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Hey, guys. What are you guys doing on the weekend

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of May 12th? May 10th through 12th. What are

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you guys doing on those days? I know what I'm

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doing. I'm going to be sick. Unfortunately, so,

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so ill. Because I'm coming down with the case

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of Mountain Mania. Mountain Mania. Burke Mountain

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Resort in Vermont. 10th through 12th May. Be

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there or be square. Because we're going to be

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there. We're not going to be square. We're going

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to be round. And we're going to... We're going

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to run a live show. It's going to be awesome.

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There's going to be magic. There's going to be

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D &D. I might run a table. I don't know. I'm

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thinking about it. It's going to be a good time.

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Be there and hang out with us. And say hi. Seriously.

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Say hi to Siobhan. She's putting it all together.

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Right? She's awesome. Anyway, see you there.

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I hope. In the city of Zinder. So, as per yearly

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custom, the Kings of Khorne and their heirs have

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all traveled to the home of Grand Master Amos

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Nia for a celebration and meeting on the first

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day of the March of Vice. We have heard some

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troubling news that makes Massimo Ain and their

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heir have yet to show. They've been traveling

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off -world before the event and never made it

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back to the city, which is certainly troubling.

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Hopefully more on that later, though. Or maybe

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even more troubling, that the entire Nier household

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seems to have gone on full lockdown. The silent

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burrs have been seen locking down all gates and

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covering all exits of the palace. No word has

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come from the household, but there is a rumor,

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just a rumor, that Sturgeman has been called

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in to investigate. Was there a threat from the

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blood of the revolutionaries? Perhaps infighting

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amongst the kings of coin? We simply do not know

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at this time. A point worth noting, though, is

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exactly who is in attendance. Jules LaRoche,

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Jean -Frédéric Montelio, and Blanche Trudeau

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are all in the manor. And, well, let's just say

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when those folks go, trouble always, always seems

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to follow. What a dick. I mean, you guys have

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a, I don't know, I think you're gaining kind

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of a reputation at this point. You should open

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a world. Everyone's having a good time. There's

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some kind of party every time. And then fucking

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shit goes down. Governments are overthrown. Almost

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like we're the main characters. Yeah, exactly.

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You all know Jean's the main character. We've

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all seen superhero movies. We know how this goes.

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Man, we are again in the midst of a murder mystery.

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You investigated pretty well. You went into the

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room. You dug through. You smelled some breath.

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You looked down a window. Got some information.

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This is exciting. This is cool stuff. Yes. Got

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a couple things to act on. Couple things to act

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on. And man, oh man, if only I'd been thinking

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of buttons last time, you might have earned a

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couple. But I always think about how cool this

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murder mystery is instead. So no buttons for

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you. Par for the course. I think I should get

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the buttons for putting together this cool mystery.

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I don't know. I'm excited. I'm so excited. We

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need another physical reminder for David. I put

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three buttons on my computer. Here we go. Look

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at that. They're right under my notes. He's not

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going to remember those. It's something I want

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to do sometime for social media is to create

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our stat sheets because I joke about this all

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the time. My wisdom stat is unbelievably low.

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I have a wisdom of like... negative, of Zebulon's

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wisdom, what, negative three? Negative two? Just

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garbage. I, my poor wife will spend the whole

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day, I'll leave and she'll surprise me, you know,

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and just because she wants to, she'll paint one

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whole room in the house and just paint it a whole

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different color, it looks beautiful, whatever,

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gets it all set up again. I walk in the house

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after work and immediately just, so what do you

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think? Sorry, so what do you think? It's Gabby's

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voice. And I just look around, I give her a blank

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stare every time and she's like, I painted the

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whole bathroom. I'm literally like pissing in

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the bathroom at the moment. I'm like, oh. Oh,

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wow. Look at that. Yeah, you did. I don't notice

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anything around me. You could put a button. You

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could tape it to my eyeball and I wouldn't notice

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it was there. Yeah. Yeah. That's my perception.

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We've discovered that. Yeah. What's your worst

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stat, gentlemen? Mine's perception. What's your

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worst? What's your best? I like to think charisma

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is my highest, but I'm kind of cringy, so I don't

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know. Moving on. Steven, what you got? Well,

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I guess intelligence is tied to memory, so. Oh,

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yeah. Mine's probably pretty low. Oh, when it

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comes to hops, when it comes to beer. I've always

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said nature, though. Nature is your jam. This

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guy will sense chaga in trees to go after. Well,

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right. That's the thing. It's a little bit of

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a juxtaposition because, you know, my intelligence

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may be high for something like nature, but then

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when you're talking about, I mean, memory is

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not a... What's wisdom? I think nature's wisdom.

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No, nature's intelligence. Is it really? Yeah.

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I'm a goofball. I pulled it up specifically when

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you started talking about this so I could look

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through. Oh, hell yeah. To be determined. Your

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nature is amazing. You'll walk with Steven. His

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perception is ridiculous because he'll be walking

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down the woods with him and he'll just like turn

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and sniff the air and look about a half mile

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up the hill and be like, my God, is that a red

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gooseberry? Well, like the other day we were

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on that walk and there was like, we were walking

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through like. It was a brush covered trail. All

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of a sudden he's like, look at that caterpillar.

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We have to like move brush out of the way to

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see it. It was a really cool caterpillar. It

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looked just like, it looked like a tail fell

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off a squirrel. I've never seen one like that.

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I just don't know how you saw it. Dude, a week

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before, we were going around on a pond of cherry,

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one of the trails we have nearby, and he just,

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out of nowhere, glanced aside and goes, ooh,

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frog eggs, and just dives his hand deep into

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a pond and pulls out. It's like, there's a murky

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pond. You saw those at the bottom of it? What

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is going on? What is happening with this guy?

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I love frogs. I used to catch frogs all the time

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when I was a kid. So quite familiar with frog

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eggs. So bad memory, thus the lens of memory

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projection that your character now has. That

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was definitely a Steven Boone. You didn't get

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any buttons, but I give you that. But a fantastic

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sort of perception nature, kind of the opposite

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of me in that way. Mr. Jeremy Wolf. We know your

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performance skill is out of the fucking universe.

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I've never thought about this before. Constitution.

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Really? Because I can be hard -headed and stubborn

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as fuck. Fuck. Anybody who knows me really well

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knows this. Don't say anything, guys. Shut up.

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So you say that's your highest stat? Probably.

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Actually, I love this because charisma is what

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we tied like to like, so if someone's trying

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to do like mental effects and dominate you or

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whatever, charisma is the one that usually used

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to break up those and not knock controlled. It

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also is tied to like performance and shit. So

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I feel like Jeremy Wolf's got this high ass charisma

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stat that cannot be stopped. Charisma isn't just

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like your, because charisma is like also your

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self drive. It's like your personal, like if

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you're hard headed and stubborn, that's charisma.

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Yeah. I'm also a lot more humble than Jules is.

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I will not acknowledge that. Jeremy is painfully

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humble. You want to give him a compliment, you

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have to like chase him down, knock him to the

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ground. My constitution gets in the way. Break

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your fist on his ass. Damn it, Jeremy, take the

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stupid compliment. My abs, okay. Thanks. Thanks.

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We should do that someday. We should do a point

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by for ourselves or something. I thought you

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were going to say an ad punching competition.

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Yeah, that's what we should do someday. We should

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just punch Jeremy in the gut. Wouldn't that be

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fun? Yeah, man, let's get the sheets. I want

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to see our sheets. I want to see the feats we

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get. Oh, my God. I like to think I get the actor

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feet, voices and whatnot, but probably not. I

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love that. No, I think so. I award you the actor

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feet, sir. Oh, my goodness. Wow, thank you, sir.

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I mean, you can't give yourself a feed, can you?

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That's how the game works. I know. You got me.

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Oh, hell. You guys want to do a murder mystery

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again? Let's go to the kitchen. Let's go to the

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kitchen. We're going to the kitchen. Okay. Let's

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go to the kitchen. We're going to the kitchen.

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So first things first, let me roll 20 you over

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to the first floor of Urshel's absolutely beautiful

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map as you move down the hallway from Melonara's

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room. Meloara. I don't know why you say Nara.

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You. move down the stairs into the great hall,

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uh, turning and moving, uh, actually towards

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the, the, the, uh, actually, this is actually

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a staircase closer. Nevermind. You move down

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the stairs immediately to the kitchen. You're

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right there. Uh, you see the stairs keep going

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down lower to the basement. You know, that's

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where old John Franklin's being held. You probably

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hear like a, yeah, yeah. Quiet sound. As you

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turn the corner, the main, uh, sort of entrance

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to the kitchen kind of loops around the sort

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of, uh, north end of the west wing of the...

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I'm having such a hard time with these. Damn.

