WEBVTT 00:00:02.890 --> 00:00:04.889 Pants people, I'm supposed to do it good this 00:00:04.889 --> 00:00:07.429 time. So this week, here's a message from Sketchy 00:00:07.429 --> 00:00:10.630 Rolls, an actual Play D &D podcast with a rolling 00:00:10.630 --> 00:00:18.230 cast. Check it out. Welcome, traveler of these 00:00:18.230 --> 00:00:22.910 auditory planes, these realms of adventure told 00:00:22.910 --> 00:00:27.329 with rolls of chance. I have you but for a few 00:00:27.329 --> 00:00:31.829 moments whilst our realms remain connected. The 00:00:31.829 --> 00:00:37.530 door open. I invite you to join us at this table, 00:00:37.670 --> 00:00:43.189 this mysterious realm, this podcast. Sketchy 00:00:43.189 --> 00:00:47.670 roles where a multitude of possibilities await 00:00:47.670 --> 00:00:53.509 you. Doorways to adventure, to mystery and horror. 00:00:54.709 --> 00:00:59.890 Come, come see. See what awaits behind this door. 00:01:01.689 --> 00:01:05.969 Mr. Morbid will cast Disguise Self as a cleaner. 00:01:07.109 --> 00:01:10.109 Can you describe what your cleaner looks like, 00:01:10.109 --> 00:01:14.709 please? The cleaner looks very much like Larry 00:01:14.709 --> 00:01:20.209 of the guards, but has an apron on. In a maid's 00:01:20.209 --> 00:01:26.340 outfit? Yes. And the quill is now a feather duster. 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:29.379 I start sort of pretending to wipe the floor 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:37.420 as I'm on the floor. You're on the floor. Mr. 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.340 Morbid dressed up as Larry in a maid's outfit. 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:46.480 It's behind. It's giving camp energy. This guard 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:52.010 looks... at this childish sort of waif on the 00:01:52.010 --> 00:01:55.750 floor, golden blonde curls wiping the floor, 00:01:55.870 --> 00:02:04.049 and they say, Larry? Uh, yeah, yes, me, yeah. 00:02:05.030 --> 00:02:07.629 Just don't do a little spring cleaning, you know. 00:02:10.750 --> 00:02:15.409 A nude door with a nude tail will open each month. 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:19.039 and you can seek this realm on your socials with 00:02:19.039 --> 00:03:14.449 at sketchy rolls where fun awaits you doors regular. 00:03:14.449 --> 00:03:17.870 I'm finally moving to a swanky new studio. As 00:03:17.870 --> 00:03:19.909 such, our regular digital chatter will be on 00:03:19.909 --> 00:03:22.250 hold for the week, so, uh, thanks for tuning 00:03:22.250 --> 00:03:24.789 in, y 'all. And down your pee, for reals, down 00:03:24.789 --> 00:03:32.370 your pee. One last pee in this apartment. Good 00:03:32.370 --> 00:03:35.490 pee. Good, I'm glad it was a good pee. Yes. Uh, 00:03:35.909 --> 00:03:39.430 gentlemen, this is the last night, the last episode 00:03:39.430 --> 00:03:45.360 of Fancy Pants. Fucking original recording studio. 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:48.259 It's crazy. Yeah. It's crazy. Are you guys very 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:52.060 sentimental? Yeah. Yeah. I'm kind of sentimental. 00:03:52.259 --> 00:03:55.280 I can. I'm both. I mean, yeah, I think once we 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.300 deconstruct the table after this episode tonight, 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:01.020 then it'll be like, oh, man. Yeah. I mean, literally 00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:03.199 the entire campaign has happened in this room. 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.599 Yeah. It's crazy. Yeah, I think it's cool. I'm 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.520 just not super sentimental. This is so close 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.659 to work. You know? Yeah, the location. Now you 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:13.199 gotta drive to Lancaster. Jeremy, why'd you move 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:15.960 so far away? Well, for at least a little while. 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:17.399 It's right around the corner from Stephen's, 00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:19.000 so Stephen's gonna have a really nice ride home. 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:22.620 Oh my gosh, right? Right? We'll just walk home. 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.100 Yeah, dude, yeah, you could walk. You could walk 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:28.240 to recording. Yeah. Yeah. Damn. Yeah. Maybe I 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:30.620 will. I'm jealous. Living in the middle of nowhere 00:04:30.620 --> 00:04:33.800 over here. Gentlemen. You're not that far away 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:36.980 from Lancaster. Yeah, but I'm in Twins. Twins 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:38.560 are nothing down. It's like nothing's going on. 00:04:38.740 --> 00:04:42.199 It's not that far, though. 25 minutes. So Lancaster's 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:44.920 25 minutes from here. David, none of these towns 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:46.899 have anything going on. And you're right in the 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:49.220 middle. That's a good point. That's why I live 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:52.959 here. Welcome to the country. Every town is 25 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:54.819 minutes away from every other town. Yeah, I don't 00:04:54.819 --> 00:04:56.920 know about you, Sentimental, a lot, but... Well, 00:04:57.019 --> 00:04:58.800 you know what? Let's get Sentimental up in here, 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.339 because I have a question for you guys. I have 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:03.819 a bad topic for tonight. This special night. 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:08.420 Okay. Give me your favorite OG Fancy Pants Studio 00:05:08.420 --> 00:05:14.120 memory. Oh. Yeah. What? Yeah. Fuck. Let me start 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:16.300 off. Remember when we got a sweet roll in here? 00:05:16.420 --> 00:05:18.300 Uh -huh. The big sweet roll? Oh, dude, that thing 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:20.500 was... That was a really nice big sweet roll. 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:22.699 Yeah. By the time Danny tried to pull over my 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:24.360 entire mic, that happened multiple times. Yeah. 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:29.459 Yeah. I kind of liked... When we first started 00:05:29.459 --> 00:05:33.980 doing this, I would bring something stupid and 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:36.540 just like... Throw it in a pot and make food 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:38.720 up real fast. Oh, yeah. We used to like that 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:41.000 dinner. Oh, we grilled. We grilled on the other 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:42.939 side. Yeah, we used to grill out there. Yeah, 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:45.079 we used to grill. Oh, my God. We were so young 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.620 back then. Yeah, we just got so efficient. Where 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:51.620 did the time go? We got earlier into our 30s. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.500 Jeremy is half in the grave. Shut the fuck up. 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.779 Jesus Christ. None of us have time for hot dogs 00:05:57.779 --> 00:06:00.790 anymore. No more hot dogs for us. Yeah. Yeah, 00:06:00.810 --> 00:06:02.470 it really turned into like, all right, guys, 00:06:02.490 --> 00:06:05.529 we got to get in record. We're good. We live 00:06:05.529 --> 00:06:07.870 25 minutes away from everything. Well, I think 00:06:07.870 --> 00:06:10.389 it's like, oh, you know, we have the time to 00:06:10.389 --> 00:06:13.370 sit and do this. Yeah. But we're all just so 00:06:13.370 --> 00:06:16.730 busy outside of it that it's like, I don't know 00:06:16.730 --> 00:06:20.449 if I have like 45 minutes every week to sit and 00:06:20.449 --> 00:06:23.649 that's kind of sad. You know, yeah, this is the 00:06:23.649 --> 00:06:27.910 saddest bit. Why did you take us down this road? 00:06:27.949 --> 00:06:31.160 Damn. Hey, pants people, go find your friends 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:35.019 and hold them tight and maybe throw them up a 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:37.959 hot dog. And while you're at it, invite them 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:44.180 onto our Discord! Join the Discord, save the 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:51.720 mood. Hot dogs on the Discord. Don't worry, guys. 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:53.199 I'm going to say no again in a little while, 00:06:53.300 --> 00:06:56.079 so we'll all have a good laugh, you fucking assholes. 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:02.980 Jeremy, you got some crazy good memory here, 00:07:03.019 --> 00:07:04.920 right? Yeah. I don't know. My favorite one was, 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.259 yeah. I don't know if this is a selfish one, 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:09.699 but it's when I first did these lights in that 00:07:09.699 --> 00:07:14.620 episode. Oh my gosh, dude. It was a long time 00:07:14.620 --> 00:07:17.959 keeping it secret and building up to that moment. 00:07:18.019 --> 00:07:20.399 And that was the first and only time I actually 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:23.160 sang it live in the studio. Yeah. I missed that. 00:07:23.259 --> 00:07:25.750 That was great. Yeah, I had the instrumental 00:07:25.750 --> 00:07:28.170 track going, and I hadn't recorded the vocals 00:07:28.170 --> 00:07:32.269 yet, so I actually did it live in studio. Yeah. 00:07:32.430 --> 00:07:34.870 I mean, all the songs. That was a good moment. 00:07:34.870 --> 00:07:37.029 Yeah, for real. The weeks leading up to that, 00:07:37.089 --> 00:07:39.189 I'm like, this is going to change shit. Yeah. 00:07:40.170 --> 00:07:42.089 I'm like, after this episode, things are going 00:07:42.089 --> 00:07:45.389 to be different. Yeah. Steven's reaction live 00:07:45.389 --> 00:07:47.910 was so funny. It was awesome. I didn't record 00:07:47.910 --> 00:07:49.569 that. You know what? It's okay. It's filed away. 00:07:49.649 --> 00:07:53.009 This one's for David. I get it. You guys don't. 00:07:53.009 --> 00:07:56.740 Ha ha. Suck it. Yeah, that was really special. 