WEBVTT 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:06.700 Hello, Pants people. Welcome to episode 69. Nice. 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:10.699 Nice. Nice. Nice. You know what else is nice? 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:14.500 What else is nice? We're about to hit 10 ,000 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:17.980 downloads. What? Nice. Yeah. So if you have any 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:20.899 friends, like any friends at all, and you want 00:00:20.899 --> 00:00:22.820 to help us get to 10 ,000 downloads. That was 00:00:22.820 --> 00:00:35.920 savage, man. It is savage. carry on carry on 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:45.840 if you have any friends at all oh my god send 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:50.560 them our way say hey you know what these guys 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:53.600 are pretty cool these guys are nice these guys 00:00:53.600 --> 00:01:44.170 are pretty nice But I want to talk to y 'all 00:01:44.170 --> 00:01:46.730 about death. More specifically, what happens 00:01:46.730 --> 00:01:50.010 to us after we die. This is, of course, a wildly 00:01:50.010 --> 00:01:52.790 complicated matter. One's true after life depends 00:01:52.790 --> 00:01:55.010 on the world they hail from and the deity they 00:01:55.010 --> 00:01:58.549 worship, or most impressed upon with their living 00:01:58.549 --> 00:02:00.870 actions. One thing we do know, though, is that 00:02:00.870 --> 00:02:04.750 by far most passing souls, those undammed, will 00:02:04.750 --> 00:02:06.989 find themselves on a fuel plane just after their 00:02:06.989 --> 00:02:09.810 death. But we know nothing concrete of the truth. 00:02:11.390 --> 00:02:40.580 We'll be right back. But we do know that Israel 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:44.360 must all come to face at the end of our time. 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.159 Now wait just a damned minute. Now wait just 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:53.000 a damned minute. That was good. I didn't realize, 00:02:53.139 --> 00:02:55.740 honestly, at the moment how good that was. Oh, 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:57.240 yeah. I didn't realize the tieback, the callback. 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.300 That was great. Well, I didn't realize that you 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:01.319 were going to ask for a Zebulon line. And when 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:04.580 I looked down at my little bottle, and I was 00:03:04.580 --> 00:03:07.340 like, that just fits. That just fits. So if you 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:09.360 forgot, it was one episode ago, one week ago, 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:13.280 I assume. We received a letter and a gift, three 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:17.840 gifts from D, Daniel. And amongst those gifts 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:19.699 were these three bottles. One of them, or two 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:21.099 of them had the message. Now wait just a damn 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:23.689 minute. Stephen can explain more. Because you're 00:03:23.689 --> 00:03:25.349 going to hear a lot of my voice in this episode. 00:03:25.430 --> 00:03:27.229 So I'm going to shut up for a minute. Yeah, I 00:03:27.229 --> 00:03:31.370 did D a little dirty last week where I just, 00:03:31.430 --> 00:03:35.330 I read the back, which I assumed was the front 00:03:35.330 --> 00:03:37.250 of his letter. I assumed it was like the introduction, 00:03:37.409 --> 00:03:41.330 but it was more like the conclusion. And we read 00:03:41.330 --> 00:03:44.610 his potions. But I knew that we were on a little 00:03:44.610 --> 00:03:47.590 bit of a time schedule, so I didn't want to read 00:03:47.590 --> 00:03:50.620 his letter, which explains. how we're supposed 00:03:50.620 --> 00:03:52.800 to use the potions. Yes. Anne says a lot of really 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.620 nice things, so I'm going to read it now, if 00:03:56.620 --> 00:04:00.460 you don't mind. Dear Fantasy Pants crew, my name 00:04:00.460 --> 00:04:02.539 is Daniel. I've been a fan of the show since 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:04.900 y 'all started, and the campaign I'm DMing started 00:04:04.900 --> 00:04:07.479 about the same time the show did. I have the 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:09.740 distinct pleasure of DMing for none other than 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:12.000 our Lady of Perpetual Cartography, Rochelle. 00:04:13.020 --> 00:04:15.719 Like Rochelle, I am a priest, but instead of 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:20.560 holy water, I have sent, ahem, potions. Real 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.720 potions. First, to Steven and Jeremy, every player 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:27.500 knows that Dungeon Masters are human, even David, 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:31.060 and I'm sure he very occasionally makes a questionable 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:35.240 ruling, and if and when that happens, you need 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.500 a way to register your disapproval. So to that 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:40.699 end, please find and close two potions of Now 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:43.740 Wait Just a Damn Minute. Give them to David as 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:48.230 needed. Second, for David. I don't know if you've 00:04:48.230 --> 00:04:50.790 ever had this experience as a DM, but sometimes 00:04:50.790 --> 00:04:53.670 a player takes a massive risk in a game and it 00:04:53.670 --> 00:04:56.509 does not go well. And sometimes when it doesn't 00:04:56.509 --> 00:04:59.170 go well, the party peppers you with a million 00:04:59.170 --> 00:05:00.910 questions about how they're supposed to get out 00:05:00.910 --> 00:05:03.750 of this mess that they freely and willingly got 00:05:03.750 --> 00:05:06.490 themselves into. That sounds accurate. As though 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:09.410 it was your fault. If ever that happens to you, 00:05:09.509 --> 00:05:13.490 please find enclosed one potion of not my damn 00:05:13.490 --> 00:05:17.649 problem. Dispose to any player as you see fit. 00:05:18.089 --> 00:05:20.129 Thanks so much for making such a fun podcast 00:05:20.129 --> 00:05:22.389 and sharing it with all the pants people out 00:05:22.389 --> 00:05:25.550 here. Happy New Year, D. So thank you again, 00:05:25.629 --> 00:05:29.069 D. Really, this was lovely. So I didn't realize 00:05:29.069 --> 00:05:31.389 at the time the drink wasn't for me. It was to 00:05:31.389 --> 00:05:35.970 dispose to the player as I see fit. Given that, 00:05:36.050 --> 00:05:40.290 though, once again, once again, D. He's doing 00:05:40.290 --> 00:05:41.569 it again. He's doing it again. He's doing it 00:05:41.569 --> 00:05:47.180 again. My man, you incredible DMU. Doing it again. 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.420 He's doing it again. Oh, shit. Do it again. Hang 00:05:50.420 --> 00:05:51.879 on. Do it again. Then he builds up to it. Do 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:53.139 you think he'll like it after a little while? 00:05:53.300 --> 00:05:55.259 No. Absolutely not. There's no universe. Well, 00:05:55.259 --> 00:05:57.240 so here's the thing. Will he just keep spiking 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.100 his rock stars with it? Oh, my God. Leave his 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:02.620 face. Oh, it's too much. It's too much. Oh, no. 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:06.079 The second it hit his tongue, his eyes went wide. 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.620 How far down are you? How far down are you in 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:11.220 that bottle now? Oh, God. Halfway. Okay, so these 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:15.040 are for anybody else. They're little nips. It's 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:18.360 not little. Well, I mean, it's a 50 milliliter. 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:21.040 It's a little nip. So the way these are supposed 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:23.319 to work is that we're supposed to give David 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:25.459 these potions. So now he's halfway through his. 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:28.560 Wait, what? You have to drink ours. No. No. No, 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:32.879 it's okay. It's okay. I will happily drink the 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:36.160 Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey Whiskey when it 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.290 comes time. When I'm really, really stressed. 00:06:38.889 --> 00:06:41.329 When we hit that, wait just a damn minute. I'm 00:06:41.329 --> 00:06:44.449 drunk again. Excellent. That's great. That's 00:06:44.449 --> 00:06:47.810 how we like you, David. Well, pants people, you 00:06:47.810 --> 00:06:49.990 are going to have to wait just a damn minute 00:06:49.990 --> 00:06:53.550 before we get into this final fight. Because 00:06:53.550 --> 00:06:56.949 we need to step back in time. We need to step 00:06:56.949 --> 00:06:59.750 back to the early afternoon of the previous day. 00:07:00.910 --> 00:07:06.480 To the moment that Zebulon Black died. You guys 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:10.060 ready for this? I mean, I think so. I don't have 00:07:10.060 --> 00:07:13.279 a choice, but. You don't. We locked the doors. 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.579 What happened? I think that's probably the first 00:07:18.579 --> 00:07:20.759 thing that's running through your mind, Zebulon. 