WEBVTT 00:00:21.670 --> 00:00:24.410 For more information and to reserve a table, 00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:27.730 head over to RecklessBrewing .com. That's R -E 00:00:27.730 --> 00:00:31.960 -K -L -I -S. brewing .com and head over to the 00:00:31.960 --> 00:01:13.900 events page. Hope to see you there. Among our 00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:15.900 zenders, kings of coin, only one is known for 00:01:15.900 --> 00:01:17.939 their jolly demeanor and approachability by the 00:01:17.939 --> 00:01:20.760 common folk. I speak, of course, of Mix Margus 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.840 Ruber. The king of the tavern -keeping trade 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.140 is known to frequent their taverns quite regularly, 00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:27.280 dealing with all sorts of the city's residents 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.099 and visitors. They love a glass of hard whiskey 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:32.359 just as much as delicious jelly wine, and they 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:36.000 are never afraid to get foolish. Just don't go 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.200 insulting their family. Mix Margus has been known 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:40.459 to bar brawl and to show the full ferocity of 00:01:40.459 --> 00:01:43.549 their orcish heritage. Speaking of their family, 00:01:43.689 --> 00:01:46.750 Mixmog's married to a human, uh, Madame Zoloruba. 00:01:47.150 --> 00:01:48.909 In the couple, they have two children, Zerus 00:01:48.909 --> 00:01:51.329 the Younger and, of course, Xenia, Margus' heir. 00:01:51.870 --> 00:01:54.049 Now, Xenia Ruba is well -known for moving against 00:01:54.049 --> 00:01:56.930 the grain of society. Instead, she dresses in 00:01:56.930 --> 00:01:58.890 dark and drab to stand out amongst the colorful 00:01:58.890 --> 00:02:02.109 clothing of Zinda. She also has been known to, 00:02:02.209 --> 00:02:06.230 uh, admire luminaries of a more, heh heh, rebellious 00:02:06.230 --> 00:02:12.310 nature. Why not? I know who you're talking about. 00:02:14.550 --> 00:02:21.629 Now I want some whiskey. Oh, dude. See, the problem 00:02:21.629 --> 00:02:24.990 with that is... Got to finish your beer first. 00:02:25.110 --> 00:02:28.370 I already got a can of beer, yeah. Wow. I don't 00:02:28.370 --> 00:02:30.169 know what drinks and cans. I have a little... 00:02:31.139 --> 00:02:32.759 Life update. I don't know if I told you guys 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:34.099 this yet, actually. I don't know if you know 00:02:34.099 --> 00:02:35.979 this. Excuse me? Oh, I think I know what this 00:02:35.979 --> 00:02:38.599 is. I'm down to one rock star a day. Oh, actually. 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:40.979 I've been told. Wow. I only got one rock star 00:02:40.979 --> 00:02:43.419 a day now. Wow, okay. We'll talk, me and my wife. 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.379 I'm cutting back. It's very painful. But I'm 00:02:47.379 --> 00:02:49.699 replacing the second rock star with some boo 00:02:49.699 --> 00:02:52.819 -cha. This, I've heard. Some kombucha. I heard 00:02:52.819 --> 00:02:55.379 this was happening. I've tried kombucha one time, 00:02:55.460 --> 00:02:58.379 and I hated it. I actually quite like it. It's 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:01.000 sour. It's vinegary sour. It's good. There are 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:03.840 so many. I mean, like I've only had, I'm going 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.479 to say a handful of kombuchas, but they vary 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.719 so wildly from like the really like natural tasting 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.759 ones that are like super vinegary and super kind 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:18.180 of yucky to the like more sweet ones. It's just, 00:03:18.259 --> 00:03:21.379 to me, it seems like there's such a range. I'm 00:03:21.379 --> 00:03:23.819 glad you found something you like. Yeah, it works. 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:25.460 Working out for you. Maybe I can wean off rock 00:03:25.460 --> 00:03:28.439 stars fully at some point. It's a horrifying 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:32.719 future to consider, but the old ticker's got 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:40.360 to keep ticking. Proud of you. Well, I mean, 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.479 speaking as a man who has his own vices, I don't 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:45.419 know. We all got to have something, I suppose. 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:47.039 A man's got to pick his poison. I say this all 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.400 the time. A man's got to pick his poison, except 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.240 for me. I don't get one. That's not... How come, 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:55.659 do you think? Because the old ticker's got to 00:03:55.659 --> 00:04:00.960 keep ticking. Too many cats to worry about. Can't 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.319 go clocking out early, leaving the missus with 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.759 10 little furry mouths to feed. Well, yeah, no, 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:07.740 of course not. Nobody wants that. Nobody wants 00:04:07.740 --> 00:04:08.900 that. You know, it's what it is. It's what it 00:04:08.900 --> 00:04:12.400 is. But hey, I got a second poison now. The booch? 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:18.939 The booch! I'm oddly okay with the booch. The 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:23.870 booch. Oh, shit. Well, it's been a while, guys. 00:04:24.689 --> 00:04:29.490 I mean, don't get me wrong. I miss our friends 00:04:29.490 --> 00:04:32.470 at Mountain Mania so much. And it was so exciting 00:04:32.470 --> 00:04:36.290 and such a great time. But it is really nice 00:04:36.290 --> 00:04:40.290 and comfy cozy to be back in the studio. It's 00:04:40.290 --> 00:04:42.610 been like, what, three weeks, four weeks? It's 00:04:42.610 --> 00:04:44.449 been two weeks since we recorded. Has it been? 00:04:44.509 --> 00:04:45.790 It's only been two weeks. We took a week off. 00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:49.709 It doesn't feel like it. Wow. That's crazy. When 00:04:49.709 --> 00:04:52.410 we take a week off like this, we are now current 00:04:52.410 --> 00:04:53.949 with the listeners. No, we actually, we didn't 00:04:53.949 --> 00:04:55.810 record before Mountain Mania. Yeah, we did. I 00:04:55.810 --> 00:04:58.230 think it's been, was it before we did? I think 00:04:58.230 --> 00:04:59.910 it was three weeks. Oh, no, we didn't. Did we? 00:04:59.990 --> 00:05:01.990 I don't remember. I don't know. Who cares? But 00:05:01.990 --> 00:05:04.870 we're back now. We're back. Yeah. Yeah. We are 00:05:04.870 --> 00:05:08.029 current with all the pants people. Yes. Until 00:05:08.029 --> 00:05:10.069 we finish this recording. That's right. We'll 00:05:10.069 --> 00:05:12.269 be about four days ahead. You're all on the same 00:05:12.269 --> 00:05:15.389 page. So wonder right now. Hey, actually, you 00:05:15.389 --> 00:05:16.470 know what? Let's ask. Let's play this out to 00:05:16.470 --> 00:05:17.750 you guys real quick before we get into this. 00:05:18.329 --> 00:05:21.230 Before we get into this, whodunit, what's going 00:05:21.230 --> 00:05:25.689 on, huh? Man, dude, I listened to the latest 00:05:25.689 --> 00:05:29.769 episode today to re -listen, and I'm more confused 00:05:29.769 --> 00:05:34.470 than ever. I mean, you got some hot new leads 00:05:34.470 --> 00:05:37.310 last time. You got a lot of big information. 00:05:38.220 --> 00:05:40.180 Should we recap it? You guys want to recap it? 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:42.980 Well, maybe I can sort of talk about what's on 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:44.720 the front of my mind, and then you can fill in 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:46.980 the gaps if you want. Boom, I love it. So from 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:52.939 the last episode, DePiero told Blanche that Jean 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:59.139 told the speaker for Noiri, who was Amos Neer's 00:05:59.139 --> 00:06:02.079 aunt, right? So this is actually a mistake, essentially 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:03.980 a mistake on my part, which I had to bring up 00:06:03.980 --> 00:06:08.319 way, way back in, gosh. Let's talk about your 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:09.819 future. That's the episode title. I can't remember 00:06:09.819 --> 00:06:11.500 which episode number it is because I can't know 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:13.660 what episode number this is. But let's talk about 00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:15.519 your future was when you guys went to a rural 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.560 town and you broke up to go and speak with, well, 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.860 honestly, Zebulon's grandmother and Jules' cousin 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:26.079 slash mother. So you had your whole thing there. 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:29.540 John Franklin also was going to meet with, he 00:06:29.540 --> 00:06:31.600 also was able to get his sort of like information. 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.819 He was able to meet with the speaker from Nowari. 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:36.879 And he wanted to tell that speaker everything. 