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With his people completely unmatched 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:30.760 in the fishing trade, it was only inevitable 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:32.680 that the kings of Cologne reach out a gracious 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.159 hand and invite the turtle lord into their fold 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:37.640 as the seventh member of the merchant monarchy. 00:01:38.349 --> 00:01:40.189 for Lord Apparel did not achieve this alone. 00:01:40.590 --> 00:01:43.469 His young warden, financial advisor Ledoux Lemoyne, 00:01:43.569 --> 00:01:45.689 has been an invaluable asset to his coffers. 00:01:45.890 --> 00:01:48.510 Though born lowly amongst the ranks of the turtles, 00:01:48.730 --> 00:01:50.510 Ledoux's mind for numbers swiftly distinguished 00:01:50.510 --> 00:01:52.890 himself in the Lord's eyes and granted him a 00:01:52.890 --> 00:01:56.129 permanent role in the Montelio household. Also 00:01:56.129 --> 00:01:58.150 of note in this household are Master of Defense 00:01:58.150 --> 00:02:00.269 Blanche Trudeau and the young lord and heir, 00:02:00.409 --> 00:02:04.769 Jean Franklin. And I think, well, there's little 00:02:04.769 --> 00:02:09.030 else to say about these two figures. Three o 00:02:09.030 --> 00:02:12.229 'clock. Let's get back to you, Blanche. It's 00:02:12.229 --> 00:02:15.930 three now? It's three o 'clock in game. Oh, great. 00:02:16.189 --> 00:02:18.490 I didn't realize it was so late. I mean, it was 00:02:18.490 --> 00:02:20.909 2 .30 last time. A lot of shit happened. Three 00:02:20.909 --> 00:02:26.229 o 'clock. Huh. Things have calmed down in the 00:02:26.229 --> 00:02:30.650 cellar. Jean and Ledoux seem subdued and contemplative. 00:02:30.650 --> 00:02:33.030 Very, very nervous. There's a static energy in 00:02:33.030 --> 00:02:38.849 the air. The airs. The airs. Maybe the targets 00:02:38.849 --> 00:02:43.629 of some killer. Whoever it was that killed Melo 00:02:43.629 --> 00:02:47.629 Ara. You just hear a jaunt kind of to himself 00:02:47.629 --> 00:02:53.569 in the corner. I don't understand. And mingle 00:02:53.569 --> 00:02:55.430 with the silence sort of breaking it. You can 00:02:55.430 --> 00:03:00.099 hear notes of... Song, muted and muffled, a powerful, 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.539 rolling voice, beautiful, like the golden waves 00:03:03.539 --> 00:03:06.219 falling on the white, pristine sands of the beaches 00:03:06.219 --> 00:03:09.080 of the Golden Bay. You can hear it coming from 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.139 above you, sort of through the ceiling. I think 00:03:13.139 --> 00:03:16.900 one of the duergar kind of looks up. Deva Luma, 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:18.819 stretching her voice, no doubt, for the coming 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:21.379 show. Not long now until the scheduled start, 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.229 just an hour or so. Hopefully Captain Alden will 00:03:24.229 --> 00:03:26.229 keep them from happening, though, unless we don't 00:03:26.229 --> 00:03:28.050 go bringing everyone together until this thing 00:03:28.050 --> 00:03:30.550 is figured out, right? Though I doubt the Grand 00:03:30.550 --> 00:03:32.229 Master will care a shit for our concerns, eh? 00:03:32.310 --> 00:03:34.590 Kind of nudges his buddy there, just kind of 00:03:34.590 --> 00:03:39.310 grunts. And maybe this very chatty duergar is 00:03:39.310 --> 00:03:41.729 kind of looking around. Looks to you, Blanche. 00:03:42.610 --> 00:03:45.009 You mentioned to your pupil that you believe 00:03:45.009 --> 00:03:47.550 all the heirs are in danger. Is this a brawler 00:03:47.550 --> 00:03:50.889 plot? I mean, if so, why would there be? Why 00:03:50.889 --> 00:03:53.489 talk of the heirs instead of the kings? Hell, 00:03:53.489 --> 00:03:55.210 Mellor Orwell was considered well -liked amongst 00:03:55.210 --> 00:03:58.229 the general populace. A bit meek, but a little 00:03:58.229 --> 00:04:00.289 greed in his bones at all. What message does 00:04:00.289 --> 00:04:02.569 he send to kill off the heirs? Who would do that, 00:04:02.710 --> 00:04:05.909 right? Anyway, his partner you can hear reciting 00:04:05.909 --> 00:04:11.169 him to say, Not a person, but a curse. Oi, Gromby, 00:04:11.250 --> 00:04:14.830 Gromby, we were sworn. I'm sorry, sir, but they 00:04:14.830 --> 00:04:17.310 deserve to know the truth. They deserve to know. 00:04:17.870 --> 00:04:20.889 And I'm not staying silent a moment longer. You 00:04:20.889 --> 00:04:24.449 heirs, all of you were cursed long ago. You remember, 00:04:24.670 --> 00:04:26.089 can I turn the stairs, partner? You remember 00:04:26.089 --> 00:04:28.250 the four switcher's words? Vanville, you remember 00:04:28.250 --> 00:04:32.689 the prize for not another word. I will have you 00:04:32.689 --> 00:04:35.870 arrested for breach of contract. I will. They 00:04:35.870 --> 00:04:39.569 gotta go. Silent. Now, last now, Blanche, what 00:04:39.569 --> 00:04:43.389 are you doing in the midst of all this? Wow. 00:04:43.970 --> 00:04:47.569 Gosh. Okay, I guess this is as good a time as 00:04:47.569 --> 00:04:53.579 ever. Wow. The guards are busy arguing. Blanche 00:04:53.579 --> 00:04:58.959 is going to hand Jean the ring of spell storing. 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:05.459 Oh, okay. That we got at Mountain Mania. And 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:07.399 I believe it requires attunement, so he would 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:09.000 probably have it active right around four o 'clock. 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:13.180 Right. He takes it. Sir, this is Miss Mariah's 00:05:13.180 --> 00:05:18.319 ring. Are you sure? There are a couple of... 00:05:18.969 --> 00:05:21.649 The luminary spell is in there. Major image and 00:05:21.649 --> 00:05:26.069 phantasmal force. I... Well, I can't stay with 00:05:26.069 --> 00:05:30.009 you this whole time, but whether it's a curse, 00:05:30.250 --> 00:05:32.009 do you know anything about this curse? Or the 00:05:32.009 --> 00:05:34.009 blood letters, or whatever, I... I don't know 00:05:34.009 --> 00:05:36.850 anything. This is madness. Why? They're right. 00:05:36.949 --> 00:05:40.550 Why the heirs? I mean, Mello's known for being 00:05:40.550 --> 00:05:43.290 well -liked. He didn't do anything. Why the heirs? 00:05:43.410 --> 00:05:47.050 Why? I don't know yet, Sean. I don't know, but... 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:51.779 But wear that ring and be safe. I'm going to 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:54.120 leave Turbo here with you as well. And she's 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.439 going to pull her familiar out of its extra -dimensional 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.779 space. I can keep an eye on you this way. I imagine 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:05.779 Turbo just flits off under the ceiling very quietly. 00:06:05.939 --> 00:06:08.279 Kind of like upside down, looking out. And it's 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.600 like a perfect security camera. Having this bat's 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:12.439 eyes in the corner looking out on someone. Be 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:14.740 like swiveling its head slowly back and forth 00:06:14.740 --> 00:06:16.600 here and there to give you the whole... Whole 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:18.399 perspective of the room. And you know you can 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:20.420 see through Turbo's eyes everything. Can you 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:22.019 tell I've been... It's a good move. Can you tell 00:06:22.019 --> 00:06:23.819 I've been strategizing over the past week? I 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:27.620 can tell. That's some good moves. Some really 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:30.220 good moves. So I think I missed something at 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:33.600 the end. Yeah. What did that second guard say 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.600 about the curse? You remember the forest, which 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.279 is words, Ben Bell. The forest, which is words. 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:41.079 The price for... And then he cut off. Was cut 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:45.670 off. Something about a... or being arrested for 00:06:45.670 --> 00:06:47.829 breach of contract. They can't say anything. 00:06:48.649 --> 00:06:54.170 Oh, my goodness. Okay. I think Blanche needs 00:06:54.170 --> 00:06:59.930 to reconnect with Jules. Blanche has reconnected 00:06:59.930 --> 00:07:01.970 with Jules. Now it's time for Blanche to go reconnect 00:07:01.970 --> 00:07:03.870 with Jules. Yeah, you've laid some fantastic 00:07:03.870 --> 00:07:07.529 support down here already. Yeah. It's like I 00:07:07.529 --> 00:07:10.269 don't really see the point of spending an hour 00:07:10.269 --> 00:07:15.470 down here. Blanche is going to make her leave 00:07:15.470 --> 00:07:19.689 and go find Jules. Can Turbo warn you if something's 00:07:19.689 --> 00:07:21.509 amiss or anything like that? Or do you just keep 00:07:21.509 --> 00:07:24.870 on regularly checking back in? You blink, you're 00:07:24.870 --> 00:07:26.589 Turbo. You blink, you're Blanche. Just kind of 00:07:26.589 --> 00:07:29.529 seeing things. I'm curious what that looks like 00:07:29.529 --> 00:07:33.529 for you. Yeah, so while Blanche is within 100 00:07:33.529 --> 00:07:37.290 feet of Turbo, they can communicate telepathically. 00:07:37.730 --> 00:07:40.790 And as an action, I can switch to seeing through. 00:07:41.389 --> 00:07:44.189 its eyes and hear what it hears. And I believe 00:07:44.189 --> 00:07:47.350 you might leave a hundred feet when you move 00:07:47.350 --> 00:07:52.050 up towards any Aruba's room. Uh, let's see. Ah, 00:07:52.209 --> 00:07:55.970 okay. So the nice thing though, is the ballroom. 00:07:56.089 --> 00:07:58.050 You can even hear just above you. If that's like 00:07:58.050 --> 00:08:00.250 where Diva Luma is in the salon. Yeah. You, you 00:08:00.250 --> 00:08:01.750 heard, which is right next to the ballroom kind 00:08:01.750 --> 00:08:04.029 of practicing pulling our face. All that, um, 00:08:04.189 --> 00:08:07.300 is right above. So that means. you would be able 00:08:07.300 --> 00:08:09.480 to see everything during the performance and 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.439 all that if you're around for those things. Turtle 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:14.779 would work perfectly then. Yeah, so I'll try 00:08:14.779 --> 00:08:20.259 to figure out maybe what the radius would be 00:08:20.259 --> 00:08:22.540 on the second floor and the third floor because 00:08:22.540 --> 00:08:24.160 it'll get smaller and smaller as we get higher 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.000 and higher up. Perfect. Yes, that's a good idea. 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:30.279 Yeah, with Xenia's room being at the far eastern 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:34.460 wing and this being kind of like sort of centralized. 