WEBVTT 00:00:01.499 --> 00:00:03.459 Hey, hey, hey, pants person listening to this 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:05.740 episode on its launch day. I have a question 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.439 for you and only you. What are you doing tomorrow, 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:11.980 Tuesday, December 3rd at 7 p .m. EST? Don't answer 00:00:11.980 --> 00:00:14.140 that. Shut your little mouth. Let daddy tell 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:20.210 you what you're doing. I'm so sorry. We're streaming 00:00:20.210 --> 00:00:22.609 the first episode of our new monthly show, SciFly, 00:00:22.750 --> 00:00:25.030 on YouTube Live. This is going to be a new adventure, 00:00:25.149 --> 00:00:27.410 new setting, even a new game system. The first 00:00:27.410 --> 00:00:29.530 SciFly series, we're running the Forge in the 00:00:29.530 --> 00:00:31.410 Dark game system. It's going to be incredible, 00:00:31.550 --> 00:00:34.350 so don't you dare miss out. 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I repeat, 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:56.500 this is Captain Commander Ariat of the shield 00:01:56.500 --> 00:01:58.900 -bearers. The speakers have declared a stay of 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:05.939 emergency on Umizu. Holy shit, guys. Been a while 00:02:05.939 --> 00:02:07.959 since we heard from Ariat. Been a while, been 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:12.060 a while, yeah. Damn, dude. Things are about to 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:15.060 explode. They're about to explode. We made promises 00:02:15.060 --> 00:02:20.080 in episode 100. Promises I intend to keep. Maybe 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.680 tonight. All right. You made promises. What were 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:24.629 your promises, though? Yeah. I want to fuck you 00:02:24.629 --> 00:02:27.090 guys up. Oh my. Things are going to get nasty 00:02:27.090 --> 00:02:29.150 and gnarly. You promised that every episode. 00:02:29.449 --> 00:02:31.669 Bad things are coming. Dude, they've been nasty 00:02:31.669 --> 00:02:35.210 and gnarly and bad. I think that was, oh my gosh, 00:02:35.250 --> 00:02:37.409 that's hilarious. You thought, oh my gosh. Oh, 00:02:37.490 --> 00:02:40.150 I've been just joking around. I'm half dead. 00:02:40.949 --> 00:02:44.469 In two forms. You're about to be all dead. There's 00:02:44.469 --> 00:02:46.389 so much I want to get to in this episode. So 00:02:46.389 --> 00:02:48.370 I'm going to skip any banter and just dive in. 00:02:48.449 --> 00:02:50.169 But there's one thing I wanted to say right from 00:02:50.169 --> 00:02:53.979 the top. One thing. Last week. was one of my 00:02:53.979 --> 00:02:56.439 favorite fights we've run in this show. It was 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.840 so visceral, so brutal. You whipped out so many 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:01.900 cool things. You dropped three buttons on a revive. 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:05.360 That shit was amazing. Real action movie shit. 00:03:05.500 --> 00:03:08.159 Yeah. I want you each to take a button. Nice. 00:03:08.219 --> 00:03:10.719 Take a button each. All right. For an incredible 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:14.020 performance. He's buttering us up. I'm buttering 00:03:14.020 --> 00:03:17.120 you up. Because I'm about to burn your rolls. 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:27.759 Uh -oh. Yeah. Uh -oh. Let's get into it. What? 00:03:28.419 --> 00:03:31.199 It's plugged in. Hang on. What? Oh, it's not 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:35.960 plugged in here. Whoa! Yeah! Ew! Ew! There we 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:39.900 go. I got excited. It wasn't me for once. For 00:03:39.900 --> 00:03:44.800 once! It wasn't me. I love this music. I use 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:46.419 this one. I've been kind of resetting this one 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:47.860 for certain scenes to kind of set an expectation. 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:51.330 Because this is the music that plays. when it's 00:03:51.330 --> 00:03:54.349 Blanche Jewel's time. Shout out Fantasy Plus. 00:03:54.650 --> 00:03:56.930 Fantasy Plus, I'm going to get some use out of 00:03:56.930 --> 00:03:59.729 you in these next few episodes. Don't you, don't 00:03:59.729 --> 00:04:04.550 you worry. Blanche and Jewel's flying over the 00:04:04.550 --> 00:04:07.090 rim of the sort of lip of this cliff face, overlooking 00:04:07.090 --> 00:04:08.710 the preserve of the Antrestors. The Antrestors 00:04:08.710 --> 00:04:11.129 are launching themselves down this hall, down 00:04:11.129 --> 00:04:13.870 to the great iron door, which is pulled open 00:04:13.870 --> 00:04:17.050 before your sort of quick flight. People just 00:04:17.050 --> 00:04:19.709 scramming out of the way. You burst out. Into 00:04:19.709 --> 00:04:22.290 the streets of the Radiant Citadel. The exterior 00:04:22.290 --> 00:04:25.569 of the Citadel. And immediately you come into 00:04:25.569 --> 00:04:28.430 a scene of panic. People are crammed into windows 00:04:28.430 --> 00:04:30.410 and doorways, watching shielders jogging through 00:04:30.410 --> 00:04:32.290 the streets. You can hear brass -trimmed mail 00:04:32.290 --> 00:04:33.829 just shifting and clanging with every unified 00:04:33.829 --> 00:04:36.189 step. Choo -choo -choo -choo -choo -choo -choo 00:04:36.189 --> 00:04:38.269 -choo. Paparazzi guild members clamor to get 00:04:38.269 --> 00:04:40.829 onto the streets, record, and then cringe back 00:04:40.829 --> 00:04:42.889 when the officer's furious glares and shouts. 00:04:43.250 --> 00:04:45.990 This is a state of full emergency. Everything 00:04:45.990 --> 00:04:48.470 here is awash in the red glow of the diamond. 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:54.519 And that same humming alarm. Where are you going? 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.160 Going towards the jewel. Trying to get on. Still 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:01.139 on broom? Or broom slash rod? Rod broom? Yes. 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:07.040 Hell yeah. Unless Jules has fallen off. Hanging 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:12.569 on tight, you. Slick, quick serve. You know, 00:05:12.569 --> 00:05:15.709 90 degree angle, hard. You're moving up the coil 00:05:15.709 --> 00:05:18.730 of the serpent over shield bearer officers that 00:05:18.730 --> 00:05:21.209 kind of look up to you. Some might glare, some 00:05:21.209 --> 00:05:25.529 cheer. There are luminaries coming. Luminaries 00:05:25.529 --> 00:05:28.529 here to save the day. Gods know this day needs 00:05:28.529 --> 00:05:33.829 saving. You move and very quickly you find yourselves 00:05:33.829 --> 00:05:38.930 hovering over the... Hang on. Hang on, now I 00:05:38.930 --> 00:05:42.629 got this. Hang on. Crap, what's it called? The 00:05:42.629 --> 00:05:46.290 docking bay. What's it called? Damn it. The passage 00:05:46.290 --> 00:05:50.250 of respite. Me did it. I did it. Me. Way to go, 00:05:50.329 --> 00:05:53.029 buddy. Thank you. Find yourself hovering above 00:05:53.029 --> 00:05:55.629 the passage of respite. Looking down, you see 00:05:55.629 --> 00:05:58.970 the milky white pearl conquer jewel actually 00:05:58.970 --> 00:06:01.350 totally smooth on the outside unlike the others. 00:06:01.389 --> 00:06:03.620 There's no really facets here. It is a... literally 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:07.060 a giant pearl with this open gateway has docked 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:08.959 in the bay. There are shield bearer officers 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:14.199 piling onto it. You watch them sort of moving 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.399 in. And I think you hear like amidst all the 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:20.279 shouts and orders you're hearing around, you 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:23.500 can hear there's a bit of an argument down sort 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:25.319 of in the midst of all this. Maybe there's a 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:27.660 small area that's cleared away. As you can see, 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:31.209 Captain Commander Ariat is engaged with. Another 00:06:31.209 --> 00:06:34.350 figure who is hulking over him and yet shrinking 00:06:34.350 --> 00:06:37.689 away. Captain Commander, please, I can assist. 00:06:37.990 --> 00:06:40.230 I'm the only shieldbearer officer that has challenged 00:06:40.230 --> 00:06:44.649 the storm I before. Arhalon is shouting. Ex -officer, 00:06:44.649 --> 00:06:48.089 you gave up your badge, Arhalon. This is a serious 00:06:48.089 --> 00:06:50.310 search and rescue mission. We do not need a civilian 00:06:50.310 --> 00:06:53.870 getting in our way. I can search. I can rescue. 00:06:54.930 --> 00:07:00.069 Oh my god, David. Sure you can. But I do not 00:07:00.069 --> 00:07:02.490 believe that is your intention here, Arhalon. 00:07:02.990 --> 00:07:05.910 Your prior encounter with Ozen, it cut more from 00:07:05.910 --> 00:07:08.829 you than just an arm. Do you really think you 00:07:08.829 --> 00:07:11.310 should face him again? Do you think you can? 00:07:11.930 --> 00:07:14.910 You see Arhalon seems to shrink before Arya. 00:07:15.009 --> 00:07:17.230 You see an arm and arrow croaker suddenly rushes 00:07:17.230 --> 00:07:20.189 up towards the commander and salutes. Lieutenant, 00:07:20.350 --> 00:07:23.129 be ready to prep the docking bay for the turquoise 00:07:23.129 --> 00:07:25.709 gem. I have word that Atash and his forces are 00:07:25.709 --> 00:07:29.560 en route. Once we take off, bring them in. Yes, 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:33.379 sir. And she sort of moves away. All right, turns 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:36.920 back to Arhalon. It's okay, Arhalon. Leave it 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:41.420 to us. You are a good man, a man of honor. I've 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:45.120 seen too many good men die already. I well and 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:49.079 truly appreciate your retirement. A hand on the 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.579 shoulder. Leave the world saving to the shield 00:07:51.579 --> 00:07:56.920 bearers and to the luminaries. And he nods then. 00:07:57.899 --> 00:08:00.040 Upwards, maybe above Arlon's shoulders, the two 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:04.860 of you come flying down into the scene. What 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:08.540 do you do? Arlon looks to you both, and you can 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:11.579 see this desire in his eyes, this passion. He 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:13.939 wants to go, but he's not being allowed. Jules 00:08:13.939 --> 00:08:18.220 will step up. Jules LaRoche, salute. He's with 00:08:18.220 --> 00:08:21.819 us. I do not believe he has the sidekick credentials. 