WEBVTT 00:00:01.870 --> 00:00:04.450 Pants people, we've got a message for you from 00:00:04.450 --> 00:00:08.310 our friends at Cheers Big Ears Podcast, hosted 00:00:08.310 --> 00:00:12.330 by Chad, Matt, and Bob's. These three sit down 00:00:12.330 --> 00:00:15.509 with adult beverages for some not -so -adult 00:00:15.509 --> 00:00:18.829 conversation. Depending on the episode, very 00:00:18.829 --> 00:00:24.649 adult conversation. So, cheers, Big Ears. G'day, 00:00:24.649 --> 00:00:27.920 g'day, g'day. Don't skip. Let me... Interrupt 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:29.719 the podcast that you're currently listening to 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.520 with some blatant self -promotion. 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Now, Fallman lived a charmed life in the 00:01:57.819 --> 00:01:59.780 world of Godspread, the great, great world of 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:02.000 Godspread. He lived in a small settlement on 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.659 the edge of the Ribbon and owned the finest carpentry 00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:07.439 shop I knew of on the world, even using cut -offs 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:09.919 to create toys for the local kiddos. It's all 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:12.500 changed one horrible day as the Ribbon's border 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:15.419 gave way to the rattle. The horrors of the unprotected 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:17.560 land came to fall upon the settlement in the 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:21.000 form of a family of bullies. The monsters stole 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.699 the lives of all but the Fallman's son, who were 00:02:23.699 --> 00:02:26.400 able to barely escape the creature's hungry maws. 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.740 His wife, however, had not been so fortunate. 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:33.819 Having lost everything near everything, Fallman 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:36.500 made an incredible decision. To learn to fight 00:02:36.500 --> 00:02:39.259 back and to use his skills to carbon to provide 00:02:39.259 --> 00:02:42.060 for his son and bring joy to all the children 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:44.830 of the Concord world. He set off on an adventure, 00:02:45.009 --> 00:02:47.250 soon earning a tool to accomplish both of these 00:02:47.250 --> 00:02:49.889 goals. A magical carpenter's hammer, the bottom 00:02:49.889 --> 00:02:52.310 of which held the hand of a chisel mallet. A 00:02:52.310 --> 00:02:54.430 tool that could grow and change into a powerful 00:02:54.430 --> 00:02:57.310 weapon. The hammerhead would morph into an interiorly 00:02:57.310 --> 00:02:59.930 designed and deadly warhammer. And the chisel 00:02:59.930 --> 00:03:01.830 mallet that handled space would form into a brass 00:03:01.830 --> 00:03:04.650 pommel. Armed with this and dressed in a sharp 00:03:04.650 --> 00:03:06.810 apron, the pommel would travel between the worlds, 00:03:06.969 --> 00:03:09.349 making toys of famous luminaries and helping 00:03:09.349 --> 00:03:13.879 those in dire need. It is late 20s. The farm 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:16.780 board counts among those luminaries. And as for 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:20.400 his son, Von Twig Ruth, he travels by his father's 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:23.099 side still, ever carrying a finely crafted toy 00:03:23.099 --> 00:03:27.020 of his father's own, luminary likeness. And interestingly, 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:29.439 Farmer knows of other family members living in 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:31.919 Godless Capital's province. I've heard tell of 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:34.800 a niece, Meta, actually, who makes toys for all 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.139 those that visit. I even heard that young Hannah 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:39.860 started making luminary dollies. They found themselves 00:03:39.860 --> 00:03:42.139 in the hands of kids all over the Concord world. 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:47.159 Now I wonder what set her on that path. Nice 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:51.500 tie -in. Yes. And that was all, Don. Hell yeah, 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:53.460 Don. Thank you, Don. Yeah, I like that tie -in 00:03:53.460 --> 00:03:56.819 a lot. Really cool. Really cool. Yeah. What a 00:03:56.819 --> 00:03:59.060 cool character. I love, you know, it's nice to 00:03:59.060 --> 00:04:00.139 have some of these luminaries out there that 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:02.280 really are just these great, good people out 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.139 there doing their breasts, bringing toys to the 00:04:04.139 --> 00:04:06.759 kiddos. Doing their breasts? What? I think you 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:11.750 said doing their breasts. Hey. Shut up. Don't 00:04:11.750 --> 00:04:16.750 you rain on Don's parade. No, no, no. I got no 00:04:16.750 --> 00:04:18.829 problems with Don or Don's luminary spotlight. 00:04:20.550 --> 00:04:22.790 I'm sorry about him, Don. We'll get rid of him. 00:04:22.850 --> 00:04:25.689 I always thought that like, you know, like a 00:04:25.689 --> 00:04:28.990 war hammer like that or like a war pick, you 00:04:28.990 --> 00:04:31.550 know, like the dwarven sort of weapon where it's 00:04:31.550 --> 00:04:34.069 really just like a framing hammer that's got 00:04:34.069 --> 00:04:37.310 like a four foot handle to it. I always thought 00:04:37.310 --> 00:04:40.779 those those must be so. Horrible and devastating. 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.720 Are you still talking? Yeah, yeah. I'm talking 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.100 about... Oh, shoot. Sorry. I was kind of looking 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:49.500 over there. Foreman's weapon of choice. Unfortunately 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:54.800 for us, though, the Fallman is not the main character 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.360 of this show. We have to deal with these couple 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:01.139 of losers here and their hijinks. Your friendless 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:03.980 little hijinks. What? Hold on. I thought you 00:05:03.980 --> 00:05:06.500 said it was the Foreman? The Fallman. The Fallman. 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:08.800 Yes. Okay. Yeah. I thought you said foreman. 00:05:08.860 --> 00:05:10.660 Pay attention. I thought it was a carpentry thing. 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:17.199 You're failing the class. Last week, we talked 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:20.180 a little bit about a movie I spat vitriol, one 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:22.839 might say, towards The Rise of Skywalker. Jeremy, 00:05:22.899 --> 00:05:26.620 you helped. Stephen was useless in this conversation. 00:05:27.500 --> 00:05:30.399 But Jeremy, you alluded to, perhaps you were 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:31.360 going to think about the week over and think 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:32.800 of a movie that you might hate. Stephen hates 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:37.939 nothing. He's too zen for us. Humans. I definitely 00:05:37.939 --> 00:05:41.079 forgot about it and didn't think of a movie that 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.939 I hate. Oh, my gosh. Come on. You got something. 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:46.839 No, there was a movie I walked out on one time. 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:48.439 You didn't hate it, but you walked out of it? 00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:50.199 I mean, I guess. I didn't walk out of the rest 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.379 of Skywalker. Yeah, I don't know. That's different. 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:55.279 I wouldn't say that. I don't know. It just sucked. 00:05:55.779 --> 00:05:59.089 What is that? Kung Pao Enter the Fist. Really? 00:05:59.350 --> 00:06:04.490 Yeah. Wow. Okay. Blast from the past. Wow. I 00:06:04.490 --> 00:06:08.069 don't know if I was just too young at the time 00:06:08.069 --> 00:06:10.529 and didn't get the humor. Sure. I just thought 00:06:10.529 --> 00:06:12.709 it was stupid. I mean, like, I kind of get this. 00:06:12.769 --> 00:06:15.529 I'm not a big fan of the sort of idiot comedy 00:06:15.529 --> 00:06:18.389 genre. And Gabby loves that. I like it. I like 00:06:18.389 --> 00:06:21.769 some of them. It depends. Kung Pao was not one 00:06:21.769 --> 00:06:26.240 of them. Kung Pao was. really really really really 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:28.600 dumb i barely remember it but i remember it was 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:34.180 really really dumb yeah i i recognize the title 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:37.279 i i don't know that i ever saw the movie or or 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:40.399 anything but um yeah i recognize when you said 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.319 it and it sounds really really dumb it sounds 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.040 really dumb i mean nowadays i i like some of 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.379 that you know like The Dude Wears My Car, Step 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:51.699 Bros, that sort of stuff. Oh, dude, Step Brothers 00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:55.459 is great. Yeah, I like that stuff. So now I'm 00:06:55.459 --> 00:06:59.259 wondering, like, okay, if I went back to that 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:02.019 stupid movie that we were just talking about. 00:07:02.860 --> 00:07:05.279 Kung Pao. Kung Pao, yeah, yeah, yeah. Kung Fu 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:09.720 Panda. Maybe we should do a Fancy Pants watch 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.600 party. I'll watch Kung Fu Panda with you guys. 