WEBVTT 00:00:01.860 --> 00:00:03.899 Hey, Pants people, we are thrilled that you're 00:00:03.899 --> 00:00:06.200 enjoying the podcast. We want to share it with 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:09.099 all of your friends, or at least one or two of 00:00:09.099 --> 00:00:52.159 them. So tell somebody about Fantasy Pants. As 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.219 a finale to this little series, we're going to 00:00:54.219 --> 00:00:57.640 talk about the half -elf monk, Elirova. Raised 00:00:57.640 --> 00:00:59.780 in a temple of architecture on the world of Umizu, 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:02.460 Elirova spent her early years in quiet isolation. 00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:05.500 Empathy and honesty became her guiding lights, 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:07.719 up until she came to realize her most terrible 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:11.260 truth. You see, Elirova's true -born parents 00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.200 turned out to be a group of notorious, ruthless 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:16.439 pirates, confused and torn by this horror revelation. 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.719 Ellie Rova left her temple behind in the pursuit 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:21.939 of her parents and the further truths behind 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:24.819 her birth. With her treasured bag of holding 00:01:24.819 --> 00:01:27.019 in hand, filled with books and blueprints, she 00:01:27.019 --> 00:01:28.980 made her way towards rumors of vicious pirate 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:31.739 attacks. Early on her quest, though, she came 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:34.299 across a group of hobgoblin bandits and teamed 00:01:34.299 --> 00:01:36.560 up with Daryl Twilight and the Verdant Viper 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:39.439 to fight them off. From there, Ellie Rova and 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:41.379 the others formed the luminary adventuring party 00:01:41.379 --> 00:01:45.939 Desi Sadatase. And the rest, folks, is history. 00:01:48.089 --> 00:01:51.409 Yeah, but... Thank you, Gwen Shepard! Is she 00:01:51.409 --> 00:01:55.090 thick, though? It's not. Hey, let me look at 00:01:55.090 --> 00:01:57.709 the paper. Yeah. Yeah, I want to listen back 00:01:57.709 --> 00:01:59.930 to each of those episodes and see how you pronounced 00:01:59.930 --> 00:02:03.090 it each time. Yeah, I'm curious to know what 00:02:03.090 --> 00:02:06.230 the actual way to pronounce that is. Yeah, we 00:02:06.230 --> 00:02:08.889 need to find out. Write in. If you're from... 00:02:08.889 --> 00:02:15.710 No, keep going. You almost got it. Gabby, who's 00:02:15.710 --> 00:02:17.889 the killer? Gabby just... Sorry. While I was 00:02:17.889 --> 00:02:20.530 speaking right there, my wife reached over with 00:02:20.530 --> 00:02:22.729 her greasy little goblin fingers, pressed up 00:02:22.729 --> 00:02:24.909 on my keyboard to the point where she found the 00:02:24.909 --> 00:02:27.169 killer of this whole thing. Maybe you'll find 00:02:27.169 --> 00:02:30.289 it tonight. I don't know. But someone here in 00:02:30.289 --> 00:02:32.110 this room, apart from me, knows who the killer 00:02:32.110 --> 00:02:33.750 is. I mean, the real killer is Beezus Breath, 00:02:33.909 --> 00:02:41.789 but... The real killer is cigarettes. Thank you, 00:02:41.789 --> 00:02:43.430 Gwen Shepard. Write in, let us know if she's 00:02:43.430 --> 00:02:47.639 thick. You don't have to do that. Really, thank 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:50.800 you, though. The whole crew. Yeah, thank you 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:52.639 guys so much. That was really special. I love 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:55.139 that you guys made it a tongue twister to torture 00:02:55.139 --> 00:02:59.900 me. It's very fun. I mean that earnestly and 00:02:59.900 --> 00:03:04.240 honestly. It was a good time. Guys, tonight could 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:05.919 be the night. Tonight could be the night that 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:07.139 you put all the pieces together and you find 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:11.520 out who is behind this thing. Gabby knows. Maybe 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:15.169 you'll know soon as well. But you're going to 00:03:15.169 --> 00:03:17.530 have to be clever. And you're going to have to 00:03:17.530 --> 00:03:19.849 make the impossible possible. I believe in you. 00:03:19.990 --> 00:03:23.689 We're screwed. I believe in you. I think you've 00:03:23.689 --> 00:03:28.750 got this. So let's start this off. We're really 00:03:28.750 --> 00:03:30.750 off again? What happened the last time? What 00:03:30.750 --> 00:03:35.050 did we end off with? We literally just did this 00:03:35.050 --> 00:03:36.889 10 minutes ago, David. Yeah, he's teasing us. 00:03:36.889 --> 00:03:40.009 I'm teasing. I know. I know, and I'm being a 00:03:40.009 --> 00:03:45.569 dick. Let me do this. Let me get my nuts going. 00:03:45.830 --> 00:03:49.469 Oh, no. Jesus. What the fuck? Hey, what do we 00:03:49.469 --> 00:03:51.330 leave off? What happened last? Was it cool? Was 00:03:51.330 --> 00:03:53.289 it exciting? Yeah, it was cool, exciting. Something 00:03:53.289 --> 00:03:54.909 about a baby child. Yeah, what's the child? Oh, 00:03:54.909 --> 00:03:59.650 yes, the child. The child. Blanche. We start 00:03:59.650 --> 00:04:04.770 off. Yeah. Yeah, fuck you all. Yeah! He's extending 00:04:04.770 --> 00:04:11.729 the cliffy. Stay in the cliff. Start off in the 00:04:11.729 --> 00:04:14.469 cells. As you step in the room, Jaune takes a 00:04:14.469 --> 00:04:18.310 hard look around. You can see the battle is flashing 00:04:18.310 --> 00:04:20.490 through his eyes as he just takes it all in. 00:04:20.970 --> 00:04:24.149 Probably looks at the bloodstains along the wall. 00:04:25.290 --> 00:04:31.509 So, how? How'd they do it? How? Here. What do 00:04:31.509 --> 00:04:34.649 you think, sir? I'm not sure yet, Tadpole. I 00:04:34.649 --> 00:04:38.009 know it's hard to think about, but what do you 00:04:38.009 --> 00:04:41.500 remember? What did you see? Walk me through the 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:45.439 events that led up to the battle. Well, very 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:50.279 well. I was here with that damnable ado. It's 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:52.560 damnable, fella. We were having a conversation. 00:04:53.100 --> 00:04:56.420 We were probably arguing. And he was probably 00:04:56.420 --> 00:05:03.480 wrong. And, um... Yes. Of course, maybe we had 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:08.300 to share some words. These stops. You weren't... 00:05:08.750 --> 00:05:11.449 watching, sir, right? Through Turbo, you didn't... 00:05:11.449 --> 00:05:15.870 You weren't aware of anything I was saying. It 00:05:15.870 --> 00:05:18.910 was probably a pointless, very annoying argument, 00:05:19.129 --> 00:05:21.110 the sort we normally get up to, so it's good 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:24.430 if you didn't hear it. If it's not something 00:05:24.430 --> 00:05:27.329 you wish for me to know, then I shall not ask. 00:05:28.410 --> 00:05:34.910 Anyway, we had a moment. It was interrupted, 00:05:35.050 --> 00:05:38.500 though. Everything started upstairs. You know, 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:40.959 the big old bombs, the rumbling, all that stuff. 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.199 We had to dive back, almost got covered in dust. 00:05:44.860 --> 00:05:48.199 As we were watching the room, that's how the 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.899 duergar just approached Xenia. She was asking 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:54.160 to be let go and brought upstairs, and it seemed 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:55.899 like Harlan was going to go along with it. And 00:05:55.899 --> 00:06:00.279 then he just struck. Wait, it was just dust falling 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:05.300 from the room upstairs? You hear this, you look 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:08.259 up. You do see right above where the duergo would 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:10.360 be standing, there's a support beam running across 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:13.620 the top of the room. And if you remember in the 00:06:13.620 --> 00:06:17.079 episode, the dust fell. And just after that happened, 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:19.699 you think back, because you put this together 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:21.199 yourself, you think back and you remember there 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:24.639 was dust covering the armor of Harlan and Grumby. 