WEBVTT 00:00:01.710 --> 00:00:04.469 Hey, Pants people. If you live in the area, you've 00:00:04.469 --> 00:00:07.370 got to join us at Reckless Nerd Out Nights every 00:00:07.370 --> 00:00:09.730 other Monday at Reckless Brewing Company in Bethlehem, 00:00:09.750 --> 00:00:12.730 New Hampshire. You can find all the info at RecklessBrewing 00:00:12.730 --> 00:01:02.689 .com. R -E -K -L -I -S Brewing .com. that we 00:01:02.689 --> 00:01:05.189 tend to gloss over the lesser celebrated heroes 00:01:05.189 --> 00:01:09.010 in our worlds. So today I am putting up a spotlight 00:01:09.010 --> 00:01:11.890 on some of the bravest souls we've seen in all 00:01:11.890 --> 00:01:14.329 the conquered worlds. I am talking, of course, 00:01:14.409 --> 00:01:17.629 about the Shieldbearers, the military force of 00:01:17.629 --> 00:01:20.109 the Radiant Citadel, answering directly to the 00:01:20.109 --> 00:01:22.370 speakers. Now many of you, the Shieldbearers, 00:01:22.370 --> 00:01:24.709 are simply the Radiant Citadel's security and 00:01:24.709 --> 00:01:26.849 policing force. While that is not an accurate 00:01:26.849 --> 00:01:28.790 representation of their general work, it misses 00:01:28.790 --> 00:01:31.650 the mark on the most vital and dangerous... duty 00:01:31.650 --> 00:01:37.329 shut up stephen you see for many years the steel 00:01:37.329 --> 00:01:39.790 bears were the only military force shared between 00:01:39.790 --> 00:01:42.430 the worlds as such they would often be sent by 00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:44.750 the speakers to boast the ranks of other militaries 00:01:44.750 --> 00:01:47.409 in need or to engage in rescue efforts during 00:01:47.409 --> 00:01:50.230 a catastrophe though they try not to engage in 00:01:50.230 --> 00:01:52.760 civil battles on the worlds they assist Such 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:54.859 as during the civil wars on Taib, they often 00:01:54.859 --> 00:01:57.599 find themselves moving in the crossfire or protecting 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:00.120 innocent lives. It is for these reasons that 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:01.840 shieldbearer officers have a higher mortality 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.900 rate than any other militarized power in all 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:07.500 the world. A fact that all officers know when 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:10.800 they don the brass, as they say. Thankfully, 00:02:10.860 --> 00:02:12.560 this is an issue that the current Captain Commander, 00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:16.099 Aureon of Dialogue, wishes fervently to resolve. 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:19.319 So for his sake, for the sake of all the human 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:21.819 officers that protect your lives, it is time 00:02:21.819 --> 00:02:24.280 to give back. Go to your speakers and demand 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:26.860 that I, Taj, be allowed to send his own celestial 00:02:26.860 --> 00:02:29.379 soldiers where they are needed. With your help, 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:31.879 and with any decency from those making the rules, 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.300 we may soon see our guardians guarded in turn. 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:44.710 I don't like this, David. 19 pages. Jesus. 19 00:02:44.710 --> 00:02:48.430 pages of script last episode. Wow. I'm tired. 00:02:48.650 --> 00:02:50.349 I always feel strange about those episodes that 00:02:50.349 --> 00:02:55.889 lack, like, you know, gameplay. But I also want 00:02:55.889 --> 00:02:57.870 to showcase the continued follow -up to what 00:02:57.870 --> 00:03:00.750 you guys did on, you know, previous quests. And 00:03:00.750 --> 00:03:02.710 beyond that, I do want to maintain story threads 00:03:02.710 --> 00:03:04.530 we've started. Like, I like to look at stories 00:03:04.530 --> 00:03:07.250 kind of like mathematical equations. I've always 00:03:07.250 --> 00:03:09.560 kind of said this. characters the variables and 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:11.840 their choices are the processes and the more 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:13.360 characters and choices that you kind of have 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.860 the fucking Crazier and crazy that shit gets 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:17.280 I feel right now. We're doing with one of those 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:19.680 insane whiteboard You know Jander's gonna come 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:21.659 in and solve it at the end and nobody else can 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:23.599 figure it out. It's just ridiculous Sometimes 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:25.139 I just want to take a little time solving for 00:03:25.139 --> 00:03:27.379 X, you know, just solve for X clear the board 00:03:27.379 --> 00:03:33.020 a little bit But then you know from from my view 00:03:33.020 --> 00:03:34.860 as a player like as I'm sitting there trying 00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:38.330 to solve for X All the other things are happening 00:03:38.330 --> 00:03:40.509 in the background and I can't keep up with them. 00:03:40.610 --> 00:03:42.469 You're wrong. See, I'm solving for X. I'm the 00:03:42.469 --> 00:03:44.569 janitor. You're the idiot professors who aren't 00:03:44.569 --> 00:03:52.770 as smart as me. Rude. Yeah. Well, regardless 00:03:52.770 --> 00:03:54.509 of what you think about the last episode, there 00:03:54.509 --> 00:03:56.610 was a lot of chatter about it in the Discord. 00:03:56.710 --> 00:03:59.550 So I think the pants people enjoyed it. The Discord? 00:03:59.750 --> 00:04:02.969 Let us know. Don't. Don't. We can't do it again. 00:04:03.150 --> 00:04:06.169 Yeah. Go to the Discord. Let us know. We can't 00:04:06.169 --> 00:04:09.050 do it. What you thought of episode 113. You did 00:04:09.050 --> 00:04:12.449 it, David. I know. I know. I opened the door 00:04:12.449 --> 00:04:14.669 and I firmly shut that door very quickly. Like, 00:04:14.710 --> 00:04:16.449 nope, never mind. I will open the door to a naked 00:04:16.449 --> 00:04:17.870 lady. It was like, no, we're not doing that. 00:04:18.350 --> 00:04:20.410 We were closing the door so fast. Have you heard 00:04:20.410 --> 00:04:21.990 of Discord? Have you downloaded it? Stop it. 00:04:24.029 --> 00:04:27.550 Anyway. These worlds are changing around you, 00:04:27.649 --> 00:04:30.750 gentlemen, and your heroes. For my part, I'm 00:04:30.750 --> 00:04:32.310 going to run hardly any notes for these next 00:04:32.310 --> 00:04:35.129 few episodes. We're doing two tonight. It's going 00:04:35.129 --> 00:04:37.350 to get a little wild because I'm on vacation 00:04:37.350 --> 00:04:39.750 now. Did my self -indulgent record stop feature. 00:04:39.889 --> 00:04:41.490 Now I'm going to take a nap in the corner. I 00:04:41.490 --> 00:04:43.389 want you two to run this thing, kind of, sort 00:04:43.389 --> 00:04:46.589 of. It's time for our heroes to react to a swiftly 00:04:46.589 --> 00:04:49.910 changing world entangled in a spider's web of 00:04:49.910 --> 00:04:53.250 lies and politics. What are you guys going to 00:04:53.250 --> 00:04:58.149 do now? Yeah, I'm not sure. I mean, I'm going 00:04:58.149 --> 00:05:03.029 to wait for you to set the scene, I guess. But 00:05:03.029 --> 00:05:07.569 I'm thinking, do we have to go underground at 00:05:07.569 --> 00:05:10.509 this point? It seems like we have maybe some 00:05:10.509 --> 00:05:14.990 allies, but the authorities at large, I don't 00:05:14.990 --> 00:05:18.529 know if, are we on notice or are we being hunted? 00:05:19.149 --> 00:05:22.209 These are all fine questions and questions that... 00:05:22.730 --> 00:05:25.709 We are going to answer tonight. Great. So what 00:05:25.709 --> 00:05:27.389 do you think? Do you guys want to just get into 00:05:27.389 --> 00:05:31.009 this? Let's get into it. Before we lose our minds 00:05:31.009 --> 00:05:34.089 and devolve into beasts of silly banter. You 00:05:34.089 --> 00:05:35.870 can do that. That's going to happen next episode. 00:05:36.990 --> 00:05:39.089 Because it's our second of the night. So let's 00:05:39.089 --> 00:05:42.829 take our serious time to be serious podcasters. 00:05:42.970 --> 00:05:45.930 Super serial. So fucking serious right now, gentlemen. 00:05:47.230 --> 00:05:55.899 Duty. Let's open on a scene. Flickering screen 00:05:55.899 --> 00:05:58.939 on the wall of the ugly coyote crystal projector. 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:04.500 And we see Storyteller Oren dropping those last 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:07.420 few words of our last episode. Jules LaRoche, 00:06:07.540 --> 00:06:09.759 Blanche Trudeau, Dresden Gellick, Jean -Franklin 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:12.660 Montelio. In my opinion, some of the worst villains 00:06:12.660 --> 00:06:15.660 our conqueror world have seen. But that's all 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:17.500 the time we have, folks. We'll call it there. 00:06:19.070 --> 00:06:21.829 We pan away from that image, and we see in this 00:06:21.829 --> 00:06:25.610 darkened room, Jules LaRoche, Blanche Trudeau, 00:06:25.709 --> 00:06:29.089 Dresden Kellig, perhaps a number of others around, 00:06:29.370 --> 00:06:32.170 eight are sort of behind the bar. It's very slow 00:06:32.170 --> 00:06:34.149 here tonight, and it looks like it's not going 00:06:34.149 --> 00:06:35.810 to get any busier. This place has been fully 00:06:35.810 --> 00:06:39.449 doxxed. I realize you're probably kind of going 00:06:39.449 --> 00:06:41.410 undercover, and at this point in time, everyone's 00:06:41.410 --> 00:06:43.629 going to want this place anyway, but the mage 00:06:43.629 --> 00:06:45.829 smith also just did mention it, so at this point, 00:06:45.850 --> 00:06:47.949 it's kind of like public knowledge anyway. But, 00:06:48.009 --> 00:06:50.889 I mean, Jules LaRoche, the Midnight Prince, you 00:06:50.889 --> 00:06:52.430 know, Blanchard O, the Master of Events, they're 00:06:52.430 --> 00:06:55.089 not going to hide anywhere in the Radiant Citadel. 00:06:55.189 --> 00:06:58.769 There's also a giant mural on the wall. A giant 00:06:58.769 --> 00:07:01.389 mural showing Zebulon and, you know. And Jules. 00:07:01.410 --> 00:07:05.430 There's no hiding. No. No. But this, I mean, 00:07:05.449 --> 00:07:09.550 we'll get to that. This has just happened. This 00:07:09.550 --> 00:07:12.389 just happened. Now, everything we saw, all those 00:07:12.389 --> 00:07:13.930 clips we saw have been happening over the last 00:07:13.930 --> 00:07:15.949 few days. Right now, we're opening three days 00:07:15.949 --> 00:07:18.769 after the fall of The Pearl, the second fall, 00:07:18.990 --> 00:07:22.550 as they're calling it. And things have gone crazy. 