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hey pants people we are thrilled that you're

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enjoying the podcast we want to share it with

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all of your friends or at least one or two of

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them so tell somebody about fantasy pants is

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not here again. Guys, we have some heavy, heavy

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shit to get to very soon. Let's start off a little

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light. Let's start off with wedgies. Because

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there were some wedgies. Some very minor wedgies.

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Thank you. Very minor. Yes. I don't know why

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I said it like that. Very minor wedgies. So very

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quickly in this last little combat, the first

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sort of Notable rules wedgie was I should have

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given John Franklin an attack of opportunity

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when Dissonant Whispers pulled the shark away

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from him the full sort of 40 feet and then it

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came back the next round. We missed out on that

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AOL. We talked in the episode about AOLs, the

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fact that forced movement doesn't give AOLs,

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but I do count Dissonant Whispers as being it

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because you're using your reaction to physically

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move away. It's more like you're driven out of

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fear to make that move. I count that as a non

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-forged. It's not being shoved, right? So I give

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AOOs on Disney and Whispers. I think that makes

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sense. I don't know if it's the rules. I'm pretty

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sure it is. Either way, it's my rules. We've

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never let that stop us. Yeah, yeah. We do all

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sorts of wild shit. Another wedgie. Not even

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really a wedgie, but just something to keep in

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mind because I wasn't really thinking about it

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in the last combat episode, but it is nighttime

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right now. The whole battle should be happening

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under dim light because we noted it's a very,

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very open, clear, starry sky. Now you're on open

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sea looking at creatures on the waves. There's

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nothing to hide behind. There's nothing that

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would block the view of them. And under the starlight,

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I think you'd still be able to see all these

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creatures. All the attacks made would... You

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basically just use spells that were on site but

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saves, right? There were no spell attacks shooting

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away that would be a disadvantage on. Chester

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was not using his bow. He was being a superhero

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instead. And as far as Chester's stuff goes,

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he knew where the turtles were. He dives into

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the water. It'd be hard to see them, but when

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he gets close, he can feel it out, move the rope.

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It really doesn't change anything. None of that

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changes anything. The AOO, even if it hit, wouldn't

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have changed anything. I said beforehand that

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Blanche is wearing her goggles at night, so...

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Yeah, so anytime that would be, as far as scouting,

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getting any information that would be a little

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weird to get in dim light, Blanche could just

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fill everybody in. It all makes sense. All checks

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out. The only one that's kind of weird, still

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a pseudo -wedgie, story -wedgie, little plot

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hole I found. How the hell did a shark get into

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the salt marshes in the first place? And I'm

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just going to say, there's a river higher up

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that connects to the sand dine. Or maybe there's

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a sea cave. I don't care. It's one of those wide,

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flat belly sharks. It's one of those. It got

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there. It was there. It happened. The guys moved

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to the forest, but one brought a shark through

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a sea cave. Or mud. You know? I don't care. It's

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a shark. It's cool. I don't care. So yeah, that's

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that for that. Now that we got the chuckles out

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of the way. Oh, no, no. There's more chuckles

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we had. More chuckles. Kind of sort of wedgie.

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Not even a wedgie. Something we got to discuss.

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Something that Jeremy wanted to discuss. Jeremy,

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take it away. Take it away, Mr. Wolf. Both conch

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and conch are correct. They are both, in a way,

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I mean, in a sense, correct. Yes. In a different

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dialogue. Dialect, excuse me. I decided to Google

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things. But also, over the last week, I was like,

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oh, I heard conch from the SpongeBob episode.

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Yes, and then you mentioned in the episode that

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you heard it from a movie. Yes. In school, and

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I thought of it. Exactly. Piggy as the conch.

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Yep. Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies. Yes.

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Yeah. You owe me a button, Jinx. I'm about to

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give you two. Ooh. Hey, we'll get to that. We'll

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get to that. So, aluminum, glassier. Conch. Who

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the fuck? You know what? I'll give you 15%. Yes.

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No. Fuck off. 86 or higher. No. No. Okay. So

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conch is the Americanized version, right? The

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only two times in my lifetime that I have heard

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that term is in Lord of the Flies and then later

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on in that SpongeBob episode. So that is how

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I learned it. Been living under a conch all your

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life? No, a conch. Professor, is this on the

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test? What? I don't know. He's taking us away.

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Yeah, we are not qualified to take a math test

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or a language arts test. Look, it's worth noting.

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I have pronounced every single word wrong since

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the start of this show. I am nails on a chalkboard

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to anybody who has really dived into the Monster

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Manual or knows proper sort of cultural pronunciations

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or dialects for every single word I've ever said.

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So I don't care about conch conch. I don't care.

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But I did find, we were doing our research. I

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found this post on Reddit. How do you pronounce

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conch conch? It just made me, it just tickled

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me. I live in Miami and I'm going through college

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working my way into marine biology. I have a

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hatred to many people, however, who think I say

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conch wrong. I've lived near the coast and usually

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surround myself with people who share the same

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thoughts about the ocean as I do, and we always

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pronounce conch as conch. My school friends think

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there's a real way to pronounce conch as conch

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because of that Spongebob episode, and it makes

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me furious that most of my friends are considering

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that a cartoon is more logical than some with

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a lifetime experience of studying marine life.

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I just love this guy. He's so mad. He's so mad.

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He's the angriest guy. I hate the way that...

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Speaking for him, you pronounced it the way that

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he didn't want it to be pronounced. I want to

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make him more mad. If you're listening, guy who

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posted on Reddit eight years ago, sorry. Don't

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come find me. This guy's got murder in his soul.

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Yes, that is that settled. I know someone else

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who has murder in their soul. Oh, yes, yes. Let

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the laughter die and move away because we won't

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be laughing anymore from here. I don't get a

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button for that segue? No. Come on. It's a good

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segue, though. Give me a thumbs up. You know,

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the buttons we can get. Hey, stop laughing. Serious

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time. Give me some serious music, then. No, we're

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not in the... Let me explain why it's serious.

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Let me explain. Because everyone out there listening

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visualizes it off, and they're just like, oh,

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no, three attacks on Jaune. Well, that stinks.

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They don't realize what we do. What I've come

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to realize over this last week, that this is

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really, really bad. Now, I'm making three attacks.

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It has been proven to Spearmaster Malar that

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Blanche Trudeau is simply indestructible, invincible,

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untouchable, unstoppable. And so... How dare

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you. That is exactly what I thought. Yeah, Malar

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has moved on to easier prey. Hey, when a shark

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faces a bigger fish, it's going to move on to

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the smaller. Jean was right there, bleeding out,

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injured. And I just said, I'm making three attacks.

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I'm holding to that. Three attacks. Here's what

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that means. If my first attack hits, and I do

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enough damage to bring Jean Franklin unconscious,

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then the next two attacks will be dealing essentially

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just damage to his death saves. An attack on

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someone who is unconscious that lands is an automatic

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critical hit. And more importantly for our purposes,

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an automatic two fails. If those two attacks

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both hit an unconscious Jaune, instant permanent

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death. This is going to be rough. The chances

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aren't crazy high. I want to put it all out in

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the open. We're going to roll it all right there.

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I believe I have a plus five to hit, which means

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I need a 14 or higher on my first roll. I have

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advantage because of my blood frenzy. He's bleeding

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out. 14 or higher, though, will hit. after that

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i would need a six or higher on my die damage

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die damage die and that will take him out shield

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dropped his ac lowered then it gets real bad

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real fast yeah that's easy and even though the

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chances aren't huge even though it's probably

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something like hey maybe a 15 i'd say more like

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a 25 even so we've been waving death flags for

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this turtle without even knowing it His last

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few episodes, listen back to him. That conversation

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with Jules, that final, you changed me, the hug

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goodbye, the please take care of sir for me.

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I mean, ouch. I mean, just him being one hit

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point away last episode from dropping blood frenzy.

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If he'd just be able to heal one more hit point,

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if he had one damage die less, one HP die more

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on that level three healing word. this all would

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be for naught. I wouldn't be taking advantage

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on all these attacks. He might still be up. He

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has high AC, but that blood frenzy is ruining

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him. It's wrecking him. I mean, hell, even Steven's

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joke last episode when I mentioned Jaune surrounded

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and getting pierced and thinking, what was this

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like for Mother? Is this how Mother went down?

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Steven said, oh no, she died to a champion. Well,

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guess what? Champion is here in hell. Even the

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fact that this episode right here, I believe,

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is episode 97. Exactly 50 episodes from the death

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of Zebulon. I feel the tug of fate on my heart

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and I am terrified because I do not want this

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to happen because I have so many plans that are

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going to be lit on fire. But you know what? It's

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the game. We're going to push back the snoot

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of fate. We're going to boop the snoot of fate.

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I knew what I wanted to say. I didn't know quite

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how to say it. So I know that I have been a touch

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self -indulgent with this character lately, with

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these last few episodes. But one way or another,

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that stops this episode. So I'd like to take

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us all back for one more Jean Franklin flashback.

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We open on a sort of far -off, sort of bird's

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-eye view of that familiar courtyard terrace

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in the sandcastle overlooking all of the Golden

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Bay. The place where Jean and Blanche met. The

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place where they've come to train every day since.

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I think here we're a few months into training.

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Maybe just hitting the point where he's finally

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allowed to wield some sort of semblance of a

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spear. His form is tight. physical, what's the

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word? PT? His physical training. Oh, physical

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training. Yes, he's improved in so many ways.

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So we're kind of zooming down just maybe here

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from far off, just this string of... I wouldn't

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believe what he said. As you zoom down, the words

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become more clear. Can you believe it? This creature

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Father brings in, this damnable LeDoux character,

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he thinks he just owns the place. Father says

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I need to respect him, that he's a genius with

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numbers, and that someday when I rule, he might

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be my own closest advisor. I think not. When

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I rule, I'm going to throw him in a dungeon,

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sir. Honestly, I can't tolerate the creature.

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He's terrible. He's awful. He's lowborn, too.

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What is Father thinking? Kind of throws a spear

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down. I can't focus. I can't. I'm too furious

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at this whole situation. Sorry. Sorry. Why don't

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you have a seat, Master Jean? I'll teach you

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a new exercise. From sitting? Okay. This one

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won't be strenuous like you might expect. All

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right. It'll be... Rejuvenating. Okay. I will

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sit. Just kind of plops down on his little butt

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shell, hitting the hard, sandy surface. Blanche

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sits down across from him, and she closes her

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eyes. Now, close your eyes and breathe with me.

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She opens one eye to make sure he's... Breathe?

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Are you going to strike me with a spear when

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I close my eyes? Blanche rolls her practice spear

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away. All right. No spears for this one. Okay.

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Closes his eyes. Picture you're further down

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on the beach. Okay. And visualize the waves coming

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and going. Yes. Now breathe with the motion of

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the water. As the wave comes in and washes over

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you. Imagine your stress and your worries. Gather

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them. Collect them like a pearl. And when the

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ocean recedes, let it carry that pearl, those

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worries, away with it. Now breathe in and collect.