00:06:37.340 --> 00:06:39.939 What I forgot, so Jean Franklin's an idiot because 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:42.779 I'm an idiot, is I had in my notes that that 00:06:42.779 --> 00:06:46.759 was a Nicanier, obviously related to King of 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.060 Coin, Amosnir. So it was kind of like, yeah, 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:50.920 Jean Franklin made a little goof. He probably 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:52.600 figured it was extended enough that he could 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:55.120 go out there and be like, hey, your nephew's 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.699 up to some shit. And they're just like, they 00:06:57.699 --> 00:06:59.399 told Jean. What they said to Jean, this is an 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:01.680 important number, is you of all people should 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:04.399 be grateful for what they did. Because he had 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:06.779 a lot to gain, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And John was 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:09.779 furious. Furious. How dare they say that to him? 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.459 But yeah, that is kind of where that ties in. 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:16.540 Yeah. Yeah. So that's like, I mean, motive. You 00:07:16.540 --> 00:07:20.259 know what I mean? To get rid of John and Jules. 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:24.579 Then, gosh, what else was I thinking about? The 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:28.420 Grand Master Amos near when Jules asked for a 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:33.100 tour, he was like, yeah, hey, daughter maid, 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:35.839 go clean up the other dressing room. Cause it's 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:39.240 a little messy. And then Jules could hear her 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:42.879 in the next room, moving clothes hangers and 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:45.620 stuff around. And like, we've already had two 00:07:45.620 --> 00:07:51.100 costumes be significant in this. So it's like, 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:54.660 what was he hiding? I just, I don't know. I can't 00:07:54.660 --> 00:07:56.379 put it all together. Cause then the detect thoughts 00:07:56.379 --> 00:08:00.879 leads me to believe that they weren't the murderer. 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.339 I just, I don't know. I will say this. At least 00:08:03.339 --> 00:08:05.680 not this murder. Everything you see about Amos 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.120 Meir will lead you to believe he probably put 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.220 on 17 outfits before he chose the right one for 00:08:09.220 --> 00:08:11.220 today. Okay, so maybe I'm overthinking it. So 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:13.040 it's very possible it was literally just messy 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:15.139 because this guy would throw on a million outfits. 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.000 You wouldn't think that's not a character. It 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.540 might have just been messy from that goofballing. 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:27.500 Okay, fair. Yeah. Everybody shut up. I'm doing 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:32.029 something. Utter chaos. Before we move on and 00:08:32.029 --> 00:08:35.070 get this rolling, I have a button here from two 00:08:35.070 --> 00:08:38.450 weeks ago. Yeah. You seem to have forgotten conveniently. 00:08:38.970 --> 00:08:41.049 No, I forgot. What's that about? Yeah, at the 00:08:41.049 --> 00:08:42.450 end of the episode when we finished recording, 00:08:42.549 --> 00:08:44.549 you said, oh, I meant to give you a button. Did 00:08:44.549 --> 00:08:46.590 I say that? Yes, you did. Oh, man, I forgot. 00:08:47.330 --> 00:08:50.289 Moving on. Yeah, I knew that wasn't going to 00:08:50.289 --> 00:08:53.110 happen. I knew that wasn't going to happen. For 00:08:53.110 --> 00:08:57.690 the scene with... He's awarding himself a button. 00:08:57.789 --> 00:09:02.730 Okay, fine. Whoops. It's now in my jar. It's 00:09:02.730 --> 00:09:06.269 now in my jar. Pants people, riot. Speak out. 00:09:06.429 --> 00:09:09.509 Nope. I might actually be on David's side with 00:09:09.509 --> 00:09:13.149 this one. No, we all agreed. You said, oh, I 00:09:13.149 --> 00:09:14.850 meant to give you a button. And I said, I'm going 00:09:14.850 --> 00:09:16.629 to grab this button here and put it here so we 00:09:16.629 --> 00:09:18.669 remember. And you're like, okay. Steven and I 00:09:18.669 --> 00:09:20.870 both have goldfish memories, so this probably 00:09:20.870 --> 00:09:24.720 never happened. I mean, so do I, but... I'm not 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.179 going to forget that. That's too important. Oh 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:28.980 my gosh, it's so funny. That's life or death. 00:09:29.340 --> 00:09:33.720 Take a damn button. Take it to the bank, you 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.899 robber. Speaking of Amos Nier. Speaking of Amos 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:42.320 Nier. Sorry, I think you wanted to recap. Yeah, 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:46.320 let's do a quick recap of what you learned. There 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.299 was a ton of information last time. We'll start 00:09:48.299 --> 00:09:50.139 with Jules. Jules, you came in the room, you 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:53.059 made some new enemies. And you got to keep wary 00:09:53.059 --> 00:09:54.840 because the last, but you went in this room, 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.659 you, you used to take thoughts. Things went wrong. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:00.860 I like to think that, uh, what you didn't realize 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:03.460 was that Larissa Rin was actually kind of on 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:05.259 edge, sort of watching the second you kind of 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:08.080 tried to make that spell. She made her move that 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:09.980 triggered off, you know, Amos near, they all 00:10:09.980 --> 00:10:11.360 kind of turned on you realizing you were going 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:13.860 to cast something in that moment, that moment 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:16.740 of fear, Amos near look to you and thought, so 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:20.789 he's the killer. He thought about how. Yes, of 00:10:20.789 --> 00:10:22.830 course it would be Jules LaRoche, because proud 00:10:22.830 --> 00:10:27.870 Eden had shown some relics in her home of worship 00:10:27.870 --> 00:10:31.590 towards Zomante Shab. This person that Jean -Francois 00:10:31.590 --> 00:10:34.610 reports was murdered 16 years ago, this Eden 00:10:34.610 --> 00:10:37.370 was connected to Zomante Shab, maybe connected 00:10:37.370 --> 00:10:39.850 to your family. And Amos Neer thought, you know, 00:10:39.850 --> 00:10:42.649 connected those dots in his mind for you, thinking 00:10:42.649 --> 00:10:44.610 that, yeah, that's probably why you're here. 00:10:44.750 --> 00:10:47.990 Perhaps for revenge? I don't know. But he was 00:10:47.990 --> 00:10:50.190 thinking that because of that connection, you're 00:10:50.190 --> 00:10:52.730 here to kill him. Larissa Wrynn was thinking 00:10:52.730 --> 00:10:57.590 about how the second her father, Amos Nier, as 00:10:57.590 --> 00:11:00.210 she is the secret heir of the family, basically 00:11:00.210 --> 00:11:02.809 speaks out, she will come forward and kill you. 00:11:03.129 --> 00:11:06.049 Dagger in hand. You press deeper into her mind 00:11:06.049 --> 00:11:07.629 and you realize a few things. She's terrified. 00:11:07.909 --> 00:11:12.590 She's terrified because she's realizing, the 00:11:12.590 --> 00:11:15.610 fuck was that? What the fuck was that? I'm terrified 00:11:15.610 --> 00:11:21.240 now. Is this an alien invasion? No one touched 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:23.799 anything, Sirenscape. Did that get picked up, 00:11:23.820 --> 00:11:29.240 you think? Oh, yeah. What the? All right. Oh, 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:32.360 is that? No, that's just an update. Where was 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:36.960 I? She's terrified because she's realizing that 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:39.960 these accidents that have been occurring, the 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:45.879 horse trampling, the riot, the bloodletter riot 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:49.980 gone bad. These, they've been killing off the 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:52.940 heirs. Perhaps it seems like it's accidental, 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.019 but she thinks there's some, for some reason, 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:56.840 and maybe you don't understand why she feels 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:58.659 like it's this case. Maybe there's more to her 00:11:58.659 --> 00:12:01.639 reasoning that you don't know. But she thinks 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.980 the heirs of each family are in danger. And she's 00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:07.879 afraid that whoever's doing this knows that she's 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:13.279 really Amos Nier's heir. Asra Nier is not. So 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:17.110 she's terrified. Moving on from there, you know 00:12:17.110 --> 00:12:20.090 that there's a glimmer of hope in her heart because 00:12:20.090 --> 00:12:23.190 her brother is coming. Her younger twin brother 00:12:23.190 --> 00:12:28.070 is on his way. Sturgeman is coming. This being 00:12:28.070 --> 00:12:30.730 a wild secret, no one knows that the King of 00:12:30.730 --> 00:12:33.090 Coins' son is the mysterious Sturgeman. No one 00:12:33.090 --> 00:12:35.970 knows Sturgeman's identity. Maybe Rune does. 