WEBVTT 00:00:02.299 --> 00:00:04.360 Hello, friends. We're gearing up for another 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:07.120 episode of Unzipped, our Q &A behind -the -scenes 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.919 show where we talk about the podcast, our characters, 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:12.419 the deep, dark secrets of our personal lives, 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:16.079 and answer questions from all of you. If you've 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.059 got any burning questions for us, send them our 00:00:18.059 --> 00:00:21.739 way in our Discord, Instagram, by owl, however 00:00:21.739 --> 00:01:07.969 you get a hold of us. Thanks. the greatest of 00:01:07.969 --> 00:01:09.969 which may very well be the rise of the Luminary 00:01:09.969 --> 00:01:12.609 Adventurer. And, one of the founders of this 00:01:12.609 --> 00:01:15.069 movement, a source of those rising tide, was 00:01:15.069 --> 00:01:17.769 the enigmatic samurai from Ruizu, Ozen Yoshikatsu. 00:01:18.590 --> 00:01:20.569 Ozen was previously an honored warrior from the 00:01:20.569 --> 00:01:23.250 Kamino region, a god of the very Shrine of Storms. 00:01:23.349 --> 00:01:25.489 But he was thrust into the spotlight after he 00:01:25.489 --> 00:01:27.329 was called upon to uncover the true murderer 00:01:27.329 --> 00:01:30.269 of Horishi Daiki, the son of the Daimyo of Kamino. 00:01:30.950 --> 00:01:33.750 Absolutely spiffing work, Ozen. Once he became 00:01:33.750 --> 00:01:35.730 a known figure to the world, we simply could 00:01:35.730 --> 00:01:38.060 not get enough of him. the invincible hero, the 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:40.099 ultimate duelist, the bladesinger wizard who 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:41.939 could not be struck down, who could solve any 00:01:41.939 --> 00:01:45.019 mystery, noob control, any battlefield. It has 00:01:45.019 --> 00:01:47.180 been said by many that Ozen Yoshikatsu is second 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:49.219 in fame and power among the luminaries, beat 00:01:49.219 --> 00:01:50.640 out only by the hand of the Sunweaver himself, 00:01:51.019 --> 00:01:54.180 Atash. So cheer, good people of the Concord Worlds, 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:56.519 for the might of Ozen. Unless you are a vile 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:58.379 villain, of course. In which case, you should 00:01:58.379 --> 00:01:59.939 be sure to cower when caught in the gaze of the 00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:03.260 Storm Eye. Oh, wait, the Storm Eye, that could 00:02:03.260 --> 00:02:07.739 be something. How's that? Too fast? Three cheers. 00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:13.500 Hip hip hurrah. Hip hip hurrah. Oh my gosh, that 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:16.580 was hard. I wanted to talk a thousand miles an 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:20.340 hour. I wanted to speak in pure gibberish. And 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:24.360 I think I still did. It's as slow as I'm going 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:26.500 to get. Any more gibberish than that, we would 00:02:26.500 --> 00:02:30.139 have had to slow down in post. Jeremy, 0 .5 times 00:02:30.139 --> 00:02:33.879 that in post. Do you know this fight was going 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:36.169 to have layer actions? That was the initial plan. 00:02:36.629 --> 00:02:38.289 I was going to have layer actions, but then you 00:02:38.289 --> 00:02:40.150 blew up the shrine, the heart, so I couldn't 00:02:40.150 --> 00:02:42.009 really do those because they're all storm -based. 00:02:42.310 --> 00:02:44.610 I mean, you blew it up. You blew it up. You blew 00:02:44.610 --> 00:02:48.689 it up. You blew it up. This is your invented 00:02:48.689 --> 00:02:52.210 world. I didn't do anything. I was just reacting 00:02:52.210 --> 00:02:53.569 to you blowing it up. I don't know what you're 00:02:53.569 --> 00:02:56.659 talking about. Well. At least there are no lair 00:02:56.659 --> 00:02:58.120 actions. There are no lair actions. I can at 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:00.460 least pretend that I did it on purpose. You know, 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.419 honestly, it kind of worked out in your favor. 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:04.680 It wasn't as good as having a full party, resto, 00:03:04.819 --> 00:03:07.099 heel, everyone there from the get -go, all your 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:10.219 allies and friends involved. Which, I mean, if 00:03:10.219 --> 00:03:11.439 you're calling all your friends, I guess that 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:13.939 would have called Sholay too. Hey, that would 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:14.900 have been cool. It would have been kind of crazy. 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:16.979 But it was up to the dice. But that didn't happen. 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.539 Instead, no lair actions. That's cool. Yeah, 00:03:20.539 --> 00:03:24.219 I'm... I guess, I mean, what else can I say? 00:03:24.419 --> 00:03:27.060 I'm okay with that. It's something. This whole 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:29.280 fight wasn't even supposed to happen. This was 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.500 like, this entire arc, we always say this, our 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:34.759 initial plan was going to be two episodes. Two. 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:36.699 Two episodes. We're going to get together one 00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:39.960 afternoon and everything changed. I feel like 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:42.699 I'm, there it goes. I couldn't hear me for a 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:51.319 minute. Oh. Oh. What a blessing. Oh, before I 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.939 forget. Oh? You mentioned to bring this up in 00:03:53.939 --> 00:03:56.780 the episode. Yes. That we may have figured out 00:03:56.780 --> 00:04:01.080 who SW is. Oh, yes. That. Yeah. I'm sorry. I 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:02.539 just wanted to say it before I forgot to. SW. 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:05.919 The NMA letters that were in the letter. Yeah. 00:04:06.699 --> 00:04:10.400 Yes. Who could this be? The esteemed mastermind 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:12.180 behind whatever plot has been building up to 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:14.860 all of this. This letter made reference to the 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:16.600 Tythos tragedy, everything that happened there, 00:04:16.860 --> 00:04:19.600 Ozen's involvement, Kejo Kamal's involvement, 00:04:19.819 --> 00:04:22.500 which the worlds are not aware of, and the letters 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:27.420 SW. Yes. Who do you think this is, Mr. Wolf? 00:04:27.740 --> 00:04:30.920 It feels like the only thing that makes sense, 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:37.600 that we know of, is the Sunweaver. The Sunweaver. 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:41.819 Yeah. Very interesting. Yeah. Makes sense. It 00:04:41.819 --> 00:04:44.759 does. High profile. It does. He's grabbing a 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:46.379 button. I have a button. I'm not doing that. 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.899 I'm just saying, if this gets revealed, if you 00:04:48.899 --> 00:04:52.519 find out someday that that is true, this button's 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:54.759 all yours. He's going to forget. This happened 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:56.579 again, and we set the button aside, and you're 00:04:56.579 --> 00:04:58.300 like, no, I didn't set a button aside for you. 00:04:58.420 --> 00:05:01.000 No. And then I gained it, and you're like, no. 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:02.399 It's already gone. I lost it. Yeah, don't worry. 00:05:02.459 --> 00:05:07.060 He's going to forget. It'll be like two or three 00:05:07.060 --> 00:05:08.720 episodes later and somebody on the Discord will 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:10.120 be like, hey, remember that button you were supposed 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.860 to give Jeremy? Yes, pants people, remember this, 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:17.439 please. On the note of buttons, I am afraid I 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:18.899 am not going to be giving out buttons for the 00:05:18.899 --> 00:05:21.120 next few episodes. I just can't. I am dealing 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:22.139 with, you have to understand, this character 00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:24.779 sheet, this is the Ferrari of villains, all right? 