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We've been breeding some 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.459 new ones. We got ourselves the Jules Pepper. 00:01:32.659 --> 00:01:35.859 It's brand new. It's a Jules LaRoche. It looks 00:01:35.859 --> 00:01:38.140 pretty cool. It's got that model starry night 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:40.159 kind of design. This little lump on it looks 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.439 like a pompadour. It tastes pretty good. You 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:44.719 should try it out. It's selling out everywhere. 00:01:45.060 --> 00:02:10.469 So yeah. I often wonder about Pepper. I didn't 00:02:10.469 --> 00:02:13.969 want to write a recap or an orange, so I was 00:02:13.969 --> 00:02:17.560 like... We'll do commercials. Commercials are 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:20.780 easy. I love it. That means that when we return 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:25.300 to the Citadel, we get a higher payout from Peppers 00:02:25.300 --> 00:02:27.520 Peppers, right? Yeah, but the thing is you can't 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:32.240 swear on the network. Jeremy, you can't swear 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:34.439 on the network. That's not usable. That's some 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:36.199 easy cash. You're saying I just got Pepper a 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.979 fine? You got Pepper a fine? Shit. All the money 00:02:38.979 --> 00:02:40.280 he was going to make towards you actually went 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:43.300 to paying the fine. Oh my goodness. The FFCC. 00:02:44.330 --> 00:02:47.669 The fantasy. I don't know what the rest of FCC 00:02:47.669 --> 00:02:58.610 is. The AFCC. Ah, Tosh's FCC. Oh, guys. Stupid. 00:02:58.830 --> 00:03:02.150 Stupid indeed. We are stupid, Steven. Most of 00:03:02.150 --> 00:03:06.569 the time. Man. What are we doing again? I think 00:03:06.569 --> 00:03:09.530 we're in a closet. You're in a closet. A lot 00:03:09.530 --> 00:03:12.599 of people are in closets, actually. Well, almost 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:16.580 just you in one closet with your sidekicks, with 00:03:16.580 --> 00:03:20.580 Diva Luma, with Jules, Steven, I don't know. 00:03:20.819 --> 00:03:22.340 Anyway, on the other side of this room, though, 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:23.879 we also have another closet. And that's pretty 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:25.219 funny. I actually have the map for this now. 00:03:25.379 --> 00:03:27.219 You only see a tiny piece of it. Yeah, I see 00:03:27.219 --> 00:03:29.900 a closet. You're in a closet. You see a closet. 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:31.439 I'm not showing you what's outside of it because 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:35.860 that door's closed. Who farted? We'll talk about 00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:37.439 when we get into it, but when you moved into 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.039 the room, as you kind of pushed in there, I imagine 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:43.039 Harlan closed the door behind you, kind of wanted 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:44.860 to keep whatever's going on here sort of separate, 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:47.460 just to keep things safe, keep people from panicking. 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.139 But ideally, he's probably outside that door. 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:53.039 I guess you don't know, because it's closed. 00:03:53.300 --> 00:03:55.939 But it's funny, though, because this closet that 00:03:55.939 --> 00:04:00.240 you're in right now is only like 15 by 10 feet. 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.939 It's pretty small. I noticed this map. It's pretty 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:06.060 small. We're taking up the entire space. You 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:08.599 are taking up the entire closet space. We got 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.000 ourselves a Shea Lounge. You can see the glory 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:13.979 of your Shea Lounge here. Isn't that beautiful? 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:16.839 Oh, that is lovely. Oh, my goodness. Isn't that 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:18.740 great? There's two more of those because we're 00:04:18.740 --> 00:04:21.759 idiots. Is that a Rochelle Shea's Lounge? It 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:25.100 is. Oh, my goodness. I got to zoom way in. She 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:27.079 hooked us up. Look at that. Zoom into that Shea's 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.819 Lounge. Look at the seams. Oh, it's tufted or 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:35.319 something. Yeah, that's excellent. tough beautiful 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:41.060 teal color it's very inviting beautiful um it's 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:43.100 funny because like we also we know that amos 00:04:43.100 --> 00:04:45.560 near and lorisa also went into a separate dressing 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:46.860 room and this dressing room that they're in is 00:04:46.860 --> 00:04:48.879 like 10 by 10 and filled with clothes so they're 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:51.920 like crouched up together like no space at all 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:54.560 dude yeah it makes even funnier yeah but pause 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.040 the recording right now go measure your bedroom 00:04:57.819 --> 00:05:01.819 No. I'm guessing that like if you're lavish, 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:03.720 you have like a 12 by 12 bedroom. You know what 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.420 I mean? I feel like that's pretty normal. Man, 00:05:06.420 --> 00:05:07.759 I never really thought about it that way. I don't 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:11.019 think it's lavish. I mean, we started this podcast 00:05:11.019 --> 00:05:12.680 in that room. You guys remember how small it 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.120 was? Yeah. Yeah. Wow. It was very, very small. 00:05:15.300 --> 00:05:19.000 Huh. Or we're just very, very big. Damn. I bet 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:23.339 this room is 10 by 10. I guess. No. I've measured 00:05:23.339 --> 00:05:26.420 it a couple of times, but I forgot. But it's 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:28.959 not 10 by 10. I don't know what it is, but I 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:32.540 know what it's not. It's weird to think like 00:05:32.540 --> 00:05:34.399 five feet is the ranch. You always look at the 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:35.680 tokens on the maps and they're right up against 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:37.540 each other. But when you actually think about 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:39.160 it, five feet is pretty good. Like five feet 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:41.259 is you're swinging a sword that's pretty long 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:43.319 and hitting somebody over there, you know? Like, 00:05:43.540 --> 00:05:48.199 yeah. Yeah. Weird, right? Yeah, you know? When 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.259 you look at just tokens on paper, you don't really, 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:52.639 I guess it's hard to imagine what it all really 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:56.439 looks like. Anyway, hopefully we see more of 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.660 this grand room you guys are staying in. We have 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:03.319 the entire suite here. It's glorious, as always. 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:06.980 Rochelle killed it, but you can't see it yet 00:06:06.980 --> 00:06:09.240 because you're in a closet. This grand, giant, 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:14.500 10 by 15 foot closet. You're in the closet with 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:20.060 the killer. And somebody found it. So I should 00:06:20.060 --> 00:06:22.339 ask, gentlemen, anything you want to talk about 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:24.519 before we get into this combat? Before we just... 00:06:25.140 --> 00:06:27.920 Dive in off the big old... What do you want to 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:29.279 say? Diving board. Isn't there a word for those 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.600 things? All I want to know is where's the sirenscape, 00:06:32.740 --> 00:06:36.959 baby? All right. All right. We got some sirenscape 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:44.399 in here. But it's not what you expect. Oh, no. 00:06:45.139 --> 00:06:47.519 Sad things happen to this music. That's the flashback 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.519 sound. It is the flashback sound. We are doing 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.800 kind of a flashback here. We're not flashing 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:56.180 back very far, though, just a matter of minutes 00:06:56.180 --> 00:07:01.560 to earlier in our last episode. See, I need you 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.699 to bear with me for a minute here. I hate to 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:05.500 do this, but I'm going to spend a touch of time 00:07:05.500 --> 00:07:08.259 talking to myself. It's not something I love 00:07:08.259 --> 00:07:10.600 to do. I really do not love this. You know I 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:12.459 do not love this. That's like 90 % of this show. 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:15.120 Normally I'm talking to you, at least, but I'm 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:16.899 not going to talk to me and respond to me, and 00:07:16.899 --> 00:07:19.220 then me has to sort of interject in there somewhere, 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:22.800 too. But, you see, I need to remind you, I think 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:26.000 it's important to establish the stakes. To remind 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:28.560 you of exactly who you are about to be fighting 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.259 for. Because right now, you are very much in 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:33.980 a hostage situation. The bees, like a bullet 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:35.860 in a gun, is primed and loaded somewhere just 00:07:35.860 --> 00:07:40.319 off, sort of out of your sight, waiting to pull 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:44.879 some trickery. But in the midst of all this danger, 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:50.240 with this threat unbeknownst. We see this opulent 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.959 suite, this suite that is the master suite belonging 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:57.199 to Amos Nier, just loaded with Shay's lounges. 