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Hey, Pants People. Just wanted to take a brief

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moment before the episode to say thanks for listening

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and thanks for being our friends. Enjoy. I think

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I got that right this time. It's always different.

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And our focus today will be on the half -orc

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Sistine, also known as the Verdant Viper. Now,

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Sistine's story started off in tragedy. Her birth

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mother, having a grudge against Sistine's orcish

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heritage, removed her tusks and gave her up at

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the age of two. Luckily, she was swiftly taken

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in by a band of performers and raised among them.

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This early life led to the realization of her

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life's dream, to master the art of blade dancing

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and bring it into the conquered world spotlight.

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And so she pursued this goal, becoming a luminary

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adventurer and journeying across our worlds.

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She had custom scimitars made, and the elegance

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with which she came to wield them became legendary.

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She also met up with young Daryl Dryline and

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became fast friends. Now, on top of becoming

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one of our world's most elegant performers, Sistine

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became the protector of her own family of luminaries.

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So you best not mess with Deysa Silver Dase.

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Ne 'er do well, so you might end up feeling the

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verdant viper's bite. Thank you, Jasmine Young.

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Once again, Mountain Mania, we're getting these

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applications. I got one more to go. It's so cool.

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It's so cool. I want custom scimitars. No. Oh,

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I have to mention also, because it's on the application.

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I didn't want to do Orin saying this, but Sistine

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Thick. Sistine Thick. Damn. Yeah. Yep. I don't

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know how to put this in the spotlight. You couldn't

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have worked that in to Orn, man. I wanted to,

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but like, how do I? Try it. He's a respected

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man of the network. Try it out. Store to the

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Orn here with part two of Thick. Three Cs? Store

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to the Orn here with Thick. That was like four

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I's, not three Cs. I think it was Thick. oh oh

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oh oh yeah cracking that beer over happiness

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i love it what are you drinking over there rum

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oh wow okay way to go oh yeah it's tuesday no

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i yeah it's tuesday god damn no i'm drinking

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a lovely Is that how it's pronounced? I don't

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know. Single Barrel Premium Extra Aged Rum. Long

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day long. Shout out to Sarah and Magdalene. They

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took a trip down to St. Croix, which is, I believe,

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a U .S. Virgin Island. And they brought this

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back up. Very, very generous. Thank you for this

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lovely gift. It is delicious. Both friends and

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listeners of the show. So, hey, hey. Thank you

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so much. And fellow co -workers who are just

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simply amazing. Yeah. I had some of that earlier.

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Jeremy was generous enough to share it. Quite

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Reckless Brewing Co. Hey, there you go. I can

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do it. You did it. You did it. I'm hot. Congratulations,

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David. Yeah. A little taste of the islands. A

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little taste. Yeah. Yeah. Speaking of taste.

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You've got mail. Oh, I wasn't ready. Get ready.

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Speaking of taste. Taste that. Taste that, Ponytail.

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That was the best transition yet. Right, yeah.

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We have mail. I have mail. And it's actually

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something that I ordered. And I'm very excited

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about this. So I'm going to open this right now.

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All right, well, asterisk on mail time. I don't

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know if mail time counts if we order. It counts

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because I ordered it from our good, good buddy,

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friend of the show, Ever Stalwart. Andrew, Hooli

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Forge. All right. I'll give you a pass. You see,

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you guys are over there. What did you do? We

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have our button bottles, all of us. You guys

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have your potion and spider venom you still have

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not touched, your superior healing, your phase

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spider venom still hanging out there, ready to

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be rolled when the time comes. And the time may

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come soon, gentlemen, because I decided I wanted

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a little something of my own. Oh, that looks

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evil. Oh, do you see the dark aura coming off

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of it? It's lovely, isn't it? Yes, it's heavy.

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This little scroll here is actually a homebrewed.

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little effect that you can get from Andrew's

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shop. He has some absolutely fantastic little

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selection of very cool things you can't find

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anywhere else. And they'll send you the scroll,

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the bottle, the dice in the bottle. So when the

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time comes to pop this thing off, read the scroll

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to your poor, unfortunate players and roll the

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dice right out of the jar. Oh, man. Oh, man.

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And you guys don't know what this is. You're

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not going to know what this is. Yeah. Because

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when I unfold this scroll and read it to you,

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it's going to be too late. Andrew has shared.

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Uncalled for. Andrew has shared a lot of his

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homebrew creations in Discord. And I know that

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some of them can be quite unfair if used against

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us. It's the best kind of creation. Yeah. So

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I'm going to put this right here on the table.

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You can just. Read it and weep. Or not read it.

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Not read it and weep later. If it's anything

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like buttons, he's going to forget that it's

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there. Yeah, exactly. Right? Yes. Honestly, that's

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not. No, it's in my notes. I've got on page 32

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of my arc notes. I'll find it somehow. Yeah,

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I'm sure. Somehow I'll see it. Oh, shit. We taught

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him how to use Google Docs. You taught me how

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to use Google Docs. I'm more powerful than ever

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before. It's like a bag of holding for your notes.

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It's incredible. He's arrived in the modern age.

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Right. Here I am. And it almost never miraculously

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disappears three or four times. No. Oh, man,

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guys. Before we get into this episode, I want

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to talk about the last episode. The last three

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episodes, actually, because that was my favorite

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fight in the show. I'm putting it out there right

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now. That was my favorite combat in this show

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so far. We got some great, great combats. Fuck.

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Two different combats at the same time. A situation

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fully set up that you should not have been able

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to turn around. It was bad. It felt. It was really

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bad. Going into it, it felt really helpless.

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You guys played so cleverly. I mean, the illusion

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was fantastic. The use of status effects like

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blind and using a vicious mockery to give me

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disadvantage. Like, you guys played that shit

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optimally. Because I put you in a situation that

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you need to be sharp to get through. And you

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were. And we almost never are. And for that,

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for that begrudgingly, begrudgingly, you're each

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getting a button. I don't normally do this for

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fights, but I think you deserve them. For a three

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episode fight, I'll take it. And I won't feel

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bad about it. It's another part of this fight

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that I love so much is it really hammers home

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one of the coolest aspects of these games that

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we build together, which is like, think of the

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end of that fight. We are all sitting here cheering

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on the NPC character, the sidekick character

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of Jean Franklin, who's like, he's no one's character.

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He's no one's PC. He's just this character that

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exists somewhere between all three of us. But

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we've come to love this character in this special

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way where it's like, get him, do it. We want

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to see him succeed. And that's, I don't know,

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something about that just feels like such true,

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raw Dungeons & Dragons to me. It's so funny.

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I'll be talking to somebody who just started

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listening. they don't have a lot of nice things

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to say about John Franklin. And, and I don't

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want to like give too much away, you know, but

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I, I inside, I feel like a little defensive.

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Cause I'm like, Hey, that's John Franklin. You're

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talking about a friend. You don't even know him.

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You don't even know him. Like I do. I think we

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talked about this before to you guys. I don't

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think it was brought up in the show, but there's

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a really cool phenomenon that happened here in

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Fancy Pants, which is normally in a show, you

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know, an actual TV show, if an actor still leaves

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or a character dies, a lot of times they'll kind

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of bring in the replacement character, someone

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you can look at and say, well, that's the new

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character, that's that person, right? And you

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could think, especially in role -playing games,

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that that would happen here. With Zebulon's passing,

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we would think Blanche is the new Zebulon, but

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Blanche simply isn't. Blanche is this entirely

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different, like, like... Such a different character

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with such a different broad range of perspectives

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that like makes everything so interesting and

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fresh in a whole new way. But when you look at

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our show, I feel like the spiritual successor

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to the character of Zebulon is John Franklin.