00:07:21.579 --> 00:07:25.180 What happened? You remember that battle in the 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:28.300 manor? jumping into that room to save those hostages, 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:30.839 all sort of tied up in the back. Two figures 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.240 charging across the room to face you, and you're 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:35.800 facing two of them down, side by side, the body 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:38.220 of one behind you. You're going to save these 00:07:38.220 --> 00:07:41.980 people. You cut one down, turn to the last remaining 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:45.879 guy. Fight all but one, and then a voice echoing 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.000 through your mind. Jessen's voice, but something 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.899 wrong with it. Something dark is happening just 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:54.459 outside these walls. What happened to Jules? 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:58.930 Where is Jules? And then a presence behind you. 00:07:59.269 --> 00:08:04.350 Something shadowy appears. Strikes out. Twice 00:08:04.350 --> 00:08:07.689 you're struck by this thing. Your mind erupts 00:08:07.689 --> 00:08:11.709 with this dark energy. You remember falling unconscious, 00:08:11.970 --> 00:08:14.589 falling into blackness. In that blackness, something 00:08:14.589 --> 00:08:19.730 sharp digging into your body. A weapon? A spear? 00:08:20.290 --> 00:08:25.160 And the last thing you remember was music. A 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:31.399 note of music. A feeling of inspiration. Jules. 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.919 Jules was there. He was right there. He was coming 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:40.139 to save you. And then you're in this place. This 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:44.700 gray landscape. Nothingness surrounding you. 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:50.179 Gray skies. Gray sands. Footsteps all over, but 00:08:50.179 --> 00:08:54.659 no feet to leave them. No wind to break them. 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:58.700 These footsteps, how old are they? How many souls 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:02.320 have passed through this place? And I believe 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:04.460 your line, if you want to repeat it for the audience, 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:08.879 was, Jules, anybody, Jules. Let's get us in the 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.200 scene. Did you say Jules, anybody? Or did you 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.899 say Jules, guys, Jules? You said Jules, guys, 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:17.779 Jules. Oh, was it guys? It was guys. Well. Don't 00:09:17.779 --> 00:09:20.940 listen to me. I don't watch the show. I only 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:30.940 watch good podcasts. Yeah, go. Jules! Guys! Jules! 00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:36.120 And then, Amelia, your voice is answered by not 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:41.940 Jules, a woman's voice. Alejo! Where is Alejo? 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:46.120 You turn and see that a woman has appeared beside 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:49.879 you. A woman in her 30s dressed in a simple patchy 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:53.399 street dress, deeply tired eyes, dark hair, a 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:57.080 frazzled mess. You have not seen this woman before, 00:09:57.259 --> 00:10:00.139 but I will tell you that Crispin has. When he 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:02.179 barged into the upstairs room through that door, 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:05.519 the first thing he saw was another body. Yeah. 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:09.320 Dropped by Jessenth. This woman is looking around 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:12.399 frantically and her eyes fall on you. My son! 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:17.559 My son! Is he here? Where? Where? Zebulon's looking 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:21.600 around. I don't think so. I haven't seen... I 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:25.100 don't even know where we are. I... What happened? 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:29.500 We were taken hostage by some mad men. Me, my 00:10:29.500 --> 00:10:31.419 son, a bunch of others. We were locked in a room 00:10:31.419 --> 00:10:35.299 waiting. And some shadow, some creature, it... 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:37.860 And her eyes go wide as she starts looking around. 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:41.399 And this sort of heavy realization hits. You 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:43.440 can see the moment it hits her pupils as she 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:48.110 turns to look at you. It... Killed me. I'm dead. 00:10:48.730 --> 00:10:53.230 We're dead. This... This is the fugue playing 00:10:53.230 --> 00:10:59.470 the afterlife. No. No. Alejo. Who will take care 00:10:59.470 --> 00:11:05.129 of my Alejo? And she just drops to her knees. 00:11:05.649 --> 00:11:09.570 And Zebulon, what is your reaction hearing this? 00:11:12.579 --> 00:11:14.679 Danny just bumped her head on the table. He just 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:18.720 laughs in the face of death. This bold woman 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:27.039 crying and Zebulon just... Zebulon looks down 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:31.240 at his hands and his body. Does he look any different? 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:34.159 You are wearing the same equipment you were wearing 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:38.240 when you died. I mean, everything looks normal. 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:41.659 As if you're... If it's true, if you died, if 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:44.159 your soul essentially copied its exact form, 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:47.559 maybe the form you recognize as yourself when 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:50.100 it appeared here. I don't even know if this is 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:51.700 a concept that Zebulon can really understand. 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:55.100 Right. The idea of a soul being sort of given 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:59.299 context by your mind, your own contextualization 00:11:59.299 --> 00:12:00.759 of yourself. I don't know what that even means. 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:04.379 But yeah, I'm about as wise and smart as Zebulon, 00:12:04.460 --> 00:12:09.809 so. Wow. I guess. I guess he must have got me 00:12:09.809 --> 00:12:16.610 too. Well, Jules is still there. Jules is there, 00:12:16.669 --> 00:12:22.909 so it's going to be okay. Right? She's still 00:12:22.909 --> 00:12:26.870 on the ground just weeping. Maybe you're looking 00:12:26.870 --> 00:12:29.509 down at this. What are you feeling in this moment? 00:12:30.909 --> 00:12:35.789 It's obviously a lot to process. He's disappointed. 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:41.460 He's disappointed because he feels like he had 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:44.080 so much potential. And he was really starting 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:46.080 to get there. He was really starting to become 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:49.919 somebody. Cut down his prime. But he feels good 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:55.759 about doing it. You know? Because there's a reality 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:58.600 where he could have still been sitting in Arhuan's 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:02.220 apartment. But he got out. He became a luminary. 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:06.100 Heck, he's got an action figure. And I'll use 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:09.340 an else too. As you see this woman here crying 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:11.919 and you realize you died, you appeared here. 00:13:11.980 --> 00:13:14.019 She died. She appeared here. It seems there's 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:15.879 some kind of like location based, like you'll 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:19.019 appear in the same spot when you die. No one 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:21.620 else has appeared. There are so many hostages 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:23.440 there and not a single one. All the people in 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:25.399 the room, you remember their faces. Not one of 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:28.419 them has appeared here. And you realize that 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:32.580 you did it. Well, where are all the bad guys? 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.659 It's a fine question. Rule, you know what? How 00:13:36.659 --> 00:13:39.179 about you roll for me? Ooh, okay. Give me your 00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:43.059 religion check. Yeah, let me pull out Zebulon's 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:48.399 die. Oh my gosh. Which I... Oh my god. Haven't 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:52.679 used. Wow. Since that day. Since, yeah. Holy 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:55.519 crap. All right. What's your trash stat here, 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:59.720 Zebulon? Oh, look at that. Minus two to religion. 