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.759 Five rooms, two main chambers, two dressing rooms 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:03.980 and a bathroom, sort of in between the two dressing 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:09.579 rooms. Five rooms and nine former suspects, nine 00:08:09.579 --> 00:08:13.579 fates in flux, nine stories currently without 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:16.319 endings, all waiting on our heroes to illuminate 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:20.110 the shadows that lie, between them. We're going 00:08:20.110 --> 00:08:24.610 to zoom in a couple of little vignettes, little 00:08:24.610 --> 00:08:30.110 scenes amongst these nine. We'll start in that 00:08:30.110 --> 00:08:34.529 10 by 10 closet previously mentioned where Amos 00:08:34.529 --> 00:08:37.330 mutters to himself in the silence of this second 00:08:37.330 --> 00:08:40.629 dressing room. Larissa stands in the corner watching 00:08:40.629 --> 00:08:44.039 her, her master, her father. Her usual stoic 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.220 expression is revealing its cracks, the tiniest 00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:49.539 fragments of concern touching her features, these 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:53.279 cracks seeming to spread as Amos just mutters 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:56.320 in the absolute humiliation. We'll show them, 00:08:56.340 --> 00:08:58.659 though, Risa. Your brother will show them. But 00:08:58.659 --> 00:09:00.700 it can wait. It can wait until they solve this 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:02.899 little problem. Point their fingers at who would... 00:09:03.149 --> 00:09:07.690 dare kill my blood in my home. We'll get even, 00:09:07.750 --> 00:09:10.830 Larissa, won't we? Won't we? Oh, yes, yes, we'll 00:09:10.830 --> 00:09:14.690 get even with them all. He turns around to look 00:09:14.690 --> 00:09:16.690 at Larissa as if finally realizing she hasn't 00:09:16.690 --> 00:09:19.289 been responding, and enthusiastic agreement is 00:09:19.289 --> 00:09:23.929 brow furrows the little. You have concerns? Speak 00:09:23.929 --> 00:09:29.710 your mind. No, sir, I... Speak, child. She swallows. 00:09:30.250 --> 00:09:35.759 I just... Would you... Mourn me, father, if it 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:39.980 was I that died. What? I'm sorry, sir. I just 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:44.779 thought maybe you wouldn't. Larissa, cut your 00:09:44.779 --> 00:09:47.779 foolishness. You are my heir, my true heir. To 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:50.340 the public eye, you are my most invaluable servant. 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:54.240 Nobody would dare harm you. With the will of 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:56.720 the witch misdirected as plans, you will be perfectly 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:00.460 safe. Yes, but if... Enough of this, Larissa. 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.279 This day has brought many trials. I do not need 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.820 your nervous rambling. It's not like you. Yes, 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:11.320 of course. I'm sorry, Father. And as silence 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.879 falls between the two, we move away from this. 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:16.759 Help the doors of the closet into the sort of 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.299 master bedroom itself, where alongside the sort 00:10:20.299 --> 00:10:25.139 of grand sort of covered canopy bed, we see Ledoux 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:29.059 is just finishing up the seams to fix Jean Franklin's 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:33.250 torn banner. De Piero standing above him, kind 00:10:33.250 --> 00:10:36.210 of scratches at his chin with a sort of prideful 00:10:36.210 --> 00:10:39.850 smile. I have to say, I never thought I'd see 00:10:39.850 --> 00:10:43.470 you sewing my son's banner for him. And without 00:10:43.470 --> 00:10:48.070 insult to argument, too. Well, I suppose Jean 00:10:48.070 --> 00:10:51.129 Franklin is still a muscle -minded oaf, but I 00:10:51.129 --> 00:10:56.309 guess he has some finer points. How to face him 00:10:56.309 --> 00:10:59.710 now after admitting such is... Is that snort 00:10:59.710 --> 00:11:03.549 from the beer? Do you know not how to speak with 00:11:03.549 --> 00:11:05.889 each other without some form of combat involved? 00:11:07.769 --> 00:11:10.809 A luminary and a financial advisor to the Lord 00:11:10.809 --> 00:11:15.529 of the Golden Bay, yet boys still. That's not... 00:11:15.529 --> 00:11:18.710 We just... He could have helped us, you know. 00:11:19.029 --> 00:11:22.210 We shared the same goals, didn't we? Find evidence 00:11:22.210 --> 00:11:25.330 of Proud Eden and expose Amos Nier. He could 00:11:25.330 --> 00:11:30.450 have... No. We didn't share the same goals. Sure, 00:11:30.529 --> 00:11:34.230 perhaps they aligned in a way, but our reasoning 00:11:34.230 --> 00:11:38.429 differed greatly. In degrees, I could be seen 00:11:38.429 --> 00:11:41.350 as an altruist. My goal has ever been to see 00:11:41.350 --> 00:11:45.169 the rise of our people, but... Jean's altruism 00:11:45.169 --> 00:11:48.649 is a simple, honorable thing. He saw wrong and 00:11:48.649 --> 00:11:51.269 wanted to correct it. No forethought, no strategy, 00:11:51.509 --> 00:11:55.779 just... goodness. He would have tossed me aside 00:11:55.779 --> 00:11:57.779 in an instant if he thought it was the right 00:11:57.779 --> 00:12:00.919 thing to do. It's no wonder he's become so sex 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:04.919 -sexful as a luminary. Yet, I do have some regrets 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:07.740 in not telling him sooner of our plans. When 00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:09.340 this is through, I am going to speak with him. 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:13.220 I'll tell him everything, and hear his judgment. 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:18.440 Though I am nervous to hear it. I fear I've been 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.740 a rather harsh father, and have earned little 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:26.279 benefit. We slide away from those two, slide 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:29.360 away from the raising banner of the Golden Bay, 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:35.039 to a weeping Samira Ara, who quietly stares towards 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.379 a closed door where Fyodor Popov has just been 00:12:37.379 --> 00:12:40.100 taken in, and we hear a shuffling of steps as 00:12:40.100 --> 00:12:43.259 a figure moves up before her. She glances up 00:12:43.259 --> 00:12:46.440 to see Xenia Ruba, standing awkwardly, eyes swimming 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:49.519 with tears of her own, and behind her a smiling 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:53.220 Margus lightly pushes her forward. Go on. She 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:56.899 steps closer to Samira and slowly roses a trembling 00:12:56.899 --> 00:13:00.299 hand. The same hand one might think that killed 00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:05.620 Meloara. There's a frozen moment. Samira does 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:07.299 not move to accept the outstretched hand. She 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:11.440 does not move a muscle, but she does, after a 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:16.559 moment, speak. My Melo always hated these parties. 00:13:16.899 --> 00:13:20.179 He hated any reminder of our station, of the 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:24.929 privileges of our station. Yeah, he was a real 00:13:24.929 --> 00:13:29.970 rebel in his own way. Yet this time he was different 00:13:29.970 --> 00:13:34.309 leading up to the March of Ice. He was happy. 00:13:35.330 --> 00:13:38.570 I take it this was your doing? And Samira's eyes 00:13:38.570 --> 00:13:40.529 flicker to Xenia's hand, which begins to weakly 00:13:40.529 --> 00:13:43.350 pull back. She reaches out and snatches it with 00:13:43.350 --> 00:13:46.370 her own, a firm yet tender grip, and new tears 00:13:46.370 --> 00:13:48.029 spill down her cheek, running to the edges of 00:13:48.029 --> 00:13:51.149 her newly forming smile. He was a wonderful young 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:55.840 man, wasn't he? He was. They embrace, and Margus 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:59.120 watches, grinning wide. You could have told me, 00:13:59.139 --> 00:14:01.580 you know. I would have been ecstatic to have 00:14:01.580 --> 00:14:03.940 you as a daughter -in -law. I wouldn't have had 00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:08.639 a room swapped at the least. I thought you knew. 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:12.460 When Mello approached me last year, he was sweet. 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.460 He told me he had gotten some womanly advice 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:20.960 on how to woo me. Well, it... That certainly 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:26.980 wasn't my advice. Then who? The door opens as 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:30.879 Fjordor steps out. And everyone goes quiet watching 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.200 the scene as he moves back into the room. As 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:37.100 after a moment of deliberation, Jules calls for 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:42.919 Diva Luma to be brought forward in chains. And 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:46.299 the three, Margus, Zenya, Samira, share a look. 00:14:46.820 --> 00:14:50.200 And we pan to that doorway. The shackled Diva 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.840 Luma is led inside, and as it closes, Harlan 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.279 turns towards the room, keeping his back to the 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:59.240 door and listening for Jewel's request. Yet as 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:00.860 his ears hone in on the dressing room behind, 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:03.159 his eyes wander to the trio across the room. 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.059 And on Xenia they stay, filling with a hunger, 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:10.340 a need for forgiveness, for redemption, filling 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:14.559 with the pain he inflicted on her. Just as stiff. 