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:01.860 I think I still actually have the original project 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:06.240 file for that episode that probably has my original 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:10.699 vocal singing it live here on it. Oh, yeah. That's 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:13.759 never going to see the light of day. It's all 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.720 been downhill since episode 11. That's what they 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.180 say on the Discord anyway. You'll find out if 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:28.509 you... All right, gentlemen, I want to do a flashback 00:08:28.509 --> 00:08:32.429 again. You better not pick on me. I mean, don't 00:08:32.429 --> 00:08:36.549 go exploring the nodes again. Stop it. Come on. 00:08:36.850 --> 00:08:40.070 I'm not such a dirty mind as you guys. It's not 00:08:40.070 --> 00:08:43.470 the word. I just want to get in the open. It's 00:08:43.470 --> 00:08:47.470 not the word node itself that's funny. It's just 00:08:47.470 --> 00:08:51.610 like the rest of it all. Yeah, I'm just a chuckle 00:08:51.610 --> 00:08:56.500 nut. It was like a perfect storm of node and 00:08:56.500 --> 00:09:02.440 explore and coming. Hopefully there's less of 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:04.059 that this time. I don't know. I haven't reread 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:07.059 this. Or more of it. What kind of show do you 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:11.600 want it to be? Let's go into a scene. A really, 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:18.419 really important scene. Steven. We open on the 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:21.600 inside of the Crystal Amphitheater. the centermost 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:25.220 point of the auroral diamond. We see Sholay in 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:27.419 her human guise, softly lit by a pulsing red 00:09:27.419 --> 00:09:30.759 sky above and the aquamarine crystalline stage 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.779 below. She stands on a wide platform surrounded 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:36.299 by a wide expanse that rises at its edge into 00:09:36.299 --> 00:09:39.320 a long series of steps, seating that climbs high 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:42.500 into the sky around her. The amphitheater looks 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:45.259 like a ghostly coliseum that stands overwhelmingly 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:48.840 empty, and there's no one here. It just looks 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:53.559 so strange. Every sound echoes. Though the platform 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:58.419 at its center is filled with incarnates. We see 00:09:58.419 --> 00:10:02.539 all 25 are here. The Amethyst Tiger, the Bastite 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:05.159 Caiman, even the Jasper Pecan Tree has shifted 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:08.139 its way over to this place of import. Pagan. 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:12.190 I don't care. They all stand around Shirley in 00:10:12.190 --> 00:10:13.850 a circle to combine rumbling of their innate 00:10:13.850 --> 00:10:16.710 thunderstorms. Rings through the structure, pierced 00:10:16.710 --> 00:10:18.610 by the floating notes of their combined melodies. 00:10:19.149 --> 00:10:21.370 Together, they sound like some organized orchestral 00:10:21.370 --> 00:10:24.669 piece. In the center of the platform, we see 00:10:24.669 --> 00:10:27.309 a bright, shining bulb at the tip of a diamond 00:10:27.309 --> 00:10:30.809 rose. You gotta do something here. I know it. 00:10:30.870 --> 00:10:33.250 You're gonna pick on me. Yeah, probably, but 00:10:33.250 --> 00:10:36.009 just do it anyway, I guess. I don't know. Diamond 00:10:36.009 --> 00:10:40.009 Rose. 25 lips of 25 petals out. Stop. If you 00:10:40.009 --> 00:10:45.190 didn't call attention to it. Stop. Hang on. 25 00:10:45.190 --> 00:10:47.850 lips of 25 petals fan out in a spiraling pattern, 00:10:48.090 --> 00:10:51.490 each adorned by a different gemstone. Sholay's 00:10:51.490 --> 00:10:53.950 gemstones carried with her through each of the 00:10:53.950 --> 00:10:57.389 25 worlds. They shine as their assigned petals 00:10:57.389 --> 00:11:00.769 point outwards toward their connected incarnate. 00:11:01.289 --> 00:11:03.970 And Sholay moves towards that bulb, the master 00:11:03.970 --> 00:11:08.629 node of the auroral diamond. Stop. Her hand outstretched. 00:11:09.269 --> 00:11:15.590 Come on. And we hear the turquoise lion begin 00:11:15.590 --> 00:11:21.690 to speak. Stop laughing. I'm laughing because 00:11:21.690 --> 00:11:25.049 I know I can't laugh. It's like sixth grade. 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.179 It's not even that funny. It's just funny because 00:11:31.179 --> 00:11:34.139 it's not supposed to be funny. The time is nigh, 00:11:34.139 --> 00:11:39.080 chosen one. Approach the nodes. I can't do it 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:43.039 anymore. I'm not even laughing now. Serious time, 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:47.259 serious podcast. We got this. Deep breath. I 00:11:47.259 --> 00:12:03.750 can't collect myself. say the sentence you picked 00:12:03.750 --> 00:12:08.610 on me too much i don't know what to do can you 00:12:08.610 --> 00:12:11.850 call it the orb no it's not an orb it's a bulb 00:12:11.850 --> 00:12:20.990 in a note in the middle of all the lips come 00:12:20.990 --> 00:12:26.070 on how do i do this now all right everyone shut 00:12:26.070 --> 00:12:28.649 up shut up shut up shut up we gotta make we gotta 00:12:28.649 --> 00:12:31.730 do an episode There's got to be some other word 00:12:31.730 --> 00:12:35.029 here, right? Module? Is that a thing? Is that 00:12:35.029 --> 00:12:39.629 anything? Sure. Node's a better word. Just pause. 00:12:42.230 --> 00:12:46.289 The time is nigh. Chosen one, approach the node 00:12:46.289 --> 00:12:48.990 and speak the command. Direct your order and 00:12:48.990 --> 00:12:51.450 intent to the remnants of our king, and he shall 00:12:51.450 --> 00:12:55.970 heed your mortal call. Do as we have been forbidden 00:12:55.970 --> 00:13:01.360 to do and connect our worlds. At last, and beneath 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.519 the gaze of these... Fuck, I know you're going 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:05.539 to get me on this one. And beneath the gaze of 00:13:05.539 --> 00:13:07.820 these otherworldly creatures, these fallen gods, 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:10.039 Shirley touches her fingers to the center of 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:16.039 the bulb. This is seriously... She shudders. 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:27.769 I just wrote this. You did this on purpose. Oh, 00:13:27.769 --> 00:13:31.990 it's a porn. This is lore. You wrote she shudders? 00:13:32.629 --> 00:13:36.690 Yes, because she's touching a power. She shudders 00:13:36.690 --> 00:13:40.250 as her soul presses against the immensity of 00:13:40.250 --> 00:13:43.009 this diamond. It's power. Her body bursts in 00:13:43.009 --> 00:13:46.490 a brilliant shimmering light. She pushes. Shocks. 00:13:48.090 --> 00:14:05.110 Opens her mouth. I'm already in the old studio. 00:14:08.009 --> 00:14:10.789 Her body bursts into brilliant, shimmering light. 00:14:10.929 --> 00:14:12.970 She pushes through the shock, opens her mouth 00:14:12.970 --> 00:14:16.169 to speak the word, and her eyes flicker towards 00:14:16.169 --> 00:14:19.730 the sapphire wyvern. She closes her mouth, closes 00:14:19.730 --> 00:14:22.970 her eyes, and pushes in to the power. The diamond 00:14:22.970 --> 00:14:26.350 unfolds before her mind. It's history. It's intent. 00:14:27.210 --> 00:14:32.159 It's features. The turquoise lion growls. Cholet, 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:34.759 no. What are you? With a gasp while his eyes 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.120 shoot open, she yanks her hand back as if badly 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:41.580 burned. What is this? This... This is not what 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:48.360 you said. This... Features... Nobody. Stop with 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:50.879 that face, Steven. I've been trying so hard, 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:55.919 man. This... Features nobody. Nobody should hold 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:59.960 this power. This is not salvation. but the damnation 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:02.919 of every being in our worlds. She just turns 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:04.480 towards her crotch, whirling around her eyes 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:09.059 wide. The turquoise steps forward. Do not speak 00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:12.240 in haste. You cannot understand what you have 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:16.440 seen. This is not a burden you need carry. Not 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:21.580 a burden? How? Because these features cannot 00:15:21.580 --> 00:15:25.980 be activated. Only a mortal can command the Master 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:28.080 Node, but these commands can only come to pass 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.039 if they are accepted unanimously by the Incarnates. 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:34.779 In this way, no side holds power over the other, 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:37.259 a blessing born of the Throneweaver's infinite 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:40.460 wisdom. These features exist only as a final, 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:42.980 desperate act of oppression against the larger 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:46.200 threat of war, an act that will never come to 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:49.940 pass. How? How can I trust what you have just 00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:54.460 said? How can I trust anything you say? Reach 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:59.039 in again to the power. Once attuned, you can 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:02.919 verify the truth of my words. And Sholay's eyes 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:05.419 are locked onto the lion as she reaches out. 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:08.100 She looks again suddenly to the wyvern as her 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:10.879 fingers hover outstretched over the shining node. 