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:04.899 Fifteen, though. Fifteen. Yeah, that's actually 00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:08.120 pretty good. That's pretty good. You killed those 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.919 guys, so yeah, you think, why aren't they here? 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:12.899 And then maybe it strikes you. I think it was 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:14.480 mentioned before, like you were aware of the 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.700 fact that the people that were after Jules were 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:19.080 involved in some kind of cult. I mean, hell, 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:22.580 it was a demon that struck you down. And practitioners 00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:26.379 who swear themselves to particular demons, they 00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:28.840 sometimes don't even enter the fugue plane. Their 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.720 souls are already claimed, and they go straight 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.710 to the abyss. To the hells, wherever damnation 00:14:35.710 --> 00:14:40.509 awaits them. And so, it makes sense. These souls 00:14:40.509 --> 00:14:46.289 were sworn elsewhere. Well, if your son's not 00:14:46.289 --> 00:14:51.389 here, then that means they saved him, right? 00:14:51.450 --> 00:14:56.610 Isn't that... Wow, I'm really sorry. But he's 00:14:56.610 --> 00:15:01.509 gonna be okay. I think her weeping sort of quiets 00:15:01.509 --> 00:15:05.360 her. face sort of in her hands and her hollow 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:08.480 eyes kind of look up towards you. And maybe there 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:13.019 is something there, some level of peace or understanding. 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:17.940 And then something flickers on the horizon. You 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:20.440 see her face really abruptly turn away from you, 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:25.120 straight on deeper into the desert. And I think 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:30.000 you turn as well, almost not of your own volition, 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.570 as you see a beacon of light has sort of flared 00:15:33.570 --> 00:15:36.149 up far in the distance, breaking the monotony 00:15:36.149 --> 00:15:39.269 of this gray. You see, her eyes are just locked 00:15:39.269 --> 00:15:42.629 onto it. Her fears are just drowned out by some 00:15:42.629 --> 00:15:46.929 sudden sense of peace. Just what you'd given 00:15:46.929 --> 00:15:50.070 her magnified, deepened until it's everything 00:15:50.070 --> 00:15:52.870 she seems to feel, and slowly she rises up from 00:15:52.870 --> 00:15:57.509 her knees and just stares, and you feel it too. 00:15:57.610 --> 00:16:01.490 You feel that light. This warmth, this peace 00:16:01.490 --> 00:16:06.129 washing over you, it's so good. You want to approach 00:16:06.129 --> 00:16:09.049 it. You want to go there. Because whatever you 00:16:09.049 --> 00:16:12.389 feel now, what's there is so much more. So much 00:16:12.389 --> 00:16:16.190 better. You see her feet begin to move across 00:16:16.190 --> 00:16:22.289 the gray sand as she starts. Alejo. Alejo. Walking 00:16:22.289 --> 00:16:25.750 towards the light. Do you want to walk towards 00:16:25.750 --> 00:16:27.830 the light or do you want to resist it, Zebulon? 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.340 I mean, he doesn't have any reason to resist 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:35.779 it. So you want to move? Yeah. You take a step 00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:39.799 forward towards this. That step feels so good, 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:43.899 but then something on your shoulder. You feel 00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:46.799 like something just appears there suddenly. Some 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:50.759 kind of presence. And in this presence, it reverberates 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.940 through your body like a note of music. As this 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:56.240 feeling, this sound, courses through that pole, 00:16:56.419 --> 00:17:00.059 the light seems to retreat away. It still calls, 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:02.799 and maybe you still want to go, but it isn't 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:06.220 overpowering. As a woman silently walks away, 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:10.440 farther and farther, perhaps you turn to this 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.779 presence on your shoulder. And you turn to see, 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:18.759 well, what does he see, Jeremy? What does Jules' 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:23.990 bardic inspiration look like in this space? Jamal 00:17:23.990 --> 00:17:35.509 the pangolin. Oh, God. We're bringing it all 00:17:35.509 --> 00:17:39.630 back, baby. Bringing it back. You know why? Because 00:17:39.630 --> 00:17:43.470 we didn't mention this. This is episode 69, gentlemen. 00:17:43.789 --> 00:17:47.990 Oh, it is. Yeah. Nice. Nice. Give me some nice. 00:17:48.150 --> 00:17:54.980 All right. Fist bones around the table. You look 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:56.859 into the eyes of this. So it's just look like 00:17:56.859 --> 00:18:00.200 a straight pangolin. Like just a normal ass pangolin. 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:02.759 Yeah. I mean, it's decidedly Jamal. Fuck yeah. 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:09.099 All right. It's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. Does this 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:11.759 pangolin do anything? As Zebulon's eyes sort 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:13.660 of turn and start noticing it for the first time. 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:19.109 You feel that. Jamal, they got you too. Poor 00:18:19.109 --> 00:18:22.190 sweet Jamal. Nah, nah, Zeb. Nah, nah, nah. Nah. 00:18:25.650 --> 00:18:29.130 Jamal can talk? Jamal, you can talk? Oh, my God. 00:18:29.190 --> 00:18:42.190 It's me. Jules? Yeah? Are you... Did we lose? 00:18:43.470 --> 00:18:48.039 Are you dead, too? Nah, you're dead, Zeb. I'm 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:54.700 good. Here, look. Let me show you. You're looking 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:56.200 at this pangolin. You're looking deep in these 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:58.680 eyes. And again, you feel that sort of music, 00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:00.839 that note just reverberate through your body, 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:03.359 Zebulon. And then the gray landscape around you 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:08.099 seems to just like fade away. And you are looking 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:11.799 through Jules' eyes. You're seeing yourself lying 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:13.799 beneath him on the stony floor of the manor. 00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:17.809 You see... Your body. Jewel sort of collapsed 00:19:17.809 --> 00:19:22.009 over it. And as you're looking at this, events 00:19:22.009 --> 00:19:24.089 are sort of continuing around you. Ramin rushing 00:19:24.089 --> 00:19:26.730 into the room with a number of others. Surviving 00:19:26.730 --> 00:19:28.890 hostages now untied are funneling into the room 00:19:28.890 --> 00:19:33.670 from all directions, all eyes on you. That you. 00:19:34.410 --> 00:19:37.269 You are the center of attention and it only cost 00:19:37.269 --> 00:19:43.980 your life. Thick line right there. Yeah. These 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:46.339 events continue as you're sort of carried away. 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:49.920 And I'll ask, like, do you want to continue watching? 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:54.680 Do you want to watch your own funeral? Oh, man, 00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:56.839 that's a tough one. I'm interested in seeing 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.480 this because Zebulon's always been so, you know, 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.640 I guess interested in social perception of himself. 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:03.980 Would he want to know, like, who turns up? How 00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:07.980 do they react? I don't know. Yeah, I mean, I 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:09.519 don't know if his mind is there yet. You know, 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:12.180 I think he's still getting over being dead, but... 00:20:12.509 --> 00:20:16.589 Yeah, I mean, it seems like it's either submit 00:20:16.589 --> 00:20:23.009 to being dead and walk towards the light or figure 00:20:23.009 --> 00:20:25.289 out exactly what's going on here, why he's hearing 00:20:25.289 --> 00:20:28.690 Jules' voice and why he can see what's happening. 00:20:29.150 --> 00:20:32.130 Yeah, I mean, out of that level of curiosity, 00:20:32.369 --> 00:20:35.849 he's going to keep watching. Hell yeah. Hell 00:20:35.849 --> 00:20:41.440 yeah. So you proceed up towards Moreno. Watching 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:45.119 through Jules' eyes as everything just moves 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.440 around you in a blur. Your body laid on an altar. 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.019 Ramin moving towards it to sort of prepare it, 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:56.140 speaking quiet words. The teary eyes of all the 00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:57.859 people you saved and those who heard of your 00:20:57.859 --> 00:21:02.140 bravery all around you. You see a character. 