00:15:14.970 --> 00:15:16.929 Moment, and then he barks an order to Grumby, 00:15:17.009 --> 00:15:18.929 his second -in -command, and to the two officers 00:15:18.929 --> 00:15:21.769 that linger at the nearby door. Stay sharp, you 00:15:21.769 --> 00:15:26.149 lot. No more mistakes. All my life, no one else 00:15:26.149 --> 00:15:30.149 dies in this palace. And their crisp salute is 00:15:30.149 --> 00:15:33.610 interrupted as the main door bursts open. And 00:15:33.610 --> 00:15:38.490 Blanche Trudeau rushes in. And here we push back 00:15:38.490 --> 00:15:40.509 to the now, Blanche, you charge into the room. 00:15:41.490 --> 00:15:46.389 Bladesong ringing out. ready to go. You step 00:15:46.389 --> 00:15:49.029 in the room and Harlan slowly closes it behind 00:15:49.029 --> 00:15:52.870 you, staying positioned, listening, as ordered. 00:15:53.809 --> 00:15:58.450 And we trot to the true now, to a question posed 00:15:58.450 --> 00:16:03.289 by Jules. Do you know who I am? And an answer. 00:16:04.169 --> 00:16:10.409 Oh, I know exactly who you are, my lord. So creepy. 00:16:12.529 --> 00:16:20.330 Diva Luma. Stares at you. No. Into you. Deep 00:16:20.330 --> 00:16:24.250 behind your eyes. If you can see me, my lord. 00:16:25.049 --> 00:16:28.710 If you are in there, my true name is Calamabarine. 00:16:29.529 --> 00:16:32.730 My mother was a staunch supporter. I am sorry 00:16:32.730 --> 00:16:37.710 about the state of your shell here. And flicker. 00:16:38.370 --> 00:16:40.590 She's not looking into you anymore, but at you, 00:16:40.730 --> 00:16:45.259 Jules. Tell me, Jules. Did Zavar use my little 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:47.080 present to him when you came to collect his head? 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:49.960 If I remember right, that half -dragon fella 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.059 had gone quite wild on the network footage of 00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:55.480 your fight. Just my luck, you would have seen 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:58.120 my bees' breath before strolling onto my little 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:02.799 plot here. Yet now Uncle Zavar is dead and gone. 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:06.279 And you aren't ashamed to touch, are you? Despite 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:10.119 everything he did for you. You aren't even remotely 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:14.880 ashamed. You could be a hero, Jules. A real hero, 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:17.700 not like the fluffed up little luminaries that 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:19.599 prance around the screens of our worlds doing 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.599 nothing of real importance yet being worshipped 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.440 by the masses. You could be so much better than 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:27.680 them, than us. Yet despite everything your parents 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:30.940 gave you, you chose the wrong side. I would never 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:33.740 be so selfish, throwing away my mother's teachings 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:36.019 and gifts and propping up that self -righteous 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:39.420 celestial ass. You're slaves to both of your 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:42.759 slaves to Atash's will. This guy looks around, 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:45.700 and everyone deserves to deny it. Your words 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:48.559 are flowery, but something smells in here, and 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:52.839 I think it was you. Funny. Just look at you. 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:56.700 Helping him assault population on Hill. Killing 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:59.420 Zavar and having Itzmendel Prado gifted to Atasha 00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:03.480 Sky Prison. And what a little old me, huh? You're 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:05.200 not going to let me go free, so what are you 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:07.869 going to do if you manage to kill me? What will 00:18:07.869 --> 00:18:09.789 you do when they come to take my body away, to 00:18:09.789 --> 00:18:12.329 have me revived to suffer lifetimes in the Sky 00:18:12.329 --> 00:18:15.589 Prison? Your side locks people in cages, don't 00:18:15.589 --> 00:18:19.410 forget that. Or my side sets them free. Your 00:18:19.410 --> 00:18:22.069 side is evil, and evil people will meet a righteous 00:18:22.069 --> 00:18:27.609 end. Righteous. That's what Atash is. Righteous. 00:18:29.170 --> 00:18:33.890 I can't say that Atash is perfect, but, well, 00:18:34.089 --> 00:18:37.109 he's better than you. There's no good sides in 00:18:37.109 --> 00:18:40.970 war. And this is a war. Don't you forget that. 00:18:41.490 --> 00:18:44.569 Everyone chooses a side eventually. Even Cholet 00:18:44.569 --> 00:18:46.130 and his stubborn neutrality will fall one way 00:18:46.130 --> 00:18:51.230 or another in this war. You chose wrong. I chose 00:18:51.230 --> 00:18:53.750 wrong? Do you have any idea what's going on out 00:18:53.750 --> 00:18:57.980 there? Any idea that our worlds are dying? crumbling 00:18:57.980 --> 00:19:00.019 away and being consumed by the very planes that 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:02.599 formed them. Some are stripped down to the raw 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:04.680 elemental bases while others leak nightmares 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:08.000 into the land like pus from seeping wounds. It's 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.420 going to get worse and worse, until only the 00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:14.000 strong remain. Yet in Atash's design, the weak 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:16.579 pull down the strong, and everyone is made equally 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:20.339 helpless before the coming storm. Only true freedom 00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:23.519 can save our worlds. Only Zomateshab's freedom. 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:26.420 So what do you propose? You don't appear to be 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:29.160 the strong one here. Are we supposed to let you 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:32.279 walk out and take your word that you won't release 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:37.160 this monster of yours? Hmm. I think we both know 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:39.480 that's not going to happen. And you know what? 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:43.400 You know what? That's just fine by me. Because 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:45.759 I'm so very glad to have another chance at you, 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:49.339 Jules. The remaining is. That's my little personal 00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:52.500 quest. But in killing you now, I'm going to save 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:54.819 the world. You know how many people have said 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:57.559 that exact same fucking thing? And you're less 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:01.420 than all them. We'll see. All right, Blanche 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:04.019 wants to attack this bitch. You go. You're prime 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:06.019 ready. You're going to move as, like, we start 00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.920 with initiative here. You see her hand slides 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.859 in the folds of a ruffled skirt, clutching at 00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:12.380 something. Her eyes flash red in this moment, 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:14.420 and a horse whisper rolls from the back of her 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:19.200 throat. You just hear... A chill wind suddenly 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:21.680 runs through this dressing room. Everyone roll 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:24.720 for initiative, and Blanche... As a matter of 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.180 course for your true strike, your setup here, 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.700 I'm going to give you advantage on this initiative 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:29.500 roll. Oh, sweet. You're the first to kind of 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.579 like, you were ready. You were primed and ready 00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:33.059 for this fight. You were holding for this moment. 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:40.660 All right, so Jules got a 14. Chester got a 17. 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:44.900 Blanche only got a 16. Let me roll Jean's real 00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:47.460 fast. I mean, hey, so far three of us are pretty 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:51.940 up there. Ugh. Natural one for Jean Franklin. 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:55.160 Oh, no. Oh, no. Is that just a one? That's just 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:58.420 a one. Okay. No modifier. Oh, that's rough. That 00:20:58.420 --> 00:21:13.119 is rough. Let me make a couple rolls here. Blanche, 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:17.450 you go to strike out with your sword. The metal 00:21:17.450 --> 00:21:20.829 sings. Your blade is honed in to strike true. 00:21:21.390 --> 00:21:25.950 Yet before you have a chance, she's just so fast. 00:21:26.750 --> 00:21:31.109 She slides into this sort of secret pocket, whips 00:21:31.109 --> 00:21:35.269 out this, looks like a small sort of jar or vial, 00:21:35.369 --> 00:21:39.430 almost looks like a perfume jar. Fuck. And it's 00:21:39.430 --> 00:21:42.250 already opened and shooting out towards you before 00:21:42.250 --> 00:21:46.319 you have a chance to react. Oh, fuck. They're 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:51.779 all pretty good. So here's what I was going to 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:55.839 try to do. You tell me if it's too late. Blanche 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:58.259 has a racial trait, along with John Franklin, 00:21:58.420 --> 00:22:01.119 called hold breath, where they can hold their 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:03.420 breath for up to an hour at a time. It doesn't 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:05.680 say if there's an action required or anything. 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:08.359 It just says you can hold your breath for up 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:10.779 to an hour at a time. It's very cool. And yeah, 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:13.079 you definitely can be in that state, holding 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:17.180 your breath. You know what to expect. Or did 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:20.640 you? Because as this liquid comes sloshing out, 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:23.680 we realize there's no pink powder here. This 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:29.700 is something different. Oh, you son of a... Don't 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:33.000 blame me for this one. Blame our friend, Andrew. 