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Breathe out and release. And release. I want

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you to open your eyes. And you see Jean is just

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staring at you with this almost perplexed look

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in his eyes. Some burning curiosity. Seems to

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be meddling with his sort of peaceful thoughts

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and kind of cocks his little head. I'm sorry,

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sir. I never asked. Do you have kids of your

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own? No, Jean Franklin, I do not. Oh. Well, I...

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Sort of smiles a little bit. I think you'd be

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a great mother, sir. Sorry, sorry. I should be

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doing my breathing exercise. Right. Right. Again.

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Eyes closed. The waves come in. And we zoom in

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on his eyes. Closer and closer. And we see them

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open as the camera pans back again. And the stress

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comes out. We see now as they pan out, looking

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at a much older Jean. We see his back set against

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a wall of red brick. His eyes are determined

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as they open, as all this anxiety sort of floods

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out, as his fingers stop trembling on his spear.

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And as he composes himself, we see his mouth

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curves into an... arrogant sneer, just a mask

00:15:52.769 --> 00:15:56.090
plastered on. He takes up his spear and he spins

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around the corner of this wall and peers into

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a large, open yard. You see a fountain stands

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at center with a crumbling statue of Atash standing

00:16:07.149 --> 00:16:10.330
proudly above. And here we see a battle is broken

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out between a goblin who lies unconscious, a

00:16:13.409 --> 00:16:16.409
laughing haranguan, a red -haired teen with a

00:16:16.409 --> 00:16:19.509
sling, a tiny half -dragon wielding two swords.

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and a young man with a rough cloak and a messy

00:16:24.230 --> 00:16:29.830
pompadour. Ah, well, well, well. Looks like my

00:16:29.830 --> 00:16:32.750
idiots did not hold up after all. That's all

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right. Lucky for them, I'm here. And we see Jean

00:16:38.230 --> 00:16:40.409
Franklin take his first steps into that courtyard,

00:16:40.529 --> 00:16:45.190
his first steps onto a path of struggle and heartbreak,

00:16:45.370 --> 00:16:49.470
of friendship and growth. A path of honor. A

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path that led him to here. To this moment. Blanche,

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I imagine when you've gone into haste, Bladesong,

00:17:01.590 --> 00:17:04.710
this combined power, you perceive everything

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more slowly. Time slows down in this moment.

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Malar's spear raised. Grin, sharp and dangerous.

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But your eyes aren't focused on Millar. They

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look to Jean, who has looked to you. And you

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see in his eyes the understanding. The knowing

00:17:27.769 --> 00:17:33.309
that this is it. The fear. The pain. The regret.

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That endless Jean Franklin uncertainty. And you

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see his eyes for this brief, brief half -second

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close. He breathes in. Collected like a pearl.

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He breathes out. And release. And those feelings

00:17:51.950 --> 00:17:56.529
are gone. Released into the waves. And you can

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see that all that is left is courage. Three attacks.

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I need a 14 or higher to hit the first one. I

00:18:08.170 --> 00:18:12.009
have advantage. Let's go. You gotta wait for

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my two buttons, though, for this first one. Are

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:16.039
you doing two buttons? I'm doing two buttons.

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Give me some drama with it. So you got a straight

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roll. Okay. Okay. Oh, you give me those two buttons.

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:24.559
You save those. You almost used them last time.

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But you save them for the most clutch moment.

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I don't want to let go. Let's do it. Six on the

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die. My insides are shaking right now. The moment

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:44.450
of courage. Holy shit. The spear flashes out,

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and Jaune hangs it away. Holy shit. Okay, I get

00:18:50.109 --> 00:18:51.890
two more attacks, but that was the big one. That

00:18:51.890 --> 00:18:53.450
was the one that mattered. I have advantage of

00:18:53.450 --> 00:18:56.230
these next two, but that was the one. Well, yeah,

00:18:56.269 --> 00:18:58.690
because now, like, the same thing. Like, you

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can hit this one, then two death saves on the

00:19:03.049 --> 00:19:06.170
next one, and then it's up to Jaune's roll. Yeah,

00:19:06.230 --> 00:19:08.410
still dicey, but it's not instant. Or there's

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the other Sahagin. It's true. I don't think you

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guys are going to be heroes. For all those reasons,

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.039
I'm also giving you two buttons. What? You have

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:26.440
two buttons? Holy shit. Oh, my God. He parries

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:31.759
the first one. His eyes set in a hard... Spear

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:38.079
comes at him again. A four on the die. Oh, my

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:42.940
God. He's probably going to stay up. Oh, my God.

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:46.380
Oh, my God. Last attack, this time with advantage.

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Let's go. Whoa, the first roll's a one. And a

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14. That's what I needed. Yeah. Exactly. Okay.

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.279
I get one time. Will this bring him unconscious,

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:05.579
though? I need a six or higher on this D8. Six

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:10.349
or higher on the D8. Is that a two? That's a

00:20:10.349 --> 00:20:13.910
two. That's a two. Whoa. Sean takes five points

00:20:13.910 --> 00:20:21.950
of damage. He does not go unconscious. Holy shit.

00:20:22.289 --> 00:20:25.829
Wow. It's going to take us. I will never financially

00:20:25.829 --> 00:20:33.089
recover from the loss of these buttons. Oh, and

00:20:33.089 --> 00:20:37.589
with that, eyes full of courage, all the stress

00:20:37.589 --> 00:20:42.069
released. The battle continues. Right, that's

00:20:42.069 --> 00:20:44.930
the thing. We're not out of it yet. As those

00:20:44.930 --> 00:20:48.769
blades, the spears miss, Malar steps back, snarls

00:20:48.769 --> 00:20:54.650
towards you, Blanche. I will not fail here. You

00:20:54.650 --> 00:20:56.769
thought yourself invincible, didn't you, Blanche

00:20:56.769 --> 00:21:00.930
Trudeau? But I have found your weakness. Spearmaster

00:21:00.930 --> 00:21:05.490
Malar will pierce your heart! Lucky for you,

00:21:05.589 --> 00:21:11.710
I taught him well. Yes. She taught me everything.

00:21:13.890 --> 00:21:20.309
But that's his turn, and the shark is dead. That's

00:21:20.309 --> 00:21:23.950
going to be Chester. The turtles on the map are

00:21:23.950 --> 00:21:26.529
gone. Let's say they're beelining out of there

00:21:26.529 --> 00:21:29.430
as this turn starts. So remind me who's left.

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We have the champion. And one more. And then

00:21:32.509 --> 00:21:35.930
one more Sahagun. Yes, Chester would need to

00:21:35.930 --> 00:21:39.109
go. He can only go 50 turns, so he really can't

00:21:39.109 --> 00:21:40.769
reach, even with a dual move. I mean, he's still

00:21:40.769 --> 00:21:43.410
just going to keep going. Okay. Toward the fight.

00:21:43.930 --> 00:21:46.569
He's just all the way over, trying to get up

00:21:46.569 --> 00:21:49.390
close to the Sahuagin that's left, ready to make

00:21:49.390 --> 00:21:52.009
his move. Daggers are flashing in the brief,

00:21:52.109 --> 00:21:55.569
dim starlight, filtering through the top of the

00:21:55.569 --> 00:22:02.509
waves. Hell yes. Jules, that's you. You've seen

00:22:02.509 --> 00:22:04.289
already, at least through Blanche, that this

00:22:04.289 --> 00:22:09.240
Malar. Stan has no chance against her. But he's

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:11.880
changed the focus of his strikes. Jaune is not

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:15.160
out of the water yet. This guy needs to go. And

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:19.599
there's one other Sohagin with him. So, as a

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:21.839
bonus action first off, I'm going to cast level

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:25.799
3 Healing Word onto Jaune. Yeah! That's pretty

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:36.640
damn good. 3d4 plus 4. That's 13. Excellent.

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:40.539
13 more. That's a couple of hits. Yeah. You know

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:43.940
what, Jeremy? We saved John. We saved John. Cheers.

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:47.000
Imagine the world without those buttons. Oh,

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:51.500
my God. You have been evil all week. Reminding

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:54.220
us every day. Guess what's coming. I knew you

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.819
were going to try dropping the two buttons. I

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:58.619
knew you had two buttons. It's so funny because

00:22:58.619 --> 00:23:01.799
one of the buttons was because you laughed when

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:05.940
I said buzz nuts. some buzz nuts who feels like

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:11.240
a buzz nut now who feels like a buzz nut now

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:14.980
and i gotta be perfectly honest i didn't remember

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:17.400
that i had two buttons until we got here today

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:19.559
whoa because like jeremy and i were talking about

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:21.019
it jeremy's like do you have anything you can

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.759
like pull out of your pocket like blah blah this

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:25.420
and that and i was like man i don't have a lot

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:27.859
of like spells and you know it's not blanche's

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:30.400
turn until later i've only got one button and

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.390
then i looked in my cup Today, before we started

00:23:32.390 --> 00:23:34.670
recording, I texted Jeremy. I said, holy shit,

00:23:34.750 --> 00:23:38.650
I've got two buttons, too. It's amazing. But

00:23:38.650 --> 00:23:42.029
now, the button board is cleared. Yeah. Yeah.

00:23:42.670 --> 00:23:45.250
You've got to finish this thing. Okay. And then

00:23:45.250 --> 00:23:50.789
Jules is going to cast Vicious Mockery onto the

00:23:50.789 --> 00:23:54.490
champion. Okay. Oh, that's a good move. Okay.

00:23:54.589 --> 00:23:58.230
Yeah. That's a wisdom save? That is a wisdom

00:23:58.230 --> 00:24:01.299
save. It's actually a 20 on the die. Oh, god

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:04.559
damn. 20 with the die. Sorry, 19 on the die.

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:07.779
Plus one wisdom. Oh, god. Yes. Yeah, that passes.

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:11.680
Very good roll. Shit. He's too angry to hear

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:13.799
your words. What do you say? You got the worst

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:17.859
voice I ever heard. No, you're wrong. I'm not

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:20.099
mad at all. Man, David really phoned it in on

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:27.940
that one. This is normal for Sahagin. Okay, anything

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:31.559
else to do in Jules? No. All right. You're still

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:34.180
hanging out. I think you move from Manta 6 to

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:36.660
Manta 4. You're on the edge of Manta 4, kind

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:39.680
of watching things as Chu and Roinalda are kind

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:44.000
of moving in, surrounding this champion. Jaune

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.960
on the other side. Chester's moving up behind

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.500
the other, lesser Sohwagin that's kind of behind

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:51.880
Jaune. It's all coming together. Bodies floating

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:54.799
everywhere. Big, sharp, floating blood soaking

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:58.250
through. Black in the moonlight. That's going

00:24:58.250 --> 00:25:03.829
to be Jean Franklin. All right. Well, Jean Franklin.