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:18.050 It's a good movie. That's a little jujitsu right 00:07:18.050 --> 00:07:23.470 there. Redirecting a conversation. Redirect hate 00:07:23.470 --> 00:07:28.350 into a mild enjoyment. A like. A love. Perhaps 00:07:28.350 --> 00:07:30.750 a love. Some good stuff. Yeah, you had a lot 00:07:30.750 --> 00:07:32.029 of good things to say about Kung Fu. I did talk 00:07:32.029 --> 00:07:33.149 about that in the show more, haven't I? Yeah. 00:07:33.290 --> 00:07:34.750 I couldn't remember. I just talk about things 00:07:34.750 --> 00:07:36.389 and I don't remember what they are a lot of times. 00:07:37.509 --> 00:07:40.180 That's where I'm at. Just finished Stormwind 00:07:40.180 --> 00:07:43.480 Archive Book 5. It was amazing, by the way. Holy 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:45.600 moly, what a wild turn. I never expected for 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.339 the series. If you're not a big fan of Stormwind 00:07:48.339 --> 00:07:52.540 Archive, you are wrong. And read them all. Sorry, 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:54.660 that's all I got. Glowing recommendation. I bet 00:07:54.660 --> 00:07:56.000 he's going to put that on the front of his next 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:01.720 book. Oh, I hope so. And Brandon Sandow, if you're 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:02.980 out there, if you're listening to this, I know 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:06.180 you are. Huge fan of the show. Huge fan of the 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:08.300 show, Brandon Sandow. Come hang out with us. 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:11.620 Come play D &D with me, please. Make all my dreams 00:08:11.620 --> 00:08:15.779 come true. You guys want to get into this? Because 00:08:15.779 --> 00:08:18.680 last time around, we had a lot. I mean, like, 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:20.040 man, I thought we were going through some real 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:21.779 stupid, right? We had all this big stupid party 00:08:21.779 --> 00:08:25.240 stuff. Went to the next episode and wow. I mean, 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:28.569 it was like kind of. Kind of crazy, right? Emotional. 00:08:28.670 --> 00:08:31.829 A lot happened. I love the focus, like the Blanche 00:08:31.829 --> 00:08:34.649 focusing on handsome Jai, that sort of camaraderie 00:08:34.649 --> 00:08:36.409 built between soldiers who have done so much 00:08:36.409 --> 00:08:39.269 in the name of, you know, whatever king or crown 00:08:39.269 --> 00:08:41.370 they're loyal to. There was an innate connection 00:08:41.370 --> 00:08:43.549 there. And I felt that it was really cool to 00:08:43.549 --> 00:08:47.879 see you sort of create that bond. And, like, 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:50.759 medium on neutral ground. And then follow that 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:55.159 up with Jules speaking to Mesmerize and then 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:57.840 speaking to Trace. This, I think, was your third 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.200 or fourth time you've reached that hand of friendship 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:04.220 out. And finally, it seems finally, he broke 00:09:04.220 --> 00:09:07.299 down and took it. And, man, both of you, I mean, 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:10.379 incredible work. I don't think, is anyone missing 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:12.799 buttons right now? Yes. I'm down. I'm down one. 00:09:13.059 --> 00:09:14.899 You're on a button? Okay. You know what? Both 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:17.539 of you take a bite. Take a bite. That was honestly 00:09:17.539 --> 00:09:20.399 phenomenal stuff. I want to give them to you 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:22.379 last episode. You were full. But take them now 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:25.480 because honestly, you deserve them. Oh, I thought 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.480 you were going to say you're going to need them. 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.299 That too. That too. It's David. We always need 00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:32.960 them. We always need them. We'll get to that. 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.220 Uh -oh. Shit. But we had our fun, right? It's 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:41.100 time now to build into what comes next. But first 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:43.559 things first, let's step back in that scene. 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:48.820 to a goblin spilling tears down onto a red carpet. 00:09:49.659 --> 00:09:53.379 Despite his glorious, shining, full -plate armor 00:09:53.379 --> 00:09:57.899 and cape, he looks so small right now, so broken. 00:09:58.340 --> 00:10:02.000 But he looks at you, Jules, and he says, What 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:06.580 you want me to do? And you know, you have won 00:10:06.580 --> 00:10:10.480 this fight. Here in this tiny room, you have 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.759 found allies. Amidst a world that has turned 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:17.460 against you. Maybe with these allies you can 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:21.879 fight back. Maybe. But it is a daunting fight 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:26.100 ahead. What will be your first steps? I've got 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:28.940 a couple ideas. But I first just want to say, 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:31.879 David, I hate that you're making us feel bad 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:36.159 for Trace the Goblin. Maybe Trace was always 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:40.389 cool and you just couldn't see it. Maybe. What 00:10:40.389 --> 00:10:42.450 are you thinking, Jeremy? I see your gears turning. 00:10:42.629 --> 00:10:44.529 You said you had a couple ideas. Shoot. Well, 00:10:44.549 --> 00:10:48.509 my thought is if you're dealing with a blackmailer, 00:10:48.549 --> 00:10:51.710 the last thing you want to do is give them what 00:10:51.710 --> 00:10:56.450 they want, right? Uh -huh. So we have people 00:10:56.450 --> 00:11:02.309 like Handsome Jai who have, you know, done some 00:11:02.309 --> 00:11:06.370 bad things, and I'm at least assuming that it 00:11:06.370 --> 00:11:10.490 wasn't exactly his fault. Maybe that's just an 00:11:10.490 --> 00:11:13.490 assumption. And, you know, you've got guys like 00:11:13.490 --> 00:11:19.309 Orin who have a soapbox, the soapbox. Yeah. And 00:11:19.309 --> 00:11:22.389 we don't know what rune is hanging over his head. 00:11:22.649 --> 00:11:25.470 But if we can get those people like Handsome 00:11:25.470 --> 00:11:29.970 Jai to lay it all out in the open to take away 00:11:29.970 --> 00:11:38.789 runes power over them. I once knew a Haringan. 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:48.759 Of the 8 Mile Forest. And he bared it all in 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:53.740 a rap song before his... What? Before his enemies 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:58.159 could rap battle him with that same... What? 00:11:58.220 --> 00:12:00.320 I don't know the reference! The movie 8 Mile? 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:04.679 No! Oh, oh. The M &M's character, his name is 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:06.519 Rabbit. I get it, yeah, yeah. And there's like 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:10.179 this huge... rap battle and like rabbit knows 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:13.019 all the stuff that his opponent is going to use 00:12:13.019 --> 00:12:15.460 against him so he just lays it out in the song 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:17.220 he's like yeah i've done this i've done that 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:19.519 i've done all these bad things okay what are 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:23.379 you gonna say now and the guy is left speechless 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:27.500 and walks away in defeat so i'm proposing the 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:32.240 the eight mile strategy i like it and i kind 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.019 of want to combine it with an idea that i had 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:41.490 which was to find a way to get something concrete 00:12:41.490 --> 00:12:46.070 on Rune so that maybe in the same breath, if, 00:12:46.129 --> 00:12:47.929 you know, say Ornn is on the network exposing 00:12:47.929 --> 00:12:50.470 everything here, he can turn around and say, 00:12:50.590 --> 00:12:53.929 and speaking of Rune, check this out. By the 00:12:53.929 --> 00:12:56.649 way, this guy's done awful shit too. Yeah. Yeah. 00:12:57.110 --> 00:12:59.309 I like it. Are you saying these things out loud? 00:12:59.429 --> 00:13:01.370 Are you talking about the whole, like, idea of 00:13:01.370 --> 00:13:04.289 letting it all out to everyone here? Yeah, I 00:13:04.289 --> 00:13:08.340 think so. Blanche recounts her story of the Haringan 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:13.100 from the Eight Mile Forest. You see horror in 00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:15.379 the features of both Mesmerize and Handsome Jai. 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:19.500 I think Yara's the first one that begins to start 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:23.720 to see, nodding slowly. You've always worried 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:25.600 that my village will suffer if I am not to be 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:28.600 a luminary anymore. You have been on Arnikik. 00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:30.519 You have seen the Everwinds. It is a hard life. 