00:07:23.329 --> 00:07:25.810 Earlier today, the last episode of The Morning 00:07:25.810 --> 00:07:28.850 Jewel aired. A very mysterious person called 00:07:28.850 --> 00:07:34.610 Never Lies said some cool stuff. You've been 00:07:34.610 --> 00:07:36.550 a privy to all of this, I'll say. Basically all 00:07:36.550 --> 00:07:37.769 this information. There's certain things that 00:07:37.769 --> 00:07:39.230 you wouldn't know. Obviously you wouldn't see 00:07:39.230 --> 00:07:42.790 the scene at the end with Cerise. Even the scene 00:07:42.790 --> 00:07:44.790 with Cirilla likely might not have gotten out 00:07:44.790 --> 00:07:46.889 into the airwaves. But you saw the big stuff. 00:07:47.170 --> 00:07:51.250 You know that Sansa Tian has fallen. Dance has 00:07:51.250 --> 00:07:57.089 been arrested. You know that Noiri Blanche, your 00:07:57.089 --> 00:08:01.550 world, is now under the protection. Of the angels. 00:08:01.649 --> 00:08:03.470 I guess they really don't need a master defense 00:08:03.470 --> 00:08:07.990 anymore, do they? They've got Atash. Right? Yeah, 00:08:08.009 --> 00:08:11.250 I guess. I mean, you've seen all of this fall 00:08:11.250 --> 00:08:15.949 out. And as those words sort of echo, Orin's 00:08:15.949 --> 00:08:17.389 last words, and everyone's kind of staring and 00:08:17.389 --> 00:08:21.009 maybe some kind of shock and awe. The first to 00:08:21.009 --> 00:08:23.930 speak, sort of squeaky voice from behind you 00:08:23.930 --> 00:08:27.730 says, I, I, Joel's like, I can't believe this. 00:08:28.539 --> 00:08:30.519 I was totally there on God's Breath of Noir, 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:32.720 and I wouldn't mention neither. It's messed up, 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.360 man. I was there. I'm practically a sidekick. 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:43.460 What the hell? Dan Toittle takes all the attention. 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:47.759 I swear. Oh, my God. But this is bad, though. 00:08:47.779 --> 00:08:50.100 This is really bad. I mean, that's... I just 00:08:50.100 --> 00:08:52.139 wish I was in it with you, you know? It's bad. 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:56.399 Do we think that there is a significant... Like 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:58.879 an important reason why Chester wasn't named? 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.799 Or are we just being silly? The first thing you 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:06.100 think of is Chester is not a registered sidekick. 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:07.799 He could have mentioned, but there's not much 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:10.919 purpose in doing that. Although, you know, he's 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:12.980 very interested in becoming one. He wants to 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:14.500 be registered as your sidekick. He's been pushing 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:16.399 for it. I think you just got to sign papers with 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:19.139 him or something. He's not a legal adult, so 00:09:19.139 --> 00:09:21.299 he probably can't just sign on himself. As a 00:09:21.299 --> 00:09:23.220 Luminaire, you're kind of taking responsibility 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:26.210 for him as a sidekick. Yeah, that's probably 00:09:26.210 --> 00:09:28.730 really why. Everybody else is already in the 00:09:28.730 --> 00:09:30.409 spotlight. Chester's been with you this whole 00:09:30.409 --> 00:09:32.970 time, but hasn't been noted as much as everybody 00:09:32.970 --> 00:09:37.710 else. Right. How about, would it be really weird 00:09:37.710 --> 00:09:42.190 to try to roll insight on, like, Oren's performance? 00:09:43.049 --> 00:09:45.690 No, please. I love that. That's very smart. Anyone 00:09:45.690 --> 00:09:48.990 can do that. Yes. Yes. Come on, baby. Give me 00:09:48.990 --> 00:09:51.669 something good. Anyone can do that. In my head, 00:09:51.710 --> 00:09:55.409 just before this scene happened, Dresden had 00:09:55.409 --> 00:09:58.009 come in from the back alley, and he's kind of 00:09:58.009 --> 00:10:00.470 hanging out in the shadows, like the door to 00:10:00.470 --> 00:10:03.909 the kitchen, watching from the sides. So Dresden's 00:10:03.909 --> 00:10:05.429 going to roll in sight, too. Yeah, have him roll. 00:10:05.809 --> 00:10:11.690 Blanche rolled a 2. Oh my gosh. Jules rolled 00:10:11.690 --> 00:10:18.649 a 19. Yeah! Not bad. And let me check Dresden 00:10:18.649 --> 00:10:21.309 here. You might have a point, young Chester. 00:10:21.730 --> 00:10:26.049 The fact that... Orin didn't mention you could 00:10:26.049 --> 00:10:30.570 be a tip of his hand. I mean, like, because if 00:10:30.570 --> 00:10:34.570 Orin really wanted our total downfall, right, 00:10:34.649 --> 00:10:37.149 wouldn't he have mentioned Chester? But, like, 00:10:37.149 --> 00:10:40.330 maybe he was able to get around not mentioning 00:10:40.330 --> 00:10:42.769 Chester because he's not a registered sidekick? 00:10:43.330 --> 00:10:46.909 Like, why would he not drag Chester's name through 00:10:46.909 --> 00:10:49.730 the mud as well? It's a good question. Could 00:10:49.730 --> 00:10:51.610 be an interesting answer. Jeremy, you were old. 00:10:51.730 --> 00:10:54.070 You're 19, you said. Yes, and so did Dresden. 00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:57.789 Okay. Whoa, double 19s. That's worth like. I 00:10:57.789 --> 00:10:59.409 like to think like in this moment with the double 00:10:59.409 --> 00:11:02.169 19s, perhaps like Jules, you're still quiet after 00:11:02.169 --> 00:11:05.049 all this. You turn, look to Dresden. Dresden 00:11:05.049 --> 00:11:06.809 looks at you. You share a nod. You both kind 00:11:06.809 --> 00:11:09.590 of had to caught the same sort of vibe. Jules, 00:11:09.649 --> 00:11:11.169 you catch especially because you're the only 00:11:11.169 --> 00:11:14.590 one here, apart from Chester, who's met Cully, 00:11:14.669 --> 00:11:18.450 met Oren. There was a moment during his broadcast 00:11:18.450 --> 00:11:22.220 right before. he started dropping the bomb on 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:25.200 you guys where you saw him, his eyes focused 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.179 on the screen and something hardened in them, 00:11:28.299 --> 00:11:32.840 something just setting in his jaw. And it felt 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:36.740 like someone who was about to tear like the, 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:38.860 the, the sort of bandages off of a still sort 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:41.240 of festering wound. Someone who was about to 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:43.600 do something that was very painful, but they 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.600 had to, he's, he's done it before. He's done 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.320 it before where he's had to like say stuff that, 00:11:49.789 --> 00:11:51.669 You know, you've heard, we heard him do the like, 00:11:51.830 --> 00:11:55.889 yeah, and say things. Yep. This time it's different. 00:11:55.970 --> 00:11:59.409 This was bad. And he used his own words in there. 00:11:59.830 --> 00:12:01.710 No one else could have talked about what happened 00:12:01.710 --> 00:12:03.309 on God's part. That had to have been him, right? 00:12:03.429 --> 00:12:04.750 Right. It's not like someone wrote the script. 00:12:04.929 --> 00:12:07.169 He talked about things that only he knew about. 00:12:07.370 --> 00:12:08.509 They've got Kiana. What happened was everyone. 00:12:08.509 --> 00:12:10.870 Kiana's gone. Something's going on. Kiana's not 00:12:10.870 --> 00:12:15.909 with Cully. Fuck. Yeah. They're using Kiana against 00:12:15.909 --> 00:12:20.179 him. Jules will turn to Chester. Something's 00:12:20.179 --> 00:12:23.559 not right, buddy. Well, yeah, Jules. But... Nothing's 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:27.159 right. We're fucked. Would you let me fucking 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:32.980 finish? Sorry. No, I'm just stressed. And we 00:12:32.980 --> 00:12:36.019 need to figure this out together. As Luminary 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:40.639 and Sidekick. You mean it, Jules? Are we signing 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:44.039 the papers? Look at me. I'm looking. Yeah, man. 00:12:44.940 --> 00:12:48.710 We're entering uncharted waters. Okay? That's 00:12:48.710 --> 00:12:52.250 why we gotta be together. Always. Hey. Jules 00:12:52.250 --> 00:12:55.049 and Chester. His hand's like out to you, just 00:12:55.049 --> 00:12:59.950 excited, trembling. Chester and Jules. I'm gonna 00:12:59.950 --> 00:13:01.929 watch your back. I promise I'll protect you no 00:13:01.929 --> 00:13:04.769 matter what, alright? It's my job. It's my duty, 00:13:04.809 --> 00:13:07.809 you know? I'm good at it. And Jeans, she's totally 00:13:07.809 --> 00:13:09.409 fine with it. I've been doing all this, you know, 00:13:09.409 --> 00:13:12.730 stuff. The recordings. Don't look at your diamond, 00:13:12.809 --> 00:13:14.669 by the way. I got some videos on that. Too late. 00:13:14.929 --> 00:13:17.929 Oh, shit. No, you wanted to? Too late. All right, 00:13:17.929 --> 00:13:23.309 well, I didn't mean it. Nothing, all right? I 00:13:23.309 --> 00:13:28.350 believe that there's a possibility, according 00:13:28.350 --> 00:13:32.769 to the authorities, that, Chester, you may be 00:13:32.769 --> 00:13:37.070 a luminary sidekick at this point. Jules is the 00:13:37.070 --> 00:13:40.090 real hero, right? I know that. And they're going 00:13:40.090 --> 00:13:43.490 to find it out soon, too, right? Right? What 00:13:43.490 --> 00:13:52.250 is a sidekick? It's done by the fireplace. Jules 00:13:52.250 --> 00:13:55.450 looks back to Chester. Playtime's over for now. 00:13:56.370 --> 00:13:59.669 We have work to do. And, like, you see this a 00:13:59.669 --> 00:14:01.549 few times before, Jules. He's got that big, goofy 00:14:01.549 --> 00:14:03.529 smile, but as you say that, playtime's over. 00:14:04.269 --> 00:14:06.909 His face sets. His eyes go hard. You remember 00:14:06.909 --> 00:14:09.210 the first time he donned his mithra when he faced 00:14:09.210 --> 00:14:11.009 down the snake on God's breath? There's been 00:14:11.009 --> 00:14:13.669 a few times where Chester's shown there is a 00:14:13.669 --> 00:14:15.730 serious side to him. There is an adult side to 00:14:15.730 --> 00:14:19.059 him, and he... looks at you with eyes that show 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:22.620 nothing. And he just nods. Oh, yeah. I know. 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:26.379 Like I said, I will protect you no matter what, 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:30.980 Jules. No matter what. I'm ready now. I've coined. 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:35.179 It just hit me that Jules blamed himself a lot 00:14:35.179 --> 00:14:39.639 for Zebulon, for bringing him along. Huh. And 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.539 now he's doing the same thing with Chester. Fuck. 