00:08:35.789 --> 00:08:37.429 I think you'll be slightly out of range when 00:08:37.429 --> 00:08:39.629 you hit the second floor and then edge of that. 00:08:39.690 --> 00:08:41.509 But let me double check that really fast for 00:08:41.509 --> 00:08:46.629 you. It's like the fringe edge of your ability 00:08:46.629 --> 00:08:48.830 to see. It's also the second floor up. So I think 00:08:48.830 --> 00:08:50.850 you would probably, if you get to Xenia's room, 00:08:50.950 --> 00:08:52.529 you're out. But in the hallways of the second 00:08:52.529 --> 00:08:55.250 floor, you're okay. Of the second floor? Second 00:08:55.250 --> 00:08:57.649 floor. That's where Xenia would be. And that's 00:08:57.649 --> 00:08:59.309 where you know Jules is now if you're heading 00:08:59.309 --> 00:09:02.419 that way. Okay. But up until the point you'd, 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:05.460 like, hit that room, you could flicker, you know, 00:09:05.460 --> 00:09:08.019 look down, see through Turbo's eyes, go back 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:10.379 to yours. So you're basically just kind of trying 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:12.399 to stay, you know, aware of where your range 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.659 would be. Where your Wi -Fi for your security 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:22.179 camera cuts out. Right. Okay. And with that, 00:09:22.179 --> 00:09:27.000 you're moving to Jules? Yes. So with that, Blanche, 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.190 you turn from your... Pupil who takes the ring 00:09:29.190 --> 00:09:31.929 in hand, slides it on, is like closing his eyes, 00:09:31.950 --> 00:09:34.070 kind of like the power sort of funneled into 00:09:34.070 --> 00:09:37.970 it, trying to attune. Gives you one last word 00:09:37.970 --> 00:09:42.289 of thankful nod, a nervous nod. Stay safe, Tadpole. 00:09:42.350 --> 00:09:46.169 I'll check in when I can. Thank you, sir. I'm 00:09:46.169 --> 00:09:51.750 sorry, sir. For what? Just kind of, it was a 00:09:51.750 --> 00:09:54.610 sad little smell. We'll talk later. You have 00:09:54.610 --> 00:09:57.370 things to do. All right. Blanche turns to leave. 00:09:58.509 --> 00:10:01.570 Back upstairs. I forgot that we're in this moment. 00:10:02.370 --> 00:10:07.769 A frozen moment. Harlan stands kind of like in 00:10:07.769 --> 00:10:10.610 this sort of shocked, awkward pose of, do I interfere? 00:10:10.870 --> 00:10:14.269 What do I do? As Jules, you are roughly grabbing 00:10:14.269 --> 00:10:18.190 like one hand on your, like the back of your 00:10:18.190 --> 00:10:21.429 cloak. Another kind of like, like pulling you 00:10:21.429 --> 00:10:25.570 around the arm, just pulling you out. Mix Margus 00:10:25.570 --> 00:10:30.710 Ruba. wants you gone. Xenia stands in the sort 00:10:30.710 --> 00:10:32.210 of like, at the edge of the room, kind of the 00:10:32.210 --> 00:10:34.529 door to the balcony, hand out towards yours, 00:10:34.590 --> 00:10:38.710 and you just heard her mind. You're hearing all 00:10:38.710 --> 00:10:42.870 their minds. And you hear, I killed Mello. Oh, 00:10:42.889 --> 00:10:46.250 gods. I killed him. I killed him. I killed him. 00:10:46.269 --> 00:10:47.970 I killed him. I killed him. I killed him. I killed 00:10:47.970 --> 00:10:51.970 him. Behind you, Harlins, taking this in. What 00:10:51.970 --> 00:10:55.830 is this? What's going on? Jules knows something. 00:10:56.149 --> 00:10:58.190 Something big. And I am to find out what he knows. 00:10:58.250 --> 00:11:02.830 He knows something. New cuts too. Margus. I have 00:11:02.830 --> 00:11:05.190 to protect her. I have to get them out. But the 00:11:05.190 --> 00:11:07.730 spell. He cast a spell. No visible effect. What 00:11:07.730 --> 00:11:10.070 spell? What do they do? What do they do? And 00:11:10.070 --> 00:11:13.190 perhaps as they're moving you, they kind of stop 00:11:13.190 --> 00:11:14.970 and freeze. You have a moment where you can look 00:11:14.970 --> 00:11:16.889 back at their eyes and you see them kind of narrow 00:11:16.889 --> 00:11:20.789 for a moment. And you hear in your mind, Please 00:11:20.789 --> 00:11:24.659 be honest with me, Jules LaRoche. Are you reading 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:30.480 our thoughts right now? Nod for yes. Fuck. And 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:32.460 you cast something with no visible effect. I 00:11:32.460 --> 00:11:36.460 was thinking about it. My loot glowed. It glowed, 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:38.559 but I mean, you did something. Nothing to give 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:40.220 away. It's a special. They don't know. I mean, 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:44.159 you could say no here. Margus is a king who's 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.899 existed amongst the taverns, who has seen a lot 00:11:47.899 --> 00:11:50.720 of stuff. I think it only makes sense that of 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.039 all the kings of coin, Margus Rubo would. possibly 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:57.000 know about this kind of magic and be suspicious. 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:59.940 Point of clarification though, maybe don't say 00:11:59.940 --> 00:12:02.779 no because I think you said that Marcus thinks 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:08.840 this question. Yeah. So if you answer. That would 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:12.259 be so funny. I already know what I'm going to 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:15.659 do. The best sort of gotcha moment. Jules takes 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:18.639 a moment. She looks Marcus in the eye. Frozen, 00:12:18.820 --> 00:12:22.940 intense, hands shaking on you. And he doesn't. 00:12:23.230 --> 00:12:28.889 nod, or shake his head. He just says, Trust me. 00:12:30.570 --> 00:12:33.929 I'm guessing you already know everything. You 00:12:33.929 --> 00:12:36.570 are not having the Silent Burst Captain arrest 00:12:36.570 --> 00:12:39.610 my daughter. Is this all thoughts, or is he saying 00:12:39.610 --> 00:12:43.090 this? Thoughts. Okay. I have no choice but to 00:12:43.090 --> 00:12:45.710 trust you now. You're right. I will trust you. 00:12:46.230 --> 00:12:49.450 I am going to force Harlan to leave, and then 00:12:49.450 --> 00:12:53.159 we will be open with you in full. You may push 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.740 deeper into my mind if you want to check my intentions, 00:12:55.860 --> 00:13:00.320 but you can trust me. But I beg of you, I beg 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:02.960 of you, do not pry into my daughter's mind. She 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:04.899 is in pain, and it would be better to hear the 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:08.379 truth as she willingly tells it. If this is acceptable 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:13.840 to you, give me a sign. Jules nods. You are released. 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:21.399 And Margus turns instead to Harlan. Harlan. Leave 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.679 this room now. I will speak with Jules Roche 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.960 alone. Mix, you know I can't do that. Harlan, 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.740 if I force you out, will you fight back against 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:35.179 the King of Coen? Would you like me to put you 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:39.039 in that position? Jules looks to Harlan. It's 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:45.059 okay. Very well, Mix Margus. Jules, room is yours. 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:49.610 And he kind of, like, steps out. You have tech 00:13:49.610 --> 00:13:51.389 thoughts active still? Are you kind of like checking 00:13:51.389 --> 00:13:54.289 on anybody? Because I think technically I give 00:13:54.289 --> 00:13:55.309 you all the thoughts, but technically I think 00:13:55.309 --> 00:13:56.590 you're supposed to choose targets. I'm just being 00:13:56.590 --> 00:13:59.990 dramatic and fun. So I'm assuming you're letting 00:13:59.990 --> 00:14:02.210 it flicker between people. So it's still active? 00:14:02.789 --> 00:14:04.789 Okay. Yeah. And you can hear that just grumbling 00:14:04.789 --> 00:14:11.730 like, I will know what he knows. I will. As the 00:14:11.730 --> 00:14:15.230 door closes and he steps away. And you are in 00:14:15.230 --> 00:14:20.149 the room with Margus and Xenia. Xenia kind of 00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:24.629 moves in, begins to approach. And Mix Margus 00:14:24.629 --> 00:14:29.370 doesn't say another word. They just look to you, 00:14:29.450 --> 00:14:33.850 look to their daughter, kind of nod this somber, 00:14:33.850 --> 00:14:38.789 slow nod, and then step back. Go ahead. And Xenia, 00:14:38.850 --> 00:14:41.909 just like before, sits down on the bed. And this 00:14:41.909 --> 00:14:44.129 time she leaves a spot for you to sit beside 00:14:44.129 --> 00:14:48.129 her. Yeah, Jules sits. And I think... She doesn't 00:14:48.129 --> 00:14:50.350 know this whole conversation you guys just had, 00:14:50.450 --> 00:14:52.830 so she's just confused as to why this whole thing 00:14:52.830 --> 00:14:56.429 just kind of undid itself. She was about to confess 00:14:56.429 --> 00:14:58.230 to something when this interruption occurred, 00:14:58.470 --> 00:15:00.309 but that's my way of handling the tech thoughts, 00:15:00.389 --> 00:15:04.250 is I think we don't need to draw this out. Margus 00:15:04.250 --> 00:15:05.990 is smart enough to realize they've been caught, 00:15:06.129 --> 00:15:08.970 and I think it's time. I think it's time we come 00:15:08.970 --> 00:15:12.529 clean. Xenia wanted to regardless, and with that 00:15:12.529 --> 00:15:14.730 last roadblock out of the way, she sits down. 00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:18.200 And looks you in the eyes. Those eyes once again 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:21.460 brimming with tears. Black through makeup running 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:25.820 down. She seems... It's so hard to get the words 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:32.779 out. It's okay. You can tell me. It was me. I 00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:37.000 killed Mello. I met him in his rooms. First thing 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:41.399 we got here, I changed into... The two of us 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.299 have been secretly dating each other. It started 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:45.879 last year, the last March of Vice, the last one 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.179 of these. And we've been talking in secret and 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:50.220 making plans for when we would meet again. And 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:57.100 I had a particular fantasy I wanted to play out. