WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:04.019 Hey Pants People, check out our friends at Wanderlust 00:00:04.019 --> 00:00:31.969 D &D. And I burned with it. But I came back with 00:00:31.969 --> 00:00:40.189 fire in my lungs and family in my sides. It's 00:00:40.189 --> 00:00:43.090 just another mask we wear, isn't it? Mine just 00:00:43.090 --> 00:00:49.549 fits better than most. Time has a funny way of 00:00:49.549 --> 00:00:52.689 catching up. No matter how much you check back. 00:00:59.099 --> 00:01:02.240 cognitive independence leads to such corruption 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:08.760 and violence. You would strip us of what makes 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:12.420 us unique? That's your solution? To become like 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:20.299 you? I don't understand. I haven't done anything 00:01:20.299 --> 00:01:22.239 wrong. I can still spread your influence wherever 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:31.980 I go. I was sent to die that day. At least that's 00:01:31.980 --> 00:01:35.040 how I see it now. Sacrificing everything I knew. 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:44.200 My ship. My beliefs. Even you. The military took 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:49.319 everything from us. And I'll burn them down before 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:58.500 I let them do the same to our city. Secrets don't 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:01.879 stay buried for long. Who will you become when 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:54.400 the mask finally cracks? Citadel establishment? 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:57.580 Rumors that mass shield air officers following 00:02:57.580 --> 00:02:59.800 the lead of Captain Commander Aria were behind 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:04.000 this attack? It's a lot. Thankfully, it's all 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.719 complete nonsense. Look, there was a misunderstanding 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.439 last night, and it led to a very scary scene. 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:11.719 But it had nothing to do with the Shieldbearers. 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:13.819 And if you don't want to take my word for it, 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:15.780 just wait until this evening when I have it on 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:17.919 good authority that Salome the Sightweaver herself 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.199 will be addressing the true sequence of events 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.780 live in a press conference. So look forward to 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:26.099 that. In the meantime, for those of you that 00:03:26.099 --> 00:03:28.599 are still unconvinced, Captain Commander Ariad 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.659 will be taking a short leave from his position 00:03:30.659 --> 00:03:33.900 and from the Radiant Seidel. Now I won't be saying... 00:03:34.110 --> 00:03:36.430 where it is he is going, as this whole situation 00:03:36.430 --> 00:03:39.030 has painted a target on the innocent man's back. 00:03:39.210 --> 00:03:42.469 A shame, given everything he has done for you 00:03:42.469 --> 00:03:45.610 all. Anyways, for the time being, the S .H .I 00:03:45.610 --> 00:03:47.650 .E .L .D. Bears will be in good hands, as Deputy 00:03:47.650 --> 00:03:50.310 Commander Man Kong will be acting as the interim 00:03:50.310 --> 00:03:53.650 captain until Alriot's eventual triumphant return. 00:03:54.389 --> 00:03:59.960 So hooray for that, right? Do you guys remember 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:02.580 Deputy Commander Mankong? No, you said the name 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:04.900 and I... Yeah, I remember the name. She was mentioned 00:04:04.900 --> 00:04:06.979 like once or twice in episode four and then never 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:10.520 again. Deep cut, bringing it back. I was sitting 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:12.900 there and I was like, who would be the... I should 00:04:12.900 --> 00:04:15.020 announce who's running it. And I was like, wait, 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:17.620 didn't I announce like... say there was a deputy 00:04:17.620 --> 00:04:19.779 commander a million years ago that i totally 00:04:19.779 --> 00:04:21.860 forgot about thankfully right before this episode 00:04:21.860 --> 00:04:23.139 i remembered that and i looked it up and i was 00:04:23.139 --> 00:04:26.060 like oh yeah cool so you looked it up no for 00:04:26.060 --> 00:04:27.959 those who think i have it all planned out a lot 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.560 of times i'm just like wait i said something 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:31.740 about this 600 episodes ago or people remind 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:34.339 me like wait a minute how does this correlate 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:35.800 with the thing you said here and it's like ah 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:39.120 all part of the plan i always yeah yep you figured 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:44.610 it out you clever listener So I'm going to be 00:04:44.610 --> 00:04:46.110 on the news, huh? You're going to be on the news. 00:04:46.170 --> 00:04:47.910 Get ready for that. That's going to be fun. Yeah, 00:04:47.930 --> 00:04:49.610 Stephen, how much do you have prepped for that? 00:04:49.949 --> 00:04:54.050 Zero. I had no advance notice. Oh, yeah. Don't 00:04:54.050 --> 00:04:55.329 worry. We're not getting to that tonight. We 00:04:55.329 --> 00:04:57.910 have a lot to do before this evening because 00:04:57.910 --> 00:05:02.009 during this coming day, many, many, many things 00:05:02.009 --> 00:05:03.569 are going to happen. Many things are going to 00:05:03.569 --> 00:05:07.389 change. But there will be a choice made tonight. 00:05:07.470 --> 00:05:10.680 There will be... Let's just say, I don't want 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:12.319 to, I'm glad I'm not you guys tonight. That's 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.980 all. I'm glad I'm not you guys. So it's like 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:21.459 a, it's like a normal, normal night then. I'm 00:05:21.459 --> 00:05:23.740 glad not you guys, any given night we record 00:05:23.740 --> 00:05:27.860 this show. Chardonnay or Bordeaux. It's so funny. 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:30.120 Way, way back in this arc, we had that little 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:31.819 slip up where I, I think I've mentioned it in 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:33.480 the show itself, where you looked at my note 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:35.439 page, Stephen, you saw the title of my notes 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:38.319 and I was like, ah, shit, it's a spoiler. So 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:39.420 now I'm actually going to say what the title 00:05:39.420 --> 00:05:40.740 was because it's kind of funny given everything 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:44.079 that's going on. My note page, which is now 100 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.319 pages long, just about, I think it's 98 pages 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:52.100 at this moment, is called Sins of Sholay, which 00:05:52.100 --> 00:05:54.199 is based on the sort of adventure in the book. 00:05:54.259 --> 00:05:56.160 This whole thing is based off what's called Sins 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.139 of Our Elders. So I'll let you say about that. 00:05:59.180 --> 00:06:00.699 We are coming unzipped. The difference is there 00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:03.579 because it's pretty fun. But yeah, yeah, so. 00:06:04.099 --> 00:06:05.779 That's a, you were, you kind of were sitting 00:06:05.779 --> 00:06:07.600 on that this whole time. Sins of show in your 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:09.500 mind. You had some pinkling that something was 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:10.920 going to happen. Come around. Something not great. 