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:27.660 I got a lot of fucking engine going on. I can't 00:05:27.660 --> 00:05:29.639 think about you guys. I got to think about me 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.459 right now. You don't think about buttons on a 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:35.329 regular episode. Shut up. So we... We have a 00:05:35.329 --> 00:05:40.589 fix for that tonight, all right? Jeremy Wolf, 00:05:40.709 --> 00:05:42.850 will you introduce our guest to the show? Yes, 00:05:42.850 --> 00:05:44.870 we have a guest in -house, my lovely, significant 00:05:44.870 --> 00:05:52.550 other, Abby. Hello, guest. Hi. What's she going 00:05:52.550 --> 00:05:55.370 to be doing, David? Abby, you have before you 00:05:55.370 --> 00:05:59.129 two golden buttons. Now, if these gentlemen do 00:05:59.129 --> 00:06:01.310 anything to make you laugh, make you cry, make 00:06:01.310 --> 00:06:03.949 you think, ooh, that was kind of cool. Tap them 00:06:03.949 --> 00:06:05.410 on the shoulder and hand them one of those buttons 00:06:05.410 --> 00:06:07.750 if you think they deserve it. Make them work 00:06:07.750 --> 00:06:12.730 for it. Make them dance like puppets. Because 00:06:12.730 --> 00:06:15.850 they need those. If they don't have those, it's 00:06:15.850 --> 00:06:18.089 over. We are probably going to die anyways, with 00:06:18.089 --> 00:06:24.490 or without them. Absolutely. Yes. But yes, so 00:06:24.490 --> 00:06:26.490 if that comes up, those are all yours to do with. 00:06:27.589 --> 00:06:29.529 You know, follow your own rules. Follow your 00:06:29.529 --> 00:06:32.779 heart, as it were. And we'll see if these gentlemen 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:35.300 can earn their way to two more buttons in this 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:37.540 episode. Because I'm not giving you any. Fingers 00:06:37.540 --> 00:06:44.120 crossed. Too busy. I'm too busy. And one more 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:46.839 thing to discuss before we get into it again. 00:06:47.220 --> 00:06:49.259 Oh. You know what that is? What's that? You know 00:06:49.259 --> 00:06:50.920 what it is, gentlemen? I know what it is. Jimmy 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.839 hit the thing! Fail time! We've got mail! We've 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:56.819 got mail! What is this? It's like the third or 00:06:56.819 --> 00:06:59.899 fourth episode in a row? Second. We're going 00:06:59.899 --> 00:07:01.339 to have a bunch coming in. We have a lot coming. 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:03.699 We do. We do. We're thinking ahead, and I like 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:09.399 that. We have mail. We have mail from Kevin. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:11.779 Kevin, thank you so much. He actually handed 00:07:11.779 --> 00:07:13.079 this off at Nerd Out Night, the last Nerd Out 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.139 Night we were doing in person, and we were like, 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:16.980 Kevin, can we please open this during the show? 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:21.060 It was like two weeks ago. I finally got to play 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:22.959 in Kevin's Blades in the Dark campaign. You did. 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:25.939 You did. I had so much fun with Kevin and Cassie. 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:30.300 We had a great night. And there was a new Nerd 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:34.220 Out Night attendee, Brian or Ryan, one of those. 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:37.259 Great guy. We had a lot of fun. I'm going to 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:39.279 jump into John. I don't know if you guys are 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.560 aware. Anyone listening, Crow's Nest Crafts on 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.720 Instagram, TikTok. He came by. He ran Monster 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:48.949 of the Week. It was a really great time. Love 00:07:48.949 --> 00:07:50.470 the system. I'd love to actually do something 00:07:50.470 --> 00:07:52.550 with it someday. And getting that sort of run 00:07:52.550 --> 00:07:54.569 down and actually get the play in it was really, 00:07:54.649 --> 00:07:57.529 really, really cool. All right, David, but you're 00:07:57.529 --> 00:08:01.750 keeping us from mail. The mail! I need a knife. 00:08:01.790 --> 00:08:03.769 I have the murder knife. I brought it in before 00:08:03.769 --> 00:08:05.709 we started. It's my turn to open the mail. I 00:08:05.709 --> 00:08:13.069 never do this. Get my hands dirty. He like methodically 00:08:13.069 --> 00:08:15.850 cut one side of the tape and then just ripped 00:08:15.850 --> 00:08:21.560 the rest of the box open. Oh, look at this. Holy 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.500 shit. Look at this. Ooh, la la. Fancy pants. 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.540 A nice Chianti. Is that how you say it? Chianti? 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:32.460 Yeah, I think so. Oh my gosh. Steven, you know 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:34.320 drinks. Tell us all about this drink. I mean, 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:37.899 there's a lot of language that I don't understand. 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:40.860 A lot of... You do that, I'm going to try not 00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:43.740 to tear this note in half. It's so bad. My fingers 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:48.299 are big, dumb fingers. Oh my gosh, that's incredible. 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.720 Okay, okay, ready? I'm ready. This is going to 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:55.440 be so bad. I'm so bad at actual pronunciations 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:00.700 on a good day. Buongiorno? Buongiorno. Buongiorno. 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:02.539 It's Italian. And hello, Fantasy Bands crew. 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:05.340 I was recently blessed to attend a pilgrimage 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:08.320 to Italy, traveling from Rome, Florence, Padua, 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:13.940 Bologna, Trent, and finally Venice. I hope you 00:09:13.940 --> 00:09:16.740 enjoy this regional souvenir of one of my favorite 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:19.879 parts of the peninsula, rural Tuscany, a locality 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.340 known for very rare steaks, often paired with 00:09:22.340 --> 00:09:25.679 equally notable wines. I know history, I know 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.720 architecture and art, but possibly unfortunately 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:32.220 for you, I don't know wines. Hopefully, even 00:09:32.220 --> 00:09:33.779 this vintage does not meet the standards of the 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:36.559 much vaunted pale moonlight I imagine can be 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.419 found on a dusty shelf at the Ugly Coyote. Oh, 00:09:39.419 --> 00:09:43.490 hell yeah. Yup. Hope you enjoy either in triumph 00:09:43.490 --> 00:09:47.029 or defeat. Keep up the good work. Whoa. Wow. 00:09:47.269 --> 00:09:50.690 Are we fancy enough for this, guys? Oh, my gosh. 00:09:50.710 --> 00:09:53.970 I don't know. That's amazing. Thank you, Kevin. 00:09:54.190 --> 00:09:57.769 Holy crap. So I think we should enjoy it either 00:09:57.769 --> 00:10:01.409 in victory or defeat. Yes. Oh, that's really 00:10:01.409 --> 00:10:04.909 good. I like that a lot. Let's enjoy this after 00:10:04.909 --> 00:10:07.950 this fight. After the fight. In victory or defeat, 00:10:08.149 --> 00:10:09.769 gentlemen. And if I win, I get to drink all of 00:10:09.769 --> 00:10:12.240 it. You don't get any. Hey, well, then I won't 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:16.940 be enjoying it in defeat at that point. Good 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:21.279 point. Oh, man. That is really, really cool. 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:23.100 That's super special. Thank you so much. Thank 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:26.700 you, Kevin. I'm really excited to enjoy it, hopefully, 00:10:26.860 --> 00:10:30.340 in victory. Hopefully. Hopefully. You gotta understand 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:32.159 one thing. I want you to understand this very 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:35.259 clearly. This fight is not fair. This fight is 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:39.379 not meant to be fair. I have no idea what I'm 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:44.639 doing. Like, at all. Are we clear? Good. All 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:46.940 right. I guess it's a good thing we have wine 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:50.240 for after. So let's pick up where we left off. 00:10:50.940 --> 00:10:53.440 Not during the battle in the ruined Shrine of 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.120 Storms, but rather in the preserve of the ancestors, 00:10:56.419 --> 00:10:59.639 the interior of the auroral diamond, and in the 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.679 presence of the jasper pecan tree. Pecan tree, 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:07.720 I don't care. The great form of connected redstone 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.500 stretches up above you, Dresden and Crispin. 