00:25:05.829 --> 00:25:13.069
Jean Franklin is going to open up and hold on,

00:25:13.089 --> 00:25:16.470
hold on, hold on, hold on. I was trying to see

00:25:16.470 --> 00:25:18.509
if there's a good place to move, but there's

00:25:18.509 --> 00:25:22.769
really not. Because if I try to slide into flanking

00:25:22.769 --> 00:25:25.779
against the champion, I'm going to. I'm going

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:30.660
to move out of the other Sahagin's square. Let's

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:34.319
discuss. No, there's not much to discuss. I'm

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:37.519
going to have Roinalda attack the champion first.

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:43.200
Okay. That makes sense. So plus three, I believe.

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:45.119
Yeah, plus three to hit, plus one to damage.

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:51.210
Okay. Natural one for Roinalda. Damn it, I was

00:25:51.210 --> 00:25:52.569
reading it upside down and I thought it was an

00:25:52.569 --> 00:25:55.849
eight. But it says, oof. She splashes a little

00:25:55.849 --> 00:25:57.950
water in Sean's eyes. Waiting for this for a

00:25:57.950 --> 00:26:00.730
whole night. You're in an open ocean here. And

00:26:00.730 --> 00:26:04.549
all it goes to, like, strike. Nerds, you seahorse.

00:26:07.150 --> 00:26:11.450
God. Blast in your face. How did he do it? How

00:26:11.450 --> 00:26:17.400
did he do it? She takes the dead. Two damage.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:19.740
Oh, God. Yeah, the seahorse kind of pecks her

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.799
and her tramples. I don't know what seahorses

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:24.559
look like anymore. I don't know what seahorses

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:30.220
look like anymore. What does that mean? I'm just

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.460
giddy. I'm just a giddy soul because that did

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:37.000
not go. Yeah. Fucking take a button. Wait, what?

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:39.700
That's pretty good. Giddy up. Giddy up? That

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:41.980
made me laugh. He said, I'm pretty giddy. And

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:44.119
I said, giddy up in reference to all the horse

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:47.619
talk. That's funny. All right. Thank you. I'm

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:49.339
glad for the button. Me too. I'm glad for the

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.980
button. Me too. I just feel like I say funny

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.140
things sometimes. It doesn't matter how stupid

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:55.420
I have to be to get it. If I get a button, I

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:58.799
get a button. Be more likable. All right. John

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:03.559
Franklin's going to shove this spear into this

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:08.099
champion twice. Okay. Let's see about that. 16

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:13.460
for the first. 16 hits. Excellent. Nice. I'll

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:19.019
do the damage first. Just in case. Six damage

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:24.819
on that first attack. Okay. Second attack. That's

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:30.480
an 18 on the die. Oh, yeah. Six more damage.

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:32.539
That's on the champion? That's on the champion.

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:35.259
That's pretty good. He's looking pretty rough

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:37.079
now. He's still up. He's still vital, but...

00:27:37.630 --> 00:27:39.829
There's some good, these counterattacks. He's

00:27:39.829 --> 00:27:42.490
sort of like turning towards you, Blanche. Jaune

00:27:42.490 --> 00:27:48.309
gets two good swift jabs in. Hell yeah. Okay.

00:27:48.349 --> 00:27:51.410
And with that. Hold on. I have a question. What

00:27:51.410 --> 00:27:55.630
do you want? Nevermind. It's too much to ask.

00:27:55.730 --> 00:27:58.509
And also Jaune's been healed now. I was, one

00:27:58.509 --> 00:28:00.690
of my thoughts, like if Jaune was in a real bad

00:28:00.690 --> 00:28:03.049
way, I was like, maybe I'm just going to have

00:28:03.049 --> 00:28:06.779
Rowan Alda like grab him and drag him away. But

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:08.680
I don't think that's needed. Might not be needed.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.980
But he's still over there. He opened himself

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.839
up, and now this other Swaggin's coming in to

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:16.839
attack. He moved into flanking. See, I knew I

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.539
should have... Advantage of the plus two. ...moved

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:25.759
Roinalda there. Ah, so stupid. Actually misses

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.859
with an eight and a five. Oh, my God. It's not

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:33.619
even flanking. Come on. Second one will hit.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:38.990
Okay. Oh, boy. Eight points of damage. Okay.

00:28:39.130 --> 00:28:41.410
It's not great, but it's not... One spear thrust

00:28:41.410 --> 00:28:48.890
gets through. And that's Blanche. Okay. Blanche

00:28:48.890 --> 00:28:51.089
and Chew, I should say. Yeah. All right. Yeah,

00:28:51.210 --> 00:28:54.109
that's true. I'm going to go Chew first. That

00:28:54.109 --> 00:28:59.170
plus three to hit. That's just nine for Chew?

00:28:59.910 --> 00:29:05.529
No. Okay. Blanche realizes... That she doesn't

00:29:05.529 --> 00:29:07.970
need haste anymore. She doesn't need that boost

00:29:07.970 --> 00:29:12.650
to AC. Oh. So she's going to drop it. What? It's

00:29:12.650 --> 00:29:15.750
a bonus action. She's going to cast Shadow Blade.

00:29:16.309 --> 00:29:22.730
Oh. Dim light. Oof. I did say it. Oof. Pure blackness

00:29:22.730 --> 00:29:26.089
in your hand. Flickering in the night. So now

00:29:26.089 --> 00:29:29.450
she'll just have two attacks. But she'll get

00:29:29.450 --> 00:29:32.430
to make them with advantage. And she'll get a

00:29:32.430 --> 00:29:35.519
pretty serious damage boost. That's pretty good.

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:39.140
Minus one to hit, though, because it's no longer

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:41.519
her magical weapon. But that's okay. Still a

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:48.180
pretty good bonus. Let's see. The first roll

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:52.980
for the first attack was just a 14. I hope that

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:55.160
hits, because the second one was lower. 14 on

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:57.579
the champion? 14 on the champion. Does not hit.

00:29:58.140 --> 00:30:02.759
No, no, no, no. Okay, okay. One more attack.

00:30:05.450 --> 00:30:09.170
The first roll was a natural two. This is really

00:30:09.170 --> 00:30:11.730
not great. I thought Blanche was going to end

00:30:11.730 --> 00:30:16.289
this here and now. Wait. What? Could you possibly

00:30:16.289 --> 00:30:21.109
bother me with... What? Blanche is going to reach

00:30:21.109 --> 00:30:26.170
to her chest and she's going to touch and activate

00:30:26.170 --> 00:30:31.440
her clockwork amulet. What? When you make an

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:33.259
attack roll while wearing the amulet, you can

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:35.960
forego rolling the d20 to get a 10 on the die.

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:41.279
So that's the thing, is I already made one roll

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:45.140
towards this attack. I'll let you do it as your

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:48.079
second sort of, you know, it's your second roll.

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.480
It's the second roll on the second attack. It

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.940
would be a set 10 on the second attack, yeah,

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.799
for advantage. Yeah, yeah, I think I'm fine with

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:56.839
that. So plus 7. So it's a 17. So it's a 17.

00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:01.240
We'll hit. You're about to strike and you can

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:04.279
see his guard is up. What does it look like when

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:07.460
you touch the sand? How does it change this future?

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:13.339
Yeah, the blade in her hand, the dark shadowy

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:17.799
blade, it ripples like water and just moves ever

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:21.319
so slightly. into better alignment with this

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:24.079
champion that's so cool and connects and the

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:26.220
spear spear is ready to like block you and all

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.839
of a sudden you're just you just flicker your

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:30.140
hands will lower and this thing strikes out that

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:35.400
is amazing so shadow blade damage is 3d8 okay

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:48.519
15 Now he's looking pretty bad. Okay. All right.

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.859
He's up still. Still up. Now we're like back

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:55.440
in the same. Yes. Certainly. Yes. Wow. And you

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:58.220
know what's stupid? What? Blanche could have

00:31:58.220 --> 00:32:02.359
moved one step down to be in flanking for that

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:06.220
first attack. What would that have given you?

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:08.579
A plus two. It was 14. It would have been 16.

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:10.980
It would have hit. I'm going to give it to you.

00:32:11.589 --> 00:32:14.569
I'm going to give it to you because I did a similar

00:32:14.569 --> 00:32:17.349
thing last episode where I was, after I did it,

00:32:17.369 --> 00:32:21.250
I moved. Because you allowed me to do that, which

00:32:21.250 --> 00:32:23.150
is what got Jean bloodied in the first place

00:32:23.150 --> 00:32:24.950
and caused all of this. I'm going to let you

00:32:24.950 --> 00:32:27.450
do this now. Okay. I'm hopefully going to kill

00:32:27.450 --> 00:32:34.630
him then. Two good rolls so far. Another 15.

00:32:36.049 --> 00:32:39.990
Still up. Oh, no. Oh, no. Now we're back in the

00:32:39.990 --> 00:32:43.480
same scenario. Not as injured, though, but still

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:49.420
up. He is. Oh, him. No, Jean is still as injured

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.980
now. He's back to nine. Jean is literally back

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:53.400
to the exact same spot that he was at. Oh, my

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:55.859
God. Really? It's the same. It is the same exact.

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:59.420
Jesus. It's all over again, and we have no buttons.

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:03.799
Jean's still going to maybe probably die. This

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:06.279
is. Hey, I think giddy up was worth two buttons.

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:12.359
Holy shit. I can't believe. We're back here again.

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:16.819
Some last rally, some last fight, and then it

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:19.579
just wasn't enough. I so thought we were going

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:21.880
to do damage and kill him. I thought we were

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:26.339
going to get him. Holy shit. I am out of third

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:30.640
level spell slots. Like... This is really, really

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:36.599
bad. Okay. Let's roll in the open. A smile shared.

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.710
This last... Hurrah together, two spear blows

00:33:40.710 --> 00:33:45.849
into the foe. I passed on your attack, so I do

00:33:45.849 --> 00:33:47.130
not have disadvantage on my first one. Otherwise,

00:33:47.250 --> 00:33:56.589
I would have... Damn. Damn. Damn. Fifteen. I

00:33:56.589 --> 00:34:04.349
guess we'll see if I crit. Nope. Six. Or higher.

00:34:06.950 --> 00:34:39.670
Seven. I thought we were out of the woods. Fire

00:34:39.670 --> 00:34:42.949
of courage is ember, and you watch it go out

00:34:42.949 --> 00:34:48.329
as he loses consciousness. First attack. Golden

00:34:48.329 --> 00:34:51.530
spear sinks down beneath the waves. The shield

00:34:51.530 --> 00:35:04.110
lost. Jaune is open. Wait! What? Blanche drops

00:35:04.110 --> 00:35:09.079
her sword. What? Into the ocean. What the fuck?

