see another fight has commenced. Down 00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:02.019 below in the streets of Los Gavilanes, you can 00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:05.210 see more sort of red lights moving around. In 00:47:05.210 --> 00:47:07.329 the light of the red lights, in the light of 00:47:07.329 --> 00:47:10.570 various glowing figures amongst them, you can 00:47:10.570 --> 00:47:14.250 see that the various earlier waves of the armored 00:47:14.250 --> 00:47:17.130 guard models that normally patrol the Ironworks 00:47:17.130 --> 00:47:20.489 district are also pushing towards the hill. Pushing 00:47:20.489 --> 00:47:23.210 through Los Catalanes to move up. Everyone, everyone 00:47:23.210 --> 00:47:26.650 is moving in on this. But they are not getting 00:47:26.650 --> 00:47:31.320 far. For they have met the resistances. Resistance. 00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:36.280 The resisti. The resisti. As they push into the 00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:39.719 sky, you see immediately the resistance has sort 00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:43.340 of taken this angelic spectacle as a sign. They've 00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:45.579 poured from the bowels of the old city to fight 00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:47.659 for the hill. And you can see that a good number 00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:50.340 of skeletons returned are amongst them, glowing 00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:51.900 with the light of the night's magic. And you 00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:53.960 realize that this night, of all nights, is when 00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:56.679 the resistance is at its strongest. All of those 00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:59.360 that have died under the Tresna, under Itzmin's 00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:02.199 thumb. are back to fight one final battle. And 00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:05.460 so, down beneath you, another fight is raging 00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:08.900 as more armored guard pour in and are met by 00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:11.820 the blades of the low folk, the good people, 00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:14.400 who will always stand to fight when the time 00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:18.409 is right. This can't concern you now, for Rosas 00:48:18.409 --> 00:48:21.869 is down below you. Before all of that, you can 00:48:21.869 --> 00:48:23.869 see the estate. You can see the rose gardens 00:48:23.869 --> 00:48:27.150 before it, sort of barely lit by the stars above. 00:48:27.389 --> 00:48:29.389 As you push down, do you see figures perhaps 00:48:29.389 --> 00:48:31.889 in the garden? You push, you push, you push, 00:48:32.090 --> 00:48:36.329 and you break through the gateway. The smell 00:48:36.329 --> 00:48:39.369 of roses striking you, a good wind sort of blowing 00:48:39.369 --> 00:48:43.110 past them. A cold wind, very cold, down to your 00:48:43.110 --> 00:48:46.500 bones. You look out. And you can see two figures 00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:49.579 just ahead, standing at the garden's center. 00:48:50.019 --> 00:48:53.340 A cold and biting wind blows against you. The 00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:55.559 rose is swaying in a wind that seems to shoot 00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:59.019 out, emanating from the two figures. One of them. 00:48:59.119 --> 00:49:02.260 Eachman Del Prado turns to face you. His spectacles 00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:05.960 sort of reflecting the grand light from the battle 00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:09.699 far above. Just shining. You can barely make 00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:14.079 that out. And beside him, you see the Clatzikolo. 00:49:14.750 --> 00:49:18.650 You see Serapio, this great black owl demon, 00:49:18.690 --> 00:49:21.949 hooked claws for its hand, this sort of hunched 00:49:21.949 --> 00:49:26.429 form, very skinny, very lithe. And it just takes 00:49:26.429 --> 00:49:29.829 you in, these large black eyes reflecting you. 00:49:34.090 --> 00:49:39.190 Long ago, when this arc began, Zebulon and Jules 00:49:39.190 --> 00:49:42.409 squared off against this creature. They managed 00:49:42.409 --> 00:49:46.210 to push it away. They got it to half HP. And 00:49:46.210 --> 00:49:50.090 now it's time for Blanche and Dresden to finish 00:49:50.090 --> 00:49:53.710 this fight. Jaune moves forward. I think his 00:49:53.710 --> 00:49:56.329 spear almost glowing with its own sort of light. 00:49:56.469 --> 00:49:58.889 This furious look in his eyes as he once again 00:49:58.889 --> 00:50:02.190 meets this foe he battled before. The only one 00:50:02.190 --> 00:50:04.630 here that once fought this thing. He just says, 00:50:04.710 --> 00:50:08.730 Everyone, be wary. Do not stand to get it. It 00:50:08.730 --> 00:50:12.489 has this wind move. It'll make you sick. Prepare 00:50:12.489 --> 00:50:16.989 yourselves. It's strong. And as Itzmin flashes 00:50:16.989 --> 00:50:20.849 a hand out towards you, as the Cazacolo, as Serapio, 00:50:21.050 --> 00:50:24.869 just trying to, you almost see like it's body 00:50:24.869 --> 00:50:27.469 trying to work against him, almost trying to 00:50:27.469 --> 00:50:31.070 turn its claws towards him, and then almost just 00:50:31.070 --> 00:50:34.989 goes limp, shoulders slump, and it turns to face 00:50:34.989 --> 00:50:42.059 you. and launches towards you. And here, in this 00:50:42.059 --> 00:50:45.519 moment, here, at the end of this fight, your 00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:48.699 adrenaline pumping, the world falling apart around 00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:51.400 you, all of Sansation riding on your shoulders. 00:50:52.059 --> 00:50:54.800 You feel a well of power inside of you awaken, 00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:56.480 and you level up!