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:40.420 Holy fudge! My God. Blame him for this little 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:44.809 concoction known as Hungry Moss. Perhaps another 00:22:44.809 --> 00:22:47.529 jungle witch secret. Let me read this thing for 00:22:47.529 --> 00:22:49.289 you guys. This is an Andrew original. I almost 00:22:49.289 --> 00:22:51.130 wish you wouldn't, but okay. Smashing this bottle 00:22:51.130 --> 00:22:53.309 upon a surface causes the liquid inside to coat 00:22:53.309 --> 00:22:55.769 all objects and creatures in a 10 -foot -wide 00:22:55.769 --> 00:23:00.329 sphere. That failing DC -13 dexterity save. Any 00:23:00.329 --> 00:23:03.069 with liquid mans merely erupts in a thick moss, 00:23:03.230 --> 00:23:05.690 which begins devouring the targets, as long as 00:23:05.690 --> 00:23:07.490 it is not magical or made of stone or metal. 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.220 Each coded target takes 1d12 acid damage when 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.640 the moss grows and again at the start of their 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:16.039 turn as the moss digests them. They can make 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.980 a DC 13 concentration saving throw at the start 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:20.380 of their turn. After taking this damage on success, 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.579 they may use their action to remove the moss 00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:25.940 from their person. Horrible. Absolutely, but 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:28.119 you can also have someone else use an action 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:29.859 and move it off of somebody else too. I call 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:34.059 OP. It's pretty gnarly. Oh, just you wait. It's 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.740 going to get worse than you think. So let me 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:38.779 mark down where in this... tiny closet this is 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:41.519 going to cover. I mean, is she going to make 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:44.759 a save too? We're in a small closet. It's going 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:48.480 to splash everywhere. It said break on the surface 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:53.559 and 10 foot square. 10 foot sphere. So I'm trying 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:58.180 to decide if I aim it high. You know what? She 00:23:58.180 --> 00:24:00.220 is going to take it too. You did put yourself 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:02.380 in the middle. There's a reason why. I could 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:04.740 aim this up, I believe, but I'm not going to 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:07.869 for certain reasons. Which means everyone except 00:24:07.869 --> 00:24:12.109 for Jaune is making a save. Oh, because it's 00:24:12.109 --> 00:24:15.569 dex. And she has like a thousand dex. Dex save? 00:24:15.750 --> 00:24:20.069 Dex save meets you. DC 13. Plus four. I'm going 00:24:20.069 --> 00:24:22.150 to just roll it. That's a little better than 00:24:22.150 --> 00:24:28.509 50 -50 for me. Come on, baby. Oh, natural two. 00:24:29.250 --> 00:24:32.809 Oh, no. It's a two. Fuck. What do you got, Jules? 00:24:32.930 --> 00:24:35.700 Oh, God. You also got to do one for Chester. 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:39.660 I know. I know. Oh, David, that's a nice drawing 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:45.920 of the... Oh, my God. I'm going to take a picture 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:49.480 so we can post this. I can just take a screenshot. 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.519 Yeah, do that. That'll be better. There you go. 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:56.240 God, do I use a button? I'm more scared that... 00:24:56.240 --> 00:25:00.599 Fuck, I'm going to use a button. Oh, shit. Okay. 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:07.380 For who? Jules. Okay. Okay. I'll take your buttons. 00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:17.160 I needed it. Okay. 13 on the die plus four. Wow. 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.579 That'll do it. First one was a six on the die 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:24.279 plus four. Oh, man. All right. Let me see here. 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:31.940 Let me see here. Okay. Fuck it. Fuck. Five on 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:37.380 the die. All right. This moss flies out. You 00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:39.940 see this liquid. She throws the jar. It goes 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:42.880 flying as it smashes this clear liquid that's 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:44.960 filling it. It sort of sloshes out, and you see 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:47.759 little flecks of moss, like little green flecks 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:50.119 that land upon you like spores and just kind 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:54.819 of boom, explode, spreading rapidly, just covering 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:57.680 you. Jules, as this happens, you're able to weave 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:59.599 back, but Blanche, you were sort of in the moment 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:02.519 trying to weave in. Your offensive position essentially 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:04.720 puts you at risk of this. As you're kind of moving 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:07.559 in, already in stance to strike, this takes you 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:10.119 by surprise, sort of splashes off your blade, 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:13.119 and in that moment, you find yourself slow, which 00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:14.940 is why you're kind of holding off an initiative 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:17.440 a little bit more than I can imagine you thought 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:20.339 you would be. Jaune, off to the side, just, no, 00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:23.880 sir! Chester's, God damn, Jules! He just kind 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:25.900 of gets covered, and this thing just... sort 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:28.660 of covers you all. I'm going to roll some damage 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:32.759 now. 1d12 as it strikes you. And again, at the 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:35.220 start of your turns until this moss is gone. 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:41.779 Only four damage on both of you. Okay. As this 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:44.799 splashes around, roll me a perception check. 00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:51.140 Another natural one. Okay. Getting them out of 00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:58.099 the way. You can roll for Chester and Jaune as 00:26:58.099 --> 00:27:05.519 well. God, a two. A two on the die. Chester got 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:09.400 17. Okay. Chester the wise. Chester's the only 00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:11.039 one. He's kind of like reeling back from this, 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.279 kind of back against the wall. He opens his eyes 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:15.819 and looks around at you guys, assessing the situation, 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:18.420 looks down at the floor and hears the slight 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:21.660 creaking. The floor! It's eating through the 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:26.019 floor! Anything not metal. The floor is wood. 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:30.200 The floor is not metal. Diva Lula is making her 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:33.440 escape. Oh my god. Once this moss eats through 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:37.500 to a new exit. But that's all she's doing on 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:40.299 her turn. She just kind of splashes out at you 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:42.420 and she laughs a little bit. You'd be surprised 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:44.339 what a woman can hide in her makeup and perfume 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:48.279 kits. My mother taught me tricks aplenty. And 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:51.000 on that note, as she mentions those words, my 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:54.670 mother. That wind, that cold breeze filling this 00:27:54.670 --> 00:27:58.170 room seems to strengthen. And somewhere just 00:27:58.170 --> 00:28:01.269 outside the door to the south, into the sort 00:28:01.269 --> 00:28:10.789 of main room, you can hear... Already? No. That 00:28:10.789 --> 00:28:16.230 killed my throat. Good. You ass. You don't see 00:28:16.230 --> 00:28:18.569 what happens out there. And that's going to be 00:28:18.569 --> 00:28:23.180 Chester. Okay, is it D12? Oh, yes. Right. I'm 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:25.460 rolling my d12 out of the jar. Out of the jar. 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:28.619 Oh, it happens at the time and then at the beginning 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:31.819 of the turn? That is. Let me double check. I 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:34.359 think it said that you get a save first. Do you 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:36.500 get a save? After taking their damage. So you 00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:38.640 take seven more damage on Chester. Jesus. Oh, 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:45.000 my God. Yeah. This is wild. Holy shit. So wait. 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:48.329 So if he passes this. Then he can use an action 00:28:48.329 --> 00:28:52.049 to get rid of it. But he has to pass it. In order 00:28:52.049 --> 00:28:53.950 to be able to do fucking hell. Then you get the 00:28:53.950 --> 00:28:58.309 opportunity to... Oh, wow. Second button. Okay. 00:28:58.529 --> 00:29:02.390 Wow. That shit's not fucking around. That shit's 00:29:02.390 --> 00:29:04.049 not fucking around. Once you get inspiration 00:29:04.049 --> 00:29:10.650 out there, that'll help a lot. Fuck me. Really? 