WEBVTT 00:00:01.119 --> 00:00:07.599 Starting April 21st. The heavy smell of dew fills 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:09.519 the inside of your nose as you walk through the 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:13.019 streets of Doshire. The road ahead of you is 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:15.320 hard to see, partly because of the dense fog 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:17.260 and partly because the only light that exists 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:21.019 is man -made. A new season from 5 GMs and a trench 00:00:21.019 --> 00:00:23.719 coat. You're dwarfed by skyscrapers, surrounded 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.579 by automobiles, and protected by a large spirit 00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:31.030 -esque bubble. 5GM Season 4, Beyond the Barrier, 00:00:31.210 --> 00:00:34.130 uses Blades in the Dark by Evil Hat Productions. 00:00:34.469 --> 00:00:36.590 It is currently the mayoral election season. 00:00:36.850 --> 00:00:38.810 There are these posters to vote hanging from 00:00:38.810 --> 00:00:41.369 these buildings and plaster on the walls. 5GM 00:00:41.369 --> 00:00:45.149 Season 4, Episode 1, will release April 21st. 00:00:45.189 --> 00:00:51.409 Wherever you get your podcasts. Hey Pants people, 00:00:51.590 --> 00:00:53.530 we are thrilled that you're enjoying the podcast. 00:00:53.850 --> 00:00:55.750 We want to share it with all of your friends. 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:59.020 or at least one or two of them. So tell somebody 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:48.450 about Fancy Pants. Citadel by millennia. One 00:01:48.450 --> 00:01:50.629 such connecting point is the game of Wakey from 00:01:50.629 --> 00:01:53.549 the world of Zing. Never heard of Wakey? Well, 00:01:53.569 --> 00:01:56.109 perhaps you'd heard of Borat from Yanito, or 00:01:56.109 --> 00:02:00.849 Ego from, uh, formerly from Weezoo. Well, widely 00:02:00.849 --> 00:02:03.170 enough, they are all the same game. Somehow the 00:02:03.170 --> 00:02:05.629 exact same game has come to exist in three separate 00:02:05.629 --> 00:02:08.409 civilizations, one of the many fascinating curiosities 00:02:08.409 --> 00:02:12.189 of our conquered worlds. So what is Wakey? Simple 00:02:12.189 --> 00:02:13.949 points, a game about two opponents placing colored 00:02:13.949 --> 00:02:16.430 stones, black and white, on a grid board and 00:02:16.430 --> 00:02:18.490 working to control the most territory, trying 00:02:18.490 --> 00:02:20.810 to outwit each other and capture enemy stones 00:02:20.810 --> 00:02:23.330 as they play. It's a game of incredibly complex 00:02:23.330 --> 00:02:25.610 strategy that can truly test one's intellectual 00:02:25.610 --> 00:02:28.849 abilities. Don't get me wrong now, play can happen 00:02:28.849 --> 00:02:31.449 to all levels of skill, but I've heard it said 00:02:31.449 --> 00:02:33.590 that a battle between masters of the game can 00:02:33.590 --> 00:02:38.669 be a thing to behold. We're in the new studio! 00:02:41.849 --> 00:02:44.250 Dude, it's crazy in here. Look at this thing. 00:02:44.289 --> 00:02:47.110 It's a new chapter. Mr. Wolf has been breaking 00:02:47.110 --> 00:02:49.389 his back getting this thing set up. We got our 00:02:49.389 --> 00:02:52.129 cool little fuzzy guys all over the wall. Those 00:02:52.129 --> 00:02:54.430 little fuzzle cubes. First beer in the new studio. 00:02:54.569 --> 00:02:56.930 Oh, first crack. First crack. I'll pretend to 00:02:56.930 --> 00:03:02.139 crack it. Well, cheers. Cheers. A lot has happened 00:03:02.139 --> 00:03:03.560 since the last time we recorded, right? Yeah. 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:05.319 It's been two weeks since we recorded a regular 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:08.020 episode. Closed on the last studio. Went to Mountain 00:03:08.020 --> 00:03:12.120 Mania. Ran a live show, which was crazy. Yeah, 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.659 it was a lot of fun. Pax. We did Pax the week 00:03:14.659 --> 00:03:16.900 after that. Oh, yeah, yeah. Streamed a new show, 00:03:16.939 --> 00:03:20.500 right? A new SciFly version of SciFly, Random 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:23.000 Monster of the Week, which was honestly incredible. 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:25.860 Absolutely go check that out. Such a fun time. 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:27.460 I cannot wait to play the next one. I wish I 00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:29.819 was doing it right now instead of this lame old 00:03:29.819 --> 00:03:33.939 thing we're doing. With John, Crow's Nest Craft. 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.319 Go check John out. So much cooler than these 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:42.400 guys. Yeah. Honestly, yeah. How are you guys 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:44.259 feeling? Because we have been through some shit. 00:03:44.340 --> 00:03:48.340 I mean, live show, new stream show, fucking PAX 00:03:48.340 --> 00:03:53.569 East. What a wild time. What a wild time. I love 00:03:53.569 --> 00:03:58.330 the pause to specify East. I love the West. It's 00:03:58.330 --> 00:04:00.050 been a lot. The good packs. You went to the good 00:04:00.050 --> 00:04:04.629 packs. No, it's been a lot, but I feel glad to 00:04:04.629 --> 00:04:08.430 be now grounded in a new space. Yeah. It feels 00:04:08.430 --> 00:04:13.430 like we can kind of recover from everything that's 00:04:13.430 --> 00:04:16.029 been happening and really buckle down and say, 00:04:16.089 --> 00:04:20.399 okay, let's get on to what's next. which tonight 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:23.980 I think is a cool game of BADOK. This is going 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:26.620 to be wild. I've done a little bit of research 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:31.540 into BADOK and to go and all that wakey. We wanted 00:04:31.540 --> 00:04:34.540 to play a game, and yesterday was really the 00:04:34.540 --> 00:04:36.939 only time we had to do it, but we were too busy. 00:04:37.180 --> 00:04:40.220 You were too busy. I was too busy. You lame ponytail. 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:44.379 Yeah, man. It's all right. I've done my research. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.519 I don't know how well a game would translate 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:49.879 into this game of a game. Uh, but I think we 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.060 have a lot of time, fun time, a lot of good times, 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:54.920 times playing a game of a game and a game. I 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.579 do think that we should get a board still and 00:04:57.579 --> 00:04:59.879 play afterwards. Jeremy, I haven't done this 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:03.100 in two years. I don't know how to record anymore. 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:07.160 Words. What are they? Uh, you guys want to get 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:08.720 right into this? Cause I think there's a lot 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:12.300 to get to. We had some pretty fun surprises tonight 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:14.699 that I forgot to get out and ready. So I'll stop 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:16.959 the show to a screeching halt at some point when 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:21.720 I feel like it. But for now, you want to get 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.879 into it? Let's get into it. Let's get into it. 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:30.959 We open upon your room, your quarters here in 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:33.740 the Seat of Dragons, Planets Trudeau. A room 00:05:33.740 --> 00:05:35.980 riddled with ornate comforts overseen by the 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:38.420 watching eyes of a painted phoenix on the ceiling. 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.779 In this room, standing out from all else, there's 00:05:41.779 --> 00:05:44.759 a very simple go board set in a small table. 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:48.579 A bodock board, sorry. Stick with the current 00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:52.379 world and then go. You would recognize, Blanche, 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:54.500 that this is a smaller board than one of typical 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:58.199 play. Two cushions lie on either side of the 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.100 board and two figures now sit upon them, eyes 00:06:01.100 --> 00:06:05.500 locked in challenge. Blanche Trudeau, the master 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:08.639 of defense, and young Guy, advisor to the queen 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:12.120 of Yanido. Two minds as sharp as the magical 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:15.180 blade of Ichigenka, locked into the beginnings 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:19.160 of a duel. And we see young Guy takes the first 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.360 move, placing a black stone upon an intersection 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:25.459 of squares on the board. And he looks to you. 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:30.379 We have little time before dinner, so I have 00:06:30.379 --> 00:06:34.050 set up for us a smaller board. I would hope 13 00:06:34.050 --> 00:06:38.550 by 13 would suffice. I've played larger boards 00:06:38.550 --> 00:06:43.949 before, so... Good choice for the timing. Not 00:06:43.949 --> 00:06:46.350 too difficult. Then you know, you have about 00:06:46.350 --> 00:06:49.470 a half an hour, be a little more, before... 6 00:06:49.470 --> 00:06:53.449 o 'clock, before dinner. You are second to move, 00:06:53.730 --> 00:06:57.449 Brunstrudeau. What handicap do you think we should 00:06:57.449 --> 00:07:01.170 set for you? Or would you rather I decide upon... 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:06.160 Witnessing your skill. Let's see how the first 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:10.279 couple rounds go, and I would take the opportunity 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:14.959 to learn from you, Master Yungi. Perhaps you 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.959 can see what an appropriate handicap would be. 