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:26.639 He is with us. Roll a check. Roll persuasion 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:28.779 or intimidate. I think that's kind of a neutral 00:08:28.779 --> 00:08:31.959 stance. I think either could work. Can Blanche 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:34.379 provide the help action? She'll say to... I don't 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:37.440 think Blanche knows Ariat. You probably haven't 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:40.039 met personally, no. But she'll say... You can 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:41.679 tell this is the Captain Commander. Clearly he's 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:44.559 in charge. Sure, sure. He may not be formally 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:48.840 a sidekick, but he's been helping us a lot. We 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.740 can take responsibility for him. No, that's not 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:54.889 a good roll. It's a single digit, so... I mean, 00:08:54.909 --> 00:08:56.610 help action doesn't require your roll. That's, 00:08:56.610 --> 00:08:59.490 oh, I'm thinking, I've been listening to Glass 00:08:59.490 --> 00:09:01.350 Cannon all day. Pathfinder, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:09:01.570 --> 00:09:03.789 No, you just give it to Jules. All right, so 00:09:03.789 --> 00:09:05.570 it's advantage? It's advantage. Fuck yeah, good, 00:09:05.690 --> 00:09:07.610 because I rolled a two. Oh my goodness. Oh man. 00:09:08.070 --> 00:09:10.090 So like, you say that, he doesn't look like he's 00:09:10.090 --> 00:09:12.269 going to say, you kind of step up, Blanche, you 00:09:12.269 --> 00:09:14.070 say your piece. Jules, give me one more thing 00:09:14.070 --> 00:09:16.590 you add on top of Blanche. Huh? Give me one more 00:09:16.590 --> 00:09:17.730 line you add on top of Blanche, just because 00:09:17.730 --> 00:09:20.789 it's cool. This won't work without him. What 00:09:20.789 --> 00:09:24.399 do you roll? 19. Oh, nice. No, that's actually 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:27.080 good enough. That's good enough. Aria, I was 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.559 doing... I was expecting astronomically high. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:34.159 No, no, not for this, not yet. Well, I should 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:36.399 say nine on the die, and then I get a plus ten 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:42.659 for persuasion. It wasn't a clear... It was closer 00:09:42.659 --> 00:09:45.039 than you think, but you got it. Aria kind of 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:50.179 nods. All right, fine. He's in your charge, though. 00:09:51.019 --> 00:09:53.799 Don't let him get killed. As much as he might 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:58.799 want it. Arlan, that's not... I... Thank you. 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:01.440 Captain Commander, please. Just one more chance. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:04.399 He kind of nods and starts moving away. Starts 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:07.220 barking orders, moving into the pearl himself. 00:10:07.820 --> 00:10:11.179 Arlan turns to the two of you. Thank you. I... 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:14.659 I won't do anything reckless. I... I promise. 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:18.039 I just... I've been waiting for a chance. To 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.740 do anything. You'll do exactly as we say. Exactly. 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:25.100 You are my superior officer. And while he might 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:28.019 say that to you, Blanche, the character sheet 00:10:28.019 --> 00:10:34.100 is going to you, Jeremy. Nice. Ooh. Oh. Yes, 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:36.720 you will now be in charge of Arhalon. Oh, my 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:43.419 God. Whoa. I'm honored and terrified. He's a 00:10:43.419 --> 00:10:46.279 beast. He's a beast. He is a beast. You might 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.240 need him. Uh, hulking form kind of turns with 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:52.139 you and you kind of form ranks. Uh, as luminaries 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:54.059 come in, maybe the first, you are the first to 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:56.080 reach the scene. Uh, maybe others don't dare 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:00.299 to go, but just like with, uh, um, Phil Mira's 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:02.519 breath blessing in episode one, people make way. 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.419 They let the luminaries come. Luminaries inspire 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:07.519 hope. Luminaries bring a fighting power that 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.120 the shield mirrors. Many of them cannot match. 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.860 And so as you move towards a pearl, they step 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:14.340 aside. You're planning on riding this out. You're 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:18.340 going. Yeah. Yeah. Jules and Blanche are going 00:11:18.340 --> 00:11:21.679 to lock eyes at the front of the ship and walk 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.639 in together. Holding hands. Holding hands. They're 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:27.480 going to kiss later. Narlan slides in between. 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:32.700 He grabs one of your hands. He's here too. This 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:38.919 is nice. We might die, Narlan. Oh, we'll definitely 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:44.730 die. You step into the pearl. You see all around, 00:11:44.929 --> 00:11:47.730 super officers have like filled the stands, saluting, 00:11:47.789 --> 00:11:51.370 standing sort of at ease as Ariadne kind of takes 00:11:51.370 --> 00:11:53.149 center stage in the middle where the luggage 00:11:53.149 --> 00:11:55.149 in the wagon goes. He's like in the middle here. 00:11:56.210 --> 00:11:58.710 Huge space cleared, spins around to all of them. 00:11:59.450 --> 00:12:03.409 Stay in formation. Follow rank. I want immediate 00:12:03.409 --> 00:12:08.870 perimeter around the IQV. I goofed. Well, now 00:12:08.870 --> 00:12:10.230 you said it in his voice, so I'm going to keep 00:12:10.230 --> 00:12:14.080 it in. Damn it. Stay in formation. Follow rank. 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.659 I want an immediate perimeter around the evacuees. 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.279 Watch for sudden attacks by those lightning elementals. 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:21.820 Engage them only at range and draw them away 00:12:21.820 --> 00:12:25.639 from civilian crowds. And if Ozen is spotted... 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:30.659 A long pause. Call in to your superior. Do not 00:12:30.659 --> 00:12:35.139 engage. You see he, with a, Captain Commander! 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:37.240 Captain Commander! Just make like a last shout 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.080 and response. Aria kind of turns away from them, 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:45.440 moves through the parting crowd towards the actual 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:49.539 pilot chamber of the Pearl. Moments later, the 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:53.639 words are supposedly spoken. The Pearl begins 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:57.220 to rise, rise 500 feet away from the Citadel, 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:59.799 joining the others in orbit. And then with one 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:10.679 more word spoken, it's gone. The second the pearl 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:14.659 appears, you can already feel the wind buffeting 00:13:14.659 --> 00:13:19.559 it. This massive stage -sized or arena -sized 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:23.500 gemstone is being buffeted by the power of this 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:29.240 wind. Shaking. It's sliding down, down. Docks. 00:13:29.899 --> 00:13:32.860 As the way opens forward and shield bearers begin 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:36.740 to pile out information, just marching out into 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:38.899 like a crowd of people you can see as arriving 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:40.919 outside. There's a long train of them coming 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:45.240 from the city off to the west. You can hear as 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.120 it opens up like the lightning, the thunder, 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:51.740 the rain pouring, the wind howling. You step 00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:55.120 out into this thing as your turn comes and you're 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.019 immediately fighting this powerful wind. You 00:13:57.019 --> 00:14:00.159 realize now, Blanche, It's going to be hard to 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.960 fly. You might be able to do it, but there's 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.200 going to be checks involved. It's going to be 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:07.659 pretty rough. This is going to be hard to control. 