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:15.379 And the sapphire wyvern nods. Sholay presses 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:18.460 in again, bursting into light. She stands. Come 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:22.879 on. We're doing good. She stands. eyes closed 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:27.519 for a long while and the turquoise lion speaks 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:32.080 you can see now the genius of our king this system 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.820 is perfect we will connect the fragments of shadrakan 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:37.139 and work together to stand against the extra 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:40.019 cleaner threats that border them under the guidance 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:42.340 of us incarnates we will form a perfect alliance 00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:46.120 between peoples in time we may use the lesser 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:48.379 features of the diamond such as the broadcasting 00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:52.620 of images and sounds tools to better forge our 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:56.399 connections. Once we've established strong enough 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:00.799 relations, once the threat of war is fully extinguished, 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:04.700 we return again to this place, and you will speak 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:08.980 the command to unite. So speak the word, chosen 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:13.759 one, and start us on the path to peace. And Xolay 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:15.920 stands in silence, her brow furrowed in deep 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.109 thought. Finally, she opens her eyes again and 00:17:19.109 --> 00:17:21.670 looks around at each and every incarnate, a representative 00:17:21.670 --> 00:17:25.589 of each and every world she has seen, every life, 00:17:25.650 --> 00:17:29.849 every soul interwoven together. She takes a deep 00:17:29.849 --> 00:17:36.269 breath and speaks one word. Connect. And let 00:17:36.269 --> 00:17:40.069 us return to the palace. The lore fans are going 00:17:40.069 --> 00:17:46.799 to be so pissed at you guys. So pissed. man, 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.279 I was doing fine until you started laughing when 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:51.880 you said node. Yep. Like, and I was sitting there. 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:55.619 I had passed it. I had passed it. Yeah. I was 00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:57.559 like, I was, I was like, that wasn't funny. Fuck. 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:04.099 Yeah. Yeah. Hopefully it comes out good. I'm 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:06.099 so sorry. We goofed all over the important Lord. 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:09.099 I can't do any better than I, we did. We well 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:11.299 and truly did our best. Our plum best. We did. 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:14.099 We did our, we did our darndest. Yeah. Uh, you 00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:16.519 know, who else is going to do a darndest? Ambassador 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:19.339 Omid Pastar. Yeah, this guy sucks. You stand 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:23.099 in the throne room of Queen Jean Mee, who still 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:26.220 sits before you. You are, like, half -bowed as 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:28.799 the door opens as she introduces your new guide 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:35.759 in. And you see Hyronix, the diva angel, the 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:40.240 bodyguard for Ambassador Omid Pastar of Ankh 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:42.400 -Rensingar, who stands before the angel, moves 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:47.150 up to you guys, and says, Greetings, my good 00:18:47.150 --> 00:18:50.349 sheep. Ironics, don't be rude. Greet the sheep. 00:18:50.869 --> 00:18:53.650 And the angel kind of just passively waves towards 00:18:53.650 --> 00:18:57.630 you all. Do either of you play Barak, perhaps? 00:18:58.329 --> 00:19:02.470 I would gladly learn. And in turn, I could teach 00:19:02.470 --> 00:19:06.970 you some scripture you should know. Queen Jin 00:19:06.970 --> 00:19:09.849 Mi, I'd like to thank you for your wisdom in 00:19:09.849 --> 00:19:13.170 this matter. Good. I'm glad you see things my 00:19:13.170 --> 00:19:15.619 way. It seems you will get along splendidly with 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:18.099 your new guide. I'm afraid I must leave your 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:20.799 company for now myself. There is much to do, 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:24.140 but I will join you all tonight for supper. Perhaps 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:27.400 we can get Sholay to join us as well, I should 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:31.359 hope. And I will keep you informed on any new 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:34.500 updates on Arhalon and Xena Brass. We are putting 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:38.480 our best on their care. I assure you, there is 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:42.039 absolutely nothing for the four of you to worry 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:47.220 about. You can relax. You have no need to leave 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:51.740 these walls. And we trust you implicitly. I'm 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:55.559 so glad. Now, check out gestures for you all 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:58.660 to leave. The guards kind of stand up. Owen Pastor 00:19:58.660 --> 00:20:01.819 bows low as though it was the Angel Hieronics. 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:05.839 And you are ushered out. Now, you know you have 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:08.460 chambers here. You haven't seen them. yet, I 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.799 don't believe, but you know you are where you 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:12.259 do have rooms already set aside for you if you 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.960 want to go there. What do you want to do? You 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.700 step out. Guards are kind of moving around you 00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:18.200 to kind of salute. You see like a battalion that 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:20.799 kind of moves to the front gates covering the 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:23.559 entrances. You see a look in their eyes. It's 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.819 kind of like a don't go past us. It's kind of 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:28.579 just standing beside you as you step out, kind 00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:30.859 of awkwardly kind of hanging out. Oh, so I thought 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:33.779 that they were going to lead us to a place, but 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:36.319 it's like we can go wherever we want in the castle. 00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:38.680 Olmed's going to be with us and we just can't 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:40.319 leave the castle? Basically, yeah. You have eyes 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:46.240 on you. Oh, gosh. You can return to your rooms. 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:48.960 It's probably expected, but you're guests of 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:55.759 the palace. Okay. And how long would we expect 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:59.220 until this dinner? Oh, boy. Right now, let's 00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:01.319 see. We had that last thing that was at 3 o 'clock, 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:04.400 right? So let's say at this point we're looking 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:08.200 at 4 o 'clock p .m. So probably about two hours. 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:11.799 Oh, perfect. Perfect timing, David. What? Why? 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:17.220 Perfect timing. Dinner. Yeah. Ahmed, do you think 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:20.059 we could change the dinner time maybe an hour 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:27.140 earlier or later than six o 'clock? I do my evening 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:32.309 rituals. Ambassador Pastaris. Preferred. demanded, 00:21:32.490 --> 00:21:35.829 actually, and no, no, the Queen will determine 00:21:35.829 --> 00:21:39.250 when we are to meet. She is a very busy woman, 00:21:39.309 --> 00:21:42.130 and we must adhere to her schedule. I mean, Atash 00:21:42.130 --> 00:21:46.130 once said, but I digress. Tell me, what did Atash 00:21:46.130 --> 00:21:51.309 say? Shit, fuck. I'd like to hear Atash's thoughts 00:21:51.309 --> 00:21:56.009 on the matter of dinner time. Atash once said, 00:21:56.130 --> 00:21:58.650 hang on. I see smoke coming out of his ears. 00:21:59.430 --> 00:22:02.269 Yeah, I, yeah. I wanted to make you sweat once 00:22:02.269 --> 00:22:04.150 tonight. Shit, you got me good. You got me good 00:22:04.150 --> 00:22:08.609 on this one. Atash once said, to change the hours 00:22:08.609 --> 00:22:10.910 of feast in one's banquet hall is to eat alone 00:22:10.910 --> 00:22:14.069 without food, for we are not the ones to set 00:22:14.069 --> 00:22:16.170 the schedule. We are the ones to adhere to it. 00:22:16.210 --> 00:22:20.349 It is a simple wisdom and a truth. Very specific 00:22:20.349 --> 00:22:23.529 and appropriate. You know the book well. I know 00:22:23.529 --> 00:22:31.880 every word spoken. Uh, so... I don't know what 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:33.140 we're going to get accomplished with him with 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:35.640 us. Right. It's like, it kind of feels like we 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.579 need to just kill time until... Well, I was, 00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:39.579 I was... I mean, you also know, like, you got 00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:42.619 a lead from what you heard in the diamond. That 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:45.519 there is some kind of clue likely in the Tiger 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:47.359 District, but... Right, for that you gotta find 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.380 a way to Tiger District. Yeah, we can't, we can't 00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:51.500 get there. Unless you want to break bad and find 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:53.980 a way out. Look, look. Realistically, you realize 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:56.319 this. You're not getting shit done in this investigation 00:22:56.319 --> 00:23:00.440 anymore unless you find a way. to do it stealthily. 