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:13.100 Its gem -built branches towering dangerously 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:17.720 over you. You feel no fear. There is no oppressive 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:20.419 force of gravity here, just soft notes like music 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:24.120 mingling with the sounds of a distant or perhaps 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:32.080 trapped storm. And so I have a request. A knowledge 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:37.200 that I would seek. These powers you attempt to 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:44.299 wield, the both of you, can be dangerous. Yet 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:49.799 you wield them still. On top of that, you have 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:54.600 chosen to ally yourselves with Sholay and with 00:11:54.600 --> 00:12:01.240 us incarnates. The world shifts. Perspectives 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.379 have changed, and us incarnates are not heated 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:11.620 as we once were. To ally with us, it may be the 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:15.580 path to knowledge, but it will not be an easy 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:21.200 path. Sholay is a harsh commander with far more 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:25.340 enemies than friends. The coming trials will 00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:31.659 be hard, and they may claim your life. And beyond 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:37.120 that, a branch, tinkling gemstone, lowers down 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:41.960 and very gently touches you, Crispin, kind of 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:46.000 tapping you on the top of the head. Crispin, 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:51.480 I know you hail from a small village near the 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:55.980 Nightwater Marsh. You set off many years ago 00:12:55.980 --> 00:13:00.450 once your powers had awakened. in order to walk 00:13:00.450 --> 00:13:04.889 the luminary's path. You work to send resources 00:13:04.889 --> 00:13:09.629 back to your people. Money and food, armaments 00:13:09.629 --> 00:13:14.129 and tools. Yet you rarely travel back yourself. 00:13:14.990 --> 00:13:21.230 I know your longing to see your family and friends. 00:13:21.950 --> 00:13:27.210 To be home. What do you think about in that moment, 00:13:27.309 --> 00:13:30.700 Crispin? What do you think of when you hear the 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:35.159 word home? His responsibility. Of course, Crispin 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:39.720 does want to be home, but he does have more enemies 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:45.019 than friends, and he often does. Until that changes, 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:49.100 until he feels like his warren is safe at home, 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:54.240 it would be selfish to return. Branch comes down 00:13:54.240 --> 00:14:02.090 to meet you, Dresden. And Dresden, I have heard 00:14:02.090 --> 00:14:07.289 tell of your story. Spending most of your life 00:14:07.289 --> 00:14:12.570 feigning loyalty to a high member of the Deceiver's 00:14:12.570 --> 00:14:19.889 Church. Alone and friendless. Nestled in a den 00:14:19.889 --> 00:14:24.909 of rattlesnakes. And what do you think in that 00:14:24.909 --> 00:14:28.700 moment, Dresden? As you reflect on your years 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:32.460 as a double agent in the LaRoche Guard. Damn, 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:36.980 Dresden has thoughts. I never thought about what 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:43.639 Dresden thinks. That's a fun sentence. I think 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.600 it doesn't give him as much sorrow as one would 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:51.500 expect. Because he always knew that eventually 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:56.720 it would end. And he would break free. Bring 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:00.700 retribution. Hell yeah. Alone, but maybe not 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:04.779 so friendless. Yeah. Even though you are apart. 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:10.120 Hell yeah. The branches kind of move over your 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.039 sides, almost like the tree is nestling you in 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:18.899 a sort of weird gemstone tree embrace. Both of 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:26.710 your stories, defined by sacrifice, The paths 00:15:26.710 --> 00:15:32.450 you walk. These lives you've lived. Tell me, 00:15:32.509 --> 00:15:42.509 is there joy in them? Are you happy? I am hopeful. 00:15:43.009 --> 00:15:49.509 I find small joys along my journeys. A moment 00:15:49.509 --> 00:15:54.230 exchanged with my new friends at camp or beside 00:15:54.230 --> 00:15:59.440 the campfire. I hold memories that I think on 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:04.159 fondly. I suppose that if this is all I have, 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:08.600 then that's happy enough for me. We're chasing 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.620 the light at the end of the tunnel, and I have 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:14.820 faith that we'll get there together. With this 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:19.340 great sort of sound, like gemstones clattering 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:23.590 against each other, almost like a... Alien version 00:16:23.590 --> 00:16:26.549 of the groan of a tree sort of snapping back 00:16:26.549 --> 00:16:30.590 to shape. It all kind of moves back, standing 00:16:30.590 --> 00:16:34.350 tall again. There's something almost contemplative 00:16:34.350 --> 00:16:36.669 in the way the branches seem to move and bend 00:16:36.669 --> 00:16:46.610 towards each other. Many amongst my kind look 00:16:46.610 --> 00:16:52.789 down upon you tiny mortal folk. Even those that 00:16:52.789 --> 00:16:58.710 love you do so with a condescension. You are 00:16:58.710 --> 00:17:05.670 lesser beings to them. But I disagree with this. 00:17:06.150 --> 00:17:12.029 Though your lives are fleeting sparks, though 00:17:12.029 --> 00:17:17.190 your mere existence in our broken world is infantile, 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:21.759 I have often found that mortals like you speak 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:31.339 and act with the wisdom of eons. Here, let's 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:35.839 move back to the present. I kind of like the 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:39.200 past. Yeah, yeah. It was warm and fuzzy. Can 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:43.119 we stay there, please? The past is so nice. But 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:49.019 we can't. In return to our scene. Ozen and Blanche 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:52.440 locking blades. Jules, Dresden, and Cryptopus 00:17:52.440 --> 00:18:01.980 standing back about 20 feet away, preparing to 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:04.500 re -engage. Akio watching from the other side 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:07.220 of the court, weeping and whining, surrounded 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:10.059 by the corpses of his friends. All of this wrapped 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:13.490 in the prismatic rays of a great... rainbow, 00:18:13.549 --> 00:18:16.650 stretching up from the shrine and into the blue 00:18:16.650 --> 00:18:19.210 sky above, painting the entire scene in stripes 00:18:19.210 --> 00:18:25.490 of translucent color. Blanche, you eye down your 00:18:25.490 --> 00:18:29.029 mentor as your blades are locked in place, just 00:18:29.029 --> 00:18:32.849 kind of back and forth. And you look into his 00:18:32.849 --> 00:18:36.150 features, his face. It was mentioned in episode 00:18:36.150 --> 00:18:38.490 73, I believe, when Blanche spoke to Ozen in 00:18:38.490 --> 00:18:41.470 the bath during a flashback, that Ozen's remaining 00:18:41.470 --> 00:18:45.009 eye was light brown. But I also made note in 00:18:45.009 --> 00:18:47.009 episode 4, during a little glimpse into Arhalon's 00:18:47.009 --> 00:18:51.809 POV on Tithos, that Ozen's eye was blue. In this 00:18:51.809 --> 00:18:54.410 moment, this little discrepancy would finally 00:18:54.410 --> 00:18:57.809 be noted narratively, as Blanche Trudeau stands 00:18:57.809 --> 00:19:02.170 before her master and notes this odd shift. Now 00:19:02.170 --> 00:19:05.230 let me be very clear on this. This is Ozen. You 00:19:05.230 --> 00:19:07.990 know that it is. Though masked as he often is 00:19:07.990 --> 00:19:09.930 in battle, you can see enough of his features, 00:19:10.029 --> 00:19:11.869 hear enough in his voice to know that this is 00:19:11.869 --> 00:19:14.890 your mentor. The eye, however, is startling. 00:19:14.930 --> 00:19:17.069 Not only is the color different, but all expected 00:19:17.069 --> 00:19:19.750 warmth and kindness has been drained from it. 00:19:19.789 --> 00:19:25.910 This blue is cold and harsh. A chill wind. Looking 00:19:25.910 --> 00:19:28.490 into the friendly smile of his black mempo mask 00:19:28.490 --> 00:19:31.640 and seeing the bared teeth beyond. That fear 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:33.500 you felt stirring within you earlier swells, 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:38.539 Blanche. This is just so wrong. Why? What happened 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:40.859 to him? He mentioned in his note to you that 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:42.740 should you not come, he would act alone against 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:45.579 the mastermind behind whatever plot he'd been 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:48.500 made aware of. Is that what happened? Did something 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:51.839 change in him then? Was he broken without anybody 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:56.559 by his side? And who could have done this? Were 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:59.200 those questions in your mind with everyone else 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:06.009 watching on? It's my turn. No, I'll come forward 00:20:06.009 --> 00:20:11.509 to this. No. Ozen takes a half step back, about 00:20:11.509 --> 00:20:14.349 to spring into action. Blanche, as you see this, 00:20:14.470 --> 00:20:17.289 your mind racing with haste, everything slowed. 