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Pants people, listen up. We are so excited because

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every year, every year, we're getting a little

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bigger doing more crazy things. We're showing

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up at events, doing live shows, we start our

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Nerd Out Nights, and we may have some things

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cooking in the future. I can't talk about it.

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I can't talk about anything. I just want you

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to know that you should follow us on our social

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media pages, Facebook, Instagram, Discord, wherever

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you can find us. Keep your eyes on it and keep

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looking because maybe, just maybe, you'll see

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some cool new updates from Fantasy Pants. Small

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-scale attacks by a young dragon on Palanoa has

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brought the Mage -Smith and Zubia and Rubyfist

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together in a collaborative hunt for the monster.

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Meanwhile, Jericho the Traveler and Rory King

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have allied themselves with the Light Sea Lancers

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to discover the truth behind the mysterious spirits

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appearing all across Central Janai. I would need

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to... And I would tell you what Bob and Goaty

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have been about, but, uh... Yeah, well, kids

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do watch this show, so, uh... Needless to say,

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Goaty's stink has left its mark on the werewolf

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clans of Thelmira, and, uh... It ain't washed

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and cleaned for a long, long time. In other news,

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handsome giants once again single. So I guess,

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all in all, we're looking at a typical week here

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in our crazy Concord worlds. That was fun. That

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was fun. Bring them back. Bring them back. We

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got a lot of luminaries out there. And I love

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that they're, like, all together now. They're

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hanging out. They're doing things. They exist.

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Yeah. They're solving problems. They're doing

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way cooler shit than you've been doing. Fuck

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off. I'm telling you right now. I'm surprised

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storytelling. That was mean. I'm surprised Storyteller

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Oren stoops low enough to talk about, like, the

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celebrity gossip. Who's dating who? But here's

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the thing. It's what he's supposed to do. It's

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what they want. He does, he largely, he wants

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to have a lot of, like, if you see it a little

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bit in the show, he doesn't have a lot of say

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in what he does. Like, when he went off his way

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to speak about Zebulon and Jules when the Citadel

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and the network at large didn't want him to,

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he got in trouble. Like... He's a mouthpiece

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for a larger collaborative sort of group. While

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he adds flair and flavor to his show, a lot of

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what he does, he has to say. It's all about the

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ratings. He's talked about the royal family of

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Sarul, who he knows are corrupt. And he talks

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about them like they're great, great people because

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he has to. It's an interesting thing. A little

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weird. Yeah. Yeah. All about the ratings. What

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would happen if somebody were to, I don't know,

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take over the airwaves? Ooh. Crystal waves. Is

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that what we're doing now? Taking over the crystal

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waves? No, I don't know. Who knows? Who knows

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what's going on? I don't know yet. So many mysteries

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abound in the Citadel. Mysteries abound. Yes.

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Speaking of... Hang on, I'm trying. Speaking

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of abound, I'm... I was bound to be... Nope.

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Nope, hang on. You're almost there. You're almost

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there. I was bound to lose sleep after that last

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episode. I'll tell you, that was a good one.

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I mean, that shit was crazy. Hey, hey, that was

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good. No, no, no, it was all right. It was all

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right. Hey, shut up. Try it again on more sleep.

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Okay, yeah, I will. I played so much D &D this

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week. It's crazy. And the holiday week just ended.

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It's over. It's great. We're going into spooky

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season. Halloween's right around the corner.

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It's already here. It's already Halloween. I'm

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listening to scary stories all day long. We've

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discussed this before. September 1st. Hell yeah.

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But that's not the banter. Hang on. I already

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segued. I can't re -segue. Speaking of Halloween

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and scary stuff, I was pretty scared. Fuck. Never

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mind. So the last episode was wild. I mean, easily

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one of my favorites you've ever done. I mean,

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the combat, your role play, all throughout it.

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Holy shit. You gave me goosebumps. You gave me

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goosebumps. And yet I lost sleep. I felt... weird

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about that one. I felt horrible about it because

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I made a certain choice in that episode. And

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it's not really a choice I would say that I made.

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It's more a reaction I made to you guys doing

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something really, really cool. But I want to

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talk about this a little bit because I think

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it's the kind of thing, I like to talk about

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table talk, talk about like, you know, when we

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do things a little different with what the rules

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say and why we do it and why I think it works.

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Because a lot of people out there might not think

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of, I think, the same way as we do. It was very

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interesting, right? So we have this moment. I'm

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about to strike John Franklin. And I'll put it

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out there right now. This is a pretty arbitrary

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decision I made. Nothing written down says this

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villain is going to kill John Franklin. And he

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had. Blanche as his primary target. Blanche,

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he knew your name. He knew who you were. He was

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dueling you. You were insulting him left and

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right. He wanted you dead, but he couldn't get

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in. And so I decided in the last minute, okay,

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then if I can't hurt you, I'll hurt Jean. And

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through hurting Jean, I'll hurt you that way.

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I'll choose a psychological and emotional wound

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over a physical one if I have to. So Millar goes,

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he goes to distract Jean. First time around,

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he lives. And I was sound back. I said three

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attacks. I said it in the episode I ended. I

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meant it in this next episode when we started.

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I was going for those three attacks. It was going

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to happen no matter what. But he survived. And

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one round later, we found ourselves in the exact

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same predicament. So wild. Crazy. I roll hit.

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Damage enough. Goes unconscious. AC drops. And

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here I have advantage to finish him. And as I'm

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going to roll a die, as I go, I mean... Before

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my hand can drop that thing, Stephen flies in

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here with this dramatic beat. Now, mechanically,

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that wouldn't be allowed to happen, right? Because

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it's a reaction. But like, I mean, it was such

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a, you imagine the scene in the movie when Blanche

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throws a sword and says, you know, strike me.

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I'm the one you want. Do you have any honor?

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If you do, come for me now. And Malar, seeing

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that you're open, seeing your haste has dropped,

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your AC's dropped, you know, spell sword or spell

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song, sword song, sing song, blade song, sing

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song, sing song's gone. No more sing song. I

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like sing song. And like, I mean, what a beat.

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What I, mechanically what happened there is we

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essentially stopped combat, paused it to allow

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for an out of combat scenario and sort of, sort

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of like a check. And I think. That's something

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that DMs should consider doing because it was

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honestly so amazing. I mean, the roll was not

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a gimme. It was a close thing. It was, yeah,

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yeah. I mean, you had a flat check on that. Oh,

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and it worked. It worked. So. Like I said, I

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lost sleep because I wasn't sure if I made the

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right call there. That was a very big choice.

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I wasn't sure if going with that made sense.

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But what world could I have said no? Well, yeah.

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Just a cool, cool moment. Just a cool thought.

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And it was your creative thinking, your quick

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thinking that made it happen. It's not like I

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made that happen. You set that whole thing up.

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I simply yes -handed it. Well, it was either

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do nothing and watch John die or at least like

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try to say something. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah.

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And at the end of the day. you know, thinking

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about this and really agonizing over it, I decided

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in the end to just roll with my instincts, to

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take a book out of our page of John Franklin's

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book. I decided that, like, you know, sometimes

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you guys decide what's right in the moment and

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it's probably the right thing because it's what

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you felt was the right thing right then, right?

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That make any sense at all? Yeah. But holy shit,

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yeah. Such an episode. It was amazing. Yeah,

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I thought it made for a really cool ep. I mean,

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would it have been super sad and dramatic to

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have a funeral? Yeah. But a D &D wedding? I don't

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know how many of those you get. That was pretty

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special. I knew it was going to be a wedding

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or a funeral at the end of that episode. I didn't

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know which one. You knew all week and you tortured

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us all week. I had notes for both and I was ready

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for both. But man, I was so delighted at how

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cool that was. But I had a thought afterwards.

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And my thought was simply that in allowing this,

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it would have been cool to take something, some

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cost for allowing this pause in the combat along

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this moment. And my hands are fully off the chess

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piece there. It's over and done. But I thought...

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I wanted to pitch something to you, Steven, something

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I thought was kind of cool. So really, really

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quick, before we get into this episode, I want

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to talk about scars in D &D. What? This is a

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weird thing. It's scars. Because think about

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this. In a world where magic can heal you, how

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does one have a scar? It must be a very particularly

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deep wound, I would think. Or perhaps a wound

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that feels more meaningful, that your soul attributes

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to being a part of yourself, right? Someone who

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loses an eye in a dramatic moment, they probably

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keep their eye lost, like Dresden, because that

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moment was this dramatic beat for Dresden that

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changed him as a person, that he carries with

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him his whole life, and he identifies as a one

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-eyed man. I think that might be a huge part

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of it. Or it's also just maybe it's a nasty enough

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wound that you can't just bring it back. My thinking

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here... In this dramatic moment, Blanche taking

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all of her honor on the line to challenge this

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creature that wants more than anything in this

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world to draw her blood. When Spearmaster Malar

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stepped up and slashed you, got that one shallow

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gash somewhere on your body. I like to think

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that maybe it left a permanent, lasting scar.

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What are your thoughts on that? I think that's

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really cool. So, you're asking me about scar

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placement? Yes, it's yes. I'd like you to tell

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me, if you accept a scar, tell me where... I

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accept a scar. Where'd you get cut? Your sword

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gone. Leave yourself open. I come sliding in

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with my spear. Well... And you bleed. If you

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were a evil fish man with a spear, and you were

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face -to -face with your enemy, where would you

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strike? I'd go for the face. Really? I think

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so. I was going to say the heart. Well, Blanche's

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heart's protected by shell. I mean, if I can

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get through that shell, I mean, the spear probably

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could. Yeah, like turtle underbelly? Turtle underbelly?

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That's true. Is that shelly? I don't think that's,

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like, going to protect you from an, you know,

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undefended spear attack. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure

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it could pierce through. Yeah. For sure. So,

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I mean, I don't think he made direct contact.