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:24.620 I used to play 5 or 6 against Master Ozen. He 00:07:24.620 --> 00:07:28.740 looks to you, his smile kind of growing. They 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:31.300 say the first step to victory in Bardock is to 00:07:31.300 --> 00:07:35.000 know your opponent. And I have done my homework. 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:39.579 I had heard you had spent some time on the world 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:43.379 of Umizo. This sort of somber bow at the mention 00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:47.040 of the world. And I know that this ancient game 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.660 is rather popular on that world as well. You 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:56.279 would have called it to go, yes? Or ego? That's 00:07:56.279 --> 00:08:00.060 correct. That's how I learned the game. Go. And 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:02.779 you learned from the Storm Eye as I had hoped. 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:06.740 I had heard he was a brilliant man, whatever 00:08:06.740 --> 00:08:10.540 else may be said of him. I had always wanted 00:08:10.540 --> 00:08:14.660 to match wits with the Storm Eye. Now, in a sense, 00:08:14.899 --> 00:08:20.160 this dream can come true. Master Ozen was a wonderful 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:24.300 teacher in all regards. I hope not to... Sully 00:08:24.300 --> 00:08:27.819 has good name here at the board. I should hope 00:08:27.819 --> 00:08:32.480 you provide a entertaining challenge now, please. 00:08:33.980 --> 00:08:39.539 Time is short. Make your move. Do you reach for 00:08:39.539 --> 00:08:45.080 a white piece? And Blanche goes to place a piece 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:49.820 on the board, making an aggressive move. Ooh, 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:53.570 snap! Taking up a space next to Young Gee's, 00:08:53.710 --> 00:08:57.509 one of his liberties. If you want to get technical. 00:08:58.490 --> 00:09:00.889 Brow sort of raises. You know, let's do our first 00:09:00.889 --> 00:09:04.490 turn here. You said aggressive is your play. 00:09:04.789 --> 00:09:06.549 Now, just to give everyone an idea of what I'm 00:09:06.549 --> 00:09:09.009 doing here. You can start off and Blanche kind 00:09:09.009 --> 00:09:11.509 of set the pace for the match. Blanche is going 00:09:11.509 --> 00:09:14.690 to kind of like be the one to change Young Gee's 00:09:14.690 --> 00:09:16.149 strategy. So I want you to be the one to make 00:09:16.149 --> 00:09:17.710 the kind of set the roles that are happening. 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.259 You can go for an aggressive or defensive for 00:09:20.259 --> 00:09:21.700 every round of play. There's going to be four 00:09:21.700 --> 00:09:25.200 rounds total in this match. If you go for aggressive, 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:27.399 that means you're going to be making a deception 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:29.419 check ahead of time to sort of lead your opponent. 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.139 If you go for defensive, you'll make an insight 00:09:32.139 --> 00:09:35.360 check to see through their attempt. If you sort 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.659 of, the opposition to you will roll the alternate 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:40.799 skill. And whoever wins will be granted advantage 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:44.889 on the coming intelligence check. At the end 00:09:44.889 --> 00:09:46.629 of this, all intelligent checks will be totaled 00:09:46.629 --> 00:09:49.870 up and counted as the final score. Higher score 00:09:49.870 --> 00:09:53.190 wins, with the optional handicap points for Blanche, 00:09:53.309 --> 00:09:55.909 who moved second in the game, as is the rules 00:09:55.909 --> 00:09:58.909 of the game. It may also be possible to give 00:09:58.909 --> 00:10:00.549 Young Geek disadvantage on checks if you find 00:10:00.549 --> 00:10:02.850 a way to rattle the old master, but that could 00:10:02.850 --> 00:10:08.710 be a hard thing. You see, he looks firm. Do you 00:10:08.710 --> 00:10:12.529 intend to make your first roll? Yeah, so you 00:10:12.529 --> 00:10:15.000 had... mentioned those rules to me before and 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.360 I got them backwards. Gotcha. So Blanche is going 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:22.700 to make a reserved defensive move placing a piece 00:10:22.700 --> 00:10:25.500 more on her side of the board. I almost imagine 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:27.379 there's this moment of like you kind of see a 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:29.000 moment you want to like seize victory and you 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:32.519 kind of reach out and you think back to battling 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:38.440 Ozen. Back to words of his telling you your strength 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:41.519 lies not in aggression. You are a defender Blanche 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:45.529 Trudeau. You are a master of defense. Ever the 00:10:45.529 --> 00:10:47.830 master of defense. Your piece holds in the air 00:10:47.830 --> 00:10:50.590 for a second, and you place somewhere else on 00:10:50.590 --> 00:10:53.309 the board, and you see Yungi's eye raises, his 00:10:53.309 --> 00:10:57.070 brow looks down, scratches at his scaly chin. 00:10:57.789 --> 00:11:03.129 And as I can see him starting to think, in order 00:11:03.129 --> 00:11:06.909 to maybe distract him, Blanche will ask, have 00:11:06.909 --> 00:11:12.559 you faced off against a Gwishin as I have? All 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:17.200 right. Give me a, you know what? Hmm. You're 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.620 going in a nice direction. I don't think you're 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:20.679 going in the best direction to shake him up yet. 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:22.799 But I will let you roll a persuasion check to 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.919 see if that can kind of hit. Give me a persuasion 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:35.860 check first. Okay. 16. I think he feels that 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:39.100 you're leading up to something. Eyes kind of 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:44.820 flicker to you. Okay. Okay. I think he's silent 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:47.480 for now. But I will take this advantage on this. 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:49.500 He just straight up doesn't answer? He does not 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:53.059 answer yet. He's focused on the game, but something 00:11:53.059 --> 00:11:54.820 about the way you ask that, something about the 00:11:54.820 --> 00:11:57.039 deeper intent, something in your voice, you see 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:59.580 as he reaches for his next piece. His fingers 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:01.580 shake just a little bit, and as he places it, 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:04.080 maybe his intent becomes a little too obvious. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:07.159 I'm going to roll deception to your insight. 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:12.720 And I'm going to roll disadvantage. Oh! I just 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:16.240 crit all over the studio! I just crit in the 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:24.679 new studio! First crit. Damn. Okay. That's a 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.740 moment, man. Damn, that's a moment. I actually 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:31.700 rolled really high with disadvantage, but not 00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:34.759 high enough to beat that crit. And so you say 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:36.779 that, you see his piece sort of slips. He puts 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:39.440 a piece down. And you can see he's sort of leading 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.379 you. You can see he's trying to, like, move the 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:43.419 play off to the side. And you realize his intent 00:12:43.419 --> 00:12:45.879 is to go back and take control of the board center 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:49.820 after sort of moving you out of position. But 00:12:49.820 --> 00:12:52.059 you read that. And so as you begin to play, you're 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:53.940 going to take advantage against him. Let's roll 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:56.620 intelligence checks now. Okay. Just straight 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:58.519 up intelligence check? Yep. With advantage, I'll 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:04.080 roll straight flat. Oh, okay. Oh, my God. Dude, 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:07.179 look. Is that a crit? It's another crit. Are 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:11.330 you kidding me? Dude, two rolls in a row. What 00:13:11.330 --> 00:13:15.029 dice are you using, Steven? This is my Grey Duck 00:13:15.029 --> 00:13:19.750 dice set. It's called Mystical Maleficence. It's 00:13:19.750 --> 00:13:23.529 one of her best sellers. They're beautiful dice. 00:13:23.690 --> 00:13:25.710 Yeah, they're really wonderful. I've got so many 00:13:25.710 --> 00:13:27.350 sets now that I'm just kind of like going back 00:13:27.350 --> 00:13:30.690 and forth. So tonight is a Grey Duck night, and 00:13:30.690 --> 00:13:34.950 I'm glad that it is. What is your intelligence 00:13:34.950 --> 00:13:39.720 score? It's a plus four. Okay. You're fighting 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.919 an uphill battle in some ways, but this opening 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:47.080 move was strong. I think for a second he underestimated 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.259 your abilities, and you just are absolutely demolishing 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:52.779 him. He goes to a board to the side. You use 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.899 the opportunity to