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.619 Would it be stupid if we split up now and Jules 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:05.700 caused a distraction to bring him with Jules? 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:09.279 Splitting up is not a bad idea because Hyronix 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:12.559 is the only one who's kind of mobile. Because 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:15.579 Omid's really short. He's short, kind of frail 00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:18.339 looking dude. Skinny to the point of, is this 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:21.460 guy even alive? But you just see as you're talking 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:24.480 this, D .Va very sadly just towers over you. 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:28.410 Super stoic expression. It has not... Like he 00:23:28.410 --> 00:23:32.190 has not said a word. He has barely shown a single 00:23:32.190 --> 00:23:38.150 emotion, but you feel there is true danger in 00:23:38.150 --> 00:23:40.970 those features. Like Ahmed is, I think it was 00:23:40.970 --> 00:23:42.990 mentioned in your note. He is not strong. Obviously 00:23:42.990 --> 00:23:45.829 he is not strong. He is weaker than a common 00:23:45.829 --> 00:23:48.730 person, but this bodyguard is something else, 00:23:48.769 --> 00:23:51.450 something you do not want to cross. Like, I feel 00:23:51.450 --> 00:23:55.029 like Jules just wants to casually break off in 00:23:55.029 --> 00:23:57.619 a hallway. Just starts to walk away. Just start 00:23:57.619 --> 00:24:02.119 walking away. Non -threatening. Just taking a 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:05.180 stroll and kind of leave Blanche to it. Well, 00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:09.099 Blanche will cast message up to him as they're 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:12.500 walking separate directions. I don't think we 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:15.200 should... We should all stay together, don't 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.460 you think? I'm feeling antsy. I just want to 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:19.839 go for a stroll. Perhaps Hyronix should join 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.779 you. Jules is already done walking down the hallway. 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:27.319 He turns and snatches. Hyronix! After. Go. And, 00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.880 like, as you really turn a corner and you can 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:31.119 feel, like, the presence of this, like, larger 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:33.900 thumping. That's fine. To be clear, like, I mean, 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:37.660 I think we maybe you said you cast message. Yeah. 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:43.359 Blanche wants to say, we know there's some unique 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:47.960 burial in the Tiger District. I don't know if 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.140 we can get there together, but I think splitting 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:53.640 them up is our only chance of forward progress. 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.680 And with message, I think you can reply. I can 00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:01.819 reply. Because I think Jules' intention was to 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:04.500 let Blanche try to take the lead on that and 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:08.579 just distract the bodyguard. Okay. So, Jules 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:11.940 will say, do what you gotta do, Blanche. I'll 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:15.180 take care of this one. As you go, you say this, 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:17.660 like, whispered word next to your chest. What's 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:20.480 up, Jules? I didn't hear ya. He's, like, walking, 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.279 right? Of course, he splits off. I said I'm going 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:24.740 for a stroll. Come on. Oh, yeah, yeah. Damn! 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:31.180 The Keo is behind you. Ambassador Pastar watches 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:34.480 as Hyronix turns the corner, following Jules 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.599 and Chester close behind. As Jules goes around 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:39.380 the corner, before he actually gets around the 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:42.279 corner out of sight, he'll kind of look back, 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:45.700 give a little smirk, and then walk past the corner. 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:48.859 Hell yeah. Out of sight. The Ambassador's sort 00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:51.339 of following your gaze. You see there's heat 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:56.920 in his stare. I would hope you have no japes 00:25:56.920 --> 00:26:01.940 or trickery for me, Blanche Trudeau. Omid, do 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:05.279 I look like a woman who japes? Ambassador Pastar, 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:10.660 actually. So does Blanche know exactly what sort 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:17.559 of being Ambassador Pastar is? He's just a human. 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:22.640 He's just a frail looking human who... has a 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.960 high role in Atash's sort of kingdom government. 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:27.759 He's important purely because of the trade deals 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:32.019 he represents for Yanito. Will you be able to 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:37.180 keep up, Omid? Perhaps Akio here could act as 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:42.900 your steed in Hyronic's absence? Hyronic is the 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:48.839 only steed worthy of me. Your mutt can carry 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:54.609 his own weight. He is quite fast. If you insist. 00:26:54.809 --> 00:26:57.410 Well, we'll be returning to my quarters now. 00:26:58.450 --> 00:27:02.230 And Blanche takes off and walks to her room, 00:27:02.329 --> 00:27:06.609 I guess. Yes. You had this game to show me. Let 00:27:06.609 --> 00:27:11.109 us pass our time together. We cut over to you, 00:27:11.190 --> 00:27:13.650 Jules. You're moving down. So you're in your 00:27:13.650 --> 00:27:15.250 quarters, Blanche. You know where they are, roughly. 00:27:15.390 --> 00:27:17.210 You were told by Conan June earlier. So you're 00:27:17.210 --> 00:27:19.029 moving that direction. Jules, you kind of take 00:27:19.029 --> 00:27:21.230 a different route. moving down like sort of the 00:27:21.230 --> 00:27:22.930 back ways of the palace probably find yourself 00:27:22.930 --> 00:27:27.049 moving closer and closer to chile uh who is in 00:27:27.049 --> 00:27:30.430 a sort of back ballroom uh an area that's a little 00:27:30.430 --> 00:27:33.309 less guarded because people here are kind of 00:27:33.309 --> 00:27:35.150 terrified of the constant roaring and smashing 00:27:35.150 --> 00:27:39.230 you move with chester and you feel this looming 00:27:39.230 --> 00:27:44.329 presence kind of behind you and to your surprise 00:27:44.329 --> 00:27:48.059 that figure actually speaks in a voice that just 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:55.519 does not fit this bulky frame. I sense you. I 00:27:55.519 --> 00:28:03.420 sense the evil in you. You are a danger to the 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:07.180 good ambassador. Then you don't truly sense me. 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:14.539 A hand moves down and grazes your arm. I sense... 00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:20.440 But there is no legal precedent for your arrest 00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:25.839 now. I'm sure that will change. I will be eagerly 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:28.980 waiting. The form just goes very quiet again. 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:32.240 Are we outside of our chalets? Yeah, if you want 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:34.779 to move to that point, you can. Okay. Before 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.240 we do that, can I do a flashback for a button? 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.859 What? What? What? What? Is that a thing still? 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.539 I'm allowing it. Yeah, why not? Yeah, fuck yeah. 00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.619 As long as it happens during something that was, 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:42.220 like, downtime. It can't happen, like, during 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.500 active moments, but if there's, like, a point 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:45.579 we skip time, then, yeah, fuck yeah. Push back 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:47.720 for a button. I love it. It's fun. Have we had 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:50.359 some good downtime? I would say any time you 00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:53.039 spent, oh gosh, during the short rest or during 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:56.039 your travel to or from the, like, when you're 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.759 traveling to locations, usually we'll just kind 00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:59.200 of, like, blab, blab over that. You could do 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.579 something during your travels. I just, like, 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:03.339 whatever. So, between the Park of the Elders 00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:06.079 and coming back here, I'm spending a button. 