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You know, he didn't pierce her right through

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into the heart, but maybe just a skew right near

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her heart. There's a scar that healed into an

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X -like shape. I love it because it's like the

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idea that one way or another, I was going to

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scar your heart. Oh, you sick bastard. Wow. Hey,

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that was you. You set that up. That is great.

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Holy shit. And with that, we move on. The wedding

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is over. Jean Franklin has left the party. Once

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again, moving forward, we find ourselves with

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the lack of a sidekick. Perhaps a void we will

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find filled tonight. Perhaps. For it is time

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to come home. I'll ask you guys. Let me toss

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it to you. Before we leave Noari behind, Zinda,

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the Golden Bay, all of it. Before we step onto

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that Bastite conquered jewel. Is there any more

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business you have in Noari? Do you want to run

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any scenes? I don't know about, definitely not

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a scene, but before leaving, Blanche sets her

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apartment in order. She thinks she's going to

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be gone for a little while. You know, she puts

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sheets or something over the furniture. You know,

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your stuff out in a cardboard box. No, no, she,

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you know, she... She's been let go. I'm assuming

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that she is able to come back to her apartment

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at some point, her rooms. Fully fired. She turns

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around to nobody. Who's coming with me? She goes

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in and Jean's changed the lock already. Her stuff

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is piled up in the hall. Oh, sorry, sir. It's

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awkward, but we had to, uh... Okay, so I am assuming

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that her room is still hers to come back to someday.

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The master of offense will escort you out. She

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just wants to grab a couple extra things is all.

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Hell yeah. No, that's it. That's all I wanted

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to say. Took a long time saying it. Go figure.

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Go figure. Oh, we're in this mood tonight. Okay.

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And she locks the door. and heads to the gem

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station. You've been leaving this world over

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and over for a while now, going on these crazy

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adventures. First to San Satyan, then to Danatu

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to fight the spiders. Actually, before that,

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you went to Arnikek to get involved in some crazy

00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:24.639
-ass sales flight race. You've been all over

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the place. But through all of this, your home

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has been here in the Golden Bay. Perhaps, in

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a way, it still is, but... You feel it as you're

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leaving that this is no short sort of reprieve

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from your duties here. You have a task that it's

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monumental. Right. Every time she's left up until

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now, it's always been with the understanding

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that it'll be for a short period of time and

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that she has a responsibility to come back to.

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This time she doesn't think it's going to be

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a quick journey. And even before, when you leave,

00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:02.200
you leave because Jaune's gotten himself involved

00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:05.120
in some stupid -ass thing. He's like, oh, Jaune's

00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.179
going to die again. Go save him. She's not leaving

00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:11.700
for Jaune this time. Yeah. You're just leaving

00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:15.379
for yourself. For her. Yeah. It's wild. You're

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stepping into a new world, looking at a new horizon.

00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.500
One filled with mystery. As you leave the Golden

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:27.769
Bay. Behind. You leave. Jules, anything you wanted

00:14:27.769 --> 00:14:32.169
to do here before taking off? No. I think he

00:14:32.169 --> 00:14:35.809
said what he's needed to say and done what he's

00:14:35.809 --> 00:14:38.710
needed to do. Hell yeah. Imagine it's the morning

00:14:38.710 --> 00:14:41.429
following the wedding. You had a full night of

00:14:41.429 --> 00:14:44.370
celebration and goodbye. And so I think the goodbyes

00:14:44.370 --> 00:14:47.529
this morning are not these deep, profound things,

00:14:47.629 --> 00:14:50.750
but casual. Right. Because they truly are just

00:14:50.750 --> 00:14:54.639
a simple see you later. You leave. Golden Bay.

00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:57.059
I believe Chester might request a quick stopover

00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:59.740
in Zinda before you go. Short ways out of the

00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:02.480
way towards the Bastite Conquer Jewel. So he

00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:05.139
can pick up some nice silks and foul bricks,

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:08.600
as well as a fine tailoring kit. Just, yeah,

00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:12.139
so we've been gone for like, you know, what's

00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:14.620
it, 11, 12 days now? I feel like people are going

00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:17.779
to be kind of mad. It's been a long time. I don't

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:19.360
think we've been gone this long before. Like,

00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:22.539
this is, uh, whew. So yeah, presents. Ha ha.

00:15:23.389 --> 00:15:25.970
Have we really not been gone that long? No, every

00:15:25.970 --> 00:15:28.710
time it's been a couple days. This time you're

00:15:28.710 --> 00:15:33.850
gone for a while. Jeez. Enjoying the hospitality.

00:15:34.850 --> 00:15:38.090
Wait, so this was longer in real time than the

00:15:38.090 --> 00:15:42.789
whole Sansatian arc? Yeah. Holy shit. Sansatian,

00:15:42.789 --> 00:15:44.330
we were counting the hours. It was like two days.

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Oh my god. A lot happened in those two days.

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Hell yeah. With gifts in hand. Chester follows

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you. You know Elephant this time. You travel

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down that familiar jungle path, cross over the

00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:03.620
bridge that you battled the giant caiman beneath.

00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.659
Tickalosh no longer swims in these waters, and

00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:10.519
there's no tourists gathered around. A somber

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.460
thing. As you know now, he was simply poisoned.

00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:17.100
Another victim of Devaluma. But that's a shadow

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:19.259
that lies in the past behind you as you move

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towards... the rising sun of a new story. Write

00:16:23.350 --> 00:16:30.889
that down. That was cool. You reach the... You

00:16:30.889 --> 00:16:33.950
reach the Conqueror Jewel docking bay. You see,

00:16:34.090 --> 00:16:36.690
as you're just getting here, there's the Bastet

00:16:36.690 --> 00:16:41.450
Conqueror Jewel. Lowers. You climb aboard. And

00:16:41.450 --> 00:16:43.690
now, Jerry, play your cool thing. It's like Jewel

00:16:43.690 --> 00:16:46.110
rises up into the sky. It's already playing.

00:16:46.429 --> 00:16:56.750
Play the cool part. And banishes. And you're

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back on the Radiant Citadel. And we'll call it

00:17:01.129 --> 00:17:03.929
there. That's it. That's the whole episode. That

00:17:03.929 --> 00:17:08.529
was a super mini arc. Yeah. Here you are. You

00:17:08.529 --> 00:17:11.490
step off the jewel, I think, immediately, as

00:17:11.490 --> 00:17:13.869
kind of happens every time now when you return,

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even since it's on world. I think I mentioned

00:17:16.329 --> 00:17:18.490
it before in Orin, but paparazzi guild members

00:17:18.490 --> 00:17:23.750
were homing Zinda for you. And the silent burrs

00:17:23.750 --> 00:17:25.069
and Margus, they're kind of doing a lot to like

00:17:25.069 --> 00:17:27.589
keep you sort of hidden as you're moving around,

00:17:27.769 --> 00:17:29.450
keeping people back. But now that you're back

00:17:29.450 --> 00:17:32.210
in the public, as you step off the jewel, words

00:17:32.210 --> 00:17:34.930
already reached this Adele that Jules is coming

00:17:34.930 --> 00:17:38.730
home. Blanche Trudeau coming with him. And you

00:17:38.730 --> 00:17:41.630
just step off to the flashing lights, cameras.

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Just people going wild. I think shield bearers

00:17:51.769 --> 00:17:53.529
are sort of pushing away, opening a path for

00:17:53.529 --> 00:17:56.369
you as they often have to do. It's kind of funny.

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It's one of the main jobs that do is just keep

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people back when important luminaries reenter

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the sit down so they can go about their business

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and not be bothered. Blanche sees a paparazzi

00:18:09.069 --> 00:18:14.609
who asks her a question. She stops for a moment

00:18:14.609 --> 00:18:21.109
to answer. In light of the. retirement of Jean

00:18:21.109 --> 00:18:25.890
Franklin as a luminary, I think it is only appropriate

00:18:25.890 --> 00:18:31.089
that another tortle take his place amongst their

00:18:31.089 --> 00:18:35.650
ranks. I love that. Jean Franklin did not retire

00:18:35.650 --> 00:18:38.210
as a luminary. Well, he's not... He's not...

00:18:38.210 --> 00:18:40.950
He's not here for a bit. Doing his... True. He's

00:18:40.950 --> 00:18:43.009
not active. He's not actively a luminary. Hell

00:18:43.009 --> 00:18:45.069
yeah, hell yeah. So she'll say it differently.

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I love it. I just don't want to create a plot

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.779
hole because he did say specifically he's going

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:52.880
to stay a luminary and he even took on the title

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:54.819
of the Fisher King. Oh, the Fisher King. Yeah,

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:58.059
yeah, yeah. Given Jean Franklin's leave of absence

00:18:58.059 --> 00:19:03.599
as a luminary. Oh. Leave of absence. No, no.

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:10.640
Total luminary. This will be fun. More than looks

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:13.740
to you. Blanche Trudeau. Blanche Trudeau. What

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:15.980
will be your luminary title? We have the Midnight

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:19.619
Prince, we have... What do we call you? Well,

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:22.619
it's obvious, isn't it? You can call me the Master

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:31.619
of Defense. It's so cool! Oh, it's so cool! Master

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:36.720
of Defense! Holy... Shit. I love that so fucking

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.420
much. Don't want to give up that title, man.

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:41.539
It's so cool. I mean, you are. You are the master

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:44.640
of defense. Truly, you cannot be hit. It is one

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:49.519
of your foremost qualities. I love that. You

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:51.059
hear this. People are just screaming, shouting,

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.700
getting all excited for once. Jules, the spotlight's

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:55.099
shifted from you, and you're kind of able to

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.559
move around sort of carefully as people are just

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:58.500
really interested in this new luminary. Blanche

00:19:58.500 --> 00:20:01.180
has been hot on the public's radar, and this

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:03.660
is a scoop. We have to get into all this stuff.