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:12.179
There. You got what you wanted. Now come for

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:17.039
me. What the fuck? Regain your honor and fight.

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:21.599
That's... Holy shit. That's a really cool move.

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:23.699
I just dropped a plus one longsword into the

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:26.280
ocean. Holy shit. Plus a silver sword and a golden

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:29.840
spear sinking below the waves. Jaune is sinking

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:33.119
with them. I didn't think of that. Oh, it's really

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:38.440
cool. I need someone to have check, though. Would

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:41.800
this be performance, perhaps? I'll allow it.

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.420
Persuasion or performance. I think performance,

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:45.199
because you're doing a pretty cool theatrical

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:47.239
bit to drop the sword. Yeah, I guess I don't

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:49.500
know the difference between performance and persuasion,

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:52.000
but I have a plus three in performance. Persuasion's

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.780
more fitting, but I think you can spin performance

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:57.159
for it as you're really kind of building the

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:58.840
gravitas, the drama of this, throwing the sword

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:01.679
to the side. I don't hate it. Check to determine

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:04.380
how well you can delight an audience with...

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:07.179
Music, dance, acting, storytelling, or similar

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:09.079
form of entertainment. I'm an audience, and I

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:11.719
was delighted. I know. All right, persuasion.

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:14.079
Persuasion. That's just a plus zero, so straight

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:16.940
up. I always forget our rule on this. Can I give

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:18.800
Stephen my button? Blanche, my button? You guys

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:21.340
are in the same scenario. I'll allow it, but

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:23.280
you say something, too. That's cool. Ooh, like

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:25.599
a help action? Yeah, I'm giving you a help action

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:27.260
button, basically, in this moment. A reaction

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:29.519
help action. That's how we'll take your button.

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:31.239
Blanche has her bardic. I'm going to use her

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:34.739
bardic. You do bardic? I honestly probably should

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:39.360
have used it on my attacks to get the extra electricity

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:41.659
damage. Oh, man. I don't know if that would have

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:45.639
put him over the edge. Oh, my God. Okay. You

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.619
know what? Yeah. Bardic. That's really good.

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.880
Well, and as she's doing that, Jules will say,

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:56.360
what's the point of living or dying without your

00:36:56.360 --> 00:37:02.610
honor? Button. And Bardic. And Bardic. The golden

00:37:02.610 --> 00:37:06.750
moat surrounding Blanche seems to coalesce. So

00:37:06.750 --> 00:37:10.190
wait, stand by. Double check with the moat. So

00:37:10.190 --> 00:37:17.389
for an ability check... What? For an ability

00:37:17.389 --> 00:37:20.449
check, the inspiration die can be rolled again.

00:37:20.829 --> 00:37:24.250
And choose which one to use. Advantage on...

00:37:24.250 --> 00:37:27.469
Advantage and... Advantage on the bardic. Advantage

00:37:27.469 --> 00:37:29.480
on the bardic. I mean, this is going to be a...

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:31.219
So how are we going to... Holy shit. This has

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:36.579
got to be a DC 15. DC 15. DC 15. So am I getting...

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:38.820
You only get the bardic for one of the rolls.

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:42.039
Am I rolling this die three times? You're rolling

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:44.099
the bardic roll. You die, you get to roll twice,

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:47.019
take the higher. Your roll, you get to roll twice,

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:49.780
take the higher. Both dice have advantage. Oh,

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:52.760
okay. Yes. The D20 and the DA have advantage.

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:55.920
Yes. Malar. Holds for a second, looks up, hears

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:57.739
your words. Jaune is like starting to barely

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:59.619
sink to the surface, but he still has a spear

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:01.860
propped. He can just drive it through Jaune.

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:05.300
But he hesitates for a moment at your words.

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:07.739
What will he do? His fingers quivering upon the

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:11.739
spear. He wants this. So do I get to choose which

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:15.519
roll to use the bardic die on? Yes. Or do I have

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:18.360
to choose it as I roll it? You roll both and

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:21.199
take the higher of both. Yes. But since now we

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:25.110
know the outcome. Okay. Yeah. I'd probably say

00:38:25.110 --> 00:38:27.130
you'd... All right. Better than 50 -50 anyway.

00:38:27.130 --> 00:38:28.630
Probably have to decide before you roll the d20.

00:38:28.630 --> 00:38:32.469
Probably about a 15 % chance. All right. Here's

00:38:32.469 --> 00:38:42.050
the first d20. 12 on the die for the first. 17

00:38:42.050 --> 00:38:46.250
for the second. Nice. You don't even need to

00:38:46.250 --> 00:38:47.449
use your bardic. Don't need to use a bardic.

00:38:47.929 --> 00:38:53.099
You can save that shit. Yeah. Okay, yeah. No,

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:54.400
what are you thinking? No, no, no. I'm just trying

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:56.539
not to be too cheesy. No, this is fine. Honestly,

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:59.820
I would have sat higher DC, but dropping your

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:01.679
sword's a really, really cool move. Yeah, I just

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:03.719
lost my sword. I was thinking about dropping

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:06.219
it on the manta, and then I was just like, I

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:08.460
need to go all out. I need to sacrifice something

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:10.119
for this. The thing is, you played to my character.

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.500
That's what's important. You played it well.

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.659
Malar doesn't care about Jaune as much as he

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:15.960
cares about you. He knew your name, and you would

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:18.719
not remember his. You're the one he wants to

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:20.820
kill, but you were too strong. He couldn't get

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:25.960
to you. But now, now you look open. No more haste.

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:28.480
No more blade song. You dropped your sword. It's

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:31.380
not singing anymore. Oh. I'm taking your blade

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:34.059
song away. It's part of this. I'm going to tag

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:39.420
you twice, Blanche. As it slowly sinks. connects

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:41.960
with the golden spears that go down. Jaune begins

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:44.920
to fall under the waves. His eyes blur, taking

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:48.619
in the sight of the stars. Sort of blurred through

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:50.860
the haze of his own blood as he gets farther

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:53.539
and farther and farther away. He is sinking,

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:56.860
but there on the surface, Millar snaps out towards

00:39:56.860 --> 00:40:00.260
you, Blanche. That was, honestly, that was a

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:04.260
really, really, really cool move. I fucking really

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:07.320
like that a lot. Take a button. Sweet. That was

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:10.170
really... Really cool. I'm attacking you twice.

00:40:10.349 --> 00:40:15.190
I didn't think it was going to work. Only one

00:40:15.190 --> 00:40:19.789
hit with an 18 on the die. Never mind. I was

00:40:19.789 --> 00:40:22.130
going to be an asshole and cast shield, but I

00:40:22.130 --> 00:40:26.030
don't want him to turn away now. It's awesome.

00:40:26.130 --> 00:40:27.550
You kind of see your weakness is that you're

00:40:27.550 --> 00:40:29.550
too strong. And people will just ignore you if

00:40:29.550 --> 00:40:31.750
you don't let them get in there. It's only four

00:40:31.750 --> 00:40:34.980
damage. It strikes in, rips into you. But it

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:37.960
draws blood and you see he gets excited. His

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:42.340
eyes grow. His fins spread out. The blood frenzy

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:47.119
taking over again now towards you. Um, holy shit.

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:51.010
And that's Chester. Chester is currently under

00:40:51.010 --> 00:40:53.690
the water, moving towards it. Chester, I think,

00:40:53.690 --> 00:40:56.369
would see a small ambient light of a golden spear

00:40:56.369 --> 00:40:58.449
and shield as they kind of, you know, lightly

00:40:58.449 --> 00:41:00.610
magical might glow in the darkness, and he probably

00:41:00.610 --> 00:41:05.730
sees Jaune sort of sinking. But he also sees

00:41:05.730 --> 00:41:08.010
the Sahuagin at the top of the water he's next

00:41:08.010 --> 00:41:11.590
to. He has a couple options here. Question. Yeah.

00:41:11.889 --> 00:41:14.309
My sword, Chester. Get my sword. That's what

00:41:14.309 --> 00:41:17.309
I was thinking. I'm not fucking kidding you.

00:41:18.029 --> 00:41:19.969
I'm not kidding you. Yeah, but what about Jean,

00:41:20.070 --> 00:41:23.070
though? Well, he can't do anything to save Jean,

00:41:23.150 --> 00:41:24.710
but what I was thinking is grabbing the sword

00:41:24.710 --> 00:41:28.150
and then just kind of holding Jean. He has to

00:41:28.150 --> 00:41:31.550
pick one or the other. Well, it's going to be

00:41:31.550 --> 00:41:34.789
Jean. He's in the light of the blades. I'll say

00:41:34.789 --> 00:41:36.570
he can... I'm sorry, I said that very aggressively.

00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:38.429
No, he's close enough now. He's 15 feet away.

00:41:38.449 --> 00:41:40.210
He can see Jean, and with 15 feet, he can move

00:41:40.210 --> 00:41:42.349
to Jean. Yeah, he's going to go and grab Jean.

00:41:42.789 --> 00:41:44.849
He could actually bring Jean to the surface.

00:41:45.030 --> 00:41:47.309
Yeah. He has 15 more feet. He could bring him

00:41:47.309 --> 00:41:49.329
to a little lower if he wanted to get away from

00:41:49.329 --> 00:41:51.949
the guys. Yeah, somewhere else. If he's able

00:41:51.949 --> 00:41:55.489
to get away from that skirmish right there, then

00:41:55.489 --> 00:41:57.750
he's going to. Chester swims to the water. He

00:41:57.750 --> 00:42:00.369
sees that vague shadow of Jean, grabs onto the

00:42:00.369 --> 00:42:03.530
shell, and just kind of swims, pushes Mario down,

00:42:03.889 --> 00:42:05.969
kind of pushing to the south, away from this

00:42:05.969 --> 00:42:08.349
wagon where they're kind of now focused in on

00:42:08.349 --> 00:42:10.409
Blanche. He takes Jean to the side and the two.

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:13.440
Break the surface, John, still unconscious, but

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:16.500
at least he is not lost into the darkness. As

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:18.940
his weapon, his shield, and blanched sword continue

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:24.800
to sink, sink into the abyss. Okay. That's another

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:27.599
great move. Hey, hey, hey, it's all right. Hey.

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:30.960
Oh, shit, shit. Can you perform CPR and give

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:36.340
him one HP? No. It's your turn, Jules. Wait,

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:38.519
could he roll to stabilize him? He would have

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:40.179
to double move in order to get where he was.

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:43.159
Okay. So no actions left. All right, so Jules

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:47.440
can reach Blanche's Manta Ray, right? You could

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:49.940
command yours to follow it, yes. Okay. I'm going

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:51.900
to do that. Yeah, it will follow into the steps

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:54.039
of Blanche's. That's what it knows to do. And

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:57.519
yours slides up right behind you. Okay. And then

00:42:57.519 --> 00:43:00.480
Jules is going to hop onto the Manta Ray, Blanche's.