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:14.299 The sky, Jules, I think it strikes you so deep 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:17.139 in your soul to see the sky the way it was that 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:20.360 day. It's only been, what, two and a half, almost 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.759 three months, and yet you look up to see the 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:27.019 same black cyclone clouds swirling, crackling 00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:31.139 with energy. It's just like Tythos. I think Jules 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:37.200 looks up and for a brief moment has fear on his 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:41.039 face. But then his eyes twitch and then his eyes 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:46.299 narrow to determination. Rain pattering, pouring 00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:49.039 down your face as you look up towards the sky, 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:53.720 towards that cyclone. You see... People just 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:55.600 like, I think amongst the arriving people, maybe 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:58.600 there's a break in the crowd, and you see a number 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.399 of people, looks like six figures, moving through, 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:06.179 charging, all wearing black samurai armor, not 00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:10.580 dissimilar from Ozen's own. They're calling just 00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:13.100 things out like, Make way! Make way for the shrine 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:16.019 guard! We have to reach the shrine! This is, 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:20.379 what's happening? But, Captain, this, our duties 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:22.450 lie here with the people! We don't know what 00:15:22.450 --> 00:15:24.250 this is. We need to get off world. We need to 00:15:24.250 --> 00:15:27.509 help them get off world. But our compatriots, 00:15:27.570 --> 00:15:30.149 we cannot leave them. There's sort of an argument 00:15:30.149 --> 00:15:32.370 brewing amongst them. Meanwhile, apart from that, 00:15:32.409 --> 00:15:37.090 you see, like, terrifyingly, I should note, amidst 00:15:37.090 --> 00:15:38.309 all the moving people, there are a number of 00:15:38.309 --> 00:15:42.769 horses that look pretty scared. Huh. Don't run 00:15:42.769 --> 00:15:44.590 on any natural ones, Blanche. Don't run on natural 00:15:44.590 --> 00:15:47.330 ones. They exist. Horses are here. Oh, I thought 00:15:47.330 --> 00:15:49.870 you were trying to be like, the broom can't fly, 00:15:50.009 --> 00:15:52.679 but a horse can run. You should definitely ride 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.559 a horse and make rolls about it. Not a cowboy? 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:59.980 That'd have so much fun. We'll talk about rolls 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:04.240 and all that when we get to Blanche and Jules 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.100 leaving because I'm curious what the broom rolls 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.919 are going to be versus what a horse roll would 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.039 be. Let me ask you. Do Blanche and Jules leave? 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.759 You step out into this, you see arguments with 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.679 the shrine guard. It looks like some of them 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.980 want to stay here. Some of them want to push 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:17.220 forward. Where do their duties lie? With the 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:20.019 people of Omizu who need to leave now or with 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:23.279 the shrine? That is almost certainly going to 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:26.080 fall behind in this world. Yeah, Blanche isn't 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.220 really concerned with what the Shrine Guard do. 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:31.720 Hell yeah. Blanche wants to get to the Shrine 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:34.740 to see Ozen. How do you do it? What's your plan? 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.879 Well, can you tell me what roles will look like 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:41.259 for Broomflying? Okay, so I told you before, 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:47.019 moving to the Shrine is going to be a 10 -minute 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:49.870 full speed run. the broom will get you there 00:16:49.870 --> 00:16:52.769 much faster. It will get you there a bit faster. 00:16:52.830 --> 00:16:55.129 It'll cut some time. If you are to take the broom, 00:16:55.230 --> 00:16:56.529 though, I mean, you'll still be buffeted by the 00:16:56.529 --> 00:16:57.649 wind. It's still going to be slowed down a little 00:16:57.649 --> 00:17:01.210 bit. It's going to be acrobatics checks to kind 00:17:01.210 --> 00:17:03.409 of maintain control of it, maintain balance while 00:17:03.409 --> 00:17:05.589 sort of pushing into these winds which are kind 00:17:05.589 --> 00:17:07.589 of coming at you from various powerful gusts 00:17:07.589 --> 00:17:08.930 from all sides. You need to kind of maintain 00:17:08.930 --> 00:17:10.430 them, move them. I'll probably do a series of 00:17:10.430 --> 00:17:13.349 checks. Failing one, you might fall. If you fail 00:17:13.349 --> 00:17:15.670 too far, take some damage. We'll see what happens. 00:17:16.230 --> 00:17:17.730 These checks are going to be at this advantage, 00:17:17.829 --> 00:17:20.170 I'm going to say. If you are both on the rod. 00:17:20.690 --> 00:17:25.349 Now, I will say this. Because this isn't really 00:17:25.349 --> 00:17:30.069 an oft -used way of doing the spell. You have 00:17:30.069 --> 00:17:31.950 the spell Enhance Ability, Jules. Do you know 00:17:31.950 --> 00:17:35.509 how long that lasts for? An hour. If you were 00:17:35.509 --> 00:17:38.509 to cast that on yourself, you could run there 00:17:38.509 --> 00:17:42.289 faster. Oh, fuck. I'll also say if you cast Catch 00:17:42.289 --> 00:17:44.210 Grace, you could ride the broom without disadvantage. 00:17:45.350 --> 00:17:46.990 It's more like I'm going to give you this option 00:17:46.990 --> 00:17:48.369 because this isn't the way you'd normally think 00:17:48.369 --> 00:17:50.390 about it. But together this would give you the 00:17:50.390 --> 00:17:52.890 ability to lean easier into everything because 00:17:52.890 --> 00:17:55.069 you're going to have a better dexterity. Cat's 00:17:55.069 --> 00:17:56.309 Grace would give you the ability to ride the 00:17:56.309 --> 00:17:59.009 broom without giving Blanche's advantage. What's 00:17:59.009 --> 00:18:00.329 it? Bull's Strength would give you the ability 00:18:00.329 --> 00:18:04.009 to run there. Advantage on strength checks. Yeah, 00:18:04.049 --> 00:18:05.369 you'd get there faster. It'd give you advantage 00:18:05.369 --> 00:18:08.630 on basically getting there quicker. So you want 00:18:08.630 --> 00:18:09.650 to take the broom or you want to take the land 00:18:09.650 --> 00:18:11.210 route? It's up to you. But you could use that 00:18:11.210 --> 00:18:13.420 if you burn that spell slot. I'll give you guys 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:15.900 a boon there because that's a cool way to use 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:17.960 that. Well, I mean, I'm going to use the spell 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:20.440 slot either way. Yeah. Well, let's talk about 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:22.960 these horses. Yeah. What would it look like if 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:25.460 somebody rode a horse? Yeah. That's a good question. 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:28.819 They're very scared. You need an animal handling 00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:31.839 check even to, like, take a horse. Also, they're 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:33.859 probably assumedly people's horses, so you'd 00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:35.380 be stealing a horse. But you could just, like, 00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:37.859 do that, ask, persuasion into animal handling. 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:40.099 I mean, you tell me. There's a lot of options 00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:43.000 here. Yeah. How's your animal handling? Negative 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.539 one. Okay. Let's not go that route. I've got 00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:49.559 a plus zero. It could be so funny, though. Just 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:52.140 think about that way. So if the broom will get 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:54.640 us there a lot faster. Yeah. I mean, if I can 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:59.220 cast Cat's Grace and give you non -disadvantage, 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:03.519 I don't see why we'd go any other route. Yeah, 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.000 totally. It's going to be the same either way 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:08.579 for you. I'm fine with that. Yeah. Okay. Hell 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:10.980 yeah. Yeah, I like that. Ah, shit. David just 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:15.160 conned us into... Me using a spell slot. Shit. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:20.140 Hang on. So we'll get off the pearl. Blanche 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:23.359 isn't going to address the shrine guard or anything. 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:28.380 She'll look to... Sorry, I just blanked. Oh. 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:32.119 And with Cast Grace, falling from 20 feet or 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.500 less does not incapacitate, or it doesn't take 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:37.480 damage. Oh, nice. That'd be great for you. Oh, 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:41.119 wow. So... Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. Blanche 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.039 looks to Arhalon, and she starts to mount the 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:51.019 broom. Can you keep up? Wings unfurl. I believe 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:53.740 I can. Actually, you probably can't, because 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:55.779 you have, like, 100 foot on the broom, and he 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:58.819 has, what, 50 foot? I'll have to double check. 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:02.500 Oh, shit, this is so exciting. Yeah, it has a 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:05.599 flying speed of 50 feet. Its flying speed becomes 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:09.130 30 feet while carrying over 200 pounds. Our hold 00:20:09.130 --> 00:20:11.069 on has 30 feet. So he'll be right with you He 00:20:11.069 --> 00:20:12.950 won't be quite as fast as you and I'm going to 00:20:12.950 --> 00:20:14.490 actually make him make checks to they'll be strength 00:20:14.490 --> 00:20:17.289 checks for him athletics I think that's makes 00:20:17.289 --> 00:20:19.470 more sense. He's pushing using his wings to fly 00:20:19.470 --> 00:20:21.190 into it It's more of a strength game where you 00:20:21.190 --> 00:20:23.089 guys you're riding the broom. It's like it's 00:20:23.089 --> 00:20:24.930 automatically moving It's more about trying to 00:20:24.930 --> 00:20:27.390 keep control and move quickly Basically, you're 00:20:27.390 --> 00:20:28.750 gonna be slowed down a little bit I'm gonna be 00:20:28.750 --> 00:20:31.190 counting rounds down in this next combat based 00:20:31.190 --> 00:20:33.890 on what you roll here To see how fast it's how 00:20:33.890 --> 00:20:36.109 long it takes you for everyone to get to there. 