take control at the center 00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:56.220 of the board yourself, and you can see he kind 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:59.799 of like cocks his head. His turns take a little 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:02.519 longer than before, moving with less confidence, 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:05.440 and you can feel yourself gaining the upper hand 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:10.460 early in this battle of wits. Let's pan away 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:14.419 from that for now, though. Let's pan to a moment 00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:17.360 ago outside the door as Akio and Omit stepped 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:21.899 out into the hall. They begin to move down towards 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:24.500 you, Jules and Chester, where you guys were just 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:26.220 set up kind of not far from the actual doorway, 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:29.720 just around the corner. I think Akio sort of 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:34.059 moves up to you. Ah, Master Jules, hello. Hey, 00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:36.820 bud, good to see you. You too. Give him a little 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:40.600 pat. Thank you. Kelly shivers and he looks back. 00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:45.440 Master Blanche is engaged with young Guy in a 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.919 battle of wits. Hey, she found them. Yes, I do 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.679 hope she can handle that old dragon. He has a 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.659 presence about him. The way he handles the stowage 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:57.559 of that board reminds me of Master Ozen wielding 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:00.980 his blade in practice. Now that I think of it, 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.299 I remember seeing a board like that before. Master 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:06.340 Ozen had one, though he never taught me to play. 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:12.539 Because I have no thumbs. Sorry, side note, I 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:14.419 just realized I said good to see you to him when 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:17.379 we've only been, like, separated for, like, how 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:19.559 many minutes? It's been two weeks. Wait, wait, 00:15:19.580 --> 00:15:23.139 wait. No, it's been like an hour. Well, yeah. 00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:25.820 In our time, it's been two weeks. You're going 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:29.279 to be confused. I'm like, what the fuck? Anyways. 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:32.159 Okay. Well, still not that long. In dog time, 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:35.220 an hour is five. An hour is two weeks. He's like, 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:41.000 oh, tail wagging. Oh, it's been so long. I think 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:46.279 Blanche will hold her own. I think she's got 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:52.080 him. She is talented and smart. But I must use 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:57.279 the party. I believe there is a courtyard. You 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:58.740 actually toured around this whole place, you 00:15:58.740 --> 00:16:01.100 know there's a courtyard not far, like two halls 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:06.899 down. Do you want me to take you? Or can you 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:10.919 find your way? I am a shy peer when I'm alone. 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:15.000 I'm the opposite of a shy peer. A reverse shy 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.759 peer. Isn't Omid with them? Omid is, and actually 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.629 you do see Omid kind of like, Looks down at him, 00:16:21.649 --> 00:16:24.029 looks at you, and very quiet, kind of has this 00:16:24.029 --> 00:16:27.710 sort of dark look in his eyes. He kind of smiles 00:16:27.710 --> 00:16:31.169 a little bit. I fear I will not be joining you. 00:16:31.509 --> 00:16:34.029 Natash once said, one is ever shaped and judged 00:16:34.029 --> 00:16:36.129 by the company they keep, so do not linger long 00:16:36.129 --> 00:16:39.929 in the presence of heathens. I will seek company 00:16:39.929 --> 00:16:43.090 of one more worthy, one such as Queen Jinmi herself. 00:16:44.309 --> 00:16:47.370 I suppose I am content with the security around 00:16:47.370 --> 00:16:50.529 the palace. I can leave your side for a time. 00:16:51.250 --> 00:16:56.429 Huh. Interesting. And what about the... What's 00:16:56.429 --> 00:16:59.870 the name? Hyronix. Hyronix. Who, again, just, 00:16:59.929 --> 00:17:03.590 like, has been looming over you. Very quiet after 00:17:03.590 --> 00:17:06.589 those first words spoken. You can feel just imminent 00:17:06.589 --> 00:17:09.410 threat from this figure. Who kind of turns to 00:17:09.410 --> 00:17:11.089 look almost quizzically at Nomen. Nomen kind 00:17:11.089 --> 00:17:15.210 of just, like, waves him. Come, Hyronix. Your 00:17:15.210 --> 00:17:21.890 place. Is by my side. Okay. Okay. They begin 00:17:21.890 --> 00:17:23.569 to take their leave, moving down the hall back 00:17:23.569 --> 00:17:25.750 towards the throne room. I kind of want to leave 00:17:25.750 --> 00:17:28.630 Chester. What are you thinking? No, you're not. 00:17:28.710 --> 00:17:32.869 No. All right, let's go potty. You see, as they 00:17:32.869 --> 00:17:35.549 turn the last corner. All of us, together. The 00:17:35.549 --> 00:17:40.490 angel, Hyronix, stops, turns his head back, and 00:17:40.490 --> 00:17:45.089 fixes you with this long, very blank stare, and 00:17:45.089 --> 00:17:48.289 then vanishes around the corner. Chester's kind 00:17:48.289 --> 00:17:50.650 of watching them go. Seriously, Jules, that guy 00:17:50.650 --> 00:17:52.730 straight up sucks. Can I pickpocket him, tie 00:17:52.730 --> 00:17:54.549 his laces together, something? Anything, come 00:17:54.549 --> 00:17:57.390 on. Chester, not the time. Not the time. I know, 00:17:57.569 --> 00:18:01.930 but his eyes sort of settle a little bit. In 00:18:01.930 --> 00:18:04.470 all honesty, Jules, he's dangerous. And the queen, 00:18:04.589 --> 00:18:06.329 she seems to like him a lot more than she likes 00:18:06.329 --> 00:18:08.809 us right now. And that angel god of his, I mean, 00:18:08.829 --> 00:18:12.750 come on. This is... Just watch your back, all 00:18:12.750 --> 00:18:14.609 right? I don't like the way he talked to you. 00:18:15.750 --> 00:18:19.299 Relax. Okay, yeah, yeah. Relax. All right. So 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:23.519 long as we relax, we can keep control. Control? 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:26.759 Hey, I'm so relaxed. Sidekick, sidekick relaxed. 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:29.220 I'm messing words up. That didn't sound relaxed. 00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:33.539 It didn't. Whoops. I'm losing faith, Chester. 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:38.220 You just hear like, you look, please. You turn 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:40.259 to see Akio is like, he's like full on shaking 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:43.039 his back, legs are crisscrossed. Please, I must 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:52.559 do party. Ruff. Chester. It's leaking. Justin, 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.480 take a keel outside. Hell yeah, you're not going? 00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:01.359 This is really difficult. I don't know why it 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.700 feels so difficult. Why? What's your plan? I 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:07.279 don't know. I don't know. David's looking at 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.920 me like, what are you going to do? What are you 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:11.079 going to do? And now the pressure's on. You want 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:14.119 to leave the sidekicks all alone? Without your 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:16.890 supervision? You know what? Blanche can hold 00:19:16.890 --> 00:19:20.349 her own. We're all going to go potty. We're all 00:19:20.349 --> 00:19:25.910 going together. The courtyard. I don't have to 00:19:25.910 --> 00:19:29.710 go. All right. Find the bush. I'm so relaxed. 00:19:29.990 --> 00:19:35.710 I can pee. Let's go. And the three of you turn 00:19:35.710 --> 00:19:39.190 and begin to make your way. in the opposite direction 00:19:39.190 --> 00:19:41.990 of the other two, towards the sort of courtyard, 00:19:42.109 --> 00:19:47.089 the center of the seat of dragons. And now let 00:19:47.089 --> 00:19:51.190 us move back into the room. I have a bad memory 00:19:51.190 --> 00:19:53.250 and a crazy question. Yeah, what's up? Does Blanche 00:19:53.250 --> 00:19:55.690 still have bardic inspiration from like a million 00:19:55.690 --> 00:20:00.490 years ago? You cast it on her when she flew out 00:20:00.490 --> 00:20:04.450 the window. I don't remember. I don't think I 00:20:04.450 --> 00:20:08.069 used, I listened to that episode today. I want 00:20:08.069 --> 00:20:09.509 to say I remember you saying something like, 00:20:09.630 --> 00:20:10.789 well, I got Bardic Inspiration for the coming 00:20:10.789 --> 00:20:12.049 game. I got to remember I've got, yeah, yeah, 00:20:12.049 --> 00:20:13.490 yeah. I think you do have it. All right. I'm 00:20:13.490 --> 00:20:18.710 going to set a D8 out and, I don't know, yell 00:20:18.710 --> 00:20:21.109 at me in the Discord if I don't, but I think 00:20:21.109 --> 00:20:24.970 I do. How long does Bardic last for? Because 00:20:24.970 --> 00:20:27.589 it's been at least two hours or somewhere around 00:20:27.589 --> 00:20:32.089 two hours. I don't know if it, for 10, yeah. 00:20:33.130 --> 00:20:35.190 It's gone? 10 minutes or something? 10 minutes. 00:20:35.369 --> 00:20:37.680 Okay. Sorry. Don't be sorry. A little more crits. 