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:31.139 Wow. Well, that was anticlimactic. But it still 00:06:31.139 --> 00:06:33.519 begs more questions. How'd they do it? How'd 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.519 they lace the, I mean, you assume now, Someone 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:38.980 must have laced the pillar. I'm going to wave 00:06:38.980 --> 00:06:41.019 your investigation rolls on this. As you kind 00:06:41.019 --> 00:06:42.399 of look down, you have your glasses, you look 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.500 down and across the floor and you see bits of 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:48.319 dust are lacing it. Oh, I see. So you're not 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.620 saying that it was just an accident that it went 00:06:51.620 --> 00:06:55.060 off and dust fell through the floorboards. It 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:58.000 was set there so that the explosion would set. 00:06:58.250 --> 00:07:00.310 Yes, you would know from the map that this is 00:07:00.310 --> 00:07:02.689 actually not set directly below the ballroom. 00:07:02.769 --> 00:07:04.810 It's actually closer to where the salon is right 00:07:04.810 --> 00:07:07.189 beside the ballroom. So dust falling in the ballroom 00:07:07.189 --> 00:07:11.029 would not fall down here. What happened was someone 00:07:11.029 --> 00:07:13.790 had set the pillar, laced the top of it, you're 00:07:13.790 --> 00:07:15.910 realizing, with this dust. And when the bomb 00:07:15.910 --> 00:07:19.949 went off and the place shook, it fell down. It 00:07:19.949 --> 00:07:24.949 was planned to be simultaneous. Hmm. Okay. So... 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.319 Is there anything that Blanche can gleam from, 00:07:28.339 --> 00:07:31.600 like, climbing up and looking at the... I mean, 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:34.879 like, that's stupid. Maybe not. There's two options. 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.740 Someone came into this cellar beforehand and 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:40.519 left it there. In that case, they would have 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:41.920 had to have known people were going to be in 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:44.699 the cellar, in this exact room, in these cells, 00:07:44.860 --> 00:07:47.560 in that spot, before anyone came into the building? 00:07:48.180 --> 00:07:51.800 Right. Well, I mean, yeah, if the plan was to 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:54.959 get the heirs arrested... That could be the case. 00:07:55.449 --> 00:07:57.490 It very well could be the case. Yeah. That would 00:07:57.490 --> 00:07:59.930 imply then that someone who maybe was part of 00:07:59.930 --> 00:08:03.750 the staff or a family already here or someone 00:08:03.750 --> 00:08:06.670 who made very, very swift work somehow unnoticed 00:08:06.670 --> 00:08:08.629 upon entering. Right. But it would have been 00:08:08.629 --> 00:08:11.089 pretty weird if someone came down here, you know, 00:08:11.089 --> 00:08:13.230 between the events of entering the building, 00:08:13.269 --> 00:08:16.569 that one hour period where you were in the billiards 00:08:16.569 --> 00:08:21.069 room. Yeah. Again, I'm having a hard time ruling 00:08:21.069 --> 00:08:23.889 out Amos near. Do you want to investigate the 00:08:23.889 --> 00:08:27.069 pillar? Yes, I would like to. Well, yeah, that's 00:08:27.069 --> 00:08:29.269 another thing is getting up there is going to 00:08:29.269 --> 00:08:32.149 tell Blanche how somebody else would have gotten 00:08:32.149 --> 00:08:35.909 up there. Jaune's going to assist you by sort 00:08:35.909 --> 00:08:37.429 of helping you, heaving you up. I'm going to 00:08:37.429 --> 00:08:38.669 give Paul the help action. He's just going to 00:08:38.669 --> 00:08:39.850 let you on his shoulder so you can kind of get 00:08:39.850 --> 00:08:41.649 a closer look at everything. Okay, piggyback 00:08:41.649 --> 00:08:44.629 ride from Jaune. Yeah. Let me double check my 00:08:44.629 --> 00:08:49.610 investigation here. And I have my advantage from 00:08:49.610 --> 00:08:59.039 my little goggly glasses. 18. You are lifted 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.379 up. You sort of climb your way, sort of maybe 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:02.820 you climb onto the pillar and you're kind of 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:06.120 holding onto it, sort of standing on John's uplifted 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:08.159 arms, just barely reaching the top of this room. 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.919 And I knock Beezus' breath all into his face. 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:13.799 You see the pillar probably has some remains 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:17.240 of dust on it. Maybe you do see some glimmer 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:19.799 of pink mixed among it. Maybe not all of it fell. 00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:21.919 It looks like a good amount, a good portion was 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:26.570 used here. As you investigate the spot, you realize, 00:09:26.769 --> 00:09:30.610 one, this pillar has been disturbed. You don't 00:09:30.610 --> 00:09:32.669 think someone had climbed up here before you. 00:09:33.350 --> 00:09:35.769 As you kind of put your hand down, even where 00:09:35.769 --> 00:09:37.129 the dust has kind of fell off, there's still 00:09:37.129 --> 00:09:39.889 a distinct sort of small light layer that you 00:09:39.889 --> 00:09:42.570 can wipe away as you touch. It has not been cleaned 00:09:42.570 --> 00:09:45.190 in some time. Larissa has been lacking in this 00:09:45.190 --> 00:09:48.669 room. But what you do realize, maybe you reach 00:09:48.669 --> 00:09:53.200 up and knock on the ceiling. You get the sound 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:55.419 from the boards above that it might be hollow. 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.860 Hollow floorboard. Okay. So there might be something, 00:09:57.940 --> 00:10:01.159 a crawl space between the first floor and the 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.740 ceiling above you now in the cellar. You see 00:10:03.740 --> 00:10:06.440 like maybe a small knot hole in the wood just 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:07.980 above where things are being poured down. It's 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:10.259 as if someone had been in the space above slowly 00:10:10.259 --> 00:10:16.519 letting the poison fall, setting the trap. Okay. 00:10:16.659 --> 00:10:21.259 Is there a loose board to move? I wouldn't say 00:10:21.259 --> 00:10:25.179 there's a loose one. Okay. Can I break your way 00:10:25.179 --> 00:10:26.120 through? Yeah, I was going to say, how about 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:31.200 we make one? Okay. All right. Give me a strength 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:36.440 check. Athletics. Oh, I thought that was a 10. 00:10:36.500 --> 00:10:41.940 It's a 16 plus 3, 19. Okay. You crack the board, 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:44.399 slide it to the side, crack another one. You 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:46.490 move a few of these. You know, as you're kind 00:10:46.490 --> 00:10:48.649 of peering up into this crawl space above, looking 00:10:48.649 --> 00:10:52.129 out into the dusty darkness between floors. First 00:10:52.129 --> 00:10:54.049 thing you notice, it's pretty tight quarters 00:10:54.049 --> 00:10:56.669 in here. You would not be able to fit with your 00:10:56.669 --> 00:11:00.730 shell to move around. Oh, okay. So whoever was 00:11:00.730 --> 00:11:03.029 up here. Does not have a shell. Does not have 00:11:03.029 --> 00:11:05.210 a shell. Hey, you know what? You rule out too. 00:11:07.090 --> 00:11:08.809 You probably didn't think it was De Pere or Ledoux, 00:11:08.889 --> 00:11:10.830 but like you can rule out De Pere and Ledoux 00:11:10.830 --> 00:11:15.100 perhaps. Right. You peek around. I think you 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:18.340 do see in the dust there is someone has been 00:11:18.340 --> 00:11:20.279 moving through here. Gotcha. Someone has disturbed 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:23.000 it. Someone had moved through this place, which 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:24.440 means they either climbed up from somewhere in 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:26.860 the cellar or climbed down from somewhere on 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:30.399 the first floor. Right. It would be hard to go 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.519 far, perhaps. With determination, anything's 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:37.139 possible, but... Sure. Can Blanche get a direction 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:40.460 of travel, or is it in all directions? That's 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:42.919 a good question. I mean, if it's dusty up there... 00:11:43.129 --> 00:11:45.549 Yeah, it would be pretty dusty. It would be pretty 00:11:45.549 --> 00:11:48.750 dusty. Give me a second investigation check on 00:11:48.750 --> 00:11:51.710 this one. This is kind of a new scene to look 00:11:51.710 --> 00:11:56.389 at, and this could be pretty cool. First roll 00:11:56.389 --> 00:11:58.509 is a two, so the second one better really do 00:11:58.509 --> 00:12:04.730 something. 