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.110 They need resources, money. Did I send? But perhaps 00:13:35.110 --> 00:13:39.009 there is another way. Perhaps it is time to let 00:13:39.009 --> 00:13:42.149 these sins be known. For I am also never wise. 00:13:42.909 --> 00:13:46.389 I should be honest. It is literally your name. 00:13:46.629 --> 00:13:50.649 It is my new name, yes. We can quite literally 00:13:50.649 --> 00:13:54.350 take his power from him. And you don't have to 00:13:54.350 --> 00:13:58.169 do it alone. There are others in this room, surely 00:13:58.169 --> 00:14:02.360 others across the Concord worlds. who would like 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:07.279 to see an end to this blackmail. Jaya's just 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:09.820 staring down into a glass of black jelly wine, 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.620 shaking it and looking at the ripples, looking 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:18.500 at his reflection. It's not so simple, though. 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:28.259 I mean, the things we did, it is not... We're 00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:31.649 not the only ones who will suffer. The Empress. 00:14:32.610 --> 00:14:37.389 Every foundation I've worked to build did these 00:14:37.389 --> 00:14:40.830 things to build could crumble if they know the 00:14:40.830 --> 00:14:42.909 blood on the hands that built them, right? I 00:14:42.909 --> 00:14:48.350 mean, no, no, no, no. I just want to forget. 00:14:48.529 --> 00:14:51.090 I just want to forget. So then you rebuild anew. 00:14:51.990 --> 00:14:57.590 This is how healing starts. You can't heal everything. 00:14:57.649 --> 00:15:00.600 You can't. You'll fight this battle for the rest 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:04.720 of your life. It could get better. It certainly 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.740 can't get worse, can it? It's like saying those, 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.379 hearing those words. He looks down again. He 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:14.519 says something very quietly. It's like words 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:18.519 spoken to himself that seem to carry to you regardless. 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:23.620 He just says, The war never ended, did it? I'm 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:27.179 still fighting. And he kind of just lowers his 00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:31.750 head. But another voice speaks up. I don't think 00:15:31.750 --> 00:15:34.990 that's going to work anymore. Maybe before, but 00:15:34.990 --> 00:15:39.490 it's complicated. Trace is looking to you now, 00:15:39.549 --> 00:15:43.909 both of you. It's not just blackmail. Rune is 00:15:43.909 --> 00:15:48.570 allied with Artash. He has Artash's own powers 00:15:48.570 --> 00:15:51.549 now. If he suspects a crime is committed, he 00:15:51.549 --> 00:15:57.309 can charge. He can arrest. He can order the arrest. 00:15:58.379 --> 00:16:02.240 Your friend there, the storyteller. Looks at 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.379 you, Jules. You were on God's breath, right? 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:09.899 You saw all of it, right? Yeah. Collaboration 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:13.279 with undead or evil spirits. Assistance to mass 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:18.220 murder. These are the crimes he is charging Keanu 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:23.559 with. Fuck. Wow. What a dick. That's lifetimes 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:28.509 in the Sky Prison. And he'll do it. He'll arrest 00:16:28.509 --> 00:16:32.210 her. That's why Auron's speaking out. He doesn't 00:16:32.210 --> 00:16:36.889 want to, but he can't let her go. Not like that. 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:40.669 Rune knows weaknesses. He knows how to target 00:16:40.669 --> 00:16:44.330 them. He knows how to go in for the kill. And 00:16:44.330 --> 00:16:48.750 now he's armed with Atash's own holy blade. He's 00:16:48.750 --> 00:16:52.889 armed with the law. So how can we sever that 00:16:52.889 --> 00:16:56.659 tie? Or can we? We could try to keep... Kiana 00:16:56.659 --> 00:17:01.600 safe somewhere, but where's safe from the Shieldbearers 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:07.400 and Artash combined? We need to find some way 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.799 to take Rune down a peg or ten. He's too dangerous 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.680 to move against in the open. Maybe I can look. 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:20.059 Maybe I can find a way. Keep my ears open. Keep 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:22.940 doing what I'm doing, but do it for the right 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:27.269 reasons. Do you... Make other calls like this 00:17:27.269 --> 00:17:32.630 to other powerful people? Not quite so big as 00:17:32.630 --> 00:17:35.690 Handsome Joy. The Sturge Man, of course, but 00:17:35.690 --> 00:17:39.089 he's been hard to reach. I think Rune's scared 00:17:39.089 --> 00:17:43.410 of him. Well, Rune is wise to be scared of Sturge 00:17:43.410 --> 00:17:46.869 Man. I don't know. What do you think you could 00:17:46.869 --> 00:17:50.049 find? I mean, I can't imagine Rune has a little 00:17:50.049 --> 00:17:52.670 black book in his desk drawer. I don't know about 00:17:52.670 --> 00:17:55.549 that, but... Perhaps I can just keep staying 00:17:55.549 --> 00:17:59.690 close. Perhaps we can find an opening to take 00:17:59.690 --> 00:18:04.690 him out. Might be the only way. Or perhaps there's 00:18:04.690 --> 00:18:06.390 a way to drive a wedge between him and Artash. 00:18:06.730 --> 00:18:09.509 Break up this connection. It's what gives him 00:18:09.509 --> 00:18:13.009 power, right? Gives him both power. Breaking 00:18:13.009 --> 00:18:15.369 the connection would be easier to stomach than 00:18:15.369 --> 00:18:19.049 assassinating Rune altogether, though I certainly 00:18:19.049 --> 00:18:22.769 have given it thought. I'm pretty sure Jules 00:18:22.769 --> 00:18:25.109 promised it at one point. Oh, yeah, that's probably 00:18:25.109 --> 00:18:28.029 true. Jules promised to kill a lot of people. 00:18:28.069 --> 00:18:32.289 That sounds like something Jules would do. Actually, 00:18:32.369 --> 00:18:35.650 I want to ask right now, hearing all this, Jules, 00:18:35.690 --> 00:18:38.630 do you still carry that thought? Do you feel 00:18:38.630 --> 00:18:41.109 murder in your heart right now? Do you feel a 00:18:41.109 --> 00:18:44.930 desire to end this with blood? Yes, he does. 00:18:46.089 --> 00:18:51.079 Something swims behind your eyes. eager and excited 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:55.299 within you and outside of you. I don't know if 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:58.640 it's as prevalent as it was to the point where 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:02.039 he would intentionally make a plan to do just 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:05.700 that, but in the same room, given the opportunity. 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:11.259 Hell yeah. A relatively safe opportunity. I feel 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:13.460 like there's one little piece that I'm missing 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:15.859 that can be like, yes, this is the way to do 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:18.859 it. And you have an agent now. I'm thinking so 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:21.210 hard. It feels like we're missing just one little 00:19:21.210 --> 00:19:23.589 piece. And you don't need to make moves now. 00:19:23.690 --> 00:19:26.650 I mean, you actually are probably at the point 00:19:26.650 --> 00:19:28.069 of you're going to be late for a very important 00:19:28.069 --> 00:19:32.009 meeting soon. So you might want to consider just 00:19:32.009 --> 00:19:34.349 keeping this relationship open and thinking of 00:19:34.349 --> 00:19:35.990 something in the meanwhile. Yeah, I guess for 00:19:35.990 --> 00:19:40.369 now we'll just have to let time pass. Gather 00:19:40.369 --> 00:19:43.190 whatever information we can. See if Trace comes 00:19:43.190 --> 00:19:44.950 up with anything or if he stabs us in the back. 00:19:46.089 --> 00:19:48.769 Don't do that to us, David. Steven still doesn't 00:19:48.769 --> 00:19:52.589 trust Trace. I don't know. I think Jules has 00:19:52.589 --> 00:19:55.869 always trusted Trace, and he knew that sooner 00:19:55.869 --> 00:19:59.730 or later. He'd crack. Yeah, absolutely. As you 00:19:59.730 --> 00:20:02.190 guys are kind of deliberating this, Handsome 00:20:02.190 --> 00:20:04.430 Jai sort of stands up and begins to move throughout 00:20:04.430 --> 00:20:07.650 the room. I think it's small. He pulls baskets 00:20:07.650 --> 00:20:09.789 out from underneath couches and fishes out of 00:20:09.789 --> 00:20:11.490 them, goes behind the bar and is fishing around. 00:20:11.549 --> 00:20:13.769 You hear glass clinking as he's gathering a bunch 00:20:13.769 --> 00:20:16.910 of items together. almost like his arms fall, 00:20:17.029 --> 00:20:19.430 and he's sort of stumbling about, still very 00:20:19.430 --> 00:20:25.089 much kind of out of it. Jai, we have a meeting 00:20:25.089 --> 00:20:30.410 we have to go to. Wait just a second. Yes, I'll 00:20:30.410 --> 00:20:33.730 wait. I just want to let you know that your concerns 00:20:33.730 --> 00:20:40.450 are very important to me, and I want to hear 00:20:40.450 --> 00:20:43.450 your thoughts and see if we can find a solution 00:20:43.450 --> 00:20:49.599 that... Meets both of our goals. I think I could 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:55.960 get along with you, Blabs Trudeau. Pretty close. 