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:39.240 Have we fucked up that 10 -minute rule in the 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:41.980 past? Almost certainly. Almost certainly. Definitely. 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:45.140 Big time. In combat, it doesn't matter. Late 00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:48.160 wedgie. But yeah, we probably fucked that up. 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:53.059 Yeah. I think we see Young Gi is starting to 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:55.579 regain composure as he's been playing. It's like 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:58.019 the locking into a strong opponent has kind of 00:20:58.019 --> 00:21:00.839 reset his mind as he's moving pieces. He finally 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:03.940 kind of starts to speak again. You mentioned 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:08.559 the Gwishin. So you have learned more of our 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:12.859 world in your investigations. It's becoming a 00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:16.099 serious problem here in your city. I'm surprised 00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:20.900 more resources haven't been dedicated to solving 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:25.559 these issues. They've proven deadly. You asked 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:30.200 if I have battled Eguision before. I have not. 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:33.779 I did not lie to you before when I spoke of how 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:38.859 you... Lack of experience with the spirits. I 00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:42.700 am an old royal. I have been spoiled my life. 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:46.440 I am not a fighter or anything more than the 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:50.819 game board. If I may answer your question with 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:54.299 another question. Why are you meddling in affairs 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:57.740 that are not your own? You and yours could leave 00:21:57.740 --> 00:22:01.539 this place or stay protected in our palace. Yet 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:05.730 you have sought danger at every turn. We greatly 00:22:05.730 --> 00:22:10.029 rely on Sholay, and if we can't find a way to 00:22:10.029 --> 00:22:14.329 make her better, I fear all the Concord worlds 00:22:14.329 --> 00:22:18.089 will suffer for it. We are trying to do this 00:22:18.089 --> 00:22:20.849 while also remaining in the Queen's good graces. 00:22:22.410 --> 00:22:30.210 Her approval will mean our continued freedom 00:22:30.210 --> 00:22:33.950 of movement throughout the worlds so we can continue. 00:22:35.450 --> 00:22:38.690 Saving them? Then I fear you have locked yourself 00:22:38.690 --> 00:22:43.349 in a game you cannot win. A true stalemate. For 00:22:43.349 --> 00:22:48.109 if you continue your investigation, your prying, 00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:51.750 you will only make an enemy of the Dragon Clan. 00:22:52.630 --> 00:22:56.269 Are we to be enemies, then? Are we not enemies 00:22:56.269 --> 00:23:02.690 now? Upon the board? Only in sport. What have 00:23:02.690 --> 00:23:06.490 you uncovered, Blanche Trudeau? Have you found 00:23:06.490 --> 00:23:09.809 the center of this spider's web? Or have you 00:23:09.809 --> 00:23:13.289 only gotten trapped within its threads? Those 00:23:13.289 --> 00:23:16.509 eyes are very searching as they look to you. 00:23:17.490 --> 00:23:21.009 You see like a pure poker face, no emotion behind 00:23:21.009 --> 00:23:24.890 them, but just looking you over very carefully. 00:23:25.210 --> 00:23:27.630 Yeah, I'm trying to decide. I don't think I want 00:23:27.630 --> 00:23:32.410 to go full bore yet, but I'll drop some more 00:23:32.410 --> 00:23:40.420 crumbs. I know the name Daewon Ha. Do you remember 00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:44.099 the warrior for the people? You don't need to 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:46.700 roll a persuasion check to see his fingers shake. 00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:53.619 He just kind of like, his eyes drop down. Let's 00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:58.779 roll our next round. Are you still playing defensively? 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:00.859 Yeah, Blanche is playing defensively. You see, 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.910 he's... Again, he's disadvantaged at this point 00:24:02.910 --> 00:24:04.950 as he's trying to, like, scramble in. But you 00:24:04.950 --> 00:24:06.890 see just the slightest trembling in his fingers 00:24:06.890 --> 00:24:10.470 as he places the pieces. His strategy is more 00:24:10.470 --> 00:24:13.789 obvious. I'll say that Blanche is more like watching 00:24:13.789 --> 00:24:16.450 his aggressive moves and trying to play in the 00:24:16.450 --> 00:24:18.029 gaps that he's, you know, I mean, she's trying 00:24:18.029 --> 00:24:21.589 to score points, of course. But that's how I'm. 00:24:21.869 --> 00:24:23.710 No bother rolling. Really? I rolled a natural 00:24:23.710 --> 00:24:26.690 one. Oh, my goodness. So fitting. Holy shit. 00:24:26.710 --> 00:24:28.329 So fitting. I didn't even roll two die. I rolled 00:24:28.329 --> 00:24:29.549 one die. I was at one. I'm like, all right, that's 00:24:29.549 --> 00:24:32.210 it. Oh, my God. I love when the narrative is 00:24:32.210 --> 00:24:35.009 so fully, perfectly. The dice are aligning. He 00:24:35.009 --> 00:24:37.069 puts a piece down, and you immediately see he's 00:24:37.069 --> 00:24:39.910 making a huge mistake. He's giving up. You just 00:24:39.910 --> 00:24:42.009 see a number of pieces that he just left that 00:24:42.009 --> 00:24:46.589 you could now start moving into to take. To capture? 00:24:46.769 --> 00:24:50.400 Capture. That's the one. Capture, yeah. So. As 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:56.519 she's making her move. Now, have you made a decision 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:04.799 about that handicap? So good. The eyes that look 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:08.160 up to you almost have a hint of malice behind 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:10.980 their old, like. Oh, no. You touched something 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:13.740 there. Oh, no. I want to. Let's roll our intelligence 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:17.849 checks. Okay. Come on, baby. Do good. Okay, that's 00:25:17.849 --> 00:25:19.410 15. I'm going to full -on roll at disadvantage 00:25:19.410 --> 00:25:22.289 because I rolled a 1. I think that makes sense. 00:25:22.849 --> 00:25:29.109 And that really, really hurt me. Okay. And you 00:25:29.109 --> 00:25:34.069 said that's 15 total? 15 total. Okay. Oops, I 00:25:34.069 --> 00:25:36.230 got those backwards. Hang on. Two more rounds 00:25:36.230 --> 00:25:40.990 left, but I'm getting crushed right now. I love 00:25:40.990 --> 00:25:45.789 Blanche for things like this. This is so... Good. 00:25:45.849 --> 00:25:50.289 Yeah, and I'm pretty happy with the... I don't 00:25:50.289 --> 00:25:53.109 know if I want to call it a dig, but the, like, 00:25:53.130 --> 00:25:55.730 putting it in his court, saying, all right, what 00:25:55.730 --> 00:25:59.329 do you think about the handicap now? Because 00:25:59.329 --> 00:26:03.390 now he's either going to, you know, demote himself 00:26:03.390 --> 00:26:05.910 and say, oh, yeah, you probably don't need a 00:26:05.910 --> 00:26:08.410 handicap. He's going to demoralize himself either 00:26:08.410 --> 00:26:11.920 way, really. He's... Yo, making those moves, 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:14.299 you capture those pieces, you see this massive 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:17.819 upswing in your turn, and he stops, leans back, 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.619 looks over the board, and you can see him physically 00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:26.619 calming as he does again, breathing out. He looks 00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:29.420 to you again, and this time his eyes are almost 00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:33.259 pleading. I do not think you will need any handicap. 00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:37.339 You do me a great honor in saying so. You are 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:40.380 a master of the game, I can see. And one I can 00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:45.359 call a friend. So as a friend, if I asked you 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:50.400 to stop your investigation right now, would you 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:56.500 do so? You must know the answer. Sigh. I value 00:26:56.500 --> 00:27:00.680 your friendship, as new as it is, but I value 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:05.759 our worlds far greater. I hope that we can find 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:10.069 some way to coexist. Let's roll round three. 00:27:11.069 --> 00:27:13.150 Still playing defensively, so I'm going to roll 00:27:13.150 --> 00:27:19.289 insight. Hell yeah. I'm trying to decide, are 00:27:19.289 --> 00:27:21.910 we going to talk any more about? That's fine. 00:27:21.990 --> 00:27:27.829 I don't want to push. Oh my goodness. 19 on the 00:27:27.829 --> 00:27:33.430 die. Plus three for 22. You got me. I rolled 00:27:33.430 --> 00:27:36.190 high, but once again, you got me. Dude, these 00:27:36.190 --> 00:27:39.869 dice are on fire. Okay. Which is so funny because 00:27:39.869 --> 00:27:42.170 I rolled it a couple times before we recorded, 00:27:42.289 --> 00:27:45.849 and I got, like, twos and fives. Ooh. Yeah. And 00:27:45.849 --> 00:27:46.490 I was like, oh, man, these are cold. Got the 00:27:46.490 --> 00:27:49.190 bad rolls out of the way. Yeah. Amazing advantage 00:27:49.190 --> 00:27:51.269 on your next intelligence check. Okay, great. 00:27:53.130 --> 00:27:57.829 Oh, my goodness. That's already a 21. Oh, my 00:27:57.829 --> 00:28:02.589 God, 22. God. 17 and an 18 on the die. The ledge 00:28:02.589 --> 00:28:04.849 is cleaning up. Dude. I have a higher modifier 00:28:04.849 --> 00:28:08.279 than you. In most, this guy has like his expertise 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:10.339 in this, but you are blowing me away. I'm just 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:12.819 rolling crazy high. This is amazing. You are 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:15.819 like, I mean, I love this. I love this. Mark 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:21.079 this episode. Mark the day. Day one in the new 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:27.259 studio. Steven is untouchable. Untouchable. Yes. 