00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:15.599 Yeah. Holy shit. That was two. Twice. Oh my God. 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:19.200 Okay. Goodness gracious. Okay. And with that, 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:21.400 it's Chester's turn. What do you want to do? 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.700 He's still on it, but he can still see. He can 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.940 still act. He can still fight. Yeah, he's going 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:26.380 in for a melee with his warhammer. He just kind 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:32.400 of like... Pull it. I mean, he tries for a second. 00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:35.299 He's like, ah, shit. And instead, he's just going 00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:38.039 to pull out his weapon and just go in. Hell yeah. 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:43.329 It's only a nine. Nine to hit. Yep. Okay. We're 00:29:43.329 --> 00:29:46.190 positioned in this awful way where... Yeah, we 00:29:46.190 --> 00:29:49.970 did not choose these positions. Well, like, there's 00:29:49.970 --> 00:29:54.670 four of us all next to Divaluma, but we don't 00:29:54.670 --> 00:29:58.529 get flanking at all. Yeah. You can move around. 00:29:58.809 --> 00:30:00.369 Well, right, somebody could move, but I'm saying, 00:30:00.450 --> 00:30:03.089 yeah, it's funny. Pause the fight, guys. Let's 00:30:03.089 --> 00:30:05.529 shuffle around. Here, you go here, because if 00:30:05.529 --> 00:30:08.130 you go here, you can hit her from there. Diva 00:30:08.130 --> 00:30:09.930 Luma, would you terribly mind stepping over here 00:30:09.930 --> 00:30:14.390 so we can get a plus two? All right, fine. All 00:30:14.390 --> 00:30:18.390 right, then. With that, moving on to Blanche 00:30:18.390 --> 00:30:19.970 Trudeau. Blanche, what are you doing? All right. 00:30:20.049 --> 00:30:22.069 You finally kind of brace yourself. Chester goes 00:30:22.069 --> 00:30:23.509 into a swing, and that kind of gets you in a 00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:24.609 position where you can move. Maybe he, like, 00:30:24.630 --> 00:30:26.910 breaks a moss that's kind of holding back your 00:30:26.910 --> 00:30:30.319 foot. Oh my God, the buttons are coming out. 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:35.660 Flashback. What? Ooh. What? Okay. Ooh. Okay. 00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:37.940 Pay my button for flashback. We did institute 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:40.980 the flashback rule, right? You did. You did. 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:44.059 I did. I did that. The flashback rule is in effect. 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:47.099 You had time before you split off to make plans 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:49.240 to do what you had to do. We had plenty of time 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.480 not looking at these characters on the screen. 00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:53.920 What didn't we see? When Blanche realizes in 00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:57.200 the salon what's happening and who the bad guy 00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:01.529 is. As she's running up the hall, she reaches 00:31:01.529 --> 00:31:07.289 into her pocket and she pulls out the vial of 00:31:07.289 --> 00:31:11.849 phase spider venom. Holy shit. And applies it 00:31:11.849 --> 00:31:17.890 to her blade. Nice. Holy shit. Okay. Okay. So 00:31:17.890 --> 00:31:22.730 now here, with true strike already cast, as a 00:31:22.730 --> 00:31:27.329 bonus action, she's going to cast shadow blade. 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:32.220 using my final third -level spell slot, and then 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:35.119 she'll go in for an attack with her sword. Shadow 00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:37.859 Blade would be a different weapon, correct? It 00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:39.319 doesn't coat your sword in shadow. It just creates 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:43.299 a blade of shadow. Hold on. I think you can use 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:46.900 it on a thing. Okay. I'm honestly fine ruling 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:50.940 that way anyway because that's cooler. Your damage 00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:53.339 changes to Shadow Blade's damage. Right. You're 00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:56.980 totally right. I thought it like turned your 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:59.980 thing into a thing, but it says you weave together 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:03.579 threads of shadow to create a sort of solidified 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:06.619 gloom in your hand. Solidified gloom is the coolest. 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:12.099 That hits so hard. I'm okay ruling it. That's 00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:13.339 going to cover your blade. You're going to lose 00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:15.339 your plus one when you're attacking with this 00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:17.160 from your sword, but you will gain the poison 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:20.119 benefit. I'll allow that much. Okay. All right. 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.890 You're putting points into this. Okay, that's 00:32:22.890 --> 00:32:26.650 fine. I'm happy with that. Honestly, honestly, 00:32:26.890 --> 00:32:29.849 flashback to bring back the face spider venom? 00:32:30.029 --> 00:32:32.990 Face spider venom! Honestly, I'll say it, really, 00:32:33.190 --> 00:32:36.589 really great circumstance to do it. Take your 00:32:36.589 --> 00:32:40.829 button back. Take your button back. I'll give 00:32:40.829 --> 00:32:43.890 you a button for this. This is pretty cool. This 00:32:43.890 --> 00:32:47.210 is pretty cool. That. That never happens. I didn't 00:32:47.210 --> 00:32:48.569 even have to remind you because I was just about 00:32:48.569 --> 00:32:51.369 to say that deserves a button. It deserves a 00:32:51.369 --> 00:32:53.589 button. Hey, what can I say? All right. I'm using 00:32:53.589 --> 00:32:55.990 my jar. You used your jar. There's a jar of superior 00:32:55.990 --> 00:32:58.130 healing here, too. Let's bring all Andrew's jars 00:32:58.130 --> 00:33:01.569 out tonight. So it's only a plus seven to hit 00:33:01.569 --> 00:33:04.430 now. But that's okay because I got advantage 00:33:04.430 --> 00:33:11.369 because true strike. That's true. Okay. So 19 00:33:11.369 --> 00:33:14.690 was the first, which I'm. Oh, 17 on the die plus 00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:17.710 7, so. Yeah, you're good. You hit. We're good. 00:33:18.390 --> 00:33:22.710 So. Holy shit, this is going to hurt. Yeah, the 00:33:22.710 --> 00:33:27.670 shadow blade is 3d8 plus whatever the hell this 00:33:27.670 --> 00:33:31.710 spider venom is. Is that 4d8? That is 4d8. It's 00:33:31.710 --> 00:33:35.029 4d8. Right out of the jar. Oh, my God. Hold on, 00:33:35.029 --> 00:33:39.230 so that's 4. Here's 5. I need two more d8s. Oh, 00:33:39.329 --> 00:33:45.130 he's adding to the jar. Okay. My hope is that 00:33:45.130 --> 00:33:49.210 we can put Diva Luma down in one hit. Because 00:33:49.210 --> 00:33:51.109 she just came back from consciousness. I will 00:33:51.109 --> 00:33:53.450 tell you, Diva Luma does not look fully there. 00:33:54.549 --> 00:33:57.630 She's not fully healed. She's very injured still. 00:33:57.970 --> 00:34:00.589 We can't kill her outright, though. I don't care 00:34:00.589 --> 00:34:03.490 right now. I know, but we know what happens when 00:34:03.490 --> 00:34:06.750 she dies. What happens when she dies? The Biza 00:34:06.750 --> 00:34:08.130 goes out of control. The Biza goes fucking crazy. 00:34:08.230 --> 00:34:10.510 I thought the Biza was already here. It is. It's 00:34:10.510 --> 00:34:12.730 going to kill everybody. What's the Beezer going 00:34:12.730 --> 00:34:14.610 to do when she's dead that it's not going to 00:34:14.610 --> 00:34:16.630 do right now? I guess the only thing is you wouldn't 00:34:16.630 --> 00:34:18.590 have any chance to negotiate the Beezer out of 00:34:18.590 --> 00:34:20.570 this. If she goes down, this thing has to be 00:34:20.570 --> 00:34:24.429 dealt with through phantom violence. Huh, okay. 00:34:24.550 --> 00:34:26.269 I didn't realize negotiation was... All right, 00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:30.210 well, you know what? Let's roll all the D8s and 00:34:30.210 --> 00:34:32.829 let's take it as it comes. She doesn't seem like 00:34:32.829 --> 00:34:34.590 she's willing to negotiate anymore anyway. She 00:34:34.590 --> 00:34:37.130 wants Jules. She wants Jaune. She wants Xenia. 00:34:37.789 --> 00:34:42.380 Maybe she wants you. Here we go. Holy moly, it's 00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:46.420 a lot of dice. There are a lot of twos. Oh, no. 00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:51.500 But there's a lot of them. 26 is the total. Wow. 00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:56.420 With four twos. I do get to make a save to take 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:58.840 half damage from the poison, I realized. Ah, 00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:01.840 yes. I'm going to try to make that save. I'm 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:04.719 basing it off of the face spider venom. Here's 00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:06.199 the fun thing, though. I want to point out, this 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:08.559 is really cool. And also, if we need to have 00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:12.019 the damage, I have the colored die to tell us 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:15.199 exactly which ones are the poison. This is also 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:17.940 really cool. In the last combat, while you never 00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:21.139 really end up utilizing it, Jules burned all 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:23.980 of D .Va Luma's legendary resistances. Hell yeah. 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:26.440 And that's once a day. They are not back from 00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:30.610 that short rest. Do not get to override this. 00:35:30.829 --> 00:35:32.489 I want to know if this will kill her if she fails. 