WEBVTT 00:00:01.770 --> 00:00:04.250 Let me tell you about our exciting new partnership 00:00:04.250 --> 00:00:07.389 with Danny Pirate Studios. It is the Pants People's 00:00:07.389 --> 00:00:10.369 source for miniatures, terrain, and all your 00:00:10.369 --> 00:00:12.810 painting needs. Browse Danny's treasure chest 00:00:12.810 --> 00:00:14.669 of a gallery. And if you can't find the booty 00:00:14.669 --> 00:00:17.410 you seek, reach out to Danny himself in the Fantasy 00:00:17.410 --> 00:00:20.070 Pants Discord server. And now Pants People get 00:00:20.070 --> 00:00:23.750 15 % off your purchase on DannyPirateStudios 00:00:23.750 --> 00:00:27.269 .com with the code FANTASYPANTS. That's Danny 00:00:27.269 --> 00:01:11.120 with two N's, PirateStudios .com. our lecture 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.099 on the Kings of Coin of Zinda. Today I want to 00:01:14.099 --> 00:01:16.700 talk about Madame Samira Ara, King of the Jeweler's 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:18.959 Trade. Though she has been one of the merchant 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:22.200 monarchs for only 17 years, making her the 6th 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.260 King of Coin, or last behind De Piero Montelio, 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:27.519 Madame Samira has quickly become one of the most 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.200 vital and powerful of the lot. Not only does 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:32.819 she oversee the Jeweler's Trade in Noari, she 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:34.719 is also charged with the oversight of the Silent 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:38.189 Verse, the King's private policing force. Madame 00:01:38.189 --> 00:01:40.430 Samira's home life is a quiet one. She divorced 00:01:40.430 --> 00:01:42.629 her husband soon after joining the Kings of Khorne, 00:01:42.689 --> 00:01:46.530 and has only one child, young Meloara. All accounts 00:01:46.530 --> 00:01:48.829 tell us that Meloara is a sweet and kindly young 00:01:48.829 --> 00:02:14.030 man that Samira... Please tell me there's not 00:02:14.030 --> 00:02:16.750 a character named Miss Terry. No, no, I wouldn't 00:02:16.750 --> 00:02:21.189 go there. I'm not that bad. Even David wouldn't 00:02:21.189 --> 00:02:22.889 stoop that. Even I wouldn't stoop that. I know, 00:02:22.909 --> 00:02:24.669 I'm kind of ashamed that I even thought of that. 00:02:25.229 --> 00:02:31.250 Do you guys watch True Blood? No. No. Damn. Nope. 00:02:31.270 --> 00:02:34.469 No, hang on. No. Hang on. No. So hang on. So 00:02:34.469 --> 00:02:38.050 I watched up until the last episode of the penultimate 00:02:38.050 --> 00:02:41.409 season, and I vividly remember the episode was 00:02:41.409 --> 00:02:44.090 called Radioactive. And I was wondering the whole 00:02:44.090 --> 00:02:45.610 time, why is it called this? What's going on? 00:02:45.710 --> 00:02:47.870 And at the end of the episode, when it goes to 00:02:47.870 --> 00:02:52.060 – They just played Imagine Dragons Radioactive. 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:54.840 Oh, my God. That's why they call it that. Like, 00:02:54.860 --> 00:02:57.460 we spend a lot of time sometimes trying to deliberate 00:02:57.460 --> 00:02:59.300 what we should call it. We always take a line 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:01.199 from the episode to make our title post -episode 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:03.099 20. And it's, like, a big thing we, like, spend 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:05.780 time thinking about. And I'm like, man, if we 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:08.020 were the writers of True Blood, it would be that 00:03:08.020 --> 00:03:10.240 easy. Just need to pick a trendy song. Yeah. 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:13.280 I don't know what I'm. I stopped right there. 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:14.659 I was like, nope. I don't know what I'm more 00:03:14.659 --> 00:03:18.560 surprised with. The song? Or the fact that you 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:20.860 remember the exact episode that we switched to 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:25.479 making titles a line from the show. Men of Honor. 00:03:26.020 --> 00:03:28.520 Episode 20. Yes. Yeah. That's true. Yeah. Yeah. 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:30.000 It was a good episode. Okay. Now I remember. 00:03:30.219 --> 00:03:35.039 It was a big moment. Bunch of nerds. Speaking 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:40.159 of our show, I like our transitions. I hope people 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.099 like this. I hope people are into this mystery 00:03:42.099 --> 00:03:43.840 shebang. Because I know it's a lot of talking 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.280 to people and investigating scenes. But to me, 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.259 personally, I'm in love with this. I'm flailing 00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:51.900 my arms like a madman. This is the coolest shit. 00:03:52.060 --> 00:03:55.479 I think people like at least hearing us have 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:59.240 fun. And I know I'm having fun. I know you're 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:01.860 having fun. I know Jeremy's having fun. I hope 00:04:01.860 --> 00:04:06.750 Jeremy's having fun. No. So much of this show 00:04:06.750 --> 00:04:09.969 is like, I get a whim and I'm like, ooh, I want 00:04:09.969 --> 00:04:13.009 to do this now. And then you, both of you and 00:04:13.009 --> 00:04:14.789 the listeners and anyone who's involved is suddenly 00:04:14.789 --> 00:04:17.490 just like going on an adventure with me as I'm 00:04:17.490 --> 00:04:19.370 just like, nope, we're doing this. We're taking 00:04:19.370 --> 00:04:21.949 a new genre, you know, new show. We're a mystery 00:04:21.949 --> 00:04:24.730 now. But I have fun with it. I have fun with 00:04:24.730 --> 00:04:27.589 it. Yeah, I think this is great. What else is 00:04:27.589 --> 00:04:32.279 great? Let me, this episode. This episode, Jeremy, 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.819 is getting released the 13th of May. Is that 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:38.060 correct? Correct. I do believe we have our dates 00:04:38.060 --> 00:04:41.000 right this time. That will be just after Mountain 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:45.779 Mania, where we will have recorded a live show. 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:50.160 It was a great time. I'm sure it will be. It 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:54.339 went incredibly smooth. My point being, the next 00:04:54.339 --> 00:04:59.319 two episodes after this are going to sound a 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.319 little different. That's right. That's right. 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:04.740 They will be our live show episodes from Mountain 00:05:04.740 --> 00:05:06.899 Mania. Taking a little murder mystery break. 00:05:07.379 --> 00:05:09.699 So let's crack the case tonight, everybody. Crack 00:05:09.699 --> 00:05:11.079 it tonight. Yeah, otherwise we're going to do 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:12.579 a bit of a recap because we're going to have 00:05:12.579 --> 00:05:15.199 a bit of a gap between mystery pieces. Go back, 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:17.699 re -listen to it all so we can pick up in the 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:24.019 meantime. Speaking of meantime. Where is this 00:05:24.019 --> 00:05:27.300 going? Don't be mean, David. We met Rochelle 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:29.240 and Daniel. Dude, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:05:29.300 --> 00:05:30.819 Yeah. I was waiting for you to bring it up. I 00:05:30.819 --> 00:05:32.500 was like, where's it going? Where's it going? 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:35.399 Where is it? That was wild. That was a good time. 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:39.759 That was really, really cool. We chat with Rochelle 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:43.519 and Dee fairly frequently online on the Discord 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:47.180 anyways. And when we happened to be in the same 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:50.259 area around the same time, we said, hey, let's 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:53.699 get a beer and pizza and have a hike together. 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.100 And we did exactly that. And it was wonderful. 00:05:56.300 --> 00:05:58.339 Yeah. Nice. It was really great to meet both 00:05:58.339 --> 00:06:01.500 of those humans. And we'll be meeting Rochelle 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:06.519 again. You and humans. Some of my favorite people 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:12.379 are humans. That's such a weird word. But yes, 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:14.860 yes, we'll be seeing Rochelle again last week 00:06:14.860 --> 00:06:17.720 at Mountain Mania. Last week slash next week, 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:21.220 depending on your perspective. We're going to 00:06:21.220 --> 00:06:23.060 confuse the shit out of all of our listeners. 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:28.839 I'm already confused. Speaking of confused. We're 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:31.680 doing a mystery. A lot of weird stuff has been 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:34.439 happening. You guys made some huge headway last 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:37.120 time, though. Speaking of Fjodor, finding what 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.180 seems to be a dance macabre costume. Blood soaked, 00:06:41.180 --> 00:06:43.680 or at least blood spattered. He dropped it to 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:45.319 him and he thought it was some sort of blood 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.620 letter message. Was it? Could it have been? Or 00:06:47.620 --> 00:06:50.579 is it something else? Some kind of miscommunication? 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:52.699 I don't know. You tell us, David. I don't know. 