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:05.059 We mentioned her before. This will be your first 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:09.990 time seeing her. Rinbell Strongheart. the mysterious 00:21:09.990 --> 00:21:12.970 dwarven cleric who served a deity of the death 00:21:12.970 --> 00:21:15.970 domain unknown to those at Moreno, perhaps to 00:21:15.970 --> 00:21:19.809 anyone in your set of worlds. We see her dark 00:21:19.809 --> 00:21:21.710 reddish hair with a single streak of white, her 00:21:21.710 --> 00:21:24.029 silver raven skull pauldrons between which are 00:21:24.029 --> 00:21:26.849 draped an array of black feathers. Her black 00:21:26.849 --> 00:21:29.849 chossable seems to billow, even hidden from the 00:21:29.849 --> 00:21:34.690 outside wind in this chapel. As we close down, 00:21:34.730 --> 00:21:36.970 we can even see how unnaturally the cloth seems 00:21:36.970 --> 00:21:39.990 to move, more akin to some dark twisting shadow. 00:21:40.650 --> 00:21:44.430 You see a lot of things as a funeral is prepared, 00:21:44.690 --> 00:21:50.750 as people speak, as your perspective gets up 00:21:50.750 --> 00:21:55.950 and slowly approaches the altar, taking loot 00:21:55.950 --> 00:22:01.130 in hand, and you hear Jules' song, his final 00:22:01.130 --> 00:22:07.309 cry out, his pleas. Yeah, that moves Zebulon 00:22:07.309 --> 00:22:12.619 to tears. Damn. Yeah, it's one thing to be sad, 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:15.339 but it's a whole other thing to see your friends 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:18.420 and your loved ones be sad. As Jewel's song comes 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:21.660 to an end, bringing a deep silence over the room, 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:28.259 I think you notice that Rin's eyes are focused 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:32.720 on him. I think you see that she makes a curious 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:37.109 expression, as if something in him. It's being 00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:40.849 seen, something beyond him. And then she's just 00:22:40.849 --> 00:22:44.390 gone from the chapel, fading away like a shadow 00:22:44.390 --> 00:22:49.130 exposed to bright light. Yet you still see her, 00:22:49.250 --> 00:22:52.910 Zebulon, superimposed over everything you're 00:22:52.910 --> 00:22:57.730 seeing now. For she stands before you in the 00:22:57.730 --> 00:23:04.690 fugue plane. Her eyes take you in and she speaks. 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:12.599 Jeremy, we apologize for the audio quality, but 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:19.380 I think this is amazing. Oh, my God. You ready 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:21.440 for this? That's so cool. You ready for this? 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:26.339 All right, Rochelle, take it away. Hello, Zebulon. 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:29.960 I'm afraid we haven't been formally introduced, 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:33.660 but I think you already know that I am Ren Bell's 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:37.329 strong heart, as unlike most, You have seen what 00:23:37.329 --> 00:23:42.289 has passed since, well, since you passed. And 00:23:42.289 --> 00:23:46.549 I am sorry about that, Zebulon, but you are dead. 00:23:47.630 --> 00:23:50.349 The magic of the place you died, though, it's 00:23:50.349 --> 00:23:54.390 different. And the timing of your death, fortuitous. 00:23:55.269 --> 00:23:58.329 You are going to be given a chance few are given. 00:23:59.089 --> 00:24:05.059 But it is only for a moment. Like me. You are 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:09.759 not of that world, and death, death will not 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:14.339 forget you. When your chance is done, you will 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:19.759 return here, to this in -between place. I have 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:23.660 known many young valiants like you, luminaries, 00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:28.859 and those who have not come quite as far. I am 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:31.680 one who serves the lady of fate and death, a 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:35.180 keeper of the final gate. And I am no stranger 00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:38.460 to this in -between that is neither life nor 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:42.599 death. And those who find themselves lingering 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:46.960 here tend to be two kinds. The first are afraid. 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:51.519 They are afraid of what lies beyond. The second 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:55.440 are those who can't let go of what they leave 00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:59.019 behind. Now, you do not strike me as a coward, 00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:03.859 nor... as the type who does not trust their friends. 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:09.059 But if you linger, it's saying that you don't 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:12.759 trust that they can carry on without you. Because 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:15.440 you have to trust that, Zebulon. You have to 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.839 trust that your friends and the others you died 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:23.559 for will keep going. You have to trust that what 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:29.299 you did was enough. Otherwise, well, otherwise 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:33.259 they died for nothing. I don't believe that, 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:38.240 but it's not what I believe that matters. I know 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:41.000 you wanted to be a hero. I know you sought the 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:44.599 life of a luminary. I think you wanted to create 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:47.180 a world in which children would play with action 00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:51.000 figures of you. But Zabulon, a real hero, makes 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:54.680 the world safe for children to play in regardless 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:59.299 of whether they know his name. And rogues. do 00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:03.339 their best work when they are unseen, after all. 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:08.720 This is what I will offer you, Zebulon. When 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:12.940 your chance is done, you will return here, and 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:18.700 you will have a choice. You can rest. Or you 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:23.319 can go on. There is more work, should you choose 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:26.680 to take it up. Or, of course, you can stay here. 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:30.259 Stop. mourning, pouting, whatever it is that 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:34.500 you're doing. But whatever you wanted from being 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:38.259 a luminary, whatever you thought being a hero 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:42.980 might mean, you are a rogue, and you are at your 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:46.160 best in the shadows, maybe even the shadow of 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:50.740 your brother. But there are other worlds, Zebulon 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:54.500 Black, including the world of the lady I serve. 00:26:55.150 --> 00:26:59.009 And I do not doubt that my lady has a place for 00:26:59.009 --> 00:27:05.109 you. And I can only imagine what you could accomplish, 00:27:05.250 --> 00:27:10.549 what kind of hero you would be in a world of 00:27:10.549 --> 00:27:15.990 shadows. So, Zebulon Black, remember that when 00:27:15.990 --> 00:27:20.009 your chance is done and when you return. Remember 00:27:20.009 --> 00:27:25.519 that when you choose. As his final... line sort 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:28.500 of echoes around you. And I think the funeral 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:31.740 scene just sort of fading away. You see this 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:36.960 figure once again fades like a shadow in the 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:41.599 light. Hey, wait a second. Get back here. Hey! 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:47.980 I didn't ask for this, but I'm not afraid. I'm 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:54.589 not afraid! There is no answer. You feel Perhaps 00:27:54.589 --> 00:27:58.569 that presence yet lingers somewhere beyond that 00:27:58.569 --> 00:28:04.230 light. Zebulon turns to find Jules, Jamal. Can 00:28:04.230 --> 00:28:11.029 you believe what she said? I brought my brother? 00:28:11.130 --> 00:28:15.190 That one kind of hurt. She got you there, good 00:28:15.190 --> 00:28:20.470 Zeb. The Vageland! The Vageland just rubs it 00:28:20.470 --> 00:28:26.599 in! God, so good. Oh, thank you so much, Rochelle. 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:29.059 I was so excited. I was so excited when we got 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:31.339 to talk about that. Oh, my gosh. What an amazing 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:34.799 feature. Dude. Oh, it's so cool. It's so cool. 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:39.880 Oh. So maybe at the end of all of this, there 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:43.640 is still some unknown future for Zebulon Black. 