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.169 Yeah, I mean... Yeah, he has been, you know, 00:14:46.169 --> 00:14:49.529 I mean, so it turns out better this time. Please. 00:14:50.909 --> 00:14:55.929 Is Cully around or not? Is Ader around? Is he 00:14:55.929 --> 00:14:57.629 watching with us? Yeah, he's behind. So you're 00:14:57.629 --> 00:14:59.129 watching me like you're at the front of the room. 00:14:59.210 --> 00:15:01.129 He's kind of a ways away. You see, he's like 00:15:01.129 --> 00:15:04.350 been very quietly scratching at his sort of chin. 00:15:04.750 --> 00:15:08.190 Oh, he's just like, well, I suppose we can just 00:15:08.190 --> 00:15:10.710 go down and close shop. Don't get any business 00:15:10.710 --> 00:15:14.850 for a while. That's fine. I got savings. Well, 00:15:14.850 --> 00:15:19.090 Ada, you know Cully better than even Jules, I'm 00:15:19.090 --> 00:15:23.429 sure. Do you think all this means that we should 00:15:23.429 --> 00:15:27.309 be getting out of sight? I don't want to bring 00:15:27.309 --> 00:15:32.049 any trouble to you and yours. He's just staring. 00:15:32.570 --> 00:15:35.870 Just staring. He just kind of nods at that. What 00:15:35.870 --> 00:15:39.750 the hell is wrong with you? This ain't him. He 00:15:39.750 --> 00:15:43.090 wouldn't do this. I can't believe he would. No 00:15:43.090 --> 00:15:47.690 matter what happens, for a friend's safety, the 00:15:47.690 --> 00:15:50.110 freedom of their lives in danger, no, I can't 00:15:50.110 --> 00:15:53.149 believe he would. All the same, should we be 00:15:53.149 --> 00:15:56.850 worried about shield bearers or Arthash knocking 00:15:56.850 --> 00:16:01.629 the door down to arrest us? Are we meant to flee? 00:16:02.429 --> 00:16:08.559 I don't know. But if this was coming out... I'd 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:10.320 think they'd already have us surrounded. If they 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:12.340 were really coming after us, I'd think they'd 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:16.539 be here by now. Something feels wrong. Go ahead 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:19.899 and... I want... I think this is very interesting, 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:23.899 and so I would like... What kind of check? Like, 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:25.480 if we're playing GTA, I want to know how many 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.460 stars we've got. Give me a straight intelligence 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:38.309 check here. Eleven. Eleven. Yeah, it's... All 00:16:38.309 --> 00:16:42.230 you know is he did say some very personal things, 00:16:42.409 --> 00:16:44.649 you know, testimony that could be used against 00:16:44.649 --> 00:16:48.070 you. I mean, that was enough for Atash to go 00:16:48.070 --> 00:16:50.450 after the pig man. Testimony was enough, right? 00:16:50.509 --> 00:16:52.649 But it was testimony from a trusted source of 00:16:52.649 --> 00:16:55.750 Atash's. In this case, I mean, everything he 00:16:55.750 --> 00:17:00.720 dropped was really just hearsay and rumors. What 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.440 I believe they did on this world. What I believe 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:05.500 they really did on this world. What happened 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:07.400 on God's breath that only I know about and there's 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:10.980 no evidence of. There's no true legal repercussion 00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:15.059 here. And... Hatash may have made a move to make 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:17.400 arrests on Sansatyan. That was fucking bold. 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:21.640 And it probably cost him. For a moment, you were 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:23.299 able to turn the world against him for just a 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:26.140 brief flash because it was such a bold move. 00:17:28.009 --> 00:17:29.829 You don't know for sure. You can't say for sure. 00:17:29.930 --> 00:17:31.750 Maybe it's probably harder from just laying here. 00:17:31.869 --> 00:17:33.269 I mean, there could be more. You feel like there's 00:17:33.269 --> 00:17:35.269 more to this. There's something you're not getting. 00:17:35.430 --> 00:17:37.289 Some piece that's not falling into place, but 00:17:37.289 --> 00:17:39.529 you don't, you can't figure it out. You can't 00:17:39.529 --> 00:17:43.329 grasp it. We need more information. Soldier Boy, 00:17:43.490 --> 00:17:47.009 you've worked far. Do you have any way of contacting 00:17:47.009 --> 00:17:51.589 Shola? You all do. We got the stone from the 00:17:51.589 --> 00:17:55.289 shrine. Yeah. Who's holding it? The last we saw, 00:17:55.410 --> 00:17:58.140 Jules had it, I believe. Was it Jules that gave 00:17:58.140 --> 00:18:00.759 the... Ah, damn. Crispin had it. It's in the 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.740 ocean. Oh, actually, I should tell you real quick. 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.779 Just a quick update on one thing. Arhalon is 00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:10.359 not here. He's gone right now because Arhalon, 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:12.000 after seeing that Jules was alright, continued 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.740 on with his quest. He saw Crispin's body to rest 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:18.619 on God's breath. He took Crispin home. He's been 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:21.819 gone for the last two nights. You know, supposedly 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:24.380 he's at the Warren meeting and assisting with 00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:27.079 the Harangon folk there. setting up the services, 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:33.759 all that. All right. Yep. So Dresden will hear 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:37.259 Blanche's question, look over to Jules and nod, 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.240 and Jules will slowly pull out the sending stone. 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:45.700 And as he does this, Dresden slowly recedes into 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:49.559 the shadows, proceeds back to the alley, looks 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:53.380 left and right, closes the door again. and then 00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:57.019 proceeds to slowly scour the entire building, 00:18:57.220 --> 00:19:01.740 noting entry points, weak points, just kind of 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:04.319 getting a lay of the security of the place. As 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:06.099 you're looking at this up, you know there's basically 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:09.440 two main ways you're getting in, the front door, 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:12.279 and there's also the door into Ader's room slash 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:14.700 the actual full kitchen, which is also through 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:17.140 the stables. Those are two main entrances into 00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.980 the coyote, apart from any sort of windows. It's 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:22.220 a pretty bad situation, I'll tell. You're talking 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.680 about security measures with the coyote. I think 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:26.779 that's actually a really cool transition into 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:30.339 something else I need to bring up. As you're 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:32.740 moving out, as you're looking through the window 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:35.640 at security measures, Dresden's eyes would obviously 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:38.019 fall on one of the most vital of security measures 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:41.640 you have here. Just above the fireplace, just 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:46.700 over the mantle, there is a sort of monument, 00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:51.940 almost like a plaque. A gift. From a mysterious 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:55.380 source that came in just like the last, maybe 00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:59.680 like the day before now. Following the recent 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:01.960 events of the last episode of The Morning Jewel, 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:05.380 you know that this was forged by the mage smith. 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:10.220 A memorial he mentioned in. It is a mastercraft 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:12.240 of metalwork, brass forged to a near -perfect 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.660 replica of Zebulon's outstretched hand. The scales, 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.759 shining brighter than his real ones ever did. 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:20.160 Sleek black steel forms these shadows that wrap 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:22.099 around the arm and the pointed claws when the 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:25.319 fingers end. Steel sabers, an exact match to 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:27.160 the two that Jaune still carries with him, or 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:30.180 has displayed perhaps at the Golden Bay, cross 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:33.359 over the palm. And I actually have an image of 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:35.619 this thing made by Zila. I think it was the first 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:39.700 thing Zila kind of made way back when. I think 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:44.920 Andrew went, Hooli Forge, went to Zila. Astropathic 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:49.759 Art. Astropathic Art and said, hey, can you make 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:54.039 this? Explained to her what it was from. And 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:58.079 then Zila dived into the show and the rest is 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:01.329 history. Now. Dresden, at this point, you've 00:21:01.329 --> 00:21:02.769 probably looked over this thing when it came 00:21:02.769 --> 00:21:04.589 in. I'm sure it was kind of like one of those, 00:21:04.670 --> 00:21:07.109 you know, lots of stuff's going on, let's check 00:21:07.109 --> 00:21:09.150 this thing over, any kind of magical mishappery. 