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Damn. North end of the west wing of the palace,

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first floor. As you're kind of turning, I think

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you actually hear a voice emanating as well from

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sort of down the hall towards the great hall

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there, where everything sort of opens up towards

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the entrance of the palace. You can hear like

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a, no, yeah, no shit. Seriously. Teleport. I

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can do it. Yeah, it's like fey shit. I don't

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know. Yum. I'll believe that when I see it. Well,

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if I do it now, I lose it for the day. It's a

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whole thing. It's a whole thing. Hey, Jules,

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Jules. Chester is kind of talking to a couple

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of duergar who seem amused by him. Tell him I

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can teleport, huh? Tell him. Yeah. See, yeah.

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Jules got my back. We're best friends, me and

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this guy. Just don't use it right now because

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you don't have... I know once a day I get it.

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You got to save that slot, buddy. I got to save

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the slot. Yep. Don't prove it. As we say... Don't

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prove it. He can do invisible, though. You guys

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can. I've been invisible. He made me invisible.

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Yeah, we're not going to prove that, either.

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We're not going to prove it, though. All right,

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now. I saved the slot. We got limited slots.

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I don't believe a thing you're saying. Damn it.

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Can we please? Deal with it. Deal with it, Chester.

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All right. Well, thanks, guys. Thanks. Get back

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to work. And he kind of, like, saunters on over.

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So, hopefully, you guys. All right. So, I've

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been doing my thing, Chester. You know, making

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some friends. I know a few things that might

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be helpful. So, hey, bad news first. Sturgeman,

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he's coming. So, miss has been sent. I don't

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know if you know this, but Amos Neer kind of

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hires him. He's like the, you know, he's sponsored

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by Jellywine. So, yeah, he's dropping it all

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and coming here. He'll be here by morning. And

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I'm just thinking maybe a little bit of Jean

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still in the deep water place when Sturgeman

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gets here. That bad blood we got with Rune will

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be bad blood for Jean, too. He might be in trouble.

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So, Sky Prison, you know, let's solve this thing.

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Get our buddy out of here, right? We'll take

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it one step at a time. We got till morning. One

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step at a time. One step at a time. Yeah. Also,

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don't forget I have the ring of mind shielding.

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So whenever that bitch gets here. Oh, that's

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right. Ooh. Don't forget that. I won't forget.

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That's awesome. Keep that. Yeah. Keep that in

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mind. That's really cool. Oh, that's like the

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ultimate Sturgeman shutdown. Yeah. Yeah. Um,

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just goes on like, all right, well, that's one

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thing, but another one that's kind of interesting.

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God, gosh, he's doing. So right after I went

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down, right? Whenever I was going to their rooms,

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one bloke here. Through a fit, right? Through

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a big fit. Wanted to get out real bad. Kind of

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acting real suspicious -like. The guards are

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a little concerned about it. You know that cook,

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Fyodor Popov? Mm -hmm. Seemed he really wanted

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out. So he had to get ingredients real bad for

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dinner. But, I mean, no one believed him. Obvious

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lying. So, might be worth looking into. Interesting

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you should say that, because that's where we're

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headed. Hey, no shit. That's crazy. Yeah, no

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shit. Whoa! Maybe he'll cook us a boyd. Steven,

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save us. What's so funny over here? I was busy

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taking notes. Hey, that's a good fellow right

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there. Taking notes. All right, I'm going to

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go Chester over there some more because, hey,

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I don't need to be here for this episode. Go

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Chester. See you later. All right. Thank you,

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Chester. I won't do the slots. He leaves. Probably.

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You better not. I might. You better not. I'll

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know if you do. Jerry Markov misses up off Chester's.

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Could you imagine? Could you imagine? Blanche

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kicks down the kitchen door. Holy shit. Whoa.

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Do you actually? Where were you on May 10th?

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Melted Mania, of course. That checks out. Who

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wouldn't it be? I am not crazy stupid fool. Yep,

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this arc is going to be longer than Sansatiana.

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Yep. For those who don't know, this is our second

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recording in a night. Every time we do a second

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recording in a night, this is what happens. Every

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time. Without fail. Okay. You go to the kitchen.

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Harlan will lead you there. He doesn't really

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need to go. He's kind of like let you take lead.

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He's sort of holding back. If you go in, he'll

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stand at the door and let you do your thing.

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He's... good at locking things down. He's good

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at being a police enforcer. He's not good at

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this. And he sees that you're just infinitely

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better than he is. He's happy to let you take

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the reins. I kind of want to use a slot. Oh,

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shit. I kind of want to use one of my slots for

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my first detect thoughts on this guy. If I don't

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use it, when am I going to? Right, for sure.

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I mean, this is going to be, there's a lot to

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this mystery. And there's also, like, there's

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a killer. in this house. Right. You don't know

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what they're capable of. You have to assume at

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some point things are going to get violent. That's

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why I love this. Because you've got slots for

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investigating and you've got slots for fighting.

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And you've got slots for impressing the Dwarven

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Guard and showing them you can teleport. So...

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Slots to burn. Slots to burn. Timing your use

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of these spells is the biggest thing. I know.

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And I'm not saying anything. I'm not saying you

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shouldn't. I'm just... I want everyone to know

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that every time you use a slot, it's a big deal.

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Because it's... Exciting. I'm also not saying

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you should or shouldn't, but I have an interesting

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question to pose. Okay. If you're going to do

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detect thoughts, do you think you'll try to do

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it before Theodore notices us? Before. Or after?

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Yeah, before. Cool. That's kind of what I wanted

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to do. How long does it last for? Let's see.

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It lasts for concentration up to one minute.

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Okay. So I'm going to be a little hard on this.

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When you use it, I'm going to, like, cut it off

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after a certain point. Okay. So that's why timing

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is going to be a big deal. It works for surface

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thoughts immediately. Yes. And then you can roll

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a wisdom save so I can probe deeper. And once

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you do that, you are noted. Yes. So it'll be

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like good cop, mind reader cop. I bought my microphone

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when you said that so I couldn't laugh. Do I

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want to do this so early on? That's the question.

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That is the question. I mean, Chester did just,

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I mean, that's choices, choices. You can always

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walk away. You know what? No. Yeah. Because all

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that shit came from the kitchen, but I don't

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know. I'm a little skeptical that all that evidence

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isn't, you know, designed to throw us off. A

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red pickled herring. Yes. Yes. No, I'm not going

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to use it. Okay. So you, the door is pushed open.

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Uh, there's a guard at the door that steps to

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the side and you move in. Harlan, as I say, stands

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at the back of the room and close the door behind

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him. And you step in to see Fyodor Popov is sort

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of, um, at work. I think he's, he's got like,

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you know, a sort of balding head as well. A lot

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of people here are bald. He's sort of rubbing

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at it as he's sort of, uh, you know, reaching

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out for a knife, cutting up, working on, maybe

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like he has this large, like sort of fish that

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he's, it's kind of a beautiful, almost rainbow

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scaled fish, super long, almost eel, uh, eel

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like. He's sort of chopping it down, deboning

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it. His movements with the knife are perfectly

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just beautiful. So fast. So precise. This is

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a master at work, you can say. And it takes him

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a minute, like he's locked in on this, and he's

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sort of muttering stuff to himself. No words,

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just kind of, I don't understand. Huh? Oh. Hello.

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You are... Jules LaRoche, yes. And master of

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defense for turtles, yes? Blanche Tudor? Yes,

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that's right. It's a pleasure to meet you. I

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am afraid there is no lunch for a bit, it seems.

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But I can make snack if you are hungry. I don't

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know how you are out and about. I am locked in.

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We came to give you some reprieve and see what

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you know about... The events leading up to the

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murder? No, nothing. I was in here. You can ask

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anyone. I was doing the cooking all day. This

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is all terrible, tragic. What a mystery it is.

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How strange that you were doing the cooking all

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day, but there is no lunch, you say? Well, it

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is all made. And then, of course, this all happens.

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I mean, it was basically done. I had to move

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it to the side, put it in the fridge for... We

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can all have. And actually, when he opens the

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fridge, you see there's actually a number of

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sandwich, various things like that. He has a

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huge industrial -sized magic fridge. It's like

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cold spells cast on the walls. Did anybody call

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for a fruit plate and some wine? Yes, yes. Larissa

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came in saying there was a request for a fruit

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plate. I believe she went to get wine downstairs.

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He gestures, and out the back door you came in,

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there's a stairway going down. And it looks like

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maybe that's the way that he gestures towards

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the wine cellar. Did you say what that was for?

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Uh, no. No, I do not know who. Do you know who?

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Nope. Fjodor wants nothing to know of any of

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this. I am simple cook. I forgot Larissa. Can

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you spell that? L -A -R -I -S -A. R -I -N. Oh,

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A. Farina. Sorry. Lizarina, I believe. So head

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of service. Very, very loyal to the Grand Messer.