00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:10.700 What? for Jules to hand the broom of flying to 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:16.680 Blanche. Oh, okay. Shifting around the items, 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:22.579 okay. And he'll just say, just in case. I don't 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:25.000 know what's coming up, but got the feeling this 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.900 might serve you better. Yeah, I might need to 00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:37.819 sneak out of the castle. Garba, what? Hell yeah. 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:46.960 You see that rod is on her back. Cool. I really 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:49.299 have not thought about what the hell Jules is 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:51.759 going to do. He's literally just doing this to 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:54.980 cause a distraction and keep Hyronix occupied. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:59.279 Are you just kind of basically wandering? Yeah, 00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:01.559 I think we're wandering aimlessly. Maybe if we 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:04.299 pass Jules' room, Jules will just kind of open 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:09.319 up the door and just be like, Hey! Just going 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:13.240 to like the farthest corners of the palace. Like, 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:18.400 oh, look at this pantry. Is that your... Yeah, 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:22.900 I think that's... Yeah. Jules, where are we going? 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:25.819 Hey, Jules. We're getting some air. Oh, I mean, 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:29.900 all right. Sure. We're just going for a walk. 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:33.740 All right? Yeah, all right. Go for a walk. Yeah. 00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:38.019 Side by side. As the angel silently moves up 00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:43.839 behind, we slide. Blanche, you open a door and 00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:47.079 step into a lavish little bedroom. I mean, this 00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:51.339 bedroom is just exquisite. You see a large canopy 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:55.500 bed, you know, big sort of window. overlooking 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:58.680 it, looking down upon the city, down the hill 00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:00.839 where you can just look. You see like the top 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:03.519 of the statue in the Park of the Elders. You 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:06.480 see it all splayed out before you. Yanido in 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:10.259 all of its glory. All sorts of just nice furnishings, 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:13.180 a wonderful little desk, quill and papers all 00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:15.799 set out for you. I mean, it's a lovely little 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:19.180 place to spend your time relaxing. Any chance 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:24.200 there's a Bodak board around? I mean, you know 00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:26.920 what? I will say there 100 % is, and it looks 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.440 like it was newly moved in. It wasn't initially 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:34.380 here. But you do see a small note that just says, 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:42.460 practice, youngie. Blanche goes up to the board. 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:48.680 I believe some people call this the Game of Kings. 00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:51.440 Omid, perhaps you are interested in learning? 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:55.240 While I do share a certain reverence for kings, 00:31:55.460 --> 00:32:01.500 yes, let us play. I hear games of the mind can 00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:06.980 teach so much of one's opponent. Well, the board 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:11.380 is usually a 19 by 19 grid, but when children 00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:13.460 are learning, we usually start a little lower 00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:18.859 at eight or nine. These are your stones here. 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.849 This is how you capture. Explaining territory 00:32:22.849 --> 00:32:27.849 and explaining the rules of the game. You see 00:32:27.849 --> 00:32:31.190 a mind that is actually very receptive to these 00:32:31.190 --> 00:32:36.250 rules. Amid seems like someone who could learn 00:32:36.250 --> 00:32:39.529 this game very quickly. Could be very good at 00:32:39.529 --> 00:32:43.349 it. A very crafty mind filled with guile. Perhaps 00:32:43.349 --> 00:32:49.490 for your first game, you would play against my 00:32:49.490 --> 00:32:54.829 pupil here, Akio. While I... freshen up. I wasn't 00:32:54.829 --> 00:32:57.529 listening to any of the instructions, Blanche. 00:32:57.910 --> 00:33:02.349 I'm sure Master Ozen taught you Bardock. Uh... 00:33:02.349 --> 00:33:04.230 Did you, like, wink at him or something? Yeah. 00:33:05.470 --> 00:33:08.109 He cocks a head at you? Cocks the head the other 00:33:08.109 --> 00:33:13.569 way? Oh, Roof! Yes! Bardock! I have learned of 00:33:13.569 --> 00:33:16.049 this Bardock. You remember moving the pieces 00:33:16.049 --> 00:33:19.400 with your nose, I'm sure. Yes, with my noble 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:23.160 snoot, I shall move these little guys. Am I the 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:26.559 black guys or the white guys on the board? Well, 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:31.940 we can give Omid the choice, and we can decide 00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:35.099 the handicap. I will let you two work out the 00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:40.900 details. Omid, if my mutt has forgotten any of 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:44.079 the rules, perhaps you can remind him and teach 00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:46.500 him? I feel like you're pulling something here. 00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.440 I feel like you're making a roll or something 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:50.279 about it. I'm just going to the bathroom. I've 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:55.700 got to freshen up with my rod of flying. Omin, 00:33:55.720 --> 00:34:02.880 have you heard the term boofing? Stop it. I didn't 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:07.440 do that one. Omin, he looks at you. The ambassador 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.619 just looks at you for a minute. Kind of blinks. 00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:15.570 His eyes narrowed. Now. You're not thinking of 00:34:15.570 --> 00:34:18.650 leaving, are you? I'm hoping you would be here 00:34:18.650 --> 00:34:20.869 to instruct both of us in the game as we go. 00:34:21.730 --> 00:34:25.389 Then you hear Akio just say, Yes, he's afraid 00:34:25.389 --> 00:34:28.429 of my skills. He doesn't stand a chance against 00:34:28.429 --> 00:34:33.469 my canine mind. What do you... I will not... 00:34:33.469 --> 00:34:36.909 If we're to have dinner with the queen shortly, 00:34:37.110 --> 00:34:41.579 forgive me for being so... Bold, but I have a 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:45.699 lot of blood to scrub out of my shell. And I 00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:48.280 would rather not do it here. I'm trying to decide 00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:52.139 if that was like a euphemism. No. I was like, 00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:55.400 oh my god. No, that was just trying to think 00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:57.219 of a good excuse to be in the bathroom for a 00:34:57.219 --> 00:35:02.440 long time. Ahmed, give me a persuasion check. 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.460 No, give me a deception check, but take advantage 00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:06.780 because Akia was helping you. Alright, I still 00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:15.250 don't like it, but... Okay, it's the same. The 00:35:15.250 --> 00:35:18.130 two times I've rolled dice tonight. The first 00:35:18.130 --> 00:35:22.090 roll was a 12. The second roll was a 1. That's 00:35:22.090 --> 00:35:29.170 it. 12 total. That's not terrible. Very well. 00:35:29.989 --> 00:35:34.210 If you must go, you must go. But while that does 00:35:34.210 --> 00:35:37.449 seem like a lengthy chore, if you are gone for 00:35:37.449 --> 00:35:41.860 too long... I fear I may have to come and seek 00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:44.840 you out. I would be remiss in my duties as a 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:48.079 guide if I did not. You understand? Blanche puts 00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:50.420 her hand to her chest. Omid, I find that quite 00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:54.920 forward and inappropriate. That's not... What 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:58.139 would the queen think? Take your turn, dog. Stern's 00:35:58.139 --> 00:36:01.760 like, oh, yes. And the king just, like, slaps 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:03.960 his nose onto the table and starts wiping pieces 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:10.699 around. What did... Is this a legal move? He 00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:16.119 has a unique play style. Gosh. All right. I'm 00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:18.980 going to think out loud real fast. Yeah. Oh, 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:23.780 I'm going to guess that charm person would turn 00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:27.500 off when I go outside of the range. So that I 00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:29.119 don't think it will go turn off outside the range, 00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:31.599 but only last for one hour. And afterwards, the 00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:36.119 person knows they were charmed. Yeah. I feel 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:39.739 like an hour would be better than. I don't know 00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.940 how long he's going to let me stay in there without 00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:44.039 going in. All right, I guess I'll deal with that 00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:47.579 on the other end. Blanche is going to go in the 00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:50.619 bathroom and hop out the window. Hell yeah. You, 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:53.440 like, move over to the bathroom. And as you... 