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Hey, Pants people. I just wanted to stop real

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fast and say thank you so much for listening.

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We love getting to know you guys and interacting

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with you, whether it's on the Discord, social

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media, anywhere. So this one's for you. I'm sure

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most of y 'all know the story. 56 years ago,

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when Keter Kamal made the miraculous discovery

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that the auroral diamond was a magical transmitter,

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he also discovered another one of its properties.

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That places in the innermost regions of the auroral

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diamond, which we now call Auroral Town, could

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bless other diamonds with the ability to record...

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and store images and sounds. Not just any fragment

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of diamond could work. It has to be of some size

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and quality that's the type to run you around

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300 gold. This base level can store around four

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hours of content, though large and finite diamonds

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can store even more. Those holding a recording

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diamond can use the commands record and stone

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through a controller when it absorbs information

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through its largest facet. Holders may then mentally

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search through information stored on it and cut

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out anything they wish. They may also, upon touching

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the recording diamond to another, transfer records

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between them with a simple transfer command.

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This allows the holder to transfer exactly what

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bits they wish to. This also works on the auroral

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diamond itself, which transfers anything transferred

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into it to each of our concord worlds through

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the connected type of gemstones, the very basis

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for the crystal network we all enjoy. So while

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these wonderful gems can begin to seem mundane,

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Poppy as they are throughout the world, one has

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to respect just how thoroughly they've shaped

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our lives. Beyond the network, beyond our luminary

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craze, imagine the moments captured every single

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day and stored in stone. And imagine the stories

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these moments could tell. So, what? What are

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you laughing at me for? Out of all that? What?

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All that I heard was respect. What? What'd you

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hear? What? Stop picking on me. I'm sorry. I

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just, I kind of stopped listening after you said

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transfer bits. I don't know why. That just got

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me. See, I had one line I hit with a hard British

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accent. So I'm not the only one. So let's all

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fuck on David here. Shit on David Knight. Respect.

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All right, so we get a tell from this right here.

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This is going to be a weird episode. I don't

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even know what timing is going to look like in

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this episode because I want to spend an episode

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exploring the world through the lenses of various

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diamond recorders, recording diamonds. See the

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fallout and impact of this last arc through many

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eyes and set up for our next big thing. So there's

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going to be a little self -indulgence that I

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typically like. Be a lot of me talking and doing

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things. Kind of doing a little bit of a show

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here, but it's really important for the story.

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It's going to give a whopper of context for these

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gentlemen's next big decisions. Because seriously,

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we have to catch you up on the immediate aftermath

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of the shit that just went down. Because believe

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me, there is an aftermath. Things have changed.

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As I said last time, the worlds have changed.

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So let's see just how much. Let's wait. Hang

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on. Let's even this burp out. Go ahead. Let it

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out. Release it. I was very respectful. I turned

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away. I put my hand up. You need to fucking show

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about it. You're like, hold on, everybody. Let

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me turn. Burp. You want me to leave the room?

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The whole burp dance. You wiggle your butt. You

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boom. Actually, yes. I'd like you to leave. Yeah,

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okay. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Permanently.

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No, no. Leave the state. Ready? Are you ready?

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Are you ready? Let me get some music on. Not

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until you transfer my bits. Record. We open on

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for a very uncomfortably close -up shot of a

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big freckled face, very selfie style. You see

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like sort of wide sort of gap teeth and this

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big smile. You see crazy red hair. You see Chester.

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Hey, yo, this is Chester. Chester vlog number

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three. They have vlogs? I sure hope Jules doesn't

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find numbers one and two on this diamond. Oh

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my. I'm nicked off him again while he's, um,

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while he's, uh, sleeping. And he kind of like,

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the diamond sort of pans out a little bit and

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we see sort of behind Chester, the whole first

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floor of the ugly coyote, the whole bar floor

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sort of panned out around him. He's sitting at

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a corner table, uh, kind of looking into it and

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you see his face goes very somber. My, uh. So

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my girlfriend, uh, she's actually right here.

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Hey, say hi, Jeans. And kind of points the camera

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over to the side. You see Jeans at the tip of

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the side and just kind of waves sort of politely.

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And she, uh, says this can be good for me. You

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know, talking about my feelings and stuff. And

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so, uh, here I am. I'm, uh, oh, hold on. He looks

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over at Jeans, kind of, she gives him a thumbs

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up as he sort of moves under the table. Kind

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of puts a cable cloth over him, kind of where

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he's a little more secluded. Gets real close

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to it. I'm, uh. I'm a little scared. All this

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stuff happening. The Pearls fall. Umizu's gone.

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Arlon says Jules and Blanche nearly died fighting

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the Storm Eye. And that the Storm Eye is an incarnate.

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I don't know. I wasn't listening to all of it.

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And Jules. Something happened to him during the

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fall. Like he fell asleep and he won't wake up

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no matter what we do. He's fitful too. Like he's

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having a nightmare and it won't let him go. But,

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but. But yeah, he's Jules. So he'll be fine.

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So let's see what everyone's doing, huh? Come

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on, come on. And he pops him over the table.

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It's like, come on, Jeans, we're going on a little

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adventure here. And Chester begins to move across

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the coyote. Moves over to a nearby table where

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you see a very sullen -looking Arhalon speaking

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to Fibro. There's books and notes all over the

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place, as Fibro usually has. And Arhalon is kind

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of describing everything he's learned and experienced

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in this recent adventure to Fibro. Kind of giving

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an official report. And you said which eye was

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the gem in? Oh, it was the... Why did I ask that

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question? I don't remember the answer. Right

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one, I think. Let me think all that. I'll get

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back to you. All right, well. And they're kind

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of just doing their little thing. Arlan's just

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kind of laying it all out. I think Chester sort

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of looks at them, but they're clearly locked

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in. Turns the camera away. Turns to the fireplace

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where we see Akio sleeping deeply on the floor

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just before the roaring flame. Round stuff is

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like snuggled into his fur of his belly and laying

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on top of them both. is jamal the pangolin all

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rolled up he kind of turns from them turns the

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camera over and barely catches a figure peeking

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around the table who just dips away he's like

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ah caught you miskin no you didn't no okay what

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didn't catch you all right uh well let's see

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how you're just doing kind of moves over to the

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behind the bar to hear like some muffled sort

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of fighting as you get closer and closer like

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i told you not every pot is a chamber pot i how

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many times well i was i was naked i don't want

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to walk all about the place don't be naked in

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my kitchen well you know it's my bedroom uh it's

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my kitchen oh well let's not get over there um

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turns around like well uh what's real blanche

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is doing Dresden. And as the camera turns around

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in this main dining floor of the El Coyote, do

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we see Blanche or Dresden here? I'm curious.

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This is, I will tell you, a few hours after the

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fall of the diamond. You made it off okay. We

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saw Dresden moving with Jules as like Jules kind

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of went under. Dresden, you took control of the

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rod of flying. You were able to kind of move

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it with him. You got him to safety and you, I

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imagine, brought him here where you know he'd

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be the safest. Blanche, you helped children,

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helped everyone you could get off. You were probably

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one of the last refusing to go until almost everyone

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was cleared off the Pearl. But they took you

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last. And so you find yourself safe. The rest

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of Omizu is apparently gone, but you're safe.

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Would you be here? Jules is in the coyote. Jules

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and the coyote, he's been having a, like, just

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sleeping, sweating, like they're having a horrible

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nightmare. Dresden probably told you there was

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one of the celestials broke off. The strangest

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thing, came over to him, said some words to him

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about sharing a burden and touched him. And Jules

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immediately just, like, collapsed, almost fell

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off the rod. Dresden was there to protect him,

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but... Yeah, I think Blanche is... Sitting, you

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said that Akio and everybody were cuddled up,

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did you say near a fire? Yeah, right by the fireplace.

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Perfect. Blanche is sitting in an armed chair

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by the fire, overlooking them, reading through

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some of her tomes, trying to figure out what

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she can learn about this mystery affliction that's

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taken Jules. Hell yeah. We'll see. Are you down

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here, Gresden, too? He's not inside. Okay. I

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think he grabbed a drink and is kind of squatting

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down, sitting down with his back against the

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brick wall in the back alley. Oh, shit. Okay.

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And just kind of drinking. Hell yeah. He's thinking

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about how things have changed and how he can't

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be so far from Jules anymore. Yeah. They need

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to work a little closer together. I mean, everything's

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changed. You were working for Shully, but you

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were working for Shully through Crispin. You've

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lost another partner. And here you are, waiting

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to see what's going to happen to Jules. Trying

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to decide if Chester would want to. I mean, clearly

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you're in a place. I don't know if he wants to

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come bother you. And you're reading a book. What

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do you think? Do you give any informant you want

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him to come bother you, or should I just keep

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on going? I can't imagine that Blanche in this...

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building full of children ever gets more than

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10 or 15 minutes at a time to read without being

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interrupted i think i think it's probably expected

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hell yeah all right if she wanted to read uninterrupted

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she would probably do so across the street at

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the pale moonlight in one of jean's rooms okay

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okay you can try with dresden but dresden just

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is not going to say anything how you doing dresden

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you all right out there The camera's like, there's

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like a diamond, like, in a hand, out a window,

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just looking at you. He just turns to the camera,

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stares for a second, then turns back to stare

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forward. Oh, yeah, all right. It just makes it

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sound like two rocks rubbing together. Spins

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around, runs to you. Yo, Blanche, what you reading

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about? I'm trying to, I'm trying to decipher

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what's happening with Jules. Oh, any luck? Not

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yet. I can't remember ever. ever reading about

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anything like this. I'm flipping through old

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books that I've read before, and I went next

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door to see Penny, and I got some new ones. Uh...

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Dresden said it was a party, right? You know,

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done the touching? Yes, one of the... one of

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Artash's angels. I've heard things in the streets.

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The party, they, uh... supposed to, like, be

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able to see the future? You know, prophecies

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and whatnot? Some of them, they've taken, I guess...

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Make you do it too? You think it's crazy talk?

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Well, if a Pari angel can see the future and

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share a vision with you, then why... How long

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will it take? I can't imagine that a vision would

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be this prolonged. True. It's weird. You hear

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a lot of things on the streets, Chester. Do you

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know or expect if... Should I make an appearance

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here at the Ugly Coyote? I've never seen her

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here. I mean, she never leaves a royal town before

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I hear about it. Not really. She's the type to

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keep to herself. Well, I wonder if it'll be appropriate

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to pay her a visit then. There'll be time for

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that. I'm not ready to leave Jules' side yet.