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.619
We're going to have to go and meet your incarnate

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:08.660
sometime soon here. Ooh. As they're screaming

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:10.299
at you, one question you think you hear above

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:13.180
all the others, just like, Blastredo! Master

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:16.700
Defense! What happened to Ozen? What happened

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:19.920
to the Storm Eye? Thank you, everybody. No, I

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:23.279
actually do not have a sidekick as of this moment.

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:25.819
We'll be looking. You were his apprentice, weren't

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:27.519
you? Were you not? Were you not? Thank you all

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:31.359
very much. And you. Start to move away. They're

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:33.000
the same person running over to get you. And,

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.700
like, the shield bearers sort of beat them back

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:38.339
as you move away from all of this. She handled

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:41.740
that well. That was very political. I love it.

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:44.440
It was good. It was good. Yeah, not ready to

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:47.920
answer those questions. Yeah. But maybe soon

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.160
you will be. Blanche, where are you staying?

00:20:51.769 --> 00:20:53.529
John Franklin has a room at the pale moonlight

00:20:53.529 --> 00:20:55.569
that I'm sure that's always there. He's still.

00:20:55.589 --> 00:20:57.849
So like, I was going to like, I was going to

00:20:57.849 --> 00:21:00.809
drop that later. Like I was going to go to, to

00:21:00.809 --> 00:21:02.710
the ugly coyote and like hang out and do all

00:21:02.710 --> 00:21:05.490
this stuff and then be like, okay, well I'm going

00:21:05.490 --> 00:21:07.670
to return to my rooms and then walk into the

00:21:07.670 --> 00:21:10.589
pale moonlight and be like, I believe the Fisher

00:21:10.589 --> 00:21:15.230
King left me a room. He stole it from me. Hey,

00:21:15.430 --> 00:21:22.859
Hey, it's cool. What is with you? Turtles. Humans

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:26.380
just don't know, don't have a taste. When comfort

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:30.180
presents itself. Besides, I quite enjoy Borogod's

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:37.059
company. Oh, yeah. I forgot about him. Paparazzi

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:39.019
left behind, you are moving through the citadel.

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:42.079
Where do you want to go first? You could swing

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:45.839
by the pale moonlight? I think Blanche is going

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:49.640
to follow where Jules goes. I assume back to

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:53.299
the ugly coyote. To check in with everybody,

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:57.019
get reacquainted. Where are you going, Jules?

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:59.279
He's going to the Coyote. All right, hell yeah.

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:03.559
I need you to see it before I describe it. Otherwise,

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:10.160
I'm railroading. I need to hear it. I imagine

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:12.660
it's just a familiar scene now. Hell yeah. Oh,

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.380
yeah, it is. It's a scene we're going to see

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:16.940
so many times in the show. But honestly, it's

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:18.940
a lot of fun to do it. Walking down the road,

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:23.359
like silhouetted in the moonlight. The citadel,

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:26.119
like the auroral diamond. Yeah. Just kind of

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:28.359
silhouetted. Every time he comes back, he's just

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:32.960
looked defeated and just tired. Yeah. This time

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:35.279
back without your buddy. But look at Chester.

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:37.740
Oh, Chester. Who's just walking down the streets.

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:39.380
He looks a little nervous. He's like jumping.

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:42.119
Nah. Okay. A little bit. He's excited to be home,

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.779
but he's a little nervous because he knows it's

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:46.299
been a little while. He thinks there may be a

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:49.420
little bit of trouble when he in particular gets

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:52.700
back. He's got this gift basket kind of held

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:54.880
up high like some mighty shield against all the

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:57.460
woes of the world. You... You guys are going

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:59.839
to be all right. Just talk it out, okay? Yeah,

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.940
yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just talk

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:03.779
it out. Just, um... Hey, Jules, she asks. Not

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:07.039
a drop, okay? I didn't drink. Jules, I did not

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.599
drink. I don't know what you're talking about.

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:10.299
Oh, yes, good. We were too drunk to remember.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:13.400
I mean, no, we weren't. Is that lace I see in

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:25.299
that bag, Chester? You guys move up to the other

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:27.460
coyote. And as you're actually approaching the

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:30.240
saloon doors of the old rundown inn, looking

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.960
a little better now. Looks like some more money's

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:35.420
been put into it in the last ten day. The doors

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:37.240
actually seem to open before you get there. And

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:40.539
you see a figure is leaving the coyote. Kind

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.960
of pushing out, not really paying attention to

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:44.819
you. It almost runs into you. As you see the

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:48.000
red bandana holding back the black braided hair

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:54.220
of Kiana. Who... Pops up and... Oh, my. Jules,

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:57.720
you're back. Yeah. I see you're somebody else's

00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:00.099
heroes now. I've heard a lot of talk about your

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:04.079
work on Noiri. We take care of our family. Well,

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.440
actually, speaking of family, I'm actually just

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:08.359
leaving to meet Uncle Coley for lunch. He'll

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.700
be glad to know you're back, though. He's been

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:13.579
worried about y 'all. Where's Jean? Uh, he's

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:16.259
staying back for a little while. He's got some...

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:18.220
He's got some things he's got to take care of.

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:21.880
Understandable. All right, I'll let you. So he

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:23.279
stops and looks at Chester and just kind of,

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:26.180
you got a gift for jeans? You've been gone a

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:30.299
while. Chester's, yeah, you know what? I think

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:33.680
it's something lacy. No, it's just a kind of,

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:37.779
oh, all right, well, your funeral. Good luck.

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.660
I should actually say, this is actually important

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:43.900
to me. In the book, in the art, Kiana wears jeans.

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:46.460
Jeans are canon in the Radiant Citadel, so jeans

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:48.099
has jeans too. They both have jeans. They're

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:51.349
jean friends. Yeah. I just want everyone to know

00:24:51.349 --> 00:24:53.930
that. Denim jeans are canon. Yeah. They're canon

00:24:53.930 --> 00:24:57.470
in this old -timey world. Hell yeah. I mean,

00:24:57.470 --> 00:25:01.230
denim's really old. Denim's really old. It is

00:25:01.230 --> 00:25:04.710
really old. Kiana kind of nods and gives you

00:25:04.710 --> 00:25:07.470
a quick, like, very brief hug. She's always happy

00:25:07.470 --> 00:25:09.650
to see you, Jules. You're her personal hero.

00:25:10.369 --> 00:25:13.309
And she sort of kind of moves away, like, gotta

00:25:13.309 --> 00:25:15.730
go. I'm running a little late, but I'll see you

00:25:15.730 --> 00:25:17.769
later. Yeah, tell him I said hi. Will do. Yeah,

00:25:17.910 --> 00:25:20.240
he'll be happy. She's kind of waving. Kind of

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:22.440
starts running down the street, and you turn

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:26.380
towards the old, ugly coyote. You push inside?

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:32.000
Yeah. As the door opens, you come face to face

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:36.099
with the edge of a blade. Proffered your way

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:39.880
in challenge as you hear round stuff speak and

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:43.160
say, Halt! Jules pulls out the stirred sword.

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:47.750
Holy crap, what is that? Let's see how your practice

00:25:47.750 --> 00:25:50.690
is coming along. Yes. Let us lock blades. And

00:25:50.690 --> 00:25:53.910
then when I win, I will be your sidekick too.

00:25:54.349 --> 00:25:57.470
All right. Let's see what you got. Yeah. Let's

00:25:57.470 --> 00:26:03.450
lock blades. Roll a check here. Oh, my God. What

00:26:03.450 --> 00:26:06.109
am I rolling? Oh, man. What am I rolling? Roll

00:26:06.109 --> 00:26:08.089
an attack roll against this child. No, let's

00:26:08.089 --> 00:26:10.390
both roll attack rolls until you retire. Okay.

00:26:10.869 --> 00:26:13.890
All right. Round stuff has like a plus 18 to

00:26:13.890 --> 00:26:20.329
hit. Alright. She's been practicing a lot. 17.

00:26:20.829 --> 00:26:24.549
You just quickly twist the sword and her dagger

00:26:24.549 --> 00:26:26.869
in her hand goes flying off. Thunks into the

00:26:26.869 --> 00:26:34.250
wood. Pulls out a kitchen knife. Again! 10. Against

00:26:34.250 --> 00:26:38.170
a kitchen knife? Hang on. Just gotta roll. Let

00:26:38.170 --> 00:26:40.470
the dice decide. Well, because I have a negative.

00:26:41.630 --> 00:26:45.960
Goes flying. Pulls out a shiv. Jesus Christ.

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.720
Come on. I've been working really hard. I'm gonna...

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:53.339
What'd you get? I got a 14, but Jules plays it

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:57.180
off and... Oh, I rolled a natural one. Oh, shit.

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:59.839
She bashes her thing to the side a little bit.

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:03.039
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy,

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:06.740
easy. Nice. Guess you need to let me join your

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:10.160
team. High five. Just like very low high five.

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:13.339
When you're old enough. What is your sidekick

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:18.779
name, child? I will be the raging rabbit. Is

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:21.200
that okay? That has quite the ring to it. I have

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:24.819
a bunny suit, I think. It's canon. Actually,

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:27.240
I'm going to say this, Blanche. It's very funny.

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.799
You're watching this wacky little thing take

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:31.880
place. What's funny here is obviously she's not

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:35.759
trained in any sense, but her form, the set of

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.900
her eyes when she goes to strike, the way she

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:42.200
holds the weapon loosely yet firmly. There's

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:44.660
potential here. As a person who knows students

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:47.220
who's trained before, you're like, wow, with

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:50.200
the right training and years, she could be something

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:53.539
special. Who taught you to hold a blade, raging

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:56.359
rabbit? Well, Mulligan did, but that's because

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.960
he was helping me help him cut the vegetables,

00:27:58.119 --> 00:28:00.019
and now I can't do that anymore because I tried

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:03.680
to stab him that one time. That one time? Well,

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:05.599
because after that I didn't have a knife anymore,

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:11.140
but spoons get right in the belly. Farm is nothing

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:15.440
without discipline, child. Okay, how do I discipline?