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:56.120 You tell me. Following that, you spoke to Jean 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.639 Franklin, got his side of the story, and then 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:03.860 went upstairs to meet with Larissa Rin, as well 00:07:03.860 --> 00:07:07.060 as potentially with the Grand Messer, Amos Neer 00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:09.040 himself, who's, they're both staying in the same 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.420 room. As you press into this room, Blanche caught 00:07:12.420 --> 00:07:17.019 sight of a little tear of some red cloth. The 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:20.269 material, the color. This came from, she realizes 00:07:20.269 --> 00:07:23.949 in an instant, a banner of the Montelio family. 00:07:24.029 --> 00:07:26.009 A banner of the Golden Bay. A banner you've seen 00:07:26.009 --> 00:07:30.189 a million times in your life here. That surrounds 00:07:30.189 --> 00:07:32.589 your every waking day. And you distinctly remember 00:07:32.589 --> 00:07:34.529 that John Franklin's banner, which he waved before 00:07:34.529 --> 00:07:37.970 you downstairs, was intact. Which you put together 00:07:37.970 --> 00:07:40.470 immediately could only mean one thing. Because 00:07:40.470 --> 00:07:43.509 there is a second banner bearer here. And you 00:07:43.509 --> 00:07:47.850 have just called him out. You've called out the 00:07:47.850 --> 00:07:51.350 financial advisor for your own family that you're 00:07:51.350 --> 00:07:55.790 sworn to. Blanche, in the moment, I'm excited 00:07:55.790 --> 00:07:58.029 to see where this goes. Nobody is safe from our 00:07:58.029 --> 00:08:00.089 investigation. Nobody's safe. Nobody's above 00:08:00.089 --> 00:08:03.029 the law. Not even you, Blanche. Like a third 00:08:03.029 --> 00:08:07.389 of our suspects are kings, so. It's true. It's 00:08:07.389 --> 00:08:08.810 true. You guys have been way over your head. 00:08:08.990 --> 00:08:11.670 You're just kind of, yeah, they're humoring you 00:08:11.670 --> 00:08:15.899 for now. But that also points out how. dangerous 00:08:15.899 --> 00:08:18.699 this tightrope you're walking is. Anytime, these 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:21.899 people have the power to put you away. You got 00:08:21.899 --> 00:08:23.899 into the Grandmaster's room by being very, very 00:08:23.899 --> 00:08:27.319 clever. You spoke to his pride, to his ego. He 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:31.680 liked that. He separated you from Harlan Burnshadow 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:33.639 and has brought you into the folds of his own 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.259 very magnificently decorated bedroom. And that's 00:08:37.259 --> 00:08:39.259 where you stand now. You've just moved out to 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:41.340 the hallway. You just called out to Harlan, who 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:44.610 stepped back into view. To bring Le Deux L 'Amour 00:08:44.610 --> 00:08:51.090 to the cells. I don't understand. Le Deux L 'Amour? 00:08:51.929 --> 00:08:54.830 Yes, I believe he was here in the Grand Master's 00:08:54.830 --> 00:08:57.649 room. Noticed the piece of fabric here caught 00:08:57.649 --> 00:09:01.230 in the door. Oh, no kidding. Sort of looks just 00:09:01.230 --> 00:09:04.570 amazed. I believe it matches his banner. All 00:09:04.570 --> 00:09:08.190 right. Here. Yeah, your hands out. Give me the 00:09:08.190 --> 00:09:15.299 fabric. I'll check it with him. Ooh, ooh. Being 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:17.960 that we are from the same kingdom, I would like 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:20.740 to see to this myself. And Blanche is offering 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:24.720 to go with Harlan to... Oh, but you are already 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.379 standing in the Grandmaster's room. Is this going 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:29.600 to be a big old party split up? What do you think 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:33.539 we should do? It sounds like the insinuation 00:09:33.539 --> 00:09:35.519 is that getting back into the Grandmaster's room 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.700 is going to be very difficult. I mean, it's kind 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:39.799 of insulting that he lets you in, shows you his 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.100 nice bedroom, and you immediately just turn to 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:44.450 the hallway and leave. He looks petulant, impatient 00:09:44.450 --> 00:09:47.850 already, his foot tapping, his throat hissing 00:09:47.850 --> 00:09:49.289 just a little bit as he's watching you and your 00:09:49.289 --> 00:09:51.629 little charade outside the door. This is not 00:09:51.629 --> 00:09:55.169 a patient man you're dealing with. Okay, Jules 00:09:55.169 --> 00:09:58.950 looks to Blanche and gives a nod. What does the 00:09:58.950 --> 00:10:03.169 nod mean? Go ahead. Are you staying here? Yes. 00:10:03.330 --> 00:10:08.409 Okay. These two, you have to remember, this is 00:10:08.409 --> 00:10:10.799 their first actual full mission together. They 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:12.759 had a couple brief stints before this, a couple 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:15.019 wacky misadventures, one of which we haven't 00:10:15.019 --> 00:10:18.639 recorded yet because the live show's taken place 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:20.940 before all this. But, like, I love that they're 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:22.940 still working out their chemistry. They're still 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:24.559 working out. They're, like, you nod, and it's 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:26.519 like, what's that nod mean? Is that why you picked 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.120 it up? Yeah, don't worry, Blanche. You'll eventually 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.600 learn my communication styles. It's okay. I won't 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.100 fault you for that yet. Flatter this man. Your 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:36.940 nose should be brown by the time I get back. 00:10:39.049 --> 00:10:47.309 Jeez. I know you have a tendency to be straightforward. 00:10:48.409 --> 00:10:51.590 We need him to trust us. I'll see to Ledoux. 00:10:52.570 --> 00:10:56.470 And good luck on your end. Thanks. I think I'm 00:10:56.470 --> 00:11:02.330 going to need it. And so Blanche, you just slip 00:11:02.330 --> 00:11:07.480 out the door without a word? No. What? Honorific, 00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:11.200 does Amos Nier prefer to go by? Grand Messer. 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.320 Grand Messer. Grand Messer, I believe someone 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:20.019 was in your rooms. Do you perhaps have any security 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:24.779 that would alert you to such an unauthorized 00:11:24.779 --> 00:11:31.399 presence? No. No, I do not. I have the dark dwarves. 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:34.179 His eyes sort of fall on Harlan in the hallway. 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.340 who I'm sure would never allow something like 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:43.600 this. And, of course, no guest in my house would 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.960 dare step foot in my room without my permission. 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:53.879 In such a case, Grand Messer, would you permit 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:57.259 me to investigate it personally? Just this big 00:11:57.259 --> 00:12:03.139 white smile. Why, yes. Yes, I would. And if you 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:05.279 would permit it, I would like to leave my close 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:10.059 confidant, Jules LaRoche, here to see to your 00:12:10.059 --> 00:12:15.039 protection further. Plus you have my wisdom you 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.779 wish to pick at, yes? That's correct. We have 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:21.720 gathered no nuggets of wisdom from you yet. Then 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.720 I shall fill his ears, as it were. Nothing else 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.519 to do in the meanwhile as we wait. Though you 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:31.700 best inform the dark dwarf I will not wait for 00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:35.379 long. Four o 'clock. That's how long I'll allow 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:37.600 this charade to go on. You want to solve this 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:40.000 thing, you have until four o 'clock, and we are 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.120 going about business as normal. That's when the 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.179 festivities are to take place. Skipping the boring 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:50.000 luncheon and meetings, fine. But the show, Stevaluma, 00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:53.580 and of course you, Mr. LaRoche, will perform 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:58.440 tonight. Four o 'clock. In the ballroom. And 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:01.720 do inform Harlan Burnshadow that... If he does 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.539 not allow me to attend to my desires, then I 00:13:05.539 --> 00:13:07.600 will have to inform Sturgeman upon the morrow 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:11.000 that he's been holding me and my guests against 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:13.980 their will. I believe kidnapping is a minimum 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:17.279 60 -year sentence in the Sky Prison. You may 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:22.539 want to, well, take care. David just upped the 00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:28.569 stakes. Stakes are upped. Stakes are rare. Medium 00:13:28.569 --> 00:13:31.370 rare. Picking up by four. Or, I mean, people 00:13:31.370 --> 00:13:32.389 are going to be out of their rooms moving around 00:13:32.389 --> 00:13:36.029 again. That's all. But still. Still. This is 00:13:36.029 --> 00:13:40.309 a sort of still situation. It can't last forever. 