00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:46.279 Maybe he'll be out there adventuring with Rochelle 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:49.420 someday. Somewhere out there someday. But not 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:53.160 this day. For... Another part of her message 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:55.960 sort of lingers in your mind. An opportunity. 00:28:56.819 --> 00:29:01.480 A chance. To go back. You don't know how this 00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:04.519 is possible. You never heard of something like 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:09.059 this, but who can say what can be done beyond 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:14.140 the mortal can? What do you do, Zebulon? Well, 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:18.200 what the heck am I supposed to do now? Are you 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:20.269 asking the Bangalan? Yeah, I'm the only one who's 00:29:20.269 --> 00:29:26.430 here. It's just you and a pangolin. Are you, 00:29:26.430 --> 00:29:29.430 like, my guide or something? Yeah, you could 00:29:29.430 --> 00:29:34.829 say that. I'm a projection of everything you 00:29:34.829 --> 00:29:37.829 know Jules to be, so... Well, I'm not Jules per 00:29:37.829 --> 00:29:45.750 se. So I'm here with myself. Well, if I don't 00:29:45.750 --> 00:29:47.150 know what to do, then how are you going to know 00:29:47.150 --> 00:29:52.150 what to do? All you know, Zebulon, is that this 00:29:52.150 --> 00:29:54.869 thing is some sort of link to Jules. And as you 00:29:54.869 --> 00:29:59.789 sort of focus on it, deeply focus, you can see 00:29:59.789 --> 00:30:03.250 through it. And you can see what Jules is experiencing. 00:30:04.369 --> 00:30:06.130 Do you want to, I mean, actually, do you want 00:30:06.130 --> 00:30:07.769 to roll a check to see if you kind of connect 00:30:07.769 --> 00:30:09.930 those dots, Zeb? Yeah, what do you want for a 00:30:09.930 --> 00:30:14.869 roll? I would like, ooh, that's a good one. Doesn't 00:30:14.869 --> 00:30:19.329 matter. It's a natural one. Seriously? Yep. Doesn't 00:30:19.329 --> 00:30:22.609 matter. Zab. It's God. Yeah, that's exactly why 00:30:22.609 --> 00:30:23.950 I don't use these die anymore. This has to be 00:30:23.950 --> 00:30:32.009 the Sunweaver. God. I was like, I'm so excited 00:30:32.009 --> 00:30:33.809 to pick these dice up and play this character 00:30:33.809 --> 00:30:36.630 for a minute. You can't even escape it in death. 00:30:37.269 --> 00:30:39.930 Jesus. If I saw the wisdom save, would that be 00:30:39.930 --> 00:30:41.930 like a negative three or something on that one? 00:30:42.509 --> 00:30:45.329 Yeah, yeah. Something like that. Oh my God. Yeah. 00:30:45.890 --> 00:30:48.759 Okay. I mean, I think what strikes you in this 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:51.640 moment is an opportunity is supposed to await 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:53.779 you. You don't know what. You don't know where. 00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:56.579 You know you have this link. And at the very 00:30:56.579 --> 00:31:00.019 least, whatever this thing is, we know. I think 00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:02.099 I mentioned earlier on, this is the bardic inspiration 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:04.799 that was cast on you as you died way back in 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:08.259 Hero Time Part 3. Jules' magic has a tendency 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:10.920 to do strange things when he's feeling very emotional. 00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:13.359 And I think we can chalk this up to another one 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:17.890 of those. But... You don't know that. What you 00:31:17.890 --> 00:31:20.029 do know is that this is a link. It's a way to 00:31:20.029 --> 00:31:22.069 see what's happening in the material plane. And 00:31:22.069 --> 00:31:24.490 if you have a chance to go back there, you know 00:31:24.490 --> 00:31:26.430 that gathering intel is definitely an important 00:31:26.430 --> 00:31:30.670 part of... All right. I guess I'll... I guess 00:31:30.670 --> 00:31:33.150 I'll watch some more. I really hope this isn't 00:31:33.150 --> 00:31:42.470 a clip episode. We'll skip fast. So you kind 00:31:42.470 --> 00:31:46.609 of plant yourself here in this... Nothingness. 00:31:46.609 --> 00:31:49.089 You feel no hunger, by the way, no thirst, no 00:31:49.089 --> 00:31:53.990 exhaustion. You are starting to realize that 00:31:53.990 --> 00:31:59.289 you are a soul, untethered, except for this pangolin 00:31:59.289 --> 00:32:01.809 on your shoulder. And so you sit and you watch. 00:32:02.730 --> 00:32:08.950 Time passes. You see the meeting in the chapel. 00:32:09.029 --> 00:32:12.650 You see Jules breaking away from Jean Franklin, 00:32:12.809 --> 00:32:15.859 their final goodbye. which I believe will be 00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:18.119 the last time you ever see Jean Franklin Montelio. 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:23.579 Man, they got over my dad super quick. They're 00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:26.759 sad. They're sad, damn it. Jean looks real sad. 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:29.380 I wrote the whole song for you. You son of a 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:31.359 bitch. I'm going to go back and delete that episode. 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:34.500 It was only like a day. I think it was like eight 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:37.359 hours. This scene was like two hours later. You 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:45.109 got shit to do. No, I know. That's the last time 00:32:45.109 --> 00:32:46.730 you see Jaune. As he sort of turns away, Jules 00:32:46.730 --> 00:32:48.970 moves out, climbs on top of Crispin, and turns 00:32:48.970 --> 00:32:51.309 into a horse, and they ride off into the borderlands 00:32:51.309 --> 00:32:57.109 and dance. This is a weird show. You see a long 00:32:57.109 --> 00:33:00.130 journey into the borderlands. You watch as they 00:33:00.130 --> 00:33:03.950 enter the town of Milpazul amidst some calamity 00:33:03.950 --> 00:33:07.549 in the local Pokeria. You see the moment they 00:33:07.549 --> 00:33:11.569 break in, the smoke clears, and you see your 00:33:11.569 --> 00:33:17.509 brother. You see corpses smoking beneath the 00:33:17.509 --> 00:33:21.609 bar that he just felled. You watch the entire 00:33:21.609 --> 00:33:25.190 fight against the pooch. And actually, as this 00:33:25.190 --> 00:33:27.329 happens, in the distance, you can see some figures 00:33:27.329 --> 00:33:29.849 start appearing, dotting the sort of fugue -playing 00:33:29.849 --> 00:33:31.950 landscape around you. You can hear just this 00:33:31.950 --> 00:33:35.470 howling voice just go, Oh, no! It looks like 00:33:35.470 --> 00:33:41.859 that pooch just got put down! Oh, man! As he 00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:44.680 figures he gets to wander towards the light. 00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:54.259 Man, that guy sucks. You also see the near fight 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:57.940 after that battle when Arhalon comes dangerously 00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:00.940 close to killing Jules. In the wake of his heartbreak, 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:05.640 you hear his own scathing words about you. And 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:09.349 the night carries on. Just... Watching your friends 00:34:09.349 --> 00:34:13.630 move like a phantom. Staying here, waiting for 00:34:13.630 --> 00:34:19.590 your chance. As time is passing, I mean, is this 00:34:19.590 --> 00:34:22.809 becoming more real to you, Zebula? Like, the 00:34:22.809 --> 00:34:25.949 shock of this initial death, it's been, at this 00:34:25.949 --> 00:34:28.789 point, hours and hours. Time, while you're linked 00:34:28.789 --> 00:34:31.489 here, seems to flow in accordance with the material 00:34:31.489 --> 00:34:34.630 plane. You could feel it passing through Jewel's 00:34:34.630 --> 00:34:37.280 experience. While there is no day or night or 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:43.159 time here. Yeah, I'm going to imagine that for 00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:47.699 Zebulon, this is cathartic. Like, I don't know 00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:51.559 how to deal with being dead because I haven't 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:55.360 tried that yet. You haven't tried it? I haven't 00:34:55.360 --> 00:35:01.739 tried it yet. But I'm going to guess that at 00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:07.619 least for Zebulon, this is... probably an okay 00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:13.000 way to deal with it to still feel like you have 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:16.840 some sort of control maybe or you're still involved 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:21.119 somehow being able to see knowing that maybe 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:23.820 you can help I think that's kind of what he's 00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:27.320 focusing on maybe because he's not ready to accept 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:31.239 that he's dead yet so he's holding on to that 00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:34.440 that little thread Out of curiosity, just because 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:36.219 I'm trying to imagine the scene, are you just 00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:40.099 kind of sitting quietly watching all this? Are 00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:43.000 you openly discussing your thoughts with your 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.980 pangolin buddy? Yeah, maybe there's some interaction 00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:50.239 back and forth. Yeah, it's like... Come on, give 00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:53.099 me some of this. The people need this. There's 00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:57.039 commentary back and forth. I need an example. 