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:20.220
Well, for one, you don't stab your friends. Oh,

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:23.619
and that makes me better? Start there, and that

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:25.740
will make you better. Okay, but if I don't stab

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:32.099
anyone, how do I get XP? I was taking a sip of

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:35.839
beer when you said that. You fool! Blanche has

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:38.440
a similar reaction, and kind of, like, laughs

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:42.519
it off. I am not going to engage anymore about

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:46.900
combat with this child. Or Blanche is not. You

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.980
just have this conversation with Jules, you're

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.759
kind of like, you're shaking your head, sitting

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:52.220
back, and then you hear kind of somewhere above

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:55.279
you, a very quiet like, Hey Jules, I'm glad you're

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:58.440
back. He doesn't even look. He's still looking

00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:01.119
at round stuff. Good to see you too, Miskin.

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:07.049
No one sees me. I know. This voice, I will say,

00:29:07.109 --> 00:29:09.089
you don't see it. You probably expect it, but

00:29:09.089 --> 00:29:10.890
it's emanating from like a crawl space and the

00:29:10.890 --> 00:29:12.789
ceiling with a small knot hole and one little

00:29:12.789 --> 00:29:17.470
orcish eye staring down towards you. Gotta get

00:29:17.470 --> 00:29:19.690
back to my rounds. I'll come visit you soon.

00:29:20.109 --> 00:29:23.170
We'll have a milk together. Gotta do chocolate.

00:29:23.829 --> 00:29:27.190
Yeah! It just kind of vanishes from his spot.

00:29:28.410 --> 00:29:31.069
As all this commotion's happening, you see on

00:29:31.069 --> 00:29:33.109
the top of the steps, Jeans kind of steps into

00:29:33.109 --> 00:29:36.269
view, looks down at you, and starts running down

00:29:36.269 --> 00:29:39.049
the stairs. Chester kind of, hey, darling, what's

00:29:39.049 --> 00:29:41.890
going on? Puts his arms out expectantly, and

00:29:41.890 --> 00:29:45.369
she pointedly moves right past him, hugs you,

00:29:45.450 --> 00:29:50.710
Jules. Whoa. I'm so glad you're back. I've heard

00:29:50.710 --> 00:29:52.490
stories of what happened. It's harrowing, wasn't

00:29:52.490 --> 00:29:55.130
it? But you're back and you're safe, so it's

00:29:55.130 --> 00:29:59.180
good. Yeah, we're all safe. Good. And she turns

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:01.539
from you, her eyes falling onto Chester, who

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:03.680
looks a little more sheepish now, kind of shaking

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:05.619
his, his gift basket sort of shaking his hands.

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:09.119
You were gone for the entire March of Vice. Did

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:13.279
you have fun, Chester? Oh, you know what? Not

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:15.759
at all, because I was missing you so bad. Couldn't

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:19.160
have any fun. She's just, this lawnmower is just

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:22.319
staring at him. You've been drinking. A lot.

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:24.920
No, wait, wait, wait, that's not true. She just

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:27.460
grabs him by the ear. Come on. No, ow, ow, ow,

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:29.380
ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. Jules, hey, hey, Jules, help,

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:32.200
help. No. She's just dragging him upstairs. Wait,

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:35.400
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Talk it out. Talk

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:37.500
it out. I had to blow off some steam, all right?

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.880
Things got bad. They got real bad on the first

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:42.079
day, right? You see she, like, stops, maybe midway

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:44.539
up the stairs, and looks back to him, and...

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:49.000
I heard, yes. So it was pretty bad then. Are

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:51.589
you all right? I heard there were deaths. Yeah,

00:30:51.630 --> 00:30:54.349
you know, a few, but it's fine. I'm good, you

00:30:54.349 --> 00:30:57.910
know? There's a long stare. Sweetie, I'm good,

00:30:57.950 --> 00:30:59.569
alright? Come on, I want to give you some presents.

00:30:59.670 --> 00:31:01.609
I have presents! She takes the bag in front of

00:31:01.609 --> 00:31:05.190
her and she sort of smiles at that and her eyes

00:31:05.190 --> 00:31:08.509
flicker to you, Jules. I think she shares a slightly

00:31:08.509 --> 00:31:12.289
concerned, kind of long look. I think Jules has

00:31:12.289 --> 00:31:14.920
the same expression. Then her eyes flicker back

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:17.220
to the shaking present. Come on, hey, it's good

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:19.180
stuff. You can sew that dress you want to sew

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.799
for round stuff, huh? Get her out of that weird

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.940
bunny suit. Though she's pretty attached to it,

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:25.400
I don't know. Come on. And she kind of grabs

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:27.099
him, this time by the hand, not the ear, and

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:29.519
leads Chester up the stairs. All right, Jules,

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:32.660
I'm gonna be on for a while. See you later. Doors

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:34.740
close upstairs. Chester also leaves the party.

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:41.200
Chester has acquired ball and chain. I should

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:43.200
say this too, because I realize now listening

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:45.880
to older episodes, I just want to get people

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:48.319
aged up to where I feel happy with it. I did

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:50.900
say Jeans was 13 when this all started. I'm going

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:52.819
to say her birthday happened just after the fall

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:55.059
of the Sapphire, because I've been thinking of

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.960
her as 14 at least all this time. So she's 14

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:59.140
now, Chester's 16. Two -year gap. Is that weird?

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:02.900
I don't think so. I hope not. Two -year gap?

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:05.019
Two -year gap. Two -year gap. She's a little

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.460
bit older than that. I don't think so. Or a little

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.279
bit older than... Her birthday's a little earlier

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:10.619
than his, so she's 14 when he's... Anyway. They're

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:12.900
teenagers. I'm more into it about this. Yeah,

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.880
they're teenagers. It's fine. Who else is in

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:17.160
this fucking crazy -ass place? I don't know.

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:19.740
You tell us. You hear... After this goes away,

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:21.460
they go away, door closes, you're sitting there

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:23.920
for a brief moment of silence, and you're gonna

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:27.640
hear Luke go, Hey! Hey! Hey! Oh! No! No! And

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:29.980
you hear, like... Like, you see Ader starts running

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:32.660
out of the kitchen from behind the bar. As you

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:35.880
see Mulligan comes running out with a ladle he's

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:38.559
whacking him with. Just, how many times do I

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:40.759
need to tell you to keep your nasty fingers out

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:44.119
of the chowder? Oh, hey Jules. I've been waiting

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:46.599
for you. I baked a special cake for your return,

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:50.140
but somebody ate it two days ago. Looks to Ader,

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:52.680
who kind of sheepishly, well, you know, it was

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:57.559
a pretty good cake. How the heck did you ever

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:59.720
run this place alone? You only make all of our

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:02.819
jobs harder. Ader just looks kind of sadly down.

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:05.940
Rats are just, leave Ader alone. He doesn't mean

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:11.140
to be a horrible menace. Ader just kind of looks

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:15.640
sort of sad. But then he kind of looks up at

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.839
you, Jules. And there's something very, very

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:22.859
serious and very grim in his eyes. He says, I'm

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:26.819
glad you're back. When you catch a second, you

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:28.420
mind helping me with something in the back room?

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:35.299
I got the second. Okay. You go with him? Yeah.

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.640
Blanche, you kind of stay behind. Round Stuff

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:40.259
is like turning her weapon towards you now. You

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:42.640
look strong. Let's go. Yeah, if Blanche wasn't

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:44.400
asked for, yeah, she'll stay and play with Round

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:51.880
Stuff. This is so awesome. Oh, it's so cool.

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:54.019
Just imagine. That's like just like stand up

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:58.180
straight out exactly You step into the back room

00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:00.480
which is also the kitchen I forgot here's the

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.380
bedroom is the kitchen which is part of why Mulligan

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:05.000
probably hates him so much right now It's Morgan's

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:07.740
I am currently working on something. Hey, we

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:09.659
just need a quick second tools. Could you uh,

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:13.599
please? I have no control over these kids. Just

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:15.539
give us a second. Come on Oh sure thing tools

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:18.880
nods a few what it was that easy. Why is it?

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:23.780
Okay Well, look, I don't want to bother you immediately

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:26.780
with things like this, but... Well, it's par

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:30.719
for the course these days. Yeah. About a week

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:34.800
back, I went out, busy a night in the bar. Don't

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:37.400
know who did it. Never saw a face, never saw

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.900
a form, but pulls out. He reaches under his mattress,

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:43.460
under his pillow, and slides an envelope out.

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:48.139
This was waiting. It's addressed to you. Jules

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:51.489
takes it. As you look down, you see the very

00:34:51.489 --> 00:34:55.530
familiar wax seal in the back, the mottled white

00:34:55.530 --> 00:34:58.690
and blue pressed into the form of five towers

00:34:58.690 --> 00:35:05.969
of Sarul, your family's mark. Damn. I don't know,

00:35:06.030 --> 00:35:08.630
this is probably overkill, but I was trying to

00:35:08.630 --> 00:35:11.829
see if I could cast Dispel Magic. Oh, interesting.

00:35:12.010 --> 00:35:16.070
But I am out of slots for that one, so I cannot.

00:35:16.289 --> 00:35:18.980
You have actually fully... You would have had

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:21.719
a long rest. We did. Okay, I'm going to cast

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:24.179
a spell of magic. Just in case. It might be paranoia,

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:26.260
but... You don't feel any magic coming from it.

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.460
As you cast it, I think you go and there's nothing.

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:32.619
But hey, it never hurts to be paranoid when it

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:38.800
comes to her. You open it? Yeah. I'll give you

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:40.599
some time. He moves away, kind of feeling this

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:43.739
is something bigger than him. The door closes

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:47.340
as you pull out a single piece of parchment.