00:06:11.019 --> 00:06:15.839 Yeah. Yeah. And didn't you like send me that 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:20.660 on like Google docs? Oh yeah. I did. Yeah. No. 00:06:20.860 --> 00:06:25.519 Yes. It was stupid. It was very dumb. Uh, I gave 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:28.920 you a, yeah, it was dumb. Uh, but Hey, now, you 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:33.839 know, but Hey, so. any more business to attend 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:36.399 to in this in this bant moment before we get 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:40.920 serious um when does this air what's our date 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:43.980 on this oh that's the most dangerous question 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:47.720 you could ask dude there's a there's a 25 chance 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.180 any answer given is correct okay so let me in 00:06:50.180 --> 00:06:53.139 is the next one and it's this coming monday and 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:55.959 this is the next monday okay so i can say the 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:57.579 title because it's already been released that's 00:06:57.579 --> 00:07:00.639 true that's true uh all right crazy episode right 00:07:02.449 --> 00:07:06.490 So in October, so a couple months from even when 00:07:06.490 --> 00:07:09.509 this airs, October 5th, Fantasy Pants is going 00:07:09.509 --> 00:07:14.069 to be at the Vermont Anime Gaming Expo in Burlington. 00:07:14.430 --> 00:07:15.790 Did you think there was a chance this wouldn't 00:07:15.790 --> 00:07:19.589 come out until October? Hang on. Go back. Did 00:07:19.589 --> 00:07:22.490 you think there was a chance we were that ahead? 00:07:23.069 --> 00:07:25.810 When have we ever been that on our shit, Steven? 00:07:25.810 --> 00:07:29.160 I don't know. I forgot what day it was. It's 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:31.540 July. You know what? I get it because Halloween 00:07:31.540 --> 00:07:36.160 shits on all the stores. You're like, it's gotta 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:39.019 be October. The like 14 foot skeletons are in 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:44.899 laws already. Yes. Yes. Bring it back. Vermont 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:47.360 Anime and Gaming Expo. Is that what it's called? 00:07:47.459 --> 00:07:49.240 Yes. Yes. Yeah, that's where we're going to be. 00:07:49.300 --> 00:07:55.160 Hell yeah. So we'll have. Links and if it'll 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.639 be somewhere, it'll definitely be on social media 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:01.060 and probably other places. Website. There you 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:03.740 go. See, I didn't want to like volunteer Jeremy's 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:05.480 extra work to put it on the website. Check back 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.439 in October. You'll find it. Oh yeah. No, send 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.819 me the flyer. We'll put it up. Oh yeah. For real. 00:08:11.819 --> 00:08:13.879 It's actually, it's a cool flyer. Yeah. Sweet. 00:08:14.220 --> 00:08:17.379 Whose phone was that? David. I swear I turned 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:19.620 mine off. David. No. Throw it in the river. David. 00:08:19.660 --> 00:08:24.259 Oh gosh. No, please. But yeah, I really want 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:26.899 to be there. And hopefully I can be there. But 00:08:26.899 --> 00:08:30.980 yeah. Yeah, work. Work. But it's two months away. 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:32.720 There's one day I'm going to try to take off 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:34.840 work. It's going to be that one. It's going to 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.620 be awesome. Any more plugs? You want to plug 00:08:37.620 --> 00:08:40.080 the Discord? Can we get to it? Always plug the 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:44.000 Discord. Don't shut up. Don't stop it. Because 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.159 without further ado, I think it's time we all 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:52.320 learned about the sins of Sholay. Let's open 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.860 in the ballroom. This is a sweet track. It's 00:08:56.860 --> 00:08:59.320 called Ashes in Fantasy Plus. I just saw that 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:00.899 and I was like, yep, given everything we were 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:03.159 talking about, I don't know what it's about. 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:04.340 I don't know what the sound's like, but this 00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:07.659 is the track for the episode. Let's open back 00:09:07.659 --> 00:09:10.879 in that ballroom. That darkened ballroom. The 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.179 doorway's still just like this singed opening. 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:15.840 There's no sound in the hallway outside. Seems 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:17.639 like this wing of the palace has been mostly 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:21.309 vacated. Unless Sholi requests. Others come. 00:09:22.230 --> 00:09:25.169 I think we see there is food before all of you 00:09:25.169 --> 00:09:27.269 now. I think she ordered some before, so it only 00:09:27.269 --> 00:09:28.750 makes sense rather than interrupt the episode 00:09:28.750 --> 00:09:31.190 halfway through. Someone had come, there's food 00:09:31.190 --> 00:09:33.029 out there, there's breakfast, you know, a nice 00:09:33.029 --> 00:09:36.169 little display, various sort of like rice dishes 00:09:36.169 --> 00:09:41.190 and some fine sort of flattish breads and a lot 00:09:41.190 --> 00:09:44.909 of steamed vegetables and fish. But good, solid 00:09:44.909 --> 00:09:48.509 display despite your... Kind of awkward situation 00:09:48.509 --> 00:09:52.370 here in the palace. You are still being offered... 00:09:52.370 --> 00:09:57.330 Hospitality? Thank you. The queen's most wondrous 00:09:57.330 --> 00:10:01.750 hospitality. That's a hard word. Don't pick on 00:10:01.750 --> 00:10:05.669 me. I think we see Chester and Akio. are awake 00:10:05.669 --> 00:10:07.870 now they would have been awake actually during 00:10:07.870 --> 00:10:09.830 your sort of yelling match and the threat of 00:10:09.830 --> 00:10:13.429 fire and of course the uh scream song that happened 00:10:13.429 --> 00:10:15.350 uh they at some point during all of that the 00:10:15.350 --> 00:10:16.629 two of them snapped awake we're kind of like 00:10:16.629 --> 00:10:19.169 what the fuck is going on over there by the way 00:10:19.169 --> 00:10:22.070 still not over that really cool oh my i listened 00:10:22.070 --> 00:10:25.070 so many times just last week oh my gosh oh my 00:10:25.070 --> 00:10:27.190 gosh i'm sure everyone did find it on spotify 00:10:27.190 --> 00:10:37.110 that plugging is over find it on discord um So 00:10:37.110 --> 00:10:39.210 we see everyone together now, maybe, like, plates 00:10:39.210 --> 00:10:41.289 of food sort of emptied, Sholay giving you a 00:10:41.289 --> 00:10:42.889 moment as she collects her thoughts. She may 00:10:42.889 --> 00:10:44.509 have said, like, something to the effect of, 00:10:44.590 --> 00:10:48.590 I need a moment to consider how best to tell 00:10:48.590 --> 00:10:53.070 you this story. And so she goes sort of quiet. 00:10:53.190 --> 00:10:55.009 She does not eat herself. And while you guys 00:10:55.009 --> 00:10:58.490 sort of eat quietly, the sound of just, like, 00:10:58.590 --> 00:11:01.649 clacking, clittering sort of plates and dishes, 00:11:01.730 --> 00:11:07.070 all that fills this... Open space. And finally, 00:11:07.070 --> 00:11:09.230 as your digits are pushed to the side, as all 00:11:09.230 --> 00:11:13.370 of you sit together, Sholay comes before you. 00:11:14.129 --> 00:11:17.470 Now, you notice that during your song jewels, 00:11:17.710 --> 00:11:19.850 something strange happened. I mentioned before, 00:11:20.090 --> 00:11:22.549 last episode, there were these golden lines, 00:11:22.730 --> 00:11:26.149 very faint, between all of you. Between you and 00:11:26.149 --> 00:11:29.330 Blanche when you woke up. Now they have spread. 00:11:30.450 --> 00:11:33.639 They're golden lines. Very, very hard to see 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:36.000 in this sort of dim... Because this room is very 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:37.539 darkly lit, it's the only reason you can see 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:40.179 them at all. Just this very almost invisible, 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:43.980 phantasmal connection between you and Jill Lanch, 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:47.860 you and Chester, you and Akio, and you and Sholay. 