00:20:18.069 --> 00:20:21.230 You begin to hear a voice from the past, a past 00:20:21.230 --> 00:20:25.650 far gone. The voice of Ozen, a lesson learned 00:20:25.650 --> 00:20:28.250 long ago in a training camp very near to where 00:20:28.250 --> 00:20:32.609 you stand now. Now, Blanche, my art is that of 00:20:32.609 --> 00:20:35.089 a duelist. When standing against a single foe, 00:20:35.089 --> 00:20:38.829 I cannot lose. But rarely do the fates deal us 00:20:38.829 --> 00:20:41.329 the perfect hand. I would suggest straying from 00:20:41.329 --> 00:20:43.410 my own path and arming yourself with the more 00:20:43.410 --> 00:20:47.309 offensive of the arcane arts. But should you 00:20:47.309 --> 00:20:49.630 stand outnumbered with only a blade, Blanche, 00:20:49.750 --> 00:20:54.109 what do you do to best even the scales? You strike 00:20:54.109 --> 00:20:57.980 quickly. and decisively keep moving dance in 00:20:57.980 --> 00:21:01.980 and out of range do not become surrounded and 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:07.380 focus your foes down one by one in this moment 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.980 blanche you see ozen as he takes a half step 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:11.980 back his eye flickers over your shoulder to your 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:16.660 allies behind memory continues if there is one 00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:20.200 who heals amongst your foes remove them first 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:24.029 ensure the situation allow There was only one 00:21:24.029 --> 00:21:26.430 surefire way to prevent a deterrent or combatant 00:21:26.430 --> 00:21:30.769 through magic or potion. You must aim to kill. 00:21:31.549 --> 00:21:36.529 And he moves. Oh boy. He, in his hasted form, 00:21:36.650 --> 00:21:40.930 blasts past you, Blanche. And I believe haste 00:21:40.930 --> 00:21:44.630 still grants you AOOs though, correct? Uh, yeah. 00:21:44.750 --> 00:21:47.789 I don't think it would change, yeah. Then go 00:21:47.789 --> 00:21:51.289 ahead and take yours. Yeah. Normally, with Blanche, 00:21:51.369 --> 00:21:54.839 I'd save the... the reaction but i think this 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:57.420 is uh you're reading his better use yeah exactly 00:21:57.420 --> 00:22:07.000 25. oh really holy moly that actually oh no that 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:11.920 actually hits heck yeah oh wow okay 17 on the 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:16.839 die by the way holy yeah amazing plus eight yeah 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:19.700 Wow. I mean, he goes to move, but you're reading 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:21.839 his thoughts. You're ready before he even starts 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:23.680 to launch past you because you know your mentor 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.720 so well. You're already on the offensive, already 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:27.259 reaching out with your blade, already moving 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:31.720 in to stop him, and you strike clean. Give me 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:36.779 your damage. Max damage on the DA. 13. Then I'm 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:40.380 going to have to use my reaction already. I believe 00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:43.109 it returns at the start of my turn. So right 00:22:43.109 --> 00:22:45.769 here, during my own turn, I am going to use Song 00:22:45.769 --> 00:22:48.509 of Defense. Blade sort of swirls. His hand opens 00:22:48.509 --> 00:22:50.190 up, and again, this sort of reverberating effect, 00:22:50.289 --> 00:22:52.089 almost like the music that's right around the 00:22:52.089 --> 00:22:55.130 blade becomes this thunderous force that bursts 00:22:55.130 --> 00:22:58.829 out as your blade strikes in. His head turns 00:22:58.829 --> 00:23:00.950 towards you. I widened with a little surprise, 00:23:00.950 --> 00:23:03.910 and boom, your blade is rebuffed. But I have 00:23:03.910 --> 00:23:08.869 used my reaction for this round. Yes. Holy shit. 00:23:08.930 --> 00:23:12.460 Yes. Even beneath your mask. Master Ozen, your 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:16.920 face has changed. He ignores you and blasts by, 00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:21.099 having barely sort of avoided your strike. But 00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:23.180 you know now that he's going for your allies. 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:26.859 Is he going for the healer? Is he going for Jules? 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:29.740 Isn't that who you'd pick? The weakest opponent? 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:32.980 As far as HP, I mean. Jules definitely is the 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:38.279 least armored. He's the support. Yep. You see 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:42.089 him blast towards them. Oh, God. And you're surprised 00:23:42.089 --> 00:23:46.970 to see he does not go for jewels. Instead, sliding 00:23:46.970 --> 00:23:55.710 up to Cryptopus. I mean, all right. Fuck. I don't 00:23:55.710 --> 00:23:57.549 think this will be hard for him. This is going 00:23:57.549 --> 00:24:02.410 to be really bad. Now, first things first. I'm 00:24:02.410 --> 00:24:04.369 going to change my first attack over to a cantrip. 00:24:04.589 --> 00:24:08.230 And I'm going to cast... Ozen's version of a 00:24:08.230 --> 00:24:10.849 green flame blade. In this case, his blade is 00:24:10.849 --> 00:24:13.930 wrapped in lightning. Crackling energy building 00:24:13.930 --> 00:24:17.529 as he charges over and strikes in towards Crispin. 00:24:18.009 --> 00:24:24.089 Now I'm going to make a melee attack. Oh, I hate 00:24:24.089 --> 00:24:29.750 that face. Low roll. I love that face. But probably 00:24:29.750 --> 00:24:33.710 still high enough to hit. That is going to be... 00:24:33.710 --> 00:24:38.130 That's actually still a 15. Yes, that hits. Okay. 00:24:38.230 --> 00:24:42.410 Shit. Okay. So it was green flame blade? Yes, 00:24:42.410 --> 00:24:44.549 this is going to be bad. I have to math pretty 00:24:44.549 --> 00:24:47.910 hard. Give me a quick sec. This is some serious 00:24:47.910 --> 00:24:54.130 mathing. Oh my god. Okay. So that's that part. 00:24:54.930 --> 00:24:57.450 Let's add the other part because this cantrip 00:24:57.450 --> 00:25:02.309 is really, really gross. Sorry, I'm mathing so 00:25:02.309 --> 00:25:12.440 hard. Okay. This is going to be... Wow, pretty 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:16.319 low. First things first, 20 points of slashing 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:20.339 damage from the basic attack. Okie dokie. That 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:23.380 is halved because you are raging. Yes, raging. 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:28.420 So that's slashing. On top of that though, you're 00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:31.839 going to take, and this is me rolling very bad, 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:36.400 you're going to take only 8 points of lightning 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:40.509 damage. Not halved. So that's 18 points total 00:25:40.509 --> 00:25:45.650 on Crispus. Yes. Here's the fun part. The lightning 00:25:45.650 --> 00:25:49.930 that strikes you shoots through you and blasts 00:25:49.930 --> 00:25:52.670 out towards the nearest ally as well. Jules. 00:25:52.750 --> 00:25:57.119 Oh, fuck. You're going to take... Oh. 13 points 00:25:57.119 --> 00:26:00.200 of lightning damage. Holy shit. As the, just 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:02.200 like the, essentially the dregs of the attack, 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.900 the sort of backlash of the attack strikes at 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:05.940 you, blasts you on top of the, on top of the 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.680 rod of flying as you kind of like, you're down 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:09.440 low to the ground, down by your allies, but you 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:13.019 get jolted by this as well. That was a bad, bad 00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:17.839 roll. I hope my next two attacks do better. Crispin. 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.900 Yep. Still an octopus? Still an octopus. We'll 00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:24.539 fix that. Yeah, it won't be hard. Okay, that's 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:27.099 a 19 on the die. You're going to be hit. Okay. 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:34.119 Let's do this. 16 points of slashing damage halved. 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:37.740 Still an octopus. Are you really? My goodness. 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:45.119 Okay. 20 to hit. Yep. Okay. And that is going 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:49.680 to be 17 points of slashing damage. Ooh. Yeah. 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:54.269 Octopus form had 6 HP left. Okay, all right. 00:26:54.490 --> 00:26:56.990 So you're finally back to Crispin, just like 00:26:56.990 --> 00:27:00.769 blur, slashes, tearing you apart. I mean, I imagine 00:27:00.769 --> 00:27:03.349 it's like the first one hits you, strikes deep 00:27:03.349 --> 00:27:05.049 into you, and the lightning just blasts through 00:27:05.049 --> 00:27:07.089 your body, blasting out into jewels. Next one 00:27:07.089 --> 00:27:09.369 comes down, cleaves off one tentacle. Next one 00:27:09.369 --> 00:27:11.349 comes over, cleaves off like three more. And 00:27:11.349 --> 00:27:13.569 as the blood pumps out of you from these tentacles, 00:27:13.630 --> 00:27:18.490 you just shrink down back into the form of Crispin 00:27:18.490 --> 00:27:21.849 Dubois. Yes. How unfortunate, though, because 00:27:21.849 --> 00:27:25.269 of that. is my whole turn, and you are still 00:27:25.269 --> 00:27:30.069 up. Okay, I mean, that tanked a whole lot, so 00:27:30.069 --> 00:27:34.589 octopus form was useful, but here we are. Out 00:27:34.589 --> 00:27:37.849 of it. Here we are. And here's the fun part. 00:27:38.849 --> 00:27:43.190 Akio's turn. Watching from the sidelines, eyes 00:27:43.190 --> 00:27:45.789 watering and wide, doesn't know what to do, just 00:27:45.789 --> 00:27:48.450 claws trembling on stone, surrounded by corpses. 