00:20:36.269 --> 00:20:41.220 So okie dokie. Okay You guys take off? Take off, 00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:43.940 yeah. The broom blasts out Jules. What does Cat's 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:46.440 Grace look like as you cast this to, like, make 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:49.940 this easier? Oh, I didn't think about that. Oh, 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:52.579 shit. Jules is now a kitty cat. He's got little 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:56.700 whiskers. Full anime cat guy. Yeah, little ears 00:20:56.700 --> 00:21:01.279 pop up on Jules' head. Or, like, maybe his cloak 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:09.930 has a separate hood that he pops up. Damn. I 00:21:09.930 --> 00:21:11.950 don't know. I mean, it might not look like anything. 00:21:12.009 --> 00:21:14.829 You might just, like, have this suddenly. Yeah, 00:21:14.930 --> 00:21:17.569 I think that one doesn't need anything flashy. 00:21:17.970 --> 00:21:21.970 Your finesse, your dexterity, your reflexes, 00:21:21.970 --> 00:21:25.369 it all kind of just, like. strengthens. As you're 00:21:25.369 --> 00:21:27.369 moving, you feel every little touch and twitch 00:21:27.369 --> 00:21:29.029 of the wind, and you can lean just the right 00:21:29.029 --> 00:21:31.630 way to keep things easier on Blanche. You blast 00:21:31.630 --> 00:21:34.130 off. You're doing that. Blanche, you're facing 00:21:34.130 --> 00:21:36.950 into the wind. It's buffeting you. You immediately 00:21:36.950 --> 00:21:39.450 feel yourself like massive turbulence as you're 00:21:39.450 --> 00:21:41.230 pushing forward. Brim's shaking. Arhalon immediately 00:21:41.230 --> 00:21:44.309 starts falling behind, but he is teeth -gritted, 00:21:44.430 --> 00:21:46.890 flapping those wings, pushing himself. I need 00:21:46.890 --> 00:21:49.869 acrobatics from Blanche and athletics from Arhalon. 00:21:52.250 --> 00:21:55.670 What's his athletics modifier? Plus four. 19. 00:21:55.829 --> 00:21:58.809 No, wait, sorry. That should be a plus. It should 00:21:58.809 --> 00:22:02.950 be a plus seven, actually. Whoa. He has a skill. 00:22:03.109 --> 00:22:05.210 I don't know why it doesn't. Okay. All right. 00:22:07.390 --> 00:22:09.630 It doesn't help when you roll a two on the die. 00:22:09.809 --> 00:22:14.349 Oh, no. So that's nine. No. I'll be behind. Would 00:22:14.349 --> 00:22:18.210 you get Blanche? 19. 19. You being just like 00:22:18.210 --> 00:22:23.750 you, you lean into it. You feel. The storm. You've 00:22:23.750 --> 00:22:25.910 probably had times with Ozen before where you've 00:22:25.910 --> 00:22:28.049 just like sat in the middle of one of Umizu's 00:22:28.049 --> 00:22:31.490 like harsh sort of November storms. Training 00:22:31.490 --> 00:22:34.269 sessions in the storm. Yeah, just like feeling 00:22:34.269 --> 00:22:38.890 it and letting it like ride over you. Becoming 00:22:38.890 --> 00:22:42.029 a part of it. Learning to move through it. And 00:22:42.029 --> 00:22:44.150 here you just like maybe even close your eyes 00:22:44.150 --> 00:22:46.609 for a second. You know the way. This is your 00:22:46.609 --> 00:22:49.920 home away from home. Seeing it now, the great 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:52.680 sort of coastline spread out far to like the 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:55.299 south of where you are. You can see the buildings 00:22:55.299 --> 00:23:00.980 of Kamino way off to the west somewhere, partially 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:04.940 obscured under all this rain and haze. The Shrine 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:08.759 of Storms to the east. You're coming home. You 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:11.980 push for that 19. Arhalon's falling behind, but 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:16.680 I want one more check from both of you. Wow. 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:21.859 Same roll. 15 on the die, 19. Holy shit. That 00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:26.500 one was a 5. Plus 7 makes it 12. So you don't 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:30.220 see Arhalon. It's also Blink just sailing perfectly, 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:35.940 moving into the storm and towards this coming 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:40.740 battle. But let's pull away from these two for 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:45.140 now. We find ourselves once again in the Court 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:48.119 of Beauty. The court's still overcome by this 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:51.720 great pool. Blood bubbling in the southern corner. 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:56.279 Two Onis lie dead in the water. And immediately 00:23:56.279 --> 00:24:00.099 we just hear a voice. The Oni admitted it. They 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:03.900 were only puppets of this solely brass. We must 00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:06.160 reveal this puppeteer. She plotted the invasion 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:08.660 of the shrine. It is because of her that my fellow 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:13.339 guard were hurt. Lightning cracks above. Powerful 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:17.019 blast across the court. You find bodies. You're 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:19.059 like bracing against it. Your body's just like 00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:22.579 getting pushed by this wind. The sky looks dangerous. 00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:24.920 The dark clouds swirling in the form of a crackling 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:28.200 cyclone. I think at this point, the two of you 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:31.599 at least begin to feel a deep unease. This is 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.819 just like the storm that took Tythos. You've 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.700 seen footage of that day. It's been everywhere. 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:39.140 But surely, surely that could not be happening 00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:43.690 here. Not now. Right? Before you decide what 00:24:43.690 --> 00:24:47.509 happens next, I should inform you that this... 00:24:47.509 --> 00:24:51.109 I'm going to be carefully counting time now. 00:24:51.549 --> 00:24:54.130 Okay. Akiyo is a problem, but the sudden storm 00:24:54.130 --> 00:24:55.250 will make it very clear to you that you need 00:24:55.250 --> 00:24:58.609 to move fast. The apparatus is open, but your 00:24:58.609 --> 00:25:00.509 quick glance inside Dresden has only revealed 00:25:00.509 --> 00:25:03.579 a set of ten levers lining the cockpit. In order 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:05.079 to understand what they do, you would need to 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:06.480 spend some time testing them. It might take a 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:08.519 few minutes to learn these controls if you want 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:10.420 to use this thing, if you think that's worth 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.640 doing. It's also worth knowing that the Shrine 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:14.559 Guard, while unconscious now, could also awaken. 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:16.720 Making any moves towards the innermost sanctum 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.960 would become far more difficult should that happen, 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:22.660 Crispin. And of course, one member of the Shrine 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:29.420 Guard is yet very aware and very conscious. It's 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:32.180 a million gold piece question. What are you guys 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:35.359 going to do? Crispin's going to put it all in 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:41.319 Dresden's hands. Crispin's going to use his entire 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:44.720 movement, which, with a double move, is 20 feet. 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:50.660 Get to the door. And then his two giant octopus 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:54.839 eyes turn around and wait to see what Dresden 00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:59.740 does. Okay. You slide up towards the inner sanctum. 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:02.619 Thank you. What are you doing? Where are you 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:05.759 going? This is forbidden. We've taken them out. 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:08.640 We must help the Shrine Guard now. We must revive 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.680 them, bring them to cover this storm. It is a 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:19.160 bad one. Blub. Blub. I hate this. It's so funny. 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:22.119 I have so much to say. It's so funny. We need 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:24.200 a Jules in this party, too, because someone's 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:29.089 got to do the talking. I mean... Dresden recognizes 00:26:29.089 --> 00:26:32.430 the importance of that mech, and he's going to 00:26:32.430 --> 00:26:34.549 go for it. You don't say anything to Akio. You 00:26:34.549 --> 00:26:39.349 just move away. I think he turns to Akio, stares 00:26:39.349 --> 00:26:42.089 him in the eye for a second, and then turns back 00:26:42.089 --> 00:26:46.349 and goes to it. Akio just tail sort of drops, 00:26:46.450 --> 00:26:50.390 ears sort of lowering, looks at you guys. And 00:26:50.390 --> 00:26:56.309 then before Dresden gets in, he turns around. 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:03.319 and says, trust me. Okay, I might ask for a check, 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:07.940 but I'm not going to do it now. For now, Akio 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:10.519 nods. He turns his attention back to the shrine 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.259 guard, perhaps looking over their wounds, trying 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.940 to make sure. He doesn't want to disturb them, 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:16.119 it seems, like he's very gingerly kind of fogging 00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:18.259 them. They are, like, magically asleep. Enough, 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:20.460 you know, force would awaken them, but I think 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:23.200 right now he's figuring maybe they need to sleep. 