00:35:57.139 --> 00:36:01.579 Yeah, you're peeping Tom, ain't you? You're following 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:04.960 me this whole time? Yeah, I'm waiting to see 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:14.440 if you're ever going to kiss her. So good. I 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.260 don't know how much time I have like this, but 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:18.400 I think it's running out. Fuck, take a button, 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:28.420 both of you. Thank you. I dropped Jeremy's. Jeremy 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:31.420 doesn't get a button anymore. Okay, here you 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:40.579 go. Thank you. Excellent. Excellent. And I think 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:44.400 time passes. You hit daybreak the next day. You 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:47.349 hit the morning. You watch. Maybe this exact 00:36:47.349 --> 00:36:50.269 dialogue is happening as you watch Jules and 00:36:50.269 --> 00:36:52.469 Dance setting up the ofrendas. Yeah, exactly. 00:36:53.570 --> 00:36:56.429 I remember there were some close, awkward moments 00:36:56.429 --> 00:36:58.230 then. There were. There were some close moments. 00:36:58.489 --> 00:36:59.909 It's probably fun just to hear. I mean, you're 00:36:59.909 --> 00:37:02.090 watching like now a second sort of, in a way, 00:37:02.130 --> 00:37:03.909 a second funeral. There's a ofrenda being set 00:37:03.909 --> 00:37:06.329 up. You see a giant pile of nondescript foodstuffs. 00:37:06.429 --> 00:37:11.909 Your phantom tummy rumbles. That looks really 00:37:11.909 --> 00:37:18.619 good right about now. And as this scene passes, 00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:20.900 as they sort of get back on the trail, heading 00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:24.500 towards the farmstead that Arhalon pointed out, 00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:28.380 on the trail of Miskin, I think you're staring 00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:30.119 out at the Borderlands. I like to imagine this 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:32.079 is like, as you're seeing these memories, they're 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:34.199 superimposed over the landscape around you, but 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:36.159 there's such nothingness around you that these 00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:40.599 memories take everything, right? They sort of 00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:42.539 take precedence over, and so you don't really 00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:44.880 see. Maybe that beacon of light is always kind 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.139 of off in the distance somewhere as you're watching 00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:50.480 through jewels, but nothing else. Then they enter 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.659 the borderlands and you're looking, you're kind 00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:54.639 of watching. This is where monotony takes over. 00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:56.699 You know, there's a cactus. There's a cactus. 00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:58.539 There's a rock that looks like a cactus. There's 00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:00.199 a... Hey, Zapp, why does that cactus look so 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:03.059 weird? Oh, don't even do this again. Isn't there 00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:04.699 helix flowers or something like this? Come on, 00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:15.690 with this. God damn it. All right. And you see, 00:38:15.849 --> 00:38:18.750 fuck, fuck you. Did you know that you're supposed 00:38:18.750 --> 00:38:20.010 to turn around? Then you see a particularly weird 00:38:20.010 --> 00:38:26.690 looking cactus. You see something strange. No, 00:38:26.730 --> 00:38:31.230 no, it's, it's not a, it's not a cactus. It's 00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:35.289 a, a person, a figure in the distance, almost 00:38:35.289 --> 00:38:38.710 like a ghost, barely visible, almost translucent. 00:38:39.650 --> 00:38:41.639 And you're watching them and you realize, No 00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:45.400 one's looking towards this figure. No one's reacting 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:49.260 in the memory. And you realize it's because it's 00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:52.260 not in the memory. It's here on the fugue plane 00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:57.559 with you. Do you drop the link? Yeah, Zebulon, 00:38:57.599 --> 00:39:00.480 like, takes his VR glasses off. Takes the pangolin 00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:04.219 off your face. Exactly. Eyes to eyes with the 00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:08.750 pangolin. Drops his, you know. Yeah, however 00:39:08.750 --> 00:39:10.329 you want to describe it. But yeah, I like the 00:39:10.329 --> 00:39:12.789 idea of it feels like, you know, Zebulon's sitting 00:39:12.789 --> 00:39:14.489 in place or standing in place and everything's 00:39:14.489 --> 00:39:16.590 moving around him. It's projected into his world. 00:39:16.849 --> 00:39:19.050 But yeah, and he can see this figure walk through 00:39:19.050 --> 00:39:21.449 and it takes a minute and he realizes it's like 00:39:21.449 --> 00:39:24.969 breaking through that vision. Yeah, that he drops 00:39:24.969 --> 00:39:28.269 the Jules vision, the Jules link. The Jules link, 00:39:28.349 --> 00:39:30.530 yeah. The VR goggles, I love that actual, that 00:39:30.530 --> 00:39:34.389 image, it's so great. So yeah. all the sort of 00:39:34.389 --> 00:39:36.510 color of the outside world vanishes. And the 00:39:36.510 --> 00:39:38.369 instant that you are left in the grayness and 00:39:38.369 --> 00:39:42.969 you see that figure is moving far in the distance, 00:39:43.010 --> 00:39:44.869 but you realize they are moving towards you. 00:39:44.909 --> 00:39:46.369 Perhaps they've been moving for a long time, 00:39:46.449 --> 00:39:48.650 but until you stepped out of the town, the borderlands 00:39:48.650 --> 00:39:50.449 in this sort of memory, you couldn't see them 00:39:50.449 --> 00:39:55.449 and they're not far off. Do you want to approach 00:39:55.449 --> 00:39:58.170 them? Yeah, I guess. Yeah. Zebulon's going to 00:39:58.170 --> 00:40:01.480 walk towards them. As you move closer, you can 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:05.139 see a large and imposing figure, though burdened 00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:08.099 by deep pain or exhaustion. You can't really 00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:11.980 tell. Their walk is more akin to stumbling. Their 00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:15.539 large form sort of bent at the back. You can 00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:19.159 also see what looks like dark, tight clothing. 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:23.519 A black mask. A black... Fuck. You talked the 00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:26.570 whole line over. No, I think it's funny. Okay, 00:40:26.610 --> 00:40:30.489 I'll leave it in. It's staying in. A black mask 00:40:30.489 --> 00:40:36.510 with design on the front. Almost like, and you 00:40:36.510 --> 00:40:41.090 get a little closer, almost like a skull. And 00:40:41.090 --> 00:40:44.730 you know this figure. You have seen them before. 00:40:46.010 --> 00:40:51.849 Mateo Cortez. Dance's older brother. The luminary 00:40:51.849 --> 00:40:56.539 and luchador known as Demilich. Did you say that 00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:58.300 in Storyteller Oren's voice when he originally 00:40:58.300 --> 00:41:00.619 said Demilich in the first episode? Yeah, a little 00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:06.780 bit. I did do that. Demilich. He was there during 00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:11.159 the fall of Tithos. He was killed that day by 00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:13.559 Ozen Yoshikatsu before everything went wrong. 00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:18.139 And he's still here. Still apparently fighting 00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:21.780 that light. And you realize he sees you too. 00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:24.360 He's moving towards you. There's purpose in his 00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:28.300 stumbling, exhausted form. He's trying desperately 00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:32.539 to reach you. Zebulon starts to run towards him. 00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:36.119 You move up and up and up until you are just 00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:38.139 beside him. You can see he's trying to talk, 00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:43.099 but his voice is muted. He's so tired. You said 00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:45.860 Zebulon has all of his gear on him that he died 00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:49.809 with? You do, yes. Almost a weird projection 00:41:49.809 --> 00:41:51.769 of the gear, but yeah, you have it. What happens 00:41:51.769 --> 00:41:54.429 if he tries to like reach for a water skin or 00:41:54.429 --> 00:41:58.809 something? I mean, yeah, try it. Okay. He tries 00:41:58.809 --> 00:42:01.530 it. You grab the, you get it. Yeah. You feel 00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:03.449 the water in your hands. Like, and then be like, 00:42:03.570 --> 00:42:05.530 I don't know if you understand that this is kind 00:42:05.530 --> 00:42:07.329 of like a projection of water. You don't need 00:42:07.329 --> 00:42:09.269 to drink here, but like, you could probably still 00:42:09.269 --> 00:42:11.570 taste the water. You could probably still feel 00:42:11.570 --> 00:42:14.449 it the way you remember it being felt. And so 00:42:14.449 --> 00:42:17.010 you, you kind of move towards Demulage offering 00:42:17.010 --> 00:42:21.719 this. reprieve. Yeah, exactly. I think without 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:25.119 sort of still grumbling, the figure grabs the 00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:29.360 water and takes a long sip. A sip that means 00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:32.400 nothing, but as you kind of look at the expression 00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:34.239 on his face, sort of seems like it means everything. 