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Is staying in the Grand Messers. room with him

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surprisingly rather than going separating she

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demanded to be like locked up with him um and

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seemingly was the one that brought the fruit

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plate and wine glasses and the murder weapon

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incidentally to the room of mellow ara now i'll

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tell you one thing your passive insight is it

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higher is it 10 or higher uh my passive insight

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is 14 but then you said i get plus five while

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i'm wearing no that's just for for one foot investigation

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oh insight i'm sorry i'm sorry insight is 13

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damn damn mine's only 11 okay both of you have

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enough to know um fjord is definitely hiding

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something he's not good at hiding it he's it's

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like he looks super flustered when he talks about

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the crime and like it's a mystery i have no idea

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what's going on he knows something he must he's

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acting very suspicious I'm not going to do that

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with everybody, but this guy, that's just his

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character. He's just this big chef, very flustered,

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sweating deeply into his mutton chops. Soaked

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with sweat. It's gross. What are you not telling

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us? You know, we could keep you safe. Roll persuasion.

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Can I give the help action? We can only help

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you if you help us. Yeah, roll persuasion. 28.

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Holy shit. There's something like, you see his

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shoulders set just a little bit, sink, and a

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huge sort of big, big, burly breath leaves him,

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just like hits you with it. Like he's been storing

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up this breath, this energy. And I think his

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eyes flash to Harlan. Back to you. If you will

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keep me safe, can you have him out? Little hips.

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Please. Harlan just looks up. Oh, I don't think

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that's going to happen, mate. It's my show. Jules

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turns around. Can you give us a second? Just

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humor him. Perhaps just on the outside of the

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door, Harlan. Fine. All right. Yeah, you proved

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yourself so far. Yeah, I'm rolling with that

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28. You get to him as well. All right. Thank

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you. He nods, opens the door, steps out, closes

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it. And you see Fyodor's sort of expression changes.

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This sort of deep sorrow comes over him. He actually

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starts to, like, shake a little bit. You see

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his eyes start to well up, like, It is not okay.

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It is not okay. Oh. Oh. What do you know? How

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have you found me? How did you figure out? Why

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don't you tell us everything, Fyodor, and then

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we'll fill you in. All right. Yes, yes, you got

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me. I am Bloodletter. I am Bloodletter informant

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in -house. Yes, you figured it out. Damn you

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and your cleverness. Insight? Yeah, real insight.

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Because I at least don't believe you. Yeah. 16.

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He seems to be telling the truth. He seems like

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he wears his heart on his sleeve, and this is

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like he's breaking down. You came in and spit

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him a crime. He's admitting to the crime. Not

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the crime you expected, though. Huh. I know,

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I know, it is wrong, it is bad. The Grand Master

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is so good to me, his family good to me, but

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they are not good to everyone. I simply want

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to see all bellies fed. You, Chulzar Ocean, Blanche,

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you were there on San Satyan with everything

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that happened. You are hero to us, Bloodletter,

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because you help people who need help. The people

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in this city, they need help. These kings of

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coin, they are monsters, like those in San Satyan,

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like those on Tithos. And so rule, it is, it

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is bad. And so I give information, nothing big,

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just small things. Little bits they can use to

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spread word, bad word of the Kings of Coin, fire

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people up. It is not, I did not think they would

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kill someone. Blanche looks over her shoulder

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towards the door where Harlan is, turns back

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around to Fyodor and says in hushed tones, it's

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all right, Fyodor. We can help you and maybe

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the other bloodletters. Are you the only one

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in the castle? I thought I was. It was not to

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be someone else, but I have heard them say no

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one else could have escaped. But someone else

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was here. They were... He kind of gestures upwards.

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Assassin in the house. I know it. It must be

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bloodletter. It must be. For they sent me a message.

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They wanted me to be part of this carnage, but

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Mello Ara has hurt nobody. He's nothing like

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Amos Nier. He's a sweet boy. I wouldn't do this.

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You knew that Mello would be murdered? No, no,

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no, no. I didn't. It was... Let me... Okay. Okay,

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so... My job is simple. I go to kitchen window

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every day at certain times. 12 .50 is one of

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times. And bloodletter person will come. They

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will use message, cantrip, magic on me. I will

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give them information. They ask questions, I

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answer questions. Little things, like I say.

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Just information about Grand Messer, but nothing

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dangerous. I did not think. Today, I came a little

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early to window. I was waiting. And waiting.

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And there was no message. But... So the guy I

00:24:04.849 --> 00:24:08.309
saw standing outside... You... You see him, then?

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What was he there for? He was to ask a question.

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If he is the one over here, he kind of gestures

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out the window, and you see that spot he was

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standing, exact line of sight to this kitchen

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window, which is also incidentally open. Yeah,

00:24:21.390 --> 00:24:25.190
that's him. He was here to ask a question. He

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must have come a little late. I missed him, I

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guess. What are the other times? One time is

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seven o 'clock. Usually just the two each day,

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but... 7 a .m. or p .m.? 7 p .m., yes, but it

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is not always. Only sometimes, when they have

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questions to ask, they send one guy. I stand

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by window, I am working anyway. At 7 p .m. I

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.880
am doing dishes, you know, so it is easy to me

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to come to window and answer questions. When

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was the last time they asked you some questions?

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It was two days ago, but it was nothing, nothing

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but this. What did they ask you? They simply

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:01.519
asked me what the Grand Master was having for

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:04.029
dinner this night. You know, they want to see

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how opulent it is so they can tell all the people

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and rally them up, fire everybody up. But there

00:25:09.509 --> 00:25:12.210
was a message to them, not the same kind, but

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something different. Bad. Unusual. Blanche is

00:25:17.269 --> 00:25:21.250
going to give Jules that look that says, which

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I'm now just going to say to Jeremy. This is

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my way of being like, so we have to watch dinner

00:25:29.549 --> 00:25:33.900
now. Yeah. I don't have any purify food or drink

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:37.619
spells. Oh, yeah. Has anybody been in this kitchen

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:42.599
but you? The Grandmaster has come by. Azura's

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:44.980
in and out, grabbing snack and running around,

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:49.640
doing whatever Azura does. And, of course, Norisa,

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she is coming here and there, grab the fruit

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plate and the wine, you say. Only them. Only

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them. Did you see her after she delivered the

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.880
wine plate, the fruit plate and wine? Yes, she

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:06.640
was in the dining room out there getting ready

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:09.380
afterwards. There is more. There's one thing.

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:12.359
I tell you, there was a message, not a message

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:16.220
message. You understand? I was waiting by window,

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:20.859
waiting for contact to come to gate. I did not.

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:26.509
Instead, something fall from upstairs. landing

00:26:26.509 --> 00:26:29.670
on shrub right before me. Blanche rushes to the

00:26:29.670 --> 00:26:32.130
window. No, no, it is not. They are not. You

00:26:32.130 --> 00:26:33.309
look out and I think you see like maybe there's

00:26:33.309 --> 00:26:36.329
bits of like blood just touching the tops of

00:26:36.329 --> 00:26:37.609
the brush. Very hard to make out from upstairs,

00:26:37.730 --> 00:26:40.269
but down here as you look, you can just pass

00:26:40.269 --> 00:26:42.650
if you can look down and see it. It was blood

00:26:42.650 --> 00:26:46.309
matter mask and apron. Black mask, black apron.

00:26:46.609 --> 00:26:51.490
It is their uniform for dark work. And they are

00:26:51.490 --> 00:26:54.019
giving to me. Because they want me to kill as

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:57.299
well. I know this. I won't do it. I won't. I

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:59.500
tried to leave so I could find my contact on

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:03.519
the outside and ask. I would not do this. I will

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:05.319
give you mask. I will give you apron. I do not

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:07.940
want it. By the ever winds of Arnikek, I do not

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:10.460
want anything to do with it. Set it down by the

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:15.599
window. Just inside. What? I missed that. The...

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:20.440
The mask and the apron? Yes. Retrieve them. Yes.

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:23.400
And set them on the floor. by the window. Oh,

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:27.880
okay. I shall do this. He sort of moves over

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:30.240
to the pantry. So he opens it up. He sort of

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:32.200
starts moving. Maybe move some like flour, you

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:34.599
know, sacks, a few of them. And then kind of

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:36.480
down at the bottom, like very, very well hidden

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:40.339
at the back is some black cloth sort of folded

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:43.900
up that he picks up and just very sorrowfully

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:48.109
carries to you. I am sorry. This is not. This

00:27:48.109 --> 00:27:50.630
is not me. This is not what I wish. Please, please

00:27:50.630 --> 00:27:53.430
find this blood letter assassin. They are not

00:27:53.430 --> 00:27:55.829
of us. They are not speaking for us. They are

00:27:55.829 --> 00:27:59.430
bad and we are not... That rally, that murder

00:27:59.430 --> 00:28:02.289
of the other prince. This is different. This

00:28:02.289 --> 00:28:05.769
is not blood letter. You will see shortly that

00:28:05.769 --> 00:28:10.950
I will not betray your secret. I will call Harlan

00:28:10.950 --> 00:28:13.809
into this room to show him what was dropped from

00:28:13.809 --> 00:28:18.619
the window and you will not be... accused of

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:21.779
being a blood letter informant. Thank you. I

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:24.740
thank you. I thank you. If I earn your trust.