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:01.139 Jules and dance. You're like the cutest couple, 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:05.679 I said. And so we got costumes. He got a Jules 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:07.960 costume for me, and I got the dance costume. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:12.870 And I went to his rooms. I don't know what happened. 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:15.850 We were together and drinking, and it was so 00:16:15.850 --> 00:16:19.230 great, and we were happy, and I looked to see 00:16:19.230 --> 00:16:20.870 Mello snatching the knife from the fruit platter. 00:16:21.370 --> 00:16:25.129 He came at me, swinging, looking crazy, and it 00:16:25.129 --> 00:16:26.669 was like all the rage in the world filled my 00:16:26.669 --> 00:16:29.129 body. I was barely aware of myself. I took the 00:16:29.129 --> 00:16:32.090 knife from him, and I stabbed him again, and 00:16:32.090 --> 00:16:37.250 again I stabbed him. And when I came to, only 00:16:37.250 --> 00:16:39.710 moments had passed, but my costume was covered 00:16:39.710 --> 00:16:42.559 in blood. And I was panicking. I was going crazy. 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:45.399 I knew if this was discovered, Samira would have 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.940 me arrested and sent to the Sky Prison. And I 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:50.840 was being selfish, I know, but I was so scared, 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:53.879 Jules. Well, that sounds to me like self -defense. 00:16:54.720 --> 00:17:02.899 No. No. I wanted to kill him. I felt it. Red, 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:07.960 hot rage. Never like this before. I don't understand. 00:17:08.650 --> 00:17:12.150 It was so fast, it... I think in this moment 00:17:12.150 --> 00:17:14.029 your mind might flash back to something. You 00:17:14.029 --> 00:17:16.210 seem like you had a little idea already, gentlemen. 00:17:17.190 --> 00:17:19.250 Tell me, did the last puzzle piece hit for you 00:17:19.250 --> 00:17:24.349 yet? Nope. Not for me. I think it would for Jules. 00:17:24.769 --> 00:17:28.769 I think this memory, a particular memory, would 00:17:28.769 --> 00:17:32.369 ring very clear in Jules' mind. I think you hear 00:17:32.369 --> 00:17:39.160 a voice. A raspy voice. An undead monster echoing 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:44.960 across the walls of hollow mine. My ally in Zin, 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.859 that was so kind to offer me such a substance. 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:51.900 Dose him with it all. Your mind flashes to a 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:54.380 box with some pink, ashy remnants lying at the 00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:57.200 bottom. Your mind flashes to Arhalon's eyes, 00:17:57.460 --> 00:18:02.980 wide and wild with rage. Perhaps an explanation 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:06.299 flashes through your mind, a moment at the bar 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:09.579 of the coyote following your adventure in Saint 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:12.420 -Étienne. As Arholin describes his point of view 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:17.200 of your battle in the mine. It was horrid. My 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:20.819 mind flooded with a deep and primal anger. I 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:23.099 couldn't control myself at all. Those who I saw 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:26.900 as my foes, as my prey, I felt a need to slaughter. 00:18:27.609 --> 00:18:29.910 At first it was just you, Jules, but when you 00:18:29.910 --> 00:18:32.150 convinced my sleeping mind of Zavar's own part 00:18:32.150 --> 00:18:36.210 in Zeb's death, he became a target as well. Though 00:18:36.210 --> 00:18:37.930 I feel that I would have killed everyone else 00:18:37.930 --> 00:18:40.450 in my sight, everyone, once the two of you were 00:18:40.450 --> 00:18:44.369 dead. It was madness. Perhaps your mind even 00:18:44.369 --> 00:18:47.890 flashes back to the giant caiman. Snapping suddenly 00:18:47.890 --> 00:18:50.269 and crashing into your wagon, its focus was drawn 00:18:50.269 --> 00:18:53.450 to the turtles, who might be considered its natural 00:18:53.450 --> 00:18:59.799 prey. And we flash back to... This moment. To 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:03.579 Xenia's confession. I thought of Amelmata's death 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:05.660 at the hands of the bloodletters, the protesters, 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.240 and so I ran to the wall and I drew the bloodletter 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:10.579 symbol in Mello's blood. I just wanted to throw 00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:12.809 everyone off. And then I went to the window. 00:19:12.829 --> 00:19:15.029 I stripped off my costume pieces. I dropped them 00:19:15.029 --> 00:19:17.150 outside. I was all the way into the hallway before 00:19:17.150 --> 00:19:19.329 I realized I still had the knife. Without thinking, 00:19:19.430 --> 00:19:21.529 I slid it under the bathroom door. I didn't realize 00:19:21.529 --> 00:19:23.450 it was occupied. I didn't know your friend was 00:19:23.450 --> 00:19:25.549 in there. I never wanted anyone to get the blame 00:19:25.549 --> 00:19:28.529 for my crime. I just wanted confusion. I just 00:19:28.529 --> 00:19:33.470 wanted to get away. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for 00:19:33.470 --> 00:19:35.990 everything. That doesn't sound like it was your 00:19:35.990 --> 00:19:40.029 fault. And don't worry. We're going to figure 00:19:40.029 --> 00:19:43.200 this out. And you're going to be okay. I don't 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:47.559 understand. She glides over to her tata. I'm 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:51.240 a half -orc. They'll say it's my blood, my rage. 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:55.200 They'll just chalk it up to that. Maybe it was. 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:59.720 I don't know. I don't know why I did it. Margus 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:03.619 just looks down, very, like, somberly, fists 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:09.970 shaking. Jules looks up at Margus. I've seen 00:20:09.970 --> 00:20:13.269 something like this before. Their eyes go wide. 00:20:13.509 --> 00:20:18.809 What? This, it really wasn't her. I knew it, 00:20:18.829 --> 00:20:22.390 but what could do this? I think somebody put 00:20:22.390 --> 00:20:25.869 something in their drinks that made this happen. 00:20:26.869 --> 00:20:30.490 Their mouths move, and a whispered word kind 00:20:30.490 --> 00:20:33.190 of barely reaches your ear. Beezer's breath. 00:20:34.049 --> 00:20:38.789 I've heard rumors in taverns. Old folk stories 00:20:38.789 --> 00:20:43.549 of a concoction, a poison. Witches of the jungle 00:20:43.549 --> 00:20:49.630 would make using the essence of Beezus, the jungle 00:20:49.630 --> 00:20:54.309 rage spirits. And connected the dots, but if 00:20:54.309 --> 00:20:58.150 it's real, if it's really real, this could be 00:20:58.150 --> 00:21:00.970 Beezus' breath. But who would have access to 00:21:00.970 --> 00:21:08.349 something like that? Who? We. We killed someone. 00:21:09.549 --> 00:21:15.109 A witch. A jungle witch. We hired on the Silent 00:21:15.109 --> 00:21:18.049 Verse, the Dwarven clan, for the first time. 00:21:18.049 --> 00:21:21.670 We brought them to our world to help us kill 00:21:21.670 --> 00:21:26.750 this witch in secret. She gave the Grand Master, 00:21:26.890 --> 00:21:30.190 all of us, the jelly flower, the first seeds. 00:21:31.150 --> 00:21:33.430 And we were going to pay whatever price she asked 00:21:33.430 --> 00:21:35.210 for, but the price she asked for, we could not 00:21:35.210 --> 00:21:39.579 pay. We couldn't pay it. Ask me what the price 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:41.140 was. Ask me what the price was. It's dramatic. 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.519 Do it. And I'm gonna do it for free. I want build 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:49.799 -up, damn it. What was the price? Our children. 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:57.480 Our eldest children. Our heirs. But she's dead. 00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:02.799 Proud Eden is dead. We made sure she was dead. 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:07.849 We were all there. Even to Piero. He wasn't among 00:22:07.849 --> 00:22:11.890 us yet, but we were all there. We all saw. She 00:22:11.890 --> 00:22:17.750 died, Jules. But she's a witch. Even witches 00:22:17.750 --> 00:22:24.470 are mortal. Who was there? All the kings. And 00:22:24.470 --> 00:22:28.609 the silent verse. That's all. Those are the only 00:22:28.609 --> 00:22:32.329 ones who know any of this. We couldn't let it 00:22:32.329 --> 00:22:34.250 get out until the telly flower was founded on... 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:39.920 And we didn't want to kill anyone, but we had 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:43.960 to. She said that she would take the price herself. 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:47.559 Should we not offer it freely, we would not give 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:51.480 up our children. And they just have the muscles 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:55.279 sort of flaring, that same rage. As Marcus looks 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:59.640 at Xenia, that protective gaze. We would not 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:03.460 give up our children. Well, then somebody's following 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:07.180 through on that collection. Blanche, you hit 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:09.819 the top of the stairs just in time to hear the 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:15.440 door open back into Xenia's room. You turn the 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:17.880 corner and see Harlan pushing in with a couple 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:21.299 other duergar that were waiting just outside. 00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:24.740 Harlan pushes into the room again. Margus, what 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:27.460 are you doing? I think we've waited long enough. 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:30.910 I don't know what you're not telling me. He kind 00:23:30.910 --> 00:23:33.869 of moves sort of closer to the bed, kind of like 00:23:33.869 --> 00:23:37.130 strolls around. Boy, you all know something, 00:23:37.190 --> 00:23:40.210 don't you? You all know something. Blanche, you 00:23:40.210 --> 00:23:42.470 step into the room now. Is the tech thought still 00:23:42.470 --> 00:23:45.650 active? No, it only lasts for one minute. Okay. 00:23:45.849 --> 00:23:47.369 Then it's been over a minute if you haven't been 00:23:47.369 --> 00:23:51.670 talking. Yep. Jules, what's going on here? Just 00:23:51.670 --> 00:23:54.509 asking around, getting a little more information. 