00:27:48.869 --> 00:27:52.579 He can't move. I already made a set role for 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:56.019 Ozen. I'm going to keep that role. But I want 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:58.259 you... Basically, this isn't so much Dresden 00:27:58.259 --> 00:28:01.380 talking. This is Dresden's impact he made during 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:03.839 the short time you knew him. Those last words, 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:06.519 trust me. I want to keep using those. That's 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:08.279 the one thing in Akio's heart that's calling 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:10.799 out to him. Trust me. Trust me. Ozen told him 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.960 not to. Ozen told him that you were tricking 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.359 him this whole time. That you were agents of 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:17.980 Sholi. That you're bad dogs. But Ozen has also 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:21.019 done terrible things. So what is Akio to do? 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:25.119 Can he trust you? Give me a persuasion check. 00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:29.359 Fuck. Do we think this is button worthy? He's 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:31.839 got one HP left. Akio has one HP. He is barely 00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:34.220 alive as he's like looking at you guys. I'm like, 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:38.740 okay. Okay. Negative one on persuasion. I did 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:42.160 not roll high. Yeah, but I mean with a three 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.519 on the die. Oh my gosh. That's not going to do 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:49.470 anything. He's still frozen in place. Oh, I mean, 00:28:49.470 --> 00:28:52.089 I'm okay with that. Brutal. Okay. As long as 00:28:52.089 --> 00:28:55.650 it doesn't come for us, I'm okay. Okay. Am I 00:28:55.650 --> 00:28:58.730 going to do everything now? I think I'll do everything 00:28:58.730 --> 00:29:02.690 now. Legendary action. Oh, goodness. Oh, God. 00:29:03.589 --> 00:29:07.710 Oh, yes. Oh, God. What are you measuring out 00:29:07.710 --> 00:29:09.829 there, David? This Ferrari guy is going to ship 00:29:09.829 --> 00:29:16.289 my Ferrari here. This guy is crazy. Great. Okay. 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:21.059 Ozen, you can see as he slides, you kind of turn 00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.779 back into a form, his blade's still proffered, 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:25.640 and he sort of crouches down, and there is this 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:31.259 sort of energy building in his feet, and he just 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:37.220 vanishes from the spot. As he does so, a sound 00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:40.180 wave explodes from the place he just stood. I'm 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:43.309 casting Thunder Step. Goddamn. And everyone within 00:29:43.309 --> 00:29:46.529 ten feet of that space has got to make a constitution 00:29:46.529 --> 00:29:50.009 saving throw. Oh, my God. All right, good thing 00:29:50.009 --> 00:29:52.190 Crispin has a high con. Let's see what happens 00:29:52.190 --> 00:29:58.730 here. Eight on the die, though, so that's a 12 00:29:58.730 --> 00:30:02.230 for the save. Oh. I did not want to fail that 00:30:02.230 --> 00:30:04.589 one. Shit. I did not want to fail that one. Shit. 00:30:10.769 --> 00:30:16.069 All right, let's go, Jules. It's a 10 for Jules. 00:30:16.269 --> 00:30:20.970 Oh, no. Yeah. Yeah, let's go. Sorry. Dresden. 00:30:21.170 --> 00:30:24.970 Forgot to roll more damage die. It's a 17 for 00:30:24.970 --> 00:30:31.109 Dresden. Okay. Oh, fuck. Dresden passes. No, 00:30:31.150 --> 00:30:34.309 wait. Does Dresden pass? Oh, sorry. He doesn't 00:30:34.309 --> 00:30:36.970 pass. With a 17? Get out. Are you kidding me? 00:30:37.589 --> 00:30:41.150 Sorry. He doesn't pass. Oh, my God. I told you. 00:30:41.190 --> 00:30:45.480 This is not fair. It's not fair. You know what 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:49.740 unfair it is? 20 points of thunder damage unfair. 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:53.859 Yeah, to all three of you. Boom. Crispin has 00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:56.319 one HP. Oh, you're still fucking up? Crispin 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:59.099 has one HP. Holy shit. I thought you'd be down 00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:02.759 by now. I was planning for it. Ozen reappears 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:06.500 on the other side of the court on the stone besides 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:12.420 Akio. Just, oh my God. Akio, do you intend to 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:15.480 stand here and watch? As your master fights for 00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:18.900 his life. What kind of damage was that, David? 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:23.799 Thunder. Okay. Crispin's going to use as a reaction, 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:29.160 absorb elements. Okay. At second level. Oh, cool. 00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:32.599 Oh, wait. I haven't used this before. So does 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:39.559 it, do I lessen it by 2d6? It just says some 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:42.319 of the incoming energy, lessening its effect 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:45.259 on you. Oh, I mean, it just says I have resistance 00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:47.160 to the triggering damage type until the start 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.960 of your next turn. Okay, so it doesn't take any 00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:53.480 of that damage away. Oh. Whatever. Okay, I guess 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.359 I'm still going to do it. No, you have resistance. 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.859 That means half damage. Oh, immediately half 00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:59.279 damage. Okay. It's a reaction, right? Yeah, yeah, 00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:02.500 yeah. Okay, so 10 back. Now I understand. Yes, 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:05.799 so 10 back. That's amazing. I guess, yeah. You 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.180 just, this blast hits you and you just kind of 00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.380 immediately, what's it look like when you absorb 00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:13.130 this? I mean, he... channels his Mazir Drakon. 00:32:13.230 --> 00:32:15.829 I don't know if he knows what he's even doing. 00:32:15.890 --> 00:32:19.690 His head flies back and just some of the energy 00:32:19.690 --> 00:32:21.769 just gets buffeted away from him. It's like the 00:32:21.769 --> 00:32:24.650 source that you were taking from before is gone, 00:32:24.730 --> 00:32:26.970 empty here, but there's others on this world, 00:32:27.029 --> 00:32:29.609 others far away reaching out to you, almost like 00:32:29.609 --> 00:32:32.390 reaching out hands, wanting to help and wanting 00:32:32.390 --> 00:32:35.440 you to help them. You know there's so much riding 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:38.440 on this fight, and you grit your teeth. You hold 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:40.619 through as this thunder damage rips through your 00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:43.279 body, through your bones. You got something for 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:45.759 me, Dresden? Potentially. It depends on range, 00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:49.339 because I have Sentinel, Guardian. Oh. But it 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:52.779 says... Ooh. Would you look at that? Ooh, a button! 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:57.940 Ooh. Oh. The thing is, it wouldn't proc on thunder, 00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.880 because I believe it would be a melee attack, 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.900 correct, Sentinel? No, it just says, just leaving. 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:05.240 Just an attack. Oh. Yeah. Immediately after a 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.859 creature within five feet of you takes the disengage 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:09.079 action or hits a target other than you with an 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:12.859 attack, you make... I think Ozen was ten feet 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:15.200 away, though. That's the range thing. I don't 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.819 know. Oh, yes, he was. I don't remember exactly 00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:18.779 where he was before. He was ten feet out. Plus, 00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:21.099 I think that might not... Just to be safe, I 00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:23.839 don't think it qualifies as an attack. It's just 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:26.059 a spell that has damaging effects. Sure, sure. 