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.839 He'll be trying to grab something he can do to 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:26.779 cover them up so they're not getting rain dumping 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:29.460 on them. He just starts fretting over his friends. 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:35.279 Okay. Start with you, Dresden. You step into 00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:38.000 the apparatus again. There's like three seats 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.859 in here, two in the back, one that's a cockpit 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:43.160 seat, ten levers lining it. I'm not going to 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:45.019 make you go through a bunch of stuff, but do 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:47.720 you take a seat down and start looking at those 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:51.339 levers? I think so. There are ten levers. Do 00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:53.619 you want to pull one? You've got to start somewhere. 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:56.220 Fuck. You've got to start somewhere. Can you 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:59.660 describe all ten of them? Literally, there's 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:01.019 nothing. They're all in neutral position right 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.779 now, and there's an up and a down for each one. 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.980 So even if you touch one, you've got to pick 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:06.559 a direction to pull it. So you sit down, you're 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:08.119 looking at all this. There's no real instruction 00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:10.220 here. It's just like, what is going on? There's 00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:13.019 weird, vague inscription that you can't quite 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.859 read. It's a very magical item you're seeing. 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:18.119 How heavy is this thing? Could Dresden get out 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:20.240 and move it so it's not facing the shrine guards? 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:24.630 This thing is. About 750 pounds. No, he can't. 00:28:25.490 --> 00:28:27.589 Typically 500, but because it's a larger version, 00:28:27.710 --> 00:28:30.549 750 seems right. Oh, no. Yeah, this full metal 00:28:30.549 --> 00:28:32.089 chassis, you're kind of inside of it. You can 00:28:32.089 --> 00:28:34.730 see, like, little tubes that look out in the 00:28:34.730 --> 00:28:36.130 front, and you're kind of, like, able to see. 00:28:36.309 --> 00:28:38.309 As you're sitting there, you can see, like, as 00:28:38.309 --> 00:28:40.369 you move around, Akio is still working amongst 00:28:40.369 --> 00:28:44.930 the shrine guard. I hate this. I'm afraid I'm 00:28:44.930 --> 00:28:47.690 going to kill all the guards. Oh, my God, right. 00:28:47.789 --> 00:28:54.240 Yeah, exactly. So what you're telling me, David. 00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:56.039 At least two of them have to be for movement. 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:59.500 At least a few of them have to be for movement. 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:05.740 Yeah. So if you sat in a car or a tank, you could 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:08.920 probably figure out at least which buttons are 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:11.579 for movement and which are for attacking. This 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:14.640 is very magical. If you were a wizard, I'd allow 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.779 it. As he's looking through what you need to 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:19.240 look through to look out, he's going to grab 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.569 the nearest lever on his right. Right, yeah, 00:29:21.589 --> 00:29:24.230 like the steering wheel. Yeah, exactly. Okay, 00:29:24.609 --> 00:29:25.910 you're sitting down. Hang on, I have numbers 00:29:25.910 --> 00:29:27.410 one through ten. So let's say one is on your 00:29:27.410 --> 00:29:29.170 left, ten's on your right. If you're sitting 00:29:29.170 --> 00:29:31.450 in the middle, that means that six would be the 00:29:31.450 --> 00:29:34.670 one you're reaching for. You pull up or down? 00:29:35.490 --> 00:29:39.170 Up. Okay, you pull up, and you actually just 00:29:39.170 --> 00:29:43.279 start to... Move forward. I think you start reaching 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.599 where you're almost hanging over the edge of 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:46.440 the water, about to tilt and topple in. You pull 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:48.160 it, maybe you pull it back, and you take a step 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.400 back. In the neutral position, you put back in 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:52.059 neutral, the thing stops moving, and you realize 00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:53.980 that's forward back. I'm not going to do all 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.839 of them. He's going to do the same thing to the 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:59.259 one on the left. Oh, the closest one? So four? 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:04.519 Okay. As you hit four, you just see the claws. 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:07.539 Wouldn't that be five? Up or down? I have five 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:09.630 as a middle. Point, like, kind of right in between. 00:30:09.910 --> 00:30:13.650 Oh, okay, okay. Not a lever? Uh, what? Okay, 00:30:13.750 --> 00:30:15.849 no, yeah, yeah, never mind. Do you pull up or 00:30:15.849 --> 00:30:21.049 down? Down. Uh, you pull down, and you see the 00:30:21.049 --> 00:30:22.730 claws that were retracted from that last combat 00:30:22.730 --> 00:30:27.130 kind of fold and move back in. This is what makes 00:30:27.130 --> 00:30:29.430 the claws go in and out. So you press it down, 00:30:29.509 --> 00:30:31.670 and the claws can drop out again. I have an idea. 00:30:32.069 --> 00:30:37.029 What? Uh -huh. Up, down. Up, down. ABBA. Left, 00:30:37.190 --> 00:30:41.390 right, left, right. R1, R2. ABBA starts select. 00:30:41.769 --> 00:30:45.369 Money rains in the sky. You did it. You did the 00:30:45.369 --> 00:30:49.569 cheat. It's a million gold. Okay, so I know how 00:30:49.569 --> 00:30:51.210 to move it forward and backwards. We'll say just 00:30:51.210 --> 00:30:53.109 like do this now. And to move the claws. Okay. 00:30:53.210 --> 00:30:55.369 Yeah, so we can pan away as you're kind of slowly 00:30:55.369 --> 00:30:56.869 gingerly pressing these. Okay. Feel a little 00:30:56.869 --> 00:30:58.910 more comfortable. Okay. And I will give you the 00:30:58.910 --> 00:31:02.950 sheet for this in a moment. You have... now gained 00:31:02.950 --> 00:31:05.809 access to the apparatus of the crab also i think 00:31:05.809 --> 00:31:09.049 known in 2024 as it was way back when the apparatus 00:31:09.049 --> 00:31:11.829 of qualish uh it's a pretty cool item i should 00:31:11.829 --> 00:31:12.910 have brought my book because i could have shown 00:31:12.910 --> 00:31:16.710 it to you so how much time did that take this 00:31:16.710 --> 00:31:18.289 is going to take a few minutes while this is 00:31:18.289 --> 00:31:21.190 happening we're gonna pan to you crispin okay 00:31:21.190 --> 00:31:23.890 crispin can hold his breath uh when he's not 00:31:23.890 --> 00:31:26.950 in water for an hour so you're fine yeah this 00:31:26.950 --> 00:31:29.609 won't take an hour trust me I can't afford that 00:31:29.609 --> 00:31:31.170 long. There's people on the way, and I've got 00:31:31.170 --> 00:31:36.009 to get shit going before they do. You're moving 00:31:36.009 --> 00:31:37.710 into the back room there. Finally, we're going 00:31:37.710 --> 00:31:41.789 to reveal the full map. As you slide into the 00:31:41.789 --> 00:31:46.569 sort of partition that hides the back room of 00:31:46.569 --> 00:31:49.230 the shrine, you see it's like pretty tight quarters. 00:31:49.349 --> 00:31:52.069 It's like five -foot -wide things. You're a ten 00:31:52.069 --> 00:31:53.390 -foot -wide octopus, but you're an octopus. You 00:31:53.390 --> 00:31:57.099 kind of just... squeeze and wriggle your way 00:31:57.099 --> 00:32:00.039 through. Like one arm goes through first. Yes, 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.819 yeah, yeah. Then two arms, then three arms, then 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:04.619 he pulls his body through. Sliding in and you 00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:07.099 find yourself, you're pushing yourself into like, 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:09.720 again, this shrine opens into the mouth of a 00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.819 cavern and this is the only entrance into this 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.920 sort of like small cavern spot. You push through. 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.500 Hold on. Yeah, what? How is the apparatus going 00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:18.460 to get through there? You want to bring the apparatus 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:21.779 into that room? Yes. Oh, no, you can't. It's 00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:24.220 too big. Well, fuck that then. What did we waste 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:26.200 all this time for? Fuck that then. I don't know. 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.640 Why is that your point? I thought you were learning 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.079 how to use it. This room is tiny. I just kind 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.500 of assumed this is where the fight was going 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.960 to be. Well, we didn't know it was tiny. All 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.759 right. Well, here we are. Well, shit. Yeah. Dresden 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:40.019 gets out then. What? You don't want a tank? And 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:42.700 we can bring the fight back out. True. If there's 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:44.220 a fight. True. But Dresden is still going to 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:46.400 go in there. Sure, sure. Now that he's familiar 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.960 with the tank. It's going to take minutes to 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:50.279 do it. If you do not spend time on this, you 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:53.359 will have to learn the tank on the fly in the 00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.599 session the way we've been doing it now. Okay. 