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Yeah, same. the diamond kind of like almost like

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you can see like the nod uh yeah and the sort

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of uh screen as Chester nods to boy just kind

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of steps away turns around to jeans again and

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just so I think that's everyone right wait where's

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Kiana I haven't seen in a bit I oh she's staying

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with Uncle Coley for the last few days they've

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been uh been a lot more time together it seems

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oh good for them so then yeah I guess that's

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and we suddenly hear like Boom! The sound of

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doors bursting open, slapping against the wall,

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along with this sort of Harriet sort of breathing

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sound. Chester's diamond whirls around to the

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front door, the saloon door, sort of where a

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figure has knocked them back. And we see just

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looking totally exhausted. Dance macabre. Ooh.

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What is he? Where? I just ran. Down the whole

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city. I have a luchadora friend stalling the

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jewel before it departs, but I don't have long.

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I need to get back to my world. Where is Jules?

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He's upstairs. He's sleeping, though. And she

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just blasts past Chester. Whoa, hey, whoa! Up

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the stairs, just like moving with this incredible

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grace, this incredible dexterity, just leaping

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the stairs five at a time. And she's just around

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the corner. Whoa, should we? Do we do something?

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I'm going up there. Just through the zeitgeist,

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Blanche knows that Jules and Dan are together.

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They're like a power couple. You want some kiss?

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Yeah. Oh, that's right. I keep forgetting that

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they've met. So Blanche wants to be respectful

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and keep her distance, but also be close enough

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in case she's needed. Okay. So maybe she'll stand

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at the top of the stairs, sort of down the hall

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from Jules' room, in case Dan has any questions

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or wants to talk. Hell yeah. Chester goes, like,

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rushing up the stairs behind. She doesn't even

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see the door, like, kick open. Dan's looking

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in, and he catches the moment where her eyes

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sort of, like, soften a little bit. She takes

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a deep breath, and he hears her say, You're awake.

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Good. Oh. She moves you to the room, and this

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is where you have just awoken, Jules, at the

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end of our last episode. Chester's diamond sort

00:15:42.789 --> 00:15:45.350
of whirls around the corner and catches you kind

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of in the bed, kind of. Slowly rising as dance

00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.879
enters the room. What are you doing, Jules? What's

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your immediate, like, oh shit reaction to everything

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you just saw? To everything you just experienced?

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I don't know if Jules says anything right off

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the bat. I think he just stumbles over and grabs

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whoever he can. So that would be dance is the

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one that's right there. And pulls, yeah, pulls

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dance in. And then after a hug. Where's round

00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:21.259
stuff? I saw her as I ran in. Downstairs, sleeping.

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And Jules runs past Dance. Okay. To round stuff.

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You just run down. Dance kind of just like whirls

00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:32.740
around. You don't, the camera catches what you

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don't. This like immediate glare. dances around

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to follow you. Everyone kind of stumbles down.

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Chester's, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Following

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you, following dance. Everyone goes downstairs.

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Where round stuff is sleeping on top of a Keo

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or Blanche. You're probably up in Adam now. You

00:16:46.809 --> 00:16:49.629
hear Jules is in. Dresden probably hears a commotion,

00:16:49.649 --> 00:16:51.350
pops his head over, sees that Jules is awake.

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I imagine it's like everyone's kind of coming

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together here. And he gets up to round stuff

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and just puts a soft hand on her and then pulls

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it off and turns around and grabs a drink. As

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:06.539
you turn to get a drink, I think, like, you would

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just feel a hand go under your shoulder very

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firm. Dance just says, It seems you have your

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energy back. Good. And she just grabs you and

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throws you up against the wall and says, Now

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I can knock you out again. Running off to a crisis

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situation, vanishing on some secret mission,

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and not a word to me. Not to mention, I have

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:27.579
not seen you since before you ran off to Nowari,

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and I'm sure almost got yourself killed. You

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.900
are damn lucky that I think you are very, very

00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:40.440
cute. Hey. Yes. What? He kisses her. Fine. She

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:44.180
backs up. She's like, takes a breath. I am glad

00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:48.259
you're okay. I heard. I'm following the news

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from Momizu. When I came, I did not even know

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:56.630
if you made it back. But I had my say. And you

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are not dead, so I need to run. I have some of

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the lead jewel to catch. I have to get back.

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And you realize, she, like, the jewel docked

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from San Satyan. And she ran across the day to

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get to here. And she's going to catch the jewel

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before, like, and everyone's still loading onto

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it. Like, she must have had, like, this entire

00:18:12.549 --> 00:18:15.809
trip of hers must have required such a physical,

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like, exhaustive sort of journey to get here.

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And, like, such a stressful amount of, like,

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sort of time catching. She looks very harrowed.

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Jules just looks at her and says, This is just

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the beginning. I know. They're scared, Jules.

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They're all scared. And I'm scared of what they're

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going to do. I have to get back. To stop them

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from doing something stupid. Go. She brings her

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lips near yours again, waiting for you to respond.

00:18:51.509 --> 00:18:53.750
Yeah, he moves in. And she immediately just puts

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a finger up, pushes you back. Ah, ah, ah. I have

00:18:56.890 --> 00:18:59.309
another long run to get back to the fire, Opal.

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Choose LaRoche. I will not have you leaving me

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breathless. And with a wink, she just is gone.

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Immediately moving out of the room, out the door,

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just feeling her skirt sort of flapping as she

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just, with that sort of monk's agility, runs

00:19:16.690 --> 00:19:20.299
away. Blanche's in there with her hands outstretched.

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:23.559
Well, I was going to offer her haste, but...

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Damn, that'd be great. Oh, she's hastin'. And

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everyone's, like, looking to you, Jules. Jules,

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:40.779
you're right. What happened? We should talk about

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:43.079
what happened, Jules, unless you needed another

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:51.490
kiss first. Justice, justice coming in. I think

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where you're about to like, maybe this voice

00:19:53.890 --> 00:19:55.490
is everyone's sort of moving in this sort of

00:19:55.490 --> 00:19:58.670
wacky little scene. A smile on Jules face, despite

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it all, despite his like extremely weary eyes.

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We'll cut it there. Save you the need to go and

00:20:05.849 --> 00:20:09.809
retell everything you just saw live. Unless you

00:20:09.809 --> 00:20:14.140
want to. Well, I just imagine that he. calls

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:17.859
for Blanche and Dresden and Arhalon into another

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room, and he just says, What the fuck? No, not

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Chester. Damn, poor Chester. Goddamn. I thought

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:31.200
he was your partner. He's also recording everything.

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:35.200
He's recording everything. Chester, put that

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:37.819
toy down. All right, fine, fine. All right, you

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:40.619
can come in. And stop. I said, all right, you

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:42.339
can come in before you stop, just so that's canon

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:46.099
now. It's canon now. He's in. But he did stop

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recording. And now you see, dear listener, how

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:55.279
our episode is going to go. Record. We look upon

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the radiant citadel. The main plaza just before

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the great iron doors that lead into the auroral

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diamond. In this central space, we see Atash's...

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hovering off the ground. His aura of light is

00:21:09.470 --> 00:21:13.029
like this floating bonfire before a massive,

00:21:13.109 --> 00:21:15.269
massive crowd filling the streets, filling the

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plaza all around. We are in this crowd. We are

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in the thrum and screaming and cheering. We are

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watching him. Through our lens, we can barely

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see another figure that stands behind Atash.

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Other features are obscured by the brightness

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of the flame -feathered wings that adorn his

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back. With an easy gesture, Atush brings a sweeping

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silence to the gathering. And with a booming

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voice, he begins to speak. Today, we have bore

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witness to another unprecedented tragedy. The

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fall of Umizu. The deaths of well over a hundred

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thousand souls pulled callously into the dark

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:06.740
heart of the Keening Gloom. Just as Tithos before.

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And just a sweeping sound. Everyone's dead silent,

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:14.140
but you can see in their eyes the breaking of

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hearts. His words laced with so much pain. I

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:23.700
am wounded by this. I am wounded doubly for the

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knowledge that it could have been stopped had

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:30.339
my own agents been on world watching for that

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:35.660
monster Ozen Yoshikatsu. We trust our friends,

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our families, our worlds to their own defenses

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and to our luminaries. But why? Why, when we

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have seen failure after failure, one of the very

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kings of coin of Zinda dead, two now with the

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:57.740
sudden tragic passing of Grand Messer Amos near?

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And let us not forget the heirs, slaughtered

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in secret by a serial killer. My heart goes out

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to the people of Nuari. And then there is Sansa

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-chan, a people crushed by oppression, forced

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to feed the ambitions of those in power. Those

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that should have been protecting them, caring

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for them. As a king myself, I know well that

00:23:24.309 --> 00:23:29.660
my duties are to my people. Ah, George, here

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goes up all around us. And my people, they are

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:38.480
so much more than the populace of Ankara and

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Sankar. I am beginning to think that a time for

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great change has come to us all. Many have come

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to resent my mission on Sansatyan, calling it

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unlawful. But look at the good we have done.

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I prefer to consider that event to be the advent

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of a new age of law, an age where we consider

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the needs of our people, their safety and care

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:10.859
over concerns for our individuality in governance

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and policing. Imagine, if you will, a series

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of new luminaries bolstering the rakes, immortal

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:24.309
celestials, pari even. who can foresee dark events

00:24:24.309 --> 00:24:28.430
before they happen. In such a world where my

00:24:28.430 --> 00:24:32.170
loyal stand guard at every conquered gemstone's

00:24:32.170 --> 00:24:36.569
bay, we can ensure an end to these tragedies.

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I'm murmuring everywhere around. I know and understand

00:24:41.990 --> 00:24:45.799
the concerns over this. Ever since my appearance

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:48.599
in these worlds, there has been a fear of me

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:53.440
and my celestials becoming too influential. Because

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:57.019
of this, the Speakers for the Ancestors, advised

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by Speaker Sholay Brass, had disallowed the rise

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:05.420
of any other celestial luminaries. Yet unbeknownst

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:10.019
to them, there was nearly another. Ramin Rasool!