00:20:57.779 --> 00:21:05.440 He nods. I see myself in you. He comes around 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:08.920 to you, the both of you, probably standing in 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.019 the center of this chamber where Trace is, and 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:15.299 you see his arms are filled with items. Just 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:20.319 before you go, I gave you some trouble. And my 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:23.140 squad gave you some trouble. And I mean, I was 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:26.539 impressed. You did it all. I mean, I saw a lot 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:29.220 of that. You did all of it. You took the fart 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:38.200 right in the face. God damn it. Blanche's eyes 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.839 just kind of cast down. So I want to reward you 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.230 for everything you've done. first because it's 00:21:45.230 --> 00:21:47.509 kind of important uh you see like he actually 00:21:47.509 --> 00:21:49.670 reaches into his pocket and he was like reaching 00:21:49.670 --> 00:21:50.970 through his pockets feeling nothing he's like 00:21:50.970 --> 00:21:53.490 all right you gotta make it and he kind of holds 00:21:53.490 --> 00:21:57.430 a hand out just a palm up and he closes his eyes 00:21:57.430 --> 00:21:59.069 and you feel almost like this phantom breeze 00:21:59.069 --> 00:22:01.329 in the room and again just like when trace entered 00:22:01.329 --> 00:22:03.069 there was that sort of multicolored flame that's 00:22:03.069 --> 00:22:05.410 like came down from this uh the ceiling you probably 00:22:05.410 --> 00:22:06.849 imagine the same thing happened when you came 00:22:06.849 --> 00:22:11.119 in this room A smaller flame, a series of sparks, 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:13.180 sprinkles down into his hand and begins to take 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:17.220 shape into a lightly glowing, color -shifting 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:20.880 stone. Looks like a sort of rough, sort of craggy 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:26.539 stone. He hands it to you, Blanche. And you feel 00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:28.539 this sort of pulsing warmth coursing out from 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:32.880 its center. That's a key. Only active when you're 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:35.859 on the same world as me. So if you're on the 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:39.740 Citadel... Boom. Just activate it. I can let 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:43.400 you in if you ask. Whoa. We got the back door 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:45.000 came. We got the back door here. Same as Trace. 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:47.220 So here's a way to meet up. You don't need to 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:49.920 go through the raven handsome house every time 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:52.440 you want to come meet up. That's awesome. Might 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:54.539 be kind of worthwhile. It's just, you know, I 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:56.380 might not always because I've got people here. 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:02.940 It's never you, Jules. You're out. Wink. Oh. 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:08.170 Hey, I can potty. So you're not, you're more 00:23:08.170 --> 00:23:14.349 Evans type. But there's more. Hang on. Let me, 00:23:14.410 --> 00:23:18.650 he reaches down. And first he pulls out a clear 00:23:18.650 --> 00:23:20.730 bottle filled with a swirling cloud of red and 00:23:20.730 --> 00:23:25.490 pink gas. This is a weird one. Sorry, I'll call 00:23:25.490 --> 00:23:27.710 it in our concoction stuff. They like to give 00:23:27.710 --> 00:23:30.730 me samples of the new exciting things. Promote. 00:23:30.890 --> 00:23:33.170 I figure I'm not doing much with it. I kind of 00:23:33.170 --> 00:23:36.789 lost most of these. This is a polyamorous fog 00:23:36.789 --> 00:23:40.750 filter. If you remember, this came out for the 00:23:40.750 --> 00:23:44.880 show more. This is an Andrew original. Oh, God. 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:47.500 Throw this gas cloud out, and everyone becomes 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:49.599 a neighbor with each other within the space of 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:51.579 it, basically. Man. We'll give them the cakes 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:53.700 a bit deeper if it comes down to it, but you 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.380 get one of these. You have a hungry moss and 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:57.519 a polyamorous fog filter now from the Andrew 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:00.220 arsenal. I can't wait for the time where we're, 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:04.000 like, in this deep underground, dirty, grungy 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.079 dungeon. We're fighting, like, these awful monsters. 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.619 It's like, hmm, let's make them kiss. Let's make 00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:18.259 them kiss. That's a pretty good one. Oh, hang 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:21.759 on. He pulls out a strange -looking... It's like 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:25.339 a bottle with this weird -looking stone floating 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:27.440 in a hazy gray liquid. It almost looks like a 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:31.099 toenail clipping. Gross. This is a potion of 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:35.319 stone giant strength? You know, we got a whole 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:37.299 promotion. I didn't mean to bar you with it. 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:40.200 It's pretty funny. Hands it over to you. And 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:42.980 actually, then he pulls out... Another bottle, 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.220 and your fears are confirmed because there's 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.900 definitely a toenail clipping in this strange 00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:48.660 orange liquid. This is a potion of fire giant 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:51.599 strength. Both of these potions will set your 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:54.019 strength score for a particular time much higher. 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:57.599 I believe it's 21 and 23. Wow. Huge. Yeah, so 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:59.519 for a strength -based character, that is going 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:02.309 to... Give you a huge boost to your two hit damage. 00:25:02.309 --> 00:25:05.069 Where are we going to find one of those? I don't 00:25:05.069 --> 00:25:06.490 actually, I think no one in this party is strength 00:25:06.490 --> 00:25:08.750 based right now. But hey, if you get Arholon 00:25:08.750 --> 00:25:11.250 or Jean back, they would be killing it with these 00:25:11.250 --> 00:25:13.769 things. So the potion of stone giant strength 00:25:13.769 --> 00:25:17.509 is 21 and the fire giant is 23? I think so. I'll 00:25:17.509 --> 00:25:18.670 double check that, but I'm pretty sure that's 00:25:18.670 --> 00:25:22.589 what it is. Might be 23 and 25, to be honest. 00:25:22.769 --> 00:25:24.410 Okay. It increases your strength score for how 00:25:24.410 --> 00:25:27.950 long? I want to say it's a minute. Could be more 00:25:27.950 --> 00:25:31.299 than that. I might be a fool. Okay. Well, hopefully 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:33.220 we won't need to pop them this episode so we 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.920 can... Yeah, we'll tend to look it up. Look it 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:38.640 up. Get everything ironed out. This is... You're 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:40.619 going to love this one. Yeah, this... I feel... 00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:42.720 I shouldn't even do this, but you did a lot of 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:45.599 fun, cool, crazy, weird stuff. And we haven't 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.940 gotten a payout. I gave you a payout, so I'm 00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:49.240 giving you more rewards. I'm being nicer. You 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:51.799 see he pulls out two matching vials. Light blue 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:54.160 liquid that seems to hum and crackle with innate 00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:56.180 energy. White streaks of light occasionally sort 00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:59.630 of flashing within the blue. These are potions 00:25:59.630 --> 00:26:03.109 of maximum power. It's two of them. What these 00:26:03.109 --> 00:26:05.390 do, if you cast a level, I believe it's fourth 00:26:05.390 --> 00:26:09.809 level or lower spell, you just do the max damage. 00:26:10.609 --> 00:26:13.589 You don't roll to die, you just do the max possible 00:26:13.589 --> 00:26:17.289 damage on that spell. You just can drop a pretty 00:26:17.289 --> 00:26:19.690 powerful nuke on a combat with this thing. So 00:26:19.690 --> 00:26:22.589 is that like a bonus action to use? Yeah, a bonus 00:26:22.589 --> 00:26:25.410 action to drink for yourself. So you just drink 00:26:25.410 --> 00:26:27.410 that and then you can just drop one. powerful 00:26:27.410 --> 00:26:29.450 spell. It's the next spell we'll be. Dude, that's 00:26:29.450 --> 00:26:32.529 crazy. It's pretty cool. So put one of those 00:26:32.529 --> 00:26:34.950 on each of our belts, I figure. I think so. Yeah. 00:26:35.269 --> 00:26:39.390 And lastly, this is pretty cool. This tiny little 00:26:39.390 --> 00:26:42.029 vial of this golden fizzy liquid that seems to 00:26:42.029 --> 00:26:44.269 vibrate with an eager energy, almost like a small 00:26:44.269 --> 00:26:48.089 hum coming off of it as it's sort of held up 00:26:48.089 --> 00:26:52.910 close to you. This is a potion of heroism. This 00:26:52.910 --> 00:26:57.849 potion gives you a bunch of temper HP, and gives 00:26:57.849 --> 00:27:01.710 you the Bless ability, basically. The Bless spell 00:27:01.710 --> 00:27:04.710 effects. Whoa. So, just gives you a really nice 00:27:04.710 --> 00:27:09.430 general survival and get -things -done buff for 00:27:09.430 --> 00:27:12.309 a hefty combat. Yeah, I wonder why we're getting 00:27:12.309 --> 00:27:15.849 all these. I'm going to load you guys up. Don't 00:27:15.849 --> 00:27:17.150 expect me to ever be this nice again. I'm about 00:27:17.150 --> 00:27:19.269 to get so... Yeah, we're not going to be just 00:27:19.269 --> 00:27:21.089 talking with Sholay. This is me apologizing in 00:27:21.089 --> 00:27:26.420 advance. It's the Sholay fight! Yeah, there it 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:30.000 is. But in all honesty, this is kind of me apologizing 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:34.099 in advance, too, for the arc that is to come. 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.539 I'm going to make you guys so upset with me. 