00:21:09.609 --> 00:21:13.750 And you did find something. The Mage Smith made 00:21:13.750 --> 00:21:16.630 reference to a secret the memorial has, but of 00:21:16.630 --> 00:21:18.410 course, these secrets can't be shared on the 00:21:18.410 --> 00:21:21.230 network. Because they wouldn't be very secret 00:21:21.230 --> 00:21:24.329 anymore. But you found this secret. Perhaps, 00:21:24.410 --> 00:21:26.589 you know, you went over it, or everyone went 00:21:26.589 --> 00:21:29.880 over it, scanning this thing. You found that 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:32.480 there are some diamond -set inscriptions wrapping 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:35.259 around the pinky figure of the hand that carry 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:38.160 a magical property. Essentially, the pinky is 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:41.779 a switch. And when it is showing, the effect 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.720 is dormant. If you move the pinky to the side 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:46.240 a bit so it's hidden behind the saber blade, 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:51.279 it casts the spell Pass Without Trace on the 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:53.339 nearest seven creatures, wrapping them in shadows 00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:55.559 and granting them a plus 10 to stealth and letting 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:59.109 them leave no tracks behind as they move. I love 00:21:59.109 --> 00:22:01.069 this because while it's extremely sort of Zebulon 00:22:01.069 --> 00:22:03.269 rogue magical effect, it's also a spell that 00:22:03.269 --> 00:22:06.509 had been carried by Crispin. It's kind of like 00:22:06.509 --> 00:22:13.390 both the past in one. How dare you? So this is 00:22:13.390 --> 00:22:15.910 really cool. The magical effect, and this is 00:22:15.910 --> 00:22:16.970 something I want to bring up here too because 00:22:16.970 --> 00:22:19.670 this is kind of a fun thing. I'll let Andrew 00:22:19.670 --> 00:22:22.960 buy that with a button. We haven't fully assigned 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.319 buttons yet. Nice. But I knew he's got buttons. 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.720 So I was like, okay. Here's the thing. I was 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.140 like, you know what? I asked him like, can I 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:32.240 charge you a button for this? Because I want 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:35.160 to use you once again, Andrew, my eternal guinea 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:40.000 pig. Because I was thinking about trying to do 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.339 his buttons or something, right? I didn't know 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.460 what I was going to do. And I've been trying 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:44.119 to do these complex, you know, I tend to over 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:46.480 plan, right? Let's go to a complex table to make 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:48.539 buttons. Screw that. I don't want to do that. 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:50.940 I'm a chaos agent. I want chaos. I want things 00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:54.039 to be goofy and nonsense. What I want is for 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:56.240 you to come to me, pants people, with your buttons, 00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:59.380 and we'll barter. All right? I'm not going to 00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:01.299 be nice. I might want a lot of buttons for little 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:03.740 things. This was a very cheap button get because 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:06.319 Andrew's done a ton of stuff and guinea pig, 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.740 and I think this is a really cool effect, and 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:10.599 I like it a lot. Hey, speaking of. What do you 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:13.940 want? Speaking of, dear pants person people, 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:16.680 you feel like you earned a button. Hit me up 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:20.180 on Discord or us up on Discord or Instagram or 00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:22.059 wherever. Heard from a couple people already 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:25.460 about buttons that are due. Discord? Discord. 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.660 Heard of it? Stop. No. Stop it. But if you want 00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:30.160 your buttons, you feel like you earned them, 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.339 you've got to speak up. Yes. Because it's too 00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:35.799 much for us to keep track of because the pants 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:37.500 people are too generous. Here's what we're going 00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.319 to do. Here's what we're going to do because 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:40.500 I like this a lot. Steven's your guy. He's a 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.539 nice one. Go to him when you want to get a button. 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.119 He'll tell you if you've earned a button. He 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.700 knows what's going on. Well, so I mean, like, 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:48.599 from now on, as shit happens, you know what I 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:51.000 mean? Like, when a package comes in the mail, 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:54.019 we'll be like, oh, damn. Take a button. Yeah. 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.539 But we're just kind of being... Yeah, we want 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:59.960 to get the retroactive buttons. Retroactive buttons. 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:02.630 That's on you. pants people because it's too 00:24:02.630 --> 00:24:05.289 much because you're way too nice it's true too 00:24:05.289 --> 00:24:07.130 much generosity we need we need your help to 00:24:07.130 --> 00:24:09.049 remember all of it and make sure everyone gets 00:24:09.049 --> 00:24:11.609 their due yeah when you get those buttons come 00:24:11.609 --> 00:24:15.509 to me and you say hey uh my luminary exists in 00:24:15.509 --> 00:24:18.170 this world perhaps my luminary is aware of justice 00:24:18.170 --> 00:24:19.710 i'm dying aware of this sort of undercurrent 00:24:19.710 --> 00:24:22.809 movement uh aware that these uh goofballs and 00:24:22.809 --> 00:24:26.569 other poster boys poster blanches poster folk 00:24:26.569 --> 00:24:31.799 for this movement so You need to go to... Basically, 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:33.319 if you want your Illuminati to do something cool, 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:36.839 help them out, have a dead drop for them somewhere, 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.619 some kind of cool effect, anything that can help 00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:40.940 the story. I don't want to go too crazy. I don't 00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:43.200 want... I'm not going to give them anything too 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:45.759 wild, but I'll let you barter buttons to do some 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.500 cool things. Whoa, plus three breastplate? What 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:49.839 the hell? That's going to look so good on you. 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:53.599 No universe. It'll kill him in one turn, if that's 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.859 the case. Curse effect. But no. I think this 00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:59.799 will be fun. If you're also in this community 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:02.660 and don't have a luminary yet, come find me. 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:04.460 I want people to have luminaries. I want all 00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.799 the luminaries. Because I want the luminaries 00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:08.019 to be in the world, hanging out, helping our 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:10.980 heroes. Because as you can see, they need the 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:14.740 help. Or if you're Rory King, you can help DM 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:19.240 David out. Here's a Rory King. Rory King's a 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:22.519 mischievous. I think Rory King's got some deeper 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:25.440 ambitions going on. I don't think Rory King is 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:27.960 content to stand beneath the hand of the Sunweaver. 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:32.019 Well, we shall see, maybe, won't we? We might 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:34.940 just see. I also want to say real fast. Is that 00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:38.019 complicated enough for you? I want to say one 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.039 thing real fast, too, because this is actually 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:41.559 really cool. And just another showcasing of how... 