00:25:12.190 --> 00:25:15.890
Celebrated hero who died to free Sansatya was

00:25:15.890 --> 00:25:20.730
in fact a celestial himself. And did his presence

00:25:20.730 --> 00:25:24.390
cause an imbalance in our worlds? Or did it work

00:25:24.390 --> 00:25:28.569
to fix imbalances? Do we begrudge the life and

00:25:28.569 --> 00:25:33.970
death of this shining star? I think not. And

00:25:33.970 --> 00:25:38.410
so I have a proposal for the speakers and for

00:25:38.410 --> 00:25:41.440
our conquered worlds. I would introduce more

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:45.359
celestials, tested heroes of Anchor and Sengar

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:49.779
to be considered as luminaries. I have one of

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:55.339
them here by my side. A powery angel proficient

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:59.700
in prophecy who can foresee coming evils in whichever

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:05.119
world she may walk. This! And he... Steps to

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:07.799
the side or floats to the side, revealing the

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:11.079
figure that stood behind him. Now sort of engulfed

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:14.319
in his light, a spotlight shining on her. We

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:16.900
see a party angel that we've seen before in this

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:21.079
show with sort of intricate gold makeup on her

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:29.309
face. This is Salome the Sight Weaver! I think

00:26:29.309 --> 00:26:30.990
it's time to roll some stats. What do you think,

00:26:30.990 --> 00:26:33.710
Steven? Ooh, baby, some dice? Let's hear about

00:26:33.710 --> 00:26:38.289
Salome. Are you kidding? We are rolling stats.

00:26:38.430 --> 00:26:42.869
All right. Got my 4d6. Salome! Before you roll

00:26:42.869 --> 00:26:44.210
your stats, real quick, we know you're a party

00:26:44.210 --> 00:26:46.410
angel. We're running this as an ass on our stat

00:26:46.410 --> 00:26:48.150
block, but I am giving you fly speed because

00:26:48.150 --> 00:26:50.230
I don't care. We've never balanced your characters.

00:26:50.390 --> 00:26:52.089
Your fucking Crispin was ridiculous. We still

00:26:52.089 --> 00:26:56.190
killed him. Take your fly speed for free. Yay.

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:59.200
Because it would be weird if a party angel couldn't

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:03.319
just fly. You're a badass. You are a badass celestial.

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:09.039
And what's your class? Salome is a cleric. We

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:14.559
foreshadowed it last episode. Yeah, very excited

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:17.400
to play a cleric. Let's get into some stats.

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:21.019
Let's get into some stats. I should note, Salome

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:24.039
will be coming in at 7th level. Hell yeah. Oh

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:28.740
yeah. We got... They're kind of all under here.

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.920
Let me pull them out. I'm going to drop that

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:35.500
one for sure. 13. That's not bad. For the first

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:39.839
roll. That's not bad. You rolled so bad once.

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.000
After that, you've been hot every time. This

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:46.940
one, this is still okay. That's... 14. Oh, my

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.519
God. 13 out of 14 is more than okay. 13, 14.

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.019
Yeah, exactly. I know. Everything else now. I'm

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.039
not going to say it. I'm not going to say it.

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:55.539
Hold on. Let me take a drink and get that out

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.799
of my mouth. Yeah, get that out of your mouth.

00:27:58.339 --> 00:28:00.880
I know, like, Crispin. I don't remember if Blanche's

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.200
stats were better than Crispin's, but I remember

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.880
feeling, like, bad at how good Crispin's stats

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.579
were. I don't anymore because you still killed

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:10.579
him. I see a couple fours and a six. Some might

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:14.390
say I cheated, but. So that's another 14. Oh,

00:28:14.410 --> 00:28:18.049
my gosh. Very nice. Oh, no. Yeah. High stats

00:28:18.049 --> 00:28:20.789
and a cleric. We'd love to see it. Love to see

00:28:20.789 --> 00:28:24.009
it. We're only halfway done. I really want some

00:28:24.009 --> 00:28:28.589
banger for my wisdom here. It's not that. That's

00:28:28.589 --> 00:28:33.029
just eight. Ooh. We got a stinker. What a loser.

00:28:33.029 --> 00:28:37.029
We got a stinker. Wow. Come on. Stupid weaver.

00:28:37.049 --> 00:28:40.509
Dude, I need something huge for wisdom. It's

00:28:40.509 --> 00:28:42.250
only the stink weaver, right? No, it's not that.

00:28:42.430 --> 00:28:48.279
That's... Six. That's a six. Ooh. Okay. Probably

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:51.420
the shit weaver. I got one more. I got no more

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:53.599
of those. I got one more. What do you got? Come

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:59.960
on, man. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's 13.

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:04.319
13. Okay. So two 13s, two 14s, and eight and

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.140
a six. And a couple of stinkers. Yeah. Not too

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:10.160
shabby, though. Yeah. Do you know where you're

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.440
going to put those now, or do you want to wait

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:13.599
and tell us later? I know where I'm going to

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:16.559
put at least some of them. All right. I wonder

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:18.299
where that six is going, because that's funny

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:22.960
to me. Yeah, the six. Well, I think there's...

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:27.440
She real stupid. I don't know. Maybe. But I think

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:32.960
I picked one of the, not traits, something that

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:35.519
I picked through the character creator, because

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:40.079
I picked a... Tempest Cleric. I picked something

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:44.519
where she could wear heavy armor. So I think

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:49.259
I might be able to dump decks because the AC

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:51.839
bonus won't matter as much. But I'm going to

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:53.059
take a little time to think about it. I know

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.839
I'm going to put one of my 14s in Wisdom, of

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:57.680
course. We'll see if that other 14 goes into

00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:00.059
Con. That's what I'm thinking, but I don't want

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.660
to commit to anything yet. Make sure you get

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:03.240
that prereq strength you need to wear heavy armor.

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:05.920
Right, yeah, exactly. A couple of 13s kicking

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:09.829
around. Cool. Yeah. Well, it might be a minute

00:30:09.829 --> 00:30:12.509
before we see this character fully in action,

00:30:12.710 --> 00:30:17.009
but it'd be kind of cool to hear her speak again.

00:30:17.509 --> 00:30:20.309
So as she steps forward, Atash, again, just gesturing

00:30:20.309 --> 00:30:23.789
towards her, towering above her, sort of naturally

00:30:23.789 --> 00:30:26.950
sort of floating above, just calls out, Speak,

00:30:26.970 --> 00:30:33.509
Salome! Introduce yourself to the worlds! I have

00:30:33.509 --> 00:30:35.009
a script and you don't. This is funny to me.

00:30:35.069 --> 00:30:39.569
Right, yeah, exactly. I have a lot of... Not

00:30:39.569 --> 00:30:40.970
everything's a script. I have a lot of script.

00:30:43.049 --> 00:30:58.829
Okay, then. Who am I but a simple servant to

00:30:58.829 --> 00:31:06.450
protect and defend? our Concord world. As the

00:31:06.450 --> 00:31:19.250
first Pari angel luminary, I say greetings. Just

00:31:19.250 --> 00:31:27.250
a... They're excited. They're excited. Tell me

00:31:27.250 --> 00:31:29.470
a little more about this. What is your expression

00:31:29.470 --> 00:31:33.029
as you look over everyone here? Do you stand

00:31:33.029 --> 00:31:36.549
with confidence? Do you stand with... I don't

00:31:36.549 --> 00:31:39.430
know. Are you nervous? Yeah, she's sure -footed.

00:31:39.430 --> 00:31:44.150
Salome stands strong. But her facial expression

00:31:44.150 --> 00:31:50.269
is slightly aloof. Not very focused. I think

00:31:50.269 --> 00:31:55.670
she's kind of always seeing... Some even partial

00:31:55.670 --> 00:32:00.369
vision in the edges of her, her peripheral vision.

00:32:01.190 --> 00:32:04.410
Maybe sometimes it's even difficult to focus

00:32:04.410 --> 00:32:08.490
on one task at a time. I think here in this moment

00:32:08.490 --> 00:32:12.730
that I will say is so crucial to the stream of

00:32:12.730 --> 00:32:15.970
events to come. Those senses must be going wild

00:32:15.970 --> 00:32:17.930
and perhaps like, you know, you have this, you

00:32:17.930 --> 00:32:20.369
say this, but we're cheering and Atash kind of.

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:23.640
Waves you back. Not like in an aggressive way,

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:27.259
but you kind of move backwards behind him again.

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:30.519
And he once again sort of, boom, bursts to light,

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:33.559
sort of taking the center stage. With the advent

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:37.359
of these new luminaries comes another opportunity.

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:41.160
For too long, the speakers have held a loose

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:45.160
command of our luminary adventurers. This system

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:48.559
too often leads to delays in action and the loss

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:53.359
of lives. Our protectors need to be guided, and

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:56.779
they need to be held accountable for their failures.

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:59.779
The speakers will say that this is their task,

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:02.900
but where were the speakers when Tithos fell?

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:08.819
When Urizo fell? I cannot answer this, but I

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:13.180
can tell you where I was. Holding back the keening

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:16.680
gloom. Granting precious time to evacuate the

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:24.500
falling gems. Saving the lives I could. I say,

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:28.660
let my hand be the one that guides our luminaries.

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:32.380
Let my eyes be the ones that discern and my words

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:35.839
condemn. In times of such darkness, we need to

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:40.000
look to our brightest lights for salvation. I

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:45.240
will reform this system. I will remake the luminaries.

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:49.579
Go to your speakers. Make your demands to let

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:53.900
Atash, the hand of the sword weaver, take the

00:33:53.900 --> 00:34:01.339
reins. If they deny this, deny your safety, that

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:05.579
would be tyranny itself. Push them with everything

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:11.860
you have and help me. to save your lives! And

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:15.159
just, yeah, this uproarious, explosive cheer.

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.960
He just takes a moment, looks around, and then

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:21.480
just sort of nods, and once again waves him down.

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:25.800
This, I think, is a step in the right direction

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:29.760
for our worlds! But I fear it will still not

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:33.179
be enough should Ozu and Yoshikatsu appear again!

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:37.019
I would further ask for the leaders of each world

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:40.699
to consider allowing my personal forces to protect

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:44.739
their people. Watching over each of the docking

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:48.260
bays and working with the forces of law to investigate

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:52.420
criminal matters. Together, we can bring radiance

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:56.059
to every corner of every world. Together, we

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:59.199
can drown out the darkness in glorious light.

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:05.800
Together, we can unite! And again, just everyone,

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:09.780
boom, explodes. Any further words completely

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:13.880
drown out in these screams of joy and excitement

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:21.760
and approval. Stop. Record. We open on a large,

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:25.199
lavish inn formed of dark mud brick. A gilded

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:27.219
sign hangs above the main door, lizard -shaped

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:29.579
and carrying the words, The Salamander's Sucker.