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:03.719
Okay. He's going to cast Bardic Inspiration onto

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:06.699
himself as a bonus action. Okay. Then he's going

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:09.480
to cast level two, Dizno Whispers. On the champion

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:13.179
or the other guy? On to the champion. Okay. Mist

00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:20.860
covers his eyes, his ears, his mouth. Fail. Seven.

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:26.059
Yep. So you take 4d6. Oh, my God. This guy just,

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:30.480
like, that's really good. Yeah. He just strikes.

00:43:31.260 --> 00:43:35.940
Now, now, my spear shall pierce your true blood

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:40.329
today. The mist sort of covers him. I think in

00:43:40.329 --> 00:43:45.150
this mist, what he sees is you, Blanche. You

00:43:45.150 --> 00:43:47.849
carving through Swoggin. Maybe he's seen it time

00:43:47.849 --> 00:43:50.889
and time again. You on the field of battle. Fish

00:43:50.889 --> 00:43:54.849
cut to bloody ribbons. Warriors he respected.

00:43:55.289 --> 00:43:59.130
And he's just, no, not me! She won't get me!

00:43:59.409 --> 00:44:13.559
No! 17. Jules, you stand beside Blanche and this

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:18.199
manta, the two of you standing tall together,

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:22.900
and we shift from our perspective to his perspective,

00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:26.179
where he sees in this mist, Blanche Trudeau stands

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:30.300
besides Blanche Trudeau, two of them standing

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:34.340
together, spears out, and you're Blanche Trudeau,

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:36.260
the one that covers you, the nightmare, this

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:41.039
creature's greatest fear. slides out with a blade

00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:49.380
and pierces deep. You see blood pours out from

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:51.840
between his eyes, out his ears, out his mouth.

00:44:52.360 --> 00:45:04.059
He's screaming these gurgling screams. He sinks

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:09.559
beneath the surface and dies. To the remaining

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:14.980
Sahagin, Blanche holds her two hands out and

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:19.280
they start to crackle with blue energy as if

00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:22.280
she's about to cast Witch Bolt. And she says

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:25.960
to him, flee now and tell this story. Oh yeah,

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:28.880
no, no, yep, I'm out. Yeah, no, you guys are

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:32.079
great. Nope, nope, nope, I'm out. See ya, buh

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:37.230
-bye. He's gonna fucking, he's out of here. He's

00:45:37.230 --> 00:45:39.309
like half dead already. Everyone else is dead.

00:45:39.429 --> 00:45:44.090
He's gone. Then Blanche, if we're out of combat

00:45:44.090 --> 00:45:49.030
now, wants to hop onto Roanalda and walk across

00:45:49.030 --> 00:45:53.269
Roanalda or run across Roanalda and give Jaune

00:45:53.269 --> 00:45:56.090
her last potion of healing greater. You know,

00:45:56.110 --> 00:45:57.670
it wouldn't, your turn wouldn't happen. So yeah,

00:45:57.730 --> 00:45:59.469
you would still, it would still happen before

00:45:59.469 --> 00:46:01.570
his roll. So yeah, out of combat, your turn.

00:46:01.610 --> 00:46:03.590
Okay, great. Jump over to Roanalda. Doesn't need

00:46:03.590 --> 00:46:06.360
to roll. Roll another slide for the two of you.

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:09.840
Come together to save Jaune. Chester holds him

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:18.960
up as you pour the potion in. I... I'm alive.

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:27.900
12 healing. I rolled three ones out of two on

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:32.420
44 here. And yet 12 will be enough because the

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:37.880
fight is over. And despite every odd, Jean Franklin

00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:42.099
lives. This isn't a test. This isn't a drill.

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:44.699
It's not a drill. We're here. It's... We're here.

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:48.719
Over. I think... I think we need to move into

00:46:48.719 --> 00:46:52.539
a montage here. There's so many events that we

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:55.619
should see, but perhaps... Let me ask this first.

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:58.900
Do you want to try to go find the weapons lost?

00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:03.909
Jean's kind of breathing out. You... Save me

00:47:03.909 --> 00:47:08.010
again. All of you, I... Thank you. Thank you.

00:47:08.530 --> 00:47:12.630
I thought that was it. I saw... I saw my mother.

00:47:13.510 --> 00:47:17.889
It smiles. Thank you. And it's done. We saved

00:47:17.889 --> 00:47:20.269
them, right? They're gone. The turtles, I can

00:47:20.269 --> 00:47:21.670
see them. They're kind of looking towards the

00:47:21.670 --> 00:47:23.449
shore. They must have gone to shore. I can't

00:47:23.449 --> 00:47:27.030
make them out, but they... We did it. We really

00:47:27.030 --> 00:47:33.039
did it. We won. All the training. We have done

00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:38.559
since you were a child, and I could never get

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:45.440
that bullheadedness out of you. And maybe a single,

00:47:45.739 --> 00:47:51.019
like, strong, like, dude tear falls from Blanche's

00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:55.320
eye. But I'm so glad you're alive, Jaune. And

00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:59.400
she hugs him, pulls him in for a deep embrace.

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:03.480
I knew you shouldn't have come, but I couldn't

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:08.840
stop you. No, you couldn't have. I'm glad I came.

00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:15.179
You're too important now. This is... We can't

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:18.000
do this again, this sort of thing. Right, right.

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:22.840
My lord. The time now must be, gosh, 3 a .m.

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:26.719
for the coronation. The coronation, that's tomorrow

00:48:26.719 --> 00:48:30.000
at sunset. I have to go, I have to... I have

00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:35.199
to go. I must make plans, repair. I... This is

00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:39.340
my path now, right? I... I have to go. And sort

00:48:39.340 --> 00:48:41.860
of weakly starts to get up, sort of swimming

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:45.519
over towards Roanald, kind of climbing up onto...

00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:49.960
Sir, I... You should check on things. The eighth

00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:53.480
pool. Check on the master of offense. Make sure

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:56.840
the Sir Hwagen threat's been quelled. I can't

00:48:56.840 --> 00:49:00.710
let you travel alone. Not now. Very well. Then

00:49:00.710 --> 00:49:05.550
we... We all go together. The spear. The sword.

00:49:05.750 --> 00:49:09.309
I... They're gone, aren't they? Check your ring,

00:49:09.449 --> 00:49:15.789
Jean. Oh, I see. I, um... Kind of... A moment.

00:49:16.190 --> 00:49:18.610
He dives into the water. He casts the spell.

00:49:19.469 --> 00:49:22.269
Locate object. Yeah, locate object. Yes, yeah,

00:49:22.329 --> 00:49:23.309
yeah, right, right. We talked about this before.

00:49:23.690 --> 00:49:25.530
Talked about it for the last episode, I think.

00:49:25.570 --> 00:49:28.309
Yes, yeah. Okay, I mean, I can't believe that

00:49:28.309 --> 00:49:31.889
spell. That spell. I mean, otherwise, I would

00:49:31.889 --> 00:49:33.989
take that sword away. I know, it's like, it's

00:49:33.989 --> 00:49:38.070
almost a shame because I love the beautiful picture

00:49:38.070 --> 00:49:41.909
of the silver sword and the golden spear sinking

00:49:41.909 --> 00:49:45.690
to the bottom of the ocean. But it's like, yeah,

00:49:45.690 --> 00:49:48.170
I kind of already said we have locate object.

00:49:48.289 --> 00:49:50.269
It would be weird to just ignore that. I mean,

00:49:50.309 --> 00:49:53.599
let's not take away your awesome things. You've

00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:55.519
earned those awesome things. You've earned the

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:57.940
right to keep them. Jaune, you just see them

00:49:57.940 --> 00:50:02.880
swimming down. And we see the very bottom where

00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:04.659
they've kicked up a little bit of silt. You see

00:50:04.659 --> 00:50:08.760
maybe lying an X sort of crossed over. The golden

00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:12.079
spear. So cool. The silver sword. Jaune grabs

00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:15.880
them both and kicks off. Maybe leaves a shield

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.960
behind. I don't care. Maybe puts the shield on

00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:19.539
his back or something. Fine. It's like a 50 gold

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:23.929
shield or whatever. As he breaks the surface.

00:50:24.610 --> 00:50:28.090
Your blade. Master defense. Thank you, Jean.

00:50:28.889 --> 00:50:31.130
As he mounts his manta and looks to all of you,

00:50:31.150 --> 00:50:36.429
just smiling. Now then, let us return. I have

00:50:36.429 --> 00:50:40.389
much to discuss with the lords, with my financial

00:50:40.389 --> 00:50:43.670
advisor, and the other lot. But you should all

00:50:43.670 --> 00:50:47.110
rest. It's been a long and trying night. And

00:50:47.110 --> 00:50:50.349
we have a long ways back to go. He sets off.

00:50:51.070 --> 00:50:53.550
You see that as you pass, you pass and check

00:50:53.550 --> 00:50:55.389
on the turtles who are all working their way

00:50:55.389 --> 00:50:57.530
up the Sendine River. They're all unharmed. They're

00:50:57.530 --> 00:51:00.150
moving fine. They'll be okay. You know they'll

00:51:00.150 --> 00:51:03.630
be okay. Okay. Go to the eighth pool and fight.

00:51:04.369 --> 00:51:08.670
No, I'm just kidding. Just kitten turtles. What

00:51:08.670 --> 00:51:18.170
are kitten turtles? Okay. You journey through

00:51:18.170 --> 00:51:21.650
the night. By the time you reach, The Golden

00:51:21.650 --> 00:51:28.090
Bay, the sun is now rising over a shining sea.

00:51:28.750 --> 00:51:33.150
As you dismount your mantas, there's a party

00:51:33.150 --> 00:51:35.309
of lordlings sort of immediately upon seeing

00:51:35.309 --> 00:51:38.030
you. They all kind of rush down, eager to get

00:51:38.030 --> 00:51:41.510
a hold of Jean. Le Doulois, sort of chief amongst

00:51:41.510 --> 00:51:43.590
them, and as Jean kind of dismounts, like, wait

00:51:43.590 --> 00:51:47.349
a moment, guys, I must... There's much to attend

00:51:47.349 --> 00:51:50.210
to with all this. I have to... I have to be king.

00:51:50.409 --> 00:51:54.530
I... I'll see you this evening, perhaps? For

00:51:54.530 --> 00:51:58.329
the coronation? I'll come find you. It's closed

00:51:58.329 --> 00:52:01.190
off to most folk, but of course, of course I'll

00:52:01.190 --> 00:52:03.969
let you in. You have to be there. We wouldn't

00:52:03.969 --> 00:52:06.190
miss it for the world, John. We'll be there.