19. There's no direction of travel. 00:12:05.929 --> 00:12:08.830 What exactly does that mean? It means there's 00:12:08.830 --> 00:12:11.659 no direction of travel. There's just... Marks 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:15.960 everywhere? There's marks right there. And that's 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.360 it? And that's it. Okay, so what's directly above 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.320 us? Right above you now would be the salon. Can 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:26.159 Blanche see light through the ceiling above the 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.179 floor of the salon? Oh, that's a good question. 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:32.159 I don't... I think the floors of the main floor 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.000 are going to be very well made. I don't think 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.960 there would be much more seams between them. 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:43.379 Jaune, pass me your spear. Oh. Slides a spear 00:12:43.379 --> 00:12:45.379 up to you. She uses the butt end. She starts 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:48.659 poking around above her head to try to find something 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:53.480 loose. Poke, poke, poke. Doom, doom, doom, doom. 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:59.799 Board. There's something on it, but it feels 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:06.720 loose. Okay. So the length of the spear between 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:11.710 the... The board, the loose board and the beam 00:13:11.710 --> 00:13:15.730 that Blanche is standing on. Can she wedge it 00:13:15.730 --> 00:13:18.210 in there? I'm just trying to like, so when I 00:13:18.210 --> 00:13:20.009 walk up to the salon, when Blanche walks up to 00:13:20.009 --> 00:13:21.590 the salon, I want her to be able to see this. 00:13:21.769 --> 00:13:24.149 I don't want to do a whole nother role. No, I'm 00:13:24.149 --> 00:13:27.049 into it. And I'm also leaving John's weapon behind. 00:13:27.129 --> 00:13:30.990 So that's stupid. So I'm not doing that. Okay. 00:13:31.649 --> 00:13:33.669 You can, I think you can have a rough idea of 00:13:33.669 --> 00:13:35.769 where it might be kind of just orienting yourself. 00:13:35.870 --> 00:13:39.289 Okay. Sure. All right. You already rolled very 00:13:39.289 --> 00:13:42.210 high on looking over the map, so we'll say that 00:13:42.210 --> 00:13:44.850 you just kind of get an idea. Jean, we're going 00:13:44.850 --> 00:13:47.889 to the salon. Oh, sir. I thought you'd never 00:13:47.889 --> 00:13:52.470 ask. Not that salon. The salon upstairs. Oh, 00:13:52.549 --> 00:13:55.750 it's a mystery thing. Yes. Okay, and Blanche 00:13:55.750 --> 00:13:59.269 is going to make haste for the salon. Jules, 00:13:59.490 --> 00:14:06.000 we're back upstairs. There was a child. Samira 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:10.299 continues. Her knuckles are white. You see a 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:12.519 small trickle of blood run down her palm where 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:15.659 her fingernails are digging in. This hurts her. 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:21.740 There was a child there. In the trees. I couldn't 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:25.399 say much about them. It was just a dirty, pathetic 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:30.519 thing. I couldn't even tell the gender. But they... 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:33.940 Hold on. They looked like... They looked like 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:38.059 her. Like Proud Eden. I knew the others would 00:14:38.059 --> 00:14:41.399 see the child killed, so I urged them into the 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:46.559 night to flee, to run. It's them, isn't it? They're 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:51.440 back. They know who killed their mother. I don't 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:59.899 know. She ran. She? They. He said earlier, I 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:01.399 couldn't determine the gender. I couldn't determine 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.200 the gender. Oh, okay. I meant to tell you, I 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:06.409 was thinking of Proud Eden. Okay. They ran. What 00:15:06.409 --> 00:15:09.570 is the... Remind me of the time span between 00:15:09.570 --> 00:15:11.649 now and then. I'm trying to figure out if this 00:15:11.649 --> 00:15:13.789 child survived, how old it would be. 16 years. 00:15:14.070 --> 00:15:17.350 16 years. Okay, so... How old did the child look? 00:15:18.230 --> 00:15:24.950 Young, maybe four, five. They could have been 00:15:24.950 --> 00:15:29.830 small for their age. They were tiny. They could 00:15:29.830 --> 00:15:32.889 have been even older. Tiny? How old is Diva Luma, 00:15:33.009 --> 00:15:36.779 I wonder? Diva Luma would be in her early 20s. 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.879 Oof. Did she have early access to the building? 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:43.139 Oof. That's the thing. Oof. From what you've 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:46.120 seen, she didn't. And she was in the room with 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:52.139 you the entire first hour. Oh, she was. So how 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:55.820 could she be the one? Yeah, but wasn't that... 00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:58.639 Where were we being held? The billiard room. 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.480 Okay, so that... Far off on the western... No, 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:06.840 eastern. Uh, wait. Wasn't she in the salon, though, 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:11.279 getting ready? She was in the salon during the 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:14.980 in -between time. Fucking thing. That was good. 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:18.759 Take a button. I actually did something. Take 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:22.059 a button. She was in the salon. That's where 00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:25.100 she was getting ready. That's true. And she definitely 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:29.019 has access to her own pyrotechnics. Yep. That's 00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:32.179 also true. But... How would she get to the bottle? 00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:37.919 Invisibility. Yeah, but she's a bard? Her class 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.600 is undefined. From fighting her, she has the 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:43.299 qualities of an assassin. When you saw her, invisibility 00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.460 was extremely short -lived. So she's trained 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:46.759 to get in and out of places. Sure. The bottle 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:49.980 of wine could have been Fyodor. She could have 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:53.460 provided it. He could have placed it. Yes. She 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:55.279 could have made the order for it to be sent. 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:59.940 You could always ask. I wonder if she's written 00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:04.190 it on anything. I don't know what happened. They 00:17:04.190 --> 00:17:08.349 ran and I don't know what happened. I thought 00:17:08.349 --> 00:17:12.529 they would just, I don't know, disappear. A bad 00:17:12.529 --> 00:17:17.690 memory lost. And then my son died. And it's my 00:17:17.690 --> 00:17:22.809 fault. I'm sorry. Thank you for talking to me. 00:17:23.609 --> 00:17:27.529 And Jules will get up and open the door. Chester, 00:17:27.630 --> 00:17:30.450 in this moment of tenderness, takes her by the 00:17:30.450 --> 00:17:33.910 hand. Hey, come on. It's all right. We're going 00:17:33.910 --> 00:17:36.069 to figure this out, okay? We're going to figure 00:17:36.069 --> 00:17:40.809 this out. Thank you. Leg leads her outside. Closes 00:17:40.809 --> 00:17:43.750 the door and just whistles. Oh, shit, Jules. 00:17:44.549 --> 00:17:47.309 What do you think? Well, Jules is going to open 00:17:47.309 --> 00:17:52.029 the door right back up. Fyodor. Hmm? Let's chat 00:17:52.029 --> 00:17:55.450 for a second. Thought I will. Yes, I will have 00:17:55.450 --> 00:17:59.279 chat with you. Fyodor walks in the room. Jules, 00:17:59.339 --> 00:18:02.500 how long will this take? I am cook with no kitchen. 