00:13:40.610 --> 00:13:43.409 Right. Not with these rich folk who just want 00:13:43.409 --> 00:13:45.269 to get out there and do their thing. They're 00:13:45.269 --> 00:13:49.750 not being held up. So you slip out then? Yes. 00:13:49.750 --> 00:13:55.149 With that, Blanche heads down with Harlan to 00:13:55.149 --> 00:13:59.100 go find Ledoux. All right, and you are moving 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:03.720 with Harlan. Let's stick with Blanche and Harlan 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:07.519 first. First things first, as you're moving down 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.460 the hallway, you're moving right to the stairs, 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:12.679 go up to the third floor, where you intend to 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.980 move to Ledoux's rooms. Very, I guess, like, 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:19.809 insultingly... You would know on the map that 00:14:19.809 --> 00:14:23.269 DiPiero Montelio, as well as Ledoux, Lemoyne, 00:14:23.509 --> 00:14:27.309 Jean -Franklin Montelio, Jules, yourself, and 00:14:27.309 --> 00:14:29.909 Diva Luma have all been placed in the attic, 00:14:30.029 --> 00:14:32.269 the third floor. What's interesting about this 00:14:32.269 --> 00:14:34.669 is that basically puts the seventh king of coin 00:14:34.669 --> 00:14:38.129 in his heir in the same place as the hired entertainment. 00:14:38.429 --> 00:14:40.970 Right. Clearly meant to be a sort of slap in 00:14:40.970 --> 00:14:45.330 the face. You move up. I think Harlan kind of 00:14:45.330 --> 00:14:48.620 begins speaking to you. All right, well. I should 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:50.039 give you an update. Real quick, when I was over 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.659 there, when you stepped in the room, I went to 00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:53.879 meet with someone of mine. Runs have been searched. 00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:56.320 As have the suspects. Nothing of note's been 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:58.320 discovered. But we've checked the other people, 00:14:58.419 --> 00:15:00.820 checked all the belongings, the rooms. We haven't 00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:03.720 seen anything suspicious like. So, there's that. 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:06.320 I also have confirmation that all of my men were 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:08.179 in position outside during the time of the murder. 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:12.379 It wasn't one of mine, lady of defense. Master 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:17.399 defense, that's the one. Lady defense. And there 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:20.279 were no holes in our defenses, I swear. It was 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:23.159 one of the guests. Thank you, Harlan. You're 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:25.639 being very thorough. I appreciate that, of course. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:31.019 Where did they slip through? Huh? Let's follow 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:34.940 this clue as far as it'll take us. You move down 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:39.399 the hall, and you are standing before Le Deux 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:41.799 Limoires' door. Just to get this important, let 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:44.539 me pull up roll 20. I love how we investigated 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:47.539 for, like... I don't know how long it was. And 00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:49.759 we found, like, all this weird stuff and all 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:54.860 these clues. And the silent verse and their entire, 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:59.139 like, miniature army that's here is like, hey, 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.899 I don't know. We found nothing suspicious. You 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:04.159 want me to solve the murder off? Well, no, no. 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:07.740 It's just funny narratively. Yeah, no, I hear 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:10.059 you. It's like they're good police officers, 00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:12.120 but they're bad detectives. Sure. So, David, 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:16.549 I missed something earlier. Amos near is giving 00:16:16.549 --> 00:16:19.190 us until four o 'clock. What time is it now? 00:16:19.850 --> 00:16:23.370 Let's see. It was when you got down from the 00:16:23.370 --> 00:16:27.269 actual murder scenario was about one 10. So right 00:16:27.269 --> 00:16:31.009 now it's about two o 'clock. Oh, okay. Wow. So 00:16:31.009 --> 00:16:33.070 we have shit. So we have less than two episodes, 00:16:33.169 --> 00:16:37.970 less than two episodes. So you can do, you are 00:16:37.970 --> 00:16:43.899 standing before the dues room. Just past where 00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:46.120 you hear DePiero kind of muttering inside behind 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:50.279 the door in his... How dare they? I don't get 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:53.620 them. He's kind of grumbling to himself. Harlan 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:55.960 looks at you, I guess, kind of quizzically like, 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:59.600 Sure, take point. Or do you want to do it? Sure. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.600 I'm used to being the bad guy. Ledoux's room 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:09.180 is just beyond DePiero's. It's beyond... Diva 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:11.059 Luma's, which is empty. Diva Luma is actually 00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:13.460 in the salon on the first floor. Jean, which 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:15.839 is empty. He's in the cells in the basement. 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:18.819 And Jules is kind of down the hall from it, which 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:20.740 is empty because Jules is in the grandmaster's 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:23.960 room. I feel like De Piero's going to be pissed 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:29.000 either way. Either if I go straight to De Piero's 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:31.240 room and say, hey, this is what's going on. Or 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.740 if I bypass De Piero's room and go to Ledoux's 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:35.980 room. He's going to, like, find out. He's going 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:38.339 to, like, halfway through this interrogation, 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:41.000 LeDoux's going to, like, call out, and then DePiero's 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.759 going to come bustling into the hallway and being 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:47.539 really pissed off. I can't help you. I'm not 00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:50.880 with you. Well, maybe David can help me. David, 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:55.400 is there anything that Blanche knows about DePiero? 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.099 Like, how, as someone who has worked for DePiero 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:03.380 for a long time, which order of events? would 00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:06.200 piss him off the least. There's trouble either 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:09.599 way, right? Right, exactly. What you know about 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:14.759 DiPiero is he is, he fervently pursues the, I 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.559 guess, full acceptance and rise of the tortle 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:20.420 people. Pretty much everything he does, while 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:23.920 he may seem like he's angry and envious over 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.920 every little thing that happens, you know, all 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.599 the kings of coin, the way they treat him, the 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.269 way they, versus how they treat each other. He 00:18:30.269 --> 00:18:32.529 just wants the turtles to be taken more seriously. 00:18:32.549 --> 00:18:35.269 He just wants the turtles to be... I think I 00:18:35.269 --> 00:18:36.309 got it. It's hard to say which one of these... 00:18:36.309 --> 00:18:38.450 Yeah, you know that about him. I think I know 00:18:38.450 --> 00:18:41.710 what I'm going to do then. Okay, all right. So 00:18:41.710 --> 00:18:44.609 Blanche is going to go up to DePiero's door, 00:18:44.789 --> 00:18:49.589 and to Harlan she'll say, Harlan, stand by Ledoux's 00:18:49.589 --> 00:18:53.029 door. Listen to see if he acts, but don't make 00:18:53.029 --> 00:18:57.119 your presence known. I believe as the... Chief 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.680 of the Silent Verse, that should be no problem 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:03.299 for you. No problem. All right, and Blanche is 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:06.460 going to lightly knock on Deep Hero's door. Enter. 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:10.440 Blanche opens the door and walks through. Ah, 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:14.720 Master of Defense. Funny I've not seen you up 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:19.319 here. I've been investigating. I've gained the 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.700 trust of the Silent Verse and those who operate 00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:26.799 it. His eyebrows just raised. You have now. I 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:30.039 have, yes. We've quickly gained authority here, 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:37.680 and I wish to keep it. Now, my lord, I've stumbled 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:42.200 across some evidence that may point... Go on. 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:46.519 That may show our people in a poor light. I would 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:50.539 like to further investigate so that I can prove 00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:52.819 it. He didn't do it. It wasn't... He didn't. 