00:35:47.869 --> 00:35:53.250
A very short letter. And you read. My dear baby

00:35:53.250 --> 00:35:56.449
boy, you must know that our house has been pushed

00:35:56.449 --> 00:35:59.409
into a delicate position by the lies of the ignorant.

00:35:59.869 --> 00:36:03.650
I know how you must worry for your family. Our

00:36:03.650 --> 00:36:06.949
kingdom is gone. Your father, ever the fool we

00:36:06.949 --> 00:36:10.269
locked away for centuries. Your dear cousin has

00:36:10.269 --> 00:36:13.210
it all, power stripped from her. It is now utterly

00:36:13.210 --> 00:36:16.610
useless to us. You'll be right to worry for them

00:36:16.610 --> 00:36:20.869
both. my child. But you need not worry for me.

00:36:21.769 --> 00:36:24.250
In the midst of this chaos, I have left the Citadel.

00:36:24.929 --> 00:36:27.750
I will not tell you where I am now, only that

00:36:27.750 --> 00:36:30.630
I will be staying with a close friend. She has

00:36:30.630 --> 00:36:34.230
recently adopted a young boy of her own, and

00:36:34.230 --> 00:36:37.650
I'll be helping to raise him. I will teach him

00:36:37.650 --> 00:36:40.030
all that I taught you when you were a child.

00:36:40.869 --> 00:36:45.130
He does not have your stubbornness, so I expect

00:36:45.130 --> 00:36:49.630
my lesson to be rather... Eye opening. But never

00:36:49.630 --> 00:36:53.070
fear, my little boy. This new prospect could

00:36:53.070 --> 00:36:57.670
never replace you in my heart. Soon enough, mummy

00:36:57.670 --> 00:37:04.190
will come back for you. Jules balls it up. And...

00:37:04.190 --> 00:37:07.409
Damn, I want to set it on fire. But I can't think

00:37:07.409 --> 00:37:10.090
of a cool way to do it. Yeah, he doesn't have

00:37:10.090 --> 00:37:13.769
anything that creates fire. Is there a fireplace

00:37:13.769 --> 00:37:16.449
in there? Can you create fire with bardic creation?

00:37:16.829 --> 00:37:18.789
We were in the kitchen. I don't think fire is

00:37:18.789 --> 00:37:21.130
an item. Yeah, there's like a... Okay, yeah,

00:37:21.210 --> 00:37:23.050
I'll go to a stove. Yeah, there's a stove there.

00:37:23.170 --> 00:37:24.849
I'll crumple it up, turn the stove on. It's already

00:37:24.849 --> 00:37:26.269
on. There's chowder cooking off, so you just

00:37:26.269 --> 00:37:27.230
throw it right in the fire. Okay, cool. I just

00:37:27.230 --> 00:37:28.690
throw it right on. Throw it right in the chowder.

00:37:28.750 --> 00:37:31.489
Throw it right on. Hell yeah. Just stand there,

00:37:31.590 --> 00:37:37.690
watching the letter burn away. I imagine a short

00:37:37.690 --> 00:37:41.150
time later, you step back outside. Yeah. I think

00:37:41.150 --> 00:37:42.489
he doesn't even give it a second thought. He

00:37:42.489 --> 00:37:44.190
throws it on the flames and then walks out while

00:37:44.190 --> 00:37:46.550
it's still... Burning a Danvers. I'm taking the

00:37:46.550 --> 00:37:50.750
chowder. Oh, you'll have to put it back on the

00:37:50.750 --> 00:37:54.969
burner. Sorry. It smells amazing in there, by

00:37:54.969 --> 00:37:56.929
the way. He's getting better. Not after that

00:37:56.929 --> 00:38:00.670
leather got burned. Maybe not. Good thing you

00:38:00.670 --> 00:38:02.010
cast the spell magic. That would have been rock

00:38:02.010 --> 00:38:06.489
chowder. Hell yeah. You step back out. Everyone's

00:38:06.489 --> 00:38:09.730
kind of doing their thing. I think, like, maybe

00:38:09.730 --> 00:38:12.650
we just see a moment of round stuff getting disarmed

00:38:12.650 --> 00:38:15.730
again. Oh, man. Okay, well, all right. So I'm

00:38:15.730 --> 00:38:18.869
going to practice the foot thing you said and

00:38:18.869 --> 00:38:24.489
the fundamentals, and then, yeah, you're going

00:38:24.489 --> 00:38:27.510
down. Keep trying. I'll see how you progress

00:38:27.510 --> 00:38:31.889
the next time we return. Okay. Yeah. Oh, she's

00:38:31.889 --> 00:38:33.710
looking around. I think she's, like, counting

00:38:33.710 --> 00:38:37.670
on her fingers, like, jeans and mulligan later.

00:38:38.409 --> 00:38:40.670
I think you saw Kiana and Miskins on the ceiling

00:38:40.670 --> 00:38:44.809
for some reason. And... Fibro! Oh! Oh, Fibro's

00:38:44.809 --> 00:38:46.730
looking for you! I was supposed to tell you that

00:38:46.730 --> 00:38:48.570
when I saw you. He's looking for you. Alright,

00:38:48.610 --> 00:38:51.530
where's he at? Oh, he's not here. He's at Xena's.

00:38:52.190 --> 00:38:54.710
With Arhalon? They've been spending a lot of

00:38:54.710 --> 00:38:57.230
time over there lately. Huh. Well, I'm glad to

00:38:57.230 --> 00:39:00.070
hear that. Yeah. He's getting out. Yeah. Learning

00:39:00.070 --> 00:39:03.110
more. And Xena's so nice. Yes, she is. She made

00:39:03.110 --> 00:39:05.320
me a whole goat. I couldn't eat the whole thing,

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:07.380
but she gave me a whole goat. You couldn't eat

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:09.079
the whole thing? That was a lot of goat. I'm

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:18.440
a little disappointed. I know. This just has

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:20.860
to be the whole show. We're just doing this.

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.539
Just a conversation with Ron, Stefan, Jules,

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:26.719
and Blanche. Seriously. The whole show. The whole

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:30.360
show. And Misskin watching. Cute as fuck. That's

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.449
what we want to do. I'm so happy to go another

00:39:32.449 --> 00:39:34.130
round, but you've also heard that Fibro's looking

00:39:34.130 --> 00:39:37.869
for you. Yeah. I'm going to go to Fibro. Okay.

00:39:38.269 --> 00:39:42.510
All right. Xenas to see Fibro. Blanche, you hear

00:39:42.510 --> 00:39:45.570
this, and maybe a thought strikes your mind now

00:39:45.570 --> 00:39:47.989
that you hadn't really connected before. You

00:39:47.989 --> 00:39:50.070
came back here because you wanted to discover

00:39:50.070 --> 00:39:53.590
what happened to Ozen. What happened before Tithos.

00:39:54.130 --> 00:39:56.449
And you remember, there already is a detective

00:39:56.449 --> 00:40:00.969
on the case. You've met him briefly before. to

00:40:00.969 --> 00:40:03.929
go over the file footage. He acted very strange

00:40:03.929 --> 00:40:06.730
then, like something disturbed him in those,

00:40:06.789 --> 00:40:08.090
and he almost seemed to forget the experience.

00:40:08.170 --> 00:40:10.110
It was a very strange feeling. You never actually

00:40:10.110 --> 00:40:13.389
met him on Sansatian, but you know of Arhalon

00:40:13.389 --> 00:40:18.389
Brass, who is looking into Ozen. He was there,

00:40:18.510 --> 00:40:22.650
a witness. Jules gave the whole update on everything,

00:40:22.750 --> 00:40:27.130
and part of that was Arhalon heard Ozen speak.

00:40:28.710 --> 00:40:31.230
During it all, he said some lie, a very strange

00:40:31.230 --> 00:40:35.829
line, as he was cutting down the luminaries that

00:40:35.829 --> 00:40:39.969
were there. What I do, I do for Shadra Khan.

00:40:40.929 --> 00:40:42.869
Jules, if it's quite all right with you, I'd

00:40:42.869 --> 00:40:48.130
like to accompany you to Sazina's. I wish to

00:40:48.130 --> 00:40:51.150
speak with Arhalon. Yeah, of course. I mean,

00:40:51.170 --> 00:40:57.489
we're partners now of sorts. I see it that way,

00:40:57.530 --> 00:41:03.469
too. I'm glad. Same. Come on. Let's go. All right.

00:41:04.010 --> 00:41:06.489
Maybe you can tell me all about this Xena on

00:41:06.489 --> 00:41:12.030
our way. Oh, boy. I hope you save some room for

00:41:12.030 --> 00:41:17.210
dinner. And with that, we just, boom, smash cut.

00:41:17.269 --> 00:41:20.710
You are standing before Xena's door. You're over

00:41:20.710 --> 00:41:23.860
there in, like, the sort of... The great sort

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:25.679
of iron doors that lead into the Citadel are

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:29.000
nearby. You're in a sort of circle of, like,

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:31.659
nice kind of manors, villas that surround this

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:34.300
space. Set out for, like, the kind of important

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:36.800
elites who aren't technically allowed into Aurora

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:39.920
Town. And Xena has a manor amongst them. As you

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:43.900
look, it's very nice on the outside. You know,

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:46.079
lawn is well manicured, garden is well maintained.

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:50.980
Outside is kept up very, very clean. From what

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:53.519
you've heard... Inside this building is going

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:56.579
to be a very, very different story. You guys

00:41:56.579 --> 00:42:05.559
going to knock on the door? Yeah. Didn't you

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:07.820
hear weird sounds coming from inside? Here, a

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:10.460
pile of something crashes, some glass breaks.

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:16.380
And finally, Scattery steps up to the door. The

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:20.559
door opens, and you see this huge half -dragon.