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He's the heart. He's the goof. He's the one that's

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kind of like, you know, you're rooting for the

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underdog. Like, it's very interesting. It's really

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weird because he's not a plesee, but he feels

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like he filled some void in the show. He filled

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that Zebulon sort of void. Yeah, it's so strange.

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It's almost like a little bit of Zeb gets to

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live on through Jean. Yeah, because I specifically

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didn't want Blanche to be like a copy -paste

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Zebulon. Right. So Jean picked up that goofy

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streak. It's really something. It's really cool.

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Yeah. Right down to being Jules' luminary partner.

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And the character that sort of brings these two

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other characters together. We don't see Jules

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and Blanche at this point in the show. They're

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comrades in arms, but they're not friends from

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what I've seen. Yeah, we still barely know each

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other. Yeah, they're not personalities that go

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around partying. But they have this glue between

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them, which is the character of Jean Franklin.

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Exactly. Yeah, Jean's the glue. It's so weird

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for an NPC to be that role. And normally it's

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like, as a DM, that's your worst nightmare is

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for an NPC. to be important. You don't want that

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ever. But in this case, I think it works because

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it's all of our choice. I think I even remember

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at one point saying to you, I think it was on

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air, like you're going to have to come up with

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a reason for Blanche to like go along with this.

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Like why else is she blah, blah, blah. I don't

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know. But this is starting to sound like unzipped.

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And trust me, there's some gnarly stuff heading

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Blanche's way soon. But on the note of Blanche,

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I want to open up with Blanche. And more importantly,

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I want to open up. With the sound of rain. What

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are you doing? What am I doing? The skies above

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Umizu are weeping. Rain falling steadily into

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this misty landscape all around. You stand upon

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a hill, looking down over it, much of your vision

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lost within the mist. But the rain does not touch

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your head, for you stand beneath the curving

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roof of a small shrine, Blanche. Behind you,

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you can see the statued form of a turtle, with

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a long neck and almost fish -like sort of piscean

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face and mouth. There's an ornate box sort of

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resting beneath this form, holding two sort of

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gourd bottles filled with a fine sake. And of

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course, beside you and standing tall, is your

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mentor. Well, we've left our offerings. Perhaps

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the spirits will allow us a brief respite from

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the elements. What do you say, Blanche? He looks

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to you. He's dressed down in a sort of simple

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kind of robe, his armor left behind. There will

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be no combat today. Today is a day of peace.

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The rain never bothered me, but I am happy to

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linger here a while. Good. Yes. Yes. He's staring

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off, his one eye looking out into the mist, catching

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glimpses of something that you cannot see. You

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know, I've heard they call Umizo the reigning

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world at the Citadel. Tragically apt title, don't

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you think? I swear every summer monsoon is gloomier

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than the last. But there is beauty in the rain

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as well. Each drop carries its own story, perpetuating

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an infinite cycle between earth and sea and sky.

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And the sound, it does bring back memories. Tell

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me, Blanche. Looks down to you. He's... Yeah,

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he's pretty tall. I think he's still... How tall

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is Blanche? I don't remember exactly what was

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said. Are you quite tall for a tortle? No, I

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don't think she's an overly tall tortle. So we're

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going to guess that she's somewhere lower five

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feet range. Hell yeah. At this point in time,

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I should mention, he's elderly, not old. You're

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still in your training years. This is probably

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happening just before the last conversation we

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had between Blanche and Ozen in a flashback.

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Which was some time ago. But he looks to you

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and asks, Blanche, have you heard the story of

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how I became a luminary? I don't believe I have.

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Well, now that you mention it, I'm quite interested.

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I can't believe I never asked. It's a strange

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story. It doesn't usually make its rounds amongst

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the world. It's not as flashy as some would like,

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but it's important. And it carries lessons. It

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was during the monsoon season. when folks speak

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of bad luck and summer misfortunes. In this case,

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they had reason to fear. For on one stormy evening,

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a notable death struck our fair city. The Daimyo's

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son was found murdered on the Bright Moon Pier,

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the territory of a known criminal syndicate,

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the Safe Ocean Society. Furthermore, there was

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clear evidence of the Tritons at the scene, pointing

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the finger at the native Rurapo clan. Umizo was

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braced for a full civil war. At this time, I

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was merely a simple guard at the Shrine of Storms,

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but well known for my prowess with magic and

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blade, and more importantly, for my sharpness

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of mind. Kind of points at his temple and gives

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you a one -eyed wink. Blanche chuckles. When

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I was approached with all the details of the

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crime, it became clear that every possible ability

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was senseless. The details painted a complex

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picture that was simply impossible. And so, I

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agreed to look into the matter. and I felt confident

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that I could solve it. Do you know why? I see

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where you're going with this. Well, I'm not doing

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anything. Tell me, Master. Because it was impossible.

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A crime with too many possibilities is a troublesome

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thing. You have to cut them down one by one through

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tireless investigation until only one remains.

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But an impossible crime is an incredibly simple

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matter. It demands only that you make the impossible

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possible. Find the one little detail that turns

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a complex web into a perfect little story. And

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so that's what I did. It turned out that the

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head of a merchant company, the Southwest Whaling

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Concern, had been facing complications from all

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involved parties. He had cleverly devised a scheme

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to pit them against each other. Had they thought

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to make for less of a complex crop, they would

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likely be free now, and very rich. But as fate

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would have it, they will likely vastly outlive

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us both before their time at the Sky Prison is

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finished. I think you see him look away with

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a sort of melancholy entering his features. Just

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staring out for a long moment before he kind

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of does a... I have noticed your tactical approach

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to the braid. Your wrist informs. Your body branch

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is brimming with potential. But I believe your

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true weapon will ever be your mind. Do not neglect

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it. Keep it sharp and shined. And even the impossible

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will fold before its might. And we fade away.

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We return to the palace of Grand Messer Amos

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Nair. Now I'm going to push time forward just

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a little bit here. We spent three episodes on

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approximately one minute. I think it's only fair

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to the listeners to just go and get a little

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ahead. Fast forward, if you will, to what's happening

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after the fight. Now, let me set you guys up.

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I'm going to give you some information, but I'm

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going to need a lot of information from you.

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Because with Harlan unconscious, you've been

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put in temporary charge of the Silent Verse.

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Grumby, the dwarf Jean healed after the battle,

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turns out he was the second in command. Explain

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the situation and your heroism during it. As

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we move forward from this plot, I need to ask

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you guys where everyone is going to be. Where

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you've set everybody up. Now, a few details.

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Wherever you wish to place everyone, Margus will

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insist that they stay with Xenia. Fyodor is going

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to push to be allowed to remain in the kitchen

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again while remaking, remaking dinner breakfast.

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I ate some of it. Samira has heard of all that

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has transpired and now knows the true method

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behind her son's murder. The Duergar tell you

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that she is willing to speak with you now and

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will follow whatever orders you have. She asks

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only that you find this true killer, this poisoner.

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Divaluma is still unconscious and shackled, though

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will likely come around soon. The duergar preset

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on removing her weapon shoes. Yeah, those don't

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need to be around. After facing them head on,

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basically, it's kind of become an unknown thing

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that Divaluma, if poisoned, is the most dangerous

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person here, potentially. Yeah. Apart from, perhaps,

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the two of you. Amos Nair and Luis Orin. Everyone's

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going to set themselves into the master bedroom,

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unwilling to leave or speak until Sturgeman arrives

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in the morning. You can get to them, but you're

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going to need to bash down the door at this point.

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They are locked in. I forgot Sturgeman is still

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coming. Oh, yes. The body of Azranir, I'm guessing,

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is still in the ballroom. Did you leave it be

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to investigate? Uh, she's, yeah. Yeah, I don't

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think we've moved anything yet. Okay. And lastly,

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word of Massimo Ain and their family's death

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has reached you. Among those killed was, of course,

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their heir, Jacopoane. The murder occurred in

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the early hours of the day, well before you had

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arrived on this world. There's evidence that

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Massimo's guards killed the family, then turned

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on each other. Beza's breath is almost definitely

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the cause. With all this in mind, where is everybody?