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:06.819 My hands miss the feeling of pan. I get it. The 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:09.599 smell of the omelette. I get it. Do me this favor, 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:13.519 though, okay? Was it tasty? It was fucking delicious. 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:16.279 You're the only one who had. It was so delicious, 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.539 I almost stopped and left the fight because I 00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:21.680 wanted to eat all of those omelettes. I love 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:23.559 hearing this. This is good news for me. For real. 00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:26.200 This is good news for me. All right, let's get 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.859 down to brass tacks. Yes. The tax or brass? The 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:32.839 wine that you served. The one that was sent to 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:34.819 Miller Horror's room? Yes. It was Larissa who 00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:37.619 brought, but yes, I am aware of this. That's 00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:40.079 the only thing you saw was Larissa bringing you 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:44.400 the wine. Well, yes, I made the fruit platter 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:47.039 and she brought the wine. We put it on the platter 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:50.160 and it goes upstairs. Did you see where the wine 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.859 came from? From cellar, of course, from wine 00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:55.500 cellar. The stairs are... The main stairs to 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:58.339 Sailor for Wine is just by kitchen, so I can 00:18:58.339 --> 00:19:00.319 see everyone that goes in and out. And who did 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:02.980 you say all went down there? You mean all day? 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.380 All day. Everyone inside. It was me here and 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:09.940 there. Larissa goes down, she cleans it, checks 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:13.700 it. Ezra goes down, of course. Amos checks on 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:16.480 everything. Everyone goes, it is a popular place. 00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:21.640 It is in there, after all. Ezra went down? Yes, 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:25.670 Ezra. He went down today, yes. Just him? Him 00:19:25.670 --> 00:19:29.710 alone. Only once. Twice. Twice he went down. 00:19:30.450 --> 00:19:33.069 Just before you come in. Was he bringing anything 00:19:33.069 --> 00:19:36.690 down or carrying anything up? I was very busy. 00:19:36.789 --> 00:19:43.250 I do not remember. I, um, kind of grumbles and 00:19:43.250 --> 00:19:46.049 you start thinking, rubbing his head. I feel 00:19:46.049 --> 00:19:49.029 like he did have something. Something he brought. 00:19:50.150 --> 00:19:53.210 And he looks you in the eye. In something he 00:19:53.210 --> 00:20:00.269 brought. Beck. Blanche. Fuck you. You move into 00:20:00.269 --> 00:20:04.329 the salon. Yes. As you go here, you also turn 00:20:04.329 --> 00:20:06.630 around the corner. I will say this. As you turn 00:20:06.630 --> 00:20:08.450 the corner towards the salon, the kitchen stands 00:20:08.450 --> 00:20:11.130 open as well. You know you have a contact waiting 00:20:11.130 --> 00:20:13.970 outside you could speak to on the way or afterwards, 00:20:14.230 --> 00:20:16.289 whatever order. So you're saying I don't have 00:20:16.289 --> 00:20:19.170 to wait until 7 o 'clock? No. Fjodor hinted to 00:20:19.170 --> 00:20:21.890 you very strongly that somebody is out there 00:20:21.890 --> 00:20:25.029 right now. that because of everything that's 00:20:25.029 --> 00:20:27.109 going on outside, all the hubbub, his contact 00:20:27.109 --> 00:20:29.650 is there. Maybe just trying to get information, 00:20:29.730 --> 00:20:31.089 waiting for someone to appear in the window. 00:20:31.309 --> 00:20:36.710 Okay, so as we're walking by the kitchen, Blanche 00:20:36.710 --> 00:20:39.450 is going to stop Jean. Oh, thank goodness. Yes, 00:20:39.509 --> 00:20:42.849 I'm so hungry. Do not enter the kitchen. Fuck. 00:20:45.170 --> 00:20:50.609 Jean, I'm going to disguise myself as Fyodor 00:20:50.609 --> 00:20:54.880 and enter the kitchen. What? I need you to stay 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:57.980 out of sight. Do you understand? Yes, sir. Of 00:20:57.980 --> 00:21:00.700 course, sir. I shall hold the line here. Blanche 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:03.720 is going to cast Alter Self. Oh, that's really 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:08.880 cool. To make herself look just like Amos. Not 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:11.859 Amos Nier. That would be not what I want. Like 00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:16.839 Theodore the Cook. Hell yeah. And she's going 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:20.019 to walk over to the window. You walk over to 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:22.920 the window. You peek out of it. Sure enough, 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:26.740 there is a somewhat notable figure. I mean, there's 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.680 a crowd all around this place, but just kind 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:31.960 of right sort of leaning up against the fence, 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:34.539 almost not looking as inconspicuous as before, 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:37.759 kind of staring out towards the building, eyes 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.539 sort of wide, like they're just willing themselves 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:43.680 to be seen. You see this, you see dark skin wrapped 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:46.359 in a gray cloak and hood just a wiry build, youthful 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:50.740 features. This is the contact. And they see you. 00:21:51.369 --> 00:21:56.410 And there is just this relief that floods. Now, 00:21:56.450 --> 00:21:58.910 message is basically just, there's no word limit, 00:21:58.950 --> 00:22:01.569 right? It's just back and forth, constant? Yeah, 00:22:01.710 --> 00:22:05.009 I can read it if you'd like. I think it's fine. 00:22:05.210 --> 00:22:06.509 I think it's just whispering and then you hear 00:22:06.509 --> 00:22:10.250 it. The mouth begins to move silently way over 00:22:10.250 --> 00:22:12.029 there. And in your ears, though it's right beside 00:22:12.029 --> 00:22:17.309 you, you begin to hear words. Fyodor. Oh, thank 00:22:17.309 --> 00:22:19.869 goodness, Fyodor. What is happening in there? 00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:23.819 No, never mind. You need to get out now. I'm 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:26.519 sorry. I'm just looking through to see if I can 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.720 change what I sound like. That's a good point. 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:33.319 You're whispering, so I think it's like your 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:35.140 voice. You just kind of disguise your voice. 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.099 It'll be a deception check. It's going to be 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:42.170 hilarious for you to try. Oh, no. Nope. You decide 00:22:42.170 --> 00:22:43.930 what you look like, including your height, weight, 00:22:44.069 --> 00:22:46.009 facial features, sound of your voice, hair length, 00:22:46.089 --> 00:22:47.589 coloration, blah, blah, blah. This is pretty 00:22:47.589 --> 00:22:50.089 like. That's really cool. Yeah. This is perfect 00:22:50.089 --> 00:22:54.349 for this situation. Okay. You are now a big Russian 00:22:54.349 --> 00:22:58.029 man. Yeah. Well, sorry. Quote, unquote, Russian. 00:22:58.250 --> 00:23:00.869 David Russian. I'm bad at everything, but. Hmm. 00:23:01.250 --> 00:23:03.730 Now I need to think of the perfect thing to say. 00:23:04.589 --> 00:23:07.730 They said you need to get out of there. Yeah. 00:23:08.949 --> 00:23:12.769 How can you help me out? Oh, that's good. I was 00:23:12.769 --> 00:23:15.690 surprised. Hell yeah. Fuck yeah. How do I get 00:23:15.690 --> 00:23:19.529 out of here? I don't know. I don't know. Maybe 00:23:19.529 --> 00:23:23.650 if you just, maybe if you just tell them, look, 00:23:23.769 --> 00:23:26.170 we don't know what's happening in there, but 00:23:26.170 --> 00:23:29.750 a number of us, a number of us, get out for emphasis, 00:23:29.829 --> 00:23:32.349 like bloodletters, have surrounded the place. 