00:52:06.409 --> 00:52:11.329
Great. Great. Great. I, um... I guess that'll

00:52:11.329 --> 00:52:15.510
be... that, then. Sort of sad look towards you,

00:52:15.590 --> 00:52:18.739
Jules. Towards the... the path to luminary and

00:52:18.739 --> 00:52:21.860
he sort of nods and oh jules is gonna nod too

00:52:21.860 --> 00:52:27.059
it's uh kind of one of those reassuring nods

00:52:27.059 --> 00:52:33.400
like this is okay jean turns away begins to move

00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:36.300
sort of up the up the long sort of hillside towards

00:52:36.300 --> 00:52:38.480
the sandcastle i think as he moves you can see

00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:41.639
a moment where his hands very discreetly lock

00:52:41.639 --> 00:52:46.409
with ledus who looks just Like he's been up all

00:52:46.409 --> 00:52:49.570
night, just bags under his eyes. He's been terrified.

00:52:50.510 --> 00:52:56.429
And they're gone. Let's... Let's cut ahead some

00:52:56.429 --> 00:53:00.989
time. You've spent your day in some rest, hearing

00:53:00.989 --> 00:53:03.710
reports. The Master of Offense, Kalt Shavak,

00:53:03.829 --> 00:53:07.070
led the remaining, the extra shell guard that

00:53:07.070 --> 00:53:10.409
came in from the Golden Bay. They decimated the

00:53:10.409 --> 00:53:13.769
Zahwagin forces at the Eighth Pool. They'd already

00:53:13.769 --> 00:53:15.230
been broken. Their line had been broken. They

00:53:15.230 --> 00:53:17.769
could not sort of regain their footing, and they

00:53:17.769 --> 00:53:19.969
were driven off. Well, one of the greatest slaughters

00:53:19.969 --> 00:53:23.030
of the Sahuagin you've seen, Blanche. You know

00:53:23.030 --> 00:53:25.210
from experience that they don't have a huge fighting

00:53:25.210 --> 00:53:28.369
force. They won't attempt something like this

00:53:28.369 --> 00:53:32.409
again, you think. Not for a long while. They'll

00:53:32.409 --> 00:53:35.210
need time to lick their wounds after this massive

00:53:35.210 --> 00:53:39.030
loss. Not one tortle taken to be sacrificed.

00:53:39.230 --> 00:53:44.170
An absolute win. For the nine pools. So you can

00:53:44.170 --> 00:53:48.150
rest easy throughout this day. The legend of

00:53:48.150 --> 00:53:54.949
Blanche Truro lives on. I think perhaps you guys

00:53:54.949 --> 00:53:57.369
have rooms in the sandcastle. Blanche, I know

00:53:57.369 --> 00:53:59.230
you have your own, of course. Jules, you must

00:53:59.230 --> 00:54:01.250
have a guest room. I would say maybe in the same

00:54:01.250 --> 00:54:03.469
hall nearby. They'd make sure to place you close

00:54:03.469 --> 00:54:06.409
together. Maybe, like, you're in the barracks,

00:54:06.409 --> 00:54:08.309
Blanche. So Jules would be, like, giving his

00:54:08.309 --> 00:54:10.610
own sort of spot in the barracks as well. Some

00:54:10.610 --> 00:54:13.210
of the soldiers are all kind of out in the Eighth

00:54:13.210 --> 00:54:14.889
Pool kind of helping to rebuild, helping to patrol,

00:54:15.130 --> 00:54:16.909
keeping things there. There's still sort of a

00:54:16.909 --> 00:54:19.630
lighter guard here. Harlan's around. Maybe you

00:54:19.630 --> 00:54:23.030
give him a high five at some point. He did lead

00:54:23.030 --> 00:54:26.250
some duergar here to help sort of hold the place.

00:54:26.309 --> 00:54:27.510
And he's sort of hanging out, too, until the

00:54:27.510 --> 00:54:30.130
coronation. We'll exchange war stories. Apparently

00:54:30.130 --> 00:54:32.090
he's been having a lot of meetings with Ledoux

00:54:32.090 --> 00:54:34.610
and then the gang. And that's the other thing.

00:54:34.650 --> 00:54:36.389
There's been a lot of buzz today. You haven't

00:54:36.389 --> 00:54:38.210
seen Jean at all throughout this day. You've

00:54:38.210 --> 00:54:41.369
gotten some sleep, woken up, had some meals,

00:54:41.550 --> 00:54:45.610
chatted, got filled in. Jean has been nowhere

00:54:45.610 --> 00:54:47.030
to be found. And all you know is that he's been

00:54:47.030 --> 00:54:48.949
locked in with Ledoux and some of the other major

00:54:48.949 --> 00:54:52.610
lords and his other advisors for the entire day.

00:54:52.690 --> 00:54:54.809
De Piero, nothing to do with it. De Piero has

00:54:54.809 --> 00:54:57.710
been booted from any matters of state as far

00:54:57.710 --> 00:55:01.070
as Jean is concerned. You know he's been shut

00:55:01.070 --> 00:55:04.820
in his room as well. Oh, so De Piero shut up

00:55:04.820 --> 00:55:10.599
too. Yep. And so it's around, it's almost at

00:55:10.599 --> 00:55:14.179
sunset when perhaps all of you together in Blanche's

00:55:14.179 --> 00:55:16.619
room discussing, you know, decompressing, discussing,

00:55:16.699 --> 00:55:20.460
you hear a sort of quiet knock at the door. You

00:55:20.460 --> 00:55:22.480
probably expect some guard to be leading you

00:55:22.480 --> 00:55:24.159
towards the coronation, but as the door opens,

00:55:24.340 --> 00:55:28.360
I imagine you allow it to open. Yeah. Yes. Yeah.

00:55:28.420 --> 00:55:30.440
Maybe Blanche uses Mage Hand to open the door.

00:55:31.289 --> 00:55:35.710
As you wind the door open, you see Jean himself

00:55:35.710 --> 00:55:39.469
is standing there, smiling kind of awkwardly.

00:55:39.889 --> 00:55:46.730
All right. It's time. Blanche stands up and walks

00:55:46.730 --> 00:55:52.429
over to shake his hand. You've done well, my

00:55:52.429 --> 00:55:55.650
lord. You've really grown up to be somebody that

00:55:55.650 --> 00:56:01.329
I can be proud to know. Please, I... You deserve

00:56:01.329 --> 00:56:06.150
this, John. Oh, well, I mean, yes, I suppose

00:56:06.150 --> 00:56:12.849
I do, but... There it is. I still can't forgive

00:56:12.849 --> 00:56:17.230
what Father and what I did to you. I hate that

00:56:17.230 --> 00:56:19.130
I must ask you this, but I have one more request

00:56:19.130 --> 00:56:24.409
of you. Master defense, if you'd hear it. I'm

00:56:24.409 --> 00:56:28.570
working on the forgiveness part, and of course

00:56:28.570 --> 00:56:33.300
I will hear your request. Well, during important

00:56:33.300 --> 00:56:36.440
ceremonies for us total folk, as you know, it

00:56:36.440 --> 00:56:41.599
is custom for one's mother to walk them down

00:56:41.599 --> 00:56:45.980
the aisle. My mother has passed, so I had hoped.

00:56:46.980 --> 00:56:52.420
Of course. I... Of course, Sean. Great. Good.

00:56:54.360 --> 00:56:56.719
Then I guess let's get this over with. I still

00:56:56.719 --> 00:57:00.099
can't believe it's really come to this. let's

00:57:00.099 --> 00:57:05.219
go he gets to lead you down the halls wow as

00:57:05.219 --> 00:57:07.360
you push down into like the out of the barracks

00:57:07.360 --> 00:57:09.340
or a hallway into the sort of grand hallway that

00:57:09.340 --> 00:57:11.880
leads up towards the throne room you see uh the

00:57:11.880 --> 00:57:14.860
door in the throne room is closed off there's

00:57:14.860 --> 00:57:18.820
some chatter coming from the behind the doors

00:57:18.820 --> 00:57:21.539
as jean sort of leads up two guards are standing

00:57:21.539 --> 00:57:25.559
at the door nod to him they'll open the door

00:57:25.559 --> 00:57:28.070
and it's time for me to uh enter though Do the

00:57:28.070 --> 00:57:31.730
announcing and all that inside, so... Stop slouching,

00:57:31.750 --> 00:57:36.590
John. Oh, sorry, yes. Stand tall. Well, I have

00:57:36.590 --> 00:57:41.909
to ask, what, um... What's next? I... You must

00:57:41.909 --> 00:57:46.409
understand, John, I... I have to find Ozen. I

00:57:46.409 --> 00:57:48.489
have to... I have to learn more. You believe

00:57:48.489 --> 00:57:54.449
he still lives? If he does... He'll have... I

00:57:54.449 --> 00:57:57.820
don't know. Something. Maybe... Maybe not answers,

00:57:57.960 --> 00:58:01.860
but more questions, perhaps? I have to know.

00:58:02.539 --> 00:58:06.960
Very well. And Jules, is this your quest as well?

00:58:07.380 --> 00:58:09.619
To understand what happened to Tythos? Perhaps

00:58:09.619 --> 00:58:12.320
these answers lie with Ozen, if he still lives.

00:58:12.360 --> 00:58:15.360
If he knew of something, some conspiracy, that

00:58:15.360 --> 00:58:19.619
letter spoke of it. At this point, everything's

00:58:19.619 --> 00:58:24.300
connected. And I'm going with Blanche. But Jules

00:58:24.300 --> 00:58:27.480
and John, I... I don't know where to look. I

00:58:27.480 --> 00:58:31.260
don't know where to begin. I suppose when we

00:58:31.260 --> 00:58:33.719
get back to the Citadel, we'll have to do some

00:58:33.719 --> 00:58:37.179
research together. You're coming to the Citadel?

00:58:39.579 --> 00:58:42.579
I'm sorry to say that I lied to you again, sir.

00:58:43.199 --> 00:58:45.800
You too, Jules. I hope you'll forgive me. It's

00:58:45.800 --> 00:58:48.760
just a small thing. You see, I forced a very

00:58:48.760 --> 00:58:52.980
recent and abrupt change in plans. This is not

00:58:52.980 --> 00:58:57.599
my coronation. And with that, the door creaks

00:58:57.599 --> 00:58:59.539
open. Look, goosebumps. And you take in the familiar

00:58:59.539 --> 00:59:03.179
sight of the Montelio throne room. A small crowd

00:59:03.179 --> 00:59:05.400
of minor tortal lords surrounds a red carpet

00:59:05.400 --> 00:59:07.780
over a sandy floor, reaching out and touching

00:59:07.780 --> 00:59:10.380
the base of the throne. You see that nobody currently

00:59:10.380 --> 00:59:12.659
rests in the throne, but two figures stand before

00:59:12.659 --> 00:59:16.739
it. Poiret, the head priestess of Condorala here

00:59:16.739 --> 00:59:19.840
in the Golden Bay. And Ledoux Lemoyne, looking

00:59:19.840 --> 00:59:21.719
for all the world like he's going to pass out

00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:24.630
from a combination of anxiety. Oh my god. and

00:59:24.630 --> 00:59:30.210
John looks to you all. You see, this is my wedding.