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Do you have any thoughts? I have a couple of

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thoughts. Okay, shoot. I feel like we should

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keep everybody together. I'm wondering if there

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is a way that we can use our surroundings somehow

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to keep the bees' breath away. Like, I'm looking

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at this map, and north, I guess north up of the

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ballroom, is that like a giant deck? Or is that

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like a terrace out front? Right. Oh! Yes. Yeah,

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I can see a door leading out that way from the

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salon. Yeah, I was originally going to suggest,

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like, corral everybody to the ballroom, but we

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know that it's in there. Right, right. I feel

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like I'm starting to feel like inside is the

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enemy. Yeah. Ooh, interesting. Okay. I'm on board

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with that, yeah. We know that there are duergar

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outside still guarding the gates. Right? Yes,

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they're all around the perimeter. Some visible,

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some not. The place has been put on full lockdown.

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If you step outside onto the sort of stone patio,

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this wide open stone patio, sort of looking out

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over these lush, beautiful gardens, you can see

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figures of Duergar kind of moving around, patrolling

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all around the gates, which are all locked down

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on either side of the manor. You can see there's

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a crowd kind of far off, sort of gathering all

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around. People are watching and wondering. become

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a you know kind of a spectacle yeah see that's

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the thing is now we're we're being visible if

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we're if we're outside you're outside of hearing

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range from anybody you'd see sure but we know

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that there are outside collaborators there may

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be what do you think jeremy i'm talking to of

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course let's go to amos's room amos nears room

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yeah how come i don't bring everybody I'm trying

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to decide if you're serious or not. I'm not leaving

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my room. Okay. Boom. I'm like 65 % serious. Let

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me show you on the map. You want to take a look

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at it? Looking at it. That's on the third floor?

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Second floor. I'm just saying it could be the

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safest room in the whole place. It's one of the

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larger rooms. Assuming that he's responsible.

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Right. Which we haven't ruled out. Oh, man. This

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is really hard. How about we flip the pick of

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destiny? Oh, yeah. Sorry, I misspoke. I believe

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:12.740
it is the pick of minor destiny. Yeah. I mean

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minor. Not copyright. You call what it is. Okay.

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Heads. So the maker's mark. I'm going to flip

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this through the guns of heaven. All right. If

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the maker's mark is up, we take the terrace.

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Okay. If there's no maker's mark. We try to squeeze

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everybody into Amos Near's bedroom for some reason.

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There's also like a gymnasium on the first floor.

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There's other rooms, but like, no, you know what?

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This is fine. This is fine. We got two options.

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I will say, if we go to Amos Near's room, that's

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on Jules to get us there. It didn't fall all

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the way through. It's getting stuck on that last

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little bit. It's not built for picks of minor

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destiny. Oh, it did. It made it through. It's

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:12.259
cracked. No, it's not. No, stop it. Oh, oh. We're

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:15.359
going to Amos Newsroom. Get the fuck out. What

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:17.960
is this going to look like? We don't seriously

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:21.519
have to. Oh, man. Now I feel like we should.

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:24.619
No, this is great. Okay. I'm curious to know

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how you're going to sell this to everybody. I

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mean. You don't need to sell it. I'm going to

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:30.019
tell you right now, if you think it's the safest

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:32.000
option, the Dwargar are going to listen to you.

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Harlan's unconscious until he wakes up, which

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will probably happen soon. But immediately after

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this fight, you need to round up everybody. The

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:40.200
Dwargar are looking for a way to round up everybody.

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If you say, let's go to Amos Nier's room, it

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:44.160
solves a problem, right? Because Amos Nier said

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:47.119
he's not coming out. Fine. Oh, you're right.

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:49.539
I missed that part. The door gets bashed in.

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Amos Nier screams and stands back, yelling, screeching.

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And everyone is led. inside, despite his concerns.

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Because right now, after what just happened,

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.720
it's not important to give a fuck anymore if

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.140
they're fired after all this. As we're going

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:06.539
in, Jules says, this is your house, this is your

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:14.480
responsibility. What? My son is dead! And now

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:17.119
you raid my quarters while I'm in mourning! Ooh.

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:20.680
I feel like a dick. No, no, no, no. Because we

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.680
know that it's not his son, and he knows that

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:25.960
we know it's not his son. It is his son. but

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:30.160
not as air. Oh, shit. Huh. But I will say, well,

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:32.579
give me an insight check. Okay, yeah. Let's roll

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:40.140
dice about it. I crit my pants. Oh! Okay, okay.

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:43.059
Mine was only dirty. Oh, damn. Dirty 20. Look

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:44.779
at that, Steven. Look at that, Steven. That's

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double digits, and the first one's a two. Yeah.

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This is actually very interesting. He says he's

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:54.319
in mourning, and yet you get the feeling that

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:58.119
he is. maybe offended that someone would dare

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kill his son, but he holds no love, or held no

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:07.440
love for Azra, and he is not mourning at all.

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You think of Azra sort of embarrassing himself

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.740
repeatedly, being out when Amos Nier demanded

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:15.220
that his family greet everyone at once with his

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:17.180
little display in the garden. Azra was already

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:19.400
outside, you know, talking to Diva Luma, going

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:21.819
back and forth. Azra was on the stage making

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:24.240
an ass of himself before the performance. Azra

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:27.700
is a thorn, was a thorn in the Grandmaster's

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:31.000
side, an embarrassment. Larissa was always meant

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.539
to be the one to step forward. You can see now

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:35.680
that there's almost like a, there's peace in

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:38.799
his heart. Over the fact that the succession

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:42.099
of Larissa will have nothing to contend with.

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:44.920
There'll be nothing messy to deal with. Azra

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.359
being out of the way is not the worst thing that

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:48.519
could have happened. Well, sorry for busting

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.220
in on you here. Why don't you tell us about him?

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:57.140
Tell us about your time together. You have taken

00:24:57.140 --> 00:25:00.799
the Dark Dwarves onto your side. You've taken

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:07.200
control of my police. So fine. For now, I will

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:10.980
step aside before someone more qualified comes

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:15.420
in the morning. But I will not share words with

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:20.200
you, Jules LaRoche. You stay the fuck out of

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:23.299
my mind. I almost said something I shouldn't

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:30.220
have. Whoops. Amos moves back and allows everyone

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.720
to enter. I think Amos, like, maybe goes into

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:34.839
the dressing room and, like, goes in there. Come,

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:40.099
Larissa! She closes the closet door. Okay, yeah.

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:44.640
It's the saddest thing. I'll say that there's

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:48.420
really only one door aside from the door onto

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:51.480
the balcony that's in and out of Amos' room.

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:53.559
And it's separated into two different rooms and

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:55.500
two dressing rooms. So it's kind of like, and

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:57.000
this is a private bathroom. There's a number

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.339
of, like, spaces. If you need to split people

00:25:58.339 --> 00:26:01.819
up, you can. On that note, where's Diva Luma?

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.460
She has not come to yet. She's still shackled.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:07.339
She's disarmed. I'm curious, are you bringing

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.839
her into this room and leaving her shackled?

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.420
Are you unshackling her when she wakes up? I'm

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:14.380
going to guess there's a chaise lounge. What?