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:28.359
Yes. Will you stand by the window at seven o

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:32.420
'clock and receive the message still? Yes, I

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:36.240
will. I will do. I will help you in any way I

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:39.579
can. I want to find this killer. I just had such

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:42.640
a better idea. All right. I can't talk about

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:44.099
it though. It's too late to have a better idea

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:48.440
now. Before we invite Harlan back in, is there

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:51.700
anything else that you can tell us? This is all.

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:54.519
I am just waiting. And then this drops for me.

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:58.640
And I run upstairs. I see the scene. I come down.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:00.799
I try to escape. They won't let me. And I am

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.619
locked in here. This is my day. This is all.

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:06.880
I know nothing else. I swear it. And also with

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:08.559
your passives, you think he's telling the truth.

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:10.180
He's been very, like, he doesn't seem like he

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:13.579
can lie very well. He drops the folded sort of

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:16.980
cloth down on the floor. And sort of around the

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.220
counter wherever it was and Starr steps away

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.880
from it. Almost like his hands reach away like

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.660
a bird and he just doesn't want to touch it.

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:24.859
These hands are made for making food and good

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:27.619
things. It is not made for murder. I should have

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:32.759
cast deafness on Harlan. You got anything? Harlan

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:34.460
definitely would have been like, why the fuck

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:38.859
am I deaf? All right, Blanche will go to the

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:42.299
door. Harlan, we found something out the window.

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:47.630
What? You serious? Come see. Pushes in, walks

00:29:47.630 --> 00:29:50.769
over and sees that like, what the hell was that?

00:29:51.529 --> 00:29:53.269
I think right now all you're seeing is a bundle

00:29:53.269 --> 00:29:55.650
of cloth. We were told is a mask and an apron.

00:29:55.789 --> 00:29:58.630
Yeah, she will pick it apart. It looked to me

00:29:58.630 --> 00:30:02.650
like a bloodletta mask and apron. As you go to

00:30:02.650 --> 00:30:06.970
pick it apart, something strange hits you. There's

00:30:06.970 --> 00:30:09.369
a phenomenon. People will generally see what

00:30:09.369 --> 00:30:12.619
they expect to see. And Fyodor was expecting

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:15.279
some blood letter. He was looking for blood letters

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:19.019
where he saw a blood letter mask and apron. God,

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:21.539
I was going to like, I was going to do the eyes

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:23.140
of minute seeing and investigate it. But I was

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:26.039
like, it's so plainly. I just like took it for

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.619
granted. It's just a bundle of cloth at that

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:29.019
point. So you're just taking his word for it.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:30.839
But as you look down, you realize this isn't

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.779
stupid. This isn't what you thought it was or

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:35.960
what he thought it was. The apron he speaks of,

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:38.279
the black apron that's, you know, they were jelly

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:40.200
stained black aprons. Looks like some kind of.

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:44.279
Almost like a dress. Some loose black dress.

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.539
But there is a mask. There is a black mask, just

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:51.400
as spoken. You pick it up and look at it. And

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.880
with your past investigation, as you look at

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:57.119
this mask, you see what Fjordur did not see.

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.420
Oh, I should say there's also gloves. There's

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:01.839
some black gloves with that too. Blood covered,

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:04.279
obviously. But you see what Fjordur did not see

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:08.789
on the mask. Stitching. Sort of outward stitching.

00:31:09.170 --> 00:31:13.089
Because this mask is reversed. You're looking

00:31:13.089 --> 00:31:15.309
at the inside of it, not the outside. This black

00:31:15.309 --> 00:31:18.569
mask, the sign of the blood letters, is not necessarily

00:31:18.569 --> 00:31:22.609
a black mask. Not something so simple. Wait,

00:31:22.650 --> 00:31:24.230
wait, what do you mean the mask is reversed?

00:31:24.650 --> 00:31:25.789
It's inside out. Oh, it's inside out. As if someone

00:31:25.789 --> 00:31:27.910
pulled it off. Oh, oh, oh. And it was the inside

00:31:27.910 --> 00:31:29.750
of the mask that is staring out of the black

00:31:29.750 --> 00:31:32.750
stitched up inside. Well, I mean, Harlan's holding

00:31:32.750 --> 00:31:34.809
it. Is Harlan going to flip it inside out? No.

00:31:34.809 --> 00:31:36.269
Or right side? No, he doesn't notice it. He's

00:31:36.269 --> 00:31:40.940
stupid. Holland. What's that mask? I'm taking

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:43.180
it away. It's gone. No, the evidence is gone

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:45.339
now. See you later. Wait, what? I'm putting it

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:48.539
away. No, it's inside out. Flip it. Oh, shit.

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.619
Here, you do it, because it's more dramatic if

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:54.539
I'm not involved. Here you go. Oh, my God. He's

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:56.519
flustered. He looks at the mask. He's just like,

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:59.680
what do you mean inside? Hey, show me. He kind

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.160
of gets it to you. He's going to, like, cast

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.579
a spell on me or something. All right. I guess

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:08.700
Blanche is going to. Hold on. Am I thinking about...

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:11.279
Am I trying to... I'm trying not to overthink

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:14.099
it, but I didn't overthink it and got wrong on

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:17.480
the whole cloth bundle. Uh -huh. What do you

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:20.319
think, Jeremy? Flip that shit. Flip that shit.

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:23.299
All right, flip that shit. You reach into the

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:26.920
mask from the top, flip it right side in, whatever,

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:30.460
and you see a very different looking mask. It's

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:34.839
still black, but there is a symbol on it. There

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:40.420
is a design. And once again, Jules feels cold

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:43.779
when he sees the skull symbol adorned in the

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:46.900
front of the mask. This is clearly at least a

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:49.940
replica, a very well -made replica of the mask

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:54.299
of Dance Macabre. Your girlfriend. What's she

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:56.519
doing here? What's her mask doing here? She's

00:32:56.519 --> 00:33:00.359
not here, you asshole. It's so funny because

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:04.240
on the Discord, Andrew actually said, it won't

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:06.640
be Dance Macabre. No, no. He said something like,

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:09.279
I hope it's not dance because Jules couldn't

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:11.839
take it or something like that. Story's over.

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:14.539
I saw that. I just started giggling so hard when

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:17.680
I saw that. You see Dance Macabre's mask flecked

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:20.819
with blood. The dress, now that you look at it,

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.500
looks like maybe a sort of rough but not very

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:27.599
well -designed copy of her Folklorico dress.

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:29.960
that she usually wears as part of her sort of

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:33.099
wrestling outfit. This is her outfit. But it's

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:35.140
very clearly fake. It's very clearly, just like

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:38.839
the jewels upstairs. It's like a costume. It's

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.519
like a costume. And you know what? These are

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:42.559
probably things that are made generally around.

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:44.859
So it's not even like someone's trying to make

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:49.180
a convincing fake. It's just like someone went

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:51.160
to the store and bought a Superman costume. Kind

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:55.519
of, yeah. So what the hell, gentlemen? Just kinks

00:33:55.519 --> 00:34:03.069
in the chain. It's Ramin. He's back for vengeance.

00:34:04.190 --> 00:34:08.250
So wild when you went here first. Huh. Okay.

00:34:09.210 --> 00:34:13.389
It's Dance Macabre. The mask, at least. All right.

00:34:13.550 --> 00:34:15.150
Fjordor's just looking at it like, this is not

00:34:15.150 --> 00:34:19.690
bloodletting? I mean, oops. Harlan, what are

00:34:19.690 --> 00:34:23.690
you talking about? It was my mistake. You can't

00:34:23.690 --> 00:34:26.659
incriminate yourself. Come on, man. It was an

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:28.280
assumption. We're leading this investigation.

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.980
After seeing the blood letter symbol on the wall,

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:39.019
I just assumed I... I'm sorry, Harlan. I made

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:42.380
a mistake. No, it's all right. I've had the same

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:45.199
thought, honestly. So... All of this stuff has

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:47.420
to do with me so far. What's that have to do

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:53.309
with you? Shit. Shit? The cloak? Well, it just

00:34:53.309 --> 00:34:55.570
seems like trouble. The cloak, but what's the

00:34:55.570 --> 00:34:59.429
mask? This skull, is that your thing? You like

00:34:59.429 --> 00:35:02.309
dead stuff? I don't really know. No, it's a friend

00:35:02.309 --> 00:35:08.989
of mine. Oh. Friend slash alter ego, whatever

00:35:08.989 --> 00:35:13.570
you want to call your nighttime BDSM alter ego,

00:35:13.730 --> 00:35:18.909
George LaRoche. Good save, Steven. No, you don't

00:35:18.909 --> 00:35:19.969
want to say no more? I don't want to hear anymore.

00:35:20.130 --> 00:35:22.530
It's fine. I'm out. Have you ever heard of...

00:35:22.530 --> 00:35:24.889
Everybody's got their kinks, okay? He's plugging

00:35:24.889 --> 00:35:26.769
his ears. Have you ever heard of the Midnight

00:35:26.769 --> 00:35:31.389
Prince? What? I can't hear nothing you're saying.

00:35:35.510 --> 00:35:43.829
Oh, my God. I'm just saying. How dare you? It's

00:35:43.829 --> 00:35:47.400
another place to start. Yeah, geez. Oh my goodness.