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:39.019 Maybe that's how Rune has some control over him. 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:42.240 And now you do too, which is in itself very, 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:44.360 very dangerous. The last thing you heard as you 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:45.899 were going out, you heard from Amos Nier's mind 00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:50.240 that if he realized they can't trust you, well, 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:54.100 his son will deal with you on the morrow. Tick 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:57.399 tock. The party begins again at four. Everyone 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:59.399 will be released in their rooms if Amos Nier 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.639 has any say over it. At this point, sorry to 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:03.419 say it, you're going to have a hard time convincing 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:05.980 him otherwise because he is now... An enemy of 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:11.139 yours, more or less. Blanche, what you know is 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:16.080 this. I don't. This is the worst track. I don't 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:20.240 understand. I like it. Yeah, the timing has been 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:24.059 really good so far. Get out of here, track. All 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:31.000 right. Let's watch something else. I don't like 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:39.929 that either. Let me switch. That's so stupid. 00:13:42.190 --> 00:13:48.029 Ah, so dumb. Blanche, what you learned was this. 00:13:48.629 --> 00:13:51.570 Le Doulemois was in the room, as the ripped banner 00:13:51.570 --> 00:13:54.649 would report, but he was there on orders from 00:13:54.649 --> 00:13:57.570 Lord DePiero. DePiero had asked him to look into 00:13:57.570 --> 00:14:00.129 matters of the most near, perhaps trying to find, 00:14:00.210 --> 00:14:02.929 as DePiero implied, the exact same information 00:14:02.929 --> 00:14:05.330 John Franklin was looking for. It seems they 00:14:05.330 --> 00:14:08.990 all have a similar goal, although DiPiero will 00:14:08.990 --> 00:14:10.669 not work with Jean, as Jean's already proven 00:14:10.669 --> 00:14:14.950 himself to be too blunt for this. The boy has 00:14:14.950 --> 00:14:17.129 no subtlety in him. You know this, Blanche. No 00:14:17.129 --> 00:14:20.549 subtlety at all. He's an honest soul. He came 00:14:20.549 --> 00:14:23.629 forward to the very aunt, we already spoke of 00:14:23.629 --> 00:14:26.289 this, of Amos Nier, trying to, like, you know, 00:14:26.289 --> 00:14:29.009 reveal it all. So DiPiero has pretty much dropped 00:14:29.009 --> 00:14:32.929 him from his own trust. It seems Ledoux didn't 00:14:32.929 --> 00:14:35.730 do much better. And so, after promising to tell 00:14:35.730 --> 00:14:37.350 you everything once there's time, to tell you 00:14:37.350 --> 00:14:39.789 the truth about what maybe happened 16 years 00:14:39.789 --> 00:14:44.029 ago, you move out to Le Doulois' room to interview 00:14:44.029 --> 00:14:47.809 him. What you learn was everything that Jean 00:14:47.809 --> 00:14:49.250 Franklin said, everything you've heard to this 00:14:49.250 --> 00:14:51.970 point, all kind of checked out. The only addition 00:14:51.970 --> 00:14:54.990 being that Le Doulois saw a figure moving down 00:14:54.990 --> 00:14:57.169 the hall towards Meloara's room before everything 00:14:57.169 --> 00:14:59.409 went down. Before Jean Franklin approached, before 00:14:59.409 --> 00:15:01.450 Lisa Wren came to the door with the wine and 00:15:01.450 --> 00:15:05.080 the fruit, a figure wearing... You assume from 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:08.120 his description of a horrifying, ghostly creature, 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:11.019 Ibiza, with a skeletal face, a creature that 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:13.460 was actually just a person wearing the Dance 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:16.500 Macabre costume. They came to the room early. 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.360 They were in there for a long time then. Well, 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:20.519 everything else was going on. Well, the wine 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:22.360 was delivered, everything. This figure was in 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.240 that room. And you know this. Meloara was alive 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:29.860 when the doors were opened by Larissa Ring. Sean 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:32.879 Franklin even heard them. Yeah, because he received 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:37.659 the... Yeah. The plate. So, very strange. Very, 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:41.000 very strange. Let's cut into that scene. You've 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.820 just, because you've just realized one more thing. 00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:46.679 One potential possibility. It was one thing that 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.080 Le Doulomois was able to sort of recollect. Because 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:51.220 in his moment, in that moment of fear, he kind 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:54.480 of absorbed so much of this scene that maybe 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.379 Jean hadn't. And he remembered there being loud 00:15:57.379 --> 00:16:00.500 footsteps. Too loud as this figure is moving 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:02.779 down the hall. And in that moment afterwards, 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:06.120 you connected this to potentially being the large 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:11.740 combat heavy boots of Xenia Aruba, a princess 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:15.000 of coin, the daughter of Mix Margus Aruba. So 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.220 how is she mixed up in all this? Is she even 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:19.539 mixed up in all this? You don't know. But as 00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:21.440 you sit there in this room sort of thinking this 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:25.080 over, Ledoux is still thinking about how this 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:27.460 is definitely Ibiza. Some ghostly creature did 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:31.679 this. He just looks terrified. That's all. That's 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.379 everything I could tell you, sir. I'm sorry. 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:36.840 I know I should have spoken up sooner about the 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:42.019 bees. I was afraid, you see. I thought they'd 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:43.960 think I was crazy, and if they told anybody that 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:46.539 I was on the floor, I mean, they would know I 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:49.299 was... It's no good. They would know I was investigating 00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:54.100 a most near... I failed you, sir. I failed our... 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:59.000 I failed our lord. I am sorry. Are there any 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:02.519 other secrets that you can tell me? This is all 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:05.700 I know. I know simply that there was a murder 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:09.980 of some sort 16 years ago. The Piero was aware 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:12.960 of it, but has not been able to find any evidence 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:17.680 of it. He's tried to get testimony, get written 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:21.059 evidence from the other kings of coin, but they've 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:23.839 been clever. They haven't given it to him. So 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:27.579 he sent me into Amos Nier's lodgings to... See 00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:30.579 if I can find something, anything. It's a long 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:34.859 shot, but that's it. I promise, that's it. Wait 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:39.599 here. And Blanche is going to get up and exit 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:44.759 the room. It's time. It's not him, Harlan. It 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:47.460 doesn't matter. You told us he was snooping around 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:51.599 and he was near his room. I'm sorry. Master Defense, 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:53.980 I'm sorry, but we've got to take him. We've got 00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:56.710 to bring him to the cells. Well... While you 00:17:56.710 --> 00:17:59.950 waste time here, I'm going to go find the killer. 00:18:00.650 --> 00:18:05.190 You can join me in help, or you can lose your 00:18:05.190 --> 00:18:10.569 glory here. For a snoop. He just looks over at 00:18:10.569 --> 00:18:13.289 the other guy at the door like, you want to take 00:18:13.289 --> 00:18:16.809 him and I'll just go with her? Sorry, I just 00:18:16.809 --> 00:18:19.490 defeated your plan very quickly. Blanche looks 00:18:19.490 --> 00:18:24.230 at the other duergar. You have no honor. He looks 00:18:24.230 --> 00:18:29.539 sad. Xenia is in her room, I presume? Yes, you 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:32.900 presume. Which is actually on the same floor 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:37.599 as Mello's room. It is indeed on the same floor. 