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:23.000
Chase. Chase. You know, like a couch without

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:27.480
arms. Like Victorian sort of swooping. I imagine

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:29.259
probably one of the duets. There's three of those,

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:32.410
yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, so we'll set the diva

00:26:32.410 --> 00:26:34.509
limit down. Rochelle's going to have to make

00:26:34.509 --> 00:26:36.230
this map for us, probably. And I'm going to have

00:26:36.230 --> 00:26:38.230
to be like, I need three chaise lounges. Yeah,

00:26:38.230 --> 00:26:47.529
yeah, exactly. We've learned that the inflicted

00:26:47.529 --> 00:26:51.009
of the bees' breath will be in their right minds

00:26:51.009 --> 00:26:53.930
when they wake up, so. I think it's safe enough

00:26:53.930 --> 00:26:56.430
to take the shackles off. You have two cases

00:26:56.430 --> 00:26:59.329
now to prove that with Grumpy having been revived

00:26:59.329 --> 00:27:01.529
and immediately coming to his senses. Remove

00:27:01.529 --> 00:27:03.529
her shackles, lay her there somewhat comfortable.

00:27:03.829 --> 00:27:07.250
And then maybe Harlan's on another... Yeah, you

00:27:07.250 --> 00:27:13.309
got it. Yep. Yes, he's on the second. He's on

00:27:13.309 --> 00:27:17.509
the second. But how does that make you feel?

00:27:18.450 --> 00:27:21.500
Okay. Slowly, everybody... gathers into this

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:24.279
room, perhaps on the third chaise lounge. The

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:26.920
third chaise lounge has a purpose. Oh, shit.

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:31.480
Okay. Take that chaise lounge into the dressing

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:36.519
room. We will set up a place to interrogate.

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:39.700
What's it called? Yeah, interrogate. Interrogation

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:42.339
room. That is some Sherlock Holmes shit. I'm

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:45.819
so excited. Oh, my God. I don't know what we're

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:48.799
going to ask people, but... We're going to ask

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:53.559
it. Did you do this? Did you do this? Okay. You,

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:56.039
everyone gathers, and so we'll say time has passed.

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:58.660
We have an unconscious Devaluma, an unconscious

00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:02.559
Harlan, all lying there. Everyone moves into

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:07.000
the room. Margus is with their daughter. They

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.920
kind of take a corner, maybe like sitting on

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.960
the grand canopy bed and kind of just sort of

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:15.920
cooling down, calming after everything. Ledoux

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.180
and Jean finally freed from the cells are up

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:20.660
there. I think Ledoux is taken to very quietly

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:24.519
sewing the banner back onto Jean's spear. And

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:27.500
the two are very quiet, like they're upset by

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:30.539
each other. Like the grand balance of their sort

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:34.980
of connection, their relationship, has been altered

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:37.519
in some fundamental way. And they're just awkward,

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:39.579
kind of awkwardly standing by each other, not

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:41.599
really saying a word, occasionally a glance cast,

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:44.559
and then kind of a quick head turn away and up.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:48.660
Fun. Yeah. Fun people to be around. They're one

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:53.220
of those couples. Theodore is not going to be

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:56.480
allowed to reign the kitchen? No, certainly not.

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:59.680
But what of dinner? You destroyed dinner. You

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:02.039
told me at least make dinner. I'll fetch something

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:05.779
from the pantry. We show you have something to

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:08.799
sustain us all. Unless you'd like to end up the

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:11.940
next victim. He has a moment. He stops and he's

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:14.769
thinking for a second. Like he just remembered

00:29:14.769 --> 00:29:20.630
something? Yes. Something to sustain, yes. And

00:29:20.630 --> 00:29:22.789
he stepped very close to you, just kind of towering

00:29:22.789 --> 00:29:26.309
above you and leans down. Perhaps while you are

00:29:26.309 --> 00:29:30.250
grabbing, say, sausages from the larder, you

00:29:30.250 --> 00:29:34.470
will take a peek outside the window and see familiar

00:29:34.470 --> 00:29:38.690
birds on trees come to see what is happening

00:29:38.690 --> 00:29:43.769
in the palace. Wink, wink, wink, wink. Big winks.

00:29:45.609 --> 00:29:49.569
Yes, perhaps. Perhaps. She kind of gives nothing

00:29:49.569 --> 00:29:53.029
away and acts like, Blanche acts like she doesn't

00:29:53.029 --> 00:29:56.750
know what he's talking about. Perhaps. It's not

00:29:56.750 --> 00:29:58.910
7 o 'clock yet, but perhaps the activity has

00:29:58.910 --> 00:30:02.029
drawn the informant, the outside informant, to

00:30:02.029 --> 00:30:05.089
the gate again. Okay, so it's really just after

00:30:05.089 --> 00:30:08.369
4. Yeah, right now I'd say it's 4 .30. Okay.

00:30:08.930 --> 00:30:12.289
What is the likelihood that we squeeze in a short

00:30:12.289 --> 00:30:16.640
rest? We can bump it to 530 and have that short

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:19.319
rest happen. Okay. Does that make sense? I mean,

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.660
yeah, I think that does make sense. And also,

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:24.279
you know, if this were to really happen, you

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:27.039
know, it's time for everybody to decompress.

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:32.759
Let everybody's heart rate drop. Okay, this is

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:35.259
great. This is what I wanted to do. Arcane recovery

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:37.099
once per day. When you finish the short rest,

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:39.819
you can choose expended spell slots to recover

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:43.119
up to a combined level of three. So I'm gonna

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:46.000
do that. On that note, Jean Franklin is fully

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:50.039
healed, we can say. Yes. Now the question is,

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:53.480
do I... Yeah, I really need to take a... Chester's

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.740
probably freaking out in this room with everybody,

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:57.599
just like, hey, Jules, this is kind of crazy.

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.460
Oh, hey, I went through puberty, remember? I'm

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.880
done with that. I was gonna say, I was like,

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:04.099
who are you? I'm just kidding, it's me, Chester.

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:08.339
I'm just joshing you. Yeah. Yeah. You prankster.

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:12.019
Puberty came and went. Always does. So fast.

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:18.200
They grow up so fast. Okay. Short rest over.

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:21.619
Okay. We're all in Amos Nier's room. Everyone

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:24.759
is crowded into Amos Nier's room. It is horrible.

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:27.119
I imagine there's, like, guards outside the doors.

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:29.660
Making sure no one leaves. Maybe a couple of

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:32.839
guards inside. One of them constantly... Grumby.

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.680
Grumby's constantly at Harlan's side. You know,

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:36.160
they went through this horrible thing together.

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:38.000
And Grumby is shattered. Like, you see this.

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:40.380
These two are just like... I can't believe I

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:44.799
did that. I'm so sorry. I didn't. I had no control.

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:47.839
Do Harlan and Diva Luma wake up after a short

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.740
rest? They do after a short rest. Okay, sweet.

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:51.980
So here's the thing. Right now you're going to

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:54.420
have a ton of directions to go in. Yeah. So before

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:56.339
we get into that, I want to give you an idea

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:58.019
of everything that's going on. Thank goodness.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:32:00.019
You had a short rest, so you had time to think

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:02.180
this through. So this is for everybody because

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:04.779
it's been a little while. Here's what you know.

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:07.240
The killer must have been outside of the palace

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:09.579
earlier in the day. especially if they're also

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.599
behind the sudden change in Tickalosh, would

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:14.240
you have reason to believe that that was Vesa's

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.759
breath? Thinking back on the experience, the

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:19.480
way the giant came, its eyes were as it struck

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:22.299
at you, it seemed very similar to Divaluma de

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:26.099
Harlan, which means the killer must have arrived

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:28.480
at the palace not long before all of you, right?

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:31.140
They would have poisoned, maybe something that

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.799
Tickalosh was eating in the water, something

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:36.160
poisoned in the water, perhaps, that it bit into,

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:40.309
went mad. Perhaps, you know, the killer was waiting

00:32:40.309 --> 00:32:42.789
in the jungle after killing Massimo Ane and their

00:32:42.789 --> 00:32:45.710
family. It's hard to say. Here's the thing, though.