00:35:32.670 --> 00:35:37.409 That is a close... No, no, Nikon is not as high 00:35:37.409 --> 00:35:39.989 as I thought. No, I fail. Excellent. I have taken 00:35:39.989 --> 00:35:44.050 the full damage. How much was it? 26. Holy moly. 00:35:44.590 --> 00:35:48.050 She is still up. No! But that looked like it 00:35:48.050 --> 00:35:51.230 hurt. This drove into her, the venom, this blue 00:35:51.230 --> 00:35:52.989 venom pulsates kind of off the edge of the blade 00:35:52.989 --> 00:35:55.610 into her veins until her eyes open wide. The 00:35:55.610 --> 00:36:06.550 poisoner poisoned... I love it. You. You. Holy 00:36:06.550 --> 00:36:12.429 shit. Following that is Jules. Alright, Jules 00:36:12.429 --> 00:36:14.510 is going to use his bonus action to cast Bardic 00:36:14.510 --> 00:36:17.329 Inspiration onto Blanche. That's pretty good. 00:36:17.750 --> 00:36:22.429 And then he's going to use his action. So, I 00:36:22.429 --> 00:36:24.670 don't think I've ever used this spell. I think 00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:26.349 this is the first time I'm going to use it. Oh? 00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:28.420 What is this? I'm going to cast Enhance Ability 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:31.340 onto Jester. Excellent. I'll read this real fast. 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:34.400 Oh, yeah, I'm next to Jester. You touch a creature 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.260 and bestow upon it a magical enhancement. Choose 00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:38.099 one of the following effects. And then there's 00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:40.719 a list of effects you can have. I am choosing 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:44.639 Cat's Grace. The target has advantage on dex. 00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:48.300 Ah, shit, never mind. Oh, you thought it was 00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.980 saving throws? It's not saves. Damn. It's checks. 00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:53.179 Okay, okay. There's actually something I really 00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:55.480 wanted to look into for this. I actually didn't 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.900 know you had that. Give me a quick second. I 00:36:57.900 --> 00:37:00.559 want to look up one thing real fast because there's 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:02.000 something here I might be able to give you that 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.699 I've been kind of cooking for a while. So just 00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:10.219 two minutes. Two minutes, gentlemen. Okay. All 00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:15.500 right. I grabbed a beer. Good use of your two 00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:18.800 minutes. I had time. So here's the thing with 00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:21.079 Enhance Ability, right? For the most part, I 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:24.500 think it's a reasonable spell. But there is one 00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:27.369 that gives you advantage on... Constitution checks, 00:37:27.550 --> 00:37:29.849 correct? Correct. This is a weird little homebrew 00:37:29.849 --> 00:37:31.429 thing. At least I'm willing to do this right 00:37:31.429 --> 00:37:33.309 now. Somebody wants to argue with me about it 00:37:33.309 --> 00:37:35.489 later on, tell me it's a bad idea, please go 00:37:35.489 --> 00:37:38.190 ahead. But this is a second -level slot, and 00:37:38.190 --> 00:37:40.230 this is... A third -level slot. Third level. 00:37:40.510 --> 00:37:42.809 Are you upcasting it? It's third level. And we 00:37:42.809 --> 00:37:45.449 are dealing with a homebrew potion. Yes, that's 00:37:45.449 --> 00:37:46.530 what I was going to say. If we're dealing with 00:37:46.530 --> 00:37:49.070 a homebrew potion, other homebrew rules should 00:37:49.070 --> 00:37:52.389 apply. Here's my homebrew thing. Okay. Strength 00:37:52.389 --> 00:37:54.590 checks. You know, that's going to help a lot. 00:37:54.769 --> 00:37:56.250 Athletics checks, this and that. Dexterity checks 00:37:56.250 --> 00:37:57.809 you're going to use to get over things. And a 00:37:57.809 --> 00:38:01.309 lot of skill checks rely on dexterity. Constitution 00:38:01.309 --> 00:38:05.429 has no fucking checks. Constitution checks, advantage 00:38:05.429 --> 00:38:07.369 on that, is essentially the most useless thing. 00:38:07.869 --> 00:38:10.070 I'm going to say that if you cast the Constitution 00:38:10.070 --> 00:38:13.110 variety of this, I'll give you advantage on saving 00:38:13.110 --> 00:38:14.889 throws. I think that's what you want to cast 00:38:14.889 --> 00:38:17.230 because that is what your saving throw against 00:38:17.230 --> 00:38:18.989 the Moss will be now that it's already covered, 00:38:19.190 --> 00:38:22.010 Chester. Okay. Right in. Tell us about your constitution 00:38:22.010 --> 00:38:23.690 checks. Yeah. If you can have a constitution 00:38:23.690 --> 00:38:25.150 check, please let me know. I just can't think 00:38:25.150 --> 00:38:27.309 of one. I can't think of one. It's always reactive 00:38:27.309 --> 00:38:29.369 when you use con. You drank poison or you're 00:38:29.369 --> 00:38:31.010 going to drown or something, or you're running. 00:38:31.030 --> 00:38:32.769 I guess maybe if you're running a long time, 00:38:32.809 --> 00:38:34.469 you might argue that's a con check to like it 00:38:34.469 --> 00:38:36.010 around that. But some people might also use saving 00:38:36.010 --> 00:38:38.010 throws because you're still reacting to the environment. 00:38:38.110 --> 00:38:39.909 I don't know. It's a whole thing. Let's not get 00:38:39.909 --> 00:38:42.750 into it right now. Steven. All right, cool. So 00:38:42.750 --> 00:38:46.510 instead of cat's grace, I'm going to use bears 00:38:46.510 --> 00:38:49.469 endurance. The target has advantage on con checks. 00:38:50.170 --> 00:38:53.090 It also gains 2d6 temporary hit points. Whoa. 00:38:53.369 --> 00:38:55.469 Which are lost when the spell ends, which is 00:38:55.469 --> 00:38:58.510 concentration for an hour. That's really cool. 00:38:58.829 --> 00:39:04.150 Yeah. Earl 2d6. Oh, Chester. Chester. Chester. 00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.960 It didn't go all the way through. I was going 00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:11.480 to say, I was like, you're looking like you lost 00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:13.920 it or something. It just went into the dice dimension. 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.320 All right, so that's seven. Rolling into Narnia. 00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:19.300 Seven, okay. Chester just kind of, whoa, whoa, 00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:26.219 hey, whoa, whoa. Oh, man, I feel great. Oh. I've 00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:28.780 been working out. Muscles up a little bit. Just 00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:31.880 body gets a little firmer. He feels like less 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:34.420 pain from this moss eating him. He's like, all 00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:40.130 right, yeah. That's pretty damn cool. All right. 00:39:40.190 --> 00:39:44.409 And that's my turn. That is Jules. Good turn, 00:39:44.590 --> 00:39:47.789 sir. Actually, hold on. Can I jump on? Oh, no, 00:39:47.809 --> 00:39:49.789 I can't. She's in front of me. Never mind. I 00:39:49.789 --> 00:39:51.389 was going to jump onto the chaise lounge, too. 00:39:54.269 --> 00:39:56.250 Get on the chaise lounge. I'm just realizing 00:39:56.250 --> 00:39:58.789 that you didn't do your d12 to Blanche at the 00:39:58.789 --> 00:40:01.489 start of her turn. Oh, I did not. You only did 00:40:01.489 --> 00:40:04.409 it when the bell. Well, I'm sorry, but like... 00:40:04.409 --> 00:40:09.619 Five. Cool, great. Yeah, good stuff. Hey, you 00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.920 know what? You could have tried taking it off, 00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:13.500 but you didn't. You wanted to get some damage 00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:15.980 in, honestly. Good on you. Well, I know. I'm 00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:18.179 still trying to think about... Honestly, Jeremy, 00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:21.159 good on you. That's a cool spell. Thank you. 00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:22.519 I know you had that spell. Thank you. I like 00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.739 that spell. Thank you. Take a button for that 00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:25.179 spell. Thank you. Yeah, take a button. There 00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:27.980 you go. I'm generous tonight. We're getting crazy 00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:30.059 up in here. We're getting crazy. We never do 00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:32.420 buttons during combat. I never do. I guess I 00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:34.400 like you guys tonight. It's been a rough summer. 00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.739 He's just butting us up because he's about to 00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:38.679 kill us. Yeah. Oh, butter, butter. Butter, butter. 00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:43.739 Grab me the knife. Okay, then. I'm going to sound 00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:46.719 kind of fun here. Don't. I wish you would. Yeah, 00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:50.000 what comes after that is never good. I'm going 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:52.699 to show you the players, not the characters, 00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:56.320 what's happening outside the doors. Oh, yeah. 00:40:56.420 --> 00:41:01.809 We need to like. Oh. We pan as. This moment happens. 00:41:01.849 --> 00:41:04.670 Chester is strengthened as him and Blanche are 00:41:04.670 --> 00:41:06.590 being consumed by this moss that's eaten away 00:41:06.590 --> 00:41:09.309 at the floorboards beneath. Jaune's standing 00:41:09.309 --> 00:41:11.469 at the ready. Blanche, I mean, just struck. We 00:41:11.469 --> 00:41:16.949 pan out of that room and just outside. You might 00:41:16.949 --> 00:41:20.010 have been wondering why when you heard that howling, 00:41:20.070 --> 00:41:23.170 this scream from outside, this strange creature, 00:41:23.349 --> 00:41:26.110 why you didn't hear any other screams. No voices 00:41:26.110 --> 00:41:30.300 at all. But you see, outside the room, Harlan 00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:34.320 has indeed been listening, as ordered. And what 00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:36.260 you have not been seeing is the flashes of hand 00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:39.820 movement between him and other officers. And 00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:42.260 the quiet evacuation that has been happening 00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:50.239 just outside. The royals have been split up and 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:52.900 sent down different hordes. quietly as to not 00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:55.000 give away their movements to the killer. Dude, 00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:58.159 the silent verse actually did their job. Dude. 00:41:58.300 --> 00:42:00.139 She told Harlan to listen. I can't ignore that. 00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:01.840 I was going to say, dude. You kept her talking. 