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:44.480 the story has changed the monument and this whole 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:46.700 thing came up way back when this is all andrew 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:48.339 sent me this stuff like half a year ago time 00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:50.240 ago and he had mentioned at the time that he 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:52.019 wanted to send this to the other coyote and he 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:54.099 wanted to do it as a celebration of zebulon he 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.880 saw that zebulon's death might cause an undercurrent 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:58.440 of people who are followers of him and i like 00:25:58.440 --> 00:26:01.759 the idea and i've been mulling it over and that's 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:03.400 actually when i had the idea that like because 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:05.640 initially i wasn't sure how how many people would 00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:08.480 be fixated on this on the death of zebulon he 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.039 had been really early in his career um and as 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:14.039 heroic as he'd gone out you know it wasn't shown 00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:18.980 everywhere but that thought process is actually 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:21.759 what inspired the whole idea behind the justice 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:24.380 undying movement the idea that zebulon's return 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:28.059 and his information he gave represents hope in 00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:30.220 the face of despair represents that you know 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.839 there is nothing to fear in what's happening 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:35.829 to these worlds that perhaps you know, the others 00:26:35.829 --> 00:26:39.970 are lying. Those in charge are lying. And I love 00:26:39.970 --> 00:26:41.250 that. Like, I just want to say, Andrew, thank 00:26:41.250 --> 00:26:44.069 you so much. You inspired this huge sort of element 00:26:44.069 --> 00:26:46.190 of the show going forward. I think that's really, 00:26:46.269 --> 00:26:48.130 really cool. So yeah. Thank you, Andrew. And 00:26:48.130 --> 00:26:50.809 thank you all the pans people. Thank you everyone. 00:26:50.930 --> 00:26:53.029 Sorry, but this is not an unzip. So let's get 00:26:53.029 --> 00:26:55.529 back to the shit. You've got your 25 word message 00:26:55.529 --> 00:26:58.589 already. Don't you, Jeremy? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah, 00:26:58.650 --> 00:27:02.769 of course. Guess what? Jules takes the sending 00:27:02.769 --> 00:27:07.579 stone. out of his pocket, looks at it, tosses 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:10.019 it to Blanche. Oh, shit. All right, you ready 00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:13.839 for this? Blanche is like, hi, Shola, you don't 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:15.460 know me very well, but my name is Blanche. No, 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:22.960 I'm just kidding. Okay. Do you want Blanche to 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.119 send a message? Blanche will send a message. 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:28.720 Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Now, it's worth noting that 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.819 you used this thing a few days ago, never got 00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:33.420 a message back. Ah, fuck. But, Try it again now. 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:40.559 Okay. Are we safe? Can we meet you? Will you 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:48.299 help us? We seek answers. Will remain until your 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:51.460 answer. Blanche doesn't know who's really on 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.859 the other end of this, so I don't want to say 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:56.799 that we're at the Ugly Coyote. I feel like Sholay 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:00.599 probably would know. Yeah. Well, like we said 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:02.619 earlier, everybody knows, but that was 19, I 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:06.259 think. You pick this up and as you hear the knowing 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:08.599 that it's been picked up as well as you're kind 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:10.680 of transmitting this message, you speak these 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:19.299 words into it and then just a slow You are safe 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:28.000 for now. He will destroy your reputations. but 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:35.420 will not risk more yet. Tomorrow night, 11 o 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:42.259 'clock, my lair. Boom. Nice. Goes the dynamite. 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:47.920 Okay. So, Jeremy, what do we want to do between 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:52.019 now and tomorrow night? When is it now? It's 00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:54.920 nighttime. I think Orin said, like, goodnight 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.880 or something like that. I think they mentioned 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:57.480 night somewhere. Okay. So I'm going to say it's 00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.940 nighttime. As you're outside, it's kind of dark. 00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:02.180 So we've got, like, 24 hours to kill? Yeah, about 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:04.079 24 hours to kill. One thing you should note, 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.660 Dresden, you've been moving around the property. 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:07.440 I'll just tell Dresden this as you're kind of, 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:11.579 like, scouting things out. Okay. No shield bearers. 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:13.119 No one in sight. Looks like they're coming towards 00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.980 you. And something even weirder that you notice, 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:18.059 and this one really kind of sets in, no paparazzi 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:20.960 guild members. Why would they not swarm here? 00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:25.579 Something is strange. It's as if there's been 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:29.079 an order put out not to come to you. You don't 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:32.960 know why. But no one is interfering with you. 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:35.779 No one is bothering you. And that in itself is 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.519 very weird because right now you should be the 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:42.539 talk of the city. You do need answers. But as 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:48.019 you stand outside, you do see... a figure is 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:50.579 approaching down the street. Doesn't look like 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.819 they're, they look like they're heading towards 00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:53.579 the coyote, but not necessarily like they're 00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:56.240 heading towards the coyote for you. Yet as they 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.599 get closer and begin to resolve themselves, you 00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:00.539 know, in sort of like the dim sort of shadow 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:02.480 of the diamond, they step out of the shadow of 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.420 one building and the diamond's light falls upon 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:07.819 them. You recognize this figure immediately and 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:10.900 you probably do like a double take because it's 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:15.200 Captain Commander Arian. What the fuck? Did we 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:18.339 talk about on mic that we know Arya was the one 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:21.720 who downed the... Yeah. It happened while we 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:25.619 were there. Right. I forgot. It was Jules, wasn't 00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:28.400 it, that rolled reception or something? It was 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:31.480 Blanche. Blanche. Yep. He rolled and we saw the 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:34.000 door closing with him. Right. You had a feeling. 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:36.140 You even said, you actually said in the gem to 00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:39.380 Sholay, Arya is piloting. Okay. So do you mind 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.380 keeping all this, even though a little bit was 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:46.420 sort of off mic? Yeah. Okay, so then why the 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:53.599 fuck did Atash not crush Arya? Like, if Atash 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:59.000 is against the falling of the worlds and it is 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:01.660 known, I mean, like, do we know something that 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:04.799 Atash doesn't know? Who else? You told Sholay 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.950 this? And you saw this yourselves? nobody else 00:31:07.950 --> 00:31:11.470 you had a nat 20 uh check to get like a sort 00:31:11.470 --> 00:31:13.549 of a vibe off that to see that there's nobody 00:31:13.549 --> 00:31:15.329 else in that room and you put together a puzzle 00:31:15.329 --> 00:31:17.069 piece that why would there be nobody else in 00:31:17.069 --> 00:31:19.890 the room this is something that only you know 00:31:19.890 --> 00:31:22.769 okay i didn't i didn't i didn't completely grasp 00:31:22.769 --> 00:31:27.349 that before so we've got at least some pinch 00:31:27.349 --> 00:31:29.829 of leverage you have something and even more 00:31:29.829 --> 00:31:33.170 than that as Dresden's watching as he sees Ariat 00:31:33.170 --> 00:31:35.750 getting closer and closer. You can see a very 00:31:35.750 --> 00:31:39.730 casual face, kind of like eyes sort of set, almost 00:31:39.730 --> 00:31:44.029 like a slight wobble, as if Ariat's partially 00:31:44.029 --> 00:31:48.349 in his cups. Because Ariat doesn't know. He doesn't 00:31:48.349 --> 00:31:52.410 know that we know. And Ariat frequently visits 00:31:52.410 --> 00:31:55.369 the Ellie Coyote for a private place to drink 00:31:55.369 --> 00:31:57.609 some hard stuff. He doesn't know we know, then 00:31:57.609 --> 00:32:00.130 that changes what Dresden is going to do. Play 00:32:00.130 --> 00:32:03.200 it cool. Yeah. Another weird sidebar just to 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:06.099 put out there. Blanche, I think right now you're 00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:08.859 probably actually staying at the El Coyote. The 00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:11.240 Pale Moonlight is actually closed currently. 