00:32:46.170 --> 00:32:49.269
The killer must also have had access to the wine

00:32:49.269 --> 00:32:51.990
bottle. You know that no guests were allowed

00:32:51.990 --> 00:32:54.990
into the manor before Amos Near let them come

00:32:54.990 --> 00:32:57.990
in. Only his family and staff were able to go

00:32:57.990 --> 00:33:01.269
inside. You also know that Larissa Wren keenly

00:33:01.269 --> 00:33:03.670
noted the bottle had been moved, which seems

00:33:03.670 --> 00:33:05.650
to point to the idea that someone had tampered

00:33:05.650 --> 00:33:08.940
with it after. It was stored into the palace.

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:11.660
Like, brought in. Wasn't done outside. At least,

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.900
you have reason to think that it wasn't done

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:16.339
outside. The killer must have been able to enter

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:18.819
the ballroom before the scheduled performances.

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.960
You know that number of people had been in and

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:23.259
out between three and four as you were around

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:26.180
for some of that time. Nearly everyone that had

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:28.220
been in the ballroom at the fight's start had

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:30.220
approached the stage at some point. Especially

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.920
Amos Neer, who was fussing over every little

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:34.779
thing. You know also that the killer is likely

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:37.099
related to Proud Eden, the jungle witch that

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:39.180
was killed by the Kings of Coin in the Burnshout

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:42.819
Duergo clan some 16 years ago. The witch gave

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:44.819
the first jellyflowers to the kings, but demanded

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:47.880
their firstborn children as payment. She threatened

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:49.740
to take her pay with or without their permission,

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:52.299
and so the kings plotted to have her murdered.

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:54.900
But this leads to another very interesting detail,

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:57.200
something that you brought up very recently,

00:33:57.380 --> 00:34:01.960
that Azranir was killed by this plot. And the

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.400
more you think about it, the more it seems like

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:06.259
it must have been planned, right? Azra would

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:08.579
have been the closest to the stage, and likely

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:11.179
the most grating for the diva. Her rage -eddled

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:14.340
mind would have certainly locked onto him. But,

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:17.800
you now know that Azra Nier is not Amos Nier's

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:20.000
heir. Perhaps still fearing the witch's wrath,

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:23.059
Amos raised his true heir in secret, and hired

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:25.579
her on as his head of service, so she'd always

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:28.639
be by his side. And you know that he has another

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:30.619
secret child, Larissa's twin, who secretly became

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:33.719
one of the Concord World's most notable luminaries.

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:36.219
Who is incidentally known for using an assortment

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:38.400
of ludicrously expensive magical items, so that

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:41.599
kinda explains that. And then there's what you

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:45.239
do not know. Harlem was aware of the poison as

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:48.539
a potential threat. He swore not to eat or drink

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:50.579
during the vigil, and you know he stayed true

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:52.539
to that oath. Nobody approached him either. You

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:54.300
saw it all through Turbo's eyes. You were watching.

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:58.880
So how did the killer poison the duergar? How

00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.500
did they poison the bottle if they were outside

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:05.079
earlier in the day? Or if they were part of the

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:07.739
staff, how did they sneak out for that long without

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:11.480
being noted by the rest of the staff? An impossible

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:16.860
problem, Blanche. But perhaps, for you, that's

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:22.940
just an opportunity. Ugh, okay. I mean, I have...

00:35:23.649 --> 00:35:26.889
Some thoughts. Blanche has some thoughts. As

00:35:26.889 --> 00:35:29.670
far as your direction here, Samira is someone

00:35:29.670 --> 00:35:31.110
you haven't been able to talk to yet. I don't

00:35:31.110 --> 00:35:32.829
know if you have any questions for her, but she

00:35:32.829 --> 00:35:36.150
is available now as she's in this room, still

00:35:36.150 --> 00:35:38.750
very, very quiet, still very much mourning her

00:35:38.750 --> 00:35:41.429
son. Won't really speak to anybody, but is willing

00:35:41.429 --> 00:35:45.570
to follow along with you. DePiero has requested

00:35:45.570 --> 00:35:47.190
that you speak to him when you have time. Perhaps

00:35:47.190 --> 00:35:49.449
when you have your solitary room set up. He wants

00:35:49.449 --> 00:35:51.530
to not be overheard, but he wants to tell you

00:35:51.530 --> 00:35:54.039
what he was going to tell you before. You have

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:56.059
reason to believe that that blood letter spy,

00:35:56.340 --> 00:36:01.679
the one that was a contact for Fyodor, is back

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:05.380
and waiting for contact. Perhaps curious about

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:07.099
what's going on, gathering along with the rest

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:09.920
of the crowd outside this room. You saw him before,

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:13.579
you could spot him now. If you needed to. and

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:15.760
you have a couple of rooms to investigate. Most

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:17.920
notably, you can look into the ballroom, see

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.960
if you can figure out what's going on with, like,

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:20.440
you know, if anyone, if there's any evidence

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.480
anywhere. That's a pretty hard one because a

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:24.480
lot of people were there. But more interesting

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:28.420
is the cells, the duergar. Can you find out how

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:32.920
it was done? Yeah. Okay, yeah, I feel like that

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:35.559
might be the key to unlocking the whole thing,

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:37.219
is figuring out how the duergar were poisoned.

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:43.429
Right now, my thoughts are... I'm trying to disprove

00:36:43.429 --> 00:36:50.010
that it was Amos Nier. He just seems like, I

00:36:50.010 --> 00:36:52.690
don't know. And we still have to ask about Proud

00:36:52.690 --> 00:36:56.429
Eden, because it seems like he's protecting his

00:36:56.429 --> 00:37:02.530
true heir by sacrificing this false heir. So

00:37:02.530 --> 00:37:05.010
if he's doing it, maybe he's doing it for show.

00:37:05.230 --> 00:37:10.409
As you said earlier, he's not grieving. The alternate

00:37:10.409 --> 00:37:13.809
to that is that somebody else is doing the killing

00:37:13.809 --> 00:37:17.230
and thinks that that's his true heir. I don't

00:37:17.230 --> 00:37:20.030
know. But maybe we start by leaving everyone

00:37:20.030 --> 00:37:24.869
here. Which, fuck, sucks. Going down to investigate.

00:37:25.530 --> 00:37:30.010
Or do we split up? What do you think? I mean,

00:37:30.030 --> 00:37:32.170
I'll say it now. You guys have been really doing

00:37:32.170 --> 00:37:34.610
this, like, Sherlock Watson thing with Blanche

00:37:34.610 --> 00:37:36.630
being the head investigator inspector in the

00:37:36.630 --> 00:37:39.050
crime scenes and Jules being the main sort of

00:37:39.050 --> 00:37:40.849
interrogator in a lot of spots with that high

00:37:40.849 --> 00:37:44.010
charisma. Could serve you here as well. I will

00:37:44.010 --> 00:37:45.769
also add to your plate by saying there's a stirring

00:37:45.769 --> 00:37:47.510
in the room as you're about to, like, leave or

00:37:47.510 --> 00:37:49.989
about to decide on this as Diva Luma and Harlan

00:37:49.989 --> 00:37:52.989
both awaken on their chef of the deuce. Yeah,

00:37:53.010 --> 00:37:56.269
I was going to suggest maybe you go and maybe

00:37:56.269 --> 00:37:58.869
Jules will stay back in the room. Okay. Maybe

00:37:58.869 --> 00:38:02.769
I can do the turbo trick to peek back in every

00:38:02.769 --> 00:38:04.809
now and again. Because I think in Jules' mind,

00:38:04.949 --> 00:38:07.250
he wants to keep an eye on everybody. Right.

00:38:07.309 --> 00:38:09.809
As many people as he can. Is that a full bat

00:38:09.809 --> 00:38:13.070
in my room? You can't put a bat if it shits on

00:38:13.070 --> 00:38:14.610
the floor. You're in the closet. You can't see

00:38:14.610 --> 00:38:17.349
it. I'm peeking through the keyhole. I see a

00:38:17.349 --> 00:38:20.130
bat. Jules slams it. All right, everyone, listen

00:38:20.130 --> 00:38:24.329
up. I'm going to take a turn about the rooms.