00:42:21.869 --> 00:42:24.230
She's almost like a female Arhalon, just standing

00:42:24.230 --> 00:42:27.769
before you, looking around. Looks to you, Blanche,

00:42:27.849 --> 00:42:30.130
with kind of a quizzical sort of look, headcocks,

00:42:30.150 --> 00:42:33.449
and looks to you, Jules, and her eyes widen.

00:42:33.769 --> 00:42:37.989
Oh! Oh, you! I remember you! You were that red

00:42:37.989 --> 00:42:41.269
-haired boy! You were Zebulon's only friends!

00:42:42.050 --> 00:42:44.250
Yeah. Yeah, I remember you! It's good to see

00:42:44.250 --> 00:42:49.730
you, Xena. You too! I'm really sorry. You haven't

00:42:49.730 --> 00:42:54.090
seen her since. He was special. In a lot of ways.

00:42:54.590 --> 00:42:58.869
Yeah. He was the best. Oh my gosh. I'm so rude.

00:42:59.010 --> 00:43:01.809
Come in. I've said you're a goat. I was hoping

00:43:01.809 --> 00:43:04.150
you'd come. I have a goat for you. I've had it

00:43:04.150 --> 00:43:08.170
for a while. Julius looks over to Blanche. Gives

00:43:08.170 --> 00:43:10.929
her a little nudge. Oh, who's this old thing?

00:43:12.150 --> 00:43:21.309
I am sorry, miss, for your loss. I thought to

00:43:21.309 --> 00:43:24.690
bring you a small gift. And Blanche grabs, I

00:43:24.690 --> 00:43:26.570
don't know, something from her, like, components

00:43:26.570 --> 00:43:30.170
pouch, some little bauble. Oh, my goodness. She

00:43:30.170 --> 00:43:33.510
grabs it and holds it open. Spectacular. Beautiful.

00:43:33.929 --> 00:43:35.909
I know, just a blast. She throws it over her

00:43:35.909 --> 00:43:45.690
shoulder. Perfect. Lights up and the whole room

00:43:45.690 --> 00:43:47.909
is just piles and piles. The thing is gone. It

00:43:47.909 --> 00:43:50.030
falls into a pile, rolls behind some stuff, is

00:43:50.030 --> 00:43:55.510
gone forever. Um, but it's perfect. Lovely. Lovely.

00:43:57.230 --> 00:43:59.510
Um, it was like, you look into this, cause once

00:43:59.510 --> 00:44:00.849
upon a time, there's probably a bunch of rooms

00:44:00.849 --> 00:44:02.650
all separated in this mansion, but you look at

00:44:02.650 --> 00:44:04.530
like, like there's no rooms in here anymore.

00:44:04.590 --> 00:44:06.329
All the, all the Wall Street rooms are burned

00:44:06.329 --> 00:44:08.170
away or torn apart to make room for more stuff

00:44:08.170 --> 00:44:11.280
piles. Um, She's kind of just looking into the

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:13.599
air, just looks like, Arr, Arr, you should come

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:15.960
see Arr while you're here. Arr's here. He's in

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:21.119
the back. Ah, yes, I am sorry to impose. I would

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:25.300
like to speak with Arhalon, if at all possible.

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:29.179
Great, great. Please let him know that dinner

00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:32.539
will be served in 15 minutes, for I am a slow

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:36.920
-roasted goat. That sounds quite fast. Yes. You

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:41.110
must be already almost done. My slow roast is

00:44:41.110 --> 00:44:45.750
a very quick roast. I have fire breath. Fifteen

00:44:45.750 --> 00:44:49.650
minutes. We shall be brief then. She just leaves.

00:44:50.329 --> 00:44:52.750
She just gestures. I think you see she points

00:44:52.750 --> 00:44:56.150
to the back left of this open sort of interior

00:44:56.150 --> 00:44:58.090
space. You can't see anything back there. It's

00:44:58.090 --> 00:45:00.130
just piles and piles. She's like, if you go and

00:45:00.130 --> 00:45:02.449
curve around there, turn left of the broken armchair,

00:45:02.630 --> 00:45:04.489
and when you see the shard wine bottle, not the

00:45:04.489 --> 00:45:06.050
first one, the third one. No, not the third one.

00:45:06.070 --> 00:45:08.250
The fourth one. Then you turn left, and you keep

00:45:08.250 --> 00:45:10.880
going. The back left. It's a back left. You'll

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:14.019
find it. As we're walking along, Blanche is like,

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:16.940
She said to the broken armchair, they appear

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:25.579
to all be in various degrees of broken. You carefully

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:28.619
move through just this labyrinth of junk, and

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:30.179
eventually you find a space where the floor had

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:33.059
been mostly cleared. Though you see books and

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:34.739
books have been piled in the semi -naked stacks

00:45:34.739 --> 00:45:37.679
just everywhere, just walls of tomes. You know,

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:38.940
normally everything in the place is just all

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:41.880
screwed about randomly but here's just books

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:43.039
and books books there's some scattered along

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:46.179
to the floor uh you also said that the wall here

00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:48.360
has been fully overtaken by portraits or like

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:50.960
diamond camera captured still images um news

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:53.760
scroll clippings maps torn pages from books and

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:56.000
handwritten notes all connected by a mess of

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:58.980
red string it's like a different kind of horde

00:45:58.980 --> 00:46:01.920
a different kind of mess sure yeah um runs in

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:03.599
the family perhaps yeah you kind of turn the

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:05.539
corner see all this and you're about to Call

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:07.579
out and sizzling, and you just hear a voice ring

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:09.420
out from somewhere behind one of these walls

00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:12.440
of books. It goes, Aha! Excelsior! I found it!

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:14.980
It's written here! You hear, like, another, like,

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:18.320
someone sits up. You see Firebird's face go up.

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:23.380
What? Where? Read it out. Miss Tan's Explorations

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:27.260
of Zantini's Wild Flora. The Laopop flowers first

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:29.500
appeared during the miracle of the risen mountains,

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:32.519
as noted by writer Fimey Moon in his personal

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:36.559
journal, Climbing the Mountain. So there is an

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:40.500
autobiography! And we have a name! Stupendo Arhalon!

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:42.960
Oh, most excellent work! If we can cross from

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:45.199
Fimey Moon's own experiences, then we can certainly...

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:48.900
And then slowly, Fairo just realizes that you're

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:52.739
like... He just turns... Oh! Oh! Jewels! You're

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:55.440
back! Hey, guys. Sounds, gentlemen. Here are

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:58.659
books. Tapper, as Arhalon steps up and knocks

00:46:58.659 --> 00:47:02.960
over a whole... Oh, damn it. Jules, hello. We

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:06.699
are making fine work in uncovering this mystery.

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:11.280
Ah, do tell. Well, they may be like... I think

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:12.900
you say that, and they kind of look towards each

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:16.500
other, like, just this long kind of cocked heads,

00:47:16.619 --> 00:47:18.940
things, you know, eyes doing things. And then,

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:20.460
if I'm real funny, they kind of just nod to Arhalon.

00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:23.980
And he turns back. It has been on my mind since

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:26.760
that fateful day, since Ozen spoke those words

00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:31.159
to me. What I do, I do for Shadrakhan. I knew

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:33.179
that it must be at the heart of all this madness,

00:47:33.320 --> 00:47:37.900
that word, that phrase. And now, well... He pans

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:39.760
over to Fibro, who very excitedly just jumps

00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:43.739
in. We think we may know what Shadrakhan is.

00:47:44.590 --> 00:47:46.389
Doesn't Jules know what Shadrakhan is? Yeah.

00:47:46.570 --> 00:47:51.110
You know vaguely this. It was referred to as

00:47:51.110 --> 00:47:53.570
the world of spirits. Though other translations

00:47:53.570 --> 00:47:55.929
later on would have made it something like the

00:47:55.929 --> 00:47:57.489
world of the ancients, the world of serpents.

00:47:57.489 --> 00:47:59.210
It's hard. There's a lot of various translations

00:47:59.210 --> 00:48:01.510
out there. But what it is, you don't know. And

00:48:01.510 --> 00:48:03.289
it's pointed out to you that there's no world

00:48:03.289 --> 00:48:05.750
for spirits. In Sapsanko, where originally you

00:48:05.750 --> 00:48:09.070
heard these words, the spirits live in the world

00:48:09.070 --> 00:48:11.050
amongst everyone else. There is no separate world

00:48:11.050 --> 00:48:14.019
of the spirits. Not that... anyone's aware of

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:16.440
so it was a mystery what is this what and why

00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:18.820
would ozen reference some some some phrase you

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:21.940
heard on susanko and maybe like you know what's

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:26.079
going on um but they seem to have something way

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:27.539
more concrete and the way they're looking at

00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:29.940
each other the way they're standing the way do

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:31.059
you look like they they look like they haven't

00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:33.949
slept in days Fyro's wearing the same clothes

00:48:33.949 --> 00:48:35.650
he probably has worn like a week ago. And like,

00:48:35.670 --> 00:48:37.329
there's pillows and stuff on the floor here.

00:48:37.429 --> 00:48:38.929
Like, they're just like, there's books in front

00:48:38.929 --> 00:48:40.409
of them where they probably fall asleep reading.

00:48:40.610 --> 00:48:43.489
They give each other pillows as they do. You

00:48:43.489 --> 00:48:44.630
get the distinct impression these two have been

00:48:44.630 --> 00:48:47.690
buried in this little corner of this room for

00:48:47.690 --> 00:48:51.190
days. Well, out with it, man. What about Ozen?

00:48:51.929 --> 00:48:56.969
Another kind of look. And Fyro, we... Okay, just

00:48:56.969 --> 00:49:00.369
hear me out. We can't tell you. Not until we

00:49:00.369 --> 00:49:02.710
confirm our findings. And not until we fill you

00:49:02.710 --> 00:49:04.750
in on what information we have gathered. It's

00:49:04.750 --> 00:49:06.949
possible we have leapt to an incorrect conclusion

00:49:06.949 --> 00:49:08.849
in our excitement. We don't want to push you

00:49:08.849 --> 00:49:10.690
into the same way of thinking. It's not scientific.