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.279 Good to know. Good to know. I actually didn't 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:32.099 realize I'd set myself up so perfectly to not 00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:34.240 be in the range of your sentinel, and I'm very 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:37.519 proud of myself for that. God damn it. But that 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:40.839 is everything. He stands by Akio, standing over 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:43.599 him, admonishing the poor dog, whose face lowers 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:50.599 and lowers. This whine, like growls, and Ozen 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:54.380 turns to face you all again. But I've used everything. 00:33:55.470 --> 00:33:58.470 Can Jules try to persuade Akio? On his turn. 00:33:58.930 --> 00:34:02.769 It's a bonus action. Fuck. Yeah. But now it's 00:34:02.769 --> 00:34:05.230 going to be Crispin Du... I was going to say 00:34:05.230 --> 00:34:08.329 tentacles, but they're gone. Okay. Still raging, 00:34:08.429 --> 00:34:13.250 still this muscle bunny. Crispin, you are so 00:34:13.250 --> 00:34:17.989 near death. That spell that just rocketed through 00:34:17.989 --> 00:34:20.570 you a moment ago. You felt the grave pulling 00:34:20.570 --> 00:34:23.110 you. Yeah, so here's the issue that I have with 00:34:23.110 --> 00:34:29.150 Crispin. Ozen is outside of his range, his movement 00:34:29.150 --> 00:34:31.349 range. And if I don't attack, if I don't make 00:34:31.349 --> 00:34:33.170 an attack by the end of the turn, I lose rage. 00:34:33.690 --> 00:34:37.610 Oh, right. So what he's going to do. Yeah, because 00:34:37.610 --> 00:34:39.829 he did be your turn. I don't know if you lose 00:34:39.829 --> 00:34:43.690 rage on this turn because you did take damage. 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:46.199 Ends early if you're knocked unconscious or if 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:48.159 your turn ends and you haven't attacked a hostile 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:50.820 creature. Oh, or taken damage since then. Gotta 00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:53.840 read the second sentence, Stephen. It always 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:58.400 gets you. Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, so you have 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.360 another round because you have taken damage. 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:06.340 Right. You've taken a lot of damage. Man, that 00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:09.340 really stinks. Oh, did I ruin your little plan? 00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:14.039 Yeah, I mean... Crispin essentially can't do 00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:19.119 anything. How are Jules and Dresden HP -wise? 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:27.119 Dresden is rough. About half. Jules is rough. 00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:31.280 A little less than half. Okay. You just got here. 00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:35.199 What's your problem? Yeah, fuck you, David. I 00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:39.739 don't know if this is the right move, but we're 00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:46.469 going to... Drop the Rage and cast Aura of Vitality. 00:35:46.630 --> 00:35:52.570 So an aura within 30 feet heals, including me, 00:35:52.769 --> 00:36:00.530 2d6 hit points. Oh. Sorry, not everybody. I can 00:36:00.530 --> 00:36:03.750 choose one creature as a bonus action. So action, 00:36:03.869 --> 00:36:06.449 cast the spell. Bonus action, Crispin's going 00:36:06.449 --> 00:36:10.510 to pick himself to heal 2d6 hit points. Okay. 00:36:12.590 --> 00:36:15.570 Six on the first one. That's great. And five. 00:36:16.570 --> 00:36:20.469 That's nice. That's real good. Yeah, he's remembering 00:36:20.469 --> 00:36:26.489 his conversation with the Jasper tree and how 00:36:26.489 --> 00:36:31.030 peaceful it was. And he thinks, maybe I don't 00:36:31.030 --> 00:36:33.449 need this rage to win this fight. Maybe this 00:36:33.449 --> 00:36:38.949 fight can be won with cooler heads. Wow. Steven 00:36:38.949 --> 00:36:46.190 really aiming at that second button. Wow. Okay. 00:36:46.989 --> 00:36:49.690 Crispin still standing, healing, taking all these 00:36:49.690 --> 00:36:51.230 blows that you know could be going to somebody 00:36:51.230 --> 00:36:54.030 else. You've been singled out and you feel that. 00:36:54.409 --> 00:36:58.050 You're still in the game. And can I get control 00:36:58.050 --> 00:37:01.650 over my token here? I'll do one better. I'll 00:37:01.650 --> 00:37:04.469 give you back your Crispin token. Crispin token. 00:37:04.849 --> 00:37:07.519 No, I won't. I lost it. Hang on. I'm just going 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:09.280 to keep you as an octopus because I don't really 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:11.840 go into the map and grab your actual token. Crispin's 00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:15.320 just going to step 10 feet closer towards Blanche. 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.239 It's going to kind of get in the middle of everybody. 00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:21.539 Okay. You guys crowd up one side, Boze and Akio 00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:27.179 on the other. Will Akio turn? Before Crispin 00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:31.119 ends his turn, did Crispin give Dresden the letter, 00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:35.170 right, in his octopus form? I remember... Crispin 00:37:35.170 --> 00:37:38.369 holding it up to Dresden? I don't remember if 00:37:38.369 --> 00:37:40.449 he gave it. Okay, if Crispin has the letter, 00:37:40.550 --> 00:37:43.969 he just wants to start reading it off. I don't 00:37:43.969 --> 00:37:47.130 remember exactly the words of the letter, but 00:37:47.130 --> 00:37:50.809 basically he wants to broadcast Ozen's dirty 00:37:50.809 --> 00:37:53.210 laundry here. So you're starting to read it. 00:37:53.250 --> 00:37:54.269 So you wouldn't read the whole thing, but you're 00:37:54.269 --> 00:37:56.110 just going to quickly open it and you're reading 00:37:56.110 --> 00:37:58.789 out loud. It's going to take... Can Jules take 00:37:58.789 --> 00:38:00.949 out the recording diamond? Probably on his turn. 00:38:01.170 --> 00:38:03.170 You could ready the letter for when the recording 00:38:03.170 --> 00:38:05.280 diamond comes out. Okay, perfect. Would that 00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:07.619 be an action, though? No, it'd be object interaction. 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.599 Okay. Bill and I are saying a word. I'm not going 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:11.159 to make that whole thing. Yeah, that's fine. 00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:15.159 Okay, yeah. So he all, like, dramatically pulls 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:17.820 it out of his pocket and begins to unfold it. 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.800 Looks towards Jules. Jules, do you open the... 00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:21.460 You guys worked together on Sunset's Yon. You 00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:23.679 haven't fought together much, but those few battles 00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:25.840 were fierce. And I think you've also built up 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:27.420 that ability to kind of communicate, to understand 00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:29.519 each other. You haven't seen Crisp in a long 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:32.139 time, Jules, but you know. what he means, and 00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:36.420 you start to reach for the diamond. Hell yeah. 00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:41.539 And that's going to be Dresden Kellig. What? 00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:44.440 Nothing. I think I'm doing cool shit. Nice. I'm 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:46.260 killing you. That's it. Okay. Get out of here. 00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:48.179 Dresden's going to move within range to be able 00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:51.320 to manifest his echo. Okay. Where are you going 00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:53.360 to move? What? Nothing. I'm just forgetting stuff. 00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:58.920 He's, yep, just in range. You could move to 30 00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:00.340 feet. You could drop me six feet away. Yes, that's 00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.659 going to happen. That's going to happen. So you 00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:04.099 move 30 feet. Yep. So as a bonus action, he's 00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:06.340 going to manifest his echo directly in front 00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:10.039 of Ozen. Hell yeah, there it is. Actually, you 00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:11.900 know what? Hold on, hold on. Stand by. Stand 00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:15.219 by. Stand by. Stand by. Stand by. Because I think... 