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:56.819 Do it. He stands up, like, fast. His feet hit 00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:59.900 the ground hard. Master Defensor, you know your 00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:02.480 charge. I don't know what evidence you found, 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:05.859 what they've found. Jean Franklin did not do 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:09.359 this. You may not understand his motivations 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:12.720 here, but they are, in their own sense, honorable. 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:17.019 My lord, I found a piece of a banner. He didn't. 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:22.680 His banner, Jean's banner, is flawless. It takes 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:29.140 him a second. I will do this quietly. If I can 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:32.720 prove that it's just a misunderstanding. It is 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:36.319 a misunderstanding. You found the banner, I'm 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:40.039 guessing, somewhere near Amos Nia's rooms. I 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:42.579 did. I hope you can quickly explain to me how 00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:46.119 you know that. Because he was following my orders. 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:54.500 Blanche. Face palms. Yes, Le Doulaumois was there. 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.099 Around the time of the incident, but not a part 00:20:58.099 --> 00:21:01.500 of it. He was simply doing as his lord commanded. 00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:06.059 And what was that? I can't help you or Le Dou 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:09.259 if you don't tell me everything. They trust me. 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:15.220 Yes, they do. There is much to tell and time 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:19.880 is short. My son must be proven innocent. And 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:21.859 Ledoux as well shouldn't be caught up in all 00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:25.680 of this madness. But know this. John Franklin 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:30.160 came here with a goal. I know of this goal. And 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.779 I share it. But he's a fool who lacks in the 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:37.759 amount of subtlety. I had hoped Ledoux may do 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:42.460 better. Dams, the boy went to the... the speaker 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:46.339 for our world. Anika Neer. The Grand Messer's 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:51.859 aunt. He told her. Of his suspicions. Of what 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:55.680 he found. Sorry, you don't know any of this, 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.200 but believe me when I say there is a lot happening 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:03.839 here behind the scenes. Secrets buried 16 years 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:08.859 ago. Secrets that I intend to dig up. And you 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:12.619 sent Ledoux to dig those secrets up? I did. I 00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:14.920 destructed Jean Franklin while he made his move 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:19.049 downstairs. I... Almost like a small, joyless 00:22:19.049 --> 00:22:22.009 chuckle. I gave him a stern talking -to about 00:22:22.009 --> 00:22:27.309 his behavior of late. He has been getting quite 00:22:27.309 --> 00:22:30.970 lax. There actually is, like, some mirth in his 00:22:30.970 --> 00:22:38.630 smile, too. First total luminary. Pardon my language, 00:22:39.029 --> 00:22:42.349 Master Defense, but can you fucking believe it? 00:22:42.390 --> 00:22:45.900 The boy, off his leash, he soars. Don't tell 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:49.480 him I said that. Never tell him I said that. 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:52.559 He believes me an honorless cow, but he's wrong. 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:56.440 Someday he'll understand. Someday. He will know 00:22:56.440 --> 00:23:00.839 why I have acted in this way. Why terrible things 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:05.180 had to happen. For his sake had to happen. But 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:07.880 first of all, we need to get out of this mess. 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:12.140 I want to dig into this so bad, but I know that 00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:19.099 it is not the time. Tick tock. I'm proud of Jean 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:23.500 as well, sir. And I aim to prove his innocence. 00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:26.579 I would like to do the same for Ledoux if he 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:30.579 is indeed innocent. What did he tell you of his 00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:35.559 findings in the Grand Master's room? Nothing 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:39.799 of note, but there were some disturbing notions 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:45.369 the boy had in mind. He's a fragile soul. Easy 00:23:45.369 --> 00:23:50.329 to scare. He has some... Well, I think perhaps 00:23:50.329 --> 00:23:52.829 you should hear it from him. I give you permission 00:23:52.829 --> 00:23:57.950 to speak to the boy. Hear his side. Thank you, 00:23:57.950 --> 00:24:01.069 sir. I shall take my leave. And she goes to shut. 00:24:01.309 --> 00:24:05.769 Master of defense. My lord. My son has indeed 00:24:05.769 --> 00:24:11.769 soared. And I know it is not my part that has 00:24:11.769 --> 00:24:16.630 given him wings. came to us in a time of need 00:24:16.630 --> 00:24:20.250 that I did not realize we had. You have transformed 00:24:20.250 --> 00:24:23.769 our house. It elevated the total people in ways 00:24:23.769 --> 00:24:26.829 that perhaps you don't even realize. If there's 00:24:26.829 --> 00:24:29.230 anyone who can see this dark situation through, 00:24:29.329 --> 00:24:33.789 I know it is you, Blanche. You exaggerate, my 00:24:33.789 --> 00:24:37.430 lord, but I shall do my best. When there's time, 00:24:37.549 --> 00:24:41.049 come to me again and I will tell you all. Everything 00:24:41.049 --> 00:24:43.309 I should have. Sweet. That's kind of all I wanted. 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:46.759 And she wordlessly shuts the door. There's something 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:50.700 almost somber in his expression, like something 00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:53.500 in him is about to break as that door closes. 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:58.019 Let's move downstairs, back to the second floor, 00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:02.460 back to the very ornate, gorgeous lodgings of 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:06.559 Grand Messer Amos near. White and gold surround 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:09.880 you everywhere. Jules reminds you, in some ways, 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:13.079 of home. A home you would rather not remember. 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:17.420 Your father would have rooms like this, filled 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:23.140 with such wonders, such expenses as to wow any 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:25.420 person who would walk through. And perhaps you 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:27.140 feel a bit of your father in front of you, that 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:32.160 foolhardy greed, that arrogance just emanating 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:35.980 off of this man, like an aura, a sickening aura. 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:40.539 It's nostalgic in a way. As the door closes and 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:43.359 Blanche begins to move away, He almost nears, 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:48.019 just watching with this smile that doesn't touch 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:51.519 his eyes. His eyes look dark, and they turn to 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:55.440 you. Jules is standing kind of rocking back and 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:58.160 forth on his feet, arms crossed in front of him, 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:02.079 and he looks around the room. Nice place he got 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:07.460 here. I know, yes, quite, quite. He's not looking 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:09.359 at you. His eyes kind of turn back to the door 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:12.279 as he speaks. You're wasting your time, you know. 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:16.400 Fully just throwing it away. It's very clear 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:19.380 what is happening here, isn't it? Haven't you 00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:23.599 realized yet? Well, what's that? Samira Ara. 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:28.380 She's behind this all. She sacrificed her very 00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:32.220 son to throw everyone off, but it is her. Her 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:36.779 and the Dark Dwarves working together. Just they 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:41.180 always have. She's trying to seek my seat, my 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:46.220 power. This in my house. Using this as a front 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:50.059 to make moves that I cannot see. Believe you 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:52.819 me, those dark dwarves cannot be trusted. Harlan 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:57.579 cannot be trusted. They came to us after having 00:26:57.579 --> 00:27:00.940 to flee their home. They came to us desperate 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:05.599 on their knees after causing some sort of rebellion. 