00:35:30.230 --> 00:35:33.489
We are standing in a sort of group of paparazzi

00:35:33.489 --> 00:35:36.030
guild members waiting. A buzz of client members

00:35:36.030 --> 00:35:38.409
suddenly raises an explosion of cacophony of

00:35:38.409 --> 00:35:41.309
shouted questions as a figure steps out of the

00:35:41.309 --> 00:35:44.480
front doors. And we see a tiefling of average

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:47.460
height, but extraordinary presence. We see deep

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:50.219
red skin matched by intense red eyes. This creates

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:52.400
a striking contrast with his black clothing,

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:55.099
a mix of formal attire and leather armor. Black

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:57.099
rim -like horns curve from his head, seeming

00:35:57.099 --> 00:36:00.300
to blend into this long black hair. An ornate

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:02.860
crown rests atop these horns, adding to an air

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:07.400
of oppressive authority. This is Luminary Rory

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:10.719
King! Yeah, it's a thing! We're doing this! Hell

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:13.190
yeah. Amidst the chaos of the shedding paparazzi,

00:36:13.289 --> 00:36:15.090
one voice in particular can be heard screaming

00:36:15.090 --> 00:36:18.530
out towards Rory, Rory gang, in the wake of Omiju,

00:36:18.650 --> 00:36:20.349
do you have any comforting words for the people

00:36:20.349 --> 00:36:24.769
of the worlds? In a firm gesture, Rory's hands,

00:36:24.909 --> 00:36:27.449
the crowd's clamor sort of quiets down, his eyes

00:36:27.449 --> 00:36:29.590
fall upon the question asker, and though this

00:36:29.590 --> 00:36:32.349
paparazzi guild member we see smiles, he seems

00:36:32.349 --> 00:36:36.389
to shrink away beneath that stare, and Rory speaks.

00:36:37.090 --> 00:36:41.579
I say to the people, have no fear, for I, Rory

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:44.260
King and the rest of my luminary compatriots,

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:47.260
we shall ensure your safety and well -being.

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:50.420
A cheer goes up throughout the crowd. Another

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:52.960
voice booms out. Another question. Rory King!

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:55.239
Rory King! What are your thoughts on Atash's

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:57.800
plan for luminary reform? Will you pledge yourself

00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:01.079
to his cause? And this time the Norse ceases

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:03.900
without a gesture. There's an anticipation palpable

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:07.739
waiting for this answer. I couldn't agree more

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:10.590
with Atash's plans. We have too many luminaries

00:37:10.590 --> 00:37:12.989
running around and going rogue just to fulfill

00:37:12.989 --> 00:37:15.429
their own sense of duty and morality. But I,

00:37:15.650 --> 00:37:18.710
Rory King, do so pledge my powers to help Atash

00:37:18.710 --> 00:37:21.329
in this noble plan to ensure peace and order

00:37:21.329 --> 00:37:24.309
throughout just not the luminaries, but the worlds

00:37:24.309 --> 00:37:29.289
as well. And the crowd goes absolutely wild.

00:37:30.769 --> 00:37:37.110
Stop. Rory King, the schemer. It's Hunter! Thank

00:37:37.110 --> 00:37:40.829
you, Hunter! Hunter, you sneaky son of a... Oh,

00:37:41.289 --> 00:37:43.349
I love it, too. I love this, because he plays

00:37:43.349 --> 00:37:45.869
his character as a sort of ambitious, sort of

00:37:45.869 --> 00:37:48.670
social ladder climbing. I mean, it's the right

00:37:48.670 --> 00:37:51.789
words to say, and man, I love it. Thank you,

00:37:51.789 --> 00:37:54.650
Hunter, for bringing your voice into the show,

00:37:54.730 --> 00:37:57.730
for helping us fill out our world. That was awesome.

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:02.920
And it might not even be the only one this episode.

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:06.719
We might see more voices, more luminaries weighing

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:12.119
in on events. Record. We see the white walls

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:15.099
and golden streets of the city of Zinda. A stage

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.880
in the central city surrounded by dark flowers

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:19.119
that still brings massive profit to the kings

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:22.639
of coin. We see the eyes of one person in a churning

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:26.059
mass once again. This figure is close enough

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:28.239
to this central stage to make out all that stand

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:30.949
upon it. The kings have coined themselves, along

00:38:30.949 --> 00:38:33.690
with chosen families stand behind podiums. We

00:38:33.690 --> 00:38:36.449
see Samira standing alone, Margus and Xenia together,

00:38:36.769 --> 00:38:39.449
Ledoux and Jean Franklin behind theirs, hands

00:38:39.449 --> 00:38:43.449
clasped together, faces set firm. Two other solitary

00:38:43.449 --> 00:38:45.349
figures stand at their podiums, expressions grim.

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:49.280
We have never met Messer Solon Avim and Madame

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:51.559
Kitmata as their grief at the loss of their firstborn

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:53.480
children had kept them from the recent celebrations

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:57.000
in Zinda. Yet they stand here now, still facing

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.880
that grief in the wake of something so new and

00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:03.059
so dire. Notably, the central podium here is

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:07.659
only one figure behind it. Larissa Nier. And

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:09.840
before all of them, speaking into a conical glass

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:13.760
apparatus that enhances his voice, we see Sturgeman.

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:17.320
I have finished my investigation into Amos Nia's

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:20.800
death. I can say with absolute certainty that

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:23.940
it was an accident. Any rumors that this was

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:26.460
the result of a further assassination or a bloodier

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:29.980
plot are falsehoods. I have also found copious

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:32.059
evidence to prove that Larissa Rin is indeed

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:35.639
the true heir to the Nia house and fortune. As

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:37.500
the world's greatest detective, I pride myself

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:40.980
in judging character. In my investigations, I

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:42.800
have found Larissa to be a font of intelligence

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:46.440
and strength. Look to her leadership and prosper.

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:53.000
So tense. And also my sister. Hey, shut up. It's

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:57.960
a quiet part. He steps away. And another round

00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:00.000
of clapping applause. And he's sort of leading

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:02.139
it to kind of go in clapping as he nods over.

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:03.760
It's very strange to see Sturgeman in this sort

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:06.900
of casual way. And we see the reason Moose take

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:10.380
his place. This is a trying time for all of us.

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:13.579
And for many reasons. We people have seemed to

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:17.000
have lost so much. I have felt this loss personally.

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:20.280
My father was not a perfect man. His leadership

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:22.539
brought us wealth, but did not distribute it

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:25.500
with care. This mistake left many of us starving

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:28.960
and all of us at the edge of revolution, policed

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:32.320
by only a mercenary force from another world.

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:35.400
I know that you fear, as we all must fear, that

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:38.739
our world will be taken next by the keen and

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:42.730
gloom. But we can fix all of this. with one decision,

00:40:42.949 --> 00:40:46.230
my decision, which I humbly ask my fellow kings

00:40:46.230 --> 00:40:49.050
of coin to agree with. We will open our world

00:40:49.050 --> 00:40:51.889
and our city to Atash and his forces. We will

00:40:51.889 --> 00:40:54.110
place ourselves beneath his protective wings,

00:40:54.369 --> 00:40:56.489
and we will shift our laws and adherence to his

00:40:56.489 --> 00:40:58.530
ancient wisdom. In the middle, you see the other

00:40:58.530 --> 00:41:00.010
kings of coin and attendants shoot up behind

00:41:00.010 --> 00:41:01.670
their podiums, attempting to scream out their

00:41:01.670 --> 00:41:05.250
defiance, and their voices are drowned by the

00:41:05.250 --> 00:41:07.809
sheer magnitude of roaring applause that greets

00:41:07.809 --> 00:41:12.010
Larissa's words. Wow. Calvin is just like, And

00:41:12.010 --> 00:41:13.590
cowed by all this, we see each figure behind

00:41:13.590 --> 00:41:16.570
the podiums shrink back, and following the example

00:41:16.570 --> 00:41:20.010
of a staring Sturgeon, begin to slowly clap as

00:41:20.010 --> 00:41:24.250
well. All but two figures. One that storms away

00:41:24.250 --> 00:41:25.829
from the stage, hurling insults that we cannot

00:41:25.829 --> 00:41:28.489
hear above the crowd. Jean Franklin, the Fisher

00:41:28.489 --> 00:41:31.730
King, followed by King of Coin, LeDou Montelio,

00:41:31.769 --> 00:41:35.250
actually. Together, hand in hand, the two tortles

00:41:35.250 --> 00:41:40.559
leave the cheers behind. Stop. I remember, I

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:42.760
told you, I told you, Angus was going down. Sturgeon

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:44.960
told you he was going to kill him and put Larissa

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:48.539
in charge. He just did it very quickly. If anyone

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:50.900
doesn't remember, that happened. It seems out

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:55.679
of nowhere. Record. And we see a similar scene

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:58.840
in Fiesta Town, another stage centrally located

00:41:58.840 --> 00:42:01.500
around all the sort of casinos in this vibrant

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:04.219
part of the city. Upon it, we see Art of Vazda.

00:42:05.050 --> 00:42:08.070
We catch him sort of in the middle as our diamond

00:42:08.070 --> 00:42:09.610
sort of focuses in. It was a little slow to come

00:42:09.610 --> 00:42:12.070
up. The end of his sort of speech, just screaming

00:42:12.070 --> 00:42:16.690
out, We must bring back our celestial protectors

00:42:16.690 --> 00:42:21.130
and we must take great care here. While I was

00:42:21.130 --> 00:42:23.210
chosen to represent this world as its speaker,

00:42:23.269 --> 00:42:25.170
there is still no solid structure of governance

00:42:25.170 --> 00:42:28.210
during the re -election of the Tressina. This

00:42:28.210 --> 00:42:30.710
power vacuum will make Sansa Char the ideal place

00:42:30.710 --> 00:42:33.610
for Ozen's collaborators to strike next. And

00:42:33.610 --> 00:42:37.829
so we must hold firm to the laws and grant freedom

00:42:37.829 --> 00:42:40.710
of investigation and prosecution to the Celestials

00:42:40.710 --> 00:42:43.250
for the safety of all. And I think you hear this

00:42:43.250 --> 00:42:45.190
crowd much more divided. There's an undercurrent

00:42:45.190 --> 00:42:47.849
of free Sansa Char, free Sansa Char that's getting

00:42:47.849 --> 00:42:52.769
overtaken by more cheering. Bring them back,

00:42:52.949 --> 00:42:56.840
bring them back. And we see a figure. darts onto

00:42:56.840 --> 00:43:00.440
the stage, rushing over, sliding up like, you

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:01.719
know, maybe there's another one of those conical

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:06.340
speaking box like before Art of Asda. We see

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:10.159
Dance Macabre. No! She screams a voice echoing

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:12.400
out above all. Can't you see that this is wrong?