00:59:31.230 --> 00:59:34.909
Oh, my God! Though I can't believe I'm marrying

00:59:34.909 --> 00:59:39.329
him. Despite this comedy, you can see this eager

00:59:39.329 --> 00:59:41.510
smile on your pupil's face. You can see the tears

00:59:41.510 --> 00:59:44.610
stubbornly swimming in his eyes. Thank you for

00:59:44.610 --> 00:59:47.449
being here. All of you, it really does mean the

00:59:47.449 --> 00:59:50.090
world. You see, the two and I, we plotted it

00:59:50.090 --> 00:59:52.590
out last night, well, during the day. A Montelio

00:59:52.590 --> 00:59:56.829
must rule, so... We'll make him a Montelio. To

00:59:56.829 --> 00:59:58.489
his credit, he really doesn't want to rule, but

00:59:58.489 --> 01:00:01.550
he's willing to take it on for me. And for you,

01:00:01.630 --> 01:00:04.449
sir. God, he's just a perfect ass, isn't he?

01:00:05.429 --> 01:00:09.710
Both Blanche and Steven are like stunned, speechless.

01:00:10.309 --> 01:00:14.429
I just don't know what to say. Blanche is trying

01:00:14.429 --> 01:00:18.630
to play it cool. Trying not to look too surprised.

01:00:18.909 --> 01:00:25.519
I'm like trying not to cry over here. Well, this

01:00:25.519 --> 01:00:32.619
is a doubly happy day indeed. Triple happy. Sean,

01:00:33.900 --> 01:00:38.320
this is so wonderful. Yes, well, it's something.

01:00:41.219 --> 01:00:43.820
You get like the horns blaring inside. Ah, that's

01:00:43.820 --> 01:00:45.400
our cue. That better not be another war horn.

01:00:45.500 --> 01:00:47.820
No, it sounds like it. No, the war horn's three

01:00:47.820 --> 01:00:49.239
bows. That is the four boobs. It's different.

01:00:50.889 --> 01:00:53.610
He gets scared at first. Three boobs for war.

01:00:53.989 --> 01:00:57.170
Four boobs for wedding. That's our cue. George,

01:00:57.230 --> 01:01:00.829
if you stand back to the back, we must move to

01:01:00.829 --> 01:01:04.690
the front. Do I look good? Blanche adjusts his

01:01:04.690 --> 01:01:08.150
whatever he's wearing. Little tortle bow tie.

01:01:08.309 --> 01:01:10.110
Yes, he's got a bow tie on. He's just like, that

01:01:10.110 --> 01:01:12.429
was weird he was wearing that. Oh, thank you.

01:01:12.510 --> 01:01:15.230
Remember, chin up. You look great. Yes, posture

01:01:15.230 --> 01:01:18.369
is everything. You must be formal. I'll follow

01:01:18.369 --> 01:01:22.889
your lead, my lord. Your arms lock. As this moment's

01:01:22.889 --> 01:01:25.269
happening, and they're about to walk down the

01:01:25.269 --> 01:01:29.829
aisle, Jules will grab his lute and just kind

01:01:29.829 --> 01:01:34.570
of, from the lute, they will shoot just glittery,

01:01:34.570 --> 01:01:39.650
shimmery haze that just covers the entire aisle

01:01:39.650 --> 01:01:42.570
going forward to the altar. You see LeDoux just

01:01:42.570 --> 01:01:44.510
steps back and kind of blows away. It just kind

01:01:44.510 --> 01:01:47.860
of covers his mouth. You see he's like about

01:01:47.860 --> 01:01:49.300
to openly start crying because he can't see who

01:01:49.300 --> 01:01:52.639
it is. And Jean's like, thank you, Jules. Of

01:01:52.639 --> 01:01:59.500
course, buddy. All right. And arm in arm, you

01:01:59.500 --> 01:02:04.340
take your first steps. Now here we'll see a montage.

01:02:05.280 --> 01:02:08.559
We see Jean led to the front, goes up the steps

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:10.420
as you land. You kind of move off to the side

01:02:10.420 --> 01:02:13.139
in a place of honor as the turtles take each

01:02:13.139 --> 01:02:15.039
other's hands and stare into each other's eyes.

01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:18.260
And the head priestess begins her formal speech

01:02:18.260 --> 01:02:21.619
and cuts to Piero standing in the back corner

01:02:21.619 --> 01:02:23.739
of the room, half hidden behind a pillar of hardened

01:02:23.739 --> 01:02:27.199
sand, back bent and watching on with a face drained

01:02:27.199 --> 01:02:31.579
of all emotion. We see Chester's gap tooth showing

01:02:31.579 --> 01:02:34.579
clearly and his giant grin. See, he's very quickly

01:02:34.579 --> 01:02:36.719
tried to comb his hair, like crazy red hair back,

01:02:36.860 --> 01:02:38.119
and it's like only half succeed. It's kind of

01:02:38.119 --> 01:02:41.380
starting to stick out again. He's just thrilled.

01:02:42.099 --> 01:02:45.159
We see Jules. And how does Jules look as he's

01:02:45.159 --> 01:02:48.480
watching this? He's doing something very, that's

01:02:48.480 --> 01:02:52.800
very rare. He has a big, shit -eating grin on

01:02:52.800 --> 01:02:58.440
his face. And... He even got the Midnight Prince

01:02:58.440 --> 01:03:01.739
to smile. He even got the Midnight Prince. And

01:03:01.739 --> 01:03:05.059
we see Blanche. How's Blanche look? If you didn't

01:03:05.059 --> 01:03:08.599
know it, you would think that Blanche was a cement

01:03:08.599 --> 01:03:15.079
statue. She's just standing at, I don't know,

01:03:15.079 --> 01:03:18.719
whatever military terms are. Parade rest, I think,

01:03:18.719 --> 01:03:21.019
is maybe a word that I've heard before or a term

01:03:21.019 --> 01:03:25.079
that I've heard before. And she's just doing

01:03:25.079 --> 01:03:27.920
everything she can to stand exactly the way she

01:03:27.920 --> 01:03:29.679
thinks she should be standing at this moment.

01:03:30.099 --> 01:03:33.699
And her eyes haven't left Jaune. And finally,

01:03:33.739 --> 01:03:36.239
on the silver screen inside of our collective

01:03:36.239 --> 01:03:38.980
minds, we watch as Paré closes her book and steps

01:03:38.980 --> 01:03:45.030
back. And these two turtles finally share a long

01:03:45.030 --> 01:03:48.809
and lovely kiss. There's a moment of silence

01:03:48.809 --> 01:03:51.449
as they break away from each other as Jean smiles

01:03:51.449 --> 01:03:54.989
towards his husband and slowly turns away and

01:03:54.989 --> 01:03:57.030
towards the assembled crowd. He just steps out

01:03:57.030 --> 01:04:00.429
towards you all. I know all of you may be surprised

01:04:00.429 --> 01:04:03.349
by the sudden change in my intentions. I will

01:04:03.349 --> 01:04:06.389
do my best to explain. You see, I have recently

01:04:06.389 --> 01:04:09.360
stared into the face of death. And in this moment,

01:04:09.380 --> 01:04:12.420
I have seen my own foolishness. For so long,

01:04:12.440 --> 01:04:14.500
I have agonized over my choices, over how I can

01:04:14.500 --> 01:04:18.059
best do the right and honorable thing. My questions

01:04:18.059 --> 01:04:20.619
became a prison to me, but in what I thought

01:04:20.619 --> 01:04:23.659
was my last moments, I decide to break free of

01:04:23.659 --> 01:04:27.000
this agony, to finally heed the words of Jules,

01:04:27.179 --> 01:04:31.139
of the master defense, Blanche, and even my own

01:04:31.139 --> 01:04:35.000
husband, this standable ado. It's just, what

01:04:35.000 --> 01:04:39.730
the shrugs. From now on, I will simply do as

01:04:39.730 --> 01:04:43.929
I wish. Follow my own will. If I am a good person,

01:04:44.010 --> 01:04:47.489
and I have decided that I am, then my own will

01:04:47.489 --> 01:04:51.510
is the right path. It must be. I will trust my

01:04:51.510 --> 01:04:53.150
instincts, and my instincts tell me that the

01:04:53.150 --> 01:04:55.469
path of honor does not end upon this throne,

01:04:55.650 --> 01:04:58.349
but rather follows at the heels of one who has

01:04:58.349 --> 01:05:01.010
been severely wronged by the family she served.

01:05:01.550 --> 01:05:04.969
From this day forward, my quest is Blanche Trudeau's

01:05:04.969 --> 01:05:09.360
quest. My spear is hers to command. So I will

01:05:09.360 --> 01:05:11.619
not be ruler of the Golden Bay, nor will I be

01:05:11.619 --> 01:05:15.360
known as Zinda's Seventh King of Coin. No, no,

01:05:15.380 --> 01:05:17.019
no, no. There is only one title that interests

01:05:17.019 --> 01:05:21.420
me. I am Jean Franklin Montelio, luminary of

01:05:21.420 --> 01:05:24.800
the Radiant Citadel, and the one who shall be

01:05:24.800 --> 01:05:34.139
called the Fisher King. Oh, that's cool. There's

01:05:34.139 --> 01:05:36.380
a slight sort of applause as Jean kind of takes

01:05:36.380 --> 01:05:39.840
it all in. Also just stunned looks all around,

01:05:40.000 --> 01:05:41.039
like people are kind of wondering what's going

01:05:41.039 --> 01:05:45.139
on in this proclamation. Just applause mixed

01:05:45.139 --> 01:05:51.679
with... Jean sort of waves Ledoux forward. Now,

01:05:51.679 --> 01:05:57.340
it's your turn. Yes, I suppose I should hereby

01:05:57.340 --> 01:06:02.739
make my first proclamation as ruler. Um, shivers

01:06:02.739 --> 01:06:04.079
a little bit. Jean -Tropez gives another rub.

01:06:04.199 --> 01:06:06.940
Yeah, sorry, thanks. You see, I fear that us

01:06:06.940 --> 01:06:09.179
torturers have been having it both ways for too

01:06:09.179 --> 01:06:11.960
long. We stick rigidly to our own laws and codes,

01:06:12.079 --> 01:06:14.139
yet wish to introduce ourselves into the politics

01:06:14.139 --> 01:06:17.920
of Zinda and Noari at large. Now, I have been

01:06:17.920 --> 01:06:20.139
speaking with the remaining kings of coin during

01:06:20.139 --> 01:06:22.900
this last ten day, and I have formulated a strategy

01:06:22.900 --> 01:06:25.559
to build firmer bridges between ourselves and

01:06:25.559 --> 01:06:29.219
our Zindanese allies. My first step in this plan

01:06:29.219 --> 01:06:32.480
is, well... is that I intend to invite the Silent

01:06:32.480 --> 01:06:35.340
Verse permanently into the Golden Bay, in the

01:06:35.340 --> 01:06:37.139
Nine Pools region, and extend their jurisdiction.