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.279 We're trying to figure out what's going on, and 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:37.039 we need information. We do. But more importantly, 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.779 we've been doing our own investigating at the 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:43.799 edges. And, Fyodor, there's a visa nearby. We 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.819 brought in cantata leaves to check. They burn 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.920 in the presence of rage spirits, and they burn 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:51.059 bright. Normally, they don't venture into the 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:54.420 city. It's got to be hiding its form somewhere 00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:56.799 inside, likely weighing on the call of its master. 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:59.900 They can be bound to those who know the way to 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:03.059 bind them. But it's in there. Does Blanche know 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:05.880 what a visa is? Did we talk about this before? 00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.519 All you've heard is they're jungle raid spirits. 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:10.160 You don't know a whole lot. Here's what's helpful. 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:14.400 Fjodor is from Arnikek. Okay. It wouldn't be 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:16.240 weird for Fjodor to ask. Well, that's exactly 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.859 what I was getting at. Yeah, I just didn't want 00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:21.019 to know if it was a waste of time for Fjodor 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:26.019 to ask. I am getting scared. Tell me, what is 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:30.539 this visa? How do I stay away from it? I think 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:32.009 Blanche would know a little bit, but not. A lot 00:24:32.009 --> 00:24:34.589 of specifics. Okay. Being from Noir, but yeah, 00:24:34.650 --> 00:24:39.750 just... Sorry, you're foreign. They're spirits. 00:24:40.230 --> 00:24:41.970 Spirits are those killed in the deep jungle. 00:24:42.430 --> 00:24:44.569 Especially those who carry a burning rage within 00:24:44.569 --> 00:24:47.109 their hearts. They can command and lead a number 00:24:47.109 --> 00:24:50.349 of lesser specters. They're dangerous. They can 00:24:50.349 --> 00:24:53.009 force people to move on each other, to strike 00:24:53.009 --> 00:24:55.569 each other. They can instill burning rage in 00:24:55.569 --> 00:24:59.349 others in the area. As I said, they can be bound. 00:24:59.430 --> 00:25:03.759 They're used by... Jungle witches. Some say they're 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:05.640 used for poison. Some say they're used for other 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:09.539 such tasks. Whatever's going on, you gotta get 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:13.019 out. They're all fighting in here amongst themselves. 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:19.359 How do we appease the spirit? I don't know. It 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:22.339 explains so much, though. The revolutionary, 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:26.299 the attack on the prince. That wasn't us. We 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.960 didn't mean to do that. The bloodletters wouldn't 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:30.940 have done that. We're peaceful. But Abiza... 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:34.720 It could have inspired that rage. Someone is 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:38.380 doing this to us, pinning this on us. Would Ibiza 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:44.700 make the sign? Sign? The symbol. The blood leather 00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:47.059 symbol. A blood leather symbol appeared. Oh, 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:50.160 wait. I fucking remember. She did it. Zenya did 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:54.460 it. Zenya did it. Shit, I remember. Never mind. 00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:57.660 I am forgetting. I am... No, I understand. It's... 00:25:58.589 --> 00:26:00.809 It's so chaotic in here. It must be. It must 00:26:00.809 --> 00:26:04.910 be. How'd the omelets turn out? They... I mean, 00:26:05.109 --> 00:26:09.210 you should... This horrible lady spilled them 00:26:09.210 --> 00:26:13.069 everywhere. I'm so sorry. You must have cried 00:26:13.069 --> 00:26:15.109 so much. I know how sensitive you are. I'm not 00:26:15.109 --> 00:26:18.890 over it. I know. If I cannot get out of here, 00:26:19.049 --> 00:26:23.509 what is your plan? We don't have one. We can't 00:26:23.509 --> 00:26:25.650 get through the silent verse. Our numbers are 00:26:25.650 --> 00:26:29.750 not strong. We're not fighters. Fyodor, you're 00:26:29.750 --> 00:26:32.069 on your own in there. But we want to keep you 00:26:32.069 --> 00:26:34.029 safe. We want to keep everyone safe. Whatever 00:26:34.029 --> 00:26:36.609 happens, we don't want to see the kings of coin 00:26:36.609 --> 00:26:40.309 hurt or dead. For one thing, they'll blame it 00:26:40.309 --> 00:26:43.009 on us. And for the other, it's not how we want 00:26:43.009 --> 00:26:46.329 to make a change. But someone does want them 00:26:46.329 --> 00:26:51.569 dead. I'm sure of that now. I have friend inside. 00:26:52.630 --> 00:27:00.140 Here. I think we can trust. You're going to do 00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:09.160 the walk downstairs. They are investigating from 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:15.160 the inside. And if there is grave need, may I 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:19.319 send help to you? Yes. Yeah, of course. Yes. 00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:24.210 You will know her by her shell. The fuck does 00:27:24.210 --> 00:27:26.250 that? Oh, tortles. Gotcha. She is tortles. No, 00:27:26.329 --> 00:27:29.069 I hear you. It makes sense. You could have just 00:27:29.069 --> 00:27:35.609 said that. Excellent houseguest. I must go. I 00:27:35.609 --> 00:27:38.910 cannot stay away for long. You move away from 00:27:38.910 --> 00:27:44.470 the window? Yes. Be careful, Fjodor. You're gone. 00:27:44.869 --> 00:27:48.390 Moving from the glass. into the kitchen, moving 00:27:48.390 --> 00:27:50.890 towards Jaune, and perhaps feeling something 00:27:50.890 --> 00:27:54.289 cold run down your shell as you realize there 00:27:54.289 --> 00:27:59.130 is one other guest in this palace, unknown. Something 00:27:59.130 --> 00:28:04.390 long dead, something supernatural, waiting for 00:28:04.390 --> 00:28:12.150 the time to strike. Jules! This isn't going to 00:28:12.150 --> 00:28:14.289 be near as funny now because the moment has way 00:28:14.289 --> 00:28:16.670 passed, but it's been in my head since this happened, 00:28:16.750 --> 00:28:19.470 so I have to say it. You said, how do we appease 00:28:19.470 --> 00:28:21.309 the spirit? And all that I can think about is 00:28:21.309 --> 00:28:26.950 how do we appease the visa? We have an episode 00:28:26.950 --> 00:28:34.029 title. Take another button. Fuck it. Take a button. 00:28:34.190 --> 00:28:38.309 There you go. Take a button. That's pretty good. 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:43.099 That's pretty good. Thanks. Damn. That's you, 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:47.440 Jules. Fyodor. Actual Fyodor. He just had two 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:50.859 Fyodor scenes in a row. Weird. Right. You gotta 00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:53.359 remind me, what was the last thing he said? Uh, 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:57.000 fuck. Hang on. Oh, fuck. Yeah, okay. I remember 00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:00.319 now. Oh, good. I forgot. No, I don't. Shit. Hang 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:03.400 on. He was saying that you were saying. Oh, Azra. 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.400 Azra. Was bringing something back. Looked like 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:07.319 he was bringing something back. He brought something 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:09.940 out. He brought something. back, just before 00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:13.680 you came. What was he bringing? I did not see. 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:16.799 I was not paying that close attention, but he 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:21.460 was being strange about it, I think. I am sorry 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:23.740 I cannot be of more help, but... And you're sure 00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:27.559 it was just him? I mean, at the time, yes. Other 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:30.160 people have gone in and out. Loritza and Amos, 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:32.039 of course, they are going in and out for wines, 00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:35.359 but Azra was strange. If he is bringing a wine 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:38.450 out, why would he not drink? For this wine he 00:29:38.450 --> 00:29:42.250 brought, why bring it back? Strange. Strange. 