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:55.940 There's a number of bathrooms and, like, different 00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.659 stalls throughout the floors. And as you go to, 00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:00.239 like, one bathroom, you see the door to the other 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:03.119 one opens. And Chester and Jules walk out just 00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.059 like, yep, so that's the bathroom, so it's pretty 00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:07.420 cool. And, oh, there's another one. Come on, 00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:10.559 Jules, let's check it out. just slooping down 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:14.599 following you like dead eyed still just wandering 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:20.920 the palace yep um blanche gonna cast invisibility 00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:25.159 on herself before she jumps out to fly okay so 00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.780 she's invisible well wait a second wait a second 00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:30.800 so we just walked past blanche No, it was a shift, 00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:33.119 a different bathroom door. Okay. I mean, it was 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:36.340 close. Was it close enough to cast Bardic Inspiration? 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.719 Hell yeah, it was. I'm casting Bardic Inspiration. 00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:41.119 Oh my goodness. Why not? That's fun. All right, 00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:42.900 I'll take it. I imagine it was like, you go to 00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:44.960 a bathroom and the door down the hall opens up 00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:47.079 and it's like Chester and Jules just still doing 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:50.219 their wandering. And they like make eye contact 00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:53.900 for a brief moment. Yep. Boom. I'll take my D8. 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:56.219 You feel inspiration as the door closed behind 00:37:56.219 --> 00:38:00.139 you as you... Go invisible as you grab the rod 00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:02.699 and go. Grab the rod and hop out the window. 00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:09.059 Hell yeah. And you fly, Blanche. The city blurring 00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:14.440 beneath you as you move. Move to the west. To 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:18.519 the top of the hill. Outside of the western gate. 00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:23.159 The edge of the city where the construction of 00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:25.780 the Tiger District is taking place. You look 00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:28.250 down upon the... Now empty district. There's 00:38:28.250 --> 00:38:31.010 no work being done here anymore. Everything has 00:38:31.010 --> 00:38:34.309 been entirely cleared out. You look down on this 00:38:34.309 --> 00:38:38.690 and you see it is just barren construction. Not 00:38:38.690 --> 00:38:42.769 much to look at. What are you seeking for? If 00:38:42.769 --> 00:38:46.170 there's a deep excavation, perhaps. Is there 00:38:46.170 --> 00:38:50.170 anything like a tunnel? A mine? As you go through, 00:38:50.250 --> 00:38:52.010 you see nothing of that sort. You're just moving 00:38:52.010 --> 00:38:56.130 through the streets. But you do remember... I 00:38:56.130 --> 00:38:59.050 will say this. Blanche would remember two things. 00:38:59.909 --> 00:39:05.090 One, in your notes, you wrote Tigers NW, northwest 00:39:05.090 --> 00:39:09.130 of the actual construction site. And two, you 00:39:09.130 --> 00:39:13.090 remember that that area was supposedly forbidden 00:39:13.090 --> 00:39:15.769 from being renovated. They were not allowed to 00:39:15.769 --> 00:39:18.630 go in there because there was an active Tigers 00:39:18.630 --> 00:39:23.530 den that the Dragon Clan, the royal family, said 00:39:23.530 --> 00:39:26.460 should not be messed with. Well, if the Dragon 00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:28.840 Clan said don't mess with it, Blanche is going 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.840 to mess with it. She's also keeping her eye out 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:39.460 for that sort of six by ten shape, you know, 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:43.239 that she heard about from Kunan Jun. Yeah, a 00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:46.360 large coffin. Yeah, or somewhere that that could 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:51.099 be stowed away. You're moving and you see like 00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:55.059 just thick, thick wood. It's hard to make much 00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:59.500 out atop your rod of flying as you go. Why don't 00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:02.320 you go ahead and give me a investigation check? 00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:11.480 That's a 18. 18. You're flying over the trees, 00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:14.260 looking for anything, and what you do notice 00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:16.440 is there is a spot, there's a small, like, gap. 00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:19.539 A small, uh... Gosh, what do you call those things? 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:21.639 Clearing. Yeah, small clearing. There you go. 00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:25.059 I figured it out before you said it. Small clearing 00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:28.619 of the trees. The sunlight above. It starts to 00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:31.599 set in the sky. Seems to filter down. It falls 00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:35.199 on some shape down there that looks foreign. 00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:40.539 Looks important. The way it stands alone. So 00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:45.059 you fly down, dropping into the mossy earth. 00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:51.070 The forest is so quiet. Damn near silent. And 00:40:51.070 --> 00:40:56.030 you walk up to this, it's like some kind of engraved 00:40:56.030 --> 00:41:01.849 stone, like a natural tombstone that sits upon 00:41:01.849 --> 00:41:07.309 this wide plot where nothing grows. Barren soil, 00:41:07.630 --> 00:41:14.050 gray and dark. And upon this tombstone is printed, 00:41:14.250 --> 00:41:21.449 Day Wanha. Warrior for the people. Ooh, let me 00:41:21.449 --> 00:41:26.630 write that down. And beneath those words is something 00:41:26.630 --> 00:41:29.289 else chiseled in very crudely, definitely not 00:41:29.289 --> 00:41:35.170 any sort of official inscription. You just see 00:41:35.170 --> 00:41:41.929 a victim of the Dragon Clan's lies. Hmm. And 00:41:41.929 --> 00:41:45.429 I'm not seeing anything that suggests Tiger Cave? 00:41:46.309 --> 00:41:51.960 No. Does anything else stand out if I just perceive 00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:56.380 around this gravestone? Only the grave itself, 00:41:56.719 --> 00:42:00.760 the plot of land that was excavated for it. It's 00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:03.659 weird. Again, this plot of land looks like it's 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:06.139 dead soil, and it's a perfect rectangular shape. 00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:10.360 Is it a 6x10 rectangular shape? It's a little 00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:12.239 bigger than that, but it looks like it might 00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:17.789 fit a 6x10 coffin. And it just looks... Too big. 00:42:19.110 --> 00:42:21.309 God, that sucks. I'm going to have to dig up 00:42:21.309 --> 00:42:23.789 this grave, aren't I? Are you dealing with the 00:42:23.789 --> 00:42:27.550 grave? Whoa. It's going to take longer than you 00:42:27.550 --> 00:42:31.449 think, you know. You're going to risk Omid Pastar 00:42:31.449 --> 00:42:33.570 seeking you out, but there may be information 00:42:33.570 --> 00:42:36.150 to glean from digging up this grave, right? Sure, 00:42:36.170 --> 00:42:40.030 let me see if I have anything that could help. 00:42:41.670 --> 00:42:45.409 I'm debating fighting the... Oh, well, she has... 00:42:46.950 --> 00:42:53.170 and is a turtle and blah, blah, blah. But really 00:42:53.170 --> 00:42:56.349 not much in my inventory or my spell list that 00:42:56.349 --> 00:43:01.989 is going to make this any faster. No, that's 00:43:01.989 --> 00:43:06.809 crazy. That doesn't make sense either. If only 00:43:06.809 --> 00:43:09.710 I had a dog. If only I had a dog with a nose 00:43:09.710 --> 00:43:15.880 and paws with which to dig. Okay, so... Was there, 00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:18.760 gosh, was there anything else that she saw in 00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:22.900 that line heading northwest between here and 00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:26.500 where she started? Nothing of note. I will say 00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:27.599 this, though. You're not far from the construction 00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:31.179 site, and there's definitely shovels there. Okay. 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:35.179 All right. Thank you for that. Sure. Yeah. Okay. 00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:39.139 Blanche will go back and grab a shovel, I guess. 