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.840 All of you just bound together through jewels. 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:53.600 A connection that seems to push away that familiar 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.059 haziness that seems to accompany the revelation 00:11:56.059 --> 00:12:00.679 that you just came across. The idea that a memory 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:04.340 has been changed, a person erased. You've realized 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:06.919 this time and time before and it has just faded, 00:12:06.980 --> 00:12:10.679 forgotten. But it's not fading now, not quickly 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:15.500 at least. Chester and Akio, through this connection 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:18.539 it seems, even understand what you have discovered. 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:24.919 As they wait patiently for the full story. And 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:29.389 so, Facing You All, Sho -Le begins. To speak. 00:12:31.289 --> 00:12:35.570 You are a mystery to me, George LaRoche. From 00:12:35.570 --> 00:12:37.330 what I've been able to gather, your soul has 00:12:37.330 --> 00:12:40.230 been torn in such a way as to open it up to outside 00:12:40.230 --> 00:12:43.269 influence. I believe your mother intended for 00:12:43.269 --> 00:12:45.129 you to be open purely to the powers of the demonic 00:12:45.129 --> 00:12:48.750 abyss. But you have broken beyond such limitations. 00:12:50.110 --> 00:12:55.389 I wonder, and she smiles, this faint smile, if 00:12:55.389 --> 00:12:58.710 that is a result of what they did to you. One 00:12:58.710 --> 00:13:02.549 incredible quirk of the person you are. As I've 00:13:02.549 --> 00:13:04.090 come to know you more, I find myself leaning 00:13:04.090 --> 00:13:08.250 towards the latter opinion. In a way, you are 00:13:08.250 --> 00:13:12.309 very likely a royal diamond itself. Connecting 00:13:12.309 --> 00:13:16.750 worlds and planes. People. And that smile fades. 00:13:18.029 --> 00:13:26.850 And minds. Yes. We should talk about that. Much 00:13:26.850 --> 00:13:29.710 like your own powers, Jules, the Royal Diamond's 00:13:29.710 --> 00:13:34.149 magic is complex. Even now, after these nine 00:13:34.149 --> 00:13:36.470 years, I do not understand all of its quirks. 00:13:36.809 --> 00:13:39.889 It is a constant function of the Royal Diamond. 00:13:39.950 --> 00:13:42.909 I cast a spell, a wish, in a sense, to see a 00:13:42.909 --> 00:13:45.870 certain memory erased and changed forever. It 00:13:45.870 --> 00:13:47.990 is being channeled even now, acting on its own. 00:13:48.450 --> 00:13:51.169 But it can be slow to warp the minds of those 00:13:51.169 --> 00:13:53.049 who come to understand it of their own accord. 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:56.000 Were I to try to tell you of these changes, my 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.419 words would be lost to you, the memory gone immediately. 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.179 But self -realization is a different matter. 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:04.960 You are not the first to have discovered this, 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:08.159 far from it. But those who have learned of my 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:10.159 crime before have had their words fall on deaf 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.980 ears, until their own mind was wiped of their 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:17.679 realizations. You would not believe the resources 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:20.879 I've had to pour into removing all physical evidence 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.419 that could awaken such realizations. Even still, 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:28.620 nine years later, it occupies me. This is all 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:30.799 to say that, given the means by which you have 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.100 discovered this truth, we have some time before 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:37.379 your memories will be lost. Time enough for me 00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:40.360 to tell you my story. And to make you understand 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:44.139 the impossible choice I face now. When all is 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:46.279 said, I'll burden the two of you with a crushing 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:52.279 weight. Life or death. For incalculable souls. 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:58.860 So let us start. I will be as brief as I can. 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.100 Now, there's a point where you, as your characters, 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:04.840 want to ask questions, gain clarity, anything 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:07.220 like that, please let me know. I have a fair 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:10.500 bit to say here, and I apologize. But you have 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:14.600 earned yourself, for lack of a better term, an 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:18.100 info dump. Hey, I'm here for a cutscene episode. 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:23.720 It's a cutscene. It's a cutscene. Yeah, I don't, 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:25.860 Jules isn't going to do anything. He's quiet, 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:29.159 staring intently. Hell yeah. You notice they're 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:30.899 sitting there too, again, like Chester's sort 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:33.440 of sitting, I think, apart from you. Mm -hmm. 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:36.460 Every once in a while his eyes shifle to you 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:38.639 kind of awkwardly and then back to show Leia 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.399 as she's speaking. Akio is just like full on 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:44.279 good boy, good posture, nose straight ahead, 00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:47.080 just listening very intently. His ears kind of 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:48.860 doing that thing where they kind of turn every 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.759 once in a while just to make sure you understand 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:52.679 he's really listening. His head cocks every once 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.200 in a while. Yeah, it's great. It's very adorable. 00:15:55.419 --> 00:16:03.250 What a good boy. All right. 257 years ago, I 00:16:03.250 --> 00:16:05.490 was suddenly tasked by the Dawn Incarnates to 00:16:05.490 --> 00:16:09.429 find the Radiant Citadel. This quest required 00:16:09.429 --> 00:16:11.769 me to travel between the various connecting planes 00:16:11.769 --> 00:16:15.029 to each of our 25 worlds, and attune a gemstone 00:16:15.029 --> 00:16:18.389 to each one that I visited. One of the first 00:16:18.389 --> 00:16:20.570 adventurers I met as I set off on this journey 00:16:20.570 --> 00:16:26.549 was a man called Zebulon. We traveled. We survived. 00:16:26.610 --> 00:16:30.720 We saw a quest done. And as this all transpired, 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:37.539 we... we fell in love. Once we settled on the 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:40.480 new Radiant Cyrodiil, we had a child together. 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:44.879 Well, Zebulon was named for his grandfather. 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:50.779 Arhalon was named for his father. Arathelon. 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:54.039 Though for many years I have not been able to 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:57.240 bring myself to say the full name. Neither has 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:02.490 Arhalon, it seems. You should be able to receive 00:17:02.490 --> 00:17:06.710 the name now. You heard it. She looks to you 00:17:06.710 --> 00:17:11.289 for confirmation. And you did. Yeah, Blanche 00:17:11.289 --> 00:17:15.369 just nods without speaking. It will be lost soon. 00:17:16.869 --> 00:17:22.309 Arathelon. Wrath, we called him. And he was perfect. 