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:15.460
Can't you see that we are being fed lies? Switching

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:18.139
one oppressor for another. This is now my brother,

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:22.030
what Mateo died for. Remember him! And remember

00:43:22.030 --> 00:43:24.610
Zebulon, my brother's messenger, who he sacrificed

00:43:24.610 --> 00:43:28.130
his spark in order to send. Zebulon told us the

00:43:28.130 --> 00:43:31.010
truth. That Tithos and the Inconnectional Mizu

00:43:31.010 --> 00:43:35.750
are not gone. They were not killed. Atash is

00:43:35.750 --> 00:43:38.389
the sole voice that speaks this falsehood. Atash

00:43:38.389 --> 00:43:41.550
is lying to us. In believing him, we spit on

00:43:41.550 --> 00:43:44.610
the graves of our heroes. And again, just murmur.

00:43:44.710 --> 00:43:47.610
I know this is terrifying. I know you feel helpless.

00:43:48.190 --> 00:43:51.119
But we must put our beliefs in them. Those who

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:53.300
have proven themselves worthy. Those who have

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:55.420
passed on, but whose echoes yet inspire hope

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:58.519
and condemn villainy. Echoes that will carry

00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:03.519
on forever. We need to believe in justice undying.

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:08.280
And she raises a fist into the air. I'm bringing

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:11.480
it back. It's still not cool. How dare you? I'm

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:14.519
kidding. It's cool in this instance. You just

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:16.559
made it cool. And we just hear like some people.

00:44:17.489 --> 00:44:19.809
Justice Undyne! Justice Undyne! You know, a small

00:44:19.809 --> 00:44:21.550
undercurrent is kind of growing and growing.

00:44:21.650 --> 00:44:25.369
She's watching them, smiling, and a hand, a firm

00:44:25.369 --> 00:44:27.829
one, falls on her shoulders, this large party

00:44:27.829 --> 00:44:30.590
hand, Artavazda grabbing her, trying to force

00:44:30.590 --> 00:44:33.070
her away. No, you can't do this! You have no

00:44:33.070 --> 00:44:34.809
right to! She kind of, like, kicks him, and he

00:44:34.809 --> 00:44:38.230
kind of steps back, stunned, and then with one

00:44:38.230 --> 00:44:41.409
gesture points, and you see other angels flying

00:44:41.409 --> 00:44:44.010
towards the stage, grabbing Dan. She's fighting

00:44:44.010 --> 00:44:50.889
them. And she cuts off as a fist, radiant with

00:44:50.889 --> 00:44:55.610
angelic power, crashes hard into her face. Stop.

00:44:56.369 --> 00:44:59.630
Record. We see a red flag bearing an emblem of

00:44:59.630 --> 00:45:01.929
cross, sword, and pickaxe, each of their handles

00:45:01.929 --> 00:45:04.070
curving into the last segments of a scorpion's

00:45:04.070 --> 00:45:06.710
tail. The word FREEDOM IRONWORKS is displayed

00:45:06.710 --> 00:45:08.869
over the top of this image and below it in small

00:45:08.869 --> 00:45:13.369
lettering. We see, we don't make chains. A podium

00:45:13.369 --> 00:45:16.400
stands before this flag. and a small -framed

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:18.820
old man stands behind it, his face is shaven,

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:21.800
his gray hair is slicked back, his tan suit,

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:23.940
while quite fine, shows signs of wear as if it

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:26.420
had been worked in. The suit also notably has

00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:29.480
been tailored to only have one full sleeve, as

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:31.800
it's wearer's left arm has been severed at the

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:35.420
elbow. It's all grindy, looking much better than

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:37.719
the last time we saw him, almost kind of posh.

00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:40.960
As a representative from Freedom Eye Works, I

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:43.199
feel I have a responsibility to speak freely,

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:46.559
right from the heart. Now we all owe Artavazda

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:48.820
a great deal. He fought for us all by Artash's

00:45:48.820 --> 00:45:51.420
side. Many of his allies being returned to their

00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:54.099
original plane and lost to ours in the struggle.

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:57.139
Our debt to the Celestials is deep and our gratitude

00:45:57.139 --> 00:46:00.800
profound, but even so, his treatment of Gabriela

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:03.820
Cortez, a hero of the people of Sansachar, cannot

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:07.760
be ignored. Her stolen freedom cannot be ignored.

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:11.500
Her words and the words of Sepulon Black, who

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:15.940
died saving my life, cannot be ignored. And so

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:18.320
we echo her words and hope to hear them echoed

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:22.739
back throughout our world and every world. He

00:46:22.739 --> 00:46:25.059
raises his one fist into the air and yells, Justice

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:30.590
Undying! Stop. Record. We see a background of

00:46:30.590 --> 00:46:32.690
smooth crystal, light pink and faintly glowing.

00:46:32.829 --> 00:46:34.829
Our camera is turned suddenly to show an uncomfortably

00:46:34.829 --> 00:46:37.349
close face. A woman with a wild mess of blonde

00:46:37.349 --> 00:46:40.250
hair and a ghastly pale face. Her eyes are streaming

00:46:40.250 --> 00:46:42.449
with tears, bleeding black makeup down her cheeks.

00:46:43.389 --> 00:46:46.829
It's Cirilla LaRoche. Jewel's cousin, former

00:46:46.829 --> 00:46:49.269
Speaker of Tythos, and I think even he would

00:46:49.269 --> 00:46:52.349
struggle to recognize her as she is now. So broken.

00:46:53.469 --> 00:46:57.150
Please, listen to me. I am the former Speaker

00:46:57.150 --> 00:46:59.820
of Tythos Cirilla LaRoche. And I have a message

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:02.860
for all of you. My family is innocent. Atash

00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:04.980
and the forces that serve him have been harassing

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:07.500
me. I can't leave my home. They stripped me of

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:10.079
my role as speaker, giving no voice to my world.

00:47:10.380 --> 00:47:12.840
They want to silence Tithos because they know

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:16.099
it's still out there. Help me, please. Stand

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:19.320
against Atash. Stand for Tithos. Believe in Zebulon.

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:26.800
Just as undying. Stop. Record. We see our old

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:30.239
friend Pepper. standing in a very familiar pepper

00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:33.360
field, one where our heroes almost fell. Facing

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:35.440
a prop of diamond screen that is both offset

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:38.480
and shaking, and you hear, uh, is it on, Gammon?

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:43.400
Uh, oh, oh, good. Uh, hi, I'm Pepper from Pepper's

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:45.559
Peppers, and we here at Pepper's Peppers, we

00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:48.019
believe in honest growing and honest pricing

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:50.480
and honest everything. And we learned that honesty

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:52.599
from the best luminary our conquered worlds have

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:56.039
seen, Jules LaRoche. You know him? We're proud

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:59.619
to sponsor him. And we stand by him still. We

00:47:59.619 --> 00:48:02.199
stand by his honest words that Zebulon, his honest

00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:04.599
friend, and that the people of Tithos are still

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:07.420
alive. And you hear, like, behind the camera

00:48:07.420 --> 00:48:09.619
as it shakes, like, yeah, Zebulon's the coolest.

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:12.340
Yeah, yeah, yeah, he is. Yeah, so if Jules is

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:14.860
honest, and Zeb is honest, then the way I see

00:48:14.860 --> 00:48:20.199
it, Atash must be lying. So, um, uh, you slowly

00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:22.480
raise a trembling fist. Uh, justice undying?

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:29.139
Yeah, justice undying! Stop. Record. The morning

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:31.079
jewel is feeling fun and fun. Blah, damn it,

00:48:31.099 --> 00:48:33.840
it's always so hard. No, I got this, I got this.

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:37.500
Keep it. Keep it. The Morning Jewel is filmed

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:41.559
in front of a... Fuck! The Morning Jewel is filmed

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:44.139
in front of a live studio audience. Close enough.

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:49.000
And we, boom, pan to the cushy sort of couch

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:52.079
and seat, little coffee table of the Morning

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:54.599
Jewel. We see Fubo Mei smoking from her usual,

00:48:54.659 --> 00:48:57.199
like, long pipe, wearing her usual, like, purple

00:48:57.199 --> 00:49:00.539
garments, very overly makeuped, kind of looking

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:04.500
around. And she just turns towards our cameras.

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:06.960
We're looking at her and says, Welcome to the

00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:08.679
morning, Jewel. We always start our days off

00:49:08.679 --> 00:49:11.320
brilliantly. As always, I'm your host, Fubo May.

00:49:15.659 --> 00:49:18.840
Now, I know there's a lot to be afraid of right

00:49:18.840 --> 00:49:20.659
now. We're all still reeling from the events

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:22.960
of the last few days. I start with the fall of

00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:25.440
the pearl, but I hope we can lighten some moods

00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:27.000
and inspire some hope with our special guest

00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:29.829
today. Ladies and gentlemen, the hammer -swinging

00:49:29.829 --> 00:49:32.110
heartthrob, the muscle man metal worker, the

00:49:32.110 --> 00:49:34.190
fire -forging fella that makes me want to yell

00:49:34.190 --> 00:49:42.949
-a, the one and only... Mr. Mage Smith! The fire

00:49:42.949 --> 00:49:46.369
-forging fella that makes me want to yell -a?

00:49:47.829 --> 00:49:50.389
People should pay for this show. What the fuck?

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:57.639
And we see on the couch beside her a stout dwarven

00:49:57.639 --> 00:49:59.679
man with thick red hair and a long red beard

00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:01.360
tied into metal rings inscribed with various

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:03.619
runes. He wears the clothing of a blacksmith,

00:50:03.639 --> 00:50:05.800
a heavy brown apron along with heavy red gloves

00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:07.760
and boots. Sheathed in his back are a set of

00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:10.539
long tongs and a fine looking hammer. It's metal

00:50:10.539 --> 00:50:13.599
shining in a rippling Damascus pattern. And we

00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:15.699
see the mage smith gives a friendly wave to our

00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:19.119
camera. His piercing green eyes then flash to

00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:23.420
Fubo Mei. And he speaks! Ah, well, thank you

00:50:23.420 --> 00:50:26.219
for having me, Fubo -Mate. People say you don't

00:50:26.219 --> 00:50:28.719
really make it as luminary until that famed bot,

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:32.219
Gith Yankovich, tells your story. However, I

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:35.699
think it might be when you do. She just goes

00:50:35.699 --> 00:50:38.099
on, Oh, Mr. Matesmith, you do know how to light

00:50:38.099 --> 00:50:42.880
a forge fire and me. Well, we've all heard about

00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:45.599
your many heroic exploits. Let's start off hearing

00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:47.039
about something a little more personal to you.