00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:47.519 Let's see. I have... I'm going to try this because, 00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:51.840 oh no, it's just a ritual though. Oh no, I can 00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:56.219 cast it as an action. So I want to tell you about 00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:59.219 this spell that I've had since I made the character 00:43:59.219 --> 00:44:02.260 because I thought as like a superhero, this spell 00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:04.619 would come in handy. What is going on? It's nothing 00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:07.079 crazy. It's really just like, I've been waiting 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:08.940 for an opportunity to use it. It's called floating 00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:14.739 disc. It's just a big disc. that can move up 00:44:14.739 --> 00:44:17.119 to 500 pounds. It just follows you around. It's 00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:19.760 like a dolly sort of thing. I've always just 00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:22.199 expected that, I don't know, we'd be in a situation 00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:25.159 where we need to move multiple people out of 00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:27.860 a place of danger or something. It just has never 00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:32.679 happened. But as a... Actually, no, I think, 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:36.739 yeah. Would Blanche think that using 10 minutes 00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:39.539 to cast a spell as a ritual would save her 10 00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:42.480 minutes of digging? Like not having to move piles 00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:44.340 of dirt around. You're like moving the disc into 00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:46.139 the dirt and kind of helps her push it up and 00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:48.119 stuff. Yeah, that's fun. Okay, great. Let the 00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:50.360 wizard do wizard things. Thank you. I like it. 00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:54.139 Let's do some wizarding with a shovel, natural 00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:58.019 claws, and a floating disc. Hell yeah. So we 00:44:58.019 --> 00:45:00.659 see Blanche, when he sits down, begins to cast 00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:05.059 a spell as the area around her begins to shine 00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:09.539 with this circle of light slowly. weaving together, 00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:14.300 taking shape into this disc. We pan back to the 00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:17.519 Sea of Dragons. Don't think you're off the hook 00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:19.940 over there, Jules. All right. As you are moving. 00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:22.360 I'm not doing anything. Hieronyx, again, totally 00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:24.719 silent, moving behind you as you're put on the 00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:27.039 show. And it's so obvious to him that this is 00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:29.019 a show, but he's just playing along. As long 00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:30.420 as he's got his eyes on you, that's all that 00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:35.619 matters. Jules pops a squat. Yeah. Puts his back 00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:38.679 against the wall and just chills. You're doing 00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:40.559 this. Maybe him and Chester start playing like 00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:44.219 a game of like, what's it called? Jax? Something. 00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.940 I'm going to say you're doing this just down 00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:48.099 the hall. Perhaps close to where you were when 00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:49.280 you saw the bathroom. You move down the hall 00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:50.559 a little bit. You're close to the actual rooms 00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:52.960 themselves. Probably a specific location so you 00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:54.159 can keep an eye on what's happening elsewhere. 00:45:54.579 --> 00:46:01.260 Yeah. And you hear like a, damn it! Atash once 00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:04.340 said, do not waste your time with the minds of 00:46:04.340 --> 00:46:07.079 fools for you cannot beat them at their own game. 00:46:07.929 --> 00:46:10.269 And you hear like a door coming out. I'm like, 00:46:10.329 --> 00:46:14.170 wait, Rolf, I wasn't done. You see Ambassador 00:46:14.170 --> 00:46:17.010 Pastar bursts out of the room, storming into 00:46:17.010 --> 00:46:21.730 the hall. Cheating dog. He begins to move towards 00:46:21.730 --> 00:46:24.909 the bathrooms where you saw Blanche go. It's 00:46:24.909 --> 00:46:29.090 been long enough. I will have my real match now. 00:46:30.150 --> 00:46:33.889 What do you do? Drew has a look over. You want 00:46:33.889 --> 00:46:38.059 to try this one? We're playing jacks. Oh, that's 00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:41.000 right. You're playing a game. Yeah. Might have 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:45.880 better luck with me. Hmm. As fun and novel as 00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:48.400 that sounds, I have learned my lesson playing 00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:53.019 games. Oh, what? You scared? It's all right. 00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:55.639 I'll just play with Chester here. I'm simply 00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:57.280 very concerned that Blanche Trudeau has been 00:46:57.280 --> 00:47:00.780 gone for quite a long time in the restroom. All 00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:04.719 I hear is I'm scared to play a game. Oh, I'm 00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:07.739 sorry. I'm scared to lose a game. Watch yourself. 00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:10.719 Yeah, the angel behind you tense up a little 00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:15.239 bit. Oh, but just kind of like... 100 gold. 100 00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:24.500 gold. You down? Let me persuasion check. 26. 00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:31.119 Chester looks at you. Jules, 100 gold? I mean, 00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:37.260 yeah. Good idea, yeah. I agree, 100%. The ambassador 00:47:37.260 --> 00:47:41.579 just kind of bites his lip, looks down the hall 00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:46.119 towards the bathroom door, looks back to you. 00:47:47.139 --> 00:47:52.019 I suppose it would be rude of me to intrude upon 00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:57.760 a lady's personal time. One game. And he moves 00:47:57.760 --> 00:48:01.679 over to join you. All right. And let's slide 00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:07.059 back out. Oh, man. That's cool. That's cool. 00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:11.260 By the way, slide back out. We see that disc 00:48:11.260 --> 00:48:14.400 digging up the earth. We see dirt sliding off. 00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:17.460 The disc is moving on its own. You're moving 00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:19.579 the shovel. Both of you together are moving down 00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:22.900 and down. I think it's a really cool spell. I 00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:25.800 love your reason for picking it. I love your 00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:29.280 reason to be here. Take a button. Finally got 00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:32.579 to use that spell. Feels like it's been years. 00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:37.849 You see it slide. dirt off to the edge as you 00:48:37.849 --> 00:48:42.670 come down their shovel and ting! You strike something. 00:48:43.130 --> 00:48:49.409 Uh, okay. Can Blanche try to wedge it open? Yeah. 00:48:49.469 --> 00:48:51.210 You look down, you brace yourself, you see a 00:48:51.210 --> 00:48:55.869 dark coffin. It's surprising to find this coffin 00:48:55.869 --> 00:49:00.409 is made of, like, a dark metal. It is ornate. 00:49:00.489 --> 00:49:04.230 It is beautiful. And it's supposed to have been... 00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:08.619 Ludicrously expensive. Why would such an expensive 00:49:08.619 --> 00:49:11.619 coffin be buried in the middle of nowhere? Somewhere 00:49:11.619 --> 00:49:17.059 completely unhonored. It's just strange. You 00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:18.880 go to the side and take your shovel and there's 00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:21.280 like a little pad you smash down on. You break 00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:28.780 it and you can open it up. Yeah. Holy shit. You 00:49:28.780 --> 00:49:33.139 open the coffin. God, I hate this. So as you're 00:49:33.139 --> 00:49:36.960 moving away from the grave site, what do you 00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:40.179 want to do next? Awesome. Okay, great. Forrest 00:49:40.179 --> 00:49:46.360 is so silent. How far from the grave is Blanche? 00:49:46.659 --> 00:49:48.599 You turn around to the grave. It's about 30 feet 00:49:48.599 --> 00:49:51.880 behind you. And then it strikes you that you 00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:54.559 don't remember looking into it. It's weird. Jesus 00:49:54.559 --> 00:50:03.739 Christ. Let's try this. Blanche doesn't want 00:50:03.739 --> 00:50:07.699 to, she's going to walk back to the hole. It's 00:50:07.699 --> 00:50:12.519 closed again. She doesn't want to like pull it 00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:17.260 open. She just wants to slide the shovel in and 00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:21.699 just wedge it open and walk away. Okay. I want 00:50:21.699 --> 00:50:24.179 to see how much I can get away with here. If 00:50:24.179 --> 00:50:26.400 she doesn't see anything that's inside the coffin. 00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:29.659 I love that. You do that and you walk away and 00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:32.300 you remember. All of it. Okay, perfect. This 00:50:32.300 --> 00:50:35.239 is so cool. Then she's going to summon Turbo. 00:50:35.559 --> 00:50:40.760 Oh, shit. Oh, my gosh. Squeak, squeak. The bat. 00:50:40.880 --> 00:50:44.119 And send Turbo to fly into the hole and try to 00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:46.960 get Turbo to fly into the coffin. I don't know 00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:49.420 if it works that way. Turbo flies into the coffin. 