00:23:55.730 --> 00:23:59.089 I know you want it too, Blanche. Master defense. 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:03.440 I need information, solid information to bring 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:06.599 back to Lady Samira, and I'm out of time. Who 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:10.579 done it? You know something. I've played the 00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:15.079 fool long enough, but I'm not the fool. As you 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.680 know, at this point, very silently, Chester slides 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:21.539 into the room too. Okay, so combat is right around 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:24.240 the corner. I just want to say, in case things 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:26.579 go down, Chester's always there. Immediately, 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.799 eyes go to Jules, kind of like waiting for any 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:31.000 kind of signal to do anything. But he's not, 00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:33.539 you know, definitely hands not on weapons, because 00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:41.160 it's the police. Well, Harlan, I've just gotten 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:45.759 back from speaking with your prisoner, who you 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:49.619 arrested earlier for suspicion. So, without a 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:53.740 sitrep, I... I don't believe I can tell you who 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:56.640 the killer is. Why don't you tell me what you 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:01.940 know? Why don't I? All right. I think I will. 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:05.019 All right. I was gonna make this a secret roll, 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:07.880 but I'll just do it right out in the open. What 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:11.160 are you doing? Harlan. I said he approached the 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:13.740 bed. He reaches slightly, like, under the top 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:16.859 pillow. And just barely peeking out, looking 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:20.960 out of the room, you now see a recording diamond 00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:25.839 that I placed last episode when Margus moved 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:29.539 onto the balcony and Harlan was unseen. Like 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:33.900 I said, I will know. It was a promise. It was 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:37.420 a fact. Wow. And Harlan holds the diamond up. 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:41.839 I'm going to take a look at this. Nobody make 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:45.309 a move while I do. The room is just like this 00:25:45.309 --> 00:25:48.450 frozen tense. Margus looks like they're about 00:25:48.450 --> 00:25:53.329 to charge Xenia's shocked horror. The duergar 00:25:53.329 --> 00:25:56.430 are at the ready. And Harlan holds it up and 00:25:56.430 --> 00:25:59.630 gets to watch. How does transferring video from 00:25:59.630 --> 00:26:02.430 a diamond work? You have to say transfer, I think. 00:26:02.589 --> 00:26:05.089 Yes. You have to, like, hold it, touch it to 00:26:05.089 --> 00:26:06.430 it, and then transfer. But you have to kind of, 00:26:06.450 --> 00:26:07.650 like, it's a sort of process. You have to find 00:26:07.650 --> 00:26:09.190 the exact pieces you want kind of, like, in your 00:26:09.190 --> 00:26:10.609 mind. You're almost, like, cutting, editing, 00:26:10.650 --> 00:26:13.289 and pulling from the footage you're seeing. So 00:26:13.289 --> 00:26:15.450 I can't take my diamond and take it from his? 00:26:15.910 --> 00:26:18.150 You could try. That's going to go bad. It's an 00:26:18.150 --> 00:26:19.430 unbelievably dangerous thing to try. That's going 00:26:19.430 --> 00:26:23.869 to go bad. Yeah. Yeah. I won't say no. While 00:26:23.869 --> 00:26:27.029 Harlan's doing this, Blanche is going to cast 00:26:27.029 --> 00:26:30.269 Whisper at Jules. Sorry, not Whisper. Message 00:26:30.269 --> 00:26:34.299 at Jules. Jules, what's going on here? Can you 00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:36.740 catch me up? You can whisper a reply in your 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:40.519 mind, and I'll hear you. Ooh. That's pretty awesome. 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.839 Do you want to, like, say everything, or do you 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:45.240 want to just do an I catch Blanchett? Let's just 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.099 catch Blanchett. A lot of, there's so much stuff 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.819 that just went down, and I'd hate for you to, 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:52.259 like, try to go after all of it and somewhere 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:54.500 you missed something. It's very safe to say, 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.599 I do this. I'm just, like, still in, like, a 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:00.900 daze. Yeah. Um, yeah. Shit. It's kind of hitting 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:03.339 the fan, so Blanch. You hear all of that. You 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:06.259 were there. You had a full rundown following 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:08.420 Saint -Étienne where Jules told you everything. 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:12.519 And I'm sure this mystery pink ash powder that 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:16.619 drove a former ally into a crazed sort of rage 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:21.500 state came up. A lot of puzzle pieces start slotting 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:25.740 in for you. So I would like to know what Blanche 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:28.259 knows about witches. The particular thread that 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:31.059 I'm pulling on, I want to know if it was just... 00:27:31.450 --> 00:27:35.730 You misspeaking or me mishearing or if I'm onto 00:27:35.730 --> 00:27:40.289 something. Eden was a jungle witch that they 00:27:40.289 --> 00:27:44.190 killed. Yes. Downstairs, the duergar mentioned 00:27:44.190 --> 00:27:48.490 a forest witch. Oh, dismiss speak. Ah, damn. 00:27:48.789 --> 00:27:50.730 Look, okay. I thought that was like the jungle 00:27:50.730 --> 00:27:53.289 witch, the forest witch, the mountain witch. 00:27:53.309 --> 00:27:55.390 Let me recover from this. The duergar come from 00:27:55.390 --> 00:27:57.089 a world where there are no jungles, but there 00:27:57.089 --> 00:27:58.690 are like underground forests. So all trees are 00:27:58.690 --> 00:28:00.029 forests. And so all trees are forests. There, 00:28:00.130 --> 00:28:06.829 I fucking rule. That's why. I don't make mistakes. 00:28:08.049 --> 00:28:11.569 Try again. Well, then, again, I would like to 00:28:11.569 --> 00:28:13.210 know what Blanche knows about witches. Like, 00:28:13.210 --> 00:28:15.250 are there covens of witches? I mean, there are 00:28:15.250 --> 00:28:17.450 seven kings of coin. What's not to say that there 00:28:17.450 --> 00:28:20.109 are more witches who are out there to take vengeance 00:28:20.109 --> 00:28:23.509 for Edom? Jungle witches, as they kind of name 00:28:23.509 --> 00:28:28.269 them, are extremely rare. You rarely ever hear 00:28:28.269 --> 00:28:31.660 them. And maybe, like, Yeah, even like the existence 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:34.579 of this Proud Eden, they're like creatures of 00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:38.259 such legend and folklore here. Such like boogeyman 00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:42.960 -ish kind of lore that the fact that this name 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.460 didn't come up, like you never heard of Proud 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:46.880 Eden, must mean that this was a well -kept secret 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:49.180 by the Kings of Coin. Nobody's aware of this 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:51.559 witch that had existed that had been murdered. 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:56.380 And on top of that, like, I think you find it 00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:58.740 hard to think there would be a lot of them. Maybe 00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:00.099 there could have been a coven, maybe there could 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:03.839 be others, maybe there could be family, but you 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:07.619 don't know a lot because these beings aren't 00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:13.980 well -known. Sure, fair. Well, in the time it 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.740 took you to tell me that, I'm sure that Harlan 00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:19.740 has just about watched everything, so I guess 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.579 let's deal with this fallout. Let's deal with 00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:26.670 the fallout. Harlan slowly lowers. diamond where 00:29:26.670 --> 00:29:30.309 he's been watching into the sort of main facet 00:29:30.309 --> 00:29:32.269 of it. And again, as you watch, you hear everything 00:29:32.269 --> 00:29:34.650 just as like, sort of in your mind as you catch 00:29:34.650 --> 00:29:36.990 the visuals of it. So you know that while you 00:29:36.990 --> 00:29:39.130 guys are talking, he's hearing the entire conversation. 00:29:39.230 --> 00:29:46.309 He finally lowers it. We have our killer. He 00:29:46.309 --> 00:29:49.769 looks towards you, Jules, and you, Blanche. I 00:29:49.769 --> 00:29:53.710 thank you very much for helping with this. I 00:29:53.710 --> 00:29:56.319 assume you will be Quite pleased to know her 00:29:56.319 --> 00:30:00.900 son will be avenged. No, no, no, no, wait, wait, 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:02.440 wait, wait. And the guards are just grabbing, 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:04.380 sort of pulling out. What are you doing? Don't 00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:07.660 make a move on it, Marcus. You know what I know. 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:11.460 You know I've got you. Best you do now is stay 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:14.119 and wait. This whole thing might blow over, right? 