00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:40.699 And then... I remember you. The little brass 00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:45.139 with the angry brother. You were there on Tythos. 00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:49.289 Did a... Did you see me suplex that bench or 00:42:49.289 --> 00:42:52.769 whatever? During the storm, that was fun. Wow, 00:42:52.929 --> 00:42:57.030 Tithos. Yeah, I remember you too. Yeah, Demulus. 00:42:57.349 --> 00:43:02.050 Yeah. Wow. That was pretty cool that day. Yeah, 00:43:02.050 --> 00:43:06.829 that was... Yeah, wow. I guess I didn't expect 00:43:06.829 --> 00:43:10.869 to see you here. I didn't think I'd see you here. 00:43:11.630 --> 00:43:16.690 I'm sorry to see that you died. Thanks. Yeah, 00:43:16.829 --> 00:43:21.550 I was really bummed when you died. I was your 00:43:21.550 --> 00:43:28.050 fan. I mean, I am a fan. I'm a fan of yours. 00:43:28.570 --> 00:43:33.110 I appreciate you. Yeah, even though we're both... 00:43:33.110 --> 00:43:37.050 Both what? We're both dead. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:43:37.769 --> 00:43:40.929 Yeah, we're dead. Wait, if you don't mind my 00:43:40.929 --> 00:43:44.570 asking, where were you when it happened? Yeah, 00:43:44.590 --> 00:43:49.300 when you died. I was on Sensation. You were... 00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:52.659 He gets, like, visibly excited. More energy kind 00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:54.840 of returns to his body. You were... Oh, so I 00:43:54.840 --> 00:44:00.179 finally made it. And probably too late. Damn 00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:04.500 it. Damn it. You can... Made it? What does that 00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:10.380 mean? You can get places? My allies, the mirror's 00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:13.340 blessing, they gave in to the light, but I... 00:44:14.090 --> 00:44:17.070 I mean, damn, I want to go too. He looks towards 00:44:17.070 --> 00:44:19.349 that light. I want to go. It's been a battle 00:44:19.349 --> 00:44:23.070 to resist it all this time. My soul is breaking 00:44:23.070 --> 00:44:25.329 down from the fight, but I can't be sure that 00:44:25.329 --> 00:44:28.289 I'll remember if I am brought back during the 00:44:28.289 --> 00:44:31.250 night. Not everyone does recall their time here 00:44:31.250 --> 00:44:33.309 in the feud play. Not everyone remembers, and 00:44:33.309 --> 00:44:36.389 I can't forget what I saw there, what I saw here. 00:44:36.730 --> 00:44:39.030 When I came back, I cannot forget the worlds 00:44:39.030 --> 00:44:42.920 need to know and hear. The few plain touches 00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:45.159 of Sansatian are a special way I thought maybe 00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:49.739 I could get through if I just made it here. I 00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:53.699 walked, followed my instincts. I felt, I felt 00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:58.179 it. But I'm scared, Zebulon, that my... Wait, 00:44:58.219 --> 00:45:00.699 did I know your name before? You didn't say it, 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:02.920 did you? Yeah, I... My instincts told me your 00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:07.119 name is Zebulon. I'm trying to remember if he 00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:11.699 did the like. Yeah, I'm Zebulon. Anyway, Zebulon. 00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:14.719 I told him. I told him. I told him. Hell yeah. 00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:19.559 Pangolin said something. I'm scared that my journey 00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:22.639 here is maybe too weak to return. I thought if 00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:25.780 I could just wander far enough, I could give 00:45:25.780 --> 00:45:28.059 my message to Gabriella, give my message to the 00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:34.059 worlds. But maybe I still can give them my message 00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:40.449 through you. Well, I mean, I can see. I'm watching. 00:45:41.750 --> 00:45:46.690 It's like... It's like Jules is here. Who the 00:45:46.690 --> 00:45:50.389 hell is Jules? I don't know. He's... He's... 00:45:50.389 --> 00:45:54.889 He's alive. He's with Dance. He's with Gabriela. 00:45:55.570 --> 00:45:57.869 Yeah. You have a link to Gabriela right now. 00:45:57.949 --> 00:46:01.449 You can see. Yeah, they're... They're going to 00:46:01.449 --> 00:46:04.289 save my friend Miskin. Wait, is Jules a boy? 00:46:05.469 --> 00:46:09.840 That... I mean, you're pretty dead and weak, 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:17.000 so. Yeah. Yeah, Julie's a boy. Get the older 00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:21.500 brother stare. He better watch his back. He's, 00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:25.239 honestly, he's one of the best people I know. 00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:29.679 All right. New. Fine, he's safe for me. He better 00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:31.219 watch out for Gabriella, though. She will kick 00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:33.360 his ass. Anyway. Yeah, I think he kind of likes 00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:35.780 it. Oh, shit. You know what? Good pairing, then. 00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:39.440 I'm fine with that. What's this message? What 00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:42.800 are you trying to remember? Look, listen. I think 00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:44.460 he puts a hand, like, sort of, like, kneels down, 00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:47.019 puts a hand on you. Which one? I know when you 00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:49.219 were alive that day you wanted to be a hero. 00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:52.340 You wanted to be a luminary like me, right? You 00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:54.960 can be a hero. You can still do it right here, 00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:58.579 today, right now, if you want to accept this 00:46:58.579 --> 00:47:02.059 quest from me. Kind of died a hero's death, um, 00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:06.079 so... Hey, good for you. Hey, thanks. Yeah, I 00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:08.239 just wanted to let you know that, like, I'll 00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:11.280 be a hero, but you're not making me a hero. I 00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:18.639 kind of did that myself. I would love more context, 00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:26.179 but I am actively fading. So, in my time here, 00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:28.739 in my days wandering, I've learned to have some 00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:31.440 control, I guess, over the workings of my soul. 00:47:32.110 --> 00:47:34.050 And I'm pretty sure I can give you my spark, 00:47:34.250 --> 00:47:38.409 as we call it here. My blood -given gift from 00:47:38.409 --> 00:47:41.949 La Catrina. This will let you return instead 00:47:41.949 --> 00:47:44.150 of me during the night of the remembered. I know 00:47:44.150 --> 00:47:47.190 Gabriela must have made it ofrenda for me. She'd 00:47:47.190 --> 00:47:48.929 wanted some of me there, but I can't make it. 00:47:48.949 --> 00:47:52.010 I can't make the journey. But you can. I saw 00:47:52.010 --> 00:47:59.489 it. The ofrenda. Was it nice? It was really sweet. 00:47:59.949 --> 00:48:02.190 What'd she give me? It was a bottle of poke. 00:48:03.349 --> 00:48:08.250 I don't remember. It was, says God. Yeah, it 00:48:08.250 --> 00:48:12.449 was that exactly. And I totally remembered. I 00:48:12.449 --> 00:48:15.269 wish I could taste it. Now, I don't know if your 00:48:15.269 --> 00:48:18.789 body will hold this spark. Once you return, it 00:48:18.789 --> 00:48:20.690 might fade in a matter of minutes or even seconds. 00:48:20.769 --> 00:48:23.750 I don't know. You're not. This hasn't happened 00:48:23.750 --> 00:48:26.409 before, but I feel it. I can do it. I can move 00:48:26.409 --> 00:48:30.190 it. I can feel you. And you could feel something, 00:48:30.210 --> 00:48:32.250 too, as he, like, his hand is, like, on your 00:48:32.250 --> 00:48:34.409 shoulder and starts to connect deeper. Almost 00:48:34.409 --> 00:48:37.329 like the same feeling you had with the pangolin. 00:48:37.349 --> 00:48:39.869 Something touching deep into your soul. This 00:48:39.869 --> 00:48:42.630 link. But this will be all the time you need 00:48:42.630 --> 00:48:45.150 to deliver my message. Just a matter of moments. 00:48:46.030 --> 00:48:51.489 Can I trust you, hero? Yeah. Yes. Yes, of course. 