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:57.019 God damn it. So he took the time to learn, and 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.680 now he's out, and we're going to go investigate. 00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:01.900 We're doing Crispin first. What? Yeah. I said 00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:04.140 I was counting minutes. If you want to make that 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:07.259 a thing, I might cut. No, that's fine. If this 00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:10.359 is happening while Dresden is doing this, then 00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:11.839 there's nothing I can do right now. Oh, okay. 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:13.480 Now I understand. But the second that this is 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.359 done, Dresden's out of there and going in the 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.200 room. Cool, yeah. So Crispin's a few minutes 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.240 ahead of you, though, so he's going to go in 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:21.160 first while you're learning this. I've got to 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:23.640 be very strict on time because there's a timeline 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:25.819 I have to reach and hit, so that's why I'm being 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:29.160 a little more limiting than normal. He just wants 00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:33.299 to split the party. Yep. Crispin, you move into 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:36.619 this chamber, this open, natural cavern born 00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:40.079 of the rock of the seaside cliff. It's not a 00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:43.279 large space. You're surprised, I think, at how 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.240 small it actually is. It's only about 20 by 20 00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:50.920 feet. 20 by 30, that's widest points. And you 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:52.880 just see the jagged sort of stone wall surrounds 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:57.200 this like strange, it looks like a ball, a like 00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:02.200 everlasting sort of crumbling storm. There is 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:06.900 a smooth looking fossil. like the snout of some 00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:09.579 creature, just barely edging up in the middle 00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:12.860 of the floor. And I think just before it, again, 00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.619 I should say it's a black fossil, the kind you've 00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:17.159 seen before, and just before it, you do see that 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:19.840 there is a, it looks like a singular mat, sort 00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:22.139 of tethered down, a stake down to the floor. 00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:24.380 I mean, as you get in here, wind is buffeting 00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:28.119 you hard. There is so little in here, it's surprising. 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:30.539 This is the internal sanctum. This is the soul, 00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:35.829 apparently, of this, this. Drakkon. The storm 00:34:35.829 --> 00:34:39.190 rages, and you feel something in here. You have 00:34:39.190 --> 00:34:41.570 actually, realizing you felt it this whole time, 00:34:41.670 --> 00:34:44.409 but it's strange. In other worlds, you've been 00:34:44.409 --> 00:34:46.150 touched by the lingering souls of the Drakkon 00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:49.309 that are bound to their own corpses. From what 00:34:49.309 --> 00:34:51.630 you were told by the Incarnates, this is a side 00:34:51.630 --> 00:34:54.150 effect of the magic that binds all worlds to 00:34:54.150 --> 00:34:56.110 the Radiant Cyadel and to the Sunweaver's own 00:34:56.110 --> 00:34:58.170 soul that empowers it. Those Drakkon that die 00:34:58.170 --> 00:35:01.699 during the breaking, they do not pass on. anywhere 00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:04.739 they grow mad their souls trapped in their own 00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:08.800 dying dead rotted bodies essentially their own 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:12.420 fossils but this world has been strange because 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:14.840 as i said you felt these souls trying to reach 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:18.300 out they want something they they they push to 00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:21.079 connect to your mind but this soul seems to be 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:25.219 almost distracted as you come close as you see 00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:29.860 this raging storm the the form of this soul somehow 00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:34.320 projected outside of the body you can feel it 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:40.199 you can feel what it feels right now pain terror 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:44.619 it is screaming as though the soul is being pierced 00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:49.059 by hooks and pulled wide stretched and tearing 00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:53.400 apart you feel this magic seeping out of this 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:58.420 cavern into the sky above that is the storm It 00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:02.079 is a projection of this creature's soul forced 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:06.139 to be spread apart, forced to, like, bear down 00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:11.539 on this world, set aflame by some source. You've 00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:15.480 never felt this before, anything like this. Now, 00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.900 I will say that now that you're close, you can 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:19.840 feel that you can connect deeply to the spirit. 00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:22.679 Your innate power has reached a level of potential 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:26.909 that seemed impossible previously. And Mazir 00:36:26.909 --> 00:36:29.429 Drakon is currently at a times five multiplier. 00:36:30.570 --> 00:36:32.630 Wow. You still know so little of this power. 00:36:32.750 --> 00:36:35.349 Maybe there's a way to get to even deepen the 00:36:35.349 --> 00:36:36.690 connection further. You don't know. But right 00:36:36.690 --> 00:36:38.670 now in this room, you feel like you're at the 00:36:38.670 --> 00:36:42.010 apex, perhaps. Times five. I believe that means 00:36:42.010 --> 00:36:47.230 on a D100, that would be a 30 and under. Or if 00:36:47.230 --> 00:36:50.789 we want to get stupid, 71 and over? Stop. Okay. 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:56.860 As I said, there's not much in here except for 00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:59.260 a single mat tethered beneath the roaring storm, 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.699 a light by the crackling waves of white energy 00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:05.480 that linger at the storm's heart. What do you 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:09.699 want to do? I'm confused. I was expecting to 00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:14.940 come in here and see Ozen. So I'm like, I'm like, 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:17.000 okay, well now what? That explains why you guys 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:26.860 are so stressed. Gosh. Okay. I don't want to, 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:30.800 at least I don't yet want to use Mazir Drakon, 00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:33.639 which I was thinking about as you were talking. 00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:37.460 And it is a feature, so Crispian can still use 00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:40.599 it while wild -shaped. Oh. Which is pretty cool. 00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:43.320 It's pretty cool. Does he feel like he can just 00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:45.559 reach out and, like, touch this thing? Does he 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:48.440 get the idea that it would hurt him? Or would 00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:52.400 that be some sort of connection? Hmm. What is 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:55.280 the role for this? Give me Arcana. Arcana, all 00:37:55.280 --> 00:38:03.699 right. 15. I like this a lot. Something, some 00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:07.840 other alien power is roaring through this fossil, 00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:12.380 pushing it in this way. Huh. And you think, if 00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:16.420 you make contact with it, perhaps you'll even, 00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:19.079 like, deeper the connection even further. Perhaps 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:21.119 even get a higher multiplier on Mazutra Khan. 00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:25.800 Whoa. But it will hurt you. Man, I know that 00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:28.699 sounds like a stupid move, but Crispin has to 00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:32.039 do that. Do you want to do this now? What miracle 00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:35.460 do you want to summon? Remember, when you call 00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:38.340 upon this, you essentially get to cause a... 