00:29:43.490 --> 00:29:46.250 Can I go make dinner now? Yeah, go make dinner. 00:29:46.869 --> 00:29:54.789 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Flashback! No one leaves the 00:29:54.789 --> 00:29:58.990 room! But Blanche says no one leaves the room! 00:29:59.029 --> 00:30:03.769 I'm not serious. Oh, are you done with Fjodor? 00:30:05.569 --> 00:30:10.059 Yeah. He stands up, the whole couch creaks in 00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:13.460 this huge form as he moves towards the door. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.680 Well, I am hoping it was of help to you. I'm 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:18.279 sorry I can't be of more. No, you gave me some 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:22.359 good stuff. Oh, good, good. Well, good luck. 00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:26.299 And he just leaves. Numb in the scene, he's out. 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:30.700 Well, what are you thinking? Asra's being weird, 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:33.400 but Asra's dead. So, what's that matter? David, 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:36.279 what do we know about Asra in terms of... He 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:40.940 was a playboy. He was obnoxious, spoiled rich 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:43.779 kid. So he had no friends. I mean, he had a lot 00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:46.819 of friends. He had his money. Quote -unquote 00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:50.059 friends. Yeah, quote -unquote friends. You know, 00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:52.740 he's a big fan of Diva Luma. Roll me an intelligence 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:59.740 check. Doesn't need to be a high one. 13. Your 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:02.400 mind flashes back to when you first arrived. 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:05.279 Came in through the gates. Spoke to DiPiero, 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:09.880 spoke to Ledoux. And you turned to see, you heard 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:12.160 some obnoxious laughter. You saw Azra was speaking 00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:15.640 with Diva Luma. And he went immediately kind 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:17.759 of running back inside as she kind of waved him 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.099 off. She approached you and mentioned something 00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:22.799 about how sending them off on little errands 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:25.920 keeps them busy. Azra, you know, was running 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:30.460 things in and out for Diva Luma. And I think 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:33.089 a thought crosses your mind. Not saying this 00:31:33.089 --> 00:31:34.990 is anything that happened, but it could make 00:31:34.990 --> 00:31:39.410 sense to put yourself in a killer's shoes. Azure, 00:31:39.470 --> 00:31:41.210 dear, what kind of wines do you have? Do you 00:31:41.210 --> 00:31:43.730 have jelly black classic noir? I'd love to smell 00:31:43.730 --> 00:31:47.250 it. At the moment of this realization, Jules 00:31:47.250 --> 00:31:51.690 opens up the door. Harlan, put those manacles 00:31:51.690 --> 00:31:57.410 back on Diva. Oh, no. Diva Luma just looks up. 00:31:57.450 --> 00:32:02.579 Her eyes are red -rimmed. She's been... Crying. 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:07.200 What are you... What are you saying? Harlan. 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:14.779 I'm sorry. Oh, right. I mean, fine. Let's put 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:19.480 it on. It's just for safety. I understand. I 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:22.839 do. You want to speak to me now? You and me both 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:26.299 luminaries. We know it's just for safety. It's 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:29.880 fine. It's fine. Don't forget Blanche is periodically 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:33.319 checking in with Turbo. Blanche, you see this? 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.660 This is happening just when you get back from 00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:37.480 the kitchen. You look up and you see Devaluma 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:40.240 Manacles begins to be moving into the room. Now 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:43.220 you know the salon is... Fuck the salon. We go 00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:47.000 now. John, run. And she starts to run back to 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.779 Amos Neer's room. Okay, you're on your way, Devaluma. 00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:52.900 I love that Blanche just said, fuck the salon. 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:59.450 John's, no! You move into... The interrogation 00:32:59.450 --> 00:33:02.829 chamber. Harlan won't look you in the eyes. Just 00:33:02.829 --> 00:33:06.930 stay. Or would you rather speak to her alone? 00:33:07.930 --> 00:33:11.369 Stay outside the door. All right. Listen. Will 00:33:11.369 --> 00:33:16.269 do. Will do. Door closes and Diva Luma just sitting 00:33:16.269 --> 00:33:19.630 there, just looking like beside herself. Oh. 00:33:20.069 --> 00:33:22.309 This is either a foolish mistake or we got her. 00:33:22.650 --> 00:33:25.670 She's like, slowly starting to cry. I think we 00:33:25.670 --> 00:33:27.549 got her, but she can also call the bees that's 00:33:27.549 --> 00:33:29.609 at her side. And you're in the room alone. I 00:33:29.609 --> 00:33:36.089 know. Jules, before you get started, whatever 00:33:36.089 --> 00:33:38.589 you want to say, I just want to thank you. I 00:33:38.589 --> 00:33:42.910 want to thank you so much. I killed Asra. I killed 00:33:42.910 --> 00:33:48.829 him. The Prince of Coin and a fan. And I would 00:33:48.829 --> 00:33:50.390 have killed others. I would have killed you if 00:33:50.390 --> 00:33:54.680 you hadn't stopped me. Please, I don't know if 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:57.640 you've felt this before. Do you know what it's 00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:01.759 like to lose control over your body? To do horrible 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:05.220 things? And I think, Jules, in that moment, for 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:07.920 a brief second, your mind flashes back. I do. 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:11.260 To Nusserul, to Moreno, to your hand covering 00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:14.239 the eyes of Jessenth Kellig, to power flowing 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:19.039 through him, to Zebulon's corpse. You blink and 00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:21.360 you're... Looking at Diva Luma, a woman who looks 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:24.519 for all the world like her heart has been shattered. 00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:30.460 It's terrible. Jules? Chester's looking at you. 00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:33.039 He doesn't know what to do. I think he's kind 00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:35.019 of not following your track entirely, and he's 00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:37.920 not sure what's happening now. Where do you come 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:41.380 from? What? I'm curious. You seem to know all 00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:44.519 about me. I don't know anything about you. Chester's 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:46.920 like a slight sort of sobbing, struggling chuckle. 00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:51.000 Jules. Funny time to shoot the shit, but yeah, 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:54.780 okay. I was raised in the elucidarium, the Bard 00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:57.780 College here in Zinda. I grew up there. I learned 00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:01.000 everything from them. It's how I'm the person 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:04.579 I am today. Well, who was your mentor? Anybody 00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:08.440 I know? Probably not. I'm the most famous person 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:12.019 to come from there, but I had many mentors. Do 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:15.960 you have a favorite one? Lady Bellana. She was 00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:20.590 kind. She taught me the, uh... Very foot -heavy 00:35:20.590 --> 00:35:23.110 dancing style that I use. No, I mean, you've 00:35:23.110 --> 00:35:25.369 got to have flair. Yeah, you've got to have flair, 00:35:25.429 --> 00:35:28.050 right? Yeah, of course. Yeah. We're luminaries. 