01:06:37.900 --> 01:06:40.260
We will, in turn, spread the Shellguard to the

01:06:40.260 --> 01:06:42.119
harbors of Zinda, where they will work with the

01:06:42.119 --> 01:06:44.079
Silent Verse to combat piracy in the region.

01:06:44.460 --> 01:06:47.880
We will work together here. Of course, Captain

01:06:47.880 --> 01:06:49.619
Harlan Burnshadow of the Silent Verse will take

01:06:49.619 --> 01:06:52.059
command of the Shellguard, so he may more naturally

01:06:52.059 --> 01:06:54.099
intertwine them within the ranks of his own clan.

01:06:54.719 --> 01:06:57.750
And I fear, in this case, I must... Well, I must

01:06:57.750 --> 01:07:00.449
officially retire Master Defense Blanche Trudeau

01:07:00.449 --> 01:07:04.070
with full honors. The nine pools in the Golden

01:07:04.070 --> 01:07:06.469
Bay are forever indebted to her. I'm not of any

01:07:06.469 --> 01:07:08.989
part with the port in her future endeavors, but

01:07:08.989 --> 01:07:12.210
I'm sorry to say, Blanche Trudeau, you're off

01:07:12.210 --> 01:07:14.489
the leash. Off the hook. I should have said hook.

01:07:14.550 --> 01:07:16.250
Damn, it's a fishing thing. No, it's fine. It's

01:07:16.250 --> 01:07:20.250
fine. I don't know how to feel. I don't know

01:07:20.250 --> 01:07:23.269
how to feel. Blanche's head is swimming. It's

01:07:23.269 --> 01:07:25.889
very obvious this is... a move made because they

01:07:25.889 --> 01:07:27.809
don't want you to feel guilty about leaving and

01:07:27.809 --> 01:07:30.329
they want you to go. You can see that in both

01:07:30.329 --> 01:07:31.889
their eyes. It's like they've made a, they made

01:07:31.889 --> 01:07:34.369
a plan that fully allows the master defense to

01:07:34.369 --> 01:07:36.989
step away and builds bridges with his window

01:07:36.989 --> 01:07:38.989
while they're at it. The more you think about

01:07:38.989 --> 01:07:42.929
it, the more it's, it's a good plan. Yeah. Blanche's

01:07:42.929 --> 01:07:45.250
head is swimming. Cause Steven's head is swimming.

01:07:48.010 --> 01:07:49.670
I don't know how to think about this. I don't

01:07:49.670 --> 01:07:52.710
know how to feel about this. Oh wow. What does

01:07:52.710 --> 01:07:55.900
it mean? John, what does it mean? See, Jean and

01:07:55.900 --> 01:07:58.079
Ledoux sort of wave everyone away. The sort of

01:07:58.079 --> 01:07:59.780
speech part over, everyone kind of breaks away.

01:07:59.960 --> 01:08:02.079
There's refreshments out in the dining hall,

01:08:02.159 --> 01:08:03.739
please. We'll gather there for the first dance

01:08:03.739 --> 01:08:05.639
and all the blah, blah, blah. Go, go, go, go.

01:08:06.179 --> 01:08:08.239
Blanche, Jules, Chester, you stay here. Please.

01:08:08.800 --> 01:08:12.280
Everyone sort of funnels out, leaving just you,

01:08:12.460 --> 01:08:18.520
Ledoux, and Jean, who moves up to you. I think

01:08:18.520 --> 01:08:24.300
Blanche finds a seat, and she takes a sit. And

01:08:24.300 --> 01:08:26.800
she's kind of like staring into the distance.

01:08:27.680 --> 01:08:32.260
She's thinking about all the work she put in

01:08:32.260 --> 01:08:36.979
to get here, to earn this. And she wants to go

01:08:36.979 --> 01:08:39.920
to find Ozen, but she always thought she'd have

01:08:39.920 --> 01:08:43.079
something to come back to. And what does it mean?

01:08:43.180 --> 01:08:48.199
And is it honorable? It's full honors. I mean,

01:08:48.199 --> 01:08:51.399
this means you would have a title here. This

01:08:51.399 --> 01:08:53.770
retirement is... It's not, you're not being pushed

01:08:53.770 --> 01:08:56.850
away. You're being retired into a glorious position.

01:08:56.970 --> 01:08:58.909
You could take up any position you want here

01:08:58.909 --> 01:09:01.109
if you desire it, but you're no longer bound

01:09:01.109 --> 01:09:06.489
by honor to stay. It's purely just them letting

01:09:06.489 --> 01:09:08.149
you go. I think you look up and you think about

01:09:08.149 --> 01:09:10.550
this, all the work you put in, all these years.

01:09:11.189 --> 01:09:12.810
But as you think about the work you put in, you

01:09:12.810 --> 01:09:14.310
think about the training, the work you put into

01:09:14.310 --> 01:09:17.689
Jean, to this person. And you know, no matter

01:09:17.689 --> 01:09:20.840
what happens, There will always be a place for

01:09:20.840 --> 01:09:25.479
you, a role for you in the Golden Bay. She puts

01:09:25.479 --> 01:09:30.060
a hand up to her forehead. I'm sorry, Jean. It's

01:09:30.060 --> 01:09:34.819
just so much right now. I can't make heads or

01:09:34.819 --> 01:09:38.039
tails of all of this. Everything's happening

01:09:38.039 --> 01:09:43.739
so fast. I just need a moment, please. Maybe

01:09:43.739 --> 01:09:46.819
a drink. Is there... She looks to the back of

01:09:46.819 --> 01:09:49.060
the room. I don't know if there's like someone

01:09:49.060 --> 01:09:52.840
like with the, you know, at a wedding. I do.

01:09:52.899 --> 01:09:54.939
Would you mind? Of course. I'll be back with

01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:58.359
something. Not jelly wine, but something different.

01:09:58.619 --> 01:10:01.859
Just runs off. Something bubbly. Bubbly. Yes,

01:10:01.880 --> 01:10:04.819
bubbly. I will get something bubbly. It's gone.

01:10:04.920 --> 01:10:07.439
It's just John and you. I know. I know. It's

01:10:07.439 --> 01:10:10.100
a lot. It's a lot. I'm sorry to blindside you.

01:10:10.100 --> 01:10:11.640
That'd be kind of fun to surprise you with it

01:10:11.640 --> 01:10:15.600
all, but. It certainly is. A surprise. I don't

01:10:15.600 --> 01:10:19.659
know if I should thank you or punch you or maybe

01:10:19.659 --> 01:10:26.979
both or... Wow. I can't believe... I can't believe

01:10:26.979 --> 01:10:31.579
how everything has changed so fast. Yes, and

01:10:31.579 --> 01:10:33.920
these changes, I'll have to see them through,

01:10:33.979 --> 01:10:36.640
make sure it all works out. The doer's coronation

01:10:36.640 --> 01:10:37.960
coming up, I'll have to kind of show him how

01:10:37.960 --> 01:10:40.100
to... Get a little backbone and state. He's a

01:10:40.100 --> 01:10:42.300
little low easily, that one. But I suppose I

01:10:42.300 --> 01:10:44.239
could teach him, beat it to him like you did

01:10:44.239 --> 01:10:47.880
with me, sir. I will need some time here. A couple

01:10:47.880 --> 01:10:51.180
weeks, maybe. But I will be coming back to you.

01:10:51.779 --> 01:10:54.340
I'll be following at your heels. I will help

01:10:54.340 --> 01:10:59.100
you find your master. Jules, I will be your luminary

01:10:59.100 --> 01:11:01.760
partner again. I just need a little time. You

01:11:01.760 --> 01:11:06.039
do what you gotta do, man. I'll be here. I don't

01:11:06.039 --> 01:11:08.640
know what we'll find when we... When we return

01:11:08.640 --> 01:11:11.380
to the Citadel, I... Jean, if I know where to

01:11:11.380 --> 01:11:14.020
go, I can't promise that I'll wait. That's fine.

01:11:15.020 --> 01:11:18.699
Because I will find you. I will always find you.

01:11:19.460 --> 01:11:23.300
Just like you found me. In Saint -Etienne. In

01:11:23.300 --> 01:11:27.060
the waters of the... the sea. I want to be there

01:11:27.060 --> 01:11:28.619
for you, for all of you, like you've always been

01:11:28.619 --> 01:11:31.779
there for me, and I will. It feels like years

01:11:31.779 --> 01:11:37.520
ago, that happened. Ah, as I do. He swings back

01:11:37.520 --> 01:11:40.500
in with a bubbly glass and then, uh, Jean, um,

01:11:40.560 --> 01:11:43.460
they're looking for us for the dance. Oh, blast.

01:11:44.399 --> 01:11:47.020
His eyes. Take your time, take your time. Um,

01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:49.159
he looks to you, Blanche, to give you the drink.

01:11:49.159 --> 01:11:50.680
You start drinking it down. He looks to you,

01:11:50.720 --> 01:11:55.779
Jules, to Chester. I just, um, come here. Wraps

01:11:55.779 --> 01:11:57.039
his arms around all of you, pulls you with this

01:11:57.039 --> 01:12:00.000
big, total hug. A Jean -initiated hug, wow. A

01:12:00.000 --> 01:12:03.819
Jean -initiated, I'm gonna find you, okay? Jules

01:12:03.819 --> 01:12:08.739
says, no, no, no, no, no, get away from me. As

01:12:08.739 --> 01:12:11.479
he pulls back, he just sort of smiles again.

01:12:12.199 --> 01:12:20.800
I'm married. Let's go. Let's celebrate. Let's

01:12:20.800 --> 01:12:25.039
celebrate. As Blanche finishes the bubbly, I

01:12:25.039 --> 01:12:28.739
think that may have settled my legs enough for

01:12:28.739 --> 01:12:33.420
a dance. Jules? And she holds her hand out. Oh,

01:12:33.420 --> 01:12:37.930
shit. Oh, shit, yeah. Come on, let's all go.

01:12:38.090 --> 01:12:42.430
Let's groove. Jules looks over to Blanche. Yes,

01:12:42.430 --> 01:12:51.310
sir. And with that, we see our motley crew of

01:12:51.310 --> 01:12:55.210
five, Ledoux and Jean holding hands, being the

01:12:55.210 --> 01:12:58.750
way. Blanche and Jules coming behind, and Chester

01:12:58.750 --> 01:13:01.609
sort of dancing it out, cheering, following it

01:13:01.609 --> 01:13:05.770
up, laughing. Leave the room. And head away to

01:13:05.770 --> 01:13:09.909
celebrate together. And we'll call it there.