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:41.000 Funnily enough, you know from the map that was 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.420 given to you, she was actually supposed to be 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:45.019 in the room right next door to Mello. But that 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:48.859 was changed, actually, by Mello's mother, Samira. 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:52.259 Let me open up the map, actually. I forgot about 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:55.950 that. Yeah, and it's on the way to... Amos' room, 00:18:56.130 --> 00:18:59.609 so hopefully Jules will be able to, or hopefully 00:18:59.609 --> 00:19:01.329 Blanche will be able to run into Jules on her 00:19:01.329 --> 00:19:04.329 way down to Xenia's room. You start to move away, 00:19:04.430 --> 00:19:06.730 Harlan, and in tow, and you can hear, like, the 00:19:06.730 --> 00:19:09.430 door creak open again. Zeduega just steps in 00:19:09.430 --> 00:19:12.690 like, All right, come with me. Let's go. You're 00:19:12.690 --> 00:19:14.490 going to meet your buddy in the south. What? 00:19:14.630 --> 00:19:20.869 No, no. Master defense. No, no, it's John. Blanche 00:19:20.869 --> 00:19:24.160 calls out behind her. It's okay, Ledoux. You'll 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:27.980 be safe there. He's kind of like, you're moving 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:29.559 away. He's being pulled down the stairs in a 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:32.259 different spot. And I think you know that with 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.839 the two of them locked up together, it's going 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:38.180 to get very, very, very loud in the cellar. For 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:44.579 one reason or another. Hey. I dare you, sir. 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.759 Let's go to floor number two. On floor number 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:51.640 two, we see Jules and Chester. Now, around the 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:53.240 time you guys move down the stairs, the two of 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.799 you are moving away from Amos and Nier's room. 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.500 And you've just told Chester that, you know, 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:00.200 you almost died. He didn't ask questions. He 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:04.519 shrugged. Yeah, I figured. That's normal. It's 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:06.299 normal. Honestly, it's normal these days for 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:09.400 sure. As you're kind of pushing down the hallway, 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:12.039 perhaps moving over to, like, go up the stairs 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:14.119 to where, you know, Blanche went or maybe just 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:16.220 wait in a common place, Chester's going to look 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:18.920 over to you. So, yeah, I'll be doing more Chester. 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:22.099 Yeah, what'd you find? Not a lot, to be honest. 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.359 I've been speaking to the, you know, it's hard 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.940 to speak to the other guests, so we're just talking 00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:27.279 to the duergar, you know, the silent verse, and 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:30.359 they don't know a lot. But there's one kind of 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.599 fun thing. What's that? Well, a lot of them have 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:35.319 noted that Mela Aro's kind of been weird before 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.640 all this. Not bad weird, but good weird. Like, 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:41.519 he always hated these things, you know? He didn't 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:43.240 like being involved in all the politics, all 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:45.279 this stuff. He didn't like coming to the Grand 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:47.559 Master's place, but this year? Man, this year 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:50.079 he was excited. Like... Real visibly excited 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:54.220 to be here. Happy. That's it, though. Huh. Yeah. 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:57.420 Kind of odd. They asked, you wouldn't say why. 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:01.200 I wish we would have gotten more. I know, I know, 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:04.960 but hey. That's what you get for a pass of Chesterin. 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:09.140 Maybe you hadn't stolen a button, you know. But 00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:16.619 hey, these things happen. You hear footsteps. 00:21:17.609 --> 00:21:23.549 Good try, buddy. You hear footsteps moving down 00:21:23.549 --> 00:21:27.650 the nearby stairs as Blanche and Harlan move 00:21:27.650 --> 00:21:30.049 down. Let's say you are down on the, maybe you 00:21:30.049 --> 00:21:31.589 guys are heading down towards the main sort of 00:21:31.589 --> 00:21:33.890 entrance, staircase towards the entrance hall 00:21:33.890 --> 00:21:35.529 on the first floor. As you go there, you see 00:21:35.529 --> 00:21:39.990 coming down on the eastern wing by the third 00:21:39.990 --> 00:21:44.029 four rooms of Ledoux and DePio and that gang 00:21:44.029 --> 00:21:47.480 are, you see Blanche and Harlan. And as you all 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:49.240 see each other, you realize you are just outside 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:53.619 of Xenia and Margus' rooms. A couple more duergar 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:58.440 in the hall, standing at the ready. Blanche pulls 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:01.819 Jules aside, or, you know, puts an arm over him 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:04.559 or something so they can whisper. Ledoux heard 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:08.200 and saw... Hey, what are you whispering over 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:10.759 there? Excuse me, Harlan, just a minute, please. 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:13.339 Hey, Harlan, look over here. There's a weird 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:16.660 -looking bug. What? Yeah, look at this thing. 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:18.740 Yeah, check it out. All right, let's talk. I 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:20.460 heard some weird things. Weird, crazy things. 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:23.819 Can I interview me? You say crazy? Crazy things. 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.599 I speak weird. I'm Chester. All right, you guys 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:28.539 talk. Holland loves bugs. Chester's taking a 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:32.420 hold on this side. Ledoux saw through the keyhole 00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:37.000 while he was in Amos' room snooping around someone 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:40.779 dressed in what he describes in my interpret 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:46.599 as the dance macabre mask. And one thing he said 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:50.200 about the costume stood out to me was the loud, 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:54.619 clunking boots. I believe it may have been Xenia 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:58.359 who was in the costume, who was in the room. 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:03.700 You think she's doing this? It's our next best 00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:06.819 option. And somebody couldn't have put on her 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:12.180 boots? I suppose that's possible as well. But 00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:14.369 I think we should talk to her. I think you should 00:23:14.369 --> 00:23:19.910 talk to her. She idolizes you. Why did you just 00:23:19.910 --> 00:23:21.930 look me up and down when you said that? I mean, 00:23:21.950 --> 00:23:26.410 come on. Look at what I'm working with here in 00:23:26.410 --> 00:23:32.890 front of me. I can see what Xenia likes. Well, 00:23:32.890 --> 00:23:36.490 Amos seems to think that I'm here to kill him. 00:23:37.309 --> 00:23:41.750 What did you do to make him think that? Flashback 00:23:41.750 --> 00:23:45.089 to last episode where Blanche is like, hey, don't 00:23:45.089 --> 00:23:49.589 fucking. Well, we can talk about that part later. 00:23:50.230 --> 00:23:54.170 I should have known. I should have known. Well, 00:23:54.329 --> 00:23:58.609 you're safe, so. But there's more. Larissa's 00:23:58.609 --> 00:24:05.700 his daughter. Larissa, the head maid. Yeah. They're 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:12.140 keeping it under wraps. But wait. Don't do it. 