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:50.840
Okay, I feel like that's good information, obviously.

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:52.920
I don't think it's really actionable right now.

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:58.219
So we file that away. Okay. Can I go back to

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:01.639
cooking now? Yes, perhaps you could show me around.

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:05.780
And Blanche wants to investigate these rooms

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:08.380
here. The kitchen, pantry. Hell yeah. Butler's

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:15.730
pantry. Yeah, let's do it. 19. As you dig around,

00:36:15.829 --> 00:36:18.769
look around the pantry, you find that nothing

00:36:18.769 --> 00:36:21.989
really seems to look out of place. You notice

00:36:21.989 --> 00:36:24.070
that outside the dining room, the table looks

00:36:24.070 --> 00:36:25.730
like it's mostly set, and the butler's pantry

00:36:25.730 --> 00:36:28.090
has a lot of the stacks where the plates were

00:36:28.090 --> 00:36:29.969
taken missing. Kind of corroborates the idea

00:36:29.969 --> 00:36:34.150
that Larissa Reno was here working before whatever

00:36:34.150 --> 00:36:36.309
happened happened. She was interrupted by it.

00:36:36.769 --> 00:36:41.610
You mentioned dinner earlier. What will be served?

00:36:41.809 --> 00:36:43.690
What will the Grand Messer have for dinner tonight?

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:46.900
Also curious. All right, I canonically said I

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:49.639
know, didn't I? You did. Canonically. Very well.

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:53.820
It is, uh, it is... We are having... Omelets.

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:59.119
For dinner? The Grandmaster is a man of partying.

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:02.380
He does not stick to the usual custom when it's...

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:04.380
This night, it's always omelet. Always omelet

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:06.920
and pancakes. Very good stuff. French style,

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:09.739
or is there a filling, at least? Well, there's

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:12.420
no French, but it's Arnikek style, eh? You see?

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:17.090
I getcha. And we're all having omelets? Yes,

00:37:17.110 --> 00:37:19.730
everyone has omelets. Huge breakfast spread.

00:37:19.909 --> 00:37:22.050
It's a really good breakfast spread. This fish

00:37:22.050 --> 00:37:25.010
I'm cutting is for nothing. I don't know why

00:37:25.010 --> 00:37:27.349
I'm cutting this fish. Do you like omelets, Jules?

00:37:27.889 --> 00:37:31.510
I love food. I love food. If the Grandmaster

00:37:31.510 --> 00:37:33.329
has his way, we'll be having it while watching

00:37:33.329 --> 00:37:36.070
you and your show, actually. I don't get to eat?

00:37:36.570 --> 00:37:38.349
Afterwards, of course, it'll be extra. There'll

00:37:38.349 --> 00:37:40.949
be fish. We have big fish. Well, perhaps bagels

00:37:40.949 --> 00:37:45.869
and lox? Yes, sure. To accompany the omelet?

00:37:46.030 --> 00:37:47.250
All right, we're pausing this. We're going to

00:37:47.250 --> 00:37:48.889
go make some food right now. We'll be back, folks.

00:37:51.929 --> 00:37:54.489
Okay, so I gather that what's for dinner isn't

00:37:54.489 --> 00:37:57.030
exactly important anymore. What's for dinner?

00:37:58.510 --> 00:38:00.590
How do you know? Maybe the right question is,

00:38:00.690 --> 00:38:06.349
who's for dinner? Who's for dinner? Okay, I'm

00:38:06.349 --> 00:38:08.869
wrapping up questions here for this guy. I guess

00:38:08.869 --> 00:38:13.219
I really just want to know. So the fruit plate

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:17.099
was brought up. Was there any other food brought

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:19.659
to any other rooms that you're aware of? This

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:21.699
is only one. It was actually quite weird to have

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:23.340
a request. That normally does not happen. I mean,

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:25.420
everyone knows lunch is coming. I should be preparing

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:27.840
for lunch and meeting. We are just talk, you

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:29.300
know, they are going to talk finances, all this

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:32.719
stuff I do not understand. But it is weird. I

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:35.380
think Larissa may have said something about written

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:38.539
request, which is odd. Written request. Is there

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:41.219
a record of this written request? If there is,

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:44.320
it is in our hands. Very well. Thank you. We

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:48.519
shall see Larissa later. Jules, have you anything

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:55.840
else? Get held. I think I got what we came here

00:38:55.840 --> 00:39:00.239
for. Thank you. Yes. It looks at you as deep

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:02.119
in the eye, kind of like, again, sort of really

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:04.380
not looking towards Harlan, who's sort of almost

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.920
looking at you like, something's going on here.

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:11.780
He says, thank you. Very much, thank you. I should

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:14.780
get to work. I must beat eggs. So many eggs.

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:19.619
Most important meal of the day, it's a callback.

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:28.000
Harlan, perhaps we could see Jean? Yeah, I thought

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:30.860
you might ask. Sure. My guys are sour saying

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:33.699
he's causing a ruckus down there. Very loud one.

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:36.260
Let's see if we can calm him down for you. Please,

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:39.699
please do. All right, let's go. He leads you

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:43.199
out. There's a stairway moving down just outside

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:45.340
the, you know, you leave the kitchen to the northern

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:47.619
door, enter the dining room, the table half set.

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:50.059
As you reach the western side of that, there

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:52.739
is a doorway into just a staircase going down

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:57.400
into the basement. New map. Oh, my goodness.

00:39:57.900 --> 00:40:01.820
Dude, it is unreal how much work Michelle put

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:06.219
into this. So I don't know if this is just overstepping

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:08.219
the information that is presented on the map,

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:11.860
but it says holding prisoners, plural. Oh, it

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:13.340
just means in general if there's a prisoner.

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:15.960
Okay. Yeah. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. So you come

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:17.559
down, you look into this, you look into the basement,

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:20.539
a smaller, thinner floor. Oh, my goodness. You

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:22.300
see like the sort of support beams above you

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:23.719
leading to like whatever rooms. You can hear

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:25.820
maybe like some people stepping around in the

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:28.570
kitchen above. Here Fyodor sort of strutting

00:40:28.570 --> 00:40:31.449
about as you move down. There's some doorways

00:40:31.449 --> 00:40:33.610
leading into the wine cellar beside you. And

00:40:33.610 --> 00:40:35.269
as you push into like the sort of main servants

00:40:35.269 --> 00:40:39.750
hall to the south, you see that down hall sort

00:40:39.750 --> 00:40:41.909
of right in the center of the sort of building

00:40:41.909 --> 00:40:45.550
the structure. There is a storage room that looks

00:40:45.550 --> 00:40:48.929
like the door's kind of left open. And you can

00:40:48.929 --> 00:40:50.429
hear Jean -Francois like, this is ridiculous.

00:40:50.630 --> 00:40:52.889
I should at least be comfortable. I mean, honestly,

00:40:53.110 --> 00:40:55.989
I didn't do nothing. Anything. Damn it. Damn

00:40:55.989 --> 00:40:59.739
it. That's not proper grammar, Jean. I know,

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:04.940
sir. Sir, sir, please. Help me. Keep your voice

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:09.159
down. We're here to help. Fine. All right. You

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:11.559
guys move down the hallway, push into the room.

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:13.119
You see there's like maybe, I think there's probably

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:15.960
two duergar guarding this sort of like cell.

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:19.539
It's kind of like a rough sort of cell. They

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:22.900
just have like a sort of barred door that is

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:25.260
down here. You know, maybe in case someone gets

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:27.000
rowdy at one of these parties, they bring them

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:30.079
down into this storage room. Kind of a weird

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:31.619
thing to have in a palace, but it is a palace,

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:34.880
so eh, kings of coin do what they will. Jaune's

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:38.039
sort of sitting against the back wall, maybe

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:40.659
on a couple sacks of who knows what, just looking

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:44.500
really kind of sad and angry. Pounding against

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:48.780
the sort of stone around him. It's damnable LeDoux.

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:50.780
I know it's him. That damnable LeDoux. Sir, you

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:53.019
saw it, right? The knife was right there. It

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:56.599
wasn't me, all right? But that damnable ass LeDoux.

00:41:56.780 --> 00:42:00.519
How do you know it was LeDoux? Well, he wants

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.940
to be the only banner of the baron. Now that

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:03.739
he's got my title, he wants to get rid of me.

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:06.199
Do you see his banner? It's weak. It's nothing.

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:09.239
It's small. My banner's much greater. He's got

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.440
this little dinsy thing on a stick. He doesn't

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:14.090
even have a spear. I have a spear, sir. A spear?

00:42:14.550 --> 00:42:16.789
What am I saying? This is murder. Murder happened.

00:42:17.309 --> 00:42:19.650
Prince was murdered. And they think I did it.