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:15.480 Basically, it's an amazing inn. All the staff 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:18.559 there had family that are now assumed dead and 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.160 gone. I think that following that, they probably 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.539 need to close for some time. There's no one there 00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:24.920 to do anything. Sure. They're all mourning. That 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:26.920 was going to be part of my, like, I wanted to 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:30.329 gauge public interest. I was going to walk into 00:32:30.329 --> 00:32:35.250 the pale moonlight and see what happened. But 00:32:35.250 --> 00:32:37.849 that's okay. I'm very interested to see what 00:32:37.849 --> 00:32:40.930 happens with Ari out here. Okay. I imagine Blanche 00:32:40.930 --> 00:32:43.609 is kind of watching from the window. Maybe Dresden 00:32:43.609 --> 00:32:47.410 is taking point by the front door and they have 00:32:47.410 --> 00:32:50.589 that conversation, that exchange. He doesn't 00:32:50.589 --> 00:32:54.529 know. Play it cool. Let him come in. Moments 00:32:54.529 --> 00:32:56.210 later, as they're kind of waiting in there, probably 00:32:56.210 --> 00:33:01.190 looking casual. Everyone look cool. We pass this 00:33:01.190 --> 00:33:03.369 info to Jules so Jules doesn't do anything stupid. 00:33:04.250 --> 00:33:12.410 Jules would be over there like, hey, idiot. Saloon 00:33:12.410 --> 00:33:16.049 doors open. I love them so much. And Captain 00:33:16.049 --> 00:33:20.849 Commander just walks in behind the bar. Ader 00:33:20.849 --> 00:33:24.940 looks up. Oh, hey there, Aria. Long work week, 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:32.380 I'm guessing, huh? You would not believe. Looks 00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:38.460 up to you guys. Oh, hey, that's right. Your regular's 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:46.019 here, too. I'm sorry about what that was. Hello 00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.380 to something else. I've seen you guys in action. 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:52.950 I know you're all heroes. I'm sure the worlds 00:33:52.950 --> 00:33:58.549 will figure it out too. Soon enough. You see, 00:33:58.650 --> 00:34:02.789 there is sadness. True sadness in his features. 00:34:02.890 --> 00:34:04.730 It's kind of like Narnia. And you see again, 00:34:04.809 --> 00:34:08.170 he does have those two ashen dots, like a place 00:34:08.170 --> 00:34:10.590 by his own fingerprints on his forehead. It's 00:34:10.590 --> 00:34:13.269 a sign of day long, of morning. And Ariadne is 00:34:13.269 --> 00:34:17.829 always in mourning. He, with kind of, again, 00:34:17.889 --> 00:34:19.750 that sort of somber expression, turns over to 00:34:19.750 --> 00:34:24.260 you, Jules. almost sort of awkwardly like, hey, 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:31.280 Jules, could we share a drink? There is something 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:34.679 you should know. Like, I'm curious, what are 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:36.599 you guys thinking? Like, do you have a suspicion 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:40.340 that this is the person that has caused so much 00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:43.599 pain? What am I seeing in these characters right 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:46.059 now? Are you hiding this well? Are we making 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:48.679 deception checks? What's happening? Blanche is 00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:51.730 thinking that I mean, this was definitely not 00:34:51.730 --> 00:34:55.030 expected. At least Stephen didn't expect it. 00:34:55.110 --> 00:34:56.949 So I'm going to guess that Blanche didn't expect 00:34:56.949 --> 00:35:01.030 it maybe. But Blanche is thinking, you know, 00:35:01.090 --> 00:35:04.750 if we pop this off sort of thing, if we start 00:35:04.750 --> 00:35:06.869 to interrogate this guy and tell him what we 00:35:06.869 --> 00:35:10.510 know, there goes our ability to travel through 00:35:10.510 --> 00:35:14.210 the worlds. There goes our ability to peacefully 00:35:14.210 --> 00:35:19.849 exist here at the Ugly Coyote. So if... we're 00:35:19.849 --> 00:35:23.070 going to do this, we have to convince him that 00:35:23.070 --> 00:35:27.550 we have power over him to not blow up our spot. 00:35:28.030 --> 00:35:30.349 I mean, this is so dangerous because you have 00:35:30.349 --> 00:35:33.449 just been painted as the villains of the Radiant 00:35:33.449 --> 00:35:36.409 Citadel, and this is the captain commander of 00:35:36.409 --> 00:35:38.210 the police. Right, but based off of his... If 00:35:38.210 --> 00:35:41.309 something goes bad here. Right, but based off 00:35:41.309 --> 00:35:43.869 of his reaction, he's like, hey, that guy said 00:35:43.869 --> 00:35:48.699 some mean things about you, but... You can insight 00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:50.960 check for more. Okay, sure. Yeah, let's do that. 00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:53.340 You see the sadness is very apparent. You want 00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.860 to insight check on that? Insight check on that. 00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:56.920 Yeah, totally. Maybe I can actually roll something. 00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:01.239 That's a 17. That is... Well, Jules rolled a 00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:06.280 natural one. Dresden was a 12. Having a hard 00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:09.139 time reading it, but Blanche, something about 00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:12.860 that just didn't seem right. Something about 00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:15.340 that just seemed like a lie. Didn't seem truthful? 00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:17.590 Okay, sure, sure, sure. Like he was... Putting 00:36:17.590 --> 00:36:20.510 on a face. Gotcha. I'd like you to make another 00:36:20.510 --> 00:36:22.570 roll, though, I think. I think this makes sense. 00:36:23.349 --> 00:36:25.670 Because you're right, this was unexpected, and 00:36:25.670 --> 00:36:27.590 there should be tension in you at seeing him. 00:36:27.789 --> 00:36:30.050 I want deception checks from everybody. I'm going 00:36:30.050 --> 00:36:32.590 to roll a disadvantage. Oh, God. But I am going 00:36:32.590 --> 00:36:35.329 to roll an insight check. He is a little drunk, 00:36:35.349 --> 00:36:42.550 so disadvantage. Oh, no. Eight on the die, plus 00:36:42.550 --> 00:36:45.610 zero. Both Jules and Dresden rolled the same 00:36:45.610 --> 00:36:48.079 number. It's happening a lot tonight. And both 00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:50.219 Jules and Dresden are getting a little smelly. 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.659 Oh, shit. Because both Jules and Dresden quit 00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:55.760 their fucking game. That's amazing. I shit you 00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.800 not. Wait, good crit or bad crit? Good crit. 00:36:57.940 --> 00:37:01.900 Whoa. Good crit. Whoa. Whoa. Good crit. Dude, 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:04.219 that's got to be enough to throw off the Blanche, 00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:07.420 like, not good roll. What was yours total? An 00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.980 eight. An eight total? So here's what happens. 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:11.619 There's a moment, like, as you're kind of seeing 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:15.320 his lie, his eyes flicker to you, and you kind 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:18.110 of... Almost like something in his brow sets, 00:37:18.230 --> 00:37:21.690 like he thinks. And you're kind of in this moment, 00:37:21.750 --> 00:37:23.690 this silent moment of looking at each other, 00:37:23.829 --> 00:37:25.969 trying to register each other, read each other. 00:37:26.429 --> 00:37:29.849 And what do Dresden and Jules do right now to 00:37:29.849 --> 00:37:32.650 sort of totally throw him off? You do something. 00:37:32.809 --> 00:37:35.849 Two crits, you undo the fail that would have 00:37:35.849 --> 00:37:37.429 happened there. I think that makes a lot of sense. 00:37:37.849 --> 00:37:42.650 That's really cool. Jules will say, you got a 00:37:42.650 --> 00:37:46.059 lot of courage coming in here with us. Well, 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:49.659 listen. I'm Captain Commander of the... He just 00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:51.699 turns totally away from you in advance. I'm Captain 00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:53.480 Commander of the Shieldbearers. Courage is all 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:57.619 I know. Like I said, I appreciate those who put 00:37:57.619 --> 00:38:01.699 their lives on the line. I wish less people had 00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:05.679 to. At least that's going to change now. You 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:09.920 can start moving deeper in. With Atash, moving 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:12.639 out on these worlds, I mean, it's a miracle. 00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:17.340 Damn. For so long, the shield bearers, my people 00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:20.019 have been holding these worlds together. These 00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:22.739 rescue missions have watched so many. And I think 00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:25.280 at that, he does touch his fingers to his forehead 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:27.599 and like close his eyes for a second. It's almost 00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:32.000 silent prayer. So many fall, even on Umizo, a 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:38.579 few left behind to hold the crowd. But Atash 00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:43.230 will see to it that these worlds. selfish, spoiled 00:38:43.230 --> 00:38:45.469 children, share their resources, share their 00:38:45.469 --> 00:38:48.809 powers. I know it. We can really be unified. 