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:25.200 There's more. Oh, my God. Okay. Sturge Man's 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:30.319 her brother. Wow. Sturge Man is... This is tight 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:34.200 -lipped. Nobody knows or is supposed to know 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:39.210 his identity. No. Nice work, Jules LaRoche. They're 00:24:39.210 --> 00:24:44.690 twins. Huh. Well, I do wish we had more time 00:24:44.690 --> 00:24:48.190 to talk on this, to dwell on this, but... Yeah, 00:24:48.190 --> 00:24:53.269 but the show's only an hour. And four o 'clock 00:24:53.269 --> 00:24:57.049 approaches rapidly. It is, I should say, 2 .30 00:24:57.049 --> 00:24:59.430 right now. The last little bit was about half 00:24:59.430 --> 00:25:01.009 an hour, so at this point, you have an hour and 00:25:01.009 --> 00:25:04.089 a half until, yeah, things happen. Might've mentioned 00:25:04.089 --> 00:25:06.509 that. I can't remember. Okay. I've got some good 00:25:06.509 --> 00:25:10.250 stuff too. De Piero knows about the murder that 00:25:10.250 --> 00:25:12.230 Jean is trying to solve and he wants to help 00:25:12.230 --> 00:25:14.450 Jean solve it, but he doesn't want Jean's help 00:25:14.450 --> 00:25:25.529 because Jean is, well, he's Jean. So now that 00:25:25.529 --> 00:25:27.130 we've caught each other up. There's one more 00:25:27.130 --> 00:25:29.109 thing you might, I think might be mentioned here 00:25:29.109 --> 00:25:31.410 that you might mention Jules, which is the fact 00:25:31.410 --> 00:25:34.009 that, and it's not proven. But Larissa Reen thinks 00:25:34.009 --> 00:25:39.710 the heirs are the targets. Jean Franklin is one 00:25:39.710 --> 00:25:44.910 of the heirs. Blanche, what David said. Well, 00:25:45.130 --> 00:25:48.069 gosh, what should we do about that? Should we 00:25:48.069 --> 00:25:51.630 split up again? We've got to keep Jean Franklin 00:25:51.630 --> 00:25:55.430 safe. Yes. One way or another. He is with Ledoux 00:25:55.430 --> 00:25:58.450 now, but I don't know if Ledoux has, well, any 00:25:58.450 --> 00:26:01.559 combat capabilities. No, no, no, no. Financial 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:05.119 advisor, fully, not combat ready or able at all. 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:07.000 Does not believe that the muscle needs to be 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:09.380 strengthened, only the mind. Do you want to make 00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:12.319 sure Jean's taken care of? Yes, you've... I'll 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:15.460 go talk to Xenia. You have proven yourself capable 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:18.420 of this investigation, and I will... I mean, 00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:20.960 I almost died, but... There's neither here nor 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:23.880 there. We move forward. I wish you had left that 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:28.140 part out. Very well. I shall accompany Ledoux 00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:34.569 to the cells, and... God Jean, I suppose. Oh, 00:26:34.609 --> 00:26:37.329 boy. Okay. Come find me when you're done with 00:26:37.329 --> 00:26:41.950 Xenia. Yes. All right. Blanche is going to make 00:26:41.950 --> 00:26:44.630 haste to the basement. David's got a shitty grin 00:26:44.630 --> 00:26:47.509 on his face. We're splitting up again. This is 00:26:47.509 --> 00:26:50.549 craziness. I hate this. This is fun. I hate this. 00:26:51.509 --> 00:26:53.549 This is a lot of fun. Whose idea was it to come 00:26:53.549 --> 00:26:56.829 in here without any sort of communication? Oh, 00:26:56.970 --> 00:27:00.279 good stuff. Wait, we don't have the sending stones. 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:04.579 No. Who are we starting with here? Jules. Start 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:10.079 with you. As Blanche trods down the steps, down 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:13.640 to the first floor, lower, you turn your attention 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:18.000 to the rooms on the second floor, east wing. 00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:22.160 Xenia and Margus, right beside each other in 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:25.119 separate suites. You want to move to Xenia Ruba's 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:29.309 room? Yeah. Jules moves up. Before he knocks, 00:27:29.309 --> 00:27:32.710 though, he puts his ear up to the door. Can I 00:27:32.710 --> 00:27:39.150 roll? Roll perception. 15. You go to press your 00:27:39.150 --> 00:27:40.470 ear to the door, and I think as you're doing 00:27:40.470 --> 00:27:42.950 that, you hear the duergar beside you just say, 00:27:43.529 --> 00:27:45.809 and I'll say, Harlan's staying with you, actually, 00:27:45.849 --> 00:27:48.130 so he'll be close by, but the other duergar here 00:27:48.130 --> 00:27:53.009 will say, Inspector LaRoche, something you should 00:27:53.009 --> 00:27:55.269 know about this room. And as you hear, you press 00:27:55.269 --> 00:27:58.480 your ear, you can hear inside. Now, now, no worries. 00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:02.160 Your Tata will take care of everything. Margus 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:05.519 is inside as well. Shit. Careful. They're known 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:10.940 to brawl. Shit. I mean, he's not not going in. 00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:14.519 He's going to knock first, though. You knock. 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.720 There's just kind of a silence inside. Perhaps 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:21.460 you hear, like, rolling with that 15, some footsteps 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:24.519 as someone seems to move perhaps farther around. 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:27.779 And a moment later, as footsteps approach you, 00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:34.619 the door opens up. You're facing this very jolly 00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:39.039 figure, this gray -skinned full orc in just like 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:42.519 kind of this very colorful, very Zinda demeanor. 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:46.559 Kind of almost like a blend of like the aristocratic 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:50.339 garb and something more workman's. Something 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:52.619 that would let them fit in even in the streets 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:58.630 of Zinda. And Margus Ruber just looks you over 00:28:58.630 --> 00:29:03.970 and they say, Ah, Jules Laroche. We spoke earlier 00:29:03.970 --> 00:29:07.650 in the courtyard. What can I do for you? I thought 00:29:07.650 --> 00:29:10.109 we were all supposed to be under room arrest. 00:29:10.289 --> 00:29:13.390 Of course, I moved over here to be with my darling 00:29:13.390 --> 00:29:16.450 daughter, but I'm surprised you're out and about. 00:29:17.309 --> 00:29:20.869 Well, I've been kind of tasked with figuring 00:29:20.869 --> 00:29:25.789 all this out. Luminaries, they get around, huh? 00:29:26.289 --> 00:29:30.730 Yeah, I guess. Yeah. Drink? No, thanks. No, I'm 00:29:30.730 --> 00:29:32.750 good. All right. I got to stay level -headed 00:29:32.750 --> 00:29:37.910 for this. Here's a little flask. In my experience, 00:29:38.049 --> 00:29:43.130 a level head is never the best place to be, especially 00:29:43.130 --> 00:29:46.250 in times of trouble. What you got there? Oh, 00:29:46.269 --> 00:29:51.609 pure whiskey. I love that it's specifically pure 00:29:51.609 --> 00:29:57.390 whiskey. I don't know drinks, says David. No, 00:29:57.490 --> 00:29:59.890 we're just making our rounds, doing our due diligence. 00:30:00.569 --> 00:30:03.230 In a situation like this, we've got to talk to 00:30:03.230 --> 00:30:08.029 everybody. Sure. Talk. As you look in the room, 00:30:08.109 --> 00:30:09.970 you can see, if you look even on the map in Xenia's 00:30:09.970 --> 00:30:12.430 room, the door faces a sort of partition, like 00:30:12.430 --> 00:30:15.549 a divider wall. loops around. There's probably 00:30:15.549 --> 00:30:18.109 just a big sort of frame portrait there of Amos 00:30:18.109 --> 00:30:20.369 near because he's an asshole. And then somewhere 00:30:20.369 --> 00:30:23.230 around that corner, you would assume is Xenia. 00:30:23.490 --> 00:30:27.009 Oh, you can goad her. But Margus doesn't look 00:30:27.009 --> 00:30:29.670 like they're going to move. They're being jolly, 00:30:29.730 --> 00:30:31.789 but there's something very firm about their position. 00:30:32.029 --> 00:30:34.009 Oh, look at all these autographs that are falling 00:30:34.009 --> 00:30:38.789 out of my pocket. Let me go there first. I'm 00:30:38.789 --> 00:30:42.710 sorry. I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. Jewel's 00:30:42.710 --> 00:30:45.700 going to awkwardly shift his body. Yeah, well, 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:49.640 uh, thing is, on our list of people we gotta 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:55.160 talk to, uh, she's next. Well, you'll understand 00:30:55.160 --> 00:31:00.200 that the death of a fellow prince is a very traumatizing 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:02.619 thing for a young lady. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, 00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:05.700 she's not gonna speak with you. But you can talk 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:09.119 to me. Look at these autographs just falling 00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:16.200 all over the place. All right, well, hear me 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:27.799 out. He just pulls out his lute. Are you actually 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:33.839 doing this? Get out. Fucking hell. Roll performance. 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:37.339 Oh, dude, yeah. Roll performance with advantage. 