00:38:25.090 --> 00:38:27.989
I will investigate the crime scene. I will be

00:38:27.989 --> 00:38:30.730
keeping a watchful eye. She points to Turbo.

00:38:32.429 --> 00:38:36.969
Jules here, we'll take you each to the drawing

00:38:36.969 --> 00:38:41.769
room for some questioning. We're going to put

00:38:41.769 --> 00:38:44.690
this all together with your cooperation. We are

00:38:44.690 --> 00:38:48.489
assuming there's only one truly responsible person

00:38:48.489 --> 00:38:51.070
here, so if everybody else can cooperate, then

00:38:51.070 --> 00:38:56.079
we can put this mess to bed. I think everyone

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.980
stares on quietly, but you hear in the crowd

00:38:57.980 --> 00:39:04.599
just a, oh, Blanche, Blanche. Harlan, picking

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:09.059
up, eyes sort of brimming over with tears. Oh,

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:14.900
you were right. You were always right. I almost

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:18.539
got killed. Fish in a barrel, like you said.

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:22.460
You should have killed me. You should have killed

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:25.820
me dead and good. This is not your fault, Harlan.

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:29.659
I need your help to figure this out. Keep them

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:36.639
safe while I go. All right, Captain. Boom! That

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.380
was cool. The soundverse just kind of nods as

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:44.099
a quick salute. Okay. Blanche is going to exit

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.940
the room, I think. I think as she does, Jules

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:49.980
runs up to her. Firm open hand slap on the behind.

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:53.539
Uh -huh. He leans in and says, Don't get poisoned.

00:39:55.529 --> 00:39:59.489
Uh, same to you. Perhaps, uh, open some of these

00:39:59.489 --> 00:40:04.909
windows, just in case. Wait, wait, sir! You shouldn't

00:40:04.909 --> 00:40:08.090
go off alone right now. I mean, don't you want

00:40:08.090 --> 00:40:11.969
anyone by your side? John's kind of standing.

00:40:12.190 --> 00:40:14.230
He looks down sort of awkwardly at Ledoux, who's

00:40:14.230 --> 00:40:15.550
sort of looking away, and he's kind of like...

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:19.000
It's quite stuffy in here anyway. You really

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:20.579
should have a protector, of course. I mean, not

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:22.139
that you can't handle yourself, sir. You absolutely

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:25.219
can. But, you know, it's good to have help, eyes,

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:28.360
you know, watching your back. Yes, Jean, that's

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:32.900
an excellent idea. Jules, do you mind if I take

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:36.099
Jean for an extra set of hands? How does Jean

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:41.099
look? He looks excited to get out of here. He's,

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:43.139
I mean, like, I think he's still, like, very,

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:45.519
like, he's exhausted. He, even after the short

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:48.519
rest, he looks like he's been through hell. And

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:50.280
there's just this, this awkwardness in here with

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:52.539
everything else already. And then just with his

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:55.099
father in the corner, kind of shooting his glances

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:57.460
over. I think this John just wants to be as far

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:59.719
away from everybody as he can get. Sorry, question.

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:03.380
I haven't played a paladin yet. Does his HP pool,

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:05.519
his lay on hands pool reset? I believe it's long

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:08.500
rest. Son of a. Yep. Can't swear on the network.

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:10.860
We'll double check it later. That's okay. That's

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:12.840
okay. I hope, I don't know. Hopefully we don't

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:18.420
need it. Right. Okay, yeah. Jaune and Blanche

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:20.099
are going to head to, I think, the cells first.

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:23.960
I think Jules will give Jaune a firm handshake,

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:26.860
but like the forearm handshake. Yes. The cool

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:28.519
handshake. The predator shakes, yes. That's what

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:32.260
we do. You stay safe. Yes, sir. You too, Jules.

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:38.719
Keep an eye on them. Them, especially. I think

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:40.860
DePiero has wandered over to Ledoux, kind of

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:42.119
like hand on the shoulder, sort of checking in

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:44.760
on him, admiring the work that he's doing, sewing

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:49.639
the banner. I got you. Thank you. I know. I know

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:53.079
you do. Sorry, I didn't want to interrupt you.

00:41:53.840 --> 00:42:03.559
Yes, don't interrupt me. What? Oh, okay. I thought

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:09.480
you were still talking. Let's say that Blanche

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:12.260
and Jules have a little aside and talk about

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:15.420
strategy. Just in case Steven comes up with an

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:19.440
idea while you're doing interrogation. You know

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:22.000
what I mean? Just so we keep it. I don't know

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.079
what I'm going to say for interrogation. I'm

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:28.059
honestly a little glad that we're leaving, that

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:31.159
Blanche is leaving. I'm not. Now I don't have

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:33.260
to think about questions to ask people. I have

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:36.099
an idea. Also, is mind reading stuff, that's

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:39.219
a first level spell? I am protecting all of my

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:41.360
spell slots at this point. Right. I'm just curious.

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:44.179
Like, it's not a cantrip for any stupid reason.

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:49.059
No. No. No. Using that now is a risk because

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:51.619
of this other combat. I don't have any more uses

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:53.860
of it. Okay. Unfortunately. Oh, that's wonderful.

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:56.500
That is so wonderful. I shouldn't have said that.

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:58.860
I love that. I shouldn't have said that. David's

00:42:58.860 --> 00:43:02.369
face just lit up. Lit up like a Christmas tree.

00:43:02.570 --> 00:43:05.010
I have an idea here. Things will be fun. As long

00:43:05.010 --> 00:43:06.750
as it's reasonable with the knowledge that you

00:43:06.750 --> 00:43:08.730
would have right now. We've had some time here

00:43:08.730 --> 00:43:10.349
that, like, you know, things have moved. You

00:43:10.349 --> 00:43:12.829
had a short rest. A gap in time can now be filled

00:43:12.829 --> 00:43:17.010
with events. I am reinstating flashbacks. Oh,

00:43:17.050 --> 00:43:20.230
cool. Yeah. Button cost flashbacks. Button cost

00:43:20.230 --> 00:43:21.789
flashbacks? Oh, right. Yeah, yeah, we did that.

00:43:21.989 --> 00:43:24.570
Well, I've only got one, so. Yeah, well, it may

00:43:24.570 --> 00:43:25.909
come up that you have a really important thing

00:43:25.909 --> 00:43:27.789
you wanted to wish you had done. Yeah, I guess

00:43:27.789 --> 00:43:30.760
so. You're smart. You're clever characters. I

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:33.559
have to figure out the ring of spell storage.

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:37.059
Or do I, because that's spell slots. Do it in

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:42.699
a flashback. Maybe, yeah, right. Flashback to

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:45.780
that time where David said the name of the guy

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:50.900
that's doing this. Yeah, I did that once. That

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:55.250
happened. Okay, you. Go to leave, Blanche. The

00:43:55.250 --> 00:43:57.670
last thing you see as you close the doors, over

00:43:57.670 --> 00:43:59.989
Jules' shoulder, DiPiero looks up to you with

00:43:59.989 --> 00:44:03.230
these eyes, just like saying, do what you must

00:44:03.230 --> 00:44:06.670
do now. Master defense. But later on, we must

00:44:06.670 --> 00:44:11.010
speak. Yeah, Blanche gives him the eyes. I know

00:44:11.010 --> 00:44:16.670
it. Sort of look. Door closes. We have full second

00:44:16.670 --> 00:44:18.309
episode of Night Energy, and it's the first episode

00:44:18.309 --> 00:44:20.869
of the night, guys. We got to get this shit together.