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:41.199 It's a divine intervention feature. Is there 00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:44.260 anything right now that is worth doing for you? 00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:50.079 Well, I mean, he wants this world to stop from 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:53.179 falling. So at this point, you think that could 00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:57.280 be the case. That could be the case. Right. Gosh, 00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:01.659 is that the ask, I guess? To keep the world from 00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:03.659 falling into the Keen and Gloom? You get one 00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:07.780 of these. And it's not set, like, if you can 00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:10.260 just fully do a huge thing. Well, right. That's 00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:15.320 what I'm wondering. What are the limits of Mazir 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:18.099 Drakkan? I would say you don't know. You can 00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:22.300 simply ask. Hope that the power of this being, 00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:27.559 given form by your question, by your wish, can 00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:31.079 do what you ask it to do. But you don't know 00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:33.300 the limits of that power. You don't know the 00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:39.820 restraints. Crispin goes to reach to make contact 00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:46.300 and... Sliding closer and closer. You. Reach 00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:48.239 out. You actually slide onto the mat in the middle 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.760 of the floor. You realize this is probably where 00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:53.380 Ozen would sit. Akio mentioned something about 00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:58.920 Ozen getting sustained by the storm. Not needing 00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:02.579 to sleep. Perhaps he would in his time just sit 00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:09.469 here. Beneath this soul. Empowered by it. As 00:40:09.469 --> 00:40:14.550 Crispin slithers onto this mat, does he feel 00:40:14.550 --> 00:40:21.789 any empowerment? No. Whatever Ozen had as the 00:40:21.789 --> 00:40:23.389 keeper of the Shrine of Storms, it's not the 00:40:23.389 --> 00:40:26.309 same power as Mazir Drakon. With that Arcana 00:40:26.309 --> 00:40:28.789 check, though, actually. Yes, with that Arcana 00:40:28.789 --> 00:40:29.929 check, I want to give you this. I think this 00:40:29.929 --> 00:40:32.090 only makes sense. Because you're putting that 00:40:32.090 --> 00:40:36.409 together. This power that he wielded. This soul. 00:40:36.989 --> 00:40:39.670 Stretch into this storm that has consumed the 00:40:39.670 --> 00:40:43.570 sky. Could they be connected? This is not something 00:40:43.570 --> 00:40:45.489 that you think you can do. Oh, is he a warlock? 00:40:45.969 --> 00:40:52.070 Maybe Ozen is doing this. Maybe Ozen is here. 00:40:52.989 --> 00:40:55.650 It's finally the thought sort of creeping into 00:40:55.650 --> 00:40:58.150 your mind because something, someone or something 00:40:58.150 --> 00:41:01.809 is causing the soul to like writhe in agony. 00:41:02.230 --> 00:41:04.969 Something is using the ability you don't understand 00:41:04.969 --> 00:41:09.519 to stretch it out. Okay, so it's not like I can 00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:14.219 just wish for this to go back because the problem 00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:21.679 is Ozen and he'll just do it again. Kristen's 00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:23.800 just gonna like take this big giant tentacle 00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:26.199 and just grab the corner of the mat and like 00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:27.719 lift it up to see if there's anything underneath 00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:30.639 it. Okay. So, yeah, it's kind of like, I think 00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:32.320 it's like staked down because the wind is so 00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:35.019 harsh here. Oh, sure. But you pull out one of 00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:36.559 the stakes. Yeah, pull a stake. Pink. And you 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:39.019 see the mat sort of flies up. As it does so, 00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:42.900 you see one thing. Ooh. A singular envelope. 00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:46.780 Oh. Flits up into the wind. Catches it. Do you 00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:48.380 catch it? Yeah, or tries to at least. I'll give 00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:50.380 it to you. It's cool. Okay. Tentacle snaps out. 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:52.880 You grab it. You slide it over. Can you read 00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:54.960 a note if you're in? Yeah, I don't see why not. 00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:57.500 Yeah. He's still got eyes. He can't talk, but 00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:59.719 he's still got eyes. It gives you tentacle in. 00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:04.760 You pull the paper out. Maybe you turn around 00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:06.719 so you're facing away from the storm. Buffets 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:09.480 it from the wind. You're kind of slowly, methodically 00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:15.280 tentacling this. It's the weirdest shit. You 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:18.219 notice no postmark on the envelope. That's the 00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:20.280 first thing that catches your eyes. This may 00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:24.019 suggest it was a hand -delivered message. You 00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:25.820 also realize this is the only personal item within 00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:28.579 this shrine. So this may be significant. You 00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:33.380 feel something. Like this. This is why you're 00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:35.900 here. This is why everything happened the way 00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:38.179 it did. Why Xolay planned this all for something 00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:42.079 like this. This note might be a miracle in itself. 00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:46.780 You reach a tentacle in. Unfold this fine parchment. 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:51.699 A single page. And you read. Dearest friend. 00:42:52.429 --> 00:42:54.590 We are so very pleased that you have come to 00:42:54.590 --> 00:42:57.710 agree with our wisdom. Your granted talent as 00:42:57.710 --> 00:42:59.510 the Keeper of the Shrine of Storms will play 00:42:59.510 --> 00:43:02.610 a vital role in the events to come. As to your 00:43:02.610 --> 00:43:05.409 earlier concern, I can assure you that the panic 00:43:05.409 --> 00:43:07.190 created through the presentation of the Serpent 00:43:07.190 --> 00:43:10.389 Storm will be paramount to our efforts. Only 00:43:10.389 --> 00:43:12.769 through an epidemic of fear can our conquered 00:43:12.769 --> 00:43:16.519 worlds truly come together and evolve. On top 00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:18.320 of this, the obvious connection with the Keening 00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:20.480 Gloom will be necessary to facilitate and mask 00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:24.280 our primary plot. I will, of course, play my 00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:27.920 own part in this aspect of our endeavor. I should 00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:31.980 warn you, SW is concerned over the legitimacy 00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:34.960 of your loyalty. I have made what assurances 00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:37.619 I can, but even this letter is more than they 00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:41.179 wanted to allow. Still, I find myself trusting 00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:44.179 in your potential and your intellect. It is regrettable 00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:46.639 that the two of you cannot meet in person, but 00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:49.440 as it is, you are both firmly locked into your 00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:52.280 current stations. When next I come to inspect 00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:54.559 the shrine's defenses, I will grant you more 00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:58.679 information on our timeline. Your humble messenger, 00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:03.679 Kejau Kamal. Oh. And you actually see a string 00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:06.539 of very fancy titles written out, like sweeping, 00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:10.519 writing down below this. Esteemed founder of 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:13.769 the Crystal Network. Arcane Architect Extraordinaire. 00:44:14.329 --> 00:44:16.929 Honored Instructor of the Magical Arts at Sensa 00:44:16.929 --> 00:44:21.269 Academy. Benevolent Deliverer of the New World. 00:44:22.030 --> 00:44:27.730 Wow. Whoa. Okay. Do we know anybody that has 00:44:27.730 --> 00:44:30.570 the initials SW? I mean, when I hear S, I immediately 00:44:30.570 --> 00:44:34.070 think Sholay. Yeah, but the W threw me off. When 00:44:34.070 --> 00:44:37.889 he said S, I expected a B after it. I mean, are 00:44:37.889 --> 00:44:42.920 maiden names a thing when you're a dragon? Sholay's 00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:46.320 name is interesting. Her name is just Sholay. 00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:49.179 She added brass because she's fitting in with 00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:51.920 the humans. Dragons don't have last names. So 00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:53.480 she only kind of took that on. But she wouldn't 00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:55.619 have a maiden name because she's a dragon. She 00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:58.239 really only has a first name. David, do we know 00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:00.980 anybody with the initials SW? I don't know. I 00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:03.539 don't know. Do you? It's going to be something 00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:08.619 so fucking obvious. Maybe. Oh, boy, oh, boy. 00:45:10.510 --> 00:45:13.550 Okay, I was kind of hoping that that letter would 00:45:13.550 --> 00:45:16.150 give me an idea as to what I want to do. Okay, 00:45:16.210 --> 00:45:22.849 so Crispin thinks that Ozen is here, and Ozen 00:45:22.849 --> 00:45:27.210 is causing this. Now you honestly know. You just 00:45:27.210 --> 00:45:28.929 know, and it's like it confirms. The Keeper of 00:45:28.929 --> 00:45:32.010 the Shrine has this ability. Is it given from 00:45:32.010 --> 00:45:33.809 the Shrine? You don't know where it comes from, 00:45:33.849 --> 00:45:39.110 but this soul storm? It can be conjured, as the 00:45:39.110 --> 00:45:40.710 note put it. Like, that is what's happening here. 00:45:40.750 --> 00:45:45.190 You know it. You feel it. All right. So, huh. 00:45:45.389 --> 00:45:51.349 Okay. So what Crispin wants is the power to defeat 00:45:51.349 --> 00:45:55.909 Ozen. How do you communicate that with a giant 00:45:55.909 --> 00:45:59.969 fossil that's projecting a cloud, that's projecting 00:45:59.969 --> 00:46:05.860 a storm? I don't really know. So what Crispin 00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:12.480 is going to do... Dresden. Oh, God. Oh, my God. 00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:15.980 Time. Outside. You think you're starting to get 00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:17.800 the hang of this. You've tried every lever. You've 00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:20.679 got it kind of mentally mapped. You think you 00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:22.079 get the hang. You can feel like you can move 00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:25.400 this thing pretty handily. Akio sort of has a... 00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:27.460 Maybe he took some sort of blanket from the supplies. 