00:38:48.829 --> 00:38:51.909 We can really be together. And nobody has to 00:38:51.909 --> 00:38:56.630 die anymore. But, sorry, it's a bar. I shouldn't 00:38:56.630 --> 00:39:00.789 get political. He kind of just walks over, walks 00:39:00.789 --> 00:39:02.389 over to the bar, and he looks to you, Jules, 00:39:02.510 --> 00:39:04.170 as he kind of like sits down. He has a seat sort 00:39:04.170 --> 00:39:06.230 of open next to him, Ader, and he starts pouring 00:39:06.230 --> 00:39:09.170 his usual and sliding it across. Yeah, Jules 00:39:09.170 --> 00:39:11.969 will grab a drink. and move over to sit next 00:39:11.969 --> 00:39:16.170 to him. But as he does, he nods Blanche over. 00:39:16.610 --> 00:39:20.130 Okay. Yeah, Blanche will approach and sit on 00:39:20.130 --> 00:39:23.929 the other side of Ariat, so they're sandwiched. 00:39:25.349 --> 00:39:28.889 Really, just for my own curiosity, does Ariat 00:39:28.889 --> 00:39:34.269 have his twin blades on him? Always. Very similar 00:39:34.269 --> 00:39:37.050 to the two blades you see over the mantle. Very 00:39:37.050 --> 00:39:39.789 similar to Zebulon's, these two twin sabers. 00:39:40.469 --> 00:39:42.929 Dresden will move over to a side table or a booth 00:39:42.929 --> 00:39:47.210 somewhere that he has clear line of sight of 00:39:47.210 --> 00:39:50.869 both the front door and the conversation that's 00:39:50.869 --> 00:39:53.550 happening. I think he kind of looks over and 00:39:53.550 --> 00:39:56.389 says to all of you, just like, I should tell 00:39:56.389 --> 00:39:59.989 you, you do not need to worry. About the shield 00:39:59.989 --> 00:40:02.769 bearers. We're not coming after you. I saw the, 00:40:02.849 --> 00:40:08.170 you know, everyone saw. But it's all hearsay. 00:40:08.170 --> 00:40:10.409 Nothing. Rumors. We all know it. I'm not putting 00:40:10.409 --> 00:40:12.309 any orders out. No one from above. None of the 00:40:12.309 --> 00:40:15.170 speakers have asked us to look into it. You're 00:40:15.170 --> 00:40:20.349 fine. Does that help? How can we be so sure that 00:40:20.349 --> 00:40:24.050 Antosh feels the same way? What's to stop him 00:40:24.050 --> 00:40:26.750 from... Busting the door down and arresting the 00:40:26.750 --> 00:40:29.210 three of us who sit here at this bar. Atash is 00:40:29.210 --> 00:40:33.369 pushing for guardianship on some worlds, but 00:40:33.369 --> 00:40:36.070 he's not the speakers. He's not a speaker. He 00:40:36.070 --> 00:40:40.449 is still outranked, technically, by Shole Brass. 00:40:41.289 --> 00:40:45.550 So the only thing stopping him is you and your 00:40:45.550 --> 00:40:48.510 shield bearers. I mean, I guess you could say 00:40:48.510 --> 00:40:51.429 that. I would say the only thing stopping him 00:40:51.429 --> 00:40:55.869 is his integrity. Sense of decency. He's a hero. 00:40:56.610 --> 00:41:01.269 The brightest of the bunch. But that's not why 00:41:01.269 --> 00:41:05.929 I called you over here. Jules, he looks over 00:41:05.929 --> 00:41:07.789 to you and you get this very awkward sort of 00:41:07.789 --> 00:41:10.090 look in his eyes and kind of looks down at the 00:41:10.090 --> 00:41:13.250 sort of swirling amber of his half -drank sort 00:41:13.250 --> 00:41:19.449 of glass. You are in a relationship with Gabriela 00:41:19.449 --> 00:41:23.760 Cortez. Correct? Do I really need to comment 00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:26.940 on stuff that's already public knowledge? Sorry, 00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:29.280 I'm doing the shield -bearer -officer thing. 00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:32.559 This ain't an interrogation, this is nothing. 00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:41.880 I feel I should tell you, she is here. She, I'm 00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:46.960 sure you're aware, assaulted a speaker. As such, 00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:50.539 she is being held in our barracks until her trial. 00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:55.360 Art of Ozda is trying to work with her. Trying 00:41:55.360 --> 00:42:02.059 to, you know, see her released. Speaker Art of 00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:05.719 Ozda does not want to push any charges on her, 00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:11.599 but this is a grave matter. I have already made 00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:15.119 allowances if you would like to visit her. And 00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:17.460 perhaps you can talk some sense into her. Art 00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:20.900 of Ozda has certain demands. He's asking for 00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:24.659 from her and they're entirely reasonable. What 00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:29.059 are the demands? Well, public apology and acknowledgement 00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:33.719 that Sansa Tian is much safer under Atash's wing. 00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:38.460 Basically just a change in her stance and a calling 00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:43.599 off of this justice undying whole thing. If she 00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:48.690 speaks the right words, no charges. Free to go. 00:42:48.769 --> 00:42:52.429 Otherwise, I'm... Assaulting a speaker, Jules. 00:42:52.630 --> 00:42:54.670 And he kind of gets very firm with you here. 00:42:54.869 --> 00:42:57.429 I think his hand rests on the table near you 00:42:57.429 --> 00:42:59.309 and kind of clenches a little bit. This is... 00:42:59.309 --> 00:43:03.510 We could be talking 30, 50 years in the Sky Prison. 00:43:04.329 --> 00:43:07.909 I'm sure you know better than anyone she is stubborn. 00:43:08.429 --> 00:43:12.250 She refuses to see any reason and she will face 00:43:12.250 --> 00:43:17.570 the costs of her crime. Maybe you can... Help 00:43:17.570 --> 00:43:20.670 her see that the stubbornness is going to do 00:43:20.670 --> 00:43:23.809 her and the world's no good. Ader just kind of, 00:43:23.809 --> 00:43:26.829 I think, whistles and steps back into the back 00:43:26.829 --> 00:43:28.789 room, closes the door. He's like, I don't, this 00:43:28.789 --> 00:43:31.369 is not something I want to be a part of. This 00:43:31.369 --> 00:43:35.710 is very personal. This situation has gotten out 00:43:35.710 --> 00:43:39.949 of control. Due in large part to those people 00:43:39.949 --> 00:43:44.289 who said what they were told to say. She's not 00:43:44.289 --> 00:43:48.949 going to be one of them. She's not weak. Arya, 00:43:48.989 --> 00:43:54.809 I think what Jules is asking is, can you help 00:43:54.809 --> 00:44:00.809 us? Or will you help us? I am helping her escape. 00:44:02.489 --> 00:44:06.429 Whoa. He was like taking a sip and he starts 00:44:06.429 --> 00:44:12.769 coughing. I did not know you were a comedian, 00:44:13.150 --> 00:44:16.389 Blanche Trudeau. I am the captain commander of 00:44:16.389 --> 00:44:17.989 the shield bearers. I want you to understand 00:44:17.989 --> 00:44:22.250 I'm here because I like you, but I am the arbiter 00:44:22.250 --> 00:44:25.929 of law here on the Citadel. Personally, I believe 00:44:25.929 --> 00:44:28.590 that she is guilty of a serious crime. Why would 00:44:28.590 --> 00:44:32.190 I, why would I help? I'm trying to help her now 00:44:32.190 --> 00:44:36.190 by telling you what you should tell her because 00:44:36.190 --> 00:44:40.809 she will face time. How about you go down and 00:44:40.809 --> 00:44:45.139 see her? Anytime you want, I will make the arrangements. 00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:47.599 Middle of the night, we'll wake her up and bring 00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:53.179 her out. I'm sure she's very unhappy. Locked 00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:58.800 up in a cell all day. No company. And a friendly 00:44:58.800 --> 00:45:02.980 talk might give you both the inspiration you 00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:06.800 need to do the right thing. For her. For you. 00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:09.920 For the worlds. Blanche is going to make eye 00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:15.000 contact with Jules. And the implication, basically 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:18.179 what I'm trying to do is in -game work out this 00:45:18.179 --> 00:45:21.219 question, Jeremy. One out of ten, how hard do 00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:24.219 you want to press in this conversation here? 00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:28.860 One being like, don't give anything away, let 00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:34.400 this guy walk out. Ten being not. Jules gets 00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:37.679 the feeling that he is trying to lure. Sure, 00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:41.829 into a trap. into a trap or to get more inside 00:45:41.829 --> 00:45:45.309 information. Insight checks are always allowed. 00:45:45.630 --> 00:45:49.070 Yeah. Yes. Let's do that on the, like our safety. 00:45:49.130 --> 00:45:54.329 If we were to go to hell. Yeah. See dance. No, 00:45:54.409 --> 00:45:57.070 that's only a six for jewels. That is a 15 for 00:45:57.070 --> 00:46:01.409 15 jewels. You can't read it. You do feel this 00:46:01.409 --> 00:46:04.170 nervousness. I mean, you're, you've had a hard 00:46:04.170 --> 00:46:08.619 life. People in power have often, turned on you 00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:12.860 and you feel that that right here blanche you're 00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:15.139 reading into this a little more you don't think 00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:19.260 you're in any danger you think he is here because 00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:22.659 he wants something from you this is his motive 00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:26.139 for being here he wants dance to call off this 00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:28.000 movement she started because it is a problem 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:32.059 but he is staying by his threat dance can either 00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:34.960 make these public sort of announcements or dance 00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:39.039 can go to the sky prison. And that is a harsh, 00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:42.619 harsh penalty for her. The question is what is 00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:45.659 more, what is, what, what, what would you value 00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:52.039 more jewels, her freedom or her righteous passion? 