00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:20.460 Trick! I'm standing by. Sorry. Would charger 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:23.579 apply to my echo? Your echo, when it attacks, 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.920 deals... Basically, it's almost like you embody 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:28.159 the space and you attack. Perfect. So I'm going 00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:30.940 to manifest my echo 10 feet. In front of Ozen. 00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:33.800 No, I can't. There's a problem. Yes, you see 00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:35.800 it. Okay. Yep, yep. Nope, never mind. Strike 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:38.960 that. All right, in front of Ozen. Warpick. Just 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:41.340 appears. Ozen almost seems like he's ready for 00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:44.059 it as it strikes up. He's already reaching for 00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.699 the sword, but the Warpick is coming at him. 00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:47.900 Attack number one. Can you possibly hit this 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:50.760 AC? Come on, you can only get so lucky. Here's 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:55.159 the real test. 23 to hit. 23 to hit? 23 to hit. 00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:57.820 23 to hit. I think you said 25 was just barely. 00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:03.800 23 is a miss. It's 24 or 25. Fuck. It seems like 00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:06.440 you should be perfect, and the last second flash 00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:08.820 of movement that you couldn't believe, boom, 00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:11.920 you're almost like a lightning strike. The sword 00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.420 swings out, knocks your weapon wide, but you 00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:16.820 go with the inertia, and you swing right around 00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:20.239 back at him. So it's 23 before haste, 25 with 00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:25.610 the haste. All right. Attack number two. Will 00:40:25.610 --> 00:40:30.829 not hit with a 21. So close. So close. If you 00:40:30.829 --> 00:40:34.130 could get one land, his reaction's blown. And 00:40:34.130 --> 00:40:38.030 Planch at least knows that haste is a double 00:40:38.030 --> 00:40:39.730 -edged sword. If you can break his concentration, 00:40:40.030 --> 00:40:44.369 he's frozen for a turn. He's burned. Yep. Can 00:40:44.369 --> 00:40:47.489 you get one more hit? Planch, you opened a door 00:40:47.489 --> 00:40:51.139 for yourself when you made that strike. Now it's 00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:53.559 your turn to see if you can step on through it. 00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:57.159 The door. Wait, did Jules already go? Jules is 00:40:57.159 --> 00:41:00.079 after Blanche. Let's go. Okay. Are we going to 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.980 follow through with that? Let's try it. Let's 00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:05.380 go for it. What? What? What? What? Jules notices 00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:09.460 Blanche readying. Steps forward. So Blanche, 00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:11.119 you're holding it off for your turn? Blanche. 00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:16.099 Maybe. Blanche. Hold. What range are we talking? 00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:20.940 What do I want? Planning. At the table. Everything 00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:29.420 fell over. Wait, why is it not staying up? Ah, 00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:34.079 that's what happened. Okay. Mic check? Oh my, 00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:36.079 yeah, mic check. Mic check, mic check. Where 00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:38.320 are we at? Am I good? How about now? Am I good? 00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:40.639 Yeah, you're good. All right, I'm back. Oh, I 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:42.780 think you said the range earlier was like... 00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:44.480 Let's see. Hold on, stand by. I got it, I got 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:47.340 it, I got it. Yeah, 120 feet. We're good. Okay, 00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:53.019 let me triple check my range here because Blade 00:41:53.019 --> 00:42:00.880 Song puts me at 40 and then Haste. That's Haste. 00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:03.440 Guys, can you guys land a hit? Can you guys land 00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:05.480 a hit? I just want to know if you land a hit. 00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:07.460 You can't win, but can you land a hit? We'll 00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:11.809 see. Okay, so with... 80 feet of movement speed. 00:42:13.130 --> 00:42:17.309 Yeah, Blanche is going to hold and wait. What 00:42:17.309 --> 00:42:20.909 is going on? So that's Blanche. You're moving 00:42:20.909 --> 00:42:23.530 your turn after Jules' initiative order. Jules 00:42:23.530 --> 00:42:27.230 holds. What? Wait, I thought, yeah. I'll make 00:42:27.230 --> 00:42:29.389 this clear. After Jules, it's me. That was the 00:42:29.389 --> 00:42:31.090 plan. Wait, so Blanche is going to hold, then 00:42:31.090 --> 00:42:31.929 Jules is going to hold, then you're going to 00:42:31.929 --> 00:42:33.010 hold, then I'm going to hold. Who's holding? 00:42:33.489 --> 00:42:36.070 I think... Let go of it. We discussed this because 00:42:36.070 --> 00:42:39.650 both of us... I know, but I think... You think 00:42:39.650 --> 00:42:41.750 you want to change it up? I think it makes sense 00:42:41.750 --> 00:42:47.650 to do it now, I think. Okay. I think. Okay. I'm 00:42:47.650 --> 00:42:49.650 down with that. I also don't know how many rounds 00:42:49.650 --> 00:42:52.429 we'll survive, so. That's fair. That makes sense. 00:42:52.469 --> 00:42:54.489 We kind of got to blow our load here. Ace of 00:42:54.489 --> 00:42:56.690 your sleep? I mean, I'm on a legendary action 00:42:56.690 --> 00:42:58.769 just turned. Yeah, we do. My reaction's gone. 00:42:58.909 --> 00:43:00.369 This is the time to strike. What are you doing? 00:43:00.570 --> 00:43:04.809 Jewels will cast level three dispel magic. Range 00:43:04.809 --> 00:43:09.039 of 120 feet. Now, this really depends on a couple 00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:13.500 things. Holy shit. Any spell of third level or 00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:15.780 lower is automatically ended. Yeah, but there 00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:18.059 is no reason that Ozen would have cast it above 00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:21.239 third level. Because it just adds another target. 00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:28.239 In fucking credible. Yeah. Wait, is there a save? 00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:31.659 No, it's not a save. If it's level three or below, 00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:38.179 it's automatic. Oh my god. Yeah. He stands there. 00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:40.239 The echo appears. Boom, boom. Blasts the blades 00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:42.860 out of the way of the echo. Raises blades if 00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:44.980 he's going to strike. Jules, what's it look like 00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:48.440 when you cast this spell? Oh, God. It is just 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:54.719 a solid white blinding light. It envelops Ozen. 00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:58.500 And then as it releases, it pulls the magic out. 00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:02.059 Holy shit. And you just see the magic of haste. 00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:05.880 Bladesaw and the sword still ringing. But Ozen 00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:08.719 suddenly... locked into place as though gravity 00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:12.340 has just pushed down on him. His body, old frame, 00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:14.960 he gets to sort of slump a little bit. His one 00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:18.940 eye, that bright, cold eye, looks to you and 00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:24.179 widens. Oh my God, that's so cool. As a bonus 00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:27.199 action, Jules will cast Bardic Inspiration onto 00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:31.179 Blanche. Oh my God. Baby. Blanche, can you do 00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:33.519 it? It's a D8 now, right? It's a D8. Okay, that's 00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:37.280 great. This is incredible. I just got the second 00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:41.739 button. That's button worthy. That's button worthy. 00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:44.440 Gentlemen, I didn't even know you had that. And 00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:46.619 you're so, that's so good. You knew, you knew 00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:48.179 that there's no reason you would cast it above 00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:50.059 third level because it only goes to third level. 