00:49:11.469 --> 00:49:13.170
Not when your fresh perspectives could reach

00:49:13.170 --> 00:49:15.750
a different conclusion from ours and change everything.

00:49:15.909 --> 00:49:18.010
But if we give you the evidence we have acquired

00:49:18.010 --> 00:49:20.510
and you find yourselves sharing in our thoughts,

00:49:20.590 --> 00:49:22.630
then that would be ideal. That proves it, right?

00:49:22.789 --> 00:49:26.030
Then we're right. And you're right. Please, Jules,

00:49:26.030 --> 00:49:29.159
humor me. It's almost like the DM can't just

00:49:29.159 --> 00:49:32.239
give us the answers. Almost. You do know you're

00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:35.679
talking to the person who might be able to fill

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:39.059
in some pieces. That's exactly what we want.

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:41.059
Or give some intimate insight. We'll give you

00:49:41.059 --> 00:49:42.659
all the information we have. We just won't give

00:49:42.659 --> 00:49:45.320
you the conclusion we've come to because we just

00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:48.440
need different perspectives. We haven't slept

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:51.099
in days. Not much. A couple hours here and there.

00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:53.750
We're crazy now. Lance, tell him your perspective.

00:49:54.130 --> 00:49:58.369
Full fucking crazy, it's true. Well, as Jules

00:49:58.369 --> 00:50:04.150
has alluded to, I personally knew Ozen Yoshikatsu.

00:50:05.090 --> 00:50:08.030
I'm deeply invested in finding out what happened

00:50:08.030 --> 00:50:11.869
to him. So I will hear you out. Present me with

00:50:11.869 --> 00:50:16.989
your information, and I will do my best to come

00:50:16.989 --> 00:50:21.880
to my own conclusion. Arhan looks troubled. I

00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:23.300
think he just kind of looks at you for a long

00:50:23.300 --> 00:50:26.860
moment and then... That's right. He had disciples.

00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:32.639
You were one of them. He was an idol to me in

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:35.940
my youth. I always thought he was the best of

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:41.019
men. I always thought he was a hero, truly. And

00:50:41.019 --> 00:50:46.260
then... Was he like this before? I watched him

00:50:46.260 --> 00:50:52.210
murder Demilich and Gaius. He cut Okatapuri to

00:50:52.210 --> 00:50:54.949
ribbons in a second. Didn't give her a chance

00:50:54.949 --> 00:51:00.070
to fight back. A coward's strike. It's not the

00:51:00.070 --> 00:51:03.309
Ozen I'd heard stories of. I thought the same

00:51:03.309 --> 00:51:09.309
as you. And perhaps more of Master Ozen. But

00:51:09.309 --> 00:51:13.449
I understand that you too have, not of your own

00:51:13.449 --> 00:51:17.090
power, swung against those you loved. And I've

00:51:17.090 --> 00:51:19.789
come to understand that you... Blanche Trudeau,

00:51:19.789 --> 00:51:23.690
the detective that discovered why. Beezer's breath.

00:51:24.309 --> 00:51:27.329
I may never have known what caused me to turn

00:51:27.329 --> 00:51:31.010
my hand on Jules, on my brother, without your

00:51:31.010 --> 00:51:35.750
investigative work in Zinda. I've heard the stories

00:51:35.750 --> 00:51:39.989
in the network. You are something else. Thank

00:51:39.989 --> 00:51:43.329
you, Ahalan. And it is because of that profound

00:51:43.329 --> 00:51:47.170
respect that I once had for Ozen. that I choose

00:51:47.170 --> 00:51:49.949
to give him the benefit of the doubt and use

00:51:49.949 --> 00:51:54.250
my investigative skills to get to the bottom

00:51:54.250 --> 00:51:58.989
of why this happened. I understand that you could

00:51:58.989 --> 00:52:03.329
be of great help in that quest. Arlon smiles

00:52:03.329 --> 00:52:07.190
this great smile, puts a hand out towards you,

00:52:07.190 --> 00:52:09.110
and I'll say it is his right hand he puts out,

00:52:09.190 --> 00:52:12.119
which seems, after all this time... to finally

00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:16.300
regain all use. Very cool. A slight sort of glowing

00:52:16.300 --> 00:52:20.920
comes off of it. Arhalon, fully at his best.

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:23.980
We just have to shake your hand. We've met briefly

00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:26.739
before, but when you showed me the files you

00:52:26.739 --> 00:52:29.780
found in Itzmindo Prado's manor, but oddly I

00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:33.159
can't recall much of the scenario when we...

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:37.780
But yes, I am Arhalon, and it is good. Speak

00:52:37.780 --> 00:52:40.880
with you. Hold on. Does Steven remember why he

00:52:40.880 --> 00:52:44.039
doesn't recall it? We kind of mentioned it offhand

00:52:44.039 --> 00:52:47.780
as sort of a part of this, but when you were

00:52:47.780 --> 00:52:49.199
going over those files, one of them was about

00:52:49.199 --> 00:52:52.699
Zebulon. It talked about Zebulon's father. Oh,

00:52:52.699 --> 00:52:54.380
yes, yes, yes. And it's been noted that despite

00:52:54.380 --> 00:52:57.960
everything, despite what he knows, he can't remember

00:52:57.960 --> 00:53:00.340
a single detail about Zebulon's father. And even

00:53:00.340 --> 00:53:02.340
though the details seem to fade, in Arhalon,

00:53:02.340 --> 00:53:05.579
upon hearing... just his father reference right

00:53:05.579 --> 00:53:08.159
lost his shit and then went full blank afterwards

00:53:08.159 --> 00:53:11.159
and it seemed like he forgot most of the entire

00:53:11.159 --> 00:53:13.539
encounter there most of the entire like scene

00:53:13.539 --> 00:53:16.599
gotcha played out yeah blanche will reach to

00:53:16.599 --> 00:53:19.739
meet his hand and shake it uh yes i regret that

00:53:19.739 --> 00:53:23.119
our time then was brief but it seems like well

00:53:23.119 --> 00:53:24.639
it seems like we have a little bit of time to

00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:26.860
get into the weeds and try to figure this all

00:53:26.860 --> 00:53:32.179
out hell yeah and now i'm going to add Arhalon

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:35.500
Brass to your sheet once again as a sidekick.

00:53:35.639 --> 00:53:40.239
Nice. As you kind of have this moment shaking

00:53:40.239 --> 00:53:43.079
hands, I think Phyro speaks up just like, well,

00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:47.199
if you want to speed up a process, we do need

00:53:47.199 --> 00:53:50.219
to double check a few things. There's a few references

00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:52.360
we just came across today and last night that

00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:55.019
if we can find the proper materials, we may be

00:53:55.019 --> 00:53:59.070
able to... decipher more. As Fibro's talking,

00:53:59.230 --> 00:54:01.489
Blanche is shuffling through her bag and she

00:54:01.489 --> 00:54:04.650
pulls out her eyes of minute seeing and rests

00:54:04.650 --> 00:54:09.510
them low on her little turtle snout. She's ready

00:54:09.510 --> 00:54:12.730
to dive in and help out. Oh, you're ready to

00:54:12.730 --> 00:54:15.489
read? I love this. Yeah, just full on investigating.

00:54:15.829 --> 00:54:18.929
Fibro goes, just like, so I'll throw everything

00:54:18.929 --> 00:54:21.610
we have at you, but there are a few more books

00:54:21.610 --> 00:54:27.699
we need. I need to sleep. Desperately. Would

00:54:27.699 --> 00:54:30.219
anyone be willing to maybe pick up a few books

00:54:30.219 --> 00:54:32.940
for me from the book den? It's right down the

00:54:32.940 --> 00:54:34.480
road from the Coyote. It's a wonderful place.

00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:35.880
You should really know it. You're a wizard, right?

00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:37.699
As a wizard, you've got to know the book den.

00:54:38.059 --> 00:54:40.320
I'm very interested. I shall go and fetch your

00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:43.980
books for you. Yes, I could use a chance to spread

00:54:43.980 --> 00:54:46.019
my wings a little. I will join you if it's all

00:54:46.019 --> 00:54:48.280
right. You don't need to sleep yourself, uh -huh?

00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:51.500
Ah, never. He's like half fallen asleep. He's

00:54:51.500 --> 00:54:53.920
standing up. He stands up and he fully kind of

00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:55.860
stumbles back, knocks on the power box. Ah, shit.

00:54:56.320 --> 00:54:58.619
You'd better wait here. Xena said your dinner

00:54:58.619 --> 00:55:04.619
will be done in... She checks her sundial. Any

00:55:04.619 --> 00:55:08.179
minute now, I should suspect. Oh dear, not another

00:55:08.179 --> 00:55:11.679
goat. Please. I can't eat another goat. She said

00:55:11.679 --> 00:55:14.400
this time it will be slow roasted. That's still

00:55:14.400 --> 00:55:22.900
burned to shit. Either way, I shall retrieve

00:55:22.900 --> 00:55:26.059
the books. Jules, have you been to this book

00:55:26.059 --> 00:55:28.340
den? Would you care to accompany me? Yeah, I'll

00:55:28.340 --> 00:55:32.000
go. I'll take a walk. Very well. We shall find

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:36.460
our way. The list, Fibro. Oh, yes. Hang on. Actually,

00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:38.199
real quick, and he kind of reaches around behind,

00:55:38.320 --> 00:55:39.699
and then he's like moving around real quick,

00:55:39.739 --> 00:55:41.960
grabbing books under his arm. And he's like,

00:55:42.059 --> 00:55:46.099
Xena had a few books buried in her treasure hoard.