00:42:19.710 --> 00:42:23.210
Seth, they think I did it. Well, tell me about

00:42:23.210 --> 00:42:25.050
the events that led up to you being discovered

00:42:25.050 --> 00:42:28.869
in the bathroom. Perhaps we can use those to

00:42:28.869 --> 00:42:33.710
prove your innocence. Well, um... Kel looks at

00:42:33.710 --> 00:42:39.090
the guards. Perhaps there is some other reasons

00:42:39.090 --> 00:42:43.329
I was poking around. My own reasons. Perhaps

00:42:43.329 --> 00:42:46.670
I saw an opportunity to potentially investigate

00:42:46.670 --> 00:42:50.929
the Grand Messer's bedroom, where perhaps there'll

00:42:50.929 --> 00:42:54.949
be some evidence of some wrongdoings that I might

00:42:54.949 --> 00:42:57.429
have some interest in looking into. Wink, wink,

00:42:57.510 --> 00:43:00.030
wink, wink, wink. He realized he was investigating

00:43:00.030 --> 00:43:03.489
the murder he's looking into, which is why he

00:43:03.489 --> 00:43:05.929
ended up on that second floor, on that side of

00:43:05.929 --> 00:43:08.969
the floor, far from his own room, because the

00:43:08.969 --> 00:43:11.719
Grand Messer was a... from what I guess you've

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:13.699
heard was out and about during the time. Maybe

00:43:13.699 --> 00:43:16.219
the guards mentioned that in passing. If you

00:43:16.219 --> 00:43:19.239
are snooping around, how did you end up in the

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:23.119
bathroom? All right, so let me tell you the whole

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:26.320
story. So once I got here, I went to my room,

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:29.300
went to Father's room, and he gave me a bit of

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:33.300
a talking to about my behavior of late, my unsettled

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:35.820
nature, all that. He reamed me out, I should

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:39.159
say. Fine, whatever. When he was done, finally

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:41.000
done, and went back to his own room, stormed

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:43.860
away, I snuck downstairs. Because I realized

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:45.940
I had a chance to look into the Grandmaster's

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:48.820
own bedroom. So I didn't see anybody else was

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:51.860
out and about, so I went up to the door. And

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:55.010
then... I heard Amos near, shuffling around inside.

00:43:55.110 --> 00:43:57.889
I realized, oh shit, he's here. So I was worried

00:43:57.889 --> 00:43:58.750
he was going to come to the door immediately

00:43:58.750 --> 00:44:00.309
and find me, and I would have to explain myself.

00:44:00.429 --> 00:44:02.789
So I made to flee up the stairs, but then somebody

00:44:02.789 --> 00:44:04.670
was coming up the stairs from down below and

00:44:04.670 --> 00:44:06.849
would see me. So I moved down the hall, and I

00:44:06.849 --> 00:44:08.710
panicked, and I locked myself in the bathroom

00:44:08.710 --> 00:44:12.349
in front of Mello's room. Now I was waiting.

00:44:12.489 --> 00:44:15.269
I heard the footsteps from downstairs approach,

00:44:15.530 --> 00:44:18.449
and they knocked on Mellonara's door. He said

00:44:18.449 --> 00:44:20.130
something, maybe thank you, I don't remember.

00:44:21.130 --> 00:44:23.130
And the door closed and the steps retreated.

00:44:23.409 --> 00:44:25.769
I was going to leave then, but then the grandmaster's

00:44:25.769 --> 00:44:28.210
door opened and I heard him moving from there

00:44:28.210 --> 00:44:30.449
as well. Down the stairs, down the hall, I don't

00:44:30.449 --> 00:44:32.909
really remember. All these close calls, they

00:44:32.909 --> 00:44:35.650
freaked me out. So I waited for a bit. Waited

00:44:35.650 --> 00:44:37.909
and waited and then... And then Mello's door

00:44:37.909 --> 00:44:40.809
opened. I could hear it squeak open. Someone

00:44:40.809 --> 00:44:43.289
ran to my door, the bathroom door, and passed

00:44:43.289 --> 00:44:45.469
it, but I heard something metal sliding beneath

00:44:45.469 --> 00:44:48.130
the doorway. I was too busy shitting myself worried

00:44:48.130 --> 00:44:49.650
to notice at the time because I thought I was

00:44:49.650 --> 00:44:52.539
caught. Then those steps vanished, so I took

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:56.179
in what had slid beneath the door. It was a knife,

00:44:56.460 --> 00:45:00.159
blood covered. I stared in shock, not understanding,

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:02.039
and then I was going to move out to check on

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:04.400
the situation, see if someone was hurt, but then

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:06.300
I heard one final set of footprints come upon

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:08.869
the door. And I heard Captain Harlan Burnshadow,

00:45:08.949 --> 00:45:10.809
no doubt, checking up on the young lord, calling

00:45:10.809 --> 00:45:13.489
out and screaming for guards. And I realized

00:45:13.489 --> 00:45:15.869
how bad my situation would look with a knife

00:45:15.869 --> 00:45:18.269
and locked in the room right here by this apparent

00:45:18.269 --> 00:45:21.130
murder. So I waited and I hoped I would avoid

00:45:21.130 --> 00:45:25.429
notice. And then I was, well, caught with the

00:45:25.429 --> 00:45:28.550
pants down, as they say. So you have to help

00:45:28.550 --> 00:45:33.010
me. I didn't do anything. Okay, so, Jeremy, it

00:45:33.010 --> 00:45:36.639
sounds to me... Oh, Detective Blanche! It sounds

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:41.239
to me like Larissa was heard arriving at Mello's

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:46.599
room with the fruit plate. Jaune heard Mello

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:50.059
say thank you. Then Jaune heard the door close

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:54.559
and footsteps retreat. So it sounds like Larissa

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:57.139
left. Kind of sounds like Larissa was in the

00:45:57.139 --> 00:46:02.519
clear. But Jaune places King of... What's his

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:07.579
face? Uh, Azra? No, that's the son. Amos. Amos.

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:09.360
Where is Amos? Why is he? Oh, he's right there.

00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:13.320
Amos. Amos was in his rooms at the time on the

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:17.860
same floor. Jaune heard Amos coming out of his

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:22.039
room after he heard the footsteps of Larissa

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:25.699
retreating. Right. Hmm. One of the duergar speaks

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:29.699
up. He's lying, you know. Amos Neal was never,

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:31.619
not even near his room. He was down here the

00:46:31.619 --> 00:46:34.349
whole time. Down where? Well, down in the kitchen

00:46:34.349 --> 00:46:36.670
area, I mean. He was overseeing Luis Arena and

00:46:36.670 --> 00:46:40.610
Fyodor. He was never up there. Not until a murder

00:46:40.610 --> 00:46:42.550
was discovered. So, yeah, he's full of shit.

00:46:42.789 --> 00:46:45.809
Sorry. No, but no, there was someone in the room.

00:46:45.909 --> 00:46:48.730
I know it. Someone was in there. Okay, so someone

00:46:48.730 --> 00:46:50.989
was in there. And by the way, take a button.

00:46:51.469 --> 00:46:54.929
Thank you. Yes. For what? For just realizing,

00:46:55.190 --> 00:46:56.690
yeah, that was Luis Arena that came to the door.

00:46:56.789 --> 00:46:58.469
You know, from the sound cues, you're like, yep,

00:46:58.550 --> 00:46:59.969
that's what that happened. You kind of cleared

00:46:59.969 --> 00:47:02.480
it up. Cool shit. Also, I owe you some buttons

00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:08.219
for last time. I am going to put a, I don't know,

00:47:08.260 --> 00:47:11.900
I guess a checkmark next to Larissa. I think

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:15.280
she's probably eliminated as a suspect, at least

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:22.179
for now. That's fair. Yeah. Huh. Well, we could

00:47:22.179 --> 00:47:26.750
go back to Fyodor and confirm. that Amos was

00:47:26.750 --> 00:47:28.829
down there because he never said anything. He

00:47:28.829 --> 00:47:30.210
never said anything about Amos, did he? He's

00:47:30.210 --> 00:47:32.510
a bad liar. No, he didn't. Okay. No, I never

00:47:32.510 --> 00:47:34.510
did. That's great. Okay. Excellent. Excellent.

00:47:35.349 --> 00:47:37.610
Can I roll insight on the duergar? Go ahead.

00:47:40.610 --> 00:47:42.610
21. He looked like he was telling the truth.

00:47:42.769 --> 00:47:45.010
They must have corroborated with others that

00:47:45.010 --> 00:47:48.679
Amos Nair was downstairs at the time. And Fyodor

00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:49.820
might not have mentioned it because it might

00:47:49.820 --> 00:47:52.380
not have been important. It's like Larissa Arena

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:55.760
was out and about doing work. Perhaps the Grandmaster

00:47:55.760 --> 00:47:57.539
was doing the same, just kind of checking in,

00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:59.380
then going out there, helping set the dining

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:03.380
room, going to the main sort of ballroom chamber

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:07.440
to get that set up. Okay, what else can we ask,

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:12.019
John? Did you ever make it to the Grandmaster's

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:16.889
quarters, John? Not inside, no. Like I said,

00:48:16.889 --> 00:48:18.090
someone was in there. If it wasn't the Grand

00:48:18.090 --> 00:48:20.409
Master, somebody else beat me to it. But who?