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:42.799 Fuck. That's so good. Shit. And he just kind 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:46.019 of starts a little performance. I don't know. 00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:49.619 And that's a 19. You get advantage, though. I 00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:54.160 mean, try. Oh, yeah. That's a 22. Oh, my God. 00:31:55.039 --> 00:32:04.420 Okay. Margus looks impressed, but unmoving. They 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:10.019 stare you down, just unfazed, kind of about to 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.220 raise their hands up as if they're going to say, 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:14.529 like, Please go over to the door to close it. 00:32:14.589 --> 00:32:16.609 And then you hear in the background, Ta -ta, 00:32:16.710 --> 00:32:23.529 wait. Let him in. And Morris turns around, looks 00:32:23.529 --> 00:32:26.089 sort of like surprised, and then just kind of 00:32:26.089 --> 00:32:29.029 bites their lip, unsure, and then steps aside. 00:32:31.650 --> 00:32:34.029 That's... That was a great move. Phenomenally 00:32:34.029 --> 00:32:36.549 good. You're into that button you stole earlier. 00:32:39.630 --> 00:32:45.140 That's... Phenomenally good. Let's go downstairs. 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:53.839 Oh, God. Okay. Oh, God. Blanche, you are... You 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.640 guys had a little conversation, so I think in 00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.460 that time, Wadoo has already kind of moved ahead 00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:59.819 of you down to the cellar, already kind of put 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:03.960 in a cell. Let's drop down into the cellar floor. 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:07.240 Now, if you look at the storage from there, there's 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:10.890 really only just one actual cell. So it's not 00:33:10.890 --> 00:33:15.710 the most comfortable sort of situation. It's 00:33:15.710 --> 00:33:19.230 pretty small as Ledoux is sort of brought in, 00:33:19.309 --> 00:33:21.849 pushed into the cell. So you probably hear the 00:33:21.849 --> 00:33:24.029 door closing as you're moving down the stairs 00:33:24.029 --> 00:33:27.930 and just like, what? No, not with him. You can't 00:33:27.930 --> 00:33:31.130 possibly expect me to. Oh, dear. Oh, and he smells 00:33:31.130 --> 00:33:37.710 like bog. Oh, goodness me. Oh, damn it, Ledoux. 00:33:37.849 --> 00:33:45.279 Just like. pure... That's... Toyka's just, hey, 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:47.160 hey, settle down in there. Settle down. Hey, 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:51.299 come on. Hey, this is... What is this? It's about 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:53.660 what you expected as you move around in the room. 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:56.059 You can see, like, two turtles staring at each 00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.980 other, their foreheads almost touching as their 00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.880 glares, their eyes are trying to bulge out at 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:02.519 each other, like... Like hands sort of curled 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:05.720 in the fists. You can see like in this one, Jean 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:08.159 Franklin towers over Ledoux a bit. He's not like 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:11.579 a small, he's well built. He's been trained by 00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:14.840 you. He's got like a very athletic, strong body 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:17.599 where Ledoux is very flimsy, very frail for a 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:21.059 turtle. Barely able to wield that giant shell, 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:26.219 but still in wit. Jean Franklin's nemesis. The 00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:32.199 perfect matchup. Wink. A match made in the basement. 00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:36.440 Is that what? I'm sorry. I thought I said that 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:42.559 to myself. Are the duergar still around? Yeah, 00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.900 they're hanging out. There's two of them down 00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:45.199 here. It seems like there's always two of them 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:48.840 down here. So Blanche is going to sit down outside 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:54.980 of the cell and explain to Jean. I told Hanlon 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:59.719 that I don't think Ledoux was the murderer. Wait, 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:01.489 what? He's definitely the murderer. He did it. 00:35:01.489 --> 00:35:04.610 He framed me. You think I would frame you? Really? 00:35:04.750 --> 00:35:07.630 You think I'm so foolish just to send you down? 00:35:07.849 --> 00:35:10.389 You are the born lord, after all. Where would 00:35:10.389 --> 00:35:12.550 our people be without the great John Franklin? 00:35:12.769 --> 00:35:16.170 Hey, hey, shut up. Oh, but I forgot. John Franklin 00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:19.070 ran away from home. Ran off to frolic amongst 00:35:19.070 --> 00:35:21.929 the citadel with other luminaries. You know what? 00:35:22.070 --> 00:35:26.170 I had my reasons. Oh, we know your reasons. They're 00:35:26.170 --> 00:35:28.170 just going back and forth. Blanche is going to 00:35:28.170 --> 00:35:31.590 sit patiently and wait for them to stop. About 00:35:31.590 --> 00:35:35.449 like a full two minutes later, just panting from 00:35:35.449 --> 00:35:39.550 all the yelling. Oh, sore throats. Two minutes 00:35:39.550 --> 00:35:46.670 later. Yes, sir. However, I could not stop him 00:35:46.670 --> 00:35:50.170 from being apprehended for the infraction of 00:35:50.170 --> 00:35:53.809 snooping in the Grand Messer's rooms. Which was 00:35:53.809 --> 00:35:56.610 of my own accord, and nobody put me up to it. 00:35:56.769 --> 00:35:58.409 Kind of looks over at the duergar, just sure 00:35:58.409 --> 00:36:03.489 shrug. A matter for another time. Wait, why were 00:36:03.489 --> 00:36:06.250 you snooping in the Grand Master's rooms? Wait, 00:36:06.269 --> 00:36:08.590 that was you I heard. Wait, wait, wait, wait. 00:36:08.670 --> 00:36:11.070 Sir, what's happening? I've been in this cell. 00:36:11.110 --> 00:36:14.489 I don't know what's going on. Yes, we've pieced 00:36:14.489 --> 00:36:19.110 together that you heard Ledoux. Ledoux heard 00:36:19.110 --> 00:36:22.030 and saw somebody else. That's where Jules is 00:36:22.030 --> 00:36:27.289 now. A beezer. It was a beezer. It was a beezer. 00:36:27.369 --> 00:36:29.769 You think one of the... Dang the spirits of the 00:36:29.769 --> 00:36:32.949 forest. Do you believe him? And we'll call it 00:36:32.949 --> 00:36:37.309 there. You gotta, like, do something about these 00:36:37.309 --> 00:36:39.949 two. Right. Jean, I believe you're in danger. 00:36:40.510 --> 00:36:44.409 What? It's become obvious that the airs are the 00:36:44.409 --> 00:36:48.090 target of these murders. But there's only been 00:36:48.090 --> 00:36:51.230 one murder. The accidents are just piling up 00:36:51.230 --> 00:36:56.070 too fast. We can't risk it. We have to see that 00:36:56.070 --> 00:36:59.639 you're safe. But how would someone make accidents? 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:04.199 I don't understand. They probably rolled a natural 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:08.820 one. I don't know. That's not for us to figure 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:12.019 out here and now. Now we just need to ensure 00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:15.559 your safety. And, like, there's some actual gravity 00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:18.760 here. I think even Ledoux looks, like, stark 00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:21.840 and terrified. You think the bees are after Jean? 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.480 We must ward this place against spirits. Do we 00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:28.800 have anyone with any sort of clerical abilities? 00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:33.199 Anyone around? I believe a cleric is arriving 00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:36.880 soon to ward against spirits, Ledoux. Yes, thank 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:40.300 you. Very well, very well, yes, yes. Do you have 00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:46.579 any more physical ideas? Anything in your luggage? 00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:49.460 Anything you brought with you? You or De Piero 00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:53.900 for any sort of added protection? No, no, there's 00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:56.099 never... supposed to be danger here. I mean, 00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:58.699 we have the silent verse. The fact that this 00:37:58.699 --> 00:38:02.400 happened at all is quite incredible. And that 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:04.980 after me, Jean's kind of muttering to himself, 00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:09.880 but why? Why the heirs? It is incredible, isn't 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:11.920 it? Who would target the heirs of the kings? 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:13.599 If they have a problem with the kings, why not 00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.840 target the kings? What possible motive is there 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:19.920 to kill the heirs, officer? Well, we haven't 00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:22.820 quite figured it out yet. Let's cut back upstairs. 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:27.519 Jules, you're stepping into this lavish suite. 