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:32.259 Yes. There's almost like his shoulders slowly 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:35.960 sagging. As that pleading expression dies away, 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:38.460 as snick, snick, snick, snick, snick, snick, 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:40.259 snick, snick, snick, the pieces are moving on 00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:42.019 the board very quickly now, filling the space, 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:44.960 blacks and whites, and you are outwitting him 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:49.039 at almost every move. You see he begins to smile. 00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:54.259 It is not a happy smile at all. Right, right. 00:28:55.319 --> 00:29:00.160 As I said, I know little of the Gwishin, and 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:04.549 I have never faced one before. But I know enough. 00:29:05.309 --> 00:29:08.150 He holds a piece up, and he's just staring at 00:29:08.150 --> 00:29:12.630 the black piece. I know enough to know that these 00:29:12.630 --> 00:29:18.630 deaths today are my doing. Blood on my claws. 00:29:19.609 --> 00:29:23.829 I wonder, are they pieces sacrificed towards 00:29:23.829 --> 00:29:28.089 a set victory? Or the gambling of an old, spoiled 00:29:28.089 --> 00:29:34.339 fool who is not as smart? Or is righteous. As 00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:39.960 he wants to believe. Keep playing, Blanche. Please. 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:44.799 He drops the piece down. And we'll pan from that 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:54.019 scene. Whoa. Holy shit. I just put your music 00:29:54.019 --> 00:30:00.339 up for a second. Jules. You lead the way into 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:03.720 the courtyard. you're moving through palace you 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:05.680 see like a lot of the guards are more sad like 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:08.039 main and exits and stuff the courtyard is just 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:10.440 this kind of larger you know wide sort of garden 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:13.259 expanse in the middle of the sea of dragons so 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:15.640 it's not anywhere you could really realistically 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:18.039 get outside from unless you could fly but even 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.940 then there's like guards on patrol on the edges 00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:21.579 of the building that would catch anyone moving 00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:25.980 in and out you'd think um so it's not heavily 00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:31.319 guarded as you sort of move out there You begin 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:33.819 to hear, like, voices farther off, somewhere, 00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:36.839 like, outside of the palace itself. Just like, 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:40.099 who's that? Hey! Follow it! Follow it! Like, 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:42.839 people yelling. You kind of step into these sounds 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:45.859 a little curiously. As you step into the garden, 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:49.980 you see, just ahead of you, there's a figure 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:53.359 standing in the courtyard. A figure cloaked in 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:57.559 brown. Who, as you step out, this figure kind 00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:01.259 of looks almost towards you. A long finger touches 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:04.519 lips. You can see the points of black horns, 00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:09.140 yellow skin, flowing marine hair. And this figure 00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:12.799 blasts up into the sky. The crackling of electricity 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:16.500 seems to follow her as she blasts away in the 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:18.519 direction of the city's main gate. And in her 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:23.000 place, you see a small but heavy -looking crate. 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:26.559 Like this very dense wooden crate just lying 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.299 in the middle of the garden, set in the soil. 00:31:29.850 --> 00:31:31.869 Guards are there. There she is. There. Go, go, 00:31:31.910 --> 00:31:35.809 go. Yelling. People start moving. But no one 00:31:35.809 --> 00:31:40.230 seems to be coming your way. What the fuck? Hmm. 00:31:41.509 --> 00:31:44.509 Can I roll anything on the crate? Yeah. You can 00:31:44.509 --> 00:31:46.730 just take a look and open it. Or if you want 00:31:46.730 --> 00:31:47.890 to make sure it's not trapped right there, you 00:31:47.890 --> 00:31:51.450 can roll investigation, I think. Okay. The idea. 00:31:51.690 --> 00:31:56.849 Okay. Ooh, the new dice tower. Yeah. It only 00:31:56.849 --> 00:31:59.920 gave me a 10. Only a 10. Okay. As you go over, 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:01.279 you can't really see too much about it, but you 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:06.880 do see one very obvious thing. There is a note 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:10.099 or like a full like scrolled kind of letter on 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:14.559 the top of it that is addressed to Akio. Oh, 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:17.960 shit. All right. Akio kind of walks up beside 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:22.000 you. That was weird, Roof. Can you smell what's 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:29.509 in there? Metal, Roof, and magic. Roof. Alright. 00:32:29.509 --> 00:32:33.569 There's a note for you. Ah! This is for me! He 00:32:33.569 --> 00:32:35.910 shoves his nose into it, rolls it open, stares 00:32:35.910 --> 00:32:40.589 at it. I cannot read! I never learn! Help! Help 00:32:40.589 --> 00:32:48.069 me! Truth! Fanta! Fanta! It's true! And actually, 00:32:48.250 --> 00:32:52.049 I have a note right here. Handmade. Check this 00:32:52.049 --> 00:32:55.569 shit out. Oh my goodness! When did you get that? 00:32:56.049 --> 00:33:01.119 Check it out. Nice, nice. That's awesome. It 00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:03.460 is so cool. That's fucking sweet. Wait, am I 00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:05.920 supposed to read it? Well, Jules is going to 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:09.440 pull Akio aside. We're going to go off in a little... 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:11.660 Is there a little corner we can go off into for 00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:14.140 a second? Sure. While we read this? I mean, we're 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.539 not losing sight of the crate. We're just kind 00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.880 of getting off to the side. Yeah, move to the 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:19.059 side behind some brush. Stay a little careful. 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:24.119 All right, all right. It says, On the Shrine 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:27.619 Guardian. That is me! May the embrace of Omizu's 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:30.519 storms and the tales of those who came before 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:33.980 you shield you from the biting blades of your 00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:38.599 enemies. Oh, it is cool, Ruff. Justice Undying. 00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:44.339 Oh, I know that one. Signed, The Shanty Sorceress. 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:48.400 I do not know that one, Ruff. You don't know 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:52.619 that name? You might. Give me a... You know, 00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:54.259 I'll just tell you. I think you would be aware 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:57.019 of other luminaries in the field. Okay. And this 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:59.039 is one that's a spotlight on our show before. 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:02.539 Marietta, the devil fish to her enemies, the 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:05.380 shanty sorceress to her friends. Okay. You see 00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:07.359 there are two emblems on this letter as well. 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:10.960 One of them is a swirling sort of, almost looks 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:14.360 like a stingray -like design. That is the shanty 00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:16.239 sorceress's emblem next to the name. And down 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:20.480 below that, a magical hammer crossed with tongs. 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:24.039 An emblem you recognize as the Mage Smithes. 00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:30.579 Mage Smithes. Mage Smithes. You guyses. You can 00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:35.739 open that crate? Fuck yeah. Yeah. You do see 00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:37.420 like one more small note on the inside of the 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:41.179 crate. Like more roughly scrawled. Would you 00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:49.090 say roughly scrawled? Oh no. Button? No, get 00:34:49.090 --> 00:34:51.309 out of your own studio. Get out of this house. 