00:48:20.909 --> 00:48:24.489
But who? Perhaps the killer was hiding in there

00:48:24.489 --> 00:48:26.690
before they came upon the room? I don't know.

00:48:27.469 --> 00:48:32.389
That is sort of what it sounds like. Soldier,

00:48:32.510 --> 00:48:35.710
how do you know that Amos was in the kitchen?

00:48:36.090 --> 00:48:39.650
I heard corroborations from Marisa Rina and Fyodor

00:48:39.650 --> 00:48:42.110
Popov. Mostly Larissa. She keeps a close eye

00:48:42.110 --> 00:48:47.480
on him. So both Larissa and Fyodor. Do you have

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:51.239
anything else for Jean? I don't think so. It

00:48:51.239 --> 00:48:53.900
kind of seems like we've got everything we can

00:48:53.900 --> 00:48:56.099
out of him, at least as far as the events go.

00:48:56.340 --> 00:48:58.519
Yeah. There might be some more political stuff

00:48:58.519 --> 00:49:02.019
regarding his father and whatnot, but yeah. I

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:03.920
don't think that's anything that he's going to

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:05.800
end up going into detail with, with other people

00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:09.579
around. When Jean was telling the story, did

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:12.599
he, I kind of forget a little bit. When did he

00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:15.619
leave? He was, so he went to his room first and

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:17.280
his father reamed him out for a bit. Right. His

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:19.860
father left his room when he went back to his

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:21.760
own room. Then Jean felt safe to go and leave.

00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:24.780
Okay, so. It was a little time after he got there.

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:26.260
So someone would have time to get there first.

00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:30.300
Right, his father left Jean's room. Yep. Jean

00:49:30.300 --> 00:49:33.159
assumes that he went back to his own room. He

00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:37.250
did assume that. Okay. And, Jean, on your way

00:49:37.250 --> 00:49:40.369
from your room to the messer's room, the Grand

00:49:40.369 --> 00:49:43.269
Messer's room, did you see anybody else out and

00:49:43.269 --> 00:49:46.389
about? No, no. Hear anything? Nothing, no. It

00:49:46.389 --> 00:49:49.369
was dead quiet, mostly. I mean, everyone was

00:49:49.369 --> 00:49:50.869
in their rooms, I thought, getting ready, so

00:49:50.869 --> 00:49:53.349
I thought, here's my time to make a move. All

00:49:53.349 --> 00:49:57.710
right. Sir, is it true what they say? Are they

00:49:57.710 --> 00:50:00.780
bringing in Stajman? Rune hates me, and he almost

00:50:00.780 --> 00:50:02.760
told you I'm working for Rune. Yeah, he's working

00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:04.840
for Rune, you know. Turn to the guards like,

00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:09.019
ah, shut up, shut up. God. If he's here, he's

00:50:09.019 --> 00:50:11.420
going to pin it on me. You know he will. If he

00:50:11.420 --> 00:50:13.940
says it, it'll be law, and I'll be in the sky

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:16.739
prison cell with Pigman. I don't, I don't want

00:50:16.739 --> 00:50:20.880
to. Please. He'll be here in the morning. We're

00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:23.880
going to solve this before then. Stay strong.

00:50:24.960 --> 00:50:28.690
Absorb any information you can. All right. I

00:50:28.690 --> 00:50:31.510
will do what I can. Stay strong, as it were.

00:50:31.969 --> 00:50:37.070
Yes. All right. John, you got this. We got this.

00:50:38.369 --> 00:50:40.610
Kev smiles a little bit and nods vigorously.

00:50:40.650 --> 00:50:46.110
Yes, yes, we have got this. Yes. Quiet. You see

00:50:46.110 --> 00:50:48.550
he's still, like, terrified, nervous. I mean,

00:50:48.550 --> 00:50:51.369
this has all gone so wrong so fast. He just wanted

00:50:51.369 --> 00:50:53.349
to do his own investigating, and now suddenly

00:50:53.349 --> 00:50:56.909
he's the suspect of a different murder. Do...

00:50:57.869 --> 00:50:59.710
Do we want to go back up to the kitchen real

00:50:59.710 --> 00:51:02.769
fast? Yeah. We'll just say it to you. You get

00:51:02.769 --> 00:51:06.869
to the kitchen. Theodore is cracking some eggs.

00:51:06.989 --> 00:51:09.030
He's got a gigantic scale. Oh, hey, what do you

00:51:09.030 --> 00:51:10.829
want on your own? Oh, it's not time yet. Never

00:51:10.829 --> 00:51:18.409
mind. What is it? Theodore, when you... She looks

00:51:18.409 --> 00:51:21.309
over her shoulder, sort of like pointing her

00:51:21.309 --> 00:51:23.869
eyes at Harlan. Looking out the window for birds,

00:51:23.969 --> 00:51:27.000
yes. Watching birds out the window. That is good,

00:51:27.139 --> 00:51:29.760
yes. Was anybody else here in the kitchen with

00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:34.699
you? Well, sometimes Grandmaster comes in, at

00:51:34.699 --> 00:51:36.900
least Arena as well. They are working in dining

00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:38.460
room mostly, but they are coming through, and

00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:41.139
Grandmaster is overseeing preparations, making

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:42.559
sure I have all the ingredients, making sure

00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:44.800
it all is perfect. He is very perfectionist with

00:51:44.800 --> 00:51:47.079
parties, always very perfectionist. It's why

00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:49.219
I know, despite all this, he will still have

00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:51.300
performance, he will still have dinner, because

00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:55.269
never stop the festivities, never. They both

00:51:55.269 --> 00:51:57.769
were here? They were here, yes. No, they were,

00:51:57.849 --> 00:52:01.170
yeah, the whole time. Where was the Grand Messer

00:52:01.170 --> 00:52:04.190
when Larissa went to deliver the fruit platter?

00:52:04.449 --> 00:52:08.010
I heard him still in the dining room, fussing

00:52:08.010 --> 00:52:10.489
over glasses or something. It is unusual stuff.

00:52:11.469 --> 00:52:14.090
And he didn't finish setting up the dining room.

00:52:14.130 --> 00:52:17.789
It's only half set. Well, there was murder, and

00:52:17.789 --> 00:52:19.949
they take very long time to set table. Everything

00:52:19.949 --> 00:52:24.199
is ruler measured. It is craziness. So he might

00:52:24.199 --> 00:52:27.539
have an alibi. Yeah. I'm going to put a question

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:34.219
mark next to the Jelly King, Amos Nier. Okay.

00:52:35.019 --> 00:52:37.480
Where are we going now, Jules? You guys want

00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:39.579
a little help? I can give you what hooks you

00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:43.659
sort of might have. Well, we have the Amos Nier

00:52:43.659 --> 00:52:49.280
and what's her face? Larissa. I'd like to learn

00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:53.719
about the written request. And we can maybe tie

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:58.880
a bow on their whole tie up one loose end. Harlan,

00:52:59.039 --> 00:53:01.980
will you take us to the Grand Mesa suite? All

00:53:01.980 --> 00:53:05.119
right. Yeah, let's go. I will say, player to

00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:08.800
player, I'm getting increasingly more uncomfortable

00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:11.880
that Harlan is following us everywhere. I know

00:53:11.880 --> 00:53:15.440
that he's investigating, too. Investigating quotes.

00:53:16.269 --> 00:53:19.510
So far, we haven't been given a reason not to

00:53:19.510 --> 00:53:21.389
trust him. I'm just throwing it out there. Right.

00:53:21.449 --> 00:53:24.469
And we also don't really have... That's next

00:53:24.469 --> 00:53:28.690
episode. We don't have any way to ditch him.

00:53:28.789 --> 00:53:31.449
So it's kind of like we got to go along with

00:53:31.449 --> 00:53:35.250
it for now. Yep. All right. You guys move up

00:53:35.250 --> 00:53:39.590
the stairs. And the stairs right up there. The

00:53:39.590 --> 00:53:43.230
bottom of the hallway here. Staircase moves up

00:53:43.230 --> 00:53:46.139
to the second floor, west wing. Right in front

00:53:46.139 --> 00:53:48.139
of the Grandmaster's doorway. Staircase that

00:53:48.139 --> 00:53:50.820
Jaune was hopefully going to try to go up before.

00:53:50.900 --> 00:53:52.380
And then he heard someone coming up, which you

00:53:52.380 --> 00:53:55.840
now know is Lyris Arena, with the delivery. So

00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:58.699
he fled north into the bathroom in front of Melanara's

00:53:58.699 --> 00:54:01.880
room. It's all piecing together, the whole sequence

00:54:01.880 --> 00:54:04.719
of events. Now you stand before the Grandmaster's

00:54:04.719 --> 00:54:07.280
door, where Jaune thought he heard Amos near

00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:09.059
inside, but he wasn't inside, is what you hear.