00:44:20.989 --> 00:44:23.630
We got another one of these. It's going to be

00:44:23.630 --> 00:44:27.730
great. Oh, no. And you begin to proceed down

00:44:27.730 --> 00:44:32.690
the hall, down the stairs, down to the cellar.

00:44:33.349 --> 00:44:36.150
Oh, where do I want to start? We're near the

00:44:36.150 --> 00:44:38.969
end of this episode. Where should I go from here?

00:44:39.789 --> 00:44:47.250
Where's it going to be juicy? Jules. Start with

00:44:47.250 --> 00:44:49.150
you. No, there's too much pressure. You're going

00:44:49.150 --> 00:44:58.969
to go where it's juicy. So stupid. You know what?

00:44:59.010 --> 00:45:00.949
You guys think I'm going to drink some Rockstar.

00:45:01.610 --> 00:45:07.329
Are we taking five? We'll be right back. Blanche

00:45:07.329 --> 00:45:12.829
and John are gone. Jules. You have your own little

00:45:12.829 --> 00:45:15.510
interrogation room. So you guys took the second

00:45:15.510 --> 00:45:17.090
dressing room, right? And you have like the couch

00:45:17.090 --> 00:45:19.650
up in there with like the, you know, maybe you

00:45:19.650 --> 00:45:21.969
have like your own chair. Chester's like, yeah,

00:45:22.050 --> 00:45:25.289
so my bad cop, a good cop, a what? Yo, Harlan,

00:45:25.369 --> 00:45:27.530
this guy's fucking crazy. I'm nice, all right?

00:45:27.530 --> 00:45:29.610
I'm good. But this guy, he'll tear you up. He'll

00:45:29.610 --> 00:45:35.530
kill you. Chester, go psycho. Whoa. I'm full

00:45:35.530 --> 00:45:37.590
out of the mouth. I don't know what I expected,

00:45:37.829 --> 00:45:41.090
but it definitely wasn't that. Can Chester provide,

00:45:41.170 --> 00:45:43.769
like... I'll defend you like a void. Can Chester

00:45:43.769 --> 00:45:46.070
provide, like, the help action for something?

00:45:46.250 --> 00:45:48.949
Like a charisma check or something like that?

00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:52.389
How dare you have good ideas. Yeah, I like that.

00:45:52.710 --> 00:45:54.409
That makes sense. Chester's going to be helping

00:45:54.409 --> 00:45:55.889
you out. If I can think of a way to make him

00:45:55.889 --> 00:45:58.409
help you, he'll be there to help. It's Proud

00:45:58.409 --> 00:46:02.429
Eden. Proud Eden. Proud Eden. The Jungle Witch.

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:05.460
Who's the first in the room with you? Jules is

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:08.780
going to go to the closet. Okay, the other one.

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:14.000
So he bursts open the doors. Larissa. She steps

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:17.340
forward with a knife in hand. Put that away.

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:19.539
I'm not going to hurt you. Nobody's going to

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:23.059
hurt you. You're right. I don't need to worry

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:27.079
about me. But you should worry about you, Jules.

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:31.980
What do you know? If it gets out, who my brother

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:38.380
is. Who I am. Let's go. She looks to Amos. Play

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:43.219
along, Larissa. For now. Let him have his power

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:48.619
before Sturgeman strips him of it all. Larissa

00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:51.579
nods and follows you out. All right. I'm going

00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:53.659
to bring her into the other dressing room. Door

00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:57.019
closes on a crowd of people who are watching,

00:46:57.219 --> 00:47:02.699
waiting. The room goes silent as she... She doesn't

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:05.300
sit. She refuses to sit. She stands in the corner,

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:08.980
hands clasped sort of servant style, face just

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:12.800
blank. Okay, well, Jules is going to sit on the

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:20.400
chair's lounge. Chester hops up next to you.

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:24.960
All right, so how do we start? Jules glances

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:29.360
up at Larissa. Proud Eden, tell me everything.

00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:34.079
I know of the witch. I suppose there's no use

00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:37.940
holding back now. I had suspected that she was

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:41.039
related to this when I realized it was the heirs

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:43.539
that were dying off. But I had nothing to worry

00:47:43.539 --> 00:47:49.139
about. Azra. She fell for it. Whoever's doing

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:51.480
this, whoever's carrying on her will, fell for

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:57.800
it. I'm safe. But yes. Proud Eden. She had the

00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:01.500
jelly flower. And she wanted the heirs. I don't

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:05.119
know what she wanted with us. To kill us. Trap

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:09.079
our spirits. Turn us into Beezer, perhaps. To

00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:14.400
use for her witchy crafts. I don't know. I don't

00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:17.579
know. Witchcraft? That's the one. Witchcraft.

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:20.940
There it is. I found it, guys. It was right there

00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:29.360
all along. But she died. My father made sure

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:34.559
she died. And just to be safe, he raised me separately.

00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:39.079
Kept my existence a secret. Brought me up as

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:41.860
a servant. But now I can step into the light,

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:45.679
can't I? Azra's gone. Kind of convenient, huh?

00:48:46.780 --> 00:48:52.039
Very. Is that all you had to ask? So what? You're

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:55.059
just comfortable not being the heir? I will be

00:48:55.059 --> 00:48:57.800
the heir. I was always going to be the heir.

00:48:58.659 --> 00:49:01.500
Once my father knew that the witch's curse was,

00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:06.739
well, folly. Now we know it wasn't. And should

00:49:06.739 --> 00:49:09.719
you succeed in your little investigation, figure

00:49:09.719 --> 00:49:14.219
out who amongst this crowd is causing this, then

00:49:14.219 --> 00:49:17.539
I will return to the light. Father will name

00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:20.760
me as heir, reveal me to the world. More convenience,

00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:25.679
huh? Yes. Well, tell me, who, uh... What are

00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:28.139
your thoughts? Who do you think's doing this,

00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:31.840
then? Who would have any other stake? Because

00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:36.219
right now, you guys got the target on you. There's

00:49:36.219 --> 00:49:38.960
a little bit of sweat at that. Kind of rubs a

00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:42.099
hand over her bald head. Ain't nobody else. I

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:45.300
believe the Grand Messer was very clear with

00:49:45.300 --> 00:49:48.320
his thoughts, and I agree with them. Samira,

00:49:48.460 --> 00:49:52.940
Mello was there to throw you off. Killed so you

00:49:52.940 --> 00:49:55.500
would not point the finger her way. But she has

00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:58.980
the most to gain from this. Especially if Amos

00:49:58.980 --> 00:50:02.619
was to be dethroned or killed. She controls the

00:50:02.619 --> 00:50:04.920
Silent Verse, and they are more loyal to her

00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:08.199
than anyone else. If Harlan is in on it with

00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:11.320
her, then I'm sure he is. What makes you so sure?

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:15.880
They're close. When the Duergar came to this

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:17.659
world, it was Samira that came and approached

00:50:17.659 --> 00:50:21.099
them. Brought them into our fold. Well, they

00:50:21.099 --> 00:50:24.440
work for all of us. They are most loyal to her.

00:50:25.239 --> 00:50:28.659
Something that my father has never liked. He's

00:50:28.659 --> 00:50:30.719
fought against that. He's threatened to have

00:50:30.719 --> 00:50:33.179
them removed, for they do not heed his call.

00:50:33.880 --> 00:50:35.780
And so, of course, they're going to try to get

00:50:35.780 --> 00:50:38.699
rid of him. If you ask me, Samira is connected

00:50:38.699 --> 00:50:42.539
to this situation with Proud Edun. I don't know

00:50:42.539 --> 00:50:46.039
how exactly it folds in, but I believe she's

00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:48.059
behind this. Well, you're going to have to give

00:50:48.059 --> 00:50:50.760
me more than that. More than I don't know how.

00:50:51.690 --> 00:50:55.829
Because I can see how written all over you. Funny.