00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:04.139 What if we had brought him in earlier? High five. 00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:09.159 Holy shit. You kept her talking. Holy shit. The 00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:10.780 various royals can split up different parties. 00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:12.780 There's two silent verse officers that can join 00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:16.059 each group as they're being led quietly, carefully, 00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:18.460 through the palace, outside different exits. 00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:21.690 They're... getting out. I suddenly feel much 00:42:21.690 --> 00:42:24.210 better about this whole thing. Well, yeah. I 00:42:24.210 --> 00:42:27.909 mean, not for our purposes, but... The innocent 00:42:27.909 --> 00:42:31.369 people are not there anymore. Yes. For the most 00:42:31.369 --> 00:42:34.570 part. For as you peek out and you see, like, 00:42:34.630 --> 00:42:38.119 this, uh... this creature screaming and screeching 00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:41.880 appears. You see this hazy, like, red spirit. 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:44.159 Well, you see players. Characters don't see this 00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:46.079 yet. It's a hazy red spirit staying in the very 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:49.659 center of this room that has this sort of, like, 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:53.340 the shape of this older woman, but features sort 00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:55.639 of lost in this kind of ever -shifting ethereal 00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:59.260 mist that comes to surround it. Its mouth locked 00:42:59.260 --> 00:43:01.880 open too wide in this constant, feral scream. 00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:07.409 And it's... The phantom eyes bulging seem to 00:43:07.409 --> 00:43:11.389 linger on the door. It moves towards it, reaching 00:43:11.389 --> 00:43:17.510 out and then behind it. You see, we see an impression 00:43:17.510 --> 00:43:20.909 sort of sink down on the shea lounge in the back 00:43:20.909 --> 00:43:24.389 corner of the room towards the balcony as Harlan 00:43:24.389 --> 00:43:27.750 Burnshadow appears from invisibility, launching 00:43:27.750 --> 00:43:32.190 off like this and slides down onto this creature. 00:43:32.210 --> 00:43:37.150 Harlan! Wanting redemption, Harlan stands with 00:43:37.150 --> 00:43:39.389 you. Okay, I trust Harlan now. And you hear that. 00:43:39.650 --> 00:43:41.989 You hear that from outside. You hear the scream. 00:43:42.130 --> 00:43:44.389 You hear Harlan's shout as he comes in. I am 00:43:44.389 --> 00:43:45.929 going to actually roll damage on this thing with 00:43:45.929 --> 00:43:48.610 advantage from striking from invisibility. Because 00:43:48.610 --> 00:43:50.710 Harlan is, it's actually Harlan's turn right 00:43:50.710 --> 00:43:53.190 now. Excellent. I know, when you said I'm going 00:43:53.190 --> 00:43:55.969 to do a couple rolls here, I was like, okay. 00:43:56.309 --> 00:43:59.070 D .Va and the Biza, I'm guessing. First I get 00:43:59.070 --> 00:44:04.219 advantage and lands. Whoa, way out the box. That 00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:07.980 almost hit my foot, David. Both attacks are going 00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:12.260 to land. Nice. He is not able to go big. He did 00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:14.380 that already today. But Harlan is backing you 00:44:14.380 --> 00:44:24.559 up. Let's do some damage. Not too shabby. 12 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:27.239 damage total he does as he strikes out. Oh, sorry. 00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:31.579 It would have been 12 damage. Let me do something 00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:33.960 about that. Hang on. Don't worry about it. That's 00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:36.440 what I was thinking. This whole time I was like, 00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:39.260 I wish Blanche knew more about Beezus or something. 00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:41.900 What you don't see again is Harlan leaping off, 00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:44.840 sliding in, strikes down with his sword once, 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:47.940 twice, sort of two -handing it. And as the red 00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:50.119 haze parts between the blade, some of it sort 00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:53.159 of dissipates. Most of it sort of re -coalesces. 00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:56.179 His blade is not fully functional in this thing. 00:44:57.440 --> 00:45:01.179 Proud Eden, this vengeful spirit turns her bulging 00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:07.960 eyes, her long fingers towards him. But Harlan's 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:10.619 not done with this turn quite yet. Because up 00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:13.780 to three allies with 120 feet of this duergar 00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:16.199 that can hear it can use each of their reactions 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:19.500 to make one weapon attack with call to attack. 00:45:20.659 --> 00:45:25.840 So you just hear, Rally, allies! Rally and fight! 00:45:26.510 --> 00:45:28.809 And you guys feel this sort of like supernatural 00:45:28.809 --> 00:45:32.329 energy coursing. You feel spurred on. All of 00:45:32.329 --> 00:45:34.590 you can choose to make your reaction to attack. 00:45:35.110 --> 00:45:41.349 Oh. Ooh. Ooh. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yep. I'll take 00:45:41.349 --> 00:45:44.230 it. I'll take it. Harlan is here. My reactions 00:45:44.230 --> 00:45:46.409 are precious. I honestly just looked at it. I 00:45:46.409 --> 00:45:48.829 forgot that I could. It was everybody. That is 00:45:48.829 --> 00:45:51.750 insane. Yeah. It's a good thing I stashed it 00:45:51.750 --> 00:45:56.050 against you this hard. It's a good thing. All 00:45:56.050 --> 00:46:03.829 right, I'll take it. Yep. 19. 19 will hit. Excellent. 00:46:09.690 --> 00:46:12.210 You didn't even make it in there. You just juggled. 00:46:12.309 --> 00:46:18.469 I'm excited. Just juggling. What? 16 damage. 00:46:18.690 --> 00:46:23.849 What? On 3d8. 5, 5, 6. Oh, absolutely ridiculous. 00:46:24.969 --> 00:46:29.769 That is. For a reaction? Yeah. I'll take 16 damage. 00:46:30.389 --> 00:46:35.070 Oh, my gosh. No. No. Not with a natural one. 00:46:35.570 --> 00:46:38.010 Chester and Jaune can also make a good Jaune's 00:46:38.010 --> 00:46:43.369 here. Okay. Oh, 19 on the die for Jaune. Nice. 00:46:44.849 --> 00:46:48.590 That's pretty good. That will hit. When is Jaune's 00:46:48.590 --> 00:46:53.579 damage going to go up? Oh. Five on the D6, plus 00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:59.199 two. Seven. Seven damage, huh? All right. You 00:46:59.199 --> 00:47:00.659 look like you're waiting to say something. Yeah. 00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:05.039 Chess doesn't even make his A. Because Sean, 00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:07.539 as Diva Luma's looking down to the floor, crouching 00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:09.900 down, you can see she's about to run. The voice 00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:12.360 of Harlan screaming out stops in her tracks. 00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.780 She looks up in some kind of shock and surprise. 00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:18.199 Things, once again, are not going as planned. 00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:21.519 In that instant, in that moment, that flash, 00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:24.679 Blanche strikes true again. Right where the venom 00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:28.260 struck before. And then Jaune comes sliding in 00:47:28.260 --> 00:47:29.820 with a spear. What's it look like when Jaune 00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:35.639 finishes her off? Jaune, oh, how gross do I be? 00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:42.320 Be gross. Be gross. She, Devaluma, maybe looks 00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:45.159 over Blanche's shoulder. Wait, no, the door's 00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:47.980 closed. There's no looking. Jaune pokes her. 00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:55.320 That was so gross. That was, dude. That was, 00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:57.539 that was, that was, that was excessive. I had 00:47:57.539 --> 00:47:59.159 like this whole idea. It was like through the 00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:02.980 doorway, like blood and stuff. And then it was 00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:08.440 like, wait, door's closed. He just slides in, 00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:11.719 stabs out, takes her like deep in the chest, 00:48:11.780 --> 00:48:13.840 kind of off to the side. And she just kind of, 00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:18.179 her eyes go wide. They fall on her like, nah. 00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:26.739 And her head drops. Divaluma has fallen. But 00:48:26.739 --> 00:48:30.719 the real threat lingers still outside. All right. 00:48:31.679 --> 00:48:34.360 Following Harlan's turn. Because that was Harlan's 00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:38.599 turn, crazy enough. Dude, Harlan's the man. MVP 00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:41.260 Harlan. Harlan, take a button. Unfortunately, 00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:45.550 Divaluma falls. As she does, you see the bees 00:48:45.550 --> 00:48:48.030 just kind of... Well, I guess Harlan sees the 00:48:48.030 --> 00:48:49.949 bees kind of snap ahead towards that direction, 00:48:50.070 --> 00:48:55.150 just... Kind of go silent for a second. And then 00:48:55.150 --> 00:48:57.670 with this last sort of ghostly scream, arms shoot 00:48:57.670 --> 00:49:00.949 to the side, head rears up too high, just... 00:49:00.949 --> 00:49:06.889 An echoing scream, a wail that carries all through 00:49:06.889 --> 00:49:10.769 the manor, down every hall. We see that just 00:49:10.769 --> 00:49:14.360 across the way from you here in this room. In 00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:20.079 this closet, two have not escaped. What? Lorise 00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:24.239 Serene and Amos Nier, refusing to bow to the 00:49:24.239 --> 00:49:26.300 demands of the Dwarven Guard, refusing to listen 00:49:26.300 --> 00:49:30.179 when Harlan demanded they leave. And now, as 00:49:30.179 --> 00:49:32.679 they scream, like, they kind of look towards 00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:36.039 each other. And suddenly, the shadows in this 00:49:36.039 --> 00:49:38.880 room begin to sort of swirl. Together, something 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:43.239 begins to crawl, sliding up from the tendrils 00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:46.039 