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:49.340
through all the marvelous magical armaments that

00:50:49.340 --> 00:50:50.760
you've made. Do you have a favorite creation,

00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:53.059
something you're more proud of than the rest?

00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:57.539
My favorite forged creation is probably this

00:50:57.539 --> 00:51:01.099
here hammer. But everyone's heard about my lovely

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:03.320
hammer, Ursula, and her ability to create fire.

00:51:03.559 --> 00:51:05.679
I'm sure your ratings would prefer something

00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:09.659
new that I'm making. Oh, well, now do go on.

00:51:10.579 --> 00:51:12.619
This is the wildest thing to be doing to myself.

00:51:12.860 --> 00:51:16.730
I love this. I've been making some gifts for

00:51:16.730 --> 00:51:19.670
luminaries I quickly became fans of, and one

00:51:19.670 --> 00:51:22.610
I wish I had the chance to know. I'll give you

00:51:22.610 --> 00:51:26.369
some options. A trident, a crossbow, a longsword,

00:51:26.630 --> 00:51:29.929
a special set of tuning pegs, or a memorial.

00:51:30.789 --> 00:51:33.250
Ooh, well a memorial certainly sounds intriguing.

00:51:33.550 --> 00:51:36.690
I'd love to hear a little more about that. The

00:51:36.690 --> 00:51:40.389
memorial. Interesting choice. The memorial is

00:51:40.389 --> 00:51:44.099
a symbol... that was created in honor of young

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:47.800
Zebulon Black. It's to be delivered to the Ugly

00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:50.400
Coyote, where young Zebulon and his friends would

00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:54.480
frequent as a memorial to a true hero. It does

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:57.039
bear a secret, but I can't share it here, or

00:51:57.039 --> 00:52:00.739
it wouldn't be a secret anymore. And she looks

00:52:00.739 --> 00:52:03.289
like she's almost like, like... As the answer

00:52:03.289 --> 00:52:04.730
was going on, she was starting to sweat a little

00:52:04.730 --> 00:52:06.250
bit, and kind of looks like, wipes her brow,

00:52:06.329 --> 00:52:08.230
looks like swallows a little. Well, that's just

00:52:08.230 --> 00:52:11.150
lovely, but we should move on. Umidu's fall has

00:52:11.150 --> 00:52:13.550
come to a shock to all of us. A lot of people

00:52:13.550 --> 00:52:16.530
lost friends and family, and well, I'm sure it

00:52:16.530 --> 00:52:18.809
could be helpful to hear the wisdom of a hero

00:52:18.809 --> 00:52:21.369
who has faced much the same. Tythos was your

00:52:21.369 --> 00:52:23.230
home, and I'm sure you lost people you cared

00:52:23.230 --> 00:52:25.150
about during the first fall. Would you care to

00:52:25.150 --> 00:52:27.030
share anything about them here? To celebrate

00:52:27.030 --> 00:52:29.250
the memories, or to help us understand how you

00:52:29.250 --> 00:52:33.530
cope? I lost me. at the fall of Tythos. However,

00:52:33.769 --> 00:52:38.150
to save time, let me just give you one name.

00:52:38.869 --> 00:52:41.769
Forge Master George William, who taught me everything

00:52:41.769 --> 00:52:44.409
I know. On the mountains of Tythos, we would

00:52:44.409 --> 00:52:46.289
wake up before the dawn to start cleaning out

00:52:46.289 --> 00:52:48.929
the forge for the new day, and any other chores

00:52:48.929 --> 00:52:51.090
we needed to complete before starting the coals

00:52:51.090 --> 00:52:54.110
for the day. It's his methods I preserve, and

00:52:54.110 --> 00:52:56.449
hope to one day teach to another, forged in the

00:52:56.449 --> 00:52:59.420
fires of my own experiences with him. Though

00:52:59.420 --> 00:53:01.500
some are saying there's evidence Tythos isn't

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:04.119
gone, I'll be anxiously keeping an ear out for

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:06.840
more information on that. And again, we see just

00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:08.880
a reaction from her, those last words, kind of

00:53:08.880 --> 00:53:11.340
eyes sort of wide, and again, just sort of wipes

00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:14.119
her out. Oh, I see. Well, we have a very good

00:53:14.119 --> 00:53:16.360
authority that, and I'm so sorry to say this,

00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:18.940
that, well, Tythos and Amizu both are very much

00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:21.579
gone. Forever. You mentioned a memorial gift

00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:23.840
for the dearly departed Zebulon. Are you Mr.

00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:26.519
Magesmith a believer in this Justice Undying

00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:30.099
movement? It's rubbish, all of it. Arthas has

00:53:30.099 --> 00:53:32.300
personally investigated the state of Umizu as

00:53:32.300 --> 00:53:34.840
well as Tythos and confirmed that everyone has

00:53:34.840 --> 00:53:36.960
indeed perished. The clip of Zebulon that was

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:39.280
only ever publicly played, it was played here

00:53:39.280 --> 00:53:41.119
on this very show, and I can personally tell

00:53:41.119 --> 00:53:43.400
you the whole thing, whole thing, faked by Jules

00:53:43.400 --> 00:53:47.949
LaRoche. Can you feel the weave, Miss May? Can

00:53:47.949 --> 00:53:50.570
you feel the threads of magic that permeate our

00:53:50.570 --> 00:53:54.170
worlds, ourselves, and even this crystal network?

00:53:54.809 --> 00:53:58.250
I can. I can manipulate those strings to make

00:53:58.250 --> 00:54:01.369
wondrous artifacts, and I can listen to those

00:54:01.369 --> 00:54:03.949
same strings as they tell the story of our worlds.

00:54:04.789 --> 00:54:08.650
I felt the passing of Zebulon Black. I felt the

00:54:08.650 --> 00:54:10.929
thread of his life cut short and watched the

00:54:10.929 --> 00:54:14.110
weave take his unused magical potential and build

00:54:14.110 --> 00:54:16.150
a vessel to keep his soul around long enough

00:54:16.150 --> 00:54:19.809
to give you that warning. I can tell you, Fubo

00:54:19.809 --> 00:54:22.789
Mei, that threads of the weave shine brightest

00:54:22.789 --> 00:54:25.809
when they're the threads of good people and darkest

00:54:25.809 --> 00:54:29.309
when they're threads of those who are evil. Zebulon's

00:54:29.309 --> 00:54:32.130
thread was the brightest I'd ever seen. He didn't

00:54:32.130 --> 00:54:34.710
have an ounce of dishonesty within him, and the

00:54:34.710 --> 00:54:36.789
recording that was played here was very real

00:54:36.789 --> 00:54:40.079
indeed. His threat alone inspired me to believe

00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:43.519
in him, and Justice Undying has my full support.

00:54:44.219 --> 00:54:46.900
And she just, again, like, almost looks like

00:54:46.900 --> 00:54:49.300
she's going to fall out of her chair, sort of

00:54:49.300 --> 00:54:53.039
fidgets for a second, and looks, I, and she looks

00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:54.579
somewhere past the camera, like somewhere up,

00:54:54.639 --> 00:54:57.079
perhaps into like the stands around, and just

00:54:57.079 --> 00:55:00.099
swallows hard. I'm sorry, it looks like that's

00:55:00.099 --> 00:55:02.039
all the time we got for you here. We gotta cut

00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:03.579
to those commercials. Well, thank you so much

00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:06.789
for joining us, Mr. Mage Smith. May spark empower

00:55:06.789 --> 00:55:13.389
you and flame protect you. Hell yeah. If Fuomei

00:55:13.389 --> 00:55:15.409
just turns from him there to wave at the camera,

00:55:15.469 --> 00:55:18.429
then suddenly she cocks her head in confusion

00:55:18.429 --> 00:55:21.429
towards our screen as if looking at whoever's

00:55:21.429 --> 00:55:26.130
holding it and says, wait, who are you? And the

00:55:26.130 --> 00:55:29.090
voice behind our camera says, you're up, big

00:55:29.090 --> 00:55:32.409
sister. And then we see Fuomei jumps, starts

00:55:32.409 --> 00:55:36.170
a voice, rings out through the studio. See her

00:55:36.170 --> 00:55:39.210
fear at the honored mage -smith's words. People

00:55:39.210 --> 00:55:42.789
do not fear lies. People fear truth. A truth

00:55:42.789 --> 00:55:46.929
inconvenient. A tall figure dressed in loose

00:55:46.929 --> 00:55:49.610
black robes, a face covered by a veil, appears

00:55:49.610 --> 00:55:51.670
suddenly on the stage, standing between Fuomei's

00:55:51.670 --> 00:55:53.929
lush chair and the mage's position on his couch.

00:55:54.329 --> 00:55:57.110
We see where Fuomei stumbles away from this form.

00:55:57.170 --> 00:55:59.789
The mage -smith looks on, his face a mask of

00:55:59.789 --> 00:56:03.630
stoicism. So I ask you, who has to gain from

00:56:03.630 --> 00:56:05.869
lying about our world's fates? from the illusion

00:56:05.869 --> 00:56:08.429
of a coming doom, perhaps the very being that

00:56:08.429 --> 00:56:10.510
has made moves towards dominion over these worlds.

00:56:10.969 --> 00:56:13.750
I knew this Zebulon personally, and our friend

00:56:13.750 --> 00:56:16.349
the mage made us right to trust in this justice

00:56:16.349 --> 00:56:20.789
undying. I also know one who now assists Atash,

00:56:21.010 --> 00:56:24.210
a malevolent blackmailer with connections all

00:56:24.210 --> 00:56:27.099
throughout our crystal network. Trust nothing

00:56:27.099 --> 00:56:29.619
you see or hear. And you see like security just

00:56:29.619 --> 00:56:31.960
rushes the stage attempting to grab this mysterious

00:56:31.960 --> 00:56:34.760
speaker. Their arms phasing through the blurring

00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:37.500
form which continues to speak unbothered. Arms

00:56:37.500 --> 00:56:40.139
kind of going out to the side. As you can see,

00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:44.039
I know a thing or two about illusions. And those

00:56:44.039 --> 00:56:46.840
arms sort of raise up, up, up towards the spotlights

00:56:46.840 --> 00:56:50.179
as she shouts out her last words. So to Atash

00:56:50.179 --> 00:56:53.219
and to you, my secret foe, who pulls strings

00:56:53.219 --> 00:56:56.179
for him behind this crystal network. I'll be

00:56:56.179 --> 00:57:02.320
coming for you both. You can call me. Never.