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:09.779 And now they seek... Another. We threw them a 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:15.180 bone back then. Starving mutts. Any task we could 00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:21.039 give to them. Any role. We had some work at the 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:24.059 time. They performed well, and so we made them 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:28.160 our guard. The silent verse. Picked up a die. 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:30.420 What's going on over there? Oh, no, just fidgeting. 00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:32.440 Okay, okay. So I just grab a die right here. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:35.500 You gonna throw it? You gonna punch me? What 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:38.880 was that? Is that animosity reciprocated? How 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:41.680 do they feel about you? They should love me. 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:47.059 I pay them, after all. This new life of theirs. 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:50.559 Maybe it's a little too sunny for their breed, 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:54.559 but it's a life that I gave them. But they are 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:58.079 working with her. Trust me, they are. Do not 00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:02.519 trust Samira Ara, and do not trust Harlan Burnshadow. 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.500 David, I'm sorry. You just answered like 50 % 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:08.619 of my questions without even me asking. Interesting. 00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:14.160 Not even saying right now. I just wanted to bring 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.480 that back up. Texting. Texting at the table. 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:21.500 What are you maniacs doing? Sending memes? Yeah, 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:26.740 we're training memes. In the middle of the session, 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:33.289 how could you? Well, I'm just going to... I'm 00:28:33.289 --> 00:28:36.549 going to go for it now. Oh, shit. What are we 00:28:36.549 --> 00:28:39.750 going for? When he finishes speaking, Jules will 00:28:39.750 --> 00:28:42.670 say, you know, I've got my own suspicions about 00:28:42.670 --> 00:28:45.089 some people. That's all I'm trying to do is get 00:28:45.089 --> 00:28:47.990 some answers. Figure this out. Because believe 00:28:47.990 --> 00:28:49.809 me, I want to restore the honor back to your 00:28:49.809 --> 00:28:55.609 place as well. Yes. I get it. Yes. You know where 00:28:55.609 --> 00:28:58.369 I come from. I get it. You were royalty as well. 00:28:59.089 --> 00:29:01.690 The way I heard it, your family was richer than 00:29:01.690 --> 00:29:05.029 even I am. As he's talking, Jules is going to 00:29:05.029 --> 00:29:07.890 awkwardly reach back to his loot and kind of 00:29:07.890 --> 00:29:12.230 adjust it. And as he does that... It looks like 00:29:12.230 --> 00:29:15.730 you're picking a wedgie. What are you doing? 00:29:15.849 --> 00:29:18.190 As he's doing that, he's casting Detect Thoughts. 00:29:18.809 --> 00:29:23.170 Okay. I'm going to need a sleight of hand roll 00:29:23.170 --> 00:29:25.670 if you're going to pull off casting this in front 00:29:25.670 --> 00:29:29.359 of somebody. Normally, that's... Normally it's 00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.880 something you need like subtle spell for. I'm 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:33.319 interested in making a dice roll for it. You're 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:35.680 doing some hand movements. Are there verbal components 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:39.299 to it? Ah, shit. Nope. V is verbal. V is verbal. 00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:44.180 Yeah. So SV? SVM. SVM. Okay. So material won't 00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.539 really matter too much because you have like 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:49.240 your loot is sort of your focus. But you're going 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:53.400 to need to find a way to speak without him noticing. 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:57.000 Can I just like clear my throat? Or does it have 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:59.710 to be? I guess it depends on how good your roll 00:29:59.710 --> 00:30:04.549 is, right? It's going to be a hard roll. In fact, 00:30:04.690 --> 00:30:06.390 at this point, it's going to be a stealth. I'll 00:30:06.390 --> 00:30:08.809 say not sleight of hand because at this point 00:30:08.809 --> 00:30:11.450 you're doing multiple things. What's your... 00:30:11.450 --> 00:30:14.089 Fuck. What's your plus to stealth? Not great. 00:30:14.529 --> 00:30:16.470 It's plus one. At least you can find a way to 00:30:16.470 --> 00:30:18.890 step away. This is going to be a tricky roll. 00:30:19.170 --> 00:30:20.809 And you'd know that. Jules would know that going 00:30:20.809 --> 00:30:22.450 into this, that this is not an easy thing to 00:30:22.450 --> 00:30:24.650 pull off. But I'm interested in seeing how it 00:30:24.650 --> 00:30:28.200 goes if you want to try. Can I... Let me put 00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.480 you on the map, actually, so you can see the 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:31.079 room you're in. It might help you to see how 00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:35.099 the room looks. If I move away and there's any 00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:37.640 point that he's not looking at me, would I have 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.640 an easier time matching that? Look, a distraction! 00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:44.539 There are two dressing rooms coming off of it, 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.960 as well as a master bathroom connecting them. 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.480 There's two separate, there's one sort of entrance 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.980 room, a main room, a balcony. This is a... The 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:55.740 biggest, like, sort of set of rooms in this entire 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:58.720 house. It's the master suite. And right now, 00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:01.160 Larissa Wren and the Grand Messer are both in 00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:03.000 the sort of main part of the room. You could 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:06.200 ask him for a tour. That's true. That's better 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:10.680 than me just walking around. All right. I'm sorry. 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:13.460 What should I call you? Grand Messer would be 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:17.900 excellent. All right, Grand Messer. We'll get 00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:20.380 to the question in a little bit more, but I'm 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:22.660 just... I'm just in awe of this place. Can you 00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:25.720 show me around a bit? It kind of brings me back. 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:30.160 Why, absolutely I can. Yes, let me... Larissa, 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.779 would you take care of the second dressing room? 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:34.819 It's a tad on the messy side. Larissa sort of 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:39.140 nods vigorously. Yes, Grandmaster. And steps 00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:41.519 out of the room to the north where a smaller 00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:43.200 dressing room lies. And you hear her hanging 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:46.000 up, folding clothes. You hear coat hangers clicking 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:50.759 against each other as he turns. Yes, you should 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:53.900 see it all. Obviously, this is the main bedroom 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:57.500 here, but you should see the balcony. The view 00:31:57.500 --> 00:32:00.480 from here, well, it's the best in the city. He 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:04.420 sort of turns to step out, opens the door. For 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:06.119 a moment, you find yourself alone in this room. 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.839 There it is. The view. There it is. So you cast? 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:12.359 Yes. Give me a stealth roll. It's significantly 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:16.579 less now. Okay. It's not going to be a high roll. 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:19.470 Okay. You need. Jeremy, when Jules goes out there, 00:32:19.569 --> 00:32:23.190 I want to know if the Grandmaster's balcony has 00:32:23.190 --> 00:32:26.250 the same view that the kitchen does. Yep. If 00:32:26.250 --> 00:32:28.029 it's within range of message. Actually, hang 00:32:28.029 --> 00:32:30.029 on, hang on, hang on. No, it doesn't. It's on 00:32:30.029 --> 00:32:32.809 the opposite side. Ah. It's on the opposite side. 00:32:32.890 --> 00:32:37.910 There you go. Yep. ABC, always be thinking. It's 00:32:37.910 --> 00:32:39.869 always be closing. Glen Gary, Glen Ross, come 00:32:39.869 --> 00:32:42.410 on. There's like one person that's going to get 00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:49.809 that out there. All right, here we go. Oh, no. 00:32:50.130 --> 00:32:52.430 Yeah. How bad? Oh, no. It's not a high roll. 00:32:52.470 --> 00:32:54.829 It's not a high roll at all. Yeah. I'll tell 00:32:54.829 --> 00:32:57.049 you the DC. I didn't see it. Okay. Because they're 00:32:57.049 --> 00:32:58.829 not in the room with you, the DC is only five. 00:32:59.029 --> 00:33:04.150 Okay. Oh, no. Jeremy. Okay. What'd you get? Natural 00:33:04.150 --> 00:33:10.049 one. I quit. Oh, my God. We're dead. You're going 00:33:10.049 --> 00:33:17.690 to be thrown in jail. Oh. No, no, no, no. How 00:33:17.690 --> 00:33:20.250 many buttons do we have? I can't use it. Take 00:33:20.250 --> 00:33:22.630 them all, David. Take them all. Let's have fun 00:33:22.630 --> 00:33:26.990 with this. Oh, no. Oh, God. I think before. Yeah. 00:33:27.269 --> 00:33:29.869 If you'll allow it. I don't want it. Yeah. Before 00:33:29.869 --> 00:33:34.250 anything happens, Jules knows. And he says. You 00:33:34.250 --> 00:33:37.589 see, like, you go to, like, cast the spell, and 00:33:37.589 --> 00:33:38.930 something goes a little wrong. Like, you're like, 00:33:39.029 --> 00:33:41.589 I think this is what happens, right? You go to 00:33:41.589 --> 00:33:46.799 cast it. You play it G sharp, you idiot. It's 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.519 like in the dead silence or something follows 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:51.240 as the door opens. You don't want to expect some 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:54.279 kind of wind, some kind of sound. You go to whisper 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:57.759 it then. And then like all sounds sort of stops. 