00:35:28.250 --> 00:35:30.670 Yeah, absolutely. We even fight the style, you 00:35:30.670 --> 00:35:34.389 know? Absolutely. I get that. As you're having 00:35:34.389 --> 00:35:35.650 this conversation, I think we'll start to hear 00:35:35.650 --> 00:35:39.250 the door opens outside. Blanche, you and John 00:35:39.250 --> 00:35:40.889 step in. It'll be around this time that you'd 00:35:40.889 --> 00:35:44.389 make it up here. John, just... I think when I 00:35:44.389 --> 00:35:47.210 hear... When Jules hears that... He's going to 00:35:47.210 --> 00:35:49.409 open up the door. D 'Vilma snaps and looks around. 00:35:49.610 --> 00:35:53.949 You go to the door, stand up, open it. Blanche, 00:35:54.050 --> 00:35:58.750 Jean. When Blanche comes into the room, you can 00:35:58.750 --> 00:36:03.349 hear the sound of her blade song activate. And... 00:36:03.349 --> 00:36:07.590 What is this? Whoa, Blanche, what's going on? 00:36:08.489 --> 00:36:11.809 What's that? What are you doing? Hold on just 00:36:11.809 --> 00:36:15.289 a damn second. Are we missing one thing? No, 00:36:15.349 --> 00:36:17.809 what we're missing is that Blanche doesn't have 00:36:17.809 --> 00:36:21.010 any of the information that Jules has. Blanche 00:36:21.010 --> 00:36:23.750 doesn't know that there was a child. You each 00:36:23.750 --> 00:36:28.030 have half of this sort of puzzle, right? Yeah. 00:36:28.050 --> 00:36:30.829 But what you do know is that somebody that was 00:36:30.829 --> 00:36:36.030 in the salon had perhaps an accident. That's 00:36:36.030 --> 00:36:38.250 where you found the thing was. But you would 00:36:38.250 --> 00:36:40.869 know. I think you still have reason to be concerned, 00:36:41.050 --> 00:36:44.289 Blanche, because you... know that whoever was 00:36:44.289 --> 00:36:46.250 in the salon likely was the one that poisoned 00:36:46.250 --> 00:36:48.090 the duergar. Sure. You have a reason to suspect 00:36:48.090 --> 00:36:49.349 Diva Luma right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What you 00:36:49.349 --> 00:36:51.789 don't know, again, the impossible puzzle, I feel 00:36:51.789 --> 00:36:53.570 like I was acting on some of the information 00:36:53.570 --> 00:36:55.829 that Stephen had, but Blanche did not. Yeah, 00:36:55.829 --> 00:36:58.710 but you don't know. Fair. Roll me an intelligence 00:36:58.710 --> 00:37:01.070 check. Okay. But can you also tell me that if 00:37:01.070 --> 00:37:04.199 Blanche saw... Diva Luma getting manacled again 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.920 that she wouldn't think what the fuck is going 00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.260 on. Okay, yeah, sure. Right, exactly. Because 00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:10.719 she knew that Diva Luma was in the salon. She 00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:14.300 got the information about the visa. Right. So... 00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:18.099 Roll with advantage. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I 00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:19.659 was only like half listening. What am I rolling? 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:23.059 We'll call it just a straight intelligence. We're 00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:25.059 kind of testing your memory here. Roll with advantage, 00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:27.980 though, as your master's words, his information, 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:29.900 his advice in the last episode kind of flows 00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:32.789 from your mind. Make the impossible possible. 00:37:33.570 --> 00:37:37.110 First roll, all told, was only a 14, so let's 00:37:37.110 --> 00:37:44.269 see what happens. 16. With a DC 15. Oh, baby! 00:37:45.289 --> 00:37:47.090 You assume over in the story, as you're on your 00:37:47.090 --> 00:37:49.389 way up, your mind is flashing. Make the impossible 00:37:49.389 --> 00:37:52.989 possible. And the pieces come together. You don't 00:37:52.989 --> 00:37:55.449 have the exact confirmation that Jules has, but 00:37:55.449 --> 00:37:58.250 the idea hits your mind. Diva Luma could have 00:37:58.250 --> 00:38:00.829 been here before, out in the jungle before everything. 00:38:01.150 --> 00:38:03.170 She could have poisoned the caiman. She could 00:38:03.170 --> 00:38:06.349 have killed Missy Moane. Diva Luma couldn't have 00:38:06.349 --> 00:38:08.969 had access to the wine bottle. But then you remember 00:38:08.969 --> 00:38:11.849 Azra Nir going in and out. You remember Azra 00:38:11.849 --> 00:38:14.269 Nir bringing things to her, taking them away, 00:38:14.349 --> 00:38:17.429 and that same thought hits you. Did she ask for 00:38:17.429 --> 00:38:19.969 the bottle? Maybe just to open it, to smell it, 00:38:19.989 --> 00:38:24.449 taste it? In that one moment, one pinch in the 00:38:24.449 --> 00:38:28.619 bottle. There was exactly one person, one person 00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:32.699 in this house that could have done this. Someone 00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:38.340 who was both outside and had access to inside 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:46.239 via a foolish accomplice. Okay, so I'm not going 00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:52.760 to rewind on the blade song. She pops in with 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:57.159 the blade song, bonus action. Her action, she 00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:01.260 points her sword at Divaluma and casts True Strike. 00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:07.340 Whoa. What's this look like? So it's the sound 00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:11.980 that Bladesong makes. And then she just levels 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:17.199 the sword, accusatory, at Divaluma. And she asks, 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:22.699 where is the Biza? What are you talking about? 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:26.769 What's going on? What's happening here? You were 00:39:26.769 --> 00:39:30.409 in the salon. You found a loose or made a loose 00:39:30.409 --> 00:39:35.829 floorboard to poison the duergar. You put Beezer's 00:39:35.829 --> 00:39:40.789 breath in your own pyrotechnics and somewhere 00:39:40.789 --> 00:39:47.070 there's a Beezer. She's mad. Jules, what? Who 00:39:47.070 --> 00:39:53.570 is proud Eden to you? How should I resolve this? 00:39:55.179 --> 00:40:00.340 I'd like intimidation check from Blanche with 00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:03.400 advantage from Jules. You're leveling the sword. 00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:08.460 I think you should make the check. First one's 00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:13.659 a 19 on the die. Second's a natural one, so that's 00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:18.579 22. We'll go with a one. That's not how advantage 00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:22.199 works, actually. I can just edit the episode 00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:26.980 so that you say disadvantage. Yeah. Disadvantage. 00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:31.820 I put it there. Sword is leveled. Who has browed 00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:38.340 Eden to you? Tears falling down. A smooth face. 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:44.179 And then those eyes. Every bit of sorrow fades 00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:48.159 from them in an instant. Brows curling down. 00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:53.960 Mouth. Curving up into a wicked sneer. Completely 00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:57.500 different features. Completely different person. 00:40:58.659 --> 00:41:02.039 Well, I'll be damned. Proud Edon is my mother. 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:07.400 And I'm proud to be her daughter. Every step 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:12.139 of the way, you two. I swear, you two. I would 00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:15.639 have had the turtle twice. Jaune just steps back, 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:18.460 like, kind of horrified. I would have had Xenia. 00:41:19.309 --> 00:41:23.190 All seven. The complete collection. You fucking 00:41:23.190 --> 00:41:27.650 too. So what happens now? I can call in the Beezer. 