00:34:51.469 --> 00:34:57.769 Get out of my house. It just says one side, who's 00:34:57.769 --> 00:35:00.449 a good boy? And the other side, you are. What? 00:35:00.750 --> 00:35:03.769 What the fuck? This looks like a different person 00:35:03.769 --> 00:35:06.170 wrote this one. You'd think maybe this was the 00:35:06.170 --> 00:35:09.269 mage's miswork. All right. So it's so cute. He 00:35:09.269 --> 00:35:13.489 goes, me, oh, Rolf. Yeah, you. Who are you? He 00:35:13.489 --> 00:35:14.909 like reaches into the crate. He starts pulling 00:35:14.909 --> 00:35:16.989 things out. And you see that within the crate. 00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:20.619 It's a set of magical plate armor designed to 00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:24.039 perfectly fit an elderly Akita samurai. That 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.480 is fucking awesome. The armor plates each have 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:27.940 images inscribed into it depicting some feet 00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:30.260 of note from various other shrine dogs that came 00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:32.679 before with the names of the dogs imprinted beneath. 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:35.019 Wow. And these etchings are surrounded by diamond 00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:37.320 dust crafted magical script. The metal work, 00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:40.440 the script work, it is very familiar to you, 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:42.880 Jules, reminiscent of the Memorial and the Coyote 00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:45.219 and the heavy crossbow currently on Chester's 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:49.650 back. This is a Mage Smith original. Nice. Nice. 00:35:49.969 --> 00:35:52.489 And as you look at this thing, I want to go into 00:35:52.489 --> 00:35:55.510 a flashback real quick. Ooh. Ooh. A little flashback. 00:35:55.510 --> 00:35:57.429 All right. A little mail time flashback. A little 00:35:57.429 --> 00:36:01.789 flashback. Get a mail time flashback drop. Flash. 00:36:02.809 --> 00:36:05.429 Flashback. There it is. There it is. I like your 00:36:05.429 --> 00:36:13.570 take better. Flashback. Flashback. Wham. We're 00:36:13.570 --> 00:36:17.079 in the Ellie Coyote. In the lead up to this adventure 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:20.420 here, we're sitting there. I think we see a, 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:22.239 you're kind of behind the bar. You're sitting 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:27.179 down having a, an early morning drink. You hear 00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:29.199 like something outside and maybe like a really 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:31.619 quiet, like through the second floor and the 00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:35.280 seat, like a, and it just kind of was like, his 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:37.800 chest is still firing off that new crossbow on 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:42.139 the roof. Boy's going to hurt somebody. And he's 00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:46.940 just being a kid. I suppose, I suppose. We see 00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:49.699 Blanche stepping into the room, moving across 00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:53.639 the way. Blanche carrying some letters from outside. 00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:55.780 We're picking up at the end of a scene we stopped 00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:59.719 earlier on. As you're moving in, Ader kind of 00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:01.519 looks up at you. Eyes go wide, very excited. 00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:04.260 He sees the goddesses of God by the score on 00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:07.940 him. Oh good, it came. Now I can do the same. 00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:12.239 Sorry. Oh, God. Jesus Christ, David. Kids, listen 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:21.739 to this. Oh, shit. Don't look that up. He looks 00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:24.380 over at the maybe black envelope we got before 00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:33.699 from Shrike. Right. Yes. And now, what's that 00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:36.539 there? Where'd you get that? Do you explain? 00:37:38.009 --> 00:37:39.809 Earlier, you probably don't remember the scene 00:37:39.809 --> 00:37:41.849 because it was a long time ago for us. Months, 00:37:41.849 --> 00:37:45.650 actually. Okay. Shrike gave you, as you were 00:37:45.650 --> 00:37:47.630 looking at the mail, something you were kind 00:37:47.630 --> 00:37:49.170 of bumped into. You dropped it, and when you 00:37:49.170 --> 00:37:50.630 picked it up again, you saw a black letter on 00:37:50.630 --> 00:37:54.090 top. The letter warned you of Ambassador Ahmed 00:37:54.090 --> 00:37:56.710 Pastar. Okay. Yes, yes, yes. Yeah, yeah. I remember 00:37:56.710 --> 00:37:58.909 the scene, and I was like, God, what was in the 00:37:58.909 --> 00:38:01.030 letter? What was in the letter? Yes. I remember 00:38:01.030 --> 00:38:06.559 getting warned about Ahmed Pastar. No, I don't 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:09.000 think there's any reason for Blanche to tell. 00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:13.619 No, it's fine. Jules is there. So yeah, this 00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:18.019 is when Blanche will fill Jules in. And if Ader 00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:21.659 happens to hear, we trust Ader. Blanche trusts 00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:23.219 Ader. I think he's like moving on the other side 00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:24.920 of the bar doing stuff. As you finish describing, 00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:27.019 you kind of hear him almost musing to himself 00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:31.440 like, huh, clever. Kind of turns towards you 00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:34.159 guys and takes a few glasses down with a couple 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:37.159 of drinks. Y 'all have friends who are willing 00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:38.980 to help you out, and that's good. Even better 00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:41.079 that they are smart enough to stay anonymous 00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:45.980 doing it. Yeah. Yeah, that's real good. Pardon 00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:50.119 my, uh, side story here, but my dad, you know, 00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:53.599 used to have one hell of a rat problem. They'd 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:55.099 get into our pantry, munch away at our flour 00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:57.460 bags, made a good mess every night, drove them 00:38:57.460 --> 00:39:00.900 damn crazy. The thing is, rats on Gargebath are 00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:03.030 vengeful little bastards. If you go with them 00:39:03.030 --> 00:39:05.090 and don't finish the deed, you might lose a toe 00:39:05.090 --> 00:39:07.869 rather than some food stock. So my dad left the 00:39:07.869 --> 00:39:10.650 rats alone. Up until they found that they were 00:39:10.650 --> 00:39:13.070 bringing in friends. The numbers doubled, tripled, 00:39:13.070 --> 00:39:16.230 and then the risk. It was worth it. Then the 00:39:16.230 --> 00:39:21.190 rats just had to go. Are you getting me? In Itosh's 00:39:21.190 --> 00:39:23.929 oh -so -holy eyes, I think you might be rats. 00:39:24.530 --> 00:39:26.550 Rats have already been him good once back on 00:39:26.550 --> 00:39:29.269 that talk show. He pushes too hard and he might 00:39:29.269 --> 00:39:31.500 just get another good bite. so he'll hopefully 00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:33.500 be content to ruin your reps and leave you be. 00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:37.739 But if you start multiplying, start looking like 00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:41.519 a real threat. Artash is untouchable, and he 00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:43.079 is quickly gaining the support of many powerful 00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:46.500 allies. You, on the other hand, you both are 00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:49.920 very, very much touchable. But maybe that ain't 00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:52.820 so bad. All you need to do is lay low and wait 00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:54.780 for your chance, see what support comes your 00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:57.679 way. After all, CNG has some friends in high 00:39:57.679 --> 00:40:03.239 places too, right? Friends might be a strong 00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:06.900 word, but... Well, Ada, I'm glad we can count 00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:09.900 on you. And I'm glad that I chose to include 00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:11.639 you in this because it seems like you had a lot 00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:16.099 prepared. He puts a script away. He folds it, 00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:19.500 sticks it. Yeah, yeah, no. I've been waiting 00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.940 to say something like that. That was cool. I've 00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:23.300 been holding on to that for a little while. I 00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:25.480 wasn't sure when I was going to use it, but it 00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:30.090 seemed like a good day. That was a great analogy, 00:40:30.309 --> 00:40:36.449 man. I'm impressed with the work. And we flash 00:40:36.449 --> 00:40:41.949 back to the courtyard. And I want to say, thank 00:40:41.949 --> 00:40:46.590 you, Zila and Andrew. This thing cost 20 buttons. 