00:17:23.009 --> 00:17:27.009 He was clever and strong and brave. And for a 00:17:27.009 --> 00:17:32.630 time, he was so kind. But that changed. The day 00:17:32.630 --> 00:17:34.710 that Arthash appeared in the skies of Orancor 00:17:34.710 --> 00:17:37.589 and Sengar, the day that the very idea of a luminary 00:17:37.589 --> 00:17:40.829 bled through the crystal network, it was like 00:17:40.829 --> 00:17:44.210 a poison. As the years moved on, as more of these 00:17:44.210 --> 00:17:47.349 luminary adventurers came forward to roaring 00:17:47.349 --> 00:17:51.589 applause, my son grew more and more sick. He 00:17:51.589 --> 00:17:55.029 was obsessed. He wanted to be one of them, the 00:17:55.029 --> 00:17:58.900 greatest of them. They wanted to be greater than 00:17:58.900 --> 00:18:02.180 me. I was warned once that living in my shadow 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:04.299 would be hard for my son, so I did the hardest 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:08.579 thing I could. I let go of my control. My only 00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:10.759 attempt to dissuade his recklessness was to introduce 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:13.480 him to Xena, a half -dragon I had been aware 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:17.279 of. And that romance seemed to dull Wrath's ambition, 00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:21.880 set him on the right path. They had a child together, 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:27.349 as you know. It... was a very happy time for 00:18:27.349 --> 00:18:30.849 us all. But Wrath would not be easily satisfied, 00:18:31.170 --> 00:18:34.349 and he would still vie for the spotlight of the 00:18:34.349 --> 00:18:37.589 Crystal Network. And I would not try to stop 00:18:37.589 --> 00:18:41.890 him further, no. I let him act purely on his 00:18:41.890 --> 00:18:46.670 own will and drive, fly freely. And fly he did, 00:18:46.769 --> 00:18:51.630 directly into the arms of my greatest nemesis, 00:18:51.789 --> 00:18:56.599 Calypsania. and her coat of the fractured horn. 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:01.220 They promised him fame and power, and they delivered 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:04.720 on both. He became more and more estranged to 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:07.019 his new family, who continued to cheer him on 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:10.460 from the sidelines, too forgiving as he came 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:15.339 to neglect them further and further, until he 00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:19.839 would betray them, betray Xena, when he would 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:23.029 lay with Calypsania herself. And the two had 00:19:23.029 --> 00:19:27.349 a child together as well. Part black, part brass. 00:19:28.190 --> 00:19:32.309 A beautiful child. And they would name that child 00:19:32.309 --> 00:19:38.130 with a dagger to my own heart. Zebulon. My little 00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:43.049 Zebulon. The hostage to keep me out of the fractured 00:19:43.049 --> 00:19:46.670 horn's way. Wrath offered the boy to me, threatening 00:19:46.670 --> 00:19:49.390 a life of dark hardship for him if I refused. 00:19:49.950 --> 00:19:53.769 A life much akin to the young Jules LaRoche. 00:19:55.150 --> 00:19:57.049 Tortured in his own home at the hands of his 00:19:57.049 --> 00:20:00.829 own family. I could not refuse this offer, and 00:20:00.829 --> 00:20:04.069 so I gave them what they most desired. I let 00:20:04.069 --> 00:20:07.150 the fractured horn run free, unsuppressed and 00:20:07.150 --> 00:20:11.970 unpunished by my hand. I think it was only then 00:20:11.970 --> 00:20:17.829 that I started to hate my son. It destroyed me 00:20:17.829 --> 00:20:21.329 to let them. do as they would. But it was okay. 00:20:22.109 --> 00:20:24.930 The lives they stole, the looming threat they 00:20:24.930 --> 00:20:30.990 represented, it was okay. Because I had Zebulon. 00:20:32.269 --> 00:20:34.630 I told myself I wouldn't see the same mistakes 00:20:34.630 --> 00:20:37.009 happen with him. I would control him entirely, 00:20:37.230 --> 00:20:43.069 keep him under my wing. And once again, I failed. 00:20:43.730 --> 00:20:50.700 Every time. Every path I have. Failed. Especially 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:57.859 then. That day. Nine years ago. There was a party. 00:20:58.259 --> 00:21:03.160 Here. In Yanido. Thrown by Queen Jinmi in my 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:09.599 honor. Xena was in attendance. And so was Wrath. 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:15.460 Our quarrel. His darkness unknown to the greater 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:19.000 worlds we played. the loving mother and son, 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:25.319 to the public. And so he was there. We had danced 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:28.920 this dance so many times before, but that day, 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:36.500 he came to me. And he spoke to me. And I think 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:40.240 here you hear a voice overlaying Sholay's own 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:43.880 to this connection. A voice that seems to like... 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:49.160 boom out from her own heart, a memory locked 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:54.279 so deep into her that every line is so vividly 00:21:54.279 --> 00:22:00.900 remembered, displayed. I wanted to congratulate 00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:04.720 you early, Mother. Calyxania would like another 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:09.680 child, and so we are going to start trying. This 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:19.130 one, I think we will keep. Broke. Right there 00:22:19.130 --> 00:22:24.910 and then. It just happened. All the weight of 00:22:24.910 --> 00:22:27.410 it crushed me and all reason left my mind. I 00:22:27.410 --> 00:22:31.690 was just so heartbroken, so disappointed. And 00:22:31.690 --> 00:22:38.950 so filled with rage. When it was over. When he 00:22:38.950 --> 00:22:44.119 was dead. In the Phoenix District in Smoking 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:46.559 Ruins, I find myself fleeing from the screams 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:49.440 and the carnage. They chased me as I took control 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:52.440 of the Amethyst, as I fled into the Preserve 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:55.859 of the Ancestors, as I went straight to the Incarnates 00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:58.240 to tell them of my failure, and their coming 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:01.839 doom to their dreams. It was there that I was 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:06.240 reminded of certain special functions of the 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.339 Auroral Diamond. Functions that were revealed 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:14.180 to me by the Sapphire Wyvern 250 years ago. The 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:18.799 ability to connect all minds to one. Through 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.200 the central node of the diamond. To bring mass, 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.680 continuous change to memory and thought. To even 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:32.940 dominate all wills entirely. A last ditch effort 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:35.940 to stop another war. An effort the incarnate 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:42.119 swore to me they would never use. Jules, as she 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:45.880 speaks these words, your mind goes back to the 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:50.819 vision Salome shared with you. A world at peace. 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:56.339 A perfect utopia. And yet, when you looked into 00:23:56.339 --> 00:24:00.000 the eyes of one you loved... All you saw was 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:04.880 the pulsing blue of the sapphire. A hollow peace. 