00:57:02.639 --> 00:57:09.280
Oh, God. Never lies. And I will have no lies

00:57:09.280 --> 00:57:15.860
from you. Why did you make it worse? Dammit!

00:57:16.480 --> 00:57:19.760
And this completely mysterious figure vanishes.

00:57:19.900 --> 00:57:22.960
Who could she have been? Leaving a shocked Fubo

00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:26.500
Mei peeking over behind her chair. She slowly

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:28.679
just turns towards our camera and sort of working

00:57:28.679 --> 00:57:31.679
her mouth to try to find any words to say. In

00:57:31.679 --> 00:57:34.559
a dry voice, she finally just chokes out. Holy

00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:44.260
shit. This show is so canceled. Stop. Thank you,

00:57:44.260 --> 00:57:47.260
Andrew. Hooli Ford. Dude, yeah. That was cool.

00:57:47.340 --> 00:57:50.280
Our first luminary. Oh, that was so fun. That

00:57:50.280 --> 00:57:53.550
was so fun. Oh, my God. Yes, that was awesome.

00:57:54.650 --> 00:57:57.590
I also can't gloss over, how did you make Mesmerize

00:57:57.590 --> 00:58:01.349
worse? What? Mesmerize isn't here. What are you

00:58:01.349 --> 00:58:05.789
talking about? That was never lies. It shall

00:58:05.789 --> 00:58:09.949
have no lies from you. I thought of that today.

00:58:10.110 --> 00:58:12.110
I added that today. Oh, my God. Like, at work.

00:58:13.150 --> 00:58:17.590
Record. A white background and a gaunt, dark

00:58:17.590 --> 00:58:20.940
-skinned man in a wide -brimmed straw hat. And

00:58:20.940 --> 00:58:24.820
we're back. Stoics of the Oren here again. Here

00:58:24.820 --> 00:58:26.500
on Journeys Through the Radiant City, we are

00:58:26.500 --> 00:58:28.920
due our dauntless to shine a light on those figures

00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:31.960
that bring hope into our hearts. This is my mission

00:58:31.960 --> 00:58:34.880
above all else. I may not be able to stand tall

00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:37.119
as a luminary myself, but I can be inspired by

00:58:37.119 --> 00:58:40.539
them. And I can inspire all of you in turn. And

00:58:40.539 --> 00:58:44.480
I know we're all scared. Tithos was bad. Or tragic

00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:46.880
unlike any we've ever seen in the conquered worlds.

00:58:47.079 --> 00:58:51.079
We'd all hoped that that was it. And now it has

00:58:51.079 --> 00:58:54.000
happened again. My heart goes out to the lost

00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:57.320
for me to over 133 ,000 souls that didn't make

00:58:57.320 --> 00:58:59.900
it onto the gym. Taken to whatever fate awaits

00:58:59.900 --> 00:59:04.280
in the gloom. I'm so sorry for all of them. For

00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:07.199
all that they've left behind. And now we know

00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:09.420
that none of us are safe. That those in your

00:59:09.420 --> 00:59:11.719
Shikatsu could appear anywhere on any world.

00:59:11.860 --> 00:59:14.659
That the king in gloom hungers for all of us.

00:59:15.260 --> 00:59:18.760
And that's why. I firmly believe that we must

00:59:18.760 --> 00:59:22.380
listen to Atash. He alone has been able to hold

00:59:22.380 --> 00:59:24.360
off the gloom's pull at least long enough to

00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:27.699
save what lives he could. He alone has a resource

00:59:27.699 --> 00:59:30.480
to safeguard all the conquered jewels and ensure

00:59:30.480 --> 00:59:33.820
that nothing like this ever happens again. I'll

00:59:33.820 --> 00:59:35.639
tell you the truth, I believe Atash when he says

00:59:35.639 --> 00:59:37.940
this could have been prevented. Did you know

00:59:37.940 --> 00:59:39.800
that following the recent events on Saint -Étienne,

00:59:39.940 --> 00:59:41.760
someone's been considering bringing party angels

00:59:41.760 --> 00:59:45.159
in to watch for Ozen? To hopefully foresee another

00:59:45.159 --> 00:59:49.219
coming tragedy. Umizu was one such world, but

00:59:49.219 --> 00:59:52.860
yet the powers of Umizu decided against it. And

00:59:52.860 --> 00:59:55.840
why? Because of a particular episode of the Morning

00:59:55.840 --> 00:59:58.559
Jewel. Because of a brazen attempt to discredit

00:59:58.559 --> 01:00:02.500
Atash through lies, leading to a call to free

01:00:02.500 --> 01:00:06.780
Sansatyan. Free them from what? Atash protection?

01:00:08.119 --> 01:00:12.829
And you see he takes a deep breath here. His

01:00:12.829 --> 01:00:14.889
eyes focusing hard on the camera and you see

01:00:14.889 --> 01:00:18.730
something sets in them. Something locks into

01:00:18.730 --> 01:00:23.769
place. His jaw going tight. And who was it, I

01:00:23.769 --> 01:00:27.989
ask, that first pushed for this outcome? Jules

01:00:27.989 --> 01:00:31.369
LaRoche, Blanche Trudeau, Jean -Franck Lamontelio.

01:00:31.469 --> 01:00:33.889
A group that has seen enormous praise in recent

01:00:33.889 --> 01:00:35.829
days, portrayed as the brightest shining heroes

01:00:35.829 --> 01:00:39.469
of our conquered worlds. And this was largely

01:00:39.469 --> 01:00:42.579
my own doing. A mistake that I tend to rectify

01:00:42.579 --> 01:00:46.179
now. Blanche Trudeau, the first pupil of Ozen

01:00:46.179 --> 01:00:48.400
Yoshikatsu, that's who we'll trust the safety

01:00:48.400 --> 01:00:50.480
of our neighbors and family with. Forged from

01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:52.880
the fall of the Pearls was Blanche wielding Ozen's

01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:55.079
very blade, a blade stained with the blood of

01:00:55.079 --> 01:00:57.420
luminaries. Before that, she carried a Marfil

01:00:57.420 --> 01:00:59.480
-branded blade gifted to her by the pig man.

01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:02.099
Though she was supposedly one of those that stood

01:01:02.099 --> 01:01:03.760
to defy Marshal's corruption to the good people

01:01:03.760 --> 01:01:05.780
of Sansatian, she supports them and their monster

01:01:05.780 --> 01:01:07.719
with her every battle. Just listen to this clip,

01:01:07.860 --> 01:01:10.079
taken from the moment Atash arrived to save her

01:01:10.079 --> 01:01:13.260
from the creature. And we hear a voice clip overlying

01:01:13.260 --> 01:01:15.639
everything else. I won't make you read it, Steven.

01:01:15.760 --> 01:01:18.539
I think you'll know what this is. That is my

01:01:18.539 --> 01:01:22.860
pupil. That is my charge. Atash, you bring him

01:01:22.860 --> 01:01:26.039
in. You save him or you answer to me, and you

01:01:26.039 --> 01:01:28.940
answer to the people of the Concord. My pupil.

01:01:29.880 --> 01:01:33.300
My pupil. So smug in her treachery she does not

01:01:33.300 --> 01:01:36.059
even hide it. And let's not forget Dresden Kellick,

01:01:36.059 --> 01:01:37.980
her staunch ally, who wields a pig -man branded

01:01:37.980 --> 01:01:40.519
blade as well. Even though he has been sponsored

01:01:40.519 --> 01:01:43.000
by the very folk that took Martha's place. Just

01:01:43.000 --> 01:01:45.300
freedom ironworks realize the dark heart of the

01:01:45.300 --> 01:01:49.380
one they support. And Jules. Has anybody investigated

01:01:49.380 --> 01:01:51.739
the rumors that have come from his battles on

01:01:51.739 --> 01:01:55.079
God's Breath and Sansa -chan? Dark magic, his

01:01:55.079 --> 01:01:57.099
own body misshapen in payment for vile powers.

01:01:57.239 --> 01:01:59.380
What's hiding under that glove of yours, Jules,

01:01:59.460 --> 01:02:02.000
huh? We all paid you for your supposed torment

01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:03.800
at the hands of your demon -worshipping family.

01:02:04.079 --> 01:02:07.260
But perhaps the apple didn't fall so far from

01:02:07.260 --> 01:02:11.340
the tree. Now a lot of people have wondered what

01:02:11.340 --> 01:02:13.480
exactly happened on Omizu. Well, I can tell you

01:02:13.480 --> 01:02:16.079
my theory. Jules, Blanche, and Dresden plotted

01:02:16.079 --> 01:02:19.139
with Ozen to bring Omizu into the gloom. Crispin

01:02:19.139 --> 01:02:21.780
du Bois blessed his godsfolk soul, tried to stop

01:02:21.780 --> 01:02:24.159
them, and was murdered by his former allies.

01:02:24.579 --> 01:02:26.719
He managed to dispel the storm up until the poor

01:02:26.719 --> 01:02:29.619
left, but he fell on the end and the storm came

01:02:29.619 --> 01:02:32.860
back. Now think about the events in Zinda, too.

01:02:33.039 --> 01:02:35.619
The real perpetrator, this Diva Luma, was killed

01:02:35.619 --> 01:02:37.920
in battle, didn't even leave a body behind, all

01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:42.199
eaten away by what, magic moss? So there was

01:02:42.199 --> 01:02:43.940
simply no way she could be brought back to life

01:02:43.940 --> 01:02:47.309
and questioned. Interesting. And sure, there

01:02:47.309 --> 01:02:49.030
was video evidence of a confession, but this

01:02:49.030 --> 01:02:51.610
evidence was submitted by most of the same group.

01:02:52.110 --> 01:02:55.070
Not suspicious, if you all ask me. Who's to say

01:02:55.070 --> 01:02:56.389
they weren't really behind the murder of the

01:02:56.389 --> 01:02:58.769
heirs, huh? Or to say they weren't really in

01:02:58.769 --> 01:03:00.809
cahoots with Marvel artworks, turning their coats

01:03:00.809 --> 01:03:02.929
on them so they could avoid the downfall that

01:03:02.929 --> 01:03:05.750
should have been coming for them. And this new

01:03:05.750 --> 01:03:08.309
movement, this Justice Undying, now I know I

01:03:08.309 --> 01:03:10.170
sang the praises of Zebulon and Jules before,

01:03:10.429 --> 01:03:13.300
following our time on God's breath. But it's

01:03:13.300 --> 01:03:15.440
time for me to come clean, to tell the truth.