of blackness, forming a shape, forming the shape 00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:51.940 of a young man, a familiar man. Get out. Azra! 00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:57.539 What? You! What are you? Just outside the room, 00:49:57.659 --> 00:50:01.059 we see two duergar were standing at the ready 00:50:01.059 --> 00:50:05.630 to protect if needed. Fyodor Popov standing with 00:50:05.630 --> 00:50:08.590 them as another shadowy shape begins to crawl 00:50:08.590 --> 00:50:13.610 up from down below. Another specter. What the 00:50:13.610 --> 00:50:18.789 fuck? Downstairs. You would not know this, but 00:50:18.789 --> 00:50:21.969 the specter that appears before Fyodor outside 00:50:21.969 --> 00:50:24.949 the dressing room is that of Amal Mata, killed 00:50:24.949 --> 00:50:28.599 by poisoned... bloodletters during a riot. What? 00:50:29.300 --> 00:50:32.920 Downstairs. Oh, no. In the great entrance hall 00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:35.760 as Margus, Xenia, and Samira charge towards the 00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:39.820 way to Dwargar leading them. Two spirits appear 00:50:39.820 --> 00:50:44.260 from the showers before them. There's a scream 00:50:44.260 --> 00:50:48.760 from Samira as she looks to Mello, Ara, eyes 00:50:48.760 --> 00:50:52.719 lost in death as he reaches forward. Xenia, no! 00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:57.070 Mello! An Arlovim killed by his horse some time 00:50:57.070 --> 00:51:00.369 ago appears behind them as well. They are boxed 00:51:00.369 --> 00:51:04.010 in the duergar, turning to either side and towards 00:51:04.010 --> 00:51:07.889 the back hall, right before the back exit, led 00:51:07.889 --> 00:51:11.889 by two other silent -verse officers. DiPiero 00:51:11.889 --> 00:51:15.949 and Ledoux stand before Jacopo Ain, killed this 00:51:15.949 --> 00:51:18.889 very morning by his family's own poison guard, 00:51:19.190 --> 00:51:26.079 who reaches towards them. Five. dead heirs five 00:51:26.079 --> 00:51:30.179 specters claimed by the visa and now she's going 00:51:30.179 --> 00:51:35.019 to use them we have to hope and believe that 00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:37.440 killing i mean like our characters don't know 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:39.519 but right i steven i'm hoping and believing that 00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:42.900 by if we're killing the visa yes they go away 00:51:42.900 --> 00:51:45.320 to add to your lack of knowing i will say that 00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:48.920 as these shadowy specters begin to reach forward 00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:52.800 as they move in to engage This sort of veil of 00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:55.539 swirling shadow sort of encompasses the area 00:51:55.539 --> 00:51:59.760 around them. Locking them off from your sight, 00:51:59.840 --> 00:52:03.440 I am blanking out the battles on the floor you 00:52:03.440 --> 00:52:06.679 stand in. That's just rude. It is rude. What 00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:09.460 happens in those fights? We'll find out later 00:52:09.460 --> 00:52:13.280 because our camera is focused on this little 00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:17.480 closet where Diva Luma has just fallen. And that's 00:52:17.480 --> 00:52:21.150 going to be Jean Franklin. Okay. Talk to me about 00:52:21.150 --> 00:52:24.289 opening doors. Object interaction. I don't care. 00:52:24.469 --> 00:52:26.670 Okay. I don't care. Talk to me about pulling 00:52:26.670 --> 00:52:30.650 moss off of other people. Action. Okay. And honestly, 00:52:30.750 --> 00:52:32.889 it's a con save to pull it off yourself. And 00:52:32.889 --> 00:52:35.030 because the pain, it's hard to like do it. I 00:52:35.030 --> 00:52:36.969 want to say you can, as an action, you can take 00:52:36.969 --> 00:52:38.309 it off somebody else. That just makes sense. 00:52:38.429 --> 00:52:40.090 If you can do it to yourself, somebody else can 00:52:40.090 --> 00:52:41.769 do it to you. Okay, great. Those are the two 00:52:41.769 --> 00:52:43.610 things that I want John to do then. Oh, okay. 00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:46.460 Nice. Who's he going for? You? For Blanche, yeah. 00:52:46.579 --> 00:52:51.000 Blanche, okay. So Jean, he pulls a spear back 00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:52.860 and he's already kind of like wiping this off 00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:55.639 of you. Just pulls the moss off of your scaly 00:52:55.639 --> 00:52:59.179 skin, off your shell. Just real quick few movements, 00:52:59.320 --> 00:53:01.760 kind of tossed it down. His hand sort of burning 00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:04.559 with it. And then he turns towards the door and 00:53:04.559 --> 00:53:07.940 just smashes it open. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I 00:53:07.940 --> 00:53:12.019 love that. Shoulder into the door. Door snaps 00:53:12.019 --> 00:53:14.980 open, and all of you come to see Harlan Burnshout 00:53:14.980 --> 00:53:17.840 standing towards the back of the room behind 00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:20.659 this creature, this bee that stands in the middle, 00:53:20.699 --> 00:53:24.659 wailing and screaming out. Does Jean have any 00:53:24.659 --> 00:53:27.400 movement? He has 30 feet. Okay. It's going to 00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:30.639 cost him. No, he's right at the door. Yeah, 30 00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:33.860 feet. Right. So let's say that he shoulders through 00:53:33.860 --> 00:53:38.199 the door and ends up, just based off of his momentum, 00:53:38.380 --> 00:53:41.969 a couple squares. through the door next to Harlan. 00:53:42.429 --> 00:53:46.230 Okay. I like that. Harlan, are you all right? 00:53:46.849 --> 00:53:51.949 I'm glad you're here now. All right. Let's stand 00:53:51.949 --> 00:53:57.869 together. Okay. Okay. This would be Diva Luma's 00:53:57.869 --> 00:54:01.929 turn. But she's dead. She is very much dead. 00:54:02.309 --> 00:54:04.070 You hear like the top of the round. You hear 00:54:04.070 --> 00:54:06.820 the... It's just sort of fizzing as, like, this 00:54:06.820 --> 00:54:09.539 moss, almost like an acid, is eating through. 00:54:09.699 --> 00:54:11.940 You see parts of the floor begin to fall away. 00:54:12.079 --> 00:54:14.099 In fact, I'm going to say, like, her body being 00:54:14.099 --> 00:54:15.579 burned by this, you know, on the floor beneath 00:54:15.579 --> 00:54:17.320 it. You see the floor beneath her, and that one 00:54:17.320 --> 00:54:20.280 spot just burns out. The wood sort of falling, 00:54:20.340 --> 00:54:23.719 and Diva Luma's body just collapses down. Then 00:54:23.719 --> 00:54:26.260 down below, there's, like, a morning room. She'll 00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:27.579 be, like, right down on top of some, like, coffee 00:54:27.579 --> 00:54:31.460 table. Just smash! She's just gone. That has 00:54:31.460 --> 00:54:37.079 got to lower the property value. Let's do something 00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:39.739 fun. Let's do something very... There's that 00:54:39.739 --> 00:54:44.039 phrase again. There we go again. Yes. Jaune stands 00:54:44.039 --> 00:54:46.719 before the Beezer, who again, just like having 00:54:46.719 --> 00:54:49.420 finished this wailing scream, this thing that's 00:54:49.420 --> 00:54:52.099 more feral, more terrifying in its appearance. 00:54:52.380 --> 00:54:56.119 And it spins around. It looks around at all of 00:54:56.119 --> 00:55:03.480 you. Oh, who do I pick? Harlan and Blanche. That's 00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:06.960 me. Yes. I need you to make... A saving throw. 00:55:07.179 --> 00:55:11.000 I need you to make a wisdom saving throw. Okay. 00:55:11.119 --> 00:55:13.920 I'm going to make a wisdom saving throw. And 00:55:13.920 --> 00:55:17.639 I have my bardic that I can use after the roll 00:55:17.639 --> 00:55:19.639 but before the result. After the roll, before 00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:22.380 the result, and with a saving throw. Wait. What? 00:55:22.539 --> 00:55:24.239 Don't make the throw yet. Because I want to describe 00:55:24.239 --> 00:55:26.380 what's going to happen to you. I want to describe 00:55:26.380 --> 00:55:28.619 to you why you're making that saving throw before 00:55:28.619 --> 00:55:32.809 you make it. We see Harlan, this thing like reaches 00:55:32.809 --> 00:55:34.670 out, hand kind of outstretched. Maybe there's 00:55:34.670 --> 00:55:37.230 some of this red mist like flies throw off in 00:55:37.230 --> 00:55:39.750 a beam kind of covering his features for a moment. 00:55:39.789 --> 00:55:44.750 His eyes close. I'll make his throw first. Oh, 00:55:44.869 --> 00:55:47.750 excellent. He does fail. Good, good. I needed 00:55:47.750 --> 00:55:51.030 that. Harlan's features sort of darken as he 00:55:51.030 --> 00:55:56.599 turns towards Jaune. Just you, you. This rage 00:55:56.599 --> 00:56:02.199 building veins. And he slides in to attack. I 00:56:02.199 --> 00:56:04.599 hate the visa. Oh, you're going to hate the visa 00:56:04.599 --> 00:56:08.360 so much. That's why you gave me the button back. 00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:13.360 That will miss, though, with a 16. Okay. I mean, 00:56:13.380 --> 00:56:17.739 good, I think. Jean just turns and it parries 00:56:17.739 --> 00:56:20.380 off his shield as he kind of leans backwards, 00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:23.940 the blow almost taking him. But Blanche, you 00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:27.090 don't see this. You don't see any of this because 00:56:27.090 --> 00:56:29.630 as this haze strikes you, as your eyes fill with 00:56:29.630 --> 00:56:32.510 this red, I want you to tell me one thing that 00:56:32.510 --> 00:56:34.150 you just really don't like about Jules LaRoche. 00:56:34.670 --> 00:56:36.329 What's something that annoys you about Jules 00:56:36.329 --> 00:56:41.309 LaRoche? A habit of his? Something. I just wish. 00:56:41.489 --> 00:56:44.010 I mean, it's the first thing you do when you 00:56:44.010 --> 00:56:45.869 get up in the morning. You should make your bed. 00:56:48.489 --> 00:56:50.750 You've already gotten one task out of the way 00:56:50.750 --> 00:56:53.639 accomplished to start the day. I'm just going 00:56:53.639 --> 00:56:57.980 to mess it up at night again. Memories of little 00:56:57.980 --> 00:56:59.880 tidbits of argument flooding into your mind. 00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:04.840 Slovenly. He has no discipline. Obviously grew 00:57:04.840 --> 00:57:06.920 up on the streets. Obviously just never learned 00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:09.659 to be a soldier. You think about this and it 00:57:09.659 --> 00:57:14.320 fills you with this rage, this anger. And with 00:57:14.320 --> 00:57:18.599 your blade already set to shadow strike. You 00:57:18.599 --> 00:57:22.570 ass. You feel your hands turning. towards him, 00:57:22.590 --> 00:57:24.849 your blade pointing towards him because you're 00:57:24.849 --> 00:57:29.769 just so very mad. Go ahead and make your save, 00:57:29.849 --> 00:57:34.210 Blanche. Wisdom? It is wisdom. It is wisdom. 00:57:35.769 --> 00:57:40.670 Oh. Oh. Oh! It will come there.