00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:09.940 And yet, seeing the imminent danger to the plants 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:13.859 following my episode, my sins, they were turned 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:17.720 towards using this power. A plant sparked yet 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:21.779 again by the sapphire wyvern. I should have seen 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:25.220 the treachery coming. But I was so broken, so 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:28.210 scared. Even just days ago, when you revealed 00:24:28.210 --> 00:24:31.390 his part in all these current happenings, I could 00:24:31.390 --> 00:24:33.329 not see the sheer extent of his machinations. 00:24:34.170 --> 00:24:36.049 I could not understand how he could have been 00:24:36.049 --> 00:24:37.990 involved in my coming downfall, because he was 00:24:37.990 --> 00:24:42.329 there when I did it. When I came once again to 00:24:42.329 --> 00:24:45.009 stand at the Master Node, within the great crystal 00:24:45.009 --> 00:24:48.170 amphitheater of a rural town. And there I cast 00:24:48.170 --> 00:24:51.029 my will into the diamond, into the world, to 00:24:51.029 --> 00:24:54.509 erase myself from the tragedy of Yanito. and 00:24:54.509 --> 00:25:00.049 to erase all traces of my son from memory. A 00:25:00.049 --> 00:25:02.569 will that was granted only through a unanimous 00:25:02.569 --> 00:25:07.410 allowance from the Incarnates. I had my son buried 00:25:07.410 --> 00:25:10.829 in secret on Unido, under the guise of Daewon 00:25:10.829 --> 00:25:14.609 Ha. Likewise, I buried the entire truth under 00:25:14.609 --> 00:25:17.930 the guise of a Dragon Clan conspiracy, forcing 00:25:17.930 --> 00:25:20.349 the royals to become guilt -ridden scapegoats 00:25:20.349 --> 00:25:24.400 for my crime. Despite it all, I could not help 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:27.619 but see a coffin made for my son. The proper 00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:31.160 bed to lie in. For the boy I wanted so dearly 00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:37.500 to remember. So we find ourselves here. At the 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:41.460 unraveling of it all. And the choice I must make 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:46.140 for the worlds. Tell me. Do you understand the 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:50.319 mechanics behind the Gwishin? The rituals required? 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:57.140 So one can face them and appease them. Someone 00:25:57.140 --> 00:26:02.059 who knows them must speak of them. Yes. They 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:05.160 must call upon their name and their memory. Hold 00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:09.880 them true. But it's not as simple as just that. 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:14.480 For the one that calls upon the Gwishin cannot 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:18.880 be the malefactor that created the Gwishin. An 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.079 outside party must act in judgment of the sin. 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:25.680 One that knew the victim in life. Typically a 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:30.940 spirit arbiter. But in all the worlds, only I 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:34.720 remember my son. Only I can hold his memory and 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:39.980 only I can make him appear. And I took everything 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:46.220 from him. And so Yenido is doomed entirely. The 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:50.200 Gwishin's power will grow rapidly. Already the 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:55.220 Stones of Control are... Growing. Its assaults 00:26:55.220 --> 00:27:01.200 more deadly. As I said before, I believe. This 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.519 city has until nightfall before it is entirely 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:08.799 encompassed. Entirely taken. Rogue Gwishin wandering 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:13.839 free out of control. Enraged by my son. I don't 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:17.420 know how he became so powerful in death. And 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:22.099 I cannot stop him. Unless I stop the spell. And 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:27.259 I can stop it. I do not need the unanimous permission 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:29.680 of the Anconas to end the magic, only to activate 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:34.259 it. It would be so easy. But if I stop the spell, 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:37.559 if everyone remembers, I will no doubt be arrested 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:42.720 and my position removed. Not only would we lose 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.799 Yanido's speaker as we feared, but every other 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:49.240 ally I have built. The populace of the world 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:52.410 has come to fear me. As well as the Incarnates. 00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:58.230 And Arthas will reign supreme over all. He will 00:27:58.230 --> 00:28:04.470 win. But this world will die. Truly die if we 00:28:04.470 --> 00:28:08.690 do not let this happen. 30 ,000 people in this 00:28:08.690 --> 00:28:12.109 city alone. Swallowed up by my son's hatred. 00:28:13.130 --> 00:28:16.930 It will spread like wildfire until all of Halri 00:28:16.930 --> 00:28:20.640 burns. And these people will not leave their 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:24.400 city, let alone their world. They are set in 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.880 tradition, and they so dearly love the lives 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:33.019 they have. And so I ask you, all of you, when 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:38.559 faced with this choice, what would you do? What 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:42.720 if there is another option? I have not foreseen 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:49.630 one. There are two here who knew... Alharion? 00:28:51.950 --> 00:28:54.990 It's not Arhalon. It's Arathelon. Arathelon, 00:28:55.170 --> 00:28:58.329 yeah. Your name memory stick is really going 00:28:58.329 --> 00:29:02.130 to go to blatch. Oh, I wanted to say Arthelon. 00:29:02.730 --> 00:29:04.849 See? It's not just me. It's actually funny. Way, 00:29:04.910 --> 00:29:06.549 way back in the show, it was revealed, I think 00:29:06.549 --> 00:29:10.049 Arhalon showed his actual license and said Arathelon 00:29:10.049 --> 00:29:12.630 Brass. I remember the name. He's never gone by 00:29:12.630 --> 00:29:14.470 his full name, and there is a reason for that. 00:29:14.769 --> 00:29:18.400 He didn't want to. Almost like... I guess like 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:21.420 subconsciously he didn't want to. There are two 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:28.579 here who knew Arathelon in life. We slowly learned 00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:33.619 about the truth over the course of, was it a 00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:36.420 day? Was it two days? How long did it take us 00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:38.299 to unravel this while we were here? It's been 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:41.700 one day. Okay. We learned over the course of 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:47.220 a day enough that we can retain the truth. The 00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:50.579 truth will not be enough. You need to have actually 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:54.960 known him. Hold his memory. A memory of him. 00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:58.339 In your heart. And speak his name to call upon 00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:01.839 him. Arhalon and Xena are here. But they will 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:05.640 not remember. If they go through the steps that 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:11.000 we went through today... She looks down. And 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:13.369 there's something she's like... Almost bubbling 00:30:13.369 --> 00:30:15.509 in her throat, she wants to say, kind of clenched, 00:30:15.549 --> 00:30:17.230 then she kind of finally lets it loose and looks 00:30:17.230 --> 00:30:21.130 to you, Jules. I believe they're not the only 00:30:21.130 --> 00:30:25.089 ones who knew my son. Tell me, Jules LaRoche, 00:30:25.230 --> 00:30:30.009 despite everything you've learned, do you remember 00:30:30.009 --> 00:30:34.289 Arathelon? Do you remember him being there? In 00:30:34.289 --> 00:30:42.569 your home? And you don't. You don't. You feel 00:30:42.569 --> 00:30:44.809 like you remember something. We've had these 00:30:44.809 --> 00:30:49.849 memories before. The day that the candle was 00:30:49.849 --> 00:30:52.210 poured into your hand, someone was holding you. 00:30:52.230 --> 00:30:54.970 You feel claws almost holding you. You want to 00:30:54.970 --> 00:30:58.549 remember, but you can't. He was there. He'd always 00:30:58.549 --> 00:31:03.329 been there. But you can't remember him. And you 00:31:03.329 --> 00:31:07.029 begin to realize the truth behind Xolay's word, 00:31:07.170 --> 00:31:10.609 this ultimatum. Until the spell is dropped, you 00:31:10.609 --> 00:31:13.869 cannot hold him in your memory. Not the way Kunon 00:31:13.869 --> 00:31:19.670 Jun held the owner of that tea shop. Which might 00:31:19.670 --> 00:31:21.390 have been Bisu Min. I can't remember anymore. 