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:39.380 I'm doing something weird and new and terrible. 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:42.779 You're going to hate it. We'll get there. But 00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:44.799 I think he just sort of steps back and he does 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:47.859 like a little sort of kind of hazy sort of stumbling 00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:57.250 salute. Carry on, soldier. Blanche does a crisp 00:27:57.250 --> 00:28:03.130 salute. Until next time, Jai. Stay frosty. Stay 00:28:03.130 --> 00:28:08.589 cool. Aww. And then as you kind of turn away, 00:28:08.829 --> 00:28:10.630 I think maybe the lights turned up. I mean, actually, 00:28:10.710 --> 00:28:12.349 I don't know if you're leaving quite yet, but 00:28:12.349 --> 00:28:14.150 he sort of backs away. So he walks over to Yara 00:28:14.150 --> 00:28:16.170 and he's like, do you still want to like, you 00:28:16.170 --> 00:28:22.710 know. She just flips his blank face. I mean, 00:28:22.730 --> 00:28:24.650 we're already here. It's fine. No, we can just 00:28:24.650 --> 00:28:27.950 drink and talk. And they just kind of, he like 00:28:27.950 --> 00:28:30.829 sits down. She's kind of just sort of awkwardly 00:28:30.829 --> 00:28:34.170 starting conversation. Trace looks to you both. 00:28:35.049 --> 00:28:38.589 So what's the plan? You be our eyes and our ears. 00:28:39.509 --> 00:28:41.950 If you can provide us an opening, we'll do our 00:28:41.950 --> 00:28:46.190 best to be ready to take advantage. Okay. What 00:28:46.190 --> 00:28:50.769 you're doing, Trace, is incredibly brave. And... 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:57.000 A testament to your character and, well, your 00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:00.119 heroism. If only anyone else could see that. 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:05.759 It's alright. It's okay. Sometimes dreams die 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:10.279 and we find new ones. I'll redeem myself. I'll 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:13.160 be a good person. And we'll see what we see. 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:17.039 I think Mum will accept that. You're a hero, 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:23.470 buddy. A hero? Yeah. He's like, he's full, vacant, 00:29:23.549 --> 00:29:27.170 sort of stare, looking down. You just see the 00:29:27.170 --> 00:29:32.369 innate battle of a soul that is giving up on 00:29:32.369 --> 00:29:36.490 a path he'd been walking for some time now, been 00:29:36.490 --> 00:29:40.589 struggling down for some time now. I think you 00:29:40.589 --> 00:29:43.769 would know, too, Blanche, because you, as Tortles, 00:29:43.769 --> 00:29:46.509 you and Jean being the first Total Luminaries 00:29:46.509 --> 00:29:50.390 was massive. That was huge. But I think you would 00:29:50.390 --> 00:29:52.809 know that goblins face an even more difficult 00:29:52.809 --> 00:29:56.029 cliff to climb. There are very few that travel 00:29:56.029 --> 00:29:58.849 throughout society at all. Like, you know, through 00:29:58.849 --> 00:30:00.609 the Concord worlds, they're just, they generally 00:30:00.609 --> 00:30:03.470 keep themselves generally keeping to the darker 00:30:03.470 --> 00:30:06.329 caves and Rotham or other such like cavernous 00:30:06.329 --> 00:30:11.529 worlds. And not well liked. But here in the guise 00:30:11.529 --> 00:30:14.769 of one of these, what they call monster races, 00:30:14.869 --> 00:30:18.250 you see, you know, perhaps a true hero's heart. 00:30:18.890 --> 00:30:22.609 When I first involved myself with Jules here, 00:30:22.710 --> 00:30:27.430 I saw a different path for myself. Never sought 00:30:27.430 --> 00:30:32.230 this one. But new opportunities have a funny 00:30:32.230 --> 00:30:37.009 way of presenting themselves, and it may not 00:30:37.009 --> 00:30:40.910 be on the path that you envisioned, but Trace, 00:30:40.910 --> 00:30:46.029 I hope you get the future you deserve. And I 00:30:46.029 --> 00:30:50.509 hope. The world can see how good you are. See 00:30:50.509 --> 00:30:53.009 through his lies. Man, that won't be possible 00:30:53.009 --> 00:30:55.589 without your help. Then we'll make it happen. 00:30:56.289 --> 00:31:01.250 But I think... I think good, brave people should 00:31:01.250 --> 00:31:04.390 get the recognition they deserve. Not just me. 00:31:05.190 --> 00:31:09.269 All of us. That's what I'll fight for. That's 00:31:09.269 --> 00:31:12.190 the future I want. I don't need to be the first 00:31:12.190 --> 00:31:15.549 goblin luminary. So long as someone else can 00:31:15.549 --> 00:31:18.910 be. Blanche takes her open palm and, you know, 00:31:18.950 --> 00:31:20.950 like a sign. Slaps him right across the face. 00:31:20.950 --> 00:31:25.289 No, like a camaraderie sort of like slaps him 00:31:25.289 --> 00:31:27.670 on the shoulder. And I think we should make a 00:31:27.670 --> 00:31:29.650 strength contest out of it. See if he falls over. 00:31:30.109 --> 00:31:33.230 You want a strength contest? Yeah. I don't have 00:31:33.230 --> 00:31:36.130 a sheet. I'm just going to guess what his number 00:31:36.130 --> 00:31:40.829 is. Nine. 19 on the die. Okay. He stays up. He's 00:31:40.829 --> 00:31:43.630 firm. Trace has been leveling up with you guys. 00:31:43.650 --> 00:31:45.509 Trace would, at this point, be the same level 00:31:45.509 --> 00:31:48.569 as you guys, as your sidekick. So, like, seventh 00:31:48.569 --> 00:31:51.509 level sidekick. You just, boom. He's been working 00:31:51.509 --> 00:31:56.849 hard, hard to keep up to reach for that dream. 00:31:57.289 --> 00:32:01.069 You're a force, Trace. Inside and out. Rowan 00:32:01.069 --> 00:32:04.789 won't know what hit him. I think he, like, turns 00:32:04.789 --> 00:32:07.309 to you, Jules. He, like, brandishes his own stone. 00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:11.500 I should have come around sooner, shouldn't I? 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:16.900 I'll make up for lost time. I promise. Let's 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:24.920 go get him. And he sort of vanishes. And Jai's 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:30.200 like, he didn't take the money back. I'm sure 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:33.619 he'll realize halfway back. He'll be back. Take 00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:44.740 the money. Oh, yeah, we'll take it for you. What 00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:47.079 are you guys doing now? It's getting to the point 00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:50.079 where you need to go now. Yeah, let's book it. 00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:52.619 Then why did you ask us what we're going to do? 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.599 Come on, maybe blow Shirley off. I don't know. 00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:59.220 Stay at Ansemouth's party. Go back to the dance 00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:02.119 floor. I've got a bone to pick with that dragon 00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:04.900 fairy. Keo and Chester sort of moving him beside 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:08.089 you. Chester looks... Kind of perplexed, almost, 00:33:08.190 --> 00:33:11.809 like he was expecting things to be harder. Like 00:33:11.809 --> 00:33:13.130 he's expecting a fight, and he's still almost, 00:33:13.170 --> 00:33:17.089 like, cautiously sort of putting away his bow, 00:33:17.230 --> 00:33:18.890 his arrow, stowing his arrow, and he moves to 00:33:18.890 --> 00:33:22.690 your side. Like, he looks tired. It's been a 00:33:22.690 --> 00:33:25.089 long night for an old dog. Jules put his hand 00:33:25.089 --> 00:33:28.410 on Jester's shoulder. Not everything needs physical 00:33:28.410 --> 00:33:33.150 violence. Yeah. Only in self -defense. Only self 00:33:33.150 --> 00:33:37.660 -defense. Yeah. Right. Of course. psychic puts 00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:43.700 a fist up to meet you taps it that uh self -defense 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.359 only is going to come back to bite me in the 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:50.380 ass later on sorry we didn't seem we're dealing 00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:54.880 with a spider situation started dropping down 00:33:54.880 --> 00:34:00.559 from the ceiling i got you david i saved you 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:05.259 give me a button If anything is worthy of being 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:09.460 over limit, it's that. You gather around together. 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:14.340 You feel the sort of same colorful tickling flames 00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.719 that wrap around your body as you're about to 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:19.960 leave. I think you actually see Yara shrugs and 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.800 just kind of like puts a hand on Jai's shoulder 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:28.219 and just spins around like, hey, all right. And 00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:34.349 you are gone. Do you want to cut to Sholay or 00:34:34.349 --> 00:34:36.449 do you want to go through Handsome House and 00:34:36.449 --> 00:34:37.550 do your whole thing? How do you want to do this? 00:34:37.610 --> 00:34:40.050 You tell me. You set the pace here. No, I think 00:34:40.050 --> 00:34:41.769 we're done with Handsome House. Yeah, we are 00:34:41.769 --> 00:34:43.730 100 % done with Handsome House. Cool, so no more 00:34:43.730 --> 00:34:45.530 cyberpunk nightclub music. I'm cool with that. 00:34:46.050 --> 00:34:48.750 I imagine Jules is dragging Chester by the collar. 00:34:48.949 --> 00:34:52.829 Oh no, come on, just a little more. We can indulge 00:34:52.829 --> 00:34:56.150 now. Oh, shit. No. All right, yeah, okay. Let's 00:34:56.150 --> 00:34:58.210 go talk to the grumpy, angry dragon lady instead. 00:34:58.590 --> 00:35:02.789 Yeah. It's always so pleasant. I'm going to need 00:35:02.789 --> 00:35:07.150 a beer for this. So let's cut then to a different 00:35:07.150 --> 00:35:10.289 place in a rural town, a different spot in the 00:35:10.289 --> 00:35:12.269 crystalline streets where they surround this 00:35:12.269 --> 00:35:15.929 huge, sort of gigantic diamond amphitheater. 