00:33:58.059 --> 00:34:01.059 You can feel a presence in the closet behind 00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:04.259 you. The Grandmaster's arms sort of freeze. His 00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:06.519 body tenses as his head starts to turn back towards 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:09.820 you. Understand. A man of your honor and your 00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:13.320 prestige, you can surely understand. We're just 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:16.360 doing what we have to do. To figure this out 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:20.159 doesn't mean anything personal. Just trying to 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:25.840 gather any and all information. That's it. Give 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:29.800 me a persuasion check. But on the bright side, 00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:33.280 Detect Thoughts is currently active. You did 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.699 cast a spell. That's true. You did cast a spell. 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.960 The spell is cast. And in your mind, you hear 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:44.349 the Grand Messer think, so he's the killer. Do 00:34:44.349 --> 00:34:48.190 we dispose of him? In another mind, because I 00:34:48.190 --> 00:34:49.630 think this will kind of catch various thoughts 00:34:49.630 --> 00:34:54.070 around you, you hear behind you just one quick 00:34:54.070 --> 00:34:58.230 thrust. You hear a soft sound of metal coming 00:34:58.230 --> 00:35:02.170 from his sheath as Larissa begins to step softly 00:35:02.170 --> 00:35:07.269 up behind you, dagger in hand. Can you choose? 00:35:07.289 --> 00:35:10.650 But now, you say those words, you speak. You 00:35:10.650 --> 00:35:13.360 can roll a persuasion check. Is doing this check 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:16.659 going to take any time off my reaction that I 00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:19.340 have to her behind me? These are the words you 00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.940 already spoke. This is all happening as you're 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:22.199 saying those words. These things are moving. 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.920 It's all a big blend of crazy shit happening 00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:31.340 at once. Okay. Okay. Twelve. Just a twelve, huh? 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:35.239 Oh, man. And? It's still enough to give them 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.920 pause. It's enough that you hear those stops. 00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:40.559 It's enough that you stop. I need a second. Steven, 00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:47.789 let's talk. Okay, talk. There's a frozen stalemate. 00:35:48.730 --> 00:35:51.550 And there's a wariness in the air. You can feel, 00:35:51.630 --> 00:35:54.630 actually, fear coming from both parties in the 00:35:54.630 --> 00:35:57.449 room. And I think, I'm going to give you more 00:35:57.449 --> 00:35:59.070 because this is a dangerous situation you're 00:35:59.070 --> 00:36:01.250 in, but you did cast tech thoughts. So I think 00:36:01.250 --> 00:36:03.530 you need to get more out of this. This is a cool, 00:36:03.630 --> 00:36:05.909 this is some cool -ass shit. Oh, what are you 00:36:05.909 --> 00:36:09.829 doing? What? I just had a weird thought. Yeah. 00:36:10.489 --> 00:36:12.829 Because I... I don't know. I think I know what 00:36:12.829 --> 00:36:16.090 you're going to do here. I don't know. We know 00:36:16.090 --> 00:36:19.369 that Jean Franklin heard a pair of footsteps 00:36:19.369 --> 00:36:22.489 go to the room. We don't know that it was. And 00:36:22.489 --> 00:36:25.070 then we know that we heard a pair of footsteps 00:36:25.070 --> 00:36:28.070 leaving. That doesn't mean it's the same footsteps 00:36:28.070 --> 00:36:30.690 that come and go. Yeah. That's what I was asking 00:36:30.690 --> 00:36:34.710 earlier off mic. Did he hear anything while they 00:36:34.710 --> 00:36:37.210 were in the room? Yeah. There was some missing 00:36:37.210 --> 00:36:39.690 information there. All right. Let's play this 00:36:39.690 --> 00:36:46.329 out. You hear snippets of thoughts racing on 00:36:46.329 --> 00:36:49.050 both ends. The Grandmaster is just thinking. 00:36:50.030 --> 00:36:54.329 Magic. A spell. A connection to proud Edun. His 00:36:54.329 --> 00:36:56.469 family. His family serves Amante Shab. There 00:36:56.469 --> 00:37:00.610 were remnants of Amante Shab worship in the hut. 00:37:00.969 --> 00:37:04.690 Yes, a connection. It's him. It's him. His eyes 00:37:04.690 --> 00:37:06.510 are like flicking over behind his shoulder. You 00:37:06.510 --> 00:37:09.769 can hear behind him just, what do I do? Wait 00:37:09.769 --> 00:37:14.750 for the command. Wait for father's command. Oh, 00:37:14.750 --> 00:37:21.530 whoa. So... Everything is silent. It's supposed 00:37:21.530 --> 00:37:23.230 to be just a... Supposedly she was just a servant. 00:37:23.449 --> 00:37:26.670 But now you know there is more behind that. You've 00:37:26.670 --> 00:37:29.789 already got the spell. And that name, Edun. Proud 00:37:29.789 --> 00:37:31.809 Edun. I'm just saying. Jaune mentioned that name 00:37:31.809 --> 00:37:33.530 before. It's the one that was supposedly killed. 00:37:34.429 --> 00:37:40.440 I am going to go deeper. Into who? You give a 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:44.440 choice here. Larissa Wren or the Grand Messer. 00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:47.360 They will know you're in their mind when this 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:50.139 happens and the situation will go potentially 00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:53.639 in a very different direction. But both of them 00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:56.099 have fonts of information apparently for you. 00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:59.019 Larissa Wren has a note. Larissa Wren is connected 00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:01.820 to this in some way, you know, but the Grand 00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:05.780 Messer, he knows of your family. He's thinking 00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:10.369 of Zomate Shab. And some worshipper of Zomate 00:38:10.369 --> 00:38:14.070 Shab. One that is apparently long dead, according 00:38:14.070 --> 00:38:17.670 to Jean Franklin. I love this. I'm just imagining, 00:38:17.750 --> 00:38:20.429 like, one of those scenes. It's like, if you 00:38:20.429 --> 00:38:22.750 watch Death Note, and this is moments where, 00:38:22.809 --> 00:38:25.289 like, a big sort of bomb will get dropped between 00:38:25.289 --> 00:38:26.909 these characters as they're having this sort 00:38:26.909 --> 00:38:29.190 of mental, you know, cat and mouse kind of psychological 00:38:29.190 --> 00:38:32.309 battle. And then all of a sudden the screen will 00:38:32.309 --> 00:38:35.829 just go full red or blue as you enter full frozen 00:38:35.829 --> 00:38:38.849 time inner monologue moments. And they're always 00:38:38.849 --> 00:38:40.389 really tense. And that's why I feel like it's 00:38:40.389 --> 00:38:42.510 happening right now. Just one of those. The whole 00:38:42.510 --> 00:38:45.510 room is in grayscale. Everyone's frozen in this 00:38:45.510 --> 00:38:48.130 moment. These thoughts are racing into your mind 00:38:48.130 --> 00:38:52.489 from theirs. What is Jules thinking? What is 00:38:52.489 --> 00:38:59.630 Jules going to do? Larissa. Yes. Damn. Okay. 00:39:00.909 --> 00:39:03.650 Okay. Wisdom save. You push deeper into that 00:39:03.650 --> 00:39:07.690 mind. Man, this is interesting. Wait, I rolled 00:39:07.690 --> 00:39:11.070 it like a computer out of habit. Let me get my 00:39:11.070 --> 00:39:12.789 dice out. It's way cooler. Why? Because it was 00:39:12.789 --> 00:39:14.570 a bad roll? Yeah, was it a natural one? It was 00:39:14.570 --> 00:39:18.650 a middling roll. It might have passed. But it's 00:39:18.650 --> 00:39:21.730 not right. I'll let it slide this time. It's 00:39:21.730 --> 00:39:24.369 a worse roll. Yay. Perfect. What's the number, 00:39:24.409 --> 00:39:29.969 David? Eight. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 00:39:30.750 --> 00:39:35.690 That's a fail. Yeah. Wow. Okay. Perhaps you. 00:39:35.929 --> 00:39:39.130 So I have an order in my head, so I'll let you 00:39:39.130 --> 00:39:40.090 know when I'm going to come in with something. 00:39:40.869 --> 00:39:45.150 Okay. Okay. Can you direct your sort of where 00:39:45.150 --> 00:39:49.090 you are? Huh? Can you direct like what their 00:39:49.090 --> 00:39:52.789 thoughts you're looking into are, or is it more 00:39:52.789 --> 00:39:54.329 just like you're looking deeper into what's behind 00:39:54.329 --> 00:39:56.110 their surface thoughts, right? Let's see what 00:39:56.110 --> 00:39:57.829 it says. If I probe deeper, the target must make 00:39:57.829 --> 00:40:01.480 me some save. Blah, blah, blah. It gains insight 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:04.860 into its reasoning, its emotional state, and 00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:09.360 something that looms large in their mind. Okay. 00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:13.860 Luis Arena's terrified. Emotional state, terrified. 00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:16.880 Reasoning behind this. Reason behind the aggression, 00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:19.300 the weapon in hand, the want to strike at you 00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:22.599 is, this is all wrong. Everything's so wrong. 