00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:30.539 You look around at a space that's just decorated 00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:33.920 with accents of purple and blue. It's opulent, 00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:36.179 but not nearly as opulent, of course, as the 00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:38.199 Grand Messer's chambers, which are just much, 00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:42.059 much larger. But it is definitely a very cute 00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:44.679 little suite. As you turn around this corner 00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:47.980 looking into it, you can see that Xenia Ruba 00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:51.280 sits upon the edge of the sort of queen bed. 00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:56.960 that stands against the back wall. She is dressed, 00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:59.980 as before, all in black and very sort of gothic 00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:03.300 outfit, sort of black lipstick, eyeliner. She's 00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:06.079 a half -orc. Her skin is a light gray versus 00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:10.320 her tata's very dark gray. And as you look at 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:12.760 her, you see there's streaks of black running 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:16.280 down her face from her eyes where her mascara 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:19.960 seems to have run. She kind of wipes it as you... 00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:21.860 begin to approach and almost kind of like lurches 00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:26.119 back a little bit, kind of surprised and maybe 00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:28.860 intimidated that Jules LaRose is currently in 00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:32.900 her suite. She's sitting? She's sitting. On the 00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:35.840 floor? On the edge of the bed. As you move in, 00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:39.760 I think you hear, you hear Harlan begins to kind 00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:41.300 of push in somewhere behind you. There's a little 00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:44.679 scuffle, just, oh, actually, Harlan, you, it's 00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:48.889 our mix, but where he goes, I'll go, so. All 00:39:48.889 --> 00:39:52.869 right. And Marcus turns around the corner, looks 00:39:52.869 --> 00:39:55.829 towards Xenia and just says, Are you absolutely 00:39:55.829 --> 00:40:00.030 sure about this? And she looks them in the eye 00:40:00.030 --> 00:40:03.329 and there's this long, unbroken sort of stare 00:40:03.329 --> 00:40:07.690 between them. And she says, It's Jules. I want 00:40:07.690 --> 00:40:13.190 to trust him. I heard your song. And she looks 00:40:13.190 --> 00:40:17.070 very nervously towards Harlan. But... Her gaze 00:40:17.070 --> 00:40:20.070 steadies and focuses on you. Marcus Ruba very 00:40:20.070 --> 00:40:23.889 nervously steps back, watching everything going 00:40:23.889 --> 00:40:26.150 on, but you don't miss that their knuckles kind 00:40:26.150 --> 00:40:29.170 of crack, and they stand in kind of this almost 00:40:29.170 --> 00:40:33.769 intimidating kind of ready stance, kind of not 00:40:33.769 --> 00:40:37.190 far behind where you and Harlan stand. And the 00:40:37.190 --> 00:40:45.190 floor is yours, Jules. May I sit? Yes. Yeah, 00:40:45.289 --> 00:40:48.679 yeah. Please sit. Jules goes and sits next to 00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:51.719 her. Oh, my God. It's Jules Roach. Reaches over. 00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:55.960 Whoa. Reaches his hand over. I'm Jules. Xenia. 00:40:56.280 --> 00:41:00.440 Nice to meet you, Xenia. You too. I've heard 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:02.679 a lot of stories. All this cool stuff you've 00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:06.500 been doing. Everything on Sansatian. Yeah, what's 00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:10.719 your favorite one? Oh. Well, I love the backstories. 00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:13.840 Running away from home. You know, sticking it 00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:18.219 to your... Stupid parents. It's cool. It's really 00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:23.519 cool. Kind of playing with a pigtail. And rumors 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:28.079 about... And she stops what she was going to 00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:31.480 say and kind of doesn't say anything else. Her 00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:34.460 face kind of just sort of neutral. It's stupid. 00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:38.579 It's nothing. It's nothing at all. No, no. It's 00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:40.780 not stupid. I want to know what you're thinking. 00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:49.179 Real persuasion. 17. She bites her lip. And you 00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:52.099 feel this, like, tension in the room. This sort 00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:53.280 of electricity. You don't even know where it's 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:57.900 coming from. Well, I just think that there's 00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:01.199 rumors about you and, um... Gabriela Cortez, 00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:03.320 Dance Macabre. It's so cute. It's so cute. I 00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:08.780 love it. Um... Sorry. No, no, no. We just love 00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:16.989 Jance. Well... Right now, Xenia. And he nudges 00:42:16.989 --> 00:42:18.889 her with his elbow. You're my number one girl. 00:42:19.690 --> 00:42:23.909 Holy shit. David's blushing. David's blushing. 00:42:26.889 --> 00:42:29.090 This is high -pitched from almost like squeak. 00:42:31.849 --> 00:42:35.769 I'd love if I could talk to you alone. Like I 00:42:35.769 --> 00:42:38.750 said, you're my number one girl right now. Wow. 00:42:38.989 --> 00:42:43.090 Let's go chat. All right, yeah. Margus Rubis 00:42:43.090 --> 00:42:46.650 steps forward. No, I don't think that's the best 00:42:46.650 --> 00:42:52.070 idea. As you can see, Xenia is cleared of any 00:42:52.070 --> 00:42:55.170 wrongdoing, suspicions you might have. You had 00:42:55.170 --> 00:42:57.610 your little chat. You asked your questions. She's 00:42:57.610 --> 00:43:02.889 still traumatized, aren't you, Xenia? Hey, if 00:43:02.889 --> 00:43:05.789 I can give my fans just a little bit of happiness, 00:43:06.150 --> 00:43:10.719 it makes it all worth it. Nice reframing. Suck 00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:12.480 on that mix. It's so tough. There's this weird 00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:17.900 energy in this room. There's this whole unspoken 00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:21.440 conversation happening between Xenia and Margus. 00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:23.739 Give me your insight check. Let's see how much 00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:30.340 of this you catch. Only an 11. Okay. You don't 00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:32.380 catch a lot. All you know is Margus does not 00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:35.800 want Xenia to speak with you. Margus doesn't 00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:38.360 want Xenia to speak with anybody. And Xenia is 00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:42.840 in this weird place of, This is such an amazing 00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:44.920 moment, and maybe she's looking for something 00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:50.300 from you. Not only is it just, like, fangirling, 00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:53.179 but maybe there's a trust built in, I guess, 00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:55.340 the sort of parasocial relationship that a fan 00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:59.420 builds towards someone they idolize. And perhaps 00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:02.260 in that, she's looking to you as, like, someone 00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:05.539 she can trust as much as her very tata. All right, 00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:09.539 so Jules will look over. Is that a balcony? There 00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:12.000 is a balcony. Oh, shit. Jules is going to look 00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:16.719 over. I'm going to get some air. Xenia, if you'd 00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:20.260 like to join, I'd be happy to talk to you. Aye. 00:44:20.739 --> 00:44:24.280 And Jules slowly gets up and slowly starts making 00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:26.800 his way over. There's just like another sort 00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:29.440 of full conversation of glances, eye movements, 00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:33.880 brow raising between Xenia and Margus. And finally, 00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:38.119 she kind of almost pouting, just gets up. Turns 00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:41.400 and moves over to the door. Harlan starts up 00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:44.340 and we're like, yeah, well, let's step out. I 00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:45.980 don't think you're going to want to do that. 00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:49.219 Big gray hand kind of touches down on Harlan's 00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:55.099 shoulder. You should speak with me for now. You 00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:58.519 have a moment alone. Interesting. Seems like 00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:02.300 as much as Marcus Rubio does not want Xenia to 00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:05.300 speak with you, they definitely don't want Xenia 00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:09.630 to speak with Harlan. You hear loud, clomping 00:45:09.630 --> 00:45:12.929 footsteps, boots come up behind you on the balcony, 00:45:13.030 --> 00:45:16.050 stepping against the sort of tile. Nice touch. 