00:55:47.239 --> 00:55:49.239
She said she doesn't mind if we take a few to

00:55:49.239 --> 00:55:51.239
trade with Penny. Surely these will be enough

00:55:51.239 --> 00:55:53.239
to trade into to borrow what we need from her.

00:55:53.280 --> 00:55:55.699
It's pretty rare stuff, but I've been working

00:55:55.699 --> 00:55:57.320
on a bit of a list here. And he comes over, you

00:55:57.320 --> 00:55:59.000
see like there's a book called Brand of the Unicorn,

00:55:59.320 --> 00:56:04.179
a book called Darkness Rising, Mirrored Hope,

00:56:04.380 --> 00:56:06.519
and one of the very bottom, very thick, weirdly

00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:11.179
big book called Proper Tea Preparation. No doubt

00:56:11.179 --> 00:56:16.670
Arhalon's book. Here, if you just want to bring

00:56:16.670 --> 00:56:19.050
these, surely she'll take these in trade. But

00:56:19.050 --> 00:56:21.150
what we need here, and he pulls out like a quill

00:56:21.150 --> 00:56:23.769
out of nowhere behind his ear, paper behind his

00:56:23.769 --> 00:56:26.949
other ear somehow. He's writing down. Finding

00:56:26.949 --> 00:56:28.510
Moon's autobiography, Climbing the Mountain.

00:56:28.550 --> 00:56:31.530
We just discovered this one. A scroll we're looking

00:56:31.530 --> 00:56:34.070
for. She might have this called Song of Our Deliverance.

00:56:35.010 --> 00:56:39.730
Let's see here. It's from God's Breath. Oh, kind

00:56:39.730 --> 00:56:42.690
of size. Xena's looking for the sequel to The

00:56:42.690 --> 00:56:45.469
Romantic. novel Moondust, The Moon in My Hands.

00:56:45.590 --> 00:56:48.690
Oh, that's a good one. That's a good one. It's

00:56:48.690 --> 00:56:50.590
supposed to be very good. Do you have one? Because

00:56:50.590 --> 00:56:52.449
Gina's looking for one. I don't, I don't. Okay,

00:56:52.469 --> 00:56:54.969
well, you can find one. Gina has made me promise

00:56:54.969 --> 00:56:58.510
to. I've had it to a page, Tanner. It is very

00:56:58.510 --> 00:57:02.409
much also Tales of the Dragon, an amazing book

00:57:02.409 --> 00:57:04.730
about the creation of the Shrine of Storms, and

00:57:04.730 --> 00:57:08.010
Dragonbone would be the last one, the origin

00:57:08.010 --> 00:57:12.070
of Dyalongon's sort of great sky bridges. I know

00:57:12.070 --> 00:57:14.190
it seems random, but these are all very, very

00:57:14.190 --> 00:57:16.590
important. Very, very important. You'll see when

00:57:16.590 --> 00:57:18.230
you get back when you read them. I'll show you

00:57:18.230 --> 00:57:22.429
what to look for. He hands it over. Please. You

00:57:22.429 --> 00:57:26.349
told me to remind you to do the payout. Payout.

00:57:26.369 --> 00:57:28.869
Oh, no. We're so late in the episode now. I'll

00:57:28.869 --> 00:57:32.469
do it next time. Yeah. Just keep that in. So

00:57:32.469 --> 00:57:35.030
people know why I didn't do payout. Oh, well,

00:57:35.070 --> 00:57:37.230
I set it off mic purposefully because I didn't.

00:57:37.849 --> 00:57:40.369
No, the way I do it now, it's on mic enough.

00:57:40.590 --> 00:57:44.900
Okay. Hell yeah. It'll sound funny. And now I'm

00:57:44.900 --> 00:57:46.599
going to leave all of this explanation in, so

00:57:46.599 --> 00:57:48.639
it's a lot funnier. A little behind -the -scenes

00:57:48.639 --> 00:57:51.679
sneak peek. Sneak -a -doof. This is what we usually

00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:57.860
cut out. Yeah, Blanche will grab the list, because

00:57:57.860 --> 00:58:00.039
God knows that she won't remember the names if

00:58:00.039 --> 00:58:02.460
she doesn't have the list. You grab the list,

00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:05.420
and somehow, as you pull the paper, Fyro's already

00:58:05.420 --> 00:58:07.500
under a blanket on his pillow, and he's like,

00:58:07.639 --> 00:58:15.300
Stupendo! I'm just asleep. All right. Take our

00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:18.320
leave and head to the book den. Let's go for

00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:20.920
a stroll. You go to a stroll. I think as you're

00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:23.559
moving out the door, you can hear, Okay, it's

00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:26.039
ready. Xena, Xena. The whole place is filled

00:58:26.039 --> 00:58:28.739
with smoke. Guys, go, go, go, go. I think they're

00:58:28.739 --> 00:58:32.519
sleeping, actually. Oh, damn. It's all right.

00:58:32.539 --> 00:58:35.000
I'll keep roasting it. It'll be so slow roasted.

00:58:35.199 --> 00:58:38.079
I hear goat. Excellent leftovers. Wonderful leftovers.

00:58:38.079 --> 00:58:40.510
We'll be back in one hour? Will we be back in

00:58:40.510 --> 00:58:43.789
one? Yes! I am not prepared to make a time commitment.

00:58:44.170 --> 00:58:46.510
We'll be back in one hour, and I will slow, slow,

00:58:46.550 --> 00:58:49.329
slow roast it for one more hour. You can see,

00:58:49.369 --> 00:58:52.550
like, a charred wreckage behind her. We ate on

00:58:52.550 --> 00:59:00.230
the road, but you're most kind. Nonsense! I'll

00:59:00.230 --> 00:59:05.369
see you in one hour! You turned to me. Good day,

00:59:05.429 --> 00:59:08.489
Xena. You turned to Maddie, you sure... His fire,

00:59:08.550 --> 00:59:15.150
like... So stupid. I love Xena. It's been so

00:59:15.150 --> 00:59:17.750
long. Oh, my gosh. The entire episode was just,

00:59:17.789 --> 00:59:19.829
like, the wacky cast of characters in the city.

00:59:19.929 --> 00:59:22.230
Let's go meet all of them. Yeah, yeah. As you're

00:59:22.230 --> 00:59:23.710
walking down the road, you bump into Shule. Not

00:59:23.710 --> 00:59:27.989
really. So you move down the road, move down

00:59:27.989 --> 00:59:30.130
towards the coyote. You're going down the trade

00:59:30.130 --> 00:59:32.590
disc all to where, once again, the shops sort

00:59:32.590 --> 00:59:36.130
of go smaller and smaller. Public, it's a lot

00:59:36.130 --> 00:59:39.460
less... Public -y? What's the word I'm looking

00:59:39.460 --> 00:59:42.500
for? The public gets a lot less public -y? Shut

00:59:42.500 --> 00:59:45.659
up. So anyway... You mean it's like more residential?

00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:48.079
It's quiet. It's quieter down here. This is where

00:59:48.079 --> 00:59:50.420
the ugly coyote is. It's here towards the tail

00:59:50.420 --> 00:59:52.340
end of the great sort of citadel fossil because,

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:56.900
you know, it doesn't want a lot of people. And

00:59:56.900 --> 01:00:00.059
so there's cheaper properties down here. And

01:00:00.059 --> 01:00:03.920
amongst them is the book den. You see a very

01:00:03.920 --> 01:00:08.019
quaint little shop. Quite small, actually, for,

01:00:08.019 --> 01:00:10.719
you know, being some great hoard of books like

01:00:10.719 --> 01:00:12.699
Favreau seems to think it is. Looks like maybe

01:00:12.699 --> 01:00:15.079
a two -story shop. Small sort of entrance right

01:00:15.079 --> 01:00:17.119
in the front. Kind of top between some larger

01:00:17.119 --> 01:00:20.260
buildings. Very rustic looking. Do you want to

01:00:20.260 --> 01:00:23.659
go in? I was expecting something a little grander,

01:00:23.659 --> 01:00:30.320
but maybe she procures specialty books and scrolls.

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:34.079
I suppose we can give it a shot, eh, Jules? Yeah.

01:00:34.980 --> 01:00:37.360
Opening the door to the shop, you are met with

01:00:37.360 --> 01:00:40.739
the smell of old leather and fresh ink. See the

01:00:40.739 --> 01:00:42.980
walls are lined with shelves of books, writing

01:00:42.980 --> 01:00:45.280
supplies, and possibly some magical scrolls.

01:00:45.460 --> 01:00:47.380
See a set of stairs leads up to the second level,

01:00:47.460 --> 01:00:49.880
blocked off with rope and a simple private access

01:00:49.880 --> 01:00:52.639
sign hanging from the banister to the wall. And

01:00:52.639 --> 01:00:54.840
you see as you go in, a young elven woman sits

01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:56.900
behind the purchasing counter, her nose buried

01:00:56.900 --> 01:00:59.900
in a book. She seems to be totally enveloped

01:00:59.900 --> 01:01:03.300
in the words she's reading, but notices as you

01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:07.309
walk in. turns up to greet you by saying... Hello.

01:01:07.590 --> 01:01:10.989
Welcome to the book den. And we'll call it there!

01:01:19.869 --> 01:01:35.139
Hell yeah! So... Tune in next time because we're

01:01:35.139 --> 01:01:38.619
partnering up with Meg, Hungry Familiar, and

01:01:38.619 --> 01:01:42.539
her zine, The Book Den, for this next one where

01:01:42.539 --> 01:01:44.599
we got Meg's voice clips, as you just heard.

01:01:44.659 --> 01:01:46.219
Got a bunch of them. We're soundboarding this.

01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:48.320
And also, just so you know, all those book titles,

01:01:48.420 --> 01:01:50.440
or at least a good, good amount of them, all

01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:52.980
Meg's titles from her zine. So check her out.

01:01:53.099 --> 01:01:54.559
And we'll see you next week.