00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:55.239 You are in a very difficult place. You have only 00:46:55.239 --> 00:46:58.880 recently started seeing her in this way, but 00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:02.280 so quickly she could be torn from you just like 00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:06.619 that. I've, I've been waiting for, an opportunity 00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:09.000 to... I've been thinking about this question 00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:12.500 over and over, sort of. Okay. It's not anything, 00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:15.340 but I just don't want... I'm like, I've been 00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:17.699 thinking about this before. Blanche is going 00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:23.739 to ask... Well, come now, Ariat. If you didn't 00:47:23.739 --> 00:47:25.800 come here for that, surely you came here for 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:29.659 something more than a drink in the company of 00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:35.579 some recently fallen friends. Oh, believe me, 00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:39.780 I'm here for a drink. And to get away from it 00:47:39.780 --> 00:47:43.219 all. It's been a hard... I mean, it just kind 00:47:43.219 --> 00:47:46.280 of sets again. I know that this place, especially 00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:50.239 now, is going to be the most abandoned pub in 00:47:50.239 --> 00:47:52.940 the entirety of the Radiant Citadel. It's a very 00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:55.280 safe place to get a drink without any pioneers 00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:58.500 or eyes. I just want to turn off work mode, if 00:47:58.500 --> 00:48:03.139 that makes sense. But also, yeah, I am here. 00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:06.940 Because I would really like to see that girl 00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:10.840 get let go in her own way. Yeah, she did a serious 00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:14.440 crime. Yeah, you know, people need to pay for 00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:16.980 what they've done. But what can I say? I like 00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:20.900 her. She's passionate and that's good. Maybe 00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:25.119 she won't make these mistakes again, given a 00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:30.079 second chance. Well, we like her too. And we'd 00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:32.480 like to see her go free as well. I mean, it's... 00:48:32.969 --> 00:48:35.590 It's not like she... It's not like she doomed 00:48:35.590 --> 00:48:40.150 Mizu or anything. You just... Am I rolling a... 00:48:40.150 --> 00:48:42.949 Am I rolling an insight check? I'm rolling an 00:48:42.949 --> 00:48:45.050 insight check on that. I'm rolling an insight 00:48:45.050 --> 00:48:49.550 check. Or do you want me to catch the connotations? 00:48:50.590 --> 00:48:53.469 You tell me. I'm trying to, like... I mean, I 00:48:53.469 --> 00:48:56.869 don't want to show our hand. Yeah. But I'm trying 00:48:56.869 --> 00:49:01.050 to stir things up a little. Okay. Okay. I'm trying 00:49:01.050 --> 00:49:03.840 to... Maybe introduce some doubt? Am I supposed 00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:05.760 to roll Deception against that? Roll Deception. 00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:08.260 CBC's through you all the way, or have you got 00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:11.800 an accomplishment? Oh, shit. I rolled it, like, 00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:13.739 way out of the box. It was here. It was on a 00:49:13.739 --> 00:49:16.380 nat 20. I gotta roll it again. I can't. You fool. 00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:19.400 I have too much integrity, unlike some of us. 00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:24.400 That's a fucking 10. Shit. I rolled pretty high. 00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:28.460 Yeah, of course you did. He blinks. His eyes 00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:31.900 focused on you, and in that blink... He suddenly 00:49:31.900 --> 00:49:38.440 seems very sober. A strange thing to say. I can't 00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:43.739 think of a more heinous crime. Surely, speaking 00:49:43.739 --> 00:49:48.800 out against authority is a protected right and 00:49:48.800 --> 00:49:53.860 not such a crime. If one would get 50 years for 00:49:53.860 --> 00:49:59.820 dancer's crimes, I can't imagine the punishment 00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:04.980 of... The fall of Umizu? What about Tythos? His 00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:12.739 eyes go down to your sword. Yes. I am sorry about 00:50:12.739 --> 00:50:17.860 your master. I had thought you had finished the 00:50:17.860 --> 00:50:21.679 job with him, but it seems he had escaped your 00:50:21.679 --> 00:50:25.980 clutches and is still out there. What would make 00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:28.539 you think such a thing? Because the storm came 00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:32.019 back, right? Once the... Pearl had left bay once 00:50:32.019 --> 00:50:36.440 we'd transferred. The storm must have come back. 00:50:37.139 --> 00:50:41.940 How else would the pearl have fallen? So you 00:50:41.940 --> 00:50:47.179 think Ozen and Ozen alone is responsible? We 00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:50.579 have evidence. Plenty of it to showcase that 00:50:50.579 --> 00:50:56.320 Ozen is involved in Tithos and Umizu. Then you 00:50:56.320 --> 00:51:01.050 don't appear to know much. Do you? And he kind 00:51:01.050 --> 00:51:04.650 of leans in a little bit. Have any evidence to 00:51:04.650 --> 00:51:10.570 suggest he was working with anyone else? No evidence 00:51:10.570 --> 00:51:14.550 I have any inclination to share with you. There 00:51:14.550 --> 00:51:18.730 are many complicated things happening throughout 00:51:18.730 --> 00:51:22.630 our Concord worlds. Have been for a long time. 00:51:23.469 --> 00:51:25.889 Perhaps you could explain it to me like I am 00:51:25.889 --> 00:51:30.219 a mere tadpole. I'll explain. One thing to you, 00:51:30.380 --> 00:51:37.679 Tadpole. You are villains now. The people do 00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:39.840 not like you, and while we're not going to make 00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:42.079 any moves against you, of course, because I know 00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:46.420 the truth, that you are honest, good people. 00:51:47.179 --> 00:51:51.539 But to make any insinuations against anyone in 00:51:51.539 --> 00:51:57.179 a higher power position... in your current state, 00:51:57.260 --> 00:52:02.480 would be very foolish. Because we have no evidence 00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:04.380 that we're willing to share the time against 00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:08.840 you, but that's not to say it can't be found 00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:15.400 or otherwise discovered. You know, I've learned 00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:19.539 a lot and taught a lot in the world of martial 00:52:19.539 --> 00:52:25.119 arts and swordplay, and very rarely... Is the 00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:30.260 move of mutual destruction ever the smartest 00:52:30.260 --> 00:52:34.960 move to play? I see you have your twin blades. 00:52:35.079 --> 00:52:39.179 You know how to use them. Is that a lesson you've 00:52:39.179 --> 00:52:45.280 learned yet? Believe me. Preservation is my utmost 00:52:45.280 --> 00:52:50.199 goal. Preservation of myself and of those that 00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:55.110 I respect. I would. And he looks deep into your 00:52:55.110 --> 00:52:57.750 eyes like his eyes are open wide in a way where 00:52:57.750 --> 00:53:00.809 it's like he is trying to be as transparent as 00:53:00.809 --> 00:53:04.829 possible right now. I would take it very personally 00:53:04.829 --> 00:53:09.449 if a terrible thing were to happen to you, to 00:53:09.449 --> 00:53:13.829 Jules, to you, Dresden, as I respect all of you 00:53:13.829 --> 00:53:21.650 greatly. And I would mourn your deaths. But... 00:53:22.409 --> 00:53:26.730 I think I've had enough to drink. And he drops 00:53:26.730 --> 00:53:31.769 a couple gold coins on the counter. Ader seems 00:53:31.769 --> 00:53:36.570 to have slipped away. I will take my leave during 00:53:36.570 --> 00:53:41.110 his absence. Please give him my best. And please 00:53:41.110 --> 00:53:45.369 consider coming down to the barracks. I'm sure 00:53:45.369 --> 00:53:49.989 Gabriella could use some relief from the torment. 00:53:51.250 --> 00:53:56.889 Stool slides back. I'll let you know. There's 00:53:56.889 --> 00:53:59.869 like a wicked smile under his eyes now. I mean, 00:53:59.869 --> 00:54:02.449 like, it's a smile, but there's still sadness 00:54:02.449 --> 00:54:08.670 there, too. Have a nice night. Think carefully 00:54:08.670 --> 00:54:14.329 about tomorrow. Tips his head, turns and begins 00:54:14.329 --> 00:54:18.769 to walk away from you as you watch. Walking towards 00:54:18.769 --> 00:54:21.320 those saloon doors, you see, like, Chester in 00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:23.300 the corner has been watching all of this kind 00:54:23.300 --> 00:54:29.400 of glaring his way. I'm so stressed. Ariat. Stops. 00:54:30.420 --> 00:54:32.679 Doesn't turn back to you, just stops. That's 00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:34.119 really interesting because Jules doesn't turn 00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:37.500 around. They're speaking back to back. God, so 00:54:37.500 --> 00:54:41.860 cool. So cool. You make sure everybody knows. 00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:46.840 Whoever stands by and lets this happen is complicit. 00:54:47.699 --> 00:54:51.800 Whoever says what they're told to say. is complicit. 00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:59.019 Whoever aids for their own benefit is weak and 00:54:59.019 --> 00:55:03.699 complicit. And in one way or another, this will 00:55:03.699 --> 00:55:08.000 end with every single one of them bearing the 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:13.559 full weight of retribution. Just as undying. 00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:18.219 Fuck, that was so fucking cool. Button for each 00:55:18.219 --> 00:55:21.579 of you. For each of you. So fucking cool. Dude. 00:55:22.059 --> 00:55:24.199 Amazing. Dude, Jeremy, that was so fucking cool. 00:55:24.420 --> 00:55:28.780 High fives all around. Oh, my God. Where's my 00:55:28.780 --> 00:55:32.099 button? Oh, yeah. It's your physical buttons. 00:55:32.179 --> 00:55:34.719 I forgot that. I'm supposed to send some of these 00:55:34.719 --> 00:55:38.860 to Meg, by the way. Yeah, do that. Holy shit. 00:55:39.139 --> 00:55:43.340 Just like silence falls a heavy silence just 00:55:43.340 --> 00:55:47.139 thuds over all of you. He stands there, not turning 00:55:47.139 --> 00:55:51.039 towards you, just not moving. And then very slowly, 00:55:51.219 --> 00:55:55.239 he walks out the door. And we'll call it there.