00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:52.260 You've seen Blanche cast the spell. You had this 00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:54.659 moment. I mean, that's, even in this moment, 00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:57.139 Jules is benefiting from the fact that Ozen is 00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:59.960 so similar to Blanche. and you've seen Blanche 00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:04.059 fight. Yep. Oh, so cool. Oh, that also reminds 00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:06.320 me, too. Dresden has Bardic Inspiration from 00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:12.760 the last round. So Ozen's blocky movie thingy 00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:16.639 is down, right? Yes, no? New round, though? Not 00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:20.500 his turn yet, and his haste is gone. Okay. He 00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:24.079 is Bladestorm active still, but he cannot really 00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:25.440 take move actions or actions. Wait, wasn't he 00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:29.320 after Jules before Blanche held? He will go after 00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:30.900 Blanche, where Blanche held. Yeah, Blanche held 00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:32.860 her turn until after Jules. I see, I see. So 00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:36.420 now Blanche is going to zip around with Bladesong 00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:39.940 and Haste, 80 feet of movement. Oh, my gosh. 00:45:39.980 --> 00:45:44.820 In flanking with the Echo. Oh, no way. So you 00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:47.500 just, in this moment, as he's frozen, looks to 00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:49.699 you, Jules, eyes wide, and Blanche, like a blast, 00:45:49.880 --> 00:45:53.760 a speed blur, moves around and just... Behind 00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:59.659 you. So Blanche gets three strikes. Three sword 00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:02.539 swings. Holy shit. You, what? I'm just kind of 00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:09.219 like, oh my gosh. Incredible. So that's not, 00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:16.260 that's only 22 with the flanking. 22. I've got 00:46:16.260 --> 00:46:20.579 my bardic. Wait, because he was at 25. Subtract 00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:24.380 two is 23. Subtract two is 23, then subtract 00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:28.059 two from flanking is 21. 22 should hit, I think. 00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:30.579 If we're right, 22 hits. You got three, just 00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:33.139 go for it. I got three buttons, so I'm not going 00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:35.300 to roll my Bardic Inspiration because I think 00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:41.079 22 hits. 22 hits. Yeah! Okay, do you want me 00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:43.000 to roll the other two attacks first, or do you 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:44.579 want me to roll the damage first? You know what, 00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:46.719 roll all the attacks. Okay. That sounds cool. 00:46:48.309 --> 00:46:49.690 Concentration doesn't matter. You broke my spell. 00:46:51.190 --> 00:46:54.130 Natural one on the second attack. Oh, Steven. 00:46:54.389 --> 00:46:57.690 I'll think about that. I think we can do it. 00:46:57.750 --> 00:46:59.989 I think we can do it here. Okay. Because that 00:46:59.989 --> 00:47:03.230 was a 12. A 12 hit without my Bardic Inspiration. 00:47:03.750 --> 00:47:05.630 So I still have the Bardic, so I should be able 00:47:05.630 --> 00:47:07.650 to hit this second one. Okay. Or this third one. 00:47:07.789 --> 00:47:12.429 Okay. 19 on the die, baby. Yeah. So that's two 00:47:12.429 --> 00:47:15.940 hits. And I still have my bardic. Oh my god. 00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:20.320 Okay. This is incredible. Here's what I'm going 00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:25.119 to do. When you appear as essentially the one. 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:26.639 I haven't done one of these for a while. I think 00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:28.159 this is a cool one for a one. I think this makes 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:32.179 a lot of sense. Ozen screams out in pain as their 00:47:32.179 --> 00:47:35.920 first blade strikes in. I think you just swipe 00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:39.880 out. What do you hit in this first attack? Right 00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:43.539 behind his quad. Like between his knee and his 00:47:43.539 --> 00:47:46.460 glute. Kind of like, ah! Leg lowers. In reaction 00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:47.960 to that, as you go to make your second strike, 00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:51.460 hearing his master scream, Akio finally snaps 00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:53.980 to action. Okay. I'm going to reaction attack 00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:56.679 Blanche. All right. Blake comes out. No! And 00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:59.239 he strikes towards you. Just pure instinct. This 00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:01.679 is an animal and his mentor, his master. Fair. 00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:05.699 One disciple strikes another. That might actually 00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:08.840 hit. That is going to be... I should have made 00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:10.119 you roll against yourself. I guess that's weird. 00:48:11.700 --> 00:48:17.380 22 to hit. 22 misses with haste. Okay. Goes to 00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:20.880 strike and you, bing, parry Akio's blade. You 00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:23.599 take the initiative of that. You move and you 00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:30.940 strike at Ozen one more time. 21 damage. Holy 00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:36.739 shit. 21 damage. Oh my god. On 2d8 plus 10. You 00:48:36.739 --> 00:48:40.139 land these blows. The first one, as you said, 00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:42.239 strikes down, cutting the tendon. Leg sort of 00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:45.179 crumples down a bit. He's exhausted. The haste 00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:47.880 removed. This power suddenly gone. He feels so 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:51.500 slow compared to you. The second blow misses. 00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:55.019 As he tries to bend back, as Akio moves in to 00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:58.019 defend, block the blow, parry to a strike. You 00:48:58.019 --> 00:49:01.739 parry Akio's blade, send it back. You step into 00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:03.960 a lunge, Blanche, and you strike forward, seeing 00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:06.840 an opportunity. And you strike at the helmet. 00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:09.760 It's what happens to fall right in the way. You 00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:13.139 strike right into the mask. The head, bing, flies 00:49:13.139 --> 00:49:17.380 back as this cuts through. The helmet and mask, 00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:21.400 as I mentioned, the strap was broken, flies off. 00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:30.360 You see a hand snaps over the missing right eye 00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:37.489 as the cover has been removed. And you see Ozen, 00:49:37.630 --> 00:49:44.309 teeth gritted in pain, in rage. Ozen, but so 00:49:44.309 --> 00:49:48.630 wrong, his features pale and shrunken as if no 00:49:48.630 --> 00:49:55.610 blood runs through his veins. You are strong. 00:49:56.070 --> 00:50:01.030 Your teamwork, perfection. He looks to you, Blanche. 00:50:01.489 --> 00:50:06.010 His one eye that... Cold blue eyes sizing you 00:50:06.010 --> 00:50:10.349 up. I wonder what would have happened had he 00:50:10.349 --> 00:50:15.190 not challenged me alone. Had you come when called, 00:50:15.369 --> 00:50:20.590 Blanche Trudeau. Perhaps I would not have won. 00:50:21.409 --> 00:50:26.510 Perhaps Ozen Yoshikatsu would not have died. 00:50:27.030 --> 00:50:31.829 It's a vessel. Oh, fuck. Yes. Kind of a smile. 00:50:32.309 --> 00:50:35.349 Gainsley's body's still weary, but his height 00:50:35.349 --> 00:50:40.730 grows a little taller. I am not Ozen Yoshikatsu, 00:50:40.829 --> 00:50:43.929 though I have claimed his mind and his flesh. 00:50:44.389 --> 00:50:49.909 I am so much greater than he. A god brought down 00:50:49.909 --> 00:50:53.409 by the hubris of you tiny mortals. My true name, 00:50:53.670 --> 00:50:58.500 Lost, is a belong to an age forgotten. Here's 00:50:58.500 --> 00:51:01.559 a name I'll reclaim again once Shah Drakan is 00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:04.679 made whole and all is at peace and it will not 00:51:04.679 --> 00:51:09.380 be long now. And the hand slides away from Ozen's 00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:14.260 face. Oh my god. A flash of bright blue emanates 00:51:14.260 --> 00:51:17.559 from the eye socket it had covered. The storm 00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:20.880 eyes, storm eye if you will. This pulsing light 00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:22.880 dims and you can see that the space of the socket 00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:27.719 has been torn open wide and filled. With a gemstone. 00:51:27.719 --> 00:51:33.099 No. Translucent blue. No. But for the time being, 00:51:33.300 --> 00:51:39.539 I am known simply as the Sapphire Wyvern. Dawn 00:51:39.539 --> 00:51:44.619 incarnate. What? Of Tythos. What? No. And we'll 00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:45.320 call it there.