00:40:47.150 --> 00:40:49.829 20 buttons. Holy shit. Maybe I did less because 00:40:49.829 --> 00:40:51.510 of how cool the note was. I can't remember. I 00:40:51.510 --> 00:40:53.210 think we dropped down to 18 because that note 00:40:53.210 --> 00:40:58.539 was so... made by Zila herself. So, so damn cool. 00:40:58.579 --> 00:41:00.159 Yeah, a lot of work goes into that. They even 00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.880 planned out how they did it, because I'm going 00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:03.039 to tell you right now, they made sure to use 00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:05.280 Scry to figure out exactly where you were, ready 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.480 to use Fly to drop the crate. So it was a whole 00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:09.760 thing. I was like, I'm not sure how this works. 00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:11.360 And they're like, hey, we got you. I was like, 00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.920 all right, you know what? You have a plan. You 00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:14.920 have a plan. What am I going to say? Hell yeah. 00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:18.659 You want to know what this bad Larry does? His 00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:21.559 armor? I'm not there, but yup. This armor has... 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:24.059 Four total charges, or two sets of two charges, 00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:26.679 you could say. It has, for one thing, it's plate 00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:30.800 armor, so that's a bonus to AC for him. It has 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:36.599 two charges to cast Hellish Reboof. Yes. Hellish 00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:39.460 Reboot. We're running with the boof. As a reaction. 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:42.340 So basically, if he gets hit, he can hit back 00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:45.780 with a wave of flame and woofter. I don't know 00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:48.159 what that means, but yeah, he can do it. Woofter? 00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:52.980 Is that like... or is that something else that's 00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:54.639 gross? I wrote that six weeks ago. Who knows? 00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:57.739 Oh, okay. You wrote that. Elsa has two charges 00:41:57.739 --> 00:42:00.360 to cast Warding Bark, which is Warding Flare 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:02.480 as a reaction. Basically, if someone goes to 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:04.019 hit a Kyo, he can pose disadvantage on them by 00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:06.019 releasing a blast of light their way, accompanied 00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:08.659 by a spectral oof. This will not work on enemies 00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:12.300 that can't be blinded. So, basically, he now 00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:14.820 has multiple options. He has his Defender perk 00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:18.380 as a reaction. He has AO as a reaction, but he 00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:22.400 also has Hellish Rebuke. and Warding Flare's 00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:24.780 reaction. So it's a very counter samurai play 00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:26.739 style. When I heard this idea, I was like, that 00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:28.579 is the coolest ship for this animal. Coolest 00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.880 ship for this character. Great to have some extra 00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:35.300 reactions. So awesome. Yeah, hell yeah. Yeah, 00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:37.380 thank you guys so much. That's really, really 00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:42.380 cool. What's our new AC going to be? I don't 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:45.480 remember. Oh, okay. I'll tell you. Hold on. Hold 00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:48.019 on. Did you put misdirection on Jules' sheet 00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:50.039 yet? Yeah, did you put him? Oh, my God, you haven't 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:53.099 yet. No, hang on. It's fine. I'll get there. 00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:58.219 Dude, this is like six episodes now. Look, you 00:42:58.219 --> 00:43:01.960 do it. I know how to do it. I don't know how 00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:03.360 to do it. I don't know how to do it. Damn it. 00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:10.880 Let's get back to the room. Go game. We move 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:14.920 back into your quarters. To a match that has 00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:20.699 gotten much more somber, Yungi looks very distracted 00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:23.980 as he goes into this last round. He takes a breath 00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:28.920 and looks you in the eyes. Eyes that are blurring 00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:33.300 with tears. And he goes to play his last round. 00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:38.900 Will you play with him to the end, Blanche? Blanche 00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:48.320 wants to offer... A truce by, on her turn, passing 00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:53.460 one of her stones. Whoa. To Yungi. Holy shit. 00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:57.699 You just hand the stone to sort of hand out stretch, 00:43:57.780 --> 00:44:06.099 and he's looking at it. I suppose I am soundly 00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:10.860 beaten. He takes the stone, and he passes the 00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:14.889 stone to you. marking the end of the game. An 00:44:14.889 --> 00:44:20.190 early end, but an end. We still have enough time. 00:44:21.210 --> 00:44:24.489 I would like to hear what you know of Daewon 00:44:24.489 --> 00:44:31.070 Ha. I suppose it is time to tell the truth. I 00:44:31.070 --> 00:44:35.489 barely know what truth is anymore. Nine years 00:44:35.489 --> 00:44:40.369 ago, the Red Dragon Baraki came upon this city. 00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:44.920 decimated the Phoenix District, killed many, 00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:49.960 and he was defeated. But he was not defeated 00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:54.880 by my niece. He was defeated by Magistrate Daewon 00:44:54.880 --> 00:45:01.900 Ha, who gave her life in the battle. And following 00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:06.760 this fight, hands were clenched into a shaking 00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:12.940 old fist, a weak fist. I gave the order to have 00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:19.679 her removed from our history. She was a magistrate 00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:22.840 of little note. It was easy to do. Barely remembered 00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:27.619 by anyone. Barely remembered by me. But I needed 00:45:27.619 --> 00:45:31.119 to show the power of my niece to hold Yanido 00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:35.380 strong, to prove that she was indeed Maru's descent. 00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:45.099 So, yes. Who wrote her name on the statue in 00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:51.559 the park? So you have found my work. Yes. In 00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:57.199 the park. And in the forest outside the Tiger 00:45:57.199 --> 00:46:02.940 District. I do not know why I did this thing. 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:05.820 I always thought myself an honorable man, yet... 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:09.460 She saved the city, Blanche Trudeau. She gave 00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:13.179 her life to save the city. And I had her buried. 00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:19.599 Unknown and dishonored. Away from all note. Why 00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:24.199 did you make the burial site so large? What do 00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:31.820 you mean? Eyes look strangely hazy. Kind of blinks. 00:46:32.780 --> 00:46:34.500 You remember this paperwork mentioning a coffin 00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:36.380 was commissioned by an anonymous source. Was 00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:39.860 this source Yungi? Have you been to the burial 00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:45.980 site? Yes. Yes, I have. I guess I hadn't noticed 00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:49.840 if it was... Didn't you say that the ground... 00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:52.039 The ground did look large there, yeah. Yeah. 00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:58.980 Perhaps they had dug the ground larger to avoid 00:46:58.980 --> 00:47:03.489 stones. I cannot say. You really have seen it 00:47:03.489 --> 00:47:06.570 all, haven't you? Maybe. I suppose my crime was 00:47:06.570 --> 00:47:11.630 to be discovered soon enough. Did you... Did 00:47:11.630 --> 00:47:18.789 you commission the... the coffin? The... Daewon 00:47:18.789 --> 00:47:27.550 Ha's coffin? I... Blinks. I don't know. I remember 00:47:27.550 --> 00:47:32.360 so little, I... I can't even remember her face. 00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:35.000 You would think you would remember the face of 00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:40.920 the woman you erased. But I do not. Perhaps I 00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:44.119 am a greater monster than I realized. You remember 00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:49.340 enough to appease her. How could I appease anyone? 