00:54:09.139 --> 00:54:13.179
So who was? Who did Jaune hear? Harlan sort of

00:54:13.179 --> 00:54:15.980
knocks on the door. announces himself, and as

00:54:15.980 --> 00:54:18.960
it opens, the Grandmaster's like, Finally, it's

00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:21.320
all over then. We can get back to our festivities,

00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:26.059
yes? You see this bald, shining head, sort of

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:28.739
immaculately waxed, this sort of very, very over

00:54:28.739 --> 00:54:32.179
-the -top man, robe just like spilling out, this

00:54:32.179 --> 00:54:39.159
golden robe. Yes? What? And who are these? Oh,

00:54:39.179 --> 00:54:41.639
right, performer Jules LaRoche and the turtle.

00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:47.389
What are you doing? What is this? Grandmaster,

00:54:47.510 --> 00:54:49.809
we're here to ask you some questions. I guess

00:54:49.809 --> 00:54:51.090
they are. They're sort of looking into things

00:54:51.090 --> 00:54:55.030
for me. You're fucking kidding me. In my own

00:54:55.030 --> 00:54:58.570
home, these vagabonds are going to come in and

00:54:58.570 --> 00:55:03.070
speak to me? In my chambers? I don't think so.

00:55:03.250 --> 00:55:06.179
You know damn well everybody's a suspect. Grandmaster,

00:55:06.360 --> 00:55:08.219
everything you know, everything you've seen,

00:55:08.300 --> 00:55:11.780
everything you've heard is a vital resource that

00:55:11.780 --> 00:55:15.340
I am particularly good at turning into results.

00:55:15.900 --> 00:55:19.500
We're not here necessarily to question you as

00:55:19.500 --> 00:55:23.039
a suspect. We're here to gather the undoubtedly

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:27.679
invaluable information that you have collected.

00:55:28.179 --> 00:55:31.059
Take a button. Hell yeah. That's pretty good.

00:55:31.440 --> 00:55:35.159
Take a button and also take this. He hears that.

00:55:35.530 --> 00:55:38.389
And it kind of like perks up a little bit. Feeding

00:55:38.389 --> 00:55:40.429
his ego seems like the way to go with this guy.

00:55:40.510 --> 00:55:44.090
And he's, oh, well, yes, I suppose that is only

00:55:44.090 --> 00:55:47.210
wise. And he kind of looks down at Harlan. The

00:55:47.210 --> 00:55:51.210
dark dwarf stays outside. Is it a problem? I

00:55:51.210 --> 00:55:54.170
can at least have my bedroom privacy, can't I?

00:55:54.670 --> 00:55:57.710
Shut away the rest of my entire palace. All right,

00:55:57.710 --> 00:55:59.929
fine, yeah, yeah, or whatever you want. He's

00:55:59.929 --> 00:56:04.719
yours to deal with. Just be kind, please. Fuck.

00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:06.739
That's fine. Jules and I are excellent in the

00:56:06.739 --> 00:56:15.380
bedroom. Okay. Second session, baby. He, Harlan,

00:56:15.500 --> 00:56:17.559
sort of storms down the hall, kind of moving

00:56:17.559 --> 00:56:20.199
away. Sort of gives you a little distance and

00:56:20.199 --> 00:56:22.119
kind of nods back. Like, I'll check on everyone

00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:23.840
else. Check with the guard. I'll come back and

00:56:23.840 --> 00:56:28.280
meet you guys. Just be wary. He sort of turns

00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:29.980
around. Grandmaster's just like watching him

00:56:29.980 --> 00:56:33.050
go, kind of smiling. Ah, these dark dwarves think

00:56:33.050 --> 00:56:36.610
they can control us. Well, come tomorrow, he'll

00:56:36.610 --> 00:56:40.230
have a hard lesson to learn about Amos Nier,

00:56:40.349 --> 00:56:43.369
the Grand Messer. Don't mess with the Messer.

00:56:43.429 --> 00:56:47.070
Ha! I like it. What will you do to him? Well,

00:56:47.070 --> 00:56:48.809
he'll be fired, sent back to his own world, which

00:56:48.809 --> 00:56:51.510
he must have been exiled from or something. I

00:56:51.510 --> 00:56:54.849
mean, dog dwarves and the tropicals of Noari.

00:56:56.250 --> 00:56:59.130
Came to us begging for a job long ago and...

00:56:59.369 --> 00:57:01.329
Here he is now, thinks he owns my own house.

00:57:01.369 --> 00:57:05.110
Come in, come in, let us speak in privacy. And

00:57:05.110 --> 00:57:07.809
he sort of steps back, moves back into the room.

00:57:07.949 --> 00:57:10.130
You see Larissa Arena is standing, you see this

00:57:10.130 --> 00:57:13.070
very, very, very opulent, opulent bedroom, just

00:57:13.070 --> 00:57:16.369
gold -lined on everything, gold streamers, big

00:57:16.369 --> 00:57:20.739
canopy bed. Gold sheets, white gold everywhere.

00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:25.559
He is immaculately clean. I think there's going

00:57:25.559 --> 00:57:27.179
to be a spot in the window that Larissa Arena

00:57:27.179 --> 00:57:29.980
is sort of working on right now. Kind of turns

00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:31.699
to look at you guys. She's got this very cold,

00:57:31.800 --> 00:57:33.659
frosted look in her eyes that you've never seen

00:57:33.659 --> 00:57:36.059
her move. She seems like she's just the sort

00:57:36.059 --> 00:57:37.719
of person that doesn't show the opposite of Fjodor.

00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:41.820
Shows no emotion whatsoever. Her eyes sort of

00:57:41.820 --> 00:57:44.860
taking you in as you... move into the room. The

00:57:44.860 --> 00:57:48.539
Grand Master sort of steps ahead through a jester's

00:57:48.539 --> 00:57:51.519
wide leg. While you're here anyway, you might

00:57:51.519 --> 00:57:55.079
as well see my opulent chambers, my room. This

00:57:55.079 --> 00:57:58.940
is the best room money can buy. Don't get a sight

00:57:58.940 --> 00:58:01.000
like this every day, do you? And he's just, yeah,

00:58:01.059 --> 00:58:04.239
so, so full of himself, so arrogant. His bald

00:58:04.239 --> 00:58:06.619
head gleaming in this sort of magical sort of

00:58:06.619 --> 00:58:08.960
chandelier light fixture that's shining down

00:58:08.960 --> 00:58:12.039
from above him. You take this in. Your eyes kind

00:58:12.039 --> 00:58:14.219
of scan a little bit. I think you deal with something

00:58:14.219 --> 00:58:15.739
with that passive investigation of yours, that

00:58:15.739 --> 00:58:18.739
very high passive investigation of yours. Because

00:58:18.739 --> 00:58:21.099
as you kind of look in this room, your eyes fall

00:58:21.099 --> 00:58:25.719
down by your feet. This room was mostly immaculate,

00:58:25.780 --> 00:58:27.239
but it seems like something might have been right,

00:58:27.300 --> 00:58:29.599
you know, sort of in the nook of the doorway.

00:58:30.239 --> 00:58:32.920
Not yet noticed, but kind of standing out to

00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:38.239
you. Red on the white carpet. It's a piece of

00:58:38.239 --> 00:58:41.019
fabric. Maybe something had been caught in the

00:58:41.019 --> 00:58:45.320
door and torn off. had sort of fallen here, just

00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:48.920
a small piece of fabric. I think now it's Blanche's

00:58:48.920 --> 00:58:53.519
turn to get a little surprised. Make it that

00:58:53.519 --> 00:58:57.780
same sort of shock of, I guess, confusion, fear,

00:58:57.960 --> 00:59:00.500
a strange mix of emotions as you see this red.

00:59:00.599 --> 00:59:04.119
Because this red stands out to you. This color

00:59:04.119 --> 00:59:07.679
is a color you've seen so much time and time

00:59:07.679 --> 00:59:12.190
again. This is Montelio Red, Golden Bay. Red,

00:59:12.230 --> 00:59:15.449
you know it. Instinctively, you know it. This

00:59:15.449 --> 00:59:19.690
is from a banner of the Montolio family. Your

00:59:19.690 --> 00:59:22.070
mind slips back to downstairs, Jean Franklin

00:59:22.070 --> 00:59:24.429
talking about his own banner. Perhaps you remember

00:59:24.429 --> 00:59:29.550
glancing towards it and seeing it was unmarred.

00:59:30.389 --> 00:59:35.349
So where did this come from, Blanche? Blanche

00:59:35.349 --> 00:59:38.849
sticks her head out the door. Is Harlan gone?

00:59:39.469 --> 00:59:43.239
Harlan! He's... Doesn't answer. He's gone. Do

00:59:43.239 --> 00:59:44.239
you want to be there? Is it better if he's there?

00:59:44.579 --> 00:59:46.639
Yeah, it's definitely better if he's there. Oh,

00:59:46.659 --> 00:59:51.019
I was running down the hall. What's up? I'm here

00:59:51.019 --> 00:59:53.780
now. You're pretty athletic. You got back quick.

00:59:53.980 --> 00:59:57.900
Yeah. Le do, le moi. Bring him to the cells.

00:59:58.800 --> 00:59:59.880
And we'll call it there.