01:03:15.760 --> 01:03:20.860
I was scared. I was terrified to defy those two,

01:03:20.920 --> 01:03:24.340
my saviors. You know, I saw the pure -hearted

01:03:24.340 --> 01:03:26.199
Zebion Black shooting an innocent man through

01:03:26.199 --> 01:03:29.599
a window, unprompted. He's yawning jewels, slaughtered

01:03:29.599 --> 01:03:31.619
good people, locked under the control of the

01:03:31.619 --> 01:03:33.619
evil Wee Hunter. They killed them without even

01:03:33.619 --> 01:03:36.019
trying to save them. I told them at the time

01:03:36.019 --> 01:03:38.920
it was wrong. But I didn't care. No, anything

01:03:38.920 --> 01:03:41.679
for the spotlight, anything to get famous. I

01:03:41.679 --> 01:03:43.460
never told you why Zebion decided to help me

01:03:43.460 --> 01:03:46.219
save my niece, did I? No, I have a sense of goodness

01:03:46.219 --> 01:03:49.980
or decency. No, no. He demanded I give my support

01:03:49.980 --> 01:03:53.860
as a luminary, my patronage in trade. Now, do

01:03:53.860 --> 01:03:55.780
these seem like the actions of a hero to you?

01:03:56.139 --> 01:04:00.079
A luminary to be trusted? Artax has come to us

01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:02.000
all with hand outstretched to guide us into a

01:04:02.000 --> 01:04:04.699
better future, to reform our luminaries, to clean

01:04:04.699 --> 01:04:07.239
the deceivers out of their roster. Well, I say

01:04:07.239 --> 01:04:09.599
we support him in full. Push the speakers to

01:04:09.599 --> 01:04:12.179
vote in his favor, granting full powers of prosecution

01:04:12.179 --> 01:04:14.440
in our world so he can get to work, bringing

01:04:14.440 --> 01:04:17.340
his justice to those that deserve it. And I have

01:04:17.340 --> 01:04:20.420
four names to top off his list. Jules LaRoche.

01:04:20.780 --> 01:04:23.320
Blanche Trudeau, Dresden Kellogg, Jean Franklin

01:04:23.320 --> 01:04:26.280
Montelio. In my opinion, some of the worst villains

01:04:26.280 --> 01:04:30.619
our conquered worlds have ever seen. But that's

01:04:30.619 --> 01:04:32.980
all the time we have tonight, folks. We'll call

01:04:32.980 --> 01:05:01.239
it there. place, a great stony cavern vanishing

01:05:01.239 --> 01:05:04.619
into shadow. The impious echoes with a sound

01:05:04.619 --> 01:05:09.619
of screaming. Jules screaming. Jeremy, can you

01:05:09.619 --> 01:05:13.440
give me some sound effects here? What? You want

01:05:13.440 --> 01:05:15.500
me to pinch you, make it real? Ah, but in the

01:05:15.500 --> 01:05:18.019
distance. Come on, give me, give him something.

01:05:18.099 --> 01:05:19.619
You're screaming. Jesus Christ. You're screaming,

01:05:19.659 --> 01:05:24.300
you're in pain. Oh my God, David. Yeah. Ah! Ooh,

01:05:24.519 --> 01:05:28.320
damn, that was hot. We see a few things here

01:05:28.320 --> 01:05:30.360
come together in a central location in the room

01:05:30.360 --> 01:05:33.340
far ahead of our watching lens, a scene lit only

01:05:33.340 --> 01:05:37.139
by a faint red glow. In this red we can see it

01:05:37.139 --> 01:05:39.300
reflecting off the bars of a silver cage, an

01:05:39.300 --> 01:05:42.079
ornate thing like a wealthy man's prized birdcage.

01:05:42.500 --> 01:05:45.739
And inside, Jules LaRoche writhes in agony, his

01:05:45.739 --> 01:05:48.480
bones cracking as his body is twisted, his face

01:05:48.480 --> 01:05:52.699
pressed up against the bars. This can end in

01:05:52.699 --> 01:05:55.670
a moment. We see Cerise Laroche dressed in a

01:05:55.670 --> 01:05:58.210
dress of elegant maroon, the fingers of her left

01:05:58.210 --> 01:06:00.730
hand open to hold the pages of a black -bound

01:06:00.730 --> 01:06:03.090
tome, the fingers of her right gesturing towards

01:06:03.090 --> 01:06:05.630
her screaming son, slowly curling together, shaking

01:06:05.630 --> 01:06:09.110
with a violent force of their own. He's in pain.

01:06:09.730 --> 01:06:15.230
You can stop it. Just kill him. She turns her

01:06:15.230 --> 01:06:18.590
case downwards, where we can see a scrawny, dark

01:06:18.590 --> 01:06:22.170
-skinned child with wide eyes. Paul, the young

01:06:22.170 --> 01:06:23.789
boy's eyes reflect a red light. Tears running

01:06:23.789 --> 01:06:27.909
down his cheeks. No. Then his torture continues.

01:06:28.389 --> 01:06:31.570
And he has you to blame. More screaming. No.

01:06:33.230 --> 01:06:39.429
Kill him. No. Use your power. Reach out. No.

01:06:39.590 --> 01:06:42.889
Do it. You see Paul's eyes narrow and seem to

01:06:42.889 --> 01:06:46.010
burn with a scream of his own. He reaches out

01:06:46.010 --> 01:06:48.869
a hand and drives it down into the solid earth

01:06:48.869 --> 01:06:52.289
below on the floor. cracks into sharp spikes,

01:06:52.409 --> 01:06:54.510
ripping themselves free and driving upwards towards

01:06:54.510 --> 01:06:56.849
the sky. The ceiling matches, doing the same,

01:06:56.969 --> 01:06:59.070
and the cavern becomes a closing maw of gnashing

01:06:59.070 --> 01:07:02.110
stone teeth, crushing down on Cerise, who watches

01:07:02.110 --> 01:07:05.130
in sudden horror. The sound of splitting stone

01:07:05.130 --> 01:07:07.630
rings through the cavern, deafening. Fragments

01:07:07.630 --> 01:07:10.190
move towards our lens of our camera, but are

01:07:10.190 --> 01:07:13.030
rebuffed by an invisible force field that protects

01:07:13.030 --> 01:07:15.920
us. And just as suddenly as it began, all go

01:07:15.920 --> 01:07:18.219
still, the spikes retreating, leaving only a

01:07:18.219 --> 01:07:20.760
few small ones left, jutting from the earth.

01:07:21.139 --> 01:07:24.280
We see Cerise impaled by these, blood gushing

01:07:24.280 --> 01:07:27.119
from her gut, her shoulders, her mouth. She looks

01:07:27.119 --> 01:07:30.119
to Paul, shuddering, terrified, whispering words

01:07:30.119 --> 01:07:33.099
we cannot hear. But Paul does not seem to hear

01:07:33.099 --> 01:07:35.039
her, his wide eyes locked in the silver cage,

01:07:35.139 --> 01:07:39.219
bent and broken and covered with blood. Jules?

01:07:39.920 --> 01:07:44.860
No, no, no, no, no, no. Cerise reaches out a

01:07:44.860 --> 01:07:46.960
single grasping hand towards Paul, a pleading

01:07:46.960 --> 01:07:49.880
gesture in her suffering. And even through his

01:07:49.880 --> 01:07:53.019
shock, Paul seems to see this. His eyes turning

01:07:53.019 --> 01:07:56.639
towards her, tearful eyes that harden, becoming

01:07:56.639 --> 01:08:00.099
cold. Hands turn to shaking fists and his breathing

01:08:00.099 --> 01:08:03.679
slows. He watches Cerise. He does not look away.

01:08:03.760 --> 01:08:07.579
He does not blink. He just slowly watches her

01:08:07.579 --> 01:08:12.380
die. That is, until the woman before him vanishes.

01:08:13.589 --> 01:08:15.949
Paul stumbles backwards to coldness and his eyes

01:08:15.949 --> 01:08:17.630
flood over by shock once more. He looks back

01:08:17.630 --> 01:08:19.449
to Jules, the cage, where the cage is empty,

01:08:19.529 --> 01:08:21.409
the blood is gone. He drops to his knees and

01:08:21.409 --> 01:08:23.949
screams again, bringing in his shaking sobs.

01:08:25.130 --> 01:08:29.810
This time, the earth does not respond to his

01:08:29.810 --> 01:08:34.069
cries. And we hear a voice behind us. Excellent.

01:08:34.890 --> 01:08:37.050
Our camera responds to this, spinning around

01:08:37.050 --> 01:08:40.529
to see Cerise LaRoche. unharmed and watching

01:08:40.529 --> 01:08:43.350
along with a number of other robed figures, many

01:08:43.350 --> 01:08:45.189
of whom seem to be scribbling down notes under

01:08:45.189 --> 01:08:47.329
parchment or holding diamond recorders of their

01:08:47.329 --> 01:08:49.750
own, all protected by that same barrier that

01:08:49.750 --> 01:08:52.989
stood before us, a barrier, it seems, that hides

01:08:52.989 --> 01:08:57.409
us from the crying child. As I explained, this

01:08:57.409 --> 01:09:00.090
will be an easy turn. The child is taking to

01:09:00.090 --> 01:09:04.649
his powers quickly. His emotions flow so easily.

01:09:05.449 --> 01:09:09.520
I wonder from whom he learned to hate. Like that.

01:09:10.159 --> 01:09:12.659
Their perfect pearly smile seems a response to

01:09:12.659 --> 01:09:16.539
some private joke. He'll be ready soon, Mistress

01:09:16.539 --> 01:09:19.840
Calypsania. What acts he commits in accident

01:09:19.840 --> 01:09:23.359
he will soon commit with purpose. In one stroke,

01:09:23.399 --> 01:09:26.199
we will claim the two weapons we need to break

01:09:26.199 --> 01:09:29.220
the chains that bind these worlds. To be free

01:09:29.220 --> 01:09:35.239
at last. Once this Monsieur Dracon kills my beloved

01:09:35.239 --> 01:09:40.420
baby boy. And our camera moves up above Cerise,

01:09:40.420 --> 01:09:42.880
above the crowd, into the blackness above this

01:09:42.880 --> 01:09:45.539
group, where we see a yellow eye staring down,

01:09:45.659 --> 01:09:48.000
accompanied by two turned -up rows of glittering

01:09:48.000 --> 01:09:52.579
fangs, a draconic smile hanging beneath a curling,

01:09:52.720 --> 01:09:57.260
twisted horn. And stop.