00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:26.829 That sounds right. So you're telling me. Yeah. 00:31:27.589 --> 00:31:31.849 That this entire world. Yeah. Is going to be 00:31:31.849 --> 00:31:36.910 killed. Yep. By this Guishin. Or we basically 00:31:36.910 --> 00:31:40.380 surrender Xena. Or not Xena, sorry, Xolay. Yeah. 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:46.059 And essentially give control to... Atash. To 00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:49.400 Atash, yeah. I think I built this up as a pretty 00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:52.980 rough choice. Well, there's rough, and then there's, 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:55.579 like, impossible. Well, now you understand why 00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:59.779 Xolay has been sitting here in a rage. Not trying 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:04.220 to, like, I don't know, evacuate the world. Can 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:07.150 you evacuate an entire world in one day? No, 00:32:07.190 --> 00:32:09.890 but could you evacuate, like, thousands? Probably. 00:32:10.309 --> 00:32:12.069 Yeah. Yeah, but they don't want to leave. Would 00:32:12.069 --> 00:32:14.509 they go? Would they listen? They can't even remember 00:32:14.509 --> 00:32:17.910 what it is she's afraid to tell them. They're 00:32:17.910 --> 00:32:20.430 all trying to ignore this even happened because 00:32:20.430 --> 00:32:22.789 much of this world believes the royal family, 00:32:22.950 --> 00:32:24.910 as the royal family does, were the ones behind 00:32:24.910 --> 00:32:27.430 this. And they've been taught to hide from that 00:32:27.430 --> 00:32:30.190 belief. Gwishin are not something to be considered. 00:32:30.730 --> 00:32:32.609 They're something to be ignored because they 00:32:32.609 --> 00:32:38.289 are not your problem. It is a shame to reflect 00:32:38.289 --> 00:32:43.009 on them. This entire situation was a powder keg 00:32:43.009 --> 00:32:46.750 built up to blow all of Shirley's plans to high 00:32:46.750 --> 00:32:50.450 hell. You just happen to come here and arrive 00:32:50.450 --> 00:32:54.049 right before the keg blew. This is really heavy 00:32:54.049 --> 00:33:02.890 breakfast conversation. Yeah. And for the first 00:33:02.890 --> 00:33:07.440 time in a while, Shirley goes, I, David, go silent. 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:14.160 Yeah, that was impressive. As I hand the reins 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:18.900 to you, it is a hard choice. If you want to believe 00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:22.519 in the greater good, then let hollow re -burn. 00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:28.019 Let wrath go free and kill everyone. But can 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:31.039 you hold that on your conscience? At what point 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:36.720 does this become your sin as well? It is. Already. 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:42.980 Hang on. Pause. Pause. I need my fidget because 00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:46.940 this is intense. I've been, like, spinning this 00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:49.759 button around the entire time talking. This button 00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:52.859 that maybe, just maybe, I'm going to use on you 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:57.859 if you choose to fight. Sick fuck. Wait, it'll 00:33:57.859 --> 00:34:02.259 be a fight? Huh? I mean, this will allow the 00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:06.039 spirit to appear. then you have to deal with 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:08.760 it. Remember, the Gwishn in the tea shop is very 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:11.239 much a prototype of what you're facing now. Oh, 00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:14.380 so we essentially have three options. Leave the 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:18.340 world to its fate, rat out Sholay, or fight the 00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:21.059 Gwishn. Ratting out Sholay involves fighting 00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.880 the Gwishn. If the world remembers what happened, 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:25.840 it will open you up to be able to face the Gwishn. 00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:28.559 But you cannot face the Gwishn until the world 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:31.449 remembers. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, okay. In the T 00:34:31.449 --> 00:34:33.949 -Shop, Kunon Jun could not let you fight that 00:34:33.949 --> 00:34:37.769 thing until he called upon name and memory. And 00:34:37.769 --> 00:34:39.949 so it's just like that, but on a way grander 00:34:39.949 --> 00:34:45.110 scale. Huh, so we can't just fight it? No. Dick? 00:34:45.329 --> 00:34:50.670 Not unless you remember. Zebulon. Your grandson. 00:34:51.969 --> 00:34:55.510 My Zebulon. The Zebulon that I knew and loved. 00:34:56.610 --> 00:34:59.789 He got a little overzealous at times. Kind of 00:34:59.789 --> 00:35:03.170 let himself get caught up in the vanity of being 00:35:03.170 --> 00:35:08.469 a luminary. But he never wavered in his honesty 00:35:08.469 --> 00:35:13.510 and his desire to save as many people as possible. 00:35:14.949 --> 00:35:20.710 You did good with him. And now I think we all 00:35:20.710 --> 00:35:26.530 need to do good by him. I loved Zebulon greatly. 00:35:28.269 --> 00:35:32.349 He would never dream of just letting people die. 00:35:33.349 --> 00:35:39.869 No matter the consequence. But Jules, what about 00:35:39.869 --> 00:35:44.949 the Vision? If Sholay can't protect... can't 00:35:44.949 --> 00:35:48.369 protect the worlds, then... the Sapphire Wyvern 00:35:48.369 --> 00:35:53.329 will... everybody we save today will... fall 00:35:53.329 --> 00:35:58.380 under his control. And everybody else. That's 00:35:58.380 --> 00:36:01.639 a possibility. Oh, I love this. The party's heart 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:07.699 and mind split. It's a possibility. But if we 00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:14.480 don't, 30 ,000 plus dead is a certainty. I'll 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:17.480 take my chances to save everybody. Before we 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:20.280 continue, I want to give you a button, Jeremy. 00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:24.500 Because that speech was amazing. Because this 00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:27.559 isn't the first time you've done it. What is 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:32.380 a rare thing for a mortal to make a dragon cry? 00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:37.280 As Shoalaze just lets tears fall freely down 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:45.019 her cheeks. Thank you. I'm still so unsure about 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:50.980 this. Good. I'm still so unsure about this. So... 00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:56.619 Roll for initiative, Blanche. Shall I? What? 00:36:57.460 --> 00:37:00.440 If you do this, what happens? What's next? Spell 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:03.420 it out for me. For me, there will be no next. 00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:09.440 I am sure of it. I will return to the citadel, 00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:13.900 return to a rural town, break the spell, and 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:19.300 I doubt I shall ever leave again. No, that is 00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:24.170 wrong. I will leave only once. To be taken to 00:37:24.170 --> 00:37:27.650 Ankaran Sengar and placed in the Sky Prison. 