00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:27.920 The stampeding horse. The riot breakout. Mela 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:32.619 Aura. The heirs, the heirs of the princes have 00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:35.980 been dying one by one, or heirs of the kings, 00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:40.179 the princes and princesses of coin, dying. And 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:43.199 she's wondering if they know, whoever's doing 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:46.500 this, do they know it isn't Azra? Do they know 00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:52.559 that she's Amos Nier's true heir? And she's terrified. 00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:56.699 She's terrified of you. She thinks that perhaps 00:40:56.699 --> 00:41:01.099 you are our A part of this. She's terrified because 00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:06.059 even this day felt so wrong. That note. Left 00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:08.440 on the table for her, just asking to bring a 00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:10.900 tray and a particular bottle of wine upstairs. 00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:15.059 No name on the note. I think you see it flash 00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:19.860 in your mind. A note that simply says, Bottle 00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:23.000 of jelly black classique noir and a fruit platter 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:28.099 to Mello Ara's room. Two glasses. A tip for swift 00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:31.139 service. And there's a few gold just left sitting 00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:33.400 on it. She didn't know who left it. She was out 00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:35.380 of the room when it happened. But she followed 00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:39.320 suit. She's scared because even going downstairs, 00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:42.940 things were off. That bottle she went to reach 00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:45.340 for was not in the right spot. It was one... 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:48.539 One sort of wine nook to the left of where it 00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:50.400 should have been. And the label was facing down, 00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:52.679 not up. She always puts them up. She's a perfectionist. 00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:54.699 Everything is perfect. It has to be perfect. 00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:57.980 She's the heir. She will inherit this home. And 00:41:57.980 --> 00:42:01.239 so this home must be perfect for the Grand Messer, 00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:05.019 for her father. And I'll leave you one more thing, 00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:07.500 because this is really cool. It's really cool 00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:10.610 you chose her. Behind this fear, there's one 00:42:10.610 --> 00:42:13.329 glint of hope, one glint of relief, one thing 00:42:13.329 --> 00:42:17.190 that makes her know that soon she can rest. Brother's 00:42:17.190 --> 00:42:22.250 coming. It's okay. Brother's coming. And in your 00:42:22.250 --> 00:42:24.489 mind, you see this moment. You see her standing 00:42:24.489 --> 00:42:28.949 in a room besides a man who looks just like her, 00:42:29.030 --> 00:42:33.210 a twin brother, just younger, who begins to don 00:42:33.210 --> 00:42:37.489 the red leather outfit of Sturge Man. And then 00:42:37.489 --> 00:42:40.619 you are. pulled back, rejected from this mind. 00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:43.420 She sort of snaps. Her legs go into a combat 00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:48.019 stance. Her arm reaches up with the knife held. 00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:51.980 He was in my mind. He was in my mind. He saw 00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:55.840 things. Grand Master, you know where I come from. 00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:59.280 But if you've seen or know anything else about 00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:03.800 me, then you know I disassociated from them a 00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:09.289 long time ago. All that I am trying to do is 00:43:09.289 --> 00:43:15.750 find answers and restore your honor in this house. 00:43:16.590 --> 00:43:21.269 What was done is terrible, but to have it happen 00:43:21.269 --> 00:43:26.809 in your house? He's... Okay, I'm going to roll 00:43:26.809 --> 00:43:28.969 over your 12 from before, since we're kind of 00:43:28.969 --> 00:43:30.349 still dealing with ramifications of that first 00:43:30.349 --> 00:43:33.670 check. But here's the thing with that 12. There 00:43:33.670 --> 00:43:35.849 was sort of a sliding scale of what could happen 00:43:35.849 --> 00:43:37.590 as a result of that particular persuasion check. 00:43:38.150 --> 00:43:41.309 Twelve is still above ten. It's high enough that 00:43:41.309 --> 00:43:47.130 he sort of nods. Leave. Stay out of my business. 00:43:47.190 --> 00:43:51.150 You may investigate as you see fit. See this 00:43:51.150 --> 00:43:55.309 through. Larissa, behind you. No, he saw too 00:43:55.309 --> 00:43:58.710 much. He knows too much. Daughter, he says, and 00:43:58.710 --> 00:44:02.940 he looks to you knowingly. Enough. It's fine, 00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:08.400 he says. We can trust him. And in your mind from 00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:13.559 his, the Serpis thought, and if not, your brother 00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:20.380 will deal with him tomorrow. Leave. He points 00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:26.800 towards the door. Jules gives a small bow, turns 00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:32.239 around slowly, facing Larissa. Staggers. held 00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:35.920 in a shaking hand. And gives her a small bow 00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:39.579 as well, and slowly makes his way around her, 00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:44.840 and out. There's like an electricity in the air, 00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:48.519 this tension, your sort of goosebumps on edge, 00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:50.139 and you step out of that room, you feel that 00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:52.300 door close behind you, and perhaps that tension 00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:58.480 swiftly falls. A figure stands before you in 00:44:58.480 --> 00:45:01.340 this hallway. You look up, just in time to hear, 00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:10.219 Hey, Jules, what's up? You look pale, man. What's 00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:15.199 going on? Hi. Did you see a weird void? Now, 00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:17.699 would you believe me if I said I almost died? 00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:22.480 Honestly? Yeah. Yeah. I would. Yeah. Well, that's 00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:24.599 what happened. So, let's get the fuck out of 00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:29.219 here. Oh, let's go. And you begin to move away. 00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:34.980 Harlan is speaking to another duergar. It's probably 00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:37.719 duergar, but I don't know. Another duergar outside 00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:40.380 the room. The one that's kind of posted watching 00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:43.579 between these different rooms in this hall. Cut 00:45:43.579 --> 00:45:48.800 turns back. Right. Good for it then. Let's go. 00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:52.059 All right. So I'll step in. We'll take him down 00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:55.679 to the cells. Speak to him there. I'm afraid 00:45:55.679 --> 00:45:59.829 that having Jean Franklin around may... I may 00:45:59.829 --> 00:46:01.650 change his testimony. We should question him 00:46:01.650 --> 00:46:03.969 here. I mean, if he's upset, isn't that better? 00:46:04.769 --> 00:46:07.329 It's your call, but if what you say is true, 00:46:07.510 --> 00:46:09.849 if he was snooping around in places he shouldn't 00:46:09.849 --> 00:46:13.710 be, he's going to the cells. Very well. He can 00:46:13.710 --> 00:46:16.889 go to the cells. Just give me a little time. 00:46:17.690 --> 00:46:20.469 All right. She doesn't even knock. She just opens 00:46:20.469 --> 00:46:23.630 the door or tries to open the door. As you open 00:46:23.630 --> 00:46:24.889 the door, you hear this, like, turtle just almost, 00:46:24.929 --> 00:46:27.210 like, scream a little bit and kind of move back. 00:46:27.610 --> 00:46:32.289 I heard. Whispering out there, a master of defense? 00:46:32.869 --> 00:46:38.570 What is the meaning of this? He sees the duergar 00:46:38.570 --> 00:46:40.869 in the hallway outside, just looking at him, 00:46:40.949 --> 00:46:44.429 scowls in their faces. I've got some questions 00:46:44.429 --> 00:46:48.329 for you, Ledoux. May we sit a moment? Why, um, 00:46:48.449 --> 00:46:53.840 yes, of course, yes. You see him like he's usually 00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:56.079 just pompous. We saw him earlier. He was just, 00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:59.539 you know, the spitting image of asshole. And 00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:05.039 now he's he looks really anxious, nervous. His 00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:07.440 fingers are kind of rubbing and drumming against 00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:13.000 each other as he's. Please come in. OK, so he's 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:18.500 nervous. How is John Franklin anyway? So I can 00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:20.920 get dragged down. I suppose he's having the. 00:47:21.650 --> 00:47:24.769 Time of his life in the cells. Serves him right, 00:47:24.849 --> 00:47:30.030 running away like he did. Ledoux, I know everything, 00:47:30.289 --> 00:47:34.329 and I'd like to hear your explanation. I'm afraid 00:47:34.329 --> 00:47:37.010 I don't know what you're... She shows him the 00:47:37.010 --> 00:47:41.409 piece of banner. Oh. I think he just reaches 00:47:41.409 --> 00:47:43.170 over, and he has, like, a smaller pole. Like, 00:47:43.190 --> 00:47:44.989 his isn't a full spear. It's, like, a pole with 00:47:44.989 --> 00:47:46.789 a banner on it, and he kind of, like, unravels 00:47:46.789 --> 00:47:48.250 it, and you see there's a fragment missing from 00:47:48.250 --> 00:47:53.650 one of the upper corner. Oh. Oh, my. All right. 