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:17.819 Maybe there's more explanations. Maybe everything 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:20.599 they're saying is true. But right now, I need 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:25.799 a body. I need the killer. And I cannot. I cannot 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:28.980 let this fly by without telling Samira. You know 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.960 I can. At the very least, we gotta make sure 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:35.559 this shit does not happen again. This poison 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:38.359 you speak of. What if it's still in there, right? 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:41.380 To the cells. At least we're gonna have a shackle. 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:47.220 For our safety. And us. Are you a proud officer? 00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:51.359 Are you proud of the work that you do? I am. 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:55.880 Yeah. And I done good work today. I caught a 00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:59.160 killer, didn't I? You think that's going to stop 00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:01.599 it? What are you going to do when you wake up 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:05.099 tomorrow with another body? You're not a soldier, 00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:09.059 Jules LaRoche. Not like you, Blanche. Master 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:12.019 defense, you understand, right? The soldiers 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:14.960 way, we follow orders. And my orders weren't 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.500 to stop it, were they? That's not going to stop 00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:19.440 it. My orders were to catch the killer. You're 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:23.150 not stopping it. I'm doing. What was asked of 00:31:23.150 --> 00:31:25.650 me? You've only caught a puppet and it wasn't 00:31:25.650 --> 00:31:28.329 without our help. Then perhaps this isn't over 00:31:28.329 --> 00:31:31.109 yet, and that's fine. I ain't stopping you from 00:31:31.109 --> 00:31:34.589 looking into this more. But I'm taking... I'm 00:31:34.589 --> 00:31:37.210 taking her to the cells. Who else had access 00:31:37.210 --> 00:31:41.549 to the wine cellar, Harlan? What? The wine cellar? 00:31:41.650 --> 00:31:44.710 You heard everything that I heard. I think there's 00:31:44.710 --> 00:31:47.289 a moment, you know, like you didn't... hear any 00:31:47.289 --> 00:31:49.589 of that. And he looks over at Jules, looks at 00:31:49.589 --> 00:31:52.490 you, and kind of realizes what went down between 00:31:52.490 --> 00:31:57.250 you. Kind of, oh, you and your tricks. I don't 00:31:57.250 --> 00:32:00.569 know. I'm not sure. Only the family, I think. 00:32:01.069 --> 00:32:02.569 I don't know who else would have had access. 00:32:03.369 --> 00:32:05.930 You were all outside until we all came in. The 00:32:05.930 --> 00:32:08.829 silent verse, can't get to the wine cellar? No. 00:32:09.950 --> 00:32:14.299 Silent verse, it's all access in the house. And 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.299 actually, as you're having this conversation, 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.640 I'm going to say, I'm going to bring out a few 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.960 things that you guys do know. Fyodor actually 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.960 mentioned to you at one point that he's only 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.900 seen a few people moving down to the wine cellar, 00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:26.180 moving like past. I think he mentioned Amos Nier, 00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:32.140 Samira Ara, and, oh no, not Samira, sorry. Amos 00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:36.559 Nier, Larissa Rin, and Azranir. Now there are 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.460 other ways down, but that door at least, that 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:40.279 staircase down by the kitchen, that was only 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:42.920 through the one by. Another thing you know, Jules. 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.680 In Louisa Rin's mind, she's a perfectionist, 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:49.059 and she was put off by the fact that when she 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:51.759 went down to grab the wine bottle that was asked 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:55.579 of in that note, it was in the wrong spot. The 00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:58.019 label was facing down. She wouldn't have put 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.619 it back like that. She knows she wouldn't have. 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:04.240 Someone had tampered with the wine bottle. Yeah, 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:09.539 I think between Amos near hiding his true heir, 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:14.329 his cousin or aunt or whatever, being tipped 00:33:14.329 --> 00:33:17.690 off that Jaune is onto them. But, like, what? 00:33:18.490 --> 00:33:20.890 I still don't get it. It's, like, it's close, 00:33:21.009 --> 00:33:24.069 but I still don't get it perfectly. Harlan pushes 00:33:24.069 --> 00:33:26.710 past you with Xenia. Actually, there's another 00:33:26.710 --> 00:33:28.849 duergar in the hallway that rushes over, kind 00:33:28.849 --> 00:33:30.490 of, like, out of breath and looking really flustered, 00:33:30.549 --> 00:33:33.089 and they start having a very hushed conversation. 00:33:34.329 --> 00:33:37.609 Harlan's, like, nodding. Nod. Yeah, I figured. 00:33:38.609 --> 00:33:42.109 Fucking hell. Am I within 100 feet of Turbo at 00:33:42.109 --> 00:33:44.259 this point? You did the step out of the room, 00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.200 but you could follow him out of the room and 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:48.539 get to there. Okay. You look? Yes. All seems 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:52.059 okay in the cellar. John is still attuning. Yeah, 00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:55.420 all is fine. Harlan turns to you as you kind 00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:58.180 of just as you phase back and he says, sort of 00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:01.480 add more bad news onto your day, but Grandmaster's 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:04.359 getting impatient. We're nearing the time where 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:06.019 we have to get the performances ready. We have 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:09.639 at least a killer. And I can't hold him back. 00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:14.039 You start to remember this is his house. And 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:19.840 he's requested or demanded both of your presents 00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:22.519 in the ballroom. He wants you there for the performance. 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.099 He wants anyone he can get. He likes to show 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:28.860 off his shows, his toys. Yeah, he likes to show 00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:34.440 off his poison. Oh, my God. I'm sorry. I know 00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:36.139 there's a lot to process here, but you have to 00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:38.539 remember this is his house. And if he asks you 00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:41.699 to leave, I have to make you leave. You tell 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:46.159 the Grand Messer I don't perform until Jean Franklin 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:48.900 is freed. I don't think you understand the Grand 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:52.619 Messer. He don't make demands. And the turtle 00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.760 stays in his cell. And he can't raise a finger. 00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:59.219 No, you got the killer. You got the killer. Oh, 00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:02.239 we did. But my men have told me that down there 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:05.400 he admitted to trying to break into the Grand 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:08.559 Messer's rooms. Trying to look into matters. 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:11.969 He shouldn't be. And Le Deux L 'Amour, you caught 00:35:11.969 --> 00:35:14.949 him at the scene, points to you, Blanche. Now, 00:35:14.969 --> 00:35:17.349 we know they're not killers and all this, but 00:35:17.349 --> 00:35:20.050 they are criminals. I am not going to charge 00:35:20.050 --> 00:35:21.869 them. I'm not going to do anything about it in 00:35:21.869 --> 00:35:25.449 your honor, right? You've helped me out. I'll 00:35:25.449 --> 00:35:27.329 help you out here. But they are staying behind 00:35:27.329 --> 00:35:31.590 bars until this thing is over. I'm so frustrated 00:35:31.590 --> 00:35:37.840 with this whole situation. I mean, like, it all 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:41.119 makes sense. Try to break my logic. Try. It's 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:45.400 like we either just let him take this kid to 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.800 jail and then we have to go stand in the ballroom 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:50.059 and just wait and react and see what happens. 00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:52.860 Or we just fight the silent verse right here, 00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:55.380 I guess. And then I don't know, like. And we 00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.800 don't even know if we should be fighting the 00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:58.340 silent verse. You don't know. You don't know 00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:59.860 who the bad guys are. They're just trying to 00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:01.860 do their jobs, but, I mean, they're strict and 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:04.340 they're rough, but that's their game. One thing 00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:05.780 I know for sure is we have to get them both out 00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:08.139 of there before Sturgeman gets here. You have 00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:10.199 until tomorrow. The performance shouldn't last 00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:12.500 very long. You have time afterwards to make everything 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:16.360 happen, but, yeah. I'm thinking it's Amos Nier. 