00:50:50.420 --> 00:50:53.800 Spears inside. And Blanche looks through Turbo's 00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:56.280 eyes. And as you finish looking through Turbo's 00:50:56.280 --> 00:51:00.210 eyes, and you blink, and you think, Oh, I just 00:51:00.210 --> 00:51:02.150 looked through his eyes. You probably don't realize 00:51:02.150 --> 00:51:04.130 you haven't done it yet or you have done it yet. 00:51:04.170 --> 00:51:06.170 It's a weird feeling. You sit there for a long 00:51:06.170 --> 00:51:08.210 time until you realize, no way, I've been looking. 00:51:08.530 --> 00:51:12.090 I'm just not remembering. Okay. So then she's 00:51:12.090 --> 00:51:17.510 going to send Turbo back to the coffin with the 00:51:17.510 --> 00:51:20.809 recording diamond after uttering the command 00:51:20.809 --> 00:51:26.409 to record. Holy shit. Okay. Ooh. You. Check it 00:51:26.409 --> 00:51:29.599 out? Yep. The diamond comes back in your hands. 00:51:29.739 --> 00:51:32.820 You guys imagine they stop. Stop, yep. You look 00:51:32.820 --> 00:51:34.420 at the diamond. You watch the recording. You 00:51:34.420 --> 00:51:39.139 see... Nothing? No, say record. Oh, record. Record. 00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:43.940 Record. Hell yeah. And the diamond gets flying 00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:46.539 awkwardly, sort of shifting up and down as it 00:51:46.539 --> 00:51:48.719 flies in the arms of the bat into the coffin 00:51:48.719 --> 00:51:53.219 and... Record. No, stop. Stop. There we go. There 00:51:53.219 --> 00:51:55.900 we got it. And you are saying stop. It is over. 00:51:56.629 --> 00:51:59.090 All you see is it blurring out of the coffin 00:51:59.090 --> 00:52:03.849 back into your hands. It's like you see there 00:52:03.849 --> 00:52:05.550 is something recorded there. You can look and 00:52:05.550 --> 00:52:08.210 see almost a ton of space, but it's all gone. 00:52:08.449 --> 00:52:11.210 You can't fix it. It's gone the second you look 00:52:11.210 --> 00:52:13.969 at it. Whatever's in there, you can't look at 00:52:13.969 --> 00:52:17.389 it. Okay, then this is either going to be good 00:52:17.389 --> 00:52:23.110 or bad. Blanche will walk to the edge of the... 00:52:24.010 --> 00:52:27.630 hole the edge of the grave and i don't remember 00:52:27.630 --> 00:52:34.849 exactly the words that kunan june said but blanche 00:52:34.849 --> 00:52:37.190 to the best of her ability is going to start 00:52:37.190 --> 00:52:43.690 to talk to what she believes is the guishin of 00:52:43.690 --> 00:52:48.289 daewon ha nothing happens and you remember kunan 00:52:48.289 --> 00:52:49.909 june saying that you have to hold the memory 00:52:49.909 --> 00:52:54.119 and name Of whoever you're speaking of. You cannot 00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:55.599 hold this person in your memory for you do not 00:52:55.599 --> 00:52:58.019 know them. But maybe if you found someone that 00:52:58.019 --> 00:53:01.739 did. Okay. And you know someone must know them 00:53:01.739 --> 00:53:05.500 because there's an etching on the grave. Right, 00:53:05.539 --> 00:53:07.460 exactly. Whoever made that etching knows them. 00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:10.699 I'm going to guess. And very likely the Dragon 00:53:10.699 --> 00:53:14.219 Clan knows them too. Yep, probably Yungi. Okay, 00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:18.400 so realizing all of this, I think it's time to 00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:22.050 go. So... How long has it been at this point? 00:53:22.909 --> 00:53:24.929 Oh, boy, let's see. You did some pretty good 00:53:24.929 --> 00:53:28.550 tests there, but leaving and getting to here 00:53:28.550 --> 00:53:30.929 probably took about 20 minutes. It'll probably 00:53:30.929 --> 00:53:34.849 take you about 15 minutes to get back. Digging, 00:53:34.849 --> 00:53:39.030 I'll say, took around another 40 minutes. Okay, 00:53:39.070 --> 00:53:43.369 so invisibility has worn off. I'm trying to decide 00:53:43.369 --> 00:53:46.690 if I should cast it again to get back in. So 00:53:46.690 --> 00:53:48.929 we're now looking at the time being about 5 .15. 00:53:49.900 --> 00:53:53.780 Oh, it's my last second level spell slot. That 00:53:53.780 --> 00:53:58.420 would really screw it. Cheap insurance, I guess. 00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:02.940 Hopefully I don't get caught for it or because 00:54:02.940 --> 00:54:07.960 of that. I hope it saves me. So she'll cast invisibility 00:54:07.960 --> 00:54:12.760 on herself and fly back to the, to the castle, 00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:16.500 back to the bathroom. Hell yeah. Let's see how 00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:18.960 that Jax game went. Give me a sleight of hand. 00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:22.119 Quick question. Is it you or Chester that are 00:54:22.119 --> 00:54:25.099 playing against Omid Pastar? I think it's me. 00:54:25.320 --> 00:54:27.139 Hell yeah. I think it's Jules. Give me a sleight 00:54:27.139 --> 00:54:31.699 of hand roll. Oh, boy. Contested. Oh, boy. All 00:54:31.699 --> 00:54:36.760 right. 100 gold on the line. Omid can't have 00:54:36.760 --> 00:54:41.360 huge decks. But neither does Jules. Button. Ooh. 00:54:41.679 --> 00:54:44.760 Nice. He can't find you. I mean, he can't find 00:54:44.760 --> 00:54:48.369 out that you're gone. Yeah. Well, and 100 gold's 00:54:48.369 --> 00:54:50.269 on the line. I think that's worth a button. Yeah. 00:54:54.710 --> 00:54:59.230 First roll was a 5, plus 1, making it a 6. Yoiks. 00:54:59.429 --> 00:55:05.969 Second roll is a 17, plus 1, making it 18. You 00:55:05.969 --> 00:55:11.349 spent some time playing with Omin, and you are 00:55:11.349 --> 00:55:16.269 crushing him. Yeah. This is a stupid street. 00:55:16.760 --> 00:55:19.960 game. I don't understand. These rules are nonsense. 00:55:20.199 --> 00:55:21.940 You just grab the pieces as they move. Yeah, 00:55:21.940 --> 00:55:26.400 exactly. Exactly. Here, I'll teach you some technique. 00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:30.880 Oh, Jules thinks baby's gonna cry. What technique? 00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:34.559 Here, alright. And then Jules will proceed to 00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:37.300 I can't think of anything off the top of my head, 00:55:37.400 --> 00:55:39.820 but he's wasting time. Yeah, showing him that 00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:43.079 he's gonna have watch. This is foolishness. You 00:55:43.079 --> 00:55:46.440 know what? Enough. Enough. He kind of stands 00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:49.280 like up. I am done wasting time. It has been 00:55:49.280 --> 00:55:51.900 far too long. Clearly, Blanchard goes and the 00:55:51.900 --> 00:55:58.619 door opens. Yeah. Blanchard, step out. Yes, with 00:55:58.619 --> 00:56:03.139 a little tissue hanging off the back of his shell. 00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:10.099 For good measure. Ahmed's eyes return. Did you 00:56:10.099 --> 00:56:14.820 leave my mutt unattended? His eyes like, don't. 00:56:15.019 --> 00:56:17.980 falter back at your words there's just like a 00:56:17.980 --> 00:56:22.679 small tug of a smile and forgive my rudeness 00:56:22.679 --> 00:56:28.699 lady blanche trudeau but you seem dirtier than 00:56:28.699 --> 00:56:31.619 when you went in i suppose i don't need to explain 00:56:31.619 --> 00:56:38.760 to you what happens in there no of course you 00:56:38.760 --> 00:56:41.099 don't atash once said the business of a lady 00:56:41.099 --> 00:56:46.110 is the most private Of all, I should not have 00:56:46.110 --> 00:56:49.429 left your dog unattended. I apologize. What will 00:56:49.429 --> 00:56:50.789 the queen say? Think of the trouble he could 00:56:50.789 --> 00:56:53.389 get into. Did you leave the go pieces? The bodock 00:56:53.389 --> 00:56:58.730 pieces? Why? Will he eat them? He could. Was 00:56:58.730 --> 00:57:01.809 he not trained? Fine. Let's go back. On your 00:57:01.809 --> 00:57:04.670 turn. As he goes, Jules is going to... Hey, wait, 00:57:04.710 --> 00:57:09.369 wait, wait, wait. Keep that hundred gold. I love 00:57:09.369 --> 00:57:15.670 the idea of you owing me. Wink. Chester just 00:57:15.670 --> 00:57:19.269 full -on nudges you, big smile, like, turning 00:57:19.269 --> 00:57:22.329 towards Ahmed. I'm like, can I just force -smile 00:57:22.329 --> 00:57:29.469 back? How gracious. I'll consider it a donation 00:57:29.469 --> 00:57:35.949 to the Church of the Sunweaver. Now, let's return 00:57:35.949 --> 00:57:39.110 to your quarters, Blanche. As we're walking back, 00:57:39.190 --> 00:57:45.789 Blanche will tut -tut -chide. Omid, you got swindled 00:57:45.789 --> 00:57:50.030 by a dog and a street rat while I was gone. He's 00:57:50.030 --> 00:57:52.309 like, no. Just like shaking, a little shaking, 00:57:52.389 --> 00:57:56.489 but no. Like actual spoken word. He moves up 00:57:56.489 --> 00:57:58.869 to the door of your room. He goes around a corner, 00:57:58.989 --> 00:58:01.110 slightly down the hall, pushes open the door. 00:58:01.989 --> 00:58:05.349 And you see Akio is sitting there. And you see 00:58:05.349 --> 00:58:09.090 Akio is not alone. He's sliding a piece with 00:58:09.090 --> 00:58:12.480 his nose again. Did I do it well? And you hear 00:58:12.480 --> 00:58:16.039 from the other side of the table, Ah, yes, yes, 00:58:16.300 --> 00:58:21.519 you are getting better, dog. Ah, but I fear our 00:58:21.519 --> 00:58:24.599 lessons are at an end, for the main event has 00:58:24.599 --> 00:58:27.960 finally shown herself. You step into the room 00:58:27.960 --> 00:58:32.760 to see young Guy sitting on your floor at your 00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:38.280 bodock table. Now then, I was promised a game, 00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:42.329 Blanche Trudeau. And I have been waiting oh so 00:58:42.329 --> 00:58:48.329 long. Do we play? Blanchard adjusts her goggles 00:58:48.329 --> 00:58:52.949 and goes to sit down. Omid, you're lucky there 00:58:52.949 --> 00:58:55.949 wasn't an accident in here. Could you please 00:58:55.949 --> 00:58:59.650 see that Akio gets his time outside, as I have? 00:58:59.969 --> 00:59:03.010 I suppose if you are in the company of the... 00:59:03.010 --> 00:59:09.550 honored advisor, then it's fine. He retreats 00:59:09.550 --> 00:59:13.550 out the door, Akio moving with him. Happy little 00:59:13.550 --> 00:59:17.210 dog struts in the door, closes, and it is you 00:59:17.210 --> 00:59:23.449 and Yungi. A match built up for some time with 00:59:23.449 --> 00:59:28.289 answers you are desperate to seek on the line. 00:59:28.869 --> 00:59:34.329 He looks at you and he simply says, I will go 00:59:34.329 --> 00:59:39.010 first. As he reaches out. and touches of peace. 00:59:40.269 --> 00:59:41.329 And we'll call it there.