00:35:15.989 --> 00:35:17.409 You've never seen the inside of this thing, but 00:35:17.409 --> 00:35:19.409 this is where, you know, the speakers for the 00:35:19.409 --> 00:35:23.139 ancestors meet. There are a number of sort of 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:26.019 great houses, these estates that surround, and 00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:28.019 you can imagine this great sort of roundabout 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:31.019 street that surrounds the amphitheater. And this 00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:33.460 is where the speakers live. I think, Jules, you 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:35.639 move down here. It's been a while. You probably 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:38.500 turn your eyes towards one building, one that 00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:40.800 seems so much more dark than the other ones. 00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:45.119 For even though there are only 23 worlds now, 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:48.780 there are still 25 buildings in Cyril the Roche. 00:35:49.449 --> 00:35:52.730 you imagine still sits within one of them, all 00:35:52.730 --> 00:35:56.250 her power stripped from her. But that's not your 00:35:56.250 --> 00:36:00.170 goal here. As you move to the great dome that 00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:03.969 is Jolay's lair, largest of all of these structures, 00:36:04.309 --> 00:36:07.989 you see a single guard stand outside, a shield 00:36:07.989 --> 00:36:11.670 -bearer officer. Huh. That's weird. Is that always 00:36:11.670 --> 00:36:14.030 the case? She's always had a shield -bearer outside 00:36:14.030 --> 00:36:15.710 her door. Interesting. Okay. I didn't remember 00:36:15.710 --> 00:36:20.880 that. You move. With a nod, the officer sort 00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:24.320 of looks to you, whispers to the door, does like 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:28.940 a sort of hand movement and slides open. He gestures 00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:31.760 you inside without a word. So now we have to, 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:34.320 we kind of have to operate under the assumption 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:37.960 that Ariat knows we're coming to see Sholay. 00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:42.420 Yeah, maybe. It's a weird thing because you told 00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:46.519 Sholay about Ariat. Would she keep someone here? 00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:49.980 Loyal to him and not to her. Well, yeah, I mean, 00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:52.920 she's got to keep up appearances, right? Yeah, 00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:56.539 that is true. That is true. Let's see what she's 00:36:56.539 --> 00:37:00.219 got to say. Go inside? Let me ask, who's going 00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:03.599 inside? Is it the four of you? Um, I don't know 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:06.300 that that's necessary. I think it could just 00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:10.340 be the two of us, right? I think so. But given 00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:12.559 the state of how things are, I'm also a little 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:16.460 nervous to leave our sidekicks outside alone. 00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:19.780 I would guess maybe they can come in, but not 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:22.880 in -in. Yeah, I'm cool with that. I just don't 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:24.780 want to leave them outside, completely out of 00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:27.340 range and sight. Sure, exactly. Where they're 00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:33.679 safe, at least. Yeah. Step in. Akio. Yes, Master 00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:37.139 Blanche. Will you watch the door for us here 00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:40.500 in the foyer? I assume this is a foyer we're 00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:42.340 standing in. I can watch the door. I can also 00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:45.780 open doors now. Yes, we put a lot of time and 00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:48.079 effort into that. We did. There's no knob on 00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:51.159 this door. It's depressing. What if I have to 00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:55.000 pee? What would you do if you had to pee further 00:37:55.000 --> 00:38:02.639 in the building? A fair point. He like sort of 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:06.320 lies down, head sort of facing the door, ears 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:10.880 working, tail. He's on guard. The goodest boy. 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:14.079 All right. Let's talk to the lady, huh? No, you 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:15.960 stay out here too, Chester. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:17.840 whoa, whoa. Jules, what? You keep an eye on the 00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:20.260 Keo, and you let us know if anything happens. 00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.900 I'll fill you in. Yeah, no, of course. Hey, sidekick, 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:27.099 ain't gonna question nothing. He kind of winks, 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:31.079 nods, steps back to stand by Keo. Besides, I 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.900 don't know if I want to, you know, get yelled 00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:35.340 at by the old lady again. So, yeah, it's all 00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:37.130 right. Keep your ears to the ground, Chester. 00:38:37.250 --> 00:38:39.590 Who knows what you'll pick up. All right. Yeah. 00:38:40.389 --> 00:38:43.869 Good luck. Chester's been weird and different, 00:38:43.909 --> 00:38:47.050 and I don't like it. I can't remember if Chester 00:38:47.050 --> 00:38:50.489 was there when... This could be a plot hole. 00:38:51.309 --> 00:38:52.809 Because I can't remember if Chester was there 00:38:52.809 --> 00:38:55.349 at the time when you spoke to Sholay about the 00:38:55.349 --> 00:38:57.610 Cherry Delights being taken. That was the only 00:38:57.610 --> 00:38:59.730 time I believe you've had a direct conversation 00:38:59.730 --> 00:39:02.070 with Sholay, Jules. I don't remember. It was 00:39:02.070 --> 00:39:05.539 not good. It did not go well. So disregard that. 00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:08.179 He might just hear stories of it, but she did 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:10.639 not like you and it did not go well. Yeah. We've 00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:12.500 had a pretty, pretty awful time. Almost every 00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:14.760 time we talked to show a, except for the one 00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:18.679 time where she cried a little bit. Um, but yeah, 00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:21.739 she's turned, but maybe Blanche will, uh, do 00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:26.139 better. Yeah. Maybe you. leave the two there 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:28.900 and you turn again you look at this thoroughfare 00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:32.199 there's this it's grand open cavern you stand 00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:35.960 in uh not unlike the one that built up the vip 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:38.880 room just this great dome you see off to the 00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:41.840 side a treasure trove of information files and 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:44.739 cabinets and shelves and recording diamonds all 00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:47.139 set up it's like this open line through it like 00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:51.329 a hallway cutting through the horde Leads deeper 00:39:51.329 --> 00:39:54.530 in and you can see a great shadow stands in the 00:39:54.530 --> 00:40:06.130 dimly lit room. Wings spread. The ground rumbles 00:40:06.130 --> 00:40:10.289 as she begins to move towards you. Do you approach? 00:40:11.190 --> 00:40:13.210 Yeah, I think Blanche is going to kind of follow 00:40:13.210 --> 00:40:15.090 Jules' lead on this one. Oh yeah, Jules is just 00:40:15.090 --> 00:40:26.320 walking right up. No hesitation. The great form 00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:30.599 changes, shrinking down into the guise of an 00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:33.760 elderly woman. I just imagine this side camera 00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:38.159 shot where she transforms. Jules is walking in 00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:40.739 from the other side. Camera zooms in as she gets 00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:46.659 smaller. Yeah, it's so cool. Jules LaRoche. She 00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:51.699 says her eyes take you in. Fierce eyes. It has 00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:57.260 been some time since I last spoke to you. And 00:40:57.260 --> 00:41:02.159 she turns. Master of Defense Blanche Trudeau, 00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:08.599 first pupil of Ozanoshikatsu. Blanche will do 00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:14.780 whatever the shield -bearer customary salute 00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:17.940 is, whether it's a hand -to -the -forehead salute 00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:20.980 or a down -on -one -knee, whatever the custom 00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:25.010 is. Two side fists really on the chest. Okay, 00:41:25.090 --> 00:41:30.030 yeah. We have not met, but I have carried a vested 00:41:30.030 --> 00:41:33.949 interest in you and your actions. I am Speaker 00:41:33.949 --> 00:41:38.190 Sholey Brass of Anchor and Sengar. She just takes 00:41:38.190 --> 00:41:39.989 you in for a second, takes in the salute, and 00:41:39.989 --> 00:41:42.849 then her nods. Cleverness and courage rarely 00:41:42.849 --> 00:41:46.590 come packaged together. Too often I feel this 00:41:46.590 --> 00:41:48.409 world is filled with those with the capacity 00:41:48.409 --> 00:41:51.489 to grasp the greater good, but that are shackled 00:41:51.489 --> 00:41:56.869 by fear or indecision. Or, and she shoots an 00:41:56.869 --> 00:42:01.030 eye over to you, Jules, those with the necessary 00:42:01.030 --> 00:42:04.590 drive and heart but that charge foolhardily into 00:42:04.590 --> 00:42:09.010 situations far beyond their simplified understanding. 