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:20.300 I just haven't quite put together exactly how 00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:24.090 it's Amos Nier. I think. You see Xenia's just 00:36:24.090 --> 00:36:27.389 hurt, her eyes downcast, her tears just like 00:36:27.389 --> 00:36:31.090 falling down onto the floor. Not fighting, not 00:36:31.090 --> 00:36:34.449 saying a word, but Harlan kind of sighs and looks 00:36:34.449 --> 00:36:37.489 to you, Blanche. Eyes focused on you, Blanche, 00:36:37.570 --> 00:36:41.170 and they soften just a little bit. Listen, I'm 00:36:41.170 --> 00:36:43.510 sorry about this. I know it seems rough, but 00:36:43.510 --> 00:36:46.590 I haven't been asked to be in the ballroom. The 00:36:46.590 --> 00:36:48.469 Grandmaster knows I'll have things to do, people 00:36:48.469 --> 00:36:51.769 to guard. I will personally stand guard in the 00:36:51.769 --> 00:36:55.219 cells. If there's poison involved, not food nor 00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:57.780 drink will touch my men's lips or mine. I promise 00:36:57.780 --> 00:37:02.199 you, we will be as safe as possible. We will 00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:06.059 not fail you. I'll protect the lady here. With 00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:08.179 Jean and all these children locked up behind 00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:10.099 bars, you're not giving me a lot of reason to 00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:13.800 trust you, Harlan. Look at it this way. If the 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:15.559 heirs are in danger, now all the heirs are in 00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:19.559 one spot, under the best guard they can be. And 00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:22.460 we'll be watching for any poisoners antics. That 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:26.039 doesn't put me at ease, Harlan. It's all I got. 00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:30.099 It's fish in a barrel. Better than fish on dry 00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:34.059 land. Choking on the air. It's what you get. 00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:37.300 Sorry. That was good. Yeah, that was good. That 00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.500 was really good, David. Really pissed me off. 00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:40.559 Can I get a button? That was really good. Can 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:46.150 I get a button? No. Dude, like. I'm going to 00:37:46.150 --> 00:37:47.929 frustrate you guys so endlessly tonight. I knew 00:37:47.929 --> 00:37:50.489 it was going to, but... Yeah, so who are the 00:37:50.489 --> 00:37:53.929 other heirs that are not arrested yet? Well, 00:37:53.949 --> 00:37:57.510 that's the fun thing. It's the one jock guy, 00:37:57.650 --> 00:38:01.650 right? Azranir and... But he's not even an heir. 00:38:01.650 --> 00:38:04.869 One who didn't show up. What's the name? Massimo 00:38:04.869 --> 00:38:10.730 Ayn's son, who is... Let me go up to the page 00:38:10.730 --> 00:38:17.710 one of my 20 page notes. This is... Yeah, so, 00:38:17.869 --> 00:38:23.329 like, the other near kid, like, is nobody. It's 00:38:23.329 --> 00:38:28.889 really just them. Huh. Well, Harlan, all the 00:38:28.889 --> 00:38:32.449 As aren't locked up, are they? I can't even try 00:38:32.449 --> 00:38:35.789 to lay a finger on Asra. For one, he's looking 00:38:35.789 --> 00:38:38.170 forward to this show, Devaluma, more than anyone. 00:38:38.809 --> 00:38:41.389 For two, the Grandmaster will take it as a slight. 00:38:41.969 --> 00:38:44.570 Look. If you're in the ballroom, you can watch 00:38:44.570 --> 00:38:47.389 him for me. You trust me with yours, I trust 00:38:47.389 --> 00:38:49.630 you with mine, right? And all the guys there 00:38:49.630 --> 00:38:52.730 too. I'll keep guard at the door. Inside, keep 00:38:52.730 --> 00:38:55.190 an eye out for anything funny. If we're lucky, 00:38:55.329 --> 00:38:59.269 this was it. The one scheme, and it's over. And 00:38:59.269 --> 00:39:01.949 we have to be lucky. Because we're dealing with 00:39:01.949 --> 00:39:05.130 people here that aren't reasonable. I feel like 00:39:05.130 --> 00:39:07.269 I could sit here for like six hours trying to 00:39:07.269 --> 00:39:09.210 talk circles around Harlan, but I feel like we 00:39:09.210 --> 00:39:12.829 just have no... We have no other course of action 00:39:12.829 --> 00:39:15.710 but to trust Harlan and go to this fucking party. 00:39:16.030 --> 00:39:19.889 Yep. I hate it. It's so sad. I hate it. The saddest 00:39:19.889 --> 00:39:21.849 player. I don't have anything else to do. Thanks 00:39:21.849 --> 00:39:23.670 for fucking us, David. I'm a real asshole. Put 00:39:23.670 --> 00:39:29.969 me on a rail, David! Enjoy the train ride from 00:39:29.969 --> 00:39:32.570 the caboose. All right. I don't know. All right, 00:39:32.610 --> 00:39:35.489 what do you say, Jeremy? Let's just... Harlan's 00:39:35.489 --> 00:39:38.610 moving away. Nobody speaks to either of them. 00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:43.489 Nobody touches him. All right. We stay quiet. 00:39:44.050 --> 00:39:50.110 I promise. Prove it. How? Gotcha. Just by doing 00:39:50.110 --> 00:39:54.809 it. Show us how capable of doing it. Yeah, take 00:39:54.809 --> 00:39:59.250 out your sword. Let's go. And with Xenia in hand, 00:39:59.449 --> 00:40:04.489 Harlan moves down the steps. You hear him commanding 00:40:04.489 --> 00:40:07.750 his men to disperse, go back to formation. Form 00:40:07.750 --> 00:40:09.889 a line. Make sure nobody else is moving through 00:40:09.889 --> 00:40:12.530 the manor. Nobody else is sneaking about. Nobody 00:40:12.530 --> 00:40:15.329 else is entering the grounds. You know, double 00:40:15.329 --> 00:40:17.670 guard. He's going to take, I guess, probably 00:40:17.670 --> 00:40:20.429 like him and one other right down there in the 00:40:20.429 --> 00:40:21.849 room. A few others will be kind of laying around. 00:40:21.989 --> 00:40:23.849 Like, he's making sure this thing is locked tight, 00:40:23.869 --> 00:40:25.349 and he's going to keep his eye personal. You 00:40:25.349 --> 00:40:29.210 can hear it telling the guys on the sort of locked 00:40:29.210 --> 00:40:31.989 up airs. Yeah, and we have to just assume trust 00:40:31.989 --> 00:40:37.050 in the silent verse. Yeah. Okay, so we're still 00:40:37.050 --> 00:40:41.650 up in Xenia's room? Yeah. Okay, so Blanche is 00:40:41.650 --> 00:40:48.309 going to look to mix Margus. Well, what else 00:40:48.309 --> 00:40:51.789 can you tell us about all this witch business? 00:40:52.730 --> 00:40:57.849 Margus is just staring at the spot at the end 00:40:57.849 --> 00:40:59.769 of the hallway where they just sort of looped 00:40:59.769 --> 00:41:05.019 around and their daughter was taken away. If 00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:06.699 you couldn't pay the price, then why did you 00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:11.460 cash the check? We didn't know the price. She 00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:13.760 didn't tell us the price until afterwards. We 00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:16.960 thought it was money. And when she demanded it 00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:21.360 of us, we were tricked. The fool, the grandmaster. 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:25.940 He signed a contract. Before knowing the price 00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:29.960 of the jellyflower? Before knowing. You should 00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:35.150 go. Sounds like you'll be missed. I, for one, 00:41:35.150 --> 00:41:38.110 don't care if the Grandmaster has me removed. 00:41:39.309 --> 00:41:42.309 I'm not going to sit there and celebrate for 00:41:42.309 --> 00:41:45.230 him, pop it on a string while my daughter is... 00:41:45.230 --> 00:41:48.969 You should go. We're going to need you, Mix. 00:41:49.849 --> 00:41:53.650 I don't know when, or why, or how, but we have 00:41:53.650 --> 00:41:58.070 very few allies in these walls. We want to help 00:41:58.070 --> 00:42:02.320 your daughter. Give me your roll. You want persuasion? 00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:09.840 Sure. I can't do that. Thirteen. Later, perhaps. 00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:15.440 I need time. I need time. You still trust me? 00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:21.139 I do. It was a trick that gave us away. Not your 00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:25.260 will. But I don't know that I trust them. Not 00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:29.440 with her life. We need you. Go ahead, Roman. 00:42:30.289 --> 00:42:35.210 Give me a chance. Was it persuasion? Yeah. He's 00:42:35.210 --> 00:42:41.510 better at it. 23. Okay. Fine. I'll be there with 00:42:41.510 --> 00:42:46.710 you. I'll keep my eyes open. I'll watch the Grand 00:42:46.710 --> 00:42:51.570 Messer closest of all. Shall we flash to the 00:42:51.570 --> 00:42:55.050 ballroom? Yeah, let's just do it. Damn, I was 00:42:55.050 --> 00:42:58.289 going to say a cool line. Do it, do it, do it 00:42:58.289 --> 00:43:00.780 now. Come on. This sounds stupid. Do it now. 00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:03.280 Yeah, yeah. Come on, come on. This is no longer 00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:06.760 just a murder investigation. It's a rescue mission, 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:13.099 too. Yeah! What was that? Come on. Sunglasses. 00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:18.460 That was a cool line. That was a cool line. You 00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:20.360 know what? Why don't you both take a button? 00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:22.619 Whoa. We'll tell you why. We should probably 00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:24.420 start using those, huh? We'll tell you why. One. 00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:27.039 For you, Mr. Wolf, for that cool line, for just 00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:29.099 honestly some amazing RP in all these scenes. 00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:30.500 And one for you that I was going to give out 00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:32.500 earlier, wasn't sure about it, and decided to 00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:34.519 change my mind and do it now because it has some 00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:36.940 really cool setup you did with the ring of spell 00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:40.320 storing and turbo surveillance on the wall. Really 00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:42.539 cool shit. Take some buttons, guys. You're going 00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:47.000 to need them. Now let's go downstairs. Let's 00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:52.329 go downstairs to the ballroom. The ballroom looks 00:43:52.329 --> 00:43:54.989 much larger than it's, 50 by 40 feet, as you 00:43:54.989 --> 00:43:58.110 take in the very sorry attendance. Diva Luma 00:43:58.110 --> 00:44:00.610 struts across the stage, her pink sequined dress 00:44:00.610 --> 00:44:02.510 shimmering in the bright light, and her heels 00:44:02.510 --> 00:44:05.050 clicking with each step. Jules and Chester, at 00:44:05.050 --> 00:44:06.550 this point, you would stand behind the stage. 