00:37:28.650 --> 00:37:31.769 And then the worlds will be on their own. Then... 00:37:31.769 --> 00:37:35.070 then Atash will surely gain power who will stop 00:37:35.070 --> 00:37:42.989 him. We can't. Perhaps. And yet, haven't you 00:37:42.989 --> 00:37:46.989 stopped him before? Even slightly halting him 00:37:46.989 --> 00:37:50.929 in his tracks. What if you could convince... 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:55.619 Queen Jin Mi to evacuate the world. I could try, 00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:59.460 but there won't be time. And with everything 00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:01.960 out of control as it is, the Quixian wandering 00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:07.659 free. Already the city is in chaos. To try to 00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:12.860 ask them to do this thing with only a day. We 00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:16.880 may save a few thousand in the end, but the vast 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:20.539 majority will die. I think. As you're saying 00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:22.699 this, I think Chester moves over to you, Jules, 00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:24.960 reaches up to put a hand, like, it tries to reach 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.280 your shoulder, probably doesn't quite get there, 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:29.539 so there's a hand on your bicep. Hey, big guy. 00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:33.940 I'm in. Jules will give him a little pat on the 00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:39.599 head. I know, buddy. I know. Then after that, 00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:44.820 Jules looks up at Blanche. Good can never back 00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:50.679 down. Good has to fight. Until I can't fight 00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:55.940 no more. And you know what? That moment's never, 00:38:56.019 --> 00:39:02.400 ever come yet. Why would it now? Good fights 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:07.280 until I can't no more. Blanche, you feel a nose 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:12.619 poke at you. Wet nose. You see Akio looking up 00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:17.239 at you. Big puppy eyes. This old dog's face. 00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:23.739 Master Ozen. What would he do? He believed in 00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:29.199 the greater good. Roof, but he also saved everyone. 00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:33.659 You are like him, Blanche Trudeau. So, Master 00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:37.840 Blanche, I will do as you request. Whatever you 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.239 believe in, I believe in, Roof. For you are the 00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:44.960 most like Master Ozen. You will do the right 00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:51.420 thing. The odds against Atash, against the Sapphire 00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:54.840 Wyvern, they're almost impossible, even with 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:59.460 Sholay. Without Sholay, the risk of losing everything 00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:04.460 is greater. Fuck. This is so awesome. I hate 00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:10.699 this. This is awesome! Sorry. We can hedge our 00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:15.619 bets, Jules. If we yield, they've already won. 00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:21.280 And we will live with the blood of thousands 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:27.219 directly on our hands. This is our burden now, 00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:32.360 too. And we can stop the cycle. I don't know 00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:36.599 what to do. I don't know what to do. Holy fuck. 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:39.860 Here's the fun thing. You don't need to convince 00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:44.300 each other. Realistically, you need to convince 00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:48.659 Xole. One of you. Needs to convince Jolay. You 00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:52.280 could argue against each other and make contested 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:54.840 roles. You could just come at me with everything 00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:57.559 you've got. As it stands, she's been listening 00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:00.340 to this entire thing silently, just kind of, 00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:04.420 I guess, amazed at how well, how in stride you're 00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:08.920 handling it. I think you look at her and see 00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:12.260 eyes that are finally understanding just how 00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:14.980 much she underestimated both of you. Jules will 00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:20.650 look up to Jolay. another mistake. You know what's 00:41:20.650 --> 00:41:29.730 right. Redeem yourself. This pain. The blood 00:41:29.730 --> 00:41:36.210 of thousands on your claws. You are right. It 00:41:36.210 --> 00:41:43.010 is a horrible thing. I am so tired. I have sent 00:41:43.010 --> 00:41:51.559 men and women. Soldiers, I have sent them to 00:41:51.559 --> 00:42:00.360 war knowing many would die. And Zinda stands. 00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:06.539 The kingdom stands. We just see superimposed 00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:09.199 over those images of Sahagrin and turtles fighting 00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:12.820 the golden bay, becoming very red with blood. 00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:22.800 as his defenders fall. And yet, it all stands. 00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:29.840 And Sholay hears this and nods as well. Almost 00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:33.519 like she wants to believe in you, Jewel. She 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.559 wants to take that path. When Blanche speaks 00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:41.980 reason, Sholay, she is bound by the shackles 00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:46.880 of reason. Those shackles are so tight. How can 00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:50.480 she break them now when they are most needed? 00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:55.760 She looks to Blanche and nods. And she still 00:42:55.760 --> 00:43:02.000 looks so undecided, so unsure. How? I'm going 00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:05.219 to ask you. How do you guys want to resolve this? 00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:08.860 Do we do a persuasion check? I mean, you'd have 00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:11.619 to rule insane, Blanche, to beat Jules in this. 00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:15.340 Yeah. But that might be okay because that's kind 00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:17.880 of what... You know, it'd be weird to not to 00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.760 ignore persuasion and charisma. I said that weird 00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:27.519 in a situation like this. I want to open it to 00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:29.119 players. What do you guys think would be fair? 00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:31.659 How should we determine the fate of the worlds 00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:37.139 in this moment? Small thing. Could be for flavor. 