00:42:10.070 --> 00:42:13.650 Ouch. In you, Blanche, I see a rare potential, 00:42:13.829 --> 00:42:20.670 a mind not unlike my own. I am both honored and 00:42:20.670 --> 00:42:24.739 humbled to hear such words. Speak a shoelay. 00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:28.960 Thank you. I trust. There's almost a playful 00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:31.880 smile on her face, she says this next part. That 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:34.579 you are the reason this one, points to Jules, 00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:38.760 has survived as long as he has. Now that's just 00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:44.179 rude. That smile sort of fades. A shame that 00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:46.039 you could not have crossed paths with this party 00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:50.599 just hours before you did. But the past is set 00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:53.639 in stone and diamond. We have matters of present 00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:58.039 to discuss. I have been troubled by your words 00:42:58.039 --> 00:43:02.619 from the second fall, Jules. I trust so few people, 00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:06.480 and Captain Commander Ariad was one of those 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:09.739 few. I've always found him to be such an honest, 00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:14.099 passionate soul. He really cares, at least I 00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:18.480 thought he did. I have taken this matter seriously. 00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:21.739 I have looked into it. But that isn't the part 00:43:21.739 --> 00:43:26.159 that troubles me. No, you made a terrible error 00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:30.199 in your report. You must have. I would like to 00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:32.880 see this error rectified and true understanding 00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:38.719 reached. Because you mentioned the Sapphire Wyvern. 00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:44.139 Because if the Sapphire Wyvern, if any Dawn Incarnate 00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:48.000 is behind any of this, we would not be having 00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:51.400 this conversation. The sins they have witnessed. 00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:58.800 The secrets they carry. You are wrong. You must 00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:08.139 be. Roll an insight check. Eighteen. Fuck. Two 00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:11.960 on the die plus one. Eighteen. Awful. I think 00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:16.420 in this case an eighteen. You know what? In this 00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:18.900 case, you see something in her eyes, Blanche. 00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:22.760 There is that ferocity, that intensity, that 00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:26.159 fire, but there is something behind it as she 00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:30.340 speaks these words, almost like pleading, a desire 00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:34.679 for you to reaffirm this suspicion that you are 00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:37.880 wrong. It's not the Wyvern. You get the impression, 00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:42.159 the tiniest impression of fear pounding against 00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:44.119 her stoic demeanor, like a tidal wave against 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:47.880 the dam, like she's just so near to breaking 00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:53.579 in this. This has her so, so scared. It... It 00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:57.300 wasn't Ozen Yoshikatsu. Spika Sholei, let me 00:44:57.300 --> 00:45:03.260 explain. And she'll kind of recap what she saw, 00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:08.599 you know, between the eye in Ozen's face and 00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:12.480 what happened after we destroyed the Ozen vessel, 00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:17.320 thinking, hoping that she would recognize or 00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:21.889 understand. what the, you know, the zooping out 00:45:21.889 --> 00:45:27.110 of the gemstone meant and kind of like a way 00:45:27.110 --> 00:45:30.690 of saying, like, if it wasn't the sapphire wyvern, 00:45:30.769 --> 00:45:33.949 if it had nothing to do with the gemstone incarnates, 00:45:34.010 --> 00:45:38.329 then maybe you can correct our thought process 00:45:38.329 --> 00:45:42.869 here, but this is what we saw. Especially when 00:45:42.869 --> 00:45:44.989 you reach the, talking about the gemstone itself, 00:45:45.090 --> 00:45:48.610 some of the things it said. The way it sort of 00:45:48.610 --> 00:45:52.170 vanished in the end, making a sound not dissimilar 00:45:52.170 --> 00:45:54.550 from those the conquered jewels make when they 00:45:54.550 --> 00:45:57.150 transfer between planes. You could see, like, 00:45:57.190 --> 00:46:02.269 her face remain stoic, but her hand slowly rises 00:46:02.269 --> 00:46:04.769 up, almost like a claw reaching down behind her 00:46:04.769 --> 00:46:06.690 neck, and she kind of grabs the other hand, almost 00:46:06.690 --> 00:46:10.250 pulls it down by force, like some old hat that 00:46:10.250 --> 00:46:13.269 was about to be activated. There's a slight quiver 00:46:13.269 --> 00:46:21.360 in her posture. Yes. How? This is... It doesn't 00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:26.579 make any sense. If there's a Dawn Incarnate on 00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:31.159 their side, they know everything. They know things 00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:35.300 that can shake the conquered worlds. But what 00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:38.880 of the others? Will they be stirred? Will they 00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:42.800 be moved to action? I will speak with them, but 00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:47.480 I fear there's little they can do. For they must 00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:52.599 bear the secrets. They cannot reveal them. But 00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:55.800 one going rogue, one could do... No. No, it's 00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:58.219 impossible. Not while the others still stand. 00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:03.039 Perhaps. I'm afraid to ask, Speaker Sholay. I 00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:06.679 can't imagine that such secrets that give you 00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:10.119 pause would be suitable for our ears. Do not 00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:15.960 ask. Very well. This is troubling. I will be 00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:21.480 honest, this is terrifying. But I will dwell 00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:26.460 on this. Let the rogue incarnate be my concern 00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:31.980 now. I relieve you of this burden. I wish I could 00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:34.860 have spoken to you sooner, but I have been rallying 00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:36.800 with influence I have amidst the speakers for 00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:40.320 the ancestors. Atash cannot be allowed to write 00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:43.159 our laws from the outside. He can start what 00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:46.000 public outcry he wishes with his lies and schemes. 00:47:46.019 --> 00:47:49.980 But in the end, it is the speakers who write 00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:54.280 the laws. We hold the power, not him. My efforts 00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:58.119 have been mixed, though. Unfortunately, the fractured 00:47:58.119 --> 00:48:01.199 horn's influence on our governance has been strangely 00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:05.519 sorely missed. I despise them more even than 00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:07.739 I do Atash, but they were a reliable source of 00:48:07.739 --> 00:48:11.099 frustration for the Celestial's efforts. Without 00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:14.380 them, and with Speaker Atavazda as a loyal representative, 00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:17.059 Atash is swiftly gaining more and more followers. 00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:19.940 But I have nearly finished building my bulwark 00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:23.900 within the Speakers. At this time, I have influenced 00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:26.599 over eleven of the other Speakers. With me, I 00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:30.019 hold half. Twelve of the remaining twenty -four. 