00:47:54.389 --> 00:47:58.750 Because I'm here, and only because I'm here, 00:47:58.869 --> 00:48:01.230 you have an opportunity to explain yourself. 00:48:01.929 --> 00:48:09.329 All right. Very well. I will do so. Um, you might 00:48:09.329 --> 00:48:14.369 want to sit. This is... Well, it's terrifying. 00:48:15.190 --> 00:48:19.170 Huh. Um... Does Blanche really get the feeling 00:48:19.170 --> 00:48:21.489 that she should sit? Is this going to be terrifying? 00:48:21.690 --> 00:48:24.949 He's freaked out to all hell. But you've always 00:48:24.949 --> 00:48:27.349 known Ledoux to be nervous of a nervous disposition. 00:48:27.849 --> 00:48:30.130 Sure. All right. She'll sit down to put him at 00:48:30.130 --> 00:48:33.190 ease if nothing less. Master Defense, I never 00:48:33.190 --> 00:48:37.610 actually went to my room. I was following a request 00:48:37.610 --> 00:48:40.030 from Lord DePiero. I suppose I can tell you this 00:48:40.030 --> 00:48:44.329 in all confidence. Yes? Like I said, Ledoux, 00:48:44.429 --> 00:48:48.449 I know everything. All right. Well, I waited 00:48:48.449 --> 00:48:50.730 a brief time in the upstairs hall just out there, 00:48:50.849 --> 00:48:54.570 then moved to Amos Neer's room while he wished 00:48:54.570 --> 00:48:57.269 to be busy with preparation. We know he's a perfectionist. 00:48:57.269 --> 00:48:59.170 He'd oversee everything downstairs. He would 00:48:59.170 --> 00:49:01.449 not return to his room. De Pere was counting 00:49:01.449 --> 00:49:04.670 on it, and so I went while he was distracting 00:49:04.670 --> 00:49:09.130 Jean Franklin. Ugh. The only other freed -up 00:49:09.130 --> 00:49:12.190 guest to be dishonored by this attic room situation. 00:49:13.289 --> 00:49:15.590 So yes, I moved unseen through the halls. I went 00:49:15.590 --> 00:49:19.230 downstairs to the second floor. And I went into 00:49:19.230 --> 00:49:21.409 a most nearest bedroom. It was unlocked. I stepped 00:49:21.409 --> 00:49:23.349 through. Supposedly thought no one would have 00:49:23.349 --> 00:49:27.650 the audacity to venture inside. But I felt nervous, 00:49:27.690 --> 00:49:30.250 so I stayed by the door to listen for steps. 00:49:31.190 --> 00:49:33.670 I'm not built for this kind of thing, you see. 00:49:34.489 --> 00:49:37.949 It's this dangerous guile. My mind was already 00:49:37.949 --> 00:49:41.510 in a state of panic, but I knew that what I saw, 00:49:41.570 --> 00:49:44.690 I... He starts getting kind of upset. As I listened 00:49:44.690 --> 00:49:46.969 at the door, I soon heard someone approaching 00:49:46.969 --> 00:49:49.949 from down the hall. The steps were thundering 00:49:49.949 --> 00:49:52.750 in the silence, too loud to be normal steps. 00:49:53.710 --> 00:49:56.550 I peeked the keyhole, expecting the Grand Messer, 00:49:56.550 --> 00:50:02.210 but I saw a phantom. Blanche Trudeau. Something 00:50:02.210 --> 00:50:05.289 horrific, wreathed in black, with a skeletal 00:50:05.289 --> 00:50:09.519 face. I've heard tales of the Beezer of the jungle, 00:50:09.699 --> 00:50:12.039 vengeful spirits of the dead who seek to infect 00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:14.380 those who wrong them with their endless malice. 00:50:15.059 --> 00:50:18.039 Surely, surely that's what I saw. I only looked 00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:19.659 for a brief second and fled from the doorway. 00:50:20.280 --> 00:50:23.440 I think, I think that figure was turning away 00:50:23.440 --> 00:50:26.780 from me in that moment towards Meloara's door. 00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:31.760 I know what killed Meloara, Master Defense. It 00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:36.230 was a Beezer. I was shaken up. I only gave the 00:50:36.230 --> 00:50:38.010 room a cursory examination before I heard soft 00:50:38.010 --> 00:50:40.289 steps moving away from the door. I was sure that 00:50:40.289 --> 00:50:42.969 someone had been right there, had heard me and 00:50:42.969 --> 00:50:46.230 fled. I was expecting guards to rush this way, 00:50:46.250 --> 00:50:48.070 so I made to flee. When I peeked into the hall, 00:50:48.130 --> 00:50:51.050 I saw the head of service approach Mello Harris' 00:50:51.190 --> 00:50:53.630 door with a tray. It looked like a fruit bowl, 00:50:53.730 --> 00:50:56.250 a bottle of wine. She spoke to Mello, who seemed 00:50:56.250 --> 00:50:58.920 surprised by the service, and left. And I made 00:50:58.920 --> 00:51:00.679 my escape right after she was out of sight. I 00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:02.820 made my way upstairs to report my failure to 00:51:02.820 --> 00:51:07.619 Lord DiPiero. That's it. That's everything. So 00:51:07.619 --> 00:51:09.739 he mentioned hearing steps move up to the door 00:51:09.739 --> 00:51:12.460 and then away. You would know that was Jean, 00:51:12.659 --> 00:51:15.039 who had come to the door, heard someone inside, 00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:19.239 then fled to the bathroom to hide. He heard Larissa 00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:21.579 Rin moving up the steps at that time. This is 00:51:21.579 --> 00:51:23.820 when Ledoux peeked out the door with a keyhole 00:51:23.820 --> 00:51:27.559 and saw Larissa Rin. at Melara's door corroborating 00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:33.260 Jaune's story. And Ledoux saw her leave. So that 00:51:33.260 --> 00:51:37.500 does explain that. Wait, so hold on. Did Ledoux 00:51:37.500 --> 00:51:41.579 see Jaune and think Jaune was this figure wreathed 00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:44.019 in black? No, that was afterwards. When he first 00:51:44.019 --> 00:51:45.920 arrived in the room, he saw something horrifying. 00:51:46.260 --> 00:51:49.400 This figure wreathed in black with a skeletal 00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:52.380 face. He only looked for a second and then panicked. 00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:55.179 And sometime later, he heard steps move to the 00:51:55.179 --> 00:51:58.780 door. That's when Jaune appeared. You would know. 00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:00.800 So the one thing that this is adding to your 00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:03.239 information is that before it all went down, 00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:06.280 a figure wreathed in black with a skeletal face 00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:09.280 moved down the hallway and towards Meloara's 00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:11.760 room. This was soon after everyone had got here. 00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:15.179 Before Larissa even came up. Yes, before. Before 00:52:15.179 --> 00:52:18.280 Jaune, before Larissa. A figure with booming 00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:23.639 footsteps. Blanche is thinking back to the black 00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:29.719 dress and dance macabre mask. Mm -hmm. That was 00:52:29.719 --> 00:52:32.960 found. So the question is, who was wearing it? 00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:36.920 You know that it was covered in blood. Whoever 00:52:36.920 --> 00:52:39.539 was wearing that, whoever Ledoux saw in that 00:52:39.539 --> 00:52:42.820 moment might not have been this Beza, this spirit 00:52:42.820 --> 00:52:46.239 of legend, but it was very most likely the killer. 00:52:47.099 --> 00:52:50.130 Yeah. Booming footsteps. Glooming footsteps. 00:52:50.389 --> 00:52:54.210 What could that be? Why would that be notable? 00:52:54.949 --> 00:52:56.949 You want to make an investigation check? Yeah, 00:52:56.969 --> 00:52:59.690 didn't you say that somebody was like a half 00:52:59.690 --> 00:53:02.710 ogre or something like that? Oh, there's a half 00:53:02.710 --> 00:53:07.150 orc. Half orc, I mean. Yeah, let me roll. That 00:53:07.150 --> 00:53:12.210 is Xenia Ruba. Mix, Margus Ruba's daughter is 00:53:12.210 --> 00:53:17.289 a half orc. Margus Ruba is a full orc. For certain 00:53:17.289 --> 00:53:19.639 reason, roll advantage. I'll explain it if you 00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:23.659 catch this. Okay. Thank goodness for the advantage 00:53:23.659 --> 00:53:25.480 because the first roll was not great. I didn't 00:53:25.480 --> 00:53:30.219 even see it. Cripped my pants on the investigation. 00:53:30.219 --> 00:53:32.900 Did you really? Yeah, dude. Fuck yeah. Okay. 00:53:33.099 --> 00:53:37.300 Oh yeah. Okay. I love when I think player and 00:53:37.300 --> 00:53:40.880 character's mindsets sort of align. So you're 00:53:40.880 --> 00:53:43.420 hearing the story and you catch this. Okay, this 00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:46.940 is Claire Lee. It's clearly the mask. It's clearly 00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:49.539 the cloak. She's a Jules LaRoche fan. She's a 00:53:49.539 --> 00:53:51.579 Jules LaRoche fan. But the only other thing hits 00:53:51.579 --> 00:53:54.079 you because you're thinking about Xenia Ruba. 00:53:54.179 --> 00:53:56.119 Your mind flashes to her. Blanche's mind flashes 00:53:56.119 --> 00:54:00.760 to her. And one thing sticks out. One part of 00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:03.760 her outfit that you saw when she was first there. 00:54:04.659 --> 00:54:08.019 Xenia Ruba is wearing a very large pair of essentially 00:54:08.019 --> 00:54:11.900 combat boots. Heavy looking boots that would 00:54:11.900 --> 00:54:15.659 make heavy looking steps. Heavy looking steps, 00:54:15.800 --> 00:54:22.559 huh? Heavy sounding, shut up. A fan of Jules 00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:28.880 LaRoche. And a blood letter? Perhaps. Oh my goodness. 00:54:29.340 --> 00:54:32.699 In this room, with the young ward of DiPiero 00:54:32.699 --> 00:54:37.159 Montelli, your mind sets on a new suspect. Xenia 00:54:37.159 --> 00:54:43.619 Ruba. Princess of coin. And maybe, just maybe, 00:54:44.590 --> 00:55:08.730 A murderer. And we'll call it there. I think 00:55:08.730 --> 00:55:11.769 I just dropped all my... I know. And we'll call 00:55:11.769 --> 00:55:13.730 it there. I kind of blew my load all over the 00:55:13.730 --> 00:55:15.840 place. that last scene. Jesus. I don't have another 00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:19.960 one in me. And there's post credits. Oh, shit.