00:41:27.949 --> 00:41:30.730 You know what's here now. I can kill everyone 00:41:30.730 --> 00:41:34.869 outside. Or you can let me walk. You think you 00:41:34.869 --> 00:41:36.309 have the power here, but I think you need to 00:41:36.309 --> 00:41:38.449 understand that... And you watch as she just 00:41:38.449 --> 00:41:43.050 kind of smoothly... It's actually in the stat 00:41:43.050 --> 00:41:44.949 block. Let me double check this. In her stat 00:41:44.949 --> 00:41:47.409 block, I think she cannot be... She can like... 00:41:47.670 --> 00:41:51.389 legendary action escape from uh let me go check 00:41:51.389 --> 00:41:53.150 this you know yeah while you're checking that 00:41:53.150 --> 00:41:55.989 quick side note i said it right from the beginning 00:41:55.989 --> 00:41:59.050 i don't trust you when we were meeting when we 00:41:59.050 --> 00:42:01.050 were meeting people in my notes here diva luma 00:42:01.050 --> 00:42:06.070 has double asterisk here oh take a button i'm 00:42:06.070 --> 00:42:13.380 just saying you can't do this um escapes non 00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:15.380 -magical restraints and ends the grapple condition 00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:18.900 on itself as a legendary action. This is something 00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:21.079 that, yeah, another one of those sleight of hand 00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:23.780 parlor tricks that have served her so well. You 00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:25.500 just see the restraints kind of, usually they're 00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.760 just twirling a finger and they're kind of just 00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:30.719 spinning in the air. Like I said, I have more 00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:33.280 power than you think. Power to kill everyone 00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:35.280 outside this room right now. You're the only 00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:38.239 ones who know. I think she's bluffing. This lady 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:41.340 just went down. We knocked her unconscious. She's 00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:46.820 had a short rest. What Blanche wants to know, 00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:49.539 David, and I don't know, maybe, I'm hoping that 00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:52.780 there's a role about this. Blanche wants to know, 00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:56.400 wants to try to recall more about Beezas. Like, 00:42:56.400 --> 00:43:02.500 if we kill Diva Luma, like, does the Beeza, like, 00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:05.260 go free? Is it, like, some being that's being 00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:08.219 controlled? You're onto, like, the Beeza's the 00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:10.460 bigger threat here. Oh, a thousand percent. Yeah. 00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:13.639 Yeah. Not worried about fighting her. Right. 00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:16.719 It's figuring out. Give me a roll. Yeah. Are 00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:19.619 you thinking like arcana? Arcana or religion. 00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:22.219 Okay. For an undead, it'll be a little easier 00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:24.460 on religion, but arcana actually, I think in 00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.760 this case, I'll actually make the same because 00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:29.300 these are very much tied to more occult witchcraft. 00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:32.099 I'm close to using a button, but I'm just going 00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:33.659 to roll it because I've got a pretty good arcana. 00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:37.199 Actually, that's kind of where religion is. 23. 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:41.340 20. Wait. Steven, again, I couldn't tell whether 00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:44.219 that was good or bad. Yeah, sorry. His grumpiest 00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:50.280 roller. Yeah, 23. 23. In the case of something 00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:54.280 like this, this is a rage spirit fueled from 00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:59.199 what you've heard by just like pure malice. If 00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:03.039 you kill its anchor, it's very likely to just 00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:06.840 go on a full rampage. Diva Luma is like the only 00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:10.739 thing keeping the visa. From slaughter. I thought 00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:13.039 it was going to be the opposite. We kill the 00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:15.480 anchor, that's the only rage in the room. I'm 00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:17.619 glad I asked the question. I was just about to 00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:23.559 go in. So what do you say, fellas? Are you going 00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.500 to let me go? Or do you want to meet my mother? 00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:31.500 We will not let you go. Haven't you had enough? 00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:36.800 No. There's still two more. You can't have them. 00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:41.429 I will. You've already seen how far I'll go. 00:44:41.690 --> 00:44:45.250 My determination, I would have died in that fight. 00:44:45.969 --> 00:44:48.710 I meant to. Would you die? Because I knew I would 00:44:48.710 --> 00:44:50.650 have killed every single one of them with it. 00:44:51.349 --> 00:44:54.389 I don't care if you kill me now. You'll just 00:44:54.389 --> 00:44:56.010 be the murderers who killed one of the world's 00:44:56.010 --> 00:45:00.190 most beloved luminaries. If you survive my mother. 00:45:01.190 --> 00:45:06.809 You would die for that? These people took everything 00:45:06.809 --> 00:45:12.190 from me. Stole the flower. Murdered my mother 00:45:12.190 --> 00:45:15.610 in cold blood. Sent me off to die in the woods. 00:45:16.010 --> 00:45:19.369 If I hadn't crawled my way into the city, found 00:45:19.369 --> 00:45:23.849 my way into the elucidarium, been accepted, I'd 00:45:23.849 --> 00:45:27.050 be a corpse too. But they're precious children. 00:45:28.130 --> 00:45:32.969 No. Fuck them. Why did your mother want the children 00:45:32.969 --> 00:45:37.900 in the first place? She wanted blood. This was 00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:42.159 a response. They killed to defend, and I will 00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:46.079 die to defend today. My mother was a predator. 00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:50.059 Like I'm a predator. Like that caiman you fought. 00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:53.619 Like the sharks out in the ocean. Blood's what 00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:57.559 we know. It's natural to us. And it's not wrong 00:45:57.559 --> 00:46:01.760 to pursue what your instincts drive you to pursue. 00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:06.000 But they lied. They turned around on their deal. 00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:09.239 They didn't know the price. Yet they reaped the 00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:13.599 rewards. Here they are, richer than ever. Richer 00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:17.019 off my mother's corpse. The houses sold in her 00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:21.320 blood. The blood was her responsibility. She 00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:24.340 called for it. And their blood's yours. Because 00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:27.159 if you don't let me go, it will spill. You're 00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:40.119 not leaving. So co -I master defense. I don't 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:43.019 see any fucking way around this, dude. It's like, 00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:45.820 yeah, everyone in this room, it's just Chester, 00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:48.820 Jaune, back into the wall, horrified. Jules, 00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:51.119 like, what's Jules' expression right now? I want 00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:52.980 to get a freeze -frame picture of this moment, 00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:54.679 as Diva Luma's just sitting on the couch, still 00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:56.840 twirling the manacle, still looking for all the 00:46:56.840 --> 00:47:00.099 world, like she has all this control. Her face 00:47:00.099 --> 00:47:02.699 contours somewhere between, like, this divine 00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:07.019 sort of sadistic pleasure and this... Deep -seated 00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:09.500 malice. What's Jules doing? Do you know who I 00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:16.480 am? Really? Do you know where I come from? Oh, 00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:20.780 man. You sure you want to fuck with that? She 00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:25.920 turns to you. I know exactly who you are, my 00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:31.480 lord. Oh! And we'll call it there.