00:50:56.449 --> 00:51:01.190
I thought that was your job. May I go? Jules

00:51:01.190 --> 00:51:06.289
waves her out. She slides out of the room. Well,

00:51:06.909 --> 00:51:13.230
that was fun. She's a gloomy one, huh? I hate

00:51:13.230 --> 00:51:18.190
this so much. It's tough. It's tough. All right,

00:51:18.190 --> 00:51:20.860
Jules. Well, that's one down. Who else is out

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:23.480
in the room? Who should I get next? Everybody.

00:51:23.679 --> 00:51:26.760
Is Samira out there? Samira is out there. Chester,

00:51:26.780 --> 00:51:31.599
go get Samira. All right. Yeah. Let's go. He

00:51:31.599 --> 00:51:34.179
steps out. You kind of see him run over and kind

00:51:34.179 --> 00:51:37.500
of like speaking to her, hushed voices. She's

00:51:37.500 --> 00:51:41.860
dabbing at an eye. She's an elven woman, full

00:51:41.860 --> 00:51:43.980
elven woman. It's been awesome to describe her

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:47.119
in this sort of sumptuous gown, long black hair.

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:51.300
dark skin, and she just kind of, like, nods along.

00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:56.019
Steps up. Slowly approaches your room. There's,

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:59.880
like, forced poise in her features. She moves

00:51:59.880 --> 00:52:04.880
in, sits down. How can I help you? Seriously,

00:52:04.980 --> 00:52:10.760
how can I help in any way? This. Using my son's

00:52:10.760 --> 00:52:15.400
lover as a murder weapon. This is disgusting.

00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:23.510
Jules leans in. Proud. Eden. She just nods. I

00:52:23.510 --> 00:52:25.969
thought... I thought I would come around to this.

00:52:27.050 --> 00:52:30.630
The first heir's deaths. I had some fear, but

00:52:30.630 --> 00:52:33.449
they were accidents. But I had the thought when

00:52:33.449 --> 00:52:36.949
I saw Mello. The blood letter. Symbols threw

00:52:36.949 --> 00:52:39.929
me off, but... It's her, isn't it? She's back.

00:52:40.250 --> 00:52:42.550
She lived. I don't know how she lived, but she

00:52:42.550 --> 00:52:46.349
lived. They tore her apart. They burned the body.

00:52:47.199 --> 00:52:51.119
How? She just kind of goes on. I was there. I

00:52:51.119 --> 00:52:56.820
saw everything. I was there. She's dead. She...

00:52:56.820 --> 00:52:59.519
Can I roll a check on her? Yeah, roll a check.

00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:06.179
Do insight. Insight. Tweener. It's a 12. 12.

00:53:07.179 --> 00:53:10.219
It's actually quite interesting because with

00:53:10.219 --> 00:53:14.199
a 12, there's something she's not saying and

00:53:14.199 --> 00:53:17.010
you don't know if she's... actively trying to

00:53:17.010 --> 00:53:20.929
hide something, or if she's hiding from something.

00:53:21.989 --> 00:53:26.070
Do you remember that night well? I'll never forget

00:53:26.070 --> 00:53:31.690
it. Ever. Tell me everything. Everything you

00:53:31.690 --> 00:53:35.829
recall. We moved out to the witch's hut. All

00:53:35.829 --> 00:53:38.329
of us were there, even DePiero. He wasn't one

00:53:38.329 --> 00:53:41.429
amongst us. At this point, I was the most recent.

00:53:41.929 --> 00:53:45.000
But he was there. We knew even then he would

00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:46.760
join our ranks eventually. It was inevitable.

00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:50.719
And so he was wrapped up in this too. We came

00:53:50.719 --> 00:53:53.559
upon the Jungle Witch's hut. The silent verse

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:57.500
spread out, surrounded, moved in. They did most

00:53:57.500 --> 00:54:03.380
of the work. But we were there when they burst

00:54:03.380 --> 00:54:06.239
into the house. The initial combat we didn't

00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:08.099
see, just the flashing lights, the screaming

00:54:08.099 --> 00:54:10.920
of some ancient beings, the Beezer, perhaps,

00:54:11.099 --> 00:54:14.840
specters, flashing through windows. But the sounds

00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:19.099
of combat died down. And when it was safe, we

00:54:19.099 --> 00:54:24.900
approached. I saw them tear the body apart. I

00:54:24.900 --> 00:54:28.659
saw them burn it. I saw the moment the life left

00:54:28.659 --> 00:54:33.400
the witch's eyes. We spread out and looked over

00:54:33.400 --> 00:54:36.599
the hut and... She just blinks a few times rolling

00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:39.440
over that 12. That's all. That's everything.

00:54:39.559 --> 00:54:44.219
That's all. What were the kings doing? They were

00:54:44.219 --> 00:54:48.519
just waiting. Overseeing. We're not warriors.

00:54:48.639 --> 00:54:51.760
We just need to be sure. We were all in on this.

00:54:52.239 --> 00:54:56.340
All of our children were threatened. She acted

00:54:56.340 --> 00:54:57.880
weird at the end there. Like there's something

00:54:57.880 --> 00:54:59.360
she didn't tell you when she went to search the

00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:01.960
hide. I think Chester's, Chester's very, he has

00:55:01.960 --> 00:55:03.420
a high wisdom, so I think he catches this too.

00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:05.340
He's kind of nudging you, looking up like, like,

00:55:05.440 --> 00:55:07.460
you know, you get the how we doing this sort

00:55:07.460 --> 00:55:09.900
of face. The only way that we're going to figure

00:55:09.900 --> 00:55:14.679
this out and keep you and everybody else safe

00:55:14.679 --> 00:55:18.739
is we got to know what's unspoken. Everybody

00:55:18.739 --> 00:55:21.719
seems like they're afraid to say something. I

00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:26.199
can see it, but nobody's saying it. That's the

00:55:26.199 --> 00:55:29.880
piece that we need. Lady, I didn't know your

00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:33.559
son, but I've talked to the guards. The silent

00:55:33.559 --> 00:55:36.800
verse, they loved him. He was good. They say

00:55:36.800 --> 00:55:39.559
he was really, really good and sweet and kind,

00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:42.079
and he's the kind of person we'd want to know.

00:55:42.219 --> 00:55:45.559
And if you're hiding anything from us, you're

00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:48.800
keeping us from honoring him, avenging him. So

00:55:48.800 --> 00:55:52.219
please, listen to Jules. The big guy knows what's

00:55:52.219 --> 00:56:01.039
up. Rule of advantage. Perfect. Twenty -eight.

00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:06.320
She closed her eyes for a long minute, and her

00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:08.579
features kind of turned into this incredibly

00:56:08.579 --> 00:56:13.820
pained expression. It's my fault. Everything's

00:56:13.820 --> 00:56:18.460
my fault. All of this. My son died because of

00:56:18.460 --> 00:56:22.300
me. I entered the hut while they were burning

00:56:22.300 --> 00:56:24.800
the bodies. I went into the back rooms, and there

00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:28.659
was a back door. A small thing, and I... It was

00:56:28.659 --> 00:56:33.809
opened. I went outside. I moved into the trees,

00:56:33.809 --> 00:56:37.869
into the shadows of the night. And her face contorts

00:56:37.869 --> 00:56:43.469
into one of just pure, shaking rage. And that's

00:56:43.469 --> 00:56:48.889
when I saw the child. And we'll call it there.

00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:13.420
your voice get better. All right, cool. Yeah,

00:57:13.539 --> 00:57:20.980
it's me. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! I shouldn't

00:57:20.980 --> 00:57:24.219
have had that Coca -Cola. Ah, fuck. Oh, no. It's

00:57:24.219 --> 00:57:29.519
recording. Fuck. Shit. No. There's post -credits.