00:44:06.949 --> 00:44:08.909 If you plan to perform, actually, it's up to 00:44:08.909 --> 00:44:11.550 you. It sounds like not performing could be very 00:44:11.550 --> 00:44:12.909 dangerous, being kicked out, but... Yeah, no, 00:44:12.909 --> 00:44:16.250 I think at this point, Jules is doing what he 00:44:16.250 --> 00:44:19.260 has to do. All right. Chester's over there just 00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:21.119 like, all right, you bring the razzle, I'll bring 00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:23.219 the dazzle, all right? So can I use the slot? 00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:25.420 I can really dazzle him with the slot, right? 00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:28.760 Come on, one slot. Don't fucking touch your slots. 00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.460 All right, fine. Chester, we might have combat 00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:32.099 soon, okay? Oh, shit, right. We might have combat 00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:33.519 soon. Okay, all right. No, no slots, no slots. 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:39.679 I'll dazzle him anyway. You're kind of finale 00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:41.099 with your instrument getting ready. He's kind 00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:43.820 of like. practicing some dance moves. Like, I 00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:45.280 don't even know what I'm doing, but this is, 00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:46.699 you know what? It's fine. Just wiggle around. 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:50.019 I'll wiggle. Just wiggle. All right. But no slots. 00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:53.320 But no slots. If I see a slot being used, I'm 00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:54.960 going to punch you in the face. Oh, shit. Whoa. 00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:58.960 Ezra Nier naturally stands at the front of the 00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:00.719 stage, hollering and hooting already at just 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:06.369 this. obnoxious over excitement just whoa see 00:45:06.369 --> 00:45:12.989 one for me baby yeah yeah just like she's probably 00:45:12.989 --> 00:45:14.389 just glancing over and everyone's not with this 00:45:14.389 --> 00:45:17.469 extremely annoyed stare um you know while amo 00:45:17.469 --> 00:45:19.670 sneers keeping to the back sitting in this overly 00:45:19.670 --> 00:45:22.670 large overly lavish chair at a personal table 00:45:22.670 --> 00:45:25.130 a place from which you can see everyone else 00:45:25.130 --> 00:45:29.000 in the room Larissa Wren stands behind him, hands 00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:31.619 clasped before her in a restful, respectful posture. 00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:34.619 They both seem to cast occasional glances towards 00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:37.260 the cheering Azra, their eyes filled with a barely 00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:41.840 hidden contempt. Apart from them, you see DiPiero 00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:43.480 Montelio sitting in the room, sharing a table 00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:46.119 with yourself, Blanche. He sits in a stoic silence, 00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:47.840 his eyes occasionally shooting a glare towards 00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:51.679 your magnanimous host. There are two duergar 00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:53.519 sitting at the doorway of the room, alert and 00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:56.539 watchful. Apart from Harland and another guard 00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:58.699 that stands in the cells downstairs, as I said, 00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:00.619 the rest are spread throughout and around the 00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:05.880 manor. Visible? Some are, some aren't. You never 00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:10.320 really know. Margus Ruba, in my notes, was not 00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:12.780 going to be down here. What is down here? So 00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:15.360 I'll say, Margus, do you think we'll be sitting 00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:17.659 at the same table as you and DePiero? Can I join 00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:20.159 in your silence? Yeah, I guess I could try to 00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:25.329 help mitigate their rage. I think right now it's 00:46:25.329 --> 00:46:27.909 more of this huffing, quiet thing. Your table 00:46:27.909 --> 00:46:31.949 is very, very silent. And again, eyes constantly 00:46:31.949 --> 00:46:35.130 being cast over towards the Grand Messer, who 00:46:35.130 --> 00:46:38.530 just looks so proudly upon everything. And naturally, 00:46:38.610 --> 00:46:41.750 Samira Ara has chosen to stay in her room, given 00:46:41.750 --> 00:46:46.090 everything. Amos kind of raises a hand out. Just 00:46:46.090 --> 00:46:49.750 wait until you see the effects, the pyrotechnics, 00:46:49.750 --> 00:46:52.829 the mist Diva Luma puts on one hell of a show. 00:46:53.030 --> 00:46:56.030 The whole palace will be shaking with it. It'll 00:46:56.030 --> 00:46:58.349 let the fool upstairs know what she's missing 00:46:58.349 --> 00:47:03.650 out in her morning. Just echoing laughter, it 00:47:03.650 --> 00:47:07.190 just like glares shot his way. I think on the 00:47:07.190 --> 00:47:08.969 stage you hear Diva Luma just turns towards you, 00:47:09.010 --> 00:47:13.150 Jules. Oh, he is a slimy one, isn't he? Oh, well. 00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:15.460 As macabre as it may be, I'm not going to deny 00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:18.039 the Grand Master his show. He is right, though. 00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:20.219 I, too, have some special effects rigged up to 00:47:20.219 --> 00:47:22.800 start things off. It was quite a mad rush to 00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:24.880 set them up while everyone was in here. Make 00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:26.519 sure you stand back from the show's start. I 00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:28.079 don't want you guys getting hurt on my account. 00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:29.860 I have a couple of little boom boxes going to 00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:32.639 go off and cause a little bit of a shake. But, 00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:34.619 uh, you know, should be a little loud, but totally 00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:38.059 harmless. Kind of gives you a wink. I'll cue 00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:40.440 you in after my second number. You guys ready 00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:44.590 to go? It's about that time. Yeah, sure. All 00:47:44.590 --> 00:47:48.409 right. The omelets have not been delivered yet. 00:47:51.349 --> 00:47:56.070 Dude, like, are the pyrotechnics just going to 00:47:56.070 --> 00:47:57.989 go off and, like, spray this poison everywhere 00:47:57.989 --> 00:47:59.989 and it's just going to make a mass room of people 00:47:59.989 --> 00:48:06.449 in a rage? Hey, I don't know. You're here in 00:48:06.449 --> 00:48:08.969 this room. All this kind of going down. I imagine 00:48:08.969 --> 00:48:11.900 you're flickering in a turbo. Well, I have constant 00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:14.179 communication with them. It says I have the... 00:48:14.179 --> 00:48:19.880 Sorry, let me pull up the exact words. Within 00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:23.840 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it 00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:27.260 telepathically. Okay. It can't really feed information 00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:29.179 to you necessarily. It doesn't really know what 00:48:29.179 --> 00:48:31.679 suspicion... It's still a bat. Okay. So Turbo's 00:48:31.679 --> 00:48:33.320 not going to be like, hey, you better check this 00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:35.260 shit out. They're reaching for a weapon or something. 00:48:35.539 --> 00:48:37.500 You know what I mean? Like, you know, there's 00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:39.900 a weird stranger in here. Like, I don't recognize 00:48:39.900 --> 00:48:42.679 this duergar. Turbo speaks like that now for 00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:45.440 some reason if he does speak. Hello, Lady Blanche. 00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:47.960 What's going on? All right. Then, yeah, I'll 00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:50.059 flick her in and out of my stupid familiar. Okay, 00:48:50.059 --> 00:48:53.260 cool. It's cooler and more dramatic. I like it. 00:48:54.659 --> 00:48:58.099 We cut down to the basement as you flick her 00:48:58.099 --> 00:49:03.639 into. Turbo's POV up on the wall. And I think 00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:05.719 you just hear immediately the sounds of two turtles 00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:08.119 talking. The two are still locked in a cell together, 00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:12.119 still kind of quiet. They're kind of constant 00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:15.159 bickering, sort of died down, just outside of 00:49:15.159 --> 00:49:16.760 the cell. I think like sitting on a crate, you 00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:19.139 see Xenia is actually manacled, sort of hand 00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:22.659 and foot, because again, they were afraid of 00:49:22.659 --> 00:49:26.340 both like her kind of... raging out so she didn't 00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:27.599 want to throw her in the cell with the turtles 00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:29.699 because obviously that would be a problem so 00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:31.659 right now it's not the most comfortable situation 00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:35.420 but it's it's the situation she's just staring 00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:37.599 down sort of forlornly her eyes occasionally 00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:40.860 glancing up towards uh the room above where you 00:49:40.860 --> 00:49:45.500 can hear the occasional muted from from azra 00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:49.420 kind of looks you know forlorn and sad there's 00:49:49.420 --> 00:49:51.400 also a spark of maybe like jealousy she's looking 00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:55.079 so forward to this when the world was sane We 00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:58.539 cut to the turtles, though. The dude just standing 00:49:58.539 --> 00:50:00.920 up and kind of looking around, kind of frustrated. 