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:41.460 Could be for something. I don't know. But Jules 00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:44.800 will look to Blanche. I'm never, ever going to 00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:48.719 fight you, Blanche. And then he turns to Chauvelet. 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:55.820 You know what's right. For Zebula. And then Jules 00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:59.960 walks over to the wall, presses his back up against 00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:04.280 it, and slowly slides down into a sitting position 00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:08.420 against the wall. Chester comes over and sits 00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:14.590 before you, legs crossed, and stays silent. The 00:44:14.590 --> 00:44:17.570 camera pans to Blanche. Any final retort? Any 00:44:17.570 --> 00:44:21.929 last words before we resolve this? Blanche walks 00:44:21.929 --> 00:44:27.710 up to Jolay. Starts to plead, basically. Oh my 00:44:27.710 --> 00:44:32.190 gosh. You can fly many out. I can convince, or 00:44:32.190 --> 00:44:35.369 you can convince. We can cast a spell, and we 00:44:35.369 --> 00:44:38.510 can get Queen Jinmi to evacuate as many as possible. 00:44:38.730 --> 00:44:43.469 We can... This doesn't have to be the end, Jolay. 00:44:44.429 --> 00:44:48.210 We need you. This is amazing. The world needs 00:44:48.210 --> 00:44:54.809 you. This is amazing. Holy fuck. And you feel 00:44:54.809 --> 00:44:58.190 a good boy stand tall beside you as you speak 00:44:58.190 --> 00:45:05.090 these words, believing in you, as always. And 00:45:05.090 --> 00:45:09.610 I think I'd like to ask for persuasion checks 00:45:09.610 --> 00:45:11.469 from both of you if you think that is a fair 00:45:11.469 --> 00:45:15.670 way to resolve this. I don't see any other way. 00:45:16.349 --> 00:45:20.909 Okay. Holy shit. Jesus fucking Christ. I'm not 00:45:20.909 --> 00:45:22.849 using a button. Contesting? No, because I'm going 00:45:22.849 --> 00:45:24.289 to just use a button and it's going to cancel 00:45:24.289 --> 00:45:26.289 it out anyway. But I just, I want this to be, 00:45:26.309 --> 00:45:29.389 I want this to be fate. Save your button. Because 00:45:29.389 --> 00:45:32.989 I know that you have like a plus 11 to persuasion 00:45:32.989 --> 00:45:35.929 or something like that. I think 10. My computer 00:45:35.929 --> 00:45:38.130 died. I have plus 10, right? Plus 10. I have 00:45:38.130 --> 00:45:41.010 a plus zero to persuasion. So like the only way 00:45:41.010 --> 00:45:44.619 that my argument wins is if I like crit. and 00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:47.440 you, you know what I mean? The other crit. Yeah. 00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:51.739 And I think that that is fair enough. I like 00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:55.480 this a lot. Because I, Steven, know that the 00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:58.400 moral argument is the better argument. My heart 00:45:58.400 --> 00:46:02.000 is racing right now. This is crazy. I'm glad 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:06.260 that you took it out of, like, the realm of PvP, 00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:08.400 where you were like, we don't have to convince 00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:10.400 each other, we have to convince Sholay. Yes. 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:13.179 Because, like... Blanche can't cast hold person 00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:17.280 on show leg. You know what I mean? Oh my gosh. 00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:21.139 Oh my gosh. So for this roll, I'm going back 00:46:21.139 --> 00:46:25.219 to the original blessed D20 that I got from Rochelle. 00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:29.619 It's on Pukey Girl Maps. Oh shit. What do you 00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:31.179 got over there, Steven? What are you firing on? 00:46:31.280 --> 00:46:36.079 I've got my gray duck. Ooh. Super cool. Forgetting 00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:40.199 the name of the dice set. Die. Wishing I had 00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:43.480 Zebulon's die here. Because that would be cool 00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:48.000 too. You just bury yourself. We shall see. What 00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:50.079 will the face decide? Are we going to roll this? 00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:53.199 You need to roll 10 higher than Jules. And no 00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:54.860 matter what happens at the end of this roll, 00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:57.400 I don't know, are Jules and Blanche going to 00:46:57.400 --> 00:47:01.019 be friends still? Wait. I want to ask you something. 00:47:01.639 --> 00:47:04.159 I want you both to drop your die into the Port 00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:06.420 of Pain. And I do not want you to see the results. 00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:09.460 I know what your dice look like. That's fun. 00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:11.380 I fucking hate it and I fucking love it. Yeah, 00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:13.000 I think it's fantastic. You have to move because 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:15.500 I can see the end of your dice tower there. Okay, 00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:17.559 how do I do this? Actually, no. The way you had 00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:19.880 it was great because I couldn't see. How about 00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:21.539 that? No, no, no. Put it back the way it was. 00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:23.659 Yeah, because your screen now is blocking it. 00:47:23.739 --> 00:47:25.360 Cool. All right. And I can see the corner, but 00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:26.719 I'm going to be honest and not look because this 00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:28.880 is full of shit. I'll hide it anyway. Just drop 00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:30.699 it in and turn away. I don't want to do it. I 00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:31.980 don't want to do it. Let's see what your dice 00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:34.760 is. Green. Your dice is greenish, but you have 00:47:34.760 --> 00:47:36.300 blue letters. Okay, we got this. I don't want 00:47:36.300 --> 00:47:36.800 to do it! I don't want to do it! I don't want 00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:38.940 to do it! Oh, my God! Holy shit! Oh, plus ten 00:47:38.940 --> 00:47:39.940 and a plus zero! Jeremy, look me in the eyes 00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:45.219 when we do this together! Three, two, one. Oh, 00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:49.019 my God. Oh. Hmm. What's going to happen? What's 00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:50.579 going to happen? What's going to happen? Holy 00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:55.199 shit. Okay. Oh, my God. Move the dice so we can 00:47:55.199 --> 00:47:59.340 look. Yeah. They moved. They're inside. Okay. 00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:04.059 Cool. The room falls very silent. For a long 00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:13.699 moment. And then... Blanche. You are correct. 00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:19.179 This is the logical choice. This is what must 00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:23.679 be done. But that is the path I've always followed 00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:28.059 and has brought me here. And so I side with you, 00:48:28.139 --> 00:48:34.940 Jules. With the will of my grandson. I will sacrifice 00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:41.039 myself. Return memory to these worlds. And we 00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:46.340 will save this city. And we'll call it there. 00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:03.840 Holy shit. Holy shit. What were the rolls? You 00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:07.900 rolled a three. He rolled a seven. Oh, my God. 00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:12.619 Oh, shit. Dude, so there was a chance that Blanche 00:49:12.619 --> 00:49:13.340 could have won that.