00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:53.739 I wonder sometimes if nobody should hold this 00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:58.519 kind of power. The power to change history. To 00:47:58.519 --> 00:48:00.679 make a fool of everyone who believes in the truth 00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:04.199 of words past. To change all but the material 00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:07.699 evidence of an act. And bury even that in lies. 00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:11.380 And in time the liars will be God and the falsehood 00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:14.639 will become truth. History changed in every meaningful 00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:18.000 way. And the very idea of truth itself proved 00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:21.780 to be meaningless. Can you conceive of a more 00:48:21.780 --> 00:48:28.929 vile power than this? I can. Daewon Ha, the Gwishin 00:48:28.929 --> 00:48:33.230 of Daewon Ha, holds such a power. So you believe 00:48:33.230 --> 00:48:37.750 it is her. I had feared. It is why I dropped 00:48:37.750 --> 00:48:42.949 that hint about Meraki. I think a part of me 00:48:42.949 --> 00:48:47.690 wanted to be discovered. After I gave the order, 00:48:47.769 --> 00:48:51.329 I retreated from my position. I wanted to avoid 00:48:51.329 --> 00:48:54.980 thinking about it at all costs. I took a buttock 00:48:54.980 --> 00:48:58.340 then, obsessed with it. A distraction, I believe. 00:48:59.579 --> 00:49:03.119 How nine years can fly by when you try your best 00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:07.980 to ignore time's flow. Do any of the other magistrates 00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:13.659 remember Daewon Ha? Were any of them active nine 00:49:13.659 --> 00:49:18.440 years ago? None that are still. Only some old 00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:21.420 souls, very loyal to me, who have since passed. 00:49:22.030 --> 00:49:25.409 or a part of the deceit. What part did the queen 00:49:25.409 --> 00:49:30.489 herself play? She is aware of my act, and she 00:49:30.489 --> 00:49:33.750 will fight tirelessly to protect her own image 00:49:33.750 --> 00:49:37.869 in this. For if it is discovered, it will bring 00:49:37.869 --> 00:49:39.869 shame upon the dragon clan that will never wash 00:49:39.869 --> 00:49:45.010 clean. You must not cross her. She is not as 00:49:45.010 --> 00:49:52.849 sorry as I am. Bye. Don't know why I did it. 00:49:53.130 --> 00:49:56.989 I can't even remember under... I can't remember 00:49:56.989 --> 00:50:02.769 choosing. But I did what I did. What if you were 00:50:02.769 --> 00:50:08.989 to... confess to Daewon Ha? Release her spirit? 00:50:09.969 --> 00:50:13.329 The rest of the city doesn't need to know. I 00:50:13.329 --> 00:50:19.130 am scared. But... if this is the way forward... 00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:23.500 Then I will defer to a mind sharper than my own. 00:50:24.260 --> 00:50:29.440 I will help you in any way I can. Okay, so I'm 00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:34.760 kind of just realizing that, like, Blanche can, 00:50:35.699 --> 00:50:37.719 is it safe to say that Blanche is smart enough 00:50:37.719 --> 00:50:40.039 to figure out what we figured out, which is that 00:50:40.039 --> 00:50:42.079 this stuff is happening pretty much every three 00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:46.039 hours? Yeah. You already suspect, so actually 00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:48.099 there likely is going to be one very soon. Yeah, 00:50:48.139 --> 00:50:51.719 at dinner time. Which is honestly like five minutes 00:50:51.719 --> 00:50:55.440 out. Yeah. Or less. So we need to do everything 00:50:55.440 --> 00:50:58.940 we can to protect this guy. Because if he dies, 00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:05.400 then we are totally fucked. Good point. So I 00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:09.400 forget, do we still have the stones of far speech? 00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:13.179 I think one is in Dresden's hands. Crap. Yeah. 00:51:14.549 --> 00:51:16.750 I will say around this time, you can hear the 00:51:16.750 --> 00:51:18.329 sounds of Jules and the group returning. It wouldn't 00:51:18.329 --> 00:51:19.769 take that long. This game lasts a long time. 00:51:19.829 --> 00:51:21.510 Going to the courtyard to pee and come back shouldn't 00:51:21.510 --> 00:51:23.349 take... Sure. Yeah. I'm not going to make that 00:51:23.349 --> 00:51:25.030 whole thing. You can hear them arriving outside. 00:51:25.269 --> 00:51:28.750 So, coming to this realization, Blanche goes 00:51:28.750 --> 00:51:31.250 to the door and she opens the door to the hall 00:51:31.250 --> 00:51:34.110 and she looks down either side, hoping, looking 00:51:34.110 --> 00:51:36.730 for Jules and the gang. You see they're all there. 00:51:37.550 --> 00:51:40.050 The Kiosk? Wearing some nice -looking play -doh. 00:51:40.050 --> 00:51:43.570 Decked out. Yeah. He's looking south. I am handsome! 00:51:43.889 --> 00:51:46.630 And there's no time to go over it, but Blanche 00:51:46.630 --> 00:51:50.909 talks to Jules, and Jules, the mist is going 00:51:50.909 --> 00:51:53.710 to come soon, and we need to do everything we 00:51:53.710 --> 00:51:56.389 can to make sure that Yungi stays safe. I think 00:51:56.389 --> 00:51:59.590 he can help us with the Gwishin, but we need 00:51:59.590 --> 00:52:03.630 to get through this next fight. All right, we 00:52:03.630 --> 00:52:05.690 stay together. Everything we've got. You hear 00:52:05.690 --> 00:52:07.489 the sound of the stone sort of sliding into a 00:52:07.489 --> 00:52:09.130 container, into like a bag on either side of 00:52:09.130 --> 00:52:11.909 the table. He's cleaning up the table. And you 00:52:11.909 --> 00:52:14.190 turn back to see Yungi. He's like standing up. 00:52:15.150 --> 00:52:18.309 You see tears are running from his eyes and down 00:52:18.309 --> 00:52:20.090 the fade, red scales of his cheeks, and yet he 00:52:20.090 --> 00:52:26.969 is smiling wide. I feel like I've woken up from 00:52:26.969 --> 00:52:30.570 a very bad dream. Thank you, Blanche Trudeau. 00:52:31.690 --> 00:52:36.670 That was a very good game. of Bardock. Son of 00:52:36.670 --> 00:52:38.650 a bitch. He sounds like he's about to die. Yeah. 00:52:38.769 --> 00:52:42.929 And he begins to move. I suppose we should make 00:52:42.929 --> 00:52:46.809 our way to the dining hall. We will be expected. 00:52:47.369 --> 00:52:50.710 And there will be heavier guard there. I hear 00:52:50.710 --> 00:52:55.809 you are concerned over the coming mist. Yes. 00:52:56.690 --> 00:53:01.750 I believe you are correct. It will come quite 00:53:01.750 --> 00:53:08.929 soon. Are you not afraid? Not anymore. He shuffles 00:53:08.929 --> 00:53:11.230 his way towards the door. In the dining hall, 00:53:11.369 --> 00:53:13.150 you have some time before you think it would 00:53:13.150 --> 00:53:16.349 happen. It's not quite six yet. And as he said, 00:53:16.489 --> 00:53:18.949 there's heavier guard there. Might be safer than 00:53:18.949 --> 00:53:21.210 anywhere here. These creatures you've seen can 00:53:21.210 --> 00:53:24.090 appear from stone, can appear anywhere it seems. 00:53:24.190 --> 00:53:26.750 Like, it is not really, holding a defensive position 00:53:26.750 --> 00:53:29.510 is very hard. Numbers might be the way to counter 00:53:29.510 --> 00:53:33.719 them. Hell, if you can find Ahmed, You'll get 00:53:33.719 --> 00:53:36.679 hieronyx on your side, right? I'm guessing that, 00:53:36.739 --> 00:53:38.019 well, he said he was going to be at dinner, so. 00:53:38.179 --> 00:53:43.260 Yeah. Okay. We have historically had at least 00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:45.639 a little bit of warning as it comes, right? We've 00:53:45.639 --> 00:53:46.940 recognized that, oh, shit, it's coming. I'll 00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:48.440 say the mist is arriving, and you'll have time 00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:50.420 to be like, if you want to make a premium attack 00:53:50.420 --> 00:53:52.179 the second I start saying it's arriving, and 00:53:52.179 --> 00:53:54.820 it's very fast action, you might want to do something 00:53:54.820 --> 00:53:59.280 about it. Okay. Okay. Cool. My bummer is I have 00:53:59.280 --> 00:54:02.360 my screenshots of my old character sheet. on 00:54:02.360 --> 00:54:04.119 my computer at home, so I don't remember exactly 00:54:04.119 --> 00:54:07.659 what spells I had, but I'm just gonna, I'm just 00:54:07.659 --> 00:54:09.860 planning on, like, burning a bunch of stuff. 00:54:10.079 --> 00:54:13.179 We might have to retcon, you know, how much I 00:54:13.179 --> 00:54:16.340 did or didn't burn. You guys be in a move? Yes, 00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:22.679 we will escort Yungi to the dining room. You 00:54:22.679 --> 00:54:28.800 step out into the hall. He leads shuffling step. 00:54:29.519 --> 00:54:31.739 As you follow. Kind of like, I imagine, just 00:54:31.739 --> 00:54:34.860 full secret service all around. This old, old, 00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:37.699 old dragonborn man. Blanche is trying to keep 00:54:37.699 --> 00:54:41.179 the... Trying to keep spirits up. Trying to keep 00:54:41.179 --> 00:54:44.059 some sense of normalcy, she'll ask. Do you know 00:54:44.059 --> 00:54:45.860 what they plan on serving for dinner, youngie? 00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:50.539 Uh, I could not begin to guess, but I imagine 00:54:50.539 --> 00:54:53.380 it will be a delicacy most illi... He turns the 00:54:53.380 --> 00:54:56.599 corner and stops. Fuck. You turn the corner with 00:54:56.599 --> 00:55:00.219 him. And see, Ambassador Omid Pastar is standing 00:55:00.219 --> 00:55:04.500 there with hieronyx. And the angel has his weapon 00:55:04.500 --> 00:55:09.239 drawn. There's a smile on Omid's face. Atash 00:55:09.239 --> 00:55:11.880 once said, to those that once shun righteousness, 00:55:11.960 --> 00:55:14.599 show mercy. To those that twice shun righteousness, 00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:19.000 show justice. Only a fool would allow the vile 00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:21.460 to wander free, to spread their dark seeds and 00:55:21.460 --> 00:55:25.079 call upon Zalmati Shab and Ambassador Omid Pastar. 00:55:26.000 --> 00:55:29.599 is no fool. You returned dirt -covered from your 00:55:29.599 --> 00:55:33.280 trip to the bathroom. Now my guess is that you 00:55:33.280 --> 00:55:36.960 snuck away during that period, Blanche. I admit 00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:41.119 I have no solid proof, just my suspicion. And 00:55:41.119 --> 00:55:46.239 he draws out a scroll, unfurls it slowly. Unfortunately 00:55:46.239 --> 00:55:49.320 for you, my suspicions are all that I needed. 00:55:49.900 --> 00:55:54.039 By order of Queen Jean -Mi of Yanito. in tandem 00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:56.059 with the righteous power of the King of Angkor 00:55:56.059 --> 00:56:00.420 and Sengar, you are all under immediate arrest. 00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:02.639 And we'll call it there.