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.340 But Cirilla's removal following the fall of Tythos 00:48:33.340 --> 00:48:37.000 has set a dangerous precedent. One that Arthash 00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:40.400 will leap at. Umizu's speaker is among those 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:43.500 loyal to me. And I fear he will not stay in seat 00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:48.119 for long. I need one other, at least. And there 00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:51.320 is one that teeters on the edge. One that Arthash 00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:55.519 will also be eager to recruit. Speaker Juicy 00:48:55.519 --> 00:49:04.980 Ju of Howry. Don't. Stop it. Juicy Jew? Juicy 00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:12.440 Jew. Huh. Spell it. J -U space J -I dash S -U. 00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:17.739 Okay. Come on. Don't do it. Okay. No. Juicy Jew. 00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:24.659 I say it wrong. Okay. I'm bad at words. I spelled 00:49:24.659 --> 00:49:26.099 that loud and I was like, wait a minute. I'm 00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:34.440 stupid. Ju -ji -su. Ju -ji -su. Speak of Ju -ji 00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:38.460 -su. Ju -ji -fu? Of Hallorane. I think she said 00:49:38.460 --> 00:49:45.280 ju -ju -bee. Damn it! Fire breath. Roll the series. 00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:49.960 TPK, let's start over. TPK, let's do this. Episode 00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:55.039 one. I will do what I can about Ariadne. But 00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:57.159 I don't need a majority vote to push him from 00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:59.679 the shield bearers. That is why this is so crucial. 00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:03.500 And I'm sure you guys probably told her about 00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:05.780 Ketra Kamal, the note and all that stuff. Yeah, 00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:07.760 we definitely laid everything out on the table 00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:11.280 that we saw at the shrine. Okay. It's funny, 00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:13.539 her gambit, the whole shrine was her gambit to 00:50:13.539 --> 00:50:16.739 learn more. And boy, did she learn more. Yeah, 00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:20.480 so like this is not just a meeting to talk about 00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:22.940 what's next, but also a debrief from what happened 00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:26.119 before. So after you've told all that, she continues 00:50:26.119 --> 00:50:30.820 on, just sort of... And as for Kejo Kamal, he's 00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:32.860 very hard to reach, but I should be able to arrange 00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:36.679 access to a Nisa Academy. But all of that must 00:50:36.679 --> 00:50:40.840 wait. As pressing as these concerns are, these 00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:44.860 enemies in our midst, we must shore up our defenses, 00:50:45.219 --> 00:50:49.820 right? Master defense? We have, I must admit, 00:50:49.920 --> 00:50:51.659 we have been feeling rather vulnerable lately. 00:50:52.590 --> 00:50:55.889 This is why winning over Ju Jisoo must take priority. 00:50:56.889 --> 00:50:58.489 Unfortunately, there is little point in addressing 00:50:58.489 --> 00:51:01.070 her directly, for it is an open secret that she 00:51:01.070 --> 00:51:04.530 is simply a mouthpiece for the city -state of 00:51:04.530 --> 00:51:09.090 Yanido, the city of judgment. Ju Jisoo is a loyal 00:51:09.090 --> 00:51:16.130 solely to Queen Jinmi and her clan. And so, Yanido 00:51:16.130 --> 00:51:19.150 itself will be the scene of this coming political 00:51:19.150 --> 00:51:23.239 battle. I'm sure Artash has sensed this as well. 00:51:24.039 --> 00:51:28.159 I intend to travel there shortly. You will be 00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:32.460 joining me. Whoa, we're going with Xole? I require 00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:35.920 you for this. You now stand at the heart of this 00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:39.980 movement, this justice undying revolves around 00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:44.119 you and your actions. It was a clever ploy of 00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:46.619 Artash to pit Oren against you, but this is a 00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:49.429 play that can be turned upon its wielder. If 00:51:49.429 --> 00:51:52.889 I can prove these words are lies, if the truth 00:51:52.889 --> 00:51:54.789 of your character can be shown to the queen, 00:51:55.070 --> 00:51:58.030 it will help greatly in supporting my arguments 00:51:58.030 --> 00:52:01.710 and bringing her to my side. And so you will 00:52:01.710 --> 00:52:07.769 become tools in my arsenal. We're also working 00:52:07.769 --> 00:52:15.550 on softening the grip on Orin. Jules here turned 00:52:15.550 --> 00:52:20.599 one of Rune Rusan's... closest agents to our 00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:25.019 side. You remember Trace. See, he raises an eyebrow, 00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:30.760 looks impressed. Interesting. We know some people 00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:35.099 he's holding under his thumb and Trace being 00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:38.960 one of them. Jules here convinced Trace to try 00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:42.579 and help us find some way of bringing him down. 00:52:43.340 --> 00:52:48.159 This could be of great use to us. Yes. Runru 00:52:48.159 --> 00:52:52.079 Song's alliance with Atash is a danger. But, 00:52:52.139 --> 00:52:56.019 as stated before, we do not go on the attack 00:52:56.019 --> 00:53:01.380 until our defenses are sound. We need the speakers. 00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:06.000 We need majority. Otherwise, Atash will gain 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:09.619 it. So our part in this is to simply go with 00:53:09.619 --> 00:53:12.800 Sholay and try to convince this lady that we're 00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:15.860 cool? Basically, yeah. She just needs your character 00:53:15.860 --> 00:53:22.750 to be shown. Persuasion plus ten, baby. Ianito, 00:53:22.889 --> 00:53:28.409 this must be our next battleground. A very vitally 00:53:28.409 --> 00:53:33.570 important battle. I will leave in four days. 00:53:34.349 --> 00:53:39.570 Prepare, then. I will go ahead of you. Make arrangements. 00:53:40.489 --> 00:53:44.110 I believe the queen's quite fond of me. They 00:53:44.110 --> 00:53:48.880 revere dragons. On Yanido. A shard left over 00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:52.099 from the days of the Drakkon, I believe. How 00:53:52.099 --> 00:53:55.079 soon after shall we follow? Come one day later. 00:53:55.739 --> 00:53:59.940 Five days for you. In those five days, do you 00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:04.880 perhaps have any... Any actionable information 00:54:04.880 --> 00:54:08.019 that we can use to further defend ourselves against 00:54:08.019 --> 00:54:13.539 Rune? I would suggest you lay low. Making a move 00:54:13.539 --> 00:54:18.300 against Rune now could... We jeopardize what 00:54:18.300 --> 00:54:21.300 we need. If he turns it around on you in any 00:54:21.300 --> 00:54:26.400 way, I do not want to see this progress in a 00:54:26.400 --> 00:54:30.300 worse manner. Not when I so badly need you for 00:54:30.300 --> 00:54:33.699 this. Believe me when I say, as important as 00:54:33.699 --> 00:54:37.440 it may be to see your names cleared, it is more 00:54:37.440 --> 00:54:40.039 important that we make sure you are available 00:54:40.039 --> 00:54:47.500 to turn the Queen to our side. Well, I do have 00:54:47.500 --> 00:54:50.880 some reading to catch up on. I suppose that can 00:54:50.880 --> 00:54:54.219 keep me occupied for the next five days. Anything 00:54:54.219 --> 00:54:57.219 else you want to say? I don't think so. I think 00:54:57.219 --> 00:55:01.139 after everything, Jules just nods. Yeah, if she's 00:55:01.139 --> 00:55:04.860 got no assignment for us and we're kind of waiting 00:55:04.860 --> 00:55:06.639 on Trace, it's really just we're in a waiting 00:55:06.639 --> 00:55:09.539 pattern, we're in a holding pattern. Yeah. Don't 00:55:09.539 --> 00:55:13.480 make any moves. Wait to hear back from Trace. 00:55:14.010 --> 00:55:19.789 wait five days to go be with sholey so i guess 00:55:19.789 --> 00:55:23.750 wait is what we'll do yeah unless of course something 00:55:23.750 --> 00:55:27.889 wild happens to leave world for a live show happening 00:55:27.889 --> 00:55:31.460 at mountain media That I need to place in this 00:55:31.460 --> 00:55:34.139 point in time. And we so conveniently have five 00:55:34.139 --> 00:55:37.119 days to play with. I want to leave right now, 00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:38.960 but no, I got to do five days because I need 00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:41.139 to play. I just love Monty Mania. So at some 00:55:41.139 --> 00:55:42.960 point, you do an adventure, but we don't get 00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:44.619 to that. We'll get to that later. We'll flash 00:55:44.619 --> 00:55:50.000 back to it. Because live shows are weird. She 00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:54.619 nods in dismissal. Begins to turn away. Perhaps 00:55:54.619 --> 00:55:57.599 you do the same. Moving back towards the waiting 00:55:57.599 --> 00:56:01.389 Chester and Akio. Then she stops. You can hear 00:56:01.389 --> 00:56:06.429 her footsteps. And Jules. Jules will stop and 00:56:06.429 --> 00:56:11.730 turn around. Your efforts for me will not go 00:56:11.730 --> 00:56:17.730 unrewarded. I am close. Very close. I believe 00:56:17.730 --> 00:56:21.849 by the time we return, I will know where the 00:56:21.849 --> 00:56:26.449 child is. I'm waiting for that day. Let us build 00:56:26.449 --> 00:56:30.969 for him. A better world that he can return to. 00:56:31.849 --> 00:56:42.090 And she moves. Taking on the draconic shape again. 00:56:43.030 --> 00:56:48.349 You leave this place behind. Perhaps spurred 00:56:48.349 --> 00:56:51.170 on by Sholay's confidence and yet chilled, in 00:56:51.170 --> 00:56:54.130 your case, Blanche, because throughout the entire 00:56:54.130 --> 00:56:57.409 conversation... Even as she turned her back and 00:56:57.409 --> 00:57:02.269 left, that vast shadow of fear, you sensed it 00:57:02.269 --> 00:57:05.590 falling over her, falling over you. There is 00:57:05.590 --> 00:57:12.369 more to this. Secrets. So dangerous. So volatile. 00:57:13.309 --> 00:57:17.170 They could shake the world to their core. Secrets. 00:57:17.170 --> 00:57:21.969 The path to which may lay ahead of you. On Yanito. 00:57:22.789 --> 00:57:29.159 On Halri. on your next adventure. And we'll call 00:57:29.159 --> 00:57:29.480 it there.