00:45:16.329 --> 00:45:21.409 What? As Xenia kind of leans out next to you. 00:45:22.230 --> 00:45:24.989 What do you want to do? Your Tata seems pretty 00:45:24.989 --> 00:45:29.730 nice. Yeah, they're great. They seem pretty protective. 00:45:30.730 --> 00:45:36.139 Oh, um, yeah, they can be. She's like... Very 00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:38.219 tight lips. She's kind of turning and looking 00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:40.780 back, almost like her eyes are in the view. You 00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:43.619 can see her eyes are still watery. You can't 00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:47.099 hear us. Whatever you want to say stays between 00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:53.800 me and you. Oh, this is tough. I was just wondering. 00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:58.619 I heard you speaking out in the hallway. You 00:45:58.619 --> 00:46:01.780 were saying that you're looking into things? 00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:06.869 Mello's death? Yeah. Do you have any suspects? 00:46:07.170 --> 00:46:08.869 I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Anyone 00:46:08.869 --> 00:46:12.250 that you think did it? Not really yet. We're 00:46:12.250 --> 00:46:15.309 just asking questions. That's why I'm here. Oh, 00:46:15.409 --> 00:46:21.170 okay. It's, um... It's hard. Um... Is he a friend 00:46:21.170 --> 00:46:25.050 of yours? You could say that. Insight check. 00:46:27.789 --> 00:46:35.320 Eight. Yeah. You don't know. She just... Are 00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:37.880 you just telling the truth? They were kind of 00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:42.139 close. So I want to make sure you know that you're 00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:45.219 not in trouble or anything. Why would I be in 00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:48.400 trouble? Why would there be trouble? Where were 00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:51.159 you when this was all happening? The murder. 00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:55.940 I was in my room, you know, just getting ready 00:46:55.940 --> 00:47:00.380 for the dinner and your show afterwards. You 00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:05.280 had a good outfit picked out? Yeah, I did. Yep. 00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:10.679 Well, mostly something black. Huh. You know, 00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:13.199 someone close to me used to wear something pretty 00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:16.400 similar. He just said the color. He didn't describe 00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:22.619 it at all. Yeah, I know somebody that used to 00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:35.849 wear black. Wow. But again, she's my number two 00:47:35.849 --> 00:47:40.969 right now. It's just like this awkwardness. Like 00:47:40.969 --> 00:47:42.349 you're just standing out here and there's just 00:47:42.349 --> 00:47:45.349 something unspoken, something that maybe she 00:47:45.349 --> 00:47:48.630 wants to say, but she also knows better than 00:47:48.630 --> 00:47:52.630 to say it. And there's just this energy of awkwardness 00:47:52.630 --> 00:47:57.150 that you can't quite pierce. This strategy doesn't 00:47:57.150 --> 00:47:59.289 seem to be working. The question is, what can 00:47:59.289 --> 00:48:04.239 you do, Jules? He'll look over. And put his hand 00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:08.820 on her cheek. Oh. I... We're the good people. 00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:12.739 You can tell me anything. I've known a lot of 00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:15.320 people and I've been through a lot. I can tell. 00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:22.679 You want to say something? Roll persuasion. Nineteen. 00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:30.019 Jules? What is a sky prison like? Everyone says 00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:33.860 it's horrible. And... I don't know much about 00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:36.559 it. I know it's where people who deserved... 00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:40.420 I know it's bad. Why are you concerning yourself 00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:43.380 with the Sky Prison? I've never been there, so 00:48:43.380 --> 00:48:48.300 I can't really say. Of course not. You're a good 00:48:48.300 --> 00:48:51.739 person. And her tears, her eyes are welling up. 00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:56.980 Like she's going to start crying anew. It's okay. 00:48:57.780 --> 00:49:01.280 You can tell me. Here's what I'm going to do. 00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:06.239 DC -19 wasn't quite what I was looking for. I 00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:07.980 knew it. But the way I'm going to resolve that 00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:16.079 is this. She turns to look at you and her eyes 00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:20.679 catch yours and they're just so full of pain. 00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:27.000 Just so much pain. You know, part of being a 00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:31.119 good person and being the luminaries that you 00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:35.619 look up to, Is honesty. Even if it's painful. 00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:40.280 It's not luminaries I look up to. It's rebels. 00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:45.260 People like you. People who... She kind of looks 00:49:45.260 --> 00:49:50.760 down and shakes her head. Who are honest. Jules, 00:49:50.840 --> 00:49:54.179 I need to tell you that I... The door slams open. 00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:59.260 This is the 19. No, no, no. We're done. We're 00:49:59.260 --> 00:50:03.199 done. Mix, Marcus Aruba stands up for you and 00:50:03.199 --> 00:50:06.579 you see that they have taken on full orcish sort 00:50:06.579 --> 00:50:10.760 of strength, muscles sort of bulging, veins sort 00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:13.500 of sticking out on their neck. Tata, please. 00:50:14.139 --> 00:50:16.940 No, no, no, no. We're done. We're done. Harlan. 00:50:17.019 --> 00:50:19.159 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What are you doing? 00:50:19.260 --> 00:50:22.519 Hold on. You are grabbed. Wait. They're grabbing 00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:24.239 you while you're talking, just kind of muscling 00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:26.960 you. No, no, no. We're done. I'm not fighting 00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:29.920 him. I'm not trying to pull back from him. Yeah, 00:50:29.980 --> 00:50:32.420 that's fine. That's fine. You're just being pulled 00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:34.340 away. It's dramatic. It's a dramatic moment. 00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:36.639 Okay. Hands outstretched. I don't care. It's 00:50:36.639 --> 00:50:40.840 cool. Yeah. Jules looks at Xenia and says, trust 00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:44.400 me. Then turns to Margus. And in the biggest, 00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:47.980 silliest fashion. What? Totally non -threatening. 00:50:48.519 --> 00:50:50.780 Goes. What are you doing? His loot lights up. 00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:54.500 He goes, Abracadabra! What the fuck is that? 00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:57.420 And as he's doing that, he's casting detect thoughts 00:50:57.420 --> 00:51:02.099 onto. Xenia. Okay. I mean, once again, it's going 00:51:02.099 --> 00:51:03.300 to be a stealth check to do this. That's fine. 00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:07.340 Really? Okay, fine. There's an ability called 00:51:07.340 --> 00:51:09.059 Subtle Spell that lets you do this. I can't get 00:51:09.059 --> 00:51:11.800 to you in front. I think it was more like, because 00:51:11.800 --> 00:51:14.079 we talked about this off mic for a second, I 00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:16.800 think it was more like he made it so obvious 00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:19.940 that he was casting a spell that it was meant 00:51:19.940 --> 00:51:22.719 to be like... I'm doing this and I'm not trying 00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:24.519 to hide it from you. It's not a threat. This 00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:27.760 is me saying, I'm not doing anything threatening. 00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:31.579 I'm just doing magic tricks out here. It's obvious 00:51:31.579 --> 00:51:33.599 you're doing the spell. Yes. Deception, then. 00:51:34.019 --> 00:51:35.280 Which is going to be a lot better for you than 00:51:35.280 --> 00:51:42.559 stealth. Yeah, it's a 23. See, this is all we're 00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:46.659 doing. Boom. Immediately, your mind is filled 00:51:46.659 --> 00:51:50.230 with thoughts. Margus just... They have to go. 00:51:50.269 --> 00:51:52.630 They have to go. She doesn't understand. She 00:51:52.630 --> 00:51:54.230 doesn't understand what she's going to give away. 00:51:54.570 --> 00:51:57.010 I must protect her. I have to protect her. She 00:51:57.010 --> 00:52:00.309 didn't mean to do it. And behind you, it was 00:52:00.309 --> 00:52:04.849 me. I killed him. And we'll call it there.