00:48:51.849 --> 00:48:56.329 Yes. Thank you. Yes. Smiles like water. Thank 00:48:56.329 --> 00:48:58.900 you. I've met other spirits during my travels 00:48:58.900 --> 00:49:01.760 here. Those recently dead. And they told me about 00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:04.099 Tithos. That following my death at the hands 00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:07.099 of the Storm Eye, the entire world was assumedly 00:49:07.099 --> 00:49:10.239 destroyed. The Sapphire losing its power, consumed 00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:14.780 by the Keening Gloom. All their lives lost. Investigations 00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:18.079 saying that they couldn't be saved. But they're 00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:22.179 wrong. I did die on Tithos to the Storm Eye's 00:49:22.179 --> 00:49:26.019 blade. And so I know I saw. There were spirits 00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:28.579 in the few plain. There were deaths, but only 00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:33.159 a handful. Not an entire world. Not a city. The 00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:35.840 people have been lied to. Some kind of evil tricks. 00:49:35.940 --> 00:49:37.900 You need to tell them, Zebulon. You need to tell 00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:43.860 them. Tythos is alive. They're still here? There? 00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:51.550 There's no there there. I don't know. I don't 00:49:51.550 --> 00:49:53.530 know where they are. I don't know. I just know 00:49:53.530 --> 00:49:57.289 they didn't pass through here. If a world truly 00:49:57.289 --> 00:50:01.530 died, I would have seen it. So, wherever the 00:50:01.530 --> 00:50:06.570 storm is, or leaves, or... I don't know. I can't 00:50:06.570 --> 00:50:10.969 make sense of it. We don't need to. That's our 00:50:10.969 --> 00:50:15.590 lot. We pass on what we know to those yet living. 00:50:15.630 --> 00:50:19.780 Those who are still due to be born to live. We 00:50:19.780 --> 00:50:24.599 let our acts form the future. If you can give 00:50:24.599 --> 00:50:28.920 my message, you can trust those in that world 00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:33.619 to understand it. Trust Gabriela and trust this. 00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:39.719 Jules. I'll tell them. I'll tell them that we 00:50:39.719 --> 00:50:42.019 don't know. You don't know where. Nobody knows 00:50:42.019 --> 00:50:47.179 where Typhus is, but they're not dead. You feel 00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:50.619 something? pushing into you. Something electric 00:50:50.619 --> 00:50:55.480 just reverberating through your very soul and 00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:59.500 then something new in there. Fire lit. And he 00:50:59.500 --> 00:51:03.619 kind of leans back. Thank you. And if it is, 00:51:03.659 --> 00:51:06.139 Gabriella, you see when you get back and I'm 00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:14.440 sure. Tell her. Pauses. Actually, never mind. 00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:21.800 She already knows. Thank you. And you see Demi 00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:23.860 Lich, something in his shoulders gives out. They 00:51:23.860 --> 00:51:27.260 sort of slump like some great weight has been 00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:30.599 lifted from him. And this smile on his face just 00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:33.900 deepens. And he turns towards that pillar of 00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:36.300 light in the distance. Still momentary. Thank 00:51:36.300 --> 00:51:41.179 you. Thank you. And as it sort of lights up his 00:51:41.179 --> 00:51:48.860 features. Olga. Gaius. Wait up, team. I'm finally 00:51:48.860 --> 00:51:53.139 coming after you. And with more energy in his 00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:56.980 step, no longer tripping over himself, no longer 00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:59.639 exhausted, proud and strong, Demi Lich begins 00:51:59.639 --> 00:52:04.940 to move towards that light. I always knew I'd 00:52:04.940 --> 00:52:09.739 team up with Demi Lich. Until your questions 00:52:09.739 --> 00:52:12.940 have been answered, Zebulon, your means of return 00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:16.579 is here. Maybe you, I'm sure you've heard bits 00:52:16.579 --> 00:52:17.980 and pieces of the Night of the Remembered. You 00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:19.480 know, you've been seeing people talk about it. 00:52:19.500 --> 00:52:21.119 Dance has talked about it. They talked about 00:52:21.119 --> 00:52:24.920 it when they made the ofrendas. And this very 00:52:24.920 --> 00:52:28.219 night, your soul should be summoned back, appearing 00:52:28.219 --> 00:52:34.460 before them. And so, do you wait? Yeah, I guess 00:52:34.460 --> 00:52:37.840 all he's got to do is watch until then. Watch 00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:42.599 and chat with Jules. Jules, Jules Maul. I didn't 00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:44.730 sign up for this. Jules Maul. Jules Maul the 00:52:44.730 --> 00:52:53.650 pangolin. Jules Maul. And so you wait. You watch 00:52:53.650 --> 00:52:56.409 them travel to the farmstead, to the mountain 00:52:56.409 --> 00:52:59.570 peaks, saving Miskin, hearing his story, traveling 00:52:59.570 --> 00:53:02.409 back down. Night is falling as they are moving 00:53:02.409 --> 00:53:08.349 down the peaks. And then, eight o 'clock hits 00:53:08.349 --> 00:53:11.260 in the material plane. The sun sinks beneath 00:53:11.260 --> 00:53:13.420 the horizon, and once again we're seeing that 00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:16.460 scene from before. But now we're seeing it from 00:53:16.460 --> 00:53:19.119 a different perspective, as the returned are 00:53:19.119 --> 00:53:20.440 brought back, as the night of the remembered 00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:24.420 begins. You watch, Zebulon, as the gray sky above 00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:27.400 you begins to fill with streaks of light, thousands 00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:29.780 of them, all emanating from the beacon on the 00:53:29.780 --> 00:53:33.159 horizon. They shoot across the sky, towards you 00:53:33.159 --> 00:53:35.800 and above you, vanishing over the horizon behind 00:53:35.800 --> 00:53:39.750 you, and... Something new is pulling you in their 00:53:39.750 --> 00:53:43.550 wake, and electricity courses through you, charged 00:53:43.550 --> 00:53:45.849 by some sudden force, and before you know it, 00:53:45.869 --> 00:53:49.409 you are flung from the gray ground, you and this 00:53:49.409 --> 00:53:52.530 pangolin on your shoulder. You're launching into 00:53:52.530 --> 00:53:55.670 the sky, your body fading away, and you are a 00:53:55.670 --> 00:53:58.309 streak of light as well, mingling with these 00:53:58.309 --> 00:54:00.610 other souls, feeling their excitement, their 00:54:00.610 --> 00:54:04.309 energy, flying, flying until you hit some phantom 00:54:04.309 --> 00:54:08.099 edge to this plane. And you are slowly rising 00:54:08.099 --> 00:54:10.579 from the space between two altars resting against 00:54:10.579 --> 00:54:14.179 the side of the Milpazul Bukeria. On one, you 00:54:14.179 --> 00:54:16.380 see a bottle of fine pulque. Pulque, I don't 00:54:16.380 --> 00:54:21.159 care. And a skull -to -library mask. Way to ruin 00:54:21.159 --> 00:54:24.119 the moment, David. On the other, a pile of nondescript 00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:28.599 foodstuffs and a child -made Zebulon dolly. And 00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:31.000 then you are flying again, slower this time, 00:54:31.099 --> 00:54:34.159 over the town of Milpazul and into the sky of 00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:37.449 San Sitian. seeing through the link to jewels 00:54:37.449 --> 00:54:40.530 even as you fly through the borderlands. A spark 00:54:40.530 --> 00:54:42.750 of light hovering over the desert. Your form 00:54:42.750 --> 00:54:45.329 seems to move on its own, seeking out those that 00:54:45.329 --> 00:54:47.969 summoned it. But the journey is long and they 00:54:47.969 --> 00:54:50.969 are far ahead of you, deep in the Risenor peaks 00:54:50.969 --> 00:54:54.269 at this point. And so you fly and you watch. 00:54:54.750 --> 00:54:57.170 You see them leaving the peaks, traveling on 00:54:57.170 --> 00:54:59.929 horseback through the town, towards the town 00:54:59.929 --> 00:55:02.989 of Hollow. You see them entering the fissure 00:55:02.989 --> 00:55:05.369 in the ground, working through the caves. You 00:55:05.369 --> 00:55:07.869 see them enterings of Ar's chamber in the mine. 00:55:08.590 --> 00:55:12.070 The fossil, the ritual, Arhalon lost to some 00:55:12.070 --> 00:55:17.170 kind of rage. A battle about to begin. And you 00:55:17.170 --> 00:55:19.690 are there, pushing through the iron doors into 00:55:19.690 --> 00:55:22.190 the chamber. You are taking form in the midst 00:55:22.190 --> 00:55:26.090 of it all. You are skeletal, yet you can see 00:55:26.090 --> 00:55:28.570 without eyes, feel without skin, hear without 00:55:28.570 --> 00:55:31.880 ears. You can't smell because it's made up. You 00:55:31.880 --> 00:55:34.559 are naked, yet you hold two sabers of gleaming 00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:40.119 bone. By the way, plus one magic weapons. Empowered 00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:42.579 by the magic that has formed you on this night. 00:55:43.400 --> 00:55:47.920 You stand there, before your brother, before 00:55:47.920 --> 00:55:53.019 jewels and dance, a hero in the spotlight. And 00:55:53.019 --> 00:55:54.639 in this moment, as you say your line, say your 00:55:54.639 --> 00:55:59.679 line. Now, wait just a damn minute. The magic 00:55:59.679 --> 00:56:02.760 courses through you. And as we begin to roll 00:56:02.760 --> 00:56:05.400 for initiative, as this fight fully rolls out, 00:56:05.519 --> 00:56:09.880 Zebulon is also level five. Yeah. And we'll call 00:56:09.880 --> 00:56:10.380 it there.