00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:29.980 He sort of... I guess he wouldn't really have 00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:31.500 supplies, but he's still just kind of checking 00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:34.199 over everybody. He's taking some minutes on this, 00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:36.900 going to every person in turn. Kind of starts 00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:38.880 to move away from the body, starts to move towards 00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:42.079 the back of this apparatus. What are you doing? 00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:44.539 I think Dresden's going to move them back over 00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:48.659 to the stairs there, to the entrance. Okay. With 00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:51.980 the back facing the entrance. Oh, so you're basically 00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:54.579 blocking off the top of the stairs. Yes. Okay. 00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:57.119 And then he's going to get out and meet up with 00:46:57.119 --> 00:47:01.949 Grissman. Okay. You pull open the back slot. 00:47:02.050 --> 00:47:05.289 You slide out to go talk to Crispin. Can we have 00:47:05.289 --> 00:47:09.429 it where the back of it is kind of into the doorway 00:47:09.429 --> 00:47:12.469 so there's no way for anything to get around 00:47:12.469 --> 00:47:15.349 behind it? I think things could probably climb 00:47:15.349 --> 00:47:16.969 over it still. I don't think it's tall enough 00:47:16.969 --> 00:47:19.550 to block. I mean, at least the sides. At least 00:47:19.550 --> 00:47:21.409 some form of... Yeah, you've got it pretty tight 00:47:21.409 --> 00:47:23.789 to the edge of the door here. So something would 00:47:23.789 --> 00:47:25.849 have to climb over it to be able to get into 00:47:25.849 --> 00:47:31.530 it. Okay. So Dresden comes into the room to see 00:47:31.530 --> 00:47:37.070 Crispin. One tentacle is clutching a letter, 00:47:37.170 --> 00:47:42.190 a note, and three or four others are working 00:47:42.190 --> 00:47:46.659 on the ground. He's used his... ink that he has 00:47:46.659 --> 00:47:49.980 is a giant octopus. That's pretty cool. It doesn't 00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:53.840 recharge until a short or long rest, but I figured 00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:56.300 for flavor it was worth it. So he's got two or 00:47:56.300 --> 00:48:01.960 three tentacles going, and between a mixture 00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:07.659 of pictures or pictographs or runes or some sort 00:48:07.659 --> 00:48:12.619 of writing, he's putting his intentions into 00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:19.329 this ink. And his intentions are to have a full, 00:48:19.349 --> 00:48:24.690 strong, rested party. Blanche is there. Jules 00:48:24.690 --> 00:48:29.969 is there. The shrine guard are standing and invigorated. 00:48:30.150 --> 00:48:34.289 And that's sort of my way of putting a neat bow 00:48:34.289 --> 00:48:39.969 around my ask is to be like rested and rejuvenated 00:48:39.969 --> 00:48:44.929 and have his friends here. Oh. Okay. You have 00:48:44.929 --> 00:48:49.250 this wish in mind. Perhaps your mind lingers 00:48:49.250 --> 00:48:54.250 on the omen you saw earlier. Death and a lightning 00:48:54.250 --> 00:48:56.610 bolt on the beach just outside the shrine as 00:48:56.610 --> 00:49:00.929 you cast Augury. It all makes sense now. Death. 00:49:01.349 --> 00:49:04.969 This world. This world won't die. You know that 00:49:04.969 --> 00:49:07.809 much. You know this world will be reunified. 00:49:08.170 --> 00:49:10.409 Something else is going to happen to it. The 00:49:10.409 --> 00:49:13.449 Incarnate's made that clear. But there is death 00:49:13.449 --> 00:49:18.510 here. You push towards the fossil. Dresden, you 00:49:18.510 --> 00:49:23.610 stand behind, watching this. Akio is somewhere 00:49:23.610 --> 00:49:26.349 outside. He did not follow you in when you backed 00:49:26.349 --> 00:49:30.510 up and you sealed the way. You do not see Akio. 00:49:30.550 --> 00:49:33.710 You don't know what happens to Akio. There's 00:49:33.710 --> 00:49:37.110 a sound. Muffled now because you are inside this 00:49:37.110 --> 00:49:40.550 chamber. A sound of grinding stone mixed with 00:49:40.550 --> 00:49:44.469 the sound of rushing water from the Court of 00:49:44.469 --> 00:49:48.230 Beauty. And perhaps, Dresden, as you're farther 00:49:48.230 --> 00:49:50.030 back, closer to the entrance, as you listened 00:49:50.030 --> 00:49:55.110 to this sound, something strikes you in absence 00:49:55.110 --> 00:49:59.210 of a different sound. The chimes of warning have 00:49:59.210 --> 00:50:04.030 ceased. You touch the fossil? Crispin, yeah, 00:50:04.170 --> 00:50:07.530 finishes his intention and... It reaches out 00:50:07.530 --> 00:50:10.710 a tentacle to touch the fossil. I need you to 00:50:10.710 --> 00:50:14.369 make. Give me a constitution saving throw. Oh, 00:50:14.369 --> 00:50:18.349 okay. Hmm. Jeremy, do you think this is worth 00:50:18.349 --> 00:50:23.050 a button? I think so. Screw it. I think from 00:50:23.050 --> 00:50:25.010 this point forward, everything is worth a button. 00:50:25.769 --> 00:50:28.710 We have this built up. I don't want to waste 00:50:28.710 --> 00:50:33.849 it on a con save or lose it anyway. First roll 00:50:33.849 --> 00:50:36.730 was a crit. Ooh, okay. The good kind of crit. 00:50:36.769 --> 00:50:38.650 Nice. The good kind of crit. That's great. What 00:50:38.650 --> 00:50:41.070 happened? Did you crit your pants? Yes, yes, 00:50:41.190 --> 00:50:48.289 yes. Crispin octopus crit on the floor. Ink on 00:50:48.289 --> 00:50:51.150 the floor. I already used the ink. Let's put 00:50:51.150 --> 00:50:53.110 a hex on the whole thing. Until the end of a 00:50:53.110 --> 00:50:57.070 short rest. Gotcha. The last dregs of the ink 00:50:57.070 --> 00:50:59.530 blur style. God, I wasted a button on that. You 00:50:59.530 --> 00:51:02.829 slide in, touch this thing, and immediately... 00:51:03.820 --> 00:51:08.340 Electricity, a current. You feel that same pain. 00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:10.980 You feel the screaming agony. You feel as if 00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:21.519 it's yourself. And a voice. He is here. With 00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:25.059 a nat 20, you take only 13 points of damage. 00:51:25.380 --> 00:51:29.739 Oh my lanta. Lightning damage as this racks your 00:51:29.739 --> 00:51:33.820 body. But as you push into this pain, as you 00:51:33.820 --> 00:51:35.900 lean into this, what do you say to this being, 00:51:36.139 --> 00:51:41.199 this screaming being, this terrified being? I 00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:43.920 can defeat him. Grant me some of your power. 00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:50.659 I can win. You are not the only one vying for 00:51:50.659 --> 00:51:54.960 this power. And you're, like, pulling at it, 00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:57.840 yanking out towards yourself, trying to, like, 00:51:57.860 --> 00:52:02.550 break. through this other grasp, this iron grasp 00:52:02.550 --> 00:52:04.429 that is stretching out, that is destroying the 00:52:04.429 --> 00:52:09.550 skies above. You pull. Go ahead and make your 00:52:09.550 --> 00:52:13.469 roll. So 30 and under is a pass. I get what I 00:52:13.469 --> 00:52:16.230 want. 30 and under. Or wait, did you say it was 00:52:16.230 --> 00:52:18.610 higher? It's actually higher because you're touching 00:52:18.610 --> 00:52:21.389 it. Okay. What's my roll? I'm going to give you 00:52:21.389 --> 00:52:25.809 a times seven. Oh, that is. What's six times 00:52:25.809 --> 00:52:34.909 seven? Calculators. Calculators. 42. 42. 42. 00:52:34.909 --> 00:52:38.610 So it's got to be a 67. No, no, no. You shut 00:52:38.610 --> 00:52:41.409 up. All right. Let's roll it first, and then 00:52:41.409 --> 00:52:44.489 we'll fight about it later. This is crazy. Okay. 00:52:44.610 --> 00:52:47.789 Here we go. Oh, my God. What's going to happen? 00:52:48.670 --> 00:52:58.269 74. Holy shit. 74. We had a good shot. You got 00:52:58.269 --> 00:53:00.309 the biggest fucking grin on your face, David. 00:53:00.510 --> 00:53:03.869 13 damage from nothing. I don't even know what 00:53:03.869 --> 00:53:08.389 I'm doing right now. I'm just going to say things 00:53:08.389 --> 00:53:12.409 as they come into my brain. Oh, no. And we will 00:53:12.409 --> 00:53:16.110 deal the ramifications next week. You are playing 00:53:16.110 --> 00:53:21.010 tug of war with the power of the gods. You grab 00:53:21.010 --> 00:53:24.519 hold of this. Yank on it. You feel the other 00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:27.860 force, the other hand. It's so close now. Breathing 00:53:27.860 --> 00:53:31.960 down your neck. He's right there. You pull, stretch 00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:34.880 this power already stretched to its maximum. 00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:38.179 You feel it screaming, screaming. The soul screams. 00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:44.599 You ask for a miracle. It does not come. You 00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:50.679 pull and you feel something break outside in 00:53:50.679 --> 00:53:54.880 the court of beauty. The clouds part for a second 00:53:54.880 --> 00:53:57.679 as if some giant, invisible hand has punched 00:53:57.679 --> 00:54:01.719 through the sky. A great palm laying flat on 00:54:01.719 --> 00:54:06.219 the ground, ceasing the waves, ending the rain. 00:54:06.619 --> 00:54:10.719 There's a still moment. You feel this here in 00:54:10.719 --> 00:54:14.000 this soul sanctum. You feel a moment of stillness 00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:19.059 in the storm. The presence grows closer. The 00:54:19.059 --> 00:54:23.840 ground begins to rumble. and shake the shaking 00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:29.840 that you feel in your bones and your souls and 00:54:29.840 --> 00:54:34.780 the shrine of storms explodes what and we'll 00:54:34.780 --> 00:54:35.300 call it there