00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:04.539 Well, this is just intolerable. Trapped down 00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:07.800 here for who knows how long, I'm sure. I guess 00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:09.659 you're regretting ever coming back, aren't you, 00:50:09.699 --> 00:50:12.460 John Franklin? An absolute failure of an investigation 00:50:12.460 --> 00:50:17.559 for both of us, huh? And John's not really taking 00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:19.099 on that same energy. He kind of just shrugs and 00:50:19.099 --> 00:50:22.480 looks up the bars. You know, I'm not just here 00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:25.980 to investigate. When this is over, I'm going 00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:28.719 to come home. I'm going to compete in the Golden 00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:31.980 Bay Tourney, and I'm going to honor Condoralla 00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:33.880 in glorious battle and bless our people with 00:50:33.880 --> 00:50:38.360 golden tides. Do you think that will make them 00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:41.880 forgive you after you up and ran away, plotted 00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:43.800 against your own house without a word to anyone? 00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:49.599 Are they that upset with me? There's this long 00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:52.940 pause, and Ledoux's eyes kind of go downcast. 00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:58.659 In truth, no. No, they're actually quite ecstatic. 00:50:59.139 --> 00:51:01.519 Even Lord de Piero is delighted with your little 00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:04.480 escapades. He'll never admit it to you, of course. 00:51:04.500 --> 00:51:07.260 You're the first total luminary, a hero to all 00:51:07.260 --> 00:51:10.239 of them. Nobody cares at all about how carelessly 00:51:10.239 --> 00:51:13.880 you abandoned them for your own new path. Well, 00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:20.159 almost nobody. I'm sorry I left the duel. It 00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:22.170 isn't that I didn't care, I just... I wanted 00:51:22.170 --> 00:51:24.530 to do the right thing, to find the path of honor. 00:51:25.309 --> 00:51:28.690 Please understand, I... And? Sheriff rounds on 00:51:28.690 --> 00:51:31.610 him. Was it worth it? Did you find the path? 00:51:32.690 --> 00:51:36.050 I still don't know. John kind of steps backwards. 00:51:36.130 --> 00:51:39.250 I feel like I've only just failed in all regards. 00:51:40.010 --> 00:51:42.469 I worked briefly as a thug for a terrible man. 00:51:42.550 --> 00:51:44.789 I failed to save the life of a treasured friend. 00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:47.760 I've allowed the release of criminals and publicly 00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:49.840 stood in defiance of our world's greatest hero. 00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:52.480 Every step I take, I seem to dance around my 00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:56.000 own ideals. And now this! Waves his head around 00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:58.199 this whole cell, this whole situation. Seems 00:51:58.199 --> 00:52:00.019 like all I'm good for is causing trouble for 00:52:00.019 --> 00:52:03.679 my friends and family. I'm... I'm just confused. 00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:09.300 Well, what if you're supposed to be? What if 00:52:09.300 --> 00:52:11.760 doing the right thing, the honorable thing, is 00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:13.960 just refusing? You're confusing to reflect on. 00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:16.400 I mean... You look upon your actions as if you're 00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:19.480 me scouring the treasury for every discrepancy 00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:22.599 in the logs. But you're thinking too much, Jean 00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:24.960 Franklin. Maybe you just need to do what feels 00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:29.119 right. I mean, it hasn't gone terribly for you 00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:32.179 so far. You say you are a burden to your friends, 00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:34.599 but at least you have friends. These people that 00:52:34.599 --> 00:52:38.219 are happy to be burdened by you. People love 00:52:38.219 --> 00:52:43.400 you for a good reason, I think. And Jean's... 00:52:44.049 --> 00:52:49.630 I saw her turn to his. I, um, uh, thank you. 00:52:50.309 --> 00:52:54.429 They do. Their eyes lock and there's just this 00:52:54.429 --> 00:52:58.610 long moment where their faces grow gradually 00:52:58.610 --> 00:53:03.829 closer, closer. And then a quake just runs through 00:53:03.829 --> 00:53:05.889 the room as it stares in the bar and the first 00:53:05.889 --> 00:53:09.030 pyrotechnics go off. Dust rains down from the 00:53:09.030 --> 00:53:10.429 ceiling and the turtles break their stare to 00:53:10.429 --> 00:53:12.329 leap back from it, never wanting to get dirty, 00:53:12.389 --> 00:53:14.809 these turtles. I'll give you a button for a kiss. 00:53:16.309 --> 00:53:19.829 John just looks up like, ugh, I guess the show 00:53:19.829 --> 00:53:23.469 has begun. Now inside the cell, Xenia just, oh, 00:53:23.670 --> 00:53:27.909 please, please just let me watch this show. I 00:53:27.909 --> 00:53:30.030 promise to stay put. You can even shackle me 00:53:30.030 --> 00:53:31.949 or whatever. I just can't stay in this basement 00:53:31.949 --> 00:53:36.590 thinking about, about, oh, please, Harlan. Inspired 00:53:36.590 --> 00:53:38.889 by her words, Harlan nods and moves over to her. 00:53:39.670 --> 00:53:42.480 John just looks up at the ceiling. taking in 00:53:42.480 --> 00:53:45.219 the muffled sound of Azra's cheers from above 00:53:45.219 --> 00:53:47.900 and maybe the sound of some music kind of starting 00:53:47.900 --> 00:53:50.380 up. Well, it would be a shame to miss out on 00:53:50.380 --> 00:53:52.260 jewels, but I actually feel better off down here. 00:53:52.599 --> 00:53:57.599 I mean, if someone's really out to get me. Besides, 00:53:57.940 --> 00:53:59.699 it sounds a bit loud for my refined and royal 00:53:59.699 --> 00:54:03.219 tastes. Do give jewels a cheer for me. He turns 00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:07.400 to Xenia, just in time to see Harlan's sword 00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:10.849 sliding through her chest. Her mouth opens in 00:54:10.849 --> 00:54:13.150 a silent gas, blood pooling behind her lips. 00:54:13.190 --> 00:54:15.530 Her soul, her essence, seems to fade from her 00:54:15.530 --> 00:54:18.289 eyes as she slides off of the blade, collapsing 00:54:18.289 --> 00:54:23.309 onto the cellar floor. No! No! Dammit! No! What 00:54:23.309 --> 00:54:26.730 are you doing, Captain? And Harlan turns to Jaune, 00:54:26.750 --> 00:54:28.909 whipping a streak of fresh blood from the tip 00:54:28.909 --> 00:54:31.369 of his blade. The other duergar, the one called 00:54:31.369 --> 00:54:33.510 Gromby, approaches with the cell key in hand. 00:54:34.230 --> 00:54:36.650 Both their movements are odd and swaying, their 00:54:36.650 --> 00:54:39.570 faces locked in fits of... twitching rage. Their 00:54:39.570 --> 00:54:42.809 eyes, their pupils are large and hollow things. 00:54:43.949 --> 00:54:45.909 John's eyes flash to a sphere leading up on the 00:54:45.909 --> 00:54:48.690 wall across the room from the cell. His eyes 00:54:48.690 --> 00:54:50.650 remain locked on it as he raises an arm behind 00:54:50.650 --> 00:54:52.750 him, shoving his companion towards the back corner, 00:54:52.829 --> 00:54:56.150 away from the bars. Let you stand behind me. 00:54:56.670 --> 00:54:58.449 Do you remember the forms and techniques Master 00:54:58.449 --> 00:54:59.809 Blanche would use to command me? Do you remember? 00:55:00.269 --> 00:55:04.929 I do, yes, in that case. The sounds of keys turning 00:55:04.929 --> 00:55:07.889 in the lock, the bar door creaking open. Brace 00:55:07.889 --> 00:55:11.070 for a riptide! I imagine, Blanche, that you have 00:55:11.070 --> 00:55:12.710 cut from this perspective and are already making 00:55:12.710 --> 00:55:16.070 to run. Oh yeah, she's already in Bladesong. 00:55:16.090 --> 00:55:18.869 She gets an extra ten feet of speed. In Bladesong, 00:55:18.949 --> 00:55:21.949 the song rings out and you're making a move, 00:55:21.969 --> 00:55:23.530 but before you get a chance, the second you sort 00:55:23.530 --> 00:55:25.929 of drop your perspective, a different scene of 00:55:25.929 --> 00:55:28.369 chaos immediately unravels before your eyes. 00:55:28.829 --> 00:55:31.780 You see that pink... Haze floods the stage of 00:55:31.780 --> 00:55:34.219 the ballroom as a pod above it has been shattered, 00:55:34.320 --> 00:55:37.380 some special effect. And then you see a darting 00:55:37.380 --> 00:55:41.519 shadow flying out of the haze. Diva Luma dives 00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:44.739 forward, yanking something off of her shoe. You 00:55:44.739 --> 00:55:47.000 can see the sheen of a blade where the false 00:55:47.000 --> 00:55:49.480 heel has been removed as she dives off the stage 00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:53.420 into the cheering, excited form of Azra Nir. 00:55:54.170 --> 00:55:56.710 Her bladed heel takes him square in the throat. 00:55:56.889 --> 00:55:59.389 You see black veins rise up against Azra's skin. 00:55:59.409 --> 00:56:02.670 His blood streams out onto D .Va Luma's foot 00:56:02.670 --> 00:56:05.469 and ankle. He falls backwards as his father breaks 00:56:05.469 --> 00:56:09.329 out in a horrified gasp. There's a madness to 00:56:09.329 --> 00:56:11.849 Luma's features. Rage is bulging her eyes, locking 00:56:11.849 --> 00:56:14.670 her teeth together in seething, heavy breaths. 00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:18.059 Larissa is rushing a shrieking Amos away from 00:56:18.059 --> 00:56:20.199 the stage towards the back. DiPiero seems frozen 00:56:20.199 --> 00:56:22.960 in place. Disbelief has locked his features. 00:56:23.239 --> 00:56:25.000 The two duergar that stand at the door move to 00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:28.659 draw weapons, but slowly, too slowly, in Luma's 00:56:28.659 --> 00:56:32.099 eyes, wide and wild flicker to you, Jules, the 00:56:32.099 --> 00:56:35.880 closest living being in sight. As the battle 00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:38.699 diva, the luminary adventurer, arches her back 00:56:38.699 --> 00:56:44.559 and releases a manic, monstrous scream. You call 00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:44.980 it there!